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23.39
Splann, Daniel,
29.51
Sanderson, William,
44.20
Squire, John P.,
2,398,44
Sargent, Valentine,
4.40
Squire, Frank O.,
4.40
Schwamb, Charles, 2d.,
4.40
Stearns, Abigail B.,
28.68
Schick, Jacob.
4.40
Stevens, Frank E.,
8.40
Schumacher, Jacob,
4.40
Stevens, George G.,
4.40
Schwamb, Theodore,
218.69
Stilson, Cyrus F.,
4.40
Schwamb, Charles,
545.35
Streeter, Herbert E.,
4.40
Schwamb, Jacob,
4.40
Stow, William,
275.03
Schwamb, Catherine, Mrs.,
38.75
Stingel, John,
4.40
Schwamb, Jacob, executor,
47.68
Stokes, Alfred,
49.82
Schouler, James, heirs of,
183.68
Stitt, James,
4.40
Scanlan, William W.,
4.40
Storer, Edward,
329.45
Scanlan. William,
4.40
Sterling, Ella M. Mrs.,
69.75
Scott, Thomas,
4.40
Stickney, Sylvester,
98.64
Schouler, Willard C.,
4.40
Stearns, George A.,
7.50
Schouler John,
342.30
Storer, Geo. W.,
4.40
Scannel, William,
4.40
Stines, James,
55.94
Scannell, John,
4.40
Sullivan, Wm.,
16.80
Scanlan, David,
80.35.
Sullivan, John,
4.40
Sedgeley, William,
4.40
Sullivan, Dennis,
4.40
Seger, Anthony,
4.40
Sullivan, Daniel J.,
29.29
Shattuck, R. W. & Co.,
82.15
Sullivan, Daniel,
24.46
Shattuck, Ralph W.,
453.05
Sullivan, Jolın,
51.99
Sherburne, Dennis,
4.40
Sullivan, Patrick,
4.40
Shean, Michael,
16.81
Sullivan, Timothy,
4.40
Shaw, George,
4.40
Sullivan, Winslow C.,
4.40
Shay, Henry, estate of,
23.25
Swan, Henry,
325.89
Sheridan, Thomas,
4.40
Sweeney, Daniel,
4.40
Shepherd, Joseph,
35.01
Sweeney. Edward J.,
4.40
Shirley, John E.,
4.40
Sweatt Win. L.,
4.40
Shean, Daniel,
4.40
Swan, George,
206.92
Shay, Michael,
4.40
Swan, Harrison,
66.40
Shattuck, Lucy A., Mrs.,
228.61
Swan, James,
66.71
Shattuck, Isaac,
4.40
Sweeney, Daniel,
4.40
Sheehan, Michael,
6.26
· Sweeney, Patrick,
4.40
Shean, Timothy C.,
146.54
Sweeney, Jeremiah,
20.68
103
TAXES.
Swan, Charles P.,
4.40
Symmes, Stephen,
234.00
Symmes, Stephen, Jr.,
67.18
Warren, Joseph P., 4.40
Warren, Calvin E., 4.40
Watson, Jolın,
4.40
Waugh, Michael, 55.63
4.40
Taylor, William,
4.40
Walker, N. B.,
225.35
Terry, Patrick,
20.37
Wakefield, Thomas H.,
4.40
Teel, William F.,
4.40
Walker, Robert W., 4.40
Teel, Joseph,
85.39
Warren, Marshall S.,
4.40
Teel, B. C., est. of,
78.28
Warner, Charles D.,
78.80
Teel, Charles J.,
81.51
Warner, Jane D.,
156.75
Teschemacher, Philip E.,
19.90
Welch Richard,
4.40
Teele, Mary H., Mrs.,
59.72
Welch, Margaret, Mrs.,
24.80
Teel, T. Russell,
4.40
Welch, Mich. and Rich'd A.,
23.82
Teel, Albert L.,
81.99
Welch, Richard A.,
4.40
Teel, George A.,
4.40
Wellington, A. E., Miss,
31.08
Teel, Thomas H., est. of,
455.39
West, Frank,
