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8,363.87
Care and Repair of Sewer Pumps.
1,424.52
Saturday Afternoons and Holidays
869.11
Sick Leave
252.42
Tools and Equipment.
780.39
Accounts Payable
189.00
$12,113.09
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.
Collection System
For sewerage only, 89.624 miles, including 5.64 miles Metro- politan sewer.
For sewerage and surface water, 0 miles.
For surface water only, 50.2135 miles.
Method of disposal, sewerage into Metropolitan Sewer, surface water into brooks.
Collection
Mains. (Everything but house and catch basin connections)
For Sewerage For Surface only only
1. Lineal feet pipe. . 473,235.07 265,146.3
2. Lineal feet extended during year . 5,820.95 2,663.87
3. Number of inverted syphons, 2.
4. Number of manholes, 2,199 and 99 combination sewer and storm drain manholes.
5. Method of flushing: Water service at manhole ends of lat- eral lines.
6. Method of cleaning: By a special brush drawn from man- hole to manhole.
7. Number of automatic flushing tanks, 0.
8. Number of direct connections with water mains for flush- ing, 44.
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9. The system was flushed only partially this year.
10. Cost of flushing per mile )
11. Cost of cleaning per mile§ $76.92.
12. Number of stoppages, 45.
13. Method of ventilation, manhole covers.
14. Electric pump chambers, 5.
House Connections
1. By whom made: All connections made under the direction of the Sewer Division, Board of Public Works.
2. Sizes, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12 and 15 inches.
3. Number made during year, 168.
4. Lineal feet laid during year (drain layers), 8,024.
5. Lineal feet discontinued during year, 0.
6. Total miles in use, 71,848.
Discharge of Sewer
1. Estimated population using sewer system, 38,548.
2. Number of buildings connected, 7,868.
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 measured ?*
* See Metropolitan Sewerage Board Report.
General
Total cost of collection mains, $1,281,106.48.
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 speci- fied by the Acts of 1931, Chapter 140.
WATER DIVISION RECEIPTS FOR WATER CONSUMED
Year
1938
$161,015.25
1939
179,615.66
1940
175,524.63
1941
178,552.12
1942
178,609.03
1943
184,222.45
1944
191,426.20
1945
184,167.25
1946
195,616.20
187,851.78 1947
Percentage of receipts from metered water, 94.89%.
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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, 45,000.
2. Estimated population on lines of pipe, 44,900.
3. Estimated population supplied, 44,850.
4. Total consumption for the year, 931,334,000 gallons.
5. Percentage of consumption metered, 100%.
6. Average daily consumption, 2,551,600 gallons.
7. Gallons per day per capita, 57.
Distribution (including auxiliary supply from old reservoir)
Mains
Four thousand, seven hundred and fifteen feet of new water mains were laid during the year and connected with the Metro- politan 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, 4,715.
4. Number of feet renewed during year, 0.
5. Discontinued during year, 0.
6. Total now in use, 99.94 miles.
7. Cost of repairs per mile, $58.14.
8. Length of pipe less than 4 inches in diameter, 283 feet.
9. Number of hydrants added during year, 15.
10. Number of hydrants now in use, 1,042.
11. Number of stop gates added during year, 43.
12. Number of stop gates now in use, 2,292.
13. Average pressure on mains at center of Town, 120 high sys- stem, 50 low system.
Services
One hundred and sixty-eight new services have been added dur- ing the year. There are for all purposes 3,597 on the low, 5,167 on the high, and 3 on the old reservoir system. On the Metropolitan water supply there are 68 services for municipal purposes, 27 sprinkler services, and 44 for sewer flushing purposes included in the above. On January 1, 1948, 208 services were temporarily out of use.
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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, 168.
4. Number of services abandoned during year, 0.
5. Number of services now in use, 8,723.
6. Percentage of services metered, 100% .
Meters
One hundred and sixty-eight meters were set during 1947 on services installed in 1947. The total number of meters in use Jan- uary 1, 1948, is 8,723.
