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Article 1. Mr. Frank L. Eames was elected Moderator by bal- lot, the check list being used.
Art. 2. Motion made a committee of three be appointed to observe and take into consideration all action which may be taken in relation to the taking of the water of the Ipswich River for Water Supply ; the vote on the same was in the affirmative. Moderator appointed as said committee John W. Hathaway, Arthur W. Eames and Aldice G. Eames.
Art. 3. Voted : On motion that a committee of three be ap- pointed to investigate costs, etc., in relation to the installation of electric lights in the town. At the request of the Moderator the committee were nominated by the meeting. and duly elected. Committee : Daniel T. Buzzell, Fred H. Roberts and Charles E. Hudson. Two gentlemen from Reading being present, namely, George L. Flint and Arthur J. Sias, it was voted to invite them to address the meeting in relation to the subject. Mr. Flint ad- dressed the meeting and also answered several questions, at the conclusion of which, on motion, it was voted to instruct the com- mittee appointed to report in one month to a town meeting.
Voted to adjourn.
COPY. ATTEST :
JAMES E. KELLEY,
Town Clerk
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, APRIL 8, 1911
TOWN WARRANT
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
MIDDLESEX SS.
To William E. Swain, Constable of the Town of Wilmington, Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and in the manner provided by Section 2, Acticle 1, of the By-laws, yon are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Wilmington qualified by law to vote in Town affairs, to meet and assemble at the Town Hall on Saturday, the eighth day of April current, at 8 o'clock r. w., to act on the following arti- cles, namely :
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Art. 2. To see if the Town will vote to indemnify the Com- monwealth against claims for land and grade damages which may result from the laying out and constructing of the proposed State Highway, or do anything in relation to the same.
Art. 3. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Select- men to contract to build the State Highway as laid out by the Highway Commissioners, or do anything in relation to the same.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your, doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our bands and the seal of the Town this thirty- first day of March A. D , one thousand nine hundred and eleven.
ARTHUR W. EAMES, OSCAR C. DEWELL,
HERBERT C. BARROWS,
Selectmen of Wilmington.
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TOWN MEETING
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS OF SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
APRIL 8, 1911
The meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk the War- rant read and Article 1 taken up.
Art. 1. J. Howard Eames was elected Moderator by ballot, the check list being used. Mr. Joseph H. Parker Representative for the 20th Middlesex District being present, on motion he was granted the courtesy of the floor to address the meeting.
Art. 2 Voted : unanimously to indemnify the Commonwealth against claims for land and grade damages which may result from the laying out and constructing of the proposed State Highway.
Art. 3. Motion : That the Selectmen be authorized to contract with the State Highway Commissioners to build the proposed State Highway as laid out-Voted in the affirmative. Motion : That the Selectmen be authorized to Sub-contract the same to any contractor at the same figures-Voted in the affirmative. Motion : That Mr. Richmond F. Hudson be given the opportunity to address the meeting. Voted in the affirmative. Voted to adjourn.
ATTEST :
JAMES E. KELLEY,
Town Clerk.
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TOWN WARRANT
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS MIDDLESEX, SS.
To William E. Swain. Constable of the Town of Wilmington, Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and in the manner provided by Section 2, Article 1 of the By-Laws, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Wilmington qualified by law to vote in town affairs, to meet and assemble at the Town Hall on Saturday, April 22nd, at 8 o'clock p. m., to act on the following articles, viz :
Article 1. To elect by ballot a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Art. 2. To hear the report of the Electric Lighting Committee and act thereon.
Art. 3. To see how much money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to light the streets by electricity during this year, or do anything in relation to the same.
Art. 4. To see if the Town will vote to increase the salaries of the Assessors, or do anything in relation to the same.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands and the seal of the Town this fourteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eleven.
[SEAL ]
ARTHUR W. EAMES, HERBERT C. BARROWS, OSCAR C. DEWEL, Selectmen of Wilmington.
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TOWN MEETING
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS OF SPECIAL TOWN MEETING,
APRIL 22, 1911
Meeting called to order by the Town Clerk, the Warrant read and Article 1 taken up.
