Town of Arlington annual report 1916, Part 1

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Arlington, Mass. Selectmen


110th ANNUAL REPORT OF


TOWN OFFICERS


OF THE


TOWN OF ARLINGTON


AND


THE TOWN RECORDS


FOR THE


YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1916


ALSO A LIST OF THE


PERSONAL PROPERTY AND REAL ESTATE ASSESSED FOR THE YEAR 1916


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TOWN OFFICERS, 1916 ELECTIVE.


Town Clerk. (Elected Annually.) Thomas J. Robinson. Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor.


Thomas J. Donnelly, Chairman Term expires 1917


Horatio A. Phinney Term expires 1918:


Willis P. Howard. Term expires 1919


Board of Public Works.


Arthur Birch, Chairman Term expires 1919,


Henry S. Adams Term expires 1917


Robert W. Pond Term expires 1918.


· Assessors.


Omar W. Whittemore, Chairman Term expires 19193


James M. Mead .


Term expires 1917


Francis A. Patterson Term expires 1918


Treasurer. .


Collector of Taxes ..


(Elected Annually.)


Myron Taylor. Edward A. Bailey.


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


Carl N. Quimby, Chairman. Term expires 1918


Jacob Estabrook.


Term expires 1917


Othilie J. Lawson


Term expires 1917


Florence C. Hicks


Term expires 1917


Daniel Wyman. Term expires 1918


Alton F. Tupper


Term expires 1918


Charles C. Warren . Term expires 1919


Lindsay K. Foster Term expires 1919


John A. Bishop


Term expires 1919


Planning Board.


Henry W. Hayes, Chairman Term expires 1918


Cyrus E. Dallin . Term expires 1917


Robert W. Pond Term expires 1917


Harry G. Porter . Term expires 1919


James P. Parmenter


Term expires 1919,


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Park Commissioners.


William E. Lloyd, Chairman . Term expires 1917


William W. Crosby . . Term expires 1918


Gorham H. Davis Term expires 1919


Board of Health.


Laurence L. Peirce, Chairman Term expires 1919


Alfred H. Knowles . Term expires 1917


Guy E. Sanger. Term expires 1918


Commissioners of Sinking Fund.


+William G. Peck.


Term expires 1917


Henry Hornblower Term expires 1918


Joseph C. Holmes. Term expires 1919


Trustees of Pratt Fund.


William E. Wood. Term expires 1917


*Charles W. Allen .


Term expires 1918


Joseph C. Holmes. Term expires 1919


George Hill .


Term expires 1920


Henry Hornblower


Term expires 1921


Myron Taylor, ex-officio.


Trustees of Robbins Library.


Samuel C. Bushnell. Term expires 1917


Charles A. Keegan. Term expires 1917


William A. Muller Term expires 1918


Cyrus E. Dallin. Term expires 1918


Arthur J. Wellington Term expires 1919


James P. Parmenter


Term expires 1919


Trustees of the Edwin S. Farmer Poor Widows' Fund and Trustees of the Edwin S. Farmer Fund for Needy Persons.


Henry Hornblower Term expires 1917


George Hill.


Term expires 1918


*Charles W. Allen . Term expires 1918


Joseph C. Holmes Term expires 1919


William E. Wood. Term expires 1921


* Appointed for unexpired term to fill vacancy. +Died June 16, 1916.


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Trustees of Elbridge Farmer Fund.


John Q. A. Brackett.


John H. Hardy.


William E. Wood.


Henry Hornblower. Harry G. Porter. *John G. Brackett.


Cemetery Commissioners.


Warren A. Peirce, Chairman Term expires 1917


J. Edwin Kimball Term expires 1918


George G. Allen Term expires 1919


Tree Warden. (Elected Annually.) Daniel M. Daley.


Constables.


John Duffy. Andrew Irwin.


Thomas O. D. Urquhart.


F. Joseph Cahalin.


Daniel M. Hooley.


Thomas F. Priest.


William T. Canniff.


Edward T. Ryan.


Fence Viewers. (Elected Annually.)


Charles F. Wyman. James R. Mann.


Field Drivers.


Thomas O. D. Urquhart.


