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28 BOARD OF APPEALS MEETING August 4, 1939. A meeting of the Board of Appeals was held in the Select- men's Room, Town Office Building at 8:00 P.M. Acting Chair- man C. Edward Glynn, Mr. Charles E. Ferguson and Associate member Winthrop H. Bowker were present. The Secretary was also present. At 8:00 P.M. hearing was declared open upon the application of Charles I. Gragg for permission to use the premises at 18/20 Waltham Street for the extraction by laboratory process of essences. Mr. Gragg and Mr. George M. Paris appeared before the Board. Mr. D. J. OtConnell was also present. Mr. Ferguson read the notice of the hearing. Mr. Gragg said that they had been negotiating for the possible lease or purchase of the building, but had made no definite arrangements as yet. He presented pictures of the producing aparatus. He said that they had not definitely made up their minds that this was the location they wanted, but if they decided it was, it would be an enterprise for the production of extracts to be sold all over North and South America. The extracts are highly concentrated and are , manufactured by a process that requires no heat or heavy power. The only mechanical device used is 4 small stirring device. This would be 1/8th horse power. -Che rest of the process is carried on in glass tanks, consisting of putting highly concentrated extracts and other ingredients into it and allowing them to percolate. Its own action makes the extract. Mr. Gragg said that it was quite necessary that they have facilities for testing the extracts and sampling them..For that purpose they planned to use a small set of bottling machinery. The machine makes no noise, could not be heard outside and would hot be running continually. When the machine was running, about twelve to twenty-four cases per hour would go through. ``hese products would be used for three purposes - testing within the plant, sending out as samples, and for local sale to eonsumers. The Chairman asked how this product was sold, and Mr. Gragg said that it usually was sold in four to six-gallon jugs. He asked how the jugs were filled and Mr. Gragg said they were filled by hand. He said that the essential thing was the extracting and that the bottling was secondary. He presented a copy of the instructions to be sent to the bottlers who buy the extracts. He said that Mr. Paris would probably go to bottlers to help the companies get started. The Chairman asked if there were any particular odors connected with this, and Mr. Gragg said there was a slight ' aromatic odor within the building, but none outside. There