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The polls were then opened for the reception of votes, and were kept open until thirty minutes past four of the clock in
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the afternoon, when, after giving due notice that they were about to be closed, and an opportunity to any legal voter present who had not voted and desired to being given, they were declared closed.
The Selectmen and Town Clerk then proceeded to sort and count the votes given in, and the whole number so given in was eight hundred and twenty-seven, which were sorted, counted, and recorded, and declaration thereof made in open town meeting as required by law, and were for the following persons and officers ; to wit, -
For Electors at Large : Eight hundred and four.
Ebenezer R. Hoar, of Concord, had five hundred and sixty-three. John M. Forbes, of Milton, had five hundred and sixty-three. Chester W. Chapin, of Springfield, had two hundred and forty-one. Josiah G. Abbott, of Boston, had two hundred and forty-one.
For Electors : Eight hundred and sixty-four.
District Number One :
William T. Davis, of Plymouth, had five hundred and sixty-three. George Delano, of New Bedford, had two hundred and forty-one. District Number Two :
Harrison 'T'weed, of Taunton, had five hundred and sixty-three.
James R. Carpenter, of Foxboro', had two hundred and forty-one. District Number Three :
Alvan Simonds, of Boston, had five hundred and sixty-three.
Charles A. B. Shepherd, of Boston, had two hundred and forty-one. District Number Four :
Edward H. Dunn, of Boston, had five hundred and sixty-three.
Joseph Everdean, of Chelsea, had two hundred and forty-one.
District Number Five :
Ames F. Breed, of Lynn, had five hundred and sixty-three.
Richard Frothingham, of Charlestown, had two hundred and forty- one.
District Number Six :
Luther Day, of Haverhill, had five hundred and sixty-three.
John A. Bassett, of Salem, had two hundred and forty-one.
District Number Seven :
John C. Hoadley, of Lawrence, had five hundred and sixty-three. William C. Clemence, of Lowell, had two hundred and forty-one. District Number Eight :
Aaron C. Mahew, of Milford, had five hundred and sixty-three.
Henry W. Muzzy, of Cambridge, had two hundred and forty-onc. District Number Nine :
Stephen Salisbury, of Worcester, had five hundred and sixty-three. Isaac Davis, of Worcester, had two hundred and forty-one.
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District Number Ten :
Levi Stockbridge, of Amherst, had five hundred and sixty-three. C. B. H. Snow, of Fitchburg, had two hundred and forty-one. District Number Eleven :
Henry Alexander, of Springfield, had five hundred and sixty-three. Charles W. Knox, of Chelsea, had two hundred and forty-one.
Representative to Congress, Eighth District : Eight hundred and nineteen. J. M. S. Williams, of Cambridge, had five hundred and fifty-six. William Wirt Warren, of Brighton, had two hundred and sixty-two. E. Morse had one.
For Governor : Eight hundred and sixteen.
William B. Washburn, of Greenfield, had five hundred and seventy- two.
Francis W. Bird, of Walpole, had two hundred and forty-one. J. Mungevan had one.
C. D. Head had one.
W. I. Smith had one.
For Lieutenant Governor : Eight hundred and twenty. Thomas Talbot, of Billerica had five hundred and seventy-one. William L. Smith, of Springfield, had two hundred and forty-eight. J. McCormack had one.
Councillor for Third Councillor District : Eight hundred and twenty. Milo Hildreth, of Northboro', had five hundred and sixty-eight. Jonathan H. Wood, of Grafton, had two hundred and fifty-two. W. D. Coolidge had one.
Secretary of the Commonwealth : Eight hundred and twenty-two. Oliver Warner had five hundred and seventy-two. George H. Munroe, of Boston, had two hundred and forty-nine. W. Aspinwall had one.
Treasurer and Receiver General : Eight hundred and twenty-three. Charles Adams, of North Brookfield, had five hundred and seventy- two.
Levi Heyward, of Gardner, had two hundred and fifty. J. S. Whitney had one.
Auditor : Eight hundred and twenty-two.
Charles Endicott, of Canton, had five hundred and seventy-one. Patrick A. Collins, of Boston, had two hundred and fifty. J. A. Guild had one.
Attorney General : Eight hundred and twenty-three. Charles R. Train, of Boston, had five hundred and seventy-two. Waldo Colburn, of Dedham, had two hundred and fifty. George Griggs had one.
