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REPORT OF HIGHWAY COMMISSIONERS AND SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
Board of Selectmen, Tewksbury, Mass. Gentlemen:
The following is the annual report of the Highway Department for the year ending December 31, 1934.
CHAPTER 81, AND GENERAL HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE
During the year the usual maintenance was carried out in such a manner as to serve every portion of the town. Our attention was especially directed toward a further extension of our gravel-oil road system which has been increasing each year, until now a compara- tively few miles of dirt roads remain. The sooner all roads in the town are gravelled and oiled, the better it will be, because this reduces maintenance to a minimum, gives an excellent riding surface, are much safer in general and permit a speedy removal of snow during the winter months.
Aniong the additions to our list of oiled streets during 1934 are South Street (from O'Neill's residence to Rounsevell Road), Brown Street, Coolidge Street, Franklin Street, Rogers Street (from Main Street to Pike Street), Trull Street (from Kenys's residence to An- dover Street) and Silk Square (Andover Street at Fiske Street).
Maple Street was gravelled from Treadwell's residence to the junction of Lowe and Ballard Streets and will be rolled and oiled during the Spring of 1935. This is also true of Ballard Street, Lowe Street, Lakeview Avenue and Dubuque Avenue. Kendall Street is being gravelled from a point near the Andover line to the residence of Mr. Brooks Stevens under an E. R. A. project in co-operation with the local Highway Department. Rogers Street will also be gravelled in the same manner from Whipple Road to Billerica Road. The work to be started as soon as the gravelling of Kendall Street is completed. Whipple Road is being gravelled from the end of the Chapter 90 contract (Station 87) to Pleasant Street which also goes on the calendar for oiling next Spring. This will complete Whipple Road from Chandler Street to Pleasant Street.
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CULVERTS
New corrugated metal culverts were installed on the following streets:
Streets
Kind
size
Location
Rogers
Corr. Metal Coated
12
near Whipple Road
Rogers
Corr. Metal Plain 18 near Whipple Road
Rogers
Corr. Metal Coated 8 near res. Mr. Walsh
Astle
Corr. Metal Coated
18 near res. Mr. Keefe
Pine
Corr. Metal Coated
12 near Whipple Road
Whipple Road
Corr. Metal Coated
12
near Pine Street
Whipple Road
Corr. Metal Coated
18
near res. Mr. Mahoney
Mill Street bridge was repaired, a new deck being installed to replace the old one which had become decayed.
The following is a list of streets, showing the number of cubic yards of gravel hauled on each by our trucks during the past year.
GRAVEL
Street
Cu Yds.
Street
Cu. Yds.
Heath
681
Dewey
2
Coolidge
655
Chandler
18
Rogers
39
Cross
20
South
3,064
Vernon
6
Trull
646
Astle
11
Maple
1,046
French
4
Ballard
892
Lowe
1,142
Billerica Rd.
18
Bay State Rd.
10
Carter
2
Whipple Rr. (81)
72
Barker Rd.
2
Whipple Rd. (90)
3,020
Tewksbury Ctr
36
Lakeview Ave.
530
Livingston
34
Dubuque Ave.
332
Marston
16
Pine
2
Hood Rd.
10
Old Boston Rd.
12
Lake
14
Woburn
2
Andover
4,714
East
6
Kendall (E. R. A.)
1,313
Chapman
15
Glendale Ave
36
The gravel shown for Andover Street included that used in Chap- ter 90 Maintenance, and 1933 and 1934 Chapter 90 construction, as well as the amount used in gravelling Silk Square.
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In keeping with our policy of bounding as many streets as possi- ble each year, especially Chapter 90 streets, so called, we have com- pleted the following: Whipple Road from Pleasant Street to the Billerica line at Pattenville, Franklin Street, Bay State Road, and Lakeview Avenue. Each street being marked with stone bounds at proper points. Whipple Road was bounded under the direction of the County Engineers.
