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Article 22 taken up. (High Haith Road)
On the substitute motion of Charles H. Higgins :
Voted: (Unanimously) That the laying out of a town way from Highland Avenue to the center line of Ottawa Road, substantially in the location of the private way known as High Haith Road, as more particularly de- scribed in Article 22 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 23 taken up. (Howard Street)
Voted : (Unanimously) That the laying out of a town way from Robbins Road to the center line of Bowen
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Street, substantially in the location of the private way known as Howard Street, as more particularly described in Article 23 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 24 taken up. (Iroquois Road)
At the request of Mr. F. R. Murphy the following substitute motion amended by Mr. Paul M. White was placed before the meeting and lost:
That the laying out of the town way from Bonad Road to the center line of High Haith Road, substantially in the location of the private way known as Iroquois Road, as more particularly described in Article 24 of the War- rant, under the provisions of law authorizing the assess- ment of betterments, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, be ac- cepted, said way established and said Joint Board author- ized to take land for the purpose of said way.
The original recommendation of the Finance Com- mittee being placed before the meeting, it was
Voted: That the laying out of a town way from Bonad Road to the center line of High Haith Road, sub- stantially in the location of the private way known as Iroquois Road, as more particularly described in Article 24 of the Warrant, under the provisions of law authoriz- ing the assessment of betterments, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, be not accepted.
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Article 25 taken up. (Menotomy Road)
Voted : (Unanimously) That the laying out of a town way from Massachusetts Avenue to Gray Street, substantially in the location of the private way known as Menotomy Road, as more particularly described in Article 25 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 26 taken up. (Mount Vernon Street)
Voted : (Unanimously) That the laying out of a town way from Gray Street to land of Nathan Robbins, substantially in the location of the private way known as Mt. Vernon Street, as more particularly described in Article 26 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 27 taken up. (Mystic Lake Drive)
Voted : (Unanimously) That the laying out of a town way from the end of the present accepted portion of Mystic Lake Drive to Mystic Valley Parkway, sub- stantially in the location of the private way known as Mystic Lake Drive, as more particularly described in Article 27 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
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Joint Board authorized to take land for the purpose of said way.
Article 28 taken up. (Newman Way)
Voted : (Unanimously) That the laying out of a town way from Massachusetts Avenue to the center line of Wildwood Avenue, substantially in the location of the private way known as Newman Way, as more particu- larly described in Article 28 of the Warrant, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of better- ments, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Select- men 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 29 taken up. (Newport Street)
Voted: (Unanimously) That the laying out of a town way from the end of the present accepted portion of Newport Street to the center line of Hawthorne Avenue, substantially in the location of the private way known as Newport 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. (Oak Knoll)
Voted : (Unanimously) That the laying out of a town way from Pleasant Street westerly the entire length, substantially in the location of the private way known as Oak Knoll, 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
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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 31 taken up. (Pine Ridge Road)
Voted : (Unanimously ) That the laying out of a town way from Gray Street to the Center line of Spring Avenue, substantially in the location of the private way known as Pine Ridge Road, 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. (Plymouth Street)
Voted: (Unanimously) That the laying out of a town way from Highland Avenue to the center line of Lockeland Avenue, substantially in the location of the private way known as Plymouth Street, as more particu- larly described in Article 32 of the Warrant, under the provision of law authorizing the assessment of better- ments, 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. (Revere Street)
Voted : (Unanimously) That the laying out of a town way from Walnut Street to the center line of Menotomy Road, substantially in the location of the private way known as Revere Street, as more particu- larly described in Article 33 of the Warrant, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of better-
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ments, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Select- men and Board of Public Works, be accepted, said way es- tablished and said Joint Board authorized to take land for the purpose of said way.
Article 34 taken up. (Temple Street)
On the substitute motion of Leonard Collins :
Voted : (Unanimously) That the laying out of a town way from Highland Avenue to the center line of Lockeland Avenue, substantially in the location of the private way known as Temple Street, and more particu- larly described in Article 34 of the Warrant under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of better- ments as made and reported by the Joint Board of Select- men 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. (Trent Street)
Voted: (Unanimously) That the laying out of a town way from Highland Avenue to the center line of Coleman Road, substantially in the location of the private way known as Trent Street, as more particularly de- scribed 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 pur- pose of said way.
