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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1924-01-081 1 1 FMO UMPLIM 3�EETIEG, JANUGn Y 8,1924. A regular meeting'of the Board of selectmen war held in The electmen'r Room, Town call, Lexington, on Tuesday. January 8, 1924, at 7 P. iu., The following members of the Board were present; namely: Lecers. Scamman, (slake. Hutchinson, Burnham and V.'oulton; the down Llerk, rLen't Town clerk and the Town counsel -�ere also present. A Board of purvey hearing war held at 7 P.L:. upon the petition of Harvey S. Bacon for the approval of plans showing lay out of land located off Mareachusetts "venue near the corner of Maple Street. Several persona located in the neighborhood were present at the' hearing, namely ;r, and 6:rs. Robert 1. Ryder; Lr. and Yrs. Robert Faucett, Lr. and err.-harles F. Dunn; Dr. Louis F. and I`rv. Lon?eon; .r. Edward G. Wheaton. ur. s)acon explained the plan that he pre:-ented to the Board. I:ir. Charles F. Nunn protested against the plan rtating that his protest war more of a moral protest than anyt'r:ing else. The r_,ro- p.erty in that vicinity having been well developed he dd not believe it would be well to have lots as small as those on this lay out because the houser viould hive to be small ones and the general effect would be a detriment to the surrounding property. Mr. Faucett spoke of the sewage disposal, that it would be quite a problem if houses were built•cloee together in this rection as the land is already- wet most of the year in one spot of the development and. to drain same would be quite impossible. He felt too that it would be a fire hazard to have houeee so close together. Dr. Mongeon felt that a development as is proposed by Mr. Bacon would not be a benefit to he surrounding; territory. Mr. Edward G.--heaton also objected. ,ir. Lloulton objected, not as a member of the 3oard, but as a citizen. He stated that he and Lr. Faucett proposed to lay out the land across the street from this development with lots from 15,000 to 30,000 feet of land and that he was to build a good macadam road through his property. he felt that it vrae not proper for a development such as he proposed to have to look upon the development such as'*w proposed below. The hearing :te declared closed and the Board informed Ghe persons present that they would take no action on same until the Flanning 3oard had made their report to the Board. b.r. Bion C. Berry came before the Board to see if the Board would allo°r the School children to have military drill and exercises in the Town Hall afternoons. The Board agreed to allow the use of the Hall in the afternoons for this purpose. The Board voted to appoint Osborne J. Gorman as Superintendent of the Loth Lepartment and also as Forest 'Darden for the year 1924. 120 The application of Lloyd L. 6hare of 38 Gray St. Boston for � a permit to install a gasoline tank on Middle Street near the �7 Grassland Stock Farm was considered by the Board. The 3oard decided not to grant a hear'ng on this a•opli- ' cation as they did not believe another gasoline station was necessary in this vicinity. Letter was written to FredErick L.m�ry, President of the Field and Garden Club in which the Board stated that they would have the hump of aprroximately one foot removed during the year 1924 provided he would turn over the deeds he held in escrow for land at the junction of 1.uzzey and Forest Streets. Zdwin B. '�Iorthen was instructed to renew insurance policy of $19,666 on blanket form expiring Jan. 13th and also fire insurance on automobile truck of the 6dater Lepartment. Hearing was declared open upon the protest of Frederic'' LEmery, President of the Field and Garden Club, aerainst rirthur L. Smith of the Dmith's Bell Farm. Ar, ymery asked that Ir. Smith's license be revoked. Lir. emery stated that he lodged hie co ::plaint up. -)n two grounds; one that a filling station in this locality was a detriment and two, that the premises were unsanitary wl-:en he visited the same. He felt that the place was not cor.ducted"in a businesslike manner, that three large dogs were permitted to remain in the enclosure where they prepared the food and three kittens were also within the enclosure forming a sort of manger for them. The Building was not built in a proper manner. The nmFrican flag is kept up every day and not properly used. I i;r. mery also read a letter from ,arren Davie in wf_ich Mr. Davis wrbte of midnight parties that were not proper at the Smith Bell .arm. he also cor_plain ed'of the bell being tolled continuously and keeping hie