Town of Arlington annual report 1953, Part 27

Author: Arlington (Mass.)
Publication date: 1953
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436.51


18,250.99


Fire & Police Signal System:


Personal Services


6,549.81


6,549.81


6,546.24


3.57


Expense


2,341.00


2,344.81


2,334.84


Capital Outlay


2,688.91


11,486.20


14,175.11


12,005.16


2,169.95


Out-of-State Travel


300.00


94.00


394.00


300.00


94.00


Building Inspector: Personal Services Expense


13,758.50


13,758.50


13,758.50


1,299.00


1,299.00


598.80


426.52


273.68


Personal Services


$ 2,627.50


18.80


2,646.30 432.50


2,242.14


404.16


Expense


432.50


266.01


166.49


368


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


.


3.81


9.97


Boards of Appeal:


.


Personal Services


Personal Services


Wire Inspector:


Personal Services


8,278.50


8,278.50


8,278.50


Expense


1,290.00


1,290.00


980.08 300.00


114.19


196.73


Out-of-State Travel


300.00


Capital Outlay


228.64


300.00 228.64


221.07


7.57


Sealer of Weights:


3,673.00 730.00


730.00


583.73


146.27


Out-of-State Travel


150.00


150.00


150.00


Gypsy Moth:


Personal Services


18,326.93


18,326.93


17,465.18


Expense


4,393.00


11.14


4,404.14


2,175.33


Capital Outlay


98.61


2,300.00


2,398.61


2,251.75


Out-of-State Travel


250.00


250.00


250.00


Tree Warden:


Personal Services


12,341.75


116.42


12,458.17


11,077.22


606.32


774.63


Expense


1,933.00


1,933.00


1,311.93


227.35


393.72


Capital Outlay


2,850.00


2,850.00


2,850.00


Civil Defense:


Personal Services


3,461.00


4,337.50


3,604.58


732.92


Capital Outlay


4,672.29


1,543.00


6,619.14


2,610.75


4,008.39


Art. 5-Twn. Mtg. '51


3,192.70


212.00


3,404.70


3,357.85


46.85


Board of Health:


Personal Services


14,083.00


451.00


14,534.00


14,534.00


Expense


2,200.00


2,200.00 200.00


1,569.42


38.48


592.10


Capital Outlay


200.00


Communicable Diseases


15,000.00


15,000.00


9,636.74


5,363.26


Mosquito Control


2,000.00


2,000.00


2,000.00


Premature Baby Care


2,000.00


2,000.00


765.76


1,234.24


Inspector of Animals: Personal Services


630.00 24,000.00


.70


24,000.70


16,846.87


2,436.89 2,4


8,728.01


75,000.00


1,111.88


84,839.89


37,868.05


3,779.27


4,716.94 43,192.57 230.09


Ext. Sewers & Storm Drains-Art. 27 . Sewer Extension :


27,732.50


27,732.50


24,665.01


2,837.40


53.30


Reserve for Damages


270.57


191.88


462.45


Art. 14-Summer Street


5,700.00


5,700.00


5,700.00


Storm Drains


10,374.60


40,000.00


3,147.49


11,834.68


2,144.96


39,542.45


Storm Drains Hemlock & Pine Streets


482.82


482.82


Storm Drains Res. for Damages


48.20


194.79


242.99


242.99


Collection of Ashes, Rubbish, Offal


175,000.00


175,000.00


154,941.10


19,014.51


1,044.39


369


TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT


876.50 3.09


1,850.00


1,853.09


1,360.31


88.73


404.05


403.85


630.00


630.00


Sewer Maintenance


Sewer Extensions


Udine Street Area-Art. 15


53.30


53.30 462.45


200.00


Personal Services


3,673.00


3,673.00


Expense


412.38


861.75 1,816.43 146.86


Expense


53,522.09 482.82


.


APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES-Continued


Balance Dec. 31, 1952


Appropri - ation 1953


Other Credits


Total


Expended


Trans- ferred


Balance Dec. 31, 1953


Highway Maint. Wages, Mat. & Exp.


