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867.46
Received from State and County
2,291.39
$6,265.90
Expenditures
6,265.90
January 1, 1935
0
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SUMMER STREET ALTERATION, REPAIRS AND CONSTRUCTION
Appropriation for 1934. .....
... $4,500.00 Andtid i've state and
10,500.00
Expenditures
14,501.96
Balance, Jan. 1, 1935
# $498.04
*Carried forward to 1935. Construction not completed.
SNOW AND ICE
Appropriation for 1934
5,000.00
$51,000.00
Expenditures
46,875.04
Balance, Jan. 1, 1935
$4,124.96
Expended
Tools and Equipment
$5,123.64
T'eaming
222.59
Plowing and Widening Out Streets
10,827.55
Plowing and Shovelling Sidewalks
5,063.06
Opening Gutters and Crosswalks
4,054.99
Hauling Away Snow
10,141.67
Sanding
7,171.53
Miscellaneous
1,874.62
Saturday Afternoons and Holidays
2,395.39
$46,875.04
TABLE II
STORM DRAINS
Appropriation for 1934 ..... $8,000.00
Balance from 1933-forwarded .. 86.48
$8,086.48
Expenditures
7,979.21
Balance, Jan. 1, 1935.
$107.27
(Carried forward to 1935)
LOCATION
Size of Pipe in Inches
Length in Feet
Net Cost
Cost per Foot
Hillside Avenue and Wachusett Avenue (Catch basins -- 3)
Lowell Street at Mill Brook (Culvert)
72"
60 220.4
$489.33 4,447.23 1,254.08
$74.12 5.69
Summer Street
Total Cost of Mains
$6,190.64
*General Expense
1,788.57
Totals
280.4
$7,979.21
...
*Stock, $412.59 ; Tools and Equipment, $86.64 ; Miscellaneous, $190.14; Satur- day afternoons, $201.10 ; Vacations, $36.00 ; Holidays, $62.10 ; Material to E. R. A., Marathon Street, etc., $800.00.
Note-Storm drains installed in streets constructed and reconstructed during the year by the Public Works Department-Appleton Place, 236.2 ft. ; Burch Street, 426.4 ft. ; Dorothy Road, 306.7 ft. ; Philips Street, 30 ft .; Summer Street, 730.3 ft. ; Park Avenue, 2,043.7 ft.
Storm drains installed by Simpson Bros. Corporation-Bailey Road, 471.1 ft. ; Gloucester Street, 216.6 ft .; Scituate Street, 1,408.5 ft .; Sunset Road, 690.5 ft. Storm drains installed with E. R. A. assistance Cleveland Street, 240.8 ft. ; Highland Avenue, 239.1 ft .; Marathon Street, 621.1 ft .; Trowbridge Street, 174 ft. ; Windsor Street, 213.9 ft.
North Brook, 334.4 ft. of 36" pipe.
County
$15,000.00
$46,000.00 Additional appropriation
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TABLE III
SANITARY DIVISION
Appropriation for 1934
$77,200.00 4,500.00
Additional Appropriation
$81,700.00
(Wages, Equipment and Material
$79,100.00)
(Personal Services
2,600.00)
Expenditures
81,305.76
Balance, January 1, 1935
$394.24
Net Expense
Ashes
$28,032.84
Offal
34,049.17
Paper and Rubbish
16,122.34
Repairs
267.53
Supplies and Sundries
248.81
Miscellaneous
337.17
Automobile
30.20
Personal Services
2,217.70
Total
$81,305.76
SEWER DIVISION
Nine thousand, nine hundred eighty-eight feet of main sewer were laid during the year, four thousand, two hun- dred seventy-one feet by the Public Works Department, five thousand, six hundred feet by F. E. R. A. workers, and one hundred seventeen feet by private contractor.
Eighty-six connections were made with the mains.
Details of regular sewer construction and maintenance will be found in Tables 4 and 5.
TABLE IV
SEWER CONSTRUCTION
Appropriation for 1934
$24,025.00
Balance from 1933 forwarded
115.05
$24,140.05
Expenditures
24,023.65
Balance, Jan. 1, 1935
$116.40
(Carried forward to 1935)
LOCATION
Size of Pipe in Inches
Length in Feet
Net Cost
Cost per Foot
Concord Highway (south of Appleton Street)
Concord Highway, Lake Street at crossing, Pleasant Street and at Underpass .....
