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Dewey Nelson and others.
Article 43. On motion of Arthur C. Knapp, it was voted to re- zone the area bounded as follows On the north by Percy Avenue, ex- tended to Summer Avenue, on the west by Summer Avenue; and on the east by Main Street and on the south by the intersection of Main Street and Summer Avenue. The above-bounded district to be re- zoned from a business and multiple district to a single residence district.
Article 44. To see if the Town will vote to construct a drain from the stone culvert in John Street, near Salem Street, to Salem
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Street and westerly to the junction of Salem and Lowell Streets, and to see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate therefor or what it will do in relation thereto.
James W. Sias and others.
Article 44. On motion of Robert B. Mount, the subject matter of this article was referred to the Board of Public Works.
Article 3. On motion of Charles F. Trevor, it was voted to take this article from the table.
On motion of Charles F. Trevor, it was voted that the care of the public dump on John Street be transferred to the Board of Public Works and that $500.00 of the amount appropriated for the Board of Health Expenses be transferred to the Board of Public Works for this purpose.
Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to accept the report of the Board of Public Works upon the laying out as a public highway of a private way heretofore known as Bancroft Avenue Extension, such highway being laid out in accordance with plans duly aprpoved by the Board of Survey and filed in the office of the Town Clerk in accordance with the statutory requirements; and to see if the Town will accept the public highway laid out by the Board of Public Works, and heretofore known as Bancroft Avenue Extension, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Article 23. Laying out of Bancroft Avenue Extension.
The Board of Public Works of the Town of Reading having de- termined and adjudged that common convenience and necesssity require that a town way be laid out as and in the location hereinafter described, having complied with all the 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 northerly from Bancroft Avenue substantially in the location of the private way known as Ban- croft Avenue Extension. The boundaries and measurement of said town way as so laid out are as follows :
Bancroft Avenue Extension, being an extension of the present town way known as Bancroft Avenue and running northerly from the present terminus of said Avenue, viz: the southerly side line of a private way known as Tower Road.
The westerly line of said Extension starts at a stone bound set on the southwesterly corner of said Bancroft Avenue and Tower Road and runs on a continuation of the present westerly side line which is N. 17 deg., 00' and 50" W., a distance of 40 feet across said Tower Road to a stone bound set on the northwesterly corner of the two streets as aforesaid, and thence 500 feet to another stone bound set at the south- westerly corner of said Extension and a private way known as Hart- shorn Street Extension, and at the end of this layout.
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The easterly line is parallel with and forty feet distant from the above-described westerly line.
For further identification of this description and location, refer- ence is hereby made to a plan and profile of Bancroft Avenue Exten- sion, Reading, Mass., surveyed by Davis & Abbott, Civil Engineers, dated, August 1928, and by reference made a part of this report.
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 so made by us we hereby report to the Town for acceptance and recommend that said way thereafter be known as a public town way and named, "Bancroft Avenue Extension."
SAMUEL H. DAVIS, MILES C. HIGGINS,
WILLIAM T. FAIRCLOUGH, MARTIN B. HARTSHORN,
HAROLD W. PUTNAM,
Board of Public Works.
On motion of Samuel H. Davis, it was voted to accept and adopt the report of the Board of Public Works and accept their recommenda- tion.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to accept the report of the Board of Public Works upon the laying out of a public highway of a private way heretofore known as Pennsylvania Avenue, such highway being laid out in accordance with plans duly approved by the Board of Survey and filed in the office of the Town Clerk in accordance with the statutory requirements; and to see if the Town will accept the public highway laid out by the Board of Public Works, and heretofore known as Pennsylvania Avenue, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Article 24. Laying out of Pennsylvania Avenue.
Report to the Town
The Board of Public Works of the Town of Reading having determined and adjudged that common convenience and necessity re- quire that a town way be laid out as and 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 be heard, have laid out as a town way for the use of the Town running southwesterly from Summer Avenue substantially on the location of the private way known as Pennsylvania Avenue.
