HomeMy WebLinkAbout1948-04-12 Board of Public Works Minutes 52
Reading, Mass. , April 12, 191+8 I
The regular meeting of the Board of Public Works opened at
7:30 P .M.
Chairman Putnam, Messrs . Lindsay, Calvin, Donahue, Webb, and
Superintendent Welch were present.
Records of previous meeting read and approved.
Hearing at 7:45 P.M. on proposed Storm Drain and Sewer
Easement from Sanborn Street to the Municipal Parking Area through
lands of Calvin, I.O .O.F. and Sanborn Apartments .
Following persons present:
Mr. Arthur Bancroft - Trustee of I .O.O.F.
Mr. Hamilton Gaw - Trustee of I .O.O.F.
They are personally in favor and will so report to the
Trustees of the I .O.O.F. at their next meeting on April 15, 1948.
Hearing at 8:15 P.M. on proposed Drain Easement off Lawrence
Road through lands of Ellsworth.
Following person present:
Mr. Lee Ellsworth
Mr. Ellsworth requests a change in the location of the pro-
posed easement as described in the attached letter.
Hearing at 8:30 P.M. on proposed change in grade of a por-
tion of South Street from the Wakefield Town Line westerly about
300 feet.
Following persons present:
Mr. John Paulson No objections
Mrs . John Paulson No objections
Mr. Stewart Harris No objections
Mr. Frank Hayes No objections
Mr. Raymond Swain No objections
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Hearing at 8:45 P.M. on proposed sewer extension in Morgan
' Court from Junior High School Athletic Field to King Street.
Following persons present:
Mr. Albert Haigh Non Committal
Mr. Ralph Plouff Non Committal
Mr. Fred Riessle Against
Mr. Edwin Forsberg In favor
Hearing at 9:00 P .M. on proposed sewer extension in King
Street from Hancock Street to near Summer Avenue.
Following persons present:
Mr. Ralph Plouff Non Committal
Mr. Fred Riessle Against
Mrs. Frank Ward In favor
Mr. Frank Ward In favor
Mrs. Grace Sargent In favor
Mr. George Blunt In favor
Mr. Walter Dearborn In favor
Mrs. Rhoda Dearborn In favor
Mr. Joseph Fortier In favor
' Mr. Dominic Zanni Non Committal
The Executive Committee of the American Legion, comprising
of Messrs. George Dunn, Wilfred Kelley, Charles Smith, Ernest
Nigro, Austin Bennett, and Forster Williams conferred with Board
requesting permission to use Washington Street Park on the after-
noon of May 9, 1948, for the purpose of holding a horse show.
Permission granted.
It was moved, seconded, and voted that all increases granted
at the meeting of April 2, 1948, be retroactive to April 1, 1948,
with a minimum increase of $3.00 per week and that all promotions
of employees made at the same meeting be retroactive to April 1, 1948.
It was moved, seconded and voted that the following provi-
sional permanent employees be promoted to permanent employees at
a salary of $1.03 per hours.
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Thomas Fallon
William Faulkner
John Lyman
Edward McIntire
George White (County Road)
It was moved, seconded, and voted that the Rules and Regula-
tions for Laborers be so that the waiting period between promotions
be changed from two years to one year. This refers to Section B,
Paragraph 1, Sub-Section b and to Section B, Paragraph 2, Sub-Section a.
It was moved, seconded and voted to take a storm drain and
sewer easement from Sanborn Street to the Municipal Parking Area
through lands of Calvin, the Sanborn Apartments and the I.O.O.F. ,
a description of which is attached hereto.
It was moved, seconded and voted to take a storm drain ease-
ment off Lawrence Road through lands of Ellsworth, a description of
which is attached hereto.
It was moved, seconded, and voted to approve the change in
grade of South Street from the Wakefield Town Line westerly about
300 feet.
It was moved, seconded, and voted to approve an extension
of the common sewer in Morgan Court from the Junior High School
Athletic Field to King Street.
It was moved, seconded and voted to approve an extension of
the common sewer in King Street from Morgan Park to near Summer
Avenue.
Board adjourned at 11:30 P.M.
Respectfully submitted:
Secretary
Rsading ,Muss. April 12,1948.
Board of public Works ,
Reading,
Mass.
Gentlemen ;-
hegarding the taking of an easement for drainage
purposes through private property from a point on the Easterly
side of Lawrence Road Southerly of No. 38 Lawrence Road and
running in a Southerly direction a distance of 166.09 feet,
more or less, for the pupose of improving storm drainage conditions
in the vicinity described,W@ herewith register OWprotest and
refusal to consent or agree to any open or ditch drainage across
or on any of my land located on the easterly side of said Lawrence
Road being Lots 12 and 13 in Block 0 as shown on a "plan of Lots
situated in Reading,Mass. , surveyed for - rank K. and Dora Black"
dated August 1929, recorded in South District Deeds us plan NO.
983 of -1929, at the end of Book 5382, and also protest and refuse
as to any pipe drain being laid between the boundary lines between
said Lots 12 -nd 13 and across my pipe line from house to cesspool.
My rea&ons herefor are as follows ;
The present and possible future potential value of my land would be
decreased;
()pen or ditch drainage would collect aia on my land, deposit silt
etc. , upon my land , tend to flood my land, and become a pest
breeder.
With intent to be co-operative in the matter I am willing to make
gift of a grant of an easment to lay a pipe drainage along the
bound between said Lots 12 and 13 from Lawrence Road forty feet
thence turning and running diagonally across suid Lot 13 to &point
near the South-east corner of said Lot 13, so as not to injure
the pine trees in that corner and the outdoor cement incinerator.
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