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Kenneth C. Latham moved that Samuel H. Davis be named mod- erator to act at this meeting. The nomination was seconded by Charles E. Wilkinson.
On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted that the nominations be closed.
On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted that the Town Clerk be instructed to cast one ballot for Samuel H. Davis for moderator to act at this meeting.
The Town Clerk then cast one ballot for Mr. Davis.
The Town Clerk then administered the qualifying oath to Mr. Davis.
Article 3. On motion of Edward C. Emslie it was voted that Article 3 be taken from the table.
Edward C. Emslie then moved that the Board of Public Works be, and hereby is, instructed to:
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1. Seek authorization in a separate article in the Town Warrant whenever it is desired to purchase any additional automotive equip- ment or other machinery, or to replace any similar existing equipment. Such article shall specify the nature of each piece of equipment and its expected cost; in the event that a piece of existing equipment is to be sold or traded, and the proceeds of such sale or trade-in are to be applied to the purchase price of new equipment, a description of the equipment to be disposed of shall be provided, together with its age and expected sale price or trade-in value.
2. Report in its annual report on all purchases of automotive equip- ment and other machinery made in the year covered by the depart- ment's report. Such report shall provide:
a. Description and make of equipment purchased.
b. Total cost.
c. Description of equipment replaced, if any.
d. Proceeds of sale, or trade-in value, of equipment replaced.
3. Provide in its Annual Report a summary of all automotive equipment and other machinery with a description of each piece of such equipment, together with its age, estimated value, and expected re- maining life.
4. Seek authorization in a separate article in the Town Warrant for the expenditure of funds in connection with the contemplated ex- tension of main sewer lines. Such article shall describe each proposed extension as to its approximate starting and finishing points, its total linear feet, and its estimated cost.
5. Seek authorization in a separate article in the Town Warrant for the expenditure of funds in connection with the contemplated ex- tension of main water lines. Such article shall describe each proposed extension as to its approximate starting and finishing points, its total linear feet, and its estimated cost.
6. Report in its Annual Report on all expenditures in connection with each individual sewer and/or water line extension. The major items of expense such as wages, direct or apportioned salaries, pipe cost, Road Machinery Fund charges, and payments to outside con- tractors for contract work and/or rented equipment shall be listed sep- arately.
Edward C. Emslie's motion was defeated on a voice vote.
Article 3. Lawrence Cate moved that the Board of Selectmen be instructed to publish as a supplement to the Annual Town Report the official valuations of Real Estate as fixed by the Board of Assessors
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beginning with the year 1947. This supplement to take precedence immediately after the requirement is met that the Town Report be available before the Annual Town Meeting and may or may not be included in the same booklet as circumstances permit.
A motion by Elbridge Lucas that the matter be referred to the Board of Selectmen was defeated.
A motion by Winthrop Frazier that the original motion be amended so as to list Real Estate by each parcel was also defeated.
An amendment by Lawrence Cate that the motion read "beginning with the year 1947 and every fifth year thereafter" carried but the motion as amended was defeated on a rising vote 59 having voted in the negative and 51 in the affirmative.
Charles E. Wilkinson moved and it was voted that Article 3 be laid on the table.
Article 20. On motion of Harold Putnam it was voted that the Town accept the report of the Board of Public Works on the laying out as a Publie Way of a Private Way known as Barrows Road and adopt the recommendation contained therein, and that the sum of Two Thou- sand and Ninety-three ($2,093.00) Dollars be raised and appropriated for the laying out and construction of said way, said sum to be apportioned as follows: Nine Hundred and Fifty ($950.00) Dollars for salaries and One Thousand One Hundred and Forty-three ($1,143.00) Dollars for ex- penses.
TOWN OF READING
Middlesex, ss.
