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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, ss.
Town of Reading
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS ON THE LAYING OUT OF
TENNYSON 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 requiremnts 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 a town way now known as Wadsworth Road, substantially as and in the location of the private way known as Tennyson Road, the boundaries and measurements of said way as so laid out are as follows:
Beginning at the most Southwesterly terminus of said Wadsworth Road, at the most Easterly terminus of the Southeasterly side line of this layout;
Thence S. 88°-43'-10" W., by lands of Barbara N. Zimmer, lands of Donald J. Linnell and Virginia T. Linnell, and lands of Lauson S. Hub- bard and Hilda B. Hubbard, a distance of 139.93 feet to a point of curve;
Thence by a curved line to the Left, running in a Southwesterly direction, having a radius of 100.0 feet, still by lands of said Lauson S. Hubbard, et ux, and by lands of Walter J. Duffy and Elizabeth F. Duffy, a length of 127.49 feet to a point of tangent;
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Thence S. 15°-40'-30" W., still by lands of said Walter J. Duffy et ux, lands of Donald C. Mitchell and Edith E. Mitchell, a private way known as Tennyson Terrace, lands of Harold Christensen and Rachel L. Chris- tensen, and lands of John R. Keith and Laurel H. Keith, a distance of 355.0 feet to a point of curve;
Thence by a curved line to the Right, running in a Southwesterly direction, having a radius of 203.99 feet, by lands of Dudley W. Burke and Elizabeth L. Burke, and lands of Kenneth S. Holmes and Edith C. Holmes, a length of 87.80 feet to a point of tangent;
Thence S. 40°-20'-10" W., still by lands of said Kenneth S. Holmes et ux, lands of Laurence C. Westcott and Ruth F. Westcott, Philip A. Raker and Anna C. Raker, and lands of George M. Sanford, Jr. and Verena P. Sanford, a distance of 263.41 feet to a point of curve;
Thence by a curved line to the Left, running in a Southeasterly direction having a radius of 181.06 feet by lands of Edward C. Small and Martha L. Small, a length of 50.0 feet to a point, said point being the most Southeasterly terminus of the Easterly side line of this layout;
Thence turning and running N. 62°-40'-02" W. across said Tennyson Road, a distance of 48.07 feet to a point, said point being the most Southwesterly terminus of this layout and the Southerly terminus of the Westerly side line thereof;
Thence N. 40°-20'-10" E., by a portion of a proposed private way known as Tennyson Circle, by lands of Frederick W. Laidlaw and Lillian J. Laidlaw and Lorretta L. Gallagher, by a proposed road, by lands of William A. Westwater and Jean W. Westwater, Edwin S. Bottelsen and Lillian L. Bottelsen, and lands of Harold Wrigley and Margaret A. Wrig- ley, a distance of 323.74 feet to a point of curve;
Thence by a curved line to the Left, running in a Northeasterly direction, still by lands of said Harold Bottelsen et ux, and by lands of Herbert Higginbotham, Jr. and Doris M. Higginbotham, a length of 70.58 feet to a point of tangent;
Thence N. 15°-40'-30" E., still by lands of said Herbert Higginbotham, Jr., et ux, and by lands of Robert H. Yeo and Eva M. Yeo, James C. Nagel and Miriam C. Nagel, Aubrey L. Smith and Wilhelmina J. Smith, Albert J. Taylor and Wavel K. Taylor, and lands of Charles H. Barrett and Ruth E. Barrett, a distance of 355.00 feet to a point of curve;
Thence by a curved line to the Right, running in a Northeasterly direction, having a radius of 140.0 feet, still by lands of said Charles H. Barrett et ux, and by lands of Clinton A. Rollins, Jr. and Virginia L. Rollins, and lands of Ernest J. Dubois and Mildred B. Dubois, a length of 178.48 feet to a point of tangent;
Thence N. 88°-43'-10" E., still by lands of said Ernest J. Dubois et ux, lands of Irvin K. Hussey and Marguerite E. Hussey, and lands of Archi- bald M. Peckham and Amy B. Peckham, a distance of 139.93 feet to a point, said point being situated at the Westerly side line of said Wads- worth Road, and also being the most Easterly terminus of the Westerly side line of this layout;
Thence S. 1°-16'-50" E., along said Westerly side line of Wadsworth Road, a distance of 40.0 feet to the point of beginning.