F. Joseph Cahalin


Andrew Irwin.


Thomas F. Priest. Daniel M. Hooley. John Duffy.


Edwin C. Jacobs. .


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


Measurers of Wood and Bark. (Elected Annually.) Patrick F. Brosnahan. Edmund L. Curtis. Charles F. Donahue.


APPOINTMENTS.


APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE SELECTMEN. Term Expires


Thomas J. Robinson, Clerk and Agent of the Board. April 1, 1917


William Gratto, Inspector of Buildings . April 1, 1917


Charles A. Keegan, Town Physician. April 1, 1917


Laurence L. Peirce, Inspector of Animals. April 1, 1917


. * Appointed to fill vacancy caused by the death of William G. Peck.


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Charles F. Donahue, Sealer of Weights and Measures April 1, 1917


Charles F. Donahue, Superintendent of Town House April 1, 1917


Alfred H. Knowles, Burial Agent. April 1, 1917


Warren A. Peirce, Weigher of Hay and Coal. April 1, 1917


B. Horace Peirce, Weigher of Hay and Coal. April 1, 1917


William Coughlin, Weigher of Coal April 1, 1917


David Lynch, Weigher of Coal. April 1, 1917


Walter H. Peirce, Weigher of Hay and Coal. April 1, 1917


Thomas O. D. Urquhart, Keeper of Lock-up April 1, 1917


Charles F. Donahue, Keeper of Pound. April 1, 1917


Charles E. Hale, Weigher of Hay and Coal. April 1, 1917


Florence G. Kendall, Weigher of Hay and Coal. : April 1, 1917


APPOINTMENT MADE BY THE TOWN CLERK.


Edna C. Pierce, Assistant Town Clerk. April 1, 1917


Registrars of Voters.


Eben F. Dewing, Chairman. .


May 1, 1918


Daniel F. Ahern.


May 1, 1917


Edward N. Lacey


May 1, 1919


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


Felix Lopez, Patrolman T. Arthur Nolan, Patrolman


Albert F. Duffy, Patrolman Theodore Belyea, Patrolman


Edwin C. Jacobs, Patrolman


Thomas M. Donovan, Patrolman


Charles E. Carroll, Patrolman


Fred M. Kirlin, 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, George D. Higgins, Philo Spencer, Everett S. Chapman, William T. Longmore, Roscoe C. Kimball, Major Bacon, William T. Canniff, Richard Robbins, Patrick McCarthy, Reuben W. LeBaron, Charles Donahue, Benjamin B. Converse, Walter Barthelmeny, Daniel Barry, Donald Higgins, Henry T. Scannell, John Campbell, Daniel M. Daley, Daniel Wall.


· Engineers of Fire Department.


Walter H. Peirce, Chief (As organized.) April 1, 1917


Timothy J. Donahue, First Assistant Chief. April 1, 1917


Frank P. Winn, Second Assistant Chief and Clerk April 1, 1917


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TOWN OFFICERS


Roster. (Approved by Engineers.) Hose No. 1.


Permanent men - John F. Sweeney, Driver; John Barry.


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


Permanent men - Daniel J. Sullivan, Captain; Daniel B. Tierney, Albert W. Jones, Chauffeurs.


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


Hook and Ladder Company No. 1.


Permanent men - William C. Mead, Driver; Ernest H. Griffin.


Call men - James W. Kenney, Captain; George A. Finley, Lieutenant; John J. Donahue, Daniel F. Hourty, William P. Slattery, James C. Cadagan.


Combination Auto B.


Permanent men - George W. Corbett, Chauffeur; Harry Scammond, Patrick O'Brien, Assistant Chauffeurs.


Call men -F. W. Russell, Captain; Edward J. Crowe, Lieutenant; E. L. Smith, Clerk; W. W. Beers, Treasurer; W. P. Luddy, J. H. Harwood, James Underwood.


