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SEWER DIVISION
Seven thousand, six hundred ninety-one and 71/100 feet of main sewers were laid during the year; one thousand, nine hundred forty-six and 8/10 by the Town, three thou- sand, nine hundred sixty-seven feet by Private Developers, and one thousand, seven hundred seventy-seven and 91/100 by Contractor.
On hundred thirty-three 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
$22,000.00 4,407.22
Balance Brought Forward ...
.
$26,407.22
Expenditure
14,821.77
Balance, January 1, 1947 (Carried forward to 1947)
$11,585.45
Length in Feet
Size of Pipe in Inches
Net Cost
* Beverly Road (Awards, Inspection and Recordings only)
** Beverly Road, Outlet to Fairview Avenue
College Avenue from present end to No. 28
355.
8
803.81"W"
Dorothy Road, from present end to service Nos. 56 and 57 ** George Street, Hillside Avenue southerly
423.33
8
2,854.69
Hillcrest Street from present end of main to center of Colby Road *Joyce Road
59.
8
633.16
Morris Street to service No. 7
102.
8
424.19
*Oak Hill Drive, Summer Street to near Ridge Street (Inspection only)
1,396.
8
203.65
Oakland Avenue, from Renfrew Street to service No. 230
89.4
12
511.62
Orchard Place from present end to service No. 24
79.
8
562.18
Renfrew Street, from Cedar Avenue northerly
275.
8
2,186.12
Ridge Street, to service lot No. 119
86.
8
284.13"W"
*Rockmont Road (Inspection Only)
660.
8
3.98
Scituate Street, from present end of main at Eastern Avenue to center of Colby Road Summer Street, from Grove Street to Oak Hill Drive
204.5
8
1,052.22
Village Lane and Private Lands, Concord Turnpike to Village Lane **** General Expense
388.2
8
2,648.32
Credit Article 6 (9 months)
1,017.87
Totals
7,691.71
$14,821.77
*** * Credit for Stock, $236.70; Tools and Equipment, $448.65; Miscellaneous, $149.11; Saturday Afternoons and Holidays, $1,024.17.
*** Installed in connection with Street Construction.
:: * Installed by Contractor. Note-Beverly Road contract pay ment will be paid in 1947. George Street balance of contract
payment, $300.39 will be paid in 1947. * Installed by Developers.
"W" Denotes Water in same trench.
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730.
8
944.
12
$ 400.29"W"
291.05
8
76.7
8
144.46"W"
237.
8
1
*** Renfrew Street, Florence Avenue to Hillside Avenue
1,063.53
8
232.
8
1,741.59
1,385.23
.
$15,839.64
-
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TABLE V 1
SEWER MAINTENANCE DIVISION
Appropriation
$11,400.00
Expenditure
10,795.20
Balance, January 1, 1947
$604.80
Expenditure
Care and Repair of Sewer Pumps
1 $ 2,102.99
Repairing, Renewing, Flushing and Cleaning Mains
7,890.38
Resurfacing
121.74
Saturday Afternoons and Holidays
996.65
Sick Leave
208.54
Tools and Equipment
288.02
Accounts Payable
81.45
$11,689.77
Credit Article 6 (9 months)
894.57
$10,795.20
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, 3.9 square miles.
1
Collection System
For sewerage only, 88.522 miles, includes 5.64 miles Metropolitan sewer.
For sewerage and surface water, 0 miles.
For surface water only, 49.709 miles.
Method of disposal, sewerage into Metropolitan sewer, surface water into brooks.
Collection
Mains. (Everything but house and catch basin connec- tion.)
For Sewerage For Surface only only 467,414.12 262,482.43
1. Lineal feet pipe
2. Lineal feet extended during year 7,691.71 3,819.19
3. Number of inverted syphons, 2.
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4. Number of manholes, 2,179 and 99 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.
10. Cost of flushing per mile. $76.69.
11. Cost of cleaning per mile.
12. Number of stoppages, 35.
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, 133.
