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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1928-08-28 378ownie �. 7G—L_ R ETT ( 'rr,'T r r 7=77G TT;,TG August 28, 1928 Regular meeting of the Selectmen was held It the Selectmen ' s Room, Town Office Building "ugu.st 28 , 192€3. Messrs Burnham, Custance , Ballard and Robe tson were present. The "upt of Public works and the Clerk were also present. The records of last meeting >'ere apnroved Hearing was declared open at 8 00 F .M. upon the annlicatien of Mr James A Nickerson for approval of Board of Survey layout of street over lan of '.abet -tot1 schild, located on mass. \,,e. near the corner of Maple Street Mr. and rs. Rothschild appeared at the hearing and 1°ir. J A. Nickerson. No other persons apneared. The Board. informed Mr. Rothschild that they proceeded to ad- vertise a Board of Survey hearing for street over his land , inasmuch a: the Planning Board has laid out the street over -V'lr Nickerson's property leading froth Masd. Ave as' being the proper location of a street leading to this development Mr. Rothschild was asked if he could arrange to sell his property to lair. Nickerson, but he stated that he had alr ady sold the property, and had a payment on the s ame and he was therefore in a position where he coy 1^' not sell the property No definite agreement could therefore be reached between mr Nickerson and "1r icthschild . Mr Ballard stated that he would be willing to offer his services to do wh t he co ld do straighten out the financial conditions, so tlat arrangements might be made to lay out a street It was therefore decided to no trone any action on t1-is hearing to a future date. Hearing was declared open at 8 '�O P.'T. upon the application of the heirs of Lewis Hunt for approval of street located on property at the junction of Mass . Ave . and Sloc'a.m Rd. The Planning Board were entirely in accord with the layout of the5treet in accordance with verbal information received from them, and. the Board voted to approve the plan. Mr. Everett Montague came before the Board to discuss the future work on the Block Plan. The board discussed the advisability of having the blocks in chronological order instead of as started by him, so that reference could be obtained more easily. fir. Montague, however, did not advise thi plan, inasmuch as a key man could be had from which reference to the maps could be made. kr Montague stated that he could start the plan this fall, but the work would have to carry over into the new year, the same way he operated last year, inasmuch as he could not have sufficient time to finish the wor'1 . Mr Montague was asked to make some suggestions in regard to the matter o" laying out the whole town rather than taking a piece at a time so that this could be used as a wore ing key to mar out the whole town. This , Mr. Montague , agreed to do. Plan and ,'rofile of Upland Roma sewer was placed before the 379 Beard, the Town Tinfrine-r being present explained the outlets and depths of the se-rnr to the Boa d. It was decided before taking any action on placing the sewer in Upland Road , to invitee the prope ty owners to appear before the Boar( at their meetirg or Tuesdny eveninF rext to express their ideas in regar,1 to the sewr being placed in the street. T1- e Plan anr wstimato of the Audubon Real drainage was placed before the ioer by the 'uot of Public Yorks and the Ergineer, the estimated cost being ' 1500. After viewing the olan, it was decided to request the -upt. of Tklblie "lorl,s to make test boles on Lincoln ,itreet on 11.1duben Head fpr the drainage and report to the Boar,' at the next meeting. Permission was granted to hIiIliCTn E. Weeks to hove an open air rally on August 31 , 1928 at 2 7.N . at the Parker Field Play- ground. It was voted to gr Ant the use of Village Hall Monday evenings free of charge , to the Bov Scouts of East Lexington who are forming a new troop. Special Police Commission was signed for Howard Fiske , 189 Mass . Hve. , East Lexington, so that he could act as special police on the construction worT• on Mass . Avenue . Auctioneers License waJ granted to Leslie J. 7ood of Webb Street for the year ending 1, 1022. Letq-er W9S received from Robert F. Clapp in which he stated that the Trustees of the Isaac Harris Cary Memorial would probably be ready to turn o' er to the Town the cary Memorial Building on October 18 , 19,Ce . The Board infonmo r ("Tarr t at as Car as they were concerned this date wos agreeable for the acceptance of the building. T . Brown of -Vinthrop Road made request for a con- crete driveway entrance feeling that the same could be built while Mr. Black is building a sidewall( adjacent to his property. The Board informed "r Prawn that inasmuch as he would h e to pay the entire amount for t n drivewa thot he could make arrangements with Mr Blank to hare the Nor' done and bill to him direct Tlo action was taken on .he street sign survey. Letter was received from (41ar1es 1 Gleason of the Edward T. Harrington Co. ich he requested the To-in to purchase the water main in York Street , inasmueh as to street has now been accented by the Tom He explained thot in 1915 p15.42 -as paid to the Town fcr a 6" water main placed in Yor',- r't. , for t distance or shoat 450 ft . Letter was receivel from the Sup t . of Public orks in which he recommended the accept nce of th water main. It was decided insert an article in arrar,- rellestig the To-n to purc_lase the some . S1,-etch of the a inc] of the Toe land on "althorn c;t. to widen on t the s tr e t "1 ?n r_ t t ,i +1" r{(1 r' - ^� it 1 Flan of the :r- de of t e e id_e-;ar' alon+ t_i To ^nr property pre entad by the En`ineer ar' t- a Supt of Public Works. The membe-s of the Board expressed t rn i_r views elative to the hind nr sidewalk they felt should be con3trunted alone this property. The Engineer stated tat he felt that