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Sept. 6th, 1950 Lettering-F. J. Neville 87.50
Nov. 3rd, 1950 Spaulding Moss. Co. 11.40
Bank Charges:
Harvard Trust
2.40
Total
$116.35
Balance on hand
0.00
The Committee has completed it's work and ask to be discharged.
Respectfully submitted,
TIMOTHY J. BUCKLEY
Chairman
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ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
Report of the Board of Public Works
The Board of Public Works herewith submits its annual report for the year ending December 31, 1950.
At the Town Meeting held on March 6, 1950, Thomas R. Rawson was elected member of the Board for a term of three years. The Board organized on March 13 with the choice of John L. Murphy as Chairman.
The meetings are held Monday evenings. During the year the Board held fifty regular and five special meetings.
The following are the net expenditures made under the direction of the Board:
General Administration
$ 42,380.48
Highway, Maintenance and General, including Snow & Ice 196,853.20
Highway, Capital Outlay 50,000.00
Construction of Ways
218,050.73
Construction of Ways, Columbia Road and Stowecroft Road
18,595.93
Construction of Fremont Street
18,985.41
Reconstruction of Streets
16,207.32
Resurfacing of Streets
19,913.36
Storm . Drains
31,714.88
Sanitary
195,369.98
Sewer Extensions
28,587.44
Sewer Maintenance
11,297.65
Water Maintenance
155,247.83
Water Extensions
33,750.90
Municipal Parking Area
7,200.89
Special Compensation
5,355.00
Power Shovel
18,781.00
Sidewalks and Edgestones
14,706.90
$1,082,998.90
TABLE I GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
$42,451.00
(Personal Services
$36,696.00
Expenses
5,755.00)
Expenditure
42,380.48
Balance, January 1, 1951
$70.52
Expenditures
Personal Services
$36,646.78
Expenses, Office Maintenance and Supplies, etc.
5,291.80
Accounts Payable
441.90
$42,380.48
Appropriation
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TABLE II HIGHWAY DIVISION
$200,153.01
Appropriation
(Maintenance and General Account
$145,081.88
Personal Services Snow and Ice
4,186.00 50,885.13)
Expenditure
196,853.20
Balance, January 1, 1951
$3,299.81
Expenditures
Personal Services-Assistant Superintendent
$4,186.00
*Maintenance of Highways
66,254.62
** General Expense
74,685.66
*** Snow and Ice
46,440.61
Accounts Payable
5,286.31
$196,853.20
*Street Cleaning and Maintenance, $32,796.62; Maintenance and Repair of Sidewalks, $8,178.36; Seal-coat Streets, $12,140.41; Maintenance and Repair of Catch Basins and Storm Drains, $10,930.28; Reconstruction of Safety Islands, $2,208.95.
** Automobile and Equipment Maintenance, (Automobiles, Trucks, Compressors, Power Shovel, Tractors, Snow Fighters, Road Grader, Rollers), $7,742.90; Tools and Equip- ment, $22,056.04; Town Yard and Buildings, $14,907.29; Stock, $1,721.12; Street Signs, $8,256.81; Miscellaneous (Street lanterns etc.) $4,052.11; Sick Leave, $7,788.64; Satur- day Afternoons, Vacations, and Holidays, $11,790.57.
*** Maintenance of Snow Removal Equipment, $11,744.21; Plowing Streets, $11,427.94; Plowing Sidewalks, $1,294.14; Removal of Snow, $9,610.91; Sanding, $10,796.64; Saturday Afternoons and Holidays, $1,888.06; Salt and Calcium, $1,335.20.
