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SELECTMEN'S MEETING on
JANUARY 26, 1932.
A regular meeting of the Selectmen was held at the
Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building, at 7:30 P.M.
Messrs. Trask, GuStanoe, $,lake, thsnftbh; ^am4 'Gilareast
were present. The Supt. of Public Works and the Clerk
were also present.
Letter was received from Mayor James M. Curley
House in which hecalledattention to a meeting in the City •
Bill Council Chamber, Boston City Hall on Thursday, January
#1094. 28, at 2 P.M. to disuces House Bill #1094, same being
consideration of the advisability of cooz<dination in
governmental activities in Metropolitan Boston. This
matter was referred to the Chairman.
Letter wEs reot4ived from Masaaohusette Assooiation
of Boards of Health in regard to House Bill #284 requiring
BillHoue Smallpox vaoc4.nation before admission' tb private schools.
#284. It was decide to inform the Senator that the Board was in
favor of this bill requiring the vaccination.
Letter was received from the Supt. of Water
and Sewer Dept. in which he gave information in regard
Water to water guaranties on Bridge St. This information was, to be
WWgig to the Town Counsel in connection with his snit ,against
Guaranty,Bridge St: Mr` lertiand and Zr. lanes •for hot paping their welter guaranties
g on this street•.
Shell Letter was received from Pillsbury, Dana, Young
and Moulton representing the Shell Eastern Petroleum
Eastern Products Co. in which they stated in regard to the
Petrolen:a petition of Roland W. Baldrey and others to revoke the
Products license of the Shell Eastern Petroleum Products Co. at the
Co. corner of Maple St. and Mass. Ave. , that as a result of the
hearing they have Tborsn a spirit of Tr/sadly cooperation,
and have abandoned the all :light service and also have
removed signs which were objectionable, and they have also
reserved the right to raise again the question as to the
propriety of furnishing twenty-four hour service.
The Board voted in view of the position of the company
to dismiss the petition and so informed Mr. Baldrey
and the Shell Eastern Petroleum Products Co.
Use of Request wets received from the Sacred Heart Church
Cary fem. asking for the rdduced rate for the use of the Cary Memorial
Hall. Hall on April 18. The Board voted to grant permission
for the rate of $25.
At 7:45 P.M. hearing was declared open on the
application of the E.E.I. Co. to set and remove one pole
E E.I.Co. at the corner of Lowell and North Sts.
Bo persons appeared to object, and it was voted to '
grant the permit.
Letter was received from the Town Counsel in which
he enclosed a check for $279.60 to cover the settlement
of suit brought against the Executor, John J. Burns, of
Town the Estate of Susan E. Smith late of Waltham for the
-Counsel. perpetual care of her burial lot in Munroe Cemetery.
He inclosed bill of $129.60 payable to him for his 307
service in this case.
Russell I. Prentiss came before the Board to explain
his investigation of the complaint of Vincent D'Angelo
of the house in which he lives on Ward Street owned by D'Angelo
Joseph DeFelice. Mr. Prentiss was requested to bring in complain.
a report in writing in this case. It was also decided
to request the Building Inspector to report whether or
not the owner of the ouse was violating the Zoning Law
by allowing two families to live in this house in a one
family district.
Mr. Prentiss also stated that he had made an
inspection of the Beauty Parlors in the Town and the Beauty
Barber Shops. He stated that they do not properly Parlors &
sterilize the combs. He stated that the proper Barber Shops
manner to sterilize them is to wash them with soap
and water and then put them in formaldehyde.
Mr. Prentiss was authorized to wri$e to the Barber
Shops and Beauty Parlors asking them to comply with the
regulations of the Board of Health by sterilizing their
instruments.
Mr. Prentiss was requested to make a detailed report
to the Board of the conditions he found in each Barber Shop .
Pasteurization of Milk License of Patrick Shanahan
was approved by the Board.
The Board viewed the reports of the Supt. of Streets,
Chief of the Fire Dept. , and Forest Warden and voted Report.
to approve these reports. The matter mulleinki
with the Ctrman to view the Supt. of Public Works report.
The matter of the hearing on Dowing Rd. and Outlook Hearing.
Drive was referred to Mr. Custance.
