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SELECTMEN'S MEETING ' JAN. 29th, 1940. A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Selectmen's Room, Town Offied Building, at 7:30 P.M. Chairman Giroux,Messrs. Potter, Rowse, Locke and Sarano were present. The Clerk was also present. The period from 7:30 to 8:30 was held open so that persons desiring to have articles inserted in the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting might submit them. However, no one appeared. The Chairman stated that the water services to Alexander Quinn's houses on Grant Place were frozen for a distance of about 250 feet. These water services were installed by a private contractor, but Mr. Giroux told Mr. Ross that inasmuch as this was an emergency, it would be all right for the town to thaw out the services. He told Mr. Ross to go down and see Quinn and give him some idea of what the cost would be and ask him how much money he was willing to spend. Mr. Ross agreed to do this. The Chair- man said he understood the thawing machine was put on one of the services, but it has not thawed out yet. The Chair- man said he was merely telling the Board of this in case Mr. Quinn spoke to them about it. Mr. Potter moved that the following letter be written to Mr. John W. Raymond, Jr: "Mr. John W. Raymond, Jr. Supt. of Public Works . Lexington, Massachusetts Dear Mr. Raymond: It is with regret that the Board of Selectmen accepts your resignation as Superintendent of Public Works of Lexington to associate yourself again with Metcalf & Eddy, engineers of the Metropolitan Sewerage Project for relief of river and harbor pollution. Nearly four years have passed since you were appointed to this office on May 11, 1936. During this period the Town of Lexington carried on two major construction pro- jects, the drainage of Vine Brook and the construction of the North Lexington sewerage line and pumping station, under Federal P.W.A. grants. Your continued annual reappointment is in itself ' evidence of the regard in which you have been held. These have been unanimous on each occasion when the question of your reappointment arose. Further evidence is the fact that you are being kept as advisor to the Selectmen for the maximum time to which you would agree. n Warrant. Quinn's services Supt. of Public Works.