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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1934-05-01 1 SELECTMEN'S MEETING MAY 1, 1934. A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held at the Selectmen' s Office, Town Office building, on Tuesday, May 1st, 1934 at 7:30 P. M. Messrs . Trask, Gilcreast, Fer- guson, and O'Connell were present . The Clerk was also pre- sent . Commitment of water rates for the third section in the amount of 2933.95 were signed by the Board; also commit- ment of charges for damage to sewer pipe delivered on P . W . A. Trunk Line Sewer project in the amount of 4p21E .19, and com- mitment of 1052.40 charmes from the Highway Dept . to the Water Dept. being part of the aypropriation made at the an- nual town meeting. Commitments It was voted to grant the following ] icenses : Alcohol F. K. Johnson 33-35 Bedford Street Calvin W. Childs 409 Mass . Avenue Licenses Lexington Lumber 'ompany 38 Bedford btreet Auctioneer' s Arthur H. McLearn 1387 Mass . Avenue Beer and Wines Lexington Inn Mass. Avenue Bowling Alleys C . E. Barnaby 1804 Mass. Avenue Common Victualler' s Charles E. Bradley, Jr. Corner Waltham St . and Marrett R ad Philomena H. Pero 1781 Mass . Avenue William A. Granfield Marrett Rd. & Spring St. Lillian J. Pratt 420 Marrett Read Sidney B. Heywood 271 Marrett Road Hairdressing Florence B. Westover 1787 Mass . Avenue + , Helen E. Lawson Middle Street Mary M. Heath 1841 Mass . Avenue Evelyn Ashby 4 Waltham Street 2 C.11 C, CD Aline M. Thivierge 4 Waltham Street Innholder' a Battle Green Inn 1556 Mass . Avenue G. S. MacAlpine 50 Percy Road Junk Arey Greenblott 32 South Street, Waltham Manufacture of Ice Cream A. W. Partridge Rear 316 Marrett Road Overhanging Sign Rufus W. Blake 1733 Mass . Avenue Richard Whittemore Lincoln St . & Marrett Road Calvin W. Childs 409 Mass . Avenue Annie Baker 1741 Mass . Avenue Pig Permits Rvders Stock Farm Inc . Rear 40 Maple Street William G. Potter Walnut Street James F. Moran Pleasant Street Ernest K. Ballard Wood Street Chester A. Fogg Woburn Street John Sullivan 2407 Mass. Avenue Pool Room Clarence J. Fiske 1763 Mass . Avenue Public Carriage James F. McCarthy 60 Bedford Street John Ellis Timothy 16 Depot Square Walter J. Rose 6 Tewksbury Street Thomas Montague 21 Bedford Street Sunday Sales Sarah Berman 22 Mass . Avenue Shell Eastern Pet. Prod. Inc. 1095 Mass. Avenue Frank Mara 856 Mass. Avenue Max Berman 12 Mass . Avenue Clarence E. MacPhee 3 Theatre ill William C . Viano 1794 Mass . Avenue Undertakers James F . McCarthy 60 Bedford btreet Arthur A. Marshall & Son, Inc . 1844 Mass . Ave. Thomas Montague 21 Bedford Street Hearing was declared open upon the acplication of George D. Holman for permission to maintain a one car garage Garage of wooden construction at Hill Avenue . Holman Mr. Holman was present and presented his plan of the pro- posed structure . No persons appeared to object and it was voted to grant the permit. It was voted to sign the petition prepared by the 'Town Fletcher I Counsel and directed to the (bounty Commissioners requesting petition the lay out of i' letcher Avenue over the railroad tracks . Mr. William r . Young, Veterans 9f Foreign Wars comman- der, came before the Board and presented written request that Parade & the Veterans of Foreign Wars be given permission to parade Cary Hall with colors and music on Sunday, May 13th at 2:30 P. M. from Foreign the Lexington High School Yard up Mass. Avenue to and around War Vet- the Battle Green then to Cary Hall for a .ublic installation. erana He also requested that the police escourt include Officers Lennon and Harvey both of whom are overseas veterans . He also requested the use of the hall free of charge for the installation . It was voted to grant perm ssion to parade on May 13th and also to use the hall free of charge for the installation of officers . Letter was received from the British Naval and Military Veterans Association requesting perm ssion to parade on bun- British day, June 7th instead of May 27th as previously planned owing Veterans _ to the fact that other organizations were having excerdes of to have their own on that date . parade The Board voted to grant permission to have the parade on June 7th. Notice of meeting of Board of Health Association at the Board of University Club on 14177 3rd at 1 P. M. was received . Health Meeting Letter was received from the First National Bank of Boston enclosing check of $p450. the same being an additional 10% under the will of Amts F. Taylor. Check of 42250. was pre- Taylor viouslv received under this Will. The check was turned over Funds to the Trustees of Public 'Trusts . 4 c, CD Four of the residents of Winter Street headed by Mr. Wright came before the Board and stated that they understood that under some new. arrangement it was possible to get assis- tance under E. R. A. to have work done on unaccepted streets . The Supt . of Public Works reported the cost of doing the work from the end of the public way to Hillcrest Street, Hill- crest Street to Wright Street, Wright Street to James Street and a part of James Street, as x•3017.60, :2304 of which was for labor. The Town Engineer and Supt. r,f Public Works were present and both stated that there should be a filling of eight inches of gravel on the street to make a proper base for the oil. The Engineer stated that the figures were based on making the roadway eighteen feet wide. Mr. Wright made sag- winter gestions that the roacE might be scraped up and the ruts Street filled in and oil put on and he felt that that would not be very expensive. 