Town of Arlington annual report 1928, Part 20

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POLICE SIGNAL SYSTEM


Police box 213 was installed on Mystic Street opposite the Winchester Country Club.


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, 1928.


At the Town Meeting held on March 5, 1928, James R. Smith was elected member of the Board for the term of three years. The Board organized on March 12 with the choice of Walter F. Robinson as chairman.


On December 4 William S. Fairchild tendered his resigna- tion as member of the Board of Public Works, the same being accepted December 7.


APPOINTMENTS


At a meeting held on April 16 S. Alfred Benson was appointed Clerk of the Board, Water Registrar, and Purchasing Agent. May 14 George E. Ahern was appointed Superinten- dent of Public Works. These appointments were for the year ending April 1, 1929.


MEETINGS


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


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


Highway Division


$95,889.81


Sewer Extensions .


76,345.24


Sewer Maintenance 3,931.71


Water Extensions. 67,115.61


Water Maintenance (includes interest, Town Debt


and Metropolitan Water Assessment) 111,285.77


Health Department 79,791.20


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Snow and Ice


$11,761.54


Storm Drains . 19,575.01


Construction of Chandler Street 8,715.84


Construction of Churchill Avenue


34,751.64


Construction of Egerton Road


5,231.64


Construction of Gardner Street


8,706.48


Construction of Gloucester Street


3,746.08


Construction of Lafayette Street


9,690.77


Construction of Maynard Street


4,658.24


Construction of Melrose Street


5,917.76


Construction of Milton Street . 8,241.87


Construction of Newland Road


15,113.90


Construction of Old Mystic Street


77.55


Construction of Overlook Road


28,990.32


Construction of Varnum Street


8,875.11


General Administration Account.


5,542.46


Grading Playground, rear of High School .


6,391.01


Town Yard Building


14,886.85


$635,233.41


HIGHWAY DIVISION


During the year the Highway Department has performed the regular maintenance work of the Department.


This year $28,500.77 was expended in maintaining and cleaning streets; of this amount $1,837.68 was spent ex- clusively on Massachusetts Avenue.


Eleven thousand, three hundred five dollars and twenty- two cents was expended on surface, treating public streets with tar and sand. Due to the good condition of street surfaces in the Heights section the asphaltic oil treatment was omitted this year.


Nine thousand, four hundred twenty-six dollars and seventy-six cents was expended in the care and repair of the storm drain system.


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Six thousand, five hundred seven dollars and twenty-three cents was expended upon the upkeep of gravel sidewalks and $737.09 on the care and repair of permanent walks. In addition to the regular care and repair of permanent walks, there were 6,303 yards of tar walks resurfaced at a cost of $6,663.32.


TABLE 1 HIGHWAY DIVISION


Appropriation


Expended


Balanee


Appropriation .


$99,454.00


Maintenance of highways


$64,843.56


*General account .


28,085.96


Administrative salaries and expenses.


2,960.29


Totals


$99,454.00


$95,889.81


$3,564.19


*Material on hand, $1,257.22; eredit for use of automobiles, $1,091.99; eredit for use of teams, $1,258.94; Town yards and buildings, $7,014.13; tools and equipment, $5,622.13; street signs, $2,353.49; miseellaneous (credit), $2.69; engineering, $76.88; Saturday afternoons, $5,371.26; vacations, $4,085.81; holidays, $2,046.49; supervision, time and stoek keeper, $2,612.17.


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TABLE 2


SNOW AND ICE


Appropriation for 1928


$12,500.00


Expenditure


11,761.54


Balance, January 1, 1929.


$738.46


STREET CONSTRUCTION


Appropriation for 1928 .


$191,160.16


Expenditure 142,639.65


Balanee, January 1, 1929.


$48,520.51


LOCATION


Net Cost


Chandler Street .


$8,715.84


Churchill Avenue


34,751.64


Egerton Road .


5,231.64


Gardner Street .


8,706.48


Gloucester Street


3,746.08


Lafayette Street


9,690.77


Maynard Street


4,658.24


Melrose Street .


5,917.76


Milton Street


8,241.87


Newland Road .


15,113.90


Overlook Road .


28,990.32


Varnum Street.


8,875.11


Total


$142,639.65


STORM DRAINS


Appropriation for 1928.


$20,000.00


Expenditure .


19,575.01


Balanee, January 1, 1929.


$424.99


LOCATION


Pipe in Inehes


in Feet


Net Cost


Cost per Foot


Beek Road (from Beek Road aeross right of way to land of Theodore Sehwamb Co.) .


