Town of Arlington annual report 1920, Part 17

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STREET LIGHTING


During the year twenty-five (25) new street lights were installed and five removed, making a net total of twenty (20) additional lights on the highways. These lights were installed on the following streets: Forest Street, six (6), Harlow Street two (2), Oxford Street, three (3), Winter Street, two (2), Mystic Street, four (4), Summer Street, near Mystic Street, one (1), Massachusetts Avenue, corner Winter Street, one (1), Massa- chusetts Avenue, near Harlow Street, one (1). On Mystic Street changes were made in location of several lights, and three (3) additional lights were placed at car stops. At junction of Mystic and Summer Streets and opposite Boulevard, light locations were changed, and two additional lights installed.


MORNING AND ALL NIGHT LIGHTING


The street lights were burned between the hours of five and six o'clock A.M. during the months of January, February 1 to 19, and November and December, full months. From February 20 to March 31 street lights were burned all night during the period of ice and snow conditions existing.


SUMMARY OF STREET LIGHTS IN SERVICE DECEMBER 31, 1920 ALL LIGHTS BURNING FROM THIRTY MINUTES AFTER SUNDOWN TO ONE O'CLOCK A.M.


60 Candle Power, Type C Series Incandescent 457


80 Candle Power, Type C Series Incandescent 21


100 Candle Power, Type C Series Incandescent 1


600 Candle Power, Type C Series Incandescent 87


Total 566


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ORNAMENTAL LIGHTING SYSTEM


44


50 Watt Lamps (Multiple)


100 Watt Lamps (Multiple)


5


Total 49


INSPECTION OF WIRES IN BUILDINGS


Five hundred and sixty-four (564) applications were received for new electrical construction, and six hundred and nineteen (619) inspections were made during the year. More defective construction was found during the past year than ever before, principally due to lack of knowledge of some of the mechanics doing the work. No fires caused by electricity were reported during the year.


POLES AND WIRES ON STREETS


Many replacements of poles have been made during the year by the various corporations owning same. The Edison Company made an inspection of all poles owned by this com- pany late in the year, and replacement of defective poles found was immediately given attention.


No new underground conduits were built during the year on the highways.


FIRE ALARMS 1


Several breaks on wires of this system were experienced during the year, principally due to corroded underground wires which have been in use from eighteen to twenty years. As replacement of these old wires is being rapidly accomplished, this class of trouble will not be experienced when new lead- covered cables are finally installed.


On October 8 an aerial fire alarm wire was broken, due to the running away of a steam-roller down Highland Avenue, which broke a pole on Massachusetts Avenue.


During the year a considerable number of changes have been made of cross-arms, etc., on poles, made necessary by replacement of old poles. On July 26, during an alarm from Box 27, the whistle-blowing machine in the tower at the top of the old Town Hall broke one of the many parts of this


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machine, and same was out of commission for two days and nights, which made it necessary to keep a man on duty day and night at fire alarm headquarters to sound whistle by hand in case of an alarm. 1 Five of the older type of fire alarm boxes were this year equipped with new key-break contacts and signal wheels, these boxes being numbered 21, 23, 24, 26, 27. This makes fifteen old boxes equipped with the lastest type of electrical contacts, and others will be so equipped as fast as appropria- tions permit.


UNDERGROUND WIRES


Sixty-three hundred and thirty-three (6333) feet of lead- covered cable were installed during the year in underground conduits for the fire alarm and police signal systems, these cables replacing old wires and with additional wires for future use. This cable was laid in the following streets:


Massachusetts Avenue from Corner of Court Street to Fire Box 45 Opposite Walnut Street 499 feet 4-conductor lead-covered cable. 3424 feet 10-conductor lead-covered cable. 742 feet 12-conductor lead-covered cable.


Massachusetts Avenue and Franklin Street


550 feet 2-conductor lead-covered cable.


Massachusetts Avenue and Lake Street 277 feet 4-conductor lead-covered cable.


Pleasant Street Fire Box 34 to Police Box 34 841 feet 4-conductor lead-covered cable.


