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1 ; large double boilers 2; medium double boiler 1; sauce pans 3 ; small sauce pan 1; pudding dishes 2; plates (blu) e 7 ; colan- der 1; sauce pan (large) 1; cake cooler 1 ; flour sifter 1; drip- ping pans 3; cake tins 2; dish pan 1; large tray 1.
Cups and saucers not listed because they are property of P. T. A. Food supplies not listed because not purchased by Town.
JANITOR
Floor brush 24 inches 1; dust pans 3; hand brushes 3; fire iron 1 ; fire extinguisher 1; ash cans 8; shovels 2; pump 1; motor 1; water tank 1; paper towels 1 crate; toilet paper part crate; work benches 10; settees 10; sink 1; closet 1; Stillson wrench 1; hose, 50 feet ; tools $100 replacement value estimate ; 15-gal. oil cylinder (drum) ; coal on hand 40 to 50 tons esti- mate, sanitary machine 1.
GENERAL
Closets 2 ; electric ranges 2; fire extinguishers 5; umbrella holders 2; towel cases 3; bookcases 5; fire alarm system 1; pictures 15; chairs 6; tables 2; washstand and equipment 1; scales 1; medicine cabinet 1; hot water bottle 1; medical sup- plies, small quantity ; couch and cushions 1; settees 54; electric lighting in basement, office laboratories and stairs; dental cabinet 1.
MISS PEASLEE
Mechanical Drawing Boards 15; Mechanical Drawing Books 4; pint India Ink 1; pint Fixatif 1; boxes of paints 18; boxes of crayons 1 doz .; bottles of Poster paint (not all full) 2 oz .; paint pans 24; sheets charcoal paper 6; small roll blue- print paper ; hexagonal prism 1; octagonal pyramid 1; rec- tangular cube 1 ; square cube 1.
SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE
Student recitation chairs 25; teacher and primary room desk 1; files 3; filing boxes 15; safe 1; teachers' chairs 2; sample books 300 estimate; Dept of Education reports 30 esti- mate.
OFFICE CLOSET
Department stationery, small amount; carbon paper 1 package; department record 1928-1929; cards and record sheets, supply for school year.
BASEMENT
One 200-gal. tank and equipment for showers and kitchen ; 25 individual student lockers and padlocks.
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Inventory of Library Department
20 pictures, 8 busts, 15 shelf-steps, 18 tables, 46 chairs, 2 desks, 6 glass front bookcases, 1 glass cabinet, 1 cabinet shells, 1 cabinet geological specimens, 1 cabinet Indian relics, etc., 14 book racks, 1 map holder, 1 couch, 1 globe, 4 card catalogues, 1 bulletin board, 1 umbrella stand, 2 clothes hangers, 2 heat protectors, 4 sets andirons, 2 fenders, 1 fire set, 1 typewriter, 25 window screens, 1 screen door, 84 feet rubber matting, 5 door mats, 3 waste baskets, 1 vacuum cleaner, 2 floor brushes, 1 dust pan and brush, 1 hand mop, 2 floor mops, 1 step ladder, 50 feet hose, 1 wheelbarrow, 5 ash cans, 2 shovels, 2 rakes, 1 hoe, 2 pails, 1 lawn mower, 1 pair hedge shears, 21/2 tons coal, 21,515 books.
READING ROOM, COCHITUATE
1 coat stand, 2 settees, 2 large curtains, 2 ordinary curtains, 1 door curtain, 5 tables, 2 folding steps, 1 globe, 1 map, 18 chairs, 2 ordinary screens, 1 folding screen, Librarian's desk chair and rail, 3,834 books, 20 different magazines, 2 charging trays, 2 eight-tray cabinets, 1 stove, 1 clock, 1 lamp, 2 covered boxes used for transportation of books, 2 pails, 2 coalhods, 1 brush, 1 broom, 1 mop, 34 ton of coal, 1 screen door, 1 maga- zine holder, 1 shovel, 1 sidewalk cleaner, 1 ash sieve, 1 nine-tray cabinet, 1 book case.
