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Property of Robbins Library Arlington, Mass.
136 TH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON AND THE TOWN RECORDS FOR THE YEAR ENDING December 31, 1942
Property of Robbins Library Arlington, Mass.
Arlington, Mass Selectmen.
136th ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF
ARLINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS AND
THE TOWN RECORDS
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1942
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COLLECTION 192483
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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-$56,215,250 Tax Rate-$35.60
Area in acres
3,517.5
Area in square miles
5.5
Extreme length in miles
3.47
Extreme width in miles
2.32
Public Streets
66.69 miles
Private Streets
37.24 miles
State Highways
4.41 miles
Sewer Mains
86.21 miles
Water Mains
96.23 miles
Storm Drains
48.48 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
TOWN OFFICERS
ELECTIVE
TOWN CLERK Earl A. Ryder (Term expires 1945)
Moderator (1 year) William F. Davis, Jr.
Selectmen and Board of Public Welfare
Ernest W. Davis, Chairman .Term expires 1943
Harold M. Estabrook Term expires 1944
William C. Adams .Term expires 1945
Board of Public Works
Loren W. Marsh, Chairman Term expires 1943
Willard A. Wallace Term expires 1944
James R. Smith Term expires 1945
Assessors
William O. Hauser, Chairman Term expires 1943
David A. Wilcox Term expires 1944
Arthur W. Sampson Term expires 1945
Treasurer and Tax Collector
J. Wilbert Anderson
Term expires 1945
School Committee
Clement J. Beaudet Term expires 1943
Therese N. Turner Term expires 1943
Joseph J. Bevins Term expires 1943
John P. Morine Term expires 1944
Michael A. Fredo Term expires 1944
M. Norcross Stratton
Term expires 1944
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Harold A. Cahalin
Term expires 1945
James W. Kidder, Chairman Term expires 1945
Katherine W. Lacey
Term expires 1945
Planning Board
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
Charles H. Bowker
Term expires 1945
Park Commissioners
John B. Byrne
Term expires 1943
Nils G. Anderson, Chairman
Term expires 1944
*Daniel M. Hooley
Term expires 1945
Board of Health
John S. Crosby Term expires 1943
Ernest R. Brooks, Chairman. Term expires 1944
Carl E. Barstow
Term expires 1945
Commissioners of Sinking Fund
Roy B. Crosby Term expires 1943
Edward H. Kittredge Term expires 1944
Harrie H. Dadmun, Chairman Term expires 1945
Trustees of Pratt Fund
Roscoe R. Perry Term expires 1943
Harrie H. Dadmun Term expires 1944
Ernest H. Freeman Term expires 1945
¡Arthur J. Wellington
Term expires 1946
* Resigned
¿ Deceased
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Geoffrey A. Sawyer Term expires 1947 J. Wilbert Anderson, ex-officio
Trustees of Robbins Library
Mary Helen Teele
Term expires 1943
¡Arthur J. Wellington
Term expires 1943
§Wilson D. Clark, Jr.
Francis Keefe
Term expires 1944
Sarah R. Vaughn
Term expires 1944
Frederick W. Hill Term expires 1945
Edward H. Kittredge, Chairman
Term expires 1945
Trustees of the Edwin S. Farmer Poor Widows' Fund and Trustees of the Edwin S. Farmer Fund for Needy Persons
Ernest H. Freeman Term expires 1943
Harrie H. Dadmun
Term expires 1944
Roscoe R. Perry
Term expires 1945
Edward H. Kittredge
Term expires 1946
*Arthur J. Wellington
Term expires 1947
Trustees of Elbridge Farmer Fund (not elective)
James A. Bailey
John G. Brackett
John A. Bishop William D. Elwell
Frederick W. Hill
Cemetery Commissioners
M. Ernest Moore Term expires 1943
Frederick W. Hill Term expires 1944
J. Edwin Kimball, Chairman .Term expires 1945
+ Deceased
§ Appointed
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Tree Warden (1 year) * Daniel M. Daley § George M. Dolan
Measurers of Wood and Bark (elected annually)
Patrick F. Brosnahan Charles E. Hale Arthur B. Peirce
* Resigned
§ Appointed
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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, 1943 Frederick F. Low, Ch., 1944 Thomas J. Donnelly, 1945 Earle C. Hopkins, Associate
Burial Agent Archibald F. Bullock
Chief, Fire Department Daniel B. Tierney
Chief of Police Archibald F. Bullock
Constables
Contributory Retirement Board
Ralph T. Atwood J. Philip Bower Archibald F. Bullock Joseph M. Cormier William F. Duggan James J. Golden, Jr. Arthur G. Mize Gerald A. Tobin Harold A. Cahalin Clarence Needham *David T. Hughes ¡James J. Golden, Jr.
