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Appropriation
(Maintenance and General Account $190,233.30
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
245
*** Maintenance of Snow Removal Equipment, including Accounts Payable $6,507.16; Plowing Streets $15,809.06; Plowing Sidewalks, $1,853.55; Removal of Snow, including Accounts Payable $17,328.44; Sanding, including Accounts Payable $16,864.15; Holiday $96.13; Salt and Calcium $6,838.96. Note - Accounts Payable
Highway $ 2,807.86
Snow and Ice 3,566.07
$6,373.93
CAPITAL OUTLAY
Appropriation
$ 25,773.00
Balance brought forward
19,435.70
Expenditure
25,838.39*
Balance, December 31, 1954
$ 19,370.31
(Carried forward to 1955)
*1-10 Ton Holloway Jack
$ 201.14
4-7 Ton Iron Bus Stands
245.00
1- Front End Loader
5,600.00
1- Tapping Machine
172.26
1- Set Cutting Knives
305.50
1-2 Ton Truck Crane
255.95
4 - Salt Spreaders
2,202.34
1 - Nelson Snow Loader
9,123.80
1 - Diesel Powered Crawler Tractor
7,732.40
CONSTRUCTION OF WAYS
Appropriation
$251,846.26
Expenditure
159,341.20
Balance, December 31, 1954 (Carried forward to 1955)
$ 92,505.06
Expenditure
*Hillcrest Street from Fisher Road to Glenburn Road $ 9,364.71
*Huntington Road, from Park Avenue Extension to Wright Street
13,682.25
Marion Circle from Marion Road to its end Marion Road from Belknap Street to its end Mill Brook Drive from Mill Street to School Property,
12,053.84
23,961.44
*Morningside Drive, from Hutchinson Road to Melvin Road .. *Mountain Avenue from Overlook Road to Wheeler Lane
32,544.51
15,048.82
*Pleasant View Road from Jason Street to Hillsdale Road . . Raleigh Street, from Tufts Street to Harlow Street .. Walnut Terrace from end of accepted portion to Gray Street
27,021.37
*Westmoreland Avenue from Westminster Avenue to Crescent Hill Avenue
8,992.22
0
$159,341.20
*These streets constructed by Contract. All others by Department of Public Works.
All streets are complete with the exception of Walnut Terrace. Final payment has not been made on Westmoreland Avenue.
6,527.59
6,952.85
Land Damages
3,191.60
$ 45,208.70
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CONSTRUCTION OF WAYS (1953)
Balance brought forward Expenditure
$ 98,922.52
55,899.85
Balance, December 31, 1954 (Carried forward to 1955)
$ 43,022.67
Expenditure
Blossom Street, from Newland Road to Sunset Road Chatham Street, from Washington Street to Pheasant Avenue
$ 3,567.86
2,150.18
*Crosby Street, from Ridge Street to Columbia Road Heard Road, from Forest Street to Wright Street Morton Path, from Concord Turnpike to Spring Street Mott Street, from Parker Street to Littlejohn Street
7,897.28
1,619.23
0
0
*Ridge Street, from Mystic Street to Pamela Drive 39,029.79
Rockmont Road from Oakhill Drive to Richfield Road 1,635.51
$ 55,899.85
*Final payments have not been made.
RECONSTRUCTION OF STREETS
(RELOCATION, ALTERATION AND WIDENING, CONSTRUCTION OF, SPECIFIC REPAIRS UPON AND IMPROVEMENT OF ALL OR ANY PARTS OF APPLETON STREET OR FOREST STREET)
Appropriation
$ 12,000.00
Expenditure 82.55
Balance, December 31, 1954
$ 11,917.45
(Carried forward to 1955)
Note: Work in connection with this appropriation is to be performed early in 1955.
