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e. All flights of stairs between two floors shall have a smoke- stop built between the stringers and properly constructed.
f. A space of at least one inch shall be left between all woodwork and the chimneys, also around all hot-air and steam pipes; these spaces around chimneys and pipes where they pass through the floors shall be stopped with metal or other fireproof material, smoke tight. Steam pipes shall have metal sleeves and collars one-half inch larger in diameter than the pipe.
g. All channels and pockets for gas, water and soil pipes shall be made smoke-tight at each floor.
h. The space around all metal or brick ventilating ducts shall be fire-stopped at each floor with a metal or fireproof material as ap- proved by the Inspector.
i. Where a building is occupied above the first floor for tenements or a lodging-house, and the lower story is occupied for stores and other purposes not connected with the upper floors, the stairways leading to such upper floors shall be enclosed with brick walls or wooden partitions; said partitions shall be covered with metallic lath and plaster or other fireproof material.
ELECTRIC WIRING
SECTION 37. All 'electric wiring hereafter installed, or renewing hereafter done, and all repairs hereafter made to the extent of such repairs shall conform to the specifications now accepted by the National Board of Fire Underwriters and shall be subject to the approval of the Inspector of Buildings.
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HEATING
SECTION 38. a. An apparatus for heating shall be so installed as not to be dangerous. Any woodwork, wooden lath partitions or ceilings within four feet of the sides or back of any furnace, boiler or other heating apparatus, or six feet from the front shall be covered with metal to a height of at least four feet above the floor.
b. No furnace or range set in masonry shall hereafter be placed or its location changed in any building without a permit from the Inspector of Buildings, who shall prescribe such regulations for the setting thereof as in his judgment the public safety may require.
c. The top of every heating furnace or steam boiler or smoke pipe shall be kept at least one foot below the lowest part of the ceiling or floor next above it, and such protective covering shall be placed on such ceiling as the Inspector may require. No furnace or boiler shall be set upon a wooden floor, and no boiler shall be placed or maintained under any public way.
d. All rooms containing a furnace or boiler or other heating appa- ratus having a grate area of more than ten square feet shall be sepa- rated from all parts of the building by masonry partitions at least eight inches thick and ceilings of metal lath and plaster. The openings in partitions shall be fitted with approved self-closing fire doors.
e. No horizontal hot-air pipe leading from a furnace shall be less than six inches from any woodwork unless the woodwork be covered with loose-fitting tin or the pipe be covered with approved protective material.
f. No pipes for conveying hot air shall be placed nearer than two inches to any woodwork unless protected to the satisfaction of the Inspector by suitable guards or casings of incombustible materials.
g. No wooden flue or duct of any description shall be used for heating or ventilating purposes except that wooden air-ducts may be used to convey cold air to heating furnaces, all woodwork of the same to be at least three feet from the outside of the firebox of said furnace.
h. Hot-air register boxes in the floors or partitions of all buildings shall be set in soapstone or equally fireproof borders not less than two inches in width, shall be made of tin plate, and shall have double pipes and boxes properly fitted to the stone borders.
i. There shall be one register without valves or louvres in every furnace installation.
j. No steam or hot-air pipe shall be placed within one inch of any woodwork, and no such pipe shall pass through any wood stud or sheathed partition unless protected by a suitable thimble approved by the Inspector of Building
LIGHT AND VENTILATION
SECTION 39. In every tenement house, dwelling or place where people are employed, hereafter erected, every room shall have at least one window opening directly upon the street or upon the yard, or court, an outer or inner, except that kitchenettes, pantries, water- closet compartments and bath-rooms may have such windows opening upon a light-well. All windows shall be so located as to properly
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light all parts of such rooms. No light-well shall be less than three feet in its least dimension nor less in area than twelve square feet for one story, and must be increased six square feet in area for each additional story, and the walls of such light-well shall be constructed of incombustible material.
SHAFTS AND COURTS
SECTION 40. In every tenement house hereafter erected there shall be, at the bottom of every shaft and court, a door giving sufficient access to such shaft or court to enable it to be properly cleaned.
WINDOWS IN ROOM
SECTION 41. In every tenement house hereafter erected the total window area in each room, including water-closet compartments and bath-rooms, shall be at least one-eighth of the floor area of the room. The above window measurements shall be taken between the stop- beads.
SIZE OF ROOMS
SECTION 42. In every tenement house hereafter erected there shall be in each apartment at least one room containing not less than one hundred and forty square feet of floor area. Each room shall be in every part not less than eight feet high from the finished floor to the finished ceiling, except that an attic room need be seven feet six inches high in but one-half of its floor area.
