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school purposes; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at request of Building Committee of Junior High East)
Article 26. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the original equipment and furnishings of the Junior High School East Building on Foster and Tufts Streets, including walks, sidewalks, drives, fencing and grading of the School lot; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at request of Building Committee of Junior High East)
Article 27. To see if the Town will appoint a committee to procure plans and specifications for the construction of an eight-room addition to the present Peirce School building, and also estimates of the cost of such addition, and of the original equipment and furnishings thereof, and of the grading of the grounds of said school, said committee to report to the Town not later than the annual meeting of 1929; make an appropria- tion for the use of said committee; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
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(Inserted at the request of the Committee on Additional School Accommodations)
Article 28. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the improvement, development and use of the playground situated between the "High School Lot" and the land of the Boston & Maine Railroad, such appropriation to be expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the Park Commissioners and the School Committee)
Article 29. To see if the Town will acquire by purchase, eminent domain or otherwise, for the purpose or purposes of a public playground or recreation centre, all or any portion or portions of the two parcels of land within the town hereinafter described, any interests or easements therein, and any rights or
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easements of way or otherwise as appurtenant thereto, and subject to or with any reservations of any rights or easements therein; determine by whom the powers conferred by Section 14 of Chapter 45 of the General Laws shall be exercised; make an appropriation of money for all or any of the purposes aforesaid; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and ex- pended; or take any action relating to all or any of the fore- going.
The first parcel is bounded as follows:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the northeasterly boundary line of land formerly of Lawrence Leary and the boundary line between the Town of Lexington and the Town of Arlington, thence running southwesterly along the said Town boundary line six hundred and fifteen (615) feet, more or less, to land of the Boston & Maine Railroad; thence running easterly along said Railroad land seven hundred and eighty (780) feet, more or less, to land now or formerly of Dolly Bolles; thence running southwesterly along the boundary line between said Railroad land and said Bolles land twenty (20) feet, more or less; thence running easterly along said Railroad land three hundred seventy-one (371) feet; thence turning at an interior angle of 108° 40' and running northeasterly through said Bolles land four hundred ninety (490) feet; thence turning at an in- terior angle at 139° 20' and running northerly through said Bolles land two hundred and eighty (280) feet, more or less, to land of the Town of Arlington; thence turning at an interior angle of 55° 20' and running southwesterly along said Town land to the northeasterly line of said Leary land; thence running westerly and northwesterly along said Town land to the point of beginning; containing 10 2/10 acres, more or less, and being portions of land now or formerly of Lawrence Leary and of Dolly Bolles.
The second parcel is situated between land of the Boston' and Maine Railroad and Massachusetts Avenue near Dundee and Paul Revere Roads, and is bounded as follows:
Beginning at a point on the southerly line of land of the Boston & Maine Railroad distant one hundred and thirty-
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eight (138) feet, more or less, measured on said line, north- westerly from land now or formerly of Bolles; thence running southwesterly along land now or formerly of Eva C. Culhane thirty-six (36) feet, more or less, to Massachusetts Avenue; thence running northwesterly along Massachusetts Avenue one hundred and sixty-five (165) feet, more or less, to land now or formerly of Robert MacDonald; thence running northeasterly along said MacDonald land thirty-four and 20/100 (34.20) feet, more or less, to said Railroad land; thence running southeasterly along said Railroad land one hundred sixty-four and 5/10 (164.5) feet, more or less, to the point of beginning; containing 5140 square feet, more or less, and being shown as lot No. 3 on a plan marked "Plan of Land in Arlington, Mass. Owned by Thomas P. Culhane, July 28, 1927, P. H. Mossman, C. E.," filed with Middlesex So. Dist. Deeds, plan book 402, plan 5.