247
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
TABLE III
STORM DRAINS
Appropriation
$20,000.00
Balance brought forward . 39,785.44
$59,785.44
Expenditure 35,896.64
Balance December 31, 1954 (Carried forward to 1955)
$23,888.80
DESCRIPTION
Length in Feet
Size of Pipe in Inches
Net Cost
Appleton St. through Private Lands off Appleton St. at Udine Street .. * Huntington Road, from Wright St. to Alpine Street ** Marion Road, at Marion Circle Mill Brook Culvert (Final Contract payment not made)
294.1
12
106.6
12
231.0
24,326.99
** Mill Brook Drive, from Mill Street to High School
100.9
36
* Morningside Drive, from Hutchinson Road to Bradley Road
474.1
15
394.3
12
« Mountain Avenue, from Overlook Road to Wheeler Lane
489.5
12
* Pleasant View Road, from Hillsdale Road to Spring Street
524.9
12
* Private Lands, Spring Street to Con- cord Turnpike
103.0
12
** Private Lands, Marion Road Outlet Drain
239.1
12
* Spring Street, Pleasant View Road Outlet Drain
188.2
12
155.1
12
** Walnut Terrace, old end southerly Windmill Lane, from Morningside Drive westerly
221.3
12
3,041.03
* Windmill Lane, at Morningside Drive
28.7
12
* Wright Street, Outlet Drain for Huntington Road
190.6
12
1.692.63
# General Expense
3,741.4
$35,979.07
Credit- Increase in Wages - Article 16, Water System
Maintenance Craftsman - Water Meter Repairmen $ 1.16
Article 24-Laborers, etc 73.17
Article 25-Motor Equipment
Operator Grade I 8.10
82.43
$35,896.64
* Installed by Contractor in Connection with Street Construction. ** Installed by Town in Connection with Street Construction. #Stock-$1,141.32; Tools and Equipment-$349.27; Holiday-$202.04.
EXTENSION OF SEWERAGE SYSTEM AND STORM' DRAIN ARLINGTON HEIGHTS'
Balance brought forward
$230.09 230.09
Expenditure
Balance, December 31, 1954
0
$ 6,918.42
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TABLE IV
SANITATION DIVISION
Appropriation
Expenditure
$105,000.00 104,126.35
Balance, December 31, 1954
$ 873.65
Expenditure
Ashes, Paper and Rubbish
$100,639.37
Dump Maintenance, etc.
5,002.41
Accounts Payable
217.80
$105,859.58
Credit- Increase in Wages-Article 24-Laborers
$1,423.79
Credit- Increase in Wages-Article 25-
Motor Equipment Operator-Grade I 309.44 $ 1,733.23
$104,126.35
TABLE V
Appropriation
$35,000.00
Balance brought forward
43,655.02
Balance Special Appropriation Udine Street Area 53.30 . Balance Special Appropriation Extension of Sewerage System Summer Street 5,700.00
$84,408.32
Expenditure
39,326.30
Balance December 31, 1954 (Carried forward to 1955)
DESCRIPTION
Length in Feet
Size of Pipe in Inches
Net Cost
Appleton Street
. Through Private Lands off Appleton St. at Udine St.
$ 6,357.29
Appleton Street
. From Wadsworth Road northerly and from Udine Street to Modena Street
1,322.8
6,157.90*
Avola Street
From Udine Street westerly (started in 1953)
1,989.45 **
Avola Street . From center line on Ortona Street in a northerly direction (started in 1953)
Bow Street At Forest Street (started in 1953)
56.0
8
140.60
W
*** Brewster Road
From Mayflower Road westerly
178.2
8
*** Campbell Road
. From Dow Avenue to Wollaston Avenue
322.4
8
W
*** Cherokee Road
From Ridge Street southerly
112.0
8
W
*** Clyde Terrace
. From Forest Street easterly (Inspection only)
530.1
8
20.17
W
*** Fox Meadow Lane
.. From Ridge Street northerly
25.0
8
*** Frost Street .
. From. Morningside Drive easterly
80.9
8
Hodge Road
From present end to service lot #21
55.5
8
646.42
W
*** Lawrence Lane ¡Mill Brook Drive
117.0
8
* ** Moccasin Path
From Ridge Street northerly
25.0
8
** Morningside Drive
. From old end to M'elvin Road
137.3
8
W
*** Oldham Road
From Ridge Street northerly
25.0
8
Pamela Drive
. From old end southerly
132.0
8
1,073.53
W
Parker Road
In easement rear of lots on Robin Hood Road from existing main in easement to Parker Road
285.0
8
1,106.04
Ridge Street
. From present end approximately one hundred twenty feet north of Longmeadow Road in a northerly direction and from Moccasin Path to Oldham Road
744.7
8
9,818.55
*** Ridge Street
. At Cherokee Road
303.4
8
*** Ridge Street
From Overlook Road westerly
.
