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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1929-11-12410 SELECTMENTS MEETING - NOVEMBER 12, 1929. A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held at the Selectments Office, Town Office Build3 ng, at 7:30 P.M. Messrs. Burnham, Custance, Chamberlain, 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 "forks Middle St. stating that five street lights are needed on Middle Street between Marrett Road. and Lincoln Street. The Board accepted the recommendation. of the Supt. and requested him to order the .lights for this location. Mr. Harold Lamont, 20 7inthron Roadhaving accepted the chairmansbip of the Tercentenary Committee, came before the Board to talk with them regarding a Committee to be formed on the Tercenterc.Ny. Mr. Lamont explained_ that he had read considerable' about the nronosed celebration, and be stated. that the central committee had a program r,_._tz from June lst Tercdntenary to October 30. He tglked with Mr. 'E. B. 1.11orthen 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 churcres and schools. He felt that this Committee could then act as a sort of Advisory Committee and that they in their indiv4dual capacity on tre Committee, could serve as chairmen of other Conmittees. He suggested the names of Mr. Elwyn G. Preston, Fred S. Piper, George E. Briggs, Harry A. Wheoler, and Frank Shepard as members of the Committee. He also suggested th^t 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 had a, book about the historical places in the Town, and they can make up this book for 34V and sell it for 501, thereby making a profit and also giving to the Town the benefit by improving their historical places. It w^s 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 C 1 1 with the urprova.l of the Board. The Board expressed to Lovell Bus hearing. Mr. Lamont their a;prreci-tion of his ac^entance of the chairmanship of this committee, and informed him th^_t they were entirely in accord with his progress 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 11oburn-Lexington line over Woburn and Lowell Streets to the Arlington - Lexington line. Mr; S. R. '+11rightington was prersent and. conducted the Daring. Mr. James Henchey of lJoburn appeared for Mr. Lovell and 38 persons were present. Mr. Henchey stated that the Lovell Bus Line ;.was irncorporated 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.<bo. took over the line from the Lovell Bus Line Inc.; thl�n the Lovell Bus Line Inc. took over the Concord Maynard and Hudson Street Railwa;Y Co. operating between Concord and Arlington Heights and adjoining towns,along the line. The Lovell Bus Line Inca 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 provided .the line came down along Dowell Street, inasmuch as this is where they desire to Fet to Boston from. Mr. Henchey stated thpt 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, ,vas 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 th-+t 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 ark 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 best service that he could in any place where there was a demand for it. Mr. Eric Johnson also stated i.h-t fully 1019 pf the Lovell Bus hearing. 412 1 people present were from Lowell Street and they were at this hearing for the purpose of supporting this petition so that they could have bus service on Lowell Street. Mr. Johnson also cpoke of the school ch-1dred 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 Ydoburn Street. Mr. Frank E. Tucker stated that he did not see how this re tition could be an interference to the Boston Elevated. The Town Counsel explained to them that.th�s matter would have to go before the Dept. of PublA,* Utilities, and they are the parties to decide whether ' or no,-. it would be considered com�netitive. 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 vote,);In favor of grantinga permit to the Lovell Bus Lir��_Ino. extension Application was received from Robbins & Smith �Plan 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 'A'PlthamSt. him on "laltham Street to waive the award of damages providing that the Town wild a retaining wall in front of the lot as it appeared before the relocation. The matter was referred to the Supt, of Public Works for a report as to the location of the lot and. what anrears 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 Hosnital. Department was interested in the proposal for the water main to the Bedford Hosnital. 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 by installing a beacon or some other means of warning. The Board.referred. the matter to the Supt. of Public ',Yorks 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, 1 Thursday evening, November 14, 1929. The individual The Supt, of Public '''dorksf attention was called to the fact that some�Aigns should be placed on Elm Avenue to eliminate parking on both sides of the street, and also on the Hancock St. side near the Masonic Hall. American Legs on Banquet. Tentative estimates for 1930. Trask sewer. Clematis Brook Parking Signs. members of the Board ha(9 already accepted the invitation to attend the dinner. Mr. T. A. Cust^nce reported that the Arpropri.ation Comm-ttee were to have a meeting Nov.13, and at'that time they, desired. to disc ss the tentative estimates for the year 1930. He 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 discussed these various estimates but did hot 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 last year in installing a sewer to accommodate Mr. 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 yis 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, are 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 expense, owing to the manner in which the installation 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 G report of the estimated cost to the various owners of property for the deepening and widening; of Clematis Brook. It was decided, to send a copy of the estim^tes to A. J. Lima of "'nitham street and have him take up the matter witr the various residents, as to the p^vm�nt of the amounts set asid^ t1-^ir nsmes for the cost of deepening and widening the brook. The Supt, of Public '''dorksf attention was called to the fact that some�Aigns should be placed on Elm Avenue to eliminate parking on both sides of the street, and also on the Hancock St. side near the Masonic Hall. American Legs on Banquet. Tentative estimates for 1930. Trask sewer. Clematis Brook Parking Signs. 414 Clapboards Various matters such as obtaining old clapboards for Belfry. io place upon the Belfry on Belfry Hill were considered. Trey:, Maple Attention was called also to 9 tree on Maple Street. Street near the bridge which is in n 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. t It was decided to communicate with the Planning' 4 Cerussi Rd. Board asking them for a report regarding the preposed 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 'Plorlrs. 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.. I Surface natebes have been made in Mass. Ave., 'v7oburn Street and. Concord. AVe�nue. 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 occuby the department next week. PARR DEPARTMENT The work of leveling the filling at the Lincoln Street end of the playground has progressed and that work and regular maintenance has occupied the department. during the past week: Next week it will attend to the regular maintenance. 'slater Maintenance. %pater services installed for: Hill., on Prospect Hill Road; three for Generoso.on Eliot Road and 'Marren Street. Water Construction. The Mass. Ave. water main has been completed with the e-cention of h drants which as yet have not been received. ,,;Te have laid approximately 23001 of 12" water pipe. .Sewer Construction. On `Vednesday, November, 6th, work was started on the extgnsion 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 wort/ will be retarded considerably due to the ledge that has been encountered in the excavation. The work contemplated for the-week':iending 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. 'Mork 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 `eestview 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 vexoy truly, William S. Seaman SuptL of Public Works. The meeting adjourned at 10:50 P.M. A true record, Attest: Clerk.