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Article 26. To see if the Town will make an ap- propriation under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, for the original construction of public ways in the Town, the laying out of which is ac- cepted at this meeting, including land damages and the cost of pavement and sidewalks laid at the time of said
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construction; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 27. To see if the Town will authorize the acquisition by purchase, eminent domain or otherwise, of any land, easements or rights therein, including an ease- ment 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; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 28. To see if the Town will accept the altera- tion of the way known as Franklin Street under the pro- visions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, or otherwise, from a point on the westerly side of said Franklin Street distant nineteen and 33/100 (19.33) feet northeasterly from its intersection with the northerly side line of Broadway to a point on said Broadway distant nineteen and 33/100 (19.33) feet northwesterly from said intersection in said Town, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works; make an appropriation for said alteration and the con- struction of said way; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
Said portion of said way as so altered is bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the northeasterly side line of Broadway, said point being 41.33 feet northwest of the point of intersection of said northeasterly side line of Broadway and the southeasterly side line of Franklin Street, thence northwesterly on said northeasterly side
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line of Broadway, a distance of 19.33 feet to the point of intersection of said northeasterly side line of Broadway and the northwesterly side line of Franklin Street, thence easterly and northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Franklin Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.0 feet, a distance of 32.91 feet to a point of tangency in said northwesterly side line of Franklin Street, thence southwesterly on said northwesterly side line of Franklin Street extended, a distance of 19.33 feet to the point of beginning as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass., entitled: "Plan showing proposed alteration of Franklin Street, Arlington, Mass., Scale 1"=20', Jan., 1931, James M. Keane, Town Engineer."
Article 29. To see if the Town will accept the altera- tion of the way known as Massachusetts Avenue under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of better- ments, or otherwise, from Burton Street to a point on the southerly side of said Massachusetts Avenue south- easterly approximately ninety-five (95) feet and from Burton Street northwesterly approximately one hundred eighty-three .(183) feet in said Town, as made and re- ported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works; make an appropriation for said alteration and the construction of said way; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
Said portion of said way as so altered is bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a stone bound at a point of curve on the southerly side line of Mass. Avenue east of Burton Street, thence northwesterly and westerly on said southerly side line of Mass. Avenue on a curve to the left with a radius of 244.84 feet, a distance of 152.75 feet to a stone bound at a point of tangency in said southerly side line
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of Mass. Avenue, thence continuing westerly on said southerly side line of Mass. Avenue, a distance of 86.05 feet to a point on said southerly side line of Mass. Avenue, thence easterly and southeasterly on a curve to the right with a radius of 511.68 feet, a distance of 319.22 feet to a point on said southerly side line of Mass. Avenue, thence northwesterly on said southerly side line of Mass. Avenue, a distance of 86.05 feet to the point of beginning as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass., entitled: "Plan showing proposed alteration of Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington, Mass., Scale 1" =20', Dec., 1930, James M. Keane, Town Engineer."
Article 30. To see if the Town will accept the alter- ation of the way known as Mill Street under the pro- visions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, or otherwise, from Summer Street to a point on the westerly side of said Mill Street southwesterly approxi- mately fifty (50) feet in said Town, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works; make an appropriation for said alteration and the construction of said way; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
Said portion of said way as so altered is bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a stone bound at the point of inter- section of the southwesterly side line of Summer Street and the northwesterly side line of Mill Street, thence southeasterly and southerly on said northwesterly side line of Mill Street on a curve to the right with a radius of 20.66 feet, a distance of 30.91 feet to a point of tan- gency in said northwesterly side line of Mill Street, thence southwesterly on said northwesterly side line of Mill Street, a distance of 31.16 feet to a point on said northwesterly side line of Mill Street, thence northerly and northwesterly on the proposed westerly side line of
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Mill Street, on a curve to the left with a radius of 53.87 feet, a distance of 80.61 feet to the southwesterly side line of Summer Street, thence southeasterly on said southwesterly side line of Summer Street, a distance of 31.16 feet to the point of beginning as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass., entitled: "Plan showing proposed alteration of Mill Street, Arlington, Mass., Scale 1"=20', Dec., 1930, James M. Keane, Town Engineer."
