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Voted, To discontinue the streets as laid out, and that it is the sense of this meeting that the selectmen lay out said streets thirty-five feet wide.
ART. 8. Laid on table.
ART. 9. To see if the town will authorize the treasurer to borrow money to complete the building of new streets accepted at the annual meeting, and to relieve any or all of the streets accepted at that meeting from restrictions regard- ing their acceptance.
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Voted, That the restrictions regarding proposals for the building of Sylvan and Batchelder streets and for the ex- tension of Bellevue avenue be annulled, and that the select- men be authorized to build the streets with the appropria- tions already made and six hundred dollars in addition thereto, and that the treasurer be authorized to borrow the additional amount, viz .: six hundred dollars.
ART. 10. To see if the town will accept the following streets, as laid out by the selectmen, and authorize the treas- urer to borrow money for the building or grading of the same, if necessary:
I. An extension of Mount Vernon street, easterly.
2. Street running from Wyoming avenue southerly to the proposed extension of Mount Vernon street.
3. Street running from Upham street to First street, now known as "Eighth street."
4. Street running from Franklin street northerly to High- land street, now known as "Pratt street."
5. Street running from Cottage street to Trenton street, now known as "Grundy street."
6. An extension of Third street, easterly.
7. An extension of Orris street from Warren street to street known as Walton Park and street running from said extension of Orris street to Natalie avenue (so called ), which is now known as "Walton Park."
SEC. I. Accepted, and called Mount Vernon street.
SEC. 2. Accepted, and called Brown street.
SEC. 3. Accepted, and called Eighth street.
SEC. 4. Accepted, and called Pratt street.
SEC. 5. Accepted, and called Grundy street.
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SEC. 6. Accepted so far as shown on plan of the "Home Association Lands; " remaining portion to be accepted when built to the satisfaction of the selectmen. Treasurer authorized to borrow three hundred dollars, one-half to be expended on that part of the street already accepted, and the other half on the remainder of the street when the owners of land adjoining same shall have paid into the town treasury an equal sum, or expended upon the street its equivalent in labor and material to the satisfaction of the selectmen as before stated. Street to be called Third street.
SEC. 7. Voted, To accept the streets as laid out, and that the sums awarded for land damages on account of the widening of Orris street be paid out of the highway appro- priation, viz. :
To William H. Greenleaf. $ 86.80
Charles F. Jefts. 199 90
R. A. Perkins 59.90
Said streets to be called Orris street and Walton park. C. W. Higgins tendered his check for the amount awarded William H. Greenleaf, viz., $86.80, as per his agreement with the selectmen if the streets were accepted.
ART. II. Voted, That a committee of five be appointed to consider the expediency of removing from the old burial ground on Main street the bodies now interred therein to Wyoming cemetery, said committee to report as to plans, methods, etc., at a future meeting, after public hearing to persons interested if deemed necessary. Committe appoint- ed : J. S. Clark, J. O. Norris, J. B. Souther, George T. Brown, W. Irving Ellis.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
The committee appointed to consider the matter of re-
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funding certain taxes illegally assessed upon the Boston Rubber Shoe Company, submitted their report.
Accepted and adopted and treasurer authorized to refund sixty dollars and eighty cents, the amount claimed.
Report of committee on changing names of streets.
Accepted; action indefinitely postponed.
Report of committee appointed to examine into the affairs of the Water Department.
Read, accepted and ordered to be printed and circulated.
Voted, That when this meeting adjourns, it shall be to Monday evening, May 6, 1889, at 7.30 o'clock.
Voted, That the committee on drainage and sewage disposal for this town be requested to report in writing at the adjourned meeting, May 6, 1889, concerning matters be- fore them, and that the town clerk be requested to notify the Legislature that the town desires to be heard further upon the matter.
Report of committee appointed March II to confer with the school committee as to what additional accommodations are needed for the schools located in the High School build- ing.
Received, read and accepted.
Voted, To adjourn.
Adjourned Meeting, May 6, 1889, 7.30 P. M.
Report of committee appointed to consider the matter of drainage and sewage disposal.
Read and accepted.
Voted, "That we, in town meeting assembled, are opposed to the passage of the bill authorizing the 'North Metro- politan Sewerage System for the Mystic and Charles River
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Valleys,' and that we. ask that we may be heard upon the same, and that the representative of this town oppose, to the best of his ability, the passage of the bill, and that the Gov- ernor of the State, the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House be notified that we are opposed to the bill and pray that it may not become a law, and that if we cannot be heard at this Legislature the matter be referred to the next General Court, so that we can be heard."