TABLE VI
WATER MAINTENANCE DIVISION
Appropriation 1947
$84,758.00
Balance January 1, 1947 4,616.24
$89,374.24
Expenditure 1947.
84,274.86
Balance January 1, 1948
$5,099.38
Accounts Payable
1,452.98
DISTRIBUTION OF EXPENDITURES
Maintenance
Expenditures
Renewal of Services and Mains
$6,095.68
Services, Care and Repair .
19,050.42
Meters, Care, Repair and Reading.
13,537.05
Turning Water Off and On.
36.14
Shop
195.53
Tools and Equipment ..
3,147.46
Hydrants and Gates, Care and Repair
3,144.71
Mains, Care and Repair.
2,613.60
Reservoir and Great Meadows
530.21
Calgon Chamber
655.23
M.D.C. Meter-Forest Street
963.54
Administration
8,928.95
Meters for new services.
3,479.13
Replacement of meters.
780.00
Extension of services, house connections .
7,844.05
*General Expense
13,273.16
$84,274.86
*Stock Credit, $809.75; Sick Leave, $2,783.08; Lost Time, $3,307.27; Holidays, $1,455.06; Vacations, $2,713.26; Miscel- laneous, $3,824.24.
TABLE VII
WATER EXTENSIONS
Balance January 1, 1947
$20,995.18
Appropriation 1947
40,000.00
$60,995.18
Expenditure 1947
30,607.99
Balance January 1, 1948 (Carried forward to 1948)
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
*Brattle Street
Candia Street, King Street westerly.
8
63
711.40
$11.29
S
Chatham Street, old end to No. 107.
8
39
192.79
4.94
Columbia Road, Stowecroft Road westerly ... ** Cutter Park
8
960
4
7
2,880.77
S
Edgehill Road, Richfield Road to Ridge Street. . *High Haith Road ..
8
366
1
1,593.95
4.36
S
*** Golden Avenue, Corey Lane westerly
8
231
1
467.32
2.02
8
210
1
3
1,421.77
6.77
S
Massachusetts Avenue-valve insertion
1
254.59
Massachusetts Avenue - Crossovers westerly of Lowell Street .
8
200
6
2,327.83
11.64
Puritan Road, Hawthorne Avenue to Park Land ..
8
112
1
2
988.87
8.93
S
Rublee Street, Williams Street to No. 78.
12
125
1
809.59
6.48
S
Spring Avenue at Stevens Terrace.
8
123
1
577.21
4.69
S
Valentine Road, old end to Rhinecliff Street.
8
449
2
2,667.47
5.94
S
Valentine Road, old end to No. 111.
8
242
2
999.83
4.13
S
Wright Street, old end northerly.
8
485
2
2
1,970.84
4.06
S
Hydrants and Gates installed by Water Mainte- nance
66
3
3,884
8
32
$19,083.99
.
.
.
.
.
Total
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256
8
213
760.91
3.57
S
71.74
Huntington Road, Wright Street to Alpine Street. .
$387.11
$30,387.19
EXTENSION OF LOW SERVICE SYSTEM
Dorothy Road, old end to No. 61.
8
60
1
1
432.28
7.20
S
Hydrants-Broadway, River and Warren Streets ..
4
4
962.72
Mott Street, Littlejohn Street southwesterly.
8
49
1
2
271.21
5.53
S
Sunnyside Avenue, Broadway to Marrigan Street.
8
713
1
3
2,690.19
3.77
S
Hydrants and Gates installed by Water Mainte- nance
9
1
**** General Expense
7,167.60
831
7
11
$11,524.00
RENEWALS-HIGH SERVICE SYSTEM
Hydrants and Gates renewed by Water Mainte- nance
54
10
Total Extensions
4,715
15
43
$30,607.99
Total Renewals
54
10
* Labor only-Excavation started December, 1947.
