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Robbins Library ARLINGTON, MASS.
REFERENCE ROOM.
Not to be taken from the Library.
32987
ROBBINS LIBRARY, ARLINGTON, MASS 3 4860 00118 5427
Arlington, Mass.
113th ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE TOWN OFFICERS
2.250%
OF THE
TOWN OF ARLINGTON
AND
THE TOWN RECORDS
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1919
ALSO A LIST OF THE
PERSONAL PROPERTY AND REAL ESTATE ASSESSED FOR THE YEAR 1919
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Historical Collection
987.74 Arlington 32987
TOWN OFFICERS, 1919 ELECTIVE
Town Clerk (Elected Annually) Thomas J. Robinson
Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor.
Thomas J. Donnelly, Chairman
Term expires 1920
Horatio A. Phinney Term expires 1921
Olvin H. Lufkin Term expires 1922
Board of Public Works
Thomas D. Kennedy, Chairman
Term expires 1920
Loren W. Marsh
Term expires 1921
Clarence A. Moore
Term expires 1922
Assessors
Omar W. Whittemore, Chairman Term expires 1922
James M.Mead Term expires 1920
Francis A. Patterson Term expires 1921
Auditor (Elected Annually)
George McK. Richardson
Treasurer (Elected Annually) Myron Taylor
Tax Collector (Elected Annually) Edward A. Bailey
School Committee
John A. Bishop, Chairman Term expires 1922 Jacob Estabrook Term expires 1920
Othilie J. Lawson. Term expires 1920
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Vittoria C. Dallin Term expires 1920
Charles C. Warren .
Term expires 1922
Lindsay K. Foster
Term expires 1922
John R. Foster
Term expires 1921
Claude A. Palmer
Term expires 1921
Fred L. Dawson
Term expires 1921
Planning Board (3 years)
Henry W. Hayes, Chairman Term expires 1921
Cyrus E. Dallin Term expires 1920
Robert W. Pond Term expires 1920
Harry G. Porter Term expires 1922
Howard B. S. Prescott
Term expires 1922
Park Commissioners (3 years)
Truman L. Quimby, Chairman
Term expires 1920
William W. Crosby Term expires 1921
Arthur P. Wyman Term expires 1922
Board of Health (3 years)
Alfred W. Lombard, Chairman
Term expires 1922
Charles F. Atwood
Term expires 1921
Alfred H. Knowles .Term expires 1920
Commissioners of Sinking Fund (3 years)
Henry Hornblower Term expires 1921
Joseph C. Holmes Term expires 1922
Charles W. Allen Term expires 1920
Trustees of Pratt Fund, (5 years)
Charles W. Allen Term expires 1923
Joseph C. Holmes Term expires 1924
George Hill Term expires 1920
Henry Hornblower
Term expires 1921
William E. Wood
Term expires 1922
Myron Taylor, ex officio.
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TOWN OFFICERS
Trustees of Robbins Library (3 years)
William A. Muller
Term expires 1921
Cyrus E. Dallin Term expires 1921
Arthur J. Wellington
Terms expire 1922
James P. Parmenter
Term expires 1922
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 (5 years)
George Hill Term expires 1923
Charles W. Allen
Term expires 1920
Joseph C. Holmes
Term expires 1924
William E. Wood
Term expires 1921
Henry Hornblower
Term expires 1922
Trustees of Elbridge Farmer Fund (not elective)
William E. Wood
Frank H. Walker
Henry Hornblower Harry G. Porter
John G. Brackett
Cemetery Commissioners
Warren A. Pierce, Chairman Term expires 1920
J. Edwin Kimball Term expires 1921
George G. Allen Term expires 1922
Tree Warden (Elected Annually) Daniel M. Daley
Constables
Thomas O. D. Urquhart Daniel M. Hooley
Willaim T. Canniff
Fence Viewers (Elected Annually)
Charles F. Wyman James R. Mann
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Field Drivers
Thomas O. D. Urquhart F. Joseph Cahalin Andrew Irwin
Thomas F. Priest Daniel M. Hooley John Duffy
Edwin C. Jacobs
Fish Preservers (Elected Annually) Everett S. Chapman
