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Home My WebLink About1947-08-11AUOU$~~::continued LAWRENCE GAS &ELECTRIC COMPANY: A petition from the Lawrence Gas & Electric Company for permission to run and maintain gas Service pipe and to excavate to install gas-service for George Shackleton on Lindon Avenue, corner of Greene Street, 27 lest on street, was approved Unanimously by the board. Tree Complaint: Mr. 'Tierney of Annis Street inquired what could be done about a large tree which had pushed up the sidewalk because of the large roots. The matter was referre~ to Mr. Conors, tree warden for his consideration.' TRANSFERS FROM RESERVE FUND * APPROVED: 2he Advisory Board approved the. following transfers f~om the Reserve Fund. $17.40 to be transferred from the Reserve Fund to the appropriation of Special Article 11, for paying additional cost of painting bea~s and moulding~ at Stevens Hall. $82.29 to be transferred from' the Reserve Fund to the appropriation 'of Special Article #26- 19&~-~haptsr. 90' for the purpose of paying the' town' s share of the deficit which was under estimated in the bid of the J.F. · NEW' ENGLAND TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH C0MPA~: :: ' ' · - ~ A hearing w~s held at 7:~0 P.M. on'the ~etition of the above company · to ,locate 'a line of wires, cables, POles and ,fixtures on Winter Street~ 'n0rtheast~i of, Dale Street, 4 poles. Abutters were notified'~nd no opposition was ~offered.. · T~ei~board voted unanimously ~o grant' thi~ toques t,~ · ~UROR .DRAWN: ~tr. ~Finneran drew the name o ~ :o,.~ ~,~ .... ,._ ~ ..... , f Harold Holt,, 19 A~nis Street operative'to serve · ..~;~0 .u~o,r on~ !~ne ~,~n.~o~- .~eptember at Salem Civil Court.' · .: Notice was' received, from the 'Planning ~oard that they had unanimously approved, '.~theI petition of Anthony. Rogers and George. Schruender, 'changing th~ classification ~ .~of ,.tha district on ClarkStreet from an agricultural ~o a business district and ' ~' o~:~':0hi~ering~ R6ad~~' fr0~ a re~trfdted residential ,to a '~bu~ineSs district. .The' B0~x;~'call'~d"ia'.~pe'cial' townjmeeti~g robe held an A~USt' 2~', at 8:00 P.M, inltha"court Room to act on these two articles. informed the board that · in accordance with the .vote of'the board,' he 'felt that' ;"Oreg$ ' Meoradkanian . ' ,.,~e.~ ,~ .r~ji.' . .was a. fine c~0ice for a member of the Plannin Beard' ~,~lov,the Appeal Boar~. , ' ' ~ , · g and .,.!Je.?alS9. mentioned. ,,that the.bill for[ $500 lot',the:remora1 of .fiiI 'f~6~: W~terfS~i ~] ~or'- the :shndbank :~et with his 'a'~proval~ and thai'Mr: ~Ca~ty had informed hi~ that. ~th'e' a~dUnt of fill woul~ h0t he 'suffi&ie,t '~o fill in t~e Sandbank but would r ¥~·,~/?i;'~'T~ei!~.at~er)i6f':p~.i~ti~gia ,white ,line ·o~n:Sutt~n~ 'Street near, N{~h"Was also disCUssed "~ ':'~[~"*and'~Mr'~SalisbUry',s~ted thati'tHe' li~e' ~'gs ~te,,b~ painted' this waek~ '. He discussed ~-t~(mat~er ~of res~s~b'iiity bet,~ the 'Police- and Highway'Departments in regard ~ ?~o ~u~nishing~ ~gns~'j [Mr., S~lisbury~su~e[eted,~thst }h8 ~ePartment~ ~es~0n~sible "'~ /,~/,: rjr :this work should' ask for sufficient ,~0~ey 'in"'.th~Ar .a~proPx;i~ticn to: meet, this ,~Ji~exp'e~se and asked thatlthis be called to his attention before the next'budget :ffg~es :are, pr~sented~, ' ., r... MASSACHUSETTS' SELECTMEN~S ASS00IATION= ' 'GustAve'Weigal,~[ J~.-- of.32 Rerriek Road came he~&r~:%h& hoard' at'their invitation, and related some of his-experiences whi~e he was a g~eat of the American Legion ,,at,~Hoy State[Week.~at Sta?e ,University, A~herst, June 22 to 'July 2. Mr. Weigal gav~).a, final 'descrip~i$n' ~f his~ eXperiences` fr0m'",thel tim'S the' boys left until ~the'end Of. their s2Ay.'.' Mr.: Thomson~nlthen thanked ~r. W~igal for coming in' and invited him to come' to any` m~eting in the future if he~so desired. CARNIVAL PERMIT: ~chn;Willis and Edward~ Garvey came before, the board and ssked for a permit t° run~ their, carnival from August 25 through August 30. They also mentioned getting pglice~ Prg~ecti0n and ~waa informed that %hay should take this matter uP with the ~ chief. A motion was made and seconded ~that the Beter~ns of~ Foreign Wars be given~srmissiOnm to hold a carnival from August 25 through August 30 and the 7rots wac unanimous. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS: Approval as of'July 11, 1947 was received from the Commissioners for the work done under the provisions of Section 34, Chapter 90 of the General Laws, in the improvement of a section of road under contract 10~09, dated June 9, 1947, be- tween Town of North Andovsr and John D. Driscoll. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIc WORKS: A copy of an order drawn on this town in favor of John D. Driscoll for the sum of $4,170~23 on account of work done under contract with the Sown was received and bill referred to the Highway Department for payment. HOSPITALBILL-LIFE GUARD: A bill for the amount of $87.50 from the Clover Nospital was received for services and care rendered ~e Joseph Willis, Life guard at the Bathing Beach. Bill was referred to the Aetns Casualty and Surety Company. MEETING ADJOURNED: The regular by-monthly meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held on this day at 7:00 o'clock with all members present. Weekly'bills and payrolls were approved. - STREET ACCEPTANCE: /~;~ ,c~n, - ~ o ~fs~,~,-- /~ur~w~?~ ' Joseph Sambataro camebefore the board and informed them that he has three streets in shape..and would like to present them to .the town for adjudication. He stated that.they have been graded and they are in good 'shape. ~ .. Mr.' Thomson'read the rules'which apply to street acceptance and asked'-!if.. he had complied With Planning Board regulations and he said that he had hut thatno plan had be~n filed with the Selectmen, and he would ge~ne at once. Mr. Thomeon suggested that Mr; Sambataro give the town a release in accordance with Rule 2. He stated that rule 3, 4, and 5 would come. under Mr. Carry and that .this board must be notified in writing that~ Mr.'- Carry has certifi%d that he approves the plans. Mr. Samhataro Sr. and' Mr. Carty-then entered into a discussion but left the effice~ Zo' finish their talk in'another portion of the building~ JUROR DRAWN: ~ Joseph FiE~6~ah drew the name .of Philip Midgl~y, 73 DaVis Street, to serve as a Jurgr' on September 15, at the Criminal Se~sion~ at Lawrence. LAWRENCE GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY: '~ for permission to excavate to install gas-service fo~ Charles Buchanan,'140 Academy Road, 56 feet om street, wasgranted~byunanimous · vote of the board. A petition'to excavate to install gas-service ~for William McAlooa, 553 C.hickering Read, 'on Pleasant Street, at Chiskering, 19 feet on street'was approved.' ..TO excavate to install gas-service for Mitchell Bootman, 229 Pleasan~ S~reet, 27 feet on'street was approved by.unanimous vo~e. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES~ · A hea~ing will be held at 166 State.HouSe, Boston~on Sentemher at 10}30 A.M. 6n the maZter.eft he p~opriety of rates and charges.b~.railroad carriers applicable on M~ssachnsetts IntraState f~eight%raffic ~iled by various companiesj. No action was t~ken. LAND COURT: Notice received'from Land Court, 0ourt Rouse, Boston that petition, as per slips enclosed for registration of land o~ned by Edward Mela~e~, Case No. 20608 but no action w~s_taken on thispetition. Filed under Land court. DAMAGE CLAIM: :' ' A bill'ani letter was'received from'Edward F~el~house informi~ the board that the Highway Department truck had backed into. his beachwagon and .caused damage'amounting to~$27.60. The'board' voted unanimously to pay this bill. LAWRENCE GAS & ELECTRIC CONPANY: Notice received that three 2500 lumen street lights hsdbeen installed on Oegood Street, on Poles 295,~2~. and S97 and that three 1000 lumen street lights hsd been removed..Changes were made on Auguet 21~ 19~?. DEPArTmENT OF P~LIC WORKS~ Contract (in duplicate) for maintenance of. certain roads in this ~own under pmovielons ef Section 3~, Chapter 90 of th~ G.L. Tar. Ed. wee received and signed by the heard members and returned to the Commissioners for their signatures.