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After having considered various streets throughout the Town, the Board decided tentatively to reconstruct Apple- ton Street, from Rhinecliff Street to Wachusett Avenue, with a penetrated macadam pavement. The cost of recon- structing this portion of Appleton Street was estimated at Eight thousand, seven hundred fifty and 00/100 ($8,750.00) Dollars. Since this amount was in excess of the sum of Five thousand, three hundred seventy-one and 71/100 ($5,371.71) Dollars which the Town had available for this purpose, this Board in conjunction with the Board of Selectmen petitioned the Commissioners of the State Department of Public Works and the County Com- missioners for Highway Reconstruction assistance as provided by Chapter 90 of the General Laws. In accord- ance with the Town's petition, the State and County agreed to assume five-sevenths (5/7) of the cost of the roadway construction on Appleton Street, the State assuming three-sevenths (3/7), the County two-sevenths
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(2/7) and the Town the balance. By this arrangement the Board was enabled to complete the reconstruction of Appleton Street, from Rhinecliff Street to Wachusett Avenue, as originally planned.
The total cost of reconstruction was Ten thousand, eight hundred ninety-seven and 14/100 ($10,897.14) Dol- lars of which amount, Six thousand, two hundred fifty and 00/100 ($6,250.00) Dollars was assumed by the State and County. This expenditure for the Reconstruction of Appleton Street includes not only the cost of roadway con- struction but also the installation of storm drains, the re- laying of water services where necessary, the installation of sewer and water connections to vacant lots and other necessary underground work.
NEW STREET CONSTRUCTION
This year the following streets were accepted by the Town to be constructed under the direction of the Board of Public Works:
Argyle Road, from Dundee Road to Aberdeen Road.
Dundee Road, from Massachusetts Avenue to the southerly side of Arnold Street.
Edmund Road, from Forest Street, northerly.
Glen Avenue, from Mystic Street, easterly.
Hibbert Street, from Town Line to Lot No. 109.
Lockeland Avenue, from Gloucester Street to Gray Street.
Ottawa Road, from Highland Avenue to Menotomy Rocks Park.
Peter Tufts Road, from Edmund Road to Overlook Road.
Washington Street, from Ronald Road to Overlook Road.
Prior to the start of construction on the above streets,
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the Board of Selectmen filed with the Works Progress Administration the projects covering all of the labor necessary for construction. These projects were approved and to date the labor used in the construction of streets has been furnished through the Works Progress Adminis- tration, the Town furnishing all materials and equipment.
For cost of material, equipment, etc., see Detail of 1936 Street Construction under "Table 1, Highway".
The following streets have not as yet been completed- Argyle Road, Dundee Road, and Hibbert Street. Con- struction is, however, in progress and the streets will be completed as soon as weather permits.
RECONSTRUCTION OF BOW STREET
In 1936 the Board of Public Works completed the Re- construction of Bow Street under the provisions of Chap- ter 464 of the Acts of 1935 which the General Court had passed as an emergency "Act providing a public works program for the purpose of alleviating existing conditions resulting from unemployment".
This Act empowered the Commissioner of the State Department of Public Works to make one hundred (100%) per cent grants for highway projects to cities and towns of the Commonwealth. It provided generally that the labor, purchase of materials, and rental of equipment for such projects should be under the superintendence of the local community. All expenditures were, however, subject to the direct and mandatory supervision of the State Department of Public Works since no city or town was required, under the stipulations of the Act, to bear any portion of the cost of such projects.
The State Department of Public Works granted the Town of Arlington Fifteen thousand,four hundred seventy-
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nine and 30/100 ($15,479.30) Dollars as its proportionate share of the monies appropriated under the enabling pro- visions of this Act. The Board of Public Works was thereby enabled to undertake and complete the recon- struction of Bow Street from Forest Street to Park Avenue. Storm drain installation was begun in Novem- ber, 1935. Work was interrupted by cold weather in December, 1935, but renewed in April, 1936, and com- pleted in June, 1936.
In its Highway Department the Town owns four horses that are by agreement loaned to the Peirce & Winn Com- pany for their board and keep. In accordance with the agreement the horses are available for use by the Town at any and all times.
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TABLE I
HIGHWAY DIVISION
MAINTENANCE AND GENERAL ACCOUNT
Appropriation for 1936. $85,200.00
Expenditure . 84,836.14
(Maintenance, etc ... $83,200.00
Inspector's Salary.
