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Article 23. To see if the Town will authorize its Collector of Taxes to use all means of collecting taxes for the year 1925, which a Town Treasurer may use when appointed a Collector of Taxes.
Article 24. To determine in what manner the town ways, highways, and bridges shall be repaired during the ensuing year.
Article 25. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to purchase or take in fee by eminent domain for the purpose of erecting thereon a building to be used for police purposes, all or any portion of a certain parcel of land situated in said Arlington, and bounded sub- stantially as follows: Northwesterly on Central Street, 120.40 feet; Southwesterly by land of owners unknown, 115.57 feet; Southeasterly by land now or formerly of William A. Muller, Tr. and land now or formerly of John Osborn, 120.55 feet; Northeasterly by land now or formerly of Mary R. Winn, 116.79 feet, containing 13,994 square feet, more or less; make an appropriation of money for the purpose; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended ; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the Committee on Additional Police Accommodations)
Article 26. To see if the Town will appoint a com- mittee to procure plans and estimates for the construc- tion of a building for the use of the Police Department
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on land bounded by Central Street, land now or formerly of Benjamin Bloom, William A. Muller, Trustee, John Osborn, and Mary R. Winn; make an appropriation there- for; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the Committee on Additional Police Accommodations)
Article 27. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money sufficient to properly lay out and grade the grounds surrounding the new Fire Station; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended ; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the Committee on Additional Fire Accommodations)
Article 28. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to construct a Fire Station at Arlington Heights; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto. (Inserted at the request of the Committee on Additional Fire Accommodations)
Article 29. To see if the Town will authorize the sale, conveyance, or other disposition of the old fire sta- tion situated at the corner of Broadway and Franklin Street; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the Committee on Additional Fire Accommodations)
Article 30. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation for the purchase of equipment for a repair shop in the new Fire Engine House ; determine in what manner the money shall be raised or expended; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the Committee on Additional Fire Accommodations)
Article 31. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation of $10,000 or any other sum for the purchase of a Fire Ladder Truck ; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
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Article 32. To see if the Town will make an addi- tional appropriation for fireproofing the new school build- ing to be built on the True lot, so-called, on Lake Street ; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the Committee on Additional School Accommodations)
Article 33. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation for original equipment and furnishings for the new school to be built on the True lot, so-called, on Lake Street; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto. (Inserted at the request of the Committee on Add.tional School Accommodations)
Article 34. To see if the Town will authorize the acquisition by purchase or otherwise of the Kate P. Fos- ter property on Irving Street, for school purposes, as fur- ther described in this article; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any ac- tion relating thereto. Said property is situated in the Town of Arlington, and is bounded substantially as fol- lows : Beginning at a point on the northerly side line of Irving Street a distance of 155.00 feet southeasterly from the southeasterly sideline of Academy Street, thence southeasterly on the said northerly sideline of Irving Street on a curve to the right with a radius of 212.11 feet, a distance of 66.29 feet to a point of tangency, thence southerly on the said northerly sideline of Irving Street, a distance of 32.29 feet to a point, thence southeasterly a distance of 24.55 feet to a point on the northwesterly sideline of the land of Clarence A. Moore, now or formerly, thence northeasterly by the land of the said Clarence A. Moore, now or formerly, a distance of 173.5 feet, more or less, to a point on the southwesterly sideline of the land of Fannie C. Porter, thence northwesterly by the land of the said Fannie C. Porter, a distance of 85.00 feet to an angle point on the southwesterly sideline of the land of Fannie C. Porter, thence continuing in a northwesterly
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line by the said southwesterly sideline of the land of Fan- nie C. Porter, a distance of 7.46 feet to a point on the southeasterly sideline of the land of the Town of Arling- ton, thence southwesterly by the said land of the Town of Arlington, a distance of 141.90 feet to the point of be- ginning, containing 16,585 square feet, more or less. (Inserted at the request of the Committee on Additional School Accommodations)
Article 35. To see if the Town will accept the gift of a lot of land on Irving Street, now owned by William T. Foster, as offered by him and Elizabeth W. Foster un- der date of January 24, 1925; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the Committee on Additional School Accommodations)
Article 36. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to remodel in the High School building, the present lunch rooms into class rooms, and the present so- called swimming pool into a lunch room, in order to make available for the opening of school in September, two ad- ditional class rooms.