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Senator for the First Norfolk District : Seven hundred and fifty-five. Moody Merrill, of Boston, had two hundred and eighty-five. Daniel D. Brodhead, of Brookline, had four hundred and fifty-eight. - Delano had five.
A. S. Snow had three. Robert Bishop had one. D. T. Kenrick had onc. William Aspinwall had one.
A. W. Benton had one.
County Commissioner for three years : Eight hundred and ninc. Nathaniel S. Safford, of Milton, had four hundred and eighty-ninc. William Aspinwall, of Brookline, had three hundred and seventeen. J. Townsend had two.
J. Panter had one.
Representative to the General Court from the Fifteenth Norfolk District : Austin W. Benton, of Brookline, had four hundred and thirty-five. John W. Candler, of Brookline, had three hundred and seventeen. George Towle, of Brookline, had eight.
In voting, the check list was used, and no person was allowed to deposit his vote until his name had been found on the list and checked.
The business of the meeting being accomplished, the re- turns were filled up, signed by the Selectmen, countersigned by the Town Clerk, and sealed up in open town meeting as required by law, and were delivered to the Town Clerk to forward to their several places of destination. The votes which had been cast were also sealed up and delivered into the custody of the Town Clerk, as required by law.
The meeting was then declared closed by Charles D. Head, Esq., chairman of the Selectmen.
Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.
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SPECIAL MEETING, FEBRUARY 6, 1873.
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WARRANT.
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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 sixth day of February next, at three of the clock in the afternoon, for the following purposes ; to wit, -
First. To choose a Moderator.
Second. To hear and act upon the reports of any town officers or committees ready to report.
Third. To see if the town will purchase land on Fairmount adjoining the town's land, for road material.
Fourth. To see if the town will buy land and build a stable thereon.
Fifth. To see if the town will accept and allow the following town ways as laid out and located by the Selectmen ; to wit, -
First, from Goddard avenue to the West Roxbury town line.
Second, from Beacon street to Brighton town line.
Third, from the extension of Goddard avenue to Newton street. Fourth, from Harvard street to the junction of Vernon street.
Fifth, from Beacon street to the junction of Marion street.
Sixth, alteration and discontinuance of Harvard avenue.
Seventh, from Harvard street to Brookline avenue for the pur- pose of widening Aspinwall avenue.
Sixth. To accept and allow the action of the Selectmen in erecting and maintaining a dam with a tide-gate therein across Muddy river, as authorized by Chapter 267 of the Acts of 1872.
Seventh. To see what action the town will take upon the order of the County Commissioners to locate anew and widen Washington street.
Eighth. To act upon the subject of a by-law authorizing the Select- men to make regulations for the police.
Ninth. To act upon the subject of a by-law in relation to the care and driving of horses and other draught cattle and vehicles in the public streets.
Tenth. To act upon the subject of a by-law giving the Selectmen authority in relation to claims, suits, and proceedings by, against, or affecting the town.
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Eleventh. To see what action the town will take upon the following subjects ; to wit, -
First, the suit brought by Marcus B. McCarty against the town. Second, the suit brought by Marshall Russell against the town.
Third, the claim of Philip Duffy for grade damages.
Fourth, the claim of Nicholas Watson for damages by sewer.
Fifth, the suit of the trustees of the Boston University against the town.
Twelfth. To act upon the subject of supplying the town with pure water from Charles river, under Chapter 343 of the Acts of 1872.
Thirteenth. To see if the town will establish a hospital for persons having a disease dangerous to the public health, or approve and confirmn the action of the Selectmen, as a Board of Health, in providing a hospital for persons sick with the smallpox.
Fourteenth. To see if the town will purchase and equip one or more steam fire-engines for the use of the town.
Fifteenth. To see if the town will vote to build three reservoirs in addition to the two voted to be built at the last annual meeting.
Sixteenth. To see what action the town will take in providing a build- ing for a police station.
Seventeenth. To raise and appropriate money for any of the purposes referred to in this warrant, or for any of the town expenses.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Selectmen, four days at least be- fore the day of said meeting.
Given under our hands and seals at Brookline aforesaid this twenty-fourth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three.
