Town of Arlington annual report 1916, Part 4

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Publication date: 1916
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Article 44 taken up. (Building lines on Massachusetts Avenue.)


Voted: That the subject matter of this Article be referred to the Joint Board and the Planning Board for a further study and report with information as to the legal points involved, ultimate cost, etc.


The Moderator at this time appointed the following citizens


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to serve on the Committee under Article 25 for the investigation of forms of Town government: Henry Hornblower, William A. Muller, Thomas J. Robinson, Howard S. Russell and Carl N. Quimby.


Voted: That this meeting now adjourn.


Meeting adjourned at 10.55 o'clock.


Number of citizens attending the meeting 287.


A true record. Attest:


THOMAS J. ROBINSON, Town Clerk.


Arlington, March 27, 1916.


Pursuant to adjournment the citizens of Arlington, qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs, met in the Town Hall on Monday, the twenty-seventh day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixteen and were called to order at thirty minutes after seven o'clock in the evening by the Moderator, John G. Brackett.


Article 45 was taken up. (Public Sanitary.)


The Committee recommended, and it was so voted, that no action be taken under this article.


Article 46 taken up. "(Half-holiday for Town Laborers.) .


Voted: To grant the employees of the Highway, Sewer, Water and Health Departments a Saturday half-holiday, without loss of pay, for six months beginning May 1, 1916, and ending October 31, 1916, inclusive. This vote shall apply only to the regular employees of these departments of the Town, and who reside in the Town.


Article 47 taken up. (Committee of Twenty-one for 1916-1917.)


Voted: That the Moderator of this meeting, together with the Chairman and Secretary of the present Finance Committee of Twenty-one, are hereby appointed a committee to nominate and report to this meeting, a Finance Committee of Twenty-one citi- zens, representing all sections of the Town, to serve until the annual meeting of 1917; fourteen of the members to be selected from the present Committee, 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 Finance Committee are hereby referred all articles in any


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Town Warrant 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 shall have power to fill vacancies.


The Committee reported the following names and they were declared elected.


William F. Hadley


Ice Dealer


20 Pond Lane


John J. Barker


Merchant


45 Westmoreland Av.


Peter F. O'Neill


Clerk


209 Broadway


Frank A. O'Brien Salesman


77 Bartlett Avenue


Charles B. Devereaux Merchant


8 Wellington Street


Frederick W. Dickson Clerk


85 Brattle Street


Herbert E. W. Ekmark Agent


16 Windsor Street


Francis J. Whilton Jeweler


259 Mystic Street


Theodore P. Harding


Stock Broker


71 Bartlett Avenue


Charles H. Higgins


Forester


7 Swan Street


William Fairchild


Builder


52 Old Mystic Street


Arthur A. Lawson


Insurance


13 Ravine Street


Charles M. MacMillin Glass


95 Jason Street


Loren W. Marsh


Manager


36 Norfolk Road


W. Irving Middleton


Electrical Engineer


20 Freeman Street


Claude A. Palmer


Manager


57 Wollaston Av. 36 Jason Street


Walter A. Robinson


Teacher


Carl H. Bunker


Assistant Supt.


81 Hillside Avenue


Luther T. Bateman


Civil Engineer 33 Robbins Road


Clarence A. Moore


Civil Engineer


81 Walnut Street


Charles W. Tilton


Salesman


32 Oakland Avenue


Article 48 taken up. (Selectmen to petition Court.)


Voted: That the Board of Selectmen be given permission to use their discretion in petitioning the Superior Court for the appointment of a special commission for the elimination of grade crossings at Mill Street.


Articles 49, 50 and 51 taken up. (For sale of Town property not used.)


Voted: That a Committee of Three be appointed by the Modera- tor, to whom the subject matter of Articles 49, 50 and 51 is referred, and the said Committee is directed to inspect all real estate owned by the Town other than that used for park or school purposes,


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and to investigate the present and possible uses of said real estate and to report to the Town at the next annual meeting with their recommendations as to the disposition or retention of the same.


