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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1925-11-03 268 wt IV OPENO nu MEETI-JG0 NoVE' R 7 ,1925 A regular meeting of t Board of Selectren as held November 3rd at B . at the Selectmenls Room, Town Hall , Lee"engton The following members of the Board were present, Lessrs . Hutchinson, oulton, iles , Custance and Burnham. The Supt . of Public 'forks and Cler were present . Hearing was held upon the petetion of the New Lngland Teleebone P Telegraph Co. for permission to set one pole on ''Jaltham St . rortheasterly from Concord evenue Mrs. Isabel Fardy of "Ialtham Street came before the Board and oojected to the location. She stated that she would be willfng to allow the company to place the pole upon her land for a consJderatien, but ohe objected to the location proposed and the present location of pole near the corner of the two streets because it interferre'l ith the garage on her property. The toard voted to lay the matter on the table until next week and requested the Sunt. of Public rorls to take the matter up xith the Telepnone Company. Hearing vs declared open upon the petition of 'resley T. -Jadman of Hancock Street for approval of plans of a proposed Road running from Hdgewood hoed across lis property to land of rs . dice Goodwin Ai,. Edward P. ,erriam, r. and Mrs'. Druselly, Mr C rpenter Mr. '7adman and Jr. Blake 'ere present as parties nterested in the matter. :fr Duffy was prr)sent , renresenting the Planning Board. The proposed plan of road seemed to be agreeable to everyone present and .1r. Duffy urged the continuation of the lay out of the road over the uoodwin property Mr. lerriam .ras requested to take this matter up ith Mrs. Goodwin. The Board tnerefor voted to apnrove tne nroposed street and the subject of a name for the street ras to he ta',en up later. Mr. Edward P iLertiam requested that water and, sewer be installed in the right of way leading from Hancock St to the Goodwin eroperty. iJr. Paul B. Cowdry of Allen Road, "Farmcrest" came before the Board, about the school children being carried to school in a barge. He felt that the children should not be compelled to walk to Grapevine Corner to get the bus, and also stated that he took the matter up with the :iddlesex & Boston St. Hwy Co. and that they were willing to send the Five Forks Bus for the children beyond Grapevine Corner and bring them to the Hancock School if permission could be received from the Selectmen to use Forest Street tvice each day. Permission was granted to the I,diddlesex L Boston St. Hwy Co. to carry the children in their bus to the Hancock School and return. In this connection Mr. scamman -as requested to talk with the residents of Forest St. who formerly objected to the busses using that street. 269 Leo Datoli of Cliffe =venue came before the Board and asked that a petition be sent him for street lights on the farther end of the street. The Clerk was directed to draw up a petition so that the residents in the vicinity might sign same. Eli I1oberts of Cliffe .-.venue came before the Board in regard to a settlement for digging trench and putting in a water pipe for service to his house. He claimed that after he had put in the pipe the town ^oted to put the water in 1elrose Avenue end used the trench which he had dug and through which he blasted several feet of ledge Le felt thet he rade the zork so much ea,;.i.=,r for the town and that he had paid for the previous work of digging 247 feet the sum of -^25 that he should be paid something for chat he had done . .fter talking the matter over the Board. asked Lir. Roberts if he would settle for 75 and he agreed to this amount. Invitation was received from the Town of Laynard asking the Selectmen to attend the memorial exe-c'cises on November 15th at ihich time they were to unveil a nemorial tablet to veterans of all roars Mr. Custance agreed to attend the exercises as the representative of the Board. Petition was received from the High School pupils asking for better bus service. hr Seamman reported that he had taken the matter up with the ilddlesex Boston St Rwy Co. and found that the matter was due to the uncertainty of the school schedule and that this week tie regular school schedule would go into effect and the company would then be able to count the number of children o that the service would be better. hr. Grindle, Supt. of Schools, was notified to this effect. Letter was received from Tldward C. Stone, in which he stated that hr Day Baker, attorney for the Hart h.,otor Bus. Inc requested him to act as attorney in securing a p-emit to operate his busses In the Town of Lexington 'r. . Stone stated that he did not intend to act as attorney but simply requeFted the Board to consider the proposition rnd if they felt it fnr the best interests of the town to have a line which would operate on the state toad and Lake passengers on tri t end of tae town to act on the question accordingly. The Supt of Public Ior'-s was requested to interview Hr "ager and find out how he intended to overate the busses, and reply was made to Mr Stone to that effect The following regulation in regard to traffic Traffic Regulations ' Town of Lexington, Nov 16,1925 Acting under the provisions of Chapter 40, Section 22 of the General Laws, order is hereby given by the Board of Selectmen that on and after date of nbt±ce all parking of vehicles in the 270 centre of the Town of Lexington :in the area from Cl' r'-ce Street to 'althorn Street shall be parallel with t_ie 1 ne of the sidewalk. period of thirty minutes only will be allowed for parking in this area bo;tween the hours of 9 1 . and 7 P.M. Parallel narking of vehicles will be allowed only on the right side of Muzzev ..treet from hassachusetts z,venue on te left side of Jaltham Street from Lassachusetts avenue, and on the right side of Clarke Street from .assachusetts venue "1hoever violates the foregoing order shall be subject to a penalty not exceeding twenty dollars for one offense. J. Chester Hutchinson Albert H. Burnham Fred I Moulton Charles I' diles Theodore . Custance. Selectmen of Lexington. Letter was received from Mr. Robert P. Clapp in which he informed the Board that the Trustees of the Isaac 'orris Cary Educational Fund had received an opinion from the Attorney General in which he advised the Trustees that they had al-eady held the fund as long as they should and they should no' mate some dis- tribution of same. The Po~' rd docidedto reucst toe Trustees to meet ith them to see if somethini, might be done so t',e 'own co' 1d benefit by the fund so kindly 1_riven h- the ('ary Heirs . It was voted to place the family of .rs. Lffie Chapin in the back paA of the Town ,amshouse inasmuchas we have to pay rent for them find tAey could beep sufficiently comfortable in the back end of t -ie -souse ;ith the other part oi- the house closed up This is owing to the fact that the .lmshonse inmates have been boarded since Oct . 1st at the Somerville -lr:shouse In conside ation of the sale of the --lr.-sh^uso property and purchase of a more central municipal =yard, it -gas voted to view the power station of the Middlesex 'Roston St . P"ry Co. at North Lex. ngton and consider its possi.' ilit_es as a yard. In connection with the proposition of using the Isaac Harris Cary Educational fund for a town hall, letter ma received from Frederick L. zmery in which he expressed the opinion that action should be taken, if possible, to prevent the 'Trustees from erecting a building exactly In accordance „ri th the terms of the will, as he did not believe any real benefit '' as received from t'lo building proposed but if the terms could oe `stretched to provide a town hall it would be of more benefit to the town. It was voted to appoint George L Gilmore as local fuel administrator for the torn of _ eic! :_`ton 271 Petition was received from the residents of Mass. Ave asking for the extension of the sewer on Idass. Avenue between Independence i7renue and curve Ltreet The oard voted to make the extension if the funds were available after e tending the sewer in Curve Street and so requested the Supt of Pul c true record, Attest; --x-L6L,e2 Clerk ._y.