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2174 30
Street sprinkling
1637 04
Moth work
. 1344 90
Interest
68 80
Collected taxes
$137318 21
Collected Bay State St. R. R. Excise Tax
2174 30
Collected street sprinkling
1637 04
Collected moth work
1344 90
Collected interest
68 80
Abated
268 38
Uncollected
24066 78
$166878 41 $166878 41
SUMMARY COLLECTOR'S CASH ACCOUNT AMOUNT COLLECTED AND PAID TO TOWN TREASURER
Taxes
Excise Tax
Moth Work
Street Sprinkling
Interest
Total
1913
$ 525 20
3 50
$ 91 28
$ 619 98
1914
6265 09
86 66
45 73
574 91
6972 39
1915
16698 09
225 20
170 46
518 73
17612 48
1916
137318 21
2174 30
1344 90
1637 04
68 80
142543 25
$160806 59
$2174 30
$1660 26
$1853 23 $1253 72
$167748 10
JOHN W. BELL Collector of Taxes
TREASURER'S REPORT
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Liabilities
Water Bonds, 4% (10000 due 1917)
$122000 00
Water Bonds, 31/2% (3000 due 1917)
50000 00
Sewer Bonds, 4% (5000 due 1917)
110000 00
And'r Loan Bonds, 4% (5000 due 1917) 20000 00
High School Loan, 4% (5000 due 1917)
100000 00
-$402000 00
Assets
Cash, General Fund
$16755 27
Cash, Water Department
5026 59
Cash, Sewer Department
1
2960 15
Cash, High School Loan
69907 63
Cash, Water Bond Premium
50 78
Cash, Sewer Bond Premium
151 16
Cash, Sewer Assessments
6504 50
$101356 08
Uncollected Taxes
$ 36816 21
Street Sprinkling
388 67
Moth Work
545 32
37750 20
Commonwealth, State Aid
$ 1141 74
Commonwealth, Pauper Account
125 80
Cities and Towns, Pauper Account
405 47
Cities and Towns, Mothers' Aid
206 00
Sewer Assessments
11341 28
Unpaid Water Rates of January 1
6518 95
Sinking Funds
53570 33
73309 57
Balance against Town
189584 15
$402000 00
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GEORGE A. HIGGINS, Treas., in
DR.
Balance, Jan. 1, 1916, General Fund
$ 21774 28
Balance, Jan. 1, 1916, Water Department
1543 21
Balance, Jan. 1, 1916, Sewer Department 15410 33
Commonwealth, Corporation Tax
18538 82
Commonwealth, Bank Tax 5148 38
Commonwealth, St. Railway Tax
1420 46
Commonwealth, State Aid
1394 00
Commonwealth, School Tuition
432 00
Commonwealth, Industrial School
30 82
Commonwealth, Temporary Aid
155 48
Commonwealth, Pauper Account
3 00
Commonwealth, Mothers' Aid
132 00
Commonwealth, Highway Com., Moth work
51 65
Commonwealth, Highway Com., Lowell Street
2266 66
Commonwealth, Soldiers' Exemption Refund
67 71
Essex County, Lowell Street
2295 04
Essex County, Dog Tax
596 44
Essex County, killing dogs
35 00
Andover Nat'l Bank, Notes
80000 00
John W. Bell, Collector, Taxes
160806 59
John W. Bell, Interest on Taxes
1253 72
John W. Bell, Collector, St. Ry. Excise Tax
2174 30
John W. Bell, Collector, Street Sprinkling
1853 23
John W. Bell, Collector, Moth Work
1660 26
John W. Bell, Collector, Interest on Deposits
140 72
Water Rates
23496 87
Water Dept., Service Pipe
1582 06
Water Dept., Refund Boston & Maine R. R.
1 09
C. J. Stone, Trial Justice, Fines
89 80
Lawrence House of Correction, Fines.
50 00
Almshouse, F. A. Swanton, Supt.
843 50
Spring Grove Cemetery, Sale of Lots
545 80
Town Hall Rents
441 00
School Dept., Tuition and Supplies
986 04
Amount carried forward
$347220 26
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account with the Town of Andover
CR.
