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364 REGULAR MEETING, Sept. 21, 1926. A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held at the Selectmen,s Office at 8:30 P.M. Messrs Custance, Burnham ,° Miles, Ballard, and Robertson were present. The Superintendent of Public works and the Clerk were also present. Mr. W. Roger Greeley, of Kilham, Hopkins & Greeley, came before the Board relative to the proposed office building to be in connection with the Memorial Building to be located on the Shaw-Plumer lot on Mass. Avenue between Grant Street and'Fletcher Avenue., He presented tentative plans of the location of the lot with the proposed memorial building thereon together with a connecting corridor to the proposed location of the office building. These plans were left for thq-consideration of ,,,the Board. Mr. Greeley stated that he felt the sum of $120,000 would be sufficient, this to include additional furniture which might be necessary, to cover the cost of the building. The Board decided to make a study of the plans, Mr. Ernest C. Martin, Mr. 0. G. Seeley, and Mr. Fred H. Moulton, came before the Board relative to the application of Mr. Martin for a third class liquor license. Mr. Martin has taken stops -to purchase the drug store owned by 0. G. Seeley, and he is desirous of obtaining g permit for the Bale of liquor upon preseriptions. Mr. Moulton stated that he had known Mr. Martin in Somerville for a number of years, and known him to be an honest and reliable man, and recommended that the Board grant him a license. References were received from Melvin & Badger Company and from the H. D. Huggan Drug Company, both of Boston, in which excellent recommendations were received for Mr. Martin. The Board therefor voted to grant Mr. Martin a third class liquor license to do business at 461 Massachusetts Avenue. A bowlingalley license was granted to Fred B. Bartlett, Bedford Street, to operate six bowling alleys at 466"Massachusette Avenue. The Edison Electric Ill. Company was granted permission to remove poles as follows: Mass. Ave., approximately 420 feet Southeast of Piddle Street 1 pole Mass. Avenue, approximately 240 feet South of Independence' Ave. "1 pole Mass. Ave., approximately 560 feet Northwest of Uharles St. 1 pole Mass. Ave., approximately 170 feet East of Bow Street 1 pole The Board decided to request the Middlesex & Boston St. Rwy. Co. to remove all poles and wires through the centre of the town, this is owing to the fact that the busses are now in operation and the wires have not been removed. k$ Letter was received from the C. & R. Construction Company relative to the condition at Rowland Avenue. They explained that it was necessary to blow a.large section of the worst kind of ledge. They stated that the engineers estimated for the removal of approximately 200 yards of ledge, and they have removed more than twice that amount already. They ' ask special consideration of the Board to this item of ledge, and requdst an equitable adjustment. No action was taken upon the request.