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Deputy Chief Warden and also as Historian, working with the Historical Advisory Committee in compiling a record of Arlington's war-time activities during World War II.
The resignation of Brayton D. Fisher as Vice Chair- man of the Committee on Public Safety was accepted with regret in August, due to his transfer from Arlington. Mr. Fisher's work during a period when the Civilian Defense personnel might have been called upon to render valuable service was not only highly intelligent but most coopera- tive and inspiring.
The Civilian Defense organization in Arlington, al- though not active, remains unaltered and, if. an emergency arises, its various units and services would be ready for action. The War is not over and recent developments lead to the general conclusion that it will last many months. In a recent bulletin from the Massachusetts Committee on Public Safety, it is admitted that robot or rocket bomb at- tacks against cities on the Atlantic Coast are theoretically possible. Executive Director Farley concluded this bulletin with the following statement:
"This state-wide volunteer agency stands ready to meet any emergency that may arise and SHOULD NOT BE DISBANDED while war conditions prevail along the Atlantic Coast. At the present time, Civilian Defense work imposes no material duties upon any but a skeleton force, which is as it should be in the light of existing conditions.
"Let us hope that the day will soon come when we can conscientiously disband Civilian Defense as a war agency. When that day arrives, responsible mili- tary and governmental leaders will officially demobilize us. Until that day, local committees should be held together and, like the typical volunteer fire department of so many New England towns, be ready for duty when and if war-caused circumstances call for their services."
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COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY
There has, naturally, been a lessening of interest on the part of Arlington Civilian Defense personnel generally. However, war conditions still prevail and there is always the possibility of some disaster in which the services of a trained group such as we now have would be invaluable. I would, therefore, recommend the continuance of Arlington's Civilian Defense organization.
Respectfully submitted,
HOLLIS M. GOTT, Chairman. Arlington Committee on Public Safety.
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REPORT OF ARLINGTON HONOR ROLL COMMITTEE
Hon. Board of Selectmen
Robbins Memorial Town Hall
Arlington, Massachusetts
Dear Sirs:
I herewith submit the report of the Honor Roll Com- mittee for the year ending December 31, 1944.
The Board now contains forty-five hundred and twelve names, eighty-two of which are Gold Stars, and inasmuch as the capacity of the Board is forty-six hundred, the com- mittee felt it necessary to enlarge the Board. During the year, the committee has given considerable study to do this.
A plan was submitted to the Board of Selectmen and met with approval and it is the hope of the committee to complete this work in the spring.
The following is the report of the treasurer, Arthur W. Sampson :-
Balance December 31, 1943 $ 293.72 ..
Receipts
Total
$
293.72
Expenditures :
Spaulding Moss Co., Cards $ 5.72
Postage
3.25
Painting - C. D. Poirier 8.00
G. O. Anderson & Sons -2 yews
10.00
Total $ 26.97
Balance on hand December 31, 1944 $ 266.75
In conclusion, I wish to thank the Honorable Board of Selectmen, its Secretary and the Engineering Department for their splendid co-operation during the year.
Respectfully submitted,
TIMOTHY J. BUCKLEY, Chairman,
Honor Roll Committee.
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
The Board of Public Works herewith submits its an- nual report for the year ending December 31, 1944.
At the Town Meeting held on March 6, 1944, Willard A. Wallace was elected member of the Board for the term of three years. The Board organized on March 11 with the choice of James R. Smith as chairman.
MEETINGS
The meetings are held Monday evenings. During the year the Board held fifty-two regular and two special meetings.
