Town annual report of Andover 1921-1925, Part 17

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


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5.65


921.06


926.71


926.71


Gamon Meter Co.


300.34


300.34


300.34


Renssealear Valve Co.


524.10


68.75


708.90


1301.75


1301.75


.


9.39 6.40


222.49


9.39 228.89


267.97


Portland Stoneware Co., pipe


2383.28


C. M. White, sewer covers .


·


6000.00


Cury Bros., supplies


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.


264.60


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NAMES


Mainte- nance


Service Pipe


Pipe Dist.


Total


Mainte- nance


House Con- nection


Common Sewers


Total


Grand Totals


George Snell


30.05


30.05


30.05


Ralph Bailey, meter


20.00


20.00


20.00


Chadwick Lead Co ..


16.29


16.29


16.29


H. Mueller and Co.


536.53


536.53


536.53


Lead Lined Iron Pipe Co.


1220.94


1220.94


1220.94


Ware Coupling Co.


20.26


20.26


20.26


Chapman Valve Co.


23.13


23.13


23.13


Walworth Mfg. Co.


44.42


207.03


251.45


251.45


Buchan and McNally


9.00


55.56


64.56


14.97


14.97


79.53


Treat Hardware


3.80


3.80


3.80


Builders Iron Foundry


265.37


91.29


356.66


356.66


Donaldson Iron Co.


1041.97


1041.97


1041.97


National Lead Co.


164.12


218.25


218.25


John Shea.


156.32


156.32


156.32


Sinclair Refining Co.


508.95


508.95


508.95


Cross Coal Co.


3283.43


3283.43


3283.43


W. H. Coleman


.72


.72


. 72


H. J. Stanchfield


2.20


2.20


2.20


C. A. Hill


12.82


12.82


12.82


John L. Morrison


61.01


31.65


93.35


93.35


Hersey Mfg. Co.


23.02


23.01


23.01


J. H. Campion and Co.


1.20


1.02


1.02


George D. Fitts


7.30


7.20


7.20


Cutler, Dummer Co.


2.70


2.30


2.30


C. S. Buchan


13.75


13.75


13.75


54.13


SEWER DEPARTMENT


WATER DEPARTMENT


Law. Mch. Co. Ashton Valve Co.


172.95


172.95


172.95


75.60


75.60


75.60


P. J. Hannon


100.62


100.62


100.62


A. W. Chesterton


7.50


7.50


7.50


Davis Foundry


4.32


4.32


4.32


Law. Belting Co ..


2.75


2.75


2.75


Lyle Bros.


17.50


17.50


17.50


Frank H. Hardy


50.59


50.59


50.59


Anderson and Bowman


68.35


68.35


68.35


Crosby Steam Gauge


22.50


22.50


22.50


Shawsheen Garage


2.50


2.50


2.50


Philip Foster .


275.00


275.00


275.00


John Riley W. C. Crowley


4.00


4.00


4.00


3.47


3.47


3.47


Edith Sellars .


12.00


12.00


12.00


$22735.55 $6583.44|$2319.21|$31638. 20 $2996.45 $1124.08 $14957.54 $19078.07 $50716.27


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HIGHWAYS AND PARKS


To the Board of Public Works :-


GENTLEMEN :- I submit for your approval the Ninth annual report of the Highway Department for the year ending December 31st, 1921. During January, February and March, we were sanding sidewalks, shoveling gutters and plowing, keeping catch basins opened. The snow cost this year was only $1834.12 including the sand used on sidewalks the entire year, together with repairs on old plow and one new one, made by John L. Mor- rison. We now have ten plows and nine routes, which in any ordinary storm may be covered in four hours. When the frost was out of the ground we started cleaning up the streets and clear- ing out all catch basins. On completion of this we started patch- ing up our Tarvia Roads and the blanketing of same, which when we completed on May 10th, we started construction work on Lowell Street May 11th and completed this on August 18th, 1921. On August 19th we started Summer Street, finishing September 22d. On Sept. 26th we started Andover Street to B. Vale and completed this Nov. 14th. Since then we have been patching. up gravel roads, cleaning catch basin, sanding sidewalks and general work. We also helped clean up brush, resulting from the Ice Storm, using three of our men and our team, to aid the Tree warden for about two weeks.


