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ROBBINS LIBRARY, ARLINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS 3 4860 00739 3322
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Property of Robbins Library
ARLINGTON, MASS.
Founded by DR. FBENEZER 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
135th ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town Officers
OF THE
TOWN OF
ARLINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS
AND
The Town Records
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1941
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ARLINGTON
Arlington
"The Defense of Liberty is our Ancestral Heritage"
1940
1930
1920
Population
40,013
36,094
18,665
Settled-1630-part of Cambridge (known as Menotomy)
Incorporated-1807-West Cambridge
1867-name changed to Arlington Assessed Valuation-$57,668,400 Tax Rate-$34.80
Area in acres 3,517.5
Area in miles
5.5
Extreme length in miles
3.47
Extreme width in miles 2.32
Public Streets
65.68 miles
Private Streets
37.24 miles
State Highways
4.41 miles
Sewer Mains
85.91 miles
Water Mains
95.63 miles
Storm Drains
48.14 miles
Located 6 miles northwest of Boston; Latitude-42°, 25", north ; longitude-71°, 09", west
Highest Elevation-377 feet above mean tide Lowest Elevation-4 feet above mean tide 127.03 acres of Parks and Playgrounds Schools-Class A
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TOWN OFFICERS
ELECTIVE
TOWN CLERK Earl A. Ryder (Term expires 1942)
Moderator (1 year) William F. Davis, Jr.
Selectmen and Board of Public Welfare
William C. Adams, Chairman Term expires 1942
Ernest W. Davis Term expires 1943
Harold M. Estabrook Term expires 1944
Board of Public Works
James R. Smith, Chairman. Term expires 1942
Loren W. Marsh Term expires 1943
Willard A. Wallace Term expires 1944
Assessors
Arthur W. Sampson, Chairman Term expires 1942
William O. Hauser Term expires 1943
David A. Wilcox Term expires 1944
Treasurer
Charles A. Hardy
Term expires 1942
Tax Collector
J. Wilbert Anderson
Term expires 1942
School Committee
Harold A. Cahalin Term expires 1942 James W. Kidder Term expires 1942
Katherine W. Lacey Term expires 1942
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Clement J. Beaudet
Term expires 1943
Therese N. Turner
Term expires 1943
Joseph J. Bevins, Chairman Term expires 1943
John P. Morine
Term expires 1944
Michael A. Fredo Term expires 1944
M. Norcross Stratton
Term expires 1944
Planning Board
Charles H. Bowker Term expires 1942
Herbert M. Dutcher Term expires 1943
Serovp P. Basmajian
Term expires 1943
Frank L. Lincoln
Term expires 1944
Harold C. Knight, Chairman
.Term expires 1944
Park Commissioners
Daniel M. Hooley, Chairman Term expires 1942
John B. Byrne .Term expires 1943
Nils G. Anderson Term expires 1944
Board of Health
Carl E. Barstow Term expires 1942
John S. Crosby Term expires 1943
Ernest R. Brooks, Chairman Term expires 1944
Commissioners of Sinking Fund
Harrie H. Dadmun
Term expires 1942
Roy B. Crosby Term expires 1943
Edward H. Kittredge Term expires 1944
Trustees of Pratt Fund
Roy B. Crosby Term expires 1942
Roscoe R. Perry
Term expires 1943
Harrie H. Dadmun
Term expires 1944
Ernest H. Freeman
Term expires 1945
Arthur J. Wellington
Term expires 1946
Charles A. Hardy, ex-officio
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Trustees of Robbins Library
*William A. Muller Term expires 1942
*Frederick W. Hill
ĮCyrus E. Dallin
Term expires 1942
¡Edward H. Kittredge
Mary Helen Teele Term expires 1943
Arthur J. Wellington, Chairman Term expires 1943
Francis Keefe Term expires 1944
Sarah R. Vaughn Term expires 1944
* Deceased
1 Appointed
# Resigned
Trustees of the Edwin S. Farmer Poor Widows' Fund and Trustees of the Edwin S. Farmer Fund for Needy Persons
Arthur J. Wellington Term expires 1942
Ernest H. Freeman Term expires 1943
Harrie H. Dadmun Term expos 1944
Roscoe R. Perry Term expires 1945
Edward H. Kittredge
Term-expires 1946
Trustees of Elbridge Farmer Fund (not elective)
James A. Bailey
John G. Brackett
John A. Bishop William D. Elwell
Frederick W. Hill
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Cemetery Commissioners
J. Edwin Kimball, Chairman Term expires 1942
M. Ernest Moore Term expires 1943
Frederick W. Hill Term expires 1944
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.
