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740 00
heirs of Oliver Whyte
1,800 00
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To Augustine Shurtleff, James Beck and Henry Sayles they have awarded no damages, they having agreed to give their land in considera- tion of the said way being laid out as a townway.
The location of said way is in accordance with a plan and profile of the same as made by Edward S. Philbrick, civil engineer, dated March the 1st, 1869, accepted and allowed by the Selectmen and filed in the office of the Town Clerk on the same day.
The Selectmen have given the owners of lands over which said way is so laid out forty days from this date in which to remove all fences, walls, trees and buildings standing on land taken for said way. 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.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES BARTLETT, THOMAS PARSONS, WILLIAM J. GRIGGS, EDWARD S. PHILBRICK, HORACE JAMES, Selectmen of the Town of Brookline.
BROOKLINE, Mass., March 22d, 1869.
The subject of the report of the Selectmen being under consideration, John W. Candler, Esq., moved the adoption of the following vote, to wit :
Voted, To accept and allow the report of the Selectmen, and that the sum of eight thousand dollars be raised and appropriated to make and grade said way as so laid out.
After considerable discussion upon the foregoing motion, it was put by a hand vote, and resulted as follows : In favor, eighty-four ; against, seventy-two.
The vote being doubted by seven voters, the Moderator decided to put the motion again, when, on motion, it was-
Voted, To take the vote, on the motion, by yeas and nays.
On motion, it was-
Voted, To lay the subject on the table, and take up the Eighteenth Article, on appropriations.
Eighteenth Article taken up :
To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be required to defray the current expenses of the town for the ensuing year.
On motion of Mr. Edward Atkinson, it was-
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Voted, That the vote passed on recommendation of the committee on sewers, authorizing the Treasurer to borrow the sum of twelve thousand five hundred dollars, be and is hereby reconsidered.
Voted, That the sum of twelve thousand five hundred dollars be raised by taxation the present year and appro- priated for the use of the committee on sewers.
The meeting then voted to raise and appropriate the fol- lowing sums to defray the expenses of the town for the current year :
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1869.
For support of schools
$28,000 00
support of poor
900 00
support of highways
13,000 00
sewer in village
3,000 00
sidewalks .
1,500 00
making Pond avenue
500 00
improvements on Beacon street
5,000 00
making Avon street .
2,500 00
widening Harvard street .
1,000 00
fire department
1,000 00
county tax
9,000 00
state tax
27,125 00
collecting taxes
1,000 00
abatement of taxes
1,500 00
discount on taxes
7,000 00
extinction of town debt
10,900 00
interest on town debt
5,800 00
repairing town buildings
3,000 00
ringing bell
150 00
lighting town buildings and streets
5,000 00
town officers
4,000 00
library
3,000 00
cemetery
100 00
police
4,000 00
use of board of health
200 00
state aid
1,500 00
erecting library building contingencies
4,000 00
new hose-house
7,000 00
new hose
500 00
purchasing fire extinguishers
500 00
sewerage .
12,500 00
making new townway, Walnut to High street
8,000 00
making new reservoirs
2,400 00
change of grade on Boylston street
1,500 00
grading and fencing town's land and library lot
3,000 00
making Hammond street .
5,500 00
15,000 00
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The subject of the Sixteenth Article was taken from the table, and the vote offered by Mr. Candler was put upon its passage.
The yeas and nays were then called from the list of voters, and resulted as follows, to wit: In favor of the vote offered by Mr. Candler, Yeas, sixty-eight (68) ; against the vote offered by Mr. Candler, Nays, fifty-two (52), and the action of the meeting was declared as follows, viz. :
Voted, To accept and allow the report of the Selectmen, and that the sum of eight thousand dollars be raised and appropriated to make and grade said way as so laid out.
Voted, That the various appropriations made by the town, including those for the purpose of making and repairing highways and townways, be assessed, after deducting the amount in the treasury and the probable receipts for the ensuing year, amounting to the sum of dollars, upon the polls and estates, real and personal, of the inhab- itants, resident and non-resident, of the town, and collected as the town charges are usually charged and collected.
