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READING PUBLIC LIBRARY READING, MASSACHUSETTS
REFERENCE
TOWN OF READING MASSACHUSETTS
THE ANNUAL REPORT
OF RECEIPTS
AND EXPENDITURES
For the Financial Year
Ending December 31st
1918
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NEW POST OFFICE BUILDING, 1918
TOWN OF READING
ANNUAL REPORT
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Receipts and Expenditures
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FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31
1918
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THE CHRONICLE PRESS READING, MASS.
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TOWN OFFICERS 1918-1919
Selectmen and Fence Viewers EDGAR O. DEWEY, Chairman J. EDWARD FROST, Secretary EDWIN L. HUTCHINSON
Town Accountant JOHN H. SHELDON Term expires 1920
Overseers of the Poor EDGAR O. DEWEY, Chairman
J. EDWARD FROST, Secretary EDWIN L. HUTCHINSON
Assessors
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Chairman Term expires 1921
GEORGE E. HORROCKS, Secretary
66 66 1919
ARDINE M. ALLEN 66 1920
Town Clerk MILLARD F. CHARLES
Treasurer HENRY H. KINSLEY
Collector of Taxes HERBERT M. VIALL
Board of Health
EDWARD M. HALLIGAN, Chairman . LEMUEL W. ALLEN, Secretary .
CALVERT H. PLAYDON .
Term expires 1919
66 1921
1920
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School Committee
WALTER S. PARKER, Chairman
Term expires 1920
JESSE W. MORTON
1919
IDA A. YOUNG
1919
LEONE F. QUIMBY
1920
ARTHUR N. MANSFIELD
66 1921
ELIZABETH H. BROWN
1921
ADELBERT L. SAFFORD, Supt. of Schools, Sec'y
Water Commissioners
HENRY R. JOHNSON, Chairman
Term expires 1919
EDGAR N. HUNT, Secretary
. . 1921
HARVEY A. BANCROFT
66 1920
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Sewer Commissioners
JOHN W. OWEN, Chairman
Term expires 1919
CHARLES R. HERRICK, Secretary
1920
EDWARD J. DAHILL
66 1921
Municipal Light Board
FRANK E. CRAFTS, Chairman
Term expires 1919
GEORGE L. FLINT, Secretary
1921
WILLIAM G. LONG
1920
Planning Board
JAMES P. CARLETON, Chairman
Term expires 1920
CHESTER J. WALLACE, Secretary
1920
RAYMOND B. TEMPLE
1919
LEONE F. QUIMBY
66
1921
CLARENCE C. WHITE
1919
Trustees of Public Library
HORACE G. WADLIN, Chairman
Term expires 1919
ARTHUR N. MANSFIELD, Secretary .
66
1921
RALPH S. KENEELY
1919
CHARLES F. DOUGHTY
1921
FRANK C. CARTER
66
1920
FANNIE C. WHITTEMORE
66
1926
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Trustees of Laurel Hill Cemetery
GALEN A. PARKER, Chairman .
Term expires 1920
ALFRED W. DANFORTH, Supt. and Sec'y
1921
FRANK L. EDGERLEY
1919
JAMES H. CARLETON
66
1921
CHARLES W. LEE
66
1919
WILLIAM S. KINSLEY
66
1920
Registrars MILLARD F. CHARLES, Clerk OWEN McKENNEY WALTER S. PRENTISS ARTHUR C. COPELAND
Chief of Fire Department ORVILLE O. ORDWAY
Superintendent of Fire Alarm LEONARD T. EAMES
Forest Warden HERBERT E. MCINTIRE
Deputies
JOHN N. WESTON GEORGE F. BLANCHARD
WILLARD A. BANCROFT A. E. BATCHELDER WILLIAM W. NEWHOUSE
Police JEREMIAH CULLINANE, Chief and Keeper of Lock- Up OSCAR H. LOWE GEORGE C. STOCK
WILLIAM F. O'BRIEN
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Special Officers
C. MORTON SKIDMORE
WILLIAM H. HINDS
TIMOTHY J. CULLINANE
WILLIAM P. PIERPONT
WILLIAM C. CRAM
DAVID J. WHELTON
CLEMENT GLEASON
JAMES W. SIAS
FRANK F. STROUT
WILLIAM H. KILLAM
WILLIAM E. SWAIN
JESSE N. HUTCHINSON
SYLVANUS L. THOMPSON MARTIN C. WELCH
WILLIAM H. MANNING JAMES C. NICHOLS TIMOTHY J. CRONIN
School Attendance Officer EDWIN L. HUTCHINSON
Constables
WILLIAM E. SWAIN
ARDINE M. ALLEN
Inspector of Milk CARL M. SMITH
Inspector of Plumbing DAVID TAGGART
Inspector of Animals CALVERT H. PLAYDON, M. D. V.
