Town of Arlington annual report 1912, Part 1

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ROBBINS LIBRARY, ARLINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS


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Property of


Robbins Library


Arlington, Mass.


Founded by DR. EBENEZER LEARNED, 1835 Endowed by


DR. TIMOTHY WELLINGTON, ยง1853 NATHAN PRATT, 1875 HENRY MOTT, 1889 ELBRIDGE FARMER, 1892


Building Erected by MARIA C. ROBBINS in memory of ELI ROBBINS, 1892


Compliments of


Thomas J. Robinson Osumion Jorn bleck.


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Arlington, Mass. Selectmen.


106th ANNUAL REPORT OF TOWN OFFICERS


OF THE


TOWN OF ARLINGTON AND


THE TOWN RECORDS


FOR THE


YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1912


ALSO A LIST OF THE


PERSONAL PROPERTY AND REAL ESTATE ASSESSED FOR THE YEAR 1912


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TOWN OFFICERS, 1912.


ELECTIVE.


Town Clerk. (Elected Annually.) Thomas J. Robinson.


Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor.


Jacob Bitzer Term expires 1913


Herbert W. Rawson Term expires 1913


Frank V. Noyes Term expires 1913


Assessors.


Omar W. Whittemore. Term expires 1913


James M. Mead.


Term expires 1914


Leander D. Bradley Term expires 1915


Treasurer. Collector of Taxes.


(Elected Annually.)


Myron Taylor. Harvey S. Sears.


Auditor. (Elected Annually.) George McK. Richardson.


School Committee.


John A. Bishop. Term expires 1913


Lindsey K. Foster.


Term expires 1913


Edward N. Lacey Term expires 1913


Frederick A. Bisbee Term expires 1914


Othilie J. Lawson. Term expires 1914


Mary C. Hardy. Term expires 1914


Daniel Wyman. . Term expires 1915


Carl M. Quimby Term expires 1915


Alton F. Tupper


Term expires 1915


Board of Public Works. (Elected Annually.) Philip Eberhardt Henry S. Adams.


Henry W. Hayes.


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Park Commissioners.


Charles H. Gannett. Term expires 1913


William E. Lloyd. . . Term expires 1914


Charles H. Higgins.


Term expires 1915


Board of Health.


Laurence L. Peirce, M.D.V Term expires 1913


Alfred H. Knowles. Term expires 1914


Guy E. Sanger, M.D. Term expires 1915


Commissioners of Sinking Fund.


Joseph C. Holmes Term expires 1913


William G. Peck.


Term expires 1914


Henry Hornblower Term expires 1915


Trustees of Pratt Fund.


William G. Peck. Term expires 1913


James A. Bailey


Term expires 1914


George Hill . . Term expires 1915


Henry Hornblower


Term expires 1916


William E. Wood


Term expires 1917


Myron Taylor, ex-officio.


Trustees of Robbins Library. .


James P. Parmenter . Term expires 1913


Arthur J. Wellington Term expires 1913


Samuel C. Bushnell Term expires 1914


Charles A. Keegan Term expires 1914


E. Nelson Blake. Term expires 1915


Cyrus E. Dallin .


Term expires 1915


Trustees of Elbridge Farmer Fund.


Henry Hornblower.


Edwin S. Farmer.


William G. Peck.


John Q. A. Brackett.


William E. Wood.


John H. Hardy.


Cemetery Commissioners.


George G. Allen. Term expires 1913


Warren A. Peirce . Term expires 1914


J. Edwin Kimball. Term expires 1915


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Tree Warden. (Elected Annually.) William H. Bradley.


John Duffy.


Constables. (Elected Annually.) Garritt Barry. Thomas O. D. Urquhart.


Daniel M. Hooley. Thomas F. Priest.


Fence Viewers. (Elected Annually. )


Max E. Meyer. , James R. Mann.


Field Drivers. (Elected Annually.)


Thomas O. D. Urquhart.


Thomas F. Priest.


Garritt Barry.


F. Joseph Cahalin.


Andrew Irwin.


Daniel M. Hooley. John Duffy. George T. Wooley.


Measurers of Wood and Bark. (Elected Annually.)


Patrick F. Brosnahan. Charles F. Donahue.


Edward C. Davis.


