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For the Brookline branch, being sixty feet in width or thirty feet wide on each side of the center of the present causeway, as shown on the accompanying maps, extending from the center line of the main dam for a distance of two thousand six hundred and forty feet to the line between
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Boston and Brookline on the marshes ; thence beginning at the next inter- section of said town and city line at a distance of six thousand five hundred and sixty-one feet from the center line of said main dam and running of the same width as above to the corner of Washington street in Brookline, distance seven thousand eight hundred and forty-one feet from said centre line of Main Dam, excepting such short portions of the same as may lie within the limits of Boston as shown on said maps.
The location of said ways are in accordance with plans and profiles of the same as made by J. B. Henck, civil engineer, and dated October 2d, 1868, accepted and allowed by the Selectmen, and filed and recorded in the office of the Town Clerk on the fifth day of November, A. D. 1868.
The said ways being laid out and located under the authority of Chapter 291 of the Acts of the Legislature of 1868, no awards are made for damages, nor are fences, trees, or walls to be removed from the same; and the said ways are to be entered upon at once by the town; and said ways so laid out, located and described are hereby reported to the town for their acceptance, and when so accepted, allowed and recorded, are forever to be known as public townways.
And the Selectmen would recommend that the said roads or ways be designated as follows, viz. :
So much of the main dam as lies within the limits of Brookline as Beacon street; the easterly line of said roads as Brighton avenue; and the western line of said roads as Brookline avenue.
Respectfully submitted.
JAMES BARTLETT, THOMAS PARSONS, WILLIAM J. GRIGGS, HORACE JAMES, Selectmen of the Town of Brookline.
BROOKLINE, Mass., November 19th, 1868.
Voted, To accept and allow the report of the Selectmen laying out the foregoing roads as described.
On motion of Thomas Parsons, Esq., it was-
Voted, That under Articles Second and Third of the war- rant, the town of Brookline accepts the highways as laid out and located by the Selectmen over the Mill Dam road and the roads and bridges heretofore connected therewith in toll fran- chise in the town of Brookline, extending from the line be- tween Boston and Brookline on the said Mill Dam road to the line between Boston and Brookline on the north side of Apple- ton place, so called ; then beginning on the said Mill Dam road on the line between Boston and Brookline on the southerly side of said Appleton place and extending as far as Wash- ington street in Brookline, including said portion of said
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location as lies within the town of Brookline; also, the Brighton branch of said road from its junction with the main dam and the Brookline branch of said road to the line between Brookline and Brighton; a full description of the location and boundaries of which have been duly filed and recorded in the town records kept for that purpose, together with the plans of the same.
Voted, That the town accepts the provisions of Chapter 291 of the Acts of the year 1868, so far as they are applica- ble to the town of Brookline, and the Town Treasurer is fully authorized to receive any money due or belonging to the town from the Commonwealth, and to receipt therefor.
Fourth Article taken up :
To see if the town will accept and allow Avon street, so called, as laid out and located by the Selectmen as a townway.
The Selectmen presented the following report, viz. :
REPORT.
LAYING OUT AVON STREET AS A TOWNWAY.
The Selectmen of the town of Brookline, after giving legal notice to all persons, interests, and corporations known to them, of their inten- tion to lay out as a townway the private way known as Avon street, leading from Goddard avenue to the town line dividing the towns of Brookline and West Roxbury, did, in pursuance of said notice, meet at the junction of said Avon street and Goddard avenue, on Wednesday, the twenty-second day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and again, by adjournment, at their office in the Town Hall, on Thursday, the nineteeth day of October of the year above written, and all parties and interests having been heard and examined in relation thereto, they having at their previous meeting examined said route, they proceeded to lay out said way as a townway, to be known as Avon street, as follows, describing the same by its southeasterly, easterly, and northeasterly lines, said street being forty feet wide, measured northwesterly, west- erly, and southwesterly, from the described lines, to wit :
Commencing at the westerly end of Goddard avenue at the bound P in the location of Goddard avenue, in 1864, and also marked P on the plan of Avon street, thence running five hundred forty-five feet six inches (545.6) to a bound marked Q; thence running southerly by a curved line forty feet radius sixty-two feet (62) to a bound marked R; thence running southeasterly seven hundred and seventeen feet (717) to a bound marked S; thence southeasterly one hundred and ninety-nine feet (199) to a bound marked T at the town line between Brookline and West Roxbury.
