HomeMy WebLinkAbout1959-04-06 SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
", April 6,
e:~'.- r,,7:30 p.m ....
High School Auditorium
Moderator: "I'~nderstand that ~here are 14o registered voters-- : ~ ~'"~ ~.i~ ...... present so, that we do have~a quorum. Will'everybody
"':- .,"The"mee'k'ing will pleas~ come' to order. We will 'bear
-~'~',~ from the Town Olerk,:Mr.''Charles Clark Coffin. Mr.
The Town Olerk 're~d the ~arrant for the meeting. 'Then Moderator
Roy E.:$anguinetti read Article l- and the recommendation of the
Finance Commit tee., ,,1,
The report of, the Finance ¢ommitte~ ,was presented by Harold Anderson.
Moderator: "I notice under Article,2 there is a recommendation
," .whereby there might be an adjourned meeting. So that
.... , there won't be any confusion of having any, of the other
articl~s adjourned I am going to take the liberty of
taking up the rest of the articles in order first. We.
....... ','will discuss ,Articles 3,' 4, 5 and 6, then we will go
back to Article 2. ~Is that perfectly all right with
* ' -'~:'"Hearing.no.,objectton~'Arttcle 3 is now before the
.....-., meeting and Article 3 says: 'To see if the Town will
, vote to put 'the Fire Department on a £ive (5) day
',' ,,week and, transfer the,.money needed from the E and D
fund. , Salary to be based on ~3600.00 a year. The
, '~ recommendation of the Finance Committee is: We do
"-,' -'- not re commend. , , Under. this article the recommendation
'" ,.,.,. , of the Finance Committee ~ was six in favor of the
~q~i~ recommendation and one against the reconunendation.
"" Article 3 is before the assembly."
~Ir.ving Bartlett: ~ ,"At present the men are working on a seven dsy
'" .....· .... '~, .... ,week and I would like to get it changed so that
- they are working on a five day week as ,most ,of
, the'other departments in the town are now doing.
Some outside in the town are working five or
"' ' five and a half'day week and and a goodI per cent
- of the town departments'are working a fiv8 day
"~ ", , week ar~i' I would like it changed so that they
,-- are about the same as far as possible.
"In regard to t he money' there:will be no change
in the tax rate as that has already been set.
'-' The, 8mount would come out of the E and D Fund.
,:';'': , - 'It would be, .$2700.00..to carry us through for
'' ',.' the year f.or an extra'm~n. , As it is now the
~ ~ $~1 ~ ¢ ~ ~ ._~ men are on callTall,the time 'and receive no
~-.:' - "..-' extra on ho,lidays or overtime. .
'-'~ ~- '- ~ ."So,I would like,to make a mot ton.thatthe
'-':: '.'~ : permanent drivers' of the Fire Departmaat be
· -.put on a five day week and to transfer the .:
........ .,:" sum'of $2700.00 from the E &~ D Fund to 'cover
: :'-, ','- the salary needed,for the remainder of the
', : ,. year for an extra driver that would be needed
"', .... . to comply with the above motion.".. ·
Pa~ker' Gray-J ,"Mr.. M0der'~t~;'~it:~ seems~ as/if this article cam~
up at the Annual' Town Meeting. ~ I'believe' it was
voted down.':':~ I believe thf. s special town meeting
should consider why, add' accePt the recommendation
of t he · Finance~ Commit'tee. "'.~"
Charles Flanagan~, Jr. :'.'~,.?I~ am not .usually one"~o gem'S' ~"up and' Speak
~:,%, ,,~ ,,',, ·,,.~ .,~, .... :~i avoid it whenever possible~and maybe~I
should now bu.t, I'would' like _to say that
here in Nantucket' or' in fact all through-
',,- . .' ',,, "',"out t he ': Unit ed States people.have for'
', , '1 ' -',, years been stri~ing~ toward improving
their wozking conditions.~' Each man does'
an honest ,day's work for the money paid
~,"~ .... r,- ,,him. Here we hawe a'.~great inequality. ,
,: ,~ Men are' asked" to put' in pant or,every
day, seven days a week to man the fire
station. As yc~ know fire,portection
~ .....'- , ......... :',here in. Nantucket is good,~excellent.~, ~. ....
When you'call the truck is there very
~' ':' shortly after,you c'all~. 'There is no,
: ' ~ , "' delay.. The ~'only. reason that is possible
' ~ '~ ,, ~ ~': ~is'that a man.is stationed at the'fire.
,~ ;', ~ ' ~ : ~ .... ~! house-', at all times. ~'·~,h,
'.~' : ,~"To give you this protection they must
-~ ~put ~in a long dreary day, as much as
twelve or fourteen hours.in a~ twentyfour
hour period What I would like to recommend
~, here--uFirst, of all I w~ld'like to
' s&cond'the motion placed ·before the town
~- : ~ ..... meeting by Chief~Bsrtlett;~I would slso
·" '" like to recommend that this :inequality ,
'~ ."'~-' be~corrected snd'that'these men.be pl.~ced
"':' ~: ~on a five day'week, like most other people
~' . ,~ u:'~ , : · "· in'them town.' . The average workers 'are now
~ " ~:'on a five day week and they have some time
· ~ '",: '~ ~, '~, for themselves. ~ : u
': ";'"" ~; -,~ ~-. ,('::'a '; '. .....
"If an alarm'sounds they sre required to
'"": .... ~ ::'return to t he ~ st at ion and they can't~ ,~really
:'-~" ?' "~ ~'.''", ': '~ call any time ~their own. They are providing
?-'~- "~ ~'~ ' ~'~ "" ' '~": x ,'fire protebtion for the: people ofI Nantucket
· f"-~"'~ -' ' ' ':-· "~,,· and'I think it is 'time~ the people of Nantucket
.' realize that and see that these men receive
........ , ?' ~'- ~' - ....... a'~Just'wage and working conditions. ' There
:' ' 'F~ ' ~' ,' ': .~ is one place on the'island where if you
-~ .... - '-': ~ ~ ~"~ a~'e called for five minutes you get a half '
· "~ "' .... -' hour or an hour's overtt~..e. I think the
permanent drivers deserve this Just treat-
'% '::" ~"~ ')'-" -{ ~-:"~- "~ ":--~ment. ~ Thank you.", .
Anderson:' "Mr. ~/ioderator, 'ladies" and gentlemen, as a ~ember of
:;the' Finance Oommltt.ee this question has com'e uptbefo~e
· ' '"' ' us se~ez~l t imes and~ as M~.',' Gray has' pointed :5~t it
.... Came before the snnualr,town meeting and' it was Voted
down. By the Same.token," your Finance Committee
made ~ecommendations which the Town of Nantucket ?
" accepted. ': That was thst we recognized there were
~-. 'differentials in'salaries of.the town employees'and
.'that.they,needed a sumvey. .to :look into it so that'
" . adjustments could ~be made; "The-Town 'also accept ed
-'; ': ,~'t~ t ~re~ommendatidn~~ :-Now apparently, the Fire Dept.
" "has,elec'ted not to wait for that-s.~rvey-. I agree
with-the last two~ speakers that .there are differences
in pay and hours that s~ould be ironed out. That is
', .:,.,,/~ ,,, recommended a 'survey..f'I totally'disagree when you
~:~: ~;?::. say.thab,the~bulk of Nahtuckeb.is.on a 40 hour~week.
m-./~.-~,, I. don't rain.dj saying I~am one. of'thei;fortunate ones ~
,,;~ ,.,who are and~I don't de~ tt to anyjman. ~Ho~ever, if~
~: ~:< you recall ~ he'~a~ual .warrant ~the~ w~re ~'two~ srticles
~,'~ about Fire ~ Department salari es and~hours. ~.. 0ne.,was the
,..,-' :fort~ hour week and the other~was for,~ a twenty per
,/cent ~increase in 'salary? ~,~ Now ~d those ~ two articles
.~.:~, .,been approved'it.wguld have meant t~t the drivers
. ~:~ ~,for~the Fire Department--they are~nob ~firemen~ Let's
~ ;. have no co~usion of ,the. wo~ firemen. . They.d-rive
:the~ruck to,the fire. ?They don't fight~the fire a~
~:~:~-they don't go into burn~g buildings, t~ey.,stay with
~:~, .~the ir trucks. ~1 ~ T~y too hav~ ri ghts and privileges
as working p~ple. ~, Had these,two ~ticles ,been
approved these truck drivers w~uld have been getting
somethi~ in excess of $90.00~a week. I will not say
...... ~ whether that is excessive or not but that was one of
,~' .~'~ the reasons we thought a salary and wage stud~s
~? ~needed because~I don't believe that you can pay a
,:,;~ ,/ ~town' s~ary,at the rate of $90.00;a~week when the
-'~:.~:,,~,'~' average wage,of the town is~far below itJ..,.Th~k you."
Jsmes. Mayo:: "i ~b~'iie'~ ~here-~s b~en' ~e question~:":" as b'~
:' ~,"~ ~,: whether or not the vo~e at the ~nual meeting was
-- ~ ,a solid no or not. ,That is ~hy the matter is being
~ -~-'~ ,~- considered again. :~ ~ ?,,~ , _-: ~., ,~ ~
. Also the driver Is m~re tha~'a t r~ck dri~'r. He
must have a knowledge ~' running the apparatus when
he arrives at a fire. The t~n does not have any
"','- ; in~rance on the driver or,the truck., He ~st pay
,his own insur~ce a~ that would'take a'good'blte
-~r... :~' out of. his pay" ,
Flanag~: =~r. ~Anderson suggested tMt we watt for the survey.
