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Article 17. Voted that the town purchase from Richard J. Sackett, for the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), a certain tract of land, comprising forty-five acres, more or less, with the buildings thereon, situate on the easterly side of the highway leading from the Village of North Wilbraham to the Village of Wilbraham, for the purpose of constructing and maintaining on said land at some future date to be determined by the town, a public school building and/or a community building and recreation field or fields, and/or for any other municipal use permitted by law, said property comprising all the land owned by said Sackett on the easterly side of said highway with the exception of a tract of land having a highway frontage of about 110 feet and a depth of about 150 feet situate in the northwest corner of said 45 acre tract with frame two tenement house and garage standing thereon; and raise and appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) there- for; the deed conveying said premises to the town to contain the reservations and covenants described in Article 17 of this warrant and any other provisions and agreements that may be mutually agreed upon by the Selectmen and said Richard J. Sackett; and that the matter or consummating the purchase be left in the hands of the Selectmen.
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Article 18. Voted to authorize the Board of Selectmen to alter, repair or construct buildings or any other facilities at the town department lot from time to time under then existing miscellaneous highway appropriation.
Article 19. Voted to rescind the vote passed at the last annual town meeting under Article 29 which authorized the Selectmen acting as a Board of Park Commissioners, under Section 2 of Chapter 45 of the General Laws to exercise the powers conferred upon the town by Section 14 of said Chapter 45, relative to the conducting and promoting of recreation, play, sport and physical education.
Article 20. Voted to have the powers conferred by Sec- tion 14 of Chapter 45 of the General Laws relative to the con- ducting and promoting of recreation, play, sport and physical education, exercised by a playground commission consisting of three members, one to be elected for one year, one to be elected for two years, and one to be elected for three years and there- after one to be elected each year for a term of three years.
Article 21. Voted to postpone action on this Article until April 9, 1945, at 8:00 P. M. at the Grace Union Parish House in North Wilbraham.
Article 22. Voted to postpone action on this Article until April 9, 1945, at 8:00 P. M. at the Grace Union Parish House in North Wilbraham.
Article 23. Voted to postpone action on this Article until April 9, 1945, at 8:00 P. M. at the Grace Union Parish House in North Wilbraham.
Article 24. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00) to be expended under the direc- tion of the Planning Board in connection with the proposed revision of the zoning by-law.
Article 25. Voted to rescind all previous votes taken relative to care of cemetery lots under perpetual care, insofar as they relate to limiting care of such lots to the amount of earnings of the investment.
Article 26. Voted to accept the income from the Trust Fund of the Hines Family Burial Lot, Adams Cemetery; also one Cemetery Trust Fund of $150.00 for the Bishop Lot in the East Wilbraham Cemetery.
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Article 27. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) to be expended by the Board of Selectmen to defray the expenses of a preliminary survey in connection with a town system of sewers and sewage disposal.
Article 28. Voted to establish a street light on Dalton Street, the cost to be within the total appropriated for street lights under Article 5.
Article 29. Passed.
Article 30. Voted to adopt the following By-Laws: There shall be an annual audit of the town's accounts under the supervision of the Director of Accounts of the Department of Corporations and Taxation in accordance with the provisions of Section 35, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Article 31. Voted that the sum of $10,000.00 of the total appropriation to be taken from the free cash in the treasury. Voted that all money appropriated at this meeting be raised by assessment against the polls, personal properties and real estate of the town, unless otherwise provided for at this meet- ing.
Voted that the directors of the Community Chest in this area be petitioned to include Wilbraham as of October 1, 1945.
Voted that the matter of the Pomeroy Street dump be put in the hands of the Planning Board for investigation.
Voted that the matter of a Stop Sign at Stony Hill Road and Tinkham Road be investigated by the Selectmen.
Voted to close the polls at 6:00 P. M.
Voted to adjourn until 8:00 P. M. April 9, 1945.
