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Article 37. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a town way from Broadway to Norcross Street, substantially in the location of the private way known as Gardner 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 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.
Said way as so laid out is bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the easterly side line of Broadway and the northerly side line of Gardner Street, thence northeasterly on said northerly side line of Gardner Street, a distance of 509.77 feet to an angle point in said northerly side line of Gardner Street, thence continuing northeasterly on said northerly side line of Gardner Street, a distance of 44.46 feet to the westerly side line of Norcross Street, thence south- easterly across said Gardner Street, a distance of 40.0 feet to the southerly side line of Gardner Street, thence southwesterly on said southerly side line of Gardner Street, a distance of 44.93 feet to an angle point in said southerly side line of Gardner Street, thence continuing southwesterly on said southerly side line of Gardner Street, a distance of 507.0 feet to the easterly side line of Broadway, thence northwesterly on said casterly side line of Broadway, a distance of 40.13 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 Profiles of Gardner Street, Arlington, May 17, 1902, Hor. Scale 40'=1", Vert. Scale 4'=1", Charles D. Elliot, Engineer."
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Article 38. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a town way from Highland Avenue to Lockeland Avenue, substantially in the location of the private way known as Glouces- ter 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; establish said way; make an appropriation for said laying out and the construction of said way; determine in what manner 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 Highland Avenue and the northerly side line of Glouces- ter Street, thence southeasterly on said northerly side line of Gloucester Street, a distance of 235:20 feet to a point of curve in said northerly side line of Gloucester Street, thence north- easterly on said northerly side line of Gloucester Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 125.00 feet, a distance of 95.99 feet to a point of compound curve in said northerly side line of Gloucester Street, thence continuing northeasterly on said northerly side line of Gloucester Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 42.04 feet, a distance of 33.96 feet to the westerly side line of Lockeland Avenue, thence southwesterly on said westerly side line of Lockeland Avenue, a distance of 114.88 feet to the southerly side line of Gloucester Street, thence north- westerly on said southerly side line of Gloucester Street, on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.0 feet, a distance of 49.32 feet to a point of reverse curve in said southerly side line of Gloucester Street, thence westerly on said southerly side line of Gloucester Street on a curve to the right with a radius of 165.0 feet, a distance of 67.18 feet to a point of tangency in said southerly side line of Gloucester Street, thence northwesterly on said southerly side line of Gloucester Street, a distance of 235.75 feet to the easterly side line of Highland Avenue, thence north- easterly on said easterly side line of Highland Avenue, a dis- tance 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., en- titled "Plan and Profile of Gloucester Street Ext., Arling-
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ton, Mass., Scale Hor. 1"=40', Vert. 1"=6', March, 1923, C. H. Gannett, C. E., 53 State Street, Boston." 1
Article 39. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a town way from Medford Street to Mystic Valley Parkway, substantially in the location of the private way known as Hayes Street, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, under the provisions of law au- thorizing 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 northerly side line of Medford Street and the westerly side line of Hayes Street, thence northeasterly on said westerly side line of Hayes Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 10.0 feet, a distance of 14.08 feet to a point of tangency in said westerly side line of Hayes Street, thence northwesterly on said westerly side line of Hayes Street, a distance of 546.26 feet to land of the Common- wealth of Massachusetts, thence easterly on said land of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, a distance of 41.92 feet to the easterly side line of Hayes Street, thence southeasterly on said easterly side line of Hayes Street, a distance of 529.95 feet to a point of curve in said easterly side line of Hayes Street, thence continuing southeasterly on said easterly side line of Hayes Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 10.0 feet, a distance of 15.59 feet to the northerly side line of Medford Street, thence westerly on said northerly side line of Medford Street, a distance of 60.92 feet to the point of beginning, as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arling- ton, Mass., entitled "Plan of Hayes Street, Arlington, Mass., For Bonelli Adams Co., Scales Hor. 1" =40', Vert. 1" =6', Aug. 5, 1914, Maynard and Coburn, Engineers and Surveyors, Watertown, Mass."
