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(Inserted at the request of the Committee on Revision of Town By-laws).
Article 46. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a town way from Rawson Road to River Street, substantially in the location of the private way known as Amherst Street, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, under the provi- sions 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 :
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Beginning at the point of intersection of the westerly side line of River Street and the southerly side line of Amherst Street, said point being 235.07 feet northeast- erly from a stone bound at the point of intersection of the westerly side line of River Street and the northerly side line of Warren Street, thence northwesterly on the southerly side line of Amherst Street 530.00 feet to the easterly side iine of Rawson Road; thence northeasterly on said easterly side line of Rawson Road 40.0 feet to the northerly side line of Amherst Street; thence south- easterly on said northerly side line of Amherst Street 530.00 feet to the westerly side line of River Street, thence southwesterly on said westerly side line of River Street 40.0 feet to the point of beginning as shown on a plan on file at the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass., approved May 17, 1915 by the Board of Survey, Arlington, Mass. and entitled "Plan and Profile of Amherst Street, Bowdoin Street, Cornell Street, Dart- mouth Street, Through land of H. W. Rawson, Arlington, Scales 40' & 6'=1", May 13, 1915, H. S. Adams, C. E."
Article 47. To see if the Town will accept the lay- ing out of a town way from the end of the accepted por- tion 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 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 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 easterly side line of Mass. Ave. and said northerly side line of Amsden Street, thence northeasterly on said
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northerly 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 south- erly 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, Arling- ton, Mass. entitled "Plan and Profile of Amsden St., Arlington, Mass. Scales, 1"=40' and 6', July 1910, H. S. Adams, C. E."
Article 48. To see if the Town will accept the lay- ing out of a town way from Highland Avenue to Station 5 plus 56, substantially in the location of the private way known as Bonad 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 bet- terments; 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 point on the southerly side line of Highland Avenue at the easterly, side line of Bonad Road, thence southwesterly and southerly on said easterly side line of Bonad Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.0 feet, a distance of 39.27 feet to a point of tangency in said easterly side line of Bonad Road, thence south- easterly on said easterly side line of Bonad Road, a dis- tance of 481.88 feet to an angle point in said easterly side line of Bonad Road, thence continuing southeasterly on said easterly side line of Bonad Road, a distance of 44.0 feet to a point in said easterly side line of Bonad Road, thence southwesterly across said Bonad Road, a distance
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of 40.0 feet to the westerly side line of Bonad Road, thence northwesterly on said westerly side line of Bonad Road, a distance of 47.91 feet to an angle point in said westerly side line of Bonad Road, thence continuing northwesterly on said westerly side line of Bonad Road, a distance of 512.09 feet to a point of curve in said west- erly side line of Bonad Road, thence westerly and south- westerly on said westerly side line of Bonad Road, on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.0 feet, a distance of 39.27 feet to the southerly side line of Highland Avenue, thence northeasterly on said southerly side line of High- land Avenue, a distance of 90.0 feet 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 Bonad Road, High Haith, Arlington, Mass., Horizontal Scale, 40 feet to an inch, Vertical Scale, 6 feet to an inch, Ernest W. Branch, Civil Engineer, Boston, Quincy."
Article 49. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a town way from the southerly side line of Med- ford Street southeriy 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 Select- men 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 man- ner 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 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
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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 dis- tance of 35.43 feet to the northerly side line of Alton St., thence 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 northeasterly on said easterly side line of Compton St. on a curve to the right with a radius of 25.0 feet, a dis- tance 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 begin- ning 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 Engineer."
Article 50. To see if the Town will accept the lay- ing out of a town way from Gray Street to Hawthorne Avenue, substantially in the location of the private way known as Fountain 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 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.
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Said way as so laid out is bounded and described as follows :
Beginning at the point of intersection of the south- erly side line of Fountain Road and the westerly side line of Gray Street, thence southwesterly on said south- erly side line of Fountain Road, a distance of 1117.01 feet to a point of curve in said southerly side line of Fountain Road, thence southerly and southeasterly on said south- erly side line of Fountain Road, on a curve to the left, with a radius of 30.0 feet, a distance of 49.10 feet to the easterly side line of Hawthorne Avenue, thence north- westerly on said easterly side line of Hawthorne Avenue, a distance of 77.0 feet to the northerly side line of Foun- tain Road, thence northeasterly on said northerly side line of Fountain Road, a distance of 1141.17 feet to the westerly side line of Gray Street, thence southeasterly on said westerly side line of Gray Street, a distance of 40.23 feet to the point of beginning, as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass., entitled "Robbins Spring Land Co., Plan and Profile, Proposed Fountain Road, June, 1911, Scales, Horizontal 40'=1", Vertical 6' == 1", James Adam, C. E., Old South Building, Boston."
