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The meetin adjo'Irned at 11 00 1.), r.
A true recor4 , Attest;
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ClerTh.
REGULR 'n17_,ECT7ENT2 7tEETITTG
Sept , 4, 1928.
A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held. Sept. 4/28
at the Selectments Room, Town Office 15uilr'imr, at 8 00 P.M. Messrs .
burnham, ustance, Ballard ani Robe tson were present . The 6upt.
of rublic ;ors and the Clerk were also - resent.
The records of la t meeting were approved.
'arrant for the State Primary to be held Sept . 18, 1928 was
signed by the Board.
The residents of Upland Road had an oprorturity to come befo-e
the Board at their meeting, but no persons anpeared to give their
views in regard to installation of a sewer on tbnt street.
Letter w' s recelved fro-r Calvin 7. Ch lis in which he stated
that he felt that a sewf- r in. Upland Road was very essential.
The Board voted to authori7e the Supt of Lublic v,orks to
install a sewer in Upland Road and Glen :(oad .
The application or Lillian Seftor of Fairview Avenue to
board two infants wa signed by the Board.
Bids were received. on the temporary loan of 1_00,000 on
notes to be dated. Sept . 6, 1928 and payable April 4, 1929 at the
Atlantic National Bank of Boston, bids are as follows
Balak of Commerce and Trust Co. 4.795
old Colony Trust Co 4.68
Lexington Trust Co. 4 .80
Atlantic-Merrill Oldham Corp 4.83
The bid was awarded to the 011 Colony Trust Co.
The Board decided to request the issue of D4,000 sewer bonds
at a rate of interest to be set by Mr. ("hamberlain.
Hearing was declared or-en upon the an lication of Anna G.
McDonnell of 69 "oburn St . at 8 30 7.Y
Mr Patrick McDonnell aPpeared for the petition, and no nersons
appeared against it It was therefore voted to ,-rant the application.
Application was received. for r !e. Pccentance of t'ot'-ler Avenue
from Cliff -1 enue to the brool. ; anplication being signed by 755
of the residents ti- ereon
384
ri'l'e Uupt O'' Puhli e 7o yrs was requested to make a study of _^
+ e section and advise t'-- '-)ca , v-eti'"r o'er no'- in his opinion,
t ev sl- oul ac ,ert t'. is street to the brook or 71-lather they should
accent if its entire length to ,'ass Pve or ;✓bat he would advise
in regar' to same
Russell 1. Prentiss , Health inspector, came before the Board
and reported in regard to the Ricci premises on "Jaltham t that
Mr. Ricci had disposed of most of his pigs and he felt that he
would comply with the ruling of the Board to got rid of the rest
of them as soon as possible.
The Board therefore voted to request 'w'r. Ricci to get rid of
his pigs by October 1, 1028.
In regard to the application of Anna Korman of Ridge load
for a permit to keep 10 pigs, it was voted to decline the application
and to inform ''rs Korman that she could keep two pigs without a
perr�iit, but the Board would consider it violation of the Board
of lenl.th regulations if she kept more than that number
Mr. Prentiss reported in regard to the well maintained by one
l•ariette of East Lexington, colored mar, stating that the well was
about four feet deep and was in a hollow but he had a ditch dug
around it so that no drainage went into it
He stated that he did not examine the water as there would be
a charge of about X25 00 to have this done, and inasmuch as the
parties themselves were not complaining, he did not feel it
necessary to have it examined.
It was decided to request the Surt of Public "corks to have
the To,in Engineer make a study of the layout of an extension of
Bow , through to Lowell St. , add make his recommendation to
the Board.
Tre ,'upt. of Public Works was also requested to report to
the boar as soon as possible on the widening of Bow of , to 50
and the extension td Lowell Street.
The "upt. of Public Works was also requested to check up to find
out how much time the Town Engineers spent on the Star Realty Co .
w th a view to checking how much time the Engineers scent on out-
side projects .
The Board discussed the advisability of this work on develop-
ments.
Supt of Publi "iorirs was requested to furnish a definite state-
ment in regard to the collection of garbage for the Board at their
next meeting.
lie was also requested to look into the matter of drainage coming
from under the sidewall onto the new To"er Far -, and to have all
the d.i ches in the High "ray from the Arlington Line up fixed,
and to give attention also to the one at Bloomfield Street which
has been patched but is not in good condition.