Inspector of Wires ARTHUR G. SIAS
Inspector of Buildings GEORGE H. SIDEBOTTOM
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Board of Appeal MAHLON E. BRANDE JAMES H. CARLETON CHARLES VAN STONE
Sealer of Weights and Measures CARL M. SMITH
Burial Agent of Deceased Soldiers and Sailors CHARLES STOREY
Tree Warden HENRY M. DONEGAN
Finance Committee
CARL M. SPENCER, Chairman Term expires Mar. 31, 1921
WILLIAM S. DENNISON .
66
Dec. 31, 1918
MARTIN B. HARTSHORN .
Dec. 31, 1918
JOHN CONNELLY
66 66 Dec. 31, 1918
CHARLES H. STINCHFIELD
Mar. 31, 1919
OLIVER W. AUSTIN .
66 Mar. 31, 1919
JAMES P. CARLETON 66
Mar. 31, 1920
SPENCER G. STEWART
Mar. 31, 1920
FREDERICK D. SPERRY
Mar. 31, 1920
JEFFERSON K. BARNEKOV
66
Mar. 31, 1920
WINTHROP D. PARKER
Mar. 31, 1921
ELIAS B. CURRELL
66
Mar. 31, 1921
FRANK F. STROUT
66 Mar. 31, 1921
JOSEPH D. KNIGHT .
Mar. 31, 1921
JOHN H. SHELDON, Town Accountant, Sec'y, Ex-officio
Playground Commission LOUIS ELLENWOOD, Chairman CHARLES H. STINCHFIELD, Secretary CARL B. SAWYER HAROLD F. PARKER ARTHUR S. COOK
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Park Commissioners
GALEN A. PARKER, Chairman, 1921
WILLARD P. ADDEN, Secretary, 1919 EDWARD J. CHADBOURNE, 1920
Measurers of Wood and Bark
CHARLES W. LEE
WENDELL BANCROFT
PERCY N. SWEETSER BURTON K. SYMONDS WARREN M. WHITEHOUSE
Surveyors of Lnmber
WARREN M. WHITEHOUSE BURTON K. SYMONDS
WILLIAM R. ZWICKER GEORGE L. FLINT
Weighers of Coal and Hay
CHARLES W. LEE
PERCY N. SWEETSER
WILLIAM H. WHITE MABEL L. MCKAY W. I. BANCROFT
Field Drivers
WILLARD A. BANCROFT WILLIAM F. WELCH ARDINE M. ALLEN
Town Counsel JESSE W. MORTON
Workingmen's Compensation Agent HENRY H. KINSLEY
Moderator JESSE W. MORTON
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TOWN MEETINGS, 1918
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING JAN. 14, 1918
SECURITY HALL, WOBURN ST., READING, MASS.
Article 1. To determine what instructions be given the Town Officers.
It was voted on motion of Edwin L. Hutchinson to lay this article on the table.
Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the current finan- cial year. (Treasurer.)
On motion of Lewis M. Bancroft, it was voted that the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning Jan. 1, 1918, to an amount not exceeding $197,000,-and to issue the note or notes of the Town there- for payable within one year; any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said financial year.
Voted to adjourn.
A true copy of record. Attest :
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.
READING, FEB. 2, 1918.
The Moderator, Jesse W. Morton, appointed the follow- ing as a Committee on the Consolidation of the Town Departments : Herbert G. Evans, 40 Howard St .; Frederick L. Springford, 55 Middlesex Ave .; Martin B. Hartshorn, 214 High St.
A true copy of record. Attest :
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 4, 1918
SECURITY HALL, WOBURN ST., READING, MASS.
Article 1. To bring in their votes on one ballot for Moderator, Town Clerk, Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, one member of the Board of Assessors for three years, two Constables, one Water Com- missioner for three years, one member of the Municipal Light Board for three years, one member of the Municipal Light Board for two years, one member of the Board of Health for three years, two Trustees of Laurel Hill Ceme- tery for three years, one Trustee of Laurel Hill Cemetery for two years, two members of the School Committee for three years, one member of School Committee for two years, one Sewer Commissioner for three years, Tree Warden for one year, one Park Commissioner for one year, one Park Commissioner for two years, one Park Commissioner for three years, one member of the Planning Board for three years, two Trustees of the Public Library for three years, one Trustee of the Public Library for two years; also on the same ballot, Yes or No, in answer to the following question :
Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town?
