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ROBBINS LIBRARY, ARLINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS 3 4860 00739 3249
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Property of
Robbins Library
Arlington, Mass;
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
128TH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON AND THE TOWN RECORDS FOR THE YEAR ENDING December 31,1934
ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHTH
-1934-
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town Officers and The Town Records
OF THE
TOWN
of
ARLINGTON
Arlington,
Selectmen
Pro
Robbins gary
Arlington, Muss.
FOR THE TWELVE MONTHS ENDING DECEMBER 31
THE HAMPSHIRE PRESS, INC. 28 Carleton Street, Cambridge 1935
BASEMENT
COLLECTION
71666 May 35
97444 Arlington CZ
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TOWN OFFICERS, 1935
Elective
TOWN CLERK E. Caroline Pierce (Term expires 1936)
Moderator (1 year) John G. Brackett
Selectmen and Board of Public Welfare
Leonard Collins Term expires 1935
George H. Lowe, Jr. Term expires 1936
Ernest W. Davis Term expires 1937
Board of Public Works
Ralph Adams Term expires 1935
John E. Mitchell Term expires 1936
Loren W. Marsh .Term expires 1937
Assessors
Earl A. Ryder
Term expires 1935
Clarence A. Moore
Term expires 1936
John D. O'Leary Term expires 1937
Treasurer
Charles A. Hardy
Term expires 1936
Tax Collector
Edward A. Bailey Term expires 1936
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School Committee
Norine D. Casey Term expires 1935
M. Norcross Stratton
Term expires 1935
Mortimer H. Wells
Term expires 1935
Katherine W. Lacey
Term expires 1936
Clair E. Turner Term expires 1936
Winburn S. Cannell Term expires 1936
Clement J. Beaudet Term expires 1937
Harrie H. Dadmun
Term expires 1937
Therese N. Turner
Term expires 1937
Planning Board
Lester W. Collins, Chairman Term expires 1935
Carolyn B. Reed
Term expires 1935
Herbert M. Dutcher
Term expires 1936
Charles M. MacMillin
Term expires 1937
Edward L. Shinn
Term expires 1937
Park Commissioners
Frank W. Wunderlich, Chairman Term expires 1935
** George H. Shirley
Term expires 1936
+Nils G. Anderson
John B. Byrne
Term expires 1937
Board of Health
Ernest R. Brooks Term expires 1935
Charles F. Atwood Term expires 1936
Alfred W. Lombard, Chairman Term expires 1937
Commissioners of Sinking Fund
Roscoe R. Perry Term expires 1935
Val T. Hanson Term expires 1936
Wilson D. Clark, Jr. Term expires 1937
*Resigned
#Appointed ** Died
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Trustees of Pratt Fund
Ernest H. Freeman
.Term expires 1935
Arthur J. Wellington
Term expires 1936
Val T. Hanson
Term expires 1937
Roscoe R. Perry
Term expires 1938
Wilson D. Clark, Jr.
Term expires 1939
Charles A. Hardy, ex-officio
Trustees of Robbins Library
Therese N. Turner Term expires 1935
Charles J. Walsh Term expires 1935
William A. Muller
Term expires 1936
Cyrus E. Dallin
Term expires 1936
Mary Helen Teele Term expires 1937
Arthur J. Wellington
Term expires 1937
Trustees of the Edwin S. Farmer Poor Widows' Fund and Trustees of the Edwin S. Farmer Fund for Needy Persons
Roscoe R. Perry Term expires 1935
Val T. Hanson
Term expires 1936
Arthur J. Wellington
Term expires 1937
Ernest H. Freeman
Term expires 1938
Wilson D. Clark, Jr.