Fish Preserver. (Elected Annually.) Everett S. Chapman.


APPOINTMENTS.


APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE SELECTMEN. Term Expires


Thomas J. Robinson, Clerk April 1, 1913


Edna C. Pierce, Stenographer . April 1, 1913


William Gratto, Inspector of Buildings April 1, 1913


Harold R. Webb, Town Physician . April 1, 1913


Laurence L. Peirce, Inspector of Animals . April 1, 1913


Charles F. Donahue, Sealer of Weights and Measures April 1, 1913


Charles F. Donahue, Superintendent of Town House. April 1, 1913


Alfred H. Knowles, Burial Agent. April 1, 1913


Warren A. Peirce, Weigher of Hay and Coal. April 1, 1913


William N. Winn, Weigher of Hay and Coal. April 1, 1913


B. Horace Peirce, Weigher of Hay and Coal April 1, 1913


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William Coughlin, Weigher of Coal. April 1, 1913


David Lynch, Weigher of Coal. April 1, 1913


Walter H. Peirce, Weigher of Hay and Coal April 1, 1913


Charles F. Donahue, Additional Constable April 1, 1913


Thomas O. D. Urquhart, Keeper of Lock-up April 1, 1913


Charles F. Donahue, Pound Keeper April 1, 1913


William M. Lloyd, Weigher of Hay and Coal. April 1, 1913


George H. Lloyd, Weigher of Hay and Coal April, 1 1913


Registrars of Voters.


Eben F. Dewing. May 1, 1913


John W. Bailey May 1, 1913


Winthrop Pattee.


May 1, 1914


Thomas J. Robinson, ex-officio.


Police Department.


Thomas O. D. Urquhart, Chief


Andrew Irwin, Patrolman


Daniel M. Hooley, Lieutenant


Thomas F. Priest, Patrolman


John Duffy, Sergeant


F. Joseph Cahalin, Patrolman


Garritt Barry, Patrolman


George T. Woolley, Patrolman


Edwin C. Jacobs, Patrolman


Special Police (without pay). (Term expires at pleasure of Selectmen.)


Michael E. Callahan, Matthew W. Callahan, Arthur T. White, Nathaniel E. Whittier, Timothy J. Donahue, Benjamin R. Cleary, William T. Clifford, George D. Higgins, Samuel N. Crosby, Philo Spencer, Everett S. Chapman, William T. Longmore, Roscoe C. Kimball, Major Bacon, Thomas K. Millett, William T. Canniff, George Hoffman, Robert H. White, William J. Gearin, F. Arthur Nolan, Herbert W. Rawson, Michael F. Horrigan, Richard Robbins, Patrick McCarthy, J. F. Sullivan, Reuben W. LeBaron, Charles Donahue, Felix Lopez, Theodore Belyea.


Engineers of Fire Department. (As organized.)


Walter H. Peirce, Chief Engineer April 1, 1913


Timothy J. Donahue, First Assistant Engineer April 1, 1913


Frank P. Winn, Second Assistant Engineer April 1, 1913


Roster. (Approved by Engineers.)


Hose No. 1.


Permanent man - John F. Sweeney, Driver.


Call men - Robert J. Murray, Captain; George N. White, Lieutenant; George L. Baxter, Clerk; Richard O. Jenkins, Erwin V. Gay, Robert L. Austin.


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Combination A.


Permanent men - Daniel J. Sullivan, Captain; Daniel B. Tierney, Chauffeur; John M. Hurley, Assistant Chauffeur.


Call men - John T. Finley, Lieutenant; John M. Tierney, Charles F. Dona- hue, William P. Dale.


Hook and Ladder Company No. 1.


Permanent man - William C. Mead, Driver.


Call men - James W. Kenney, Captain; George A. Finley, Lieutenant; Ernest H. Griffin, William Spiers, George Mead, Edward B. Mead, John J. Donahue, Daniel F. Hourty, William P. Slattery.


William Penn Hose, No. 3.


Permanent man - George W. Corbett, Driver.


Call men-F. W. Russell, Captain; Edward J. Crowe, Lieutenant; E. L. Smith, Clerk; W. W. Beers, Treasurer; W. P. Luddy, T. K. Millett, James McWilliams, R. C. Kimball, D. Barry, Albert Jones, substitute.