Total length of wire in cables installed, 50,712 feet.


Twenty-four thousand and two hundred (24,200) feet of single rubber-covered wires were removed from conduits as replaced by new cables. This rubber-covered wire has been in use since the years 1900, 1902 and 1906.


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POLICE SIGNAL


This system, installed in 1906, has during the past year developed various kinds of trouble in operation, principally due to years of continuous service which has worn out the main operating instruments at police headquarters. The system has registered between seven and eight million calls in the past fourteen and one-half years, and I now recommend that a new four-pin register with time stamp and clock be purchased this year at a cost of eight hundred and fifty ($850) dollars, to replace the present equipment, as it will not pay to make extensive repairs on the present type of apparatus, as same is obsolete and not now manufactured, being replaced by more improved devices.


UNDERGROUND WIRE PLANS


In accordance with appropriation granted for compiling records of the underground wire systems owned by the Town, including conduits, cables and wires as installed in the high- ways, I am pleased to say that a set of plans has been made specifying in every detail the location, length, size and number of all wires and conduits installed underground in the streets during the past twenty-one years, as built under my personal direction. This class of underground construction was first instituted in the year 1900, when wires were placed under- ground on Pleasant Street, and in the years following additions have been constantly made until all fire alarm and police signal wires have been undergrounded on Massachusetts Avenue from the city of Cambridge line to a point near the Lexington town line, with branch underground cables leading into many side streets. This set of plans will be a permanent and correct record for years to come and will be filed with other Town plans in the Town Engineer's plan vault. A duplicate set of blue prints of these plans will be on file in the office of the Superintendent of Wires. I desire at this time to thank Town Engineer, Mr. George E. Ahern, and his Assistant Engineer, Mr. James M. Keane, for their valuable knowledge and other assistance given in making the drawings of these plans at the office of the Town Engineering Department.


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CONCLUSION


In the coming year, as in several years past, I recommend the continued policy of renewal of old underground wires by the installation of new lead-covered cables, and three years more of this class of construction will finish the work, each succeeding year at a less cost.


No new fire alarm boxes are recommended this year, although many are needed, and a large appropriation will have to be made before many years to protect many sections of the Town not now covered by the fire alarm system.


Respectfully submitted,


R. W. LEBARON, Superintendent of Wires.


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REPORT OF BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS


The Board of Public Works herewith submits its annual report for the year ending December 31, 1920.


At the Town Meeting held on March 1, 1920, Thomas D. Kennedy was elected member of the Board for the term of three years to succeed himself. The Board organized on March 1 with the choice of Loren W. Marsh as chairman.


APPOINTMENTS


At a meeting held on March 1, Harold N. Willis was appointed clerk of the Board, water registrar, purchasing agent and bookkeeper. On March 8, George E. Ahern was appointed superintendent of public works. These appointments were for the year ending April 1, 1921.


MEETINGS


The meetings are held each Monday evening. During the year the Board held fifty-two meetings.


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


Highway Division


$90,233.77


Sewer Extensions


16,282.75


Sewer Maintenance


4,752.59


Water Extensions


18,639.14


Street Construction


14,513.66


Water Maintenance (includes interest, Town Debt


and Metropolitan Water Assessment)


73,662.78


Health Department


33,654.74


Snow and Ice


23,819.33


Aberdeen Road Extension


17.52


$275,576.28


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HIGHWAY DIVISION


Following out the plan inaugurated in 1917 to reconstruct yearly a portion of Massachusetts Avenue, the Board decided that a section on the north side of the Avenue, between Teel and Marathon Streets, and a section on the south side, from the Cambridge line to Fairmont Street, were in particularly bad shape. Fifteen thousand dollars was available for reconstruc- tion work and a section 1129 feet long, averaging 241/2 feet in width, was reconstructed on the north side, between points as mentioned above, and a section 623 feet long, averaging 22.7 feet in width, on the south side. This work was done under the direction of the Board by Simpson Brothers Corporation, the type of construction being what is known as the Hassam Com- pressed Concrete Pavement.


