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CAPITAL OUTLAY
Appropriation
$55,000.00
Balance brought forward
500,00
$55,500.00
Expenditure.
54,833.53
Balance, December 31, 1961.
$ 666.47* (Carried forward to 1962)
Expenditure
2 - 30,000 lb. Trucks with 5-yard Dump Bodies .
$14,132.00
1 - 30,000 1b. Cab and Chassis with 18-yard Load Packer Body .
11,239.00
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1 - 1 Ton Cab and Chassis with Special Utility Body . $ 3,712.53
2 - 1/2 Ton Pick-up Trucks .. 3,195.00
1 - Traxcavator with 1-3/4 yard Bucket . 17,000.00
1 - Four Door Sedan . . 1,730.00
1 - 2 Ton Roller - Trailer Type
3,825.00
$54,833.53
* $500.00 Carried forward to 1962.
MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC SIDEWALKS (RECONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF PERMANENT SIDEWALKS AND RESETTING OF EDGESTONES UPON THE PUBLIC WAYS OF THE TOWN) Article 26 - 1961
Appropriation
$10,000.00 15,079.90
Balance brought forward
631.00
Expenditure.
19,263.23
Balance, December 31, 1961. (Carried forward to 1962)
$ 6,447.67
CONSTRUCTION OF WAYS (1961) (Article 41)
Appropriation
$205,400.00
Expenditure.
147,557.65
Balance, December 31, 1961.
$ 57,842.35
(Carried forward to 1962)
Expenditure
** Arrowhead Lane, from Longmeadow Road to Old Colony Road
$ 10,909.17
** Candia Street, from Washington Street to Spring Street.
9,417.59
Crosby Street, from Columbia Road to 270 ft. south of College Avenue
14,146.55
Granton Park, from Fremont Street to Norcross Street .
8,820.44
* Hemlock Street, from end of acceptance to Yerxa Road . Lowell Street Place, from Lowell Street to the Boston and Maine Railroad. . 9,488.84
14,955.13
Norcross Street, from North Union Street to Gardner St. 23,275.79
** Old Colony Road, from Windmill Lane to Cherokee Road
40,176.03
** Old Middlesex Path, from Old Colony Road to #20 and #21
16,368.11
$147,557.65
* Constructed by Contract
** Constructed by Contract. Final payment not made on these streets. Balance of streets constructed by Department of Public Works.
Credit from Article #6
$25,710.90
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CONSTRUCTION OF WAYS (1961) (Article 54)
Appropriation Expenditure.
$40,300.00
26,964.22
Balance, December 31, 1961. (Carried forward to 1962)
$13,335.78
Expenditure
Candia Street, from Washington Street to Charles Street . . . .
$ 26.08
Clyde Terrace, from Forest Street to Washington Street . 11,812.78
Florence Avenue, from #262 to its end . . .
26,08
Hathaway Circle, from Florence Avenue to Florence Avenue . Mead Road, from Pine Street to Charles Street .
11,141.87
Oldham Road, from Country Club Drive to Ridge Street.
26.08
Osceola Path, from Ridge Street to its end .
1,420.08
Ridge Street from Pawnee Drive to its end
1,732.20
Washington Street, from Gay Street to Clyde Terrace .
616.20
Windmill Lane from Morningside Drive to Old Colony Road . . Yerxa Road, from Hemlock Street to Ridge Street
26.08
$26,964.22
These streets were constructed by Developers and accepted by the Town with the above expenditures.
CONSTRUCTION OF WAYS (1960) (Article 52 - 1960)
Balance brought forward .
$61,094.18
Expenditures $10,542.17
Returned to Treasury 45,000.00 55,542.17
Balance, December 31, 1961.
$ 5,552.01
(Carried forward to 1962)
CONSTRUCTION OF WAYS (1960) (Article 63 - 1960)
Balance brought forward . $17,601.41
Expenditure.
1,574.58
Balance, December 31, 1961.
