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ANNUAL REPORT
TOWN OF
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Printed by PRATT & PRATT The Braintree Observer . Braintree, Mass. 1930
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE Receipts and Expenditures OF THE TOWN OF BRAINTREE
FROM Dec. 31, 1928 to Dec. 31, 1929
TOGETHER WITH THE REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK, SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR AND HIGHWAY SURVEYORS, TOWN TREASURER, ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPART- MENT, WATER COMMISSIONERS, BOARD OF HEALTH, MUNICIPAL LIGHT BOARD, TRUSTEES OF THE THAYER PUBLIC LIBRARY AND THE BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Printed by Order of the Town
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Printed by PRATT & PRATT The Braintree Observer Braintree, Mass. 1930
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Report of the Town Clerk
WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
NORFOLK, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Braintree.
Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabi- tants of the Town of Braintree, qualified to vote in elec- tions therein, to meet at the polling places in their respec- tive Precincts, to wit:
Polling Place in Precinct 1, Town Hall.
Polling Place in Precinct 2, Legion Building, Hollis Avenue.
Polling Place in Precinct 3, Hose House, Allen Street.
On Monday, the fourth day of March, 1929, at five forty-five o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to bring in to the Wardens of their respective Precincts their votes on the official ballot for a Moderator, Town Clerk, a Town Treasurer, one Selectman for a term of three years, one Selectman for a term of two years, one Selectman for a term of one year, one member of the Board of Assessors for a term of three years, one member of the Board of Public Welfare for a term of three years, one member of the Board of Public Welfare for a term of two years, one member of the Board of Public Welfare for a term of one year, three auditors, a Tax Collector, a Tree Warden, two members of the School Committee for a term of three years, one member of the Board of Health for a term of three years, one Water Commissioner and Commissioner of Sinking Funds for a term of three years, one member of the Municipal Lighting Board for a term of three
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years, one Park Commissioner for a term of three years, two members of the Planning Board for one year, two members of the Planning Board for two years, one mem- ber of the Planning Board for three years, and fifteen Constables.
The polls will be opened at five forty-five o'clock in the forenoon, and will be closed at three o'clock in the afternoon.
You are further directed to notify and warn the said inhabitants qualified to vote as aforesaid, to meet at the Town Hall in said Braintree on Monday, the eleventh day of March, 1929, at seven forty-five o'clock in the evening, then and there to act upon the following articles, namely :
Article 1. To choose all Town Officers, except those elected by ballot.
Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the cur- rent financial year.
Article 3. To see if the Town will hold its Treasurer harmless on his bond for any loss which may arise from the failure of any National Bank or Trust Company in which the funds of the Town may be on deposit, said Bank or Trust Company being designated by the Select- men.
Article 4. To see if the Town will hold its Collector harmless on his bond from any loss which may arise from the failure of any National Bank or Trust Company in which the funds of the Town may be on deposit, said Bank or Trust Company being designated by the Select- men.
Article 5. To hear and act upon the report of the several boards of Town Officers, and any committee, and to choose any committee the Town may think proper. .
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Article 6. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for salaries of the Town
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Officers, and the expense of the several departments, in- cluding the Town Counsel, the bond of the Town Treas- urer, and the bond of the Tax Collector.
Article 7. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the expenses of Regis- tration and Elections.
TOWN HALL
Article 8. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support and maintenance of the Town Hall and for the services and salaries of janitors.
Article 9. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of the poor, maintenance and repairs of the Braintree Infirm- ary, the salaries of the superintendent and matron there- of, the salary of the Visitor, salaries of the Board of Public Welfare, and the purchase of equipment for the Welfare Department.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be expended under Chap- ter 118 of the General Laws.
SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
Article 11. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the payment of State Aid, Military Aid, Soldiers' Burials, and Soldiers' Relief.
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Article 12. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the salaries, pen- sions, and expenses of its Police Department, and for the necessary expenses required for the enforcement of the Law, including, to wit, expenses, and the purchase of equipment for said department.
Article 12A. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the installation of a Police Signalling System, or take any action relative thereto.
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FIRE DEPARTMENT
Article 13. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support and maintenance of the Fire Department, for the purchase of new apparatus or equipment therefor, and for hydrant service.
Article 14. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the maintenance of the Fire Alarm System, and for the purchase and installa- tion of the new Fire Alarm Boxes.
