Town of Arlington annual report 1926, Part 21

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Publication date: 1926
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40


273


Russell Street . .


74 Mystic Street to Water Street ..


40


791


Russell Terrace. .


28 Russell Street to Winslow Street


40


390


Sachem Avenue. .


127 Mystic Street to Meadow Brook Park


40


600


Sawin Street.


146 Henderson Street to Teel Street.


40


215


March 16, 1908.


Raleigh Street ..


Grafton Street to Harlow Street ..


40


650


Rangeley Road


151 Mystic Street to Glen Avenue


40


602


*Pleasant Street.


626 Massachusetts Avenue to Belmont Line .


4820


March 4, 1872. March 14, 1892.


Sawin Street .


Teel Street, westerly


30


200


School Street ..


1060 Massachusetts Avenue to Gray Street. ..


40


1363


Schouler Court


887 Massachusetts Avenue, northerly 30


340


Scituate Street .


23 Gloucester Street to Hawthorne Avenue .


40


1905


Second Street .


Peek Avenue to Lanark Road


40


150


iSelkirk Road.


Aberdeen Road to Perth Road .


40


500


+Shawmut Place


109 Summer Street, northerly


36


400


Shawnee Road.


41 Bonad Road to High Haith Road


40


557


Sherborn Street.


106 Medford Street, westerly.


40


625


+Shore Road . .


Chapman Street, southerly.


40


735


+Short Street. .


Chestnut Street, easterly


40


201


+Smith Street .


Arnold Street to Lancaster Road


40


600


Spring Avenue


Pine Ridge Road to Buena Vista Road.


40


1350


Spring Avenue .


133 Highland Avenue to Coolidge Road


40


1100


Spring Road .


Sutherland Road, southerly


40


300


Spring Street.


289 Pleasant Street to Highland Avenue.


3450


Spring Valley


144 Pleasant Street to Spy Pond


25


520


Spurcliff Road.


Mystic Street to Crosby Street.


40


916


+Spy Pond Parkway


Alfred Road, south and north.


60


600


#Steep Rock Road.


Philemon Street to Winchester Line.


40


300


Stowecroft Road.


Upland Road to Spurcliff Road.


40


911


Summer Street .


131 Mystic Street to Brattle Street .


50


3920


Summer Street . .


90 Brattle Street to Lexington Line.


50


6750


Summer Street Avenue. ..


Hemlock Street, westerly


40


465


Summer Street Place.


214 Summer Strect, southwesterly


20


170


Summit Street .


Alpine Street, northeasterly.


40


900


+Summit Street.


Summer Street, southwesterly


40


118


Sunny Side Avenue


17 Broadway, easterly ...


40


450


Sunset Road


75 Bow Street, northeasterly


40


1200


+Sunset Road Ext.


Frost Street, southwesterly .


40


627


Surry Road .


16 Daniels Street to Davis Road


40


520


April 2, 1925.


Sutherland Road


106 Paul Revere Road to Aberdeen Road


40


750


Swan Place .


480 Massachusetts Avenue, southerly .


30


600


Swan Street. .


40 Pleasant Street to Swan Place


40


250


March 14, 1877.


Sylvia Street.


Lexington Line to Rublee Street ..


40


800


Sylvia Street.


Rublee Street to Malvern Street. .


40


2001


Tanager Street .


35 Wollaston Avenue to Wollaston Avenue


40


1150


Teel Street.


77 Massachusetts Avenue to 15 Cross Street.


40


970


Teel Street Place


60 Teel Street, westerly .


30


206


Temple Street.


60 Highland Avenue to Gray Street.


40


966


+Thesda Street .


Wright Street to Reed Street ..


40


1620


+Third Street.


Peek Avenue to Perth Road


40


100


fThomas Street .


290 Forest Street to Wright Street


40


350


¡Thompson Street


Lowell Street to Mill Lane.


40


425


¡Thorn Road.


1146 Forest Street, southwesterly


40


.


185


..


Old Town Way named Spring Place, Novem- ber 9, 1846. November 11, 1850; April 15, '867.