Term expires 1939
Trustees of Elbridge Farmer Fund (not elective)
Eben Dewing
James A. Bailey
William D. Elwell
John A. Bishop
Frederick W. Hill
John G. Brackett
Cemetery Commissioners
Frederick W. Hill Term expires 1935
J. Edwin Kimball, Chairman Term expires 1936
M. Ernest Moore Term expires 1937
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Board of Appeal (not elective)
Frederic F. Low, Chairman
Term expires 1935
Thomas J. Donnelly Term expires. 1936
Alton F. Tupper
Term expires 1937
William A. McNeal, Associate
Tree Warden (1 year) Daniel M. Daley
Fence Viewers
David T. Dale
D. Herbert Buttrick
Field Drivers
Archibald F. Bullock
Daniel P. Barry
Edwin C. Jacobs Charles E. Carroll
Measurers of Wood and Bark (elected annually) Patrick F. Brosnahan Charles E. Hale
Arthur B. Peirce
APPPOINTMENTS Appointments Made by the Selectmen
James J. Golden, Jr., Secretary
Clarence Needham, Town Accountant
William E. Mason, Inspector of Buildings
George W. Day, Inspector of Plumbing Edward W. Feeley, Town Physician Chester L. Blakely, Inspector of Animals Archibald F. Bullock, Burial Agent George M. Dolan, Moth Superintendent Arthur B. Peirce, Weigher of Hay and Coal Horace W. Peirce, Weigher of Hay and Coal Walter H. Peirce, Weigher of Hay and Coal David Lynch, Weigher of Hay and Coal William Coughlin, Weigher of Hay and Coal Patrick Keaney, Weigher of Hay and Coal John L. Kelly, Weigher of Hay and Coal James P. Kelly, Weigher of Hay and Coal Joseph F. Kelly, Weigher of Hay and Coal Thomas J. O'Donnell, Weigher of Hay and Coal Forest E. Litchfield, Weigher of Hay and Coal Eva A. Cummings, Weigher of Hay and Coal Robert J. Kelley, Weigher of Hay and Coal Charles E. Hale, Weigher of Hay and Coal
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William C. Scannell, Weigher of Hay and Coal John O'Brien, Weigher of Hay and Coal George R. Kelley, Weigher of Hay and Coal Archibald F. Bullock, Keeper of Lockup James Carmody, Superintendent of Town House Allan E. Cowie, Sealer of Weights and Measures
Appointments Made by the Board of Public Welfare Clifford W. Cook, Secretary and Agent
Appointments Made by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works
James J. Golden, Jr., Secretary
John L. Murphy, Town Counsel
James M. Keane, Town Engineer
William E. Mason, Superintendent of Wires
Appointments Made by the Board of Public Works S. Alfred Benson, Secretary
David P. Geary, Water Registrar
Appointments Made by the Board of Health William H. Bradley, Clerk and Inspector of Milk
Registrars of Voters
Term Expires
Dennis I. Donahue
May 1, 1935
Timothy J. Buckley
May 1, 1936
Arthur W. Sampson
May 1, 1937
E. Caroline Pierce, ex-officio
1934
Special Officers to Serve Without Pay During Pleasure of the Board
George H. Greim
John Campbell
Michael Reddan
Leslie Wildgust
Michael McDevitt
James Carmody
A. Leslie Heckbert
Daniel Bosquet
Harry Sweetnam
Dr. Chester L. Blakely
Edward Shay
Wathen B. Henderson
Michael Wall
Sandy Chestaro
Patrick McCarthy
Edward J. Corper
Joseph B. Trainor
James Walsh
Frank Priest Matthew McCaffery
Jacques S. Hoffman
Walter McClure
Edward Hardy James McCorkle
Bernard McArdle
Leonard Collins
George H. Lowe, Jr.
Sidney Lawler Patrick Reddan Daniel Haley
Ernest W. Davis
William Canty
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Edmund Dorington
John T. Loftus John Heron Charles Collins
Henry J. Frederick William Carr John Smith Frederick Weiner
J. Arthur Bourdon
William Irving
George H. Shirley John B. Byrne
George W. Mernick
Charles W. Fitzgerald
Frank W. Wunderlich
Edwin Needham
George Higgins
Patrick S. Kilroy
Clifford W. Cook
Arthur A. Hicks
** Died
1934 Constables
Ralph T. Atwood
William H. Bradley Allan E. Cowie
Winthrop J. Donovan
Elbridge S. Johnson
William F. Duggan
James J. Golden, Jr.
