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Length laid in 1910, 813 feet.
Present length of connection in sewer service, 33.502 feet.
The Sewer System is in a fair condition. This year there are two beds that need the pipes relaid, which will mean a little extra appropriation on Maintenance.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK L. COLE, Acting Supr.
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MONTHLY RECORD OF PUMPING SERVICE, 1910
Months.
Days.
Time.
Lift in ft.
Pumping.
Banking +Starting, +Etc.
Total.
Gallons pumped.
By coal used pumping.
By total coal used.
daily
consumption.
gallons.
January
29
250 11
300
45,950
12,000
57,100
19,380,153
107,514,795
84,919,742
625,166
February
27
244 19
300
42.900
10,800
53,700
19,104,120
111,418,196
89,010,257
682,290
March
30
258 21
300
46.400
12,400
58,800
20,008,758
107,892,052
85,105,293
645,443
April
26
247 24
300
43.400
11,400
54,800
19,281,696
111,158,763
88,034,312
642,723
May
29
251 13
300
46,500
10,300
56,800
19,805,604
106,566,927
87,242,290
638,890
June
27
244 26
300
41,900
11,400
53,300
19,201,434
114,658,682
90,135,061
640,048
July
30
250 06
275
42,300
12,000
54,300
19,649,196
106,839,600
83,000,000
633,845
August
30
274 01
275
49,700
12,200
61,900
21,255,506
98,047,457
78,723,080
685,661
September
30
273 22
275
48,000
12,400
60,400
21,680,442
103,891,861
82,324,723
722,681
October
14
117 07
275
21,400
7,300
28,700
9,375,072
100,475,360
75,000,000
669,641
Total
272
2409 50
290
427,600
112,200
539,800
188,741,981
106,684,636
84,349,475
657,638
OIL ENGINE
Months.
Days.
Time.
Lift in ft.
Oil used pumping. Gallons.
Gallons pumped.
DUTY Ft. lbs. 1 gal. oil.
Average daily consumption.
October
17
194 41
230
1360.87
10,620,780
14,970,000
624,751
November
30
307 08
230
2149.56
15,301,230
13,680,000
510,041
December
31
283 42
230
1983.94
14,275,891
13,780,000
460,512
Total
78
785 31
230
5494.37
40,197,901
14,143,333
515,358
LBS. COAL USED.
DUTY Ft. lbs. with 100 lbs. Coal.
Average
H M
H M
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
No. of Miles of h'd'ants main pipe
1889
Work commenced
$2999 99
$1776 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
3151 33
37 32
26 87
71 81
117,354,950
706
278
180
24.00
1896
9052 31
4627 53 4336 58
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
2656 42
31 21
19 24
65 45
143,260,253
845
616
194
25.12
1900
10668 57
4915 23
3158 50
33
07
21 25
71 78
148,618,935
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
205
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 98
44 03
87
75 60
164,150,879
1013
791
223
30.95
1906
13516 47
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
1908
14908 89
7419 65
3750 29
39 52
19 97
79 41
187,750,372
1101
884
257
35.22
1909
16407 21
7499 95
3967 72
36 96
19 55
81 16
202,885,685
1147
926
273
38.07
1910
17613 66
8378 32
4234 61
36 50
18 50
76 93
228.939,882
1187
977
290
40.81
.
.
6 months 24,911,445
46
.
16
1890
$ 3106 38
309
80
163
20.50
1891
5349 32
3399 93
1806 21
2557 61
37 47
20 71
78 79
123,476,542
752
326
184
24.12
1897
*8011:87
Cost per million gallons
20
.
* Regulations and Rates changed.
TOWN OF ANDOVER
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF A
D
0
PORATED MAY 6
VER
6. 1646.
