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Planting Shade Trees
500.00
Article 23
Building Tool Shed Town Dump 250.00
Article 24
Improvement of Parking Facilities Red River Beach 2,500.00
Article 26
Purchase of New Spraying Machine Moth Dept. 2,450.00
Article 28 Taking land of low value Dump Area 10.00
Article 33 Repairing Jetty, dredging Westerly side Herring Riv. 9,000.00
Article 34 Taking of land of Zizkind & McDermott between
Pleasant Lake Ave. & Oak St. 500.00
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Article 38 New Tennis Court Brooks Park (additional)
1,600.00
Article 39 Install Public Toilets and erect tool house
Brooks Park 1,000.00
Article 40 Erect Comfort Station Harwichport School Parking Lot
6,000.00
Article 48 Widening and re-surfacing Elwood Rd.
500.00
Article 49 Widening and re-surfacing Sunset Rd.
400.00
Article 51 Widening and re-surfacing Clifford Rd.
350.00
Article 52 Widening and re-surfacing South St.
5,000.00
Article 53 Widening and re-surfacing Queen Anne Rd.
2,000.00
Article 54 Widening and re-surfacing Pleasant Park Rd.
1,000.00
Article 56 Widening and re-surfacing Main St.
(Old Chat. Rd.)
10,000.00
Article 57 Building side walk Pleasant St., Harwich Port
1,000.00
Article 58 Taking of land Rte. 39 access to well
200.00
Article 62 Extension of Water Main Oak St.
1,915.00
Article 65 Extension of Water Main, Brooks Rd. to Dunes Rd.
3,975.00
Article 67 Painting Standpipe, Brooks Park
4,220.00
Article 68
Painting & Repairing Water Tank Kildee Hill
11,620.00
Article 69
Purchase of New Tractor for Water Dept.
4,000.00
Article 70 Extension of Water Mains (6% income)
4,000.00
Article 75
Expenses of Committee to investigate buildings
400.00
Article 80 Unpaid bills of previous years
1,907.17
Total raised and appropriated under Articles $122,862.17
Appropriations from Available Funds in Treasury
Article 81 For Reducing 1956 Tax Rate
$75,000.00
Article 13 Dog Tax Refund to Brooks Free Library $679.38
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the Treasury, a sum of money for Chapter 90, Highway Maintenance, or take any action in relation thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000.00.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money to be used with whatever State and County funds are available under Chapter 90, Road Con- struction and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $24,000.00.
Article 8. To see what action the Town will take in re- gard to the Herring Fisheries for the year of 1956 and to act fully thereon.
Indefinitely postponed.
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Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate or transfer from unappropriated available funds the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000) to reimburse the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for money advanced for certain Chapter 90 work at the Allen Harbor Bridge and to act fully thereon.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sufficient amount of money for the purpose of holding Band Concerts in the summer of 1956 and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $600.00.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sufficient amount of money to be used under the direction of the Board of Selectmen to properly celebrate and observe July 4, 1956 and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of sixteen hundred dollars ($1,600) to be used for painting and repairs of Brooks Block and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,600.00.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to expend the refunded dog tax for the support of Brooks Free Library and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum not to exceed nine hundred dollars ($900) to meet the cost of the proportionate share of the costs and ex- penses of the Cape Cod Regional Planning District Commis- sion, or take any action relative thereto.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $900.00.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500) to pur- chase a new Police Cruiser and equipment and to authorize the Selectmen to trade the 1955 Hudson cruiser now owned by the Town, the sum received from said trade to be used toward the purchase of the new car and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500.00.