The location of said way is in accordance with a plan and profile of the same as made by Amos R. Binney, surveyor, dated October the 10th,
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1868, and filed and recorded in the office of the Town Clerk, October 19th, 1868, and accepted and allowed by the Selectmen the same day.
In consideration of the benefit to the abutters on said way, no damages by reason of the laying out have been awarded by the Selectmen.
There being no fences, trees or walls to move from said way, the same can be entered upon by the town at once. And said way, so laid out and located and described, is hereby reported to the town for their acceptance, and when so accepted, allowed and recorded, is forever to be known as a public townway by the name of Avon street.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES BARTLETT, THOMAS PARSONS, WILLIAM J. GRIGGS, HORACE JAMES, Selectmen of the Town of Brookline.
BROOKLINE, Mass., November 19th, 1868.
Voted, To accept and allow the foregoing report of the Selectmen in relation to Avon street.
Fifth Article taken up :
To see what action the town will take in relation to the improvement of Beacon street between Winchester and Kent streets.
On motion of Gen. James S. Whitney, it was-
Voted, That the Selectmen be requested to work Beacon street to its entire width between Washington and Kent streets, as laid out by the County Commissioners.
Sixth Article taken up :
To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary for the foregoing purposes.
Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of ten thousand dollars for the improvement on Beacon street between Wash- ington and Kent streets.
Voted, That the sum of two thousand five hundred dol- lars be raised and appropriated for the making of Avon street.
Voted, That the Town Treasurer is authorized to borrow said sums, giving the note or notes of the town therefor, approved by the Selectmen, or he may pay the same from any money now in the treasury and not otherwise appro- priated.
Adjourned.
Attest : B. F. BAKER,
Town Clerk.
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ANNUAL MEETING, MARCH 22, 1869.
WARRANT.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Brookline,
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Brookline, qualified to vote in elections, to meet at the Town Hall in said town, on Monday, the twenty-second day of March, instant, at one of the clock in the afternoon, for the following purposes, to wit :
First. To choose a Moderator.
Second. To choose the usual town officers for the ensuing year.
Third. To hear and act upon the reports of town officers and com- mittees.
Fourth. To see if the town will accept and allow the list of jurors as revised by the Selectmen and posted according to law.
Fifth. To see if the town will make a reservoir near the junction of Beacon and Carlton streets, and one on Walnut street near High street.
Sixth. To see what action the town will take in relation to procuring a gravel-pit, ledge and stone crusher for the repairs of the roads.
Seventh. To see what action the town will take in relation to procur- ing a suitable building for a hose-carriage in the village and an additional quantity of hose.
Eighth. To see what action the town will take in relation to sewerage.
Ninth. To see if the town will take any action in relation to building an addition to the Pierce Grammar school-house.
Tenth. To see if the town will accept Sections 7 and 8 of Chapter 45 of the General Statutes in relation to sidewalks.
Eleventh. To see if the town will change the grade and otherwise improve Beacon street from Washington street to the dividing line between Brookline and Brighton.
Twelfth. To see if the town will change the grade of Boylston street between Cypress street and the new school-house.
Thirteenth. To see what action the town will take in relation to pur- chasing fire-extinguishers.
Fourteenth. To see if the town will make an appropriation for grading and fencing the town's land in the vicinity of the Public Library and High and Grammar school-houses.
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Fifteenth. To see if the town will accept and allow a new townway as laid out and located by the Selectmen, leading from Boylston to New- ton streets.
Sixteenth. To see if the town will accept and allow a new townway as laid out and located by the Selectmen, leading from Walnut to High street.
Seventeenth. To see if the town will accept and allow a new townway as laid out and located by the Selectmen, leading from Harvard to Pleas- ant street.
Eighteenth. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be required to defray the current expenses of the town for the ensuing year.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Selectmen, four days at least before the day of said meeting.
Given; under our hands and seals at Brookline aforesaid, this first day of March, in the year of our Lord eighteen hun- dred and sixty-nine.
JAMES BARTLETT, THOMAS PARSONS, WILLIAM J. GRIGGS, EDWARD S. PHILBRICK, HORACE JAMES, Selectmen of the Town of Brookline.
NORFOLK, SS. BROOKLINE, March 16th, 1869.
In pursuance of the within warrant, I have notified and warned the legal voters of the town of Brookline to meet at the time and place and for the purposes within named, by leaving a printed copy of the same at their last and usual place of residence four days at least before the day of said meeting.