All of our dirt roads with few exceptions were scraped and other- wise improved, and given a coat of oil as a dust layer during the summer months.
Roads which had been broken up in various places after the Winter months, were reshaped and rolled at the points where the upheaval occurred and then given two coats of oil.
The drainage problem at Tewksbury Center is one that should not go without mention. We have taken this matter up with the proper authorities and have been assured that this will be taken care of in connection with the resurfacing of the state highway, which, in all probability, will begin early in the Spring.
The following is a table showing the amounts of oil, asphalt and tar used on the various roads during the year, also showing the amount of sand used for ice, oil and mixing patch at the Town Yard.
OIL AND OTHER BINDER
Street
Oil
Cut Back Asphalt Asphalt
Cu Yds. Sand
Trull
3,076
775
.......
........
........
30
Fiske
203
....
........
..
....
10
Chandler
200
100
1,881
........
........
40
East
2,858
300
........
........
14
Franklin
800
570
......
...
........
14
North
300
150
........
..
.....
......
.....
........
........
2
Rogers
4,262
2,360
....
........
..
....
...
....
Lakeview Avenue
200
........
..
........
........
....
Bailey Road
60
........
....
........
........
....
Marston
175
........
........
........
....
Salem Road
1,164
........
....
........
........
4
Coolidge
1,950
1,082
........
........
........
12
Marshall
........
........
........
........
1967
42
..
....
......
........
........
- 4
River Road
900
Pond
500
........
.....
....
..
..
..
9
Chapman
175
3
Whipple Road
1,325
.....
Tar
45%
65%
...
45
105
Hood Road
610
...
........
.....
....
Shawsheen
554
...
...
.......
....
Robinson Avenue
200
...
........
....
State Highway
1,200
...
...
........
2
Livingston
1,856
Andover
933
345
Vernon
760
....
...
...
..
........
6
James
200
.....
....
Town Yard
5,382
153
Lowe
517
....
...
........
....
Cross
305
....
..
........
....
Ballard
364
.....
...
...
........
....
Maple
498
.....
..
........
....
Woburn
1,168
Silk Square
1,101
650
...
........
16
Pine
250
........
....
South
5,775
3,002
........
56
Pleasant
200
Heath
1,683
800
..
........
18
Pinnacle
500
.....
....
...
........
....
Brown
4,587
2,280
Old Boston Road
250
........
....
...
..
........
6
Tewksbury Ctr.
........
...
...
........
4
For Ice
........
........
..
....
........
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The shoulders on the state highway were oiled to eliminate a dust nuisance where the highway passes through the village.
The sand used on Andover Street was used principally to bind the bottom course of crushed stone on the new construction.
Last winter (Jan .- Feb. 1934) was one of the worst in a number of years. Excessive cold and deep snow being two elements which kept all highway department employees busy constantly. Trucks which had been depended on to plow snow could not be obtained at the last moment, thereby adding to our troubles. Consequently it became necessary to add more equipment to our own department, and a Sargent 60-40 V type plow was purchased for use on No. 3 truck. This plow was of such great value to our department that another V type plow was purchased for use with No. 2 truck, this one being a full or 50-50 V. These plows are excellent units in plowing deep snow or drifts and both plows are a decided addition to our snow fighting equipment.
New frames were made for the two Ross Jr. plows which are attached to trucks Nos. 1 and 5 respectively. These new frames will
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..
........
2
....
..
..
36,115
........
........
.....
..
..
...
........
...
72
........
...
.....
........
....
serve to make these plows much more rigid and perform better than by using the factory made frames. An Austin-Western plow is at- tached to No. 4 truck which is of the latest type, with a full tripping protective mold board. This permits the assignment of one plow to each district in the town. Namely, one at the Center and one each at the North, West, South and East sections.
This plan will give more efficient service to each district, it will lessen the miles of travel per plow, and have every street plowed in about eight hours in an average snow storm.
