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PROPERTY OF THE MEMORIAL HALL LIBRARY ANDOVER, MASS. 974.45 A552 1930-34
MEMORIAL HALL LIBRARY Andover, Massachusetts 475-6960
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TOWN OF ANDOVER
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF
DO
RPORATED MAY
MOJ
INCORPO
6. 1646.
MAS
SSACHUSETTS
FOR THE FISICAL YEAR ENDING
December 31, 1930
PRINTED BY SMITH & COUTTS, ANDOVER, MASS.
1931
Rafarancs
974.45 A552 1930- 34 crp. 2.
CONTENTS
Accounting Officer
26
Payments
31
Animal Inspector's Report
104
Punchard Free School
70
Appropriation Accounts
37
Receipts for 1930 27
Appropriations for 1930
35
Sealer of Weights and Measures
97
Assessor's Report
90
State Audit Report
80
Auditor's Certificate
129
Spring Grove Cemetery
95
Board of Health Nurse and Agent
106
Tree Warden's Report
99
Board of Health Report
105
Town Clerk
22
Building Inspector's Report
101
Tax Collector's Report
88
Charities Department
94
Town Meeting
13
John Cornell Fund
69
Town Physician's Report
103
Finance Com. Recommendations
122
Treasurer's Report
93
Fire Department
110
Town Warrant
116
Jury List
113
Vital Statistics
23
Moth Superintendent's Report
100
APR 7- 1911
.
50334
TOWN OFFICERS
Selectmen and Board of Public Welfare
FRANK H. HARDY, Chairman
Term expires 1932
ANDREW McTERNEN, Secretary
66
66
1931
JEREMIAH J. DALY
1933
Assessors
FRANK H. HARDY, Chairman
Term expires 1932
ANDREW McTERNEN. Secretary
66
1931
JEREMIAH J. DALY
66
1933
Town Clerk *GEORGE A. HIGGINS Town Treasurer THAXTER EATON Tax Collector WILLIAM B. CHEEVER School Committee
MAY D. FOLK
Term expires 1931
EUGENE M. WEEKS
..
..
1931
DR. WILLIAM D. WALKER
..
..
1931
MARY E. C. GEAGAN
6.
6. 1932
FREDERICK E. CHEEVER
..
..
1932
H. GILBERT FRANCKE
..
1932
CLIFFORD W. DUNNELLS
.. 1933
MARY W. FRENCH
.6
..
1933
ETHEL E. CROSS
..
6.
1933
Superintendent of Schools HENRY C. SANBORN Board of Public Works
WILLIAM D. MCINTYRE, Chairman
Term expires 1933
GEORGE H. WINSLOW, Secretary
..
1933
WALTER I. MORSE
6:
6.
1932
ARTHUR T. BOUTWELL
1931
THOMAS P. DEA
..
6
1931
* Resigned
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Superintendent of Water and Sewer Departments, Highways and Parks CHARLES T. GILLIARD Chief of Fire Department CHARLES F. EMERSON Board of Health
CHARLES E. ABBOTT, M.D. GEORGE G. BROWN
Term expires 1931
66
1932
FRANKLIN H. STACEY
1933
Chief of Police FRANK M. SMITH Constables
JAMES NAPIER FRANK M. SMITH,
Term expires 1931
66 1931
GEORGE N. SPARKS
66
66 1931
Trustees of Memorial Hall Library
BURTON S. FLAGG
Term expires 1931
CLAUDE M. FUESS
66
66 1933
FREDERIC S. BOUTWELL
1934
NATHAN C. HAMBLIN
66
66
1935
PHILIP F. RIPLEY
66
1936
JOHN C. ANGUS
66
66
1937
Trustees of Punchard Free School-Terms expire 1931 FREDERIC S. BOUTWELL JOHN H. CAMPION
MYRON E. GUTTERSON HENRY G. TYER
EDMOND E. HAMMOND
Auditors
WALTER H. COLEMAN DAVID L. COUTTS
HARRY SELLARS
Moderator-Town Meetings ALFRED E. STEARNS Trustees of Cornell Fund
JOHN C. ANGUS CHARLES N. MARLAND
Term expires 1931 66
1932
DR. WILLIAM D. WALKER
66
66 1933
1932
REV. FREDERICK A. WILSON
66
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Superintendent of Moth Department and Tree Warden RALPH T. BERRY Inspector of Buildings EDWARD R. LAWSON Inspector of Plumbing JOSEPH P. NOLAN Inspector of Wires CHARLES A. HILL Registrars of Voters
PATRICK J. SCOTT *GEORGE A. HIGGINS, Clerk
RALPH A. BAILEY JOHN F. HURLEY
Trustees of Spring Grove Cemetery-For three years. Terms expire 1931
WALTER I. MORSE WALTER E. CURTIS
FREDERICK E. CHEEVER FRED A. SWANTON
EVERETT M. LUNDGREN DAVID R. LAWSON JOHN W. STARK Street Lighting Committee
WALTER H. COLEMAN
GEORGE G. BROWN
GEORGE L. GRAHAM WINFIELD B. KNOWLTON ROLAND B. GLINES Finance Committee
CHARLES J. BAILEY, Chairman JAMES H. EATON
JOHN A. ARNOLD, Secretary EDMOND E. HAMMOND
FRANK W. McLANATHAN JAMES C. SOUTER G. EDGAR FOLK Planning Board
ROY E. HARDY Term expires 1932 EDWARD P. HALL 1933