(Carried forward to 1962)
$16,026.83
RECONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN STREETS Chapter 90 - 1961 (Article 29 - 1961)
(RELOCATION, ALTERATION, AND WIDENING, CONSTRUCTION OF, SPECIFIC REPAIRS UPON AND IMPROVEMENT OF ALL OR ANY PARTS OF MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, MYSTIC STREET, PARK AVENUE AND WARREN STREET)
Appropriation Expenditure.
$42,100.00
0
Balance, December 31, 1961.
$42,100.00
(Carried forward to 1962)
110.69
26.08
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RECONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN STREETS Chapter 90 - 1960 (Article 41 - 1960)
(RELOCATION, ALTERATION, AND WIDENING, CONSTRUCTION OF, SPECIFIC REPAIRS UPON AND IMPROVEMENT OF ALL OR ANY PARTS OF RIVER STREET, MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE AND PARK AVENUE)
Balance brought forward $31,267.64
Received from State .
23,703.20
Received from County 11,851.59
$66,822.43
Expenditure.
64,019.48
Balance, December 31, 1961.
(Carried, forward to 1962)
$ 2,802.95
RELOCATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF MYSTIC STREET Chapter 90 - 1959 (Article 24 - 1959)
(RELOCATION, ALTERATION, AND WIDENING, CONSTRUCTION OF, SPECIFIC REPAIRS UPON AND IMPROVEMENT OF ALL OR ANY PARTS OF MYSTIC STREET)
Balance brought forward $14,270.91
Received from State .
4,114.44
Received from County . 3.545.42
$21,930.77
Expenditure. .
21,930.77 0
RECONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN STREETS Chapter 90 - 1958 (Article 48 - 1958)
(RELOCATION, ALTERATION, AND WIDENING, CONSTRUCTION OF, SPECIFIC REPAIRS UPON AND IMPROVEMENT OF ALL OR ANY PARTS OF PLEASANT STREET AND PARK AVENUE)
Balance brought forward $ 7,608.02
Expenditure.
7,608.00
Balance, December 31, 1961. .02
RECONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN STREETS Chapter 90 - 1957 (Article 46 - 1957)
(RELOCATION, ALTERATION, AND WIDENING, CONSTRUCTION OF, SPECIFIC REPAIRS UPON AND IMPROVEMENT OF ALL OR ANY PARTS OF MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, MYSTIC STREET AND SUMMER STREET)
Balance brought forward $ 817.78
Expenditure.
817.78
December 31, 1961
0
December 31, 1961
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RECONSTRUCTION OF STREETS Chapter 90 - 1956 (Article 41 - 1956)
(RELOCATION, ALTERATION, AND WIDENING, CONSTRUCTION OF, SPECIFIC REPAIRS UPON AND IMPROVEMENT OF ALL OR ANY PARTS OF MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, BETWEEN CAMBRIDGE AND LEXINGTON)
Balance brought forward Expenditure. . .
$ 4,101.07
4,101.07
December 31, 1961
0
ALTERATION OF MILL STREET (Article 38 - 1961)
(ALTERATION OF THE WAY KNOWN AS MILL STREET ON THE NORTHEASTERLY CORNER OF MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE)
$ 7,500.00
Appropriation Expenditure.
5,400.95
Balance, December 31, 1961.
(Carried forward to 1962)
$ 2,099.05
ALTERATION OF JASON STREET (Article 39 - 1961)
(ALTERATION OF THE WAY KNOWN AS JASON STREET, ON THE SOUTHWESTERLY CORNER OF MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE)
Appropriation
Expenditure. .
$ 2,000.00 2,000.00
December 31, 1961 .
0
SERVICE ROADWAY - SPY POND FIELD
(CONSTRUCT A PERMANENT SERVICE ROAD BETWEEN WELLINGTON STREET AND POND LANE ON TOWN PROPERTY KNOWN AS SPY POND FIELD) (Article 29 -1960)
Balance brought forward $23,707.17
Expenditure. .