',- :Those are familiar words but Nantucket under its
';'~ ..... ?,:=town. meeting system'when ~t mecomends a survey tt
',-,must necessarily take close to two years before it
~,,~,'..- can be considered by:the- town.., I believe the co~-
~,,~:~,,~ .,~ ~. ittee which~is to:be appointed Wi~ not report until
the next ~nual meet~g. ~n'they do report it
will-be too late ,for any reco~endations that they
might have to be included in that,warrant so tt would
have to wait another year before the reco~endations
':o ; ...... could be put into effect.~ I,thi~ a,~n coul5 s2arve
.... :-?-~ · ~:~'. ~in two .years.~ .,, -',~ ~ ..... r,~ ~ :?~, /:~&~ .-
~:(., ~ ': ~.:, "Fumthe~more'~~ ~ Mr.: Anderson st ated the t~uck drivems
,.-~:~~ = =are after a forty, hour week.. ~:I don't believe a forty
'?f ~ ~-.;~ -? /~hour~week has been ~ntioned by anyone. ~, The srticle
,reads 'five day week. '. As far as I know., a great many
of the people here ~, this hall tonight are working a
~J L .'. .'. ' ., five or fire.and a half day~week.~-I would like to say
.' again or ~eiterate what someone else has said that this
will not mean an incz~ase in taxes because it will be
transferred f~m the E & D ~nd." -~'
Moderator:, "Anybody else Wls~ ~'~e-'hea'~'"'" ~ ~ -'
Benso~ Chase: "Ladies end gentlemen, I Would like to point out
".?~,' .,,in reference~to this~tter.that there has'been
no question raised as to wages. 'Nr..:Anderson
~:~', bro~ht up the fantastic sum of $90.00 a week. '.
;*~' ~ know. j; This a'rticl~:~s'i~ly, asks7 for a~ five day._weekJ/(~
· (;" '- T~e mn:~'~volve~ wi~l:'not take home'one's%ngle, solitary
~ pen~y.,more than they' are~'at .prbsentU~,?It:~ silly means ',
~ ~?another driver will be necessary ~becauSe~of 'the cut ~
~, .... f ~Cin h~rs."//As, it has' elre~.dy.been point'ed~ out ~they /: :(' ';-
"'~' " now~wo.rk So~'[~rt.of every sidle day:in the~week.
.... ~', In'~ this, hall '; there~ are'very few people' working a six
u~ '~day,~week let.alone'seven.''~:The majority' are working
,~ .... five and a half or five~days'.~' 'The p~ceding:speaker~,
~'~'"~]'~p0'in~ed °ut'there has'been n° mehbi°n'°f~a~f°rty h°ur
' ~week.'"': It has. been worked~out ,t~t the~ average will
~' ..... be several~hodrs 'more than forty tf this~plan is
'~' adopted.'~ .It seems to me that the basibtof argument
~: ...... sh6uld be~fatrn~ss, w~~ sho~d these men,be forced
to wbrk a seven day. week when. other.departmeuts are
~," ~working far less~ ..... ~'.,~,.,,:~ ,,'~ ~ ...... ...x.,, ~.~,?z f ,.,:
~ ' ....... say ~s has ~a!ready
"Somebody~is going to go along ~nd
been:said~- 'They don't do~anything.,'.~ T~ue, and let's
'~ all be': b~n~ul~they haven't more to do' "' They~hsve
~ already been saying on the street corners' 'I'd like to
.... be p~d~for sleep~g~': That man~goes in at'six o-'clock
at night. He enters the Fire Station =nd he can't leave
for fourteen hours~ "If:he~sleeps~eight hours that still
'~"-~ ~ea~e s 'stx waking~ hours~. ~' They are wit hin the four walls
: ~ of ~hat building for fourteen consecutive hours, ' they
can't go over to Andy's for a~cup or,coffee ~or out for a
pack of cig~'ettes. In ~l'fai~ess they should be
'~ placed on a-parity with other bee employees. Thank
~oderat0r:' "Anybody e}se wish to be ~ard on this article?"
Mrs. Norman Barrett:~"I don't'agree with'~Mr.:Anderson's'~emarks
about 'the men who are drivers being' truck
.~r~',:- ' ~' ~ ~'~ drivers.~They are skilled workers~just,:- ~ '~
'd: ~' -~' ~ '" ,'the s~e as he ts-. '-'If'the men didn't
~. .... '-~'- ~ :-' ~:'know how to operate the trucks~.they could
~ : ~ ' blow eve~ boiler ~this town.~ ~A lot of
~'~ " " 'people in this to~'thi~ the men'are going
~,: ...... ' ~ to get more money w~ch they are not. Thank
Moderator: '"A~dy else wish:to be heard?" :,',~"',
~:~ '"If not ~o~' are about ~ 'ready to vote on'the motion of
-~ Mr. Bartlett, seconded by Mr.. Flanagan~that the perm~
anent drilvers of the Fi~ Department be put on a five
, .,~-a x~,: day:week:and to transfer- the ~m of.,$2VO0.O0 from the
~" ~'~"~" ~' ~--~E & D ~nd_to cover the~salary needed~for-the remain-
.... · ~":~"~ ",'der. Of, the year fo~,t~ extra'driver~needed to comply
'~;: .... '~' with the above. ~:;'~ .~'-~',',,~:,. ~, '~ :..~"~' c: ,,- ~'
' ~": .....- "All' those'in fav of .that motion say 'aye' "
-. "Those opposed 'no' .....
"NO"
"" ': ' ';.~,'The:a~es'have.'lt~ . end the motion ts carried."
ArttcTe~ a~ the reco~endatlon of the Pin'ute Co~ittee was
read.
Mode rat o r:
,This 'article was voted at the Annual 'Town Meet-in'g~--'
, ,but I o~mittedmto'have a two-thirds vote t.aken'of~it'-,~
~'.Ji.[:~.~ so' fha-t,, a:t:?this meeting th~:vote will:~' be~tak~ff'~b~ra:'~°~4 '-
'show of hands.' 'Article 4 is before the assembly." '
Josiah Barrett:.~voted"It wi~(a~ ~ke' ~double approp~ation if it
read~(':Y~have ~r6ady r~i~ed
money ~ce.
-,''-, ~d o~t ~- ~o.~, ~'~:G:J.' .~:~j J,:~,f~3 .? :'"::FI"-~c, ~ ~:'ff ' ~Ov r,;~ ',; ",~
~oderator~'~'2."Ther~ is a' question ~s.-to w~ether' it was~ratsed
'Moderator: %-~ "I ~dn 't"a~k fo~"~a ~hOW'm'Of ~b~dsCbefore~'~ I know
.-there are quite a few who particularly want this
article and the o~y way you c~,be sure of it .
· ~oing through is,t~ ~gise~d ~ppropriate~the
. $3,O00.00 by a' two-thirds vote." . .
Barrett: ~'The'money has been raised. If you raise it ~gatn *~t
will - b e ~ $6, O00 .' O0 J i.We' w ill ~ b~ 'r,~~ ing s ~'
.if we take $24,000. for the sewer there won't be enou~
oJ~'available in~t~t f~'ndJ" <A~-- o~'~' ':'~,..:. ~.cu ~' ..... o~'~0
~,~' ::0~ ;~,:?~ :.,4. j 9~"' J~U~,':" ' ~>~ .... ~ ? %; ~' ~:,V.[~:~:~" '
. legally raised." ..
Barrett.: "It' .actually w~s raised'.~ T~t'S~all~th~r'e:~as to ft.-"
Moderator: "The~'ASsessor~· might <h~ve rais6'd i~ bdt'~tHe
didn ' t."
Moderator: ;-:"All~ right'? ~L?,r~:. :~:.:~ ,~ ~ be~".'~>~:~:::,
:-~'~' ~ :{J:~:': "ArticIe :4 "is before 't he assembly>"
Gray: ~'' ,If :-we"~6e~ .:ta~:i~.:O~t~ of'the' ~cSSe ~ and Deficiency prettY
::"sOon there ~iil':be not~ b~t"defictenctes. If this has
e[~:alre~d~:been appropriated carter"we' ~ick~it back there for '
:','what was ;'~Ppropriate'd" for ,: the 'fiz~emen ,aud let's be square
-~ ~:,~,-.' ,-:~' '~(, ~-~'- ~'~ ,,'f- ' <~.' .~,~, ~ /4' ~ ,-, -~
~. r-.-'~..:_.~ ~.':~.: ~that cif 't he ~pre sent ,dump :had~. to :.be abandoned an~i~. -
..... ~.>~':. ~o'~: r. ~ :oo~d up t° b~ ~l~t in h~l~:'deO~t zb~p~ to t~
- -:~ ,. J 'r~ f.:'~ :~, v-: ~ it back ~ td ',it'S p re'~ent ~ owners ·: n3 ·
':?~:'"a~iece-Of 'property on t'he:sho~e~'oI it. Now all the
~:~'~';'~' ..... ~to~' d~s is~here~it',crosses thebtwo bridges'.'
"I move that we accep~ the recommendation of the
Fin~ce Co~tt tee."
~oderator:
~nyb~y els~wish to-be heard~on~bhis~rticle?
' ' ~ "I~not, may'I have some tellers please.,~
Jo~ Driscdll and'Her~ert~Wood serv~d~as tellers,
~oderator: "It is moved and seconded ~hat'the To~ vote to~tr~n-
r~.~,~ ~:,sfer from the~E & D.~d~the..sum of T~ee
Dollars ($~;000.00) for'the purpose.or.purchasing
or taking by ~inent Domain all'of the property .
shown on Land Co~rt.:PlmnNo. ~8~9,~For, a town dump.
-:o:~.~ ~ "~ll?~o~e. in favor'.o~ that ~mot~on'will r~ise :thefr.:~:
· ~ ~q.~ . hands
The tellers reoorted. , 188 voting,in'favor, of the .motion.
,Those opposed will raise their hands please."
The: tellers ~repor. ted-1 ~voting opposed ~o ~the motion. !.~.:'
?:1 ~% ~.~., :O ' ~ ¢ ¢' ~:~ '~' ~ ~ ..... 'i ,'~ ~' "'~ . '~F~ ~j~:,: ~ ,~A~, ~ ~ '.~ .~
"One hundred ~nd sixty-.five=havi~ voted'in-the
afflictive ~nd 1 in the negative the morton
Article 5 and ghe,'re0o~endation.of.the,Fin~ce:Co~tttee w~s
read. ".~;,;:.~,,~ , ~.,..r
" ~; ~:3 ~,.--"Article 5~is.before the.meeting."-
Paul Mlingelfuss:d "I ~ke-a motion we:ac~t:i.t ",- ..... .~ ...... ..~ '
Moderator: "Anybody else wish to be heard under this article~"
~bhu~ Des~oohe~ "Usin~ ~Z &nde~sont8 wo~ds' t~h{~'
~eeo~en~ed ab 8he,~egul8~ gown m~egiggt,~;~,'
~aybe we need t~, maybe we dontg; The idea
is ,.whenever. a. special group wants., something .
they get a crowd and push t~ough auything .
