Town annual report of Andover 1921-1925, Part 10

Author: Andover (Mass.)
Publication date: 1921
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 892


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Took up Article 5.


Voted, at 3.36 p.m., That it be stricken from the warrant.


Took up Article 6.


Voted, at 3.38 p.m., To build a sewer through Haverhill Street from the present sewer at the intersection of York Street, easterly for a distance of about 2300 feet to a point at or near Stirling Street and appropriate the sum of $8750. for the same; also to assess betterments on the estates benefited by said extension.


Took up Article 8.


Voted, at 3.47 p.m., To authorize the Board of Public Works to make investigations and report at the next annual town meeting on a system of sewage disposal and to appropriate the sum of $1000 to defray the expenses of such investigation.


Took up Article 9.


Voted, at 3.48 p.m., To authorize the Board of Public Works to expend the money in the Treasury to the credit of the Water Loan for the purpose of relaying pipes and making small ex- tensions.


Took up Article 10.


Voted, at 4.05 p.m., That the Board of Public Works be in- structed to extend the water main from the residence of Charles R. E. Anderson, Ballard Vale Road to the residence of Edward Dimmock, the expense of same to be paid out of available funds received under Article 9.


Took up Article 11.


Voted, at 4.06 p.m., That the town appropriate a sum not exceeding $5000. to complete the macadam on Lowell Street; the


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same to equal an amount which the State and County will sever- ally appropriate.


Took up Article 12.


Voted, at 4.09 p.m., That the report of the committee on the Town Farm be accepted and adopted and that the Selectmen be authorized to offer at public sale all of the surplus land not needed for the improvements suggested in their report, and that they also be authorized to expend out of the amount secured from the sale such money as may be necessary to satisfactorily remodel and improve the present main town farm building.


Took up Article 13.


Voted, at 5.44 p.m., That it is the sense of this meeting that the town adopt the policy of creating a worthy memorial to citizens of Andover who served in the World War.


That a committee of seven citizens be appointed to consider plans for the taking of a suitable site to provide for the construc- tion of a memorial to be so located as to possibly form a part of a civic centre with such further additions and improvements as may be hereafter approved by the vote of the town.


That said committee shall be authorized to present at the next annual town meeting the result of its studies, together with defi- nite recommendations for financing all or a part of the completed plan.


That said committee shall be authorized to petition the General Court of 1922 for such legislation as may be necessary to carry out the plan it may recommend, said legislation to be effective only upon the adoption and approval of same by a vote of the citizens of the town at an annual town meeting in 1922 or 1923.


For the purposes of making studies, determining costs, and carrying on other investigations, there is appropriated for use of the committee the sum of $2000. The Moderator appointed *John N. Cole, John F. O'Connell, Burton S. Flagg, C. H. Forbes, Henry A. Bodwell, E. V. French, E. Barton Chapin. * Walter M. Lamont to succeed John N. Cole, resigned.


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Took up Article 14.


Voted, at 5.58 p.m., To accept and adopt the report of the Board of Public Works (printed in full in annual report of Board of Public Works pages 10-15) as to its conclusions and recom- mendations on the status of the Water Department covering the question of rates, charges for fire service and other public services, and the advisability of having this Department operate as a self-supporting Department.


Took up Article 15.


Voted, to take up Articles 15, 16, 17 and 18 together and


Voted, at 5.59 p.m., To accept as town ways the following named streets in Shawsheen Village, so called, as laid out by the Selectmen ;


Warwick Street running from a point on North Main Street northerly about eleven hundred (1100) feet from the Post Office and westerly to Poor Street;


Windsor Street running from a point on North Main Street northerly about seven hundred (700) feet from the Post Office and westerly to Poor Street, opposite the residence of Henry Todd;


Canterbury Street from a point south of 59 Lowell Street, westerly six hundred (600) feet to an open lot.


Balmoral Street from a point on North Main Street about five hundred (500) feet southerly from the Post Office to Burnham Road.


Took up Article 19.


Voted, at 6 p.m., That article be stricken from warrant.


Took up Article 20.


Voted, at 6.02 p.m., To appropriate the sum of $2000. to place fire escapes on and otherwise put in a suitable condition the Old Schoolhouse building in Ballard Vale.


Took up Article 21.


Voted, at 6.05 p.m., To appropriate the sum of $6000. for the purpose of tearing down and reconstructing the tomb in Spring Grove Cemetery.


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Took up Article 22.