March, 1948
Report of The Board of Public Works on the Laying Out of Barrows Read
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 assessments 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 be heard, have laid out as a Town Way for the use of the Town running in a South-Westerly direction from a Town way known as Lowell Street a distance of 381.24 feet to Bradford (Private) Road, substantially as and in the location of the private way known as Barrows Road, the boundaries and measure- ments of said way as so laid out are as follows:
Beginning at a point on the South-Westerly side line of said Lowell
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Street, said point being further designated as being S.49°-11' E. a dis- tance of 152.18 feet measured along said South-Westerly side line of Lowell Street from a County Stone Bound set in said South-Westerly side line of Lowell Street;
Thence by a curved line to the left, running in a Northerly and Westerly direction, having a radius of 20.0 feet, by lands of Gladys Lowe Swenson, a length of 31.42 feet to a point of tangent;
Thence S. 40°-49' W., still by lands of said Swenson, and by lands of Howard A. Hooker and Virginia M. Hooker, George M. Sweezey, and lands of Edmund C. Mclaughlin, Trustee, a distance of 345.41 feet to a point of curve;
Thence by a curved line to the left, having a radius of 20.0 feet, still by lands of said Mclaughlin, Trustee, a length of 38.05 feet to a point of tangent, situated on the North-Easterly side line of said Bradford (Private) Road;
Thence N. 31°-51'-50" W., by said North-Easterly side line of Brad- ford (Private) Road, a distance of 91.15 feet to a point of curve;
Thence by a curved line running South to East, having a radius of 20.0 feet, by other lands of said Edmund C. Mclaughlin, Trustee, a length of 37.46 feet to a point of tangent;
Thence N. 40°-49' E., still by lands of said Mclaughlin, Trustee, and by lands of Lewis O. Poor and Josephine H. Poor, Donald W. Adler and Florence C. Adler, and Elmer Stanley Beal and Mildred M. Beal, a distance of 327.81 feet to a point of curve, said point being further designated as being located on said South-Westerly side line of Lowell Street;
Thence S. 49°-11' E., by said South-Westerly side line of Lowell Street, a distance of 80.00 feet to the point of beginning.
The above described lines being more fully shown on a Plan entitled "Barrows Road, Reading, Mass." dated January, 1948, Board of Public Works, Philip Welch, Supt., said Plan being a part of this description and being on file in the Office of the Board of Public Works of the Town of Reading.
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 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 Barrows Road, and that the sum of Two Thousand Ninety Three ($2,093.00) Dollars be raised and ap-
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propriated for said laying out and for the construction of said way.
HAROLD W. PUTNAM, Chairman ALEXANDER LINDSAY WILLIAM J. WEBB
Members of the Board of Public Works Town of Reading
Article 21. On motion of Harold W. Putnam it was voted that the Town accept the report of the Board of Public Works on the laying out as a Public Way of a Private way known as John Carver Road and adopt the recommendations contained therein, and that the sum of Four Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety-eight ($4,998.00) Dollars be raised and appropriated for the laying out and construction of said Way, said sum to be apportioned as follows: Two Thousand Two Hun- dred and Fifty ($2,250.00) Dollars for salaries and Two Thousand Seven Hundred and Forty-eight ($2,748.00) Dollars for expenses.
TOWN OF READING
Middlesex, ss.
March, 1948
Report of The Board of Public Works on the Laying Out of John Carver 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 be heard, have laid out as a Town way for the use of the Town running in a North-westerly direction from a town way known as Hartshorn Street a distance of 577.08 feet to a Private Way known as Woodland Street, substantially as and in the location of the Private Way known as John Carver Road formerly called Yale Avenue, the boundaries and measurements of said way so laid out are as follows:
Beginning at a point on the Northerly side line of said Hartshorn Street, said point being further designated as being located Easterly a length of 112.61 feet, measured along the arc of a curved line having a radius of 430.15 feet and a total length of 180.39 feet from a stone bound set at the Westerly terminus of said curved side line of Hartshorn Street;
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Thence by a curved line to the left, running in an Easterly and Northerly direction having a radius of 18.78 feet by lands of Edwin Hobbs and Etta D. Hobbs, a length of 34.79 feet to a point of tangent;
Thence N. 13º-03'-10" W., still by lands of said Edwin Hobbs et ux, lands of Stephen F. Wadsworth, James G. Murray and Sarah E. Murray, across the Easterly terminus of a Private Way known as Intervale Ter- race, by other lands of said Wadsworth and by lands of Winton C. Libby and Esther R. Libby, a distance of 524.93 feet to a point of curve;
Thence by a curved line to the Left, running in a Northerly and Westerly direction, having a radius of 17.70 feet, still by lands of said Libby et ux, a length of 29.96 feet to a point on the Southerly side line of said Woodland (Private) Street;
Thence turning and running N. 69°-58'-30" E., by the said Southerly side line of said Woodland (Private) Street, a distance of 20.0 feet to an angle point;
Thence N. 78°-03'-50" E., a distance of 60.01 feet to a point of curve, said last two described lines being the Northerly terminus of this layout;
Thence in a curved line running in a Westerly and Southerly direc- tion, having a radius of 19.61 feet, by lands of James H. Grimes, Jr., a length of 31.19 feet to a point of tangent;
Thence S. 13º-03'-10" E., still by lands of said Grimes, Jr., by other lands of said Stephen F. Wadsworth, and by lands of Frances E. Crock, a distance of 551.74 feet to a point of curve;
Thence by a curved line to the Left, running in a Southerly and Easterly direction, still by lands of said Crock, a length of 21.99 feet to a point, said point being located on a curved line marking the. Northerly side line of said Hartshorn Street;
Thence by said curved Northerly side line of Hartshorn Street running in a Westerly direction on the arc of said curve having a radius of 218.52 feet and a total length of 91.98 feet, a length of 12.50 feet to a point of reverse curve in said Northerly side line of Hartshorn Street;
Thence by a curved line to the Left, still running in a Westerly direction and still by said Northerly side line of Hartshorn Street on a curved line having a radius of 430.15 feet and a total length of 180.39 feet, a length of 67.78 feet to the point of beginning.
