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HIGHWAYS AND PARKS
To the Board of Public Works.
GENTLEMEN :- I herewith submit the fifth annual report of the Highway Department for the year ending December 31, 1917.
The first work of the year was the snow of January 3rd, and from then to March 2nd we tried to keep the snow removed and the sidewalks sanded. On April 1st we started a few men on cleaning gutters. This work lasted about three weeks.
Ashes were used this year on Highland Road; also on Burnham Road, Chestnut Street, High Street, Railroad Street, Washington Avenue, River Road, Webster Street, and Abbot Street.
After the gutters were cleaned we started a few small repairs, such as replacing old, broken-down culverts with new corrugated pipe. While this work was being done there was another gang of men getting out sand, and teams hauling to the different streets, getting ready for the blanketing coat of Tarvia B, which is used now instead of the water-carts. This blanketing all completed, the new work started on June 11th on Chestnut Street, and was completed on July 23rd - 4051 yards of new road being built from Main Street to the brook near the residence of Mr. George Holt, at a cost of $4190.22, or $1.03 per square yard, including curbing, catchbasins, corrugated pipe, labor, etc., or for road construction only 89 cents per square yard.
WHITTIER STREET
We started on July 23rd and finished August 6th - 2975 yards. This was a Tarvia-bound road, and cost $3505.34, or $1.17 per yard for all material used, such as catchbasin, curbing, pipe for drains, etc. For stone, Tarvia, and labor, road work only, a cost of $1.00 per square yard. This connected Chestnut Street with Elm Street by a Tarvia road.
On August 7th we started getting sand again, to blanket that part of Lowell Street that was built in 1915, 1916, which was
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completed, and work started on the 1917 contract for Lowell Street on August 14th, and was completed on October 9th, with 4600 yards more of work done on Lowell Street. This started near the residence of Mr. Granville Cutler at Station 5300. The contract called for work to stop at Station 7200, but we were able to do 300 feet more of 18-foot road than called for, so we stopped at Station 7500, near the last gate of the cemetery. This work was looked after and done by the Massachusetts Highway Com- mission Engineer, Mr. Delano, and your Superintendent. The cost of the job was $7442.51, which was divided equally between State, County and Town. I would say asphalt was used this year instead of Tarvia. This is the first time this kind of material has been used on this road, and while it cost a little more, the wearing of the road will be watched. At the rate we are building this road it will take from six to eight years to finish it, and then, according to reports, the State intends taking it over. I think steps should be taken to have the State take it over at once. While we had only $2500.00 this year on our end of the work, Tewksbury, who has started their end going from Andover line to Lowell, spent about $20,000.00, or $6000.00 to $7000.00 apiece, Town, State, and County building about one mile.
On October 10th work was started near the residence of Mr. Jones on Central Street, and finished at Lupine Road on Novem- ber 10th; there being done 4028 square yards of Tarvia road, at a cost of $4772.36. This included curbing, cutting hill drain, and all work done on road - or $1.18 per yard, while the road work only cost 95 cents per yard.
There were 785 feet of curbing set on the hill, two catchbasins built, and 110 feet of 10-inch drainpipe used.
A small job was done by the Town and State together on Main Street, near the residence of Mr. George Chandler. The cost of this work was $393.61, one-half of which the State paid. This was allowed to remain in a bad condition longer than I wished, but nobody was to blame, as the State held us up on this work for a long period.
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OILING STREETS
There was only one car of oil used this year ; Tarvia B and sand being used now on all good roads.
ASHES
Ashes were used on a great many different streets, as I reported before. They are being used on the back streets a great deal, and I would recommend they be either oiled or have a light coat of Tarvia for a binder. These ashes should be well rolled, wet, and rolled again, and then they will last for years with a very little attention, if blanketed with some material for a binder. The ashes on Webster Street and the River Road were not rolled this year, because the roller was caught in the early winter on Abbot Street and could not get up there, but it is my intention to send the roller there the first thing this spring, as well as more ashes.
SIDEWALKS AND CURBING
Work has been done on High Street, resurfacing both sides; also Main Street, Elm Street, Abbot Street, Bartlet Street, Salem Street, Highland Road, and School Street all have had some resurfacing, as well as fifteen driveways, put in so as to make the roadway and sidewalk as nearly equal as possible.
New walks have been built on School Street, near the residence of Mr. George Selden, and in front of Abbot Academy property now occupied by Judge Mahoney. Part of this work was grano- lithic.
A new walk on Whittier Street was done granolithic.