BLANKETING OF STREETS


During the year 1921, 39,405 gallons of tarvia was used for this work, at a cost of $5910.75. Sand used for this work cost $1587.29. The cost of blanketing was kept this year on several different streets and found to be including patching, about .0412 per yard.


BRIDGES


It was necessary to put in new timbers and replank the Stevens Street Bridge this year. The work was done by Mr. Charles.


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Torrey and cost $711.77. The Ballard Vale Bridge on Andover Street had to be all new timbered and planked; bids were asked for this and Mr. Torrey was awarded the job which cost $1590.00. I would say the Town furnished the paint for both of these bridges which were given two coats of asphalten paint, made especially for bridge work.


The Central Street Bridge is in a very dangerous condition, the trusses are about ready to fall and the timbers are in very bad shape. There should be a new Cement bridge built there at once.


SIDEWALKS


During the past year there was set Six hundred and forty-three feet of curbing, four hundred and eight yards granolithic walk on Main Street from Stevens Street to the Shawsheen River Bridge, at a cost of $2236.84. Tar sidewalks were built on School, Locke, Punchard Avenue and Summer Streets. Gutters were patched on School and High Streets and Maple Avenue, and a great many driveways, either made new or patched, so that automobiles could get in and out.


CONSTRUCTION


Construction work was started on Lowell Street on May 11th and completed August the 18th. During that time we completed 4549 feet of 18 foot road or 9098 square yards. There was con- siderable filling on this piece which made the cost higher than piece previously done. The total cost of the job was $29875.39. The table of cost will be found in the Expenditure sheet, which in- cludes $1100.00 for bills on the 1920 work.


Summer Street was then taken up on August 19th and when finished on September 22d we had completed 5531 yards of road with necessary catch basin and piping. The cost of this work was $9372.90 or about $1.69 per yard.


Andover Street was started on September 26th and completed the 14th of November. During that time we built 7472 yards of Tarvia road with necessary pipes for draining at a cost of $9985.73 or about $1.34 per yard.


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BALLARD VALE DISTRICT


Only necessary repairs have been done in Mr. Haggerty's sec- tion this year, costing for teams and labor $2489.76.


Ashes have been put on Woburn Street, Haggetts Pond Road, Bailey, River and Highland Roads, and Stinson Street. Many hundred loads have been scattered on the different streets through- out the town; some three or four loads and on others more. The cost of this work for the year was $7000.00.


Recommendations:


MAINTENANCE


Labor and teams


$11000.00


Tarvia B. and Sand


4000.00


Sid walks


3000.00


Gravel and ashes


6000.00


Snow


2000.00


Drain


1000.00


Keeping team and car


1000.00


Miscellaneous


1000.00


Bridges


1000.00


$30000.00


I have made a careful study of Phillips Street, measuring the same and find that it will take about 3400 feet of curbing and 7200 square yards of road to be built from Main to Central Streets, at an estimated cost of $19,500.00. Abbot Street between School and Phillips Streets, should be built at the same time which will mean about 3120 yards at a cost of $6500.00. The balance of our construction money should be spent on Essex Street, below the Boston and Maine R. R. crossing up Shawsheen Road toward the West Church, this would be to Stevens St., about $8000.00. River Road will have to be scarified and shaped up and a blanket coat. I would recommend $30000.00 for new work.


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PARK DEPARTMENT


During the year 1921 only the necessary work was done on the park, such as taking care of the lawns, walks and shrubbery.


The athletic field had its usual care together with the boulders on Ridge Street.


Appropriation March 1921


$1200.00


Expenditures


1213.74


13.74


Same appropriation will be necessary in 1922.


$1200.00


FINANCIAL STATEMENT


Appropriation, March 1921


Highway department, maint.


$30000.00


Highway department, const.