4.40
Thorpe, Eliza, Mrs.,
10.74
Wells, Henry J.,
35.40
Thomas, Walter,
4.40
Wellington, George Y.,
99.57
Thaxter, James,
78.07
Wellington, Lydia Mrs.,
297.63
Thaxter, John,
4.40
Wellington, W. F, est. of,
161.20
Thoman, John,
4 40
Welch, Richard H.,
4.40
Thomas, Augustus,
4.40
Wellington, Andrew,
135.30
Thorpe, T. Emerson,
4.40
Welch, Michael C.,
4.40
Thing, Samuel B.,
23.00
Wells, Frank W.,
4.40
Tierney, Thomas,
18.35
Weston, Samuel O.,
23.78
Tierney, Thomas,
4.40
West, John W.,
4.40
Toomey, Michael,
13.70
Welch, Thomas,
4.40
Tripp, Daniel,
4.40
Welch, Michael,
4.40
Tripp, Porter-D., est. of,
119.50
Whittemore, Henry W., Mrs., 61.66
Trowbridge, J. T.,
109.80
Whittemore, Jona., est. of, 1376.70
Trenholm, Thomas H.,
350.44
Whittemore, Melnotte W.,
4.40
Turner, James E.,
4.40
Whittemore, Philip A., 4.40
Tufts, Ephraim,
127.55
Whittemore, Rebecca, and Heirs Wm. A. Russell, 211.84
Tufts, George D.,
105.93
Whittemore, John F., 133.36
Whittemore, Rebecca Mrs., 40.61
4.40
Whittemore, Frank H.,
46.25
Whittemore, Samuel B., 19.90
4.40
Whittemore, Harriet C., Mrs., 80.49
Ulstrom, Gustave H.,
4.40
White, Albert,
4.40
Unitarian Society, Treas. of,
50.07
White, Daniel,
4.40
Underwood, Napoleon,
74.15
Whicher, John H., 4.40
Upham Brothers,
62.39
Whittier, George W.,
4.40
Upham, Edward E.,
82.13
Whittemore, Geo. C., est. of, 432.15
Upham, Franklin M.,
4.40
Whittemore, B. Frank,
4.40
Whittaker, Joseph W.,
4.40
V.
Whittemore, Abigail C., Mrs., 67.75
White, Wm. H.,
4.40
Vance, George,
4.40
White, James, 4.40
Vining, Joseph,
4.40
White, Samuel, 4.40
Tuttle, Wm. H. H.,
4.40
Tufts, Helen W., Mrs.,
12.40
Tyler, L. C.,
4.40
Whittemore, C. Barton,
Tyler, L. C. & Co.,
38.75
U.
Wharton, Charles H.,
W.
T.
Waters, Eugene X.,
104
TAXES.
White, John C.,
71.05
Winnett, Joseph, 4.40
White, James E.,
12.94
Winn, Frank P.,
4.40
White, Henry K.,
4.40
Wood, Sophia, Mrs., Guardian, 51.15
White, Jonathan,
4.40
Wood, Lyman J.,
61.98
White, John T.,
166.72
Wood, Wm. T. & Co.,
93.00
White, George,
4.40
Wood, Stephen B.,
4.40
Whittemore, Henry, est. of,
215.23
Wood, Isaac,
4.40
Whittemore, Henry C.,
4.40
Wood, Cyrus,
174.90
Whittemore, Wm. H.,
942.48
Wood, Wm. E.,
4.40
Whittemore, E. T.,
4.40
Wood, Wm. T., est. of,
313,10
Wilson, Wm. J.,
4.40
Woods, B. F.,
64.46
Wilson, Jane, Mrs.,
1.55
Wright, Robert,
4.40
Winn, Sarah,
11.47
Wright, Adam,
4.40
Winship, Oliver M.,
69.50
Wright, Edmund F.,
70.46
Winship, Oliver,
4.40
Wright, Walter R.,
42.38
Wilson, William,
65.24
Wyman, Luke,
103.40
Winship, Geo. O.,.
4.40
Wyman, Frank,
4.40
Winn, John, est. of,
116.96
Wyman, William,
78.80
Winn, William N.
