HomeMy WebLinkAbout1926-08-10Meeting, August 10, 1926.
A refular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held at the
Selectmen s Office at 9:30 P.H. Messrs. Cuetance, Burnham, miles,
and Ballard were present. The Superintendent of Public Works and
the Clerk were also present.
The Board signed the application of Mrs. Alice A. Frost of Allen
Street for permission to board two infants'at her home.
The State Aid pay roll fdr-:the month of August was signed.
0 Hearing was declared open upon the application of William L.
Smith of 32 Hancock Street for permission to erect a private garag%
on his premises, at S P.M. No persons appeared to object, and it Was
voted to grant him permission.
;_::Hearing was declaredopenupon the application of Christine A.
Gremetorff of Middle Street for permission to erect a two car private
garage on her premises, at 8t05 P.M. No persons appeared to object,
and it was voted to grant her a permit.
Petition was received from residents of Taft Avenue asking that
Taft Avenue from Baker Avenue to Ellis Street be accepted, the same
being a distance of about 500 feet. The clerk was Instructed to
secure the,necessary data preliminary to the hearing.
Mrs. Ida H. B. Capper of Middle Street came before the Board to
discuss the matter of location of the proposed filling station on
the southwesterly corner of Waltham and Middle Streets. The plan
proposed by the Planning Board showed an area for a grass plot at the
corner and roadways of thirty feet in width with a;'setback from the
street me that the filling station would be situated within five feet
of the limit of the Zoning territory. The plan also called for an
eight foot sidewalk along the drive. Mrs. Capper agreed to the layout
as shown her upon this plan.
Aft** considering the matter, it was decided to request Mrs. Capper
to agree to the layout of a grass plotoropen space opposite the Wro-
posed location on land owned by her, and to give to the town a touffoot
strip of land along Waltham Street so that the street could be sixty
feet wide in conformity with Waltham Street on the other side of Middle
Street. .It was also decided to request Mrs. Capper tb keep open both
of these grass plots and to maintain a thirty foot driveway adjacent to
the grass plot at the proposed filling station.
Mr. Frederick L. Emery, W. D. Milne, J. Henry Duffy, and C. Edward
Glynn, members of the Planning Board, met with the Selectmen to view the
plan of the proposed widening of Massachusetts Avenue from Hancock Street
to Woburn Street, and expressed their views on the proposition.
Mr. Emery stated that when he secured the releases from owaers of
property on the avenue in connection with the Building Lines he infonned
them that there would be no widening on Massachusetts Avenue for some
years to come. He felt too, that it was not needed in the town, and that
it, was unnecessary to spend money to widen this street, but rather that
the money be spent to divert traffic through the outskirts of the town.
lie felt that the persons who traveled through the town were not of any
financial benefit and that for our own needs the avenue is wide enough
for some years to come.
xr. Ballard explained that he felt the widening should be made not
at Buckman Tavern, and also a fifteen foot strip should be removed fret
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the Depot Park grass plot. At a later date the Boutelle block, so-
called, and the Hunt block might be removed and new buildings built
on the new line of the street.
The concensus of opinionofthe Planning Board was that if the
avenue was built permanently with jogs in the road at the Buckman
Tavern and Depot Park, it would look rather -queer. They felt that
the only work needed to be done at the present time through the cOtfr
is to remove the tracks and the paying blocks at the turnout, and smooth
the road up at that point.
After considering the proposition, the Board decided to have some
stakes placed along the Buckman Tavern property on the line of the pro-
posed'widening so that they could view the same. It was also suggested
that the sidewalk in front of the Boutelle block could be made five
feet in width and the rest thrown into the highway, thereby making the
street wider at this point,
Mr. Borman Pero and Mr. Crown, 26-Q=. a Street, casae �bsfore the
Board with a complaint of a nuisance caused by the tenant, Raymond Gray,
in an automobile repair shop owned by Picshette and Ahern and located in
the rear of Mr. Pero's property on Massachusetts Avenue,
Mr. Pero claimed that the men trio were working there at all hours
of the night were noisy and swearingl and as he had sickness in the
house, it was very annoying.
The Board requested the owners of the property to have their
tenant refrain from unnecessary noiseandto have him close the shop'
at a reasonable hour-so+that the neighbors would not have to lie awake,
and also requested him to clean-up the dump complained of.
Mr. F. L. Emery reported to the Board that Mr. Fales of Metcalf
and Eddy, Engineers, was working on the plan of drainage in the town
and he thought in about two weeks an estimate of the cost of the work
would be received.
The Board signed abatements for the Water Department amounting to
$64.93 and the Sewer Department -to $36.42 for the month of July.
Several matters relative to the construction of streets azA sewers were
discussed by the Board.
The matter of taking up the double track in Bast Lexington and
constructing the sewer from its present terminus at Curve Street is
Middle Street was discussed. Supt. Ross reported that the didtomtoe of
2110 feet would cost about $11,000, and that there id available in
the department pipe enough for the job at the present time, -There is
also about $5300 available in the Sewer Assessment fund which may be
used for the construction. After discussing whether it would be for
the best interests of the town to extend the sewer and then build
Massachusetts Avenue next year, or to extend the sewer next -year and
build the avenue up to Middle Street in 1928, it was decided to leave
the matter until Mr. Robertson, in charke of the Mater & Sewer Depart-
ments, is able to express his opinion.
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The Superintendent of public Works was requested to make a taking
of land at the corner of Borth Hancock and Bedford Rtreets while the
work of construction of Bedford Street is being done.' This is to be I in accordance with the County Commissioners lay out. The Super
dent was to get in touch with Mr. Sabena
Estimate of the cost of replacing fhe 2 inch main in Utica Street
from Woburn Street to private way a distance of 570 feet was received
from Supt. Ross. This service supplies 17 families; and owing to
the inadequate pressure there are many complaints. The conditions also
cause a fire hazard. The Board therefor authorized the extnnsion of
the main, or rather replacement of the 2 inch main, at -a cost of
approximately $1463.00.
An estimate of $3,037.?5 was received from the Superintendent as
the cost above the cost of the pipe on hand, of installing 8 -inch
water main in Cedar Street in place of the 4 inch main from Massachu-
setts Avenue to .residence of Henry L. Stone. Complaints have been
received'of the water pressure since a 6 inch water main has been
connected on to the 4 inch farther down Cedar Street.
the -Board laid this matter on the table until next meeting.
The meeting adjourned at 12 o'clock midnight.
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