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W. E. Rogers, Esq., read a written report to the effect that the committee had carefully looked into the matter and arrived at the conclusion that they could find no better lot than the one they recommended at the annual meeting, viz. : the lot at the corner of Dell avenue and Converse street; that Mr. Charles S. Hanks, however, had withdrawn a portion of his offer of a lot free of expense to the town; that the commit- tee made no recommendation, but would advise the appointment of a committee with full power to pur- chase land and erect a school building thereon. The committee, furthermore, asked to be discharged.
Voted. To accept the report.
Motion to indefinitely postpone lost.
Motion to lay on table lost.
Voted. To refer the matter back to the same committee with instructions to look up three suitable lots, with prices and other particulars, and report to the town at a future meeting. Mr. Rogers declined to serve on the committee any longer and the moderator appointed W. S. Greenough in his place.
Art. 7. To see if the town will purchase a lot of land in the west part of the town and erect a school building thereon in accordance with the recommendations of the committee reporting under the next preceding article
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of this warrant, and raise and appropriate money therefor, or what action it will take in the matter.
In view of the action taken under article 6, it was voted that article 7 be indefinitely postponed.
Art. 8. To see if the town will authorize its road commis- sioners to pay out of the appropriation for edgestones one-half of the cost of edgestones and the setting there- of in front of the premises of William N. Tyler, as ordered by the town in the year 1894, or what it will do about it.
Voted. That the road commissioners pay William N. Tyler the sum of $18.77 out of the appropriation for edge- stones, for the purpose stated in the above article.
Art. 9. To see if the town will authorize its municipal light board to sell the power generator heretofore used to furnish power to the electric railway company, or what it will do about it.
. Voted. On motion of Chairman S. W. Flint of the muni- cipal light board, that the board be authorized to sell the power generator, etc., the proceeds to be used towards the running expenses of the electric plant.
Voted. To dissolve this meeting.
TOWN MEETING, MAY 27, 1895.
Meeting called to order by the town clerk.
Article 1. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting. Edward A. Upton was chosen moderator.
Art. 2. To see what action, if any, the town will take in reference to an act entitled " An Act to provide for a metropolitan water supply", now pending in the legis- lature of said Commonwealth.
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George H. Towle, Esq., offered the following resolve :
"Resolved, that while the town of Wakefield favors the idea of a metropolitan water supply. provided all sources of supply and all water works within the district are taken by the commission. and the expense equitably assessed throughout the district, it is unalterably opposed to the passage of .House Bill No. 1275, if it shall in any way be so amended as to levy any assessment on this town until such time as the town shall voluntarily request that water. be supplied to it from the metropolitan works."
Voted. To adopt the resolution.
Voted. That copies of the resolution be sent to the senator and representative from this district.
Art. 3. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate for town hall repairs in addition to the sum appropriated for that purpose at the last annual meeting.
Voted: $415.
Art. 4. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars for the purpose of lighting the gas in the town hall by electricity, or what it will do about it.
Voted. $150.
Art. 5. To see if the town will cause to be moved to the intersection of Farm street and Nahant street, and near to the hydrant there situate, the building now at the town farm, in which the hose carriage is now kept, and authorize the use and occupation of said building as a hose house by the Woodville hose company, and raise and appropriate money therefor, or what it will do about it.
Voted. To refer to a committee of five, consisting of Dan- iel Evans, W. A. Cutter, Richard. Britton, C. A. Dean and Levi Flanders.
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Art. 6. To see if the town will place two hydrants upon Oak street, the same to be located by the fire engineers, and raise and appropriate money therefor, or what it will do about.
Voted. To place the hydrants as asked for, and $70 was appropriated.
Voted. To dissolve this meeting.
TOWN MEETING, AUGUST 26, 1895.
Article 1. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting. Edward A. Upton was elected moderator.
