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Arlington, Mass. Selectmen 111
133rd ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town Officers
OF THE
TOWN of ARLINGTON
AND
The Town Records
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1939
Basement Reference Collection
192447 974.44 Arlington 02
ADAMS PRESS, INC. LEXINGTON, MASS.
TOWN OFFICERS, 1940
ELECTIVE
TOWN CLERK Earl A. Ryder (Term expires 1942)
Moderator (1 year)
Albert W. Wunderly
Selectmen and Board of Public Welfare
Ernest W. Davis, Chairman ..... Term expires 1940
Harold M. Estabrook Term expires 1941
William C. Adams Term expires 1942
Board of Public Works
Loren W. Marsh, Chairman Term expires 1940
Willard A. Wallace Term expires 1941
James R. Smith Term expires 1942
Assessors
*John D. O'Leary Term expires 1940
+Guy W. Edwards
David A. Wilcox
.......... .Term expires 1941
Clarence A. Moore, Chairman Term expires 1942
* Deceased
+ Appointed
Treasurer
Charles A. Hardy ..... Term expires 1942
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Tax Collector
J. Wilbert Anderson. ....................... Term expires 1942
School Committee
Clement J. Beaudet. ......... Term expires 1940
Therese N. Turner
Term expires 1940
Joseph J. Bevins.
Term expires 1940
John P. Morine.
Term expires 1941
Michael A. Fredo Term expires 1941
M. Norcross Stratton, Chairman Term expires 1941
Harold A. Cahalin. Term expires 1942
James W. Kidder Term expires 1942
Katherine W. Lacey
Term expires 1942
Planning Board
Herbert M. Dutcher Term expires 1940
Serovp P. Basmajian Term expires 1940
Hartwell Flemming Term expires 1941
Harold C. Knight, Chairman
Term expires 1941
Charles H. Bowker ..... Term expires 1942
Park Commissioners
John B. Byrne, Chairman ................ Term expires 1940
Nils G. Anderson ... ..... Term expires 1941
Daniel M. Hooley
.Term expires 1942
Board of Health
Alfred W. Lombard, Chairman Term expires 1940
Ernest R. Brooks. Term expires 1941
Carl E. Barstow Term expires 1942
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Commissioners of Sinking Fund
Eben F. Dewing ..... . Term expires 1940
Roscoe R. Perry
Term expires 1941
Harrie H. Dadmun
Term expires 1942
Trustees of Pratt Fund
Ernest H. Freeman
Term expires 1940
Arthur J. Wellington
Term expires 1941
Roy B. Crosby.
Term expires 1942
Roscoe R. Perry
Term expires 1943
Harrie H. Dadmun
.Term expires 1944
Charles A. Hardy, ex-officio
Trustees of Robbins Library
Mary Helen Teele. Term expires 1940
Arthur J. Wellington. Term expires 1940
Sarah R. Vaughn
Term expires 1941
Charles J. Walsh
Term expires 1941
William A. Muller, Chairman Term expires 1942
Cyrus E. Dallin.
Term expires 1942
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 1940
Val T. Hanson. Term expires 1941
Arthur J. Wellington
Term expires 1942
Ernest H. Freeman
Term expires 1943
Harrie H. Dadmun
Term expires 1944
Trustees of Elbridge Farmer Fund
(not elective)
James A. Bailey
John A. Bishop John G. Brackett
Eben F. Dewing William D. Elwell Frederick W. Hill
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Cemetery Commissioners
M. Ernest Moore. .Term expires 1940
Frederick W. Hill Term expires 1941
J. Edwin Kimball, Chairman Term expires 1942
Tree Warden (1 year) Daniel M. Daley
Measurers of Wood and Bark
(elected annually)
Patrick F. Brosnahan Charles E. Hale
Arthur B. Peirce
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APPOINTED OFFICERS
Agent, Clerk, Board of Health J. Philip Bower
Agent, Soldiers' Relief Department Clifford W. Cook
Board of Appeal
Alton F. Tupper, 1940 Frederick F. Low, Ch., 1941 Thomas J. Donnelly, 1942 Alonzo B. Reed, Associate 1
Burial Agent Archibald F. Bullock
Chief, Fire Department ...... Daniel B. Tierney
Chief of Police Archibald F. Bullock
Constables ....