8


80


$81.72


$1.02


Fairmont Street (Lake Avenue northerly)


12


400


859.58


2.03


Franklin Street (Junetion Franklin and Hamlet Streets, through private lands to Webster Street .


12


195


15


363


1,806.55


2.86


Gloucester Street (to eonneet spring 150 feet west of Loekeland Avenue)


12


30


101.12


3.37


*Gray Street (Churchill Avenue to opposite Valley Road)


15


369


1,009.09


2.73


Gray Street (Mt. Vernon Street to Dennett Road) ..


20


278


1,462.50


4.58


** Henderson Street (eateh basins and outlet)


10


74


12


462


1,855.24


3.46


Jason Street (Junetion Jason Street and Brantwood Road to Pleasant View Road)


15


92


180.86


1.97


10


49


12


401


904.16


2.01


Massachusetts Avenue (Fessenden Road westerly).


12


407


1,471.46


3.62


10


4


140.21


15


290


756.60


2.61


30


316


1,550.38


4.91


6


10


10


125


Park Avenue (Florence Avenue to Oakland Avenue)


12


37


15


645


3,030.07


3.71


Park Avenue (to eateh spring near Oakland Avenue)


4


25


100.22


4.01


River Street (Mystic River to Exeter Street).


18


637


2,355.78


3.08


Thorndike Street (Lake Avenue, northerly)


12


400


930.24


2.10


Total cost of mains


5,997


$18,604.30


*** General expense


1,537.03


Credit for stoek transfers


566.32


Totals .


5,997


$19,575.011


*Built by contraet. ** Not completed. *** Miscellaneous,


$110.10; Saturday


afternoons, $824.93;


holidays, $438.59:


supervision, time and stock keeper, $163.41.


10


24


10


73


10


41


8.52


Highland Avenue (Bonad Road to High Haith Road)


Magnolia Street (Lake Avenue northerly)


Massachusetts Avenue (eateh basin at Coleman Road) *Overlook Road (Pheasant Ave. to Mountain Ave.) .. . Overlook Road (Summer St. to B. & L. R.R. via Kenney's land) ..


10


127


10


43


Size of| Length


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TABLE 3 HEALTH DEPARTMENT


-


Appropriation for 1928


$80,099.00


Expenditure .


79,791.20


Balance, January 1, 1929


$307.80


Net Expense


Ashes


$30,777.21


Offal


30,859.13


Paper and rubbish


9,226.94


Repairs .


333.14


Equipment, sundries and supplies


3,117.70


Salaries and wages.


5,477.08


Total


$79,791.20


SEWER DIVISION


Eighteen thousand, four hundred and sixty feet of main sewer were laid during the year, and three hundred and eighty- three connections were made with the mains. Details of sewer construction and maintenance will be found in Tables 4 and 5.


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TABLE 4


SEWER CONSTRUCTION


Appropriation for 1928. Expenditures


$79,568.00


76,345.24


Balance, January 1, 1929.


$3,222.76


LOCATION


Size of Pipe in Inches


Length in Feet


Net Cost


Cost per Foot


Alton Street (Warren Street to ncar Broadway)


8


686


$983.17


$1.43


*Arlington Acres (Brookdale Road, Edgehill Road,


Johnson Road, Radcliffe Road, Richfield Road and Victoria Road) .


8


2,745


259.30


Belton Strect (Compton Street to Alton Street).


8


309


609.68


1.97


Benjamin Road (Bowen Street to No. 11)


8


193


440.80


2.28


Bow Street (B. & L. R.R. to No. 102 Bow Street)


12


60


(18


68


4,870.06


6.29


Bowen Street (old end to Harvard Street).


8


1,107


4,193.72


3.79


Bradley Road (Highfield Road, northwesterly)


8


187


774.26


4.14


Buena Vista Road (Gray Street to No. 18)


8


242


1,351.67


5.58


Cedar Avenue (old end to No. 14) . .


8


41


293.87


7.17


Compton Street (Belton Street to Alton Street)


8


162


276.32


1.71


Crosby Street (old Mystic Street to No. 219).


8


281


991.01


3.53


Dennett Road (old end to No. 55)


8


312


655.73


2.10


Dorothy Road (Burch Street to Parker Strect).


8


217


306.19


1.41


Falmouth Road West (old end to Highfield Road).


