1943-05-10 - Laserfiche WebLink

Browse Search

225 SELECTMEN'S MEETING May 10, 1943 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held In the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building on Monday evening, May 10, 1943, at 7:30 P.M. Chairman Rowse, Messrs. Potter, Locke, Sarano and Sheldon were present. The Clerk was also present. Mr. Paxton appeared before the Board at 7:30 P.M. The Chairman read a letter from John H. Devine complaining about the brook which runs in the rear of the houses on Drainage Slocum Road and Winthrop Road. Mr. Devine said that this Mr. Devine brook has been a menace to the residents in the community, and that the water is stagnent most of the time. He said Mr. Miller that several years ago the Selectmen assured Mr. Miller, who then lived on Winthrop Road, that the matter would be taken care of. He said that it is a responsibility which he felt thd.Town should assume and correct immediately. The Chairman also read a letter from Mr. Edward M. Miller of 16 Winthrop Road requesting that some action in the matter of drainage from the ditch adjoining his property be taken. He said there is a culvert which passes under Highland Avenue and isJsupposed to run water off. He said that he believed the ditch was a Town right of way and should be cleaned immediately. Mr. Paxton said that he sent men down to clean the brook out at Mr. Miller's request. He said there is a high spot on, the bed of the brook. Mr. Paxton said the only thing t b do to solve Mr. Miller's problem would be to lower the bed of the brook and put in a pipe. He said relattte to the Divine complaint that oil could be put on the brook to kill mosquitoes. The Chairman asked Mr. Paxton how much of a job it would be to lower the water in regard to Mr. Miller's Victory Garden. `Mr. Paxton said that this was too much of a job to be done now. The Chairman read a letter from William E. Mulliken Mr. Mulli- statiing that he was filing a formal complaint against the ken Town of Lexington because of the water conditions at the rear of his property due to negligence on the part of the Town in- diverting surface drainage into this area without properly providing for its disposal. The Chairman asked Mr. Paxto#i to answer these letters Held over of complaint and to take the matter up again next week. A communication was received from WhltneyHarb of the War Production Board requesting that he be advised Of the Typewriters number of typewriters owned by the Town and the number we would sell. Mr. Paxton said there was only one typewriter not being used and this was not in very good condition. The Clerk was instructed to write Mr. Barb and advise him that we have been short of typewriters and tried to