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10
250
Washington Street.
Brattle Street to Summer Street.
40
700
Washington Street Ext.
Summer Street to Overlook Road.
40
2080
+Washington Street.
Near Overlook Road to Gay Street.
60
700
Water Street.
Massachusetts Avenue to Russell Street.
40
680
March 15, 1894.
+Water Street Ext ..
Mystic Street to Russell Street ..
50
1300
Waverly Street.
Florence Avenue to Cedar Avenue.
40
2180
+Waverly Street.
Florence Avenue to Dow Avenue.
40
644
Webcowet Road.
Medford Street to Orehard Terrace.
40
484
Webeowet Road ..
Orchard Terrace, northerly .
40
608
Webster Street.
Broadway to Warren Street ..
40
680
May 27, 1873.
Webster Street.
Warren Street to Mystie Valley Parkway.
40
1710
Wellington Street.
Pleasant Street, easterly ..
40
737
November 8, 1897; March 6, 1911.
+Wellington Street Ext ..
Wellington Street to Addison Street .
40
191
West Street. .
Wollaston Avenue to Appleton Street.
50
450
Lowell Street, 200 feet northwesterly .
40
200
+West Court Terrace Westminster Avenue.
Lowell Street to Lexington Line .. .
50
2310
August 4, 1884; March 17, 1881.
Westmoreland Avenue ..
Lowell Street to Orient Avenue.
40
Whittemore Street.
Massachusetts Avenue to B. &. L. R.R ..
40
466
INovember 23, 1909.
+Wilbur Avenue. ..
40
Wildwood Avenue.
Williams Street to Chestnut Street. . Bartlett Avenue, westerly . 40
1082 300
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130 feet proposed.
985
+Wildwood Avenue
Massachusetts Avenue, southerly ..
40
630
Williams Street.
Arnold Strect, southerly .. ·
40
500
Williams Street.
Piedmont Street, northerly .
40
750
Willow Place.
Massachusetts Avenue, northerly ..
30
169
Wilson Avenue.
Lake Street, southerly .
40
635
Windemere Avenue.
Bartlett Avenue, northwesterly .
40
350
March 27, 1906.
Windemere Park.
Windermere Avenue, southerly .
30
400
Windsor Street. .
Massachusetts Avenue, 577 feet northeasterly . .
45
577
March 25, 1915.
Windsor Street. .
Waldo Road, 423 feet southeasterly
45
Winnick Place.
Medford Street to northwest of Sherborn Street
20
230
Winslow Strect.
Mystic Street to Russell Terrace
40
*528
March 14, 1892.
Winter Street.
Massachusetts Avenue to Broadway
40
1540
April 13, 1874; also Old Town Way, November 9, 1846
Wollaston Avenue.
Park Avenue to West Street.
60
1340
.. September 23, 1878; November 13, 1894; March 16, 1908.
tWollaston Avenue.
West Street, westerly. .
60
620
+Wollaston Avenue.
Appleton Street to near Wilbur Avenue
60
860
Wollaston Avenue.
Appleton Street to Rublee Street. .
60
495
Woodbury Street.
Dundee Road to Hibbert Street.
40
750
Woodland Street.
Jason Street to Bartlett Avenue ...
40
282
March 22, 1909. March 25, 1915.
+Wright Strect.
Winchester Line, southwesterly . .
40
Wyman Street.
Massachusetts Avenue to Warren Street.
40
1050
(March 19, 1888; November 22, 1906.
Wyman Lane .
Lake Street, northwesterly.
40
751
March 20, 1916.
Yale Street.
Arlmont Street to Hawthorne Avenue Extension
40
iii7
*Street laid out by the County Commissioners. +Proposed Street not built.
Length of Public Streets and Town Ways, 42.72 miles. Length of Private Streets open for travel, 30.56 miles. Length of Proposed Private Streets, 12.90 miles.
TOWN ENGINEER'S REPORT
Woodland Street .
Bartlett Avenue to Lincoln Street.
40
240
1930
600
Wyman Terrace.
Massachusetts Avenue to Massachusetts Avenue
.
.
.
300
Winchester Road.
Old Mystic Street to Hutchinson Road ..
