The URL can be used to link to this page

Home My WebLink About1926-03-30we SPECIAL MEETING, MARCH 309 1926, A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held at the 8eleot. mems office at 7:30 P. M, Messrs, Custance, Burnham Riles and Robertson -were present. The Superintendent of Public *orke and clerk_ were also present, The -Milk Inspector, Russell L. Prentiss, come before the Board in reference to conditions at -Dennis Varroll*s -place on Grove Street, Nwth Lexington. It appears that Mrs Carroll is keeping four cows in a shed that was hardly bigenoughfor one cow, and the place wasnotvery clean, Mr. Carroll has a large family and ° is in need of all the -income he; can get on the sale of milk, and Mr; Prentiss realized the conditions._ .He real- ized also what it would mean to force the man to put the place in proper condition for his license. Mr. Prentiss wanted to know if the Board would sanction his enforcement -Df proper 4,onditions under the circumstances, The matter was laid- on the table until the next meeting. Dr. John H. Kane, Town Treasurer, came before the Board and presented the bide on -bonds on $20,300, The bids were of-- follows: Lexington Trust Co. 0.14, Atlantic National Bank 0.28, Old Colony Trust Co. 0,012, Merrill Oldham no bid, Grafton Co. 0.11 The bid was aecord#ngly given to the Atlantic National, Bank; In accordance with the purpose of which the.meeting-was called, Mr. Slredeti ck L. Emery and Mr., William D.- Milne of the Planning Board ;,together with 4Kr. Francis Chamberlain- of the Appropriation Committee > and -Mr. William R., S, Eaton,."oretary of the Appropriation Committee, .and Mr: Sydney R. irightington, Town Counsel, same before the Board to discuss the Getter of lay out of streets under the Betterment Aot Mr. liner' gave the reasons why the Planning Board felt that the rules for acceptance of -streets- should be a by law of the Town rather than rules for the Selectmen, owing to - the fact that in certain cases rules may be stretched, The Planning Board felt that 100% of the betterments should be assessed to the abuttors, that developers .should be asked to bring their streets to grade before asking for the acceptance of `them, that the roads should be laid out for the entire width, and that no sewer or water or other public utilities- should be put in until the ,developers- have graded the streets in accordance with instructions or the Town Engineer, Mr. Eery stated that this would do away with ~the instances when the grade was not required and water pipes were put in. so that in some p180 the pooelfatvep the top ado er plaews they wuld baroodewhnetrtwasproptly graded. Mr, Emery stated that in instances where the developers lay out land which is not in accordance with the Board of Survey Rules and Regulationsg that the Selectmen should -post signs: near the property, and in this waiy� warn the purchasers p that the property will have no ublic utilities. also stated that it was proposed to amend the Board of Survey Acct this year and it may be possible that more authority will be given to the Board of -Survey when this Act is amended, Mr. Emery stated that he felt that the Selectmen should lay cut ' Fletcher Avenss sll being a street near the felttthater f theeTown Board*couldand adoethis betterments to the abutting owners, be a areaosineeytheavalue reuest f of the rom eproperty insbuttore athe nd tvicinityis d -would bengreatly en® hanced. Several questions were asked by those present so that a clearer understanding„ of the matter might be had. All those present_ appeared to be in favor of requiring the developers to bring the streets to ' grade before they were accepted. The question of assessing 100$ was not met with entire favor, but was considered worthy of complete study, Mr. Bmery informed the Board that the Planning Board hs4 unofficial- ly requested Mr, Shurtleff, landscape engineer, to make a study of the brook proposition in, the Town with-regard to the lowering .of same. Mr, Emery felt.,however, that the data given by McClintock & Woodfall none years ago which is on file at the engineers office, could be used in connection with this work, and he did not think it necessary to employ T_ otheriueers.�, ItwonAt suggested that in view of the fact that a c i tier 'ri e' n6't a � ointe pit e Town Meeting, that the Selectmen appoint a committee to study the proposition of lowering brooks to- gether with the Planning Board., No further action was taken on the matter, howevw, The Board appointed J. Bruce Lewis.__and George 0. Harrington, the. assistant engineers.,, to act as assistant assessors._ together_ with Fred- erick J. Spencer, Mr. Henry Porter come before the Board tofin# out if the Board would be agreeable to his maintaining the Lunch CartinGrain..Mill Alley He stated that his-parttaor had been-oonvicted.-of illegally transport- ing liquor..but he had no knowledge of his actions,_ and he felt that this was no reason why a license should be withheld from him, The Board censidered the matter andvoted not to grant him a license .to continue ' the business, A letter was received from Walter G, Black of Highland Avenue in which he informed the Board that the drainage system in the rear of his property has backed up and is causing considerable damage to his proper- ty. The Board acknowledged receipt of the letter, but as yet, did not offer any remedy for the situation. The Board voted to employ John H. Sawyer of Fern Street to take c%m of Robbins Park in East Lexington for $25.00 for the season, It was decided togranta hearing on the application of Maurice R*= of: Arlington for permission to erect a gasoline filling station at the corner of Woburn and Cottage Streets. -The hearing will be held on April 27, .at 8 P.M. - It was alao._decided to grant a hearing to Lloyd g, Chase of Middle Street for permissionx,to erect and maintain a gasoline pump on (diddle Street at 8:05 P,M. April 27, The Superintendent of Public Works was authorized to purchase a five ton Holt tractor at the price of $42006000 A third class liquor license was granted to 0. G. Seeley at 461 ' Mass. Avenue. A Used Car Dealers Liiense Class 2 was granted to Edward J. Dacey to do business at the S.t#ts Road,, Paul Revere Garage, A letter was sent to Mr. Francis J. Toys President East Lexington die Civic Association, in which was informed tfiat the school children would be allowed by the-Middlwsez & Boston St. By. Coto use their school tickets going to and from -the. Cary Library for reference work,. The Board informed him- that- the 6nly reason why the Middle -sex A Boston St. Ry. Co, refused to allow the phildren to use their school tickets was that when a special bus was sent for;�them at the school,, they would not ride, but would walk to the center and to to the"movies,* coming out at 5 o'clock or thereafter and crowding the regular busses for other persons. They felt that the children should pay a regular fare on occasions of this kind, and :it seems to the Board that this is -a proper thing to do, The Edison Electric III, Co, were granted permission to attach wires on P*Je # 54 of the New,_Eng, Tei, & Tele. Co._.on Waltham St, near Con- cord Avenqw A letter was received from the Boston & Maine R. ,R,, Diving data on accidents on crossings -where automatic signal were..placed., Opinion was received from the Town Counsel to the effect that under the present Building laws of the Town, the Building Inspector would have to act as Concrete Inspector an the, Board had. no authority, to_ appoint a Ctmorete Inspector, Letter was received from Edwin C. Stevens asking that a o4wer son- nection be made to his house _on..Oakland. Street._ The matter was turns* over to the Superintende-at of Public Works: for his _attention. A letter- of eongratulation,.on the .213th anniversary of the Town of Lexington was received from the dity of Boston Committee on Celebrations, The meeting was adjourned at 11 P.M. A true record attest: Clerk, 1 1