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125 Candle Power Type C Series Incandescent Lamps, 2
600 Candle Power, Type C Series Incandescent Lamps 95
616
ORNAMENTAL LIGHTING SYSTEM
50 Watt Lamps, Multiple, burning from 30 minutes after sundown to 11 P.M., total 1,695 hours 49
Two lights on the last ornamental pole on Pleasant Street, and two lights on the pole at the corner of Academy and Maple Streets have been changed to make them continue burning until morning, in order to improve the lighting condition at these points after 11 P.M.
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INSPECTION OF WIRES IN BUILDINGS
Thirteen hundred and forty-two (1,342) applications for permits for electrical construction were issued, one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine (1, 949) inspections were made, and one thousand one hundred and eighty-six (1,186) installa- tions were approved during the year. There were no fires caused by defective wiring during the year.
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There was one electrical fire in the transformer station on Mystic Street caused by a short circuit in some part of the apparatus.
POLES AND WIRES ON STREETS
The Edison Company and the Telephone Company in- stalled twenty-two (22) new poles and replaced one hundred (100) poles on public streets during the year.
FIRE ALARM SYSTEM
There were ten (10) Fire Alarm boxes installed: Box 154, Orvis Road at Newcomb Street; Box 163, Adams Street, corner Andrew Street; Box 261, Medford Street, corner Parallel Street ; Box 361, Medford Street, corner Massachusetts Avenue; Box 413, Jason Street at Norfolk Road; Box 424, Highland Avenue, corner High Haith Road; Box 425, Mt. Vernon Street, corner Gloucester Street; Box 451, Massachusetts Avenue near Hobbs Court; Box 49, Overlook Road at Peter Tufts Road; Box 611, Hillside Avenue near Cedar Avenue.
Box 73 on Massachusetts Avenue at Lancaster Road and Box 32 on Pleasant Street near Lake Street were removed from Telephone Company's poles and installed on Fire Alarm ped- estals with underground connections.
Extensive repairs have been made to the aerial wires, and abandoned sections removed.
UNDERGROUND CABLES
Four thousand seven hundred and eight (4,708) feet of lead- covered cable were installed in underground conduits in the following locations: One thousand seven hundred and seventy
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(1,770) feet of eight (8) conductor in Massachusetts Avenue between Tufts and Winter Streets; one thousand and twenty (1,020) feet of four (4) conductor in Pleasant Street between Gould Road and Box 32; one thousand three hundred and seventy-three (1,373) feet of four (4) conductor in Medford Street between Lewis Avenue and Parallel Street; one hundred and sixty (160) feet of four (4) conductor from Box 42 to first pole on Walnut Street; three hundred and eighty-five (385) feet of two (2) conductor from terminal on Massachusetts Avenue, corner Allen Street to second pole on Adams Street.
An appropriation is asked for to cover the cost of install- ing cable in Broadway, where underground provision has been made by the Telephone Company.
POLICE SIGNAL SYSTEM
Police Box 46 was installed at the corner of Mt. Vernon and Gloucester Streets. The Police register and time stamp, after giving hard service for over two years, were repaired by the manufacturer.
An appropriation is recommended for one additional box at the request of the Chief of Police.
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, 1923.
At the Town Meeting held on March 5, 1923, Carl H. Bunker was elected member of the Board for the term of three years. The Board organized on March 12th with the choice of Loren W. Marsh as chairman.
APPOINTMENTS
At a meeting held on March 12, Harold N. Willis was appointed Clerk of the Board, water registrar, purchasing agent and bookkeeper. March 29, George E. Ahern was appointed Superintendent of Public Works. These appointments were for the year ending April 1, 1924.
MEETINGS
The meetings are held Monday evenings. During the year the Board held thirty-eight meetings.