Orders paid
Schools
$ 47495 49
Highway Department
37938 17
North Main Street Sidewalk
4366 55
Lowell Street
6885 31
Park Department
1481 76
Street Lighting
6164 25
Police
4587 19
Fire Department
10697 45
Brush Fires
371 71
Printing and Stationery
1030 23
Insurance
2881 46
Miscellaneous
783 88
Town House
1901 69
Town Officers
6522 25
Spring Grove Cemetery
1533 94
Board of Health
1230 02
Moth Work
4763 96
Tree Warden
188 90
Public Dump
75 00
Hay Scales
106 02
Interest on Notes and Bonds
13536 80
Memorial Day
350 00
Special G.A.R. Appropriation
100 00
Memorial Hall Library
1800 00
Memorial Hall Library, Dog Tax
596 44
Almshouse Expenses
5029 92
Almshouse Repairs
406 45
Relief out of Almshouse
4429 16
Soldiers' Relief
739 84
State Aid
1141 74
Mothers' Aid
804 00
Retirement of Veterans
300 00
Redemption 11 Water Bonds
11000 00
Amount carried forward
$181239 58
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GEORGE A. HIGGINS, Treas., in
DR.
Amount brought forward
$347220 26
Cities and Towns, Pauper Account
542 05
Cities and Towns, Mothers' Aid
136 00
Hay Scales
79 35
Smart & Flagg, Agents, Insurance Dividends 196 46
Use of Fire Dept. Horses, Various Departments 1012 66
Fire Dept., Sale of Chemicals and Supplies
141 50
Highway Dept., Labor and Supplies
1695 37
Phillips Academy, Street Lighting 230 00
W. C. Crowley, Sealer's Fees 55 22
Board of Health, Slaughter Licenses
4 00
Board of Health, Garbage Licenses
16 50
Hawkers' and Pedlers' Licenses
78 00
F. H. Stacey, Milk Licenses
11 50
G. A. Higgins, Town Clerk Fees
100 00
Liquor Licenses
3 00
Fireworks Licenses
1 50
Independent Ice Co., Adv. Hearing
1 50
J. H. Playdon, Tree Warden
1 50
J. H. Playdon, Moth Supplies
54 04
Ballardvale Stores, Rent
150 00
Andover Nat'l Bank, Interest on Deposits
1194 84
Andover Nat'l Bank, Interest on High School Loan
433 54
Sewer Dept., House Connections
2399 70
Sewer Dept., Assessments and Interest
9276 13
Sewer Department, Bonds 201-215
15000 00
Sewer Dept., Premium on Bonds
154 50
Sewer Dept., Interest on Bonds
26 66
Water Bonds, 341-350
10000 00
Water Bonds, Premium
103 00
Water Bonds, Interest
17 78
High School Bonds
100000 00
High School Bonds, Premium
2272 00
High School Bonds, Interest
11 11
North Main Street, Sidewalk
2883 80
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Police Dept., Services
63 00
Sewer Dept., Premium for Redemption of Bonds
494 33
Total Receipts
$496060 80
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account with the Town of Andover
CR. -
Amount brought forward
$181239 58
Redemption. 5 Andover Loan Act Bonds
5000 00
Redemption 5 A. V. Sewer Bonds
5000 00
Water Department
20995 95
Old Colony Trust Co., Certification Water Bonds
70 00
Sewer Department
30010 88
Old Colony Trust Co., Certification Sewer Bonds
30 00
Sewer Dept., Premium for Redemption of Bonds
494 33
Sewer Sinking Funds
1000 00
Water Sinking Funds
750 00
W. B. Hodgkins, Treas. Sinking Fund, Sewer Assessments
2771 63
Sewer House Connections, Refund
121 58
Commonwealth, State Tax
16560 00
Commonwealth, Bank Tax
1503 85
Commonwealth, State Highway Tax
1973 44
County Tax
14374 46
New High School
32809 02
Andover National Bank Notes
80000 00
Total Expenditure
$394704 72
Balance on hand, Jan. 1, 1917
General Fund
16755 27
High School Loan
69907 63
Water Department
5026 59
Sewer Department
2960 15
Abbott Village Sewer Assessmets
6504 50
Water Bond Premium
50 78
Sewer Bond Premium
151 16
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$496060 80
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Richardson Fund-Frye Village School
DR.
