Petitions - City of Somerville

Thursday, May. 29. 1930
Amended by inserting "to the United Stated Government for
-Post" Office' purposes" after-'the- word :"city" "in''the second line.
as follows: viz
Read twice and adopted. '
Approved by the mayor June 6, 1930.
Ordered:
That bonds of the city of Somerville be issued
Highway Loan Bonds not exceeding the aggregate principal sura
of two'.hundred thousand (200.000) dollarsf the said bonds to be paid In not
more than ten years from the date issued or at such earlier dates as may be
determined by the treasurer with the approval of the mayor; the proceeds
from the sale of said bonds to be used for and are hereby appropriated for
the construction of stone, block, brick or other permanent pavement of similar
lasting character, under specifications approved by the department of
public works.
Referred to Committee on Finance.
Ordered;
His honor the Mayor is hereby authorized to
to the United States Government ror" Post OTl'ice purposes
sell and convey In behalf of the clty^the property owned by the city at the
junction of Prospect street and Somerville avenue, now used by the Sewer
Department and for polling booth, at a price not less than ten thousand nine
hundred (10,900) dollars.
Amended by inserting "to the United States Government for
Post Office purposes^ 1 after -the^word 'city 1 in...the second, line.- , ,
Motion was made to lay this order on the table which was "defeated
by a vote of 10-9. Question then came on passing the order to its
second reading and the order was passed to its second reading and was
adopted.
Approved by the mayor June 6, 1930.
Ordered:
The sum of thirty thousand (30,000) is hereby
transferred from Excess and Deficiency account to Highways Construction, ^er
manent Pavement Account,
Question came on adoption of order. Alderman s herman invoked
section 15 and further action delayed for this meeting.
Vice-president Crowley offered the following resolution,
Resolved:
That it has come to the attention of this Honorable
Board that the Federal Post Office Officlals^at...Washington are considering
the elimination in the city of ^omervllle of the present three substations
which we now have, and in their stead, to e_rect one central Post
station.
In view of the fact that the present system of substations
is much more desirable and that the service to the citizens in the delivery
of mall and in the ready accessibility of the three sub-stations has proven to
be of tremendous help and value, be it further resolved, that this Honorable
Board record itself in opposition to any change with regard to the present
substation situation in this Uit and that we :are also opposed to the erection
of one Central Post Office station, be it further resolved, that the
City Clerk be authorized to forward to our two Senators at Washington, and to
our Congressman at Washington and to the Postmaster General at Washington
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