The Moderator appointed Frank W. Hodgdon, Claude A. Pal- mer and Ernest R. Kimball to serve on this Committee.


Article 52 taken up. (Proposed purchase of land on Mill Street.)


Voted: That the subject matter of this article be referred to the Committee appointed under Articles 49, 50 and 51, and that a report be made in connection with the report on said articles.


Article 53 taken up. (Appropriation for snow and ice.)


Voted: That the sum of $7000 be appropriated for the removal of snow and ice from the highways, to be expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works.


Article 54 taken up. (Appropriation for Engineering.)


Voted: That the sum of $3000 be appropriated for Town Engineering, $1500 of which is to be expended for salary of Town Engineer.


Article 55 taken up. (Storm drains.)


Voted: That the sum of $2500 be appropriated for the extension of storm drains.


Article 56 taken up. (Summer Street Extension.)


Voted (by a two-thirds vote): That the sum of $8000 be appro- priated to continue the extension of Summer Street, $1000 to be taken from the revenues of 1916, and for the purpose of raising the balance ($7000) there be issued four (4) serial notes, three (3) for $2000 payable in the years 1917, 1918 and 1919, and one for $1000, payable in the year 1920. Said notes to be issued in accord- ance with the provisions of Chapter 616 of the Acts of 1910, and amendments thereto, and to be designated on the face thereof "Summer Street Loan of 1916" and to bear interest at a rate not to exceed 4%, payable semi-annually.


Article 7 taken up. (Appropriation for Town Expenses.)


Voted: That the sum of $4500 be appropriated, to be expended under the direction of the Board of Health, $2000 of said sum for the care of contagious diseases and $2500 to be expended for general uses of the Department.


Voted: That the sum of $14,550 be appropriated for the Sink- ing Fund; that $3000 be taken from the receipts of the Water Department, and the balance $11,550 be raised by general tax.


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Voted: That the sum of $42,000 be appropriated for the payment of interest during the year 1916, that for this purpose the sum of $11,202.50 be taken from the receipts of the supplementary taxes and the balance of $23,568.50 be raised by general tax.


Voted: That the sum of $50,950 be appropriated for the payment of bonds and notes maturing in 1916; and for that purpose $27,- 301.72 be taken from the unexpended balance now in the Treasury, $3,542.05 be taken from premiums on bonds now in the Treasury, $13,500 be taken from the receipts of the Water Department and $6,606.23 be raised by general tax.


Voted: That the sum of $12,475 be appropriated for salaries of elective and appointive officers of the Town for the ensuing year, to be paid to the following officers in the amounts specified. Sala- ries of elective officers to begin with the March election and of appointive officers, April 1, 1916:


Selectmen, six hundred fifty dollars $650


Town Clerk, fees and twelve hundred dollars


1,200


Treasurer, seven hundred dollars. 700


Collector, fourteen hundred dollars


1,400


Auditor, twelve hundred dollars


1,200


Board of Public Works, six hundred fifty dollars.


650


Assessors, two thousand dollars.


2,000


Board of Health, four hundred dollars


400


Tree Warden, one hundred dollars


100


Inspector of Buildings, seven hundred fifty dollars


Town Physician, two hundred dollars. 750


200


Registrars of Voters, two hundred twenty-five dollars. . 225


Superintendent of Wires, one thousand dollars 1,000


Inspector of Animals, one hundred fifty dollars.


150


Sealer Weights and Measures, two hundred dollars


200


Town Counsel, two hundred fifty dollars. 250


Secretary Committee of Twenty-one, fifty dollars. 50


Inspector of Plumbing, seven hundred fifty dollars. 750


Inspector of Milk, four hundred dollars. 400


Inspector of Slaughtering, two hundred dollars . 200


Voted: That the following sums be appropriated for the purposes hereinafter set forth:


Outside Poor, eight thousand dollars.


