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Spanish War Veterans
William Hardy, Frank C. Moore, Thomas Murray, and John Wright.
World War Veterans
William J. Ahern, Earl G. Barry, Ernest H. Damon, Arthur Hurd Dudley, Cornelius J. Maguire, and Charles Howard Smith.
Sons of Veterans
Ervin W. Schleicher
Article 3. To grant money for necessary town purposes.
Voted to appropriate and assess the sums of money enumerated in the Finance Committee's Report with an addition of $1,000 over that recommended for Highway Account, and also $100 for Memorial Day Observance and to adopt the recommendations therein contained. The following is the Finance Committee's Report as above amended.
Report of Finance Committee
Appro. Expended Fin. Com.
1926
1926
$430.59
Recom'ds $400.00
Abatement Taxes
General Government
Moderator
$10.00
10.00
10.00
Selectmen's Salaries
500.00
500.00
500.00
Selectmen's Incidentals
50.00
63.63
150.00
Notices of Meetings
100.00
61.49
100.00
Accountant's Salary
500.00
500.00
500.00
Accountant's Expenses
100.00
11.45
150.00
Treasurer's Salary
500.00
500.00
500.00
Treasurer's Expenses
85.00
53.62
75.00
Tax Collector's Salary
1,100.00
1,132.15
1,200.00
Tax Collector's Salary (T. H. H.)
500.00
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Tax Collector's Expenses
300.00 1,300.00
408.33 1,282.50 98.65
300.00 1,300.00 100.00
Other Finance Offices and Accounts
22.00
25.00
Legal Claims
500.00
454.64
500.00
Town Clerk's Salary
100.00
100.00
200.00
Town Clerk's Expenses
200.00
201.43
200.00
Election Officers
300.00
324.00
300.00
Registrars
100.00
100.00
100.00
Expenses, Election and Registration
150.00
185.85
150.00
Planning Board
500.00
Town Hall
500.00
524.96
600.00
Town Hall Repairs
500.00
304.77
Surety Bonds
400.00
252.00
300.00
Protection of Persons and Property
Police Department
2,500.00
2,663.23
3,000.00
Fire Dept., Hose and Equip- ment
2,000.00
1,238.31
Fire Department
2,000.00
2,039.09
2,000.00
Fire Alarm Box
250.00
230.82
Special Repairs to Fire
House Roof
400.00
Sealer Weights and Meas- ures, Salary
75.00
75.00
75.00
Sealer Weights and Meas- ures Expenses
50.00
99.66
50.00
Moth Extermination
1,500.00
1,454.84
1,750.00
Tree Warden
250.00
254.25
250.00
Game Warden
50.00
45.83
50.00
Dog Officer
30.00
30.00
30.00
Insurance
1,500.00
1,767.58
1,750.00
Health Dept. Salaries
175.00
175.00
175.00
Expenses
300.00
312.14
300.00
District Nurse
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,000.00
Medical Inspection of Schools
150.00
150.00
150.00
Inspection of Animals
150.00
150.00
150.00
General Highways
Highway Account
7,000.00
6,998.95
7,000.00
Highway Dept. Truck
1,500.00
4,900.00
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Assessors' Salaries
Assessors' Expenses
100.00
Railings
500.00
Sidewalks
500.00
299.08 499.40
300.00 700.00
Oiling State Aid Roads
6,000.00
6,000.00
8,000.00
Snow Removal
6,000.00
6,133.60
4,000.00
Street Lighting
4,200.00
4,195.28
4,600.00
Poor Department
Salaries
150.00
150.00
150.00
Expenses
1,000.00
599.25
600.00
State Aid
1,000.00
840.50
1,000.00
Soldiers' Benefits
700.00
445.25
700.00
Schools and Libraries
School Committee
150.00
150.00
150.00
School Department
42,000.00
42,306.78
44,000.00
Special School Repairs
2,500.00
Vocational Tuition
400.00
264.92
400.00
Library
3,600.00
3,961.53
3,800.00
Recreation and Unclassified
,
Park Commission
300.00
209.00
300.00
Town Clocks
50.00
35.00
50.00
Naming and Dedicating Town Squares
200.00
175.00
Dicontinuance Town Scales Life Preservers
100.00
46.06
Memorial Day
400.00
399.49
500.00
Aid to Agriculture
300.00
300.00
300.00
Printing Town Reports
500.00
531.15
650.00
Hydrant Assessments
3,000.00
1,150.00
3,000.00
Reserve Fund
1,000.00
986.92
2,000.00
Cemeteries
Lakeview Cemetery
400.00
402.31
500.00
Lakeview Cem. Spec. Ap.
