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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1935-07-09 540 crt CA CO SELECTMEN'S MEETING ' JULY 9, 1935. A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building, at 7:30 P. M. Messrs. Ferguson, Giloreast, and Potter were present. The Clerk was also present. At 7:45 P. M. hearing was declared open upon the ap- plication of the N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co. for permission to erect ard maintain poles and wires on the northeasterly Hearing on side of the Cambridge-Concord Highway (three poles), and Pole Loca- on the southwesterly side of the same highway, three tions. poles. The application was also received fvr permission to erect and maintain twenty-five poles on the Cambridge Concord Highway northwesterly from Spring Street and ex- tending to Mt. Tabor Road. No persons apreared in opposi- tion and the Board voted to approve the applications. Application was received from the Ed. Elec. Ill. Co. Relocation and the N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co. for the relocation of poles of Poles. at the junction of Pleasant Street and the Cambridge-Con- cord Highway. The Board voted to grant permission to set 111 two poles and remove two poles . Mrs. Martha J. Ensign of 452 Waltham Street appeared before the Board and stated that she wished to register a complaint upon the keeping of pigeons by Thomas Brown of 450 Waltham St. Mrs. Ensign stated that she had had a new roof put on her house last fall, and the pigeons Ensign roost on it all day, causing much damage. They are there Complaint. at dawn in the morning and she is unable to get any sleep in the morning. The pigeons have disfigured the trimmings on her house, also. She stated that Mr. Brown kept a dog, hens, and a crowing rooster. Mr. Brown keeps his hens in a house which he built two years ago, and the new house is much nearer Mrs. Ensign's property than the old one. The Chairman advised Mrs. Ensign that he would have the Health Inspector view the property and see what might be done to remedy the situation. Mr. J. F. Gallagher of Newbury Street Boston, appeared before the Board with reference to the insertion in the warrant for the next meeting of an article to see if the J.F. Galla- Town would vote to transfer money for the purpose of pre- gher on serving the likenesses of the men of Lexington who died Article for in the World War, in an imperishable manner. The Chairman Warrant. informed Mr. Gallagher that it would be necessary for him 111 to secure one hundred signatures for an article to be in- serted in a warrant for a special meeting. Mr. Gallagher 541 thought that he might secure the necessary signatures so that an article might be inserted in the warrant for the fall meeting. At 8:00 P. M. hearing was declared open upon the ap- plication of E. J. W. Morrison to maintain a one car gar- age at 10 Farmcrest Avenue, Lexington. Mr. Morrison ap- Morrison geared and presented a plan of the proposed garage. No Garage persons appeared in opposition and the Board voted to ap- Hearing. prove the application subject to the approval of the Building Inspector. An ERA project for the supervision and instruction of children of the Town in planting and growing vege- tables and the canning of the crop conducted by local E.R.A. leaders of "4-H" Garden and canning club under the dir- Project ection of the Middlesex County Extension Service for a Approved. period of three months was approved. Estimated cost, $255. The Chairman informed the Board that one P. J. Linds of Meredith, New Hampshire, had talked with him re- garding the installation of a restaurant between Blake's Store and the Edison Store, built on the style of a din- ing car. The building will be a permanent structure. Mr. Linds Ap- Linds wished to know what the attitude of the Board would plication be when and if he applied for a Common Victualler's Li- for lieepse cense. to use in The Building Inspector had been advised by the Town Dining Car. Counsel that the constructtlon of the building would comply with t he Zoning By- aw under the provisions of see. 4, C.-1 Districts, paragraph 4. The Board felt that when the application was received that the action taken on it would be unfavorable, and voted to get Mr. Wrightington's opinion as to whether the Board had a right to refuse to grant a Common Victualler 's License without a particular, sufficient reason. Letter was received from Julia A. Syer of Wood St. stating that when she requested that something be done to abate the nuisance of Ballard's pigs on Wood Street, Letter of she did not mean the removal of the pighouse, but the re- Thanks from moval of the odor. she believed that since the Health In- Julia As sector had inspected the property that the situation had Syer, been much improved, as the atmosphere was free and clear of unhealthy odors. Miss Syer asked for the continued interest of the Selectmen in the matter. The Chairman read the Health Inspector's report on the dump on the Wilson property on Pleasant Street, on Dump on which a complaint had been made by a Miss McLaughlin of Pleasant 48 Pleasant St. The letter stated that some time ago Street. some of the neighbors requested him to allow them to 542 dump ashes and other refuse on his lot and he gave them permission to do this. However, the place has now be- come a dumping place for every one. Mr. Wilson has it in mind to close the dump very soon. The Health Inspector recommended that some gravel be