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Selectmen of Reading.
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
MIDDLESEX SS.
To EITHER OF THE CONSTABLES OF THE TOWN OF READING- Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Reading qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs, to meet in Lyceum Hall, in said Reading, on Monday, the fourth day of March, A. D. 1901, at seven o'clock in the forenoon, to act on the following articles, viz :
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting
Art. 2. To hear and act on the reports of the Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, Assessors, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, School Committee, Water Commissioners, Municipal Light Board,
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Engineers of the Fire Department, Trustees of the Cemetery, Trus- tees of the Public Library, Auditors, Board of Health, Sewerage Committee, Committee on Appropriations.
Art. 3. To bring in their votes on one ballot for Town Clerk, Selectmen, one member of Board of Assessors for three years, Overseers of the Poor, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, Constables, one Water Commissioner for three years, one member of the Municipal Light Board for three years, two Trustees of the Public Library for three years, two Trustees of Laurel Hill Cemetery for three years, one Trustee of Laurel Hill Cemetery to fill unexpired term of Henry A. Wright, one member of Board of Health for three years, Tree Warden for one year, three Auditors; also on separate ballot, two members of the School Committee for three- years; also on separate ballot, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?" each ballot to be received at the same time in separate boxes.
Art. 4. To choose all other necessary Town Officers, and to determine what instructions they will give the Town Officers.
Art. 5. To determine how much money the Town will raise- and appropriate for schools, incidental school expenses, Superin- tendent of Schools, repairs of highways, bridges and sidewalks, removing snow and ice, concrete sidewalks and edgestones (pro- vided abutters pay one-half), Fire Department, hydrant rentals, Forest Fire Wards, support of the poor, salaries of Town Officers, State and Military Aid, Soldiers' Relief, printing, abatement of taxes, Town Building, cemetery, public library, Memorial Day, Board of Health, Police Department, care of Old South clock, in - terest accounts, interest on water loans, maintenance of the water works, service pipes, water rental for drinking fountains, water for street sprinkling, care and improvement of the Common, Mayall Park and Elm Park, election expenses, concrete gutters, cross- walks, and paved gutters, repairs of concrete, for Committee on Sewerage, and miscellaneous expenses.
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Art. 6. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of twenty-two hundred and eight and fifty-hundredths dollars, to pay the interest on bonds and notes issued for construction of the Municipal Light and Power Plant for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1901.
Art. 7. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sun of four thousand dollars, and appropriate the receipts of the plant, together with cash on hand, for maintenance of the Municipal Light and Power Plant for the year ending December 31, 1901, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 8. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of fifteen hundred dollars for construction and extension of the Municipal Light and Power Plant for the year ending December 31, 1901, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 9. To see if the Town will authorize their Treasurer, under the direction of the Selectmen, to hire money in anticipation of the taxes of the present municipal year.
Art. 10. To determine the compensation of the Collector.
Art. 11. To see what instructions the Town will give the Board of Selectmen in relation to filling the vacancies on the Ap- propriation Committee of the five members whose terms expire this year.
Art. 12. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of fifty dollars for the purpose of furnishing electricity for lighting Grand Army Hall on Haven street, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 13. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of fourteen hundred and eighty dollars to meet the interest on School House bonds, and appropriate the unexpended balance of eighty dollars in interest on School House Bond Account of 1900, to pay four coupons remaining unpaid December 31, 1900.
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Art. 14. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of four hundred and thirty dollars to meet the interest on School House notes.
Art. 15. To see what action the Town will take to meet pay- ment of School House note for two thousand dollars, due March 9, 1901.
Art. 16. To see what action the Town will take to meet pay- ment of School House note for five thousand dollars, due May 1, 1901.
Art. 17. To see if the Town will authorize the purchase or lease of land for the purpose of a playground, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 18. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars to pay for six stand pipes erected in 1900 and used in connection with the street sprinkler, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 19. To see if the Town will instruct the Water Com- missioners to construct a water main beginning at the hydrant north of Mr. Smith P. Burton's stable on West street, to a point near the stable of Mr. Jonathan B. Severance on said street, and also connect with this main three hydrants, and raise and appropri- ate the sum of two thousand four hundred and sixty-five dollars for this purpose, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 20. To see if the Town will give the Tree Warden any special instructions in relation to the care and trimming of trees, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 21. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred and seventy-five dollars to remove the bank on the westerly side of Main street near the house of Rev. E. Da- vie-, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 22. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the
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sum of one hundred dollars for the purpose of building a sidewalk on the westerly side of John street, between Pleasant and Haven streets, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 23. To see if the Town will abolish the office of Super- intendent of Schools, or what action they will take in relation thereto.
