Town of Arlington annual report 1948, Part 16

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Publication date: 1948
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Balance, January 1, 1949


$7,772.45


Expenditure


Ashes, Paper and Rubbish


$73,882.90


Offal .


76,312.06


Dump Rental Fees, etc.


6,119.58


Supplies and Sundries


379.58


Accounts Payable (Supplies and Sundries)


180.00


Foreman


2,735.83


$159,609.95


Credit - Article 6 for nine months


20,882.40


$138,727.55


TABLE IV


SEWER EXTENSIONS


Appropriation


Balance brought forward ..


$25,000.00 14,304.83


39,304.83


Expenditure


17,873.37


Balance, January 1, 1949 (Carried forward to 1949)


Length in Feet


Size of Pipe in Inches


Net Cost


Bay State Road, to No. 108


49.85


8


$132.33"W"


Beverly Road (balance of contract payment) Columbia Road and Crosby Street


376.6


8


Dorothy Road, southwesterly from present end


468.2


8


1,019.48"W" 971.11"W"


** Garden Estates, Inc. (Inspect mains-Fremont Street, Sunnyside Avenue, Silk Street and Gardner Street).


1362.53


8


154.04"W"


Gardner Street, Decatur Street to Private Lands and Private Lands, Gardner Street to Sunnyside Avenue .


689.35


8


5,412.04"W"


George Street (balance of contract payment)


65.0


8


269.72"W"


High Haith Road, from Arlmont Street to No. 128


78.0


8


333.18"W"


Highland Avenue, from old end to service No. 259


61.35


8


306.61"W"


Highland Avenue, from Private Lands to No. 280.


144.50


8


450.81"W"


Littlejohn Street, Dorothy Road westerly


130.10


8


142.34"W"


*Mary Street


310.60


8


*Mott Street


535.00


8


Mystic Street, at Old Mystic Street


57.0


8


232.89"W"


Mystic Street, install manhole at Park Terrace


1,001.14


Ridge Street, from present end to No. 74


45.30


8


213.85"W"


*Sagamore Road (inspection only)


647.00


8


132.00"W"


Summer Street, from Washington Street southwesterly


106.50


8


537.69"W"


Summer Street, from Oak Hill Drive to No. 141


579.30


8


1,358.85"W"


Summer Street Place


56.00


6


171.50"W"


*Summer Street Place


141.60


6


"W"


Udine Street, from Appleton Street northwesterly


680.50


8


2,792.09"W"


Walnut Terrace, from Gray Street northeasterly


39.0


8


257.05"W"


*** General Expense


855.25


$17,873.37


** Mains installed by Developer-Fremont Street, 604.50; Sunnyside Avenue, 249.63; Silk Street, 237.30; Gardner Street, 271.10. *Mains installed by Developer.


*** Credit Article 6 for nine months, $1,252.82; Stock, $80.35; Tools and Equipment, $916.59; Miscellaneous, $231.99; Saturday Afternoons and Holidays, $879.14


"W"indicates Water in same trench.


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


270


$21,431.46


829.01


300.39


High Haith Road, end to No. 123.


271


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS


TABLE V SEWER MAINTENANCE DIVISION


Appropriation


$13,300.00


Expenditure


10,444.40


Balance, January 1, 1949


$2,855.60


Expenditure


Resurfacing . .


$251.71


Repairing, Renewing, Flushing and Cleaning Mains


7,167.37


Care and Repair of Sewer Pumps


2,263.66


Saturday Afternoons and Holidays


761.24


Tools and Equipment


859.92


Accounts Payable (Tools & Equipment)


192.75


$11,496.65


Credit - Article 6 for nine months


1,052.25


$10,444.40


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ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


ARLINGTON WATER WORKS Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts


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, 46,000.


2. Estimated population on lines of pipe, 45,900.


3. Estimated population supplied, 45,850.


4. Total consumption for the year, 970,924,800 gallons.


5. Percentage of consumption metered, 100%.


6. Average daily consumption, 2,652,800 gallons.


7. Gallons per day per capita, 58.


Distribution (including auxiliary supply from old reservoir) Mains


Eight thousand, nine hundred and forty-two feet of new water mains were laid during the year and connected with the Metropolitan System. Two hundred and ten feet of mains were re-laid during the year. Details of regular water main construction will be found in Table VII.


