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JUNE 10, 1~49~ conintued.-
The bidder would have certain requirements £z0m the town relative to fires and
dumping. It should be clearly understood that we have no a~thority to say yes
or no. We can listen to the various persons interested and dr4w our own
~' only thought, said Mr.. Thomson, is that we should have this discussion and if
objectionable, do what is in order.
Mr; Joseph 0ristaldi and son were present as was Mr. Henry Barton.
Mr. Barton explained about a visit he made to Springfield with members of the City
Council of Lawrence and he had a chance to look over the situation. He said
that they call them disposal areas instead of "dumps". He explained how 'the wasted
is piled 5 to $ feet indspth, a tractor comes-over the top and then it is covered
from I .to 2 feet with sand or gravel. He said there are no fires and it is piled
,in ~o that the fire is suffocated. A bulldoser is in operation all day, there is no
'aaimai' ~r. veg?table matter and they run about 25 to 60 trucks daily. By five o'clock
everything is 'covered and there is no furthar' dumping for the day. Mr. Barron said
he was,'fortunate id being able to visit four areas,· three 'of which were in use. One
is in the-heart of the city where there is s church and a school and one in the rear
'of the 'bank about 200 feet from the rear of the. school.' There iswater at the base
and,:,~tha~e is no stench from the fires. He claimed that they have eliminated vermin
he ~es~.t',,know'how, There were present',' the engineer; the' fire chief and others'
wh~',';~i stated: that there is 'no vermin there. He said if ~he boards were able to see
~he"'areas, ~hey would appreciate this disposal plan. "
He sa'id SPringfield has ~6 square miles and Lawrence ha~, only Six and one half
miles.' .M~... Barron, said he came here volunturl~y, a~d ,represented nobody.
Mr'.: C~istal~,i. spgke before .the board enid. stated :~that~. fires, wo,,qd be k~pt out, the
;,.B.~u~.I~SZ$~ ~'o~ld b~ in operatfoa all th~'t~8~ a' '. '"'i 1'- ....
· ;~ ..... ~ ....~ nd~thay,,would prevent.fire= b
~,~t.o .the. brook,.,, 1He said that they intend,'%'O'"haV~, on!v ~ne '~at~ -~; ~ ~i~i.~ ,,
mocked at ,five o'clock'a~d somebody would he~;there :ali th~' ~ime.'
the'prope~ ,t~pe ~f equipment and if ·they ran. short of sand 'they couId easily
care of that ,situation by getting it from an~f the ~ontractors'.
:The matter of the number of houses in' the :vicinity .was'discussed and Dr. Holt
'is~ very~ familiar with the area ands greed that there~ere not too many houses.
~,~cwever, he~ ,believes that regardless of the:type of dump,~ there; would he a stench :
ih the' ~u~m~ wha~ the weather, is ~ery-h0t, And.hal Could '~0t,s~'~~ 'h"ow flres could~e
eliminated. ~ ' ~ ' ' ' ·
Mr. Cristaldi went on to say that a:~ontractor,who entered, lnto suchan agreement
would have ::t,c. l~e:,.up to the contract or ,he would stand to lose 'eve~+.~-
Mr. Thomson went on to say'that one.provision of. the hid is th~'t the contractor
,would .ha',? ~o.'secure permission or a variance from .the!k~p~'al BOard;
'Mr;~ Crist~[di '~aid he could put' in anconditional hid if'.~thay, coU!~ receive some
assurance from the~e two boardS.
Mr; Thumson Said that a special town meeting woul&bo required,to change from an i~
agricult~ral~district t~].a business and;that as he~ ~nderstands,it', ~a m~an has a",
right ~0 use a' b6sines~area for busine~S~' U~l~s .'i~t is considered ~ nuisance.~ ~.!
is no/,pro~'$sion, im the law'. stating ~h~%: g, ~ers'on ~ust [ ge~: a p~r~it' for" a dump.. ~'
Dr., Holt 'maintained that if we got' this [dump ,, it "could 'be Unsightly. ' ~ .
' Mr.~'Oristaldi stated that if they were' give'.th6 .bid'.and'wer~ Allowed to have this
/ar~a ,ch~ged~t'o ,business, he' was,~uite~ sure, that ~they would, live ,up to the contract
~'~He~ Wo~l~i Stand ,to .lose/',$v~r~thing. 'Be 'also stated that the~ would be willing
~$:c~o~d'e~ the Perry/s~reeg dump and~disP0se of. that one altogether. He said
it would be ex~e~si~e 'to ha~e the P~X~7 Street Dump, policed and 'if they receive
this-bid,"' they ,will[assume the .responsibility of the ~ump at their own expense.
~x;;, C0f~f~n.that all he~ would, s.~y at this %im~ was tha~' if ~e bid is 'submitted and
,accepted~ :h~e wguld be ~willi~ng~ to. have~ a sp~dial 't~wn meetin~i.called ,to allow the
townspeople ~to vote on ~this, matter..Yf~tha PeoPle' kndw, that this new dump will
free, itl might make a difference t6 them,' '
PERRY~ STREET 'DUMP:
~The:Board thwart.discussed, the 'Perry Street dump with, the B~ard of Health. A'letter
· ' ha[ilbeen'~eceiv$d ~ from ~ha Board o~ Health de'scribing conditions there and offering
suggestionS,to;remedy the situation. ~ ~ '
Mr. Caro'~/s~g~gested 2hatI ~he plac~ ibc filled in,with lc,~ ,about a foot from the
edgei'an~c~~' ~erhaps' 'the use of a bulldozer would help.'
Mr. ThomSon mentioned that he ·~d been down there recently and that there was a pile
of hewspaper in the middle o£ the area and this .was~more,or less a fire hazard.
The board..th~n 'voted to' have Chief, Hargreaves of. the Fire Depa~tment~., Chief Mckee
of..~he[P°lice DePartment and ~ra D. Carry, Highway Surveyor meet'~on June 20, 192,9
at,'8~o0 o!,c~$gk P.M; with the Selectmen and the Board Of ~ealth and see if some
a~rangements, can, be· made with reference to this situation.
BRADST~EET SCHOOL:
Lawrence ~Buildin~ Wrecking of South Broadway, Salem Depot, New Hampshire
informed 'tha-~board that they are interested in the Bradstreet School and would like
,to',be notified 'when it is to be disposed of.
'DESKSJ" ~NION SOH00L:
A bid for 31 .desks and chairs from the Old Union School was received from' Mrs.
Nicholas Rizzo, 1~1 Boxford Street, Lawrence. She wants them for the .~enerine Sisters
in Lawrence, who take care of small children of working mothers. ~o action taken.