HomeMy WebLinkAbout1937-03-15 Board of Public Works Minutes 121
Reading, Mass. , March 16, 1937.
A Special Meeting of the Board of Public Works opened at
F
P. M. Messrs. Bancroft, Putnam, Davis, Lindsay and Superintendent
h were present.
Meeting to consider taking of Taylor Property in Hundred
Meadow Section, off Grove St.
Mr. Everett Stone, 135 Central St. , )Auburn, Mass.
Mrs. Arthur W. Stone )
Nr. Efford Taylor ) Present
Mr. Samuel Davis, Town Counsel )
Mr. 0. 0. Ordway )
Mr. Everett Stone spoke offering sale of property - w2,000
plus expenses of sale such as transfers, recordings, etc.
Letter from Henry G. Wilton of Arlington containing his
opinion of values of Eastern Mass. Rwy. and Taylor Properties.
Mr. Everett Stone wishes to be notified of Town Meeting
action at above address. Also Mr. Efford Taylor wishes same.
WHEREAS, after hearing as provided by law and after
discussion it was in accordance with the authority conferred
by the provisions of Section 38 of Chapter 82 of the General
Laws determined that there should be laid out as a gravel
. pit a certain parcel of land containing 9.46 acres and
located in Great Island, so-called, and owned by Efford E.
Taylor and the heirs or devisees of ?'rthur W. Stone, and it
was further determined that there should also be laid out
a certain way necessary for convenient access to such parcel
of land, runnin ; through land of . the Yeadow Brook Golf
Club Corporation;.
NOW THEREFORE upon motion duly made and seconded,
it was
Voted: To lay out and establish .the said parcel of
land for tfe purpose of taking materials necessary for the
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construction, repair or improvepent of public ways in the
Town, and to lay out and establish said way for convenient
access thereto, all as shown on plan entitled "Proposed
Land Taking - Land of Efford E. Taylor and others - for
Gravel Pit - Land of Meadow Brook Golf Club Corporation -
for access thereto" , made under date of March, 1937, by
Davis & Abbott, Civil Engineers, Reading, Mase. , and
cause such layouts with the boundaries and mea_=urements
thereof to be filed forthwith in the office of the Town
Clerk, and it is further voted that an award of $1.00
be made to Efford E. Taylor and the heirs or devisees of
Arthur W. Stone by reason of the taking to be made for
the laying out of said parcel of land, and the sum of
$1.00 to the Meadow Brook Golf Club Corporation by reason
of the taking to be made for the layout of said way.
A description of each layout is attached hereto and
herewith becomes part of these records.
March Town Meeting
rr 1937
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACI?USET^.S
Middlesex, as. Town of Reading
REPORT OF THE BDARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
ON THE LAYING OUT OF A PARCEL OF LAND
FOR A GRAVEL PIT AND OF A CERTAIN WAY
NECESSARY FOR CONVENIENT ACCESS THERETO
The Board of Public Works of the Town of Reading by
virtue and in purpuance of Section 38 of Chapter 92 of the General
Laws , having laid out a certain parcel of land for a gravel pit and
a certain way necessary for convenient access thereto , having com-
plied with all requirements of law relating to notice to the owners
of land and of a hearing thereon, and having met at the time and
place appointed for such hearing and thereupon having heard all
persons present who desired to be heard, have laid out the parcel
of land located in Great Island, so-called, and containing approx-
imately 9.46 acres, for the use of the Town for the purpose of
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taking materials necessary for the construction , repair or im-
provement of public ways , and also have laid out a right of way
through land of the Meadow Brook Golf Club Corporation necessary
for convenient access thereto , running Northeasterly from a
private way which extends Northerly from Grove Street, the
boundaries and measurements of said parcel of land and said way
as so laid out are as follows:
Said land being located in the Northwesterly part of
Reading, containing 9.46 acres, more or less , known as the
"Back Lot" in a deed recorded in Middlesex South District
Deeds Book 3878, Page 443, running from Frank Gray to Efford
E. Taylor , and being shown on a plan entitled , "Proposed Land
Taking - Land of Efford E. Taylor and others - for Gravel Pit -
Land of Meadow Brook Golf Club Corporation - for access thereto" ,
made under date of March 1937, by Davis & Abbott , Civil Engineers ,
Reading, Mass. , and being bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at the Southwesterly corner thereof at an
. iron pipe set in a pile of stones at land of the Meadow Brook
Golf Club Corporation:
Thence N. 19 0 - 121 E. , a distance of 257.63 feet 'by
said Golf Club land to an iron pipe and stones at land of the
Town of Reading:
Thence N. 760 - 531 E. , a distance of 204.00 ft. to
an iron pipe and stones:
Thence N. 840 - 19 , E. , a distance of 140.70 £t . to an
iron pipe and stones:
Thence $. 72° — 191 E. , a distance of 180.40 ft. all by
land of the Town of Reading, to an iron pipe and stones at land
of Lena B. and ^race B. Nichols:
Thence S. 780 - 37 ' E. , a distance of 154.40 ft. to an
iron pipe and stones:
Thence S. 700 - 40 , - 10" E. , a distance of 168.09 ft.
