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** Plowing Streets and Sidewalks, including Accounts Payable, $39,717.89; Removal of Snow and Ice, including Accounts Payable, $37,913.86; Sand and Salt Streets and Walks, including Accounts Payable, $75,291.78; Holi- days and Miscellaneous, $6,613.08; Maintenance of Snow Equipment and Supplies, including Accounts Payable, $33,435.15.
Notes:
Labor
Expenses
Accounts Payable
Totals
Highway
$252,652.27
$ 29,492.10
$ 8,849.65
$290,994.02
Snow and Ice Removal
83,203.09
68,988.59
7,344.93
159,536.61
Maintenance of Snow
Removal Equipment and Supplies
14,835.41
16,991.53
1,608.21
33,435.15
$350,690.77
$115,472.22
$17,802.79
$483,965.78
CAPITAL OUTLAY
Appropriation
$ 59,220.00
Balance brought forward .
738.08
Transfer from Finance Committee
9,600.00
$ 69,558.08
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
Expenditure.
Balance, December 31, 1963. (Carried forward to 1964)
$ 66,948.92 $ 2,609.16
Expenditure
3 - 30,000 lb. Trucks with Contractor's Bodies
$ 23,158.00
1 - 1/2 ton Pickup Truck
1,604.21
1 - 4 door Sedan. .
2,629.00
- Station Wagon
2,294.10
1 - Flexible Truck Loader Power Bucket
2,181.21
1 - Flexible Seweroder
4,059.50
1
- Hydraulic Shop Press.
671.30
1 - Portable Skid-mounted Compressor
1,300.00
1 - 3/4 yd. Clamshell Bucket
1,475.00
2 - Sidewalk Tractors with V blades
10,500.00
4 - Plow Blades and Frames
2,704.00
2 - Sanding Bodies
4,772.60
3 - Used Walters Snow Fighters and Parts
9,600.00
$ 66,948.92
MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC SIDEWALKS (Reconstruction and Maintenance of Permanent Sidewalks and Resetting of Edgestones upon the Public Ways of the Town) Article 33-1963
Appropriation
$ 20,000.00
Balance brought forward
3,349.77
Credit from Article 6
723.00
$ 24,072.77
Expenditure.
24,072.77
December 31, 1963
.00
CONSTRUCTION OF WAYS (1963) (Article 47)
Appropriation
$130,298.00
Expenditure. .
109,851.55
Balance, December 31, 1963.
$ 20,446.45
(Carried forward to 1964)
Expenditure
** Acton Street, from present end to Appleton Place
$ 13,140.95
*Day Street, from Rhinecliff Street to Property Line .
12,942.31
*Dothan Street, from Thesda Street to the Winchester Line.
21,706.07
*Hillside Avenue, from George Street to Rhinecliff Street. . .
5,530.72
*Lehigh Street, from Quincy Street to Park Property.
7,475.24
*Lorne Road, from Sutherland Road to its end . 11,020.20
** Pheasant Avenue, from present end to Dickson Avenue . . 27,605.83
*Thesda Street, from Wright Street to Dothan Street
10,430.23
$109,851.55
*Constructed by Department of Public Works
** Constructed by Contract
'Constructed by Contract - Final payment not made on this street.
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CONSTRUCTION OF WAYS (1963)
(Article 59)
Appropriation
$ 7,650.00
Expenditure.
5,550.28
Balance, December 31, 1963. (Carried forward to 1964)
$ 2,099.72
Expenditure
Baker Road, from Stowecroft Road to its end. . Greenwood Road, from Ridge Street to Winchester Road .
56.07
Hancock Street, from Forest Street to Hancock Street. . Hemlock Street, from Dickson Avenue to Fabyan Street. . Mountain Avenue, from Overlook Road to Washington Street. Ridge Street, from Morningside Drive to Stone Road. Stone Road, from No. 32 to No. 55.
72.43
51.99
751.57
65.58
734.32
Wilbur Avenue, from Wollaston Avenue northwesterly to Private Way.
56.02
Winchester Road, from Ridge Street to Greenwood Road Wollaston Avenue, from north of Nicod Street to Wilbur Avenue
56.02
$ 5,550.28
These streets were constructed by Developers and accepted by the Town with the above expenditures.
CONSTRUCTION OF WAYS (1962)
(Article 42)
$ 30,129.95
Returned to Treasury
14,698.33
Expenditure. .