M
TS
ASSAC
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING
JANUARY 9, 1912
ANDOVER, MASS. THE ANDOVER PRESS
1912
TOWI
INCOR
CONTENTS
Almshouse Expenses, 72
Personal Property at
.72
Relief out of,
75
Report, 57, 12I
Repairs on,
75
Miscellaneous, 67
Superintendent's Report,
77
Moth Suppression, 64
Animal Inspector,
94
Notes Given, 58
Appropriations, 19II,
15
Notes Paid,
58
Art Gallery,
150
Overseers of Poor, 71
Assessors' Report,
78
Park Commission, 55
Assets,
IOI
Auditors' Report,
II3
Board of Health, 67
Printing and Stationery, 54
Punchard Free School, Report of Trustees, 109
Salem Street Macadam, 40
Schedule of Town Property, 90
Water Construction, 63
Schoolhouses, 30
Schools, 24
School Books and Supplies, 32
Chief Engineer's Report, 79
Selectmen's Account, 24
Collector's Account, 97
Sidewalks, 43
Cornell Fund,
96
Soldiers' Relief,
76
County Tax,
56
Snow, Removal of,
45
Dog Tax,
57
Dump, care of
58
Suppression of Brown Tail and Gypsy Moths, 64
Spring Grove Cemetery, 57,95
State Aid, 75
State Tax, 56
Street Lighting, 50
Highways and Bridges,
34
Highway Surveyor, 47
Horses and Drivers, 4I
Insurance, 63
Interest on Notes and Funds, 59
Liabilities, IOI
Librarian's Report, I26
Macadam, 37
Report, 93
Park Commissioners' Report, 84
Police, 52, 82
Board of Public Works, Appendix,
Sewer Maintenance, 63
Sewer Sinking Funds, 63
Water Maintenance, 62
Water Sinking Funds, 63
Bonds, Redemption of, 62
Earnings, Town Horses,
48
Elm Square Repairs,
44
Fire Department, 50
Hay Scales, 58
Town House, 53
Town Meetings, 7
Town Officers, 4. 49
Town Warrant, 116
Treasurer's Account. IOI
Tree Warden, 50
Memorial Day, 57 Memorial Hall Trustees'
TOWN OFFICERS, 1911
Selectmen
HARRY M. EAMES, Chairman,
Term-expires 1914 .. 1912
WALTER S. DONALD, Secretary,
1913
Town Clerk
*ABRAHAM MARLAND AND GEO. A. HIGGINS
Tax Collector +GEORGE A. HIGGINS AND JOHN W. BELL
Town Treasurer GEORGE A. HIGGINS School Committee
CHARLES W. CLARK
Term expires 1912 66
DANIEL H. POOR
66
66
1912
ARTHUR T. BOUTWELL
"
66
1913
THOMAS E. RHODES
66
1913
ALFRED E. STEARNS
66
1913
GEORGE A. CHRISTIE
1914
GRANVILLE K. CUTLER
66
1914
EDWARD C. CONROY
1914
Superintendent of Schools GEORGE M. BEMIS
Board of Public Works and Sinking Fund Commission
Term expires 1914
JAMES C. SAWYER
66
66
1912
JOHN W. BELL
1913
LEWIS T. HARDY
66
1913
*Deceased ¿Resigned
1914
ANDREW McTERNEN
66
4
WILLIS B. HODGKINS
66
66
1912
ALBERT W. LOWE
SAMUEL H. BAILEY
Superintendent of Public Works FRANK L. COLE
Engineers of Fire Department LEWIS T. HARDY, Chief WALTER I. MORSE, Clerk ALLAN SIMPSON
Park Commissioners
MYRON E. GUTTERSON
Term expires 1914 66
GEORGE W. CANN
66 1912
FRED S. BOUTWELL
1913
Highway Surveyor
MILO H. GOULD
Term expires 1912
Board of Health
BANCROFT T. HAYNES
Term expires 1914
JOHN A. LEITCH, M. D.
1912
CHARLES E. ABBOTT, M. D.