8 10-15 Akron and 8-16 iron
1707
5,091.61
2.98
W
Crosby Street (Pump Chamber)
Crosby Street (From No. 144 to No. 170) (Force Main)
4 C.I.
(344)
1,613.67
1.99
W
Kenilworth Road (To service Nos. 39 and 41)
8
206
1,392.22
6.76
W
Park Avenue (Sewer stubs at Waverley Street, Cedar Avenue northeasterly, Chester Street and Park Circle)
8
162
360.84
2.23
Summer Street (at Winthrop Road, Grove Street and Summer Street Place)
8
118
491.24
4.16
W
Sunset Road (from Bow Street to Blossom Street-in same trench with storm drain-excavation and backfill by contractor)
8
577
454.69
7.79
W
Upland Road West (from Crosby Street westerly)
8
318
1,353.91
4.26
W
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Gloucester Street (from Bailey Road northwesterly)
8
80
138.36
1.73
W
Interlaken (Pump Chamber)
8
(468)
$107.24
$1.82
W
59
2,861.35
3,257.69
...
Upland Road (from old end to Crosby Street)
Wachusett Avenue (Manhole at Appleton Street)
8 232
728.39 75.32
3.14
Total Cost of Mains *General Expense
$17,926.53 6,097.12
Totals
4271
$24,023.65
*General Expense-Stock, $142.41; Particular Sewers, $3,034. S : Tools and Equipment, $473.35; Miscellaneous, $730.80 ; Saturday afternoons, $972.71 ; Vacations, $418.50 ; Holidays, $267.17 ; Salaries, $57.60.
#Pipe and laying cost only.
"W" indicates water in same trench.
The following mains were installed with E. R. A. assistance- \rl "ont Street, 1,684 ft. ; Berkeley Street, 305 ft .; Cheviot Road, 350.5 ft. ; Harold Street, 300 ft. ; Lake Shore Drive, 462.77 ft. ; Lake Shore Drive force main, 503 ft. ; Park Avenue, 865 ft. ; Robin Hood Road, 907 ft. ; Summer Street, 223 ft.
The University Contracting Company installed 117 ft. of main in Mill Street, from Summer Street northerly.
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TABLE V
SEWER MAINTENANCE DIVISION
Appropriation for 1934
$7,220.00
(Maintenance of the Sewerage System .. $5,220.00)
(Resurfacing 2,000.00)
Expenditures
5,217.79
Balance, January 1, 1935
$2,002.21
Expenditures
Resurfacing
$88.63
Repairing, flushing and cleaning mains
2,985.57
Care and Repair of particular sewers
584.06
Miscellaneous
211.42
*General Expense
1,348.11
$5,217.79
*Tools and Equipment, $921.92; Saturday afternoons, $291.58; Holidays, $123.09; Salaries, $11.52.
SUMMARY OF SEWERAGE STATISTICS
General
Population by census of 1930, 36,089.
Total area of town, 5.5 square miles.
Area served by sewerage system, 4.5 square miles.
Collection System
For sewerage only, 73.55 miles, includes 5.64 miles Met- ropolitan sewer.
For sewerage and surface water, 0 miles.
For surface water only, 36.95 miles.
Method of disposal, sewerage into Metropolitan sewer, surface water into brooks.
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Collection
Mains. (Everything but house and catch basin connec- tion.)
For sewerage For surface only only
1. Lineal feet pipe
388,365
197,096
2. Lineal feet extended during year 9,140
8,448
3. Number of inverted siphons, 2.
4. Number of manholes, 1859, and 36 combination sewer and storm drain manholes.
5. Method of flushing: Water service at manhole ends of lateral lines.
6. Method of cleaning: By a special brush drawn from manhole to manhole.
7. Number of automatic flushing tanks, 0.
8. Number of direct connections with water mains for flushing, 43.
9. Number of flushings of system during the year, en- tire system once.
10. Cost of flushing per milel
11. Cost of cleaning per milef $41.57
12. Number of stoppages, 2.
13. Method of ventilation, manhole covers.
14. Electric pump chambers, 4.
House Connections
1. By whom made: All connections made under the di- rection of the Sewer Division, Board of Public Works.
2. Sizes, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12 and 15 inches.
3. Number made during year, 86.
4. Lineal feet laid during year (drain layers), 4203.3.
5. Lineal feet discontinued during year, 0.
6. Total miles in use, 57.386.
7. Number of stoppages coming to attention of Depart- ment, 79.
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Discharge of Sewer
1. Estimated population using sewer system, 33,201.
2. Number of buildings connected, 6,282.
3. Daily discharge for year .*
4. Daily discharge for each user .*
5. Daily quantity of factory waste .*
6. Daily leaking into sewers .*
7. Daily leaking 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, $1,102,766.52.
Debt outside of limit, $100,000.00.
