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At Town Meeting held January 4, 1926, under Article 4, it was unanimously voted: That there be and hereby is appro- priated the additional sum of eleven thousand eight hundred and eleven dollars and seventy-five cents ($11,811.75) for
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purpose of constructing a building to be used for an engine house upon the land situated in said Arlington and bounded southwesterly by Massachusetts Avenue, northwesterly by land of Town acquired for Park purposes, northeasterly by Broad- way and southeasterly by Franklin Street, including the cost of original equipment and furnishings. Said additional sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of committee appointed under vote of Town passed March 28, 1923, to procure plans and estimates for construction of a Fire Department building and installation therein of a Fire Alarm apparatus.
Your committee organized and prepared plans for the con- tractors to submit their proposals on. There were fifteen sets of plans given out for general construction, ten for the heating, and eight for plumbing. We received ten bids on construction, lowest $99,640.00, highest $136,886.00. All bids being too high, they were rejected. The committee and architect, after consultation and some changes being made, awarded the general contract to-
Central Fire Station.
General Contract-awarded to Beacon Con- struction Co. of Boston at $97,344.00
Heating Contract-awarded to F. W. Zemier 66
4,529.00
Plumbing Contract-awarded J. H. Green 4,250.00 Painting Contract-awarded A. L. Olsen . 66 2,500.00
Fire Alarm Contract-awarded Gamewell Co. 66 13,100.00
The electric wiring and installation of fire alarm was to be done by Mr. R. W. LeBaron at cost, but owing to labor con- ditions he could not continue the work without a strike of other workmen on the job. We finally made arrangements with Mr. F. M. Lobdell to continue the work until such time as Mr. LeBaron could work without interruption.
In a building of this kind there are always conditions arising unforeseen, which require changing, and we found it so in this building. However, we kept at it and finally have produced a building which we leave to the citizens to judge.
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$100,088.87 Beacon Construction Co.
4,744.38 F. W. Zemier Co.
5,774.92 J. H. Green.
5,684.78 H. M. Lobdell.
6,711.62 McNaughton & Robinson
2,577.14 A. L. Olsen.
$139,500.00 11,811.75
15,161.85 Gamewell Co.
1,199.73 Overdraft.
1,747.02 Furnishings. 445.29 Iron Rail. 200.00 Lettering.
$152,511.48
4,895.83 R. W. LeBaron.
4,479.78 Incidentals.
$152,511.48
These figures show an overdraft of one thousand one hundred and ninety-nine dollars and seventy-three cents ($1,199.73) which was authorized by the Board of Selectmen.
The building was occupied by the department on Sept. 26, 1925, and it was then in an unfinished condition. This was occasioned by necessity of removing the old station on account of grading.
Building accepted by Department on September 1, 1926.
Respectfully submitted,
WALTER H. PEIRCE, Chairman, CHARLES H. HIGGINS, WALTER F. ROBINSON, DANIEL B. TIERNEY, (REUBEN W. LEBARON, Deceased).
Voted: That the report on Central Fire Station be received.
On motion of G. Bertram Washburn:
Voted: That Article 3 be laid on the table.
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On motion of G. Bertram Washburn:
Voted: That Article 12 be taken from the table. Article 12 taken up. (Extension of Water Mains.) The substitute motion of William A. Muller was lost.
Voted: (Unanimously) That the sum of $60,000 be and hereby is appropriated for laying and relaying water mains of not less than six inches, but less than sixteen inches in diameter, and for this purpose $15,000 be raised by general tax, and for the balance $45,000 the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow the said sum of $45,000 and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, said bonds or notes to be payable in accordance with Section 19 of Chapter 44 of the General Laws and all acts in addition thereto or amendment thereof, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than ten years from the date of issue of the first bond or note or at such earlier date as the Treasurer and Selectmen may determine, said appropriation to be expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works.
Article 29 taken up. (Laying Out Cornell Street.)
Voted: That the laying out of a town way from River Street to Rawson Road substantially in the location of the private way known as Cornell Street, as more particularly described in Article 29 of the Warrant, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, be accepted, said way established and said Joint Board authorized to take land for the purpose of said way.