The following are the net expenditures made under the direction of the Board:
Highway, Maintenance and General
$87,912.11
Highway, Capital Outlay
8,846.48
Hurricane Cleanup
2,958.20
Relocation, Alteration, Widening, Construc- tion of Town Ways
3,582.65
Snow and Ice
24,404.23
Snow and Ice, Equipment for Snow Removal
150.00
Snow and Ice, Capital Outlay
0
Storm Drains
1,714.99
Sanitary
96,459.13
Sewer Extensions
5,521.47
Sewer Maintenance
6,998.53
Water Maintenance
63,396.99
Water Extensions
6,682.32
Relaying of Reservoir Main, Mill Street to West of Highland Fire Station
0
Water Main Supply Line Turkey Hill
541.55
General Administration
17,782.61
1942 Street Construction
0
1941 Street Construction
15.49
1940 Street Construction
0
1939 Street Construction
0
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1938 Street Construction 0
1937 Street Construction 0
Alteration of Wyman Street Corner at Massachusetts Avenue 0
Alteration of Gray Street
0
Alteration of River Street
0
Alteration of Tufts Street
0
Special Appropriation Arlmont Village Sewer Extension
0
Special Appropriation Arlmont Village Water Extension 0
Increase Salary and Wages for Town Officers and Employees
23,955.44
Special Compensation for Town Officers
and Employees
13,929.20
$364,851.39
HIGHWAY DIVISION
In the Maintenance Department of the Highway Divi- sion, Thirteen thousand, two hundred fifty and 96/100 ($13,250.96) Dollars were spent for the Cleaning of Streets; and Five thousand, four hundred sixty-nine and 57/100 ($5,469.57) Dollars for the Maintenance and Repair of Public Ways exclusive of Massachusetts Avenue for which an expenditure of Four hundred seventy-two and- 07/100 ($472.07) Dollars was made.
There was expended this year for the Maintenance of Gravel Sidewalks, One thousand, three hundred ninety and 10/100 ($1,390.10) Dollars and for the Maintenance of Permanent or Granolithic Sidewalks, Twelve thousand, three hundred twenty-two and 55/100 ($12,322.55) Dol- lars.
The sum of Five thousand, seven hundred nine and 86/100 ($5,709.86) Dollars was expended for Tar and Sand Protective Treatment on the Tar and Gravel and older Ma- cadam street.
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For the Care and Repair of the Storm Drain System the sum of Ten thousand, six hundred forty-one and 68/100 ($10,641.68) Dollars was expended.
The sum of Two thousand, nine hundred fifty-eight and 20/100 ($2,958.20) Dollars was spent for necessary clean-up after the Hurricane.
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TABLE I
HIGHWAY DIVISION
MAINTENANCE AND
Appropriation
$90,000.00
GENERAL ACCOUNT
Expenditure
87,912.11
Balance, January 1, 1945 $2,087.89
Expenditure
Maintenance of Highways
$48,775.78
*General Account
41,280.10
Accounts Payable
3,665.34
$93,721.22
Article 5 (Credit)
5,809.11
$87,912.11
* Stock, $380.70; Automobile, $3,468.50; Town Yards and Buildings, $10,697.20; Tractor, $1,051.40; Tools and Equipment, $7,358.27; Street Signs, $4,353.97; Mis- cellaneous, $2,669.30; Saturday Afternoons, Vacations and Holidays, $12,019.40 ; General Foreman, $2,754.25; Pension, $540.32; Credit for Use of Compressor, $391.38; Credit for Use of Roller, $437.50.
CAPITAL OUTLAY
Appropriation for 1944
$14,085.00
Balance carried forward
from 1943
9,654.60
$23,739.60 * 4,900.00
Expenditure
$18,839.60
Accounts Payable
3,946.48
Balance, January 1, 1945
$14,893.12
(Carried forward to 1945)
* 2-18 yard Load Packer Bodies $4,900.00 Accounts Payable-
2-21/2-3 ton Truck Chassis and Cabs-$3,946.48
RELOCATION, ALTERATION, WIDENING, CONSTRUCTION OF TOWN WAYS
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Balance carried forward from 1943
582.65
Received from State and County
2,000.00
$3,582.65
Expenditure
*3,582.65
January 1, 1945
0
* This expenditure was for Maintenance Work under Chapter 90 of the Gen- eral Laws, the State and County each contributing $1,000.00. The streets on which work was done were Massachusetts Avenue, Medford Street, Mystic Street and Summer Street.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
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SNOW AND ICE
Appropriation Expenditure
24,404.23
Balance, January 1, 1945
$2,963.77
Expenditure
Tools and Equipment
$2,947.13
Plowing and Widening out Streets
6,861.14
Hauling Away Snow
6,568.20
Opening Gutters and Crosswalks and Salting Grates
1,044.55
Sanding
6,183.39
Saturday Afternoons and Holidays
1,022.32
24,626.73
Article 5 (Credit)
222.50
$24,404.23
EQUIPMENT FOR SNOW REMOVAL
Balance carried forward from 1940
$1,965.51
Expenditure
150.00
Balance, January 1, 1945
$1,815.51
* 1 Blade Plow
SNOW AND ICE - CAPITAL OUTLAY
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Balance carried forward from 1943
1,860.00
Expenditure
0
Balance, January 1, 1945
$2,860.00
(Carried forward to 1945)
$2,860.00
(Carried forward to 1945)
$27,368.00
-
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TABLE II
STORM DRAINS
Appropriation for 1944 $8,000.00
Balance brought forward 9,834.23
$17,834.23
Expenditure 1,714.99
Balance, January 1, 1945 $16,119.24
(Carried forward to 1945)
Net Cost
Franklin Street, Installing 4 Catch Basins
$1,094.29
Work in connection with Mill Brook Widening to provide surface
water outlet
420.79
1,515.08
*General Expense
287.04
1,802.12
Article 5 (Credit)
87.13
$1,714.99
* Stock, $195.09; Miscellaneous, $0.74; Saturday Afternoons and Holidays, $91.21.
