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On motion by Finance Committee
Voted: That the subject matter of this article be indefinitely postponed.
ARTICLE 8
Article 8. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars ($1000.00) for the purpose of improving the conditions of Lake Quannapowitt .- H. M. Tuttle and others.
On motion by Finance Committee
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 to carry out the purpose of Article 8.
ARTICLES 9, 17 AND 37
Article 9. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Park and Cemetery Commissioners to purchase or take for park purposes the
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whole or part of the parcel of land in the town bounded on the east by Lake Quannapowitt, on the north by the Quannapowitt Boulevard, on the west by North Ave., and on the south by Lakeside Cemetery and land of Gowing, supposed to be owned by the Boston Ice Co., and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor or issue notes or bonds therefor .- John J. Round and others.
Article 17. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $10,000 to construct a municipal bath house on the shores of Lake Quan- napowitt or authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow such sums as may be appropriated under this article .- George W. Abbott and others.
Article 37. To see if the town will vote to purchase the property on Lake Quannapowitt, known as the Hill property comprising about 14,000 sq. ft. of land lying on the northerly side of Spaulding St. with a lake frontage of 300 ft., more or less, together with an old boat house thereon, to be used for park purposes, and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money there- for, or vote to issue notes or bonds therefor .- Town Planning Board.
On motion by J. J. Round
Voted: That Articles 17 and 37 be taken up in connection with Article 9.
Unanimous vote.
Motion by Finance Committee that the subject matter of Article 9 be referred to a committee of five to report at a future town meeting.
Amendment by Bridge that Articles 17 and 37 be referred to the same committee.
Amendment by Young that the committee report at an adjournment of this meeting. Mr. Young's amendment was voted and original motion as amended was then voted.
On motion by Mr. Wakefield
Voted: That this meeting stand adjourned to Monday evening, March 18, at 7.30 o'clock.
Adjourned at 9.55 o'clock.
Attendance 600.
Committee under Articles 9, 17 and 37: John J. Round, Edward M. Bridge, George M. Poland, Augustus C. Wiswall, Charles F. Young.
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ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, MARCH 18, 1929
Meeting called to order at 7.35 o'clock by Moderator Eaton, Article 10 being in order.
ARTICLE 2
On motion by P. J. Tenney
Voted: That Article 2 be taken up.
Mr. Tenney, for the committee, submitted the nominations for Town Officers not chosen by ballot.
Planning Board
T. Fulton Parks Leon Reed
Field Drivers
Carroll Robey
Palmer Corbett George A. Bennett
Fence Viewers
Augustus M. Baxter Joseph W. Monahan Henry A. Feindel
Surveyors of Lumber
W. E. Knox, Henry A. Feindel, Edward G. Bowditch, F. E. Cutler, E. E. Prescott, L. E. Bennett, Willard Wing.
Recreation Committee
L. W. Churchill, Adelaide Boynton, Mabel Greenough, A. Philip Knight, Adelaide A. Shedd, Frank N. McIntire, Eugene Sullivan.
No other names being placed in nomination, on motion by Mr. Clemons
Voted: That the meeting proceed to ballot.
And by unanimous vote the above named persons were elected to their respective officers.
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ARTICLE 10
Article 10. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred dollars ($300) for H. M. Warren Post 12, G. A. R., for use in its observance of Memorial Day, 1929 .- Joseph W. Fuller and others.
Motion by Finance Committee
That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $250.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 10.
Amendment by Whitney.
That the amount of $250.00 be stricken out and $300.00 be inserted in place thereof.
Amendment carried and original motion as amended then voted.
ARTICLE 11
Article 11. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $200 for Memorial Day purposes, for the use of the United Spanish War Vet- erans .- Edward J. Gihon and others.
On motion by Finance Committee
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 to carry out the purpose of Article 11.
ARTICLE 12
Article 12 To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to lease for Corp. Charles E. Parker Camp, No. 39, United Spanish War Veterans, suit- able quarters, and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor .- Edward J. Gihon and others.
On motion by Finance Committee
Voted That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $120.00 to carry out the purpose of Article 12.
An amendment by Tenney to increase to $300.00 was withdrawn.
