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TOWN OF ANDOVER
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ANNUAL REPORT
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FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING
JANUARY 12, 1905
ANDOVER, MASS. THE ANDOVER PRESS
1905
CONTENTS
Abatement of Taxes, Almshouse Expenses,
68 Notes given,
66
78 Notes paid,
66
Farm Account,
85 Overseers of Poor, 78
Personal Property at,
84
Park Commission, 63
Relief out of,
80
Park Commissioners' Report, 92
Remaining in,
84
Park Loan, 62
Repairs on,
80
Phillips Academy, Taxes, 59
Appropriations, 1904,
Assessors' Report,
Assets,
99
Public Works, Maintenance, 69
Auditors' Certificate,
108
Punchard Free School, Re- port of Trustees, 122
Bonds, Redemption of,
69
Punchard High School, 33
Schedule of Town Property, 75
School-houses, 31
Chief of Police, Report,
88
John Dove Annex, etc., 33
Cities and Towns,
82
Schools, 27
Collector's Account,
98
School Books and Supplies, 35
Cornell Fund,
96
Selectmen's Account, 27
County Tax,
68
Sewer Assessment,
66
Dump, Care of,
69
Dep't Recommendations,
125
Dog Tax,
68
Sinking Funds, 69
Earnings, Town Horses,
54
Snow, Removal of, 46
Fire Department,
56
Soldier's Relief, 83
Hay Scales,
69
Spring Grove Cemetery,
60
Highways and Bridges,
38
State Aid, 70
Highway Surveyor,
52
State Highway,
61
Horses and Drivers,
44
State Tax,
68
Insurance,
68 Street Bounds,
65,112
Interest on Notes and Funds, Liabilities,
99
New,
61
Librarian's Report,
119
Signs, 65
List of Jurors,
109
Street Lighting,
65
Lunatic Hospitals,
82
Macadam,
41
Memorial Day,
67
Memorial Hall Trustees'
Report,
114
Town Warrant, 128
Military Aid,
71
Treasurer's Account, 99
Milk Inspector's Report,
95
Tree Warden, 60
Miscellaneous,
72
Report, 94
58 Town House, Loan, 67
Town Meetings, 5
Town Officers, 55
64
Street, Pine,
67
Sidewalks, Ballard Vale, 44
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Police, 56
97 Printing and Stationery, 63
Board of Public Works, Appendix
Cemetery Com., Report of, 90
Chief Engineer's Report, 86
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TOWN OFFICERS, 1904
B. FRANK SMITH, Term expires March, 1905
SAMUEL H. BOUTWELL, Secretary, 66 1905
SAMUEL H. BAILEY,
1905
Town Clerk and Tax Collector.
ABRAHAM MARLAND.
Town Treasurer. GEORGE A. PARKER.
School Committee.
JOHN ALDEN, Chairman,
Term expires 1905
THOMAS DAVID,
66
1905
COLVER J. STONE,
66
66
1905
MRS. LIZZIE A. WILSON,
66
66 1907
MRS. ELLA S. MORRILL,
66
66
1907
WILLIAM A. TROW,
66
66
1907
CHARLES W. CLARK,
66
66
1906
CHARLES H. SHEARER,
66
66
1906
GEORGE T. EATON
66
66 1906
Superintendent of Schools. CORWIN F. PALMER.
Board of Public Works.
JOHN L. SMITH, Chairman,
Term expires March, 1906
JOHN W. BELL,
66
1907
LEWIS T. HARDY,
66
66 1907
FELIX G. HAYNES,
66
66 1905
JAMES C. SAWYER,
66
66
1905
OCT 14 1910
Superintendent of Public Works. JOHN E. SMITH. Engineers of Fire Department. LEWIS T. HARDY, Chief, GEORGE D. LAWSON, Clerk ALLEN SIMPSON.
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Park Commissioners.
JOHN N. COLE, T. FRANK PRATT, CHARLES L. CARTER, Chairman,
Term expires March, 1907 66
1906
66 1905
Highway Surveyor.
JOSEPH T. LOVEJOY, Term expires 1905
Board of Health.
CHARLES E. ABBOTT, M. D., Chairman, Term expires 1907 J. A. LEITCH, M. D., 66
1906
HOWELL F. WILSON,
1905
Chief of Police. WILLIAM L. FRYE. Appointed.
Constables.
GEO. S. COLE, WILLIAM L. FRYE, ELMER H. SHATTUCK.
