Town of Arlington annual report 1917, Part 1

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Founded by DR. EBENEZER LEARNED, 1835


Endowed by DR. TIMOTHY WELLINGTON, 1853 NATHAN PRATT, 1875 HENRY MOTT, 1889 ELBRIDGE FARMER, 1892


Building Erected by


MARIA C. ROBBINS in memory of ELI ROBBINS, 1892


Arlington, Mass. Selectinen


111th ANNUAL REPORT OF -


TOWN OFFICERS


OF THE


TOWN OF ARLINGTON


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THE TOWN RECORDS


FOR THE


YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1917


ALSO A LIST OF THE


PERSONAL PROPERTY AND REAL ESTATE ASSESSED FOR THE YEAR 1917


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974 44- Arlington 30136 C2 TOWN OFFICERS, 1917. ELECTIVE.


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


Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor.


Horatio A. Phinney, Chairman


Term expires 1918


Willis P. Howard


Term expires 1919


Thomas J. Donnelly Term expires 1920


Board of Public Works.


Arthur Birch, Chairman


Term expires 1919


Robert W. Pond


Term expires 1918


Thomas D. Kennedy Term expires 1920


Assessors.


Omar W. Whittemore, Chairman


Term expires 1919


James M. Mead


Term expires 1920


Francis A. Patterson Term expires 1918


Treasurer.


(Elected Annually.)


Myron Taylor.


Collector of Taxes. (Elected Annually.) Edward A. Bailey.


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


School Committee.


Carl N. Quimby, Chairman Term expires 1918


Jacob Estabrook


Term expires 1920


Othilie J. Lawson


Term expires 1920


Florence C. Hicks


Term expires 1920


*William I. Marsters 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 *Appointed to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Daniel Wyman.


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Planning Board.


Henry W. Hayes, Chairman Term expires 1918


Cyrus E. Dallin Term expires 1920


Robert W. Pond Term expires 1920


Harry G. Porter Term expires 1919


James P. Parmenter Term expires 1919


Park Commissioners.


Gorham H. Davis, Chairman Term expires 1919


Truman L. Quimby Term expires 1920


Board of Health.


Guy E. Sanger, Chairman Term expires 1918


*Alfred W. Lombard Term expires 1918


Alfred H. Knowles Term expires 1917


Commissioners of Sinking Fund. :


Henry Hornblower Term expires 1918


Joseph C. Holmes Term expires 1919


Charles W. Allen


Term expires 1920


Trustees of Pratt Fund.


Charles W. Allen Term expires 1918


Joseph C. Holmes Term expires 1919


George Hill Term expires 1920


Henry Hornblower


Term expires 1921


William E. Wood


Term expires 1922


Myron Taylor, ex-officio.


Trustees of Robbins Library.


William A. Muller Term expires 1918


Cyrus E. Dallin


Term expires 1918


Arthur J. Wellington Term expires 1919


James P. Parmenter


.Term expires 1919


Samuel C. Bushnell


Term expires 1920


Charles A. Keegan


Term expires 1920


Trustees of the Edwin S. Farmer Poor Widows' Fund and Trustees of the Edwin S. Farmer Fund for Needy Persons. George Hill Term expires 1918


Charles W. Allen Term expires 1920.


*Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of Dr. Laurence L. Peirce.


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TOWN OFFICERS


Joseph C. Holmes


Term expires 1919


William E. Wood


Term expires 1921


Henry Hornblower


Term expires 1922


Trustees of Elbridge Farmer Fund.


John Q. A. Brackett.


Henry Hornblower.


John H. Hardy.


William E. Wood.


Harry G. Porter. John G. Brackett.


Cemetery Commissioners.


Warren A. Peirce, Chairman


Term expires 1920


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. Charles F. Donahue.


Edward T. Ryan.


Theodore R. Belyea.


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.


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Daniel M. Hooley. Thomas F. Priest.


William T. Canniff.


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APPOINTMENTS.


APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE SELECTMEN. Term Expires


Thomas J. Robinson, Clerk and Agent of the Board. April 1, 1918


William Gratto, Inspector of Buildings April 1, 1918


Charles A. Keegan, Town Physician April 1, 1918


*F. Holden Smith, Inspector of Animals. April 1, 1918


Charles F. Donahue, Sealer of Weights and Measures April 1, 1918


Charles F. Donahue, Superintendent of Town House. April 1, 1918


Thomas O. D. Urquhart, Burial Agent. April 1, 1918


Warren A. Peirce, Weigher of Hay and Coal. April 1, 1918


B. Horace Peirce, Weigher of Hay and Coal. April 1, 1918


William Coughlin, Weigher of Coal. April 1, 1918


David Lynch, Weigher of Coal. April 1, 1918.


