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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 Lake Street and the easterly side line of Home- stead Road, thence southwesterly and southerly on said easterly side line of Homestead Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet a distance of 39.27 feet to a point of tangency in said easterly side line of Homestead Road, thence southerly on said easterly side line of Homestead Road a distance of 150.0 feet to a point of curve in said easterly side line of Homestead Road, thence southeasterly and easterly on said easterly side line of Homestead Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet a distance of
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39.27 feet to the point of intersection of said easterly side line of Homestead Road and the northerly side line of Mary Street, thence westerly on said northerly side line of Mary Street a distance of 90.0 feet to the point of intersection of said northerly side line of Mary Street and the westerly side line of Homestead Road, thence northeasterly and northerly on said westerly side line of Homestead Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet a distance of 39.27 feet to a point of tangency in said westerly side line of Homestead Road, thence northerly on said westerly side line of Homestead Road a distance of 150 feet to a point of curve in said westerly side line of Homestead Road, thence northwesterly and westerly on said westerly side line of Homestead Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet a distance of 39.27 feet to the point of intersection of said westerly side line of Homestead Road and the southerly side line of Lake Street, thence easterly on said southerly side line of Lake Street a distance of 90.0 feet to the point of beginning as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass. entitled: "Plan and Profile of Homestead Rd. as petitioned for by Franklin & Daniel Wyman, Scales - Hor. 1" = 40', Vert. 1" = 6', April 1927, Bremer W. Pond, Landscape Architect."
Article 24. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a town way from Blossom Street to Summer Street substantially in the location of the private way known as Newland Road, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, under the provisions of law authorizing the assess- ment 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 southwest- erly side line of Summer Street and the southeasterly side
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line of Newland Road, thence southwesterly on said south- easterly side line of Newland Road a distance of 636.31 feet to the point of intersection of said southeasterly side line of Newland Road and the southwesterly side line of Blossom Street, thence northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Blossom Street and by the present accepted portion of Newland Road a distance of 40.03 feet to the point of inter- section of the northwesterly side line of Newland Road and the southwesterly side line of Blossom Street, thence north- easterly on said northwesterly side line of Newland Road a distance of 623.38 feet to the point of intersection of said northwesterly side line of Newland Road and the south- westerly side line of Summer Street, thence southeasterly on said southwesterly side line of Summer Street a distance of 41.42 feet to the point of beginning as shown on two plans on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass., one entitled : "Plan and Profile of Newland Road, Section B, as laid out on a plat of house lots entitled : High- land Park by R. W. Seamans, Eng'r., Prov., R. I., August 1913, Scale - Horizontal 1" = 40', Vertical 1" = 6"; the other entitled: "Plan and Profile of Newland Road Ext., Arlington, Mass., showing proposed lines and grades peti- tioned for by Jennie M. Varney, Scale Hor. 1" = 40', Ver. 1" = 6', July 1915, C. H. Gannett, C. E., 53 State St., Boston."
Article 25. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a town way from Summer Street to Forest Street, substantially in the location of the private way known as Newland Road, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, under the provisions of law authorizing the assess- ment 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 a stone bound at the point of intersection of the southwesterly side line of Forest Street and the
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southeasterly side line of Newland Road Ext., thence south- westerly on said southeasterly side line of Newland Road Ext. a distance of 190.03 feet to a stone bound at a point of curve in said southeasterly side line of Newland Road Ext., thence southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Newland Road Ext. on a curve to the left with a radius of 506.66 feet a distance of 322.34 feet to a point of com- pound curve on said southeasterly side line of Newland Road Ext., thence southwesterly, southerly, and southeast- erly on said southeasterly side line of Newland Road Ext. on a curve to the left with a radius of 12.67 feet a distance of 18.65 feet to the point of intersection of said southeast- erly side line of Newland Road Ext. and the northeasterly side line of Summer Street, thence northwesterly on said northeasterly side line of Summer Street a distance of 69.74 feet to the point of intersection of said northeasterly side line of Summer Street and the northwesterly side line of Newland Road Ext., thence easterly and northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Newland Road Ext. on a curve to the left with a radius of 14.83 feet a distance of 18.63 feet to a point of tangency in said northwesterly side line of Newland Road Ext., thence northwesterly on said northwesterly side line of Newland Road Ext. a distance of 18.62 feet to a point of curve in said northwesterly side line of Newland Road Extension, thence northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Newland Road Ext. on a curve to the right with a radius of 546.66 feet a distance of 347.78 - feet to a point of tangency in said northwesterly side line of Newland Road Ext., thence northeasterly on said north- westerly side line of Newland Road Ext. a distance of 185.72 feet to the point of intersection of said northwesterly side line of Newland Road Ext. and the southwesterly side line of Forest Street, thence southeasterly on said southwesterly side line of Forest Street on a curve to the right with a radius of 526.0 feet a distance of 40.23 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 Newland Road Ext., Arlington, Mass. showing proposed lines and grades petitioned for by Jennie M. Varney, Scale
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Hor. 1" = 40', Ver. 1" = 6', July 1915 C. H. Gannett C. E., 53 State St., Boston."
