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F i]GULAF L;EETIdG, _ 3, 19:27 .
regular _eeting of the Board Df Selectmen s held rt the
Selectmen's Office t 7 3 . ., le, r . Custance, Burnham, Ballard,
and Robertson yere tyre^ent The Supt of L'ublic 'worms ,nd the Clerk
ere - 1:o pre ent
The recur... ..ppl OVeu
The follo-ing ' i tens ere gl anted
Common 'victuallers
mh-ey 1 . ,.rt.. i _,ge Coy . _tham w- middle Streets
m. 3. Berm .n 6 m. avenue
Helen c I isuer 499 y.,..- . ._venue
InnhoIder
Mary G __ullen w :._._°y .. elsh µ.;. Avenue, Rest Inn.
...rs . '' alter Allen 479 Ma-- . :_venue
Junk
Jacob Bornstein 4 Sylvia Street
1 _alcohol
Jenney Mfg. Co Cor. a ltham w .piddle Streets
Guile
James ilonzo Hannig .n 15 Vine Brook road
Claude ; el ton S83 Beuford ctreet
The folio• ing jig ermit_ ere granted;
. Young i conic Street
Daniel Shea " inut Street
Fyder Stock Farm, Inc 117 -ltham -tract
:laughter licensee ere granted to the follo-ing persons
Amos ho1man ;.ilii Avenue
Gustave BILazel East Street
The Board vote_ to point Eu,.ert Stevens a- a Public eighty
for the year ending ., arch 31, 1X,8 .
It ., voted to ? ,point George ., ..avis a a Registrar of Voters
for the term of three yer rs nding .larch 31, 1930.
Owing to the meeting ,-ith the Planning Board _.:r. Burnham con-
ducted the g .re ne,_ring v'nich ras called at 8 33 P M. upon the
application of Ernest C. M,-rtin for permission to erect a private
garage on his premis : rt Roy land mvenue lEr i a r tin appeared on
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behalf of his L ,plication ,nd no one appe rea eg_inst. Upon herring
='r. Burnham? ryDort the Board voted to gr nt the permit to mr. is-,rtin
hearing es ueclarea open on application of Ferley C. Tibbetts
for permission to erect e garage at north h ncocx Street in the rear
of nev house built b-- him !do persons appe red to object, and the
Board voted, on the report _f hr. Burnham, to grant the _ ermit.
The artter of nr__ing a change in the charge for -laughter licen_e
fees sae lightly Jiscusseu, and it v left —ith hr. Burnham to go
over ware and m ke his recommendation to the Boar ' , on Tuesday evening
next
better received from Arthur v . rree._an, member of the Planning
Board, in which he offered his resignation as s member of th. t Board
o 'ing to the fact that his business took him out of to -n so much thfit
ne coul&.zzt regularly attenv' the meetings of the Planning Boa_d.
The Board Jecided to write to the Planning Board asking them rhat
they felt should be eone relative to this letter of resignation
In regard to the license issued to Ashley . Partridge, corner
altham and dad_-le Streets , the Chairman -as reque tea to rite
mr r artridge asking him to clean u; efl i keep his eremises clean in
the future
L:r. Ballard reported that he ha(' discussed rith Hale and Door, his
attorneys, the mstier of guaranty bonds and he found that :r.Hale " a:
interested in town matter- and had vorked out e scheme hich might
be wtked out in Lexington on guaranty bond . The suggestion v as that
when it -as not convenient to give satisfactory eureties that the
follo.--in, could be inserted in the bond "the precise- o'-ned by the
undersigned, to hich ster is to be supplied, being the premises
described in (here insert description) are hereby conveyed in mortgage
to the said To""rn to secure the performance of this obligation for breech
whereof the said Torn shall have the statutory power of sale." This
instrument could then be recorded and be a lien upon the prop rty.
nr. Ballard stated that he iaould be glad to tree the matter up v:ith
the Town Counsel nu explain to him ,-hat we- being done as he felt that
if this matter Souls be carried out, it 'ould gleatl.) simplify a
situation which has been difficult in the pa t.
i, eeting vith Planning Board
_'resent Chair:, n, Frederick m. Enter;,, v . L. Milne, Secretary,
J. Henry Duffy, and C. Edgar.._ Glynn.
Mr . Raymon of the firm of __etcelf Eddy, Engineers, was also
present .
