HomeMy WebLinkAbout1939-11-27-BASS-min.pdf MEETING, NOV. 27, 1939
Messrs Steeves, Cann, Burnham, Shanahan, Emery, Spencer and Miss
Ready present.
The following persons having. filed applications for abatement
on their 1939 real estate taxes and the Board having viewed the pro-
perty and feeling that the parcels were :mot over assessed voted at
this meeting that no, reductions be made on the 1939 assessments:
Bion C. & Florence K. Merry (*John J. Peterson applicant) 21 Muzzey.
Albert A. Ross - Wellington Farm land on Mass. Avenue. St.
Perez Avigdor - .139 Wood Street
Anton B. Diehl - Lots 138,139,140 Colonial Hts.
Eva G. & Samuel T. Watson - 11 Middleby Road
Peter Gaudun - 25 Shade Street
William L. Linney - 127 Shade Street
Laura Recupero - 48 Valley Road property
Matthew & Bridget Harvey - 4 Chase Avenue y,
Annie Bornstein - 32 Mass. Avenue property
Annie Bornstein - 5 Hibbert Street property
Lewis F. & Sarah R. Willard - 1444 Massachusetts Avenue
Dominic F. & Agnes L. Ross - 86 Robbins Road l
Mildred L. & rank S. Trumbull - 6 Daniel Street f'
Lexington Co-operative Bank - 24 Parker Street property
Ralph M. &: Eleanor R. Blair - 8 Middle Street
Rudolph & Elwine Reinap - 95 Spring Street property
Joseph R. Lawson - 502 Marrett Road property
Approved Form 1C were signed by Frederick J. Spencer, Secretary
of the Board,and-sent to the above 18 persons informing them of the
decision of the Assessors on their applications.
The Board of Selectmen authorized the Assessors to abate the 1939,
apportioned Sewer Assessment and committed interest item that was
billed to Miss Mary S. Reardon of 22 Vine Street.
The Assessors at this meeting voted to abate the two amounts,` namely<<
518.00 and $9.72, and they signed the three abatement slips.
Department bills were signed by the Board. ,
Monthly lists of motor vehicle excise taxes abated on the 1939 Levy
were signed by the Board.
List of poll taxes for the year 1939 amounting to $38.00 were
abated by the Board and the three abatement slips were signed.
Commitment of Water Liens amounting to 862.72 was signed by the .
Board.
The following 2►;* filed applications for abatement on their
1939. real estate taxes and the Board having viewed the parcels and s
examined the applications voted at this meeting to grant the follow-
ing abatements:
Name Location Abatement Reason
Albert A. Ross - 2620 Mass. Avenue - $17.75 house over assessed
Albert A. & Alice M. Ross - 202 Waltham St. $47.04 property over asse4
Ross Realty Corp. - 2648 Mass. Ave. -35.50 -'house over assessed
Paul F. C. & Hazel B. Mias - Gleason Rd- 06. 04 - land over assessed; 1
Emily G. McLearn - 1387 Mass. Ave. $35.50 - back land over assessed
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Generino H. & Florence T. Luongo. - 214 Mass. Ave. 810.65
house over assessed.
Cambridge Trust Co. -.198 Mass. Ave. 835.50 -, house over assessed
(Edward Abrams & David-Goldber 0 - applicants )-
Martin C. Weyand - 86 Oak 6t. - 17.75 - house over assessed
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John H. Davitt - 2 Aerial st. -, 7.10 ',7. house-over assessed
Charles Copelotti - 28 Pearl St.-- 824.85- land over assessed
Cobb,Farrar & G. Philip Wardner, Trs. u/w. Caroline Jackson
. 24 Rindge Ave.-- $14.91 - property over assessed.
Cobb,Farrar & G. 0Philip Wardner,Trs, u/w Caroline Jackson
Rindge Ave. - land over assessed.
Carrie L. Pilkington-& Florence Baldwin - 719 Cambridge-Concord
Highway - $48.99 - land over assessed.
