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Sec. 3. Any street or way constructed through private lands by the owners thereof in accordance with the specifica- tions set forth in Section 6 may be laid out and accepted as
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a public street of the Town of Norwood provided such action is taken in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 50 of the Revised Laws of Massachusetts and amendments thereof; and provided also that the owners of at least 75 per cent. of the lands through which such street, or way passes have signed releases of all property which the town deems it necessary to acquire for such layout and acceptance and have granted slop- ing privileges and have agreed to pay betterments assessable.
Sec. 4. Wherever it is necessary, in the opinion of the Selectmen, to construct catch basins on any such street or way and lay drains to connect with a permanent outlet, such catch basins and drains may be constructed and laid and the cost of such work shall be considered as a part of the total cost of constructing said street or way.
Sec. 5. Side gutters on any such street or way having a grade of 5 per cent. or over may, if in the opinion of the Selectmen it be necessary be paved four feet wide, with stone or concrete; the cost of such work shall be considered as a part of the total cost of constructing said street or way.
Sec. 6. Specifications for New Streets and Ways Through Private Property.
A. A plan and profile of every such street or way shall be filed in the office of the Selectmen, who shall approve or estab- lish the grade thereof.
B. Every such street or way shall be at least forty feet in width and have a roadbed equal to at least two-thirds of the width of said street or way.
C. All loam shall be removed from the limits of the street or way to a depth of at least twelve inches below finished grade for the roadway and six inches below finished grade for the sidewalk, or such greater depth as may be required by the Selectmen. All rock or boulders shall be removed from the street or way or shall be used in embankment.
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D. The entire area of every such street or way shall be first cleared of all stumps, brush, roots and like material and of all trees not intended for preservation.
E. All work in excavation or embankment shall be brought accurately to a subgrade of not less than eight inches for the roadway and four inches for the sidewalk, below finished grade, or such greater depth as the nature of the subsoil, in the opinion of the Selectmen may require.
F. All corners of intersecting streets or ways shall be rounded as approved by the Selectmen.
These By-Laws were approved by the Attorney General and filed with the Town Clerk on June 5, 1914.
Art. 12. On motion by Mr. Herbert H. Miller.
Voted: That the sum of two hundred twenty-five (225) dol- lars be raised by taxation to construct a granolithic sidewalk on the westerly side of Hoyle Street, from the corner of Wins- low Avenue and Hoyle Street, to the land of Mrs. George . Bagley.
All the articles in the warrant having been acted upon.
On motion by Mr. James A. Halloran.
Voted: To dissolve.
Dissolved.
Attest :
JOHN F. KILEY,
Town Clerk.
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING WARRANT.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Norfolk, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Norwood, 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 Norwood, qualified to vote in eleetions and town affairs, to assemble in Everett Hall in said Town on Thursday, July 23rd, 1914, at eight o'clock in the afternoon, then and there to aet on the following artieles, namely :
Article 1. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money for the purpose of laying vitrified or other permanent pipe for the drain leading from Market Street, easterly through the lands of the Town of Norwood and the Norwood Real Estate Trust, to a culvert in a new way on the land of the Norwood Real Estate Trust, or take any other aetion in the matter.
Art. 2. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate in addition to the amounts already ap- propriated for the completion of the installation of new stone erushing machinery and power equipment for the Highway Department or take any other action in the matter.
Art. 3. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to meet payment of unpaid bills on the following aecounts, or take any other aetion in the mat- ter.
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A. Park Commission.
B. Reconstruction of Chapel Street.
C. Insurance Premiums.
D. Remodeling of Old Fire House for Office Building pur- poses.
Art. 4. To see if the Town will vote to accept and name a new way leading from Winter Street, westerly through the lands of Emerson B. Webber, heirs of John Nugent and land of the Town of Norwood as laid out by the Board of Select- men, and raise or borrow and appropriate money for said purpose, or take any other action in the matter.
Art. 5. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to cut and burn the wild cherry and other bushes on the sides of the streets.
(On petition of E. F. Gay.)
Art. 6. To see if the Town will vote to change the name of the street now called Sturtevant Avenue to Sansone Avenue or take any other action in the matter.
(On petition of A. K. Parker et al.)
