Town of Arlington annual report 1923, Part 19

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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


341


.


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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