HomeMy WebLinkAbout1953-12-28 Board of Public Works Minutes December 28, 1953
The regular meeting of the Board of Public Works opened at
7:30 P.M.
Chairman Walker, Messrs. Hopkins, Johnson, Kilgore, and Super-
intendent Welch were present.
1953
Records of December 14.,nread and approved.
Received two letters from Whitman & Howard as follows:
1. Listing bids received December 14, 1953 for sewer
Pumping station equipment and recommending that
contract be awarded to the low bidder Ralph P.
Hall, Inc.
2. Listing bids received December 14, 1953 for sewer
pumping station and discussing the desire of the
low bidder the L. & T. Construction Company to
withdraw their bid.
Discussed awarding of contracts with Town Counsel.
Voted to award the contract for the sewer pumping station equip-
ment to the low bidder Ralph P. Hall, Inc. , of Stoneham, Mass.
Voted to award the contract for the sewer pumping station to the
low bidder the L. & T. Construction Company of Melrose, Mass.
Discussed at length and in detail the proposed 1954 Budget and
the broad aspects of Departmental policy affecting same.
Voted to submit to Finance Committee the Budget as amended.
Board adjourned at 10:45 P.M.
Respectfully submitted: " �?
cretar
y
TOWN OF READING OFFICE OFL14+a.Li0Kll� reJnEY.tE"'
COLEMAN J. DONAHUE. .ECRETLRT
KENNETH R. JOHNSON
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS a OLD D, KI GORE. JR.
N =jjL�Hopkins,Jr.
MUNICIPAL BUILDING R,�LIP WELCH. .urERinTaneaxT
READING, MASS.
MASSACHUSETTS December 21, 1953
CONMON14FALT: OR MASSACHUSETTS
Office of the Board
of Public Works
Town of ;leading
Middlesex, as.
To the Assessors of the Town of Reading
The undersigned, Board of Pulillo Works of the Town
of Readin,^,, in co:nplierice with the provisions of General Laws,
Chapter iso, as amended by Chapter 63 of tle Acta of 1933, hereby
certify that the list herewith contains the names of persons
against whon we have .:ade betterment assessments, together
with t:)e location of the land benefitted by the inprovement
and the nature and amount of such betterment assessment.
And such list is certified to you for V,e purpose
of committing the sa a to the Tax Collector, as provided by
law.
WITNESS our hands this twenty-first (21st) day of
Decanber A. D., 1953.
Board of Publ. Wor 3
GRANOLITHIC SIDEWALK AND GRANITE CURBING
December 31, 1553
Assessors'
NAME STREET Plat Lot Amount
1. William P. McDonnell and
Thelma C. McDonnell 65 Berkeley Street 22 7 „180.00
2. Calvert W. Mullen and
Barbara T. Mullen 336 Haven street 3 14 134.00
3. Henry Shute Blethen 47 Federal Street 36 39A 120.00
4. Richard A. Bates and
Constance Bates 247 Sumner Avenue 27 3 260.00
5. Francis T. DePloey and
Phyllis L. DePloey 54 Deering Street 34 13 150.00
Total $$864.00
TOWN OF READING OFFICE OF .Q�iy.�wPIQ� R. QR
COLEMAN J. DONAHUE. !ttf[uxv
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS KENNETH R. JOHNSON
L HAROLD D. KILDOR[.
„',7 ',,a ;,,",,.H opkins, Jr.
MUNICIPAL BUILDING
PHILIP WELCH. fuP[xini[xO[ni
READING, MASS,
MASSACHUSETTS
Decenber 21,1953
COA"JONW'EALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Office of the Board
of Public Works
Town of Reading
Middlesex, ss.
To the Assessors of t?ie Town of Reading
The undersigned, board of Public Works of the Town
of Reading, in compliance with the provisions of General Laws,
Chapter 802 as amended by Chapter 63 of the Acts of 1933, hereby
certify that the list herewith contains the names of persons
aSalnst whom we have -jade betterment assessments, together
with the location of the land benefitnd by the improvement
and the nature and amount of such betterment assessment.