(Inserted at the request of the School Committee)
Article 37. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to construct a so-called outdoor gymnasium at the Junior High School Centre, in the yard on the Maple Street side of the building.
(Inserted at the request of the School Committee)
Article 38. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars or any other sum, to provide for locker equipment for the gymnasium in the High School building; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the School Committee)
Article 39. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation for the improvement, development and use of the
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playground situated between the "High School Lot" and the land of the Boston and Maine Railroad; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any ac- tion relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the Park Commissioners
Article 40. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation of the sum of one thousand ($1,000) dollars or any other sum for the employment of district or other nurses; determine in what manner the money shall be raised or expended ; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of more than ten registered voters)
Article 41. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation for the purpose of taking the decennial census of the Town, as required by chapter 453, section 7 of the Acts of 1924, or any amendments thereof or additions thereto; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 42. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a town way from the end of the accepted portion to Waldo Road, substantially in the location of the private way known as Amsden Street, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments; establish said way; make an appropria- tion for said laying out and the construction of said way ; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
Said way as so laid out is bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the northerly side line of Amsden Street, said point being 396.0 feet northeasterly from a stone bound at the point of intersection of the east- erly side line of Mass. Ave. and said northerly side line of Amsden Street, thence northeasterly on said northerly
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side line of Amsden St. a distance of 568.26 feet to a stone bound at the westerly side line of Waldo Road, thence southeasterly on said westerly side line of Waldo Road a distance of 45.80 feet to the southerly side line of Amsden St., thence southwesterly on said southerly side line of Amsden St. a distance of 558.35 feet to a point, thence northwesterly across said Amsden St. a distance of 45.0 feet to the point of beginning as shown on a plan on file at the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass. entitled "Plan and Profile of Amsden St., Arlington, Mass., Scales, 1" == 40' and 6', July 1910, H. S. Adams, C.E."
Article 43. To see if the Town will accept the lay- ing out of a town way from Lake Street to Barnes Lane, substantially in the location of the private way known as Brooks Avenue, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, under the pro- visions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments ; establish said way ; make an appropriation for said lay- ing out and the construction of said way; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
Said way as so laid out is bounded and described as follows :
Beginning at the point of intersection of the norther- ly side line of Lake St. and the easterly side line of Brooks Ave., thence northwesterly on said easterly side line of Brooks Ave. a distance of 773.83 feet to the southerly side line of Barnes Lane, thence southwesterly on said south- erly side line of Barnes Lane a distance of 41.93 feet to a stone bound at the westerly side line of Brooks Avenue, thence southeasterly on said westerly side line of Brooks Avenue a distance of 741.75 feet to a point of curve on said westerly side line of Brooks Ave., thence south- westerly and westerly on said westerly side line of Brooks Ave., on a curve to the right with a radius of 15.0 feet, a distance of 24.77 feet to the northerly side line of
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Lake St., thence easterly on said northerly side line of Lake St., a distance of 56.39 feet to the point of beginning as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass. entitled "Plan and Profile of Brooks Ave., Arlington, Mass., Scales, 1"=40' and 6', October 1909, H. S. Adams, C. E."
