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ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
Thomas Burchill, 8 Jean Road, who was number one on the Civil Service List, was appointed to fill the vacancy November 24th. He was formerly employed by the School Department as Assistant Janitor of the Locke School.
APPARATUS
Two ladder trucks, four pumping units and a Special Service Unit are in active service.
The Department responded to 129 Box Alarms, 238 Still Alarms (telephone calls), 116 Mutual Aid Calls (out of town), a total of 483, 183 less than in 1939.
Fourteen false alarms were sounded as compared with 30 in 1939, 10 in 1938, 3 in 1937, 11 in 1936, 16 in 1935, 14 in 1934 and 21 in 1933.
Alarms each day of the week:
Sunday
73 Thursday 72
Monday
70
Friday
73
Tuesday
82
Saturday
58
Wednesday
55
Alarms each month of year:
January
43
July 26
February
50
August
38
March
29
September 20
April
63 October
60
May
36 November
52
June
22
December
44
Alarms each hour of the day :
A. M.
P. M.
12 1.
9
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1 22
1
- 2. 11
1
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2. 28
2 - 3. 7
2 - 3 23
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FIRE LOSSES
Fifty losses occurred during the year, nine of which accounted for $30,543.45 of the entire loss.
The total assessed value of property endangered, the insurance thereon, the loss sustained, and the insurance paid are as follows :
Assessed Value
Insurance
Damage
Insurance Paid 25,510.49
Buildings
$366,080.00
365,975.00
25,610.49
Contents
55,950.00
50,950.00
12,336.41
11,636.41
Total
$422,030.00
416,925.00
37,946.00
37,146.90
The above does not include the loss at 10 Gould Road, an incendiary fire which is not settled pending court action; also loss of approximately $500 at 64 Hamlet Street which is not adjusted.
FIRES WHICH CAUSED LOSS OF MORE THAN $1,000 March 30-Anthony Tartini, 173 Mystic Street $2,569.00 April 7-Walter Gaddis, 3 Aerial Street 1,227.00
April 15-Amy Gordon, 21-23 Amsden Street 7,800.00
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May 12-Philip Sagoff, 169A-171-173 Massachu- setts Avenue 6,588.21
June 27-Joseph O. Belleveau, 68 Brooks Avenue 5,446.00
August 22-Charles H. Sweeney, 66-68 Rawson Road 2,187.94
September 14-Central Real Estate Trust, 8 Med- ford Street 1,100.00
November 4-Allen L. Johnson, 22-24 Windsor Street 1,016.30
December 28-Edward Hackett, 47-51 Lewis Avenue 2,609.00
LOSSES BY FIRE FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS
1940
1939
1938
1937
1936
$37,946.90 $42,526.84
$31,397.48
$22,408.15 $15,760.67
(Incomplete)
1935
1934
1933
1932
1931
$38,190.60 $67,531.05
$37,141.01
$60,206.96
$58,326.73
APPROPRIATION
Appropriation
$123,870.00
Expended
123,633.10
Balance
$ 236.90
CREDITS
Fees for 45 permits to blast
$22.50
Fees for 10 permits for sale of fireworks
5.00
Junk
8.15
$35.65
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REPORT OF DR. KINGMAN
Dr. Winslow M. Kingman, Department Surgeon, re- sponded to 52 alarms, and made 47 office and outcalls as follows :
Firemen treated at fires 8
Office visits 23
Station visits 11
Others
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FIRE PREVENTION
The Department made 17,309 inspections of all business places and public buildings by firemen when off- duty.
Approximately 800 places are inspected every two weeks and the firemen report that a splendid spirit of co- operation exists among the owners and proprietors who never fail to comply with all Fire Prevention Rules and Regulations.
This year the total loss from the six fires in this type of building amounted to $8,288.21.
Record of previous years: 3 in 1939, 3 in 1938, 5 in 1937, 4 in 1936, 7 in 1935, 4 in 1934, 3 in 1933, 6 in 1932, and 3 in 1931.
INSPECTION OF DWELLINGS
For the seventeenth consecutive year firemen donated their time in an effort to keep Arlington's record clean and free from loss of life by dwelling fires.