200.00
173.15
North and Center Cemetery 400.00
393.00
500.00
Interest and Maturing Debt
Interest
5,000.00
4,720.00
4,800.00
School House Bond
1,000.00
1,000.00
School House Additions
Notes
2,000.00
2,000.00
Fire Dept. Equipment Notes
2,000.00
2,000.00
Highway Motor Truck Notes
1,750.00
40.00
25.00
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L. R. Gerald Deficiency 12,500.00 Unpaid bills 1925 707.58 707.58
1,774.16
Unpaid bills 1926 Overdrafts 1,263.68
1,490.47
$126,436.26
$119,804.63
Article 4. 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 financial year.
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 January 1, 1927; to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year, any debt or debts incurred under the foregoing to be paid from the revenue of the said financial year.
Article 5. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow a sum of money not exceeding $8,000.00 in an- ticipation of re-imbursement from the State and County on account of oiling and repairing State-controlled roads.
Voted that the Town authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow a sum of money not exceeding $8,000.00 in anticipation of re-imburse- ment from the State and County on account of oiling and repairing State-controlled roads.
Article 6. To see if the town will accept the follow- ing bequest: $400.00 to be held as a fund and to be known as the "Wallace S. Draper Fund," the income from same to be expended annually, one-half in the care of the Wallace S. Draper lot and one-half in the care of the James S. Draper lot, both lots in the North Cemetery.
Voted to accept the foregoing bequest.
Article 7. To see if the town will accept the fol- lowing gift: $100.00 to establish the "Sarah Loker Moulton Fund," income from which to be used for the perpetual care of Lot 23, Section D, in the Lakeview Cemetery.
Voted to accept the foregoing bequest.
Article 8. To see if the town will vote to appro- priate and assess a sum of money for the purpose of
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building a sidewalk with curbing raised above the street level on the East and South side of the building known as Memorial Building, in Cochituate, or do or act.
Voted that the Town appropriate and assess a sum of money not exceeding $500.00 for the purpose of con- tructing a sidewalk with a curbing raised above the street level on the East side of Memorial Hall; to construct a curbing raised above the street level on the South side of Memorial Hall; this to be done with the approval of the County Commissioners, and that the Selectmen be and hereby are empowered to authorize construction of same.
Article 9. To see if the town will appropriate and assess a sum of money for the purpose of painting and repairing the Town Hall.
Voted to lay matter on the table.
Article 10. To see if the town will appropriate and assess the sum of $200.00 to establish two culverts on Concord Road, one in front of E. W. Small property and one in front of F. G. Mackenna property, drainage to be made onto property of Howard Parmenter on opposite side of Concord Road.
Voted to establish these two culverts as article states except that the necessary amount to complete the work be taken from the Highway appropriation.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate and assess a certain sum of money for the pur- pose of erecting street signs and town line markers in the Town of Wayland, or do or act.
Voted that the Town hereby appropriate and assess the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) from the tax levy for the purpose of erecting and repairing street signs and town line markers in the Town of Wayland. Said sum to be expended under the direction of the Planning Board.
Article 12. To see if the town will vote to improve the existing dangerous corner at the junction of School Street and Cochituate Road, acquire the necessary land, make said corner safe for travel, and appropriate and assess the necessary funds therefor, or do or act.