Chemical A.


Permanent man - Patrick J. O'Brien, Driver.


Call men - James Hughes, Captain; J. H. Harwood, Lieutenant; John Barr .', James Underwood.


APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR. 1 Thomas J. Robinson, Secretary April 1, 1913


APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE JOINT BOARD OF SELECTMEN AND BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.


Thomas J. Robinson, Clerk . April 1, 1913


Philip A. Hendrick, Town Counsel. April 1, 1913


George E. Ahern, Town Engineer April 1, 1913


Robert W. Pond, Superintendent of Public Works. . April 1, 1913


Reuben W. LeBaron, Superintendent of Wires. April 1, 1913


APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.


Charles C. Lothrop, Clerk. . April 1, 1913


Charles C. Lothrop, Water Registrar April 1, 1913


APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE BOARD OF HEALTH.


Thomas J. Robinson, Clerk . April 1, 1913


George A. Day, Inspector of Plumbing. April 1, 1913


Dr. W. J. McCarty, Inspector of Markets and Slaughtering . April 1, 1913


Dr. Laurence L. Peirce, Inspector of Milk April 1, 1913 Charles T. Hartwell, Sanitary Inspector April 1, 1913


Charles T. Hartwell, Fumigator April 1, 1913


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APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE BOARD FOR SUPPRESSING MOTHS.


William H. Bradley, Local Superintendent April 1, 1913


James F. Higgins, Clerk . April 1, 1913


Undertakers (licensed).


J. Henry Hartwell & Son April 30, 1913


James P. Daley April 30, 1913


Daniel W. Grannan . April 30, 1913


William D. Grannan April 30, 1913


Cemetery Commissioners.


Thomas J. Robinson, Clerk . April 1, 1913


Everett S. Chapman, Superintendent of Cemetery April 1, 1913


APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. John F. Scully, Superintendent of Schools. Charles F. Atwood, M.D., School Physician.


High School - Fred C. Mitchell, Principal; Frank V. Gordon, George I. Cross, Sub-Master.


Assistants - Sarah J. Bullock, Evangeline Cheney, Carolyn R. Holt, Clara E. Trask, Etta M. Richmond, Helener G. Robertson, Elizabeth H. Briggs, Ruth Jennison, Ethel H. Wood, Alice R. Porter, Alla M. Tewksbury, Ruth Burdette, Rebekah Wood.


Russell School - Aaron B. Palmer, Principal.


Assistants - Bessie M. Conway, Dorothy Connor, Nellie A. Grimes, Sarah L. Gifford, Elizabeth A. Day, Pearl Diffin, Grace A. Mowry, Agnes D. Crotty, Bertha J. Weare, Pearl M. Pillsbury, Grace L. Seaver, Ellen A. Baker.


Crosby School - Thomas E. Freeman, Principal; Mary F. Scanlan, Assistant Principal.


Assistants - Jennie B. Allyn, Carrie L. Minott, Jennie M. Cottle, Gertrude Woolner, Ursula B. Hanna, Amelia J. Bisbee, Sara M. Hender- son, Annie W. Cobb, Ellen E. Sweeney, Ethelyn Brown, Elizabeth Merrill.


Cutter School - Jennie A. Chaplin, Principal.


Assistants - Katherine E. Russell, Lena B. Libbey, Carolyn M. Young, Florence R. Norton, Antoinette L. Canfield, Carrie E. Fletcher, Elizabeth E. Thompson, Olive Stratton.


Locke School - Roy A. Kane, Principal.


Assistants - Martha E. Randall, Myrtle A. Bacon, Bertha M. Wright, Lillian C. Miniter, Ethel Sudgen, Ethel L. Sargent, Eva M. Farrington, Ruby L. Christie, Alice M. Beane, Myrtle M. Davis, Harriet N. Bishop, Sarah Hirst, Lucy E. Evans.


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William E. Parmenter School - Susan F. Wiley, Principal.


Assistants - Elizabeth L. Geer, Grace B. Tibbetts, Helen M. Dow. Supervisors. Blanche E. Heard, Supervisor of Music. Fannie E. Fish, Supervisor of Drawing.


Helen S. Carlton, Supervisor of Writing.