The nation's records show that seven thousand of the ten thousand lives lost annually by fire, occur in dwellings. These fires are responsible for two-thirds of the entire property loss as well.
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The majority of the householders throughout the town are keenly alert to the danger of cellar fires and appreciate any advice that will make their homes safer places in which to live.
Only ten (one incendiary) fires occurred in residential cellars this year.
Record of past years: 10 in 1939, 11 in 1938, 12 in 1937, 9 in 1936, 11 in 1935, 9 in 1934, 11 in 1933, 7 in 1932, 11 in 1931 and 9 in 1930.
I recommend that all who have oil burners installed in their homes place smoke or "smudge" insurance on build- ings and contents. In many cases when the motor of an oil burner starts and the ignition spark is delayed a consider- able accumulation of oil is in the base of the heater when ignition does occur and in a very few moments the pool of oil ignites and the resulting dense black smoke fills every part of the house.
Insurance is not allowed for a fire confined to the heater unless specifically covered. It is a valuable coverage at small cost.
The following is data compiled as a result of Dwelling House Inspections :
1940
1939
7,709
Total houses
7,558
4,662
Single houses
4,520
2,888
Two-apartment houses
2,885
159
Of more than two apartments
153
44
Houses under construction
40
192
Vacant apartments
189
131
Combustible roofs
132
4,997
Range oil burners
4,697
3,558
Power oil burners
3,131
11,113
Total number of families
10,942
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In the section below Arlington Center from the Boston and Maine Railroad and the east side of Mystic Street may be found the following number of houses and families :
786
Single houses
1,861
2-apartment houses
117
3-apartment houses
24
4-apartment houses
6 6-apartment houses
1 7-apartment house
1
10-apartment house
1
13-apartment house
1 15-apartment house
1 17-apartment house
1
21-apartment house
1
24-apartment house
2,801
total houses
5,098
families
NUMBER OF HOUSES EACH YEAR
1940
7,709
1931
6,739
1939
7,558
1930
6,494
1938
7,355
1929
6,247
1937
7,161
1928
5,924
1936
7,098
1927
5,561
1935
6,990
1926
5,170
1934
6,942
1925
4,640
1933
6,893
1924
3,918 (first inspection)
1932
6,849
INSPECTIONS
1
Mercantile
17,309
Dwelling's
7,709
Power oil burners
427
Range oil burners
300
Total inspections
25,745
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FIRE DRILLS IN SCHOOLS
Fire drills were given in all public, parochial and pri- vate schools.
A record was taken of the number of classrooms, pu- pils, exits used and the time required to vacate each build- ing. A copy of the record was sent to the School Depart- ment.
The time required to evacuate the buildings varies, depending on the number of exits and pupils. A grade school of more than four hundred children was vacated in 56 seconds, and the Senior High School, (three floors above grade), in 2 minutes and 38 seconds.
Constant drilling by the principals is responsible for this commendable record. The splendid supervision and janitor service safeguards the lives of the pupils and the buildings from fire.
Four hundred and fourteen fire extinguishers were re- charged in schools and other public buildings, garages and factories.
I recommend that $130,706.50 be appropriated for the ensuing year, including four additional men and the re- placement of the Deputy Chief's car which has been in service since April, 1933.
I recommend a more powerful truck to replace the Special Service Truck (Emergency) which was purchased in 1930. The present truck loaded weighs 10,620 pounds without men. It is very slow, hardly able to negotiate the grades.
It responds to all alarms and special calls, carrying the various kinds of emergency tools in addition to the lighting equipment. This unit is very valuable in case of accidents and emergencies and should be capable of responding quick- ly.
For the fourth consecutive year I ask that provision
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be made for the appointment of four additional men on May 1, 1941. Four men were appointed in 1935 to fill va- cancies caused by two deaths and two retirements. There has been no addition to the force since 1931 and none had been requested previous to 1938 because of the prevailing economic conditions.