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The above described lines being more fully shown on a Plan entitled "Tennyson Road, Reading, Mass." dated February, 1952, Board of Public Works, Philip Welch, Supt., said Plan being a part of this description.
We determine that no damage 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 Tennyson Road, and that the sum of Nine Thousand Sixty-five ($9,065.00) Dollars be raised and appropriated for said laying out and for the construction of said way.
WALTER S. HOPKINS, JR., Chairman COLEMAN J. DONAHUE, Secretary JOHN W. HARRISON HARRY R. WALKER HAROLD D. KILGORE, JR.
Members of the Board of Public Works,
Town of Reading
Article 36. On motion of John W. Harrison, it was voted that the Town accept the report of the Board of Public Works on the laying out of a Private Way known as Whittier Road and adopt the recom- mendations contained therein, and that the sum of Fourteen Thousand Seven Hundred Sixty ($14,760.00) Dollars be transferred from Surplus Revenue and appropriated for the laying out and construction of said way, said sum to be apportioned as follows: Seven Thousand Seven Hundred ($7,700.00) Dollars for Salaries and Seven Thousand Sixty ($7,060.00) Dollars for Expenses, and that the Town Accountant be and he hereby is authorized to transfer said sum to carry out the purpose of this vote.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, ss. Town of Reading
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS ON THE LAYING OUT OF WHITTIER 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 requiremnts 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 Southeasterly from a town way now known as Wadsworth Road to a dead end, substantially as and in the location of the private way known as Whittier Road; the boundaries and measurements of said way as so laid out are as follows:
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Beginning at a point forming the junction of the Easterly side line of Wadsworth Road with the Northerly side line of said Whittier Road;
Thence S. 50°-58'-40" E., by lands of Vincent E. Bell and Ella R. Bell, and lands of Alfonse Gromyko and Janice Gromyko, a distance of 114.08 feet to a point of curve;
Thence by a curved line to the Right, running in a Southerly direc- tion, having a radius of 230.0 feet; still by lands of said Alfonse Gro- myko et ux, and by lands of Richard H. Austin and Dorothy W. Austin, Edward J. Murray and S. Ruth Murray, Walter M. Earley and Mary E. Earley, a passageway, lands of Joseph M. Bartlett and Bertha M. Bart- lett, Guy H. Sargent and Florence L. Sargent, and lands of John W. Kyle and Violet F. Kyle, a length of 464.30 feet to a point of tangent;
Thence S. 61°-41'-20" W., by lands of Thomas R. McDonough and Pauline McDonough, Forrest R. Blake and Olive M. Blake, a distance of 140.0 feet to a point of curve;
Thence by a curved line to the Left, running in a Southwesterly direction, having a radius of 347.58 feet, by lands of Gilbert P. Orth and Ella D. Orth, a length of 147.74 feet to a point of tangent;
Thence S. 40°-20'-10" W., still by lands of said Gilbert P. Orth et ux, and by lands of James Arthur Gorey and Mildred 'S. Gorey, Viola M. Howard, Carleton W. Patriquin, Robert M. Dudley and Ernestine C. Dud- ley, Carl T. Carey and F. Eleanor Carey, and lands of Richard Briggs and Barbara S. Briggs, a distance of 482.26 feet to a point of curve;
Thence by a curved line to the Left, running in a Southerly direction, having a radius of 589.72 feet, by lands of Charles J. Roy and Helen K. Roy, a length of 94.47 feet to a point of tangent;