5,575.86
Balance, December 31, 1963.
$ 9,855.76
CONSTRUCTION OF WAYS (1962)
(Article 61)
Balance brought forward
$ 2,620.68
Expenditure. .
32.36
Balance, December 31, 1963.
$ 2,588.32
(Carried forward to 1964)
CONSTRUCTION OF WAYS (1961)
(Article 41)
Balance brought forward
4,742.22
Expenditure.
318.44
Balance, December 31, 1963.
(Carried forward to 1964) $ 4,681.56
$ 9,742.22
Returned to Treasury
5,000.00
Balance brought forward
15,431.62
(Carried forward to 1964)
$ 502.65
3,203.63
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
CONSTRUCTION OF WAYS (1961) (Article 54)
Balance brought forward $ 6,661.58
Returned to Treasury 1,661.58
5,000.00
Expenditure. .
299.52
Balance, December 31, 1963. (Carried forward to 1964)
$ 4,700.48
RECONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN STREETS CHAPTER 90 - 1963 (Article 35 - 1963)
(RELOCATION, ALTERATION, AND WIDENING, CONSTRUCTION OF, SPECIFIC REPAIRS UPON AND IMPROVEMENTS OF ALL OR ANY PARTS OF CHESTNUT STREET, GROVE STREET, MYSTIC STREET AND SUMMER STREET)
Appropriation
Expenditure.
$ 56,200.00 0
Balance, December 31, 1963.
$ 56,200.00
(Carried forward to 1964)
RECONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN STREETS CHAPTER 782 - 1963 (Article 36 - 1963)
(RECONSTRUCTION OF ANY OR ALL PARTS OF THE FOLLOWING STREETS OR WAYS: BROOKS AVE., CLAREMONT AVENUE, HERBERT ROAD, HILLSIDE AVENUE, MILL STREET, PARK AVENUE EXT., THORNDIKE STREET, AND VARNUM STREET)
Appropriation Expenditure.
$ 55,000.00 38,105.12
Balance, December 31, 1963.
$ 16,894.88
(Carried forward to 1964)
RECONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN STREETS CHAPTER 90 - 1962 (Article 40 - 1962)
(RELOCATION, ALTERATION, AND WIDENING, CONSTRUCTION OF, SPECIFIC REPAIRS UPON AND IMPROVEMENTS OF ALL OR ANY PARTS OF MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE AND SPRING STREET)
Balance brought forward . $ 26,975.00
Received from State and County 48,502.54
75,477.54
Expenditure.
62,821.21
Balance, December 31, 1963. (Carried forward to 1964)
$ 12,656.33
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RECONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN STREETS CHAPTER 90 - 1961 (Article 29 - 1961)
(RELOCATION, ALTERATION, AND WIDENING, CONSTRUCTION OF, SPECIFIC REPAIRS UPON AND IMPROVEMENTS OF ALL OR ANY PARTS OF MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, MYSTIC STREET, PARK AVENUE AND WARREN STREET)
Balance brought forward .
$ 212.55
Received from State and County
7,641.43
7,853.98
Expenditure.
7,853.98
December 31, 1963 .
.00
SERVICE ROADWAY SPY POND FIELD (Article 29 - 1960)
(CONSTRUCT A PERMANENT SERVICE ROAD BETWEEN WELLINGTON STREET AND POND LANE ON TOWN PROPERTY KNOWN AS SPY POND FIELD)
Balance brought forward . $ 10,778.53
Returned to Town Treasury 5,778.53
5,000.00
Expenditure.
2,054.05
Balance, December 31, 1963. (Carried forward to 1964)
$ 2,945.95
TABLE III
Appropriation
$20,000.00
Balance brought forward 3,402.25
Credit from Article 6 . . 531.00
23,933.25
Expenditure
21,314.72
Balance, December 31, 1963. (Carried forward to 1964)
2,618.53
Size of Pipe in Inches
Length in Feet
Net Cost
* Acton Street, from Appleton Place southerly. . Appleton Street, Construct dry well. .
Cemetery Street, install manhole at culvert . Churchill Avenue, install box inlet from inlet to Hill's Pond Dallin School, install catch basin .
12
139.1
286.07
8
45.
1,144.96
10
120.
