Town of Arlington annual report 1945, Part 17

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Publication date: 1945
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At the Town Meeting held on March 5, 1945, James R. Smith was elected member of the Board for the term of three years. The Board organized on March 6 with the choice of Loren W. Marsh as chairman.


MEETINGS


The meetings are held Monday evenings. During the year the Board held fifty-one regular and five special meet- ings.


The following are the net expenditures made under the direction of the Board:


Highway, Maintenance and General


$101,937.45


Highway, Capital Outlay 13,147.78


Relocation, Alteration, Widening, Construction of Town Ways 2,700.00


Snow and Ice


78,333.42


Snow and Ice, Capital Outlay


2,772.00


Storm Drains


13,591.02


Sanitary


109,033.97


Sewer Extensions


13,929.15


Sewer Maintenance


6,497.45


Water Maintenance


66,337.77


Water Extensions


7,349.38


General Administration


19,130.25


1942 Street Construction


41.00


1940 Street Construction


62.67


Special Compensation for Town Officers and Employees 33,327.69


$468,191.00


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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS


HIGHWAY DIVISION


In the Maintenance Department of the Highway Divi- sion, seventeen thousand, one hundred seven and 92/100 ($17,107.92) dollars were spent for the Cleaning of Streets ; and four thousand,' seven hundred thirteen and 31/100 ($4,713.31) dollars for the Maintenance and Repair of Public Ways exclusive of Massachusetts Avenue for which an ex- penditure of eight hundred eight and 10/100 ($808.10) dollars was made.


For the Maintenance of Gravel Sidewalks, there was an expenditure of one thousand, one hundred forty-three and 00/100 ($1,143.00) dollars; and for the Maintenance of Permanent or Granolithic Sidewalks there was an expendi- ture of twelve thousand, one hundred seventeen and 01/100 ($12,117.01) dollars.


The sum of seven thousand, one hundred forty-three and 47/100 ($7,143.47) dollars was expended for Tar and Sand Protective Treatment on the Tar and Gravel and older Macadam Streets.


For the Care and Repair of the Storm Drain System the sum of nine thousand, one hundred fifty-six and 90/100 ($9,156.90) dollars was expended.


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TABLE I


HIGHWAY DIVISION


MAINTENANCE AND GENERAL ACCOUNT


Appropriation


$104,466.67


Expenditure


101,937.45


Balance, January 1, 1946. ...


$ 2,529.22


Expenditure


Maintenance of Highways


$52,189.71


*General Expense


47,776.48


Accounts Payable


1,971.26


$101,937.45


* Automobile, $8,588.37; Town Yard and Buildings, $10,023.83; Tractor, $199.07; Street Signs, $4,818.88; Tools and Equipment, $9,071.85; Miscellaneous, $3,134.51; Saturday Afternoons, Vacations and Holidays, $11,950.95; Pension, $266.49; General Foreman, $2,808.65; Credit for Stock, $236.91; Credit for use of Compressor, $391.08; Credit for use of Roller, $486.87.


CAPITAL OUTLAY


Appropriation for 1945 $12,205.00 Balance carried forward


from 1944 14,893.12


$27,098.12 * 8,879.28


Expenditure


$18,218.84


Accounts Payable


4,268.50


Balance, January 1, 1946 .... $13,950.34


(Carried forward to 1946)


* 1-Steam Cleaner for Truck Washing and Stripping $ 571.80


2-Reo Chassis with Gar Wood Bucket Loader Bodies 6,446.48


1-Jackhammer


195.00


1-Paving Breaker


181.00


2-1/2 ton Pickup Body Trucks


1,485.00


Accounts Payable-


1-Typewriter $ 102.00


1-Adding Machine


166.50


2-1% ton Pickup Body Trucks


1,500.00


2-Gar Wood Bucket Loader Bodies


2,500.00


RELOCATION, ALTERATION, WIDENING, CONSTRUCTION OF TOWN WAYS


Appropriation


900.00


Received from State and County


1,800.00


$2,700.00


Expenditure


*2,700.00


January 1, 1946 0


* This expenditure was for Maintenance Work under Chapter 90 of the Gen- eral Laws, the State and County each contributing $900.00. The streets on which work was done are Pleasant Street, Summer Street and Mystic Street.