Voted, at 6.07 p.m., To authorize the Selectmen to dispose of the Steam Fire Engine located in the Central Fire Station.


Took up Articles 23-24. .


Voted, at 6.08 p.m., To take up these articles together and that they be referred to the Street Lighting Committee.


Took up Article 25.


Voted, at 6.10 p.m., To refer to the Board of Selectmen with power to act.


Took up Article 26.


Voted at 6.12 p.m., To accept the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 94. Section 120, as follows :-


"In towns having less than ten thousand inhabitants which accept this Section or have accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws at any Annual Town Meeting, the annual license fee for carrying on the business of slaughtering meat cattle, sheep or swine shall be such sum not exceeding one hundred dollars as the selectmen fix".


Took up Article 27.


Voted, at 6.13 p.m., To name as Chestnut Lane the town way leading from River Road at a point east of the Shattuck Farm past the property of Jane Devlin.


Took up Article 28.


Voted, at 6.14 p.m., That the town accept the fund left by the late Anna Holt and that the income from said fund be applied for the benefit of the John Dove and Stowe Schools, where pupils, of the Scotland District attend.


Took up Article 29.


Voted at 6.17 p.m., To accept as a gift from the late Edward R. Lemon, a native of Andover, an oil painting of "Washington at Monmouth" and a bust of Longfellow and that the Town Clerk be instructed to extend the thanks of the citizens in town meeting assembled to Mrs. Lemon for these gifts.


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Took up Article 30.


Voted, at 6.19 p.m., That the pay of the call firemen at the Central Fire Station be $150. per year and at the station in Ballard Vale, $75.


Took up Article 31.


Voted, at 6.20 p.m., That the taxes be collected by the Col- lector, that he receive a salary of $1800. per year, and that in- terest be charged at the rate of six per cent per annum from October 15 on all taxes remaining unpaid after November 1st.


Took up Article 32.


Voted, at 6.21 p.m., That the Town Treasurer, with the ap- proval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1921 and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, any debt or debts in- curred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said finan- cial year.


Took up Article 33.


Voted, at 6.22 p.m., That all unexpended appropriations be turned into the treasury.


Took up Article 34.


Voted, at 6.23 p.m., That the report of the Town Officers be accepted.


Took up Article 35.


Voted, at 6.24 p.m., To raise by taxation $258,000 and also an amount sufficient to meet the State and County taxes after deducting receipts from the State Income Tax.


Took up Article 36.


Voted, at 6.25 p.m., That the meeting be dissolved.


The foregoing is a true copy of the warrant and of the Officers return on the same, also a true record of the doings of the regular and adjourned meetings.


Attest: GEORGE A. HIGGINS, Town Clerk


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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, NOVEMBER 20, 1921, WARRANT


THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS


ESSEX, SS .: To either of the Constables of the Town of An- dover, 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 TUESDAY, the FIRST DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1921, at 7.30 o'clock p.m., to act on the following articles :


Article 1. - To hear and act upon a certain proposal to be sub- mitted to said meeting by William M. Wood for the purchase of the remainder of the Town Farm property on petition of William M. Wood and others.


Article 2. - To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of five thousand ($5000) dollars for the purpose of extending the sewerage system from the main trunk line on Haverhill Street up Lowell Street to Canterbury Street, a distance of about 2000 feet, and to assess betterments upon the estates benefited by said extension, on petition of the Board of Health.


Article 3. - To see if the Town will vote to accept the pro- visions of Section 20, Chapter 39 of the General Laws, relative to precinct voting and the holding of the annual town meeting.


Article 4. - To act on any other business that may legally come before the meeting.


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 Twentieth day of October, A.D. 1921.


WALTER S. DONALD CHARLES BOWMAN ANDREW McTERNEN Selectmen of Andover


ANDOVER, NOVEMBER 1st, 1921


ESSEX, SS.


Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, I, the subscriber, one of the Constables of the Town of Andover, have notified the inhabi- tants of said town to meet at the time and place and for the pur- poses 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


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 Tuesday, the first day of November, 1921 at 7.30 o'clock in the evening, agreeably to the requirements of the foregoing warrant, Moderator Alfred L. Ripley presided and read the warrant.


Took up Article 1.


