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ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
Collection
Mains. (Everything but house and catch basin con- nection.)
For Sewerage
For Surface
Only Water Only
1. Lineal feet pipe . 285,513 feet
88,504 feet
2. Lineal feet extended during year. 14,474 feet 7,002 feet
3. Number of inverted siphons, 2.
4. Number of manholes, 1,215.
5. Method of flushing. Water service at manholes end of lateral lines.
6. Method of cleaning. By special brush drawn from man- hole to manhole.
7. Number of automatic flushing tanks, 0.
8. Number of direct connections with water mains for flushing, 40.
9. Number of flushings of system during the year: entire system once.
10. Cost of flushing per mile $37.09.
11. Cost of cleaning per mile
12. Number of stoppages, 3.
13. Method of ventilation, manhole covers.
House Connections
1. By whom made: All connections made under the direc- tion of the Sewer Division, Board of Public Works.
2. Sixes, 5, 6 and 8 inches.
3. Number made during year, 393.
4. Lineal feet laid during year, 18,526. (By Town, 9,456; by contractors, 9,070).
5. Lineal feet discontinued during year, 96.
6. Total miles in use, 43.03.
7. Average cost per foot, connections made during year by Town, $1.66.
8. Number of stoppages coming to attention of Depart- ment, 93.
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Discharge of Sewer
1. Estimated population using sewer system, 26,300.
2. Number of buildings connected, 4,746.
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 measured ?*
*Note: See Metropolitan Sewerage Board Report.
General
Total cost of collecting mains, $663,328.44.
Debt outside of limit, $100,000.
Sinking Fund, $62,253.32.
Serial Notes, $66,000.
Average rate of interest on bonds, 4 per cent.
Proportion of cost of system assessed on abutters, .494 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
From available funds
$32,805.74
By tax. 41,399.26
Stock. 806.11
$75,011.11
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Expenditures
Mains.
$51,503.29
House Connections
15,734.79
General Expense
7,726.78
Cash Balance, January 1, 1928 .
46.25
$75,011.11
MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION
Receipts
Appropriation from Public Funds . $3,900.00
Expenditures
Repairs of mains
$133.65
Brattle Street pump .
229.12
Cleaning and flushing mains.
1,775.38
Care and repair of particular sewers
1,218.19
General Expense .
536.24
Cash Balance, January 1, 1928.
7.42
$3,900.00
WATER DIVISION
Seventeen thousand four hundred and seventy 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.
Services
Four hundred and forty-six new services have been added during the year and eight services abandoned. There are for all purposes, 2,952 on the low, 2,924 on the high, and 3 on the old reservoir system. On the Metropolitan water supply there are 23 services for municipal buildings included in the above, 2 for street watering standpipes and 40 for sewer flushing purposes. On January 1, 1928, 203 services were temporarily out of use.
Meters
Four hundred and forty-six meters were set during 1927 on services installed in 1925, 1926 and 1927. The total number of meters in use January 1, 1928 is 5,837.
WATER MAINS NOW IN SERVICE
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
305
12
6,791
19,537
8,530
10
11,210
21,133
270
8
22,061
26,096
1,576
6
185
93,946
134,356
1,129
4
373
11,800
1,497
1,620
Totals
558
2
5
145,808
290
316
202,619
413
498
13,125
10
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WATER EXTENSIONS
Appropriation for 1927
$60,000.00
Balance on hand, January 1, 1927
53.68
From Reserve Fund .
4,840.00
Available for 1927
$64,893.68
Net expenditure.
64,808.61
Balance, January 1, 1928 ..
$85.07
EXTENSIONS OF HIGH SERVICE SYSTEM
LOCATION
Size of Pipe in Inehes
Length in Feet
Number of Hydrants
Number of Gates
Total Cost
Cost Per Foot
Totals
*Appleton Street (Present end to No. 433)
6
1,515
5
7
$5,080.17
$3.35
Blossom Street (Old end northwesterly) .
36
49.33
1.37
Brattle Street (Old end northerly) .
