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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1926-07-27 343 "eeting, July 27, 1928. A regular meeting o the Board of Select ,en was held at the Selectmen's Office at 7 30 P :.' yes=rs . Custance, Burnham, ?Tiles, Robertson and Ballard were present. The Superintendent of Public Works and the Clerk were a,130 prc::e-t In accordance with request for bids on $19, 000 water main coupon notes the following bids were received Lexington Trust Co. 1001.55 Merrill, Oldham & Co . 1001 .90 Atlantic National 1001.24 F L. Dabney & Co . 1001.60 Estabrook & Co. 1000. 50 The bid was awarded to Merrill, Oldham & Co. Bids were received in response to the request of the Superin- tendent of-Public Works for sidewalk work under the following spec- ifications' SPECIFICATIO1S FOR GRA??OLIVHIC SIDE- WALKS IN T0WN OF LEXINGTO" MASSACHUSETTS. Gravel must be Screened or Crushed Stone that will pass through 1" screen. Sand must be clear, sharp sand, free from all loam or other for- eign matter. Cement must be high grade ceme_ t of any standard American make and approved by Engineer . EXCAVATII,G All loam must be excavated and be piled where directed by Engineer. FILLING: Fill to within 4" of finished grade with course gravel or cinders thoroughly soaked with water and tamped so there will not be any voids or soft elaces. FORMS. . Build forms of 2 x 4 Spruce planed 1 side, put down in proper manner and brought to grades given b Engineer. CONCRETE: Concrete to be mixed 1 part cement 3 parts sand and 5 parts gravel. This to be poured in forms and brought to within 1" of finished surface. Cut joint across walk every 5 ft an fill with sand. Concrete to be properly tamped, over this spread 1" of concrete mixed as follows 1 part cement , 2 parts sand, and 1/2 la:p black, to eacla bag cement This to be trowelled to true e -en surface are cut across walk over sand joint below. If walks are laid in not we tier, l eep sane covered for 48 hrs. and sprinkle several „imes a day for 4 or 5 dais . 344 Art All curbs or ramps coming in connection with sidewalk shall be done n: under the direction of the Engineer in charge. mt All work that becomes defective within 1 year from date of comple- tion shall be replaced at Contractor's expense. The following bids were received for work on Bedford Street at Phelps ' garage. J P. Dailey $225.00 Anthony Ross 3 20 per sq. yd. and 3.55 per sq: yd. for ramps. The bid was awarded to Anthony Ross, he being the lowest bidder. Hearing was held upon the application of Abbie L. Wellington of 14 Curve Street, for permission to erect a garage on her premises. NO persons appeared to object, and the Board voted to grant her a permit. It was voted to grant a Sunday Sales license to Charles H. Miller of Lincoln Street to operate a roadside stand at the corner of State Road and Lincoln Street. It was voted to grant a Corr,on Victuallers license to Eugene H. Partridge to operote the restaurant at 454 Massachusetts Avenue. Special police commission was signed for John Moloy rho is to do police duty on the Bedford Street construction. The following report was received from the Inspector of Health, Russell I Prentiss, on the condition of pii,s at John Ricci's premises on Waltham Street Conditions. 1 . Pens. Fair 2. Troughs. Fair, 3. Platforms.One platform above ground, but dirty. One pen fed on ground. 4. Feeding places clean? Houses O.K feeding yards dirty 5. Do compost heaps comply with regulations? '_Tot covered, but not offensive odors . 6 . Is garbage kept according to regul tions? No. 7. Are swine kept in wet land? I?o , one exception. 8. When were buildings rl ite-eras. ed and Ilow often is it done? ITlite-cwashed two years ago. Rus- ell I Prentiss Health Inspector. General renarhs on conditions of premises. General condition of the piggery is fair Mr. Ricci said he would L__ 345 clean up refuse and white-wash and also let ne 1-now when this was done. Weo witnessed coneitio `s rite ; ou? Joan Ricci. What recme endations .i.ve :, DA to t..a'_-e? No renewal of permit until he IIFS done w'_i t he promised to do. Is there a permit on the premises? No. The Boar. considered the advisability of prosecution in the case of Ricci . The Health Inspector stated, however, that Ricci would clean up his premises by ^✓bite-wasaing the buildir ;s, and he felt that he would endeavor to do what was right For this reason, he advised a delay on any definite action until such time as Ricci showed the disposition to cooperate and completed his promises _To action was taken. Tr Prentiss also sent in report on the piggery of Ernest K Ballard on Wood Street as follows. Corditions . 