Town annual report of Andover 1904-1909, Part 28

Author: Andover (Mass.)
Publication date: 1904
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 880


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1 25


1 25


1 25


Lawrence Gas Co., coke .


65


25


2 90


2 90


Lawrence Water Works, corporation


2 59


2 59


2 59


John Robb, labor .


1 80


1 80


1 80


Patty Salome, labor .


31 00


31 00


25 20


25 20


56 20


Raffaelle DePoli, labor


2 05


2 05


2 05


Eati Grea, labor . .


97


19 97


9 08


9 08


29 05


Dominic DePoli, labor


19 85


19 85


6 12


13 72


33 57


Frank Saljacon, labor .


10 60


10 60


10 60


Con Machilini, labor. .


10 60


10 60


10 60


Mike Michilini, labor


2 00


2 00


1 05


1 05


Philip Spinola, labor


3 60


3 60


00


9 00


12 60


Wm. Knipes, fittings


11 50


11 50


11 50


Dr. Charles E. Abbott .


8 00


8 00


8 00


Geo. L. Gage Co., pipe


1 71


1 71


1 71


Highway Department, crushed stone


5 00


25


; 25


Edward Downes, labor


4 40


4 40


4 40


Jimmy Spierido, labor . .


8 60


8 60


8 60


Henry Cunningham, concreting


3 25


3 25


3 25


Wm. H. Welch, akron pipe


8 25


8 25


8 25


Mike Mackey, labor .


9 42


9 42


42


Menzie Giocae, labor


7 20


7 20


20


Angelo Carmelo, labor


7 20.


7 20


7 20


·


2 00


2 00


2 00


Walworth Manufacturing Co., gaskets


1 80


1 80


1 80


Charles Trombley, labor .


34 48


34 48


48 78


48 78


83 26


John Ross, labor


7 60


2 00


Fred Byron, brass castings


1 05


1 25


-


Lanza Antonio, labor


9 00


9 00


00


Sereno Buzeo, labor .


9 00


9 00


9 00


Mike Erosco, labor


14 87


14 87


1 48


1 48


16 35


Pietro Landra, labor


15 00


15 00


15 00


Frank Parro, labor


15 00


15 00


15 00


Patsy Quay, labor.


9 00


9 00


9 00


Frank Zim, labor


11 60


11 60


11 60


Frank Ensrom, labor


9 80


9 80


9 80


Charles Olander, labor


10 00


10 00


10 00


Rabil Bage, labor .


5 20


5 20


5 20


Jerry Sweeney, labor


20 00


20 00


20 00


Jerry Casey . .


16 00


16 00


16 00


Michael Breen


12 25


12 25


12 25


Morris Barry, labor Dennis McCarthy. labar


11 25


11 25


11 25


10 00


10 00


10 00


Totals,


$8460 48 $6049 34 $14509 82


$1355 69 $2457 47


$735 32|$4548 48 $19058 30


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Summary Cost of Construction-Water Department


Office Fixtures,


$ 561 75


Reservoir,


11074 59


Buildings at Pumping Station,


9610 14


Coal Shed, 806 97


Pipe Distribution,


160489 20


Service Pipe,


15057 02


Construction Expenses,


7478 48


Suction Pipe,


1309 46


Grading Land,


1739 12


Pumping Plant,


27241 32


Tools,


2216 61


Teams,


583 65


Work Shop,


I271 88


Water and Land Damages,


4294 74


Telephone,


124 62


Telemeter,


696 75


$244556 30


SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT


To the Board of Public Works:


During 1907, 722 feet of 8 inch, 1684 feet of 6 inch and 24 feet of 4 inch pipe was laid, one 8 inch, seven 6 inch, one 4 inch valves and seven hydrants set as follows: Main Street, 1480 feet of 6 inch pipe, one 6 inch valve, two hydrants; Smith & Dove Mfg. Co., 330 feet of 8 inch, 72 feet of 6 inch pipe, one 8 inch, two 6 inch valves, one hydrant; Tyer Rubber Co., 422 feet of 8 inch, 132 feet of 6 inch, 24 feet of 4 inch pipe, four 6 inch valves, one hydrant ; Shawsheen Road, one hydrant. Total length of main pipe in service 31.351 miles. Number of public hydrants, 227.


