Official reports of the town of Wayland 1945-1947, Part 13

Author: Wayland (Mass.)
Publication date: 1945
Publisher: Printed at the Middlesex Freeman Office
Number of Pages: 666


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The unexpended balance in the following accounts be trans- ferred to the "Excess and Deficiency" Account :


Relocation-Intersection Bow and Concord Roads $ 2.12


Committee on Public Safety 1,292.21


O. P. A. Ration Board 89.01


State Guard 396.74


New Equipment-Hose 1.00


The Finance Committee's budget for the year 1946 is as follows :


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FINANCE COMMITTEE'S BUDGET FOR 1946


1945


1945 Appropriated Expended


1946 Balance Recommended 1945


GOVERNMENT


Moderator


$ 10.00


$ 10.00


$ 10.00


Selectmen : Salaries


500.00


500.00


500.00


Expense


350.00


349.91


.09


350.00


Accountant & Secretary to Board of Selectmen :


Salary


1,450.00


1,450.00


1,600.00


Expense


170.00


166.23


3.77


170.00


Treasurer :


Salary


800.00


800.00


800.00


Expense


300.00


295.16


4.84


300.00


Tax Title Sales Expense


550.00


297.88


252.12


350.00


Collector :


Salary


1,900.00


1,865.70


34.30


2,000.00


Expense


700.00


350.50


349.50


500.00


Assessors :


Salary


2,000.00


2,000.00


2,000.00


Expense


400.00


364.49


35.51


475.00


Assessors' Maps: (Town Atlas)


5,000.00


5,000.00


6,000.00


Assessors' Valuation Lists :


From "Reserve"


385.00


385.00


Clerk of Boards: Salary


1,040.00


1,040.00


1,200.00


Finance Committee : Expense


30.00


28.48


1.52


30.00


Town Counsel & Legal Claims


900.00


713.57


186.43


900.00


Town Clerk: Salary


200.00


200.00


200.00


Expense


250.00


219.22


30.78


300.00


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Planning Board : Expense


Elections : Officers Expense


100.00


100.00


384.00


50.00


From "Reserve"


30.12


80.12


200.00


Registrars : Salaries :


Registration


100.00


100.00


100.00


Listing


320.00


320.00


320.00


Transportation


75.00


75.00


75.00


Clerical Work


100.00


100.00


100.00


Supplies


300.00


297.59


2.41


300.00


State Census ยท


300.00


From "Reserve"


12.08


312.08


Town Hall : Maintenance, Repairs & Equipment


2,000.00


1,749.14


250.86


2,000.00


PROTECTION


Police Dept .: Salary-Chief


2,000.00


2,000.00


2,000.00


Retirement Pension-Chief From "Reserve"


333.33


255.55


77.78


Transportation-Chief


400.00


400.00


400.00


Expense


800.00


From "Reserve"


300.00


1,086.53


13.47


800.00


Fire Dept. : Expense (Includes salaries ) New Equipment :


2,800.00


1,920.62


879.38


2,800.00


1945 Appropriated 600.00


1945 Expended 600.00


1945


1946 Balance Recommended 1,200.00


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Tires-Bal. 1/1/45 Appropriation


99.40 300.00


399.40


400.00


399.00


1.00


Hose Front-end pump-Trailer pump & Floodlight Station Repairs-Cochituate


1,100.00


150.00


100.00


100.00


300.00


200.00


192.23


7.77


200.00


Zoning Board of Appeals: Expense


25.00


23.57


1.43


25.00


Moth Dept .: Expense (Includes wages) Private work Town work


500.00


500.00


500.00


1,000.00


977.00


23.00


1,000.00


Tree Warden : Expense (Includes wages)


600.00


582.75


17.25


600.00


Pruning & First Aid Work at Private Contract Planting of Trees


400.00


400.00


400.00


200.00


200.00


200.00


Sealer : Salary


125.00


125.00


125.00


Expense


50.00


29.40


20.60


50.00


HEALTH


Health Dept : Board-Salaries


175.00


175.00


175.00


Appropriation


1,200.00


From "Reserve"