Article 44. To see if the Town will accept the lay- ing out of a town way from Massachusetts Avenue to Herbert Road, substantially in the location of the private way known as Chandler Street, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments; establish said way; make an appropria- tion for said laying out and the construction of said way ; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
Said way as so laid out is bounded and described as follows :
Beginning at a stone bound at the intersection of the westerly side line of Mass. Ave. and the northerly side line of Chandler St., thence southwesterly on said northerly side line of Chandler St. a distance of 591.05 feet to a point of curve in said northerly side line of Chandler St., thence westerly and northwesterly on said northerly side line of Chandler St. on a curve to the right with a radius of 25.0 feet, a distance of 50.05 feet to the easterly side line of Herbert Rd. formerly called Randolph St., thence southerly on said easterly side line of Herbert Rd., formerly called Randolph St., a distance of 108.68 feet to the southerly side line of Chandler St., thence northerly and northeasterly on said southerly side line of Chandler St. on a curve to the right with a radius of 40.0 feet, a distance of 45.58 feet to a point of tangency in said southerly side line of Chandler St., thence con- tinuing northeasterly on said southerly side line of Chand- ler St. a distance of 622.74 feet to the westerly side line
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of Mass. Ave., thence northwesterly on said westerly side line of Mass. Ave. a distance of 40.0 feet to the point of beginning as shown on two plans on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass., one entitled "Plans of Melrose and Chandler Streets Petitioned for by A. E. Salt, Esq., Showing Proposed Lines and Grades, made by C. H. Gannett, C. E., Scales, 40' and 6'=1' December 1911" and the other entitled "Plan and Profile of Chand- ler Street Ext., Arlington, Mass., Scales, Hor. 1" == 40', Vert. 1"=6', June 1923, C. H. Gannett, C. E."
Article 45. To see if the Town will accept the lay- ing out of a town way from the southerly side line of Med- ford Street southerly to a point, a distance of approxi- mately one hundred eighty-five (185) feet substantially in the location of the private way known as Compton Street, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Se- lectmen and Board of Public Works, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments; estab- lish said way; make an appropriation for said laying out and the construction of said way; determine in what manner the money shall be raised ; or take any action re- lating thereto.
Beginning at the point of intersection of the south- erly side line of Medford St. and the westerly side line of Compton St. thence easterly and southeasterly on said westerly side line of Compton St. on a curve to the right with a radius of 25.0 feet a distance of 37.09 feet to a point of tangency on said westerly side line of Compton St., thence continuing southeasterly on said westerly side line of Compton St. a distance of 286.78 feet to a point of curve on said westerly side line of Compton St. thence southwesterly on said westerly side line of Compton St. on a curve to the right with a radius of 25.0 feet a distance of 35.43 feet to the northerly side line of Alton St., thence
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northeasterly on said northerly side line of Alton St. a distance of 91.08 feet to the easterly side line of Compton St., thence westerly and northwesterly on said easterly side line of Compton St. on a curve to the right with a radius of 25.0 feet a distance of 43.11 feet to a point of tangency on said easterly side line of Compton St., thence continuing northwesterly on said easterly side line of Compton St. a distance of 265.11 feet to a point of curve on said easterly side line of Compton St., thence north- easterly on said easterly side line of Compton St. on a curve to the right with a radius of 25.0 feet, a distance of 41.36 feet to the southerly side line of Medford St., thence southwesterly on said southerly side line of Medford St. a distance of 90.33 feet to the point of beginning as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass. entitled "Board of Survey Plan and Profile of Compton St., Arlington, Mass., Scales, Hor. 1"=40', Vert. 1"=6', Jan. 13, 1924, Geo. E. Ahern, Town En- gineer."
