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Jan. 12, 1898.
$22958 18
Assessors' list 1898,
75061 34
Andover National Bank Tax 1898,
2062 50
$100082 02
CR.
Amount collected,
$71433 04
Abated, Uncollected,
488 97
28160 01
$100082 02
Interest on Taxes,
$415 62
ABRAHAM MARLAND,
COLLECTOR.
Andover, January 12, 1899.
Feb. 7, 1899. Collected in addition to above since books were closed, $2350.19.
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
We herewith submit our Annual Report.
Number of Male polls assessed,
1,327
Personal Estate,
$1,144,093 00
Real Estate,
3,710,584 00
$4,854,677 00
Poll-tax,
$ 2,654 00
Tax on Personal Estate,
17,161 40
Tax on Real Estate,
55,658 76
$75,474 16
Rate of Tax per $1000, $15.00
Number of
Horses assessed,
701
Cows assessed,
916
Cattle other than Cows,
177
Swine,
219
Dwellings,
1081
Acres of land,
18469
WM. G. GOLDSMITH,
of Andover.
Assessors SAMUEL H. BOUTWELL, JOHN S. STARK,
TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.
Liabilities.
Water Bonds,
$155000 00
Sewer Bonds,
80000 00
Trustees of Memorial Hall, Notes,
25000 00
Notes,
27000 00
Interest on Notes and Bonds,
2589 00
Bills payable,
700 00
$290289 00
Assets.
Cash on hand, Town Funds, $ 427 77
Cash on hand, Waterworks, 2275 16
Cash on hand, Sewer Dep't, 4296 65
$6999 58
Uncollected Taxes, 1891,
32 50
Uncollected Taxes, 1892,
34 50
Uncollected Taxes, 1893,
634 49
Uncollected Taxes, 1894,
1533 15
Uncollected Taxes, 1895,
2322 24
Uncollected Taxes, 1896,
4923 09
Uncollected Taxes, 1~97,
6059 76
Uncollected Taxes, 1898,
12620 28
$28160 01
Street Watering, 1897,
73 07
Street Watering, 1898,
148 53
Concreting, 1897,
21 71
Concreting, 1898,
165 64
Sinking Funds, 14296 01
Commonwealth, Pauper Acct., 615 78
Cities and Towns, Pauper Acct., 312 02
Commonwealth, State Aid, 2083 50
Commonwealth, Military Aid,
111 00
- $17827 26
$52986 85
Balance against the Town,
$237302 15
100
George A. Parker, Treasurer, in DR.
Balance from 1897,
$ 722 14
Commonwealth, Corporation Tax,
7741 32
Commonwealth, Bank Tax,
2815 41
Common wealth, Military Aid,
96 00
Commonwealth, State Aid,
1859 00
Commonwealth, Support of Paupers,
108 89
Commonwealth, Burial of Pauper,
15 00
Commonwealth, State Highway,
606 64
Andover National Bank, Notes Discounted,
99500 00
A. Marland, Collector, taxes and interest,
71848 66
A. Marland, Collector, street sprinkling,
797 40
A. Marland, Collector, concreting,
219 81
A. Marland, Collector, abatement of taxes,
484 66
A. Marland, Town Clerk, fees and licences, Concreting, 1897,
25 20
Almshouse,
2617 47
Sale of lots, Spring Grove Cemetery,
391 50
Relief Out, Refunded,
501 99
Cities and Towns, Pauper account,
204 55
Ballardvale Rents,
150 00
Town House Rents,
120 00
Use of Town Hall,
162 90
Water Rates,
7792 40
Hay Scales,
46 00
Geo. H. Poor, Esq., Fines,
215 00
Newton P. Frye, Esq., Fines,
11 00
Andover Savings Bank, Ware Sidewalk Fund,
95 09
G. E. Johnson, Supt., books and supplies sold,
16 72
Highway Department, work for Sewer Dept.,
420 00
County Treasurer, dog fines,
30 00
Jerry Cullinane, Stone Steps,
25 00
Peddler's License,
12 00
$199677 25
25 50
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Account with the Town of Andover.
CR.