Trustees of Memorial Hall.
E. KENDALL JENKINS, Term expires 1911
GEORGE W. FOSTER,
66
1905
FREDERIC S. BOUTWELL,
66
1906
CHARLES C. CARPENTER,
1907
JOSEPH W. SMITH,
66
66
1908
FRANCIS H. JOHNSON,
66
66
1909
JOSEPH A. SMART,
66
66 1910
Trustees of Punchard Free School .- Terms expire 1907.
GEORGE H. POOR, SAMUEL H. BOUTWELL,
HORACE H. TYER, MYRON E. GUTTERSON, GEORGE A. PARKER.
Auditors.
CHARLES B. JENKINS, GEORGE A. HIGGINS, NESBIT G. GLEASON.
TOWN MEETINGS
Annual Town Meeting, March 7, 1904
WARRANT
ESSEX, SS: To either of the Constables of the Town of Andover. GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Andover qualified to vote in town affairs to meet and assemble at the Town House, in said Andover, on Monday, the seventh day of March, 1904, at 7.30 A. M., to act on the following articles :
Article 1st .- To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Article 2nd .- To choose Town Clerk, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, three members of the Board of Selectmen, Asses- sors and Overseers of the Poor for one year, one member of the Board of Health for three years, three members of the School Committee for three years, one Trustee of Memorial Hall for seven years, one Trustee of Cornell Fund for three years, one Park Commissioner for three years, two members of the Board of Public Works for three years, five Trustees of Punchard Free School for three years, one Tree Warden for one year, three Auditors of Accounts, one or more Con- stables, Fence Viewers, Field Drivers, Surveyors of Lumber, Fire Wards, a Pound Keeper, one Surveyor of Highways, and any other officers the town may determine to choose.
Article 3rd .- To take action on the following question : " Shall license be granted for the sale of Intoxicating Liquors in this town ? "
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Article 4th .- To determine what sums of money shall be appropriated for Schools, School-houses, School-books and supplies, Highways and Bridges, Macadamized Roads, Side- walks, Removing Snow, Horses and Drivers, Street Light- ing, Town Officers, Police Public Works, (Maintenance, Construction and Sinking Funds) Sinking Fund for Memo- rial Hall Notes, Fire Department, (Maintenance and Fire Alarm), Town House, Almshouse, Repairs on Almshouse, State Aid, Military Aid, Relief out of Almshouse, Soldiers' Relief, State Tax, County Tax, Abatement of Taxes, Interest on Bonds, Funds and Notes, Redemption of Water Bonds (Voted Oct. 21, 1889,) Notes Payable (Park Loan, Town House Improvement) Printing and Stationery, Miscellan- eous, Memorial Day, Insurance, Spring Grove Cemetery, Hay Scales, Park Commission, Tree Warden, Public Dump and other town charges and expenses.
Article 5th .- To see if the town will concur with the Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners in the proposed changes in the boundary line between the towns of Andover and North Reading, as recommended by said Board, or to take any other action thereon.
Article 6tlr .- To see if the town will appropriate the sum of two thousand six hundred forty nine 85-100 dollars ($2649.85) to defray the sewerage assessment against town property.
Article 7th .- To see what action the town will take in regard to the gift of one thousand dollars ($1000) by Warren F. Draper.
Article 8th .- To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for the following purposes : To build an an- nex to the John Dove schoolhouse ; to install a central heat- ing plant connecting with the John Dove, Stowe and Punchard Schools ; to install sanitaries in the Punchard, John Dove, Indian Ridge and Bradlee Schools, and to make
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such alteration as may be necessary to carry these changes into effect.
Article 9th .- To see whether the Town will re-appropriate one thousand dollars ($1000.00) to carry out the provisions of the vote passed a year ago relating to the Bailey school- house.
Article 10th .- To see if the Town will appropriate one thousand and five and 03-100 dollars ($1005.03) to re- imburse Trustees of Phillips Academy for balance of amount of taxes paid under protest.
Article 11th .- To see what action the Town will take to establislı the street bounds and if necessary appropriate a sum of money therefor.
Article 12th .- To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money sufficient to make a drain to carry off the surface water on Red Spring Road near the property of John Hickey and John Henderson.
Article 13th .- To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money sufficient to complete Pine Street.