423
343
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GENERAL STATISTICS
Arlington is situated six miles northwest of Boston, in latitude 42°, 25' north; longitude 71°, 09' west, at an elevation above mean tide of from 4 to 377 feet.
Massachusetts Avenue at Pleasant Street, elevation, 48 feet.
Massachusetts Avenue at Park Avenue, elevation, 155 feet.
Park Circle at Eastern Avenue (base of standpipe), eleva- tion, 377 feet.
Crescent Hill Avenue at Park Place, elevation, 281 feet.
The Town and a part of what is now Belmont were set off from Cambridge and incorporated as West Cambridge in 1807. The name was changed from West Cambridge to Arlington in 1867.
Area of Town, including that covered by water, 3,520 acres, 512 square miles; area covered by water, 268.2 acres.
Parks: Town, 54.63 acres; Metropolitan, 55 acres.
Total cemetery area, 44.2 acres.
Public streets and Town ways: Macadam, 19.09 miles; Warren Bitulithic, 0.13 miles; gravel, 22.09 miles; granite paving, 0.3 miles; concrete paving, 1.12 miles. Total miles 42.73.
Private streets open for travel, 30.83 miles.
Permanent sidewalks: Tar concrete, 7.4 miles; brick, 3.31 miles; artificial stone, 4.87 miles. Total miles, 15.58.
Edgestone, 11.05 miles.
Paved gutters, 12.8 miles.
Storm drain system, 13.86 miles.
Catch basins, 509.
Sewerage system, 39.02 miles; local Metropolitan sewer system, 3.47 miles. Total, 42.49 miles.
Particular sewer system (2,873 connections), 28.68 miles. Number of buildings connected, 2,948.
Water mains: Reservoir supply, 2.49 miles; Metropolitan low system, 23.3 miles; Metropolitan high system, 29.17 miles, Total, 54.96 miles.
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF WIRES
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works:
Gentlemen: I respectfully submit my report as Superin- tendent of Wires for the year ending December 31, 1922.
STREET LIGHTING
During the year there were thirty-seven (37) new street lights ordered and installed as follows: Academy Street near Maple Street, one (1); Daniels Street, two (2); Davis Avenue, two (2); Elmore Street, one (1); Gloucester Street, two (2); Kimball Road, four (4); Massachusetts Avenue, four (4); 600 candle power between the Old Town Hall and Central Street; Mill Lane, one (1); Pond Lane, one (1); Summer Street, ten (10) between Brattle and Forest streets; Trowbridge Street, one (1).
There were eight (8) 60 candle power lights removed on Massachusetts Avenue between the Old Town Hall and Central Street.
The street lights were burned for one (1) hour in the morning commencing January 26, and ending March 31.
The all-night lighting schedule accepted at the annual Town Meeting was ordered and went into effect July 1.
SUMMARY OF STREET LIGHTS IN SERVICE DECEMBER 31, 1922, ALL LIGHTS BURNING THIRTY MINUTES AFTER SUN- DOWN TO THIRTY MINUTES BEFORE SUNRISE, TOTAL 3,747 HOURS:
60 Candle Power, Type C Series Incandescent Lamps 502
80 Candle Power, Type C Series Incandescent Lamps 7
100 Candle Power, Type C Series Incandescent Lamps 1
125 Candle Power, Type C Series Incandescent Lamps 2
600 Candle Power, Type C Series Incandescent Lamps 94
606
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ORNAMENTAL LIGHTING SYSTEM 50 Watt Lamps, Multiple, burning from 30 minutes after sundown to 11 p.m., total 1,695 hours 49
INSPECTION OF WIRES IN BUILDINGS
Eleven hundred and forty-five (1,145) applications for permits for electrical construction were issued, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen (1,917) inspections were made; and one thousand and fifty-seven (1,057) installations were approved during the year. There were no fires caused by de- fective wiring, however, there was one fire at 364 Massachu- setts Avenue, caused by a worn and much abused cord leading to a floor lamp, which caused no little damages; and I take this opportunity to advise householders and others to see to it that all portable cords are renewed when broken or badly worn.
POLES AND WIRES ON STREETS
The Edison Company and the Telephone Company installed seventy (70) new poles, and replaced sixty-six (66) poles during the year. Both companies have done excellent work at renewing wires and making repairs caused by the sleet storm of 1921.