Measurers of Wood and Bark (Elected Annually)
Patrick F. Brosnahan Edmund L. Curtis Albert F. Duffy
APPOINTMENTS
APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE SELECTMEN Term expires
Thomas J. Robinson, Clerk and Agent of the Board April 1, 1920
William Gratto, Inspector of Buildings April 1, 1920
Charles A. Keegan, Town Physician . April 1, 1920
F. Holden Smith, Inspector of Animals. . April 1, 1920
Thomas O. D. Urquhart, Burial Agent. April 1, 1920
Warren A. Peirce, Weigher of Hay and Coal. April 1. 1920
B. Horace Peirce, Weigher of Hay and Coal April 1, 1920
William Coughlin, Weigher of Hay and Coal. April 1, 1920
David Lynch, Weigher of Hay and Coal .. April 1, 1920
Walter H. Peirce, Weigher of Hay and Coal. April 1, 1920
Thomas O. D. Urquhart, Keeper of Lockup . April 1, 1920
Charles E. Hale, Weigher of Hay and Coal. April 1, 1920
Florence G. Kendall, Weigher of Hay and Coal April 1, 1920
Albert F. Duffy, Superintendent of Town House. April 1, 1920
APPOINTMENT MADE BY THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR Thomas J. Robinson, Secretary and Agent. April 1, 1920
APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE BOARD FOR SUPPRESSING MOTHS Daniel M. Daley, Local Superintendent . .April 1, 1920
James F. Higgins, Clerk . April 1, 1920
APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE JOINT BOARD OF SELECTMEN AND BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
Thomas J. Robinson, Clerk. April 1, 1920
Philip A. Hendrick, Town Counsel . April 1, 1920
George E. Ahern, Town Engineer and Superintendent of Public Works. .April 1, 1920
Reuben W. LeBaron, Superintendent of Wires. April 1, 1920
APPOINTMENT MADE BY THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS Harold N. Willis, Water Registrar and Clerk April 1, 1920
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APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE BOARD OF HEALTH
William H. Bradley, Sanitary Inspector April 1, 1920
George W. Day, Inspector of Plumbing April 1, 1920
Alfred W. Lombard, Inspector of Milk . April 1, 1920
William H. Bradley, Clerk. April 1, 1920
APPOINTMENT MADE BY THE TOWN CLERK
E. Caroline Pierce, Assistant Town Clerk April 1, 1920
Registrars of Voters
Eben F. Dewing, Chairman
May 1, 1922
Daniel F. Ahern
May 1, 1920
Edward N. Lacey
May 1, 1921
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
Edwin C. Jacobs, Patrolman
Theodore Belyea, Patrolman
Charles E. Carroll, Patrolman Thomas M. Donovan, Patrolman
Eric A. Anderson, Patrolman
Fred M. Kirlin, Patrolman
Daniel Barry, Patrolman
Special Police (without pay) (Term expires at pleasure of Selectmen)
Michael E. Callahan, Matthew W. Callahan, Arthur T. White, 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, Benjamin B. Converse, Walter Barthelemy, Donald Higgins, Henry T. Scannell, John Campbell, Daniel M. Daley, Daniel Wall, Allen A. Kimball.
Engineers of Fire Department
(As Organized) Term expires
Walter H. Peirce, Chief .
April 1, 1920
Timothy J. Donahue, First Assistant Chief April 1, 1920
Frank P. Winn, Second Assistant Chief. April 1, 1920
Roster (Approved by Engineers)
Hose No. 1
Permanent men - John F. Sweeney, Driver; John Barry.
Call men - Robert J. Murrary, 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 V. Jones, Chauffeurs. Call men - John T. Finley, Lieutenant; John M. Tierney, William P. Dale.
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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, 1920
Daniel W. Grannan.
April 30, 1920
George H. Kelley
April 30, 1920
William D. Grannan.
April 30, 1920
John J. Leary
.April 30, 1920
William P. Dale.