Ralph T. Atwood J. Philip Bower Archibald F. Bullock Joseph M. Cormier Charles J. Daley, Jr. William F. Duggan James J. Golden, Jr. Daniel M. Hooley Gerald A. Tobin
Contributory Retirement Board
S. Alfred Benson Harold A. Cahalin Clarence Needham
Custodian in Charge of Town Houses ..... James Carmody
Dog Officer ................. ...... Samuel F. Femia
Executive Secretary, Unemployment Committee
Neil S. Peters
Fence Viewers
Field Drivers
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Allan E. Cowie Leonard P. Roberts Daniel P. Barry Archibald F. Bullock Charles E. Carroll Edwin C. Jacobs
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Forest Warden ..... Daniel B. Tierney
Inspector of Animals . Dr. Chester L. Blakely
Inspector of Buildings Paul H. Mossman
Inspector of Milk .... J. Philip Bower
Inspector of Plumbing and Gas
George W. Day
Inspector of Slaughtering ... ..... Arthur Taylor
Inspector of Wires
William E. Mason
Keeper of Lockup Archibald F. Bullock
Librarian, Robbins Library Lucinda F. Spofford
Local W. P. A. Co-ordinator Neil S. Peters
Moth Superintendent George M. Dolan
Old Age Assistance Bureau
Harold M. Estabrook
William C. Adams
Semira E. Perry
Old Age Assistance Bureau, Agent Clifford W. Cook
Registrars of Voters
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Arthur W. Sampson, 1940
Dennis I. Donahue, 1941
Timothy J. Buckley, Ch., 1942
Earl A. Ryder, Clerk
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Secretary, Agent, Board of Public Welfare .. Clifford W. Cook
Secretary, Head Clerk, Board of Assessors .. Arthur F. Wells
Secretary, Head Clerk, Board of Public Works .......... S. Alfred Benson
Secretary, Board of Selectmen James J. Golden, Jr.
Secretary, Board of Survey .............. ........ James J. Golden, Jr.
Sealer of Weights and Measures Allen E. Cowie
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Special Police Officers
William C. Adams
Jacques Hoffman
Nils G. Anderson
Daniel M. Hooley
Paul M. Bartholomew
David T. Hughes
Leonard Bernhardt
Carl Hyllested
Dr. Chester L. Blakely J. Arthur Bourdon John F. Buckley
William Irving
Walter C. Johnson
Thomas Burchill
Benjamin D. Knowles
John J. Burke
Carl G. Land
William T. Burke
Sidney Lawlor
John B. Byrne
John T. Loftus
William Canty
Donald MacAuley
James Carmody
Bernard McArdle
William C. Carr, Jr.
Matthew McCaffery
Sandy Chestaro
Paul F. McCall
James A. Coffey
Patrick McCarthy
Donald F. Connors
Walter McClure
Clifford W. Cook
Michael McDevitt
Eugene P. Daley
George W. Mernick
Louis D'Amato
Clarence A. Moore Neil S. Peters
Ernest W. Davis
Frank Priest Michael Reddan
Edmund Dorrington Guy W. Edwards
Patrick Reddan
Harold M. Estabrook
Henry J. Frederick
John F. Rockett William Rowley George W. Ryder James R. Smith
James J. Golden, Jr.