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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS


SNOW AND ICE .


Appropriation


From Finance Committee Reserve Fund


7,600.00


Appropriation, Special Town Meeting


15,000.00


$78,484.31


Expenditure


78,333.42


Balance, January 1, 1946


$150.89


Expenditure


Tools and Equipment


$ 6,043.39


Plowing and Widening out Streets


23,964.90


Hauling Away Snow


36,394.30


Opening Gutters and Crosswalks and Salting Grates


163.12


Sanding


9,305.85


Saturday Afternoons and Holidays


2,150.01


Accounts Payable


311.85


$78,333.42


EQUIPMENT FOR SNOW REMOVAL


Balance carried forward from 1940


$1,815.51


Returned to Treasury


1,815.51


January 1, 1946


0


SNOW AND ICE - CAPITAL OUTLAY


Appropriation


$14,900.00


Balance carried forward from 1943 and 1944


2,860.00


Expenditure


* 795.00


Accounts Payable


* 1,977.00


Balance, January 1, 1946


$14,988.00


(Carried forward to 1946)


* 2 Roll Type Sand Spreaders $972.00


1 Bucyrus-Erie Bullgrader $1,800.00


$17,760.00


$16,965.00


$55,884.31


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TABLE II


STORM DRAINS


Appropriation for 1945


$ 8,000.00 Balance Brought Forward


16,119.24


$24,119.24


Expenditure


13,591.02


Balance, January 1, 1946


$10,528.22 (Carried forward to 1946)


Length in Feet


Size of Pipe in Inches ·


Net Cost


Appleton Street, Florence Avenue westerly


206


12


)


Linden Street, Park Avenue easterly


438


12


$3,970.44


Edmund Road


587


15


2,959.30


Forest Street, Constructing catch basins ..


2,714.20


Private Lands from North Union Street to Gardner Street


550


30


3,297.77


*General Expense


649.31


1,781


$13,591.02


* Stock, $29.31; Miscellaneous, $57.64; Saturday Afternoons and Holidays, $562.36 NOTE: 1,086 feet of 12" Main installed in Forest Street by the Metropolitan Dis- trict Commission.


46 feet of 15" Main installed in Gloucester Street by Public Works Department.


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TABLE III SANITARY DIVISION


Appropriation


$106,550.00


From' Reserve Fund


3,500.00


$110,050.00


Expenditure


109,033.97


Balance, January 1, 1946


$ 1,016.03


Expenditure


Ashes, Paper and Rubbish


$ 51,555.12


Offal


50,737.51


Paper and Tin Collection


640.73


Supplies and Sundries


183.93


Dump Rental and Maintenance


3,653.83


Foreman


2,249.10


Accounts Payable


13.75


$109,033.97


As in past years, in cooperation with the Salvage Division of the Federal War Production Board, the Sanitary Division continued the Collection of Tin Cans. 48.82 tons of tins were salvaged in four collections for which the sum of $313.31 was received and credited to the "Estimated Receipts" of the Town.


SEWER DIVISION


Two thousand, nine hundred forty-nine feet of main sewers were laid during the year, one thousand eight hun- dred eighty-seven by the Town and one thousand, sixty-two by Private Developers.


Forty-one particular sewer connections were made with the mains.


Details of regular sewer construction and maintenance will be found in Tables 4 and 5.


TABLE IV


SEWER EXTENSIONS


Appropriation for 1945


$10,000.00 8,336.37


Balance brought forward


$18,336.37


Expenditure


13,929.15


Balance, January 1, 1946


$ 4,407.22


(Carried forward to 1946)


Location


Size of Pipe in Inches


Length in Feet


Net Cost


.


Bradley Road


Forest Street, from Brand Street to Dunster Lane


8


1517


9,763.19


Oakland Avenue, to No. 165


8


138


461.11


Summit Street, to No. 74


8


147


2,287.62


* General Expense


954.09


Inspection of Mains installed by Developers, Morningside Drive section


208.81


Totals


1887


$13,929.15


.


* Stock, $325.65; Tools and Equipment, $114.18; Miscellaneous, $180.71; Saturday Afternoons and Holidays, $333.55.