Cash paid Selectmen's Orders :
Schools,
$20998 96
Schoolhouses,
2199 57
Books and Supplies,
1499 31
Printing and Stationery,
876 44
Spring Grove Cemetery,
606 71
Insurance,
108 05
Interest,
10557 27
Street Lighting,
4078 37
Sidewalks,
1752 72
Removing Snow,
4245 37
Horses and Drivers,
2985 58
Highways,
8699 15
Fire Department,
2500 00
Town House,
935 27
Town Officers,
4304 00
Ware Sidewalk Fund, repairing Main street walk,
95 05
State Tax,
3720 30
Miscellaneous,
1356 32
Notes,
93000 00
County Tax,
4353 35
Abatement of Taxes,
540 66
Hay Scales,
37 13
Fire Alarm,
278 70
Dump,
30 00
Sinking Fund,
875 00
Park,
1199 45
State Highway,
600 14
250th Anniversary,
665 41
Ballardvale Engine House,
498 67
Crescent Park Sidewalk,
202 08
Maintenance,
4200 00
Memorial Day,
200 00
Redemption of Bonds,
5000 00
Overseers' Orders :
Almshouse Repairs,
658 23
Almshouse Expenses,
5269 81
Relief Out.
7816 91
Military Aid,
222 00
State Aid,
1775 50
State Aid, (Spanish War),
308 00
Cash on Hand,
427 77
$199677 25
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Waterworks. DR.
Balance, January, 1898,
$2667 39
Town, Maintenance,
4200 00
Town, Interest,
6300 00
Interest on Bonds sold,
2 79
Bonds sold,
5000 00
Premium on Bonds,
500 00
Town, Redemption of Bonds,
5000 00
Service-pipe,
2375 67
$26045 85
CR.
Orders paid,
$9830 69
Interest on Bonds,
6440 00
Bonds Redeemed, (Nos. 36, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45,)
7000 00
Sinking Fund,
500 00
Cash on hand,
2275 16
$26045 85
Sewer Department. DR.
Bonds sold,
$80000 00
Premium on bonds,
6664 00
Interest on Bonds sold,
277 33
Interest on Deposits,
419 29
Interest, Town,
903 38
Sewer Connections,
2540 01
Supplies sold,
135 73
$90939 74
CR.
Orders paid,
$78289 64
Sinking Fund,
6664 00
Interest on Bonds,
1580 00
Rebate on Sewer Connections,
109 45
Cash on hand,
4296 65
-$90939 74
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Sinking Funds. Water Loan. DR.
Balance Jan., 1898,
$5721 25
Received from Town,
675 00
Premium on Bonds,
500 00
Interest,
253 10
$7149 35
CR.
Deposited in Andover Savings Bank, $2032 57
Deposited in Essex Savings Bank, 888 21
Deposited in Central Savings Bank, 238 82
Deposited in Haverhill Savings Bank,
988 94
Deposited in City Institution for Savings, 820 55
Deposited in Broadway Savings Bank,
1128 19
Deposited in Lowell Five Cents Savings Bank,
315 28
Deposited in Lawrence Savings Bank, 231 79
Deposited in Mechanics Savings Bank, 505 00
$7149 35
Sewer Loan.
DR.
Premium on Bonds,
$6664 00
Interest on bonds,
120 00
$6784 00
CR.
Six Andover Sewer Bonds, $6000 00
Premium on Bonds,
210.00
Interest on Bonds, 25 34
Deposited in Salem Five Cents Savings Bank, 548 66
$6784 00
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Memorial Hall Notes.
DR.
Balance Jan., 1898,
$153 00
Received from Town,
200 00
Interest,
10 12
$363 12
CR.
Deposited in Lowell Institution for Savings, $363 12
Richardson Fund, Frye Village School.
DR.
Balance, Jan., 1898,
$1088 73
Interest,
43 96 - $1132 69
CR.
Deposited in Andover Savings Bank,
$1132 69
Spring Grove Cemetery Fund.
Balance, Jan., 1898,
$572 22
Interest,
23 10
CR. - $595 32
Deposited in Lawrence Savings Bank,
$595 32
Edward Taylor Fund.
Amount depositod in Andover Savings Bank,
$117 27
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Trust Funds for Care of Cemetery Lots.
DR.
Balance, Jan., 1898,
$2083 06
Interest, 1898,
75 38
Additional deposits, 1898,
350 00
$2508 44
CR.
Paid for care of lots, 1898,
99 50
Deposited Andover Savings Bank,
2408 94
$2508 41
The business of the Town having grown to such large pro- portions I would recommend the following changes :
That all bills be audited before being paid, and that all bills be sent in by the third day of each month and paid on the tenth.
GEO. A. PARKER,
ANDOVER, Jan. 17, 1899.
TREASURER.