April 7, 1873; Old Town Way, November 9, 1846; March 16, 1908. September 18, 1914.


November 22, 1906. March 9, 1881; March 10, 1884.


TABLE SHOWING THE LOCATION, LENGTH AND WIDTH OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE STREETS-Continued


Length


Name


Location


Width


Date of Acceptance


Public


Private


Thorndike Street .


86 Massachusetts Avenue to Lake Avenue.


40


1057


March 20, 1916.


Thorndike Street .


Lake Avenue to B. & L. R.R ..


40


643


Trent Street .


|14 Coleman Road to Lockeland Avenue.


40


619


Trowbridge Street


147 Massachusetts Avenue to 21 Waldo Road.


45


1050


March 26, 1914.


Tufts Street ..


287 Massachusetts Avenue to 26 Warren Street


35


1300


April 2, 1866.


. Udine Street ..


Appleton Street to Rublee Street.


40


960


+Unnamed street


Sylvia Street, westerly .


10


170


+Unnamed street .


Massachusetts Avenue to Paul Revere Road.


10


400


+Unnamed street .


Norfolk Road, southwesterly.


10


200


Unnamed street .


Hibbert Street to Sylvia Street.


40


180


¡Unnamed street .


Kensington Park, southeasterly


40


280


+Unnamed street .


Park Place, southerly .


40


340


Upland Road.


Falmouth Road, westerly


40


525


March 20, 1916.


Upland Road ..


West of Langley Road .


40


102


+Upland Road West


Crosby Street to Highfield Road.


10


493


+Valentine Road.


206 Appleton Street to George Street


50


900


Valley Road .


114 Gray Street to Churchill Avenue.


50


783


Varnum Street .


120 Massachusetts Avenue, southerly .


403


1314


Wachusett Avenue.


62 Wollaston Avenue to 207 Appleton Street.


10


650


+Wachusett Avenue.


Appleton Street to Florence Avenue .


50


730


Wachusett Avenue.


Florence Avenue to Park Avenue.


50


1800


Waldo Road .


54 Marathon Street to 57 Cleveland Street


200


Waldo Road.


55 Marathon Street to Windsor Street


45


512


Waldo Road .


Windsor Street to Amsden Street ..


15


23S


Wall Street.


Eastern Avenue to Arlmont Street.


10


448


+Walnut Avenue.


Glen Avenue, easterly.


10


400


Walnut Court.


20 Walnut Street, easterly.


25


275


Walnut Street.


998 Massachusetts Avenue to 252 Gray Street


33


March 7, 1870


*Warren Street.


59 Medford Street to 133 Broadway


50


May 27, 1873, Old Town Way, November 9 1846.


+Warren Street. .


Appleton Street, southerly.


30


350


Warwick Street ..


27 Marathon Street to Trowbridge Street.


45


200


Washington Avenue.


Madison Avenue to Orient Avenue


10


250


Washington Street.


46 Brattle Street to Summer Street.


40


700


Washington Street Ext.


Summer Street to Overlook Road.


10


2080


+Washington Street.


Near Overlook Road to Gay Street


60


700


Water Street. .


675 Massachusetts Avenue to Russell Street .


40


680


March 15, 1894.


+Water Street Ext.


Mystic Street to Russell Street.


50


1300


Waverly Street ..


148 Florence Avenue to Cedar Avenue ..


40


2180


+Waverly Street.


Florence Avenue to Dow Avenue.


10


644


Webcowet Road.


1128 Medford Street to Orchard Terrace .


40


484


.


45


April 15, 1898, formerly Laurel Street. April 15, 1926.


1360 2680


March 26, 1914. November 13, 1894.


40


Webcowet Road Webster Street ..


Orchard Terrace northerly to Mystic Lake Drive ... 40


40


608 2390 737


|April 15, 1926. March 25, 1861 and April 15, 1926. November S, 1897; March 6, 1911.


Wellington Street.


86 Pleasant Street, easterly. Wellington Street to Addison Street


40


191


1Wellington Street Ext .. West Street.