$8,000


Board of Survey, five hundred dollars. 500


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Cemeteries, twenty-five hundred dollars. $2,500


Fire Department, sixteen thousand dollars. 16,000


Health Department, fourteen thousand four hundred dollars . 14,400


Incidentals :


Selectmen, five thousand five hundred dollars 5,500


Assessors, fifteen hundred seventy-five dollars 1,575


Auditor, one hundred twenty-five dollars. 125


Collector, nine hundred seventy-five dollars 975


Town Clerk, eighteen hundred dollars 1,800


Treasurer, four hundred fifty dollars. 450


Insurance, six thousand three hundred and eighty-five dollars .


6,385


Park Commission, four hundred dollars


400


Planning Board, three hundred dollars.


300


Police Department, eighteen thousand two hundred and fifty dollars . 18,250


Soldiers' Relief, four hundred dollars.


400


State and Military Aid, two hundred and fifty dollars ..


250


Town House (new), four thousand dollars


4,000


Town House (old), five hundred dollars 500


Wire Department, three thousand dollars 3,000


Reserve Fund, three thousand dollars .


3,000


Voted: That the sum of $35,797.50 be appropriated from the income of the Water Department during the year 1916, for main- tenance and extensions, including Metropolitan Water Assess- ments, $13,500 for notes due in 1916, $3000 to the Sinking Fund and $11,202.50 for interest on Water Debt.


Article 57 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 $352,383.48 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, or amendments thereto.


Article 3 taken from table. (Reports of Committees.)


Willis P. Howard of the Joint Board reported for that Board on the work done to establish a new street from Massachusetts


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Avenue to Mystic Street. The report of the Board (given verb- ally), was accepted by the meeting as progressive.


Jacob Bitzer, Chairman of the High School Building Committee, presented the following report of the Committee, and the same was accepted, ordered filed and the Committee given a vote of thanks for the efficient manner in which they had carried out the desires of the Town. The report was as follows:


o the Citizens of Arlington:


At the Town Meeting of September 18, 1914, acting under Article 3 of the Warrant, it was voted that $186,000 be appro- priated for the erection of a High School Building on the Schouler Court Site, and that the Committee appointed at the Town Meeting of April 9, 1914, to procure plans and specifications for such building, be continued as the High School Building Com- mittee.


Acting under authority conferred by the above action, the Committee proceeded to enter into contract with the Light, Heat and Power Company of Boston, Mass., for the construction of the proposed building for the sum of $156,530.


This was the lowest bid received from thirteen bidders, all being; opened by the Committee publicly, on August 28, 1914. .


The contract was signed by the respective parties October 2',, 1914.


Ground was broken on October 7, 1914, and the building was sufficiently completed to permit of occupancy for school purposes on September 13, 1915.


Ample room is provided for 878 pupils, and with some slight, rearrangement approximately 1000 can be accommodated.


At the Town Meeting of May 20, 1915, the Building Com- mittee was granted $18,500 for equipment and $11,000 for grading the surrounding grounds.


The Committee wishes to acknowledge the very material assist- ance rendered by the School Committee and the Superintendent of Schools in preparing a full and carefully detailed schedule of equipment required and appreciates their hearty and general co- operation.


As shown in the appended financial statement, the total appro- priation and approximate cost of erecting and furnishing the building is $204,500, which, based on capacity of 1000 pupils gives


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$204 as the cost per pupil. This figure is believed by your Com- mittee to be the lowest cost for this type of building in the Metro- politan District. 4


Owing to the unavoidable delay in securing the complete equip- ment for the building, it was deemed inadvisable to hold any formal dedication.


Your Committee has endeavored to construct a dignified build- ing from which the Town may realize the greatest educational value for the money expended. In this endeavor, they believe that a fair measure of success has been obtained and that the build- ing which is about to be turned over to the Town will afford facili- ties for keeping the educational opportunities in Arlington abreast of any in the Commonwealth.


FINANCIAL STATEMENT.


Appropriation (general construction)


$186,000.00


Total expenditures


185,909.20


Balance


$90.80


Appropriation (furnishings)


$18,500.00


Total expenditures Balance


18,313.32


186.68


Appropriation (grading)


$11,000.00


Total expenditures Balance


10,977.33


22.67


Total appropriations


$215,500.00


Total expenditures Total balance


215,199.85


$300.15


Respectfully submitted,


JACOB BITZER, Chairman,


CLARENCE A. MOORE, Secretary,


JOHN W. BAILEY,


CARL N. QUIMBY, ARTHUR BIRCH,


JACOB R. ESTABROOK,


NICHOLS L. McKAY,


Committee on High School Building.


