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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1923-08-14 73 11EETIl G, AUGUST 14 , 1923 . a. regular meeting of the Board of selectmen and Public Works vac held in the Selectmen' s Room, 1'own flail , Lexington, an Tuesday, august 14 , 1923 at F t The following membere of the Board were prevent , namely .:.eerrc . Seaman. Blake , hutchineor. , Burnham and ;._oulton, the 'sown Clerk and the net'' t own Cler/c were also present. The Lown Counsel was absent. u r. l+odell of the zdi eon 0o . and Mr . Reward :_..aunr oe came before the Board relative to the petition of the .dison Co . for location of 12 polee on aoburn ot. 400 ft. east of Lowell 3t. Lr . aunroe appeared at the last meeting of the Board and objected to thie location being granted. The petition war therefore held up . ...r. :�ode11 explained that thie was a high tension line and that they felt the should have the location. ;..r . L.un oe claimed that the r;dieon oo. pany owed him a bill for rental of land upon which the poles were located. The board reque s Led air. amunroe to take this matter up with y.r . Loden and straighten out hie claim , but that they felt this had no particular bearing upon the petition. The board therefor voted to grant the petition. air. C . J. Ryan of 10 liedford Bt. cac.e before the Board with the request that the Board lay a granolithic sidewalk in front of hie house , tar. oritton' s houee and air . 'Tobin ' r houre . hr . cyan felt that this .should be done while the work on alm ave . and Bedford 0t. ie being done by 0ontractor John '1 gale:.:. Lr. Ryan war informed by the board. that they would have the Supt . of Public works look up the appropriation and if there war sufficient in the appropriation to have the work done to do E.O . 3uea Bros. of Lowell bt. came before the Board with the request that they be furniehed with a two inch pipe and meter in place of the one inch pipe now installed eo that they could get pressure from the w ter through the pipe . They claimed that at prevent they were unable to water their garden crops properly . it wae left with. the 0upt. of Public aorks to look into this matter and install a two inch pipe and meter so that they could. ret better water service . Theodore a Cuetante , 0 airman of the board of ,.4eeesore , came before the Board and stated that the aeeeseore department ti. ould have to cloee down unless they got some money . The Board were all in favor of a transfer from the :deserve Fund and consulted with Charles P . Lunn , John L . .. auliixen and William Stickel of the r+ppropriution 0om...ittee , who were all in favor of the transfer. It was , therefore, voted b3, the appropriation Com._.lttee that 3500 be transferred from the Reverve Fund to the aereseore account. There arrears to be $500 more needed to run tris department for the balance of the year and for that amount an article will be placed in the ,:arrant for the town meeting. Letter was received iron the Breck-hooir_:'on I3urser;; Co . asking the Board to write to the ijoeton Laine Fut. Co . requesting them to place signal nigne at the crossing near the Liunroe Station ae re- 74 aa oaired by the Statute . before dc_ng this the Board decided to Z7 consult the lawn Counsel as to whether tale particular crossing ie public or private , as the board has only authority when the crossing is public to request signals be placed there . The Board having learned that the Building Law Committee had not yet met to revise the building lawe , requested Mr . 3reeley to call a meeting- of the com. .ittee together . Registration of the Town hall for Internal Revenue was signed by the 'hairman. 1 Opinion was received from the Town Counsel on the liability of the Town if they order the building at 119 Mare . ave . torn down when there ie ,a mortgage on the property . Town Counsel ddvived that all parties i.nt(_r€ 'te:d in the property be notified , and then to proceed under the Btatute . the Committee . therefore , conoistng of the ?own angineer , £uilding inspector and chief of the Fire Department, were notified of the Town .ounEel ' s opinion and that they were now to proceed to act under the otatute and the Town Counsel ' s direction. in connectior with the above matter the Board considered again the application of John L. Zunino of -edford to erect a filling station at 119 ...nee . ave . upon which a hearing was held on July 24 , and voted foot to grant a permit to said Zunino to erect and maintain a station. application of :..ary a. Rowland of Lowell at . for a Sunday Sales permit was refused by the aoard. Letter was received from ti • .ileon a Sons in regard to bill of $39 .03 due from the aseeeeors Dept. and asking that came be paid. They were informed that the zoard intended calling a town meeting in •-ekteubr and at that time would endeavor to secure funds for the Assessors aepartment , with which to pay their bills due . Letter was received from John . . Curran in which he informed the Board that he was surprised at the decision of the Board in regard to the charges he made againet Chief of Police , Edward Leavitt . He explained that he was the party talking to Chief Leavitt and felt that he should have a hearing before the Board. The Board therefore notified Mr . Curran that they would be in session on wept. 11 . 