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REGULAR MEETING, December 14, 1926.
A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held at the
Selectmen's Office at 7:30 P.M. Messrs. Custance, Burnham, Miles,
Ballard, and Robertson were present. The Supt. of Public Works
and the Clerk were also present.
Hearing was declared open at 8 P.M. upon the petition of
Matilda Richards of Spring Street for permission to install a 500
gallon gasoline tank for private use on her premises.
No persons appeared to object, and& it was voted to grant the
permit.
Mr. Charles Harrington of 19 Grant Street came before the Board
and explained that his sidewalk and lawn are from 12" to 18" lower
than the street, and he desired to know whether or not the Town
intends- to put it in proper condition so that the drainage from the
street will not wash away his lawn. He stated that he did not feel
that he should pay the betterment tax unless the town did its part.
Mr. Custance agreed personally to look into the condition and
see what could be done.
Bids on the $100,000 temporary loan were received as follows:
Grafton Co. 3.76
Old Colony Trust Co. 3. 68 Premium $1.50
Atlantic Bat. Bank 3.75
Lexington Trust Co. 3.67 Premium $5.00
Exchange Trust Co. 3.83
C. D. Parker & Co. 3.87
The bid was awarded to the Lexington Trust Company, it being
the lowest bidder.
The Board discussed the advisability of passing a regulation
to amend the Plumbing Regulations as follows:
No boilers or other vessels in which water is heated or
stored for domestic purposes shall hereafter be installed
or replaced sinEw=lleg nor shall any
device for heatingwater for same be connected thereto
until a permit has been granted by the Inspector of Plumbing
therefor; and no water shall be turned on until the same,
with properly set and approved safety devices shall have
been passed by the Inspector of Plumbing.
After discussing the matter it was decided to leave out the
phrase "except by licensed plumbers", and to present the regulation
to the Town Counsel for his approval before sending same to the
Attorney General.
The Board signed the release covering the damages to the Town
on the Town Hall lot as a result of the establishment of a building
line on Massachusetts Avenue from the Town Hall lot to Fletcher
Avenue. The Board secured its authority to sign this release
through a vote of the Town passed December 6, 1926.
The Board signed the State Aid pay roll for the month of Decere-
ber.
The Board passed the following vote on sewer rental charge:
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"The Board of Selectmen, pursuant to authority granted
by General Laws , Chapter 83, Section 18, or any other
power which they may have for the purpose, hereby
establish as a just and equitable annual charge or the
use of common sewers in the Town of Lexington, the amounts
and rates and times and manner of payment set forth below,
which charges shall be paid by every person who enters his
particular sewer therein.
Sewer rental charge shall be 25% of the yearly water
rates, with provision for a minimum yearly charge of theee
dollars, the same to be payable semi-annually."
Conference was held with the Trustees of the Isaac Harris
Cary Educational Fund, Mr. Robert P. Clapp, Chairman, and James
Stuart Smith being present. Mr. Roger Greeley, architect for the
Trustees, was also present. Mr. Clapp presented plans showing
the proposed memorial building to be located upon the Blake-Plumer
lot on Massachusetts Avenue below Grant Street. He also presented
a hand drawn dcetch of the outside of the building showing its
legation on the Plumbr lot. He pointed out to the Board the uses
for which the roams in the building were made. He stated that the
Trustees expected the bids to be received from the contractors on
January 5, 1927. Then the Trustees were to present a printed report
to be made to the Tarn netting forth the proposition of the .Trustees.
Designated upon the plan was a lot to the left of the proposed
memorial building which the Trustees proposed to offer to the Town
for acceptance for a building for town offices. They stated that
under the terms of the will they would not be allowed to give this
lot to the town, but they were to take the matter up with Attorney
Morfield Storey to see whether they could give the lot to the town
"for $1.00 and other valuable consideration. " This offer will be
made to the town if the town accepts the proposition of the Trustees
of the Memorial Fund to maintain the building. Mr. Clapp stated
that there is an agreement of the Boston & Maine R. R. Co. to convey
eight feet of their land along the back of this property to the
Trustees. He stated that it might be possible that the town at
a future date would build a road from the Boston & Maine R. R. station
to Fletcher Avenue, and. this would allow ample parking space in the
centre of the town. The Trustees felt that there might be need of an
adjourned Town Meeting if the proposition was not accepted on the first
evening, and suggested that a Town Meeting be held the 24th of January,
1927, and if an adjourned Town Meeting was nedeseary, it might be
adjourned for three weeks to allow for possible committee reports. The
Board, through Architect Greeley, presented a plan to the Trustees
showing a proposed office building on the right of the main building
similar to the office building on the left , and asked the Trustees
if they could not also convey to the Town the lot on the right hand
side of the building as Wgkl as on the left, wo that the Town could
use the same for office purposes in the future, and thereby have a
building which would be well balanced. Mr. Clapp expressed surprise
to the proposed plan and at first rather objected to a building on the
right hand side which possibly might be used as an office building and
fire station.
After talking with Mr. Smith, Mr. Clapp unofficially offered the
land on both sides of the proposed buildingto the Board for the sum
of $5,000. The Board requested Mr. Clapp to submit to them before
final printing the information to be sent forth to the voters, inas-
much as the Selectmen were the ones to present this proposition to
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the Town. They desired to have full knowledge of the information
to study -and offer changes if necessary' to the Trustees. Mr. Clapp
agreed to present the info oration to the Board at as early a date
as possible.
The question of having a concrete sidewalk in addition to the
drive up to the front door of the building was discussed. The
Trustees did not feel that they could at the time afford to construct
a concrete sidewalk neither did they wish to have the same on the
plan to be presented to the Town, inasmuch as they did not want to
present something that they did not intend to carry out. They stated
that if they had sufficient money after the construction of the
building and all other details were carriedamtt, they would be willing
to put in a sidewalk.
The suggestion of having lantern slides at the Town Meeting
showing the views of the building -and the plans of same, seemed to
meet with approval.
Two location orders were granted to the Edison Electrio I11. Co. ,
one pole on Waltham Street, being pole nuMber 105/73, the other on
Reed Street, approximately 760 feet Northwest of Vaille Avenue.
An order of transfer was granted to the N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
for the transfer of fifty-eight poles on Bedford Street -to the B. S.
I. Co. and the Middlesex & Boston St. Rwy. Co.
Mr. Wrightington reported that he had received notice from the
Boston & Maine R. R. Co. that the total cost of repairing the bridge
on Maple Street is $2,113.21. The Chairman agreed to take this
matter up with the County Commissioners to wee what recommendation
they have to make in regard to the payment of this bill.
The meeting adjourned at 11:45 P.M.
A true record, Attest:
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Clerk.
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