FIRE ALARM SYSTEM
There were two (2) Fire Alarm boxes installed: Box 73 on Massachusetts Avenue, near Park Avenue; and Box 84 on Gray Street, corner Robbins Road. Fire Alarm Box 64 was moved from Park Avenue, corner Paul Revere Road, to Park Avenue, corner Appleton Street.
The aerial wires have been very carefully renewed and repaired where defects existed. Several thousand feet have been taken down, which had been abandoned due to extensions on the underground cables.
UNDERGROUND CABLES
Five thousand one hundred (5,100) feet of lead-covered cable were installed during the summer in underground con- duits, replacing old rubber-covered wires in the following locations :
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Three thousand (3,000) feet six (6) conductor in Pleasant Street from Fire Alarm Headquarters to Gray Street.
Two thousand one hundred (2,100) feet twelve (12) con- ductor in Massachusetts Avenue from Franklin Street to Tufts Street.
Six hundred (600) feet four (4) conductor in Medford Street from terminal opposite Chestnut Street to Box 26, corner Lewis Avenue.
An appropriation is asked for to cover the cost of in- stalling ten (10) additional Fire Alarm boxes that are very badly needed due to growth of central and outlying districts.
POLICE SIGNAL SYSTEM
The Fire Alarm post on Massachusetts avenue, corner Winter Street, was replaced with a combination shell; and Police Box 13 was installed on same post with Fire Alarm Box 15. The installation of Police Box 13 has been a great help to the Police Department. Box 26 was moved down Lake Street to a pole opposite Lake Hill Avenue; and Box 43 on Brattle Street was moved to pole corner Brattle and Summer streets to comply with the request of the Chief of Police.
An appropriation is recommended for an additional box to be located on Mt. Vernon Street, corner Gloucester Street.
Respectfully submitted,
W. E. MASON,
Superintendent of Wires.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
The Board of Public Works herewith submits its annual report for the year ending December 31, 1922.
At the Town Meeting held on March 6, 1922, Clarence A. Moore was elected member of the Board for the term of three years to succeed himself. The Board organized on March 6 with the choice of Thomas D. Kennedy as chairman.
APPOINTMENTS
At a meeting held on March 20, Harold N. Willis was appointed Clerk of the Board, water registrar, purchasing agent and bookkeeper. April 3, George E. Ahern was appointed superintendent of Public Works. These appointments were for the year ending April 1, 1923.
MEETINGS
The meetings are held Monday evenings. During the year the Board held forty meetings.
The following are the net expenditures made under the direction of the Board:
Highway Division
$102,221.62
Sewer Extensions
31,387.25
Sewer Maintenance
5,363.31
Water Extensions
26,740.59
Construction of Daniels Street
5,865.38
Construction of Gloucester Street
6,709.58
Construction of Kimball Road
5,314.81
Water Maintenance (includes interest, Town Debt and Metropolitan Water Assessment)
80,494.09
Health Department
36,679.43
Snow and Ice
11,696.47
Grading Playground at Crosby School
40.39
Storm Drains
17,975.51
Edgestone
5,881.96
$336,370.39
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HIGHWAY DIVISION
A total appropriation of $104,000 was made for the High- way Division, sub-divided as appears in Table 1. Under the sub-division for Maintenance of Highways, streets of the Town were treated with tar and asphaltic oils at a cost of $18,258.56, and repaired and cleaned at a cost of $25,729.59. Six thousand, nine hundred twenty-four dollars and fifty-seven cents was expended on the care and repair of gravel sidewalks and $571.08 on the repairs of permanent sidewalks. On the maintenance of storm drains and catch basins, $4,672. was expended.
Owing to the lack of available funds, the permanent side- walks of the Town have for years received but scant attention and now in many places require immediate care. The Board in its estimates for 1923 will ask for an appropriation for this work as part of the Maintenance of Highways sub-division.
