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Home My WebLink About1946-09-23231" S .- ER ~ -:=6-c=nt hUed Mr. Salisbury then said that since this thing was sprung -- the board to-night it'might b~a~.~gobd idea to have John Phalsn, lawyer, who ie a:veteran$ and is actively interested 'ia housing, check on information and present it 'to this Mr. Willis agreed"to see Mr. Phelan and have him find 'out what can be done. Mr.:~Thomson than[mdntioned .so called *dutch flats and that's yearsgo ~s~ae~ thOUght that something could be dons about this hut only two people were interested and nothing was done: Mr, Thomson felt that what had been said' was' .interesting and' that what Mr. Salisbury had said was ver~ important at"tho moment to prevented&lay. He suggested that.we have 'the Advisory Board, Mr.' Maker, Mr. Carty~-a member ~f the appeal board, 'planning board and any others who might be :interested in this project, meet with this board next Monday and go into this matter more thoroughly. ~t was then suggested that the above officials meet with this board on September 23, 19~ at $~00 P.M. and they w~11 be notified at once. MEETING ADJOURNED~ T~'reg~lar weekly'meeting of the'Board ~of Selectmen was held 7~00 P.M. with all. ~e. mberm present; ' ~eekly ~bills and payrolls' were approved. .A' ~.aqunet covering ~.t~_he cancellation of :'pole '0n',.Turnpike Street near' Duft~n 'Court and the hoard..~_v~.._ted unanimously to gr~nt~'this.request. No hearing was required. . . .:A~l~eti~i0n"f~r 'the' abandonment'of 96 existing pole locations(Light Company)' "~n?;tie:westerly'side of TurnP:Lke'Btreet as fol~°~sz 'r Westerly side of Turnpike St. approxi~atelyrllo .feet' from Etllmide Road-'Z,'poles; -, " " .... ~ " ~_?~_0 feet from .Chestnut St. 20 poles "" " .... · " 2~0 feet from Chestnut St.& Boston St. . . '/ . 20 p?les a.nd.~to locate poles, wires and fixtures at the above-locations. 'A hearing will b· held' on thig petition on September 30, 1~6 at 7~30 Abutters to be notified;: · ~' ' P~. UEST FOR F~0VAL'0F TREESa ~- : A'request for the removal' 'of'a' l~ge ~ee in ~ont of ~56:Sa-~ers Street was ~eneived '~om ~e 0. Bo~er 'of ~ :Sa~ers 'S~eet; ~e .B0~d ~'refer ~s ~'t~e~ee w~den ~ ~ve ~e ~e~.~s~d~fur ho~ing on' Oe~hor 7,' 19~:at~7~lS'p;M. '.~o ~eea at the::eo~er~ of: Ltnco~ ,S~eet a~'~Pleasant S~eeti o~ of W~ch is ,a ve~ ~cr.-~eer~..,the, other' ~rec~, on~t~ corne~' bo~ keepi~"the ~out of.~ house. ~e, bo~d ~id"~ 2efer"t~a:matter':~ ~'tree W~den' ~'~ .,-~- ~... ~...-~ve the ~eea'~st~.~ .. .f°r he~ing 'on~c~ber 7, 19~ ~t 7~0 P.M. .. ~e..North ~over, Wome~~- Club ~ve requested the use of Steve~ H~ on W~eqd~, 0c~ber 30~' '1~ for tha~ ~ sihol~hip Bri~e P~ty. ~e h-~ is av~able. for'this da~ a~ the ~d voted'~usly ~ ~ant ~is Jc~,'.Lyons requested the'une of the h,~ ~ fo~ Novem~r ~, '19~ fur ~e to. ~" held:by. ~e ~arfcan'Legion. ~e h*~ ia 'evadable ~ ~e bo~ ~O~a St*~ Or ~ea*o~r mn' Bo~e~d ~s reques~d that a s~eet light i~led on PolJ ~2 on 'Bea~o~ Bo~ev~d as this is a ve~ d~k section . a~ there ~s no light at the corn~ of 0agood' S~eet a~ Beaco~ Blvd.- ~s_ ~ be 'checknd mi~"~. ~ost. ~ see if ~e ~teriala ~e available, ~ ~ T~S~ ~OM ~ ~. A.~quest for a ~a~f~ of'$3~ ~m the R~ae~e ~ ~ the ~ectio~'~nsea ap~iation ~s recel~d from Joseph ~cAn ~ cover e~es fur tho of .the ye~. T~s request is due to t~ increaae~ coat cf ~ri~s, ~nti~ A request for a ~ansf~r of ~2.~2 ~m~e R~se~e ~d ~ ~e To~ ~eaa~er~ was James ~ker ~ SEPTEMBER 23, 1946- continued in the world has been given. The land could be taken by eminent domain, taxes, etc. and the town is also authorized to set up a housing plan. Mr. Salisbury then said that he had. collected the 1946 statutes and had copies available for everybody. Briefly, said Mr..Salisbury, Mr. ?