John R. Smith
Arthur G. Guarente
Harry Sweetnam Michael Wall James Walsh
Thomas J. Waters
Arthur F. Wells
Fred Weiner
David A. Wilcox Leslie Wildgust
George M. Dolan James J. Dolan
Hallam T. Ring
John C. Fredriksen
George H. Greim
Daniel Haley Edward Hardy Edward W. Hartnett A. Leslie Heckbert Wathen B. Henderson John J. Heron George Higgins
Walter Keefe
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Superintendent, Cemetery Department
Wathen B. Henderson
Superintendent, Fire and Police
Signals System Daniel B. Tierney
Superintendent, Public Parks
Department ...
George Higgins
Superintendent of Schools ..... Joseph S. Keating
Superintendent of Streets Edward O'Brien
Town Accountant Clarence Needham
Town Counsel
Paul M. White
Town Engineer ......... James M. Keane
Town Physician ...... Dr. Edward W. Feeley
Water Registrar
....... David P. Geary
Weigher of Coal .......
Malcolm B. Griffin
Weighers of Hay and Coal
Paul F. Breen
James P. Kelly
William Coughlin
John L. Kelly
Charles E. Hale
Joseph P. Kelly
Alice M. Henderson
Forrest E. Litchfield
Helen Joyce Patrick Loftus
Elinor F. Keane John W. O'Brien
Patrick Keaney Thomas J. O'Donnell
Michael P. Keefe
Arthur B. Peirce
George R. Kelley
Horace W. Peirce
Robert J. Kelley
Walter H. Peirce
William C. Scannell
Malcolm B. Griffin James W. Quinn
Weighers of Sand and Gravel
Joseph C. Quinn Martin H. Quinn Patrick P. Quinn
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Licensed Funeral Directors
Christian J. Berglund
Joseph F. Quinn
William P. Dale
Joseph H. Rockett
Daniel W. Grannan
L. Brooks Saville
Robert E. Grannan
Charlotte F. Smith
William D. Grannan
L. E. A. Smith
Augustus K. Hatchfield
Forrest Sullivan
A. Allan Kimball
Norman M. Walkinshaw
John R. O'Donnell
Edward M. Walsh
Finance Committee
Precinct
1
Thomas G. Hennessey
1940
Precinct 2 Richard Donovan 1941
Precinct 3 James H. Young, Sec'y. 1940
Precinct 4 William M. Foley 1941
Precinct 5 William J. Foohey 1940
Precinct 6 Howard E. Cousins, Chairman 1941
Precinct 7 Robert F. Forest 1940
Precinct 8 Marcus L. Sorenson 1941
Precinct 9 Chester T. Cook, Vice Ch. 1940
Precinct 10 Thurston C. Trueworthy 1941
Precinct 11 Albert R. Klingler 1940
Precinct 12 Harry E. Baker 1941
Precinct 13 Basil L. Griffin 1940
Precinct 14
*James H. Kernan
1941
¡Hallam T. Ring
*Resigned
¡Appointed
COMMITTEES APPOINTED IN PURSUANCE OF TOWN MEETING VOTES
TOWN YARD COMMITTEE
Vote of March 24, 1919
F. Hedley Barnhill Loren W. Marsh Joseph Peterson
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PARK AND PLAYGROUND IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE
Vote of March 30, 1938
William S. Patterson, Ch. William C. Adams
Arthur J. Mansfield
Esther M. Wyman
Dr. William T. McCarthy Harold C. Knight
Daniel M. Hooley
COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE AND STUDY WHOLE QUESTION OF RELIEF IN ARLINGTON
Vote of March 30, 1938
Charles C. Warren, Ch.
John B. Davidson
J. Howard Hayes
William P. Shine
Louise Bradley
COMMITTEE ON THE DISPOSAL OF ASHES, OFFAL AND RUBBISH (RECLAMATION PLANT)
Vote of April 15, 1936 and April 6, 1938
Joseph Peterson, Ch.
