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Expenditure
0
Balance, Jan. 1, 1940
$147.05
(Carried forward to 1940)
RECONSTRUCTION OF STREETS
Balance carried forward from previous years
$1,984.41
Expenditure 1,973.68
Balance, Jan. 1, 1940
$10.73
(Carried forward 1940)
Expenditure
Park Avenue, from Oakland Avenue to Prospect Avenue $1,973.68
1939 STREET CONSTRUCTION
Appropriation for 1939
$97,093.00
Expenditure
82,483.98
Balance, January 1, 1940
14,609.02
(Carried forward to 1940)
Expenditure
Buena Vista Road, from Gray Street to Lot 71 Crosby Street, from Old Mystic Street to Falmouth Road
6,742.52
Dorothy Road, from Margaret Street to present end 5,291.39
Fayette Street, from Eastern Avenue to 125 feet south of Fisher Road 5,291.80
*
7,173.54
Fisher Road, from Bellington Street to Hillcrest Street Frost Street, from Crosby Street to Winchester Road Hamlet Street, from Franklin Street to Webster Street 2,883.99 Herbert Road, from Varnum Street to Lafayette Street 7,671.77 Hillside Avenue, from Prospect Avenue to Wachusett Avenue 5,970.51
6,000.33
Homestead Road, from Lake Street to Mary Street
2,138.99
Newland Road, from Blossom Street to Summer Street
4,538.41
Newland Road, from Summer Street to Forest Street Parallel Street, from Medford Street to Franklin Street 3,435.19
4,332.02
Wildwood Avenue, from Lockeland Avenue to Highland Avenue
4,687.82
Winchester Road, from Hutchinson Road to 120 feet south of Bradley Road
14,299.60
$82,483.98
*These streets not completed in 1939. To be completed in 1940. The general labor was furnished by W. P. A.
$2,026.10
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1938 STREET CONSTRUCTION
Appropriation (Carried forward from 1938)
$4,675.01
Expenditure
$1,964.13
Transferred to "Exterior Lines Spring Street to Concord Turnpike"
300.00
Transferred to "Exterior Lines Renfrew Street"
200.00 2,464.13
Balance, January 1, 1940
(Carried forward to 1940)
1939 Expenditure
Final Cost*
Andrew Street, from Allen Street to Foster Street
$115.40
$3,243.69
Brookdale Road, from Summer Street to Mystic Street .. 1,300.42
3.526.26
Park Avenue Extension, from Summer Street to Forest St. 219.91
9,797.66
Quincy Street, from Benjamin Road to Gray Street . .
42.01
5,572.24
Wachusett Avenue, from Florence Avenue to Park Avenue
286.39
21,209.23
$1,964.13
These streets started in 1938, completed in 1939.
*This final cost includes money expended in 1938.
SNOW AND ICE
Appropriation for 1939
$53,700.00
Expenditure
53,310.92
Balance, January 1, 1940
$389.08
Expenditure
Tools and Equipment
$3,959.57
Plowing and Widening Out Streets
8,952.74
Plowing and Shovelling Sidewalks
5,734.93
Opening Gutters and Crosswalks
262.25
Hauling Away Snow
23,210.79
Sanding
8,190.74
Miscellaneous
1,674.00
Saturday Afternoons and Holidays
1,325.90
$53,310.92
EQUIPMENT FOR SNOW REMOVAL - SPECIAL APPROPRIATION
Appropriation for 1939
$880.00
Balance from 1938
248.28
$1.128.28
Expenditure
547.00
Balance, January 1, 1940
$581.28
(Carried forward to 1940)
*2 - 10 ft. blade plows; 1 - 7 ft. sanding machine.
$2,210.88
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TABLE II
STORM DRAINS
Appropriation for 1939
$6,000.00
Balance from 1938
2,804.38
$8,804.38
Expenditure
3,242.12
Balance, January 1, 1940
$5,562.26
(Carried forward to 1940)
Location
|Size of| [Pipe in| | Inches
Length in Feet
Net Cost
*Bartlett Ave. (old end to Gray St.)