PRIVACY
SECTION 43. In every apartment in any tenement house hereafter erected, access to every living-room and bedroom and to at least one water-closet shall be had without passing through any bedroom.
CHIMNEYS AND FIREPLACES
SECTION 44. In every tenement house hereafter erected, there shall be at least one adequate chimney running through every floor with an open fireplace or grate or place for a stove, properly connected with said chimney, for every apartment.
PUBLIC HALLS
SECTION 45. In every tenement house hereafter erected, every public hall shall have at least one window, of the dimensions specified for rooms in this by-law, at each story, opening directly upon the street or upon a vard. Any part of a public hall which is shut off from any other part of said hall by a door shall be deemed a separate hall within the meaning of this section.
STAIRWAYS
SECTION 46. Every tenement house hereafter erected shall have two separate stairways leading from each apartment to the ground, access to these stairways being at two points as far apart as possible.
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REPAPERING
SECTION 47. No wallpaper or kalsomine or other wash shall be placed upon any wall or ceiling or other portion of any tenement house unless all old paper, kalsomine or wash shall first be removed therefrom and said wall or other portion of building thoroughly cleaned.
ACCESS TO FLAT ROOFS
SECTION 48. Every building over two stories high and having a flat roof shall have permanent access to the roof, from the inside of the building, through an opening at least two feet by three feet, with fixed step-ladder or stair. Such opening shall have direct access from a public corridor or a stair hall and shall not be equipped with a lock.
ROOF HOUSES
SECTION 49. No roof houses shall be constructed on any building above the highest level permitted for the roof, except over stairs, tanks, elevators and elevator machinery, and such houses shall be no larger than is necessary to serve properly their purpose, and as approved.
PARAPETS
SECTION 50. No part of any parapet on a roof shall be more than six feet above the highest level permitted for the roof.
SKYLIGHT
SECTION 51. All skylights on roofs of buildings shall be metal and glass, and shall not be at any point higher than six feet above the highest level permitted for the roof except with special approval. Skylights not glazed with wire glass shall be protected with wire screens when required by the Inspector of Buildings.
BAYS, BALCONIES, PORCHES, CORNICES AND OTHER PROJECTIONS
SECTION 52. No parts of a building other than those mentioned in this division, shall project over any street, square or other public way.
Cornices may project a distance equal to one-twentieth of the , . width of the public way; provided, however, that in no case shall they in any part project more than three feet.
Window caps and sills, string courses and other projections may project one quarter of the projection allowed for a cornice of the wall on which they occur.
Rain-water leaders and conductors shall not project more than seven inches.
Signs and marquises shall be allowed, if approved by the Board of Selectmen.
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ROOF WATER
SECTION 53. No roof shall be so arranged as to discharge water, ice or snow upon a public way or adjoining property.
EXCEPTIONS
SECTION 54. Temporary buildings may be erected for the use of builders within the limits of the lots whereon buildings are in course of erection, or on adjoining vacant lots, and other temporary struc- tures including platforms, stands, election booths, and tents may be erected upon permits issued by the Inspector and may be maintained for the period of time stated in the permit. No observation stand shall be constructed or maintained except in accordance with plans approved by the Inspector.
BILLBOARDS
SECTION 55. No billboards or signboards shall be erected or placed upon any building or structure or the roof thereof or upon the ground, unless the same be safely supported and securely fastened thereto in a manner satisfactory to the Building In- spector.
ICEHOUSES
SECTION 56. Buildings to be used exclusively for the storage of ice may be erected in isolated localities and constructed of such materials and under such conditions as the Inspector may prescribe.