CAPITAL OUTLAY
Appropriation
$50,000.00 50,000.00*
January 1, 1951
0
* 3-Snow Fighters
1-3 ton Truck with Garbage Collection Body
5,782.41
2-3 ton Trucks with Dump Bodies, including Snow Equipment
10,225.06
1-3 to 9 ton Truck with Load Packer Body
6,676.33
1-3 to 4 ton Chassis and Cab
3,731.20
1-1/2 ton Truck with Special Body
1,600.00
1-Power Grader
12,385.00
CAPITAL OUTLAY
$ 10,133.71
Returned to Treasury
10,133.71
January 1, 1951
0
SNOW AND ICE CAPITAL OUTLAY
Balance brought forward
$490.93
Returned to Treasury
490.93
January 1, 1951
0
CONSTRUCTION OF WAYS
Appropriation
$327,780.44
Expenditure
218,050.73
Balance, January 1, 1951 . (Carried forward to 1951)
$109,729.71
Expenditure
Bradley Road from Columbia Road to Winchester Road. $ 3,683.53
Cedar Avenue, Eastern Avenue to Park Avenue
9,590.29
Cedar Avenue, Park Avenue to Concord Turnpike 6,964.01
Crosby Street, from Falmouth Road West to south of Upland Road
5,510.56
Eustis Street, from Eastern Avenue to Glenburn Road .. 10,281.81
*Gardner Street, from Fremont Street northerly 600 feet
9,471.27
Expenditure
$ 9,600.00
Balance brought forward
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George Street, Florence Avenue to Oakland Avenue George Street, Oakland Avenue to Concord Turnpike
7,040.61
20,989.56
High Haith Road, from Spring Street to Longfellow Road 5,418.06
*Hilton Street, from Gardner Street northwesterly 300 feet
111.81
*Huntington Road, from Park Avenue Extension to Forest Street
4,132.22
*Johnson Road, from Brookdale Road to Edgehill Road *Laurel Street, from Brattle Street 410 feet westerly
Longfellow Road, from Highland Avenue to High Haith Road
6,208.65
*Overlook Road, from Pheasant Avenue to its present end
7,201.91
*Radcliffe Road, from Edgehill Road to Victoria Road
3,804.76
*Renfrew Street, from Florence Avenue to Oakland Avenue 7,051.89
*Rhinecliff Street, from Florence Avenue to the Concord Turnpike 46,240.44
Richfield Road, from Orlando Avenue to Summer Street 7,064.82
Upland Road West, from Crosby Street to Columbia Road
186.56
*Valentine Road, from end of accepted portion to 100 feet north of Virginia Road
31,398.01
Waverly Street, from Florence Avenue to Hillside Avenue 17,211.69
$218,050.73
*These streets constructed by the Department of Public Works. All other streets constructed by the John P. Condon Corporation. These figures are not final as all streets have not been completed.
CONSTRUCTION OF WAYS COLUMBIA ROAD AND STOWECROFT ROAD
Balance brought forward
$ 23,370.86
Expenditure
18,595.93
Balance, January 1, 1951
$ 4,774.93
This expenditure covers the Construction of Columbia Road, from Mystic Street to Crosby Street; and Stowecroft Road from Columbia Road northerly 105 feet, more or less. The work was started in 1949 (see 1949 Town Report). The work was executed by the Public Works Department.
CONSTRUCTION OF FREMONT STREET
Balance brought forward
$ 29,902.33
Expenditure
18,985.41
Balance, January 1, 1951
$ 10,916.92
This expenditure covers the Construction of Fremont Street, from No. Union Street to Gardner Street, including the completion of storm drain which was started in 1949. (See 1949 Town Report) The work was executed by the Public Works Department.
RECONSTRUCTION OF STREETS
(RELOCATION, ALTERATION, AND WIDENING, CONSTRUCTION OF, SPECIFIC REPAIRS UPON AND IMPROVEMENTS OF ALL OR ANY PARTS OF MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE OR BROADWAY)
Appropriation $ 16,425.00
1,446.01
Received from County
723.00
Expenditure
16,207.32
Balance, January 1, 1951
$ 2,386.69
(Carried forward to 1951)
This expenditure was for Resurfacing of Broadway from Arlington Centre to Bates Road. The work was done under Chapter 90 of the General Laws, the State con- tributing 50% and the County and Town 25% each. The above expenditure is not complete as all payments have not been made and all State and County payments have not been received.