Orders have been issued to all drivers and their helpers to report for duty at once in the event of a snow storm and to connect their plows so as to be ready to move at once if necessary. Each driver is responsible for the plowing and sanding in his particular section.
CHAPTER 90 MAINTENANCE
This appropriation which provides for the maintenance of all Chapter 90 highways in the town again proved itself of great value in keeping these routes in excellent shape. Among the items covered by this allotment are the oiling of shoulders on Salem Road, Woburn Street, East Street and Andover Street. Patching, resurfacing drag- ging shoulders, removing excessive grass growths, maintenance of guard rail, drainage systems and culverts are also taken care of. One project of major importance in connection with this allotment this year was the elimination of the rough dangerous wet condition which existed in front of the residence of Mr. Robertson on Andover Street.
At this point we excavated to a depth of three feet and installed porous six inch corrugated asphalt coated metal pipes extending across the full width of the highway. These were set in trenches of crushed stone to increase the drainage facilities and finally tapped into the twelve inch side drains to carry off the water which ordinarily seeped under the highway, causing no end of trouble. The entire area was then filled with a good grade of gravel and rolled. A standard six inch penetration surface was then built over this area and it is hoped that this will eliminate this undesirable condition.
ANDOVER STREET CHAPTER 90
Owing to the fact that two contracts were in effect on this high- way during 1934, the unfinished 1933 contract and the 1934 section, it was decided to fuse both into one job. The 1933 contract began at station 20 or 2000 feet west of the Andover town line and extended to station 35, a distance of 1500 feet. Considerable filling was neces- sary along this stretch especially just east of where the New England Power lines cross, in order to eliminate an abrupt dip and give a
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better riding surface. The shoulders along this section were sloped in accordance with Mass. Dept. of Public Works specifications, thereby eliminating all guard rail in this area, which is a big item in mainten- ance. The roadway is of penetration bituminous macadam, twenty- four feet wide with three foot shoulders on either side.
The second or 1934 section which began at station 35 and ex- tended westerly through North Tewksbury village to station 65, a distance of three thousand feet, was built in the same manner. Con- siderable excavation and construction was necessary along the stretch from the residence of Mr. Cameron to North Street. This stretch was excavated to a depth of over two feet and crushed stone bleeders (drains) in V shape built to carry off seepage water into the side drains. These should eliminate frost upheavals under the new high- way. Considerable banking was necessary from North Street on, owing to the numerous curves. Open joint 12 inch concrete pipes were laid along each side of the highway where necessary, and the trenches filled with crushed stone to insure adequate drainage where water might be apt to seep under the highway from adjoining lands.
As the end of construction on this section came just before rounding the curve at the Meloy residence, we were of the opinion that accidents might occur there during the Winter months by drivers coming along the new roadway and then on to the old slip- pery surface on a sharp curve. Therefore it was decided to carry the new construction around the curve, or 350 feet farther. The curve was banked three feet higher than the old road on the southerly side. Drainage once again was the watchword at the curve and considerable attention was necessary. With an allotment for work on this road during 1935 we should be able to reach a point in the vicinity of the Bernat residence which would leave only a short distance to the Lowell city line. We believe this would be the last appropriation necessary for this street, as the remaining section could then be easily finished with our regular funds.
For a financial report of the department we refer you to the auditor's report of highway expenditures.
In closing we extend our thanks to all who have co-operated with us in any way during the past year, and especially to the various State and County officials, and engineers for their untiring assistance.
Respectfully submitted, JOHN T. GALE, ASAHEL H. JEWELL, WILLIAM I. BAILEY, Road Commissioners of Tewksbury.
EDWARD J. WALSH,
Superintendent of Streets.