Article 36 taken up. (Wildwood Avenue)
Voted: (Unanimously) That the laying out of a town way from Bartlett Avenue to the center line of Lockeland Avenue, substantially in the location of the
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private way known as Wildwood Avenue, as more par- ticularly 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. (Windermere Avenue)
Voted: (Unanimously) That the laying out of a town way from the end of the present accepted portion of Windermere Avenue to Churchill Avenue, substan- tially in the location of the private way known as Wind- ermere Avenue, as more particularly described in Article 37 of the Warrant, under the provisions of law authoriz- ing 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. (Construction of Accepted Ways)
On the substitute motion of G. Bertram Washburn:
Voted : (Unanimously) That the sum of two hun- dred eighty-eight thousand eight hundred ninety-nine and 55/100 (288,899.55) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the original construction of public ways, the laying out of which is accepted at this meeting, including land damages and the cost of pavement and sidewalks laid at the time of such construction, all under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments; that for this purpose the sum of eighty thousand four hundred forty-five and 10/100 (80,445.10) dollars be raised by general tax, the sum of ten thousand nine hundred thirty- three and 94/100 (10,933.94) dollars being the available
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unexpended balance of the 1927 street construction ap- propriation and the sum of forty-seven thousand five hundred and twenty and 51/100 (47,520.51) being a por- tion of the available unexpended balance of the 1928 street construction appropriation be taken from said street construction appropriations now available in the Treasury, and for the balance one hundred fifty thousand (150,000) dollars the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow the said sum of one hundred fifty thousand (150,000) dollars 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 addi- tion thereto or amendment thereof, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than ten (10) 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 two hundred eighty-eight thousand eight hundred ninety-nine and 55/100 (288,899.55) dollars be expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works, substantially as follows:
Alton Street (Article 11) $ 14,530.80
Falmouth Road West (Article 16) .. 11,761.13
Florence Avenue (Article 17)
7,692.00
Fountain Road (Article 18)
17,545.23
Franklin Street (Article 19) 15,272.00
Hayes Street (Article 20) 7,681.48
Hemlock Street (Article 21) 12,324.82
High Haith Road (Article 22)
14,892.03
Howard Street (Article 23)
8,912.89
Menotomy Road (Article 25)
27,223.33
Mt. Vernon Street (Article 26)
35,417.30
Mystic Lake Drive (Article 27) 6,097.17
Newman Way (Article 28)
13,956.25
Newport Street (Article 29) 14,858.32
Oak Knoll (Article 30)
11,388.29
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Pine Ridge Road (Article 31) 13,008.38
Plymouth Street (Article 32) 6,988.96
Revere Street (Article 33)
12,287.57
Temple Street (Article 34)
7,353.72
Trent Street (Article 35)
8,130.77
Wildwood Avenue (Article 36) 19,811.19
Windermere Avenue (Article 37) .. 1,665.92
$288,899.55
Article 39 taken up. (Acquisition of Easements)
Voted : (Unanimously) That the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works be and hereby is authorized and empowered on behalf of the Town, to pur- chase or take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire, easements in lands adjoining the locations of ways, the laying out of which is accepted at this meeting, consist- ing of the right to have the lands of said locations pro- tected by having the surface of such adjoining lands slope from the boundaries of said locations; that for this purpose the sum of two thousand (2,000) dollars be and hereby is appropriated, and that said sum be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of said Joint Board.
Article 40 taken up. (Widening of Massachusetts Avenue)
On motion of Luke A. Manning :
Voted: That Article 40 be laid on the table.
Article 41 taken up. (Additional Fire Apparatus)
Voted : (Unanimously) That the sum of $12,500 be and hereby is appropriated for the purchase of addi- tional fire apparatus, for the use of the Fire Department ; said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under
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the direction of the Chief of the Fire Department sub- ject to the approval of the Board of Selectmen.