Voted that the Selectmen be and hereby are author- ized and directed to improve the existing dangerous cor-
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ner at junction of School Street and Cochituate Road, to acquire the necessary land by purchase or otherwise and to make said corner safe for travel; and that a sum not exceeding $750 be appropriated and assessed therefor.
Vote unanimous.
Voted that the Town hereby tenders its thanks to Mrs. Edith F. Holt for her public spirited offer of a gift of land to the Town for the purpose of making safe and more convenient the corner of School Street and Cochit- uate Road; and that the Clerk be instructed to transmit a copy of this vote to Mrs. Holt.
Article 13. To see if the town will vote to improve the dangerous corners at the junction of Concord Road, Training Field Road, and Claypit Hill Road, acquire the necessary land, make said corners safe for travel, and appropriate and assess the necessary funds therefor, or do or act.
Voted that the Selectmen be and hereby are author- ized and directed to improve the existing dangerous cor- ner at the junction of Concord Road, Training Field Road and Claypit Hill Road, to acquire the necessary land by ยท purchase or otherwise and to make said corner safe for travel; and that $400 be appropriated and assessed therefor.
Vote unanimous.
Voted that the Town hereby tenders its thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Davis for their public spirited offer of a gift of land to the Town for the purpose of making safe and more convenient the corner of Concord and Training Field Roads ; and that the Clerk be instructed to transmit a copy of this vote to Mr. and Mrs. Davis.
Voted that the Town hereby expresses its thanks to Mr. Gilbert Small for his services in connection with Articles 11, 12 and 13.
A rising vote of thanks was given Mr. Small
Article 14. To see if the town will vote to accept as a Public Highway, the Private Way, known as Bedford Street, and to place electric lights thereon, or do or act.
Voted to pass over the Article.
Article 15. To see if the town will appropriate and assess the sum of $12,000, to be used with like amounts from State and County in rebuilding the rest of Pond
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Street, Cochituate, or do or act.
Voted No.
Article 16. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow a sum of money not exceeding $24,000.00 in anticipation of re-imbursement from the State and County, on account of the rebuilding of Pond Street, Cochituate.
Voted to pass over the Article.
Article 17. To see if the town will vote to fix a salary for the Office of Surveyor of Highways and ap- propriate and assess the same or do or act.
Voted to lay the matter on the table.
Article 18. To see if the town will make the salary of the Superintendent of Fire Alarm, $100.00, or do or act.
Voted unanimously to pass over the Article.
Article 19. To see if the town will vote to appro- priate and assess the sum of $280.00 for the purpose of making Draper Road passable, or do or act.
Vote No.
Voted through an Amendment to make Draper Road passable and to take the necessary money from the Gen- eral Highway Appropriation.
Article 20. To consider and act upon the question of approving a contract by the Trustees under the will of the late Marshall Russell for the maintenance of the life tenant or such other action in connection therewith as may be approved, or do or act.
Voted that the Town of Wayland hereby assents to the contract between the trustees, under the will of Marshall Russell and Adolf and Anna M. Koffinke, dated March 2, 1927, relating to the care of Henry Marshall Russell, son of said Marshall Russell copies of which con- tract were submitted to the Meeting prior to the passing of this vote; and that the Board of Selectmen are author- ized to execute such an assent on behalf of the Town.
Vote unanimous.
Article 21. To see what sum, if any, the town will vote to transfer from available funds to meet any of the appropriations made under the foregoing articles.
Voted that there be transferred from Excess and
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Deficiency Account the sum of $5,000.00 to meet the ap- propriations made under the Articles of this Warrant, and that the Assessors be, and hereby are, directed to use said sum in making the assessments for the current year. Returned to Article 2.
Voted that a Committee of three be appointed by the Moderator to investigate all matters relating to Water Supply and rules governing same, in the Town of Wayland. Said Committee to have public hearings in Cochituate and Wayland and report at future Town Meet- ing.
Voted to dissolve the meeting at 11 P. M.