Article 30 taken up. (Laying Out Dartmouth Street.)
Voted: That the laying out of a town way from River Street to Rawson Road, substantially in the location of the private way known as Dartmouth Street, as more particularly described in Article 30 of the Warrant, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public
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Works, be accepted, said way established and said Joint Board authorized to take land for the purpose of said way.
Article 31 taken up. (Laying Out Exeter Street.)
Voted: That the laying out of a town way from River Street to Rawson Road, substantially in the location of the private way known as Exeter Street, as more particularly described in Article 31 of the Warrant, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, be accepted, said way established and said Joint Board authorized to take land for the purpose of said way.
Article 32 taken up. (Laying Out Fordham Street.)
Voted: That the laying out of a town way from River Street to Rawson Road, substantially in the location of the private way known as Fordham Street, as more particularly described in Article 32 of the Warrant, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, be accepted, said way established and said Joint Board authorized to take land for the purpose of said way.
Article 33 taken up. (Laying Out Gray Street.)
Voted: That the laying out of a town way from Mount Vernon Street easterly to the present accepted end, substan- tially in the location of the private way known as Gray Street, as more particularly described in Article 33 of the Warrant, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, be accepted, said way established and said Joint Board authorized to take land for the purpose of said way.
Article 34 taken up. (Laying Out Maynard Street.)
Voted: That the laying out of a town way from Medford Street to Hayes Street, substantially in the location of the private way known as Maynard Street, as more particularly described in Article 34 of the Warrant, under the provisions of
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law authorizing the assessment of betterments, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, be accepted, said way established and said Joint Board authorized to take land for the purpose of said way.
Article 35 taken up. (Laying Out Mystic Lake Drive.)
Voted: That the laying 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 more particularly described in Article 35 of the Warrant, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, be accepted, said way established and said Joint Board authorized to take land for the purpose of said way.
Article 36 taken up. (Laying Out Newport Street.)
Voted: That the laying out of a town way from Gloucester Street to Spring Avenue, substantially in the location of the private way known as Newport Street, as more particularly described in Article 36 of the Warrant, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, be accepted, said way established and said Joint Board authorized to take land for the purpose of said way.
Article 37 taken up. (Laying Out Palmer Street.)
Voted: That the laying out of a town way from Warren Street to Mystic Valley Boulevard, substantially in the location of the private way known as Palmer Street, as more particularly described in Article 37 of the Warrant, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, be accepted, said way established and said Joint Board authorized to take land for the purpose of said way.
Article 38 taken up. (Laying Out Rangeley Road.)
On the substitute motion of Emily G. Alden:
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Voted: That the laying out of a town way from Mystic Street to Glen Avenue, substantially in the location of a private way known as Rangeley Road, as more particularly described in Article 38 of the Warrant, under provisions of law author- izing the assessment of betterments, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, be accepted, said way established and said Joint Board authorized to take land for the purpose of said way.
Article 39 taken up. (Laying Out Schouler Court.)
On the substitute motion of Nelson B. Crosby:
Voted: That the laying out of a town way from Massa- chusetts Avenue to the end of the Board of Survey layout, substantially in the location of the private way known as Schouler Court, as more particularly described in Article 39 of the Warrant, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, be accepted, said way established, and said Joint Board authorized to take land for the purpose of said way, and that the sum of $950.00 be and hereby is appropriated for the original construction of said way including land damages, and that said sum be raised by general tax.
Article 40 taken up. (Laying Out Sherborn Street.)
Voted: That the laying out of a town way from Medford Street to Winnick Place, substantially in the location of the private way known as Sherborn Street, as more particularly described in Article 40 of the Warrant, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, be accepted, said way established and said Joint Board authorized to take land for the purpose of said way.
Article 41 taken up. (Laying Out of Accepted Streets.)