Article 40. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a town way from Robbins Road to Bowen Street, substan- tially in the location of the private way known as Howard
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Street, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, under the provisions of law au- thorizing 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 southerly side line of Bowen Street and the easterly side line of Howard Street, thence southerly on said easterly side line of Howard Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 20.0 feet a distance of 39.77 feet to a point of tangency in said easterly side line of Howard Street, thence southeasterly on said easterly side line of Howard Street, a distance of 421.66 feet to a point of curve in said easterly side line of Howard Street, thence easterly and north- easterly on said easterly side line of Howard Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 20.0 feet, a distance of 32.04 feet to the northerly side line of Robbins Road, thence southwesterly on said northerly side line of Robbins Road, a distance of 80.04 feet, to the westerly side line of Howard Street, thence northerly on said westerly side line of Howard Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 20.0 feet, a distance of 30.79 feet to a point of tangency in said westerly side line of Howard Street, thence northwesterly on said westerly side line of Howard Street, a distance of 472.38 feet to a point of curve in said westerly side line of Howard Street, thence westerly on said westerly side line of Howard Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.0 feet, a distance of 33.87 feet to the southerly side line of Bowen Street, thence northeasterly on said southerly side line of Bowen Street a distance of 20.11 feet to a point in said southerly side line of Bowen Street, thence continuing northeasterly on said southerly side line of Bowen Street, a distance of 74.88 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 Howard Street, Estate of Ira L. Russell, Arlington, Mass., Scale Hor. 1"=40', Vert. 1"=6', Jan., 1921, C. H. Gannett, C. E., 53 State Street, Boston."
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Article 41. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a town way from Massachusetts Avenue to Park Boulevard, substantially in the location of the private way known as Lafayette 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 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 westerly side line of Massachusetts Avenue and the southerly side line of Lafayette Street, thence southwesterly on said southerly side line of Lafayette Street, a distance of 542.29 feet to a point of curve in said southerly side line of Lafayette Street, thence southeasterly on said southerly side line of Lafayette Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 15.43 feet, a distance of 38.81 feet to the northerly side line of Park Boulevard, thence south- westerly on said northerly side line of Park Boulevard, a dis- tance of 154.84 feet to the northerly side line of Lafayette Street, thence northeasterly on said northerly side line of Lafayette Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 221.81 feet, a dis- tance of 78.51 feet to a point of tangency in said northerly side line of Lafayette Street, thence continuing northeasterly on said northerly side line of Lafayette Street, a distance of 607.20 feet to the westerly side line of Massachusetts Avenue, thence southeasterly on said westerly side line of Massachusetts Avenue a distance of 40.02 feet to the point of beginning, as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arling- ton, Mass., entitled "Board of Survey Plan and Profile of Lafayette Street, Arlington, Mass., Scales Hor. 1" = 40', Vert. 1" = 6', Dec. 23, 1924, Geo. E. Ahern, Town Engineer."
Article 42. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a town way from Hayes Street to Mystic Valley Parkway, substantially in the location of the private way known as May- nard Street, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Select-
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men 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 Hayes Street and the northerly side line of Maynard Street, thence southeasterly on said northerly side line of Maynard Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 20.0 feet, a distance of 31.41 feet to a point of tangency in said northerly side line of Maynard Street, thence northeasterly on said northerly side line of Maynard Street, a distance of 323.67 feet to land of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, thence southeasterly by said land of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, a distance of 21.42 feet to an angle point, thence southwesterly by said land of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, a distance of 23.75 feet to the southerly side line of Maynard Street, thence south- westerly on said southerly side line of Maynard Street, a dis- tance of 318.66 feet to a point of curve in said southerly side line of Maynard Street, thence southerly on said southerly side line of Maynard Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 20.0 feet, a distance of 31.41 feet to the easterly side line of Hayes Street, thence northwesterly on said easterly 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 of Maynard Street, Arlington, Mass., for Bonelli Adams Co., Scales Hor. 1" = 40', Vert. 1" = 6', Aug. 5, 1914, Maynard and Coburn, Engineers and Surveyors, Watertown, Mass."