NOTE: Mains installed by Developers- Bradley Road, Morningside Drive easterly, 155 ft. 8", "W" Frost Street, Morningside Drive easterly, 110 ft. 8", "\\'" Morningside Drive, Hutchinson Road southerly 666 ft. 8", "W" Sawyer Road, Morningside Drive westerly, 131 ft. 8", "W" "W" indicates Water in same trench.


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-


8


85


$ 254.33"W"


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TABLE V


SEWER MAINTENANCE DIVISION


Appropriation


$8,000.00


Expenditure


6,497.45


Balance, January 1, 1946


$1,502.55


Expenditure


Care and Repair of Particular Sewers


$ 112.53


Care and Repair of Sewer Pumps


1,144.81


Repairing, Renewing, Flushing and Cleaning Mains


3,510.16


Resurfacing


42.66


Saturday Afternoons and Holidays


574.31


Tools and Equipment


893.69


Accounts Payable


219.29


$6,497.45


SUMMARY OF SEWERAGE STATISTICS


General


Population by census of 1945, 43,515


Total area of Town, 5.5 square miles.


Area served by sewerage system, 3.88 square miles.


Collection System


For sewerage only, 87.066 miles, includes 5.64 miles Metropolitan sewer.


For sewerage and surface water, 0 miles.


For surface water only, 48.986 miles.


Method of disposal, sewerage into Metropolitan sewer, surface water into brooks.


Collection


Mains. (Everything but house and catch basin connec- tion.)


For Sewerage only 459,722.41


For Surface only


258,663.24


1. Lineal feet pipe


2. Lineal feet extended during year 2,949.0


2,913.


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3. Number of inverted syphons, 2.


4. Number of manholes, 2,136 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 42%.


10. Cost of flushing per mile.


11. Cost of cleaning per mile. $70.36


12. Number of stoppages, 38.


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, 41.


4. Lineal feet laid during year (drain layers), 1,965.1.


5. Lineal feet discontinued during year, 0.


6. Total miles in use, 69.254.


7. Number of stoppages coming to attention of Depart- ment, 13.


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Discharge of Sewer


1. Estimated population using sewer system, 37,457.


2. Number of buildings connected, 7,567.


3. Daily discharge for year .*


4. Daily discharge for each user .*


5. Daily leaking into sewers .*


6. Daily quantity of factory waste .*


7. Daily leaking per miles of sewer .*


8. Are quantities given under 3 to 7 estimated or meas- ured ?*


* See Metropolitan Sewerage Board Report.


General


Total cost of collecting mains, $1,239,004.09.


Serial Note, 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


1936


$168,318.61


1937


168,239.46


1938


161,015.25


1939


179,615.66


1940


175,524.63


1941


178,552.12


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1942


178,609.03


1943


184,222.45


1944


191,426.20


1945


184,167.25


Percentage of receipts from metered water, 95.56%.


ARLINGTON WATER WORKS


Arlington, Middlesex County, Mass.


Population by census of 1945, 43,515.


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, 44,000.


2. Estimated population on lines of pipe, 43,900.


3. Estimated population supplied, 43,950.


4. Total consumption for the year, 893,009,000 gallons.


5. Percentage of consumption metered, 100%.


6. Average daily consumption, 2,446,600. gallons.


7. Gallons per day per capita, 56.


Distribution


(including auxiliary supply from old reservoir)


Mains


One thousand, nine hundred and seventy-three feet of new water mains were laid during the year and connected with the Metropolitan System. Details or regular water main construction will be found in Table 7.


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1. Kind of pipe : cast-iron, cement and transite.


2. Sizes, from 4 inch to 16 inch.


3. Extended feet during year, 1,973.


4. Number of feet renewed during year, 0.


5. Discontinued during year, 0.


6. Total now in use, 97.22 miles.


7. Cost of repairs per mile, $171.64.


8. Length of pipe less than 4 inches in diameter, 283 feet.


9. Number of hydrants added during year, 3.


10. Number of hydrants now in use, 1,009.


11. Number of stop gates added during year, 28.


12. Number of stop gates now in use, 2,192.


13. Average pressure on mains at center of Town, 120 high system, 50 low system.


Services


Fifteen new services have been added during the year and four services were abandoned. There are for all pur- poses 3,533 on the low, 4,943 on the high, and 3 on the old reservoir system. On the Metropolitan water supply there are 67 services for muncipal purposes, 23 sprinkler services, and 44 for sewer flushing purposes included in the above. On January 1, 1946, 233 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, 15.