*** Excavation and backfill by developer-Joyce Rd., 581 ft .; Ivy Circle, 285 ft .; Saratoga Rd., 94 ft.
*** Excavation and backfill by developer.
**** Stock, $5,423.16; Tools and Equipment, $48,804; Miscellaneous, $415.21; Lost Time. $642.81; Holidays, $198.38.
WATER MAIN SUPPLY LINE-TURKEY HILL
Balance January 1, 1947. . .
$2,903.15
Expenditure 1947
1,686.15
Balance January 1, 1948. ..
$1,217.00
Description Metropolitan District Commission Meter-Forest Street.
Total Cost $1,686.15
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
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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
Lgth. in Feet
Hy - rants
Gates
Lgth. in Feet
Hy - rants
Gates
Lgth. in F'eet
Hy - rants
Gates
Lgth. in Feet
Hy- rants
Gates
Lgth. in Feet
Hy - rants
Gates
Lgth. in Feet
Hy - rants
Gates
2,388
16
12
7,274
36,203
6,459
1,976
10
16,497
1,228
22,957
2,190
270
8
40,092
15,325
88,095
21,029
2,156
6
102,822
763
149,268
932
4,175
5,196
220
Totals
166,685
374
704
17,316
299,071
660
1,563
30,610
8,797
8
25
5,196
-
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160
4
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
WATER RATES COMMITTED DURING 1947:
January 1
$19,440.91
February 1
14,376.43
March 1
14,766.29
April 1
23,161.83
May 1
10,160.57
June 1
12,750.04
July 1
17,777.01
August 1
13,501.00
September 1
15,005.64
October 1
20,849.78
November 1
14,453.76
December 1
14,685.45
$190,928.71
VALUE OF WATER FURNISHED FREE TO TOWN DEPARTMENTS:
School
$2,468.17
Selectmen
1,953.03
Cemetery
1,346.00
Library
65.10
Park
1,679.65
Public Works
1,680.33
$9,192.28
1947 EXPENDITURES:
Water Maintenance
$84,274.86
Accounts Payable
1,452.98
Water Extensions
30,607.99
Turkey Hill Supply Line.
1,686.15
Metropolitan Assessment
39,572.20
$157,594.18
*1947 RECEIPTS:
Rates
$187,851.78
Miscellaneous
888.27
Liens
1,062.45
House Connections
2,637.01
$192,439.51
UNPAID DECEMBER 31, 1947:
Rates
$10,097.31
Miscellaneous
Liens
77.87
$10,175.18
*Includes rates committed in 1946.
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GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
Appropriation $24,808.00
(Salaries
$22,908.00
Expenses
1,900.00)
$22,426.34
Expenditure .
122.32
Accounts Payable
22,548.66
(Salaries
$20,653.95
Expenses
1,894.71)
Balance January 1, 1948.
$2,259.34
1942 STREET CONSTRUCTION
Appropriation (Balance brought forward) $108.38
Expenditure
0
Balance January 1, 1948. $108.38
(Carried forward to 1948)
1941 STREET CONSTRUCTION
Appropriation (Balance brought forward) $2,500.00
Expenditure 0
Balance January 1, 1948 ..
$2,500.00
(Carried forward to 1948)
1940 STREET CONSTRUCTION
Appropriation (Balance brought forward) $1,000.00
Expenditure 0
Balance January 1, 1948.
(Carried forward to 1948)
1939 STREET CONSTRUCTION
Appropriation (Balance brought forward) $109.83
Expenditure 0
$109.83
Balance January 1, 1948.
(Carried forward to 1948)
1937 STREET CONSTRUCTION
Appropriation (Balance brought forward) $286.69
Expenditure 0
Balance January 1, 1948.