April 30, 1920
HIGH SCHOOL
Name
Subject
Began Service in Arlington
Carl D. Burtt, Principal
1917
George I. Cross, Sub-master
Commercial
1910
Frank V. Gordon, Sub-master · Science
1912
Arthur E. Robinson, Sub-master Mechanic Arts
1915
Joseph M. Sullivan, Sub-master
Commercial
1917
Harold E. Cowan, Sub-master
Commercial
1918
Sarah J. Bullock
Mathematics
1903
Evangeline Cheney
Stenography and Typewriting
1905
Helena G. Robinson
Latin and History
1906
Bessie A. Conway
English and Mathematics
1908
May A. Furdon
Typewriting and Stenography
1914
Ida B. Jewett
Science
1914
Ethel F. Littlefield
French
1914
Ethel R. Butterworth
Mathematics
1915
Abbie M. Russell
Sewing
1915
Ruby S. Baker
History
1916
Helen F. Hadley
Typewriting
1916
Anne A. Callahan
Domestic Science
1918
Adelaide L. Hutchins
Spanish
1918
Mary H. Riley
English and History
1918
Annie L. Swasey
English
1919
Agnes K. Rhodes
English
1919
Lela C. Murdock
French
1919
Minnie L. Shedd
French and German
1919
Vivian H. Taber
English
1919
Theresa B. Binnig
Commercial
1919
Olive E. Ireland
Drawing
1919
Gertrude A. Montague
Latin and History
1919
Jeannette Sturtevant
English
1919
William T. McCarthy
Athletic Instructor
1918
Priscilla Watts, Principal's Clerk
1918
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TOWN OFFICERS
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Name
Subject
Began Service in Arlington
Bradford E. Swift, Principal
1918
Alfred C. Cobb
Manual Training
1894
Florence R. Norton
History
1905
Dorothy E. Connor
Mathematics
1907
Ethel P. Ober
Sewing
1911
M. Olive Smith
Mathematics
1913
Bessie R. Clerk
Geography
1915
Mable D. Dickinson
English
1915
Annie F. Slattery
Civics
1916
Beulah S. Arnold
Typewriting and Music
1916
Agnes K. Shea
History
1917
Teresa M. McDermott
Physical Training, Penmanship,
Spelling
1917
Mary W. Sullivan
French
1918
Edith M. Joel
English
1918
LaVera Morgan
History and English
1915
Stella F. Nesmith
Manual Training and Drawing
1918
Martha Schaedel
English
1918
Mildred E. Hyland
Mathematics
1919
Sara M. Wakefield
Domestic Science
1919
Helen K. Hardy
General Science
1919
Katharine R. Tierney
Mathematics, History, English
1919
CROSBY SCHOOL
Name
Grade
Beyun service in Arlington
Mary F. Scanlan, Principal
1873
Carrie L. Minott
VI
1902
Bertha M. Wright
VI
1919
Ursula B. Hanna
V
1918
Jennie M. Cottle
V
1903
Alice W. Collins
V
1919
Ethel G. Higgins
IV
1917
Mildred A. Evans
IV
1919
Mary G. McCusker
IV
1917
Bertha L. Long
III
1917
Josephine M. Goldsmith
III
1918
Sara M. Henderson
II
1901
Helen H. Beane
II
1917
Elizabeth L. Holton
II
1918
Frances E. Kelley
I
1917
Gertrude L. Toomey
I
1918
Rachel H. Haynes
I
1919
Annie W. Cobb
Sub-primary
1903
Ellen E. Sweeney
Sub-primary
1906
Helen M. Warren
Sub-primary
1913
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CUTTER SCHOOL
Name
Grade
Jennie A. Chaplin, Principal
1884
Doris P. Robinson
VI
1919
Theo Wilson
VI
1919
Charltte Blanchard
V
1919
Gertrude C. Abbott
V
1914
Georgianna P. Keith
IV
1919
Olive Stratton
IV
1912
Katherine E. McCarthy
IV
1919
Eilleen L. Myles
III
1917
Ethel Dudley
II
1919
L. Frances H. Knowles
II
1919
Arlene Avery
I
1919
Hattie E. Baker
1919
Kathryn C. Allen
Sub-primary
1919
Ida C. Hunt
Sub-primary
1919
LOCKE SCHOOL
Name
Grade
Began Service in Arlington
Flora E. Fuller, Principal
1914
Bessie E. Judge
VI
1919
Agnes E. O'Brien
VI
1918
Marjorie W. Woodhead
VI
1919
Helen Roberts
V
1919
Alice M. Philbrick
V
1916
Corla M. Nelson
IV
1916
Mary J. Cannon
IV
1919
Bertha W. Richards
IV
1913
Beatrice A. Thiesfeldt
IV
1919
Edna MacArthur
III
1916
Marie A. Brandon
III
1918
Carrie L. Horr
II
1915
Lucy E. Evans
II
1889
Ruth E. Delano
II
1916
Amy D. Young
I
1919
Alice M. Bean
I
1895
Helen P. Rhodes
I
1919
Myrtle M. Davis
Sub-primary
1907
Mildred G. Priest
Sub-primary
1918
Lillian M. Lyons
Sub-primary
1918
Cecilia A. Welsh
Sub-primary
1918
PARMENTER SCHOOL
Name
Grade
Began Service in Arlington
Pearl M. Pillsbury, Principal
1912
Miriam Braley
V
1918
Constance L. White
IV
1919
Vera E. Libby
III
1917
Elizabeth L. Geer II
1884
Grace B. Tibbetts
I
1906
Helen M. Dow
Sub-primary
1904
Began Sermce Arlington
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RUSSELL SCHOOL
Name
Grade
Began Service in Arlington
Annie D. Dunham, Principal
1916
Minnie E. Gray
VI
1917
Helen M. Fogg
VI
1919
Nellie A. Grimes
V
1894
Loretta A. Brandon
V
1919
Mabel C. Pond
IV
1918
Ruth J. Loring
IV
1919
Margaret B. Condon
III
1916
Grace M. Meserve
II
1919
Sarah L. Grifford
I
1893
Elizabeth A. Day
Sub-primary
1894
SUPERVISORS
Name
Subject
Began Service in Arlington
Fannie E. Fish
Drawing
1908
Grace G. Pierce
Music
1917
Harriett R. Pennel.