Twenty-eight applications for service pipes were received and 27 pipes laid.


Following is the list of service pipes in use :


Laid during 1907.


Kind,


Cement Lined


Lead Lined.


Tarred


Lead.


Cast- Iron.


Total.


Sizes,


3.1,11 13, 2 ln.


11. 2. 22, 3 In.


§ & 1 Inch.


4 Inch.


No. of Services, Owned by Town, Owned by Individ.,


25 655 2062.8


2 47 1781.1


27


Total for 1907,


2657.8


1828.1


4485.9


Previously Reported,


No. of Services, Length in feet,


642 47582.3


370 21607.1


15 4601.0


6 817.0


3 738.3


1036 78345.7


Discon- tinued


No. of Services, Length in feet,


2 201.3


1 41.2


3 242.5


Total Jan. 1908,


No. of Services, Length in feet,


640 47381.0


$94 27223.7


17 6429.1


6 817.0


3 738 3


1060 82589.1


Thirty-five meters have been set during the year. Total number of meters in use, 848.


Acting under instructions from your Board, rough surveys have been made of the twenty-four streets lying on the east side of the Shawsheen upon which no pipes have been laid. These streets aggregate about 26 miles in length, have at the present time eighty-five houses built upon the area which they cover. The estimated cost is in round numbers about one hundred and seventy-six thousand dollars. A tabulated list of streets and esti- mated cost is herewith appended.


MONTHLY RECORD OF PUMPING SERVICE, 1907


LBS. COAL USED.


Month.


Days.


Time.


Lift, including


friction and


suction.


Pumping.


Banking Starting, Etc.


Total.


By coal used pumping.


By total coal used.


H M


ft.


January


30


330 52


300


73,000


12,200


85,200


26,159,444


89,587,136


76,758,942


gallons. 843,853*


February


28


374 04


300


71.880


11,200


83,080


29,157,863


101,440,201


87,740,313


March


31


409 25


300


71,950


12,400


84,350


32,407,355


112,603,744


96,050,271


1041,352* 1045,399*


April


28


301 43


300


61,600


11,400


73,000


23,486,762


95,319,813


80,434,116


782,892*


May


28


227 08


300


59,800


12,200


72,000


17,167,582


86,182,130


59,609,306


553,793


June


30


309 50


300


49,850


10,000


59,850


19,832,975


99,453,237


81,173,665


661,077


July


27


203 57


300


39,600


11,400


51,000


16,279,750


102,750,948


79,802,693


525,153


August


27


191 30


300


44,550


11,600


56,150


13,617,411


76,416,447


60,629,612


439,271


September


25


192 4


300


37,900


10,600


49,500


14,266,270


94,104,617


72,051,828


475,532


October


27


231 49


300


37,800


11,600


49,400


17,295,784


114,390,106


87,529,275


557,928


November


28


213 48


300


40,400


11,600


51,000


16,966,600


104,991,900


83,170,142


565,556


December


27


190 20


300


37,250


11,600


48,850


15,387,871


103,274,307


78,953,283


496,383


Totals


336


3177 06


300


625,580


138,800


764,380


242.025,757


96,720,546


79,144,404


663,084


Average


daily


consumption.


Gallons pumped.


DUTY Ft. lbs. with 100 lbs. Coal.


*Pumping about 50,000,000 gallons of water for Lawrence during January, February, March and April.