FIRE LIMITS
SECTION 57. Fire limits are established as follows:
Beginning at a point on the westerly side of Main Street on the southerly side of Stimson's Bridge, and running thence westerly along the southerly side of the Shawsheen River to a point 150 feet westerly from the westerly side of Main Street, thence southerly on a line parallel with and distant 150 feet westerly from the westerly side of Main Street to a point 150 feet from Stevens Street, thence westerly and southwesterly on a line parallel with and distant 150 feet northerly from the northerly line of Stevens Street, to land of Abbie Smith; thence southerly by the easterly boundary line of said Smith's land to Stevens Street, thence westerly by Stevens Street, to its intersection with Shawsheen Road; thence southeasterly by Shawsheen Road to a point 400 feet northwesterly from the northerly ( side of Cuba Street, thence southwesterly at a right angle with Shaw- sheen Road 100 feet, to a point; thence southeasterly on a line parallel with, and distant 100 feet from the southerly side of Shaw- sheen Road to a point 150 feet from Cuba Street, thence southwesterly and southerly on a line parallel with, and distant 150 feet westerly from the westerly side of Cuba Street to Red Spring Road, thence northeasterly by Red Spring Road to Essex Street, thence easterly by Essex Street to the east side of Shawsheen River; thence southerly along the easterly side of said river to a point distant 100 feet from Essex Street, thence easterly on a line parallel with, and distant
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100 feet southerly from the southerly line of Essex Street to the base line of the Boston & Maine Railroad, right of way; thence southerly by said base line to a point in the prolongation of the northerly side of School Street, thence southeasterly by School Street to Central Street, thence southerly by Central Street, to a point distant 150 feet from School Street, thence southeasterly on a line parallel with and distant 150 feet westerly from the westerly side of School Street to Abbot Street, thence easterly by Abbot Street to School Street, thence southeasterly by School Street to Main Street, thence north- erly by Main Street to Wheeler Street, thence easterly by Wheeler Street to Bartlet Street, thence easterly on a line in the prolongation of the northerly side of Wheeler Street, to a point 150 feet distant from Bartlet Street, thence northerly on a line parallel with, and distant 150 feet easterly from the easterly line of Bartlet Street to the southerly line of land of the Town of Andover occupied by the Public Schools, thence westerly by the southerly line of said town's land to Bartlet Street, thence northerly by Bartlet Street to Whittier Street, thence easterly by the Southerly line of Whittier Street to an angle. Thence easterly on a line with the southerly line of Whit- tier Street, produced to a point distant 150 feet from Whittier Street, thence northerly on a line parallel with and distant 150 feet easterly from the easterly line of Whittier Street to Elm Street, thence westerly by Elm Street, to a point distant 150 feet from Wolcott Avenue, thence northerly on a line parallel with and distant 150 feet easterly from the easterly line of Wolcott Avenue to Walnut Avenue, thence by Walnut Avenue, to the dividing line between land of Parmenas W. Partridge and land formerly of John H. Flint, thence northerly and westerly following the easterly and northerly boundary line of said Flint's land to High Street, at a point adjoining Carmel Woods, thence southerly by High Street to Harding Street, thence westerly by Harding Street, to a point distant 200 feet from Main Street, thence northerly on a line parallel with, and distant 200 feet easterly from the easterly line of Main Street, to the Shawsheen River, thence westerly by the Shawsheen River to the point of beginning.
ROOFING MATERIALS
SECTION 58. The roof of every building hereafter erected or recovered in whole or in part within the fire limits herein established, and the top of every wood cornice, the top and sides of every dormer window and every other projection from such roof, shall be covered with fire-resisting material.
Fire-resisting material specified above, shall include slate, tile, asbestos, cement, tar and gravel, plastic slate, copper, tin, heavy asphalt-felt shingles of which the exposed surface is composed of slate chips or gravel, and such other incombustible material as may be approved in writing by the Inspector of Buildings.
This section shall apply to the roof of any tenement house hereafter erected or recovered in whole or in part wherever located.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the use of wood shingles in repairing any roof now covered with wood shingles,
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provided that the area so repaired shall not exceed one quarter of the total shingled area of the roof and provided the building is not altered in height or otherwise generally reconstructed.
ENFORCEMENT
SECTION 59. The chief of police upon the application of the Building Inspector shall cause complaint to be made before the proper court for any violation of any provision of this by law.
The Board of Selectmen upon the application of the Inspector of Buildings may institute proceedings to enforce this by-law and to enjoin the erection, continuance or occupation of any building in violation of their provisions of this by-law.
PENALTY
SECTION 60. Whoever violates any provision of this by-law shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars for each offense to be paid into the treasury of the town of Andover.
WHEN TAKES EFFECT
SECTION 61. This by-law shall go into effect the first day of April, A. D. 1917.