family awake. He stated that most of the products of the smith !arm were not ;aired on the place, and in general the filling stat -_on and Common lictuall.er's stand were a nuisance. Ed? and '00'. Taylor stated that he knew ;, r. E mery }_ad done very good work for the town in connectior with the Field & Garden Club out he felt that he war unjust in hie criticism of Mr. Smith's place. he knew that Mr. Smith had some of the finest St. Bernard dogs he had ever seen and solL,Le high priced Persian kittens but he did not consider that there was any chance of them Wetting; mixed up with the food. He felt that any man who war a lover of animals was a Rood citizen. He explained that .:r. Smith and.Ivrr. Smith both came out from yorton borken dorm in health and their have set up a. successful business and have grained both in health and business. He informed the Board that although wr. Emery appears to have a patti- cular in0terest `n Porth Lexington's beay.ty, yet he did not hesitate to put the Coal Yard up there. The Chief of Police was then recuested to come in and tell what he knew about the place. The Chief responded and informed the Board that he believed the statements in i4r. Davin, letter to be ' untrue. He had personally visited �r.•Smith's stand and did not find an unsanitary condition existing. ue etated that he had never UUM had any complaints that would substantiate the conditions stated in -r. Davis' letter. he was called once about the ringing of the Hell and zA that time Lr. omith gladly responded and did not ring the bell. The Chief stated that instead ofharboring any of the persons whom 11-r. L)avie sugFested he had telephoned to the Police Station whenever anyone war disturbing tre peace or anyone was drunk thereby aspisting the Police Dept. as much as possible. Lir. Henry N. Fish stated that 11r. Smith's establishment was run in a very businesslike manner and he found it very con- venient whenever he wanted anything. He felt that the best service :as given at thio stand of any place between Boston and Concord. Joreph Ryan rtated- that it seemed to be the concenpus of opinion that Lr. Smith runs the stand in a more bueinepplike manner that anyone on the road. he owns the property and is continuing to improve it each year and has it looking better each year. zthel 1�hitaker Bean told hogs the -food was kept in the. stand, that. the cakes and pastry were in glass capes, the candy all came wrapped in paper, and stated that it was always clean. Albert Pfeiffer of the State Department of Health, employed as a Sanitary Lngineer, stated that he had been employed in that department for four years and during that time h --s examined and is quite familiar with such placer. He could not agree with 9r. L'm-ry about the unsanitary condition of L.r. i3mithlr place. He thought hr. Sru th ran a very businesslike establishment and a great many of hip friends like to stop at the place. �1.rthur Ciiver felt that Lr. smith's place, was quite an im- provement t) North Lexington. The children in the neighborhood. find it convenient to go there for candy and ice cream cores. ' L.r� George Smith knew tar. Smith for two yearn. had purchased a great deal from him and found the place run better than any other of its kind that he had seen in his travels. ;sir, oesley T. -Wadman stated that the building complied with the Building Laws. It was an yet unfinished but there was no law compelling a man to infish a buildim, within a certain time. He found nothing wrong ,,,ith the place when he visited it. X -r-? Thomas Kelley spoke in favor of iIr. Smith's place being continued. . Mr. George Teague stated that he felt the place war a credit to that section of the t1bwn. 11r. Eliot Hadley stated that he was probably responsible for W.r. Smith s annoyance of rirFing the bell. He requested him to ring the Bell when P.rerident Harding died as this bell had been used in the Civil +gar and he felt that belle should be rung in North Lexington as well as in Last Lexington and the Centre. He never found anything unsanitary or unclean about Lir. Smith's place. Lr. William 1. Burrill sold fir. Smith more land and there is plenty of space on the premises to park care. He. has seen air. Smith go out on to the street to direct traffic and to h at his place :drive i.h -n his land. ave cars stopring Mr. Cmith told how he has prograsped since he came to Lexngton, told of the equipment he had purchased to improve his plade and of the addition to his present building. ' Dr. Pfeiffer stated that he ?sae an officer in the Army and never raw any misuse of the