. r . Emery expleineu that hr. Raymond had done all the work of
ereliminary s tuuy on the .;-raina6e area in the Torn He planned to
lower Tine Brook about nine feet under the ri ilroa.c. and seven feet under
aas_ achus .t s Avenue, and six feet above that Joint This drop ill
ta_:e came of the arincieal drainage. To lower the water sheu to drain
all of the drain ,,e are oulu coot Lore than hat it i. Borth
el . F yaon ' h, conductee soundings in the rear of the ?layground, and
found soft muck at a depth of from t-o to three feet without eny
bottom. He found that is -as cheaper to run a deep open brook for
much longer distance than to build a. closed brook through the Pleygrouna
to Vine Brook inasmuch a_s the Foil wee, of such nature and was without
a bottom that it would cost considerable to lay the pipe properly It
was therefor felt that it Could be better to go eround this land r:here
they could secure a. hard bottom and have an open brook
In regard to the lay out of roads Mr. Lmery explained that the
Planning Boaru had made e study in connection with the development of
property, and 1 ,id out sever_' treets tentatively on e plan made by
lar. L-)hurtleff. The -treets extended over propertir bounded by Spring
Street,Midul Street, nd School Street. also over the section bounded
by School Street, Middle Street and laying out a parallel street to the
line of the brcok which extends in a curve from Fair Oaks property to
Lidile Street, also several streets in the territory bounded bar the
proposed brook, Clare Street, -nd the Pleygr fund urive and Highland
:.venue
. r. Emery xpiain_ed that this elan s submitted fter e study
made during the vinter, end it vas therefor submitted to the Board for
their consideration He stated that inasmuch es a great part of the
ro .erty -here the lay out of streets is .'ado is owned by ur. Ryder
that they therefor consulted -ith him as to the ley out They found
that _ter. Ryuer •iilins to cooperate giving land in some instances
and approved of the general scheme. rr. Raymond Mated that en ex-penai-
ture of „ 1,7, 0JD ould urain all of the land on Lincoln titreet thereby
throwing it open for uevelooment. This would include the coot of the
:rain drain not the laterals Lir. Raymond e-timated the cost of putting
in the pipe andculvert under chuset' r Avenue to be ., 50, 000 for
just that section, that is exclusive of lenge ..r. Emery explained
that Mr. Raymond hau not gone into the deteile of securing e-tieat._e
on the lay out of this sy ntem ina-much a- it as, felt that the aperoval
of the Board of Selectmen should be had on the general lay out before
expense is incurred for detail plans He felt also that the entire
cost of the drainage installation •could be bourne by assessing better-
ments upon the property end en increased valuation to the town
r. C. Edward Glynn suggested that the entire proposition of
draining the area be done at once so that a real benefit might be
derived. He felt that if the project -as carried on over a period of
years it lou1d not be near as beneficial.
The subject of installation of sewers in the streets proposed vas
discussed as was also the possibility of the present se-er caring for
the needs of the to"n in the future. then the pre'ent serer system
va- laid out by LcClintock c. t oodfell it ,..a<' intended to trke care of
twenty to t--enty five thousand inhabitants 3ut in taking a. teFt of
the floe age of the see_ near the Arlington line, it ,•as found nearly
half full, and the number of ee-er connections is approximately three
thousand It may mean, however, that the outlet is too smell or that
the se' er is too small The Lexington -e-er empties into a :70" pipe
but flows into £511 pipe at the nrlington line. ni Raymond 7-as of
the opinion that :his might cause the eiii•iculty, but a careful investi-
gation should be moue to get the facts .
nr. Duffy felt that before the installation of any further
' se,• erage is made a careful study of the present ._ystem and the future
contemplated systems shoulu be maue other-ice the Town may find them-
selves in a very emba_rreecing eocition. _�Hi Luffy -t ted that -hen the
sever laid out in Lexington that -Ir. Frederick P. Stearns, one of
the most eminent engineers in that line, Va in accord with our serer
plan. __r . Emery stated that he had no considence in the present e 'er
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ystem, and felt the t a careful study should be made before any �+
construction or.. contemplated.
_..r. Jallard suggested that the Board of selectmen be given
'ritten report froi. hr. Raymond stating the e ,urinations that have
been m.ue by :..etcrli and Eddy, a state.ent of the ork they had 111
.one, hov far they hay_ gone iith the proposition, ani their con-
clusions in the matter. Mr. Ballard felt th< t the Selectmen c. _nnot
study the proposition aiscreetly until they have some such report
before the hr. ymond agreed to send in this report as soon as
possible, and the Selectmen agreed to study the plan and give a reply
to the Planning Boar. --ithin a reasonable time.
The meeting adjourned at 10 30 P...
true rec rL, Attest
ALLLf-A/
clerk.
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