138.79


1,338.79


1,200.00


Milk Inspection


25.00


25.00


25.00


Anti-toxin Test


50.00


50.00


50.00


Medical Inspection of Schools


150.00


150.00


150.00


Building Inspection : Salaries Expense


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School Dental Clinic


1945 Appropriated 1,000.00


1945 Expended 999.30


1945 1946 Balance Recommended


70


1,000.00


District & School Nurse :


Salary


1,800.00


1,800.00


1,900.00


Transportation


400.00


400.00


400.00


Expense


75.00


73.64


1.36


75.00


Inspection of Animals : Salary


125.00


125.00


125.00


HIGHWAYS


Highway Dept : Appropriation (Includes


salary and wages)


22,000.00


21,978.81


21.19


19,000.00


Snow Removal


8,500.00


From "Reserve"


3,858.92


12,358.92


8,500.00


Care of Town Dumps : Expense Rental


200.00


199.40


.60


200.00


Road Machinery Account


300.00


299.99


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Art. 7


New Equipment


3,000.00


911.50


2,088.50


3,000.00


Highway Lighting


5,650.00


5,453.94


196.06


5,650.00


Chapter 90 Maintenance :


From "Town"


1,350.00


1,000.00


From "State & County"


2,700.00


4,050.00


Street Construction :


Relocation at Bow & Concord Roads Bal. 1/1/45


53.42


51.30


2.12


50


50.00


Relocation at Waltham & Concord Roads Bal. 1/1/45 From "Reserve"


59.95


42.45 102.40


WELFARE


Public Welfare Board :


Salaries : Board


300.00


300.00


300.00


Agent


1,388.00


1,267.10


120.90


1,542.00


Visitor


1,220.00


1,220.00


1,385.00


Transportation


400.00


294.67


105.33


400.00


Expense : Rents, etc.


100.00


100.00


100.00


Temporary Aid : Appropriation


11,000.00


7,311.00


3,689.00


12,000.00


Aid to Dependent Children :


Appropriation


3,900.00


3,894.29


5.71


4,500.00


Federal Grants : Maintenance


Bal. 1/1/45


1.47


Received 1945


1,046.11


826.23


221.35


Administration


Bal. 1/1/45


8.00


Received 1945


61.85


69.85


Old Age Assistance :


Appropriation


29,000.00


27,725.33


1,274.67


35,000.00


Federal Grants : Maintenance


Received 1945


16,962.19


16,636.95


325.24


Administration


Received 1945


565.35


476.68


88.67


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1945


1945 Appropriated Expended


1945


1946


Balance Recommended


SOLDIERS' BENEFITS State & Military Aid : State Aid Military Aid World War II-Allowance


1,000.00


582.24


417.76


1,000.00


200.00


200.00


200.00


1,500.00


101.00


1,399.00


1,500.00


150.00


150.00


150.00


Soldiers' Relief : Agent : Salary Expense


100.00


41.40


58.60


100.00


Maintenance


1,000.00


514.40


485.60


1,000.00


EDUCATION Schools-General Control :


Superintendent : Salary


2,312.50


2,312.50


2,437.50


Other Expense


1,887.50


1,475.95


411.55


2,021.25


Instruction : Teachers-Salaries


50,190.00


47,954.25


2,235.75


54,100.00


Textbooks & Supplies


3,000.00


2,999.77


.23


3,400.00


Operation of School Plant :


Janitors' Salaries & Substitutes


4,850.00


4,635.01


214.99


5,550.00


Fuel & Miscellaneous From "Reserve"


467.60


4,867.60


4,800.00


Building & Equipment : Maintenance & Outlays


1,000.00


1,000.00


2,000.00


Auxiliary Agencies : Transportation


8,100.00


7,945.00


155.00


8,100.00


Health & Physical Education


650.00


650.00


650.00


Libraries


300.00


299.71


.29


300.00


4,400.00


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Sundries School Bldgs. & Grounds General Repairs Center Elementary School Bldg. Addition Bal. 1/1/45


100.00


81.26


18.74 100.00


15,500.00


9,733.79


5,766.21


6,500.00


6,500.00


School-Hall Rental Account


200.00


25.00


175.00


75.00


Vocational Tuition


1,000.00


From "Reserve"