THOMAS S. PETTENGILL, Constable.
In pursuance of the foregoing warrant, the citizens of the town of Brookline met at the Town Hall in said town, on Monday, the twenty-second day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, and were called to order at fifteen minutes past one of the clock in the afternoon, by the Town Clerk, who read the warrant calling said meeting and the return thereon of the Constable who notified the same.
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The First Article taken up :
To choose a Moderator.
The polls were declared open by the Town Clerk ( who presided), for the reception of votes for Moderator, and were kept open ten minutes, when, after giving notice that all persons who were qualified to vote might have an oppor- tunity so to do, they were declared closed.
The whole number of votes given were then sorted, count- ed and declared, and the whole number so given in was twenty-four, as follows, to wit :
For Moderator, William I. Bowditch had twenty-three, and was declared elected and took the chair.
The meeting was then called to order by the Moderator, and prayers were offered by the Rev. Wm. Lamson, D. D.
The Second Article was then taken up :
To choose the usual town officers for the ensuing year.
On motion of Thomas Parsons, Esq .-
Voted, That the meeting now proceed to elect by ballot the following town officers for the ensuing year, to wit : A Town Clerk ; five Selectmen, who shall be Overseers of the Poor and Surveyors of Highways; three Assessors; a Town Treasurer, who shall also be Collector of Taxes; three School Committee for three years, four Trustees of the Public Library for three years, two Fence Viewers, and seven Con- stables,-all to be voted for on one ticket.
Voted, That the polls be kept open until four o'clock.
The polls were then opened, and were kept open until four o'clock for the reception of votes, when they were declared closed, in pursuance of the foregoing vote.
The Moderator and Town Clerk then proceeded to sort and count the votes given in, and the whole number so given in was two hundred and eighty-four, and the following persons all having a majority, none less than one hundred and sixty- eight, were declared elected, to wit :
Town Clerk : B. F. Baker (sworn by the Moderator).
Selectmen, Overseers of Poor, and Surveyors of Highways : James Bartlett, Thomas Parsons (sworn by the Moderator), William J. Griggs (sworn
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by the Moderator), Horace James (sworn by the Moderator), George Craft.
Assessors : Thomas B. Hall, Austin W. Benton (sworn by the Mod- erator), Marshal Stearns.
Treasurer and Collector : Moses Withington (sworn by the Moderator).
School Committee for three years: Stephen Salisbury, M. D , Robert Amory, M. D., J. Elliot Cabot.
Trustees of Public Library for three years : William Aspinwall, George F. Homer, William I. Bowditch, Augustine Shurtleff.
Fence Viewers: Clark L. Haynes (sworn by the Moderator), William K. Melcher.
Constables : J. P. Sanborn (sworn by the Moderator), F. Henry Corey (sworn by the Moderator), Willard Y. Gross (sworn by the Moderator), Eben W. Reed (sworn by the Moderator), William B. Chaplin, George F. Johnson (sworn by the Moderator), Thomas S. Pettengill (sworn by the Moderator).
In voting the check-list was used, and no one was allowed to deposit his vote until his name was found on the list and checked ..
The meeting then nominated and chose the following of- ficers :
Truant Officers : J. P. Sanborn, John H. Grush, Eben W. Reed.
Surveyors of Lumber and Measurers of Wood and Bark: William D. Coolidge, J. Anson Guild, Frank F. Seamans.
Field Drivers : Eben W. Reed, Alfred A. Cheney, Daniel C. Murray, Thomas S. Pettengill, Reuben A. Chace, Michael McIntosh.
Sealers of Leather : Samuel A. Robinson, Willard Warren.
Pound Keeper : Eben W. Reed.
Auditors : Robert S. Littell, Charles D. Head, Edward I. Thomas. Fire Wards : Willard Y. Gross, Thomas S. Pettengill, P. H. Cusick. Cemetery Committee : Thomas S. Pettengill.
Sealer of Weights and Measures : Alfred Kenrick, Jr.
Third Article taken up :
To hear and act upon the reports of town officers and committees.
Thomas Parsons, Esq., presented the following reports, which had been printed and distributed through the town, which were read by their titles and accepted, to wit: Trea- surer's, Selectmen's, Trustees of the Public Library, School Committee, and the List of Taxes and the names of the tax- payers.
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The Committee on Cemetery, who were appointed at the adjourned meeting held April the 8th, 1868, asked for further time, which was granted.