4. Number of services abandoned during year, 4.


5. Number of services now in use, 8,433.


6. Percentage of services metered, 100%.


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Meters


Eleven meters were set during 1945 on services installed in 1945. The total number of meters in use January 1, 1946 is 8,435.


TABLE VI


Appropriation 1945.


$71,511.20


Balance January 1, 1945


4,871.00


From Reserve Fund


9.25


$76,391.45


Expenditure 1945


66,057.80


Balance January 1, 1946


$10,333.65


Accounts Payable 279.97


DISTRIBUTION OF EXPENDITURES


Maintenance


Expenditure $ 832.81


Renewal of services and mains


13,682.34


Meters, Care, Repair and Reading


10,703.84


Turning Water Off and On


50.18


Shop


248.02


Tools and Equipment


3,404.28


Hydrants and Gates, Care and Repair


2,588.92


*Mains, Care and Repair


14,097.46


** General Expense


6,457.48


Reservoir and Great Meadows


344.95


Administration


8,095.26


Valve Insertions


1,089.00


Meters for new services


247.25


Replacement of meters


2,812.31


Extension of services, house connections


1,403.70


.. .


$66,057.80


*48,538 ft. of mains cleaned under this expenditure.


** Stock, $735.79; Lost Time, $2,440.23; Holiday, $1,266.43; Vacations, $1,018.88; Miscellaneous, $996.15.


Services, Care and Repair


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TABLE VII


WATER EXTENSIONS


Balance January 1945


$18,034.96


Appropriation 1945


15,000.00


$33,034.96


Expenditure 1945 ·


7,349.38


Balance January 1, 1946


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


Bradley Rd., Morningside Drive easterly


8


244


1


2


$ 255.03


S


*Elder Terrace, to Westminster Ave.


6


185


2


1,210.12


$6.54


Forest St. at Brand, Dodge and Carleton Sts


8


43


3


705.22


*Frost St., Morningside Drive easterly


8


185


1


50.51


* Morningside Drive, Hutchinson Rd. to Hodge Rd.


8


680


2


9


689.07


*Sawyer Rd., Morningside Drive westerly


8


132


1-


86.69


West Court Terrace, to Westminster Ave.


6


120


2


1,043.56


8.70


Hydrants and Gates installed by Water Maintenance


3


1,591


3


23


$4,040.20


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S .


S


S


Total


$25,685.58


EXTENSION OF LOW SERVICE SYSTEM


** Linwood St., old end to near Spy Pond Norcross St., old end to old end Hydrants and Gates installed by Water Maintenance *** General Expense


6


197 185


1


$ 6.24 540.51


2.92


3


2,762.43


382


5


$3,309.18


RENEWALS-HIGH SERVICE SYSTEM


Hydrants and Gates renewed by Water Maintenancel 1 3


1


I


-


1


1


RENEWALS-LOW SERVICE SYSTEM


Hydrants and Gates renewed by Water Maintenancel


1


3


1


-


1


Total Extensions Total Renewals


- 1,973


3


· 28


--


$7,349.38 1


1


* Excavation, backfilling and pipe paid for by developer; installation of hydrantsand gates by Public Works.


** Extension paid for by Park Department.


*** Stock, $1,970.94; Tools and Equipment, $304.77; Miscellaneous, $275.20; Lost time, $139.42; Holiday, $52.10.


S Indicates sewer in same trench.