1'e stated that they dumped a lot of gravel in on the street and could not see why it would be necessary to put much more on. The Supt. of Public Works informed them that the gravel on the street was mostly blue gravel and was not the right kind. The Chairman informed the gentlemen that the Board would have to take the advise of the Supt. and Engin- eer in reference to the way the road was built inasmuch, as the responsibility would fall back on them if the road did not stand up. `lhc Chairman also informed them that this was a private affair and they could form some sort of arrangement to collect the money to provide the materials if F . E. R. A. authorities to find ott if they would aprrove the labor being done on a private way. The Town Engineer reported to the Board in reference to the petition received from the residents of Fern Street and v'/cinity, designating on the plan just where the persons signing the petition were located. He stated that he should Fern think that the persons over whose property the street would Street be located should sign the petition for the lay out of the Extension street . He stated that it would be considerable work to study the entire section, but that it would take only about two days to make a lay out of the extension of Fern Street into Summit Road. Th@ Board requested the Engineer to make a study of the extension to Summit Road some time at his leisure and report to the Board. Mr. Walter Spellman of 6 Shirley Street came before the Spellman Board and stated that he was pleased with what the Board had image done for him in the way of repairs to his house, but the flashings around the chimneys needed to be fixed, and if they were not done there would be further leaks to be fixed in the house . He stated also that his wife is hardly able to hang out clothes on the line and the material left after putting in the sewer should hP scraied up. The sidewalk was also broken up and he expected that would be fixed up. 5 Mr. Willard C . Hill came before the Board with Mr. Doran of the Employers Liability Assurance Corporation to give the Board whatever information they desired relative to the boiler insurance expiring May 17th. Mr. Hill stated that he assumed that the Board decided to economize by figuring on eliminating the crack and frac- ture coverage on the boilers and he therefore brought fig- ures with him relative to claims for crack and fracture dam- age on the building which his office is located and showed many claims paid furin : the past winter:. Mr. Hill stated that there were fifteen sections to the boiler in the Cary Memorial Building and each section would cost $150. if anything hapl_ened to that boiler. `'herefore he felt that the amount paid to carry the boiler covered for such damage was comparatively small. Mr. Doran stated that the law requires inspection of boilers and if insurance is not carried it is necessary to have the State make an inspection and the town would have to pay for the same. Having the insurance the company carrying the insurance make inspections three times a Year and this service is something for which a premium is paid. He stated that in Lexington he did not believe they would have sufficient funds to set up a reserve and that if a 1nrge loss was had it would cost a great deal more than iss now being paid. The crack Boiler and fracture section of the coverage costs about 01700. of Ins. the total premium of approximately x2200. and the other cov- erage is on explosion. Mr. Hill stated that as far as he knew there were no claims in the Town of Lexington for damage, but with some of the old boiler such as are in the Cary Library and the Hancock School it is not possible to know when some- thing might hapten. Mr. Doran stated that they make a close inspection so that the parts that are weak may be repaired and therefore no claims ha,,e been made . He also stated that in writing this policy for three years 20° is saved. Mr. Hill presented other data of claims that had been ma'e to the Lm- plovers Assurance L'o. After discussing the matter the Board decided to re- quest Mr. Ferguson to check up the cost of replacing sections of boilers and report to the Board The Chairman reported that Mr. Brown of 57 Bedford St . came to him about the decIsi.on of the Board relative to not Brown making an allowLnce for damage to his wife ' s house on account Damage of blasting. He stated that he works nights and he was in the Blasting house when the blasting occurred and although the house is 450 feet away the blast was felt . The Chairman stated that he thought the probable cost would be 0_0. It was decided tc get an estimate of the damage and request Mr. Brown to sign a release . Mr. Garrity, Supt . of Parks and flavvrounds came before the Board in reference to the applications for positions at the 6 coo CD playground. Mr. Ferguson read the applications received from the following: Dorothy Cummings 20 Vaille Ave . Nora C . Corcoran 18 Woburn St. Betty Nourse 41 Clarke St . Marjorie Bean 26 Parker St. Sophie Luongo 57 Pleasant St. Janet Cameron 66 Carville Ave. Sylvia Swett 1557 Mass . Ave . Dorothy T . Rudd 5 Hastings Road Olive Russell 11 Berwick Road Janet Ingalls 37 Reed St. Edith Cardin Preston Rd. Barbara J. Davis Woodland Rd. Florence Caswell 47 Parker St . Muriel J. Daniels 881 Mess . Ave . Marjorie E. Hyde 19 Eliot Rd. Elinor Trask 2118 Mass . Ave. Edward Readel 20 Maple St. Edward E. Abell 4 Grove St. Robert C . Mara 22 Muzzey St . Georgie V. Morse 1 Vine Brook Rd. Mr. Garrity presented the following list of positions to be filled at the playground and also made the recommendations for the positions as follows: East Lexington Playground. 