Town of Arlington annual report 1946, Part 1

Author: Arlington (Mass.)
Publication date: 1946
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ROBBINS LIBRARY, ARLINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS 3 4860 00739 3389


Refe ence


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


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140th ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


TOWN OFFICERS


OF THE TOWN OF 1


ARLINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS, Selectmen AND


THE TOWN RECORDS


FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1946


HERE DIVAS


THE HAMPSHIRE PRESS, Inc. Cambridge, Mass.


COLLECTION


974.44 Arlington


12.316 Apr. 47 ARLINGTON c. 3


"The Defense of Liberty is our Ancestral Heritage"


1945


1940


1930


1920


Population 43,515


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-$57,059,800. Tax Rate-$38.00


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


66.27 miles


Private Streets open for travel


37.77 miles


Private Streets proposed


9.81 miles


State Highways and Parkways


5.87 miles


Sewer Mains


88.52 miles


Water Mains


100.19 miles


Storm Drains


49.89 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 142.03 acres of Parks and Playgrounds Schools-Class A


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TOWN OFFICERS ELECTIVE Moderator


Ernest W. Davis Term expires 1947


Town Clerk


Earl A. Ryder Term expires 1948


Selectmen and Board of Public Welfare


Joseph Peterson, Chairman Term expires 1947


William C. Adams Term expires 1948


Harold A. Cahalin Term expires 1949


Board of Public Works


Willard A. Wallace, Chairman Term expires 1947


James R. Smith Term expires 1948


*Loren W. Marsh Term expires 1949


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Assessors


David A. Wilcox, Chairman Term expires 1947


Arthur W. Sampson Term expires 1948


William O. Hauser Term expires 1949


Treasurer and Tax Collector


J. Wilbert Anderson Term expires 1948


School Committee


John P. Morine Term expires 1947


Michael A. Fredo Term expires 1947


M. Norcross Stratton Term expires 1947


+Harold A. Cahalin Term expires 1948


James W. Kidder Term expires 1948


Katherine W. Lacey Term expires 1948


Clement J. Beaudet Term expires 1949


Therese N. Turner Term expires 1949


Joseph J. Bevins, Chairman


Term expires 1949


* Deceased


+ Resigned


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Planning Board


Harvey C. Abbott, Chairman


Term expires 1947


+Harold C. Knight


Term expires 1947


įJohn O. Parker


Charles H. Bowker


Term expires 1948


Serovp P. Basmajian Term expires 1949


Herbert M. Dutcher Term expires 1949


Park Commissioners


Nils G. Anderson Term expires 1947


Everett J. Henderson, Chairman


Term expires 1948


Edward D. Buckley Term expires 1949


Board of Health


Ernest R. Brooks, Chairman Term expires 1947


Carl E. Barstow Term expires 1948


John S. Crosby Term expires 1949


Commissioners of Sinking Fund


Harold A. Yeames


Term expires 1947


Harrie H. Dadmun, Chairman Term expires 1948


Roy B. Crosby Term expires 1949


Trustees of Pratt Fund


Harold A. Yeames Term expires 1947


Sherman H. Peppard .Term expires 1948


Harrie H. Dadmun Term expires 1949


Ernest H. Freeman .Term expires 1950


Edward P. Clark Term expires 1951


Trustees of Robbins Library


Francis Keefe Term expires 1947


Sarah R. Vaughn Term expires 1947


Edmund L. Frost Term expires 1948


Warren A. Seavey Term expires 1948


Wilson D. Clark, Jr., Chairman Term expires 1949


Mary Helen Teele Term expires 1949


+ Resigned ¿ Appointed (to serve until next annual election)


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


Sherman H. Peppard Term expires 1947


Ernest H. Freeman Term expires 1948


Harrie H. Dadmun


Term expires 1949


Edward P. Clark


Term expires 1950


Harold A. Yeames


Term expires 1951


Trustees of Francis E. Thompson Scholarship Fund


Arthur O. Yeames


Term expires 1947


Edward C. Hildreth Term expires 1948


Edward A. Bailey


Term expires 1949


Trustees of Elbridge Farmer Fund (not elective)


James A, Bailey


John G. Brackett


Edward P. Clark


William D. Elwell


Gardner C. Porter Frederick W. Hill


Cemetery Commissioners


¡Sylvester A. Keaney Term expires 1947


¿Arthur R. Kimball


J. Edwin Kimball .Term expires 1948


Ralph S. Stevens, Chairman Term expires 1949


Tree Warden


George M. Dolan


Term expires 1948


Measurers of Wood and Bark (elected annually) Patrick F. Brosnahan Charles E. Hale Horace W. Peirce


Resigned ¿ Appointed (to serve until next annual election)