The boundaries and measurements of said town way as so laid out are as follows :
Pennsylvania Avenue being called a certain street in the Town of Read-
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ing running southwesterly and southerly from Summer Avenue through land of the Reading Realty Trust.
The southerly and easterly line of said Pennsylvania Avenue commences at a point on the westerly side line of said Summer Avenue at a stone bound, said bound being S. 32 deg., and 35' E., a distance of 296.43 feet from a county bound marking a point of curve in said Summer Avenue near the junction of lands of Charlotte H. Allen and William C. Stewart.
From thence the said southerly line runs with a curve to the left with a radius of 20 feet a length of 37.28 feet to a point of tangent :
Thence S. 40 deg., and 37' W., a distance of 210.10 feet to a point of curve :
Thence with a curve to the left on a radius of 154.81 feet a length of 83.83 feet to a point of tangent :
Thence S. 9 deg., 35' and 30" W., a distance of 415.31 feet to a point in a stone wall by land of Walter S. Hopkins and at the end of this layout.
The northerly and westerly line of said Pennsylvania Avenue is parallel with and forty feet distant from the above described southerly and easterly line.
For further identification of this description and location, refer- ence is hereby made to a plan and profile of Pennsylvania Avenue, Reading, Mass., surveyed by Davis and Abbott, Civil Engineers, dated, Dec. 28, 1928, and by reference made a part of this report.
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 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, "Pennsylvania Avenue."
SAMUEL H. DAVIS, MILES C. HIGGINS, WILLIAM T. FAIRCLOUGH, MARTIN B. HARTSHORN,
HAROLD W. PUTNAM, Board of Public Works.
On motion of Samuel H. Davis, it was voted to accept and adopt the report of the Board of Public Works and adopt their recommenda- tion.
Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to accept the report of the Board of Public Works upon the laying out as a public highway of a private way heretofore known as California Road, such highway
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being laid out in accordance with plans duly approved by the Board of Survey and filed in the office of the Town Clerk in accordance with the statutory requirements; and to see if the Town will accept the public highway laid out by the Board of Public Works, and heretofore known as California Road, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Article 25. Laying out of California Road and
Report to the Town
The Board of Public Works of the Town of Reading having de- termined and adjudged that common convenience and necessity require that a town way be laid out as and 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 specified 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 westerly from Pennsylvania Avenue, substantially in the location of the private way known as California Road. The boundaries and measurements of said way as so laid out are as follows :
California Road, being a certain street in the Town of Reading running easterly from a private way known as Indiana Avenue to its intersection with the westerly side line of a private way known as Pen- nsylvania Avenue.
The northerly line of said California Road commences at a stone bound at a point of curve on the easterly side line of said Indiana Ave- nue and at a point in lot 23 as shown on a Plan of Lots in Reading de- veloped by the Reading Realty Trust dated, June, 1928, and to be re- corded in the Land Court :
From thence the said northerly line runs with a curve to the left on a radius of 20 feet, a length of 29.32 feet, to a point of tangent :
Thence S. 83 deg., 49' and 20" E., a distance of 456.20 feet to a point of curve :
Thence with a curve to the left on a radius of 105 feet a length of 101.82 feet to a point of tangent on the northerly side line of said Pennsylvania Avenue and at the end of this layout.
The southerly line of said California Road commences at a stone bound at a point of curve on the said easterly line of Indiana Avenue (in lot 40 of above-described plan) and runs with a curve to the right on a radius of 20 feet a length of 33.51 feet to a point of tangent :
Thence S. 83 deg., 49' and 20" E., parallel with and forty feet dis- tant from the curve described northerly line, a distance of 465.37 feet to a point of curve.
. Thence with a curve to the right on a radius of 25 feet a length of 40.76 feet to a point of tangent on the westerly side line of said Pennsylvania Avenue and at the end of this layout.