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COMPARATIVE STATISTICS


Year


Received from water rates


Net cost of maintenance


Cost of pumping


by total mainte- nance


by cost of pumping


Received per million gallons


Gallons pumped


No. of service pipes in use


No. of meters in use


Miles of h'd'ants main pipe No. of


1889


$ 3106 38


$2999 99


$1776 21


24,911,445


309


80


163


20.50


1891


5349 32


3399 93


1806 21


$52 85


$27 97


$ 82 81


64,595,597


462


122


165


21.50


1892


5977 41


3491 22


2185 83


40 77


25 53


68 42


85,618,190


542


171


174


22.37


1893


7647 95


3792 56


2408 24


36 42


23 13


73 46


104,123,285


601


204


178


23.50


1894


8378 44


4514 47


3354 04


38 31


28 47


71 27


117,847,305


654


237


178


23.53


1895


8434 15


4380 13


3153 33


37 32


26 87


71 81


117,354,950


706


278


180


24.00


1896


9052 31


4627 58


2557 61


37 47


20 71


78 79


123,476,542


752


326


184


24.12


1897


*8011 87


4336 53


2383 71


37 67


20 71


69 61


115,094,527


789


486


184


24.16


1898


7792 40


3662 43


2196 31


32 33


19 38


68 78


113,287,775


819


571


193


24.91


1899


9376 29


4471 04


· 2756 42


31 21


19 :


65 45


143,260,253


845


616


194


25.12


1900


10668 57


4915 23


3158 50


33 07


21 25


71 78


148,618,936


876


641


196


25.83


1901


*8941 83


7955 34


3430 35


45 44


19 59


51 08


175,062,920


897


670


196


25.84


1902


11805 21


5787 44


3035 47


40 59


25 63


100 01


118,031,451


934


701


215


29.69


1903


11563 79


7389 44


2922 36


55 52


21 96


86 89


133,085,521


958


722


219


30.17


1904


11818 53


6378 96


3004 34


44 25


20 84


81 98


144,164,563


981


757


221


30.49


1905


12409 79


7228 82


3426 99


44 03


20 87


75 60


164,150,878


1013


791


223


30.95


1906


13516 4


8121 39


3054 09


45 39


17 29


76 48


176,717,579


1036


813


224


31.03


1907


17267 86


8112 47


4825 63


33 34


19 94


75 48


242,025,757


1060


848


227


31.35


·


.


.


.


.


6 months


46


16


1890


Work commenced


·


* Regulations and Rates changed.


Cost per million gallons


22


STREET


House


Length


Valves


Hydrants


Estimated


exclusive


of rock


and


engineering


8 inch pipe


Highland Road,


S


56.22


5


$ 5922 00


Salem Street,.


11


11641


8


7


12070 00


Prospect Hill,


4


6854


2


3


7005 00


Grey Road,


2


3285


3


2


3424 00


Boston Road,


5


8950


4


3


9147 00


D'Arcy Road,.


2


6473


3


6647 00


Main Street, .


9


18946


7


7


19352 00


Rocky Hill Road,.


5


4324


5


5


4614 00


Holt Street, .


3


4102


4


4


4334 00


Chestnut Street,


3191


2


2


3295 00


Rattlesnake Hill, .


12534


5


4


12789 00


Plains Road,


6


10793


4


11048 00


Ballard Vale Road, .


6


7085


5


4


7340 00


Sunset Rock Road,


3


4035


3


3


4206 00


Hidden Road,.


2


5648


3


B


5822 00


6 inch pipe


Summer Street,.


0


1705


2


1398 00


Salem Street to Highland Road,.


·2


2903


2


1


2401 00


Blanchard Road,


1


3298


1


1


2660 00


Gould Road, .


1


4919


1


1


3987 00


Salem to Holt Streets,


0


2985


2


2422 00


Stinson Street, .


4


2225


·2


3


1804 00


Spring Grove Road,


0


5046


2


4070 00


High Street, .


4


3261


1


3


2730 00


Haverhill Street,


2


1700


1


1377 00


Totals, .


85


141525


78


68


$139864 00


5000 cu. yds. rock at $4.00,.


20000 00


Engineering and contingencies, 10%,


15986 00


Total estimated cost,


$175850 00


Sewers


No extension of common sewers was called for during 1907. Twelve applications for house connections were received and twelve pipes laid.


Total number of applications to date, 496.


Total number of connections in service, 475.


Length of connections laid during 1907, 1029 feet.


Total length of connections in service, 30277 feet.