$286.69
(Carried forward to 1948)
$1,000.00
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ALTERATION OF GRAY STREET
Appropriation (Balance brought forward from 1941) $83.29
Expenditure 0
Balance January 1, 1948. $83.29
(Carried forward to 1948)
ALTERATION OF RIVER STREET
Appropriation (Balance brought forward from 1941) .. $7.18
Expenditure 0
Balance January 1, 1948. $7.18
(Carried forward to 1948)
SPECIAL APPROPRIATION ARLMONT VILLAGE SEWER EXTENSION
Appropriation (Balance brought forward from 1936) . . $4.81
Expenditure 0
Balance January 1, 1948. $4.81
(Carried forward to 1948)
SPECIAL APPROPRIATION ARLMONT VILLAGE WATER EXTENSION
Appropriation (Balance brought forward from 1936) .. $4.81
Expenditure 0
. Balance January 1, 1948
$4.81
(Carried forward to 1948)
SPECIAL COMPENSATION FOR TOWN OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
Expenditure $29,601.69
EXTRA SPECIAL COMPENSATION FOR TOWN OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
Expenditure $11,071.58
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 Depart- ment for their cooperation during the entire year.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES R. SMITH, THOMAS J. O'NEILL, WILLARD A. WALLACE, Board of Public Works.
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REPORT OF THE JOINT BOARD OF SELECTMEN AND BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
The Forty-Fourth Report of the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works for the year ending December 31, 1947, is submitted herewith, in accordance with the requirements of the Town's By-Laws.
At the Annual Town Election, Mr. Joseph Peterson was re- elected for the term of three years as a member of the Board of Selectmen. Mr. Thomas J. O'Neill was elected and Mr. Willard A. Wallace re-elected for terms of two and three years, respectively, as members of the Board of Public Works. By virtue of their elec- tions, each served as a member of this Joint 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.
The policy of meeting semi-monthly, except during the months of July and August, was continued. In addition, the Board held nine special meetings during the year.
Elsewhere in the Town Report details are shown of the activities of the departments under the jurisdiction of the Joint Board. The information contained therein is further amplified by the following facts:
STREETS
For the convenient movement of people and commodities, Arling- ton possesses greater than sixty-six miles of paved streets. In addi- tion, the Town has approximately thirty-eight miles of unpaved private streets that are open for travel.
The Board was prepared to continue with its established pro- gram of new street construction in 1947, which, except in 1946, for several years had been brought to a virtual standstill. How- ever, after careful study of all factors, particularly the constantly mounting costs and the resultant higher assessments against real estate, the Board was obliged to abandon the plans scheduled through advance planning for such work.
A continuation of these circumstances of world tension and na- tional stress again has necessitated the postponement of this activ- ity in the coming year.
Massachusetts Avenue, from Lowell Street westerly to east of Paul Revere Road, was reconstructed during the year, under the provisions of Chapter 90 of the General Laws. The State and County participated with the Town in the cost for the improve- ment of such way, each having allotted the sums of $29,000.00 and $14,500.00, respectively. The details thereof appear in the Report of the Board of Public Works.
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REPORT OF JOINT BOARD
Request has been made by the Joint Board of the State and County for projects to be considered for 1948 Chapter 90 allot- ments, as follows:
Reconstruction of southerly side of Mass. Avenue,
from Academy Street to Pleasant Street ...... $14,000.00 Bituminous concrete surfacing of Mass. Avenue, from east of Paul Revere Road to the Lexing- ton line $10,875.00
Bituminous concrete surfacing of Mystic Street, from Mass. Avenue to Summer Street. $9,750.00 . Bituminous concrete surfacing of Mystic Street, from near College Avenue to the Winchester line . $14,223.75
Maintenance of Chapter 90 roads . $3,000.00
SIDEWALKS AND EDGESTONES
Competitive bids were received by the Board for the reconstruc- tion of sidewalks and the installation of granite edgestones, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, and the contract was awarded to Rufo Construction Co., Inc., of Brighton. The value of the work performed thereunder totaled $13,048.74.
STREET LIGHTING
The street lighting schedule was continued as in previous years and additional lighting was provided on public and private ways where deemed necessary.
In recent years, there has been a decided improvement in the lighting of our main thoroughfares. In cooperation with street lighting authorities, the Board has had installed a new type of lighting unit which places more of the light produced on to the highways and sidewalks - thus resulting in obtaining more use- ful light per dollar of expenditure.