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TOWN OF ANDOVER
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
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D
PORATED MAY
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MASS
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FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31, 1917
ANDOVER, MASS. THE ANDOVER PRESS 1918
CONTENTS
Almshouse Expenses 64
Liabilities 91
Personal Property at
68
Memorial Day 51
Relief out of
68
Memorial Hall
52, 128
Repairs on
66
Librarian's Report 133
Superintendent's Report
69
Miscellaneous 61
Aiding Mothers
67
Moth Superintendent's Report 83
Animal Inspector
84
New High School
30
Appropriations, 1917
16
Art Gallery
149
Notes Paid
55
Assessors' Report
71
Overseers of the Poor 63
Assets
91
Auditors' Report
100
Printing and Stationery
43
Board of Health 41, 72
Punchard Free School, Report of
Board of Public Works
Appendix
Trustees
125
Sewer Sinking Funds 52
Retirement of Veterans 60
Water Sinking Funds 52
Schedule of Town Property 85
Schools 23
Brush Fires 38
Selectmen's Report 23
Collector's Account
89
Soldiers' Relief
67
Cornell Fund
99
Spring Grove Cemetery 48. 80
County Tax
53
State Aid 67
Dog Tax
53
State Tax 53
Dump, Care of
60
Street Lighting 51
Fire Department
36,76
Summary Collector's Cash Acct. 90
Fire Alarm Box
38
Town House 34
Finance Committee
101
Town Meeting 6
G. A. R. Post, 99
52
Town Officers 4,32
Hay Scales 50
Town Warrant 121
High School Building Report
107
Treasurer's Account 91
Insurance
50
Tree Warden 47
Interest on Notes and Funds 56
Report of 82
Moth Suppression 44
Notes Given
54
Police 39,78
Bonds, Redemption of 59
TOWN OFFICERS, 1917
Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor
HARRY M. EAMES, Chairman
Term expires 1920
CHARLES BOWMAN
1918
WALTER S. DONALD, Secretary
1919
Town Clerk GEORGE A. HIGGINS
Tax Collector
JOHN W. BELL
Town Treasurer GEORGE A. HIGGINS
School Committee
EVERETT C. HILTON
Term expires
1918
HENRY A. BODWELL
1918
JOHN C. ANGUS
1918
MARY B. SMITH
1919
FREDERIC G. MOORE
66
1919
PHILIP F. RIPLEY
66
66
1919
ALFRED E. STEARNS
66
1920
GEORGE A. CHRISTIE
1920
EDWARD C. CONROY
66
1920
Superintendent of Schools HENRY C. SANBORN
Board of Public Works and Sinking Fund Commission
Term expires
1920
WILLIS B. HODGKINS
1918
ANDREW McTERNEN
1918
BARNETT ROGERS
1919
CHARLES B. BALDWIN
66
1919
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THOMAS E. RHODES
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Superintendent of Water, Sewer Department, Highways and Parks FRANK L. COLE
Engineers of Fire Department CHARLES S. BUCHAN, Chief WALTER I. MORSE, Clerk JOHN A. RILEY
Board of Health
FRANKLIN H. STACEY
Terni expires 1918
CHARLES E. ABBOTT, M.D.
1919
BANCROFT T. HAYNES
66
1920
Chief of Police FRANK M. SMITH
Constables
GEORGE W. MEARS
Term expires 1918
FRANK M. SMITH
1918
THOMAS F. DAILEY
66
1918
Trustees of Memorial Hall Library
NATHAN C. HAMBLIN
Term expires
1921
GEORGE F. SMITH
1922
ALFRED E. STEARNS
66
1923
BURTON S. FLAGG
1924
E. KENDALL JENKINS
1918
REV. WILLIAM H. RYDER
1919
FREDERIC S. BOUTWELL
66
66
1920
Trustees of Punchard Free School - Terms expire 1919 SAMUEL H. BOUTWELL HARRY H. NOYES
MYRON E. GUTTERSON HARRY M. EAMES FRANK T. CARLTON
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Auditors JOHN S. ROBERTSON WALTER H. COLEMAN NESBIT G. GLEASON
Trustees of Cornell Fund
DR. WILLIAM D. WALKER
Term expires
1918
1919
ALLAN SIMPSON JOHN C. ANGUS
1920
Superintendent of Moth Department JOHN H. PLAYDON
Tree Warden JCHN H. PLAYDON
Moderator of Town Meetings ALFRED L. RIPLEY
Registrars of Voters 1
CHARLES W. CLARK
JOHN F. HURLEY
PATRICK J. SCOTT GEORGE A. HIGGINS, Clerk
Trustees of Spring Grove Cemetery
FELIX G. HAYNES
DANIEL H. POOR
WALTER I. MORSE
WARREN L. JOHNSON
GEORGE D. MILLETT
JOHN W. BELL
* Deceased
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TOWN MEETING
Annual Town Meeting March 5, 1917
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.
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 Li- brary, Memorial Day, Post 99, G.A.R., Miscellaneous, Parks and
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Playsteads, Printing and Stationery, Public Dump, Retirement of Veterans, Redemption of Water, Sewer, High School, and Andover Loan Act Bonds, Schools, Sewer Maintenance, Sewer Sinking Funds, Soldiers' Relief, Spring Grove Cemetery, State Aid, Street Lighting, Town Officers, Town House, Tree Warden, Moth Department, Water Maintenance, Construction and Sink- ing 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 bylaws 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
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drain of the playstead during the winter months in order to form 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.
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Article 16-To see if the town will vote to place an electric light on this side of the residence of David Cunningham on 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.
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