103.4
8
253.92
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
249
Robin Hood Road .. Install Manhole
. From Clyde Terrace northerly
420.0
8
.
1,177.41
W
W
$45,082.02
SEWER EXTENSIONS
TABLE V (Continued)
SEWER EXTENSIONS
Length in Feet
Size of Pipe in Inches
Net Cost
Summer Street . At Forest Street
63.0
8
1,393.23
W
Summer Street . From manhole in front of #297 in a southerly direction Sylvia Street . From Udine Street northerly
53.0
8
471.66
**
Wadsworth Road
. From Homer Road to Wollaston Avenue
917.1
8
*
.
*** Wright Street . . . From Thesda Street northerly
176.6
*** Wright Street
. From old end to Winchester line
924.9
8
W
W
Credit- Increase in Wages-Article 16, Water System
Maintenance Craftsman and Water Meter Repairman $ 24.10
Article 24, Laborers, etc. 165.43
Article 25, Motor Equipment Operator Grade I 12.80
202.33
$39,326.30
X Stock, $2,158.45: Tools and Equipment, $1,153,65; Miscellaneous, $3,735.24; Holiday, $528.76; Trench Repairs, $1,346.36
#Installed by Town in connection with Street Construction
##Installed by Contractor in connection with Street Construction ###Installed by Town of Winchester as an outlet sewer for Winchester
*This sum covers these two locations ** This sum covers these two locations
*** Installed by Developer "W" indicates water in same trench.
250
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
*** Yale Road
From Everett Street to River Street
370.8
8
8,922.46
X General Expense
7,481.1
$39,528.63
251
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
TABLE VI
SEWER MAINTENANCE DIVISION
Appropriation
$ 20,000.00
Expenditure
18,681.40
Balance, December 31, 1954
$ 1,318.60
Expenditure
Resurfacing Trenches
$ 373.15
Care and Repair of Particular Sewers
2,346.59
Care, Repair, Cleaning and Flushing Mains
11,661.96
Care and Repair of Sewer Pumps
2,253.16
Accounts Payable
244.00
Tools and Equipment
1,440.22
Accounts Payable
136.50
Holidays
469.32
$18,924.90
Credit- Increase in Wages-Article 16 Water System Maintenance Craftsman and Water Meter Repairmen $ 66.07
Credit- Increase in Wages-Article 24
Laborers . 161.79
Credit- Increase in Wages-Article 25
Motor Equipment Operator, Grade I 15.64
243.50
$18,681.40
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ARLINGTON WATER WORKS
Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Population by census of 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, 46,500.
2. Estimated population on lines of pipe, 46,500.
3. Estimated population supplied, 46,500.
4. Total consumption for the year, 1,096,022,000 gallons.
5. Percentage of consumption metered, 100 %.
6. Average daily consumption, 3,002,800.
7. Gallons per day per capita, 66.
Distribution
(including auxiliary supply from old Reservoir) Mains
Five thousand, seven hundred and twenty-seven feet of new water mains were laid during the year and one hundred and thirty- one feet of mains were re-laid during the year and connected with the Metropolitan System. Details of regular water main construc- tion 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, 5,727.
4. Number of feet renewed during year, 131.
5. Discontinued during year, None.
6. Total now in use, 111.808 miles.
7. Cost of repairs per miles, $121.38
8. Length of pipe less than 4 inches in diameter, 0.
9. Number of hydrants added during year, 13.
10. Number of hydrants now in use, 1180.
11. Number of stop gates added during year, 38.
12. Number of stop gates now in use, 2710.
13. Average pressure on mains at center of Town, 110 high system, 65 low system.
Services
Two hundred and twenty-six new services have been added dur- ing the year and one was abandoned. There are for all purposes, 4,149 on the low, 6393 on the high, and 3 on the old reservoir system. On the Metropolitan water supply there are 79 services for muni- cipal purposes, 36 sprinkler services, and 44 for sewer flushing pur- poses included in the above. On January 1, 1955, 234 services were temporarily out of use.
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DEPARTMENT 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, 226.
4. Number of services abandoned during year, 1.
5. Number of services now in use, 10,545.
6. Percentage of services metered, 100 %.
Meters
Two hundred and twenty-six meters were set during 1954 on services installed in 1953-1954. The total number of meters in use January 1, 1955-10,545.
