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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1949-12-05DEC~ER 5, l?49-continued NEW ENGLAND TEL. & TEL.O0. The board unanimously approved the request of this company (Plan No.29) to place and maintain buried ground wires and Other fixtures on WoodLane, buri6d ground~wire from pole 109/4 to ground rod, 6 feet. Bradford Street, buried ground wire from pole 28/6 to ground rod,2B feet. 0sgood Street, buried ground wire from pole S9 to ground rod, 6 ~eet and on Hillside Road, buried ground wire from pole 16/11 to ground rod, 6 feet. LAWRENCE GAS&ELECTRIC CO: The board voted unanimously to approve the request of this companyto excavate to install gas service at 5 Pembrook Road corner of Lyman Road, 34 feet on street. Mr. Cartyto he notified. DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATIONS & TAXATIONS: Notification received suggesting that consideration should.be given to providing sufficient funds to enable department heads, and key employees to travel reasonably within and with6ut the state for the purpose of securing information upon matters in which the municipality is interested. The Committee should especially recommend funds to enable the finance~.officers ~o attend the forty-fourtk annual.cOnference of the Municipal Finance OfficersAssociation of the United States and Canada to be held next June in Montreal. No actiontaken. BOSTON &MAiNEBAILROAD: -.~ Notification received that the division engineer reported that a.satisfactory understanding with respect .to repair work which is.to be undertaken, has been reached, relative to the Sutton Street and Marblehead Street grade crossings. NEW ENGLAh~ FIRE INSURANCE RATING ASSOOIATION: Communication received in reply to the board's letter of November 29, advising that an investigation wasmade recently in North Andover and as soon as the date is reviewed, a reportwill be made to this board. CITY 0FLAWRENOE: ~ -- Reply to our letterof November 28th, received from City Clerk, Gordon Gaffney, informing this boardthat new bids have been called for which will not be opened until January g, 1950, with respect to the incinerator in Lawrence. HAMILTON-HOLBROOK ROADS-DEPARTMENT 0F PUBLIC. WORKS: Letter received in reply to letter from board under'date of November ~0, : 'stating Shat our letter had been forwarded to Mr. Harold W. Putnam; Acting Maintenance Engineer, 100 Nashua Street, Boston. The letter mentioned~that under date of NovemberllS, Mr. Putnam w~ote to this board stating~that~the District is authorized to'-block the entrances to these roads. Nci~ction'~taken. Ir'is expected that s letter will be received in the near future fr$1m Mr~ Putnam.'~ TREE REMOVALREQUEST: MM; Antonio Giarrusso of S8 Marblehead Street..request the removalof a large maple tree iron. in front of his property. He states that the treeroots.interfere with the sewer pipes and hehas had to pay out money twice :o have them cleared The board voted to refer this matter to the tree wardena~nd a hearing set for .December 19, t949 at 7:30 P.M. JUROR: Andrew Coffin'drew the name of George Lee, Sr. 11 Bruce Street, to'serve as a Juror on'January 3, 1949 at Superior Court, Salem. A~&ERICANLEGION: Letter received informing tha board that it was the general opinion of the Legion members~_that something must be done to correct'the traffic conditions on Ghickering moad before the Kittredge ~School~opens. Thefollcwing men will serve on a committee representing the Legion: James Dooley, Charles McGarthy~ John Doncvan and Timothy McCarthy. CIVIL AERONAUTICSBOARD:WASHINGTON, D.C. Notic~ received that it is the intention of the W. W. Wiggins Airways, Inc. to inaugurame regular scheduled air transportation service~at Lawrence, Mass. Copy of the Airport Notice is attached. This is effect~eoonoor after 1/3/1950. Filed under Airport,Lawrence. -. LEO MURPHY: Mr.'Murphy came before the board t~ inform them that the drain on Grogan's Field has been opened by D & F Co. and they also cleaned up the field. He hoped this could bekept clear. 28¸ DECEMBER 5, 1949-continued LEO MURPHY- INCOMPLETE ASSESSORS RECORDS: Mr. Murphy went on to inform the board that in his opinion the town records pertaining to land for salewere incolplete and that over $40,000 had been spent for assessor's surveys. He stated that he bought someland at a tax sale and that he could not get sufficient information to locate the land. He mentioned that one parcel of land, four acres, was described as being on the read.to Boxford and he wondered how anyone could possibly locate'such a~piece of land. Mr. Finneran stated that such description would appear on the deed but Mr. Murphy said that in many cases the only description is, "off a named road". Former abutters are identified but present owners complicate the determining of the exact location. Mr. Murphy felt that this should have been done during the old survey made 25 years ago. He felt that it was the duty of the assessors to give a description of all assessed land and they havebeen so notified. Mr. Coffin said that a new or old owner did not indicate to the assessors the location of the land. Mr. Murphy £elt that if the town is going in the real estate business they should know where the landis. He felt that the Selectmen had something to do with it since they appoint the custodian~ Mr. Murphy then brought UP the matter of appointing the Advisory Board and made a suggestion as to a change in the new proposed by-law. ~opy is filed under By-laws. Mr. Murphy suggested that a committee be appointed to work on the matter of a town manager ~and .~eewhat could be done towards putting an article .in the warrant. He also mentioned' that town officials have given out information that e person could not bdttd'a houseon s fifty foot lot but he added that they could,by receiving permission fgom the board of appeals, one provision being that they maintain a ten foot boundary-line.~The board agreed with him. DAMAGE CLAIM: .... The, board voted to pay $20.00 to George D. Moody, 47 Moody Street,~ for damage caused to his carwhan the, catch-basi~ cover tipped up and hit his car under- neath causing the doors to Jam shut sndbending the running hoard out., The estimated cost was $20 to $30 ands'the board voted on the abo~e amount. A release will besent to Mr. Moody and the bill will then be paid. ~ REVOLVER PERMIT: The~hoard voted to grant a revolver permit to William Arsenault, Yog~Osg~od~ Street. SNOW REMOVAL: Th~-board voted to check ,on the appropriation required for removal of snow end'to call attention of Mr; Carry ~o this matter and also inquire of Mr. Maker if the procedUre.for snow removal money was clear to him. The%beard feels ~hatby a majority vote of the Selectmen and a majority vote of the AdvisorY Board, an amount of money may~be raised for this~purpose. The regular weekly meeting of the Board of Selectmen washe!d at 7:60 P.M. all members present. Weekly bills and payrolls were approved. TOWN LA~: PUBLIC AUCTION: WilliamWood camebefore the board to say that he felt that the recent auction had been conducted in an orderly manner and he felt that Mr. Maker did an excellent Job and should not be cri~icised as the news item intimated. Mr. Leo Murphy was also present and stated that h~ did not criticise the sale or Mr. Maker but said that there was not sufficient information as towhat the town was paying for. Mr. Coffin stated that he felt th~% everything was done in a-pmoper manner end that Mr. ~urphy's claim goes back further than ju4t now. Ail members of the board agreed that the sale was conducted properly and no criticismwas made wSth respect to Mr. Maker. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORES- MIFFLIN PARK: A letter was received from CHarles A. Fritz, District Highway Engineer, to inform,the board that our recent communication of November 30, had been forwarded to Harold W. Putnam, at Boston. No action taken. LAWRENCE GAS & ELECTRIC 00: Petition from this company for permission to locate poles, wires and fixtures on the westerly side of Baldwin Street, opposite the ,northerly line of Gilbert Street, I pole; on the westerly side of Baldwi~ St., opposite the southerly side of Frances St,, 1 pole was received end a hearing set for December 23, 1949 at 1:30 P.M.