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Report of Adjourned Town Meeting APRIL 9, 1945
Article 21. Voted that the Town will accept the pro- visions of General Laws (Tercentenary Edition) Chapter 40, Section 30A as amended by Chapter 133 of the Acts of 1938, which in brief provides that no appeal or petition to the Board of Appeals for the variance from the terms of the Zoning By-Laws with respect to a particular parcel of land and no application under Section 30 of said Chapter 40 for a special exception to the terms of the Zoning By-Law, which has been unfavorably acted upon by the Board of Appeals shall be con- sidered on its merits by said Board within two years after the date of such unfavorable action except with the consent of all the members of the Planning Board. Unanimous vote.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to accept the following proposed Zoning By-Law (see Town Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting February 5, 1945). Article passed. Two thirds (2/3) vote required: Vote No, 59-Yes, 117.
Article 23. Voted that the Town will adopt a by-law establishing a Planning Board under the provisions of General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 41, Section 81A, with all the powers and duties therein and in any existing by-laws of the Town, to consist of five members to be elected by ballot at the Annual Town Meeting in February 1946, one for a term of one year, one for a term of two years, one for a term of three years, one for a term of four years and one for a term of five years and thereafter in accordance with the provisions of the statute. Vote unanimous.
Meeting adjourned at 11:35 P. M.
25 Elected Town Officers
AND DATE OF EXPIRATION OF TERMS
Selectmen and Board of Public Welfare
IRVING J. CORDNER, Chairman, 1946 J. LORING BROOKS, JR., 1947 ALBERT L. MARTIN, 1948
Assessors CHARLES W. VINTON, Chairman, 1946 HENRY I. EDSON, 1947 E. RAY PEASE, 1948
School Committee
ESTHER S. PRESTON, 1946 CARL F. ALSING, 1947 H. W. CUTLER, Chairman, 1948
Town Collector MICHAEL C. SMITH, 1946
Treasurer and Town Clerk WALTER F. BERRY, 1946
Auditor WILLIAM E. PORTER, 1946
Cemetery Commission
ADELBERT J. BROOKS, Chairman, 1946 LEE W. RICE, Jr., 1947 ROLAND H. BENNETT, 1948
Water Commissioners EVERETT P. PICKENS, 1946 RUSSELL HARRINGTON, Chairman, 1947 WALTER L. WOODS, 1948
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Trustees of Public Library HOWE S. NEWELL, 1946 H. W. CUTLER, Chairman, 1947 ALICE P. PLIMPTON, 1948
Tree Warden ERNEST M. HAYN, 1946
Constables GIACOMO ALBERICI, 1946 ERNEST L. BACON, 1946 JERRY DONAHUE, 1946 EDWARD J. JASKOLKA, 1946 JOHN B. TUPPER, 1946
Planning Board
RAYMOND H. BEACH, 1946 RAY PALMER, 1946 RALPH S. STEDMAN, 1947 RUSSELL HARRINGTON, 1948 ARTHUR I. MACDONALD, 1948
Pound Keeper JERRY DONAHUE
Measurers of Wood and Charcoal
WALTER CLARK ROBERT M. WELCH
Surveyors of Lumber
WALTER CLARK
J. WILBUR RICE
Field Drivers
NORMAN THURLOW JOHN B. TUPPER JERRY DONAHUE
Weighers of Grain
HENRY CLARK VICTOR PATNODE
Playground Commissioners WILLIAM B. COOPER, 1946 KENNETH Q. JACK, 1947 RALPH S. STEDMAN, 1948
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Officers Appointed by Selectmen
Town Counsel ERNEST E. HOBSON, 1946
Bookkeeper HATTIE E. G. BURBANK, 1946
Superintendent of Streets FRED C. PHELPS, 1946
Financial Committee JOSEPH J. BALDWIN, 1946 JOHN W. GALE, 1946 LEON A. JEWELL, 1946 JOHN J. LYONS, 1946 GEORGE E. MURPHY, JR., 1946 CARL NELSON, 1946 EDWARD P. RACIBORSKI, 1946
Board of Fire Commissioners WESLEY G. CHAPMAN, 1946 DAVID J. MUIR, 1946 FRED B. REIDY, 1946
Forest Warden JERRY DONAHUE, 1946
Sealer of Weights and Measures CHARLES W. VINTON, 1946
Building Inspector GEORGE HERTER, 1946
Milk Inspector JAMES M. PICKENS, 1946
Inspector of Slaughtering; Inspector of Animals FRED C. PHELPS, 1946
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Gypsy Moth Superintendent E. RAY PEASE, 1946
Registrar of Voters WALTER F. BERRY, (Ex-Officio), 1946 HAROLD R. PORTER, 1946 JOHN J. POWERS, 1947 WILLIAM L. DEMPSEY, 1948
Fence Viewers HAROLD W. BROWN, 1946 JOHN J. LYONS, 1946 WILLIAM L. DEMPSEY, 1946
Dog Officer JOHN B. TUPPER, Resigned GEORGE E. EGAN
Social Worker HELEN C. BODEN
HONOR ROLL COMMITTEE
Winthrop E. Bell Helen C. Boden Bert W. Gowell
Joseph B. Nalepa Ray Palmer Fred B. Reidy
VETERANS REHABILITATION COMMITTEE
George E. Egan, Chairman
Helen C. Boden
Joseph Brassard
Barbara B. Dickey
Jerry Donahue
Joseph T. Nalepa
Bert W. Gowell
Carleton R. Reid
C. Kenneth Farrar
Fred B. Reidy
George E. Murphy, Jr.