Special Teachers. Mary J. Copeland, Teacher of Sewing. Ethel P. Ober, Teacher of Sewing.


Alfred C. Cobb, Carpentry.


Janitors.


High School - Richard Robbins.


Russell School - Nath. E. Whittier.


Crosby School - Albert Duffy.


Cutter School - M. W. Callahan.


Locke School - M. E. Callahan.


Parmenter School - Patrick McCarthy.


APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE TRUSTEES OF ROBBINS LIBRARY. Elizabeth J. Newton, Librarian. Assistants - Emily Bucknam, Nettie E. Baston, Edith A. Whittemore, Edith C. Rice, Matilda K. Leetch, M. Linda Black, Eva M. Smith. Arlington Heights Reading Room, Librarian, M. Macie Seabury. Janitor of Robbins Library, William T. Canniff. Janitor of Arlington Heights Reading Room, Michael E. Callahan.


ARLINGTON TOWN RECORDS FOR THE MUNICIPAL YEAR 1912.


TOWN WARRANT.


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. MIDDLESEX, SS. To either of the Constables of the Town of Arlington, in said County.


GREETING :


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Arlington, qualified as the constitution requires, to vote in elections and Town affairs, to assemble in the Town Hall in said Town, Monday, the eighth day of January, current, at 7.30 o'clock, P.M., then and there to act on the following articles, viz :-


ARTICLE 1. To bring in their votes to the Town Clerk for a moderator to preside for the transaction of town business.


ART. 2. To see if the Town will accept a proposal of Ida F. Robbins, Eliza P. Robbins and Caira Robbins, residuary legatees under the will of Winfield Robbins, for the erection of a Town House upon the New Town House Lot, so-called, the furnishing of the same and the laying out of grounds in connection therewith.


ART. 3. To see if the Town will authorize the Committee appointed at the Town Meeting held November 20, 1911, to procure plans and estimates for an addition to and alterations of the present High School building, to so modify the plans as to harmonize with the new Town Hall and to depart from the authorized scheme No. 3, so far as may be necessary to this end, or take any action thereon.


Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Selectmen, on or before said day and hour of meeting.


Given under our hands at said Arlington, this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twelve.


HERBERT W. RAWSON, JACOB BITZER, FRANK V. NOYES, Selectmen of the Town of Arlington.


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CONSTABLE'S RETURN. Arlington, January 8, 1912.


Middlesex County.


By virtue of this Warrant, I have notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Arlington, qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs, to meet at the time and place, and for the purposes herein named, by causing a printed attested copy of the same to be left at every dwelling house in the Town, and also by posting an attested copy of said Warrant on the doors of the Town Hall, in said Arlington, seven days at least before said day of meeting. A notice of the time, place and purpose of said meeting was published in the Arlington Advocate, January 6,1912.


GARRITT BARRY, Constable of Arlington.


A true copy of the warrant and Constable's return.


Attest:


THOMAS J. ROBINSON, Town Clerk.


Pursuant to the foregoing Warrant, the inhabitants of the Town of Arlington, qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs, met in the Town Hall, in said Arlington, Monday evening, January 8, 1912, at seven thirty (7.30) o'clock, and were called to order by the Town Clerk, who read the Warrant calling the meeting and the return thereon of the Constable, who served the same upon the inhabitants.


Article 1 taken up. (Choice of Moderator.)


John G. Brackett was unanimously chosen Moderator and was sworn to the faithful discharge of his duties by the Town Clerk.


Article 2 taken up. (Proposal of the Misses Robbins.)


James P. Parmenter addressed the meeting, calling attention to the fact that it had been his privilege, twenty years ago, to present to the Town, as the gift of Maria C. Robbins, the beautiful library building known as the Robbins Library. He stated that he now desired to present to the Town the proposal of Misses Ida F., Eliza P. and Caira Robbins, as legatees under the will of Winfield Robbins, to build and furnish a new Town House


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on the New Town House Site, so-called. At the request of Mr. Parmenter the Town Clerk then read the following proposal:


Arlington, Mass., January 8, 1912.