Article 14th .- To see if the Town will appropriate twelve hundred dollars ($1200.00) for repairs on Webster Street, to widen, remove brush, trees, etc., from the same from North Street to the Lawrence Line, and to put this road in a safe condition for travel, on petition of Dennis Riordan and others.
Article 15th .- To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300.00) to construct a sidewalk on the westerly side of Lowell Street from Mr. Lane's to Dascomb Road, on petition of William Shaw and others.
Article 16th .- To see if the Town will accept the street as laid out by the Selectmen, from Elm Street to Walnut
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Avenue between the residences of Mrs. Anne Locke and George A. Christie, and appropriate a sum of money for con- structing the same.
Article 17th .- To see if the Town will instruct the Street Lighting Committee to have an incandescent street light placed on Central Street at or near where Rogers' Brook crosses said street, on petition of Dennis F. Sweeny and others.
Article 18th .- To see if the Town will accept Chapter 484 of the Acts of the Legislature of 1903, in regard to licensing coal and coke dealers.
Article 19th .- To see if the Town will accept so much of Section 23, Chapter 25, of the Revised Laws, as pertains to the removal of snow and ice from sidewalks, within the limits of highways or town ways thereon, to such extent as they deem expedient.
Article 20th .- To see if the Town will revise and accept the list of Jury prepared and posted by the Selectmen.
Article 21st .- To act upon the report of the Town Officers.
Article 22nd. To fix the pay of the Firemen for the en- suing year.
Article 23rd .- To determine the method of collecting taxes for the ensuing year.
Article 24th .- To determine what disposition shall be made of unexpended appropriations.
Article 25th .- To see if the Town will appropriate three hundred dollars ($300.00) for further street signs.
Article 26th .- To authorize the Town Treasurer to hire money for the use of the Town in anticipation of taxes for the current year, upon the approval of the Selectmen.
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Article 27th .- To determine the amount of money to be raised by taxation for the ensuing year.
Article 28th .- To transact any other business that may legally come before the meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon, to the Selectmen at the time and place of meeting.
Given under our hands at Andover, this fifteenth day of February, in the year one thousand nine hundred and four.
B. FRANK SMITH, SAM'L H. BOUTWELL, S. H. BAILEY,
Selectmen of Andover
ANDOVER, March 7, 1904.
ESSEX, SS :
Pursuant to the foregoing Warrant, I, the subscriber, one of the Constables of the Town of Andover, have notified the inhabitants of said town to meet at the time and place, and for the purposes stated in said Warrant by posting a true and attested copy of the same on the Town House, on each school-house, and in not less than five other public places where bills and notices are usually posted, said Warrants have been posted two Sundays.
WILLIAM L. FRYE,
Constable of Andover.
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of An- dover qualified to vote in town affairs, convened at the Town House in said Andover on the seventh day of March, 1904, at seven thirty o'clock in the forenoon, agreeable to the require-
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ments of the foregoing Warrant, and after the reading of part of the same by the Town Clerk it was
Voted, To dispense with the further reading of the War- rant.
Took up Article 1st.
Chose George H. Poor Moderator, he receiving all the ballots cast (2).
Voted, To take up Articles 2 and 3 and act upon them together.
Appointed B. Frank Smith, Samuel H. Boutwell, Samuel H. Bailey, and E. Kendall Jenkins tellers for Town Officers, and George W. Foster teller for the Liquor License vote, and they were all duly sworn by the Moderator.
Voted, To close the polls at 2 o'clock, P. M., and they were closed at that hour.
The polls were opened at 7.35 o'clock, A. M.
The Standard Ballot Box failed to work properly and an open box was substituted in its place.
The following persons were appointed to sort and count the ballots for Town Officers : George A. Higgins, William C. Crowley, Frank H. Hardy, Frank B. Jenkins, and William A. Allen.
George W. Foster was appointed to sort and count the Liquor License vote.