The following are the net expenditures made under the direction of the Board:
Highway Division
$107,456.32
Sewer Extensions
41,545.39
Sewer Maintenance
5,668.63
Water Extensions
28,315.46
Construction of Adams Street
9,893.06
Construction of Devereaux Street Extension
3,089.35
Construction of Gould Road
6,080.02
Water Maintenance (includes interest, Town Debt and Metropolitan Water Assessment)
85,545.03
Health Department
43,937.54
Snow and Ice
22,234.57
Grading Playground at Crosby School
226.74
Storm Drains
$17,528.77
Edgestone
1,621.75
$373,142.63
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HIGHWAY DIVISION
An appropriation of $112,000 was made for the Highway Division. Owing to the fact that this section was visited last year by none of the heavy showers, which in the past have badly washed sidewalks and streets in the hill district and filled up storm drain catch basins, the Board was able to allow a transfer of $2,500 of this amount to the Health Department, . and also to turn back to the Town practically $3,000 from the sub-division of Maintenance of Highways.
Besides treating public streets with tar and asphaltic oils at a cost of $18,306.59, maintaining storm drains and cleaning catch basins at a cost of $3,105.05, repairing and cleaning streets at a cost of $28,846.23, caring for and repairing gravel sidewalks and permanent sidewalks at a cost of $6,308.61 a top surface of tar of not less than one inch in thickness was placed on sidewalks of streets at the Heights, which years ago were given what was known as a temporary tar treatment, although this type of sidewalk did not wash away, yet with the passing of time the smaller stones on the top worked out and the larger bottom stones worked up, making the surface very rough, so that in many instances people preferred to walk on the streets themselves. This year 5,561 square yards of this class of sidewalk were retopped, and the Town now has excel- lent sidewalks on these streets. The cost of this work was $7,033.84.
Twenty thousand dollars was allowed for reconstruction of streets, and with this money a section on the south side of Massachusetts Avenue, between Pleasant Street and Medford Street, on the north side of Massachusetts Avenue from the Old Town Hall to Water Street, and on the south side of Massachusetts Avenue, from Magnolia to Chandler Streets were resurfaced with Hassam Compressed Concrete Pavement, and a small section on the north side of Massachusetts Avenue, from Grove Street northerly, was reconstructed with Simasco Pavement.
Reconstruction work on Massachusetts Avenue should be continued without interruption, and not less than $20,000 should be expended each year on this work until all the Avenue has been gone over. The old sections yearly become more
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expensive to maintain and of necessity are growing more un- even. A so-called permanent pavement is needed to hold up under the heavy traffic which the Avenue has to stand, and only when this type of pavement covers the whole Avenue will the Town have a street, the maintenance of which will be very little and with an easy riding surface that the traveling public will appreciate.
In connection with the reconstruction of Massachusetts Avenue, storm drains were laid from Railroad Avenue to Water Street and from Magnolia to Lake Streets. Storm drains were also constructed in Gould Road, Devereaux Street Extension, Oakland Avenue and Summer Street.
Under the direction of this Board, Adams Street, Gould Road and Devereaux Street Extension, which were accepted by the Town at the March Meeting, were constructed. Tables 1 and 2 will show the details of maintenance, construction, snow and ice and storm drain construction costs.
The value of the property controlled by the Highway Division, January 1, 1924, amounted to $40,729.56, classified as follows:
Horses, vehicles, machinery and tools
$30,000.00
Buildings and appurtenances
9,000.00
Material available for new work
1,729.56
TABLE 1
$112,000.00
HIGHWAY DIVISION
Appropriation made for 1923 Total net expenditure
107,456.32
Balance, January 1, 1924
$4,543.68
Net Appropriation
Net Expense
Balance
Maintenance of highways
$69,000.00
$$66,100.32
$2,899.68
Reconstruction of streets
20,000.00
20,000.00
Tools and equipment ..
3,000.00
2,896.43
103.57
Care of Town yards and buildings
2,500.00
2,424.26
75.74
¡General expenditure account
16,500.00
16,129.46
370.54
Stock account .
.1,000.00
*94.15
1,094.15
Totals
$112,000.00
$107,456.32
$4,543.68
[Office, $655.42; engineering, $188.41; miscellaneous, $1,155.44; holidays, $2,226.82; vacations, $3,588.33; Saturday afternoons, $4,797.12; signs, $881.29; teaming, $941.58; automobiles, $71.77; salaries, $1,623.28.
¿Includes $2,500.00 transferred to Health Department by vote of the Town December 5, 1923.
*Credit. Material used that was on hand January 1, 1923.
Material on hand January 1, 1923.
$1,823.71
Material used that was on hand January 1, 1923.