Art. 2. To see if the town will erect an engine house upon that portion of the town farm opposite the fire hydrant located near to the intersection of Nahant street and Farm street, and appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars therefor, and appoint a committee to carry the same into execution, or what it will do about it.
The committee presented a report which was ruled out of order.
· Motion to appropriate $500 lost.
Motion to reconsider lost.
Art. 3. To act upon the subject of appropriating a suffi- cient sum of money to pay John G. Morrill the propor- . tion of the expenses allowed by the town in building a concrete sidewalk on Railroad street in 1893, as per agreement by the road commissioners of that year, or what action it will take in the matter.
Voted. $50 to pay the above, at 50 cents per square yard, after same had been measured.
Art. 4. To see if the town will accept the provisions of
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chapter three hundred and seventy-four of the acts of the year 1895.
Voted. To do so.
Motion to reconsider lost.
Voted. To take up article 7.
Art. 7. To see what action the town will take in the com- pletion of Jordan avenue from Converse street to Albion street, as ordered by the county commissioners, or what the town will do in relation thereto.
Voted. To refer this article to the road commissioners, to report at the November meeting.
Art. 5. To see if the town will vote that articles in the warrants for town meetings shall not be acted upon earlier than eight o'clock a. m., with the exception of the articles for moderator, and for balloting for officers as now provided in the statutes.
Voted. To indefinitely postpone.
Art. 6. To see if the town will appropriate and pay the following sums of money, to wit: To Thomas Curley, the sum of ninety dollars; to F. H. Thorndike, the sum of forty dollars ; to the estate of Fred H. Royal, deceased, the sum of sixty-five dollars : to C. A. Cole- man, the sum of thirty-five dollars ; and to Daniel G. Walton the sum of fifteen dollars ; being the amounts severally awarded by the county commissioners of said county to pay land damages occasioned by the building of Gould street, or what it will do about it.
Voted. $245.
Voted. To adjourn to Thursday evening, August 29, 1895, at 7.30 p. m.
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ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, AUGUST 29, 1895.
Meeting called to order by the moderator.
Article 8. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of three hundred dollars for the tuition of children of Greenwood and Boyntonville, who attend schools in other towns, or what it will do about it.
Voted. $300.
Art. 9. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of two thousand dollars for the purpose of extending the street gas mains, when residents on the line of proposed ex- tensions will guarantee an income of not less than five per cent. per annum of the cost of such extension for a period of ten years, or what it will do about it.
Voted. $2,000.
Art. 10. To hear and act on the report of the committee appointed relative to the selection of a school lot in the west part of the town.
W. S. Greenough presented the following report :
Iu compliance with a vote of the town your committee have examined and report three lots as follows : 1st, a lot on the cor- ner of Converse street and Dell avenue, belonging to Dr. Charles Jordan. 2d, a lot on the north side of Gould street, belonging to E. E. Proctor. 3d, a lot on the south side of Chestnut street. known as the John Raynor lot.
The Jordan lot, 150x200 feet, containing 30,000 square feet, can be purchased for $750, or a piece 150x225 feet for $1000. According to estimates of responsible parties the expense of grad- ing would be about $600.
The Proctor lot would cost $3,000 for 30,000 feet.
The Raynor lot contains about 37,520 feet, for about seven
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cents per foot, and can be bought for $2,500 exclusive of grading.
Respectfully submitted.
C. H. SPENCER, WM. S. GREENOUGH, R. P. BUZZELL, A. H. THAYER.
Voted. To accept the report.
Voted. To refer the report back to the same committee, and that they be authorized to secure the refusal of the lot offered by Dr. Charles Jordan and report at a fu- ture town meeting.
Voted. To take up article 5.
Voted. That articles in the warrants for annual town meetings shall not be acted upon earlier in the day than 7.30 p. m., with the exception of the articles for mod- erator and for balloting for officers as now provided in . the statutes.
Art. 11. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of fifteen hundred dollars for the repairs of highways and bridges, in addition to the sum appropriated at the last annual town meeting, or what it will do about it. Voted. $1,500.