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ARTICLE 13
Article 13. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred dollars ($300.00) to cover expenses of the Corporal Harry E. Nelson Post, No. 63, American Legion, incurred in the observance of Mem- orial Day or what it will do about it .- Corp. Harry E. Nelson Post, No. 63, American Legion, by Harold A. McMann, Comdr.
Motion by Finance Committee
That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $250.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 13.
Amendment by P. J. Tenney.
That the amount of $250.00 be stricken out and $300.00 inserted in place thereof.
Amendment carried and original motion as amended then voted.
ARTICLE 14
Article 14. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) to pay the rent, heat and light of quarters for the Corporal Harry E. Nelson Post, No. 63, or what it will do about it. Corp. Harry E. Nelson Post, No. 63, American Legion, by Harold A. McMann, Comdr.
On motion by Finance Committee
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000 to carry out the purposes of Article 14.
ARTICLE 15
Article 15. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars ($100), to permanently mark the graves of Revolutionary soldiers buried within the Town of Wakefield, or otherwise act thereon .- Alice B. Fiske, Regent, Faneuil Hall Chapter, D. A. R., and others.
On motion by Finance Committee
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $100 to carry out the purposes of Article 15, to be expended under the supervision of the Selectmen.
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ARTICLE 16
Article 16. To see if the town will authorize the Municipal Light Dept. to transfer from its Operation Fund to its Construction Fund the sum of $49,340.54 which was the cash balance in the operation fund as of Decem- ber 31, 1928 .- Marcus Beebe, 2nd.
On motion by Finance Committee
Voted: That the town authorize the Municipal Light Department to transfer from its operating account to its construction account the sum of $49,340.54.
ARTICLE 18
Article 18. 'To see if the town will vote to purchase a 600-gallon pump fire truck, with booster, for use in the Greenwood District, and raise and appropriate the sum of $8,000 therefor, or see what the town will do about it .- Edward G. Lee and others.
On motion by Finance Committee
Voted: That action under this article be indefinitely postponed.
ARTICLE 19
Article 19. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $1000 to grade the playground in the Water Street district .- Micheal Sibelli and others.
On motion by Finance Committee
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $750 to carry out the purposes of Article 19, to be expended under the supervision of the Park Department.
An amendment by W. F. Bowman to increase to $1000 was lost.
ARTICLE 20
Article 20. To see if the town will raise and appropriate $1,700 to buy additional land for playground purposes adjoining the present play- ground in the Water Street district .- Micheal Sibelli and others.
On motion by Finance Committee
Voted: That the subject matter of Article 20 be referred to the Park Department to report at a future Town Meeting.
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ARTICLE 21
Article 21. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to rebuild the so-called Linden St. bridge over the Boston & Maine Railroad .- Board of Selectmen.
On motion by Finance Committee
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000 to carry out the purposes of Article 21.
ARTICLE 22
Article 22. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $411 to indemnify Police Officer Edwin M. Rowe for expenses and damages sustained by him to said amount caused by injury to him suffered through no fault of his own while in the actual performance of duty .- Board of Selectmen.
On motion by Finance Committee
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $411.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 22.
ARTICLE 23
Article 23. To see if the town will authorize and direct the Repre- sentative from Wakefield to introduce into the General Court a petition of the town, signed on its behalf, by the Board of Selectmen, for legislation which will authorize and empower the town to revoke its acceptance of the civil service laws placing the Chief of Police and Police Officers under the Civil Service laws and remove them from said Civil Service laws-Thomas F. Kenney.
Motion by Thomas F. Kenney
I move that the town authorize and direct the Representative from Wakefield to introduce into the General Court a petition of the town, signed on its behalf, by the Board of Selectmen, for legislation which will authorize and empower the town to revoke its acceptance of the Civil Service laws placing Chief of Police and Police Officers under the Civil Service laws and remove them from said Civil Service laws.
Mr. Kenney spoke at length on this article and was followed by Messrs. Dallinger, Peterson, Rogers, Young, Clemons, Tenney, Peck and others.
On motion by C. F. Young
Voted: That the subject matter of this article be indefinitely postponed.
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ARTICLE 24
Article 24. To see if the town will vote to build and equip an addition to the Montrose schoolhouse and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor or authorize the Treasurer to issue notes or bonds of the town therefor .- School Committee.