Inventory of Park Department
2 Tennis nets (new), 1 Soccer ball, 1 set Hockey nets, 2 sets Home Plates and Bases (new), 2 sets Pitching Slabs.
Inventory of Cemetery Department
4 lawn mowers, 2 edging mowers, 3 shovels, 2 rakes, 2 canvas spread and straps, 1 tool box, 9 signs, 1 tamp, 4 sickles, 2 pair grass shears, 4 planks, 6 dirt boards 3x8, 1 edger.
Inventory of Tree Warden's Department
1 extension ladder, 2 pole pruners.
Inventory of Water Department
PIPE ON HAND: 12-inch, 82 ft .; 10-inch, 24 ft .; 8-inch, 132 ft .; 6-inch, 104 ft .; 4-inch, 1,362 ft .; 1-inch, 1,400 ft .; main tees 7, main bends 10, main valves 7, main plugs 12, main sleeves 7, gate valve boxes 7, top sections 6, hydrants 2. Pipe fittings 3/4-inch-2-inch : 174 lead lined couplings, 75 plain couplings, 50 tees, 20 reducing couplings, 60 ells, 53 plugs, 16
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caps, 31 nipples, 33 bushings, 15 ground seat unions, 13 sleeve unions.
SUPPLIES : 18 goosenecks, 29 gooseneck unions, 43 curb stops, 21 cellar stops, 15 service boxes, 1 keg pipe bolts and lock washers, 6 meters, 75 meter seals, 26 corporations, 8 pipe saddles, 100 lbs. Leadite, 25 lbs. Hydrotite, 25 ft. gooseneck pipe, 50 lbs. waste, 2 rolls jute, 1 roll caulking yarn, 1 can joint compound, + gals. cutting oil, 1 gal. linseed oil, 10 lbs. lead wool, 20 lbs. lead.
TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT: 5 Stilson wrenches, 2 monkey wrenches, 1 main pipe cutter, 3 small pipe cutters, 100-ft. steel tape, 2 hack saw frames, 3 doz. hack saw blades, 1 34-inch Toledo Ratchet Stock, 1 1-inch Armstrong Stock, 1 2-inch Reed Ratchet Stock, 1 2-inch Toledo Ratchet Stock, 1 bit brace, 1 hand saw, 1 4-ft. rule, 1 set caulking irons, 1 reamer, 2 axes, 5 crow bars, 2 tunnel scoops, 1 pipe pusher, 12 gate box covers, 3 4x6-inch nipples, 75 ft. 34-inch rope, 1 maul, 1 hydrant valve wrench, 3 gate valve wrenches, 7 service wrenches, 2 hydrant wrenches, 6 road signs, 2 road horses, 1 burning stamp marked "Wayland Water Works", 1 steel stamp, 1 set hydrant gaskets, 6 hydrant valves, 2 snow shovels, 2 grubs, 1 rake, 6 sledges, 4 tampers, 2 scythes, 2 hoes, 4 yarning irons, 3 caulking hammers, 2 ball peen hammers, 2 ratchet wrenches, 2 swedging irons, 8 wood main binders, 1 "B" tapping machine, 1 "E" tapping machine, 1 bench vise, 1 truck vise, 1 portable vise, 1 ditch pump, 1 pitcher pump, 18 ft. suction hose, 1 tool box, 1 melting furnace, 1 fire pot, 3 ladles, 1 wheel barrow, 1 main pipe clamp, 1 main extension plug, 1 chain hoist, 1 rope hoist, 2 tripods, 2 prs. rubber boots, 2 water proof suits, 4 12-qt. pails, 2 5-gal. kerosene cans, 24 lanterns, 12 shovels, 50 picks, 45 pick handles, 1 magnetic needle, 1 Mosler safe, 1 set tire chains, 1 Chevrolet truck, 1 sonoscop, 1 hydrant pressure gauge, 2 pressure valve gauges, 1 set pressure valve gaskets, 2 service books, 1 map of system as installed in 1878, 1 set of maps of new system in- stalled in 1927, 1 set of maps of extensions made in 1929, 10 joint runners, 12 joint funnels, 2 cutting hammers.
BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY: Pumping Station and land Sudbury Road; Standpipes and land Reeves Hill, Connecticut Path ; Reservoir and gate house Rice Road.
PUMPING STATION : 2 50-H.P. Diesel Engines, 2 450-gal. triplex pumps, 2 1-cylinder compression engines, 1 air tank, 3 wall tanks, 1 1000-gal. oil storage tank, 1 oil burner, 1 Arcola
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heater, 1 hot water heating system, 1 sprinkler system, 4 vacuum gauges, 4 pressure gauges, 1 flush closet, 1 septic tank, 1 sand chamber, 30 21/2-inch wells, 1 electric bench grinder, 2 electric hand drills, 1' chain hoist, 1 hoist bench, 2 Toledo Stocks, 1 pipe cutter, 1 reamer, 2 sets of drills, 1 drill stand, 8 chrome wrenches, 13 open end wrenches, 1 socket wrench set, 2 Stilson wrenches, 1 set bold dies, 22 files, 6 file handles, 1 set pipe taps, 1 set bolt taps, 1 bench vise, 100 ft. 3/4-inch hose, 1 step ladder, 2 extension lights, 5 rolled steel bars, 2 5-gal. gas cans, 2 5-gal. pails, 5 doz. hack saw blades, 1 oil waste can, 1 pair sheet iron cutters, 1 putty knife, 1 lawn mower, 1 bamboo rake, 50 lbs. waste, 1 snow shovel, 1 monkey wrench, 5 adjust- able wrenches, 1 Starret gauge, 2 taper taps, 2 flexible oil cans, 2 copper measures, 2 funnels, 5 arch punches, 1 2-1b. hammer, 1 ball peen hammer, 1 cotter puller, 1 emery wheel dresser, 1 trowel, 1 set Easy Out Extractors, 2 reamers, 5 boxes nuts, 5 5-1b. boxes washers, 5 gross wood screws, 2 strips sheet iron, 1 roll zinc, 1 sledge, 1 grub, 1 pick, 1 tamper, 2 coal hods, 2 gate wrenches, 1 set piston rings, 12 gauge glasses, 1 set clutch shoes, 4 rolls twisted packing, 1 assortment brass fittings, 12 ft. 3/4-inch brass pipe, 12 ft. 1/2-inch brass pipe, 1 work bench, 1 cabinet, 1 tool board.
CLERK'S OFFICE EQUIPMENT : 1 commitment book, 1 cash book, 3 record books, 1 adding machine, 500 stamped envelopes, 100 letter heads, 500 installation bills, 800 water bills, 4 stamps, 1 stamp pad, 2 blocks payment to treasurer blanks, 2 blocks abatement blanks, 100 loose leaves for commitment book, 1 typewriter, 1 card file.
