HomeMy WebLinkAbout1945-08-06PUBLIC KF,~ING. AUGUST ~, i94'5. " '- · '~ ....
A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD ON THE ABOTE DATE RELATITE TO THE APPLICAT-
ION OF HAROLD W.' KiLLEN & SONS INC.FOR LICENSE TO STORE OA~tLINE IN TEE
PRESENT TANKS ON THE PROPERTY NOW OCCUPIED BY HAROLD W. KILLEN & SON~ INC.
THE DATE FOR THE H~I:IING HAD PRETIOIJ~LY B~IN SET ~ Sl~l B~EN
ADFERTISED IN THE LOCAL PAPER.
AT' 10.00 A.M. THE HEARING WAS CALLED~EUR~THE OPINIONS OF THOSE FOR
AGAINST TRE GliNTING OF ~ ~:~PLICATION. oN TI-I~ TANK LOCATION PI:tI~ISES.
SECRETARY SMITIt FOR THE BO~I) lffiAD THE 3~:~LIOATION,AI'.SO ~ NOTICE
TI~ ItE~_RING AS ?UBLISI-II~ IN TRE" INqUIIhER Alfl)}~IRROR" ~ TI~N CALI.ED ON
Tt~E PRESENT FROM THAT ANGLE THAT THEY MAY UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION.
TI'I~Y '~a~tE INFO~D THAT ACCOttDING TO TI~ STATE INI/~$TIGATOR THE TANES
~ FOUI~ TO BE IN POOR COI~ITION,~ND V/ERE BEINO OP~:tA[t~D WlTHOI~ A
LICENSE,. THE POSTS HOLDING THE TANKS NEE NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO SUPPORT
TtlE htrEIGHT OF APPROXIHh. TIiII.Y 450 TONS WitICH DOES NOT I. NCLIJDE Ti~ WEIGHT OF
THE TANK~ THEM~EL~. THE BRACES '~/~E FOUND TO BE INADEQUATE TO SUSTAIN
THE POS~ IN ~ UPRIOHT POSITION AI~ ~ NOT PROPERLY PI.~.CI~ ~ DO ~Y
IlUOIt GOOD IN STAYING THE F~-'~OI~. CItlEF 3I.&IR EXPLAIlfED THAT TI-~ NAVY
THIS LICENSE IS NOT GRANTED THEY SHOULD BE NOTIFIED IMMEDIATELY. THIS
EXPLINATION WAS GI~I ON I~QU~$T OF Iffit. E.U.CRosBY AS TO ~.~.T ~OULD ItJ~PEN
~ROI~I TI~T AI,IGI.~ IF THE APPLICATION WAS NOT~'~tTEDo
OEORGE ~0I~¥ PItOTES~r~ID TO THE GRANTING OF THE LICENSE ON THE OROIJI~S
-TI-I~ IN THEIR PHESENT COItDITION A ItA~.ItDOUS SITUATION
ALSO PROTESTED ON THE SAME GROUNDS. MR. MARSHALL ALSO OBJECTED AS BEING
AN ENGINE~ OF CONS~RUCTION IN THIS TY~E OF WORK'.
THE SECRETARY THEN ASKED IF THERE WERE ANY/WISHINO TO SPEAK FOR OR
AGAINST THE GRANTING 0F THE LICENSE Alq~ AS rl~_.~E ~.I:IE NOI~ I~.CROSBY MA~DE
A MOTION THAT THE SENSE OF THE MEETING BE THAT THE BOARD OF SELECTA~N BE
REQuEsTED TO CONTACT THE NAVY AND RECO~KEND THAT THE OLD TANKS BE PROPERLY
RECONSTRUCTED.THE EOTION WAS CAItRIED UNANINOUSLY.
MEETING AD..rOUI:IMED AT 10.~5 A.M.
HEEBERT P. SMITH, SE0'Y.