Custodian in Charge of Town Houses. James Carmody
Dog Officer Samuel F. Femia
Executive Secretary, Unemployment Committee *Francis T. Keville §John M. Carney
Fence Viewers
SAllan E. Cowie Leonard P. Roberts
Field Drivers
Daniel P. Barry Archibald F. Bullock Charles E. Carroll Edwin C. Jacobs
* Resigned
1 Elected
§ Appointed
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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
Inspectors of Slaughtering
Arthur Taylor
J. Philip Bower
Inspector of Wires Robert L. Reid
Keeper of Lockup Archibald F. Bullock
Librarian, Robbins Library Lucinda F. Spofford
Local W. P. A. Co-ordinator S*Francis T. Keville
¡John M. Carney
Moth Superintendent. George M. Dolan
Harold M. Estabrook
Old Age Assistance Bureau.
William C. Adams
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Semira E. Perry
Old Age Assistance Bureau, Agent. Clifford W. Cook
Registrars of Voters.
[Arthur P. Wyman, 1943 Dennis I. Donahue, 1944 Timothy J. Buckley, Ch., 1945 Earl A. Ryder, Clerk
Secretary, Agent, Bd. of Public Welfare ...... Clifford W. Cook
Secretary, Head Clerk, Bd. 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.
* Resigned
+ Appointed
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Sealer of Weights and Measures .. SįAllan E. Cowie
+Herbert L. Hutchinson
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Superintendent, Cemetery Department
Wathen B. Henderson
Superintendent, Fire and Police
Signal System
Daniel B. Tierney
Superintendent, Public Parks Department George D. Higgins
Superintendent of Schools §§Joseph S. Keating
+Clifford R. Hall
Superintendent of Streets
Edward J. O'Brien
Town Accountant
Clarence Needham
Town Counsel
Geoffrey A. Sawyer
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
William Coughlin
Patrick J. Loftus
Charles E. Hale
George Matheson
Alice M. Henderson
D. Francis Mahoney
Helen Joyce
John W. O'Brien
Elinor F. Keane
Arthur B. Peirce
Patrick Keaney
Horace W. Peirce
Michael P. Keefe
Walter H. Peirce
Robert J. Kelley
William C. Scannell
James P. Kelly Charles Small
Forrest E. Litchfield Margaret Sullivan
Thomas J. Toye
On leave of absence
Temporary appointee
§ Deceased
¡ Appointed
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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 1945
Precinct 3 James H. Young, Secretary 1944
Precinct 4 A. Warren Rutherford 1943
Precinct 5 Francis M. Hines 1945
Precinct 6 Robert L. Moore
1944
Precinct 7 Michael A. Broderick
1943
Precinct 8 Abram J. Brand
1945
Precinct 9 Alonzo B. Reed
1944
Precinct 10 Francis H. Tufts 1943
Precinct 11 James F. Younie 1945
Precinct 12 Ernest R. Moore, Vice Chairman 1944
Precinct 13 * Arthur D. O'Leary .1943
¡Theldon E. Phinney
Precinct 14 Hallam T. Ring, Chairman 1945
Member at Large-J. Howard Hayes 1944
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 Loren W. Marsh Joseph Peterson
PARK AND PLAYGROUND IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE
Vote of March 30, 1938
William S. Patterson, Ch.