As there were no storm drains in these sections of Massa- chusetts Avenue, although greatly needed, the Board ordered their construction, it being the logical thing to do at this time when the roadway was excavated for the reconstruction work, as it could be done more economically then and would not necessi- tate the digging up of a portion of the street after the new sur- face had been put on, as would be the case if done at some future time. The fact that the Town streets were covered with snow and ice during the first three months of the year, this covering protecting the surface of the streets, made it possible to affect a saving on their care and repair; the amount thereby saved enabled the Board to finance the storm drain construction.


In point of condition, the Town's sidewalks have not kept pace with the travel ways and the Board feels that they should receive greater attention than in the past. Many permanent tar sidewalks require immediate repairs. A large appropriation should be made for the care and repair of sidewalks. During the past year both the permanent tar sidewalks and the dirt sidewalks received as much attention as money available for those purposes would permit.


The condition of the storm drains and their inlets was care- fully inspected and repaired or cleaned when necessary.


The construction of Harlow, Oxford and Raleigh Streets, for which an appropriation was made by the Town at the March Meeting, was placed in the hands of this Board by the Joint


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Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works. Bids were invited on this work and were received from four contractors; that of James H. Fannon was the lowest and the work of con- struction was awarded to him. This work was performed in a satisfactory manner under the supervision of the Town Engi- neer and the work completed within the amount appropriated.


Never before in the history of the Town has it been neces- sary to expend anywhere near as much money for the removal of snow and ice from our roads and sidewalks as was expended this year. Snowstorms followed each other at frequent inter- vals from the first of the year until April, during which time there was very little thawing weather, so that accumulations kept increasing. Only by heroic measures was it possible to keep the sidewalks and streets in passable condition.


Reference to Tables 1 and 2 will show the details of main- tenance, construction and snow and ice expense.


The value of the property controlled by the Highway Division, January 1, 1921, amounted to $35,228.34, classified as follows:


Horses, vehicles, machinery and tools $26,001.50


Buildings and appurtenances


8,000.00


Material available for new work 1,226.84


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HIGHWAY DIVISION


TABLE 1 Appropriation for 1920 Total net expenditure Balance January 1, 1921


$90,400.00 90,233.77


$166.23


Net Expense


Care and repair of streets.


$15,321.31


Care and repair of sidewalks.


5,608.81 4,459.96


Tar treatment and prevention of dust.


16,246.30


Care and purchase of horses and teams.


2,749.29 433.85


Street signs. .


Tools and equipment


3,997.40


Construction and maintenance of stable and sheds, Sum- mer Street.


3,205.94


Repair of permanent sidewalks.


952.17


Reconstruction of Massachusetts Avenue


14,616.75


Construction of a garage, Summer Street.


1,950.66


Construction of wall, Aberdeen Road.


442.88


Care and repair of steam roller .


1,211.91


Construction of storm drains, Massachusetts Avenue.


4,384.56


Material purchased during year but not used .


252.44


*General expense.


14,399.54


Total


$90,233.77


*Automobiles, $2,834.89; office, $634.23; engineering, $166.80; miscel- laneous, $129.74; holidays, $1,790.26; vacations, $3,056.23; Saturday afternoons, $4,146.85; salaries, $1,540.08; timekeeper, $100.46.


Material on hand January 1, 1920. $974.40


Material purchased during year but not used . 252.44


Material on hand January 1, 1921, available for new work .. $1,226.84


Care and repair of storm drains and catch basins


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TABLE 2


SNOW AND ICE


Appropriation for 1920 $24,000.00 Expenditure 23,819.33


Balance January 1, 1921


$180.67


STREET CONSTRUCTION


Appropriation Expenditure


$15,679.00


14,513.66


Balance January 1, 1921


$1,165.34


Net Expense


Oxford Street.


$6,720.17


Harlow Street


6,064.91


Raleigh Street .