6
499
1
3
2,301.41
4.61
Buena Vista Road (Gray Street southerly)
6
135
547.85
4.06
Coleman Road (Trent Street to Moulton Road)
6
368
1
3
1,093.95
2.97.
Crawford Street (Old end westerly)
6
65
259.91
4.00
Davis Road (Old end to Surry Road).
6
173
2
507.19
2.93.
George Street (Old end northwesterly) George Street (Old end northwesterly)
6
212
2
500.31
2.36
Gray Street (Mount Vernon Street to Highland Avenue and near High- land Avenue to Irving Street)
12
1,120
2
4
5,832.56
5.13
Gray Street (Valley Road to Irving Street)
6
220
1
1,983.20
9.01
Hawthorne Avenue Extension (Pine Ridge Road to Irwin Road)
265
1
2
1,432.33
5.41.
Highfield Road (Old end westerly) .
6
276
808.07
2.93
Higgins Street (Old end easterly) .
6
48
181.85
3.79
Inverness Road (Kilsythe Road southerly)
6
137
1
426.04
3.11
Irving Street (Chiurehill Avenue westerly) ..
6
86
1
282.15
3.28
Irwin Road (Hawthorne Avenue to Murray Street)
6
218
1
402.03
1.84
Kensington Park (Old end near Norfolk Road southerly)
6
392
1
2
1,738.50
4.43
Kilsythe Road (Old end westerly)
35
226.65
6.48
Mill Lane (Lowell Street northerly)
590.47
3.00
Moulton Road (Trent Street to Coleman Road)
1
3
2,073.56
4.11
Mount Vernon Street (Old end to Hawthorne Avenue)
501
1
1
1,149.41
2.29
Mystie Street (Chestnut Street to Summer Street)
8
1,279
8
4,308.08
3.37
Old Mystic Street (Old end northerly)
.
6
124
1
1
469.31
3.78
.
6
44
380.88
8.66
6
17
.
.
197
1
505
306
Ortona Street (Appleton Street to Piedmont Street).
6
264
1
821.74
3.11
Ottawa Road (Old end easterly)
6
36
35.65
.99
Rangeley Road (Old end to Mystic Street)
187
1
439.68
2.35
...
6
1
4
3,362.33
4.98
Renfrew Street (Hillside Avenue southerly)
6
512
1
2
2,256.65
4.41
*School Street (Present end to Gray Street)
6
635
2
5
1,743.41
2.75
6
31
8
735
1
2
1,682.27
2.20
Surry Road (Old end to Davis Road)
6
146
1
469.80
3.22
Waverly Street (Old end northerly)
6
163
1
1
497.72
3.05
West Court Terrace (Lowell Street easterly)
6
242
1
1
955.02
3.95
Winchester Road (Hutchinson Road to Bradley Road)
6
809
2
6
2,996.33
3.70
Installing three hydrants, Massachusetts Avenue, between No. 1077 and No. 1139
6
13
3
3
838.40
Totals .
12,915
30
70
$48,724.21
.
Reed Street (Summer Street to Thesda Street)
675
Summer Street (Park Avenue Extension to Harold Road).
.
.
307
308
EXTENSIONS OF LOW SERVICE SYSTEM
LOCATION
Size of Pipe in Inches
Length in Feet
Number of Hydrants
Number of Gates
Total Cost
Cost Per Foot
Totals
*Burch Strect (Mary Street to White Street)
6
225
1
$454.93
$2.02
Decatur Street (Old end easterly) .
6
48
125.49
2.61
*Dorothy Road (Margaret Street to Burch Strect)
6
306
1
3
888.81
2.90
*Edith Street (Margaret Street to Burch Street)
6
307
1
3
962.25
3.13
*Eleanor Road (Margaret Street to Bureh Street)
6
307
1
3
944.57
3.08
Exeter Street (Park Street easterly) .