3,829.26
Balance, December 31, 1961.
(Carried forward to 1962)
$19,877.91
ALTERATION OF PARK AVENUE EXTENSION
(ALTERATION OF PARK AVENUE EXTENSION ON THE WESTERLY CORNER OF SUMMER STREET) (Article 42 - 1960)
Balance brought forward $ 1,473.74 Expenditure.
December 31, 1961
1,473.74
0
STORM DRAINS
TABLE III
Appropriation
$20,000.00
Balance brought forward .
1,891.91
Credit from Article #6 .
315.00
$22,206.91
Expenditure. .
15,307.54
Balance, December 31, 1961. . $ 6,899.37 (Carried forward to 1962)
Size of Pipe in Inches
Length in Feet
Net Cost
Beverly Road, Lower Catch Basin Grate at #27
$ 699.67
Brattle Place. .
124.99
Candia Street, Washington Street to King Street
12
186
** Cherokee Road, from Old Colony Road to Old Middlesex Path.
12
577
** * Clyde Terrace, from Forest Street southeasterly, including Forest Street, Outlet .
12
768
College Avenue, excavate for 4 Catch Basins.
676.04
Egerton Road, Repair Catch Basin at #65
58.70
Epping Street, through Private Lands to Hemlock Street George Street, from present end approximately 50 feet east of Rhinecliff Street
12
260
534.91
Heath Road, Install 2 Gratings
299.36
Hiawatha Road, from Tower Road northeasterly. Hodge Road, from Upland Road West northerly .
12
330
12
747
*** Mead Road, from Pine Street to Charles Street . Melvin Road Outlet, from Melvin Road to Ridge Street Mystic Valley Parkway at Davis Avenue, incomplete. Mystic Valley Parkway at Kimball Road, incomplete.
12
250
118.92
*** Norcross Street, from old end easterly
12
148 )
15
28 )
42
224
4,325.20
12
565 )
15
363 )
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*
15
179
1,465.67
North Brook, from Reed Street northeasterly, incomplete .
** Old Colony Road, from Windmill Lane to Old Middlesex Path
TABLE III (Continued)
STORM DRAINS
Size of Pipe in Inches
Length in Feet
Net Cost
** Old Middlesex Path, from Old Colony Road to Cherokee Road. .
12
282
Orvis Circle at Brooks Avenue, Install Catch Basin
*** Osceola Path, Ridge Street to Tomahawk Road. . Pheasant Avenue Northerly through Private Lands
12
399
15
62 )
18
56)
1,993.64
**** Pond Lane, from Pond Lane Extension to Spy Pond.
12
42
391.40
12
124
15
68
# General Expense .
4,275.75
$15,307.34
* Installed by Developer.
* * Installed by Contractor in connection with Street Construction.
*** Installed by Town in connection with Street Construction.
**** Installed by Town in connection with "Service Roadway, Spy Pond Field".
# Stock, $3,174.28; Miscellaneous and Tools and Equipment, $954.01; Holidays, $147.46.
STORM DRAIN - DAY STREET - DOW AVENUE
Appropriation
·
$ 2,850.00
Expenditure. .
2,016.59
Balance, December 31, 1961.
$ 833.41 . (Carried forward to 1962)
·
Installed 152 feet of 12" main from Day Street through Private Lands to Dow Avenue
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$ 343.29
Town Hall Grounds . Upland Road West, from Ridge Street to Hodge Road. Windmill Lane, from present end to Old Colony Road
IMPROVEMENT OF DRAINAGE SYSTEM
Appropriation Credit from Article #6
$25,000.00 315.00
$25,315.00
Expenditure. .
21,125.74
Balance, December 31, 1961. . (Carried forward to 1962)
$ 4,189.26
Under Contract the following storm drain mains were installed in Elmhurst Road from Massachusetts Avenue to the Boston & Maine Railroad, through Private Lands to Spy Pond - 94 ft. 18"; 184 ft. 27"; 784 ft. 30"; 134 ft. 42".