1.94


1,001.94


1,500.00


Fund : High School Flag Pole


44.00


44.00


Gifts from Donation Fund Income


16.70


10.20


6.50


Library & Reading Room : Appropriation


3,800.00


4,300.00


From "Dog Licenses"


819.06


4,112.48


506.58


Art. 3


Library Funds' Income


Bal. 1/1/45


208.83


Received 1945


1,089.62


1,253.36


45.09


Library Bldg. : Heating & Insulating


6,100.00


1,328.49


4,771.51


General Repairs


1,800.00


1,800.00


RECREATION


Park Commission : Expense


1,000.00


From "Reserve"


60.83


1,060.83


1,500.00


Life Guard-Dudley Pond


300.00


297.66


2.34


300.00


Baldwin's Pond


300.00


300.00


300.00


UNCLASSIFIED Reserve Fund


8,000.00


5,905.69


2,094.31


2,000.00


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1945 Appropriated


1945 Expended 394.63


1946 Balance Recommended 1945


Memorial Day Town Clocks :


From "Reserve"


20.00


110.00


150.00


650.00


629.00


21.00


650.00


400.00


347.00


53.00


450.00


2,850.00


From "Reserve" Refund


104.63


3,014.97


39.66


2,500.00


Notices of Meetings


100.00


100.00


Legion Post Quarters : Rent


600.00


600.00


600.00


Honor Rolls : Bal. 1/1/45


Expense


100.00


1,399.36


.64


100.00


Temporary Bonus


3,287.00


2,826.37


460.63


3,500.00


Committee on Rehabilitation: Expense


Bal. 1/1/45


195.92


19.50


176.42


Cochituate Civic Building : Bal. 1/1/45


500.00


Expense


1,000.00


1,500.00


Art. 9


Welfare Claims for 1939 and Prior Years Bal. 1/1/45


500.00


500.00


Purchase of Land in Riverview Terrace


Bal. 1/1/45


925.35


From "Appropriation"


500.00


13.08


1,412.27


Committee on Public Safety : Expense : Bal. 1/1/45


1,398.30


106.09


1,292.21


5.37


400.00


400.00


90.00


Town Reports Surety Bonds Insurance


100.00


1,300.00


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Rationing Board-O P A No. 138 :


Expense : Bal. 1/1/45 Mass. State Guard : Bal. 1/1/45 Expense PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE Water Dept .: Salaries :


125.13


36.12


89.01


123.27


400.00


126.53


396.74


Commissioners


150.00


150.00


150.00


Clerk


300.00


300.00


300.00


Assistant Clerk


100.00


100.00


100.00


Maintenance : Hydrants


3,000.00


3,000.00


From "Water Available Surplus"


8,700.00


10,321.28


1,378.72


Art. 5


CEMETERIES


Cemeteries : Salaries : Clerk


100.00


100.00


100.00


Maintenance


2,600.00


2,549.63


50.37


2,600.00


Rehabilitation Work-North Cemetery Bal. 1/1/45


405.50


405.50


Cemetery Service : Maintenance


800.00


From "Reserve"


150.00


936.03


13.97


800.00


Cemeteries-General Improvement :


Bal. 1/1/45


171.88


78.00


93.88


Cemetery P. C. Funds' Income :


Bal. 1/1/45


869.93


Received 1945


690.30


406.01


1,154.22


Parmenter Cemetery Fund Income : Bal. 1/1/45


258.88


Received 1945


140.00


12.00


386.88


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1945 1945 Appropriated Expended


1945 1946 Balance Recommended


MATURING DEBT AND INTEREST Interest :


High School Notes


1,170.00


1,170.00


1,040.00


Miscellaneous


50.00


50.00


50.00


Water Main Extension Notes


From "Water Available Surplus"


120.00


120.00


Art. 5


Maturing Debt :


High School Notes


4,000.00


4,000.00


4,000.00


Water Main Extension Notes


From "Water Available Surplus"


2,000.00


2,000.00


Art. 5


$248,614.75


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Article 4. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1946, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than a year in accord- ance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.


Voted unanimously that the Town authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1946, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than a year, in accord- ance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.