709.28
Day Street, through Private Lands from Day Street northerly and northeasterly to rear of #10 Day Street and #74 Valentine Road (started in 1962)
617.26
*Dothan Street, from Thesda Street northerly.
12
507.
Florence Avenue, across Florence Avenue through easement . to Concord Turnpike
15
135.
1,829.44
Forest Street, at Mill Brook install overflow pipe - install grate near #35
5
80
843.64
Forest Street, between Railroad Bridge and Bow Street - raise manhole ·
147.65
Hutchinson Road, at Winchester Road, repair catch basins and replace grates . .
333.70
. ** Lorne Road, incomplete
12
253.
*** Mill Street, from Mill Brook northerly (Chapter 782)
10
221.
36
25. 270.6
7' x 5' corr
·
steel
12
256.4
.
·
·
·
*Pheasant Avenue, including Outlet Drain, from Dickson Avenue westerly. .
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STORM DRAINS
##Mill Brook Culvert, extension of Mill Brook Culvert rear of High School Addition .
159.48
TABLE III (Continued)
STORM DRAINS
Size of Pipe in Inches
Length in Feet
Net Cost
Private Lands, from Tower Road to Pheasant Avenue,
relay certain sections of main ..
15
124.
$ 2,022.23
Ridge Street, #115 Ridge Street install Irving Decker frame & grate . Ridge Street, opposite #69 install grate curb to curb . .
530.06
Spring Street, renewal of main between Highland Avenue and High Haith Road
18
351.9
1,862.28
Summer Street, vicinity of Landfill area - install basin and connection . .
12
56.4
1,005.08
and extend storm drain from that point to side line of Rockaway Lane and Summer Street . .
12 C.I.
32.
772.43
Summer Street, relay storm drain between Harold Street and Arthur Street - started in 1962
47.01
Symmes Hospital - raise manhole.
218.81
** Thesda Street, from Dothan Street easterly to Outlet
15
125.9
3
24
44.6
Tomahawk Road, install drain from dead end of Tomahawk Road, ap. #19, northerly Walnut Street - started in 1962.
12
268.
2,837.96
864.41
** Winchester Road, from Stone Road to Greenwood Road . #General Expense .
12
266.2
4,724.21
$21,314.72
*Installed by Contractors in connection with Street Construction
** Installed by Town in connection with Street Construction
*** Installed by Contractor in connection with Reconstruction of Streets #Stock, $2,274.16; Miscellaneous and Tools and Equipment, $2,112.20; Holidays, $337.85 ##Paid for under High School Additions and Reconstruction Committee appropriation.
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·
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Summer Street, construct manhole over State storm drain ·
12 R.C.
12.5)
358.76
IMPROVEMENT OF DRAINAGE SYSTEM (Articles 27 - 1961; 37 - 1962; 34 - 1963)
Appropriation . Balance brought forward
$30,000.00 10,360.66
40,360.66
Expenditure. . .
40,360.66
December 31, 1963 .
00
The following storm drains were installed under Contract -
Waldo Road Outlet Main, from Alewife Brook to west of Teel Street . - 496.3 - 30" pipe Warren Street Outlet Main, from Warren St. to Mt. Pleasant Cemetery - 220.3 - 27" pipe
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
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TABLE IV SANITATION DIVISION
Appropriation
Credit from Articles 6 and 7
$215,185.00 8,300.09
$223,485.09
(Labor
$171,063.09 Expenses 52,422.00)
Expenditure, including Accounts Payable 217,000.77 $ 6,484.32
Balance, December 31, 1963.
Expenditure
Garbage Collection .
$ 5,451.86
Ashes, Paper and Rubbish
145,774.08
Maintenance of Sanitary Landfill Areas
47,125.55
Accounts Payable .
220.00
Sick Leave
4,869.29
Vacations and Holidays
13,559.99
$217,000.77*
* Labor
$156,471.73 60,529.04
GARBAGE DISPOSAL
Appropriation
$115,000.00
Expenditure.
115,000.00
December 31, 1963.
.00
Expenses
SEWER EXTENSIONS
TABLE V
Appropriation
$25,000.00
Balance brought forward .
2,645.36
Credit from Article 6 .
574.00
28,219.36
Expenditure ..
21,068.89
Balance, December 31, 1963. .
(Carried forward to 1964)
$ 7,150.47
Size of Pipe in Inches
Length in Feet
Net Cost
Bay State Road, from present end northerly to easement .
