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75,205 00
Memorial Hall, permanent fund,
20,000 00
" and land,
41,993 00
" library and furniture,
6,311 00
Two reservoirs,
1,900 00
Spring Grove Cemetery,
5,488 00
Total amount.
$259,945 24
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PUNCHARD FREE SCHOOL.
The Trustees of the Punchard Free School herewith render to the Town their Annual Statement of the condition of the Fund, and of the Receipts and Expenditures for the year ending February 1, 1876. Amount of Fund as per last Report, $75,205 00
Which is invested in City and Town Notes and
Bonds and Real Estale Securities, $74,350 00
On Deposit in Andover Savings Bank,
855 00
$75,205 00
RECEIPTS.
Balance of Cash on hand as per last Report,
$1541 98
Income received from investments,
5676 74
Received for Tuition,
10 00
Received for rent of Land,
41 50
$7270 22
EXPENDITURES.
Cash paid :
William G. Goldsmith, Principal, salary,
$2000 00
Fanny L. D. Strong, Assistant, salary, 466 66
Sara E. Merrill, Assistant, salary,
233 34
Ada B. Chandler, Assistant, salary,
522 86
Kate A. Findley, Assistant, salary,
77 14
J. R. Murray, Music Teacher,
216 00
Moses Foster, Treasurer,
200 00
Thomas Smith, Janitor,
300 00
John Chandler, coal and wood,
381 38
W. F. Draper, printing and stationary,
98 81
John J. Clark, repairs on roof,
49 70
F. A. Dewson, diplomas,
27 00
L. A. Pasho, diploma ribbons,
I 87
H. Moulton and Co., step ladder,
4 00
Edward Carter, tuning piano,
3 00
George H. Parker, chemicals &c.,
7 18
Horace Wilson, labor,
3 20
Amount carried forward.
4592 14
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Amount brought forward,
4592 14
Johnson's Express,
40
M. J. Belcher, lecture tickets,
14 00
J. J. Pearson, labor,
22 00
R. M. Abbott, painting,
8 00
H. S. Hutchins, floor brush,
2 00
Cole and Hardy, pump and labor,
19 04
J. J. Brown, call-bell,
I 25
Fanny L. D. Strong, maps,
II 50
George S. Merrill, printing,
3 25
Smith, Manning and Co., account,
2 50
Bridget Abercrombie, cleaning,
20 00
$4696 08
Cash deposited in Andover National Bank to balance,
2574 14
$7270 22
Respectfully submitted.
CHARLES SMITH,
NATHAN FRYE,
JAMES H. MERRILL,
EDWARD TAYLOR,
MALCOLM DOUGLAS,
JOHN ABBOTT,
MOSES FOSTER,
BENJ. BOYNTON.
ANDOVER, February 1, 1876.
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REPORT OF THE CEMETERY COMMITTEE.
The Cemetery Committee, in compliance with the By-Laws of the Town in relation thereto, herewith submit their An- nual Report, together with the Receipts and Expenditures for the year ending February 10, 1876. º
During the past year about two hundred feet of excellent face-wall has been laid on the road leading to Ballard Vale, all the ground intended for ornament purposes has been carefully graded and planted with ornamental trees and shrubs. A dam has been made for retaining the water of the brook and making a pond ; a small outlay will be necessary to complete this improvement. The avenues and paths have as usual been kept free from weeds and grass, and the brush has been burned on the land intended for the future extension of the Cemetery. Of the five hundred dollars which we received by vote of the Town, we have been enabled to repay $278.75 from the sales of wood and lots. The committee have thus far made many improvements upon the Cemetery grounds, some of which are of a most substantial nature, and although not able to accomplish so much as has seemed desirable, they be- lieve the means furnished them for this highly commendable purpose has been judiciously expended, and they respectfully ask the Town for the usual appropriation of $500 for the en- suing year.
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Town of Andover in account with the Committee on the Cemetery, A.D. 1875.
DR.