the sidewalk could easily be arranged to meet the grade of fee Pari whenever it was built. ?'r Custance brought up the subject of laying out Rowland Ave under the Roard of `,urvey net Be stated tr ' t Mr Teegan vho has purchased the Fitch property hos tal'ed wit L hi- regarding the layout of the street and if t'-e street wire laid out there, it would necessitate the moving of mr Keegan ' s house. A layout of a stre= t world Tive evera1 lots for building purposes The Board disci ssed the feasibility of laying out the street and felt that it wns a proposition for tie interest of mr Keegan and mr iilliam Hunt inasmuch as both were owners of property and would benefit by the layout of the street and th -t these owners should get together with othera th,,t would 're affect-A by the layout and endeavor to get tletr cooperation. The Town 'Engineer was re- quested to make a atui-- of the development of this property. ,;hen the n> >i Tnan Office building W is built no provision w s mae'e for the housing of stray dogs. The 6upt. of Public ''forks was requested to build a small dog house with a wire enclosure on the back of the property so ti - t they would not be readily seen Mr John Ricci of ',althorn 3t , made a requst that tl-c time to dispose of his 'pigs , namely Sept. 1, 1928 be extended one month. inasmuch - he had fifteen sows and 40 little pigs which he could not sell ov,ing to the low market. It was decided to request the Health Inspector to report on cend tions at the Ricci premises, and in r' gard to the sale of the nigs. Letter was received from Allard C Fill of. Elmer A Lord. & Co. wherein he uggested re-appraisal of the Town buildings when the Town Office Building and the Memorial building are placed upon the blanket schedule. The Board decided to request Yr Hill to g ye an estimate of the cost of apnraising the Town buildings an-' also the names of one or more apnraisors and to exempt from the schedule the Iiigh gchool Builring, the Town Office Building and the i\.omorial building In regar-' to the anrlication of fur '7cIntosh for water in Runny Field it we' s decided to request him to present a plan showing where he desired to have 'Tater in his development. The "'upt . of Public '"c`ork ' s weekly report is as follows For the week ending Aug. 25, 1928. Highways . Construction of Simonds Road is progressing Ile earth banks of either side have been excavated A large amount of rock has been blasted and removed, and we are now niacin, coarse gravel for the roa foundation. 381 The gain from Fcih ,r ;os to near rercy Road in A, aUsa- chusetts a e ' e ha been. co "~ fete l. Independence Avenu- , Locust gvenue, and Tower - treet have been regraded and oiled :There t] e sewer has been constructed. Catch basins have been cleaned and holes patched in a number of streets. Curbing at altham Street ind "pass Ave , in front of the new Aldrich block has been set The continuation of Simonds Roan and regular maintenance work will occupy the Department next week. Park Derortment Regular maintenance worir carried on during the week Moth and Shade Tre- Department. Brush his been burned on Lowell Street, East Street, Mass. Ave , School Street and at Five Forks . Brush has been cut on Lincoln Street and in the Town wood. The Department is now cleaning Bowman bark and next week will clean and burn brusi and undergrowth in the Town woods. Sewer Constructi n Approximately 250 ft of 6" and 8" sewer pipe has been laid in Eliot ''oad and Tavern Lane Two manholes have been constructed in Eliot "oal Two manholes have been constructed on Smith-Robbins Development, and all th t remains to be doe is the laying of 6 inverts. Sewer Maintenance Five connections have been made on the mith-Robbins De elop- ment. One connection ade for 'Sari of Eliot Head . A manhole has been constructed on the Massachusetts Avenue sewer where a new treet will be cut through on the Moulton property. dater Maintenance . An 8" main is being laid in Mass . Ave , to the curb line where Mo lton will cut throng] a new street on his property. Water services as follows Green on Shade Street; two for Cavanaugh on Bedford jt , and Summit one for Holman_ on Summit A,renue . Three men workin' on raising of gates on !,_ass . A enue , East Lexington 3S2 - rains fne carload of 12" pipe w s received and unloaded or'= conte^Inlated for week ending sept. 8, 1928. Continuation of Tavern Lane and Eliot load sewers Con- tinuation of water main extension in Lisbeth Street. Extension of annroximately 195 ft. of 2" main in Blossomcrest to supply water to Yr. Jensen, and possibly work will be started on the extension of approximately 150 ft of 10" water pipe in Lincoln Street. Engineering Department Sewers. Line an( grade for Tavern Lane Line for Eliot Road Levels for study of Engstro se• ter fixtures in re Eliot Rd. sewer Measured pipe and located manholes and Y's on completed construction at Independence A enue , Locu t Avenue , Tower St Rob )ins Road , Lincoln St , and Audubon Road . ater Measured pine and located gates on Indo'endenoe A-enue , Robbins Roar' , Smith avenue , Spring St , and Shade Street Highways Corinleted line and grade vier' for curb at Waltham Jt , and Mass . enue Staked out 1000 fe -t of Simonds Road Preliminary to street grades. Comnleted. field work for to inn fro fercv Rd and Tavern Lane at ' ass . Ave Drains. Comnleted line and tirade work on Mass Ave . between Pelham Rd. and Percy Rd Sidewalks Supervision of work on Berwick Road. Measured comn ' eted construction at 633 Mass . Azle and leriam at. and Edgewond Road iviiscellaneous . Checked probable layouts with Mr Byam of •+letcalf & Eddy in re strengthening of -ater wore• s system Tomographical work adjacent to Star Realty Develoremtn Liberty Heights . Trip to Boston for blie grin+s of '"len Road Sewer and Trask nrore ^ty. Very truly yours , Ji 1 iam "' Scamman Supt of Public Works.