Lmerican Flag at the Smith Bell Farm. The hearing closed and the Board considered the matter. In view of the facts presented the Hoard voted to dismiss the complaint of Mr. 4Rmery and so informed him. 122 were received from the following: Ledford !Vercury - 2000 copies 10 pt. tF63.00. additional pages Petition of the Liddleeex a Borton St. IMM Co. for permission 'T to ma. ntain a garage on Bedford jtre t for t�+elve care war laid over. , Petr. Cuetance, Chairman of the Board of nsserrorr, came before the Board to ascertain the attitude of the Board in regard to lees. printing the reports of valuation lists of 1,922 and 1923 ae 2000 authori,ed by vote of a town meeting. iuLr. Curtance explained 10 that the appropriation made war not sufficient to prepare the lists for the printer and it was therefore not done. The Board did not trelieve that there lute should be printed $2.25 per page. 8 pt. $975. in the town report as it would increase the appropriation for 2000 Town Reports considerably. 10 License for Llae© I, "gentle License was grarted to Calvin 9. Childs, 99 Kass. rve. The Board voted to grant a Junk License to Isaac Malatkofeky of 123 hibbert bt. r.rlington, for the balance of the ,year. Application for rotor Vehicle Licenses were received from Frank +eatherly and C. n. Dyer. i'hese applications- were left with the Chief of Police to report his recommendations to the Board. Bide for town reports were received from the following: Ledford !Vercury - 2000 copies 10 pt. tF63.00. additional pages ' w2.5D per page. 8 pt $100 lees. Somerville Press - 2000 It 10 $947.50; additional pages, $2.25 per page. 8 pt. $975. Xewburyport Press. 2000 " 10 $2.67 per page. 8 pt. $2.97 per page. Star Printing Co. 2000 " 10 " $3.75 per page. John F. Garrick 2000 10 " $797.50 $2.50 per page for 422 Maes. Lve. additional copies, 8 r,t.$710. borton. Lelrose Press 2000 " 8" x3.99 per page. 10 pt.$2,98 per p age . The bids were left with the Superintendent of Pudic +Works to figure up the bide for the lowest bidder. The Supt. of Public 4orks received a letter from Mre. Van - Buskirk of Cedar Street in vhich rhe stated that she could not, get the signatures of persons on Cedar Strect and therefo2-e could not rmarantee to the town the necerra rf amount for the extension of ' Cedar Street. Bill for rerverage frontage tax from the'eater Department was returned by 1r. Earle with the statement that he could not collect came until next year and asking that the bill be returned to the 123 4rater Department. The Superintendert stated that he had a letter from ' -`+illiam Runt protect°.ng against paying hie bill for the install- ation of newer in Sallie court. The Board felt that this bill should be paid and no reduction made. rk The Superintendent of Public recommended that the Bo•zrd pay the storage bill on the truck of Joseph n.;rs:.all o that the truck will be available whenever Show plow work is, done. The Superintendent reported an accident with one of the kiddlerex & Bouton St. Rwy Co./ and the snow plow. cars It read, come to the attention of the Board that ';ndrev,r Bain employee of the skater Department had been diemisred from duty by :superintendent of Public 1�orkr for lack of cooperation. The Board decided to ret a hearing at 5:30 P. K. on Jan.15, so that ,he charges could be talked over. Request was received from &.lbert A. Rose, Supt. of Streets, Water & Sewer, for an increase in pay of $700. The 1�'ollen uuild requested the use of zmerron Hall for their mFetings, This permission war, granted. The Chief of Police came before the Board with a reeuert for an increase is,, pay of $200 for the Sergeant and $300 for himself. The Board informed the Chief that this matter would have to be taken up with the finance Committee. Letter received from the Boston i Baine RR. stating that they have investigated the whistling of trains leaving the North Lexington Station and have cautioned the engineers not to ^-hirtle loudly.. The petitioners against thin trouble were notified. Letter was receive=d from the Lept, of Public Workr of the State in which they agreed to take over as, State rig` -ways from the junction of Summer and Lo,. -ell Streets via Maple Street to uiaeeachu- rette «venueo and from the junction of 1viaple and Lowell Streets to V�oburnStreet. - The Soard agreed to this, proposition and urged the State to take over the same at an early date. The Board refused to approve the license to peddle to James Lampror of 24 adater Street. Russell t. Little :°;as granted a permit to maintain a garage at ? Forest Street. A true record, ,ttert: Clerk.