Art. 7. To see if the Town will vote to construct a grano- lithic sidewalk on the easterly side of Washington Street, from Winter Street to East Hoyle Street, at a cost not to exceed four hundred ninety-three (493) dollars, one-half of which shall be borne by the abutting owners, and raise and appro- priate money for said purpose, or take any other action in the matter.
(Board of Selectmen.)
Art. 8. To see if the Town will vote to extend the water mains on Press Avenue from the end of the existing main to Washington Street, and raise or borrow and appropriate money for said purpose, or take any other action in the mat- ter.
(On petition of Benj. Cushing and others.)
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Art. 9. To see if the Town will vote to extend the water mains on Phillips Avenue from Winslow Avenue, easterly and raise or borrow and appropriate money for said purpose, or take any other aetion in the matter.
Art. 10. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to. raise and appropriate to construet a gravel sidewalk on the southerly side of Lenox Avenue, from Lenox Street easterly.
(On petition of Fred L. Fisher et al.)
Art. 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money for the purpose of applying tarvia to sueh street as have been recently resurfaced, or take any ae- tion in the matter.
(Board of Seleetmen.)
Art. 12. To see if the Town will vote to aeeept as an exten- sion of Phillips Avenue a new way as laid out by the Board of Seleetmen, or take any other action in the matter.
(Board of Selectmen.)
Artiele 13. To see if the Town will vote to aceept a main drain as laid out by the Sewer Commissioners, extending from Everett Avenue, southeasterly to Winslow Avenue, and to eonstruet an extension of said drain in Press Avenue and Washington Street, and raise or borrow and appropriate money for said purposes, or take any other aetion in relation to said matters.
Art. 14. To see if the Town will vote to aecept a main drain as laid out by the Sewer Commissioners, extending from Savin Avenue, southeasterly to the side line location of the Midland Division of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company, and raise or borrow and appropriate money to eon- struct the same, or take any other aetion in the matter.
Art. 15. To see if the Town will vote to reconsider the ac- tion taken under Artiele 3 of the warrant of the town meeting
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held November 8, 1913, whereby it instructed the Selectmen to sell the old Balch School Building, so called, for a sum not less than fifteen hundred (1,500) dollars, and upon other terms specified; and to see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell the said school building and to fix a minimum price less than fifteen hundred (1,500) dollars at which the same may be sold and any other terms of such sale ; and to appropriate the money received from said sale or any part thereof for grading the new Balch School grounds and for other school purposes, the same to be expended under the direction of the School Committee, or take any action in the matter.
Art. 16. To hear and act on the reports of Committees.
Art. 17. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a commit- tee to consider and report upon the purchase of a second hand automobile or chassis, with a view to equipping it with proper chemical apparatus, and using it for fire service, or take any other action in the matter.
Art. 18. To see if the Town will vote to extend the sewer system on Vernon Street, from Nichols Street, westerly, and appropriate money for the construction of the same from the Sewer Commissioners' Treasury, or take any other action in the matter.
Art. 19. To see if the Town will vote to extend the sewer system on Cottage Street, from Nichols Street, westerly, and appropriate money for the construction of the same from the Sewer Commissioners' Treasury, or take any other action in the matter.
Art. 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of one hundred (100) dollars for gypsy and brown tail moth and other insect pest extermination, the same to be in addition to the amount already appropriated for said purpose.
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Art. 21. To see if the Town will vote to accept and name as Harding Road or other name, a new way leading north- westerly from Winslow Avenue to Walpole Street, through land of Frederick L. Fisher and Samuel M. Winslow and others, and through land of Laura H. Smith, as laid out by the Selectmen, under the provisions of law, authorizing the assessment of betterments and raise or borrow and appro- priate money to meet the expense of said taking and the con- struction of said way, or take any other action in the matter.
Art. 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise or borrow and appropriate a sum of money to construct a new bridge over the Neponset River on Neponset Street at the Canton line or take any other action in the matter.
Art. 23. To see if the Town will vote to designate as South Norwood that section of Norwood lying easterly of the loca- tion of the Midland Division of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company, southerly from the bridge cross- ing Washington Street, near Winslow Station and of Lenox Street to Willow Street and of Willow Street to Pleasant Street and easterly of Pleasant Street to the Walpole line, or take any other action in the matter.
(Petition of Michael Shergals and others.)
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting at- tested copies in ten public places in this Town seven days at least before the day of said meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon to the Selectmen on or before the time and day of said meeting.
