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Cash, Sewer Department,
1462 35
7676 15
Uncollected Taxes,
$31213 53
Street Watering,
157 48
31371 01
Commonwealth, State Aid,
$2443 00
Commonwealth, Pauper account,
16 83
Cities and Towns, Pauper account,
279 63
Sewer Assessments,
2719 00
Sinking Funds,
24115 05
Balance against Town,
29573 5I $238379 33
$307000 00
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GEORGE A. HIGGINS, Treas, Pro Tem DR.
Balance, January 1908,
$ 6270 19
Commonwealth, Corporation Tax,
13391 69
Commonwealth, Bank Tax,
11861 90
Commonwealth, State Aid,
2448 00
Commonwealth, St. Railway Tax
1856 93
Commonwealth, Gypsy Moth work,
2365 17
Commonwealth, Tuition,
40 00
Mass. Highway Commission, Gypsey Moth work,
92 52
Andover National Bank, Notes,
139200 00
N. Jaquith, Note, 9000 00
George A. Higgins, Collector, Taxes,
II2435 75
George A. Higgins, Collector, Interest,
865 32
George A. Higgins, Collector, St. Railway Tax,
1698 56
George A. Higgins, Collector, Street Sprinkling,
886 82
George A. Higgins, Collector, Gypsy Moth Work,
9II 79
George A. Higgins, Collector, Concreting,
63 30
Water Rates,
14908 89
C. J. Stone, Fines,
526 50 72 56
Almshouse, F. A. Swanton, Supt.,
474 03
Almshouse, Auction,
106 60
Town Hall,
478 00
Cities and Towns, Pauper Account,
510 70
County Treasurer, Dog Tax,
789 57
Spring Grove Cemetery, Lots Sold,
329 00
A. Marland, Town Clerk, Fees,
84 50
Water Department, Interest on Bonds,
269 88
F. H. Stacy, Milk Inspector,
16 00
Board of Health, Fish Licenses,
8 00
School Department, Supplies Sold,
109 72
Ballardvale Rents,
62 50
Liquor Licenses,
4 00
Hay Scales,
61 40
J. H. Playdon, Creosote,
I 40
Morrison & O'Connell, Lumber,
33 09
Benj. Jaques, Horse and Blanket,
112 50
Oscar Lombard, Bay State Show,
2 00
O. P. Chase, Posts,
8 75
Amount carried forward,
$322357 53
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Almshouse, G. L. Burnham, Supt.,
in account with the Town of Andover
Orders Paid
Schools,
$31921 09
School Houses,
5716 52
Books and Supplies,
1996 96
Highways and Bridges,
9333 31
Macadam,
6382 07.
Snow,
368 48
Horses and Drivers,
4798 56
Sidewalks,
1991 40
Police,
3184 47
Street Lighting,
5056 78
Printing and Stationery,
1307 65
Insurance,
901 27
Memorial Hall Dog Tax,
789 57
Miscellaneous,
1778 47
Town House,
1682 96
Town Officers,
6585 36
Fire Department,
4172 23
Park Commissioners,
1007 66
Relief Out,
4442 12
Almshouse,
4423 84
Almshouse Repairs,
655 70
Tree Warden,
6287 18
Public Dump,
42 50
Spring Grove Cemetery,
1018 50
Memorial Day,
275 00
Ballardvale Playstead,
529 00
Memorial Hall Library,
500 00
Sewer Sinking Funds,
4000 00
Water Sinking Funds,
750 00
Maintenance, Water Department,
7500 00
Construction, Water Department,
2062 27
Amount carried forward,
$121460 92
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GEORGE A. HIGGINS, Treas, Pro Tem.