15"
1,408.00
$2,022.18
** Buena Vista Rd. (from Gray St.)
12"
286.10
·
... .
*** Cheswick Rd. (Princeton to Colonial Dr.) Cemetery St. (Relay)
12"
231.22
.... . .
24"
60.00
127.23
*Claremont Ave. (Wollaston land Ave.) .
Ave. to near Oak-
12"
1,298.86
18.29
*** Colonial Dr. (Roanoke Rd. to Putnam Rd.)
12"
1,013.73
** Crosby St. (Old Mystic St. to Falmouth Rd.)
15"
380.53
** Dorothy Rd. (Parker St. southerly)
12"
153.10
*Florence Ave. (Appleton St. to Cliff St.)
12"
730.74
*Forest St. (Aerial St. northerly)
15"
325.72
. .
18"
367.62
** Frost St. (Crosby St. to Winchester Rd.)
12"
491.63
*Gray St. (from Quincy St. to Gray Cir.)
12"
220.15
458.18
Herbert Rd. (installed in connection with Street
Construction)
12"
66.75
*Hillside Ave. (from Wollaston Ave. to Prospect Ave.)
12"
2,519.45
** Hillside Ave. (from Wachusett Ave. to Prospect Ave.)
12"
121.2
11.48
*** Monadnock Rd. (Pleasant St. westerly)
8"
184.50
** Newland Rd. (Summer St. to Forest St.)
12"
247.70
*** Princeton Rd. (Entire length)
12"
662.41
*** Private Lands (Kelwyn Manor)
24"
102.70
*** Private Lands (Menotomy Rocks Park to Morton Rd.)
18"
149.60
** Town Hall Grounds (Contractor)
Town Yard (Completing work started in 1938)
15"
131.41
*Winchester Road (Recording takings)
18"
847.09
7.78
*Wollaston Ave. (old end westerly)
12"
91.64
1 41.43
Wright St. (installed in sewer trench-inactive)
18"
78.00
99.58
Total Cost of Mains
$3,581.24
+General Expense
Cr. 339.12
Totals
13,195.80
$3,242.12
+Credit for Stock, $451.20 ; Miscellaneous, $66.35 ; Saturday Afternoons and Holidays, $45.73.
* W.P.A. labor, and Federal Government material participation.
** Drains installed in connection with 1939 Street Construction (W.P.A. labor and Federal Government material participation).
*** Drains installed by Developers.
·
82.53
24"
41.05
15"
352.12
... .
15"
253.35
712.56
Magnolia St. (Recording takings)
18"
385.43
32.00
. . ...
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TABLE III
SANITARY DIVISION
Appropriation for 1939
$85,872.00
From Reserve Fund
3,600.00
From Reserve Fund
1,200.00
Total (Appropriation and Reserve Fund Transfers)
$90,672.00
(Wages, Equipment and Materials
$88,800.00
Personal Services
1,872.00)
Expenditure
90,652.59
Balance, January 1, 1940
19.41
Expenditure
Ashes, Paper and Rubbish
$45,604.94
Offal
39,164.69
Supplies and Sundries
486.13
Miscellaneous
3,524.83
Personal Services
1,872.00
$90,652.59
SEWER DIVISION
Six thousand, five hundred forty-eight and 23/100 feet of main sewers were laid during the year, two thousand fifty-eight and 93/100 by the Public Works Department, three hundred sixty-four and 59/100 by the W. P. A. and four thousand, one hundred twenty-four and 71/100 by pri- vate developers.
One hundred eighty-seven particular sewer 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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TABLE IV
SEWER CONSTRUCTION Extensions of Sewers Tools and Equipment
$10,000.00
Balance from 1938
7,989.21
500.00
$18,489.21
$10,500.00
Expenditure
14,094.62
Balance, January 1, 1940
$4,394.59
(Carried forward to 1940)
LOCATION
Size of Pipe in Inches
Length in Feet
Net Cost
Cost per Foot
Brattle Street (Relay sewer-labor by W. P. A.)