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TABLE III
SANITARY DIVISION
$100,138.50
Appropriation ... Expenditure
96,459.13
Balance, January 1, 1945
$3,679.37
Expenditure
Ashes, Paper and Rubbish
$47,363.14
Offal
47,530.48
Supplies and Sundries
180.52
Collection of Tin
690.05
Dump Rental and Maintenance
4,897.55
Foreman
2,026.08
$102,687.82
Article 5 (Credit)
6,228.69
$96,459.13
In cooperation with the Salvage Division of the Federal War Production Board, the Sanitary Division of the Public Works Department continued the collection of tin cans. Five collections were made netting a total of 71.83 tons for which the sum of $446.45 was received. This money was credited to the "Estimated Re- ceipts" of the Town.
SEWER DIVISION
One thousand, three hundred twenty-three and 5/10 feet of main sewers were laid during the year by the Public Works Department.
Twenty-seven particular sewer connections were made with the mains.
Details of regular sewer construction and mainten- ance will be found in Tables 4 and 5.
TABLE IV
SEWER EXTENSIONS
Appropriation for 1944
$5,000.00 8,857.84
Balance brought forward
$13,857.84
Expenditure
5,521.47
Balance, January 1, 1945 (Carried forward to 1945)
$8,336.37
Location
Size of Pipe in Inches
Length in Feet
Net Cost
Concord Turnpike, outlet for present sewer in Rhinecliff Street Lake Street, west of Concord Turnpike to near Cross Street
8"
505.5 818.
$2,428.42
2,746.62 "W"
5,175.04
Lake Street, two "main to property line connections"
88.14
*General Expense
461.77
5,724.95
Article 5 (Credit)
203.48
Totals
1,323.5
$5,521.47
* Stock, $52.17; Tools and Equipment, $184.75; Office Expense, $60.09; Satur-day Afternoons and Holidays, $164.76. "W" indicates Water in same trench.
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TABLE V
SEWER MAINTENANCE DIVISION
Appropriation
$7,000.00 6,998.53
Expenditure
Balance, January 1, 1945
$1.47
Expenditure
Care and Repair of Particular Sewers
$410.46 +
Care and Repair of Sewer Pumps
1,816.91
Repairing, Renewing, Flushing and Cleaning Mains
4,181.02
Resurfacing
67.57
Saturday Afternoons and Holidays
520.36
Tools and Equipment
195.62
Accounts Payable
12.75
$7,204.69
Article 5 (Credit)
206.16
$6,998.53
SUMMARY OF SEWERAGE STATISTICS
General
Population by census of 1940, 40,013.
Total area of Town, 5.5 square miles.
Area served by sewerage system 3.85 square miles.
Collection System
For sewerage only, 86.508 miles, includes 5.64 miles Metropolitan sewer.
For sewerage and surface water, 0 miles.
For surface water only, 48.412 miles.
Method of disposal, sewerage into Metropolitan sewer, surface water into brooks.
Collection
Mains. (Everything but house and catch basin con- nection.)
For Sewerage only 456,773.41
For Surface only 255,633.24
1. Lineal feet pipe
2. Lineal feet extended dur- ing year 1,323.5
0
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3. Number of inverted syphons, 2.