Previous to 1931 eight men were assigned to the Park Circle Station, four for each platoon, which should be the minimum. That year an additional company was formed with the purchase of Engine 4. Two men were taken from Park Circle Station who with four new firemen formed this company.
This year we were obliged to transfer two more men from Park Circle Station and at present there are only two men on each platoon. The need for extra men is becoming more acute each year.
From my point of view, that of protecting the lives and property of the people of Arlington from fire, it is very unwise to omit collection of rubbish during any period of the year.
Installed in the homes are 3,558 power oil burners and 4,997 range burners, 727 of which were installed this year. There is no way of burning rubbish in houses so equipped. Economy carried to an extreme which disregards the safety and lives of our people should never be consid- ered.
I am deeply grateful to the Honorable Board of Se- lectmen for its personal interest in the affairs of the Fire Department, and its efficient Secretary, James J. Golden, Jr., for the many courtesies extended. To the Town En- gineer, James M. Keane, and the Police Department for the many ways in which they have helped to make the work of this Department effectual, and to my own officers and men for their splendid support under all conditions, my heartiest thanks.
DANIEL B. TIERNEY
Chief, Fire Department
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REPORT OF THE GYPSY AND BROWN TAIL MOTH DEPARTMENT
The Honorable Board of Selectmen
Arlington, Mass.
Gentlemen :
I herewith submit my report of the Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth Department for the year ending December 31, 1940.
The condition of this town as a whole is fairly good, al- though much time was spent during the winter months creosoting egg clusters in the outlying districts, and wooded sections where the infestations were the heaviest.
The regular winter work of creosoting Gypsy Moth egg clusters, and cutting off and burning Brown Tail Moth webs throughout the town was attended to as in past years, and I found that as in other years where owners have had their estates sprayed the previous spring, they were devoid of any eggs.
The Norway Maple trees that have been infested with the Oriental Moth for the past two years, appeared to be in a healthy condition this season, but a double spraying pro- gram will have to be continued to have them remain so.
The Elm Leaf Beetle was very prevalent this year, not only in this town, but throughout the entire state. Property owners who value their trees should have them taken care of at the proper time, as I look forward to a very heavy in- festation this coming year. An early and late spraying will have to be given the Elms this year to try and combat this pest.
The Tent Caterpillar, although not so abundant as in
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former years, is still giving us trouble in the early spring, and will continue to do so unless private property owners cut down and get rid of their Wild Cherry trees. A W. P. A. project working during the winter has helped considerably in eliminating many of the egg clusters.
A heavy outbreak of Fall Web-Worm was found on private estates in the Maynard Street and Orchard Terrace sections, and a scattered few in other sections of the town.
A few calls were made on the department for Satin Moth and Canker Worm infestations, and after being in- vestigated the properties were sprayed on request of the owner.
All street trees were sprayed at least once and in some cases more, according to their condition. Due to traffic con- ditions, all through ways had to be sprayed in the early hours of the morning before traffic became heavy. All property under the jurisdiction of the Park Department was sprayed, at the request of the Park Commissioners.
All private property owners who wished to have their estates sprayed were given the services of this department, in turn making a remittance to the town for the amount of work done.
A National Youth Administration program which was sponsored by the town, continued to operate this year, and a group of young men working under a supervisor from N. Y. A. headquarters, cleared many of our vacant lots of underbrush, dead and undesirable trees, for the elimination and eradication of all leaf eating insects.
In conclusion I wish to thank the Board of Selectmen, its Secretary, the men of the department, and all Town Officials for their courtesy and whole-hearted co-operation during the entire year.
Respectfully yours,
GEORGE M. DOLAN
Superintendent
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EXPENDITURES
Appropriation Expended
Balance
Personal Services
Superintendent
$1,450.00
$1,450.00
$0.00
Wages
3,500.00
3,497.64
2.36
$4,950.00
$4,947.64
$2.36
Expenses
$847.00
$834.49
$12.51
Spraying Park Property
$500.00
$497.02
$2.98
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REPORT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
Arlington, January 1, 1941
The Honorable Board of Selectmen
Gentlemen :
I have the honor to submit my eleventh annual report for the year ending December 31, 1940.
