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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1953-10-26 Board of Selectmen Minutes ,~c ontinuad Chief McKee reported that he had contacted Mr. Curry of the Beverly office relative to,,the corner at Mass. Ave. &.Osgood Street and he requested, a report on the number' of accidents at this corner. Mr; Curry will go, to wor~ on this at once and Chief McKee will rep~r~ to this board as soon as he some i~formation. LAWRENCE GAS COMPAN~s ~he Board voted unanimously to grant permission to excavate 'to install, gas service for F~ank Furnari, Massachusetts( 15 feet in street) To install gas service for J. W~lliam Killen,. 278 Greene Street, (13 ~eet in street) T6 excavate to install 600 feet of ga.~ main on Mass. Ave. Mr. Carry has .been noti- fied of this permission. STE~ET LIGHT REQUESTs A/request' for a street light to be installed 'onlpole ~1246 at,the corner of Hillside Road gnd Chestnut Street was received,from John McGregor and.Philip A. · 'Busby. 'The nearest street light is on pole ~1243 and is 308 feet away. ~he Board voted to check this location before taking any action. CHAPTER. ~o APP~0VAL~ Notice received om.the Com ss. iomsr, e that .they vo ed appro- e, . the work dona by this board under the provisions of Section 34,~ Chapter/90 of the G. L. in the maintenance of Chapter 90 Roads ~in town,under &Contract No, 14481, dated ?/28/19~3, the engineer having repor.ted ~tha~ the ;werk' :called for · bM .said. contract, has been completed. ~VOL~ PERM,2 APPLICATIONs An application for a permit .to .carry a revolv, er ~as received' f~om Donald J. C. Phair, 35 BeVerly Street, who is a tool and cutter grinder~ at .the Rollin.e. Service Station. Hementioned' ~arget practice in addition to personal protection: at the station.. Mr. Th'omson,made a- motion ~hat the application be taken .under :advisement unti~ .Chief' McKee' can check with Mr'..'ROlZins to' see if he feels that this boy ' h~eds '.a~ revolver permit in connectie4 with :the business at ,the filling,.station. P~. OLV~R PERMIT P~NE~ALSs The .Board voted unanimously:io.'approve for. renewals th~ revolver.permit~ to the ,i'foll0wing persons~, P~lph I~ Joyce, Freeman C. Hatch 3rd, Fred. J. :Doyle, Frank H. Storey, Howard W. Bailey, Francis Cashman, Davis. Simpson, Leo. Macklin,,~hlan p. ~rmstrong, ~rank J. 0onscli, Fred Salois, Harry D. Berry and Edward Manning. . These permit, s, are due for renewal in November` and December. .., for authority to .readjust commutation ~nd 12 ride fares will be held at the State House on November ~, 1~3 at 10G00 A.M. Mr. Willis was ~o r`epor~ to 'the board on this matter but has nc~ had time. He will .~ry~ to get the information for the '~ r~e b~'[ ~S~=S=~ ~e dump at,Parry Street.relative t~ .the. money~ to be paid ,':':[2b. Mr., l~rry.' Mr.' Willis informed .the bo~rd ,that Mr. ;Perr~,,:feels that:it was i'a' $400 a year ,'Job inasmuch as Mr., Carry is. still,dumping filling thor%' Mr. ,'feels that he should receive the balance of the money for thisyear.. He th:waive the $100 for the first quarter of 1954. On motion of Mr. Thomson, the $oard voted unanimously to postpone thio matter antil further notice, since it will not come.::.,,up again until December. · RESIGNATION- FREEMAN .BARTEAUXs :' A le-tter, of resignation as a member of the Reserve Polton~S.rce was received from Mr. Barteaux. He has been living out o~ state and- doesn't expect to return to North-Andover. Mr. Barteaux thanked the board for their consideration to him in .the .past. Mr. Kirk made a motion that the resignation:be accepted and the board voted'unanimously. A letter will be sent to Mr; Barteiux;::;'~. - . . PEDDLERS LICENSEs A:n.application for a license to' peddle ~as received from stanleylB.~.~ombly, 92.Prescott Street for a certificate of character from the Board of.Selectmen. The board voted unanimously 'to approve this license. OCTOB~ 19, 19%3- continued~ DEPARTMENT OF PUblIC UTILITIES: Petition received and a hearing is to be held on this petition at 166 State House, ~Bos,ton on November %, 1953 at 10:00 A.M, relative to adjustment of passenger fares. Mr. Willis informed the board that' Mr. Robert Curry had called at his office and explained the rates. ~here will be a 12 ride Commuter ticket and a 20 ride ticket for students· Mr. Curry is asking the various ,Selectmen to cometo the hearing. Mr, Kirk said he understood that there is ~o be considerable opposition at this hearing. Mr. ~homson made a motion that the chairman take-the matter under advisement and report to the board prior to the hearing. Mr. Kirk seconded the motion and the VOte WaS ~x~ani~ous. OSGOOD $~I%EET & MASS. AVEs Mr.' Willis brought up the matter of having this corner checked and stated that the chief was to have, checked thi~ location some time ago.' He asked that Mrs. D~arden take the matter up with the chief and see if he has any information on this. CHAPTER 90: Mr..will~s attended the hearing at the Court House, Salem ~his morning. 