Charles J. Daley, Jr.
Archibald F. Bullock
OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE ARLINGTON FIRE DEPARTMENT
Chief Daniel B. Tierney Deputy Chief George W. Corbett Deputy Chief John M. Tierney
Four Engine Co's 2 Ladder Co's 1 Special Service Co.
Engine 1
Captain Albert V. Jones Herbert G. White
Lieutenant Thomas H. Egan Judson S. Aiken John M. Fahey
Lawrence F. Beasley
Maurice J. O'Connor
J. Herbert Gunnerson William F. Driscoll
John J. A. MacNeil
Lewis M. Bowe Daniel M. Hooley A. Gordon Wier
James Dolan Frederick Livingston
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Engine 2
Captain John J. Kennedy Captain Charles J. Flynn John J. Beasley
George J. W. Kenney Daniel V. Coughlin Lawrence C. Chester
Engine 3
Captain Ernest H. Griffin Lieutenant Ervin V. Gay John E. Canniff
Edward J. Ryan James N. Deane Harry Cooper
Engine 4
Captain Lorne S. McEwen
William P. Moynihan
Charles J. O'Neil
Thomas A. Carlow
Edward F. Lane
William H. Madden
Ladder 1
Captain John Barry
Horace G. Aiken
Lieut. William P. Slattery
Reginald A. Wood
William A. Keefe
John E. Barry
Ladder 2
Captain Richard J. Tierney
Francis J. Neville
William T. Burns
Harold C. O'Leary
William A. Libby
James A. Doherty
Special Service Company
Lieutenant Anthony P. Lopez
Robert J. Mahoney
Drill Masters
Captain Richard J. Tierney Captain Charles J. Flynn
Chief's Drivers
Lieutenant Bart. J. McGreevy Lieutenant Daniel J. Mahoney
Department Physician Dr. Winslow M. Kingman Captain Ernest H. Griffin-Died, October 7, 1934 Captain John Barry-Died, December 19, 1934
Undertakers (licensed)
Leslie E. A. Smith
April 30, 1935
Daniel W. Grannan
April 30, 1935
William D. Grannan
April 30, 1935
William P. Dale
April 30, 1935
Leonard B. Saville
April 30, 1935
Joseph Quinn
April 30, 1935
Thomas S. Bonney
April 30, 1935
Joseph M. H. Forest
April 30, 1935
Joseph H. Rockett
April 30, 1935
Augustus K. Hatchfield April 30, 1935
Christian J. Berglund
April 30, 1935
A. Allen Kimball
April 30, 1935
George V. Heiser
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RECORDS OF TOWN MEETINGS AND ELECTIONS DURING THE YEAR 1934
TOWN WARRANT
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Middlesex, ss.
To 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 inhabi- tants of the Town of Arlington, qualified as the Constitu- tion requires, to vote in elections, to meet at the polling places designated for the several precincts in said town on Monday, the 5th day of March, 1934 at seven o'clock in the forenoon, to act on the following Articles, namely :
Article 1. To elect by ballot the following Town Officers : A Moderator for one year; a Selectman for three years ; 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 ; two Trustees of the Robbins Library for three years; one member of the Board of Health for three years ; one Park Commissioner for two years; one Park Commissioner for three years; two members of the Planning Board for three years; one Commissioner of the Sinking Fund for two years; one Commissioner of the Sinking Fund for three years; one Trustee of the Pratt Fund for three years; one Trustee of the Pratt Fund for five years; one Trustee of the Ed- win S. Farmer Poor Widows' Fund and Trustee of the
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Edwin S. Farmer Fund for Needy Persons for two years ; one Trustee of the Edwin S. Farmer Poor Widows' Fund and Trustee of the Edwin S. Farmer Fund for Needy Persons for five years; one Cemetery Commissioner for one year; one Cemetery Commissioner for three years; a Tree Warden for one year; also, in each Precinct six Town Meeting Members for three years; three Town Meeting Members in Precinct 2 for one year; two Town Meeting Members in Precinct 2 for two years; one Town Meeting Member in Precinct 3 for one year; two Town Meeting Members in Precinct 8 for one year; one Town Meeting Member in Precinct 9 for one year; one Town Meeting Member in Precinct 10 for one year; one Town Meeting Member in Precinct 11 for one year.
