Town of Arlington annual report 1935, Part 1

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Publication date: 1935
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ROBBINS LIBRARY, ARLINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS 3 4860 00739 3256


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Reference


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


Reference


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


129th ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


Town Officers


OF THE


TOWN of ARLINGTON


AND


The Town Records


FOR THE


YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1935


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TOWN OFFICERS, 1936


Elective


TOWN CLERK E. Caroline Pierce Fairchild (Term expires 1936)


Moderator (1 year) Paul M. White


Selectmen and Board of Public Welfare


George H. Lowe, Jr. Term expires 1936


Ernest W. Davis. Term expires 1937


Harold M. Estabrook. Term expires 1938


Board of Public Works


John E. Mitchell


Term expires 1936


Loren W. Marsh Term expires 1937


Ralph Adams Term expires 1938


Assessors


Clarence A. Moore Term expires 1936


John D. O'Leary Term expires 1937


Earl A. Ryder. Term expires 1938


Treasurer


Charles A. Hardy .


Term expires 1936


Tax Collector


Edward A. Bailey .


Term expires 1936


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School Committee


Katherine W. Lacey . . Term expires 1936


*Clair E. Turner .


Term expires 1936


Winburn S. Cannell


Term exp res 1936


Clement J. Beaudet


Term expires 1937


Harrie H. Dadmun


Term expires 1937


Therese N. Turner Term expires 1937


M. Norcross Stratton Term expires 1938


George S. Coburn Term expires 1938


Michael A. Fredo . Term expires 1938


* Resigned.


Planning Board


Herbert M. Dutcher Term expires 1936


Charles M. MacMillin, Chairman


Term expires 1937


*Edward L. Shinn .


Term expires 1937


¡S. P. Basmaj an.


Harold C. Knight . Term expires 1938


Walter F. Robinson. Term expires 1938


* Resigned.


+ Appointed.


Park Commissioners


Daniel M. Hooley . Term expires 1936


John B. Byrne, Chairman Term expires 1937


Nils G. Anderson. Term expires 1938


Board of Health


Charles F. Atwood . Term expires 1936


Alfred W. Lombard, Chairman Term expires 1937


Ernest R. Brooks . Term expires 1938


Commissioners of Sinking Fund


Val T. Hanson . . Term expires 1936


Wilson D. Clark, Jr. Term expires 1937


Roscoe R. Perry Term expires 1938


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Trustees of Pratt Fund


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


Ernest H. Freeman .


Term expires 1940


Charles A. Hardy, ex-officio


Trustees of Robbins Library


William A. Muller


. Term expires 1936


Cyrus E. Dallin .


Term expires 1936


Mary Helen Teele .


Term expires 1937


Arthur J. Wellington


Term expires 1937


Therese N. Turner


Term expires 1938


Charles J. Walsh.


Term expires 1938


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


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


Roscoe R. Perry. . Term expires 1940


Trustees of Elbridge Farmer Fund (not elective)


Eben Dewing William D. Elwell Frederick W. Hill


James A. Bailey John A. Bishop John G. Brackett


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Cemetery Commissioners


J. Edwin Kimball, Chairman . Term expires 1936


M. Ernest Moore Term expires 1937


Frederick W. Hill Term expires 1938


Board of Appeal (not elective)


Thomas J. Donnelly Term expires 1936


Alton F. Tupper . Term expires 1937


Frederick F. Low, Chairman . Term expires 1938


William A. McNeal, Associate


Tree Warden (1 year) Daniel M. Daley


Fence Viewers


*David T. Dale


D. Herbert Buttrick


tAllan E. Cowie


* Resigned.


+ Appointed.


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


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APPOINTMENTS


Appointments Made by the Selectmen


James J. Golden, Jr., Secretary


Clarence Needham, Town Accountant


Paul H. Mossman, Acting 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


Neil S. Peters, Executive Secretary of Unemployment Committee and Local E.R.A. and W.P.A. Administrator


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 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, Custodian in Charge of Town Houses


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


Paul M. White, 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 and Head Clerk 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 May 1, 1936


Timothy J. Buckley Arthur W. Sampson Dennis I. Donahue


May 1, 1937


May 1, 1938


E. Caroline Pierce Fairchild, ex-officio.


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1935 Special Officers to Serve Without Pay During Pleasure of the Board