GEORGE M. R. HOLMES
1934
Sealer of Weights and Measures JOSEPH P. LYNCH
* Resigned
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Town Warrant
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
ESSEX, ss .: To either of the Constables of the Town of GREETING : Andover,
In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town who are qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs to meet and assemble at the designated polling places in Precincts One, Two, Three and Four, viz: The Town House in Precinct One; the Old School House, Ballardvale, in Precinct Two; the Boys' Club House, Shawsheen Village, in Precinct Three; and the Phillips Club House, School Street, in Precinct Four, in said Andover on MONDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF MARCH, 1930 at 6 o'clock a.m., to act on the following articles :
Article 1 .- To elect a Moderator for one year, Town Clerk for one year, Treasurer for one year, Collector of Taxes for one year, one member of the Board of Selectmen for three years, one member of the Board of Assessors for three years, three members of the School Committee for three years, two members of the Board of Public Works for three years, one member of the Board of Health for three years, three Auditors of Accounts for one year, three Constables for one year, one Trustee of Memorial Hall Library for seven years, Tree Warden for one year, one member of Planning Board for one year, one member of Planning Board for four years, one member of Planning Board for five years, and all town officers required by law to be elected by ballot.
All to be voted for on one ballot. The polls will be open from 6 o'clock a.m. to 6.30 o'clock p.m.
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After final action on the preceding Article One, the said meet- ing shall stand adjourned by virtue of Section 20, Chapter 39, of the General Laws, to Monday, March 10th, at 1.30 o'clock p.m. at the Town Hall, then and there to act upon the following arti- cles, namely :
Article 2 .- To elect all other officers not required by law to be elected by ballot.
Article 3 .- To determine what sums of money shall be ap- propriated for Infirmary Expenses, Outside Relief, Aiding Moth- ers with Dependent Children, Board of Health, Damages to Persons and Property, Brush Fires, Fire Department, Town Scales, Highway Department, Insurance, Interest, Memorial Hall Library, Memorial Day, Post 99, G. A. R., Andover Post No. 8, American Legion, Municipal Buildings, Parks and Play- steads, Police, Printing, Election and Registration, Essex County Tuberculosis Hospital Maintenance, Public Dump, Retirement of Veterans, Reserve Fund, Redemption of Water, Sewer, High School, Library, Essex Sanatorium and Shawsheen School Bonds, Schools, Sewer Maintenance and Construction, Soldiers' Relief, Spring Grove Cemetery, State Aid, Street Lighting, Town Officers, Tree Warden and Moth Department, Water Mainten- ance and Construction, and other town charges and expenses.
Article 4 .- To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $35,000. to complete North Main Street to the present paved way in the Square, pay property damages and its share of the cost of the Boston and Maine Railroad Bridge, on petition of the Board . of Selectmen.
Article 5 .- To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $225,000. for the construction and original equipping and furnishing of a new Junior High School on land adjacent to the present Punchard High School, determine how the same shall be raised, or take any action relative thereto, on petition of the School Committee.
Article 6 .- To see if the Town will appoint and authorize a Committee to procure plans and specifications, obtain bids, let
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contracts, and approve bills of building, purchasing furnishings, and equipping the new schoolhouse mentioned in Article 5, on petition of the School Committee.
