Town annual report of Andover 1910-1914, Part 25

Author: Andover (Mass.)
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 892


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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 appro- priated 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 Expenses, Repairs on Almshouse, Relief out of Almshouse, Soldiers' Relief, State Aid, State Tax, County Tax, Interest on Bonds, Funds and Notes, Redemption of Water Bonds and Schoolhouse Bonds, Printing and Stationery, Mis- cellaneous, Memorial Day, Insurance, Spring Grove Cemetery, Park Commissioners, Hay Scales, Tree Warden, Moth Work, Public Dump, Memorial Hall Library, and other town charges and expenses.


Article 4 .- To see if the town will vote to authorize the issue of serial bonds to an amount not exceeding forty thousand dollars for the purpose of renewing or refunding certain indebtedness of the town, on petition of the Board of Selectmen.


Article 5 .- To see if the town will vote to establish a Branch of Memorial Hall Library in Ballardvale and appropriate a sum of money therefor, to be expended under the direction of the Trustees of Memorial Hall, on the petition of Daniel H. Poor and others.


Article 6 .- To see if the town will appropriate the sum of twenty-five ($25) dollars to make any necessary repairs on the markers placed upon Revolutionary soldiers' graves.


Article 7 .- To see if the town will vote to discontinue about 150 feet of Prospect Hill Road in front of the house of William H. Higgins, the same to be replaced by a new piece of road running by the rear of the house, the change to be made at the expense of Mr. Higgins and to the satisfaction of the Highway Surveyor, on petition of William H. Higgins and others


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Article 8 .- To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money sufficient to paint and make necessary repairs on the old schoolhouse in Ballard Vale, on petition of William Shaw and others.


Article 9 .- To see if the town will vote to lay out, accept, and make passable a street commencing at the southerly end of High Street, Ballard Vale, at a point near the Catholic Church and running in a southerly direction to a point on River Street, Ballard Vale, south of land owned by William F. Quinn of Beverly, Mass .; in all a distance of about one-eighth of a mile more or less, on petition of Chas. W. Richardson and others.


Article 10 .- To see if the town will vote to continue the repairs on Salem Street and appropriate the sum of two thousand (2000) dollars therefor, on petition of John B. Jenkins and others.


Article II .- To see if the town will vote to macadam that part of Andover Street between Abbott bridge on the B. & M. R. R., and residence of T. A. Matthews in Ballard Vale, and appropriate the sum of three thousand dollars therefor, on petition of Joseph T. Lovejoy and others.


Article 12 .- To see if the town will authorize the Board of Fire Engineers to sell the J. P. Bradlee fire engine and the old hand tub, the proceeds to be turned into the Town Treasury, on petition of the Board of Engineers.


Article 13 .- To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to purchase the strip of land on the northwesterly side of Haggett's Pond, now owned by the Boston Ice Co., payment of same, if purchased, to be taken from the water receipts, on petition of the Board of Public Works.


Article 14 .- To see if the town will vote to extend the water from the residence of Horace E. Dyer to the residence of Samuel Thomes (about 1400 ft.), on petition of H. E. Dyer and others.


Article 15 .- To see if the town will vote to establish and maintain electric lights between Ballard Vale Road and Carter's Corner, on petition of Henry E. Gould and others.


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Article 16 .- To see if the town will vote to establish and maintain three electric lights on Holt Street, one opposite Geo. A. Stewart's, one at the junction of Holt Road and Bancroft Road, one at the junction of Holt and Stinson Streets, on petition of George Dumont and others.


Article 17 .- To see if the town will appropriate money for an electric light opposite Abbott Village schoolhouse, on petition of James A. Eaton and others.


Article 18 .- To see if the town will appropriate a certain sum of money for the extension of its water system from Andover Street down Woburn Street to the residence of Fred Tousignant, on petition of Thomas Brear and others.


Article 19 .- To see if the town will vote to change the name of the road leading east from Main Street near the residence of Ellsworth Pierce, from "D'Arcy " to " Converse Road," on petition of Ellsworth Pierce and others.


Article 20 .- To see if the town will appropriate the sum of seven thousand (7000) dollars for the purchase of a Combination Chemical Truck, operating and maintaining the same, on petition of the Board of Fire Engineers.