spread over the dump. The Board felt that the septa, of Public Works should have some gravel spread over the dump. The Chairman read the Health Inspector 's report on the Privy The pon the statedest thatitheam conditionyofntherprilv Ave.s inspectorprivy was Tarbell Ave. deplorable, and that he had given Williams one week to clean it out. Mr. Stevenson stated that he would follow up the matter. The Chairman read the Health Inspector's report on Mills Syer's complaint on the odor from Ballard's pigs, C omplaint Wood Street. Mr. Stevenson stated that he had called on on Ballard's all the neighbors, and they all said that there was no Piggery. odor. Mr. Ballard's piggery is in very good shape, and he tries to keep it clean and free from odor. He thought that Miss Syer only wished to make trohble. The Chairman read the Health Inspector's report on Dump, E. the condition of the dump in the rear of the E. Lexington Lex. R.R. R. R. Station, He stated that people had been dumping Station. paper, rags, and other refuse at this point, and that he had posted a No Dumping" sign. Letter was received from the Lexington School Com- mittee presenting three projects for work to be done in the schools by ERA labor, as follows; Clean the floors of five classrooms and two main corridors in the Junior High School and refinish same; School Painting of the Auditorium floor, lunch room floor; Department whitewash the ceilings in two classrooms; and paint the ERA Pro- walls of the Library, all in the Senior High School jects. Painting of three classrooms, corridor, and auditor- ium floor at the Parker School. The Board felt they would approve the projects if the work could not be done in arty other way, but that they were not in sympathy with doing work of this kind from ERA funds. Letter was received from the Acting State Director, PWA, stating that Government grant on new projects would be 45% of the total cost. The balance may be borrowed from the Government at 4%, or obtained in any other manner PWA letter. which the applicant might elect. The letter urged that officials of any town where P WA Projects are under con- sideration call at the PWA office in Boston where all pos- sible assistance would be given in the preparation of applications. The letter urged that PWA projects be under- taken in order to increase employment. 543 The Chairman read a letter which he had received from Mr. Eugene L. Morgan, who did the architectural work on the Stone Building. Mr. Morgan stated that in estimating the fee for his services he had expected to base it on the total cost of the alterations as covered in the drawings and specs- E. L. fications . He had put considerable time in working out dd- Morgan tails and getting data in order to have the new work in Bill. keeping with the existing historical building, and therefore did not limit his hours of service. He enclosed a bill in the amount of $150. , which covered one hundred hours work at $1.50 per hour. The usual fee was ta.00 per hour (he stated) ut. .tt.e had hared only 1.50 per hour due to the fact that he hhenoii81tat URA bill was too high, and voted not tt pay it. The Chairman stated that he would talk to Mr. M rgan with regard to altering the bill. The Board discussed the appropriation for the Stone Building. Out of an appropriation of $2500. there is approx- imately $1600. left. The Board felt that if the work planned Appropria- on were to be done, such as the new exit, etc. , and if the tion for floor were to be laid in the Cary Library, that there would Libraries. have to be more money appropriated to the Libraries Account. The Board therefore voted to insect an article in the warrant for the next meeting requesting the appropriation of $1,000. to the Libraries aceouht. The Chairman read a letter which had been received from Mr. Daniel J. O'Connell. Mr. O'Connell stated that the tree on his premises at the corner of Mass. Ave. and Win- throp Road had been losing its foliage. He stated that the condition was somewhat similar last year, and attempts were made to hold the tree by filling the soil around the roots of the tree with material prescribed for the nourishing of the roots. He stated that the tree had been killed by leaks in gas pipes and that this condition also existed in the area on his lot on Winthrop Road where a hedge had been planted every year for the past fifteen years with the same result. The uas Uompany had made several examinations but had never been able to find a leak. Mr. O'Connell stated that from the appearance of the tree, it seemed that there might be a Tree on possibility of danger to the public. He had written to Mr. O'Connell Garrity about it and asked him to make an investigation be- fore anything serious might happen. He stated that the tree was a very valuable one and he would like Very much to keep it but he thought that there should be no hesitation as long as the tree was dead and if there was any possible danger of injury to pedestrians . Mr. O'Connell requested that the matter be investigated. The Chairman read a letter which he had written to the ' own Lounsel asking if there was any liability on the Town's part on conditions such as explained about or on any tree overhanging the highway. The Town Counsel stated that the 544 cn CO Town would be authorized to remove a projecting branch if the Selectmen found, after a check, that that branch en- dangered travellers upon the way. Such a finding should be incorporated in the Selectmen's Records and an order issued to the