And such list, is certified to you for the purpose
of co.=itting the same to the Tax Collector, as provided by
law.
WITNESS our hands this twenty-first (21st) day of
Aece,lber A. D. , 1953.
i
Board of Publ c Works .
IL
GRANITE CURING
December 31, 1953
� Assessors
LNAPS STREET Plat Lot Amount
1. Jennie F. Perkins 270 Main Street 53 39 x,71.13
2. Percy C. Coulter and
Agnes M. Coulter 75 Vine Street 31 56 54.00
3. Ethel M. Perry 75 Locust Stroet 36 18A 93.63
4. Leo A. Surrette and
Alethea M. Surrette 11 Temple Street 13 39 45.00
5. Otis r;. Simms and
Virginia C. Simms 14 Nichols Road 15 66E 73.22
6. Alton S. Hamm and
Adelaide B. Hamm 33 Walnut Street 53A 42B 83.95
7. Laurence S. Winchester 247 West Street 57A 115 87.53
Total $608.46
TOWN OF READING OFFICE OF w �, Ww ��.ro"�.R7Vi
COLEMAN J. DONAHUE. ecCecianv
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS KENNETH R. JOHNSON
HA O O D. KILGORE. JR.
� �Ls�„�M„H opkins,Jr,
MUNICIPAL BUILDING
PHILIP WELCH. au P[Nlrvi eNoexi
READING, MASS.
MASSACHUSETTS December 21, 1953
COMP ONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Office of the Board
of Public Works
Town of Reading
Middlesex, as.
To the Assessors of the Town of Reading
The undersigned, hoard of Public Works of tine Town
of Reading, in compliance with the provisions of General Laws,
Chapter 60, as amended by Chapter 63 of the Acts of 1933, hereby
certify that the list herewith contains the names of persons
against whom, we have made betterment assessments, together
with the location of the land benefited by the improvement
and the nature and amount of such betterment assessment.
And such list is certified to you for the purpose
of committing the same to the Tax Collector, as provided by
law.
WITNESS our hands this twenty-first (21st) day of
December A. D., 1953.
Board of Public Wor 9
SEWER FRONTAGE ASSES,'NhNTS
December 31, 1953
Asseasorst
NAME STREET Plat Lot Amount
1. Luella Ii. Cann 66 Mineral Street 25 8 X63.00
2. John J. Carney and 68 Mineral Street 25 7 42.00
Christine 11. Carney
3. Herbert W. Holden Jr. and
Virginia J. Holden 72 Mineral Street 25 6 46.67
4. Herbert W. Holden Jr. and
Virginia J. Holden Mineral Street 25 5A 44.89
5. Annie Col£ord 76 Mineral Street 25 5 65.00
6. Edward C. Manning and 66.56
Marion W. Nanning 82 Mineral Street 25 4
7. Robert A. Halbert and
Elizabeth B. Halbert 86 Mineral Street 25 3 66.56
8. Charles E. Wilkie and
Charlotte M. Wilkie 90 Mineral Street 25 2C 63.00
9. Joseph M. Foley and
Dorothy C. Foley 34 Hancock Street 26 7 99.50
JO.Robert W. Lovett and
Dorothy M. Lovett 67 Mineral Street 26 6 100.00
Owners 11/1/53
ll. alph N. Cummings and
Priscilla L. Cummings 73 Mineral Street 26 5 60.00
Supposed present owners
Eric E. Smith & Oriel R. Smith
12.Alice id. Strout 77 Mineral Street 26 4) 80.00
13-Catherine N. Chipman 81 Mineral Street 26 4A 70.00
14.Catherine M. Blanchard and
Agnes B. Chipman 85 Mineral Street 26 3 70.00
15.Frederick D. Bartholomew and
Lucile E. Bartholomew 120 Summer Avenue 26 lA 79.15
16.Elmer D. Jones etal 24 Charles t,treot 6 23 92.00