For further identification of this description and location, refer-
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ence is hereby made to a plan and profile of California Road, Reading, Mass., surveyed by Davis and Abbott, Civil Engineers, dated, Dec. 28, 1928, and by reference made a part of this report.
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 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 "California Road."
SAMUEL H. DAVIS,
MILES C. HIGGINS,
WILLIAM T. FAIRCLOUGH,
MARTIN B. HARTSHORN,
HAROLD W. PUTNAM,
Board of Public Works.
On motion of Samuel H. Davis, it was voted to accept and adopt the report of the Board of Public Works and adopt their recommenda- tions.
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to accept the report of the Board of Public Works upon the laying out as a public highway of a private way heretofore known as Virginia Road, such highway being laid out in accordance with plans duly approved by the Board of Sur- vey and filed in the Office of the Town Clerk in accordance with the statutory requirements; and to see if the Town will accept the public highway laid out by the Board of Public Works, and heretofore known as Virginia Road, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Article 26. On motion of Samuel H. Davis, it was voted to in- definitely postpone this article.
Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to accept the report of the Board of Public Works upon the laying out as a public highway of a private way heretofore known as Indiana Avenue, such highway being laid out in accordance with plans duly approved by the Board of Survey and filed in the Office of the Town Clerk in accordance with the statu- tory requirements ; and to see if the Town will accept the public high- way laid out by the Board of Public Works, and heretofore known as Indiana Avenue, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Article 27. On motion of Samuel H. Davis, it was voted to in- denitely postpone this article.
Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to accept the report of the Board of Public Works upon the laying out as a public highway of a private way heretofore known as Lee Street, such highway being laid out in accordance with plans duly approved by the Board of
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Survey and filed in the office of the Town Clerk in accordance with the statutory requirements and to see if the Town will accept the public highway laid out by the Board of Public Works, and heretofore known as Lee Street, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Article 28. Laying out of Lee Street and
Report to the Town
The Board of Public Works of the Town of Reading having de- termined and adjudged that common convenience and necessity require that a town way be laid out as and in the location hereinafter described, having compiled with all requirements 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 as a town way for the use of the Town running northerly from Vine Street substantially in the location of the private way known as Lee Street. The boundaries and measurements of said town way so laid out are as follows :
Lee Street being a certain street in the Town of Reading running northerly from the present town way known as Vine Street and being the same street un-named as shown on a "Plan of Land in Reading surveyed for George W. Hunt" dated, March 30, 1893, made by James A. Bancroft, Surveyor.
The easterly line of said Lee Street commences at a stone bound set on the northerly side line of said Vine Street, said bound being S. 77 deg., 26,' W., a distance of 557.10 feet measured along the said north- erly line of Vine Street from an iron bolt marking the corner of said Vine Street and a town way known as High Street.
Thence the said easterly line runs on a course of N. 12 deg., 30' W., a distance of 468.75 feet by land of Herbert W. McLeod, et ux. Mar- tin B. Hartshorn, Herbert T. Schoppelry, and again by land of said Hartshorn to a stone bound set in the wall at the end of this layout.
The westerly side line of said Street is parallel with and forty feet distant from the above-described easterly line and commences at a stone bound set on the said northerly side line of Vine Street and runs a distance of 454.64 feet to a drill hole set in a boulder in the wall.
For further identification of this description and. location, refer- ence is hereby made to a plan and profile of Lee Street, Reading, Mass., surveyed by Davis and Abbott, Civil Engineers, dated, Nov. 1928, and by reference made a part of this report.
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 so made by us we hereby report to the Town for acceptance
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and recommend that said way shall thereafter be known as a public town way and named, "Lee Street."
SAMUEL H. DAVIS,
MILES C. HIGGINS,
WILLIAM T. FAIRCLOUGH,
MARTIN B. HARTSHORN, HAROLD W. PUTNAM,
Board of Public Works.