6
1,143
3
1
3,387.44
2.96
*Margaret Street (Mary Street to east of Eleanor Road)
6
234
1
2
538.79
2.30
*Mary Street (Burch Street to Parker Street)
6
$96
1
1
330.33
3.44
Maynard Street (Old end northerly) . Mystie Lake Drive (Old end to Hayes Street)
6
300
1
519.58
-
8
14
2
765.28
3.28
*Parker Street (Mary Street to Mott Street)
6
227
1
2
558.11
2.46
*Silk Street (Broadway northerly)
6
398
1
2
924.66
2.32
Waldo Road (Windsor Street easterly)
6
308
1
3
838.45
2.72
Installing hydrant, Massachusetts Avenue near No. 15
6
6
1
1
232.80
Installing hydrant, Newcomb Street.
6
6
1
1
177.39
Totals . ** General expense
4,555
13
32
$5,582.66
5,582.66
Total
$1,914.12
1,914.12
*** Stock
17,470
43
102
$64,808.61
Grand Totals
*Built by contraet.
** Tools and equipment, $279.02; miscellaneous, $484.67 ; engineering, $1,570.30; Saturday afternoons, $1,437.40; holidays, $562.96: supervision, time and stock- keeper, $1,248.31.
*** Credit.
.
.
1.73
Mystie Valley Parkway (Rawson Road to Park Strect)
219
324
2
517.41
1.60
*White Street (Margaret Street to Burch Street)
87
1
249.57
2.87
$12,415.86
$66,722.73
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TABLE 7
WATER MAINTENANCE DIVISION
Cash on hand January 1, 1927.
$6,245.03
Account payable, 1926 business ..
66.38
Receipts from sale of water during 1927
110,178.74
Total .
$116,490.15
Net operating cost of department. . .
110,382.60
Balance, January 1, 1928:
Cash .
$3,285.61
Accounts receivable
2,821.94
$6,107.55
DISTRIBUTION OF EXPENSE
Gross Ex-
Maintenance
penditures
Net Ex- Credits penditures $120.00
Shop and yard.
$1,485.37
Mains, care and repair
4,649.79
Services, care and repair.
9,444.69
Hydrants and gates, care and repair
2,161.54
Turning water services off and on .
124.35
71.00
Tools and equipment.
1,230.51
23.00
Reservoir and Great Meadows
543.74
Meters, care, repair and
reading.
9,142.09
408.16
*General expense
6,096.01
Total maintenance
$34,878.09
$622.16 $34,255.93
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Services
Services, extension of $13,374.04
Meters, installation of 6,382.24 $84.00
Total services
$19,756.28
$84.00 $19,672.28
Water Debt .
$12,500.00
Interest account
4,902.50
Metropolitan water tax
41,904.09
Total
$59.306.59
Total expenditure.
$113,940.96
Credit for work outside
division .
983.09
Credit on stock
1,869.11 2,852.20
Net operating cost of Department . $110,382.60
.
*Saturday afternoons, $2,260.77; vacations, $1,009.29; holidays, $877.44; supervision, time and stockkeeper, $1,004.80; engineering, $290.14; miscellaneous, $653.57.
WATER RATES FROM CONSUMER
Year
Meter
1918
$68,059.78
1919
65,067.36
1920
66,694.89
1921
72,163.97
1922
73,830.02
1923
76,144.32
1924
84,390.12
1925
89,741.62
1926 .
113,656.95
1927
110,178.74
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ARLINGTON WATER WORKS Arlington, Middlesex County, Mass.
Population by census of 1925, 24,943.
Date of construction, low service, 1872; high service, 1894.
By whom owned, Town of Arlington.
Source of supply, Metropolitan Water System.
