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*Van Buren, Martin. Autobiography. Werner, M. R. Barnum.
92 W637
Wiggin, K. D. My garden of memory.
920.7 W69
Wilson, V. A. Queen Elizabeth's maids of honor.
HISTORY
973.3 A21
Adams, J. T. Revolutionary New England.
952 B77
Brinkley, Frank. History of the Japanese people.
952 B81
Brown A. J. Mastery of the far east.
391 E12c
Earle, A. M. Costume of colonial days.
954 F53
Fisher, F. B. India's silent revolution.
952 G47
Gleason, George. What shall I think of Japan?
947 H24
Harrison, M. E. Unfinished tales from a Russian prison. Holliday, Carl. Woman's life in colonial days.
974.4 M56
*Meserve, H. C. Lowell-an industrial dream come true. Nahas, Bishara. Life and times of Tut-Ankh-Amen.
932 N14
971 S55
*Shortt, Adam, ed. Canada and its provinces. 23v.
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917.4 H72
Rainsford, W. S. Story of a varied life.
92 T382
92 B266w
*Gresham, Matilda. Life of W. Q. Gresham. 2v.
92 H1851
FICTION
Minglestreams.
*The Amouretta landscape, etc. For richer, for poorer. The enchanted April.
Support. Dobachi. The Scudders. The dim lantern.
Bacheller, Irving. Bailey, Temple.
Barres, Maurice.
Beach, Rex.
*Colette Baudoche. Flowing gold. Riceyman Steps.
Bennett, Arnold.
Benson, E. F.
Benson, E. F.
*Across the stream. Miss Mapp. Prisoners of Hartling.
Bindloss, Harold.
The bush-rancher.
Bindloss, Harold.
Lister's great adventure.
Bojer, Johan.
Last of the vikings.
Bordeaux, Henry.
The house that died.
Bottome, Phyllis.
The victim and the worm.
Bower, B. M.
The voice at Johnnywater. Old Crow.
Brown, Alice. Brown, Alice.
Wind between the worlds.
Buchan, John.
Huntingtower.
Buchan, John.
Midwinter.
Buchan, John.
Watcher by the threshold. The wrong move.
Cadmus, pseud.
*Island of sheep. A lost lady.
Cather, Willa.
One of ours.
Cather, Willa.
Youth and the bright Medusa. The Alaskan.
Curwood, J. O.
The country beyond.
Curwood, J. O.
The river's end.
Dehan, Richard.
The just steward. Land of content.
De la Pasture, E. E. M.
*The optimist.
De la Pasture, E. E. M.
De la Roche, Mazo.
Diver Maud.
Tumbleweeds.
Evarts, H. G. Fairbanks, J. A. Farnol, Jeffery.
The yellow horde.
The Cortlandts of Washington Square.
Farnol, Jeffery.
The definite object. My lady Caprice.
Farnol, Jeffery. Ferguson, John Fisher, D. C.
*The dark Geraldine.
Flandrau, G. H.
Fletcher, J. S. Fletcher, J. S.
*Raw material. Being respectable. Charing Cross mystery. Exterior to the evidence.
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Burr, A. R.
Cather, Willa.
Curwood, J. O.
Delano, E. B.
*A reversion to type. Explorers of the dawn. The strong hours.
Evarts, H. G.
Peregrine's progress.
Abbott, Jane. Adams, Adeline. Armstrong, H. H. Arnim, M. A. B. Ashmun, Margaret. Ayscough, John.
Beresford, J. D.
Forman, H. J. Fuller, Margaret. Furman, Lucy. Gale, Zona. Galsworthy, John. Galsworthy, John. Galsworthy, John. Gartland, Hannah. Gerould, K. F. Gerould, K. F.
Man who lived in a shoe. One world at a time. The quare women. Faint perfume.
*Captures. The country house The man of property. The Globe Hollow mystery.
The great tradition.
Valiant dust.
Gilman, D. F.
Green, A. K.
The step on the stair.
Grenfell, W. T.
Northern neighbors.
Grey, Zane.
Light of western stars.
Grey, Zane.
Hannay, James.
Harker, L. A.
Harris, Corra.
Daughter of Adam.
Hawes, C. B.
The dark frigate.
Hay, Ian, pseud.
The lucky number.
Hext, Harrington.
The thing at their heels.
Jones, E. B. C.
The Wedgwood medallion.
Kaye-Smith, Sheila.
End of the house of Alard.
Keith, Marian.
Bells of St. Stephen's.
King, Basil.
The dust-flower.