Amount brought forward,
$322357 53
Ballardvale Baseball Asso., Labor,
22 50
G. W. Horne & Co., Gravel,
3 20
City of Boston, Schools,
19 00
John L. Morrison, Stone Dust,
4 00
Edward Adams, use of Road Roller,
165 50
Andrew Kydd, Stone Dust,
2 00
L. H. Eames, Concrete walk,
2 75
Annie McMillan, Concrete walk,
3 25
Virgil D. Harrington, Labor and Stone,
7 75
Sale of Grass in Park,
30 00
Dana F. Chase, Stone Dust,
2 00
Christ Church, Labor and Stone,
I 25
George F. Smith, Labor and Stone,
136 20
Bowker Insecticide Co., Refund,
60
T. A. Holt Co., Gravel,
8 00
John Hickey, Concrete Walk,
17 00
C. B. Baldwin, Stone,
4 00
J. H. Mellidge, Stone and Labor,
122 36
A. W. Chesterton, Refund,
2 50
Town Farm, 16 Posts,
4 00
Park Department, Use of Roller and Stone,
31 50
Punchard School, Macadam,
187 00
Owen H. Gates, Gravel,
4 00
Anne M. Means, Use of Roller and Gravel,
30 50
Est. Erastus Gile, Stone Dust,
4 00
E. H. Williams, Jr., Gravel,
10 00
Police Department, Badges,
6 00
Edward Brooks, Macadam, Labor, etc.,
152 70
Est. George Ripley, Stone Dust,
22 25
S. H. Bailey, Gravel,
9 90
J. H. Campion, Concrete,
37 78
County of Essex, Sidewalk Appropriation,
350 00
D. Michelini, Concrete,
2 00
F. O. Barton, Stone Dust,
4 00
T. J. Farmer, Stone Dust,
2 00
Ellen G. Ellis, Labor,
16 10
John Kennedy, Board,
678 43
John H. Linehan, Labor and Stone,
44 05
Sundry other Receipts,
337 44
$324845 04
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in account with the Town of Andover
Amount brought forward,
$121460 92
Maintenance, Sewer Department,
1300 00
Redemption of Water Bonds,
6000 00
Redemption of School Bonds, State Aid,
4000 00
2443 00
Interest on Notes and Bonds,
13684 39
Andover National Bank Notes,
139000 00
N. Jaquith, Note,
9000 00
Hay Scales,
50 00
County Tax,
9376 49
State Tax,
I2252 37
Upland Road,
89 65
Lowell Street Sidewalk,
245 53
Cash to Balance,
5942 69
Total Expenditure,
$324845 04
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$318902 35
Water Department DR.
Balance, January 1909,
$ 49 36
Service Pipe,
3213 83
Maintenance,
7500 00
Construction,
2062 27
Bonds,
35000 00
Interest on Bonds,
270 08
$48095 54
CR.
Orders Paid,
$47554 55
Paid to Interest Account,
269 88
Balance on Hand,
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$48095 54
Sewer Department
DR.
Balance, January 1908,
$4139 70
Sewer Assessment,
908 69
Sewer Assessment Interest,
376 66
Maintenance,
1300 00
House Connections,
598 63
Town of Andover Highway Dept., Pipe,
78 75
Interest on Deposits,
40 49
Sinking Fund Commissioners,
20000 00
Water Department, Pipe,
562 27
$28005 19
CR.
Orders Paid,
$5166 49
Bonds Redeemed,
20000 00
House Connection Refunded,
91 00
J. W. Bell, Treasurer Sinking Fund,
I285 35
Balance on hand,
1462 35
$28005 19
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Edward Taylor Fund DR.
Balance, January 1908,
$167 23
Andover Savings Bank, interest,
6 74
$173 97
CR.
Deposited in Andover Savings Bank,
$173 97
Richardson Fund-Frye Village School
DR.
Balance, January 1908,
$1083 56
Andover Savings Bank, interest,
43 76
$1I27 32
CR.
Paid H. W. Tarbell,
$ 102 73
Deposited, Andover Savings Bank,
1024 59
$1I27 32
Draper Fund
DR.
Balance, January 1908,
$1107 79
Andover Savings Bank, interest,
43 42
CR.
Paid C. F. Palmer,
$ 6 00
Paid C. N. L. Stone,
26 67
Paid Walter I. Morse,
9 6I
Paid Henry Cunningham,
4 00
Paid Florence I. Abbott,
21 39
Deposited, Andover Savings Bank,
1083 54
$115I 21
$115I 2I
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Spring Grove Cemetery Fund DR.
Deposits in Andover Savings Bank, Jan. '09, $8509 77 Andover National Bank Stock, 200 00
30 00 Cash,
$8739 77
CR.
Paid for Care of Lots,
$ 297 50
Deposits in Andover Savings Bank,
8218 27
Andover National Bank Stock,
200 00
Cash,
24 00
$8739 77 GEORGE A. HIGGINS, Treasurer Pro. Tem.
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AUDITORS' CERTIFICATE
We have examined the accounts of the several Town Officers and find them correctly cast, with satisfactory vouchers for all payments.
The Town Treasurer (pro tem) has on deposit in the Andover National Bank and cash on hand, $5942.69.