1913
Chief of Police GEORGE W. MEARS, Appointed
Constables
JOHN H. CLINTON
Term expires 1912
GEORGE W. MEARS
" 1912
LLEWELLYN D. POMEROY
1912
Trustees of Memorial Hall Library
GEORGE F. SMITH
Term expires 1915
CHARLES C. CARPENTER
1914
FREDERIC S. BOUTWELL
1913
JOHN ALDEN
1912
E. KENDALL JENKINS
66
1914
ALFRED E. STEARNS
1916
BURTON S. FLAGG
66 66
1917
66
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Trustees of Punchard Free School - Terms expire 1913 SAMUEL H. BOUTWELL HARRY H. NOYES
MYRON E. GUTTERSON HARRY M. EAMES FRANK T. CARLTON
Auditors
JOHN S. ROBERTSON WALTER H. COLEMAN NESBIT G. GLEASON
Spring Grove Cemetery Committee - Terms expire 1912 JOHN L. SMITH
GEORGE W. FOSTER
OLIVER W. VENNARD FELIX G. HAYNES
DANIEL H. POOR GEORGE D. MILLETT JOHN W. BELL
Trustee of Cornell Fund
JOSEPH A. SMART
FRANK E. GLEASON
Term expires 1914 66 1912
ALLAN SIMPSON
1913
Tree Warden JOHN H. PLAYDON Moderator of Town Meetings HARRY A. RAMSDELL
TOWN MEETINGS
Annual Town Meeting, March 6, 1911
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 6th, 191I, at 6 o'clock A.M., to act on the following articles.
Article I .- To choose a Moderator for one year, Town Clerk for one year, Treasurer for one year, Collector of Taxes for one year, one member of the Board of Selectmen 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 Commis- sioner for three years, one Park Commissioner for one year, 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, Fence Viewers, Field Drivers, Surveyors of Lumber, Pound Keeper, and any other officers the town may determine to choose.
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Article 2 .- To take action on the following question, "Shall License be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?"
Article 3 .- To determine what sums of money shall be ap- propriated for Schools, Schoolhouses, School-books and Supplies, Highways and Bridges, Macadamized Roads, Sidewalks, Re- moving 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, Re- lief out of Almshouse, State Aid, Soldiers' Relief, State Tax, County Tax, Interest on Bonds, Funds and Notes, Redemption of Water Bonds and Schoolhouse Bonds, Printing and Stationery, Miscellaneous, Memorial Day, Insurance, Spring Grove Cemetery, Hay Scales, Park Commissioners, Tree Warden, Public Dump, and other town charges and expenses.
Article 4 .- To see if the Town will vote to set apart the following land as a public park and playground, and to place the same under the control of the board of Park Commissioners, as provided in Chapter 28 of the Revised Laws and Acts in Amendment thereof : to wit, six acres and seventy-one and one- half square rods lying easterly to and adjoining the Town's schoolhouse land, and being the same premises conveyed by John N. Cole et als, to the Inhabitants of Andover, by deed dated March 10th, 1910, and recorded in the Essex North District Registry of Deeds Book 287, Page 591.
Article 5 .- To see what action the Town will take in regard to the report of the Committee on By-Laws.
Article 6 .- To see if the Town will vote to authorize the issue of $20,000.00 of Water Loan bonds, the proceeds to be -
used for the extension and improvement of the Water System on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Article 7 .- To see if the Town will vote to rescind that part of the vote of May II, 1908, relating to a two per cent income requirement on the cost of water extensions, also that authority be given to the Board of Public Works to make extensions to the Water System at their discretion with the funds at their disposal.
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Article 8 .- To see if the Town will instruct the Board of Public Works to extend its water main from Main Street through Ballard Vale Road to Sunset Rock Road, thence on Sunset Rock Road to the house of R. N. C. Barnes, on petition of Stephen E. Abbott and others.
Article 9 .- To see if the Town will instruct the Board of Public Works to extend its water main from its present terminus on Salem Street to the house of Mr. Wright on said street, thence to the greenhouse of George D. Millett on Wildwood Road, on petition of Alvah Wright and others.
Article 10 .- To see if the Town will instruct the Board of Public Works to entend its water main down Woburn Street to the residence of Charles C. Stickney, on petition of Charles C. Stickney and others.
Article II .- To see if the Town will instruct the Board of Public Works to extend its water main from its present terminus on Rocky Hill Road to a point opposite the residence of Samuel Thomes on said road, on petition of Samuel Thomes and others.
Article 12 .- To see if the Town will vote to change the name of "Railroad Street" to "Lupin Road," on petition of Horace Hale Smith and others.
Article 13 .- To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $5800 for the purchase and operating of a Motor Com- bination Chemical Wagon, on petition of the Board of Fire Engineers.
Article 14 .- To see if the Town will vote to establish a side- walk in front of the property of Philip Leslie, No. 81 Haverhill Street, on petition of Philip Leslie and others.