Article 46. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a town way from Medford Street easterly 258.46 feet, substantially in the location of the private way known as Hamlet Street, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments ; establish said way ; make an appropria- tion for said laying out and the construction of said way ; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
Said way as so laid out is bounded and described as follows :
Beginning at a stone bound at the point of intersection of the easterly side line of Medford St. and the northerly side line of Hamlet St., thence southerly and southeast- erly on said northerly side line of Hamlet St. on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.0 feet, a distance of 40.89
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feet to a stone bound at a point of tangency in said north- erly side line of Hamlet St., thence continuing southeast- erly on said northerly side line of Hamlet St. a distance of 230.48 feet to a stone bound on said northerly side line of Hamlet St. thence southwesterly a distance of 40.0 feet across said Hamlet St. to the southerly side line of said Hamlet St., thence northwesterly on said southerly side line of Hamlet St. a distance of 236.32 feet to a point of curve in said southerly side line of Hamlet St., thence westerly and southwesterly on said southerly side line of Hamlet St. on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.0 feet, a distance of 37.65 feet to the easterly side line of Medford St., thence northeasterly on said easterly side line of Medford St. a distance of 90.19 feet to the point of beginning as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass., entitled "Plan and Profile of Hamlet St., Arlington, Mass., Petitioned for by Z. E. Cliff, Scales, Hor. 1"=40', Vert. 1"=6', Nov. 7, 1922, J. M . Keane, C. E."
Article 47. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a town way from Hamlet Street to Parallel Street, substantially in the location of the private way known as Newton Road, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, under the pro- visions of law authorizing the assessment of better- ments; establish said way; make an appropriation for said laying out and the construction of said way ; deter- mine in what manner the money shall be raised ; or take any action relating thereto.
Said way as so laid out is bounded and described as follows :
Beginning at a stone bound at the point of intersec- tion of the northerly side line of Parallel St. and the wes- terly side line of Newton Road, thence southerly and
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southwesterly on said westerly side line of Newton Road, on a curve to the right with a radius of 25.0 feet, a dis- tance of 40.82 feet to a stone bound at a point of tangency on said westerly side line of Newton Rd., thence con- tinuing southwesterly on said westerly side line of New- ton Rd., a distance of 343.86 feet to a stone bound at a point of curve on said westerly side line of Newton Road, thence westerly on said westerly side line of Newton Road on a curve to the right with a radius of 25.0 feet a distance of 37.65 feet to a stone bound on the northerly side line of Hamlet St., thence southeasterly on said northerly side line of Hamlet St. a distance of 90.19 feet to a stone bound at the easterly side line of Newton Rd., thence northerly and northeasterly on said easterly side line of Newton Rd. on a curve to the right with a radius of 25.0 feet, a distance of 40.89 feet to a stone bound at a point of tangency on said easterly side line of Newton Rd., thence northeasterly on said easterly side line of Newton Rd., a distance of 343.59 feet to a stone bound at a point of curve on said easterly side line of Newton Rd., thence easterly and southeasterly on said easterly side line of Newton Road on a curve to the right with a radius of 25.0 feet, a distance of 37.72 feet to a stone bound on the northerly side line of Parallel St., thence northwesterly on said northerly side line of Parallel St. a distance of 90.17 feet to the point of beginning as shown on a plan approved by the Board of Survey, Arlington, Mass. on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass. entitled "Plan and Profile of Newton Road, Arlington, Mass., Petitioned for by Z. E. Cliff, Scales, Hor. 1"=40', Vert. 1"=6', Nov. 7, 1922, J. M. Keane, C. E."
Article 48. To see if the Town will accept the lay- ing out of a town way from Broadway to the Mystic River Reservation, substantially in the location of the private way known as Rawson Road, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments; establish said way; make an appropriation
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for said laying out and the construction of said way ; de- termine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
Said way as so laid out is bounded and described as follows :
Beginning at the point of intersection of the north- erly side line of Broadway and the westerly side line of Rawson Rd., thence northeasterly on said westerly side line of Rawson Rd. a distance of 1,789.99 feet to the southerly sido line of Mystic River Reservation, thence southeasterly on said southerly side line of Mystic River Reservation a distance of 40 feet, more or less, to the easterly side line of Rawson Rd., thence southwesterly on said easterly side line of Rawson Rd. a distance of 1,777.15 feet to the northerly side line of Broadway, thence northwesterly on said northerly side line of Broad- way, a distance of 40 feet, more or less, to the point of be- ginning as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass., entitled "Plan and Profile of Rawson Road, Through Land of H. W. Rawson, Arling- ton, Mass., Scales, 40' and 6'=1", May 13, 1915, H. S. Adams, C. E."