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WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Middlesex ss :
To either of the Constables of the Town of Tewksbury in said County :
Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabi- tants of the Town of Tewksbury, qualified to vote in Town affairs, to meet and assemble at Town Hall in said Tewks- bury, on Wednesday, the 6th day of February, 1935, at 12 o'clock to act on the following articles :
ART. 1. To choose all necessary Town Officers, to choose by ballot a Moderator, a Town Clerk, three Selectmen, three members of the Board of Public Welfare, three members of the Board of Health, a Town Treasurer, an Auditor, a Collector of Taxes, a Tree Warden and Constables, (Three) all to serve one year; one Highway Commis- sioner to serve three years; one School Committee to serve three years; two Trustees of the Public Library to serve three years; two Trustees of the Public Library to serve one year; one Park Commissioner to serve three years; one Assessor to serve three years; one Commissioner of Trust Funds to serve three years. The polls for the election of Town Officers to be opened at 12 noon and close at 8 P. M. And to act on the following articles, commencing at ? P. M.
ART. 2. To hear reports of Town Officers and Committees and act thereon.
ART. 3. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise by taxation to defray necessary expenses for the current year, and make appropriations for the same.
ART. 4. To see if the Town will vote the money arising from licensing dogs, for the ensuing year, to aid in sup- port of the Public Library.
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ART. 5. To see if the town will vote to authorize the town treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue. of the financial year beginning January 1, 1935, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Sec- tion 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
VOTED: That the town treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of he revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1935, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
ART. 6. To see what compensation the Town will vote for the collection of taxes, and what rate and from what date interest will be charged on taxes of 1935 unpaid after Nov. 1, 1935, or any other action relative thereto.
ART. 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $350.00 for the proper observance of Memorial Day, and appoint a committee to expend the money. Said committee to be taken from members of the G. A. R., Spanish War Veterans, American Legion, and Sons of Veterans.
ART. 8. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to institute suits on behalf of the Town or defend any suits that are, or may be brought against the Town, and to sign any contracts or agreements in behalf of the Town.
ART. 9. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum sufficient to pay the County of Middlesex, as required by law, the town's share of the net cost of the care, main- tenance, and repair of the Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital, and for the Town's share of the expense under the provisions of Chapter 331 of the Acts of 1933, which provides for the settlement of certain claims of the Com- monwealth against the Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital District, including interest or discount on tem- porary notes issued therefor, as assessed in accordance
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with the provisions of Chapter 111 of the General Laws and Acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto, or take any action in relation thereto.
ART. 10. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate under Section 6 of Chapter 40 creating a reserve fund for extraordinary or unforseen expenses.
ART. 11. To see if the Town will vote to rescind its action taken in the Town Meeting held March 2, 1908, by which it accepted Chapter 191 of the Acts of 1907 establishing a Board of Survey; and to confirm and ratify all action taken by the Board of Highway Com- missioners relating to the acceptance of streets taken since that date.
ART. 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of six hundred and fifty dollars ($650.00) to purchase an automobile for the use of the Police Department, or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 13. To see if the Town will vote to increase the salary of the Town Treasurer from $350.00 to $700.00 and make appropriation for same or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 14. To see if the Town will vote to increase the salary of the Town Auditor from $350.00 to $500.00 a year, and to make provision for same under the appro- priation for salaries, or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 15. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $100.00 for the maintenance and repairing of the Am- erican Legion Quarters.
ART. 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $5,000.00 for road oil or other binder for the highways; or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $2,000.00 for the maintenance of Chap- ter 90 Highways, providing the State and County appro-
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priate similar amounts, as provided for in Chapter 90 of the General Laws; or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $1,200.00 for specific repairs on Chap- man Street, from Whipple Road to the Billerica town line, providing the State and / or County contribute an allot- ment as provided for in Chapter 90 of the General Laws.
ART. 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $3,500.00 for specific repairs on Andover Street, from the termination of the 1934 construction westerly, providing the State and / or County contribute an allotment as provided for in Chapter 90 of the General Laws.