82 Wollaston Avenue to Appleton Street


50


450


+West Court Terrace. .


167 Lowell Street, 200 feet northwesterly.


40


200


Westminster Avenue.


118 Lowell Street to Lexington Line.


50


2310


985


White Street.


29 Margaret Street to 16 Bureh Street


40


300


Whittemore Street.


406 Massachusetts Avenue to B. & L. R.R.


40


466


+Wilbur Avenue. .


Williams Street to Chestnut Street .


40


1082


Wildwood Avenue


31 Bartlett Avenue to Lockeland Avenue.


40


1297


Williams Street.


Arnold Street, southerly .


40


500


Williams Street.


Piedmont Street, northerly .


40


750


Willow Place. ..


801 Massachusetts Avenue, northerly


30


169


Wilson Avenue.


170 Lake Street, southerly ..


300


Winchester Road .


Old Mystie Street to Bradley Road.


40


350


110


March 27, 1906.


Windermere Park.


Windermere Avenue, southerly


30


400


Windsor Street.


127 Massachusetts Avenue, 577 feet northeasterly . .


40


577


Windsor Street.


Waldo Road, 423 feet southeasterly


45


123


Winnick Place ..


126 Medford Street to northwest of Sherborn Street ..


20


230


Winslow Street.


30 Mystie Street to Russell Terrace.


40


528


March 14, 1892.


Winter Street


201 Massachusetts Avenue to 79 Broadway


40


1540


Wollaston Avenue


103 Park Avenue to West Street ..


60


1340


April 13, 1874; also Old Town Way, Novem- ber 9, 1846. September 23, 1878; November 13, 1894: March 16, 1908.


+Wollaston 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 .


120 Jason Street to Bartlett Avenue


40


282


March 22, 1909. March 25, 1915.


+Wright Street .


Winchester Line, southwesterly ..


40


1930


Wyman Street ..


347 Massachusetts Avenue to S4 Warren Street.


40


1050


March 19, 1SSS; November 22, 1906.


Wyman Lane.


165 Lake Street, northwesterly. ..


600


Wyman Terrace


342 Massachusetts Avenue to 352 Massachusetts Avenue. 1Arlmont Street to Hawthorne Avenue Ext ..


40


751


March 20, 1916.


Vale Street .


40


1117


*Street laid out by the County Commissioners.


+Proposed Street. not built.


· Length of Public Streets and Town Ways, 43.60 miles Length of Private Streets open for travel, 38.37 miles Length of Proposed Private Streets, 10.47 miles


130 feet proposed.


August 4, 1884; March 17, 1881.


Westmoreland Avenue.


221 Lowell Street to Orient Avenue.


40


November 23, 1909.


40


1435


Windermere Avenue


48 Bartlett Avenue, to Churchill Avenue ...


March 25, 1915. May 6, 1924.


Woodland Street.


Bartlett Avenue to 18 Lincoln Street ..


40


240


267 Broadway to Mystie Valley Parkway.


40


378


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


GENERAL STATISTICS


Arlington is situated six miles northwest of Boston, in latitude 42 deg., 25 min. north; longitude 71 deg., 09 min. 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), elevation, 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 Cam- bridge in 1807. The name was changed from West Cam- bridge to Arlington in 1867.


Area of Town, including that covered by water, 3,520 acres, 51/2 square miles; area covered by water, 268.2 acres.


Parks : Town, 54.63 acres ; Metropolitan, 55 acres.


Total cemetery area, 44.2 acres.


Public street and Town ways : Macadam, 20.68 miles ; Simasco, 1.06 miles ; Warren Bitulithic, 0.13 miles ; gravel, 18.19 miles ; concrete, 2.29 miles ; reinforced concrete and bituminous macadam, 1.25 miles.


Private streets open for travel, 38.37 miles.


Permanent sidewalks : Tar concrete, 7.4 miles ; brick, 3.31 miles ; artificial stone, 11.78 miles.


Edgestone, 13.81 miles.


Paved gutters, 13.83 miles.