APPOINTMENT MADE BY THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR. Thomas J. Robinson, Secretary and Agent April 1, 1917


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


Thomas J. Robinson, Clerk. April 1, 1917


Philip A. Hendrick, Town Counsel April 1, 1917


George E. Ahern, Town Engineer April 1, 1917


Herbert C. Clark, Superintendent of Public Works. April 1, 1917


Reuben W. LeBaron, Superintendent of Wires April 1, 1917


APPOINTMENT MADE BY THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. Harold N. Willis, Water Registrar and Clerk. April 1, 1917


APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE BOARD OF HEALTH.


William H. Bradley, Sanitary Inspector and Superintendent. April 1, 1917


George W. Day, Inspector of Plumbing. April 1, 1917


Dr. Laurence L. Peirce, Inspector of Milk . April 1, 1917


Gertrude Clifford, Clerk. April 1, 1917


APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE BOARD FOR SUPPRESSING MOTHS. Daniel M. Daley, Local Superintendent April 1, 1917


James F. Higgins, Clerk. April 1, 1917


Undertakers (licensed).


J. Henry Hartwell & Son April 30, 1917


Daniel Grannan . April 30, 1917


William D. Grannan. April 30, 1917


George H. Kelley April 30, 1917


John J. Leary . April 30, 1917


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Cemetery Commissioners.


Thomas J. Robinson, Clerk. April 1, 1917


Everett S. Chapman, Superintendent of Cemetery. . April 1, 1917


APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. George C. Minard, Superintendent.


HIGH SCHOOL.


Name


Subject


Began Service in Arlington


B. Holmes Wallace, Principal


1916


George I. Cross


Commercial Subjects


1910


Frank V. Gordon


Science


1912


Fred J. Long


Commercial Subjects


1915


Arthur E. Robinson


Mechanic Arts


1915


Sarah J. Bullock


Mathematics


1903


Evangeline Cheney


Stenography and Typewriting


1905


Helener G. Robertson


Latin


1906


Jennie B. Allyn


Mathematics


1907


Ethel H. Wood


English and Latin


1911


Mary G. Magner


German -


1912


Ida B. Jewett


Science


1914


May A. Furdon


Typewriting


1914


Ethel F. Littlefield


French


1914


Stella S. Simonds


Household Arts


1915


Edith M. Richmond


French and Ger nan


1915


Lorraine M. Eaton


English 1915


Ethel R. Butterworth


Mathematics


1915


Rachel Foster


English. History


1915


Ruby S. Baker


History


1916


Lucy D. Ford


Spanish


1916


Margaret O. Goldsmith


English


1916


Harriet R. Blodgett


English


1916


Dorothy C. Walter


English, Elem. Sci., Hist., Arith.


1916


Helen F. Hadley


Typewriting


1916


JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.


Name


Subject


Began Service in Arlington


Harold E. Jackman, Principal


1915


Martha E. Randall


English


1905


Bessie A. Conway


Latin and English


1905


Gertrude A. Woolner


Geography and Drawing


1909


Dorothy E. Connor


Mathematics


1911


M. Olive Smith


Grammar


1913


Edith M. Bradford


Commercial Arithmetic


1914


Mabel D. Dickinson


English and French


1915


Annie F. Slattery


Civics and English


1916


Adelaide C. Masters


German and English


1916


Helen M. Westgate


History, Penmanship, Drawing and Music 1916


Persis A. Lothrop


History and Penmanship


1913


Walter A. Baldwin


Arithmetic and Penmanship


1916


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TOWN OFFICERS


CROSBY SCHOOL.