TABLE VII
WATER MAINTENANCE DIVISION
Appropriation 1954
$130,000.00
Expenditure 1954
117,498.82
Accounts Payable
691.40
Balance 12/31/54
11,809.78
DISTRIBUTION OF EXPENDITURES
Maintenance
Renewal of Services & Mains
Expenditures $ 5,584.36
Services-Care & Repair
30,149.22
Meters-Care, Repair and Reading 24,813.90
Shop
1,802.72
Tools & Equipment
6,447.87
Hydrants & Gates Care & Repair
10,164.32
Mains - Care & Repair
3,276.27
Calgon Chamber
847.91
Reservoir & Great Meadows
587.70
Water Pressure Survey
3,699.25
Clean Mains & Services
4,138.78
Hydrant-Mass. Ave. at Moore Place 710.79
Moore Place Renewal
886.19
*General Expense
24,389.54
$117,498.82
* Sick Leave, $6,261.32; Holidays $3,018.62; Vacations $9,490.95; Miscellaneous $2,733.50; Wage Increase Credit-Article #16, W.S.M.C. & W.M. Repairmen $709.71; Article #24 Laborers $677.05, Article #25 M.E.O. Grade I $53.52.
254
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EXTENSION OF SERVICE HOUSE CONNECTIONS
Appropriation 1954 14,000.00 From Reserve Fund 2,000.00
16,000.00
Expenditure 1954
15,680.94
319.06
Balance 12/31/54 * Bills
7,350.58
Extension of Service
8,262.33
** General Expense
68.03
$ 15,680.94
*Installation on private property-reverts to Town Treasury. * * Holiday $224.34; Wage Increase Credit-Article #16- W.S.M.C. & W.M. Repairman $71.16, Article #25 M.E.O. Grade 1 $2.31, Laborers $82.84.
CAPITAL OUTLAY - METERS
$ 1,733.51
Appropriation 1954
10,800.00
12,533.51
Expenditure 1954
436.80
Accounts Payable
11,607.20
Balance 12/31/54
489.51
EMERGENCY VALVE INSERTIONS
Balance 1/1/54
$ 470.92
Expenditure 1954
000.00
Balance 12/31/54
470.92
Balance 1/1/54
TABLE VIII
Balance 1/1/54
$10,742.54
Appropriation 1954 ..
33,300.00
$44,042.54
Expenditure 1954
33,441.41
Balance 1/1/55
$10,601.13
EXTENSION OF HIGH SERVICE SYSTEM
DESCRIPTION
Size of Pipe in Inches
Length in Feet
Hydrants
Gates
Total Cost
1 Avola Street-Ortona Street nwly.
S®
6
16
1
2
1,224.17
1 Avola Street & Sylvia Street nly. & wly. from Udine Street .. Bow Street at Forest Street-crossover
8
76
2,566.98
2 Brewster Road-Mayflower Road westerly
8
172
589.81
3 Campbell Road-Dow Avenue to Wollaston Avenue
8
331
1
1
617.45
2 Clyde Terrace and Lawrence Lane-entire length
8
968
2
6
3,812.40
1 Dodge Street and Loraine Terrace-Forest to Loraine- Loraine entire length
S
126
1,590.78
1 Dothan Street-Thesda Street northerly
412.85
1 Frazer Road-west of Forest Street to Mill Lane Hodge Road-old end to lot #20
8
56
2
4
£
8
112
1
1
906.35
2 Ridge Street-Overlook Road northwesterly Ridge Street-old end to Oldham Road Summer Street at Forest Street-crossover
8
775
2
9
5,203.93
6
54
1
1,142.03
5 Wright Street-northeasterly from Thomas Street
8
538
1
2
1,504.66
S
529
1
2
2,779.75
2 Yale Road-River Street to Everett Street General Expense
7,295.35
Total High Service System
5,135
11
33
$32,581.65
.
8
961
4 Morningside Drive-old end to Melvin Road Pamela Drive-old end southwesterly
8
8
103
463.87
.
.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
255
6
51
1 113 3
165.54
2 Cherokee Road-old end to Ridge Street
8
107
1,517.83
787.90
4 Mill Brook Drive-Mill Street to rear of High School
160
EXTENSION OF LOW SERVICE SYSTEM
Moore Place-install hydrants 4 Raleigh Street-Tufts Street to Harlow Street
.