Thomas J. Donnelly, 1942 Alton F. Tupper, 1943 Frederick F. Low, Ch., 1944 Earle C. Hopkins, Associate
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. Arthur G. Mize Gerald A. Tobin
Contributory Retirement Board
Harold A. Cahalin Clarence Needham David T. Hughes
Custodian in Charge of Town Houses James Carmody
Dog Officer
Samuel F. Femia
Executive Secretary, Unemployment Committee
Francis T. Keville
Fence Viewers SAllan E. Cowie Leonard P. Roberts
Field Drivers.
Daniel P. Barry Archibald F. Bullock Charles E. Carroll Edwin C. Jacobs
Forest Warden Daniel B. Tierney
Inspector of Animals
Dr. Chester L. Blakely
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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.
Robert L. Reid
Keeper of Lockup Archibald F. Bullock
Librarian, Robbins Library
Lucinda F. Spofford
Local W.P.A. Co-ordinator Francis T. Keville
Moth Superintendent George M. Dolan
Ernest W. Davis
Old Age Assistance Bureau.
Harold M. Estabrook
Semira E. Perry
Old Age Assistance Bureau, Agent.
Clifford W. Cook
Registrars of Voters.
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Timothy J. Buckley, Ch., 1942
Arthur P. Wyman, 1943
Dennis I. Donahue, 1944
Earl A. Ryder, Clerk
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 Allan E. Cowie
Superintendent, Cemetery Department
Wathen B. Henderson
Superintendent, Fire and Police Signals System Daniel B. Tierney
Superintendent, Public Parks
Department .George D. Higgins
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Superintendent of Schools
Joseph S. Keating
Superintendent of Streets
Edward J. 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
Forrest E. Litchfield
William Coughlin
Patrick J. Loftus
Charles E. Hale
George Matheson
Alice M. Henderson
John W. O'Brien
Helen Joyce Elinor F. Keane
Arthur B. Peirce
Horace W. Peirce
Patrick Keaney
Walter H. Peirce
Michael P. Keefe
William C. Scannell
Robert J. Kelley
Charles Small
James P. Kelly
Margaret Sullivan
Thomas J. Toye
Weighers of Sand and Gravel.
Malcolm B. Griffin James W. Quinn
Joseph C. Quinn Martin H. Quinn
Patrick P. Quinn
Finance Committee
Precinct 1 Edwin A. Barnard 1943
Precinct 2 Richard Donovan 1942
Precinct 3 James H. Young, Secretary 1944
Precinct 4 į John B. Davidson 1943
** Edward D. Buckley
* Deceased
# Resigned
៛ Appointed
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A. Warren Rutherford
Precinct 5 Francis M. Hines 1942
Precinct 6 Robert L. Moore 1944
Precinct 7 Michael A. Broderick 1943
Precinct 8 Marcus L. Sorenson, Vice Chairman 1942
Precinct 9 Alonzo B. Reed 1944
Precinct 10 ¿Thurston C. Trueworthy
1943
+Francis H. Tufts
Precinct 11 James F. Younie 1942
Precinct 12
Ernest R. Moore 1944
Precinct 13
Arthur D. O'Leary 1943
Precinct 14 Hallam T. Ring, Chairman 1942
Resigned ¡ Appointed
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COMMITTEES APPOINTED IN PURSUANCE OF TOWN MEETING VOTES
TOWN YARD COMMITTEE Vote of March 24, 1919 F. Hedley Barnhill James R. Smith Joseph Peterson
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 *William P. Shine
J. Howard Hayes
Louise Bradley
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
Deceased
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COMMITTEE TO STUDY THE ADVISIBILITY OF A CENTRAL PURCHASING DEPARTMENT
Vote of April 1, 1940
Fred R. Buckley
Russell T. Hamlet
¿Henry E. Castellon
George A. Harris
¡Timothy F. Creedon
Harold E. Magnuson
Henry E. Halpin, Ch.