4. Number of manholes, 2,119 and 94 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 52%.
10. Cost of flushing per mile l
11. Cost of cleaning per mile § $43.58
12. Number of stoppages, 21.
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.
3. Number made during year, 27.
4. Lineal feet laid during year (drain layers), 818.6.
5. Lineal feet discontinued during year, 0.
6. Total miles in use, 68.882.
7. Number of stoppages coming to attention of Depart- ment, 33.
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Discharge of Sewer
1. Estimated population using sewer system, 37,334.
2. Number of buildings connected, 7,526.
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 miles 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, $1,225,074.94.
Serial Notes, none.
Average rate of interest on bonds outstanding, none.
Proportion of cost of extensions assessed on abutters, 66 2/3%.
Yearly assessment for maintenance, none.
Method of assessing abutters and rate of assessment, as specified by the Acts of 1931, Chapter 140.
WATER DIVISION RECEIPTS FOR WATER CONSUMED
Year
1935
$166,506.16
1936
168,318.61
1937
168,239.46
1938
161,015.25
1939
179,615.66
1940
175,524.63
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1941
178,552.12
1942
178,609.03
1943
184,222.45
1944
193,046.29
Percentage of receipts from metered water, 94.66%.
ARLINGTON WATER WORKS
Arlington, Middlesex County, Mass.
Population by census of 1940, 40,013.
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, 41,500.
2. Estimated population on lines of pipes, 41,400.
3. Estimated populaton supplied, 41,450.
4. Total consumption for the year, 930,555,000 gallons.
5. Percentage of consumption metered, 100%.
6. Average daily consumption, 2,542,500 gallons.
7. Gallons per day per capita, 62.
Distribution
(including auxiliary supply from old reservoir)
Mains
One thousand, one hundred and thirty-seven feet of new water mains were laid during the year and connected with the Metropolitan system. Thirty feet of mains were renewed during the year. Details of regular water main construction will be found in Table 7.
1. Kind of pipe: cast-iron, cement and transite.
2. Sizes, from 4 inch to 16 inch.
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3. Extended feet during year, 1,137.
4. Number of feet renewed during year, 30.
5. Discontinued during year, 30.
6. Total now in use, 96.85 miles.
7. Cost of repairs per mile, $152.95.
8. Length of pipe less than 4 inches in diameter, 283 feet.
9. Number of hydrants added during the year, 2.
10. Number of hydrants now in use, 1,006.
11. Number of stop gates added during year, 18.
12. Number of stop gates now in use, 2,164.
13. Average pressure on mains at center of Town, 120 high system, 50 low system.
Services
Eleven new services have been added during the year and one service was abandoned. There are for all purposes 3,532 on the low, 4,933 on the high, and 3 on the old re- servoir system. On the Metropolitan water supply there are 64 services for municipal purposes, 23 sprinkler serv- ices, and 44 for sewer flushing purposes included in the above. On January 1, 1945, 236 services were temporarily out of use.
1. Kind of pipe : copper, cement-lined, black wrought iron and lead, 3 inch to 6 inch cast-iron.
2. Sizes, 1 inch to 6 inch.
3. Number of service taps added during year, 11.
4. Number of services abandoned during year, 1.
5. Number of services now in use, 8,422.
6. Percentage of services metered, 100%.
Meters
Eleven meters were set during 1944 on services in- stalled in 1943 and 1944. The total number of meters in use January 1, 1945 is 8,424.
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TABLE VI WATER MAINTENANCE DIVISION
Appropriation 1944
$68,555.50
Balance January 1, 1944
82.00
$68,637.50
Expenditure 1944
58,875.52
Balance January 1, 1945 $9,761.98
Accounts Payable 4,521.47
DISTRIBUTION OF EXPENDITURES
Maintenance
Expenditure
Valve Insertions
$
Meters for new services
Replacement of meters
500.00
Renewal of services and mains
639.67
Services, Care and Repair
13,605.73
Meters, Care, Repair and Reading
10,987.31
Turning Water Off and On
16.98
Shop
272.10
Tools and Equipment
3,299.31
Hydrants and Gates, Care and Repair
3,231.98
Mains, Care and Repair
8,059.82
*General Expense
5,728.52
Reservoir and Great Meadows
357.61
Administration
7,845.05
Extension of services, house connections
472.07
Cleaning Mains
6,720.06
** Article No. 5 Credit
2,860.69
$58,875.52
Stock Credit, $305.30; Lost Time, $2,435.78; Holidays, $1,030.14; Vacations, $638.01; Miscellaneous, $1,929.89.
