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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1930-09-09 Pr 275 1 SELECTMEN 'S MEETING SEPT. 9, 1930. A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen Was l$eLd at the Selectmen's Office, Town Offic.B..,Buildtne at 7r30 P.M. Messrs. BurnhaM, Custance, .Trask, _Blak8° and Shannon were present. The Supt. of Public Works and the Clerk were also present. Public Carriage License for John W. Leary, Pub. 23 Waltham St. , was signed by the Board, a satisfactory Carriage bond having been received. License. Return of the Constable, Patrick J. Maguire, on the Dog dog warrant issued in July, showing the disposal of the warrant warrant was received and the Board voted to accept the report and pay the fee of $50. Invitation was received from the Stanley Hill. Post, American American Legion #38, inviting the Board of Selectmen to Legion attend the istallation of officers at Cary Memorial Invitation Hall, Sept. 14, 1930 at 3 P.M. The Board acknowledged receipt of the invitation, and agreed that as many of the Board that could be prevent would be there at that time. tetter was received from the American _Legipn, Legionnaires Stanley Hill Post #38 informing the Board that they intend from to entertain Legionnaired from Virginia, and asked for Va. the approval of the Board for the expenditures foe' the Tercentenary Celebration. .The Board requested further information on the matter. The Board voted to accept the resignation of David F. Murphy, Registrar of Voters, he having been Registrars appointed to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of of Bartholomew D. Callahan, and it was voted to appoint Voters George H. Lowe, 421 Marrett Road as a Registrar of Voters, for the term ending March 1931. A bill of $224. having been before the Board for some time for services rendered by Metcalf & Eddy Metcalf & incoonnectien with Vine Brook Drainage, the Board decided Eddy bill. to refer the bill to Mr. F. L. Emery for his approval, and when his approval is received, it was decided to request the Town to appropriate that amount of money for engineering services. Invitation was received for the Board to atend the Mass. conference of the Mass. Planning Boards at the Hotel Planning Statler, Sept. 30 and Oct. 1st. None of the members of Boards the Beard could make arrangements to attend the meeting. conference. Hearing was declared open at 8 P.M. en the application of Percy A. Weatherby for permission to erect a private garage 276 on his premises at 42 Carville Ave. Mr. Weatherby appeared at the meeting, and as there was no objection, the Board voted to grant the permit. At 8:05 P.M. hearing was -opened on the ap- Carr plication of Edwin T. Carr for permission to erect garage. a private garage on Winter Street. No persons appeared to object, and it was ti voted to grant the permit, providing the Building Inspector approved of the permit being granted. At 80.0 P.M. hearing was declared open on Holm the application of John Holm for permission to erect garage a private garage at 228 Lincoln St. No persons appeared to object, and it was voted to grant the permit, providing the Building Inspector approved of the permit being granted. At -8:15 P.M., John N. Connors of 512 Waltham St. , came before the Board to discuss the matter of garbage collection. The figure off. Mr. Connors bid on the garbage contract was 413,350. for three years. Mr. Connors in- Garbage formed the Board that he felt that he could make the collection contract in Lexington at the rate of 300 houses in the morning and 300 houses in the afternoon, and he-could take care of the 1500 being served in that manner. He felt he could do this with one truck and 2 men,. but if' he could not, he would put on additional men. He stated that he would be glad to have the Board examine his premises at any time, and he felt he was well equipped to make the collections. He would' guarantee to kepp the town clean and make collections at all places twice a weeks Mr. Robert A. McAdoo submitted a bid far 416,500 for three years. Mr. McAdoo came before the Board to dis- cuss the garbage contraM4 and brought with him the foreman tor Mr. Chance who has the garbage contract for the City of Newton.. Re felt that Mr. Chance could-give the Board some information regarding the collection of garbage by a private contractor. Mr. Chance stated that the City of Newton has had their garbagegcollected by contract for 51 years. He stated hat there is bound to be a few complaints anyway, and most of the com- plaints come from the people who have a small .amount of garbage to collect, and one reason for complaints in these instances is that they do not have a regular garbage con4 tainer, and leave the garbage in any kind. of a tin, and the garbage man misses the collection of it. Mr. Chance has been awarded the contract for