During the year, installations of eighty-five of these units were made on Mass. Avenue, from Franklin Street to the Cambridge line and twenty-nine, between Lowell Street and Paul Revere Road. Illumination comparisons proved that this type of installa- tion provides much better distribution and utilization of light than units heretofore used. The Board has in contemplation the in- stallation of sixty-six of these units on Mystic Street, from Mass. Avenue to the Winchester line, in 1948.
BOARD OF SURVEY PLANS
The Board, sitting as the Board of Survey, held public hearings and approval was given to plans of the following streets and sub- division:
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Edgehill Road-change of the grade of a portion of the way, between Ridge Street and Richfield Road.
Valentine Road-change of the grade of a portion of the way, from Lot 16B to Rhinecliff Street.
Hospital Road-relocation of a portion of the way, from Sum- mer Street a distance of 573.20 feet.
Hutchinson Farm-proposed streets and adjacent lots on an area of land located at the northeast corner of Appleton Street and Concord Turnpike.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
Petitions were received during the year from the Boston Edison Company; The New England Telephone and Telegraph Company; The Boston Elevated Railway Company and Metropolitan Tran- sit Authority, for the removal of overhead lines, the location and relocation of poles, buried cables, conduits, manholes and hand- holes, upon or under the surface of public ways of the Town. Hear- ings were held when required by law and the necessary orders adopted.
Permission was granted the Arlington Gas Light Company to extend its gas main on Albemarle Street to Mount Vernon Street.
It is pleasing to note that favorable consideration is now being given by the State Department of Public Works to the extension of the center strip on the Concord Turnpike, including the widen- ing thereof, from Pleasant Street to about 500 feet beyond Rhine- cliff Street, as recommended by the group representing this Board and the neighboring community of Belmont, early in 1945.
The Board takes this opportunity to extend its thanks and ap- preciation for the generous and helpful assistance of other boards and appointed committees. In addition, gratitude is expressed to the heads and personnel of departments of the Board whose loy- alty and devotion have greatly assisted the members in the per- formance of their duties.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM C. ADAMS, HAROLD A. CAHALIN, JOSEPH PETERSON JAMES R. SMITH, THOMAS J. O'NEILL, WILLARD A. WALLACE, Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works.
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REPORT OF THE TOWN ENGINEER
To the Honorable Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works
Town Hall
Arlington, Mass.
Gentlemen :- The following is the annual report of the operation of the Engineering Department for the year ending December 31, 1947:
Twenty-two sewer-taking and benefited-area plans, 11 water- taking plans and 1 storm-drain-taking plan were drawn up, ap- proved and filed at East Cambridge; 12 lines and grades were given on public ways, 9 plans drawn, data compiled, and court attended in 9 cases; 19 claims for personal injuries and property damage were investigated, pictures and measurements being taken; 4 hearings were attended at the County Commissioners and State Department of Public Works; 3,906.55 ft. of water main, 10,912 ft. of sewer main, 3,955.49 ft. of storm drain were laid out, final surveys made and record plans completed; 16 street grades were checked for sewer and water extensions; elevation was established for 229 buildings, and grades of 76 buildings were checked, 76 sketches were made for particular sewer locations, 989 lien requests were checked for the Tax Collector; surveys and plans were made for 5 fatal accidents caused by automobile; 16 special sewer as- sessments were calculated and levied; 57 plans were received from Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, and 16 from the Land Court, these being filed for future reference; 139 pictures were taken in connection with personal injuries and property-damage claims; 173.5 cu. yds. of ledge were measured; 128 water service box location cards and 212 particular sewer location cards were completed; 2048 ft. of granolithic walks and 2104 ft. of granite curbing were staked out and measured for betterment assessments; 3527 plans were printed on Pease Ozalid Machine; 26 precinct maps were made, Block plan corrections were completed; 136 new buildings were plotted on all plans; 5 descriptions were drawn for proposed changes in zoning; 11 Land Court layouts were checked and 1 new Land Court plan was drawn and filed; 100 estimates of cost of installing granolithic sidewalks and granite edgestones were made and betterment assessments levied on all walks and curbs installed; 3 Board of Survey plans were made and data on 19 Board of Survey plans was checked; estimated cost and betterment assessments were prepared on 7 streets peti- tioned for acceptance in 1948.