A retaining wall and new walk were built on Highland Road, from William Watson's to the end of the wall by J. N. Cole's - a distance of about 430 feet of 6-foot walk.
New walks were built in Abbott Village district; on Essex Street from railway station to end of street; on east side; on west side, from Brackett's store to Smith & Dove's Hall; on Red Spring Road, from Henderson's to Smith & Dove's last house, top of hill; Cuba Street, a distance of 141 feet; on Shawsheen Road, from end of walk by boarding-house to end of Smith &
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Dove property by Brechin Terrace; on Red Spring Road from river past mill gate to end of dry-shed.
Curbing was set on Central Street, 785 feet; on Red Spring Road, 953 feet; on Essex Street, 886 feet; on Cuba Street, 141 feet; on Shawsheen Road, 282 feet, total 3047 feet, as well as on Chestnut Street corners, where new street was built - Whittier Street as well.
DRAINS
Catchbasins have been added on Chestnut Street, Whittier Street, Central Street, Lowell Street, Abbott Village, as well as pipe laid to carry the water away to its natural courses.
BALLARDVALE
Work done by Mr. John Haggerty in Ballardvale section during 1917 consists of cleaning gutters and catchbasins throughout the village; also scraping and dragging. Laid about 700 feet of cement curbing, built new catchbasins; used two carloads of dust on different sidewalks; also had walks resurfaced and some new work done. Amount spent in Ballardvale district covered by Mr. Haggerty and his men, $2700.00.
PARK DEPARTMENT
Ordinary work, such as care of parks, playsteads, Boulders. etc .; as well as burning leaves in the fall is all the park work this year.
Appropriation March 5, 1917
$1500 00
Expenditure-bills and payrolls 1279 06
Balance 220 94
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HIGHWAY EXPENDITURES, 1917
NAMES
Mainte- nance
Con- struction
Snow
Drains
Side- walks
Lowell Street
Totals
Payrolls
$ 9471. 60
$ 4092 49 $2919 05 $
75 20
35 05
$3431 27 $20024 66
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.
24 44
39 16
5 18
68 78
Boston & Maine
224 65
750 28
3 46
58 17
645 01
1681 57
Buchan & McNally
2 61
13 26
15 87
New England Culvert Co.
52 00
437 68
489 68
Morrison & O'Connell
66 70
17 50
22 40
29 40
136 00
Hanscom Construction Co., bridge
25 00
25 00
Charles Torrey, bridge
13 20
13 20
J. E. Pitman, fences and bridge
379 62
140 69
78 59
598 90
George I .. Gage, pipe.
286 65
286 65
Portland Stoneware Co., pipe
192 93
192 93
M. O'Mahoney Est., pipe
58 50
58 50
Puritan Ironworks, catchbasin covers
262 50
30 00
292 50
Frank E. Dodge
18 85
117 22
15 18
151 25
Philip Hardy
121 27
236. 21
58 25
416 73
Winchester Rock Co.
350 52
1684 50
32 95
1420 59
3488 58
John C. Collins
110 40
1379 94
786 90
2277 26
H. E. Fletcher, curbing
400 42
323 63
1000 00
1724 03
W. F. Duffee & Co., sidewalks and curbing
58 18
5703 33
5761 51
Standard Oil Co.
1186 25
1186 25
Myerscough & Buchan
137 26
149 53
36 98
323 77
Town of Andover, Highway Department
474 83
474 83
Granville Cutler, gravel
42 75
42 75
Dan Barbarian, gravel
24 45
24 45
Arthur O'Hara, gravel
19 68
8 40
28 08
Tyer Rubber Co.
35 04
29 36
64 40
Andover Coal Co., coal
22 65
526 81
Barrett Mfg. Co., tarvia
2934 73
2386 79
Cross Coal Co., coal
40 00
34 00
74 00
Buffalo Steam Roller Co., repairs
33 88
7 65
41 53
Treat Hardware Co.
22 48
7 48
29 96
Anderson & Bowman
103 20
9 30
112 50
Harry Eames
207 84
207 84
Pacific Mills, ashes
2197 25
28 00
2225 25
549 46 5321 52
:
97 50
H. J. Stanchfield
5 00
5 00
Poor & Riley
22 88
7 85
30 73
Arden Farm, wood
9 75
75
John Franklin
94 50
84 00
179 50
Walter I. Morse
21 63
232 33
253 99
Ames Plow Co.
28 90
28 90
W. F. Law, teaming
5 25
5 25
American Express
4 75
1 39
6 14
H. I. Dillon & Co.
16 50
16 50
A. M. Colby
25 55
25 55
Smith & Dove Co.