2,000.00) Balance, Jan. 1, 1937 $363.86
Maintenance of Highways *General Account.
$51,892.01
32,944.13
$84,836.14
*Stock, $1,113.50; Automobile, $1,259.44; Town Yards and Buildings, $4,520.45; Com- pressor, $103.29; Tools and Equipment, $6,426.33; Street Signs, $3,430.11; Miscellaneous, $1,178.20; Engineering, $1.68; Saturday Afternoons, Vacations and Holidays, $11,553.89; General Foreman, $2,600.00; Inspector's Salary, $2,000.00; Credit for use of Tractor, $224.99; Credit for use of Roller, $1,017.77.
CAPITAL OUTLAY
Appropriation for 1936
$5,100.00
Balance from 1935. 1,788.11
$6,888.11
Expenditure.
*6,431.38
Balance, Jan. 1, 1937 .
$456.73
(Carried forward to 1937)
*1 Ford Tudor Sedan, $322.97 2 12-ton Pick-up Trucks, $1,034.18 1 3-ton Dodge Truck, $2,584.23 1 6-ton Gasoline Tandem Roller, $2,490.00
RECONSTRUCTION OF STREETS
Appropriation (Balance from 1934 and 1935) .
$5,371.71
Received from State and County . . 6,250.00
$11,621.71
Expenditure.
10,897.14
Balance, Jan. 1, 1937 .
$724.57
(Carried forward to 1937)
Expended
Appleton Street, from Rhinecliff Street to Wachusett Avenue, approximately 1,100 feet .
$10,897.14
1936 STREET CONSTRUCTION
Appropriation for 1936
(Transfers-To Sanitary Division
$800.00
$80,167.59 4,000.00
To Extension Water Mains Pleasant View and Brunswick Roads.
3,200.00)
$76,167.59
Expenditure
50,840.65
Balance, January 1, 1937 .
*$25,326.94
*Carried forward to 1937
Expended
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Expended
Argyle Road (from Dundee Road to Aberdeen Road) .
*$5,824.98
Dundee Road (from Massachusetts Avenue to the southerly side of Arnold Street) . .
*10,807.48
Edmund Road (from Forest Street northerly)
6,360.40
Glen Avenue (from Mystic Street easterly) ..
4,692.95
Hibbert Street (from Town Line to Lot No. 109) .
*802.35
Lockeland Avenue (from Gloucester Street to Gray Street)
3,718.13
Ottawa Road (from Highland Avenue to Menotomy Rocks Park)
9,487.29
Peter Tufts Road (from Edmund Road to Overlook Road)
6,484.37
Washington Street (from Ronald Road to Overlook Road)
2,662.70
$50,840.65
*These streets not completed. To be completed in 1937. The general labor was furnished by W.P.A.
SNOW AND ICE
Appropriation for 1936
$55,400.00
(Removal, etc ..
$50,000.00
Equipment and Maintenance.
5,400.00)
Expenditure. .
53,689.00
Balance, January 1, 1937
$1,711.00
Expended
Equipment and Maintenance
$4,701.65
Plowing and Widening Out Streets
7,213.58
Plowing and Shoveling Sidewalks
6,492.78
Opening Gutters and Crosswalks.
2,648.22
Hauling Away Snow.
22,586.55
Sanding .
6,408.39
Miscellaneous
1,815.46
Saturday Afternoons and Holidays.
1,822.37
$53,689.00
EQUIPMENT FOR SNOW REMOVAL-SPECIAL APPROPRIATION
Appropriation (carried forward from 1935) .
$1,008.44
Expenditure. .
*425.00
Balance, January 1, 1937
** $583.44
** Carried forward to 1937
*This expenditure covers the purchase of one Sand Spreader
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TABLE II
STORM DRAINS
Appropriation for 1936 ..
$4,500.00
Balance from 1935 forwarded. . 233.50
$4,733.50
Expenditure . 4,646.34
Balance, January 1, 1937.
$87.16
(Carried forward to 1937)
Location
Size of Pipe in Inches
Length in Feet
Net Cost
Cost per ft.
Irving Street (from Ravine Street to Jason Street) ..
12"-15"
339.90
$1,017.40
$2.99
Jason Street (from end of main near No. 35, southerly ..
12"
492.0
2,381.73
4.84
Jason Street (installation of two catch basins, corner Brantwood Road) ...