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Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of thirteen hundred dollars ($1,300) to pur- chase a new Police cruiser and equipment and to authorize the Selectmen to trade the 1954 Chevrolet cruiser now owned by the Town, the sum received from said trade to be used to- ward the purchase of the new car and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,300.00.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of nine hundred dollars ($900) for the pur- chase of 500 feet of 11/2-inch double jacket fire hose and 250 feet of 3/4-inch booster hose and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $900.00.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000) for resur- facing and extending the present driveway and parking area adjacent to the Fire Station and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of sixteen hundred dollars ($1,600) to pur- chase a suitable auxiliary generator to operate all electrical equipment at Fire Headquarters in case of power failure and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,600.00.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of sixty-five hundred and sixty-five dollars ($6,565) to be used to construct a new drive connecting South Street and the paved area north of the elementary school and elementary school parking areas and the drive from South Street to Sisson Road and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $6,565.00.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of sixteen hundred dollars ($1,600) to purchase and install an emergency power unit at the elemen- tary school and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,600.00.
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Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of five hundred dollars ($500) to be used in planting shade trees along Town accepted ways under Chapter 87 and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00.
Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sufficient amount of money to build a tool shed and shelter for the use of the custodian of the Town Dump and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $250.00.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500) for the purpose of parking improvements at the Red River Beach in South Harwich and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,500.00.
Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) for the purpose of reimbursing Bernard Kendrick for land taken by the Town of Harwich for beach purposes at Red River Beach in South Harwich and to act fully thereon.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to purchase for the Tree Warden and Moth Department one new four hundred (400) gallon spraying machine and to authorize the Selectmen to sell or trade the two old spraying machines and to apply the money towards the purchase of the new machine and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,450.00.
Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient amount of money to purchase or take by eminent domain the following described parcel of land in Harwich Center: northerly by Alfred H. Paine et ux, westerly by the Town of Harwich, southerly by a County Way (Route #39), and easterly by Gersham D. Hall according to a plan drawn by Benjamin P. Chase, dated January 27, 1956, and filed with the Selectmen, and being a part of the land owned by Gersham D. Hall under Book 711, page 423, and to act fully thereon.
Indefinitely postponed.
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Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to purchase or take by eminent domain for the purpose of a town dump and disposal area the following parcel of land situated in the Town of Harwich and bounded and described as follows: southerly by owners unknown 656 feet; westerly by owners unknown 1,158 feet; northerly by Coy Brook, easterly by Lothrop Avenue, a Town Way 1,520 feet; according to a plan drawn by Benjamin P. Chase, dated Janu- ary 27, 1956 and filed with the Board of Selectmen and to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for this purpose and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted by a standing vote 132 yes, 4 no. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $10.00.
Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to negotiate for the purchase of the low lands, lands of low value, and, where it is necessary for access pur- poses, the immediate uplands in the vicinity of the Allen Harbor Creek north of Lower County Road for the purposes of protecting the Public Health and planning for the future provision of recreation faciilties, and to report their findings to the Annual Town Meeting of 1957, and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted.
Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to negotiate for the purchase of the low lands, lands of low value, and, where it is necessary for access pur- poses, the immediate uplands in the vicinity of the Andrews River, south of Rte #28 for the purposes of protecting the Public Health and planning for the future provision of recre- ational facilities, and to report their findings to the Annual Town Meeting of 1957, and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted.
Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to negotiate for the purchase of the low lands, lands of low value, and, where it is necessary for access pur- poses, the immediate uplands in the vicinity of Red River Beach in South Harwich for the purposes of protecting the Public Health and planning for the future provision of recre- ation facilities, and to report their findings to the Annual Town Meeting of 1957 and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted.
Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to purchase or take by eminent domain certain swampland, low land and land of low value, and where it is necessary for access purposes, the immediate upland and in the vicinity of Allen Harbor Creek, and north of Lower County
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Road, for the purpose of protecting the public health and for recreational purposes, said lands being more particularly bounded and described as follows: beginning at a point in the northerly side line of Lower County Road, which point is 350 feet more or less easterly from the easterly sideline of Nehoiden Road so-called, thence running northwesterly 725 feet more or less by lands of Whitehouse Properties Inc. and owners unknown to a point; thence running northeasterly 350 feet more or less by land of owner unknown and land of one Trainer to a point; thence running southeasterly 900 feet more or less by lands of said Trainer, Louis Handler et ux and Frederick Crowell to a point; thence running souther- ly 500 feet more or less by land of said Crowell and land of A. B. Stewart et ux, to a point; thence running westerly by land of said Stewart et ux 250 feet more or less to a point; thence running northwesterly by lands of said Stewart et ux 275 feet more or less to a point; thence running southwesterly 550 feet more or less by land of said Stewart et ux, to Lower County Road; thence running westerly by Lower County Road 200 feet more or less to the point of beginning and to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for this pur- pose and to act fully thereon.