12"
200.
$370.82
Brattle Court (Relay sewer in connection with Brattle Street relay-labor by W. P. A.
12"
126.
139.11
Buena Vista Road (Recording Land Takings)
8"
216.45
323.79
W
Cedar Avenue (Relay sewer-labor by W. P. A.)
8"
207.
102.58
Chester Street (To service No. 51)
8"
115.66
413.22
3.57 W
Eustis Street (to Service No. 23)
.
158.
671.83
4.25 W
George Street (To Service No. 90-sewer not in use-no outlet)
00
360.
1,924.80
5.35 W
Grove Street (Relay sewer-labor by W. P. A.)
12"
454.
618.92
Grove Street Place (Relay sewer-labor by W. P. A.)
12"
190.
190.91
Kelwyn Manor (Inspection and recording fees) .
12"
111.
163.11
Kimball Road (from Columbia Road to Kimball Road and Mystic Street) Medford Street (from main in Hamlet to house No. 125)
8"
94.78
335.20
3.54
Mystic Street (from Mystic Street to entrance of Ridge Street)
8"
60.
149.99
Newland Road (Recording takings) .. .
8.57
Newport Street (To service house No. 179)
.. . .
...
Park Avenue Extension (To Service No. 104)
9.5
55.21
5.81
Puritan Road (To Service lot No. 51)
67.
326.80
4.88 W
Ravine Street (Relay sewer-labor by W. P. A.)
8"
320.
250.30
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.
. .
99.28
334.27
3.37
Parallel Street (Recording takings)
5.57
$5.38 W
158.89
855.82
Eustis Street (from Fisher Road to Service No. 59)
Fayette Street and Glenburn Road (Shown in 1938 Report, completed this year)
151.67
** 151.28
6.12
Cedar Avenue (southwesterly from Park Circle-labor by W. P. A.)
Appropriation for 1939
$10,500.00
Summer Street (Northerly side from Brookdale Road westerly) Summit Street (To Service No. 42-sewer not in use-no outlet)
8"
710.16 122.25
495.03
4.05 W
Thorndike Street (Relay sewer-labor by W. P. A.)
8" 5"
972. 362.
263.72
Town Yard (Shown in 1938 Report-completed this year) Tufts Street (To Service No. 47)
8"
83.47
178.23
2.14
8"
120.44
1,723.91
14.31
Total Cost of Mains *General Expense
$12,758.21
1,135.54
Tools and Equipment
200.87
New Construction
2,004.63
Relays
2,831.
$14,094.62
New Construction-not active .
482.25
*Stock, $39.01; Particular Sewers, $98.00 ; Miscellaneous, $238.29 ; Saturday Afternoons and Holidays, $760.24. ** Inspection and recording only-material furnished and installed by Developer. NOTES :
Sewer Mains installed by Developers : Cheswick Road-233.76 feet of 8 inch. Columbia Road-290.65 feet of 8 inch. Colonial Drive 635.31 feet of 15 inch. Colonial Drive-593.52 feet of 8 inch. Mystic Street-Private Lands-311.81 feet of 8 inch. Princeton Road-946.21 feet of 8 inch. Putnam Road-127.59 feet of 8 inch. Ridge Street-381.76 feet of 8 inch. Roanoke Road-208.06 feet of 10 inch. Stowecroft Road-396.04 feet of 8 inch.
Sewer Main installed under W. P. A. Project : Frost Street at Winchester Road-29.7 feet of 8 inch.
Sewer Mains installed in connection with 1939 Street Construction : Newland Road-113.7 feet of 8 inch. Parallel Street-129.19 feet of 8 inch. Wildwood Avenue 92.0 feet of 8 inch. Woodbury Street-54.30 feet of 8 inch sewer completed this year with water main. "W" indicates water in same trench.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
313
1,903.46
2.68
..