The applications for Old Age Assistance of Jennie Old Age
Hoyt and John Hanson were referred to Mr. John E. Assistance .
Gilcreast to investigate again.
Letter was received from the County Commissioners
in regard to the bill which was before the Legislature
to enable the County to finance the cost of the Middlesex
County Tuberculo*is Hospital beyond April lst, 1932 so Leggy*lative
that the Towns and Cities that are not able to reimburse Bill.
the County will be financed during that time.
Mr. Custance reported in regard to the Lowell Street Lowell St.
agreement that Mr. Ryder had agreed to present this agreement agree-
at an early date. went.
Nettie(' was received of a hearing to be held on Jan. 27
at the State House at which time discussion was to be bid
on Rouse Bill X43.
Mr. John E. ailereaet was requested to attend this
hearing and inform them that the Board was in favor of
the project of the construction of Concord Avenue as a House
State project, and that the State should pay all the land Bill
damages as the town was not in favor of paying any land #43.
damages.
308 Mr. Alexander Quinn, Mr. Eugene T. Buckley, and Mr. 1iZI6
Frank P. Cutter came b-fore the Board in regard to the
approval of the lottting plan showing the lotting of the
Quinn Quinn land adjacent to the street recently approved
property. across his property.
The Board acting as a Board of Survey approved the
lotting plan.
Mr. Trask presented a letter which he had sent to
the various departments of the Town requesting, them `to`
reduce their budget as low as possible, and in some ,
instances setting forth the amount the Selectmen aid the
Appropriation Committee felt might be establihhed for
each department and requesting that the statements be
filed with the Selectmen on or before Friday, Jan. 2Ith.
Budget. The Board deiscussed the advisability of pu1t4ng a
notice in the paper relative to what the Board intends to
do in regard to budgets for 1932 , and Mr. Trask agreed
to write an article to be inserted in the local paper
explaining 'the situation of the Board.
At 8 P . M. joint hearing of the Board of Appeals
and Selectmen was declared open on the application of 'thie
Lexington Coal Co. for permission to install underground
tanks with a capacity of 50,000 gallons for storage of
oil arid gasoline at their property on Bedford Street,
North Lexington.
Coal The Chairman of the Board of Selectmen being absent ,
Company Mr. Maddison, Chairman of the Board of Appeals war
Hearing. requested to conduct the hearing.
Mr. Wm. E. Mulliken was present representing the
Lexington Coal Coal Compaiy, and explained that the time has
. come for fuel oil, and in man y instances they must
provide fuel oil as a means of fuel and they felt that
they should be allowed to install underground storage
tanks for the handling of the fia.el oil. He stated that
they did not intend to use the full capacity of the
50,000 gallons at the present time. They did not intend
to do any construction work except to put up a smalls.
building. The only other changes on the property would be
tris underground tanks . He explained that the grade was
such that they could fill the tanks with oil by gravity, g d
the only structure above ground would be the pumps . In regard
to the gasoline , he desired to s tore that so that they may
buy it at wholesale prive for their own cars or for the
renting of storage space for a tank car lot. Mr.
Mulliken explained that he did not intend to have a
retail gasoline business .
About a half a dozen persons were present at the hearing
but no one objected.
The Board , after t aking the matter under consideration
voted no grant the application of the Lexington Coal Co.
for permission to install underground tanks of 50,000
gallons capacity for fuel oil and gasoline.
In Y^ega.rd to the Oakland Street foot bridge, about which
letter was received from the Town Counsel under date of
Jan. 21, 1932 , giving legal opinion of the status of this
bridge, Mr. Custance reported having had a traffic count
taken on the number of persons who walked over this bridge,
pyga pleasant day, and there were about sixty persons who
trotted the bridge between the hours of seven A. M. and 309
Six-thirty P.M.
The Board therefor decided to notify Mr. Edward H.
Sargent, Trustee of a Bridge Trust, giving him this Foot
information and advising him that it was doubtful if Bridge.
the Town or any body of citizens would be justified in
mai ntain ing the bridge for this small amount of traffic .