Tree harden to trim the tree.. This might be done without a hearing if there was a finding of danger. Mr. Wrightington stated that he believed that Mr. O'Connell could be held liable if he knowingly maintained a defective tree which injured anyone who was not a trespasser and that the town would not be liable but that the specified town officials had authority to remove the tree if they found• it endangered the public. He stated further that since Mr. O'Connell was apparently willing to consent, it would be desirable to obtain from him a written consent to do anything which the town decided it night to do because of danger to the travelling public. the Board voted to take no action on the matter. Letter was received from the Town Uounsel stating that in accordance with the instructions of the Board, he had brought a bill in equity on Leo A. nornstein ( or Boynton) to compel the removal of a structure which he had erected to store junk on Sylvia Street. He stated that he understood that he was to also try to enjoin Bornstein from storing junk in the two garages which had been standing for several years on the property. Bornstein claimed that he had stored junk in those two garages ever since he obtained a junk license from the Town of Arlington. Mr. Wrightington had Bornstein satisfied himself that Bornstein did have his license sev- junk yard eral months before our Zoning By-Law was adopted. Mr. case Wrightington had located a woman who lived on the premises between December 1923 and May 1924, which is the period in question. He was uncertain as to what her testimony might be if he got her into Court, but she had stated to an- investigator that while she lived there no junk was stored on the premises. He could not get a signed statement from her and was not sure what she would do on the witness stand. Mr. Wrightington requested definite instructions from the Board as to whether or not they cared to go ahead with the case of trying to stop the use of the garages for storing junk. The Board voted to view the property before instructing the clown Counsel in the matter. Hearing was declared open at 9 P. M. upon the petition of the Holland bros . Bus Lines, Inc. for a permit to operate busses for hire starting at Lexington Common on Bedford Street• thence along Bedford °treet to Elm Avenue; thence along Streets Avenue to Massachusetts Avenue; thence along Holland Massachusetts Avenue to Woburn Street;,. thence along Woburn Bus Line Street to the Lexington-Woburn line. the notice of the hearing. hearing was read by the Chairman. Mr. Daniel Holland appeared in favor of the petition. He stated that the fare would no doubt be twenty cents from Woburn to Lexington and ten cents from the line to Lexington Center. No persons appeared in opposition. The Chairman advised Mr. Holland that the matter would 545 be taken under advisement . The Board then voted to hold the matter over for one week. Letter was received from the Town counsel with regard to the "Grant "greement" submitted by John F. Shaw of Arl- ington. Mr. Wrightington stated that the paper was simply a temporary license to lay a drain and that if the Town Shaw wanted to receive this kind of a paper, he had no objection agreement. to the form in question. He called the "oard' s attention to the fact that upon written notice the sown would be obliged to commence immediately to remove the pipe regardless of weather conditions, etc. He stated that he would not ad- vise the sown to pay anything for the license. the board voted to sign the agreement. Letter was received from Stanley W. white of 11 Belfry Terrace, stating that some time ago 1essrs . Greeley and Glidden of Mass . Ave. , petitioned for an extension of Belfry Terrace. The letter stated that these gentlemen presented a plan which called for the installation of a circle at the end of the existing street which circle gave them required frontage for one if not two of the projected building lots (they being on a curve instead of a straight line) . The 'white letter stated that the plan entailed obtaining a strip of complaint, land from the Hancock Church Society which Mr. 4reeley claim- Belfry 'ed to have obtained. Mr. White stated that a house was now Circle nearing completion on one of the lots formerly owned by Mr. Greeley. He stated that the sewer had been extended in Belfry Terrace to take care of the house but that there was as yet no sign of the extension of the street nor of the traffic circle. He stated that he had been told that there was no deed recorded on the transfer of the strip from the church to Greeley necessary for the circle. He stated that cars of workmen and trucks are parked every day on Belfry Terrace obstructing it for the present residents . Mr. White asked what the Town was going to do about the ex- tension and the circle and if it was up to Mr. Greeley what the Town was going to do to make Greeley make good on his statement to the electmen last Fall. The Board voted to write Mr. White to the effect that when a board of Survey Layout is made on any street, it does not necessarily mean the acceptance and construction of the street by the lown. It merely defines the street line and limits the location of the buildings to conform with the Zoning and building Laws with respect to the street lines as approved, and that no application had been received by the Selectmen for the acceptance and construction of Belfry Terrace extension and that therefor nothing had been done to provide for the same . Letter was