Tine weekly report of the ''urt of Public ''oars is as foil ows :
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3S5
For week endinr. Seat. 1928.
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Pighway Dent.
The Denartrient was occupl ed with the construction of Simonds
patchigg the surfaces of Lincoln Stret, For! en Road , 'Minter
Street, and Massachusetts Avenue , cut ing brush on Hill Street
and other regular maintenance work .
Next week the same work rjl no cnntinuee
7,1oth and Sh,-,de Tree Departments .
Cutting brush in Bowman Par',- and in the Town woods and.
at the corner of 'arren and Na hinrton ,`'.., treets, an' removing
a dead. tree 4'rom Edgewood riocd occupied the Departments last week.
Next week will comnlet e the vark in Rawra-In Park, and will com-
plete the cutting out of brush and undergrowth in the Town
woods and will complete trimming highwoy trees.
Park Tr.)enp ntmen t
Regalar maintenance Jor occupied tte Dena tment during the
past week and will continuo to in so urtil the end of the season.
Sew rIonsttuotion.
Approximately 300 of 8" sewer pipe has been laid in Eliot
Roo and Tavern Lane and four manholes have been constructed.
Sewer 7,1aintena Jce.
"iorit was started on a sel,er con esti on ( to curb ) for Custance
Does . on Concord Hi 11 ; service installed. for F. D. Pierce , 229
Mass. Ave . ( to curb ) ; and service w,s installed -for 3 . Chester
vitchinson on Elio"Thad.
"a ter Construction .
"fort we str,rted or. isd on o xtension of aprroximately
300 ' of water pipe or Lisbeth Street. approximately 250 ' of 6"
pipe has beer laid.
"la ter t:In int ( nonce.
The. follo-iinL 'orvices have been installed service for
3enkins on -Blossomcr -3 t ( stout 20C.) long ) ; Hanlow--Outlook
Drive; Custance Imes , Conco-d Pill service for Zimmerman,
Sir:Bands Road. A 6" main hos, been 1 id to the curb line on Mass.
. to jast beyond. 1"arr. 'et t where tloulton I s now street will
cut through Three men have be n worli on raising gate boxes
on Lass . Ave.
The war contemnlatod. for the reel ending Sept. 15,f. 1928;
Continuation of the Eliot lload and Trvern Lane Sewer. the Lisbeth
Stre, t extension will, bo complete ttis week Work will also
be started t is week on the e vt _n_sion or about l0T of 10" pipe
in Lincoln Street. "a arnlications for so ac fifteen water
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E_�`LI.f.er nt; Lepar''r it_i t .
So viers
Lines and grades ''or construction at Pliot hoar .
Grnrdes for hoii c connection on Eliot
Grades for Hutchinson connection at Eliot Po d.
Highways .
Lines and grades for construction of Simonds Roads.
"taked out street lire rurl-e for ne,vr -use nt junction of
Froest r ; reet and Belfry Terrace.
:l.elzati ons ( center and side lines ) of Butler " venue.
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Baker Avenue
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Brnr_eti Avenue .
Staked out althar.- Street curve at new house opposite
achusett Drive .
ta'ked out near curve at, junction of Eliot Toad and Pelham
Road.
Si devrall s .
'idewalk grades for granolithic at Aldrich Block on Mass.
"ve . and oraltham ' tre' t,
Measured completed granolithic work at Berwick Road and
'inthrop Road .
Sidewalk grades for two ne,a houses on rnrest otreet .
Checked- granolithic grades ai 54 Ledfor ' Street.
Lines and grades at Eliot hoad for gra..olithic.
Miscellaneous.
Topo work at, "tar Realty Trust Development Two a .pointments
with En -lnecr Berry to discuss changes in layout 'or Star healty
Trust
Trip to Town of Arlington, Engineering Derr , for layout data
adjacent to "tar 7r.alty Trust .
Re-arranged all n7ans for new vault equipment and starters h'»ise
cleaning.
Locate' buildings within area bounded by -4arrett Koad, Mass.
a enue and School Street, re study of development by Burgess .
Staked out Land !bort Lines of Town property nt Old grown Hall
Site.
Chect- bene' marks throughout Libert} TTP g' ts .
Ver-- truly yours ,
9illiam S. Ccam, an
Supt of Pu rlic 'forks .
The meeting ad,;ourred at 10 00 P.a,_
A true record , Attest ' r
ciNaC
Clerk.