94.15
Material on hand January 1, 1924, available for new work $1,729.56
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TABLE 2
SNOW AND ICE
22,234.57
Balance, January 1, 1924 $68.96
NOTE: $2,696.47 was also appropriated to take care of the authorized overdraft of that amount in 1922.
STREET CONSTRUCTION ADAMS STREET
Appropriation Expenditure
$9,907.62 9,893.06
Balance, January 1, 1924
$14.56
STREET CONSTRUCTION
3,089.35
DEVEREAUX STREET EXTENSION
Balance, January 1, 1924
$93.40
STREET CONSTRUCTION GOULD ROAD
Appropriation Expenditure
$6,711.00 6,080.02
Balance, January 1, 1924
1 $630.98
GRADING PLAYGROUND AT CROSBY SCHOOL
Balance, January 1, 1923 Expenditure
226.74
Balance, January 1, 1924
$378.41
STORM DRAINS
Appropriation Expenditure
17,528.77
Balance, January 1, 1924
$471.23
LOCATION
Size of Pipe in Inches
Length in Feet
Net Cost
Cost per Foot
Gould Road (Devcreaux Street to Spy Pond)
12
408
$1,440.55 578.11
$3.53
Devereaux Street Ext. (Gould Road, southwesterly) .
12
156
3.70
Massachusetts Avenue (Railroad Avenue to Water Street)
12
305
824.47
2.70
Massachusetts Avenue (Magnolia Street to Lake Street)
12
1,142
10
20
2,754.70
2.37
Oakland Avenue (Appleton Street to Gray Street)
12
982
10
71
Summer Street (Brattle Street, westerly)
18
750
4,624.71
6.17
Chestnut Street (2 catch basins at Mystic Street)
10
30
407.59
*General expenditure. .
1,411.98
Material purchased but not used
270.46
Totals .
3,904
$17,528.77!
*Saturday afternoons, $823.87; holidays, $336.11; tools, $150.00; automobiles, $50.00; office, $50.00; miscellaneous, $2.00.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT Forty-four thousand dollars was appropriated for the collection of ashes, rubbish and offal.
8
40
5,216.20
4.86
Appropriation for 1923 Expenditure
$22,303.53
Appropriation Expenditure
$3,182.75
$605.15
$18,000.00
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During the year the equivalent of nine thousand nine hundred and forty-eight single cartloads of ashes were collected and hauled to various dumps, an increase of three per cent over the previous year. Two thousand two hundred and fifteen wagonloads of waste material were collected and deposited, an increase of seventeen per cent. Four hundred and ninety-eight cords of garbage were collected, an increase of fifteen per cent.
Details of this work will be found in Table 3.
TABLE 3
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Appropriation for 1923
$41,500.00
Transferred from Highway Division
2,500.00
Available for 1923
$44,000.00
Expenditure
43,937.54
Balance January 1, 1924
$62.46
Net Expense
Offal
$18,567.75
Ashes
16,215.11
Paper and rubbish.
7,887.74
Superintendence.
424.71
Repairs.
476.78
Sundries and supplies
365.45
Total
$43,937.54
SEWER DIVISION
Five thousand two hundred and forty-three feet of main sewer were laid during the year, and two hundred and forty- 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, 1924, amounts to $6,400.00, as follows:
Tools and equipment
$2,700.00
Buildings and appurtenances
400.00
Three pumping plants
3,300.00
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TABLE 4
Appropriation $41,500.00 Balance on hand January 1, 1923 117.88
SEWER CONSTRUCTION
Available for 1923
$41,617.88
Net expenditure 41,545.39
Balance January 1, 1924
$72.49
LOCATION
Size of Pipe in Inches
Length in Feet
Net Cost
Cost per Foot
Aberdeen Road (Tanager Street to Inverness Road) .
8
400
$1,210.85
$3.03
Amsden Street (Old end to Waldo Road)
8
364
725.23
1.99
Bonad Road (Highland Avenue to Shawnee Road) ..
8
543
1,416.33
2.61
Coleman Road (Massachusetts Avenue to Trent Street)
8
235
483.59
2.06
Gould Road (Devereaux Street casterly) .
90
305.63
3.40
Gray Street (Fountain Road to Buena Vista Road) .
8
248
902.80
3.64
Inverness Road (Aberdeen Road to Kilsythe Road) .