Article 51. To see if the Town will accept the lay- ing out of a town way from Orvis Road to Barnes Lane, substantially in the location of the private way known as Freeman 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 bet- terments ; 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 the point of intersection of the north- erly side line of Orvis Road and the westerly side line
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of Freeman Street, thence northeasterly and northerly on said westerly side line of Freeman Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 19.0 feet, a distance of 25.83 feet to a point of tangency in said westerly side line of Freeman Street, thence northeasterly on said westerly side line of Freeman Street, a distance of 398.34 feet to the southerly side line of Barnes Lane, thence north- easterly on said southerly side line of Barnes Lane, a distance of 40.0 feet to the easterly side line of Freeman Street, thence southeasterly on said easterly side line of Freeman Street, a distance of 412.15 feet to a point of curve in said easterly side line of Freeman Street, thence easteriy and northeasterly on said easterly side line of . Freeman Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 15.0 feet, a distance of 20.37 feet to the northerly side line of Orvis Road, thence southwesterly on said north- erly side line of Orvis Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 1123.0 feet, a distance of 70.27 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 Proposed Street Through Land of John P. Squire Estate, Arlington, Mass., Scales 1"=40' & 6', Octo- ber, 1909, H. S. Adams, C. E."
Article 52. To see if the Town will accept the lay- ing out of a town way from Webcowet Road to Hayes Street, substantially in the location of the private way known as Mystic Lake Drive, 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 the point of intersection of the westerly side line of Hayes Street and the southerly side line of
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Mystic Lake Drive, thence westerly and southwesterly on a curve to the left with a radius of 20.0 feet and a distance of 31.41 feet to a point of tangency on said southerly side line of Mystic Lake Drive, thence contin- uing southwesterly on said southerly side line of Mystic Lake Drive a distance of 142.84 feet to a point of curve in said southerly side line of Mystic Lake Drive, thence westerly and northwesterly on said southerly side line of Mystic Lake Drive on a curve to the right, with a radius of 66.21 feet, a distance of 44.32 feet to a stone bound at the point of tangency on said southerly side line of Mystic Lake Drive, thence continuing northwesterly on said southerly side line of Mystic Lake Drive a distance of 92.36 feet to a stone bound at a point of curve in said southerly side line of Mystic Lake Drive, thence south- westerly on said southerly side line of Mystic Lake Drive on a curve to the left with a radius of 10.0 feet, a distance of 15.71 feet to the easterly side line of Webcowet Road, thence northeasterly on said easterly side line of Web- cowet Road and across Mystic Lake Drive a distance of 50.0 feet to the northerly side line of Mystic Lake Drive, thence southeasterly on said northerly side line of Mystic Lake Drive a distance of 102.36 feet to a point of curve in said northerly side line of Mystic Lake Drive, thence easteriy and northeasterly on said northerly side line of Mystic Lake Drive on a curve to the left, with a radius of 26.21 feet, a distance of 17.54 feet to a point of tan- gency on said northerly side line of Mystic Lake Drive, thence northeasterly on said northerly side line of Mystic Lake Drive, a distance of 142.84 feet to a point of curve in said northerly side line of Mystic Lake Drive, thence northeasterly and northerly on said northerly side line of Mystic Lake Drive on a curve to the left, with a radius of 20.0 feet, a distance of 31.41 feet to the westerly side line of Hayes Street, thence southeasterly on said west- erly side line of Hayes Street a distance of 80.0 feet to the point of beginning as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass., entitled "Plan
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of Mystic Lake Drive, Arlington, Mass., for Bonelli- Adams Co., Scales, Hor. 1 inch = 40 feet, Vert. 1 inch = 6 feet, Aug. 5, 1914, Maynard and Coburn, Engineers and Surveyors, Watertown, Mass."
Article 53. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a town way from Bow Street to Blossom Street, substantially in the location of the private way known as Newland 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 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 the point of intersection of the north- erly side line of Bow Street and the easterly side line of Newland Road, thence northerly and northeasterly on said easterly side line of Newland Road on a curve to the right with a radius of 30.01 feet, a distance of 51.85 feet to a point of tangency on said easterly side line of Newland Road, thence northeasterly on said easterly side line of Newland Road, a distance of 669.49 feet to the southerly side line of Blossom Street, thence northwest- erly on said southerly side line of Blossom Street, across Newland Road, a distance of 40.0 feet to the westerly side line of Newland Road, thence southwesterly on said westerly side line of Newland Road, a distance of 697.55 feet to a point of curve in said westerly side line of New- land Road, thence westerly and northwesterly on said westerly side line of Newland Road on a curve to the right, with a radius of 30.01 feet, a distance of 54.47 feet to the easterly side line of Oakledge Street, thence southwesterly across said Oakledge Street, a distance of 43.0 feet to the intersection of the westerly side line of Oakledge Street and the northerly side line of Bow
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Street, thence southeasterly on said northerly side line of Bow Street, a distance of 156.0 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 Profile of Newland Road, Section A, as laid out on a plat of houselots entitled Highland Park, by R. W. Sea- mans, Engineer, Providence, R. I., August, 1913, Scale : Horizontal 1"=40', Vertical 1"=6'."'