Article 15 .- To see if the Town will vote to place and main- tain two electric lights on Porter Road, one near the residence of Henry K. Flint and the other near the corner of Porter Road and Cemetery Road, on petition of Henry K. Flint and others.
Article 16 .- To see if the Town will vote to place and main- tain an electric light at the corner of Main Street and Rocky Hill Road, and that the necessary amount of money be appro- priated for the same, on petition of Horace E. Dyer and others.
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Article 17 .- To see if the Town will vote to establish a fire alarm box on Haverhill Street at a point in the vicinity of the properties of John Warwick and George Mander, or thereabouts, on petition of Frank O. Barton and others.
Article 18 .- To see if the Town will vote to place and main- tain a fire alarm box at the corner of Main Street and Rocky Hill Road and that the necessary amount of money be appropriated for the same, on petition of Horace E. Dyer and others.
Article 19 .- To see if the Town will accept the provisions of Sections 2 and 3, Chapter 104 of the Revised Laws.
Article 20 .- To see if the Town will instruct the Highway Surveyor to repair Salem Street from C. C. Blunt's south, the expense to be taken from the regular appropriation, on petition of Alvah Wright and others.
Article 21 .- To transact any other business that may legally come before the meeting.
The polls may be closed at 2 o'clock P.M.
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 twenty-third day of February in the year one thousand nine hundred and eleven.
HARRY M. EAMES, WALTER S. DONALD, SAMUEL H. BAILEY, Selectmen of Andover.
ANDOVER, March 6th, 1911.
ESSEX SS.
Pursuant to the foregoing Warrant, I the subscriber, one of the Constables of the Town of Andover, have notified the in- habitants of said town to meet at the time and place and for the purposes stated in said Warrant, by posting a true and
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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.
GEORGE W. MEARS, Constable of Andover.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 6, 1911
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, the sixth day of March, 1911, at six o'clock in the forenoon, agreeably to the requirements of the foregoing Warrant, Moderator Harry A. Ramsdell presided, and after reading part of the Warrant it was
Voted, To dispense with the further reading of the Warrant. Voted, To take up Articles I and 2 together.
Voted, That the polls be closed at 2 o'clock P.M.
Took up Articles I and 2 and proceeded to vote for Town Officers and on the liquor license question by the Australian Ballot System.
The Ballot Box was found to be empty and registered 0000, at close of polls it registered -, having failed to work prep- erly. The polls were opened at 6.03 A. M.
Whole number of votes cast 785, for School Committee only, o.
MODERATOR, -- I year :
Harry A. Ramsdell had 618
Frank Goodwin had I 166
Blanks
TOWN CLERK,-I year :
Abraham Marland had 671
Blanks II4
II
TOWN TREASURER,-I year : George A. Higgins had Blanks I29
656
SELECTMAN,-3 years :
Harry M. Eames had Henry Povo had Blanks
597
I
I87
ASSESSOR,-3 years :
Harry M. Eames had
575
Blanks 210
COLLECTOR OF TAXES,-I year :
George A. Higgins had
634
Blanks 15I
SCHOOL COMMITTEE,-3 years :
George A. Christie had
513
Edward C. Conroy had 469
Granville K. Cutler had 506
Burton S. Flagg had
I
J. H. Anderson had
I
Alfred Ripley had
I
George Bushfield had Blanks
I
863
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SINKING FUND COMMISSION,-
3 years :
Willis B. Hodgkins had 555
James C. Sawyer had 554
Blanks 461
PARK COMMISSIONER,-3 years :
Myron E. Gutterson had
580
Blanks 205
PARK COMMISSIONER,-I year :
George W. Cann had
530
W. I. Morse had
I
Blanks 254
I2
HIGHWAY SURVEYOR,-I year Joseph S. Chambers had Milo H. Gould had Stephen A. Lovejoy had Blanks I2
I34
395
244
BOARD OF HEALTH,-3 years :
Jeremiah J. Daly had
326
Bancroft T. Haynes had
370
E. McCabe had I Blanks 88
AUDITORS OF ACCOUNTS,-I year :
Walter H. Coleman had
527
Nesbit G. Gleason had
530
588
John S. Robertson had J. Smith had I Blanks 709
CONSTABLES,-I year :
John H. Clinton had
621
George W. Mears had 533
Llewellyn D. Pomeroy had 530
J. James had I
Blanks 670
TRUSTEE OF MEMORIAL HALL LIBRARY,-7 years :
E. Kendall Jenkins had
552
Blanks 233
TREE WARDEN,-I year :
John H. Playdon had
564
J. Collins had
I
W. I. Morse had I
Blanks 219
Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?