4. Lineal feet laid during year (drain layers), 5,671.3.
5. Lineal feet discontinued during year, 0.
6. Total miles in use, 70.328.
Discharge of Sewer
1. Estimated population using sewer system, 37,856.
2. Number of buildings connected, 7,700.
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 collection mains, $1,253,825.86. Serial Notes, none.
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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
1937
$168,239.46
1938
161,015.25
1939
179,615.66
1940
175,524.63
1941
178,552.12
1942
178,609.03
184,222.45 1943
1944
191,426.20
1945
184,167.25
1946
195,616.20
Percentage of receipts from metered water, 96.09%.
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, 44,500.
2. Estimated population on lines of pipe, 44,400.
3. Estimated population supplied, 44,350.
4. Total consumption for the year, 989,305,000 gallons.
5. Percentage of consumption metered, 100%.
6. Average daily consumption, 2,710,400 gallons.
7. Gallons per day per capita, 61.
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Distribution (including auxiliary supply from old reservoir)
Mains
Nine thousand, six hundred and twenty-six feet of new water mains were laid, and two hundred feet of main re- newed during the year and connected with the Metropolitan System. 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.
3. Extended feet during year, 9,626.
4. Number of feet renewed during year, 200.
5. Discontinued during year, 200.
6. Total now in use, 99.05 miles.
7. Cost of repairs per mile, $61.56.
8. Length of pipe less than 4 inches in diameter, 283 feet.
9. Number of hydrants added during year, 18.
10. Number of hydrants now in use, 1,027.
11. Number of stop gates added during year, 57.
12. Number of stop gates now in use, 2,249.
13. Average pressure on mains at center of Town, 120 high system, 50 low system.
Services
One hundred and twenty new services have been added during the year. There are for all purposes 3,563 on the low, 5,033 on the high, and 3 on the old reservoir system. On the Metropolitan water supply there are 67 services for municipal purposes, 23 sprinkler services, and 44 for sewer flushing purposes included in the above. On January 1, 1947, 224 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, 120.
4. Number of services abandoned during year, 0.
5. Number of services now in use, 8,555.
6. Percentage of services metered, 100%.
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Meters
. One hundred and twenty meters were set during 1946 on services installed in 1946. The total number of meters in use January 1, 1947 is 8,555.
TABLE VI WATER MAINTENANCE DIVISION
Appropriation 1946
$79,607.00
Balance January 1, 1946
4,922.44
$84,529.44
Expenditure 1946
68,589.46
Balance January 1, 1947 $15,939.98
Accounts Payable
5,713.42
DISTRIBUTION OF EXPENDITURES
Maintenance
Expenditure
Renewal of services and mains
$ 1,977.46
Services, Care and Repair 17,009.62
Meters, Care, Repair and Reading
11,835.45
Turning Water Off and On
27.30
Shop
849.34
Tools and Equipment
4,533.99
Hydrants and Gates, Care and Repair
2,654.09
Mains, Care and Repair
2,940.11
Reservoir and Great Meadows
421.61
Pitometer Survey
390.64
Calgon Chamber
3,177.54
Administration
7,811.19
Meters for new services
279.90
Replacement of meters
3,546.30
Extension of services, house connections
4,809.92
*General Expense
6,325.00
$68,589.46
*Stock, $792.67; Sick Leave, $1,710.87; Pensions, $355.85; Sat. P.M., $2,747.39; Holidays, $1,156.72; Vacations, $2,120.55; Miscellaneous, $858.42; Article No. 6 Credit (9 months) $3,417.47.
TABLE VII
WATER EXTENSIONS
Balance January 1, 1946
$25,685.58
Appropriation 1946
30,000.00
$55,685.58
Expenditures 1946
34,690.40
Balance January 1, 1947 $20,995.18
EXTENSION OF HIGH SERVICE SYSTEM
Description
Size of Pipe in Inches
Length in Feet
Number of Hydrants
Number of Gates
Total Cost
Cost per Foot
Totals
Appleton St .- old end to Corey Lane
8
185
1
520.43
Beck Rd. & Ryder Street
8
274
2
924.36
College Ave .- old end to #28
.