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Mr. Joseph C. Holmes presented the report of the Committee appointed for the revaluation of all Town property. The Com- mittee as appointed, consisted of Joseph C. Holmes, Louis B. Carr, and William A. Muller. By the death of Mr. Carr, shortly after his appointment, the Committee and the Town were de- prived of the services of this faithful, conscientious and far-sighted citizen, upon whose judgment the Town had grown to rely. The report, as presented, was accepted and ordered embodied in the next Annual Town Report. The following is the report:


CLASSIFICATION


REAL


PERSONAL


TOTAL


NEW TOWN HALL


119,395 square feet


Building


$59,697.00 175,000.00


Contents


$33,416.60


$268,114.10


OLD TOWN HALL


6800 square feet


10,200.00


Building


12,000.00


Contents


12,317.23


34,517.23


NEW HIGH SCHOOL


652,046 square feet Building


185,000.00


Contents


25,690.99


240,690.99


JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL


40,916 square feet


12,274.80


Building


80,000.00


Contents


14,713.65


106,988.45


CROSBY SCHOOL


163,000 square feet


19,560.00


Building


95,000.00


Contents


9,595.00


124,155.00


RUSSELL SCHOOL


6,900.00


Contents


6,438.56


61,338.56


PARMENTER SCHOOL


21,870 square feet


5,467.50


Building


17,000.00


Contents


2,674.63


25,142.13


CUTTER SCHOOL


28,941 square feet


3,617.63


Building


47,500.00


Contents


8,556.03


59,673.66


LOCKE SCHOOL


76,600 square feet


11,490.00


Building


80,000.00


Contents


9,879.09


101,369.09


ROBBINS LIBRARY


64,191 square feet


32,095.50


Building


120,000.00


Contents


55,582.84


207,678.34


30,000.00


27,600 square feet Building


48,000.00


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REAL


PERSONAL


TOTAL


WILLIAM PENN HOSE HOUSE 3200 square feet Building Contents


$672.00 6,000.00


$10,668.00


$17,340.00


HIGHLAND HOSE HOUSE


16,000 square feet


2,400.00


Building


6,700.00


Contents


8,837.00


17,937.00


PARK AVENUE HOSE HOUSE


7543 square feet


1,508.60


Building


2,200.00


Contents


2,095.00


5,803.60


HOUSE - MEDFORD STREET


12,584 square feet Building


3,500.00


6,646.00


SUMMER STREET ESTATE


182,952 square feet


3,659.04


Buildings, barns and sheds


7,500.00


11,159.04


TOWN YARD PROPERTY


133,540 square feet


3,500.00


Garbage house and dwelling


2,000.00


5,500.00


Water Works Bldg., Mill Street


2,000.00


2,000.00


PUMPING STATION, East Lexington


173 acres Building


11,576.00 2,000.00


13,576.00


STONE CRUSHER LOT, Fessenden Road 1312 acres


16,200.00


16,200.00


TRAINING FIELD LOT


12,637 square feet


1,000.00


Sewer Department shed


500.00


1,500.00


GROVE STREET LOT


888.90


888.90


MYSTIC STREET LOT 89,449 square feet


3,577.96


3,577.96


MENOTOMY ROCKS PARK 29.36 acres


8,808.00


8,808.00


MEDFORD STREET TRIANGLE 6200 square feet


300.00


300.00


MEADOW BROOK PARK 15.52 acres


3,104.00


3,104.00


STANDPIPE PARK


3,015.92


3,015.92


RUSSELL PARK 65,200 square feet


9,780.00


9,780.00


TURKEY HILL PROPERTY 480,542 square feet


2,402.71


2,402.71


IL ICE SIGNAL SYSTEM 18 police signal boxes (($1265 for switchboard for sys- tem included in contents of Old Town Hall.)