Curtis L. Varner
į Resigned ៛ Appointed
COMMITTEE TO STUDY THE ADVISIBILITY OF CONSTRUCTING A PLANT TO GENERATE ELECTRICITY
Vote of March 19, 1941
Malcolm G. Dodge Hollis M. Gott
*Francis Keefe ** Paul M. White
P. Joseph McManus
Curtis L. Varner
* Deceased į Resigned + Appointed
COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE CERTAIN LEGAL DOCUMENTS
Vote of March 19, 1941
Earl A. Ryder Timothy J. Buckley William C. Adams
*Paul M. White Joseph F. Beecy Daniel J. Mahoney Nelson B. Crosby
* Deceased
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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
John J. Beasley
Lawrence F. Beasley
Lawrence C. Chester
James A. Doherty
George V. Heiser
Harold C. O'Leary
Herbert G. White
Engine 2
Captain Richard J. Tierney Judson S. Aiken
Harry Cooper
James N. Deane
Francis M. Doherty John M. Fahey
William H. Madden
William P. Moynihan
Engine 3
Lieut. Thomas H. Egan
William T. Burns
Lieut. Ervin V. Gay William A. Libby
Engine 4
Captain Albert V. Jones
Captain Lorne S. McEwen Thomas Burchill
Thomas A. Carlow
George J. W. Kenney
Robert J. Mahoney Maurice J. O'Connor John F. Shaw
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Ladder 1
Captain Charles J. Flynn
Leslie W. Crowson
Lieut. William P. Slattery
James P. O'Brien
John E. Canniff
Henry T. Scannell
Ladder 2
Captain John J. Kennedy
John E. Barry
Francis R. Donahue Edward J. Ryan
Special Service
Horace G. Aiken
Francis J. Neville
Daniel V. Coughlin Charles J. O'Neil
Reginald A. Wood
Chief's Drivers
Lieut. Daniel J. Mahoney Lieut. B. J. McGreevy
Drill Masters
Captain Charles J. Flynn Lieut. B. J. McGreevy
Captain Richard J. Tierney Judson S. Aiken Harold C. O'Leary
Assigned to the Fire and Police Signals System Private Inspector Lester W. Cameron Private Wireman John P. Mahoney
Department Physician Dr. Winslow M. Kingman
Department Clerk Anna B. Hurley
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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. James J. Flynn
Patrolmen
T. Arthur Nolan
Felix Lopez
Thomas M. Donovan
William P. Mahoney
Maurice J. Scannell
M. James Coughlin
James R. Burns
William A. Scanlan
William F. Burns
John J. Roche Charles O. Toomey
Denis F. Shea
Charles J. Tynan
Thomas M. Curran
Lester H. Peabody
Thomas R. Pigott James F. Ryan
Thomas E. Burns
Thomas J. Keefe Raymond L. MacLean
Arthur J. Keaney
Charles W. Scannell
James J. Donovan
Thomas R. White
William M. Germain
William L. Olson
John J. Hourihan William J. Colbert
William J. O'Brien
William A. Riley Arthur E. Clare Ferdinand A. Lucarelli
Clinton Peabody
John A. Ryan
George H. Fitzgibbon Gerald J. Duggan Edward A. Sullivan William J. Lannigan Frank J. Davidson Walter J. Fermoyle
Philip Sweeney
Timothy T. Hourihan
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Walter F. Knowles
Charles Sewall * Adalbert T. Zwink
Civilian Employees
Stenographer Victoria DeCane
Radio Technician William Woodbury
Janitor Benjamin D. Knowles
Matron Mary Tremblay
Radio and Auto Mechanic. Herman Nowak
Signal Maintenance Man James J. Carmody
*Inducted in the military service November 24, 1940.
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RECORD OF TOWN MEETINGS AND ELECTIONS DURING THE YEAR 1941
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 third day of March, 1941 at seven o'clock in the forenoon, to act on the following Articles, namely :
Article 1. To elect by ballot the following Town Offi- cers : 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 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; two members 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 Town Meeting Members as hereinafter specified: in Precinct 1, five such members for three years; in Precinct 2, seven
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such members for three years and one such member for two years; in Precinct 3, four such members for three years ; in Precinct 4, six such members for three years ; in Precinct 5, five such members for three years; in Precinct 6, six such members for three years, one such member for two years, and one such member for one year; in Precinct 7, six such members for three years; in Precinct 8, six such members for three years and three such members for two years; in Precinct 9, five such members for three years; in Precinct 10, six such members for three years and one such member for two years; in Precinct 11, six such members for three years and two such members for one year; in Precinct 12, seven such members for three years; in Precinct 13, six such members for three years and one such member for two years ; in Precinct 14, six such members for three years and one such member for two years.
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; Pre- cincts 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 ; Pre- cincts Six and Eight, in the Town Hall; Precincts Seven and Nine, in the Russell School Building; Precinct Seven, en- trance 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 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 in- habitants to meet at the Town Hall, in said Town on Wednesday, the twelfth day of March, 1941, at eight o'clock in the evening, at which time and place the following art- icles are to be acted upon and determined exclusively by Town Meeting members, in accordance with, and subject to,
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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 of the Town passed March 30, 1938, to investigate the parks and playgrounds within the Town and to report and make recom- mendations 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 Arl- ington; of the committee under vote of the Town passed March 29, 1939, to study Article 8 of the Town's By-laws relating to membership of the Finance Committee; of the committee under vote of the Town passed April 1, 1940, to study the advisability of creating a central purchasing de- partment; and of other Town Boards and officers and of the Finance and other committees heretofore appointed.