Article 54. To see if the Town will accept the lay- ing out of a town way from Medford Street to Webcowet Road, substantially in the location of the private way known as Orchard Terrace, 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 the point of intersection of the north- erly side line of Medford Street and easterly side line of Orchard Terrace, thence N. 45°-50' W., a distance of 329.0 feet to the southerly side line of Webcowet Road, thence southwesterly on said westerly side line of Web- cowet Road, a distance of 43.0 feet, more or less, to the westerly side line of Orchard Terrace, thence southeast- erly on said westerly side line of Orchard Terrace, a dis- tance of 313.17 feet to the northerly side line of Medford Street, thence northeasterly on said northerly side line of Medford Street, a distance of 40.0 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 a Proposed Street (Orchard Terrace) on land of L. K. Russeil, Arlington, Scale, Horizontal, 40 ft. = 1 in., Ver -. tical 6 ft. = 1 in., J. O. Goodwin, Surveyor, Medford, March, 1902."
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Article 55. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a town way from Forest Street to Lockè Street, substantially in the location of the private way known as Peirce Street, 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 the point of intersection of the south- erly side line of Peirce Street and the westerly side line of Forest Street, thence S. 88° - 42' W. on said southerly side line of Peirce Street, a distance of 45.93 feet to a point of curve in said southerly side line of Peirce Street, thence northwesterly on said southerly side line of Peirce Street on a curve to the right, with a radius of 374. feet, a distance of 296.91 feet to a point of tangency on said southerly side line of Peirce Street, thence N. 45° - 49' W. on said southerly side line of Peirce Street, a distance of 358. feet to the easterly side line of Locke Street, thence northeasterly on said easterly side line of Locke Street, a distance of 40. feet to the northerly side line of Peirce Street, thence S. 45° -49' E. of said northerly side line of Peirce Street, a distance of 358. feet to a point of curve on said northerly side line of Peirce Street, thence southeasterly on said northerly side line of Peirce Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 334. feet, a distance of 265.14 feet to a point of tangency on said northerly side line of Peirce Street, thence N. 88° - 42' E. a distance of 41.48 feet to the westerly side line of Forest Street, thence southeasterly on said westerly side line of Forest Street, a distance of 40.15 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 Pro- file of Peirce Street, Arlington Heights, on the land of
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Warren A. Peirce, Scale, Horizontal 40 ft .= 1 in., Verti- cal 6 ft .= 1 in., J. O. Goodwin, Surveyor, Medford, August, 1899."
Article 56. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a town way from Lake Street to Princeton Road, substantially in the location of the private way known as Pondview 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 bet- terments; 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 intersection of the northerly side line of Lake Street and the easterly side line of Pondview Road, thence westerly and north- westerly on said easterly side line of Pondview Road on a curve to the right with a radius of 25.0 feet, a distance of 40.52 feet to a stone bound at a point of tangency in said easterly side line of Pondview Road, thence north- erly on said easterly side line of Pondview Road, a dis- tance of 516.96 feet to a stone bound at a point of curve in said easterly side line of Pondview Road, thence north- easterly and easterly on said easterly side line of Pond- view Road on a curve to the right with a radius of 25.0 feet, a distance of 37.87 feet to a stone bound on the southerly side line of Princeton Road, thence westerly on said southerly side line of Princeton Road, a distance of 90.13 feet to a stone bound on the westerly side line of Pondview Road, thence easterly and southeasterly on said westerly side line of Pondview Road on a curve to the right, with a radius of 25.0 feet, a distance of 40.67 feet to a stone bound at a point of tangency in said west- erly side line of Pondview Road, thence southerly on said westerly side line of Pondview Road, a distance of 516.41
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feet to a stone bound, at a point of curve in said westerly side line of Pondview Road, thence southwesterly and westerly on said westerly side line of Pondview Road on a curve to the right with a radius of 25.0 feet, a distance of 37.91 feet to a stone bound on the northerly side line of Lake Street, thence easterly on said northerly side line of Lake Street, a distance of 90.11 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 Pro- file of Pondview Road as petitioned for by Bacon & Dunn, Scale, 1" = 40' & 6', May 14, 1923, J. M. Keane, C. E."
Article 57. 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 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 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 side 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 beginning as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass., entitled "Plan and Profile
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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 58. To see if the Town will accept the lay- ing out of a town way from the constructed portion to a point fifty (50) feet south of Spring Avenue, substan- tially in the location of the private way known as Rob- bins Road, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, under the provi- sions 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.
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