The following is the result of the ballot :
Whole Number of Votes Cast .
1034
Men
· 1024
Women
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MODERATOR, ONE YEAR
George L. Flint, 19 Village St. .
1
Jesse W. Morton, 114 Woburn St. 792
Blanks
231
TOWN CLERK, ONE YEAR
Millard F. Charles, 66 Bancroft Ave.
834
Blanks . 190
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SELECTMEN, ONE YEAR
Granger H. Carroll, 30 Pratt St. 36
Fred M. Cook, 244 South St. .
90
Edgar O. Dewey, 76 Main St. 676
Louis Ellenwood, 10 Gould St. 109
J. Edward Frost, 95 Oak St. 544
Geo. E. Horrocks, 25 Pleasant St.
202
Edwin L. Hutchinson, 6 Grove St.
578
James W. Killam, 16 Arlington St.
421
William E. Moran, 97 Haven St.
128
Blanks
348
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, ONE YEAR
Granger H. Carroll, 30 Pratt St. 46
Fred M. Cook, 244 South St. 104 .
Edgar O. Dewey, 76 Main St. 646
Louis Ellenwood, 10 Gould St. 127
J. Edward Frost, 95 Oak St.
522
George E. Horrocks, 25 Pleasant St.
207
Edwin L. Hutchinson, 6 Grove St.
491
James W. Killam, 16 Arlington St. 396
William E. Moran, 97 Haven St.
124
Blanks
.
409
TREASURER, ONE YEAR
Henry H. Kinsley, 65 Linden St.
810
Blanks . 214
COLLECTOR OF TAXES, ONE YEAR
Herbert M. Viall, 42 Bancroft Ave. .
831
Blanks .
193
ASSESSOR, THREE YEARS
Millard F. Charles, 66 Bancroft Ave.
821
Blanks
203
CONSTABLES, ONE YEAR
Ardine M. Allen, 77 Bancroft Ave.
722
William E. Swain, 15 Sanborn St. 826
Blanks 500
.
.
.
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WATER COMMISSIONER, THREE YEARS
Charles R. Herrick, 219 Pearl St. . 316
Edgar N. Hunt, 125 Summer Ave. 571 ·
Blanks . 137 .
MUNICIPAL LIGHT BOARD, TWO YEARS
William G. Long, 29 Howard St. .
751
Blanks . .
273
MUNICIPAL LIGHT BOARD, THREE YEARS
George L. Flint, 19 Village St. .
.
794
Blanks 230
BOARD OF HEALTH, THREE YEARS
Lemuel W. Allen, 62 Washington St. 610
Chester W. MacDougall, 55 Federal St. 288
Blanks . 126
TRUSTEE OF LAUREL HILL CEMETERY, TWO YEARS William S. Kinsley, 23 Woburn St. .
775
Blanks . 249 .
TRUSTEES OF LAUREL HILL CEMETERY, THREE YEARS
James H. Carleton, 8 Temple St. .
769
. Alfred W. Danforth, 33 Woburn St. . 765
Blanks 514 .
SCHOOL COMMITTEE, TWO YEARS
Fred M. Cook, 244 South St. 380
Leone F. Quimby, 25 Howard St. 471
Blanks .
173
SCHOOL COMMITTEE, THREE YEARS
Elizabeth H. Brown, 83 Prospect St. 757
Arthur N. Mansfield, 107 Woburn St. 742
· Blanks 549
SEWER COMMISSIONER, THREE YEARS Edward J. Dahill, 91 John St. 716
Blanks . 308 .
.
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TREE WARDEN, ONE YEAR
Henry M. Donegan, 58 Federal St.
806.
Blanks .
218
PLANNING BOARD, THREE YEARS
Leone F. Quimby, 25 Howard St. 715
Blanks . 309
TRUSTEE PUBLIC LIBRARY, TWO YEARS
Fannie O. Whittemore, 15 Harnden St. 743
Blanks . . 281
TRUSTEES PUBLIC LIBRARY, THREE YEARS
Charles F. Doughty, 52 Linden St. 697
Arthur N. Mansfield, 107 Woburn St. 731
Blanks 620 .