For Cash paid,
George H. Bean, horse hire, 1874,
$2 00
Parker & Gannett, tools and express,
7 63
Michael Laughlin, labor,
4 55
F. Williamson,
33 33
James O'Keefe,
33 75
John C. Morse,
18 69
M. Maloney,
3 50
John Lynch,
62 55
John H. Lynch,
15 42
Daniel Desmond,
3 33
Town Treasurer, from sale of wood,
137 75
Cole & Hardy, lumber and labor,
103 44
P. B. Follansbee & Son, trees and shrubs,
31 50
John Regan, building wall,
211 00
Town Treasurer, from sale of lots,
141 00
John Chandler, teaming,
26 00
Geo. W. Chandler, “
7 20
Smith, Manning & Co., sundries,
4 94
C. W. Hayward, labor putting out fire,
4 00
W. F. Draper, printing burial blanks,
6 00
$857 58
Feb. 8, 1876, balance due S. Raymond,
$63 08
CR.
Jan. 22, 1875, balance, cash on hand,
$9 08
By Cash from
Geo. Foster, proceeds sale of wood,
$137 75
Town Treasurer at sundry times,
500 00
S. Raymond, for labor on lot,
6 67
Sales of Lots,
141 00
Balance due S. Raymond,
63 08
$857 58
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Received of the Town as per last Report,
$5,339 37
this year, $500 00
Repaid the Town,
278 75
$221 25
Received from sales of wood,
$137 75
" " lots,
141 00
$278 75
Balance due S. Raymond,
63 08
$5,902 45
Cost of land as per last Report,
$3,000 00
" " improvements as per last Report,
$3,433 21
Cost of improvements this year,
572 16
$4,005 37
Less sales of lots and wood,
1,102 92
2,902 45
$5,902 45
Lots sold, last Report, 32
this year (3 unpaid),
9
1
4I
Number of interments last Report,
45
this year, 12
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Respectfully submitted for the Committee.
GEORGE FOSTER,
Clerk and Treasurer.
ANDOVER, February 10, 1876,
TRUSTEES OF MEMORIAL HALL.
The Town of Andover in account with the Trustees of Memorial Hall.
DR.
For cash paid,
Ballard Holt, 2d, Librarian and
Janitor, $700 00
W. B. Clarke, books, 249 28
John Chandler, coal, 221 00
John G. Rodemeyer, binding,
190 82
George S. Merrill & Crocker, printing, 87 00
Abbott & Jenkins, book-case, $64 35
66 sundries, 23 82
88 17
Warren F. Draper, periodicals, $76 20
printing, 6 87
83 07
John H. Chandler, newspapers,
67 90
James A. Treat & Co., oil,
60 36
William Barnett, sundries,
II 5I
Thomas Smith, services,
9 00
John Cornell, wood,
8 25
E. H. Barnard, sundries,
7 50
W. H. Piper & Co., books,
7 31
Johnson's Express,
7 75
H. V. Butler, books,
6 00
Frederick Small, hand stamp,
5 00
Amount carried forward, $1809 92
62
Amount brought forward, $1809 92
Thomas Groom & Co., paper, 3 75
Boston & Maine Railroad, freight, 2 20
Patrick Harmon, labor,
I 75
George Middleton, book,
40
Town of Andover, 12 copies Brooks' Address, 2 40
S. Raymond, sundry small expenses,
14 75
$1835 17 -
Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1875, 670 41
$2505 58
CR.
Cash on hand January 1, 1875, $137 97 By cash received of
Town of Andover, interest on Per- manent Fund, $1400 00
Town of Andover, dog licenses, 409 70 66 from Smith book fund, 300 00
G. W. W. Dove, proceeds spell'g match, 140 00
Ballard Holt, 2d, Librarian, sale 69 catalogues,
34 50
Ballard Holt, 2d, Librarian, fines,
57 90
rents, 22 34
W. F. Draper, sale 12 copies Brooks' Address, 2 40
W. B. Clarke, book, 53
Geo. S. Merrill & Co., binding catalogue, 24
-- $2367 61
$2505 58
I876.
