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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1933-07-11 317 SELECTMEN t S MEETING JULY 11, 1935. • The Board of Selectmen set at their office in the Town Office Building on Tuesday, July 11, 1933, Messrs.. Trask, Ferguson and O'Connell were present at the meeting. The Clerk was also present. The following licenses were granted: Pasteurization of Milk - John A. Sellars, Concord Avenue. Garbage Transportation - John Glennie, Inc.-No. Andover. Alcohol Licenses - Lexington ,Lumber Co., Bedford St. :F. K. Johnson, 33-35 Bedford St. Anselm C. Mullin, 283 Mass. Ave. Standard Oil Co.,, 789 Mess. Ave, Country ,Side Inc.,,. Cor. Woburn St. Beer and, Lowell. St.- Licenses, Beer License - Smith Bell Farm Stores, 273 Bedford Street William A. Granfield, Corner of Barrett Road and Spring St. A n. In regard to the application of the Country Side Inc. for .a Beer License, it was voted to grant the license provided he would either shut off the field in the rear of the property to the public or to light the field sufficiently to the satisfaction of the Board. Tb's Hoard •approved the applitcation CCr the admission of Senator; Mary Busaof Lowell Street and the application of Rosanna ium Baas of 15 Tucker Avenue for admission to the Middlesex applicati County Sanatorium. In regard to the payments on Beer Licenses, it was Beer voted to allow partial payments of *25. each month for four license months. fees. Ia regard to the application of Henry Spencer Moody, Jr. v Pres., Minute Man Golf Club, Ihc. for a Common C vtualler's Minute- License, it was decided to consult with the Town Counsol to Man Golf inquire whether or not a license should be issued to the Club Golf Club in smuch as the permit granted for the BLub by the License. Board of Appeals limited the serving of refreshments to club members and playing guests only. r J Commitment of sewer charges in the amount of $1445.'i8 • and of water charges in the amount of $8570.02 was signed Commitments by the Board. Hearing was declared open upon the application of Charles S. Squires for permission to maintain a two car garage of first class construction at lots 45 and 46 Cliffe Avenue and 78 and 79 Albemarle Avenue. Mr. Squires appeared and stated that be would locate the 318 cn garage on Albemarle Avenue. No persons appeared to object and it was voted to grant the permit subject to the approval of the Building Inspector. Hearing was declared open upon the applteatie‘ of Potter Winthrop F. Potter of 7 Watson Road for permission to maintain Garage. a one car garage of wooden construction at 39 Summit Read. Mr. Potter appeared to present his application. '' 14'0 persons appeared against the application and it was voted to grant the permit subject to the approval of the Building Inspector. A letter was received from the' Town Oaerk tin which to enclosed letter of Morris Fu'lmen of 24 School Street, Boston, relative to claim of Esther Gilman of 1500 Mass. ,Avenue, Arlington, for injuries sustained by her on Monday, July 3, 1933, at• 11:45 P.M. when she stumbled and fell in a hole in the street directly opposite #27 Sylvia Street, Esther Lexington, lass. Gilman claim. Report was received from the -Supt. of Public Werkevin which he stated that there was no hole in the street in front of 27 Sylvia Street, but that a surface patch had been put in there recently. He and the Supt. of Streets went over the street within ten days and there were no deep holes then. His investigation was made July 11th. In view of the report of the Supt. of Public Works it was voted to inform Mr. Morris Fulmar that the Board denied all responsibility. Letter was received from Mr. Gilcreast for the committee Street on lighting in which he recommended that certain trees b. Lights - trimmed so that the electric lights would be more efffbient. trees. The Chairman reported that he had made the request to the Edison Company that they do the trimming of the trees recommended in Mr. Gilcreast's letter. Tobin's Bill of $59.66 was received from Frank H. Tobii:`'fiir Bill. extras on the painting of the Cary Memorial Building. Mr. Ferguson was requested to check the bill. Letter was received from the Emergency Planning.!"" Architects Research Bureau, Inc. in which they extended their thanks Shop. for the publicity in the Lexington Minute-Man relative to their shop. Letter was received from Mary P. Carroll of Alien Allen St. Street in which she expressed..thanks for the prompt action of the Board 'in restoring the name of Allen Street. • Water Main, Order for the assessment of betterments- ter Pine Knoll construction of water main in Pine Knoll Road was signed by Road. the Board. ' 319 The Board approved the extension of water mRina in Maton Road and Bleke Road as followas Water, Eaton Road, 6" main, from end of present main to Blake and Blake Road 220 felt and Eaton Blake Roa from Eaton Road to Simonds Road a die- Roads. taint' of 250 feet at an est_mated cost of $1150. Permission was granted to Ciriaco Cataldo of 62 Rindge Manure. Avenue to unload one car load of manure at the East Lexington Station during the "closed season". It was voted to appoint Chester Neal as a Special Police Special Officer for duty It the Middlesex County Sanatorium. Police. Letter was r ceived from Eugene Taylor Of 10 Parker St. in which,he roque ted permission to work out the tax on a Taxes lot of land he ed amounting to $16.12. The Board in ormed him that inasmuch as they had received many requests of his kind and they were moble to grant them on account of not having sufficient funds to expend in this manner, that they would have to refuse his request. Letter was r ceived from the Supt. of Public Works in wltieh he called a tention to the fact that on Judy 9th a bad oOndition develop d in Mass. Avenue near Oak Street when the surface water did not run off. When one of the town men Shea went on to the Sh a property where the drain was blocked, he