Thence S. 30°-50'-10" W., still by lands of said Charles J. Roy et ux, a distance of 9.96 feet to a point, said point being the Southerly terminus of the Easterly side line of this layout;
Thence N. 74°-22'-10" W., along a stone wall, a distance of 41.45 feet to a point, said point being the Southerly terminus of the Westerly side line of this layout;
Thence N. 30°-50'-10" E., across the Southeasterly terminus of a pri- vate way known as Tennyson Road, a distance of 73.49 feet to an angle point;
Thence N. 40°-20'-10" E., by lands of Norman W. Etsell and Ger- aldine E. Etsell, Chester E. Oldmixon and Lillian A. Oldmixon, Anthony Catanzano and Arlene R. Catanzano, E. Roy McGrath and Agnes E. Mc- Grath, Willard P. Mahler and Elizabeth M. Mahler, Thomas E. Magee and Mary E. Magee, William A. Brunswick and Shirley A. Brunswick, and lands of Paul W. Golden and Julia M. Golden, a distance of 524.94 feet to a point of curve;
Thence by a curved line to the Right, running in a Northeasterly direction, having a radius of 387.58 feet, still by lands of said Paul W. Golden et ux, and by lands of Frederick E. Perry and Pauline D. Perry, and lands of Mazina S. Grover and Flora B. Grover, a length of 164.74 feet to a point of tangent;
Thence N. 61°-41'-20" E., still by lands of said Mazina S. Grover et ux, by lands of Alan J. Stockwell and Virginia T. Stockwell and by
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lands of Gilbert E. Langley, and Winnifred A. Langley, a distance of 140.0 feet to a point of curve;
Thence by a curved line to the Left, running in Northeasterly and Northwesterly directions, having a radius of 190.0 feet still by lands of said Gilbert E. Langley et ux, and by lands of Eunice R. McCabe and Elizabeth A. McCabe, Chester G. Kuczun and Mona J. Kuczun, Winfield S. Prime and Helen L. Prime, and lands of Frank S. Page and Edith G. Page, a length of 383.56 feet to a point of tangent;
Thence N. 50°-58'-40" W., still by lands of said Frank S. Page et ux, and by lands of Roscoe W. Frost and Caroline M. Frost, and lands of Barbara N. Zimmer, a distance of 114.29 feet to a point, said point being at the most Southeasterly extremity of said Wadsworth Road;
Thence N. 39°-01'-20" E., along said Easterly side line of Wadsworth Road, a distance of 40.0 feet to the point of beginning.
The above described lines being more fully shown on a Plan entitled "Whittier Road, Reading, Mass." dated Frebruary, 1952, Board of Public Works, Philip Welch, Supt., said Plan being a part of this description.
We determine that no damage 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 Whittier Road and that the sum of Four- teen Thousand Seven Hundred Sixty ($14,760.00) Dollars be raised and appropriated for said layout out for the construction of said way.
WALTER S. HOPKINS, JR., Chairman COLEMAN J. DONAHUE, Secretary JOHN W. HARRISON HARRY R. WALKER HAROLD D. KILGORE, JR.
Members of the Board of Public Works,
Town of Reading
Article 37. On motion of Walter S. Hopkins, Jr., it was voted that the Town accept the report of the Board of Public Works on the laying out of a Private Way known as Winslow Road and adopt the recom- mendations contained therein, and that the sum of Five Thousand Six Hundred ($5,600.00) Dollars be transferred from Surplus Revenue and appropriated for the laying out and construction of said way, said sum to be apportioned as follows: Two Thousand Nine Hundred ($2,900.00) Dollars for Salaries and Two Thousand Seven Hundred ($2,700.00) Dol- lars for Expenses, and that the Town Accountant be and he hereby is authorized and instructed to transfer said sum to said account to carry out the purpose of this vote.
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, ss.