Article 21 .- To see if the town will instruct the Board of Public Works to consider the advisability of the extension of the Sewer System to Abbott and Marland Villages, together with an estimated cost of the same, and report at the next annual town meeting or a special meeting called therefor.


Article 22 .- To fix the pay of the firemen for the ensuing year.


Article 23 .- To determine the method of collecting the taxes for the ensuing year.


Article 24 .- 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.


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Article 25 .- To determine what disposition shall be made of unexpended appropriations.


Article 26 .- To act upon the report of the Town Officers.


Article 27 .- To determine the amount of money to be raised by taxation the ensuing year.


Article 28 .- 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 twentieth day of February in the year one thousand nine hundred and twelve.


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


ESSEX SS.


ANDOVER, MARCH 4, 1912


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 attested copy of the same on the Town House, on each schoolhouse 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.


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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 4, 1912


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 fourth day of March, 1912, 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 the close of polls it registered 1063, having failed to work correctly. The polls were opened at 6 A.M.


Whole number of votes cast 1067, and 2 female votes for School. Committee only.


The result of the voting was as follows :


MODERATOR,-I year :


Harry Ramsdell


789


John N. Cole


I


Archie Blatchford I


John Dugan I


Dennis McCarthy


I


Blanks 274


TOWN CLERK-I year :


George A. Higgins


846


Wm. Dougherty


I


John Scofield 2 Blanks 218


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TOWN TREASURER,-I year :


George A. Higgins


813


S. Shattuck I


John N. Cole I Martin Dougherty I John Bell I Blanks 250


SELECTMEN-3 years :


Samuel H. Bailey


413


Charles Bowman 422


191


Felix G. Haynes Blanks 41


ASSESSOR-3 years :


Samuel H. Bailey


393


Charles Bowman


400 .


Felix G. Haynes·


I86


Blanks 88


COLLECTOR OF TAXES-I year :


John W. Bell


803


John N. Cole


I


Blanks


263


· SCHOOL COMMITTEE -- 3 years :


Henry A. Bodwell


632


Ira Buxton


279


Ralph W. Coleman


329


Bartlett H. Hayes


500


Charles G. Willard


464


Jas. Oldroyd


16


H. Provo


2


Paul Haber


I


Blanks


984


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BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SINKING FUND COMMISSION-3 years :


775 Andrew McTernen Bartlett Hayes I F. M. Smith I Blanks 290


PARK COMMISSIONER-3 years :


Colver J. Stone


723


J. F. Cole I


Blanks 343


HIGHWAY SURVEYOR-I year :


Joseph S. Chambers


203


William T. Rea


170


Frank M. Smith 418


232 John Traynor Blanks 14


BOARD OF HEALTH-3 years :


John A. Leitch


716


Joseph F. Cole


I


John A. Daly I Blanks 349


AUDITORS OF ACCOUNTS-I year :


Walter H. Coleman


686


Nesbit G. Gleason


673


John S. Robertson


757


Albert Meyers


I


Blanks


1084


CONSTABLES-I year :


John H. Clinton


802


George W. Mears


665


Llewellyn D. Pomeroy


695


John N. Cole


I


James Napier


I


Frank Goodwin


I


Blanks 1036


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TRUSTEE OF MEMORIAL HALL LIBRARY-7 years : John Alden Henry Provo Blanks


738


I


328


TREE WARDEN-I year


John H. Playdon 725


Walter Holden I


W. L. Johnson I


J. A. Collins I


Owen Caffrey I Blanks 338


Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxi- cating liquors in this town?


Yes 299


No 57I


Blanks 197


All the foregoing officers were chosen by ballot, the check list being used.


The Moderator declared-


Harry A. Ramsdell elected Moderator for one year.


George A. Higgins elected Town Clerk for one year. George A. Higgins elected Treasurer for one year.


Charles Bowman elected Selectman for three years.


Charles Bowman elected Assessor for three years. John W. Bell elected Collector of Taxes for one year. Henry A. Bodwell elected School Committee for three years. Bartlett H. Hayes elected School Committee for three years. Charles G. Willard elected School Committee for three years.