Given under our hands at Norwood this thirteenth day of July, A. D. 1914.
JAMES A. HARTSHORN, DANIEL F. SLATTERY, ALFRED L. ATWOOD, Selectmen of Norwood.
A true copy. Attest :
WILLIAM C. BREEN,
Constable of Norwood.
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Norfolk, ss.
By virtue hereof I have served the within warrant by post- ing attested copies of the same in ten public places in said town seven days before the time of said meeting.
WILLIAM C. BREEN, Constable of Norwood.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Norfolk, ss.
In pursuance of the foregoing warrant, the inhabitants of the Town of Norwood qualified to vote in elections, met in Everett Hall, in said town, on Thursday, the 23rd day of July, at eight o'clock in the afternoon and were called to order by the Moderator; the town clerk then read the warrant calling the meeting and the return of the officer who served the same upon the inhabitants.
Article 1. On motion by Dr. Eben C. Norton.
Voted: That the sum of three hundred fifty (350) dollars, be raised by taxation and appropriated for the purpose of lay- ing vitrified or other permanent pipe for the drain leading from Market Street, easterly through the lands of the Nor- wood Real Estate Trust, to a culvert in a new way on the land of the Norwood Real Estate Trust.
Art. 2. On motion by Mr. Joseph McManus.
Voted: That the sum of eleven hundred (1100) dollars be raised by taxation and appropriated, in addition to amounts already appropriated, for the completion of the installation of new stone crushing machinery and power equipment for the Highway Department, and that the further sum of two hun- dred fifty (250) dollars the amount received from the sale of
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the old stone crushing machinery be appropriated for said purpose in addition to the above amount.
Art. 3. On motion by Mr. Herbert H. Miller.
Voted: That the sum of four hundred forty-five dollars and fifty-four cents ($445.54) be raised by taxation and appro- priated and that the further sum of fifty-seven dollars and fourteen cents ($57.14) be appropriated from the balance in the treasury to mect payment of unpaid bills on the following accounts :
A. Park Commission, $30.00
B. Reconstruction of Chapel Street, 108.50
C. Insurance Premiums, 220.00
D. Remodeling of Old Firehouse for office building purposes, 144.18
Art. 4. On motion by Mr. Lewman G. Marston.
Voted: That the Town accept a new way leading from Winter Street westerly through the lands of Emerson B. Webber, R. R. Gilmour, heirs of John Nugent and land of the Town of Norwood, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, and that the sum of fifty (50) dollars be raised by taxation and appropriated to pay land damages.
Art. 5. On motion by John P. Curran.
Voted: That the sum of cight hundred (800) dollars be raised by taxation and appropriated for the purpose of cut- ting and burning wild cherry and other bushes on the sides of streets.
Art. 6. On motion by Mr. Patrick Lydon.
Voted: That action under this article be indefinitely post- poned.
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Art. 7. On motion by Mr. Herbert H. Miller.
Voted: That the sum of four hundred ninety-three (493) dollars be raised by taxation and appropriated for the purpose of constructing a granolithic sidewalk on the easterly side of Washington Street, from Winter Street to East Hoyle Street, one-half the cost of which shall be borne by the abutting owners.
Art. 8. On motion by Mr. Joseph F. McManus.
Voted: That the sum of five hundred (500) dollars be ap- propriated from the Water Commissioners' treasury for the purpose of extending water mains on Press Avenue, from the end of the existing main to Washington Street, subject to the usual guarantee.
Art. 9. On motion by Dr. Eben C. Norton.
Voted: That the sum of three hundred (300) dollars be appropriated from the Water Commissioners' treasury for the purpose of extending the water mains on Phillips Avenue, from Winslow Avenue, easterly, subject to the usual guar- antee.
Art. 10. On motion by Mr. Lewman G. Marston.
Voted: That action under this article be indefinitely post- poned.
Art. 11. On motion by Mr. John P. Curran.
Voted: That the sum of one thousand (1,000) dollars be raised by taxation and appropriated for the purpose of apply- ing tarvia to such street as have been recently resurfaced or other dust laying material.
Art. 12. On motion by Mr. Martin F. Lydon.
Voted: That the Town accept as an extension of Phillips Avenue, a new way as laid out by the Board of Selectmen.
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Art. 13. On motion by Mr. Martin F. Lydon.