AUDITORS' CERTIFICATE.
We have examined the accounts of the several Town Of- ficers and find them correctly cast and satisfactory vouchers for all payments made.
The Town Treasurer has on deposit in the Andover National Bank and cash on hand $427.77 and $2275.16 to the credit of the water loan, and $4296.65 to the credit of the sewer loan.
GEORGE A. HIGGINS, CHARLES B. JENKINS, W. BYRON MORSE.
AUDITORS.
REPORT OF PARK COMMISSIONERS.
The park commissioners herewith present their second annual report, together with an account of their expendi- tures, by which it appears that out of the $1200 appropri- ated to the purposes of that commission in 1898 there re- mains on hand fifty-five cents.
The work for the past year has consisted largely in improvements at Carmel Woods. The roadway has been broadened so that it is wide enough for teams to pass in either direction, and sharp grades have been lowered so far as it has been possible to lower them. About one hundred cords of wood have been cut by the commissioners and turned over to the town authorities, and since November, 1898, about thirty cords of wood have been cut on shares, and one-half of this has been turned over to the town authori- ties and awaits their disposal. A pathway called the Mithcella Path has been made at the eastern side of the park beginning at the south entrance ; it follows the general line of the park en- closure for about halfway and then turns to the northwest toward The Outlook, thus opening up a very interesting section of the park for foot travel. Two permanent benches have been provided as seats. In the last of August and early September all of the underbrush was carefully mowed down and the whole surface raked over and leaves and branches burned. In improving the road at the south en- trance of the park the commisssoners found that it would cost about $150 to change the grade about the gravel bank, and they decided it was better to buy the land formerly used as a
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temporary entrance, and accordingly paid Mr. John H. Flint $100 for the same, thereby saving the difference in money and providing a much more satisfactory entrance to the park.
Some attention has been paid to the trimming of trees upon the highways, and state nails have been driven in a large number of trees on streets in the outer sections of the town, thereby preventing them from being cut down, except under severe penalty, and the beauty of the roadsides from being impaired.
The commissioners this year ask for an appropriation of $500. With this they purpose to continue the driving of state nails ; also the setting out of trees along certain high- ways in the town; the trimming of existing trees ; the pur- chase of a considerable number of trees and shrubs to be set out in Carmel Woods ; a further thinning out of the trees at Carmel Woods, together with the cutting off of dead branches, the provision of more seats, and a sloping off of the gravel bank near the south entrance, and a general improvement of that part of the park by setting out trees and shrubs. A portion of this money will also be needed for cutting down bushes in the month of August and general clearing up of the surface of the park both in the early spring and later in the season. The commissioners feel that with this amount of money expended this year in the park, the amout needed hereafter will be considerably reduced.
The commissioners urge upon the citizens a consideration of two matters which they deem of vital importance to the future interests of the town. First, the acquisition of the three acres or more of land lying between the land formerly of J. M. Bradley and Carmel Woods, which the town, at the March meeting of 1898, refused to purchase. The acquisition of this land is recommended as providing a suitable entrance to the park, as ex- tending its area, and as offering some of the best views obtainable from the park or its vicinity. Second, Richardson
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Field is in danger of being lost to the town unless its im- mediate purchase is brought about. It can be bought now much cheaper than after house lots have been sold, and when once purchased it is not imperative that anything pertaining to its improvement should be done immediately.
ALBERT POOR,
FRANK S. MILLS, CHARLES L. CARTER,
Park Commissioners.
Park Commissioners' Account.
Received, $1200 00
Work on carriage road in Carmel woods, $433 00
Land for entrance to Carmel woods, 100 00
Driving state nails, 3 27
Trimming trees on High and Elm Streets, 16 04
Fence near entrance to Carmel woods, 23 00
Seats and signs in Carmel woods, 22 86
Drain-pipe for carriage road in Carmel woods, 10 13 Tools and other supplies, 7 17
Repairing tools, 1 65
Removing trees and underbrush and for
other work in Carmel woods, 582 33
Balance,
$1199 45
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PUNCHARD FREE SCHOOL,
The Trustees of the Punchard Free School submit to the Town this account showing their Receipts and Expenditures for the year 1898, and the Condition of the Fund at the close of the year.
TREASURER'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1898.
PRINCIPAL FUND.
Amount of the Fund January 1, 1898,
$75005 00
The same remains unchanged.
