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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1949-02-21 146 FEBRUARY 14, 1949: continued FENCE AT RAILROAD,-ASHLAND ST.- GATES-DIZZY BRIDGE] Mr. Thomsnn informed the members of the hoard that negotiations with respect to the above matters are not a dead issue. Mr. Ralph Hill) legislative agent for the B & M. Railroad discussed this matter at his office recently and the matter cf a suitable fence being erected along Ashland Street and a gate'at, the Dizzy Bridge was discussed and will be studied further. They will notify, this board as to their decision. CLOCK- JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL: A letter was received from Francis J. O'Brien, ~ecretary to the School Committee with respect to the clock in the Johnson High School and the school committee voted unanimously "that the problem in horolgy be referred back to .the Town Fathers with the request that the question cf the ownership of the Town-Clock- be decided." The local history of the clock was mentioned in the letter and~ the Board voted unanimously that a letter would be sent to the School Committee. PLANNING BOARD: Notice received that a Public Hea~ing will be held on February21,:1949on the matter of:amending the zoning by-laws of North Andover to change the classification of a parcel of land.owned by the Village Land 0o. IVeterans Housing Location) from a General Residentialtm a Business District. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES: Notice received that a public hearing will be held at the. State House on ,February 23, 1949 with respect to a petition of I.N. Doe and W.H. Clifford, age'ts for and on behalf of the railroads-for whom they~ct as agents under ~the, department ?for authority to increase freight rates and charges. DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATIONS AND TAXATIONS: Notice received that a revised and enlarged edition of the Mass. Laws effectin~ Municipal government which the Division of Accounts is authorized and directed to prepare, publish and distribute to municipal officials will be deliveredfrom the printers soon. The Board suggested ~that a copy for each member be requested, if they are available. Request sent in on 2/15/1949. MEETING ADJOURNED: meeting of th~ Board of Selectmen was held at 7:00 P.M. with all members present. Weekly bills and payrolls were approved. UNION SCHOOL: Chief McKee reported that a. large window was broken in the Union~ Street~ School and he suggested that~ it be boarded up until it is-disposed of. The Board~'~voted to inform him that his department should' do all,possible To prevent ~epetition of this vandalism until such time..as, the article is~acted ~pon aT the Annual Town Meeting when the~Union School~will be officially turned over To the Town for disposition. SCHOOL BUS PABKING SPACE.: Chief McEee also called this to the attention of the Selectmen stating that his department marks off parking spaces at the various schools but teachers and others park their cars in.t.hese spaces, and the result is that the school children have to get on.and off the ~bus when it is parked in the middle of the street. ~he Chief suggested tha~ the Select- men draw up a new by-law with respect to the sc.hool bus.~stops and in- sert it in the by-laws when the above matter is taken care of. Mr.~ Thomson, Chairman, will take this matter up' with Chief McKee in.the near future and draw up a.new by-law. STEVENS EALL: .... Mrs. James Philbin of ~29 Railroad Ave. was g~anted permlssionto use stevens Hall on March 21, 19~9 To show movies, proceeds to be used for the benefit.of the Convent Fund. - : ~ . RECIPROCAL TRADE: Letter received from Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. regarding Trade Agree- men~s Extension Sill now pending before the Senate Finance Committee, which is in reply to our letter of ~anuary 29. Sen. Lo6ge also en- closed a copy of a statement made by him before this committee. Sen. Lodge assured the Board of his continued desire to be of all p~ssible assistance. FEBRUAP~ 21~ l~ '-continued 447' LAWRENCE GAS & ELECTRIC CO: Letter from ~he above company recommending the installation of of one light on pole 29?8 a~ the corner of Tolland Road and Turnpike S~reet. They also suggested that the light near 318 Turnpike St. be installed on pole 2955inasmuch as they expected to use pole 2981 for a terminal pole for the Nerrlmack College service. The Board voted unanimously to request the installation of street lights as suggested in the above-mentioned letter. FIRE ALA~-SALE~ STREET: John Wilcox appeared before the Board to discuss article 45 in the Annual Town Warrant. Me presented an estimate of $1297.20 for the insZallation of a fire alarm box and seven~y-five (?5) sections of wire on Salem Street, No. Andover. Nr. Wilcox mentioned the amount of $2,000. which had previously been given a's an estimate by Chief Hargreaves and Nr. Thomson explained that ~his had been an error and had been corrected so that his article would be worded exactly as he had presented it. CLARK PROPERTy: Nr. Clark sent a letter to the Board with reference to Article l? in the Tow;';" Warrant. He stated that he is entirely willing, to give the area of land needed for ~he widening of Hillside Rd. 'He questioned ~ ~r6OO~fogt ¢%~ shovm on the engineer's plan and. suggested that h~h cu~ m~ght Ce used. The Board voted Er. Car~'s aztention be called ~o this letter so that he might ~ave figures available for the Town Neeting. NERPJ3!ACE VALLEY SE~RAGE DISPOSAL BILL: Nr. Finneran suggested that ~he Board w~ite a letter to Sen. Stanton,. Chairman~.of the Committee on Public Health, voicing the new House Bill ~20~5 at the hearing on February opposition to 2~. Nr. Pinneran sta~ed~tha~ he felt l~ was unfair for two ci~les and towns to have ~he power to saddle this exoense on the whole. Valley. The Board agreed that.~h£s letter should be ~ent to Sen. S~anton. TOWN ACCOUNTANT: On motion of Joseph N. Finneran, the Board vo~edunanlmously to re- appoint N~ry T. Finn as Town Accountant for a period of ~Dmee years as required under Chapter 41, Section 55, General Laws. CIVIL'SERVICE:. POLICE: A List of Civil Service Officers and Employees as required by General Laws, Chapter 31, Section 15 C was sent to Division of' Civil Service on this date. ~{eeting Adjourned. The regular weekly meeting of P&L with ~all members present. DOG CoNpLAINT: the Board of Selectmen was held a~ ~:O0 Weekly bills and payrolls were approved. Nr. Charles Wilcox came .before the Board wi~h a complaint against the dog owned by Er. Vielgolaski. ~r. Wilmox sta~ed that in ~he past the Board hadbeen very helpful and he thanked them b~t said they were still having trouble with the dog situation. A communication, da~ed was received by'the Selectment, w~ltten by Nfs. Edith A. Wenn~rberg~ s~ating that while she was ou~ walking with her ~ month oldbaby, ~his dog.came oVerm~o her and drooled on her coat...when she told the dog get away, he growled at her, which made the baby cry, then the doE put his head in the carriage and drooled over the blankets. Nfs. Wennerberg said the police depz. had been very courteous but that the dog officer was uncooperative. Nr. Wllzox s~ated that he had gone to the police to pro,est against the dog getting into his pig pen but the police officer said he could do nothing about it and told see the dog officer. Nr. Wilcox complained ~hat the.police officers feel a thing of this nature is not that duty and since the dog officer is working, he is no~ always availabls and as a result,~ one ge~s any cooperation at all. Nr. Wll:ox complained that this dog was on his property 2/3 of the time, ~he dog sleeps in ~he shed, goes in the pig pen and is alvmye hanging around. Nr. Wilcox also informed the Board that ~he owners disclaimed ownership and just won't keep ~he dog.