For these purposes, the polls will be opened at seven o'clock A. M. and remain open until eight o'clock P. M., at each of the polling places designated, viz: Precinct One, in the Crosby School Building, entrance on Winter Street; Precincts Two and Four, in the Hardy School Building, entrance on Lake Street; Precincts Three and Five, in the Junior High School Building East, entrance on Tufts Street; Precincts Six and Eight, in the Town Hall; Pre- cincts Seven and Nine, in the Russell School Building; Precinct Seven, entrance on Medford Street; Precinct Nine, entrance on Mystic St .; Precincts Ten and Twelve, in the Cutter School Building, entrance on Robbins Road; Precinct Eleven, in the Highland Hose House, entrance on Massachusetts Avenue; Precinct Thirteen, in the Peirce School Building, entrance on Park Avenue North, Heights; Precinct Fourteen, in the Locke School Building, entrance on Park Avenue, Heights.
You are, also, required to notify and warn the said inhabitants to meet at the Town Hall, in said Town on Wednesday, the twenty-first day of March, 1934 at eight o'clock in the evening, at which time and place the follow- ing articles are to be acted upon and determined exclu-
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sively by town meeting members, in accordance with, and subject to the referenda provided for by Chapter 642 of the Acts of 1920. 1
Article 2. To choose and appoint all other usual Town officers not hereinbefore mentioned, in such manner as the Town may determine.
Article 3. To hear and act on the reports of the permanent committee under vote of the Town passed March 24, 1919 on the Town Yard; of the committee under vote of the Town passed April 5, 1926 to investigate and consider the matter of additional school accommoda- tions; of the committee under vote of the Town passed April 14, 1927 to make a comprehensive study of a com- munity or other building as a memorial to commemorate the services and sacrifices of persons who served in the World War; of the committee under vote of the Town passed April 2, 1930 to secure plans and estimates for the construction of an elementary school on Pheasant Ave- nue; of the committee under vote of the Town passed April 2, 1930 to secure plans and estimates for the con- struction of an elementary school on Eastern Avenue; of the committee under vote of the Town passed May 26, 1930 to investigate and study the Public Library accom- modations at the Heights ; of the committee under vote of the Town passed June 21, 1932 to investigate and report on the advisability of acquiring a suitable playground or park for small children in the easterly section of the Town; and of other Town boards and officers and of the Finance and other committees heretofore appointed.
Article 4a. To see if the Town will accept transfers gifts or contributions by town officers and employees of portions of their respective conmpensations, salaries and wages, upon terms specified by such officers and employees or otherwise; will appropriate, or designate the use to be made of, any and all such transfers, gifts and contribu-
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tions ; determine in what manner they shall be received, used and disposed of; or take any action in any way re- lating to such compensations, salaries or wages and any transfers, gifts or contributions made or to be made, to the Town or to any board, officer, employee or committee thereof.
Article 4. To make appropriations to defray Town obligations, liabilities, outlay and expenses and especially for or relating to all or any of the boards, departments, purposes and matters hereinafter mentioned; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended ; or take any action relating thereto.
