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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1927-05-24 REGULAR MEETING, MAY 24, 1927. X regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held at the Selectmen' s Office at 7 52 P m Messrs Custance, Burnham, and Chamberlain were present. The Supt of Public Works and the Clerk were -iso present The recoras ; ere arrjroved. The following 1icen. e,_ ,-ere signed by the Board Bo;Aing Alley License rred B. Bartlett 466 ?is:s�. ivenue Common Victualler Frank I. Pierson 188 C Mass . Ave. cuality Bake Shop 452 Mass Ave. Use of Building for Slaughtering August Young Laconia Street Order was signed by the Board for the Edison Electric Ill. Co for wire attachments on pole on Highland Avenue, pole number 13/24 The Board signed the deed of release of property of Jessie E. Keenan as authorized by vote of the town on March 14, 1927. This property was formerly on a tax title, and this deed was given to clear uo the title Eugene G. Kraetzer came before the Board and signed the sale agreement for the purchase of the Rindge property The Board felt that the Town Counsel should look over these p^per^ drawn up by n:;le & Dorr before they are finally passed. Eugene G Kraetxer a. ked that the Town Engineer designate the bounds of the Rindge _ roperty so that they will know where their boundary line Is.ys The Selectmen agreed to instruct their Engineer to secure this information for the Church of Our Redeemer. Letter wa- received from the County Commissioners informing the Board that :urs. narriet Damon, mother df CarJ Damon, of 11 York i.treet has called at their office to tell of the conditions in the Damon cellar where water i^ backing up by reason of obstruction in the neighboring premises , thereby making their drinking water unfit for use Report was received from the Supt of Public Vorks in which he informed the Board that the conditions of the premises 111 were as follows "The prime reason seems to be to be that there is ill feeling between Ur. Damon and ar. Stack Ir. Stack at one time o•ned the house .,hick iar. Damon now owns and procured water for that house and the others that he owned from 74 a spring in the cellar of this house now owned by Damon He darried the overflow away from the spring through a pipe which passed through the cellar of one of the other houses and thence under the street into the field opposite The present trouble is that Damon claims that Stack has closed this drain which Stack denies . I did not see Mr Damon but I explained to Mrs Damon that, unless there was an agreement in writing to the contrary, I thought Mr. Stack had a right to close this drain if he wished to and that they would have to find some other way to carry the waste water from the spring, that they had no claim gainst Mr. Stack that he 7as. not cussing any water to enter their premises, but that they v.ere perhaps giving Mr. Stack reFaon for complaint by dumping water onto his property. I cannot see that the Board of dealth can force i.r. Stack to allot thi,, waste water to go through his property although phis land is the lowest. I believe he can make Damon get rid of the waste water in some other -ay " [ The Board decided to send the County Commissioners a cool of the report of the Supt. of Public Works , and inform them that the Town is installing a rater main in Grant Street and Mr. Damon can nonnect with the same, and do away with the spring in the cellar. Letter was received from the elanning Board relative to the application of Dr W. L. Barnes for a permit for a filling station on his premises at 362 Mass. !_venue. The Planning Board feel that theymust ust object to a filling station being located .here suggested, and inasmuch as the property is in the business section they feel that stores will be less objectionable. They do not believe that stores would impair the approach to the Memorial Building It was decided to have a letter drafted so that a reply could be made to Thomas S. Vahey, Attorney for Dr . Barnes . In regard to the application of Grace M. Smith of Bedford Street for an entertainment license in connection with the common victuallers license, it is decided to call a hearing of the neighbors to see if any objection would be offered to Mrs Smith having a license. It was left with the Supt. of Public Works to decide who should be notified of the hearing. idotice war received from the Mas- Highway Commission informing the Board that the allotment of $3,000. was made for work on Concord Pvenue, but that they did not approve of the allotment for the con- struction of riasc'achusetts Avenue. Complaint wa, received from H. B. Barnes, "iollaston avenue, 1:rlington height , on the condition of Bowman Street. The Supt. of Public Works was requested to make repairs to this street. uir. Chamberlain reported progress of the study of establishing , a building line on ILassachusetts Avenue in East Lexington. He stated that it seemed quite remote that conditions vould warrant a hundred foot street for some time to come, and both he and Mr Ballard Ii rather favored a street to be built parallel to Mass . .venue. Letter was received from the Lexington Historical Society informing the Board of the changes they contemplated making in the Hancock-'larke House, Munroe Tavern, and Buckman Tavern The Board informed the Lexington Historical Society that they approved of changes being made in the Buckman Tavern end that they authorized the Supt. of Public Torks to install a 6" water main from Meriam Street to the Buckman Tavern to provide vater for the Sprinkler System which is to be installed. Letter was received from Frank Canisius of Garfield ,treet in reference to the Board' s refusal to grant him a permit to keep pigs on his premises. He stated that he felt he should be granted a hermit inasmuch as he has saved the tom money by collecting garbage, and that he had known of no complaints of the conditions of his premises . The Board referred the letter to the Health Inspector and asked that he report on same. Letter wag received from the Planning Board in refernece to the request of Charles u. Schofield for a change in the zoning by- lae area on valtham Street and iine Brook Road. They stated twat their Board decided not to recommend on its arm initiative the modification of the zoning lae to accommodate the proposed apartment at the corner of Waith,-3m atreet and Vine Brook Road as applied for by Lir achofield, but that if Lr. Schofield desired to press his petition, he proceed in accordance with he provisions of paragraph 24 of the zoning law, and then they would consider the property comprising both side.; of Waltham -treet from Lase . evenue to Foret Street, and both sides of Vine Brook Road from Waltham Street to !"inthrop Road. Letter as received from the r ta;.nning Board relative to the Stiyan proeerty and stating that; they are giving the plans further study Letter was also -eceived from the Planning Board in regard to the lay out of Cottage Street They felt that if complete date was available, it would be feasible to arrange for the extension of Cottage Street and lay out other ° treets for the development of this Property Letter was also received from the planning Board in regard to the Griswold petition and asking that the Town Engineer be requested to confer with Mr Griswold' s engineer and present at the next meeting of the Planning Board a plan and data showing the state of the Griswold development . The Board decided to notify the Planning Board that they would request their engineer to secure this informa- tion. Letter was received from the Planning Board relative to kerkins .eanor Development and informing the Board that they were to submit ' plan of this development ae prepared by Engineer Cosgrove to the Board and with the Selectmen -ere to seek the agreement of the owners of adjacent property in :,orking out the plan. The Board decided to request the Planning Board to meet with them on Tuesday next, May 31, at 8 P.U. to consider this development The meeting adjourned at 9 35 P.E. I , / true record, Ltte,t Clerk