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six working hours each day. This car was kept at the garage and has cost for the 5000 miles it has been driven, $222.00, or about 41/2c a mile; this includes the storage, also three new shoes. This cost is without depreciation.
On account of the large number of miles in the Highway Department, it has been and always will be, impossible for the Superintendent to do work everywhere in the same year. But I assure you I will try and attend to the worst places I see first; and of course I am always willing, and want my attention called to any place the taxpayers, or your Board have seen that possibly I may overlook. This year is my first as a Street Superintendent. I think I have learned some things, and am willing and want to learn more, so as to be a benefit to the town.
I would say that the work this summer has been on a motive of branching out; that is, make a start from a point, and work from that. My start was Main Street. Somebody may say, well, Main Street has had enough. It should have enough, because it is the most traveled street in town and the hardest to keep in repair, especially from the Square to Chapel Avenue, because it is so narrow most every vehicle travels in the same spot. From Stimson Bridge to Andover Square was also made new; this was a tarvia-bound road. Park Street was the next, and here we had drains to put in, culverts to take out and pipe new, catchbasins to build, and after these were completed we started from Whittier Street and went to the crossing on Main street with a tarvia-bound road, the cost of which will be shown in a table further on. Essex Street, from the railroad crossing to the Square was also done with a one-coat job of tarvia; a blind drain from Smith & Manning's to the brook, about 3 feet by 3 feet 6 inches, was built, which I am in hopes will keep this street dry in the future. The best test will be when the frost comes out in the spring. Harding Street from the bridge to High Street, was also_treated with a one-coat job of tarvia. This one-coat job means No. 1 stone rolled and tarvia put on only once. The usual way is No. 1 stone, a coat of tarvia, then throw on No. 2, roll well, then a coat of tarvia again and cover with pea stone. This was not done on Essex or Harding Streets, because it was late and I was afraid of the slipping, where now,
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when spring comes, the road will be rough enough to make a good surface, and I don't think it will be slippery with what I use.
The material which was removed from the east side of Main Street was carted, and used from Bartlet Street to the top of the hill, by the residence of Mr. Jerry Leary on Morton Street, making a great improvement on this street. This year the re- maining part of Morton Street should be rebuilt, as well as a drain between Bartlet Street and Main Street.
The material which was taken from Essex Street was carted to Abbott Village on Shawsheen Road to Cuba Street, also on Central Street from School to Chestnut Street; and the material that was not fit for the top of a road was removed to Lupine Road for a bottom, which I covered with ashes, making a fill over the brook of about fifteen inches. There has also been ashes placed on Poor Street, between Main and Corbett Streets which were wet and well rolled. Ashes have been placed in several places around town, and on Hidden Road from Main Street to the barn of Daniel Donovan. These make a very good road where the travel is light. There are many other places where gravel has been placed for a number of feet also. I will give a table later on showing different streets and amount of money spent on same since April 27th. From January 1st to April 27th I find no records showing where the money was spent, only in a lump sum every month.
The road-scraping was stopped early this year on account of the dryness, it being very dusty in the outside districts. The River Road is being repaired in some of the worst places by Mr. Dodge of Hood's Farm, between the Tewkesbury line and Mr. Charles Newton's. This was intended to be all done this year, but the ground froze so early, it will now have to wait until spring.
RESURFACING
This resurfacing cost about 612c per sq. yd, that covering patching, sand, labor, etc .; when resurfacing alone needs to be done 534c to 6c is enough. This resurfacing will not require as much in the future, that is, probably in two years, after these roads have had about two applications of Tarvia B, according
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to other towns where I have inquired; they can then be allowed to skip two or three years. In some cases they have gone five years without even repairs of any kind. A table will show the streets resurfaced and square yards in each street, further on. When the resurfacing is going on, if the teams would only use a side street for twenty-four hours, it would allow the Tarvia B to soak in evenly, otherwise the wheels make ruts, even taking the tarvia and sand off the street, and most always making a mess of wagons as well as the roads.