3,675.45
4,812.82
(Carried forward to 1951)
(Carried forward to 1951)
Received from State
$ 18,594.01
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RESURFACING OF STREETS
(RELOCATION, ALTERATION, WIDENING, CONSTRUCTION OF, SPECIFIC REPAIRS UPON AND IMPROVEMENT OF ALL OR ANY PARTS OF MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, BROADWAY OR LAKE STREET) Balance brought forward $ 4,131.10 18,090.49
Received from State and County
Expenditure
$ 22,221.59 19,913.36
Balance, January 1, 1951
(Carried forward to 1951)
$ 2,308.23
This expenditure covers the balance due on 1949 work, also showing payments received from the State and County.
RELOCATION, ALTERATION, WIDENING, CONSTRUCTION OF MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE AND MYSTIC STREET
Balance brought forward $ 847.45 0
Expenditure
Balance, January 1, 1951 $ 847.45 (Carried forward to 1951)
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TABLE III
STORM DRAINS
Appropriation $ 25,500.00 Balance brought forward 9,344.22
$ 34,844.22
Expenditure 31,714.88
Balance, January 1, 1951 $ 3,129.34
(Carried forward to 1951)
Length in Feet
Size of Pipe in Inches
Net Cost
*Cedar Avenue, Park Avenue to Concord Turnpike
281.1
12
*Cedar Avenue, Eastern Avenue to Park Avenue
355.3
12
¿Columbia Road, Bishop School to Kimball Road
409.7
10
510.0
30
282.0
12
663.01
18
406.0
12
502.0/
10
56.0
15
461.0
12
$ 146.79
*Gardner Street, Outlet to Fremont Sreet .
*Longfellow Road, High Hatih Road to Highland Avenue
271.3
8' 3" x 9'
24,753.84
Massachusetts Avenue at Pine Court, install manhole
314.35
Mill Brook Culvert, Construct Concrete Culvert over Mill Brook through Fowle's Pond from Boston and Maine Railroad southerly (not complete)
250.0
Mill Lane, construct catch basin near brook at Schwamb's Mill
*Overlook Road, Pheasant Avenue to Mountain Avenue
118.3
15
Paul Revere Road, carbarn easterly
282.8
12
41.25
Pine Court and Junior High West *Radcliffe Road
354.3
18
*Rhinecliff Street, Florence Avenue to Con- cord Turnpike
1,169.0 )
12
655.0
12
*Richfield Road, present end northerly . .. Summer Street, from near Orient Avenue to Harold Street (relay State main) Summer Street at Dumping Area
450.0
12
1,683.91
*Valentine Road, Dow Avenue to Virginia Road
968.0)
383.0
15
53.8
24
*Virginia Road, Valentine Road Outlet *Waverly Street, Florence Avenue to Hill- side Avenue
Winslow Street, from Mystic Street west- erly (balance of job, started in 1949) . . *** General Expense
1,093.5
12
540.72
1,011.41
$31,714.89
*** Stock, $222.45; Saturday Afternoons, $151.35; Holidays, $637.61.
** The 18" pipe installed by Town in connection with Street Construction, 12" and 10" pipe installed by Veterans' Housing Authority.
*Installed in connection with Street Construction.
fInstalled by School Department.
30.0
599.84
225.0
18
12
2,622.77
12
*Eustis Street
** Fremont Court and Private Lands
*Fremont Street at Fremont Court
12
*Dow Avenue, Valentine Road Outlet, Virginia Road to Brook
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TABLE IV SANITARY DIVISION
Appropriation
$195,490.00 28,88
From Finance Committee Reserve Fund
$195,518.88
(Removal of Ashes, Rubbish, Offal, etc.
$192,500.00
Personal Services
3,018.88)
Expenditure
195,369.98
Balance, January 1, 1951
$ 148.90
Expenditure
Ashes, Paper and Rubbish
$ 93,882.19
Offal
92,886.42
Dump Maintenance, etc.
345.04
Supplies and Sundries
5,243.48
Foreman
3,012.85
$195,369.98
TABLE V
SEWER EXTENSIONS
Length in Feet
Size of Pipe in Inches
Net Cost
Bonad Road, to service lot 20
48.3
8
$175.71
W
Chatham Street, to service No. 40 and 44
264.2
8
1,457.33
W
Churchill Avenue, from present end southwesterly (not complete) .
