HomeMy WebLinkAbout1956-12-27 Board of Public Works Minutes ' December 27, 1956
A special meeting of the Board opened at 7 :30 P. M.
Present were Chairman Johnson, Messrs. Zanni, Donahue, Hopkins,
Eilgore and Superintendent Putnam.
Minutes of previous meeting read and approved .
Signed Special Water Bonds and Interest Voucher in amount of
X962.50, due January 1, 1957 .
Moved, seconded and voted that the Pumping Station Engineer be
placed under the jurisdiction of the Water and Sewer Foreman.
Examined and approved following Betterment Assessment Bills for
Street, Sidewalk, Sewer Frontage, and Sewer House Connection Construction.
Moved that proposed revised salary rate schedule and proposed
' 1957 salary schedule as submitted by the Superintendent and as amended
by the Board be approved. Motion Seconded. Amendment made. to this
notion to the effect that recommendations of the Superintendent as
amandod by the Board be forwarded to the Personnel Board for their
action. Voted.
Meeting adjourned at 10:50 P. M.
Respectfully submitted :
Secretary V
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Annual Town Meeting
March 1956
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS ,
Middlesex, as, Town of Reading
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS ON THE RELOCATION
OR ALTERATION OF THE NORTHWESTERLY QOHNER OF PLEASANT
STREET AND EATON STREET
The Board of Public Works of the Town of Reading, having
determined and adjudged thax 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-
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 de-
aired to be heard, have laid out, relocated or altered as public
highways for the use of the Town, the Northwesterly corner of Pleasant
Street and Eaton Street, The boundaries and measurements of said
public highways as so laid out, relocated or altered are as follows:
Beginning at a point on the Northerly side line of
Pleasant Street said point being N.830-18t-UOsE., mea-
sured along said Northerly side line of Pleasant Street
a distance of 155.55 feet from a spike set at the in-
tersection of the Easterly side line of Gardner Road ..
with the said Northerly side line of Pleasant Street;
Thence by a curved line to the Left running in a
- Northeasterly direction, having a radius of 25.00 feet,
through lands of Victor E. Cullington and Marion S.
Cullington, a length of 34.29 feet to a,.point on the
Westerly side of Eaton Street;
Thence S-40-311 -15sW., along said Westerly side line
® of Eaton Street, still by lands of said Victor E. Lull-
ington et ux, a distance of 2u.45 feet to a point at the
Intersection of the said Westerly side line of Eaton
Street with the said Northerly side line of Pleasant
Street;
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Thence 8,830-181 -00"W., along said Northerly side
line of Pleasant Street, still by lands of said Victor
E. Cullington et ux, a distance of 20.45 feet to the
point of beginning.
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The approximate area of taken is eighty-two and five
tenths (82.5) square feet.
The above described lines being more fully shown on a Plan
entitled "Relocation and Alteration of the Northwesterly Corner of
Pleasant and Eaton Streets, Reading, Mass.," dated February, 1956,
Board of Public Works, James T. Putnam, 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. ,
No betterments are to be assessed for this improvement.
This laying out, relocation or alteration so made by us, we
hereby report to the Town for acceptance and recommend that when this
report is accepted and adopted by the Town, that said public highways
shall therefore be laid out, relocated or altered in accordance with
said plan.
Chairman
Secretary
Members of Boar of ,
Public Works - Town of
Reading.
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Annual Town Meeting
March 1956
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, as. Town of. Reading
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS ON THE RELOCATION
OR ALTERATION OF THE SOUTHEASTERLY CORNER OF MIDDLESEX
AVENUE AND VINE STREET.
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 descrioed,. having complied with all require-
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 laid out, relocated or altered as public highways
for the use of the Town, the Southeasterly corner of Middlesex Avenue
and Vine Street. The boundaries and measurements of said public high-
ways as so laid out, relocated or altered are as follows:
Beginning at the intersection of the Southeasterly side
line of Middlesex Avenue with the Northeasterly side line of
Vine Street;
Thence N.740-45' -00eE., along said Southeasterly side
line of Middlesex Avenue, by lands of Richard H. Holmes
and Marjorie G. Holmes, a distance of 8 .84 feet to a point;
Thence by a curved line to the Left, running in a
Southeasterly direction, through lands of said Richard H.