PARK COMMISSIONER, ONE YEAR
Willard P. Adden, 35 Walnut St. 747
Blanks 277
PARK COMMISSIONER, TWO YEARS
Edward J. Chadbourne, 6 Walnut St. 720
Blanks . . 304
PARK COMMISSIONER, THREE YEARS
Galen A. Parker, 1 Charles St. 745
Blanks
279
SHALL LICENSES BE GRANTED FOR THE SALE OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS?
Yes
139
No
727
Blanks .
156
The ballots were counted and declared in open town meeting, sealed and delivered to the Town Clerk, where- upon the meeting adjourned to meet in this place on Mon- day evening, March 11, 1918, at 7.45 o'clock P. M.
A true copy of record. Attest :
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, ADJOURNED FROM MARCH 4, 1918
Pursuant to call by warrant and adjournment, a town meeting was held and was called to order by the Moderator, Jesse W. Morton, at time and place specified in the warrant.
A communication was read from the Liberty Loan Com- mittee of New England by the Town Clerk.
A letter was also read by the Town Clerk from Gover- nor Samuel W. McCall as to the economical management of towns.
A letter was also read from the Governor as regards War Savings Plan as put before the country by the Secre- tary of the Treasury.
On motion of A. Newell Howes, it was voted : Resolved, that we, the citizens of this Town, in town meeting assem- bled, having before us the proclamation of the Governor of this Commonwealth, issued Feb. 22, 1918, will aid in carry_ ing through by all means in our power the War Savings Plan put before the country by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Article 2. To hear and act on the reports of the Select- men, Overseers of the Poor, Assessors, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, School Committee, Water Commissioners, Sewer Commissioners, Municipal Light Board, Park Commissioners, Planning Board, Engineers of the Fire Department, Trus- tees of the Cemetery, Trustees of the Public Library, Board of Health, Tree Warden, Town Accountant, Finance Com- mittee and Special Committees.
Article 2. On motion of Edgar O. Dewey, Art. 2 was laid on the table.
Article 3. To choose all other necessary Town Officers and determine what instructions be given the Town Officers.
Article 3. On motion of Edgar O. Dewey, it was voted that Ora L. Milbury, Wendell Bancroft, Warren M. White- house, William R. Zwicker, Burton K. Symonds, Edward B. Eames and George L. Flint serve as Surveyors of Lumber for the ensuing year.
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That William F. Welch, Ardine M. Allen and Willard A. Bancroft serve as Field Drivers for the ensuing year.
That the Selectmen be authorized to appoint Measurers of Wood and Bark and Weighers of Coal, Hay, etc., for the ensuing year.
That the Selectmen act as Fence Viewers for the en- suing year.
Art. 13. To see if the Town will vote to increase the pay of the Chief of Police to $4.00 per day and the Police Officers to $3.50 per day, and how much money it will raise and appropriate for that purpose, or what it will do in rela- tion thereto. (Selectmen.)
Article 13. On motion of Edgar O. Dewey, it was voted to take up this article.
On motion of Edgar O. Dewey, it was voted that the pay of the Chief of Police be $4.00 per day and the Police Officers be $3.50 per day.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to add one more Police Officer to the regular Police Force, and how much money it will raise and appropriate for that purpose, or what it will do in relation thereto. (Selectmen.)
Article 14. Under this article it was moved that the Selectmen be authorized to appoint an additional Police- man. The motion was not carried.
Article 3. On motion of Horace G. Wadlin, this article was taken up and the following vote was passed :
The Trustees of the Public Library are directed to dis- pose of furniture or other material now in the library but not required after removal to the new building, either by sale or exchange, the proceeds of such sale or exchange to be applied to the uses of the library in its new location.
On motion of William S. Dennison, it was voted that the Planning Board be instructed to investigate the present cost of the upkeep of automobiles belonging to the Towir and bring a report at some future town meeting.
On motion of Edgar O. Dewey, it was voted to lay Arti- cle 3 on the table.
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Article 36. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of $1550 to be used by the School Committee to give each teacher in the Junior High School and each teacher in the Grades 1 to 6 (31 in all) an extra raise of $50 beginning March 1, 1918, or what they will do in relation thereto. (Alice E. Hood and others).
On motion of Walter S. Parker, it was voted to take up this article.
On motion of Walter S. Parker, it was voted to raise and appropriate $1550 to be used by the School Committee to give each teacher in the Junior High School and each teacher in grades 1 to 6 (31 in all) an extra raise of $50 dol- lars each beginning March 1, 1918.