CHARLES D. HEAD, HORACE JAMES, WILLIAM ASPINWALL, JAMES W. EDGERLY, CHARLES K. KIRBY, Selectmen of the Town of Brookline.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS,
NORFOLK, SS. BROOKLINE, January 31, 1873.
In pursuance of the within warrant, I have notified and warned the inhabitants of the town of Brookline, qualified to vote in elections, 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 in said town, four days before said meeting.
J. P. SANBORN,
Constable.
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In pursuance of the foregoing warrant, the inhabitants of the town of Brookline, qualified to vote in elections, met at the Town Hall in said town, on Thursday, the sixth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, and were called to order at three of the clock in the afternoon by the Town Clerk, who proceeded to read the warrant calling said meeting and the return thereon of the officer who had served the notices for the same, and presided during the choice of Moderator.
First Article taken up :
To choose a Moderator.
The meeting voted to choose a Moderator by ballot.
The polls were then opened for the reception of votes for Moderator, and after being kept open twenty minutes, and all who desired to vote having had an opportunity so to do, they were declared closed.
The whole number of votes given in was one hundred and forty-nine.
For Moderator, William I. Bowditch had seventy-five, was declared elected, and took the chair.
Mr. Charles H. Drew had seventy-four votes.
In voting for Moderator, the check list was used, and no person was allowed to deposit his vote until his name was found on the list and checked.
Second Article taken up :
To hear and act upon the reports of any town officers or committees ready to report.
No officers or committees being ready to report, the Second Article was laid on the table.
Third Article taken up :
To see if the town will purchase land on Fairmount adjoining the town's land, for road material.
Voted, That the Selectmen be authorized to purchase the land belonging to the estate of John W. Warren, deceased, adjoining the town's land on Fairmount, as shown on a plan by George Tyler, civil engineer, presented to this meeting ;
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and that the sum of six thousand six hundred dollars be appropriated for that purpose.
Fourth Article taken up :
To see if the town will buy land and build a stable thereon.
Voted, That the Fourth Article be referred to the annual town meeting, at which time the Selectmen be requested to report upon the subject such information as they may deem for the interest of the town.
Fifth Article taken up :
To see if the town will accept and allow the following town ways as laid out and located by the Selectmen; to wit, -
First, from Goddard avenue to the West Roxbury town line.
Second, Beacon Street to Brighton town line.
Third, from the extension of Goddard avenue to Newton street.
- Fourth, from Harvard street to the junction of Vernon street. Fifth, from Beacon street to the junction with Marion street. Sixth, alteration and discontinuance of Harvard avenue.
Seventh, from Harvard street to Brookline avenue for the pur- pose of widening Aspinwall avenue.
The Selectmen presented the following reports on the various items of the foregoing articles in relation to laying out and locating the several ways therein mentioned; to wit, -
First. The Selectmen of the town of Brookline, after giving legal notice to all persons and interests known to them of their intention to lay out a town way from Goddard avenue to the town line between Brook- line and West Roxbury, did, in pursuance of said notice, meet at the Town Hall in said Brookline, on Friday, the nineteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, at four of the clock in the afternoon, and proceeded to hear all parties pres- ent and to examine said route, and again by adjournment on Monday, the sixth day of May in the year above written ; and all parties and interests which had appeared having been heard and examined in relation thereto, they proceeded to lay out said way as follows; to wit, -
Commencing on the line between the towns of Brookline and West Roxbury, in the centre of the town way in West Roxbury where said way abuts on said town line, and continuing the same course N. 55° 44/ W., as said street is now made in West Roxbury, and running eighteen and fifty-five hundredths feet to a stake; thence turning to the right with a radius of three hundred feet, one hundred and sixty-seven and thirty-four hundredths feet to a stake; thence running N. 23º 46', W., a tangent to the said curve three hundred twenty-nine and seventy-six hundredths feet to the southerly line of Goddard avenue, being of the equal
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width of twenty feet on each side of the above-described centre line, except on the corners at the junction of said way with Goddard avenue where both of the outside lines are rounded with a radius of thirty feet tangent to the sides of said town way and Goddard avenue, and said town way shall be of the full and equal width of forty feet, measuring at right angles between the easterly and westerly lines of the same.
