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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1924-04-01 157 MEETING. APRIL 1 ,1924 . 1 A regular meeting of the Board of selectmen was held in the Selectmen' s Room, Town Hall, Lexington . on Tuesday , April 1 ,1924 , at 8 00 P . L. Phe following members of the Board were prevent, namely , kessrs. Burnham. ,Moulton, Cuetance and Miles . The Town Counsel and xes' t i'own Clerk were also present. Petition of the New Eng. Tel & Tel . Co . for a joint location of wires on poles of the Edison Electtic Ill. Co . near the junction of the State Road and the Lincoln line was heard. No one appeared to object and it was therefore voted to grant the petition. The bond of the Town Treasurer for $20,000 was approved by the Board. Letter was received from John W . Leary in which he asked for a public carriage license for a stand in front of O 'Brien' s restaurant. Mr. Leary was informed that this matter was taken up before and the Board refused him a license, and they could not see their way clear to grant him a permit as this is a congested district . The Board decided to ask Mr . Arthur C . Ghitney to appraise the brick buildings in the town and Mr . Timothy H O' Connor to appraise the wooden buildings listed on the town blanket insur- ` ance so that the insurance may be adjusted as to valuation. Second hand motor vehicle license was granted to Justin Shea 12 Jover St . Cambridge , to do business at 119 Mass . Ave . as the University Motor Exchange . George A. Warner was appointed Slaughter Inspector of the Town of Lexitgton . John F. Tibbetts of Reed St. North Lexington , was appointed Building Inspector of the town to take office on April let . In regard to the application of Joseph B. Lowell for per- mission to erect a filling station at the junction of Middle Street and Mase . avenue , the Board after discussing the matter , voted not to grant a permit for this filling station. The Board approved the bid of 3 .97% received by the Town Treasurer on temporary loan of $175 ,000, said bid having been given by Estabrook & Co . Letter was received from Norman C . Hooper in which he stated that he declined the offer of the position of Town Engineer . * The Board therefore requested the SupTintendent of Public Works to take up the matter of employing an Engineer to take Mr. Duffy' s place. I� � 158 Letter was received from the Secretary of the Planning T Board in which he requested that the Board have Harvey Bacon carry out the requirements of the Planning Board. rhe Board therefore notified kr . Bacon in regard to his lay-out ae follows: 1 . the lots do not conform to the requirements of the Zoning Regulations . 2 . The future extension of rear street to kaple St . would not give sufficient depth to lute on adjoining property , and 3 . these future extensions are not indicated on the plan. Letter was received from the Planning Board in which they request that the Town x.ngineer be authorized by the Board to establish building liner on Bedford Street , .iuzzey Street, Clarke StrEet and Mass . Avenue from Clarke Street to Cedar Street. The Board requested the Town Engineer to eetablish'these lines and so informed the Planning Board. Letter was received from the State Lirector of Standards in which he informed the Board that the local Sealer needed 4 gallon automatic test measure for gasoline 3 „ II II ,I 2 11 II n The local sealer was notified to that effect. Letter was received from George 1. Reed of 58 Reed St . asking that sonething be done in reference to Reed Street to I put it in better conditbn. Mr. Reed was informed that this matter would be referred to the Supt . of Public Works. i. Bid for the printing of the Voting Lists was received from C. Eliot Hadley. The Board requested the Supt . of Public forks to look into this matter . Letter was received from Lorna M. Milne in which she sug- gested that signs of white be painted on the read calling atten- tion to school children at Clarke Street. She also suggested that when a policeman ie called away in an emergency at Clarke Street that a fireman be requested to stand there . The matter war referred to the Supt. of Public Vorke. Letter was received from Carl H . Carroll in which he claimed injury to hie car by hole in the middle of road on Mass . Avenue north of Bowker St. The matter was turned over to the Town Counsel . e ter as rec ved from arl H Carr 11 1 wh ch e c],aime i jur to his ar hol in t e mid e o road Mails . n en e n th of wke Stre t. \ \ I i matte wa tur ed o er to the own une . Letter was received in regard to claim of Joseph Shaler of Cambridge . kr. Shaler claimed a. defect in the highway at Waltham Street. The claim was also turned over to the Town Counsel for hir attention. 159 Letter was sent to Francis J . Toye of Ames Avenue , in which was enclosed copy of letter from the Poet Office Department in Washington explaining that no civil service employee of the poet office department could act as a Registrar of Jotere . In view of this fact lir. . Toye way requested to resign his position as Registrar of Voters . Letter was received from Nathan B . Bidwell in regard to bill of William Hunt for installation df sewer in Wallis Ct. The Supt. of Public Works was requested to look up the matter . and it wa.r the opinion of the Board that the total bill render“d to lir . Hunt should be paid. 1,eeting adjourned at 11 30 P. M. A true record. Attest ��p F .S . Building Permits granted to Laniel A. Gorman to build two garages on Bowman St . were ordered revoked by the Board as the proper procedure of having hearings on same were not gone through. Building Permit granted to James L . and Flora D . Doyle of 241 Mass . Ave . was ordered revoked ae the lot of land upon which they were to build was not large enough to allow the sufficient number of feet required for distance between property owners land. Building Permit granted to 'alter H. Lennon of 5E Bow St. Arlington heights was revoked on account of the acceptance of the Zoning Law by the town and the fact that the store he intended to build war not in the district allowed for stores .