8


64


525.97


8.22


Franklin Street (old end to Parallel Street)


6


160


813.49


5.08


8


144


176.85


1.23


8


118


254.94


2.16


8


490


1,897.55


3.87


*Gray Circle (Gray Street, southerly)


8


175


20.59


8


296


774.14


2.61


Harvard Street (Bowen Street to No. 99) .


137


695.39


5.07


Highfield Road (Falmouth Road West to Bradley Road) . .


291


2,019.98


6.94


Irving Street (old end near Churchill Avenue to ncar Gray Street) .


8


435


1,951.13


4.48


Kensington Park (Kensington Road to lot No. 8).


8


408


1,905.67


4.67


** Lake Street (old end to near Wilson Avenue)


12


640


4,965.71


7.76


Landsdowne Road (Hemlock Street, northcrly)


141


370.90


2.63


Laurel Street (old end to No. 30-32)


40


155.80


3.89


Mary Street (Burch Street, westerly)


8


131


137.56


1.05


Mott Street (Parker Street, westerly) .


8


135


157.41


1.17


** Mountain Avenue (Overlook Road, easterly).


8


152


313.41


2.06


** Newland Road (Bow Street to Blossom Street).


8


757


2,438.04


3.22


Newland Road and Bow Street (Forest Street via


8


16


12


675


4,027.06


5.83


Nourse Street and Road (Lowell Street to No. 15 Nourse Road)


8


522


3,448.72


6.61


** Overlook Road (Summer Street to Pheasant Avenuc)


10


1,596


3,059.37


1.92


** Overlook Road (Pheasant Avenue to Mountain Avenue) . .


10


290


555.98


1.92


Overlook Road (Junction of Overlook Road and


$ 8


51


6,701.27


7.03


Park Avenue (Prospect Avenue to Fire Station)


8


215


1,364.87


6.35


Park Boulevard (Lafayette Street to No. 7).


12


493


1,144.41


1.88


Parker Street (Dorothy Road to No. 6-8) .


8


374


473.89


1.24


+Pleasant Street (old end to Venner Road).


8


32


154.30


4.82


Robbins Road (old end, southerly).


8


6


19.68


3.28


Shawnee Road (old end to No. 26) ..


8


24


73.55


3.06


Silk Street (Broadway to No. 36-38)


8


369


1,350.22


3.66


Valley Road (Gray Street to No. 21)


8


162


461.54


2.85


+Venner Road .


12.36


Warren Street (Franklin Street to Alton Strcet)


8


207


709.12


3.42


Webcowet Road (Medford Street to No. 11)


8


202


315.78


1.56


Winchester Road (Bradley Road to No. 81)


8


240


692.28


2.88


Total cost of mains .


18,460


$60,573.33


++General expense


9,676.86


Particular sewers.


6,731.82


Credit for stock transfers


636.77


Totals


18,460


$76,345.24


*Material and labor furnished by developer. ** Built by contract. +Not completed. ItTools and equipment, $308.57; miscellaneous, $693.67; engineering, $448.34; Saturday afternoons. $4.187.77: vacation. $511.50: holidays. $1.656.39: supervision.


₹18


902


Summer Street, along Summer Street to connect via private lands to Metropolitan sewer) .


8


· 114


428.62


Prospect Avenue (old end to Park Avenue)


8


8


Gloucester Street (old end to Churchill Avenue)


Grand View Road (Gray Street to No. 18-20) .


Gray Street (old end to No. 364)


8


8


Forest Street Place to land of B. & L. R. R. to Bow Street).


Gardner Street (old end to Norcross Strect)


10


646


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TABLE 5


SEWER MAINTENANCE DIVISION


Appropriation for 1928


$4,500.00


Expenditure


3,931.71


Balance, January 1, 1929


$568.29


Expenditures


Repairing, flushing and cleaning mains


$2,477.93


Care and repair of particular sewers .


680.13


*General Expense . .


773.65


Total


$3,931.71


*Holidays, $69.67; Saturday afternoons, $256.13; supervision and timekeeper, $165.52; tools and equipment, $222.33; vacations, $60.00.


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, 3.5 square miles.


Collection System


For sewerage only, 59.73 miles, includes 5.64 miles Metro- politan sewer.


For sewerage and surface water, 0 miles.


For surface water only, 17.87 miles.


Method of disposal, sewerage into Metropolitan sewer, surface water into brooks.


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Collection


Mains. (Everything but house and catch-basin con- nection.)


For Sewerage For Surface only


only


1. Lineal feet pipe. 303,973 feet 94,501 feet


2. Lineal feet extended during year 18,460 feet 5,997 feet


3. Number of inverted siphons, 2.


4. Number of manholes, 1,329 and 16 combination sewer and storm drain manholes.


5. Method of flushing. Water service at manhole ends 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 system during the year: entire system once.