On motion of W. A. Humphrey, Esq .-
Voted, That the committee advertise for bids for a lot for a cemetery.
Article Fourth taken up :
To see if the town will accept and allow the list of jurors as revised by the Selectmen and posted according to law.
Voted, To accept and allow the following list of jurors as prepared by the Selectmen, to wit :
List of Jurors for the Town of Brookline for the year 1869.
Adams, Daniel D.
Chaplin, William B.
Allen, Samuel S.
Chapman, John N.
Almy, Frederick
Chase, Charles
Atkinson, George
Chester, Walstein R.
Bacon, Josiah
Churchill, William O.
Bacon, Thomas H.
Clark, Edwin
Baker, James
Cobb, Albert A.
Bangs, William A.
Coolidge, George H.
Beals, James H.
Corey, Timothy
Beal, Samuel
Crosby, Benjamin H.
Beard, Alanson W.
Dana, James B.
Benton, Austin W.
Dane, John H.
Bird, Albert H.
Dwight, Daniel A.
Bird, William B.
Bird, William H.
James, Horace
Blake, Arthur W.
Kenrick, Alfred, Jr.
Blaney, Henry
Kirby, Charles K.
Bowler, Joshua
Philbrick, Edward S.
Brackett, I. Lewis
Putman, Joshua H.
Brett, Zenas F.
Rogers, John K.
Briggs, Richard
Seaverns, Thomas
Brooks, Lyman B.
Scudder, Charles W.
Brown, Thomas S.
Shedd, Abraham B.
Burdett, Horatio S.
Stearns, William
Cabot, Francis
Townsend, John
Cabot, Louis
Wason, Elbridge
Candler, John W.
Williams, Howard S.
Chandler, Joseph T.
Withington, Moses
Attest :
B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.
BROOKLINE, Mass., March 1st, 1869.
Dawes, George G.
Binney, Amos R.
Goldsmith, George W.
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Fifth Article taken up :
To see if the town will make a reservoir near the junction of Beacon and Carlton streets, and one on Walnut street near High street.
On motion of Thomas Parsons, Esq .-
Voted, That the Selectmen be authorized to make two reservoirs the coming year at the points indicated in the warrant, and that the sum of two thousand four hundred dollars be raised and appropriated therefor.
Sixth Article taken up :
To see what action the town will take in relation to procuring a gravel pit, ledge and stone crusher for the repair of roads.
Voted, That the subject be referred to a committee of three, to report at a future meeting, to be appointed by the Moderator.
The Moderator appointed to constitute said committee the following gentlemen, viz. : Thomas Parsons, Gen. James S. Whitney, and Edward S. Philbrick, committee on ledge, gravel-pit and stone crusher.
Seventh Article taken up :
To see what action the town will take in relation to procuring a suita- ble building for a hose-carriage in the village, and an additional quantity of hose.
Referred to a committee of three, to report at the adjourned meeting, viz. : William K. Melcher, Marshall Russell, and F. C. Sherman, committee on hose-carriage house in the village.
Eighth Article taken up :
To see what action the town will take in relation to sewerage.
The following resolution was adopted, to wit :
Whereas, it appears that the sewerage lately constructed around the Chestnut Hill reservoir affords a new and rapid drainage for the surface-water of the surrounding slopes, thereby throwing greater quantities of water, at certain times, into the brook passing through this village than has ever
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occurred before, causing considerable damage to both public and private property along the line of this brook, and threat- ening further damage ; and, whereas, the town of Brookline considers that any change of the natural drainage of this kind effected by the city of Boston for its own purposes should be so made as to hold harmless the property of this town and its citizens, the Selectmen and Mr. Edward S. Philbrick are hereby appointed a committee and instructed to ascertain, and report at an adjournment of this meeting, what course the city of Boston intend to pursue in the matter, and to recommend what action should then be taken by this town.
Voted, That the whole subject of sewerage be referred to the same committee, to report at a future meeting.
Ninth Article taken up :
To see if the town will take any action in relation to building an addi- tion to the Pierce Grammar school-house.
Voted, To refer the subject-matter of the Ninth Article to the School Committee, to report thereon at the adjourned meeting.