James R. Powers
Loren W. Marsh
Alfred W. Lombard F. Hedley Barnhill Harold C. Knight
Hartwell Flemming
COMMITTEE TO STUDY ARTICLE 8 OF THE TOWN'S BY-LAWS RELATING TO MEMBERSHIP OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE
Vote of March 29, 1939
Anna B. Callahan
William F. Davis, Jr.
Roger W. Homer
P. Joseph McManus Francis A. O'Hearn Herbert A. Snow
G. Bertram Washburn
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OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE ARLINGTON FIRE DEPARTMENT
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
Lieut. Anthony P. Lopez
William H. Madden
John J. Beasley
Harold C. O'Leary
William A. Libby
Charles J. O'Neil
Lawrence F. Beasley
Engine 2
Captain Richard J. Tierney Judson S. Aiken Lawrence C. Chester John M. Fahey
George V. Heiser William P. Moynihan
Henry T. Scannell
Engine 3
Lieut. Thomas H. Egan
Lieut. Ervin V. Gay
William T. Burns
Daniel V. Coughlin
Harry Cooper George J. W. Kenney
Engine 4
Captain Albert V. Jones Thomas A. Carlow
James N. Deane
Francis R. Donahue
Captain Lorne S. McEwen Leslie W. Crowson
Francis M. Doherty
Edward J. Ryan
Ladder 1
Captain Charles J. Flynn John E. Barry William A. Keefe
Lieut. William P. Slattery John E. Canniff James P. O'Brien
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Ladder 2
Captain John J. Kennedy James A. Doherty
Maurice J. O'Connor John F. Shaw Herbert G. White Special Service
Horace G. Aiken
Robert J. Mahoney
Francis J. Neville Reginald A. Wood
Chief's Drivers
Lieut. Daniel J. Mahoney Lieut. B. J. McGreevy
Drill Masters
Captain Charles J. Flynn Captain Richard J. Tierney
Lieut. B. J. McGreevy Harold C. O'Leary
Department Physician Dr. Winslow M. Kingman
Department Clerk
Anna B. Hurley
Assigned to the Fire and Police Signals System
Private Inspector Lester W. Cameron
Private Wireman John P. Mahoney
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OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE ARLINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT
Chief Archibald F. Bullock
Lieutenants
Albert E. Ryan
Thomas F. Sullivan
Charles E. Carroll Daniel P. Barry
Sergeants
Edwin C. Jacobs Harold F. Pick T. Francis Meagher, Jr.
Patrolmen
T. Arthur Nolan
Raymond L. MacLean
Felix Lopez
Charles W. Scannell
Thomas M. Donovan
Thomas R. White
William P. Mahoney
James J. Donovan
Maurice J. Scannell
William M. Germain
M. James Coughlin William L. Olson
James J. Flynn James R. Burns
John J. Hourihan William J. O'Brien
William A. Scanlan
William A. Riley
John J. Roche
William J. Colbert
William F. Burns
George H. Fitzgibbon
Charles O. Toomey
Arthur E. Clare
Denis F. Shea
Gerald J. Duggan
Charles J. Tynan
Ferdinand A. Lucarelli
Thomas M. Curran
Edward A. Sullivan
Lester H. Peabody
Adalbert T. Zwink
Thomas R. Pigott
Thomas E. Burns
Clinton Peabody William A. Lannigan
James F. Ryan
Frank J. Davidson
Thomas J. Keefe
Arthur J. Keaney
John A. Ryan Philip Sweeney
Walter J. Fermoyle
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Reserve Patrolmen
Timothy Hourihan
Walter F. Knowles
Civilian Employees
Stenographer ...... Victoria DeCane
Janitor Benjamin D. Knowles
Radio Technician ....... ................ ........ William Woodbury
Electrician ......