Balance, January 1, 1916 Andover Savings Bank, Interest
$1123 52 45 36
$1168 88
CR.
Deposit, Andover Savings Bank 1168 88
1168 88
Draper Fund
DR.
Balance, January 1, 1916
1122 67
Andover Savings Bank, Deposit 45 34
1168 01
CR.
Emily F. Carleton 1 00
Deposit, Andover Savings Bank
1167 01
1168 01
Edward Taylor Fund
DR.
Balance, January 1, 1916
229 35
Andover Savings Bank, Interest 9 24
238 59
CR.
Deposit, Andover Savings Bank
238 59
238 59
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Varnum Lincoln Spelling Match
DR.
Balance, January 1, 1916
$521 24 20 24
Andover Savings Bank, Interest
541 48
CR.
J. F. Allison, Superintendent of Schools
20 00
Deposit, Andover Savings Bank 521 48
541 48
Isaac E. Giddings Burial Ground Fund
DR.
Balance, January 1, 1916
1000 00
Andover Savings Bank, Interest
40 40
1040 40
CR.
F. L. Brigham, Treas. South Cemetery
40 40
Deposit, Andover Savings Bank 1000 00
1040 40
Cemetery Funds
DR. 1
Balance, January 1, 1916
15752 40
Interest, Andover Savings Bank
656 46
Deposits for Perpetual Care
1350 00
Andover National Bank Stock
200 00
Andover National Bank Dividends
12 00
18022 86
CR.
Paid for Care of Lots
629 00
Deposits, Andover Savings Bank .
17137 86
Andover National Bank Stock
200 00
Cash
56 00
18022 86
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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 has on deposit in Andover National Bank and cash on hand:
General Fund High School Fund
$31448 45
69907 63
$101356 08
NESBIT G. GLEASON JOHN S. ROBERTSON WALTER H. COLEMAN
Auditors
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RECOMMENDATIONS OF FINANCE COMMITTEE
The following is a list of appropriations recommended by the Finance Committee for 1917.
Almshouse expenses
$ 4500 00
Almshouse repairs
250 00
Relief out of Almshouse
4300 00
Aiding Mothers with Dependent Children
500 00
Board of Health
2000 00
Brush Fires
800 00
Fire Department, running expenses and new hose
9200 00
Hay Scales
125 00
Highway Department, sidewalks, snow
28000 00
(Also St. Railway Tax and Street Sprinkling)
Insurance
1900 00
Insurance (Workmen's Compensation)
1600 00
Interest
17000 00
Memorial Hall Library
1800 00
Memorial Day
350 00
Post 99, G.A.R.
100 00
Miscellaneous
2000 00
Parks and Playsteads
1500 00
Police
5000 00
Printing and Stationery
1200 00
Public Dump
75 00
Retirement of Veterans, Acts 1912
300 00
Redemption of Water Bonds
12949 22
Redemption Punchard School Bonds
2861 89
Redemption Andover Loan Act Bonds Schools
52500 00
Sewer Department Maintenance
2500 00
Amount carried forward
5000 00
$158311 11
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Amount brought forward
$158311 11 1
Sewer Department Sinking Fund
1000 00
Soldiers' Relief
900 00
Spring Grove Cemetery (And receipts from sale of lots)
2500 00
State Aid
1300 00
Street Lighting
6500 00
Town Officers
6700 00
Town House
2000 00
Tree Warden, Gypsy and Browntail Moth Dept.
3500 00
Water Department
Maintenance
11000 00
Construction
1500 00
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Sinking Fund
750 00
Total
$195961 11
The Finance Committee is also required to make recom- mendations to the voters in regard to all articles in the Town Warrant involving the expenditure of money. The committee, therefore, makes the following recommendations :-
Article 4. Approved.