Article 4. To make appropriations to defray Town ob- ligations, liabilities, outlay and expenses and especially for or relating to all or any of the boards, departments, pur- poses and matters hereinafter mentioned, and to provide for the disposal of motor vehicles or other personal property belonging to the Town; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action re- lating 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; Board of Survey (Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public. Works) ; Robbins Memorial Town Hall; Police De-
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partment; Fire Department; Fire and Police Signals; Build- ing, Plumbing and Gas Inspection; Wire Department ; Sealer of Weights and Measures; Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth Suppression; Tree Warden's Department; Health Depart- ment; Vital Statistics ; Inspector of Animals ; Sewerage Sys- tem Maintenance; Ashes, Offal and Rubbish; Highway Di- vision; Snow and Ice Removals; Lighting of Streets and Ways; Traffic 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; Patriots' Day; Printing Town Reports; Insurance; Workmen's Compensation Insurance Fund; Municipal Insur- ance Fund; Menotomy Hall; Maintenance of Houses Owned by Town; 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, 1942, 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 1941 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 manner the money shall be raised and expended, or take any action relating thereto.
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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 extension of a storm drain in Forest Street from a point at the intersection of Forest and Brand Streets to a point approximately three hundred feet from the Win- chester line; 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 11. To see if the Town will make an appropria- tion for repairs or reconstruction of Mill Street Culvert ; 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 appropria- tion 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 13. To see if the Town will make an appropria- tion 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 Sutherland Road to Dundee Road, substantially in the location of the private way· known as Aberdeen 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 assess- ment of betterments; establish said way; make an appro- priation 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 :
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Beginning at a point on the southwesterly side line of Aberdeen Road at the end of the present accepted portion of said Aberdeen Road, thence northwesterly on said south- westerly side line of Aberdeen Road a distance of 340.15 feet to a point of curve on said southwesterly side line of Aberdeen Road, thence northwesterly, westerly and south- westerly on said southwesterly side line of Aberdeen Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 14 feet a distance of 22 feet to the point of intersection of said southwesterly side line of Aberdeen Road and the southeasterly side line of Dundee Road, thence northeasterly and northerly on said southeasterly side line of Dundee Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 108.88 feet a distance of 88.03 feet to the point of intersection of said southeasterly side line of Dundee Road and the northeasterly side line of Aberdeen Road, thence southerly and southeasterly on said north- easterly side line of Aberdeen Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 89.41 feet a distance of 68.11 feet to a point of tangency in said northeasterly side line of Aberdeen Road, thence continuing southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Aberdeen Road a distance of 326 feet to a point on said northeasterly side line of Aberdeen Road at the end of the present accepted portion of Aberdeen Road, thence southwesterly across Aberdeen Road and by the end of said accepted portion of Aberdeen Road a distance of 40 feet to the point of beginning as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass. entitled : "Board of Survey Plan and Profile of Aberdeen Road, Arlington, Mass., Scale Hor. 1" = 40', Ver. 1" = 6', Dec. 5, 1917, George E. Ahern, Town Engineer".
Article 15. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a town way from Paul Revere Road to Massachusetts Avenue, substantially in the location of the private way known as Davis 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
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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 the point of intersection of the south- westerly side line of Mass. Avenue and the southeasterly side line of Davis Road, thence southwesterly on said south- easterly side line of Davis Road, a distance of 415.56 feet to the point of intersection of said southeasterly side line of Davis Road and the northeasterly side line of Paul Revere Road, thence northwesterly on said northeasterly side line of Paul Revere Road, on a curve to the right with a radius of 778.90 feet, a distance of 40.33 feet to the point of inter- section of said northeasterly side line of Paul Revere Road and the northwesterly side line of Davis Road, thence north- easterly on said northwesterly side line of Davis Road, a distance of 405.74 feet to the point of intersection of said northwesterly side line of Davis Road and the southwesterly side line of Mass. Avenue, thence southeasterly on said southwesterly side line of Mass. Avenue, a distance of 42.12 feet to the point of beginning as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass., entitled: "Plan Showing Proposed Street in Arlington, Mass., from Mass. Ave. to Vine St., Petitioned for by M. A. Davis, Scale 40' and 6' = 1", May 1898, H. S. Adams, C. E."
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