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TABLE IV
SANITATION DIVISION
Appropriation
Credit from Articles 6 and 10.
$190,520.00 5,584.00
$196,104.00
(Labor $146,226.00 Expenses 49,878.00)
Expenditure.
194,466.48
Balance, December 31, 1961.
$ 1,637.52
Expenditure
Ashes, Paper and Rubbish
$134,952.13
Maintenance of Sanitary Landfill Areas
39,510.66
Sick Leave
8,802.30
Vacation and Holidays
11,201.39
$194,466.48*
* Labor
Expenses
$144,607.87 49,858.61
GARBAGE DISPOSAL
Expenditure, from December 1 to December
31, 1961, including Accounts Payable
$6,798.58
TABLE V
SEWER EXTENSIONS
Appropriation .
$25,000.00
Balance brought forward. 1,801.83
Credit from Article #6 . 378.00
$27,179.83
Expenditure . .
15,439.54
Balance, December 31, 1961 . (Carried forward to 1962)
$11,740.29
Size of Pipe in Inches
Length in Feet
Net Cost
College Avenue, Sewer Connections . Dow Avenue, Sewer Manholes to grade - Dow Avenue Pump Chamber
Drake Road . .
8
176
Epping Street, from old end to near Governor Road
8
363
W
Fabyan Street, from Hemlock Street to near Pheasant Avenue Gould Road, Install New Pump Controls, incomplete . Hiawatha Road, from Tower Road to its end
8
288
W
Hodge Road, from Upland Road West to Melvin Road
8
580
1,293.87 W
Intervale Road .
8
38
Intervale Road, Raise manhole
8
140
452.16
Melvin Road, from #55 to #67 .
8
298
W
Melvin Road Outlet, through Private Lands to Ridge Street
8
257
8
21
W
8
141
798.94
Rublee Street, from Williams Street, northwesterly
8
134
8
272
W
323.74
8
130
1,373.24 W
6
123
W
·
$ 579.00
387.10
8
252
2,565.44 W
89.48
125.48
Lake Shore Drive, from Robin Hood Road northeasterly Medford Street, Replace 2 Manholes
239.66
** Norcross Street, at Heath Road. . . Pheasant Avenue, from existing main in Overlook Road northwesterly Reed Street, Install Force Main from Summer Street to North Brook, incomplete .
1,355.78 870.23 W
Rublee Street, Sylvia Street westerly . Stowecroft Road, Install Sewer Manhole north of Columbia Road . Sylvia Street, from #246 southerly.
* Third Street, from Peck Avenue to Perth Road
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
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TABLE V (Continued)
SEWER EXTENSIONS
Size of Pipe in Inches
Length in Feet
Net Cost
Wilbur Avenue, old end to Ely Road . . Wollaston Avenue, from Wilbur Avenue to near Peck Avenue
# General Expense
8
202
W W
8
152
$ 4,985.42
$15,439.54
* Installed by Developer.
** Installed by Town and Developer *** Installed by Town in connection with Street Construction.
**** Installed by Private Contractor.
# Stock, $1,183.83; Tools and Equipment, $2,109.29; Miscellaneous, $1,649.13; Holiday, $43.17.
"W" Indicates Water in same trench
SANITARY SEWER - MADISON AVENUE
Appropriation
$6,600.00
Expenditure. .
6,115.22
Balance, December 31, 1961. (Carried forward to 1962)
Installed 681 feet of 8" main through Private Lands to Montague Street
$ 484.78
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261
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
TABLE VI
SEWER MAINTENANCE DIVISION
Appropriation . Credit from Article #6
$33,000.00
820.00
$33,820.00
(Labor $20,620.00 13,200.00)
Expenses
Expenditure (including Accounts Payable) .
33,631.26
Balance, December 31, 1961.