January I, balance on hand, $670 41
SAMUEL RAYMOND,
Treasurer.
ANDOVER, January 1, 1876.
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This certifies that we have examined the foregoing account and find the various items properly vouched, and that the balance in the Treasurer's hands on the first day of January last was six hundred and seventy dollars and forty-one cents.
E. KENDALL JENKINS, H. BOYNTON,
Committee on Accounts.
ANDOVER, January II, 1876,
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUS- TEES OF MEMORIAL HALL.
THE statistics, which it is the privilege of the Trustees to report to the town for the year 1875, will speak for themselves as to the prosperity, and activity, of the institution to which they refer. The marked in- crease in the circulation of the books, together with the very large ad- ditional registration, indicates not only that there is no falling off in the interest which was manifested by the public when the library was as yet a novelty and its boöks unexamined, but, more than this, that as a factor in the life of the town the library has, from the beginning to the present time, been steadily gaining power. The possession of a printed cata- logue during the whole of the year has undoubtedly to be credited with a portion of the increase in the circulation, but this advantage is, in part at least, offset by the fact that free books are no longer a novelty. Even in this short time, we must conclude, the library has become a necessity to the town. And it is morally certain that a large class in the com- munity will, as time goes on, rely upon it more and more for the means of education.
These considerations, while they are matter for present congratula- tion, have an important bearing on the future. It is much to be desired that all the citizens of the town should be fully alive to the value of the treasure which they already possess, and that they should be impressed with the necessity of making suitable provision for protecting and sus- taining on a liberal footing that which has been so well begun.
The desirableness of protecting the north side of Memorial Hall, by the purchase of the land lying between it and Pearson Street, has from the outset been felt by a large number of citizens. But as one season after another has passed by leaving us still in the enjoyment of the light and open prospect on that side, the danger to which we are constantly liable, of not only losing these advantages, but of seeing erected close to the hall, buildings which might prove a source of serious annoyance, has been too much overlooked. We would urge upon the town the necessity of taking this matter in hand before it is too late. Even if it should not seem desirable to keep this piece of land open and free from buildings, as a part of the Memorial Hall enclosure, it is of vital import- ance that the town should be able to control it, and say what manner of buildings and industries shall be allowed in such close proximity to the Hall. There is nothing, so far as we can see, in the condition of the
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finances of the town to render the present an unfavorable time for the securing of this land. The town is not only out of debt, but the as- sessed value of its property and its rate of taxation is lower than in the majority of towns in the state. On the other hand there is every reason why we should do at once that which can be done to so much better ad- vantage, and at so much less expense, now than at any time in the future. When we reflect that the town is in the free enjoyment of a property costing nearly $70,000, and that all but $4500, of this sum came to it in the form of a free gift, and as the expression of a precious and noble sentiment on the part of its citizens, there certainly appears an additional reason why it should respond with alacrity to the duty of protecting it.
The Trustees would also call attention to the fact that the Library and Reading-room, if they are to be kept up to their present state of useful- ness, will erelong require some additional appropriation from the town for the purchase of books and periodicals. The support of free public libraries by taxation has already become an established custom with a very large number of towns, and every year adds to this number. An order has already been introduced into our State legislature, and referred to the committee on education, for considering the expediency of requir- ing all towns of 4000 inhabitants and over to establish and support a free library for its inhabitants. There can be little doubt that, at some day not very remote, a statute to this effect will become the law of the State, and that the free public library will, like the free public school, be a state institution, to be founded and supported by taxation. The first of these requirements has been anticipated in Andover, through the private generosity of its citizens ; and it is to be hoped that the second will be as liberally and cordially anticipated by the town whenever the interests of the Library require it.