10. Cost of flushing per mile $34.82.


11. Cost of cleaning per mile


12. Number of stoppages, 2.


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. Sizes, 5, 6 and 8 inches.


3. Number made during year, 383.


4. Lineal feet laid during year, 18,820. (By Town, 2,087, by drain layers, 16,733.)


5. Lineal feet discontinued during year, 50.


6. Total miles in use, 46.58.


7. Average cost per foot, connections made during year by Town, $1.70.


8. Number of stoppages coming to attention of Depart- ment, 95.


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Discharge of Sewer


1. Estimated population using sewer system, 28,200.


2. Number of buildings connected, 5,129.


3. Daily discharge for year .* .


4. Daily discharge for each user .*


5. Daily quantity of factory waste .*


6. Daily leakage into sewers .*


7. Daily leakage per mile of sewers .*


8, Are quantities given under 3 to 7 estimated or meas- ured ?*


*Note: See Metropolitan Sewerage Board Report.


General


Total cost of collecting mains, $732,514.17.


Debt outside of limit, $100,000.


Sinking Fund, $67,082.45.


Serial Notes, $85,000.


Average rate of interest on bonds, 4 per cent.


Proportion of cost of system assessed on abutters, .241 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.


WATER DIVISION


Seventeen thousand, four hundred and thirty-four 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-four new services have been added during the year and fourteen services abandoned. There are for all purposes, 3,073 on the low, 3,233 on the high, and 3 on


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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, 1929, 225 services were temporarily out of use.


Meters


Four hundred and forty-four meters were set during 1928 on services installed in 1926, 1927 and 1928. The total number of meters in use January 1, 1929, is 6,267.


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


358


12


6,791


19,537


8,530


10


11,210


21,210


270


8


22,061


30,293


1,576


6


185


96,846


144,616


1,129


4


373


11,800


1,497


1,620


Totals


558


2


5


148,708


294


336


217,153


144


598


13,125


10


12


TABLE 6


Appropriation for 1928.


$67,958.00


Expenditure


67,115.61


Balance, January 1, 1929.


. $842.39


EXTENSIONS OF HIGH SERVICE SYSTEM


LOCATION


Size of Pipe in Inches


Length in Feet


Number of Hydrants


Number of Gates


Total Cost


Cost per Foot


Totals


Alpine Street (old end to Morris Street) .


6


14


813


2


3


$28.77 2,502.12


$2.05


*Appleton Street (old end to No. 490).


** Arlington Acres (Brookdale Road, Edgehill Road, Johnson Road, Radcliffe Road, Richfield Road and Victoria Road)


1 6


2,746


932


5


23


3,799.51


1.78


Benjamin Road (Bowen Street to No. 11)


6


194


1


503.97


2.60


Blossom Street (Newland Road to Sunset Road)


6


205


2


623.10


3.04


Bowen Street (old end to Harvard Street)


S


1,142


2


6


4,937.53


4.32


Bradley Road (Highfield Road northwesterly)


6


202


1


2


915.42


4.53


Chatham Street (Washington Street to No. 19)


6


333


1


2


1,889.45


5.67


Churchill Avenue (old end to No. 101) ..


6


120


1


1


248.93


2.07


Dennett Road (old end to No. 55.).


6


324


1


3


813.92


2.51


Farmer Street (old end to Bowen Street)


6


98


1


250.78


2.56


Gloucester Street (old end to No. 57 Churchill Avenue).


6


123


1


289.31


2.35


Gloucester Street (End of main to Lockeland Avenue)


6


140


1


363.63


2.59


Grand View Road (Hawthorne Avenue to No. 18-20)


16


7


525


2


7


4,542.34


8.54


Grand View Road (Gray Street to No. 12)


16


9


00


289


1


1,796.51


6.03


Gray Circle (Gray Street southerly)


6


178


1


291.17


1.63


Gray Street (old end to No. 364) ..


.


S


311


1


1


1,074.92


3.29


Harold Street (Summer Street northerly)


0


8


8


234


1


2


585.65


2.42


Harvard Street (Bowen Street to No. 99) .


6


116


1


691.14


5.96


.


.


..


#


.


. .


.


15


6


3.08


Bellington Street (old end to No. 45).