200,000.00 43,385.00


67.619.88


267,619.88


248,519.79


5,147.47


13,952.62


Highway Capital Outlay


20,912.00


2,235.00


66,532.00


47,096.30


7,732.40


11,703.30


1950 Street Construction


14,998.01


14,998.01


843.39


88.86


14,065.76


1951 Street Construction


61,532.26


40.72


61,572.98


5,044.64


616.28


55,912.06


1952 Street Construction


27,217.21


205,755.91


564.23


206,320.14


102,369.61


5,028.01


98,922.52


Construction-Fremont Street


2,277.40


2,277.40


90.09


2,187.31


Construction Columbia & Stowecroft Roads


2,274.93


2,274.93


2,274.93


Reserve for Damages - Columbia and Stowecroft Roads


1,000.00


1,000.00


1,000.00


1949 Fremont St. Constr. Res. Dam. . .


96.72


96.72


68.84


27.88


1950 St. Constr .- Res. for Damages


1,008.27


1,008.27


1,008.27


1951 St. Constr .- Res. for Damages


193.07


193.07


193.07


Repairs Bridge - Lowell St.


15,000.00


15,000.00


15,000.00


Alterations-Franklin St.


10,471.13


10,471.13


5,209.27


685.58


4,576.28


Easements in Land-Article 45


2,200.00


2,200.00


2,200.00


Easements in Land Fremont Street ..


500.00


500.00


500.00


Easements in Land Columbia and Stowecroft Roads


500.00


500.00


500.00


Easements in Land 1951


1,300.00


1,300.00


1,300.00


Easements in Land 1952


500.00


500.00


500.00


Easements in Land 1953


800.00


800.00


800.00


Reconstr. of Mass. Ave. & Mystic St.


847.45


847.45


847.45


Reconstr. Mass. Ave., Broadway and Lake Streets


2,308.23


2,308.23


2,308.23


Reconstr. Mass. Ave & Broadway


3,331.04


3,331.04


3,331.04


Relocation-Alt. & Wid., Broadway & Massachusetts Avenue


1,049.68


1,049.68


1,049.68


Reconstr. Mass. Ave., Medford and Pleasant Streets


9,068.37


26,330.13


35,398.50


35,054.91


279.10


64.49


Reconstr. Sts. & Sidewalks-Park Cir. & Ave.


1,705.94


1,705.94


1,318.50


339.45


47.99


Reconstr. Mass. Ave. or Summer St. . Reconstr. Forest St.


10,600.00


19,142.91


29,742.91


26,422.77


2,669.26


650.88


2,500.00


2,500.00


2,500.00


Alt. River St .- Reserve for Damages . Sidewalks & Edgestones .


7.18


7.18


7.18


11,810.15


20,000.00


411.44


32,221.59


25,897.22


2,484.56


3,839.81


370


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


27,217.21


7,652.88


40.44


19,523.89


1953 Street Construction


.


Sidewalks & Edgestones Summer and Forest Streets


2,832.75


2,832.75


2,832.75


Exterior Lines-Heath Rd. fr. Norcross Snow & Ice Removal


15.73


60,166.10


97.18 2,148.60


15.73 60,263.28 7,148.60


43,351.62 7,106.20 75,136.24


42.40 45.00


1,454.84


Ornamental Lighting Christmas


3,250.00


3,250.00


1,933.00


1,317.00


Traffic Signals:


Personal Services


8,295.16


8,295.16


7,936.12


348.16


10.88


Expense


5,080.00


5,080.00


3,838.47


833.46


408.07


Capital Outlay


4,066.69


2,050.00


6,116.69


3,272.81


1,600.94


1,242.94


Parking Meters:


6,948.83


6,948.83


5,062.94


1,885.89


Expense


2,015.00


2,056.75


1,851.78


204.97


Capital Outlay


1,966.35


3,200.00


5,166.35


1,283.50


3,882.85


Welfare:


Personal Services


29,428.71


161.13


29,589.84


29,589.84


Expense


2,800.00


164.31


2,964.31


2,735.20


229.11


10.22


Disability Assistance


37.000.00


612.00


37,612.00


34,529.35


3,082.65


Aid to Dependent Children-Aid


40,000.00


486.65


40,486.65


21,560.00


18,926.65


Old Age Assistance-Aid


360,000.00


4,233.48


364,233.48


337,330.69


26,902.79


District Nurses & Others


3,000.00


3,000.00


3,000.00


Veterans' Services:


10,078.50


10,078.50


9,804.10


274.40


Expense


1,770.00


1,770.00


1,280.30


489.70


Capital Outlay


150.00


150.00


146.70


3.30


Benefits-Relief-State Aid


28,750.00


486.26


29,236.26


26,718.50


35.09


2,482.67


Schools:


