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1 1 413 straight town"project or as a W.P.A. project. The Chair- man said that in any case, it would have to be submitted to the town and there probably would not be another Town Meeting until late Fall. Mr. McIntosh asked if it would not be best to install the sewer after the street was constructed and accepted and- Mr. Raymond said that it would. Mr. McIntosh said that T. A. Custance promised them seven years ago that the sewer would be installed withih two years. Mr. Raymond said that at the last Town Meeting, a sewer project was presented and funds appropriated for that pro- ject contingent upon the owners of 75/'0' of the property benefitted agreeing to pay their share of the cost before the funds were made available, and he thought that the same restriction would be put on the Liberty Heights Sewer. Mr. P. J. Nary was appointed the man with whom the Board could discuss any questions. The group retired at 9;35 P. M. Mr. Raymond presented the Board with a list of the wage scales in 17 surrounding cities and towns and said he thought Lexington was at the bottom of the list as far as labor and foremen went. He thought that Lexington was at the bottom with a forty hour week and thought it would be with Forty a forty-four hour week and said he did not approve of a hour week. forty-four hour week anyway. The Chairman asked how there could be efficiency and harmony between departments if the Highway Department was above other departments in wages. Mr. Raymond said that it did not make for efficiency and harmony but the Highway Department was the 'biggest depart- ment. He said that cutting down the efficiency in the Highway Department did not help the efficiency in other departments. The Chairman asked if he thought spreading the work out would help on welfare and he replied in the negative. It was decided to discuss the matter at the next meeting. The Chairman asked if it would be possible for the members to attend a spe cia 1 meeting next Tuesday at 7:30 P.M. and they said that it was. Mr. Potter moved that a Meeting meeting be held at 7:30 on July 12th to discuss various things that were held over. Mr. Rowse seconded the motion and it was so voted. At this time, Mr. Clark left the meeting. Dir. Thomas S. Keegan of 1454 Mass. Avenue appeared before the Board and said he was laying out two lots on his property fronting on Rowland Avenue which is an unt, finished right of way. He said that at the Mass. Avenue end, the right of way is 20 feet wide running to thirty- four feet about 330 feet back. In 1929 or 1930 at a 'town Meeting it was proposed that Rowland Ave. should be made a street and run through to Highland Ave. and this was opposed by abutters on Slocum Road and Highland Avenue. From the opposition at that -time, it is apparent that Rowland Ave. lots