King, Basil.
The happy isles.
Laing, Janet.
Man with the lamp.
Landon, Herman.
*Gray terror.
LeBlanc, Maurice.
Lee, Jennette.
*Woman of mystery. Mysterious office. The white cipher.
Leverage, Henry.
Lincoln, J. C.
Doctor Nye.
Lowndes, Mrs. Belloc.
From out the vasty deep.
What Timmy did.
Lowndes, Mrs. Belloc. Lucas, E. V.
Genevra's money.
Lutz, G. L. H.
The big blue soldier.
Lutz, G. L. H.
The search.
Tomorrow about this time.
Mccutcheon, G. B.
Oliver October.
McFee, William.
Command.
Mackenzie, Compton.
Seven ages of women.
Mansfield, Katherine.
The garden party, etc.
Marquand, J. P.
The unspeakable gentleman.
Marshall, Archibald.
The Clinton twins, etc.
Marshall, Archibald.
Pippin.
Isle of retribution.
Marshall, Edison.
Voice of the pack.
Martin, Absalom.
Kastle Krags.
Martin, H. R.
Church on the avenue.
Maxwell, W. B.
The day's journey.
Maxwell, W. B.
Maxwell, W. B.
*The guarded flame. Spinster of this parish.
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Marshall, Edison.
Lutz, G. L. H.
*Wanderer of the wasteland. The great-grandmother. Really romantic age.
Lorraine.
Milne, A. A. Mitchell, R. C. Montgomery, L. M. Morley, Christopher. Morris, E. B. Norris, Kathleen. Norris, Kathleen. O'Brien, H. V.
Once upon a time. Corduroy. Emily of New Moon. Where the blue begins. Our Miss York.
Butterfly.
- Josselyn's wife. Trodden gold.
Ollivant, Alfred.
"Old For-ever."
Madame Valcour's lodger.
Bridge of kisses.
Oppenheim, E. P.
Oppenheim, E. P.
Payne, E. S.
Fathoms deep.
Pendexter, Hugh.
Pay gravel.
Phillpotts, Eden.
The Red Redmaynes.
Poole, E. A.
Millions. Stella Dallas.
Pryde, Anthony.
Clair de lune.
Quick, Herbert.
The hawkeye.
Ragsdale, Lulah.
The next-besters.
Raine, W. M.
Brand blotters.
Reynolds, Mrs. Baillie.
Judgment of Charis.
Reynolds, Mrs. Baillie.
The lonely stronghold.
Richards, Mrs. L. E. H.
In blessed Cyrus.
Richmond, G. L. S.
Rufus.
Roberts, Cecil.
Scissors.
Rohmer, Sax.
*Tales of China-town. Hirondelle.
Rowland, H. C.
Russell, John.
Where the pavement ends. Gladiola Murphy.
Sawyer, Ruth.
Sidgwick, Mrs. Alfred. Simon, R. A.
*Iron cousins. "Our little girl." The hidden road.
Singmaster, Elsie. Slade, C. J. Snaith, J. C.
*The cuckoo's nest.
Spearman, F. H.
Stanford, A. B.
The ground swell. Mary Rose of Mifflin. Ponjola.
Stockley, Cynthia. Tarkington, Booth.
The fascinating stranger, etc.
Thompson, Vance. Tilden, Freeman. Vance, L. J. Walpole, Hugh. Wells, Carolyn. Wells, Carolyn. Wells, H. G. Wharton, Edith. Widdemer, Margaret. Widdemer, Margaret.
The pointed tower. Mr. Podd.
*The lone wolf returns. Jeremy and Hamlet. Feathers left around.
*Spooky Hollow. Men like gods. *A son at the front. A minister of grace. You're young only once.
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Olmstead, Florence. Onions, Mrs. Oliver. Onions, Mrs. Oliver.
Sir or Madam.
Cinema murder. The seven conundrums.
Prouty, O. H.
*The great age. Laramie holds the range.
Sterrett, F. R.
Williams, W. W.
Wilson, H. L.
Family. Ma Pettingill.
Wilson, H. L.
Oh, doctor!
Wilson, Margaret.
The able Mclaughlins.
Wodenhouse, P. G.
Mostly Sally.
Wyatt E. F.
The invisible gods.
CHILDREN'S BOOKS-NON-FICTION
680 B33
Baxter, L. H. Toy craft.
599 B34j
Baynes, E. H. Jimmie, the story of a black bear cub.
599 B34p
Baynes, E. H. Polaris, an Esquimaux dog.