Article 1. Edward N. Eames was elected Moderator, by bal- lot, the check list being used.
Art. 2. Dr. D. T. Buzzell made a report for the committee which contained the following proposed route : from Reading line via Lowell and Main streets to Silver Lake : Lake street to Eber Melzar's ; Grove avenue to Macfarlane's ; Harnden street to Neil- son's ; Shawsheen avenue to West School : Burlington avenue to Boutwell's corner; Chesthut street to Melvin Taylor's ; Clark street ; Church street ; Middlesex avenue to William E. Gowing's ; Salem street from William E. Gowing's to Woburn street : An- dover street from Levi Swain's to Brown's Crossing ; High street ; Woburn street from Perry's Corner to Brown's Crossing.
The Town Clerk read the following letters to the Electric Light- ing Committee from the Town of Reading and also from the Edi- son Electric Light Co. of Boston.
READING, MASS. April 17, 1911. DR. D. T. BUZZELL, Chairman,
Electric Lighting Committee,
Wilmington, Mass.
DEAR SIR :- In reply to the request of your Committee for a proposition from this Board to furnish electric light and power service in the Town of Wilmington, we beg to advise that we are willing to recommend to our citizens the extension of the electric light and power lines into your town, provided we can be assured of a ten year contract to light the fifteen miles of street designated by your committee with not less than 195 thirty-two candle power lamps at $13.50 per lamp per year, said contract to be substan __ tially the same as is herewith submitted, and which is practically
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identical with the contract which we now have with the Town of North Reading aside from the number of lights and the length of term for which it is made.
The rates for the commercial or house lighting would be the same as North Reading, viz : 20 cents per kilowatt with a dis- count of 25 per cent if paid on or before the fifteenth of the month, the net minimum monthly charge for the service being $1.00. The first installation of ordinary carbon lamps to be fur- nished free and renewed without charge upon the return of the old lamp with the glass intact.
The rates for power would range from 10 cents to 3 cents per kilowatt according to the amount used, the lowest monthly mimimum charge being $1.00 which is increased according to the size of the motor. There would be no discount from these rates.
The rates for domestic or residence service used exclusively for heating and cooking would be 5 cents per kilowatt with a dis- count of 10 per cent if paid on or before the fifteenth of the month, the net minimum monthly charge for service under these rates being $1.00
The rules and regulations of the Light Board governing the service in Reading would also apply in Wilmington.
In case your Town takes favorable action on our proposition we would immediately take steps to secure from our town the necessary authority to extend the service and execute the con- tract for lighting the streets and would commence work as soon as possible thereafter.
We will be pleased to furnish your committee with such addi- tional information as you may desire in relation to the matter if you will kindly advise us.
Yours very truly, GEO. L. FLINT, ELMER H. ROBINSON, CARL M. SPENCER,
Municipal Light Board.
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BOSTON, APR. 21, 1911
MR. F. H. ROBERTS,
134 Cross Street, Boston, Mass.
DEAR SIR :- After considering your proposition for this Com. pany to furnish the Town of Wilmington with 195-32 c. p street lights with a possibility of increased commercial business from the town residents, we have decided that we could not afford to go to the great expense which this would involve compared with the limited amount of business which seems apparent to us.
However, we would run our lines to the town line between Wilmington and North Woburn with a capacity of about 25 kilowatt, which is the maximum we could supply the town with at the present time. This would mean that the town would have to build its own lines and meet us at the above mentioned point, the town to take current from us at our regular schedule of rates, copy of which I herewith enclose. In order to do this, it would be necessary for the town to put up a small building sufficient to take care of the switch. meter, etc.
The above 25 kilowatt would be single phase, A. C. ,113 volt, 60 cycle, and sufficient to take care of 625-32 c. p. 10 watt Tungsten street lights, or 195 street lights, as it is your intention to install, and the balance could be used for other purposes.
We trust that the above gives you the information which you desire.
