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Cost to Abutter
$140508.93 \Jan. 1, 1926
Cost to Town
352330.30
Totals
71776 ft.
$492839.23
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COMPARATIVE STATISTICS, Approved to Jan. 1, 1927 JANUARY 1, 1927
Cost per million gal'ns
Year
maintenance
Cost of pumping
by total mainte- nance
by cost of pumping
No. of Received per million Gallons pumped| service gallons
meters pipes in in use use
No. of h'd'nts
Miles of main pipe
1889
Work commenced
$ 3106 38
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
1892
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
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
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 3
1240,599,178
1465
1262
369
50.08
1916
23496 87
11998 60
4842 20
46 67
1 91
+220,945,880
1492
1290
377
51.19
1917
24780 82
11538 26
5460 42
52 95
25 06
113 72
+217,894,123
1503
1311
377
51.19
1918
27053 04
15838 48
10092 80
58 93
37 56
100 67
+268,733,008
1470
1328
378
51.19
1919
23864 58
18257 99
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
1922
31831 38
22627 77
8788 98
86 32
33 54
121 46
262,098,700
1800
1745
414
55.15
1923
37718 68
21729 12
10133 57
65 30
30 48
113 47
332,409,160
1950
1856
462
57.84
1924
42284 32
33222 26
15025 88
98 37
44 49
125 21
337,717,247
2044
1929
478
59.47
1925
41616 62
30852 65
15334 50
88 79
44 60
121 05
343,769,471
2088
1963
493
60.42
1926
40697 46
29992 61
14444 00
89 97
43 33
122 09
333,352,823
2137
2011
507
61.87
.
.
6 months
46
16
1890
Received from| Net cost of water rates
81 16
95 99
94 02
HIGHWAYS, PARKS, AND PLAYSTEAD
To the Board of Public Works.
GENTLEMEN : -
I submit for your approval the fourteenth annual report of the Highway Department ending December 31, 1926.
The highway work began with the handling of snow and ice and the sanding of sidewalks. The cost of this work is included in the table of expenditures.
The cleaning of streets and patching of roads began in April and continued until late in the fall. Approximately 250 tons of patching material were used. This work is increasing more and more each year, and I would recommend that the Town buy a one-ton truck for highway maintenance.
During the year many streets were scarified and filled in places with gravel and given either a coat of oil or asphalt. Many of the country roads could be made to last for a period of years at a small cost if treated in the above manner. Several loads of cinders were placed on the following country roads: Dascomb Road, Tewksbury Street, Holt Road, Prospect Hill Road, Woburn Street, Summer Street, Bellevue Road, Osgood Street, High Street, and many other places. The cinder road on Osgood Street should be continued as far as Dascomb Road. On Osgood Street three stone culverts were replaced by metal ones.
The new work on Shawsheen Road consists of 8413 square yards of Asphalt Macadam and the cost, including drains and catchbasins, was $15,460.02. On Stevens Street 2093 square yards of road were built at a cost of $2945.51; 2640 square yards of road were built on Abbot Street at a cost of $4268.65. This finishes Abbot Street as far as Spring Grove Cemetery. The work on Chestnut Street and Pasho Street then followed. On
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Chestnut Street 1837 square yards of road were built at a cost of $3290.33, and on Pasho Street 1662 square yards for $3875.36. It was necessary to do considerable grading on Pasho Street, and also to place curbing at both ends of the street. On Summer Street 3133 square yards were built at a cost of $4601.04, also one. culvert was repaired and four catchbasins installed. The above work has added to the town highways 19778 square yards of macadam road.
A drainage system was put in on Chestnut Street before the new piece of roadwork was started at a cost of $938.70, and a drainage system was installed on Bartlet Street at a cost of $1236.65, to remedy the poor condition that existed in the vicinity of Punchard Avenue and Bartlet Street.
New fences have been built on Shawsheen Road, Greenwood Road and Andover Street, besides repairing several old fences.
The only sidewalk work done this year was a small piece in front of the new garage building on Park Street. This was built by the Town and the owner on a half cost basis.