Art. 12. To see what additional sum of money the town will appropriate for concrete work, to be used in the repair of sidewalks and gutters.
Voted. $300.
Voted. To dissolve this meeting ..
TOWN MEETING, SEPTEMBER 16, 1895.
Article 1. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting. Jacob C. Hartshorne was elected town clerk pro tem
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Edward A. Upton was elected moderator.
Art. 2. To hear and act upon the report of the committee appointed at the town meeting held March 15, 1894, to purchase a school lot in the west part of the town.
Motion to indefinitely postpone was lost.
Voted. To lay this article on the table.
Art. 3. To see if the town will empower the committee appointed by the town March 15, 1894, relative to the purchase of a school lot in the west part of the town, to purchase the lot belonging to Dr. Charles Jordan, situated on the corner of Converse street and Jordan avenue, so called, and appropriate money for the pur- chase and grading of said lot, or what action it will take in the matter.
Motion to indefinitely postpone lost.
Voted. On motion of S. W. Flint, that a committee con- sisting of Charles H. Spencer, R. P. Buzzell, W. S. Greenough, Edson W. White and Ashton H. Thayer be authorized to purchase the lot belonging to Dr. Charles Jordan, situated on the corner of Converse street and Jordan avenue, so called, and that $1,300 be appropriated for the purchase and grading of the lot.
Art. 4. To see if the town will cause a fire hydrant to be located at or near the intersection of Melvin street and · Water street and appropriate money therefor, or what it will do about it.
Voted. That the engineers be authorized to locate a hy- drant at or near the intersection of Melvin street and Water street, and appropriate $20 therefor.
Art. 5. To see if the town will cause a fire alarm box to be located at or near the intersection of Melvin street
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and Water street and appropriate money therefor, or what it will do about it.
Voted. On motion of Col. Woodward, to locate the box. and $75 was appropriated.
Art. 6. To see if the town will cause three fire hydrants to be located in Wakefield Park under the direction of
.the board of fire engineers and appropriate money therefor, or what it will do about it.
Voted. On motion of Engineer Flanders, to appropriate $60 for the purpose.
Art. 7. To see if the town will appropriate money for re- pairing the steam fire engine, or what it will do about it. Voted. $434.70.
Voted. To dissolve this meeting.
STATE ELECTION, NOVEMBER 5, 1895.
Pursuant to a warrant duly drawn and served, the voters assembled at six o'clock in the forenoon at their respective polling places on Tuesday, the fifth day of November, A. D. 1895, at six o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to give in their votes on one ballot for Governor; for Lieutenant Governor; for Secretary ; for Treasurer and Receiver General ; for Auditor; for Attorney General of the Commonwealth; for a Coun- cillor for the Sixth Councillor District; for a Senator for the Sixth Middlesex Senatorial District; for a Representative to the General Court to represent the Thirteenth Middlesex Representative District; for a District Attorney for the Northern District; for one County Commissioner for said county ; for two special County Commissioners for said county, and for a Sheriff for said county ; and also in conformity to the
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authority given by Chapter 436 of the Legislative Acts of A. D. 1895, to give in their votes on the same bal- lot, "Yes" or "No", for or against, in answer to the following question : "Is it expedient that Municipal Suffrage be granted to women ?"
The form of the ballot shall be as follows: Is it expedient that Municipal Suffrage be granted to wo- men ? "Yes," "No."
The polling place for the inhabitants of Voting Pre- cinct numbered One, qualified to vote as aforesaid, will be the town hall in said town of Wakefield.
The polling place for the inhabitants of Voting Pre- cinct numbered Two, qualified to vote as aforesaid, will be the Greenwood hose house, situated on Oak street in that part of said town of Wakefield known as Green- wood.
The polls in each of said voting precincts will be open at six o'clock in the forenoon on said fifth day of November, and will be closed at thirty minutes past four o'clock in the afternoon upon the same day.