Walter H. Peirce, Weigher of Hay and Coal. April 1, 1918


Thomas O. D. Urquhart, Keeper of Lock-up April 1, 1918


Charles F. Donahue, Keeper of Pound. April 1, 1918


Charles E. Hale, Weigher of Hay and Coal. April 1, 1918


Florence G. Kendall, Weigher of Hay and Coal. April 1, 1918


APPOINTMENT MADE BY THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR. Thomas J. Robinson, Secretary and Agent April 1, 1918


APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE BOARD FOR SUPPRESSING MOTHS.


Daniel M. Daley, Local Superintendent April 1, 1918


James F. Higgins, Clerk April 1, 1918


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


Thomas J. Robinson, Clerk. April 1, 1918


Philip A. Hendrick, Town Counsel. April 1, 1918


George E. Ahearn, Town Engineer and Superintendent of Public Works. . April 1, 1918


Reuben W. LeBaron, Superintendent of Wires. April 1, 1918


APPOINTMENT MADE BY THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. Harold N. Willis, Water Registrar and Clerk April 1, 1918


APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE BOARD OF HEALTH.


William H. Bradley, Sanitary Inspector and Superintendent. April 1, 1918


George W. Day, Inspector of Plumbing April 1, 1918


*Alfred W. Lombard, Inspector of Milk, April 1, 1918 Gertrude Clifford, Clerk April 1, 1918


*Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of Dr. Laurence L. Peirce.


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APPOINTMENT MADE BY THE TOWN CLERK.


Edna C. Pierce, Assistant Town Clerk. April 1, 1918


Registrars of Voters.


Eben F. Dewing, Chairman


May 1, 1918


Daniel F. Ahearn


May 1, 1920


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


Eric A. Anderson, Patrolman Arthur B. Connor, Patrolman


*Daniel P. Barry, 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, Donald Higgins, Henry T. Scannell, John Campbell, Daniel M. Daley, Daniel Wall, Allen A. Kimball.


Engineers of Fire Department. (As Organized.)


Walter H. Peirce, Chief April 1, 1918


Timothy J. Donahue, First Assistant Chief April 1, 1918


Frank P. Winn, Second Assistant Chief and Clerk April 1, 1918


Roster. (Approved by Engineers.) Hose N. 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. Dona- hue, William P. Dale.


*On leave of absence in United States service.


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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.


Undertakers (licensed).


J. Henry Hartwell & Son


. April 30, 1918


Daniel Grannan April 30, 1918


George H. Kelley


April 30, 1918


William D. Grannan


April 30, 1918


John J. Leary April 30, 1918


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


HIGH SCHOOL


Name


Subject


Began Service in Arlington


Carl D. Burtt, Principal


1917


Frank. V. Gordon, Sub-master


Science


1912


Arthur E. Robinson, Sub-master


. Mechanic Arts


1915


Joseph M. Sullivan, Sub-master Commercial


1917


Sarah J. Bullock Mathematics


1903


Evangeline Cheney


Sten. and Type


1905


Helener G. Robertson


Latin


1906


Jennie B. Allyn


Math. and Hist.


1907


Ethel F. Littlefield


French


1914


Ida B. Jewett


Science


1914


May Furdon


Typewriting


1914


Lorraine M. Eaton


English


1915


Abbie M. Russell


Sewing and Millinery


1915


Ethel R. Butterworth


Mathematics


1915


Rachel Foster


English and History


1915


Edith M. Richmond


French and German 1915


Lucy D. Ford


Spanish


1916


Ruby S. Baker


History


1916


Harriet R. Blodgett


English


1916


Helen F. Hadley


. Typewriting 1916


Harriett R. Pennell


Domestic Science 1917


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Mary G. Magner


German 1912


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TOWN OFFICERS


Name


Subject


Began Service in Arlington


Lucile Douglas


English


1917


Blanche T. Bigelow


English and History


1917


Lucile Rand


Latin


1917


Agnes F. O'Neill


Commercial 1917


Elizabeth F. Hyde


English and Science 1917


William T. McCarthy


Athletic Director 1917


Helen C. Neville, Principal's Clerk


1915


JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.