Vote confirmed by counting. Affirmative, 264; nega- tive, I.
Report of committee appointed to examine into the accounts and doings of the town treasurer.
Read and accepted.
Voted, That the recommendations contained in said report be adopted.
Voted, To adjourn to Monday evening, May 20, 1889, at 7.30 o'clock.
Meeting, May 20, 1889, 7.15 P. M.
ART. I. To choose a moderator.
Chose Levi S. Gould. (Fifty-fifth election.)
Voted, That this meeting be adjourned until the final adjournment of the meeting previously adjourned to 7.30 this evening.
Adjourned Meeting, May 20, 1889, 7.30 P. M.
Voted, That the summary of recommendations and all other recommendations of the committee appointed to investigate the affairs of the Water Department be taken up and acted upon seriatim.
Voted, That no permanent improvement or extension of
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the system be undertaken without the authority of the town, and that hereafter the water commissioners do not extend street pipes, except when application is made, accompanied by a guarantee in the form annexed, signed and executed by a responsible person or persons, which shall secure to the town interest, at the rate of six per cent., on the expense of the construction of such extension, and that no construction in excess of five thousand dollars shall be performed in any one year, except by special vote of the town authorizing such excess.
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[FORM.]
MELROSE WATER WORKS.
GUARANTEE.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That .... the under- signed, in consideration of the laying of water pipes by the town of Melrose, along the line of. street, in the town of Melrose, Mass., so as to allow the inhabitants living on said street to be supplied with water from the Water Works of said Melrose, hereby agree to take water from said town, at the rates and under the regulations now or hereafter to be established for all takers thereof, and pay for the same to the extent of. dollars per annum until such time as the revenue from the water takers con- nected with the water pipes so laid, at regular rates, shall equal six per cent. per annum upon their cost.
THIS AGREEMENT is to be in force, and payment of the rates aforesaid to the amount above stated is to be made as well, if the undersigned shall not by himself or his tenant intro- duce and use the water of the Water Works of the town of Melrose in and upon his premises on said street, as if he shall so do. Said rates to begin when the Water Commis- sioners of Melrose shall in writing notify the undersigned that they are ready to supply the inhabitants living on said street with water by connecting with said Water Works.
Witness .... hand this. . day of. A. D. 18
Signature, .
Witness, .
Voted, That the guarantees shall be definitely and legally drawn and signed by the petitioners before the work is com- menced.
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Voted, That the best interests of the town require a more economical management of the water department, and to this end that the salary of a superintendent to superintend the work of the department be fixed at eleven hundred dol- lars ; that a registrar be employed to take charge of the book accounts and collections of the department, at a salary to Parker Merrill as such registrar of twelve hundred dollars per annum, and that the water commissioners reduce the expense of conducting and maintaining the business of the department wherever it is possible to do so with a proper efficient service.
Voted, That the water commissioners make a detailed report at the next town meeting what reduction and saving they have made in the administration of their department. Voted, To adjourn sine die.
Adjourned Meeting, May 20, 1889, 10.15 P. M.
Meeting called to order immediately after the adjourn- ment of other meeting, as per vote.
Voted, To adjourn to Thursday, May 23, 1889, at 7.30 o'clock P.M.
Adjourned Meeting, May 23, 1889, 7.30 P. M.
ART. 2. To see if the town will enlarge and improve the high school building and purchase land adjoining the same, or otherwise provide additional accommodations for the schools now located in the high school building, and author- ize the treasurer to borrow money for the same.
Voted, That the school committee, with Joel Snow, Daniel J. Prior and Dr. J. S. Clark, be authorized to extend and reconstruct the high school building at an expense not
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exceeding the sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars, and that the town treasurer be authorized to borrow money for the same. Unanimous vote.
Voted, To adjourn to Tuesday, May 28, at 7.30 o'clock.
Adjourned Meeting May 28, 1889, at 7.30 o'clock P.M.
ART. 9. To see if the town will build a sidewalk on the north side of Upham street from opposite the estate of N. P. Jones to East street, and authorize the treasurer to bor- row money for the same.
Voted, That the selectmen be authorized to build said walk, and that the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars be appropriated for the same, and the treasurer authorized to borrow the amount.
ART. IO. To see if the town will pay to Susan M. Ireson the sum of one hundred dollars for land damages, and au- thorize the treasurer to borrow said amount.