'He said that~_Oommissioner Volpe was present. Mr. Carry made a request for fdnds to-compIete Great Pond Road. ~hisyear the amount of'money fDr this work has been raisnd from $~,000,O00 to $%~'000,O00. It was pointed ~ut that there is sufficien~ surplus to allow $1~O00,O00~las~ available and this should'be distributed roll,he various cities~,and towns.. Mr. Willis s aid he had done considerable'-research ~himsel~ ~and-~. ,t~.r Great Pond Road is completed our nex~ Chapter 90 project ~w~ be Green Street~ w~ich:,is c~nting~t on Lawrence accepting and doing the B~dgo'. and Bmilding 'a~ r.,oa, d'~rom~the NAval. training station. Mr. Canty and Mr~ O,Sul'livan ~6f Lawrence are', fdutereste~ 'in this proposal and Mr. Willis hopes to meet with Mr; Terrisi in t~ 'near future. one'~reas On for, having. G~eene Street done under. Chapter' 90, is ~that· there 'w-J_ll be a~cess to Lawrence .and further, it will give, route from the new ~e~ern E~ectric '.to r. awrence'.:~/It"will~alle~iate traffiC'~from Davis' &~'Furber and Stevens'. Company 'and iMr. Willis believes ~that al~ of ~us w~11~ be very ~uch be~efi~ed~ !"It'will also , alleviate the ~rainage problem in Mifflin park. Y~u all the reports, Green Street is listed as a very important project.,~ Mr. ~homson s~ated ,that a prior report of' Chapter 90 included North~Parish ~ a~_d .the bridge..It wilt~ tak~ two or '~hree years to ~conpleta.~Great Po~d ,/Road a~d although he is not opposed'to an investigation he wonders, ab0utdthe · Willis stated that the limit he, would li~e to go is to lay the 'grand'work for Lawrence and have' the bridge and road built. ~f bridge couldbe~ finished N$rth Andover might be able to pa~ our share. He is also intereste'd~'in' cleaning up ,the~ drainage problem in ~fflin Park.: . ,, ' -: ........ -, -',-, ~ TOWN ~H~TORY~ " : Mr;' , Willis brought.up the 'matter of a-cc~mittee which was appointed'to consult:. ..with Mrs. McQuesten and he feels tha.t they should get togeth'er: and ~ee',~hat has 'been done on this work. ~,.-. ~ .. Mro,,K~irk Suggested that the committee be contacted andjJee-~,~he~ ~]]"'~,meet i~rs.. McqueSten' and then report to this-board ~On..Novimber'~2~?xg~3?''.The iosrd: '.agreed'. to/conta~ct 'the .com~ittee, Mr, .-~t]]is, in his. letter to.:Mr,' Wa~ter Whitehill '~Sta~ed~ that. he would like to' have the.: committee ~report to ~ha Selectmen ~' pr£or, to the ,middle of NOvember. ~ : DCTOBER .26~ 1953: ' · ~ The regular weekly meeting of the Board of Selectman ~s::held at 7':30 P.M. with all members present. Weekly bills and payrolls, were*-approved.~, 1, _.:., ~,,. .... ~EE. ~:MOVAL. REQUEST: -.... Peter Kurgin, 281 .Sutton Street, requested,the removal, of. a tree in front of his property. He stated tha~ ~ha roots' interfere.,with,'the'.sewer pipes and,~he is having trouble with the'toilets backing up. He, has hadlthe plumber there ma~y times and slso tha Dept. of Public gorks. He has used copper s~lphate'several times and it did' not work out properly.' Mr. ~homs0n made, a motion that',this matter be 'referred to the tree warden for poSting au~ 'hearing.. A.hearing will.'be held on November 9, 1953 at 7:30 P.M. AR.~IS~CE DAY~ Louis.Saunders came before the board seeking information relative to the appro- priation of $300. If they should go over this amount he ~anted to know if the Selectmen would approve a ~ransfer of money from the ~serve Fund. Mr. Wi1 informed him that he should keep within his budget if poSsible, and not be re- sponsible for any bills contracted ovsr t,his amount.. ~f some.t.h.i.ng was unavoidable, he could take itup with the board prmor ~o contracting such o~s. OCTOBER 26, 1953- continued. VACATIONS FOR NEW PATROLMEN: A discussion was held at this time by the Selectmen as a result of. the request of Officer Robert Sanborn that the board set up.a.policy with respect to the vacation for new patrolmen. There was a discussion on Just what policy would be fair to all patrolmen and the following motion was made by. Mr. Thomson: "Every office may be allowed fourteen days, vacation in each financial year without loss of pay except that he shall receive no vacation in the year in which he is appointed., Mr. Kirk seconded this mot£on and the vote was ,d'e- 61ared to be unanimous. Mr. ~_llisnsuggested that this policy be