Name


Subject


Began Service in Arlington


Harold E. Jackman, Principal


1915


Martha E. Randall


English


1905


Dorothy E. Connor


Mathematics


1907


Bessie A. Conway


English and History 1908


Olive Smith


Mathematics


1913


Mabel D. Dickinson


English


1915


Bessie R. Clerk


Geography


1915


Annie F. Slattery


Civics


1916


Agnes F. Shea


History


1917


Luella R. Lyon


Commercial


1917


Abbie L. Tuller


Drawing


1917


Constance Buell


Science


1917


Marjorie Williams


French and German 1917


A. Martina Pihl


Music and English 1917


Ruth R. Doyle


English


1917


Natalie D. Betts


Domestic Science 1917


Teresa McDermott


Penmanship and Gymnastics 1917


CROSBY SCHOOL.


Name


Grade


Began Service in Arlington


Mary F. Scanlan, Principal


1873


Carrie L. Minott


. VI


1902


Anne Sheridan .VI


1916


Minnie E. Gray V


1917


Jennie M. Cottle


V


1903


Dorothy True IV


1914


Gertrude D. Trask


IV


1914


Mary G. McCusker IV


1917


Laura F. Thrasher


III


1913


Bertha L. Long


III


1917


Ethel G. Higgins


III


1917


Sara M. Henderson


II


1901


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Name


Grade


Began Service in Arlington


Helen A. Lyons


.II


1913


Helen H. Beane


II


1917


Rachel Harrison


I


1913


Ethelyn M. Brown


I


1911


Frances Kelley


I


1917


Helen M. Warren


Sub-primary


1913


Ellen E. Sweeney


Sub-primary


1906


Annie W. Cobb


Sub-primary


1903


Gladys Chamberlain


Sub-primary


1917


CUTTER SCHOOL.


Name


Grade


Began Service in Arlington


Jennie A. Chaplin, Principal


1884


Beulah S. Arnold


.VI


1916 .


Mary E. Warde.


VI


1917


Gertrude C. Abbott


V


1914


Olive Stratton


IV


1912


Eilleen L. Myles


III


1917


Florence R. Norton


II


1905


Gladys C. Dunbar


I and II


1917


Antoinette L. Canfield


I


1897


Edith A. Stockwell


Sub-primary


1915


Marion G. Gleason


Sub-primary 1915


LOCKE SCHOOL.


Name


Grade


Began Service in Arlington


Stephen G. Bean, Principal


1914


Flora E. Fuller


VI


1914


Alice M. Philbrick


VI


1916


Ruth E. Delano V


1916


Ethel L. Sargent


IV and V


1910


Mabel A. Ward


IV


1913


Corla M. Nelson


IV


1916


Edna MacArthur


III 1916


May W. Gaffney


III


1917


Bertha W. Richards


II and III


1913


Carrie L. Horr


II


1915


Lucy E: Evans


II


1889


Alice M. May


I


1917


Pauline E. Thiesfeldt I


1916


Alice M. Bean


I and II


1895


Margaret W. Chater


Sub-primary


1916


Myrtle M. Davis


Sub-primary 1907


Helen H. McIntosh


Sub-primary


1915


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TOWN OFFICERS


PARMENTER SCHOOL.


Name


Grade


Began Service in Arlington


Pearl M. Pillsbury, Principal


1912


Margaret McLeod


V


1917


Vera E. Libby


IV


1917


Katrina M. Graveson


III


1917


Elizabeth L. Geer


II


1884


Grace B. Tibbetts


I


1906


Helen M. Dow


Sub-primary 1904


RUSSELL SCHOOL.


Name


Grade


Began Service in Arlington


Annie D. Dunham, Principal


1916


Cora E. Tarvis


VI


1915


Mary M. Stewart VI


1916


Bertha W. Belmont


V


1912


Nellie A. Grimes IV


1894


Mary E. Hernan


III


1916


Ruth J. Blood


II


1916


Margaret B. Condon


I and II


1916


Sarah L. Gifford


I


1893


Elizabeth A. Day


Sub-primary 1894


Supervisors.


Name


Subject


Began Service in Arlington


Fannie E. Fish


Drawing


1908


Helen S. Carleton


Writing


1912


Helen E. Bowker


Gymnastics


1914


Grace G. Pierce


Music


1917


Special Teachers.