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS


343


·


8


1


Total


--


6


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


16


2,388


1,2


7,274


34,633


6,197


1,976


10


16,497


1,228


22,957


2,190


270


8


39,905


10,334


86 705


15,163


2,156


6


103,013


563


149,202


932


4,175


5,196


4


160


220


Totals 166,689|


357


667|


12,125


296,045


644


1500 24,482


8,797


25


5,196


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WATER RATES COMMITTED DURING 1945:


January 1


$17,372.38


February 1


13,103.47


March 1


13,707.71


April 1


17,444.25


May 1


12,835.36


June 1


13,198.48


July 1


17,659.91


August 1


13,306.15


September 1


14,422.13


October 1


18,565.80


November 1


14,293.75


December 1


14,671.95


$180,581.33


VALUE OF WATER FURNISHED FREE TO


, TOWN DEPARTMENTS:


School


$3,212.11


Selectmen


1,992.16


Cemetery


1,567.15


Library


37.72


Park


982.19


Public Works


1,512.12


9,303.45


$189,884.78


1945 EXPENDITURES:


Water Maintenance


$66,057.80


Water Extensions


7,349.38


Metropolitan Assessment


88,456.73


$161,863.91


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1945 RECEIPTS:


*Rates


$181,271.88


Miscellaneous


1,565.78


Liens


2,895.37


House Connections


100.46


$185,833.49.


UNPAID DECEMBER 31, 1945:


Rates


$8,197.73


Miscellaneous


7.30


Liens


308.88


$8,513.91


* Including rates committed in 1944 and 1945.


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS 347


GENERAL ADMINISTRATION


Appropriation


$20,995.00


(Salaries


$19,300.00


Expenses 1,695.00)


Expenditure


19,130.25


(Salaries $17,917.97


Expenses


1,212.28)


Balance, January 1, 1946


$1,864.75


1942 STREET CONSTRUCTION


Appropriation (Carried forward from 1942) .... $79,811.60


Expenditure 41.00


Balance, January 1, 1946


$79,770.60


(Carried forward to 1946)


1941 STREET CONSTRUCTION


Appropriation (Carried forward from 1941) .... $10,961.28 Expenditure 0


Balance, January 1, 1946


$10,961.28 (Carried forward to 1946)


1940 STREET CONSTRUCTION


Appropriation (Carried forward from 1940) .... Expenditure 62.67


$6,848.13


Balance, January 1. 1946


$6,785.46 (Carried forward to 1946)


.


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1939 STREET CONSTRUCTION


Appropriation (Carried forward from 1939) .... $846.55


Expenditure 0


Balance, January 1, 1946 $846.55 (Carried forward to 1946)


1938 STREET CONSTRUCTION


Appropriation (Carried forward from 1938) .... $1,086.69 Expenditure 0


Balance, January 1, 1946


$1,086.69


(Carried forward to 1946)


1937 STREET CONSTRUCTION


Appropriation (Carried forward from 1937) .... $538.09


Expenditure 0


Balance, January 1, 1946 $538.09


(Carried forward to 1946)


ALTERATION OF WYMAN STREET CORNER AT MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE


Appropriation (Carried forward from 1943) .... $199.03


Expenditure 0


Balance, January 1, 1946 $199.03


(Carried forward to 1946)


ALTERATION OF GRAY STREET


Appropriation (Carried forward from 1941) ... Expenditure 0


$152.40


Balance, January 1, 1946


$152.40


... ...... (Carried forward to 1946)


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ALTERATION OF RIVER STREET


Appropriation (Carried forward from 1941) .... $21.41


Expenditure 0


Balance, January 1, 1946 $21.41


(Carried forward to 1946)


ALTERATION OF TUFTS STREET


Appropriation (Carried forward from 1941) .... $2,417.51


Expenditure 0


Balance, January 1, 1946 $2,417.51


(Carried forward to 1946)


SPECIAL APPROPRIATION ARLMONT VILLAGE SEWER EXTENSION


Appropriation (Carried forward from 1936) .. $474.59


Expenditure 0


Balance, January 1, 1946


$474.59


(Carried forward to 1946)


SPECIAL APPROPRIATION ARLMONT VILLAGE WATER EXTENSION


Appropriation (Carried forward from 1936) .. $59.04


Expenditure 0


Balance, January 1, 1946 $59.04


(Carried forward to 1946)


RENEWAL OF RESERVOIR MAIN MILL STREET TO WEST OF HIGHLAND FIRE STATION


Appropriation (Carried forward from 1943) .. $749.91 Expenditure 0


Balance, January 1, 1946 $749.91 (Carried forward to 1946)


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WATER MAIN SUPPLY LINE-TURKEY HILL


Appropriation (Carried forward from 1944) .. $10,608.64


Expenditure 0


Balance, January 1, 1946 $10,608.64


(Carried forward to 1946)


SPECIAL COMPENSATION FOR TOWN OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES


Expenditure $33,327.69


The members of the Board wish to take this opportunity to express their appreciation to the various Board, Town Officials, Department Heads and Employees of the Public Works Department for their cooperation during the entire year.


