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41 51
Edward Tobin, labor,
46 15
Bart Kelleher, labor,
41 33
Albert Bancroft, stone work,
116 33
Geo. Mander, foreman,
122 72
John Bowler, labor,
24 36
Geo. W. Fraize, labor,
29 16
Edward Mayo, labor,
1 78
William Caffrey, jr., labor,
26 57
Owen Milliday, labor,
39 65
John Gill, labor,
20 31
Herbert Williams, labor,
36 89
Daniel Maroney, labor,
1 60
James Grieves, labor,
7 02
James O'Brien, labor,
16 46
James Reagan, labor,
8 62
Dennis Lane, labor,
8 53
Michael O'Brien, labor,
8 53
Joseph Oliver, labor,
7 20
Amount carried forward,
$953 43
11
Amount brought forward,
$953 43
Martin Duggan. labor,
8 53
Frank Thayer, labor,
11 86
John Moynehan, labor,
24 09
Timothy Donovan, labor,
31 29
D. McGrady. labor,
1 60
Arthur Lusko, labor,
1 60
W. Conway, labor,
3 20
John Kennelly, labor,
68 00
Samuel Riley, labor,
8 00
Herbert Bailey, labor,
61 60
John O'Brien, labor,
6 04
, William Fairlie, labor,
6 08
John Fraize, labor,
6 95
Virley Stevenson, labor,
22 49
John Welch, labor,
18 57
Thos. Joyce. labor,
22 40
Thos. Horan, labor,
13 15
J. Cullen, labor,
6 22
Harry Doolittle, labor,
10 35
James Clinton, labor,
7 96
Cornelius Tobin, labor,
36 89
John Reardon, labor,
28 10
Daniel Sullivan, labor,
32 89
John Sweeney, teams,
54 20
William Ronan, teams,
10 83
Fred Stack, teams,
15 82
Geo. Buchan, labor,
13 43
John O. Collins, teams,
13 50
Michael Stack, teams,
29 17
William Evans, labor,
13 96
John Pitts, labor,
14 40
William Matthews, labor,
14 49
John Maroney, labor.
60 89
Smith & Manning, cheese cloth and supplies, 7 79
Locke & Jones, ledge stone,
30 00
$1669 78
12
Underdrains.
Richard Hill, labor,
$ 91 91
Portland Stone Ware Co., pipe,
1091 62
Harry Leith, labor,
45 33
Jerry Leary, teaming,
437 25
John Guthrie, labor,
45 77
James Ronan, labor,
14 13
Michael Stack, teaming,
51 00
Frank E. Gleason, teaming,
25 50
Cornelius Sullivan, labor,
105 79
Thos. Leslie, labor,
11 38
Wm. Fairlie, labor,
32 00
John Craik, labor,
81 07
Ammon Richardson, team,
4 50
The C. H. Eglee Co., contract,
5739 95
C. M. Cook, gravel,
29 90
A. Ward, team,
8 50
J. Henderson, gravel,
9 10
Highway Dept., crushed stone,
420 00
$8244 70
Filter Beds.
George Mander, foreman and team,
$416 49
Frank McCusker. labor,
105 52
James Poland, labor,
139 48
James Pasho, labor,
138 23
John Leary, labor,
129 16
Bart Kelliher, labor,
139 91
Thomas Doyle, labor,
128 62
George Fraize, labor,
61 42
Abraham Wildrick, labor,
149 48
Wilson Knipe, labor,
166 69
Cornelius Tobin, labor,
72 27
John Pitts, labor,
31 38
Amount carried forward,
$1678 65
13
Amount brought forward,
$1678 65
William Matthews,
79 91
John Fraize, labor,
42 31
Town Farm, team,
304 82
James Grieve, labor,
23 11
Alex Hodge, labor,
1 07
James Deveau, labor,
80 80
John E. Murphy, labor,
34 05
James Mellonson, labor,
63 65
James Valentine, labor,
4 80
Michael Laughlin, labor,
4 80
Michael McLaughlin, labor,
4 80
Lewis Davis, labor,
19 20
Martin Walker, team,
6 20
John Cosgrove. labor,
8 00
Lewis Balch, labor,
9 60
Patrick Casey, labor,
20 09
Austin Hitchcock, labor,
1 60
Frank Fenlason, labor,
17 34
Joseph Maroney, labor,
17 78
John Driscoll, labor,
7 29
Daniel Donovan. labor,
77. 11
Michael Heffernan, labor,
123 65
Daniel Kelley, labor,
122 93
John Conolly, team,
224 59
William Ronan, team,
357 57
Thomas Martin, labor,
112 27
John Frame, labor,
40 89
Wmn. MaKenzie, labor,
113 78
Hugh Malcolm, labor,
21 51
Charles Creedon, labor,
31 29
John Davis, labor,
47 29
Thomas Hennebry, labor,
66 17
Michael Hennesey, labor,
42 44
Amount carried forward, $3811 36
14
Amount brought forward,
