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April 18, 1924
Members present: Geo. H. Clough, Joseph W. Booth,
John W. Owen, Frank Carter, Miles C. Higgins, and the Super-
intendent.
The question of cleaning and widening the open drain
from Washington Street to Main Street along the tracks and
on the property of the Boston and Maine Railroad was referred
to G. K. Thornton, Division Engineer of the Boston and Maine
Railroad.
The cost of maintaining the tracks of the Boston
and Maine Railroad over the excavation for the sewer under
the Main Street Crossing is to be borne by the Town. The
Board acknowledged the liability and instructed the Railroad
to proceed with the work.
Mr. W. H. Marland of the Reading Rubber Manufactur-
ing Company has given his guaranty that all water being used
through their main is metered, also that no additional con-
nections would be made without being metered.
Because of the relative location of the Unitarian
Parish House to the Church, the sewer entrance will have to
be made from Woburn Street rather than from Summer Avenue.
An increasing demand for water service on some of
the streets where the main is only one and a quarter inch will
make the laying of a larger line necessary. Mr. Collins is
to make a list of the sna11 mains with a view to replacing
them as conditions may demand.
It was decided to extent the sewer beyond the con-
tract specifications on Minot Street from Pine Street to
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South Main Street.
Aw Mr. Collins was instructed to notify the residents
on the streets served by the new sewer construction that
we were ready to receive the applications for entrance to
the sewer.
Mr. Collins was instructed to obtain a price for
house entrances from the sewer contractor. Considering the
amount of work the department has to do this summer it seems
advisable to have this work done by the same contractor.
The Reading Baseball Association was given the ex-
clusive right to sell refreshments at baseball games played
by the Association on the Town Field.
Respectfully submitted,
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'� Sec. , Board o Public Works.