Yes
233
No
419
Blanks
I33
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All the foregoing officers were elected by ballot, the check lists being used.
And the Moderator declared-
Harry A. Ramsdell elected Moderator for one year.
Abraham Marland elected Town Clerk for one year.
George A. Higgins elected Treasurer for one year.
Harry M. Eames elected Selectman for three years.
Harry M. Eames elected Assessor for three years. George A. Higgins elected Tax Collector for one year. George A. Christie elected School Committee for three years. Edward C. Conroy elected School Committee for three years. Granville K. Cutler elected School Committee for three years.
Willis B. Hodgkins, James C. Sawyer elected Board of Public Works and Sinking Fund Commission for three years.
Myron E. Gutterson elected Park Commissioner for three years.
George W. Cann elected Park Commissioner for one year. Milo H. Gould elected Highway Surveyor for one year.
Bancroft T. Haynes elected Board of Health for three years. Walter H. Coleman elected Auditor of Accounts for one year. Nesbit G. Gleason elected Auditor of Accounts for one year. John S. Robertson elected Auditor of Accounts for one year. John H. Clinton elected Constable for one year.
George W. Mears elected Constable for one year.
Llewellyn D. Pomeroy elected Constable for one year.
E. Kendall Jenkins elected Trustee of Memorial Hall Library for seven years.
John H. Playdon elected Tree Warden for one year.
Chose Trustee of Cornell Fund-Joseph A. Smart, for three years.
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Chose Surveyors of Lumber for one year-Frank E. Gleason, William H. Carter.
Chose Fire Wards, for one year-Allan Simpson, George D. Ward.
Chose Pound Keeper, for one year-Superintendent of Alms- house.
Voted, That Town Barn and Barn-yard be the pound.
Chose Street Lighting Committee for one year-Barnett Rogers, Walter H. Coleman, Colver J. Stone, John V. Holt, Henry J. Gardner.
Took up Article 3.
Voted, To appropriate the following stated sums of money, at 2.10 P.M .:
Almshouse Expenses, $4000 00
Repairs on Almshouse,
400 00
Relief out of Almshouse,
3300 00
County Tax, I2000 00
Board of Health, 400 00
Fire Department, Running Expenses, purchase of new hose and necessary repairs,
4000 00
Hay Scales,
75 00
Highways and Bridges,
4000 00
Also amount received from Street Sprinkling,
use of town teams and unexpended balance of Street Railway Tax.
Macadam,
3000 00
Horses and Drivers,
5600 00
Insurance,
800 00
Interest,
13000 00
Memorial Hall Library,
2000 00
Amount carried forward,
$52575 00
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Amount brought forward, $52575 00 Memorial Day (to be expended under direction of G. A. R.), 300 00
Miscellaneous, 2000 00
Park Commission, (for parks only),
1000 00
Park Commission (Playground),
1000 00
Police, 3000 00
Printing and Stationery,
I200 00
Public Dump,
75 00
Redemption of Water Bonds,
9000 00
Redemption of Schoolhouse Bonds,
4000 00
Schools, Maintenance,
34000 00
Schools, Books and Supplies,
2500 00
Schoolhouses ($4000 for improvement on John Dove School), 6000 00
Sewer Department, Maintenance,
1500 00
Sewer Department, Sinking Funds, 3000 00
Snow, 1000 00
Soldiers' Relief,
1000 00
Spring Grove Cemetery, and receipts from sale of lots,
700 00
State Aid,
2250 00
State Tax, · I2000 00
Sidewalks ($750 to be spent under Betterment Act), 1500 00
Street Lighting,
5500 00
Town Officers,
6500 00
Town House,
1600 00
Tree Warden,
3500 00
Water Department, Construction,
1500 00
Water Department, Maintenance,
8200 00
Water Department, Sinking Funds,
750 00
Amount carried forward,
$167150 00
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Amount brought forward,
$167150 00
Redemption of old Tax Notes, 5000 00 Repairs in Square, 900 00
200 00
Fire Alarm in Haverhill Street, Fire Alarm on South Main Street,
300 00
Highway Repairs on Salem Street,
2000 00
Total appropriations,
$175550 00
Took up Article 4.
