Town of Arlington annual report 1929, Part 15

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Publication date: 1929
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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?


11. Cost of cleaning per mile $37.52


12. Number of stoppages, 4.


13. Method of ventilation, manhole covers.


House Connections


1. By whom made: All connections made under the direction of the 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, (drain layers) 12,651.


5. Lineal feet discontinued during year, 0.


6. Total miles in use, 48.98.


8. Number of stoppages coming to attention of De- partment, 55.


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Discharge of Sewer


1. Estimated population using sewer system, 29,400.


2. Number of buildings connected, 5,374.


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, $806,565.40.


Debt outside of limit, $100,000.


Sinking Fund, $71,533.50.


Serial Notes, $71,000.


Average rate of interest on bonds, 41/2 per cent.


Proportion of cost of extensions assessed on abutters this year, .176 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


Fifteen thousand, five hundred and forty-nine 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


Three hundred and twenty-one new services have been added during the year and three services abandoned. There are for all purposes, 3,133 on the low, 3,491 on the high, and 3 on the old reservoir system. On the Metro-


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politan 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 Jan- uary 1, 1930, 266 services were temporarily out of use.


Meters


Three hundred and twenty-one meters were set dur- ing 1929 on services installed in 1926, 1927, 1928 and 1929. The total number of meters in use January 1, 1930, is 6,585.


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


287


12


6,791


22,597


8,530


10


11,210


21,450


270


8


22,349


34,481


1,576


6


185


99,234


149,857


1,129


4


373


11,944


1,497


1,620


Totals


558


2


5


151,528


295


347


229,882


473


697


13,125


10


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WATER EXTENSIONS


Appropriation for 1929


$93,618.00


Balance from 1928


937.62


Available.


$94,555.62


Expenditure.


94,116.52


+++Balance, January 1, 1930


$439.10


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 No. 35)


6


144


$234.20


$1.63


Alpine Street (Morris Street to No. 106)


6


84


1


342.69


4.08


Appleton Street (Wachusett Avenue to West Street)


6


324


1


3


1,100.68


3.40


Argyle Road (Dundee Road to No. 40)


6


576


2


2


1,598.54


2.78


Berkeley Street (Wright Street to Meadow Street)


8


24


1


3


1,262.93


2.29


*Blossom Street (Sunset Road to No. 31)


6


288


1


3


1,301.57


4.52


Brattle Terrace (Washington Street to No. 18-20)


6


240


1


1


976.48


4.07


Buena Vista Road (Cedar Avenue to No. 61)


6


228


1


536.71


2.35


Cedar Avenue (old end to No. 22)


6


216


1


2


989.81


4.58


Charles Street (Pine Street to Martin Street) .


8


132


1


386.08


2.92


6


12


1


1


782.22


5.93


Dennett Road (old end to Hawthorne Avenue)


6


503


1


4


2,340.40


4.65


Falmouth Road West (At Crosby Street) .


12


96


2


561.74


3.90


· Fessenden Road (Massachusetts Avenue to Junior High West)


1 8


900


4


8


4,467.83


4.14


Florence Avenue (Renfrew Street to Wachusett Avenue)


8


504


2


4


2,409.55


4.36


5 6


168


8


12


12


48


6


1,218.97


5.35


.


8


48


6


180


6


48


Florence Avenue (At Renfrew, George and Rhinecliff Streets) .


288


6


528


Crosby Street (old end to Frost Street)


1 12


120


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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 Cost


Cost per Foot


Totals


Fountain Road (at Spring Avenue) . .


6


48


2


$155.41


$3.24


Hawthorne Avenue (old end to Dennett Road)


6


54


1


385.55


7.14


Hemlock Street (old end northerly) .


10


24


116.84


4.87


High Haith Road (old end to Ottawa Road and side lines at Shawnee and Iroquois Roads) . .


6


228


2


983.96


4.32


Howard Street (old end to Bowen Street).


8


72


1


568.56


7.90


Iroquois Road (old end to High Haith Road)


6


108


483.63


4.48


Irving Street (Bartlett Avenue to No. 113)


[ 6


12


252


1


2


858.53


3.25


Jason Street (Brantwood Road to No. 167).


6


12


8


456


2


4


2,529.09


4.30


Lennon Road (Bow Street to No. 18) .


6


300


1.


2


1,943.27


6.48


Martin Street (Charles Street to No. 4)


6


108


1


374.45


3.47


Mt. Vernon Street (old end to Hawthorne Avenue and at Spring Avenue) ..