Whole number of votes cast, 1035
Necessary for a choice where there were two or more candidates for the same office, 518
FOR TOWN CLERK AND TAX COLLECTOR,-1 year : Abraham Marland had 1029
FOR TOWN TREASURER,-1 year :
George A. Parker had 1031
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FOR SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS, AND OVERSEERS OF POOR,-1 year :
B. Frank Smith had 1031
Samuel H. Bailey had 1030
Samuel H. Boutwell had 518 Walter S. Donald had 515
FOR BOARD OF HEALTH,-3 years : Charles E. Abbott had 1032
FOR SCHOOL COMMITTEE,-3 years :
Lizzie A. Wilson had 1030
Ella S. Morrill had 1030
William A. Trow had 1031
FOR TRUSTEES OF PUNCHARD FREE SCHOOL,-3 years :
George H. Poor had 1031
Horace H. Tyer had 1033
Samuel H. Boutwell had 1033
Myron E. Gutterson had 1033
George A. Parker had 1033
FOR TRUSTEE OF MEMORIAL HALL,-7 years : E. Kendall Jenkins had 1033
FOR TRUSTEE OF CORNELL FUND,-3 years : Frank E. Gleason had 1033
(This was an error, as Frank E. Gleason was elected to this office in March, 1903, for three years, and Charles Greene was elected by accla- mation to fill the office for three years from this date).
FOR BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,-3 years :
John W. Bell had 1033
Lewis T. Hardy had 1033
FOR PARK COMMISSIONER,-3 years :
John N. Cole had 1028
FOR HIGHWAY SURVEYOR,-1 year :
Joseph T. Lovejoy had 587
John S. Stark had 442
Walter S. Donald had 1
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FOR TREE WARDEN, -1 year : J. H. Playdon had 1032
FOR AUDITORS OF ACCOUNTS,-1 year :
George A. Higgins had 1032
Charles B. Jenkins had
1033
Nesbit G. Gleason had
1030
William B. Cheever had
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FOR CONSTABLES, -1 year :
William L. Frye had * 1029
George S. Cole had 644
Elmer H. Shattuck had 517
John H. Clinton had 516
Daniel Webster had 388
All the foregoing officers elected were chosen by ballot, the check list being used.
And the Moderator declared -
Abraham Marland elected Town Clerk and Tax Collector for one year.
George A. Parker elected Town Treasurer for one year.
B. Frank Smith, Samuel H. Bailey, Samuel H. Boutwell, elected Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor for one year.
Charles E. Abbott elected Board of Health for three years.
Lizzie A. Wilson, Ella S. Morrill, William A. Trow elected School Committee for three years.
George H. Poor, Horace H. Tyer, Samuel H. Boutwell, Myron E. Gutterson, George A. Parker elected Trustees of Punchard Free School for three years.
E. Kendall Jenkins elected Trustee of Memorial Hall for seven years.
Charles Green elected Trustee of Cornell Fund for three years.
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John W. Bell, Lewis T. Hardy elected Board of Public Works for three years.
John N. Cole elected Park Commissioner for three years.
Joseph T. Lovejoy elected Highway Surveyor for one year. John H. Playdon elected Tree Warden for one year.
George A. Higgins, Charles B. Jenkins, Nesbit G. Gleason elected Auditors of Accounts for one year.
William L. Frye, George S. Cole, Elmer H. Shattuck elected Constables for one year.
The result of the Liquor License question was declared by the Moderator to be as follows :
" Yes," 71. " No," 467. Total, 538.
Chose Fence Viewers : William H. Carter, George Buchan, Alexander Dear.
Chose Field Drivers : Michael T. Welch, George L. Burnham.
Chose Pound Keeper : George L. Burnham and, voted, that the Town barn and barn yard be the Pound.
Chose Surveyors of Lumber : Lewis T. Hardy, Frank E. Gleason, William H. Carter, Herbert A. Moody, Albert B. Burtt, Edward S. Hardy, Albert A. Hardy, Henry Gray. Chose Fire Wards : Allen Simpson, George D. Ward.
Voted, That the Street Lighting Committee be appointed by the Moderator, and the Moderator appointed the follow- ing persons as that committee : John L. Smith, Barnett Rogers, Charles N. Marland, Colver J. Stone, John V. Holt.
The Moderator appointed the following persons as Finance Committee : John H. Flint, Harry M. Eames, Alexander Lamont, Bernard M. Allen, Patrick J. Scott, for three years ; David Shaw for one year, to fill the place made vacant by the death of J. Warren Barnard.
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Took up Article 4th.
Voted, That so much of the sidewalk money as is needed to complete the sidewalk from Lincoln street to West Parish church be used for that purpose.
Voted, To lay so much of Article 4th on the table as relates to repairs on the Almshouse until Article 8th is disposed of.
Voted, To appropriate the following stated sums of money :
Schools, maintenance,
$29,000 00
School-houses, 2,000 00
School Books and Supplies,
2,200 00
Printing and Stationery,
1,200 00
Miscellaneous,
4,500 00
Repairs on Highways and Bridges,
3,000 00
And the amount received from street sprinkling and from street railways and for the use of the town teams.
