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Article 34 taken up. (Appropriation for pensions for laborers.)
The Committee of Twenty-one recommended and it was so
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Voted: That no appropriation be made under this article, and that pensions of laborers should be taken from the ap- propriations of the departments for which the pensioned labored.
Article 35 taken up. (Reimbursement to Helen R. Lehm- man.)
Voted: That the sum of twelve (12) dollars be appropriated to reimburse John A. Easton, Trustee for Helen Ross Lehmman, for taxes erroneously paid to the Town; the same to be paid under the direction of the Town Treasurer.
Article 36 taken up. (Appropriation for Topographical Survey Committee.)
Voted: That the sum of twenty-five hundred (2500) dollars be appropriated for the purpose of carrying out the recom- mendations of the Committee on Topographical Survey, the same to be expended under the direction of said Committee.
Article 38 taken up. (Electric Light poles on Massachusetts Avenue.)
Voted: That the sum of one thousand (1000) dollars be appropriated for new electric light poles to be installed on Massachusetts Avenue between Pleasant and Academy Streets, and for the grading of grounds between the Library Building and the First Parish (Unitarian) Church.
Article 39 taken up. (Appropriation for Gray Street Ex- tension.)
Voted (by a two-thirds vote): That the sum of ten thousand (10,000) dollars be appropriated for the construction of Gray Street from Mt. Vernon Street to Oakland Avenue, as laid out and accepted by the Town, November 20, 1911, and the payment of the damages occasioned by said laying out and construction; $5000 of said sum to be raised by general tax the present year, and the balance, $5000, be raised by note of the Town for a term not exceeding one year, signed by the Treasurer and approved by the Selectmen.
Article 40 taken up. (Insect extermination.)
Voted: That the sum of one thousand (1000) dollars be ap- propriated for the extermination of insects other than gypsy and brown-tail moths, and for the general care of trees; the same to be expended under the direction of the Tree Warden.
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Article 7 taken up. (Town expenses, interest, etc.)
Voted: That the sum of twelve thousand (12,000) dollars be appropriated for the Sinking Fund, $1000 to be taken from the income of the Water Works and $11,000 to be raised by general tax the current year; said amounts to be paid to the Sinking Fund Commissioners December 1.
That $8000 from the income of the Water Department, $12,303.48 taken from the unexpended balances and amounts in the Treasury otherwise unappropriated, together with $10,646.52 to be raised by general tax the present year, be appropriated for the payment of notes or bonds maturing in 1913.
That the sum of $10,980 from the income of the Water Department and $16,911 to be raised by general tax be ap- propriated for the payment of interest during the year 1913.
That the sum of $6500 be appropriated for the care of out- side poor, in addition to such sums as the Town may receive from individuals reimbursing it for such care.
That the sum of $890.84 be appropriated to pay the fol- lowing overdrafts during the year 1912:
Abatements .
$280.20
Board of Health
433.60
Sewer Division
168.24
New Hose 8.80
$890.84
That there be appropriated from the income of the Water Department during the year 1913 $33,500 for the maintenance and extensions, including the Metropolitan Water Assessments, $10,980 for interest on the water debt, $1000 for the Sinking Fund, and $8000 for payment of Water notes.
Voted: That the following appropriations be made for the purposes indicated.
Abatements
$2,000
Board of Health
2,900
Board of Survey
500
Cemeteries .
1,800
Fire Department
14,000
Health Department
10,000
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Incidentals.
$4,375
Incidentals, Assessors, including unpaid bills
1,100
Incidentals, Auditor .
100
Incidentals, Collector
775
Incidentals, Town Clerk
1,580
Incidentals, Treasurer
375
Insurance .
2,700
Park Commission
300 ·
Police .
13,600
Premium for bonding
150
Soldiers' Relief
350
State Aid .
100
Military Aid.
100
Town House .
1,500
Wire Department.
1,500
Town Grant, November, 1912, moths
3,000
Salaries for the year, beginning with March election for elective officers, and April 1 for appointive officers.
Selectmen.
$650
Town Clerk, fees
1,200
Treasurer
700
Collector
1,400
Auditor.
1,000
Assessors .
2,000
Board of Public Works
650 i
Board of Health.
400
Tree Warden.
100 .
Inspector of Buildings
750
Town Physician
200.
Registrars of Voters.