30000.00


Lowell Street


5000.00


County, Lowell Street


9958.46


State, Lowell Street


9958.46


Credits


4650.12


Expenditures


Maintenance


$29091.89


Construction


25200.34


Lowell Street


29875.39


Snow


1871.37


Tools


223.55


Bridges


2301.77


Drain


906.08


-


$89470.39


Balance


96.65


$89567.04


$89567.04


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HIGHWAY EXPENDITURES, 1921


Names.


Mainte- nance


Con- struction


Lowell street


Side- walks Snow


Tools Bridges Drains


Totals


Pay Rolls Labor and Teams


$11238.14 592.71


$7796.09 2272.75


$9693.18


$1577.52


$30304.93


Boston and Maine .


5362.76


B. L. McDonald Co.


58.32


532.05


105.00


695.37


Anderson and Bowman


27.60


61.35


33.55


121.90


E. P. Hall


90.09


1743.28 14.90


.90


46.96


Arden Trustees.


830.00


H. J. Stanchfield


42.15


7.00


49.15


W. I. Morse


96.20


18.02


52.58


174.55


341.35


J. Brady


3106.00


588.00


3331.68


7025.68


Pacific Mills


1877.60


255.43


188.37


2321.40


R. L. Buchan


53.96


42.57


96.53


Highway Dept.


910.53


910.53


Etalio Belmessino


176.50


176.50


J. E. Pitman


109.55


41.85


888.06


1039.46


John McDonough


2337.43


1033.50


2901.80


6272.73


Barrett Mfg. Co.


6119.54


1740.20


3498.60


11358.34


Essex Trap Rock


376.13


4141.37


3561.60


8079.10


Porter Livingston ·


215.00


215.00


Joseph Vohn


53.50


53.50


Hariz Motor Co.


596.00


596.00


John L. Morrison


34.75


24.64


254.35


313.74


John Shea


212.27


142.89


355.16


Dillon Mch, Co.


.90


.90


B. and L. Ex.


1.21


.97


2.08


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.


425.47


85.55


2344.39


Gray and Kendall .


31.16


830.00


2497.30


.


Am. Woolen Co. Smith & Dove


460.55


460.55


86.34


1.50


87.84


H. I. Dallman


24.72


23.22


47.94


C. M. White


181.50


181.50


Ames Plow Co.


4.05


4.05


A. M. Colby


1.50


2.00


3.50


H. E. Fletcher


709.61


709.61


Cross Coal


29.15


29.15


Benj. Jaques


7.00


7.00


A. Coal Co.


57.33


98.65


155.98


W. F. Duffee


2770.25


2770.25


J. L. Harvey


20.25


20.25


Andrew Thompson


1.75


1.75


A. P. Wright


10.50


10.50


Am. Ex.


3.34


3.34


Curtis Shoe Co.


1.25


1.25


J. H. Campion .


. 46


. 46


George W. Paine


23.90


23.90


A. Press


2.00


2.00


Geo. Dumont


68.63


68.63


A. O. Barker


114.75


114.75


H. A. Prescott


26.45


26.45


A. E. Johnson .


151.50


'151.50


J. H. Richardson


77.17


77.17


P. J. Harmon


58.36


175.40


233.76


Buffalo Steam Roller


21.75


21.75


A. W. Cox Co. .


28.12


28.12


A. W. Cox Co. .


28.12


28.12


C. A. Hill


2.10


2.10


Tyer Rubber Co.


55.00


55.00


Arlington Mills


22.00


22.00


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Names.


Mainte- nance


Con- structi n


Lowell street


Side- walks Snow


Tools Bridges Drains


Totals


Hood Farm


113.00


113.00


Moulthrop & Youman


4.50


4.50


New Eng. Sand & Gravel


396.70


396.70


Madeilene Hewes


40.00


40.00


M. O. Mahoney


126.00


126.00


Alden Spears


75.00


75.00


Fire Dept.


1079.12


1079.12


Ira Buxton


.90


.90


Auto Welding Co.