Name


Subject


Began Service in Arlington


Alfred C. Cobb


Manual Training


1894


Ethel P. Ober


Sewing


1911


Elizabeth P. Wright


Drawing


1915


Medical Inspector. Ezekiel Pratt, M. D.


School Attendance Officer. William T. Canniff.


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. Janitors.


Name


School


Began Service in Arlington


Richard Robbins


High


1908


Henry J. Frederick


. High


1916


Louis F. Monto


. High


1917


Donald Higgins


Junior High


1915


Henry T. Scannell


Crosby


1909


Matthew W. Callahan


Cutter


1901


Michael E. Callahan


Locke


1900


Patrick McCarthy


Parmenter


1906


Nathaniel E. Whittier


Russell


1894


ARLINGTON TOWN RECORDS FOR THE MUNICIPAL YEAR 1917. :


TOWN WARRANT.


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. MIDDLESEX, SS. To any 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 assemble in the Town Hall, in said Town, Monday, the fifth day of March, 1917, at 6:00 o'clock, A. M., then and there to act on the follow- ing articles, viz. :


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


ART. 2. To elect by ballot the following town officers: a Selectman for three years; a Town Clerk for one year; a Town Treasurer for one year; a Town Collector for one year; an Auditor for one year,; a member of the Board of Public Works for three years; one Assessor for three years; three members of the School Committee for three years; one member of the School Committee for one year; two Trustees of the Robbins Library for three years; one member of the Board of Health for three years; one Park Commissioner for three years; two members of the Planning Board for three years; one Trustee of the Pratt Fund for five years; one Trustee of the Pratt Fund for one year .; one Commissioner of the Sinking Fund for three years; one Trustee of the Edwin S. Farmer Poor Widows' Fund, and the Edwin S. Farmer Fund for Needy Persons, for five years; one Trustee of the Edwin S. Farmer Poor Widows' Fund, and the Edwin S. Farmer Fund for Needy Persons, for three years; one Cemetery Commissioner for three years; a Tree Warden for one year; seven Constables for one year; also, to choose or appoint all the other usual town officers in such manner as the


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Town may determine. Also, upon the same ballot to vote "Yes" or "No" upon the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town?"


Also, upon the same ballot, to vote "Yes" or "No" upon the question, "Shall Chapter 291 of the General Acts of 1916, being 'An Act relative to the tenure of office of Chiefs of Fire Depart- ments in the Metropolitan Fire Prevention District' be accepted by the Town?


For these purposes the polls will be open as soon as possible after the organization of the meeting, and kept open until five o'clock, P. M.


ART. 3 To hear and act on the reports of the Board of Select- men, and other town officers and committees heretofore ap- pointed.


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 money 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 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 appertaining to Town affairs during the year com- mencing March 1, 1917.


ART. 9. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $250 for the proper observance of Memorial Day, the same to be ex- pended under the direction of Francis Gould Post 36, G. A. R.


ART. 10. To see if the Town will appropriate $7,000 in ac- cordance with the vote passed December 6, 1904, for water used for fire hydrants, street watering and public buildings for the ensuing year.


ART. 11. To see what action the Town will take in regard to


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extension of water mains, make an appropriation for the same, and determine in what manner the money shall be raised.


ART. 12. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the construction and repair of permanent sidewalks.


ART. 13. 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. 14. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the extension 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 use of the Highway Division, and determine in what manner the money shall be raised.


· ART. 16. 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. 17. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for street lighting.


ART. 18. To see if the Town will vote to authorize its Col- lector of Taxes to use all means of collecting taxes for the year 1917 which a Town Treasurer may use when appointed a Col- lector of Taxes.


ART. 19. 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. 20. To see if the Town will make an appropriation to be expended 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. 21. 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. 22. 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.


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ART. 23. To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treas- urer, under the direction of the Selectmen, to borrow money for any necessary purpose, in anticipation of the revenue for the year 1917, the same to be repaid directly from the proceeds of said revenue.


:ART. 24. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the removal of snow and ice from the highways, or take any action thereon.


!. ART. 25. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the engineering work of the Town, said appropriation to include the salary of the Town Engineer, or take any action thereon.


: ART. 26. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the extension of storm drains, or take any action thereon.


ART. 27. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $500 for the maintenance of a free bed in the Symmes Arlington Hos- pital; said bed to be for the care and treatment of residents of the Town who are unable to pay for such care and treatment, in accordance with the provisions of Chap. 44 of the General Acts of 1915, or take any action thereon.