Regretting that we cannot come together under the conditions which you have suggested to us, and thanking you for your con- sideration of us, we remain,
Very truly yours, THE EDISON ELEC. ILL. CO. OF BOSTON, By Chas. J. Hatch Assist. to Gen. Supt-
Motion : That the report of the committee be accepted and that the committee be authorized to execute a contract with the Town of Reading to light the streets of Wilmington for a period of ten
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(10) years at a price not to exceed thirteen dollars and fifty cents ($13.50) per lamp per year and not to exceed 200 lights ; said contract to contain such other terms and conditions as shall be deemed for the best interests of the town, and to raise and appro- priate the sum of fifteen hundred ($1500.00) dollars for the balance of the year 1911.
Voted in the affirmative.
Art. 3. Motion made to pass the article. Voted in the affirmative.
Art. 4. Motion : That the salary of the Assessors be $150.00 each per annum, and that $150.00 be raised and appropriated to defray the increased expense on account of the same.
Voted in the affirmative. Voted to adjourn.
ATTEST :
JAMES E. KELLEY,
Town Clerk.
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING MAY 27, 1911
TOWN WARRANT
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
MIDDLESEX SS.
To William E. Swain, Esq., Constable of the Town of Wilmington,
Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and in accordance with the By-Laws of said Town, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town, quali- fied by law to vote in Town affairs, to meet and assemble at the Town Hall in said Town on Saturday, the twenty-seventh day of May current, at 8 o'clock P. M , to act upon the following articles, namely :
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Art. 2. To see if the Town will vote to install a Telephone in the residence of the Tax Collector for his use.
Art. 3. To see what action the Town will take in regard to installing water cisterns in parts of the Town unprotected by natural supply.
Art. 4. To hear the report of the Committee on the proposed taking of the Ipswich River for a public water supply and to act thereon.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands and the seal of said Town this nine- teenth day of May, A. D. one thousand nine hundred and eleven.
[SEAL]
ARTHUR W. EAMES, OSCAR C. DEWEL,
HERBERT C. BARROWS,
Selectmen of Wilmington.
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TOWN MEETING
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS OF SPECIAL TOWN MEETING MAY 27, 1911
Meeting called to order by the Town Clerk, the Warrant read and Article 1 taken up.
Article 1. Edward N. Eames was elected Moderator by ballot the check list being used.
Art. 2. Motion : That the Selectmen install a Telephone in the house of the Collector of Taxes for his use. Voted in the affirmative.
Art. 3. Motion by E. C. Folkins that the Selectmen be authorized to construct water cisterns in such parts of the town as are not protected by natural water supply, the price not to exceed $200.00 per cistern. Motion withdrawn by decision of the Moderator that the same was not in order. Motion made by Mr. Folkins that the chair appoint a committee of three to inquire into the matter of water supply for fire protection and report at a Special Town Meeting one month from date. Voted in the affirmative. Comittee appointed were E. C. Folkins, C. E. Carter and C. B. Osbon.
Art. 4. Report made by Mr. John W. Hathaway of the committee, and motion made that the committee to consider the taking of the Ipswich River and its tributaries as a public water supply, be instructed to continue their opposition to such taking before Legislative Committees, the State Board of Health and elsewhere until the next Annual Town Meeting, and that the sum of $200.00 out of the miscellaneous appropriation for the current year which was placed at the disposal of said committee for its expenses, may be, if the committee deem it expedient used in conjunction with similar contributions from other towns for the purpose of employing counsel and engineers in connection with the opposition to the taking of the River for a public water sup- ply. Voted in the affirmative.
Motion to adjourn. Voted in the affirmative.
ATTEST :
JAMES E. KELLEY,
Town Clerk.
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING JUNE 27, 1911
TOWN WARRANT
- COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS MIDDLESEX, SS.
To William E. Swain, Esq., Constable of the Town of Wilming". ton, Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and in accordance with the By-Laws of said Town, you are hereby di- rected to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town, qualified by law to vote in town affairs, to meet and assemble at the Town Hall in said Town on Tuesday, the twenty-seventh day of June current, at 8 o'clock p. m., to act upon the following articles, namely :
Article 1. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting. Art. 2. To hear the reports of committees and act thereon.
Art 3. To see if the Town will vote to notify each voter, by postal card or otherwise, of any special Town meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands and the seal of said Town this nine- teenth day of June, A. D., one thousand nine hundred and eleven.
