HomeMy WebLinkAbout1942-02-09 Board of Public Works Minutes 180
Reading, Mass., February 9, 1942.
IThe regular meeting of the Board of Public Works, opened at
7:30 P.M.
Messrs, Davis, Brophy, Lindsay, Lothrop, Teer and Superintendent
Welch were present.
Records of previous meeting read and. approved.
Signed petition of Municipal Light Dept. for the removeElof
No,� on Lowell St, at Bond St,
Voted to appoint Grover Eaton as Pumping Station Engineer to
succeed Frank Strout at a salary of 042.50 per week.
Voted to pay to the widow o£ Arthur Godfrey $15,40 for one
week's vacation due him.
Hearing at 8:00 P.M. on the acceptance as a public way of a
portion of Harvard (Private) 8t. Portion under consideration is the
section from John Carver Road to Essex (Private) St.
Following persons present:
Mr. Edward Halligan - In favor
Mr, Stephen Wadsworth - if "
Voted to recommend acceptance to Town, Signed Report of Laying
Out, a copy of which is attached hereto and herewith becomes a part of
these records. Signed three copies of layout plans for recording purposes,
Following Granolithic Sidewalk applications received, approved
and placed on file,
Edward B. Halligan - 34 John Carver Road
Hearing at 8:15 P.M. on the acceptance as a public way of
Lewis (Private) St. from the end of the present public way to County Rd.
a distance of approx. 321 f ft.
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Following persons present:
Mr. Frank Merrill, representing Ruth Mathews - In favor
Mr. Carleton Bemis - It if
Mr. Edward Brophy - a- n
Voted to recommend acceptance to Town. - Signed' Report of
Laying Out, a copy of which is attached hereto and herewith becomes
a part of these records.
Signed three copies of layout plans for recording purposes.
In all votes taken Mr. Brophy-did not vote as he is an abutting
property owner.
Conferred with Finance Committee on certain budget items.
Board adjourned 9:30 P.M.
Respectfully Submitted:
(Sighed) Edward A. Brophy
Secretary
March Town Meeting
1942
Town of Reading
Middlesex, as .
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS ON THE LAYING OUT OF
HARVARD STREET
The Board of Public Works of the Town of Reading having deter-
mined and adjudged that common convenience and necessity require the
laying out of a town way under the provisions of law authorizing the as-
sessment of betterments, substantially in the location hereinafter de-
scribed, having complied with all requirements 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 in a South-westerly direction
from the present Town Way known as John Carver Road to the Southerly
terminus of Essex (Proposed) Street, substantially as and in the loca-
tion of the Private Way known as Harvard Street, the boundaries and
measurements of said way as so laid out are as follows;
Beginning at a point in the Westerly side line of
said John Carver Road, said point being N.130-031 -104W.,
a distance of 108.00 feet measured along said Westerly
side line of John Carver Road from a Drill Hole in a
Stone Bound set at the Northerly terminus of a curve in
said Westerly side line having a radius of 113.26 feet
and a length of 37.03 feet;
Thence by a curved line North and West, having a
radius of 19.10 feet, by lands of Edward B. Halligan
and Hope H. Halligan, a length of 38.35 feet to a point
of tangent;
Thence a .510-541 -30°W., still by lands of said
Halligan & ux, a distance of 61.74 feet to a point of
curve;
Thence by a curved line to the Right, having a
radius of 357.00 feet, still by lands of said Halligan
E•. ux and by lands of Stephen Franklin Wadsworth, a
` length of 133.56 feet to a point of tangent;
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Thence S.730-201 -40"W . , still by said Wadsworth' s
land, a distance of 90 .00 feet to a point;
Thence turning and running N.160-391 -20"W., through
Harvard (Private) Street, a distance of 40.0 feet to a
point, said point being the point of intersection of the
Easterly side line of Essex (Proposed) Street and the
Northerly side line of Harvard (Private) Street;
Thence N.730-201-401E. , by other lands of said Wads-
worth, a distance of 90.0 feet to a point of curve ;
Thence by a curved line to the Left, having a radius
of 317.00 feet, still by said Wadsworth' s land, a length
of 118.60 feet to a point of tangent;
Thence N.510-541 -304E. , by lands of Russell R. Jenner
and Gladys E . Jenner, a distance of 82.43 feet to a point
of curve;
Thence by a curved line to the Left, having a radius
of 43.98 feet, still by lands of said Jenner 8- ux, a
length of 49 .86 feet to a point on the said Westerly side
line of John Carver
Thence S .130-031 -10"E. , along said Westerly side line
of John Carver Road, a distance of 102.15 feet to the point
of beginning.