: (Inserted at the request of Francis L. Maguire, et al.)


ART. 28. To see if the Town will consider the advisability of providing facilities for voting at town and state elections, in East Arlington, make an appropriation therefor, or take any action thereon.


.:: : '(Inserted at the request of Max H. Meyer, et al.)


ART. 29. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the maintenance and improvement of the public parks of the Town', determine in what manner the money shall be raised, or take any action thereon.


."ART. 30. To see if the Town will vote to devote for park pur- poses, and place under the jurisdiction of the Park Commis- sioners, the following parcels of land: triangle at junction of Florence Avenue, Appleton Street and Paul Revere Road; Well- ington Park, at junction of Lowell Street and Massachusetts Avenue; triangle on Medford Street at the junction of Warren Street; strip in centre of Orvis Road, or take any action thereon.


.„ART. 31. To see if the Town will make an appropriation to reimburse the Tax Title Account for money expended in the pur- chase of Tax Titles at Collector's sales, said titles having been


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offered at public auction without buyers, and property having been taken possession of in the name of the Town according to law.


ART. 32. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Se- lectmen to acquire by purchase, or otherwise, a certain parcel of land in the vicinity of Franklin and Warren Streets for municipal purposes, make an appropriation therefor, or take any action thereon.


(Inserted at request of Committee on School House sites.)


ART. 33. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to turn over to the Board of Public Works the old Almshouse, on Summer Street, for such disposition as will best serve the in- terests of the Town.


(Inserted at the request of the Board of Public Works.)


ART. 34. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the development of the Town Yard property, or take any action thereon.


(Inserted at the request of the Board of Public Works.)


ART. 35. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to purchase, or take for municipal purposes, land bounded by Massachusetts Avenue, Brattle Street, Boston and Lowell Rail- road and land of the Theodore Schwamb Company, make an appropriation for the same, or take any action thereon.


(Inserted at the request of the Board of Public Works.)


ART. 36. To see if the Town will vote to grant the employees of the Highway, Water, Sewer and Health Departments an in- crease of twenty-five cents per day.


(Inserted at the request of Maurice P. Ahern, et al.)


ART. 37. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the appointment or election of a Finance Committee of twenty-one citizens for the ensuing year.


ART. 38. To see if the Town will vote to accept the pro- visions of Chap. 19, Sect. 37, of the Revised Laws; vote to ex- tend the application of the provisions of said Chapter and the Amendments thereto to the permanent fire force of the Town, or take any other action relative thereto.


(Inserted at the request of Charles G. Barry, et al.)


ART. 39. To see if the Town will vote to accept Chap. 293 of the General Acts of 1916, being the Jitney Act, so-called, and


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being. "An Act to authorize the licensing by cities and towns of motor vehicles carrying passengers for hire, " or take any action relative thereto.


ART. 40. To see if the Town will vote to change the name of that part of Summer Street from Brattle Street to 88 feet north of Lansdowne Road, to Hemlock Street, or take any action thereon.


ART. 41. To see if the Town will vote to accept and establish as a town way the private way known as Schouler Court, as laid out by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of better- ments, make an appropriation for constructing the same, deter- mine 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 Massachu- setts Avenue, said point being 238.52 feet southeasterly from a County Commissioners' stone bound on the said northerly side line of Massachusetts Avenue, thence, on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet, a distance of 37.34 feet to a point on the westerly side line of Schouler Court, thence, north 51-32' east along said westerly side line of Schouler Court 299.13 feet to a point of curve, thence on a curve to the left with a radius of 15 feet, a distance of 23.71 feet, thence, south 39-03' east, 55.15 feet to the easterly side line of Schouler Court, thence south 51-32' west along said easterly side line of Schouler Court 304.0 feet to a point of curve, thence, on a curve to the left with a radius of 26.10 feet, a distance of 45.77 feet to a point on the northerly side of Massachusetts Avenue, thence, northwesterly along said northerly side line of Massachusetts Avenue, a dis- tance of 94.43 feet to the point of beginning, as shown on a plan approved by the Board of Survey, Arlington, Mass., Feb. 13, 1917, and entitled, "Board of Survey Plan and Profile of Schouler Court, Arlington, Mass., Scales: Hor. 1"-40', Vert. 1"-6', Nov. 14, 1916, George E. Ahearn, Town Engineer. "




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