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40 SELECTMENIS MEETING Yky 28, 1941 1.15 Viano req. to connect with Vine Brook drain A special meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Selectmen►s Room, Town Office Building on Wednesday evening, May 28, 1941 at 5:00 P. M. Chairman Giroux, Messrs. Potter, Locke and Sarano were present. The Clerk was also present. Messrs. William C. Paxton, Stanley A. Higgins, Nathan B. Bidwell and Eugene J. Viano appeared before the Board. The Chairman said that Mr. Viano wanted to connect the drain from the basement of his new block to the Vine Brook drain. He thought there were three questions to be con- sidered. 1. The physical aspect; 2. Will we be starting something everyone else along the brook would want; 3. The legal angle. With regard to the first, he asked what, if any, damage would such a connection do to the Vine Brook pipe. Mr. Paxton said personally he was against allowing the connection to be made, but he talked with Mr. Whitman of Metcalf 8: Eddy who felt that the connection would not do an damage to the pipe. The Chairman asked if the drain Y g P p • would be reinforced where the entrance was made and Mr. Paxton replied in the affirmative. Mr. Viano said he wanted to put in 8 inch pipe, and make the connection 12 feet down from the top of the drain. The Chairman asked what chance there was of the water back- ing up in flood times causing a flooding of the basement. Mr. Paxton said that the drain was constructed to take care of a certain estimated volume of water. He said however, that if in some manner Vine Brook was filled up or choked up that the water would back up into the cellar of the block. He said of course that might be twenty or thirty years from now. Mr. Viano said that if the drain became choked up at any time, it would be due to negligence on the part of the Town. He said that there were about twenty grates across the pipe to prevent any stoppage happening. He said that if property was damaged because of the backing up of the water, the Town would be responsible for it. The Chairman said that the drain was not built to take care of the drainage from private property. Mr. Viano said it was put in for drainage and that is what it is intended for. He believed it was to take care of any drainage from the buildings in the center as much as natural drainage. Mr. Sarano asked if Mr. Viano intended to pump the water and he replied in the negative and said that it would be gravity flow. 1.15 Viano req. to connect with Vine Brook drain