Voted : That the Town do accept a main drain as laid out by the Sewer Commissioners, extending from Everett Avenue, southeasterly, to Winslow Avenue, and do construct an exten- sion of said drain in Press Avenue and Washington Street, and that the sum of five hundred seventy-five (575) dollars be raised by taxation and appropriated for said purpose.
Art. 14. On motion by Mr. Martin F. Lydon.
Voted: That the Town accept a main drain, as laid out by the Sewer Commissioners, extending from Savin Avenue, southeasterly to the side line location of the Midland Division of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company, and that the sum of two hundred thirty-one dollars and seventy cents ($231.70) be raised by taxation and appro- priated for the purpose of constructing said drain.
Art. 15. On motion by Mr. James A. Halloran.
Voted: That the action taken under Article 3 of the war- rant of the town meeting held November 8th, 1913, whereby the town instructed the Selectmen to sell the old Balch School Building so called for a sum not less than fifteen hundred (1,500) dollars and upon other terms specified be and hereby is reconsidered and be it further voted that the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized to sell the said school building at a price not less than eight hundred (800) dollars and that the money received from said sale be and hereby is appropriated for grading the new Balch School grounds and other school purposes the same to be expended under the direction of the School Committee.
Art. 16. Reports of Committees.
Norwood, Mass., July 23, 1914.
Report of special committee appointed by the Moderator to investigate the advisability of the Town taking the layout as
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made by the Selectmen of the so called Harding Road or ar- bitrating the matter by getting the interested parties to come to an agreement.
After several meetings at which your committee have heard in detail all sides of the question ; and offering and considering several suggestions for arbitration, we have found it impos- sible to bring about a mutual agreement between the parties concerned.
We, therefore, recommend, in view of the facts, that public convenience and necessity of future drainage demand it that the Town vote to accept and name as Harding Road a new way leading northwesterly from Winslow Avenue, to Walpole Street, through the land of Frederick L. Fisher and Samuel M. Winslow and others, and through land of Laura H. Smith, as laid out by the Selectmen, under the provisions of law, author- izing the assessment of betterments.
Respectfully submitted, H. W. RHODES,
Reported for Committee.
B. A. ROWE,
F. R. ELLIS,
Committee
On motion that was duly made and seconded.
Voted: To accept report of committee.
Report of Committee on Town Office Building by Mr. James A. Hartshorn.
At a special Town Meeting held on Dec. 20, 1912, a com- mittee consisting of James A. Hartshorn, Patrick J. Lydon and Arthur M. Partridge was appointed to see if the Town would vote to remodel the building known as the Savage House on Market Street for a Town Office Building. For this purpose sixteen hundred (1,600) dollars was appropriated. Six portable cells were to be installed in the basement of the Fire
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House for which purpose fifteen hundred (1,500) dollars was voted.
The committee looked into the matter carefully and decided that it was inadvisable to make the alterations necessary on said buildings and in an extended report submitted to the Town on Feb. 26, 1913, explained their reasons fully and made recommendation that the matter be dismissed. They asked then, that the old Engine House be considered as a suitable building for the Town Offices and thereto submitted a plan, showing the practicability of the scheme. The Town voted twenty-one hundred (2,100) dollars for the purpose set forth, the same committee being intrusted to carry out the work. At a later meeting held on Sept. 25, an additional sum of six hundred (600) dollars was voted as the committee had encountered many obstacles that had not been anticipated.
General expenses were incurred by the following changes : Painting and carpentry work necessitated by the installing of the Police Headquarters in the New Engine House; the lowering of the pit to enable better heating facilities; the rebuilding of the chimney which was found to be in a dan- gerous condition ; the cutting of a door in the tower so that the Water Department might have a place in which to store its supplies, and finally the charges for additional painting and electric wiring. These changes, with the exception of the first have been made in making the building formerly known as the Old Engine House, suitable to its present needs.
An itemized list of expenses is hereby given:
Heating and Plumbing,
$700.00
Carpenter Work on Office Building,
824.45
Mason Work on Chimney,
49.50
Electric Wiring,
85.40
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Adv. for Bids,
3.00
Carpenter on Lockup,
224.15
Carpenter Work at Police Quarters,
179.00
Painting Work at Police Quarters,
56.15
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Electric Wiring at Lockup, Mason Work at Lockup, Piping for Heat at Lockup, Six New Cells Installed,
22.46
20.05
141.40
387.30
$2,692.86
Unpaid Bill for Painting,
$128.85
Unpaid Bill for Mason Work,
15.33
$144.18
144.18
$2,837.04
Appropriation,
2,700.00
$137.04
Sale of Heater,
$50.00
50.00
Deficiency,
ยท $87.04
This deficiency has been met tonight.