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


2. Sizes, from 4 inch to 16 inch.


3. Extended feet during year, 8,942.


4. Number of feet renewed during year, 210.


5. Discontinued during year, 210.


6. Total now in use, 101.63 miles.


7. Cost of repairs per mile, $66.03.


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


9. Number of hydrants added during year, 19.


10. Number of hydrants now in use, 1,061.


11. Number of stop gates added during year, 67.


12. Number of stop gates now in use, 2,359.


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


Services


Two hundred and forty-six new services have been added during the year. There are for all purposes 3,710 on the low, 5,300 on the high, and 3 on the old reservoir system. On the Metropolitan water supply there are 68 services for municipal purposes, 29 sprinkler services, and 44 for sewer flushing pur- poses included in the above. On January 1, 1949, 244 services were temporarily out of use,


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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS


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, 246.


4. Number of services abandoned during year, 0.


5. Number of services now in use, 8,969.


6. Percentage of services metered, 100%. Meters


Two hundred and forty-six meters were set during 1948 on services installed in 1948. The total number of meters in use January 1, 1949 is 8,969.


TABLE VI


WATER MAINTENANCE DIVISION


Appropriation 1948


$91,525.00


From Reserve Fund.


2,500.00


Balance January 1, 1948


3,157.11


$97,182.11


Expenditures 1948


92,634.55


Balance January 1, 1949


$4,547.56


Accounts Payable


61.25


DISTRIBUTION OF EXPENDITURES


Maintenance


Expenditures


Renewal of Services and Mains


$ 3,954.65


Services, Care and Repair


24,912.60


Meters, Care, Repair and Reading


14,395.12


Turning Water Off and On


64.29


Shop


1,039.25


Tools and Equipment


5,304.12


Care, Repair Hydrants and Gates


4,743.78


Care, Repair Mains


1,855.74


Reservoir and Great Meadows


536.59


Calgon Chamber


1,353.68


M.D.C. Meter-Forest Street


163.22


Chapter No. 90


4,372.00


New Meters


7,975.66


Emergency Valve Insertions


79.32


House Connections


14,917.34


*General Expense


15,672.76


Tapping Machine


Article No. 6 Credit


8,705.57


$92,634.55


* Miscellaneous, $3,203.41; Stock, $665.52; Sick Leave, $2,502.94 ; Vacations, $3,659.71; Holidays, $1,765.90; Lost Time, $3,875.28.


TABLE VII


WATER EXTENSIONS


Balance January 1, 1948


$30,387.19


Appropriation 1948


35,000.00


65,387.19


Expenditure 1948


43,386.80


Balance January 1, 1949


$22,000.39


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


Columbia Road and Crosby Street


8


513


1


2


$1,918.35


3.74


S


High Haith Road-old end to #123.


8


131


890.30


6.80


S


Highland Ave. at Arlmont Street and Eastern Avenue


8


388


1,315.04


3.39


S


Massachusetts Avenue at #1474


170.61


Mystic Street near Robin Hood and #402


8


75


3


818.88


S


Private-Lands-Brattle Street to Symmes


8


495


1


3


6,350.77


12.83


Ridge Street-old end to #74


12


45


371.04


8.25


S


Rockmont Road-near Richfield Road.


8


88


431.82


4.90


*Sagamore Road-Brewster Road to Standish Road


8


662


2


4


1,678.94


Summer Street-Washington Street southerly


8


223


2


1,398.32


6.27


Summer Street-Oak Hill Drive to #141


8


576


2


2


1,890.33


3.28


Summer Street Place .


3


175


1


1


806.87


4.61


S


Udine Street-Appleton Street northwesterly


8


109


1


771.29


7.08


S


Hydrants and Gates installed by Water Maintenance


6


233


5


Total


4,398


26


22,493.68


274


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S


685


2


3


3,681.12


5.37


Walnut Terrace-Gray Street northwesterly


-


Hospital .


.


EXTENSION OF LOW SERVICE SYSTEM


Bay State Road-old end to #108


8


53


164.18


3.10


S


Broadway-crossover at #189.