Article 42 taken up. (Land for School Purposes)
(a) 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 purpose of constructing thereon a school building, a certain parcel of land con- taining about one and one-half acres within the area de- scribed in paragraph "A" of Article 42 of the Warrant, bounded as follows :
Beginning at a point on the division line between land of Joseph Gardella and land of the Town of Arling- ton, said point being 120.48 feet northeasterly from the northerly side line of Massachusetts Avenue, thence northeasterly on said division line a distance of 80.92 feet to a stone bound at land of the Frost Insecticide Co., thence northwesterly by said land of the Frost Insecticide Co., a distance of 20.04 feet to an angle point, thence northeasterly by land of the said Frost Insecticide Co., a distance of 541.13 feet to a point, thence southwesterly through land of the said Frost Insecticide Co. and on the division line between land of John J. O'Brien & Sons and land of Mildred Keezer, a distance of 553.33 feet to an angle point, thence northwesterly through land of said
Mildred Keezer and land of Harriet L. Davis and land of Joseph Gardella, a distance of 241.93 feet to the point of beginning, containing 76,083 square feet, as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Engineer, Arlington, Mass., entitled "Plan of Land in Arlington, Mass., Pro- posed to be Taken for School Site, Scale 1"=30', March, 1929, James M. Keane, Town Engineer;" that for this purpose the sum of seventeen thousand seven hundred forty-five and 38/100 (17,745.38) dollars be and hereby
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is appropriated, and that said sum be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Selectmen.
(b) The following substitute motion of Earl A. Ryder being placed before the meeting was lost:
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 School Building purposes, a certain parcel of land situated in said Arlington and described as follows:
Beginning at the point on the division line between land of the Town of Arlington and land of Mary J. Dick- son at Pheasant Avenue, thence northeasterly by said land of the Town of Arlington, a distance of 254.0 feet to other land of said Mary J. Dickson, thence southeast- erly through said other land of Mary J. Dickson, a distance of 272.92 feet to an angle point, thence southeasterly through said other land of Mary J. Dickson, a distance of 252.50 feet to a point of curve, thence continuing souther- ly through said other land of Mary J. Dickson on a curve to the left with a radius of 391.92 feet, a distance of 89.27 feet to a point. of reverse curve, thence southwesterly through said other land of Mary J. Dickson on a curve to the right with a radius of 172.62 feet, a distance of 181.27 feet to a point of tangency, thence continuing southwest- erly through said other land of Mary J. Dickson, a distance of 15.7 feet to land of Oman E. Bennett, thence north- westerly by said land of Oman E. Bennett and land of William E. Cox and by Pheasant Avenue, a distance of 653.0 feet to the point of beginning, containing 156,769 square feet, as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Engineer, Arlington, Mass., entitled "Plan of Land in Arlington, Mass., Owned by Mary J. Dickson, Proposed to be Taken for School Site, Scale 1"=60', Feb. 1929, James M. Keane, Town Engineer." And that the sum of Five Thousand Dollars is hereby appropriated therefor,
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and that said sum be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Selectmen.
On the original recommendation of the Finance Com- mittee:
Voted: That the Town do not acquire by purchase, eminent domain or otherwise, for school purposes, a parcel or parcels of land containing about three acres, within the area bounded by land of the Town of Arling- ton, Mountain Avenue extended, Hemlock Street ex- tended and Pheasant Avenue extended.
(c) The following substitute motion of Earl A. Ryder being placed before the meeting was lost:
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 School Building purposes, a certain parcel of land situated in said Arlington and described as follows:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the north- erly side line of Dover Street at land of Margaret Hender- son et al., thence southerly across said Dover Street and by land of Richard J. Ryan and land of Jennie W. Pike, a distance of 256.80 feet more or less to a stone bound at an angle point, thence southeasterly by said land of Jennie W. Pike, a distance of 22.05 feet to land of the Arlmont Country Club, thence southwesterly by said land of the Arlmont Country Club, a distance of 638.25 feet to an angle point at land of owner unknown, thence northwest- erly by said land of owner unknown, a distance of 392.6 feet to other land of Margaret Henderson et al., thence northeasterly by said other land of Margaret Henderson et al., a distance of 754.01 feet to the point of beginning, containing 5 acres, as shown on a plan on file in the office
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of the Town Engineer, Arlington, Mass., entitled "Plan Of Land In Arlington, Mass., Owned by Margaret Hender- son, Et Al., Proposed to be Taken for School Site, Scale 1"=40', January 29, 1929, James M. Keane, Town Engineer." And that the sum of Four Thousand Dollars is hereby appropriated therefor, and that said sum be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Selectmen.
On motion of G. Bertram Washburn:
Voted: That Section C of Article 42 be laid on the table.