Rev. Kermit Schoonover
Stanley Boryczka
WILBRAHAM SAFETY COMMITTEE
Walter F. Berry William F. Logan Harold J. Murphy
Bert Gowell Fred C. Phelps Ralph E. Tupper
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SCHOOL CALENDAR, 1945-1946
First Term: Wednesday, September 5, to Friday, December 21 Second Term: Wednesday, Jan. 2, to Thursday, Feb. 21 Third Term: Monday, March 4, to Friday, April 26 Fourth Term: Monday, May 6, to Friday, June 21
The schools are closed on Friday, October 19, annual meeting of the Hampden County Teachers' Association; Wednesday noon, November 21, to Friday, November 23, inclusive, Thanksgiving Day recess; and on all legal holidays.
No School Signal
There is none. Schools are open each day, regardless of weather conditions. Parents will decide whether or not it is advisable to send their children to school.
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School Directory, January 1, 1946
Superintendent of Schools
Edmund R. Sawyer, Residence: 52 North Main Street, East Longmeadow. Office: Town Hall, East Longmeadow
Superintendent's Secretary
Mrs. Emily Condon, 54 Fairfield Street, Springfield
Teachers
THE PINES SCHOOL:
Marion E. Kelley, Principal, North Wilbraham Grade 8 Mrs. Pearl P. Chouffet, 42 Plateau Ave., West Springfield Grade 7
Helen S. Kochanek, 39 Ludlow Ave., Indian Orchard Grade 7
Mrs. Stasia K. Lavoie, 35 Stebbins St., Ludlow Grades 5-6 Mrs. Liane S. Fontaine, 45 Park St., Palmer Grades 3-4 Marion L. Holland, 218 Pearl St., Springfield Grades 1-2
SPRINGFIELD STREET SCHOOL:
Mrs. Millicent G. Green, Principal, 399 Main St., Wilbraham Grade 3
Mrs. Marguerite G. Brady, 9 Orlando St., Wilbraham Grade 2 Mrs. Clara B. Merrill, 20 Summit St., Springfield Grade 1
NORTH WILBRAHAM SCHOOL:
Mrs. Mary G. Logan, Principal, North Wilbraham Grade 6 Mrs. Adele C. DuBray, 35 Main St., North Wilbraham Grade 5
Mrs. Agnes C. Coote, Bulkley Road, Wilbraham
Grade 4
Janitors
THE PINES SCHOOL:
Charles Lapine, 98 Stony Hill Road, Wilbraham (P. O. Address Ludlow)
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SPRINGFIELD STREET SCHOOL: Henry Hyde, Wilbraham
NORTH WILBRAHAM SCHOOL: Frank Puchala, North Wilbraham
Supervisor of Art
Mrs. Helen B. Tower, Allen Street, Hampden (P. O. Address, East Longmeadow)
Supervisor of Handwriting William L. Rinehart, 395 Boston Post Road, Weston 93
Supervisor of Music Phyllis M. Smith, 35 Hadley St., South Hadley
School Physician
Lorne A. MacLean, M. D., North Wilbraham
School Dentist Dr. Irving P. Dinneen, 162 Main St., Indian Orchard
School Nurse Signe L. Polson, 36 Summit St., Springfield
Supervisor of Attendance
Charles Lapine, 98 Stony Hill Road, Wilbraham (P. O. Address Ludlow)
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JURY LIST
Name
Alsing, Carl F.