8
221
439.02
1.99
Iroquois Road (Bonad Road southerly)
8
261
1,302.59
4.99
Kilsythe Road (Inverness Road northwesterly)
S
463
1,203.55
2.60
Lanark Road (Kilsythe Road southwesterly)
8
205
441.64
2.15
Lombard Terrace (Lombard Road southeasterly)
8
166
538.23
3.24
Newton Road (Hamlet Street to Parallel Street)
8
432
1,119.81
2.59
Robbins Road (Old end southerly)
8
315
1,438.15
4.57
Scituate Street (Old end southerly)
8
114
389.37
3.42
Shawnee Road (Bonad Road southerly)
8
290
1,221.53
4.21
Trent Street (Coleman Road to near Highland Avenue
8
348
807.46
2.32
Washington Street (Old end to Brattle Terrace)
8
104
454.91
4.37
Webster Street (Old end northerly .
8
88
327.02
3.72
Webster Street (Old end to near Warren Street)
8
356
758.23
2.13
*Hayes Street, Maynard Street, Mystic Lake Drive, private land and Medford Street
8 & 10
6,167.65
Total .
$21,653.59
¡General expense
6,983.99
Particular sewers
12,939.26
Total . Material used that was on hand January 1, 1923.
31.45
Grand totals
5,243
$41,545.39
*Unfinished.
¡Salaries, $808.30; engineering, $959.57; miscellaneous, $1,824.63; holidays, $818.72; vacations, $113.49; Saturday afternoons, $2,459.28.
SEWER DIVISION MAINTENANCE
TABLE 5 Appropriation for 1923 Expenditure
$7,000.00
5,668.63
Balance January 1, 1924
$1,331.37
Expenditures
Repairing, flushing and cleaning mains .
$1,606.74
Brattle Street sewer pump
1,126.27
Grove Street sewer pump.
1,118.98
Care and repair of particular sewers.
806.65
*General expense .
1,009.99
Total
$5,668.63
*Tools and equipment, $484.88; miscellaneous, $168.93; Saturday after noons, $160.81; holidays, $91.34; vacations, $104.03.
$41,576.84
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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, 43.48 miles, includes 3.47 miles Metro- politan sewer.
For sewerage and surface water, 0 miles.
For surface water only, 12.59 miles.
Method of disposal, sewerage into Metropolitan sewer, surface water into brooks. 1
COLLECTION
Mains. (Everything but house and catch basin con- nection.)
For Sewerage For Surface Only Water Only
1. Lineal feet pipe
229,687 feet 66,536 feet
2. Lineal feet extended during year
5,243 feet 3,904 feet
3. Number of inverted siphons, 2.
4. Number of manholes, 942.
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, 40.
9. Number of flushings of systems during the year, 1.
10. Cost of flushing per mile, $15.85.
11. Cost of cleaning per mile, $15.85.
12. Number of stoppages, 2.
13. Method of ventilation, manhole covers.
14. Miles of permanent undermains, 3.21.
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HOUSE CONNECTIONS
1. By whom made, Sewer Division, Board of Public Works.
2. Sizes, 5, 6 and 8 inches.
3. Number made during year, 245.
4. Lineal feet laid during year, 10,276.
5. Lineal feet discontinued during year, 0.
6. Total miles in use, 30.49.
7. Average cost per foot, connections made during year, $1.30. 8. Number of stoppages coming to attention of Depart- ment, 71.
DISCHARGE OF SEWER
1. £ Estimated population using sewer system, 18,900.
2. Number of buildings connected, 3,186.
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- red? *
* Note: See Metropolitan Sewerage Board Report.
GENERAL
Total cost of collecting mains, $463,137.51.
Bonded debt at date, $150,000.
Value of sinking fund at date, $45,619.80.