Your committee feels that it has provided suitable quarters for the officials of the Town that will meet the needs of the Town for some time to come. The Lockup is a model of its kind; the Police Department has been properly quartered; and the Town Offices have ample equipment. The committee feels that the expenditure was a wise investment for the Town.
Respectfully submitted, JAMES A. HARTSHORN, ARTHUR M. PARTRIDGE, PATRICK J. LYDON.
On motion by Mr. James M. Folan.
Voted: To accept report of committee.
Art. 17. On motion by Mr. Fred L. Fisher.
Voted : That a committee of five be appointed by the Mode-
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rator to look into and eonsider the purchase of modern auto fire apparatus and report to the town at the next town meet- ing.
Committee : Frank W. Coombs, John Gillooly, J. Fred Boyden, George K. Bird, Herbert P. Everett.
Committee appointed and filed August 4, 1914.
Art. 18. On motion by Mr. Herbert H. Miller.
Voted: That Articles 18 and 19 be taken together.
Art. 19. On motion by Mr. Herbert H. Miller.
Voted : That the Sewer System be extended on Cottage Street, from Niehols Street westerly, and on Vernon Street, from Nichols Street westerly, as far as will be permitted with the available amounts which are hereby appropriated for said purpose, namely : Twenty-two hundred (2,200) dollars from the receipts from Sewer assessments and the unexpended bal- anee from the amounts previously appropriated for sewer construction and addition to the filtration plant.
Art. 20. On motion by Dr. Eben C. Norton.
Voted: That the sum of one hundred (100) dollars be raised by taxation and appropriated for the purpose of gypsy and brown tail moth and other inseet pest extermination, the same to be in addition to the amount already appropriated for said purpose.
Art. 21. Articles 16 and 21 taken up. Layout read with eorreetions made, as follows :
We, the Seleetmen of the Town of Norwood, for the pur- pose of correcting eertain errors of statement in the layout of a town way designated in said layout, as Harding Road and extending from Winslow Avenue to Walpole Street, which lay- out is dated February 23rd, 1914, and thereafter filed with the Town Clerk and reported to the Town for its aeeeptance,
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final action thereon not yet being taken, do hereby declare and state that name "George Harding Smith" wherever it appears in said layout so filed and reported should read "Laura H. Smith" so that as corrected it shall appear from said layout that land owned by Laura H. Smith was taken for said layout and not land owned by George Harding Smith, and that Laura H. Smith instead of George Harding Smith is entitled to compensation as damages arising from said layout in the sum of Four Hundred (400) dollars; and said layout is also changed and amended by striking out the word "May" designating the month of that name and substituting therefor the word "October" designating the month of that name, so that as changed and amended the owners described in said lay- out are given until the first day of October, 1914, to remove all trees, fences and other property which may obstruct the build- ing of said way as laid out. And said layout is hereby cor- rected, altered and amended in said respects and in all other respects is hereby confirmed.
Witness our hands and seals this fourteenth day of July, A. D. 1914.
JAMES A. HARTSHORN, (Seal)
DANIEL F. SLATTERY, (Seal)
Selectmen of Norwood.
On motion by Mr. Herbert W. Rhodes.
Voted : That the Town accept and name as Harding Road a new way leading northwesterly from Winslow Avenue to Walpole Street through the land of Frederick L. Fisher and Samuel M. Winslow and others and through land of Laura H. Smith as laid out by the selectmen under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments and that the sum of fifteen hundred fifty (1,550) dollars be raised and appropriated by taxation in the year of 1915 and that the sam of seven hundred forty (740) dollars be used in the awarding of land damages and that the sum of eight hundred
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ten (810) dollars be used in construction and graveling of Harding Road.
A rising vote was taken: Yes, 47; No, 7.
Art. 22. On motion by Mr. James E. Pendergast.
Voted : That the Selectmen be directed to petition the County Commissioners for the construction of a permanent bridge of concrete or other material on Neponset Street, over the Neponset River, at the Canton line.
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