Baker, Allyn
Banta, Lewis E. Barnes, Edmund V. Belcher, Ira W. Bell, Winthrop E. Bowman, Charles I. Brown, Stanley G. Brown, Harold W.
Bradway, Nelson I. Brown, Arthur R. Buxton, William K.
Clayton, Earl C.
Cummings, Chester W.
Cutting, Howard H.
Dickey, Robert M.
Doe, J. Roberts
DuPont, Stephen Dobek, Frank
Egan, George E. Grinnell, Frank B.
Heiden, Herman C.
Hill, George J.
Hintze, Roger
369 Main St. N. W.
Ins. Office Supervisor
Insurance Clerk
Johnson, William
6 Orlando St. W.,
Machinist
King, Clifton F.
41 Main St., N. W.
Meter Reader
Logan, William F.
Mallon, Charles H.
Martin, Carl B.
8 Chapin Drive (R.F.D.No. 1, Spfld.) Salesman
3 Orlando St. ,W. Proprietor
2 Orlando St., W. Insurance Mgr.
Nieske, Herman C.
56 Springfield St., W. Supervisor
Polaczek, John
44 Weston St., Ind. Or. Machinist
Reid, Carlton R. Roach, William F.
Delmore Ave., N. W. Safety Engineer 916 Tinkham Rd., (R.F.D.No. 1, Spfld.) Trans. Mgr. 747 Stony Hill Rd., (R.F.D.No. 1, Spfld.) Bank Executive
Ryder, Raymond J. Shaw, J. Wesley Stedman, Ralph S. Tull, Robert H.
200 Springfield St., W. Executive
791 Stony Hill Road, (R.F.D.No. 1, Spfld.) Engineer
43 Faculty St., W. Insurance Worker
82 No. Mountain Rd. N. W.
Occupation
Engineer
Insurance Investigator Merchant
Court Stenographer
Merchant
Draftsman
92 Main St., N. W. 604 Main St., W. Realtor 2 Springfield St., W. 687 Stony Hill Road (R.F.D.No. 1, Spfld.) Caretaker
Boston Road, N. W. Proprietor Engineer 593 Main St., W. 8 Brookdale Drive, (R.F.D.No. 1, Spfld.) Asst. Right of W. Ag't.
Salesman
Freight Agent
Salesman
Chemist
Ripley St., W.
Bank Executive
Civil Engineer
Burleigh Road, W. 38 Stony Hill Road, (Ludlow) 119 Silver St., N. W. 559 Stony Hill Road (R.F.D.No. 1, Spfld.) Proprietor
Mach. Operator Farmer
635 Main St., W.
Accountant
634 Glendale Rd., N. W.Manager
Jerome, Edward D. Jr.
563 Main St., W.
16 Maple St., N. W. 787 Stony Hill Rd., (R.F.D.No. 1, Spfld.) Salesman
Insurance Agent
Rodenhizer, Harold
571 Main St., W. Salesman
568 Main St., W. Sales Mgr.
Wight, Sprague L. Young, Judson O.
Address
524 Main St. W.
300 Main St. W. Boston Road, N. W.
614 Main St. W.
Merrill Road, N. W.
21 Ripley St., W. 22 Ripley St., W. Pomeroy St., W. 211 Main St., N. W.
Insurance Clerk
Merchant
Mitchell, Frank Muir, David J.
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Selectmen's Report
Your Board of Selectmen endeavors to consider each pro- posal and to make every decision as a part of a long term plan which will approach ideal community goals at a rate no faster than can insure a uniform, reasonable tax rate and sound cash reserves for contingencies.
The support of all Officials and Boards of the Town and of the Townspeople as a whole in adhering to this program has been most gratifying. To successfully continue along these lines will require a great deal of restraint and forbearance on the part of all citizens, but an ultimately stronger and more vigorous community will prove ample reward.