The net cost of the Police Department for 1940, in- cluding maintenance of Police Headquarters and equipment, was $132,772.88 itemized as follows :
Salaries $122,407.34
Maintenance of Building and
other expenses 12,869.49
Gross cost
$135,276.83
Less receipts as follows :
Court fines turned over to Treasurer $1,182.45
Radio contracts 1,200.00
Revolver licenses 73.00
Taxi Operators' licenses 18.00
Miscellaneous
30.50
Total receipts
2,503.95
Net cost of Department for 1940 $132,772.88 Per capita cost based on population of 40,000- $3.32
The following is the radio record for the year ending December 31, 1940 :
Total number of messages broadcast in 1940 22,791
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Calls direct to specified cars :
Arlington patrol cars 4,407
Woburn patrol cars 2,444
Winchester patrol cars
2,048
Lexington patrol cars
1,022
Stoneham patrol cars
90
Wakefield patrol cars
1,131
Medford patrol cars
8
Total number of calls to specified cars
..
11,150
Arrests made by Arlington patrol cars :
Without warrant 271
With warrant 42
By car No. 7
113
By car No. 8 200
Total arrests by Arlington cars 313
Lost time for year: Days Off, Vacations and Sickness amounted to 4,035 days.
During the year 1,699 complaints were brought to the attention of the courts. 1,563 were males; 136 were fe- males ; 16 of which were juveniles or persons under 17 years of age. $3,728.00 was imposed as fines and costs. Total im- prisonment imposed was 24 years, 10 months and 6 days; 995 of which were residents and 704 were non-residents.
In addition to the number of complaints made in court, 1,875 persons were booked for violation of the Automobile Laws and Traffic Rules, and the cards filed as a warning in my office.
Complaints were made at Court for the following offenses :
1939
1940
Adultery
1
5
Alien Firearm Law, Violation of
0
1
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Arson
0
1
Assault and battery
19
21
Assault with a dangerous weapon
1
0
Attempt to bribe a Police Officer
0
1
Being present where gaming
1
0
Breaking and entering
11
9
Burglar tools in possession
2
0
Carnal abuse
1
0
Children being neglected
4
0
Committing nuisance
1
0
Common notorious thief
1
0
Common railer and brawler
1
0
Conducting a lodging house without license
0
1
Conspiracy
4
0
Contributing to delinquency of minor
3
1
Delinquent children
16
10
Desertion
1
0
Disturbing the peace
14
10
Drunkenness
286
195
Escaped inmate
6
1
Failing to perform contract
1
0
Forgery and Uttering and Larceny
1
1
Fish and Game Law, violation of
0
1
Fornication
1
2
Having lottery tickets in possession
9
2
Illegitimacy
5
3
Incest
1
0
Indecent Assault
1
1
Indecent Exposure
0
1
Labor Law, Violation of
16
14
Larceny more than $100.00
7
5
Larceny less than $100.00
40
38
Larceny of automobile
9
8
Lewd and Lascivious Cohabitation
4
2
Lewdness
3
4
Liquor Law, Keeping and Exposing
1
0
Liquor Law, Unlawful Sale
1
1
0
Lord's Day, Violation of
1
2
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Maintaining Gaming nuisance
1 0
Malicious injury to property
7
3
Manslaughter
1
0
Neglected children
13
1
No license, pistol or revolver
4
4
Non Support
27
40
Parole, Violation of
2
0
Peddling without license
17
9
Probation, Violation of
34
47
Pure Food Law, Violation of
0
1
Receiving stolen property
3
1
Registering bets
1
0
Robbery while armed
5
0
Robbery (unarmed)
2
0
Runaway child
1
1
Safe-keeping
7
14
Selling leased property
3
0
Setting up and promoting lottery
8
2
Stubborn child
0
1
Suspicious person
43
28
Threats
0
1
Town By-Laws, Violation of
7
2
Trespass
1
0
Unnatural Act
1
0
Vagrancy
12
4
Violation of Auto Laws
558
654
Violation of Auto Laws, operating under influence
67
39
Violation of Traffic Rules
595
507
The above cases were disposed as follows :
On file
553
445
Delivered to Outside
715
759
Released or Discharged
87
76
Defaulted
53
58
Nol Prossed
9
0
Sentenced to Other Institutions
96
89
Dismissed
28
7
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Not Guilty and Discharged
45
55
Probation
65
62
Sentenced to a fine
232
223
Sentenced to State Prison
2
0
No Bill
1
1
Pending
1,197
136
Chief attended Court 8 days. Officers attended Court 1,172 days.