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.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT CONSTRUCTION Receipts
Cash on hand January 1, 1923
$117.88
From Public Funds
21,500.00
Serial Notes
20,000.00
Stock on hand January 1, 1923
31.45
$41,649.33
Expenditures
Mains
$21,653.59
House Connections
12,939.26
General Expense
6,983.99
Balance; cash on hand January 1, 1924
72.49
$41,649.33
MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION
Receipts
Appropriation from Public Funds $7,000.00 $7,000.00
Expenditures
Repairs of Mains
$255.06
Brattle Street Pump
1,126.27
Grove Street Pump
1,118.98
Cleaning and Flushing Sewers
1,351.68
Care and Repair of Particular Sewers
806.65
General Expense
1,009.99
Cash balance January 1, 1924
1,331.37
$7.000.00
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WATER DIVISION
Ten thousand seven hundred and forty-four feet of water mains were laid during the year and connected with the Met- ropolitan system. Details of this construction will be found in Table 6.
The value of the property controlled by the Water Division January 1, 1924, amounts to $19,778.28, of which $7,500 is invested in buildings, $3,500 in tools and equipment, and $8,778.28 in material available for new work.
SERVICES
Two hundred and sixty-two new services have been added during the year and twelve services abandoned. There are for all purposes 2,121 on the low, 1,809 on the high, and 13 on the old reservoir system. On the Metropolitan water supply there are 23 services for municipal buildings included in the above, 10 for street-watering standpipes and 40 for sewer flushing purposes. On January 1, 1924, 122 services were temporarily out of use.
METERS
Two hundred and fifty meters were set on services installed during 1920, 1921, 1922 and 1923. The total number of meters in use January 1, 1924, is 3,893.
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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
20,781
1,576
. .. .
6
634
75,946
98,557
1,129
4
815
11,800
1,497
1,620
Total
1,449
2
5
127,794
240
236
158,450
316
319
13,125
10
12
.
385 feet of 4-inch cement-lined pipe were abandoned on the low service and replaced by 385 feet of 6-inch cast-iron pipe.
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TABLE 6
Appropriation Balanee on hand January 1, 1923
$25,000.00 3,316.16
WATER EXTENSIONS
Available for 1923 Net expenditure
28,315.46
Balance January 1, 1924
$0.70
TO EXTEND THE HIGH SERVICE SYSTEM
LOCATION
Size in Pipe in Inehes
Length in Feet
No. of Hy- drants
No. of Gates
Total Cost
Cost per Foot
Totals
Aberdeen Road (Tanager Street to Inverness Road)
6
191
1
$601.45
$3.15
Coleman Road (Massachusetts Avenue to Trent Street)
6
214
1
551.46
2.58
Florence Avenue (Old end westerly)
8
240
1,265.15
5.27
Forest Street (Old end to Winchester Line)
8
1,168
4
2
4,096.18
3.41
8
267
1
1
1,475.00
5.36
Hawthorne Avenue (Highland Avenue easterly) .
6
174
1
596.52
3.43
Hawthorne Avenue (Pine Ridge Road to Grand View Road)
6
222
2
1,659.33
7.47
Inverness Road (Aberdeen Road to Kilsythe Road)
6
235
1
1
637.78
2.71
Irving Street (Old end to Pleasant Street)
6
192
1
2
806.56
4.20
Kilsythe Road (Inverness Road northwesterly)
6
474
1
1
1,389.43
2.93
Lanark Road (Kilsythe Road southwesterly .
6
204
1
485.12
2.38
Mystie Street (Old end to Winehester Line)
6
88
1
385.00
4.38
Trent Street (Highland Avenue to Coleman Road)
6
446
1
2
1,278.94
2.87
Wachusett Avenue (No. 211 to Oakland Avenue)
6
363
2
1
1,013.20
2.79
Waverly Street (Oakland Avenue northwesterly)
6
253
1
553.48
2.19
Yale Street (Eastern Avenue southwesterly)
6
223
1
835.81
3.75
6
13
2
2
454.20
Totals
5,008
13
21
$18,084.61
REPORT OF BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
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6
33
Gray Street (Fountain Road to Buena Vista Road)
6
8
Installing hydrants on Massachusetts Avenue between railroad erossing and Medford Street
$28,316.16
TABLE 6-Continued
TO EXTEND THE LOW SERVICE SYSTEM
LOCATION
Size of Pipe in Inches
Length in Feet
`No. of Hy- drants
No. of Gates
Total Cost
Cost per Foot
Totals
Alfred Road (Lake Street northerly)
6
505
1
1
$957.62
$1.90
Amsden Street (Old end to Waldo Ro d) .