On motion of Samuel H. Davis, it was voted to accept and adopt the report of the Board of Public Works and adopt their recommenda- tion.
Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to accept the report of the Board of Public Works upon the laying out as a public highway of a private way heretofore known as Howard Street Extension, such highway being laid out in accordance with plans duly approved by the Board of Public Works and filed in the office of the Town Clerk in accordance with the statutory requirements; and to see if the Town will accept the public highway laid out by the Board of Public Works, and heretofore known as Howard Street or what it will do in relation thereto.
Article 29. Laying out of Howard Street Extension and Report to the Town.
The Board of Public Works of the Town of Reading having de- termined and adjudged that common convenience and necessity require that a town way be laid out as and in the location hereinafter described, having complied with all requirements of law relating to notice to own- ers 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 westerly from West Street sub- stantially in the location of the private way known as Howard Street Extension. The boundaries and measurements of said town way so laid out are as follows :
Howard Street Extension being an extension of the present town way known as Howard Street and running westerly from the westerly side of West Street to land of A. M. Morse heirs and being bounded and described as follows :
The northerly line of said Extension commences at a point on the said westerly side line of West Street, said point being N. 23 deg., and 32' E., a distance of 3.59 feet from an angle bound marking an angle in said westerly side line of West Street.
From thence the said northerly line runs with a curve bearing in a southwesterly direction on a radius of 20.00 feet a length of 20.33 feet to a point of tangent :
Thence S. 81 deg., and 46' W., a distance of 787.03 feet to a drill
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hole in the wall between lands of William E. and Edith M. Meuse on the east and A. M. Morse heirs on the west and at the end of this layout.
The southerly line of said Extension commences at a point on the westerly side line of said West Street, said point being S. 24 deg., and 18' W., a distance of 97.46 feet from the aforesaid stone bound, and at a point of curve :
From thence the said southerly line runs with a curve to the left on a radius of 20.00 feet a length of 42.77 feet to a point of tangent.
Thence S. 81 deg., and 46' W., parallel and forty-five feet distant from the above-described northerly line, a distance of 731.81 feet to a drill hole in the wall between lands of Margaret Rand on the east and the said A. M. Morse heirs on the west and to the end of this layout.
For further identification of this description and location, refer- ence is hereby made to a plan and profile of Howard Street Extension, Reading, Mass., surveyed by Davis and Abbott, Civil Engineers, dated, February, 1929, and by reference made a part of this report.
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 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, "Howad Street Extension."
SAMUEL H. DAVIS,
MILES C. HIGGINS,
WILLIAM T. FAIRCLOUGH, MARTIN B. HARTSHORN, HAROLD W. PUTNAM,
Board of Public Works.
On motion of Samuel H. Davis, it was voted to accept and adopt the report of the Board of Public Works and adopt their recommenda- tions.
Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to accept the report of the Board of Public Works upon the laying out, re-locating or altering of High Street from Mineral Street to Lowell Street.
The extension of High Street, being an extension of a present town way in Reading, Mass., known as High Street.
The westerly line of said extension commences at the northerly terminus of High Street, as defined in Town Records Vol. 5, Page 113, under date of November 5, 1872.
From thence the said westerly line of said extension runs N. 15- 00 W., a distance of 867.78 feet, by lands of Arthur H. Cook, Edward F. and Phyllis H. Downs, Lester S. and Anna E. Riley, the end of Woodward Avenue, by lands of Lillian M. Johnson, Mary E. Sias, Otis B. & Hattie M. Ruggles, the end of Vine Street, by lands of Martin
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B. Hartshorn, Benjamin M. Hartshorn and Martin B. Hartshorn, Adm.
Thence with a curve to the left with a radius of 1717.34 feet, a length of 284.75 feet to a point of tangent, by land of Martin B. Hart- shorn.