And the Selectmen have considered and estimated the damages sus- tained by the proprietors of land and property, rights and interests, caused by the laying out and making of said way, whether by taking property or injuring it in any manner, and have allowed by way of set- off the benefit, if any, to the property of said party in the premises, and so estimate and determine the awards to be paid to said parties, respect- ively, in sums as follows ; to wit, -
To William Dehone, the sum of one hundred and ten dollars ($110.00).
No award is made to William B. Greene, the benefit, in the opinion of the Selectmen, exceeding the damages.
The location of said way is in accordance with a plan and profile of the same as drawn by George Tyler, civil engineer, dated January 28, 1873, and accepted and allowed by the Selectmen, and filed in the office of the Town Clerk the same day.
And the Selectmen have given the owners of the land on which said way is laid out ninety days from the date of the acceptance of the report by the town in which to remove structures, buildings, trees, fences, walls, and hedges standing on said land. And said way as so laid out, located, and described, is hereby reported to the town for acceptance, and when so accepted, allowed, and recorded, is forever to be known as a public town way.
And it is recommended that said way be named and called " Rockwood street."
Brookline, Mass., January 28, 1873.
CHARLES D. HEAD, HORACE JAMES, WILLIAM ASPINWALL, JAMES W. EDGERLY, CHARLES K. KIRBY, Selectmen of the Town of Brookline.
BROOKLINE, Mass., January 28, 1873. - Received and entered in the office of the Town Clerk.
Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.
Voted, To accept and allow the foregoing report of the Selectmen.
Voted, That the sum of one thousand nine hundred dol- lars be raised and appropriated to make said way.
Second. The Selectmen of the town of Brookline, after giving legal notice to all persons and interests known to them of their intention to lay out a town way from Beacon street in Brookline to the town line between
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Brookline and Brighton, did, in pursuance of said notice, meet at the Town Hall in said town on Tuesday, the twenty-second day of October, 1872, at four o'clock in the afternoon, and proceeded to hear all parties and interests present and desiring to be heard in relation thereto, and after examining said route they proceeded to lay out said way as follows; to wit, -
Commencing at a stone post set in the northerly line of Beacon strect in front of the Reservoir House, so called, thence running N. 22° 20', W., 96.98 feet ; thence curving left with a radius of 741 feet, 232.16 fect ; thence left with a radius of 262.9 feet, 193.5 feet, to the town line between Brookline and Brighton, taking equal widths of 25 feet on each side of said described centre line, also rounding the two corners on Beacon street with a radius of 20 feet each.
And the owner of the land over which said way is laid out, in consider- ation of the benefits to his estate by the laying out of said way, has so laid it out and made it, and offers it to the town for their acceptance, and agrees, if so accepted, to waive all claims for damages or cost of con- struction therefor.
The location of said way is in accordance with a plan of the same as drawn by George Tyler, civil engineer, dated January 28, 1873, and ac- cepted and allowed by the Selectmen, and filed in the office of the Town Clerk the same day.
There being no structures, buildings, trees, fences, walls, or hedges upon the land so taken, the same can be entered upon at once for the pur- poses of said way.
And said way so laid out, located, and described, is hereby reported to the town for acceptance, and when accepted, allowed, and recorded, is forever to be known as a public town way.
And we would recommend that said way be named and known as " Englewood avenue." .
Brookline, Mass., January 28, 1873.
CHARLES D. HEAD, HORACE JAMES, WILLIAM ASPINWALL, JAMES W. EDGERLY, CHARLES K. KIRBY, Selectmen of the Town of Brookline.
BROOKLINE, Mass., January 28, 1873. - Received and entered in the office of the Town Clerk.
Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.
Voted, To accept and allow the foregoing report.
Third. The Selectmen of the town of Brookline, after giving legal notice to all persons and interests known to them of their intention to lay out a town way from Goddard avenue to Newton strcet, did, in pur- suance of said notice, meet at the Town Hall in said Brookline on Wednesday, the ninth day of October in the year eighteen hundred and sev- enty-two, at four of the clock in the afternoon, and proceeded to hear all
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parties and interests present and desiring to be heard in relation thereto ; and after examining said route they proceeded to lay out said way as fol- lows; to wit, -
Commencing at a stone post at the tangent point on the easterly side of Goddard avenue as laid out by the County Commissioners, at the north- erly end of the first curve from Newton street, and curving left with a radius of two hundred and ten feet, one hundred and sixty-eight six tenths feet; thence to the left with a radius of sixty-nine feet and six inches, ninety-one and four tenths feet, to the northerly side of Newton street ; thence westerly along the northerly side of said Newton street ninety- five feet; thence curving to the right with a radius of two hundred and sixty feet, ninety feet and six inches, to the easterly side of Goddard avenue; thence northerly along the easterly side of said avenue to the place of beginning : being of a full and equal width of fifty feet through- out its entire length.