Voted, at 7.45 p.m., That the town accept the following pro- posal submitted by William M. Wood, for the purchase of the remainder of the Town Farm property; "The Board of Directors of the American Woolen Company offers the sum of Fifteen Thousand ($15000.) dollars for the remainder of the land and buildings known as the Town of Andover Poor Farm situated in


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Shawsheen Village west of the Boston & Maine Railroad tracks in said Andover. It being understood that the buildings may be occupied and used by the Town until provision can be made for the removal of the inmates not later than October 1, 1922. The vote stood 107 for and 8 against acceptance.


Took up Article 2.


Voted, at 7.52 p.m., That the town appropriate the sum of five thousand (5000.) dollars for the purpose of extending the sewerage system from the main trunk line on Haverhill Street up Lowell Street to Canterbury Street, a distance of about 2000 feet and assess betterments upon the estates benefited by said ex- tension in accordance with the provisions of the Statutes govern- ing the assessment of betterments in Andover. Also that the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be autho- rized to borrow the sum of $5000, the same to be paid from the tax levy of 1922.


Took up Article 3.


Voted, at 7.55 p.m., To accept the provisions of Section 20, Chapter 39 of the General Laws, relative to precinct voting and the holding of the annual town meeting.


Took up Article.4.


Voted, at 7.57 p.m., That the Selectmen be requested to con- sider the need of establishing additional voting precincts in the town. If they decide that the same should be established before the next annual town election they are requested to report rela- tive thereto with their recommendations, to a special town meeting to be held not later than February 1, 1922. If said report is not made to such special meeting it is to be made to the next annual town meeting.


Voted, at 7.59 p.m., That the school committee be requested to make a survey of school conditions in Shawsheen Village covering present school population and school house accomoda- tions; also such further study as is necessary to properly antici- pate and provide for public school needs of that section of the


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town, and report the result of such survey and study to the next Annual Town Meeting.


Voted at 8.05 p.m., That the Moderator appoint a Committee of five to consider the matter of Representative Town Meetings and report at the next Annual Town Meeting; the Moderator appointed the following Committee: Dr. Charles E. Abbott, B. H. Hayes, Joseph L. Burns, George L. Averill, George A. Higgins.


Voted, at 8.14 p.m., That the Selectmen be a committee to consider ways and means for housing the inmates of the Town Farm; that they have power to add two other persons to the com- mittee, and that $300. be allowed for necessary expenses, the result of their investigations to be reported at the next Annual town meeting.


Voted, at 8.15 p.m., That the meeting be dissolved.


The foregoing is a true copy of the warrant and of the officers return on the same, also a true record of thedoings of the meeting.


Attest : ·


GEORGE A. HIGGINS, Town Clerk


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SELECTMEN'S REPORT


SCHOOLS


GENERAL EXPENSE


Salaries :


Superintendent


$3800.00


Attendance Officer


100.00


Clerk


574.90


$4474.90


Miscellaneous


133.01


133.01


4607.91


EXPENSES OF INSTRUCTION


Supervisors:


Salaries


4014.27


Travelling Expenses


102.92


4117.19


Teachers :


High


14661.36


Elementary


44164.81


58826.17


Textbooks:


High


1266.65


Elementary


1469.82


2736.47


Supplies :


High


1328.40


Elementary


1358.32


2686.72


Amount carried forward


$723974.46 .


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EXPENSES OF OPERATION


Amount brought forward


$72974.46


6916.20 }


Janitors Fuel Miscellaneous


5851.11 854.27


13621.58


MAINTENANCE


Repairs


3871.72


3871.72


AUXILIARY AGENCIES


Health


1316.45


Transportation


5820.55


7137.00


MISCELLANEOUS


Tuition


673.30


Sundries


1118.65


1791.95


NEW EQUIPMENT


New Equipment


1891.89


1891.89


SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES


Appropriation Total Expenditures


$103475.00


101288.60


Balance


$2186.40


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TOWN OFFICERS


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Appropriation, March 7, 1921


