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Home My WebLink About1948-05-12 Meeting called to order at~8:17 P.M. with all members present v ~r.~ Mather', repr~sentingthe Nantucket Gas &~'Eiee~ric c0~, ' complained about Candle Street being plugged'up with,parked cars, making it impossible for them to get in ancl out of their garage. Ir'was voted to establish a' 25 ft. "no-parking" area from t he ~ntrance'~,0f,,'~the'garage to Whale Street. Roy Sanguine~ti reported on the State Veterans Housing Pro- gram. He stated that it would be necessary for a Special Town Meetin=~ to establish a Housing Authority to deal with the matte~. It was decided to wait until the State perfected their plans before taking any action. ¥~. Coffin brought up the matter of moving the 'Sconset Play- ground from its present location to an area under the Bluff near Codfish Park. As the Town of Nantucket seemed to own the pro- posed location, it was voted to move the playground equipment to that location when it was deemed desirable to do so; Warrant No. 15 for $6,224.98 was approved and bills ordered paid. ~ Mrs. charles Annis, President of the Nantucket Graduate Nurses Association, was requested to conduct a local cancer fund campaign. Seddon W. Legg, Jr. was granted a permit to ~erect a staging at '41 Fair Street. Dennis Dias was granted a Common Victualer's and Soft Drink license. Theodore Kania was granted a ~lass I New and Used Car Dealers license. The application of Florence Voisanger to keep 50 chickens was tabled for a week to make further investigations. Mrs. Emily Coffin was granted a Common Victualer's license. John Kittila,, Harold_ Jewett, and William Reith were appointed Special Police officers to serve without pay. Clifford Eddy was granted a license to sell ice cream, run a taxi,~and sell soft drinks. It~ was voted to request the Nantucket Gas & Electric Company to place a street light on pol~ No. 3 on LYon Street. A~letter was received~from the De'partment of Conservation stating that Mr. Barnes was to retire shortly,~ and Mr. Charles L. Wheeler from the Woods Hole 0ceano~raphic Institute had been employed by the Department. Cyrus Barnes'telephoned that Bill No. 2157 on the Chatham Bend Opening was ~efore the Com. on Conservation. That no date had been set for the hearing.-~Communications on this petition should be addressed to Mr. C~ocket. He also reported that House Bill No. 2162,'dealing with the establishing for a Tree Commission for Nantucket will be before No-pks. ~ ~ - Candl · St. & Whale' ' ~ State Vet .House, Program I~.Io vi ng ' Sec ns et Play- ground Warrant ~ Can cer Fund ~ Campaign Stagi'ng Permit Licenses Used Car lic en se Chicken permit ' Com. Vic. license Special , Police ~axi, i c e cream & , soft drin~ ~treet · ~,igh~ ~ppoint- ~ ~ent Dept.' Conserve Bill · Bend" 3pen i ng Tree COrem; ~ the Committee on Towns at a hearing Tuesday, ~y llth at 10:30 a.~ As no money was ~available, it was voted to do nothing about ~Gove~0r inviting the Governor and Council to hold a meeting on Nantucket. & council ~ ~.et~ers w~re received from t he Department of Public Works Roads stating that .,2~000. had been allocated for maintenance of Chapter 80, roads, and $12,500. for the improvement of Sparks~Avenue subject to the Tov~ of Nantucket making an equal appropriation. ~eeting adjourned at ll:10 P.~,~,i. Secretary ~eeting of May, 12, 1948, ~eeting Oalled to order at 8:08 with all m~mb~s present. ~r..Frank L; Hardy and Ernest 'Or0ck~r 'presented 'a .petition signed by 26 taxpayers, requesting that'East and West Dover Street D0ve~- be made one way going West. No action was taken pending further Streets investigation. One Way, ~r~.' Blount reporte~ that the clam'beds had all'b~en p~st- clam~s,& "ed'~nd with'the exception of the creek in' Polpis Harbor,they all Starfish seeme~ to be in good shape. He also reported that the Starfish had about been cleaned up. ~r. Tice and ~Ir. .Ho~lmbam reported on the Polpis road ex- tension. It will be necessary to cut down the hill by Gordons Polpts which, in order to-get the required slope will requi~e easments Road from abbuttersj Approval of this change was voted'and the Secretar~ Exten'si, instructed to notify ~ir. L. R.