Voted, at 2.30 P. M., To set apart as a public park and play- ground and place the same under the control of the Board of Park Commissioners, the land conveyed by John N. Cole et als. to the Inhabitants of Andover, by deed dated March 10th, 1910, and recorded in the Essex North District Registry of Deeds Book 287, Page 591.
Took up Article 5.
Voted, at 2.45 P.M., To accept the Report of the Committee on By-Laws with the following corrections : Article 2, Section 4, second and third lines the words "cause to be distributed " changed to " prepare for distribution." Article 5, Section 8, fourth line, the word "drawn" changed to "propelled." Article 7, Section I, tenth line, the word " three " changed to " two."
Took up Article 6.
Voted, at 2.55 P.M., To lay on the table.
Took up Article 7.
Voted, at 2.57 P.M., To lay on the table. Voted, To take up Article 12.
Voted, at 3.00 P.M., To change the name of Railroad Street to Lupine Road.
Took up Article 13. Voted, at 3.12 P.M., To indefinitely postpone. Voted, To take Article 6 from the table.
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Voted, at 3.15 P.M., That by virtue and in pursuance of Chapter 363 of the Acts of 1908, and for the purposes mentioned in Section 5 of Chapter 439 of the Acts of 1887, the town treasurer is hereby authorized to issue the bonds of the town in the aggre- gate principal amount of $2000.00 to be dated September Ist, 19II, and payable $1000.00 thereof. on the first day of September in each of the years 1912 to 1931 inclusive, bearing interest at a rate not exceeding four per cent per annum payable semi- annually, March Ist and September Ist. The said bonds shall be denominated on the face thereof "Andover Water Loan " Act of 1908, shall be signed by the Board of Public Works and countersigned by the Town Treasurer and be in such form and contain such statements not inconsistent with this vote, as the Town Treasurer may determine. The vote stood, Affirmative 188, Negative o.
Voted, to take Article 7 from the table.
Voted, at 3.18 P.M., To rescind that part of the vote of May II, 1908, relating to a two per cent income requirement on the cost of water extension, also that authority be given to the Board of Public Works to make extensions to the Water System at their discretion with the funds at their disposal.
Took up Articles 8, 9, 10, II.
Voted, at 3.36 P.M., To refer the matter of these articles to the Board of Public Works.
Took up Article 14.
Voted, at 3.37 P.M., To leave the matter to the Highway Surveyor.
Took up Article 15.
Voted, at 3.38 P.M., To refer the matter to the Street Light- ing Committee.
Took up Article 16.
Voted, at 3.39 P.M., To refer the matter to the Street Lighting Committee.
Took up Article 17.
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Voted, at 3.40 P.M., To refer the matter to the Board of Fire Engineers.
Took up Article 18.
Voted, at 3.41 P.M., To refer the matter to the Board of Rire Engineers.
Took up Article 19.
Voted, at 3.42 P.M., To accept the provisions of Sections 2 and 3, Chapter 104 of the Revised Laws.
Took up Article 20.
Voted, at 3.52 P.M., To appropriate $2000 for repairs on Salem Street from C. C. Blunt's south as far as the appropriation will permit.
Voted, at 3.54 P.M., To reconsider Article 17.
Voted, at 3.56 P.M., To appropriate not over $200 to establish a fire alarm box on Haverhill Street at a point in the vicinity of the properties of John Warwick and George Mander or thereabouts.
Voted,. at 3.57 P.M., To reconsider Article 18.
Voted, at 3.58 P.M., To appropriate not over $300 to establish a fire alarm box at the corner of Main Street and Rocky Hill Road.
Took up Article 21, 4.00 P.M.
Voted, That the taxes be collected by the Collector, interest to be charged at the rate of six per cent per annum on all taxes unpaid after November Ist, and that he receive three-fourths of one per cent on all moneys collected.
Voted, That all unexpended balances be turned into the treasury.
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