8


44


1


412.31


9.37


Broadway-Silk Street casterly


8


237


1


2


1,358.97


5.73


Court Street Place


6


42


1


1


1,534.93


3.33


S


*Garden Estates


8


1,383


4


16


4,141.91


S


Gardner Street and private land to Sunnyside Avenue


8


708


1


5


6,180.26


8.73


S


Littlejohn Street-Mott Street to Dorothy Road


8


207


1


550.00


2.66


S


*Mary Street-Mott Street and Wilson Ave.


8


1,095


3


5


2,706.43


S


Massachusetts Avenue at Railroad Avenue . . Mystie Street at Sachem Avenue. .


8


16


1


175.52


Maintenance


6


298


9


Total


4,544


10


41


17,917.54


RENEWALS-HIGH SERVICE SYSTEM


Hydrants and Maintenance


Gates renewed by Water


6


- 16


2


-


-


RENEWALS-LOW SERVICE SYSTEM


Hydrants and


Gates: renewed by Water


Maintenance


6-8 8


43 210


7


980.36


4.67


** General Expense Artiele #6 Credit


2,252.08


Total Extensions


8,942


19


67


42,406.44


Total Renewals


269


9


980.36


Total Renewals and Extensions


9,211


28


67


43,386.80


* Town furnished pipe and fittings only-excavation and back fill by developer.


** Stock, $1,213.27; Tools and Equipment, $1,277.99; Miscellaneous, $140.74; Lost Time, $1,170.26; Holidays, $445.04.


S Indicates sewer in same trench.


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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS


Dorothy Road


8


464


376.01


8.95


-


-


4,247.30


Gardner Street-Norcross Street southerly


317.02


Hydrants and Gates installed by Water


TABLE VIII 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


Hy- drants


Gates


Length in Feet


Hy- drants


Gates


Length in Feet


Hy- drants


Gates


Length in Feet


Hy- drants


Gates


Length in Feet


Hy- drants


Gates


Length in Feet


Hy- drants


Gates


16


2,388


12


7,274


36,203


6,504


1,976


10


16,497


1,228


22,957


2,190


270


8


40,302


19,529


88,095


25,149


2,156


6


102,910


805


149,501


932


4,175


5,196


4


160


220


Totals


166,983


384


745


21,562


299,304


669


1,589


34,775


8,797


8


25


5,196


Total length of mains in service-536,617 feet-101.63 miles.


Total Gates in service-2359


Total Hydrants in service-1061


276


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277


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS


WATER DIVISION RECEIPTS FOR WATER CONSUMED


Year


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


1947


187,851.78


1948


182,015.78


Percentage of receipts from metered water, 94.57%


WATER RATES COMMITTED DURING 1948 :


January 1


$17,675.92


February 1


13,131.91


March 1


13,186.17


April 1


17,246.86


May 1


12,659.78


June 1


13,523.43


July 1


18,008.67


August 1


13,118.69


September 1


14,108.39


October 1


21,183.71


November 1


14,342.53


December 1


14,824.78


$183,010.84


VALUE OF WATER FURNISHED FREE TO TOWN DEPARTMENTS


School


$2,308.04


Selectmen


2,064.08


Cemetery


1,342.00


Library


50.60


Park


1,491.96


Public Works


2,188.60


$9,445.28


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1948 EXPENDITURES


Water Maintenance


$92,634.55


Accounts Payable


61.25


Water Extensions


43,386.80


Metropolitan Assessment


37,253.80


$173,336.40


*1948 Receipts :


Rates $182,015.78


Miscellaneous


1,958.12


Liens


838.73


House Connections


5,926.06


$190,738.69


UNPAID DECEMBER 31, 1948 :


Rates


$10,421.29


Miscellaneous


18.10


Liens


76.62


$10,516.01


Including rates committed 1947


GENERAL ADMINISTRATION


Appropriation $35,580.00


(Salaries


$31,280.00


Expenses 4,300.00)


Expenditure


$34,077.59


Accounts Payable


148.90


$34,226.49


(Salaries


$32,304.99


Credit Article 6 for 9 months


2,341.88


$29,963.11


Expenses


4,263.38)


Balance, January 1, 1949 $1,353.51


1946 STREET CONSTRUCTION


Balance brought forward


$2,505.04


Expenditure 0


Balance, January 1, 1949


$2,505.04


(Carried forward to 1949)