Consumption
1. Estimated total population at date, 29,600.
2. Estimated population on lines of pipes, 28,700.
3. Estimated population supplied, 28,100.
4. Total consumption for the year, 557,731,000 gallons.
5. Percentage of consumption metered, 100 per cent.
6. Average daily consumption, 1,528,000 gallons.
7. Gallons per day to each inhabitant, 57.
8. Gallons per day to each consumer, 57.
Distribution (Including auxiliary supply from old reservoir)
Mains
1. Kind of pipe, cast iron and cement.
2. Sizes, from 4-inch to 12-inch.
3. Extended feet during year, 17,470.
4. Discontinued, 0.
5. Total now in use, 68.58 miles.
6. Cost of repairs per mile, $67.80.
7. Length of pipe less than 4 inches in diameter, 2,955 feet.
8. Number of hydrants added during year (public), 43.
9. Number of hydrants (public and private) now in use, 714.
10. Number of stop gates added during year, 102.
11. Number of stop gates now in use, 840.
12. Average pressure on mains at center of Town, 100 high system, 60 low system.
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Services
16. Kind of pipe, cement-lined, black wrought iron, 3" to 6" Cast-iron.
17. Sizes, 1-inch to 6-inch.
21. Number of service taps added during year, 446.
22. Number of services now in use, 5,837. .
25. Number of meters added, 446.
26. Number of meters abandoned, 8.
27. Number now in use, 5,837.
28. Percentage of services metered, 100 per cent.
29. Percentage of receipts from metered water, 100 per cent.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES R. SMITH, WALTER F. ROBINSON, WILLIAM S. FAIRCHILD, Board of Public Works.
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REPORT OF THE JOINT BOARD OF SELECT- MEN AND BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
January 24, 1928. Arlington, Mass.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Gentlemen:
The Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works respectfully submits its twenty-fourth annual report for the year ending December 31, 1927.
At the Annual Town Election, held March 2, 1927, Mr. Luke A. Manning was elected Selectman for a term of three years and by reason of such election became a member of this Board.
The Board was organized with Nelson B. Crosby, Chairman, and John A. Easton, Clerk.
The following appointments were made for the year ending April 1, 1928: Town Counsel, Paul M. White; Town Engineer, George E. Ahern; Superintendent of Wires, William E. Mason.
STREET LIGHTS
The present lighting schedule was continued. On the streets accepted by vote of the Town at the annual Town meet- ing new lights were installed except in those streets where lights were being maintained at the expense of the property owners, in which case the Town took over the cost of their continued maintenance.
Ornamental and high-power lights have been installed on Massachusetts Avenue, from Medford Street to Central Street creating in effect what is known as a white way.
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Additional lights have been installed at various points throughout the Town upon the recommendation of the Superin- tendent of Wires.
FIRE AND POLICE BOXES
With the continued growth of the Town it is necessary for the safety and protection of persons and property to place additional signal boxes at strategic points.
The report of the Superintendent of Wires gives in detail the number and the locations of new installations.
NEW STREETS
Public improvements are a source of gratification and pride to our citizens, of which perhaps none more so than well con- structed public streets.
This past year has witnessed the construction of the following streets:
Alfred Road; Cornell Street; Dartmouth Street; Exeter Street; Fordham Street; Gray Street, from Mount Vernon Street to the finished portion adjacent to Mr. Phinney's house; Maynard Street, from Webcowet Road to Hayes Street; Mystic Lake Drive, from Webcowet Road to Hayes Street; Newport Street, from Gloucester Street to Spring Avenue; Palmer Street, from Warren Street to Mystic Valley Parkway; Rangeley Road, and Sherborn Street.
The interest on the part of owners of property on private ways is evidenced by the petitions filed with this Board request- ing the acceptance and construction of thirty-six (36) new streets in the year of 1928.
SIDEWALKS AND EDGESTONES
It has been the policy of the Town for several years past to make a special appropriation for the construction of grano- lithic sidewalks and the installation of curb where needed.
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The sum of twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) was ap- propriated at the last annual Town meeting, which amount was not sufficient to take care of the petitions filed with this Board.
Twenty thousand dollars would hardly have sufficed, and it is hoped that not less than the foregoing amount will be appropriated at the next annual Town meeting, so that a larger number of our citizens may be provided with suitable side- - walks.