Storm drain system, 18.10 miles. Catch basins, 653.


REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF WIRES


To the Honorable Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works.


Gentlemen :


I respectfully submit my report as Superintendent of Wires for the year ending December 31, 1926.


STREET LIGHTING


During the year there were forty-three (43) 60 c.p. lights and fifteen (15) 600 c.p. lights installed in the fol- lowing locations : Amherst street, two (2); Amsden street, four (4); Broadway, thirteen (13) 600; Bonad road, three (3) ; Draper avenue, one (1) ; Freeman street, two (2) ; Gray street, one (1) ; Hutchinson road, two (2) ; Massachusetts avenue corner Oxford street, one. (1) 600; Old Mystic street, one (1); Orchard terrace, one (1); Park avenue, one (1) ; Peirce street, two (2) ; Pondview road, four (4) ; Rawson road, seven (7) ; Webcowet road, four (4) ; Webster street, eight (8).


Mystic street at Robin Hood Road, one (1) 600 c.p. light replaced one (1) 60; and the 600 c.p. light on River street.near Broadway was moved to River and Warren streets.


There were nine (9) 60 c.p. lights removed.


Summary of street lights in service December 31, 1926 ; all night schedule; total hours 3,748.


60 Candle Power, Type C, Series Incandescent Lamps 597


80 Candle Power, Type C, Series Incandescent Lamps 6


125 Candle Power, Type C, Series Incandescent Lamps 3


600 Candle Power, Type C, Series Incandescent Lamps 108


1000 Candle Power, Type C, Series Incandescent Lamps 13


727


379


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ORNAMENTAL LIGHTING SYSTEM


50 Watt lamps, multiple, burning from 30 minutes after sundown to 11 P. M., 1,695 hours 49


Two of these lights on Pleasant street and two on Academy street, corner of Maple street, burn all night.


INSPECTION OF WIRES IN BUILDINGS


Two thousand two hundred and nineteen (2,219) permits for electrical construction were issued-seven hundred and eighty-four (784) were free, and one thou- sand four hundred and thirty-five (1,435) with fee. The fee of fifty cents for each permit went into effect May 22, 1926.


There were three thousand three hundred and thirty- one (3,331) inspections made; and two thousand two hundred and fifty-eight (2,258) installations approved.


No fires were caused by defective wiring during the year.


POLES AND WIRES ON STREETS


The Edison Company, the Telephone Company and the Boston Elevated Railway installed ten (10) new poles, replaced one hundred and twenty (120) poles, and relo- cated five (5) poles on public streets during the year.


FIRE ALARM SYSTEM


There were four (4) Fire Alarm boxes installed as follows: Box 414, Gray street, corner Churchill avenue ; box 431, Summer street, corner Grove street; box 432, Hemlock street, corner Pine street; box 461, Dudley street, corner Dudley court.


Box 43 was moved from Summer and Grove streets to Massachusetts avenue opposite Mt. Vernon street (new location) and box 45 was moved from Massachusetts ave- nue opposite Walnut street to Massachusetts avenue .corner Brattle street (new location).


381


REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF WIRES


Arlington-Lexington Mutual Aid went into effect December 29, 1926.


This system is working with Belmont, Lexington. Medford and Somerville; and we have every reason to believe that Cambridge and Winchester will be connected with us early in 1927.


UNDERGROUND AND OVERHEAD CABLES


During the past year there were installed in under- ground conduits nineteen thousand eight hundred sixty- three (19,863) feet of lead-covered cable; and eleven thousand two hundred forty-seven (11,247) feet of fibrex dry cable were attached to poles overhead, representing nearly fifty (50) miles of high grade single No. 14 rub- ber-covered wire.


WIRING FOR FIRE ALARM AND POLICE SIGNAL SYSTEM


The repeater installed in the old Fire Alarm Head- quarters provided for four circuits, which arrangement was suitable for the conditions existing at the time of its installation. The rapid development of the Town placed too great a load upon these circuits, consequently the present repeater installed in the new Fire Headquarters provided for eight circuits.