To the Town of Arlington:


Our cousin, the late Winfield Robbins, died November 5, 1910. By his will, after providing for the payment of certain legacies, he left all the residue of his estate in trust for his brother, Milton Robbins, for life. He then made the following provision:


"In case that I shall die leaving no issue living and my brother shall have deceased also, I give, devise and bequeath all the property and estate in trust for my brother Milton Robbins, to Ida F. Robbins, Eliza P. Robbins and Caira Robbins, they to take such portion as they may deem necessary to build a Town Hall in the Town of Arlington, Massachusetts, in memory of Amos Robbins, a citizen of New York, born in West Cambridge, the Town of Arlington to remove the Alvin Robbins house from off the present park site."


Mr. Robbins left no children and his brother, Milton Robbins, survived him only a few weeks. Consequently the residue has come to us under the clause we have just quoted.


Owing to the time necessarily required for the settlement of Mr. Robbins' estate, we have not been in a position until now to place before the Town what we desire to do. In order, how- ever, so far as possible to avoid delay, we employed, last spring, a leading architect of Boston, Mr. R. Clipston Sturgis, to prepare plans for a Town Hall.


Mr. Sturgis has prepared such plans with great care, after consultation with the Selectmen and other Town officials as to the present and prospective needs of the Town.


We, therefore, now offer to the Town:


1. To build upon the New Town House Site Lot a stone build- ing, in substantial accordance with the plans prepared by Mr. Sturgis, to contain a Town Hall and offices for the Town busi- ness, such building to be in memory of Amos Robbins, the father of Winfield Robbins.


2. To provide this building with all needed furniture beyond what suitable furniture the Town 'already has on hand.


3. To lay out the grounds about the building with all necessary paths and approaches.


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We also desire that there should be a distinctive memorial to Winfield Robbins. We, therefore, propose to lay out a portion of the land as an ornamental park, or garden, to be beautified by flowers, shrubs and basins of water, and especially by a bronze figure, the work of our fellow townsman, Mr. Cyrus E. Dallin. Such a garden has been designed by Mr. Sturgis and Mr. Dallin, and we believe it will be an ornament to the Town and a worthy memorial to Mr. Robbins, who was a lover both of nature and of art.


We think, from the provision in Mr. Robbins' will for the removal of the Alvin Robbins house, that it was his intention that this land should be unoccupied, except for the Town House, , and our plans have accordingly been prepared upon this supposi- tion. The use of all this lot will be required for the proper lo- cation of the Town House and garden, and we, therefore, make it a condition of our offer that the Alvin Robbins house be re- moved; that the New Town House Lot be used exclusively for the Town House and garden; and that no other building be erected upon the lot.


We hope that our offer may be accepted and that the Town House and garden may long remain as a memorial to our kins- man, an ornament to the Town, and a benefit to all our fellow- citizens.


(Signed) IDA F. ROBBINS, ELIZA P. ROBBINS, CAIRA ROBBINS.


Mr. Parmenter then explained the proposal in detail and called upon Mr. Greeley, representing Mr. Sturgis, to explain to the citizens assembled the proposed plan. This was done by means of large drawings, suspended from a wire over the platform, showing the proposed building from all points of view. Mr. Greeley answered all questions, relative to the proposed building and the laying out of the grounds in connection therewith.


The Moderator, then submitted the proposal to the citizens. Chairman Herbert W. Rawson, of the Board of Selectmen, then offered the following motions and they were unanimously adopted:


Voted: That the Town accept the proposal of Ida F. Robbins, Eliza P. Robbins and Caira Robbins, for the erection and fur-


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nishing of a Town House and the laying out of the grounds and garden in connection therewith, as contained in their letter to the Town, dated January 8, 1912, upon the terms and conditions therein set forth.


Voted: That the Town authorize Ida F. Robbins, Eliza P. Robbins and Caira Robbins, their servants and agents, to enter upon the new Town House Lot, so-called, and to erect thereon a Town House, to be a memorial to Amos Robbins; to lay out the grounds about the same, and to lay out an ornamental garden to be a memorial to Winfield Robbins, all to be in substantial accordance with the plans prepared by R. Clipston Sturgis.


Voted: That the Selectmen be authorized to represent the Town in all details connected with the aforesaid work.