$3811 36
Joseph Oliver, labor,
55 43
Joseph Olroyd, labor, 12 19
Fred W. Lester, labor,
43 69
Frank Thayer, labor,
23 50
John Scanlon, labor,
7 64
James H. Reagan, labor,
13 51
James Reagan, labor,
12 59
John Currie, labor,
2 49
Michael Mahoney, labor,
12 80
David Spear, labor,
89
Michael Hartnett, labor,
6 22
John Reagan, labor,
3 91
Richard York, labor,
14 22
James Poland, labor,
8 71
James O'Brien, labor,
12 80
Fred Gould, teams,
742 11
John O. Collins, teams,
210 02
Michael Stack, teams,
196 35
Hardy & Cole, cement and lumber,
291 56
Portland Stoneware Co., pipe,
584 86
Smith & Manning, cheese ciothi and supplies, 69 23
S. K. Lovewell & Co., Gates,
268 00
William Caffrey, labor,
16 80
Fred Watson, labor,
20 62
Patrick Mack, labor,
19 47
Daniel Sullivan, labor,
21 34
Dennis McCarty, labor,
12 89
Joseph Dupre, labor,
7 56
Jacob Whitehouse, labor,
8 84
John H. Conolly, labor,
1 60
Patrick Lynch, labor,
14 15
James H. Carter, labor,
21 16
William Conners, labor,
13 42
Amount carried forward,
$6561 93
15
Amount brought forward,
86561 93
John Crowley, labor,
106 05
John Mander, labor,
37 88
George A. Perkins, labor,
26 49
Peter Carter, labor,
31 30
Patrick Barrett, labor,
13 15
Patrick Conolly, labor,
45 78
William Lynch, labor,
36 09
James Abercrombie, labor,
45 61
Joseph McCarty, labor,
47 55
James McGlynn, labor,
46 94
James Smith, labor,
51 03
Thomas Dudley, labor,
49 07
Patrick Hartnett, labor,
45 87
Leon Germain, labor,
53 87
John McCollum, labor,
5 69
David Valentine, labor,
50 94
William Steele, labor,
50 94
Samuel Smith, labor,
44 18
James Ronan, labor,
32 89
John Madden, labor,
77 51
Edward Tobin, labor,
143 43
Herbert Williams, labor,
135 39
John Driscoll, labor,
37 87
Owen Miliday, labor,
138 35
John Reardon, labor,
42 27
Timothy Donovan, labor,
137 52
John Moynihan, labor,
94 94
Michael Duggan.
137 02
Michael O'Brien, labor,
101 60
Dennis Lane, labor,
103 74
Thomas Lynch, labor,
70 40
William Kennedy, labor,
134 31
Michael Welch, labor,
67 82
Amount carried forward,
$8805 42
16
Amount brought forward,
$8805 42
John Sweeney, teams,
208 91.
William Caffrey, Jr., labor,
127 12
John Gill, labor,
105 25
Daniel Johnson, labor,
76 35
Patrick McAvoy, labor,
93 31
Virley Stevenson,
136 98
John Maroney, labor,
114 40
Thos. Joyce, labor,
135 21
Thos. Horan,
110 31
Harry Doolittle, labor,
41 25
James Clinton, labor,
119 84
Fred Stark, team,
216 24
Michael Gill, team,
200 94
Harry Dyer, labor,
82 05
John Foley, labor,
53 33
William Thomas, labor,
39 82
Arthur Curran, labor,
52 62
William Mahoney, labor,
40 00
Arthur Slane, labor,
47 74
Frank Valentine, labor,
61 25
Thomas Early, labor,
58 67
David Miller, labor,
57 87
Martin Duggan, labor,
51 90
Patrick Sullivan, labor,
53 16
John O'Connell, labor,
50 67
John L. Smith, labor,
52 09
James Sullivan, labor,
52 80
John Mclaughlin, labor,
59 03
Jesse Mellonson, labor,
51 12
David Guthrie, labor,
51 11
David O'Connell, labor,
10 40
Pat Mooney, labor,
60 27
Michael Winters, labor,
51 46
Amount carried forward,
$11528 89
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Amonnt brought forward,
$11528 89
John Manion, labor,
47 38
William Leary, labor,
46 67
John Whalen, labor,
111 52
James Manly, team,
64 41
Joseph Bateman, team,
172 54
George Averill, team,
250 46
Llewellyn Murch, team,
46 30
Herbert Bailey, labor,
58 40
Jerry Ryan, labor,
22 40
John Elliot, labor,
1 34
Daniel Hayes, labor,
4 80
Joseph Lynch, labor,
62 49
William Fairlie, labor,
10 67
John Daley, labor,
15 65
John Welsh, labor,
44 28
Patrick Hughes, labor,
39 74
Albert Bancroft, foreman,
132 41
John Kennelly, labor.