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ARTHUR W. EAMES, OSCAR C. DEWEL, HERBERT C. BARROWS,
Selectmen of Wilmington.
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TOWN MEETING
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS OF SPECIAL TOWN MEETING,
JUNE 27, 1911
The meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk, the War- rant read and Article 1 taken up.
: - Article 1. Charles B. Osbon was elected Moderator, the check list being used and the vote being by ballot.
Art 2. Report of committee on cisterns for Water Supply. appointed at a previous Special Mening read by Edgar ('. Folkins, Chairman, viz : To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and Voters of Wilmington, we respectfully subnot the following report and recommendations. That three cisterns be located as follows : One on High street, to be located at rear of J. B. Morris's house ; one on Woburn street to be placed near the residence of Daniel P. Faulkner : one on Middlesex avenue near High School build- ing ; all cisterns to be supplied with four inch iron pipe to lead to a leader on street. We recommend the appropriation of $500.00 to meet expense of installing same.
E. C. FOLKINS, C. E. CARTER, C. B. OSBON,
Committee.
On motion it was voted to accept the report. Motion made by W. Warren Carter that the Selectmen be instructed to build reser- voirs at the points designated by the committee and that the town borrow $500.00 to pay for same, payable in annual payments of $100.00 each in five years with interest annually. On the vote being taken on said motion the same was by a yea and nay vote, the check list being used, and 37 voted yes and 1 voted no. The motion was declared carried.
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Art. 3. Motion made that the town notify each voter by post- al card of any Special Town Meeting. Amendment made the ex- pense he paid from the Miscellaneous appropriation The vote on the amendment was in the affirmative. The vote was then taken on the motion as amended and declared in the affirmative.
Voted to adjourn.
ATTEST :
JAMES E. KELLEY, Town Clerk.
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Electric Light Contract
The following is a certified copy of the Contract by and between the Electric Lighting Committee of the Town of Wilmington and the Municipal Light Board of the Town of Reading.
ATTEST :
JAMES E. KELLEY, Town Clerk.
ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT made this 31st day of Aug- ust 1911, by and between the Municipal Light Board of the Town of Reading, Mass., its successors or assigns, hereinafter called the Light Board, and the Electric lighting Committee of the Town of Wilmington, Mass., hereinafter called the Town, witnesseth :-
FIRST. That said Light Board agrees to furnish and set up in the said Town, for the purpose of lighting by the overhead system the public streets and ways of said Town by electricity, 200 incandescent lamps of not less than nominal 32 candle power each, at $13.50 each per year, the location of said lamps to be substantially as indicated on the plan attached hereto and desig- nated "Locations for Street Lights in Wilmington, Mass., August 8, 1911", and said Light Board shall at its own expense, furnish, set up and maintain all the necessary poles, wires, lines and appurtenances required for the operating of such lamps, and to put and keep the same in proper electrical connection with its lighting station, and will at its own risk and expense keep said lamps in operation so as to produce light at their respective capacity aforesaid and during the hours hereinafter mentioned, for a period of ten years from and after December 31, 1911.
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SECOND. That said Light Board shall at its own expense furnish, set up, maintain and operate, as aforesaid, any number of lamps beyond said 200 incandescent lamps which said Town may order from time to time during this contract for the sum of $13.50 per year for each 32 candle power lamp added, when located on the then established pole lines of said Light Board, and for the sum of $13.50 per year for each 32 candle power lamp added requiring the construction of new pole lines, provided all lamps so added requiring new pole lines, shall be placed so that there shall be at least one lamp for each four hundred feet of pole line added. The Selectmen of said Town shall have the right to change the location of any lamp to another location on the established pole lines whenever in their judgment the proper lighting of said locality necessitates the same.
THIRD. Said Light Board shall furnish light from said lamps, for the time aforesaid, every dark hour of the night of the year from one-half hour after sunset until 12 o'clock midnight, the hour of sunset to be taken on the basis of the estimates made in the Farmer's Almanac It being the true intent and meaning of this clause that light shall be furnished within the limits of the Town whenever it is not well lighted by the moon, and that the prevailing usuage shall be shutting off lights one hour after the moon rises and turning them on one hour before it sets It being understood and agreed that said Selectmen, or such person as they may in writing appoint, shall have the authority to order said lights to be burned at any time when in their judgment the Town is not well lighted by the moon within the hours aforesaid, without incurring additional expense therefor.