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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS


1942 STREET CONSTRUCTION


Balance brought forward


$108.38


Expenditure 0


Balance, January 1, 1949


$108.38


(Carried forward to 1949)


1941 STREET CONSTRUCTION


Balance brought forward


$2,500.00


Expenditure 0


Balance, January 1, 1949


$2,500.00


(Carried forward to 1949)


1940 STREET CONSTRUCTION


Balance brought forward


$1,000.00


Expenditure 0


Balance, January 1, 1949


$1,000.00


(Carried forward to 1949)


1939 STREET CONSTRUCTION


Balance brought forward


$109.83


Expenditure


0


Balance, January 1, 1949


$109.83


(Carried forward to 1949)


1937 STREET CONSTRUCTION


Balance brought forward


$286.69


Expenditure


0


Balance, January 1, 1949


$286.69


(Carried forward to 1949)


ALTERATION OF GRAY STREET


Balance brought forward $83.29


Expenditure


0


Balance, January 1, 1949


$83.29


(Carried forward to 1949)


ALTERATION OF RIVER STREET


Balance brought forward


$7.18


Expenditure


0


Balance, January 1, 1949


$7.18


(Carried forward to 1949)


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ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


WATER MAIN SUPPLY LINE TURKEY HILL Balance brought forward $1,217.00


Expenditure 0


Balance, January 1, 1949


$1,217.00


(Carried forward to 1949)


SPECIAL APPROPRIATION ARLMONT VILLAGE SEWER EXTENSION


Balance brought forward $4.81


Expenditure 0


Balance, January 1, 1949


$4.81


(Carried forward to 1949)


SPECIAL APROPRIATION ARLMONT VILLAGE WATER EXTENSION


Balance brought forward $4.81


Expenditure 0


Balance, January 1, 1949


$4.81


(Carried forward to 1949)


MUNICIPAL PARKING AREA


Appropriation


$11,000.00


Expenditure 0


Balance, January 1, 1949


$11,000.00


(Carried forward to 1949)


TOWN YARD BUILDING


Appropriation


$10,000.00


Expenditure 9,993.87


Balance, January 1, 1949


$6.13


(Carried forward to 1949)


SPECIAL COMPENSATION FOR THE PERIOD OF JANUARY, FEBRUARY AND MARCH, 1948, FOR TOWN OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES Expenditure $7,290.49


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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS


INCREASE OR SPECIAL COMPENSATION FOR TOWN OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (BONUS)


Expenditure $122.00


SIDEWALKS AND EDGESTONES


Expenditure $11,826.30


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 cooperation during the entire year.


Respectfully submitted,


THOMAS J. O'NEILL, WILLARD A, WALLACE JOHN L. MURPHY, Board of Public Works.


INCREASE OR SPECIAL COMPENSATION FOR TOWN OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES


Appropriation


$56,235.93


Expenditure 53,814.12


Balance, January 1, 1949


$2,421.81


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ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


Report of the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works


The Forty-Fifth Report of the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works for the year ending December 31, 1948, is submitted herewith, in accordance with the require- ments of the Town's By-Laws.


At the Annual Town Election, Mr. Joseph A. Purcell and Mr. John L. Murphy were elected for terms of three years as members of the Board of Selectmen and of the Board of Public Works, respectively, and by virtue of their elections, both served as members of this Joint Board. The Board organized at the first meeting held thereafter with Mr. Harold A. Cahalin as Chairman and Mr. Thomas J. O'Neill as Vice Chairman.


The policy of meeting semi-monthly, except during July and August, was continued. In addition, the Board held eleven special meetings during the year.


Elsewhere in the Town Report detailed summaries are given 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


The Board, after careful study and consideration of all fac- tors, was again obliged to postpone the plans it had scheduled through advanced planning for new street construction in 1948. Other than in 1946, during which year seven streets were ac- cepted and constructed, the Town has not undertaken a street construction program since before the war.


The southerly side of Massachusetts Avenue, from Academy Street to Pleasant Street, was reconstructed and two sections of Mystic Street, from Massachusetts Avenue to Summer Street and from a point near College Avenue to the Winchester line, were resurfaced during the year, under the provisions of Chap- ter 90 of the General Laws. The State and County partici- pated with the Town in the cost for these improvements, the State having allotted the sum of $20,000. on condition that the County and Town each contribute $10,000. The details thereof appear in the Report of the Board of Public Works.