8
355
2
1,105.18
*Corey Lane-Appleton St. to Golden Ave.
8
171
1
2
548.16
* Golden Ave .- Corey Lane to Kent Lane
8
562
1
4
1,180.05
Hillcrest St .- old end to Colby Road
8
47
1
630.71
** Hutchinson Rd .- old end to Winchester Line
8
61
1
*Joyce Road-Oak Hill Drive northerly
8
237
1
292.16
S
Library Drive-Mass. Ave. to Maple St.
8
794
1
4
4,127.67
*Oak Hill Drive-Summer St. to near Ridge St.
12
1,365
3
8
6,190.19
Oakland Ave .- at Renfrew St.
12
51
460.77
*** Renfrew St .- Oakland Ave. to Florence Ave.
8
440
1
2
12
86
559.80
* Rockmont Rd .- Oak Hill Drive easterly
8
437
1
3
999.75
Summer St .- Grove Street to Oak Hill Drive
12
205
1,151.54
Total
5,270
8
31
18,690.77
-
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S
S
S
Ridge Street-Cutter Hill Rd. to #70
EXTENSION OF LOW SERVICE SYSTEM .
Beverly Road-sly. end at Mystic St.
8
. 165
1
2
353.04
S
Beverly Road-nly. end at Mystic St.
8
157
-
2
1,276.70
* Beverly Road-end to end
8
1,852
5
8
2,953.01
Dorothy Road-old end to # 57
8
77
218.32
Marrigan St .- old end to Sunnyside Avenue
8
230
1
1
726.15
Mass. Ave .- Hydrant at #342
179.22
Mass. Ave. Linwood St. to #326
8
336
2
1,186.92
Michael St .- old end to Sunnyside Avenne
8
228
2
667.97
Mystic St .- at Beverly Road
8
315
2
855.16
Private Lands Hopkins Rd. to Spring Valley
8
996
4,118.05
*** General Expense
3,465.09
Total
4,356
10
26
15,999.63
RENEWALS- LOW SERVICE SYSTEM
Peabody Road
-
8
1 200
-
1
-
-
Total Extensions
-
9,626
18
-
57
- 34,690.40
-
Total Renewals
200
* Excavation and Back-fill by Developer.
* * Installed by Town of Winchester.
** * Installed under new street construction.
Stock, $2,469.74; Tools and Equipment, $478.51; Miscellaneous, $582.73; Saturday P.M., $731.58; Holidays, $388.32; Article #6 Credit, $1,185.79.
S Indicates sewer in same trench.
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.
1
1
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- rants
Gates
16
2,388
1
12
7,274
36,203
6,334
1,976
10
16,497
1,228
22,957
2,190
270
8
40,092
14,503
87,975
17,456
2,156
6
102,813
763
149,202
932
4,175
5,196
4
160
ยท220
Totals 166,676
367
693
16,494
298,885|
652
1,531 | 26,912
8,797
8
25
5,196
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WATER RATES COMMITTED DURING 1946:
January 1
$ 18,278.39
February 1
13,871.63
March 1
14,270.60
April 1
18,211.19
May 1
13,555.07
June 1
14,122.47
July 1
19,545.55
August 1
15,301.46
September 1
16,687.21
October 1
22,910.95
November 1
14,998.20
December 1
14,656.78
$196,409.50
VALUE OF WATER FURNISHED FREE TO
TOWN DEPARTMENTS:
School
$ 3,290.94
Selectmen
2,628.63
Cemetery
2,548.89
Library
57.74
Park
1,895.83
Public Works
2,068.41
12,490.44
$208,899.94
1946 EXPENDITURES:
Water Maintenance
$ 68,589.46
Accounts Payable
5,713.42
Water Extensions
34,690.40
Metropolitan Assessment
35,721.00
$144,714.28
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*1946 RECEIPTS:
Rates
$195,616.20
Miscellaneous
874.80
Liens
1,439.03
House Connections
1,851.36
$199,781.39
UNPAID DECEMBER 31, 1946:
Rates
$ 7,856.48
Miscellaneous
5.30
Liens
150.81 $ 8,012.59
* Including rates committed in 1945.