A considerable amount of additional wire was re- quired to effect this change and to provide a gong circuit, a departmental telephone system connecting the three fire stations, the establishing of mutual aid facilities with Lexington and Winchester, also for the new Police De- partment Headquarters, dividing the present system from four into six circuits.


POLICE SIGNAL SYSTEM


There were two (2) Police boxes installed in the fol- lowing locations: Box 212 on Webster street, beyond


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Warren street; box 14 on Milton street at Brooks avenue. Box 43 was changed from a three to a five point box ; and box 21 was moved from Medford street and Lewis avenue to Medford street and Parallel 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, 1926.


At the Town Meeting held on March 1, 1926, Walter F. Robinson was elected member of the Board for the term of three years. The Board organized on March 8 with the choice of William S. Fairchild as chairman.


APPOINTMENTS


At a meeting held on March 29, Harold N. Willis was appointed Clerk of the Board, Water Registrar and Purchasing Agent. March 29, George E. Ahern was ap- pointed Superintendent of Public Works. These appoint- ments were for the year ending April 1, 1927.


On May 17, Harold N. Willis tendered his resigna- tion, which the Board accepted at their meeting of May 24. At a meeting held on June 1, S. Alfred Benson was appointed Clerk of the Board, Water Registrar and Pur- chasing Agent for the balance of the year, ending April 1, 1927.


MEETINGS


The meetings are held Monday evenings. During the year the Board held fifty-two regular and six special meetings.


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


Highway Division


$106,878 98


Sewer Extensions


70,901 05


Sewer Maintenance


6,947 41


383


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Water Extensions 59,463 58


Water Maintenance, (includes interest, Town


Debt and Metropolitan Water Assessment) 107,709 20 Health Department 63,476 40


Snow and Ice


52,567 92


Storm Drains


19,968 74


Construction of Amherst Street


4,382 48


Construction of Amsden Street


5,584 29


Construction of Appleton Place


401 63


Construction of Bonad Road


8,645 21


Construction of Compton Street


2,598 33


Construction of Freeman Street


4,381 85


Construction of Orchard Terrace


3,921 97


Construction of Peirce Street


8,722 79


Construction of Pondview Road


6,419 53


Construction of Rawson Road


20,580 86


Construction of Waldo Road


5,795 24


Construction of Webcowet Road


6,422 44


Construction of Webster Street


21,955 70


General Administration Account


16,210 11


Grading Playground, rear of High School


4,792 91


$608,728 62


HIGHWAY DIVISION


During the year portions of Lake Street and Massa- chusetts Avenue were reconstructed at a total cost of $37,407.70. Lake Street, from Massachusetts Avenue to a point 300 feet west of Spy Pond Lane (2,534 feet) was reconstructed with bituminous macadam at a net cost of $11,404.30. Massachusetts Avenue, from the Lexing- ton line to Paul Revere Road, was reconstructed with a reinforced mixed concrete as a center travelway and bi- tuminous concrete on the sides, at a total cost of $26,003.40 ; of this amount the State and County each re- imbursed the Town $8,000.00, making a net cost to the Town of $10,003.40.


385


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS


Fifteen thousand, nine hundred and thirty-seven dollars and four cents was expended in surfacing public streets with either tar or asphaltic oil; $31,674.62 was expended for the maintaining and cleaning of streets. Five thousand, five hundred and seventy-five dollars and seventy-four cents was expended on the care and repair of the storm drain system. Five thousand, seven hun- dred and ninety-four dollars and ninety-six cents was expended upon the upkeep of gravel sidewalks and $1,908.76 on the care and repair of permanent sidewalks. Five thousand, five hundred and eighty-three dollars and seventy-one cents was expended on miscellaneous high- way equipment.


Table 2 shows the expenditure for the year on Snow and Ice, construction of new streets and installation of Storm Drains.


TABLE 1


HIGHWAY DIVISION


Appropriation


Expended


Balance


Maintenance of highways.


$68,000.00


Balance from 1925 appropriation


460.00


$66,474.83


$1,985.17


Reconstruction of streets . .