Article 43. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a town way from the present end of acceptance to Herbert Road, substantially in the location of the private way known as Melrose 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
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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 easterly side line of Herbert Road and the northerly side line of Melrose Street, thence southerly and southeasterly on said northerly side line of Melrose Street 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 Melrose Street, thence northeasterly on said northerly side line of Melrose Street, a distance of 365.21 feet to an angle point in said northerly side line of Melrose Street, thence continuing northeasterly on said northerly side line of Melrose Street, a distance of 9.57 feet to a point in said northerly side line of Melrose Street, thence southeasterly across said Melrose Street a distance of 40.0 feet, more or less, to the southerly side line of said Melrose Street, thence southwesterly on said southerly side line of Melrose Street, a distance of 11.31 feet to an angle in said southerly side line of Melrose Street, thence continuing southwesterly on said southerly side line of Melrose Street, a distance of 398.05 feet to a point of curve in said southerly side line of Melrose Street, thence southerly on said southerly side line of Melrose Street 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 Melrose Street Ext., Arlington, Mass., Scale Hor. 1" = 40', Vert. 1" = 6', June, 1923, C. H. Gannett, C. E., 53 State St., Boston."
Article 44. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a town way from Massachusetts Avenue to Lot Line No. 78 (approximately center line of Revere Street) substantially in the location of the private way known as Menotomy Road, 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 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.
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 Menotomy Road, thence southwesterly on said southerly side line of Menotomy Road, a distance of 631.52 feet to a point in said southerly side line of Menotomy Road at Revere Street, thence northwesterly across said Menotomy Road, a distance of 40.0 feet to a point in the northerly side line of said Menotomy Road, thence northeasterly on said northerly side line of Menotomy Road, a distance of 624.84 feet to the westerly side line of Massachusetts Avenue, thence southeasterly on said westerly side line of Massachusetts Avenue, a distance of 40.55 feet to the point of beginning, as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass., entitled "Plan of Menotomy Road, Arlington, Mass., Petitioned for by Theodore Schwamb, Showing Proposed Lines and Grades, Made by H. S. Adams, C. E., Scale 40' and 6' = 1", Apr., 1898."
Article 45. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a town way from Lot Line No. 78 (approximately center line of Revere Street) to Gray Street, substantially in the location of the private way known as Menotomy 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 Gray Street and the northerly side line of Menotomy Road,
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thence northeasterly on said northerly side line of Menotomy Road, a distance of 734.84 feet to a point in said northerly side line of Menotomy Road, thence southeasterly across said Menotomy Road, a distance of 40.0 feet to a point in the southerly side line of Menotomy Road at Revere Street, thence southwesterly on said southerly side line of Menotomy Road, a distance of 727.66 feet to the easterly side line of Gray Street, thence northwesterly on said easterly side line of Gray Street, a distance of 40.64 feet to the point of beginning, as shown on two plans on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass., entitled "Plan of Menotomy Road, Arlington, Mass. Petitioned for by Theodore Schwamb, Showing Proposed Lines and Grades, Made by H. S. Adams, C. E. Scale 40' and 6' = 1", Apr., 1898."
Article 46. 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 private way known as Milton 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 the point of intersection of the easterly side line of Herbert Road and the northerly side line of Milton Street, thence southerly and southeasterly on said northerly side line of Milton Street 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 Milton Street, thence northeasterly on said northerly side line of Milton Street, a distance of 461.66 feet to an angle point in said northerly side line of Milton Street, thence con- tinuing northeasterly on said northerly side line of Milton Street, a distance of 19.15 feet to a point in said northerly side line of Milton Street, thence southeasterly across said Milton Street, a distance of 40.0 feet, more or less, to a point in the
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southerly side line of Milton Street, thence southwesterly on said southerly side line of Milton Street, a distance of 20.89 feet to an angle point in said southerly side line of Milton Street, thence continuing southeasterly on said southerly side line of Milton Street, a distance of 494.45 feet to a point of curve in said southerly side line of Milton Street, thence southerly on said southerly side line of Milton Street 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 Milton Street Ext., Arlington, Mass., Scale Hor. 1" = 40', Vert. 1" = 6', June, 1923, C. H. Gannett, C. E., 53 State St., Boston."