';~:~.: :?.-~'~"~?:: theyw~t :~If you get~a'habit like that.we~i~In
..~: ~:.: ':'i ?~..will :be~i~-trouble.~.,~ I~believe at'-.the..to~n'-
.:~':,";~',; ,...': ~' ~.-~ a~b[oles 'and no one 8~ooE 'up/~nd
them. ~he7 were vo~ed'~own onoe.,',.!.-aould
have done it myself. We didn't get the Civil
Defense. _~truckewe wanted. . ....,.I could. . have.
work and bright forty 'or fifty of .my friends
-~.' ~'~3 ..~-.::? ~ ,-~-~. .... . to come ..down :and ~we, would get :: it and t hat '~ ~ .;.:. ,- '
'~.; ,~? ~', r~c: ::~,"'~r .... ~,~-~r could_ .:go. on and, on and then we ~ are in troubl~'"
Ripley Nelson: ~ *~Mr~.:,Moderato~, ,~as?President. cf.:the Nantucket .
~-:':r,~ ~'~,~ ..... ....~.',¥-,... '.-.Civic :League .I ;thi~ I..can. give-a:little i~ormation
in regard to.this., q Eight jyears ago we undertook
a survey,of an experimental spraying program.
~-?~:~ --.~ J5 .?.;~rThe-past,~etght,years/have proved~that poison ivy
r~' .', '-,', ...... ~ f~i.;.<?:: and ragweed: can be:c,ontrol!.ed if:propePly sprayed
~:ri.~ 2._f o ~,~-.'( ..Jr '~each .and eve~ year. because:of regrowth on lands
· ~.r~':';'~ ' ~</ o?=<that hav. e :been ~spra~ed.' '.This .is, particularly ......
~.-'ror:'~. e.-:d. ~?~. ~important zin the ;case,or,ragweed, since it'has 'been
found .that ragweed .seed can lay dormant for forty
years. . .
Ne!son ::~.t.('cont inued ):ic!'Ragwee d and. ,poison ~ivy.~ ar.e
~ today i~ncl~h~otic areas such as Nantucket .which are~
.~.. ~summer~ ,r~esorts~ as.~:being oneno.f...the~worst, enemies of
~ ,.~.~ :~:' man j,::~ P.oison-,ivy- h~as: spoiled~ many: a~ ~vacat ion~ taus ing
~ P.d:~ pain and ~costing money: for~t~eat~nt..~:~T.
~ po--~' , n ~:"People~t0day., ar.e~ s.eeking .places where ~theyj Can be free
· Io ~o2.1hay~,fever.~s~'SNantucke,t is Ifortunatelycsituated so
- that ' w ~thout,,' any~ great, el.for t'i it e ha.s been ':able. to '. say
'it has a low pollen count'...". Each year the.American
~. , ~ ? ~-~ ,C~ Academy:, of Allergt es I issuesr~a-, lis lng of~the',,'various
places in the United. States and their pollen counts.
The-last one listed 600 ~ places . that ~ve low counts."X~L
People who are interested in this are usually people
who can go away, for at- least' two months.~,-.<~'"
:."F~r poison' ~vy a~d r~ggeed:to'be controned they
must be sprayed as a regular matter'as the mosquito
and tick control. ~r It.~s :all ~in thee-same ~classificati0n.
someone asked where .the money ~&s,'with a little .squirt
?:~,.-~ here' and:'alittle ~squirt.,there. ~ At:one ~i~; ..0Y. er~;seven~een
miles of road was sprayed and now the .l~ghways are
practically free of poison ivy and that shows where it
-~.~ ~.~ goes..'J .:~:~ :~ ,~' ~,-,_.o -~"~... '~,,.o' ........... ' ~ ~ '"~ ~--'~c~- ...... ~. ~ e.~ .... d~.
Charles Swa[n: .'JJ['-am not mu~h'of,,:a.~speakeP.but:,a~ ~.~ ~s poison
~v~ goes [ meat agree but I Peally would lf~e to'"'
see moPe'mone~.,spent but I'am npt:go~ to ~sk ~o~
it... Th[~ $~O0.:is needed'alon~ the highways'and
1.~c:;,:.~: ?F J$; as-r~r?N~sbn, h~s' said"i~ "h~s ~dofle ..a'~ gre~t i-!ob of
F.a~..~. ,/,,~ d ~ good 'and-I're~lly'hope'rto~see this go through
Moderator: :- ' "~nybody els e w fsh 't'o':.b e r.~e~d~"
-, of the Fin~ce Co~fttee";beeeccepted and th~t'the T~n
. ~' ", ;~avote.to brawler from the E & D f~nd the .sum of~Seven
~-:T~j'.~ '~,"':",'"~-'H~n~ D6ii~'~S'~ii?oe;~) fo~"the ~radtcation of'
-~.,- ~ .i.. poi~on ivy ~d ragweed on the.,highw~ys and in the
.... ~.'.' ....... 7 .Spark~n~ of the~Island of~ N~tucket.
........ 1 -"All'those tn':'favor'6f-'bh~b::'~otion will say 'aye' .... "
"NO" ; ' ' ' : ' ' ' "
;,..~ . . The ayes have it .~d-~he.motion is arried.-
A~ttcle, 6 ~ and'- the reco~e~at ion-'of-~'the - Finance C0~ittee were
..,:,.-J <,t:~ ,; ~,~ :~JZP'C'I~.,~_~'' f'd'~':;', - ':~'(J
atbr: o::'A~bodY'~'ei~', wish', to ..be hea~-'d:'u':~d~ :t~h~s i article, .
~ ~ "If not ' the~ mo~ion ~.is made" that :we ~ accept.~[ the
~5~n:. recb~endation of..th&~'Finance. 0b~itt'ee which is that
the To~n. vote~ to~ transfer~from-the ,E &~D Fund the
~ sum'of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) to meet the
~,requir~ents of?~he Dep~tment of~Conservatibn, Pest
5, ~ Cont~l?~Section 14~ ' Chapter '132,'~General~ Laws of
c~the Co~onweal bh) o'f;. Mass achuse tt s. ;~(icx :;, ~
z~m ~ ~ "Ali' t hose'~ in' favo r: of ~ this ' mot.ion wi ll'.say~,:'aye,
"Those~ opposed w ill": say 'no ' ~ .-; "~...", ?,~:: ,. ,.,
'x [,,The:_ mo~ion is c~r~ fed" un~utmou s ly. '. ~'.~. ~
and the r eco~endstton of.th'e-'Finsnce'-0o~ittee were
"0n thi~ moo~en~tion fPom the
five of its ~mbers ~e in favor-of the recommendatt, on
W:'MarXandi~Rounsvf~e:-~?Based..on the .rtn~oe 0o~tttee report
~-:',~",-':-'.~ ,~,~.~-::~ ~-r,.under ~rtfcls 51 deai~ng wi~h the to~e
matn,::~he. Annua~ ~gTn ~eetfng rot ed that
~ac~ion be taken b~ the Sewer
'~and the.Board of Selectmen to reme~y..the
the money, be.,sp~ead ovp~:a ~riod~oF.' ....
fears in the Form of a ~oan or bond and
~.r~the.::work..~o pe,~done, the ~ount ot.mone~ ,
to be raised ~abhe'mb~hod ot.rafsing .....
. ...... ~: .~ ':-the funds,-be-referred to a speci~ ,town
z.v~:r.,:::[[~ ...... ,.~: ~he Se~er~-0o~isston,went ~o.Bos~on and
. ,~:~:~ x. Weston ~ Sampson,',who- hav, e done the engin-
eering for the town for' many'Yea~s and
~6,:': ' .il i w ~: ~::.~; ~ received ~t he: ~eco~mendat ton~ that the sulphur
type Jointing compound be removed and a
regular lead joint be poured; .that in.-.
e~ineering circles lead is considered'~a:'
'" ...... ' oflexible_ typ~ :Joint .,an~..~o~.d be the most
economical thing to do.
"The Commission. went directly over..to th~
. r,r~j .t,~,-,r.. -~ '- r~Loffice ~ of:.thej~State ~Santtary~ Engineers; to
whom we had shipped one" complete and one
~, "'~ ' ?,-'~. 0 ~: ~ ~:,~ crack ed,~ _I o int, early las t Fall; and ' con-. '
ferred with Mr. Greely of that group. ~ He
i~ormed us that with .State Department
,, ;,n Sanitation. approval and with proper appl~.-
cation to the Public' Health"Service we
:~::r:.r,~i'~ .;d 4 ':could-~ o~tain :a'.30 . refund , the costs
they approved the' ~[
"~ile we sat in his ~fftcp Mr.~ Greely
called the Public Heslth':Servf~e,~e'~iatned
our problem and received verbal approval of
'1
.~ "The ', Selebtmen' have' e~iter~d'~ a~' spe c'ial/bi'il;:.' in i.the
Legislature }.~llowing' the~'to~~ ~to ,bonrow. money'., for
repairs 'and.'hav~'~h~d. assuranc'e':of~ its passage;
"0n~. February~~ ~ ,' the . combin&d' b0a,rds 'met" With, ~r.
S~m~son'~ of WestSn .&; Samps bn.'w ho'~ ca~, here-, for.~-that
pur~o'se~.' and' :lat ert~ met wi th R M~;., Alfred'. Bo~nema~., one
....... '~' "~'~ ' of o~r Su~er-' ~es~t~ents ;'~J~"~ e~ '~,~: .~ed~:~:~':. ~. ~d
%~'"I~) ~ll::~,th~s'e d.isoussi0hs there~ is ~ a .variety~of
OOpinion' as' to:~ the csuseiof:.the ~breaks-il&f.; se.ttling'
ground ;~' chemical~ action with .the ~ sulphur; compounds,
etc; ~'.b~t'~ there - have~ been~ no: serious ~ ques~ ions concern-
tng. 'the u~e'of' lead' as~ aJproPer_ method of rep~afr.