Article 5. To see if the Town will appropriate funds for :


(1) "Water Main Extension Notes maturing in 1946"-pay- ment of principal-$2,000;


(2) "Water Main Extension Notes maturing in 1946"-pay- ment of interest due in 1946-$40;


(3) "Water Department Maintenance"-$9,500;


(4) Purchase of a new truck-$1,200;


(5) Purchase of a compressor unit and accessories-$3,000; and will authorize the Water Board to sell or otherwise dispose of the truck now in their possession, the entire appropriation to be taken from "Water Available Surplus," or do or act.


Voted unanimously that the Town appropriate the follow- ing amounts for :


(1) "Water Main Extension Notes Maturing in 1946"- pay- ment of principal-$2,000;


(2) "Water Main Extension Notes Maturing in 1946"-pay- ment of interest due in 1946-$40;


(3) "Water Department Maintenance"-$9,500;


(4) Purchase of a new truck-$1,200;


(5) Purchase of a compressor unit and accessories-$3,000 ;


and authorize the Water Board to sell or otherwise dispose of the truck now in their possession, the entire appropriation to be taken from "Water Available Surplus."


Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess a sum of money for the reconstruction and improvement of Old Connecticut Path, said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State or County,


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or both, for this purpose, the work to be done by the Road Commissioners, or take any action in relation thereto.


Voted unanimously that the Town appropriate and assess the sum of $8,000 for the reconstruction and improvement of Old Connecticut Path, said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State or County, or both, for this purpose, the work to be done by the Road Commissioners.


Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate for "Road Machinery Account" the sum of $1,500, the money to be taken from "Road Machinery Fund," or do or act.


Voted unanimously that the Town appropriate $1,500 for "Road Machinery Account," the money to be taken from "Road Machinery Fund."


Article 8. To see if the Town will appropriate and assess a sum of money for the repair of the roof of the Public Library building in Wayland and act upon the question of authorizing the making of contracts therefor by the Trustees of the Way- land Public Library and the payment of bills therefor on ap- proval of said Trustees, or do or act.


Voted unanimously that the Town appropriate and assess the sum of $3,500 for the repair of the roof of the Public Library Building in Wayland and act upon the question of authorizing the making of contracts therefor by the Trustees of the Wayland Public Library and the payment of bills there- for on approval of said Trustees.


Article 9. To see if the Town will appropriate and assess a sum of money for the completion of plans and specifications for a Civic Center Building to be located in the Village of Cochituate, the money to be spent under the supervision of the committee designated by the vote of the Town Meeting under Article 7 at the Annual Meeting held March 8, 1944, or do or act.


Mr. Chester H. Hobbs read a report of the doings of the Building Committee Civic Center Building in Cochituate and recommendations that the project be held in abeyance until the next Annual Town Meeting.


Voted that this article be passed over.


Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess a sum of money for the regrading, resurfacing and re- seeding of lands in the rear of the Wayland High School which


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are now under the supervision of the Park Board and/or School Committee and for the laying out and equipping of a baseball diamond, football field and play areas for general recreational purposes, or do or act.


Voted that the Town appropriate and assess the sum of $8,000 for the regrading, resurfacing and reseeding of lands in the rear of the Wayland High School which are now under the supervision of the Park Board and/or School Committee and for the laying out and equipping of a baseball diamond, football field and play areas for general recreational purposes, the work to be done under the supervision of a joint committee of five, consisting of two members of the School Committee, to be designated by that Committee, two members of the Park Board, to be designated by that Board and a fifth member-at-large to be selected by the four so designated.


Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to amend the existing zoning by-laws, section IX, paragraphs E and F as follows : in every instance where the wording "Residence Zone 15,000 sq. ft. 100 ft. Front" appears, it shall be amended to read : "Residence Zone 20,000 sq. ft. 125 ft. Front," and, in every instance where the wording "Residence Zone 20,000 sq. ft. 110 ft. Front" appears, it shall be amended to read : "Residence Zone 40,000 sq. ft. 150 ft. Front," or to amend said by-laws by increasing the area and/or frontage required by said paragraphs E and F, or either of them, or do or act.


Mr. Howard S. Russell read a report with respect to Arti- cle 11 proposing certain amendments in Zoning Laws.


