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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1931-12-01256 Sow Ste Notes Stpne land.. SULEC E]O B - MEETING DECEMBER - I$ - 1 regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held at the 5'eleetmen's Room, Town Office Building, at 7-30 P. M. Messrs. Trask, Custance, Blake, Shannon and Gil creast were present. The Supt. of Public Works and tk.e Clerk were also present. l.gures were presented by the Superintendent of Public Works 'showing that it would cost $154.59 more to complete the Bots Street widening., this would include the bill for the work done by -James -Irwin on the Viano garage and also the payment to Air: Frank.Viano of $320 agreed upon as daa ze Board voted to request the Appropriation Committee to transfer the sum of $154.69"ftom the Reserve Fund to the Bow St. widening account. 1 At 7;45 P.Y.'Town Treasurer appeared and stated that he did not receive any binds in response to btz request for bads on the $10,,000 Sever construction Loan and on the• 15 OOO Water Construction Loan,; but he did receive 4 proposition from Estabrook & Co. substantially as follows: "ire will pay 100..100 and accrued interest for all, but not for any part, of $25,000 Town. of Lexington Coupon ' Tax Exempt Motes to be dated December 1, 1531, to be issued bearing interest at the rate of 44% per annum and maturing as follows: 15,000, Water Construction.Loau payable $3,000. each year December 1, 1932 to 1936. 10,OOO Sewer Constructi.on'Loan;`payable $2,000 each year,Decemher 1, 1932 to 1986." TheBoard considered the- proposition and felt than it would no-t-be_proper,to acce.;t this bld inasmuch as the -bids were requesters on a4, basis; but instructed the Town Treasurer to request _bids ~at the -rate -of -4-41%- on both of these issues.,, the same .,to bre .before =-the °Board., on Tuesday evening` jiext. The Board signed deed conveying to Miss Ellen A. Stone, Trustee, -112 square' feet of eland in accordance with the vote of the To*n a.t'a town meeting held November 23, 1933. This is, the deed of a wall, stri-p, °of—land that- Miss Stone desired to retain - so td the imd 'deed- for- school and playground prupo"s rzsad not 'i ncIude land .'upon:. which she frequeni5 w ].ked., The fee paid was Notice of accident and perzonal injury to Miss Henna- Edwards of 52 Burnham Stre-et;- BOlmont ,. Nov. 4, , Accident. 1931 when she -was- inj-ared by reason "of _a large stone placed in the side of the street covered with leaves causing her -to fall ,# was received frow James J. Carroll, Town Treasurer, Complaint was received from the Town Counsel -and also to request Mr. O'Connell for more definite information relative to the accident. Mr. Scamman stated that he viewed the location and could not find any stone there. Orders for the establishment of the exterior lines of dean Road and :Morgan Street were signed by the Board. Letter was received from Patrick J. Neary of 9 Bennett Avenue in which he called attention to the fact that the brush should be removed on Oak Street, and also that the high mound on the right hand side which cannot be used as a sidewalk should be levelled off to make for safety of the travelling public. The Board requested the Chairman to reply end state that the brush would be removed, and the Board would then look the situation over to see if anything more could be done to improve the siguation. (:fitment of sidewalk betterment charges in the amount of.$127.02 was signed by the Board.' Commitment of highway betterment changes on Dexter Road amounting to $8852.15 was signed by the Board. ' Old Age Assistance applications of John Devine of 283 Mass. Ave. and of Julia M. DrLeary of 70 Woburn St. were referred to Mr. Gilcreast. Notice of Old Assistance being granted to Frank Majewski., 24 Fairmont Ave., Somerville was referred to Mr. rilcreast. 257 Accident Highway .orders. Oak S t . Sidewalk charges. Highway Com. Old Age Assis tance. It was deci_ded-to request the Town Engineer to prepare a plan and description of the right of way that the town voted to sell to David Hennessy of Lincoln Street. The Clerk was instructed to request bids; for the annual Town report for the year 1931. Mr. Custance stated that he.would see Mr. Peter Canessa about building the fence he promised to build that w uld hide the old automobiles on his premises from the view of the residents. The Clerk was instructed to request the Town Engineer to ge-t..information ready on Downing Road and Outlook Drive so hearings may be held on the acceptance of these streets. The Chairman read the letter which was written to Mr. Emil Fellman of Arlin ---ton relative to installing ' the 24" pipe in Highland Avenue-, informing Mr. Fellman that if he decided to put in the pipe_ the Tann would reim- burse him if, after investigation, they find it is their .:responsibility. Lincoln St Right of way. Town Report. Canessa Fence. Highways. Highland A,ve rlu e .