'~l.e oi~g" the. ~ulphu~ compo~d. With' le~d,, ~ the.,
Of 'that 'recommendat ion- by, t~e Stat e;; Board' of~ Sanitary
EnEineers who made. their ~n~ independen~ .~tes%.s, and
t~e tentative" approval' of, t~e, ,~gineers .'0f~.the Public
Health Service who]will~"refund .us ~the 3.0% o2..,costs.
~;..~ ~..,.:, · .;: "The 0ommiss ion:. feels~ sat. isfied:: ,that.i. t~here -. is .~ nothing
.~'r~,:-. c,.~ ,~ more ;to.:.be ~gained byvfurther engineeping advice and
.~v:-,~r~ ~i...~.~' ~ that further_delay.]will put ~he.who~.~ b.hi~g.gf.f till
,-l; -,~,,-'.',,,~ after ,the-summer season...~ ~,, ~,j;;.f -,,~t r t'~"':
:,::' '~".,,:'~.:i -~ ,~.ffTherefore, ~ I move: that .. the. Town:~of~:.Nan~ .tqc.ke.t.. proceed
e ',' !'~ to-.repair ~the~' force ..main sewer, from. ~he: Pumping station
~..~:'~o': .,.~.~on sea,.Str, eet,-to Hatch's Filltng,.Station(~on~Orange
'i '~ c',~i :.~Street iand;,~hat t~elsum .0f..$95;950 .b~/r~s,e. 8(.for this
. ,~;--,-' ._-~' purposei .~as.~follows, 'r,$~0,950.00' Er0~']~h~)Ex6ess and-
(-'~:(? "t ~.:;: Del ic iencY,:F~nd ~. and .,:6 .h.e balance",, n.a. ~.i~,; ~.7.~; 000.00,
~ ·~.~. ,r,, .'~ by the ~: is suance, of., con_ pon. hobos and:. ths t,.~ the,.. Sewe
-.: ..~,'; ~ ( Department ,, be: ant hori z ed? to. ~pply5 f~r,, ,.ahd; r~ec~ !ve
available ,FederalS-funds: for; said, proJect ;and: that the
work be done by the force account. '!
Wallace .Deacon: :.~t~0Second the- motion;~[._ ~ ;~.,~ ..;~:;..;.c~ e~ '.;~,c.' ~,,.:', -
~o~erator: ~ ~: "ANY,. ot~er ~is cuss ion, an ~ t~i~'Z~tig.l~?~' o4 e~i; r
, ' '', . : ' t ., -~ - -
Gray: ~"Z~think,we-ha~e':gob, to face ajfewtfaots..~ I
-~"'~ reading -,in the newspaper.,.'that we,,have ;repaired '~O?,b~eaks '
,~ ~:,.~v~,-~.c in. the past ~ fewpyear~ at a :, cost ~ of ;.$40,000 .,or. $1~;O~O.O0
,~:~ dci ~: A:break';'~. The- newspaper,;says there.~;are: 800 mo~e' JoiDts to
~',';'.i:~' be?fixed;':~JIfcthe~e ~e'800 more j oints:.tO be/.fix~,~at the
~:l'~.~rtu rate of. $1;O00.O0~.ap&~ce for'fixing,;40 it ~w0uld- cost'.
$800,000; 00 ?'no t $150,'000. O0; ~J~nTher e ~s )~o ~ th~Ln~ ..~wi re
somewhere. The facts and'figures don't Jibe.
',[F~~ '~n .'.'Alo~ this line I..bhink-the-,town'should go ahead and-'
.~:~' ?:~' re~ly~study:this ~thing. and :study it very carefully.
.~.~'~':v :.i$180%000~00~isn't~going~to'do']it:.~if you have only repaired
-~:h.~:~' ~0 .for.',,$~OiO00.O0; ;lWe have got ~to. watch this'thing ve~
Moderator: ~'Anybody, elsenw.ish to ,,be 'heard?"
- . ', I~:am the other other ,.
:~W. BYron 'Snow: 1~;. ,Ladies ~and~gentlemen,
~:{:i '~_ vC;~'dt;~r,.l'opponent of this.-.reco~eudation, by the Finance
~ ":??~ .~?,:~-~'~CCo~ittee.',~About two y~ears ago I took a real
~,c-'~ :.fc'--i ?r'7:f~.interest-,in thts~sewer s~$uation and I was
given the name of ~lr. Richard Soderberg
' Snow:' ,-.~ ~:cont inued)
,-~'whoi iS lam ~enEinee?~ a'nd( a~, professor at
~'~ '~ ~vm~'w~-is considered ~tops~?tn this ~'sort~ off, thing.
,w~ote,him and sent up some ~tpe.~' Aft'er'several~letters
:',d~ he" wrote 'back and; said,'~l~[- ~es, lly~ bel. ieve, your'r situation
,~oq is~ cau sed~,by,:~movtng sand. ';~Thati[letter ~was ,given to the
Sewer~ Go~isSion but'~ they didn.'t~:, follow~ t~gugh on it.
. ~'~?There are ~two optnions,~ as ,to~ what~: causes ~ the' breaks:
~ ~ ;'iJ moving, sand~ and" i eadit e .' ~ In ei ,ther. case, ~ i2:~ moving s and
~,~o , mis'your~ choi'ce of~the,~trouble~-~'.I am~giv~en~to ,understand
by a member of the Fin~ce Co~ittee~who~i~a'former
,Sewer Co~issioner, that 'lead will give enough if the sa~nd''
'~is,moving so that,,it will-not~break.;~and if~you take Weston
~' f and' S~pson,'s -opinion. that.,leadite~ tsn'~t fit ~to use, in
. a'~,~'either- case you~ come~ up, with the~ same.j~a~swer. ~ They had
,~,:'~or, Mr.' Bornemann~ there~ the Other night an~-/h~$: 0pinion~was.
, ~.~ that ~it was--probably~t~e-sand,;', probably, ~u~ ~t could have
been the leadite.
~[cvo'rq(~Now!you are a~iug'f, or,.more money to befspent for more
~'~'~.[~.? ~pinions "to come up ~w ith,. the ~ s~e,,,.answer.. :..~ T~ere is only
5~, ~ bne opinion~left' as :I see ~it after ~ two~ ye.ers.~of study and
~t f [dr'~: that'~is: to ,r~route~.the' whole, ma~n. anti-,that will cost a lot
~'" "~,om0re than' $100~00.00 orr $150,000.00.,~. r~ ~-~
~ r' ~ :f~ :'~'~ "~0w"my ~ain fobj e~'~ i~ ?to t~et] it'-'don&' and get" it done
_[~r~e cfaSt.~. ~.-T'thi~k'we have ~"very.-se~tous:condition. No one
~ ]-~:J 'i'~eems~ t0 be'~fraid of ~it-f~xcept: the::personJ~o finds him-
self falling into a hole ;' ~ ~ We are'~Fortunate:it hasn't'
happened around midn~ht. ~o knows, someone might be'
~'~e°~?r.teven' killed' ~nd :t/4en what-':kind:'of, s,~itz would:.the town be
~'~?? ?fac~d'wtth~O~e~hund~d tho~sa~d~'doll&rs or, half a
~:~?:n?~tllton' 0r p~rha~s ~ 8ven' m6re,;' cSo ~I:-t'hink ~e?sre , ~ofng
~?~-~ '~C~r~d~:looking :for answers wh~nC~we~don't~:'have :time; ' I
?~::' ?think'6~at:-s0me'::people.in tht's t0~n'thin~that'!f you
· ~ .... ~-'~' let' it ~ Mb~ long ~nough tt~'wtll .somehow: solve ,itself and
'~:'.:~'~o~'~won-ft hav~ an~"~ore breaks.":~Th~t"~ould b~ fine but
., ?"-:2hS'~b~ak~'~ill"continde~'2o':happen,'and we ;had" better '
:'~::: ~ ~'r~fac& "t h~ :' ~oblem and ~eg~n'~to t work tn' it; i~,~ :~'~
"Ny personal opinion is ~h~t 'I would like to see this
put out ~o bids but I am 'told~ that if,"you'~put~it"out~to.[,[~t~
bids this will hold it up a little bit. Well, .I would'
like to ~ee th6 ~proJect":donelbefor~.~.the",middle of~Juue,~,~-.,~;
well before the su~er'starts as eye.one doesI'am sure.
r~'B~t'~if 'it is-':pUt'lout'~the way ~he.$reco~endation :reads
'~t~f~thow"I amain hopes~'that the:To~:"o~ ~-the Co~issioners for,
O0. ~h~. Townr will · instruct t'hem to put-~on 'double ', sht~ts ~becaus e
o'3 '~:-'~6s~ 0~:,~hem' believe~it cantt zbe 'donee.even .tf~you 'give them
't~:~'~ J~'~he ~6ney to~igh6';' %- I"do believe the Co~issioners ~ealize
6he~ situation and'I~believe the~:would,'..put on:double shifts
~'~ ~ ~*,'r i~ht-~ tn-~ the -'very'- begi~%ng, and~ get: ~he -work. do~e-.
Charles Flanagan, fir.. , There are a couple of things I would
r~?~ ~:.?~, .: o~. o!;~or,to.~have-clear&d:up i.f~I may.~ .[Firs~ of ~ll,
· : ..~ They:gtve'rtwo~ceuses) moving
.~ ~. ~,~', ~oving sand '"
[:e.'~ ~-,~...: -.,~ ~v..vi ~.,oz ~nd~and'leadite.,and:. they ,say lead~.~'~. will
'Z'Lr'v :z~-[:~-f '::/r~ ,'io.~:',correct this yet ifa. you,. $oving'sand under~'
neath when the'sand graduallyrstsrts to move
the pipe will ,rise or drop. We all know
'f't~t if we.:have,'~an~01d chair.in our~homes
wtth-a dowel tn the comer'of the 'leg and
we ~ lean back- the-',chai~:' dowel' moves a, little
bit "gradUally :d~e to.the ~flexibility of the
wood and then, the ~Joint separates. What 'is
and
~-;'_[ ~r~'~ ,:,',i.':,~.' to prevent:the lead-.from'pushing back
"Secondly,~'' if we are.going to'bpend $90 ~ 000 . 00' or ",
$100~000.00~ whabeve~ i~.~ens ~o be,'.why no~ make'
?~¢?su~e. i~-is~h~,:'l~sb $90,O00.O0.,b~,$1OO~OOO'.OO.~.~e are
going ., to ' spend and:not run'into the;same thing-fifteen
years~from now~if:/fifteen~years is~any guarantee.
