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402 SELECTMENTS MEETING - NOVEMBER 50 1929. A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held at the Selectments Room, Town office Building ,at 7:30 P.M. Messrs. Burnham, Custan'ce, Chamberlain, Blake and Shannon were present. The Supt. of Public "forks and the Clerk ware also present. Stuart- Mr. William H. Ballard came before the Board to Marsl^all report regarding the progress of the Stuart -Marshall Realty Co. Realty Company. He presented plans that the Company had drawn of the proposed new building to take the place of the present building. He stated that he had hoped to present a signed proposal by the Company, but they had been unable to get in communication' with the Mortgagee. He presented copy of the new proposal intend- ed to be signed, also snecifications of the stores and apartments, 'Lovell Bus Petition was received from the ,Lovell Bus Line Inc. petition. for permission to operate busses from the Lexington;- Woburn line, over Noburn and Lowell Streets to the Lexington -Arlington line. The Board decided to hold a public hearing on the petition. Alcohol licenses were granted to the following: Alcohol Lexington Hardware Supply Co., 1756 Mass. Ave. licenses'.+ E. J. Viano, 1668 Mass. Ave., 1802 Mass. Ave. and 34 Bedford Street. State Aid State Aid_ payroll was signed in the amount of payroll. $26900 At 8 P.M. hearing was declared open on the acceptance of Hill Street as.a public highway. A large number of the residents of the street were present. Mr. T. A. Custance conducted the hearing. questions Hill St. were asked, by Miss Ella Tewksbury, Mr. T. E. Mansfield, Mr. Arthur N. Mad.dison, Mr. John 3ullock and Mrs. Marion E. '.7oodworth. The questions asked related more particularly to the distance the road would be constructed from their houses. Mr. A. N. Maddison, President of the Lexington Golf Club represented that org-nization and askod whether or not the improvement was for the benefit of the people living on the street or.whether it was an improvement for the Town as a whole. He was informed that the widening was a Town improvement considered by the Board necessary for the public. Mr. Maddison stated that he felt the Golf Club Committee would probably vote to give the land providing there was no betterments. Mr. Bullock stated that he would be glad to pay for whatever land could be given to him on the change in the layout of the street. The meeting was informed that the street would be a P E 1