Article 5. Recommended that the town appropriate $2500.00 provided the State and County each appropriate a like sum.
Article 6. Approved.
Article 8. Not approved.
Article 9. Not approved.
Article ยท 10. Approved.
Article 11. Not approved.
Article 12. Not approved.
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Article 13. Not approved.
Article 14. Approved, the appropriation of $200 recommended.
Article 15. Approved.
Article 16. Referred to Lighting Committee.
Article 17. Referred to Lighting Committee.
HARRY M. EAMES GEORGE ABBOT
HENRY W. BARNARD
SAMUEL H. BOUTWELL
CHESTER W. HOLLAND
JOHN H. CAMPION WALTER M. LAMONT
BARNETT ROGERS JOHN C. ANGUS
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 you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town who are qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet and assemble at the Town House, in said Andover, on Monday, the fifth day of March, 1917, at 6 o'clock A.M., to act on the following articles:
Article 1 .- 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, three members of the School Committee for three years, one member of the Board of Public Works for three years, one member of the Board of Health for three years, three Auditors of Accounts for one year, three Constables for one year, one Trustee of Memorial Hall Library for seven years, one Trustee of Memorial Hall Library for four years, one Trustee of Memorial Hall Library for two years, one Tree Warden for one year, one Trustee of Cornell Fund for three years, one Trustee of Spring Grove Cemetery for two years to fill vacancy, Fence Viewers, Pound Keeper, and any other officers the town may determine to choose.
Article 2 .- To take action on the following question, Shall Licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?
Article 3 .- To determine what sums of money shall be appro- priated for Almshouse Expenses, Repairs on Almshouse, Relief out of Almshouse, Aiding Mothers with Dependent Children, Board of Health, Brush Fires, Fire Department, Hay Scales, Highway Department, Insurance, Interest, Memorial Hall
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Library, Memorial Day, Post 99, G.A.R., Miscellaneous, Parks and Playsteads, Police, Printing and Stationery, Public Dump, Retirement of Veterans, Redemption of Water, Sewer, High School, and Andover Loan Act Bonds, Schools, Sewer Mainten- ance, Sewer Sinking Funds, Soldiers' Relief, Spring Grove Cemetery, State Aid, Street Lighting, Town Officers, Town House, Tree Warden, Moth Department, Water Maintenance, Construction and Sinking Funds, and other town charges and expenses.
Article 4 .- To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $10,000 and authorize the High School Building Com- mittee to expend the same to build a passageway between the old and new Punchard buildings and to make further improve- ments on the old Punchard building and to provide additional equipment, upon recommendation of the High School Building Committee.
Article 5 .- To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money not exceeding $5000.00 to continue the macadam on Lowell Street; the same to equal an amount which the State and County will severally appropriate, together with the unexpended appropriation of 1916, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Article 6 .- To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $3000 for additions to the filter beds as ordered by the State Board of Health, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Article 7 .- To hear and act upon the report of the Committee on Building Laws and to pass any by-laws on that subject.
Article 8 .- To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to establish a service for the removal of ashes and garbage from dwellings, stores, etc., in the central section of the town, partial payment for such service to be secured by a reasonable assessment upon owners of property benefited, and the balance to be paid by the town, and to appropriate $1500 therefor.
Article 9 .- To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Public Works to construct a gate to close the underground drain of the playstead during the winter months in order to form
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a skating-pond and appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars for the same, upon petition of W. E. Lombard and others.
Article 10 .- To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $2000 for the purpose of installing an electric engine in the pumping station on Bancroft Road, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Article 11 .- To see if the town will appropriate a sum not exceeding $4000 for the purpose of building a concrete bridge across the Shawsheen River on Central Street, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Article 12 .- To see if the town will vote to extend the Water System from its present terminal on Lowell Street a distance of 5600 feet to Brown Street, then 3900 feet on Brown Street, on petition of Charles W. Livingston and others, and appropriate $11,500 for same.
Article 13 .- To see if the town will install water-pipes in Chandler Road from the hydrant now located in Chandler Road opposite the Kasabian Farm, in a general northwesterly direction along Chandler Road to the Railroad bridge, and also to install water-pipes from the junction of Beacon Street and Chandler Road in a general northeasterly direction to the Keating place and to appropriate a sum of money therefor.