1,728.58


Total


$14,513.66


ABERDEEN ROAD EXTENSION


Balance January 1, 1920 Expended


$17.52


$17.52


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HEALTH DEPARTMENT


Thirty-three thousand, six hundred dollars was appropri- ated for the collection of ashes, rubbish and offal.


During the year the equivalent of nine thousand, two hun- dred and seventy single cartloads of ashes were collected and hauled to various dumps, an increase of 24 per cent over the previous year. One thousand and fifty-four wagonloads of waste material were collected and deposited, an increase of about 16 per cent. Three hundred and eighty-nine cords of garbage were collected, an increase of over 12 per cent.


Details of this work will be found in Table 3.


TABLE 3


Appropriation for 1920 $33,680.00


HEALTH DEPARTMENT Expenditure 33,654.74


Cash balance January 1, 1921 $25.26


Net Expense


Offal.


$13,967.71


Ashes .


14,747.21


Paper and rubbish .


3,536.32


Superintendence.


564.87


Repairs .


422.66


Supplies and sundries


415.97


Total


$33,654.74


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SEWER DIVISION


Three thousand, one hundred and twelve feet of main sewer were laid during the year and sixty-four connections were made with the mains. Details of this work, together with the cost of maintenance, will be found in Tables 4 and 5.


The value of property controlled by the Sewer Division January 1, 1921, amounts to $7,147.26, as follows:


Tools and equipment


$1,384.03


Buildings and appurtenances


400.00


Two pumping plants


1,900.00


Material available for new work


3,463.23


TABLE 4


SEWER CONSTRUCTION


Appropriation Net expenditure


$24,980.00 16,282.75


Cash balance January 1, 1921


$8,697.25


LOCATION


Size of Pipe in Inches


Length in Feet


Net Cost


Cost per Foot


Brattle Street (Summer Street southerly)


Brattle Place (Brattle Street to Railroad)


Private land (Grove Street Place to Brattle Place) .


8


1309


$4,442.65


$3.39


Fordham Street (River Street to Rawson Road)


8


569


2,198.76


3.86


Gould Road (Devereaux Street westerly) .


152


596.99


3.95


High Haith Road (Highland Avenue easterly)


8


128


1,274.82


9.96


Highland Avenue (Gray Street to High Haith Road) .


10


622


2,863.50


4.60


Newman Way (Massachusetts Avenue southerly)


8


332


1,146.70


3.45


Total.


$12,523.42


Material purchased during year but not used.


2,697.40


Particular sewers .


52.75


*General expense


1,009.18


. Grand totals


3112


$16,282.75


*Salaries, $750.12; miscellaneous, $89.12; engineering, $169.94.


Material on hand January 1, 1920. $765.83


Material purchased during year but not used . 2,697.40


Material on hand January 1, 1921, available for new work. $3,463.23


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TABLE 5


Appropriation for 1920


$4,800.00


SEWER DIVISION MAINTENANCE


Net expenditure 4,752.59


Cash balance January 1, 1921 $47.41


Net Expense


Repairing, flushing and cleaning mains


$1,280.32


Brattle Street sewer pump


904.47


Grove Street sewer pump


1,118.32


Care and repair of particular sewers


909.74


*General expense


539.74


Total


$4,752.59


*Tools and equipment, $511.44; miscellaneous, $28.30.


SUMMARY OF SEWERAGE STATISTICS GENERAL Population by census of 1920, 18,646.


Total area of city or town, 5.5 square miles.


Area served by sewerage system, 3 square miles.


COLLECTION SYSTEM


For sewerage only, 40.46 miles, includes 3.47 miles Metro- politan sewer.


For sewerage and surface water, 0 miles.


For surface water only, 10.54 miles.


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


COLLECTION


Mains. (Everything but house and catch basin connec- tion.)


· For Sewerage For. Surface


Only Water Only


1. Lineal feet pipe


213,660 feet 55,686 feet


2. Lineal feet extended during year 3,112 feet 1,443 feet


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3. Number of inverted siphons, 2.