Voted, That a discount of five per cent be allowed on all taxes paid on or before the first day of October, provided that no discount be allowed on a fractional part of a dollar. Adjourned.
Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.
SPECIAL MEETING, JULY 22, 1869.
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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 Thursday, the twenty-second
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day of July, instant, at four of the clock in the afternoon, for the following purposes, to wit :
First. To choose a Moderator.
Second. To consider the expediency of making further appropriations for sidewalks.
Third. To see if the town will make further appropriations for grading and fencing the town's land between Washington, School, and Prospect streets, and for sidewalks on said streets adjoining said land.
Fourth. To see if the town will make an appropriation for finishing and furnishing the Public Library building.
Fifth. To consider the expediency of adopting a by-law regulating the use of velocipedes in the streets of the town.
Sixth. To hear and act upon amendments to the rules and regulations of the Public Library, as proposed by a vote of the Trustees.
Seventh. To see if the town will accept and allow a common sewer from Tappan street to Muddy River, as laid out and located by the Selectmen.
Eighth. To see if the town will accept and allow a common sewer from Aspinwall avenue to Muddy River, as laid out and located by the Selectmen.
Ninth. To see if the town will discontinue the new townway leading from Walnut to High street, as laid out, accepted and allowed by the town at their adjourned town meeting, held on the seventh of April last.
Tenth. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be neces- sary for the foregoing objects.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant to the Selectmen, with your doings thereon, four days at least before the day of said meeting.
Given under our hands and seals at Brookline aforesaid, this twelfth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.
JAMES BARTLETT, WILLIAM J. GRIGGS, EDWARD S. PHILBRICK, HORACE JAMES, Selectmen of the Town of Brookline.
NORFOLK, SS.
BROOKLINE, July 17th, 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.
J. P. SANBORN,
Constable.
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In pursuance of the foregoing warrant, the citizens of the town of Brookline met at the Town Hall in said town, on Thursday, the twenty-second day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, and were called to order at ten minutes past four of the clock in the afternoon, by the Town Clerk, who read the warrant calling said meeting and the return of the Constable who notified the same.
The First Article taken up :
To choose a Moderator.
The meeting voted to choose a Moderator by nomination.
The meeting nominated and chose for Moderator William I. Bowditch, and he took the chair.
Second Article taken up :
To consider the expediency of making further appropriations for side- walks.
Voted, To refer the subject of the Second Article to a committee of five, to be appointed by the Moderator, to report at the adjourned meeting.
The Moderator appointed the following gentlemen to con- stitute said committee, viz. : Edward I. Thomas, Abijah W. Goddard, Charles Dwight, Moses Williams, and John C. Abbott, committee on sidewalks.
Voted, That the committee report in print.
Voted, That the sum of five hundred dollars be appropri- ated for the use of said committee.
Third Article taken up :
To see if the town will make further appropriations for grading and fencing the town's land between Washington, School, and Prospect streets, and for sidewalks on said streets adjoining said land.
Voted, That the Third Article be referred to the Select- men, to report at the adjourned meeting.
Fourth Article taken up.
To see if the town will make an appropriation for finishing and fur- nishing the Public Library building.
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Voted, To lay the Fourth Article on the table, and that the building committee of the Trustees of the Public Library report what sum will be required for said purposes.
Fifth Article taken up :
To consider the expediency of adopting a by-law regulating the use of velocipedes in the streets of the town.
Referred to the Selectmen, with full powers.
Sixth Article :
To hear and act upon amendments to the rules and regulations of the Public Library, as proposed by vote of the Trustees.
Voted, To accept and allow the following amendments to the rules and regulations of the Public Library, as proposed by the Trustees, to wit :
The Trustees of the Public Library recommend to the town the adop- tion of the following amendments to the rules and regulations heretofore adopted concerning the Public Library :
1st. In Artice V., Chapter I., that the words " in the month of Febru- ary" be stricken out of the fifth clause, so that the article shall read thus, to wit: "annually make an examination of the Library, and prepare, for the adoption of the Board, a report of the condition of the Library to be presented to the town at the annual meeting."
