HomeMy WebLinkAbout1938-03-04 Board of Public Works Minutes 238'
Reading Mass. March 4, 1938 ,
The regular meeting of the Board of Public Works opened
at 7:30 P. M.
Messrs. Bancroft, Putnsm, Davis, Brophy and Superintendent
Welch were present.
Records of previous meeting read and approved.
Following applications for Granite Curbing received and
placed on file.
Harold Metcalf -48 John St.
Edith Batchelder- 194 West St.
Letter received from Town Counsel in regard to drainage
thru property of Mary iAnerson, Franklin St.
Signed Orders of Taking for Drainage at end of Center Ave.
across lands of McGrath and Reading Greenhouses, Inc.
Board adjourned at 8:45 P. 14.
Respectfully Submitted:
(Signed) H. W . Putnam
Secretary
March Tonin Meeting
1938
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex,as. Town of Reading
REPORT 0;' THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS ON THE LAYING OUT OF
GRANGER AVENUE
The Board of Public Works of the Town of Reading having
determined and adjudged that common convenience and necessity
require the laying out of a town way under the provisions of law
authorizing the assessment of betterments, substantially in the
location hereinafter described, having complied with all require-
. , ments of law relating to notice to the owners of land thereof and
of a hearing thereon, and having met at the time and place appointed
for such hearing and then and there heard all persons present who
desired to be heard, have laid out as a town way for the use of the
town running Westerly from a town way now known as Haverhill Street,
substantially as and in the location of the private way known as
Granger Avenue , the boundaries and measurements of said way as so
laid out are as follows:
The SOUTHERLY line of said Granger Avenue commences at
a point on the westerly side line of said Haverhill Street,
on a curve of said westerly line of 1252.53 feet radius, and
5.00 feetsoutherly, measured along the are of said curve,
from the northerly terminus thereof, which last described
point is marked with a Stone Bound, as shown on the County
Commissioners plan of said Haverhill St. dated 1933.
From thence the said Southerly line runs Northwesterly
with a curve to the LEFT, on a radius of 20.35 feet, a length
of 32.61 feet to a point of tangent:
Thence S. 680- 43, - 20" W., a distance of 149.91 feet
to a point of curve:
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Thence by a curve to the RIGHT on a radius of 1563.00 '
feet, a length of 149.89 feet to a point of tangent:
Thence S. 740-13' -00"W., a distance of 150.00 feet
to the terminus of the said Southerly line;
Thence turning at a right angle and running N. 150-
471 - 00" W., a distance of 40.00 feet to the Northerly line
of said Granger Avenue;
Thence N. 740-131 - 00" E., a distance of 150.00 feet
to a point of curve:
Thence by a curve to the LEFT on a radius of 1523.00
feet, a length of 146.05 feet to a point of tangent:
Thence N. 680-43, -20" E. , a distance of 153.04 feet
to a point of curve:
Thence by a curve to the LEFT on a radius of 20.00 feet,
a length of 30.70 feet to the said westerly line of Haverhill
Street:
Thence S. 190-10 -00" E., by the westerly side line of
Haverhill Street, a distance of 75.33 feet to the Stone
Bound aforesaid: ,
Thence Southerly along the are of the curve of 1252.53
feet radius as aforesaid, a length of 5..00 feet to the point
of beginning.
Thelines of said Granger Avenue as so laid out are by lands
of Granger H. Carroll throughout their courses.
The above described lines being more fully shown on a Plan
entitled "Granger Avenue, Reading, Mass. "dated February, 1938, Board
of Public Works, Philip Welch, Superintendent, said Plan being a part
of this description.
We determine that no damages will be sustained by any
person or persons in their property by reason of the taking to be
made for this improvement. All acts in connection with said laying
out are done under the provision of law authorizing the assessment
of betterments, and betterments are to be assessed therefor.
This laying out so made by us we hereby report to the Town
for acceptance and recommend that said way shall thereafter be known
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as a public town way and named Granger Avenue, and that the sum
of seven hundred ninety-eight and forty one hundredths (0798.40)
dollars be raised and appropriated for said laying out and for
the construction of said way.
(Signed) Chester L. Bancroft
Harold W. Putnam
Edward A. Brophy
Members of the Board of
Public Works
Town of Reading,