8
65.
$ 358.02
Day Street, easterly and westerly of easement. .
8
281.
2,438.45 W
Elwern Road, from existing manhole at easement northerly to Winchester Line . .
8
171.3
1,150.57 W
Gould Road, relay force main at sewer chamber
4
200.
806.92
Lennon Road, from Summer Street southerly - incomplete.
8
81.8
8
436.17
8
194.7
1,425.55 W
8
342.
6,761.24
#17 Reed Street, Construct Chamber - started in 1962 Ridge Street, from #78 southerly to easement .
8
49.
495.55
** Rockaway Lane from Summer Street to its end Rublee Street, from its present end westerly. .
8
379.5
W
8
116.
888.37 W
*** Rublee Street, from Wollaston Avenue towards Williams Street
8
377.
1,279.03 W
*** Spy Pond Parkway, northeasterly from present end to owner's property line .
8
78.
292.33 W
** Spy Pond Parkway, from its present end to near Spy Pond Lane Standish Road, install pedestal for electric equipment for pump
8
182.
W
chamber .
63.27
·
·
·
·
·
·
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
259
.
1,796.60
**** Pheasant Avenue, including Outlet Sewer - from Dickson Ave. westerly . Private Lands, from Dow Avenue to Day Street, including Day St. Outlet Reed Street and Thesda Street, from present end on Reed Street to Thesda Street . .
286.38 W
*Lorne Road, from present end easterly .
TABLE V (Continued)
SEWER EXTENTIONS
Size of Pipe In Inches
Length in Feet
Net Cost
Summer Street, from main in Summer Street northerly side of Harold Street westerly - started in 1962.
#General Expense . .
. . ·
$ 204.11 W 2,822.50
$21,068.89
*Installed by Town in connection with Street Construction ** Installed by Developer *** Installed by Town and Developer
**** Installed by Contractor in connection with Street Construction #Stock, $947.19; Tools and Equipment, $420.48; Miscellaneous, $984.06; Holidays, $470.77
"W" indicates Water in same trench
SANITARY SEWER - MADISON AVENUE
(Article 58 - 1961)
Balance brought forward .
$484.78 Returned to Treasury . .
484.78
December 31, 1963. .
.
.00
260
ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
261
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
TABLE VI SEWER MAINTENANCE DIVISION
Appropriation
$ 38,125.00
Credit from Article 6 and 7 1,354.09
$ 39,479.09
(Labor $24,879.09
Expenses 14,600.00)
Expenditure, including Accounts Payable
39,342.30
Balance, December 31, 1963.
$ 136.79
Expenditure
Resurfacing.
$ 703.54
Care and Repair of Particular Sewers
5,094.25
Care and Repair of Mains
20,988.19
Care and Repair of Sewer Pumps
10,713.92
Accounts Payable .
698.40
Holiday.
942.72
Stock
Cr. 745.55
Tools and Equipment.
946.83
$ 39,342.30
ARLINGTON WATER WORKS Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Population by census of 1960, 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 1,762,913,500.
5. Percentage of consumption metered, 100%.
6. Average Daily Consumption 4,829,900.
7. Gallons Per Day Per Capita, 94.
Distribution
(Including Auxiliary Supply from Old Reservoir)
Mains
Four thousand, four hundred twenty-six (4,426) feet of new water mains were laid during the year and connected with the Metropolitan System. De- tails 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, 4,426.
4. Number of feet renewed during year, 0.
5. Discontinued during year, 0.
6. Total now in use, 124.13 miles.
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7. Cost of repairs per mile, $237.70.
8. Length of pipe less than 4 inches in diameter, 0.
9. Number of hydrants added during year, 8.
10. Number of hydrants now in use, 1,334.
11. Number of stop gates added during year, 17.
12. Number of stop gates now in use, 3,122.
13. Average pressure on mains at center of Town, 110 high system, 80 low, system.
Services
Eighty-nine (89) services have been added during the year and 4 aband- oned. There are for all purposes, except fire, 4,352 on the low, 7,826 on the high and 5 on the Old Reservoir system. On the Metropolitan water supply there are 98 for municipal purposes, 48 sprinkler services, and 50 for sewer flushing purposes included in the above. On January 1, 1964 there were 181 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, 89.