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Plans and specifications were prepared for grading Robbins Farm playground and Thorndike St. playground and for fencing and backstop at Forest and Summer St. playground.
Specifications were prepared for construction of granolithic walks and drives and installation of granite edgestones.
Estimated costs were made for following projects: reconstruc- tion of Massachusetts Avenue, Pleasant Street to Academy Street, resurfacing Massachusetts Avenue fram Paul Revere Road to Lexington line, Mystic Street, Massachusetts Avenue to Summer Street and from College Avenue to Winchester line, for widening Massachusetts Avenue from Central Street to Mill Street and from Menotomy Road to School Street and Lake Street from Wilson Avenue to Concord Turnpike, for No. Union Street playground outlet storm drain and drains in Ryder Street from Summer Street to Mill Brook, Spring Street from Wall Street to Arlmont Street, Elmhurst Road from Mass. Avenue to Spy Pond, for sewer Churchill Avenue outlet, Michael Street, Fremont Street, Silk Street, Gardner Street, Sunnyside Avenue, Valentine Road, Cypress Road, Huntington Road and Wright Street.
Studies were made for construction of Venner Road and Spring Street, for change in grade of Edgehill Road, for proposed conduit location at Oakland and Claremont Avenue, for sewer connections to 119 Magnolia Street, 312 Park Avenue, 222 and 230 Cedar Avenue, sewer and water extensions in Arlmont Village, for pro- posed extension of Pleasant Street from Massachusetts Avenue northeasterly, for additional water main to Symmes Hospital and for changes in low water system in Massachusetts Avenue from Central Street to Brattle Street.
Plans and descriptions were prepared for lot 35 Dow Avenue, of Park Avenue and Park Circle and for North Union Street play- ground outlet drain.
Five advertising signs were checked for location, also retaining wall on College Avenue and filling station at 251 Summer Street.
Betterment assessments were calculated and plans drawn for Columbia Road, Hillsdale Road, Littlejohn Street, Osborne Road, Renfrew Street, Scituate Street and West Court Terrace.
Plans were drawn for proposed dry sprinkler system for protec- tion of basements and a map was prepared showing location of Arlington fire alarm boxes for Somerville Fire Department.
A total of 73 plans were drawn showing location of building lots for Veterans, a topographical survey and plan was made of Colum- bia Road school site, Town bound on Appleton Street at Lexington line was reset, 2 permits were granted by State Department of Public Works and one by Metropolitan District Commission, 4 lots were restaked, sidewalk grades were set on Mill Street, list of new sewers were prepared for Metropolitan District Commission
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sewer division, stakes were set for grading Robbins Farm and Sum- mer and Forest Street playground.
Survey, soundings and plan were made for proposed bathing beach Spy Pond at Linwood Street, hockey rink was laid out at Meadow Brook Park, also baseball field at Summer and Forest Street and plan made of Warren A. Peirce athletic field and plan for enlarging of bleachers there.
Taking plan was made of lot B Margaret Street for addition to Thorndike Street playground, wading pool was designed to be used at all play areas, lines and grades were fixed for fencing at North Union Street playground.
Town line was marked on Broadway at Somerville line, defective retaining walls were checked at 31 Highland Avenue and at Aber- deen and Inverness Road, floor plans were made of Junior High School Centre and Junior High School West and lotting plans were prepared of Junior High School Centre, Junior High School West and 23 Maple Street, description and taking plan of land rear 95- 97 Mystic Street taken for cemetery purposes, new lotting plan and prints Plot W and grading plan prepared for area in Ceme- tery at Sachem Avenue.
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