George H. Greim


Henry J. Frederick


Michael Reddan


Arthur A. Hicks


A. Leslie Heckbert


Patrick S. Kilroy


Harry Sweetnam


George Higgins


Edmund A. Dorington


Nils G. Anderson


John R. Smith


Michael Wall


John B. Byrne Daniel M. Hooley


Joseph P. Trainor


Leslie Wildgust


Walter McClure


Daniel Bosquet


Michael McDevitt


Jacques Hoffman


John T. Loftus


Edwin Needham


William Rowley


James J. Dolan


Bernard McArdle


Charles W. Fitzgerald


Sidney Lawlor


Wathen B. Henderson


Patrick Reddan


James Walsh


Edward Hardy


John Dacey


Daniel Haley


Clarence Comeau


Fred Weiner


Dr. Chester L. Blakely


Frank Priest


John Campbell


John F. Buckley


James Carmody


John J. Heron


Sandy Chestaro


William Carr


Edward J. Corper


Charles Collins


George H. Lowe, Jr.


Patrick McCarthy


Ernest W. Davis


J. Arthur Bourdon


Harold M. Estabrook


William Irving


Clifford W. Cook


George W. Mernick


Edward E. Northrup


Louis D'Amato


Carl L. Peterson


William Canty


1935 Constables


Ralph T. Atwood


Winthrop J. Donovan


Lewis M. Bowe


William F. Duggan


William H. Bradley


James J. Golden, Jr.


Archibald F. Bullock


J. Herbert Gunnerson


Allan E. Cowie


Daniel M. Hooley


Charles J. Daley, Jr.


Warren Lindberg


OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE ARLINGTON FIRE DEPARTMENT


January, 1936 Chief, Daniel B. Tierney Deputy Chief, George W. Corbett Deputy Chief, John M. Tierney


4 Engine Companies 2 Ladder Companies 1 Special Service Company


Engine 1


Captain Albert V. Jones James P. O'Brien


Judson S. Aiken Maurice J. O'Connor


Lawrence F. Beasley Herbert G. White


Francis M. Doherty


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Engine 2


Captain John J. Kennedy John J. Beasley


Daniel V. Coughlin


Lawrence C. Chester


George J. W. Kenney John F. Shaw


Engine 3


Lieutenant Thomas H. Egan


James N. Deane


Lieutenant Ervin V. Gay


Edward J. Ryan Henry T. Scannell


Harry Cooper


Engine 4


Captain Lorne S. McEwen


William H. Madden


Thomas A. Carlow


William P. Moynihan Charles J. O'Neil


Leslie W. Crowson


Ladder 1


Captain Charles J. Flynn


George V. Heiser


Lieutenant William P. Slattery


William A. Keefe


Horace G. Aiken Reginald A. Wood


John E. Barry


Ladder 2


Captain Richard J. Tierney


William A. Libby


William T. Burns


Francis J. Neville


James A. Doherty Harold C. O'Leary


Francis R. Donahue


Special Service Company


Lieutenant Anthony P. Lopez


John M. Fahey Robert J. Mahoney


Drill Masters


Captain Charles J. Flynn


Captain Richard J. Tierney


Chief's Drivers Lieutenant Daniel J. Mahoney Lieutenant Bartholomew J. McGreevy


Department Surgeon Dr. Winslow M. Kingman


Department Clerk Anna B. Hurley


Undertakers (licensed)


Leslie E. A. Smith


April 30, 1936


Daniel W. Grannan


April 30, 1936


William D. Grannan .


April 30, 1936


William P. Dale.


April 30, 1936


Leonard B. Saville .


April 30, 1936


Joseph Quinn. April 30, 1936


Thomas S. Bonney .


. April 30, 1936


Joseph M. H. Forest


April 30, 1936


Joseph H. Rockett.


. April 30, 1936


Augustus K. Hatchfield


. April 30, 1936


Christian J. Berglund


. April 30, 1936


A. Allen Kimball . . April 30, 1936


Forrest Sullivan .


. April 30, 1936


Michael E. Walsh


April 30, 1936


John E. Canniff


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RECORDS OF TOWN MEETINGS AND ELECTIONS DURING THE YEAR 1935


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 legal voters of the Town of Arlington, to meet in the Town Hall in said Town on Monday, the 4th day of February, 1935, at 8.00 o'clock, P.M., to act on the following Articles, viz:


Article 1. To hear and act upon the reports of the Finance and other committees heretofore appointed.


