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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1923-07-24 69 III,LEET1 1G, JULY 24 , 1923. • A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen and Public forks was held in the Selectmen' s noom, Town Hall, Lexington , on Tuesday, July 24 , 1923 at 8 P . L. The following members of the Board were present, namely Messrs . Seaman , Blake , Hutchinson and l_oulton, the Town Clerk and the rss ' t Town Clerk were also present . The lowtn counsel and Mr . Burnham were absent. a hearing was declared open upon application of John F. Zunino of :aedford for a pertit to install a gasoline filling station at 119 Mass . Ave . with tanks having capacity of 2000 gallons . Banial J . O' Connell appeared as Attorney and Spokesman for hr . 'Zunino . He explained that there was a mortgage on the present building on the lot owned by Mr. Zunino and the town might be liable to suit if Mr . Zunino war ordered to remove the delapidated building. un the other hand if air. Zunino was granted a permit to install a filling station, he would tear down the prevent building and build a fire proof structure whereby he could obtain some revenue . No one other than the attorney spoke for the applicant . lase Gertrude Mitchell of 117 Mate Ave . stated that she did not understand that Mr. aunino was to erect a new building, but that the old building was to remain and pumps placed outside . She stated that she objected but not so strenuously to a new building. The Board declared the hearing closed and reoueeted the Town Counsel to give the Board an opinion ae to whether the town would be liable if the Building was ordered torn down. Hearing was declared open upon application of Jay 0 Richards of 31 Hancock St . to erect and maintain a filing station at the triangle at the junction of Lincoln Street and Middle Street , otherwise known as Five Forks . Helen Barry whose mother is owner of property opposite t ha - riangle , objected very strenuously to a filling station. Mr. Carroll proprietor of the Paul Revere Garage a few hundred feet away from this point did not believe it was necessary to have gasoline supplied at that point. Katherine Harrington of 512 Mass . Ave . stated that she believed this to be the most dangerous corner in the town and entirely unfit for a filling station. No other persons spoke in favor or against this application. The Board declared the hearing closed and after considering the matter decided not to grant the license. Hearing was declared open upon application of the Edison Electric Ill. Co . for permission to erect twelve poles and remove two poles on 'eoburn St . from a point about 400 feet east of Lowell Street to a point near the ioburn City line. the Board howard M. Munroe of Lowell St. came before/to object to per- mission being given to the Edison Co . His objedtion was that the Edison Co. owed him a bill for maintaining their poles on hie pro- perty and he did not want to let them remove them until they paid the bill. The Board held the granting of this location over until they took the matter up with the Edison Co . 70 ,,.r . Keil L.cIntoeh came before the Board with the request4-11 that plane showing layout of streets on the Grassland Farm so called, be approved. rhe Board approved the plane and Mr . Mc- Intosh agreed to give a right of way to the town for rtorm drainage. Mr. LicIntosh called attention to several matters , one to the blocking of traffic by persons purchasing of George H. Pierce who was recently granted a Common Jictualler ' s License . , Mr. LicIntoah claimed that the traffic was so congested that he could not go into or out of hie driveway. The Board agreed to notify the chief of Police to see that hr . Pierce operated hie place without interference to other persons in the neighborhood and also to notify hr . Pierce . Mr . McIntosh stated that he was informed by hr . Harrison that he was holding up the extension of water in the streets that Mr. .:cIntosh requested owing to the fact that he did not have the proper number of signatures . he stated that he had all signa- tures but two and that he would give a bond and sign a release himself. Letter was received from James J . Curran in which he made charges ageinet Ddward Leavitt , Chief of Police , as follows 1 . That hie conduct was unbecoming a member of the Police Bepatment of the town of Lexington and of a gentleman. 2 . That he used insulting and indecent language . 3 . That he abused the aL.thority of hie of ice . 4 . That he made an assault upon me . 5 . That wit. out justification or excuse he threatened to arrest me . 6 . That he forced me to leave the premises upon which I had a right to be . 7 . That he had not instructed his patrolmen and officers in their duties. 8 . That in coLeequence of this, he is a t. oroughly unfit person to be the Chief of Police of the sown of Lexington. The Chief of Police was called before the Board and stated that the charges were untrue . rittorney James J . Curran was therefor notified by the Board that the charges were not suetaimed. It was voted to permit grant Fred B . Bartlett a to erect a garage at 72 Bedford Street. Francis J . Toye was appointed a Registrar of Voters for the term of three years from a:arch 31, 1923 . The Board signed an indenture between Irvin R. Dix and the Town giving release of land on the Dix property on North Hancock Street for storm drainage purposes. kr. Blake explained that the bhade Tree Department were removing large trees on Clark St . and that during the time they were removing same on acoount of its be .,ng a hazardous job he allowed the men 25¢ per day extra . Petition asking for repairs on the hiddleeex turnpike from Bedford to Billerica war presented to the Board. 71 Before taking any action on tele petition the Board referred the matter to the eupt . of Public forks with the request that he take the matter up with the towns of Bedford and Billerica. In regard to the request of J . Hillard Hayden for supply of water , the Board informed the Supt . of Public Works that they would be willing to furnish 180 feet of pipe and lay same on top of ground, and that the town men ould lay the rest of the pipe providing Mr. Hayden agrees to pay for the labor The Board felt that they should assist in whatever way possible so that the pageant grounds may be ready for the celebration in 1925 . In this connection the Board felt that funds should be raised to do work on the grounde, and therefor an article should be inserted in the Warrant for the September town meetieg asking for funds. der. Harrison reported the, he had bide for construction of Gran >lithic sidewalk on Elm Avenue and that the lowest bidder was John T . i+alsh of 637 Kass . Ave . bidding at $3 pr. eq. yd. The Board therefor instructed the Supt . to award the bid to the lowest bidder. The Supt. of Public eorke reported that Harry A. Burgess was ready to give up hie work of charge of the Odorless Cart. It being rather a difficult thing to get someone to do this work, the Supt. Bae directed to do whatever he thought best about the work. There remains a balance of $E16 in the Sewer Connection Fund and the Supt. recommended a bond of $1000 be issued. Application for ooarding infants were signed for Annie R. Crowe of 123 Mase . Ave . and Lire . James J . Burton, Grant Place. The plane of the Dix Lumber Co . showing the entire layout sere signed by the Board. edtirin B . 'iortnen was autiorized to renew workmen' s compensation and public liability insurance for the dater Department due 2tuguet 13th, end also automobile liability insurance on Water Department car. Common Victualler ' e License wee granted to Mrs . Luther Breck to operate the Dutch cottage at Breck-Robinson Nureery Co . Letter was received from the Tax Collector in which he informed the Board that he appointed Helen E. Ready and Helen C . Gallagher to collect water rates while he was on his vacation the month of August. flake called attention to the fact that a new Honor Roll should be built and in order to do so a complete list of the names of the boys obtained from the Legion. Letter was directed to the Legion adjutant asking for this list. It was decided to request the Planning Board to make a report on the extension of Purest street from its present terminus to 72 oel IV Mass . Atvenue at Tucker' s and M:cLonald' a place . The Board believes that this matter hae been pending under consideration 4-17 for a long time and that something definite should be done so that t—ir road could be opened up for travel and to bui 'd upon. Elie Planning Board war also requested to report on their recomrien-ations for the mooning System. Mr. blake called attention to the fact that a sign should l;e placed at the Centre Playground entr_tnce marked , "Centre Playground Entrance . Drive zlowly ." ..r . Blake called attention to the fact that three of the memorial trees on the Common are dying and the Board therefor ` wrote to the Legion asking if they desired to renew same . H true record, attest tj'41e. Llerk.