Finance Committee recommended that a committee of nine be ap- pointed to carry out the purposes of Article 24 and to increase the floor space of the Montrose School, and that the town raise and appropriate the sum of $6,000 and appropriate by a 10-year issue of bonds inside the debt limit, the sum of $59,000 to carry out the purposes of Article 24.
Motion by A. H. Boardman
That the sum of $65,000 is hereby appropriated for building and origi- nally equipping an addition to the Montrose schoolhouse which will increase the floor space of the said building. Of the said appropriation $6,000 shall be included in the tax levy of the current year and the remainder shall be raised by issuing bonds of the town to the amount of $59,000, which the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, is hereby authorized to issue and sell, such bonds to be payable in annual payments of $6,000 a year for the first nine years and $5,000 in the next year, and that a committee of nine be appointed to carry out the purposes of said Article 24.
Amendment by Mr. Whitney
That the superintendent of schools and Chairman of the School Com- mittee be members of the Committee.
Amendment voted and original motion as amended was unanimously voted.
On motion of L. P. Jordan
Voted: That this meeting stand adjourned to Monday, March 25, at 7.30 o'clock P. M.
Adjourned at 10.00 P. M.
Attendance 700.
Committee under Article 24:
Mr. Frank J. Henkel, Mr. Harry B. Allman, Mr. Willard B. Atwell, Mr. C. C. Cox, 2nd, Mr. William A. Hickey, Dr. J. William O'Connell, Mr. John G. Reid, Mr. John B. Sawyer, Mr. Frank P. Wakefield. (As Frank P. Wakefield declined to serve, Edward W. Wilder was appointed in his place.)
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ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, MARCH 25, 1929
Meeting called to order at 7.33 P. M. by Moderator Eaton, Article 25 being in order.
ARTICLES 18 AND 4
On motion by M. E. S. Clemons
Voted : That Article 18 be taken up.
Voted: That the vote whereby it was voted to indefinitely postpone all action under this article be reconsidered.
Voted: That Article 4 be taken up.
Voted: That the vote herebefore taken under Article 4, regarding the Fire Department appropriation, be considered as being taken under Articles 4 and 18.
ARTICLE 25
Article 25. To see if the town will vote to purchase for school purposes "a lot of land on North Ave. bounded easterly by land of the American Reed and Willow Company, southerly by North Ave. westerly by other land of the town and northerly by land of Burditt and land of Willey, comprising about 14,000 sq. ft., and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor .- School Committee.
On motion by Finance Committee
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $850 to carry out the purposes of Article 25.
ARTICLE 26
Article 26. To see if the town will authorize the School Board to obtain options for the conveyance to the town of the several lots of land with the buildings thereon lying on the westerly side of Main St. and south of the present High School lot as far as and including the property of Willey and Burditt, and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor, said
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School Board to report to a future Town Meeting or adjournment of the present meeting .- School Committee.
On motion by Finance Committee
Voted: That the subject matter of Article 26 be referred to the School Committee to report at a future Town Meeting.
ARTICLE 27
Article 27. To see if the town will vote to purchase for school purposes the whole or any part of the lands and buildings referred to in the preceding article, and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor .- School Committee.
On motion by Finance Committee
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $8,000 to purchase for school purposes the property, consisting of about 39,552 square feet of land with the buildings thereon, bounded easterly by Main Street, northerly by land of Hawkes, westerly by land of Town of Wakefield and southerly by land of Marshall; subject to the rights of Wm. H. B. Brigham in said premises for the remainder of his life.
ARTICLE 28
Article 28. To see if the town will vote to purchase for school purposes, a parcel or parcels of land (near Parker Road) about 95,390 sq. ft. in area, supposed to belong to Harold Greenfield and Anna Kinsman bounded as follows: Southerly by a proposed street shown on plan of the Wakefield. Town Planning Board of November, 1922, as an extension of Davidson Rd., westerly by land of heirs of Daniel A. Walton, northerly by West St., as shown on said plan, and easterly by a proposed street unnamed as shown on said plan; also a part of a ten-foot strip of land, belonging to the heirs of Daniel Walton, westerly of and adjacent to the first described parcel or parcels, and raise and appropriate a sum of money to carry out the purposes of this article. or issue notes or bonds therefor .- School Committee.