Voted, That the sum of one hundred dollars be paid to Susan M. Ireson, from the highway appropriation, as dam- ages for land taken for the widening of Swains Pond ave- nue.
ART. 5. To see if the town will lower the drain pipe on Mount Vernon street, and authorize the treasurer to borrow money for the same.
Voted, That the drain be lowered ; $150 appropriated for the same.
ART. 6. To see if the town will lay a drain from the outlet of catch-basin at the junction of Main and Foster streets to
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Ell Pond brook, and authorize the treasurer to borrow money for the same.
Voted, That a drain be laid ; $150 appropriated for same.
ART. 7. To see if the town will accept street now known as "Sixth street," as relaid out by the selectmen.
Voted, That the street, as laid out, be accepted and called Sixth street.
ART. 8. To see if the town will accept street now known as "Eleventh street," as relaid out by the selectmen.
Voted, That the street, as laid out, be accepted and called Eleventh street.
ART. 2. That portion of the article relating to the pur- chase of additional land in rear of High School building.
Considered and indefinitely postponed.
ART. 3. To see if the town will authorize the treasurer to issue water fund bonds for the purpose of paying the cost of construction for the current year, and to take any other action upon the report of the committee appointed to ex- amine into the affairs of the Water Department as may be deemed advisable.
Voted, To accept and adopt the following recommenda- tions of the committee :
That no pipe be hereafter laid of less than six inches in diameter except in short streets, courts or places.
That the water commissioners be requested to seriously consider the question of the merits of iron as compared with the cement lined pipe, the relative cost of the same, the relative cost of repairing, and all collateral expenses, and if
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it should be found that the cement lined pipe is no better or cheaper than the iron pipe, then the manufacture of cement pipe to be discontinued.
That the labor account be accurately kept and divided between construction, maintenance and service, and so entered upon these several accounts at least once a month.
That nothing be charged to construction account except permanent improvements or actual expenses, including labor incurred in laying street mains, service pipe to street lines, hydrants and gates.
That service pipe laid from street lines to premises of water-takers be charged to service account, and moneys received from them be credited to same account, and not be treated as a source of revenue as heretofore.
That all salaries be charged to maintenance account.
ART. II.
Voted, That the vote whereby the selectmen were instruct- ed to expend from the highway appropriation the sum of one thousand dollars for crushed stone be revoked, and that the matter be left to the discretion of the selectmen.
Voted, That the selectmen be authorized to build the streets accepted at this meeting, viz .: Sixth and Eleventh streets, with money.already appropriated.
Voted, That the sum of one hundred dollars heretofore appropriated and directed to be paid to the City of Malden for services rendered by their Fire Department be paid into the Firemen's Relief Fund of said city. Daniel J. Prior having declined serving on committee appointed at last meeting (High School building), Charles W. Higgins was appointed to serve on said committee.
Voted, To adjourn sine die.
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Meeting November 5, 1889, at 7 o'clock A.M.
ART. I. To bring in votes to the selectmen for State and county officers, all to be voted for on one ballot in form and manner as prescribed by law. All ballots furnished by the Commonwealth and distributed by officers duly appointed. Polls to be kept open until 4.30 P.M.
Polls opened at 7 A.M.
ART. 2. To choose a moderator to preside for the trans- action of town business.
Chose Levi S. Gould.
Voted, That the transaction of town business be postponed to Saturday evening next (Nov. 9), at 7.30, and that when this meeting adjourns it be to that time.
Gilbert N. Harris and Norman F. Hesseltine, previously appointed as inspectors, and Stephen A. Lovejoy and Cur- tis S. Gordon, also appointed as deputy inspectors, were duly sworn.
Samuel Webster, Charles M. Field, Charles W. Cochrane, John O. Hayes, John B. Souther, S. A. Lovejoy and C. S. Gordon were appointed as tellers.
Voted, To keep the polls open until sunset (4.32 P.M. )
Result of the voting as declared :
Total number of votes cast, 1,070.
For Governor.
VOTES.
John Blackmer of Springfield
5I
John Q. A. Brackett of Arlington
678
William E. Russell of Cambridge 326
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For Lieutenant-Governor.
John W. Corcoran of Clinton 299
William H. Haile of Springfield
688
Benjamin F. Sturtevant of Boston 47
For Secretary of the Commonwealth.
George D. Crittenden of Buckland . 43
William N. Osgood of Boston . 262
Henry B. Peirce of Abington
729
For Treasurer and Receiver-General.
George A. Marden of Lowell 698
Edwin L. Munn of Holyoke
259
Frederick L. Wing of Ashburnham . 49
For Auditor.