Town of Reading
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS ON THE LAYING OUT OF WINSLOW ROAD
The Board of Public Works of the Town of Reading, having deter- mined and adjudged that 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 desired to be heard, have laid out as a Town Way for the use of the Town, running in a Westerly direction from the Public Town Way known as Winslow Road as accepted in March, 1950, a distance of 560.0 feet to Glenmere Circle, substantially as and in the location of the Private Way known as Winslow Road, the boundaries and measurements of said way as so laid out are as follows:
Beginning at a point on the Northerly side line of said Winslow Road, said point being located on a curved line in said Northerly side line of Winslow Road having a radius of 1980.00 feet, a length of 124.15 feet Westerly from a Stone Bound marking the Easterly terminus of said curved line having a radius of 1980.00 feet; said point also being the most Westerly terminus of said Northerly side line of Winslow Road as accepted as a Public Town Way in March, 1950;
Thence by a curved line having a radius of 1980.00 feet, running in a Northwesterly direction, by lands of Paul A. Beckert, Jr. and Sonja K. Beckert, and lands of Raymond William Warren, a length of 128.95 feet to a point of compound curvature;
Thence by a curved line to the Right, running in a more Northwest- erly direction, having a radius of 200.00 feet, still by lands of said Ray- mond William Warren and by lands of Willard Phillips and Evelyn M. Phillips, a length of 118.48 feet to a point of reverse curve;
Thence by a curved line to the Left, running in a Southwesterly di- rection, having a radius of 90.0 feet; still by lands of said Willard Phil- lips et ux, lands of Douglas W. Burhoe, a proposed street, and lands of William J. Lander a length of 335.82 feet to a point of reverse curve;
Thence by a curved line to the Right, running in a Southeasterly direction, having a radius of 20.0 feet; still by lands of said William J. Lander, a length of 26.51 feet to a point of tangent; said point of tangent being located at the Northwesterly terminus of Glenmere Circle;
Thence N. 64°-56'-20" E., across the Northwesterly terminus of Glen- mere Circle, a distance of 44.20 feet to a point, said point being situated on a curved line having a radius of 100.00 feet;
Thence by a curved line running in a Northeasterly direction, having a radius of 100.00 feet, and by other lands of said Douglas W. Burhoe, a length of 152.25 feet to a point of reverse curvature;
Thence by a curved line to the Left running in a Northeasterly direction, having a radius of 2020.00 feet, still by lands of said Douglas W. Burhoe, and by lands of Walter J. Kaminsky, a length of 135.80 feet
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to a point, said point being the most Westerly terminus of the Southerly side line of Winslow Road as accepted as a Public Town Way in March, 1950;
Thence N. 20°-52'-30" W., along said Westerly terminus of the Public Town Way known as Winslow Road, a distince of 40.41 feet to the point of beginning.
The above described lines being more fully shown on a Plan entitled "Winslow Road, Reading Mass." dated February 1952, Board of Public Works, Philip Welch, Supt., 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 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 way and named Winslow Road, and that the sum of Five Thousand Six Hundred ($5,600.00) Dollars be raised and appropriated for said laying out and for the construction of said way.
WALTER S. HOPKINS, JR., Chairman COLEMAN J. DONAHUE, Secretary JOHN W. HARRISON HARRY R. WALKER HAROLD D. KILGORE, JR.
Members of the Board of Public Works,
Town of Reading
Article 38. On motion of John W. Harrison it was voted that the Town accept the report of the Board of Public Works on the laying out of a Private Way known as Glenmere Circle and adopt the recommen- dations contained therein, and that the sum of Seven Thousand Six Hun- dred ($7,600.00) Dollars be transferred from Surplus Revenue and ap- propriated for the laying out and construction of said way, said sum to be apportioned as follows: Four Thousand ($4,000.00) Dollars for Salaries and Three Thousand Six Hundred ($3,600.00) Dollars for Expenses, and that the Town Accountant be and he hereby is authorized and instructed to transfer said sum to said account to carry out the purpose of this vote.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, ss.
