HomeMy WebLinkAbout1957-10-01 Board of Public Works Minutes October 1, 1957
Special meeting of the Board held at 7 :15 P. M.
Present were Chairman Johnson, Messrs, Donahue, Hopkins, Kilgore,
Zanni and Superintendent Putnam.
Minutes of previous meeting read and approved.
This meeting was a joint meeting held in Room 15, Municipal Building,
with the Board of Selectmen, the Finance Committee, and the Town Counsel
to further discuss the critical municipal water situation engendered by
the prolonged drouth and to provide funds for emergency test well driving
and pumping, and the immediate development of an additional gravel-packed
well, if possible.
After acomplete resume by Chairman Johnson to the joint Boards,
Committees and Town officials of the increasingly critical municipal water
supply situation, and an explanation of difficulties encountered in the
Board of Public Works application for funds to conduct a Water Adequacy
Study to the Housing and Home Finance Administration of the Federal Govern-
ment, the following decisions were made:
1. The Board of Public Works formally requesand the Finance Comm-
ittee officially granted, a transfer of FOUR ,000.UO) DOLLARS from the
Reserve Fund for the purpose of conducting a Water Adequacy Study for the
Town of Reading.
2. On advise of Town Counsel Carl H. Amon, Jr., it was agreed that sums
estimated at TEN THOUSAND ($10,000.00) DOLLARS, available in the Water
Construction appropriation due to lack of home building in Reading during
1957, could be used for driving test wells, conducting pumping tests on
same, and developing an additional gravel-packed well.
The Board of Public Works then adjourned to Room 14 and continued
the Special Board Meeting.
The Superintendent presented the following quotation received by
telephone for well driving, pumping and building a gravel-packed well:
2a" TEST WELLS PUMPING GRAVEL-PACKED ESTIMATED
PER LINEAL FOOT TEST WELLS WELL-PER STARTING
FIRM ADDRESS WITHDRAWN LEFT IN PER HOUR LINEAL FOOT TIME
U.M.N eeTi r�o„Wo urn .4.D V"-.= - ,U 130,00 At once
`.) R.S.Chapman Co.W.Boyl- 3.00 5,00 5,00 130.00 2-3 weeks
ston,Mass.
Layne New York,Arling- 3,00 5,00 5,00 12$.00 2-3 weeks
ton, Mass.
Moved, seconded and voted to authorize Superintendent to engage D. L. Maher
Co, to start test well driving and pumping at once.
Following letter received from Transitron Electronic Corporation:
October 1, 1957
Town of Reading
Department of Public Works
Town Hall
Reading, Massachusetts
Attention: Mr. J. T. Putnam
Re: Public Utility and Service requirements for Trans�a Chemical
Corporation building, Ash Street, Reading, Mass,
Gentlemen:
Confirming our telephone conversation of October 1, 1957, we are pleased
to give you additional inforsation to what we outlined in our lbbber of
August 17, 1957.
At the present time, we have one well which produces twenty-five gallons
per minute and an additional well has been placed approximately 150, from
the building which shown ten gallons per minute. This additional well of
ten gallons per minute, from a standpoint of economics, is almost prohib-
itive to pipe bedause of the low yield which it shows. Further, we have
placed a tower on our building which is piped to recirculate the water.
Presently, we have a company which specializes in testing soil conditions
to determine the possibility of additional water. This is done by means
of electronic equipment, and as soon as we receive any data from them, we
will beonly too nappy to inform you of their findings.
Hoping that this additional information will be helyirull, we remain
Sincerely,
TRANSITHON ELECTRONIC CORPORATION
LB/mid ( signed) Lee Bakalar
Mr. Ggorge G. Bogren of Weston & •Sampson, Consulting Engineers, and
Mr. Dennis L. M49r of D. L. Maher Co, met with Board, and later with Super-
intendent to discuss ,locations of proposed test wells. Mr. Bogren, Mr. Maher
and Superintendent Putnam agreed to meet at Hundred Acres Well Field on Wed.
nesda October 2 1 5
Y, , 957 for further site 'election and test well driving
locations. Mr. M®har agreed to start driving test wells at selected loca-
tions on Thurdday, October 3, 1957.
Board adjourned at 10:45 P. M.
Respectfully submitted:
Secretary