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' Engineer, Mr. Allard, said that if the horses were not put back, he would shut down the job. Mr. Raymond talked with Dalrymple who agreed to furnish the horses and driver at the rate of $1.10 per hour. Mr. Potter moved that this rate be approved. Mr. Clark seconded the motion and it was so voted. Mr. Raymond said that Miss McCaffrey's complaint was that the Town did not fix up in front of her prop- erty on Mass. Avenue as well as they did in front of some of the other property.. They put in gravel side- walks wherever there were sidewalks before. He said that it would not be very expensive to put in such a walk as far as the house but it would be expensive to put one in beyond the house. The Chairman thought that it would only make way for more complaints if anything were done there now so long after the street work was finished. Mr. Giroux thought that if the Town would agree to fix the fence between her property on Parker Street and the playground it would satisfy her. 411 McCaffrey complaint ' Mr. Raymond said that he had received five bids on a jackhammer and the prices were all alike. Pair. Raymond said that the salesmen for two companies lived in Lex- ington. Mr. Ralph Field for the ,^falter hf. Field & Son Mr. Raymond said that Mr. Leslie J. Wood told him that he had been instructed by the Health Inspector to eliminate the mosquito pest menace at the corner of ' Webb and Woburn Streets. He claims that the Town is responsible for the condition because the grade of Woburn Street was raised when it was rebuilt, thus preventing the water from running across the street. The contractor dug a ditch across the corner lot and laid a short piece of pipe connecting with the last catch basin. Drainage - Mr. Raymond said that some day there would be a consid- corner of erable drainage problem at this location and it would Woburn and be quite expensive to come out Webb Street with a drain. Webb Sts. He thought that when that time comes, the Town would save money if it had the right to lay a drain across - Mr. Wood's land. Mr. Raymond said that an inlet could be installed and a pipe laid at a cost of about $300. and this would lower the water about one foot which would help a great deal. He thought it would be good business to trade this work for a release or right to lay a drain across Wood's land later on. The Chairman asked if Wood would put in the pipe on his own land if the Town put it`in'in the street, and Mr. Raymond said that he had not discussed that phase of the matter with Mr. Wood. Mr. Potter said that if Wood laid the pipe on his own land he _probably would not give an easement for the laying of the pipe. The Chairman suggested that Mr, Raymond discuss both sides of the matter with Mr. Wood. ' Mr. Raymond said that he had received five bids on a jackhammer and the prices were all alike. Pair. Raymond said that the salesmen for two companies lived in Lex- ington. Mr. Ralph Field for the ,^falter hf. Field & Son