And the owners of the land over which said way is laid out, in con- sideration of the benefit to their adjoining estates by the laying out of said way, agree to give the land taken for the same, and waive all claims for damages therefor.
The location of said way is in accordance with a plan and profile of the same as drawn by George Tyler, civil engineer, dated January 28, 1873, and accepted and allowed by the Selectmen and filed in the office of the Town Clerk the same day.
As there are no structures, buildings, trees, fences, walls, or hedges to be removed from the land over which said way is laid out, the land can be entered upon at once for the purpose of making the same.
And said way so laid out, located, and described, is hereby reported to the town for acceptance, and when accepted, allowed, and recorded, is forever to be known as a public town way.
Brookline, Mass., January 28, 1873.
CHARLES D. HEAD, HORACE JAMES,
¢ WILLIAM ASPINWALL, JAMES W. EDGERLY, CHARLES K. KIRBY, Selectmen of the Town of Brookline.
BROOKLINE, Mass., January 28, 1873. - Received and entered in the office of the Town Clerk.
Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.
Voted, To accept and allow the foregoing report.
Voted, That the name of said way be "Goddard avenue."
Voted, That the sum of one thousand and thirty-five dol- lars be raised and appropriated for the construction of said way.
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Fourth. The Selectmen of the town of Brookline, after giving legal notice to all persons, interests, and corporations known to them of their intention to lay out as a town way the private way known as " Marion street," did, in pursuance of said notice, meet at the Town Hall on Friday, the twenty-sixth day of April, 1872, at four of the clock in the afternoon, and proceeded to hear all parties and interests there represented that de- sired to be heard, and to view and examine said route, and again by ad- journment to the twentieth day of November, 1872; and all parties and interests which had appeared having been heard and examined in rela- tion thereto, they proceeded to lay out said way as follows ; to wit, -
Commencing at a stone post on the westerly side of Harvard street and running N. 76° 27' W., 500 feet, thence curving to the left with a radius of 1528 feet, 550 feet, across Park street ; thence curving to the right with a radius of 505 feet to Vernon street, taking equal widths of twenty-five feet on each side of the above-described centre line, except where Park street crosses through and intersects said way.
And the Selectmen have considered and estimated the damages sus- tained by the proprietors of land and property rights and interests caused by the laying out and constructing of said way, whether by taking pro- perty or injuring it in any manner, and have allowed by way of set-off, the benefits, if any, to the property of said party in the premises, and do estimate and determine the awards to be paid to the said parties, respect- ively, in sums as follows ; to wit, -
To Benjamin F. Adams
$500 00
Justin Lawrence
3,000 00
Mrs. E. M. Mann
350 00
William H. Hill, Jr.
50 00
Heirs of General J. K. F. Mansfield
50 00
Bragdon
2,000 00
W. H. Cooley .
750 00
George W. Carnes .
100 00
George A. Mudge
350 00
No award is made the Harvard Church, the benefits in their case ex- ceeding the damages.
The location of said way is in conformity with a plan and profile of the same as drawn by George Tyler, civil engineer, dated January 28, 1873, accepted and allowed by the Selectmen, and filed in the office of the Town Clerk the same day.
And the Selectmen have given the owners of the lands over which said way is laid out, ninety days from the date of the acceptance of this report by the town, in which to remove structures, buildings, trees, walls, fences, and hedges standing on said land.
And said way as so laid out, located, and described, is hereby reported to the town for their acceptance, and when so accepted, allowed, and re- corded, is forever to be known as a town way.
Mr. N. P. Mann .
175 00
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And it is recommended that said way be named and called " Marion street."
CHARLES D. HEAD, HORACE JAMES, WILLIAM ASPINWALL,
JAMES W. EDGERLY, CHARLES K. KIRBY, Selectmen of the Town of Brookline.
Brookline, Mass., January 28, 1873.
BROOKLINE, Mass., January 28, 1873. - Received and entered in the office of the Town Clerk.
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