HomeMy WebLinkAbout1927-03-17 Board of Public Works Minutes March 17, 1927.
Meeting of the Board of Public Works was held this day at the Town
Building at seven-thirty P.M.
There were present:
John W. _Owen
Miles C. Higgins
Chester J. Wallace
Harry N. Brown
Samuel H. Davis, and the
Superintendent.
Voted: To proceed to the election of a Secretary for the
ensuing year. Samuel H. Davis was thereupon duly elected Secretary
andacceptedhis election.
Voted: To proceed to the election of a Chairman for the
ensuing year and John W. Owen was duly elected Chairman and there-
after presided at the meeting.
A letter was received from the Chairman of the Board of .Health
' calling attention to the unsanitary condition of the premises owned
by Christine F. Atkinson, at 32 Washington Street, caused by the
saturation in the fround from the cess pool. He was advised upon
the filing of a petition for sewer by the property owners on this
street, the Board would take the. matter under consideration.
The 'estimates for making the repairs at the pumping station
were submitted to the meeting and it was voted to award the contract
for making such repairs to Charles J. Hines of Salem, whose figure
was Six Hundred Eighty-six (686) Dollars, the lowest bid.
The Superintendent was instructed to notify Mrs. Cummings and
Mr. Goff to appear before the Board on March 25, 1927, for conference
with reference to the matter of the taking of land across their
' premises on Tmeple Street for the sewer to the new Junior High School.
The matter of repairs to the highways and the installation and
construction of drains was discussed.
A True Record:- Samuel H. Davis
Attest:- SECRETARY.