A true copy. Attest:
M. ALICE NEALE Clerk of the Town of Wayland
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BIRTHS
Registered in the Town of Wayland for Year 1927
Date Name of Child
Name of Parents
January
4 Francis Eugene Carter
13 William Emmett Hynes
13 Russell Leo Moran
18 Thomas Griffin Noonan 21 Johnson
George E., Julia M.
25 Ruth Louise Dakin
Thorne, Louise
25 Donald Simpson
31 Thomas Walter Bergen
William J., Alice M.
February
5
Ainslie Hatterly E., Marion
5
24 Caroline Jane Russell
Ainslie Hatterly E., Marion Waldo H., Ruth A.
March
11 Dorothy Annabelle Crowell Ralph E., Flora
12 Charlotte Luise Anzivino Dominic, Emily
14 Annabel Ruth Steele Percy H., Mary W.
23 Earnest Edward Jones Frank P., Rebecca
27 Henry James Christie Henry J., Lillian
April
9 Jane Ernestine Schleicher Ernest W., Jennie E.
13 William Richard Campbell Charles, Elizabeth
May
12 Samuel Lewis Russell
14 Barbara Ann Dudley
23 Harry Chester Williams Stewart
Lewis S., Ruth P. Arthur H., Eleanor B.
20 Peters John W., Francis E.
Harry, Muriel
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John, Alsina A.
Leonard T., Bridie M.
Grover R., Bertha M.
James H., Julia
Judson N., Altena E.
24 Marjorie Louise Johnson
25 Ralph Calvin Palmer
27 Frederick William Nilges
Carl, Florence George T., Blanche E. Erich K., Ruth H.
June
1 Phyllis June King
12 Astrid Isabelle Alward
16 Herbert Clifford Harring- ton Robert Kerr Hardy
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28
Andrews
29 Charles Nathan Place
John A., Theresa John W., Sophie
Charles R., Alice J.
William, Grace
Leroy, Edna Nathan, Hilda D.
July 2 Crooker
13 Robert Walcott
23 James Burke
Walter, Elizabeth
August
1 Marjorie Louise Simpson
7 Eleanor MacMeeken
Harold A., Eleanor William R., Mabel
September
3 Rose Eileen Devereaux
3 Gladys Thompson Kins- man Elaine Ann Loker
Myron, Gladys
Harold H., Mary E.
Joseph J., Marie H.
October
4 Nancy Kathleen Ford
5 George Winfield Parker
James F., Annie Cedric A., Beatrice
November
6 Thomas David Ward, Jr.
Thomas D., Irene E.
11 Robert Joseph Mclellan Frank, Emily
25 Mary Ann Gallagher Francis J., Elizabeth
29 Helen Margaret Lawrence Waldo L., Agnes
December
7 David Ward Harmon
9 Dorothy Claire Lupien
11 Archibald Ernest Carter
11 Warren Henry Collins
21 Helen Mildred Dunham Leonard, Mabel I.
24 Hellen Estabrooks
27 Juanita Emily Harvey
George H., Dorothy Alphonse F., Helen
Archibald E., Mary F.
Kenneth, Ethel
Wilbur E., Jane Fred B., Annie A.
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Rupert, Julia
14
25 John Paul Lavash
William R., Cora
Herbert L., Elizabeth B.