18


36


21


148.48


2.70


Newport Street (to side lines at Spring Avenue).


8


48


2


208.52


4.34


Pine Ridge Road (to side lines at Spring Avenue)


6


48


2


219.56


4.57


Plymouth Street (old end to Lockeland Avenue) .


6


192


1


1


971.03


5.06


Rhinecliff Street (Valentine Road to No. 15) ..


6


132


1


385.03


2.92


Spring Street (Highland Avenue to Hillsdale Road)


6


93


112


2,676


4


10


6,916.21


2.50


Summer Street (near Park Avenue to No. 516) .


6


12


8


396


1


2


2,193.43


3.51


Summer Street (old end to No. 629)


[ 6


12


8


132


1


2


540.08


3.75


Temple Street (old end to Lockeland Avenue)


6


144


1


423.28


2.94


Upland Road (old end to No. 39) ...


8


192


457.66


2.38


** Wildwood Avenue (Newman Way to Lockeland Avenue)


8


828


7


2,465.63


2.98


Wildwood Avenue (Bartlett Avenue to Newman Way).


8


156


1


437.73


2.81


Windermere Avenue (old end to Churchill Avenue) .


6


96


3


367.03


3.82


Totals.


12,729


26


93


$45,133.88


6


48


490.52


5.84


Murray Street (old end to Dennett Road)


6


55


.


.


.


.


10


216


~


12


120


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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 Cost


Cost per Foot


Totals


Alton Street (old end to Broadway.


6


168


$558.73


$3 33


Broadway (Alton Street westerly)


4


144


331.05


2.30


Burch Street (White Street to Dorothy Road)


6


228


I


358.63


1.57


Franklin Street (to side lines of Hamlet Street)


6


12


1


126.68


10.56


Franklin Street (Parallel Street northerly)


6


36


2


144.93


4.03


Hayes Street (M.ystic Lake Drive to Boulevard)


144


1


234.25


1.63


Hillsdale Road (Venner Road to lot No. 73) .


8


288


1


1,537.42


5.34


Mary Street (old end to No. 49-51) .


48


110.31


2.30


Mystic Lake Drive (old end to Boulevard)


6


12


29.86


2.49


Venner Road (old end to Hillsdale Road)


6


828


2


3


2,057.80


2.48


+Venner Road (Pleasant Street westerly)


6


288


I


1,057.44


3.67


Village Lane (Lake Street northeasterly)


6


288


1


2


574.97


2.00


Webcowet Road (old end to Orchard Terrace)


6


336


1


3


777.72


2.31


Totals.


2,820


4


17


$7,899.79


Total cost of mains.


15,549


30


110


$53,033.67


Extension of services. .


$11,365.12


++General expense.


13,218.03


Material on hand ..


8,778.96


Service installation (private property)


4,371.07


Salaries and expenses


3,349.67


Total.


$41,082.85


Total expenditure.


$94,116.52


.


.


* Not completed.


** Six hundred and thirteen feet of main laid by contract.


t Work started in 1928 and finished in 1929.


tt Tools and equipment, meters, etc., $7,357.72; miscellaneous, $137.37 ; engineering, $490.25; Saturday afternoons, $1,919.70; vacations, $767.50; holidays, $548.98; supervision, time and stockkeeper, $1,996.51.


ttt Balance carried forward for work authorized in 1929 but not completed.


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TABLE 7 WATER MAINTENANCE DIVISION


Appropriation for 1929 .$37,850.00


From Reserve Fund. 3,000.00


Available for 1929 .$40,850.00


Net expenditure 40,695.50


Balance, January 1, 1930. $154.50


DISTRIBUTION OF EXPENDITURES


Gross Ex-


Net Ex-


Maintenance


penditures Credits


penditure


Shop and yard ..


$491.51


$12.03


Mains, care and repair ...


1,825.05


Services, care and repair.


9,328.20


Hydrants and gates, care and repair


5,579.43


18.99


Turning water services off and on


121.59


Tools and equipment ....


1,125.67


Reservoir and Great Mea- dows


776.17


Meters, installation of . .


466.24


Meters, care, repair, read-


ing and inspection ....


13,418.67


Stock, etc. .


146.20


209.83


*General expense


7,669.86


12.24


Total $40,948.59


$253.09


Total maintenance cost.