Article 7 .- To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $40,000. for steam pumping equipment, Venturi Meter and other improvements at the Haggetts Pond Pumping Station, on peti- tion of the Board of Public Works.
Article 8 .- To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $150. for the public observance of Armistice Day in the Town of Andover under the auspices of Andover Post, No. 8, American Legion, on petition of Arthur L. Coleman and others.
Article 9 .- To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Trustees of Spring Grove Cemetery to deed the lot known as the Legion Lot to Andover Post, No. 8, Department of Massachu- setts, American Legion, and appropriate the sum of $1000. Five hundred dollars ($500.) to be expended in curbing said lot and in improvements to the approaches thereof and five hundred dollars ($500.) for perpetual care of same, on petition of Arthur L. Coleman and others.
Article 10 .- To see if the Town will appropriate $9500. to reconstruct Union Street from its junction with North Main Street to the Lawrence line provided that the State and County contribute a like amount, on petition of Walter S. Donald and others.
Article 11 .- To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public way, as laid out and approved by the Board of Survey, a road known as Topping Road, extending from Corbett Street to Juliette Street, on petition of Alfred Berbue and others.
Article 12 .- To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $3000. to cut down the grade to that of the adjoining property and build a sidewalk on Carmel Road from Walnut Avenue to the Town Infirmary, on petition of Howard B. Johnson and others.
Article 13 .- To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Public Works to extend the water main from the present main at
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the North School on River Road and North Street to the resi- dence of Arthur Maddox on River Road, also from the River Road at Laurel Lane to the residence of Joseph Landry, and ap- propriate the sum of $21,000., this being the amount estimated by the Board of Public Works to take care of this work, on petition of Edward Shattuck and others.
Article 14 .- To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Public Works to extend the water main from Main Street down Rattlesnake Hill Road to Boston Road, along said Boston Road to Gould Road, along Gould Road from Boston Road to Main Street, and appropriate the sum of $11,100. there- for, on petition of Charles W. Damon and others.
Article 15 .- To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Public Works to extend the water main from Corbett Street along Topping Road to and including the property of Ben White and appropriate the sum of $3750. therefor, on petition of Jude Gognen and others.
Article 16 .- To see if the Town will vote to extend the water main on Chandler Road from the Chandler Road dead-end to a point opposite the property of George Disbrow, and appropriate the sum of $23,160. therefor, on petition of Daniel Fitzpatrick and others.
Article 17 .- To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Public Works to extend the water main from Lowell Street along Brown Street to Bellevue Road, then along Bellevue Road to the existing dead-end and appropriate the sum of $10,950. therefor, on petition of George F. Livingston and others.
Article 18 .- To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Public Works to extend the water main from its present terminus on Chandler Road to the intersection of Greenwood Road, thence Southwesterly along Greenwood Road and ap- propriate the sum of $8000. therefor, on petition of Thomas F. Walsh and others.
Article 19 .- To see if the Town will vote to extend the water main from the residence of George Lee on Webster Street to
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the Lawrence line, about 1000 feet, and appropriate the sum of $2000. to pay for same, on petition of Ethel Hebb and others.
Article 20 .- To see if the Town will vote to authorize the building of a sewer, beginning at the terminus of the present sewer on Kenilworth Street and extending along Union Street to a point near the Lawrence line, an entire distance of about 2100 feet, and appropriate the sum of $6000. therefor, and assess bet- terments upon the estates benefitted by the above extension, said work to be done under the direction of the Board of Public Works, on petition of said Board.
Article 21 .- To authorize the Town Treasurer to borrow money for the use of the Town in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year, with the approval of the Selectmen.
Article 22 .- To determine what disposition shall be made of unexpended appropriations and free cash in treasury.
Article 23 .- To act upon the report of the Town Officers.
Article 24 .- To transact any other business that may legally come before the meeting.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies and publication thereof, seven days at least before the time of said meeting as directed by the By-Laws of the Town.
Hereof fail not and make return of this warrant with your doings thereon, at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands this tenth day of February, A.D., 1930.
FRANK H. HARDY ANDREW McTERNEN JEREMIAH J. DALY
Selectmen of Andover
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ANDOVER, MARCH 3, 1930
ESSEX, SS.
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, I, the subscriber, one of the Constables of the Town of Andover, have notified the inhab- itants of said Town to meet at the time and places and for the purposes stated in said warrant by posting a true and attested copy of the same on the Town House, on each schoolhouse and in no less than five other public places where bills and notices are usually posted, and by publication in the Andover Townsman. Said warrants have been posted and published seven days.