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Andrew McTernen elected Board of Public Works and Sinking Fund Commission for three years.


Colver J. Stone elected Park Commissioner for three years. Frank M. Smith elected Highway Surveyor for one year. John A. Leitch 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.


John Alden elected Trustee Memorial Hall Library for seven years.


John H. Playdon elected Tree Warden for one year.


Chose Trustee of Cornell Fund-Frank E. Gleason, for three years.


Chose Spring Grove Cemetery Committee for three years- John L. Smith, George W. Foster, Felix G. Haynes, Oliver W. Vennard, George D. Millett, John W. Bell, Daniel H. Poor.


Chose Surveyors of Lumber for one year-Frank E. Gleason, William H. Carter.


Chose Fire Wards for one year-George D. Ward, Allan Simpson.


Chose Pound Keeper for one year-Superintendent of Alms- house, and


Voted, That Town Barn and Barnyard be the pound.


Chose Street Lighting Committee for one year-Barnett Rogers, Walter H. Coleman, Colver J. Stone, John V. Holt, Henry J. Gardner.


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Took up Article 3.


Voted, To appropriate the following stated sums of money :


Almshouse Expenses,


$ 4000 00 300 00


Repairs on Almshouse,


Relief out of Almshouse,


4000 00


County Tax,


I2000 00


Board of Health,


800 00


Fire Department, running expenses, purchase of new hose and necessary repairs,


5000 00


Hay Scales, 75 00


Highways and Bridges,


4000 00


Also amount received from Street Springling,


use of town teams and Street Railway Tax.


The Highway Department received from these sources during the year 1911 :


Street Railway Franchise Tax


$2236 92


Street Railway Excise Tax 1272 54


Street Sprinkling I221 22


Earnings of Highway Dept. 1638 00


$6368 68


Macadam,


3000 00


Horses and Drivers,


5200 00


Insurance,


800 00


Interest,


13000 00


Memorial Hall Library, including repairs on walk,


2500 00


Memorial Day,


300 00


Miscellaneous,


2500 00


Playstead,


1000 00


Park Commissioner ($250 to be expended on Ballard Vale Park),


1000 00


Police,


3000 00


Printing and Stationery,


1250 00


Public Dump,


75 00


Redemption of Water Bonds,


10000 00


Amount carried forward, $73800 00


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Amount brought forward,


$73800 00


Redemption of Schoolhouse Bonds,


4000 00 35000 00


Schools, Maintenance,


Schools, Books and Supplies,


2500 00


Schoolhouses,


4000 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,


2000 00


State Tax,


I2000 00


Sidewalks ($250 to be spent under Betterment Act),


1500 00


Street Lighting,


5800 00


Town Officers,


6700 00


Town Hall,


1600 00


Tree Warden,


3500 00


Water Department, Construction,


1500 00


Water Department, Maintenance,


8200 00


Water Department, Sinking Funds,


750 00


Redemption of old Tax Notes,


3000 00


Repairs in Square, unexpended balance of last year,


597 57


Revolutionary Soldiers' Graves,


25 00


Painting and Repairing old Schoolhouse B. V.,


400 00


Highway, Repairs on Salem Street,


2000 00


Macadam on Andover Street, 3000 00


Purchase of Chemical Truck and Maintenance of same,


7000 00


Total,


$186072 57


Took up Article 4.


Voted, at 3.30 P.M., That by virtue and in pursuance of Chapter 137 of the Acts of 1912 and for the purposes mentioned therein the Town Treasurer is hereby authorized to issue serial bonds of the town to an amount not exceeding forty thousand dollars, to be dated November 1, 1912, and payable five thousand dollars thereof on the first day of November of each year


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following until the same are redeemed, bearing interest not exceeding four per cent per annum, payable semi-annually May Ist and November Ist. The said bonds shall be denominated on the face thereof, Andover Loan, Act of 1912, shall be signed by the Treasurer of the town and approved by the Selectmen and contain such statements not inconsistent with this vote as the Town Treasurer may determine. Affirmative 194, Nega- tive o.


Took up Article 5.


Voted, at 3.44 P.M., To refer the matter to the Trustees of the Memorial Hall Library.


Took up Article 6.