528.3
8
1,027.26
W
Damon Park, from Warren Street southerly
116.0
8
337.58
W
*** Elmhurst Road, Marion Road and Marion Circle (inspection only)
238.0
8
91.25
135.3
B
869.53
W
+George Street, Concord Turnpike northerly
93.4
8
230.15
W
208.0
8
972.66
W
Hodge Road, from Winchester Road westerly
129.0
8
400.48
V
*** Marion Road, Belknap Street southerly
584.0
8
148.58
W
Mystic Lake Drive, construct pump chamber and force main
248.0
8
1,284.97
North Union Street old end to Broadway
184.25
8
1,288.13
Ortona Street, from Appleton Street northerly
240.0
8
1,394.68
+Overlook Road, Mountain Avenue to end
57.0
8
+Rhinecliff Street, Dow Avenue to Florence Avenue
257.0
8
Ridge Street, to service Nos. 78-82-86
89.5
8
712.58
Ridge Street, to service Nos. 86-90
159.4
8
1,030.99
*** Spy Pond Parkway, inspection only
189.6
8
41.50
+Stowecroft Road, Columbia Road northerly
129.0
8
Summer Street, from Harold Street westerly
1,051.0
15
8,953.19
Summer Street, to service No. 302 (started in 1949)
125.3
8
153.06
Upland Road West, end to Columbia Road #Veterans' Housing
2,040.0
8
19.16
Wright Street, Cypress Street to Dothan Street . .
97.6
8
662.92
** General Expense
* $2,203.41 of this balance is allocated to Special Appropriation Sewer Extensions Summer Street (Article 14 Appropriation, $8,700.00, Expendi- ture $6,496.59, Balance $2,203.41)
** Stock, $369.49; Tools and Equipment, $437.81; Miscellaneous, $597.26; Saturday Afternoons, $19.73; Holidays, $460.75
*** Installed by Developer.
Installed in connection with Street Construction.
# Installed by Contractor in 1949 and 1950.
"W" indicates water in same trench.
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.. .
361.0
8
802.86
W
Epping Street, from Chatham Street easterly
322.0
8
Lovell Road to service lot 41
....
..
329.0
8
*** Mountain Avenue, old end to Wheeler Lane (inspection only)
3,262.90
Old Middlesex Path, old end southerly
120.0
8
+Rhinecliff Street, Florence Avenue south of Hillside Avenue
1,610.0
8
..
.
. . . .
. . . . ..
. .
.
192.0
8
1,130.80
Woodside Lane, inspection only
.... .
1,885.04
BEE BEE BE W W
$28,587.44
...
...
...
Appropriation
$27,500.00 Special Appropriation- Article 14
8,700.00
Balance brought forward 9,865.07
$46,065.07 28,587.44
Expenditure
Balance, January 1, 1951 (Carried forward to 1951)
17,477.63*
Concord Turnpike, from Wollaston Avenue easterly (not complete)
254.13
Dothan Street, from Wright Street westerly
Gorham Street, from present end westerly
...
*** Randolph Street, end to Elmhurst Road
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TABLE VI SEWER MAINTENANCE DIVISION
Appropriation Expenditure
$ 14,000.00
11,297.65
Balance, January 1, 1951
$ 2,702.35
Expenditure
Resurfacing Trenches
$ 258.53
Repairing, Relaying, Cleaning and Flushing Main Sewers
7,724.80
Care and Repair of Sewer Pumps
1,259.05
Tools and Equipment ...
1,525.94
Saturday Afternoons and Holidays
529.33
$ 11,297.65
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ARLINGTON WATER WORKS Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Population by censusof 1950, 43,984.
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, 44,400.
4. Total consumption for the year, 1,219,830,000 gallons.
5. Percentage of consumption metered, 100%.
6. Average daily consumption, 3,342,000 gallons.
7. Gallons per day per capita, 71.
Distribution
(including auxiliary supply from old reservoir)
Mains
Five thousand, six hundred and thirty feet of new water mains were laid during the year and connected with the Metropolitan System. One thousand, seven hundred and six feet of mains were re-laid during the year. Details of regular water main construction will be found in Table VIII.