FOURTH. In consideration of the aforesaid agreement of said Light Board, said Town hereby agrees to pay to said Light Board each year for a period of ten years from and after December 31, 1911, for said lights the sum of $13.50 per year for each incan- descent lamp burned until 12 o'clock midnight, and such addi- tions to said amount as may be due said Light Board in conse- quence of extra lights added as provided in the Second clause of this agreement, and to make said payments monthly in pro rata amounts on the regular pay days of said Town.
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FIFTH. The Light Board agrees that in event of any light o lights failing to burn within the hours specified in the Third clause of this agreement, one-half the lighting hours in any one night, said Town shall have the right to deduct the proportionate amount represented by such failure, calculating same as a full night.
Said amount to be deducted shall be furnished by said Select- men to said Light Board on or before the fifth day of each month and said Light Board shall have the right to correct same if found to be in error, subject to the approval of said Selectmen.
SIXTH. The Light Board agrees that said selectmen shall have the right to cancel this contract at any time if said Light Board shall not operate the lights in accordance with the tenor of the same : provided said Sele t nen shall give written notice to said Light Board of their intent to cancel, and express in said notice wherein said lights are not being operated in accordance with the tenor of the contract, and said Light Board shall have thirty days from the receipt of said notice in which to remedy any fault or faults mentioned in said written notice.
In event said Light Board cannot remedy said faults within said thirty days, in consequence of change required in its plant or apparatus which cannot be accomplished within said thirty days, said ,-electmen shall extend the time of remedying such fault or faults to such period as is reasonably necessary.
It being understood and agreed that the breaking down of the lines of said Light Board by the elements, accidents to its ma- chinery or apparatus, or fire at its station shall not be construed as a fault for which this contract shall be cancelled but said Town shall be entitled to a proportionate rebate therefor.
SEVENTH. It is understood and agreed that if said Town at any time during the continuance of this contract takes the plant of said Light Board under the present law or any amendments of the same, that neither party shall be holden for the unexpired term of said contract, nor shall said contract or the unexpired term thereof be in any way considered as an element of value.
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EIGHTH. Said Light Board agrees that all its poles and wires on the streets of said Town shall be kept in proper order and con- dition and in such manner as will insure public safety, and said Light Board further agrees that it will reimburse said Town in full, including costs and reasonable counsel fees, for all damages which it may suffer at any time during the continuance of this contract through the negligence of said Light Board or its agents. and hold said Town harmless and fully indemnified for all loss, cost and damage of every kind arising in any manner from the poles, wires or other property of said Light Board.
Provided said Town shall promptly notify said Light Board of any claim made to it for damages on its account, and said Light Board is allowed to defend said claim if it so desires.
NINTH. It is undersotod and agreed that said Town shall grant to said Light Board all the necessary rights for the location of its poles, wires and other fixtures required by said Light Board for the installation and operation of the lamps contemplated by this contract.
In witness whereof, said Town of Wilmington, by its Electric Lighting Committee, authorized by vote of said Town, duly passed at its meeting held April 22, 1911, a copy whereof, duly attested by the Town Clerk, is attached hereto, and said Town of Reading, by its Municipal Light Board, authorized by vote of said Town, duly passed at its meeting held June 26, 1911, a copy whereof, duly attested by the Town Clerk, is also attached here- to, hereunto set their names and affix the corporate seals of their respective towns the day and year first above written.
At a Special Town Meeting held April 22, 1911, under Article 2 of the Warrant, viz :
Article 2. To hear and act on the report of the Electric Light- ing Committee.
Motion :- That the report of the Committee be accepted and that the Committee be authorized to execute a contract with. the Town of Reading to light the streets of Wilmington for a period of Ten years at a price not to exceed thirteen dollars and fifty cents per lamp per year, and not to exceed 200 lights. Said contract to contain such other terms and conditions as shall be deemed for
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