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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1928-12-11 46.E REGJLAR MEETI7G , DECEMBER 11, 1928. A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held at the Selectmen 's Room, Town Office building, at 7 :30 P.M. Mes rs. Burnham, Custance , Chamberlain, and Robertson were present. The Supt. of Public Works and the Clerk pro-tem were also present. License was signed for the Lexi,-gton Order of the Sons of Italy to hold an entertainment on Sunday, December 16, 1928, at the Lexington Theatre. 1st . Class Agent 's License was g±fined for Calvin W. Childs, 99 Mass. Avenue. Letter was received from 'Manfred L. Warren, Principal of the Lexington High School, in which he requested that the Cary memorial Hall be reserved for February 16, 1929 for the High School Athletic Association at a special rate . After dttscussing the matter, it was decided to reserve the hall for above date, and make a charge of 20% for the use of same At 8 o 'clock P.M. hearing was declared open unon the ap- plication of the N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co. for permission to builda conduit on Ha cock Street. Mr. and mr•. Robert S. Stirtevant, Miss Mary E. Hinchey and Mr. Michael Hinchey apreared to inquire if this application was to affect their service to the house , and they were informed that it was just to put the wires of the N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co. under ground from Bedford St. and Elm Avenue to Hancock Street, and on Hancock Street about 280 feet. After the hearing w^ s declared closed, it was voted to grant the permit. At 8: 15 P.M. bids were openedfrom the following on the Town of Lexington loan of 4100,000. Atlantic' National Bank 4.36° Solomon Bros . & Hutzler 4.48% Bank of Commerce Trust Co. 4.68 Lexington Trust Co. 4.35% The bid was awarded to the Lexington Trust Co. The following names were drawn to serve as jurors . Norman I. Adams , Criminal Session Ernest 0. Nichols , Civil Session. mr. John F. Tibbetts, Building Inspector, came before the Board to inform them that Mr. Charles M. Collins , 74 Forest Street, desires to withdraw his aprlication to erect a garage and storeroom on his premises. The weekly report of the Sunt. of Public Works is as follows : 1 1164 • For week endi-np December 8, 1928. Z, Highway Maintenance . The loose stone on the sides of Massachusetts Avenue between Oak Street and Marrett Rood has been cleaned, up and placed on the east side of Mass. Avenue between Marrett Road and Munroe Station. Surface patches were made on Bow St. , Lincoln Street, and. Mass. Avenue . Catch basins were cleaned. Sewer trenches in '7oburn Street dnd Eliot Road scraped and leveled. On account of slippery conditions caused by the light rain and snow Saturday, sand was anrlted at many of the street corners on the sidewalks . Highway Construction. Construction work on streets recentin- accented has been continued during the past week. Crushed gravel has been apnlied to Summit Ro,,ri and graded'. A steam shovel has been moloyed in the work in Baker Avenue cutting down the grade on the hill and using the earth excavated on the low parts of the road where considerable filling has bee- needed. The work on these new streets will be continued until the top course of gravel has been annlied. Moth Depnrtment . The Department men have been climbing trees and treating gypsy moth nests with creosote on Grove Stre-t and Concord Avenue . Brush was burned. on 'Cedar Street. Park Department. Regular maintenance work carried on in this Dppartment. Sewer Construction. Approximately 240 ' of 8" pipe has been laid in Hastings Road and. one manhole has been constructed . Approximately 275 ' of 8" pipe has been laid in Edgewood 11050 from Hancock Street to Blake Avenue. The excavation on this tob hos been done with Ross 's "Bearcat" ditching macl-ine , and the backfilling has been done with the "Fordson" backfiller. Sewer Maintenance . Three men have been flushing sewers. Water Maintenance. Two men have been at work in East Lexington where the Highw'y Dent. is working. adjusting gates and servetce boxes to the proner grades. No service work has been done this week, due to the fact that te Edgewnod and Hastings Road sewers are being pushed as fast as possible., Two carloads of 12" pipe was received and unloaded and the labor has been c9rged to Water Maintenance in t' is case. 469 Six Corey hydrants were received d* ri.ng the week. The work contemplated for the week engin December 22 is follows ; continuation of the Castings and Edgewpod nopd sewers ; water and sewer services ; lowering of the 6 water main in Baker Avenue. 