FRANK M. SMITH, Constable
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 3, 1930
At a legal meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Andover qualified to vote in Town affairs convened in Precincts One, Two, Three and Four in said Andover on Monday the Third day of March, 1930, at six o'clock in the forenoon, agreeably to the requirements of the foregoing warrant, took up Article One and proceeded to vote for Town Officers.
The ballot boxes were found to be empty and registered 0000. The polls opened at 6 o'clock A.M. and closed at 6.30 o'clock P.M. The total number of ballots cast was 3533, viz .:
Precinct One, 1836; Precinct Two, 391; Precinct Three, 800; Precinct Four, 506.
The result of the balloting was as follows :
Precincts 2
1
3 4
MODERATOR-One Year
1266
267
623
414
Alfred E. Stearns
2570
1
John Traynor
1
570
124
176
92
Blanks 962
TOWN CLERK-One Year
911
222
428
302
George A. Higgins
1863
739
126
334
173
1372
186
43
38
31
Blanks 298
TOWN TREASURER-One year
1283
255
447
336
Thaxter Eaton
2321
486
123
324
160
George A. Higgins
1093
67
13
29
10
Blanks 119
SELECTMEN-Three Years
680
187
411
201
Matthew Burns
1479
1002
177
295
249
Jeremiah J. Daly
1723
93
19
62
33
Rowland L. Luce
207
61
8
32
23
Blanks
124
Carl N. Lindsay
13
ASSESSOR-Three Years
661
192
410
195
Matthew Burns
1458
986
168
283
236
Jeremiah J. Daly
1673
98
18
63
40
Rowland L. Luce
219
91
13
44
35
Blanks
183
COLLECTOR OF TAXES-One Year
1301
321
592
458
William B. Cheever
2672
391
35
166
26
George Page
618
144
35
42
22
Blanks
243
SCHOOL COMMITTEE-Three Years
1233
243
591
385
Ethel E. Cross
2452
1161
252
563
378
Clifford W. Dunnells
2354
1150
219
528
377
Mary O. W. French
2274
1
John Traynor
1
1964
459
717
378
Blanks
3518
TRUSTEE OF MEMORIAL HALL LIBRARY-Seven Years
1310
256
626
410
John C. Angus
2602
526
135
174
96
Blanks
931
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS-Three Years
1223
317
547
377
William D. McIntyre
2464
1159
225
643
372
George H. Winslow
2399
1290
240
410
263
Blanks
2203
BOARD OF HEALTH-Three Years
1302
277
592
401
Franklin H. Stacey
2572
534
114
208
105
Blanks
961
AUDITORS OF ACCOUNTS-One Year
1126
245
555
371
Walter H. Coleman
2297
1125
225
539
365
David L. Coutts
2254
1114
225
551
361
Harry Sellars
2251
2143
478
755
421
Blanks
3797
CONSTABLES-One Year
1163
226
535
361
James Napier
2285
1171
223
592
367
Frank M. Smith
2353
1239
306
552
381
George N. Sparks
2478
1935
418
721
409
Blanks
3483
14
TREE WARDEN-One Year
1233
282
525
302
514
89
222
169
89
20
53
35
PLANNING BOARD- Five Years
1
George W. Wiswall
1
Franklin L. Stacey
1
Ralph A. Bailey Blanks 3527
4
1834
391
800
502
PLANNING BOARD-Four Years
1
Leonard Saunders
1
G. Edgar Folk
1
1835
391
800
505
Blanks 3531
PLANNING BOARD-One Year
1
Martin Doherty
1
1835
391
800
506
Blanks 3532
All the foregoing officers were voted on by ballot and the check lists were used.
REPORT OF CLERK-PRECINCT ONE
ANDOVER, MARCH 3, 1930
Polls opened at 6 a.m. Warden L. D. Pomeroy in charge. Bal- lot box registered at opening 0000. Polls closed at 6.30 p.m. Ballot box registered when polls closed 1825. Number of ballots received 2450. Number returned 614. Number of ballots cast 1836. Police officer, Frank M. Smith. Voted to count ballots before Polls closed at 8 o'clock a.m.