21.50


21.50


Lewis T. Boutwell


20.00


20.00


Dole & Smith


15.00


20.00


E. Mass. St. Ry. Co.


27.13


27.13


Ada Buchan


5.00


5.00


James McGovern


15.00


15.00


Lyle Bros.


26.20


26.20


Samuel Ramsden


57.60


57.60


Frank Sherry


47.20


47.20


John Franklin


64.00


64.00


P. L. Hardy


59.71


59.71


Curry Bros .


52.50


52.50


New England Metal Culvert Co.


433.56


433.56


W. W. Equipment Co.


12.00


12.00


Charles Torrey


2249.27


2249.27


Portland Stoneware Co.


271.26


271.26


$29069.86


$25200.34


$29875.39


$1871.37


$3431.40


$89448.36


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COMPARATIVE STATISTICS, Approved to Jan. 1, 1922 JANUARY 1, 1922


Year


Received from water rates


Net cost of maintenance| pumping


Cost of


by total mainte- nance


by cost of pumping


Received No. of per million Gallons pumped service gallons


pipes in use


meters in use


No. of h'd'nts


Miles of main pipe


1889


Work commenced


·


. .


·


.


6 months


46


16


1890


$ 310638


2999 99


1776 21


24,911,445


309


80


163


20.50


1891


5349 32


3399 93


1806 93


52 85


27 97


82 81


64,595,597


462


122


165


21.50


.892


5977 41


3491 22


2185 83


40 77


25 53


68 42


85,618,190


542


171


174


22.37


1893


7647 95


3792 56


2408 20


36 42


23 13


73 46


104,123,285


601


204


178


23.50


1894


8378 44


4514 47


3354 04


38 31


28 47


71 27


117,847,305


654


237


178


23.53


1895


8434 15


4380 13


3151 33


37 32


26,87


71 81


117,354,950


706


278


180


24.00


1896


9052 31


4627 53


2557 61


37 47


20 71


78 79


123,476,542


752


326


184


24.12


1897


*8011 87


4336 58


2383 71


37 67


20 71


69 61


115,094,527


789


486


184


24.16


1898


7792 40


3662 43


2196 31


32 33


19 38


68 78


113,287,775


819


571


193


24.91


1899


9376 29


4471 04


2656 42


31 21


19 24


65 45


143,260,253


845


616


194


25.12


1900


10668 57


4915 23


3158 50


33 07


21 25


71 78


148,618,935


876


641


196


25.83


1901


*8941 83


7955 34


3430 35


45 44


19 59


51 00


175,062,920


897


670


196


25.84


1902


11805 21


5787 44


3035 47


40 59


25 63


100 01


118,031,451


934


701


205


29.69


1903


11563 79


7389 44


2922 36


55 52


21 96


86 89


133,085,521


958


722


219


30.17


1904


11818 53


6378 96


3004 34


44 25


20 84


81 98


144,164,563


981


757


221


30.49


1905


12409 79


7228 82


3426 98


44 03


20 87


75 60


164,150,879


1013


791


223


30.95


1906


13516 47


8121 39


3054 09


45 39


17 29


76 48


176,717,579


1036


813


224


31.03


1907


17267 86


8112 47


4825 63


33 34


19 94


75 48


242,025,757


1060


848


227


31.35


1908


14908 89


7419 65


3750 29


39 52


19 97


79 41


187,750,372


1101


884


257


35.22


1909


16407 21


7499 95


3967 72


36 96


19 55


81 16


202,885,685


1147


926


273


38.07


1910


17613 66


8378 32


4234 61


36 50


18 50


76 93


228,939,882


1187


977


290


40.81


1911


18515 99


7974 79


3584 62


39 21


17 62


91 03


203,401,371


1245


1023


321


44.34


1912


19687 47


8117 57


3583 45


39 58


17 48


95 99


205,097,460


1304


1081


344


46.99


1913


22739 88


8412 89


4471 18


36 84


19 58


96 58


228,344,927


1353


1146


351


47.70


1914


19614 00


10306 80


4434 65


43 86


18 86


83 47


234,973,550


1405


1195


364


49.64


1915


22451 01


9982 98


4464 45


42 49


18 55


93 32


1240,599,178


1465


1262


369


50.08


1916


23496 87


11998 60


4842 20


46 67


21 91


94 02


1220,945,880


1492


1290