Also, to the credit of the Water Loan, $271.II, and to the credit of the Sewer Loan, $1462.35.
CHARLES.B. JENKINS, W. H. COLEMAN, N. G. GLEASON,
Auditors.
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PUNCHARD FREE SCHOOL
PRINCIPAL FUND
1908
January I :-
Cash in Bank,
$ 2265 00
Real Estate Mortgages,
72005 00
Ballardvale Property,
1450 00
$74805 00
December 31 :---
Cash in Bank,
$ 1350 00
Real Estate Mortgages,
72005 00
Ballardvale Property,
1450 00
$74805 00
January I :-
Cash on hand,
$2265 00
Mortgages paid during year,
7300 00
$9565 00
Invested in new Mortgages,
$8215 00
Cash on hand, December 31,
1350 00
$9565 00
INCOME
January 1 :-
Balance on hand,
$1078 72
Interest on Mortgages,
3505 22 69
EXPENSES
Salaries etc., as schedule, Cash on hand,
$3732 93
920 OI
4652 94
Rents,
4652 94
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CORRECTION
A typographical error in the statement of the "Principal Fund" changes the report as submitted. The first item should read : PRINCIPAL FUND
1908
January I :-
Cash in Bank,
Real Estate Mortgages,
Ballardvale Property,
$ 2265 00 71090 00 I450 00
$74805 00
December 31 :-
Cash in Bank,
$ 1350 00
Real Estate Mortgages,
72005 00
Ballardvale Property,
1450 00
$74805 00
EXPENSES IN DETAIL
C. L. Curtis, principal, salary, $1900 00 914 99
C. L. Curtis, car fare, I 50
Mary E. Hohn Dern, instructor, salary,
800 00
Mary E. Hohn Dern, December salary,
80 00
M. D. Brock, instructor, salary, 800, 560 00
Edna G. Chapin, instructor, $800, 760 01
George A. Parker, cash book,
4 75
George A Parker, Insurance,
30 00
George A. Parker, Salary to April I,
200 00
George A. Parker, Salary to September I,
83 33
David J. Allen, instructor,
209 99
Andover Press, printing, 3 80
Charles P. Rea, teaming,
7 28
Hary H. Noyes, postage and stationery,
8 50
Walter I. Morse, hardware,
8 78
George W. Foster, legal services,
10 00
Frederic Palmer, chairman,
50 00
$3732 93 ยท
BARNARD PRIZE FUND
January I, Cash on hand,
$20 00
Dividends,
40 00
$60 00
Prizes awarded-
Myra Wilson,
20 00
Harold Taylor,
12 00
Roy E. Hardy,
8 00
December 31, Cash on hand,
20 00
$60 00
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W. F. DRAPER FUND
January I, Cash on hand, $1084 92 Dividends received in 1908, 43 00
$1I27 92
PAID OUT
Gratia L. Prouty,
$ 40 00
December 31, Balance on hand,
1087 92
$1127 92
HARRY H. NOYES, Treasurer.
Examined and found correct,
DEAN A. WALKER, MYRON E. GUTTERSON, Auditors.
REV. FREDERIC PALMER
REV. FRANK R. SHIPMAN REV. DEAN A. WALKER
MYRON E. GUTTERSON S. H. BOUTWELL HARRY H. NOYES
Trustees.
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RECOMMENDATIONS OF
BOARD OF SELECTMEN
AND
FINANCE COMMITTEE
APPROPRIATIONS
FOR
1909
BOARD OF SELECTMEN
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 1909
The following is a list of appropriations recommended by the Selectmen :
Almshouse expenses, $ 4000 00
Repairs on Almshouse, 500 00
Relief out of Almshouse, 3300 00
Alexander Crockett verdict,
1291 51
County Tax,
9400 00
Fire Department, 4000 00
Hay Scales, 50 00
Highways, Bridges and Macadam,
4000 00
Also St. Railway tax, amount received from use of teams, and Street Sprinkling.
Horses and Drivers,
5200 00
Insurance,
800 00
Interest,
15000 00
Library, Memorial Hall,
1000 00
Memorial Day,
275 00
Miscellaneous,
2000 00
Park Commissioners,
1000 00
Police,
3200 00
Printing and stationary,
I200 00
Public Dump,
50 00
Redemption of Bonds, (water, sewer dept.)