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APPOINTED OFFICERS


Agent, Clerk, Board of Health J. Philip Bower *Harold C. Knight-1947 Robert W. Blaisdell Board of Appeal (Building) +Earle C. Hopkins-1948 ¿Clifford E. Lansil 1 ¡Herbert J. Cronin-1949 ¿John R. Salmon, Ch. ¡Martin R. Durkin, Associate ¿Harold E. Magnuson


Board of Appeals (Zoning)


Clifford E. Lansil-1947 John R. Salmon, Ch .- 1948


Robert W. Blaisdell-1949


Harvey C. Abbott, Associate-1948


Harold E. Magnuson, Associate-1948


Burial Agent Archibald F. Bullock


Chief, Fire Department Daniel B. Tierney Archibald F. Bullock


Chief of Police


Constables


Contributory Retirement Board


Ralph T. Atwood J. Philip Bower Archibald F. Bullock William F. Duggan James J. Golden, Jr. Harold A. Cahalin Clarence Needham Arthur F. Wells


Custodian in Charge of Town Houses James Carmody


Director, Veterans' Services Dept. Charles R. Armour


Dog Officer Samuel F. Femia


Fence Viewers Herbert L. Hutchinson Paul H. Mossman Archibald F. Bullock Field Drivers Daniel P. Barry James J. Flynn Thomas F. Meagher


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 R. Seaver


+ Resigned


# Appointed


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Inspector of Slaughtering J. Philip Bower


Inspector of Wires Robert L. Reid Keeper of Lockup . Archibald F. Bullock


Librarian, Robbins Library Lucinda F. Spofford


Moth Superintendent George M. Dolan ·


William C. Adams


Old Age Assistance Bureau


Harold A. Cahalin


Bertha L. Murphy


Old Age Assistance Bureau, Agent Clifford W. Cook


Dennis I. Donahue, 1947


Registrars of Voters


Timothy J. Buckley, Ch., 1948 Arthur P. Wyman, 1949 Earl A. Ryder, Clerk


Secretary, Agent, Board of Public Welfare .. Clifford W. Cook Secretary, Head Clerk, Bd. of Assessors . .. Arthur F. Wells Secretary, Head Clerk, Bd. 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 Herbert L. Hutchinson Superintendent, Cemetery Dept. Wathen B. Henderson Superintendent,


Fire and Police Signal System Daniel B. Tierney Superintendent, Parks and Playgrounds .. Daniel J. McFadden Superintendent of Schools Clifford R. Hall


Superintendent of Streets Edward J. O'Brien


Town Accountant Clarence Needham


Town Counsel Russell T. Hamlet


Town Engineer James M. Keane


Town Physician Dr. Edward W. Feeley


Water Registrar David P. Geary


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COMMITTEES APPOINTED IN PURSUANCE OF TOWN MEETING VOTES


TOWN YARD COMMITTEE Vote of March 24, 1919 F. Hedley Barnhill Willard A. Wallace Frank J. Phillips


COMMITTEE TO STUDY THE ADVISABILITY OF A CENTRAL PURCHASING DEPARTMENT Vote of April 1, 1940


Fred R. Buckley


Russell T. Hamlet


Timothy F. Creedon


Curtis L. Varner


George A. Harris Harold E. Magnuson


COMMITTEE TO STUDY THE ADVISABILITY OF CONSTRUCTING A PLANT TO GENERATE ELECTRICITY Vote of March 19, 1941


Malcolm G. Dodge P. Joseph McManus Hollis M. Gott Geoffrey A. Sawyer Curtis L. Varner


COMMITTEE ON ADVANCED PROGRAMMING BUDGETING Vote of March 24, 1944


Warren A. Seavey Earle C. Hopkins Henry E. Halpin ¿Elwyn E. Mariner Harold C. Knight Hallam T. Ring


MEMORIAL BUILDING FOR VETERANS OF WORLD WARS Vote of March 19, 1945


John H. Allison George H. Greim Walter T. Chamberlain Robert Hauser Edward W. Higgins


Felix V. Cutler


Frederick L. Reynolds


+ Resigned


Į Appointed


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COMMITTEE-RE: COMMITTEE ON THE DISPOSAL OF RUBBISH AND WASTE MATERIALS (Reclamation Plant) Vote of March 19, 1945


F. Hedley Barnhill * Loren W. Marsh George A. Harris Frank J. Phillips Alfred W. Lombard A. Warren Rutherford Warren J. Ryan


COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER SITE FOR NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN PRECINCT 9 Vote of March 19, 1945


Charles H. Bowker


Val T. Hanson


James W. Kidder George E. O'Neil M. Norcross Stratton


Earl A. Ryder John L. Murphy


COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER THE ADVISABILITY OF INSTALLING VOTING MACHINES Vote of January 2, 1946 Felix V. Cutler Harry J. O'Reilly William P. Dale


COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE, CONSIDER AND RECOMMEND ALTERATIONS, ADDITIONS OR OTHER CHANGES TO BUILDING CODE Vote of March 15, 1946


Robert McIntosh Geoffrey A. Sawyer


Stanley M. Ryerson Lindsay Biathrow Alfred C. Bridgens Arthur J. Mansfield Arthur Wannlund, Sr.