MARRIAGES
Registered in the Town of Wayland for Year 1927
January
16 Waldo Lester Lawrence, Agnes Maher, at Wayland, by Rev. J. D. Binette.
29 Paul Townsend McSweeney, Lillian Irene Celorier, at Wayland, by Rev. J. D.Binette.
February
17 Frank Gamble MacKenna, Rita Catherine Ehrgott, at Lynn, by Rev. Milford R. Foshay.
April
16 Ernest Corwin Lyford, Marion Carter Pond, at Na- tick, by Rev. Walter Healy.
16 Waldo Preston Lyford, Esther Frances Commo, at Natick, by Rev. Alvin C. Bacon.
May
19 Robert M. Graham, Agnes Kentley, at Waltham, by Rev. Francis E. Webster.
June
11 Daniel Hamilton Canning, Marion Gertrude Bolser, at Wayland, by Rev. Henry E. Leech.
14 Henry Bailey Townsend, Marion Morton Fiske, at Wayland, by Rev. Henry E. Leech.
25 William Michael Nolan, Anna May Thistle, at Lowell, by Rev. John J. Powers.
July
2 Donald Kirk Gleason, Vivian Alice Carter, at New- ton, by Rev. Roy A. Ewsen.
23 James S. Bache, Vernie Rhines, at Concord, N. H., by Rev. Ralph L. Minker.
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29 Frank Joseph Connell, Jane Perry, at Woburn, by Harold P. Johnson, Justice of the Peace.
29 Everett Rogers Rutter, Antoinette Vina Rickard, at Wayland, by Rev. William H. Branigan.
August
13 Donald Roderick Collins, Rebecca Ethel Gotham, at Boston, by Rev. Sumner G. Wood.
29 Charles M. Mathews, Viola T. Robinson, at Hinsdale, N. H., by Edalbert J. Temple, Justice of the Peace.
September
19 George H. Gleason, Jr., Ottilie E. Brett, at Wayland, by Rev. Raymond Lang.
October
12 James Patrick Farrel, Margaret Easter Magorty, at Wayland, by Rev. Eugene J. Vincent.
18 H. Douglas Holt, Ruth Harrington Heyer, at St. Johnsbury, Vt., by Rev. James W. McIntosh.
November
15 Harold Oswald Hynes, Mary Agnes Connors, at Wal- tham, by Rev. P. T. Walsh.
24 Frederick William Herlihy, Florence Euphemia Hynes, at Wayland, by Rev. Eugene J. Vincent.
December
31 Wilbur Porter Stratton, Lillian Marguerite MacKel- vey, at Wayland, by Rev. Elbert B. Holmes.
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DEATHS
Registered in the Town of Wayland for Year 1927
Date
Name
Age Y M D
January
> 25 Donald, Simpson
6hrs
February
6 Ainslie
1
15 Harry Corliss Derrick
52
17
March
19 Henry Albert Deane
83
10
11
31 Kenneth Randolph
2
1
24
April
9 Ederick L. Shay
63
11 10
15 Mary A. O'Dunn
69
May
14 Richard Sydney Birch
5
8
17 Patrick Burke
63
20 Peters
2hrs
25 Edward W. Corcoran
42
11 26
28 Robert J. West
19
4 21
June
25 Charles E. Bemis 67
July
1 Frederick A. Gibbs
59
2 Croocker
1hr
23 Helen Bertha Lee
51
3
27 James H. Fletcher
82
1 19
29
August
10 Amos Dusseault
80
17 Charles Wilbur Stone
77
9 24
20 Sarah E. Roak
84
10 13
September
18 Gladys M. Kinsman
24
2 25
25 John F. Foley
64
8
13
October
25 Frank Avin Stone
76
7 5
25 Florence Rowe Stone
76
2
5
28 Charles Harrington
17
1
4
November
7 Otis Albro Porter
46
3 14
23 Mary J. Rogers
85
16
December
14 Marion Ainslie
27
18 Amelia Foley
57
26
Estabrooks
2
DOG LICENSES
Males, 220 at $2.00
$440.00
Females, 78 at $5.00
390.00
Kennels, 5 at $25.00
125.00
Total 303
$955.00
Fees deducted 303 at .20
60.60
Paid County Treasurer
$894.40
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RESULTS OF TOWN ELECTION
March 7, 1927
Moderator
John Connelly,* Nom. Papers
Prec. 1 Prec. 2 Total 212 373 585
Town Clerk
M. Alice Neale,* Nom. Papers
237
414
651
John W. Leavitt
1
0
1
Selectmen
Richard Ames,* Nom. Papers
