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Meeting, August 10, 1926. A refular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held at the Selectmen s Office at 9:30 P.H. Messrs. Cuetance, Burnham, miles, and Ballard were present. The Superintendent of Public Works and the Clerk were also present. The Board signed the application of Mrs. Alice A. Frost of Allen Street for permission to board two infants'at her home. The State Aid pay roll fdr-:the month of August was signed. 0 Hearing was declared open upon the application of William L. Smith of 32 Hancock Street for permission to erect a private garag% on his premises, at S P.M. No persons appeared to object, and it Was voted to grant him permission. ;_::Hearing was declaredopenupon the application of Christine A. Gremetorff of Middle Street for permission to erect a two car private garage on her premises, at 8t05 P.M. No persons appeared to object, and it was voted to grant her a permit. Petition was received from residents of Taft Avenue asking that Taft Avenue from Baker Avenue to Ellis Street be accepted, the same being a distance of about 500 feet. The clerk was Instructed to secure the,necessary data preliminary to the hearing. Mrs. Ida H. B. Capper of Middle Street came before the Board to discuss the matter of location of the proposed filling station on the southwesterly corner of Waltham and Middle Streets. The plan proposed by the Planning Board showed an area for a grass plot at the corner and roadways of thirty feet in width with a;'setback from the street me that the filling station would be situated within five feet of the limit of the Zoning territory. The plan also called for an eight foot sidewalk along the drive. Mrs. Capper agreed to the layout as shown her upon this plan. Aft** considering the matter, it was decided to request Mrs. Capper to agree to the layout of a grass plotoropen space opposite the Wro- posed location on land owned by her, and to give to the town a touffoot strip of land along Waltham Street so that the street could be sixty feet wide in conformity with Waltham Street on the other side of Middle Street. .It was also decided to request Mrs. Capper tb keep open both of these grass plots and to maintain a thirty foot driveway adjacent to the grass plot at the proposed filling station. Mr. Frederick L. Emery, W. D. Milne, J. Henry Duffy, and C. Edward Glynn, members of the Planning Board, met with the Selectmen to view the plan of the proposed widening of Massachusetts Avenue from Hancock Street to Woburn Street, and expressed their views on the proposition. Mr. Emery stated that when he secured the releases from owaers of property on the avenue in connection with the Building Lines he infonned them that there would be no widening on Massachusetts Avenue for some years to come. He felt too, that it was not needed in the town, and that it, was unnecessary to spend money to widen this street, but rather that the money be spent to divert traffic through the outskirts of the town. lie felt that the persons who traveled through the town were not of any financial benefit and that for our own needs the avenue is wide enough for some years to come. xr. Ballard explained that he felt the widening should be made not at Buckman Tavern, and also a fifteen foot strip should be removed fret