~Weston and Sampson~say~that Jthis wil~L: not recur once
lead~ts'placed'in· these joints ~-~ ~ ~i~%~ .......
?Third, ~ bhe oom2ar~fvely.'smsll, cost'~ o2, a' survey con-
stdert~ ~he're~attve~y'short ~ime seems~o me' bo be
pretty_ gobd insu~ancb' Shat what we are,doing is the
r.ight~ thing before you' jump,~in..:~ Let'B .not bhy, a pig
in a'poke.~, I'thi~ we should' study ~ it Carefully and
~et' the ~right','thtng' f'n the begt~ing.:, 'It' seems to me
$1OOjO00;OO i's~a'lOt or,money,to,spend"on the recom-
mendation of bne' engtneering;boncern. L, The cost of
another survey isn't prohibitive;snd Ltt'would,'only
del~y it"aboub~a month; ,~It ,seems~tbCmeza'month is
a, pretty' short' time to': save $150 , OO0~. 00 . ":
'~ ."Anybody. else ~sh' ~o be:heard??.:;?'~ .... ~'?;:- "~ ......
~afr~ f~'~'Mr.- Nod~ra~or, -'ladies? ~d 'gen~:lemen; ' I ~hin~ we
;":-r:all~have ' a' ~endeno~ bb be~ ourtous'~ aboQ~' ~he
'~:; ~"' teohnical~ Problems: presen~ed:b~ -this'-type of
'~q"~'"'~ "¢,p~essure sewer.~
.~z:, -. :,guarantee. ~ c i'oan't'believe b~at-' ~y. firm:would be
-,.: v.~something which woGld:ezoeed~he no~l'period
~ ..... co'id ex2bo~'a guar~n~ee"'of'thirby ye~s or even
~'~ :}~if~een :because ;an engineer~g firm would' 2rob~bly
'?~::' ~ ~he ~ repu~ ion: thby ~old. ~:<-, Another reason~ against
~":~: -~raZguarangegr~ts~that. I:believe:it has been ~said
· ~:'; -,2 ;.by tH~ J~Hg~neer's and~ experts: ~ha~ =.even at ~'~,he present
· ¢~' 'time"'thez:e may be,many-more bells'that"are~-craSked.
":~'~ 'These '~tres'ses'and strains m~y~not,show'up?'even when
~':r/~¢~'(openffd~'=.-In bthef'words,::~l' ~he j~intsvcould be:re-
:':~r:c'.'~'rpl~ced f~ t'hb"distance'as~req~tred'and you could
~':~'~;:~'still;'have brea~s~t~ough no'fault' of,the:engineers'
. reco~endations. - ..... -
''y 'Something has developed-in th~ ~pa~t week .that makes
":' :Cme *as' an 'f~d~i~pl"~'a"littl~ mb~e. interested in this
thing. The~Brant Po~nt'~area~hasCbeen~pretty well
under water since ~he heavy ~ains. I have lived
,~ ~ ~ ~ t~ re ~ abo~ , 5~hty = two~ 6~ ,~ twenty~ t~ ee "-ye ~ s .'-% ;~t ~:~new
' r~t~ere "~Ss ~wat br:?t here w~ I,-,buil6 ~ the~'house'' but 'it
wasn't this much-w~te~J .:The l~d'-is~much higher. It
ha~¢been filled an aver~ge-of a~os~ three feet over
~ J'~ ~'th~- entire"area2, J'. I ~ave: fo~'d~t-~e~water_ . ........ 'trouble we
~ r ~ ~ ar~' habit':nOw~: is-because~t he ' surface' drains c~not
~'? ?;~ function because ~ O~' the 'emergen&y~'at,~:the pumping
'; ~ -~' statisn;TM T~s ~,prevents: the: surface,~drains' from
r,..operati~ to'relieve the~surface~water:'around ~
:'::';';~'J '~ ':: home ". and ~Y neighbors from the Jetties' Bathing Beach
-~':~'~ ~pra~tibally-aiDthe way along;'Eas~on'Street'and this
involves the- homes ;,of,~a-; great ;:many~ of ~.our sum~r
taxpayers. There is shill one ~hat is'practically
'1
.question. rYt's not"sanitary.~'~I don't'think?it's all
rain water but ~I haven't~had an answer but I think it ·
~:that 'the, Board? o~; ~aSt yeam' 'and;. the .year[beCome weme
people who mea[fze that we ~can',t afford
o~ it:. ~ The ~three Se~er ,Co~isstoners are elected.and I
' feet. theY are, really ~conscientiously~interest ed in
v doing~thei~r?' job..mThey have, put,~ in 'man~ hours'. ~: They
:~ have had other,, problems ~in. addition~ tD thts.'one which
has-~ been the,major.~one; f :The~ .ha~ez consulted~,with
-~:m.a~,Weston and~S~pson the e ~ineeri~ ~i~ who ha.ve been
co~ected with this _,system' s.&nce_~its~ inception and
~- ~t everyt~ng,,~.~ they . have done, s.ince', v They ~d made~ the
reco~endation-%that has been,,,under discussion.o
Snow c'ons.utted~ someone from MIT-~d~.they~dtscussed it
with'Mr. ~rnemann and they have all concurred and I
~don't'.~ow whether~perhaps?i,t- is the purpose"of
Finance Co,it tee or t he Board ' of ~ Selectmen to ~ inquire
the Finance~Oo~&ttee~'s job ~to m~e reco~endatio~s ~
'~based~on the~ financial ;transaction~d.to,.decide whet~r
~' or.~ not ~the-~town~ is.: sound enou~ to, stab.this trans-
uc action,-,, whether or not ~ the , articl ~ ~ in, the ~ amount
~frequested is sufficient to do~the~work.,,~;From the motion
?~made~it,would seem:~thatf, it,~fs.:enough, to~car~ it to the
?point,,of Hatch"s~Filling~Station. ~,,The~Board of Selectmen
as'the Board'of Health has a definite !nte~st,in this
;-~,:~a.~hese',t~s:but~I-t,hink~e:,should give a,vote of con-
f~: ~i~nce ~ to~ the ~ Sewer ~ Co~iss ion~ , ,~They. h~ve stud ied' the
~matter and they~,arefco~Pl'et'el~,satisifed.-that the 'job
:~ocan,~be~done, ?a~:-~ey~ have made[:a ~otion' tonight about
~:~f~how,much'money~they,,need and how far,ih[will go. ,I
'v~don't, believe,snyb0dy ~ts~ going to, g~ve, ~ou ,a guarantee
~/and.we ,-have got to:get,this .mess ?'&[~d 'up.before the
~, su~er, season when we, have Jtho~sands '~f'~vaeat!oners coming
-:~:,'~rdown.a~d our,~s~er gdest~star~ WQn'dS'~i~g ~whether we have
',a health condition. 'We' ean't/let~it~'~ide. ~ I thi~ that
. is something t~.t has got to ,be b~ken'iflb6 'cons tde rat ton
4.m~and it should - be ~ done Lbefo re the SeasonJ. starts~' I'think
fwe should give the Sewer~Co~issio~ a'v0te ,of~ confidence
~and wish ~them well'on .... "
ea~.~rasDers~ns:.on t-~ pmesent .Sewer~Oo~!sston. They,
~:,a'%~ ~ little ~ as :ten .years-',perhaps.we w$~l ~y% this problem
'~-:. over- carefully before,.youJvot~ one~ay~ or the other.
charles Fl'annag~n; Sr~..,: c~."Mr,'~ Moderator,>-I:~'as'; a",:cit izen~
. ,,'~;:'~..,~?,tow~ ca~ed,~he .State~ard'of Public
.... !.~ ,~ O.[of?' ,~/'[ J ~O?: ~f?~C~ He~,th,.'m f ,I .ta~e~ with t~m and evid~21y
:/ ~o~'%" ~' r? ?, ,J ~ ;-$ .vfithey~ ~o~, most of~the: ~roblem here. ~' They
, o ~,:~:':' ~'/~,a~whole .lbt~a~ut-sit. First,' I was
~,'~: ;~a.3I ,~L .'~,~/~c,~;~ e~,vj~interested. ~why, this,t~ng couldn't be
.~v,~l ~f~gj' ~v~'[~ ~u'-~?[ ,.0 put:' Out , to bid.q'r~As"a member~of the Fin-
........... ~ ~ce. Oo.~it~ee ~ Izquestioned ~y
· ,~,:,~.,r r~, ~'~"~ ~' ~.:rs 7.:'~?rcou,~n't~be~put o~t~tO bids and I was
.......... -.~:u ,.~ ...... given~the?i~re~ston~thst they didn't
~ r,. ~i: '., '~'.~ .... ~-;~ ..... ..rS rc~,v~J,~ve:any 'speci.fications.' Well,' then I
~ ~:~'~ :~ .~U ~s ~ ~?~r ~ ~.~,:,~-~ ~ called t he State,~ Board ~ of. Public Health
.... .t~ . ?,.[ :':ta~ th~:~I as~d~h,is~:opinion ~d tt was
!.[~' .?S/'j:'~,~r,,~c~,~ ,~'r':~ .his opinion'he didn~tfsee why it could
':~':'~., ~,.~,.' ...... '~ -~rJ~ : ~,~'(~,' ' n~ ~be put';ou~ to bids. ~',.vI asked'if he
_~ .,~L~ o~ 4~.o',/ ,would reco~end',any .engineeri~ firm.
