HomeMy WebLinkAbout1935-12-06 Board of Public Works Minutes Reading, Mass. , December 6, 1935.
The regular meeting of the Board of Public Works opened
at 7:30 P. M.
Messrs. Putnam, Crooker, Barnes , Fowle and Superintendent
Welch were present.
At 7:45 P. M. Bids were opened for Equipment for Filtra-
tion Plant. Mr. Kindle Berger, State P. W. A. was present.
Builders Iron Foundry, -
Providence, R. I.
(1) Lump Sum of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,751.00
(2) Delivery in. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 days
after final execution of contract
(3) Loss of head. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.1 Ft.
in 1,000,000 Gals per 24 hours
(4) The percentage of error of the controller
at 1,000,000 Gals per 24 hours will not
exceed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 %
Simplex
(1) Lump Sum of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$19774.00
(2) Delivery in. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 days
after final execution of contract
(3) Loss of head. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.17 ft.
in 1,000,000 Gals per 24 hours
(4) The percentage of error of the controller
at 1,000,000 Gals per 24 hours will not
exceed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..3%
Whitman Morton appeared to inquire the Board's intention as
to flooding Memorial Park. He was assured that it would be flooded.
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The Board voted to instruct the Superintendent to
shut off water on all overdue accounts in accordance with the
exact letter of the Water Department by laws excepting only in
cases of illness or distress as in the judgment of the Superintendent.
require special consideration.
Board voted to abate the following 1934 water bills.
Galen Parker 217 Main St. $6.90
A Lloyd Tenant
Minnie Keating 133 Haven St. 5.40
(now Frank Gray)
F. Merrill 3 Bond St. .50
Service Pipe Maint.
R. W. Totten 36 Gould St. 2.11
Angus Matthieson 21 Walnut St. 2.70
E. T. & Thos. Day 114 Green St. 3.11
Board voted to allow Isaac Chase to work off his bill of
$8.60 in carpentry.
At. 8:45 P. M. the Board opened bids on 2,000 ft. of 12" Cast
Iron water pipe.
Warren Pipe Cc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1.81 per lin. ft.
U. S. Pipe & Foundry Co. . . . . . . . . . 1.82 11plus $1.00 per ton delivery
R. D. Wood Cc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.875 'I
Informal bid
Johns Manville Cc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.64
plus 2 cents per ft. delivery.
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The Board voted to award the contract of purchasing
approximately 2,000 ft. 12" C. I. pipe to the Warren Pipe Co.
Notice was received from Mr. Leon Bent that estimates
of budgets for the coming year must be submitted at an early date.
Board voted to pay overtime in excess of ten hours in any
one day to the foreman of the department on snow removal work.
Board voted to authorize the Superintendent to buy a body
for the new Dodge Truck, price not to exceed $300.00.
Board voted to approve W. P. A. project for reshaping
and regrading Pearl St. entire length. Work to be done under super-
vision of State Pub. Works Dept. Town to furnish all tools and some
special equipment such as roller and loader.
Board of Public Works
Reading, Mass.
To Mr. John Doe,
15 XYZ St.
Reading, Mass.
You are hereby notified that on and after
the number on the premises, owned by you, and now known as number
15 XYZ St. shall be changed to number 30 XYZ St.
Excerpt from Street Renumbering Regulation.
Sect. 10. It shall be unlawful for any person to remove,
alter, or deface any number assigned and displayed as aforesaid,
or to retain an improper number, or to substitute and display any
number other than the one designated by virtue of these regulations.
Sect. 11. Any person or persons violating the provisions
of Section 10, of these regulations , shall be punished by a fine not
exceeding ten (10) dollars for each offense.
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LRULES AND REGULATIONS OF STREET RENUMBERING
Section 3. Article 10 of Special Town Meeting August 29, 1933.
The Board of Survey shall establish a system for the
numbering of all buildings on or near the line of public or private
ways and shall prescribe by suitable rules and regulations the
method in which such numbering shall be done.
SECTION 1. In residential districts, all principal build-
ings and in business and other districts, all stores, industrial
and other principal buildings shall be numbered as provided in the
following regulations.
SECTION 2. The numbering shall correspond with the num-
bering on the street (or one of the streets , if more than one) on
C which the lot with the building thereon abuts.
SECTION 3. The numbering shall begin at the end of a
street nearest to the business center or main thoroughfare as may
be determined by the Board of Survey.
SECTION 4. On all streets the numbers shall run in conse-
cutive order alternating from one side to the other, the odd
numbers being on the right hand side of the street, the street run-
ning in the direction of increasing numbers.
SECTION 5. Unless otherwise determined by the Board of
Survey each 35 feet of street frontage shall be given a number,
which shall be the number belonging to the building included in or
embracing that frontage.
' SECTION 6. All measurements of frontage shall be made on
the center-line of the street; no allowances are to be made for
entering or intersecting streets, parks , cemeteries, or other areas.
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SECTION 7. Where two or more residences or establishments ■
have their principal entrances within the same thirty-five foot
frontage, they shall be distinguished by adding the letters A, B, C,
etc. , to the common number.
SECTION 8. In the case of incompleted streets , temporary
numbers shall be assigned to the buildings until such time as the
completion of the street will permit the assignment of permanent
numbers conforming to these regulations.
SECTION 9. All principal buildings or establishments now
existing or hereafter erected to which a number. has been assigned
shall have the number conspicuously placed in such manner that it
will be visible from the street, using figures at least three inches
in height. Whenever the building stands back more than seventy-five 1
feet from the street line, the number shall be conspicuously displayed J
at or near the street upon a post, or in some appropriate manner and
location so as to be easily legible from the street.
SECTION 10. It shall be unlawful for any person to remove,
alter, or deface any number assigned and displayed as aforesaid, or to
retain an improper number, or to substitute and display any number
other than the one designated by virtue of these regulations.
SECTION 11. Any person or persons violating the provisions
of Section 10 of these regulations, shall be punished by a fine not
exceeding ten (10) dollars for each offense.
Board adjourned at 9:45 P. M.
Respectfully Submitted
Signed:
A. Russell Barnes, Jr.
Secretary