Annual Report of the Department of Public Works for the Fiscal Year Ending Nov
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— Stye (ttnttuwmtttealllj of ifflaaaarfjuartta DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS. To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Pursuant to the provisions of law the seventh annual report of the Department of Public Works for the fiscal year ending Nov. 30, 1926, is submitted. The organization of the Department in two divisions is set forth in chapter 16, General Laws. The personnel during the year ending Nov. 30, 1926, was as follows: Commissioner of Public Works, William F. Williams. Division of Highways. Associate Commissioner, James W. Synan.1 Associate Commissioner, Frank E. Lyman. Division of Waterways and Public Lands. Associate Commissioner, Jesse B. Baxter. Associate Commissioner, Richard K. Hale. Executive Secretary for the Department, Frederick N. Wales.2 Division of Highways. Chief Engineer, Arthur W. Dean. Project Engineer, Franklin C. Pillsbury. Construction Engineer, Raymond W. Coburn. Maintenance Engineer, George H. Delano. Bridge Engineer, George E. Harkness. District Engineers: District No. 1, George A. Curtis, — Berkshire County and the towns of Worthington, Middlefield and Huntington in Hampshire County, and the towns of Chester, Montgomery, Russell, Blandford and Tolland in Hampden County. District No. 2, H. D. Phillips, — Franklin, Hampshire* and Hampden Counties, with the following exceptions: three towns in Hampshire County included in District No. 1 and ten towns in Hampden County included in Districts Nos. 1 and 3. District No. 3, John A. Johnston, — Worcester County and the towns of Brimfield, Holland, Monson, Palmer and Wales in Hampden County. District No. 4, F. D. Sabin, — Middlesex County. District No. 5, D. H. Dickinson, 3 — Essex and Suffolk Counties. District No. 5, James E. Lawrence, 4 — Essex and Suffolk Counties. District No. 6, H. 0. Parker, — Norfolk and Bristol Counties. District No. 7, H. C. Holden, — Plymouth, Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket Counties. Recording Secretary for the Division, Mary A. Riley. Financial Secretary for the Division, Fred Fair. Division of Waterways and Public Lands. Senior Assistant Engineer for Boston Harbor, John N. Ferguson. Senior Assistant Engineer for harbors and waterways outside Boston Harbor, Francis L. Sellew. Recording Secretary for the Division, Edna F. Townsend. Financial Secretary for the Division, Cora I. Allen. Registry of Motor Vehicles. Registrar, Frank A. Goodwin. Deputy Registrar, Anthony A. Bonzagni. Chief Clerk, Charles R. Gilley. Chief of Inspection Force, Albert S. Olsson. 1 Died June 27, 1926. a Resigned July 20, 1926. 2 Retired Dec. 30, 1925. * Appointed Nov. 1, 1926. : 2 P.D. 54 A detailed report is presented herewith, covering the activities for the year of the Division of Highways, the Division of Waterways and Public Lands, and the Registry of Motor Vehicles. WILLIAM F. WILLIAMS, Dec. 1, 1926. Commissioner of Public Works. Appropriations. Chapter 79, Acts of 1926, making appropriations for the maintenance of depart- ments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activities of the Common- wealth, etc., is, in part, as follows: — Requirements for Extinguishing the State Debt. Item 213. For sinking fund requirements and for certain serial bonds maturing during the present year, the sum of one million four hundred thirty-nine thousand fifty-seven dollars and forty-nine cents, payable from the following accounts and funds in the following amounts: — from receipts from loans for the abolition of grade crossings the sum of thirty-four thousand dollars; from receipts from loans for harbor improvements, the unexpended balance of such receipts; from the highway fund, the sum of six hundred twenty-two thousand fifty-seven dollars and fifty cents; from the balance of the receipts of the sale of the Boston dry dock, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars; and the remainder from the general fund . $1,439,057 49 Interest on the Public Debt. 214. For the payment of interest on the direct debt and tempo- rary loans of the commonwealth, a sum not exceeding one million three hundred and fifty thousand dollars, of which sum five hundred thirty-six thousand nine hundred ninety-one dollars and twenty-five cents shall be paid from the highway fund 1,350,000 00 Service of the Department of Banking and Insurance. Division of Insurance: 299. For expenses of the board of appeal created under section three of chapter three hundred and forty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-five, a sum not exceed- ing twelve hundred dollars 1,200 00 Service of the Department of Public Works. The appropriations made in the following three items are to be paid two thirds from the Highway Fund and one third from the Port of Boston Receipts: 588. For the salaries of the commissioner and the four associate commissioners, a sum not exceeding thirty-one thousand five hundred dollars 31,50000 589. For personal services of clerks and assistants to the com- missioner, a sum not exceeding fourteen thousand three hundred dollars 14,300 00 590. For traveling expenses of the commissioner, a sum not ex- ceeding two thousand dollars . 