OILING AND SPRINKLING
During the summer there was spent for oil, $1142.30; also the watering-cart, $808.64, making $1950.94 in all. There was received by the Tax Collector, $1466.03, making $484.91 more cost than was received by the Town. Now no private business concern can afford to lose that amount on such a small invest- ment, and why should the Town. I would recommend that the price of sprinkling, oiling, or Tarvia B, as these are all used as a dust layer, be increased one cent a foot, then we could get out of this trouble whole.
PAVING
I would recommend that the Square be paved. There are 2081 square yards in the Square; 263 of this would be paid for by the Street Railway, making 1818 square yards for the Town. With this paving would be the renewal of the Musgrove Block, Public Library, Campion Block, and Water Fountain; service pipes and a new drain from corner of Elm Street to the pipe running to the brook. These pipes should be put in new, so that there would be no chance of digging up the work for years · to come. This would cost, I believe, about $6000.00, covering all, or about $2500.00 for one side this year and $3500.00 next year; then in two years we would have the Square all com- pleted. I think this should be an extra appropriation, as the cost of paving is so much.
SIDEWALKS
In this line of work there has been as much done as possible with the amount of money available. There has been work done on several streets, with ashes and dust. On this work
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alone I have spent about $500.00, while on the new work of tar concrete there has been spent $1164.93. This new work, as well as the resurfacing of many old streets, was done by con- tract by W. F. Duffee of Haverhill. There were 788.6 sq. yds. of new work done, and 2163 sq. yds. of resurfacing; there was also $174.14 credit under the Betterment Act. I would recom- mend $2000.00 this year for sidewalks, $500 to be spent on the completing of the Haverhill Street sidewalk started in the fall of 1914.
SURFACE DRAINAGE
Drains and catchbasins have been laid and built on High Street, Harding Street, Maple Avenue, Park Street, Essex Street, and Haverhill Street. This coming year should see catchbasins and drains on several more streets, as this is a condi- tion that must be looked after before a new street is started or constructed. The cost of cleaning out these catchbasins will of course increase, and this will mean less work on highways each year, because the greater the cost of maintenance the less we have for construction or new work.
DIRT OR GRAVEL ROADS
There has been a great deal of repairing done, but, I am sorry to say, when spring comes I am afraid there will be some places just as bad as before they were patched. The Ballardvale roads have seen one more year of good work, looked after by Mr. Haggerty, who has for a long time looked after this district. I shall farther on make a report of work done by Mr. Haggerty and cost of same.
GUTTERS
Cleaning and repairing gutters is a very large expense and there should be more paved gutters, or have the new roads we are constructing built with tarvia too, and including all gutters. High Street from the new catchbasin to Harding Street should have new gutters this year, as well as Walnut Avenue from where they now are clear to the top of the hill, as this is a very bad place in a storm.
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EXPENDITURES FOR REPAIRS AND NEW WORK
FROM APRIL 27 TO DECEMBER 31, 1914
Argilla Road
Scraping and Gravel
$ 77 89
Bartlet
Sidewalks, Gutters, Tarvia 47 35
Ballardvale Road
Scraping and Gravel 97 18
Beacon
Scraping, Gravel, Cleaning
54 52
Bancroft Road At Crusher
Constructing and putting roof over same
50 58
Chandler Road
Gravel
78 95
Chestnut
Sidewalks, Gutters, Tarvia
172 77
Corbett
Repairing washout 3 19
Cross
Taking out stone, burning brush 29 10
Central
Gutters, Gravel, Steam Roller
164 55
Elm
Gutters, Sidewalks, Culverts, filling holes
456 69
Essex
Gutters, Drains, Stone for Drain, new work
2099 08
Florence
Gutters, Cleaning
12 57
High
Gutters, Drains, Catchbasins, Tarvia
433 78
Haverhill
Sidewalks, scraping and filling
196 56
Harding
Curbing, Drains, Sidewalk, new work
898 29
Highland Road
Sidewalk Gutters, lowering grade
217 56
Hidden Road
Ashes, Steam Roller
106 00
Holt
Filling holes
8 76
Lowell
Catchbasin, filling holes, raking stones
68 37
Locke
Gutters, Tarvia
64 89
Lovejoy Road
Scraping
25 58
Lewis
Gutter Work
7 19
Maple Avenue .