received from Harry L. Fuller of 1468 Mass- achusetts Avenue, stating that he objected to the changing of 546 rdothe bus stop from the north side of Slocum Road to the south pt. - side of that street. Mr. Fuller requested that he be given y✓ a hearing on the matter at the next meeting of the Board. The Board voted to allow Mr. Fuller to appear at the meeting to be held on July 23rd, 1935. Letter was received from the Arlington Board of Select- men stating that that Board had given permission to the Lovell Letter re: Bus Lines, Inc. to operate buses over the new oncord High- Lovell Bus Way in Arlington. Lines Ap- Letter was received from the Belmont Board of Select- plication. men stating that that Board had taken no action on the application due to lack of information, but that the Lexington Board would be advised as soon as action was taken. Letter was received from Richard M. Russell, Mayor of Cambridge, stating that the letter which this Board had written to that city was referred to the City Council inas- much as licenses for bus lines come within the jurisdiction of that body. Letter was received from the Town Counsel with respect to the outstanding water g ran in the amount of $385.45 on the account of Carl Hauck. letter stated that Mr. Hauck was a woodcarver and under existing conditions he was in serious financial difficulties because he was unable to find work at his trade. The letter stated that Mr. Hauck Carl Hauck had borrowed $100. and had given it to Mr. Wrightington on Water condition that it be accepted in full settlement of his ih- Guaranty debtedness to the Town on this guaranty. Mr. Wrightington Account. recommended that such a settlement be made and enclosed a form of release to be given to Mr. Hauck. When the signed release was received by him, he would send the Town his check for $100.00 Mr. Wrightington thought it best to give Hauck a release as he thought that the original guaranty bond, which is a part of the town's records, should not be returned but that Hauck should receive a formal document as evidence of complete release. Mr. Wrightington recommended that Mr. Ross and Mr. Earle be notified if the Board agreed to approve the settlement so that all amounts over the $100.00 might be abated. The Board voted to approve the settlement of $100.00 and signed the release and voted to instruct the Supt. of the Water and Sewer Dept. to abate all amounts outstanding over $100. on the Carl Hauck water guaranty. Letter was received from the Town Counsel with regard to the outstanding water guaranty of $70. on account of iNeedham Harold B. Needham of Fern Street. Mr. Wrightington stated Water that Mr. Needham had certain conversations with Mr. Scamman Guaranty about the guaranty and he felt that the conversations en- Account. titled him to consideration. Mr. Needham was the abutter on a proposed way called Moreland Avenue and Mr. Wrightington, whd had made a brief examination at the Registy of Deeds, 54? could find no easement taken when the main was laid and no grant of title obtained. Mr. Ihrightington thought that the abutters owned the fee of the proposed way, but he found an old indenture which indicated that the deed to the way was in Jacob A. Wilbur' s name . He stated that if the town acquired no easement at the time the pipe was laid, it would be unde- sirable to have the questiorn now raised. He thought a com- plete investigation of the town' s records and records at the Registry of "eeds to determine the state of the title would cost more than the results would be worth. the total claim Needham is $70.00 and Mr. Needham had offered 040.00 to settle it. water guar- Mr. " ightington recommended that he be authorized to make anty. a settlement and the Board voted to authorize Mr. W ighting- ton to make the settlement for $40.00 and voted to instruct the Supt. of the Water ''epartment to abate all amounts out- standing over that figure. Letter was received from Louis Palermo who operates a variety store at the corner of Mass . Avenue and Bow ''treet, Refund, in which Mr. Palermo requested that the Sunday Sales License Palermo be withdrawn and the fee of $5.00 be refunded. Sunday Sales tlhe Board voted to cancel the license and refund the License. fee. Letter was received from the Secretary of state request- Cert. of ing a statement of character on Irving G. Hall, Jr. of 73 character, Meriam Street, who was one of the incorporators of the "oston Irving C. Maritime Exchange. Hall, Jr. The Board voted to sign a statement to the effect that Mr. Hall was of good character. `l he Chairman read the Beard of "ppeals findings upon the petition of Roger ". Brown to store metal floor pans and Bd. of equipment in the rear of the building at 581 Marrett "oad Appeals Lexington, owned by the Highland Trust Co. the board of findings, Appeals denied the petition as such use of the premises de- Brown preciated the value of residential property and was detrimen- hearing. tal to the welfare and interests of the nearby residents. The Chairman read the Board of "ppeals findings upon the petition of Bessie Baker, who requested permission to maintain a roadside stand at 553 Marrett Road on property owned now or formerly by Louise M. Hannaford. Mrs. Baker intended to sell vegetables grown by her on her own property. Bd. of The Board of "ppeals denied the petition inasmuch as there Appeals was considerable question in the minds of the Board as the findings, petitioaerm s not, in the opinion of the Board, the owner of Baker the