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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1929-11-12 410 SELECTMENTS MEETING - NOVEMBER 12, 1929 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held at the Selectmen's Office, Town Office Building, at 7 30 P M. Messrs. Burnham, Custance , Chamberlen, Blake and Shannon were present. The Supt. of Public "forks and the Clerk were also present Street lights Report was received from the Supt. of Public works Middle St. stating that five street lights are needed on Middle Street between Marrett Road and Lincoln Street . The Board accentedthe recommendation of the Supt. and requested him to order the lights for this location. Mr. Harold Lamont, 20 "iinthron Road , having accepted the chairmanship of the '"ercen.tenary Committee, came before the Board to talk with them regarding a Committee to be farmed on the Tercenterc"y. Mr. Lamont e-plained that he had read considerable about the nronosed celebration, and he stated that the central committee had a program i ,,__._1-13 from June 1st Tercentenary to October 30. He talked with Mr 'E B 7orthen and Committee. from him he received some suggestions . Mr. Lamont suggested a committee to be a sort of a "Ways and Means" Committee of a membership of from 5 to 12 men and women with perhaps a representative from the American Legion, Chairman of the 19th of April Committee, a man connected with the banks , one or more or probably the whole Board of Selectmen, one or more from the Historical Society and one or more from the churches and schools He felt that this Committee could then act as a sort of Advisory Committee and that they in their indiv4dual capacity on the Committee , could serve as chairmen of other Committees. He suggested the names of Mr. Elwyn C. Preston, Fred S. Piper, George E. Briggs , Harry A. Wheeler, and Frank Shepard as members of the Committee . He also suggested that the central committee have in mind securing the cooperation of the persons in the Town to clean up the Town as much as possible. He also suggested that the Town might appropriate money to place permanent markers at all of the Historical spots in the Town, and possibly he could secure the cooperation of the parties on whose premises these markers should be placed. He stated that the Historical Society hada book about the historical places in the Town, and they can make up this book for 34 ' and sell it for 50d, thereby making a profit and also giving to the Town the benefit by improving their historical places . It was suggested that the historical places be kept open until a later hour so that parties from out of Town could have an opportunity to view the buildings. Mr. Lamont stated that he would bring in suggestions at a later date as to the other members of this Committee if the general outline that he had planned met 411 with the approval of the Board. the Board exnressed to Mr Lamont their aprreci'tion of his ac entance of the chairmanship of' this committee and informed him th^t they were entirely in accord with his nrogress in this connection. At 8 P.M. hearing was declared open upon the application of the Lovell Bus Line Inc. for permission to operate busses in Lexington from the Woburn-Lexington Lovell Bus line over Woburn and Lowell Streets to the Arlington- hearing. Lexington line. Mr. S. R. Wrightington was present and conducted the Daring. Mr. James Henchey of 'Woburn appeared for Mr. Lovell and 38 persons were present Mr Henchey stated that the Lovell Bus Line -was incorporated in 1919, and at that time operated a route between "oburn and Reading and one from Woburn to Billerica , and the Eastern Mass . R.R. Co. took over the line from the Lovell Bus Line Inc. ; then the Lovell Bus Line Inc took over the Concord Maynard and Hudson Street Railwa— Co. operating between Concord and Arlington Heights and adjoining towns along the line. The Lovell Bus Line Inc . now felt that there was a demand for service from Woburn to Lexington and from Arlington Centre through to Watertown Square, going ` by the way of Belmont. All of the persons present voted in favor of the bus line nrovided the line came down along Lowell Street, inasmuch as this is where they desire to get to Boston from. Mr. Henchey stated that the Lovell Bus Line Inc. was desirous of giving service but of course, they could not give service if there was not a reasonable return on their investment. For the past six months there has been a demand for service from this section. They have not as yet received any permits for any other Town but the matter has been