Gutters, Drain, Gravel
447 95
Morton
Gutters, Gravel, from Bartlet to hill
467 75
North Main
Including from river to Square
4047 17
Main
From Square to Porter Road, including new road, patching, and blanketing with Tarvia
2919 52
Orchard
Removing stone, filling holes
10 19
Phillips
Gutters, Filling
29 01
At Pit
Screening Gravel
123 68
Punchard Avenue
Gutters, Sidewalk, Tarvia and Sand
61 81
Porter Road
Tarvia and Sand, Gutters
558 42
Park
New Road
3992 29
Pearson
Grading, General Work
78 85
Poor
Ashes and Roller, Main to Corbett
88 86
Red Spring Road
Cleaning
19 48
River Road
Tarvia, Patching, Raking Stone
536 16
Salem
Patching, Gutters, Tarvia and Sand
394 76
Sunset Rock Road
Scraping, Culvert Work, Filling
76 99
Shawsheen Road
Abbott Village, to West Church
380 55
Summer
Sidewalks, Filling, Gutters, Culverts
108 70
School
Gutters, Filling Holes
36 40
Andover Square
Filling
7 50
Stevens
Filling
105 24
Union
Tarvia and Sand
133 29
Whittier
Gutters, Sidewalks, Filling Holes
70 37
Wildwood Road
Scraping, Cleaning, Ashes, Roller
168 37
Wolcott Avenue
Sidewalks, Scraping, Cleaning
74 13
Walnut Avenue
Sidewalks, Scraping, Cleaning
3 00
30
Catchbasins and Covers
15 44
NEW WORK DONE IN 1914
COST
Main Street
3314 sq. yds. of Tarvia-bound Road
2253 17
Morton
3267
66 Water-bound
514 50
North Main
7710
Tarvia-bound
4047 17
Park
3840
16
2814 14
Essex
3220
1948 01
Shawsheen Road
Water bound
139 32
Harding
878 “ 66 Tarvia-bound
543 05
Park,
Drain, Catchbasins, Covers, etc.
475 02
Essex
Drain, Stone and Labor
127 00
High
Drain, Catchbasins, Pipe (380 ft. 10"-12")
285 68
Harding
Drain, 196 ft. 15" Pipe, and Labor
112 54
Maple Avenue
Drain, 874 ft. 12" Pipe, 1 Catchbasin
342 37
Harding
Curbing, Freight, Labor setting
285 87
RESURFACING WITH TARVIA B AND SAND
Elm Street
3090 feet
6180 sq. yds.
Main
5460
11700
Salem
2800
4980
Porter Road
4320
8590
Locke Street
550
66
1040
Punchard Avenue
420
750
High Street
1660
2950
66
Bartlet
1625
66
3360
Lowell Road
7920
7040
Chestnut
420
1070
Salem
570
1060
Main (new road)
2500
3300
66
52020 sq. yds.
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HIGHWAY EXPENDITURES, 1914
Names
Main- tenance
Con- struction
Snow
Side- walks
Tools
Sprink- ling
Bridges
Street Signs
| Totals
Good Roads Mch. Co.
$ 75 00
$ 23 00 $ $ 5 00
5 00
Walter I. Morse
72 94
102 27
175 21
Alden Spear & Sons Co., oil .
1142 40
1142 40
Barrett Mfg. Co. tarvia
2492 27
3967 70
6459 97
Boston & Maine, freight .
197 86
1909 05
23 14
2130 05
Fire Dept., horse hire
1391 63
334 05
808 64
3319 67
Mass. Broken Stone Co.