6


S4


150.06


18


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WATER EXTENSIONS


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EXTENSIONS OF HIGH SERVICE SYSTEM-Continued


LOCATION


Size of Pipe in Inches


Length in Feet


Number of Hydrants


Number of Gates


Total per Foot


Cost per Foot


Totals


Hawthorne Avenue (Irwin Road to Dennett Road).


6


231


1


3


1,255.75


5.44


Highfield Road (Falmouth Road West to Bradley Road)


6


424


1


3


1,472.64


3.47


Hillside Avenue (Wachusett Avenue to No. 197)


6


286


1


623.04


2.18


Hutchinson Road (old end to No. 50)


10


77


378.29


4.91


Inverness Road (Kilsythe Road southerly)


6


75


182.90


2.44


Irving Street (near Churchill Avenue to near Gray Street)


6


472


1


3


2,131.21


4.51


6


402


3


1,990.41


4.95


6


111


1


1


431.23


3.88.


.


6


55


137.51


2.50


Morris Street (Alpine Street to No. 7)


6


108


1


276.94


2.56


Murray Street (Irwin Road to near Dennett Road)


6


203


1


666.50


3.28


Ottawa Road (old end to near High Haith Road)


6


110


183.97


1.67


Overlook Road (Summer Street to Ronald Road)


8


143


3


449.83


3.15


Park Avenue Extension (Summer Street to No. 146)


18


323


1


2


2,087.19


6.23


Shawnee Road (old end to No. 26)


6


24


55.91


2.33


Summer Street (Park Avenue Extension easterly)


8


101


984.73


9.75


Summit Street (Blossom Street northerly)


6


84


1


222.22


2.65


Sunset Road (No. 38 to No. 89) . .


6


600


1


4


2,393.67


3.99


Valentine Road (Rhinecliff Street southwesterly)


6


368


1


2


1,088.23


2.96


Valley Road (Gray Street to No. 21)


6


159


1


509.38


3.20


Washington Street (Overlook Road westerly)


6


36


1


103.88


2.88


Washington Street (old end to Ronald Road).


6


89


1


298.75


3.36


Winchester Road (Bradley Road to No. 81) .


6


204


2


753.45


3.69


Installing hydrant in rear of High School .


6


31


1


218.51


Installing hydrant, Lowell Street at Mill Lane .


6


18


2


2


331.10


Installing hydrant, Overlook Road near Ronald Road.


6


12


1


1


122.26


To new Water Works Building at Town Yard .


6


417


1


2


868.53


2.08


Totals .


14,534


31


100


$47,251.19


.


12


.


1


.


8


197


1


597.83


3.03


Williams Street (old end southerly).


1


137.10


Installing two hydrants, Park Avenue and Massachusetts Avenue


·


Kensington Park old end at Kensington Road to lot No. 8) Lanark Road (old end to No. 24)


Laurel Street (old end to No. 30-32)


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EXTENSIONS OF LOW SERVICE SYSTEM


LOCATION


Size of Pipe in Inches


Length in Feet


Number of Hydrants


Number of Gates


Total per Foot


Cost per Foot


Totals


Alton Street (Warren Street to near Broadway)


6


740


2


7


$1,435.05


$1.94


Belton Street (Compton Street to Alton Street)


6


344


1


3


801.57


2.33


+Bureh Street (Mary Street to White Street)


5


20


92.20


Chandler Street (old end to Massachusetts Avenue)


6


93


1


181.30


1.95


Compton Street (Belton Street to Alton Street)


6


160


1


299.29


1.87


Dorothy Road (Burch Street to Parker Street) .


6


232


2


435.33


1.88


Mary Street (Bureh Street westerly)


6


136


1


203.03


1.49


Maynard Street (old end to Mystic Valley Parkway)


6


36


78.75


2.19


Mott Street (Parker Street westerly)


6


143


1


222.66


1.56


Park Boulevard (Lafayette Street to No. 7) Parker Street (Dorothy Road to Mary Street) ++Venner Road .


6


587


1


2


915.38


1.56


6


222


1


418.51


1.88


4.79


+Waldo Road (Windsor Street easterly)


6


187


1 .1


412.68


2 21


Totals


2,900


4


20


$5,843.77


Total cost of mains.


17,434


35


120


$7,548.52


+++General expense


4,030.80


Material on hand .


2,441.3


Total .


$14,020.65


Total expenditure


$67,115.61


*Built by contract.


** Labor done by developer.


+Work started in 1927 and finished in 1928. ttNot completed.


tttTools and equipment, $142.26; miseellaneous, $252.23; engineering, $274.53; Saturday afternoons, $1,324.73; vaeations, $271.50; holidays. $725.27; supervision, time and stoek keeper, $1,040.28.