1,800.00


1,800.00


FIRE SIGNAL SYSTEM


5,625.00


5,625.00


45 fire alarm boxes ($9375 fire alarm apparatus in- cluded in Old Town Hall contents.) WATER DEPARTMENT Pipes and laying same Tools, meters and materials


275,000.00


30,000.00


305,000.00


29,630 square feet


75,398 square feet


3,146.00


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TOWN SCALES (At Peirce & Winn's)


REAL


PERSONAL $150.00


TOTAL $150.00


TOWN CLOCK


(In Unitarian Church)


300.00


300.00


TREE WARDEN AND MOTH DEPARTMENT Tools, equipment, etc.


3,391.50


3,391.50


SEWER DEPARTMENT


Main sewer and collecting sewers, including tools, equipment, etc.


$320,648.00


320,648.00


STORM DRAINS 912 miles


(cost of construction)


47,500.00


47,500.00


RESERVOIR


(included in Water Department)


SUMMER STREET LAND Takings


1,000.00


1,000.00


STREET WATERING


Equipment


1,169.00


1,169.00


HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT


Horses, carts and equipment


17,062.00


Materials available


1,373.00


18,435.00


SPY POND ATHLETIC FIELD


71/2 acres


45,000.00


Grand stand and dressing rooms


5,000.00


50,000.00


CEMETERIES


Mt. Pleasant, 41 acres


50,000.00


Office building


500.00


50,500.00


Pleasant Street Cemetery (included in Cemetery lands) TRUST FUNDS


LIBRARY


Timothy Wellington Fund


100.00


Elbridge Farmer Fund


50,000.00


Nathan Pratt Fund


10,000.00


Henry Mott Fund


5,200.00


65,300.00


SCHOOLS


Nathan Pratt Fund


25,000.00


High School Income Fund


1,574.57


William Cutter Fund


5,354.00


Martha M. W. Russell Fund


5,327.86


Julia Fillebrown Fund


168.17


37,424.60


POOR WIDOWS AND NEEDY PERSONS


Nathan Pratt Fund


5,000.00


Martha M. W. Russell Fund


1,704.23


E. S. Farmer Relief Fund


5,354.17


E. S. Farmer Poor Widows' Fund


5,000.00


Mary Cutter Poor Widows' Fund


613.11


Income Poor Widows' Fund


1,444.36


19,115.87


CEMETERIES


Perpetual Care Fund


37,440.61


Robbins Fund


5,291.32


S. C. Bicknam Fund


2,119.84


Soldiers' Monument Fund


3,343.16


48,194.93


MEMORIAL


E. N. Blake, Jr., Fund


2,715.84


2,715.84


CITIZEN-SOLDIERS' FUND


375.83


375.83


ART FUND


Winfield Robbins Fund


27,725.73


27,725.73


SINKING FUND (For all purposes)


112,381.16


112,381.16


$1,897,890.06 $580,069.08 $2,477,959.14


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All articles calling the meeting having been acted on and all reports heard it was voted that the meeting be dissolved.


Meeting dissolved at fifteen minutes after nine o'clock.


The number of citizens attending the meeting, as determined by the Constables in charge of the turnstiles, was three hundred seventy-eight (378).


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.


GREETING :


In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town who are qualified to vote in primaries, to meet in Town Hall, in said Town, Tuesday, the twenty-fifth day of April, 1916, at 2 P.M., for the following purposes:


To bring in their votes to the primary officers for the election of candidates of political parties for the following offices :


Four Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Republican Party.


Four Alternate Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Republican Party.


Four Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Democratic Party.


Four Alternate Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Democratic Party.


Eight Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Prohibition Party.


Eight Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Prohibition Party.


Two District Delegates to the National Convention of the Republican Party, Eighth Congressional District.


Two Alternate District Delegates to the National Convention of the Republican Party, Eighth Congressional District.


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Two District Delegates to the National Convention of the Democratic Party, Eighth Congressional District.


Two Alternate District Delegates to the National Convention of the Democratic Party, Eighth Congressional District.