8000 00
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FINANCE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 1909
The following is a list of appropriations recommended by the Finance Committee for the year 1909.
Almshouse expense, $ 4000 00
Repairs on Almshouse, 250 00 Relief out of Almshouse, 3300 00
Alexander Crockett, Verdict,
1291 5I
County Tax,
9400 00
Fire Department, 4000 00
Hay Scales, 50 00 .
Highways, Bridges and Macadam, 4000 00
Also the Street Railroad Tax and amount received for use of teams and Street Sprinkling.
The highway Dept. received from the following sources for the year 1908, St. Railway Franchise Tax, $1856 93 St. Railway Excise Tax, 1698 56
Street Sprinkling, 886 82
Earnings of Highway Dept. III 89
Earnings of Teams, 1498 00
$6052 20
Horses and Drivers,
5000 00
Insurance,
800 00
Interest,
15000 00
Library, Memorial Hall,
1000 00
Memorial Day,
275 00
Miscellaneous,
2000 00
Park Commissioners,
1000 00
Police,
3200 00
Printing and Stationery
I200 00
Public Dump, 50 00
Redemption of Bonds, (water and sewer,)
8000 00
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RECOMMENDATIONS OF SELECTMEN (continued)
Schools,
32000 00
School books and Supplies,
2200 00
School Houses,
3000 00
School House Bond,
4000 00
Sewer Department,
Maintenance,
1350 00
Sinking Fund,
3000 00
Snow,
600 00
Soldiers' Relief,
800 00
Special Town Meeting appropriation,
5200 00
Spring Grove Cemetery,
700 00
(and receipts for sale of lots)
State Aid,
2250 00
State Tax,
II200 00
Sidewalks, ($250 to be spent under the better- ment act, unexpended balance to be turned into the treasury.)
1000 00
Street Lighting,
5250 00
Town Officers,
6500 00
Town Hall,
1600 00
Tree Warden,
3000 00
Water Department,
Construction,
1500 00
Maintenance,
7500 00
Sinking Fund,
750 00
$157666 51
HARRY M. EAMES, WALTER S. DONALD, SAMUEL H. BAILEY, Selectmen of Andover.
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RECOMMENDATIONS OF FINANCE COMMITTEE (continued)
Schools,
33500 00
School-books and Supplies,
2250 00
School Houses,
3000 00
School-house Bond,
4000 00
Sewer Department,
Maintenance,
1350 00
Sinking Funds,
3000 00
Snow,
600 00
Soldiers' Relief,
600 00
Special Town Meeting Appropriation,
5200 00
Spring Grove Cemetery, And receipts of sale of lots,
700 00
State Aid,
2250 00
State Tax,
II200 00
Sidewalks,
1000 00
$250 to be spent under the betterment
act. Unexpended balance to be turned into the treasury.
Street Lighting,
5250 00
Town Officers,
6500 00
Town Hall,
1600 00
Tree Warden,
3000 00
Water Department,
Construction,
1500 00
Maintenance,
7500 00
Sinking Funds,
750 00
$158,566 51
Your committee recommends that some method be adopted to check over drafts, also that the Highways be placed under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen.
DAVID SHAW
WILLIAM J. BURNS
JOHN H. CAMPION
BARNETT ROGERS
JOHN H. FLINT
PERLEY F. GILBERT
M. F. D'ARCY
ARTHUR BLISS
BERNARD M. ALLEN
THOMAS E. ALLEN
PATRICK J. SCOTT ALEXANDER LAMONT
ANDREW McTERNEN
J. WARREN BERRY
FRANK H. HARDY
Finance Committee.
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TOWN 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 and of the Town of North Andover, as far as relates to the election of two Trustees of the Punchard Free School, qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet and assemble in the Town House in said Andover on Monday, the first day of March, 1909, at six 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 Moderator for one year, Town Clerk, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, one member of the Board of Se- lectmen for three years, one member of the Board of Assessors 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, one member 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, two Trustees of Punchard Free School for one year, to fill the unexpired term of Mr. Horace H. Tyer and Mr. George A. Parker, Fence Viewers, Field Drivers, Surveyors of lumber, Fire Wards, and 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 take action on the following question, "Shall an act passed by the general court in the year nineteen hundred and eight, entitled 'An Act to provide for the protection of forest or sprout lands from fire' be accepted by this town ?"