$ 188.74
Expenditure
Resurfacing. .
$ 303.19
Accounts Payable .
6.61
Care and Repair of Particular Sewers
3,713.38
Care and Repair of Mains
19,275.92
Accounts Payable .
307.00
Care and Repair of Sewer Pumps
5,667.84
Accounts Payable .
325.85
Tools and Equipment.
3,340.83
Accounts Payable .
332.00
Holidays .
358.64
$33,631.26
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ARLINGTON WATER WORKS Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Population by census of 1961, 49,953 Date of Construction Low Service System, 1872; High Service, 1894.
By whom owned, Town of Arlington.
Source of Supply - Metropolitan Water System.
Consumption
1. Estimated total population at date, 50,500.
2. Estimated population on lines of pipe, 50,500.
3. Estimated population supplied, 50,500.
4. Total consumption for the year 1,723,749,000.
5. Percentage of consumption metered, 100%.
6. Average Daily Consumption 4,722,600.
7. Gallons Per Day Per Capita, 93.
Distribution (Including Auxiliary Supply from Old Reservoir)
Mains
Five thousand, two hundred eighty-one (5,281) feet of new water mains were laid during the year and two hundred eighteen (218) feet of mains were re-laid during the year and connected with the Metropolitan System. Details of regular water main installation 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, 5,281.
4. Number of feet renewed during year, 218.
5. Discontinued during year, 218.
6. Total now in use, 122.61 miles.
7. Cost of repairs per mile, $172.38.
8. Length of pipe less than 4 inches in diameter, 0.
9. Number of hydrants added during year, 14.
10. Number of hydrants now in use, 1,317.
11. Number of stop gates added during year, 36.
12. Number of stop gates now in use, 3,085.
13. Average pressure on mains at center of Town, 110 high system, 80 low system.
Services
One hundred seventy-six (176) services have been added during the year and seven abandoned. There are for all purposes, 4314 on the low, 7664 on the high and 5 on the old Reservoir system. On the Metropolitan water supply there are 95 for municipal purposes, 45 sprinkler services, and 50 for sewer flushing purposes included in the above. On January 1, 1962 there were 190 services temporarily out of use.
1. Kind of pipe: copper, cement-lined, black wrought iron, lead and 3" to 6" cast iron and transite.
2. Sizes, 1 inch to 6 inch.
3. Number of service taps added during year, 176.
4. Number of services abandoned during year, 7.
5. Number of services now in use, 11,976.
6. Percentage of services metered, 100%.
Meters
One hundred seventy-six (176) meters were set during 1961 on services installed in 1960-1961. The total number of meters in use January 1, 1962 was 11,976.
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TABLE VII
WATER MAINTENANCE DIVISION
Appropriation 1961
Labor.
$110,000.00
Expenses
44,000.00
$154,000.00
Article #6
4,367.00
Article #12
133,50
$158,500.50
Expenditures - 1961
Labor.
110,490.13
Expenses
46,347.82
$156,837.95
Balance, December 31, 1961.
$
1,662.55
Accounts Payable
$ 837.15
DISTRIBUTION OF EXPENDITURES
Maintenance
Expenditures
Services - Care, Repair and Renewals
$ 63,024.32
Meters - Care, Repair and Reading .
28,184.73
Shop.
7,301.25
Tools and Equipment.
3,840.01
Hydrants and Gates - Care and Repair
7,179.18
Mains - Care and Repair
13,956.48
Calgon Chamber.
1,386.76
Reservoir and Great Meadows
934.40
*General Expenses.
31,030.82
$156,837.95
*Stock, $11,993.71; Vacations, $6,189.44; Sick Leave, $4,889.74; Miscellaneous, $4,641.96.
CAPITAL OUTLAY
Balance, January 1, 1961
$ 15,636.94
Appropriation 1961 . 19,986,00
$ 35,622.94
Expenditure 1961
32.491,76
Balance December 31, 1961
$ 3,131.18
EXTENSION OF SERVICES - HOUSE CONNECTIONS
Appropriation 1961
Labor.