~Sellew, Dist. En~.~ Dept. of Public Works, Midd&~bo~h to that effect. ~frs. Grimes reported on a number o'f cases she had investig- , Grimes ated. It was voted to try out the so called honing process on the Honing, bad stretch of road by Hatches Store. Roads" The Dept of commerce renewed Contract Clca 8982 from July ~, 19~8 to June SO, 19~. It was voted to permit the Division ~f Employment Segurity to use the Selectmen's'Rooms for a hea~tng on June 8th. Henry B. Coleman and Ruben S Glidden were gr~t'e~ renewals of their Auctioneers licenses. ~ ...., Licenses Franklin S. Chadwick was ap~0~ted inspector of Slaughter- lng, his nomination having been approved by_the Dept. of Public Health. James H Walsh ,~as granted a renewallof his'licenaes for the Sale'and Eanufacture of Ice Cream and also a'permit to hang. a sign. approx. 18" x $6" over the store on Broad Street. Sankaty Head.G&lf Club and North Shore Restaurant were granted renewals of their Common Victualers_~icenses. Th~' Gordon Fol~ger was granted'a renewal if its Innholders License. ~. Olive A' Gaspie was granted a permit~to erect a s~gn lO" x over the '.'Yarn Shop" on Center Street. Amos F.'Ellis was grznted'a ~permit to ke~p 20 hens at 10 Cherry Street. The'petition of the New England Tel;& Tel. cO-. to make an existing pole on Sankaty Ave.-a joint pole was.approved. ~fay E6 was set for a hearing on bhe petition,of Nan. G. & E. co. and New England Tel.-'& Tel. Co. to locate ~l poles on Warrens Landing Road from Eel Point Road the abutting property owners to be so notified. '.' ~[r. Tice was requested to purchase the lO ,bundles of iron Broad track from }fr..Jarvis Schauffler in Quidnet at~0.O0 a bundle Creek for use on the B~oad Creek Road. 'Road It was decided to present the Boaton Post Cane to ~:or~ncy at lB noon SuN. ~iay loth. Cane The secretary was instructed to notify the V. F. W. that as no provision had been made for paying the spl police this year pay f0~ it would be impossible to do so, but upon application in Jan. it V.F. would be included in next year warrant. S~l. Poli¢ '..'~ ,.~:_ It was voted to notify Nr.'.Dell~ that the Hist$~ical .~' ;..~, ": ::'~".,.,',~ AsSoCiation could'.d0 anything with the House of Correction that House' ~f that saw fit,,as no objections had been heard against ~ear%ng it Correct .: ..-'..'As'no.inf0r~a~i0~ had-'b~n re~ived'fr~m'~bhe~'the'State or.National Cancer Fund Committee, it was 9oted to instruct the Nantucket Nurses Assoc. to conduct the drive-as they saw fit.., 'i'number,of items Of Unfinished business brought up~ By'the secretary were tabled for a week. The'following action was voted by the '~' '" That the Airport Commission of the Town of Nantuck~ is hereby authorized and empowered to file an "Application by Lessor" with the War'Assets Administration,'covering the balance of the airport buildings and.equipment at'the Nantucket Airport To be bound by.the terms, reservations, restrictions and condition se~ out in the so-called Application;~to accept the proposed Supplimantal instrument of transfer;.and-to do and perform any and all acts necessary, or required'in order to e£fectuate'properll~ the transfer of the subject additional airport.items under Public Law 289, 80th Congress." · ~, ,~,. Warrant No"19 in the'amount of ~ ~14, 959.66 with the exception of transfering Voucher 12~2 to Hospital Account From Welfare Account, was approved and bills ordered paid.. There being no further business the meeting adjourned at 10:50 P. ~,~. Secretary _ Cancer- Drive Airport Warrant]