property at 553 Marrett hoed, and further, Mrs. Baker hearing. had no lease of property given for a consideration. the Board of Appeals felt from the evidence offered at the hearing that there was more or less question as to the title of the pro- perty at 553 Marrett Road. 548 ul tO Bd. of the chairman read B of 'ppeals findings e the rd Board on IIAppeals the petition of James R. Smith of Arlington for permission findings, to continue the maintenance of the sign advertising his Smith development near the corner of Mass . Avenue and Tower Street. hearing. The Board of Appeals had given Mr. Smith permission to maintain the sign for a period to expire June 21st, 1937. Letter was received from Dr. Remick of the Middlesex County Sanatorium stating that he had received a telephone message from the Haynes Memorial Hospital in Brookline koley appli-with regard to the hospitalization of Miss Helen Foley who cation to is ill with pulmonary tuberculosis. The local Board of Mdsx.Cty, Health had requested that Miss Foley be examined at the San. Middlesex Diagnostic Clinic before her application for ad- mission was filed. Dr. Remick stated that Miss Foley was acutely ill and was a strict bed case and was physically unable to be examined at the Sanatorium. However, she had been diagnosed by a competent physician and tubercle bacilli found and Dr. Remick suggested that the Board approve the application in order that Miss T`oley' s name might be placed on the waiting list. The Board voted to approve the application. Letter was received from the State Board of Health to the effect that an application signed by Dr. William M. MacKay of the Middlesex County Sanatorijm had been received for the admission of Stephen A. Condrey of 6 Sherman Street to a State Sanatorium. The Board wished to be advised if the Lexington Board of Health wished to approve Mr. Condrey' s application for admission to Rutland State Sanatorium. The Stephen A. letter stated further that on account of the confusion Condrey arising from the transfer of Middlesex County patients from 1 . B. case Rutland to the Sanatorium in Waltham after two or three months ' treatment, Dr. Remick and the State kept. had agreed that in the future they would accept at Rutland only patients who were willing to complete their treatment in that insti- tution. The letter s ated tha this woulddiivolve o in- increased timelRndnouidrnat thie s ee tim uresu trin6an horttening o t o waiting list at the Middlesex County Sanatorium. Letter was also received from kr. MacKay of the Middlesex County Sanatorium with regard to Stephen A. Condrey. This letter stated that Mr. Condrey had been examined at the Diag- nostic Clinic of that institution and had been dlegnosed as a case of minimal pulmonary tuberculosis. An application for his admission to the Sanatorium was enclosed. The Clerk informed the Board that kr. 6ondrey had a Lexington Settlement and that he was willing to go to Rutland, but that his wife did not wish him to go there . They had not made up their minds as to just what they would do, but would decide in a day or two. The Board voted to approve the application for Mr. Condrey's admission to Middlesex 'ounty Sanatorium, and if Mr. Condrey decided to go to Rutland, the application could be withdrawn. 549 I Letter was received from the Town Accountant stating that the funds available for transfer at the present time were Funds $50,532.09; that the balance in the Sewer "ssessment Fund available I was $843.55; the balance in the 'water Assessment Fund was for trans- $956.13; and the balance in the Water 'ept. Available Sur- fer. plus Account was $1163.51. Letter was received from the down Accountant stating that in addition to the changes in pay established by the Board and the School "'ommittee, payrolls as submitted this week reflected certain changes in pay for laborers in the Park, Water and Highway Departments as established by the Supt. of Public Works as follows: Department Pznployee Old nate New rate per hour per hour Park Dept. David IV1cPeake $.55 $.60 Robert Moakley .55 .60 Water Dept. William Carpenter .55 .60 Chas. Galvagno .50 .55 Laborer' s Michael Luffy .60 .55 Salaries Highway rept. Charles Higgins .55 .50 Michael Powers .55 .50 Joseph Moretti .50 .55 Charles Nutt .55 .60 Warren Russell .50 .55 11homas Sullivan .50 .55 John Sweeney .50 .55 Ivan Smith .50 .55� Wallace Weisinger .60 .62Q I Ernest Williams .50 .55 Robert MoAnaul .55 .60 1 William G. French 23.80 wkly.25.00 I Letter was received from the Town Accountant stating that the warrant for this week covered payment of the $12,000. Payment of loan which was secured in anticipation of reimbursement on Pleasant Street Highway Construction job. 'he loan is due Loan in and payable on July 10th although the Town has not as yet anticipa- received the full reimbursements anticipated. At the present tion of re- time there is a balance due from the btate of $2141.89 and imbursement a balance due from the L'ounty of $713.96, making a total amount from State due of $2855.85. Mr. nussell suggested that if the Town and has occasion to borrow more money in anticipation of receipts County. from the 'tate and County that the loan be secured for a longer period of time so that it will not be necessary to use General Revenue funds to make payment. 550 cn Letter was received from the town Accountant stating Voucher that the warrant this week included a charge against the 11for gas & Assessor' s Dept. in the amount of $15.69. his charge is oil, for gasoline, oil, etc. used by Mr. 