property was Ordered off. The Supt. recommended that an easement be Drainage, taken of ten feet through the Shea property froa'•th• street to the brook even if money was paid to Shea as he felt it would then coat less th n placing the ' drainage in Mass. Avenue. He estimated the oat of building a new drain ix Mass. Ave. and changing the nleta and outlets in the present, manhole at $2860. The co t of extending the present drain uling larger pipe from the end of the present pipe to the brook would be about $750.00. Mn view of t e fact that at present there is pending a dame against the Town of Lexington by Shea in reference to this drainage, it was decided to refer the matter to the Town Counsel for his a vise as to what would be the proper procedure. The pt. of Public Works advised that something should be done before winter on this drainage problem. Letter was received from the President of the Mass. Association of Selectmen requesting assistance to swore Gas Tax expenditure for rOada from part of the ten million dollars Exp. in the gas tax fund. The Chairman reported that he advised him that inasmuch .as the Governor was not provided by the Legislature by a means .of raising money to balance the budget that -he would probably use this money to reduce the State Tax. He suggested, however , that the Federal aid which has been promised must hely in some way to provide aid for town roads. 320 C ►-c Letter waa received from Edwin B. Worthen in which he stated that he regretted the loss of the Rhode Island stabs! Flag at the Rotary Convention and would enddavor to have it traced. Letter was received from Arthur L. Lamont, Probatfee► Officer of the Third Distriot Court of Eatern Middlesex in which he asked that the Board increase the assistance to Carl Nelson to enable him to pay the court order of $10 a week to his wife. (f' If The Board replied that they were aiding him as mtshlas they could in payment of $9. a week and could not graft more than other cases -with the same size family. ,.1 Letter was received from the Health Inspector in which he called attention to the dirty condition of the premises of John Fleming on Ward Street. He ordered hi* to get rid of a pile of cow manure that had been theret, a for a year or more, but upon later investigation he -had not removed it. The Board- decided to notify him to clean up his premises and remove the manure and if he did not do-ealln one week they would prosecute. Another letter was received from the Health Inapeetmr in which he called attention to a shack on the corner of Ward and Centre Street= in which a man by the name of Joseph Toomey, 25 Winter Street, Cambridge, Mass. lives and which he considered unfit to live in. The pipe that carries the sewerage from the sink runs down under the ' floor and out onto the ground. The outhouse is An eat old ahed.with no door on it and the building is ready -bol fall, down. The Board decided that all of the members should vffsw the premises and in the meantime to instruct the Chairman to condemn the house and order the family to vacate. The Chairman read a letter received from Ml. Flanois Cronin of the Athletic Committee of the Lexington Recreation Association which set forth the views of the Committee in regard to the use of the playground for the basebalUi.n games. They felt that the preference should be given to the Minute-Boys and second to the team made up of some of the Lexington Residents, and that the same use as is given the swimming pool and the tennis courts should be given for the baseball diamond. The members of the Town Team presented reasons why this should not be done and therefor the Chairman incited the members of the Athletic Committee and the members of the Town baseball team to talk the matter over with the Board. Mr. Cronin, Wm. G. Potter, Frank Ready, John J. Garrity, Supt. of Parks, William H. Shanahan, George A. Bullock, Eugene T. Buckley, John Russell,. Arthur Readel were present at the meeting. 321 Mr. Cronin Stated that there were three teams in town to consider, but the Legion team has ceded their right to tee use of the large diamond. They would like tomake a fair and equitable decision in regard to the matter. They felt that the representatives of the town team had some merits in tteir argument about the spectators being . Lexington people were entitled to see a faster game if they wished. He stated that the larger diamond is better to play on as the groun is harder and the boys feel they . should be able tc use this diamond rather than the smaller one. Mr. Garrity stated, however, that the small diamond is regulation size. The Committee dettided therefore to leave the matter to - the Selectmen to judge whether or not any preference should be given. Mr. Eugene Buckley stated that he felt that the town beam should get Iexington boys as soon as possible. He felt that there teing five or six Lexington boys on the team now that they had some rights. Mr. Garrity stated that in other places they call a meeting and in acme places put the names of the teams in a hat to determire which would get first choice. He knew of no limitation of out of town boys in any town, however. Frank Ready stated that he did not think that the town should go to the extent of not letting some good outside II athletic man participate in our games. He felt also that the relatives of the boys had a right to see the .boys play, but he did feel t.owever, that the town team should be requested to get Lexington boys on the team as soon .as possible. He felt that there mere plenty of good players like Ed Britt, Mr. Potter 's elan, Denny McNamara, that would .be willing to play on this towr. team. Mr. Wm. G. Potter felt that the field should be for Lexington boys and not outsiders. He had no interest in seeing boys that he did not know. Mr. .Bullock stated that they had six .Lexington men on the team. It wes impossible for them to get enough pitchers in Lexington as they play from three to five games