It is invested as follows :
Real Estate Mortgages
$74375 00
Cash in Trust Co. awaiting investment,
575 00
Deposit in Savings Bank,
55 00
$75005 00
INCOME, DR.
To balance on hand January 1, 1898,
$797 86
To interest collected on mortgages,
3959 20
To interest on fund in Trust Co. deposits,
27 83
To book assessments paid by pupils,
312 50
To tuition paid by one non-resident,
15 00
$5112 39
INCOME, CR.
By payments as per statement,
$4544 55
By balance on hand December 31, 1898,
567 84
$5112 39
STATEMENT OF EXPENSES.
Frank O. Baldwin, Principal,
$1829 64
Mary E. Dern, Assistant,
662 00
Jean S. Pond, Assistant,
632 00
Charlotte Norris, Assistant,
432 00
Eric A. Starbuck, Assistant,
236 65
Frederic Palmer, Chairman Visiting Committee,
100 00
Geo. H. Poor, Treasurer,
200 00
Amount carried forward,
$4092 29
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Amount brought forward,
$4092 29
American Express Co., Andover Press, Printing,
12 65
F. J. Barnard, Book-binding,
34 58
Arthur Bliss, chemicals,
8 55
C. C. Bourne, tuning piano,
2 50
G. C. Cannon, filling diplomas,
4 50
G. A. Higgins & Co., books and supplies,
332 59
L. E. Knott Apparatus Co., supplies,
49 68
Postage and Revenue Stamps,
3 16
Tuttle's Express,
2 90
Total expenses,
$4544 55
GEO. H. POOR,
TREASURER.
January 2, 1899.
Examined and approved.
GEORGE A. PARKER, M. E. GUTTERSON,
AUDITORS.
The trustees take great pleasure in acknowledging a gift of ten shares of the preferred stock of the Union Pacific Railroad Company from our townsman Mr. Jacob W. Barnard who gives it as a fund to provide prizes for excellence in English composition and speaking in the school. It is believed that the fund will yield forty dollars a year. Mr. Barnard requests that it be distributed in three prizes of twenty, twelve and eight dollars each to those pupils who may win the same at a public competition in each year.
FREDERIC PALMER, HORACE H. TYER,
FRANK R. SHIPMAN, GEORGE H. POOR,
GEORGE A. PARKER, MYRON E. GUTTERSON, SAM'L H. BOUTWELL,
TRUSTEES.
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DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATIONS
The following is a list of appropriations, a part of these are the amounts recommended by the several departments : Schools.
$21000 00
School-Houses,
2000 00
School-Books and Supplies,
1600 00
Repairs on Highways and Bridges,
4000 00
Macadamized Roads,
4000 00
Sidewalks,
1500 00
Removing Snow,
3500 00
Town Officers,
5000 00
Town House,
1500 00
Waterworks, Maintenance,
4200 00
Sewers, Maintenance,
1500 00
Sinking Fund,
1050 00
Fire Department,
2500 00
Stable and Repairs,
4000 00
Fire Alarm, Maintenance,
300 00
Horses and Drivers,
3000 00
Street Lighting,
4150 00
Printing and Stationery,
1000 00
Spring Grove Cemetery,
300 00
Park Commission,
500 00
Memorial Day,
200 00
State Aid,
1600 00
Military Aid,
300 00
State Aid, War with Spain,
600 00
Expenses of Almshouse,
4000 00
Relief out of Almshouse,
6000 00
Repairs on Almshouse,
300 00
State Tax,
5000 00
County Tax,
5000 00
Abatement of Taxes,
1000 00
Interest on Notes, Funds, and Bonds, Insurance,
600 00
Hay Scales,
50 00
Miscellaneous,
1500 00
Redemption of Bonds, (Vote of 1889,)
5000 00
Total,
$110250 00
Respectfully submitted,
WM. G. GOLDSMITH, SAMUEL H. BOUTWELL, JOHN S. STARK,
Selectmen of Andover.
12500 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 in the Town House, in said Andover, on Monday, the sixth day of March, 1899, at eight o'clock, 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, two members of the Board of Selectmen, Assessors 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 the Memo- rial Hall for seven years, one Trustee of the Cornell Fund for three years, one Park Commissioner for three years, Highway Surveyor, one Water Commissioner for three years, one Sewer Commissioner for three years, or, if the meeting so decide, five members of a Board of Public Works, one member of said Board of Public Works for one year, two members of said Board for two years; and two members of said Board for three years, one or more Auditors of Accounts, Constables, Fence Viewers, Field Drivers, Surveyors of Lumber, a pound keeper, Fire Wards, and any other officers the town may determine to choose.
