HomeMy WebLinkAbout1937-05-25 Board of Public Works Minutes Reading Mass. May 2$,1937
A. Special meeting was held at 8:30 P.M.
Messrs. Bancroft, Putnam, Brophy, Lindsay and Superintendent
Welch were present.
Mr. Morton, Chairman of Board of Selectmen, Mr. Goodridge
and Mr. Vaughn, Traffic Light Contractor appeared,
Discussed locations of Traffic light booth and standards.
all agreed to locate booth on Southerly corner of Pleasant
and. Main Sts, if possible to connect with Municipal Light Dept, duct.
Second choice in center of square opposite Pleasant St.
All locations of light standards approved in back of extended
street line locations.
Meeting adjourned 10:00 P.M. '
Respectfully Submitted:
(Signed) H. W. Putnam
Secretary
COV01MULTH OF MASSACI!USETTs
Middlesex, as. Town of Resding
RrPORT OF THE BOAYD OF PU31.lC WOPY9 ON 11M LAY^'IT OF
FAIR101IN? ?OAD
The Board of Public Works of the Town of Relining having
determined And adjudged th=t common convenience Andnecessity require
the laying out of a town way under the ;:revisions of law suthorisinir
the assessment of betterments, subst=ntially In the locotlon herein—
after described, having complied with all requirements of law relating
to notice to :he owners of land thereof and of a herring thereon, and
having met r.t the time and place ai)l?ointed for such hearing and then
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ami ti:ere heard All p::r®ons I.resent who desired to be heard, have laid
out as a Town way for the use of the Town, lrunning Northerly from
Hopkins Street, substantially as and in the locrtion of the private
way known As Fairmount iioad,,' the boundaries and meseureMents of said
way as so laid out are as follows:
�(Falrmount Road, being a certain street or way in the
Town of Reaoinig running northerly from a town way kn ,wn as
Hopkins Street to a private way known as North Street, travers—
ing part of a priv=ta way heretofore palled First Street ae
shown on a plan of "Fairmount", belonpinp to William L. Brown,
-eq. , dr-.wn by Edward Backman, Surveyor, dated October 18-33 and
recorded in Middlesex South R-gistry Rook of Plane, Book 6,
Plan 30, and being bounded and described as follows:
The Westerly line of said Fairmount Rod commences At
a point on the Northerly aide line of said Uopkins Street,
said point being S. 7 — 450 — 50" ?. , a dist=nce of 171.39
feet from a drill hole in the wall at the southeasterly corner of
land of Willi=.r D. "illlams:
From thence the said *'esterly line runs northeasterly
by a curve of 26.23 foot radius , by 1rnd of Donald c.
a length of 44.67 feet to a point of compound cixv,tare:
Thence Horthwesterly by a curve to the L71`1 on a radius
of 85.00 feet , still by land of said Davis, a length of 69.72
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feet to a point of reverse curve;
Thence more portherly by a curve to the P!C"T on a
radius of 230.00 feat , by land of said Davis and lend of Frank
C. Dodge, a length of 188.67 feet to a point of tangent, a=id
point being on the westerly Bide line of the priv=te way
called F_ret Street on the above mentioned plant
Thence N. 40 — 391 P. , still by lends of s= id Dodge
and by the westerly side line of said street formerly called
First Street , a distance of 219.94 feet to a point of curve:
Thence %orthwesterly by s, curve to the L"FT of 20
foot rF6 iva, still by land of said Dodge, a. length of 31.48
feet to a point of tan.rent on the southerly aide line of said
11ortir Street:
Thence e>. 850 - 32# F.. , along the southerly aide
line of said I;orth Strut, a distance of 80.00 feet to the
F,asterly aide line of Reid §" irmount Ro=.d:
Thence the EAST71MY line rune southwesterly by a
curve of 20 foot radius by other Lids of said Dodge, a length
of 31.35 feet:
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Thence S. 4° - 39' r. , still by lends of said Dodge,
a distance of 220.19 feet to a point of curve:
Thence Southeasterly by a curve to the LEFT on e.
radius of 190.00 feet,by lands of said Dodge, s. length of
155.86 feet to a point of rev ,ree curve:
Thence more Southerlv by R curve to the n.l^RT en a
radius of 125.00 feet, by lands of said Dodge and lands of Rodney
Long, e len. th of 102.54 feet to a point of reverse curve:
Th-noe southeasterly by a curve to the LEFT on a
radius of 47. 57 feet , still by lands of said Long, a length of
66.21 feet to a point of tangent on tl:e said northerly side
line of Hopkins Street:
Thence N. 740 — 31 ' — 40" ir. , along the n-)rti-early
line of said Fopkins Street , a distance of 110.77 feet to the
point of be.-lnnini� .
The above described lines being more fully shown on a plan
entitled "Fairmount Road, Heading, Vass. ," noard of Public Sorks, Philip
'�. Welch, Suyt. , a-tad Ua.rch 19379 said plan being a part of this descri�'tion)
we determine that no damages will be sustained by any :>erson
or persona in their property by reason of the Laking to be made for this
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tab improvement . All acre in connection with said laginr out are done
under the provision of law authorizing the seaesement of bettermenteg
and oettermants n:�e to be assessed therefor.
This laying out so made by us ae r.ereby report to the Town
for aaceutance and recommend that said
way shall thereafter be known
as a public town may and named Fairmount Road, and that the sum
of ,eine Hundred lightq—five and 00/100 ($995.00) Dollars, be ffialeed
and appropriated 2or s,.id laying out and for the construction of the
said way.
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