Article 5th .- To determine what sums of money shall be ap- propriated for Schools, School-houses, School-books and Sup- plies, Highways and Bridges, Macadamized Roads, Sidewalks, Removing 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 6th .- To see if the Town will vote to revoke its ac- ceptance of the Acts of 1895, in accordance with which a high- way surveyor is elected annually. On recommendation of the Finance Committee.
Article 7th .- To see if the Town will vote to equip the Bradlee and Indian Ridge Schools with fire escapes, and appropriate a sum of money therefor, on petition of the School Committee.
Article 8th .- To see if the Town will vote to construct a side- walk on the easterly side of Lincoln Street, from Shawsheen Road to the property of Mrs. James Magee, and appropriate a sum of money therefor, on petition of Robert O'Hara and others.
Article 9th .- To see if the Town will vote to construct a side- walk on Haverhill Street from the town's private way on the
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west side of the property of George Mander to that of Thomas T. Clark, and appropriate a sum of money therefor, on petition of Thomas T. Clark and others.
Article 10th .- To see if the Town will vote to extend the water system from its present terminus on Salem Street to Wildwood Road thence to George D. Millett's, on petition of George D. Millett and others.
Article IIth .- To see if the Town will vote to extend the water system from the house of H. W. Whipple down Main Street to Orchard Street and up Orchard Street to Michael F. D'Arcy's house, on petition of Michael F. D'Arcy and others.
Article 12th .- To see if the Town will vote to extend the water system from Salem Street down Woodland Road to a point opposite the residence of John Franklin, a distance of about 1000 feet, on petition of John Franklin and others.
Article 13th .- To see if the Town will vote to extend the water system from Burnham Road down High Street to the residence of Arthur R. Stevens, corner of High and Haverhill streets, on petition of George C. H. Dufton and others.
Article 14th .- To see if the Town will grant permission to the West Parish in Andover, to use for Cemetery purposes, the following described land, to wit: A parcel of land situated in the West Parish in said Andover, bounded and described as follows; on the north by Lowell street and the Old Cemetery in the said West Parish in Andover, and by Shawsheen Road; on the east by Reservation Road, and on the south and southwest by Cutler Road, on petition of Granville K. Cutler and others.
Article 15th .- To see if the Town will grant permission to the "United Syrian Society Cemetery Corporation" to use for cemetery purposes the following described land to wit: A parcel of land situated in the northerly part of the Town of Andover bounded and described as follows; westerly by Corbett street, about 250 feet, southerly by land now or late of Curran & Joyce, about 250 feet ; easterly by land of Skeirik, formerly of Stevens, 250 feet ; northerly by land of Skeirik, about 250 feet, on petition of the United Syrian Society Cemetery Corporation.
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Article 16th .- To see if the Town will vote to erect and main- tain four electric lights on Lincoln street at such places as will best light said street, on petition of William W. Eaton and others.
Article 17th .- To see if the Town will vote to erect and main- tain an electric light at the junction of High street and Burnham Road, on petition of H. Sumner Wright and others.
Article 18th .- To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Board of Public Works to lay a sewer from the corner of Main and Lewis streets, through Lewis street to the corner of Buxton Court and through Buxton Court to the sewer now in use on Railroad street, on petition of Ira Buxton and others.
Article 19th .- To act upon the report of the Town Officers.
Article 20th .- To fix the pay of the Firemen for the ensuing year.
Article 21st .- To determine the method of collecting the taxes for the ensuing year.
Article 22nd .- To determine what disposition shall be made of unexpended appropriations.
Article 23rd .- 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 24th .- To determine the amount of money to be raised by taxation the ensuing year.
Article 25th .- 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 Selectmen at the time and place of meeting.
Given under our hands at Andover, this seventeenth day of February in the year one thousand nine hundred and nine.
SAMUEL H. BAILEY, HARRY M. EAMES, WALTER S. DONALD, Selectmen of Andover.
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MEMORIAL HALL LIBRARY
THIRTY SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
The Trustees of the Library would call the attention of the town to the Librarian's report which gives a complete account of the work of the Library during the past year.
Respectfully submitted,
E. KENDALL JENKINS, FRANCIS H. JOHNSON, JOSEPH A. SMART, C. C. CARPENTER, FREDERIC S. BOUTWELL, JOHN ALDEN, GEORGE F. SMITH,
ANDOVER, MASS., FEB., II, 1908.
Trustees.
