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Home My WebLink About1946-02-04REPAIRS ON GAP~GE Mr. William B. Duffy reported on January 26, 1946 that a Highway truck had damaged a post in the Garage end there was danger that the roof might cave in if we had s snowstorm of any size. It should be repaired immediately as there are four cars which are in dapger of being damaged if such s thing should happen. Mr. Catty was contacted by Mr. Foster and this matter was straightened out on Saturday afternoon. SURPLUS PROPERTY: Several bulletins were received from th~s division and filed under surplus proper~y. GENERAL ~P~ELEASE: Release signed by Theodore Kelly of 37 Arlington St. Methuen was received and ~-5~ard~p~S~e~ a check for $15.00 ~tb~ be mailed to him. DOG COMPEA~NT. A complaint signed by five residents of 0sgood and Andover Streets was' received in which the persona stated that they consider the dog ~hich is owned by Oliver and Eleanor McLellan of 43 Osgood Strset, a public nuisance. The dog barks constantly and chases one little girl who is so firghtened'! that she ii!l not go to the bus alone to go to school, and in other instances has tried to drive th~ people off the public streets. Mr. Finnersn made a motion to hold a public hearing on Februsry 11, 1946 a~ 7:45 P.M. which was seconded by Mr. Foster, Mr. Thbmson not being present, this was a two- thirds vote. Owners and complainants will be notified of this date. MEETING ADJOURNED. The weekly meeting of the Board of Selectm~n was held at 7:00 P.M. with all members present. Weekly bills and payrolls were approved. ~TERANS OF FOREIGN WAR~... WatterHa~ilton came before the board to straighten out a matter ~hich had come up between the Commander and Mr. Hamilton. It was a matter of wh~%her or not Mr. Hamilton had requested coal on January 2g,~1946 for the Vet. of Foreign Wars. He informed the board that he felt they had been very. fair'' with the organization and that he felt that they could furnish the aoal for the balance of the year. However, it had already been ordered~and Mr. Foster informed thst no one had approached him about this matter and that as long as the coal was delivered the bill would be paid just as the previously ~ne had been taken care of. Mr. Thomson felt that there should be an authorized committee to make such requests to this Board in the futur~ PUBLIC HEARING-ACCEPTANCE OF STREETS '' It was voted to hold s public h6aring on the adjudication of Glenwood S'treet~ and Rosedale Avenue in this office oa February 18, 1946 at 7:45 P.M. This. will be published in the proper manner. BATHING BEACH COMMITTEE A letter was sent %o Mr. Mahoney regarding the appointing of s new committee which was ~recommended by the present chairman of this committee, James Barman, who stated a% ~ previous meeting that the present com~ittee was not functionin~ properly. NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY Petition received for buried cable location on Sutton Street, 50 feet of buried cable from manhole 164 easterly end thence northerly across the~ street'for 74 feet to Ashland Street. ~Ash~nd Street, 101 feet of.buried cable from Sutton Street easterly to pole #52/1~ Beverl~ Street 250 fe~t southeast of Suffolk Street, 1 pole, Lyman Road betweeb Little Road and Buckingham Road, 2 poles Osgood Street 115 feet northeast of Concord Street, 1 pole. This second petition is for pole and wire locations. A public hearing will be held on February 18, 1946 at 7:30 P.M. in. the Selectmen's Office. CLAIM A bill for X-rays a% the Lawrence General Hospital was received from ~$hn Keaney of Middlesex Street to see what action the Selectmen ~ould take'in regard to this bill.. Mr. Keaney fell on the sidewalk in December, The matter will be referred to the Police Department for investigation of this accident. HOUSING FOR VETERANS: Mr. Thomson brought up the matter of the new law passed by Governor Tobin on Housing for Veterans passed recently. It was voted to ge% a copy of the bill from State Secretary Frederic Cook and to request the planning board to meet February &, 