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SELECTbT,N'S MEETING
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FEBRUARY 3, 1931.
received.
from Stephen Deveau, Fremont Price re
,A regular, meetin;; of the Roard of Selectmen was held
Street, giving a
on the Town Farm
price of
property
at the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building at 7:30 P.M.
an opportunity to
Messrs Burnham, Custance Shannon, Blake and Trask were p esent.
wrecking while business is dull.
The -Supt:. Qf.Public works and the Clerk were also pre s,RE
to
write Mr. DeVeau that they
The Board signed the notice of intention to layout
Dexter Rd.
arrangements
Dexter Road from Fuller lioad to Williams Road, hearing
layout.
down.
to be held on the same undr date, of Febr^aary 17, 1931.
Commitment of water rates "or the third section
Commitments*
in the amount of $2463.92 was signed by the Board.
Commitment of sewer rental charges for the t!aird
section in the amount of $196.85 w>is signed 11ay the
Board.
Commitment of street betterment charges for Tart
Avenue in the amount of Five Thousand four hundred dollars
was also siined .by the Aoard.
The Board of Assessors a�r&ed to meet with the
Meeting re
Board of Selectmen on Tuesday evening, Feburary 10, 1331,
Swenson
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to discuss the matter of the Fwenson property assessment.
Assessment.
In regard to the Public Carriage license of
James Cavanaugh,,inasmuch as all other licenses issued
James
complied with the Public Carriage regulations requiring
Cavanaugh
a bond of $1000 and inasmuch as the Compulsary Liability
Public
Tnsurance in the Lenrislature is now being discussed, it
Carriage
was decided to notify James Cavanau<-h that the 1?oard
license.
would not grant him a license until such time as he
has filed the necessary bond.
Letter was received from Rev. William J. McCarthy,
Pastor of St. Bri,,ids Church, asking whether or not the Reduced
Board would allow the reduced rate for the rental of rate
Cary Memorial Hall February 9. Catholic
The Board voted to grant the reduced rate of $25. Reunion.
The Board considered the application of Harry L.
Coolidge for Soldiers Relief and decided that if H. L. Coolid?e
Mr. Coolidge does not operate an automobile, which is Soldiers Relief.
against the rules of the State Aid ')epartment, to
grant him $10. a week.
Letter was
received.
from Stephen Deveau, Fremont Price re
Street, giving a
on the Town Farm
price of
property
$375. for moving the buildings moving bldg.
and asking that he be given on Town Farm.
an opportunity to
do this
wrecking while business is dull.
The Board decided
to
write Mr. DeVeau that they
had not made any
arrangements
as yet to take the buildings
down.
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Letter was received from Russell I. Prentiss in.
Tyler which he recommended that before license was granted
Pastueriza- to Arthur S. Tyler, Maple Street, for the establishment
tion of of a pasteurisation of milk, that the old plank floor in
ITilk Lic. his mjlk plant.be repaired or a new one installed.
Tne Board decided to write to Fr. Tyler and advise
him of the recommendations of the Health Inspector.
The following licenses were abnroved.
Transportation of garbage.
William L. Dee Box, 162,• Concorde
Ryders Stock Farm Inc. 24 Maple Street
Alcohol
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Master Service Station Rear 1709 Mass'. Ave.
In regard to the application of A. `roung for
.garbage collection, it was decided to refer this mattbr
Garbage
to the Health Inspector owing to the fact that Mr. Young
License
does not keen pigs and "r. Prentiss should investigate
A. Young.
to see why he needs to haul garbage.
Letter was received from Jerome J. Cahill, Repv
resentative of the 20th P,v'iddlesex 7istrict, calling
attention to a hearing on Monday, February 9, 1931 at
Hearing re
10:30 A. ,i. Room 370 State Nouse on Ho zse dill No. 991
CommerciAl
being on the advisability of constructing a co=,-ercial
Highway.
highway paralleling the Revere beach Parkway and
connecting the North Shore Aoad with the 3oston Post Road
and the Mohawk Trail at a point near Arlington Centre.