70 08
601 95
671 67
Winchester Rock Co.
85 40
2300 44
34 49
2420 33
George W. Wood .
715 36
53 84
769 20
Portland Stoneware Co.
310 80
310 80
Payrolls
5506 64
2295 34
1049 54
. 45
9062 97
Teams
1522 69
1054 52
100 38
2892 36
Hardy & Cole, work and team
453 63
62 06
555 94
Hood Farm, repairs
121 00
6 50
127 50
Anderson & Bowman .
25 80
17 90
43 70
J. H. Campion, grain and oil
1 48
4 08
35 56
Buffalo Steam Roller Co.
17 85
88 20
New England Culvert Co.
90 72
25 00
115 72
Ames Plow Co.
23 75
23 75
John Joyce, dust
2 00
2 00
David Lawson
10 00
10 00
Smith & Dove, ashes .
2 10
18 55
W. F. Duffee, concrete
1164 60
1164 60
Pacific Mills, ashes
123 50
70 00
193 50
Edward Hardy, snow
2 00
56 50
58 50
Alvin Jenkins, repairing
104 88
59 61
164 49.
B. Frank Smith, snow
20 64
20 64
James J. Abbott, snow
22 53
22 53
Converse F. Parker, snow
8 00
8 00
Poor & Riley, supplies .
4 95
6 33
11 28
Freeman Abbott, snow .
71 00
1 00
Chester N. Boutwell, snow
9 54
9 54
.
.
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70 35
214 77
30 25
10 00
98 00
A. M. Colby .
.
16 45
785 35
John C. Collins . Ralph Bailey, snow . George Dumont, snow .
472 80
257 00
74 80
804 60
7 88
25 25
James Dole, snow
3 24
Percy Dole, snow
10 80
10 80
182 81
182 81
17 78
17 78
Morrison & O'Connell, snow
33 70
32 95
81 60
7 72
22 22
9 00
9 00
1 00
1 00
George Disbrow, snow
10 94
26 76
37 70
56 50
56 50
Howard Conkey, snow
6 75
6 75
Jerry Golden, labor
80 40
7 68
88 08
John Henderson, snow
15 90
15 90
John Nicholas, snow .
12 44
12 44
Charles Brown, snow
7 .68
Almon Abbott, snow
68
Paul Lee, snow
65 40
C. P. Dyke, snow
36
6 36
Allen Abbott, snow
8 19
8 19
John H. Manning, snow
1 25
1 25
William Cooper, snow
1 25
1 25
William Matthews, snow
2 00
2 00
Charles E. Stickney, snow
7 25
7 25
Fred Symonds, snow
1 00
1 00
Fred Gould, snow
65 17
65 17
Joseph Bourdelais, snow
14 11
99 53
113 64
Cross Coal Co.
5 50
144 18
149 68
Burnham Garage Co.
155 90
150 00
305 90
American Express
42
1 15
57
James Green, horse hire
35 50
12 00
47 50
Buchan & McNally, supplies
41 90
2 62
44 52
Tyer Rubber Co.
15 17
90
16 07
New Eng. Tel. & Tel.
17 01
10 07
27 08
Myerscough & Buchan
126 19
38 15
164 34
Curry Bros., supplies
.
.
21 13
4 50
25 63
Andover Waterworks
.
.
7 50
7 50
.
7 88 25 25 24
George Ward, sand and snow Joseph Brown, snow
14 95
Reuben Webb, snow .
14 50
Stephen Boland, snow
William Boland, snow
.
Elmer Conkey, snow
.
.
7 68 7 68 65 40
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.
.
.
.
.
Names
Main- tenance
Con- struction
Snow
Side- walks
Sprink- ling
Bridges
Street Signs
Totals
Smith & Manning
37 59
111 50
Harry M. Eames .