before the '''oburn City Council and their attitude, Mr. Henchey stated, was that if Lexington would grant a permit, they would not stand in the way of granting a permit. Mrs. Manuel A. Perry stated that they desired to have the service on Lowell Street , and not on Summer Street extension, inasmuch as that service would not help them, and at the present time they had to pay taxi fares to go to Arlington Heights. Mr. Henchey stated that they desired to go down Lowell Street because that is the street on which most of the people live. Mr. T. A. Custance suggested that the bus line might go down Lowell Street and then swing up rark Ave over the hill by the school house in Arlington and back onto Summer St. extension, and in that way he did not think there would be any competition with the Boston Elevated. Mr. Lovell was also present and stated that he wanted to give the beat service that he could in any place where there was a demand for it. Mr Eric Johnson also stated th-t fully 1Clg ,pf the Al ') people present were from Lowell Street and they were OPISVIO at this hearing for the purpose of supporting this A petition so that they could have bus service on Lowell Street. Mr. Johnson also cnoke of the scM,00l childred that now have to go to Arlington Heights to get to the Junior High, School, and thought that they might use this Lovell Bus to ride up to Woburn Street. Mr. Frank E. Tucker stated that he did not see how this ne tition could be an interference to the Boston Elevated. The Town Counsel explained to them that this matter would have to go before the Dept. of Publt Utilities , and they are the parties to decide whether or no , it would be considered competitive . Only one party present lived over the line in Arlington. All others were residents of Lowell Street section. The hearing closed at 8 45 P.M. After the hearing the Board decided to vote4n favor of granting a permit to the Lovell Bus Line Ines Plan extension Application was received from Robins & Smith of Spencer St. for approval of plan for extension of Spencer Street. It was decided to refer this plan to the Planning Board. Alcohol Alcohol license was signed for Mrs . Anselm C. license. Mullen, 301 Mass. Ave . Letter was received. from Mr. Neil McIntosh in which he informed the Board that he might be able McIntosh lot to arrange with the purchasers of the lot owned by on '''glthamSt him on 'althorn Street to waive the award of damages providing that the Town nuild a retaining wall in front of the lot as it appeared before the relocation. The matter was referred to the Supt . of Public 'Yorks for a report as to the location of the lot andwhat anpears to be necessary. A letter was signed to be sent to General ''later main Frank T. Hines , Director of U.S. Veterans , Hospital, Ito Veterans , Washington, D. C. asking whether or not their Hospital. Department was interested in the proposal for the water main to the Bedford Hospital. Letter was received from Edward W. Taylor Accident, calling attention to the accident at the corner of Bedford St Bedford Street and No. Hancock Street, and asking that something be done to remedy the dangerous condition at this point b installing a beacon or some other means of warning. The Board referredthe matter to the Supt. of Public Works to bring his recommendations to them for improvement in the traffice condition. Invitation was received from the American Legion to attend the Armistice banquet at the Mohawk Club, 413 Thursday evening, November 14, 1929. The individual American members of the Board had already accepted the Legion invitation to attend the dinner. Banquet. Mr. T A. Cust^nce reported that the Arpropriation Comm- ttee were to have a meeting Tentative Nov.13, and at that time they desired to discuss estimates for the tentative estimates for the year 190. He 1930. presented a list drawn up by him of estimates for the coming year He also presented a list of bond issues which the Town might be called upon to issue for 1930. The Board discusses) these various estimates but did Aot feel that they could make any definite recommendation as yet. Mr Custance was going to present the tentative list to the Appropriation Committee for their consideration. Mr. Custance brought up the matter of disposing of the condition caused by the action of the Board. Trask last year in installing a sewer to accommodate Mr. sewer. Robert P. Trask up Mass. Avenue in on the Trask property. He explained that Mr. Trask paid for the installation of the sewer which was laid in his lawn and not in the Highway. After this was laid Mr. Trask refused