377


51.19


1917


24780 82


11538 26


5460 42


52 95


25 06


113 72


1217,894,123


1503


1311


377


51.19


1918


27053 04


15838 48


10092 80


58 93


37 56


100 67


1268,733,008


1470


1328


378


51.19


1919


23864 58


18257 9


7093 30


83 64


37 72


91 46


+218,279,797


1521


1370


378


51.19


1920


31416 47


19924 11


9949 64


78 23


39 06


81 08


1254,727,887


1594


1460


378


51.19


1921


28013 36


17745 39


9083 83


89 65


41 44


127 80


219,172,467


1557


1562


388


52.44


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¡ No allowance for slippage.


* Regulations and rates changed.


Cost per million gal'ns


TOWN OF ANDOVER


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


Receipts and Expenditures


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FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING


DECEMBER 31, 1922


ANDOVER, MASS. THE ANDOVER PRESS


1923


6. 1646.


CONTENTS


Almshouse Expenses


63


Memorial Day


56


New Almshouse


65


Memorial Hall Library 56, 130


Relief out of


66 Military Aid


64


Aiding Mothers


66 Miscellaneous 60


Andover Post No. 8


58


Moth Superintendent's Report 70


Animal Inspector


75


Moth Suppression


51


Appropriations, 1922


18 Notes Given


58


Art Gallery


152


Notes Paid


58


Assessors' Report


68


Overseers of the Poor


62


Assets


99


Police


48,71


Auditors' Report


102


Printing and Stationery 50


Board of Health


49,88


Punchard Free School, Report of


Board of Public Works


Appendix


Trustees 103


Sewer Sinking Funds


55


Retirement of Veterans 57


Water Sinking Funds


55


Schedule of Town Property 77


Bonds, Redemption of


58


Schools


40


Brush Fires


47


Selectmen's Report 40


Building Inspector's Report


76


Soldiers' Memorial


59


Collector's Account


85


Soldiers' Relief


64


Cornell Fund


86


Spring Grove Cemetery


52,73


County Tax


55


State Aid


64


Dog Tax


56


State and Highway Tax 55


54


Fire Department


46, 87


Tax Collector


84


Finance Committee


121


Town House


44


G. A. R. Post 99


56


Town Meeting


13


Hay Scales


54


Town Meetings, special


27, 31, 36


Insurance


54 Town Officers


4, 42


Interest


57 Town Warrant


117


Jury List


81


Treasurer's Report


94


Liabilities


94


Tree Warden 51, 69


Librarian's Report


135 War Memorial Committee 106


Dump, Care of


57


Street Lighting


TOWN OFFICERS 1922


Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor


WALTER S. DONALD, Chairman


Term expires 1923


CHARLES BOWMAN


1924


ANDREW McTERNEN, Secretary


1925


Assessors


WALTER S. DONALD, Chairman


Term expires 1923


CHARLES BOWMAN


1924


ANDREW McTERNEN, Secretary


1925


Town Clerk GEORGE A. HIGGINS


Town Treasurer GEORGE A. HIGGINS


Tax Collector WILLIAM B. CHEEVER


School Committee


FREDERICK E. CHEEVER


Term expires 1923


EDWARD C. CONROY


66


1923


ALFRED E. STEARNS


1923


EVERETT C. HILTON


66


66 1924


MARY W. FRENCH


1924


DAVID R. LAWSON


1924


ROY H. BRADFORD


66


1925


DOUGLAS G. CRAWFORD


1925


W. DUDLEY YATES


66


1925


Superintendent of Schools HENRY C. SANBORN


Board of Public Works and Sinking Fund Commission


THOMAS E. RHODES


Term expires 1923


PHILIP L. HARDY


66


66 1924


ARTHUR T. BOUTWELL


66


1925


EDWARD SHATTUCK


66


1925


66 1924


WILLIAM D. MCINTYRE


66


4


Superintendent of Water, Sewer Department, Highways and Parks FRANK L. COLE


Engineers of Fire Department CHARLES F. EMERSON, Chief


LLEWELLYN D. POMEROY, Clerk HARRY E. WELLS


Board of Health


BANCROFT T. HAYNES


Term expires 1923


FRANKLIN H. STACEY


66 66 1924


CHARLES E. ABBOTT, M.D.