$8900.00


Walter S. Donald, Chairman Selectman & Assessor


$900.00


Charles Bowman, Selectman & Assessor 800.00


Andrew McTernen, Selectman & Assessor 800.00


George A. Higgins, Town Clerk


1200.00


George A. Higgins, Town Treasurer


1200.00


William B. Cheever, Tax Collector


1800.00


William C. Crowley, Sealer, weights and


measures


206.26


Joseph I. Pitman, Building Inspector


499.94


J. J. Daly, Town Physician


200.00


Smart & Flagg Agents, Surety Bonds


180.00


D. J. Murphy, Town Counsel


375.00


W. H. Coleman, Auditor


95.83


John S. Robertson, Auditor


95.83


Harry Sellars, Auditor


95.83


Election Officers, Prec. No. 1


107.50


Registrar of Voters


57.00


Alvah P. Wright, Field Driver


25.00


Alfred L. Ripley,' Moderator


10.00


Total expenditure


$8648.19


Balance


251.81


$8900.00


$8900.00


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TOWN HOUSE


1


Appropriation, March 7, 1921


$3000.00


George W. Mears, janitor


$836.00


Lawrence Gas Co., lighting 351.24


C. A. Hill & Co., elec. supplies 68.80


Andover Coal Co., fuel


890.45


Gray and Kendall, repairs


99.72


C. S. Buchan, awnings and repairs


67.05


M: T. Walsh, plumbing repairs


78.36


Daniel P. Webster, police duty at Town House


59.50


David M. May, police duty


39.50


James W. Walker, police duty


12.00


Charles Shorten, police duty


3.00


James Holt, repairs


65.55


Walter I. Morse, supplies


39.95


H. I. Dallman Co., mops, cheese cloth, etc. 56.73


Cheshire Chemical Co., dust void


18.00


Knipe Brothers, labor and repairs


31.97


J. W. Richardson, repairs 29.96


Annie F. Borwon, laundry


4.74


Anderson & Bowman, repairing


1.55


C. F. Emerson, carting


17.50


Peoples' Ice Co., ice


22.00


William C. Brown


16.00


Ralph Berry, lettering doors


31.50


W. H. Sylvester, tuning piano 3.00


E. T. Hethrington, salt and bon ami


1.10


Holden Brothers, painting


8.40


American Railway Express Co., express


.87


.


Amount carried forward $2854.44


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Amount brought forward


$2854.44


Beach Soap Co., powder and soap


6.10


Treat Hardware Corp., steel wool "The Whatnot", supplies


. 60


.20


Total expenditure Balance


$2861.34


138.66


$3000.00


$3000.00


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FIRE DEPARTMENT


Fire Department


Appropriation, March 7, 1921


$23000.00


Earnings Dept. teams


1643.25


Salaries, engineers


$800.00


Wages, permanent men


11236.87


Wages, call men


3200.00


Wages, fire alarm


539.50


Horses and care of same


1237.02


Equipment and repairs


3107.39


Fuel and light


1076.67


Maintenance of buildings and grounds


518.44


Fire alarm


2346.07


Miscellaneous expenses


463.10


Total expenditure


24525.06


Balance


118.19


$24643.25


$24643.25


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BRUSH FIRES


Appropriation, March 7, 1921


$600.00


Cash


6.00


Brush Fire Pay Rolls


$570.00


Geo. H. Hadley Co., soda


19.60


A. Lee Co., soda


24.45


Badger Fire Extinguisher Co., supplies


2.40


State Forestry Dept., shovels


17.50


Boston-Lawrence Despatch, express


3.32


Joseph C. Terry


6.50


Total expenditure


$643.77


Overdrawn


37.77


$643.77


$643.77


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POLICE DEPARTMENT


Appropriation, March 7, 1921


$9000.00


Salary, chief


1872.00


Pay roll, patrolmen


5892.00


Wages, specials


962.96


Automobile hire


472.00


Equipment and repairs


157.34 .


Telephones


135.58


Miscellaneous expenses


189.41


Total expenditure


9681.29


Overdrawn


681.29


$9681.29


$9681.29


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BOARD OF HEALTH


Appropriation, March 7, 1921


$3000.00


C. E. Abbott, M. D., salary Board of Health


$ 75.00


C. E. Abbott, M. D., fumigating


104.00


B. T. Haynes, salary


50.00


B. T. Haynes, fumigating


21.20


F. H. Stacey, salary Board of Health


50.00


F. H. Stacey, Milk Inspector


75.00


F. H. Stacey, expenses 43.50


Charles H. Newton, Inspector


550.00


Lotta Johnson, Nurse and Clerk


1150.00


Lotta Johnson, Inspector


166.66


Lotta Johnson, expenses and use of car


265.05


City of Lawrence, Board 94.50


Lakeville State Sanatorium, Board


208.57


Westfield State Sanatorium, Board


134.28


Joseph P. Nolan, Plumbing Inspector


190.00


Elin C. Duane, quarantine


27.00


R. M. Haynes, provisions


34.67


James Waldie, quarantine


48.00


Charles R. Hoffman, quarantine


10.00


John S. Buchan, inspecting plumbing


12.00


L. E. Knott Apparatus Co., supplies


16.21


John S. Fraize, killing cats


4.00


Mass. Association Board of Health


2.00


John Colbath, labor


5.00


The Andover Press, supplies


4.50


Hobbs & Warren, book of permits


1.81


W. J. Morrissey, auto hire


1.00


Benjamin Jaques, fuel


8.50


Joseph F. Kenney, provisions


4.00


Total Expenditure


$3356.45 .