The above described lines being more fully shown on a Plan entitled "John Carver Road, Reading, Mass." dated February, 1948, Board of Public Works, Philip Welch, Supt., said Plan being a part of this de- scription and being on file in the Office of the Board of Public Works of the Town of Reading.
We determine that no damage will be sustained by any person or
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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 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 John Carver Road, and that the sum of Four Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety-eight ($4,998.00) Dollars be raised and appropriated for said laying out and for the construction of said way.
HAROLD W. PUTNAM, Chairman ALEXANDER LINDSAY WILLIAM J. WEBB
Members of the Board of Public Works Town of Reading
Article 22. On motion of Harold W. Putnam it was voted that the Town accept the report of the Board of Public Works on the laying out as a Public Way of a Private Way known as Nichols Road and adopt the recommendations contained therein, and that the sum of Five Thousand Two Hundred and Seventy-seven ($5,277.00) Dollars be raised and appropriated for the laying out and construction of said Way, said sum to be apportioned as follows: Two Thousand Four Hundred ($2,400.00) Dollars for salaries and Two Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy-seven ($2,877.00) Dollars for expenses.
TOWN OF READING
Middlesex, ss.
March, 1948
Report of The Board of Public Works on the Laying Out of Nichols 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 be heard, have laid out as a town way for the use of the Town running in a North-Easterly direction from a town way known as Summer Avenue a distance of 332.45 feet to a dead end, substantially as and in the location of a Private Way known as Nichols Road, the boundaries and measurements
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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 further designated as being S. 15°-45'-00" E. a distance of 204.54 feet measured along said Easterly side line of Summer Avenue from a Stone Bound set at the intersection of the Southerly side line of a town way known as Prescott Street with said Easterly side line of Summer Avenue;
Thence by a curved line to the Left, running in a Southerly and Easterly direction, having a radius of 20.0 feet, through lands of Henry Y. Porter, a length of 30.77 feet to a point of tangent;
Thence N. 76°-05'-00" E., still by lands of said Henry Y. Porter, and by lands of Harold J. Corke and Irene M. Corke, and lands of Otis E. Simms and Virginia Simms, a distance of 312.03 feet to a point at land of John A. Maxim and Hazel E. Maxim, said point being further designated as being the Easterly terminus of this the Northerly side line of this layout;
Thence turning and running S. 18°-44'-00" E., by lands of said John A. Maxim et ux and by lands of Vera E. Scott, a distance of 40.14 feet to a point;
Thence turning and running S. 76° -05'-00" W., by lands of William R. Saylor and Marion E. Saylor a distance of 312.84 feet to a point of curve;
Thence by a curved line to the Left, running in a Westerly and Southerly direction, having a radius of 20.0 feet, through lands of said William R. Saylor and Marion E. Saylor, a length of 32.06 feet to a point on said Easterly side line of Summer Avenue;
Thence N. 15°-45'-00" W., along said Easterly side line of Summer Avenue, a distance of 80.04 feet to the point of beginning.
The above described lines being more fully shown on a Plan entitled "Nichols Road, Reading, Mass." dated February, 1948, Board of Public Works, Philip Welch, Supt., said Plan being a part of this description and being on file in the Office of the Board of Public Works of the Town of Reading.
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 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 Nichols Road, and that the sum of
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Five Thousand Two Hundred and Seventy-seven ($5,277.00) Dollars be raised and appropriated for said laying out and for the construction of said way.
HAROLD W. PUTNAM, Chairman ALEXANDER LINDSAY WILLIAM J. WEBB
Members of the Board of Public Works Town of Reading
Article 23. On motion of Harold W. Putnam it was voted that the Town accept the report of the Board of Public Works on the laying out as a Public Way of a Private Way known as Pine Ridge Road and adopt the recommendation contained therein, and that the sum of One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy ($1,770.00) Dollars be raised and appropriated for the laying out and construction of said Way, said sum to be apportioned as follows: Eight Hundred ($800.00) Dollars for salaries and Nine Hundred and Seventy ($970.00) Dollars for expenses.
TOWN OF READING
Middlesex, ss.