Name


Grade


Began Service in Arlington


Mary F. Scanlan, Principal


1873


Anne Sheridan


VII


1916


Carrie L. Minott


VI


1902


Jennie M. Cottle


VI


1903


Dorothy E. True


V


1914


Marion F. Estee


V


1916


Laura F. Thrasher


IV


1913


Gertrude D. Trask


IV


1914


Christine A. Dodge


III


1916


Helen A. Lyons


III


1913


Sara M. Henderson


III


1901


Helen E. Graham


II


1916


Rachel Harrison


II


1913


Ethelyn M. Brown


II


1911


Helen M. Warren


I


1913


Ellen E. Sweeney


I


1906


Annie W. Cobb


I


1903


CUTTER SCHOOL


Name


Grade


Began Service in Arlington


Jennie A. Chaplin, Principal


1884


Beulah S. Arnold


VII


1916


Gertrude C. Abbott


VI


1914


Dorothy M. Beebe


V and VI


1916


Olive Stratton


V


1912


Edith A. Stockwell


IV


1915


Florence R. Norton


III


1905


Antoinette L. Canfield


II


1897


Margaretta W. Hill


I and II


1916


Marion G. Gleason


I


1915


LOCKE SCHOOL


Name


Grade


Began Service in Arlington


Stephen G. Bean, Principal


1914


Alice M. Philbrick


VII


1916


Flora E. Fuller


VII


1914


Ruth E. Delano


VI


1916


Elsa R. Anderson


VI


1913


Corla M. Nelson


V


1916


Mabel A. Ward


V


1913


Bertha W. Richards


IV


1913


Ethel L. Sargent


IV


1910


Margaret W. Chater


IV


1916


Carrie L. Horr


III


1915


Lucy E. Evans


III


1889


Pauline E. Thiesfeldt


JI


1916


Sylvia E. Weare


II


1915


Alice M. Bean


IT


1895


Myrtle M. Davis


I


1907


Helen H. McIntosh


I


1907


Frances G. Charter


I


1914


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RUSSELL SCHOOL


Name


Grade


Began Service in Arlington


Annie E. Dunham, Principal


1916


Cora E. Tarvis


VII


1915


Mary M. Stewart


VII


1916


Bertha W. Belmont


VI


1912


Margaret B. Condon


V and VI


1916


Nellie A. Grimes


V


1894


Mary E. Hernan


IV


1916


Edna MacArthur


III


1916


Sarah L. Gifford


II


1893


Ruth J. Blood


I and II


1916


Elizabeth A. Day


I


1894


PARMENTER SCHOOL.


Began Service


Name


Grade


in Arlington


Pearl M. Pillsbury, Principal


IV


1912


Bessie R. Clerk (Junior High Building)


V and VI


1915


Elizabeth L. Geer


III


1884


Grace B. Tibbetts


II


1906


Helen M. Dow


I


1904


Supervisors.


Name


Subject


Began Service in Arlington


Blanche E. Heard


Music


1893


Fannie E. Fish


Drawing


1908


Helen S. Carleton


Writing


1912


Helen R. Bowker


Gymnastics


1914


Special Teachers.


Name


Subject


Began Service in Arlington


Alfred C. Cobb


Manual Training


1894


Ethel P. Ober


Sewing


1911


Abbie M. Russell


Sewing


1915


Elizabeth P. Wright


Drawing


1915


Janitors.


Began Service


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Name


School


in Arlington


Richard Robbins


High


1908


John Sheahan


High


1916


Henry J. Frederick


High


1916


Donald Higgins


Junior High


1915


Henry T. Scannell


Crosby


1909


Matthew W. Callahan


Cutter


1901


Michael E. Callahan


Locke


1900


Nathaniel E. Whittier


Russell


1894


Patrick McCarthy


Parmenter


1906


Truant Officer.


William T. Canniff


1909


ARLINGTON TOWN RECORDS FOR THE MUNICIPAL YEAR 1916.


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 sixth day of March, 1916, at 6 A.M., then and there to act on the following articles, viz .:


ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.


ART. 2. To elect by ballot the following town officers: a Town Clerk, for one year; a Town Treasurer, for one year; a Town Col- lector, for one year; an Auditor, for one year; a Selectman, for the term of three years; a member of the Board of Public Works, for the term of three years; one Assessor, for the term of three years; three members of the School Committee, for the term of three years; one member of the Board of Trustees of the Pratt Fund, for the term of five years; one member of the Board of Commis- sioners of the Sinking Fund, for the term of three years; two Trustees of the Robbins Library, for the term of three years; one . Trustee of the Edwin S. Farmer Poor Widows' Fund, for the term of five years; one Trustee of the Edwin S. Farmer Fund for Needy Persons, for the term of five years; one Cemetery Commissioner, for the term of three years; six Constables, for one year; one Park Commissioner, for the term of three years; one member of the Planning Board, for the term of three years; one member of the Board of Health, for the term of three years; one Tree Warden, for one year. Also, to choose or appoint all the other usual town officers, in such manner as the Town may determine. Also, upon the same ballot to vote "yes" or "no" upon the question,


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"Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town?" For these purposes the polls will be open as soon as possible after the organization of the meeting and kept open until 5 o'clock P.M.