Harold A. & Mae W. Conant -.47 Lincoln street-- 060.35- property
over assessed.
jHarold A. & Mae.W. Conant - 49-Lincoln St. - 353.25 -oland over
. . assessed.
Antonio Venuti-& Frank . 13usa - 397 Lincoln St. $55.02 - buildings
over assessed. .
Sylvia H. Aker -2420Lincoln St. $29.82 - property over assessed.
Ida S. Stewart - Amherst St. $17.75 - land-over assessed
0 Burton & Helen T. ,Atkins - 15 .Emerald St. $18.10 - property over
assessed. (Inez M. Canessa - applicant)
Ross Realty-Corporation - Lot 6A Mass* Ave. $8.88 - land over
. assessed*
Ross Realty Corporation - Lot 5A Mass. Ave. $8.88 - land over,
assessed. , -
Ethel M. Day - 21420Masa. Avenue - 35.50 - house over assessed
.., Eileen- U. Cronin-- 49 Forest St. - 17.75 -7-house over assessed
R. Estelle Earle - 100Muzzey St. - $15.62 ..- garage and land over
assessed.
Bridget Leary- 16. Muzzey St '.,i c22.37.- land over assessed
,Elizabeth F. McIntosh - 182 Waltham St. -$64.26 -property over
assessed. . .
. Charles D. Wiswell,Exor.& Tr. - 194 Waltham St. - $35.50 - house
over assessed. . .
Marion D. Lewis /p 6 Forest St - $33.19 - property over assessed
Phyllis M. Jenney -e, 16 Vine Brook Rd - 837.28 - house & garage
-over assessed,
Alice M. Ross - 200 Waltham Street - $23.08 - house over assessed
Lilian L. -Viano, Trustee - 186 Bedford St: $42.60 - houses over
• assessed. ”
William R..- Greeley - 1948 Mass. Ave. $60.35 --bldgs over assessed.
Katherine M. Ross - 2173 Mass. Ave. $91.24- property over assessed
William C. VanBuskirk-$21.30 140 Cedar St. -bldgs over .assessed.
• Henry C. -Brookings - (Florence P. ,Cleveland- applicant )#18-20 ed
Waltham Street 7 $377.72. property over assess,
Hugh J. Maguire -290 Wood St. -$38.16- property over assessed.
, Charles S. & Hattie W. SquiPes -79 Cliff Avenue- $3. 55;810.65;
87.10483.55; acid 36/ - land over assessed. ed
Mildred G. Tenney - 1906 Mass. Avenue- 857.16- property-over asses
Archibald Patterson - Shade Street--. 814.20- land and camp over
assessed. •
' Arthur H. EarlefHame Owners Loan CorporatiOn/ 58 Forest St. 853.25
house over assessed. .
. Home Owners Loan Corporation -,, 16 Audubon Rd - $42.60- bldgs over
. . _ . . assessed.
Home Owners Loan Corp.--55:Cary-AVenue - 824.85 - house over
assessed. '
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Watertown Co-operative Bank - 500 Marrett Rd - $ 35.50 - house over
assessed. (Thos.D.Warren-applicant)
Rudolph Reinapa - Spring St. 47.10 - land over assessed.
Rudolph Reinap - Grassland St. 610.65 - land over assessed°
Alice P. Hagerty --6 Lincoln Street - 033.37.. - land over assessed. .
Mary F. Manley - 20 Parker St. $36.21 - land over assessed.
Maurice P. Ahern & Bertha V. Pichette (Lex. Trust Co.-applicant)
010.65- house-.,over assessed.
Chester S. & Florence--M. ,Cook--el6 Belfry Terrace - house and gar.
over assessed; 817.75.
Joanna Connors - 2318 Mass.Avenue -$39.05—,land over assessed.
Helen F. Chadwick,Tr. (now Mrs. Barrington) 017.75 - 17 Audubon Rd,
house over assessed.