Thence N. 24-30 W., a distance of 355.77 feet to a point of curve, by lands of Martin B. Hartshorn and Martin B. Hartshorn, Adm :
Thence with a curve to the left with a radius of 257.71 feet a length of 97.90 feet, by land of Martin B. Hartshorn, to a Stone Bound set on the southerly side of Lowell Street as laid out by the County Commissioners in 1915, and at land of John Hickey.
The easterly line of said extension commences at the northerly terminus of High Street, as defined in Town Records Vol. 5, Page 113, under date of Nov. 5, 1872.
From thence the said easterly line of said extension is parallel with and forty-feet distant from the above-described westerly line running as follows: N. 15-00 W., a distance of 918.99 feet, to a point of curve, by lands' of Sarah L. Babine, Alice M. Stacey, John H. Robinson, Isabel B. Robinson and Benjamin M. and Helen B. Hart- shorn.
Thence with a curve to the left with a radius of 1757.34 feet, a length of 291.38 feet to a point of tangent, across a private way known as Gould Avenue and by lands of Martin B. Hartshorn, Adm. and Howard J. and Mary R. Murphy :
Thence N. 24-30 W., a distance of 205.14 feet to a point of curve, by land of Howard J. and Mary R. Murphy :
Thence with a curve to the right with a radius of 19.23 feet a length of 53.11 feet to a point on the southerly side of Lowell Street, from the northerly terminus of the aforesaid westerly line.
The above described lines being more fully shown on a plan en- titled "High Street," made by Davis and Abbott, Civil Engineers, Read- ing, Mass., under date of November 1928, said plan being a part of this description.
Such highway being laid out, relocated or altered in accordance with Plan duly approved by the Board of Public Works and filed in the office of the Town Clerk in accordance with the statutory require- ments and to see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of fifty dollars ($50.00) for the payment of any damages in connection therewith, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Article 30. Laying out of High Street and Report to the Town.
The Board of Pubilc Works of the Town of Reading having determined and adjudged that common convenience and necessity re- quire that a town way be laid out, relocated or altered, as and in the location hereinafter described, having complied with all requirements 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 hear-
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ing and then and there heard all persons present, who desired to be heard, have laid out, relocated or altered as a town way for the use of the Town, High Street from north of Mineral Street to Lowell Street. the boundaries and measurements of said town way as so laid out are as follows :
The extension of High Street being an extension of a present town way in Reading, Mass., known as High St.
The westerly line of said extension commences at the northerly terminus of High Street as defined in Town Records, Vol. 5, Page 113, under date of Nov. 5, 1872.
From thence the said westerly line of said extension runs N. 15 degrees W. a distance of 867.78 feet by lands of Arthur H. Cook, Edward E. and Phyllis H. Downs, Lester and Anna E. Riley, the end of Wood- ward Avenue by lands of Lillian M. Johnson, Mary E. Sias, Otis B. and Hattie M. Ruggles, the end of Vine Street, by lands of Martin B. Hart- shorn, Benjamin M. Hartshorn and Martin B. Hartshorn.
Thence with a curve to the left with a radius of 1717.34 feet a length of 284.75 feet to a point of tangent by land of Martin B. Hart- shorn :
Thence N. 24 degrees and 30' W., a distance of 355.77 feet to a point of curve by lands of Martin B. Hartshorn and Martin B. Hart- shorn, Adm.
Thence with a curve to the left with a radius of 1717.34 feet a length of 284.75 feet to a point of tangent by land of Martin B. Hart- shorn :
Thence N. 24 degrees and 30' W., a distance of 355.77 feet to a point of curve by lands of Martin B. Hartshorn and Marun B. Hart- shorn, Adm :
Thence with a curve to the left with a radius of 257.71 feet a length of 97.90 feet by land of Martin B. Hartshorn to a stone bound set on th :. southerly side of Lowell Street, as laid out by the County Commission- ers in 1915 and at land of John Hickey.
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