$ 4,300.00
Expenses
9,950.00
Article #6
189.00
$ 14,439.00
Expenditures 1961
*Bills
$ 4,930.43
Extension of Service .
9,234.05
** General Expense
265.69
$ 14,430.17
Balance December 31, 1961
$ 8.83
* Installation on private property - Reverts to Town Treasury
** Holidays $84.94; Stock $180.75.
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ARTICLE #38
Balance January 1, 1961
$ 5,434.09
Article #6 . 1
63.00
$ 5,497.09
Expenditure 1961
Labor.
$ 425.53
Expenses
3,581.57 $ 4,007.10
Balance December 31, 1961
$ 1,489.99
IMPROVEMENT OF VOLUMES AND PRESSURES
Replacing Hydrants.
$ 729.81
Cleaning Mains 3.277.29
$ 4,007.10
TABLE VIII
Balance brought forward.
$17,855.83
Appropriation 1961 25,000.00
Article #6 .
694.00
43,549.83
Expenditure 19,629.11
Balance December 31, 1961. . $23,920.72
EXTENSION OF HIGH SERVICE SYSTEM
Description
Size of Pipe in Inches
Length in Feet
Hydrants
Gates
Total Cost
4 College Ave. - Ridge St. sly .
6 Epping St. - old end S ely . .
8
157
1
2
S
3 Fabyan St. - Hemlock St. to near Pheasant Ave.
8
251
1
3
2,905.04
S
Grove St. - in new Town Yard .
6
265
1
2
3,706.99
6 Hiawatha Lane - entire length .
8
529
2
3
1,514.21
S
Lowell St. - Flusher Installation .
8
379
1
2
S
Montague St. - Orient Ave. wly Park Ave. - at Oakland Ave. .
8
185
1
1
1,272.68
S
3 Peck Ave. - Lanark to W. of Third St
8
303
1
3
1,936.38
S
Private Lands - Epping St. to Hemlock St Rublee St. - Williams St. N. wly
8
132
1
1,031.39
S
3 Rublee St. - Sylvia St. to Udine St. Sylvia St. - old end sly.
8
293
1
2
180.58
S
8
141
1
1
1,716.78
S
3 Third St. - Peck Ave. to Perth Rd
8
118
1
496.50
S
6 Twin Circle Drive - old end nly. .
8
99
1
1
S
5 Udine St. - old end to Rublee St .
8
60
682.06
6 Wadsworth Rd. - Homer Rd. ely
8
490
3
825.96
S
3 Wilbur Ave. - old end to Ely Rd.
8
202
737.88
S
3 Wollaston Ave. - Wilbur Ave. wly * General Expense
8
154
1
731.18
S
6,067.48 CR
Total High Service System .
4282
12
29
$16,560.62
1
1
S
4 Hodge Rd. - near Upland to N of Melvin
422.62
6 Melvin Rd. - Hodge Rd. nly. .
12
6
1
222.67
8
240
1
1,217.23
S
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$ 3,027.95
8
278
TABLE VIII (Continued)
EXTENSION OF LOW SERVICE SYSTEM
Size of Pipe in Inches
Length in Feet
Hydrants
Gates
Total Cost
Mystic Valley Parkway to Palmer St. to Webster St. . . .
6
303
1
3
$ 2,523.72
2 Pond Lane Extension - Wellington St. to Boy's Club
6
683
1
3
5 Waldo Rd. - old end to Teel St.
544.77
Total Low Service System
999
2
7
$ 3,068.49
Total Extensions.
5281
14
36
$19,629.11
RENEWALS - HIGH SERVICE SYSTEM
1 Candia St. - Washington St. to King St. .
8
218
* Miscellaneous $1,973.53; Stock Credit $8,169.00; Holidays $127.99
1 Installed under Street Construction.
Installed under Article #29 - 1960.