1. Kind of pipe: cast-iron, cement and transite.
2. Sizes, from 4 inch to 16 inch.
3. Extended feet during year, 5,630.
4. Number of feet renewed during year, 1,706.
5. Discontinued during year, 1706.
6. Total now in use, 104.81 miles.
7. Cost of repairs per mile, $105.63.
8. Length of pipe less than 4 inches in diameter, 283 feet.
9. Number of hydrants added during year, 16.
10. Number of hydrants now in use, 1,105.
11. Number of stop gates added during year, 39.
12. Number of stop gates now in use, 2,473.
13. Average pressure on mains at center of Town, 110 high system, 65 low system.
Services
Two hundred and forty-eight new services have been added during the year. There are for all purposes 3,929 on the low, 5,565 on the high, and 3 on the old reservoir system. On the Metropolitan water supply there are 72 services for municipal purposes, 33 sprinkler services, and 44 for sewer flushing purposes included in the above. On January 1, 1951, 254 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, 248.
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4. Number of services abandoned during year, 5.
5. Number of services now in use, 9,494.
6. Percentage of services metered, 100%.
Meters
Two hundred and forty-eight meters were set during 1950 on services installed in 1949-1950. The total number of meters in use January 1, 1951, is 9,494.
TABLE VII
WATER MAINTENANCE DIVISION
Appropriation October 17, 1949
$ 5,000.00
Balance-January 1, 1950
1,735.08
Appropriation-March 20, 1950
138,000.00
Appropriation-October 2, 1950
9,000.00
From Reserve Fund
6,057.76
159,792.84
Expenditures 1950
155,247.83
Balance January 1, 1951
$ 4,545.01
DISTRIBUTION OF EXPENDITURES
Maintenance
Expenditures
Renewal of Services and Mains
$ 10,163.84
Services-Care and Repair
26,988.39
Meters-Care, Repair and Reading
20,730.90
Turning Water off and on
91.19
Shop
3,581.48
Tools and Equipment
8,871.77
Hydrants and Gates-Care and Repair
6,560.40
Mains-Care and Repair
4,398.18
Calgon Chamber
1,130.23
Reservoir and Great Meadows
725.50
Renewals-Chapter 90
11,952.67
Renewal-1950 Streets
9,233.31
Pitometer Survey
372.06
Meter-Pleasant Street at Pike
2,089.14
Capital Outlay-Meters
13,587.02
House Connections
15,072.64
Emergency Valve Insertions
605.06
*General Expense
. .
.. 19,094.05
$155,247.83
*Stock $6,370.32; Sick Leave $2,785.44; Lost Time $1,164.71; Holidays $2,684.80; Vacation $3,532.96; Miscellaneous $2,555.82.
TABLE VIII
Balance, January 1, 1950
$ 7,687.51
Appropriation
45,000.00
$52,687.51
Expenditure 1950
33,750.90
Balance December 31, 1950
18,936.61
EXTENSION OF HIGH SERVICE SYSTEM
Description
Size of Pipe in Inches
Length in Feet
Hydrants
Gates
Total Cost
Bonad Rd .- old end to lot #20
6"
60 I
$ 246.39
Chatham St .- old end to #44
8"
301 T
1
2
1,927.54
Churchill Ave .- old end southeasterly
8"
316 T
1
1
839.87
Concord Pike-Wollaston Ave. easterly
8"
520 T
2
3
2,221.56
S
Dothan St .- Wright St. northwesterly .
115 T
1
529.39
S
Epping St .- Chatham St. easterly
8M
133 T
1
1,220.22
S
Gorham St .- old end westerly
8"
120 T
466.20
S
Henry St .- at Winchester line
60 I
1
552.51
Hodge Rd .- Winchester Rd. westerly
8"
220 T
1
1,234.61
Hydrant Installation-Mass. Ave. near Burton St. Lovell Rd .- old end to #41
6"
7 I
1
1
402.65
618.88
1 Mountain Ave .- old end to Wheeler Lane
8"
618 T
3
4
2,424.96
8"
6 I
1
289.62
Pine Court-at Mass. Ave. Ridge St .- old end to #100
12"
317 T
1
1
3,316.56
Summer St .- Harold St. westerly
8"
1016 T
3
3
9,264.63
Summer St .- old end to #302 Upland Rd. West-old end to Columbia Rd.
