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REGULAR MEETING, June 21, 1927.
A regular meeting of the Board of selectmen was held
at the Selectmen's Office at 7:30 P.M. Messrs. Custance,
Burnham Robertson and Chamberlain were present. The Supt. of
Public Works and the Clerk were also present.
The records were approved.
hearing was declared open at 8 P.M . upon the application of
the Edison Electric M. Co. to erect and maintain four poles on
Oakmount Circle, easterly from Meriam Street. It was voted to
grant the petition.
Permission was also granted to the Edison Electric Ill. Go.
for joint location of poles already existing on Fern Stheet,
The Board signed the deed cnnveying the Rindge property to
the Church of Our Redeemer.
The Board signed a Sunday Sales license for Mrs. Ida H. B.
Capper, and Public Carriage licenses for Arthur A. Marshall & Son,
James F. McCarthy, and dames T. McGann.
It having been the custom of the Sewer Department to install
pipe of sewer connections into the cellar of the house, it was
decided to authn ize the Supt. of he Water and Sewer Department
to discontinue this practice and to lay the pipe to within ten
feet of the building in accordance with the plumbing law. He
is also to place a stop on the end of the pipe, put a stake in
the grating at the end of the pipe, and notify the owner of the
property that they will be responsible for connection to the pipe.
Letter was received from Mr. W. D. Regan in regard to settle-
ment of damages on property of John J. Brady on Bedford Street.
Mr. Custance explained that hettalked with Mr. Brady, and he
agreed to talk with his attorney and make an offer of settlement.
The offer made in the letter was $1500. although he stated he
might settle for $1200. The matter was discussed and laid on the
table.
Letter was received from Harriet W . Smith of Bedford Street
stating that she felt that although she had already signed for
payment of damages at the rate of five cents a foot, she felt that
it was not just to pay ten cents a foot to other properties on
Bedford Street, and not pay the same rate to' her. The Board laid
the matter on the table for further consideration.
Notice was received from the Department of Public Works
relative to two applications for signs to be located by the
Lexington Lumber Company, one on land of William P. Martin, and
the other on land near the East Lexington Inn. The Board decided
to refer this matter to the Planning Board and ask them for their
advice on approving of a permit being granted for these signs.
Letter was received from Mrs. Carl Damon of Grant Street in
which she stated that she felt that the attorney *0 whom Mr. Ballard
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referred the complaint of Mrs. Damon, found that the action of
Mr. Stack was unlawful, and because of such unlawful action
the unhealthful condition paused was a menace, and requested the
Board of health to aid her.
The Board directed the Clerk to draft a letter informing
Mrs. Damon that the information furnished her has been only
through the courtesy and personal interest of Mr. Ballard, and
the Boardfelt that the matter was entirely beyond their juris-
diction.
The Supt. of Public Works reported on settlement of damages
in East Lexington on the line of the proposed widening from Pleasant
Street to Oak Street. He reported that it was very difficult to get
a definite statement from any of the parties.
The Board viewed the plans of the proposed widening again and
inasmuch as it would involve a tremendous expense to widen in
acqordance with the plan, they considered the advisability of
widening on only one side from the Davin property to near the end
of the DeGrinney property.
The Board revised the jury list by adding the following
names:
Alfred A . Adler 82 Bedford Street
Howard B. Austin 59 Bedford Street
George S. Barton 1 Eustis St.
Charles M. Blake 50 Meriam St.
Herbert C. Bourne 41 Bedford St.
LJerauld Buck 25 Bloomfield St.
eon C. Burt 25 Harding Rd.
Roger S. Clapp 27 Meriam St.
Edward L. Crown 26 Curve St.
James A. Guthrie 24 Taft Ave.
Charles E. Hadley, Sr. 116 Mass. Ave.
Arthur A Knights 25 Winthrop Rd.
Harold B. Lamont 20 Winthrop nd.
Harold B. Needham 32 Fern St
Thomas H. Rogers Bridle Fath
george ffi. Ross 45 hancock St.
Edgar D. Schiebe Lincoln St.
Robert M. Stone 18 Hayes Avenue
Charles S. Beaudry 5 Raymond St.
Benjamin S. Stoney 3 Curve St.
Letter was received from the Division of Metropolitan Planning
asking that the Board cooperate by having the Police Department keep
counts of traffic at the following junctions :
Lowell St. , north of North St.
Bedford St. , North of Summer St.
Mass. Ave. , west of Marret St.
Concord Ave. , west of Mt. Tabor Rd.
Waltham St. , south of Concord Ave.
Concord Avenue, east of Pleasant St,
Watertown St. , south of Bowman St.
Mass. Ave. , east of Sylvia St.
Lowell St. , east of Reed St.
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The Board felt that the statistics obtained were very
valuable, but did not feel that they had police officers enough
to designate them to work of this kind. The Supt. of Public Works
made the suggestion that Bliss Jones be hired for this purpose
owing to the fact that he was a college boy and that he has worked
for the town during the summer time in the past.
The Board adopted the suggestion, and also directed that a
copy of the statistics be filed in the Selectmen' s Office.
The Supt. of Public Works was instructed to take the watbh-
man off the job of Sewer construction on lass. Avenue, East Lex-
ington to save the expense of his services, and to have two
signs printed calling attention to constructinn to be placed on
each end of the constfuction work.
The meeting adjourned at 1Os30 P.M.
A true record, Attest:
Clerk.
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