1 Supervisor 8 weeks at $16. per week. Muriel Daniels N"rth Lexington Playground 1 Supervisor 8 weeks at 416. per week. Florence Caswell Lexington Centre Playground 1 Tennis Instructor 4 afternoon per week, to weeks at 410. per week. George N. Morse 1 Male Supervisor 9 weeks at 430. per week. Edward E. Abell 1 Male Instructor 10 weeks at 422. per week. Robert C . Mara 1 Female Instructor 10 weeks at 416. per week. Elinor Trask 1 Female Instructor 9 weeks at 418. per week. Majorie Hyde 1 Clerk 1C weeks at 46. per week. Nora C . Cocoran 1 Male Attendant at Swimming Pool for evening, holidays, and Satur- day afternoons at 410. per week for 10 weeks . Edward Readel 7 1 Female Attendant at Swimming Pool Pla round for evening, holidays, and Satur- Instructors day afternoons at 410. per week. Barbara Davis The Board voted to accept the recommendation of Mr. Garrity and to appoint those recommended by him to the posi- tions named above at the stated salaries . Application was received from the Rest Inn, 283 Mass . Avenue for a Beer and Wine License. Beer & It was decided to inform Mr. Mullen Prop. that the fee Wine would be $1000. Application Letter was received from David H. Govenar of 24 School St . Attorney for Mrs . Gertrude Govenar asking for advice re- lative to securing a reduction in the assessment of the property on account of the detriment caused by a junk yard surrounding Tax the property. Abate- It was decided to refer Mr. Govenar to the Board of Asses- went sors owing to the fact that the junk yard was there prior to the Zoning Law and nothing could be done about its removal. Letter was received from Edith M. White of 386 Mass . Ave. complaining of the hens being kept on Mass . Ave . and on Brandon 11/ St Hens It was decided to reply that unless the hens become a nuisance there would be no action taken to prevent them being kept. Letter was received from the Town Counsel calling atten- tion to the foreclosure of tax title in the land Court Of land Tax of Lizzie n. Lee and the fact that the Tax Collector did not Collector file the deed in the Land Court, and therefore it will be nec- re esary to disclaim and reassess the property. he also sent Land Court copies to the Tax Collector and town Treasurer of the letter. Letter was received from Richard A. Mellen of Vaille Violation Avenue complaining of the parking of trucks of f . E. Smith in of Zoning his yard, also that Mr. Smith unloaded and stored in his gar- Law age a load of green bananas in violation of the notice sent Claimed. to him. Report was received from the building Inspector in which he stated that Mr. Smith' s truck broke down on the very cold night and he moved it within twelve hours . It was decided to write to the Town Counsel to find out whether or not he would consider the parking of trucks of one in business in his own yard to constitute a violation of the Zoning Law. Report was received from the Health Inspector relative to the dump on Ledgelawn and Hillside Terrace and presented evi- dence of dumping by Edward W. T e•ylor, Russell Prentiss , Judge 8 011 0 Northrup, Robert Stone of Berwick Rd. and others . Dump The Chairman reported that Mr. Eugene Hamilton, owner Hillside of the land on Which the dump was located, called him and Terrace also presented evidence of the dumping. The Chairman called Mr. Taylor and he agreed to get the place cleaned up. The Chairman reported attending the hearing before the House Committee on Rules relative to getting the bill through relative to entering the entire town in the north metropolitan sewerage district on this date, and that Sewer Mr. Kenniston of the Metropolitan Sewer Division stated Bill for that there was no reason why they should not pit the bill Lexington through. Mr. Cotton was also there to speak in favor. Request was made that the draft of the bill be sent to the Town Counsel. Letter was received from J. R. Worcester & Co. in which they stated that they approved the use of "plums" in the standpipe project, and the P. W. A. authorities Standpipe stated that they understand that the change involves no addition to the contract price. Letter was received from J. R, Worcester k Co. in which they stated that in their opinion it is unnecessary to sandblast the base of the steel water tank and that the contractor could be allowed to paint the base with two Standpipe coats of red lead. Blasting Report was received from the Health Inspector that the noise heard at Ryder' s was the noise from washing