·Indefinitely postponed.
Article 33. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of nine thousand dollars ($9,000) for the purpose of repairing, dredging, and/or extending the jetty on the westerly side of Herring River, being 25% of the cost, provided the County contributes 25% and the State 50% under Chapter 90 or any amendments thereto and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $9,000.00.
Article 34. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to purchase or take by eminent domain for road purposes the following described parcel of land in Harwich Center: that portion of the railroad layout formerly owned by the Chatham Railroad Company and not now in use which lies between Pleasant Lake Avenue (Rte #24) and Oak Street, being a part of the land owned by Edward Ziskind et al (Thomas McDermott), deed recorded in Barnstable County Registry of Deeds, Book 569-page 149, and to raise and ap- propriate a sufficient amount of money for this purpose and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted by a unanimous vote yes 98, no 0, as amended. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00.
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Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to purchase or take by eminent domain the triangular piece of property at the junction of Chase Street and Rte #28 for the purpose of a Memorial Square and to act fully thereon.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 36. To see if the Town will vote to purchase or take by eminent domain the triangular piece of property at the junction of Chase Street and Lower County Road for the purpose of a Memorial Square and to act fully thereon.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 37. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sufficient sum of money to clear the north end of the schoolhouse parking lot and resurface it with oil and to act fully thereon.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 38. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sufficient sum of money to build an additional Tennis Court at Brooks Park and enclose it with a fence and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,600.00.
Article 39. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to be used with the amount of money appropriated under Article 21 of the An- nual Town Meeting of 1955 in order to erect a Tool house at Brooks Park and install public toilets and electricity in said tool house and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00.
Article 40. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient amount of money, not to exceed six thousand dollars ($6,000) to erect a comfort station with plumbing equipment and cesspools on the Old Schoolhouse Parking Lot in Harwich Port; construction and operation to be under the jurisdiction of the Park Commissioners; booths to be coin-operated; all receipts to be returned to the general treasury, and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $6,000.00.
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Article 41. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to lay out Highland Avenue in South Harwich leading from the State Highway southerly and easterly to Uncle Venies Road and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted by a standing vote 42 yes, 19 no.
Article 42. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to layout Whip-o-Will Lane in Harwich Center leading from a County Way (Rte #24) westerly to a dead end and to act fully thereon.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 43. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to lay out Lincoln Village Road in Harwich Port and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted.
Article 44. To see if the Town will accept the layout of Elwood Road in West Harwich leading from Division Street easterly to a dead end as reported and recommended by the Selectmen under date of January 27, 1956, and to authorize and instruct the Selectmen to take by purchase or eminent domain the lands or interests in the lands within said layout and to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for this purpose and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted by a standing vote yes 82, no 0.
Article 45. To see if the Town will accept the layout of Sunset Road in West Harwich leading from Victory Drive easterly to Brooks Road as reported and recommended by the Selectmen under date of January 27, 1956, and to author- ize and instruct the Selectmen to take by purchase or emi- nent domain the lands or interests in the lands within said layout and to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for this purpose and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted by a standing vote yes 82, no 1.
Article 46. To see if the Town will accept the layout of Grassy Pond Road in Harwich Port leading from Miles Street northerly, westerly, southerly and easterly to Grassy Pond Road as reported and recommended by the Selectmen under date of January 27, 1956, and to authorize and instruct the Selectmen to take by purchase or eminent domain the lands or interests in the lands within said layout and to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for this purpose and to act fully thereon.
Indefinitely postponed.
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Article 47. To see if the Town will accept the layout of Clifford Road in West Harwich leading from Pleasant Road easterly to a dead end as reported and recommended by the Selectmen under date of January 27, 1956, and to authorize and instruct the Selectmen to take by purchase or eminent domain the lands or interests in the lands within said layout and to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for this purpose and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted by a standing vote yes 37, no 16.