87 56
Thomas Harriman, blacksmith work,
26 40
Michael Williams, labor,
85 07
James Martin, labor,
20 81
John Murnane, labor,
85 07
Henry Wennis, labor,
38 76
Thos. F. Burns, labor,
88 89
Patrick Jennings, labor,
95 65
John H. Connelly, labor,
31 29
Martin Delaney, labor,
28 09
James Donahue, labor,
80
George May, labor,
97 43
Charles Hurley, labor,
97 51
John Buckley, labor,
34 54
Daniel Fitz, labor,
41 60
Henry McLawlin, hardware,
9 00
Amount carried forward, 1 $13528 82
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Amount brought forward, $13528 82
F. E Dodge, mason work, 30 14
Boston & Maine R. R., freight, 7 42
John McCarty, mason work, 8 75
Treat Hardware Co., hardware,
1 46
Mechanics' Iron Foundry, frames and covers, 166 27
Concord Iron Foundry, frames and covers, 8 75
Perrin Seamens & Co., chain, 9 15
A. Bryant & Sons. blacksmith work,
1 75
J. N. Miller, labor, 3 02
Joshua Bailey, labor,
4 09
David O'Connell, labor,
29 69
Arthur Pray, labor, 27 38
John McCallum, labor,
14 49
James McCallion, labor,
33 25
John J. Lynch, labor,
19 73
$13894 16
Pump House.
The Treat Hardware & Supply Co., color, $ 20 12 C. H. Eglee Co., contract, 476 03
$496 15
Settling Tank.
Boston & Maine R. R., freight, $ 5.85
Pacific Flush Tank Co., syphon,
60 00
Hardy & Cole. cement, 225 00
The C. H. Eglee Co., contract,
740 40
$1031 25
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Summary of Cost of Construction.
Filter Beds,
$13894 16
Common Sewers,
41746 28
Blow Off Bed,
1669 78
Underdrains,
8244 70
Tools,
385 12
Settling Tank,
1031 25
Pump House,
496 15
Land Damages,
2066 45
Engineering Expenses,
5917 81
Administration,
220 23
Office Fixtures,
28 40
$75700 33
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HOUSE CONNECTIONS.
Thomas Leslie, labor,
$ 70 00
Con. Sullivan, labor,
60 79
Wm. Fairlie, labor,
61 73
James Ronan, labor,
63 10
Geo. Guthrie, labor,
41 88
John Guthrie, labor,
64 35
John Craik. labor,
54 05
Jas. McCallum, labor,
39 47
Peter Duggan, labor,
54 34
Jas. Currie, labor,
8 71
David Lacourse, labor,
1 60
Livi Parks, labor,
46 66
Boston & Maine R. R., freight,
23 22
Geo. H. Sampson & Co., dynamite,
15 19
Henry McShane Mfg. Co., soil pipe,
353 05
The C. H. Eglee Co., labor,
754 31
Henry McLawlin, hardware and supplies,
34 04
Portland Stone Ware Co., pipe,
257 10
Hugh Malcolm, labor,
24 18
Wm. Wakely, labor,
18 13
John O'Brien, labor,
10 22
John Lynch. labor,
6 57
Terry Carroll, labor,
10 50
John McDonnough, labor,
15 56
Frank Callahan, labor,
9 77
Hugh Cunningham, labor,
3 37
Wm. Lynch, labor,
1 77
Wm. Ronan, cleaning cesspool,
2 25
Albert Dunbar, labor,
21 00
Amount carried forward
$2126 91
0
21
Amount brought forward,
$2126 91
Frank Magnett, labor,
8 00
John P. Graham, labor,
6 40
E. N. Sampson, salary,
53 33
Jerry O'Leary, team,
24 00
Geo. L. Gage, cement,
25 00
W. H. Welch & Co., pipe,
40 21
Broad Guage Iron Work, cistern covers,
14 08
Hardy & Cole, cement,
72 22
Mechanics' Iron Foundry, covers,
13 08
Anderson & Bowman, blacksmith work,
11 35
Sam'l Livis, labor,
3 20
Hugh Connors, labor,
13 15
Frank McCusker, labor,
4 60
Abraham Wildrick, labor,
15 55
Martin Duggan, labor,
10 50
Michael Gill, labor,
1 75
David Guthrie, labor,
4 44
John O'Connell, labor,
1 75
Wilson Knipe, labor,
8 36
John Scofield, labor,
4 44
A. Slade, labor,
2 84
Andover Water Works, lead and team,
97 06
Smith & Manning, cheese cloth,
23 89
John Leary, labor,
3 20
$2589 31
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ENGINEERS' REPORT.