Voted,. at 3.45 P.M., To appropriate the sum of twenty-five ($25) dollars to make any necessary repairs on the markers placed upon Revolutionary soldiers' graves.


Took up Article 7.


Voted, at 3.50 P.M., To lay on the table.


Took up Article 8.


Voted, at 3.45 P.M., To appropriate the sum of four hundred ($400) dollars to paint and make necessary repairs on the Old Schoolhouse in Ballard Vale.


Took up Article 9.


Voted, at 4.12 P.M., To lay on the table.


Took up Article 10.


Voted, at 4.13 P.M., To continue the repairs on Salem Street and to appropriate the sum of two thousand ($2000) dollars therefor.


Took up Article II.


Voted, at 4.15 P.M., To macadam that part of Andover Street between Abbott Bridge on the Boston and Maine Railroad and residence of T. A. Matthews in Ballard Vale, and to appropriate the sum of three thousand ($3000) dollars therefor.


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Took up Article 12.


Voted, at 4.22 P.M., To authorize the Board of Fire Engineers to sell the J. P. Bradlee fire engine and the old hand tub, the proceeds to be turned into the Town Treasury.


Took up Article 13.


Voted, at 4.35 P.M., To authorize the Board of Public Works to purchase the strip of land on the northwesterly side of Haggett's Pond, now owned by the Boston Ice Co., payment of same, if purchased, to be taken from the Water Receipts.


Took up Article 14.


Voted, at 4.36 P.M., To refer the matter to the Board of Public Works.


Took up Article 15.


Voted, at 4.38 P.M., To refer the mater to the Street Lighting Committee.


Took up Article 16.


Voted, at 4.39 P.M., To refer the matter to the Street Lighting Committee.


Took up Article 17.


Voted, at 4.40 P.M., To refer the matter to the Street Lighting Committee.


Took up Article 18.


Voted, at 4.4I P.M., To refer the matter to the Board of Public Works.


Took up Article 19.


Voted, at 4.45 P.M., To lay on the table.


Took up Article 20.


Voted, at 5.01 P.M., To appropriate the sum of seven thousand ($7000) for the purchase of a Combination Chemical Truck, operating and maintaining the same.


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Took up Article 21.


Voted, at 5.02 P.M., To instruct the Board of Public Works to consider the advisability of the extension of the Sewer System to Abbott and Marland Villages, together with an estimated cost of the same, and report at the next annual town meeting or a special meeting called therefor.


Took up Article 22.


Voted, at 5.03 P.M., That the pay of the firemen be the same as last year, $50.00 per year.


Took up Article 23.


Voted, at 5.04 P.M., 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.


Took up Article 24.


Voted, at 5.05 P.M., That the Town Treasurer, with the ap- proval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the taxes of the municipal year beginning March 4, 1912, to an amount not ex- ceeding in the aggregate $120,000 and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year, any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the taxes of said municipal year.


Took up Article 25.


Voted, at 5.06 P.M., That all unexpended balances be turned into the treasury.


Took up Article 26.


Voted, at 5.07 P.M., To accept the report of the Town Officers.


Took up Article 27.


Voted, at 5.08 P.M., That the sum of one hundred seventeen thousand five hundred ($117500) dollars be raised by taxation the ensuing year.


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Took up Article 28.


Voted, at 5.09 P.M., That the names and locations of streets and by-ways be embodied in the next Annual Town Report.


Voted, in connection with Town House appropriation under Article 3, that the Selectmen be authorized to prepare plans and estimates of proposed changes and report at a future meeting.


Voted, That the meeting be dissolved at 5.25 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 : GEORGE A. HIGGINS, Town Clerk