17.11ertha E. Harrison 26 Charles Streot 6 22 88.00
18.Lawrence w. Laphan and
Phyllis A. Laphaim 34 Charles Street 6 21d 80.00
19.Arthur F. Flanagan and
Beatrice A. Flanagan 38 Charles Street 6 21C 80.00
Assessors,
NAME SVILET Plat Lot Amount
20, Robert B. Monteith and
Ruth M. Monteith 42 Charles Street 6 21 80,00
21, Lex W. Crockett Jr, and
Eleanor A. Crockett 48 Charles Street 6 21b 80,00
22, Frederick E. Jerrior Jr, and
Mary J. Jerrlor 52 Charles Street 6 21a 103.80
23. Alfred B. Holtsberg and
Edith D. Holtsberg 64 Charles Street 6 20 262,00
24. Stanley L. Staples and
Lois M. Staples Charles Streot 39 17 15.26
25. Stanley L. Staples and
lois M. Staples Charles Street 39 18 62.21
26, William H. Campbell 59 Charles Street 6 11A 60,00
27. Charles W. Scheider and
Florence L, Scheider and Charles Street 6 10 21.00
Barbara L, Nyberg
28. Charles W, Scheider and
Florence L. Scheider and 65 Charles Street 6 9 186.07
Barbara L. Nyberg
29. Harris P. Pratt Jr. and
Alice 14. Pratt 91 Pearl Street 40 3 73.62
J 30, John B. Howard and
1 Mary E. Howard 41 Oak Street 30 1 182:20
31. Thomas J. Fitzpatrick and
Helen A. Fitzpatrick 47 Oak Street 29 5B 61.88-�
32. Ruth H. Driscoll 51 Oak Street 29 5A 63.96
33. Donald N. Adler and
Florence C. Adler 55 Oak Street 29 5 63.76
34. Helen C. Harris 59 Oak Street 29 4 67.30'
35. Helen C. Harris Oak Street 29 3A 112.30
36. Paul S. Brailsford and
Frances Brailsford 40 Oak Street 53C 60 89.46
37. Walter J. %ulakowski 44 Oak Street 53C 61 85,01
38. Leroy C. Noyes and
Joanne L. Noyes 50 Oak Street 530 62 85.00
39. Grace D. Black 52 Oak Street 115 66 80.00
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Assessors'
NAME STREET Plat Lot Amount
40. Grace D. Black Oak Street _ 115 65 80.00
V 41. Grace D. Black Oak Street 115 64 100.00
42. Thomas R. Higgins and
Frances A. Higgins 42 Hancocl� Street 26 9 110,20
43. Carl 0, Range 46 Hancock Street 26 10 90,10
44• Ray it. Croswell and
Gladys B. Croswell 52 Hancock Street 26 11 90.90
45. James L. Bowker and
Geraldine L. Bowker 5R Nancock Street 26 23 120,15
46. George J. Riley and
Louisa J. Riley 66 Hancock Street 26 24 100.15
47. Margaret B. Forbes 35 Hancock Street 26 40 103.90
48. John E. Selfridge 41 Hancock Street 26 39 81,79
494 Albert C. Jones and
Marjorie E. Jones 45 Hancock Street 26 36A 85.00
50. Ruth C. Ely 49 IIancock Street 26 38 85.00
51. Robert J. Power and
Margaret H. Power 55 Hancock Street 26 37 94.90
52. Alfred J. Rose and
Uizabeth G. Rose 61 Hancock ::treat 26 36 95.00
53. Owner 1/1/53
Samuel d . MacKay
Suppo;.3d present owners 65 Hancock Street 26 35 95.00
Charles E. McMarthy and
Doris M. McCarthy
54 , Otis E. Simms and
Virginia Simms 14 Nichols Road 15 66E 81,36
55. Harold J. Corke and
Iron 1 Corke 12 Nichols Road 15 66D 83,09
Own e 1/P1 Henrv-},Porter
56. u�pyos Fnnefc eP$
Zdith B. Renison 8 Nichols Road 15 66C 76.00
57. William R. Saylor and
Marion E. Saylor Nichols Road 15 35A 129,25
58, Joseph Tine and
Nancy Tine Ash Street 117 17A 86,88
59. Joseph Tine and
Nancy Tine 341 Ash . treat 117 17 - 80,00
_4.
