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SELECTMEN'S MEETING ' FEB. 4, 1939. A special meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building, at 1:30 P.M. Chairman Giroux and Messrs. Potter, Clark and Rowse were present. The Acting Clerk, Miss Elinor Moakley, was also present. Mr. Raymond appeared before the Board relative to snow removal. He said that several complaints had been received during the past week, all of which were investigated, and he found only one place where he could not get through with chains on, and that was plowed. He said that he was still receiving complaints, and that if anything was to be done on the matter, the thing to do would be to go right out and go over the whole town, accepted and unaccepted streets. He said that he had ordered about ten or a dozen men out this afternoon to clean catch basins so that water would not stand and then freeze in the streets. The Chairman said that the question was whether or not it was the intention to let the town get used to the idea of not plowing in the fine way that it has been done in the past, and if that was the intention, we should continue with ' the present policy, and if the town wants to continue the policy of plowing everything, they could take it up at a town meeting and decide it. Mr. Potter thought it best to let it go along as it is now. Mr. Raymond said that if we had three more inches of snow now, it would be necessary to plow everything. Mr. Raymond said that justifiable complaints had been received that a windrow was left across the unaccepted -. streets. He said that it was their intention to push those back, but sometimes it was a half a day before that was done. Mr. Clark said he did not think that a barricade should be left in front of the streets. Mr. Raymond said he would like to act according to what the majority of the Board desires. Mr. Clark said that he had received complaints from people who recognize the fact that the Board is trying to economize and who feel that more economy could be effected if the trucks were not sent back and forth so often over the streets and if the streets were not plowed so low. Mr, Ray- mond said that it was necessary to send the trucks back and forth to push the snow back to the sides of the road and also, men there are automobiles parked, the plow must go back and do the plowing when the car has been removed. Mr. Raymond said he would prefer not to be held rigidly to plowing only when there was six inches of snow but that if he felt the snow was heavy and should be plowed Ahen there was only four or five inches, that he be allowed to plow. The Boa#d was of the opinion that lir. Raymond should use his own judgment in the matter, and although the regulation stipulated six inches, he should order ,the plowing done in cases mere he felt it should be plowed dere there was less than that. Mr. Raymond retired. 155 Snow Plowing,