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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1927-04-08 41) 4.1 PECIr.L . _ � ETIJG, APRIL 8, Id7 CV CV A ssecial meeting of the Board Of Selectmen was held at the Selectmen' s Office at 7 30 P M. Messrs. CustLnce, Burnham, Ballard, and Roberts:n were present. The Supt. of Public Works and the Clerk were present also. The records were approved with the exception of two corrections, which were made . It was decided to increase the charge for Common Victuallers, Sunday Sales, and Innholders Licenses from a2 00 to : 5.00, same deo be effective as of April 30, 1927 when the new licenses go into effect. It was called to the Boards attention that Mrs Sarah Bowman VanNess of 52 Pleasant Street is in a bad mental condition She continually calls the Police Department several times during the night . She has therefor made herself a nuisance, and the Chairman wLe requested to find out who her relatives were so that someone could care for her. In regard to the matter of building line on Mass . Avenue Jfrom the Town Hall to Hancock Street, Mr. Ballard offered to make a report on same in sixty days The clerk wes requested to find out whether the American Employers ' Insurance Company or any bonding company would issue a bond guaranteeing cost of extension of water mains . It was also suggested that when the Water Department give an estimate of the cost of extending water mins and the amount of the guarantee to be paid that this estimate be signed by the petitioner in duplicate, one copy to be handed to the petitioner and the other to be retained at the office. This will perhaps eliminate thn possibility of mis- understanding. When the statement is then received at the office it should be acknov.ledged with the reply that we understand they will be liable for the terms of the statement In reply to the letter of Frederick L. Emery relative to the use by the Town of the l, nd of the Boston & Maine Railroad for the storage of pipe for the Water Department, the Board replied that although a contribution of 13,000. was made by citizens of the town to the Boston & Maine Railroad for the purchase of this property and removing the coal yard and President Tuttle of the Boston & Maine R. R. replied to Mr. Emery under date of March 31, 1910 that this land was net to be sold or leased for business purposes, but would be retained for requirements of his company, the deed of the property from Warren A. and Walter H Pierce of Arlington and Frank • Peabody of Lexington did not contain any statement relative to the use of the land The Board replied therefor to Mr Emery informing him that inasmuch as this deed did not contain a restriction relative to the use of the land that the town proposed to use it for the storage of pipe until such time as a permanent location ±br- a municipal yard can be secured In regard to the letter of the Planning Board requesting a reply to their request fer the services of the Town Counsel in establish- ing a building line on Mass. Avenue in the vicinity or the Robbins Cemetery, the Board voted to inquire o,. the Cemetery Commissioners as 41 to the status of the Robbinx Cemeter-- Mr. Ballard and Mr. Chamberlain have also to report on the establishment of a building line in this section of Mass . Avenue The Town En~;' neer vac recuested to lray out and furnish statement of the ettimated cost to the abutters of laying out Fletcher Avenue as a town way For the consideration of the Board Mr . Ball rd offered the suggestion of locating a municipal yard back of the Russell House, from the cemetery property bordering the xailroad tracks to the junction ol Woburn Street and Mass . Avenue. Complaint having been received from Lawrence Ingram of 50 Reed Street that the noise of the dogs owned by Benjamin Meauy of Bedford Street is bothersome. It was decided to write Mr. Meady calling his attention to Article 60 of the To-n By-La s Letter was received from the Lexington Historical Society in which they informed the Board o a vote of the Society to the effect that the painting "The Dawn o- Liberty" by Sandham which belongs to the Society but which is now in the Town Hall building be removed to he iiemorial Building, now un,er construction, Et the proper time. Tie Board acknowledged receipt of the letter . In regard to the abatement of the betterment tax of the Town of Arlington amounting to 0126 .24, it was decided to inform the Tuwn Counsel that the Bard aoutu proceed in accoriance with his advice In reference to establishing block plan system bids were re- ceived from Everett N . Montague of ?test Acton and Mor e and. Lickin- son of Boston, the latter giving the statement tnat the total ex- pense of establishing the system in the town ouli be from '"17,000 to $,:_0,000 Good ram erenee. W et e receiveu ler both firms Alter considering the m, tter, it was decided to have hr. CnambNrlain write J Henry Duffy, former T ; n engineer, requesting him for advice to the method of establishing a block plan system and asking him for specifications . The matter of purchasing a Sunistrsnd Adding Machine for the Assessing Deprrtmenj- wa , left with the Chsirman oi the Board. Tne meeting adjourneu at 10 50 P.M. A true record, Atte t, / C!erc.