9.83
Wyman, Abner P.,
997.95
Winslow, Lewis R., and
Wyman, Marshall, est. of,
84.71
Jos. W. Whittaker, est. of, 134.08
Wyman, J. P.,
4.40
Winn, Albert,
572.65
Wyman, Samuel E.,
4.40
Winn, Albert, Jr.,
4.40
Winn, George P.,
35.40
Wyman, James,
233.80
Winn, Wm. A.,
4.40
Wyman, James G.,
4.40
Winn, Albert, Jr., & Geo. P., 133.88
Wilder, Charles,
4.40
Y.
Wilson, Robert D.,
4.40
Wilson, Sally,
10.08
Young, Joseph, 4.40
943.28
Wyman, John P.,
NON-RESIDENTS.
Arlington Land Co., Abbot, Granville S.,
2,568.24
Cook, Susanna H., 21.70
20.54
Cooley, Sarah, Mrs., 49.60
Bither, A. S.,
11.02
Beal, Joseph H.,
57.78
Cotton, Geo. H.,
4.65
Besarick, J. H.,
6.73
Butterfield, Jonathan,
16.94
Barstow, 'Ann E., Mrs.,
5.91
Dyer, W. H.,
7.35
Bowker, J. E.,
9.81
Dresser, R. W.,
29.98
Bartlett, Charles A.,
6.80
Davidson, W. E., 16.24
Bird, John,
5.04
Durnan, Peter,
41.85
Barrows, Brainard U.,
13.95
Dwight, Edmund,
92.39
Briggs, A. H.,
6.06
Draper, D. S. & W. P., trustees,
1,196.90
Bailey, J. F.,
6.32
Davis, John, 29.45
Bailey, J. W.,
3.16
Day, Frank, 12.90
Burgess, T. H.,
8.68
Dodge, Elizabeth, Mrs.,
34.88
Bangs, J. W.,
13.98
Bates & Whitten,
13.13
Earle, James H., 6.76
Bassett, Horace,
75.56
Emerson, F. F., 5.22
Barry, William,
7.75
Emery, Thomas J.,
5.22
Butman, Wallace W.,
128.65·
Estabrook, O. D.,
4.06
Brown, James B., estate of,
18.60
Eaton, Eliza,
53.01
Blanchard, Charles, 29.61
37.20
Foran, W. H.,
15.79
Batchelder, John,
46.50
Farrington, J. F.,
21.56
Buxton, Harvey E.,
37.20
Fairbanks, Moses,
26.44
Boston Ice Company,
43.40
Fiske, Joshua B.,
6.98
Frost, Silas,
150.44
-Cook, Henry A.,
16.92
Friend, John B.,
1.55
Clark, Cyrus T.,
39.14
Frost, Varnam,
264.28
Cook, C. A.,
10.76
Frost, Newell C.,
124.00
Campbell, Thomas S.,
4.77
Fitchburg Railroad Co.,
15.50
Cutler, Silas, estate of,
35.65
Fiske, Elbridge,
32.55
Cutler, Sarah, Mrs.,
40.81
Frost, Henry, 54.25
Cook, Hubbard,
36.59
Frost, Jonathan, estate of, 34.88
Frost, Isaac,
34.88
Cleaveland, C. D. & R. J. Hardy,
607.09
Crosby, F. L.,
12.79
Gannett, J. H., 9.83
Collins, A. D.,
15.38
Gannett, Howard,
11.07
Church, Mary A.,
5.75
Goodrich, Chas. B.,
60.45
Chenery, Winthrop W.,
57.35
Griffiths, Albert & Ellen
Cole, Mary, Mrs.,
6.20
Hews, 124.00
Charlestown Water Commis- sioners, 15.50
Chapman, Edward, 3.88
Blinn, R. D.,
4.06
Blake, Ann E.,
106
TAXES.
Goodsell, P. B.,
65.10
Prescott, W. P.,
16.51
Pinkham, J. S.,
281.64
Hatch, Frederic,
6.70 42.67
Pinkham, George F.,
249.56
Hart, N. O.,
Piper, Joseph,
7.44
Hickey, R. H.,
6.77
Piper, Edwin,
9.77
Hanson. Charles V.,
4.99
Piper & Bangs,
9.77
Hall, O. G., .