Article 31. To see if the Town will accept the es- tablishment of a building line along the southwesterly side of the way known as Jason Street, from a point on the southerly building line of Mass. Avenue, 24.50 feet west of the point of intersection of said southerly build- ing line of Mass. Avenue and the westerly side line of Jason Street extended to a point on said westerly side line of Jason Street, 55.04 feet south of said point of in- tersection, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works; establish said line; make an appropriation therefor, including dam- ages; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
Said line as so established is described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the westerly side line of Jason Street said point being 55.04 feet southwest of the point of intersection of said westerly side line of Jason Street and the southerly building line of Mass. Avenue, thence northeasterly and northerly on said building line of Jason Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 104.36 feet, a distance of 35.12 feet to a point of com- pound curve in said building line of Jason Street, thence northerly and northwesterly on said building line of Jason Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 22.0 feet, a distance of 15.93 feet to a point of compound curve in said building line of Jason Street, thence north-
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westerly and westerly on said building line of Jason Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 9.0 feet, a distance of 7.54 feet to the point of intersection of said building line of Jason Street and the southerly building line of Mass. Avenue, said point being 24.50 feet west of the point of intersection of said southerly building line of Mass. Avenue and the westerly side line of Jason Street, as shown by a red line on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass., entitled; "Plan showing proposed building line on Jason Street, Arlington, Mass., Scale 1"=20', Jan., 1931, James M. Keane, Town Engineer."
Article 32. To see if the Town will accept the es- tablishment of a building line along the northeasterly side of the way known as Mill Street, from a point on the northerly building line of Mass. Ave., 50.05 feet east of the point of intersection of said northerly building line of Mass. Ave. and the easterly side line of Mill Street extended to a point on said easterly side line of Mill Street, 125.57 feet north of said point of intersection, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works; establish said line; make an appropriation therefor, including damages; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
Said line as so established is described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the easterly side line of Mill Street, said point being 125.57 feet north of the point of intersection of said easterly side line of Mill Street ex- tended and the northerly building line of Mass. Avenue, thence southerly on said building line of Mill Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 123.74 feet, a distance of 39.64 feet to a point of tangency in said building line of Mill Street, thence continuing southerly on said build- ing line of Mill Street, a distance of 76.23 feet to a point
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of curve in said building line of Mill Street, thence south- easterly on said building line of Mill Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 20.71 feet, a distance of 25.97 feet to the point of intersection of said building line of Mill Street and the northerly building line of Mass. Avenue, said point being 50.0 feet east of the point of intersection of said northerly building line of Mass. Avenue, and the easterly side line of Mill Street extended, as shown by a red line on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass., entitled: "Plan showing proposed building line on Mill Street, Arlington, Mass., Scale 1" =20', Jan., 1931, James M. Keane, Town En- gineer."
Article 33. To see if the Town will accept the es- tablishment of a building line along the southeasterly side of the way known as River Street, from Warren Street to Mystic River Parkway, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works; establish said line; make an appropriation there- for, including damages; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
Said line as so established is described as follows:
Proposed Building Line on the southeasterly side of River Street.
Beginning at a point on the northeasterly side line of Warren Street 10.23 feet southeast of the intersection of said northeasterly side line of Warren Street and the southeasterly side line of River Street, thence north- easterly 1589.97 feet to the southwesterly side line of Decatur Street, said line being 10.0 feet southeasterly of and parallel to the present existing southeasterly side line of River Street, as shown by a red line on two plans on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass., both entitled: "Plan showing proposed building line on River
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Street, Arlington, Mass., Scale 1"=40', January, 1931, James M. Keane, Town Engineer."
Article 34. To see if the Town will accept the estab- lishment of exterior lines of a way from Massachusetts Avenue to property of the Boston & Lowell Railroad in the location shown upon the plan hereinafter men- tioned, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works; make an appro- priation therefor including damages; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
Said lines as so established are more particularly de- scribed as follows:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the north- easterly side line of Peirce Street and the northwesterly side line of Clark Street, thence northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Clark Street, a distance of 216.50 feet to a point of curve in said northwesterly side line of Clark Street, thence continuing northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Clark Street on a curve to the right with a radius of 630.92 feet, a distance of 139.43 feet to a point of reverse curve in said northwesterly side line of Clark Street, thence continuing northeasterly and northerly on said northwesterly side line of Clark Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 30.06 feet, a dis- tance of 60.80 feet to the intersection of said north- westerly side line of Clark Street and the southwesterly side line of Forest Street Place, thence southeasterly and southerly on said southwesterly side line of Forest Street Place on a curve to the right with a radius of 140.40 feet, a distance of 128.60 feet to the intersection of said south- westerly side line of Forest Street Place, the westerly side line of Forest Street and the southeasterly side line of Clark Street, thence westerly and southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Clark Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 28.58 feet, a distance of 58.28
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feet to a point of compound curve in said southeasterly side line of Clark Street, thence continuing southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Clark Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 590.92 feet, a distance of 133.36 feet to a point of tangency in said southeasterly side line of Clark Street, thence continuing southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Clark Street, a distance of 219.59 feet to the intersection of said southeasterly side line of Clark Street and the northeasterly side line of Peirce Street, thence northwesterly on said northeast- erly side line of Peirce Street, a distance of 40.11 feet to the point of beginning, all as shown on a plan marked "Plan Showing Proposed Exterior Lines of Clark Street, Arlington, Mass., Scale 1"=40', Jan. 1931, James M. Keane, Town Engineer" and filed in the office of the Town Clerk of said Arlington.