to a stake and stones , all by land of the said Nichols to land
Of Orville G. Ordway, formerly of Charles Wakefield Estate:
Thence S. 170 - 521 - 10" W. , by land of said Ordway,
a distance of 634.24 ft . to an iron pipe and stones at land of
the Meadow Brook Golf Club Corporation.
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Thence N. 590 - Olt - 50" W. , a distance of 130.63 ft.
to a pile of stones:
Thence N, 640 - 378 W. , a distance of 9$.70 ft . , along,
the line of a dry ditch to an ;angle:
Thence N. 510 - 31 ' - .50" W• , a distance .of 157.47 ft.
along said dry ditch to an angle:
Thence N. 570 - 521 - 10" IN. , a distance of 202.92 ft.
along said dry ditch to the end of said ditch:
Thence N. 620 - 57 ' W• , a distance of 114.56 ft. to an
iron pipe and stones:
Thence N. 550 - 171 W, , a distance of 104.10 ft. to
the point of beginning:
The last six courses being all by land of said Meadow
Brook Golf Club Corporation:
Said way is bounded and described as follows;
CBeginning at a stone bound set on the easterly side of
said Pumping Station Road, so-called, and at the northerly end
of a curve of 140 foot radii noted on a plan entitled "Right of
Way in Heading, Mass . , through the lands of Silas Henry Carroll
and Meadow Brook Golf Club Corporation of Heading, Mass. ," dated
May 1931 and on file in the office of the Board o£ public Works,
Thence the NORTHERLY line of said taking runs south-
easterly by a curve of 31.72 foot radius and length of 49.53
feet to a point of tangent:
Thence N. 540 - 46 , E. , a distance of 111.99 feet to a
point o` curve:
Thence by a curve to the LEFT on a radius of 170.00
feet , a length of 59.01 feet to a point o` tangent :
Thence N. 540 - 46 , E. , a distance of 53.09 feet to land
of Efford E. Taylor and others and the terminus of this the said
Northerly line:
Thence S. 62° _ 57' E• , by land of said Taylor a distance
of 45.15 feet to the southerly line of this taking:
Thence S. 540 - 46 , W. , a distance of 104.13 feet :
Thence by a curve to the RIGHT on a radius of 210.00 feet,
a length of 109.96 feet:
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Thence S. 540 - 46t W. , a distance of 72.01 feet :
Thence by a curve to the LEFT on a radius of 222.35 feet,
EL length of 138.76 feet to a stone bound set on the easterly side
line of said Pumping Station Road, so-called, and the terminus
of this the said southerly line:
Thence Northerly by the curve of 140.00 foot radii as
aforesaid, and by the easterly line of said Pumping Station Road,
a length of 132.56 feet to the point of beginning.
Said Taking to be 40.00 feet in width, containing 14,970
Sq. Ft . of land, and to run through land of the said Meadow Brook
Golf Club Corroration of Reading, Mass.
Said lines being more fully shown on a plan entitled
"Proposed Land Takings , Land. of Efford E. Taylor and others ,
for Gravel Pit , land of Meadow Brook Golf Club Corp. , for Access
Thereto" , made under date a`. March 1937 by Davis $ Abbott , Civil
Engineers , Reading, Mass. , said plan being a part of this de-
scription.
We award damages to Efford E. Taylor and the heirs or
devisees of Arthur W. Stone in consequence of said taking of
the parcel of land so laid out in the sum of One (1)
Dollars , and to the Meadow Brook Golf Club Corporation in
the sum of One (1) Dollar for the taking of the easement of said
right of way.
This laying out of the above described parcel of land and
of the right of way for convenient access thereto we hereby report
to the Town for acceptance and recommend that the undersigned Board
of Public Works be authorized and empowered to take by right of
Eminent Domain for such purposes under Chapter 79 of the General Laws
said land of Efford E. Taylor and the heirs or devisees of Arthur W.
Stone and an easement through land of said Meadow Brook Golf Club
- Corporation for convenient access to such land, and that the sum
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of Five Hundred (500) Dollars be raised and appropriated for
said takinE, laying out and the construction of said way.
Members of the Board of
Public Works - Town of
Reading
Board adjourned 7:. 40 n . M.
Respectfully Submit-;ed:
Secretary