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SELECTMEN'S REPORT


SCHOOLS


Appropriation, March 4, 1912,


$35000 00


Received from tuition,


689 95


Received from tickets,


174 59


Transferred from School Houses,


854 29


Transferred from Books and Supplies,


37 42


$36756 25


George M. Bemis, Superintendent,


$1941 61


Nathan C. Hamblin, teaching,


II57 IO


Eugene V. Lovely, teaching,


985 92


Harriet A. Foss, teaching,


865 65


Elizabeth M. Loftus, teaching,


647 88


James H. Morss, teaching,


953 42


Grace Hill, teaching,


661 98


Jennie H. Luce, teaching,


202 64


C. Alice Manning, teaching,


106 65


Edith A. Hiller, teaching,


144 74


Ruby J. Kenty, teaching,


202 64


Caroline J. Burtt, teaching,


267 83


Mabel A. Ward, teaching,


560 14


Carolyn A. Dean, teaching,


569 35


Annie M. Downes, teaching,


833 15


Joanna P. Simmons, teaching,


360 54


Amount carried forward,


$10461 24


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$36756 25


Appropriation and Receipts,


$10461 24


Amount brought forward, Katherine T. Hannon, teaching,


569 35


Margaret S. Hoyt, teaching,


569 35


Eva A. Libby, teaching,


569 35


Lucy A. Allen, teaching,


569 35


Florence I. Abbott, teaching,


569 35


Adèle H. Duval, teaching,


611 06


Florance M. Prevost, teaching,


611 06


Sarah A. Hill, teaching,


190 79


Etta M. Dodge, teaching,


731 3I


Eleanor N. Irving, teaching,


347 38


Eliza V. Coburn, teaching,


203 03


Mary J. Moriarty, teaching,


193 42


Iva M. Fletcher, teaching,


325 00


Lena M. Clark, teaching,


569 35


Frances Hobbs, teaching,


493 42


Clara A. Putnam, teaching,


833 15


Cynthia E. Flint, teaching,


543 89


Cecilia A. Derrah, teaching,


502 64


Ruby S. Copeland, teaching,


569 35


Carrie R. French, teaching,


527 64


Helen W. Battles, teaching,


687 42


Emma L. Ward, teaching,


534 57


Emily F. Carleton, teaching,


620 23


Bernice B. Abbott, teaching,


184 21


Grace Pennock, teaching,


184 21


Annie A. Shirley, teaching,


357 50


Violet A. Oates, teaching,


518 42


Mabelle E. Longley, teaching,


518 42


Margaret C. Kimball, teaching,


399 87


Ella S. Morrill, teaching,


40 00


Helen K. Hardy, teaching,


65 00


Ruth B. Mitchell, teaching,


184 21


Helen J. Brown, teaching,


338 94


Gertrude Sauer, teaching,


518 42


Amount brought forward,


$257II 90


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$36756 25


Appropriation and Receipts,


Amount brought forward, William F. Eastwood, teaching,


$2571I 90


227 50


Winfield W. Lunt, teaching, Henry L. Stone, teaching,


325 00


Mary M. Prescott, teaching,


325 00


Elsie A. Marsden, teaching,


57 50


William E. Lombard, teaching,


7 50


Mrs. J. H. Morss, teaching,


92 50


Alice L. Prescott, teaching,


15 00


Margaret M. Sullivan, teaching,


2 50


Alice S. Coutts, teaching,


23 75


Ethel M. Eaton, teaching,


7 50


Mrs. Farnum, teaching,


20 00


Harriet Gardner, teaching,


25 00


Dorothy N. Prescott, teaching,


25 00


$27013 02


Ethel M. Eaton, clerk,


354 75


Annie McIntosh, matron,


246 00


James A. Eaton, janitor,


300 00


Herbert Clarke, janitor,


175 00


James McGhie, janitor,


125 00


George Cobb, janitor,


48 00


John Crowley, janitor,


72 00


Granville K. Cutler, janitor,


6 24


Lewis E. Edwards, janitor,


18 75


Charles A. Hardy, janitor,


74 97


Alfred Melanson, janitor,


24 00


William McEwan, janitor,


144 00


Caroline Spickler, janitor,


72 00


Herbert L. White, janitor,


1139 84


Wright's Express,


52 07


W. H. Gibson, laundry work,


15 48


Fred H. Shattuck, teaming,


2 50


Bay State R. R., transportation,


600 00


Amount carried forward,


$30483 62