8.22
Perry, E. E.,
42.25
Hutchinson, Ruth B.,
109.66
Peters, C. J.,
6.98
Henderson Brothers,
422.08
Henderson, Edwin P.,
84.86
Hersey, H. D.,
22.44
Piper, S. H.,
10.26
Peabody, Francis H.,
465.55
Phillips, George, Jr., 81.93
Powers, Bridget & Rose Heath, 4.65
Ring, C. Q,
7.29
Rowe, C. H.,
11.45
Robinson, Benjamin F.,
55.80
Richmond, G. B. & J. C.
Clapp,
7.75
Kahurl, Reuben,
6.51
Russell, Wm. A., heirs of,
126.50
Russell, Levi,
72.07
Rymill, Win. H., estate of, 3.49
Russell, Levi, and heirs of
Wm. A. Russell, 33.33
Strout, C. O., 7.15
Strout & Dyer,
7.52
Sawin, Robert L.,
66.08
Smith, Zenas E.,
25.50
Sargent, Edward P.,
7.19
McIntire, F.,
101.82
Miller, W. H.,
11.63
MeKenzie, Lydia, Mrs.,
5.29
McNutt, J. J.,
21.16
Stedman, G. H.,
3.49
Mitchell, Seth K.,
11.14
Safford, Nathaniel F.,
14.73
Mayo, Caroline, Mrs.,
4.88
Steele, Edward H.,
27.37
MeDonald, W. L.,
11.84
Swett, Geo. W.,
35.06
Morrisey, John,
13.42
Sargent, Cyrus,
26.58
Mason, Lewis,
10.15
Symmes, Adeline M., Mrs., 34.88
4.65
Morton, Thomas C.,
55.30
Tolinan, A. K.,
6.31
Thomas & Griffiths,
21.16
Tillson, Apollos J.,
50.64
Tucker, Joseph A.,
47.01
Munroe, Wm. W.,
58.13
Tufts, Peter E.
3.49
Mystic Hall Cemetery Asso- ciation,
4.65
Underwood, Peter,
16.28
Nixon, James,
17.33
· Varney, Elijah,
189.98
Noble, E. T.,
93.78
Negrini, Albert,
10.85
White, John S., Jr.,
30.13
Niles, Win. J.,
344.88
White, Isaac B.,
77.16
Niles, Charles E.,
57.86
Whitman & Breek,
11.52
Hill, Henry Y.,
7.75
Hill, Francis, heirs of,
7.75
Hutchinson, Jolın B.,
24.99
Hutchinson, Jacob,
36.04
Holland, Silas H.,
2.33
Kern & Fitch,
48.76
Kimball, Washington W.,
148.80
Kendall, Wm. B.,
14.73
Leonard, L. A., Miss,
5.22
Locke, Win. H.,
29.00
Locke, Stephen,
24.80
Locke, Amanda N.,
11.16
Locke, Asa, heirs of,
21.86
Lawrence, Geo. H.,
15.50
Sutherland, Hugh,
4.88
Stanton, F. O.,
5.22
Stedman, V. R.,
3.49
Mead, Varnum B.,
143.38
Stetson, Alpheus M.,
Moody, Henry E.,
22.43
Merrill, Edwin A.,
14.07
Marrett, Lorenzo, Gdn. Eliza Stevens.
23.25
Paul, J. F., 62.01
Pearson, J. H. S.,
6.51
Hill, Henry Y., & est. Francis Hill,
248.00
107
TAXES.
White, Tisdale S.,
10.80
Welch & Griffiths,
503.75
Waters, Clark,
25.48
Wyman, Jerusha R., Mrs., 9.30
Whitten, Amos,
6.51
Weld, John C., 57.65
White, Helen M.,
55.29
Weare, Henry, 24.03
Willard, O. A.,
9.30
Wilson, Wm. A.,
344.88
Wells, Samuel,
3.88
Wright, Daniel F.,
14.07
Whittemore, T., & Letitia Fiske, 321.58
Whittemore, Sarah, Mrs., 176.31
LIST OF RESIDENTS HOLDING CORPORATION STOCKS, And Tax paid upon same in 1874.
