HomeMy WebLinkAbout1945-09-06 TANE~ FOR THE HANDLING AND SALE OF PETROLNU~ AND PITROLEU~ PRODUCTS..
THERE ~ERE THIRTY .ONE, PEOPLE PRESENT AT THE HEARING.
OF THE OOMPANT,AND CHAIRNAN IRVING A. SOVERINO STATED THAT THE BOARD WOULD
'LIS N FIRST To THOSE IN: FAVOR OF' P ITI0 ,FO ,LOWI G ' ICH THOSE 6, 0S D
WOULD HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. HAROLD W. KILLEN PRESIDENT AND MANAGER
THE NEW FIR~ WAS THE FIRST TO MAKE A STATEMENT SPEAKING FOR HIMSELF AND HIE
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TWO SON~ SAYING THAT HE HOPED TO ESTABLISH THE BI~INESS AS A NEANS OF
LIVLIHOOD FOR THE FUTURE,AND TO NEET THE FUTUR~ REQUIREMENTS OF THE ISLAND,
CLIFFORD RAY MORRIS SPOKE IN FAVOR OF THE PETITION BUT TNAT TEE TANKS
SHOULD ~E OF THE SANE CAPACITY AS THE ISLAND SERVICE
BALFOUR YERXA SPOKE IN FAVOR AND THAT ANY DEVELOPNENT SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED.
THE FIRST SPEAKER OPPOSING THE A~PLICATION WA~ ALBERT E. NARSHALL WHO SAID
IN PART THAT HE WAS IN FAVOR OF C0~PETITIVE BUSINESS BUT THAT NE WAS
CONCERNED WITH THE FIRE HAZARD INVOLVED IN THE STORAGE OF SO 'LARGE A QUAN-
TITY O.F GASOLINE,AND THE RISK GOES UP AS THE QUANTITY IS INCREASED.
ENGINEER KEYES STATED THAT IN HIS OPINION l0 TANEB CONTAINING A CERTAIN
~JANTITY OF GASOLINE CONSTITUTED A GREATER HAZARD THAN 4 TANES WITH THE
SA~E QUANTITY STORED. JOSEPH PRICE STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN ADVISED BY THE
NEW ENGLAND FIRE INSURANCE RATION ASSOCIATION THAT TEE INSURANCE RATES ON
ADJACENT PROPERTY %'OULD BE INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY FOLLOWING THE ERECTION
, THEATRE ASEKIkWH~ .I'~ WA.~ lt~O~$AR~ ~0 PUT, THESE TANEB SO NEAR THE THEATRE?
~0SE SPEAKING FOR I~F0~TION IN GF,~IERAT, VtEHEs DR ,.T0~EPH 00CIS~LN)LOUIS
· EXPERTS TO INVESTIGATE THE POSSIBILITY OF ESTABLISHINg A FILLET PLANT
AND THEY HAD ADVISED AGAINST IT. FP~EDERICE P. HILL REE~I~) THAT HE WOULD
· LIKE TO SEE THE WHOLE PROPERTY CLEARED UP AND NADE A TOWN PROPERTY FOR USE
.. AS A PUBLIC PARE. AUSTIN STRONG WANTED TO ENOW IF THERE WAS SO)4E WAY THAT
THE PROPOSED TANE~ COULD BE INSTALLED?~$~-~O BE AS UNSITELY AS PRESENT ONE