Sinking Fund, $96,869.22.
Serial Notes, $17,000.00.
Average rate of interest on bonds outstanding, 4 per cent.
Proportion of cost of extensions assessed on abutters this year, 22%.
Yearly assessment for maintenance, none.
Method of assessing abutters and rate of assessment, as specified by the acts of 1930, chapter 140.
WATER DIVISION
Six thousand, four hundred and eighty-five feet of new water mains were laid during the year and connected with the Metropolitan system, and 2,029 feet of mains were renewed during the year. Details of regular water main construction will be found in Table 6.
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SERVICES
Sixty-four new services have been added during the year and 8 services were abandoned. There are for all purposes, 3,276 on the low, 4,184 on the high, and 3 on the old reservoir system. On the Metropolitan water sup- ply there are 48 services for municipal purposes, 32 sprinkler services, and 43 for sewer flushing purposes in- cluded in the above. On January 1, 1935, 316 services were temporarily out of use.
METERS
Sixty-four meters were set during 1934 on services in- stalled in 1931, 1933 and 1934. The total number of meters in use January 1, 1935 is 7,388.
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
Hyds.
Gates
Length Feet
Hyds
Gates
Length Feet
Hyds
Gates
Length Feet
Hyds
Gates
16
2,388
12
7,274
31,191
7,392
10
..
15,028
22,899
270
8
37,816
61,261
2,156
6
185
101,542
151,811
1,687
4
147
616
160
1,620
Totals
332
2
5
162,276
317
494
269,710
544
1,061
13,125
6
17
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TABLE VI
WATER EXTENSIONS
Appropriation
$31,322.50
Balance 1933
102.51
$31,425.01
Expenditure 1934
31,374.30
Balance, Jan. 1, 1935
$50.71
EXTENSION OF HIGH SERVICE SYSTEM
Description
Size of Pipe in Inches
Length in Feet
Number of Hydrants
Number of Gates
Total Cost
Cost per Foot
Totals
Appleton Place, old end to Burton Street
6
32
1
2
$231.01
$7.22
...
*Arlmont Street, old end to Cedar Avenue
8
1,670
3
10
Concord Highway crosses at Station 58, Rhinecliff and Appleton Street
8
255
306.30
1.20
S
Crosby Street, old end to Falmouth Road West
8
172
392.42
2.28
S
Gloucester Street at Bailey Road and Endicott Road
8
187
843.78
4.51
S
Huntington Road, old end to No. 52
6-8
196
1
2
1,200.56
6.13
Kenilworth Road, old end to No. 36
12
206
908.38
4.41
S
*Lancaster Road, Arnold Street southerly
12
325
1
2
854.02
2.63
Mill Lane, old end to Forest Street Place
8
237
1
2
724.10
3.06
Mill Street, Summer Street northerly.
12
125
1
565.11
4.52
Park Avenue, Florence Avenue northerly.
8
94
1
470.88
5.01
** Perth Road, old end to No. 5 Third Street ...
4
160
Regulating Valve installed between High and Low Serv- ice on Mystic Street at Fairview Avenue ..
6
68
3
642.86
Scituate Street ,at Gray Street, Spring Avenue and Longfellow Road
6-8-12
85
3
498.65
5.87
Summer Street, at Winthrop Road, opposite No. 155 and Grove Street
8-10
154
4
931.40
6.05
מי מס
Sunset Road, old end to old end.
8
323
2
3
719.05
2.23
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S
2
328
Description
Size of Pipe in Inches
Length in Feet
Number of Hydrants
Number of Gates
Total Cost
Cost per Foot
Totals
*Thesda Street
8
8
1,504 167
1,193.84 993.71 3,236.68
5.95
...
...
1
4,456
10
54
$14,712.75
$14,712.75
EXTENSION OF LOW SERVICE SYSTEM
*** Concord Highway, Lake Street, Pleasant Street and at underpass
6-8 10-12 6
1,563 289
4
11
$7,820.91 737.58
$5.04 2.55
Mass. Avenue, Wyman Terrace to Vail Mill ... **** Mystic Lake Drive and Mystic Valley Parkway to Maynard Street
8
177
2
732.74 1,078.90
2.01
...