Adams, Rebecca,
7.75
Hinton, John,
16.12
Allen, William H.,
1.69
Lapham, Luther,
11.80
Allen, Andrew F.,
2.68
Lane, Edwin B.,
61.65
Abbott, Abigail,
74.19
Lawrence, H. L., 14.34
Butterfield, M. W., Mrs.,
254.82
Lane, E. M., Mrs.,
9.30
Butterfield, Judith A.,
1.83
Lawrence, George H.,
15.91
Blanchard, James C.,
5.91
Mayo, Jesse, estate of,
5.91
Bucknam, T. G.,
.39
Nash, N. C.,
97.46
Cutter, Charles,
51.39
Niles Brothers,
3.87
Cutter, Ammi,
12.97
Nickerson, Jonas C.,
2.36
Cutter, Lucy S.,
.92
Peck, Eliza A.,
180.52
Covell, R. S. & J. P. Tread-
Peck, Angeline M.,
138.22
Crosby, Anna G.,
40.49
Damon, S. G.,
.39
Poland, Benjamin,
.39
Damon, Hannah M.,
45.87
Poland, Almira Mrs.,
3 87
Davis, Mary R.,
6.41
Poland, Myra,
1.93
Davis, A., Jr.,
.09
Poland, James P.,
1.94
Elliott, George N.,
25.83
Peirce, Harriet, Mrs.,
.39
Fisher, David,
15.50
Prentiss, Abigail W.,
53.40
Fogg, George P.,
61.30
Russell, S. Mrs.,
.39
Foster, Wm. T.,
17.65
Russell, Thomas J.,
24.73
Field, John,
69.65
Russell, George C.,
47.28
Frost, Lydia,
1.68
Russell, James, Mrs.,
10.26
Fletcher, Maria R., Mrs,
61.16
Russsell, Jeremiah,
20.39
Gage, Chas. O.,
54.05
Russell, Benjamin F.,
66.65
Gage, Addison, estate of,
.31
Russell, James, 2d.,
18.57
Gray, Thomas,
17.40
Robbins, Eliza E.,
40.78
Green, Emma A.,
.92
Robbins, Nathan,
611.58
Green, Mary A.,
.92
Rawson, Warren,
1.34
Grover, E. O.,
2.01
Rood, David C.,
1.18
Goodnow, Rebecca D.,
7.40
Rice, John A.,
36.78
Hall, Thomas,
48.93
Swan, Stephen, estate of,
59.62
Hall, Jacob,
101.28
Swan, Alfred S.,
2.39
Hall, Isaac B.,
1.65
Smith, Maria E.,
4.58
Hill, Anna F.,
16.47
Smith, Frederick,
.77
Hill, Amos, Jr.,
.98
Schouler, Mary, Mrs.,
3.87
Hopkins, Reuben,
346.45
Schouler, Jenette,
.77
well, Ex.,
45.80
Peck, William G.,
88.69
Pratt, Nathan, estate of,
472.80
109
TAXES.
Schouler, Willard C.,
.39
Whittemore, F. H., Gan.,
16.11
Schouler, Mary W.,
.39
Whittemore, George & F. E.,
15.50
Schouler, Martha,
.77
Whittemore, George C., 16.09
Schouler, John,
13.93
Wellington, Margaret, Mrs.,
.77
Squire, John P.,
144.73
Wellington, Lydia,
22.90
Swain, Aurora D.,
14.65
Waters, Elizabeth H.,
19.04
Stetson, Martin S.,
31.80
Wyman, John P.,
9.25
Symmes, Stephen,
35.48
Wyman, Abner P.,
33.95
Symmes, C. H.,
1.75
Wyman, Susan M.,
12.82
Teel, Mary H.,
1.18
Winslow, Louis R.,
18.07
Tufts, Helen W.
19.20
Wyman, S. E. & J. P., Jr.,
16.79
Underwood, Napoleon,
20.45
Winn, Charles G.
25.25
Whittemore, Rebecca,
15.90
Whitaker, Joseph W.,
.98
Whittemore, Harriet C.,
27.41
Winn, Albert,
40.77
Whittemore, F. H.,
34.87
Wells, Henry J.,
48.69
.
INDEX.
Page.
Accounts .
18
Auditors' Report
74
Appleton Street.