8 !!
120 T
495.63
8"
188
T
1
1,418.84
Woodside Lane-at Oak Hill Drive Wright St .- old end to Dothan St.
117 T
826.12
Valentine Rd .- old end to Virginia Rd.
8"
158 T
9
428.93
Total
4551
12
30
28,801.79
.
..
..
...
..
..
...
...
.
2
.
Hydrants & Gates-installed under Water Maint. . .
3 General Expense
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כס לט גט בט בש גַם בַט נס נט S S S S S
29 T
76.68
130 T
EXTENSION OF LOW SERVICE SYSTEM
Broadway-at Rawson Rd.
6"
48 I
1
249.03
Damon Park-Warren St. southerly
..
1 Marion Rd .- old end southerely
8 **
325 T
1
1
1,216.34
Hydrant Branch-Mass. Ave. near Mystic St.
16 I
1
326.40
Hydrant Installation-Mass. Ave. opposite Pleasant St.
28 I
1
1
334.69
190 T
1
1
781.95
S
Total
..
1079
4
9
4,949.11
Total Extensions
5630
16
39
33,750.90
RENEWALS - HIGH SERVICE SYSTEM
Rhinecliff St .- Florence Ave. to Hillside Ave.
8"-12"
1706 T
2
7
-
Total Extensions and Renewals
7336
18
46
33,750.90
-
-
1. labor by developer; 2-installed under street construction appropriation; 3-Includes Stock Credit $648.48; Tools and Equipment $493.44; Miscellaneous $224.02; Lost Time $21.16; Holidays $328.79; S indicates sewer in same trench.
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281
472 T
1
3
2,040.70
1 Spy Pond Parkway-old end to lot #168A Hydrants & Gates installed under Water Maintenance
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TABLE IX 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
36,654
7,378
1,976
10
16,497
1,228
23,038
2,190
270
8
40,302
28,343
91,974
28,967
2,156
6
103,081
805
148,190
932
4,175
5,196
4
160
220
Totals
167,154
404
796
30,376
302,404
691
1,652
39,467
8,797
10
25
5,196
Total length of mains in service-553,394 ft-104.81 miles Total Gates in service-2473 Total Hydrants in service-1105
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WATER DIVISION RECEIPTS FOR WATER CONSUMED
Year
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
1949
181,890.59
1950
203,029.48
Percentage of receipts from metered water, 94.157%
WATER RATES COMMITTED DURING 1950:
January 1
$ 17,814.33
February 1
13,617.27
March
14,175.07
April 1
17,762.45
May
1
13,428.07
June
13,884.25
July 1
20,602.72
August 1
16,553.52
September
19,911.37
October 1
25,516.11
November 1
16,778.02
December
15,960.76
$206,003.94
VALUE OF WATER FURNISHED FREE TO TOWN DEPARTMENTS
School
$ 2,813.31
Selectmen
2,476.82
Cemetery
1,342.00
Library
135.14
Park
1,329.58
Public Works
2,195.00
$ 10,291.75
1950 EXPENDITURES
Water Maintenance
$155,247.83
Water Extensions
33,750.90
Metropolitan Assessment
44,372.96
$233,371.69
.
284
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
*1950 RECEIPTS
Rates
$203,029.48
Miscellaneous
1,065.00
Liens
1,230.59
House Connections
4,747.76
$210,072.83
UNPAID DECEMBER 31, 1950
Rates
$ 12,524.84
Miscellaneous
15.60
Liens
148.60
*Including rates committed 1949.
