HomeMy WebLinkAbout1928-11-20REGUT,AR Y7ETING, NOVE'V}1FR 20, 1928.
' A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held. at tie
Selectmen's Room, at 7:30 P. Messrs. Burn!�am. Chamberlain,
Custance and. Robertson were present. T�,e Sunt, of Public Works
and the Clerk pro -tem were also present.
Alcohol license was signed for Annie M. Prendergast to do
business at the corner of Massachusetts and Fottler Avenues.
At 8 P.M. 1�lessrs. Caiger, Lovering, President of the Medford
Trust Company, and Thompson, Treasurer of the 14edford Trust Company
came before the Board to discuss the matter of a house owned by
that company on Outlook Drive, Lexington.
Because of default in the payment of the mortgage by a Mr.
Bernard to the Medford Trust Company, they -^were obliged to foreclose
and it was found that the houae is nearer the lot line than the
Building Laws allow, they, therefore, wished. to find out what could
be done about the matter.
If it w9s possible to trade land with the owner of the next
lot, namely, a Mr. Kelley, the proper distance could be had from
the lot line. However, they find that Mr. Kelley will not trade
land, but that he will sell the house on the lot, which the company
is not desirous of buying.
It was finally decided. to let the matter lay for a while,as
' it may be possible th^t Mr. 1ei7,ez will not meet his payments on
his mortgage, and the "'stertown_Ban'- will forclose. This may give
tre Medfor� Trust Company an opportunity to settle the matter.
At 8:30 P.M. a hearing was declared oven unon the application
of Eva F4irtardo, 38 Theresa A-enue, to erect a one car garage on
her premises at sair' address.
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Burrell, 10 Oxford St., appeared to
object to the permit being granted. as they stated that their house
was built three feet from the line, and if this garage was erected,
it would completely shut off the light t'o their kitchen.
As the notice of the hea_rinr to+Eva Furtardo was returned to
the office, it was voted to adjourn the hearing until next Tuesday
evening.
At 8:35 P.M. hearing wns declared open upon the application
of Frederick C. Woodford to erect a one car garage on his premises
on Bedfo„d Street op^osite the Parker School.
No persons appeared to object, and it was voted to grant a permitl
At 8:40 P.M. hearing was declared open upon the application of
Gerald B. Litchfielri of Cambridge, to erect a one car garage on his
premises at 53 Dexter Road, Lexington.
No persons appeared for or against the application, and. the
matter ,,pas laid upon the table for one week until the Building
Inspector can report upon the matte:.
Mr. Ruf,i.s 71. Blake appeared before tti,e Boarr' to ask permission
to move his overhanging street sign from 446 Mass. Avenue to 1733
'this beim; his new location. It was voted to grant him
Mass. Avenue,
permission.
Th,e weekly report of the Supt, of Public 7'orks is as follows:
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"or wee?- ending No>e ren 17, 1928.
Highway nepartment.
Completed the wor'r at corner of Percy Rodd and. Y'riss. Ave. ,
and also the work in front of .qtr. Parker's property on Follen
Road. Cleaned. gutters and catch -basins on various streets.
Scraped and leveled Shade Street and.'„'eston Street.
Erected. 3500 feet of snow fence.
No work except regular maintenance work has been planned for
next week.
Moth Department.
Treated g;;nsy moth nests on Lowell Street,
Street. Watertown Street, and
Concord Avenue. Burned brush in Bowman P,nrk ant on atertown
Park Department.
The Den artment was occupied with the regular maintenance work.
Water Maintenance.
The following services have been installed: Harlow, Lot #23
Sunny Field; two services for Selfridge on Crescent Fill Avenue;
renewal for Custer, Merrett Roo,'; renewal for Phelps, Bedford
Street. Two men have continued to wort- orr gates.
`,"later Construction.
About 150+ of 2" pipe has been laid in the gutter in Bedford.
Street for w9ter connections.
Sewer Maintenance.
The following services have been installed; completed service
for Childs on Upland. Roadj completed service for Seeley, Upland Rd.
Sewer Construction.
One carload of 8" pine and a carload of 6" pipe have been
received and unloaded.
The work contemplated for the week ending November 30 is as
follows: Hastings Road sewer; water and sewer services, etc.
Engineering Department.
Drainage.
Completed. profile of Clematis Brook beginning at '?altham St.
and extending in a southerly direction of 9500 feet.
Highways.
Location of all houses ani some trees on 71altham St., from
Forest Street to Marrett Road.
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Comrleted plans of 71altl am Street sl-ovrinp a relocati^n of
60 feet width from Ma.ssacrusetts Aire u.e to Barrett
Miscellaneous.
' Completed JIssachtzsetts Avenue renuinbeng fr®i Aringtofl
Ae to Lincoln line on 25 Standard sized plans.
Changed. plans and re -wrote description of tl=ee streets
at Liberty Heights to conform to changes in acceptance.
Yours very truly,
Oji liam S. Scamman
Supt. of Public Worlcs.
Mr. James J. Corbett and Charles W. Buxton came before the
Board. Mr. Buxton desires to purchase the pool room at 434
Mass., Avenue from Mr. Corbett, and. he was asked to have three
-letters of -ecommendation sent to the Board together with his
application for license.