Article 26. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a town way from Medford Street to Franklin Street, substantially in the location of the private way known as Parallel Street, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, under the provisions of law authorizing the assess- ment 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 southeast- erly side line of Medford Street and the northeasterly side line of Parallel Street, thence southwesterly, southerly and southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Parallel Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet a dis- tance of 40.82 feet to a point of tangency in said northeast- erly side line of Parallel Street, thence southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Parallel Street a distance of 384.02 feet to a stone bound at the point of intersection of said northeasterly side line of Parallel Street and the north- westerly side line of Franklin Street, thence southwesterly on said northwesterly side line of Franklin Street a dis- tance of 40.1 feet to the point of intersection of said north- westerly side line of Franklin Street and the southwesterly side of Parallel Street, thence northwesterly on said south- westerly side line of Parallel Street a distance of 386.68 feet to a stone bound at a point of curve in said southwest- erly side line of Parallel Street, thence northwesterly, west- erly, and southwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Parallel Street on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet a distance of 37.72 feet to the point of intersection of said southwesterly side line of Parallel Street and the south- easterly side line of Medford Street, thence northeasterly on
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said southeasterly side line of Medford Street a distance of 90.17 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 Parallel St., Arlington, Mass. petitioned for by Z. E. Cliff, Scales Hor. 1" = 40', Vert. 1" = 6', Nov. 7, 1922, J. M. Keane, C. E."
Article 27. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a town way from Lockeland Avenue to Highland Avenue, substantially in the location of the private way known as Wildwood Avenue, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk 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 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 southeast- erly side line of Highland Avenue and the northeasterly side line of Wildwood Avenue, thence southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Wildwood Avenue a distance of 229.0 feet to a point of curve in said northeasterly side line of Wildwood Avenue, thence continuing southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Wildwood Avenue on a curve to the left with a radius of 304.23 feet a distance of 67.02 feet to a point of tangency in said northeasterly side line of Wildwood Avenue, thence continuing southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Wildwood Avenue a distance of 13.61 feet to a point of curve in said northeasterly side line of Wildwood Avenue, thence continuing southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Wildwood Avenue on a curve to the left with a radius of 194.14 feet a distance of 93.98 feet to the point of intersection of said northeasterly side line of Wildwood Avenue and the northwesterly side line of Lockeland Avenue, thence southwesterly on said northwesterly side line of Lockeland Avenue a distance of
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24.2 feet more or less to an angle point in said northwest- erly side line of Wildwood Avenue, thence continuing south- westerly on said northwesterly side line of Lockeland Ave- nue a distance of 82.3 feet to the point of intersection of said northwesterly side line of Lockeland Avenue and the southwesterly side line of Wildwood Avenue, thence north- easterly, northerly, and northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Wildwood Avenue on a curve to the left with a radius of 25 feet a distance of 49.75 feet to a stone bound on a point of tangency in said southwesterly side line of Wildwood Avenue, thence northwesterly on said southwest- erly side line of Wildwood Avenue a distance of 38.13 feet to a point of curve in said southwesterly side line of Wild- wood Avenue, thence continuing northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Wildwood Avenue on a curve to the right with a radius of 344.23 feet a distance of 75.83 feet to a point of tangency in said southwesterly side line of Wildwood Avenue, thence continuing northwesterly on said southwesterly side line of Wildwood Avenue a distance of 229.0 feet to the point of intersection of said southwesterly side line of Wildwood Avenue and the southeasterly side line of Highland Avenue, thence northeasterly on said southeasterly side line of Highland Avenue a distance of 40 feet to the point of beginning as shown on two plans on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass., one entitled : "Plan and Profile of Wildwood Ave. Ext., Arling- ton, Mass., Scale - Hor. 1" = 40', Ver. 1" = 6', March 1923, C. H. Gannett, C. E., 53 State St., Boston", and the other entitled : "Plan of Temple St., Gloucester St. Ext., Plym- outh St., Trent St. petitioned for by F. R. & G. W. Vail showing proposed lines and grades made by C. H. Gannett, C. E., Scales 40' & 6' = 1", Sept. 10, 1910."