2d. The addition to the Seventh Article of Chapter III., of the words " but he shall permit no book to be used or taken until it shall have been entered on said catalogue," so that the article shall read thus, to wit :
ARTICLE VII. He shall cause a book-plate to be securely fastened in each volume belonging to the Library, noting on it the date of the book's reception ; the name of the donor, if it be a gift; the number of the shelf on which it is kept, and the number it may bear on the catalogue of accessions ; but he shall permit no book to be used or taken until it shall have been entered in said catalogue.
3d. That Article VIII. of Chapter III. be stricken out, and that the ninth article of said chapter be numbered Article VIII.
Seventh Article taken up :
To see if the town will accept and allow a common sewer from Tappan street to Muddy River as laid out and located by the Selectmen.
The Selectmen presented the following report on laying out of said sewer, to wit :
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REPORT.
LAYING OUT A PUBLIC SEWER FROM TAPPAN STREET TO MUDDY RIVER.
The Selectmen of the town of Brookline, after giving legal notice to all parties, corporations and interests known to them, of their intention to lay out as a common sewer the brook running from Tappan street to Muddy River, did, in pursuance of said notice, meet at their office in the Town Hall, on Thursday, the first day of July, A.I). 1869, at three of the clock in the afternoon, and after liearing all persons and interests desir- ing to be heard in relation to the making of said sewer, and examining the proposed route of said sewer, and again by adjournment, on Thurs- day, the fifteenth day of July aforesaid, and all parties and interests known to them having been heard and examined in relation thereto, they proceeded and did lay out said common sewer as follows, being described by the center line, to wit :
Beginning at a point on Tappan street ten (10) feet from the south side of said street and 432 feet from the corner of Cypress street; thence easterly parallel with and ten feet distant from the south side of Tappan street for a distance of 226 feet to the point where Tappan street begins to curve to the north; thence continuing in the same direction as the foregoing straight line for a further distance of 74 feet; thence curving to the left with a radius of 628 feet for a distance of 363 feet, crossing the lands of the Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad Company and Cypress street to a point on the estate of Moses Jones distant ten feet notherly from said railroad fence for a distance of 839 feet, crossing said estate of Moses Jones and the lands of Samuel A. Shurtleff to a point on lands of E. C. Emerson near the railroad culvert; thence turning to the right on a curve of 22 feet radius, passing through said culvert, and again to the left with the same radius to a point on lands of town of Brookline ten feet from the line of the railroad location and on the south side of the same; thence easterly parallel with and ten feet distant from the line of said railroad location for a distance of 500 feet, crossing said lands of town of Brookline, and lands of Mrs. Mealy, Catharine Kelly, Margaret McDermot, Thomas McCarty, Cornelius Linnehan, James Mungovan, Ellen McCarthy, Thomas Crotty, Michael Barrett, Morris Dee, Owen Geary, to a point on lands of Michael Rourke; thence easterly nearly parallel to said railroad location but converging towards said railroad for a distance of 480 feet to a point in the westerly line of Washington street, distance 7 feet from the face of the southern bridge abutment, crossing said lands of Michael Rourke, Joseph Madore, Patrick Bowen, Philip Duffey, Royal Woodward and Duffey, James Healy, Patrick Riley, Nicholas Cantwell, Andrew Cusick, Thomas Quinlan and John Webber; thence easterly along the southerly side of the main track of the Brookline Branch Railroad for a distance of 800 feet in a straight line to a point 10 feet from the railroad fence, crossing Wash- ington street, the lands of John Mahoney, and the Boston and Albany Railroad Company; thence curving to the left, conforming to the curve of said curved fences, and keeping 10 feet from it for a distance of 520 feet to a point 44 feet distant from the center of the main track of the railroad ; thence curving to the right on a radius of 120 feet for a distance
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of 160 feet, crossing lands of James Driscoll, to a point on the marsh land of the Aspinwall estate; thence curving to the left on a radius of 120 feet for a distance of 168 feet to the present channel of Muddy River ; thence in a straight line parallel with and 144 feet from the westerly side of Western avenue, so called, crossing the said Aspinwall estate and Aspinwall avenue, for a distance of 1022 feet to the original channel of Muddy River. Said description is by the center line of said sewer, which sewer is ten feet in width on each side of said described line.