William H. Gleason of Boston 51
Charles R. Ladd of Springfield
696
William D. T. Trefry of Marblehead
257
For Attorney-General.
Allen Coffin of Nantucket 53
Elisha B. Maynard of Springfield
273
Andrew J. Waterman of Pittsfield
678
For Councillor, Sixth District.
Amos E. Hall of Everett .
63
Byron Truell of Lawrence 666
Charles J. Williams of Acton 280
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For District-Attorney, Northern District.
Patrick H. Cooney of Natick 716
Frank M. Forbush of Natick
I22
For Sheriff.
Henry G. Cushing of Lowell 806
John Howard Nason of Woburn 76
For County Commissioner.
William S. Frost of Marlborough 671
Elmer D. Howe of Marlborough
51
John L. Hunt of Lowell
264
For Special Commissioners.
Francis N. Bardwell of Cambridge . 54
George O. Byam of Chelmsford 236
Lyman Dike of Stoneham 663
Marcellus H. Fletcher of Lowell 250
Rufus H. Hapgood of Hudson 44
Edward E. Thompson of Woburn .
619
For Commissioners of Insolvency.
George J. Burns of Ayer 656
James H. Carmichael of Lowell 247
Frederic T. Greenhalge of Lowell 653
George W. Heywood of Westford
240
John C. Kennedy of Newton 625
Henry C. Mulligan of Natick
222
For Senator, Sixth Middlesex District.
George M. Buttrick of Everett 56
John P. Deering of Melrose .
337
Alonzo H. Evans of Everett ·
602
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For, Representative to the General Court, Eleventh Middlesex District.
William E. Barrett of Melrose 601
Moses Briggs of Melrose . 177
Frank W. Lewis of Melrose .
250
Gilbert N. Harris I
Voted, To adjourn to time previously stated, viz .: Satur- day, November 9, 1889, 7.30 P. M.
Adjourned Meeting, Nov 9, 1889, 7.30 o'clock P.M.
ART. 3. To see if the town will accept the jury list as revised.
List amended and accepted.
ART. 4. To see what action the town will take in relation to furnishing relief to needy soldiers and sailors and the widows of soldiers and sailors who served in the army or navy during the war of the rebellion, as provided by chapter 298 of the Acts of the year 1889.
Voted, That the sum of three hundred dollars be appro- priated, and that the treasurer be authorized to borrow the same, to be expended as needed under the provisions of the act.
ART. 5. To see if the town will accept the provisions of law in relation to betterments, as embraced in chapter 169, Acts of 1869, chapter 382, Acts of 1871, and Public Statutes, chapter 51.
Voted, That the provisions of the statutes in relation to betterments, so far as they are applicable to towns, be accepted.
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ART. 6. To see if the town will authorize the payment of certain necessary expenses in excess of the appropria- tions for the current year.
Voted, That the treasurer be authorized to borrow for the payment of certain necessary expenses the following sums, viz. :
Poor fund $1,000.00
Street lights 300.00
Salaries of town officers 700.00
Highways 500.00
ART. 7. To see if the town will change the names of the following streets to their former names, viz. : Gooch street to Fourth street ; Larrabee street to Fifth street; Parker street to Seventh street ; Sewall street to Tenth street, by request of A. V. Lynde.
Indefinitely postponed.
ART. 8. To see what action the town will take in regard to the Metropolitan Sewerage bill passed by the last Legis- lature, or in the matter of sewerage in this town, by request of F. S. Hesseltine.
Indefinitely postponed.
ART. 9. To hear and act upon the report of the commit- tee appointed to remodel the high school building.
Report read and accepted ; committee discharged.
ART. 10. To see what action the town will take in rela- tion to erecting a building for the high school, the purchase of land for the same, and to authorize the treasurer to bor- row such sum of money as deemed necessary, by request of the school committee.
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Voted, That a committee consisting of the three male mem- bers of the school committee and six others, two each from Wyoming, Melrose centre and Melrose Highlands, be appointed by the moderator to procure plans, specifications and estimates for a high school building, to select two or more suitable lots of land from which the town may choose a location for the same, and to prepare a report for the action of the town at the next annual meeting in March.
Voted, That the treasurer of the town be authorized to borrow a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars for the use of said committee in carrying out the provisions of the above vote.
Committee appointed : J. O. Norris, J. C. Maker, C. F. Loring, Daniel Norton, William A. Smith, J. S. Clark, R. P. Barry, Moses Briggs, Joel Snow.