920 B38
Beard A. E. S. Our foreign-born citizens.
398.4 B46
Beston, H. B. The starlight wonder book.
940 B85
Buchan, John. Book of escapes and hurried journeys.
670 C35
Chamberlain, J. F. How we are clothed.
630 C35 Chamberlain, J. F. How we are fed.
627.9 C69 Collins, F. A. Sentinels along our coast.
398.4 C72c
Colum, Padraic. Children who followed the piper.
573 D72h
Dopp, K. E. The early herdsmen.
398.4 D98i
Dyer, R. O. Adventures of the ink spots.
395 F93
Everyday manners for boys and girls.
593 G25
Gaylord, I. N. Little sea-folk.
680 H14ho
Hall, A. N. Home-made games and equipment.
914 H49
Hewins, C. M. A traveler's letters to boys and girls.
398.2 H69 92 W272j 523 J62
Jackson, W. C. Boys' life of Booker T. Washington. Johnson, Gaylord. The sky movies.
232.9 R44
Rihbany, A. M. The Christ story for boys and girls.
353 S54 Shepherd, W. G. Boys' own book of politics.
342.7 T16 Tappan, E. M. Story of our constitution.
808.9 W63 Wickes, F. G. comp. Happy holidays.
STORIES FOR CHILDREN
Abbott, Jacob. Abbott, J. D.
Franconia stories.
Larkspur.
Adams, Katherine.
Mehitable.
Adams, Katherine.
Wisp-a girl of Dublin.
Bassett, S. W.
Walter and the wireless.
Bennett, E. H.
Camp Ken-jockety.
Brown, E. A. Chesnez, Baroness des.
Lady Green Satin and her maid Rosette. The king's powder.
Dudley, A. T. Gollomb, Joseph.
Working through at Lincoln High.
Gray, Joslyn.
The other Miller girl.
The funny house.
Guyol, L. H. Hartley, G. I.
The last parrakeet.
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398.4 B67e
Bowen, William. The enchanted forest.
927.8 B81
Brower, Hariette. Story-lives of master musicians.
913.3 H14
Hall, Jennie. Buried cities.
Holbrook, Florence, comp. Book of nature myths.
Whistling Rock.
Hawkes, Clarence. Hewes, A. D. Hume, Ethel. Ives, S. N.
Dapples of the circus. Boy of the lost crusade. Judy of York Hill.
Dog heroes of many lands. Land and sea tales.
Lofting, Hugh.
Doctor Dolittle's postoffice.
Loomis, A. F.
The Sea Bird's quest.
Marshall, Archibald.
Audacious Ann.
Mukerji, D. G.
Kari the elephant.
Black boulder claim.
Newberry, Perry. Perkins, L. F.
The Filipino twins.
Phillips, E. C.
A story of Nancy Hanks.
Spyri, Johanna.
Vinzi.
Tappan, E. M. With, K. H. Zwilgmeyer, Dikken.
Ella.
The mouse story.
Four cousins.
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Kipling, Rudyard.
REPORT OF CUSTODIAN JOHN CORNELL ART GALLERY
To the Trustees of the Memorial Hall Library.
GENTLEMEN: I herewith submit the report of the gallery for the twelve months ending December 31, 1923.
The attendance for the year has been somewhat in advance of that of recent years, 300 visitors being listed, of which 130 were adults and 170 children.
There have been few instances in which the parents have accompanied the children. One regrets this much. No doubt many are too busy or tired to make the effort. It is a distinct pleasure to all when such visits occur.
The desire has been expressed before that more adults could experience the genuine satisfaction attending a call at the gallery, -a real call, not a perfunctory glance. Even a half-hour spent in such a restful atmosphere is conducive to refreshment of spirit. It is only just to record, and one is glad to do so, that a careless attitude towards the pictures is not a common occur- rence. The type of person who "gallops through the Louvre" rarely calls at the gallery.
Occasional remarks from callers indicate that many persons in town are cherishing the hope that the time is not too far away when they can frequently and easily drop in to enjoy the pic- tures. It sounds good.
The small attendance of the children is regretted. Of course the majority are new comers, and eager to explore. The interest of some is quickly satisfied, while others tarry, ask questions, and come again. The wide range of pictures makes an alluring combination, and the children love them. One expects the pictures with a story to attract them - when will any one be too old to enjoy a compelling story? - but many are drawn to the
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portraits, and of course to the few but choice landscapes and marines. Some enjoy studying textures. It is interesting to observe them, and most encouraging.