240.02
Mary Street and Homestead Road
10"
309.65
634.20
2.05
Total Cost of Mains
$4,273.35
*General Expense
372.99
Totals
1,141.55
$4,646.34
*Credit for Stock, $95.12; Miscellaneous, $10.35; Saturday afternoons and Holidays, $457.76.
NOTE-Storm drains installed in conjunction with new Street Construction-Argyle Road, 343.48 feet; Dundee Road, 889.85 feet; Glen Avenue, 194 feet; Ottawa Road, 912.01 feet; Peter Tufts Road, 422.6 feet.
Storm drain installed with W.P.A. Bond Issue assistance, Bow Street, 163.60 feet.
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TABLE III
SANITARY DIVISION
Appropriation for 1936
$79,872.00 5,000.00
Additional Appropriation.
(Transferred from 1935 Street Construction. .
$4,200.00
(Transferred from 1936 Street Construction. .
$800.00)
$84,872.00
(Wages, Equipment and Materials.
$83,000.00
Personal Services .
1,872.00
$84,872.00)
Expenditure .
84,323.05
Balance, January 1, 1937
$548.95
Expended
Ashes, Paper and Rubbish.
$44,927.94
Offal.
37,250.25
Supplies and Sundries
121.00
Miscellaneous .
151.86
Personal Services
1,872.00
$84,323.05
SEWER DIVISION
Seven thousand, two hundred fifteen and 63/100 feet of main sewer were laid during the year, four thousand, eight hundred eleven and 06/100 feet by the Public Works Department, four hundred eighty-five and 89/100 feet by the W.P.A., and one thousand, nine hundred eighteen and 68/100 feet by developers.
One hundred thirty-seven connections were made with the mains.
Details of regular sewer construction and maintenance will be found in Tables 4 and 5.
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SEWER CONSTRUCTION
Appropriation for 1936
$13,000.00
Balance from 1935 forwarded
1,554.34
(Ext. of Sewers.
850.00
$14,554.34
Tools and Equipment ..
150.00
Expenditure
10,358.96
Resurfacing .
$13,000.00)
Balance, January 1, 1937 (Carried forward to 1937)
$4,195.38
LOCATION
Size of Pipe in Inches
Length in Feet
Net Cost
Cost per Foot
Bellevue Road (sufficient distance to service No. 14-materials only)
8
252.00
$97.87
W
Cedar Avenue (to service No. 39) .
8
157.00
526.93
$3.36
Chester Street (from Park Avenue to service lots 92 and 93)
8
147.00
485.50
3.30
W
Concord Highway (east of Appleton Street to back edge of sidewalk on new Highway) ..
8
18.00
27.51
1.53
W
Concord Highway (force main east of Appleton Street to back edge of sidewalk on new High- way).
4 §
16.00
8.50
.53
W
** Eastern Avenue (from end of main northwesterly) .
8
226.02
513.07
2.27
W
Fayette Street (Fisher Road, northerly)
8
196.50
446.13
2.27
W
+Hillcrest Street (from Fisher Road to outlet drain Arlmont Street-materials only).
12 §§
465.00
486.45
W
8
80.75
429.28
5.32
W
Mill Street (from present end of main to Montrose Avenue).
8
74.00
36.99
W
x Mill Street (at 70-74-materials only).
8
124.60
59.07
W
x Montrose Avenue (materials only) .
8
150.00
56.93
ttMorton Road (material only)
8
207.20
434.05
2.09
xx Pleasant View Road (takings, inspection, etc.)
8 60.00
271.27
4.52
W
164.12
W
8
133.48
304.63
2.28
8
176.30
406.36
2.30
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3.97
Fisher Road (from Fayette Street easterly, 136 feet; westerly, 60.5 feet).
8
432.00
.
W
Newport Street (to No. 175) .
25.60
W
Spring Street (from a point near Arlmont Street to Bellevue Road) .
xxStony Brook Road (takings, inspection, miscellaneous charges) Valentine Road (sufficient distance to service No. 75) . Wall Street (to service No. 27)
$12,000.00
657.18
1,045.58
Walnut Terrace (to service No. 21).
8
322.52
685.02 946.17
2.46
W
8
328.49
1,063.81
3.24
W
8
21.00
63.97
3.05
Winthrop Road (to service No. 18)
8
112.42
251.39
2.23
W
Total cost of mains *General Expense. . Resurfacing .
$8,836.20
1,012.02
0
Tools and Equipment
510.74
Totals
4,261.76
$10,358.96
§Iron.
§ §Conc. drain.