Inserting Gates
Gates installed by Water Maintenance
2,029
5
22
$10,370.13
$10,370.13
Total Extensions
6,485
15
76
$25,082.88
..
4
3
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S
Upland Road West, old end westerly Inserting Gates Gates and Hydrants installed by Water Maintenance ..
12 7
1
2
RENEWALS-HIGH SERVICE SYSTEM
Description
Size of Pipe in Inches
Length in Feet
Number of Hydrants
Number of Gates
Total Cost
Cost per Foot
Totals
fPark Avenue, Concord Highway to Cedar Avenue ... Renewal of Gates and Hydrants
6-8
505
1
7
1
RENEWALS-LOW SERVICE SYSTEM
Lake Street across Concord Highway
10
370
1
S
Mystic Lake Drive, Hayes St. to Mystic Valley Parkway ...
6
188
ttTeel Street Place, entire length
6
226
Total renewals.
1,289
8
2
Total extensions and renewals ..
$25,082.88
$25,082.88
Extension of Services, new streets
1,023.96
Extensions of services
4,037.07
Service installation private property.
833.36
...
*++General Expense
3,572.06
...
Credit for stock used.
3,175.03
6,291.42
Expenditure
$31,374.30
*E.R.A. furnished labor. Thesda Street main not available and work has not been completed.
** Installed by private contractor under Town supervision and inspection.
*** Cost per foot arrived at by including 370 ft. - 10" renewed on Lake Street. **** Cost per foot arrived at by including 188 ft. - 6" renewed on Mystic Lake Drive. ¡Renewed by Water Maintenance in conjunction with E.R.A.
ifRenewed by Water Maintenance.
tffIncludes Tools and Equipment $1,181.32 ; Miscellaneous $345.74, Saturday Afternoons $1,205.89 ; Vacations $402,00 ; Holidays $437.11. "S" Indicates sewer in same trench.
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TABLE VII
WATER MAINTENANCE DIVISION
Appropriation 1934 $49,789.40
Expenditure 1934 49,116.95
Balance January 1, 1935
$
672.45
DISTRIBUTION OF EXPENDITURES
Maintenance
Gross Ex- Net Ex- penditures Credits penditures
Services, care and repair .... $14,077.71
Meters, Care, Repair and
Reading
9,719.89
Turning Water Off and On
80.21
Shop
528.54
Tools and Equipment.
1,418.32
Hydrants and Gates, Care and Repair
1,880.68
Mains, Care and Repair .. .. 2,810.18
*General Expense 5,752.63
Reservoir and Great Meadows 472.61
Personal Services
3,006.08
Lower Water Mains, Cedar Ave. & Concord Highway
450.74
Renew Services, Park Ave.
402.05
Renewal Main, Park Ave ... 599.76
** Pitometer Survey
4,911.79
Renewal Services, Summer Street
1,686.61
Relocate Hydrants,
Summer Street 870.43
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Renewal Main, Teel
Street Place 448.72
1
Total
$49,116.95
Total Maintenance Cost ..
$49,116.95
*Includes Saturday afternoons $2,113.02; Vacations $670.50; Holidays $934.93; Miscellaneous Expense $1,799.82; Stock $234.36.
** Includes $4,000.00 Pitometer contract, plus the cost of Water Department labor and materials in connection with survey.
RECEIPTS FOR WATER CONSUMED
Year
1924 $ 84,390.12
1925.
89,741.62
1926 113,656.95
1927
110,178.74
1928
108,477.44
1929
138,158.19
1930
162,283.18
1931
158,301.98
1932
161,355.72
1933
163,426.20
1934.
168,370.54
ARLINGTON WATER WORKS Arlington, Middlesex County, Mass.
Population by census of 1930, 36,089.
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, 39,000.
2. Estimated population on lines of pipe, 38,000.
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3. Estimated population supplied, 38,100.
4. Total consumption for the year, 807,526,000 gallons.
5. Percentage of consumption metered, 100%.
6. Average daily consumption, 2,212,400 gallons.
7. Gallons per day to each inhabitant, 50.
8. Gallons per day to each consumer, 50.
Distribution
(including auxiliary supply from old reservoir)
Mains
1. Kind of pipe; cast iron and cement.
2. Sizes, from 4 inch to 16 inch.
3. Extended feet during year, 6,485.
4. Discontinued, 1,289.
5. Total now in use, 84.43 miles.
6. Cost of repairs per mile, $56.45.
7. Length of pipe less than 4 inches in diameter, 550.
8. Number of hydrants added during year (public), 15.
9. Number of hydrants (public and private) now in use, 875.
10. Number of stop gates added during year, 76.
11. Number of stop gates now in use, 1,566.
12. Average pressure on mains at center of Town, 120 high system, 50 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, 64.