Eugene P. Daley
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RECORDS OF TOWN MEETINGS AND ELECTIONS DURING THE YEAR 1939
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 inhabitants of the Town of Arlington, qualified to vote in elections, to meet at the polling places designated for the several pre- cincts in said Town on Monday, the Sixth day of March, 1939, at seven o'clock in the forenoon, to act on the follow- ing Articles, namely :
Article 1. To elect by ballot the following Town Offi- cers : a Moderator for one year; a Town Clerk for three years; a Town Treasurer for three years; a Collector of Taxes for three years ; a Selectman for three years ; a mem- ber of the Board of Public Works for three years; one As- sessor for three years; three members of the School Com- mittee 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 three years; one member of the Planning Board for one year, one mem- mer of the Planning Board for three years; one Com- missioner 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 Ceme- tery Commissioner for three years ; a Tree Warden for one year; also, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 43A of the General Laws, in each precinct the number of
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Town Meeting Members as hereinafter specified: in Pre- cinct 1, five such members for three years and one such member for one year; in Precinct 2, seven such members for three years and two such members for one year; in Pre- cinct 3, four such members for three years; in Precinct 4, six such members for three years and two such members for one year; in Precinct 5, five such members for three years and two such members for two years; in Precinct 6, six such members for three years; in Precinct 7, six such members for three years; in Precinct 8, six such members for three years; in Precinct 9, five such members for three years ; in Precinct 10, six such members for three years ; in Precinct 11, six such members for three years; in Precinct 12, seven such members for three years and one such member for one year; in Precinct 13, six such members for three years ; in Precinct 14, six such members for three years and one such member 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, en- trance 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; Precincts 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 Robbins Road; Precinct Eleven in the Highland Hose House, entrance on Massa- chusetts Avenue; Precinct Thirteen, in the Peirce School Building, entrance on Park Avenue North, Heights; Pre- cinct 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 Wed- nesday, the fifteenth day of March, 1939, at eight o'clock in the evening, at which time and place the following arti- cles are to be acted upon and determined exclusively by
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town meeting members, in accordance with, and subject to the referenda provided for by Chapter 43A of the General Laws.
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 perma- nent committee under vote of the Town passed March 24, 1919, on the Town yard; of the committee under vote .)1 the Town passed April 15, 1936, and amended April 6, 1938, to investigate and consider a method or methods of dispos- ing of ashes, rubbish and offal; of the committee under vote of the Town passed March 30, 1938, to investigate the parks and playgrounds within the Town and to report and make recommendations for their development and improvement ; of the committee under vote of the Town passed March 30, 1938, to investigate and study the whole question of relief in Arlington; of the committee under vote of the Town passed March 30, 1938, to study the plans and bring in defi- nite recommendations for the completion of the Senior High School building; of the committee under vote of the Town passed October 3, 1938, to consider the adoption of a Town By-law or By-laws relating to contracts and purchases; and of other Town Boards and officers and of the Finance and other committees heretofore appointed.
Article 4. To make appropriations to defray Town obli- gations, liabilities, outlay and expenses and especially for or relating to all or any of the boards, departments, pur- poses 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; Contributory Retirement System; Treasurer's Department; Collector's Department ; Assessors' Department; Legal Department; Claims; Town Clerk's Department; Board of Public Works; Engineering Work; Elections and Town Meetings; Planning Board;
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Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works; Board of Survey; Robbins Memorial Town Hall; Police Depart- ment; Fire Department; Building, Plumbing and Gas In- spection ; Wire Department; Sealer of Weights and Meas- ures; Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth Suppression; Tree War- den's Department; Health Department; Vital Statistics; Inspector of Animals; Sewerage System Maintenance; Ashes, Offal and Rubbish; Highway Division; Snow and Ice Removals; Lighting of Streets and Ways; Traffic Sig- nals; Fire and Police Signals; Public Welfare Department; Old Age Assistance; District and Other Nurses; State and Military Aid; Soldiers' Relief and Burials ; Schools ; Robbins Library and Branches; Parks; Playgrounds; Pensions; Memorial Day; Printing Town Reports; Insurance; Work- men's Compensation Insurance Fund; Patriots' Day; Menotomy Hall; Maintenance of Houses Owned by Town; Muncipal Insurance Fund; Water Department Maintenance ; Cemeteries ; Interest ; Debt.