� drain. The Clerk reported that Mr. Fellm repotted at the office that he thought he would go ahead with the installffition of the pipe as the property would not be of any use unless this work was done. 258 Letter was received from the Superintendent of Public Works in which he stated that he -investigated conditions on Baker Aveniae,,between Oak Street and Taft Avenue and finds that this section of the strut is only 18 Baker feet wide. He felt that it was not necessary to make Avenue. any widening of the street until Spring. There is a bank of earth that should be removed. The cost of the work should be $600.00 and would come out of the Highway Maintenance Account. The Board requested the Chairman to reply to Mr. C. E. MacPhee informing him of the cost of this widening of Baker Avenue and stating that the Town would. be unable to do the work this year, and that the matter would be taken into consideration in the Spring, Letter was received from ;tar. A. A. Ross, Supt. of the Water and Sewer Dept., in which he called attehtion to the fact that tt ere was a break ,in the sewer main on Gas Co. Mass. Ave. between Cedar St. and Audubon Road. In two re laying different locations app roximately 50 feet apart, the mains, pipe has been cracked and crushed in, preventing the flow of the sewer. He 'elieved tha the damage was caused by the Gas Company when laying their main in this trench. At this particular point, the excavat on was solid 'rock and'In order that the gas company could lzy thein main it was necessary for them to blast and this was the probable cause of the damage. He called attention to trouble of this kind in the past where the gas main was laid in the same trench with the water and sewer mains. He recommended that the Gas Co. be notified not to lay gas mains in our water and sewer trenches in the future. The 3oard voted to adopt the recommendation of the Supt. of Water and Sewer Dept. Letter was received from Albert A. Ross recommending 1 the purchase cif a quantity of six and eight inch water pipe inasmuch as it is reported that the price of the' Pipe• pipe will be advanced. The Board recommended the adoption of this recommendation and also instructed the Supt. of public Works to look into funds of the department with a view to phasing this pipe.. Attention was called to the fact that out-of- town tvueks are still dumping refuse on the Town Dump on Lincoln Street. Special It was decided to appoint John J. Collins a Police, special Police .officer so that he may order persons fro m Town out-of-town to stop dumping. Dump* The Supt. of Public Works was also requested to put up the signs prohibiting the dumping by out- of - town persons. The Chairman reported that he notified Mr. Lamont verbally to discontinue pasturing the pigs in the rear Pigs. of 117 Waltham St. inasmuch as the period giv n by the Board expired on November 15ph. Mr. Lamont agreed to remove the p,�fga. 1 %"T Supt. of Public Works was requested to view the Frost propert;,* abutting on the Westview Cemetery property and Frost report to the Board later how he found the condition of property. the property. The Chairman reported that he had not seen the Supt. of Schools in regard to having the Asst Janitor handle the Traffic, traffic to xrotect the school children, but he would do so in the near future. The Chairman reported that he received another letter Letter from Mr. Stephen r. Hamblin, 45 Parker St., in regard to the re traffic light:a. He inquired who placed the position of traffic the crossing lines at the street intersections. lights. The Chairman replied to him informing him that the Selectmen placed these crossing lines. He also informed him that he did not see any reason why his personal opinion regarding traffic regulations should not be printed or expressed orally, and he stated that presumably this correspondence would be published in the loc,a paper. The guaranty for irwtallation of water mains on Lowell Street signed by Antonio Mercadante, had a surety thereon owning only $1000. worth of property in Woburn. The Board decided to request another surety signature on this bond. Lowell Mr. Robert L. Ryder came before the Board and st+ted St, water that he would obtain a satisfactory signature. As soon as this signature is obtained the Board informed Mr. Ryder that the work on the Lowell St. water zAln would proceed. In regard to the water main installed in the house of Linn B. Swain of Wood Stre6t, the Chairman reported that the water had been shut off owing to the fact that Mr. Swain did not sign the guaranty, and that Mr. Swain had moved. It was decided to notify Mr. Earle that this guaranty has not been paid, so that when persons inquire about the purchase of this property t_Zey will be informed of the conditions. Mr. Gilereast reported that he had visited A.A.Barker at 13 Cabot St., Waltham, and found that Mr. Barker's son- in-law was willing to care for him as soon as he gets straight- Barker, ened financially. Mr. Gilereast therefor recommended that Old Age Old A e Assistance be paid only for a temporary period Assist-+. and tat the City of Walthan be so informed. an ce. It was therefor voted to approve $6. a week cash, with this proviso. In regard to the application of Mrs. Lothrop who is 4ow'at the Old Peoples Homy Mr. Gilcreast reported that Mrs. Lothrop's husband died four years and a half ago. Mrs. Lothrop is 74 years.old. She has a house assessed for $6500 with a first mori;gage to the Lex. Savings Bank of $4000., and ' Austin Locke holds the second mortgage of $1500,, making us total of $5500. Mr. Blake reported that she also had an interest in Lothrop the greenhouse operated by her son. Owing to the fact that Mr. Blake was a Tumstee of the Old People's Home, it was decided to refer this matter 260 to him to see if he vould. work out a solution of what would be accepted as equity for entrance to the home. Supt. of Public Works was requested to have more definite sirens established at Watertown Street directing to Belmont and at Pleasant St. directing to Wa ltha m. Signs. Supt. was also instructed to place no parsing signs on Muzzey Street where the sins that had been there have been removed. The meeting adjourned at ! 10 :45 P.M. A true record, Attest: Clerk.