Respectfully submitted, LOREN W. MARSH WILLARD A. WALLACE JAMES R. SMITH Board of Public Works


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REPORT OF THE JOINT BOARD OF SELECTMEN AND BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS


The Forty-Second Annual Report of the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works for the year end- ing December 31, 1945, is submitted herewith, in accord- ance with the requirements of Section 3 of Article 3 of . the Town's By-Laws.


Mr. Harold M. Estabrook, who served as a member of the Board from May 8, 1944, as military substitute for Selectman William F. Davis, Jr., following the latter's entry into the military service, was obliged to resign be- cause of his removal from Town.


Mr. Roscoe O. Elliott was appointed on January 12, 1945, as Mr. Davis' military substitute, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 708 of the Acts of 1941, as amended.


At the Annual Town Election, Mr. William C. Adams and Mr. James R. Smith were re-elected members of the Board of Selectmen and of the Board of Public Works, respectively, for terms of three years, and, by virtue of their elections, both continued as members of the Board. The Board organized at the first meeting held thereafter with Mr. Roscoe O. Elliott as Chairman and Mr. Loren W. Marsh as Vice-Chairman.


The Board continued the policy of meeting semi- monthly, except during the months of July and August. In addition, four special meetings were 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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NEW STREETS


Because of the stress of war-time conditions, the Board was again obliged to suspend the street construction pro- gram in 1945. The lifting of restrictions and ending of the war, however, have made it possible to resume this activity in the coming year.


Following the announcement of the resumption of the street construction program, the Board received the un- precedented number of 43 applications from owners of property on unaccepted streets who desired the construc- tion of said streets. Notwithstanding the great enthusiasm with which this announcement was received and the public interest in securing relief, increased labor and material costs will make necessary considerably greater assessments to the abuttors than in previous years. In the Board's opinion, however, it is essential that the same standards of construction be maintained and that the Town do not add poorly constructed streets to its present highway system.


STREET LIGHTING


The street lighting schedule was continued as in pre- vious years. Additional lighting was provided on public and private ways where it was deemed necessary.


Modern street lighting was installed on Park Avenue, from Paul Revere Road to Park Circle; Chestnut Street ; Concord Turnpike, between Park Avenue and Pleasant Street, and Brattle and Forest Streets, at or near the bridges of the Boston and Maine Railroad. In addition, the highway lighting on Medford Street, at the junction of Chestnut Street, and Massachustts Avenue, from Central Street to Lockeland Avenue, was improved by installing additional lights and increasing the candle power. The Board has experienced the effectiveness of these and other such installations, which represent the best modern prac-


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tice, as an asset to the life of our citizens in the furthering of traffic safety, crime prevention and municipal develop- ment.


SIDEWALKS AND EDGESTONES


The program of reconstructing sidewalks and installing granite edgestones was continued in 1945, under the provi- sions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments.


Town labor was not available to perform this work, as in the previous year, and following the public opening of bids received, the Board awarded the contract to the low bidder. The value of the work performed thereunder totalled $11,409.28.


BOARD OF SURVEY PLANS


The Board, sitting as the Board of Survey, held public hearings and approval was given to plans and profiles of the following streets :


Heath Road-from a point near Hilton Street to Nor- cross Street


Oak Hill Drive; Joyce Road; Ivy Circle; Saratoga Road; Rockmont Road and Woodside Lane.


(These latter streets are located within the former "McHugh Farm" property off Summer Street).


ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST


Following the public hearing upon the proposed change of the name of the portion of the way known as Hilton Street, from Broadway northerly about 300 feet, of which notice was given in the manner provided by law, the Board ordered that the name of this portion of said way be changed to Heath Road.


The Board, by order adopted on October 23, 1945, established the exterior lines of Heath Road, from Nor- cross Street about 180 feet southwesterly, and is to recom-


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