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418 <br />Jurors <br />Abate-.' <br />ment <br />Water <br />Bill:i <br />Play- <br />ground <br />Bori nge <br />Report <br />Later <br />SELECTMEN'S MEETING <br />February 28, 1944 <br />A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was <br />held in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building, on <br />Monday evening, February 28, 1944, at 7:30 P.M. Chairman <br />Rowse, Messrs. Potter, Locke, Sarano and Sheldon were <br />present. The Clerk was also present. <br />At 7:30 P.M. Mr. Carroll appeared before the Board <br />for the drawing of two jurors. <br />Mr. William J. Marshall, Shipper, 9 Independence <br />Avenue, was drawn to serve on Civil Business, First <br />Session, at Cambridge, beginning April 3, 1944. <br />Mr. Hugh E. Leonard, Salesman, 23 North Hancock <br />Street,. was drawn to serve on Criminal Business, First <br />Session at Cambridge, beginning April 3, 1944. <br />Mr. Carroll retired at 7:31 P.M., and Mr. Paxton <br />appeared before the Board. <br />Mr. Paxton said that Raymond J. Barber, 24 Maple <br />Street, received a water bill on September 1, 1943, in <br />the amount of $45.08. Mr. Barber thought the bill was <br />high, and on September 23, 1943, Mr. Paxton checked the <br />service and found a leak in an old service going to a <br />barn. Mr. Paxton said that this was something of which <br />Mr. Barber had no knowledge. His December 1, 1943, bill <br />was $21.01, which would bring the. two bills to a total of <br />$66.18. Mr. Paxton informed the Board that Mr. Barber's <br />usual charge is about $3.75 per quarter. He said that in <br />similar cases the Board had authorized abatements. <br />Mr. Sarano moved that Mr. Paxton be authorized to <br />prepare an abatement in the amount of 030.00, leaving a <br />balance of $36.18 to be paid by Mr. Barber. Mr. Sheldon <br />seconded the motion, and it was so voted. <br />The Chairman said that he had checked with Mr. <br />Cosgrove about getting the borings on the playground, <br />and Mr. Cosgrove informed him that the company which <br />would do this work is too busy to take the borings at <br />the present time. Mr. Cosgrove thought that it would <br />be necessary to go down to solid soil. <br />Mr. Paxton said that there were several ways to <br />handle this matter, and which ever method is the best <br />and least expensive would probablSr be the method used. <br />He said that he hoped sometime this summer to have tests <br />made of the bearing capacity of the soil. <br />The Chairman asked Mr. Paxton if he would obtain <br />the location of the quicksand under the Cary Memorial <br />Building, and report to the Board. <br />Mr. Paxton retired at 8:00 P.M. <br />4.4 <br />1 <br />