* Water Maintenance, $2,401.44; Administration, $433.48; Extension of Services, House Connections, $25.77.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
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TABLE VII
WATER EXTENSIONS
Balance January 1, 1944
$14,717.28
Appropriation 1944
10,000.00
$24,717.28
Expenditure 1944
6,682.32
Balance January 1, 1945
$18,034.96
Reservoir Renewal Appropriation Balance January 1, 1944 ...
$ 749.91
Balance January 1, 1945
$ 749.91
Turkey Hill Supply Main,
Balance January 1, 1944 $11,150.19
Expenditure 1944
541.55
Balance January 1, 1945
$10,608.64
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
Concord Turnpike, George St. to Rhinecliff St.
8"
452
1
3
$ 2,606.50
$5.69
Crawford Street, old end to Martin Street
8"
123
1
2
1,276.77
9.82
Martin Street, old end to Crawford Street
214
2
2,101.76
9.82
Piedmont Street, old end to Wollaston Avenue ..
8"
302
1
654.75
2.17
Woodbury Street, old end to old end
46
2
909.89
19.78
Hydrants and Gates installed by Water Maintenance
*General Expense
Total
1,137
2
14
$ 6,682.32
$6,682.32
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S
.
EXTENSION OF LOW SERVICE SYSTEM
- - Hydrants and Gates Installed by Water Maintenancel - RENEWALS-HIGH SERVICE SYSTEM
4
1
Hydrants and Gates Renewed by Water Maintenance! 6 1 18 1 2
1 .. .....
...
RENEWALS-LOW SERVICE SYSTEM
.
Hydrants and Gates Renewed by Water Maintenancel 6
1 12 | 2
1
-
....
...
-
WATER MAIN SUPPLY LINE-TURKEY HILL
Correcting surface water conditions caused by water
541.55
...
541.55
Total Extensions
1,137
2
18
$ 7,223.87
$ 7,223.87
Total Renewals
30
4
..
...
1,167
6
18
$ 7,223.87
$ 7,223.87
Total Expenditure
$ 7,223.87
$ 7,223.87
İ
*Stock credit, $1,142.05; Tools and Equipment, $48.51; Miscellaneous, $58.51; Lost Time, $281.32; Holidays, $124.94; Credit Article No. 5, $238.58. S Indicates sewer in same trench.
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main extension
..
Total Extensions and Renewals
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
Transite 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
Length in Feet
Hyd- ranta
Gates
2,388
16
12
7,274
34,633
6,197
1,976
10
16,497
1,228
22,957
2,190
270
8
39,905
10,149
86 705
13,877
2,156
6
103,013
366
149,202
627
4,175
5,196
4
220
Totals | 166,689
357
662
11,743
296,045
641
1,477 22,891
8,797
8
25
5,196
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160
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
WATER RATES COMMITTED DURING 1944:
January 1
$16,564.31
February 1
12,560.12
March 1
13,056.13
April 1
16,392.03
May 1
12,260.26
June 1
13,310.20
July 1
19,261.91
August 1
15,779.32
September 1
17,775.11
October 1
21,737.83
November 1
15,843.47
December 1
14,556.96
$189,097.65
VALUE OF WATER FURNISHED FREE TO
TOWN DEPARTMENTS :
School
$3,472.41
Selectmen
2,529.21
Cemetery
2,318.07
Library
113.82
Park
668.27
Public Works
1,360.05
$10,461.83
$199,559.48
1944 EXPENDITURES :
Water Maintenance
$58,875.52
Water Extensions
7,223.87
Metropolitan Assessment
84,464.05
$150,563.44
1944 RECEIPTS :
Rates
$188,160.95
Miscellaneous
1,516.56
Liens
3,265.25
House Connections
103.53
$193,046.29
1
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UNPAID DECEMBER 31, 1944:
Rates
$9,959.72
Miscellaneous
1.86
Liens
823.03
$10,784.61
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GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
Appropriation
$18,113.17
(Salaries
$16,463.17
Expenses 1,650.00)
Expenditure
17,782.61
(Salaries
$17,219.45
Article 5 Credit
999.10
16,220.35
Expenses
1,417.06
Accounts Payable .... 145.20)
Balance, January 1, 1945
$330.56
1942 STREET CONSTRUCTION
Appropriation (Carried forward from 1942)
$79,811.60
Expenditure
0
Balance, January 1, 1945
$79,811.60
(Carried forward to 1945)
1941 STREET CONSTRUCTION
Appropriation (Carried forward from 1941) $10,976.77 Expenditure 15.49
Balance, January 1, 1945
$10,961.28
(Carried forward to 1945)
