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I 4 SPECIAL MEETING, FEBRUARY 14.,__1929. A special meeting of the Board. of Selectmen was held at the Selectmen's Room, at 7:30 P.M. Messrs, Burnham, Ballard, Custance, Chamberlain and Robertson were present. The Clerk was also present. The following estimates were aprroved for the various accounts: Forest Fires $500. Highway Dept. for various Estimates street construction 20,000. (For the completion of construction on Dass. Avenue from Waltham Street and Bedford Street to Elm Avenue, and to construct any or all of Waltham Street from Mass. Avenue to Marrett Road.) In regard to the construction of water mains, it was decided to carry out part 4, 5, and part of 6 of the water survey of Metcalf &c Eddy which would cost approximately $57,700. Water Mains It was therefore voted that an appropriation of 050,006 be'made for the reinforcement of the !dater Derartment, and that $307000 be appropriated to cover applications for new construction work, ' and that bonds and notes be issued for this amount over a termof twenty years. The traffic beacon sheet was referred to the traffic BeacornSupt. of Public Works to report upon the same. An appropriation of $500, was approved for Brooks cleaning out brooks. It was voted to request Metcalf &c Eddy to proceed with the work contained in their proposal dated June 8, 1928 under items 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 at a total cost of $3,000. The appropriation for garbage was laid over Garbage for one week. The Board ennsidered the matter of a tuberculosis hospital to be located in Lexington in the southerly section of the Town and voted unanimously as follows: The Board of Selectmen of Lexington, acting as a Board of Appeals, under General Laws, Ch. 40. sea. 27, having received a written petition addressed to the ' Board by the County Commissioners of Middlesex County, a copy of which is herety annexed, held a public hearing thereon, of which notice was mailed to the petitioner and to the owners of all property deemed by the Board