Auto Accidents
346
331
Auto Accidents, personal injury involved
178
189
Accidents other than auto, personal in- jury involved
241
117
Ambulance Calls
147
130
Buildings reported vacant, protected.
1,914
1,607
Cases investigated
4,910
2,165
Dead bodies cared for (human)
2
1
Dead bodies cared for (animals)
576
745
Defective electric lights
0
4
66
water pipes
14
11
66
streets and walks reported
368
239
Dogs killed
61
5
Dogs turned over to Dog Officer
133
124
Fire Alarm Given
141
138
Injured persons assisted home
16
14
Injured persons assisted to Hospital
60
77
Insane persons
0
20
Lanterns placed at dangerous places
49
46
Lost children cared for
55
54
Messages delivered
423
430
Officers at fires
341
306
Sick persons assisted home
32
23
Sick persons assisted to hospital
83
57
Street obstructions removed
156
157
Water running to waste
38
34
Wagon calls
66
69
..
744
745
Buildings found open and made secure
126
136
hydrants
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Wires down
15
46
Investigations for other departments
67
Dog Bites
95
Dog complaints
105
Complaints of children
680
Missing persons
94
THE AUTOMOBILE AND THE POLICE
1939
1940
Autos reported stolen in Arlington
13
10
Autos stolen from Arlington recovered ..
11
8
Autos reported stolen from other cities ....
9,518
9,493
Autos recovered for other cities
20
16
Permits to sell cars in Arlington, private owners
643
670
Used cars reported as taken in trade by Arlington dealers
4,126
4,339
Licenses to operate automobiles, sus- pended
270
317
Licenses to operate automobiles, revoked
59
60
Registrations revoked
30
25
Registrations suspended
40
30
AUTOMOBILE FATALITIES
This year two persons have been killed in Arlington by automobiles.
On April 20, 1940, at 7:43 P. M., while crossing Broad- way near Palmer Street, Richard Condon, of 72 Beacon Street, Arlington, 55 years of age, was struck by an auto- mobile proceeding toward Somerville, receiving injuries from which he died on April 22, 1940.
On December 26, 1940, at 6:19 P. M. while crossing Mystic Street near Kimball Road, Harold G. Carter, of
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12 Kimball Road, Arlington, 72 years of age, was struck by an automobile going in the direction of Winchester, re- ceiving injuries which resulted in his death on the same date.
The following is a resume of Automobile Accidents in the Town of Arlington for the year 1940 :
Automobile Accidents reported 331
Personal injury
189
Property damage
142
Automobile Accidents investigated
220
Operator interviewed at the Station .333
Witnesses interviewed 88
Injured persons interviewed 156
OTHER FATALITIES
Death-Natural causes
9
Death-Drowning
2
Death-Suffocation
1
Death-Fracture of hip
1
Death-Fell downstairs
1
POLICE SIGNAL SYSTEM
1939
1940
Duty calls
108,848
111,861
Telephone calls
96
70
Patrol and Ambulance has gone
992 mi.
808 mi.
DIVISION OF INVESTIGATION
The following crimes were reported to the Inspector's Office and are classified as follows :
1939
1940
Assault and Battery cases reported
19
25
Assault and Battery cases cleared by
arrest
19
21
1
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Assault and Battery cases unfounded
3
Breaking and Entering and Larceny cases reported
95
127
Breaking and Entering and Larcery cases cleared by arrest
13
37
Breaking and Entering and Larceny cases not cleared by arrest
48 .
39
Breaking and Entering and Larceny cases unfounded
34
51
(B. & E. cases include attempts to B. & E.)