Voted: (Unanimously) That the sum of $138,090.07 be and hereby is appropriated for the original construction of public ways, the laying out of which is accepted at this meeting,
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including land damages, and the cost of pavements and side- walks laid at the time of said construction, all under the pro- visions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments; that for this purpose the sum of $70,000 be taken from available balances and receipts now in the Treasury; the sum of $33,590.07 be raised by general tax and for the balance $34,500 the Treas- urer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow the said sum of $34,500 and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, said bonds or notes to be payable in accordance with the provisions of Section 19, of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, and all acts in addition thereto or amend- ment thereof, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than ten years from the date of issue of the first bond or note or at such earlier date as the Treasurer and Selectmen may determine, and further that the said sum of $138,090.07 be expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works substantially as follows:
Alfred Road (Article 27) .
$5,899.00
Cornell Street (Article 29) .
5,992.50
Dartmouth Street (Article 30) .
5,992.50
Exeter Street (Article 31) .
6,587.50
Fordham Street (Article 32)
5,822.50
Gray Street (Article 33) ...
38,505.00
Maynard Street (Article 34).
6,483.80
Mystic Lake Drive (Article 35)
5,636.35
Newport Street (Article 36)
16,337.00
Palmer Street (Article 37)
21,953.38
Rangeley Road (Article 38)
10,500.00
Sherborn Street (Article 40)
8,380.54
$138,090.07
Article 42 taken up. (Establishment of Exterior Lines.)
Motion lost by standing vote, fifty-eight in favor and one hundred and twenty-six in opposition.
Article 43 taken up. (Construction-Old Mystic Street.)
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Voted: That the sum of five hundred ($500) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the original construction of all or any portion of Old Mystic Street as relocated by the County Commissioners, including land damages, if any, and the cost of pavement and sidewalks laid at the time of said construc- tion; and that said sum be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works.
Article 44 taken up. (Widening of Massachusetts Avenue.)
Voted: That the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works be authorized and empowered in the name and on behalf of the Town to apply to the County Commissioners to relocate or order specific repairs on that portion of Massa- chusetts Avenue within this Town, extending from Academy and Central Streets to Schouler Court and Lockeland Avenue; and that said Joint Board be so authorized and empowered to include in such application a request that any such relocation include a widening of said portion on the northerly and southerly sides thereof to the building lines already established thereon.
On motion of J. Howard Hayes:
Voted: That this meeting adjourn.
Meeting adjourned at 10.20 o'clock in the evening.
A True Record, Attest:
E. CAROLINE PIERCE, Town Clerk.
Arlington, April 7, 1927.
Pursuant to the vote of adjournment of March 31, 1927, the Town Meeting Members met in the Town Hall on Thursday evening, April 7, 1927, notices having been sent by mail by the Town Clerk seven days before the meeting and posted at two places in each precinct. A notice was published in the local paper.
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Lists of the duly qualified Town Meeting Members were used at the entrances of the meeting place and were in charge of James F. Higgins and Albert K. Peirce.
The Check Lists filed with the Town Clerk at the close of the meeting showed that one hundred and eighty-three members attended the meeting.
The meeting was called to order at eight o'clock P.M. by the Moderator, John G. Brackett.
Town Meeting Members not already sworn were sworn by the Moderator.
On motion of Nelson B. Crosby :
Voted: That if this meeting adjourns, it adjourn to meet Thursday evening, April 14, 1927, at eight o'clock.
Article 45 taken up. (Petition to Amend Board of Survey Act.)
Voted: That the petition of the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works to the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives for legislation to amend Chapter 249 of the Acts of 1897, being "An Act to Establish a Board of Survey for the Town of Arlington" and for legislation to provide as more particularly set forth or mentioned in Article 45 of the Warrant, be and hereby is approved.
Article 46 taken up. (Disposition of Old Town Hall.)
Voted: (Unanimously) That a committee of five citizens, including a member of the Planning Board, be appointed by the Moderator to investigate and make recommendations as to the disposition of the Old Town Hall, such committee to have the power to fill vacancies and to report to the Town not later than the annual Town Meeting of 1928; and that the sum of $500 be and hereby is appropriated for the use of said com- mittee.
The Moderator appointed the following committee under Article 46: Nelson B. Crosby, Charles M. MacMillin, Timothy F. Collins, Frederick W. Hill, Foster P. Doane.