Assessors'
Name Street Plat. Lot Anount
60. elbert ins and
Anna Tine 337 Ash Street 117 17B f0.00
61. Walter E. Johnson Ash Street 49 12 170.00
Total $5329.83
/ TOWN OF READING .I $ iye.�rtc ?�8£lusa�{Ga
OFFICE OF
COLEMAN J. OONANUE. SECRETARY
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS KENNETH R. JOHNSON
HAROLD O. KILGORE. JR.
,4&1,t(I}r�,JA RGG1Hopkins, Jr,
(11. MUNICIPAL BUILDING
0 PHILIP WELCH, .uPt[Ixiexotxi
READING, MASS.
MASSACHUSETTS
December 21, 1953
COT ONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Office of the Board
of Public Works
Town of Reading
Middlesex, as.
To the Assessors of the Town of Reading
The undersigned, Board of Public Works of ti.e Town
of Reading, in compliance with the provisions of General Laws,
Chapter E0, as emended by Chapter 63 of the Acts of 19332 hereby
certify that the list herewith contains the names of persons
I
Vagainst whom we have made betterment assessments, together
with the location of the land 'benefited by the improvement
and the nature and amount of such betterment assessment.
And such list is certified to you for the purpose
of committing the same to the Tax Collector, as provided by
law.
WITNESS our hands this twenty-first (21st) day of
December A. D. , 1953.