111 50
24 82
Benj. Brown, boots
3 50
65 25
T. F. Morrissey, horse hire
65 25
33 35
Andover Press
33 35
7 40
Daniel Fitzpatrick
7 40
4 05
John Davey, labor
4 05
2 25
Parker & Co., B. Vale
2 25
45
Robinson Hardware Co.
45
3 35
W. H. Coleman & Co.
3 35
1 50
Joseph Oldroyd
1 50
61 52
D. W. Pingree (mill work)
61 52
1 05
M. T. Stevens Sons Co.
1 05
117 95
Frank E. Dodge
117 95
4 35
Arden Farm
4 35
3 00
T. E. Rhodes
3 00
6 00
O. Benson, labor
6 00
3 25
Ira Buxton, supplies
3 25
200 00
John McCarthy, wall
200 00
35 00
Treat Hardware Co., pipe
35 00
15 00
Patrick Dowd, labor
15 00
5 00
Joseph Terry, printing
5 00
23 13
Perrin Seaman, supplies
23 13
6 00
O. F. Kress
00
84
W. J. Doherty, labor .
84
2 50
L. D. Sherman, photo
: 50
4 00
Sirat Peterson, labor
4 00
33 00
Pike Bros., sand
33 00
10 12
M. O. Mahoney, pipe
10 12
10 00
District Police Inspector
10 00
14 60
A. Zecchini, gravel
14 60
42 20
John Clinton, gravel
.
67 20
Universal Road Mach. Co.
.
79 79
Merrimack Boiler Co., tubes
.
30 00
Scott Shattuck, hay
30 00
154 00
Paul Hannagan, grates
154 00
232 57
Lawrence Granite Co., curbing .
232 57
Totals
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17085 08| 13633 55| 2684 37 |1648 41| 221 37
808 64 10 00|
28 00| 36119 42
.
3 50
.
.
.
42 20
67 20
79 79
.
.
Tools
37 59
Merrimack Construction Co.
24 82
BALLARDVALE REPORT
Repaired road, including stoning and graveling, from the Kimball place on Andover Street, 180 ft. south.
Removed all stones from streets, cleaned out all catchbasins and gutters about the village.
Used road scraper and made all necessary repairs after scraping on all the following streets: From Allicon place to the Wilming- ton line on Woburn Street; Woburn Street down Andover Street to High Street, including High Street to the church; from residence of Thomas Stott on River Street to the Wilmington line; from Perry place to Dascomb Road; from Andover Street up Dascomb Road to the Tewksbury line; from Pillsbury corner, Osgood Street, Andover Street where needed. Repaired sidewalk on the east side of Andover Street and built a cement curbing on the same. This wall was also taken down and built new by Mr. John McCarthy, by contract. Repairs were made on Abbot Street from Old Railroad to Porter Road.
A few repairs on the Ballardvale Playstead were made for the Fourth of July celebration. One car of dust was put on late this fall, and many repairs and patchings too small to mention but which had to be attended to were also done. The amount spent for this work, including team, man, and gravel was $1994.98 for the Ballardvale District. Not including snow.
A catchbasin and some piping will have to be put in this year to take care of the water that crosses by Joseph Scott's store. There is need of about two cars more of dust for sidewalks in Ballardvale, and I believe oil would save, and help keep the cost of maintenance down if used on these gravel roads.
RECOMMENDATIONS
A gutter on High Street from residence of George Saunders to Harding Street, across street from Miss Laura Spence's to catchbasin on Walnut Avenue.
Necessary catchbasins and paved gutters on Walnut Avenue. Morton Street, tarvia-bound road and necessary drain, etc., from Bartlet Street to Main Street; from Main to School Streets.
Bartlet Street, from residence of B. M. Allen to Chapel Avenue, a new construction complete, drain, etc.
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Elm Street, from residence of H. M. Eames to Andover Square, a tarvia-bound road.
Chestnut Street, between Main and Central Streets, tarvia- bound road.
Central Street, from Essex Street to J. J. Abbott's - or part this year and finish next - a tarvia-bound road.