The meeting was called to order and the warrant read by Town Clerk Charles F. Hartshorne, who swore in the following election officers :
William B. Daniel, Hoyt B. Parker, J. Fred Parker, Alstead W. Brownell, Chas. A. Dean, Edward H. Walton, Richard J. Cuff, James F. Garraty, Ezra M. Southworth, Cornelius Donovan, Charles L. Jones, James F. Curley.
The following tellers were sworn in by Warden Wil- liam B. Daniel :
W. W. Taft, Alex. S. Johnston, P. J. Kelly, E. P. McDonald, C. H. Sweetser, Stanley A. Mansfield, R. F. Draper, Jr., George E. Hart, Fred S. Hartshorne,
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James A. Hickey, Chas. E. Walton, E. S. Jacob, S. T. Parker, H. A. Simonds.
W. J. Kelly was appointed ballot clerk in the place of Cornelius Donovan who had resigned.
The ballot was examined and found empty and regis- tering 000.
It was then located and the key given in charge of Jeremiah D. Murphy, officer.
The polls were declared closed at 4.30 p. m., the ballot showing at that time that 1,245 votes had been cast.
On the count this proved to be correct, 1,199 males and 46 women having voted.
The polls were opened at Precinct Two by Thomas F. Ringer, warden, who swore in the following election officers and tellers :
Ashton H. Thayer, Roy D. Jones, H. W. Walton, N. A. Heath, F. M. Staples, Chas. W. Locklin, Arthur E. Parks, R. L. Pitman, W. G. Eaton, H. P. Alden, J. A. Sale, A. E. Duffill, A. M. Baxter.
At the closing of the polls 152 males and 5 women had voted.
RESULT OF BALLOT FOR PRECINCTS NOS. 1 AND 2.
Precincts. 1
Total.
2
GOVERNOR.
Elbridge Gerry Brown, P.
·
63
4
67
Frederick T. Greenhalge, R.
701
122
823
Edward Kendall, Pr.
21
3
24
Moritz E. Ruther, S.
8
0
8
George Fred Williams, D.
·
371
19
390
Blank,
.
35
4
39
·
43
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
Thomas C. Buddington, P.
68
4
72
James S. Grinnell, D.
·
342
17
359
Patrick F. O'Neil, S.
14
0
14
Edward S. Rogers, Pr.
·
25
5
30
Roger Wolcott, R.
· 686
120
806
Blank,
64
6
70
SECRETARY.
Edward J. Flynn, D.
331
7
338
Joseph J. Maloney, S.
12
0
12
Charles D. Nash, P.
65
5
70
William M. Olin, R.
695
116
811
Willard O. Wylie, Pr.
17
13
30
Blank,
79
11
90
TREASURER.
Martin W. Moran, P.
56
0
56
Wilbur M. Purrington, Pr.
21
2
33
Edward P. Shaw, R.
684
117
801
Eben S. Stevens, D.
333
15
348
Charles N. Wentworth, S. .
16
1
17
Blank,
·
89
17
106
AUDITOR.
John W. Kimball, R.
669
115
784
Frederick A. Nagler, S.
8
0
8
Andrew H. Paton, P.
58
0
58
Herman T. Regnell, Pr.
22
3
25
Alfred C. Whitney, D.
338
18
356
Blank,
104
16
120
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Frank M. Forbush, Pr.
22
8
30
Henry F. Hurlhurt, D.
342
17
359
Hosea M. Knowlton, R.
672
114
786
Squire E. Putney, S.
16
0
16
Conrad Reno, P.
54
1
55
Blank,
-
.
? 93
12
105
.
.
.
.
.
.
·
·
44
COUNCILLOR.
John M. Harlow, R. .
701
118
819
Oliver A. Libby. D. .
357
21
378
Blank,
. 141
13
154
SENATOR.
Norman F. Hesseltine, D.
376
20
396
George A. Murray, Pr.