225
Superintendent of Wires
1,000
Inspector of Animals
150
Sealer of Weights and Measures
200
Town Counsel.
250 :
Ballot Clerks and Tellers
250 :
Secretary, Committee of Twenty-one
50
Town Engineer
1,500
Inspector of Plumbing 750
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Medical Inspector of Schools . $300
Inspector of Milk. 300
Inspector of Slaughtering.
500
Article 9 taken up. (Appointment of Committee of Twenty- one.)
Voted: That the Moderator of this meeting with the Chair- man and Secretary of the present Committee of Twenty-one are hereby appointed a committee to nominate and report to this meeting a committee of twenty-one citizens, representing all sections of the Town, to serve until the end of the Annual Meeting of 1914; fourteen of the members to be selected from the present Committee of Twenty-one (provided they will serve), the other seven to be newly appointed. That no person holding an elective town office shall be eligible to serve on . said Committee.
To this Committee of Twenty-one are hereby referred all articles in any warrant for a town meeting issued during its term of office. Said committee shall, after due consideration of the subject matter of said articles, report thereon, in print or otherwise, to the Town Meeting, with such recommendations as it shall deem best.
Said Committee shall choose its own officers and have power to fill vacancies.
The Moderator, Chairman and Secretary of the Committee of Twenty-one nominated the following citizens to serve on the Committee of Twenty-one for the year 1913 and through the March meeting of 1914, and they were elected.
Abbott Allen Market Gardener 339 Mass. Avenue
Louis B. Carr
Manufacturer 56 Gray Street
Clarence H. Campbell
Real Estate 108 Broadway
Dennis J. Collins Salesman
12 Schouler Court
Thomas J. Donnelly
Manufacturer
63 Brattle Street Florence Ave.
John R. Foster Harold L. Frost Forester
Picture Frames 362 Mystic Street
26 Academy Street
Roger W. Homer
Merchant
143 Pleasant Street
Walter K. Hutchinson
Provisions
330 Mass. Avenue
Loren W. Marsh Manager
36 Norfolk Road
William C. Drouet
Salesman
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William I. Marsters
Printer
46 Magnolia Street
William A. Muller
Insurance
231 Mass. Avenue
Truman L. Quimby
Journalist
132 Appleton Street
Herbert W. Reed
Salesman
11 Wellington St.
Walter A. Robinson
Teacher
36 Jason Street
Walter F. Robinson
Civil Engineer
15 Cliff Street
*Willard G. Rolfe
Merchant 54 Irving Street
Howard S. Russell
Farmer
1108 Mass. Avenue
George H. Shirley
Salesman
16 Walnut Street
William A. Stevens
Manufacturer
184 Westminster Ave.
Charles M. MacMillan Salesman
95 Jason Street
Article 3 was then taken from the table.
Peter Schwamb, as Chairman of the Committee on Fire Apparatus, appointed January 22, 1912, reported for the Com- mittee and offered the following motion, which was adopted:
Voted: That the Committee on Fire Apparatus be authorized to expend any balance of the $500 appropriated for fitting up the William Penn Hose House, to receive the new appa- ratus, for necessary repairs to the said hose house.
Jacob Bitzer for the Committee representing the Selectmen, School Committee and the special committee on the purchase of a site for a new High School building, presented the following report:
The Committee on High School site beg leave to make the following report:
Since the last Town Meeting the attention of your committee has been directed to the Winn farm, as a possible site før a High School. This farm and other sites previously reported have again been considered by the Committee.
At the meeting held last Thursday the Selectmen, in accord- ance with a vote passed at the November meeting, presented to the Building Committee and the School Committee the Waldo Cutter farm for their approval.
The Building Committee reported that their first choice was a site on Highland Avenue, but they would compromise by taking the Cutter farm as their second choice.
The School Committee reported that none of the sites which *Resigned.
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'had been discussed were considered by them fit for High School purposes, and therefore refused to approve any of them.
By the action of these two committees the Selectmen can- not purchase a site under the provisions of the vote passed at the last Town Meeting.
Respectfully submitted,
JACOB BITZER, Chairman. PHILIP EBERHARDT, Secretary.
The report of the Committee was accepted and the Com- mittee discharged.
The Town Clerk was requested to read the report of the Committee on Topographical Survey of that section of the Town bounded by Mystic Street, Massachusetts Avenue, the Lexington line and the Winchester line.