. He' sa ~ 'he'wouldn ~,t', ~ but(~ he would
reco~end three ~d I could take'my,
'?/:,choice.' the ~d give me,~ t~re'e. ;-~c~ i,-[s~b~
~rf,~ .... ~,~4,?:c,L sc~o.~ :~,"I~ calle~,uP Metc~f<and%Eddy'~ ~d,told
~?; f~C ..... .~'~ .,.~r~ ,,-' ~ '.~ of..~,," ~ them' ~e ~ st cry, pr~ct,ica.lly :as~ I told it
~ ,'~to' the,~State ;Board~of Health' and asked
r ...... r~ .... ~,~.~ 'r ~'"~'~ ~them if. t~y, could see~any, reason why'
--~o~ ~ ,~ .~r"~ [do~q ,~bids could, not, be, putcout. ~;They didn't
see;why.it~.couldn't. ? I asked~them if
they would be inte~sted"in biddi~ or
~[','"~" i',: ',,',.c~ ~ ~ ,;t~-z u~r', ~nducting a: survey,:,i.f they,~were~called
',:~"' ~ -~' '~E;', .,~)'~Well,-I~'asked them what -,t he,, co st would
..... [ '~;.:"~ "'~ c,:)~:,.,~, be and they sa,id:it would probably
,~ar~.(oo[ ~',:~r, ,~c~:.~? cost.,$1OO-;~;a~y.v::I ssked:what the
:~ ....... ,~ a_~ , ~ ' a~,regat e would' be-~'.a~: he ,: sa, roba
:"L ..... o'v$1~O ~ ld~t
'~:~:.~.y. .~,?.:" '~' f:~...-~,s.,ibly~:a,.~week or ten days,~or ~WP weeks ~t
......... ~:,. I.ought to.,talk,.~to.,som~one, wflo knew_the
;~o~ '~: r: -rr- 4r~ ';.f. ~.?o; tec~fcalities~: a_~ littlecmor,4{than the
~;~-'~ .~,:<~,:,~.,~:~'~ ~c~ ~;!~,aver.~eLe~ineer. ~I. couldn,J~t,:think.of '
~Yr:c,~v ,~ r,'~'~ c{~ [ :o,j~ ne ,;.anybody,': so ~ I .c.slled :, the.Town( Nanager of
,-:~ :-~e'~,: "o ~s-: '~(~r{~; -t~f t.the ~ Cityvof~ O~brldge)' a nd ',.to ~ him the
, m-~o' m[~_~:<r~i':r ~- v,d~ ~: problem .to .the best ;of-~my. knowledge, ~d
asked him what he would do, suggest, or
b ?', f:r??; . , ~ f/~ ~-,,.~ / ;~;~ - ar, :,~ reco~end if~ he :hsd ~t he~ sdme. problem and
. :..~.~, ~-situation-.~;oHe.,told,me:he wou-ld consul2
~;~::-",~'r, :~:,.L~rf :rF'~.~,,-~,-~, on: ,wi.th Ms engineer~,~d,:head.,sewer man ~d
~ v,~ ,~.-,r:r'~m c .~:r~,~ .~, :~-~?~ call, me ~back the~ ne~ :day .,.j He did and 'he
~ "-":'~:, /'~ .... ~'-~? ~ ~.r~ ~,~'~told me there,, is~.eviden~tly, a soil' condition
. c,?o :.. ~, ?'"',-~ r. :-:- ,~'~ ~ ~v o,..~ ~'~ a~ ~ r. eco~euded.~ a soil expert, at Harvard
f'w~c;,'~:,, i(~ ?~,~ :-, :.~.~' . :~;'., ,,,'~ ;'~ ', .... ~,~ College,.~ I~ have., his,n~e: he~L~somewhere. _ .
He also reco~ended the fi~..o~ Metcalf
" ~d ~dy w!thout.~y hesitation..- :
v'r~,',r' ~--,,-:',: 7.-':r~: .... 2' e/."So then- at:the Finance Oomittee meeting
r ? ~.~ ~'.,/ /;a- ,~c¥~: ~:~:Jo-'l~ told them,' w~t [,- h~ ~done~ a~ told them
r~.~ y.i.'f~,~c' c~-~,A.~ ~c:5 ~We all':ha,Me.~t,he fe,el!ng t~t leadite
a contribu.~ing.~ facto~bu$,,we .Just want
to.be sure-it is the whole answer. We
, c,E~ ~.7,,'~-~. oo~ ,~:m~ ~,-? ~': ..... ' ~:know lead.has,been do~m~fifty and one
-%?' ~-~ta~'~ q.:~: '~ ~' ;[~v,.~[ hun'~ed..y, ears. ~. f I, asked the; Town Manager
', ::~; '.~ ,.~',,,~ :'~'~ ~,u-larly.~sHe said ,the,y, hadn[t used leadtte
........ ~ ::,~ We~ all know..,teadite[:is.,:a::c6nbributing cause but
5fc.:~ ~,?is.~it~ goi~, to be~.~e:,~medy .for the whole thing?
.'~,'~,M ,~m~k'~If'~leadtte ~he~cau~e~',why haven't Weston~&
~:~!~'~f'~ . Sampson.said'so?~;They~ve been d~n here tn
~,~':~' ~j the :l sst :.thrice ,:' fo~[or~five years; · ~ In 1953 we
~-~ ..... .... ~:: had/mOne~ br.eak; in 1954Jtwo,' 1955 five, ' 1956. five,
~'~:J-5~1957,:eleven,'~and'1958'~seve~teen. It seems~to me
o:::.~ ,a~:tf leadi.te was the' c~seqwhy did it t~e so long
....~.1,,~,~ ~ to,bring-,it~ to't M4att ention of the Sewer Co~m-
Lr~:~ ission?,'aIn ~957 we.~d(eleven breaks. ~y didn't
L,;~~ { Weston:and'Sampson come'~in then and tell them?
-:),'5~ ~',,fWe,want to ~ke sure we a~e doi~ the right thing.
;~J- ~-;' We';~ve no gripe ~with the Sewer Co~tssion; All
D"~',~,o ~we,want is to,~ow we are ~oing the r~ht thing
~?~' ~, and~I would like'~to see:it go but to bids. I
~ ,Ladle~'~'d'g'en~lemen'~,: I dt~"t come down here 2hfs
i evening~to.~t~k.7~I~thought I,,w~ld sit here and~ let
~:~'~ somebody else ~do the, tslking; ~but I did sit-on this
~o?co~ittee~for'a~number of years ~d I have beard a
,,,.lot ~' ~pro a~ con about;the sewer problems. It is con-
?,::.c~:~fusing to a'lot.of you people;
~,-! "Mm'J' Gray' was~-'asking t-his" e~entng why it cost $1000.00
:'~',?for~each' break; f~I think people should ask ,nd find
~ out what 'they want': bo"know ~ [:~Ffrst, this is a repair
vY~':~Job. :::When there'is a~:break ~n ~,p~&ce of pipe'has
to;Ue~rem~ed~from the present sewer and replaced.
The Sewer~,Comfssion hsve'~been using Joints that are
fl&xible'of S~e type ,on- ~at ': break. ,T~at is one
the r'easons why th~cost~is[sb proMbftfve. Also
they intend to excavate-each~Joint as they g~along
and repair them as they ~ along iff it is 'approved
b~[by~ the~eeting,J? They wtlL~'p~bsbly find quite a few
'pipes '~:already 'bro~en.,~ - I ' asked ~r. Sampson personally
~:~'what",wouid'~ppen~:as'they. go~along if ~ey are not
, qu~t'e [ sure ( whe~er' a" j oint ~ s~uld be replaced. He
~::,'~c??~said"there:'wSuld, bec'an: engineer on the Job,that would
:'~tnspect each~and'eve~:pipe'~d if they were broken
~'at~the bell:,tt Would,,be replaced by a Flexible Joint.
~r*~i:'~c'~ T"~en'~I was'~on the'~do~ittee'~ I was ,quite mtspoken ~d
h S'ai~ this--re~air- work should: be done only- as far
Hatch,,s.~b,ecause~,there h~d been no sppreciable amount
of b teaks ~ fro m~ t ~ re - o n. ':' The': g re st est amount have
:-Cbeen~in' the,Con2ue'aud 'Union~:Street area. It came as
O'~quite~a s~rprise'~to,me,thatkthe co~ittee has come
.up ~th.t'~t sug,/ gest ion ~d'~I think it is a .yes,good
~ounsville: -"~. Flanag~-ssked .bout a seco~ engtneew~g opinion;
:,5-,:t5.1 La's't fallYwe- sent"to the. St'ate Sanita~ ~gineers
~':two':joints; one.~ich ~d~broken a~ one which we
~'~d'~excavate ~which was,~aPParently whole; and we s~t
..... f them up'.for: exa~nation.- We got their reply in
-~',,~: Febma~',Of"this: year'..,,-,9:,
"'i(,."lh; order t o obtain Fede~l aid we have to haVe the
~v;:T Stat e. S~tt'~y, Engineers '~: ap,prov~ of our recommend-
...... ation A ~" our,~ program~,w~'Based on the tr examination
'~ ~-' o'f these ' J oinb s' which, we~ sent t hem t hey gave the ir
~ com~.e~ded,t hat'i the-,fede~.S 1
~c (continued) ,v,!'a~'proval: a'nd~' "'"" '""
~.fgovernmenbx~o alon.g, to~the'..,tune:of~thinty per cent.'.,':
.~ ~d'~ by ~ the sa me .t oken' if.~.the '. ,fe de ~l~ enginee rs ' d ld n 't.