2,000 00 Division of Highways (the following appropriations for the operation and maintenance of this division, except as otherwise provided, are made from the Highway Fund) 591. For the personal services of the chief engineer, engineers and office assistants, including certain clerks and stenog- raphers, a sum not exceeding sixty-six thousand six hundred dollars 66,600 00 : P.D. 54 3 Item 592. For traveling expenses of the associate commissioners, when traveling in the discharge of their official duties, a sum not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars . $2,500 00 593. For services other than personal, including printing pam- phlet of laws and the annual report, and necessary office supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding thirteen thousand dollars 13,000 00 594. For the care, repair and storage, replacement and purchase of road-building machinery and tools, a sum not ex- ceeding one hundred eighty-five thousand dollars . 185,000 00 595. For the supervision of gypsy and brown tail moths on state highways, a sum not exceeding twelve thousand dollars 12,000 00 596. For construction and repair of town and county ways, a sum not exceeding one million six hundred thousand dollars 1,600,000 00 597. For aiding towns in the repair and improvement of public ways, a sum not exceeding six hundred fifty thousand dollars 650,000 00 598. For the maintenance and repair of state highways, including care of snow on highways, expenses of traffic signs and lights, and payment of damages caused by defects in state highways with the approval of the attorney general, a sum not exceeding five million seven hundred seventy thousand dollars 5,770,000 00 599. For the maintenance and operation of the Newburyport bridge and the Brightman street bridge in Fall River and Somerset, in accordance with the provisions of existing laws, a sum not exceeding fifty-two thousand five hundred dollars 52,500 00 600. For the purpose of enabling the department of public works to secure federal aid for the construction of highways, a sum not exceeding one million five hundred thousand dollars in addition to any other funds which the depart- ment of public works has available for the purpose . 1,500,000 00 601. For administering the law relative to advertising signs near highways, a sum not exceeding twelve thousand dollars, to be paid from the general fund 12,000 00 601J. For a deficit on account of nineteen hundred and twenty- three and nineteen hundred and twenty-four, incurred for personal services, the sum of thirty-three hundred twenty dollars and fifty-seven cents 3,320 57 Registration of Motor Vehicles 602. For personal services, a sum not exceeding five hundred ninety thousand dollars 590,000 00 603. For services other than personal, including traveling ex- penses, purchase of necessary supplies, equipment including telephone installation, and materials, including cartage and storage of the same, and for work incidental to the registration and licensing of owners and operators of motor vehicles, a sum not exceeding four hundred forty-five thousand dollars 445,000 00 Special: 604. For the first instalment on the part of the commonwealth for the construction of the southern traffic artery, so-called, as authorized by chapter three hundred and thirty of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-five, a sum not exceeding two hundred sixty-five thousand dollars, to be paid from the Highway Fund 265,000 00 4 P.D. 54 Item Division of Waterways and Public Lands: 605. For personal services of the chief engineer and assistants, a sum not exceeding fifty thousand dollars . $50,000 00 , 606. For necessary traveling expenses of the associate com- missioners, a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars . 1,000 00 607. For services other than personal, including printing of pamphlet of laws and the annual report, and for neces- sary office and engineering supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars .... 5,000 00 608. For the care and maintenance of the province lands and of the lands acquired and structures erected by the Prov- incetown tercentenary commission, a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars . ' 5,000 00 609. For the maintenance of structures, and for repairing damages along the coast line or river banks of the common- wealth, and for the removal of wrecks and other ob- structions from tidewaters and great ponds, a sum not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars .... 25,000 00 610. For the improvement, development and