..
..
Thorndike Street (Relay sewer-labor by W. P. A.) . .
40.00
·
...
Wright Street (From Summer Street to No. 10)
.
.
·
Totals
603.97
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TABLE V
SEWER MAINTENANCE DIVISION
Appropriation for 1939
$7,250.00
Expenditure
7,209.84
Balance, January 1, 1940
$40.16
Expenditure
Resurfacing
$218.35
Repairing, Flushing and Cleaning Mains
1,927.29
Care and Repair of Particular Sewers
1,193.72
Tools and Equipment
202.38
Saturday Afternoons and Holidays
506.07
Care and Repair of Sewer Pumps
2,418.86
Miscellaneous
16.75
Relay Main-Kimball Road
726.42
$7,209.84
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, 3.60 square miles.
Collection System
For sewerage only, 83.969 miles, includes 5.64 miles Metropolitan sewer.
For sewerage and surface water, 0 miles.
For surface water only, 44.632 miles.
Method of disposal, sewerage into Metropolitan sewer, surface water into brooks.
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
Collection
Mains. (Everything but house and catch basin connec- tion.)
For sewerage only
For surface only
1. Lineal feet pipe .......
443,361.03
235,662.02
2. Lineal feet extended during year ...
6,548.23
13,195.80
3. Number of inverted syphons, 2.
4. Number of manholes, 2,040, and 83 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. The system was flushed only partially this year, ap- proximately 55%.
10. Cost of flushing per mile.
11. Cost of cleaning per mile. $22.25
-
12. Number of stoppages, 5.
13. Method of ventilation, manhole covers.
14. Electric pump chambers, 5.
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, 8, 10, 12 and 15 inches.
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3. Number made during year, 187.
4. Lineal feet laid during year (drain layers), 10,104.5.
5. Lineal feet discontinued during year, 0.
6. Total miles in use, 64.95.
7. Number of stoppages coming to attention of Depart- ment, 112.
Discharge of Sewer
1. Estimated population using sewer system, 36,020.
2. Number of buildings connected, 7,088.
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 ?*
*See Metropolitan Sewerage Board Report.
General
Total cost of collecting mains, $1,184,664.72.
Serial Notes, none.
Average rate of interest on bonds outstanding, none.
Proportion of cost of extensions assessed on abutters this year, 63.5%.
Yearly assessment for maintenance, none.
Method of assessing abutters and rate of assessment, as specified by the Acts of 1931, Chapter 140.
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
WATER DIVISION
Seven thousand, one hundred and seventy-seven feet of new water mains were laid during the year and connected with the Metropolitan system. Five hundred and forty-five feet of mains were renewed during the year. Details of regular water main construction will be found in Table 6.
SERVICES
Two hundred and eight new services have been added during the year and twelve services were abandoned. There are for all purposes, 3,393 on the low, 4,683 on the high, and 4 on the old reservoir system. On the Metropolitan water supply there are 60 services for municipal purposes, 34 sprinkler services, and 44 for sewer flushing purposes in- cluded in the above. On January 1, 1940, 245 services were temporarily out of use.
METERS
Two hundred and eight meters were set during 1939 on services installed in 1937, 1938 and 1939. The total number of meters in use January 1, 1940 is 8,001.
WATER MAINS NOW IN SERVICE
LOW SERVICE SYSTEM
HIGH SERVICE SYSTEM
RESERVOIR SYSTEM
Size
Cast Iron Pipe
Transite Pipe
Cast Iron Pipe
Transite Pipe
Cement and Cast Iron Pipe
Inches
Length in Feet
Hyd- rants
Gates
Length in Feet
Hyd- rants
Gates
Length in Feet
Hyd- rants
Gates
Length in Feet
Hyd- rants
Gates
Length in Feet
Hyd- rants
Gates
16
2,388
12
7,274
34,633
960
7,172
10
16,337
1,228
22,957
2,070
270
8
39,905
5,207
86,450
4,824
2,156
6
102,886
148,341
4,175
4
160
220
-
Totals
166,402
344
585
6,435
294,929
610
1,319
7,854
13,993
6 |
23
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TABLE VI
WATER EXTENSIONS
Balance January 1, 1939
$2,403.55
Appropriation 1939
22,300.00
Tools and Equipment
600.00
$25,303.55
Expenditure 1939
23,706.19
Balance January 1, 1940
$1,597.36
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
Cedar Avenue, old end to Park Circle
12"
260
1
2
$1,004.98
$3.87
S
Chester Street, old end to No. 51 .