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GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
Appropriation
$22,231.00
(Salaries
$20,309.00
Expenses 1,922.00)
Expenditure
$20,410.68
Accounts Payable
153.15
20,563.83
(Salaries
$18,665.87
Expenses
1,897.96)
$ 1,667.17
Credit Article 6 (9 months) ......
969.17
Balance January 1, 1947.
$ 2,636.34
1942 STREET CONSTRUCTION
Appropriation (Carried forward from 1942) .... $79,770.60
Returned to Treasury 79,662.22
Balance, January 1, 1947
$108.38
(Carried forward to 1947)
1941 STREET CONSTRUCTION
Appropriation (Carried forward from 1941) .... $10,961.28
Returned to Treasury 8,461.28
Balance, January 1, 1947
$2,500.00
(Carried forward to 1947)
1940 STREET CONSTRUCTION
Appropriation (Carried forward from 1940) .. $6,785.46 Returned to Treasury 5,785.46
Balance, January 1, 1947
$1,000.00
(Carried forward to 1947)
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1939 STREET CONSTRUCTION
Appropriation (Carried forward from 1939) ....
$846.55
Returned to Treasury 736.72
Balance, January 1, 1947 $109.83
(Carried forward to 1947)
1938 STREET CONSTRUCTION
Appropriation (Carried forward from 1938) ....
$1,086.69
Returned to Treasury 1,086.69
January 1, 1947 0
1937 STREET CONSTRUCTION
Appropriation (Carried forward from 1937) ....
$538.09
Returned to Treasury 538.09
January 1, 1947 0
ALTERATION OF WYMAN STREET CORNER AT MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE
Appropriation (Carried forward from 1943) .... $199.03
Returned to Treasury 199.03
-
January 1, 1947 0
ALTERATION OF GRAY STREET
Appropriation (Carried forward from 1941) .... $152.40
Returned to Treasury 69.11
Balance, January 1, 1947 $83.29
(Carried forward to 1947)
ALTERATION OF RIVER STREET
Appropriation (Carried forward from 1941) .... $21.41
Returned to Treasury 14.23
Balance, January 1, 1947
$7.18
(Carried forward to 1947)
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ALTERATION OF TUFTS STREET
Appropriation (Carried forward from 1941) .... $2,417.51
Returned to Treasury 2,417.51
January 1, 1947 0
SPECIAL APPROPRIATION ARLMONT VILLAGE SEWER EXTENSION
Appropriation (Carried forward from 1936) .... $474.59
Returned to Treasury 469.78
Balance, January 1, 1947
... $4.81
(Carried forward to 1947)
SPECIAL APPROPRIATION ARLMONT VILLAGE WATER EXTENSION
Appropriation (Carried forward from 1936) .... $59.04
Returned to Treasury 54.23
Balance, January 1, 1947
$4.81
(Carried forward to 1947) '
RENEWAL OF RESERVOIR MAIN MILL STREET TO WEST OF HIGHLAND FIRE STATION
Appropriation (Carried forward from 1943) .... $749.91
Returned to Treasury 749.91
January 1, 1947 0
WATER MAIN SUPPLY LINE-TURKEY HILL
Appropriation (Carried forward from 1944) .... $10,608.64 Returned to Treasury 7,705.49
Balance, January 1, 1947 $2,903.15 (Carried forward to 1947)
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INCREASE-RATE OF COMPENSATION AND/OR SPECIAL COMPENSATION FOR TOWN OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
Appropriation $37,960.00
Expenditure 35,404.78
Balance, January 1, 1947 $2,555.22
SPECIAL COMPENSATION FOR TOWN OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
Expenditure $27,137.06
The members of the Board wish to take this opportunity to express their appreciation to the various Boards, Town Officials, Department Heads and Employees of the Public Works Department for their co-operation during the entire year.