Tenth Article taken up :
To see if the town will accept Sections 7 and 8 of Chapter 45 of the General Statutes, in relation to sidewalks, to wit :
Voted, To adopt the provisions of Sections 7 and 8 of Chapter 45 of the General Statutes in relation to sidewalks, to wit :-
SECTION 7. In cities in which the city council, and in towns in which the inhabitants have adopted the provisions of this and the following section, the mayor and aldermen or selectmen may establish and grade sidewalks in such streets as in their judgment the public convenience may require, and may assess the abutters on such sidewalks one-half the expense of the same, the residue being paid by such city or town. All assessments so made shall be a lien upon the abutting lands in the same manner as taxes are a lien upon real estate.
SECTION 8. No sidewalk constructed or graded in a city or town shall be dug up or obstructed in any part thereof without the consent of the mayor and aldermen of the city, or of the selectmen of the town in which such sidewalk is established.
Eleventh Article taken up :
To see if the town will change the grade and otherwise improve Beacon street from Washington street to the dividing line been Brookline and Brighton.
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Referred to the Selectmen, to report thereon at the adjourned meeting.
Twelfth Article taken up :
To see if the town will change the grade of Boylston street between Cypress street and the new school-house.
Voted, That the Selectmen be authorized to change the grade of said street, and that the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars be raised and appropriated therefor.
Thirteenth Article taken up :
To see what action the town will take in relation to purchasing fire extinguishers.
Referred to a committee of three, to report at the adjourned meeting, to wit : William D. Coolidge, Willard Y. Gross, and Charles D. Head, committee on fire extinguishers.
Fourteenth Article taken up :
To see if the town will make an appropriation for grading and fencing the town's land in the vicinity of the Public Library and the High and Grammar school-houses.
Voted, That the grounds be graded under the direction of the Selectmen and the Trustees of the Public Library, and that the sum of three thousand dollars be raised and appro- priated therefor.
Fifteenth Article taken up :
To see if the town will accept and allow a new townway as laid out and located by the Selectmen, leading from Boylston to Newton street.
The Selectmen presented the following report on the laying out of said way, to wit :
REPORT.
LAYING OUT OF HAMMOND STREET AS A TOWNWAY.
The Selectmen of the town of Brookline, after giving legal notice to all persons, interests and corporations to them known, of their intention to lay out a new townway leading from Boylston street to Newton street, did, in pursuance of said notice, meet at their office in the Town Hall, on Friday, the twelfth day of February, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, at half-past twelve o'clock, noon, and proceeded to hear all parties interested, and to examine said route, and again by adjournment on the fifteenth day of February aforesaid, and on the first
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day of March, instant, and all parties and interests having been heard and examined in relation thereto, they proceeded to lay out said way as follows, to wit :
Beginning on the southerly side of Boylston street at such a point as that the following described lines shall pass twenty-five feet westerly from the corner of McNulty's land at Boylston street, and running thence S. 26° 34' E. 357 feet, crossing Heath street; thence southerly by a curve 275 feet radius turning towards the west 281 feet; thence S. 31º 58" W. 221 feet; thence southerly by a curve of 275 feet radius turning towards the east 145 feet; thence S. 10º 40' W. 196 feet; thence southerly by a curve of 275 feet radius turning towards the west 68 feet; thence S. 16° W. 685 feet; thence southerly by a curve of 477.5 feet radius turning towards the east 200 feet; thence S. 8º 8' 100 feet; thence southerly by a curve of 716 feet radius turning towards the west 300 feet; thence S. 16° W. 500 feet ; thence southerly by a curve of 955 feet radius turning towards the west 300 feet; thence S. 34º W. 200 feet; thence southerly by a curve of 955 feet radius turning towards the east 300 feet; thence S. 16° W. 200 feet; thence southerly by a curve of 573 feet radius turning towards the east 400 feet; thence S. 24º E. 100 feet; thence southerly by a curve of 573 feet radius turning towards the west 200 feet; thence by two curves turning in opposite directions, one of which has a radius of 147 feet turning towards the west till it becomes parallel to that part of Newton street, and the other of which has a radius of 216 feet turning towards the east till it becomes parallel to that part of Newton street.
The road is laid fifty feet wide throughout its entire length, or twenty- five feet on each side of the above described line which constitutes the center line of the road, except that so much of the street which connects Boylston street with Heath street between the lands of Jackson, deceased, and McNulty as lies outside of the above location shall constitute a part of this road as hereby laid out, and except that such small portions of land as may lie between the last two named curves and Newton street shall also form a part of the road as hereby laid out.
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