30
3
33
Arthur H. Wellman, R.
. 688
117
805
Blank,
.
105
12
17
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT.
Alexander C. Albee, P.
55
4
59
Silas W. Flint, R.
531
110
641
Edward A. Upton, D.
577
34
611
P. S. Roberts, .
2
0
2
Blank,
34
4
38
DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
Freeman Hunt, D.
361
22
383
Fred N. Wier, R.
689
111
800
Blank,
·
148
19
167
COUNTY COMMISSIONEB.
Francis Bigelow, R. .
713
117
830
Peter A. Fay. D.
340
13
353
Blank,
146
22
168
SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS.
Lyman Dike, R.
627
98
725
John A. Gately, D. .
284
14
298
Edward E. Thompson, R. .
526
72
598
Fred W. Trowbridge, 2d, D.
293
17
310
Blank,
. 668
103
771
SHERIFF.
Henry G. Cushing, R.
705
116
821
Frank J. Simonds, D.
363
20
383
Blank,
.
·
131
16
147
.
.
.
·
.
.
.
·
·
·
·
.
·
·
.
.
·
·
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MUNICIPAL SUFFRAGE FOR WOMEN.
Yes,
· 346
42
388
No,
.
.
·
634
73
707
Blank,
.
. 219
37
256
WOMEN'S VOTE.
Yes, .
· 43
5
48
No,
.
.
·
3
0
3
Voted. To adjourn to November 11, 1895.
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, NOV. 11, 1895.
Article 1. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting. Edward A. Upton was elected moderator.
Art. 2. To hear and act on the report of the committee chosen to purchase a school lot in Greenwood.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE.
The committee appointed at the Town Meeting held March 20, 1893, to select a school-house lot in Greenwood, selected a piece of land on Pitman avenue, between Greenwood and Madison avenues, as a suitable lot for the purpose and recommended its pur- chase by the town, but being unable to make favorable terms with one of the owners, it was decided to purchase another lot equally accessible, and which lot has since been purchased, extending through from Greenwood avenue to Main street. It is a narrow lot, and an additional strip twenty-five or thirty feet wide on Main street and running back to a point is needed to make it of suitable width. A strip of this width could be taken from the adjoining Garey estate without injury to that property and your committee would respectfully recommend that the selectmen be instructed to take by right of eminent domain the necessary
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amount of land, not exceeding thirty feet in width, provided satis- factory terms cannot be arranged for its purchase by the commit- tee, and we would respectfully ask for further time.
[Signed]
A. H. THAYER, P. S. ROBERTS, H. H. SAVAGE, T. E. BALCH,
Committee.
Voted. £ That the committee be given further time.
Voted. That the selectmen be instructed to take the amount of land required (not exceeding thirty feet) on Main street, in accordance with sections 48 and 49 of the Public Statutes of Massachusetts, provided satisfac- tory terms cannot be made by the committee for its purchase.
Art. 3. To see if the town will erect a school building on the lot of land recently purchased by the town in Greenwood for school purposes, and authorize the town treasurer to hire money for a term of years to pay for the same, or what it will do about it.
Voted. That the town build a four-room brick school house in that part of the town called Greenwood, and that a committee of seven be appointed by the chair to procure plans and estimates and report at the March meeting. Above committee to include two members of the school committee and the superintendent of schools.
Chair appointed on this committee Chas. E. Hussey, Wm. S. Greenough, Ashton H. Thayer, Wm. H. Lee, Daniel Evans, H. W. Walton, Wm. F. Young.
Art. 4. To see if the town will appoint a committee to take into consideration a system of sewerage for the town of Wakefield, and also investigate the various sys- tems of sewerage and report to the town the probable
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cost of the same at the next town meeting, or what it will do about it.
Voted. That a committee of seven be appointed by the chair to take into consideration the system of sewerage for this town and to report at next March meeting.
Voted. That this committee be requested to incorporate in their report the methods adopted in other towns for levying and collecting assessments from abuttors.
