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179 <br />BOARD OF APPEALS MEETING <br />0 March 16, 1945 <br />A meeting of the Board of Appeals was held in the Selectmen's <br />Room, Town Office Building on Friday evening, March 16, 1945, at <br />8;00 P. M. Chairman Glynn, Mr. Locke and Associate Members, Redman <br />and Lynah were present. The Clerk was also present. <br />At 8;00 P. M. hearing was declared open upon the petition of <br />Rufus Crowell & Company for permission to operate, on the premises <br />located at 177 Bedford Stret, Lexington, a plant for the cold draw - <br />Ing and annealing of small metal tubing. <br />Mr. Donald Crowell, Mr. John P. Carr, Treasurer of the Misticke <br />Company, Mr. Fulton Brown and a Mr. Chadwick, members of the <br />Mistieke Company and owners of the building at 177 Bedford Street. <br />were present. <br />No persons appeared in opposition to the granting of the <br />permit. <br />Notice of the hearing was read by Mr. Lynah. <br />Mr. Carr informed the Board that Mr. Crowell was a prospective <br />purchaser of the building at 177 Bedford Street and that he would <br />explain the nature of the work to the Board.and answer any questions. <br />Mr. Crowell said that his company now has a substantial amount <br />• of war work, the operation of which is to pull the metal over an <br />anvil and cut it off at required lengths. This is accomplished <br />by electrically driven machines. He said that there would-be no <br />disturbing noises or odors and that the operation which, in its <br />inception would run from six to ten men, but the number of•em- <br />ployees would probably reach -eighteen orlwenty. He said that the <br />future of the business is of such a character that it would not <br />require metre than twenty or twenty-five men. Mr. Crowell said <br />that the work is exclusively for war purposes, but the drawn <br />tubing is a matter which will last beyond the war and that it <br />had existed before the war. He said that thepermit would not <br />be solely for war work. He informed the Board that his company <br />had signed a contract forthepurchase of the property conditioned <br />upon obtaining a permit from the Board of Appeals. <br />The Chairman asked how much power would be used and Mr. <br />Crowell &aid that at the present tinE a total amount of 40 h.p* <br />is being used and is brought in from the outside. He said that <br />it includes the operation of two electric furnaces and if the <br />business is moved to Lexington, one furnace will be discarded. <br />Mr. Crowell stated that the furnaces are entirely noiseless. <br />The Chairman asked Mr. Crowell to explain the operation <br />of the proposed work. <br />Mr. Crowell said that the operation is similar for all <br />metals. They purchase from the mills what is known as tubing <br />which is annealed and cold drawn on draw benches. It is like <br />a punch press, but will pull out to thirty feet in length. The <br />cold operation hardens the metal and it must be annealed after- <br />] • wards and then drawn to the desired size. The tube comes to <br />them one inch in diameter. He said that they run steel, nickel <br />and monel. The nickel is for electric work and the monel is for <br />some particular purposes where chemicals are necessary. <br />
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