Mr. Scamman reported that he talked with Mr. Louis
W. Bills in regard to connecting up the theater building
with a lighting scheme to light the center of the street
where the traffic officer stands in front of the Lexington Spot
Theater, and Mr. Bills reported to him that this could light.
not be done and that it would cost practically as much as
a spot light. Mr. Scamman stared that he would see
Mr. Hill of the M. & B. St. Rwy. Co. to see what price he
could get on an iron pole aid he would also make further
inquiries as to whether or not he co old make any
arrangements other than a spot light as suggested by
Mr. Bills at a cost of $200.
The Chairman brought up the matter of having an
Asst Supt. of Streets and stated that he had Cnun.d that
William Paxton in the gngineering Office would be glad to
accept the posit ten.
Mr. Paxton has an engineering knowledge and would be
of value to the Town. He also has a very good disposition
and is, one whom the Board feels will demand the respect
of the men in his employ. The Board felt that he should
start in digging in the trenches and continue on up the' Asst line making a study under Mr. White's instruction. Supt. of
The Board felt that it was necessary to do this inasmuch Ass 'tStreets.
as Mr. White is now quite an old man and the benefit of
his experience can be given to a younger person, and
that Mr. Paxton could assist Mr. White insszime of
the duties that are now done by Mr. Stevens.
The Board deferred makt.p}g any appointment until after
the Annual Town Meeting.
Mr. Custance reported that he went over the various
projects of water guarantees on the property of Mr.
Neil McIntosh aid he found the only place he felt that McIntosh
Mr. McIntosh was entitled to a rebate on was Wachuaett rebates.
Drive. He felt that he should have a rebate at the rate of
$33.12 per year on the guarantees on this street.
In regard to the readjustment of the Water Dept. to
meet a cut it the appropriation, Mr. Trask reported that
Mr. Ross informed him that the men in the Water Dept. voted
to work ane week and lay Off the second MOsk instead of working
part time each week. Mr. Ross proposed that ale
discharge men frau the regular pay roll like John McKenzie,
Thomas Rudd and four other men that went on the list last Water
Spring and have been kept on since. There was also a Dept.
sentiment that Joseph Ross shouldbe laid off. The Chairm.s
reported having taken the matter up with Mr. Albert Ross
and was informed by him that hisbrother was the only
person he Would depend upon to go out and take charge
of the men if there was a break in the water asiadns at
night. It happens also that Mr. Lembo has been crick for some
,time and owing to this f ct,it was decided to reduce
310 Mr. Ross to Mr. Lembo's job and reduce his pay from
$.70 to $.60 per hour. Also that Mr. Callahan be
reduced from $.70 to $.60 per hour and that he be a working
foreman instead of bossing the men as he does at present,
and that he be informed that he must work intead of being
a boss foreman as at present. They will reduce the men
at the Public Works Dept. , and there will be nobody there
but George Harrington during the day. Also they will reduce
Mr. Campbell the night watchman to half-time th d that Mr.
Barry, the mechanic, be reduced to a four day week. Mr.
Lembo, after he returns to work will take Mr. Joseph
Cassella's place and Mr. Cassella will take the place of
an ordinary laborer. In this manner the Water Dept. approp-
riation will be reduced.
The 9oard voted to approve the schedule presented by
the Chairman.
Mr. Giicreast reported having investigated the
Old Age application of Charles S. Cutter for Old Age Assistance,
Assistance. and stated that he finds Mr . Cutter has made application
to the Old People 's Home only he desired to get old age
assistance until he is accepted at( the Home.
The Board voted to grant *8. per week in this case.
The Board voted to have the electric lights turned
Lights . off at one o'clock beginning Feb. 1st and the Supt.
of Public Works was instructed to take care of the matter.
Tel. Mr. Gastance reported that Mr. Wallter Beattgay,
ees Lockwood Stt+eet, E. Lexington, reported that the
Tel.
y employees of the Telephone Co. desired to give their
money. money to Lexington instead of having their money turned
in to Boston for Unemployment Relief.
Mr. Seaman was requested to make a detailed report
Accident. of the accident caused by the manhole of the Water Dept.
in front of the Library, which accident was reported by
the Town T±easurer.
Engineer's The Town Engineer presented the budget for his
budget. department for 1932 . This was approved by the Board in
the amount of $10,975.
The meeting adjourned at 11:40 P.M.
A true record, Attest:
Clerk.
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