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This report was supplemented by a report of the same Committee on the question of grade crossings in the Town. This report is of great value to the Town and is filed in the Town Clerk's office. In the opening paragraph of the report, the Committee testify to their appreciation of the services of the first Chairman of the Committee, Mr. George A. Kim- ball, who died on December 3, 1912. Mr. Kimball served the Town in many capacities, and at all times was found ready and willing to give of his time and great ability in all matters pertaining to the Town and its interests.
Continuing to act under Article 3, Henry S. Adams, of the Committee on Topographical Survey, offered the following motion, which was adopted:
Voted: That the report of the Committee on Topographical Survey be accepted as progressive and that the recommenda- tions of the Committee contained in said report be adopted, also
Resolved, That it is the sense of this meeting that the Com- mittee on Topographical Survey be requested to prepare and publish the report of said Committee and to distribute said report to the citizens of the Town with the warrants calling a future Town Meeting and that said Committee further request to have an article calling any future meeting inserted
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in said Warrant to enable said Committee or the Town to take action thereon.
Voted: (Acceptance of reports of Town Officers.) That the reports of the various Town Officers, as presented in their annual reports, together with the addition of tables and statistics of the Assessors, be accepted.
Article 42 taken up. (Town Grant.)
Voted: That the several amounts appropriated at this meeting, for the purposes indicated by the various votes, and not otherwise provided for, amounting to $283,360.59, together with the sum of $3000 appropriated at the November meeting of 1912, making a total of $286,360.59, be raised by general tax the present year and that all notes issued under the authority of any vote passed at this meeting shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 616, Acts of 1910.
Article 26 taken up. (Committee to select playground sites.)
Voted: That a Committee of nine (9) members, to consist of three persons from each of the three following districts, be appointed by the Moderator to study the need, the oppor- tunity and probable cost of playgrounds for the Locke, Cutter and Crosby School Districts, and report to the November Town Meeting.
The Moderator appointed the following citizens to serve on said Committee:
Locke District - H. M. Boylston, Herbert A. Snow, Joseph C. Holmes.
Cutter District - Edward W. Schwamb, Timothy J. Don- ahue, Roland Hobbs.
Crosby District - William I. Marsters, Max H. Meyer, Eugene F. Freeman.
Article 28 taken up. (Town Clerk to prepare Manual.)
Voted: That the Town Clerk be authorized and instructed to annually prepare and publish within sixty (60) days after the adjourned March Town Meeting, a Town Manual, con- taining the names of all officials, boards and committees of the Town, together with such other information pertaining to Town affairs as he may deem proper. The expense of
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such manual not to exceed fifty (50) dollars, to be paid for from the general incidental account.
Article 37 taken up. (Acceptance of Building Lines Act.)
Voted (by a two-thirds vote): That the provisions of Sec- tion 103 of Chapter 48 of the Revised Laws, being an "Act relative to the establishment of building lines within the Town" be accepted.
Arlington, March 31, 1913.
We, the undersigned Constables of the Town of Arlington, appointed by the Selectmen to have charge of the incoming and outgoing turnstiles at the Town Meeting held March 31, 1913, on oath depose and say that three hundred and four- teen (314) voters attended said meeting. This result we determine by deducting from the total number registered as entering the hall the number registered as leaving the hall during said meeting.
(Signed) JOHN DUFFY, CHARLES F. DONAHUE, Constables of Arlington.
Sworn to before me this thirty-first day of March, 1913. THOMAS J. ROBINSON, Town Clerk.
All articles in the Warrant having been disposed of it was Voted: That this meeting be now dissolved.
Meeting dissolved at 10.00 P.M.
A true record. Attest:
THOMAS J. ROBINSON, Town Clerk.
TOWN WARRANT.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. MIDDLESEX, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Arlington, in said County.
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Arlington, qualified as the Constitution requires, to vote in elections and town affairs, to assemble in the Town Hall, in the said Town, Monday, the twenty-eighth day of
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April, 1913, at 7.30 o'clock in the evening, then and there to act on the following articles, viz .:
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2. To hear and act on the reports of committees heretofore appointed.
ART. 3. To see what action the Town will take in relation to securing land for municipal purposes, make an appropri- ation for the same, or take any action thereon.
ART. 4. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the erection of a new High School building, make an appropriation for the purpose, or take any action thereon.