:~. agr~ withL ~e se re ~endat ions ~ they. ~ ~dn 't ap'p~ve
.-~. it ~. ~ So we.' ~ ve~ our ~ bwn enginee rs'~, .reco~e ~.at ion
*'~W~ have .the-' ap~ ov. al based.-on'~the-'Lex~ination of the
Ym'.~.Jothts, the_:: state engineers. L'approva'l~:oT this recom-
Bartle~t~"~r'. :'~ ~'In' answer uto'~r. ~.Fiauanagan~' in 1958 we
bo.:.~}-:~ ~?~.~sent~8ome~of the:2.Joints down-to New
, .,~,~. , r~.~ .~"~'~ ' '~jerS'ey . to have,t hero,analyzed. They
also studied samples, of.the, soil and
water ~d the reco~endetion came back'
~%.r.~ ~ r,~.'.:, ,.....~: t~t it' was-t he leadite t hat' had swelled
~ ~ ~1 ~ ~ In -1956' I-think it
. [ ~,~v~, ~r..~Snow.;who'wa~ chairmanUof~the Piuance
-~,. ~'~.~ .c~.~-, ,- Co~ittee;.f~en it~c~evup-~before the
¢'~?o~ ¢..0-~J.L~Fin~ce Co~ittee:'~'hey~,fi~redwhere we
' ;;- .-were:having onl.y.two' or' thre.e breaks it
?~.:~ '.?~ .~ .' was'better'to.go al0~and reapir them
.... ', ~ -as they' cam~',u,p.""* T~:-.,~tbg~tion'in the
last two years has changed,and we really
. hav'e bo do something. ' Thank you.
St.':'f "I w~uld ,like'tb,a~:k'~r;.('Robnsv&lle[in th*t.letter
":"~".¢ C'frbm' the'. State-Boa~' o f, Public ; Health ' did they
[:~ .;. say that 'it , ~s. t,he, lead. itc ~ that, ~s ¢.cads ~g the
'~*~:,"rbreaks?. ,*F~om., what~Z,understa~ there is a little
'ir: z', corrosion there.' *;The~.~is corrosion, all along
.-:IJ ~-~'tth~ ~ipes'~d in all,the Joints as:far a~ I can
.... ;"~.?h~erstand 'i't;-?Did the state engt, neer specifically
("r'¢-~" st'~te that:that i~'the' cause,~end, bhat thet is why
they ~e reco~endi, ng that-w.e go,, ~d borrow money
on the strength of ~at?" ..
....... ~-, ~',~- %ca~r-.' ?d rr.;.?,. ..... ~,-,~.a.~e(~
°."I will. read you 6h'e .-letter.'L~ It ~s; published in
two p~s when we rece.tved it. I will ~ad it again:
' "" :~ r~' ";3~"~¢¢,' ~, ~ .['u/iJo~:~;: o~, ' ~
"~The C'o~o~we alt h: of', Mas~ach~setts',~ Department of
Public Health,' State House, Boston 88, .Alfred L.
:?:'Frechett e~s M~ D? Co~iss:ioner ~ February' 2, 1959. To
? 'Board' of, Sewer ~ Co~iss loner s ,:,Nantucket; ' Massachusetts;
~':-~.Re':"~'Nah~cket~ Fracture~ ~, Bells~ '~-i-Cast Iron Sewerage
~'~Force' ~ain~ ~'~'Gentlemen:'.:' The .Department'. of ~bltc
f!'.'~ Health ha s cu ased examinations ~ to. :be~ ~de r el ative
to the. 'fracture. of' t~ b ells [ on the'7, cas.t 'iron: pipe
'force main of your ,sewerage system. In addition,''.'
U,, one' fradtdr&d~'section has'been' sent' to the laboratory-
' of the' U;[, S.~ Pip% ~n~' Foun~yt Comp~y~ which company
? .'The' ek~hatiOns-:'h~ve.'~om corrosion of.the inside
' of't~ belZs 'ahd'.s'pict~ a~d2'of -the:adjoining section.
it. is-'~be[tev~8,.t~t/t.his c'or~osf'on has resulted'from
,the' action of sulphuric s~' other'somewhat-r¢lated:'
. a~ids ? which .may ;have. :~eh foxed, throd~ 'the: .aotion
'of 8a~b ~t'e~"'o~' t-he sulphhr%beartng..'Jointing Oom--v
:¢ pounds ;¢'.~': T~e' ~aly~'i~ ;Cs Joining, ma'tertsls-, showed an
excessive a'mo~nt of.iron' and ~a-deficiency~in sulphur,
'-'::.. indicating ,that there' has' been a" replacement of the
o~.,, sU~-~hur' wi-th :iron:.&n' the~ Jotnb.tng: compound". The
~' ironmbeari~-compounds require ,greater~ ~a'ce and thus,
~-o,~ '-~ a ~higH' ~pressure.~,isoexerted ~tt hin~uthe/~bel'l. Such
~:J~r~/ pressure': has-been~ so great: ~t~sp~l&t%p'ipes hsve
c~7~I~:, opened: widely andsvJ~in one~ ~'stance ~¥ least. 3/4 of
~'~?: ~,b an' inch. ~ ~ When~ t ~ ,~J oi nt i~.-compound i sJ~ remove d,
do~' ~ ~ the ~ crack/dec,ca s es ' inJwtdth,~}~in many ~4nst ances
{:~ ~ 'almost .'to ~itS~ original positlon~ ~ indicating that'.'~' '
I~.u~(. there' has~been~ a ~tremendous&inte,mat pressure .within
the ~bell:,:~ Sinc~Lt he b~ll"has ;been, we ~emd somewhat
byYcorrosion,'it~is believed t~t the rupture of
'q~ the pipe.may, be a.ttributed-LtO a:'comb~n~tion
~,:~weakening"~d-' the internal pressure cr'~ated through
. the replace~nt, of sulphur ~by iron in the Jointtng
X.D~ compound. ~ ~* ~-',~r,,~'¢. ::,c,,:'~,,, o~.:·
::-~ ';.~The ,Depamtment ~ is; unable- t,o: detemmfne the physical
:.~'~trmgth. of the.p[pe)~nd~ therefore is'unsble to
: ,~:.~ advise ,,yO~ { re~at tve t omthe, p~a~t icab~lity of
¢~e~;,v ;'~the' ~'ame,wfth icad ~or othem,'s~table Joint
.,~.,,~c~ In th~s co~egt.~on~:[t,,~s~be~feved that,you should
~:~..';~seek-the f~rther advice of-the U.'S.' Pipe and Foundryy'
a~'Gomp~y who~.office, is-located at 250 Stuart Street,
'if the~lls have su~fcient strength, it is probable
3 ? t~ t~ a? suitable ~ Jotnt lng: mat er tal- may b~. sub?t !tut
?~, f0r~the:~present.. ~If::the,,bell-~sections have been
u:.' ~' weakened~ by, corr0s ion,'~ the.~ choice should lie between
~:/ removi~'the-weakened.section 'and'; replscing it with
).,~ -: mechanical c6uplings or:the ,replacement of the entire
~," ~line; :~.If'tt is~decided to rehabilitate the 'line,'
..... , :., .... con2ideration ~y properly ~be-g~ven_ ~y your bb~d
:r~ :~to' an'ap.plication, fora Federal -grant-in-aid to
'The Department will be pleased to ~souss thts'mstte~-
,, '.[ further witk yo.m.at any mutually convenient:~ oD.o~tunity
'~espectfully, .Worthen H.. Taylor,' Acting
· ,-,:J-'~ Dfv. ision of. Sanftaryt,Enginee~g.-' ., -:, '
, ~.(.J'They.,are 3he ones' who, e~ress~y: approved the recomm'
:~::: ~ndation,' of, Weston:and .Sampson of.t ~eplaoing oF
no'~E 3with-.le~d.~i. It has:.t, he.~ ~pp~!ml ,which..ts needed
'~o in order.~ to obt~n, theLfedera~-:grant.).~:~pd the comission
.f~,~,~ e will- not-reco~end.- any course of:action,, which is not
~?~,- · in,,their w. ay~ of t hinking ~sui~able. "; j '
r~r,.[ :~,; Nobody.' says leadite ia' the~ cause ', We know. it
a contribu,ti~n~ cause:but .it,Es.ay_s(1,'ma, y~" I have a
letter here from Weston ~d S~pson. I.think we
~:;J~ 't~, a all 'have the.,feeling,~tha%-uleadtte..~', a contributing
...... ;~ r~ h cause but';is -it ~the ~main,.cause or~ts, it shifting,
frms~ r :; sand? .~ Let's getsthe wholo.picture..,~.
B'?Snow:,rf."Badies'a~ gent lemen ,.: you ,0~ unders3and how some of- ..
the~ Finance Oo~ittee: meet t~szlsst so long. Someone
wi'il' pick on. one wo'rd't'ike., [.~may-[j and..tear, it 'all to
pieces' ~nd the first., thi~ .you~know we,,.have. . . lost even
:~what we'are talkingabout.~ That is how, it.'goes.-"In-
-stead. of' sticking to facts, ~Weston and S~mpson says
~':::'~y,¢ Soderberg says ;.'may',-~.Bornemann:,~ays: 'may' ......
If you want to find out what's wr&ng let,s all do a
little engineering. ~t's expose the whole pipe ~d
a .couple of months or years watch.tng it under pressure,.
under'.:.~ltlcircumstances~:::let 'trucks 'run:'ov. er Lit a~ then
find an' answer. - _,. .... "
all-~he members are dofn6 a ffne?.Job and a~e re~ll~ in -'.
~ppr,opria~e khe-~n~ "' '
for the issuance'of coupon bond~
require a.2/3 vote. It ~lll':be by a show of'hands.
The motion' is,,., nd!it~is the only mo,b%on,on the:'~,' .'
floor and it ~s been seceded.' The motion fs thet
the ).Town of~ Nantucket proceed .to ~ repafr~_, the force
main sewer from t~ Pumpi~ Station on Sea Street
.to Hatch's Filling Ststion.on.0range Street and' that
the 'sum of Ninety_ Five ~Thousand Nine.~Hundred!FifSy2
Dollars ($95,950.00) be~raised for. that' purpose as
:,':5 ~, ~ follows: .'~: Twenty ~ Thou'sand ' Nine:)Hundred ~: Fifty. Dollars
· - ~: ?'~ h ( $20, ~950 :~00:) · from .thea E ~ &" D' and
'Seventy Five Thousand Dollars
issu~ce of coupon-notes; ~hat the Sewer Department
be authorized to apply-~for~,and receive available
Federal funds for said project and that~the work be
"All'those in.favor of that motion will raise their
j-/,,,ms?And-those:o~posed to.,tha.t[motlon[wtll fafse their
h~ds and be counted ....... "
Tellers Driscoll and Wood reported' the'Vote.