Article 35. To see if the Town will accept the es- tablishment of exterior lines of a way from Rhinecliff Street to Charlton Street in the location shown upon the plan hereinafter mentioned, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works; make an appropriation therefor including damages; de- termine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
Said lines as so established are more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the westerly side line of Rhinecliff Street and the northerly side line of Dow Avenue, said point being 44.83 feet south of the southerly side line of Day Street extended, thence south- erly on said westerly side line of Rhinecliff Street, a dis- tance of 91.23 feet to an angle point in said westerly side line of Rhinecliff Street, thence continuing southerly on said westerly side line of Rhinecliff Street, a distance of 64.15 feet, to an angle point in said westerly side line of
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Rhinecliff Street, thence continuing southerly on said westerly side line of Rhinecliff Street, a distance of 12.27 feet to the intersection of said westerly side line of Rhine- cliff Street and the southerly side line of Dow Avenue, thence northwesterly and westerly on said southerly side line of Dow Avenue on a curve to the left with a radius of 10.0 feet, a distance of 17.73 feet to a point of tangency in said southerly side line of Dow Avenue, thence con- tinuing westerly on said southerly side line of Dow Avenue, a distance of 160.96 feet to a point of curve in said southerly side line of Dow Avenue, thence con- tinuing westerly on said southerly side line of Dow Avenue on a curve to the left with a radius of 1278.72 feet, a distance of 79.97 feet to a point of reverse curve, thence continuing westerly on said southerly side line of Dow Avenue on a curve to the right with a radius of 1278.72 feet, a distance of 79.97 feet to a point of tan- gency in said southerly side line of Dow Avenue, thence continuing westerly on said southerly side line of Dow Avenue, a distance of 312.07 feet to a point on said south- erly side line of Dow Avenue, thence northerly across said Dow Avenue, a distance of 50.48 feet to the northerly side line of Dow Avenue, thence easterly on said north- erly side line of Dow Avenue, a distance of 308.16 feet to a point of curve in said northerly side line of Dow Avenue, thence northeasterly on said northerly side line of Dow Avenue on a curve to the left with a radius of 630.47 feet, a distance of 294.52 feet to a point of tangency in said northerly side line of Dow Avenue, thence con- tinuing northeasterly on said northerly side line of Dow Avenue a distance of 45.21 feet to a point of curve in said northerly side line of Dow Avenue, thence contin- uing northwesterly on said northerly side line of Dow Avenue, on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.0 feet, a distance of 27.60 feet to the point of beginning, all as shown on a plan marked "Plan Showing Proposed Ex- terior Lines of Dow Avenue, Arlington, Mass., Scale 1"=40', January, 1931, James M. Keane, Town Engi- neer" and filed in the office of the Town Clerk of said Arlington.
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Article 36. To see if the Town will accept the es- tablishment of exterior lines of a way from Spring Avenue to Murray Street in the location shown upon the plan hereinafter mentioned, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works; make an appropriation therefor including damages; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
Said lines as so established are more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the north- westerly side line of Irwin Road and the northeasterly side line of Murray Street extended, thence northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Irwin Road, a distance of 90.34 feet to an angle point in said northwesterly side line of Irwin Road, thence continuing northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Irwin Road, a distance of 211.32 feet to a point of curve in said northwesterly side line of Irwin Road, thence continuing northeasterly and northerly on said northwesterly side line of Irwin Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.47 feet, a dis- tance of 43.53 feet to the intersection of said northwesterly side line of Irwin Road and the southwesterly side line of Spring Avenue, thence southeasterly on said south- westerly side line of Spring Avenue a distance of 24.26 feet to an angle point in said southwesterly side line of Spring Avenue, thence continuing southeasterly on said southwesterly side line of Spring Avenue, a distance of 75.29 feet to the intersection of said southwesterly side line of Spring Avenue and the southeasterly side line of Irwin Road, thence westerly and southwesterly on said south- easterly side line of Irwin Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 35.0 feet, a distance of 49.32 feet to a point of tangency in said southeasterly side line of Irwin Road, thence continuing southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Irwin Road, a distance of 216.78 feet to an
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angle point in said southeasterly side line of Irwin Road, thence continuing southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Irwin Road, a distance of 89.62 feet to the intersection of said southeasterly side line of Irwin Road and the northeasterly side line of Murray Street ex- tended, thence northwesterly on said northeasterly side line of Murray Street extended, a distance of 40.0 feet to the point of beginning, all as shown on a plan marked "Plan Showing Proposed Exterior Lines of Irwin Road, Scale: 1" =40', Jan. 1931, James M. Keane, Town En- gineer," and filed in the office of the Town Clerk of said Arlington.