In addition to the house connections 1749 feet of sewer was laid for Smith & Dove Mfg. Co., and 330 feet for fountains.


The underdrains of both sludge beds and of filter beds, num- bers 18 and 19, were taken up and relaid. All beds are now work- ing in a satisfactory manner. Respectfully submitted,


JOHN E. SMITH.


cost


TOWN OF ANDOVER


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


Receipts and Expenditures


F


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RPORATED !


MAY 6.


T


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6. 1646.


MAS


TTS


SAC


FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING


JANUARY 14, 1909


ANDOVER, MASS. THE ANDOVER PRESS


1909


CONTENTS


Almshouse Expenses, 79


Farm Account, 89


Personal Property at, 88


Relief out of,


84


Miscellaneous, 74


Remaining in, 88


Notes given, 71


Repairs on, 82


Notes Paid, 7I


Appropriations, 1908, I9


Overseers of Poor, 78


Assessors' Report,


90


Assets,


III


Park Commissioners' Report, 98


Auditors' Certificate, II9


Police, 64


Board of Public Works, Appendix


Bonds, Redemption of,


73


Public Works, Maintenance, 73


Ballard Vale Playstead, 69


Punchard Free School, Report of Trustees, I20


Sale of Town Land, 70


Chief of Police, Report, 93


Schedule of Town Property, 99


Cities and Towns, 85


Collector's Account,


107


Cornell Fund,


106


School Books and Supplies,


· County Tax,


72


Dump, care of,


70


Dep't. Recommendations,


123


Dog Tax,


69


Snow, Removal of,


53


Earnings, Town horses,


57


Spring Grove Cemetery,


68


Fire Department,


62


State Aid,


82


Hay Scales, 70


State Tax,


72


Highways and Bridges,


43


Street Lighting, 62


Highway Surveyor,


55


Sewer, Maintenance 73


Horses and Drivers,


50


Town House,


65


Insurance, 74


Town Meetings,


7


Interest on Notes and Funds,


72


Liabilities,


III


Librarian's Report,


I36


Lunatic Hospitals,


85


Lowell St. Sidewalk,


54


Macadam,


47


Memorial Day,


70


Memorial Hall Trustees'


Report, I33


Milk Inspector's Report, 103


Town Officers, 58


Town Warrant, I28


Treasurer's Account, III


Tree Warden, 59


Report, I02


Upland Road Extension, 54


Water Works, Construction, 73


Cemetery Com., Report of, I05


Chief Engineers's Report, 91


School-houses, 39 34 Schools, 4I


Selectmen's Account, 34 5I


Sidewalks,


Sinking Funds,


73


Soldiers' Relief, 86


Park Commission, 67


Printing and Stationery, 67


TOWN OFFICERS, 1908


Selectmen


HARRY M. EAMES, Chairman,


Term expires 191I


WALTER S. DONALD, Secretary


1910


SAMUEL H. BAILEY


66 ‹‹ 1909


Town Clerk ABRAHAM MARLAND Tax Collector GEORGE A. HIGGINS Town Treasurer *GEORGE A. PARKER GEORGE A. HIGGINS (to fill unexpired term) School Committee


GEORGE A. CHRISTIE


Term expires 191I


GRANVILLE K. CUTLER


19II


COLVER J. STONE


66


19II


ARTHUR T. BOUTWELL


66


1910


JOHN P. TORREY


66


1910


WILLIAM A. TROW


66


1910


CHARLES W. CLARK


1909


GEORGE T. EATON


66


1909


ALBERT W. LOWE


66


66


1909


Superintendent of Schools SHERBURN C. HUTCHINSON Board of Public Works


WILLIS B. HODGKINS


Term expires 19II


JAMES C. SAWYER


19II


JOHN W. BELL


66


1910


LEWIS T. HARDY


1910


ANDREW McTERNEN


1909


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Superintendent of Public Works JOHN E. SMITH Engineers of Fire Department LEWIS T. HARDY, Chief, GEORGE D. LAWSON, Clerk ALLEN SIMPSON Park Commissioners


MYRON E. GUTTERSON JOHN N. COLE *T. FRANK PRATT


Term expires 191I


1910


66 1909


Highway Surveyor


MILO H. GOULD


Term expires 1909


Board of Health


JEREMIAH J. DALY, M. D.