.$40,695.50


*Saturday afternoons, $1,794.25; vacations, $901.37; holidays, $654.29; engineering, $503.71; miscellaneous, $2,712.96; supervision, time and stockkeeper, $1,091.04.


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WATER RATES FROM CONSUMER


Year


Meter


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


1929


138,158.19


ARLINGTON WATER WORKS


Arlington, Middlesex County, Mass.


Population by census of 1925, 24,943.


Date of construction, low service, 1872; high serv- ice, 1894.


By whom owned, Town of Arlington.


Source of supply, Metropolitan Water System.


Consumption


1. Estimated total population at date, 36,000.


2. Estimated population on lines of pipes, 35,200.


3. Estimated population supplied, 34,950. .


4. Total consumption for the year, 680,321,000 gal- lons.


5. Percentage of consumption metered, 100 per cent.


6. Average daily consumption, 1,863,900 gallons.


7. Gallons per day to each inhabitant, 65.


8. Gallons per day to each consumer, 65.


Distribution


(Including auxiliary supply from old reservoir)


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Mains


1. Kind of pipe, cast iron and cement.


2. Sizes, from 4 inch to 12 inch.


3. Extended feet during year, 15,549.


4. Discontinued, 0.


5. Total now in use, 74.82 miles.


6. Cost of repairs per mile, $24.39.


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


8. Number of hydrants added during year (public), 30.


9. Number of hydrants (public and private) now in use, 779.


10. Number of stop gates added during year, 110.


11. Number of stop gates now in use, 1,070.


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 and lead, 3 inch to 6 inch cast iron.


17. Sizes, 1 inch to 6 inch.


21. Number of service taps added during year, 321.


22. Number of services now in use, 6,585.


25. Number of meters added, 321.


26. Number of meters abandoned, 3.


27. Number now in use, 6,585.


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, F. LEO DALTON, Board of Public Works


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


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Arlington, Massachusetts


Gentlemen:


The Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works respectfully submits its twenty-sixth annual re- port for the year ending December 31, 1929.


At the Annual Town Election held March 4, 1929, Mr. Hollis M. Gott was reelected a Selectman for a term of three years. Mr. Walter F. Robinson was reelected member of the Board of Public Works for a period of one year. By such reelection they continued as members of the Joint Board. Mr. F. Leo Dalton was elected mem- ber of the Board of Public Works for a term of three years and by virtue of his election became a member of the Joint Board.


The Board organized with Mr. Luke A. Manning, Chairman, and Mr. John A. Easton, Clerk.


The following appointments were made for the year ending April 1, 1930 ; Town Counsel, Paul M. White ; Town Engineer, James M. Keane; Superintendent of Wires, William E. Mason.


STREET LIGHTS


The present lighting schedule was continued.


The Superintendent of Wires recommended a slight change in the time schedule by adding ten minutes in the


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evening and ten minutes in the morning, giving twenty minutes more of illumination each day. Small lamps have been replaced by lamps of greater candle power at points where illumination was insufficient. The orna- mental lighting system is being extended and will ulti- mately be completed to the Lexington line on Massachu- setts Avenue.


FIRE AND POLICE BOXES


The Superintendent of Wires has installed Fire and Police Boxes at the various locations requested by the Fire and Police Chiefs and a detailed account will be found in his report.


NEW STREETS


Very satisfactory progress was made this year in the street building program. Approximately two hun- dred ninety thousand (290,000) dollars was appropriated for this purpose at the Annual Town Meeting, and the fol- lowing streets were constructed :


Alton Street


Mystic Lake Drive


Falmouth Road West


Newman Way


Fountain Road


Newport Street


Florence Avenue


Oak Knoll


Franklin Street


Pine Ridge Road


Plymouth Street


Hayes Street Hemlock Street


Revere Street


High Haith Road


Temple Street


Howard Street


Trent Street


Menotomy Road


Wildwood Avenue


Mount Vernon Street


Windermere Avenue


This was the largest number of new streets ever constructed in one year. If for the next five years the policy of building as many new streets each year as the Town can afford is continued, the street program will have caught up with the developments.


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SIDEWALKS AND EDGESTONES


The sum of sixteen thousand (16,000) dollars was appropriated for the construction of permanent side- walks and edgestones. The sidewalks constructed have been of granolithic and located on residential streets. Be- cause of the large number of newly constructed walks broken by trucks and automobiles driving or backing over them it seemed wise to the members of the Board to install granite curb to protect the walks constructed this year.