Overdrawn 356.45


$3356.45


$3356.45


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PRINTING AND STATIONERY


·


Appropriation, March 7, 1921


$1800.00


The Andover Press, advertising, print-


ing & supplies $1637.45


The Birmingham Pen Co., pens 5.25


The Carter's Ink Co., record ink 4.50


H. M. Isaacs, type. ribbon & pawl .90


J. H. McDonald, P. M., stamped enve- lopes 141.37


Library Bureau, tax collector's tab. cards 74.26


Adams, Cushing & Foster, Tax Col-


lector's cash book 22.25


J. B. Wolfson, "F & E" checkwriter


35.00


Burroughs' Adding Machine Co., services


13.00


F. H. Blackbird, pens


1.75


P. B. Murphy, blanks


7.00


Wright & Potter Printing Co., tax blanks


14.75


Whitson Sales Co., supplies


8.08


H. M. Meserve & Co., supplies


7.40


A. W. Babbitt, draft register 7.25


A. W. Brownell Corp., tax tables


1.50


H. M. Meek Pub. Co., birth books 2.56


Hobbs and Warren, blanks


4.46


Total expenditure


$1988.73


Overdrawn 188.75


$1988.73


$1988.73


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GYPSY AND BROWNTAIL MOTH DEPARTMENT


Appropriation, March 7, 1921


$4000.00


Receipts, private work


4034.05


Pay rolls,


$5415.31


Walter I. Morse, supplies


101.77


Edward H. Berry, expenses


43.48


Samuel Cabot, Inc., creosote


75.25


S. T. Shattuck & Sons, express


26.31


Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., hose


184.88


James Callum, lettering


2.25


Frost Insecticide Co., brushes


10.80


Treat Hardware Corp., supplies


84.50


Vreeland Chemical Co., arsenate of lead


680.00


C. S. Buchan, brushes & paint


5.50


John L. Morrison, rent of barn


120.00


John L. Morrison repairing


5.85


Freeman Abbott horse hire


230.00


Sinclair Refining Co.


21.38


W. H. Coleman & Co., supplies & repairing


285.98


Fitz Henry Guptill Co., supplies


61.64


Cornelius Callahan Co., pipe


11.00


Buchan & McNally, supplies


12.68


Lyle Brothers, supplies


4.30


Joseph C. Terry,


5.25


"The Whatnot", supplies


. 40


The Grasselli Chemical Co., supplies


204.00


Frank E. Dodge, cement


1.00


C. A. Hiil, keys


1.05


Total expenditure


$7594.58


Balance


439.47


$8034.05


$8034.05


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SPRING GROVE CEMETERY


Appropriation, March 7, 1921


$1500.00


Sale of lots


1122.50


Care of lots


759.50


Perpetual care


290.50


Interments and use of tomb


321.50


Foundations


416.90


Sundries, filling, grading, etc.


478.65


Interest on dep.


19.73


Pay rolls


$3988. 77 .