With the $23,000 available for this purpose, a section on the south side of Massachusetts Avenue, from Fairmont to Magnolia streets, 532 feet long and of an average width of 24 feet ; on the south side from opposite Tufts Street to Wyman Terrace, 869 feet long and average width of 25 feet, and on the north side from Medford Street to the Old Town Hall, 536 feet long and average width of 30 feet, were reconstructed by the Simpson Brothers Corporation of the type of construction known as the Hassam Compressed Concrete Pavement. Also a section on the west side of Massachusetts Avenue, between Paul Revere Road and the Boston Elevated car barns, containing 1,021 square yards, was relaid by the Warren Brothers Company with a Warrenite Bitulithic Wearing Surface. Linden Street was also reconstructed.
The policy begun in 1917 of reconstructing each year a section of Massachusetts Avenue, should be continued without interruption. The old parts of Massachusetts Avenue built at a time when traffic was horse drawn, and of a class of construc- tion not adequate to withstand the wear to which it is subjected by present day motor cars and trucks, have reached a condition where they require constant repairs, which are costly and are making the surface more uneven yearly. An appropriation of $20,000 is requested for reconstruction of streets.
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In connection with the reconstruction of parts of Massa- chusetts Avenue, storm drains were laid from Pond Lane to opposite Adams Street, and from Magnolia to Lafayette streets; also storm drains were constructed in Gloucester Street and at Orvis Road, from Newcomb Street to Spy Pond, and a drain connecting the ends of Wyman Terrace and Linwood Street and emptying into Spy Pond.
The Town accepted and made appropriation for the con- struction of Daniels and Gloucester Streets and Kimball Road, and this work was done under the direction of this Board. Reference to Tables 1 and 2 will show the details of main- tenance, construction, storm drains and snow and ice expense.
The installation of edgestone was delegated by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works to this Board and 3,300.4 feet of granite curbing were laid at an expense of $5,881.96.
The value of the property controlled by the Highway Division, January 1, 1923, amounted to $39,323.71, classified as follows:
Horses, vehicles, machinery and tools
$28,500.00
Buildings and appurtenances
9,000.00
Material available for new work
1,823.71
TABLE 1
Appropriation made for 1922
$104,000.00
HIGHWAY DIVISION
Total net expenditure
102,221.62
Balance, January 1, 1923
$1,778.38
Net Appropriation
Net Expense
Balance
Maintenance of highways.
$56,500.00
$56,155.80
$344.20
Reconstruction of streets.
23,000.00
22,998.52
1.48
Tools and equipment. .
3,000.00
2,997.01
2.99
Care of Town Yards and buildings
3,500.00
3,111.85
388.15
Stock account .. . .
1,000.00
554.78
445.22
*General expenditure account.
17,000.00
16,403.66
596.34
Totals
$104,000.00
$102,221.62
$1,778.38
*Automobiles, $1,383.88; office, $275.75; engineering, $243.29; miscellaneous, $1,010.52; holidays, $1,955.53; vacations, $2,702.74; Saturday afternoons, $5,648.90; signs, $682.42; teaming, $960.63; salaries, $1,540.00.
Material on hand January 1, 1922.
$1,268.93
Material purchased during year but not used.
554.78
Material on hand January 1, 1923, available for new work.
$1,823.71
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TABLE 2
SNOW AND ICE
Appropriation for 1922 Expenditure
$9,000.00
11,696.47
Overdraft authorized by the Selectmen $2,696.47
$6,361.60
STREET CONSTRUCTION DANIELS STREET
Appropriation Expenditure
5,865.38
Balance January 1, 1923
$496.22
STREET CONSTRUCTION GLOUCESTER STREET
Appropriation Expenditure
7,609.58
Balance January 1, 1923
$933.92
STREET CONSTRUCTION KIMBALL ROAD
Appropriation Expenditure
5,314.81
Balance January 1, 1923
$0.19
GRADING PLAYGROUND AT CROSBY SCHOOL
Expenditure
40.39
Balance January 1, 1923
$605.15
$18,000.00
STORM DRAINS
Appropriation Expenditure
17,975.51
Balance January 1, 1923
$24.49
LOCATION
Size of Pipe in Inches
Length in Feet
Net Cost
Cost per Foot
Gloucester Street (Highland Avenue to Scituate Street)
15
550
12
232
$3,419.16
$4.37
24
44
20
250
12
156
Massachusetts Avenue (South side Pond Lane to
15
953
opposite Adams Street)
12
38
2,586.14
2.61
Massachusetts Avenue (South side Magnolia Street to Lafayette Street) .