ART. 20. To see if the Town will vote to accept Rosemary Road from Main Street to Belleview Road as shown on plan of Wamesit Terrace, January 15, 1904, J. W. Wilbur, owner, A. L. Eliot, engineer; and detailed on plan now on file with the Town Clerk.
ART. 21. To see if the Town will vote to discontinue that portion of Barker Road, as relocated, from Dubuque Avenue, formerly Linden Avenue to Sunny Slope Avenue, as shown on plan of Wamesit Terrace No. 2, J. W. Wilbur, owner; A. L. Eliot, engineer, dated April 30, 1904, and detailed on plan now on file with the Town Clerk.
ART. 22. To see if the town will vote to accept that por- tion of Highland View Road extending from Dubuque Avenue, formerly Linden Avenue, to Sunny Slope Avenue; and that portion of Sunny Slope Avenue, from Highland View Road to the present Barker Road, as shown on plan of J. W. Wilbur, owner; A. L. Eliot, engineer, dated April 30, 1904, and detailed on plan now on file with the Town Clerk.
ART. 23. To see if the Town will vote to accept Chestnut Road as shown on a plan of land entitled "Shawsheen River Park, Tewksbury and Billerica" recorded with
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Middlesex North District Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 26, Page 41, or take action on same.
ART. 24. To see if the Town will vote to accept Maple Road as shown on a plan of land entitled "Shawsheen River Park, Tewksbury and Billerica" recorded with Middlesex North District Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 26, Page 41, or take action on same.
ART. 25. To see if the Town will vote to accept Beech Road as shown on a plan of land entitled "Shawsheeen River Park, Tewksbury and Billerica" recorded with Middlesex North District Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 26, Page 41, or take any action on same.
ART. 26. To see if the town will vote to accept Walnut Road as shown on a plan of land entitled "Shawsheen River Park, Tewksbury and Billerica" recorded with Middlesex North District Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 26, Page 41, or take any action on same.
ART. 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $1647.79 for gypsy and brown-tail moth work, or take any action relative to same.
ART. 28. To see if the Town will vote the sum of $50.00 for the use of the 4-H Club Chairman to be used in purchasing necessary supplies for 4 H Club activities in Tewksbury, or to take any other action relative there- to.
ART. 29. To see if the town will vote to install electric lights from present terminal on Vale St. to the residence of George Kanlen on Shawsheen St. and make appro- priation for same or take any action relative thereto.
ART. 30. To see if the Town will vote to install an electric light on Dubuque Avenue and make appropriation for same or take any action relative thereto.
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ART. 31. To see if the Town will appropriate money to install a street light from present terminal on Pond Street to the entrance of the Long Pond Bathing Beach to be erected 100 feet north of the residence of George Collins, or take any action on same.
ART. 32. To see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate in addition to the sum of $80,000.00 al- ready appropriated, for the purpose of constructing a high school building and originally equipping and fur- nishing the same, all money received from the Federal Government under the National Industrial Recovery Act on account of such project to be applied to meet said appropriation, and to see if the Town, to meet the balance of said appropriation, will authorize the treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow the amount of said appropriation and to issue bonds and notes of the Town therefor, said bonds and notes to be payable in accordance with the National Industrial Recovery Act and, in so far as not inconsistent, with said Act, in accord- ance with Chapter 366 of the Acts of 1933 and Chapter 44 of the General Laws, the whole loan to be paid in not more than fifteen years or in such period as may be determined by the Emergency Finance Board referred to in said Chapter 366 of the Acts of 1933, or to take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 33. To see if the Town will vote to name the school at North Tewksbury, the Ella E. Flemings School.
ART. 34. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $1100.00 to reimburse Mrs. Chlora Pulsifer for damage done to her house by fire and act on same.
ART. 35. Shall the operation of Section 105-B of Chapter 131 of the General Laws, requiring for the taking of fur bearing animals the use of traps that kill at once or take such animals alive, unharmed, be suspended within this Town.
ART. 36. To see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate for F. E. R. A. supplies and tools re- quired on approved projects.
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