*Stock, credit, $553.80; Miscellaneous, $200.31; Saturday afternoons and Holidays, $815.31; Particular Sewers, $550.20.
** This extension was started in 1935 and completed this year at a total cost of $2,606.92. Amount shown as "net cost" in above table is this year's expenditure only.
xPipe and labor of laying only. Sewer not yet in use.
xxApproximately 1,000 feet of sewer main installed by Developer in Pleasant View Road.
xx318.68 feet of sewer main installed by Developer in Stony Brook Road.
340.00 feet of sewer main, Stony Brook Outlet Sewer, installed by Developer. 260.00 feet of sewer main installed in Brunswick Road by Developer.
485.89 feet of sewer main installed by W.P.A. in conjunction with the Reconstruction of Appleton Street. 399.0 feet installed by Town during 1935, making a total complete installation of 884.89 feet.
150.30 feet of sewer main installed in conjunction with Bow Street Reconstruction.
+Labor furnished by W.P.A. ttInstallation labor furnished by Developer.
"W" indicates water in same trench.
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. 2.12
W
Waverly Street (from Hillside Avenue southerly)
8
385.30
Waverly Street (from Cedar Avenue northerly) West Street (in Appleton Street)
..
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TABLE V
SEWER MAINTENANCE DIVISION
Appropriation for 1936
$5,600.00
(Maintenance of the Sewerage System
$5,450.00
Resurfacing
150.00
$5,600.00)
Expenditure
5,588.07
Balance, January 1, 1937
$11.93
Expended
Resurfacing .
$138.31
Repairing, Flushing and Cleaning Mains
*3,101.42
Care and Repair of Particular Sewers
699.10
Tools and Equipment .
573.94
Saturday Afternoons and Holidays
410.70
Care and Repair of Sewer Pumps
397.38
Miscellaneous
267.22
$5,588.07
*$1,134.40 was spent for relaying and repairing approximately three hundred fifteen feet of sewer main in Jason Street near Norfolk Road.
SUMMARY OF SEWERAGE STATISTICS
General
Population by census of 1935, 38,539.
Total area of town, 5.5 square miles.
Area served by sewerage system, 4.5 square miles.
Collection System
For sewerage only, 75.566 miles, includes 5.64 miles Metropolitan sewer.
For sewerage and surface water, 0 miles.
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For surface water only, 38.69 miles.
Method of disposal, sewerage into Metropolitan sewer, surface water into brooks.
Collection
Mains. (Everything but house and catch basin con- nection.)
For sewerage For surface only only
1. Lineal feet pipe. . 398,986.40 204,284.69
2. Lineal feet extended during year . 7,215.63 4,067.09
3. Number of inverted siphons, 2.
4. Number of manholes, 1,910, and 44 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, 44.
9. Number of flushings of system during the year, seventy-five (75%) per cent of system done.
10. Cost of flushing per mile.
11. Cost of cleaning per mile. $26.51
12. Number of stoppages, 11.
13. Method of ventilation, manhole covers.
14. Electric pump chambers, 4.
House Connections
1. By whom made: All connections made under the direction of the Sewer Division, Board of Public Works.
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2. Sizes, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12 and 15 inches.
3. Number made during year, 137.
4. £ Lineal feet laid during year (drain layers), 6,770.55.
5. Lineal feet discontinued during year, 0.
6. Total miles in use, 59.54.
7. Number of stoppages coming to attention of De- partment, 118.
Discharge of Sewer
1. Estimated population using sewer system, 34,009.
2. Number of buildings connected, 6,513.
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 measured ?*
*Note-See Metropolitan Sewerage Board Report.
General
Total cost of collecting mains, $1,123,232.54.
Serial Notes, $6,000.00.
Average rate of interest on bonds outstanding, 4 per cent.
Proportion of cost of extensions assessed on abutters this year, 43.5%.
Yearly assessment for maintenance, none.
Method of assessing abutters and rate of assessment, as specified by the Acts of 1930, Chapter 140.
WATER DIVISION
Seven thousand, ninety-eight feet of new water mains were laid during the year and connected with the Metro-
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politan system, and five hundred and eighty-nine feet of new water mains were laid during the year and connected to the old reservoir system. One thousand, seven hundred and sixty-three feet of mains were renewed during the year. Details of regular water main construction will be found in Table 6.