ART. II. To see if the town will accept a street or way leading from Wyoming avenue northerly to Baxter street, as laid out by the selectmen.
Voted, That the street be accepted when the same shall be built and graded acceptable to the board of selectmen, and that it be called Sibley street.
ART. 12. To see if the town will properly drain the lower end of Cedar park, and authorize the treasurer to borrow money for the same, on petition of E. H. Goss, C. A. Merrill, C. H. Isburgh, S. E. Benson and others.
Voted, That the selectmen be instructed to employ an engineer to examine the premises and ascertain if the water cannot be taken in the direction of Wyoming depot on the west side of the railroad track, and that the treasurer be authorized to borrow one thousand dollars for the building of said drain if necessary.
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ART. 13. To see if the town will authorize the water commissioners to expend for construction or for laying of street pipes an amount in addition to the sum authorized for the current year.
Voted, That the Water Commissioners be authorized to expend not exceeding two thousand dollars for the purposes of construction or the laying of street pipes, in accordance with instructions heretofore given.
ART. 14. Indefinitely postponed.
ART. 15. Indefinitely postponed.
ART. 16. To see if the town will put Woodland avenue in a proper condition and authorize the treasurer to borrow money for the same, on petition of M. W. Lester and others.
Voted, That the selectmen be authorized to lay a drain and that the treasurer be authorized to borrow five hundred dollars to pay the expense of said drain and grading the street.
ART. 17. To see if the town will grade a portion of Third street and appropriate or borrow money for the same.
Voted, That the selectmen be authorized to grade the street, and that the treasurer be authorized to borrow two hundred dollars therefor.
ART. 18. To see if the town will appoint a committee to consider and report at the next annual meeting the amounts necessary to be raised and appropriated for the year 1890.
Voted, That John W. Farwell, Seth E. Benson, Moses Briggs, F. W. Lewis, Daniel Norton, Addison Lane, A.
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Eugene Upham, Henry A. Leonard and Moses S. Page be a committee to consider the amounts necessary to be appro- priated for the year 1890, and report at the annual meeting,
ART. 19. To hear and act upon the reports of commit- tees and for the transaction of any other business which may legally come before this meeting.
Voted, That the treasurer be authorized to pay all neces- sary expenses which may be incurred from January I to April 1, 1890, in anticipation of the annual appropriations of the year.
Voted, To adjourn sine die.
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APPROPRIATIONS, 1889.
March II.
*Schools, support of $23,000 00
*School contingent expenses . 3,500 00
*Highways ($1000 for crushed stone) 7,000 00
*Sidewalks ($500 for repairs) . 2,000 00
*Crossings and gutters 500 00
*Poor fund
5,000 00
*Street lights
4,000 00
*Additional street lamps .
100 00
*Police and watchmen 4,000 00
*Contingent expenses (fire inquest $416.88) 2,000 00
*Interest 5,000 00
Reduction of debt
5,000 00
Public Library, dog tax and
750 00
Board of Health
200 00
$62,050 00
March 18.
Fire Department
3,385 00
Salaries.
3,025 00
*Drainage, bridges and culverts
1,000 00
For expenditures of 1888, as authorized by votes.
Maple street widening
$508 00
Howard street sidewalk
200 00
Cedar Park drain
114 25
Franklin street drain 614 00
Sidewalk, Wyoming avenue
356 44
Drainage Com'tee expenses
250 00
Main street widening
3,200 00
*And unexpended balance of previous year.
$5,242 69
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Military aid
$300 00
Insurance .
1,000 00
Town Hall, running expenses .
600 00
Memorial Day . ·
200 00
Soldiers' lots, "Wyoming"
300 00
Town common .
150 00
Ledge, Upham street
100 00
$77,352 69
March 23.
Ledge, Vinton street
$300 00
NEW STREETS.
Eleventh street
$100 00
First street
100 00
Sixth street
200 00
Bellevue avenue extension
300 00
Batchelder street
200 00
Highland street
300 00
Russell street
100 00
Adams street
100 00
Sylvan street
500 00
$1,900 00
Total
$79,552 69
Treasurer authorized to borrow and pay:
April 25.
Sylvan street, Batchelder street and Bellevue
$600 00 avenue (additional )
Third street (extension ) 300 00 ·
Taxes refunded
60 80
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May 23. $960 80
Remodelling High School building · · $7,500 00 $75.00 expended, committee discharged. May 28.
Upham street sidewalk
$350 00
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