Article 3rd .- To take action on the following question : " Shall licenses 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, Sidewalks, Removing Snow, Horses and Drivers, Town Officers, Town House, Hay Scales, Fire Department, Insurance, Street Lighting, Printing and Stationery, Spring Grove Cemetery, Memorial Day, State and Military Aid, Water Works, Sewers, Interest on Bonds, Funds and Notes, State and County Taxes, Abatement of Taxes, Almshouse Expenses, Relief out of Almshouse, Repairs on Almshouse, and other town charges and expenses.
Article 5th .- To see if the Town will vote to purchase the land known as " Richardson Lot" for use as a public park, and arrange for the payment of the same, on petition of John N. Cole and others.
Article 6th .- To see if the Town will accept the street as laid out by the Selectmen from Main Street next south of the Town House to Bartlet Street, and, if necessary, appro- priate a sum of money for its construction, on petition of J. P. Wakefield and others.
Article 7th .- To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money sufficient to widen Chester Street in Ballardvale, beginning at a point on Lowell Street and running south- westerly about six hundred feet, on petition of William Galvin and others.
Article 8th .- To see if the Town will accept the street as laid out by the Selectmen from a point on Summer Street near the house of Mrs. Burns to a point on East Chestnut Street, near the house of Mrs. May, and, if necessary, appro- priate a sum of money for its construction, on petition of J. Warren Berry and others.
Article 9th .- To see if the Town will adopt the provisions of Chapter 83 of the Acts of 1899 to consolidate its Board of Water Commissioners and Board of Sewer Commissioners in
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a Board of Public Works to consist of five members, and if so, to elect one member of said Board of Public Works for one year, two members of said Board for two years and two members of said Board for three years.
Article 10th .- To see if the Town will elect Commissioners of its Sinking Funds.
Article 11th .- To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money for an addition to Engine House No. 1, for a stable on petition of the Engineers.
Atricle 12th .- To see if the Town will appropriate Five Hundred Dollars for the general use of the Park Commis- sioners for the ensuing year.
Article 13th .- To see if the Town will appropriate One Thousand Dollars to purchase of John H. Flint a new en- trance to Carmel Woods from Walnut Avenue, as recom- mended by the Park Commissioners.
Article 14th .- To see if the Town will establish and locate a box of the Fire Alarm at the corner of Main Street and Punchard Avenue in said Town and appropriate One Hun- dred Dollars therefor, on petition of William Odlin and others.
Article 15th .- To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the care of the Public Dump.
Article 16th .- To see if the Town will authorize the mov- ing of the North Schoolhouse to some point on the River Road near the Shattuck Farm in order that the North and Abbott Schools may be consolidated, and appropriate a sum of money necessary therefor, as recommended by the School Committee.
Article 17th .- To see if the Town will authorize the issue of Thirty Thousand Dollars of Sewer Bonds for construction purposes, on petition of the Sewer Commissioners.
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Article 18th .- To see if the Town will vote to purchase a roller to use on the roads, and appropriate a sum of money therefor.
Article 19th .- To act on the reports of Town Officers.
Article 20th .- To see if the Town will revise and accept the list of names of Jurors prepared and posted by the Selectmen.
Article 21st .- To fix the pay of the Firemen for the ensu- ing year.
Article 22nd .- To determine the method of collecting the taxes for the ensuing year.
Article 23rd. - To determine the disposition of unex- pended appropriations.
Article 24th .- To authorize the Treasurer to hire money for the use of the Town in anticipation of Taxes, upon the approval of the Selectmen ..
Article 25th .- To determine the amount of money to be raised by taxation the ensuing year.
Article 26th .- 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 Town Clerk at the time and place of meeting.
Given under our hands at Andover, this eighteenth day of February, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.
WM. G. GOLDSMITH, SAMUEL H. BOUTWELL, JOHN S. STARK,
Selectmen of Andover.
MEMORIAL HALL.
TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL RE- PORT BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
There is, this year, very little of special interest to report with regard to the affairs of Memorial Hall. Mr. Frederic S. Boutwell was, last Spring, elected trustee to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation from the Board of Mr. George H. Torr.
The new printed catalogue has gone into circulation, and copies of it can always be obtained at the Library for the nominal sum of fifty cents each.
For further details we refer the reader to the 'full reports of the Treasurer and of the Librarian.