submitted to the Chief of Police and to the Police Relief Association so 'that the board may-know what their feelings are in the ~atter. The board a~reed to this and letters will be s ant to~ the chief and the Police Relief Association. COURT ROOM~ Mr. Alfred J. Grondin, Supt. of Buildings, Salem, Mass..came ~o check on the furnishings ~'in the Court room ~hich belong to the County Commissioners.. Mr. Grondin had a letter from Attorney Charles irombly who listed the following items, which he ~hought might belong to the county commissioners~ a bench, chair, railing and a set of old Mass. reports. Mrs. Dearden checked the records'but could find nothing to indicate that the above items belonged %o the Commissioners. Joseph Duncan stated tha~ he feels quite sure that the to~n paid allexpenses for furniture in the court room~. The Board voted to inform Mr. Grondin that we will check' further for this information and if he has some proof that the items belong to the Commissioners, he should bring it to the building. BID FOR CENTER SCHOOL~ - ACTION BY SELECTMEN One bid was received from Fred Savoy, 16 Ferry Street~. in the amount of $900 to take down the building and the material-will go.to him. ,He will post a.bond if necessary. Mr~ Willis said he had been toying with an idea abou~ the school in question.and he 'would like to pass it along to the beard for their consideration.. ~his school is located in an area conaiderably removed from our Fire .Station. If weI could ~have a Volunteer Fire Dept.(Call Men) and give them some equipment, they ,could operate from the school'; We could check with the chief and the engineers. Very shortly, we will run into a short, age of space for equipment in the present station and there is a possibility that we could s~ore the forest fire t~unk in the old school. Mr. Thomson. said that the time is rapidly approaching when we will have ~o~ in- crease our ~,~rsonnel and get away from the outmoded system 'of running all~ the way up to the center to pick up men. At the moment, he is not in'favor of a Volunteer Dept. Mr.'Willis thens aid he monet Call Men, not a Volunteer force. Mr. Thomson said he would suspec~ that the cost ~o'ren0vate.'-the"s'chool would be high. Mr. Xirk said he didn't think you could build such a building forl $2,000 to-day. Hel~felt ~there were many points in favor of.equipment and protection of the sort mentioned. If we had a serious fire, thereis; too" m~ch running around. ~Mr. Wt__llis said that at presen~ we have~wo branches of the Fire Departme4~, uptown~'and downtown. If we could ge.t five or six it'could work out. At. least, 'he samd, the Mr, ~Thomson made emotion that we refer this matter to the Engineers suggesting the possibility of using the old Center School for a Auxiliaryd~ri Dept. Mr. Kirk seconded this motion and tbs vote was declared to be ~h~nim66s. A letter will be sent :to 'the Fire Engineers and~ on a second' motion by Mr. ThomSon, the board voted'to call the 'attention of .the Planning Board to this matter, and see if they have any recommendations to make with re~ect to this school. GI~0UP INSURANCE-CALL FIREMEN: Charles Ashworth came before the board to'discuss call firemen who are not in- cluded in the Group.Insurance. He can't understand ~why they were not included and he-said he had been on a provisional appointment for the past 12 yrs. Mr. ~illls explained that the Board had contact Herman Dine relative to the'statute and was advised the board as ~o the meaning of =permanent,. In Mr. Dine's opinion even call fire fighters who have Civil Service status would be covered in con- nec~ion with group life insurance provisions specified in Clause (~4) Section ~, Chapter 40, ~neral Laws. The distinction, apparently, is, whether the position is of a permanent nature or a temporary nature. ~There was a general discussion on this matter and~ the board agreed that Mr. Willis waxld contact the Insurance Company and find out why these men,re not included in the group insurance. Mr. ~/tlLts reported later that he had talked with Carl William~ of the John Hancock Life insurance Co. and he is going to look into the matter. OCTOBER 26, 1953: continued: HEARING ON COMPLAINT AGAINST H~J~[NC~AY CO: SUTTON S ~ET: Mr. ~dward Eaton met with the Selectman at their request on complaint made to the Selectmen by residents in the viuinity of the Heming~ay Terminal. Mr. Willis explained that a petition containing 64 names had been presented to the board and that the conditions referred to in the complaint as responsible for the disturbance betwesn the hours of 9 P.M. and 6 A.M. are loading andunloading of trucks; trucks starting and stopping, backing up and. down, hitching and unhitching of trailer bodies, running and racing of motors and trucks entering and leaving premises. Ail of the above conditions cause excsssive noise .and vibration resulting in dis- turbance of sleep, impairment of the health of persons residing in the neighborhood. Mr..