'spencer. Voucher for Assessors this amount was presented several months ago and payment was suspended and the reason was, that it was held that there was no authority for the purchase of the gasoline, etc. Mr. spencer has now made a cash payment to the Treasurer in the amount of $15.69 and this amount will be credited as a refund to the Assessor's Account. Letter was received from the Town Accountant stating Appraisal that the "ppropriation Committee had voted not to grant the bill. Board' s request to transfer the sua of 01500. from its Reserve rund for payment of the appraisal of Town property. The Appropriation Committee recommended that an article be inserted in the Warrant to provide for the transfer of the above amount from the Insurance Account. Meeting Letter was received from the Secretary of the Appro- with Appro-priation Committee inviting the Board of Selectmen to meet priation with that Committee on Thursday evening to give consideration Committee. to the articles in the warrant for the Town fleeting to be held on July 22nd. Letter was received from the Town Accountant stating that the pay rolls for the past week listed Dora "orcoran as an instructor at the playgrounds at a salary of 416.00 per week and George Morse as a tennis instructor at the rate of Appoint- $.75 per hour. Mr. Russell stated that he had not been ad- ment of vised of the appointments of either one of these persons. George The Supt. of yublic Works reported that he had 'appointed Morse and Mp. Morse as tennis instructor to be paid from town funds Nora Cor- inasmuch as there was an appropriation of 4100. in the Park coran. Department budget to cover this office. It was intended originally that Mr. Morse be hired in this capacity and paid from ERA funds, but inasmuch as he is already employed on an ERA project, he could not be paid on a second project. It had been the Board' s intention to appoint Miss ('or- coran as instructior providing Muriel Daniels of 881 Mass. Avenue was not entitled to the position. As Miss Daniels had finished college, the Supt. of Public 'Yorks had engaged Miss Corcoran, and the Board voted to approve his action in both cases . Letter was received from the Goomnerts L'ommittee on Street and Highway Safety stating that that committee had Govenor' s voted on June 6th to terminate its work and dissolve as Committee rapidly as possible . '"he reason for this was that the annual on Street appropriation made to the L'ommittee would not be available & Highway this year unless the Committee became a part of the btate Safety Government. A bill was drawn to accomplish this but the dissolved. Governor had decided not to endorse or file the bill. 551 The Clerk reported that the following ,person' s names should be removed from the Jury List : William Casey of 9 Maple ''treat who is not a registered voter; Lester A. Dun- klee of 2 Hill Street who has moved to Connecticut; and William A. Sandison of 46 Reed Street, deceased. Jury List The following persons were added to the Jury List: Peter Robertson 39 Jomerset Road Dwight F. Kilgour 56 Bloomfield Street George A. Woods 51 Bloomfield Street The local ERA Administrator submitted his report for ERA reports the past two weeks. Letter was received from Francis H. Fobes of 3 Chan- dler Street, Lexington, requesting that the resurfacing of the sidewalks adjacent to his land on Oakland and Chandler Streets be undertaken soon. Mr. Fobes had been advised by the Board on July 24, 1934 that the work would be undertaken Sidewalks, immediately after the annual Town Meeting in 1935. Chandler & jhe board voted to have these sidewalks resurfaced and Oakland Ss. instructed the Supt. of Public 'works to have the work done . Welfare abatements in the amount of 7741.16 were signed Welfare by the Board. Abatements Application was received from Mario Zarella for a Sun- Zarella day Sales License to do business at the corner of Mass . Ave. Sunday and `'ylvia Street, Lexington. Sales The Board voted to grant the license. License. The records of the meeting held on June 28th, 1935 were read by the Chairman. Records The Supt. of Public Works reported that the sign on Sign at the Buckman Tavern property belonged to the Lexington Buckman Historical "'ociety and that therefor the Town had no juris- Tavern diction over it . Mr. Gilcreast advised the bupt. of Public Works that there was a sizeable hole on the newly constructed part Bole on of Pleasant Street approximately 20 feet before the end of Pleasant the new road. jhe Jupt. stated that he would investigate Street. the matter and make necessary repairs . The Supt. of rublic Yorks reported that Mr. "ardin, husband of Anna E. Rardin who owns property on Valley road, stated that he had not been notified of the abatement of the Highway betterment assessment. Rardin The Board voted to notify Rardin that the assessment abatement was abated by the Assessors in accordance with the instruct- ions of the Selectmen. 