66


1925


Chief of Police FRANK M. SMITH


Constables


GEORGE W. MEARS


Term expires 1923


FRANK M. SMITH


66


1923


GEORGE N. SPARKS


1923


Trustees of Memorial Hall Library


ALFRED E. STEARNS


Term expires 1923


BURTON S. FLAGG


66


66


1925


REV. FREDERICK A. WILSON


1926


FREDERIC S. BOUTWELL


66


1927


NATHAN C. HAMBLIN


1928


*CHARLES U. BELL


66


66


1929


Trustees of Punchard Free School - Terms expire 1925


FREDERIC S. BOUTWELL


JOHN H. CAMPION


MYRON E. GUTTERSON HARRY H. NOYES EDMOND E. HAMMOND


Auditors


JOHN S. ROBERTSON . WALTER H. COLEMAN HARRY SELLARS * Deceased.


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E. KENDALL JENKINS


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Trustees of Cornell Fund JOHN C. ANGUS DR. WILLIAM D. WALKER CHARLES N. MARLAND


Term expires 1923


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Superintendent of Moth Department EDWARD H. BERRY


Tree Warden EDWARD H. BERRY


Moderator of Town Meetings ALFRED L. RIPLEY


Registrars of Voters


SAMUEL P. HULME


JOHN F. HURLEY


PATRICK J. SCOTT GEORGE A. HIGGINS, Clerk


Trustees Spring Grove Cemetery


WALTER I. MORSE


DANIEL H. POOR


FRED E. CHEEVER WARREN L. JOHNSON


EVERETT M. LUNDGREN DAVID R. LAWSON JOHN W. STARK


Street Lighting Committee


WALTER H. COLEMAN


HENRY J. GARDNER


FREDERIC G. MOORE JOSEPH L. BURNS


FRED G. CHENEY


Finance Committee HENRY A. BODWELL, Chairman GEORGE ABBOT JOHN C. ANGUS, Secretary CHESTER W. HOLLAND · EDWARD V. FRENCH GEORGE H. WINSLOW GEORGE L. AVERILL


TOWN 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 elections and in town affairs to meet and assemble at the Town House in voting Precinct One and the Old School House Ballard Vale in voting Precinct Two, in said Andover, on MONDAY, the SIXTH DAY OF MARCH, 1922, at 6 o'clock a.m., to act on the following articles:


Article 1. - To elect 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, Five Trustees of Punch- ard Free School 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 and all town officers required by law to be elected by ballot. Also to take action on the following question, Shall licenses be granted for the sale of certain non-intoxicating beverages in this town?


All to be voted for on one ballot. The polls will be open from 6 o'clock a.m. to 5 o'clock p.m.


After final action on the preceding article one, the said meet- ing shall stand adjourned by virtue of Section 20, Chapter 39 of the General Laws to Monday March 13th, at 1.30 o'clock p.m. at the Town Hall, then and there to act upon the following Articles, namely :


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Article 2. - To elect all other officers not required by law to be elected by ballot.


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Article 3. - To determine what sums of money shall be ap- propriated for Almshouse Expenses, Relief out of Almshouse, Aiding Mothers with Dependent Children, Board of Health, Brush Fires, Fire Department, Hay Scales, Highway Department, Insurance, Interest, Memorial Hall 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 Shaw sheen Bridge Bonds, Schools, Sewer Maintenance, Sewer Sinking Funds, Soldiers' Relief, Spring Grove Cemetery, State Aid, Street Light- ing, Town Officers, Town House, Tree Warden, Moth Depart- ment, Water Maintenance, Construction and Sinking Funds, and other town charges and expenses.