8"
256
1
3
1,284.97
5.02
S
Eustis Street, Fisher Road to Eastern Avenue
8"
313
2
1,345.33
4.30
S
1Fayette Street, Fisher Road southerly
8"
8"
378
1
2
2,061.41
5.45
S
Grove Street, connect High Service at Grove Place . .
8"
125
1
450.51
Hydrant Installation (2)
6"
8
2
2
407.07
1Lancaster Road, old end to Arnold Street
12"
324
1
4
4,002.89
12.35
Madison Avenue, Westmoreland Avenue northerly
8"
230
1
2
1,021.86
4.44
Mass. Avenue, connect High Service at Grove Street. 3Menotomy Ridge
8-12"
1,061
3
9
2,810.60
5.58
S
Puritan Road, Murray Street to No. 17 Summit Street
8"
142
1
2
756.22
5.33
S
2Town Yard
Wall Street, Arlmont Street to No. 1
8"
165
1
1
2
763.31
4.60
61
9
Total
3,566
12
44
$17,599.10
.....
$17,599.10
.
...
6"
1
90.16
. .
·
.
...
...
.
·
.
4Wildwood Avenue, Lockeland Avenue to old end
8"
166
Woodbury Street, Lancaster Rd. easterly and westerly Hydrants and Gates Installed by Water Maintenance
8"
77
1
429.63
1
164.67
2Hillsdale Road, Venner Road to Spring Street
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319
..
143.58
548.37
6-8"
313.54
George Street, Hillside Avenue to No. 90
EXTENSION OF LOW SERVICE SYSTEM
Cemetery Street, Chestnut Street to No. 8 3Kelwyn Manor
8'' 8""
207 3,404
1 9
2 25
$771.04 5,579.62
$3.72
· ....
Hydrants and Gates Installed by Water Maintenance
Total
..
3,611
10
33
6,350.66
..
.
$6,350.66
Total Extensions
·
..
7,177
22
1
77
- $23,949.76
.... .....
$23,949.76
RENEWALS - HIGH SERVICE SYSTEM
5Wildwood Avenue, Highland Avenue southeasterly .. Hydrants and Gates Renewed by Water Maintenance
8"
239
..... 11
13
. .
.
.
.....
Total
282
11
14
.
.. .
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.......
....
6
-
-
.
1
6"
43
RENEWALS-LOW SERVICE SYSTEM
5Homestead Road, entire length Hydrants and Gates Renewed by Water Maintenance
6"
256 7
. . .... 1
1 ...
...
·
.. .......
Total Total Renewals Total Extensions and Renewals 6General Expense Credit Expenditure
263
1
1
. ..
-
. .
·
.
7,722
34
92
$23,949.76
.
.
·
·
..
243.57
· ...
. .
...
...
$23,706.19
. .
1Stock purchased and work started 1938.
2W. P. A. labor.
"Labor by private contractor.
4Extended under 1939 Street Construction appropriation.
"Renewed under 1939 Street Construction appropriation.
"Stock credit, $3,127.77 ; Tools and Equipment, $315.92 ; Miscellaneous, $185.77; Lost Time, $897.52 ; Holidays, $457.59 ; Valve Insertions, $1,027.40.
"S" indicates sewer in the same trench.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
321
. . ...
....
545
12
15
· ......
$23,949.76 243.57
$23,706.19
. .. ......
