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170 Etta Permit SELECTMEN'S MEETING April 25, 1949 1 A regular meeting. of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Selectmen's Room on Monday evening; April 25, 1949. There were present: Chairman Emery, Messrs. Driscoll, Nickerson and Hoyt. The Clerk was also present. At 7:30 P. M.,Mr. J. S. Conlon, manager of the Boston &-Maine Transportation Co. and one other in- dividual, a r epresentative-of'the company met with the Board to discuss the petition for license to operate motor vehicles for the carriage of passengers for hire upon certain streets in the town. Mr. Conlon explained that his company has-been asked from time to time t� carry passengers intrastate along the'route they now operate from New Hampshire to Boston. They now have the authority to go from Lexington Center into Boston. .The purpose for naming the Lekington Station the limit on the application was to tie this in with - the route they already have from Lexington to Boston, which is part of the whole operation fromiFitchburg and Bellows Falls. Mr. Conlon explained -that. the re- quest is principally to take care of people in other towns who now do not have ood service to and from Boston. Theyhave been operating -only one trip but since the war there has been -"development in .the South Billerica -area and a demand for transportation. He explained that this is Satething the D. P. U. will settle in the event the Town of Lexington grants the license. The Chairman asked if this w as the same bus that comes down to Lexington at 9:15 A. M., stops at -the station and goes into Park Square. "Mr. Conlon replied in the affirm- ative and said that they were thinking of putting on two additional trips making a total of three.. He explained they do not want to -take any passengers that would inter- fere with the Boston & Maine. This subject has been discussed'with.the Boston &-Maine before -the application was filed. --"Mr. Conlon stated that --his cotpany has had autherit to come intoLexington-Center for over twenty years. _However, they cannot pick up anyone along the route after -leaving Lexington. The Chairman aeked if they would explain their route and Mr. Conlon stated that when they were oper- ating several trips between -Fitchburg and Boston they used to 'run some of them down Route #2A -and -some of them through -Lexington. The D. P. U. prevented them from operating more than three busses --through Lexington Center.- The -permit was front the"Arlington line over Massachusetts Avenue Middle,Sehool and Marrett Streets, known as the Mohawk Highway . 1 1