283


REPORT OF JOINT BOARD


Request has been made by the Joint Board of the State and County for projects to be considered for 1949 Chapter 90 allot- ments, as follows :


Bituminous concrete surfacing of Massachusetts Avenue, from east of Paul Revere Road to the Lexington line


$10,875.


Bituminous concrete surfacing of Lake Street, from Concord Turnpike to the B. & M. R. R. crossing $14,000.


Bituminous concrete surfacing of Broadway, from Massachusetts Avenue to Bates Road $14,125.


Bituminous concrete surfacing of Massachusetts Avenue, from Academy Street to Mount Ver- non Street $14,425. $3,000.


Maintenance of Chapter 90 roads


SIDEWALKS AND EDGESTONES


Competitive bids were received by the Board for the re- construction of sidewalks and the installation of granite edge- stones, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessments of betterments. A contract for a portion of the work, amount- ing in the aggregate to $8,564.14, was awarded to the low bidder, Corcoran Bros. Construction Service of Cambridge, the balance of such work amounting to $11,513.72, was undertaken by the Town's Public Works Department.


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.


Arrangements were completed for the relighting of Mystic Street, from Massachusetts Avenue to the Winchester line. However, the lack of certain of the materials has necessarily deferred execution of the project until the early part of the coming year.


BOARD OF SURVEY PLANS


The Board, sitting as the Board of Survey, held public hear- ings and approval was given to the plans of the following streets and subdivisions :


Mary Street-a continuation of way extending from Little- john Street to Wilson Avenue.


Mott Street-a continuation of way extending from Little- john Street to Wilson Avenue.


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Wilson Avenue-a continuation from end of way extending to Concord Turnpike.


Sunnyside Avenue-a continuation of way from Fremont Street extending northerly about 1,000 feet.


Woodside Lane-change of grade of a portion of the way from Oak Hill Drive extending 245 feet northerly.


Woodside Lane-a continuation from end of way extending to Brattle Avenue.


Vista Circle-a new way from Woodside Lane extending southwesterly about 440 feet.


Elm Road-a new way from Woodside Lane extending to Vista Circle.


Gardner Street-a continuation of way extending from Fre- mont Street to Decatur Street.


Fremont Street-a continuation of way extending from North Union Street to Gardner Street.


ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST


Petitions were received during the year from the Boston Edison Company, New England Telephone and Telegraph Company and Metropolitan Transit Authority, for the loca- tion, relocation, alteration in and transfer of locations of poles, conduits and manholes, 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 Company to extend gas main on Dundee Road.


CONCLUSION


The Board is pleased to acknowledge gratefully the courtesy and cooperation of other Boards and appointed committees and to express appreciation to the entire personnel of de- partments under its jurisdiction for their conscientious and efficient work during the year.


Respectfully submitted,


HAROLD A. CAHALIN, JOSEPH PETERSON, JOSEPH A. PURCELL, THOMAS J. O'NEILL, WILLARD A. WALLACE, JOHN L. MURPHY,


Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works.


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REPORT OF THE TOWN ENGINEER


Report of the Town Engineer


To the Honorable Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Pub- lic Works


Town Hall


Arlington, Mass.


Gentlemen :- The following is the annual report of the oper- ation of the Engineering Department for the year ending De- cember 31, 1948 :