The gallery has surely been of great value to many children as well as adults. Taken all in all, one can report that it is function- ing, even if results appear negligible.
Respectfully submitted,
ABBIE S. DAVIS Custodian
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TOWN OF ANDOVER
TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
EMBRACING THE THIRTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS AND TWENTY- SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT OF SEWER COMMISSIONERS
FOR THE YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31, 1923
ANDOVER, MASS. THE ANDOVER PRESS
1924
WATER COMMISSIONERS 1889-1899
*JOHN H. FLINT
*JAMES P. BUTTERFIELD *FELIX G. HAYNES SEWER COMMISSIONERS
1893-1894
1894-1899
*WM. S. JENKINS
*WM. S. JENKINS
*JOHN L. SMITH
*JOHN L. SMITH
CHARLES E. ABBOTT
*JOHN E. SMITH
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
1899-1902
1903-1906
*JOHN H. FLINT
*JOHN L. SMITH
*WM. S. JENKINS
*FELIX G. HAYNES
JOHN L. SMITH
*JOHN W. BELL
*JAMES P. BUTTERFIELD
*LEWIS T. HARDY
*FELIX G. HAYNES
JAMES C. SAWYER
1906-1907
1907-1908
*FELIX G. HAYNES
*JOHN W. BELL, Treas.
JAMES C. SAWYER, Sec'y
JAMES C. SAWYER, Sec'y
*LEWIS T. HARDY
*HARRY M. EAMES
1908-1912
1913-1914
*LEWIS T. HARDY ('16)
BARNETT ROGERS ('16)
ANDREW McTERNEN ('15)
THOS. E. RHODES, Sec'y ('14)
WILLIS B. HODGKINS, Treas.(15)
1916-1917
BARNETT ROGERS ('19) THOS. E. RHODES ('17)
ANDREW McTERNEN ('18)
CHAS. B. BALDWIN, Sec'y ('19)
WILLIS B. HODGKINS,Treas.('18)
1918-1919
BARNETT ROGERS ('22) ANDREW McTERNEN ('21)
PHILIP L. HARDY ('21)
CHAS. B. BALDWIN, Sec'y ('22)
THOS. E. RHODES, Treas. ('20)
1922
THOMAS E. RHODES ('23) PHILIP L. HARDY ('24)
WM. D. MCINTYRE, Treas. ('24)
ARTHUR T. BOUTWELL ('25) EDWARD SHATTUCK ('25)
1923
PHILIP L. HARDY ('24) WM. D. MCINTYRE, Sec. ('24) ARTHUR T. BOUTWELL, Treas. ('25) EDWARD SHATTUCK ('25) WALTER I. MORSE ('26)
SUPERINTENDENT
FRANK L. COLE
* Deceased.
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*LEWIS T. HARDY
ANDREW McTERNEN
*LEWIS T. HARDY
*JOHN W. BELL, Treas.
JAMES C. SAWYER, Sec'y
ANDREW McTERNEN
WILLIS B. HODGKINS
1914-1916
THOS. E. RHODES ('19) BARNETT ROGERS ('16)
*LEWIS T. HARDY ('16)
ANDREW McTERNEN, Sec'y ('18)
WILLIS B. HODGKINS, Treas. ('18)
1917-1918 BARNETT ROGERS ('19) THOS. E. RHODES ('20) ANDREW McTERNEN ('18)
CHAS. B. BALDWIN, Sec'y ('19)
WILLIS B. HODGKINS, Treas. ('18)
1919-1920-1921 ARNETT ROGERS ('22) WILLIAM D. MCINTYRE ('21) ARTHUR T. BOUTWELL ('22) PHILIP L. HARDY Sec'y ('21) THOS. E. RHODES, Treas. ('23)
*FELIX G. HAYNES
*JOHN W. BELL, Treas.
REPORT OF BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
To the Citizens of the Town of Andover, Mass .:
Your Board of Public Works herewith submits its annual report for the year ending December 31, 1923.
This is the eleventh annual report of the Board under its re- organization, and includes the twenty-seventh annual report of the Sewer System, the thirty-fifth of the Water System, and the eleventh of the Highway and Park Departments, since they have been under the jurisdiction of the Board of Public Works.
ORGANIZATION
Mr. Walter I. Morse was elected to the Board for the term of three years. The Board met on March 12, 1923, and organized as follows: Chairman, Philip L. Hardy; Secretary, William D. McIntyre; Treasurer, Arthur T. Boutwell. Mr. Frank L. Cole was appointed superintendent for one year and Mr. George Dick as his assistant.