Term expires 19II


CHARLES E. ABBOTT, M. D.


1910


JOHN A. LEITCH, M. D.


66


"


1909


Chief of Police LLEWELLYN D. POMEROY, Appointed


Constables


JOHN H. CLINTON


Term expires 1909


GEORGE W. MEARS


66


66


1909


LLEWELLYN D. POMEROY


1909


Trustees of Memorial Hall Library


GEORGE F. SMITH


Term expires 1915


CHARLES C. CARPENTER


1914


FREDERICK S. BOUTWELL


1913


JOHN ALDEN


66


1912


E. KENDALL JENKINS


66


I9II


JOSEPH A. SMART


66


66


1910


FRANCIS H. JOHNSON


66


66


1909


66


5


Trustees of Punchard Free School-Terms expire 1910 SAMUEL H. BOUTWELL HARRY H. NOYES


MYRON E. GUTTERSON *GEORGE A. PARKER


*HORACE H. TYER Auditors


CHARLES B. JENKINS WALTER H. COLEMAN NESBIT G. GLEASON Finance Committee


ANDREW McTERNEN


Term expires 1911


DAVID SHAW


66


19II


PERLEY F. GILBERT


66


66


19II


FRANK H. HARDY


66


66


19II


J. WARREN BERRY


66


66


I9II


BERNARD M. ALLEN


66


66


1910


WILIAM J. BURNS


. 66


66


1910


JOHN H. FLINT


66


66


1910


ALEXANDER LAMONT


66


66


1910


PATRICK J. SCOTT


66


66


1910


ARTHUR BLISS


66


66


1909


BARNETT ROGERS


66


66


1909


JOHN H. CAMPION


66


66


1909


MICHAEL F. D'ARCY


66


1909


THOMAS E. ALLEN


66


66


1909


Spring Grove Cemetery Committee Terms expire 1909


JOHN L. SMITH


GEORGE W. FOSTER


OLIVER W. VENNARD


FELIX G. HAYNES


CHARLES GREENE


GEORGE D. MILLETT


JOHN W. BELL


Trustees of Cornell Fund


JOSEPH A. SMART


Term expires 19II


CHARLES GREENE


66 66 1910


FRANK E. GLEASON


66


66 1909


*Deceased


. .


.


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TOWN MEETINGS


Special Town Meeting, January 27th, 1908


WARRANT


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS


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 assem- ble at the Town House, in said Andover, on Monday, January 27th, 1908, at 7.30 o'clock, p.m., to act on the following articles :


Article Ist .- To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting.


Article 2nd .- To see if the Town will vote to elect their Select- men and Overseers of the Poor for the term of three years in the same manner as provided for the election of Assessors by the following Act of the year 1907 :


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(CHAP. 579.)


AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE TERMS OF OFFICE AND SALARIES OF ASSESSORS, EXCEPT IN THE CITY OF BOSTON


Be it enacted as follows :


SECTION I. Each assessor in every city and town of the Commonwealth, except in the city of Boston, shall be elected or appointed to hold office for the term of three years and until his successor is duly elected or appointed : provided, that where the number of assessors is fixed at three, there shall be elected or appointed one for a term of three years, one for a term of two years, and one for a term of one year; where the number is fixed at five, there shall be elected or appointed one for a term of one year, two for the terms of two years and two for the terms of three years ; where the number of assessors is seven, there shall be elected or appointed two for terms of one year, two for terms of two years and three for terms of three years; where the number of assessors is nine, there shall be elected or appointed three for terms of one year, three for terms of two years and three for terms of three years; and annually thereafter there shall be elected or appointed one, two or three for terms of three years, as the term of office of one, two or three expires. But this proviso shall not apply to cities and towns in which the three year term for assessors is already established.


SECTION 2. This act shall take effect on the first day of January in the year nineteen hundred and eight.