243
282
525
George G. Bogren,* Nom. Papers
174
451
625
Sidney Loker,* Nom. Papers
63
400
463
William S. Lovell, Nom. Papers
239
171
410
Treasurer
Frank G. McKenna,* Nom. Papers
255
412
667
Collector of Taxes
Wilbur C. Gorman,* Nom. Papers
237
399
636
Albert I. Ewing, Nom. Papers
28
98
126
Overseer of Poor
Andrew Paul,* Nom. Papers
261
343
604
Assessor
Edwin G. Brown,* Nom. Papers
149
299
448
William R. Mather, Nom. Papers
86
200
286
School Committee
Warren L. Bishop,* Nom. Papers
216
359
575
Ernest W. Schleicher, Nom. Papers
61
147
208
Water Commissioners (Three Years)
Alfred C. Damon,* Nom. Papers
180
413
593
Walter C. Smith,* Nom. Papers
175
322
497
31
Water Commissioner (Two Years)
Harry W. Craig .* Nom. Papers
36
261
297
Gilbert Small, Nom. Papers
141
91
232
Charles R. Cole, Nom. Papers
32
81
173
Trustees of Library
John Connelly,* Nom. Papers
183
363
546
Amos I. Hadley,* Nom. Papers
202
288
490
Board of Health
Thomas J. Dowey,* Nom. Papers
234
351
585
Park Commissioner (One Year)
Frank F. Ames
0
1
1
Harrington Barlow
7
0
7
James Bolton
1
1
2
John Erwin
1
0
1
James Ferguson
0
1
1
Francis Gladu
0
6
6
Frank Hannon
0
1
1
John Linnehan
4
0
4
Alexander Lizotte
0
1
1
Israel A. Lupien
0
5
5
Albert Marchant
0
3
3
Cornelius Maguire
0
2
2
Llewellyn Mills
0
1
1
Dennis McSweeney
0
4
4
Howard Parmenter
1
0
1
Napoleon Perodeau
0
1
1
Thomas B. Ross
0
1
1
Howard Russell
1
0
1
Mabel Russell
1
0
1
John Wight*
12
0
12
John Wright
0
1
1
Warren Valentine
0
1
1
Peter Zimmerman
1
0
1
Park Commissioner (Three Years)
Madison Bent
0
1
1
James Bolton
2
0
2
James Bryden
2
0
2
Alfred Cutting
1
0
1
Mabel Draper
1
0
1
Edward Dorschemier
0
1
1
Francis Gladu
0
3
3
32
Frank Hannon Chester Hobbs
0
2
2
Warren F. Lawrence
0
1
1
John Linnehan
6
0
6
Alpheus Lucier
0
1
1
Israel A. Lupien
0
3
3
Melville Loker
0
1
1
Albert Marchant
0
1
1
Cornelius Maguire
0
5
5
Alvin Neale
0
1
1
Wm. C. Neal
0
1
1
Gilbert Small
1
0
1
Edmund Sears
1
1
2
Warren Valentine
1
0
1
John Wight
6
0
6
(The Vote in Prec. 2 for Park Commissioner for both the one and three year terms was protest- ed. A recount was made by the Selectmen in the presence of two Election Officers and two members of the Board of Registration and the above results were pronounced correct.)
Surveyor of Highways
James Ferguson,* Nom. Papers
80
353
433
Edward F. Lee, Nom. Papers
211
142
353
Cemetery Commissioner
Frank F. Ames,* Nom. Papers
199
348
547
Commissioner of Trust Funds
John H. Knapp,* Nom. Papers
195
295
490
Planning Board
James Bolton,* Nom. Papers
197
310
507
Gilbert Small,* Nom. Papers
175
280
455
Harold J. Glover
1
0
1
Tree Warden
195
313
508
Frank F. Ames,* Nom. Papers John J. Erwin
3
0
3
Constables
Wilfred L. Celorier,* Nom. Papers
145
318
463
Harry W. Craig,* Nom. Papers
154
320
474
Ernest H. Damon,* Nom. Papers
148
329
477
0
1
1
33
Edward F. Dorsheimer,* Nom. Papers Charles F. Dusseault,* Nom. Papers
163
368
531
151
332
483
John E. Linnehan,* Nom. Papers Frank C. Moore,* Nom. Papers
186
319
505
189
306
495
*Elected
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT
All regular appointments have been made as requir- ed by law. They appear in the list of Town Officers and Committees. As no one was legally elected Park Com- missioner at the annual Town Meeting, the Board of Se- lectmen met with the two members of the Park Com- mission on May 2 and jointly elected John E. Linnehan to fill the vacancy.
