HomeMy WebLinkAbout1927-12-24 Board of Public Works Minutes December 24, 1927.
Meeting of the Board of Public Works was held this day at the Town
Building at seven-thirty P .M.
There were present:-
John W. Owen
Miles C. Higgins
Chester J. 1.1Iallace
Harry N. -Brown
Samuel H. Davis , and the
Superintendent. _
Upon the previous anplication of George P. Abbott for the waiver
of the four per cent guaranty on the water furnished the users on
Cottage Park Avenue, it was decided not to waive the provisions in
his contract at the present time, and he was duly notified.
A letter was received from the State Department of Public Works
offering to pay one=hal£ the total cost of removing snow from
Automobile Route No. 129, the length of this road in Reading according
to the StAte' s records being 0.96 miles. The Board voted to accept
this offer and called attention to the fact that the length of this
road from the Wakefield line to the Wilmington line is 2.74 miles .
The application of Messrs. Spiro & Costa for a permit to erect
a sign on their premises at 80 Lowell Street, projecting over the
public way was denied by the Board.
The Board discussed the matter of the widening at the corner
of West and Woburn Streets and requested George L. Downing the owner
of the premises at this location to be present at the next meeting
of the Board to talk the same over.
A True Record:-
Attest:- Samuel H. Davis
SECRETARY.