It was decided to refer the matter to Representative
Albert H. 3urnham for his attention.
Letter was received from James J. Sullivan, Chief
of Police, in which he sf.ated that C. Wesley Johnson,
C.W.Johnson
406 Concord Avenue, Lexington who applied for t'_e
appointed
appointment of Constable of Lexington, was a man of
Constable.
very mood character.
The 3oard therefore agreed to appoint Mr. C. Wesley
Johns -n as Constable of the Town for the period ending
March 31, 1 ?.31.
Applications were received for the position of
7�uilding Inspector from the following:
for
Donald Cameron, 66 Carville Ave.
position
for position
of Bldg.
John F. Ca 7anau?,h., 2 Sherman St.
Inspector.
J. Loring Douglass, 21 Grant St.
George C. McKay, 12 Sherman St.
Andrew T. Bain, Avsli_ngton Heights.
The Board decided not to take any action on the
applicaticns as yet inasmuch as Perley Tibbetts has been
appointed temporarily.
Letter was received .from the Massachusetts State
Association of Selectmen stating that they are to act for
t, -e ''oq„d ref' cPlect-nPn on t`�e aouroval of douse Bill #267
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e which is in relation to the plantinm and care of trees House Bill
under a Town Forest -Committee. Hous
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Notice of a hearing to bn held on the relocation of Bearing,
Lincoln Street was received, the nearing; to be held at the Lincoln
County Commissioners Office, larch 6, 1931 at 10 A.M. St.
The Board-eceived. a certsfication of the character
of George H. Wood, applicatimfor a license to operate Pool Room
a pool room in Lexington Centre. The Board voted to License.
trasnfer the pool room license at 1746 Mass. Avenue, Lexington
to Edward Bunzel and Georgie H. Wood.
The Traffic Reg,.ulations we -re again laid on the table,
for future adoption. The azpt. of Public. Works made a Parking
sug?estion of an addition to the pa --kin,- rewulations Regulations.
covering the narking near the Christian Science Church.
Letter was received from Sarah I. Musgrave, protesting
against the full amount of betterment on Fottler Avenue
on lots 164-165, for which she applied for apportionment
of ten years. She stated that an extra stri_n of land was
taken in front of her house and, she desired to have the
Town pay her for taking it.
The Supt. of Punlic Works stated that the land she
mentioned was taken with"'land that he amreed to have paraded
in front of her property.
No definite action was taken on the matter.
Bill of $140.10 from the Town Counsel was approved
for services in the Brophy case. This was an a,.utomebile
accident case; Mr. Brophy ran into the beacon li.ht at
Concord Avenue and Waltha Street and claimed that the
light was out at'the time he ran into it.
Letter was received from the Town Counsel regarding
the taking of land by eminent domain belonginre to the
Estate of Ellen A. Stone. he stated that he had "looked
at the Probate records and finds t?'at this land cane to
Miss Stone under her mother's will in 1890. ?Jnder that will
Miss Stone and another hold the residue in trust for her life
and on her death, after payment to the Town of Lexington of
$2,000 for a scholarship fund, the ultimate residue foes
to nine people who were prominent in the women's suffrage
cause in 1890, all of whom.have since died. They were to
take it in trust to improve the condition of women, etc.
Miss Stone is the surviving trustee, and on the allowance of '
herlast account the Attorney -General appeared and later
withdrew his apr)earance. He has not traced the title back
of the will of her mother. In the inventory it is evident
' that, this land was included in what is called the Caira
Robbins estate or the Garman estate. On the above.records
he stated that he did not see why the Town could not take
the land by eminent domain if it so choosed..
S.I-Musgrave
re better-
ment,Fottler
Ave.
Brophy
Case.
Estate of
Ellen A.
Stone.
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The Board therefo^e decided to include an article
in the ',,',!arrant to take this property by eminent
domain, and. to write a letter to i,Tiss Stone to that
effect. .