22. Number of services now in use, 7,388.
25. Number of meters added, 64.
26. Number of meters abandoned, 8.
27. Number now in use, 7,388.
28. Percentage of receipts from metered water, 92.23%.
29. Percentage of services metered, 100 per cent.
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General Administration
Appropriation $22,968.00 201.86
From Reserve Fund
$23,169.86
Expenditures
23,166.32
Balance, January 1, 1935 $3.54
Bailey Road Construction
.
Appropriation $ 8,427.84
Transferred to Treasury
1,000.00
Expenditure
6,970.70
Balance, January 1, 1935 *$457.14
*Balance carried forward to 1935
Burch Street Construction
Appropriation $ 8,332.69
Expenditure 7,956.13
Balance, January 1, 1935 *$376.56 *Balance carried forward to 1935
Gloucester Street Construction
Appropriation
$ 4,121.16
Transferred to Treasury
545.01
$3,576.15
Expenditure
3,039.41
Balance, January 1, 1935. *$536.74
*Balance carried forward to 1935
$7,427.84
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Philips Street Construction
Appropriation $ 2,728.42
Expenditure 2,725.26
Balance, January 1, 1935 *$3.16 *Balance carried forward to 1935
Scituate Street Construction
Appropriation $15,182.32
Expenditure 13,921.82
Balance, January 1, 1935 *$1,260.50
*Balance carried forward to 1935
Sunset Road Construction
Appropriation $14,148.33
Expenditure 14,145.35
Balance, January 1, 1935. *$2.98
*Balance carried forward to 1935
Sidewalks and Edgestones
Appropriation
$10,000.00
Expenditure 9,816.96
Balance, January 1, 1935 *$183.04 *Balance carried forward to 1935
Alteration of Way-Appleton Place
Appropriation $ 6,582.82
Expenditure 6,580.38
Balance, January 1, 1935 *$2.44 *Balance carried forward to 1935
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1933 Street Construction
Appropriation (carried forward from 1933). .$ 882.07
Transferred to Treasury 400.00
Expenditure
$482.07
81.98
Balance, January 1, 1935 *$400.09 *Balance carried forward to 1935
1931 Street Construction
Appropriation (carried forward from 1931)
... $
400.01
Expenditure 0
Balance, January 1, 1935 *$400.01 *Balance carried forward to 1935
1930 Street Construction
Appropriation (carried forward from 1930) .... $
37.68
Expenditure 0
Balance, January 1, 1935 *$37.68 *Balance carried forward to 1935
1929 Street Construction
Appropriation (carried forward from 1929) .$ 38.45
Expenditure 38.30
Balance, January 1, 1935 *$0.15 *Balance carried forward to 1935
Alteration of Medford Street
Appropriation (carried forward from 1933) ...... $ 674.99 Transferred to 1933 Reconstruction of Streets .. 674.99
January 1, 1935
0
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Alteration of Warren Street
Appropriation (carried forward from 1933) ...... $ 192.47 Transferred to 1933 Reconstruction of Streets .. 192.47
January 1, 1935 0
:
Equipment "Special"
Appropriation (carried forward from 1932) .$ 700.00
Transferred to Treasury 308.00
$392.00
Expenditure
392.00
January 1, 1935 0
Sidewalks-Summer Street Boulevard
Appropriation (carried forward from 1931). ... $ 1,746.99
Transferred to Treasury 1,746.99
January 1, 1935 0
Sale of Town Yard Buildings and Equipment
Appropriation $ 200.00
Expenditure 0
Balance, January 1, 1935 *$200.00
*Balance carried forward to 1935
Respectfully submitted,
RALPH ADAMS JOHN E. MITCHELL LOREN W. MARSH Board of Public Works
REPORT OF THE JOINT BOARD OF SELECTMEN AND BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Arlington, Mass.
Gentlemen:
The Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works respectfully submits its thirty-first annual report for the year ending December 31, 1934.
At the Annual Town Election held March 5, 1934, Mr. Ernest W. Davis was elected a Selectman for a term of three years, and Mr. Loren W. Marsh was elected a mem- ber of the Board of Public Works for a term of three years, and by virtue of such elections both became mem- bers of this Board.