1 Pens. Houses clean, yards very dirty. 2 . Troughs Fain. 3. Pl^tforr s. Dirty and euilt on erou 1d. 4. Feeding ;daces clean? Cleaned once a week. 5. Do compost neaps comply with reeui-tion? Not covered. 6. Is garbage kept ac .ordine to regulr.tions? One yard 0.$. 100 ft from highway. 7 . Are swine kept in wet land? 1'o 8. When were buildings white-washed aid how often is it done? Two years a,o. General remarks on condition of preeises . Breeding use clean. Yards dirty 'about one foot of muck around feed- ing platforms Barn cellar very wet liquid from gar- bage draining into cellar _nd rlakine a wet place that was filled with cotton waste. 'Who witnessed conditions with you? Joe Kellar, Foreman. What recorr endations have you to sake? Clean up barn cellar. Clean yards . Build uyo eletforms above ground. Tighten up boxes for ;tori earbage. Stop storin, garbage out- -ide of yard tear earn. Is there a permit on the premises? Yes . It was decided to notif 'Ir. Ballerc thatn accordance y i or ante with the recent report of tee He :.: to I. spector it is evide t t_ t he is violating the conditions of -iis iii per- it. It having oeen fou. 3. t_i_at „e To' Ele,i-eer din not have the plan 346 of the filling st'tion proposed at the corner of Waltham and Middle *mod Streets ready for the ce sider- tion of the Boar , it was decided to defer action on Mrs . Capper's application until the next meeting. -Petition was received for street lights at Lexington Manor with the request that articles be inserted in the town warrant. It was decided to place the articles in the warrant t the next town meeting. r. Keay and Mr. Littlefield of the Boston and Maine Transport,'tion Corpany came before the Board to press their request for permission to operate busses from the Lincoln line over the State Rodd and Massachusetts Avenue. They slowed letters from the towns of Lincoln, Shirley*, Little- ton, and Ayer giving permission to operate through the town. They ex- plained that the rate charged by them was about 3.6% per nile. They did not desire to make sto'-s on the State Road, an they felt that their ser- vicep . woald not in any way be in opposition to the Middlesex & Boston St. Rwy. Co. The Board inquired if they did not wgnt to make their trips. from the Lincoln line to Lincoll Street and Lincoln Street to the center making a stop to be design-ted by tie Board. This question way asked because there may be some perso s who would desire to ride to Park Square in Boston rather than to drive automobiles as the situation of p rking in the city of Boston is almost irpossiule , and one has to pay 501 to park in a garage If the Boston nd Maine Transportation Company were willing to give this service, it mi _ht help a nunaer of business people. The company informed the Board that they carry X100, 000 liability insurance on each bus and that they would corply with all The regulations the town would set forth. They agreed to get further information in regard to ria ing the trip through Lexington Center, and fur: ish the Boar' with a time table. It vne voted to grant permission to operate the line petitioned for. Mr. Thomas F Griffin came before the Board and requested that per- mission be given to take off the busses running, between '^gltham Street and Massachusetts Avenue. He gave a detail of the numberof passengers riding on the line from Fire Fors to Arlington. Heights. The figures showed that an average of 1,11.40 per '.ay wee received for twelve trips nn the end of the lind from '"altho1:: Street to 'Tar sachusetts Avenue only one or two passengers rode each day. If the co zany were allowed to remove the busses from that end and me' e the tri e over `^althain Street to Arlington Heights , it would save an avenge of about 60 miles each day. The Board decided to grant permission to take off this line of busses, but requested 71r Griffin to make the request in writing for same. It was also voted to grant temporary permission to the Middlesex and Boston St Rve Co . to use North Ransack Street while Bedford Street is under construction It was voted to la, the matter of actio1 on the Hart TRotor Company us application on the table . It was voted to notify I:rr JOh i B Lovell that the Board refused t grant him a permit to operate tmxxTmxIdli his busses from the Lincoln ine