Domestic Science
1917
SPECIAL TEACHERS
Name
Subject
Began Service in Arlington
M. Isabelle Walker
Sewing
1918
Margarita Lavendar
Sewing
1919
Mabel Whitney
Manual Training
1919
Helen P. Lane
Manual Training
1919
Medical Inspector
Ezekiel Pratt, M.D.
School Nurse
Flora M. Wilson
School Attendance Officer
William T. Canniff
Garden Supervisor
Catherina S. Eastwood
JANITORS
Name
Schools
Began Service in Arlington
Richard Robbins
High
1908
Henry J. Frederick
High
1916
Michael Reddan
High
1918
Donald Higgins
Junior High
1915
Henry T. Scannell
Crosby
1909
Matthew W. Callahan
Cutter
1901
Michael E. Callahan
Locke
1900
Patrick McCarthy
Russell
1906
William Finley
Parmenter
1919
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SCHOOL CALENDAR 1919-1920
Fall Term from Wednesday, September 10 through Tuesday, December 23. Winter Term from Monday, January 5 through Friday, February 20. Spring Term from Monday, March 1 through Friday, April 16. Summer Term from Monday, April 26 through Friday, June 25. Fall Term 1920 begins Wednesday, September 8.
VACATIONS AND HOLIDAYS
Columbus Day. Armistice Day Thanksgiving, the day preceding and the day following.
December 24 to January 2 inclusive.
February 21 to 27 inclusive.
April 17 to 23 inclusive.
Memorial Day.
June 17
NO-SCHOOL SIGNAL
In stormy weather the Superintendent may close the schools for one or both sessions by sounding 2-2 four times on the fire alarm. The signal sounded at 7.15 will indicate no session for the Senior and Junior High School pupils. The signal sounded at 7.30 will indicate no morning session for the elementary pupils below the Junior High School; at 12.30 no afternoon session for elementary schools
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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 meet in their respective voting places in said Town (Precinct One) Town Hall; (Precinct Two) Crosby School House, Winter Street, Monday, the third day of March, 1919, at 5.45 A. M. in Town Hall, Precinct One and at 6 A. M. in Crosby School, Precinct Two, to act on the following articles, viz:
ARTICLE 1. To elect by ballót 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; a member of the Board of Public Works for two 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 Commissioner for the Sinking Fund for three years; one Trustee of the Edwin S. Farmer Poor Widows: Fund and the Edsin S. Farmer Fund for Needy persons for five years: one Cemetery Commissioner for three years; a Tree Warden for one year; one or more Constables for one year. Also, on the same ballot to vote "Yes" or "No" upon the question "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town?"
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The polls will open at 5.45 A. M. in Precinct One, Town Hall, and at 6.00 o'clock A. M., in Precinct Two, Crosby School House, and will be kept open in both precincts until five o'clock P. M.
You are also required to notify and warn the inhabitants afore- said to meet at the Town Hall in said Town on Monday, the third day of March, 1919, at 5.30 P. M., to act on the following articles :
ART. 2. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 3. To choose or appoint all the other usual town officers in such manner as the Town may determine.
The consideration of further business under this Warrant shall be postponed until such later time as the meeting may direct.
ART. 4. To hear and act on the reports of the Board of Selectmen and other Town officers and committees heretofore appointed.
ART. 5. To make an appropriation for the Robbins Library for the ensuing year.
ART. 6. To make an appropriation for the Public Schools for the ensuing year and determine in what manner the money shall be expended.
ART. 7. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $250 for the proper observance of Memorial Day, the same to be expended under the direction of Francis Gould Post 36, G. A. R.
ART. 8. To see if the Town will appropriate $7000 in ac- cordance with the vote passed December 6, 1904, for water used for public purposes for the ensuing year.
ART. 9. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the construction of permanent sidewalks for the ensuing year.
ART. 10. 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. 11. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the use of the Highway Division, and determine in what man- ner the money shall be raised.
ART. 12. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for street lighting.