Article 5. To see if the Town will 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, 1940, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes that 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 1939 which a Town Treasurer may use when appointed a Collector of Taxes.
Article 7. To see if the Town will make an appropria- tion for the Extension of the Sewerage System; 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 appropria- tion for the Extension of Water Mains; determine in what
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manner the money shall be raised and expended, or take any action relating thereto.
Article 9. To see if the Town will make an appropria- tion 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 appropria- tion for the Widening and Improving of Mill Brook for Storm Drain purposes; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended or take any action re- lating thereto.
Article 11. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation for the Removal of Snow and Ice from the streets and sidewalks; determine in what manner the 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 extension of water main in Dothan Street, determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of more than ten (10) registered voters.)
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 manner 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 Gray Street to Lot No. 71, substan- tially in the location of the private way known as Buena Vista Road, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments; 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.
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Said way as so laid out is bounded and described as follows :
Beginning at the point of intersection of the south- westerly sideline of Gray Street and the southeasterly side- line of Buena Vista Road, thence southwesterly on said southeasterly sideline of Buena Vista Road a distance of 281.73' to a point on said southeasterly side line of Buena Vista Road at the division line between lots 71 and 70, thence northwesterly across said Buena Vista Road a dis- tance of 40.00 feet to the northwesterly side line of Buena Vista Road, thence northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Buena Vista Road a distance of 277.23 feet to the point of intersection of said northwesterly side line of Buena Vista Road and the southwesterly side line of Gray Street, thence southeasterly on said southwesterly side line of Gray Street a distance of 40.25 feet to the point of beginning, as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass. entitled "Robbins Spring Land Co., Plan and Profile, proposed Buena Vista Road, June, 1911, Scales - Horizontal = 40' = 1 inch, Vertical = 6' = 1 inch, James Adam C. E."
Article 15. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a town way from Old Mystic Street to Falmouth Road, substantially in the location of the private way known as Crosby Street, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments; establish said way; make an appropriation for said laying out and the construction of said way; determine 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 intersection of the southwesterly side line of Old Mystic Street and the northwesterly side line of Crosby Street, thence southeaster- ly on said southwesterly side line of Old Mystic Street a dis-
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tance of 160.75 feet to the point of intersection of said south- westerly side line of Old Mystic Street and the southeasterly side line of Crosby Street, thence northwesterly, westerly and southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Crosby Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet a dis- tance of 44.44 feet to a point of compound curve in said southeasterly side line of Crosby Street, thence continuing southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Crosby Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 937.5 feet a distance of 357.34 feet to a point of tangency in said south- easterly side line of Crosby Street, thence continuing south- westerly on said southeasterly side line of Crosby Street, a distance of 106.0 feet to a point of curve in said southeasterly side line of Crosby Street, thence continuing southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Crosby Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 1137.15 feet a distance of 72.06 feet to a stone bound at the point of intersection of said southeasterly side line of Crosby Street and the northerly side line of Falmouth Road, thence southwesterly across said Crosby Street a distance of 125 feet more or less to a stone bound at the point of in- tersection of the northeasterly side line of Falmouth Road West and the northwesterly side line of Crosby Street, thence northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Crosby Street on a curve to the right with a radius of 1187.15 feet a distance of 194.73 feet to a point of tangency in said northwesterly side line of Crosby Street, thence continuing northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Crosby Street a distance of 106.0 feet to a point of curve in said northwesterly side line of Crosby Street, thence continuing northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Crosby Street on a curve to the right with a radius of 987.6 feet a distance of 341.36 feet to a point of reverse curve in said northwesterly side line of Crosby Street, thence north- easterly, northerly and northwesterly on said northwesterly side line of Crosby Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 98 feet a distance of 130.23 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
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