Article 4. To determine how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for General Government, Protec- tion of Life and Property, Health and Sanitation, Highways and Bridges, Charities, Soldiers' Benefits, Education, Li- brary, Recreation, Cemetery and Interest.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Moderator
$75 00
Selectmen's salaries
500 00
Selectmen's expenses 200 00
Town Accountant's salary
750 00
Town Accountant's expenses
100 00
Treasurer's salary
600 00
Treasurer's expenses
250 00
Tax Collector's salary
1,200 00
(5-8 of one per cent. on all collections)
Tax Collector's expenses
200 00
Assessors' salaries
1,200 00
(Chairman of the Board to receive fifty dollars in excess of the other members of the Board)
Assessors' expenses
550 00
Town Clerk's salary
150 00
Town Clerk's expenses
250 00
Town Counsel's salary . 500 00
Registrars' salaries
130 00
Election expenses
750 00
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Miscellaneous expenses
$1,500 00
Care of Central Fire Station
600 00
Care of Town Office Building
1,200 00
Insurance
1,500 00 50 00
Lighting G. A. R. Hall
Block System Survey 250 00
Fire Department .
10,601 00
Fire Alarm repairs
400 00
Hydrant Rentals Water Dept.
6,030 00
(and appropriate from the receipts for the use of the Water Dept. for the fiscal year $19,500)
Moth Department 5,600 00
Forest Warden
450 00
Tree Warden
500 00
Inspector of Wires
100 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures' salary
225 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures' expenses .
25 00
Building Inspector's salary .
300 00
Building Inspector's expenses
30 00
Board of Health salaries
250 00
Health Department maintenance
1,084 00
Contagious Diseases
1,000 00
Sewer Department salaries
225 00
Sewer Department expenses
250 00
Highways maintenance
15,350 00
Removal of Snow and Ice
2,500 00
Dust Laying
3,500 00
Drinking Fountains
100 00
Concrete Sidewalks and repairs
500 00
Poor Department
3,000 00
Town Home expenses
3,700 00
Mothers with Dependent Children
1,000 00
Soldiers' Relief
1,000 00
School Department
63,100 00
Tuition
350 00
Agricultural Department
4,400 00
Library .
2,860 00
Care of Common
150 00
Memorial Day
250 00
Care of Laurel Hill Cemetery
1,575 00
Interest on Bonds, Notes, etc.
14,500 00
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Article 5. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $1500 from the amount in the Excess and Deficiency Account, the same to be applied in part toward the indebt- edness maturing in 1918, or what it will do in relation thereto. (Town Accountant).
Article 5. On motion of John H. Sheldon, it was voted that the Town Accountant be and he is hereby authorized to transfer the sum of $1,500 from the Excess and Deficiency Account to maturing indebtedness.
Article 6. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $841.24, the Credit Balance in the Town Indebtedness Special Account, toward the payment of notes and bonds maturing in 1918, or what it will do in relation thereto. (Town Accountant).
Article 6. On motion of John H. Sheldon, it was voted that the sum of $841.24 be appropriated from the Town Fund Indebtedness Account to maturing indebtedness fall- ing due in 1918.
Article 7. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of $700 to the Reserve Fund, as provided by Chapter 645 of the Acts of 1913, or what it will do in rela- tion thereto. (Town Accountant) .
On motion of Edgar O. Dewey, it was voted to lay this article on the table.
Article S. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of $2,000 to continue the work on West Street, provided the State and County each appropriate a like amount, or what it will do in relation thereto. (Select- men) .
It was voted to indefinitely postpone this article.
Article 9. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of $2,800 to macadamize Lowell Street on one side of car track, from Middlesex Avenue to Woburn Street, or what it will do in relation thereto. (Selectmen).
On motion of Edgar O. Dewey, it was voted that Arti- cle 9 be passed over, and that no action be taken by the Town on the subject matter contained in the article.
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Article 10. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of $2,000 for a granolithic sidewalk and curb- ing, on Lowell Street in front of Town Office and Library Buildings, or what it will do in relation thereto. (Select- men).
On motion of Edgar O. Dewey, it was voted that Arti- «le 10 be passed over, and that no action be taken by the Town on the subject matter contained in the article.
Article 11. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of $500 for repairs on Prospect Street, or what it will do in relation thereto. (Selectmen).
On motion of Edgar (). Dewey, it was voted that the sum of $500 be raised and appropriated for repairs on Pros- pect Street.
Article 12. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of $250 for repairs on Charles Street, or what it will do in relation thereto. (Selectmen).
On motion of Edgar O. Dewey, it was voted that arti: cle 12 be passed over and that no action be taken by the Town on the subject matter contained in the article.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to change the name of Pine Street to Bay State Road, or what it will do in relation thereto. (Selectmen).