March, 1948
Report of The Board of Public Works on The Laying Out of Pine Ridge 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 be heard, have laid out as a town way for the use of the Town running in a South-Westerly direction from the Southerly terminus of a Public Way known as Pine Ridge Road as accepted August 14, 1931, at Sylvan Road, a distance of 726.26 feet to a dead end, substantially as and in the location of the Private Way known as Pine Ridge Road, the boundaries and measure- ments of said way as so laid out are as follows:
Beginning at the Southerly terminus of the Westerly side line of said Public Town Way known as Pine Ridge Road as accepted August 14, 1931, said point being further designated as being S. 5° -53'-40" W. a distance of 706.66 feet, measured along said Westerly side line, from a Stone Bound set at the point of tangent of a curve with a public way - known as Oak Street;
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Thence S. 5º-53'-40" W., by lands of Allan H. Sturges, M. Estes Cocke, Jr., Donald J. Watters and Iva A. Watters, a distance of 385.03 feet to a point of curve;
Thence by a curved line to the Left, having a radius of 2,000.00 feet, still by lands of said Donald J. Watters and Iva A. Watters, and other lands of said Sturges, a length of 187.43 feet to a point of tangent;
Thence S. 0°-31'-30" W., still by other lands of said Sturges, a dis- tance of 155.67 feet to a point, said point being the Southerly terminus of this the Westerly side line of this layout;
Thence turning and running S. 89°-28'-30" E., by other lands of said Sturges, a distance of 40.0 feet to a point;
Thence turning and running N. 0°-31'-30" E., by still other lands of said Allan H. Sturges and by lands of Frank G. Williams and Helen B. Williams, a distance of 155.67 feet to a point of curve;
Thence by a curved line to the Right, having a radius of 1960.00 feet, still by lands of said Frank G. Williams and Helen B. Williams, and lands of Frank F. Marchetti and Vivien L. Marchetti, a length of 183.68 feet to a point of tangent;
Thence N. 5°-53'-40" E., still by lands of said Frank F. Marchetti and Vivien L. Marchetti, lands of Emlen T. Hutchins and Mary F. Hutchins, and lands of Edward N. Johnson and Ruth J. Johnson, a dis- tance of 365.03 feet to a point of curve;
Thence by a curved line to the Right, having a radius of 20.0' feet, through lands of said Edward N. Johnson and Ruth J. Johnson, a length of 31.42 feet to a point on the Southerly side line of said Sylvan Road;
Thence turning and running N. 84°-06'-20" W., along the said Southerly side line of Sylvan Road and by the Southerly terminus of Pine Ridge Road as accepted August 14, 1931, a distance of 60.0 feet to the point of beginning.
The above described lines being more fully shown on a Plan entitled "Pine Ridge Road, Reading, Mass." dated February 1948, Board of Public Works, Philip Welch, Supt., said Plan being a part of this de- scription and being on file in the Office of the Board of Public Works of the Town of Reading.
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
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as a Public Town Way and named Pine Ridge Road, and that the sum of One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy ($1,770.00) Dollars be raised and appropriated for said laying out and for the construction of said way.
HAROLD W. PUTNAM, Chairman ALEXANDER LINDSAY WILLIAM J. WEBB Members of the Board of Public Works Town of Reading
Article 24. On motion of Harold W. Putnam it was voted that the Town accept the report of the Board of Public Works on the laying out as a Public Way of a Private Way known as Oak Ridge Road and adopt the recommendations contained therein, and that the sum of Nine Hundred and Seven ($907.00) Dollars be raised and appropriated for the laying out and construction of said way, said sum to be appor- tioned as follows: Four Hundred ($400.00) Dollars for salaries and Five Hundred and Seven ($507.00) Dollars for expenses.
TOWN OF READING
Middlesex, ss.
March 1948
Report of The Board of Public Works on The Laying Out of Oak Ridge 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 be heard, have laid out as a town way for the use of the Town running in a South-Westerly direction from the Southerly terminus of a Public Way known as Oak Ridge Road as accepted November 15, 1937 a distance of 400.00 feet to a dead end, substantially as and in the location of a Private Way known as Oak Ridge Road, the boundaries and measurements of said way as so laid out are as follows:
Beginning at the Southerly terminus of the Easterly side line of said Public Town Way known as Oak Ridge Road as accepted November 15, 1937;
Thence S. 5º-53'-40" W., by lands of Allan H. Sturges, Barbara L. Dacey, and lands of William T. Lydstone and Dorothy L. Lydstone, a distance of 400.00 feet to a point, said point being the Southerly te minus of this the Easterly side line of this layout;
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Thence turning and running N. 84°-06'-20" W., by other lands of said Allan H. Sturges, a distance of 40.00 feet to a point;
Thence turning and running N.5°-53'-40" E., still by other lands of said Allan H. Sturges, and lands of Frederick L. Farrell and Margaret A. Farrell, Eleanor Tilton Ray, and Ruth V. Hathaway, a distance of 400.00 feet to a point, said point being the Southerly terminus of the Westerly side line of said Oak Ridge Road as accepted November 15, 1937;
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