SERVICES
One hundred and thirty-five new services have been added during the year and thirty-three services were abandoned. There are for all purposes, 3,230 on the low, 4,333 on the high, and 4 on the old reservoir system. On the Metropolitan water supply there are 52 services for municipal purposes, 33 sprinkler services, and 44 for sewer flushing purposes included in the above. On Jan- uary 1, 1937, 239 services were temporarily out of use.
METERS
One hundred and thirty-two meters were set during 1936 on services installed in 1934, 1935 and 1936. The total number of meters in use January 1, 1937, is 7,490.
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LOW SERVICE SYSTEM
HIGH SERVICE SYSTEM
RESERVOIR SYSTEM
Size
Cast Iron Pipe
Cast Iron Pipe
Cement and Cast Iron Pipe
Inches
Length Feet
Hydrants
Gates
Length Feet
Hydrants
Gates
Length Feet
Hydrants
Gates
16
2,388
12
7,274
31,722
7,172
10
15,028
22,899
270
8
38,523
72,320
2,156
6
101,932
150,902
4,175
4
816
160
220
Totals
163,573
321
515
280,391
563
1,141
13,993
6
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TABLE VI
WATER EXTENSIONS
Appropriation .
$19,300.00
Balance 1935.
737.13
$20,037.13
Expenditure 1936.
15,932.32
Balance January 1, 1937
$4,104.81
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 Street, at Ely Road.
8
20
$89.85
$4.93
*Bellevue Road, Spring Street to No. 14.
8
272
1
1
413.54
1.52
S
Bow Street, installing hydrant. .
6
5
1
1
167.70
** Chester Street, Eastern Avenue westerly .
8
208
1
352.29
1.69
S
Chester Street, Park Avenue easterly .
8
195
1
718.41
3.68
Concord Turnpike, east of Appleton Street.
8
16
39.60
2.48
S
Eastern Avenue, to side line at Hillcrest Street .
8
40
1
248.05
6.20
Eustis Street, old end to No. 26. .
8
180
2
358.62
1.99
Fayette Street, Eastern Avenue to Fisher Road.
8
442
1
2
1,430.14
3.24
Fisher Road, at Fayette Street.
8
197
2
637.41
3.24
George Street, old end to No. 43
8
196
1
1
748.22
3.82
8
480
1
2
725.98
1.51
Mass. Avenue, to Water Shop at No. 1083
6
142
2
512.92
3.61
Mill Street, old end to Montrose Avenue.
12
159
1
1,153.44
7.25
Montrose Avenue, Mill Street to No. 5.
8
123
1
629.04
5.11
*Morton Street, at Spring Street.
8
48
54.11
1.13
*Pleasant View Road, Hillsdale Road to Jason Street ...
8
1,228
2
1.70
Spring Street, at Bellevue Road.
8
60
1
426.90
7.12
*Stony Brook Road, Hillsdale Road, southerly .
603.67
1.35
**** Victoria Road.
6
43
8
178
518.37
2.91
Walnut Terrace, Walnut Street to No. 21
8
321
1
3
1,289.24
4.02
+Warren Peirce Playground. .
8
641
2
8
636
2
3
2,513.05
3.95
Winthrop Road, Summer Street to No. 18.
8
206
673.16
3.27
S
Hydrants and Gates installed by Water Maintenance ...
16
·
Total.
6,484
8
46
$14,353.59
$14,353.59
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** Hillcrest Street, Concord Turnpike to Fisher Road .. .. *** Lowell Street, old end to Lexington Line
6
2
49.88
8
446
1
Wall Street, old end to No. 27.
Waverly Street, old end near Cedar Avenue to Hillside Avenue.
EXTENSION OF LOW SERVICE SYSTEM
Description
Size of Pipe in Inches
Length in Feet
Number of Hydrants
Number of Gates
Total Cost
Cost per Foot
Totals
*Brunswick Road, Pleasant Street westerly and Hillsdale Road easterly .
8
414
1
3
$1.70
+Glen Avenue, Emerson Road easterly. . 11Mass. Avenue, at Whittemore Street .
8
42 158
1
3
Hydrants and Gates installed by Water Maintenance ...
614
2
10
Total.
EXTENSION OF RESERVOIR MAIN
+Mass. Avenue, to Town Hall Grounds.
6
1
+Warren Peirce Playground .
6
274 315
1
3
Total.
589
5
Total Extensions.
7,687
10
61
$14,353.59
RENEWALS-HIGH SERVICE SYSTEM
tttAppleton Street, West Street to Rhinecliff Street .... +Dundee Road .
8
815
2
2
313
1
2
Hydrants and Gates renewed by Water Maintenance ...