WATER DEPARTMENT
During the past year there has been added to the Water System, fourteen thousand two hundred nineteen feet (14,219 ft.) of 6-inch and 8-inch cast-iron pipe; also twenty-one (21) hy- drants, together with fifty (50) gates. A detailed account of this work will be found in the superintendent's report.
With the above extensions, our water mains now total fifty- seven and eighty-four hundredths (57.84) miles, with four hundred and sixty-two (462) hydrants. A thorough inspection has been made of all hydrants with relation to their working conditions, and a pressure test taken of same. We feel from the results of this inspection, and after talking over the matter with insurance authorities, that both the supply and the pressure of
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the water system is highly satisfactory, and with proper care taken in opening and closing the hydrants, we feel each unit should function 100% efficient.
This department has now as a part of its equipment a mana- graph which can be used as a measuring device, also to check up the efficiency of the pumps as well as to show the presence of any large leaks in our water mains.
A contract has been awarded to the Lawrence Pump and Machine Co., Lawrence, Mass., to install an electrical pump at the Pumping Station. This pump will be ready to use about April 1st. This unit will pump about 30% more water than the present steam plant, and we have every reason to believe, with the electrical unit as the main operating force, with the steam plant as an auxiliary, your pumping plant is equipped to meet any emergency. This has been the record year for pump- ing, three hundred and thirty-two million (332,000,000) gallons being pumped, adding six thousand dollars ($6,000.00) more to the water receipts than last year.
It is a plan of the Board to grade around and put in a more presentable condition, the grounds around the pumping station; also to fence in a certain portion of the pond each year.
The Board would recommend the sum of thirty-three thousand five hundred dollars ($33,500.00) for maintenance of the Water Department for the ensuing year; also the sum of fifteen thou- sand dollars ($15,000.00) to be used for construction expense and service pipes. The reason for asking the additional twelve thousand five hundred dollars ($12,500.00) for construction expense and service pipe is, that we heretofore had the use of all credits from this class of work. This system, however, has been discontinued and all credits must be turned in to the Town Treasury. A detailed account of the estimated expenditures of the maintenance of the Water Department will be found in the Superintendent's report.
THE WATER BONDED DEBT
The bonded debt of the Water System, January 1, 1923, was one hundred and thirty-one thousand dollars ($131,000.00). During the year 1923 there was paid twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00), leaving on the bonded debt system a balance of
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one hundred eleven thousand dollars ($111,000.00). Of this indebtedness, twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) is redeem- able by the sinking fund, which on January 1, 1924, amounted to nineteen thousand, one hundred and twenty-six dollars, and sixty-nine cents ($19,126.69). No further appropriations for this fund will be necessary, as the interest on the amount on deposit will meet the sum required through interest when due.
SEWER DEPARTMENT
The principal work done in this department this year was the building of the Outfall Sewer to the Merrimack River. We present you below a summarized report as presented to us by the firm of Weston & Sampson, engineers.
Feb. 1, 1924
Board of Public Works, Town of Andover, Mass.
Gentlemen :
We respectfully present the following progress report on the construction of the outfall sewer to the Merrimack River to January 1, 1924.
PRELIMINARY
Following our report of January 29, 1923, on the best method of sewage disposal for the Town of Andover, your Board caused an article to be inserted in the Town Warrant asking for a bond issue of $150,000 for the construction of an outfall sewer to the Merrimack River, which was voted.
A bill was then filed with the Legislature and referred to the Committee on Finance. After two hearings at which the various parties interested were represented, the bill was approved on February 26, 1923, under Chapter 69, Acts of 1923, as follows:
"An Act Authorizing the Town of Andover to Construct an Outfall Sewer for the Disposal of Its Sewage."
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of disposing of the sewage and manufacturing wastes of the Town of Andover, said
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town may lay out, construct and maintain an outfall sewer with an outlet into the Merrimack River, and for the afore- said purpose may take by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws, or acquire by purchase or otherwise, such lands, water rights, rights of way and ease- ments in said town as may be deemed necessary for the establishment of such system of sewage disposal and for any connections therewith, and may so take or acquire a strip of land of such width as may be deemed necessary on the westerly side of the Shawsheen river extending from the boundary of said town through a portion of the city of Law- rence to said Merrimack river. For the aforesaid purpose, said town may lay sewers through private and other lands and under any way or railroad, and for the aforesaid purpose or for repairing such sewers, may enter upon and dig up such private and other lands, ways or railroads in such manner as not unnecessarily to obstruct the same; provided, that said town shall not do any of the aforesaid work within the location of any railroad corporation except at such time and in such manner as it may agree upon with such corporation, or, in case of failure so to agree, as may be approved by the department of public utilities. Said town shall leave any way so dug up in the city of Lawrence in a condition satisfactory to the city engineer of said city.