/illis is wrong, when he states that the Selectmen are responsible for this housing for veterans. It is up to the people of the town at the town meeting. There are severaZ' things which can be done: We can establish an information center Investigation and survey of the town can Be instigated; Find out housing situation and make recommendations. Can take over apartments Get track of land and rent it for 1.0~ year. .Town can place temporary buildings such as "quonset huts ,ct barracks" But before going ~oo far, s4id Mr. Salisbury, we would want a survey of the town made to find out how many veterans are without homes. Cornelius ~bonoy asked Mr.' Willis how serious this situation is and how many veterans are in need of he,sing,. But this information could not be furnished. Ralph Crompton stated that this committee represented an organization and we want a survey made. Mr. Willis suggested' t~t the first thing was to set up a housing authority to make this aw-vey and the town can spend $1.000 to make it. ' Mr. Salis~try informed~ Mr. Willis that he was again wrong , that spent ,ml~ss the town votes on it; Mr. Thomson asked if the veterans were interested ina temporary arrangement but Mr.. Willis statod~ that" they were not, that the quonset huts were not good to at..' There' was a~' general discussion and Ralph Crompton said they wanted action, and,~ feet 'action, that people were being forced to move out of North Andover. Mr.~ Kittmedge and"Mr Petty entered into the discussion. Many.suggestions were made but all seemad'to~feel that the first throng to do was to form a committee to make a sur.v,.,ey,'of the town. Charles Cy~., ~ngineer from Lawrence, explained what they were doing in Lawrence and,:wwnt into Considerable detaili explaining the. cost and the manner of building. and how the land ii Being given to the veterans. Town Treasu~ar~a~s Maker told of the land which the town now has and consider- able interest was shown in the land on Chiehering'Road and Parker Street, now ..- ~-- ~held for an athletic field or a new high school. John Campbell and Joseph Sullivan told'of: tho.exist~ng sewerage .and~ater-systhns in that section. Mr. Thomson then thanked th~ board fo.r coming to the.meeting and for*the suggestions o~fared. The:board then adjourned to their office and a co~=~t.t~m Of ~ix was appointed to ,lay. out a foundation for a survey, of this condition,in, the town. The .b~a~d,appointed, ~ohn Alter, 31 Marblehead Street as Chairman~ El~yn A. Xing, AS 'Marblehead St., Henry E. Lund, 75 .Prescott Street, Rich-~d ~. Whipple,, 137 Sal~ Street, ~ohn Campbell, 90 Maple Ave. ~rancis B. Xitt~edge, ~$ Academy Rd. and William A. McAloon, 12 ~ohason St. the,latter named to'he a memhor , ex officio. A copy of this vote cf the ~oard will Be sent to each member of the new comm~ttee and a letter explaining what the p~_~y duties are.-. :: SEPTEMBER '30,194~ : Thecregular. weekly meeting nf the. Board of S~l~ectmen :,:was held at 7~00 P.M. with -~ members present. Weekly bills and payrolls were approved. :FIRE DEPARTME~T~ -Acting Chief~Engineer Edwin ~. Eoenig appeared,helots the hoard to discuss ,the :request of a fire alarm box at the Brooks School, which was made recently. Mr. ~oenig stated that he had. asked the Gamewell Fire Alarm Company to check on this situation and give an estimate.as to the'coat. A letter from ~he Gamewell Company was read by Mr. Thomson and the coat submitted ~y tnis company was.S3,273.20. This figure was given to Mr. Gerraght~ 'of;the. Brooks School and a letter was sent to the Board of Engineers to ~Athdraw'this'request. Mr.~,Xoenig,brought out at the meeting that at some future .~date if an amarm was _ ;. installed in this vicinity, it might, he well to install boxes near the North Au~cver Private Hospital and Campion TREE REMOVAL A hearing on,the removal 'of a tree at the corner of Greene S~reet a~d Massachu- setts Avenue on the petition of Frank Giaquinte of 144 Boxford Street, Lawrence w~s',held at 7~20 P.M. Mr. Connors notified this office~that the tree should he removed. The hoard voted ,,--nimously to grant this request.