INSPECTION
Article 15. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the Sealing of Weights and Measures.
Article 16. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the salary of the Inspector of Buildings and expenses of his department.
Article 17. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the salary of the Inspector of Wires, and for the expenses of his depart- ment.
FORESTRY
Article 18. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the suppression of gypsy and browntail moths, care and planting of trees, and forest fires.
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Article 19. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the salaries and expenses of the Board of Health, including contagious diseases, vital statistics, inspection of milk, animals, slaughtering, meat and provisions, plumbing, dental clinic, tuberculosis nursing, collection of garbage and the collection of ashes.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to author- ize the Selectmen to petition the Legislature to amend Chapter 535 of the Acts of 1910, and for authority to
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borrow outside the debt limit for sewer purposes, or any- thing relative thereto.
Article 21. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the purposes of revising sewer plan of 1921.
Article 22. To see if the Town will accept Chapter 546 of the Acts of 1910, providing for the addition of the Town to the South Metropolitan Sewerage System.
Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $6,495.36, being the portion of the expense incurred and apportioned by the County Com- missioners upon the Town for the care, maintenance, and repairs of the Tuberculosis Hospital, in accordance with chapter 286 of the General Acts of 1916.
HIGHWAYS
Article 24. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of the Highway Department, including salaries, repairs of high- ยท ways, town ways, and bridges; also, for repairs and build- ing sidewalks, stone roads, removal of snow, oiling streets, and purchase of equipment for said department.
Article 25. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for Street Lighting.
Article 26. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to repair and rebuild Plain, Grove and Columbian Streets, from Cart Bridge, so-called, to the Weymouth Line, and authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow all or any part of said sums in accordance with the pro- visions of law, authorizing the Town to borrow for such purposes, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 27. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for Land Damages in the new lay out of Hancock Street, from Thayer Place, so-called, to the junction of Plain, Washington and Han- cock Streets, in conjunction with the County Lay-Out.
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Article 28. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to repair and rebuild the easterly half of Washington Street from Wynot Road to Clark Street, and authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow all or any part of said sums in accordance with the provisions of law, au- thorizing the Town to borrow for such purposes, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to widen River Street from Washington Street to the N. Y., N. H. & H. Railroad Crossing, as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for said widen- ing.
Article 30. To see what sum or sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the taking of land by eminent domain and settling damages in mak- ing the proposed widening of River Street.
Article 31. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to construct a cement sidewalk on the easterly side of Washington Street from Clark Street to Wynot Road, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 32. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to construct asphalt sidewalks with cement curbing on the following streets :
West Street, south side from Washington Street to Tremont Street, about 1275 feet.
Middle Street and Elm Street corner, about 160 feet. Middle Street and Cleveland Avenue, from River Street to Penniman School, about 1850 feet.
Tremont Street and West Street, curbing on the west and east corner, about 320 feet. or take any action relative thereto.
Article 33. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to construct sidewalks with cement curbing on the following streets :
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Commercial Street from Elm Knoll Road to Norfolk Square.
Allen Street-north side-from Hobart Street to Shaw Street.
Allen Street-north side-from Sheppard Avenue to Shaw Street.
Shaw Street-from Shaw Street Bridge to Norfolk Square-northeast side.
Shaw Street-from Allen Street to South's Store-east side.
Shaw Street-west side-from opposite South's Store to Somerville Avenue.
Liberty Street from Norfolk Road, approximately 800 feet, south-westerly side.
Quincy Avenue-between Edgehill Road and Beech- wood Road.
Article 34. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to construct sidewalks with cement curbing on the following streets :
Tremont Street-from Central Avenue to Lakeview Avenue.
Franklin Street-from Hollingsworth Boulevard to Five Corners.
Pearl Street-south side-from Washington Street to R. R. Square.
Central Avenue-north side-from Washington Street to Tremont Street.
Pond Street-east side-from opposite Thayer Avenue to Noah Torrey School.
Tremont Street-from Summer Street to Washington Street.
Central Avenue-north side-Tremont to Franklin Street.
Curbing on the corner of Academy and Tremont Streets.
Curbing on the north and south corners of Taylor and Tremont Streets.
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ON PETITION. Pond Street-from Glendale Road to the South West School.
Washington and Hancock Streets-south end-and continuing to the old (discontinued) Washington Street.