25


147 37


$36756 25


Appropriation and Receipts, Amount brought forward,


$30483 62 3 00


Albany Supply Co., supplies,


N. E. Telephone Co.,


76 14


Buxton & Coleman, supplies,


6 30


Alvah Wright, transportation,


570 00


Charles M. Newton, transportation,


456 00


Clara A. Putnam, tickets for school children,


129 24


George M. Bemis, sundries,


33 09


T. A. Holt Co., supplies, 122 73


T. F. Morrissey, horse hire,


154 50


Talbot Chemical Co., supplies,


7 25


Andover Press, printing and supplies,


342 63


Robert Hutcheson, supplies,


84


A. M. Wood, lumber,


2 70


Henry C. Doughty, supplies,


64 75


Nathan R. Bailey, wood,


II 50


Cross Coal Co., coal,


2434 67


Smith & Manning, supplies,


I 29


Georgia Shepard, carbon paper,


2 00


Ira B. Hill, horse hire,


6 75


Valpey Bros., supplies,


2 06


H. F. Chase, supplies,


5 00


Poor & Riley, supplies,


7 45


Benjamin Jaques, wood,


23 75


Pyrene & Co., supplies,


126 00


Lawrence Gas Co., lighting,


I43 5I


Neostyle Co., supplies,


22 50


John Crowley,


2 00


James J. Abbott, wood,


15 00


P. J. Daly, wood,


22 00


C. J. Way, wood,


3 50


Walter I. Morse, supplies,


68 66


Hardy & Cole, lumber,


105 85


C. F. Emerson, teaming,


13 30


Amount carried forward,


$35469 58


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Appropriation and Receipts,


$36756 25


Amount brought forward,


$35469 58


Scott Paper Co., supplies, 33 12


Somerville Brush Co., brushes,


18 90


Doherty's Express,


50


Boston & Maine Railroad, transportation,


479 98


James Napier, truant officer,


91 79


Alex Dick, labor,


60


J. P. West, supplies,


I 72


J. P. Wakefield, supplies,


08


Lord & Co., tuning pianos,


7 50


Lord & Co., piano,


125 00


Essex County, training school,


52 00


W. D. Walker, M.D., school physician,


190 00


West Disinfection Co., supplies,


43 50


James S. Flint, wood, 12 25


O. P. Chase, supplies, 12 40


Remington Typewriter Co., supplies,


2 00


J. E. Whiting, cleaning clocks, 4.75


Wright & Potter, supplies,


9 00


Fred M. Smith, wood,


6 75


Hugh Malcolm, sawing wood,


3 00


H. W. Johns Co., supplies,


5 25


Walter Goss, tuning piano,


2 00


H. M. Meserve & Co., supplies,


95


M. J. Brennan, supplies,


88


Buchan & Francis, supplies,


23 17


West Parish Cemetery Dept., wood,


22 00


H. J. Dallman Co., supplies,


I 50


Frank H. Hardy, agent, brushes,


30 35


Charlotte A. Baker, wood,


10 00


J. H. Campion, supplies,


9 91


American Express Co.,


3 89


W. H. Pearce & Son, repairs,


3 30


People's Ice Co., ice,


3 20


Amount carried forward,


$36680 82


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$36756 25


Appropriation and Receipts, Amount brought forward,


$36680 82 57


S. E. Riley, supplies,


G. C. Cannon, diplomas,


3 75


Albert W. Lowe, supplies,


I 75


W. S. Holt & Son, supplies,


3 00


Joanna Simmons, school tickets,


1 00


James Saunders, use of piano,


3 00


C. L. Chase & Son, supplies,


33 05


James A. Eaton, wood,


I 50


G. F. Gurney & Co., supplies,


6 40


Warren L. Johnson, plants,


4 50


Anderson & Bowman, repairs,


25


Boston Iron Works, supplies,


5 00


Total expenditure,


$36744 59


Balance unexpended,


II 66


$36756 25 $36756 25


28


.


SCHOOLHOUSES


Appropriation, March 4, 1912, Miscellaneous Receipts,


$4000 00


7 34


Transferred from Books and Supplies,


100 00


$4107 34


Buchan & Francis, supplies,


$ 32 00


Allen F. Abbott, repairs,


752 48


Treat Hardware Co., supplies,


42


Walter I. Morse, supplies,


2 61


D. Donovan & Son, painting,


228 10


H. S. Wright & Co., repairs,




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