The Board organized with Mr. Leonard Collins, Chair- man, and Mr. James J. Golden, Jr., Secretary. The follow- ing appointments were made: Town Counsel, John L. Murphy; Town Engineer, James M. Keane, and Superin- tendent of Wires, William E. Mason.
NEW STREETS
Applications were filed with the Board by the owners of property on eleven streets requesting the acceptance and construction of said streets. After holding the re- quired hearings, it was recommended that the following streets be accepted and constructed during the summer of 1934, viz:
Bailey Road Burch Street Gloucester Street
Philips Street Scituate Street Sunset Road
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These streets were accepted at the Annual Town Meet- ing and subsequently constructed. The amount of money appropriated for this purpose was fifty-two thousand, nine hundred forty dollars and seventy-six cents ($52,940.76).
STREET LIGHTS
The Street Lighting schedule has continued as hereto- fore. Additional lights have been ordered installed on various private and public ways where, in the judgment of the Superintendent of Wires, it was deemed advisable. The street lights located on Massachusetts Avenue, from Franklin Street to the Cambridge line, have been in- creased in candle power from 1000 to 1500. The purpose in doing this was principally to aid in the prevention of accidents within this area.
SIGNAL SYSTEMS
The Fire and Police Signal Systems have again been restored to the control and supervision of the Chief of the Fire Department, and this direct control has brought about a more efficient department.
The system continues in excellent working order, lines having been renewed, signal boxes having been installed, and others having been relocated at points where they are of greater service.
SIDEWALKS AND EDGESTONES
The sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) was appro- priated at the Annual Town Meeting for the construc- tion of permanent sidewalks and for the installing of edgestones. A substantial amount of this appropriation was used to install granite edgestones on Summer Street, viz:
Northerly side, from Mystic Street to a point west of Richfield Road;
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Southerly side, from Mill Street to Grove Street. It is agreed that this has proved to be a decided improve- ment.
Various sidewalks, driveways and edgestones were con- structed and installed upon petition of property owners.
NEW BOARD OF SURVEY PLANS
The Board, sitting as the Board of Survey, acted favor- ably upon the following plans presented for consideration : Hancock Street Pearl Street
Court Street
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
The Board has discussed at various times the matter of extending rapid transit service into Arlington.
It has been unanimously agreed that the furtherance of rapid transit from the City of Boston should be from Lechmere Square, Cambridge along the right of way of the Boston & Maine Railroad into Arlington, it being the natural feeder to Boston and above all, less expensive than the much discussed proposed extension of the Cam- bridge subway.
Hearings have been granted to the New England Tel. & Tel. Co. of Massachusetts, the Edison Electric Illumi- nating Company of Boston and the Boston Elevated Rail- way Company, upon petitions filed for the location, reloca- tion and removal of poles, construction of conduits and manholes and for attachment privileges for wires and fix- tures.
Permits have been granted the Arlington Gas Light Company to install, construct and maintain gas mains in the public ways of the Town where public convenience required.
Mystic Street, from the Winchester line southerly 400 feet; Summer Street, from Mystic Street to Mill Street ; Park Avenue, from Lowell Street to Paul Revere Road and from Oakland Avenue to the Belmont line; and Lake
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ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
Street, from the Cambridge-Concord Highway to a point near Wilson Avenue, have been reconstructed under the provisions of Section 34 of Chapter 90 of the General Laws, the State, County and Town sharing in the expense of these improvements.
The members of the Board have been appreciative of the fact that their duty has been service to the citizens of the Town, whose confidence has been placed in them, and have endeavored at all times to promote the best in- terests and welfare of the Town by giving careful study and consideration to all matters that have come before them for action.
LEONARD COLLINS GEORGE H. LOWE, Jr. ERNEST W. DAVIS RALPH ADAMS JOHN E. MITCHELL LOREN W. MARSH
Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works.
REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE
The Finance Committee of 1933-4 concluded its work in reports to the annual and special town meetings of March 21, 1934.
The Finance Committee for 1934-5, comprising one member from each of the fourteen town precincts, or- ganized May 4, 1934, with Harold M. Estabrook, precinct 14, chairman, Arthur O. Davidson, precinct 1, vice-chair- man, and A. Clifford Hudson, precinct 6, secretary. A report from this committee has been rendered to one meeting ; special town meeting of Nov. 26, 1934.
The following transfers were made from the Reserve Fund in 1934:
Selectmen :
E.R.A. projects, material and
expenses
$8,000.00
Work relating to Employment
1,033.14
Board of Selectmen
55.00
Town Accountant
225.25
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