..Before..the'meetingfad'jour. ned there were,-,205
..~.. :?r:: .... , SPECIAL "TO~ ~T~G '~WA~ANT' '~'~ ~ ~%m.~-..m~ :.; .~
Nantucket, ' ss. '
o~ . ~:;~rf ~ J To' ei t he r of.. t he..Const able s- o f' th e~ T0~' 0 f: Nantucke t,
;fn~;:fil ..E. In the n~e of..the Co~onwe~th'of.fMassach~set~s you
are~:dtre'ctSd to notify ~e'iflhabitants~of'.the T~n' of.;N~tucket,
qualified to .vote in.Town Al-fairs,, t'o. meet~at~the'Nantucket
High School Auditorium in said Nantucket,'-' on Monday, April 6, 1959
at 7':39 'o'cl6ck~in theT'afternoon~-~the~-~d.there,to..act on the
f>i~:t tlc, sRE00~E~ATIONS~OF,~THE'FINANCE'..i~iom
?~: COMMITTEE;FOR THE SPECIAL ,TOWN.~ING WA~'~Tc
.t ..... ~ ~0/~ HO ?0~: ~'~"'~ ','~f~ ~j:~ E~ ~ --
;: ~'..[!c,C Yo~"~Finan~e Co~fttee ~her'eWith 'respectfully S~bmit~
it s" re co~e ~ations '-'on the Warrant · for' sp ecial' ,To~-; Meet ing,
April: 6;~ 1959':'L'.(30~'..~<g') '~"[~' i ~o~t :~;':~;c.i~'f ,%~v.[~q
before ~hl~ ~ee~in~.
~e reoo~end gha~-~epe~gs be ~eoeived-f~om
~' · ...... l:.,~',?f~IfC. O ~ .... ~ ~'~'~ ~ ~,.
Attic le 2
- .~'~--' ~' ....... . ~'J b'd~oca~ -~ ~:._o~; L'~'~ .[.(~'.~ a.f ~('[. a-'~'~i.~.~-'~''. -'
.To see i~'-the T~n'~l~;vote to recon~tmucb and m~e
extraordinary ~epa~s:'f~[fihe)S'ewer,-~se~vfce.force main,' at a-cost
no t t o' ~xceed one .,hufdred; fifty.- thousand ? and.' 60/100 ~ ( $150,000. O0 )
dollars and to determine whethe~.safd'mone~ sha~'~be:provtded by
taxation, or by ~or~owing, or by appropr~tlon from available'
fuads. ."~:~.!'~'~,? ~'-:[ u:;~'l ~:' n't~.b~ o~ m6~'f~~.~, A~, .. ;.
We reoo~end tMt an~ repairs or '~econst~uction:under
.this a~ticle be deferred to an adjourned meeting of...this Special
.To~ Meeting, to reconvene ~aE~4~.'1959 a~ the~NantuCk~t High-Schooi
Auditorium ~t 7:30 P.M. TM~ the Town vo~e to instruct the[Sewer
Oo~iss~on to e~age the se~vfees'['Of, the' .engine~[fng:'ftrm' o'fo~n f's:~i
Metca~f a~ Eddy to mae a survey of the sewer,' seryice fo~ce-:-..". :'
main, ~d-~ ~o '-g~e ~a ~wmttg~n: ~eporb' of ~:he~ c Findings ?and, ~e commend-
ations to said Oo~ission on or before April 24,.1959..' .' ' --
... VOTED bi the Meet~g: That the Town of Natucket .pro-
ceed to repal~'tM force rain sewer f~om ~he P~mpfng'Station on
Sea. Street bo Hatch~s.Filling Station on 0~age Stree~ md that
the. sum of Ninety Five Thousand Nine Hundred Fifty Do~a~s .-.
($95,950.00) be ~aised for that purpose as follows: .TwentE
Thousand Nine Hund~ed Fifty Dol~ars.($20,950.O0)-from the E a D-
and the balance~ n~ely, Savant[ Five Thousad Dollars ($75,0~j '00)
bi the issuance of aoupon notes; that the 8we~'Departmmt be author-
ized ~o apply for md receive avai~ab!e Federal ~nds-fo~ said'
pmoJect and that the work be done ~ the Force Account. ~he vo~e
being 135 affimstfveI 35 negative.
.. ~' To ,see if',the Town will vote',to Put the Fire Department-
On a-fi.~e ,, ( 5!;), day~ week. Snd .transfer .,the:money:, needed f,rom the
E and, ~ , D,I fund';., ~,1 Salary, to· , be ~ based, on, ,$3600.00 ! a'· · . yea~ · ~,.,'~" ":o ~%oo~
...... ~ ~,-',,¢We ~o,~o~ ~eoo~e~.:)',i-. ~,.,,~.-,~,,~-.,.'~ ¢ .... , ,,,. ~ .... b''~
V~ED by,the Meeti~: T~t the ,Permanent Drivers,
the, Fire ~ Dep~tment ~ be: on ~ a: five ~ ( 5 ) ~ day, w~e~k ~ ~ and ~ transfer the
sum of~Twentyjseven hu~ed~ ($270~.00),~Do~lar~ from ~the.:E.& D
fund to cover ,salary needed for the rema~nder~of~.the.year,~for.~
extra driver needed to comply with above.
To see · if.the :To~'~n,will 'vote bo, r~ise ~d, appropr i~te
or transfer from available~ffunds the sum of Three Thous~d
Dollars ($3,000;00) fOr m the ( purpose of purchasing or taking by
Eminent ,Domainf~all?of. the;:p~operty shown on L~d Court Plan No.
4837, for. a.-.'t~n dump ..... '. -:
,,.h f~. ','~.[ ~,' c~
..,<:'.:v: ~3aVOTED by,the Neeting .as rf,co~ende¢Iby ,.the,,~o~i~99
the vote being 165.,af~i~at&ve;trl.negative .:~.::l'~oo ~,d ~" .... ~ '
Article 5 "
To see.. if,,the'.-Town swill vote to raise end approoriete
the s~' of, Seven Hundred Dollars ($~00.00) for the eredic~tion
of poison ivy'~d ragweed on the highways and in t~ pa~klond
oP the Zsland of Nantucket.
~,-;We,re~o~e~d't~t the T~n vote. to transfer from the
E & D Fund'the. sum, ofjSeven Hundred Dollars ($~00.00) for the
eradi&at~'o~:."0-f, lpo~son"ivy ~nd r'ag~eed on the highways ~d in
the parkland'of the Island of N~tucket..
.... ~:,%V~ ED'-. bY ':the' Meet lng :.a s,:' re'cd~endeO: b y,,:the r, Com%it b e e7
- ,To:see, i'f. the :To~- Wdllr-vote:. t'o 'ratse and appropriate
the '8U~ 0f;;.Fi~e H~n~.6~ DQ&la'r8':¢[$500.00) to meet the requirements
of the.' DbPaE~me~ ?fE:;Cbn'fepV~a. ti0~, 2~St .ConSrol;5.Sect;ion;:14%,o~:
Chapt e~': 132 ,';,..Gene ~a,2 ' Laws~:.o f :.the'; Co~onwe alth o f' Nassachusett s.
, : : -We reco~end t~t the T~n vote to t~sfer f~om the '
B ~ ~ ~u~ b~e su~ o~ ~&~e ~e8 ~oZ~s (~500~00).~o ~ee~ bbe
re~u~e~e~88 o~ ~e ~e~b~e~b' o~ Co~se~&o~, ~esb
Seob&o~ ~&, .O~be~ ~2~ 8e~e~8~ ~ o¢ 8~e ~o~o~e~ o¢
Mas s achus ett s. ' 1
VOTED'by the Meeting. as zeco~ended by'~e Committee.
Respectfully submit ted,'
F~CE C OMMI~EE: .
~'nest E. ~elden, C~a!rman
Harold E. Ander~n, Secretary
Robe~ D. Congdon
Wallace B. Deacon
Albert A. Fee
C~rles P. Flanag~
Walter ~ot~ '
Wm. B:? pon Snow
~',:::-~,_:: ~ : :~./~.,'_ ': And ~ bo act ~and transact':
arise in ~elation to the.foregoi~ articles.~j
. '7~?~And yoU?are directed to~Serve this--~warrant~b~)po's~'in~
a copy'of the. same at the:corner ~f-~Nain~:a:nd F~deral Stre'et~
the Post' Office~in Siasconset,~ and by publishi~ the same in The
Inquirer and Mirror and Nantucket Town' Crier%at.~&east 'S'Sven days
before~the date of said'meeting.
?- "'? Here-6f; rail"not, ',:and' make 'dae,' ret urn
w2th yo~m doings-tne~eon~to, th~ Town, C~e~k,,~a2'the'~
Give~ ~nder o~ hauds this 15th day of Narch' in the
year one thous~d nine hundred a~d"fifty:,ntne.'
Selectmen of~Nantuck et'V~
'"':-:/-" ~:'~ Pur~uafl~ tO';the- f0reg6ing Wa'~ra~t,. .
i~abitants of the Town of Nantucket qualified to vote in Town
Affair~'; ,'t'o meet-~ at'the' time ¢~d place; and"+for; the purposes with-
in mentioned, by posting':~d~'publishing ~the 'same "as he~.ein directed
seven days before the date of said meeting.
&ttest: Wendell H. HoWes
~:.J ' ~ accord~ce ~¢h,,-~he-V~Et at ,the.~ T~ Me~ti~ heid
Feb~ 2~ 19~9¢ Z have appo~ged ~e fo~g C~ttee ~de~
~ticie 8~. ~ober~ A. H~¢ ChaSer'.ClinCh H. M~
~ard O. Ga~e~ ,; .'.:,',,.- ,.,,, , /' . ,: ,
.: ...... > -- :z-.¢ o ............/ . Si~ed. Roy. E, S~etti, Mo~r¢or, -. . .