Article 49. To see if the Town will accept the lay- ing out of a town way from Daniels Street to Davis Road, : substantially in the location of the private way known as Surry Road, as made and reported by the Joint Board of -Selectmen and Board of Public Works, under the pro- visions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments ; establish said way ; make an appropriation for said laying out and the construction of said way; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
Said way as so laid out is bounded and described as follows :
Beginning at a stone bound at the intersection of the westerly side line of Daniels St. and the southerly
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side line of Surry Rd., thence northwesterly on said south- erly side line of Surry Rd. a distance of 406.14 feet to a stone bound on said southerly side line of Surry Rd., thence continuing northwesterly on said southerly side line of Surry Rd. on a curve to the right with a radius of 439.07 feet, a distance of 67.31 feet to a point of tangencv on said southerly side line of Surry Rd., thence continuing northwesterly on said southerly side line of Surry Rd., a distance of 50.10 feet to the easterly side line of Davis Rd., thence northeasterly on said easterly side line of Davis Rd., a distance of 40.0 feet to the northerly side line of Surry Rd., thence southeasterly on said northerly side line of Surry Rd. a distance of 50.12 feet to a point of curve on said northerly side line of Surry Rd., thence con- tinuing southeasterly on said northerly side line of Surry Rd. on a curve to the left with a radius of 399.07 feet, a distance of 61.18 feet to a point of tangency on said north- erly side line of Surry Rd., thence continuing southeast- erly on said northerly side line of Surry Rd. a distance of 405.41 feet to a stone bound on the westerly side line of Daniels St., thence southwesterly on said westerly side line of Daniels St. a distance of 40.01 feet to the point of beginning as shown on a plan approved by the Board of Survey, Arlington, Mass. and on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass., entitled "Plan and Profile of Surry Road, Arlington Heights, Mass., Petitioned for by J. V. N. Hatfield et al, Scale, Hor. 1"=40', Vert. 1"=6', Jan. 1916, C. H. Gannett, C. E., 53 State St., Bos- ton.
Article 50. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a town way from the finished portion to Herbert Road, substantially in the location of the private way known as Varnum Street, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, un- der the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments; establish said way ; make an appropriation for said laying out and the construction of said way;
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determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
Said way as so laid out is bounded and described as follows :
Beginning at a stone bound on the southerly side line of Varnum St., the present end of the accepted portion, thence southwesterly on said southerly side line of Var- num St., a distance of 30.46 feet to a stone bound at an angle point in said southerly side line of Varnum St., thence continuing southwesterly on said southerly side line of Varnum St., a distance of 558.74 feet to a stone bound at a point of curve in said southerly side line of Varnum St., thence southerly and southeasterly on said southerly side line of Varnum St. on a curve to the left with a radius of 40 feet, a distance of 60.80 feet to a stone bound on the easterly side line of Herbert Road, formerly called Randolph St., thence northwesterly on said easterly side line of Herbert Rd., formerly called Randolph St., on a curve to the left with a radius of 451.12 feet, a distance of 120 feet, more or less, to a stone bound at the northerly side line of Varnum St., thence south- easterly on said northerly side line of Varnum St., on a curve to the left with a radius of 30.0 feet, a distance of 56.60 feet to a stone bound at a point of tangency in said northerly side line of Varnum St., thence northeasterly on said northerly side line of Varnum St. a distance of 548.35 feet to a stone bound at an angle point in said northerly side line of Varnum St., thence continuing northeasterly on said northerly side line of Varnum St. a distance of 28.72 feet to a point, thence southeasterly across said Var- num St. a distance of 40 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass. entitled "Plan and Pro- file of Varnum Street Ext., Arlington, Mass., Scales, Hor. 1"=40', Vert. 1"=6', June 1923, C. H. Gannett, C. E."
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