$ 12,689.04
TABLE X 1946 STREET CONSTRUCTION
Balance brought forward
$ 2,505.04
Transferred to Water Maintenance
2,200.89
Balance, January 1, 1951
$ 304.15
(Carried forward to 1951)
1942 STREET CONSTRUCTION
Balance brought forward
$ 108.38
Returned to Treasury
108.38
January 1, 1951
0
1941 STREET CONSTRUCTION
Balance brought forward
$ 2,500.00
Returned to Treasury
2,500.00
January 1, 1951
0
1940 STREET CONSTRUCTION
Balance brought forward
$ 1,000.00
Returned to Treasury
1,000.00
January 1, 1951
0
1939 STREET CONSTRUCTION
Balance brought forward
$ 109.83
Returned to Treasury
109.83
January 1, 1951
0
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
285
1937 STREET CONSTRUCTION
Balance brought forward $ 286.69
Returned to Treasury
286.69
January 1, 1951
0
ALTERATION OF GRAY STREET
Balance brought forward Expenditure
0
Balance, January 1, 1951
$ 83.29
ALTERATION OF RIVER STREET
Balance brought forward Expenditure
$ 7.18
0
Balance, January 1, 1951
$ 7.18
(Carried forward to 1951)
SPECIAL APPROPRIATION ARLMONT VILLAGE SEWER EXTENSIONS
Balance brought forward
$ 4.81
Returned to Treasury
4.81
January 1, 1951
0
SPECIAL APPROPRIATION ARLMONT VILLAGE WATER EXTENSIONS
Balance brought forward
$ 4.81
Returned to Treasury
4.81
January 1, 1951
0
WATER MAIN LINE TURKEY HILL
Balance brought forward
$ 1,217.00
Transferred to Water Maintenance
1,000.00
Balance, January 1, 1951
$ 217.00
(Carried forward to 1951)
MUNICIPAL PARKING AREA
Balance brought forward
$ 13,000.00
Expenditure
$ 7,200.89
Transferred to Water Maintenance
5,799.11 13,000.00
January 1, 1951
0
$ 83.29
(Carried forward to 1951)
286
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
SPECIAL COMPENSATION
Expenditure
$
5,355.00
TOWN YARD BUILDING
Balance brought forward
$ 6.13
Returned to Treasury
6.13
January 1, 1951
0
POWER SHOVEL
Balance brought forward
$ 25,000.00
Expenditure
$ 18,781.00
Returned to Treasury
6,219.00
25,000.00
January 1, 1951
0
SIDEWALKS AND EDGESTONES
Appropriation
$15,000.00
Expenditure
14,706.90
Balance, January 1, 1951
$ 293.10
(Carried forward to 1951)
SIDEWALKS AND EDGESTONES SUMMER STREET AND FOREST STREET
Appropriation
$ 11,000.00
Expenditure
0
Balance, January 1, 1951
$ 11,000.00
(Carried forward to 1951)
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 coopera- tion during the entire year.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN L. MURPHY THOMAS J. O'NEILL THOMAS R. RAWSON Board of Public Works
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REPORT OF JOINT BOARD
Report of the Joint Board of Selectmen and Public Works
The Forty-Seventh Annual Report of the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works for the year ending December 31, 1950, is herewith submitted in accordance with the Town's By-Laws.
At the Annual Town Election held in March, Mr. Edmund L. Frost was elected as a member of the Board of Selectmen and Mr. Thomas R. Rawson was elected as a member of the Board of Public Works, both incumbents to serve for a period of three years, and by reason of their election became members of the Joint Board.
The Board organized at the first meeting held thereafter with Mr. Joseph A. Purcell acting as Chairman and Mr. John L. Murphy as Vice- Chairman.
Regular meetings were held semi-monthly throughout the year, with the exception of the months of July and August, in conformance with established policy, and special meetings held whenever it was deemed necessary, with a total of twenty regular and twenty-one special meetings held during the current year.
The usual departmental activities under the jurisdiction of the Joint Board are covered in detail elsewhere in the Town Report, but are fur- ther amended by the following informative facts:
STREETS
Despite the continued high cost of street construction, the Board, acting at the insistence of the Town's citizenry residing on private ways, adopted an unusually large street construction program for the current year.
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