157
2
3
859.76
8
435
2
Total-Low Service System
592
2
5
859.76
Total Extensions
5727
13
38
$33,441.41
RENEWALS - LOW SERVICE SYSTEM
6 Moore Place
8
131
Total Renewals
131
Total Renewals and Extensions
5858
13
38
$33,441.41
1-To complete 1953 work.
2-Excavation and backfill by developer.
3-Entire installation by developer.
4-Installed by 1954 Street Construction.
5-Excavation and backfill by Town of Winchester.
6-Installed by Water Maintenance.
7-Stock $6,867.50; Tools & Equipment $206.56; Miscellaneous $61.36; Holidays $325.63; Wage Increase Credit Art. #16 W.S.M.C. -W.M. Repairmen $33.60; Article #24 Laborers $123.61; Article #25 M.E.O. Grade I $8.49.
S -- Indicates sewer in same trench.
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
256
.
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
Lngth. in Feet
Hy- drants
Gates
Lngth. in Feet
Hy- drants
Gates
Lngth. in Feet
Hy- drants
Gates
Lngth. in Feet
Hy- drants
Gates
Lngth. in Feet
Hy- drants
Gates
Lngth. in Feet
Hy- drants
Gates
16
2388
-
12
7339
37847
7747
1976
10
16497
1228
23038
2190
270
8
40945
32776
107489
44336
2156
6
103161
805
147369
1043
4175
5196
4
160
220
-
-
Totals
167942
415
839
34809
318291
755
1846
55316
8797
10
25
5196
1
Total length of mains in service-590351 ft .- 111.808 miles
Total number of gates in service-2710
Total number of hydrants in service-1180
-
258
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WATER DIVISION
Receipts for Water Consumed
Year
1945
$184,167.25
1946
195,616,20
1947
187,851.78
1948
182,015.78
1949
181,890.59
1950
203,029.48
1951
200,029.08
1952
212,670.61
1953
223,759.82
1954
244,397.67
Percentage of Receipts from metered water, 88.49 %
WATER RATES COMMITTED DURING 1954
January 1
$ 37,639.62
February 1
6,105.36
March 1
11,613.66
April 1
24,606.49
May
17,789.67
June
19,839.67
July 1
27,157.96
August 1
20,741.98
September 1
24,239.68
October 1
32,095.61
November 1
20,682.81
December 1
20,359.81
$262,872.32
VALUE OF WATER FURNISHED FREE TO TOWN DEPARTMENTS:
School
$ 3,346.39
Selectmen
2,771.83
Cemetery
1,816.75
Library
163.75
Park
2,123.97
Public Works
1,815.30
$ 12,037.99
259
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
1954 EXPENDITURES
Water Maintenance
$118,190.22
House Connections 15,680.94
Capital Outlay-Meters 12,044.00
Water Extensions 33,441.41
* Metropolitan Assessment 92,953.36
$272,309.93
*Payment in 1954 for consumption of 1,161,917,000 gallons in 1953 @ $80.00 per one million gallons.
Payment in 1955 will be $87,681.76 for consumption of 1,096,022,000 gallons in 1954 @ $80.00 per one million gallons.
*1954 RECEIPTS
Rates $244,397.67
Miscellaneous 729.50
Liens
1,275.53
House Connections
8,149.65
Water Main Relay-Moore Place
755.23
$255,305.78
UNPAID DECEMBER 31, 1954
Rates
$ 31,773.78
Miscellaneous
10.00
Liens added to taxes
234.64
$32,018.42
*Includes rates committeed in 1953.
TABLE X
CONSTRUCTION OF WAYS (1952)
Balance brought forward $ 19,523.89
Expenditure
0
Balance, December 31, 1954 $ 19,523.89 (Carried forward to 1955)
CONSTRUCTION OF WAYS (1951)
Balance brought forward $ 56,105.13
Returned to Treasury 193.07
Balance, December 31, 1954
$ 55,912.06 (Carried forward to 1955)
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CONSTRUCTION OF WAYS (1950)
Balance brought forward
Expenditure $ 83.48
..