1923 to hear his complaints . The Board voted to transfer to Ashley X . Partridge the license formerly issued to the Morse Sisters at car . oaltham St. and State Rd. ,also the license formerly issued to i•ir. Pattridge to do business at Depot aquare . to crass . ave . Upon application of are . arthur H. acionald of 568 Mass . Ave . for Soldiers' Relief for her mother in law , the Board voted to grant Soldier' s Relief to are . ahaetine McDonald , widow of Albert S. civil war veteran, to the amount of $10 pr. month to date from august let. The application of Mrs . agnee Hall of Lake St. was con- sidered. 75 .are . Halite husband was recently committed to +iertboro State rioepital , and ehe was left with two children to support . The Board felt that inasmuch as ire. Hall owned property aeseeced for $1600 they could not readily place her upon the Overseers of the Poor pay roll . .r . , illiam L. .Oenham' s attention war called to the fact that no audit of the town scales books has been made for three rears and asking that he bring hie books to the sown Accountant. Letter was received from ,+m. h. Ballard of the Planning Board informing the Board that the Planning Board would take up the matters of Forest St Extension and extension of street from L:aeeachusetts Avenue at the Lexington entre Garage to Vire Brook Road , as soon: as a quorum of the Board could be obtained. Stanley dill Post was requested to furnish the board with a co :plete l_at of persons enli^ting in service from Lexington , so that a bronze tablet could be made up for a pErmanent memorial. The Board voted to adopt the following regulations relative to water services "A11 water services shall be laid by the Public ;Yorke. Department . ripplicatione for such service piper shall be made upon blank forms furnished at the office of raid Jepart _ent. when the estimated cost of the applicants part has been deposited, the pipes shall be laid. From the main to the ehut off which shall be located as near the curb line as practicable and the adjoining edge of the sidewalk. the work shall be done at the expense of ' the town un1erc an applicant wisPee a service pipe laid when there it frort in the ground, in which case he shall pay the extra expense caused by the frost . the remainder at the cart of the applicant . The s.ecount shall be adjusted and any balance paid be- fore the water is turned on." Letter was received from the Supt. of Public dorke relative to rigs and calling attention to the fact that unless permits to keep pigs are either refuted or granted no prosecutior can be made . he therefore asked that the Board take some action. The Board dircuesed the matter and dec., i?ed that the Supt . should con- cult with the Town Lour el to see whether or not the 3oard could refuse to grant all of these permits . Then perhaps action could be taken to prosecute persons having piggeries . Bid was received from Frank L•ogger for the painting of the :;tone building . Before having this work done the Building Inspector war reoueeted to look over the building and make an estimate of repairs and also give advice ar to blinds being used on only part of the house . Letter together with plan was preserted by the Supt. of Public Works relative to work to be done on the Lexington Playground in antieipatinn of the Pageant. Letter and plan were turned over to uw•r . Blake who was to no over the matter and report to the board. Application of e4rs . Agnes Fardy of Bedford St. for a gravel sidewalk in front of her home was turned over to the Supt . of Public Jorks . ;.. u . L,arroll through a letter requested that the Board replace "1:7 the wire fence on 'Jaltham bt . that war at one time fi. ed by the Board and is now fall-ng down. the Loard requested the Supt. of iublic .+or_us to notify this party* that they did not intend c ort inual ly to fix this fence . in regard to the application of the Birsch big;n Co . to move the sign at the junction of:ichool and ,:.arrott Sts . back from the present location, the Board voted to grant permission. The board authorized the Supt . of Public ,+orks to order eight electric lights to be placed on Allen Jt . and 9 on Lowell St. in accordance with the eu 'gention of the .dison moo . aupt. of Public Works presented letter in re-ard to the order of removal of sign at the junction of .maple and Lowell Sts . The Supt . also road a letter from F . L. Lmery objecting to the sign at the tunction of iaple and Lowell Sts . The Supt . of Public ruorks war requested to look up the plan of Depot Park to see Low much war, to be cut off . .,.r. slake called attention to the fact that the b..11 of n. A. Burgess for the •ask done and c ntracted for by .4r . -emery will not be paid by Robert P . Clapp until the work it done properly . Meeting ad,ourned at 12 o ' clock midnight. t true record, Attest Clerk .