On motion of Mr. Rawson the following resolve was unani- mously adopted:


Resolved: That the Town place upon its records its feeling of profound respect to the memory of Winfield Robbins. Mr. Robbins during many years enriched the Town with choice and valuable gifts to its library, and now, by the provisions of his will, has made it possible for the Town to enjoy the advantages of a beautiful and commodious public building, which at the same time stands as a monument of filial affection to an honored father. The Town Hall and garden will long keep alive among us the names of Amos and Winfield Robbins, to be held in respect for many generations.


Resolved: That the hearty thanks of the Town be given to the Misses Ida F. Robbins, Eliza P. Robbins and Caira Robbins, for the broad, generous and unselfish manner in which they have associated themselves with the accomplishment of Mr. Robbins' wishes.


William A. Muller, in seconding the adoption of the resolutions, earnestly expressed the gratitude and appreciation of the Town for the magnificent gift that had been presented, and predicted that the names of the generous donor, his honored father and the legatees, who so promptly and unselfishly fulfilled their trust, would forever be held in loving and grateful memory by an appreciative people.


Article 3 taken up. (Modification of plans of High School Addition.)


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Voted: That the Committee appointed at the Town Meeting held November 20, 1911, to procure plans and estimates for an addition to and alterations of the present High School Building be, and said Committee is hereby, authorized to so modify said plans as to harmonize with the new Town Hall and to depart from the authorized scheme number three so far as may be neces- sary to this end.


The number of citizens attending the meeting was one hundred sixty nine (169), as determined by the following report of the Constables in charge of the turnstiles:


Arlington, January 8, 1912.


We, the undersigned Constables of the Town of Arlington, appointed by the Selectmen to have charge of the incoming and outgoing turnstiles at the Town Meeting held January 8, 1912, on oath, depose and say, that one hundred sixty-nine (169) voters attended said meeting.


This result we determine by deducting from the total registered as entering the hall, the number registered as leaving the hall during said meeting.


(Signed) JOHN DUFFY, CHARLES F. DONAHUE, Constables of Arlington.


Sworn to before me this eighth day of January, 1912. THOMAS J. ROBINSON, Town Clerk.


All business calling the meeting having been transacted it was Voted: That this meeting be now dissolved.


Meeting dissolved at 8.15 P.M.


A true record. Attest:


THOMAS J. ROBINSON, Town Clerk.


TOWN WARRANT.


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. MIDDLESEX, SS.


To either of the Constables of the Town of Arlington, in said County .. GREETING :


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the


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Town of Arlington, qualified as the constitution requires, to vote in elections and Town affairs, to assemble in the Town Hall in said Town, Monday, the twenty-second day of January, current, at 7.30 o'clock, P.M., then and there to act on the follow- ing articles, viz :-


ARTICLE 1. To bring in their votes to the Town Clerk for a Moderator to preside for the transaction of Town business.


ART. 2. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars to be used for the cleaning and straightening of Sucker Brook in Meadow Brook Park.


ART. 3. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the extension of the High Service Water Main from Massachu- setts Avenue through Brattle Street, to Summer Street and from Summer Street to Grove Street, determine in what manner the money shall be raised, or take any action thereon.


ART. 4. To see if the Town will appoint a Committee to investigate the advisability of the erection of a building on Park Avenue at Arlington Heights for fire and other purposes, the purchase and installation therein of an Auto Hose and Chemical Truck, or take any action thereon. Said Committee to report to the Annual March Meeting of 1912.


ART. 5. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a Committee to investigate the advisability of the purchase and installation of an Auto Fire Pump at the Broadway Fire Station or take any action thereon. Said Committee to report to the Annual March Meeting of 1912.


ART. 6. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to petition the Massachusetts Highway Commission to lay out and take charge of, as State Highways, Summer Street, Summer Street Extension, from Brattle Street to Forest Street, and Bow Street, make an appropriation for any necessary work in connec- tion therewith, or take any action thereon.


(Inserted at the request of the Arlington Business Men's Association.)


ART. 7. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to petition the Metropolitan Park Commission to establish as a Metropolitan Parkway an extension of the present boulevard across Medford Street, and along the southerly shore of Lower Mystic Lake through Meadow Brook Park, to a point on Mystic


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Street opposite Summer Street, or take any action thereon. (Inserted at the request of the Arlington Business Men's Association.)


Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Selectmen, on or before said day and hour of meeting.


Given under our hands at said Arlington, this thirteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twelve.




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