4. Number of services abandoned during year, 4.
5. Number of services now in use, 12,183.
6. Percentage of services metered, 100%.
Meters
Eighty-nine (89) meters were set during 1963 on services installed in 1962-1963. The total number of meters in use January 1, 1964 was 12,183.
TABLE VII WATER MAINTENANCE DIVISION
Appropriation 1963
Labor. .
$122,000.00
Expenses
50,000.00
$172,000.00
Article #6
6,087.00
Article #7
360.18
$178,447.18
Expenditures 1963
Labor.
$123,137.97
Expenses
52,693.35
175,831.32
Accounts Payable .
1,254.44
Balance, December 31, 1963.
1,361.42
DISTRIBUTION OF EXPENDITURES
Maintenance
Expenditures
Services - Care, Repair and Renewals .
$ 63,588.33
Meters - Care, Repair and Reading .
31,604.98
Shop. .
6,059.10
Tools and Equipment.
5,680.56
Hydrants and Gates - Care and Repair
12,743.36
Mains - Care and Repair
16,762.13
Calgon Chambers .
1,106.95
Reservoir and Great Meadows
953.91
*General Expense
37,332.00
$175,831.32
*Stock, $15,838.59; Holidays, $5,183.10; Vacations, $6,828.76; Sick Leave $6,016.47; Miscellaneous, $3,465.08.
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
CAPITAL OUTLAY
Balance 1/1/63
$ 1,376.34 228.25
Returned to Treasury
$ 1,148.09
Appropriation
16,115.00
Total
$ 17,263.09
Expenditure.
16,412.99
Balance 12/31/63
$ 850.10
EXTENSION OF SERVICES - HOUSE CONNECTIONS
Appropriation 1963
Labor.
$ 3,175.00
Article 6.
159.00 $ 3,334.00
Expenses
9,025.00
$ 12,359.00
Expenditures 1963
*Bills
$ 4,522.24
Extension of Services
5,126.02
Holidays
45.59
Total
$ 9,693.85
Accounts Payable
$ 156.57
Balance 12/31/63
$ 2,508.58
*Installation on Private Property - Reverts to Town Treasury
ARTICLE #38
Improvement of Volumes and Pressures
Balance 1/1/63
$ 245.40
Expenditures 1963
000.00
Balance 12/31/63
$ 245.40
TABLE VIII
Balance 1/1/63
$15,534.25
Appropriation Article #6
1,334.00
Labor
$14,608.07
$36,868.25
Expenses
17,963.82
32,571.89
Balance 12/31/63
$ 4,296.36
EXTENSION OF HIGH SERVICE SYSTEM
Description
Size of Pipe In Inches
Length In Feet
Hydrants
Gates
Total Cost
Day St. - Rhinecliff St. Wly.
8
428
1
1
$ 3,390.58 S
Elwern Rd. - Old end to Winchester Line
8
174
1
1
1,253.46 S
Grove St. - Relocate 2 hydrants
939.59
Lennon Rd. - Summer St. Sly.
286.38 S
Lennon Rd. - Blossom St. Nly ..
789.44
5 Perth Rd. - Old end to Third St.
8
437
S
2 Pheasant Ave. - Fabyan St. to Dickson Ave. Plymouth St. - Relocate hydrant .
8
381
1
2
393.50 S
3 Rockaway Lane - Entire length. Rublee St. - Wollaston Ave. Nly. Summer St. - At Rockaway Lane. Summer St. - At King St. - Relocate hydrant.
6
41
1,377.14
5 Summer St. - Harold St. Wly.
6
166
1
6
123
1
313.53
Symmes Hospital - Relocate hydrant. Symmes Hospital - Woodside Lane to Hospital Yerxa Rd. - Ridge St. Swly.
8
655
2
2
6,082.32
8
97
2,572.08
1 General Expense .
Cr. 2,428.66
TOTAL HIGH SERVICE SYSTEM.
2998
6
11
$19,844.12
EXTENSION OF LOW SERVICE SYSTEM
Decatur St. - Decatur St. to M.V.P. Pkwy. .
6
101
1
Lakehill Ave. - Old End Nly. . . .
·
6
40
1
$ 948.32 436.44 S
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162.40
451.61 S
216.93
4 Symmes Hospital - Relocate main.
8
496
1
1
3,048.91 S
2
482.61 S
512.30
.