Medford Trust Co. -324-Waltham St. 036.75 - building and land over •
assessed. .,
George E. Rogers- - Grassland St. $ 6.04 - land..over assessed.
George E. Rogers - 8 Spring St. 349.70 - property over assessed.
William H._& L.nnette,B. Hannam 23-Lincoln St. 835.14- property
over assessed.
Charles &..Mary T. Nutt - 136-138 Grant t. $3.55- no henhouse on
property Jan. 1st, 1939. .
Berta Franceschelli - 34 Grapevine Ave. 87.46 —land over assessed,
Berta Franceschelli - Grapevine Ave. 83.73 - land over assessed --
Albert & Guy Franceschelli -Grapevine-Ave. 81.07 - land over assessed.
Lulu M. Blake -510-512 Waltham St. 635.50- house over assessed.
Paul B & Reba E. nCowdrey - 27 Stedman Rd. - $16.86 - property over
assessed.
H.O.L.C. - 68 Farmcrest Ave. - 017.75 —house over assessed.
Etta R. & Ernest R. hunt - 47 Farmcrest Ave. .$bl7.75 - house over
--. -. assessed.
Betty N. Lindstrom --.63 Farmcrest Ave. 628.40 •- house over assessed.
Catherine D. Norton 12? Marrett Rd. 817.93 - property over assessed.
William G. Potter - 32-34 Walnut St. @63.30,- property over Assessed.
Harda Rowe - 69 Blossom at. $24.85 - house over assessed
H.O.L.C. (Mrs. --John A. - Spencer applicant) 439 Waltham St. 411,89, land
over assessed.
Mabelle G. Steeves-24 Hill Top Ave. p17.75 - ,house over assessed.
Mabelle G. Steeves -6 Hill Top Ave. 417.75 - house over assessed.
Biagio & Augustina Tambascia - 246 Concord Ave. $31.95 ,- land over
assessed.
John E. & Virginia A. Timothy - 442 Waltham St. $17.75 - house over
-. -. assessed.
Waltham Savings Bank - 702 Main St. Waltham - 814.55 -property over
assessed.
Laurina C. Wilson-Metcalfe 4 Laurina Metcalfe-Wilson .. 479 Waltham St.
647.75- property over assessed.
, Alice L. Tebbetts - .354 Waltham St. -$55.50 - Chap. 59, Sec. 5,Clause 18. '
Medford Trust Co.- Marrett Rd. ,& Waltham St. - $53.25 -land over
• .assessed.
Norman E. & Grace A. Stockhaus (Frederick J. &^Doris G. Carr - applicants;
51 Shade St. $17,75%- house over assessed:
Rose M. Tucker - 1970 Mass. Ave. $35.50. - 'house over assessed.
Julia A. McCaffrey - Parker St. $$17.75 - land over assessed
Fred C. & Ingrid W. ._Newhall_- 45. Outlook Drive - S10. 65- house over
assessed.
J. Jerauld & Ellen 'A. Buck - 191 Walt ham St. 035.50 - house over
assessed.
Helen A. McCaffrey - 33 Parker St. $20.95 - land over assessed.
Gertrude E Mitchell - 107 Waltham St. 817.75 - house over assessed.
Freda Flack - 41 Outlook Drive - $10.65..- house over assessed
Charles M. & Marie 'R. Albert - 40 Bridge St - 525.92 - property over
assessed.
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Frederick G. Jones 25 Bridge St. $16.69- land over assessed.
Merchants Co-operative Bank (Ernest E. Alger - applicant)
1 PaySon .St.. $28.40- property over assessed.
J. Elmer Lowe. - Marrett Road - 311.36 - land over assessed.
.Mary A. Lowe 419 Marrett Road - 0;29.11 - land over assessed.
John Waugh - Marrett Rd. - $10.65 - building removed from land
before Jan.lst, 1939,
Ciro DeVenezia- Lisbeth St. - $11.36 - land over assessed.