Town of Reading
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS ON THE LAYING OUT OF GLENMERE CIRCLE
The Board of Public Works of the Town of Reading have determined and adjudged that common convenience and necessity require the lay- ing 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
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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 Southeasterly and Easterly from Winslow Road to a dead end, substantially as and in the location of the private way known as Glenmere Circle, the boundaries and measurements of said way as so laid out are as follows:
Beginning at the Northwesterly terminus of this layout, at a point of curve in the Southerly side line of said Winslow Road having a radius of 20.0 feet and a length of 26.51 feet;
Thence S. 25°-03'-40" E., by lands of William J. Lander, John D. King, Norman L. Hatfield and Eleanore E. Hatfield, Sherman D. Smith and Edith D. Smith, and lands of Robert H. Bryant and Ruth M. Bryant, a distance of 328.71 feet to a point of curve;
Thence by a curved line to the Left, running in a Southeasterly direction, having a radius of 60.0 feet, by lands of Douglas W. Burhoe, a length of 87.36 feet to a point of tangent;
Thence N. 71°-30'-50" E., by lands of Corliss Trevor Van Horn and Alma L. Van Horn, Robert P. Steele and Catherine A. Steele, and lands of Winslow P. Burhoe, a distance of 193.06 feet to a point; said point being the Easterly terminus of the Southerly side line of this layout;
Thence N. 18°-29'-10" W., across said Glenmere (Private) Circle, a distance of 40.0 feet to a point;
Thence S. 71°-30'-50" W., by lands of Richard Charles Winkler and Elsie L. Winkler and lands of Arthur W. Smith and Louise D. Smith, a distance of 193.06 feet to a point of curve;
Thence by a curved line to the Right, running in a Southwesterly direction, still by lands of said Arthur W. Smith et ux, a length of 29.12 feet to a point of tangent;
Thence N. 25°-03'-40" W., still by lands of said Arthur W. Smith et ux, and by lands of Basil B. Macleod, Sr. and Alice L. Macleod, John A. Hickey, and other lands of Douglas W. Burhoe, a distance of 300.03 feet to a point of curve;
Thence by a curved line to the Right, running in a Northwesterly direction, having a radius of 100.0 feet, still by lands of said Douglas W. Burhoe, a length of 29.09 feet to a point, said point being at the Southerly side line of said Winslow (Private) Road;
Thence S. 64°-56'-20" W., by said Southerly side line of Winslow (Private) Road, a distance of 44.20 feet to the point of beginning.
The above described lines being more fully shown on a Plan entitled "Glenmere Circle, Reading, Mass." dated February 1952, Board of Public Works, Philip Welch, Supt., 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 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 a public town way and named Glenmere Circle, and that the sum
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of Seven Thousand Six Hundred ($7,600.00) Dollars be raised and appro- priated for said laying out and for the construction of said way.
WALTER S. HOPKINS, JR., Chairman COLEMAN J. DONAHUE, Secretary JOHN W. HARRISON HARRY R. WALKER HAROLD D. KILGORE, JR.
Members of the Board of Public Works,
Town of Reading
Article 39. On motion of Walter S. Hopkins, Jr. it was voted that the Town accept the report of the Board of Public Works on the re- locating or altering of the location lines of a portion of Curtis Street and a portion of South Street at the northwesterly terminus of said streets and adopt the recommendations contained therein.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, ss. Town of Reading
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS ON THE RELOCATION OR ALTERATION OF THE NORTH WESTERLY CORNER OF SOUTH STREET AND CURTIS STREET
The Board of Public Works of the Town of Reading, having deter- mined and adjudged that 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 desired to be heard, have laid out, relocated or altered as public highways for the use of the Town, the Northwesterly corner of South Street and Curtis Street. The boundaries and measurements of said public highways as so laid out, relocated or altered are as follows:
Beginning at the intersection of the Northerly side line of South Street with the Westerly side line of Curtis Street;
Thence N. 84°-12'-00" W., along said Northerly side line of South Street, by lands of Harry R. Walker and Louise B. Walker, a distance of 26.11 feet to a point;
Thence by a curved line running in a Northeasterly direction, having a radius of 20.0 feet, through lands of said Harry R. Walker et ux, a length of 36.68 feet to a point on said Westerly side line of Curtis Street;
Thence S. 9º-17'-30" W., along said Westerly side line of Curtis Street, still by lands of said Harry R. Walker et ux, a distance of 26.11 feet to the point of beginning.
The approximate area taken is one hundred fifty five and four tenths (155.4) square feet.
The above described lines being more fully shown on a Plan entitled "Alteration and Relocation of the Northwesterly corner of South Street and Curtis Street, Reading, Mass." dated February, 1952, Board of
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Public Works, Philip Welch, Supt., said Plan being a part of this de- scription.
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.
WALTER S. HOPKINS, JR., Chairman COLEMAN J. DONAHUE, Secretary JOHN W. HARRISON HARRY R. WALKER HAROLD D. KILGORE, JR.
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