to let Mr. Ripley connect with this sewer inasmuch as it was a private connection. Mr. Custance felt therefore , that now that the Sewer Dept ate installing a sewer in Mass. Avenue , that the condition at Mr. Ripley's should be taken care of. It would cost Mr. Ripley about $400. to change over all of his plumbing to go through to Audubon Road, and it was not the natural flow of the sewer to go that way. He felt that the Town should bear part of the evpense, owing to the manner in which the in tallation was handled in that section last year. It was decided to lay the matter on the table for one week. The- Supt. of Public '"corks gave a ^eport of the estimated cost to the various owners of property for the deepening and widening of Clematis Brook. It Clematis was decided to send a cony of the estim^tes to Brook A. J. Lima of '°'nitham Utreet and have him take up the matter witr the various residents , as to the n vmrnt of the amounts set asid their names for the cost of deepening and widening the brook. The Supt of Public Works ' attention was called Parking to the fact that some-Aigns should be placed on Elm Signs. Avenue to eliminate narking on both sib,ls of the street, and also on the Hancock St side near the Masonic Hall. 414 Clapboard's Various matters such as obtaining old clapboards +6 for Belfry. to nlace upon the Belfry on Belfry Hill were considered. Trey , Maple Attention was called also to q tree on Maple Street. Street near the bridge which is in o dangerous con- dition. Relocation Mr. Custance stated that he felt that Cedar of Cedar St. Street should be relocated its entire length while the Town owns the Almshouse property. fanA It was decided to communicate with the Planning Cerussi Rd. Board abking them for a report regarding the proposed streed from Mass. Avenue to Vine Brook along the Viano garage, inasmuch as a change in the layout to 80 ' would require another hearing, which would have to be held before the layout is accepted by the Town. The following is the weekly report of the Supt of Public r!or'es . For the week ending November 9, 1929. Highway Department. The department continued the work of constructing Hill Top Avenue and has completed the drainage in Coolidge Avenue . Surface patches have been made in Mass . Ave ., Woburn Street and. ("d>ncoid. AVanue . A large number of catch basins and gutters have been cleaned, traffic lines and signs placed and other maintenance work attended to. Next week the department will continue the work on Hill Top Avenue and will attend to the regular maintenance . Moth and Shade Tree Department. Gypsy and Brown Tail moth nests have been treated with creosote in Weston Street, ShadeStreet and Concord Ave. and this work will occupy the department next week. PARK DEPARTMENT The work of leveling the filling at the Lincoln Street end of the playground has progressed and that work and regular mainte rance has occupied the department. during the past week. Next week it will attend to the regular maintenance. Water Maintenance "eater services installed for Hill, on Prospect Hill Road; three for Generoso on Eliot Road and Warren Street 415 Water Construction. The Mass. Ave. water main has been completed II with the evicention of h drants which as vet have not been received. We have laid approximately 2300' of 12" water pipe. Sewer Construction. On Wednesday, November 6th, work was started on the extension of the Mass . Ave sewer from Audubon Road to property of J H Valliere. Anproximately 180 ' of 8" sewer pipe has been laid and one manhole has been constructed This wor'. will be retarded considerably due to the ledge that has been encountered in the excavation. The work contemplated for the week ending November 23rd is as follows extension of the Mass . Ave. sewer job; extension of the 12" water main from Summit Avenue to Cedar Street on the northerly side of Mass. Avenue. Engineering Department. Sewers . Recorded sewer plan of Mass. Ave. from Audubon `Road to beyond Lake Street at Registry November 6. Lines and grades for construction of Mass. Ave. sewer. Work begun November 6. ) Highways. Changes made in relocation of Hill Street in field and on plans. Started work on Mass . Ave. to set back curb fronting Colonial Building. Miscellaneous. Preliminary work for additional fencing at Westview Cemetery. Started topo work in area bounded by Mass. Ave. , School Street, Lincoln Street and Audubon Road. Bow Street survey for location beyond culvert. Yours ve.oy truly, William S Seamman Supt of Public Works. The meeting adjourned at 10 50 P M. A true record, Attest Clerk.