On motion of Edgar O. Dewey, it was voted that the Selectmen be instructed to change the name of Pine Street to Bay State Road.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to rent a play- ground and raise and appropriate the sum of $342 for that purpose, or what it will do in relation thereto. (Selectmen).
On motion of Edgar O. Dewey, it was voted that the sum of $342 be raised and appropriated to rent a playground for one year.
Article 17. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of $100 for the use of the Planning Board as financial aid deemed necessary for procuring data, as may be required for study and investigation from time to time, or what it will do in relation thereto. (Planning Board).
?
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On motion of Edgar O. Dewey, it was voted that Article 17 be passed over and that no action be taken by the Town on the subject matter contained in the article.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Section 37, Chapter 19, of the Revised Laws of Massachusetts, an act relative to Civil Service for the Police Department, and limiting the application of provisions of said chapter to the Police Force of the Town, or what it will do in relation thereto. (Chief of Police).
On motion of Edwin L. Hutchinson, it was voted that the Town accept the provisions of Sec. 37, Chapter 19, of the Revised Laws of Massachusetts, an act relative to Civil Ser- vice for the Police Department and limiting the application of its provisions to the Police Force of the Town.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 468 of the Acts of 1911, an act extend- ing the provisions of Section 37 of Chapter 19 of the Revised Laws of Massachusetts, relative to Civil Service for the Police Department, to include the Chief of Police, or what it will do in relation thereto. (Chief of Police ).
On motion of Edwin L. Hutchinson, it was voted that the Town accept the provisions of Chapter 468 of the Acts of 1911, an Act extending the provisions of Section 37 of Chapter 19 of the Revised Laws of Massachusetts, relative to Civil Service for the Police Department to include the Chief of Police.
Article 20. To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate, or otherwise provide, to repair Vine Street, from High Street to Mineral Street, or what it will do in relation thereto. (George L. Gilman and others) .
On motion of Edgar O. Dewey, it was voted that Arti- cle 20 be passed over and that no action be taken by the Town on the subject matter contained in the article.
Article 21. To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate or otherwise provide for the purpose of renumbering the streets of the Town, or what it will do in relation thereto. (Board of Assessors).
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On motion of John H. Sheldon, it was voted to inde- finitely postpone this article.
Article 22. To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for the use of Co. E 16th Regt. Mass. State Guard, or what it will do in relation thereto. (Officers of Company E.)
On motion of Edgar O. Dewey, it was voted that the sum of $900 be appropriated from the Surplus Overlay Ac- count for the use of Company E 16th Regt. Mass. State Guard, provided reimbursement is made by the Common- wealth.
On motion of Willie E. Twombly, it was voted to ad- journ, to meet in this Security Hall, on Monday, March 18, 1918, at 7.45 o'clock P. M.
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING
SECURITY HALL, March 18, 1918.
Pursuant to adjournment a town meeting was held and was called to order by the Moderator, Jesse W. Morton.
Article 4. On motion of Edgar O. Dewey, it was voted to substitute $6800 for $5600 as amount to be raised and appropriated for the Moth Department.
Article 23. To hear and act on the report of the Select- men on the laying out of Forest Street, from Grove Street to Main Street, and see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of $650 for that purpose, or what it will do in relation thereto. (H. F. Buxton and others) .
REPORT OF SELECTMEN ON LAYING OUT FOREST STREET
We, the subscribers, Selectmen of Reading, after giv- ing due notice to all parties interested, have laid out for the Town as a public town way, described as follows :
Forest Street, being a certain street in the northerly part of the Town of Reading, Mass., which extends westerly
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from Main Street, from a point nearly opposite the County Way known as Forest Street, and being bounded and described as follows, viz :
The northerly line of said Forest Street commences at a point on the westerly line of said Main Street, which is N 12º-49' E a distance of 41.74 ft. from the stone bound at the angle in Main Street. Thence the line runs on a curve to the right by a radius 19.55 ft., a distance 31.15 ft. Thence N 75°-52'-10" W a distance of 264.43 ft. Thence N 68°-14' W a distance of 418.84 ft. Thence on a curve to the left by a radius of 467.64 ft. a distance of 244.29 ft. to an iron bolt. Said line extending along land of Chas. L. Nichols, Annie S. Nichols and Mary A. Emerson heirs, and Alice Y. Wales, and crosses present traveled way in front of land of Alice Y. Wales, Mary A. Benton, Alice Y. Wales and Caroline E. Coolidge.
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