BOSTON, JAN. 25, 1899.
TO THE BOARD OF SEWER COMMISSIONERS,
Andover, Mass.
Gentlemen : - We submit the following report on sewers for the year 1898 including a brief summary of events.
Jan. 8, 1893 : Letter from Sewer Commissioners to State Board of Health asking if crude sewage could be discharged into the Shawsheen River
July 7, 1893 ; Reply of the State Board of Health sug- gesting a filtering area or a discharge into the Merrimack River.
Jan. 22. 1894 : Report on a system of sewerage by McClin- tock & Woodfall, Engineers, recommending a discharge into the Merrimack River.
Feb. 8, 1894: Letter from Sewer Commissioners to State Board of Health containing outline of system reported by McClintock & Woodfall.
March 2, 1894 : Reply by State Board of Health suggest- ing the Merrimac River as the best point to discharge the sewage.
May 14, 1895 : An Act to Authorize the Town of Andover to Establish a System of Sewerage including an outlet into the Merrimac River, on plans to be approved by the State Board of Health and with a clause protecting North Andover.
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March 21, 1898 : Application of Sewer Commissioners to the State Board of Health for their approval of the plans for a System of Sewerage with an outlet into the Merrimack River and a temporary outlet into the Shawsheen River.
May 7, 1898 : Reply of the State Board of Health advising against the Merrimack River outlet and disapproving of the temporary outlet into the Shawsheen River.
May 20, 1898 : Application of the Sewer Commissioners asking the State Board of Health to approve the plans for a System of Sewerage with an outlet onto filter beds and for the right to take land for sewage treatment.
June 8, 1898 : Approval by the State Board of Health.
In 1898, the town having appropriated $80,000 for sewers, the Sewer Commissioners called for proposals immediately on receiving the approval of the system by the State Board of Health.
The following table shows the contracts made by the Sewer Commissioners.
MAR
1899
ANDOVER THEOL SEMINARY
Table Showing Contracts.
CONTRACTOR.
NATURE OF BID.
BIDS REC'D.
CONTRACT SIGNED.
Portland Stone Ware Co.
Furnish vitrified pipe
June 3
June 21, 1898
The C. H. Eglee Co.
Build sewers
June 21
June 22, 1898
M. J. Drummond
Furnish iron pipe
June 25 July 8, 1898
Henry R. Worthington
Furnish pump
Nov. 21
Nov. 21, 1898
Hardy and Cole
Furnish lime and cement
June 18
Not signed
24
Gravel was furnished by town labor.
25
Other minor materials were purchased from different parties.
Work on filter beds was started about the middle of June, by town labor under a competent foreman. and continued as long as the season would allow. Sufficient land was pre- pared for treating the small quantity of sewage which would be discharged during the winter and as soon as the season opens the filter beds will be finished. The C. H. Eglee Co., to whom the contract for building the sewers was awarded, startea work on June 30 and approximately finished in the latter part of November.
The following tables show the size, length and location of sewers and sub-drains built in 1898.
Table Showing Sewers in High Level System.
STREETS.
15 in.
12 in.
10 in.
8 in.
6 in.
TOTAL.
REMARKS.
Abbott,
310
310
Bartlett,
743
1826
560
3129
Central,
·
591
339
120
1050
Chestnut,
703
1169
1872
Elm Square,
176.5
176.5
Elm Street,
634
280
914
Essex,
229.3
120
349.3
Florence,
650
650.0
High,
750
1261
2011.0
#Intercepting Sewer,
1331
2308.5
230
3869.5
Locke, .