1ngi.neering Department . Sewers. Lines and grades ' t Hastings Road. Lines and grades at Edgewo-d Road. Miscellaneous. Started survey of Hill Street. Work on 80 scale plan of lan= bounded by Marrett Road, Massachusetts avenue , and School Street. Wor'-- on 40 scale topographical plan of Reservoir lot. Work on directory of streets to bring them correct to January, 1929 . Reducing new developmett nlans to 400 scale size for map changes . Very truly yours , "iilliam S. Seaman Supt. of Public Works . At 8 30 P.M. , Mr. Marshall , of' the Stuart-Marshall Realty Co. , and '"r. White Architec+ , came before the Boa d to discuss their proposition with regard to the moving of the so-called Boutelle lock at the corner of keriam Street and Mass . Avenue . Mr. White stated that the estimate for rebuilding foundation of the building would be $3,900. if moved back ten ( 10) feet, and that it would cost $3,000. to move the building, with an additional $1,000. for probable repairs He also stated that if the building was moved back twenty ( 20 ) feet that it would cost about 4900. more for moving the building. Mr. Marshall stated that the lot was 140 feet front on Mass . Avenue, and a fair value per foot is 45.00. Mr. Marshall also stated that the co^rany intended to spend about 41)40,000 to fix the building un and that it would be a very un-to-date structure He asked that the Board give the matter their consideration. In regard to the request of Sydney R. Wrightington, Esq. for t e use of the Cary i"iemoriol Hall, Feb. 7, 8 and 9, 1929 for the Boy Scouts , it was decided to request him to come before the Board at their next meeting on Dec. 18, 1928 to discuss the matter. It was decided to hold the meeting of' the Board on Dec. 26, 1928 and an. 2, 1929 as the usual meetings of the Board fall on Christman. and 'ew leers . In tris connection it wQs decided to hold the hearing of kr. Louis 'N. Bills on Jamiary 2, 1928 at 8 P.'+i. 7 Application was received from Forrest E. King for per- mission to erect an overhanging sidewalk sign at his store V 1745 Mass . Avenue. Agreement was also received signed by Nr. Tging whe"eir it is stated thet ho will remove his sign whenever- the Bo-,r-' deems t necessary that all signs of this nature be removed in the Town. It was vote-1 to grant Mr. "i.ng a permit after a bond in the amount of $1,000 is filed at the office of the Selectmen. Ap'lication was received from Frank H. Ready for per- mission to erect an overhanging sidewalk sign at 430 "ass. Avnrue, dimensions to be 6 ft. long and 3 feet wide . It was voted to grant dr. Ready a permit to hang a sign after he had complied with the regulation of filing a bond of '61 ,000 and also after he has signed the usual agreement . In this connection it was decided to ash a committee from the Board of Trade to confer with the Boars' of Selectmen on Tuesday evening, January 8, 1928 at 8:30 P.M. relative to addpting a regulation that will define the maximum size of overhanging signs overhanging the sidewalk. Letter was received from Elmer A. Lord & Co. informing the Boar' thy-It fire insurance in the amount of x$19,400 under schedule form expires on January 14 , 1929. It was decided to lay the matter on the table for one week. Specification and proposal for making block plans for the Town of Lexington was signed by the Board. This contract stated the area that Mr Everett N. Montague intends to block out for the sum of $1500. The Board signedthe following abatements : J. Alexander Wilson, Sewer Assessment w200.82 Ashburn C. Kilgour 200.70 In response to the request of the Board to have a written report from the Supt. of Streets telling