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_ 452 CY) establishing this building line the sum of 3500 . 00 be appropriated , and that this sum be transferred from the account of Purchase of Lana , Stuart -lvlarshall Realty Company , Mr . Sydney R . Wrightington explained that he felt it *was a very reasonable :hove for the Town to take up the e stablishment of a huildi.nT line over the O ' Connell property and definiteldetermine the line so that Mr . O ' Connell could proceed with his buildi.n,s . Lie also felt that it w as not necessary at this time to establish a building line clear through to Meriam Street . Mr . Albert H . Burnham explained that he was in favor o f a buil. di. ng line being-. established throu:rh to Meriam Street but he felt that at this time it would be a consider - a. ble cost to the Town but he hoped that at least the Town wo .tld establish a build in7 line across the O ' Connell property . Mr . Joseph H . Cotton state (+ that he WAS not in favor of this proposition . He felt that the Selectmen should have spent as much time in finding out what the damages would be over the O ' Connell nroperty as the establishment of a building line , inasmuch as they had spent time and money in establishing the purchase price of the O ' Connell property . He felt therefore that the Town should not vote upon an unknown quantity and that, the s am of $500 could not cover the expense of the building line . He did not believe that it was proper to vote on something that mi /ht cost the Town a great deal of money especially in these hard times , and he did not feel that the tax payers should be burdened , w ith the expense that might arise in passing this motion . He felt that an approximation should be made of the costs o f the buil± inq line before a motion was offered . He stated that it was understoo:l that six or seven years a , to when this oroperty was purchased and repaired that the cost of establishing a building line woult7 probably be about $20 , 000 . He felt that the Town has xtau this $20 , 000 with interest r9urin .: that period and with increased taxes he did not feel that the Town would lose any money and that in a few years to come perhaps the Town could afford to pay $75 , 000 more than they could $50 , 900 at the present time . Mr . Sydney R . +tJri -ting ton explained that the rule for establishing a building line was very simple and was not a question of law but a question of value . he felt that the representatives were just as much able to guess at the value as anyone . Mr . Richard S . McCabe stated that he atreed with Mr . Cotton and he was opposed to establishing a building line . Mr . William J . Marshall was in favor of establishing a ouil. d i ng line . Mr . Frederic L . Fischer felt that it would e a waste of money not to establish a building line now and purchase an old building rather than to wait until a new building is built . Mr . Arthur F . Hutchinson was oppose to a building line being established . Mr . Llwyn G . Preston stated that he did not believe that there were any of the Town Meeting Members present that did not believe that Mass . Ave . would be widened eventually . he was in favor of establishing the building line through to : Priam Street , however , he felt that the present building project in hand, should be allowed to proceed in the proper manner . 'kite cited a case where the City of Boston allowed a building to be built on State Street and the city had to purchase a new builcaing at a later date costing a great deal more money . Mr . William H . Ballard called attention to the foresight of the Town in purchasing the Buckman Tavern property and also the purchase of the Boston & Maine Depot Yard with the provision that the street be widened in front of this property , and he hoped that the motion would prevail . A two -thirCs vote being necessary under this motion , a rising vote was taken , 116 voting in the affirmative and 29 against , the Moderator declared the vote passed .