The Trustees refer with pleasure to the continued interest the citizens manifest in the institution, by their contributions of books, pamphlets and relics. We would remind the citizens, that as this is the Centennial Year, more than ordinary interest will be taken in looking up documents and relics pertaining to the Revolution, and if any such should come to light we would most respectfully request the presentation of the same to the Memorial Hall for preservation.
During the year one number of the "Boston Journal of Chemistry," one of "Hall's Journal of Health," one of "Harpers' Monthly Mag- azine," and one of "St. Nicholas " have been taken from the Reading- room, and not returned. With these exceptions, the yearly examination of the property, by the Library Committee, shows it to be in a most satis- factory state of preservation, - a condition of things, for which we are mainly indebted to the faithfulness and genuine interest in his work manifested by our Librarian. The borrowing of books will be much facilitated by the supplement of thirty-two pages, just published, which includes all the books added to the Library up to Feb. 1, 1876. As new
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books are added to the Library their titles will, from this time forth, by favor of the editor of the " Andover Advertiser," be inserted among its news items.
It has been a source of regret to the Trustees that the last elected member of the Board, Mr. William H. B. Woodlin, was, owing to failing . health, never able to meet with them, and recognizing as they do his worth, they feel that they have sustained a great loss in his death. Resolutions embodying these sentiments were passed and put on record by the Board, and a copy of the same was forwarded to the family of the deceased.
COMPARATIVE STATISTICS FOR THE YEARS 1874 AND 1875.
1874
1875
Number of volumes added by purehase,
258
270
Number of volumes presented,
274
II3
Volumes of periodicals bound,
125
38
Whole number of volumes in the Library,
4253
4674
Pamphlets presented during the year,
618
154
Whole number of pamphlets in the Library,
942
1096
Number of volumes delivered,
18,724
20,715
Largest daily issue,
198
232
Largest weekly issue,
488
587
Average daily issue,
73 1-16
87 3-4
Percentage of fiction circulated,
64 1-2
73 1-4
Notices to delinquent borrowers,
971
1078
New names registered,
348
375
Whole number of names registered,
I341
1716
Number of volumes covered anew,
2131
1704
Number of volumes re-bound,
159
352
Average daily attendence in Reading-room,
41
43
Volumes delivered for use in Reading-room,
92
286
Amount of fines collected,
$54 44
$57 90
Amount received for use of books,
$19 48
$22 34
Amount received from sale of catalogues,
$83 50.
$34 50
A list of donors is appended, with the number of volumes, pamphlets, papers, and other articles presented by each.
Respectfully submitted.
JOSEPH W. SMITH,
FRANCIS H. JOHNSON,
E. KENDALL JENKINS,
HENRY BOYNTON, SAMUEL RAYMOND,
WILLIAM L. ROPES,
Trustees.
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DONORS OF BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS.
Pam. or
Pam. or Vol. Papers.
Abbott, Benjamin F.,
I
Johnson, F. H.,
4 154.
Andover, Town of
13
II
Lawrence Public Library, 4
Bancroft, C. F. P.,
3
Lindsley, D. P., 4
Blood, Mrs. Mary.
2
Marland, Mrs. S. J.,
30
Blunt, C. C.,
I
Marland, William, 37
Boston Public Library,
6
Massachusetts, State of 2
I
Brookline “
I
McCollum, F., I
Cameron, W. G.
45
Middleton, D., 6
Carlton, Miss I. S., 9
New Bedford Pub. Library, I
Carpenter, C. C.,
5
Newton Free Library,
I
Concord Public Library, I
Poor, George H., I
Cummings, Aaron, 14
Porter, E. G.,
2
Cutter, A. E., I
14
Prime, S. I. & Co.,
52
Dana Library, Cambridge, I
Raymond, S.,
I
Darracott, F., 2
Rea, Jasper,
6
Dove, G. W. W., 6
Rollins, J. R.,
I
Dove, Miss H. C., 40
Smith, J. L., 3
6
Edwards, Miss L. C., 4
I2
State Library,
I
Fall River Public Library, I
2
Storer, F. H.,
3
Hawkins, Miss H. C., 2
United States Gov'nt, 28
3
Holt, M. S., 2
Worcester Pub. Library,
I
Holt, T. P.,
5
Jackson, Miss C. R.,
I2
II3
456
OTHER DONATIONS.