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Article 47 taken up. (No School Signals.)
On the substitute motion of Roger W. Homer, a standing vote being taken, seventy-five in favor and seventy in opposition:
Voted: That the Town do appropriate the sum of $1,500 for the installing at a suitable spot in Precinct 7 the bell owned by the Town, formerly used in William Penn Fire House, the same to be connected with and operated with the fire alarm system. This appropriation to be expended under the direc- tion of the Board of Selectmen.
Article 48 taken up. (Grading Playground, Junior High School West.)
Voted: That the sum of $7,500 be and hereby is appro- priated for the laying out, grading and construction of a play- ground at the Junior High School West; said appropriation to be raised by general tax and to be expended under the direction of the School Committee.
Article 49 taken up. (Excessive debts and obligations- School Department.)
On the substitute motion of Prof. Alexander H. Rice:
Voted: (Unanimously) That the sum of seventeen hun- dred eighty-one 03/100 ($1781.03) dollars be and hereby is appropriated to pay debts and obligations incurred prior to January 1, 1927, by the School Committee, including such debts and obligations incurred in the year 1926 in excess of the appropriations heretofore made for the use of said Committee in said year; and that said sum be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the School Committee.
Article 50 taken up. (Tufts Street Land for School Purposes.)
Voted: (Unanimously) That the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized and empowered, on behalf of the Town, to purchase or take in fee by eminent domain or otherwise acquire, for the enlargement of its schoolhouse lot, a certain parcel of land within the area described in Article 50 of the
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warrant, situated on Tufts Street and bounded as follows: Southeasterly by said Tufts Street seventy and 69/100 (70.69) feet; southwesterly by land now or formerly of Emma W. Kimball one hundred forty-eight and 52/100 (148.52) feet; northwesterly by land now or formerly of Catherine E. Harring- ton and land now or formerly of Irene Gertrude Burns sixty- eight and 97/100 (68.97) feet; and northeasterly by land of the Town of Arlington one hundred forty-seven and 46/100 (147.46) feet; containing 10,579 square feet more or less and being land formerly of Ethel E. Tappan; that for this purpose the sum of thirty-seven hundred two and 65/100 ($3702.65) dollars be and hereby is appropriated; and that said sum be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Selectmen.
Article 51 taken up. (School Building, Tufts Street.)
On motion of William A. Muller:
Voted: That Article 51 be laid on the table.
Article 52 taken up. (Grading of Land.)
Voted: That the Town do not now make an appropria- tion for the grading of, and the construction of walks upon, the land mentioned or referred to in Article 52 of this warrant.
Article 53 taken up. (Pheasant Avenue Land for School Purposes.)
On motion of the Town Counsel, Paul M. White:
Voted: That Article 53 be laid on the table.
Article 54 taken up. (Additional Fire Apparatus.)
Voted: (Unanimously) That the sum of $12,000 be and hereby is appropriated for the purchase of additional fire apparatus, for the use of the Fire Department; said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Chief of the Fire Department subject to the approval of the Board of Selectmen.
Article 55 taken up. (Acceptance of Statutes Relating to Water Rates.)
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Voted: (By standing vote, ninety-four voting in favor and sixty-four in opposition) That sections 42A to 42F, inclusive, of chapter 40 of the General Laws, inserted by chapter 391 of the Acts of 1923, being "An Act Relative to the Collection of Water Rates," be and hereby are accepted.
Article 56 taken up. (Town Yard Building.)
Voted: That the sum of thirty-two thousand ($32,000) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the construction of a building or buildings to be used for the purposes of the Board of Public Works upon the land of the Town, known as the Town Yard at Hobbs Court; that for this purpose the sum of fifteen thousand ($15,000) dollars be taken from available balances and receipts now in the Treasury and the balance seventeen thousand ($17,000) dollars be raised by general tax; said appropriation to be expended under the direction of the Committee on Town Yard appointed March 24, 1919.
Article 57 taken up. (Acceptance of Statute Relating to Fees for Slaughtering.)
