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113 Reading, Mass. March 24, 194.1
The regular meeting of the Board of Public Works opened
at 7:30 P. M.
Messrs. Davis, Brophy, Lindsay, Lothrop, Teer and Super-
intendent Welch were present. .
Records of previous meeting read and approved.
Voted to ask for prices on a 3/4 Ton Pick-Up Truck.
Voted to ask for prices on a lz Ton Truck chassis and cab.
Voted to ask for prices on a special body for the above Aff
ton truck chassis.
Voted to allot $1,000.00 from the Highway Account for
Chapter 90 Maintenance to be used in conjunction with State and
County Funds.
Chairman appointed a sub-committee composed of Mr. Brophy
and Mr. Lothrop to investigate conditions at Mineral Street Bridge
and report to Board.
Voted to advertise for bids for a power shovel.
Voted following pole locations:
7 existing poles on Warren Avenue changed from T.R. to J.O.
Board adjourned at 9:15 P.M.
Respectfully Submitted:
(Signed) Edward A. Brophy
Signed
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, ss. Town of Reading
March 1941
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS ON THE
RELOCATION OR ALTERATION OF THE INTERSECTION OF
HIGHLAND STREET AND BANCROFT AVENUE
The Board of Public Works of the Town of Reading, having
determined and adjudged that common convenience and necessity require
that the public highways be laid out , relocated or altered as and in
the location hereinafter described, having complied with all require- 9
ments of law relating to notice to 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 1--id out , relocated or altered as public highways for
the use of the Town the Intersection of Highland Street and Bancroft
Avenue. The boundaries and measurements of said public highways as so
laid out , relocated or Fltered are as follows:
Beginning at a point on the Westerly side line of said
Highland Street , said point being N. 260 - 471 W. , measured
along said Westerly side line of Highland Street , a diet-nce
of 115.33 feet from a Stone Bound set in said Westerly side
line of Highland Street at the Easterly terminus of the
division line between lands of E. Vernon Sillars and land
now or formerly of Fome Owners Loan Corp;
Thence by a curved line North and West , having a radius
qf 14.90 feet , and through lands of said E. Vernon Sillers
a leng'th of 39.36 feet to a point of tangent on the Easteriy
side line of Banrroft Avenue, said point being N. 1 0 - 39 ' E- ,
me�sured along said Easterly side line of Bancroft Avenue, a
distance of 120.43 feet from a Stone Bound set in said Easterly
side line of Bancroft Avenue at the Westerly terminus of the
division line between lands of said Sillars and, lands now or
formerly of said Rome Owners Loan Corp;
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Thence N. 1 391 E- , along said Easterly side line of
Bancroft Avenue, a distance of 39.02 feet to a point ;
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Thence turning and running N. 810 - 271 E. , still by
lands of said Sillars , a distance of 9.13 feet to a point
on the Westerly side line of said Highland Street ;
Thence S. 260 - 471 E. , alone said Westerly side line
of Himhland Street , a distance of 39-36 feet to the point
of beginning.
The approximate area taken is four hundred eighty
(480) square feet .
The above described lines being more fully shown on a Plan
entitled "Alteration of the Intersection of Highland Street and Bencroft
Avenue , Reading, Dees . ," dated February , 1941 , Board of Public Works ,
Philip Welch, Supt. , said Plan beinP: a part of this description.
We Ward damages sustained by reason of this taking for
this alteration and relocation to E. Vernon Sillars in the sum of
Fifty Dollars .
No betterments are to �- e assessed for this improvement.
This laying out , relocation or alteration so made by us ,
we hereby report to the Town for acceptance and recom.,end th=.t when
this report is accepted and adopted ty the Town , thet said public high-
ways shall therefore be laid out , relocated or altered in accordance
with said plan, and that the sum of fifty ($50.00) dollars be raised
and appropriated for the said laying out , alteration and construction
of the intersection of said ways.
li Lg, _ , Chairman
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Secretary
1.4embers of the Board of
Public Works
Town of Reading
March Town Meeting '
1941
Town of Reading
Middlesex, as.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS ON THE LAYING OUT OF
COUNTY ROAD
The Board of Public Works of the Town of Reading having determined
• and adjudged that comm-:on 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 reeuirements 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
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of the town running in a(southerly direction from the Southerly terminus
of County Road and the Westerly terminus of Howard Street as accepted as.
public town ways at a town meeting held March 19, 1934, substantially as
and in the location of a portion of the private way known as Old County
Road, the boundaries and measurements of said way as so laid out are as
follows:
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(Beginning at the Southwesterly extremity of County
Road as accepted March 19, 1934 as previously mentioned
herein;
Thence the Westerly side line of this layout runs
S. 140-42t-40" E. , through lands of Merle W. Farr, a dis-
tance of 265.44 feet to a point;
Thence turning and running N. 750-171-20" E. , still
through lands of said Farr, and through lands of Ruth E.
Mathews, the Southerly line of this layout runs a distance
of 40.0 feet to a point situated in land of said Mathews;
Thence turning and running N. 140-42'-40" W. still
through lands of said Mathews, a distance of 161feet
to a point of curve;
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Thence by a curved line to the Right, having a radius
of 1114.51 feet, still through and by lands of said Mathews,
a length of 99.85 feet to the beginning of another curved
line;
Thence by a curved line to the Right, having a radius
of 2036 feet, again through lands of said Mathews,. a length
of 30.24 feet to a point on the Southerly side line of said
Howard Street;
Thence S. 750-31 ' -30" W. , by the said Southerly side
line of Howard Street, a distance of 5.08 feet to a point
of curve;
Thence by a curved line to the Left, having a radius
of 20.0 feet, still by said Southerly side line of Howard
Street, a length of 29 .61 feet to the Southeasterly extre-
mity of County Road as accepted. March 19, 1934;
Thence S. 800-421 -2011 W. , by the Southerly terminus of
County Road as accepted aforesaid, a. distance of 40.0 feet
to the point of beginning.
The above described lines being more fully shown on a Plan en-
titled. "County Road, Reading, Puss. , " dated February, 1941, Board of
FPublic 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 im-
provement. All acts in connection with said laying out are done under
the provision of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, and bet-
terments are to be assessed therefor.
This laying out so made by us, we hereby report to the Town for
acceptance andrecommend that said way shall thereafter be known as a
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public Town Way and named,/County�Roa.d,/ and that the sum of Five HundPed
and Ten (510.00)) Dollars be raised and appropriated for said laying
out and for the construction of said way.
�.> .� tl�, Chairman
Members of the "�-