Section 2. No act shall be done under authority of the preceding section until plans of said outfall sewer with an outlet into the Merrimack river shall have been approved by the department of public health of the commonwealth, and no lands, water rights, rights of way, or easements outside the boundaries of the town of Andover shall be taken or acquired by said town until approved by the said depart- ment after notice to the cities and towns affected by said acquisition or taking and a public hearing by said depart- ment to all parties interested.
Section 3. Any person injured in his property by any action of said town under this act may recover damages from said town under said chapter seventy-nine.
Section 4. For the purpose of paying the necessary ex- penses and liabilities incurred under this act, said town may
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from time to time borrow such sums as may be necessary not exceeding, in the aggregate, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the words, Andover Sewer Loan, Act of 1923. Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan. Indebtedness under this act shall be in excess of the statu- tory limit, but shall, except as provided herein, be subject to chapter forty-four of the General Laws.
Section 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage, but no expenditure shall be made and no liability incurred there- under unless said act shall first be accepted by vote of two thirds of the legal voters of the town of Andover present and voting thereon at a legal meeting called for that purpose within three years from the date of its passage.
Approved February 26, 1923
As provided in the bill, a hearing was held before the Depart- ment of Public Health on June 1, 1923, and the plans of the outfall sewer, the outlet into the Merrimack River and the taking of the necessary rights of way as proposed were approved by the Department.
In addition, a petition to construct and maintain an outlet in the Merrimack River, as proposed, was presented to the Massa- chusetts Department of Public Works and approved August 30. Another petition to the United States War Department, also to construct and maintain the outlet in the Merrimack River, was granted on October 4, 1923.
PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS AND PROPOSALS
In the meantime we had prepared contract drawings and specifications, and on June 2, the following proposals for the construction of the outfall sewer were received and opened:
Contract
Amount
Cenedella and Company
$68,355.50
Louis Cyr
79,788.50
George M. Byrne Company
87,247.00
John Williams and Company
87,617.00
Vicenza Grande
107,906.00
John E. Palmer Company
113,402.00
Frank Drinkwater
134,752.50
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All of the proposals were based upon unit prices for the various items of the work, and the above figures are the totals of the bids as computed from the estimated quantities. The contract was awarded to the lowest bidder, Cenedella and Company of Mil- ford, Mass., on the following basis:
Item
Estimated Quantity
Unit Price
Total
1-a Earth Excavation,
0-8 ft.
13,750 cu. yd.
$2.15
$29562.50
b
8-12 ft.
1,750
3.00
5250.00
C
66
12-16 ft.
525
3.50
1837.50
d
16-20 ft.
725
66
3.50
2537.50
e
20-24 ft.
60
10.00
600.00
f
66
24-28 ft.
12
20.00
240.00
2
Earth Fill and Embankment
1,050
2.00
2100.00
3
Rock Excavation
900
5.00
4500.00
5
Steel Reinforcement
3,000 lbs.
0.15
450.00
6
Brick Masonry
70 cu. yd.
40.00
2800.00
7-a Laying and Jointing 18" C.I.P.
1,240 lin. ft.
0.75
930.00
b
24"
66
7,160
1.40
10024.00
C
66
24"Vit. P.
725
0.40
290.00
8
Setting M.H. Frames and Covers
19
6.00
114.00
9
Iron Steps for Manholes
110
1.00
110.00
10
Extra Work
+15
11
Lumber Left in Place
10 M.B.M.
40.00
400.00
4
Concrete Masonry
75
35.00
2625.00
d
30"
3,985
66
1.00
3985.00
$68355.50
LOW LEVEL SEWER
The City of Lawrence being desirous of providing for the domestic sewage from an undeveloped residential area of about 100 acres, lying south of Boxford Street and east of South Union Street, and at an elevation too low to be served by the Osgood Street sewer without pumping, then entered into negotiations with the town of Andover which called for a low-level sewer to be constructed beginning at a drop manhole just north of the Essex Company stone culvert on Crawford Street, following along the Shawsheen River and entering the Merrimack River on land of the Brightwood Manufacturing Company. An agreement was reached whereby the Town of Andover was to construct this low-level sewer and the City of Lawrence agreed to reimburse the Town for the excess cost of the low-level sewer
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