1940 STREET CONSTRUCTION
Appropriation (Carried forward from 1940) $6,848.13
Expenditure 0
Balance, January 1, 1945 $6,848.13
(Carried forward to 1945)
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1939 STREET CONSTRUCTION
Appropriation (Carried forward from 1939) Expenditure 0
$846.55
Balance, January 1, 1945 $846.55
(Carried forward to 1945)
1938 STREET CONSTRUCTION
Appropriation (Carried forward from 1938) $1,086.69
Expenditure 0
Balance, January 1, 1945 $1,086.69
(Carried forward to 1945)
1937 STREET CONSTRUCTION
Appropriation (Carried forward from 1937) $538.09
Expenditure 0
Balance, January 1, 1945
$538.09
(Carried forward to 1945)
ALTERATION OF WYMAN STREET CORNER AT MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE
Appropriation (Carried forward from 1943) $199.03
Expenditure 0
Balance, January 1, 1945
$199.03
(Carried forward to 1945)
ALTERATION OF GRAY STREET
Appropriatiton (Carried forward from 1941) $152.40
Expenditure 0
Balance, January 1, 1945 $152.40 (Carried forward to 1945)
315
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
ALTERATION OF RIVER STREET
Appropriation (Carried forward from 1941)
$21.41
Expenditure 0
Balance, January 1, 1945
$21.41
(Carried forward to 1945)
ALTERATION OF TUFTS STREET
Appropriation (Carried forward from 1941) $2,417.51
Expenditure 0
Balance, January 1, 1945
$2,417.51
(Carried forward to 1945)
SPECIAL APPROPRIATION ARLMONT VILLAGE SEWER EXTENSION
Appropriation (Carried forward from 1936) $474.59
Expenditure 0
Balance, January 1, 1945
.. $474.59
(Carried forward to 1945)
SPECIAL APPROPRIATION ARLMONT VILLAGE WATER EXTENSION
Appropriation (Carried forward from 1936)
$59.04
Expenditure 0
Balance, January 1, 1945
$59.04
(Carried forward to 1945)
INCREASE-SALARY AND WAGES FOR TOWN OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
Allocated for Public Works Department $26,000.00
Expenditure 23,955.44
Balance, January 1, 1945 $2,044.56
316
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
SPECIAL COMPENSATION FOR TOWN OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
Expenditure $13,929.20
The Board wishes to express its appreciation to the various Boards, Town Officials, Department Heads and Em- ployees of the Public Works Department for their coopera- tion during the entire year.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES R. SMITH LOREN W. MARSH WILLARD A. WALLACE Board of Public Works
317
REPORT OF JOINT BOARD
REPORT OF THE JOINT BOARD OF SELECTMEN AND BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
The Forty-first Annual Report of the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works for the year ending December 31, 1944, is submitted herewith, in accordance with the requirements of Section 3 of Article 3 of the Town's By-laws.
At the Annual Town Election, Mr. Joseph Peterson was elected a member of the Board of Selectmen, and Mr. Williard A. Wallace was re-elected a member of the Board of Public Works for terms of three years each and, by vir- tue of their elections, both served as members of this Board. The Board organized at the first meeting held thereafter with Mr. William C. Adams as Chairman and Mr. James R. Smith as Vice Chairman.
Mr. Harold M. Estabrook replaced Mr. William F. Davis, Jr., on the board, following his appointment to the Board of Selectmen on May 8th, to fill the vacancy therein caused by Mr. Davis' resignation to enter the military service.
The Board continued its policy of meeting semi- monthly, except during the months of July and August. In addition, there were seven special meetings held during the year.
Detailed summaries of the activities of the depart- ments under the jurisdiction of the Board are described in their respective reports which appear elsewhere in the Town Report. The information contained therein is fur- ther amplified by the following facts :
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