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BOARD OF APPEALS MEETING 'April 18, 1946 • A meeting of the Board of Appeals was held in Bstabrook Hall on Thursday evening, April 18, 1946, at 8:10 p.m. Chair- man Bowker, Messrs. Brown, Nickerson, Associate Members Ballard and Ripley were present. The Clerk was also present. The meet- ing, advertised to be held in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building, had to be held in Estabrook Hall because of the fact that so many persons appeared for the hearing, there was not sufficient room in the Selectmen's Room. At 8:10 p.m. hearing was declared open upon the petition of the Lovell Bus Lines, Inc. for permission to ereot and main twin a garage on the premises now owned by Elizabeth C. Phelps, and located at 47949 Bedford Street, Lexington. Notice of the hearing was read by Mr. Brown. Mr. Alfred E. McClary, attorney for the petitioner, Mr. Payton, a representative of the petitioner, Mr. Vincent DeVineentis, architect for the petitioner and approximately 175 other persons were present at the hearing. Mr. McClary explained that the Lovell Bus Lines, Inc. desired to erect a garage to be in the rear of the proposed ' new Fire Station. He said that on one side there is the lumber company yard, in the front will be the fire station and on the other side is the railroad tracks, He said that the company intends to build a place where it can store buses used on the line running from Five Forks, to Arlington, Belmont and to Watertown. He said that they will store two or three buses which can be used for special charter business. He said that there would also be a service room for light repairs and,that there would be no heavy work, nothing that will create any noise. He said that the buses will come in at night after the day's run is over and will leave early in the morning. He said that there may be one in about nnon time, used for a school bus in Arlington, and there may be one or two at other times during the day, but nothing that will create noise, dirt or anything offensive to anyone in a business section of this sort. He stated that all heavy work will be done in Maynard where they have facilities for that type of work. He said that the company does have to have a place in Lexington to get the buses out on time and to continue to give the five -cent ?are service. He said that if the buses have to be dead headed from Maynard to Lex- ington in the morning and back at night, the company could not afford to continue the five -cent fare. He explained that the company has been using a garage in Arlington, but has been ordered out inasmuch as the garage has been taken overand the space will be needed for the display of new cars. The Lovell Bus Lines;, Inc. were supposed to have been out by April 15, 1946.