Art. 24. To see if the Town will accept the provisions of Chapter 186 of the Acts of the year 1895: entitled "An act relative to the watering of streets in towns."
Art. 25. To see what action the Town will take with relation to assessing upon estates abutting upon streets watered by the Town, the expense of such watering, or what they will do in rela- tion thereto.
Art. 26. To see if the Town will appropriate the unexpended appropriation of 1900, (one thousand dollars,) for the use of the Committee on Sewerage, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 27. To see if the Town will authorize the Trustees of Laurel Hill Cemetery to deed a lot to the Reading Home for Aged Women, free of expense, with perpetual care, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 28. To see if the Town will accept the provisions of an Act of the Legislature of 1901 authorizing the Town to make a water loan not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars in addition to the amount already authorized by law.
Art. 29. To see if the Town will authorize the issue of bonds under an Act of the Legislature of 1901. authorizing such issue, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 30. To see if the Town will appoint a committee to investigate the subject of improved methods and material for road building, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 31. To see if the Town will buy a portable stone crusher,
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and what appropriation they will make, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 32. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of fifty dollars for the purchase of shade trees and labor for setting the same, under the direction of the Tree Warden, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 33. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of seventy=five dollars for the purpose of erecting an arc light at the corner of Main and Washington streets, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 34. To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for the purpose of erecting an arc light at the corner of Haverhill and Wakefield streets, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 35. To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for the purpose of erecting an arc light at the corner of Prospect and Woburn streets, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 36. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of seventy-five dollars to build a sidewalk on the easterly side of John street, from the corner of Green street to the junction of John and Village streets, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 37. To see if the Town will erect and maintain an arc light at the corner of Grove and Franklin streets, and how much money they will raise and appropriate for this purpose, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 38. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate one hundred and twenty-five dollars for the purpose of locating a fire alarm box at the corner of Walnut and Curtis streets, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 39. To see how much money the Town will raise and
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appropriate for the purpose of erecting an arc light at the corner of West and South streets, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 40. To see if the Town will instruct the Water Com- missioners to extend the water pipes from West street making con- nection with the service pipe at the corner of Walnut and South streets, and how much money they will raise and appropriate for this purpose, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 41. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars to repair South street, from the Woburn line to the corner of Walnut street, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 42. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of fifty dollars to locate a fire alarm box at the corner of Main and Forest streets, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 43 To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for the construction of a house for Hose No. 4 on the school house lot at Chestnut Hill School, Hopkins street, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 44. To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for the purpose of making additions and alterations to Hose House No. 2, Woburn street, for the purpose of maintaining a permanent man and horse at said house, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 45. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to maintain a permanent man and horse at the house of Hose Co. No. 2, Woburn street, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 46. To see if the Town wiil raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to purchase a horse for the use of Hose Co. No. 2, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 47. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a
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sufficient sum of money for the purchase of a dump cart to be used by the permanent man and horse on the highway from Hose Co. No. 2, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 48. To see if the Town will accept the provisions of Section eleven of Chapter four hundred and eighty-one of the Acts of 1894, permitting the adoption of Town by-laws regulating the inspection, construction and use of buildings for the prevention of fire and the preservation of life, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 49. To see if the Town will appoint a committee to draft by-laws regulating the inspection, construction and use of buildings for the prevention of fire and the preservation of life, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 50. To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for the purchase of Fire Hose, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 51. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a suf- ficient sum of money to build a house for Hose No. 3, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 52. To see if the Town will instruct the Water Com- missioners to extend the water pipes on Summer Avenue to a point near the residence of Wm. F. Welch, and how much money they will raise and appropriate for this purpose, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 53. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate one thousand dollars to macadamize High street from the cross-walk at the railroad station, near the junction of Chute and Haven streets, to Woburn street, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 54. To see. if the Town will change the name of that part of Main street extending from Salem street to the North Reading line, to Andover Road, or what they will do in relation thereto.
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Art. 55. To see if the Town will build concrete sidewalk and curbstone and cross-walks on the southerly side of Middlesex Avenue, from the westerly end of the present one to High street, and appropriate a sufficient sum of money thereof, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 56. To see how much money the Town will raise and ap- propriate for the purpose of erecting an arc light on Oak street, be- tween the estates of Jos. S. Robinson and Chas. B. Eames, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 57. To see if the Town will authorize the Water Com- missioners to lay a water pipe on Pearl street to a point opposite the house of Jeremiah G. Sargent, and how much money they will appropriate therefor, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 58. To see how much money the Town will raise and ap- propriate for the purpose of building a retaining wall in ditch run- ning by land of Richard B. Nichols, or what they will do in rela- tion thereto.