(Approved June 28, 1907.)


Article 3rd .- To transact any other business that may legally come before said meeting.


Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon, to the Selectmen at the time and place of meeting.


8


Given under our hands at Andover, this fifteenth day of January, in the year nineteen hundred and eight.


·


HARRY M. EAMES WALTER S. DONALD, SAMUEL H. BAILEY, Selectmen of Andover.


ANDOVER, JANUARY 27th, 1908.


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 place and for the purposes stated in said Warrant, by posting a true and attested copy of the same on the Town House, on each school-house and in not less than five other public places where bills and notices are usually posted.


Said Warrants have been posted two Sundays.


LLEWELLYN D. POMEROY, Constable of Andover.


At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Andover qualified to vote in town affairs, convened at the Town House in said Andover on Monday, January 27th, 1908, at 7.30 o'clock P. M., agreeably to the requirements of the foregoing Warrant and after reading part of the same by the Town Clerk it was


Voted, To dispense with the further reading of the Warrant.


Article Ist was taken up and Harry A. Ramsdell was chosen Moderator by acclamation.


Took up Article 2nd.


Voted, That the number of Selectmen be fixed at three, that they be elected one for one year, one for two years, and one for


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three years as provided by law. The vote stood Yes, 105; No, 81; Total, 186.


Took up Article 3rd.


Voted, That the number of Assessors to be elected be three.


Voted, That the meeting be dissolved, and the meeting was dissolved at 8.15 P. M.


The foregoing is a true copy of the Warrant and of the "Officer's Return" on the same, also a true record of the doings of the meeting.


Attest : ABRAHAM MARLAND


Town Clerk.


IO


Annual Town Meeting, March 2nd, 1908


WARRANT


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.


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, March 2nd, 1908, at 6 o'clock, A.M., to act on the following articles :


Article Ist .- To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.


Article 2nd .- To choose Town Clerk, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, three members of the Board of Selectmen, one for one year, one for two years, and one for three years, three members of the Board of Assessors, one for one year, one for two years, and one for three years, one member of the Board of Health for three years, three members of the School Committee, for three years. one Trustee of Memorial Hall Library for seven years, one Park Commissioner for three years, two members of the Board of Public Works for three years, one Tree Warden for one year, three Auditors of Accounts for one year, three Constables for one year, one Highway Surveyor for one year, one Trustee of Cornell Fund, for three years, one Trustee of Punchard Free School for two years, to fill out the unexpired term of Mr. H. H. Tyer, Fence Viewers, Field Drivers, Surveyors of Lumber, Fire Wards, a Pound Keeper, and any other officers the town may determine to choose.


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Article 3rd .- To take action on the following question, "Shall License be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?"


Article 4th .- To determine what sums of money shall be appro- priated for Schools, School-houses, School-books and Supplies, Highways and Bridges, Macadamized Roads, Sidewalks, Remov- ing Snow, Horses and Drivers, Street Lighting, Town Officers, Police, Public Works (Maintenance, Construction, and Sinking Funds), Fire Department (Maintenance and Fire Alarm), Town House, Almshouse, Repairs on Almshouse, State Aid, Relief out of Almshouse, Soldiers' Relief, State Tax, County Tax, Interest on Bonds, Funds and Notes, Redemption of Water Bonds, and School-house Bonds, Printing and Stationery, Miscellaneous, Memorial Day, Insurance, Spring Grove Cemetery, Hay Scales, Park Commission, Tree Warden, Public Dump, and other town charges and expenses.


Article 5th .- To see if the Town will accept the gift of Five Hundred dollars ($500.00) made by the will of the late Varnum Lincoln.


Article 6th .- To see if the Town will vote to use the old road- way running from Andover street to the rear of the Bradlee School as an approach to said School, on petition of Colver J. Stone and others.


Article 7th .- To see if the Town will vote to construct a side- walk on Lowell Street from the property of Mr. William M. Wood to the property of Mr. Edward W. Burtt, and appropriate a sum of money therefor, on petition of Frank H. Hardy and others.