Article 2. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation to defray the necessary engineering and trucking expenses and to purchase tools, equipment and materials to carry on certain public works and improvements in connection with Federal Emergency Relief Administra- tion projects; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.


Article 3. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) or any other sum, to be expended under the direction of the Board of Select-


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men, on Town work for the employment of the poor; de- termine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.


And you will notify and warn the voters of the Town of Arlington to meet at the time and place herein speci- fied by leaving at every dwelling house in the Town a printed copy of this warrant, and also by posting a copy of the same at the doors of the Town Hall, and in a con- spicuous place in each of the fourteen precincts of the Town, seven days at least prior to the time of said meet- ing.


Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this War- rant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before said day and hour of meeting.


Given under our hands, at said Arlington, this twen- ty-first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thou- sand, nine hundred and thirty-five.


LEONARD COLLINS GEORGE H. LOWE, Jr. ERNEST W. DAVIS


Selectmen of the Town of Arlington


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CONSTABLE'S RETURN


Arlington, Mass., Jan. 28, 1935


Middlesex County :


By virtue of this warrant I have notified and warned the legal voters of the Town of Arlington to meet at the time and place and for the purposes herein named by causing a printed attested copy of the same to be left at every dwelling house in the Town, and by posting an attested copy at the doors of the Town Hall seven days at least before said day of meeting and by posting attested copies in two or more conspicuous places in each voting precinct in the Town. A notice of the time, place and objects of the meeting was published in the local papers.


(Signed) A. GORDON WIER,


Constable, Town of Arlington, Mass.


SPECIAL MEETING


Arlington, Mass., February 4, 1935.


Pursuant to the Warrant of the Selectmen served ac- cording to law upon the inhabitants of the Town of Arling- ton, by a Constable of the said Town and sent by mail by the Town Clerk seven days before the day of the meet- ing to the Town Meeting Members duly elected and quali- fied to act in Town Meetings in Arlington, the Town Meeting Members met at the Robbins Memorial Town Hall in said Town on Monday evening, February 4, 1935.


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Lists of the duly qualified Town Meeting Members were used at the entrances of the meeting place and were in charge of Philip T. Robinson and James E. Sweeney.


The check lists filed with the Town Clerk at the close of the meeting showed that one hundred and thirty-one Town Meeting Members attended the meeting.


James C. Carr, stenographer, was sworn by the Town Clerk to impartially and correctly report the proceedings of the meeting to the best of his ability.


The Moderator called the meeting to order at 8:11 o'clock P.M. ruling a quorum present.


The Moderator asked if there were any Town Meet- ing Members present who had not already been sworn. As no one arose the Moderator called the Meeting to order.


The Clerk read the call and the Constable's Return of the Warrant, the reading of the remainder of the War- rant being waived by the unanimous consent of the meet- ing.


On motion of Leonard Collins:


Voted: (Unanimously) That if all the business of the meeting as set forth in the Warrant is not disposed of on this date the meeting adjourn to Monday evening Feb- ruary 11, 1935 at eight o'clock.


On motion of Leonard Collins :


Voted: That Article 1 be taken up.


Article 1 taken up. (Reports of Committees)


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On motion of Arthur O. Davidson:


Voted: (Unanimously) That the report of the Finance Committee as it appears in the printed form be now re- ceived.


On motion of Arthur O. Davidson:


Voted: (Unanimously) That Article 1 be laid on the table.


On motion of Arthur O. Davidson:


Voted: (Unanimously) That the remaining articles in the Warrant be now taken up and that the recommen- dations of the Finance Committee under the various arti- cles as presented in their printed report, be considered as now before the meeting, to be voted upon without further motion, separately and in the order in which they appear in said Warrant.


Article 2 taken up. (Work on Federal Emergency Relief Administration Projects.)


Voted: (Unanimously) That the sum of fifteen thou- sand ($15,000) dollars be and hereby is appropriated to defray the necessary engineering and trucking expenses and to purchase tools, equipment and materials to carry on certain public works and improvements in connection with Federal Emergency Relief Administration projects: said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.


Article 3 taken up. (Town Work for Employment of the Poor.)


Voted: (Unanimously) That the sum of five thousand ($5,000) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the em-


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ployment of the poor, on Town work in the improvement of Fowle's mill pond and dam; said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.