Both said parcels are as shown on a plan marked "Town of Arlington, Mass., Playground Committee Proposed Playground at Arlington Heights, Fay, Spofford and Thorndike, Engineers, Boston," a copy of which is filed in the office of the Town Clerk. (Inserted at the request of the committee to investigate the matter of a suitable playground at Arlington Heights)
Article 30. To see if the Town will authorize the acquisi- tion by purchase, eminent domain or otherwise, of any land, easements or rights therein, including an easement or easements in land adjoining the location of any or all public ways, the laying out of which is accepted at this meeting, consisting of a right to have the land of the location protected by having the surface of such adjoining land slope from the boundary of the location; make an appropriation for such acquisition; deter- mine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 31. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a town way from Massachusetts Avenue to the easterly side line of 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
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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 the point of intersection of the westerly side line of Massachusetts Avenue and the southerly side line of Chandler Street, thence southwesterly on said southerly side line of Chandler Street, a distance of 622.74 feet to a point of curve in said southerly side line of Chandler Street, thence southerly on said southerly side line of Chandler Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 40.0 feet, a distance of 45.58 feet to the easterly side line of Herbert Road, thence northerly on said easterly side line of Herbert Road, a distance of 108.68 feet to the northerly side line of Chandler Street, thence south- easterly on said northerly side line of Chandler Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.0 feet, a distance of 50.05 feet to a point of tangency in said northerly side line of Chandler Street, thence northeasterly on said northerly side line of Chandler Street, a distance of 591.04 feet to the westerly side line of Massachusetts Avenue, thence southeasterly on said westerly side line of Massachusetts Avenue, 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., 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' & 6'=1", Dec., 1911," and "Plan and Profile of Chandler Street Ext., Arlington, Mass., Scale Hor. 1"=40', Ver. 1" =6', June, 1923, C. H. Gannett, C. E., 53 State St., Boston."
Article 32. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a town way from Massachusetts Avenue to Gray Street, substantially in the location of the private way known as Churchill Avenue, 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
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way; make an appropriation for said laying out and the con- struction 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 southerly side line of Massachusetts Avenue and the easterly side line of Churchill Avenue, thence southwesterly on said easterly side line of Churchill Avenue 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 Churchill Avenue, thence continuing south- westerly on said easterly side line of Churchill Avenue, a dis- tance of 388.36 feet to a point of curve in said easterly side line of Churchill Avenue, thence continuing southwesterly on said easterly side line of Churchill Avenue on a curve to the right with a radius of 208.30 feet, a distance of 72.04 feet to a point of reverse curve in said easterly side line of Churchill Avenue, thence southerly on said easterly side line of Churchill Avenue on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.0 feet, a distance of 20.03 feet to a point, thence southwesterly on said easterly side line of Churchill Avenue, a distance of 61.04 feet to a point in said easterly side line of Churchill Avenue, thence continuing south- westerly on said easterly side line of Churchill Avenue on a curve to the left with a radius of 60 feet, a distance of 40.37 feet to a point of tangency in said easterly side line of Churchill Avenue, thence continuing southwesterly on said easterly side line of Churchill Avenue, a distance of 182.42 feet to a point of curve in said easterly side line of Churchill Avenue, thence southerly on said easterly side line of Churchill Avenue on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.0 feet, a distance of 22.44 feet to a point, thence southwesterly on said easterly side line of Churchill Avenue, a distance of 57.35 feet to a point in said east- erly side line of Churchill Avenue, thence southwesterly on said easterly side line of Churchill Avenue on a curve to the left with a radius of 30.0 feet, a distance of 20.18 feet to a point of tan- gency in said easterly side line of Churchill Avenue, thence continuing southwesterly on said easterly side line of Churchill Avenue, a distance of 155.49 feet to a point of curve in said