Article 8th .- To see if the Town will vote to purchase a suitable piece of land for a playstead in Ballardvale, and appropriate a sum of money therefor, on petition of Howell F. Wilson and others.


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Article 9th .- To see if the Town will vote to relocate Upland Road at its junction with Summer Street, and appropriate a sum of money therefor, on petition of William H. Welch and others.


Article Ioth .- To see if the Town will instruct the Board of Public Works to lay a water main from the corner of Osgood Road and Dascomb Road to the residence of Elizabeth Curtis on Dascomb Road, on petition of W. E. Curtis and others.


Article IIth .- To see if the Town will instruct the Board of Public Works to construct a sewer on Walnut Avenue, from Maple Avenue to Wolcott Avenue, and on Wolcott Avenue from Walnut Avenue to Elm Street, and assess betterments upon the estates benefitted, in accordance with the plan adopted by the Board of Public Works, Feb. 5th, 1900, on petition of David S. Lindsay and others.


Article 12th .- To see if the Town will establish and maintain an electric light on Morton Street near the house of James H. Connelly, and appropriate a sum of money therefor, on petition of James H. Connelly and others.


Article 13th .- To see if the Town will establish and maintain an arc electric light at the junction of Corbett with Poor Street and Magnolia Avenue, and appropriate a sum of money therefor, on petition of Joseph W. Poor and others.


Article 14th .- To see if the Town will establish and maintain an electric light on Cuba Street about midway between Shawsheen Road and Red Spring Road and appropriate a sum of money therefor, on petition of John Schofield and others.


Article 15th .- To see what action the Town will take in regard to procuring new seats for the Town Hall.


Article 16th .- To act upon the report of the Town Officers.


Article 17th .- To fix the pay of the Firemen for the ensuing year.


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Article 18th .- To determine the method of collecting the taxes for the ensuing year.


Article 19th .- To determine what disposition shall be made of unexpended appropriations.


Article 20th .- To authorize the Town Treasurer to hire money for the use of the Town in anticipation of taxes for the current year, upon the approval of the Selectmen.


Article 21st .- To determine the amount of money to be raised by taxation the ensuing year.


Article 22nd .- To transact any other business that may legally come before the meeting.


Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant with your doing thereon, to the Selectmen at the time and place of meeting.


Given under our hands at Andover, this eighteenth day of Feb- ruary, in the year one thousand nine hundred and eight.


H. M. EAMES, WALTER S. DONALD, SAMUEL H. BAILEY, Selectmen of Andover.


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ANDOVER, March 2nd, 1908.


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 place and for the purposes stated in said Warrant, by posing a true and attested copy of the same on the Town House, on each school-house, and in not less than five other public places where bills and notices are usually posted. Said Warrants have been posted two Sundays.


LLEWELLYN D. POMEROY, Constable of Andover.


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At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Andover qualified to vote in town affairs, convened at the Town House in said Andover on the second day of March, 1908, at six o'clock in the forenoon, agreeably to the requirements of the foregoing Warrant and after reading part of the same by the Clerk it was · Voted, To dispense with the further reading of the Warrant. Took up Article Ist.


Chose Harry A. Ramsdell, Moderator, he receiving eighty-one (81) votes, and Frank H. Hardy thirty-seven (37) votes, the check list being used.


Voted, To take up Articles 2nd and 3rd together, and that the polls be closed at 2 o'clock P.M., and that no other business be taken up until polls are closed.


Took up Articles 2nd and 3rd.


Proceeded to vote for town officers and on the liquor license question by the "Australian Ballot System". The Official Ballot Box was examined and found to be empty and registered 0000. At close of polls it registered 1025, the Check List showing whole number of votes cast 1023, no votes for School Committee exclusively.


The polls were opened at 6.25 a.m. and closed at 2 p.m.


FOR TOWN CLERK,-I year :


Abraham Marland had Blanks


859


164


FOR TOWN TREASURER,-I year :


George A. Parker had


803


Blanks 220


FOR SELECTMAN,-I year :


Samuel H. Bailey had




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