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MEETE,,G, NOVEiJB 24,1925
regular meeting of the Board of electnen was held, on
November 24, at 4 P. ;S. at the Selectmen' s eoom, Town 73.11, Lexington.
The following meLJeers of the Board were present, .essrs Hutchinson,
! les, Custance and. Turnleam. The Supt. of Brblic ?Vorks and Clerk
were also peesent.
J. Loring Douglas came before the Board relative to securing
a permit to operate a stable on his prerises on Grant and Sheridan
Streets
Petition ,'as received by the Board from miners of property in
the vicinity headed by Dr. '1m L. Barnes in Thieh they objected to
the operation of this stable.
id-ter talking with Jr. Douglas it was found that he only
intended to keep a stable for two lorses hien he used in is
business . These horses were simply housed in the building. He
felt that it would not be a nuisance as it would be 102 feet from
the nearest house.
The Board could not see therefor that this barn ould nean
establishing a building contrary to the building laws, nor that
it could mean a particular nuisance to the neighborhood and therefor
voted to- grant the permit.
Opinion was received from the Town Counsel that a permit eas
not necessary to operate this stable.
Jr. Sydney e. Wrightington of -2ennington Lioad also applied
for a permit to operate his stable, in dhich he housed one pony
The Board voted to grant tne permit .
Mr.Hutchinson stated that Congressman Harry I Thayer,
requested him to tate up the subject matter of the annexation of
Lexington to the Boston Postal District
Ir. Edward L. Fenn of Wood St . came before the board as thn
epresentative of the Lexington Board of Trade and explained that
the Board of Trade had petitioned for the annexation of Le,dngton
to the Boston Postal District sometime ago and the Post Uffice
Department has had their inspectors out here and the situation
had ell been worked out and as far as the Board of Trade were aware,
svld they felt that the annexation would be soon made.
The Board therefor voted to anprove the action taken by the
ioard of Trade, and to notify Congressman Thayer that the action
already taken by the Board of Trade was approved.
Mr. H Burgess, Tr. rfilliam 7. Eaton and Mr. Jay 0.
hichards came before the Board and presented the Board with a
letter addressed to them from Dr. L Vernon Briggs of the First
District hehabilitation Committee of the American Legion of Boston.
The letter contained a description of the Veterans hospitals
as they exist in otter parts of the country .nd explaining that
there is a possibility of one being located in Lexington.
Mr. Burgess explained that it was the intention of the
eexington Building Trust to sell to the dovernment the Franklin P.
Simonds Estate on Grove Street, consisting of 220 acres, but they
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desired to have the approval of the Selectmen before they
sold the property
The letter from Dr. Vernon L. Briggs was biven consider-
ation, and the oard replied t,-at they ould velco' e a veterans
hospital in Lexi-i ton.
The possibility of a great deal of taxes being brought
into the town by buildings of doctors and attendants who would
buy and build near the hospital was considered and it was -enerallY
thought that it would bring business to the banks as well as stares
aid shops in the to 'n.
r baton represented the oard of Trade acid stat-d that
the Board was in favor of tIne veterans hospital and he understood
from Commander Charles Blake of the american Legion, that the
Legion was in favor of same.
In regard to the Isaac Harris Cary Educational Fund
it was felt that this matter should again -e brought before the
town for action and the qu ^tion as to which way would be the
better to bring this about was discussed.
. r. JustL_nce suggested first a committee of perhaps
Frederick L. Lmery, Edward C. Stone, hobert P Clapp, Edwin h.
Bayley and himself to consider the matter at an early meeting
to decide what the best ay to proceed could he. it °ras then
suggested after this meeting thrt several workers in all purts
of the town be requested to advance the information of the
sit,,ation of this fund to the voters in order that they may
understand what the gift vould be to the to=
The Board agreed ith I,.r. Custance that it ould be
well to appoint a small committee to work out the details of
I the proposed yuildinb first and to find out just what could e
done under the ills, then the atter could be explained to the
voters in town meeting.
The meeting adjourned at 5 45 M.
r: true record, =,ttest;
Clark.
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