6 30
6 30
Lawrence Gas Co.
3 21
3 21
Gray & Kendall
21 15
21 15
P. J. Daly
43 75
43 75
Dr. J. F. Winchester
9 00
9 00
Andover Press
14 20
14 20
W. J. Doherty
64 45
64 45
Vacuum Oil Co.
14 88
14 88
Herbert Clark
4 75
4 75
Massachusetts Highway Commission
5 00
5 00
Waterman & Leavitt
62
62
Fred Smith, hay
36 84
36 84
Elmer Conkey, sand
7 65
7 65
T. A. Holt Co., grain and oil
117 40
117 40
J. H. Campion, grain and oil
105 13
105 13
Smith & Manning, grain and oil
71 19
71 19
R. Hardesty
3 15
3 15
Allen F. Abbott, fence
398 80
398 80
Crowley & Co.
2 42
2 42
Merrimac Boiler Works
17 05
17 05
Sam Smith Machine Co.
1 50
1 50
Fire Department
1096 30
1096 30
W. H. Coleman
29 14
29 14
Headly Good Roads Co.
78 34
78 34
Helen Tweedle
5 00
5 00
Standard Oil Co.
97 50
NAMES
Mainte- nance
Con- struction
Snow
Drains
Side- walks
Lowell Street
Totals
Bride Grimes Co.
2 30
2 30
James May
8 40
40
C. A. Hill & Co.
25
25
Frank Hardy, brush
13 50
13 50
Thomas Peters, sand
92 25
92 25
Roy Haynes
5 32
32
Jane Devlin, gravel .
2 55
2 55
Porter Livingston, gravel
in 60
60
Bridget O'Brien, fence
10 00
10 00
Frank L. Cole
: 00
4 00
Shattuck Brothers
2 60
. 60
D. Donovan & Sons
35 20
35 20
Daniel A. Collins
00
1 00
Robert A. Watson
90
6 90
Alden Speare Co., oil
542 10
542 10
O. F. Kress & Son
14 70
14 70
J. H. Richardson, hay
34 27
34 27
Shawmut Chemical Co.
15 00
15 00
Mrs. N. F. Flint, gravel
11 55
11 55
Phillips Academy, ashes
5 25
5 25
$20222 54|$12199 06 $2940 65 $1670 35 $7660 98 $744251
I$52136 09
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Appropriation March 5, 1917
Highway Department
S36500 00
Sprinkling
1876 46
Lowell Street
2500 00
Massachusetts Highway Commission
2480 84
Essex County
2480 84
Credits
2897 61
S48735 75
Overdrawn
3400 34
Total Expenditures
S52136 09
Expenditures
Maintenance
$20222 54
Construction
12199 06
Snow
2940 65
Drains
1670 35
Sidewalks and curbing
7660 98
Lowell Street
7442 51
$52136 09 $52136 09
Overdrawn, shown by Town Treasurer not receiving the Franchise or Excise Tax.
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TOWN OF ANDOVER
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
D
ORATED MAY
6. 1646.
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MAS
TTS
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31, 1918
ANDOVER, MASS. THE ANDOVER PRESS 1919
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CONTENTS
Almshouse Expenses 55
Memorial Hall Library 44, 105
Personal Property at
59
Librarian's Report . . 110
Relief out of
59
Miscellaneous 51
Repairs on
57
Moth Superintendent's Report 69
Superintendent's Report
65
Moth Suppression 39
Aiding Mothers
58
New High School 27
Animal Inspector
70
Notes Given 46
Appropriations, 1918
16
Notes Paid
47
Art Gallery
128
Overseers of the Poor
53
Assessors' Report
61
Old Schoolhouse, Ballardvale 26
Assets
83
Police 35, 64
Auditor's Report
90
Printing and Stationery 38
Board of Health
37,72
Punchard Free School, Report of
Board of Public Works
Appendix
Trustees
100
Sewer Sinking Funds
44
Retirement of Veterans 50
Water Sinking Funds 44
Schedule of Town Property 77
Bonds, Redemption of 49
Schools 22
Brush Fires 34
Selectmen's Report 22
Collector's Account
81
Soldiers' Relief
58
Cornell Fund 71
Spring Grove Cemetery
41, 66
County Tax
45
State Aid
58
Dog Tax
45
State and Highway Tax 45
Dump, Care of
50
Street Lighting 43
82
Finance Committee
91
Town House
29
G. A. R. Post, 99
44
Town Meeting
7
Hay Scales
42
Town Officers
4, 28
Insurance
42
Town Warrant
95
Interest 48
Jury List
103
Treasurer's Report 83
Liabilities
83
Tree Warden
40
Memorial Day 43
Report of 68
Fire Department 31,62
Summary Collector's Cash Acct.