ART. 5. To see if the Town will adopt the recommendation of Committee on Topographical Survey, relative to new streets shown on the plan presented by the said Committee with its report to the Town, make recommendations to the Board of Survey relative to the laying out of said streets and placing permanent markers upon the ground, make an appropriation therefor, or take any action thereon.
ART. 6. To see if the Town will adopt the recommenda- tion of the Committee on Topographical Survey, relative to the securing of land on Turkey Hill, so called, for public purposes, make an appropriation therefor, or take any action thereon.
ART. 7. To see if the Town will adopt the recommenda- tion of the Committee on Topographical Survey, relative to the procuring of land for the extension of Millet Street, so called, from the present terminus of said street to the land of the Symmes Hospital, make recommendations to the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, relative to the layout of the said street, make an appropriation therefor, or take any action thereon.
ART. 8. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to make application to the Superior Court for a commission for the separation of grade crossings in Arlington, as recommended by the Committee on Topographical Survey, make an appropriation therefor, or take any action thereon.
ART. 9. To see if the Town will ratify the acts of its officers, under authority of the votes passed under Article 4 of the
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Warrant for the Town Meeting, held November 19, 1912, and under Article 41 of the Warrant for the last Annual Town Meeting, which votes are substantially as follows:
Under Article 4 of the Warrant for the meeting of November 19, 1912:
Voted: That the Selectmen be authorized and empowered, in the name and behalf of the Town, to purchase for school purposes by good and sufficient deeds conveying the same a lot of land at a cost not exceeding $12,000. The lot so purchased to be first approved, in writing, by the School Committee and the committee appointed April 9, 1912, for further consideration of High School alterations and the ad- visability of erecting a new High School building.
That the Town borrow the sum not exceeding $12,000 for the purchase of such lot, and for this purpose issue twelve negotiable notes or bonds, each for the sum of $1000; two payable on December 1, 1913, and two on December 1, in each of the five succeeding years. Said notes or bonds to be de- signed on the face thereof "School Lot Loan of 1912," and to bear interest payable semi-annually at a rate not to exceed four per centum per annum, to be dated December 1, 1912, signed by the Treasurer and countersigned by the Selectmen.
Under Article 41 of the Warrant for the last Annual Town Meeting:
Voted: That the subject-matter of this Article be referred back to the Selectmen, and that they be instructed to pro- ceed with the selection and purchase of a new High School lot in the manner provided in the vote of November 19, 1912, but at a cost not exceeding $15,000.
That the sum of $12,000 borrowed under the said vote of' November 19, 1912, and now in the Town Treasury, be appropriated towards the payment for the lot purchased as above authorized, and the balance of the purchase price, not exceeding $3000, be borrowed; and for this purpose the Town issue six negotiable notes or bonds, each for the 'sum of $500; one payable in the year 1914, and one in each of the five suc- ceeding years, bearing interest at a rate not exceeding four per centum per annum, all to be issued in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 616, Acts of 1910.
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And will amend or change said votes in any respect or take any other action with respect to said votes or the subject matter thereof.
Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, to the Selectmen, on or before said day and hour of meeting.
Given under our hands at said Arlington, this fourteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirteen.
FRANK V. NOYES, JACOB BITZER, HERBERT W. RAWSON, Selectmen of the Town of Arlington.
Arlington, April 28, 1913.
MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
By virtue of this Warrant I have notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Arlington, qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs, to meet at the time and place. and for the purposes herein named, by causing a printed attested copy of the same to be left at every dwelling house in the Town, and also by posting an attested copy of said Warrant on the door of the Town Hall in said Arlington seven (7) days at least before said day of meeting. A notice of the time, place and object of said meeting was published in the Arlington Advocate.
(Signed) GARRITT BARRY, Constable of Arlington.
In pursuance of the foregoing Warrant the Inhabitants of the Town of Arlington, qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs, met in the Town Hall, on Monday the twenty- eighth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, and were called to order at 7.30 o'clock in the evening by the Town Clerk, who read the Warrant calling the meeting and the return thereon of the - Constable who served the same upon the inhabitants.
Article 1 taken up. (Choice of Moderator.)
John G. Brackett was the unanimous choice of the assembled citizens, and he was declared elected Moderator and sworn
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to the faithful discharge of his duties by the Town Clerk. On motion of Truman L. Quimby, Article 2 of the Warrant was taken up.
