Official Reports of the Town of Wayland
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OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE- TOWN OF WAYLAND FOR ITS One Hundred and Thirty-Eighth Municipal Year FROM JANUARY i, 1917 TO JANUARY 1, 1918 Natick, Mass. press of natick bulletin 19.18' OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE TOWN OF WAYLAND FOR ITS One Hundred and Thirty-Eighth Municipal Year FROM JANUARY i, 1917 TO JANUARY 1, 1918 Natick, Mass. press of natick bulletin 1918 5 TOWN CLERK'S REPORT OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF WAYLAND 1917—1918 TERM EXPIRES MODERATOR EDMUND H. SEARS 1918 TOWN CLERK WARREN L. BISHOP 1918 SELECTMEN CHARLES A. BENSON, Chairman 1918 FRANK HAYNES, Clerk 1918 JAMES FERGUSON 1918 TREASURER PRANK E. YEAGER 1918 COLLECTOR OF TAXES XESTER R, GERALD 1918 AUDITOR JAMES H. CARROLL 1918 TREASURER OF LIBRARY FUNDS FRANCIS SHAW " 1918 OVERSEERS OF POOR WALTER S. BIGWOOD 1918 HOWARD C. HAYNES 1919 THOMAS W. FROST 1920 SCHOOL COMMITTEE GEORGE FRANCIS POUTASSE 1918 ERNEST E. SPARKS 1919 LLEWELLYN MILLS 1920 ASSESSORS ALFRED A. CARTER 1918 GRANVILLE L. LOKER, deceased 1919 NATHANIEL R. GERALD 1920 WATER COMMISSIONERS JAMES G. McKAY 1918 CLARENCE S. WILLIAMS 1919 HENRY G. DUDLEY 1920 TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY JOHN CONNELLY 1918 ' AMOS I. HADLEY • 1918 LESTER R. GERALD 1919 RICHARD AMES 1919 ALFRED W. CUTTING 1920 FRANCIS SHAW 1920 SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS JOHN CONNELLY 1918 WALTER B. HENDERSON 1919 CHESTER B. WILLIAMS 1920 CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS COLON C. WARD 1918 ANDREW S. MORSE 1919 WALLACE S. DRAPER. 1920 TREE WARDEN FRANK F. AMES 1918 SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS CHARLES W. FAIRBANK 1918 7 BOARD OF HEALTH HOWARD E. SHERMAN 1918 JOHN L. CORCORAN 1919 WALDO L. LAWRENCE 1920 CONSTABLES OSCAR L. AMES 1918 ALFRED A. CARTER 1918 CHARLES F. DUSSEAULT 1918 LEWIS S. HANNA 1918 JOHN E. LINNEHAN 1918 FRANK C. MOORE .1918 EDWARD R. LEWIS 1918 TRUSTEES OF ALLEN FUND ISAAC DAMON 1918 JOHN CONNELLY 1918 WALTER B. HENDERSON 1918 FENCE VIEWERS CONSTABLES . 1918 FIELD DRIVERS CONSTABLES 1918 SURVEYOR OF LUMBER WILLIAM FULLICK 1918 MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK OSCAR L. AMES 1918 ARTHUR F. MARSTON 1918 WILLIAM S. LOVELL 1918 MEMORIAL DAY COMMITTEE CHARLES B. BUTTERFIELD 1918 IRVING SCHLEICHER 1918 JOSEPH M. MOORE, deceased 1918 8 JAMES I. BRYDEN 1918 THOMAS W. FROST 1918 INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS FRANK BIGWOOD 1918 BURIAL AGENT JOSEPH F. MOORE, deceased 1918 FIRE WARDEN HOWARD HAYNES 1918 SUPT. GYPSY AND BROWN TAIL MOTHS DANIEL J. GRAHAM 1918 SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES HERBERT DUDLEY 1918 JANITOR OF TOWN HALL J. CHARLES VINCENT 1918 CHIEF OF POLICE EDWARD F. DORSHEIMER 1918 PUBLIC WEIGHERS JAMES C. McKAY 1918 LEWIS LOVELY 1918 FINANCE COMMITTEE WILLIAM S. LOVELL 1918 FRANK I. COOPER 1918 FRANK E. DAVIS 1918 ERNEST F. LAWRENCE 1918 NAPOLEON PERODEAU 1918 REGISTRARS OF VOTERS BENJAMIN W. DAMON, Republican 1918 9 CLEMENT BOND, Democrat, Resigned 1010 JOSEPH W. ZIMMERMAN, Democrat, Appointed to fill vacancy 1010 EDWARD F. LEE, Republican, Chairman 1920 WARREN L. BISHOP, Democrat 191S ENGINEERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EDWARD F. DORSHEIMER 1918 CHARLES H. McGUIRE 1918 CHARLES J. POTVIN 1918 WILLIAM STEARNS 1918 HOWARD C HAYNES 1918 ELECTION OFFICERS PC. 1 JAMES I. BRYDEN, Warden August 1918 WILLIAM STEARNS. Clerk it tt PHILIP S. IDE WILLIAM SANDERSON tt THOMAS F. MAYNARD tt JOHN E. DOLAN tt Substitutes CHARLES W. ELMMS tt JAMES LINEHAN tt tt FRED J. WHEELER HERBERT F. PARMENTER tt JOHN F. CUMMINGS tt Pc. 2. GEORGE S. SCOTT, Warden tt ALVIN B. NEALE, Clerk tt ALBERT CHELTRA tt WALDO LAWRENCE tt WILLIAM MORRISSEY tt WILLIAM CORCORAN it 10 Substitutes JOHN O'ROURKE August 1918 ALBERT MARCHANT JOHN F. FOLEY FRANK LATOUR ARTHUR MARSTON POUND KEEPER ALEXANDER SAUER 1918 DEPUTY GAME WARDEN CHARLES M. MAGORTY 1918 DOG OFFICER ' J. CHARLES VINCENT 1918 : 11 TOWN WARRANT FEBRUARY 4th, 1918. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. MIDDLESEX, SS. To either of the Constables of the Toivn of Wayland in said County. GREETING In the name of the Commonwealth you are required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town qualified to vote in town elections to meet at their respective polling places on Monday, February 4th, 1918, at six o'clock in the forenoon, there and then to bring- in their ballots for a Moderator, a Town Clerk, three Selectmen, a Treasurer, a Collector of Taxes, an Auditor, a Treasurer of Library Funds, a Surveyor of Highways, a Tree Warden, one Assessor to fill vacancy, and seven Constables, all for one year. One member of the School Committee, one Sinking Fund Commissioner, one Cemetery Commissioner, two Trustees of Public Library, one Overseer of Poor, one Assessor, one mem- ber of Board of Health, one Water Commissioner, all for three years. Also to vote "Yes" or "No" upon the acceptance of Chap. 23, General Acts of 1917, which is "an act to provide for the licensing of coffee houses, so-called." : 1*3 Also to vote "Yes" or "No" upon the acceptance of Chap. 254 General Acts of 1917 which is "an act to authorize cities and towns to pay to their employees who enlist in the service of the United States the difference between their military and their municipal compensation." Also to vote "Yes'' or "No" upon the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?" All the foregoing to be voted on the official ballot. The polls will be open at 6.15 o'clock in the forenoon and will re- main continuously open for at least four hours, when they may be closed unless the voters otherwise order- And you are required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town qualified to vote in Town affairs to meet at the Town Hall on Wednesday, February 6th, 1918, at 7.45 P. M., then and there to act on the following articles Article 1. To hear the reports of town officers, agents, and committees and act thereon. Article 2. To choose all necessary officers, agents, and committees not elected by official ballot. Article 3. To grant money for all necessary town pur- poses. Article 4. To authorize the Selectmen to consult coun- sel on important town cases and to defend the town against any action at law or suit in equity that may be brought against it. Article 5. To appropriate the money received from dog licenses. Article 6. To see if the town will vote to authorize the 13 Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year. Article 7. To see if the town will install an electric light on Shawmut Avenue Extension, near the, home of Charles Wright, and to appropriate and assess a sum of money for said purpose, or do or act. Article 8. To see if the town will place a hydrant on Shawmut Avenue Extension, near the home of Charles Wright, and to appropriate and assess a sum of money for said purpose, or do or act. Article 9. To see if the town will appropriate and assess a sum not exceeding $1,000-00 for re-shaping, rolling, gravelling and oiling the Old Connecticut Path from Cochitu- ate Road east to State Road or do or act. Article 10. To see if the town will vote to change the name of the street in Cochituate now known as German Hill Street to its former name, "Pemberton Road" or do or act. Article 11. To see if the town will vote to sell water by meter where requested and fix the price for same or otherwise act. Article 12. To see if the town will vote to discontinue the charge of $2-00 per year for water used in bath tubs or otherwise act. Article 13. To see if the town will vote to raise the pay of the Cochituate firemen from $10.00 to $25.00 per year, or otherwise act. Article 14. To see if the town will appropriate and assess a sum of money not exceeding $375.00 with which to gravel or patch up Pelham Island Road, from concrete bridge — 14 over the Sudbury River to the Sudbury town line. .Article 15. To see if the town will appropriate and assess a sum not to exceed $2,000.00 to purchase a portable stone crusher. Article 16. To see if the town will appropriate and assess $150.00 to build a conduit on the Old Sudbury Road near the residences of Frank Moore and Mrs. M. C Baldwin. Article 17. To see if the town will vote to appropriate and- assess a sum of money not exceeding $2,000.00 for the purpose of continuing the repairs on Main Street, Cochituate, or do or act. Article 18. To see if the town will vote to borrow a sum of money in anticipation of a reimbursement from the State and County on account of repairs on Main Street, Cochituate. Article 19. To see if the town will vote to appropriate and assess a sum of money not exceeding $150.00 for the pur- pose of painting and repairs on the Engine House in Cochitu- ate. Article 20. To see if the town will accept the following bequest : $100.00 received from Mrs. Maggie L. Tuck, to be known as the "Otis Loker Fund," income from which to be used for the perpetual care of the Otis Loker Lot in the Cen- ter Cemetery. Article 21. To see if the town will appropriate and assess a sum of money for the purpose of installing four electric lights on Rice Road, between the residence of Alexander Sauer and Old Connecticut Path. Article 22. To see if the town will appropriate and 15 assess a sum of money to rebuild the so-called Dry Bridge on Old Sudbury Road, or do or act.