3 Excavation and back-fill by developer .
4 To complete 1960 work.
5 Incomplete
6 By developer.
S Indicates Sewer in same trench.
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1 Norcross St. - at Heath Road .
8
13
1
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
Cast Iron Pipe
Transite Pipe
Inches
Lgth. in Feet
Hyds.
Gates
Hyds.
Gates
Hyds.
Gates
Hyds.
Gates
Hyds.
Gates
Lgth. in Feet
Hyds.
Gates
16
2,388
12
7,339
41,296
7,919
1,796
10
16,497
2,737
23,554
2,190
270
8
41,374
37,385
108,634
89,798
2,156
6
102,040
1,846
144,844
2,823
4,175
5,196
4
160
578
220
Totals
167,250
444
939
41,968
320,876
865
2,123
103,308
8,797
10
25
5,196
Total length of mains in service January 1, 1962 - 647,395 feet or 122.61 miles Total number of gates in service January 1, 1962 - 3,085 Total number of hydrants in service January 1, 1962 - 1,317
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Lgth. in Feet
Lgth. in Feet
Lgth. in Feet
Lgth. in Feet
268
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
WATER DIVISION Receipts for Water Consumed
Year
1952.
$212,670.61
1953.
223,759.82
1954.
244,397.67
1955.
305,112.53
1956.
296,800.60
1957.
327,058.39
1958.
310,085.52
1959
310,928.47
1960.
320,593.35
1961.
337,850.07
Percentage of receipts from metered water 92.5%
WATER RATES COMMITTED DURING 1961
January 1
$ 30,772.57
February 1
23,315.97
March 1 .
23,305.69
April 1.
29,153.95
May 1.
22,688.28
June 1
24,291.65
July 1.
31,709.97
August 1 .
26,183.43
September 1
30,818.50
October 1 .
40,660.53
November 1.
27,228.11
December 1.
28,393.47
Total.
$338,722.14
VALUE OF WATER FURNISHED FREE TO TOWN DEPARTMENTS
School
$ 3,618.49
Selectmen
2,700.13
Cemetery
2,239.75
Library
241.73
Park
2,562.85
Public Works.
2,121.95
Total.
$ 13,484.90
1961 EXPENDITURES
Water Maintenance
$157,675.10
House Connections
14,430.17
Capital Outlay
32,491.76
Water Extensions
19,629.11
*Metropolitan Assessment
148,685.36
Article #38
4,007.10
Total.
$376,918.60
*Payment in 1961 for consumption of 1,858,567,000 in 1960 @ $80.00 per one million gallons.
Payment in 1961 will be $137,899.92 for consumption of 1,723,749,000 gal- lons in 1961 @ $80.00 per one million gallons.
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
*1961 RECEIPTS
Rates
$337,850.07
Liens added to Taxes
6,751.28
House Connections
7,625.86
Construction
3,035.23
Miscellaneous
698.75
Total.
$355,961.19
UNPAID DECEMBER 31, 1961
Rates
$ 27,548.89
Liens added to Taxes
541.75
Total.
$ 28,090.64
*Includes rates committed in 1960.
270
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
TABLE X
SIDEWALKS AND EDGESTONES
Appropriation
$20,000.00
Credit from Article #6
441.00
Balance brought forward
832.07
21,273.07
Expenditure.
19,773.34
Balance, December 31, 1961.
$ 1,499.73
(Carried forward to 1962)
ALTERATION, IMPROVEMENTS, ETC. OF BUILDINGS IN NEW YARD (Article 27 -1960)
Balance brought forward . $32,622.44
Expenditure. . 32,521.74
Balance, December 31, 1961. $ 100.70
(Carried forward to 1962)
OFFSTREET PARKING AREA - RUSSELL COMMON (Article 28 - 1959)
Balance brought forward $ 9,638.76
Expenditure.