Article 2 taken up. (Reports of Committees.)
On motion of Mr. Quimby, Chairman of the Committee of Twenty-one, the printed report of said Committee, as pre- sented to the meeting, was received.
Frank W. Hodgdon of the Committee, to whom had been referred the subject matter of the alteration and extension , of the High School building made the following report:
To the Inhabitants of the Town of Arlington:
Your Committee appointed April 9, 1912, to whom was referred the subject matter of the alteration and extension of the High School building, and the advisability of erecting a new High School building, submits the following report:
On November 19, 1912, the Committee submitted a partial report recommending that the Selectmen purchase a lot as a site for a new High School building at a cost not exceeding twelve thousand (12,000) dollars, and the Town so voted, with the provision that, before purchasing, the Selectmen should obtain the approval of the site by this Committee and also by the School Committee. The Selectmen selected a number of sites, but none of these met with the approval of both Committees. At the annual meeting this year the Committee of Twenty-one considered the matter and expressed the opinion that it was inexpedient. to purchase a site on the so-called Academy-Jason Street location, owing to its high cost and small size, but recommended that the appropriation for purchasing a site be increased to fifteen thousand (15,000) dollars, and this was voted. Even with this amount, the Select- men did not find a site which both Committees would approve.
From the above statement it will be seen that the Town is making no progress towards securing additional High School accommodations. Your Committee is still of the opinion as expressed in its report of November 18, 1912, that "A site for a new High School building should be located reasonably near the centre of the Town and preferably on fairly high ground and should be about four (4) acres or more in area."
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It also believes that a lot fulfilling these requirements can be secured for the amount of the appropriation already made.
Of the locations considered by the Committee up to the present time it believes that either the Highland Avenue lot, so called, or the Waldo Cutter farm offers the most advanta- geous proposition for the Town to consider and purchase. As regards the personal opinion of several members of the Com- mittee, three members consider that the Highland Avenue site at a cost of about $12,500 for approximately a four-acre lot, is the most desirable site in view of the fact that it is nearer the main line of transportation through the Town, and therefore now accessible in the present state of the Town's development.
The other members of the Committee, taking into consider- ation the probable trend of the Town's ultimate development, favor the Cutter farm, an area of about fifteen (15) acres at a cost of about $15,000, as their first choice, although agreeing that the Highland Avenue site is a favorable one.
No architect has been considered or plans drawn as yet, as it was deemed best, by the Committee, not to consider these matters until a lot had been secured.
Your Committee, therefore, recommends that a ballot of the citizens of the Town be taken upon these locations as alternative propositions, believing that in the case of the choice of either location the Town will be committed to a desirable site.
FRANK W. HODGDON, Chairman. CLARENCE A. MOORE, Secretary.
Mr. Bitzer of the Board of Selectmen presented the follow- ing report of the Joint Committee, consisting of the Select- men, Special Committee and School Committee:
The Committee on High School beg leave to make the following report:
Since the last Town Meeting the attention of your Com- mittee has been directed to the Winn farm as a possible site for a High School. This farm and the other sites previously reported upon have again been considered by the Committee.
At the meeting held last Thursday, the Selectmen, in
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accordance with a vote passed at the November Meeting, pre- sented to the Building Committee and the School Committee the Waldo Cutter farm for their approval.
The Building Committee reported that their first choice was a site on Highland Avenue, but they would compromise by taking the Cutter farm, as their second choice.
The School Committee reported that none of the sites which had been discussed were considered by them fit for High School purposes, and, therefore refused to approve any of them.
By the action of these two Committees the Selectmen cannot purchase a site under the provisions of the vote passed at the last Town Meeting.
Respectfully submitted,
JACOB BITZER, Chairman. PHILIP, EBERHARDT, Secretary.
The reports were accepted and the Committees discharged. Article 9 taken up. (Ratification of Acts of officers.)
Voted (by a two-thirds vote): That the vote passed under Article 4 of the Warrant for the Town Meeting, held November 19, 1912, be amended by striking out the words, "that the Selectmen be authorized and empowered in the name and behalf of the Town, to purchase for school purposes, by good and sufficient deeds conveying the same, a lot of land at a cost not exceeding twelve thousand (12,000) dollars. The lot so purchased to be first approved in writing by the School Committee, and the Committee appointed April 9, 1912, for further consideration of High School alterations and the advisability of erecting a new High School Building."
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