Art. 59. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Fire Engineers to remove box 63 from the Congregational Church and place it at, or near the junction of Woburn and Linden streets, and place a box at the junction of Lowell, Sanborn and Highland streets, or what action they will take in relation to the same.
Art. 60. To see if the Town will instruct the Engineers of the Fire Department to locate a fire alarm box at the junction of Main and Franklin streets, and appropriate the sum of fifty dollars for this purpose, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 61. To see if the Town will instruct the Fire Engineers to place an alarm box at the junction of Charles and Pearl streets, and appropriate money for the same, or what action they will take in relation to the same.
Art. 62. To hear and act on the report of the Selectmen on
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INDEX.
PAGE
Town Officers, 1900-1901 .
3
Town Clerk's Report, Births Registered
60 Marriages Registered
10
66
66 66 Dogs Licensed
16
Selectmen's General Report
17
Selectmen's Account
21
Report of the Sealer of Weights and Measures
39
Street Department
41
Fire Department
49
Report of Trustees of Cemetery
63
66 Inspector of Animals and Provisions
67
Police Department
68
Assessors .
75
66 66 Collector
77
Overseers of the Poor
79
Water Commissioners
94 119
Public Library .
Tree Warden's Report
198
Summary of Accounts
200
Treasurer's Report
204
Auditors' Report
208
Bonds and Notes Outstanding
212
Report of Town Meetings .
215
Town Warrant
246
List of Jurors
256
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Inspector of Plumbing
66
66
66 Electric Light Commissioners
66 School Committee
141
193
60
Board of Health
8
66 66 Deaths Registered
13
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the laying out of the extension of Vine street from Middlesex avenue to Mineral street, and to determine if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars for that purpose.
Art. 63. To hear and act on the report of the Selectmen in relation to guide posts, and to determine if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of thirty dollars for the repair of the same.
Art. 64. To see if the Town will revise and accept the list of names of jurors as prepared and posted by the Selectmen.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at or before the time ab- pointed for said meeting.
Given under our hands this sixth day of February, A. D. 1901.
WM. I. RUGGLES, OLIVER L. AKERLEY, GEO. A. SHACKFORD, Selectmen of Reading
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LIST OF NAMES OF JURORS.
The subscribers, Selectmen of Reading, present the following list of persons, who in their judgment are qualified to serve as jurors:
Austin, Oliver W., hotel keeper Krook, Lambertus W., cabinet m'r Bancroft, Lewis M., superintend't Knight, Edgar M., machinist
Bancroft, Frederick, broker Krook, Matthys H., cabinet maker Batchelder, Howard W., farmer Kimball, Charles D., machinist Batchelder, Warren A., carpenter LaClair, Henry S., farmer Lovejoy, Eugene L., merchant
Beasley, George, farmer Beasley, George W., org. pipe m'r McCrum, David, machinist Black, Frank K., builder
Bosson, Harry P., insurance agt.
Broad, Nathaniel W., carpenter
Brown, Joseph H., laborer
Bessom, Charles F., farmer
Pratt, Wilmot K., laborer
Parker, Horace A., cabinet m'r Parker, Fred A., laundryman
Chase, John E., carpenter
Davis, Arthur E., st. ry. cond'r
Davis, Wm. Wallace, auctioneer
DeRonde, John D., laborer
Eames, Leonard T., teamster
Eaton, John H., carpenter
Parker, Harrison H., org'n pipe m'r Prentiss, Walter S., freight agent Richardson, Chester C., foreman Richardson, Harry M., shoeworker Sargent, George A., shoeworker
Eaton, Waldo F., organ pipe m'r Smith, Benjamin Y., org'n pipe w'r Emerson, Arthur G., superintend't Swain, Charles H., shoeworker Flint, Geo. L .; carpenter Temple, David C., carpenter Goodwin, Edwin H., org. pipe m'r Warren, Charles E., org'n pipe m'r
Gordon, Arthur D., shoe dealer
Wickens, John, printer
Howard, Luther G., real estate
Wyman, Fernando D., shoew'kr
Jackson, Chas. S., organ pipe m'r Whelton, John H .. machinist
Kidder, William, carpenter
Wight, Ephraim, carpenter
Kinsley, Wm. S., org. pipe voicer
WM. I. RUGGLES, OLIVER L. AKERLEY, GEO. A. SHACKFORD, AStortmen of Reading.
Reading, Feb. 16, 1901.
Pratt, Harland P., silk cutter
Canty, Daniel T., cabinet maker Canty, John D., mason
Merrill, Clarence E., r.r. conductor
Oakes, George F., engineer
Oliver, Alfred L., laborer
Parker, Fred HI., railroad clerk
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