On motion by Finance Committee
Voted : That the subject matter of Article 28 be indefinitely postponed.
ARTICLE 29
Article 29. To see if the town will vote to change the name of the
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, town ways known as Preston St. and Richmond St. to Preston St., or what it will do about it .- Board of Selectmen.
On motion by Thomas F. Kenney
Voted: That the name of the town ways known as Preston Street and Richmond Street be changed to Preston Street.
ARTICLE 30
Article 30. To see if the town will accept the provisions of Chapter 121 of the Acts of the General Court in 1928, being an act entitled, "An Act relative to expenditures by the Town of Wakefield for municipal advertising purposes."
On motion by Edgar J. Peterson
Voted: That the town accept the provisions of Chapter 121 of the Acts of the General Court in 1928, being an act entitled "An act relative to expenditures by the Town of Wakefield for municipal advertising purposes."
ARTICLE 31
Article 31. To see if the town will raise and appropriate for municipal advertising purposes a sum of money not exceeding the amount previously raised by public subscription and paid into the town treasury .- Wakefield Expansion Board.
On motion by Finance Committee
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $250 to carry out the purposes of Article 31, it appearing that the sum of $250 has been raised by public subscription and has been paid into the Town Treasury to be expended for the aforesaid purposes, the total sum of $500 to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.
ARTICLE 32
Article 32. To see if the town will vote to authorize and direct the Board of Registrars to re-arrange the official list of registered voters by streets, and appropriate the sum of $500 to carry out the purposes of this article .- Board of Selectmen.
On motion by Finance Committee
Voted : That the subject matter of this article be indefinitely postponed.
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ARTICLE 33
Article 33. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $500 for nursing, the same to be expended under the direction of the Select- men, and paid to the Wakefield Visiting Nurse Association, in aid of its nursing work among the people of Wakefield .- Mary E. Faton and others.
A motion by Finance Committee to indefinitely postpone was lost.
On motion by J. J. Butler
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $500 for the purposes outlined in the article.
ARTICLE 34
Article 34. To hear and act upon the report of the committee appointed under Articles 39 and 40 of the warrant for the annual town meeting of 1924, to investigate and report upon the subject of a contributory pension system for the town employees, and upon the proposed acceptance by the town of the provisions of Section 85, Chapter 32, of the General Laws, relating to pensions for members of the Police and Fire Departments .- Committee on Pensions.
Mr. Thomas G. O'Connell reported for the committee.
On motion by J. J. Butler
Voted: That the report of the committee be accepted and that the report be printed in the next town report.
A motion by Leo P. Rogers, that the provisions of Section 85, Chapter 32 of the General Laws relating to pensions for members of Police and Fire Departments be accepted, was lost.
ARTICLE 36
Article 36. To see if the town will vote to have made an aerial survey of the town for the use of the assessors and other departments of the town, or to have the plans and maps of the assessing department brought up-to- date and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor .- Board of Assessors and others.
On motion by Finance Committee
Voted: That the subject matter of Article 36 be referred to a Committee of five to report at the next annual Town Meeting.
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Committee: Eben K. Bowser, A. Francis Harrington, Frederic S. Hartshorne, George H. Stowell, Warren B. Wiley.
On motion by Frank P. Wakefield.
Voted : That this meeting stand adjourned to Monday, April 1st, at 7.30 o'clock P. M.
Adjourned at 10.00 P. M.
Attendance 400.
Finance Committee Members for three years: Charles W. Boynton, P. Joseph Daley, Howard A. Jones, Loring P. Jordan, Michael J. Kelley.
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, APRIL 1, 1929
Meeting called to order at 7.32 o'clock P. M. by Moderator Eaton, Article 38 being in order.
ARTICLE 38
Article 38. To see if the Town of Wakefield will vote to convey to the Town of Lynnfield, a parcel of land in said Lynnfield on Vernon St. at the boundary line of Wakefield and Lynnfield, being a part of the premises con- veyed by Harriet Potter to Town of Wakefield, and authorize the Treasurer to execute a deed thereof .- John J. Butler and others.