Article 1 taken from the table.


There being no further business under Article 1 the Moderator declared Article 1 disposed of.


The Moderator declaring that all business in the Warrant calling this meeting having been disposed of, the meeting, on motion duly made and seconded, was de- clared adjourned at 8:27 P.M.


A True Record, Attest:


E. CAROLINE PIERCE,


Town Clerk.


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 4th day of March, 1935 at seven o'clock in the forenoon, to act on the following Articles, namely:


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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 one year; one Park Commissioner for three years; two mem- bers of the Planning Board for three years; one Commis- sioner of the Sinking Fund for three years; one Trustee of the Pratt Fund for five 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 three years; a Tree Warden for one year; also, in each Precinct six Town Meeting Members for three years; one Town Meeting Member in Precinct 1 for two years; one Town Meeting Member in Precinct 2 for one year; one Town Meeting Member in Precinct 3 for one year; one Town Meeting Member in Precinct 4 for one year; one Town Meeting Member in Precinct 7 for one year; two Town Meeting Members in Precinct 9 for two years; one Town Meeting Member in Precinct 10 for two years; one Town Meeting Member in Precinct 14 for one year; one Town Meeting Member in Precinct 14 for two years; and to see if the Town will ac- cept the provisions of Chapter 43A of the General Laws, Tercentenary Edition, providing for a standard form of Representative Town Meeting Government as estab- lished by said chapter.


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-


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cincts Seven and Nine, in the Russell School Building; Precinct Seven, entrance on Medford Street; Precinct Nine, entrance on Mystic Street; Precincts Ten and Twelve, in the Cutter School Building, entrance on Rob- bins 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 twentieth day of March, 1935, at eight o'clock in the evening, at which time and place the follow- ing articles are to be acted upon and determined exclu- sively by town meeting members, in accordance with, and subject to the referenda provided for by Chapter 642 of the Acts of 1920.


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 per- manent 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 con- sider the matter of additional school accommodations; of the committee under vote of the Town passed April 14, 1927 to make a comprehensive study of a community 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 Avenue; of the com- mittee under vote of the Town passed May 26, 1930 to investigate and study the Public Library accommodations at the Heights; of the committee under vote of the Town


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passed June 21, 1932 to investigate and report on the ad- visability 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 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 Statistics; Inspector of Animals; Sewerage System Main- tenance; Ashes, Offal and Rubbish; Highway Division; Snow and Ice Removals; Lighting of Streets and Ways; Traffic Signals; Fire and Police Signals; Public Welfare Department; District and Other Nurses; State and Mili- tary Aid; Soldiers' Relief; Burials and Exemptions; Schools; Robbins Library and Branches; Parks; Play- grounds; Pensions; Memorial Day; Printing Town Re- ports; Insurance; Workmen's Compensation; Workmen's Compensation Insurance Fund; Patriots' Day; Menotomy Hall; Maintenance of Houses Owned by Town; Municipal Insurance Fund; Water Department Maintenance; Ceme- teries; Interest; Debt.


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Article 5. To see if the town will vote to authorize the town treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1936, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.


Article 6. To see if the Town will authorize its Col- lector of Taxes to use all means of collecting taxes for the year 1935 which a Town Treasurer may use when ap- pointed a Collector of Taxes.


Article 7. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation for the extension of water mains, determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended, or take any action relating thereto.


Article 8. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation for the extending or relaying of water mains in Gray Street, 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 appro- priation 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 10. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation for the extension of storm drains, determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended, or take any action relating thereto.


Article 11. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation for the widening and improving of Mill Brook for storm drain purposes, determine in what manner the


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money shall be raised and expended, or take any action relating thereto.


Article 12. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation for the purchase of additional snow removal equip- ment, determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended, or take any action relating thereto.


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


Article 13. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation 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 14. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a town way from Herbert Road to Brooks Avenue, substantially in the location of the private way known as Chandler Street, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of bet- terments; 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 the point of curve on the westerly side line of Herbert Road at the southerly side line of Chandler Street, thence northwesterly on said southerly side line on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet, a distance of 41.23 feet to the point of tangency in the southerly side line of Chandler Street, thence southwesterly on said southerly side line of Chandler Street, a distance of 464.35 feet to the point of curve in said southerly side line of Chandler Street, thence southwesterly and south-




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