552 crt cc CD The Supt. of Public Works reported that the vote adopted by the Board of Selectmen at the meeting held on June 25th in regard to salaries of Police Officers was not clear upon the records and the 7own Accountant, in his readjustment of the Police Officers' pay, had not used the figures which the Supt. had recommended to the Board. It was the Supt. ' s understanding that the Board had adopted his recommendation in full and he suggested that the records be changed by incorporating the actual wages to be paid to the Police ufficers in acc- ordance with that recommendation. The Board voted to make the change and establish the salaries of the Police officers as follows: Police 1st six months 64.75 per day salaries 2nd " " 5.00 " " 2nd year 5.25 " " 3rd " 5.50 " " 4th " 6.00 " " The Board voted to carry out the daily pay rate to two places only, as follows: 1st 6 months $4.40 per day 2nd " " 4.63 " " 2nd year 4.86 " " 3rd " 5.09 " " 4th " 5.55 " " The rates listed first above are the basic rates per day which are reduced 72% due to the wage cut now in effect. The Supt. of Public works reported that the Health Inspector had reported that he visited the ratrick property on Blake Avenue to s ee if the cesspool was running over. `1he Health Inspector reported that the Patrick' s had aseptic Sewer on tank w ith an overflow and Miss Patrick said that the tank Blake Ave. was always running over but he could not see any sign of it. According to the Health Inspector's report, the con- dition was not bad. Mr. Hallie . Blake was willing to have the sewer extended to the Aldridge house but did not want it to go up to the Patrick property as of course his assessment would be much higher. The Board voted to look over the Patrick property and decide if a sewer was needed and if so to ask for an appropriation at the Town Meeting large enough to make the extension. The Supt. of Public Works reported that there was a balance of 430.00 in the Traffic Regulation and ''ontrol Traffic Reg- Account. The reason for there being such a small balance ulation and is that more than half of the appropriation was expended in Control Acct. the erection of the new signs. The Board voted to insert an article in the "arrant asking for a transfer if the Appropriation Committee would not approve transfer of sufficient funds from the Reserve fund. 553 The Supt. of Public Works had obtained estimates for the excavation for the laying of the culvert under the Boston & Maine railroad tracks at Sickle Brook. Mr. Ross estimated the work at $3.00 per cu. yd. and Mr. "osgrove estimated the wort at $.50 per cu. yd. The Town Engineer thought that the earth under the railroad tracks would be firm inasmuch as the trains had been passing there so many years, but Mr. Ross thought that the earth would be the same as that on either side of the tracks, wet and mucky and he thought it would be necessary to sheathe. Mr. Trask recommended that the work be let out on contract. The Chairman stated that he thought that if the work was going to be let out on contract that the whole job should be included as any contractor' s price would be very excavation high for the work of the laying of the pipe alone. The size for culvert, of the pipe is 54" by 48". The Board asked Mr. Trask if Sickle Brook there was any reason why the work could not be done by Town forces as any machinery necessary might be hired. Mr. Trask stated that there really was no reason why the Town could not do the work and that the only person who could supervise the work would be 1r. toss. It will be necessary to do the work in the interval after the last train has passed on °aturday about 7:00 P . M. and the first train that passes on Monday morning about 4:00 A. M. The Board voted that the work was to be done by Town forces under the supervision of the Supt. of the Water and Sewer 1'ept. Mr. Trask inquired if the Board wanted to have the houses on Lowell Street inspected before blasting operations were Blasting, begun. The j'oard felt that it should abide by a vote passed Lowell t. at a previous meeting to make no inspections in advance of blasting operations. Supt. of Public works reported that water had been shut off on Mass . avenue, r'ast Lexington to the old 4" main at different times when repairs to the main were being made. There are no records available to show which houses are conn- ected with the old 4" main and it has been necessary to de- pend on the memories of some old employees of the Water T'e- partment to determine what houses are connected with the old main. In some cases, the Department did not know that a house was connected with the old main until a call was received at the office telling the Lepartment that the water was shut off. Although water had been shut off previously, no call had ever been received from Mrs . H. W. Shiorring of 280 Mass. Avenue so that it was assumed that she was not Damage to connected with the old main. un T'riday, July 5th, the old Sehiorring main was shut off and Mrs . Schiorring was left without water. house by bhe left the faucet in the lavatory on and went next door water to telephone the Department. While she was gone, the Water was turned on again and the water overflowed the bowl, caus- ing damage to the ceiling. rT'he extent of the damage is ex- timated at $20.00. 