ART. 3. To hear and act on the reports of the Selectmen and other town officers and committees heretofore appointed.


ART. 4. To make an appropriation for the Robbins Library for the ensuing year.


ART. 5. To make an appropriation for the public schools for the ensuing year, and determine in what manner the same shall be expended.


ART. 6. To determine in what manner the Town ways, high- ways and bridges shall be repaired the ensuing year.


ART. 7. To determine what sum of money the Town shall raise by general tax, to defray Town expenses, interest, debt and State aid, and make an appropriation for the same.


ART. 8. To see if the Town will appoint the Selectmen agents of the Town, to institute and prosecute in favor of the Town, and appear and defend suits and legal proceedings against or involving the interests of the Town, with power to employ counsel therein, and, when necessary, in all other legal matters and business ap- pertaining to Town affairs during the year commencing March 1, 1916.


ART. 9. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 57 of the Special Acts of 1916, being an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the appointment of Assistant Assessors for the Town of Arlington."


ART. 10. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $250 for the proper observance of Memorial Day, the same to be expen- ded under the direction of Francis Gould Post 36, G. A. R.


ART. 11. To see if the Town will appropriate $7000 in accord- ance with the vote passed December 6, 1904, for water used for fire hydrants, street watering and public buildings for the ensuing year.


ART. 12. To see what action the Town will take in regard to extension of water mains, make an appropriation for the same, and determine in what manner the money shall be raised.


ART. 13. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the construction and repair of permanent sidewalks.


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ART. 14. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the maintenance of the Sewerage System for the ensuing year, and determine in what manner the money shall be raised.


ART. 15. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the extension of the Sewerage System for the ensuing year, and deter- mine in what manner the money shall be raised.


ART. 16. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the use of the Highway Division, and determine in what manner the money shall be raised.


ART. 17. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for street watering and treatment for the prevention of dust, and determine in what manner the money shall be raised.


ART. 18. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for street lighting.


ART. 19. To see if the Town will vote to authorize its Collector of Taxes to use all means of collecting taxes for the year 1916, which a Town Treasurer may use when appointed a Collector of Taxes.


ART. 20. To see if the Town will make an appropriation to continue the work of establishing the block system for the use of the Board of Assessors, the same to be expended under the direction of the Assessors.


ART. 21. To see if the Town will make an additional appro- priation to be expended from November 30, 1915, and for the twelve months next ensuing, for suppressing the gypsy and brown tail moths, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 381, of the Acts of 1905, and amendments thereto, and determine in what manner the money shall be raised.


ART. 22. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the planting of trees, removal of dead and dangerous trees and for the trimming and general care of existing trees, the same to be spent under the direction of the Tree Warden.


ART. 23. To see if the Town will vote to elect at its next annual Town Meeting and annually thereafter, a Moderator to serve for the term of one year, as provided in Chapter 835 of the Acts of 1913, and Acts in amendment thereof and addition thereto.


ART. 24. To see if the Town will vote to establish a branch of the Robbins Library in the Crosby School Building, make an


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appropriation for the same, and determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended.


(At the request of Max H. Meyer, et al.) .


ART. 25. To see if the Town will appoint a committee to in- vestigate forms of Town government; said committee to report at the November Town Meeting.


(At the request of Arthur Birch, et al.)


ART. 26. To see what action the Town will take regarding purchase of playground for Arlington Heights section.


(At request of Arlington Play Ground Committee.)


ART. 27. To see if the Town will make an additional appro- priation to cover the expense of widening Massachusetts Avenue, between Water and Central Streets, determine in what manner the money shall be raised, or take any action thereon.


ART. 28. To see if the Town will vote to make an appropriation for the construction of Appleton Street, from Wachusett Avenue to the Lexington Town Line, in accordance with the decree of the County Commissioners, dated May 25, 1915, or take any action thereon, or relative thereto.