Carpenter, C. C., Fragment of Shell from Lookout Mountain.
Lowe, Miss Mary A., Twenty Dollars in old State Bank Bills.
Porter, E. G., Lexington Centennial Medal.
Russell, Abial, Portrait of General U. S. Grant.
We hereby certify that we have examined the foregoing Accounts and find them correct, with proper vouchers for all payments.
GEORGE W. FOSTER, AARON H. LUSCOMB, JOHN CORNELL,
Auditors.
ANDOVER, February 14, 1876.
Vol. Papers.
APPROPRIATIONS.
The following appropriations are recommended for the com- ing year.
Schools,
School-houses,
$9,500 00 1,800 00 6000 00
Highways,
Town Officers,
2200 00 or 3800 co
Snow,
1000 00
Fire Department,
2500 00
Repairing Reservoirs,
250 00
Miscellaneous,
750 00
Abatement of Taxes,
500 co
Printing and Stationery,
400 00
Cemetery,
500 00
Interest Money,
2100 00
Discount on Taxes,
2100 00
County Tax,
3200 00
State Tax,
5000 00
Street Lamps,
750 00
Decoration Day,
150 00
State Aid,
1500 00
Expenses of Almshouse,
5000 00
Relief out of
2500 00
Repairs on 66
200 00
TOWN 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 sixth day of March, 1876, at 12 I-2 o'clock, P. M., to act on the following Articles, namely :
Article Ist. - To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting. Article 2d. - To hear and act on the Report of the Selectmen.
Article 3d. - To choose Town Clerk and Treasurer, Selectmen, As- sessors, and Overseers of the Poor, one School Committee-man for Three Years, Constables, one Road Commissioner for Three Years, Fence Viewers, one Trustee for Memorial Hall for Seven Years, a Committee of Seven Members for Spring Grove Cemetery, and all other necessary and usual Town Officers.
Article 4th. - To see what action the Town will take in regard to un- expended appropriations.
Article 5th. - To see what sum of money the Town will appropriate for the use of the several Departments the current year, to wit : Schools, School-houses, Highways, Snow, Town Officers, Fire Department, Mis- cellaneous, Abatement of Taxes, Printing and Stationary, Cemetery, In- terest on Notes, Notes, County Taxes, State Taxes, Discount on Taxes, Street Lamps, Decoration Day, State Aid, Town House, Hay Scales, Expenses of Almshouse, Relief out of Almshouse, Repairs on Alms- house, and Repairs on Reservoirs.
Article 6th. - To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treasurer to hire money for the use of the Town when necessary, upon approval of the Selectmen.
Article 7th. - To see what method the Town will adopt for the collec- tion of Taxes the current year.
Article 8th. - To see what compensation the Town will pay the Fire- men for their services the current year.
Article 9th. - To hear and act on a Report of Committee on Street Lamps.
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Article 10th. - To hear and act on the Report of the Librarian of the Memorial Hall on the distribution of the " Record of Andover," and to see what disposition the Town will make of the copies remaining on hand.
Article IIth. - To see if the Town will pay to the Treasurer of the Memorial Hall the money received from the County Treasurer for Dog- Licenses, to aid in the support of the Library and Reading-room.
Article 12th. - To see if the Town will accept of a Road commencing at Elm Street opposite Summer Street, running from thence over land of John H. Flint to Carmel land, so called, as laid out by the Road Com- missioners.
Article 13th. - To see if the Town will widen and straighten the Road as laid out by the Road Commissioners, commencing on the westerly side of the Road leading northerly from William Hardy's, thence by the house of John B. Bailey to Tewksbury line, and what sum of money the Town will appropriate therefor.
Article 14th .- To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to repair the Reservoir on Green Street.