i
Board of Publi Work
SEWER HOUSE CONNECTION ASSESSMENTS
LDecember 31, 1953
N0. NAMEASSESSOH'S
STREET PLAT LOT AMOUNT
I Fred H. Logan and
Olive F. Logan 148 Howard St. 56 29 $ 73.32
2 Edith J. French 11 Lewis St. 56 38 56.79
3 William J. Renihan,Jr.
and 41 Lewis St. 56 50 72.37
Lois C. Renihan
4 Joseph W. Anderson
and 78 Scotland Rd. 28 16 84.97
Nettie A. Anderson
5 John J. Dunne
and 37 Lewis St. 56 51 81.89
Roberta F. Dunne
6 William H. Blandy
and 87 Scotland Rd. 28 7 125.53
Louise M. Blandy
7 Arthur Douglas Chipman
and 23 Pearl St. 41 27 59.77
Irene B. Chipman
8 Alice M. Strout 77 Mineral St. 26 4 71.59
9 Catherine M. Blanchard 85 Mineral St. 26 3 33.42
and
Agnes B. Chipman
10 Charles E. Wilkie
aid 88 h 90 Mineral 25 2C 76.56
! Charlotte Wilkie
11 Owners 1/1/53
Flora M. MacPhail and
George D. MacPhail 111 Scotland Rd 28 9b 48.69
Supposed present owners
Wilson J. Belbin and
Charles I. Graham
12 Gordon B. Kimball
end 322 Haven Street 3 11 53.55
Mae C. Kimball
SEWER HOUSE CONNECTION ASSESSMENTS -2
ASSESSOR'S
NAME STREET PLAT LOT AMOUNT
13 Edward C. Manning
;end 82 Mineral St. 25 4 79.06
Marion N. Manning
14 Martin L. Forbes
and 92 Scotland Rd. 28 13 110.03
Harriet R. Forbes
15 Lew W. Crockett Jr. 48 Charles St. 6 21b 58.52
and
Eleanor A. Crockett
16 Frederick E. Jerrlor,Jr.
and 52 Charles St. 6 21A 58.21
Mary J. Jerrior
17 Jeannette E. Horn 46 Grand St. 31 8 78.01
18 Ruth M. Balsley 81 Scotland Rd. 28 6 70.86
119 Sydney M. Hodson,Jr.
and 26 Brande Court 1 28 214.63
Katherine B. Hodson
20 Joseph Tine
and 341 Ash Street 117 17 56.08
Nancy Tine
21 Albert Tine 337 Ash Street 1,17 17b 88.36
and
Anna Tine
22 Domenick 'Lanni 7 King St 25 32 37.19
23 Francis C. McLaughlin
and 20 Lewis St. 56 400 96.34
Ruth T. McLaughlin
24. David P. Boyd
and 385 Summer Ave. 53c 51 348.72
Harriet R. E. Boyd
25 Robert B. Monteith
and 42 Charles St. 6 21 52.148,;,
Ruth Monteith -
�26 Bertha E. Harrison 26 Charles St. 6 22 132.73
27 Elmer D. Jones atal24 Charles St. 6 23 50.98
SEWER HOUSE CONNECTION ASSESSMENTS -3
ASSESSOR' S
N0. NAME STREET,'. PLAT LOT AMOUNT
28 Lawrence W. Lapham
and 34 Charles St. 6 21d 78.24
Phyllis A. Lapham
29 Arthur F. Flanagan
and 38 Ch:+.rles St. 6 21c 55.03
Beatrice A. Flanagan
30 Harry Brettell 36 Grand St. 31 6A 43.65
31 Jack T. Turner
and 221 Pleasant St. 48 26 31.77
Minetta R. Turner
32 Owners 1/1/53
Ralph !Y. Cummings and
Priscilla L. Cummings
Supposed present owners 73 Mineral At. 26 5 68.07
Eric F. Smith and
Oriel H. Smith
' 33 Charles W. Scheider and
Florence L. Scheider
and 65 Charles St. 6 9 126.57
Barbara L. Nyberg
34 James E. MacGrath
and 6 Wood End Lane 34 35 54. 01
Rosetta MacGrath
35 Harry A. Merchant Jr.
and 62 Scotland Rd 29 10 38.20
Marion Merchant
36 Carrie P. Howe 51 Howard St 21 8 35.23
37 owner 1/1/53
Henry Y. Porter
Supposed present owners 8 Nichols Road 15 66C 63.70
Guy H. Hennison and
Edith B. Rennison
38 Owner 1/1/53
Ellen McKeon 49 Salem St. 4 32A 44.77
Supposed present owner
Eugene J. Fortin
39 C. Harold Nichols 76 Orange St 40 14 65.12
and
Margaret S. Nichola
1 SEWER HOUSE CONNECTION ASSESSMENTS - 4
IIII( ASSESSOR' S
N0. NAS STREET PLAT LOT AMOUNT
40 Harold J. Mo Hardy
and 50 Orange St. 41 2 63.53
Mildred M. W. MoHardy
41 Alfred B. Holtsberg
and
Edith D. Holtsberg 64 Charles St. 6 20 89.06
42 George J. Riley
and 66 Han000k St. 26 24 64.67
Louisa J. Riley
43 Robert C. Vogt
and 20 Washington St.13 48 114.52
Shirley K. Vogt
Total $3406.79
$bWN OF READING OFFICE OF
COLEMAN J. DONAHUE, .ECR¢TART
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS KENNETH R. JOHNSON
HAROLD O. KILGORE. JR.
„}�,}4pg,y ,rHopkins,Jr.
0 MUNICIPAL BUILDING
— PHILIP WELCH, rvP[RlxTexo¢nT
READING, MASS.
MASSACHUSETTS
December 21,1953
COMMOM,[FALTH OF M.ASSACIiUSETTS
Office of the Board
of Public Works
Town of Heading
Middlesex, as.
To the Assessors of the Town of Reading
The undersigned, Board of Public Works of the Town
of Readin7, in compliance with the provisions of General Laws,
Chapter 80, as amended by Chapter 63 of the Acts of 1933, hereby
certify that the list herewith contains the names of persons
against whom we have rzade betterment assessments, together
with, the location of the land benefited by the Improvement
and the nature and amount of such betterment assessment.
And such list is certified to you for the purpose
of committing the same to the Tax Collector, as provided by
law.
WITNESS our hands thin twenty-first (21st) day of
Decenber A. D., 1953.
♦ � F:oard of Publ worK6
STREET ASSESSMENTS
December 31, 1953
1... No. NAME STREET Lot No. Plan Amount
1. Daniel Madio and
Florence Y!. Medio Woodland Street 37 A-17-8 ;154.94
2' endlEza6einGga,MQ�,aWoodland Street 38 A-17-8 640.00
3. James J. Lewis and
Elsie E. Lewis Woodland Street 39 A-17-8 663.92
4. Owners
arsh/a33
DavidMll and E.