ART. 29. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to purchase a pulmotor, make an appropriation therefor, or take any action thereon.


ART. 30. To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treas- murer, under the direction of the Selectmen, to borrow money for any necessary purpose, in anticipation of taxes for the year 1916, the same to be repaid directly from the proceeds of said taxes.


ART. 31. To see what action the Town will take to raise and :appropriate $600 for the George Washington Memorial Building, Washington, D. C.


ART, 32, To see if the Town will vote to accept and establish as a Town way the private way known as Newcomb Street, from Lake Street to Barnes Lane (sometimes called Elmhurst Road), as laid out by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, make an appropriation for constructing the same, determine in what manner the money shall be raised or take any action thereon. Said way as laid out is described, as follows:


Beginning at a point on the northerly side line of Lake Street 395.38 feet westerly from a stone bound on the westerly side line


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of Freeman Street; thence, westerly and northwesterly on a curve to the right with a radius of 15.0 feet, a distance of 18.16 feet; thence, northwesterly on a 'straight line a distance of 355 feet; thence, northwesterly and northeasterly on a curve to the right with a radius of 15.0 feet, a distance of 21.79 feet to a stone bound on the southerly side line of Orvis Road; thence, northwesterly 82 feet, more or less, to a stone bound on the northerly side line of Orvis Road; thence, southwesterly and northwesterly on a curve to the right with a radius of 15.0 feet, a distance of 27.29 feet; thence, northwesterly on a straight line a distance of 389.30 feet to a point on the southerly side line of Barnes Lane, so-called; thence, southwesterly along said southerly side line of Barnes Lane a distance of 40 feet, more or less; thence, southeasterly by a straight line, a distance of 401.85 feet; thence, southeasterly and southwesterly on a curve to the right with a radius of 15.0 feet a distance of 19.23 feet to a stone bound on the northerly side line of Orvis Road; thence, southeasterly 84 feet, more or less, to a stone bound on the southerly side line of Orvis Road; thence, northeasterly and southeasterly on a curve to the right with a. radius of 15.0 feet a distance of 25.96 feet; thence, southeasterly on a straight line a distance of 318.85 feet; thence, southeasterly and southwesterly on a curve to the right with a radius of 15.0; feet a distance of 28.97 feet to a point on the northerly side line. of Lake Street; thence, easterly along said northerly side line of Lake Street 74.80 feet to point of beginning, as shown on a plan approved by the Board of Survey, Arlington, Mass., December 3, 1910, entitled, "Plan and Profile of proposed street through land of John P. Squire Estate, Arlington, Mass., scale 1"=40' & 6', October, 1909. H. S. Adams, C. E."


ART. 33. To see if the Town will vote to accept and establish as a Town way the private way known as Grafton Street, from Raleigh Street to Broadway, as laid out by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, make an appro- priation for constructing the same, determine in what manner the money shall be raised, or take any action thereon. Said way as laid out is described as follows:


Beginning at a stone bound on the southwesterly side line of Broadway 182.86 feet southeasterly from the southwesterly side.


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line of Everett Street; thence, running south 54 degrees 56 minutes west, a distance of 708.06 feet; to the northeasterly side line of Raleigh Street, so-called; thence, continuing 54 degrees 56 minutes west 40 feet across said Raleigh Street to the end of Graf- ton Street as accepted by the Town of Arlington, March 26, 1914, thence, running south 35 degrees 04 minutes east a distance of 40 feet; thence, northerly 54 degrees 56 minutes east a distance of 40 feet across Raleigh Street, so-called; thence, continuing north 54 degrees 56 minutes east 715.20 feet to a stone bound on the southwesterly side line of Broadway; thence, northwesterly along said southwesterly side line of Broadway a distance of 40.64 feet to the point of beginning, as shown on a plan approved by the Board of Survey, Arlington, Mass., October 30, 1909, and entitled "Plan and Profile of Grafton Street, September 10, 1909, scale of Plan 1"=40', scale of Profile hor. 1"=40', vert. 1"=6'. George H. Wetherbee, Jr., C. E., Boston, Mass."




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