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INDEX
Assessors, Report of 117
Balance Sheet, December 31, 1931
110
Board of Commissioners of Trust Funds, Report of 74
Board of Health, Report of
126
Board of Public Welfare, Report of the
131
Cemetery Commissioners, Report of
191
Chief of Police, Report of the
120
Committee for the Addition to Pump Station, Report of
190
District Nurse, Report of
128
Finance Committee, Report of
18
Fire Engineers, Report of the
Game Warden, Report of 125
129
Inspector of Animals, Report of 127
Inventory of Town Property 192
Jury List
49
Middlesex County Extension Service
133
Milk Inspector, Report of
127
Moth Superintendent, Report of
122
Officers of the Town of Wayland
3
Park Commissioners, Report of
132
Planning Board, Report of the
119
Public Library
Librarian's Report 165
List of New Books 168
Treasurer's Report 163
Trustees, Report of the 162
Results of Town Election 40
School Department
Census Returns 154
Financial Statement 138
Graduates 1931-Grammar School 159
Graduates 1931-High School 159
121
Highway Department, Report of
High School Principal, Report of the 148
Membership by Age and Grade, October 1, 1931 157
Organization of Teaching Staff, January 3, 1932 160
Registration, December 21, 1931 156
Roll of Students Perfect in Attendance 158
School Committee Report 137
School Directory 136
School Nurse, Report of the 152
School Physician, Report of 150
Superintendent of Schools, Report of 144
Supervisor of Attendance, Report of the 153
Sealer of Weights and Measures
124
Selectmen's Report 72
Special Committee for the Extension of Water Main from Connecticut Path to Memorial Square, Report of the
189
State Audit
51
Tax Collector, Report of
114
Taxes 1926-1929
112
Town Accountant, Report of the
84
Town Clerk's Report
Births
42
Marriages
44
Deaths
46
Dog Licenses
48
Town Treasurer, Report of
77
Tree Warden, Report of
123
Votes Enacted at the Annual Town Meeting, March 4, 1931
23
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting
9
Water Board, Report of the 185
Superintendent of Water Works, Report of 186
OFFICIAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OF WAYLAND
FOR ITS
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-THIRD MUNICIPAL YEAR
POR A
ED
LA
ND
1635.
a3anos
EAST SUDBURY
17
18
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1932
Printed for the Town of Wayland by THE SUBURBAN PRESS Natick, Massachusetts 1933
OFFICIAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OF WAYLAND
FOR ITS ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-THIRD MUNICIPAL YEAR
ED
LA
1635.
FOUNDED
EAST SUDBURY 178
1835
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1932
Printed for the Town of Wayland by THE SUBURBAN PRESS Natick, Massachusetts 1933
OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF WAYLAND
Term Expires
MODERATOR
Pierpoint Blair
1933
TOWN CLERK
M. Alice Neale
1933
SELECTMEN
Willard C. Hunting
1933
John W. Leavitt
1933
J. Fred Wheeler
1933
TREASURER
Frank G. MacKenna 1933
COLLECTOR OF TAXES
Theodore H. Harrington
1933
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Mabel T. S. Small 1935
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Ronald S. Campbell
1933
Martin A. Holmes
1934
Thomas W. Frost
1935
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Warren L. Bishop
1933
Dorothy C. Stone
1934
Llewellyn Mills
1935
3
Term Expires
ASSESSORS
Sidney Loker Daniel Brackett Clarence S. Williams
1933
1934
1935
WATER COMMISSIONERS
Alfred C. Damon 1933
Francis K. Erwin
1934
Walter S. Bigwood
1935
TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Nellie R. Fiske
1933
Amos I. Hadley
1933
Richard Ames
1934
James R. Martin
1934
Alfred W. Cutting
1935
J. Sidney Stone
1935
CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS
James M. Bent
1933
Howard W. Parmenter
1934
William Read
1935
TREE WARDEN
Charles L. Fullick 1933
HIGHWAY SURVEYOR