4. Number of manholes, 855.


5. Method of flushing. Water service at manholes end of lateral lines.


6. Method of cleaning. By special brush drawn from man- hole to manhole.


7. Number of automatic flushing tanks, 0.


8. Number of direct connections with water mains for flushing, 40.


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


10. Cost of flushing per mile, $10.33.


11. Cost of cleaning per mile, $10.33.


12. Number of stoppages, 0.


13. Method of ventilation, manhole covers.


14. Miles of permanent undermains, 3.19.


HOUSE CONNECTIONS


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


2. Sizes, 5, 6 and 8 inches.


3. Number made during year, 64.


4. Lineal feet laid during year, 3,521.


5. Lineal feet discontinued during year, 0.


6. Total miles in use, 25.37.


7. Average cost per foot, connections made during year, $1.29.


8. Number of stoppages coming to attention of Depart- ment, 45.


DISCHARGE OF SEWER


1. Estimated population using sewer system, 16,000.


2. Number of buildings connected, 2,584.


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 3 to 7 estimated or meas -_ ured ?*


*Note: See Metropolitan Sewerage Board Report.


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GENERAL


Total cost of collecting mains, $392,810.73.


Bonded debt at date, $148,500.


Value of sinking fund at date, $43,517.48.


Average rate of interest on bonds, 4 per cent.


1


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, Chapter 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


From Public Funds


$8,980.00


From Notes issued


16,000.00


Stock on hand January 1, 1920


765.83


House Connections


7,360.27


$33,106.10


Expenditures


Mains


$12,523.42


House Connections


7,413.02


General Expense


1,009.18


Stock on hand January 1, 1921


3,463.23


Balance, cash on hand January 1, 1921


8,697.25


$33,106.10


MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION


Receipts Appropriation from Public Funds $4,800.00 $4,800.00


Expenditures


Repairs on Mains


$532.06


Brattle Street Pump


904.47


Grove Street Pump


1,118.32


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Cleaning and Flushing Sewers


$748.26


Care and Repair of Particular Sewers


909.74


General Expense


539.74


Cash balance January 1, 1921


47.41


$4,800.00


WATER DIVISION


Three thousand, two hundred ninety-seven feet of water mains were laid during the year and connected with the Metro- politan system. Details of this construction will be found in Table 6.


The value of the property controlled by the Water Division January 1, 1921, amounts to $20,527.41, of which $7,463.22 is invested in buildings, equipment and tools, and $13,064.19 in material available for new work.


SERVICES


Eighty-nine new services have been added during the year and seventeen services abandoned. There are for all purposes 1817 on the low, 1539 on the high and 12 on the old reservoir system. On the Metropolitan water supply there are 22 serv- ices for municipal buildings included in the above, and 10 for street-watering standpipes and 40 for sewer-flushing purposes. On January 1, 1921, 137 services were temporarily out of use.


METERS


Seventy-two meters were set on services installed during 1919 and 1920. The total number of meters in use January 1, 1921, is 3,318.


LOW SERVICE SYSTEM


HIGH SERVICE SYSTEM


RESERVOIR SYSTEM


Size


Cement-lined Pipe


Cast-iron Pipe


Cast-iron Pipe


Inches


Length Feet


Hyd.


Gates


Length Feet


Hyd.


Gates


Length Feet


Hyd.


Gates


Length Feet


Hyd.


Gates


12


6,791


18,417


8,530


. .


10


11,210


18,331


270


8


22,047


18,646


1,576


.


. . . .


6


634


62,545


88,125


1,129


4


2,320


11,800


1,497


1,620


·


.


Total


2,954


3


5


114,393


216


207


145,016


287


286


13,125


10


12


Discontinued 608 feet of 2-inch Pipe.


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Cement and Cast-iron Pipe


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TABLE 6


WATER EXTENSIONS


Appropriation for 1920 Net expenditure


$27,023.00 18,639.14


Cash balance January 1, 1921


$8,383.86


TO EXTEND THE HIGH SERVICE SYSTEM


LOCATION


Size of Pipe in Inches


Length in Feet


No. of Hy- drants


No. of Gates


Total Cost


Cost per Foot


Totals


Eastern Avenue (Old end to Highland Avenue)


$ 12


1,072


2


2


$5,842.02


$5.38


Glenburn Road (Old end easterly).