Park Avenue-extension of sidewalk for a distance of 150 feet.
Standish Avenue-southerly side-extension from the present walk to Arbutus Avenue-around Arbutus Avenue to Massachusetts Avenue.
Standish Avenue-southerly side-100 feet.
Arbutus Avenue-northerly side-100 feet.
Article 35. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to repair and rebuild the following streets :
Abbott Street, 575 feet west from Storrs Avenue.
Park Street Extension, from Cedar Street to Hawthorn Road.
Vine Street Extension, from Myrtle Street to the N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. line.
or take any action relative thereto.
Article 36. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to repair and rebuild the following streets :
Pond Street-from Granite Street to Randolph Line. Removing car tracks and resurfacing between rails. Pond Street-from Farm River Bridge to Town Street. Removing rails and resurfacing between rails.
Pond Street-from Glendale Road to Town Street- Resurfacing.
Sumner Avenue, from Elmwood Avenue to Hollings- worth Boulevard.
Waldron Road-from Washington Street to Beals Road.
Liberty Street-from Peach to Division Street.
Division Street Square.
Reconstruction of the junction of Washington and Pond Streets.
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ON PETITION. Boscobel Street-resurfacing, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 37. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to repair and rebuild the following streets :
Middle Street-from Union Street to Liberty Street.
Shaw Stret-from Allen Street to Nelson Street.
Union Street from Liberty Street 1200 feet west.
Pleasant View Avenue-1400 feet from Quincy Avenue. or take any action relative thereto.
Article 38. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for drainage on the following streets :
Washington Street-from Sampson Avenue to Sher- brooke Avenue-about 300 feet.
Mt. Vernon Avenue-from Washington Street to Mt. Vernon Street-975 feet.
Park Street Extension-from Cedar Street to Haw- thorn Road-375 feet.
Hawthorn Road-near Thorndike Street-about 50 feet.
Tremont Street-about 200 feet.
or take any action relative thereto.
Article 39. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for drainage on the following streets :
Commercial Street-from Hayward to Adams Street and Monatiquot River.
Howard Street-from Howard to Shaw-from Shaw to Culvert.
Edgehill Road-from rear of Edgehill Road to Monati- quot River.
Sterling Street.
Article 40. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for drainage on Hol- lingsworth Avenue from Norton Street to Franklin Street.
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Article 41. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to open up the brook from Hollis Avenue to Common Street and put in the necessary pipe to take care of the flow of water.
Article 42. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to take by eminent domain, for highway purposes, land at the southerly corner of Hawthorn Road and Elm Street, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 43. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to take by eminent domain, for highway purposes, land at the easterly corner of Tremont Street and West Street, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 44. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to lay out a highway between Granite Street and Purgatory Road, connecting up with a pro- posed road entering the Blue Hill Reservation, and vote to take by eminent domain the necessary land for this purpose, or take any other action relative thereto.
Article 45. To see if the Town will vote to accept the lay out as made by the Selectmen for a proposed street from Centre Street to Independence Avenue, and also to take necessary land by eminent domain for the proposed street, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 46. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the proposed widening of Hayward Street from Commercial Street to North Bow- ditch Street.
Article 47. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a Town Way, Howard Court, as laid out by the Select- men, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of said way, to be expended under the pro- visions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, or otherwise.
Article 48. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a Town Way, Judson Street, so-called, 430 feet west from Oak Street Extension, so-called, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen.
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Article 49. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a Town Way, Wilmarth Road, so-called, running norther- ly approximately 137 feet from the present accepted por- tion, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 50. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a Town Way, Tompson Road, so-called, 200 feet north from Commercial Street, as laid out by th Board of Selectmen.
Article 51. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a Town Way, Edgehill Road Extension, so-called, from Argyle Road to Vinedale Road, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 52. To see if the Town will vote to accept as Sumner Avenue, from Elmwood Avenue to Hol-
as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate a
Article 53. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a Town Way, Oak Street Extension, so-called, about 254 feet northerly from the present end of Oak Street Exten- sion, as laid out by the Selectmen.
Article 54. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the installation of Traffic Signal Lights, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 55. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a Town Way, Brow Avenue, so-called, from Academy Street to Tremont Street, as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of said way, to be expended under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of bet- terments, or otherwise.