Norman Ellard - 1345 Mass. Ave. $35.50 - house over assessed.
Alice R. Ferguson (Albert S. Pitman - applicant) $8.88 - property
over assessed. Finney -applicant)
H.O.L.C. - 28 Albemarle Ave. $17.40 - property over assessed. (Chas.A
Lexington Savings Bank -773-775 Mass. Ave. house over assessed,
535.50 abated.
Medway Savings Bank. --361-363 Mass. Ave. $12.96 - land over assessed.
Minnie A. Milliken - 21 Tower Rd- property over assessed, $50.41.
Helen Wiggins - 7 Maple St - $17.75 - house over assessed.
Mary J. Nolan - 21 Fern St. $35.50 - property over assessed.
John H. & Lumens M. Porthouse - 10 Aerial St. $17.75 - house over
assessed.
John,Yanuskis (Thos. & Honora Sullivan - applicants) 17-19 Curve St.
$25.20, land over assessed.
J. Alexander Wilson - 5 Pleasant St. $24.85 - land over assessed.
::Robert P. Trask - 577 Marrett Road - $44.37 - henhouses not on
property Jan. ' let, 1939.
Walter Holman - 28 Summit Ave. - $5.33 - land ,over assessed.
William A. Batts-.- Williams Rd. - $8.88 - land over assessed.
Raymond H, Barney - Woodland Rd0 09.59 - land over assessed.
Albert A. Ross - 2634 Mass. Ave. $17.75 - house over assessed.
• Grace H. G. Belcher - 97 Adams St. $46.15 - Chap. 59, Sec. 5,Clausek
17.
Richard J. Burke - 225 Marren Rd. $35.50 Clause 180 .
Josephine G. Nunan 309 Marrett Rd. $71.00 Clause 22
Edward Carlson et als - 82 Fottler Ave. $49.35- Clause 17. Mrs
Carlson- widow one of the of als.r
.Donizio &. Annie DeMarties - 99 Bow St. Clause 18
Jeanette B. -.Fountain - 24 Farmcrest Ave. Clause 18
Martha L. Jones. - 17 Pleasant St. 870.29 - Clause 17
Annie E. Kelley - 45 Earl St. '$46.15 - Clause 17
Heirs of William H. Kelley -- 314.20 - Clause 18
Sigrid W. Kinquist 29 Prospect Hill Rd - $71.00 - Clause 17
Evelyn M. McVetty - 4 Taft Ave. $71.00 -Clause 23
Carrie Peterson - 39 Blossom. at. 371.00 - Clause 17
. Katherine A. Russell - 927 Mass. Ave. $35.50 - Clause 18
Libba Anson - 38 Wellington Lane Ave. 49.70 - Clause 17
Alfred A. & Esther N. Adler - 12 Berwick Rd - $35.50, Clause 23
Gladys F. Anderson - 30 Theresa Ave. - $35.50 - Clause 18
Gaetano & Berta Francescelli - 34 Grape Vine Ave. $10.65 - land •
over assessed.,
H.O.L.C. - 53 Forest St. $35.50 - house over assessed.
Gertrude Cochran - 8 Stratham Rd. $106.50 - Clause 18
Annie Sullivan et al - $35. 50 - Clause 18
Hannah B. Breslin - 2227 Mass. Ave. - Clause 18
' Bridget J. McKearney et al - $35.50 - Clause 18 •
' Antonio Umbrello, Tr, 504 Waltham St. - $25.00 - Clause 18
•Carmella Moretti - 8043ow St - $35055- Clause 18
Ruth M. Haskell - $101.18 - Clause 18
Ellen O'Keefe - 49 Reed St. - $35.50 - Clause 18
John S. Spaulding - 14 Parker St. 175055 - Clause 18
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1 Carl E. Swenson et al - 18 Albemarle Ave. $ 33.37 - Clause 18
' Marion W. Jackson - 34 Parker St. $61.53 - Clause 18
. Bertha M. Hamilton - 15 Cummings Ave. - 1135.50 - Clause 18
Joseph ,R. Lawson of 277 Vermont Street,, W. Roxbury, filed a
statutory exemption application far help on his 1939. real estate
tax bill for property located at #502 Marrett Road.
