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451 property owners , andthat the sum it will cost the Town will greatly exceed , ; l500 . Mr . Trr. sk explained that the Board did not know what the sum would be but an appropriation was required to be .nide and they decided on a nominal sum of ,; 500 . on each piece of property or •; 1500 . to take care of the entire distance . ' Mr . George M . Ross , Chai °rman of ti- c Appropriation , �- om.-��ittee , stated that the Appropri !? tion Comn- nittee did not approve of this appropriation . Mr . '�`fil_ liam H . Ballard s ' rated that be felt, Lhnt the - >e should be no fear of es tabli.s' ing a bui . ding line and he felt that it s } orad_ be established throw ', to Meriam Street . He stated that as a result of the establishing ' of a building line fro-1 the Town Hall lot to . .oburn :-) trept we now have one suit that hays not been pressed because of the fact that the o .rnens have not dmcided as yet the amount of their damages He felt also thr. t tv c owners of property 4::V onti -G1ecto know whet L-,he `1'oin intends to do at a later date , and -that eventually idle street will be widened and they can make their ^ rrangerents accordingly . He stated also that he communicated with the Scott Tea Company and found t}1^. t they are interested in coopers-ting; with the Town and he felt that the line should be established so that they could go ahead and plan the improvement of their property on a pmm nent basis . He had not had any c om - -runic . t i o with the Hunt owners , but he felt that the Town should adopt this motion . Yr . James C . noher tson inquired of the Appropriation Committee whether or not they approved the app2opth. tion of ,p55 , 000 . for the purchase of the O ' Connell property at a previous town meeting . The Chairman explained that they did approve this aper opr i ati on . ur . obeT; tso n stated that the Town has for many years planned to widen Mass ; Avenue in the center of the Town. He mentioned the wideninc-* at the Colonial Block when the property chan2ec hands , also the wicening at t3uckman Tavern and cal ] ed attention to the three parcels of land left that are not uniform with the balance of Mass . Avenue . through ' he centre . He felt that eventually the Town would have tr widen Massachurletts Avenue and that a buildincr line should be established tl rouT to Meriam '� T Street . Mrs . Robert '2 . Tras ' - inquired if the appropriation Committee were unanimous in their decision , and if not what tLe vote was . • Yip . Ross replied tI' at the Committee wer'e not unanimous in their decision tut he did not remember what the vote was for or a(7ainst . Mr . Francis Chamberlain asked to have the benefit of the conclusions drawn by the Appronri_ ation Committee . Mr . Ross replied that the Committee felt that a bui ; ding line should be established over the O ' Connell property now inasmuch as there is an immediate reason for doing so and the Committee approved the appropriation of $500 . for this pirpose . Tney did not , however , approve an appropriation for the building line over the Hunt property or to Meriam Street , inasmuch as they felt that at some future date the line may be established and it would then nct cost the Town any more than it would at the present time , an (' that any establish - ment of a line at the present time would immediately involve litigation . Mr . C . ridwarrGlynn , stated that he was in favor of the Built inrr line but he did not believe that the line needed to be estahli shed at the present time (only o •.'er the O ' Connell property and he felt tha4 action should be taken thererore under Article 3 . On motion oa ' Mr . Allen Chamberlain Article 5 was laid upon the table . Art . 3 . Mr . Robert P . Trask rnoued. that art/tele 3 be taken ip and under this article offered the following motion Voted : That the loam accept and stablish a building line on Massachusetts Avenue from the northerly terminus of the present street line on the former Town Hall property now owned by Messrs . Rubin & Seligman to the property of Anstiss S . Hunt , et al , all as laid out by the , Selectmen and shown on plan on file in the Town ' lerk ' s Office entitled , " Plan Showing Proposed Building Line on a Portion of Mass . Avenue , Lexington , October 17 , 1930 , Scale 1 in . - 20 feet , John T . Cosgrove , Town Engineer , " provided that any structure existing at the time of the establish- merit of the said building line shall ' be permitte : to remain and be maintained in its present location , and for the purpose of