Article 56. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a Town Way, Marshall Street, so-called, as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of said way, to be expended under the provisions of law authorizing the assessments of betterments, or otherwise.
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Article 57. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a Town Way, Bickford Road from No. 45 to 75, as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and ap- propriate a sum of money for the improvement of said way, to be expended under the provisions of law author- izing the assessment of betterments, or otherwise.
Article 58. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a Town Way, Burroughs Road, so-called, as laid out by the Selectmen, and raid and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of said way, to be expended under the provisions of law authorizing the assessments of betterments, or otherwise.
Article 59. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a Town Way, Brookside Road, so-called, as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of said way, to be expended under the provisions of law authorizing the as- sessment of betterments, or otherwise.
Article 60. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a Town Way, Staten Road, so-called, as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of said way, to be ex- pended under the provisions of law authorizing the assess- ment of betterments, or otherwise.
Article 61. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to con- struct a sidewalk on the easterly side of Quincy Avenue, between Hayward Street and Dewey Road, to be expended under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, or otherwise.
Article 62. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a Town Way, Oak Street Extension, so-called, as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and ap- propriate a sum of money for the improvement of said way to be expended under the provisions of law author- izing the assessment of betterments, or otherwise.
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Article 63. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a Town Way, Bowers Road, so- called, as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and appro- priate a sum of money for the improvement of said way, to be expended under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, or otherwise.
Article 64. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a Town Way, Walnut Street Extension, so-called, as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and ap- propriate a sum of money for the improvement of said way, to be expended under the provisions of law author- izing the assessment of betterments, or otherwise.
Article 65. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a Town Way, Arthur Street, so- called, as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and appro- priate a sum of money for the improvement of said way, to be expended under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, or otherwise.
Article 66. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a Town Way, Edgemont Road Extension, so-called, as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and ap- propriate a sum of money for the improvement of said way, to be expended under the provisions of law author- izing the assessment of betterments, or otherwise.
Article 67. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a Town Way, Audubon Road, so- called, as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and appro- private a sum of money for the improvement of said way, to be expended under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, or otherwise.
Article 68. To see if the Town will vote to widen Elm Street from a point on the easterly line of the N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Crossing, as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for said widen- ing.
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Article 69. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a Town Way, Common Street, so-called, from Washing- ton Street to Sunnyside Park, as laid out by the Select- men, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of said way, to be expended under the pro- visions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, or otherwise.
Article 70. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a Town Way, Oakland Road, so-called, from Cotton Avenue, so-called, to Quincy Avenue, as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of said way, to be expended under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of better- ments, or otherwise.
Article 71 a. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to lay out Liberty Street, so-called, from Peach to Division Street, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 71 b. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a Town Way, Grossman Road so called, from Cleveland Avenue 450 feet east, as laid out by the Board of Select- men.
LIBRARY
Article 72. To see what sums of money the Town will raise and appropriate for the expenses of the Thayer Public Library, for the distribution of books, and for the services of a janitor.
PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS
Article 73. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to be expended on Parks, Playgrounds and Public Lands of the Town, under the direction of the Park Commissioners.
Article 74. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to defray the expense of organized play, or take any action relative thereto.
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ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT
Article 75. To see if the Town will vote to appropri- ate from the income of the Electric Light Department the sum of $17,162.34 for Depreciation Fund; the sum of $300.00 for the salaries of the Municipal Light Board; the sum of $10,200.00 for Bonds and Interest; and the balance, together with the unexpended balance of $2,- 873.71 of the year 1928 for operating expenses, renewals, repairs, and new construction.
Article 76. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the installation of Electric Lights on Granite Street from Five Corners to the Braintree-Quincy Line, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 77. To see if the Town will vote to appropri- ate from the income of the Water Department the sum of $300.00 for salaries of the Water Commissioners ; the sum of $6,600.00 for Bonds and Interest; and the balance, together with the unexpended balance, for operating expenses, extensions, renewals, repairs, new construction and expenses of said Department.
EDUCATION
Article 78. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of the Public Schools.
Article 79. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary for the purpose of constructing, furnishing, and equipping an addition, including Assembly Hall, to the Abraham Lin- coln School in Precinct Three, and for the making of such necessary additions, alterations and improvements to the present building incidental thereto, and to authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow all or any part of said sums, in accordance with any gen- eral or special act authorizing the Town to borrow money for such purposes, or take any action relative thereto.
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