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'stations on the right hand side of Route 128 from the Wo-' burn line to this point. He knew the two young men who were to run the station and he thought that they would thm it very efficiently. Mr.-Steeves lives 6h Hill Top Avenue and he had canvassed his street, Kendall Road and Farm Crest Avenue and there was nobody in his neighborhood who objected to the granting of the permit. Mr. Marshall Tebbetts stated that he owned a house on Waltham Street near the corner of Marrett Road and he also operated the Mohawk Spa and he thought that another gasoline station would not do any harm and would like to see a permit granted. Mr. Earl Scribner, one of the men Yhom Mr. Bradley was going to employ to operate the station, stated that he thought the type of building contemplated would greatly improve the property as a whole. He stated that he had called on most of the property owners in the vicinity and practically all of them were in favor of the station. He has been employed at the Janney gasoline station on the opposite corner for the past three years. He stated that Mr. Bradley's land ran about 200 feet from the corner of Marrett Road to a culvert. The Waltham Street entrance would be about 15 feet from the culvert and the other side of the station would be all open. Mr. Russell Hinckley stated that he was at the hearing to represent his mother who was ill and that his mother owned property on the northeast corner of Marrett Road and Waltham Street and that she was opposed to the granting k of the permit for the reason that she felt that two gaso- line stations on a corner were sufficient. He stated that there_ was a stand already in business across the street from him and could be seen very plainly from his house. He stated that he thought nobody would want to buy property on a corner which was full of gasoline stations. Mr.V4VP T. Hinckley, husband of Mrs. Hinckley, stated that he had lived here for the past ten years. He would like a as it is at the present time, to see the corner stay He did not see why a man such as Mr. Bradley should come from out of town and get a permit for a gasoline station,** Mr. Gordon S. Bird, a representative of the Standard Oil Company, stated that he objected to the statements made previously to the effect that there was enough busi- ness on the cornerfbr another gasoline station.. He stated that the opening of the new Concord Turnpike had taken away a great deal of business and his company objected to the granting of the petition. Mr. John McIntyre, a representative of the Sun Oil Co., stated that it was his companyts opinion that there was enough business on the corner for another gasoline station. His company proposed to erect a pure white building and attendants would wear white. His company would not consider going into any location that would not be lucrative to the company nor erect a building that woilld The Chairman of the Board of Appeals read a e er from . Henry Saarm of IN. Medfield, Mass., who owned a of w1thin the affected area. Mr. Saarm objected to the granting of the permit. L