Respectfully submitted :
JOSEPH W. SMITH, FRANCIS H. JOHNSON, E. KENDALL JENKINS, JOSEPH A. SMART, FREDERIC S. BOUTWELL, GEO. W. FOSTER, C. C. CARPENTER,
ANDOVER, Feb. 1, 1899.
TRUSTEES.
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Frederic S. Boutwell, Treasurer of Trustees of Memorial RECEIPTS.
Feb. 1, 1898. To cash balance from last year,
$3628 71
Apr. 1, « Interest on mortgage,
125 00
May 4, "
Dividend from T. & M. Insurance Co., 22 50
June 6, "
Town Treasurer, interest on town notes,
1400 00
Oct. 3, "
Interest on mortgage,
125 00
Jan. 3, 1899. Ballard Holt, fines and rents,
50 52
" 3, "
sale of catalogues,
31 00
‹ 3,
66 sale of old books, 2 65
" 24,
Interest from Savings Banks, 435 56
$5820 94
FUNDS
INVESTED AS FOLLOWS
Permanent Fund,
$20000 00
Town Note,
$20000 00
John Byers Fund,
10000 00
Town Note,
5000 00
John Cornell Fund, (per.),
5000 00
Mortgage,
5000 00
John Cornell Fund,
5000 00
Savings Banks,
10400 00
Edward Taylor Fund,
300 00
Cash,
1949 82
W. C. T. U. Fund, Cash,
100 00
1949 82
$42349 82
$42349 82:
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Hall, in account with the Town of Andover. EXPENDITURES.
Ballard Holt, salary,
$800 00.
James O. Bradshaw, services,
84 00
Andover Electric Co., light,
137 16
Little, Brown & Co., books,
344 94
Balch Bros., books,
36 00
D. S. Brownell, book,
2 50
Blanchard & Co., book,
1 50.
O. P. Chase, papers,
29 15
Lawrence Publishing Co., book,
. 25
Francis H. Johnson, book,
18 05
M. A. Clemons, book,
15 00
New England Homestead,
3 00
Boston Book-binding Co., binding,
41 32
F. J. Barnard & Co., binding,
72 58
J. A. Smart, insurance,
193 50
D. Donovan & Son, work,
3 75
George E. Pike, work,
50 25
Charles P. Rea, work,
3 00
Hardy & Cole, work,
41 01
E. C. Pike, work,
2 03
H. F. Chase, work,
1 00
John McCarthy, work,
10 00
Bond & Wiggin, work on catalogue,
300 00
Andover Press, printing catalogue,
1396 08
Andover Press, supplies,
14 90
George A. Higgins & Co., supplies,
2 50
Henry A. Mclawlin, supplies,
1 00
Ballard Holt, sundries,
53 49
Harriet W. Carter, services,
12 00
George W. Chandler, coal and wood,
156 00
George Saunders, work,
8 16
Fred C. Way, carrier,
20 00
Sprinkling street, tax, Town of Andover,
8 50
Tuttle's Express,
5 50
Postage and Revenue Stamps,
2 00
$3871 12
Cash on hand to balance,
1949 82
$5820 94
ANDOVER, MASS., JAN. 30, 1899.
This certifies that we have examined the above account and find the same correctly cast and properly vouched.
E. KENDALL JENKINS,
J. A. SMART.
REPORT OF LIBRARIAN.
To the Board of Trustees of the Memorial Hall Library :
GENTLEMEN : - The Librarian's report for the year ending December 31, 1898, is herewith respectfully presented :
Statistics.
Volumes in the Library, January 1, 1898,
14,491
Volumes purchased,
345
Volumes presented,
70
Volumes of periodicals bound,
59
14,965
Volumes withdrawn,
85
Volumes in the Library, December 31, 1898,
14,880
Pamphlets in the Library, January 1, 1898,
7,109
Pamphlets presented in 1898,
150
Pamphlets in the Library, December 31, 1898,
7,267
Number of days the Library was open,
306
Number of volumes delivered :
General delivery, 17,609
Four months.
Bailey District, 172
66
North District,
62
66
66
Osgood District, 193
66 66
Largest daily issue,
Largest weekly issue,
485
Average daily issue,
59
Per-centage of fiction and juvenile circulated,
79
Notices sent to delinquent borrowers,
947
New names registered,
177
Total number of names registered,
6512
Number of books covered anew,
737
Number of volumes rebound,
223
Average daily attendance in Reading-room,
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