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210 t" BOARD OF APPEALS MEETING OCTOBER 13 1938. At 8:15 P. M. hearing was declared open upon the peti- tion of Daniel J. O'Connell for permission to erect and main- tain a gasoline filling station at the corner of Fletcher Ave- nue and Woburn Street. This was_a joint hearing before the Board of Appeals and the Board of Selectmen. The notice of the,hearing•before the selectmen was read by the Chairman. Chairman Maddison and Mr. Glynn of the Board of Appeals were present, also Mr. Ferguson, who is a member of the Board of Appeals as well as Chairman of the Board of Selectmen. Associate Member Lyons was also present. The Clerk pro -tem of the Board of Appeals, Mr. Glynn., read the Board of Appeals notice. Mr. D. J. O'Connell appeared in favor of the petition. He said that he wanted to call to the attention of the Board the fact that when he originally applied for a change in the zone at this location, he called to the attention of the Town his intention to erect a filling station. It was also proposed to erect some stores and theebuttors knew this but there was no objection. He said a plan was prepared in 1932 showing what he then intended to erect. The principal ' building at all times was a filling station, and he stat®d that he still wanted to erect one. He said that the station that he would erect there would not be an eyesore to the community and would illuminate a dark dismal section. Mr. O'Connell said that the people abutting the property and facing.it had no objection. He said that the Russell House property was two floors above any building that would be erected on his 13t as the elevation is so different. He said that Mrs. Leary, who owned the property on the opposite corner of Fletcher Avenue, and the Barnes family, had always felt that his pro- perty was of no value other than for a.'filling station. O'Connell said that the filling station would not cause any dam- age to the area but that it would be of benefit to everybody around there and would improve the character of the place in general. *Imything that is done there will be of benefit to the community. With reference to the type of building to be erected, he is willing to put up anything that the town wants* He said that he would not submit a plan showing a station such as those erected by gasoline stations everywhere, but would like to erect something that would keep the property looking about the same as the buildings around it. He said that he would have something drawn up that would not look like a filling station and he had one in mind similar to that submitted by Calvin W. Childs. In addition, if this plan were carried out, the attractive station would shut out the rest of the locality that was not good looking. O'Connell said it would increase the town's revenue in taxes and would give people work. He said that he did not want to endanger the valuation of the neighboring properties. Whenle first