6


67


1


2


486.55 2,111.50


7.21


High Haith Road (Old end southeasterly) .


6


508


1


3


4.17


Highland Avenue (Eastern Avenue to .Hawthorne Avenue) .


1


6


31


1


2,898.60


5.98


Hillside Avenue (Prospect Avenue southeasterly)


6


296


1


2


952.46


3.21


Langley Road (Old end northerly)


6


128


1


609.60


4.75


Totals .


TO EXTEND THE LOW SERVICE SYSTEM


Gould Road (Devereaux Street northwesterly)


6


395


2


$983.49 1,070.90


$2.50


Spring Valley (Pleasant Street southeasterly) .


Totals.


728


1


3


$2,054.39


*General expense. Material purchased during year but not used.


$176 85


3,507.17


Total.


$3,684.02


Grand Totals.


3,297


8


12


$18,639.14


*Salaries, $40.02; engineering, $136.83.


Material on hand January 1, 1920 $1,486.83


Material purchased during year but not used 3,507.17


Material on hand January 1, 1921, available for new work $4,994.00


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$12,900.73


2,569


7


9


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6


333


1


1


3.21


.


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J 10


453


.


.


6


14


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TABLE 7


WATER DIVISION


Appropriation for 1920.


$7,000.00


Cash on hand January 1, 1920 2,298.43


Available for 1920 $9,298.43


Receipts from sale of water, 1920. 66,694.89


Total .


$75,993.32


Net expenditures


73,662.78


Cash balance, January 1, 1921


$2,330.54


DISTRIBUTION OF EXPENSE


Maintenance


Net Expenditures


Totals


Shop and yard.


$720.30


Mains, care and repair


175.78


Services, care and repair


5,868.80


Meters, care, repair and reading


4,911.02


Hydrants and gates, care and repair. .


825.04


Reservoir and Great Meadows.


110.82


Turning water services off and on.


122.95


Tools and equipment.


1,167.86


*General expense.


6,558.59


Total maintenance


$20,461.16


Services


Services, extension of


$1,552.74


Meters, extension of


1,406.28


Total services


2,959.02


Water debt.


$13,000.00


Interest account.


10,230.00


Sinking fund .


3,000.00


Metropolitan water tax


23,603.88


Total .


49,833.88


*Office $2,322.92; automobile $300.00; engineering $272.99; miscellaneous $24.52; salaries $1,615.64; holidays $430.20; lost time $1,051.62; vacations $540.70.


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tWork outside of division $398.05


Material purchased during 1920 but not used 806.77


Total .


$408.72


Grand total. $73,662.78


Material on hand January 1, 1920. .


$7,263.42


Material purchased during year but not used . 806.77


Material on hand January 1, 1921,


available for new work . $8,070.19


WATER RATES FROM CONSUMER


Year


Fixture


Meter


Total


1911


$11,813.91


$31,157.06


$42,970.97


1912


9,607.89


35,885.36


45,493.25


1913


All metered


49,121.04


1914


All metered


50,872.83


1915


All metered


54,337.64


1916


All metered


59,043.77


1917


All metered


61,633.38


1918


All metered


68,059.78


1919


All metered


65,C67.36


1920


All metered


66,694.89


ARLINGTON WATER WORKS Arlington, Middlesex County, Mass.


Population by census of 1920, 18,646. Date of construction, low service, 1872; high service, 1894. By whom owned, Town of Arlington. Source of supply, Metropolitan Water System. +Credit.


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CONSUMPTION


1. Estimated total population at date, 18,700.


2. Estimated population on lines of pipe, 18,300.


3. Estimated population supplied, 18,100.


4. Total consumption for the year, 386,347,000 gallons.


5. Percentage of consumption metered, 100 per cent.


6. Average daily consumption, 1,055,600 gallons.




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