Marjorie Marshall Woodland :.treat 42 1 -17-8 180.00
Supp
en
Even sa1i'd, Waldron and
ors
Alice Waldron
5. Owners 1/1/53
Daviorae Marshal Marshall l d E.
Mar Woodland Street 41 A-17-6 640.00
Supposed present owners
Frank S. Smith and
Dorothy E. Smith
6. Edwin W. Fowlow and
Marian H. Fowlow Woodland I�treot 40 A-17-8 632.64
L
Total 2931.50
I
i
STREET
LDeow1ber 31. 1953
NO, NA__1E STREET LOT Fo. Plan Amount
1. Gilbert K. Richter 27 Wentworth ;toad A17 A-17-6 110.30
:;elen D. Richter
2. :.uport D. Conroy 23 Wentworth Road A16 A-17-6 471.60
and
Eva ti. Conroy
3. Peter ; . Connors :entworth Road A21 A-17-6 117.90
and
Mary L. Connors
4, Edward F. Appleton 24 Wentworth Road A22 -17-6 471.60
and
Ruth L•'. Ap,•leton
'total 1179.40
TOWN OF READING OFFICE OFr.li��JR2 r.c.»»'
COLEMAN J. DONAHUE. Eecn[iAnr
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS KENNETH R. JOHNSON
Ent D=nlx kin
Ent Hopkins,Jr,
JR
MUNICIPAL BUILDING
PHILIP WELCH. .0
READING. MASS.
MASSACHUSETTS
December 21, 1953
CON40NWEALTH OF MASSACBCSfiTT9
Office of the Board
of Public :Yorks
Town of Reading
Middlesex, as.
To the Assessors of the Town of Rea(?ing
The undersigned, Board of Public Works of the Town
of Readin•;,, in compliance with txLe provisions of General Laws,
Chapter 80, as amended by Chapter 63 of the Acts of 1933, hereby
certify that the list herewith contains the names of persons
against whom we have made betterment assessments, together
with the location of the land benefited by the i.Iprovemant
and the nature and amount of such betterment assessment.
And such list is certified to you for the purpose
of committing the sane to the Tax Collector, as provided by
law.
WITNESS our hands this twenty-first (21st) day of
December A. D., 1953.
Boars of Publ Idor e
GRANOLITHIC SIDEWALK
� December 31, 1953
A saessor st
NA14E STREET Plat Lot Amount
1. Robert H. Buck and 6A 9„ 128,04
Audrey N. Buck 30 Dudley Street 9
2. Everett P. Packer and
Frances A. Packer 263 !c 271 Haven Street 3 109 75.90
3. Robert E. Holden and
Elise K. Holden 253 & 259 Haven Street 3 106 70.18
4. Edward M. Clark and to 87x10.00
Barbara I. Clark 76 Libby Avenue 99 84
5. Merrill M. Blauvelt and 99 100 to
Valerie E. Blauvelt 58 Libby Avenue 103 110.00
6. Polly Snow Chase 18 Fairview Avenue 15 17 77.00
7. Harris P. Pratt Jr, and 80.98
Alice M. Pratt 91 Pearl Street 40 3
8. Michael J. Havel 45 Wescroft Road 57A 31 68.00
L 9, Charles E. Johnson and
Euleta G. Johnson 39 Wescroft Road 57A 32 88 ,00
10. Frederick C. Rohwedderd,Jr,
Edna L. Rohwedder an 38 Wescroft Road 57A 10 88,00
11. Albert A. Altavesta and 88,00
Sophie Altavesta 36 Wescroft Road 57A 9
12. Russell P. Francis and
Dorothy B. Francis 34 Wa scroft Road 57A C 88.00
13. Eugene R. Cox and
Dorothy C. Cox 22 Fairview Avenue 15 18 62.50
14. Norman P. LeClerc and
Helen G. LeClerc 46 HSl;hland Street 16 14 94.60
Total $1289.20
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