On motion by Finance Committee
Voted: That the town convey by good and sufficient deed for the sum of $1.00 the northerly portion of a parcel of land in Lynnfield bounded on the north and west by land of Cox, on the south by other land of the Town of Wakefield, and on the east by Vernon Street, the easterly and westerly boundaries extending about 172 feet.
ARTICLE 39
Article 39. To see if the town will appoint a committee to consider the advisability of purchasing a site for the erection of a Police Station thereon. Said committee to report its findings at a future town meeting .- Arthur M. Dignan and others.
No action taken under this article.
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ARTICLE 40
Article 40. To see if the town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Laws by changing from a general residence district to a business district that portion of the town lying within one hundred and fifty feet of Lowell St., both on the southwesterly side and the northeasterly side thereof and be- tween Reading and Wakefield town line and the present business district next southeasterly from said line on said Lowell St .- M. E. S. Clemons.
On motion by Theodore Whitney
Voted: That the subject matter of this article be referred to the Plan- ning Board. That said Board hold a hearing and report at an adjournment of this meeting or at a future town meeting.
ARTICLE 41
Article 41. To hear and act upon the report of the Board of Selectmen as appointed under Article 29 of the Annual Town Meeting of 1928 relative to surface ground drainage .- Board of Selectmen.
Mr. Thomas F. Kenney reported for the Selectmen and also presented the recommendations of Weston & Sampson, Engineers.
On motion by Frank Wakefield
Voted: That the report be accepted and placed on file.
ARTICLE 42
Article 42. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for the purposes of surface and ground drainage and for the protection of the public health, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 249 of the Acts of the legislature of the Com- monwealth for the year 1906, or what it will do about it .- John J. Butler and others.
On motion by Finance Committee
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $10,500 to reconstruct, relocate and repair surface and ground drains for the protection of the public health, in accordance with the report made by the Selectmen under Article 41.
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ARTICLE 43
Article 43. To see if the town will revise the Town By-Laws, Chap. 11, Art. 3, by inserting the following:
Sect. 10-Portland Cement. Portland Cement shall conform to the requirements of Chapter 550 of the Acts of 1907 .- Board of Select- men.
On motion by Theodore Whitney
Voted: That the town revise the Town By-Laws, Chapter 11, Article 3, by inserting the following:
Section 10-Portland Cement
Specifications
Definition
1. Portland cement is the product obtained by finely pulverizing clinker produced by calcining to incipient fusion an intimate and properly proportioned mixture of argillaceous and calcareous materials, with no addi- tions subsequent to calcination excepting water and calcined or uncalcined gypsum.
Chemical Properties
Chemical Limits
2. The following limits shall not be exceeded: Loss on ignition, per cent. 4.00
Insoluble residue, per cent. 0.85
Sulfuric anhydride (SO-3), per cent 2.00 Magnesia (MgO), per cent . 5.00
Physical Properties
Fineness
3. The residue on a standard No. 200 sieve shall not exceed 22 per cent. by weight.
Soundness
4. A pat of neat cement shall remain firm and hard, and show no signs of distortion, cracking, checking, or disintegration in the steam test for soundness.
Time of Setting
5. The cement shall not develop initial set in less than 45 minutes when the Vicat needle is used or 60 minutes when the Gillmore needle is used. Final set shall be attained within 10 hours.
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Tensile . Strength
6. The average tensile strength in pounds per square inch of not less than three standard mortar briquets (See Section 47) composed of one part of cement and three parts of standard sand, by weight, shall be equal to or higher than the following :
Age at Test Days Storage of Briquets
Tensile Strength I.b. per sq. in.
7 1 day in moist air
6 days in water 225
28 1 day in moist air
27 days in water 325
7. The average tensile strength of standard mortar at 28 days shall be higher than the strength at 7 days.
Packing, Marking and Storage
Packages and Marking
8. The cement shall be delivered in packages as specified with the brand and name of the manufacturer plainly marked thereon, unless shipped in bulk. When shipped in bulk, this information shall be contained in the shipping advices accompanying the shipment. A hag shall contain 94 lbs. net. A barrell shall contain 376 lbs. net. All packages shall be in good condition at the time of inspection.
Storage 9. The cement shall be stored in such a manner as to permit easy access for proper inspection and identi- fication of each shipment, and in a suitable weather- tight building which will protect the cement from dampness.
Inspection
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