William C. Adams
Arthur J. Mansfield
Elizabeth Rice
Dr. William T. McCarty Harold C. Knight
Daniel M. Hooley
COMMITTEE TO STUDY THE ADVISABILITY OF A CENTRAL PURCHASING DEPARTMENT
Vote of April 1, 1940
Fred R. Buckley
Russell T. Hamlet
Timothy F. Creedon
George A. Harris
Henry E. Halpin, Ch. Harold E. Magnuson
Curtis L. Varner
COMMITTEE TO STUDY THE ADVISABILITY OF CONSTRUCTING A PLANT TO GENERATE ELECTRICITY
Vote of March 19, 1941
Malcolm G. Dodge Hollis M. Gott
P. Joseph McManus Geoffrey A. Sawyer Curtis L. Varner
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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 E. Barry
Francis R. Donahue
John C. Lax
Charles J. Long
William P. Moynihan
Maurice J. O'Connor Reginald A. Wood
Engine 2
Capt. John J. Kennedy Lieut. B. J. McGreevy Judson S. Aiken
Lawrence C. Chester Harry Cooper Francis M. Doherty
John F. Shaw
Engine 3
Lieut. Thomas H. Egan Lieut. Ervin V. Gay William T. Burns James N. Deane
George V. Heiser George J. W. Kenney Edward J. Ryan Herbert G. White
Engine 4
Capt. Albert V. Jones Capt. Lorne S. McEwen Horace G. Aiken Lawrence F. Beasley
James A. Doherty Francis J. Neville Harold C. O'Leary Irving L. Proctor
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Ladder 1
Lieut. William P. Slattery
Leslie W. Crowson
John E. Canniff James P. O'Brien
Henry T. Scannell
Ladder 2
Capt. Richard J. Tierney
*Frank Coscia
Thomas Burchill William A. Libby William H. Madden
* (Military Substitute)
Special Service
Capt. Charles J. Flynn
Daniel V. Coughlin
John J. Beasley Charles J. O'Neil
Chief's Drivers
Lieut. Daniel J. Mahoney Robert J. Mahoney
Assigned to the Fire and Police Signal System
Private Inspector Lester W. Cameron Private Wireman John P. Mahoney
Drill Masters
Capt. Charles J. Flynn Lieut. Bartholomew J. McGreevy Capt. Richard J. Tierney Judson S. Aiken Harold C. O'Leary
Department Physician Dr. Edward W. Feeley
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Department Clerk Anna B. Hurley
Military Service
Thomas F. Bondi (Military Substitute) John M. Fahey David T. Hughes Albert G. Lennon
Resigned Thomas A. Carlow
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OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE ARLINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT
Chief Archibald F. Bullock
Lieutenants
Albert E. Ryan
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Thomas F. Sullivan
Charles E. Carroll Daniel P. Barry
Sergeants
Edwin C. Jacobs
Harold F. Pick
T. Francis Meagher, Jr. James J. Flynn
Thomas R. White William L. Olson (Military Substitute for Thomas R. White)
Patrolmen
T. Arthur Nolan
Felix Lopez
Thomas M. Donovan
William P. Mahoney
Maurice J. Scannell
M. James Coughlin
James R. Burns
William A. Scanlan
John J. Roche
William F. Burns
Charles O. Toomey
Denis F. Shea
Charles J. Tynan
Thomas M. Curran
Lester H. Peabody
Thomas R. Pigott
Thomas E. Burns
James F. Ryan
Thomas J. Keefe
Arthur J. Keaney
Raymond L. Maclean
Charles W. Scannell
James J. Donovan
John J. Hourihan William A. Riley Arthur E. Clare
William M. Germain William J. Colbert George H. Fitzgibbon Gerald J. Duggan
Ferdinand A. Lucarelli
Edward A. Sullivan Frank J. Davidson
William J. Lannigan John A. Ryan Philip Sweeney
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Walter J. Fermoyle
Walter F. Knowles
William J. O'Brien
Timothy T. Hourihan Charles L. Sewall *Clinton W. Peabody * Adalbert T. Zwink
Civilian Employees
Stenographer-Clerk Vittoria DeCain
Janitor Benjamin D. Knowles
Matron Mary Tremblay
Radio and Auto Mechanic Herman P. Nowak
Signal Maintenance Man James J. Carmody
Stenographer-Clerk (for duration of war)
Bernice H. Holmes
* (In Military Service)
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RECORD OF TOWN MEETINGS AND ELECTIONS DURING THE YEAR 1942
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 second day of March, 1942 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 Town Clerk for three years; a Town Treasurer for three years; 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; one member of the Board of Health for three years; two Trustees of the Rob- bins Library for three years; one Park Commissioner for three years; one member of the Planning Board for three years; one Cemetery Commissioner for three years; a Tree Warden for one year ; one Commissioner 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; also, in accordance with the pro- visions of Chapter 43A of the General Laws, in each pre-
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cinct the number of Town Meeting Members as hereinafter specified : in Precinct 1, five such members for three years ; in Precinct 2, seven such members for three years and one such member for one year ; 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, two such members for two years, and one such member for one year; in Precinct 6, six such members for three years and one such member for two years; in Precinct 7, six such members for three years and one such member for one year ; in Precinct 8, six such members for three years, one such member for two years, and one such member for one year; in Precinct 9, five such members for three years and one such member for two years; in Precinct 10, six such mem- bers for three years and one such member for one year; in Precinct 11, six such members for three years; 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 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, ent- rance on Lake Street; Precincts Three and Five, in the Jun- ior 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 Massachusetts Avenue; Precinct Thirteen, in the Peirce School Building, entrance on Park Avenue North, Heights; Precinct Four- teen, in the Locke School Building, entrance on Park Avenue " Heights.