163
1264
720
2159
4306
Maple,
1416
1416
Morton,
931
1471
2402
Park,
486
294
509
1289
Punchard,
229.5
250
479.5
Salem,
400
400
School,
1113
1030
2143
Summer,
500
500
Walnut,
·
394
394
Whittier,
·
796
796
Totals,
1494.0
5030.8
5014.0
9411.0
8130.0 29079.8=5.51 miles.
( #This sewer follows the old R. R. bed from Carmel Woods to Main St .; thence Main to Pearson St., old R. R. bed to Smith & | Manning's store and drive- ( way to Central Street.
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300
323
623
Main (So. of Elm Sq.)
.
Table Showing Sewers in Low Level System.
STREETS.
15 in. 12 in.
10 in.
8 in.
6 in.
TOTAL. REMARKS.
Brook,
720.0
720
Essex,
852.5
852.5
Intake at Pump House,
99
99.0 Main St. to pump house
Main (No. of R. R.)
690
448
1138
Main (Railroad St., to Int. Sewer,)
192
573
765
Overflow (At Pump House,)
41.0
41.0 Pump House to River.
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Pearson,
59
802
861.0
Railroad, .
1720
1720
Totals,
140
690
2419.0
2947.5
6196.5=1.17 miles.
Inverted Siphon Line - 12 in. Iron Pipe
4971 ft. =. 94 miles.
Force Main - 6 in. "
1597 ft. =. 30 miles.
.
.
.
·
.
Total length including high and low level, inverted siphon and force main 7.92 miles.
Table Showing Underdrains.
STREETS.
8 in.
6 in.
5 in.
4 in.
TOTAL.
REMARKS.
314 ft. 8 in. in separate trench.
100 ft. 4 in. in separate trench.
50 ft. 6 in. in separate trench.
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Main,
440
1535
345
705
3025
Maple,
1416
1416
Morton,
640
1455
2095
Park, ·
486
803
1289
Pearson,
59
59
Punchard,
475
475
Railroad,
795
795
School,
579
379
653
1611
Summer,
500
500
Walnut,
·
344
344
Whittier,
333
461
794
Totals,
2161
9319
1886
10785.5 24151.5-4.57 miles.
·
707
707
Central,
424
424
Elm Square,
176.5 149
485
634.0
Essex,
68
733
801
Florence,
·
650
650
High,
350
1561
1911
Intercepting,
1900.5
460.5
2361
Locke,
·
·
743
1829
563
3135.0
Brook,
·
·
720
720
Chestnut,
176.5
Elm Street,
229
229
The lengths of sub-drains, given above, as in separate trenches, are included in the body of the table.
·
Bartlett,
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A general description of the changes in the original sys- tem, with an outlet into the Merrimac River, made necessary by an outlet onto filter bed is as follows :
From a point on Central Street near Essex Street a 10 inch sewer is built through private land to Essex street, thence a 12 inch sewer through private land and Main Street, follow- ing in general the line of the old railroad location to High Street, thence a 15 inch sewer through High Street to a point near Pray's Road, thence a 12 inch iron inverted siphon through High Street, public and private land, to a point in Andover near the junction of the Shawsheen River and the boundary line between Andover and Lawrence. At this point the sewage is collected in a settling tank and through an automatic flush tank discharged onto the filter beds.
Twenty-two beds have been partly graded containing about four and two-tenths acres actual filtering area exclusive of banks and about six acres including banks.
About one-half acre of filter beds has been prepared at the blow off; at the low point of the inverted siphon.
The sewage that cannot be discharged by gravity into the intercepting sewer is collected at the pumping station on Main Street near the stone bridge from which point it is pumped through a 6 inch iron pipe into the intercepting sewer at the junction of High and Harding Streets.
No especial difficulties have been met with in the prose- cution of the work. In parts of the town, where ground water was found, sub-drains were laid under the sewers. The sub-drains were of great assistance while building the sewers and made it possible to make tight joints. As a result of the sub-drains and a special joint the leakage of ground water into the sewers is comparatively unimportant, amounting to only 5900 gals. per mile per twenty-four hours, or at the rate of about one drop per joint every other second. On the basis of one drop per second per joint we have the following results : Joints every three feet give about 8800 gal. per mile per twenty-four hours. (Joints every two feet give
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about 13,200 gals. per mile per twenty-four hours). Great care should be taken in all future extensions as well as with house connections to see that each joint is properly made and three feet lengths of pipe should be used when possible.
