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192 ..� C? REGULAR MEETING, JANUARY 24, 1928. � R A regular meeting -of the Board.of.-Selectmen was held at the ' Selectmen's Office at .7.Ao P.M. Messrs. Custance, Ballard, Burnham, Robertson, and Chamberlain were present.__ The Clerk and the Supt, Of Public Works were also present. Mr. Willard C. Hill came before the Board to explain further about the arrangements for the presentation exercises on board the U. S. Lexl4bon, and to extend to the Board the invitation of Captain Marshall to have tea with him immediately after the pre- sentation exercises on January 28, 1928. Invitation was received by.the Board of Selectmen to act as hosts at the reception to -the -,Officers of the. Airplane Carrier exington from the. General_.Committee.. The invitation was acknow- ledged with 'thanks. _.James P.:.Munroe. came_ before- the_ Board and presented plans of Tavern Road .which.. is_.a..part. of the. Munrod Estate running from Percy Road to Eliot -Road in the rear of the Munroe Tavern.. Mr.. Munroe was informed that- _the plan would be presented itcrthe Plan- ning Board at an early date. Mr. Isadore J. Michelson came before the Board to endeavor to persuade the Board to grant him a permit to erect a sign in frit of his shoe store over the sidewalk. The.Board informed himiat they would take the matter 'under advisement, and they instructed ' the Clerk to find out how -many permits of this kind had been granted for which bonds are filed. Letter was received from Edward L. Fenn asking for the esti- mate of the cost of extending -water to Wood Street and up Wood St, to the home of Sailie.A. Serer. ` Estimatewas presented by. th#.Supt. •of_ Public Works ftasm- mending that a ten ineh._main be..laid from the Standpipe through private lands to Mass. Avenue, and in Mass..Avenue to Wood Street a distance of 3890 feet, and that an eight inch main be laid in Wood Street to_the_Syer property a distance of 4485 feet. The esti- mated cost oflaying a ten inch main fromtheStandpipe to Wood Street is $17 500. and the eight inch main in Wood Street $16,�$$,"�g , making a tots _of 33683.75. If the petitioners were called upon - to pay 6% of the cost of the_.6" main from the present dead end on Mass..Avenue to the Syer property,, the cost would be approximately $22,000. for 6,628 feet .of_ 6 main. The Supt, of Public Works was requested to send a letter t9 . Mr. Fenn advising him of the estimate. ` Application was received.frmm Calvin W. Childs of 6 Chandler Street for a sewer tobe placed in Upland Road and to run to his property_o44 ChaU ar Street. Mr_. Robertson was requested to find ou residents of Upland Road desire to have this street. The Supt, of the. Sewer Dept, estimated the -sewer in Glen Road.from Meriam Street to of 255 feet and in Upland Road from Glen Roa at $3.,750, t whether ell of the ' sewer placed in that the cost of extending Upland Road a distance d a distance of 245 feet