15
737
12
76
2,294.42
2.82
Orvis Road (Newcomb Street to Spy Pond)
24
1084
12
144
10
90
7,894.88
5.99
*General expenditure
507.46
Totals .
4383
$17.975.51
*Saturday afternoons, $457.46; tools, $50.00.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Thirty-seven thousand, two hundred and fifty dollars was appropriated for the collection of ashes, rubbish and offal.
During the year the equivalent of nine thousand, six
10
29
1,273.45
2.66
Linwood Street (Wyman Terrace to Linwood Street along right of way B. &. I. R.R. and under railroad)
$645.54
Balance January 1, 1922
$7,643.50
$5,315.00
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hundred and fifty-five single cartloads of ashes were collected and hauled to various dumps, an increase of one and one-half per cent over the previous year. One thousand, eight hundred and ninety-three wagonloads of waste material were collected and deposited, and increase of about forty-four per cent. Four hundred and thirty-one cords of garbage were collected, an increase of over five per cent.
Details of this work will be found in Table 3.
TABLE 3
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Appropriation for 1922 $37,250.00 Expenditure 36,679.43
Balance January 1, 1923
$570.57
Net Expense
Offal
$15,505.96
Ashes
14,033.73
Paper and rubbish
6,224.82
Superintendence .
352.15
Repairs.
297.85
Sundries and supplies.
264.92
Total
$36,679.43
SEWER DIVISION
Six thousand, two hundred and seventy-one feet of main sewer were laid during the year and two hundred and twenty- five 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, 1923, amounts to $6,031.45, as follows:
Tools and equipment
$2,500.00
Buildings and appurtenances
400.00
Three pumping plants
3,100.00
Material available for new work
31.45
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TABLE 4
Appropriation Balance on hand January 1, 1922
$25,000.00 6,505.03
SEWER CONSTRUCTION
Available for 1922 Net expenditure
31,387.15
Cash balance January 1, 1923
$117.88
LOCATION
Size of Pipe in Inches
Length in Feet
Net Cost
Cost per Foot
Adams Street (Old end to Broadway)
8
686
$1,023.57
$1.49
Allen Street (Old end to Massachusetts Avenue).
8
620
907.90
1.46
Allen Street (Broadway to Warren Street)
8
276
617.76
2.23
Bowen Street (Massachusetts Avenue to Higgins Street) .
8
278
1,220.54
4.39
Fairview Avenue (Old end northwesterly)
8
198
508.07
2.56
Foster Street (Old end to Broadway .
8
803
1,346.33
1.67
Higgins Street (Bowen Street, southeasterly)
8
230
913.93
3.97
Hilton Street (Old end northwesterly).
8
42
66.91
1.59
Lake Street (Lakehill Avenue westerly)
12
121
1,779.60
14.70
Massachusetts Avenue (Old end west of Daniels Street westerly)
8
70
216.44
3.09
Massachusetts Avenue (Lafayette Street to Park Boulevard)
8
240
606.78
2.53
Mt. Vernon Street (Gray Street southwesterly)
8
414
589.42
1.18
Park Circle (Old end easterly)
8
182
1,730.19
9.50
Prospect Avenue (Hillside Avenue to Park Avenue).
8
308
766.52
2.49
Scituate Street (Old end southwesterly)
8
66
138.16
2.09
Webcowet Road (Orchard Terrace to Mystic Lake Drive)
8
564
1,253.74
2.22
Webster Street (Northeasteily and southwesterly from Hamlet Street)
8
698
2,195.95
3.15
Windsor Street (Old end to Waldo Road. . . )
8
475
1,164.54
2.45
Forest Street. .
8
434.62
Total .
$17,480.97
*General expense
4,633.36
Particular sewers.
11,078.70
Total.
$33,193.03
Material used that was on hand January 1, 1922
1,805.88
Grand totals
6,271
$31,387.15
Salaries, $750.00; engineering, $357.92; tools and equipment, $823.45; miscellaneous, $148.38; holidays, 361.83; vacations, $350.50; Saturday afternoons, $1,841.28.
Material on hand January 1, 1922
$1,837.33
Material used that was on hand January 1, 1922. 1,805.88
Material on hand January 1, 1923, available for new work.