A catch basin has been installed on the land of E. S. Small and a culvert placed under Concord Road and an- other under Bow Road.
The work of improving the dangerous condition at Davis Corner and at Fiske Corner has proceeded as fol- lows: A petition for the necessary taking was sent to the County Engineer in April and the takings were made by the Commissioners in May. In June the Corners were surveyed by the firm of Barnes & Beale of Waltham and by Mr. Gilbert Small of the Planning Board. Plans and specifications with a schedule of unit prices were drawn up by the Planning Board and given to the Selectmen in September. Bids were called for from all Wayland resi- dents known to be engaged in such work and from one contractor in Natick, one in Cambridge, and one in Wal- tham. The bid of John H. McCusker of Waltham, the lowest bidder, was accepted, the unit prices being as fol- lows:
Earth excavation, $2.00 per cu. yd.
Ledge exavation, $6.00 per cu. yd.
Burrow excavation, $2.50 per cu. yd.
Broken stone in place and rolled, $5.00 per cu. yd.
Fencing, $1.00 per lin. ft.
Catch basin 6 ft. deep by 5 ft. dia., $80.00
The rough excavation work has been completed at both corners and the catch basin installed at Davis Cor- ner. The contractor was given permission to postpone
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the grading and roadway surfacing until Spring.
A concrete sidewalk and curbing on Main St. and a curbing on W. Plain St. at Memorial Square, Cochituate, was constructed by J. H. McCusker of Waltham, lowest of four bidders. The contract prices were $3.15 per sq. yd. for sidewalk and $1.50 per sq. yd. for the curbing.
As many accidents have occurred in recent years on the Old Sudbury Road in the vicinity of the bridge over the Sudbury River, the Selectmen acting in conjunction with the Planning Board and the Selectmen of Sudbury filed a petition in November with the County Commis- sioners asking them to "alter Old Sudbury Road and di- rect specific repairs." A hearing was held on January 10 and the matter is now being considered by the Com- missioners.
The attention of the Board was called last August, by a serious accident, to the dangerous condition existing at the railroad crossing at Sudbury and Concord Roads, Wayland Center. The Board got in touch with the Pub- lic Utilities Commission and an arrangement was made by which hereafter the crossing gates will be tended un- til 9.30 p. m. instead of 7 p. m., and all trains passing be- tween 9.30 p. m. and midnight will stop and be preceded by a member of the crew who will protect trains over the crossing.
At the time of our last report the water system had not been accepted but was being tested. The firm of Metcalf & Eddy, consulting engineers, employed to go over the system thoroughly and report upon it. turned in a very favorable report in June and suggested that the Town accept it subject to the following provisions: 1. The Bessemer engines to be made efficient in accordance with the Contract. 2. A concrete curbing to be erected at the bridge in Pelham Island Road. 3. A larger over- flow to be provided at the standpipe. On June 6, accord- ingly the system was provisionally accepted and house connections made. the system being operated by the Har- vard Trust Co. On August 23, the provisions having been complied with, the system was finally accepted and turned over to the Water Board to operate.
Several complaints have come to this Board about dumps in the Town. The matter has been taken up with
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the State and local Boards of Health and it is hoped that conditions will soon be remedied.
GEORGE G. BOGREN RICHARD AMES SIDNEY LOKER Selectmen
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