Twenty-five sewer-taking and benefited-area plans, 17 water- taking plans and 3 storm-drain-taking plans were drawn up, approved and filed at East Cambridge; 15 lines and grades were given on public ways, 5 plans drawn, data compiled, and court attended in 5 cases ; 25 claims for personal injuries and property damage were investigated, pictures and measurements being taken ; 3 hearings were attended at the County Commis- sioners and State Department of Public Works; 8,935.55 ft. of water main, 6,644.78 ft. of sewer main, 4,491.84 ft. of storm drain were laid out, final surveys made and record plans com- pleted; 14 street grades were checked for sewer and water extensions ; elevation was established for 235 buildings, and grades of 56 buildings were checked, 8 sketches were made for particular sewer locations, 908 lien requests were checked for the Tax Collector ; surveys and plans were made for 4 fatal accidents caused by automobiles ; 24 special sewer assessments were calculated and levied; 67 plans were received from Mid- dlesex South District Registry of Deeds, and 15 from the Land Court, these being filed for future reference; 153 pic- tures were taken in connection with personal injuries and property-damage claims; 266.46 cu. yds. of ledge were meas- ured; 372 water service box location cards and 209 particular sewer location cards were completed; 4,389 ft. of granolithic walks and 3,523 ft. of granite curbing were staked out and measured for betterment assessments ; 3,055 plans were printed on Pease Ozalid Machine ; 42 precinct maps were made, Block plan corrections were completed; 142 new buildings were plotted on all plans; 3 descriptions were drawn for proposed changes in zoning; 3 Land Court layouts were checked and 1 new Land Court plan was drawn and filed; 106 estimates of cost of installing granolithic sidewalks and granite edgestones were made and betterment assessments levied on all walks and curbs installed ; 2 Board of Survey plans were made and data on 7 Board of Survey plans was checked; estimated cost and betterment assessments were prepared on 9 streets petitioned for acceptance in 1949.


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Plans and specifications were prepared for fencing at six playground areas, for new building in Town Yard and for installation of granolithic sidewalks and granite curbing, lines and grades were marked for these projects and measurements made for final payments.


Estimated costs were prepared for the following :


Resurfacing Mass. Avenue from Paul Revere Road to the Lexington line, from Academy Street to Mt. Vernon Street, Lake Street from B&M R.R. to Concord Turnpike and Broad- way from Mass. Avenue to Bates Road ; for the construction of Alpine Street from Summer Street to No. 40, Arnold Street from Dundee Road to Williams Street, Brattle Terrace, Columbia Road from Mystic Street to Crosby Street, Elder Terrace, Fre- mont Street from No. Union Street to Gardner Street, Gard- ner Street from Fremont Street northeasterly 600 feet and Washington Street from Brattle Street to Brattle Terrace, and grading at Robbins Farm; for several proposed extensions of sewer, water and storm drain systems.


Land Court plan was prepared for large area of Town-owned land, Lantern Lane and vicinity ; taking plans and descriptions of two areas taken for Park purposes; topographical plans were made of the Columbia Road school site, a portion of W. A. Peirce Playground and Robbins Farm Playground, and various studies and plans prepared for Housing Authority.


Studies were made for the development of area on easterly side of River Street btween Broadway and Decatur Street, for area, Woodside Lane, Elm Road and Vista Circle, for extension of Mary Street, Mott Street and Dorothy Road, for proposed Park taking, Medford Street and Mystic Valley Parkway and No. Union Street and vicinity outlet drain.


Columbia Road school site was staked out as were two lots of land, baseball field at Forest Street Playground, change in layout and new bleachers at Warren A. Peirce Playground, 96 graves in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery and grading stakes set at Thorndike Street and Robbins Farm Playgrounds and Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.


Betterment assessments were figured and levied on 2,048 feet of sidewalk and 2,104 feet of curbing; 977 prints were made of specifications, 24 sets of Veterans' agreements, and 16 of alterations at Locke School; 3 new sub-division plans and 3 Land Court plans were checked for errors, 2 requests for abatement of assessments were investigated and reports filed, 9 applications were made to Metropolitan District Com- mission and 2 to State Department of Public Works for per- mits to perform various types of work, 3 building locations and 3 advertising signs were checked for location, grades were set for 8 sewer connections, soundings were made at site of


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proposed addition to Robbins Town Hall, plan and eleva- tions were completed of fur storage vault at Bayburn Com- pany, 5 sets of water sectional maps were made for Fire De- partment, several prints of portions of Mt. Pleasant Cemetery for Veterans' Grave Registration Comm. and 2 changes in Zoning were studied.


Town line was established for Police Department in 2 cases, surveys were made and 26 preliminary plans and 26 final plans for installation of Parking Meters; plans were drawn showing traffic lights and underground cables; studies were made for surface water drainage in Lake Street and vicin- ity for extension of water system via Appleton Street into Lex- ington and proposed B & M bus line in Concord Turnpike.




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