to Arlington Line via the St to Ro %d and Mlassachusetts Avenue in exington It was decided to ;-'_c the Tow Counsel's opinion s to whether or net he felt the co.itraet "or cor:peesatio . ineur.nce of ,he Liberty Mutua Company was a proper form of insurance for a town to carry. Mr. Burn..,.,. called attention to the fact th. t the police depart_:ent did not answer a call ori Ju' y 19 at 1 P 's° at the corner of Lowell and ! `. Woburn Streets The fact was reported to hire y Dr Wooster of Waltham 347 who stated t? -t tie office_ at the des._ informed him that they would not send any officer to ,he ac ..ide:lt as lon,, as no one was Hurt . He stated, therefor, th=t he called the State police, an ' they lid not appear. It IIwas found after co_.sulAng t _e C_lief th t he answered the call , and in ten minutes after when an officer came on .uty he sent him to the soene,. He stated that it was riot up to the Police Pep rtrer t to decide in an accident which party* was in the wrong, and that this was the reason an officer was called. It rTa,s decided to limit the nw. ser of guides in the town to ten. Letter was received frog^ the Town Protective Corr .ittee of 3 Joy Street, Boston, asking for the cooperation of the Board against Inns and Clubs operated as vice resorts.. The Board directed the clerk to repl: to the letter The Superintendent of Public works was requested to look after the salvage pipe at the Highland Avenue drain construction job. r. / It was decided to call ;,he Planning Boz.rd in to the next meeting to look over the proposition of widening Massachusetts Avenue from Hancock Street to Woburn Street The Clerk vas directed to request the Torn Engineer to jive the Board t.le details as to what depart..ent the engineers -lave worked for since January 1, 1926. I the Sup, rin_tenJent of Public wore war reauesteu to fix the side- walk on Massachusetts Anrenue from Oak St, eet to i.e Arlington line.. The Superintendent of Public Works was also requested to find out whether the Police officers '• telephones in their residences, and if so, if the town paid their bills. Application was received from B. J Harrington of 11 Curve Street v requesting the appointrielt of a licen. ed drain layer. The Board voted to lay the natter on the table until such „i_ e as they i vestigate what other cities and towns .o is t .e n. Iter The Building Insnec,tor, John F Ti„, et s , cane before the Po-rd in regard to plans of the Berman „ gage on " seec_'usetts Avenue. He stated that they -ere proceeding with t: e buil in, %gain t .is instructions. In view of the fact that a controvert has arise) now, and has in the past, it was voted that the Selectren reuor u e: 1 hat the Building, Inspector require applicants for building _>er' .itc to "ile with r. two sets of plans and specifications of t_.e builcli. which t._ey desire to build, and that one set of plan n1 s )ecific^tions bearing the approval of the Building Inspector be filed here as a pernarent record of the ,.own and a similar set be returned to the applicant vii ti3 rcgul tion that they will -maintain that set of pla. e on file during tile procer - of co..- struction, and that any or all odifications of tide •man will have to have simil. r approval before perwit will e ,r 3 Led in the tovn. of Lexing- ' ton. In view of the t the. ` i_ie1z __ic,z "r. Titabetts had on hand were not complete, Mr Ball^r offered to com.,unicate with Daniel J O'Connell. attorney for 2 r. Berean, ;..irYug.. him secure a complete set of plans which ..e wo".ld sub]eit to , e ;;i. e-L i=_ . is office for advice as to the construction of—t_i,. )- sem ,_,t Til a: t e leal of t_ e . irst floor, end secure from the ergi ser a r:: ort . 348 It decided to :-rite Chief Ed,- !r ". Ta for r string. for E. report `L7 on the complain .,f "falter T Jones of "'enter Street The Superintendent of Public Works reported that a new 8" water main was necessary in Cedar Street to replace the 4" main there at the present time owing to the fact that no pressure could be received on the farther end which is now connected with a 6" pipe. J• r. Scai an also called attention uo the f ct that the pipe on Utica Street for a distance of about 250 ft, bein;, a 2" pipe, should be replaced rith a 6" pipe. The Board requested the Su_oerinteY_ce t to get definite figures as to how many families these pipes served 2nd to report at the next meeting the cost of renewing the mains The meeting adjourned at 12 :05 A•. M A true record, Attest, Clerk. I