During the next few years and even at the current Annual Town Meeting this policy will be subject to more than usual problems. The wartime backlog of need and desire for capital improvements and added municipal services are all competing for first attention. Unless we are all willing to make some sacrifices and very carefully budget what we shall do in each successive year, our balanced tax rate and our orderly progress toward final goals can be quickly overwhelmed. We should carefully weigh the relative importance of all projects and rigorously hold to a chartered course." We should additionally provide within our uniform tax rate adequate reserves for more difficult years ahead and also for an accumulation toward future major capital outlays which we know now are inevitable.
Under prior state statutes, it has not been legal for towns to appropriate reserves for future capital outlays. Cities and towns have been required to wait until the capital outlay was an immediate requirement and then finance it with bonds against future budgets. The General Court has recognized the fallacy of requiring such a fiscal policy and has remedied the situation. The first legislative correction came with the provision for municipal post-war rehabilitation funds in United States war bonds purchased from surplus funds. Such bonds became earmarked for future capital expenditures and/or future fiscal emergencies. This first step, however, utilized only existing capital; it did not permit the accumulating of new capital against planned future needs. That important need was filled during the 1944-1945 session of the General Court. Chapter 124 of the Acts of 1945 permits current annual appropriations to build up a reserve for future capital outlay.
In the past, it has been the policy of the Town at its Annual Meeting to appropriate liberally for certain contingent funds not generally expended and to thereby each year create
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added surplus funds as a general cash reserve. Chapter 124 will permit us to carry out this policy in a direct fashion and will permit us to appropriate more closely in line with actual budgetary needs on all other articles. If we vary the amount appropriated for future reserves each year in accordance with the essential expenditure requirements of that year, we can use this appropriation to assist us in averaging out a uniform tax rate. Your Board, however, recommends that in each year in which there are no severe fiscal emergencies, the Town should invariably budget some amount for future reserves, even at the expense of delaying some projects that might other- wise seem desirable at the time. Your Board further recom- mends that the Town set up an annual budget for highway improvements and water main extensions and that, except in extreme emergency such appropriations be held within that budget unless such a project should warrant the use of prior accumulated cash reserves for capital improvement.
To carry out this recommendation of your Board intelli- gently, we must ask ourselves now as to the probable capital improvement needs of the Town over the next five to ten years and how much of those needs we can provide for in each given year without disturbing our uniform, balanced tax rate.
During the year 1945, with a tax rate of $30 we have man- aged to save and add to surplus funds approximately $20,000.00 but we must remember that 1945 was a year in which no new highway or water main construction was undertaken.
Looking ahead it is apparent that we will have early need of a suitable athletic and recreational field, a new school and community building, a stand pipe and pump to provide more adequate water pressure and several miles of new sidewalks for the safety protection of school children and adults as well. It seems safe to predict that our needs in these four items will require even more than we can safely provide out of existing surplus and interim appropriations to future reserves.
One potential major project for the Town seems impractical of full fulfillment in the foreseeable future. The sewage dis- posal survey completed by Tighe & Bond Engineers at the request of the Board of Selectmen shows almost insurmount- able obstacles to even partial fulfillment of any new municipal service in this direction. The complete engineers' statement on this subject is reproduced directly following this report.
In order that future planning and each interim step toward ultimate goals may be as consistently effective as possible, your Selectmen have conferred with the Planning Board at length regarding the best possible development of the municipal
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tract on Main Street between North Wilbraham and Wilbra- ham. As a result an Article in the warrant for the current Annual Meeting provides for the appropriation for engineering plans and layouts. Your Board unqualifiedly recommends the adoption of this article.
For many years through the generosity of Mrs. Nelson Bradway and Mrs. Grace Thompson, owners of Grassy Hollow, local children have been uninterruptedly able to use this land for play. When your Board learned that the owners planned to sell this land they requested an option on behalf of the Town to permit the current Annual Meeting to vote on its aquisition. Consisting of about 10 acres, it not only includes the Grassy Hollow playing field, but it also surrounds the fire station, the Library and the town offices. An Article within the Warrant provides for voting on its purchase for the sum of $2500. Your Selectmen recommend its purchase at this time as a part of future planning. A playing field for younger children in North Wilbraham would seem a necessary addition to a fully equipped large athletic field and playground at the main town tract.