Article 47. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a town way from Gray Street to Hawthorne Avenue, sub- stantially in the location of the private way known as Mt. Vernon 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 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 westerly side line of Gray Street and the southerly side line of Mt. Vernon Street, thence westerly on said southerly side line of Mt. Vernon Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.0 feet, a distance of 36.14 feet to a point of tangency in said southerly side line of Mt. Vernon Street, thence southwesterly on said southerly side line of Mt. Vernon Street, a distance of 1248.85 feet to a point of curve in said southerly side line of Mt. Vernon Street, thence southerly on a curve to the left with a radius of 30.0 feet, a dis- tance of 49.47 feet to a point of tangency, thence southwesterly, a distance of 21.03 feet to a point, thence northwesterly a dis -. tance of 74.18 feet to the northerly side line of Mt. Vernon
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Street, thence northeasterly on said northerly side line of Mt. Vernon Street, a distance of 1294.31 feet to a point of curve in said northerly side line of Mt. Vernon Street, thence northerly on said northerly side line of Mt. Vernon Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.0 feet, a distance of 41.93 feet to the westerly side line of Gray Street, thence southeasterly on said westerly side line of Gray Street, a distance of 35.49 feet to an angle point in said westerly side line of Gray Street, thence con- tinuing southeasterly on said westerly side line of Gray Street a distance of 54.67 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 Mt. Vernon Street Ext., Arlington, Mass., Petitioned for by P. S. Baker and W. D. Storey, Scale Hor. 1"=40', Vert. 1"=6', April, 1922, C. H. Gannett, C. E., 53 State Street, Boston," and "Plan and Profile of Mt. Vernon Street Ext., Arlington, Mass., Petitioned for by James H. Murray, Scale Hor. 1"=40', Vert. 1"=6', July, 1926, C. H. Gannett, C. E., 53 State Street, Boston, Mass."
Article 48. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a town way from Hayes Street to Mystic Valley Parkway, substantially in the location of the private way known as Mystic Lake Drive, 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; 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 Hayes Street and the southerly side line of Mystic Lake Drive, thence northeasterly on said southerly side line of Mystic Lake Drive on a curve to the right with a radius of 15.19 feet, a distance of 27.99 feet to a point of tangency in said southerly side line of Mystic Lake Drive, thence easterly on said southerly side line of Mystic Lake Drive a distance of 137.67 feet to a
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point of curve in said southerly side line of Mystic Lake Drive, thence continuing easterly on said southerly side line of Mystic Lake Drive on a curve to the left with a radius of 193.49 feet, a distance of 39.86 feet to a point of tangency in said southerly side line of Mystic Lake Drive, thence northeasterly on said southerly side line of Mystic Lake Drive a distance of 104.65 feet to land of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, thence northwesterly by said land of the Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts, a distance of 44.13 feet to the northerly side line of Mystic Lake Drive, thence southwesterly on said northerly side line of Mystic Lake Drive, a distance of 86.0 feet to a point of curve in said northerly side line of Mystic Lake Drive, thence westerly on said northerly side line of Mystic Lake Drive on a curve to the right with a radius of 153.49 feet, a distance of 31.62 feet to a point of tangency in said northerly side line of Mystic Lake Drive, thence continuing westerly on said northerly side line of Mystic Lake Drive, a distance of 148.83 feet to a point of curve in said northerly side line of Mystic Lake Drive, thence northwesterly on said northerly side line of Mystic Lake Drive on a curve to the right with a radius of 26.34 feet, a dis- tance of 34.21 feet to the easterly side line of Hayes Street, thence southerly on said easterly side line of Hayes Street, a distance of 82.28 feet to the point of beginning, as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass., and entitled "Plan of Mystic Lake Drive, Arlington, Mass. For Bonelli Adams Co., Scales Hor. 1"=40', Vert. 1" =6', Aug. 5, 1914, Maynard and Coburn, Engineers and Surveyors, Water- town, Mass."
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