Article 4. - To see if the town will approve the recommenda- tion of the Board of Public Works and vote to reconstruct the highway on Main Street from Chapel Avenue to Andover Square, with macadam pavement or other road material in accordance with plans and specifications prepared by the State Department of Public Works, Division of Highways. Also to see if the town will vote that said work of reconstruction be done by contract under the supervision of the Board of Public Works at an ex- pense not to exceed $100,000. Also to see if the town will vote that notes or bonds of the town be issued to raise funds for the payment of work undertaken under this article, payable annually in the years 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926 and 1927, in conformity with Chapter 44 of the General Laws.


Article 5. - To see if the Town will authorize and direct the Board of Public Works to petition the legislature for authority to issue bonds or notes, outside the statutory limit to the amount of $40,000. to be denominated on the face thereof "Andover Water Loan, Act of 1922", said loan to be for the purpose of making necessary changes in and extending the present system of water works in the town of Andover under such terms and


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conditions as the General Court may provide, on petition of the Board of Public Works.


Article 6. - To see if the town will authorize and direct the Board of Public Works to petition the Legislature for authority to borrow $200,000. outside the statutory limit of indebtedness, by bond issue or otherwise, for the following purposes: To con- struct and maintain a pipe line, in accordance with plans ap- proved by the State Board of Health, for the purpose of disposing of the sewage of the Town of Andover, said pipe line to extend from Andover through the City of Lawrence to the Merrimack River, and to authorize the purchase or taking of land in said Andover and Lawrence necessary for said site and to award and pay damages for said purchases or takings. On petition of the Board of Public Works.


Article 7. - To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $15,000.00 as their share of the cost in the reconstruction of Main street by the State, through Shawsheen Village on petition of the Board of Public Works.


Article 8. - To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $5,748.08 to pay the balance due on Haverhill Street Sewer on petition of the Board of Public Works.


Article 9. - To hear the report of the committee on housing the inmates of the Town Farm and to see if the town will appro- priate the sum of $10,000. in addition to the $30,000. now on hand, received from the sale of the Town Farm property, for the purpose of erecting a new building and other necessary expenses.


|Article 10. - To see if the town will appropriate the sum of Three thousand ($3000) dollars to purchase the property in Whittier Court, adjacent to the Playstead, known as the Cun- ningham property, and consisting of approximately one (1) acre of land with the buildings thereon, on petition of Frederic S. Bout- well and others.


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Article 11. - To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen and the School Committee to serve as a joint committee to select a suitable lot of land for municipal or town purposes in the district known as Shawsheen Village. If the land that may be selected cannot be acquired by purchase, to authorize the Selectmen on behalf of the town to exercise the right of taking by eminent domain, awarding damages for land that may be taken, and making a report of their action at a special town meeting to be called not later than April 15, 1922, with a recommendation for an appropriation to cover the award and for such further action as may be necessary, on petition of the School Committee.


Article 12. - To hear and act upon the report of the War Memorial Committee.


Article 13. - To see if the town will, for the purpose of pro- viding a suitable headquarters for a post of the American Legion, approve the leasing of a building or part of a building which shall be under the direction and control of such post subject to such regulations as the town may adopt, and to see if the town will appropriate for the current year the sum of not more than $1500 therefor, as provided for in General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 9, on petition of the War Memorial Committee.


Article 14. - To see if the town will adopt changes in the vot- ing precincts of the town as recommended by the Selectmen in a statement filed with the Town Clerk in accordance with the provisions of Section 7, Chapter 54 of the General Laws.


Article 15. - To see if the Town will accept the provisions of Sections 42, 43 and 44 of Chapter 48 of the General Laws relating to the establishment of a fire department under the control of an officer to be known as the Chief of the Fire Department.


Article 16. - To see if the town will accept as a town way, as laid out by the Selectmen, the street now known as Magnolia Avenue extending from the junction of Corbett Street and Poor Street, and running northerly 1148 feet and 39 feet in width to land now owned by James Mulligan, on petition of James Mul- ligan and others.




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