12
Appleton Court.
12
Alewife Bridge .
10
Arlington Avenue
9,29
Almshouse .
. 15, 31
Cemetery Committee's Report
78
Cemetery, New .
33
Cemeteries, Old
34
Counsel Fees
16, 33
Chief Engineer's Report
75
Coal .
21
Dudley Street .
. 12,30
Discounts and Abatements
· 17, 34
Fire Department
. 34, 75
Furnace in Town House
· 16, 43
Guide Boards .
18
Highways and Bridges
9, 23
Highland Avenue
30
Interest
38
Incidentals
· 16,37
Jurors
91
Jones' Suit
. 17, 39
Law Suits .
19
Library
. 39,79
Land Damages
17
Linwood Street .
9
Lowell Street
11
Maple Street
29
Mason, W. A., Account
17,40
Miscellaneous
21
Park Avenue .
· 16,29
112
INDEX.
Page.
Poor out of Almshouse
. 15, 32
Police
. 15, 40
Public Property
49
Park Street
10
Russell Street .
30
Statistics of Town
· 93
Stone Crusher
. 13, 30
Street Lamps ·
. 15, 40
Salaries
. 17,41
State Aid .
· 16, 41
Sidewalks .
. 14, 41
Street Hydrants
· 16,42
School Expense
43
School Committee's Report
80
Superintendence of Streets
18
Sprinkling of Streets
18
Selectmen's Report .
.
7
Town Officers .
3
Town House
. 16, 42
Tabular Statement, Appropriations, &c.
48
Tramps
52
Treasurer's Report
23
Treasurer's Accounts
. 54, 56
Town Clerk's Report
60
Tax List
93
Town Debt
51
Warren Street .
· 13, 28
Water Commissioner's Report
63
Water Works Regulations
. 67
Winter Street .
30
.
19
Trial Balance .
1
REPORTS
OF
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF ARLINGTON
FOR
THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1875.
ALSO
A LIST OF THE TOWN, COUNTY, AND STATE TAXES
ASSESSED FOR THE YEAR 1875.
RIOC
INCORP LAOT
PROPVCNATIO
HEREDITAS
BOSTON : D. F. JONES & CO., PRINTERS, 31 EXCHANGE STREET.
1876.
1875. TOWN OFFICERS.
SELECTMEN, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, AND SURVEYORS OF HIGHWAYS.
JOHN SCHOULER, JAMES DURGIN, WILLIAM G. PECK.
ASSESSORS. HENRY MOTT, THOMAS P. PEIRCE, B. DELMONT LOCKE.
TOWN CLERK, TREASURER, AND COLLECTOR.
B. DELMONT LOCKE.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
GEORGE W. CUTTER, for two years.
CHARLES E. GOODWIN,
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JOHN H. HARDY, 66 one
WILLIAM E. PARMENTER, 66
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66 66
JOSIAH CROSBY, DANIEL R. CADY, 66 three
HENRY SWAN,
66
ALFRED HOBBS,
JOHN W. WEST,
60 two
F. V. B. KERN, elected Oct. 11, to fill vacancy occa- sioned by resignation of J. W. West.
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TOWN OFFICERS.
WATER COMMISSIONERS.
B. POLAND, GEORGE HILL,
JOHN FILLEBROWN,
for one year. " two years.
" three years.
AUDITORS.
CHARLES O. GAGE GEORGE M. MORSE, ABEL R. PROCTOR.
CONSTABLES.
JOHN H. HARTWELL, JAMES DOYLE.
SEXTON.
JOHN B. HARTWELL.
FENCE VIEWERS.
WARREN RAWSON, MATTHEW ROWE, JOHN H. PEABODY.
FIELD DRIVERS. I. O. CARTER, JAMES HAGAN, THOMAS HIGGINS.
MEASURERS OF WOOD.
MATTHEW ROWE, GRENVILLE P. PEIRCE, MICHAEL WAUGH.
MEASURERS OF STONE AND GRAVEL.
JESSE BACON. J. WILLARD RUSSELL.
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TOWN OFFICERS.
SURVEYORS OF PAINT AND PLASTERING.
HENRY J. BACON, EDWARD MEERS, GEORGE D. TUFTS.