The location of said sewer is in accordance with plans of the same as made by E. S. Philbrick, civil engineer, dated July 15th, 1869, examined and approved by the Selectmen, and filed in the office of the Town Clerk on the fifteenth day of July aforesaid.
And the Selectmen have made the following awards and decisions for damages in full by the laying out and making of said sewer, to wit :
To the heirs of the estate of Moses Jones $600 00
To Col. Thomas Aspinwall 600 00
The benefits to the other abutters on said sewer are considered equal to any damages they may have sustained by the laying out of said sewer.
And said sewer, so laid out, 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 sewer.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES BARTLETT, WILLIAM J. GRIGGS, EDWARD S. PHILBRICK, HORACE JAMES,
BROOKLINE, July 22, 1869.
Selectmen of the Town of Brookline.
Voted, To accept and allow the foregoing report of the Selectmen on the laying out of said sewer.
Eighth Article taken up :
To see if the town will accept and allow a common sewer from Aspin- wall avenue to Muddy River, as laid out and located by the Selectmen.
Laid on the table.
Voted, That the reports of the Selectmen on the Seventh and Eighth Articles be printed and distributed among the inhabitants of the town, before the adjourned meeting.
Ninth Article taken up :
To see if the town will discontinue the new townway leading from Walnut to High street, as accepted and allowed by the town at their adjourned town meeting, held on the seventh of April last.
After a lengthy discussion of the subject of the Ninth Article, and the subject having been well and fully consid-
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ered, the Moderator ordered the vote on the same to be taken by ballot, those in favor of discontinuing said way to . bring in their ballot written " Yea," and those opposed to the discontinuing of said way to bring in their ballot written " No."
The polls were then opened and were kept open thirty-five minutes, when, after giving notice and an opportunity for any one to vote who had not voted, they were declared closed.
The Moderator and Town Clerk then proceeded to sort and count the votes so given, and the whole number of votes given was one hundred and ninety-one, and were as follows, to wit : Seventy-eight, Yea; one hundred and thirteen, No.
In voting the check-list was used, and no person was allowed to vote until his name was found and checked on the list.
Voted, That when this meeting adjourn it be to meet three weeks from this date, at seven of the clock in the even- ing (12th August next).
Fourth Article taken from the table.
G. F. Homer, Esq., in behalf of the building committee of the Public Library, presented the following report and estimates, to wit :
REPORT AND ESTIMATES.
To the Town of Brookline :
The undersigned, in behalf of the Trustees of the Public Library, respectfully reports that at the annual meeting the town appropriated the sum of fifteen thousand dollars for the completion of the library build- ing then in process of erection. At that time the contracts outstanding were for the amount of fourteen thousand one hundred twenty-eight 60-100 dollars ($14,128.60), including architect's commissions, and a small insurance. There is now due for extra work under the mason's department the sum of eight hundred dollars ($800).
Extra carpenters' work done and to be done, about five hun-
dred dollars
$500 00
Required for the iron work, extra .
320 00
Extra painting
200 00
Gas-fixtures and furniture
1,500 00
Gas-piping
175 00
The above amounts to (above the appropriations) $2,695 00
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The undersigned having submitted the items of this report to the inspection of Messrs. Horace James and N. Lyford, the principal con- tractors, with their approbation suggest an additional appropriation of thirty-five hundred dollars ($3500) for the completion and finishing of the building.
In behalf of the Trustees of the Brookline Public Library, BROOKLINE, July 22d, 1869. GEO. F. HOMER.
Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of three thousand five hundred dollars for the completion and finishing of the Public Library building.
Voted, That the Treasurer is authorized to borrow such sums as may be necessary for the foregoing purposes, not exceeding four thousand dollars, giving the note or notes of the town therefor, countersigned by the Selectmen.
Adjourned.
Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.
ADJOURNED SPECIAL MEETING, AUG. 15, 1869.
Pursuant to adjournment, the citizens of the town of Brookline met at the Town Hall, on Thursday, August the fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and were called to order by the Town Clerk, at half-past seven of the clock in the evening.
William I. Bowditch, Esq., who presided at the previous meeting, being absent, the meeting nominated and chose for Moderator George F. Homer, and he took the chair.