Voted to lay this matter on the table.


Mr. Edmund Sears acted as Moderator during the discus- sion under Article 11.


Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to amend that part of the by-laws of the Town known as the "Building Code" adopted at the Annual Town Meeting in March, 1941, in any one or more of the following respects :


(1) To amend Chapter 2 to increase the fees for building per- mits from $2 to $5 for work costing less than $5,000 and to in- crease the fee from $1 to $5 for each additional $5,000 of cost or fraction thereof by striking out the second, third and fourth paragraphs of said Chapter and inserting in place thereof the following paragraphs :


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The fees for building permits shall be paid by the appli- cant and shall be as follows :


If the cost of the proposed work is $5,000 or less-$5.


If the cost of the proposed work exceeds $5,000, the further sum of $5 for each additional $5,000 or fraction thereof.


(2) To amend that part of said by-laws entitled, "Wayland Plumbing Code" to increase the fees for plumbing permits for new work from $2 to $5, for alterations costing less than $50, from nothing to $2 and for alterations costing over $50, from $1 to $3, by striking out the third paragraph of said by-laws, entitled "Wayland Plumbing Code" and inserting in place there- of, the following paragraph :


The permit fee shall be :


(a) For new work-$5.


(b) For alterations or addition to existing work : (1) Costing less than $50-$2.


(2) Costing $50 or more-$3.


(3) To amend that part of said by-laws entitled, "Electrical Rules for the Town of Wayland" to change the amount of fees to be charged for permits by striking out Section 3, which pro- vides for such permits for new work-$2 and alterations-$1, so that said Section 3, as amended, shall read as follows :


Section 3. The permit fee shall be : New Work, two wire service-$2. New Work, three wire service-$3. Alterations-$2.


or to see if the Town will amend said by-laws by changing the fees to be paid for permits in any other manner or extent, or do or act.


Voted to pass over this Article.


Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to accept, or take any other action in regard to, Chapter 723 of the Acts and Re- solves of 1945, which provides, in case of acceptance, for the establishment and maintenance of a department for the purpose of furnishing information, advice and assistance to veterans of World War II, or other veterans as therein specified, or do or act.


Voted to pass over this Article.


Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to establish a minimum salary for full-time employees who are being paid an


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annual salary and who have been in the employ of the Town for twenty consecutive years or more, or take any other action in regard to salaried employees with long service records.


Voted to pass over this Article.


Voted not to reconsider the vote.


Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Board of Selectmen to urge favorable action by the Legislature on a bill by which the office of Chief of Police of the Town of Wayland would be removed from the operation of the civil ser- vice laws of the Commonwealth, or do or act.


Voted that the Town instruct the Board of Selectmen to urge favorable action by the Legislature on a bill by which the office of Chief of Police of the Town of Wayland would be re- moved from the civil service laws of the Commonwealth.


Article 16. To see if the Town will appoint a committee : (1) to make a complete study and survey of the necessity and desirability of extendng water mains in those streets and roads of the Town not now served by the Town's water system; (2) to arrive at a conclusion as to the order in which the project should be done; (3) to advise the Town as to the overall re- quirements of the water system-the committee to include in its considerations : the water supply available, pumping equipment, storage capacity, adequacy of existing mains, the areas of prob- able development and the cost, and return-to the Town of any recommendations it may care to make, or do or act.


Voted that there be appointed a committee of five to con- sist of the three members of the Water Board, one member of the Planning Board and one member of the Finance Committee, the latter two to be designated by their respective group, with an addition of two members at large not on any other Town committee to act in an advisory capacity.


(1) to make a complete study and survey of the necessity and desirability of extending water mains in those streets and roads of the Town not now served by the Town's water system;


(2) to arrive at a conclusion as to the order in which the pro- jects should be done and how they shall be financed ;


(3) to advise the Town as to the over-all requirements of the .water system ;


the Committee to include in its considerations : the water supply available, pumping equipment, storage capacity, adequacy of


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existing mains, the areas of probale development and the cost and return to the Town of any recommendations it may care to make; and that there be appropriated the sum of $1,500 for the purposes outlined in the article, said sum to be taken from "Water Available Surplus."


Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess a sum of money necessary for the extension of a water main along Stonebridge Road and the Riverview Terrace sec- tion of Wayland, or do or act.


Voted not to extend a water main along Stonebridge Road and the Riverview Section.


Article 18. To see if the Town will appropriate and assess or otherwise provide a sum of money to install water in Rice Road, a public way in the Town of Wayland, or across private land, and that the Water Board be requested to make a study of said project so that a plan, and cost, can be presented to the Town at its Annual Meeting in March, 1946.


Voted to pass over this Article.


Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess a sum of money necessary for the extension of a water main along Oxbow Road, a distance of approximately 2,640 feet, or do or act.


Voted to pass over this Article.


Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess a sum of money necessary for the extension of a water main from Sherman Bridge Road along Alpine Road, a distance of approximately 1,500 feet, or do or act.


Voted not to extend a water main on Alpine Road.


Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess a sum of money necessary to extend, install and main- tain a fire alarm system in the Stonebridge-Riverview Terrace section of Wayland, or do or act.


Voted to pass over this Article.


Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate $3,000 yearly for the collection of garbage in the Town of Way- land, or do or act.


Voted that the Town authorize the Board of Selectmen, acting with the Board of Health, to arrange for a system of garbage collection through a one-year contract, with an option


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for a further period of two years, the contractor to have the right to collect garbage throughout the Town under rules and regulations promulgated by the Board of Health, the Selectmen to require that an Adequate Performance Bond be deposited and that the Town appropriate and assess the sum of $3,000 the whole or any portion of this amount to be expended toward the payment of a year's service under the contract.


Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a publc Town way, under the Betterment Act, the way known as "Lake Drive" in that part of the Town known as Cochituate, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen and shown on a plan or plans on file with the Town Clerk; to authorize the Board of Select- men to acquire any necessary land by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise and to appropriate and assess a sum of money to cover the acquisition of such land and the construction of said public Town way, or do or act.


Voted to pass over this Article.


Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public Town way under the Betterment Act, the way known as "Alpine Road" as laid out by the Board of Selectmen and shown on a plan or plans on file with the Town Clerk ; to author- ize the Board of Selectmen to acquire any necessary land by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise and to appropriate and assess a sum of money to cover the acquisition of such land and the construction of said public Town way, or do or act.


Voted to pass over the Article.


Article 25. To see if the Town will designate names for certain public ways not hitherto officially named or for which more than one name may be in use, or do or act.


Voted that the way now or formerly known as Shore Drive situated at the end of Lake Road in Cochituate be hereafter known as Edgewood Road Extension.


Voted that the way now or formerly known as Lake Drive leading from Main Street in Cochituate be hereafter designated as Pond Drive.


Voted that the way now or formerly known as Lake Path situated on Dudley Pond be hereafter included in the way called Lake Shore Drive and be so designated.


Voted that the way now or formerly known as Ice House Road be designated as Matthews Drive.


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Voted that the way leading from Main Street, Cochituate to Cross Street being the way next South of Curtis Road be known as Doran Road.


Voted that the way variously known as Water Row, Water Road, Old Lancaster Turnpike and by other designations lead- ing from opposite the Wheeler property near the Sudbury Line to Old Sudbury Road be hereafter designated as Water Row.


Voted that the way laid out by the Selectmen as a town road in 1835 leading from Pelham Island Road toward the house of John Erwin be known as Erwin Road.


Voted that the following ways formerly known as Glen Street, Morse Street and East Street at Wayland Center be hereafter known respectively as Glen Road, Morse Road and East Road.


Article 26. To see if the Town will approve and accept an official Town map, or take any action relative thereto.


Voted unanimously that the Town approve as a standard map for the official use of its officers and departments the out- line map of the Town prepared in the year 1945 by Everett Brooks, C. E., in connection with surveys made under the direc- tion of the Board of Assessors and the Planning Board, and showing accurately the boundaries, roads, waters and water courses of the town; and further that the Town approve the names of the town ways thereon designated (including any actions taken under Article 25) ; the original of said map to be kept in the custody of the Planning Board. Be it further pro- vided, however, that this action is not to be held to constitute the adoption of an "official map" as set forth in section 81C, Chapter 41 of the General Laws.




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