Larcenies reported
156
265
Larcenies cleared by arrest
25
76
Larcenies unfounded
74
62
Larcenies not cleared by arrest
57
127
Robbery cases reported
6
2
Robbery cases cleared by arrest
2
0
Robbery cases unfounded
0
1
The following cases of investigation were made :
Miscellaneous investigations
113
120
Illegitimacy
5
1
Counterfeit money
5
Mental Cases
8
7
Former Residents
18
8
Lotteries
9
4
Flim Flam
5
2
Damage to property
4
14
Missing persons
22
20
For other Police Departments
41
61
Accosting females
6
9
Investigation of Home Conditions
5
7
Sudden Deaths
12
9
Lewd persons
3
2
Wire and Building Inspectors
6
5
Attempted suicides
1
2
Arson and suspicious fires
2
3
Suspicious persons
43
31
Selectmen's Office :
Jury Service
34
39
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Licenses
362
394
Secretary of State
14
16
Claims against the Town
39
12
Gaming on Lord's day
3
2
L. and L. Cohabitation
4
2
Non Support
27
39
Accidental deaths
3
2
Dangerous weapons
1
1
Indecent exposure
23
5
Threatening
2
1
Larceny by check
12
19
Forgery and Uttering
1
5
Liquor investigation
1
6
Personal Fingerprints
89
95
Street and sidewalk defects
22
20
The following cases of investigation on Welfare was made by this office during the year 1940 :
Welfare cases investigated
476
510
Persons interviewed on welfare cases
1280
1416
Checked cases with Dept. of Probation
520
540
Miscellaneous cases investigated
20
35
Mental patients conveyed to hospitals
2
9
The following is the Juvenile Officer's report for the year September 30, 1939, ending September 30, 1940:
West
Center East Outside
Accosting
1
0
0
0
Assault and Battery
5
4
5
0
Ball playing, restricted areas .
. 30
13
25
3
B B Guns
7
5
7
1
Breaking and Entering
2
1
3
3
Damage to property
52
32
36
4
Disturbance
35
15
27
2
False Alarm
2
0
1
0
Setting fires
8
3
7
3
Larceny
11
2
4
10
Loitering
0
0
10
0
Runaway
1
0
6
0
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Trespass
19
26
17
6
Using without Authority
0
3
0
0
Drunkenness
0
0
0
1
173
104
148
33
Court
1
0
0
5
Total
458
Arlington 425
Outside 33
Comparison with 1938 - 1939 424 1939 - 1940 458
TRAFFIC
During the year there were two persons killed by auto- mobiles in Arlington, both of them pedestrians. This is a reduction of two over the previous year. The operators of the automobiles involved in both cases were prosecuted by officers of the Department.
There were fifteen fewer accidents involving personal injury than the year previous, which is the lowest record in the past eight years.
Because of the heavy automobile traffic on all of our main arteries and the resulting danger to pedestrians, I feel that a study should be made to determine the best method of lighting for the protection of all concerned. After this is determined this system should be installed on all of these highways as soon as possible. Perhaps start- ing the installations on the most necessary street this year and adding another street each year until all are completed.
During the past year with the assistance of a W. P. A. Project, the lower floor of Police Headquarters was com-
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pletely remodeled and as a result we have today one of the finest workable Police Stations in the State.
Arlington still holds a very high rating in the State as a law abiding community and a good place in which to live. There has been a decided decrease in the amount of crime committed during the year, which in a great measure is due to the conscientious attention to duty of all mem- bers of your Police Department.
In closing I wish to thank your Honorable Board for your support and assistance during the year, and all offi- cials of the Town Government, as well as those citizens who in any way assisted the police in their work during the year. With your continued support and cooperation the Department shall continue to function in an efficient man- ner for the benefit of all its citizens.
Respectfully submitted,
A. F. BULLOCK
Chief of Police,
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REPORT OF THE SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
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Arlington, Mass., December 31, 1940.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
Gentlemen :
I herewith respectfully submit my annual report of the services of this department for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1940.
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