COMMITTEE ON HOUSING FOR VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II Vote of December 2, 1946 Henry G. Wilton George Drew Stanley M. Ryerson


COMMITTEE TO AID AND ADVISE THE VETERANS HOUSING COMMITTEE IN MATTERS RELATING TO ANY RECOMMENDED PROGRAM Vote of December 2, 1946


Walter T. Chamberlain Edward P. Clark Ira M. Jones


Edward C. Hildreth Sherman H. Peppard Harold Yeames


* Deceased


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RECORD OF TOWN MEETINGS AND ELECTIONS DURING THE YEAR 1946


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 fourth day of March, 1946 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 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 Robbins Library for three years; one Park Commissioner for three years; two members of the Planning Board for three years; one member of the Plan- ning Board for one year; one Cemetery Commissioner for three years; one Commissioner of the Sinking Fund for three years; one Trustee of the Pratt Fund for five years ; one Trustee of the Pratt Fund for two years; one Trustee of the Edwin S. Farmer Poor Widows' Fund and Trustee of the Edwin S. Farmer Fund for Needy Persons for five years; one Trustee of the Francis E. Thompson Scholarship Fund for three years; one Trustee of the Francis E. Thomp- son Scholarship Fund for two years; one Trustee of the Francis E. Thompson Scholarship Fund for one year; also, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 43A of the


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General Laws, in each precinct the number of Town Meet- ing Members as hereinafter specified: in Precinct 1, five such members for three years; in Precinct 2, seven such members for three years ; in Precinct 3, four such members for three years; in Precinct 4, six such members for three years and one such member for two years; in Precinct 5, five such members for three years and one such member for one year; in Precinct 6, six such members for three years and one such member for one year ; in Precinct 7, six such members for three years ; in Precinct 8, six such mem- bers for three years; in Precinct 9, five such members for three years; in Precinct 10, six such members for three years, two such members for two years and one such mem- ber for one year; 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.


For these purposes, the polls will be opened at seven o'clock A. M. and remain open until eight o'clock P. M., at each of the polling places designated, viz: Precinct One, in the Crosby School Building, entrance on Winter Street; Precincts Two and Four, in the Hardy School Building, entrance on Lake Street; Precincts Three and Five, in the Junior High School Building East, entrance on Tufts Street; Precincts Six and Eight, in the Town Hall; Pre- cincts Seven and Nine, in the Russell School Building; Precinct Seven, entrance on Medford Street; Precinct Nine, entrance on Mystic 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 Pierce 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 Wed- nesday, the thirteenth day of March, 1946, at eight o'clock


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in the evening, at which time and place the following arti- cles are to be acted upon and determined exclusively by 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 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 1, 1940, to study the advisability of creating a central purchasing department; of the com- mittee 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 15, 1943, to investigate and study the advisability of establishing a classification of positions and a plan for a standardization of wages and salaries for all departments of the Town; of the committee under vote of the Town passed March 24, 1944, on Advanced Programming and Budgeting; of the committee under vote of the Town passed March 19, 1945, to consider the erection of a suitable me- morial building for Veterans of World Wars; of the com- mittee under vote of the Town passed March 19, 1945, to investigate, consider and recommend alterations, additions, or other changes to Robbins Memorial Town Hall; of the committee under vote of the Town passed March 19, 1945, to investigate and consider the construction of a Reclama- tion Plant or the disposal of rubbish and waste materials; of the committee under vote of the Town passed March 19, 1945, to consider a site for a new elementary school in Pre- cinct 9; of the committee under vote of the Town passed January 2, 1946, to consider the advisability of installing voting machines; and of other Town Boards and officers and of the Finance and other committees heretofore ap- pointed.


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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 under Warrant issued by the County Commis- sioners in accordance with Chapter 500, Section 1, of the Acts of 1943, for: (A), the Town's share of the care, main- tenance and repair of Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hos- pital during the last preceding calendar year, including in- terest on temporary notes issued therefor in accordance with sections of Chapter 111 of the General Laws applicable thereto; (B) the Town's share of any and all other expenses in connection with said hospital, 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 take any action relating to said hospital or any other thing therein mentioned.