6
193
1
434.08
2.25
Devereaux Street (Old end southwesterly to Gould Road)
6
161
1
357.72
2.22
Lake Avenue (Fairmont Street to Thorndike Street)
6
222
1
462.84
2.08
Lake Shore Drive (Robin Hood Road southwesterly)
6
211
1
1
570.56
2.70
. Maynard Street (Old end northeasterly) .
6
122.
247.69
2.03
Milton Street (Old end southwesterly).
6
60
105.94
1.77
Newton Road (Hamlet Street to Parallel Street)
6
440
1
1
1,010.35
2.30
Pondview Road (Lake Street northerly) .
6
431
1
1
846.68
1.96
Varnum Street (Old end southwesterly)
6
166
250.35
1.51
Webster Street (Old end southwesterly)
6
373
1
691.77
1.85
Webster Street (Old end northeasterly)
6
109
194.49
1.78
Installing gate Massachusetts Avenue at Magnolia Street .
67.63
+Brooks Avenue (Lake Street southerly)
6
594
1
1
849.72
1.43
+Chandler Street (Brooks Avenue northeasterly)
6
914
2
3
1,247.33
1.36
+Egerton Road (Old end southwesterly)
6
300
318.74
1.06
+Melrose Street (Old end southwesterly)
6
60
61.20
1.02
+Randolph Street (at Chandler Street) .
6
63
1
148.08
2.35
+Varnum Street (Old end southwesterly)
6
399
1
517.20
1.30
#Rawson Road (Bowdoin Street to Dartmouth Street).
6
413
1
583.45
1.41
Totals
5,736
11
12
$2,316.71
$9,923.44 2,316.71
*General expense
Total.
$30,324.76
Material used that was on hand January 1, 1923
$2,009.30
2,009.30
Grand Totals .
10,744
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$28,315.46
+All trench work and pipe laying done by H. F. Allen, except 24 feet in Brooks Avenue.
#Trench dug and backfilled by Brayley & Knowles.
*Tools and equipment, $310.83; salaries, $81.70; Saturday afternoons, $825.04; holidays, $155.92; engineering, $505.48; miscellaneous, $437.74.
Material on hand January 1, 1923 $2,311.94
Material used that was on hand January 1, 1923. 2,009.30
Material on hand January 1, 1924, available for new work. . -$302.64
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TABLE 7
WATER DIVISION
Appropriation for 1923
$7,000.00
Cash on hand January 1, 1923
2,400.71
Available for 1923
$9,400.71
Receipts from sale of water, 1923
76,144.32
Total
$85,545.03
Net expenditure
84,929.84
Cash balance, January 1, 1924
$615.19
DISTRIBUTION OF EXPENSE
Maintenance
Net Expenditures Totals
Shop and yard
$536.13
Mains, care and repair
716.32
Services, care and repair
7,259.12
Meters, care, repair and reading
4,182.57
Hydrants and gates, care and repair
1,490.83
Turning water services off and on
135.14
Tools and equipment
1,079.23
Reservoir and Great Meadows
943.81
Renewal of main, Hamlet Street
881.27
*General expense
7,936.96
Total maintenance
$25,161.38
Services
Services, extension of
$6,755.99
Meters, extension of
3,488.20
Total services
$10,244.19
Water debt
$11,000.00
Interest account
7,060.00
Sinking fund
6,000.00
Metropolitan water tax
25,549.71
Total
$49,609.71
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Work outside of division $38.94
Material used that was on hand Jan-
uary 1, 1923 46.50
Total
$85.44
Grand total $84,929.84 *Salaries, $1,736.64; office, $2,596.62; vacations, $730.08; Saturday afternoons, $1,685.69; engineering, $160.52; holidays, $673.35; miscellaneous, $354.06.
Material on hand January 1, 1923
$8,522.14
Material used that was on hand January
1,1923 46.50
Material on hand January 1, 1924, avail- able for new work $8,475.64
WATER RATES FROM CONSUMER
Year
Meter
1914
$50,872.83
1915
54,337.64
1916
59,043.77
1917
61,633.38
1918
68,059.78
1919
65,067.36
1920
66,694.89
1921
72,163.97
1922
73,830.02
1923
76,144.32
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.
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CONSUMPTION
1. Estimated total population at date, 22,750.
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