MARK M. KEANE, Clerk
REPORT OF CLERK-PRECINCT TWO
BALLARDVALE, MARCH 3, 1930
Polls opened at 6 a.m. Warden Clester E. Matthews in charge. Ballot box registered at opening 10. Polls closed at 6.30 p.m. Ballot box registered when polls closed 401. Number of ballots received 500. Number returned 109. Number of ballots cast 391. Police officer, George N. Sparks. Voted to count ballots before Polls closed at 11 a.m.
JOSEPH P. LYNCH, Clerk
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Ralph T. Berry 2342
E. Burke Thornton 994
Blanks 197
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4
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REPORT OF CLERK-PRECINCT THREE
ANDOVER, MARCH 3, 1930 Polls opened at 6 a.m. Warden in charge James R. Mosher. Ballot box registered at opening 0000. Polls closed at 6.30 p.m. Ballot box registered when Polls closed 799. Number of ballots received 1200. Number returned 399. Number of ballots cast 800. One made void. Police officer, George Dunnells. Voted to count ballots before Polls closed at 11.40 a.m.
THOMAS D. TAYLOR, Clerk
REPORT OF CLERK-PRECINCT FOUR
ANDOVER, MARCH 3, 1930
Polls opened at 6 a.m. Warden Gordon R. Cannon in charge. Ballot box registered at opening 0000. Polls closed at 6.30 p.m. Ballot box registered when Polls closed 506. Number of ballots received 851. Number returned 345. Number of ballots cast 506. Police officer, George Dane. Voted to count ballots before Polls closed at 6.30 a.m.
EDWARD A. DOYLE, Dep. Clerk
After final action on Article One, the said meeting was ad- journed by virtue of Section 20. Chapter 39 of the General Laws, to Monday, March 10th at 1.30 o'clock p.m. at the Town Hall.
1.30 O'CLOCK P.M., MONDAY, MARCH 10, 1930
In the absence of Moderator Alfred E. Stearns, the meeting was called to order by Town Clerk George A. Higgins and the meeting proceeded to ballot for a temporary Moderator, the check lists being used and the Selectmen acting as tellers. It was voted that the Polls be closed after seven (7) ballots had been cast, all for Alfred L. Ripley and he was declared elected.
The Moderator declared :
Alfred E. Stearns elected Moderator for one year. George A. Higgins elected Town Clerk for one year. Thaxter Eaton elected Town Treasurer for one year. Jeremiah J. Daly elected Selectman for three years. Jeremiah J. Daly elected Assessor for three years.
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William B. Cheever elected Collector of Taxes for one year.
Ethel E. Cross elected member School Committee for three years.
Clifford W. Dunnells elected member School Committee for three years.
Mary O. W. French elected member School Committee for three years.
John C. Angus elected Trustee Memorial Hall Library seven years.
William D. McIntyre elected member Board of Public Works for three years.
George H. Winslow elected member Board of Public Works for three years.
Franklin H. Stacey elected member Board of Health for three years.
Walter H. Coleman elected Auditor for one year.
David L. Coutts elected Auditor for one year.
Harry Sellars elected Auditor for one year.
James Napier elected Constable for one year.
Frank M. Smith elected Constable for one year.
George N. Sparks elected Constable for one year.
Ralph T. Berry elected Tree Warden for one year.
Took up Article 2 and chose :-
Dr. William D. Walker, Trustee Cornell Fund for three years.
Street Lighting Committee for one year (appointed by Mod- erator) : Roland B. Glines, Winfield B. Knowlton, George G. Brown, George L. Graham, Walter H. Coleman.
Finance Committee for one year (appointed by Moderator) : Charles J. Bailey, Frank W. McLanathan, John A. Arnold, James H. Eaton, Edmond E. Hammond, James C. Souter, G. Edgar Folk.
Took up Article 3 :-
Voted to appropriate the following stated sums of money : Infirmary
$8,000.00
Outside Relief
9,500.00
Aiding Mothers with Dependent Children 5,000.00
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Andover Post, No. 8, American Legion
1,250.00
Assessors' Survey 3,000.00
Board of Health
4,500.00
Brush Fires
1,000.00
Claims for Damage to Persons and Property
3,000.00
Elections and Registrations
2,200.00
Essex Tuberculosis Hospital :
Construction
3,170.47
Maintenance
4,899.89
Fire Department
29,500.00
Post 99, G. A. R.