Finance Committee ; Reserve Fund; Board of Appeal; Board of Selectmen; Accountant; Treasurer's Depart- ment; Collector's Department; Assessors' Department ; Legal Department; Claims; Town Clerk's Department; Board of Public Works; Engineering Work; Elections and Town Meetings; Planning Board; Joint Board of Select- men and Board of Public Works; Board of Survey; Rob- bins Memorial Town Hall; Police Department; Fire De- partment; Building Department; Building, Plumbing and Gas Inspection; Wire Department ; Sealer of Weights and Measures ; Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth Suppression; Tree Warden's Department; Health Department; Vital Statis- tics; Inspector of Animals; Sewerage System Mainten- ance; Ashes, Offal and Rubbish ; Highway Division; Snow and Ice Removals; Lighting of Streets and Ways; Traffic Signals; Fire and Police Signals; Public Welfare Depart- ment ; District and Other Nurses ; State and Military Aid; Soldiers' Relief; Burials and Exemptions; Schools ; Rob- bins Library and Branches; Parks; Playgrounds; Pen- sions ; Memorial Day ; Printing Town Reports; Insurance; Workmen's Compensation; Workmen's Compensation In- surance Fund; Patriots' Day; Menotomy Hall; Repairs to Houses Owned by Town; Municipal Insurance Fund ; Water Department Maintenance; Cemeteries; Interest; Debt.
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Article 5. To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treasurer, under the direction of the Selectmen, to bor- row money in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year 1935, the same to be paid from the revenue of the financial year in which the debt is incurred; will author- ize the issue of a note or notes therefor and the refunding of such note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with section 17 of chapter 44 of the General Laws; or will take any action relating to such borrowing or refunding.
Article 6. To see if the Town will authorize its Col- lector of Taxes to use all means of collecting taxes for the year 1934 which a Town Treasurer may use when ap- pointed a Collector of Taxes.
Article 7. To see if the Town will make an appropri- ation for the extension of the sewerage system; deter- mine in what manner the money shall be raised and ex- pended; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 8. To see if the Town will make an appropri- ation for the extension of Water Mains; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 9. To see if the Town will make an appropri- ation for the extension of Storm Drains; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 10. To see if the Town will make an appropri- ation for the construction of permanent sidewalks and for the installing of edgestones ; determine in what man- ner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 11. To see if the Town will make an appropri- ation for the alteration of, specific repairs upon, and con- struction of, all or any portion of Mystic Street from
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Massachusetts Avenue to the Winchester Line, and/or all or any portion of Summer Street from Mystic Street to Brattle Street; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the Board of Public Works)
Article 12. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Public Works to sell, convey or otherwise dispose of any or all of the eight (8) horses owned by the Town and now under the control of said Board; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the Board of Public Works)
Article 13. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a town way from Massachusetts Avenue to Glouces- ter Street, substantially in the location of the private way known as Bailey Road, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of better- ments; establish said way; make an appropriation for said laying out and the construction of said way; deter- mine in what manner the money shall be raised, or take any action relating thereto.
Said way as so laid out is bounded and described as follows :
Beginning at a stone bound at the point of intersec- tion of the southwesterly side line of Mass. Avenue and the southeasterly side line of Bailey Road, thence westerly and southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Bailey Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.0 feet, a distance of 39.27 feet to a point of tangency in said south- easterly side line of Bailey Road, thence continuing south- westerly on said southeasterly side line of Bailey Road, a distance of 381.21 feet to a point of curve in said south- easterly side line of Bailey Road, thence southwesterly and southerly on said southeasterly side line of Bailey