That the street sprinkling assessment be increased sufficiently to cover the cost of the work.
Set curbing on all corners of streets wherever new work is constructed and a great number of other places where needed.
That the Square, or at least one-half of same, be paved this year, and a separate appropriation be asked for same.
That the Sidewalk appropriation be increased $500 and that this amount be spent, or as much as needed, for the completion of the Haverhill Street sidewalk already started.
A shed must be built, and a barn we need, as we now have no place to store our snow plough, carts, sleds, water-wagons, and many other things. The barn should be connected with the shed, as the barn we now have is not large enough for the keep- ing of three horses, and furthermore the floor is all gone. We would have to spend a good deal of money for repairs if left as it is, so I would recommend that a special article be inserted in the Warrant for $1500 for a shed and building we need on our land to care for and store what we have.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Appropriation, March, 1914
Highway Department
$25000 00
Receipts from St. R. R. Franchise Tax
2560 37
Receipts from St. R. R. Excise Tax
2049 41
Receipts from Street Sprinkling
1466 03
Credits (various accounts)
723 84
Total Receipts
$31799 65
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Expenditures as follows :
Maintenance Highway
$17113 08
Construction (new work)
13633 55
Tools
221 37
Bridges
10 00
Sprinkling with Carts
808 64
Total Expenditure
$31786 64
Balance Dec. 31, 1914
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Total Receipts
$31799 65
Appropriation for Sidewalks Credits
174 14
Expenditures Balance
$1648 41
25 73
$1674 14
$1674 14
SNOW
Appropriation for Snow,
$2500 00
Expenditure, Overdraft.
184 37
$2684 37
$2684 37
Park Department appropriation,
$1500 00
Boulders,
200 00
Expended on Park,
$1477 17
Expended on Boulders,
200 00
$1677 17
Balance, December 31, 1914,
22 83
$1700 00
$1700 00
$1500 00
$2684 37
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OILING STREETS
Streets
Length
Width
Sq. Yds.
Elm St.
1713
43
6391
Maple Ave.
670
15
1120
Andover Square
2000
Car Tracks
3305
15
5510
School St.
2535
21
5915
Central
2903
21
6774
Chapel Ave.
670
18
1340
Phillips St.
223
15
372
Highland Rd.
300
8
277
Main St.
280
8
248
Andover St., B. V. .
580
16
1030
Phillips Academy
1646
9
1650
Private
Town House, Barnard St.
950
16-33
2650
Phillips St., Torr's Cor.
425
24
1130
Essex St.
1070
25
3000
Around Depot
300-100
30-120
2340
Chestnut St
1770
24-27
5000
Whittier St. .
425
24
1140
Main St.
360
8
320
Park St.
586
24
1570
Post Office Ave.
Private
Cost of Above Oiling .
$1142 30
Cost of Watering
808 64
Total Cost .
$1950 94
Receipts from Tax Collector
1466 03
Balance Cost Town
484 91
PARKS AND PLAYSTEADS
I would say that when taking up the position of Superintendent I found David Leslie and James Abercrombie at work, they being hired by the Board of Public Works. Work was started by these two men on April 27th, and both continued until June 13th, when Mr. Abercrombie was laid off for the rest of the summer. From that date Mr. Leslie continued until Novem- ber 7th as caretaker of the Park and Playstead as well, his time being distributed between both as condition required.
The wall on both sides of the brook has been continued to the entrance of the pond. This work was done by John Mc- Carthy, he digging down a foot below the present bed of the brook and filling in with a cement base, and on this a good wall was built.
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1400
Abbot St.
During the summer J. E. Pitman built a roof over the grand- stand on the Playstead. This was stained by C. E. Donovan. After this was built, the Superintendent had W. J. Doherty put in a small room under the stand to be used as a dressing-room. And I would like to say that since the building of this in the late summer the lock has been broken at two different times.
New seats were purchased by the Board and placed on the Park, and in the Square at the junction of Main and High Streets.