NEW DEVELOPMENTS
The Joint Board sitting as a Board of Survey approved and signed plans of Francis R. Henderson for the development of a large tract of land bordering on the Town of Winchester; the plans of Franklin and Daniel Wyman of land on the easterly side of Lake Street, also of the Rawson property within the area bounded by Broadway, Medford, Warren, and Franklin Streets. This last named area will be wholly developed within the next few months.
NELSON B. CROSBY, HOLLIS M. GOTT, LUKE A. MANNING, JAMES R. SMITH, WALTER F. ROBINSON, WILLIAM S. FAIRCHILD, Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works.
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REPORT OF PLANNING BOARD
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
The Planning Board submits herewith its report for the year of 1927. During the year the Board has held regular meetings on a monthly basis and others at such times as special conditions required. There have been comparatively few re- quests for zoning changes during the year, but one case which the Board feels is of considerable importance on account of its probable bearing on the future development of a large tract of land in a residential section of the town has been carried over from 1927 and will probably be settled in the Town meeting of 1928. With reference to the Zoning By-Law it is the feeling of the Board that the procedure outlined in this by-law with respect to petitions for changes is not satisfactory and it is the intention of the Board to submit to a later Town Meeting a proposed revision of certain portions of this by-law so that the matter may be covered in a better manner. In this connection it has seemed desirable during the year to strengthen this by- law by altering its provisions so as to include the premises as well as the building or structure and also to add certain defini- tions. A recommendation to this effect has been submitted for action at the 1928 Town Meeting.
The Board notes with pleasure the tendency of the Finance Committee to refer to it articles in the warrant which would seem to fall within the scope of the work of the Board. In this connection it is of interest to also note that the Moderator has from time to time appointed members of this board to various committees to consider and report on warrant articles involving civic betterments.
The problems listed in the report of 1927 have been studied during the year and, while not completely solved, reasonable progress has been made. With reference to the proposed ex-
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tension of Warren Street the Board hopes that in co-operation with the Park Commissioners that not only will the traffic problem be solved but that a very attractive plot of land may be made available for park and playground purposes as a part of this project. Consideration has been given to the matter of an aerial survey of the Town and to the possibility of secur- ing traffic data by means of volunteer observers from the different business and civic organizations.
The Board has continued to retain its membership in the State Federation of Planning Boards and sent a delegate to the annual conference, which was held this year at Greenfield, Mass. Members of the board have also attended hearings both in adjoining towns as well as in Arlington when matters of interest to the Board were under discussion.
During the year it became necessary for the Board to accept with extreme regret the resignation of Mr. John R. Foster on account of illness. Mr. Walton H. Sears was elected to fill the vacancy created.
CHARLES M. MACMILLIN, Chairman, HERBERT M. DUTCHER, CYRUS E. DALLIN, CAROLYN B. REED, WALTON H. SEARS.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS
Honorable Board of Selectmen, Arlington, Mass.
Gentlemen:
The Board of Park Commissioners beg to make the follow- ing report for the year 1927:
The usual routine work of caring for the property under our jurisdiction has been done as far as our appropriations have allowed. We still strongly feel that, with the growing popula- tion of Arlington, more land should be set aside for park pur- poses, and we are working on a program for the gradual devel- opment of the park system together with the playgrounds.
This past year we have placed a fence on the Winter Street and the Oxford Street sides of the Crosby School play- ground. This should eliminate the danger of the children running out on the street.
We have- done considerable work on the playground at Meadow Brook Park. We hope that we shall be able to make this a finished playground this coming year. We have in- cluded in our budget for the coming year an item for installa- tion of playground equipment at this playground, as we feel that this should be done as there are a great many children in this vicinity.
The further end of Meadow Brook Park has been partially filled with ashes, but owing to the nature of the land a great deal of it sinks below the surface.
We have made very good progress with the work on the playground in rear of the High School. We have rough graded a considerable area, and have extended the culvert another 200 feet. This playground is under the control of the Park
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Commissioners and the School Committee and the work has been done under the supervision of the Board of Public Works, and we wish to take this opportunity to thank the Board of Public Works for their splendid co-operation in this work. It is our hope that during the coming year we will be able, through sufficient appropriation, to continue this culvert and extend the grading.