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The Town Engineer presented plan of Waltham Street from
'_Nass. Avenue to Marrett Rond., showing prnnosed. widening of
said street.
letter was received from the Town Accountant givii.g
statement of the accounts that need money for the balance of,the
year.
The State Aid pay roll was signed in the amount of $32.00.
Letter was received from the Pl^nning Board enclosing bill
from the Hadley Pressfor printing zoning by-law amendments in
the amount of $79.50. There is not enough money in the Planning
Board. account to pay this bill, and 1'1r. Emery asked if the Selectmen
would designate what account it could be taken from.
The matter was left with the Chairman to take up with Mr.
Pierce.
Letter was received. from Fred 0. Earle requesting an abate-
ment of two sewer fron.ta'(,,�e bills in the amount of $252.51 and $177.47.
It was decided to leave the matter with l,Ir. Scamman, to in-
vestigate &hd renort baclr to the Board.
Request was received from J. E. LeMay in regard to abatement
of sewer frontage bill for lot on Ind.epend.ence Avenue.
This matter was referred to the Sunt, of Public 'Nor' -s for
investigation and report. I
Letter -ins received from the Town of Arlington, Selectmen's
Office, in Which the C1_-r'c states V)rt tT^ey were desirous of
raving a meeting in regard to sec•lrin g a redu.cti.on of gas rates
from the Arlington Gas Ligl-t Company, and asking if Friday,
November 23, 1928 at 8 P.T". would be a convenient time.
The cleric rro-tem teras' tnstrdeted to acknowledge receipt
of the letter, and Mr. Cha-berlain stated that he would. be glad
to attend the meeting.
The Supt. of ^ublic Wor'rs stated tT'at the Arlington Gas Co.
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0i,ld be Willi -nEto i 250.00 ter year rental if they coi_Lld
1,ave a gas t e Inspector IS 7.o -m 11
Building. , in the Toren Office
It Was decided_ to grant them permission.
The Supt. of Public Wor'-s was instructed to install a stop
lign at Lowell and a;"aple Street.
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The Sunt, of Public Works =was,/instructed to relocate light
at the corner of Bloomfield Street and Vass. Avenue, also at
Locust and Mass. Avenues.
The Supt, of Public ;Forks was also instructed to study improve-
ment of street lights at Percy Ro-(9. and Mass. Avenue.
Letter w -).s received from the Nat. Rivers and Harbors Congress
stating that a conVention will be held. at ';7ashington on Dec, 5 & 6,
1928. This matter was referred to "yrs. Edith Nourse Rogers.
Abatement :^gas signed by the Board for the ';'Tater Dept, in the
amount of ;`232.23 .
Abatement wns signed bar the Board. for a sews r assessment of
the Richardson Heirs on Cotrtage Street for $33.00.
Letter was received from the Chief of Police requesting that a
spot light be placed at Mass. Avenue and '"Rltham Street.
It was voted to have tl-is spot light installed.
er was
from the
CongresststatingrthatvadconventionPan willmbeican heldCatmthelal
Hotel
Biltmore, Dec. 7-9, 1928.
This matter wns indefinitely postnoned,
Letter
of Public
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that arequest shas ebeen made
mbthT7.M. Supt.
Bertwell for 'JVextension iof
6" water main in Crescent Hil!'A�'renuewhich
$350.00 and Mrs. Bertwell gill signa�guarantyill cost approximately
No action was taken upon the --matter.
P Letter Was received from Robert Pring, Chairman of Senior Dance
Committee, asking that Friday evening:, Dec. 21, 1928 be reserved
for their annual dance and class parts in the C,ry Memorial Hall
and that they be granted the free use of tre hall.
The clerk vias instructed to ac'.<-nowledge receipt of the letter,
and to say that the evening of Dec. 21, 1928 has been reserved
for the annual dance and class party, and that the Board has not
worked out as yet what the charge will be to school organizations
for the use of the hall.
The Supt, of Public '.^Tor?rs renorted that �Zr. 7ar--en E. Russell,
347 Mass. Avenue, desires an abatement on 11,000 sq, ft, of land
which was assessed for sewer.
This matter was referred back to the Uupt, of Public 911orks
to study and retort to the Board next Tuesday evening.
The Sunt, of Public 71orks also reported that tl,e '"later Dept.
is prepared to issue water bills monthly com-encing Dec. 1, 1928.
The town has been divided into three parts ani' the meters will be
read quarterly in each part.
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1"re Board w!.s of t'e opinion that t' -is is a good system as one
man can d -o all the meter reading.
Report was received from the Supt, of Public ";ores that a
subbtantial amount of water rates for the year 1928 is outstanding.
He suggested that the Collector write a letter to those.who owe
water bills. He also sur:gested that a printed notice be sent to
these persons, that the Collector notify the department to shut
off the water, and that tris order be absolute.
In this connection the Tax Collector informed the Board that
there is practically v04,000 due or the October 1928 quarter.
The Tax Collector submitted a form of notice to be sent out
to the delinquent water takers, but no action was taken on same.
Letter was received from the Supt, of Public -oris calling
the Boards attention to the highway apnropriation which is about
exhausted.
The meeting adjourned at 11:30 p.y
true record, Attest' �p � CV�a ts � .
Cl- erI, pr® m.
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