General Control


28,641.00


28,641.00


25,659.46


419.50


2,562.04


Instructional Services


1,238,798.00


1,241,054.66


1,206,212.51


4,369.44


30,472.71


Operation of Plant


187,295.00


2,567.50


189,862.50


171,218.22


9,366.49


9,277.79


Maintenance of Plant


113,060.00


267.44


113,327.44


84,048.86


15,830.16


13,448.42


28,510.00


28,510.00


25,084.62


1,991.61


1,433.77


45,231.00


30.08


45,261.08


33,776.73


4,619.87


6,864.48


Future Schools-Article 20


1,400.00


1,400.00


Teachers-Contributory Retirement


2,000.00


2,000.00


2,000.00


Schools-Vocational Tuition


2,216.79


4,760.00


6,976.79


2,628.25


4,348.54


Schools-Out-of-State Travel


1.94


200.00


201.94


199.77


2.17


Arl. State Aided Voc. School


500.00


814.09


1,314.09


1,131.37


182.72


Geo. H. Lowe Jr. Auditorium


16.55


16.55


16.55


Out-of-State Travel


200.00


200.00


189.78


Capital Outlay Aid


2,070.00


2,070.00


1,426.50


643.50


60,000.00


61.90


60,061.90


53,295.84


6,766.06


$


.


TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT


371


9,689.41


15.73 7,222.25


Maint. of Snow Removal Equipment


5,000.00


Street Lighting


76,636.08


76,636.08


Personal Services


41.75


.


.


2,256.66


Auxiliary Agencies & Activities Capital Outlay


1,400.00


Personal Services


APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES-Continued


Balance Dec. 31, 1952


Appropri- ation 1953


Other Credits


Total


Expended


Trans- ferred


Balance Dec. 31, 1953


Bishop School-Article 7


1,166.17


1,166.17


880.45


285.72


Committee-Plans for New School


308.81


308.81


Plans & Est. Imp. Jr. High West


699.85


699.85


699.85


Jr. High West Bldg. Committee .


19,564.95


19,564.95


19,564.95


Hardy School Bldg. Committee


532.10


532.10


532.10


Art. 54-Discharge of Moral Obligation


1,886.60


1,886.60


1,886.60


Study School Sites


4,000.00


4,000.00


4,000.00


Russell School Improvements


20,000.00


20,000.00


Physical Ed. Program


6,000.00


6,000.00


4,565.72


1,434.28


School Lunch Program


6,000.00


6,000.00


6,000.00


Library:


Personal Services Expense


83,046.50 37,669.00 4,850.00


28.62 2,000.00


10,398.25


5,293.11


5,105.14


Imp. & Reconstr. E. Arl. Br'nch Libr'y


6,925.20


6,925.20


6,624.35


300.85


Parks & Playgrounds:


65,600.00


1,739.80


67,339.80


63,130.80


.36


4,208.64


Expense


12,725.00


175.65


12,900.65


11,297.91


1,561.30


41.44


Capital Outlay


4,808.46


26,836.00


31,644.46


16,071.78


5,805.58


9,767.10


Out-of-State Travel


75.00


75.00


53.96


21.04


Acquisition of Land-Playgrounds


3,952.50


3,952.50


3,952.50


Warren A. Peirce Playground: Expense


2,190.00


2,056.90


80.75 742.00


52.35


Capital Outlay


43.74


2,190.00 6,825.00


458.71


7,327.45


6,585.45


Plans for Developing Robbins Farm


250.00


250.00


250.00


Waldo Rd. Playground Improvement


1,114.14


1,114.14


409.52


704.62


311.50


Memorial Day


1,800.00


1,800.00


1,799.83


.17


Maintenance of Menotomy Hall Expense


4,225.00


4,225.00


3,357.92


16.26


850.82


Workmen's Compensation


18,500.00


21,585.00


40,085.00


40,054.58


Pensions


67,529.55


74,802.47


74,802.47


Retirement Board-Cont. Ret. System


33,468.11


33,468.11


33,468.11


Printing Town Reports


2,594.43


2,594.43


2,594.43


372


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


..


.


.


83,046.50


81,180.60


81.60


1,784.30


37,697.62


36,204.28


1,479.91


13.43


Capital Outlay


3,548.25


2,959.00


2,959.00


2,647.50


400.00


5.00


405.00


405.00


3,497.50


3,497.50


3,347.50


150.00


Insurance-Fire-Liability- Burglary


..