Respectfully submitted, 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-Third Annual Report of the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works for the year ending December 31, 1946, 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. Harold A. Cahalin was elected a member of the Board of Selectmen and Mr. Loren W. Marsh was re-elected a member of the Board of Public Works for terms of three years, and by virtue of their elections, both served as members of this Board. The Board organized at the first meeting held thereafter with Mr. Joseph Peterson as Chairman and Mr. Willard A. Wal- lace as Vice-Chairman.
With deep regret and the keenest feeling of per- sonal loss, the Board desires to record the sudden passing of its associate, Mr. Loren W. Marsh, on Saturday, December 28, 1946, at the residence of his son in Summit, New Jersey, with whom he had been visiting during the Christmas holiday.
By his decease, the Town of Arlington has lost the services of an able and conscientious public ser- vant, who, during his incumbency as a member of this Board, fullfilled the duties of his office with the utmost integrity and worked with enthusiasm and sound judgement in administering the affairs of the Town.
The Board continued the policy of meeting semi-monthly, except during the months of July and August. In addition, twelve special meetings were held during the year.
Detailed summaries of the activities of the departments under the jurisdiction of the Board are described in their
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respective reports which appear elsewhere in the Town Re- port. The information contained therein is further amplified by the following facts :
NEW STREETS
At the Annual Town Meeting, the following streets were accepted for construction under the provisions of law au- thorizing the assessment of betterments:
Columbia Road, from South of Falmouth Road West to north of Bradley Road
Hillsdale Road, from Jason Street to Spring Street Littlejohn Street, from Lake Street to Mott Street Osborne Road, from Margaret Street to Burch Street Renfrew Street, from Hillside Avenue to Oakland Avenue Scituate Street, from Gloucester Street to Gray Street West Court Terrace, from its present end to Lowell St. Particulars with respect to the construction thereof will be found in the report of the Board of Public Works.
Owing to the stress of post-war conditions and the re- sultant increased assessments to abutting property owners, the Board, after careful study and consideration, decided to abandon the plans it had tentatively developed for the con- tinuation of the street construction program in the coming year.
STREET LIGHTING
The street lighting schedule has been continued through the year and additional lights have been installed on public and private ways where it was considered necessary. The relighting of Massachusetts Avenue, from Franklin Street to the Cambridge Line, has been given the Board's con- sideration and plans have been developed for the replace- ment of existing lighting fixtures with the new and im- proved bracket to be attached to carrying poles within this area which, when installed with directed-light luminaires, will provide proper light distribution and greater night-time safety for pedestrians and motorists.
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SIDEWALKS AND EDGESTONES
As in the previous year, competitive bids were received for the reconstruction of sidewalks and the installation of granite edgestones, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, and the contract was award- ed to Vulcan Construction Co. of Boston. The value of the work performed thereunder totalled $12,528.92.
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 :
Center Street; Windmill Lane (Extension) ; Old Colony Road (Extension) ; Arrowhead Lane; Golden Avenue; Kent Lane; Corey Lane; Fremont Street; Sunnyside Avenue; Wollaston Avenue (Extension) ; Dow Avenue (Extension) ; Virginia Road; Wadsworth Road; Fair- bank Road; Campbell Road; Kipling Road; Atlantic Road; Browning Road and Shelley Road.
A hearing was held on the contemplated making of a plan of the proposed extension of Ryder Street, from the Boston and Maine Railroad to Forest Street, and the second hearing required by statute on its approval was deferred.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
During the year, the State and County each allotted the sums of $1,000 for the maintenance, repair and improve- ment of ways within the Town and the sums of $16,500 and $8,250, respectively, for the reconstruction of Massachu- setts Avenue, from Lowell Street westerly. The Chapter 90 allotment made by the State Department of Public Works for Massachusetts Avenue was withdrawn late in the year by the Commissioners due to the inability of the Depart- ment to complete its survey of this section of highway to allow for the completion of the work within the year. It is, however, the Board's understanding that such sum will be
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re-allotted by the Commissioners for this purpose in the coming year.