This resulted in fewer walks being constructed but saved the Town the added expense of reconstruction.


MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE WIDENING


It was the expectation of the Joint Board that the County Commissioners and the Department of Public Works of the Commonwealth would contribute a consid- erable amount toward the widening and reconstruction. Negotiations were instituted and there appeared to be good reason to expect satisfactory results, therefore, an article was placed in the Warrant of the Annual March Meeting of 1929 requesting the Town to authorize the widening and construction.


On the day of the meeting word was received that the Commonwealth would contribute only ten thousand (10,000) dollars for this purpose. This amount was so small in relation to the estimated cost of the work that it was deemed inadvisable to go forward with the matter this year.


NEW BOARD OF SURVEY PLANS


The Board has accepted and signed Board of Survey Plans showing the proposed laying out of the following streets :-


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Lennon Road, Valentine Road, Mill Street, Alpine Street, Reed Street, Thesda Street, Bellington Street, Eustice Street, Fayette Street, Charles Street, Crawford Street Extension, Martin Street, Berkley Street, Village Lane, Fessenden Road, Hamlet Street, Dow Avenue, Val- entine Road, Jason Street, Franklin Street and Lewis Avenue.


There are other plans before the Board which are being given careful study.


ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST


There are in different sections of the Town areas which are not provided with main storm and outlet drain systems or main sewer systems. There are many streets within these areas which are now fully developed and the property owners residing thereon have petitioned this Board for their acceptance. Because of the aforesaid conditions no action could be taken. In order that the acceptance and construction of these streets may not be needlessly delayed this Board has conferred with the Board of Public Works to ascertain if it would be feasible- to construct the necessary systems in the near future. There appears to be no reason for deferring the installa- tion of such drain systems, provided the Town will vote the necessary funds at the Annual Meeting.


Hearings have been given on petitions from the Edi- son Electric Illuminating Company of Boston, New Eng- land Telephone and Telegraph Company of Massachusetts and the Boston Elevated Railway Company for pole loca- tions and underground conduits, and the Arlington Gas Light Company requests for locations for gas mains and services have been granted.


The Board has held conferences with the Planning Board and the Chairman of the Metropolitan Planning


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Board in relation to various projects which are being developed .to provide additional through routes in and around the Town also with the Park Commissioners rela- tive to the development of additional parks and play- grounds.


All matters coming before the Board have been given careful consideration and the Board has endeavored at all times to be fair and impartial in the final disposition of them.


LUKE A. MANNING, ARTHUR P. WYMAN, HOLLIS M. GOTT, WALTER' F. ROBINSON, JAMES R. SMITH, F. LEO DALTON, Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works


John A. Easton, Clerk.


REPORT OF THE TOWN COUNSEL


December 31, 1929


Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works.


Gentlemen :


In connection with the establishing of building lines along both sides of Massachusetts Avenue in 1924, the eleven petitions for the assessment of damages relating to premises east of Schouler Court have been settled. Of the nine petitions relating to premises west of Schouler Court that were pending at the beginning of the year, in two, settlements have been made, in six, settlements have been agreed upon and in one, negotiations are being con- ducted.


In connection with the laying out of Gray Street, two of the six petitions for alleged damages have been settled. In each of the remaining four cases an offer of settlement was made to the petitioner but was not accepted. The cases were, therefore, tried together and in each the jury brought in a verdict for the petitioner in the nominal sum of one dollar. The petitioners have filed a bill of excep- tions. Damon E. Hall, Esq., acted for the Town in the con- duct of the trial.


The bill in equity of C. Alfred Myshrall to have certain land on Massachusetts Avenue decreed to be free from certain zoning by-law provisions has been dismissed by agreement.


The petitions of Florence M. Wiggins and of Nora Leary for damages by reason of the taking of land for


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playground purposes at the westerly end of the town have been settled.


The petition of the Town against the Town of Lexing- ton in connection with the laying out of Cliffe Avenue, Lexington and the betterment assessment in connection with such laying out have been disposed of.


In the petition of Elsie L. Baxter for alleged damages from the establishing of a building line along Tufts Street between Broadway and Warren Street, and in the action of Thomas F. Meany against the Town for alleged breach of contract, settlements have been agreed upon.


All settlements have been for sums approved by the Selectmen.