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343.23


Webcowet Road (Medford Street to No. 11)


$53,094.96


Extension of serviees .


. .


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TABLE 7


WATER MAINTENANCE DIVISION


Balance from 1927 $3,285.61


Receipts from sale of water during 1928 108,477.44


DISTRIBUTION OF EXPENDITURES


Maintenance


Gross Ex- penditures $638.83


Credits


Net Ex- penditures


Shop and yard .


$120.00


Mains, care and repair . .


823.44


Services, care and repair . .


8,672.21


Hydrants and gates, care and repair .


1,777.37


Turning water services off and on .


87.75


95.50


Tools and equipment.


1,288.24


9.00


Reservoir and Great


Meadows


515.88


100.00


Meters, care, repair and


reading .


8,806.98


244.24


*General expense


7,448.21


Total maintenance


$30,058.91


$568.74


$29,490.17


Services


Services, extension of


$11,590.27


Meters, installation of


6,380.90


$12.00


Total services


$17,971.17


$12.00


17,959.17


Water Debt.


15,500.00


Interest account


5,840.00


Metropolitan water tax ...


47,827.80


Total · 69,167.80


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Total expenditure . . $113,940.96 Credit for work outside division . 359.50


Credit on stock.


4,971.87 $5,331.37


Net operating cost of Department. $111,285.77


*Saturday afternoons, $1,929.48; vacations, $669.27; holi- days, $756.43; supervision, time and stock keeper, $1,436.97; engineering, $61.86; miscellaneous, $1,834.21, administrative salaries and expenses, $759.99.


WATER RATES FROM CONSUMER


Year


Meter


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


1928


108,477.44


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.


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Consumption


1. Estimated total population at date, 35,000.


2. Estimated population on lines of pipes, 34,200.


3. Estimated population supplied, 33,900.


4. Total consumption for the year, 628,612,000 gallons.


5. Percentage of consumption metered, 100 per cent.


6. Average daily consumption, 1,717,500 gallons.


7. Gallons per day to each inhabitant, 62.


8. Gallons per day to each consumer, 62.


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, 17,434.


4. Discontinued, 0.


5. Total now in use, 71.88 miles.


6. Cost of repairs per mile, $11.45.


7. Length of pipe less than 4 inches in diameter, 2,955 feet.


8. Number of hydrants added during year (public), 35.


9. Number of hydrants (public and private) now in use, 749


10. Number of stop gates added during year, 120.


11. Number of stop gates now in use, 960.


12. Average pressure on mains at center of Town, 100 high system, 60 low system.


Services


16. Kind of pipe, cement lined, black wrought iron, 3 inch to 6 inch cast iron.


17. Sizes, 1 inch to 6 inch.


21. Number of service taps added during year, 444.


22. Number of services now in use, 6,267.


25. Number of meters added, 444.


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26. Number of meters abandoned, 14.


27. Number now in use, 6,267.


28. Percentage of services metered, 100 per cent.


29. Percentage of receipts from metered water, 100 per cent. Respectfully submitted, WALTER F. ROBINSON, JAMES R. SMITH, Board of Public Works.


REPORT OF THE JOINT BOARD OF SELECT- MEN AND BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS


January 24, 1929. Arlington, Mass.


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen,


Gentlemen:


The Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works respectfully submits its twenty-fifth annual report for the year ending December 31, 1928.


At the Annual Town Election, held March 5, 1928, Mr. Arthur P. Wyman was elected Selectman for a term of three years and by reason of such election became a member of this Board. Mr. James R. Smith was re-elected a member of the Board of Public Works and thereby continues as a member of this Board.


The Board organized with Mr. Hollis M. Gott, Chairman, and Mr. John A. Easton, Clerk.


The following appointments were made for the year ending April 1, 1929: Town Council, Paul M. White; Town Engineer, James M. Keane; Superintendent of Wires, William E. Mason.


STREET LIGHTS


The present lighting schedule was continued. At the Annual Town Meeting an additional appropriation was made in the budget to provide for the installation of lights on all unaccepted streets, and such lights were installed as rapidly as was possible, and the entire installation was substantially completed at the close of the year. This improvement has given great satisfaction to the residents who have benefited thereby.


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367


REPORT OF JOINT BOARD


The ornamental lighting system on Massachusetts Avenue has been extended from Franklin Street to the Cambridge town line. The Stagger System was adopted and has proved very satisfactory.




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