1946- oontinued ~,HOUSING FOR VETEBANS-continued "with the Board of Selectmen on February 11, 1946 at eight o'clock to discuss the "Tenement House Act" relative to ~enement houses (for more than families) and the so-called Dutch tenements which are prohibited in North Andover. This law was passed in 1912 or 1913..The members of the Planning Board will be n6tified about this meeting and will be asked to.be presen~ on February 11, 1946. CLOTHYNG DRIVE Louis P. Sa~nders came before the Board and informed them that the clothing ~drive had been very successful and that the quota for the town was one garment per person and the population is 7936 but that they had received close to 10,000 garments. The board voted to send a letter of commendation to Mr. ~.Saunders for his excellent work and for the fine cooperation of his workers. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS A letter was received from Mr. William B. Duffy stating that he hsd f~rnished ~ .a preliminary tract register, s list of owners of property on the si.~e of~the proposed Shawshean River dike, %o a representative of the U.D. Army' ~ Engineer's Office in Boston. Mr. Duffy had been informed that the Nort flood control pro~ect had been approved on January 9,1946 by. Kenneth C. Acting Secretary of War, upon assurances that the town had taken the necessary action and was financially able ~o czrry out its part of the proJect.,~ No money has been appropriated to carry out .the project. FINANCE C0.~ITTEE: A requestS for 100 copies of the 1946 Annual Town Report was received~ from Danfor~h W. Comins, Executive Secretary~ 84 State Stree~ Boston ~, MassJ ..DEPARTMENT ~: LABOR AND INDUSTRIES '".~ Index figures for all goods and services for January 1946 show an upward t~end advancing about 1/4 of 1% over, December 1945~ Food, clothing, fuel and light increas4d while there were no changes noted in Shelter and .DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Notice received that Barbera 0orrigan of 83 Herrick Road has enrolled in the:: Lawrence evening High school (Practical Art) for a course in Dressmaking. .,'~ ,'Rate~cf tuition for non-resident pupils at this school is $.20'i~er'h~ur. ~0.~MONWEALTB OF MASSAChUSETTS-ESSEX COUNTY TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL Notice'received that the cost of the care, maintenance s~d repairof the Essex~CountyTubarcu!osis Hospital for the year 1945 amounted .to $358,611.16 and the share for North Andoverfor 1946 is $5,222.67 in accordance with/' ~Chapter 111 of. section 85 of the General,Laws as amended by Cha~ter 500 '>.~of,,. 'the Ac~s of 1943. This amount will be requested in the 1946appropristi0n :: ~.. -:~z. BULLETINS: J.-'~arious bulletins.were receive~ for this week. and filed under bull~ ',Le%~e~-r'~e~d'.~h0wing the tentative 1946 Chapter 90 allotments for this town 6hichar'e'as shown: ST~TE'$g,000~TOWN $4,500 COUNTy $ 4-~00 for l~..0Ject ~'(G~eene Street). As~soon as action is taken bv the tew~ ~.atte~ an attested copy of the~town vote will be sent io the ~a~mg~'of ~'~ubli~: ~or~s, Boston. - Meetin~adJourned. .':The regular weekly meeting of the Board of Selectmen was hei~ at 7:15 P.M.'' with all members present. Weekly bills and payrolls were approved for ~'SELEC~MEN'SRECORDS: Arnold Salisbury appeared lbefore the Board and stated that he had requested '...~he records iz the afternoon but that Mrs. Dearden had re~used to give them tohim, stating ~hat she had been so informed ~y. Mr. Foster, Chairman of the Board and later by Mr. Thomson. Mr. Salisbury stated that he understood that '~ a ruling had been requested from "town counsel~ He stated that' there is '-: ~0"regularly employed town counsel in North Andover, ~o which Mr. Foster replied that h~ knew there was'no ~own counsel but that the board of Selec ''employed Mr. C. J. Mah~ney:~to check on v~rious matters which came up and ' ~theY regard Mr. Mahoney as town counsel a~ those particular times. ~r.Foster ~said he did not feel that every Tom, Dick and Harry should have access to th. records at any time and he would rather wait for a from Mr. Maho