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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1942-04-23 Meeting held April 23, 1942.: The Board of Selectmen were cailed'to order with Members Smith, Glidden, Hardy and Coleman present. The Town Accountant presented Warrant #16 amounting to $2,851.11. The same voted to be paid as read. An application was received from the Nantucket Gas and Electric Company to place two'poles on Somerset Road. It was voted to take the regular course as prescribed by Law. A communication'was received from Governor Saltonstall requesting'the Board to cooperate with the Rationing Boar~'. S ' A s~g~estion was received from Mrs. Eva E. Chase that the /Junction at Orange Street and Scouset Road be Selected to be named after Harrison Gorman. A complaint was received from A. L. B. Fisher in regards to dogs running at large and disturbing the neighbors. The Girl Scouts requested that a plot of land be given them for a Victory Garden. Voted to let them have a piece of land at Our Island Home. Mr. Walter Glidden was voted a renewal of the Junk Dealer's License. ~- Mr. Everett Folger was before the Board about the sale of Alcoholic Beverages to Albert 01cott. He said 01cott received the money from Etta Blanchard, an inmate' of Our Island Home. Mrs. Lewis was before the Board relative to th~ parole of her son George'Le~s at Barnstable. ~ Sewer commissioners Ring, Butler, and Deacon met with ~enn~th Harmnond'and the Board relativ~o the sewer connection on Vestal'Street extension. The Board to spend $~50.00 for a Catch Basin in the road, so placed that when the sewer is con- nected with the property it can be used as a'Catch Basin for surface water. The Sewer Commissioners also requeS$ funds for the repairing of the sewer pumping station building. Meeting Warrant #16 Appl i ca- tion C ommuni- cation Square Complaint Girl Scouts License License Parole It~was recommended t~at they bring in an estimate at,the next meeting at which time the'Board w~uld request the Finance~ Comm. to meet ~nd make a transfer to cover this work, and also the installation of'the Catch Basin. Mr. Glidden requested that the bUshes hanging over the Street'on the property at'the corner of Union and Weymouth St. be taken care of. It was voted to refer the same to M~. Tice. Walter Hatch was granted a beer, wine and bottled goods license subject to A B C. Resoectful~~~ complaint License ' ~ '. : Meeting. held April 30, 1942. The Town Accountant presented the Warrant #iV amounting : · to ~,~9 904.82 'The same was voted to be paid as read. An application was received from the Wood Box for an : Inn Holder's'License. The same wss granted. ~An application was received from ~[rs. Helen Bromley to The ~leeting was called to order with all members~present. ~,~EETING conduct a was granted. A bid was received from Vf~,. H. Winslow of ~;1~5.00 for ,hauling and replacing the 3 mile limit buoys. The Board voted to f;ive the contract to _~r. Winslow to haul, repaint and replace buoys for $)125.00. An ac~cnowledgement was received from the Department of the Interior,. Fish and Wild Life Division for our application for flounder fry for the next year. They stated that the same would be sent to us in February or April Ouring 1943. An application for renewal of a~ alcoholic Beverage License, inn Holder's License and Entertainment License for the '~azw~!net Hotel was granted. The application of i';!rs. S~san Burton for parole from the House of Correct'~on was turned over to the Count?f Clerk. The Board voted to use (~50.00 of the Polpis,Road money ~ppropriated at the annual Tovm ~deeting to match ~250.00 of Chaoter 90 money for the same purpose. 'A comuunication was received from Paul Klingelfuss stating that he was volunteering in the U. S. ~ ~ rm,y and would be willing to surrender the bathing beach lease. The matter ~ was tabled. A request was received from Oliver C. Fisher requesting that the contract between the Tovm of Nantucket and the Nantucket Gas & Electric Company be published in ~'~._~ .... .~,~.~rror'. The ssz~-e was tabled-for a week. comJuun~_catzon was received from Arthur C Hayden re- questing the Selectmen take up the matter of adjustment of the bill for Street Lighting for' the Tovrn '.'.wh&n in darkness for several nights. The same was tabled, ~',ARRA~,_ ir 1V APP LI CA- TI 0~_I APPLICA' TI ON BID AC~G:! ' T. FL. APPL. APPL. REQUEST It was voted to'meet' with. Mr.' Mather Saturday May 2,to discus~ the whole situation. An agreement between th.e Town and Nantucket Hospital for the care of needy patients was signed by the Board. The monthly report 'of Old Age Assistance Board and the · ' v~d~' aid to Dependent Children was recei . and the monthly report from the Welfare Department. An application was received from Mr'. Frank Worth stating that in 'the event of a vacancy in the orfice of Town and County Treasurer, he would like to be considered an applicant. An application from the Nantucket Gas & Electric company for two pole locations on the Somerset Road was granted. A communication was received from Ralph H. Osborn, Dir. of Div. of Marine Fisheries stating that llO0 short lobsters have been released in the.Nantucket Harbor. The Board voted to declare the waters inside a line drawn from the shore end of the Eastern Jetties to Brant Point Light as a breeding area enclosed as a Lobster trap. Voted to send a letter of appreciation to the Depart,r~nt. Elmore Taylor was granted permission to erect a staging on the building at 8 Fair Street. A report from Gardner Russell in the case of Marcus Rams- del! Versus Selectmen of Nantucket was read as also the find- ings of the Court as follows:' ORDE~:' FOR COSTS -This' cause came on to be heard upon the return of an order of notice to show cause why the petition should not be granted, and it appearing to the court thst after service of the process upon the respondents the petitioner filed a discon- tinuance of the' petition, it is ORDERED that costs be awarded to the respondents, taxed by the clerk in the sum of'six dollars and twenty-five cents, ($6.25). Entered April al, 1942. By the ~ourt, (Collins, J.) (Sitting at Boston) LEO A. REED Asst. Clerk. ME.E TING AGREE~f~NT REPORTS APPL~ APPL ~ · PERR~iSS. - REPORT COURT ORDER