9,638.76
December 31, 1961
0
HEADQUARTERS FOR ARLINGTON POST 1775 VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS INC. OF THE UNITED STATES (Article 93 - 1960)
Balance brought forward $ 1,000.00
Expenditure. 222.73
Balance, December 31, 1961. $ 777.27
(Carried forward to 1962)
REMOVAL OF THE OLD TOWN HALL (Article 25 - 1959)
Balance brought forward
$ 4,136.70
Expenditure. . $1,136.70
Returned to Treasury
3,000.00
4,136.70
December 31, 1961
0
REMOVAL OF BUILDING - ROBBINS FARM PLAYGROUND (Article 80 - 1960)
Balance brought forward $ 1,229.13 Returned to Treasury 1,229.13
December 31, 1961
0
271
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
FENCE AND LIGHTING AT TOWN YARD (Article 64 - 1959)
Balance brought forward . $ 535.04
Returned to Treasury
535.04
December 31, 1961 .
0
RECONSTRUCTION OF ROADWAY AT CORNER OF OAKLEDGE AND BOW STREETS (WIDENING AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE SIDEWALK AND THE CURBING, AND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE ROADWAY AT THE NORTHWESTERLY CORNER OF OAKLEDGE STREET AND BOW STREET) (Article 89 - 1960)
Balance brought forward $ 95.22
Returned to Treasury 95.22
December 31, 1961
0
CONSTRUCTION OF WAYS (1959) (Article 49 - 1959)
Balance brought forward
$14,150.69
Expenditure. $ 15.85
Returned to Treasury 9,150.69
9,166.54
Balance, December 31, 1961.
$ 4,984.15
(Carried forward to 1962)
CONSTRUCTION OF WAYS (1959) (Article 61 - 1959)
Balance brought forward .
$ 460.36
Expenditure. .
460.36
December 31, 1961
0
CONSTRUCTION OF WAYS (1958) (Article 61 - 1958)
Balance brought forward
$ 9,507.62
Returned to Treasury .
4,507.62
Balance, December 31, 1961.
$ 5,000.00
(Carried forward to 1962)
CONSTRUCTION OF WAYS (1957) (Article 58 - 1957)
Balance brought forward $ 9,988.46
Returned to Treasury . 8,988.46
Balance, December 31, 1961.
$ 1,000.00
(Carried forward to 1962)
272
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
CONSTRUCTION OF WAYS (1956)
Balance brought forward $ 5,000.00
Returned to Treasury 5,000.00
December 31, 1961
0
CONSTRUCTION OF WAYS (1955)
Balance brought forward $ 5,000.00
Returned to Treasury 5,000.00
December 31, 1961
0
EASEMENTS IN LAND - 1961
Appropriation
$ 800.00
Expenditure.
0
Balance, December 31, 1961.
$ 800.00
(Carried forward to 1962)
EASEMENTS IN LAND - 1960
Balance brought forward .
$ 800.00
Expenditure.
0
Balance, December 31, 1961. $ 800.00
.(Carried forward to 1962)
EASEMENTS IN LAND - 1959
Balance brought forward
$ 800.00
Expenditure.
0
Balance, December 31, 1961.
$ 800.00
(Carried forward to 1962)
EASEMENTS IN LAND - 1958
Balance brought forward $ 800.00
Expenditure. .
0
Balance, December 31, 1961.
$ 800.00
(Carried forward to 1962)
EASEMENTS IN LAND - 1957
Balance brought forward
$ 800.00
Expenditure.
0
Balance, December 31, 1961. $ 800.00
(Carried forward to 1962)
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
273
RECONSTRUCTION OF STREETS - CHAPTER 90 (1953)
(RELOCATION, ALTERATION AND WIDENING, CONSTRUCTION OF, SPECIFIC REPAIRS UPON AND IMPROVEMENT OF ALL OR ANY PART OF MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, MYSTIC STREET AND SUMMER STREET)
Balance brought forward . $ 225.88 225.88
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