Article 48. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) for the purpose of widening and resurfacing Elwood Road from Divi- sion Street to a dead end and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00.
Article 49. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of four hundred dollars ($400) for the purpose of widening and resurfacing Sunset Road leading from Brooks Road westerly to Victory Drive and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $400.00.
Article 50. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for the purpose of widening and resurfacing Grassy Pond Road lead- ing from Miles Street back to Miles Street and to act fully thereon.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 51. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars ($350) for the purpose of widening and resurfacing Clifford Road from Pleasant Road to a dead end and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $350.00.
Article 52. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) for the purpose of widening and resurfacing South Street leading from Sisson Road to Forest Street and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted by a standing vote yes 58, no 34. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000.00.
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Article 53. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000) for the purpose of widening and resurfacing Queen Anne Road from Rte #24 to William Walker's property and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted by a standing vote yes 56, no 5. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00.
Article 54. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for the purpose of widening and resurfacing Pleasant Park Road from Park Street to a dead end and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00.
Article 55. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient amount of money to widen and im- prove Pleasant Street in Harwich Port from Miles Street to Bank Street and to act fully thereon.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 56. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for the purpose of widening and resurfacing Main Street (Old Chat- ham Road) leading from the residence of Frank Gomes to the so-called North Harwich Men's Club and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $10,000.00.
Article 57. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient amount of money to build a sidewalk along Pleasant Street in Harwich Port from Miles Street to Bank Street and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00.
Article 58. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to purchase or take by eminent domain for the use of the Water Department for access from Rte #39 to its well field the following parcel of land situated in the Town of Harwich and bounded and described as follows: Southerly by the Town of Harwich, 100 feet; westerly by Snow Inn As- sociates, 869 feet; northerly by the County Road, 134 feet; and easterly by owners unknown, 963 feet; according to a plan drawn by Benjamin P. Chase, dated January 27, 1956 and filed with the Board of Selectmen and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted by a standing vote yes 35, no 0. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00.
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Article 59. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to purchase or take by eminent domain for the use of the Water Department for water supply the following parcel of land in East Harwich and bounded and described as follows: Southerly by owners unknown 1,182 feet; westerly by owners unknown, land now or formerly of John R. For- sythe, and lands supposedly of Sparrow Howes and Arthur Kenney 1,279 feet; northerly by Pleasant Bay Road, a town way, 1,466 feet; easterly by owners unknown 1,382 feet; ac- cording to a plan drawn by Benjamin P. Chase dated January 27, 1956 and filed with the Board of Selectmen and to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for this purpose and to act fully thereon.
This article lost lacking a 2/3 majority vote. Standing vote yes 67, no 47.
Article 60. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sufficient amount of money to install and main- tain water mains on Elwood Road in West Harwich and to act fully thereon.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 61. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient amount of money to extend the water mains along Great Western Road in Harwich Center to the intersection of Lothrop Avenue, and, if necessary to replace the existing water mains on Great Western Road with larger water mains and to act fully thereon.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 62. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to extend the existing water mains northerly along Oak Street from their present location to the residence of William H. Nichols and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,915.00.
Article 63. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to install and main- tain water mains from the existing main in North Harwich at the intersection of Old Chatham Road and Queen Anne Road running easterly on Queen Anne Road to the residence of Snow Rose and to act fully thereon.
Indefinitely postponed.
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Article 64. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sufficient sum of money to extend the water main to and on Joe Lincoln Road in West Harwich and to act fully thereon.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 65. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to extend its water main from its present location on Brooks Road a distance of approximately 600 feet and from that point up Dunes Road a distance of approximately 375 feet and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted if a guarantee of 6% return by a standing vote yes 54, no 11. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,975.00.
Article 66. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient amount of money to extend the water mains from Depot Road in West Harwich along Pine Grove Road to Hamilton Place, a private way and southerly along said Hamilton Place a distance of approximately 450 feet and to act fully thereon. .
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