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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1927-07-191.03 REGULAR DIEETIPIG, JULY 19, 1927. ' A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held at the Selectmen's Office at 8:00 P.I:I. Messrs. Custance, Burnham, Robertson, Ballard and Chamberlain rTere present. The Clerk and the Supt. of Public Vorks were also present. The records were approved after one correction was made. Hearing was declared open upon the application of Rupert H. Stevens of. 30 Utica Street, for permission to install a larger tank than he nor.T has on hand, namely a 1,000 gallon tank making the tstal 1,500 gallons. Mr. Lexlie Stood and 74illiam 1. Jones, abutting owners of property, came before the Board. Mr. I,dood objected to the tank. being installed inasmuch as 11r. Stevens did not own any trucks and that he sold the gasoline to the owners of the trucks that 7rere hired by him. He also felt that the gravel bank was moved as far as the operations of same rrere considered too often and he wondered what the limits would be as he felt the premises were notin the business district under the Zoning Lac. Mr. Jonesdesired to know the location of the tank as he did not v;ish to have it too ne,,'-r his property. The Board did not take any action on the permit. ' ffir. Hart of the Hart n5_otorcoach Company came before the Board to endeavor to secure his permit to operate busses through the Town. He explained that he had now received all the towns from Boston to Albany route in Massachusetts but Toc:nsend, Groton, Arlington and Lexington. He had also received enough torus to secure his permit from the Public Utilities, but he desired to receive permission from all the towns making it 100° before going to the Public Utilities. The Board voted to grpnt permission to the Hart Motorcoach Company to operate their busses through the town. Application for the approval of Board of Survey lay out of Sautell Road, '!:'etherbee Road and Gardner Road on W etherbee Park„ so called, was received from George V. Bean. Plan of lay out of streets las submitted to the Planning Board. Petition was received from residents of Ward Street complain- ing of the condition of the premises of Frank Canisius owing.to the pigs and swill kept there. Letter was also received from Yrs. Frank Canisius asking the Board in regard to the income they would derive if her husband could not raise pigs. TheBoard decided to acknowledge receipt of the petition and to notify the Health Inspeftor of both the letter and petition and ask him to advise the Board what he felt was,the proper thing to do under the circumstances. The Board voted to notify the following pig owners 'to appear before them on Tuesday evening next to sho^:, cause why an order of prohibition should not be issued to prohibit them from keeping pigs. 104 Joseph Ballou Frank.Johnson Frank Canisius Ricci Brothers Amos Holman John A. Butcher Tbomas Forsythe The Board voted to appoint Avenue, t_exington, as the third Mr. Burnham desired to go on of Leander V�ood. Concord Ave. Bedford St. Ward Street ?Waltham St. Mass. Ave. Ridge Road Grant Street Edward F. Buttrick of 222 Mass. engineer of the Fire Department. record as favoring the appointment rrevious to the meeting this evening the Board vievied the stakes placed by the engineer on the lines of the proposed widening. The Board then discussed the proposed widening. Some members were in favor of making a widening along Depot Park of 15 feet. Other members felt that the avenue should be a uniform width and that this would not be feasible. Changes were ordered in the location of the stakes and the Board ,Tras to view the location again. The Chairman reported a letter written to the State Department of Public V<Iorks asking for definite information as to their cooperation in the construction of Bedford Street to Meriam Street. 1 The State Aid pay roll amounting to $26. was signed for the month of July. Letter was received from the Edison Elactric'Ill. Co. informing ' the Board that they had no choice in the matter of using the 60 c. p. lamp as the factories are not making this lamp and they had to use the 80 c. p. lamp. The Board instructed the Supt. of Public Works to have the abutting owners on Massachusetts Avenue connected with the sever this year inasmuch as the rebuilding of Mass. Avenue is contemplated next year. General matters were discussed. Pdeeting adjourned at 10:40 P.M. A true record,attest: Clerk.