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Frederic S. Boutwell, Treasurer of Trustees of Memorial
RECEIPTS
Balance from last year,
$ 312 18
Income from investments,
2714 26
Dog tax,
789 57
Gifts,
100 74
Town appropriation,
500 00
Money borrowed,
600 00
Sundry items,
95 80
$5112 55
FUNDS
General Fund,
$20,000 00
Coburn Fund,
25,000 00
Byers Fund,
10,000 00
Cornell Funds,
7700 00
Taylor Fund,
500 00
Lt. Gov. Phillips Donation Funds,
3200 00
W. C. T. U. Fund,
100 00
Cash,
323 73
$66823 73
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Hall Library, in account with the Town of Andover, Mass.
EXPENDITURES
Salaries, etc.,
$2525 89
Heating and lighting,
617 16
Repairs,
192 88
Insurance,
87 50
Books, periodicals and newspapers,
698 67
Bookbinding,
180 78
Supplies,
97 74
Sundries,
97 20
Note paid,
300 00
Cash on hand,
323 73
$5112 55
Invested as follows :-
Town Notes,
$25000 00
Bangor & Aroostock R. R., 4's,
I1000 00
Boston Elevated Ry., 4's,
10000 00
Boston & Maine R. R., 4's,
2000 00
Boston Elevated Ry., 47/2's,
1000 00
Savings Banks,
13500 00
Mortgage,
4000 00
Cash,
323 73
$66823 73
Examined and verified, January 29, 1909,
JOS. A. SMART, GEO F. SMITH,
Auditors.
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REPORT OF LIBRARIAN
To the Trustees of the Memorial Hall Library.
GENTLEMEN :- I herewith submit the report of the library for the year ending December 31, 1908.
The work of reorganization has been carried on throughout the year though the constantly increasing use of the library makes great inroads upon the time available for these changes. All the books are now equipped with the new loan system and nearly 7500 have been re-accessioned. Not until this work is completed, can the exact number of volumes in the library be stated. So far, there are 9573 entries in the new accession books, probably more than half the library. It is hoped to complete this work during the coming year. As undesirable, worn, and out-of-date books are being gradually withdrawn, this record when fin- ished, will show a smaller number of books in the library than be- fore its reorganization, but the library shelves will be cleared of useless volumes, and its practical value increased.
In the library report for 1907, it was recommended that a collection of industrial books should be planned, and it is one of the most gratifying items in the year's work that so much has been accomplished in this line. It was commenced by gifts from the Smith & Dove Company and the Tyer Rubber Company of books relating to their special industries. Additions have been made by purchases and by gifts from other sources, until the library has the nucleus of a really good collection. This has been much appreciated and will grow in use. Men who have never before shown any interest in the library are taking cards especially to use these books. We hope during 1909 to fill still further such wants of the community. A library legitimately fur- nishes material for recreative reading, but its tendency in pur- chasing books is often to over-emphasize on the side of general
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literature, when it should grow along practical lines as well. We may regard with pride our little industrial collection.
Another gratifying feature of the year's accomplishment is the French and German collection. At the beginning of 1908, the library had two books in French and one in German. Now there are 78 volumes in French and 33 in German. All these have been gifts from different people in Andover, and have cost the library only the price of binding those which were in paper covers. It is an excellent collection, including not only classic authors, but modern writers. This collection also has met a real need in the town.
We have not had much more money to spend for books than last year, but by taking advantage of sales and buying chiefly through one agent we have added for the amount we had to spend, a large number of books. It is not possible for us to buy all the new fiction, and we mean to buy only that small proportion which has some real worth. We are frequently prevented from pur- chasing other books of undoubted value because of their pro- hibitive prices at time of publication. By delaying for a little these can often be obtained at one third or one half their original price. But we try to buy promptly any book whose value partly depends upon its being a timely issue, and in a few cases we have duplicated books of especial local interest.
We have had as usual this year the income from the Phillips fund for the purchase of religious and ethical books, and in addi- tion, the income from another Phillips fund for the purchase of books for teachers. This has enabled us to strengthen our edu- cational collection. We have added about thirty volumes on practical and theoretical school work. The teachers appreciate these additions and are making increased use of the library.
The Phoebe Foxcroft Phillips Chapter of the D. A. R. has presented to the library two sets of historical works, Woodrow Wilson's History of the United States in five volumes, and the seven volume set of the Old South Leaflets. These are especially valuable for reference. The Andover Village Improvement So- ciety has continued its gift of magazines to the library, and the representatives of the W. C. T. U. permitted the accumulated
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