Arthur Heard Dudley
1933
BOARD OF HEALTH
John J. Linnehan
1933
Waldo L. Lawrence
1934
Ernest H. Damon
1935
BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS
John B. Wight
1933
Camile Perodeau
1934
Francis R. Gladu
1935
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PLANNING BOARD
James Bolton
1933
Gilbert Small
1933
Otto H. Kohler
1934
Howard S. Russell
1934
Frank I. Cooper
1935
James C. McKay
1935
CONSTABLES
Thomas W. Bowles
1933
Wilfred L. Celorier
1933
Harry W. Craig
1933
Ernest H. Damon
1933
Charles F. Dusseault
1933
John E. Linnehan
1933
Frank C. Moore
1933
COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS
John H. Knapp
1933
J. Sidney Stone
1934
Albert F. Flint
1935
TRUSTEES OF THE ALLEN FUND
John Connelly
1933
Isaac Damon
1933
Howard W. Parmenter
1933
FENCE VIEWERS
Selectmen
1933
FIELD DRIVERS
Constables
1933
SURVEYORS OF LUMBER
Howard Haynes
1933
Melville Loker
1933
William S. Lovell
1933
Israel A. Lupien
1933
Arthur F. Marston
1933
Term Expires
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Term Expires
MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK
Arthur W. Atwood
1933
Joseph Decatur 1933
William S. Lovell 1933
Israel A. Lupien
1933
Arthur F. Marston
1933
MEMORIAL DAY COMMITTEE
James I. Bryden 1933
CIVIL WAR VETERANS
Thomas W. Frost
1933
George B. Howe 1933
SPANISH WAR VETERANS
William Hardy
1933
Frank C. Moore
1933
Thomas Murray
1933
John Wright
1933
William F. McCafferty
1933
WORLD WAR VETERANS
Frank C. Burke
1933
John Cipoletta
1933
Ernest H. Damon
1933
Arthur Heard Dudley
1933
Parker H. Groton
1933
Cornelius J. McGuire
1933
Joe Perodeau
1933
Percy A. Steele
1933
DOG OFFICER
James E. Linnehan 1933
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
Frank J. Bigwood
1933
DISTRICT NURSE
Mary E. McNeil 1933
SUPERINTENDENT OF GYPSY AND BROWN TAIL MOTHS
Daniel J. Graham 1933
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Term Expires
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Albert Marchand 1933
FOREST FIRE WARDEN
Theodore H. Harrington
1933
CHIEF OF POLICE
Harry W. Craig 1933
PUBLIC WEIGHERS
Arthur W. Atwood
1933
Howard Parmenter
1933
W. F. Smith
1933
Donald Collins
1933
Henry Vear
1933
FINANCE COMMITTEE
George Hill
1933
(Resigned January 1933)
William S. Lovell
1933
(Appointed January 1933)
Elmer Matthews
1933
Arthur W. Bradshaw
1934
John B. Holt
1935
William J. Scotland
1935
INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING
Warren Lawrence
1933
BURIAL AGENT
John W. Leavitt 1933
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
M. Alice Neale, Rep.
1933
Meddie H. Rasciot, Dem.
1933
Joseph Zimmerman, Dem.
1934
Edward F. Lee, Rep.
1935
7
Term Expires
ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
Theodore H. Harrington, Chief
1933
Ernest H. Damon, Clerk
1933
Albert J. Keach, Engineer
1933
ELECTION OFFICERS
PRECINCT 1
James I. Bryden, Warden
1933
Myrta L. Wight, Clerk
1933
Edith H. Davis
1933
George Dickey
1933
Thomas F. Maynard
1933
John E. Dolan
1933
Charles R. Harrington
1933
James I. Linnehan
1933
PRECINCT 2
Albert Marchand, Warden
1933
May Derrick
1933
Carrie F. Harrington
1933
Frank Latour
1933
William Morrissey
1933
Alvin B. Neale
1933
Joe Perodeau
1933
George Richardson
1933
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WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, ss.
To any of the Constables of the Town of Wayland, in said County :
GREETINGS :
In the name of the Commonwealth you are required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town qualified to vote in town elections to meet at their repective polling places on
MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1933
at six o'clock in the forenoon, there and then to bring in their ballots for a Moderator, Town Clerk, three Selectmen, a Treas- urer, a Collector of Taxes, a Surveyor of Highways, a Tree Warden, and seven Constables, all for one year.