why he did some w oz* on Summit Road before the Town Meeting, on Nov. 26, 1928, at which time it was voted to accept the street, resort was pres- ented. The report is as folldws : December 6, 1928. Dear Mr. Scamman: I have been instructed to report in regard to work done on Summit Road, Monday, November 26th, previous to its acceptance by the Town. I was directed by you to put some of the men at work clearing the corner of Pollen Rord and Summit Rood to prepare for installation of catchbasins, and to round the corner in an- ticipation of the acceptance of the street at the Town Meeting to be held that night. For equ pmenl- I hod one truck, one Fordson road grader and the steam roller. t did not intend to u e the steam roller that day, but there was sa-,e wor'r needed on the engine and boiler, and 461 as I 5110131r1 use it the next day if the Town Meeting voted to accent t'''e street, it seemed just as well to h ,ve the roller at th^t place and rave the men make the necessary repairs there . While the men were +-aking off the limbs from the trees, there was nothing for the onerator of the grader to do, so rather than have him star(' idle , I set him t® work cutting back and widening out the roadway, taking advantage of the ground being soft and making it much easier to do at that time , than it would be after the top had frozen. This was the only work that was done on Summit Rood other than that at the corner and was done at a cost for labor of not over $5.50. There was no intention of exceeding authority, but it seemed better to have the men working rather than to allow anyone to stand idle. Very truly yours , Robert H. White Supt, of Streets. It was decidedto ask for bids for printing Town Reports from the following concerns anr1 to hive their bids at the Selectmen's Offi.r'e on Dec. 26, 1928. Wright & Potter Printing Co. , 23 Derne St . , Boston Nwburyport Herald Press Newburynort, Mass. Yeraill Press 27 Beach St. , Boston Medford Mercuryedford , Mass. Somerville Press Davis Sq. , Somerville Hedley Press. 2 Oak St. , Lexington. Melrose Free Press , Inc . Melrose , Mass. Mr, Theodore A. Custance presented a sketch showing a proposed sewer in the sidewall on Mass. Avenue from Hastings Rood to Audubon Road , this is to tale care of Mr. Trask sewer on Pastings Road and Mr. Rirley's sewer on Audubon Road. Mr . Custance stated that 1'r. Trask is willing to pay for the sewer being installed around the corner of his house, but Mr. Ripley was out of town and the proposition has not as yet been presented to him. It :as suggested that the Supt. of Public Works request the Town Counsel to draw up an agreement for Trask end. Mr. Ripley to sign whereby they agree to pay for the sewer in the sidewalk and giving the Town the right to repair the sewer pipe whenever it may be necessary, and it was decided to have the Supt. of'blit Works do this. Report was received from the Sunt, of Public Works in regard to equipment available for handling snow for the winter of 1928 and 1929 , which lr'r. Ballard requested. Letter was received from the Supt . of Public Works wherein he was of the opinion that it is good judgment to order the 12" pipe from the U. S. Cast iron Pipe and Foundry Company, at this time to carry out the suggestions of Metcalf & Eddy. The price for approximately 10,029 feet , 12" deLavaud centrifugally cast coated water pipe in 12 ' lengths , Class 150, is $1,35, with 1'7 ' ft. extra if the nine is cement lined. 483 mama It was reciddd to have v'r. Scamman and 4. Chamberlain investigate the matter further. `J Application was received from the Layafette Club for the use of the Cary Memorial Hall on January 4 , 1929 for a dance , and on February 6, 1929 for a play on the charity basis. It was decided to inform the Club that the hall would be reserved for that date, and that the charge would be $8.00 for a dance and $10.00 for a play. Memorandum was received fro- the Supt. of Public Works ex- plaining just how sewer assessments are fixed on prepertyl This matter was laid on the table for one week, as 1r. Ballard wqs not present. The meeting adjourned at 10:45 F.M. A true recor' , Attest Clerk, pro ' em.