(d) 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 purpose of constructing thereon a school building, a certain parcel of land con- taining about three and one-quarter acres within the area described in paragraph "D" of Article 42 of the Warrant, bounded as follows :
Beginning at a point on the southwesterly side line of Eastern Avenue at the division line between land of Paul H. and Louise L. Holson and land of Alfred Morton, thence southwesterly by said land of Paul H. and Louise L. Holson, a distance of 127.06 feet to land of James M. and Catherine H. McDonough, thence continuing south- westerly by said land of James M. and Catherine H. Mc- Donough and across Colby Road, a distance of 164.29 feet to land of Frederick A. Miller, thence northwesterly by said land of Frederick A. Miller, a distance of 267.20 feet to an angle point, thence continuing southwesterly by said land of Frederick A. Miller, a distance of 180.93 feet to the southeasterly side line of a proposed street, thence northeasterly by said southeasterly side line of a pro- posed street, a distance of 239.26 feet to the southwest-
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erly side line of Eastern Avenue, thence southeasterly on said southwesterly side line of Eastern Avenue, on a curve to the left with a radius of 5,951.00 feet, a distance of 211.44 feet to a stone bound at a point of reverse curve in said southwesterly side line of Eastern Avenue, thence continuing southeasterly on said southwesterly side line of Eastern Avenue, on a curve to the right with a radius of 5,901.00 feet, a distance of 299.28 feet to the point of beginning, containing 3.106 acres, as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Engineer, Arlington, Mass., entitled "Plan of Land in Arlington, Mass., Proposed To Be Taken for School Site, Scale 1"=40', January 30, 1929, James M. Keane, Town Engineer"; that for this purpose the sum of eleven thousand (11,000) dollars be and here- by is appropriated ; and that said sum be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Selectmen.
(e) 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 purpose of constructing thereon a school building, a certain parcel of land con- taining about two and three-quarters acres within the area described in paragraph "E" of Article 42 of the War- rant, bounded as follows :
Beginning at a point on the division line between land of Jacob H. Adamian and land of John Gomatos et al., at the southerly end of Crosby Street, thence southerly by said land of Jacob H. Adamian, a distance of 98.06 feet to an angle point, thence continuing southerly by said land of Jacob H. Adamian, a distance of 216.92 feet to land of J. Howell Crosby et al., thence westerly by said land of J. Howell Crosby, a distance of 387.70 feet to other land of John Gomatos et al., thence northerly by said other land of John Gomatos et al., a distance of 310.35 feet to land of Ella J. Langley, thence easterly by land of
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Ella J. Langley and land of Charles E. Cooke, a distance of 453.22 feet to the point of beginning, containing 130,690 square feet, as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Engineer, Arlington, Mass., entitled "Plan of Land, Arlington, Mass., Owned by John Gomatos et al., Proposed To Be Taken For School Site, Scale 1"=40', Feb. 1929, J. M. Keane, Town Engineer;" that for this pur- pose the sum of three thousand (3,000) dollars be and hereby is appropriated; and that said sum be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Selectmen.
(f) Voted: That the town do not acquire by pur- chase, eminent domain or otherwise, for school purposes, a parcel or parcels of land, containing about three and three-quarters acres, within the area bounded by River Street, Mystic River, Alewife Brook and Broadway.
On motion of William C. Drouet: Voted: That this meeting adjourn. The meeting adjourned at 10:20 P. M.
A True Record, Attest:
E. CAROLINE PIERCE, Town Clerk.
ADJOURNED MEETING
Arlington, April 10, 1929.
Pursuant to the vote of adjournment on April 3, 1929 the Town Meeting Members met in the Town Hall on Wednesday, April 10, 1929, 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 Albert K. Peirce and James E. Sweeney.
The Check Lists filed with the Town Clerk at the close of the meeting showed that one hundred sixty-four members attended the meeting.
The meeting was called to order at eight o'clock by the Moderator, Curtis H. Waterman.
The Town Meeting Members not already sworn were sworn by the Moderator.
On motion of Luke A. Manning :
Voted: That if the remaining articles in the War- rant calling this meeting are not disposed of on this date, the meeting when it adjourns, adjourn to Wednesday evening, April 17, 1929, at eight o'clock.
On motion of G. Bertram Washburn:
Voted : That Section C of Article 42 be taken from the table.
On the following substitute motion of G. Bertram Washburn, by a standing vote, 38 being in favor and 68 in opposition, the motion was lost.
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