$31.45
1
$31,505.03
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SEWER DIVISION MAINTENANCE
TABLE 5 Appropriation for 1922 Expenditure
$7,000.00
5,363.31
Balance January 1, 1923
$1,636.69
Expenditures
Repairing, flushing and cleaning mains
$1,364.12
Brattle Street sewer pump.
980.11
Grove Street sewer pump.
1,358.33
Care and repair of particular sewers.
813.26
*General expense.
847.49
Total.
$5,363.31
*Tools and equipment, $587.24; holidays, $43.69; Saturday afternoons $152.26; vacations, $54.21; miscellaneous, $10.09.
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, 42.49 miles, includes 3.47 miles Metro- politan sewer.
For sewerage and surface water, 0 miles.
For surface water only, 11.85 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
224,444 feet 62,632 feet
2. Lineal feet extended during year 6,271 feet 4,383 feet
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3. Number of inverted siphons, 2.
4. Number of manholes, 918.
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 connection with water mains for flushing, 40.
9. Number of flushings of systems during year, 1.
10. Cost of flushing per mile, $12.98.
11. Cost of cleaning per mile, $12.98.
12. Number of stoppages, 5.
13. Method of ventilation, manhole covers.
14. Miles of permanent undermains, 3.21.
HOUSE CONNECTIONS
1. By whom made, Sewer Division, Board of Public Works.
2. Sizes, 5, 6 and 8 inches.
3. Number made during year, 225.
4. Lineal feet laid during year, 10,032.
5. Lineal feet discontinued during year, 20.
6. Total miles in use, 28.55.
7. Average cost per foot, connections made during year, $1.10.
8. Number of stoppages coming to attention of Depart- ment, 88.
DISCHARGE OF SEWER
1. Estimated population using sewer system, 17,650.
2. Number of buildings connected, 2,941.
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, $437,483.92.
Bonded debt at date, $147,500.
Value of sinking fund at date, $51,830.33.
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, 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 STATEMENT CONSTRUCTION Receipts
Cash on hand January 1, 1922
$6,505.03
From Public Funds
10,000.00
Serial Notes
15,000.00
Stock on hand January 1, 1922
1,837.33
$33,342.36
Expenditures
Mains
$17,480.97
House Connections
11,078.70
General Expense
4,633.36
Stock on hand January 1, 1923
31.45
Balance, cash on hand January 1, 1923
117.88
$33,342.36
MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION Receipts
Appropriation from Public Funds Expenditures
$7,000.00 $7,000.00
Repairs of Mains
$350.51
Brattle Street Pump
980.11
Grove Street Pump
1,358.33
Cleaning and Flushing Sewers
1,013.61
Care and Repair of Particular Sewers
813.26
General Expense
847.49
Cash balance January 1, 1923
1,636.69
$7,000.00
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WATER DIVISION
Nine thousand, eight hundred and sixty feet of water mains were laid during the year and connected with the Metropolitan system. Details of this construction will be found in Table 6.
The value of the property controlled by the Water Division January 1, 1923, amounts to $21,634.08, of which $7,500 is invested in buildings, $3,300 in tools and equipment, and $10,834.08 in material available for new work.
SERVICES
Two hundred and twenty-seven new services have been added during the year and eight services abandoned. There are for all purposes 1,970 on the low, 1,710 on the high, and 13 on the old reservoir system. On the Metropolitan water supply there are 22 services for municipal buildings included in the above, 10 for street-watering standpipes and 40 for sewer- flushing purposes. On January 1, 1923, 137 services were temporarily out of use.
METERS
Two hundred and nineteen meters were set on services installed during 1914, 1920, 1921 and 1922. The total number of meters in use January 1, 1923, is 3,643.
LOW SERVICE SYSTEM
HIGH SERVICE SYSTEM
RESERVOIR SYSTEM
Size
Cement-lined Pipe
Cast-iron Pipe
Cast-iron Pipe
Cement and 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
19,198
270
.
... .
8
22,047
19,106
1,576
. .
... .
6
634
69,825
95,224
1,129
. . .
... .
4
1,200
11,800
1,497
1,620
Total
1,834
2
5
121,673
229
224
153,442
303
298
13,125
10
12
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
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