a week. They need four pitchers so that they can have some one on hand. He stated that Lexington boys had been invited to participate but they were unable to get an infielder or short-stop. Some of the boys who have had more experience cannot always be obtained as they take other opportunities. He stated that the small diamond was not feasible for them, that there was a chance of danger to automobiles on Lincoln Street and the diamond is too small and they would have to give up playing if they had to use this diamond. Mr. Buckley inquired what effect it mould have on other towns if Lexington passed a rule to shut out outsiders. He felt that other towns might also do the same. Mr. Ferguson felt that preference might be given to one team over the other on account of outsiders playing. Mr. Readel felt that he had made application first, but he was informed ty the Chairman that both applications for 322 1 tn. ►-c the use of the diamond came in the same week. Mr. Shanahan stated that they would prefer to have local men but they could not depend upon the ones they had and had to bring men in from outside. They would also welcome any boys that could play and would use them as. substitutes until they got so they could play well enough for the team. They now have some of the former Minute-Boys on their team. The Bedford boys have also been playing on the Lexington High Team and the question of whether or not they should be excluded if outsiders were excluded was also mentioned. The Board informed those present that they would not take any action on the matter until all the members of the Board were present. Mr. Lawrence Mitchell came before the Board and pres- ented application for Military Aid of Frank Sullivan. He Sullivan stated that Dr. Hardcastle had examined Sullivan .and case. prounounced that he had ulcers of the stomack and could not work. Mr. O'Connell felt that he must own a car and the matter was therefore left with Mr. Mitchell to check up again. Application was received from Henry P. Clark of 618 Mass. Ave. , for assistance. The man was a steam fitter, has one sister living with him. Merchants Cooperative Clark Bank hold mortgage;. they are to ask for suspension case of dues. There is a mortgage of $9000. and he paid $10,500. for the property. The up-stairs tenement is rented for $40. per month. The man has a sister in Belmont who gets small wages and board and room. She has helped all she can. Mr. Mitchell recommended $7, to $9. per week and the Board voted to allow him to grant aid to that extent. Application was received f rom William Jackson, 1 Blossom Street, who has a wife and two children, .13 and 10 Jackson years old. Family has been in town since May. He works a case. for Mead Morrison off and on, but received nothing this week. He was aided in Somerville and they acknowledge settlement of the case. It was voted to approve $9. a week in this case. Application was received from Joseph Ferry of 28 Woburn Street. His wife left him, going to New York to J. Ferry live. He presented certificate of Dr. Lee that he had case. kidney removed and should refrain from work for two weeks. H e stated that he was going back to work in New York and in the meantime, Mr. Mitchell sta4-ed that he would request him to give up one of his rooms and he would allow him $6. per meek. 323 The Agent reported that Mrs. Jones of Pleasant Street told a different story in regard to that of Mrs. Sadie Langley, that she did not ask Mrs. Langley to move and therefore no action was taken to alliw her to move. The Agent stated that he would apply for Mother's Aid for Mrs. Sadie Langley and for Mrs . Walter Webster whose husband is now at the Middlesex County Sanatorium. In regard to the arrest of Peter Palermo for stealing from automobiles the Agent stated that his wife and the Datoli family were in need of some assistance. Their payments at the bank are now back three or four months. Their mortgage, however, had been reduced from $4600. to $2800. Mr. O'Connell suggested that the wife of Peter take him to Court for non-support and she would then receive somthing for non-support. Mrs. Bernard Walsh agreed to give her husband one room ins her house for the aid he was given. He however, was on a spree again and as she needed money she asked that her boy be given work. He is 17 years old and it was voted to nave him work two days for the aid given to her. Mr. O'Connell felt that she should also make complaint for non-support against her husband. In regard to the application of John Litchenberg for additional assistance, it was voted not to take any action. Letter was received from the Waverley Cooperative Bank in which it was stated that they would have to take over the house in which the Nicosia family live in and they felt that rent should be paid in the amount of $35. a month. The Agent stated that their budget for food amounts fo $27. and the man is given three days and one girl gets $8. per week. Mr. Mills, landlord of Joseph Harrison who was allowed money for his rent and who did not pay it complained. Mr. Mitchell was requested to check up to see if Mr. Harrison was now paying the rent where he lives and also to request him to pay $2. a week to Mr. Mills or he would be cut down. Yrs. Casey of Woburn Street requested assistance. One son who was earning has gone to New York. It was suggested that she obtain cheaper rent and that only food orders be given. The Supt. came before the Board and was requested to put in two lengths of pipe at the Brogna property on Wood Street to take away the pocket of water that stands there. 324 The Supt. was requested to get the difference in cost of building a manhole by Thos. Sullivan of the Highway Department and P. Dacey. The Supt. was requested to finish up the work on Hillcrest Avenue and the drainage on Ledgelawn Avenue, also to take away the brush on the highway in front of Walter Blackts house. Meeting adjourned at 10440 P.M. A true record, Attest: Clerk.