garbage collection for a term Of 5 years, and he therefore felt that it must be satisfactory to the City of Newton. They have 6 or 7 trucks an all the time. Usually with 3 men and a driver en the truck, the driver acting as foreman, and responsible for all collections made and complaints. The 3 to trucks start out at 5:30 in the morning; and the men collect until they are through, whether it be 6 or 7 o'clock at night. The 3 men and 277 one truck collect from about 4 tt+ 500 houses a day. Residence districts, schools, hospitals .and stores are collected every day. Mr. McAdoo stated thathe was inA_ position to collect garbage in the Town as he had experience in collecting it before and he intended to run the truer himself, so that he could see that the work was done properly. He had a 40 acre farm located in Concord and he was well equipped to handle the- garbage on the premises. fie would hire 3 men and a truck. He also had 4 horses that he could use in emergency. He at one time collected garbage in Brighton, and knew how it should be done. The Board considered the information given, and also considered the report of Mr. Prentiss on the piggery owned by Mr. Connors and located in Lincoln. Mr. Prentiss reported that the piggery was in very good condition, but Mr. Connors was operating his piggery without a permit from the Town of Lincoln. The Beard felt that with the _fo.rm of garbage contract drawn up, that also required a bond to be filed for the faithful performance of their duty in the proper manner, that they would receive pro- tection if they awarded the contract to Mr. Conners and he did not comply with their instructions. It was left with the Supt. of Public works to present Mr. Connors with a contract proposed to be drawn up for the collection of garbage to see if it was satisfactory to Mr. Connors, and if so,te have the contract viewed by the Town Counsel, and presented to the Board at their next meeting. It was decided to hold the regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen on Sept. 17 rather than on Beptl 16 Selectmen's oiling to the State Primary. meeting. Letter was received from 1930 National Convention Corporation of the American Legion, 602-603 Statler Bldg. Boston, in which they asked whether or not a contingency fund was available whereby a prize could be offered in American the community for the National Convention to be held in Legion re Boston. fund for It was decided to refer this matter to the American prize. Legion inasmuch as they have an appropriation .available for the Tercentenary. It was voted to establish a fee for Common Victuallers Entertainment Licenses as $5.00. It was Fees for also voted to establish a fee of $25. a year for min- licenses. iature golf courses for which permits have already been given. Letter was received from the $Idg. Inspector in which he reported that Mr. Greenblott bad not complied with the request of the Board that he remove the old cars located on the Fleming property on Ward St. It was decided to turn the matter over to the Town 278uswimbi' Counsel to proceed against Mr. Greenblott. The bill of W. G. Black, for work done at the Public Works Dept. Bldg. on Bedford St. lna:s'- exceeded W.G. the appropriation and it was decided to refer the matter Black to the $upt. of Public Works for additional information bill. on contracts awarded for work on the building. The Board voted to grant permission for an overhanging sign at the store Of Mrs . Annie Baker, 1713 Mass. Ave. The Board voted to adopt the following traffic regulation: RULES TO GOVERN TRAFFIC AT THE CORNER OF MASS . AVENUE AND MAPLE STRRF'T. All traffic entering Maple Street from Mass. Avenue shall pass to the right of the island. All traffic entering Mass. Avenue from Maple Street shall pass to the right of, the island. Albert H. Burnham Theodore A. Custanpp Hallie C. Blake Clarence Shannon Robert P. Trask. Letter was received from a special, commission on Commission investigation on limited town meeting system, asking on Rep. for permission to hold a public hearing in Lexington Town for the purpose of discussingChapter 44 of the Acts Meeting of 1930 which provides for an investigation relative to the operation of the representative town meeting system and the establishment of standard forms. It was decided to write the commission that they were welcome at any time they could a.rrange to have the meeting, but it was suggested that they have the meeting in the evening so that the business men of the town could attend. Meeting Mr. Custance agreed to attend the meeting at the at County Commissioners Office, Sept. 13, 1930 at 10 A.M. , County at which time it was proposed to discuss highway matters Com. in general. { *Letter was received from Frederick J. Muldoon, 294 Washington St. , Boston representing the Shell Request Eastern Pet. Products in which he asked for a copy for