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Road, on a curve to the left with a radius of 30.0 feet, a distance of 36.91 feet to the point of intersection of said southeasterly side line of Bailey Road, and the north- easterly side line of Wildwood Avenue, thence westerly across said Wildwood Avenue a distance of 44.24 feet to the point of intersection of the southwesterly side line of Wildwood Avenue and the southeasterly side line of Bailey Road, thence westerly and southwesterly on said south- easterly side line of Bailey Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 30.0 feet, a distance of 40.14 feet to a point of tangency in said southeasterly side line of Bailey Road, thence continuing southwesterly on said southeast- erly side line of Bailey Road, a distance of 398.88 feet to a point of curve in said southeasterly side line of Bailey Road, thence southwesterly and southerly on said south- easterly side line of Bailey Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 30.0 feet a distance of 30.74 feet to the point of intersection of said southeasterly side line of Bailey Road and the easterly side line of Gloucester St., thence northerly on said easterly side line of Glouces- ter St., a distance of 16.87 feet to a point of curve in said easterly side line of Gloucester Street, thence continuing northerly on said easterly side line of Gloucester Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 350.0 feet, a distance of 98.74 feet to the point of intersection of said easterly side line of Gloucester Street and the northwesterly side line of Bailey Road, thence easterly and northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Bailey Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 40.0 feet, a distance of 73.39 feet to a point of tangency in said northwesterly side line of Bailey Road, thence continuing northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Bailey Road, a distance of 320.97 feet to a point of curve in said northwesterly side line of Bailey Road, thence northeasterly and northerly on said northwesterly side line of Bailey Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.0 feet a distance of 45.09 feet to the point of intersection of said northwesterly side line
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of Bailey Road and the southwesterly side line of Wild- wood Avenue, thence northeasterly across said Wildwood Avenue, a distance of 40.41 feet to the point of intersec- tion of the northeasterly side line of Wildwood Avenue and the northwesterly side line of Bailey Road, thence easterly and northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Bailey Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.0 feet, a distance of 47.78 feet to a point of tangency in said northwesterly side line of Bailey Road, thence continuing northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Bailey Road, a distance of 349.31 feet to a point of curve in said northwesterly side line of Bailey Road, thence northeast- erly and northerly on said northwesterly side line of Bailey Road, on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.0 feet, a distance of 39.18 feet to the point of intersection of said northwesterly side line of Bailey Road, and the southwesterly side line of Mass. Avenue, thence south- easterly on said southwesterly side line of Mass. Avenue on a curve to the left with a radius of 630.56 feet, a dis- tance of 2.91 feet to a point of tangency in said south- westerly side line of Mass. Avenue, thence continuing southeasterly on said southwesterly side line of Mass. Avenue, a distance of 97.00 feet, to the point of beginning as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass., entitled :- Plan and Profile of Bailey Road, Arlington, Mass., Scale, Hor. 1" == 40', Ver. 1"=6', March 1923, C. H. Gannett, C. E., 53 State St., Boston.
Article 14. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a town way from Lake Street to Dorothy Road, substantially in the location of the private way known as Burch Street, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, under the pro- visions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments ; establish said way; make an appropriation for said lay- ing out and the construction of said way; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any ac- tion relating thereto.
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Said way as so laid out is bounded and described as follows :
Beginning at a Stone Bound at the point of inter- section of the southerly side line of Lake Street and the easterly side line of Burch Street, thence southwesterly and southerly on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.0 feet, a distance of 40.30 feet to a Stone Bound at a point of tangency in said easterly side line of Burch Street, thence continuing southerly on said easterly side line of Burch Street, a distance of 146.65 feet to a stone bound at an angle point in said easterly side line of Burch Street, thence continuing southerly on said easterly side line of Burch Street, a distance of 483.56 feet to a point thence westerly across Burch Street a distance of 40.1 feet to the westerly side line of Burch Street, thence northerly on said westerly side line of Burch Street, a distance of 489.41 feet to an angle point in said westerly side line of Burch Street, thence continuing northerly on said wester- ly side line of Burch Street, a distance of 150.70 feet to a point of curve in said westerly side line of Burch Street, thence northerly and northwesterly on said westerly side line of Burch Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.0 feet, a distance of 38.24 feet to the southerly side line of Lake Street, thence westerly on said southerly side line of Lake Street, a distance of 91.04 feet to the point of beginning as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass., entitled :- Plan and Pro- file, Burch Street, for Herbert F. Allen, Arlington, Mass., Scales : Hor. 40'=1", Ver. 6'=1", Oct. 1925, C. H. Gannett, C. E., 53 State St., Boston.
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