The following table will show the amount of money spent and who received same.
EXPENDITURES
Names
Park
John McCarthy, wall
$ 500 00
David Leslie, labor
327 81
James Abercrombie
75 93
W. I. Morse, tools and seats
74 84
D. Donovan & Son, painting
42 00
John E. Pitman
165 00
A. V. I. S., Boulders William J. Doherty, locker
30 00
J. Harry Playdon
25 00
Franklin Forestry Co.
24 00
Frank L. Cole
76 92
W. H. Coleman & Co.
25 00
Winchester Rock Co.
20 15
Ira Buxton
9 15
Charles P. Rea, teaming
6 55
T. F. Morrissey, teaming
10 94
Charles Baker, teaming
16 41
Anderson & Bowman
35
Fred Adams, labor
4 00
Hardy & Cole
1 30
Flint Symonds, labor
16 32
Burt Wheeler, team .
2 50
John Ronan, labor
63
George Abbott, Playstead (B. V.)
6 56
Leon. York, Playstead (B. V.)
8 75
Patrick Conway, Playstead (B. V.)
6 56
$1677 17
Balance
22 83
$1700 00
Appropriation
$1700 00
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50
Hugh Callahan, labor
200 00
Appropriation, March, 1914, for Park Department, $1700.00, $200.00 of which to be spent on The Boulders.
I would recommend an appropriation of $1500.00 be asked for in 1915, $150.00 to be spent by the A. V. I. S., under the direction of the Board of Public Works.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK L. COLE, Supt.
40
TOWN OF ANDOVER
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF
PORATED MAY
TOWN INCORPO
R
. 164
MA
TS
SSA
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31, 1915
ANDOVER, MASS. THE ANDOVER PRESS
1916
CONTENTS
Almshouse Expenses, 59
Personal Property at, 62
Relief out of, 63
Librarian's Report, 110
Repairs on, 62
Superintendent's Report, 64
Aiding Mothers,
63
Memorial Hall, 46, 103
Animal Inspector, 80
Appropriations, 1915,
15
Art Gallery,
130
Assessors' Report,
65
Assets,
87
Auditors' Report
95
Police, 41, 68
Board of Health,
52
Board of Public Works,
Appendix
Sewer Maintenance, 52
Sewer Sinking Funds, 52
Water Maintenance, 51
Water Construction,
51
Water Sinking Funds, 51
Bonds, Redmption of, 50
Brush Fires 79
Collector's Account, 84
Cornell Fund,
83
County Tax,
44
State Aid, 63
Dog Tax,
45
State Tax, 44
Dump, care of,
47
Street Lighting,
37
Fire Department, 38, 66
40
Town House
42
Finance Committee,
96
Town Meetings,
7
G. A. R. Post, 99,
45
Town Officers, 4,34
Hay Scales, 46
Town Warrant, 99
High School Plans,
31
Treasurer's Account, 87
Industrial School,
29
Tree Warden,
35
Report, 75
Insurance, 38
Interest on Notes and Funds, 48
Liabilities, 87
Memorial Day, 45
Miscellaneous, 35
Moth Superintendent's Report 76
Moth Suppression, 77
Notes Given, 47
Notes Paid, 47
Overseers of the Poor, 58
Printing and Stationery,
43
Punchard Free School, Report of Trustees, 103
Schedule of Town Property, 71
Schoolhouses, 30
Schools, 24
School Books and Supplies, 32
Selectmen's Report, 24
Soldiers' Relief, 62
Spring Grove Cemetery,
Report,
82
45, 81
Summary Collector's Cash Acct., 86
Fire Alarm Boxes,
TOWN OFFICERS, 1915
Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor
HARRY M. EAMES, Chairman
Term expires 1917
CHARLES BOWMAN
66
1918
WALTER S. DONALD, Secretary
1916
Town Clerk GEORGE A. HIGGINS
Tax Collector JOHN W. BELL
Town Treasurer GEORGE A. HIGGINS
School Committee
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