554 0.1 The Board voted to authorize the Supt. of Public Works to have the necessary repairs made and to charge the bill for the same to the Town. The bupt. of Public y'orks reported that the pres- ent drain pipe in Hancock Street is laid on the loam so that it is more or less uneven. He stated that the diff- iculty was that the land is practically level and when the pipe gets down to the railroad track, it goes under the track and then goes over into what might be termed a brook. Mr. Trask had requested the "ppropriation Committee for $500. just for cleaning out and relaying the same pipe. Mr. Trask had requested the ppropriation Uommittee for Drain pipe, $500. just for cleaning out and relaying the same pipe. Hancock However, this will not do the job permanently as in order street to do this the pipe would have to be replaced with 18" pipe carried through under the railroad and the estimated cost for the work is 51,0p0.00. The plan is to replace the present pipe with 18 pipe down to the culvert. The cleaning of the brook clear to Revere ' treet is to be an ERA project. It is proposed to lay 300 feet of the 18" pipe and this will take care of additional drainage on Hancock Street as far as Hayes Avenue. The Supt. of Public Works reported that the State Engineer had recommended that the Pleasant and Watertown Street jobs be completed by transferring enough money from Lincoln Street to do the job. The estimated cost of completion was X30,000. In order to make up the appropriation it would be necessary to transfer $1,000. Pleasant & from the Lincoln ''treet appropriation, which, added to the Watertown *9,000. on hand, will make $10,000. If the tate and St. con- bounty take enough money from the Lincoln Street job to struction make up their part on the appropriation, there will be job. sufficient funds to complete the job. It was voted to insert an article in the Warrant to see if the Town would vote to transfer *1,000. from the Lincoln Street job to the Excess and Deficiency 4iocount and from that account to the Pleasant -treet and Water- town btreet Account. Mr. Potter stated that a Mrs . Leonard of the Parent- Teachers .Association had spoken to him to find out how the Board of "electmen would feel about allowing that Association to use the vary Memorial Hall for the purpose of presenting entertainment for children probably on Use of Saturday mornings during the summer. Cary Hall The board felt that this was a community project by PTA and that theywere therefor willing to grant the use of the hall to the arent-Teachers Association for the purpose of presenting such enterainments hee of charge. 555 The Board signed the Warrant for the Town Meeting to 111 be held on July 22nd, 1935. Warrant signed. P blit Welfare abatements in the amount of 0741.16 were 'signed by the Board. Letter was received from the Chairman of the board of Registrars stating that that department would require $230.00 to complete its work for the coming year. The motion was duly made and seconded that the Appropriation Committee Additional be requested to transfer the sum of v230.00 from the Reserve appropria- Fund for the Elections and registrations Account, and it tion for was so voted. Elections & Registratim The Welfare Agent reported that there had been a decrease of 16 cases, 86 people, on July 1st as against the number receiving welfare on June 1st, 1935. The ' el- Report of fare Department is now handling 97 cases, 331 people; aid cases Soldiers' Relief, 8 cases, 37 people; Old Age Assistance, 28 individuals. The Welfare Agent reported that John l°ellows of 88 Oak Street had received Old Age Assistance up to October 1st, 1934 when he went to Maine. He has now returned and has bean Fellows put off} the Welfare pay roll in the amount of $6.00 per week. case this is an Arlington settled case. The Welfare Agent recommeriddd that Fellows be paid 46.00 per week and the re- commendation was approved. The Welfare Agent reported that Mr. Joseph Potter, 492 Waltham Street had been injured some time ago and was receiving $16.00 per week compensation, but he thought that this was going to be discontinued very soon. k'rs. Potter had called Potter on Mr. Mitchell with regard to receiving aid when the cam- case. pensation was discontinued. The board voted to grant no aid at the present time. The Welfare Agent reported that some time ago Mrs . Lilla A. White of 133 k4oburn street had applied for old age assis- tance, but after he had talked with Mrs. White's daughter White case the application was withdrawn. No action was taken on the case. The Welfare Agent reported that Mr. y'illiam H. Slate is now receiving public welfare and Mr. Mitchell recommended Slate case that Slate be paid $6.00 per week from the Old Age Assist- ance Account, and that his wife, Mrs. Katherine H. Slate be paid 46.00 per week from the Public Welfare Account. The Welfare Aent reported that he had received appli- cation for aid from William J. Hosea, 2243 Mass. Ave. Mr. Hosea is tubercular and has been hospitalized at the Middle- sex county Sanatorium several times, and he had been living Hosea aid with his mother who is deceased now. His mother willed the house to her neice, and Hosea has no income at the present time. 556 GO CZ Ile is unable to work, and his aunt cannot continue to give him money, but she will allow him to stay in the house until it is rented. Mr. Mitchell recommended that fiosea be aided to an amount not to exceed 45.00 per week, and the recommendation was approved. Mr. Potter stated that Mr. "'pencer had spoken to him Kennedy with reference to Johanna Kennedy of 977 Mass . Ave ., case. 'ast Lexington, who wanted to be put to work. Inasmuch as the Board had no work to offer her, it was felt that Miss Kennedy should be referred to Mr. Mitchell or Mr. Glidden. The Welfare Agent reported that Mrs. Gertrude N. Foster of 259 Marrett Road had called on him and stated foster case that she was unable to get along with her income. She is paying a high rent and Mr. Mitchell told her that if she moved to a place where the rent would be cheaper and wasstill unable to get along, that he might be able to aid her to some extent. 'Ihe meeting adjourned at 12:40 A. M. " true record, Attest: aI 1 Clerk