30,300.00


135.07


30,435.07


26,144.68


4,290.39


2.10


28.32


7,272.92


. .


308.81


..


20,000.00


Personal Services and Wages


Public Wks. Repairs to Town Property Patriots' Day Observance


Maintenance Honor Roll Board


150.50


13,378.56


600.00 40,000.00


1,858.99


150.50 13,378.56 600.00 161,384.49 9,428.86


21.03 8,315.41 550.00 5,735.89 6,095.10 167,361.14


50.00 79.90


155,568.70 3,271.36


Article 6


71,478.05


162,000.00


3.75


233,481.80 138,744.28 19,401.62


119,132.12


14,121.16


5,491.00


Emergency Valve Insertions


470.92


12,500.00


13,117.19


2,605.49


8,778.19


1,733.51


6,257.77


75,000.00


4,907.92


86,165.69


71,468.33


4,607.18


10,090.18


Water Main. Sup. Line-Turkey Hill Standpipe


168.00


168.00


168.00


Water Ext. Reserve for Damages


652.36


652.36


652.36


Turkey Hill Water Main-Reserve for Damages


49.00


49.00


49.00


Cemetery :


Personal Services & Wages


44,579.84


39,682.75


4,897.09


Expense Capital Outlay


2,400.00


2,572.50


2,011.64


20.22


540.64


Acquisition of Land for Cemetery


141.82


141.82


141.82


Cemetery-Improvement of Land


2,807.22


11,500.00


14,307.22


12,238.80


1,025.13


1,043.29


Land for Ext. Mt. Pleasant Cemetery Purchase of Burial Rights


1,124.00


1,124.00


206.00


126.00


792.00


Interest


25,965.00


25,965.00


23,653.92


2,311.08


Town Debt


115,000.00


115,000.00


115,000.00


GRAND TOTALS


$477,872.42


$5,704,005.95


$202,059.95


$6,383,938.32


$5,132.193.70


$221,757.12


$1,029,987.50


TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT


129.47 5,063.15


Symmes Arl. Hospital Claims & Chgs. Marine Corps League


Ad. & Alt. Robbins Mem. Town Hall Repairs-Town Yard Building


9,428.86


62.40


66,120.66


Water Maint., Wages, Material & Exp. Water-House Connections ยท


130,000.00 17,000.00


8,744.28 2,401.62


9,619.71


9,531.73


250.18


470.92


470.92


Water Dept. Maint .- Capital Outlay .. Water Extensions


617.19


44,579.84 4,185.00


8,567.34 172.50


12,752.34


3,009.36


260.16


9,482.82


297.48


297.48


297.48


119,525.50


373


INDEX


Index to


General


Index


Accts. Report


A


Accountant Report


332


341


Animals, Inspector of, Reports


167


347


Appeals. Boards of, Report


141 342-345


Appropriations and Expenditures


64


Assessors. Board of, Report


236


341


Assets and Liabilities, Statement of


333


B


Balance Sheet, December 31, 1953


333


Betterment Assessment Collections


235


338


Births Registered for the year


133


Buildings, Inspector of, Report


185


345


Buildings, Insurance Fund, 1953


294


C


Cemeteries, Commissioners of, Report


160 360-361


Cemetery. Sale of Lots in


360


Charities


350-351


Civil Defense, Department of, Report


154


347


Clerk, Town, Report


131 342-343


Collector of Taxes, Statement of


235


Committees, Town, Appointed


9


Constables


7


Contributory Retirement System 219


D


Death Rate by Months


135


Dog Officer, Report


139


344


Dogs Registered 131


E


Election, Annual Town, March 2, 1953


41


Elections and Town Meetings, Payments


343


Engineer, Town Report


188 342-343


F


Finance Committee, Report


221 341


Fines and Forfeits


338


Fire Department, Report


229 344-345


Fire and Police Signal System


161


345


Fund, Annie L. Hill Poor Widows' 304


Fund, Maria L. Hill Poor Widows'


304


Fund, Children's Book


309


INDEX - Continued


General Index


Index to Accts. Report


Fund, Dexter Rawson Fay Library


311


Fund, Trustees of Elbridge Farmer 316


Fund, Ellen W. Hodgdon Library 309


Fund, Emma L. Sprague Library 310


Fund, Emma L. Sprague Poor Widows'