Article 15th. - To see whether the Town will vote to construct a Res- ervoir near the Grammer School House, and make an appropriation for that purpose.
Article 16th .- To see if the Town will build a Reservoir near the house of John Abbott, on Central Street, and what sum of money they will appropriate therefor.
Article 17th. - To see if the Town will vote to purchase the fixtures, apparatus, and other materials used by the Punchard Free School, in order to enable the Trustees of said School to increase its efficiency.
Article 18th. - To see what sum of money the Town will appropriate, in order to make the purchase mentioned in the preceeding Article.
Article 19th. - To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of One Hundred Dollars for the improvement of the Lot in Spring Grove Ceme- tery, voted to the use of Soldiers at the last annual meeting.
Article 20th. - To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money not exceeding Eleven Hundred Dollars, for the payment of land next north of the Memorial Hall, bought of Eben P. Higgins.
Article 2Ist. - To see if the Town will purchase the land lying be- tween the Memorial Hall and Pearson Street, as recommended by the Board of Trustees in their Annual Report, and to see what sum of money, if any, the Town will appropriate to pay for the same.
Article 22d. - To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money and instruct the Road Commissioners to repair a travelled way, begin- ning at Essex Street near the Passenger Station of the Boston and Main Railroad, thence running to the turnpike, so-called, near the house of Nathan Frye.
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Article 23d. - To hear and act on the Report of the Committee ap- pointed at the last Annual Meeting to select a site for a School-house, and see what sum of money the Town will appropriate therefor.
Article 24th. - To see if the Town will accept and revise the List of names for Jurors, as prepared and posted by the Selectmen.
Article 25th. - To see what sum of money the Town will raise by tax- ation to defray the Necessary Expenses the current year.
Article 26th. - To act on any other business that may legally come before this meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrent, with your do- ings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of meeting.
Given under our hands, at Andover, this Nineteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.
JOHN H. FLINT, SIMEON BARDWELL, Selectmen of Andover.
A true Copy. - Attest :
GEORGE F. BAKER, Constable of Andover.
CONTENTS.
Abatement of Taxes,
17, 40 | Memorial
Hall, Trustees'
Almshouse, 44, 49
Expenses,
38
Miscellaneous, 18,39
Personal Property at,
50
Notes, 14, 39
Relief out of,
42
Overseers' Account, 42
Repairs at,
46
Overseers' Report, 48
Remaining at,
49
Printing and Stationery, 17,40
Appropriations recommended,
66
Punchard Free School, 56
Remittance of Taxes, 17, 34
Assessors Report,
51
Cemetery,
I3
Reservoir on Summer Street, 19
Road Commissioners' Report, 29
55
Cities and Towns, 43, 44
Commitments, 42
13, 40
Decoration Day,
20, 39
Discount on Taxes, 18,40
Snow, Removal of, 25
Special Appropriations, 41
State Aid, 12, 38
Engineers' Report, 31
Fire Department, 15, 39
Flag, Halyards and Painting, 20
Haggett's Pond,
14, 41
Hay Scales,
19, 39
Highways,
21, 39
Superintendent's Account, 47
Town Debt, 41
Town House, 17,39
Interest on Notes,
14, 40
Liabilities,
40, 54
Lunatic Hospital,
43
Town Warrant, 69
Memorial Hall,
20
Treasurer's Account, 52
Memorial Hall, Trustees' Report, 64
Village Street, 25
3, 38
School-houses, 8, 38
School Readers,
7
Selectmen's Account, 3
Selectmen's Report, 38
State Tax, 13,40
Street Lamps, 16
Summary of Overseers' Orders, 46
Summary of Selectmen's Orders, 28
House of Correction,
43
Representative Fund, 46
Cemetery Committee, Report of, 58
Schedule of Town Property,
Schools,
County Tax,
Donors to Memorial Hall
Library, 67
Assets, 40, 54
Account, 61
Town Officers, 11, 38
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