At Menotomy Rocks Park we have done considerable work. Several small trees have been replanted, and dead ones removed. We hope to be able to extend the walk the entire distance around the pond. Last year we hired a permanent man for the care of the different parks and we find that this has worked out most satisfactorily.
Mr. Charles L. Fitch, one of our members, resigned in the summer and Mr. Frank W. Wunderlich was appointed to fill the vacancy.
The firemen connected with the Central Fire Station have taken care of the park at the fire station and have kept the grounds in fine condition.
Numerous areas, such as triangles at the junctions of streets and small plots which are under our jurisdiction, have been kept in order as far as conditions would allow.
Respectfully submitted,
ROBERT M. BOYD, PERCY A. GOODALE, FRANK W. WUNDERLICH, Park Commissioners, Town of Arlington.
REPORT OF THE TREE WARDEN (For year ending Dec. 31, 1927)
The amount of dead wood found in our old trees is very large and removing it is slow, dangerous and expensive, but in order to have it safe for travel on our streets this work should be done each year.
Every year a number of our old shade trees die due to lack of nutrition on account of our new method of road construction. During the past year we have removed thirty-one trees, varying in size from eight inches to forty inches in diameter one foot above the ground.
This year there should be a number of shade trees removed which in my opinion are an obstruction as they are in the center of the sidewalk and in some cases it is necessary to go out on the street to pass them.
ยท
Three hundred and forty trees were planted on our streets the past year and it will take at least five hundred to properly tree the new constructed streets of the last year. The greatest pest to our young trees are the children. They have a great habit of swinging around on them, thereby injuring the fibrous root which is trying to get a start and also by cutting them with a knife. I have reported this matter to the police but we were unable to prosecute on account of lack of evidence. In November I planted a permanent Christmas Tree on the Town property between the Library and the Unitarian Church. It is a beautiful specimen of the Norway Spruce and is twenty- seven feet high. It was brilliantly lighted throughout the Christmas period and in my opinion is a big asset to our Town.
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The following is a statement of expenditures:
Nature
Labor
Removing trees
$1,114.66
Storm Damage
69.93
Trimming Trees
994.61
Planting.
219.50
Private Work .
280.10
Burning Brush
29.57
Labor on Christmas Tree
31.88
Lost Time
171.46
Store House .
71.00
Total Labor
$2,982.71
Supplies
Christmas Tree
$180.00
Street Trees
1,327.50
Gas and Oil
124.84
Repairs, Tires, etc.
137.28
Rent of Storehouse
60.00
Telephone
6.29
Extra Team Hire
24.00
Tools and Supplies
74.42
Total Supplies
$1,934.33
Receipts
March Appropriation .
$5,125.00
November Reserve Fund
400.00
Total
$5,525.00
Expenses
Salary
$600.00
Labor
2,982.71
Supplies
1,934.33
Total
$5,517.04
Balance
7.96
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Departmental Labor
Received from School Committee
$229.76
Expended Grading Spy Pond Field 229.76
Respectfully submitted,
DANIEL M. DALEY.
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REPORT OF THE TOWN COUNSEL December 31, 1927
Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works.
Gentlemen:
The petition of Lillian M. Wilkins for the assessment of damages alleged to have been sustained in connection with the relocation of Old Mystic Street by the County Commis- sioners was settled by the payment of a sum approved by the Selectmen.
The action of Leonard Schroeppel for damages from the alleged killing of his dog by a police officer was tried in the Third District Court. Defendant's judgment for costs was collected.
The claim of Annie F. Coughlin for damages from an alleged highway defect was settled for the sum of seventy-five ($75) dollars.
The following matters are pending in the Middlesex Superior Court :
1. Petitions for the assessment of damages alleged to have been sustained in connection with the establishing of building lines on both sides of Massachusetts Avenue. Twenty-six cases relating to premises westerly of Schouler Court were tried before Theodore H. Eaton, Esq., as auditor and he has made findings therein. Damon E. Hall, Esq., appears for the Town in these cases.
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