Holmes at ux, having a radius of 5.Uo feet, a length of
1U.56 feet to a point on said Northeasterly side line of
Vine Street;
Thence N.460-161 -00mW., along said Northeasterly aide
line of Vine Street, still by lands of said Richard H.
® Holmes at ux a distance of 8.84 feet to the point of be-
ginning.
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The approximate area taken is seventeen and eight tenths
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( 17.8) square feet.
The above described lines being more fully shown on a
Plan entitled "Relocation and Alteration of the Southeasterly Corner
of Middlesex Avenue and Vine Street, Reading, Mass. ," dated February
1956, Board of Public Works, James T. Putnams Su erintendent said
Plan being a part of this description.
We determine that no damages will be sustained by any per-
son or persons in their property by reason of the taking to be made for
this improvement.
No betterments are to be assessed for this improvement. I.
This laying out, relocation or alteration so made by us, I,
we hereby report to the Town for acceptance and recommend that when
this report is accepted and adopted by the Town, that said public
highways shall therefore be laid out, relocated or altered in accord-
ance with said plan.
Chairman
Secretary
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Members of the and of
Public Works - Town of
Reading
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March Town Meeting
1956
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, as Town of Reading
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS ON THE LAYING OUT OF
RACHEL ROAD
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
assessment of betterments, substantially in the location hereinafter
described, 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 oe heard, have laid
out as a town way for the use of the town running,Northwesterly from a
town way now known as Summer Avenue, substantially as and in the loca-
tion of the private way known as Rachel Road, the boundaries and
mea-surements of said way as so laid out are as Follows:
Beginning at a point on the Easterly side line of
said Summer Avenue, said point being N.320-351 -U011W.,
measured along said Easterly side line of Summer Avenue
a distance of 7.72 feet from a County stone bound set
at a point of curve;
Thence N.320-35f -UUW., still along the said East-
erly side line of Summer Avenue, a distance of IOU.U2
_ feet to a point of curve;
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Thence by a curved line to the Left running in a
Easterly direction, having a radius of 25.00 feet, by
lands of Frank Brlguglio, a length of 40.00 feet to a
point of tangent;
Thence N.550-451 -00"E. , still by lands of said :.
Frank Briguglio and by lands of Donald M. Sullivan and
Christina H. Sullivan and by lands of Anthony LoRusso
and Marie T. LoRusso a distance of 359.93 feet to a
point of curve;
Thence by a curved line to the Left, running in
a Northeasterly direction, having a radius of 20.00
feet, by lands of Samuel D. Gatteny and Freeda Gatteny
a length of 17.45 feet to a point of reverse curve;
Thence by a curved line to the Right, running in
a Northeasterly, Southeasterly and Southwesterly direc-
tions, having a radius of 50.00 feet, . still by lands of
said Samuel D. Gatteny at ux and lands of Alfred A.
Vitale and Nina Vitale, alength of 243.77 feet to a
point of reverse curve;
Thence by a curved line to the Left, running in
a Southwesterly direction, having a radius of 20.U0 feet, -
still by lands of said Alfred A. Vitale at ux a length
of 17.45 feet to a point of tangent;
Thence S.550-45t -00"W., still by lands of said
Alfred A. Vitale at ux and lands of John Calareso and
Anna Calareso, Lindsay W. Sutherland and Margaret K.
Sutherland, Henry J. Skane and Patricia A. Skane and
lands of Joseph Calareso and Josephine Calareso a dis-
tance of 362.83 feet to a point of curve;
Thence by a curve line to the Left, running in a
Southerly direction, having a radius of 25.00 feet,
still by lands of said Joseph Calareso at ux a length
of 38.54 feet to the point of beginning of this descrip-
tion.
The above described linea being more fully shown on a Plan
entitled "Rachel Road, Reading, Mass." December, 1955, Board of Public
Works, James T. Putnam, 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 better-
ments, and betterments 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 Racnei Road, and that the sum of Three Hun-
dred, Twenty (632U.00) Dollars be raised and appropriated for the
construction of said way.
_ Chairman
Lu Secretary
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Boar of Public Works
Town of Reading
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