The following matters are pending in the Middlesex Superior Court:


1. In connection with the Massachusetts Avenue building lines, seven petitions relating to premises west of Schouler Court.


2. The petitions of Manuel M. Costa and of Mary C. Costa, et al., relating to the establishing of the exterior lines and the laying out of Mystic Lake Drive.


3. The bill in equity of Thomas Ryan to have certain land on Massachusetts Avenue decreed to be free from certain zoning by-law provisions.


4. The petition of Hazel R. Lowe in connection with the relocation of Old Mystic Street by the County Com- missioners.


5. Four petitions for alleged damages from the lay- ing out of Gray Street.


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6. The actions of Ozro F. Dagle and of Mary A. O'Brien for damages claimed to have been sustained by reason of alleged defects in ways.


7. The petition of William T. Canniff for damages alleged to have been sustained in connection with the lay- ing out of Menotomy Road.


8. The petitions of Nathaniel Dane in connection with taxes assessed in the years 1927 and 1928.


9. The bill in equity of the Town against Allison B. Fowler to obtain payment of a judgment.


In the Third District Court there are pending an action against John J. Holmes, et al., for expenses incur- red for board and care of children infected with a danger- ous disease, the action of Catherine Tweedy for damages alleged to have been sustained by reason of an alleged de- fect in a way, and several actions in which the Town has been summoned as trustee.


In the Land Court the Town received notice of twelve petitions for registration and five were pending at the end of the year.


During the year a number of claims have been dis- posed of and attention has been given to twenty-four actions of trustee process, to numerous claims for work- men's compensation, to the drafting of various in- struments, to the furnishing of legal opinions and to other matters including takings by eminent domain and settle- ments therefor. The Town Counsel has also been present at many meetings of boards and committees.


In accordance with custom, court proceedings have been specifically mentioned in this report although such


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action tends to give them an appearance of importance which is unjustified in comparison with the other work of a town counsel.


Respectfully submitted,


PAUL M. WHITE, Town Counsel.


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TOWN ENGINEER'S REPORT


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


Gentlemen :


I respectfully submit my report as Town Engineer for the year ending December 31, 1929.


The requests for surveys, plans, estimates, contracts, etc., have increased very rapidly in this department the past year, and it has been a constant struggle to meet these demands, due principally to the crowded condition of the draughting room.


If the volume of work continues, additional space will be necessary in the near future, in order to take care of the numerous requests in an economical and efficient manner.


Block plans, on a scale of forty feet to the inch, show- ing all buildings, lot numbers, areas, dimensions, street numbers, the location, size and fittings on all water mains in the entire Town, were started this year, and rapid progress was made toward completion.


These plans will be of great value to this department and other departments of the Town, and will be ready for use in the fall of 1930.


Maps were started this year showing the location and sizes of all future extensions of sewer and surface water drainage systems in every section of the Town.


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In the study made in connection with this work, it was found that some mains installed in the past were in- adequate to take the flow that will eventually find its way to them, so these have been refigured and shown on the new maps, and at the proper time will be relaid.


The proposed mains have been very carefully figured and checked as to size and location, and whatever exten- sions are made of either system, will be in accordance with these maps, and the possibility of installation of a pipe of insufficient capacity is removed.


All new Board of Survey plans of undeveloped sections were studied, checked, and filed away; fifty-three sewer assessment plans were figured and the assessments levied before January 1, 1930; forty-five sections of surface water drains were located, and the record plans are being draughted; eighty-seven water mains were tied in and · the plans will be made at the first opportunity ; lines and grades for the construction of twenty-two streets were given, final measurements taken, cost of work figured and betterment assessments calculated; twenty-eight sec- tions of granolithic sidewalk and granite curbing were constructed, measured and assessments levied; lines and grades were given for rough grading playgrounds in rear of Senior High School and at Peirce School, and for fin- ished grading at Junior High School West, this work be- ing done under the supervision of this department; a number of studies were made for the Planning Board, Park Commissioners, Cemetery Commissioners, and vari- ous other Boards.


The regular 'routine work, such as street numbering plan locations of all new buildings, setting of street lines and grades for different projects, furnishing locations of lines and grades for sewer and water extensions, hy- drants, etc., has been carried on as usual.


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I want to take this opportunity to express my sincere thanks to the Board for the interest and appreciation they have shown in the endeavors of this department, and to my assistants for their loyal support and co-operation.


Annexed to this report is a table of general statistics pertaining to the Town, and a list of public and private streets.




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