Article 37. To see if the Town will accept the es- tablishment of exterior lines of a way from Overlook Road to Washington Street in the location shown upon the plan hereinafter mentioned, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works; make an appropriation therefor including dam- ages; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
Said lines as so established are more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the north- westerly side line of Overlook Road and the southwesterly side line of Pheasant Avenue, thence northerly and north- westerly on a curve to the left with a radius of 10.0 feet, a distance of 15.71 feet to a point of tangency, in said southwesterly side line of Pheasant Avenue, thence north- westerly on said southwesterly side line of Pheasant Avenue, a distance of 238.92 feet to a point of curve on said southwesterly side line of Pheasant Avenue, thence westerly and southerly on said southwesterly side line of Pheasant Avenue on a curve to the left with a radius of 24.30 feet, a distance of 60.05 feet to the intersection of said southwesterly side line of Pheasant Avenue and the
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easterly side line of Washington Street, thence northerly on said easterly side line of Washington Street, a distance of 188.46 feet to the intersection of said easterly side line of Washington Street and the northeasterly side line of Pheasant Avenue, thence southerly and southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Pheasant Avenue on a curve to the left with a radius of 156.0 feet, a distance of 104.60 feet to a point of tangency on said northeasterly side line of Pheasant Avenue, thence continuing south- easterly on said northeasterly side line of Pheasant Avenue, a distance of 305.85 feet to a point of curve on said northeasterly side line of Pheasant Avenue, thence southeasterly and easterly on said northeasterly side line of Pheasant Avenue on a curve to the left with a radius of 10.0 feet, a distance of 14.55 feet to the intersection of said northeasterly side line of Pheasant Avenue and the northwesterly side line of Overlook Road, thence south- westerly on said northwesterly side line of Overlook Road, a distance of 8.90 feet to an angle point at the intersection of said northwesterly side line of Overlook Road, and the northeasterly side line of Pheasant Avenue extended, thence continuing southwesterly on said north- westerly side line of Overlook Road, a distance of 50.0 feet to the point of beginning, all as shown on a plan marked "Plan Showing Proposed Exterior Lines of Pheasant Avenue, Arlington, Mass., Scale 1"=40', January 1931, James M. Keane, Town Engineer," and filed in the office of the Town Clerk of said Arlington.
Article 38. To see if the Town will accept the estab- lishment of exterior lines of a way from Dennett Road to Pine Ridge Road in the location shown upon the plan hereinafter mentioned, as made and reported by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works; make an appropriation therefor including damages; deter- mine in what manner the money shall be raised and ex- pended; or take any action relating thereto.
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Said lines as so established are more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the north- westerly side line of Dennett Road and the northeasterly side line of Spring Avenue, thence southwesterly on said northwesterly side line of Spring Avenue, a distance of 90.72 feet to the intersection of said northwesterly side line of Dennett Road and the southwesterly side line of Spring Avenue, thence northerly and northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Spring Avenue on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.0 feet, a distance of 42.42 feet to a point of tangency in said southwesterly side line of Spring Avenue, thence continuing northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Spring Avenue, a distance of 234.10 feet to an angle point in said southwesterly side line of Spring Avenue, thence continuing northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Spring Avenue, a distance of 199.13 feet, to the southeasterly side line of Pine Ridge Road, thence northeasterly on said southeasterly side line of Pine Ridge Road, a distance of 40.38 feet to the northeasterly side line of Spring Avenue, thence south- easterly on said northeasterly side line of Spring Avenue, a distance of 193.16 feet to an angle point in said north- easterly side line of Spring Avenue, thence continuing southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Spring Avenue, a distance of 245.04 feet to a point of curve in said northeasterly side line of Spring Avenue, thence southeasterly and easterly on said northeasterly side line of Spring Avenue on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.0 feet, a distance of 36.12 feet to the point of beginning, all as shown on a plan marked: "Plan Showing Pro- posed Exterior Lines of Spring Avenue, Scale 1" =40', Jan., 1931, James M. Keane, Town Engineer," and filed in the office of the Town Clerk of said Arlington.
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