The above described lines being more fully shown on a Plan en-
titled "Harvard Street, Reading, ;Mass ." dated February 1942, Hoard of Pub-
lic 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 ou%so made by us , we hereby report to the Town
for acceptance and recommend that said way shall thereafter be known as
a Public Town Way and named Harvard Street, and that the sum of One Thou-
sand and Thirty-four (1,034.00) Dollars be raised and appropriated for
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said laying out and for the construction of said wa��g.//
—°� jj-&. Chairman
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Members Of the
Board of Public Works
Town of Reading
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March Town Meeting
1942
Town of Reading
Middlesex, ss .
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS ON THE LAYING OUT OF
LEWIS STREET
The Board of Public Works of the Town of Reading having deter-
mined and adjudged that common convenience and necessity require the
laying out of a town way under the provisions of law authorizing the as-
sessment of betterments , substantially in the location hereinafter de-
scribed, having complied with all requirements 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 in a South-westerly direction
from the Westerly terminus of the present Town Way known as Lewis Street
as accepted May 1, 1940 to the Southerly terminus of the present Town
Way known as County Road as accepted March 17, 1941, substantially as
and in the location of the Private Way known as Lewis Street Extension,
the boundaries and measurements of said way as so laid out are as
follows ;
Beginning at a stone bound set at the South-
westerly terminus of Lewis Street as accepted as a
Public Way May 1, 1940;
Thence S. 840-22' -25" W. , by lands of Ruth E.
Mathews, a distance of 4.60 feet to a point;
Thence by a curbed line to the Left, having a
radius of 287.32 feet, still by said Mathews ' land,
a length of 32.92 feet to a point of tangent;
Thence S . 770-19'W., again by said Mathews'
land,the Northerly terminus of a Private Way known
as Wentworth Road, lands of Edward A. Brophy, and
other lands of said Mathews , a distance of 262.24
feet to a point of curve;
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Thence by a curved line to the Left, having a radius
of 20.0 feet, still by said Mathews' land, a length of
32.12 feet to a point;
Thence turning and running N. 140-42'-40' W ., still
by said Mathews' land and along a portion of the Easterly
side line of said County Road a distance of 80.64 feet to
a point;
Thence by a curved line South to East, having a
radius of 20 .0 feet, by other lands of said Mathews' a
length of 30 .71 feet to a point of tangent;
Thence N. 770-19' E., still by Mathews' land, by
lands of E. Carleton Bemis and Arleen B. Bemis, and by
otherlands of said Mathews' , a distance of 264.47 feet to
a point of curve;
Thence by a curved line to the Right, having a
radius of 307.32 feet, still by said Mathews' land, a
length of 37.65 feet to a point of tangent at a stone
bound set at the North-westerly terminus of Lewis Street
as accepted as a Public Way May 1, 1940;
Thence S. 120-14' E. , by the Westerly terminus of
Lewis Street as accepted aforesaid, a distance of 40.26
feet to the stone bound herein designated as the point
of beginning.
The above described lines being more fully shown on a Plan en-
titled 'Lewis Street, Reading, 'pass .', dated February 1942, 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 bet-
terments 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 as
a Public Town Way and named Lewis Street, and that the sum of Eight Hun-
dred and Seventy-Nine (879 .00) Dollars be raised and appropriated for
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said laying out and for the construction of said wag.
Chairman
Secretary
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Members Of The
Board of Public Works
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