To consider matters of more current import, your Board wishes to acknowledge the very efficient and very effective cooperation of all Town Boards and Officials and to particularly commend the efforts of the Fire Commissioners, and Chief, the Planning Board and the Highway Superintendent, each of whom have been required to overcome particularly trying problems or assignments during 1945. The Planning Board has developed and turned over to the Town an outstanding zoning By-Law which we hope will be eventually adopted by the Town with but minor revision. The Fire Department has successfully met and surmounted all wartime personnel and material shortages and during 1945 has been obliged to develop an entirely new fire signal system to replace the service with- drawn by the telephone company. The highway superinten- dent with a crew averaging no more than 5 men and which at no time has exceeded 7 employees devoted to highway repair has performed what we consider a miraculous job. The con- dition of the Town's highways compares very favorably with those of other Towns the Board has visited. In addition the Superintendent has managed to complete the sand loading shed and the three buildings at the Town Highway and Water Department lot. In an effort to meet emergency road sanding requirements in the face of personnel shortage and the absolute unavailability of needed sand spreading equipment, the High- way Superintendent has located sand boxes at important intersections which are available for quick spreading by volun- teer citizens as well as by regular or part-time highway de- partment personnel.
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It is the plan of the Highway Department to ultimately develop sanding procedures along the same lines as now pro- vided for snow removal. As soon as adequate sand spreading equipment can be purchased, equipment will be assigned to specific sections of the Town and will be started out during the night or day for sanding just as other equipment does now for snow removal.
Your Board has adopted a very liberal attitude in its capacity as Board of Appeals under the Zoning By-Law in hearing applications for converting adequately sized one family houses into two family residences. As long as the exterior appearance of the house remained unchanged, it is the feeling of your Board that such conversions have become an inevitable need of the extreme housing shortage.
Your Board secured from the State during 1945 a mosquito control survey. The results are somewhat discouraging due to the large areas of swamp land which do not seem to lend themselves to feasible control. It does seem probable that some limited results can be secured in spot treatment, but the possibilities have not yet been adequately canvassed to warrant any report.
Garbage collection has perhaps provided one of the most consistently recurring annoyances of the past year. Here again lack of personnel has continually interfered with ade- quately consistent results especially during the warmer months. Your Board has used every means at its command to maintain adequately consistent service and will continue to do so. We will appreciate it if subscribers will continue to notify the town office of failures in the garbage collection service
The Board secured the approval of the Department of Public Works for establishing Tinkham Road as a stop inter- section in Stony Hill Road and established this amendment to the Town's traffic rules and orders. The coincidence of two separate serious motor vehicle accidents at the intersection of Springfield Street and Stony Hill Road in a single week-end caused the Board to restudy this intersection. Both the State Police and the Department of Public Works reviewed the site with and at the request of the Selectmen. Both found the intersection properly and adequately equipped with signs and confirmed the Board's opinion that the accidents seemed to be the result of operator inattention. The Board subsequently installed even more prominently legible signs at this intersec- tion and requested the Dept. of Public Works to prepare plans and estimates for such type of flashing warning lights and also red-green traffic light controls, as they would permit at this intersection. An Article in the current warrant provides for
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the Town's voting on either of these types of traffic guides. Your Board does not believe that either of these installations will prove to be any substitute for careful driving and do not recommend the installation of either alternative.
The Board has for several years been concerned about the highway safety factor of the Canal Bridge and its approaches on Red Bridge Road. Since but a short stretch of this road is within the limits of this town and the road primarily serves through traffic, it would seem that the problem should be attacked as a State rather than a town project. Your Board secured from the Ludlow Manufacturing Associates an agree- ment to permit bridge and approach relocations without any damages or payment and a bill is being introduced into the General Court by Representatives Raymond H. Beach and Clarence B. Brown seeking to have the State take over main- tenance of this bridge-the Red Bridge (one half in Ludlow) and the Green-Towne bridge (one half in Ludlow). The State has already voted to take over bridges on through numbered routes under which legislation the above bridges do not qualify.
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