One District Delegate to the National Convention of the Pro- hibition Party, Eighth Congressional District.


One Alternate District Delegate to the National Convention of the Prohibition Party, Eighth Congressional District.


All the above candidates and officers are to be voted for upon one ballot.


The polls will be open from 2 to 8 P.M.


And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting attested copies thereof, seven days at least before the time of said meeting.


Given under our hands this tenth day April, A.D., 1916.


THOMAS J. DONNELLY, HORATIO A. PHINNEY, WILLIS P. HOWARD, Selectmen of the Town of Arlington.


Arlington, April 22, 1916.


MIDDLESEX COUNTY.


By virtue of this Warrant I have notified and warned the voters of the different political parties of the Town of Arlington, qualified to vote in primaries, to meet at the time and place and for the purposes herein named, by causing a printed attested copy to be left at every dwelling house in the Town and also by posting an attested copy at the doors of the Town Hall, seven days at least before said day of meeting. I further certify that a notice of said meeting was published in the Arlington Advocate.


WILLIAM T. CANNIFF, Constable of Arlington.


In pursuance of the foregoing Warrant the voters of the different political parties of the Town of Arlington met in the Town Hall, in said Town on Tuesday, the twenty-fifth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, and


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were called to order at two o'clock in the afternoon by Thomas J. Donnelly, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen.


The Warrant calling the meeting was read by the Town Clerk, who also read the return thereon of the Constable who served the same upon the inhabitants.


The following election officers having been appointed by the Selectmen, were sworn to the faithful performance of their duties by the Town Clerk, and assigned as follows:


Ballot Clerks - Joseph J. Duffy, Oscar J. Schnetzer, William P. Slattery and George Howland.


Checkers at Ballot Boxes - Frank Y. Wellington, David T. Dale, John Z. Lawson and Arthur J. Hendrick.


At Ballot Boxes - George C. Tewksbury and Charles A. Paine. Inspectors - George E. Baumeister and P. Henry Casey.


Tabulators - George H. Peirce and George M. Richardson.


A sealed package of ballots was delivered by the Town Clerk to the Chairman, who publicly broke the seal and delivered the ballots to the ballot clerks.


Lists of registered voters were supplied to the ballot clerks and checkers at the ballot boxes by the Registrars of Voters.


Cards of instructions and penalties on voters were posted in conspicuous places, as well as in each booth, as required by law.


In compliance with the laws of the Commonwealth governing elections the Town Hall was fitted up as a polling place, a space railed off, and booths and shelves provided for the voters to examine and mark their ballots.


The ballot boxes were examined by the Chairman and the Town Clerk and were found to be empty and the register set at zero.


The keys were then delivered into the custody of the Constable, John Duffy, and remained in his custody until the close of the meeting.


At five (5) minutes after two (2) o'clock the polls were declared open for the reception of votes and remained open until eight (8) o'clock in the evening, at which time, after due notice, they were declared closed.


In accordance with the law governing primaries the ballot boxes were not opened until the close of the polls.


At the close of the polls the registers showed that six hundred


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eighty-six (686) ballots had been cast, which on being removed, sorted and counted were found to be divided as follows: Republican 656, Democratic 28, Prohibition 2.


The ballot clerks and tellers counted the names checked by them and found the number to agree with the number registered by the ballot boxes (686).


The ballots were sorted, counted and announcement made at 9.15 o'clock as follows:


REPUBLICAN PARTY (656).


PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATES AT LARGE, GROUP 1. Grafton D. Cushing had two hundred seventy-two (272). Charles S. Bird had two hundred sixty-eight (268). Augustus P. Gardner had two hundred fifty-six (256). Robert M. Washburn had two hundred twenty-nine (229) Blanks, thirty-five (35).


GROUP 2.


Samuel W. McCall had three hundred eighty-five (385). Henry Cabot Lodge had three hundred seventy (370). John W. Weeks had three hundred thirty-one (331). Winthrop M. Crane had three hundred forty-three (343). Blanks, one hundred thirty-five (135).




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