Joints were made with Rosendale cement mixed one to one and were made as follows : A strip of cloth wide enough to thoroughly cover the joint and long enough to be passed un- der and around the pipe and lap three to four inches was placed partly under the bell of the pipe last laid. Cement was then placed in the bottom of the bell and cloth. Two small wooden blocks to centre the next pipe to be laid, was then bedded in the cement. The pipe was then laid and the joint filled with cement by means of rubber mittens and a small rammer. Cement was then put on the joint so as to entirely cover the end of the bell. The cloth was then fas- tened around the pipe so that the cement was held firmly in place while setting.
As all the ground water, that enters the sewers, has to be treated and an increase in the leakage means an increase in the filtering area the importance of tight sewers is readily seen.
Considering the unavoidable delays during the early part of the year, the town is to be congratulated on the amount of work finished.
As two methods for disposal of the sewage have been dis- cussed, it may be of interest to give a brief account of how and why the filter bed scheme was finally adopted.
The State Board of Health in their communication of July 7, 1893 to the Sewer Commissioners, suggested that " pro- vision should be made for carrying as much of the sewage of the town as can be conveyed by gravity, either to suitable porous land, where it can be purified by filteration before. being discharged into the Shawsheen River, or to the Merri- mac River."
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The report of Mcclintock & Woodfall submitted in Janu- ary 1894, fully discussed these two methods suggested by the State Board of Health and submitted estimates of their com- parative cost.
It was further suggested in this report that a temporary outlet into the Shawsheen River might be permissible for a few years, or until the town should decide whether to build to the Merrimac River, or to build filter beds and thus treat the sewage.
The engineers' report and plans were submitted to the State Board of Health and on March 2, 1894, they replied as follows, viz :-
" The Board has not sufficiently investigated the plans submitted to enable it to advise as to the best method for the permanent disposal of the sewage of the town, although, judging from the report of your engineers, it seems prob- able that it will be best to discharge the sewage into the Merrimac River." Further on, in the same communication, they say that an outlet into the Shawsheen River is not a suitable one.
The town meeting of March 1894 having failed to make an appropriation for sewers, any further effort on the part of the Sewer Commissioners, at that time, was unnecessary and the question was allowed to stand with the State Board of Health's disapproval of the Shawsheen River outlet and uncertainty as to their final judgment on the Merrimac River outlet.
The Acts of 1895, Chapter 386. allow the town of Andover to lay out and construct a system of sewerage with an outlet into the Merrimac River, provided the proposed system be ap- proved by the State Board of Health.
Between 1894 and 1898 more or less study was made of the sewerage problem, more particularly as to the final dis- posal of the sewage.
Section 15 of Chapter 386 of the Acts of 1895 fully pro- tected the town of North Andover and made it possible for
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the State Board of Health at any time, after certain prelim- inary formalities, to compel the town of Andover to build filter beds and treat its sewage before discharging it into the Merrimac River.
This action was possible notwithstanding the fact that the City of Lawrence and various other large cities were dis- charging all their sewage in a crude state into the river above the proposed outlet of the Andover system.
The amendment of this Section by Chapter 139 of the Acts of 1897 made it necessary to show that an existing nuisance " must be caused by the sewage of the town of Andover." The presence of the usual unsoluble articles, at and near the sewer outlet, would make it an easy matter to prove that the sewage of the town of Andover was there and it is fair to surmise that in a very few years action would be brought against the town, under this Act, which would necessitate the building of filter beds.
The cost of such filter beds would be as great at one time as another, and if built in connection with a long and costly outlet into the Merrimac river, would increase the outlay on the part of the town, by the cost of the outlet sewer between the filter beds and the Merrimac river, as this outfall sewer would not be built if the filter beds were built at first.
Increased information as to the filtering properties of dif- ferent materials, and a further study of the ground, devel- oped the possibility of securing a sufficient area of available land, situated at a height to permit a discharge by gravita- tion for the grearer part of the village sewage. This fact was taken advantage of and a high and low level system de- signed, by means of which the greater part of the sewage flows directly to the filter beds ; and a small part of it is to be pumped.
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The State Board of Health, in their letter of May 7, 1898, advised against the Merrimac river outlet.
May 20, 1898, the Sewer Commissioners filed a new appli- cation and plans with the State Board of Health for their approval. These plans were approved June 8, 1898.
Respectfully submitted,
MCCLINTOCK AND WOODFALL.
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