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TABLE VII
WATER MAINTENANCE DIVISION
Appropriation 1939
$61,368.00
Reserve Fund
2,700.00
$64,068.00
Expenditure 1939
63,899.35
Balance January 1, 1940
$168.65
DISTRIBUTION OF EXPENDITURES
Maintenance
Expenditure
Services, Care and Repair
$13,140.82
Meters, Care, Repair and Reading
11,275.17
Hydrants and Gates, Care and Repair
3,641.77
Mains, Care and Repair
890.65
Turning Water Off and On
46.17
Shop and Yard
158.24
Tools and Equipment
2,104.33
Reservoir and Great Meadows
460.29
Administration
6,765.77
Renewal of services and mains
4,256.35
*General Expense
5,480.93
Extension of services, house connections
6,887.64
Meters for new services
4,457.35
Emergency valve insertions
2,389.00
Install reducing valve, Brattle Street
920.33
Chamber and new valve, Highland Avenue
1,024.54
$63,899.35
*Stock Credit, $1,255.01; Lost Time, $2,214.26; Holidays, $828.67 Vacations, $1,170.50; Miscellaneous, $2,522.51.
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RECEIPTS FOR WATER CONSUMED
Year
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
1937
168,239.46
1938
161,015.25
1939
179,615.66
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, 42,000.
2. Estimated population on lines of pipe, 41,850.
3. Estimated population supplied, 41,900.
4. Total consumption for the year, 821,396,000 gallons.
5. Percentage of consumption metered, 100%.
6. Average daily consumption, 2,250,400 gallons.
7. Gallons per day per capita, 55.
Distribution
(including auxiliary supply from old reservoir)
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Mains
1. Kind of pipe: cast iron, cement and transite.
2. Sizes, from 4 inch to 16 inch.
3. Extended feet during year, 7,177.
4. Number of feet renewed during year, 545.
5. Discontinued during year, 545.
6. Total now in use, 92.73 miles.
7. Cost of repairs per mile, $48.88.
8. Length of pipe less than 4 inches in diameter, 283 feet.
9. Number of hydrants added during year, 22.
10. Number of hydrants now in use, 960.
11. Number of stop gates added during year, 77.
12. Number of stop gates now in use, 1,927.
13. Average pressure on mains at center of Town, 120 high system, 50 low system.
Services
14. Kind of pipe : copper, cement-lined, black wrought iron and lead, 3 inch to 6 inch cast-iron.
15. Sizes, 1 inch to 6 inch.
16. Number of service taps added during year, 203.
17. Number of services abandoned during year, 12.
18. Number of services now in use, 8,002.
19. Number of meters added, 190.
20. Number now in use, 8,001.
21. Percentage of receipts from metered water, 91.73%.
22. Percentage of services metered, 100%.
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
Appropriation for 1939
......
$19,776.00
(Salaries
$18,276.00
Expenses
1,500.00)
Expenditure
19,610.22
(Salaries
...
$18,113.36
Expenses
1,496.86)
Balance, January 1, 1940 $165.78
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
1937 STREET CONSTRUCTION
Appropriation (Carried forward from 1937)
$2,364.03
Expenditure
198.95
Balance, January 1, 1940
....
*$2,165.08 ...