of the regulation which goverr}s the entrance to regulations Maple St., in front of the Shell station. The board re entrance tent Sr: Muldoon a copy of the regulations above set to Maple forth. St. Another letter was received from the Suburban Land Zig Co. in which they asked for information regarding the water pipes placed in Fottler Ave. , that the Town might purchase the pipes from them. The Supt. was Fottler Ave. requested to get information and give the Board his water pipes. recommendation regarding the matter. Bill of $414. had been received from Dr. Roy D. Young for medical services rendered to Joseph Dr. Young's Langley whose settlement is in Lexington. The Clerk bill. was authouized to settle the till for $100: The Clerk was authorized also to pay $50. on the bill for funeral services to Hartwell Company, for burial of Joseph Langley of South St. , Bedford. Mr. Custance stated that he had a request made to him to sell to a private corporation the Westview Cemetery and he asked the opinion of the Board. The Board was unanimous in its decision that the Cemetery should be kept in its present condition and not sold to a private corporation. The Board viewed the plan of the proposed re- Lincoln location of Lincoln St.,. and voted to approve the tentative St. plan plan as presented by the County Commissioners, showing the II layout from its junction with Mass. Ave. to Marrett.Rd. The Board discussed the widening in front of the O'Connell & O'Connell & Hunt properties, and Mr. Custance reported Hunt that the appraisers, namely, Mr. Charles A. Gleason, appraisal Charles E. Howe agreed upon Mr. Walter Channing for the thirf appraiser. He stated that their figure for appraising the O'Connell property is $600. a half of which is to be paid by Mr. O'Connell, and the figure for the appraisal of the Hunt property was $400. . They agreed to have their report to the Board at their meeting Sept. 17, 1930. • It was decided to notify Mr. O'Connell of the price agreed upon for the appraisal. The following is the weekly report of the Supt. of Public Works ; • 1 For the week ending September 6, 1930. HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT Sidewalk in Locust Avenue at the top of the hill was Ca leveled and rock removed to give a proper grade. The department has started the work of repairing 'Mass . Avenue between the Arlington line and Station Street where the sixteen inch water main was constructed. Fottler Avenue is under construction. Excavation with steam shovel is about completed. Surface patches were applied to a number of Streets . Next week the work of constructing new streets will be continued and the maintenance attended to. MOTH & SHADE TREE DEPT. Trees in Bedford Street were trimmed and bru8h cut in Bowman Park. PARK DEPARTMENT. The department attended to the regular maintenance work, grading in Robbins Park and work on the tennis courts. Next week the regular maintenance Work will. be cared for. WATER & SEWER DEPARTMENT Water Maintenance We have installed a water service for Tibbetts, North Hancock Street, and repaired a leak on Oak Street. Water Construction The extension of the 8" main in Fottler Avenue has been completed with the exception of Crossing under the railroad and the connection with the 10" main in Mass . Avenue which will be done as soon as the Highway Department has repaired the trench. Two hydrants have been installed in this line; one near Brandon Street and the other near Sam Lippe's house._ An 8xx 6 tee has been left in the line half way between Brandon Street and Lippa's house for the installation of a hydrant in the future. We are working on lowering the 6 ' main in Fottler Avenue near Oliffe Ave. Sewer Construction The .Fottler Avenue sewer has been completed with the exception of crossing under the B. & M. track. This work is temporarily delayed until such time as the permit is received from the railroad. Regular maintenance work is planned for next week. ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT Highways Fletcher Avenue not bounded so we have started to relocate it according to Land Court Survey. Relocation stakes set for study of Lincoln Street. Line and grade stakes for Taft Avenue. 281 Sewers. Study of Bow Street section for sewer design- includes Bow Street, Fottler Avenue, Theresa Avenue, Leighton Avenue, Oxford Street, and Lee Avenue. Half a day spent on Town Sewer Study. Miscellaneous Made plan of "Sunnyfield" showing location of homes and lotting system. This plan was requested by the Metropolitan Division of Planning regarding 1931 construction work. Tracing block plans . Grades for granolithic sidewalk at Locust Avenue. Checked 1930 granolithic construction for individual bills. Work on Webb Street topo plan. Yours very truly, William S. Sdamman Supt. of Public Works The meeting adjourned at 10 55 P. M. A true record, Attest Clerk. / a