One Member of the School Committee, one Cemetery Commissioner, one Commissioner of Trust Funds, two Trustees of Public Library, one Member of the Board of Public Welfare, one Assessor, one Member of the Board of Health, one Water Commissioner, one Park Commissioner, and two Members of the Planning Board, all for three years.
All the foregoing to be voted on the official ballot. The polls will be open at 6.15 in the forenoon and will remain open continuously until four o'clock in the afternoon, when they shall be closed.
And you are required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town qualified to vote in town affairs to meet at the Town Hall on
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1933
at 7.45 P. M., then and there to act on the following articles, viz :
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Article 1. To hear the reports of Town Officers, Agents and Committees, and act thereon.
Article 2. To choose all necessary Town Officers, Agents and Committees not elected by the official ballot.
Article 3. To grant money for necessary Town purposes.
Article 4. To see if the Town will authorize the Treas- urer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1933, and to issue a note or notes there- for, payable within one year, and to renew such note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws, any debt or debts incurred under this Article to be paid from the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1933.
The Finance Committee recommends approval of this article.
Article 5. To see if the Town will appropriate and assess the sum of $2,019.16 to pay the following 1930, 1931 and 1932 bills which were presented for payment after the Town books were closed, or do or act.
Assessors' Department
Daniel Brackett $84.00
Fire Department
Rent of Tower of the Methodist Church in
Cochituate for 1930 50.00
Rent of the Tower of the Methodist Church in Cochituate for 1931 50.00
Moth Extermination
Daniel Graham
21.45
Board of Health
City of Quincy, Memorial Hospital Bills
858.00
Public Welfare
Town of Marblehead
48.00
Town of Holliston
258.97
State Infirmary 92.00
Town of Plymouth
201.00
Town of Marblehead
4.00
Dana H. Elkins
20.00
Soldiers' Relief
City of Quincy
92.00
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Vocational Tuition City of Boston City of Newton
46.32 193.42
$2,019.16
The Finance Committee recommends that these bills be paid.
Article 6. To see if the Town will accept the following gift: $100.00 received from Elsie S. Bull to establish the "Elsie S. Bull Fund" income from which to be used for per- petual care of Lots No. 52 and 53, Section F, Lake View Cemetery.
The Finance Committee recommends approval of this article.
Article 7. To see if the Town will accept the following gift: $100.00 received from Alice C. Maude to establish the "Alice C. Maude Fund" income from which to be used for per- petual care of Lot No. 12, Section G, Lake View Cemetery.
The Finance Committee recommends approval of this article.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to accept, during 1933, gifts for welfare purposes, same to be expended by the Board of Public Welfare or do or act.
The Finance Committee recommends approval of this article.
Article 9. To see if the Town will appropriate $260.00 for general improvement in any of the Cemeteries, same to be taken from money in the Town Treasury received from the sale of Burial Lots in 1932, in accordance with Chapter 114, Section 15, of the General Laws, or do or act.
The Finance Committee recommends approval of this article.
Article 10. To see if the Town will appropriate for "Water Department Maintenance" the sum of $6,350.33 to be taken from Water Department receipts reserved for appro- priation in 1932, or do or act.
The Finance Committee recommends the approval of this article and that this appropriation shall be expended as follows : $4,000.33 for general main-
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tenance : $1,000.00 for driving three new wells ; $700.00 for overhauling engine and pumps; $650 for painting inside of standpipe and installing cleanout door. ($3000 has been recommended from fire hydrant income for general maintenance which is not included in this article.)
Article 11. To see if the Town will appropriate for pay- ment of Water Department Extension Notes maturing in 1933 the sum of $1.890.00 to be taken from Water Department receipts reserved for appropriation in 1932, or do or act.
The Finance Committee recommends approval of this article.
Article 12. To see if the Town will appropriate for pay- ment of interest due in 1933 on Water Department Extension Notes the sum of $2,050.60 same to be taken from Water De- partment receipts reserved for appropriation in 1932, or do or act.
