HomeMy WebLinkAbout1948-02-05[: :~ '~A regular meet~ns of~the Board was held on"the'sbove date Meeting
with all members present.The meeting convened at 8.20 P.M. with
CbJairman Soverino '~re'~iding ....
.,~ The Town Account'~t submitted 't~easury {~arrant .tr6 ~ ' showing Warrant
a ~expenditure of ~G,.9V0.'v3 It was voted that the warrant be
approved as read and the bills paid.
It was voted that a letter be written to .Mr.Ern~st Barnes Letter to'!
,, ', Mr. Berne s
State B~ologist,extending an invitation to him,&ncludi~g his
wife and daughter to come to Nantucket
, on his vacation to be th~
guests of the Board of Selectmen~in appreciation of the
work Mr.Barnes has done for the-,town in his efforts in 9deeper, a-
ting with the Board to procure .shellfish seed to propo~ate the
depleting areas in the harbor waters of, Nantucket.
It was voted unanim0~usly that the salary of the~ So'~ial . increase'~
' Salary of
Worker in the office of 01d Age Assistance and Mother's Aid 'De Social
: Worker
increased from ,~1680 per year to 1!2160 per year 'in conformity
with the Civil Service schedule.of salaries.
A request was received for a electric light abou~ midway Electric
........ ' ' ' light
s!ong Angora Street. Request was tabled· .-. pole
~' ' -'~ --~ tions and
A request was received from the Nantucket Cas g: Electric' hearing.
Company for permission to 'erect and. relocate several poles on
various-~treets.!t was voted th'at a hearing in regard to sam~
be held on the e~ening of February 12th, 1948 at 8.o'c!ock in '
the Selectmen's recommend ~that the abdttors be So infornied,'
A letter was received from the"Sewer Commissiohers that Letter
·" '.. , , Sewer
work would be started on "the Vestal St.~ewer as soon ~s possibl~
·
Voted that a ~etter be v[,rillen Mrs.Robert P~adis to that effe~
.
The Board was informed by the Division of Forestry that APproval~
'- ' ~ Forest
Fire Chief Archibald had been reappointed as ?o~;edt Warden for Warden
Nantucket st the recommendation of the Board.
~ ~-'' Letb~er t~
Voted that a ~e~ter be writted to julius G.Kell~w,i.~.D.
'~ County ~,, . ' - . Barnstable
Supt.Bari~st~ble/SanatoriUm,that the town of Nantucket would be Sanatorium
responsible for csre of Ceasar and Jack Lopes while immtes the~e.
The 'meeting adjourned at 10.25 P.}.~.
Secretary.
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', ..... , .... "~ ........ ' .... -t~.eetin~'of.Feb~uary l~., 1948.
-,~., - A re~.l~r meeting of the Board"was held'on .abe ~e date-'" ~'.~eeting '-
with all members presenb~ The m~eting'convened at 8.10 P.~.'~.'~with
Irving.A.Soverino presiding. '~ .~- -.
s expenditure 0f $14,20e.80 It w,s ~oted ~hdt tbs :' '
warrant
aPProved as re~d,'and that the bills be paid.
Stephen Gibbs was grznted'a-permit to build a bracing that Permit
would extend out partwa~ on the~ sidewalk in making repairs to a
sill on the Eleanor Brown house on Pleasant Street.~
A Mr.0d~ on his arrival at the Nantucket AirPort tele~hone ~-In~uiry
pictures
to the office to inquire if there were any pictures_ of the ~irpor ~Airport
here taken by him du~ing the war,he thought that they might have
been given to the town,he was to~d that the off~ce had rec'd~ non~.~ ....
~ William Winslow,Robert Har~y,Walter D.Glidden Jr.and- Del~gates
................. Sports~ens
Win~throp Ellis were present as ~elegates from t!~e Sportsma's Club on~
~ ........ Bass Bill
Club ~ith a petitiou'bearing forty oue Signitu~~ stating thet
'~The undersigned respe~full~peti~io~) the Honorable. Board of Petition
Selectmen to sustain, and Support the resolution of the Nantucket
~ .... of laws
'Sportsmen's Club td effectively oppose th~ enactments'~
limiting,and prohibiting the Sale of striped bass it the hea~i~g
before the ConservatiOn Committee,State Hou~e,I~arch'3, 1948". .-
It was the unanamous vote of the Board.to sustain end ~ _
support~the'rosolution of tho. Nantucket'Sportsm~:~ Club'as:. -abo:~; :,.
~rs.Csth~een Grimes was present to discuss O.A.A &M.A;cases. O.A.A.
-' A letter from t~e Dept'20f Pu'olic Works requested ~nf~'rmatio Town ....
as-to whether the towe woul~ ~etch the state'epproprieti0n'of harbor -
_ · ,~, ,- ,-~ ~ ~ : -_ ~redging
~'15,V50 making a'tot'al of ~31,500 for the dredging of.Nantucket
Harbor,"providing" Federal funds'l ~'can be -~btained for. J:he -project; ~'
: Voted that':the necessar,, town funds to the ~ou~t-of$15,V50
forwarded
time
is availablemaud will be at'anY request·
The Island service~ Ce.made application a~r~ved by th-$ Fire Applicatic
"~, '- -- ,,. fuel oil
Chief,to instal~ a new fuel o~ storage tank to be located at th~ storage
" tank.
rear'of its ice pla.~t proper~Y_0n_S;uth V.~a:f.It.was voted
hold a hcar~g on Tuesda7 Feb~usr7 24,~10.30A.~!.0n gho p~emSses.
A communication fr~m the Dept.of Public Utilities notified Hearing
'. , , . ~'~ass.S.S.
the Boar5 that ~ass.S.S.Lines had applied for a permit to'increa~ines to
.. . increase
passanger and freight rates,hearing Feb.19,Room 166.State House. rates.
~ -. ,, ~ Secretary.
Ballot Clerks.
Edga~d P.Tico-.-.
Charles H.Blount
~Jack Driscoll
Ira Appleton
James K~l~en ' -'-~-- '
Seddon ~oLeg6 Jr.
Eu6ene Souza
Charles W.Ellis
Charles E.Swain'
John E.~oore Jr.
Norman Wilson
Clarence H.Swift
Melvin L.Ray
Philip L.Moore
Frank W.Ramsdell
Walter Royal