You are, also, required to notify and warn the said in-
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habitants to meet at the Town Hall, in said Town on Wednes- day, the eleventh day of March, 1942, at eight o'clock in the evening, at which time and place the following articles are to be acted upon and determined exclusively by town meet- ing members, in accordance with, and subject to, the refer- enda 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; of the committee under vote of the Town passed March 19, 1941, to study the advisability of constructing a plant to generate electricity; of the committee under vote of the Town passed March 19, 1941, to investigate legal documents in connection with the change of the Town's By- laws accepted under Article 12 of the Special Town Meeting of October 3, 1938; and of other Town Boards and officers and of the Finance and other committees heretofore ap- pointed.
Article 4. To see if the Town will make an appropria- tion or appropriations for the payment to the County of Middlesex of amounts assessed upon or otherwise payable by the Town for: (a) the Town's share of the principal of the bonds issued under the provisions of chapter 10 of the
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Acts of 1932 for the Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hos- pital (now known as the Middlesex County Sanatorium) Funding Loan, Acts of 1932, maturing in the current year ; (b) any other indebtedness incurred and outstanding under said Chapter 10; (c) the Town's share of the interest and other charges on said bonds and any temporary funding notes issued by the County, due in the current year; (d) the care, maintenance and repair of said hospital during the last preceding calendar year, including interest on temporary notes issued therefor in accordance with sections of Chapter 111 of the General Laws applicable thereto; (e) any and all other expenses in connection with said hospital or said loan including expenses under section 25G (6) (a) of chapter 32 of the General Laws inserted by chapter 400 of the Acts of 1936; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or will take any action in any way relative to said hospital, loan or any other thing herein mentioned.
Article 5. 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, purposes and matters hereinafter mentioned, and to provide for the disposal of motor vehicles or other personal property be- longing to the Town; 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; Board of Survey (Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works) ; Robbins Memorial Town Hall; Police De- 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-
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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 6. To see if the Town will take any action rela- tive to providing special compensation for elected and ap- pointed officers and employees of the Town, as a temporary measure for the year 1942, to meet increased living costs in the present emergency; determine in what manner such compensation, if any, shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 7. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of fifteen thousand five hundred dollars ($15,500.) or any other sum, to be expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works, for the purpose of increasing by ten per cent the wages of employees of the Public Works Depart- ment who are now receiving compensation not in excess of thirty-six dollars per week, said ten per cent increase to take effect on May 1, 1942; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of more than ten (10) registered voters)
Article 8. 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, 1943, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to re- new 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.
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Article 9. 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 10. 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.
Article 11. 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 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 laying and construction of a water main supply line from the new Turkey Hill standpipe to the present sup- ply line; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 14. 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 15. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a town way from Columbia Road to Winchester Road, substantially in the location of the private way known as Bradley 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 appropri- ation for said laying out and the construction of said way;
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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 concrete bound at the point of intersec- tion of the westerly line of Columbia Road and the south- westerly side line of Bradley Road, thence northwesterly on a curve to the left with a radius of 75 feet a distance of 53.49 feet to a point of tangency in said southwesterly side line of Bradley Road, thence continuing northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Bradley Road a distance of 271.43 feet to a point of curve in said southwesterly side line of Bradley Road, thence westerly and southwesterly on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.0 feet a distance of 44.45 feet to a stone bound at the point of intersection of said southwesterly side line of Bradley Road and the south- easterly side line of Winchester Road, thence northeasterly on said southeasterly side line of Winchester Road a distance of 92.02 feet to the point of intersection of the said south- easterly side line of Winchester Road and the northeasterly side line of Bradley Road, thence southwesterly, southerly and southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Bradley Road, on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet a dis- tance of 34.13 feet to a point of tangency in said northeast- erly side line of Bradley Road, thence southeasterly on said
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