TOWN OFFICERS, 1918
Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor
HARRY M. EAMES, Chairman
Term expires 1920
CHARLES BOWMAN
1921
WALTER S. DONALD, Secretary
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1919
Town Clerk GEORGE A. HIGGINS
Tax Collector *JOHN W. BELL
Town Treasurer GEORGE A. HIGGINS
School Committee
MARY B. SMITH
Term expires 1919
FREDERIC G. MOORE
1919
PHILIP F. RIPLEY
1919
ALFRED E. STEARNS
1920
GEORGE A. CHRISTIE
1920
EDWARD C. CONROY
1920
EVERETT C. HILTON
1921
MARY W. FRENCH
1921
DAVID R. LAWSON
16
1921
Superintendent of Schools HENRY C. SANBORN
Board of Public Works and Sinking Fund Commission
Term expires
1919
CHARLES B. BALDWIN
1919
THOMAS E. RHODES
1920
PHILIP L. HARDY ANDREW McTERNEN
66
1921
66
1921
BARNETT ROGERS
*Deceased
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Superintendent of Water, Sewer Department, Highways and Parks FRANK L. COLE
Engineers of Fire Department WALTER I. MORSE, Chief WALTER H. COLEMAN, Clerk JOHN A. RILEY
Board of Health
FRANKLIN H. STACEY
Term expires 1921
CHARLES E. ABBOTT, M.D.
1919
BANCROFT T. HAYNES
66 1920
Chief of Police FRANK M. SMITH
Constables
GEORGE W. MEARS
Term expires
1919
66
66
1919
FRANK M. SMITH THOMAS F. DAILEY
1919
Trustees of Memorial Hall Library
NATHAN C. HAMBLIN
Term expires
1921
GEORGE F. SMITH
1922
ALFRED E. STEARNS
1923
BURTON S. FLAGG
16
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1924
E. KENDALL JENKINS
1925
REV. FREDERICK A. WILSON
66
66
1919
FREDERIC S. BOUTWELL
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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66
Auditors
JOHN S. ROBERTSON WALTER H. COLEMAN NESBIT G. GLEASON
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Trustees of Cornell Fund
CHARLES N. MARLAND
Term expires 1919
JOHN C. ANGUS DR. WILLIAM D. WALKER .
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1920
66
1921
Superintendent of Moth Department JOHN H. PLAYDON
Tree Warden EDWARD H. BERRY
Moderator of Town Meetings ALFRED L. RIPLEY
Registrars of Voters
CHARLES W. CLARK
JOHN F. HURLEY
PATRICK J. SCOTT GEORGE A. HIGGINS, Clerk
Trustees of Spring Grove Cemetery
WALTER I. MORSE DANIEL H. POOR
GEORGE D. MILLETT WARREN L. JOHNSON
FRED E. CHEEVER *JOHN W. BELL
JOHN W. STARK
*Deceased
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TOWN MEETING
Annual Town Meeting March 4, 1918
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 fourth day of March, 1918, 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, two members 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 Tree Warden for one year, one Trustee of Cornell Fund for three years, one Trustee of Cornell Fund for one year (to fill vacancy), two Trustees of Spring Grove Cemetery for one year (to fill vacancies), 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 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 the sum necessary for same.
Article 5 .- To see if the town will vote to place an electric light on Lincoln Street between Fred McCollum's and James Magee's and appropriate a sum of money therefor, on petition of Arthur O'Hara and others.
Article 6 .- To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $2000 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 see if the town will appropriate the sum of $2500 for the purpose of installing a 5-inch double suction pump, together with a 30-horsepower motor, and accessories, in the Pump Station on Bancroft Road, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Article 8 .- To see if the town will affirm its vote at the annual meeting of 1917, whereby it appropriated $4000 for the con- struction of a two-unit pumping plant within the reservoir circle off Bancroft Road and appropriate an additional sum of $1000 to be added to the unexpended balance of the $4000 appropriated ; also to grant the Board of Public Works a sufficient sum from the Water Bonds, necessary to extend the water-main from the proposed pumping plant to a point near the present pumping plant on Bancroft Road, on petition of T. E. Rhodes and others.