$
15,157.51
Returned to Treasury 1,008.27 1,091.75
Balance, December 31, 1954 $ 14,065.76
(Carried forward to 1955)
RECONSTRUCTION OF STREETS (1953)
(RELOCATION, ALTERATION AND WIDENING, CONSTRUCTION OF, SPECIFIC REPAIRS UPON AND IMPROVEMENT OF ALL OR ANY PART OF MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE OR SUMMER STREET)
Balance brought forward $ 3,150.88
Expenditure 0
Balance, December 31, 1954 $ 3,150.88 (Carried forward to 1955)
RECONSTRUCTION OF STREETS (1952)
(RELOCATION, ALTERATION AND WIDENING, CONSTRUCTION OF SPECIFIC REPAIRS UPON AND IMPROVEMENT OF ALL OR ANY PART OF MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, MEDFORD STREET AND PLEASANT STREET)
Balance brought forward
$
64.49
Expenditure
0
Balance, December 31, 1954
$
64.49
(Carried forward to 1955)
RECONSTRUCTION OF STREETS (1952) SIDEWALKS AND EDGESTONES - PARK CIRCLE
Balance brought forward $ 47.99
Expenditure 0
Balance, December 31, 1954
(Carried forward to 1955) $ 47.99
261
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
RECONSTRUCTION OF STREETS (1951)
(RELOCATION, ALTERATION, AND WIDENING, CONSTRUCTION OF, SPECIFIC REPAIRS UPON AND IMPROVEMENT OF ALL OR ANY PART OF BROADWAY, MYSTIC STREET, PARK AVENUE, MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE OR PLEASANT STREET)
Balance brought forward $ 1,049.68 0
Expenditure
Balance, December 31, 1954 $ 1,049.68
(Carried forward to 1955)
SIDEWALKS AND EDGESTONES
Appropriation $ 20,000.00
Balance brought forward 3,839.81
$23,839.81
Expenditure
3,169.41
Balance, December 31, 1954 $ 20,670.40 (Carried forward to 1955)
CONSTRUCTION OF WAYS (1949)
Balance brought forward $ 3,274.93
Returned to Treasury 3,274.93
December 31, 1954
$
0
CONSTRUCTION OF FREMONT STREET (1949)
Balance brought forward
$ 2,374.12
Expenditure
$ 158.93
Returned to Treasury
2,215.19 2,374.12
December 31, 1954
$ 0
REPAIR OF BUILDINGS TOWN YARD
Balance brought forward
$ 3,271.36
Expenditure
3,271.36
December 31, 1954
$ 0
262
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
EXTENSION OF STORM DRAIN HEMLOCK AND PINE STREETS
Balance brought forward $ 482.82
Returned to Treasury 482.82
December 31, 1954 $ 0 ..
ALTERATION OF RIVER STREET (1941)
Balance brought forward $ 7.18
Expenditure
0
December 31, 1954 Balance $ 7.18
(Carried forward to 1955)
WATER MAIN SUPPLY LINE TURKEY HILL (1944)
Balance brought forward $ 49.00
Expenditure 0
December 31, 1954 Balance $ 49.00
(Carried forward to 1955)
ADDITION TO AND ALTERATIONS ROBBINS MEMORIAL TOWN HALL
Balance brought forward $155,568.70
Expenditure 11,721.84
Balance, December 31, 1954 $143,846.86 (Carried forward to 1955)
ALTERATION OF TOWN WAY - FRANKLIN STREET (1953)
Balance brought forward $ 4,576.28
Returned to Treasury 4,576.28
December 31, 1954 $ 0
REPAIRS PARK AVENUE BRIDGE
Appropriation $ 2,800.00 Expenditure 0
Balance, December 31, 1954
$ 2,800.00 (Carried forward to 1955)
Note - Work completed by Boston and Maine Railroad. Bill to be paid early in 1955.
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
REPAIRS TO BRIDGE LOWELL STREET (1953)
Balance brought forward
$ 15,000.00
Expenditure
$ 1,000.00
Returned to Treasury
14,000.00 15,000.00
December 31, 1954
$ 0
INCREASE IN WAGES - WATER SYSTEM
MAINTENANCE CRAFTSMEN AND WATER METER REPAIRMEN
Appropriation
$ 1,815.60 1,370.44
Expenditure
Balance, December 31, 1954
$ 445.16
INCREASE IN WAGES - LABORERS, ETC.