The Finance Committee recommends approval of this article.
Article 13. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum sufficient to pay the County of Middlesex as required by law on account of assessments levied on the Town for its share of the principal of the Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital Funding Loan, Act of 1932, bonds maturing in 1933 issued in compliance with Chapter 10, Acts of 1932; also for any other indebtedness, incurred and outstanding under said Chapter 10; also for the Town's share of interest on said bonds due in 1933; also for the care and treatment of tubercular patients under Acts of 1928, Chapter 385, as amended by Acts of 1932, Chapter 60 ; also for care, maintenance and repair of said Hospital for 1932 including interest on temporary notes issued therefor in accordance with General Laws, Chapter 111, sections 85 and 85A, and for all other expenses in connection therewith, deter- mine how the money shall be raised, or in any way act thereon.
The Finance Committee recommends approval as this is compulsory by Middlesex County.
Article 14. To see if the Town will appropriate and assess the required amount of money and arrange for notes to pay the balance to build an elementary school in Wayland Center as per plans submitted by the building committee, and add two rooms to the Cochituate School, or do or act.
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The Finance Committee does not recommend this article. See the Committee's report.
Article 15. To see if the Town will appropriate and assess sufficient money to build a High School and arrange for notes to pay the balance as per plans submitted by this committee, or do or act.
The Finance Committee does not recommend this article. See the Committee's report.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess the sum of $500.00 to be used by the Wayland Water Board to build and install toilet facilities and dressing rooms for bathers at Baldwin's Pond Reservation, as recommended by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
Whereas the Finance Committee recognizes possi- ble merits of this article, due to present financial condition the article is not recommended.
Article 17. To see if the Town will accept the gift of the land substantially triangular in shape bounded approximately as follows: Southerly by the State Road, Northwesterly by Pelham Island Road, Easterly and Northerly by land formerly of Mellen, more recently of Bennett, and Easterly again by Main Street, said land being situated directly West across Main Street from the new Town Hall Lot, formerly the Wayland Inn property, and being sometimes known as the Heater Piece, to be used for a Public Park, and will authorize the acceptance thereof by the Board of Selectmen, or do or act.
The Finance Committee in recommending this article feel that the acceptance of the gift will be a decided benefit to the Town.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to extend a six inch water main with the fire hydrants, gates and fittings along Waltham Road from Concord Road to the residence of Leslie B. Reid, a distance of about 400 feet, or do or act.
The Finance Committee recommends that this article be referred to the Water Board for its report at the next annual meeting.
The Water Board has advised that it is impossi- ble with the present facilities to extend the water system until specific repairs are made and addi-
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tional wells installed. The committee advises a careful study be made of extensions relative to cost and revenue receivable on all future exten- sions to the system.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to extend the water system down Oxbow Road a distance of about 1500 feet, or do or act.
The Finance Committee makes the same recom- mendation for this article as for Article 18.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the necessary sum of money to extend a six inch water main in Hawthorn Road.
The Finance Committee makes the same recom- mendation for this article as for Article 18.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to accept Castle Gate South as the same has been laid out and filed by the Select- men, work to be done under the Betterment Act, to take by right of Domain such land as may be necessary for doing said work ; appropriate or borrow money to pay for the same, or otherwise act thereon.
The Finance Committee recommends approval of this article provided all releases are obtained, legal requirements met and that the cost of this work does not exceed $1000.
Article 22. To see if the Town will appropriate and assess a certain sum of money for six inch water main, with necessary hydrants and valves, running from Old Connecticut Path along Stone Bridge Road, to Riverview Terrace and including Over- look Road, Riverview Circle and Shore Drive, or do or act.
The Finance Committee makes the same recom- mendation for this article as for Article 18.
Article 23. To see if the Town will authorize the School Committee or some other Committee to sell the motor and pump in the Center School Building and to dispose of such other appurtenances connected with the old water system, or do or act.
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