The Second Article of the warrant was then taken up :
To consider the expediency of making further appropriations for sidewalks.
The committee to whom was referred the subject of the Second Article, presented the following report, to wit :
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REPORT.
The committee appointed at town meeting, July 22d, to consider the subject of sidewalks, report that they have corresponded with the Mayor of New York and citizens of other cities, and have visited the cities of Cambridge and Lawrence, Mass., and Concord, N. II. The materials which seem best adapted to the wants of this town are North River flagging, brick, coal-tar concrete, and pine-tar concrete.
The North River stone-flagging has been offered us by the Bigelow Bluestone Co., of Malden, Ulster county, N. Y., at 75c. per superficial square foot for six-inch Boston crosswalks, and 24c. per superficial square foot for sidewalks-stone two inches and upwards in thickness, three feet long, and sixteen inches and upwards in width; stones six feet or five and one-half feet by three feet and two inches in width, 30c. to 35c. Their agent agrees to deliver at Abbott's wharf, Brookline, if there is sufficient depth of water, charging perhaps the additional expense of freight from Cambridge-street bridge. These prices to hold until September 1st; after that, subject to changes in the rate of freight. The advantages of flagging are that it can be quickly laid, easily moved, and if laid in a path of three feet in width will require no curbstones, which may give it the preference in streets where a change of grade or width would prevent the use of concrete.
Brick cost the city of Boston $1.40 per square yard, curbstones 75c. per running, and 10c. for setting. In Brookline the price is $1.40 to $1.45 for sidewalks, 80c. for curbstones, and 12c. to 25c. for setting. As curbstones would be needed for brick or cement, your committee think it of advantage to purchase a schooner load, or part, to be delivered at wharf in Brookline.
Coal-tar concrete, known as Schimshaw's patent, has been extensively introduced into Lawrence, Mass., and Concord, N. H. Considerable has been laid in this town this season. To all appearance, the work done here is equal to the best we have seen elsewhere. In Essex street, Law- rence, there is a broad walk leading from the railroad station through the centre of the city. For nearly the whole distance to the City Hall the Schimshaw's concrete is laid. It has been in use between three and four years, and appears to be in perfect order, being even, smooth, and hard, and without seam. Several lengths of brick walk intervene, and all are in bad order except one, which is not equal to the concrete. In Concord the concrete has been in use about eight years. Much of it looks well, and all seemed to have withstood the action of heat and cold. A piece laid eight years ago is now in as good order as when laid. The sample is too rough, but that is owing to the coarseness of the gravel used for the top layer. The testimony of some of the most prominent was in favor of the concrete. Your committee noticed that the soil of Concord is almost entirely sand and gravel, giving a fine underdrainage, and saving much trouble and expense in laying of sidewalks. This should be taken into consideration with the success of the concrete. The price of Schimshaw's coal-tar concrete in Concord, N. H., is 60c. per square yard, 3 inches thick when finished; Lawrence, Mass., 65c. per square yard, 4 inches thick when finished; New Haven, Conn., 90c.
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per square yard ; Brookline, 80c. per square yard, 3} inches thick when finished-as per statement herewith submitted by Messrs. Lynam & Co., who control the right for this county. The concrete cannot be taken up and used again.
The Burlew & Fisk patent coal-tar concrete, the right to which in this vicinity is controlled by Messrs. J. C. Stiles & Son, of Cambridge, has been offered your committee at 75c. per square yard, 3 inches thick. They have laid it in Milton, in Boston Highlands, Newton Corner, Cambridge- port, and other places in this vicinity, but all within about a year. In New York city it has been in use for two or three years, but chiefly as a street pavement. There it is laid over old stone pavement, the stones being loosened and the concrete filled in and over. In Central Park eight inches of broken stone is first laid as a bed, and the Fisk concrete laid upon that. The Mayor of New York, under date of July 29th, speaks highly of this concrete, and says it is about to be laid before the resi- dences of Mr. Astor and Mr. A. T. Stewart, Fifth avenue, and by a recent Act of the Legislature will be the principal material used for street pavement in the future. Brooklyn, Baltimore, and other cities, have introduced it.
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