30,000.00


($2,186.09 of expenditure retained contract)


on


+16,000.00


37,407.70


8,592.30


*Tools and equipment, care of Town yards and buildings and general expenditure account .


19,000.00


18,996.45


3.55


Totals


$133,460.00


$122,878.98


$10,581.02


Engineering, $323.69; holidays, $1,459.73; vacations, $2,508.71; Saturday afternoons, $3,743.86; street signs, $1,278.93; automobiles and teaming, $1,358.43; Town Yards and buildings, $1,769.55; tools and equipment, $3,306.27; miscellaneous, $344.29; material, $2,902.99.


fAid from State and County, $8,000.00 each. .


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TABLE 2


SNOW AND ICE


Appropriation for 1926 Expenditure


$44,000.00


52,567.92


Authorized overdraft


$8,567.92


STREET CONSTRUCTION


LOCATION


Appropri- ation


Net Cost


Balance


Amherst Street


$8,665.00


$4,382.48


$4,282.52


Amsden Street .


8,300.00


5,584.29


2,715.71


*Appleton Place.


1,500.00


401.63


1,098.37


Bonad Road .


10,350.00


8,645.21


1,704.79


*Compton Street


3,240.00


2,598.33


641.67


Freeman Street.


5,940.00


4,381.85


1,558.15


Orchard Terrace.


5,638.00


3,921.97


1,716.03


Peirce Street.


12,065.00


8,722.79


3,342.21


Pondview Road


9,000.00


6,419.53


2,580.47


Rawson Road.


29,630.00


20,580.86


9,049.14


Waldo Road .


8,750.00


5,795.24


2,954.76


Webcowet Road.


9,500.00


6,422.44


3,077.56


Webster Street .


30,300.00


21,955.70


8,344.30


Totals


$142,878.00


$99,812.32


$43,065.68


*Work done by Town; balance by contract. $18, 193.64 retained.


STORM DRAINS


Appropriation for 1926 Expenditure


$20,000.00 19,968.74


Balance, January 1, 1927


$31.26


LOCATION


Size of Pipe in Inches


Length in Feet


Net Cost


Cost per Foot


Davis Road (Massachusetts Avenue to Surry Road)


10


155


$826.86


$5.33


Highland Avenue (Gray Street to Bonad Road) ...


15


189


678.47


3.59


Highland Avenue (Private Lands from Spring Street to Highland Avenue)


12


42


2,425.73


5.08


+Lake Street (Brook at Spy Pond to Freeman Street)


10


535


12


1,616


10,774.72


2.72


Massachusetts Avenue (Park Avenue to DavisRoad)


12


307


888.14


2.89


Medford Street (Mystic River to Orchard Terrace)


12


746


1,895.60


2.54


*General expense


653.85


Material purchased but not used.


1,825.37


Totals


5,825


$19,968.74


18


435


15


1,800


*Saturday afternoons, $340.62; holidays, $188.05; miscellaneous, $125.18. +Built by contract, $2,107.61 retained.


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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS


HEALTH DEPARTMENT


This year, ashes and rubbish were collected on the regular weekly schedule throughout the year, as against the curtailed schedule in summer months of previous years.


Details of expenditures in this department will be found in Table 3.


TABLE 3. HEALTH DEPARTMENT


Appropriation for 1926


$63,500.00


Expenditure


63,476.40


Balance, January 1, 1927


$ 23.60


Net Expense


Ashes


$23,058.83


Offal


25,346.52


Paper and rubbish


12,130.01


Repairs


730.53


Equipment, sundries and supplies


2,210.51


Total


$63,476.40


SEWER DIVISION


Eleven thousand, six hundred and twenty feet of main sewer were laid during the year, and three hundred and fifty connections were made with the mains. De- tails of sewer construction and maintenance will be found in Tables 4 and 5.


Due to the installation of the new Metropolitan sewer main and the Town being able to enter the same, the three pumps located at Medford Street, Grove Street and Brattle Street will be discontinued, which will afford a yearly saving to the Town of approximately $3,600.00.