I would recommend for the Highway Department for the year 1927, $93,000.00 ($7000.00 less than last year) to be divided as follows:
Maintenance:
Labor, teams, truck hire
$16000.00
Tarvia, oil and asphalt
7500.00
Gravel, ashes and patching material for roads
3500.00
Sidewalk work
4000.00
Keeping double team
800.00
Keeping car
400.00
Bridges
1000.00
Catchbasins and drains
1000.00
Street signs
500.00
Scarifying and dressing country roads
5000.00
Tools
300.00
Miscellaneous
2000.00
$42000.00
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New Work Contemplated : Chestnut Street Depot Plot Harding Street (curb and gravel road) High Street
$3600.00
7000.00
2400.00
23000.00
Total
$36000.00
Snow and Equipment:
Plowing and removing snow, sand and sanding
$15000.00
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Appropriation March, 1926
$100000.00
Approved Bills
$101388.80
Overdrawn
*1388.80
Expenditures:
Maintenance
$30689.90
Construction
38343.30
Snow
27891.05
Drains
4213.55
Sidewalks
251.00
Total
$101388.80 .
*This overdraft was caused on account of so much snow in December.
PARK DEPARTMENT
Appropriation March, 1926 $3000.00 Approved Bills 2994.44
Balance
$5.56
ARTICLE 7, PLAYSTEAD
Appropriation March, 1926 $15000.00 Approved Bills 14967.40
Balance
$32.60
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HIGHWAY EXPENDITURES, 1926
NAMES
Maintenance
Construction
Snow
Drains and Sidewalks
Totals
Pay Rolls
$15329.47
$9933.62
$25753.20
$1192.85
$52209.14
Boston and Main R. R.
253.06
110.70
363.76
C. M. White Iron Works
58.00
145.00
203.00
Ed. P. Hall
438.38
433.27
350.00
1221.65
J. F. McDonough P. L. Hardy
829.37
424.03
1253.40
Berger Mfg. Co.
1154.01
1154.01
Portland Stone Ware
817.16
817.16
B. L. McDonald
19.80
19.80
John Brady
685.28
3543.75
51.00
4280.03
Park Street Garage
150.23
52.24
270.77
473.24
W. J. Morrissey .
15.00
12.00
25.00
52.00
American Woolen Co.
190.02
60.99
251.01
Shawsheen Garage
17.50
82.90
100.40
W. I. Morse
574.45
22.10
596.55
New England Tel. and Tel.
70.08
101.10
171.18
Dyer Sales Co.
65.00
12.00
13.25
90.25
John Shea
107.89
80.38
188.27
Andover Garage
11.92
11.92
Elite Service Station
5.80
5.80
Sidney P. White
623.09
623.09
F. H. O'Brien
5.50
5.50
Louis A. Belisle
35.00
35.00
Carfares
36.03
36.03
Treat Hardware Co.
19.40
8.58
20.04
48.02
Massachusetts Public Works
253.01
Anderson and Bowman
52.05
138.65
158.70
349.40
A. W. Lowe
2.95
1.50
4.45
Henry E. Miller
22.50
18.25
40.75
M. M. Converse
134.80
134.80
155.03
18.50
200.00
373.53
.
253.01
Youlden Smith & Hopkins
$359.20
$359.20
George Briggs
$749.60
$14542.57
15292.17
Barrett Mfg. Co.
4611.68
3558.37
8170.05
General Crush Stone Co.
599.53
779.18
1378.71
J. W. Robinson Co.
478.50
21.65
500.15
Standard Oil Co.
2893.64
2916.55
5810.19
Buchan & McNally
1.80
1.00
2.80
Smith & Dove
27.75
27.75
Andover Coal Co.
34.00
34.00
Buffalo Pitts
64.37
64.37
S. W. Howes
30.00
30.00
Cross Coal Co.
81.00
81.00
Water Department
40.00
40.00
A. M. Colby
6.00
6.00
George D. Gibson
25.00
25.00
Anglo Saxon Co.
42.16
42.16
Barber Asphalt Co.
1640.00
1640.00
Frank E. Dodge
.90
.90
H. E. Fletcher Co.
140.71
140.71
American Express Co
9.63
9.63
Richard Abbott
227.86
227.86
Solomon C. Walker
20.00
20.00
Lawrence Gas and Electric
110.50
110.50
Rowe Contracting Co.
112.61
112.61
Arlington Mills
344:00
344.00
John Haggerty
248.62
248.62
Tremont Oil Co.
. ,4:10.45
10.45
Colonial Paint Works
20.00
20.00
L. D. Pomeroy
103.50
103.50
Lawrence Machine Co.
10.20
10.20
.
.
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HIGHWAY EXPENDITURES, 1926 - Continued
NAMES
Maintenance
Construction
Snow
Drains and Sidewalks
Totals
North Reading Wagon Co.