Owing to the illness of the Town Treasurer,
H. C.'Anritte-
7 John Fi. Kane it was voted to an oint 13elen
more ap,oint-
i;. Tni_ttrmore as -eas firer pro -tem 'she being
req zirec' to file a bond in the amount of "10,000
ed Treas. to col -or t'r_e temporary appointment.
pro -tem.
Owing to the fact that the Town Clerk and Treas�irer's
vault could not be opened and had to be drilled oven,
it was decided to req iesf, all the departments to place
Vault in a sealed envelope the combination of their vaults
Combinations* and tl,ese combinations are to be placer] in a safe
deposit box in the Lexin;�-tr>n Tr-_ist Company, to be
opened only h; three members of the ''.oard of
Selectmen wbon occasion arises.
Report was rec-ived from ti -ie S_ipt. of
Works in regard to tre removal of snow. The report
was mari_e on the recommendation of 1.,°r. R. P. Trask,
who noticed snow plow service beim• rendered to
places of bzis.ness. He asked whether or not it was
Snow plow customary to clear the snow from the drives of
places of business.
service. pair. Scamman reported that it is c.istomary to
clean t',e snow from entrances to z,a_ra;e and filling
stations, inasmuch as the snow is piled up when the
snow olows plow the streets. He stated that it was
done on the entrances to the rrarares and filling
stations on kassachusetts Avenue and when it is.
not done, complaints come in.that the snow plows
keep the snow piled in on their premises. Hd also
stated that it is done in front o-' all 4the places of
business in the cdnter of the Town; he felt that it
did not cost a great deal and the practice sho,ild
be continued.
Mr. Trask withdrew his objection.
The Supt. of Public Works presented a letter
regarding the renewal of water service for Dr.
*Complaint, Gecr-re W. Day, 2142 Massachusetts Avenue. Dr. Day
Water pipes. stated that he had a °rievance in regard to the
water pipes pat in from the main to his cellar.
He had to chan,Me the pipes inside of the house and
after putting in a new pipe from the outside it remedied
the trouble. he blamed the condition to the blasting
that was done in the neighborhood.
Pyr. Scarman explained to him that the original
pipe pat in was an iron nine anc_ -vas ')ound to be
filled up eventually ant' he dial not believe that the
'blasting ouerations had anything to do ?with the
condition. He felt that the renewal had to be made
anyway, and the Department has now put in a cement
lined pipe and. it will not cause any further trouble.
tie therefore felt t:,,at the Town should not stand any
Part of the expense of putting in this pipe.
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The Town Counsel, S. R. 6°dri;htington, came before the
Board and discussed House Bill #728 pres nted by
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Joseph 11. Beal and also House '.ill #1040 presented by
Mayor Purley. These rills were in -^eF:ard to including
various Towns and cities in greater Bostop. Wri,-htinr,ton
stated that he felt that Mayor Curl
.eyts bill had a great
deal of virtue and he was in favor .of it.
The "hoard discussed the ',,)ills in general. The Hoase Bills
Chairman did not appear to b,� in fa -.,or o" the bill #1040 &
inasmuch as 1e felt that it was a step toward having #72B.
Boston politics in Le -.,cin -tnn which 11P .%raas not in fa•.•or of.
Mr. 'Yr`._ghtington felt that there were a great many
advantages to the Bill. No definite action :eras taken
except that the members of the -koar-i were to endeavor
to attend the i;earings on the bill to hear the ar:<uments.
Mr. Custance felt that a great deal of study could be given
to the bill and he would, like to consult with Mayor Curley
about it.
He appeared to be in favor from the knowledge that he had
at the present time.
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Mr. Blake called attention to t'c:e fact that the
forty .five degree parkins^ is.allowed to close to Meriam
and there should be a sirnn regul-ating this so that there
would not be so much danger from persons coming oat of
Meriam Street.
It was decided t.,t this might be included in the
Traffic Regulations.
Street
Mr. T. A. Custance had the Town Hn�rineer present to
present the studies he clad made of the takins at the
corner of Hayes Avenue and Hancock Street at.the property
of Edward C. Stone; also at tine corner of Franklin Road
and Somerset Road, and Meriam Street and Clarke Street
and Forest Street.