The Assessors viewed his property and did not feelit was over
assessed and they voted no valuation reduction. .
On account of Mr. Lawson living out oft own and because his pro-
perty is rented and he receives a pension the hoard voted that no
exemption be allowed on his 1939 real estate tax bill.
Mr. Lawson was notified of the decision of the Board on his two
applications. - , , ,
The Clerk was instructed toewrite to Mr. Edwin Worthen and in-
form him that the Assessors viewed the Bank property located at
#45 Hancock Street and at this meeting they-voted that,..no reduction :0
be made on the house assessment.
,The Board felt it would-be the best thing for the Bank to go
ahead with their plans and demolish the house.
The-Board voted to abathe balance due on Mr. Thomas G. Whiting's '
1938 real estate tax bill.
The Board requested Commissioner Long's authority on this,matter. 1
Abatement to be granted under Clause 18 after Commissioner, Long's
authority to the Board,is received.
. The Old post Office property located at 18-20 Waltham street was 1
assessed for $22,640 as of ,Jan., 1st, 1939 to Henry C., Brookings of
Medford. -- e e
T7uring the., summer of, 1939, the Assessors viewed the property and
� they fell that the property was over assessed, building had been idle
since the; Post Office was erected. ,
; The Assessors agreed with the new owner of the property that they
would abate that part of the 1939 real estate tax on the valuation ' '
over $12,000.• The new owner Florence P. Cleveland filed theapproved ,
abatementapplication and the Assessors abated the sum of $377.72 on
, the 1939 tax bill. 0
Abatement granted on ,a valuation of $10,640.
The Assessors requested that the three real estate applioationsbe ,
returned to -Jennie D. Segal of 80 Boylston -Street, Boston, requesting
hem at once to the
her to
fill out the applications ein full and return t e
data before actingon the
Assessors so that they- can. have.. the full
abatement applications. e ;
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The Board considered the statutory exemption application received
from Philip P. Leaf ,of 30 Oottage Street but no definite action was
taken because ,there are back taxes due on his property since 1935. '
Matter laid on the table.,.
No definite action taken on the statutory- exemption application .
received from Katherine A. •ever of e5 Harvard Avenue, Brookline. She
is half •owner .of one lot of ,land ,located on-Marrett Rd.
The Board reconsidered the statutory exemption application of
Cedar Street, but the board voted that y
Mary A. Ferry, widow, of 32 ,
abatement begranted to this party--at the present time.
no further ,
For several years the Assessors svoted to grant this party an abate-
ment
ment on $1000 - under Clause 18, and in 1938 the abatement was put thru
on $2000 under Clause 17 thru error. ,
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The Assessors went out various days ai .viewed many of the
real estate parcels on which the owners had filed applications
on and at this meeting the full board was, informed of the
valuation reductions suggested,and Mr. Shanahan's motion to
accept the reductions made was seconded and the full Board
voted in favor of the abatement granted.
Mr. Spencer, Secretary of the Board, was given authority to
sign' all the abatement slips covering the various abatements
voted at this meeting.
The Assessors signed the schedule lists of abatements granted.
The Board discussed the matter of raising some of the land
assessments around the center of the Town that had been benefited
by the Vine Brook drainage project.
The Board felt that the two lots on Sherman Street owned by
Walter H. Peirce et al of Arlington, should be increased as of
January 1st, 1940. (assess at lOri per sq ft. )
Any other lots or area that were benefited will also be
increased. When the various betterment improvements are put in
the Ryder vacant land the assessment should be increased consider--
ably.
The Board agreed to go out Friday, December 1st, and looked
at some more of the parcels of real estate that the owners filed
applications on.
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Secretary he Board.
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