·
20,000.00
EXTENSION OF LOW SERVICE SYSTEM (Continued)
Description
Size of Pipe in Inches
Length In Feet
Hydrants
Gates
Total Cost
Mystic Valley Pkwy. - Davis Ave. to Mt. Pleasant Cemetery . . .
8
396
1
2
$ 6,495.02
Mystic Valley Pkwy. - Medford St. to Maynard St. . . ·
8
302
1
1
3,024.12
Spy Pond Pkwy. - Easement to Bay State Rd. .
8
348
1
1,476.58 S
3 Spy Pond Pkwy. - Old end Nely. .
8
241
347.29 S
TOTAL LOW SERVICE SYSTEM.
1428
2
6
TOTAL EXTENSIONS .
4426
8
17
$12,727.77 32,571.89
1 Miscellaneous $136.78; Tools & Equipment $324.50; Holidays $273.27; Stock Credit $3,163.21.
2 Installed under Street Construction Appropriation.
3 By Developer.
4 By Contractor.
5 To complete 1962 Installation.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
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TABLE IX
WATER MAINS 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
Hyds
Gate
Hyds
Gate
Hyds
Gates
Hyds
Gates
Length in Feet
Hyds
Gates
Hyds
Gates
16
2,388
12
7,339
42,279
7,919
1,796
10
16,497
2,737
23,554
2,190
270
8
41,374
39,383
108,634
95,248
2,156
6
102,080
1,947
144,039
3,112
4,175
5,196
4
160
578
220
167,290
447
948
44,067
321,054
877
2,149
109,047
8,797
5,196
Total Length of Mains in Service January 1, 1964 - 655,451 ft. or 124.13 miles Total Number of Gates in Service January 1, 1964 - 3,122 Total Number of Hydrants in Service January 1, 1964 - 1,334.
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Length in Feet
Length in Feet
Length in Feet
Length in Feet
Length in Feet
267
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
WATER DIVISION Receipts for Water Consumed
Year
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
1962
338,599.00
1963
442,394.23
Percentage of receipts from metered water 85.7%
WATER RATES COMMITTED DURING 1963
January 1
$ 31,257.15
February 1
23,709.02
March 1
24,565.21
April 1.
44,237.11
May 1.
35,948.75
June 1
40,356.82
July 1.
50,332.69
August 1.
44,714.40
September 1
51,438.07
October 1 .
65,134.99
November 1.
42,377.63
December 1.
43,111.68
Total
$497,168.52
VALUE OF WATER FURNISHED FREE TO TOWN DEPARTMENTS
School
$ 6,335.92
Selectmen .
4,175.32
Cemetery
3,494.35
Library
305.44
Park
4,006.07
Public Works.
3,349.37
Total
$ 21,666.47
1963 EXPENDITURES
Water Maintenance
$177,085.76
House Connections
9,850.42
Capital Outlay .
16,412.99
Water Extensions .
32,571.89
*Metropolitan Assessment.
207,990.00
Total
$443,911.06
.
*Payment in 1963 for consumption of 1,733,239,000 gallons in 1962 at $120.00 per one million gallons.
Payment in 1964 will be $211,549.62 for consumption of 1,762,913,500 gal- lons in 1963 @ $120.00 per one million gallons.
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* 1963 RECEIPTS
Rates .
$442,394.23
Liens added to Taxes
11,538.99
House Connections
6,832.74
Construction
691.85
Miscellaneous
420.00
Total
$461,877.81
UNPAID DECEMBER 31, 1963
Rates
$ 74,102.54
Liens added to Taxes
1,118.11
Tax Title
251.72
Total
$ 75,472.37
*Includes rates committed in 1962.
TABLE X
SIDEWALK AND EDGESTONES (Article 32 - 1963)
$ 20,000.00
Balance brought forward
3,901.55
Credit from Article 6 .
760.00
Expenditure.
23,534.10
Balance, December 31, 1963.
$ 1,127.45
(Carried forward to 1964)
ALTERATION, IMPROVEMENTS, ETC. OF BUILDINGS IN NEW YARD (Article 38 - 1962)
Balance brought forward $ 10,545.49
Expenditure. .
4,733.49
Balance, December 31, 1963.
$ 5,812.00
(Carried forward to 1964)
HEADQUARTERS FOR ARLINGTON POST 1775 - VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS INC. OF THE UNITED STATES (Article 93 - 1960)
Balance brought forward $ 422.04
Expenditure. .