..... $ 6,924.16 Expenditure ....
INCREASE IN WAGES MOTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATOR GRADE I
Expenditure
$
1,096.72
GROUP LIFE INSURANCE FOR TOWN EMPLOYEES
Expenditure
$
859.10
SPECIAL COMPENSATION FOR TOWN OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
Expenditure
$ 29,486.97
I would like, in behalf of the Department, to thank the Board of Selectmen; the various Boards and Commissioners of the Town; Town Officials and Department heads for their co-operation and assistance.
To all male employees and to our administrative staff my sin- cere appreciation.
I wish to gratefully acknowledge the confidence placed in me by our Town Manager, Mr. Monahan, and to assure him of my unqualified support in any venture he may undertake to make Ar- lington a better Town.
Respectfully submitted, FRANCIS N. O'HARA Acting Superintendent of Public Works
264
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
Report of the Public Welfare Department
January 13, 1955
Honorable Edward C. Monahan, Town Manager, Town Hall,
Arlington, Massachusetts.
Dear Mr. Monahan:
I herewith submit my report for the Public Welfare Depart- ment for the year ending December 31, 1954.
CASE LOAD PER MONTH
Welfare Aid
Old Age Assistance
Aid to Dependent Children
Disability Assistance
January
49
562
28
45
February
55
561
27
47
March
56
562
27
47
April
54
562
28
46
May
50
559
27
44
June
52
560
26
46
July
51
558
25
44
August
56
558
22
41
September
50
551
22
43
October
53
549
24
44
November
56
546
23
42
December
67
542
25
41
MEDICAL and DENTAL CLINIC
658 visits were made to our Medical Clinic by recipients who had established their eligibility to receive assistance under one of the four categories listed below:
Summary:
Welfare
143
Old Age Assistance
371
Aid to Dependent Children
119
Disability Assistance
25
658
338 visits were made to the Clinic for Dental Care.
WELFARE AID
Total Expenditures
$ 41,622.59*
Less Reimbursements :
State
$ 1,826.27
Cities and Towns 4,546.31
Individuals and Estates
0.00
6,372.58
Net Expenditures
$ 35,250.01
*$7,338.09 paid to other Cities and Towns included in this amount.
Welfare Aid was granted to 98 cases, including 182 persons.
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REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WELFARE DEPT.
SETTLEMENT STATUS - WELFARE AID
Arlington 57
State 16
Other Cities and Towns .... 25
98
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Total Expenditures $526,708.97*
Less Reimbursements and Grants:
Federal Grants $231,703.53 **
State
222,862.76
Cities and Towns 683.99
Individuals and Estates
16,046.98
($17,988.20 less 1,941.22 Transfer to Federal Grants )
471,297.26
Net Expenditures $ 55,411.71
* $ 8,078.80 paid to other Cities and Towns included in this amount.
** $212,528.09 total Federal Grants received in 1954.
$ 17,234.22 carry-over from 1953.
$ 1,941.22 transfer from 1954 Recoveries.
$295,005.44 expended from Town Appropriation.
$526,708.97 Total Expenditures
CASE LOAD SUMMARY
Cases Jan. 1, 1954 566
New Cases 77
Total Case Load 643
Cases Closed 101
Cases December 31, 1954
542
SETTLEMENT STATUS
Arlington 396
State (Unsettled) 125
Other Cities and Towns 122
643
REASONS FOR DISCONTINUANCE
Death 56
Moved from Arlington 27
Sufficient Income 10
Transferred to Institution 5
Returned to Employment 1
Eligible under another Category .... 1
Sale of property 1
101
266
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Total Expenditures $ 29,175.88
Less Reimbursements and Grants: Federal Grants $ 14,065.62 ***
State 11,208.21
Individuals 0.00 25,273.83
Net Expenditures $ 3,902.05 *** $13,309.46 Total Federal Grants received in 1954.
Less 894.80 Credited to Administration.
$12,414.66 1,650.96 Carry-over from 1953.
15,110.26 Expended from Town Appropriation.
$29,175.88 Total Expenditures.
38 families were aided under this category of relief, including 101 persons, 63 children under 16 years of age, and 9 children be- tween 16 and 18 years of age and attending school.
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