*Carried forward to 1940
1936 STREET CONSTRUCTION
Appropriation (Carried forward from 1936) ... ... $387.80
Expenditure
7.27
Balance, January 1, 1940 .... *$380.53
*Carried forward to 1940
1935 STREET CONSTRUCTION
Appropriation (Carried forward from 1935)
...... $451.31 0
Expenditure
Balance January 1, 1940
*$451.31
*Carried forward to 1940
1933 STREET CONSTRUCTION
Appropriation (Carried forward from 1933)
$400.09 0
Expenditure
Balance, January 1, 1940
...... *$400.09
*Carried forward to 1940
1931 STREET CONSTRUCTION
Appropriation (Carried forward from 1931)
$201.43
Expenditure 5.89
Balance January 1, 1940
*$195.54 *Carried forward to 1940
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ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
1930 STREET CONSTRUCTION
Appropriation (Carried forward from 1930) ...... $37.68
Expenditure 0
Balance, January 1, 1940
*$37.68
*Carried forward to 1940
1929 STREET CONSTRUCTION
Appropriation (Carried forward from 1929)
$.15
Expenditure 0
Balance, January 1, 1940
*$.15
*Carried forward to 1940
SPECIAL APPROPRIATION, ARLMONT VILLAGE SEWER EXTENSION
Appropriation (Carried forward from 1936) $1,224.59
Expenditure 0
Balance, January 1, 1940
*$1,224.59
*Carried forward to 1940
SPECIAL APPROPRIATION, ARLMONT VILLAGE WATER EXTENSION
Appropriation (Carried forward from 1936) ..... $59.04
Expenditure 0
Balance, January 1, 1940
*$59.04
*Carried forward to 1940
327
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
EXTENSION OF WATER MAINS PLEASANT VIEW ROAD AND BRUNSWICK ROAD
Appropriation (Carried forward from 1936) ...... $31.04
Expenditure 0
Balance, January 1, 1940
*$31.04
*Carried forward to 1940
SALE OF TOWN YARD BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT
Appropriation (Carried forward from 1936) ... $200.00 0
Expenditure
Balance, January 1, 1940
*$200.00
*Carried forward to 1940
Respectfully submitted,
LOREN W. MARSH, WILLARD A. WALLACE, JAMES R. SMITH, Board of Public Works of Arlington.
328
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
REPORT OF THE JOINT BOARD OF SELECTMEN AND BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Arlington, Massachusetts
Gentlemen :
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 of Article 3 of the Town's By-laws, the 36th Annual Report of the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works for the year ending December 31, 1939, is herewith respectfully submitted.
At the Annual Town Election held March 6, 1939, Mr. William C. Adams was elected a Selectman for a term of three years and Mr. James R. Smith was re-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. On March 13, 1939, the Board organ- ized with Mr. Ernest W. Davis as Chairman.
It is with sorrow that we report the death of our colleague, Mr. George H. Lowe, Jr., on February 18, 1939. For approximately six years Mr. Lowe was a member of this Board, serving with fidelity and faithfulness. An attempt to express what he meant to the Town of Arlington appears in the Resolutions adopted by the Board of Selectmen on February 27, 1939, and in the Resolutions adopted at the Annual Town Meeting of March 15, 1939, both of which appear elsewhere in the Town Report.
The regular meetings of the Board were held on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month, excepting the months of July and August. In addition, the Board held nineteen special meetings for the consideration of matters which could not conveniently be handled during the regular meetings.
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REPORT OF THE JOINT BOARD
Activities of the various departments under the juris- diction of this Board also appear in the Town Report. The information contained therein is further amplified by the following facts :
NEW STREETS
It is increasingly evident that the policy of construct- ing a reasonable number of new streets each year must be followed in view of the continued development of the Town. At the Annual Town Meeting the sum of ninety- seven thousand, ninety-three (97,093) dollars was made available for the laying out and construction of the fol- lowing fifteen streets :
Buena Vista Road, from Gray Street to Lot #71.
Crosby Street, from Old Mystic Street to Falmouth Road.
Dorothy Road, from Margaret Street to present end. Fayette Street, from Eastern Avenue to 125 feet south of Fisher Road.
Fisher Road, from Bellington Street to Hillcrest Street. Frost Street, from Crosby Street to Winchester Road. Hamlet Street, from Franklin Street to Webster Street. Herbert Road, from Varnum Street to Lafayette Street. Hillside Avenue, from Prospect Avenue to Wachusett Avenue.
Homestead Road, from Lake Street to Mary Street. Newland Road, from Blossom Street to Summer Street. Newland Road, from Summer Street to Forest Street. Parallel Street, from Medford Street to Franklin St. Wildwood Avenue, from Lockeland Avenue to Highland
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