200.00
Highway Department :
Maintenance
50,000.00
Construction
22,200.00
Interest
25,000.00
Insurance
7,540.00
Amendment: voted that it is the sentiment of the meeting that the premiums be allotted proportionately by the Board of Select- men among agents resident in Andover, and who have been in business with established Andover offices for at least five years.
Library
7,411.00
Memorial Day
850.00
Parks and Playgrounds
4,500.00
Police Department
29,000.00
Pomps Pond
1,600.00
Printing
600.00
Public Dump
500.00
Retirement of Bonds
55,000.00
Schools
150,355.00
Sewer Department
6,200.00
Snow Removal and Street Sanding
12,000.00
Soldiers' Relief
2,500.00
Sealer Weights and Measures
500.00
Spring Grove Cemetery
8,000.00
State and Military Aid
500.00
Street Lighting
21,708.00
Municipal Buildings
4,200.00
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Town Officers Town Scales Tree Warden Moth Work
18,250.00 125.00 6,000.00
5,000.00
Water Department:
Maintenance (to include $418.03 1929 overdraft)
30,000.00
Construction
12,000.00
Wire Inspector
350.00
Total $557,109.36
Article 4-No. Main Street
35,000.00
Article 8-Armistice Day
150.00
Article 9-Legion Lot 1,000.00
Article 10-Union Street 9,500.00
Articles 13-14-15-16-17-18-19 Water Extensions 25,000.00
Article 20-Union Street Sewer Special Articles $ 76,650.00
6,000.00
Total 633,759.36
Took up Article 4 :-
Voted at 2.26 p.m .- That the Town appropriate the sum of $35,000.00 to complete North Main Street to the present paved way in the Square, pay property damages and its share of the cost of the Boston and Main Railroad Bridge, under provisions of Section 34, Chapter 90 of the General Laws.
Took up Article 5 :-
Voted at 4.19 p.m .- Not to raise and appropriate the sum of $225,000.00 for a new Junior High School. Yeas 193-Nays 518. Article 6 automatically dropped.
Took up Article 7 :-
Voted at 4.20 p.m .- That article be withdrawn.
Took up Article 8 :-
Voted at 4.21-To appropriate the sum of $150 for the public observance of Armistice Day under the auspices of Andover Post, No. 8, American Legion.
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Took up Article 9 :-
Voted at 4.26 p.m .- That the Trustees of Spring Grove Cemetery set aside the lot known as the Legion Lot for the future interment of World War Veterans and to appropriate the sum of $1000; $500 for improvements to the approaches and curbing and $500 for Perpetual Care of the same.
Took up Article 10 :-
Voted at 4.39 p.m .- To appropriate $9,500 to reconstruct Union Street from its junction with North Main Street to the Lawrence line provided that the State and County contribute a like amount.
Took up Article 11 :-
Voted at 4.40 p.m .- To accept as a public way, as laid out and approved by the Board of Survey, a road known as Topping Road, extending from Corbett Street to Juliette Street.
Took up Article 12 :-
Voted at 4.41 p.m .- To lay on table.
Took up Article 13 :-
Voted at 5.30 p.m .- That Articles 13 to 19 inclusive be taken up together and that the sum of $25,000 be appropriated and ex- pended under the direction of the Board of Public Works for such of these water extensions as said Board deems advisable.
At this point Chairman Hardy of the Board of Selectmen spoke as follows :
The Town has recently lost one of its most respected and dearly loved citizens : Mr. Walter S. Donald.
Mr. Donald for many years served the Town of Andover as Selectman and Assessor and it seems most proper to extend to his family the deepest sympathy of this meeting.
I therefore move the following resolution : That the Town of Andover hereby recognizes the unselfish service of Mr. Donald and that it deeply regrets the passing of a man who has always had the deepest love and respect of Andover's citizens, and that the Town Clerk be instructed to place this resolution on the records
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of the Town and a copy of the same be sent to the bereaved family.
Took up Article 20 :-
Voted at 5.31 p.m .- To authorize the building of a sewer, be- ginning at the terminus of the present sewer on Kenilworth Street and extending along Union Street, to a point near the Lawrence line, an entire distance of about 2100 feet and appropriate the sum of $6000 therefor, and assess betterments upon the estates benefitted by the above extension.
Took up Article 21 :-
Voted at 5.32 p.m .- That the Town Treasurer, with the ap- proval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1930, and to issue notes there- for payable within one year, any debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said financial year.
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