Article 14 .- To see if the town will vote to establish a fire alarm box on Main Street, at a point between the properties of the Tyer Rubber Company and Dionisio Michelini, or there- abouts, on petition of Dionisio Michelini and others, and appro- priate a sum of money therefor.
Article 15 .- To see if the town will vote to extend the sewer on Summer Street from Pine Street to a point 1400 feet distant, and appropriate the sum of $3000, the same to be expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works and to assess better- ments upon the estates benefited by the said extension, on petition of the Board of Health.
Article 16 .- To see if the town will vote to place an electric light on this side of the residence of David Cunningham on
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Shawsheen Road and appropriate a sum of money therefor, on petition of David Cunningham and others.
Article 17 .- To see if the town will vote to place an electric light in front of Indian Ridge School on Cuba Street and appro- priate a sum of money therefor, on petition of James A. Nolan and others.
Article 18 .- To see if the town will vote to accept the pro- vision of Section 37, Chapter 19, of the revised laws, in so far as it relates to the regular and permanent Police force of the Town of Andover.
Article 19 .- To see if the town will vote to amend its by-laws by inserting under Article 4 thereof the following section to be numbered 12.
(12) The selectmen may license suitable persons as junk collectors, to collect by purchase or otherwise, junk, old metals, and second-hand articles from place to place in the town of Andover. Said licenses shall be granted on or before the first day of May in each and every year. No license as a junk collector shall be issued to a person who is not a citizen of the United States. Licenses for the collection of junk may be issued as aforesaid to persons who do not reside within the Town of Andover, but the number of such non-resident licenses shall not exceed one to every two thousand of the population as ascertained by the next preceding official census. The fee for licenses for the collection of junk shall be as follows :---
Resident collectors $ 5.00
Non-resident collectors $25.00
Article 20 .- To fix the pay of the firemen for the ensuing year.
Article 21 .- To determine the method of collecting the taxes for the ensuing year.
Article 22 .- To authorize the Town Treasurer to hire money for the use of the town in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year, with the approval of the Selectmen.
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Article 23 .- To determine what disposition shall be made of unexpended appropriations.
Article 24 .- To act upon the report of the Town officers.
Article 25 .- To determine the amount of money to be raised by taxation the ensuing year.
Article 26 .- To transact any other business that may legally come before the meeting.
The polls will be open at 6 o'clock A.M., and may be closed at 2 o'clock.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting attested copies and publication thereof seven days at least before the time of said meeting, as directed by the By-laws of the town.
Hereof fail not and make return of this Warrant with your doings thereon at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands this nineteenth day of February, A.D. 1917.
HARRY M. EAMES WALTER S. DONALD CHARLES BOWMAN
Selectmen of Andover
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REPORT OF STREET LIGHTING COMMITTEE
For the Year Ending Decmber 31, 1916
To the Citizens of the Town of Andover.
When your committe was authorized at the March Town Meeting to enter into a new contract with the Lawrence Gas Company, on the expiration of the three-year contract then in force, which would expire by limitation on March 31st, and on being granted this authority, was especially instructed to use its best efforts towards prevailing upon the Gas Company to put its wires underground through Andover Square, little did any member of the committee, and surely no one of our citizens, realize the task which was to be undertaken.
A meeting was held on March 15th, when the entire situation was discussed, and at the invitation of the Committee a repre- sentative of the Gas Company was present at the meeting, which followed on March 23rd.
Mr. C. J. R. Humphreys, vice-president and agent of the Lawrence Gas Company, was quite willing to extend for a period of three years the contract then in effect, without demanding an increase in rates, as might have been expected in view of the increased costs in production, but absolutely refused to yield to the demands of the Committee that all wires owned or controlled by the Gas Company between the Memorial Hall and Chestnut Street be put underground, and, further, that the poles support- ing these wires be removed. The chief objections raised by Mr. Humphreys may be summed up as follows :-
1st. The two most hideous poles, and consequently most offensive, the one near the Memorial Hall and the one near Mr. Campion's store, were owned by the New England Tele- phone and Telegraph Company.