SURVEYORS OF LUMBER. JAMES M. CHASE, EDWARD STORER, JAMES BASTON.
SEALERS OF LEATHER.
THOMAS RAMSDELL, HOWARD W. HILL.
TOWN WEIGHER. L. C. TYLER.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. C. S. PARKER.
CLERK OF THE MARKET. JOHN REDMAN.
TRUANT OFFICERS. JAMES DOYLE, CHARLES GOTT, THOMAS HIGGINS, JOHN STINGEL, I. O. CARTER.
FISH PRESERVERS. SAMUEL WHITE, WILLIAM GIBSON, JOHN CUTTER.
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TOWN OFFICERS.
COMMITTEE ON CEMETERIES.
JOHN SCHOULER, JAMES DURGIN, WILLIAM G. PECK.
ENGINEERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
ALFRED HOBBS, Chief. ARTHUR B. MOULTON, JAMES DURGIN, WILLIAM G. PECK, Assistants. CHARLES GOTT.
POLICE.
JOHN H. HARTWELL,
B. F. DURGIN,
CHARLES GOTT,
A. B. MOULTON, W. H. BARNES.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
THE close of another financial year reminds us of our duty, as public servants of the town, to take a retrospective view of the past twelve months, and present to the citizens a report of our doings, affording at once an exhibit of prog- ress made, and a detailed account of expenditures, under the appropriations granted ; which report is herewith submitted.
At the annual town meeting, held March 2, 1875, the old Board were re-elected. A subsequent meeting of the Board of Selectmen resulted in the choice of John Schouler as Chairman, and B. Delmont Locke, Clerk of the Board.
The suggestions made in our last annual report, relative to the completion of certain improvements on our highways, commenced last year and left incomplete owing to the late- ness of the season, have been carried out in part the present year, while others have been so far tested as time and the limit of your appropriations would admit.
Highways.
Appropriations,
$12,000 00
Park Avenue extension (so called),
2,500 00
Private subscriptions watering streets,
233 00
From gravel for cemetery, and other items,
346 50
Unexpended balance lock-up appropriation,
315 28
Total highway appropriations,
$15,394 78
Expenditures,
15,344 07
Balance unexpended,
$50 71
Reference being had to the tabular statement appended to the Treasurer's Report, it will be seen that the original amount
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appropriated for highways was twelve thousand dollars. At subsequent town-meetings five thousand dollars was voted for the building of the new streets on Arlington Heights, to wit, Park and Eastern Avenue extension, so called. Park Avenue extension has been built, and Eastern Avenue commenced and partially completed; the entire cost of these exten- sions charged to excess and deficiency account, not a dollar having been borrowed on the credit of the town, by note or otherwise. The town debt has therefore not been increased by this additional outlay. This excess and deficiency account arises from the transfer, at the end of each financial year, of all unexpended balances. If, therefore, the yearly expendi- tures fall within the appropriations, the amounts yearly cred- ited to this account form a constantly increasing fund, kept separate and distinct from the other accounts, and drawn upon only by special vote of the town. It will be seen from the above remarks that the highway expenditures, leaving out of view the new streets built and building in accordance with special vote, are not greatly in excess of the twelve thousand dollars originally recommended by the Board and granted by the town, and all are within the appropriations.
Charlestown Street.
The approach to the bridge over Alewife Brook, which marks the boundary line between Somerville and Arlington, has been repaired, and the road-bed for a short distance re- gravelled. We have also filled in at the corner of Charles- town and Winter Streets, and have provided against the standing water in that locality, by the laying of a fifteen- inch cement drain pipe for a distance of sixty feet. The surface-water, which during the winter months has proved so great an annoyance to citizens passing or residing in that locality, is thus avoided by drainage across Charlestown Street to the northerly side, and from thence to the low marsh lands into Alewife Brook.
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Lake Street.