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Art. 13. 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. 14. 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 expended under the direction of the Tree Warden.
ART. 15. 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. 16. 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. 17. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the extension of storm drains, or take any action thereon.
ART. 18. 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. 19. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $500 for the maintenance of a free bed in the Symmes Arlington Hospital; 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 Chapter 44 of the General Acts of 1915, or take any action thereon.
ART. 20. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the extension of water mains, make an appropriation for the same, and determine in what manner the money shall be raised.
ART. 21. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to acquire by purchase, or otherwise, for municipal purposes, a certain strip of land situate on Mystic Street, bounded on the north by land of the Arlington Steam Laundry Company and land of the Arlington Gas Light Company, easterly by land of the Town of Arlington, southerly by land of the heirs of Bernard McGowan, westerly by lands of Mar- garet T. McConnell, Esther Irwin and Teresa Raia, southerly by land of said Teresa Raia, and westerly by Mystic Street,
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containing about 109,780 square feet; make an appropriation for the same, determine in what manner the money shall be raised, or take any action thereon.
ART. 22. To see if the Town will vote to accept and establish as a town way the private way known as Aberdeen Road, as laid out by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment for betterments, make an appropriation for 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 westerly side line of Tanager Street 56 feet southwesterly from a stone bound at a point of curve; thence southwesterly and westerly on a curve to the right with a radius of 39 feet a distance of 35.18 feet to a point for compound curve; thence, continuing westerly on a curve to the right with a radius of 120.32 feet, a distance of 37.38 feet to a point of tangency; thence, northwesterly on the north- erly side of Aberdeen Road a distance of 104 feet; thence, southwesterly across Aberdeen Road 40 feet, more or less, to the southerly side of Aberdeen Road; thence, southeasterly on the said southerly side line of Aberdeen Road 92.77 feet to a point of curve; thence southeasterly and easterly on a curve to the left with a radius of 251.8 feet a distance of 44.88 feet to a point of reverse curve; thence southeasterly and southerly on a curve to the right with a radius of 11 feet, a distance of 18.67 feet to the westerly side line of Tanager Street; thence, northerly and northeasterly on said westerly side line of Tanager Street on a curve to the right with a radius of 184.15 feen a dis- tance of 76.81 feet to the point of beginning,-as showe on a plan approved by the Board of Survey, Arlington, Mass., May 28, 1918, entitled "Board of Survey Plan and Profilh of Aberdeen Road, Arlington, Mass., scales Hor. 1 inch equals 40 feet, Vert. 1 inch equals six feet, December 5, 1917, George E.fAhern, Town Engineer."
# ART. 23. To see if the Town will vote to make an appropria- tion for the establishment of life saving stations at Spy Pond and the Reservoir, or take any action relative thereto.
| ART. 24. To see if the Town will vote to make an appropria- tion for the use of the Public Safety Committee, or take any action thereon.
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ART. 25. To see if the Town will vote to make an appropria . tion for the use of the Arlington Company of the State Guard or take any action thereon.
ART. 26. To see if the Town will vote to make an appropria . tion for the payment of pensions to such employees of the Town entitled to such pensions under the provisions of law accepted by the Town, or take any action relative thereto.
ART. 27. To see if the Town will vote to make an appropria- tion for the payment to the employees of the Town who served in the service of the United States, the difference between their military and their municipal compensation, as voted by the Town March, 1918, or take any action thereon.
ART. 28. To see if the Town will vote to construct storm drains and catch basins at the intersection of Park Avenue Ex- tension and Oakledge Street, make an appropriation therefor, or take any action thereon.
(Inserted at the request of P. J. Hussey, et al.)
ART. 29. To see if the Town will vote to extend the water main in Forest Street from its present end a distance of about 800 feet, make an appropriation for the same, or take any action thereon.
(Inserted at the request of D. F. Livingstone, et al.)
ART. 30. 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 John J. Donahue, et al.)
ART. 31. To see if the Town will vote to turn over to the Park Commissioners for park or playground purposes, the lot of land now known as the Crusher Lot, or take any action thereon.
(Inserted at the request of the Planning Board.)
ART. 32. To see if the Town will appoint a permanent Com- mittee for proper Town Yard facilities, make an appropriation therefor, or take any action thereon.
(Inserted at the request of the Committee on Town Yard.)
ART. 33. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public way the private way known as Hospital Road, from Summer Street to the point approved by the Board of Survey, December
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17, 1918, and indicated on Board Plan of said Road, or take. any action thereon.
Art. 34. To determine in what manner the town ways, highways and bridges shall be repaired the ensuing year.
ART. 35. 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, 1919.
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