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J EETING, MAY 12, 1925 .
meeting of the Board of Selectmen war held in the Selectmen' s
Room, Town hall , Lexington , on Tuerd_av, May 12, 1925 at e P . M. The
following memberr of the Board were prerent W.eeere . Hutchinson,
Burnha:a, ..oulton, ..ilei and surtance . she Supt . of Public Jorkr
and s1er'r of the ooard. were alro pre rent.
hearing war declared Jpen upon application of Albion J . Newell
of Lee Road for permirrion to erect and maintain garage at _Dee Doad .
Lo perronr appeared to object and it war therefor voted to
grant the permit .
Letter war received from John L . potter of 5e0 },:arr. avenue ,
.ambridge , wro ir a real estate dealer , arkinr whether or not a
Permit could oe obtained from the .3oarci of Selectmen for a bu.-vin
ground on the iavir property on Bedford street . 1r . (dotter had a
proposed rale for t.ir property .
1'he Board replied tY xt they were not in favor of a burial
ground on t .ir property.
Letter Tar received frock the Britirh Naval and :..ilitary
dcteranr .axroclation of L Lre . asking for permir^ion to parade
in Lexington on Sunday, Lay u4 , and to nave exerciser on the
..ommon . Permirrion was granter, have the p.--rade anc; exerciser
and the LreriCent of the Lexington historical society wax notified
togethFr vith the L,ommander of the American Leg.on.
Jamer S. aamrey of 217 err . ore . , reprererti n;- ehambF r'.& .n
and Burnam . Inc . Real .:.rtate .Jealerr. , ca _,e before the 3o.).rd to
recurs t} eir ranction on the proposition of a puol tc our xl. ground.
t) .)F'. 1oc..ted. on the Barhian lam on A.arr . =. `enue ornorite ;;god
Street .
r . Ramsey war ; eque rted to call upon. Lr . Frederick L Dery
,.,airrian of the i iannir r :so �rd to re what he would do about
recommending the proporitiun . The Board exprerred itrel'' ar not
be_ng in favor of the project.
Letter war received from iun.rold Gardner of:,,4 'Dine Brook 1),:4 .
in which he called attention to the fact that the cellars in the
vicinity of hie house were filled ^-ith water caused oy the rubbish
in the brook.
rhe Board acLcno'' ledged rFceint of the letter and turned the
matter over to the Supt . of Pub ic aorkr to attend to .
Permit was granted to .aur~urt Young for the ure of his
buil ing on Laconia dtreet a.r a slaughter house . The coarre for tee
permit war mace $10.
Licenre for the :1.: ddler•ex Borton street Railway Co . to
operate burree in Lexington the came being dated L,,ay lrt , 19 5 Tar
signed by the Board.
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J "11Letter rap received from the Torr .,ounrel in regard to
the appointment of the Qhif f of the lire : ep r tment . Le
enclosed propex form of letter to oe rent to the :.ngincern
giving them their appointment .
in thir connection it war tht: r e `_'or"vo „ d That the vote
of thir Board hitherto adopted with respect to engineers of the
Fire Department oe amended ro ar to read ar follow'
' Voted That purr•uant to the provisions in G . L . c . 4E .
rec . 45 Ld and ft . Taylor and Ch_riee y. Parker be appointed
enginFerr for one year from 1.ay 1 . 19:,5 and until otherr are
appointed in their stead. ' "
Letter war received frorr 1. a . Jurtir of 69 Tolman nve . ,
Lowell , i..ass . in which he informed the Board that he owned two
houres on Lincoln Street and arked whether or rot the Board con-
ridered the piggery operated near the .Jtand-pipe ray a menace
to the town or to the neighborhood in s,hich it rtood .
The board replied that they rould consider the matter
at their next meeting.
Several Sunday paler Licer.rer and Common fictuallerr
Licenser rere irrued to variour perronr .
It war voted to rend flowers to rr . George ii. Jackson
in honor of the death of her hurband George n who war an
areersor of the town fr)r about twelve yearn .
Lpon invertigatior, it ray found that rome of the police
officers of the torn did not have tele.horer . the Supt . of
Public .uorke war arked what arrangements he could ma%e el that
the officers could be reached Quickly in care of a arty call
for arrirtance .
Several applications for pig permits were received
in reeponre to letters rent ut asking owners to make arrlication .
The clerk war instructed not to ierue any permits
until after the meeting of the Board to be held on Tuerday evening,
May 19 , at which time the uoard would endeavor to parr additional
regulations which Could enable them to prohioit city offal beim
brought into the tows. .
+ire attachment order to attach to a pole on Bedford St.
belorging to the ...iddlerex & Barton .t . Rw,r -o . war granted to
the Edison l.lectric Ill . moo .
L:eeting adjourned at 10 30
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# ...r . Charles A. Jummingr of 113 .:arr . e•ve . came before the
Board in regard to the brook in back of hie house being plugged up
ro that his garden Aar flooded . she oupt . of P.,blic .norke war
requested to look intu the matter .