2nd. The elimination of poles in Andover Square would mean the dis-arrangement of the Fire Alarm System, causing the town much annoyance and expense.
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3rd. The excessive cost of material, particularly wire, due to the very great advance in the price of copper and spelter, made the cost of installation prohibitive. This cost was first estimated by Mr. Humphreys to be $10,000.00, but after a careful survey we were informed that the demands of the Committee could not be met without the expenditure of at least $20,000.00.
Meeting after meeting, together with much correspondence, followed, and as the weeks lengthened into months it seemed as if the deadlock would never be broken.
Mr. Humphreys, always courteous and ready to consider any proposition, gave much time and thought to our demands. On the other hand, the Committee were by no means idle. It was pointed out to Mr. Humphreys that property owners using electricity had had two voluntary reductions in the price of current during the past six years - first from 14 cents to 13 cents, and recently from 13 cents to 12 cents - or approximately 14%, whereas the town during this period had received con- cessions amounting to less then 1%. In reply Mr. Humphreys pointed out that the Gas Company had heretofore met the demands of the Committee without question, extending its lines in many directions to outlying districts at much expense, and had received little in return for this outlay ; had greatly improved its service and was now giving the town without additional expense incandescent lamps of sixty candlepower, in place of the twenty-five candlepower lamps, which were considered satisfactory some years ago.
While these statements could not be denied, it was learned on good authority that the present sixty candlepower lamp takes considerably less energy, and consequently little, if any, more expense to maintain that the twenty-five candlepower carbon lamp formerly used.
In the matter of putting the wires underground, however, the Committee could get little or no encouragement from any source whatever. The officials of the Edison Company, when interviewed, stated that practically all underground work had been stopped on account of the high cost of material.
Two members of our committee met by appointment Chairman Weed of the Gas and Electric Light Commission, but could get
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no help from this source, as the Commission exercises no jurisdiction over uuderground construction, and it was suggested that we appeal to the Legislature. An investigation, however, satisfied us that this would be fruitless, as we were informed that a bill presented earlier in the year for certain underground work in the city of Lawrence had been killed in the Committee without so much as being debated in the House.
Finally, the Committee arranged with an expert to investigate, and report on the cost of underground construction in the section referred to, and while the figures submitted were con- siderably lower than those given us by Mr. Humphreys, the Committee came to the conclusion that it was an inopportune time to demand the elimination of all poles, and the burying of all wires in Andover Square which were owned or controlled by the Lawrence Gas Company.
While these negotiations were in progress much had been said about better lighting in Andover Square, for when the stores are closed the three arc lamps give very little light to the area which they are intended to cover, and in consequence complaints have been many.
It was therefore decided that if a contract could ever be agreed upon. the same should include fifteen or sixteen incan- descents of 250 candlepower each, which Mr. Humphreys had agreed to furnish at a cost of $43.00 each per year, to be placed in the Square at points fixed upon by the Committee. In order to bring this within the appropriation Mr. Humphreys volun- tarily agreed to reduce the price of incandescents lamps (273) from $16.00 to $15.00 per year.
The Committee then insisted that these high-powered lamps be mounted on attractive poles, fitted to receive underground wires, with no cross arms, and that all wires leading to and from these poles be put underground. This brought about another deadlock, which lasted until late in August. The Committee, however, felt that the stand taken by them was consistent, and that if it was ever necessary to bring the matter before a special town meeting they would have the support of the citizens, for if it was the desire to put underground the wires now extending through the Square, surely the people of Andover would never
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allow fifteen or sixteen additional poles to be erected, with wires carrying high-powered current strung along both sides of Main Street, and around the Square.
In justice to Mr. Humphreys it should be said that in his desire to meet the views of the Committee he prevailed upon his associates to grant these concessions, and at a meeting held on August 30th the negotiations were finally concluded. The request of Mr. Humphreys that a five-year contract be drawn up was granted, and was subsequently signed; the same dating from April 1st, 1916.
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