305


Fund, E. Nelson Blake, Jr., Memorial


Fund, E. S. Farmer Poor Widows'


301


Fund, E. S. Farmer Relief


301


Fund, Henry Mott Library 311


Fund, Julia Fillebrown 306


Fund, M. Helen Teele Library 312


Fund, Martha M. W. Russell School 306


Fund, Martha M. W. Russell Poor Widows' 303


Fund, Mary Cutter Poor Widows' 303


Fund, Municipal Buildings Insurance. 294


Fund, Nathan Pratt High School


298


Fund, Nathan Pratt Library 298


Fund, Nathan Pratt Poor Widows' 299


295


Fund, Robbins Cemetery 296


Fund, Robbins House Maintenance Fund 307


313


Fund, Robbins Library Print


313


Fund, Robbins Scholarship


317


Fund, Samuel C. Bucknam Cemetery 297


Fund, Sarah Ross Vaughn Memorial


310


Fund, Soldiers Monument 297


Fund, Francis E. Thompson Library


312


Fund, Francis E. Thompson Scholarship 315


Fund, Timothy Wellington Library 308


Fund, William Cutter School 305


Fund, Workmen's Compensation


293


G


General Government Expenditures. 341


Grants and Gifts 338


Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth Department, Report .. 166 347


H


Harvard, Survey of Schools, Report 170


Health, Board of, Report 223 346-347


Highway Division, Board of Public Works 261 348-349


Housing Authority


140


Fund, E. Nelson Blake Library


308


300


Fund, Perpetual Care, Cemeteries


Fund, Robbins Library Art


INDEX - Continued


Index to Accts.


General


Index


Report


I


Income Tax, State


336


Indebtedness, Municipal


360-361


Insurance, Payments


357


Interest


360-361


J


Jurors, List of


282


L


Librarian, Report 215


Libraries, Receipts and Payments


354-355


Library, Robbins, Report of Trustees


212


Licenses and Permits, Receipts


336


M


Maintenance, Supervisor of, Report


328


341


Manager, Report of


324


341


Marriages Registered for the Year


134


Medical Inspector, Report of


149


Meeting, Annual Town, March 16, 1953


54


Meeting, Special, July 27, 1953


111


Meeting. Special, October 7, 1953


123


Memorial Day, Payments


357


Milk, Inspector of, Report


226


347


Moth Department, Report


166


347


O


Officers. Town, Appointive


7


Officers, Town, Elective


5


P


Park Commission, Report


145 354-355


Payments, Departmental


341


Pensions and Annuities


355


Personnel Department, Report


186


341


Physician. Town, Report


149


Planning Board, Report


137


343


Police, Chief of, Report


241


344-345


Police Department, Officers and Men


241


Public Service Enterprises


358-359


Public Welfare, Dept. of, Report


208 350-351


Public Works, Dept. of, Report


259 343


Purchasing Dept., Report of


327 341


INDEX - Continued


Index to


General


Index


Accts. Report


R


Receipts, General Revenue


336


Receipts, Taxes


336


Recreation, Receipts and Payments


354-355


Registrars of Voters, Report


136


Resolution, Hallam T. Ring


117


Robbins Library, Report of Trustees


212


S


Sanitary Division, Dept. of Public Works


266 348-349


School Committee, Report


168


Schools, Receipts and Payments


352-353


Schools, Superintendent of, Report


170


Sealer of Weights and Measures, Report


144 345


Selectmen, Board of, Report


318


340-341


Sewer Division, Dept of. Public Works


267


349


Slaughtering, Inspector of, Report


226


Special Assessments


338


Statistics, General


4 207 237


Streets, Public and Private


189


T


Tax Rate, How Spent


239


Tax Rate, Recapitulation


236


Taxes


336


Town Clerk, Report


131


342-343


Town Counsel, Report


142


343


Town House Grounds, Report


166


343


Town Manager, Report of


324


341


Town Officers, Appointive


7


Town Officers, Elective


5


Town Records


11


Treasurer, Report


234 340-341


Tree Warden, Report


165


347


U


Unexpended Balances, Appropriation Accounts


364-365


Veterans' Services, Report of V 156 350-351


W


Water Division, Dept. of Public Works


270 358-359


Welfare, Public, Dept. of, Report


208 350-351


Wire Department, Report


164


345


Workmen's Compensation Insurance Fund


293


ARLINGTON ADVOCATE, Inc. Arlington, Mass.


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