188.50
188.50
Andover T. and T. Co. Daniel Webster
3.50
3.50
Acme Road Machine Co.
88.56
88.56
John Koza
21.00
21.00
Bruno Motor Co.
1.49
1.49
Gray & Kendall
3.60
: 3.60
Lebanon Machine Co.
70.00
70.00
J. W. Richardson
203.06
203.06
L. M. Crane Oil Co.
437.50
437.50
C. E. Torrey
53.00
53.00
Lyle Bros.
13.65
13.65
Est. J. E. Pitman
8.46
8.46
White and Huntress
32.00
32.00
Davis Foundry Co.
34.30
34.30
$30689.90
$38343.30
$27891.05
$4464.55 $101388.80
1.50
1.50
TOWN OF ANDOVER
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF .....
RPORATED
MAY
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FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31, 1927
ANDOVER, MASS. SMITH & COUTTS CO. 1928
CONTENTS
PAGE
Aiding Mothers
65
Memorial Hall Library 66, 120
Infirmary Expense
49 Memorial Hall Library Building 66
Relief out of
64 Moth Work 37, 60
Infirmary Statistics
65 Municipal Buildings
33
Andover Post No. 8
42
Municipal Properties
69
Animal Inspector
54
Planning Board 48, 118
Appropriations, 1927 Assessors' Report
19
Playstead Land Taking 47
Assessors' Survey
47,
93
Pomp's Pond Recreation Commit- tee 43, 51
Auditors' Certificate
79
Board of Health
35, 70
Board of Health Nurse
72
Board of Public Works
Appendix
Brush Fires 41
77
Charities Department
63
Cornell Fund
49
Report of War Memorial Commit- tee 85
Damage to Persons and Property
46
Sealer of Weights and Measures 46, 50
December Assesments
68
Report on Salaries 109
28
Election and Registration
34
Smith Hughes Fund
30
Essex County Tuberculosis Hospital 44 Financial Report 28
Spring Grove Cemetery
38, 58
Fire Department 41, 53
State Aid
65
Finance Committee's Report
101
State Taxes
39
G. A. R. Post 99
40
Street Lighting
36
Haggetts Pond Land Purchase
48
Tax Collector
75
Inspector of Wires
45
Temporary Loans
44
Insurance
45
Town Meeting
14
Interest
43
Town Officers
4, 31
Jury List
55
Town Scales
36
Liabilities
80 Town Warrant
7, 97
Librarian's Report
123
Treasurer's Report
80
Memorial Day
39
Tree Warden
37, 60
Assets
80
Punchard Free School, Report of Schools 28
Trustees 89
Redemption of Bonds
44
Building Inspector's Report
Reserve Fund
48
Retirement of Veterans
40
County Tax 39
Dump, Care of 40
Schools
Soldiers' Relief
65
67
Police 42, 61
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TOWN OFFICERS
Selectmen and Board of Public Welfare
ANDREW McTERNEN, Secretary
Term Expires 1928 66 1929
FRANK H. HARDY, Chairman
*CHARLES BOWMAN
66 1930
Assessors
ANDREW McTERNEN, Secretary
Term Expires 1928
FRANK H. HARDY, Chairman
1929
*CHARLES BOWMAN
66
1930
Town Clerk GEORGE A. HIGGINS Town Treasurer
GEORGE A. HIGGINS Tax Collector WILLIAM B. CHEEVER School Committee
MAY D. FOLK
Term Expires 1928
EUGENE M. WEEKS
66
1928
DR. W. DACRE WALKER
66
1928
MARY E. C. GEAGAN
66
66
1929
FREDERICK E. CHEEVER
66
66
1929
ERNEST A. JOHNSON
66
66
1929
LAWRENCE V. ROTH
66
66
1930
MARY W. FRENCH
66
66
1930
DAVID R. LAWSON
66
66
19.30
Superintendent of Schools HENRY C. SANBORN
Board of Public Works and Sinking Fund Commission
Term Expires 1928
THOMAS E. RHODES
66
1928
WALTER I. MORSE
66 1929
GEORGE H. WINSLOW
66
1930
WILLIAM D. MCINTYRE
66
66
1930
ARTHUR T. BOUTWELL
*Deceased
4
Superintendent of Water, Sewer Department, Highways and Parks
FRANK L. COLE Chief of Fire Department CHARLES F. EMERSON Board of Health
CHARLES E. ABBOTT, M.D.
