HomeMy WebLinkAbout1956-03-07Selectmeus ~fee ting
V March ].956
The meeting came to order as Selectmen at 8.20 P~,~ having b~en
preceeded ~by a County Con~nissioners meeting, all members of
the Board bei.ng present.
Warrant No./~ totalling/~/~'~-J] was presented by re'own Acct.
Barrett and checked and approved ~ by the.Board~"";."'
Minutes of the"o~evious'me~ting were ~ead and app~oved~.
of.'~he Fzshe~mens Asso.we~e present
and discussed,with the,B~r~'a~d Warden' ~uslow'.various
con]meudatlons :of ~the/AssS:'(I~.i~vas voted to have ~ the, Warden
maAe a su~vey~.of_~.S?~t/Shell clams and repo~,t at ,the meeting of
the 21st;' and also to ]mke,a survey'at a.later date of Quahogs.
Warden Winslow vms auo._orzzed-to attend' the Shellffsh- Wardens
0onv. in Boston{on ,the 1A:15-16 of i,,arch, and was also appolnte(
~;~. Ed. Gar~er, was ~ present:and '~p~otested' any opehiug~ of.,H~och
Poud~ stated~,~that water,in"pond did not :cause the, area~of N.
Liberty street to be flooded,but rather ~ba~ ~tches.~It.was
voted s. fte~'dlsc~sslon to meet at 19.~0~to~o~ow
B~ds ~ere ooeued and a~mrded as follows. ~ ......
Tires for Fi~e Dept:'.750"/ 20 lO ply'Ai'~ ~uto~'L--~429.90
~'~.: ..... . 40/8 12 ply no.b~d.-.:'.?-'-
~.~ ....... Two heaters ~ def; Als'Auto
.... F~ashlng~ed !ights~ Is1 Chev ''; ,:/45;15 '';"
?..'./j-~ tS4 ""V 1' '"' 11 ......
The blds on' the ,'_ tlres ,was held- pending receipt of a bid on
the 40/8 which ~Pe': au: odd ~ , ........... , ,,,., ....
Blds on varlous:equipment'for.the Firetdept.~was b~d. on, by..two
fz~s, Cbs. 'C~q~gh~r~y ,,C o .. ,and -: Ju s~zn .~,~p 9,a'r~hy. ~,~_,
Clougherty bid 1~92.50 less:9% aud I,~!cCarthy,bed,1590.OO"the
contract was-'awa~ded .Clougherty ' -~.~ '-~:, -~ :~.'
Bids on hose ~for ~he Fire deofi.~ were: Cloughe~2y~,A'605-'.00~"f~,
~,~cCar2H~ also offered a,s~ecial 0ffe~-2o f~J.r~ish 1800
2~" hose plus ghe 1500 f~ of 1~- ~ hose for 2he price of 4449.00
less 2~ which was accepted.
]~Ir. L. ,. Se!lew of tb_e DPW wrote advising that-he would ~eet
with~the B~rd at a later date to inspect the drainage of~
lower pleasant street which we had w~itten about.
James Killeu for the Leg. A~. was granted a peri, it for a
dance on 17 ]{larch at Legion Hall
of one Arthur Johnson for a taxi license was dis
cussed and tabled once again.
was voted to advertise for bids for granite curb and for the
.g of.the Selectmens rooms and hall asme to be in bj
I,ia-"ch. 56.
Wesley E. $im~mons, having passed the police exam, was appointed
as a permanent raember of the police dept.
The B~d agreed ko a {~e~o.nl~.~endation of'~Fir~"ohei~ Bar~lebt.
that he be authroized~to tradd the~old sconset siren for
some. more use~u!l equipment. ,~ , ~ ., ~
a ~eA~wal of its '6ormnon Vict
license.
The following liquor applications were~r~6~eived and v0ted~t0
take the course p~escribed by law.: ~ad Hatter; ~Allens Lobster
G~ille, Bo~t House, Helen & Walter Hat,h, Wauwinet House and
Clint ~ and A l~ur~ay..
gpplications v~.re received from Frank Hardy ~a~d ~i~. ~Va~ Pelt
for renewal of their lodging house license and approved.~
An application f~om ~. Frank Ha~rdy for appointment~ to the
Finance Corm~itte was tabled~at this time. ~-~ .~
Various letters ~ckno~led in appointments ~¥ere received.
Applications fo~ pole locations~ere~received for~ the foll0wi~
South Prospect St~ surfside Rd. Pleasant St. and No~thern
Ave. and hearing date set for ~! ~!a~ch.~ ~.
in e~ecutive session the Board re2appointed if~. Andrew Lewis
as Caretake~ of ~e T0v~ D~p, ~tr. ~iarcellus Glidden having'
de cl iued. ~
meeting adj. at 11.18 PM.
James K. Glidden, Se~C~y.