Voted: (Unanimously) That section 120A of chapter 94 of the General Laws, inserted by section 2 of chapter 496 of the Acts of 1924, relating to the payment of further fees by licensees to carry on the business of slaughtering neat cattle, sheep or swine, be and hereby is accepted.
Article 58 taken up. (Further Slaughtering Fees.)
Voted: (Unanimously) That, in addition to the annual fee under section 119 of chapter 94 of the General Laws, as amended, for a license to carry on the business of slaughtering neat cattle, sheep or swine, every licensee to carry on such business shall be required to pay a further fee of twelve and one-half cents for each animal slaughtered under such license, but such further fee shall not be required for any animal slaughtered under federal inspection; and that such additional fees shall, except as otherwise provided by law, be paid at such times and in such manner as the Selectmen by vote determine.
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Article 59 taken up. (Improvement of High School Play- ground.)
On substitute motion of Robert M. Boyd :
Voted: That the sum of $10,000 be and hereby is appro- priated for the development of the land in the rear of the high school taken as a playground, and that the sum be raised by general tax and be expended under the supervision of the Board of Public Works.
Article 60 taken up. (Land for Park Playground.)
Voted: That the Town do not instruct the Park Commis- sioners to investigate and consider the securing of land for Park or Playground purposes described in Article 60 of the warrant, nor make any appropriation therefor.
Article 61 taken up. (Playground, Heights.)
Voted: That a Committee of Five be appointed by the Moderator to investigate the matter of a suitable playground at Arlington Heights; said committee to have the power to fill vacancies and to report not later than the Annual meeting of 1928.
The Moderator appointed the following committee under Article 61: Herbert M. Dutcher, William A. McNeal, Thomas J. Donnelly, Edward L. Shinn, Frank W. Wunderlich.
On motion of Walter C. Sargent:
Voted: That this meeting adjourn.
Meeting adjourned at 10.20 o'clock in the evening.
A True Record, Attest:
E. CAROLINE PIERCE,
Town Clerk.
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Arlington, April 14, 1927.
Pursuant to the vote of adjournment of April 7, 1927, the Town Meeting Members met in the Town Hall on Thursday evening, April 14, 1927, notices having been sent by mail by the Town Clerk seven days before the meeting and posted at two places in each precinct. A notice was published in the local paper.
Lists of the duly qualified Town Meeting Members were used at the entrance of the meeting place and were in charge of James F. Higgins and Albert K. Peirce.
The check lists filed with the Town Clerk at the close of the meeting showed that two hundred and five members attended the meeting.
The meeting was called to order at eight o'clock P.M. by the Moderator, John G. Brackett.
Town Meeting Members who had not already been sworn were sworn by the Moderator.
On motion of Nelson B. Crosby:
Voted: That when this meeting adjourns, it adjourn to meet Thursday evening, April 21, 1927, at eight o'clock.
On motion of G. Bertram Washburn:
Voted: That Article 51 be taken from the table.
Article 51 taken from the table. (School Building, Tufts Street.)
Elliott R. Barker showed pictures of the proposed Junior High School East.
Voted: (By a standing vote, one hundred and sixty-seven in favor, and one in opposition, more than the necessary two- thirds) That there be and hereby is appropriated the sum of three hundred thousand ($300,000) dollars for the purpose of constructing a school building upon land of the Town situated on Tufts Street; that for this purpose seventy-five thousand
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($75,000) dollars be raised by general tax, and for the balance two hundred twenty-five thousand ($225,000) dollars the Treas- ยท urer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow said sum of two hundred twenty-five thousand ($225,000) dollars and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, said bonds or notes to be payable in accordance with the provisions of section 19 of chapter 44 of the General Laws and all acts in addition thereto or amendment thereof, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than twenty (20) years from the date of issue of the first bond or note or at such earlier date as the Treasurer and Selectmen may determine; and that said appropriation be expended under the direction of the committee appointed under vote passed January 20, 1927, to procure plans and estimates for such building, said committee to have full authority to construct said school building within the sum herein appropriated, substantially in accordance with plans presented at this meeting, and with power to fill any vacancy in said committee.
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