pails, and that he had spoken to Mr. Lamont and he agreed Ryder' s to have the noise stopped. The Inspector stated that no Pigs pigs were being kept. Order was signed by the Board for the opening of Deposit the deposit box at the Lexington Trust Co. as agreed Box upon at the last meeting. Opening Letter was received frag the Supt. of Public Works in Which he reported his recommendation relative to the grass plot in Somerset Road. He suggested tak- ing off a part of the park and putting it into the highway, also remgg ,ng the roadway across the park and removing trees apd putting in bushes and filling with gravel. The Chairman reported that the Town Engineer found a plan showing various parcels of land that had been turned into the park system of the town and this parcel wag included. Somerset It was decided to have the records checked up to Road find out if this was made a part of the park. It was Park decided to approve the proposition of making this plot a part of the street if it is not already a park, and if it is already a park to put an article in the Warrant. 9 The Supt. of Public Works was requested to have Bedford the ditch in back of the Montague property on Bedford Street Street cleaned out this week Brook Mr. Gilcreast reported that Mr. Stevens of the Edison Co., stated that there were eighteen poles that would have to be moved on account of the new Concord Avenue highway, and he wanted to know if the town Lights would provide the lighting for the highway in Lexington. The Board decided that they were not in favor of lighting the newihighway as it would be quite a costly New proposition Highway Estimate of the cost of doing the work of remov- ing the concrete sidwalk and replacing the sidewalk and pointing the stone foundation of the E. Partridge house at 2 Shirley St. was received from P . F. Dacey Of $70, $10 being for the foundation. Estimate of calcimining the kitchen ceiling was received from F. H. Tobin of $10. He called attention to the fact that Mr. Partridge felt that the living room ceiling should be fixed also and if so the bid would be $18 for both Partridge ceilings . Damages The Board felt that other estimates should be to House made and instructed that they be obtained. Mr. Gilcreast reported that he attended a very interesting meeting of the Massachusetts Safety Council at which Gaspar G. Bacon spoke. The Governor Safety of New Hampshire and Morgan T. Ryan who were scheduled Council to speak did not appear, however, while he was there. Meeting There were many interesting side shows such as exhibits of road oils, safety devices , etc. Mr. Gilcreast reported that he checked up on the Fogg piggery and Mr. Munroe told him that Fogg kept pigs on his property, but he was not fussy how he kept them. He checked up the names signed on the petition presented by Mr. Dunham last year. He checked up, also with Mr. Moley who lives on Webb St. and he informed him that he lived there many years and had no odor from the Pogg pigs. There appears to be a neighborhood row and that is one reason for complaints. Mr. Gilcreast recommended that Mr. Fogg be granted a permit subject to the approval of the Health Inspector and providing the place is kept clean. The Chairman stated that it was necessary that all piggeries be kept clean and subject to the inspection Fogg and approval of the Health Inspector. Piggery It was therefor voted to grant Mr. Chester A. Fogg a permit to keep pigs on his oremises on Woburn St . for one year. 10 DO CO Mrs . James Fullerton of Denot Square requested assistance. Her husband is now in East Cambridge Jail. Mr. O'Connell stated that Mrs . Fullerton was to apply for separate support. She now has four boarders who are supposed to pay *29 per week all together, but she does not receive the money from them. The Board voted to pay the rent of 05 per month Fullerton to Mr. Mara and Mrs . Fullerton was to make a report Case each week on the amount of board paid to her. Mr. Mitchell reported that Mrs . Grace Belcher of Adams St. did not want to apply for aid and that he had not granted any aid as yet. The burial expenses of Mr. Belcher were *194.50. Mr. Burnham agreed to give Blocher Mr. Metehell a statement of what is owed to him on the Case land he agreed to let Mr. Belcher have. Mr. Thomas Costello was aided to a *5 grocery order by Mr. Mitchell, and the Board voted to reimburse Mr. Mitchell. Mr. Costello was to be given work. Costello Warren E. Haynes of Hill St. applied for Soldier's Relief and stated that he was tired of fooling around about C. W. A. or F. E. R. A. work. He is a single Haynes man and' has been given employment fairly steady during the season. . His father id also employed. Roger Williams who lives with his mother has been employed on C . W. A. work in the engineering department. steadily and applied for a grocery order to the Agent. He was refused assistance. Williams Tim, Board approved the action of the Agent in Case. refusing aid. Letter was received from the Town Counsel asking that a check of $125 be sent to him and drawn in favor Mets. Ave . of Arthur H. Bastien, Attorney for Raoul H. Beaudreau, Demages to settle the case of land damages on Mass. Ave. Meeting adjourned at 11: 10 P .M. A true record, Attest: Clerk. I