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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1926-05-04 317 SPECIAL MEETING, MAY 4, 1926. 1 A` spettial meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Seleotments Room, Town Hall, Lexington on Tuesday, May 4, 1926, At 7:30 P.M. Messrs. Custance, Burnham, Miles, Robertson, and Ballard were present , the Superintendent of Public Works and the clerk were also present. , Attention Was called to the fact that the permit granted to John C . Phelps to maintain a garage for the storage for cars and salts and service station on Bedford Street also gave him permission to install inside of the building, a 500 gallon gasoline tank. Mr. Phelps requested that this permit be changed so that his insur- ance rates would be lower, thereby saving him about $50.00 per year. It was therefor voted to grant Mr. Phelps permission to install the ga0oline tank outside of the building on the side entrance . Abatement slip for the Water Department in the amount of $61 .92 was signed by the Board. A litter was received from Fred W. Miller of Winthrop Road in which he enclosed photographic copy of letter received from his attorney giving opinion that Mr. Miller was entitled to damages on account of the stagnant water on his property. In the warrant for the Town Meeting, May 12, request is being II made for an appropriation to cover the cost of the drainage work in this section. Mr. Miller we.s informed to this effect. Mr. Pitt F. Drew, President of the Middlesex & Boston St. Ry. Co. , having been requested to come before the Board to discuss what action his company is willing to take to give service on the State Road to the parties desiring same and who were present at the hearing a week ago, appeared et 8:30 P.M. quite unexpected a number of residents in the vicinity of the State Road again appeared before the Board to request that the Lovell Bus Line, Inc. be given permission to operate their busses on the State Road. Mr. Lovell together with his attorney, Mr. Howard, also appeared, as did Dr . Glazier, repre- sentative of the Hudson Board of Trade . The Board again adjourned to Cary Hall so that all persons present could be seated. Mr. Edward S. Payson, resident of the State Road, spoke very favorably toward the proposition of the Lovell Bus Line . Jospeh R• Cotton called upon the Lovell Bus Line, Inc. to give statements of what they intended to do, and Mr. Howard informed the meeting that they proposed to run hourly from Concord to Arlington Heights and to give en express service of from four to six trips a day from Leominster to Arlington Heights, the first bus to leave Arlington Heights at 6:30 in the morning and the lest bus et 11 :45 et night. He stated that they would not agree to place busses on for two or three months and then re- port that they did not pay, but, on the other hand, were willing to guarantee that they would give service for some time to cane . 1ei1 IIMcIntosh again urged the necessity of the line over the State Road to Arlington Heights. Dr. Glazier also urged that the Selectmen consider the towns above them a.nd give this throvre' service . He presented a written statement from the Hudson Board of Trade urging that the Lovell Bus Line be granted a permit. Mr. Drew atatee that he was not ready to make a proposition to the Board relative to service, but desired to know what the Selectmen wanted 318 them- to do. It was ddcided to have a. conference with the Middlesex & Boston "II St. Rv Co. on the subject on Friday next. Hearing was declared open at 9 P. M. on the appeal of nerbert Flint, Patrick Flynn, and Francis J. Toye of the United Improvement Society, against the granting of the permit by the Building Inspector to Laurie Weatherby to use his garage as a dwelling. They claimed their appeal under the provisions of Section 23 of the Zoning By-law. Pictures of the garage were presented to the Board for evidence. The Town Counebl was present and after reviewing the situation, felt that the hearing should not go on until Mr. Weatherby could be present to show reason why he should not be prosecuted. It was therdfor decided to notify said Weatherby to be present at the meeting of the Board on Tuesday May 11, at 9 P.M. at which time the hearing would continue. Frederick L . Emery, J. Henry Duffy, and William D. Milne of the Planning Board, appeared to discuss the matter of accepting the street regulations which were proposed at the Town Meeting but were not voted es a By-law. The question of having something in the regulations which would govern the bringing of streets to a grade be* fore public utilities were installed was discussed. It was deoidld that it would be illegal to state that 100% betterments would Va astsessed. The Town Counsel made the statement that the regulations as drawn up were legal . Mr. Emery stated that he would go over the regulations and if they were in the proper form, he would return them for the Board' s signature, as they had decided to put these regula- tions into effect. Mr. Emery stated that he intended to have the regulations accepted as a By-law in the future, and would present them at another Town Meeting. The following licenses were approved by the Board, Innhold.ers licenst, John E. Coyle , Common Victuallers license, Lloyd H. Chase, Peter Canessa, Lillian J. Pratt, Sunday Sales license, Sam B. Lowe, Alfred Fortin. Permission was granted to the British Naval and Military Veterans Association to parade in Lexington on Sunday, May 23. Mr. Worthen of the Lexington Historical Society, end 4r. Charles M. Blake, Commander of the American Legion, were notified to this effect so that they may greet the organization. In view of the fact that the Town Counsel gave an opinion that Eugene G. Kraetzer could not accept the check of $25.00 commission for the sale of the lot owned by the Town on Concord Avenue, and in view of the fact that the Planning Board an the School Committee desired to have the lot held for possibly one year tore, Mr. Ballard agreed to see Mr. Cutler about the matter . The Superintendent of Public Works reported that the bus lines were painted upon the streets and the Board therefor passed the follow- ing regulation: Acting under the provisions of Chapter 40, Section 22 of the General Laws, the traffic regulations of Lexington adopted November 16, 1925 are hereby amended by adding thereto the following; 319 Spas€$ marked on the surface of Massachusetts Avenue at the following points shall be used for the purpose of boarding or leaving cars. ho parking shall be allowed within white lines as follows: Mass. Ave. et East side of Clarke Street. " " at West " of Muzzey Street . " " at East " of Waltham Street. • " at West " of Town Hall lot. " " at East " of Depot Park. " " at West " of Meriam. Street. Notice was received frau the County Commissioners in which they informed the Board that they will allow $5,000. for the construction of Waltham Stteet from the Waltham Line to Concord Avenue . Letter was received from Alvan T. Fuller stating that a highway meeting would be held at the Copley Plaza on May 20 at 10 A. M. The Board returned a notice that Mr. camman would be present at the meeting. A petition for the acceptance of Farmcrest Avenue signed by the residents thereon was considered and it was decided to lay the matter over until the new street acceptance regulations were phased. I It was decided to install three electric lights on the Depot Park property on the semi-circle near the station. Poleelocation order was granted to the N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co. for a location on Burlington Street . It was voted to grant permission to the Public Health Association to look after the tuberculosis work for the Board of Health, and it was further voted that the sum of $25.00 be paid the association for the work done . The meeting adjourned at 11.35 P.M. A true record, Attest: Clerk.