Voted. That the committee report in print.
Voted. That the committee be instructed to make a special and early investigation of the need of a proper outlet for the sewage of the southerly part of the town, and report at an earlier or special town. meeting if they deem it advisable.
Chair appointed Samuel W. Abbott, Louis E. Hawes, H. H. Savage, Richard Britton, Michael Low, F. A. Gowen, Wm. G. Strong.
S. W. Abbott and Richard Britton declined to serve on this committee, and Wm. H. McCausland and E. A. Carlisle were appointed to fill these vacancies.
Art. 5. To hear and act on the report of the committee on the purchase by the town of the plant of the Wakefield water company.
Voted. To indefinitely postpone.
Art. 6. To hear and act on the report of the committee , chosen March 19, 1894, to consider the matter of se- lecting a school lot and purchasing plans for a school building for the west district.
Col. W. S. Greenough, for the committee, read a report relating to the history of this matter, including the purchase of the Jordan lot (on Converse street) for $750, and stating that an eight-room school building would cost $35,000 if built of brick and $29,000 if
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built entirely of wood.
Voted. To accept the report.
Voted. To lay the report on the table.
Art. 7. To see if the town will build a school building on the lot of land recently purchased by the town in the west district, and authorize the town treasurer to hire money on a term of years to pay for the same, or what it will do about it.
Motion to lay on the table lost.
Motion that the town build a school house on the lot recently purchased from Dr. Charles Jordan in the west district was under discussion when it was voted to adjourn to Thursday, November 14, 1895, at 7.30 p.m.
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, NOV. 14, 1895.
Acting under article 7, motion to lay on the table lost.
Voted. To build a school house on the lot recently pur- chased of Dr. Charles Jordan in the west district.
Voted. To build an eight room brick school house on above lot
Voted. That a committee of seven be appointed by the moderator to erect a school building in accordance with the vote just passed, said committee to consist of two members of the school committee, the superintendent of schools and four others
Chair appointed on this committee Chas. E. Hussey, A. H. Thayer, S. S. White, Wm. K. Perkins, F. O. Clark, James A. Hickey, A. W. Brownell.
Voted. That the town hire $36,000 for the purpose of building the new west district school house, the notes
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or bonds of the town to be issued, under the approval of the selectmen, payable $2,000 yearly for a period of eighteen years and included in the tax levy of each year for eighteen years, commencing with the year 1896.
M. Low then offered the following resolution which was adopted without a dissenting voice :
" Resolved, That it is the sense of this meeting that Col. William S. Greenough be requested to reconsider his decision to withdraw from the school committee."
Art. 8. To hear and act upon the report of the committee chosen at the town meeting of May 27, 1895, to take into consideration the erection of a hose house at or near the intersection of Farm street and Nahant street. Voted. To lay this article on the table.
Art. 9. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of eleven dollars to pay Joseph D. Alden for land taken by order of the county commissioners to widen Gould street, or what it will do about it.
Voted. $11.
Art. 10. To see if the town will accept the provisions of Chapter 331 of the Legislative Acts of the year 1888, relating to the taking of pickerel, or what it will do about it.
Voted. To do so.
Art. 11. To see if the town will authorize its municipal 'light board to furnish light all night, moon schedule, or what it will do about it.
Voted. On motion of A. E. Perry, that the lights be run from 5 a.m. till daylight from Nov. 15th to March 15th.
Art. 12. To see if the town will appoint a committee to make a full investigation of the present condition of the water works of the Wakefield water company, and
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obtain a reliable estimate of the cost of construction, efficiency and value of the works for the purposes of the town.
Voted. To indefinitely postpone.
Art. 13. To see if the town will vote an appropriation of money for the purposes specified in the next preceding article.
Voted. To indefinitely postpone.
Art. 14. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred dollars for edgestones where the abuttors agree to pay one-half the expense, or what it will do about it.
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