Macadam, 3,000 00
Sidewalks, .
400 00
Sidewalks, (to be spent under the Betterment Act), 200 00
Horses and Drivers,
4,500 00
Removing Snow, and the amount received from street railways for that work,
3,000 00
Fire Department,
3,500 00
Relief out of Almshouse,
3,800 00
Soldiers' Relief,
1,200 00
Almshouse Expenses,
5,000 00
Repairs on Almshouse,
200 00
Tree Warden,
500 00
Public Dump, (to be spent by Andover Village Improvement Society),
50 00
50 00
Hay Scales,
Public Works, maintenance, construction and repairs on coal shed,
6,650 00
Amount carried forward,
$73,950 00
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Amount brought forward,
$73,950 00
Interest on Bonds, Funds and Notes,
11,000 00
Redemption of Water Bonds,
6,000 00
Notes Payable :
Town House Improvement,
1,700 00
Park Loan,
1,700 00
Memorial Day,
225 00
Spring Grove Cemetery, and proceeds of sale of lots,
300 00
Police Department,
2,400 00
Town House,
1,800 00
Park Commission, (and $50.00 unexpended of last year's appropriation),
500 00
Tax refunded Phillips Academy,
1,005 53
State Aid,
2,000 00
Military Aid,
250 00
Insurance,
700 00
Town Officers,
5,700 00
Street Lighting,
4,800 00
Sinking Funds :
Memorial Hall,
600 00
Water Bond,
750 00
Repairs on Punchard High School ($775.00 un- paid bills),
775 00
Abatement of Taxes,
500 00
State Tax,
8,000 00
County Tax,
6,000 00
Sewerage Assessment against town property,
2,649 85
Improvement in School Buildings (this year's proportion),
5,000 00
Street Bounds,
500 00
Street Signs,
300 00
Pine Street,
500 00
New Street, Elm Street to Walnut Avenue,
1,500 00
Sidewalk on Lowell Street,
300 00
$141,405 38
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Took up Article 5th.
Voted, That the Town of Andover hereby concurs with the Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners in a proposed change in the boundary line between the towns of Andover and North Reading, so that the same shall be as follows :- Beginning at the present corner of the towns of Andover, North Andover, and North Reading, at a granite monument, lettered " A. R.", standing on the summit of Osgood Hill in latitude 42°, 36', 15.11", and longitude 71°, 4', 36.00", thence south 83º, 25' west, true bearing 16,055 feet to the present corner of the towns of Andover, North Reading, and Wilmington, at a granite monument, lettered " A. R. W.", in latitude 42°, 35', 56.90", and longitude 71°, 08', 09.25".
Took up Article 6th.
Voted, To appropriate the sum of two thousand six hun- dred and forty-nine and eighty-five one-hundredth (2649.85) dollars to defray the sewerage assessment against town property.
Took up Article 28th.
Voted, That the Selectmen be respectfully requested not to grant any sixth class liquor licenses this year.
Voted, that Article 28th be laid on the table.
Took up Article 7th.
Voted, That the citizens of Andover, in town meeting assembled, hereby acknowledge and accept the gift of one thousand (1000) dollars from Warren F. Draper.
They desire to further record their deep appreciation of the generous gift thus acknowledged, and of the spirit of local pride and warm love for the town's best good, which prompted the giver.
As a citizen of Andover for more than half a century, as a business man of long maintained integrity and high stand-
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ing, as a contributor to the town's best civic and religious life during his many years of activity, as a benefactor of the great schools of learning which are so vital a part of the town, the citizens of Andover will ever remember Mr. Draper.
They pay tribute at this time to his long service in the life of the community, and hereby express their thanks for his generous linking of the town as an educational force to his other and more notable beneficiaries.
As the evening hour of his life shortens, his fellow citizens wish for him the peace and quiet so richly merited by his long and honorable life.
(The interest of the above amount is to be expended under the direction of the School Committee for the benefit of the schools.)
Took up Article 8th.
Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of forty-five thousand (45,000) dollars for the following purposes : -
To build an annex to the John Dove schoolhouse ; to install a central heating plant connecting with the John Dove, Stowe, and Punchard schools; to install sanitaries in the Punchard, John Dove, Indian Ridge, and Bradlee schools, and to make such alterations as may be necessary to carry these changes into effect.
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