HomeMy WebLinkAbout1962-06-25 Board of Selectmen Minutes198 -
June 25, 1962 (continued)
B. &M. RAILROAD: EARBI~HEAD STREET CROSSING: . ..
Chairman Finneran also stated that State Senator James P. Rurak and Representative Roger E.
Ingalls called to state that they had expressed their affirmative/iews and supported the towa
and County on the relocation of the Marble head St. R. R. Crossing. The railroad wants to abclis~
it altogether. A reconvened hearing on this matter will be held on July 2, in the D.P.U. offices.
NOR~ ANDO~ER POLICE BASEBALL LEAGD'E:
The selectmen highly comended the police department in their sucesaful efforts to org~ize.,i a
baseball team that will give older teenagers, 15 ye~rsold and up, a chance to participate in an
organized aport, keeping then occupied and out of tronble. The police depsx~mant are now looking
for sponsors to this most noteworthy cause.
Willien McEvoy reported on the activities and session of his pla2groand leaders at the rmtver~ -
sity of Massachusetts. He stated the leaders learned much from this short seminar and realii~
from the reports of other playground directors that North Andover's progren was very progressive.
· He stated, also, that the new pla~gA'onnd at the Airport area would open on Monday, July 2nd.
~ONMER S~EDULE:
The Board announced the beginning of their summer s~hedule regarding the Selectmen's meetings on
Monday nights. During July and August, the meetings will be every two weeks, instead' of every
week; the next meeting to be held on July 9th.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:10 p.m.
Alice N. Letarts,
Secretary.
July 9,' 1962.
:'.~':<": The 'regular meeting o~ the Board of Selectmen, the first on the summer schedule,waS held on this
.date at ?:30 p.m. with all menbers present, Chairman Finneran presiding:
,Hearings: 7:30 FualBids were. closed at th~s time'and Chairman Finneran announced the,only bid
.., that had come in was the currant oil company, Oyr Oil Company. ~e Board voted unan/mflm~usl~
to accept their bid to furnish 25,000 gallons #2 fuel oil to ~he Town of North AndO~or for ~
the To~n Building, Town ShSd, Fire S~ation and. Police Station .~han needed at .1101, 2with ~n ~
an off-season ~-wance of .015 per gallon as long as it renains in effect'~
· ' Permission was granted by the Board on the applicetio~ of Stevans.Menorial Library Board to .store
underground fuel oil at 34~ Main 'Street.
New England Tel. & Tel. Co. was granted p~..~ssion to install underground cable on
of Appleton Street.
-:' -Lawrance Gas C~mpany was granted permission to excavate at 335 Middlesex S~reet and 370 Salon St.
Essex Electric Chmpany was granted permission to install a pole on the westerly aide of
, South .Bradford Street.
SA~ STREET CHAP~ ()90 REC~ST~UC~C~: ¢0UNTYHEAR~NG JULY 17, 1962 at 10:30 A.M.
Around 4~ residents appeared to state their concern that their beautiful trees that border Salem
Street would be destroyed in the interest and process of improving Salem S~reet ~hich w~,~ mean
widening the street in many instances; hence the remo~A1 of trees. The ~eszing was renoved tothe
more adequate space in the fire dept. building ~hcu it bec~e apparent so many would be present.
'Maps, plans and profiles were diaplayed, people were informed by Mr; Wilkins, State engineer and
Mr. Carl~%' Assistant County engineer, and showed then Just how their personal property would be
affected. As a result of this informative hearing, the residents returned to their homes with
the knowledge that only a few trees wonld be renoved. Approval for the 'repairing andimproving of
the street was voted on at Town Meeting in March, 1961, by the townspeople.
HOUSEMOVE - W~LZAM SASSO:
Co~m~nicat~ous from New England Tel. & Tel.-1/errimack-Essex Electric 0o., Police, :Fire and
Tree Departments of North Andover gave the nod to the Selectmen 'to grant Mr. Sasso permission to
move his house f~am 21 O~loulal Terrace, La~rence to Waverley Road, North Andover, with the usual
stipulations ·
SPEED CONTROL TE~TS: ~ -
Mr. ~aputo, Department of Public Utilities, will send representative to North Andover in the com-
~in~ week to continue the s~udy already started by the Nort~ Andover Police Department on Satton
Main Streets.~, j1 Chief Law$or was requested to make a "tra~fic count" for future proposed "~top.
signs at Davis 'an~.. Pleasant Streets, Maple and Se .c~nd Streets, and Dale and Appleton Streets. Mr.
Charles Oyr, engineer, was instructed to dr~w up tracings and plans for .same.
The. Board voted to have street lights inst~lled on pole #677-16~5 at 894 Great Pond R~ and a
fo~r~_a~T light .s~e~. ~ m. ad.e for. the intersection o: ~n~over Th Sawyer. R · A r · .
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