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SEWER ASSESSMENT:
David Rennie of 200 Chickering Road came before the board and presented a
sewer assessment for $1373 which was the assessment on his property for
extension of sewer on Chickering Road. He stated that tbs land was purchased
for a farm by his two sons who were both vetersns. They have about 45 acres of ~
land but do not plan to build any houses there, but he stated that they are
charged for about 10 or 12 house lots. Mr. Rennie said the bo~s received the
bill before the sewer was completed.
Mr. Thomson then read A~tlcle 26 of the last annua2 ~own meeting on which
the town voted the appropriation of $5000 for extending Chickar~ng Road
sewer from Massachusetts Avenue ~o the proper~yof Edward Bulgar. Under
this article the abutters were ~o be assessed ~wo cents per square foot for
this work.
Mr. Rennie said that he felt that all the abutters should have been informed
as to the cos~ of this work and then perhaps the land would not have been
purchased.
Mr. Thomson informed Mr. Rennie that the Advisory Board had recommended, that
money be appropriated and that the Selectmen had nothing to do now that it
had been voted ~ the town meeting.
~r. Rsnnie said that his thought w~thst the ~own was to help veterans if
possible but he felt that they wer~eing treated fairly by receiving such
a large bill. He said there would be more said at the nex~ annual town
meeting.
COMPLAI~IT-GLENW00D STREE~i':
Gaetano Midolo of th~s street came before the board to ask them to have
something done about filling in the holes in front of his property..,Mr.
Cary had already be~n contacted an~ he had filled in some of the holes.
This suree~ is no~ an accepted and Mr. Thomson infommed Mr. Medolo that
he should presen~ an article to the ~own at the annual ~own meeting in..
March for acceptance of this street.
Meeting adjourned:
OCTOBER 27,1947:
The regular wee~y meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held at
with all members present. Weekly bills and payrolls were approved
FOREST FIRES:
.Mrj Thomson opened the meeting and informed those present that the Selectmen
had visited the country section of the town and found that the forest ~ire
conditions were
..,,very bad. Due to the extremely dry weather the residents,
were upset and?had voiced many thoughts as,~o what could be done. Residents
of Salem street suggested that they have a continuous-patrol in the emergency
period and that they would also like Police patrols also.
Mr. Thomson 'stated that conditions are hazardous at least as far as thefires
and after talking with the residents in this section he agreed to have.the
Fire and Police Chiefs and the Supt. of PublicWorks attend this 'meeting to
see if some solution could be arrived at.
Mr. Love stated that her house is out of sight aHd that it cannot beseem'f mm
~he tower in Andever. Ail water facilities have dried up and the condition is
bad.
Mr. Thomson inquired if there were some people who were entirely witho~t~Ater.
Mr. John J. Wilcoxsaid that there were some people without water and one woman
in particular was lugging water ~om the Fire S~ation. He stated that 'on
0cto~e~ 21, he sent a letter to the Dept. cf Public Works asking'th~ahydran t
be furnished with a faucet so that he might fill a 500 gallon tank which he
had mounted on a truck for emergencies. 'He said that on October 23, the Board
of Public Works voted at their meeting of this dateto allow Mr. Wilcox'~to
c~en the hydrant provided that he contacted the Board of Public Wn~ks.~
Mr. Wilcox said he did not think that this ~att~r;-$~ontacting the Board
was fair in an emergency and stated that he would have opened it anyway.
William B. DuffS, Supt. cf Public Works stated that A~ticle 7, Section lof
the town by-laws, forbids a hydrant to be opened without permission except by
the fire chief or a person delegated by the proper authorities. Mr. Duffy lead
the by-law and explained that this was a community of law and order.and since
there are 3~D fire hydrants there must be some regulations regarding the opening
of them. He' said there had been cases where people had shut hydrants and people
had been without water. Mr. Duffy said it is much better to have someorgnnizatien
and place, the responsihiiity on someone else.
Mr. Wilcox then said that Middletnn has an open hydrant and a length of hose
attached and he felt that North Andover could do the same.