Article 5. 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, and to provide for the disposal of motor vehicles or other personal prop- erty belonging 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; Town Treasurer and Collector of Taxes Depart- ments; Assessors' Department; Legal Department; Claims ; Town Clerk's Department; Board of Public Works; En- gineering Work; Elections and Town Meetings (Select- men) ; Planning Board; Board of Survey (Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works) ; Robbins Memorial Town Hall; Police Department; Fire Department; Fire and Police Signals; Building, Plumbing and Gas Inspection ; Wire Department; Sealer of Weights and Measures; Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth Suppression; Tree Warden's Depart- ment; Health Department; Vital Statistics; Inspector of


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Animals; Sewerage System Maintenance; Removal of Ashes, Offal and Rubbish; Highway Division; Snow and Ice Removal; Lighting of Streets and Ways; Traffic Sign- als; Public Welfare Department; Aid to Dependent Chil- dren; Old Age Assistance; District or Other Nurses; Vet- erans' Benefits (State and Military Aid, War Allowance and Soldiers' Relief and Burials) ; Schools; Robbins Lib- rary and Branches; Parks; Playgrounds; Pensions ; Memo- rial Day; Patriots' Day; Printing Town Reports; Insur- ance; Workmen's Compensation Insurance Fund; Muni- cipal Insurance Fund; Maintenance of Menotomy Hall and Houses owned by the Town; Water Department Main- tenance; Cemeteries; Interest; Debt.


Article 6. To see if the Town will make an appropria- tion to provide funds to enable the heads of departments to increase the rate of compensation for services rendered and labor performed, or to provide special compensation for elected and appointed officers and employees of the Town; determine in what manner such funds shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.


(Inserted at the request of more than ten (10) registered voters)


Article 7. To see if the Town will take any action relative to providing special compensation for elected and appointed officers and employees of the Town; determine in what manner such compensation, if any, shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.


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, 1947, 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 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.


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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 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 13. To see if the Town will make an appropria- tion for maintaining, repairing and improving all or any part of the ways within the town; said appropriation to be used with any sum or sums which may be allotted by the Commonwealth or the County of Middlesex or both for such purpose or purposes; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action in any way relative to all or any of the foregoing.


'Article 14. To see if the Town will make an appropria- tion for the relocation, alteration and widening, construc- tion of, specific repairs upon and improvement of all or any part of Massachusetts Avenue, from Lowell Street westerly, within the town as now existing or hereafter relocated, altered or widened, including land damages, if any, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of better- ments or otherwise; said appropriation to be used with any sum or sums which may be allotted by the Commonwealth or County of Middlesex or both for such purpose or pur- poses ; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action in any way relative to all or any of the foregoing.


Article 15. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a town way from Winchester Road to Columbia Road, substantially in the location of the private way known


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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- ments of betterments; establish said way; make an ap- propriation 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 the point of intersection of the easterly side line of Winchester Road and the northeasterly side line of Bradley Road, thence southerly and southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Bradley Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet a distance of 34.13 feet to a point of tangency on said northeasterly side line of Bradley Road, thence southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Bradley Road a distance of 220.91 feet to a point of curve in said northeasterly. side line of Bradley Road, thence southeasterly, easterly, and northeasterly on said north- easterly side line of Bradley Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet a distance of 55.31 feet to the point of intersection of said northeasterly side line of Bradley Road and the westerly side line of Columbia Road, thence southerly on said westerly side line of Columbia Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 423.1 feet a distance of 90.84 feet to a point of tangency in said westerly side line of Columbia Road, thence continuing southerly on said westerly side line of Columbia Road a distance of 48.68 feet to the point of intersection of said westerly side line of Columbia Road and the southwesterly side line of Bradley Road, thence northerly and northeasterly on said south- westerly side line of Bradley Road 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 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 north- westerly, westerly and southwesterly on said southwesterly


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side line of Bradley Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet a distance of 44.45 feet to the point of intersection of said southwesterly side line of Bradley Road and the southeasterly 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 beginning as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass. entitled: "Plan and Profile of Bradley Road, Petitioned for by Wm. S. Fairchild, Arlington, Mass., Scale, Hor. 1"=40', Ver. 1"=6', Aug. 1926, C. H. Gannett, C. E., 53 State St., Boston."


Article 16. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a town way from south of Falmouth Road West to north of Bradley Road, substantially in the location of the private way known as Columbia Road, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the joint Board of Select- men 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 the point of intersection of the easterly side line of Columbia Road and the northerly side line of Falmouth Road West, thence southerly on said easterly side line of Columbia Road a distance of 187.24 feet to a point on said easterly side line of Columbia Road at the division line between lots 56 and 57, thence westerly across said Columbia Road a distance of 40 feet to a point on the west- erly side line of Columbia Road, thence northerly on said westerly side line of Columbia Road a distance of 153.63 feet to a point of curve in said westerly side line of Colum- bia Road, thence northwesterly on said westerly side line of Columbia Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 332.86 feet a distance of 59.84 feet to a point of tangency




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