47.89
Balance, December 31, 1963 $ 374.15
(Carried forward to 1964)
ROBBINS MEMORIAL TOWN HALL
Appropriation
$ 42,723.00
Balance brought forward 5,957.16*
Credit from Articles 6 and 13. 1,102.25
$ 49,782.41
(Personal Services $27,952.25
Expenses . 15,873.00
*Capital Outlay.
5,957.16)
Appropriation
$ 24,661.55
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
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Expenditure, including Accounts Payable $ 42,938.88 Balance, December 31, 1963.
$ 6,843.53 **
( ** Capital Outlay, $5,701.30 carried forward to 1964)
MAINTENANCE OF HOUSES OWNED BY THE TOWN
Appropriation
$ 9,950.00
Credit from Article 6
160.50
$ 10,110.50
(Personal Services $6,169.50
Expenses 3,941.00)
Expenditure, including Accounts Payable
9,439.65
Balance, December 31, 1963. $ 670.85
IDA ROBBINS TRUST FUND
Balance brought forward
$ 6,952.38
Credit Interest for 1963.
1,057.62
Expenditures
194.58
Balance, December 31, 1963.
$ 7,815.42
PAVE MUNICIPAL PARKING AREA (Article 27 - 1963)
Appropriation
$ 18,060.00
Expenditure. .
11,910.24
Balance, December 31, 1963.
$ 6,149.76
(Carried forward to 1964)
PARKING AREA REAR OF RAILROAD AVENUE (Article 64 - 1963)
Appropriation
$ 7,900.00
Expenditure.
4,902.20
Balance, December 31, 1963.
$ 2,997.80
(Carried forward to 1964)
CONSTRUCTION OF WAYS (1960) (Article 52 - 1960)
Balance brought forward $ 5,506.01
Returned to Treasury 506.01
$ 5,000.00
Expenditure.
0
Balance, December 31, 1963.
(Carried forward to 1964) $ 5,000.00
8,010.00
(Carried forward to 1964)
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ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
CONSTRUCTION OF WAYS (1960) (Article 63 - 1960)
Balance brought forward $ 15,613.84
Returned to Treasury . 10,613.84
Expenditure.
$ 5,000.00 0
Balance, December 31, 1963.
$ 5,000.00
CONSTRUCTION OF WAYS (1959)
Balance brought forward
$ 1,146.30
Returned to Treasury .
146.30
$ 1,000.00
Expenditure.
896.51
Balance, December 31, 1963.
$ 103.49
(Carried forward to 1964)
CONSTRUCTION OF WAYS (1958)
Balance brought forward
$
1,000.00
Expenditure.
0
Balance, December 31, 1963. $ 1,000.00
(Carried forward to 1964)
EASEMENTS IN LAND - 1963
Appropriation
$ 500.00
Expenditure.
0
Balance, December 31, 1963.
$ 500.00
(Carried forward to 1964)
EASEMENTS IN LAND - 1962
Balance brought forward $ 700.00
Expenditure.
0
Balance, December 31, 1963.
$ 700.00
(Carried forward to 1964)
EASEMENTS IN LAND - 1961
Balance brought forward
$ 800.00
Returned to Treasury
800.00
December 31, 1963
.00
I wish to thank all Personnel of the Department of Public Worksfor their co-operation.
I also wishto express my sincere appreciation to the Town Manager, the Board of Selectmen, the various Boards, Trustees, Commissioners and De- partment Heads.
Respectfully submitted,
Francis N. O'Hara Superintendent of Public Works
(Carried forward to 1964)
LIST OF JURORS
REVISED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN JANUARY 6, 1964
NAME
RESIDENCE
PRESENT (LAST) OCCUPATION AND NAME AND ADDRESS OF PRESENT (LAST) EMPLOYER. IF MARRIED WOMAN, HUS- BAND'S BUSINESS OR OCCUPATION AND NAME AND ADDRESS OF HIS EMPLOYER.
Abel, James
14 Field Road
Carpenter, Harvard University, Cambridge
*Accetta, Frank C.
17 Newport Street
Printer, Acme Print, 2010 Riverbeach Parkway, Everett Accountant, John H. Pray & Sons Co., Boston
*Ahern, Philip D.
17 Beacon Street
Aiken, John J.
88 Melrose Street
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