Reade Mfg. Co., herbrocide


62.25


Board of Public Works, water, pipe and use of steam roller


70.11


E. F. Conkey, horse and team hire


82.71


Frank E. Dodge, cement


68.30


The Andover Press, printing and supplies


20.40


Anderson and Bowman, sharpening tools


12.90


Walter I. Morse, supplies


207.19


Boston and Maine R. R., freight


3.73


James McGhie, dynamite and fuses


11.50


American Vault Works, markers


9.10


George D. Millett, plants and flowers


51.00


J. H. McDonald, postage


8.00


Edith P. Sellars, Clerk


100.00


Buchan and McNally, supplies


1.90


C. F. Emerson, carting


1.50


John F. McDonough, ashes


199.50


Total expenditures


$4898.86


Balance


10.42


$4909.28


$4909.28


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NEW TOMB


Appropriation, March 7, 1921


$6000.00


Philip L. Hardy, contractor


$5264.40


John Franklin, plans and specifications


200.00


To Spring Grove Cem. sodding and grading around tomb


285.15


Everett M. Lundgren, lowering device


231.50


Total expenditures


$5981.05


Balance


18.95


$6000.00


$6000.00


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INSURANCE


Appropriation, March 7, 1921


$3000.00


Appropriation, Workmen's Compensation


2500.00


Smart and Flagg, Agents, Insurance


$5204.69


Total expenditure


$5204.69


Balance


295.31


$5500.00


$5500.00


HAY SCALES


Appropriation, March 7, 1921 Receipts


$125.00


70.00


William C. Brown, weigher


$102.00


Balance


93.00


$195.00


$195.00


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INTEREST


Appropriation, March 7, 1921


$17500.00


Interest received on deposits


626.12


Paid 155 Water Bond Coupons at $20


$ 3100.00


Paid 73 Water Bond Coupons at $17.50


1277.50


Paid 151 Sewer Bond Coupons at $20 3020.00


Paid 80 Sewer Bond Coupons at $25


2000.00


Paid 174 High School Bond Coupons at $20. 3480.00


Interest on Notes 13-28


5562.97


Total Expenditure


18440.47


Overdrawn


314.35


$18440.47


$18440.47


WATER SINKING FUND


Appropriation, March 7, 1921


$750.00


Thomas E. Rhodes, Treas. Sink. F'ds $750.00


$750.00


$750.00


SEWER SINKING FUND


Appropriation, March 7, 1921


$1000.00


Thomas E. Rhodes, Treas. Sink. F'ds $1000.00


$1000.00 $1000.00


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STREET LIGHTING


Appropriation, March 7, 1921


$7900.00


Lawrence Gas Company Balance


$6979.06


920.94


$7900.00


$7900.00


STATE TAX AND HIGHWAY TAX


Andover's proportion of State Tax


$25900.00


Andover's proportion of Highway Tax


2428.50


Special State Tax


1221.00


Bank Tax


2243.13


Street Railway Co. Tax


254.79


Civilian War Poll Tax


6072.00


Treasurer of the Commonwealth


$38119.42


$38119.42


$38119.42


COUNTY TAX


Andover's proportion of County Tax


$19007.44


David Robinson, County Treas. $19007.44


$19007.44 $19007.44


MEMORIAL HALL LIBRARY


Appropriation, March 7, 1921


$3000.00


Frederic S. Boutwell, Treas. Memorial Hall Library $3000.00


-


$3000.00


$3000.00


44


NOTES GIVEN


Andover National Bank, Notes 13-14, Rate 5.95


$40000.00


Note 15


" 5.90


50000.00


66


Notes 16-19,


" 5.95


50000.00


66


Notes 20-26,


" 5.65


75000.00


Note 27


" 4.40


5000.00


Notes 28


" 4.40


15000.00


$235000.00


NOTES PAID


Andover National Bank Notes 27-28 outstanding


$215000.00


20000.00


-


$235000.00


45


DOG TAX


Received from County Treasurer


$323.52


Paid F. S. Boutwell, Treas. Memorial Hall $323.52


$323.52 $323.52


MEMORIAL DAY


Appropriation, March 7, 1921


$600.00


Ballard Holt, Quartermaster


$600.00


$600.00


$600.00


POST 99, G. A. R.


Appropriation, March 7, 1921


$100.00


Ballard Holt, Quartermaster


$100.00


$100.00


$100.00


46


RETIREMENT OF VETERANS


Appropriation, March 7, 1921 Paid to Veteran


$300.00


$300.00


$300.00


$300.00


PUBLIC DUMP


Appropriation, March 7, 1921


$75.00


Olof Benson, Keeper


$75.00


$75.00


$75.00


SHAWSHEEN BRIDGE LOAN


Bond Loan


$12500.00


Bond Loan Int.


31.34


Bond Loan Premium


36.25


William M. Wood


10000.00


Old Colony Trust Co., certification


$ 100.00


County of Essex, Haverhill St. Bridge


21821.32


Total expenditure


21921.32


Balance


646.27


$22567.59


$22567.59


47


WAR MEMORIAL BOOK


·


Appropriation, March 7, 1921


C. M. Fuess, expenses


$ 46.60


Dorothy Cutler, clerical work


33.25


Helen E. Cannon, clerical work


26.25


Andover Post No. 8, American Legion,


27.60


expenses The Andover Press, printing


2799.40


Total Expenditures




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