Lake Street has been macadamized and gravelled for a dis- tance of six hundred and fifty feet, commencing at a point near the residence of Josiah Crosby, and extending southerly to land of Addison Gage & Co. This completes the macad- amization of this street from this point to Arlington Avenue, and the road-bed is in excellent condition. Maple and elm trees have been placed on both sides of the street, extending from the brow of the hill on the southerly side of the rail- road nearly to the ice-houses at the outlet of Spy Pond. These shade trees have been set out by the owners of the estates on the line of the street, at their own expense. It may be a question worthy of the consideration of the citi- zens, whether the town ought not to foster this spirit of adorning our highways by shade trees, either by contributing a certain portion of their first cost, or protecting them by suitable safeguards, after having been set out at the expense of the abuttors.
Arlington Avenue.
That portion of the avenue lying between the railroad crossing and Academy Street has been macadamized and re-gravelled. The entire length of the avenue from Alewife Brook to the Lexington line has now been macadamized ; and the road is in good condition, excepting that portion near the estate of Mrs. Butterfield. This will require to be repicked next season, and covered with a light layer of crushed stone and gravel, which can be effected at small expense. The wells constructed on the avenue for sewage purposes have not proved of sufficient capacity to absorb quickly the sur- face-water. During a large portion of the year, they effec- tively answer their purpose; but the water from the heavy spring-rains, flowing over frozen ground, and hence not ab- sorbed in its course even in part, causes large pools of water to remain on the avenue, even for a considerable time after the rain has ceased. To remedy this difficulty we have laid a twelve-inch cement drain-pipe a distance of eleven hundred
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feet, through the public way, near the residence of Mrs. Barnes, passing under the Middlesex Central Railroad to Spy Pond. This pipe is laid with loose joints through a deep stratum of sand. Every joint therefore, affording a ready exit to the surface-water passing through, it is reasonable to presume that the greater part of all the surface-water will be absorbed in its passage, and only that from the heaviest showers find its way to the pond. A sidewalk has been built on the southerly side of the avenue, from corner of Linwood Street to land of J. P. Wyman.
Pond Lane.
A sewage-pipe, draining the surface-water from the avenue through Pond Lane, was partially laid last year. It has been extended the present year to the railroad crossing. The erection of new ice-houses at the foot of the lane, to supply the retail trade, necessitated heavy travel over the road. Mr. Asa Durgin, at his own expense, regraded the lane, making the rise from the pond more gradual, the town furnishing the light coating of blue gravel for finishing the road.
Estimated expense of work done by the town, including cost of drain extension, one hundred dollars.
Warren Street.
The same difficulty has been experienced in this street, relative to drainage, as was encountered on Arlington Ave- nue. We have laid a twelve-inch cement drain-pipe for a distance of eight hundred and seventy-five feet, commencing at a point near estate of S. G. Damon, thence westerly through Warren Street, across Medford Street to the meadows in the rear of the Catholic church. Two cesspools have been con- structed, one located at corner of Franklin and Warren Streets, the other on the westerly side of Medford Street, at a point where the pipe leaves the road. Estimated cost, $875.
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Summer Street.
This street has been gravelled from Mill to Grove Street. A sidewalk has been constructed on the southerly side, from the ledge westerly to Grove Street. The Selectmen desire to call the attention of the town to a dangerous point on this street, near the ledge. Summer Street from the Almshouse runs nearly in a straight line to the ledge. At this point the road deflects and narrows, passing between the Middlesex Central Railroad and the ledge, the entire width of street from ledge to railroad track being about thirty feet. The road, therefore, at this point, lies hemmed in between a pre- cipitous ledge on one side, and the railroad on the other. The increased frequency of trains, as well as increasing travel over the road, combine to make this portion of Summer Street extremely dangerous, if not the most hazardous of any street within the town limits. There are two ways of obviating the difficulty : either by straightening the road and cutting into the ledge sufficiently to make the passage over it of easy grade, or by blasting the ledge to the level of the street. Either method is objectionable, on the ground of excessive expenditure ; and, in view of this, your Board thought it better to lay the whole subject before the town, for such action, if any, as may be deemed the most advisable. The surface-water of the street has been provided for, by the con- struction of blind wells and cesspools, and the laying of drain- pipe across the land of Cyrus Cutter to the mill-pond.
Lowell Street.
Work upon Lowell Street was continued early in the year. The widening is now complete, and the road in good condi- tion to the Lexington line. Estimated cost of comple- tion, $1,000.
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