The Board voted to proceed to draw an article making
a taking of these corners.
The Board talked with the Supt. of Public Works in
regard to the number of horses at the Town Farm, and
discus,, -e? wiletrjer or not they neede^ to 'peep the four
horses which were there at; the present time. This is
in connection with tiki.n� down Luildings.
In regard to the Notor Pomp ar the Public u'dorks
Department, the S.ipt. of Public Works was instructed to
sell the motor for gunk inasmuch as he reported that he
coald not get any sales for it.
Mr. Trask asked 1:vhether or not the Board would
approve an ap,)ropriation for the Posture Clinic to be
handled in the same manner as ' t=re Dental Clinic Committee was handled. It was left with I+lr. Trask
to get the opinion of the Town Counsel on whether or
not the Posture Clinic of the,present Public Health
Association could be a-000lnted as a Clinic Committee
under the Board of Health -znd handle tie aporooriation
Parking
Meriam St.
Studies of
various
corners of
streets.
Horses,
Town
Farm.
?r-otor Pump
Public
Works Dept.
Posture
Clinic.
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of 11000 similar to the Dental Clinic appropriation.
The Board approve' this appropriation if it
sho zld be done.
Letter was received "rom t: -e Town Counsel in mhich
Ap_ooint- he gave his opinion in regard to the appointment
ment of of the Plumbing, Bui.ld`_n:- end 1r7ire Inspectors. The
Inspectors. Counsel advised that the Plumbing Tnspector is under
civil service and could be discharged by the Building
Inspector.
No action was taken on the anoointment of the
Building Inspector.
The following is the weekly report of the Supt..
of Public Works.
For the wsek ending Jan. 31, 1931
HIGHWAY DEPARTMLNT
7'Mork on Hill Street consisted of drilling, blast-
ing and removal of ledge.and gravel some of which
was places in that part o" the way near the old Alms house
,where it ;s proposed to straighten a part o*the street.
Considerable time of the department was used in
sandin- streets and sidewalks and in the removal of
snow .
Ner_t week the regular maintenance work on Hill
Street and any necessary snow _removal will be attended
to.
MOTH R- S73.A -1. TREE DEPT.
Gypsy moth nests were treated with creosote.
A dead tree on Audubon Road was removed and one on
Edgewood Road.
Next week the department will attenC. to the work
of treating the meth nests.
PARK DEPART1EMr
'3etgular maintenance work was attended to and will
occup,,- t:le depa^tment next week.
WAT �;9 Rr SEVJ'_,? DEPT.
Worked on c -meat floor at P-.zblic 'works Building;
two men drilling; and blasting on Hill Street; two men
�-reasing hydrants; repai-^ed leak in Wheeler's service
on Welham Road.
Regzlar maintenance work is planned for next week.
VNGINEERING DEPART,ri7NT
Highways
Figured construction cost and assessments for
Dexter Road.
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' Figured construction cost of Farmcrest Avenue.
Figured Grant Street assessments from Hayes Lane
to East Street.
Miscellaneous
Plan and descriptions of Lavin property (Mass.
Avenue.)
Map and description Bean property which was charged
from'RI to Cl district.
Met with Town of Winchester re^_arr_inT road to
Lexin7ton.
Made studies for takin€�s at following logations :-
1. Hayes avenue at Hancock Street,
2. Clarke Street at Forest Street,
3. Yeriam Street at Franklin and Abbott Roads.
Work on street numberin- plans.
Continued work on 100 scale 'clan between Itass.
Avenue .nd Lovell Street from Arlington line to Maple Straet.
One man (full time) check nq and brining block
plan up to date.
Checked completion of Ervington Park layout with
Y. P. Cutter _oartic ;larly for d.raina e.
Established ruilding line on outside of O'Connell
block of stores. same bottit inside and o•ztside
of frame buildin:. which was formerly Co-operative Bank.
Vours very truly,
William S. Scamman
S,apt . of Public 'iforks .
The meeting adjourned at 10:50 P.M.
A true record, Attest:
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Clerk.
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