Article 28. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a town way from Hutchinson Road to 110 + or - feet south of Bradley Road, substantially in the location of the private way known as Winchester Road, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works, under the provisions
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of law authorizing the assessment of betterments; estab- lish said way; make an appropriation for said laying out and the construction of said way; determine in what man- ner 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 southwest- erly side line of Hutchinson Road and the southeasterly side line of Winchester Road, thence northwesterly, westerly, and southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Winchester Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 25.0 feet, a dis- tance of 48.86 feet to a point of tangency in said south- easterly side line of Winchester Road, thence continuing southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Winches- ter Road, a distance of 171.16 feet to a point of curve in said southeasterly side line of Winchester Road, thence con- tinuing southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Win- chester Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 2292.00 feet, a distance of 307.55 feet to a point of tangency in said southeasterly side line of Winchester Road, thence continu- ing southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Win- chester Road, a distance of 198.14 feet to an angle point at the point of intersection of said southeasterly side line of Winchester Road and the northeasterly side line of Bradley Road, thence continuing southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Winchester Road, a distance of 92.02 feet to an angle point at the point of intersection of said southeasterly side line of Winchester Road and the southwesterly side line of Bradley Road, thence continuing southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Winchester Road, a distance of 16.90 feet to a point of curve in said southeasterly side line of Winchester Road, thence continuing southwesterly on said southeasterly side line of Winchester Road on a curve to the right with a radius of 240.0 feet, a distance of 63.96 feet to the point of intersection of said southeasterly side line of Winchester Road and the southwesterly side line of Hartford Road extended, thence northwesterly across said
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Winchester Road, a distance of 40.0 feet, more or less, to a point on the northwesterly side line of Winchester Road at the dividing line between lot 16 and lot 6, thence northeast- erly on said northwesterly side line of Winchester Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 200.0 feet, a distance of 50.0 feet to a point of tangency in said northwesterly side line of Winchester Road, thence continuing northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Winchester Road, a distance of 35.95 feet to an angle point at the point of intersection of said northwesterly side line of Winchester Road and the southwesterly side line of Bradley Road, thence continuing northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Winchester Road, a distance of 94.57 feet to an angle point at the point of intersection of said northwesterly side line of Winches- ter Road and the northeasterly side line of Bradley Road, thence continuing northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Winchester Road, a distance of 178.15 feet to a point of curve in said northwesterly side line of Winchester Road, thence continuing northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Winchester Road on a curve to the right with a ra- dius of 2332.00 feet, a distance of 312.92 feet to a point of tangency in said northwesterly side line of Winchester Road, thence continuing northeasterly on said northwesterly side line of Winchester Road, a distance of 204.75 feet to a point of curve in said northwesterly side line of Winchester Road, thence northeasterly, northerly and northwesterly on said northwesterly side line of Winchester Road, on a curve to the left with a radius of 36.11 feet, a distance of 38.99 feet to the point of intersection of said northwesterly side line of Winchester Road and the southwesterly side line of Hutch- inson Road, thence southeasterly on said southwesterly side line of Hutchinson Road on a curve to the right with a ra- dius of 859.55 feet, a distance of 63.97 feet to a point of re- verse curve in said southwesterly side line of Hutchinson Road, thence continuing southeasterly on said southwesterly side line of Hutchinson Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 909.55 feet, a distance of 38.60 feet to the point of beginning as shown on two plans on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass., one entitled : "Plan and
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profile of Winchester Road, petitioned for by Wm. S. Fair- child, Arlington, Mass., Scale, Hor. 1" = 40', Ver. 1" = 6', Aug. 1926, C. H. Gannett, C. E., 53 State St., Boston," and the other entitled: "Plan and Profile of Winchester Road, Arlington, Mass., Horizontal, Scale 1 inch = 40 feet, vertical scale 1 inch = 6 feet, W. A. Mason & Son Co., Civil Engi- neers, Cambridge, Mass., June 9, 1928."