6
119
9
3
Total.
1,247
12
7
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Hydrants and Gates installed by Water Maintenance.
8
1
3
RENEWALS-LOW SERVICE SYSTEM
Description
Size of Pipe in Inches
Length in Feet
Number of Hydrants
Number of Gates
Total Cost
Cost per Foot
Totals
tttMoore Place, entire length
Hydrants and Gates renewed by Water Maintenance ...
6
380 16
2
Total
396
2
RENEWALS-RESERVOIR SYSTEM
tttLowell Street, at Mill Lane.
6
120
Total .
Total Renewals.
1,763
14
7
Total Extensions and Renewals . ttttGeneral Expense Credit stock used .
$14,353.59 1,722.23 143.50
$1,578.73
Expenditure
$15,932.32
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120
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PLEASANT VIEW ROAD AND BRUNSWICK ROAD APPROPRIATION
This appropriation for the extension of the water mains in Pleasant View Road and Brunswick Road was voted at the Special Town Meeting, October 19, 1936.
Appropriation .
.
$3,200.00
Expenditure
2,795.59
Balance January 1, 1937.
$404.41
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
Pleasant View Road, Hillsdale Road to Jason Street ....
$2,090.73
EXTENSION OF LOW SERVICE SYSTEM
Brunswick Road, Pleasant Street westerly and Hillsdale Road easterly .
$704.86
Total.
$2,795.59
$2,795.59
*Town furnished materials only. Excavation and backfill by private contractor.
** Town furnished materials, W.P.A. labor.
*** Installed in connection with meter chamber.
**** New hydrant branch occasioned by the relocation of hydrant. +Entire cost of installation by W.P.A.
11Extended under Water Maintenance in connection with renewal in Moore Place.
tttRenewals, Water Maintenance appropriation.
ttttIncludes Tools and Equipment, $969.00; Miscellaneous, $57.97; Lost Time, $460.05; Holiday, $235.21; Credit for stock used, $143.50. "S" indicates sewer in same trench.
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
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TABLE VII
WATER MAINTENANCE DIVISION
Balance from 1935 forwarded $770.82
Appropriation 1936 56,696.00
$57,466.82
Expenditure 1936
57,273.31
Balance January 1, 1937 $193.51
DISTRIBUTION OF EXPENDITURES
Maintenance
Expenditure
Services, Care and Repair
$11,497.18
Meters, Care, Repair and Reading .
13,148.31
Hydrants and Gates, Care and Repair.
3,939.01
Mains, Care and Repair .
777.03
Turning Water Off and On.
59.67
Shop.
439.02
Tools and Equipment .
1,164.79
Reservoir and Great Meadows
419.97
Administration .
6,595.08
Renew services, new streets
3,084.00
*Renewal of mains
4,023.90
** General Expense.
4,421.94
* ** Extension of services, house connections.
5,749.96
Meters for new services .
1,348.05
* Mass. Avenue extension
605.40
Total Maintenance Cost $57,273.31
*Includes $676.33 for 112 feet renewal of Reservoir main, Lowell St.
** Stock Credit $522.56; Saturday afternoons $2,201.66; Holidays $912.26; Vacations $1,060.50; Miscellaneous Expense $770.08.
*** Stock $874.01; Lost Time $143.00; Holidays $57.65; Extension of Services $3,022.69; Service installation private property $1,652.61.
**** See water Extension Table. This extension made in conjunction with renewal of main in Moore Place and Moore Court.
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RECEIPTS FOR WATER CONSUMED
Year
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
1935
166,506.16
1936.
168,318.61
ARLINGTON WATER WORKS
Arlington, Middlesex County, Mass.
Population by census of 1935, 38,539.
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, 39,500.
2. Estimated population on lines of pipe, 39,300.
3. Estimated population supplied, 39,400.
4. Total consumption for the year, 804,065,400.
5. Percentage of consumption metered, 100%.
6. Average daily consumption, 2,196,900.
7. Gallons per day per capita, 56.
Distribution
(including auxiliary supply from old reservoir) Mains
1. Kind of pipe; cast iron and cement.
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2. Sizes, from 4 inch to 16 inch.
3. Extended feet during year, 7,687.
4. Number of feet renewed during year, 1,763.
5. Discontinued during year, 1,763.
6. Total now in use, 86.77 miles.
7. Cost of repairs per mile, $55.28.
8. Length of pipe less than 4 inches in diameter, 450.
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