The details relative to the work done in the maintenance of Chapter 90 roads appear in the Report of the Board of Public Works.
The Board has made request for the following projects to be considered for 1947 allotments by the State Depart- ment of Public Works and the County Commissioners of Middlesex County, under the provisions of Chapter 90 of the General Laws:
Improvement of Massachusetts Avenue,
from Park Avenue to west of the Bos- ton Elevated Carbarn $25,000.00
Maintenance of Chapter 90 roads $ 3,000.00
On a petition from residents of and in the vicinity of Lowell Street, Park Avenue Extension, Bow Street and Westminster Avenue, the Board has designated the area where such ways enter or intersect as "Downing Square," in honor of Master Sergeant Cornelius J. Downing and Cap- tain James F. Downing, who died while in the performance of their duty and in the service of their country during World War II.
Petitions were received during the year from the Boston Edison Company; the New England Telephone and Tele- graph Company; the Boston Elevated Railway Company, and the Metropolitan District Commission, for the abandon- ment, location, removal and relocation of poles, buried cable and conduits, upon or under the surface of public ways of the Town. Hearings were held when required by law and the necessary orders adopted.
Permission was granted the Arlington Gas Light Com- pany to lay extension of gas main on Appleton Street to serve the new development bordering on the Concord Turn- pike.
Consideration has been given the matter of improving the car service and request was made of the Boston Ele-
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vated Railway Company to discontinue its use of the turn- out at Arlington Center and to operate all street cars direct to Arlington Heights as a means of improving traffic con- ditions at the Center. A joint meeting was held with offi- cials of the Boston Elevated Railway Company, representa- tives of the Chamber of Commerce and the Chief of Police for the discussion of the physical facts and conditions in relation to this problem.
To date, the matter remains unsettled and further study is being made in the hope that a satisfactory solution may be reached to improve traffic and the character of service being provided the community.
CONCLUSION
For the co-operation extended to the Board during the past year by the heads and personnel of departments under its jurisdiction and by members of other boards and ap- pointed committees and all others who have contributed in any way to its work, the members of the Board wish to convey their sincere appreciation and gratitude.
Respectfully submitted,
JOSEPH PETERSON WILLIAM C. ADAMS HAROLD A. CAHALIN WILLARD A. WALLACE JAMES R. SMITH
Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works.
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ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
REPORT OF THE TOWN ENGINEER
To the Honorable Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works
Town Hall
Arlington, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
The following is the annual report of the operation of the Engineerrinrg Department for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1946:
Twenty-four sewer taking and benefited area plans, 21 water taking plans, 1 storm drain taking plan, and 9 street acceptance plans were drawn up, approved and filed at East Cambridge; 6 lines and grades were given on public ways, 4 plans drawn, data compiled, and court attended in 4 cases ; 22 claims for personal injuries and property damage were investigated, pictures and measurements being taken; 3 hearings were attended at the County Commissioners and State Department of Public Works; 10094 feet of water main, 7692 of sewer main, 5014 feet of storm drain were laid out, final surveys made and record plans completed; 17 street grades were checked for sewer and water extensions ; elevation was established for 145 buildings, and grades of 77 buildings were checked, 34 sketches were made for par- ticular sewer locations, 973 lien requests were checked for the Tax Collector; 68 releases for property changes were drawn up and signed by abutters; surveys and plans were made for 4 fatal accidents caused by automobiles ; 8 special sewer assessments were calculated and levied ; 18 plans were received from Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, and 8 from the Land Court, these being filed for future reference; 144 pictures were taken in connection with per- sonal injuries and property damage claims; 411.09 cu. yd. of ledge were measured; 38 water service box location cards and 103 particular sewer location cards were completed; 9510 feet of granolithic walks and 8009 feet of granite curbing were staked out and measured for betterment
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