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TABLE 4


Appropriation for 1926


$69,000.00


Balance on hand January 1, 1926


1,992.21


SEWER CONSTRUCTION


Available for 1926


$70,992.21


Net expenditure


70,901.05


Balance, January 1, 1927


$91.16


LOCATION


Size of Pipe in Inches


Length in Feet


Net Cost


Cost per Foot


Burton Street (Massachusetts Avenue southerly)


8


234


$912.26


$3.90


Churchill Avenue (Gray Street southerly)


8


234


1,511.95


6.46


Dennett Road (Old end southerly)


8


41


88.80


2.17


Farmer Street (Robbins Road westerly)


8


323


1,056.37


3.27


*Gray Street (Menotomy Road to School Street)


S


268


771.16


2.88


Gray Street (Old end to Valley Road) .


8


267


1,169.70


4.38


Grove Street (Connection with Metropolitan main).


8


36


346.26


9.62


Herbert Road (Milton Street westerly)


8


78


141.10


1.81


Laurel Street (Old end westerly)


8


72


337.65


4.69


Lowell Street (Old end to Lexington line)


8


266


1,149.40


4.32


Medford Street (Connection with Metropolitan main)


10


12


8


132


604.69


4.20


Menotomy Road (Massachusetts Avenue to Gray Street)


8


1,323


3,483.38


2.63


*Falmouth Road (Mystic Street to Langley Road) .


S


963


*Langley Road (Upland Road to Falmouth Road).


8


558


*Old Mystic Street (Mystic Street to Hutchinson Road)


8


1,066


*Upland Road (Falmouth Road southerly)


S


432


13,071.16


4.33


Moulton Road (Mt. Vernon Street easterly)


8


276


895.22


3.24


Mt. Vernon Street (Old end southerly)


8


370


1,091.26


2,95


Newport Street (Old end to Hawthorne Avenue)


8


390


1,419.65


3.64


Palmer Street (Old end to Warren Street)


8


1,463


4,424.82


3.02


Randolph Street (Old end to Barnes Lane)


5


39


89.20


2.29


*Revere Street (Walnut Street to Menotomy Road) .


S


283


653.78


2.31


*School Street (Massachusetts Avenue southerly) ..


8


740


2,165.77


2.93


Scituate Street (Gray Street to Hawthorne Avenue) .


8


1,289


4,000.44


3.10


Scituate Street (Old end to Gray Street)


8


186


832.22


4.47


Surry Road (Old end westerly) . .


S


33


120.45


3.65


Thorndike Street (Lake Avenue southerly)


8


92


176.80


1.92


Westminster Avenue (Old end northerly)


8


:108


305.92


2.83


Wildwood Avenue (Old end easterly)


8


46


251.54


5.47


Total.


$41,070.95


+General expense


7,012.79


Particular sewers


24,768.10


#Stock.


1,950.79


Grand totals


11,620


$70,901.05


** Build by contract, $6,131.60 retained. '


+Miscellaneous, $603.77; tools and equipment, $592.73; engineering, $661.57; Saturday afternoons, $3,467.79; vacations, $644.29; holidays, $1,042.64.


#Credit.


389


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS


TABLE 5. SEWER MAINTENANCE DIVISION


Appropriation for 1926 $7,000.00


Expenditure 6,947.41


Balance, January 1, 1927


$ 52.59


Repairing, flushing and cleaning mains


Expenditures $1,120.20


Brattle Street sewer pump


1,829.13


Grove Street sewer pump


1,558.70


Medford Street sewer pump


148.48


Care and repair of particular sewers


1,338.76


*General expense


952.14


Total $6,947.41 *Holidays, $210.90; miscellaneous, $12.15; Saturday afternoons, $334.50; vacations, $114.17; tools and equipment, $280.42


SUMMARY OF SEWERAGE STATISTICS


General Population by census of 1925, 24,943.


Total area of city or town, 5.5 square miles.


Area served by sewerage system, 31/4 square miles.




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