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easterly side line of Churchill Avenue, thence southerly on said easterly side line of Churchill Avenue on a curve to the left with a radius of 191.48 feet, a distance of 125.32 feet to a point of tangency in said easterly side line of Churchill Avenue, thence continuing southerly on said easterly side line of Churchill Avenue, a distance of 68.37 feet to a point of curve in said easterly side line of Churchill Avenue, thence continuing southerly on said easterly side line of Churchill Avenue on a curve to the left with a radius of 50.0 feet, a distance of 31.16 feet to a point, thence southwesterly on said easterly side line of Churchill Avenue, a distance of 64.99 feet to a point in said easterly side line of Churchill Avenue, thence continuing south- westerly on said easterly side line of Churchill Avenue on a curve to the left with a radius of 40.0 feet, a distance of 31.44 feet to a point of reverse curve in said easterly side line of Church- ill Avenue, thence continuing southwesterly on said easterly side line of Churchill Avenue on a curve to the right with a radius of 179.65 feet, a distance of 57.87 feet to a point of tangency in said easterly side line of Churchill Avenue, thence continuing southwesterly on said easterly side line of Churchill Avenue, a distance of 162.43 feet to a point of curve in said easterly side line of Churchill Avenue, thence southeasterly on said easterly side line of Churchill Avenue on a curve to the left with a radius of 26.45 feet, a distance of 43.37 feet to the northerly side line of Gray Street, thence northwesterly on said northerly side line of Gray Street, a distance of 105.07 feet to the westerly side line of Churchill Avenue, thence southeasterly on said westerly side line of Churchill Avenue on a curve to the left with a radius of 30.0 feet, a distance of 43.18 feet to a point of tangency in said westerly side line of Churchill Avenue, thence northeasterly on said westerly side line of Churchill Avenue, a distance of 172.85 feet to a point of curve in said westerly side line of Churchill Avenue, thence continuing north- easterly on said westerly side line of Churchill Avenue on a curve to the left with a radius of 129.63 feet, a distance of 41.76 feet to a point of compound curve in said westerly side line of Churchill Avenue, thence northerly on said westerly side line of Churchill Avenue on a curve to the left with a radius of
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29.15 feet, a distance of 24.35 feet to a point in said westerly side line of Churchill Avenue, thence continuing northerly on said westerly side line of Churchill Avenue, a distance of 89.26 feet to a point in said westerly side line of Churchill Avenue, thence northeasterly on said westerly side line of Churchill Avenue on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.0 feet, a distance of 12.77 feet to a point in said westerly side line of Churchill Avenue, thence northeasterly on said westerly side line of Churchill Avenue, a distance of 127.66 feet to a point in said westerly side line of Churchill Avenue, thence con- tinuing northeasterly on said westerly side line of Churchill Avenue, a distance of 532.84 feet to a point of curve in said westerly side line of Churchill Avenue, thence northerly on said westerly side line of Churchill Avenue on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.0 feet, a distance of 22.12 feet to a point in said westerly side line of Churchill Avenue, thence northeasterly on said westerly side line of Churchill Avenue, a distance of 74.70 feet to a point in said westerly side line. of Churchill Avenue, thence continuing northeasterly on said westerly side line of Churchill Avenue on a curve to the left with a radius of 60.0 feet, a distance of 57.34 feet to a point of tangency in said westerly side line of Churchill Avenue, thence continuing northeasterly on said westerly side line of Churchill Avenue, a distance of 388.36 feet to a point of curve in said westerly side line of Churchill Avenue, thence northwesterly on said westerly side line of Churchill Avenue 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 Massachusetts Avenue, thence southeasterly on said southerly side line of Massachusetts Avenue, a distance of 100.0 feet to the point of beginning, as shown on two plans on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass., entitled "Plan and Profile of Churchill Avenue, Arlington, Mass., Scale Hor. 1" = 40', Ver. 1" = 6', March, 1923, C. H. Gannett, C. E., 53 State St., Boston."
Article 33. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a town way from the present end of acceptance to the easterly side line of Herbert Road, substantially in the location of the
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private way known as Egerton 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 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 easterly side line of Herbert Road and the northerly side line of Egerton Road, thence southeasterly on said northerly side line of Egerton Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.0 feet, a distance of 49.55 feet to a point of tangency in said northerly side line of Egerton Road, thence northwesterly on said northerly side line of Egerton Road, a distance of 268.86 feet to a point in said northerly side line of Egerton Road, thence south- easterly across said Egerton Road, a distance of 40 feet, more or less, to the southerly side line of said Egerton Road, thence south- westerly on said southerly side line of Egerton Road, a distance of 1.74 feet to an angle in said southerly side line of Egerton Road, thence continuing southwesterly on said southerly side line of Egerton Road, a distance of 302.15 feet to a point of curve in said southerly side line of Egerton Road, thence southerly on said southerly side line of Egerton Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 35.0 feet, a distance of 40.58 feet to the easterly side line of Herbert Road, thence northerly on said easterly side line of Herbert Road, a distance of 104.74 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 Egerton Road Ext., Arlington, Mass., Scale Hor. 1" = 40', Ver. 1" = 6', 1923, C. H. Gannett, C. E., 53 State St., Boston."