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Article 9 .- To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $2500 for widening Essex Street Bridge over Shawsheen River, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Article 10 .- To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money not exceeding $5000, to continue the macadam on Lowell Street ; the same to equal an amount which the State and County will severally appropriate, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Article 11 .- To see if the town will vote that citizens of the town in the National War Service and those hereafter engaged in the service shall be assessed for, but shall be exempt during the war, from paying a polltax, upon petition of Fred G. Cheney and others.
Article 12 .- To see if the town will grant the use of the Engine House Hall in Ballard Vale to the Ballard Vale Village Im- provement Society, and appropriate a sum of money sufficient to put it in proper condition for use for public gatherings, on petition of William Shaw and others.
Article 13 .- To act on any amendments to the Building Laws passed at the Annual Town Meeting of 1917, which may be offered by the Committee to meet the requirements of the Attorney General.
Article 14 .- To see if the town will vote to amend its By-Laws by inserting under Article 4 thereof sections to be numbered 12, 13 and 14.
Section 12 .- The Selectmen may, as provided by Chapter 102 of the Revised Laws of Massachusetts and amendments thereto, license suitable persons to be- junk collectors, to collect, by purchase or otherwise,. junk, old metals, and second-hand articles from place. to place within the limits of the Town of Andover and may revoke such licenses at pleasure; and any place, vehicle or receptacle used for the collection or keeping of the articles aforesaid may be examined at all times by the Selectmen, or by any person by them authorized so to do.
- Section 13 .- A license for the collection of junk shall not be granted to any person who is not a citizen of the United States unless such person shall have declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States.
Section 14 .- A license shall be granted and issued only to such persons as have resided in the town of Andover for one year next preceding the date of appli- cation.
A license fee of not less than five ($5.00) dollars must be paid to the Town Clerk at the time of making application for such license, and in the event that the license is not granted the Town Clerk shall refund to the applicant the amount deposited.
Article 15 .- To fix the pay of the firemen for the ensuing year.
Article 16 .- To determine the method of collecting the taxes for the ensuing year.
Article 17 .- 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.
Article 18 .- To determine what disposition shall be made of unexpended appropriations.
Article 19 .- To act upon the report of the Town officers. 1
Article 20 .- To determine the amount of money to be raised by taxation the ensuing year.
Article 21 .- 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, P. M.
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.
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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 sixteenth day of February, A. D. 1918.
HARRY M. EAMES WALTER S. DONALD CHARLES BOWMAN Selectmen of Andover
ANDOVER, MARCH 4, 1918
ESSEX, SS.
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, I the subscriber, one of the Constables of the Town of Andover, have notified the inhabitants 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 no less than five other public places, where bills and notices are usually posted, and by publication in the Andover Townsman. Said warrants have been posted and published seven days.
FRANK M. SMITH
Constable
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 4, 1918
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Andover qualified to vote in town affairs convened in the Town House in said Andover on Monday, the fourth day of March, 1918, at six o'clock in the forenoon, agreeably to the requirements of the foregoing warrant, Moderator Alfred L. Ripley presided and after reading a part of the warrant, it was
Voted, To dispense with the further reading of the warrant.
Voted, To take up Articles 1 and 2 together.
Voted, That the polls be closed at 2 o'clock p.m.
Took up Articles 1 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. The polls opened at six o'clock a.m., and closed at two o'clock p.m., as voted. The total number of ballots cast was 1004, sixty- eight (68) of which were female ballots for School Committee only.
The result of the balloting was as follows:
MODERATOR-One year :
Alfred L. Ripley Blanks 1 180
756
TOWN CLERK-One year :
George A. Higgins 724
Blanks 212
TOWN TREASURER-One year :
George A. Higgins 698
Blanks 238
12
1
SELECTMEN-Three years :
Charles Bowman Louis G. Buck Gordon R. Cannon Blanks
639
82
189
26
ASSESSORS-Three years :
Charles Bowman
630
Louis G. Buck
85
Gordon R. Cannon Blanks
30
COLLECTOR OF TAXES-One year :
John W. Bell
738
Blanks
198
SCHOOL COMMITTEE-Three years :
Ralph W. Coleman
398
Mary W. French
475
Everett C. Hilton
449
David R. Lawson
427
Addison B. LeBoutillier
318
Walter H. Thompson
317
Blanks
628
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SINKING FUND COMMISSION-
Three years:
Philip L. Hardy 612
Willis B. Hodgkins
328
Andrew McTernen
591
Blanks 341
. BOARD OF HEALTH-Three years:
Franklin H. Stacey
676
Blanks 260 -
AUDITORS OF ACCOUNTS-One year :
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