Article 29. To see if the Town will appropriate, in ac- cordance with the provisions of chapter two of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-nine, all or any portion of the funds distributed to it from the Highway Fund under the provisions of chapter 500 of the acts of 1938, for any of the purposes authorized by said chapter two; or will take any action relative to said funds and said chapters, or anything therein mentioned.
Article 30. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation under the provisions of law authorizing the assess- ment of betterments, for the original construction of public ways in the Town, the laying out of which is accepted at this meeting, including land damages and the cost of pave- ment and sidewalks laid at the time of said construction ; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended ; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 31. To see if the Town will authorize the ac- quisition 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 pro- tected 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 32. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation or appropriations for the relocation, alteration and widening, construction of, specific repairs upon and im-
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provement of all or any part of the ways within the town as now existing or hereafter relocated, altered or widened, in- cluding land damages, if any, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments or otherwise; said appropriations to be used with a sum or sums allotted by the Commonwealth or County or both for this purpose; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action in any way relating to all or any of the foregoing.
Article 33. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation or appropriations to pay the claims or charges of Symmes Arlington Hospital including such claims and charges for aid, relief or care furnished prior to January 1, 1939, to persons falling into distress and standing in need of immediate relief; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action re- lating thereto.
Article 34. To see if the Town will grant to the Symmes Arlington Hospital, a corporation duly established by Chapter 146 of the Acts of 1902 (hereinafter called the "Hospital"), a full and free right of way in common with the Town and others at any time entitled over a portion of the Town's land shown as "New Private Way" upon a plan entitled "Plan of Land in Arlington, Mass. showing Loca- tion of Old and New Private Ways to Symmes Arlington Hospital. Scale 1" = 40' November 1938 James M. Keane, Town Engineer", filed in the office of the town engineer, and bounded according to said plan southwesterly by the northeasterly side line of Summer Street 70.44 feet; north- westerly by land of owners unknown 162.82 feet, and by other land of the Town on a curved line with a radius of 321 feet, 225 feet more or less ; northeasterly by land of the Hospital 45 feet, more or less, and southeasterly bv other land of the Town on a curved line with a rad us of 281 feet, 239 feet more or less, on a straight line 148.01 feet. end by a curved line with a radius of 31.27 feet, 46.14 feet : and will release to the Hospital the Town's right of way over the portion of the land of the Hospital bounded according to
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said plan southwesterly by land of the Town 40 feet, more or less, northwesterly by other land of the Hospital 19.31 feet, northerly and northeasterly by other land of the Hos- pital on the southerly line of the "New Private Way" as shown on said plan, 102.37 feet, and southeasterly and south- erly by other land of the Hospital on the southeasterly side line of "Old Private Way" as shown on said plan 88.52 feet ; upon receiving from the Hospital as a part of the same transaction a grant of a right of way over the portion of said Hospital's land marked "New Private Way" on said plan, and a release of all the Hospital's rights in the portion of the Town's land marked "Old Private Way" on said plan other than the right to maintain water and sewer mains as at present located, provided always that no such grant or release shall in any way affect the existing rights of the Town or the Hospital, except as herein expressly set forth ; or will take any action relative to rights of way or other- wise, to the lands of the Town and the Hospital, or to any- thing hereinbefore mentioned.
Article 35. To see if the Town will transfer the sum of one-hundred & ninety-six (196.00) dollars from (Mt. Pleasant Cemetery) Sale of Lots and Graves Fund to the (Mt. Pleasant Cemetery) Perpetual Care Fund; will appro- priate the sum of one-hundred (100.00) dollars to be ex- pended from said Lots and Graves Fund or otherwise, for the acquisition of an unused lot or rights therein, in said Cemetery, or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the Cemetery Commissioners)
Article 36. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation to be expended under the direction of the School Committee for the purpose of providing transportation for certain pupils attending the Russell School and Junior High Industrial Arts School; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended ; or take any action re- lating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the School Committee)
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Article 37. To see if the Town will appropiate the sum of four thousand five hundred dollars ($4,500.) to be ex- pended under the direction of the School Committee, for the purpose of completing inside telephone system in the new high school building and altering system in old high school building so that both may be connected to one desk type switchboard; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the School Committee)
Article 38. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.) to be expended under the direction of the School Committee, for the purpose of meeting extraordinary repairs on the roofs of certain school buildings; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
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