Article 34. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a town way from the end of acceptance of Falmouth Road to the easterly side line of Highfield Road, substantially in the location of the private way known as Falmouth Road West, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, under the provisions of law authorizing the
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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 westerly side line of Langley Road and the southerly side line of Falmouth Road West, thence northwesterly, westerly and southwesterly on said southerly side line of Falmouth Road West on a curve to the left with a radius of 41.0 feet, a distance of 111.27 feet to a point of compound curve in the easterly side line of Crosby Street, thence southwesterly across said Crosby Street, a distance of 66 feet, more or less, to a point on the southerly side line of Falmouth Road West, thence northwesterly on said southerly side line of Falmouth Road West on a curve to the left with a radius of 41.67 feet, a distance of 32.40 feet to a point of tangency in said southerly side line of Falmouth Road West, thence continuing northwesterly on said southerly side line of Falmouth Road West, a distance of 97.88 feet to a point of curve in said southerly side line of Falmouth Road West, thence westerly on said southerly side line of Falmouth Road West on a curve to the left with a radius of 216.57 feet, a distance of 69.40 feet to a point of tangency in said southerly side line of Falmouth Road .West, thence southwesterly on said southerly side of Falmouth Road West, a distance of 109.03 feet to a point of curve in said southerly side line of Falmouth Road West, thence southerly on said southerly side line of Falmouth Road West on a curve to the left with a radius of 40.0 feet, a distance of 56.52 feet to the easterly side line of Highfield Road, thence northerly on said easterly side line of Highfield Road, a distance of 104.94 feet to the northerly side line of Falmouth Road West, thence southeasterly on said northerly side line of Falmouth Road West on a curve to the left with a radius of 30.59 feet, a distance of 47.38 feet to a point of tangency in said northerly side line of Falmouth Road West, thence northeasterly on said northerly side line of Falmouth Road West, a distance of 101.47 feet to a point of curve in said northerly side line of Falmouth
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Road West, thence easterly on said northerly side line of Fal- mouth Road West on a curve to the right with a radius of 256.57 feet, a distance of 82.21 feet to a point of tangency in said northerly side line of Falmouth Road West, thence south- easterly on said northerly side line of Falmouth Road West, a distance of 98.42 feet to a point of curve in said northerly side line of Falmouth Road West, thence northeasterly on said northerly side line of Falmouth Road West on a curve to the left with a radius of 39.36 feet, a distance of 30.23 feet to a point in said northerly side line of Falmouth Road West, thence con- tinuing northeasterly on said northerly side line of Falmouth Road West, a distance of 115 feet, more or less, to a point in said northerly side line of Falmouth Road West, at the present accepted end of Falmouth Road, thence southerly by said present accepted end of Falmouth Road, a distance of 40.0 feet to a point, thence northeasterly by said present accepted portion of Falmouth Road, a distance of 25.01 feet to a point of curve, thence southeasterly by said present accepted portion of Falmouth Road on a curve to the right with a radius of 19.16 feet, a distance of 38.88 feet to a point of reverse curve in the westerly side line of Langley Road, thence southerly on said westerly side line of Langley Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 120.0 feet, a distance of 70.31 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 Falmouth Road West, Arlington, Mass., petitioned for by Stephen S. Langley, Scale Hor. 1" = 40', Ver. 1" = 6', Mar., 1917, C. H. Gannett, C. E., 53 State St., Boston."
Article 35. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a town way from Gray Street to Spring 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 appro- priation 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 southerly side line of Gray Street and the easterly side line of Fountain Road, thence southwesterly on said easterly side line of Fountain Road, a distance of 594.78 feet to the northerly side line of Spring Avenue, thence northwesterly on said northerly side line of Spring Avenue a distance of 40.37 feet to the westerly side line of Fountain Road, thence northeasterly on said westerly side line of Fountain Road, a distance of 594.73 feet to the southerly side line of Gray Street, thence southeasterly on said southerly side line of Gray Street, a distance of 40.38 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 of Proposed Fountain Road, June, 1911, Scales Hor. 40'=1", Ver. 6'=1", James Adam, C. E., Old South Building, Boston."
Article 36. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a town way from the end of acceptance to the northerly line of Parallel Street, substantially in the location of the private way known as Franklin 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 Franklin Street at the northerly end of the accepted portion of said Franklin Street, thence northeasterly on said northerly side line of Franklin Street, a distance of 865.98 feet to a point on said northerly side line of Franklin Street at the easterly side line of Parallel Street, thence southeasterly across said Franklin Street, a distance of 44.43 feet to a point in the southerly side line of Franklin Street, thence southwesterly on said southerly side line of Franklin Street, a distance of 862.29 feet to a point
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in said southerly side line of Franklin Street, thence north- westerly across said Franklin Street, a distance of 42.93 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 Franklin Street, Arlington, Mass., Petitioned for by Z. E. Cliff, Scales Hor. 1" =40', Vert. 1" =6', Nov. 7, 1922, J. M. Keane, C. E."
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