~aton explained that the trucks are loaded 'until'they are ready to jo. T~CY have to .go long distances and in order to make deliveries they have to travel 6vernight. He said they are having Ia ter sessions than they had planned but they are doing all they can for their own benefit as well as others and they can't give service unless the trucks go out. He said that he had a notice posted after.he received the last complaint on October 1, and any person making unnecesaary noises by dropping plates or yelling in the yard, gunning the motor of trucks or tractor, they will ,be dismissed inm~diatoly. He stated that they plan to have a new foreman in char~:e and he has had considerable experience and Mr. Eaton feels-sure tha% he wLll help get the trucks out early. W~]fred Bottomlywas spokesman for the group and he said th~se units ~aks enough noise to wake everyone up. He asked if the hours couldn't be changed or if they could pu% up a sound barrier. ~r. Eaton said they would be out of business in a week if they t~ied %0 change their hours. He said he .was quite sure that things would go along better and they have one man responsible for hooking up the trucks and they keep them on the pond side to eliminate noise. -. - - After further discussion, Mr. Willis said that'we had reached an impels. Mr. Bottonley suggests a barrier of trees or a wall. ~his is a new opera%ion and it is difficult a~ the beginning to get organized. Mr. %¥ill~s 'said he has the utmost faith in Mr. Eaton and ~e feels that after it has been organized, that there will bemach less trouble about noise at this t~rminal. Mr. Eaton said he would not let up on his efforts but .there w~ll still be some night work. In bad weather the trucks will be coming in later but that happens in all business concerns. Mr. Bamford inquired if the mo%ers will run a long time in the cold we&ther and Mr. Eaton said .they~weuld not and the trucks will be kept inside. All those present decided %o wait and see h~ this works out. NOVEMBER 2~ 1953 ~he regular weekly meeting of the Board of Selectmen w~s held at 7~30 P.M. with all members present. Weekly b~]~s and payrolls were approved. TREE I~EM~AL HEARING~ & hearing was held at 7;30 P.M. on the request of Rober~ ~inters, 157 Greene Street for the removal of a tree which interferes with the grading ~o be done in front of his home. Mr. Conners was present and he feels that the ~ree should be.removed. Thomson made a motion that the tree warden be requested to remove this tree, seconded by Mr. Kirk and vote was unanimous. A hearing scheduled to be held on the request of Mrs. John ~.eary, 40' H4rold Street, was removed 'several days ago as it was declared to be an emergency. The children were ill and the sewage was backing up causing a serious condition there.. Mr. ,Conners removed the %res at the request of Mr. Willis, chairman. Ail members of ~the board agreed that this was the proper action. The hearing on'-the request of Mr. Oscar Hoehn, 2 Summit Ave.' Methuan for the removal of a. tree in 'front of his property at 34-36 Main Street was not acted upon as Mr. Conners informed the board that' he had agreed %o take care of this matter himself. A written request for the removal of a tree at 118 High Street was received from Leonard Wlndle. His chief complaint in c~ctinn with this-particular tree is due to the roots plugging the sewer line on an aver~.ge of every three m~nths. Mr. Conners was present and he said he thought the pipe must be broken and he didn't believe that the trouble was all caused by roots. He has talked with Mr. Duffy about this and he seems to feel that the only solution is to remove the tree. Mr. Conners mentioned another tree where the same condition exists and a hearing is to be held next week, and this request will be'discussed a~ tha~ time, although Mr. Conners is quite sure that the tree is on private property., .Mr. ~illis inquired of Mr. Conn0rs if he knew of any specific case where the condition continued after the tree had been removed but Mr: Conners said he would have to see Mr. Dully to &~t this information. He will check on this before next Monday night. .The Board voted to have a meeting with Mr. Duffy and' Mr. Conners on next Monday evening at 7~30 P.M. to see what solution can be reached with respect to taking trees down or replacing services.