Term Expires 1928
BANCROFT T. HAYNES
1929
FRANKLIN H. STACEY
66 1930
Chief of Police FRANK M. SMITH
Constables
JAMES NAPIER FRANK M. SMITH
Term Expires 1928
66
1928
GEORGE N. SPARKS
66
1928
Trustees of Memorial Hall Library
NATHAN C. HAMBLIN
Term Expires 1928
PHILIP F. RIPLEY
1929
JOHN C. ANGUS
1930
BURTON S. FLAGG
66
1931
CLAUDE M. FUESS
66
1932
REV. FREDERICK A. WILSON
1933
FREDERIC S. BOUTWELL
1934
Trustees of Punchard Free School-Terms expire 1928
FREDERIC S. BOUTWELL JOHN H. CAMPION MYRON E. GUTTERSON *HARRY H. NOYES EDMOND E. HAMMOND
Auditors
WALTER H. COLEMAN DAVID L. COUTTS HARRY SELLARS
Moderator of Town Meetings ALFRED E. STEARNS
*Deceased
5
66
Trustees of Cornell Fund
CHARLES N. MARLAND
Term Expires 1928
JOHN C. ANGUS
1929
DR. WILLIAM D. WALKER 66
1930
Superintendent of Moth Department and Tree Warden E. BURKE THORNTON
Inspector of Buildings CHARLES T. GILLIARD
Inspector of Plumbing JOSEPH P. NOLAN
Inspector of Wires
BERTRAND L. GEORGE
Registrars of Voters
PATRICK J. SCOTT GEORGE A. HIGGINS, Clerk
SAMUEL P. HULME JOHN F. HURLEY
Trustees of Spring Grove Cemetery- For 3 years
WALTER I. MORSE *DANIEL H. POOR
FRED E. CHEEVER FRED A. SWANTON
EVERETT M. LUNDGREN DAVID R. LAWSON
JOHN W. STARK Street Lighting Committee .
WALTER H. COLEMAN HENRY J. GARDNER
EDMOND E. HAMMOND
*JOHN S. ROBERTSON JAMES C. SOUTER
WINFIELD B. KNOWLTON GEORGE L. GRAHAM
Finance Committee
ARCHIE N. FROST, Chairman JOSEPH H. HIGGINSON CHARLES J. BAILEY, Secretary JOSEPH C, KIMBALL
WALTER M. LAMONT JAMES H. EATON
G. EDGAR FOLK Planning Board
ROY M. HAYNES
Term Expires 1928
IRVING SOUTHWORTH
66
1929
GRANVILLE K. CUTLER
66
1930
CHARLES H. FORBES
66
1931
ROY E. HARDY
66 1932
*Deceased
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TOWN WARRANT
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
ESSEX, SS. : To either of the Constables of the Town of GREETING :
Andover,
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 designated polling places in Precincts One, Two, Three and Four viz. : The Town House in Precinct One; the Old School House, Ballardvale, in Precinct Two; the Boys' Club House, Shawsheen Village, in Precinct Three; and the Phillips Club House, School Street, in Precinct Four, in said Andover, on MONDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF MARCH, 1927, 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, 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 Trustee of Memorial Hall Library for three years (to fill vacancy), one Tree Warden for one year, and all town officers required by law to be elected by ballot.
All to be voted for on one ballot. The polls will be open from 6 o'clock a.m. to 6.30 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,
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of the General Laws, to Monday, March 14th, at 1.30 o'clock p.m. at the Town Hall, then and there to act upon the following articles, namely :
Article 2. - To elect all other officers not required by law to be elected by ballot.
Article 3. - To determine what sums of money shall be appro- priated for Almshouse Expenses, Relief out of Almshouse, Aid- ing 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., Parks and Playsteads, Police, Printing, Election and Registration, Essex County Tuberculosis Hospital Main- tenance, Public Dump, Retirement of Veterans, Reserve Fund, Redemption of Water, Sewer, High School, Main Street, Shaw- sheen Bridge, Essex Sanatorium, and Shawsheen School Bonds, Schools, Sewer Maintenance, Soldiers' Relief, Spring Grove Cemetery, State Aid, Street Lighting, Town Officers, Town House, Tree Warden and Moth Department, Water Maintenance and Construction, Andover Post No. 8, American Legion, and other town charges and expenses.
Article 4. - To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $15,000. for the purpose of making improvements at the playstead, said improvements to be carried out in accordance with plans drawn and recommendations of Morse & Dickinson, landscape engineers, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Article 5. - To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $15,000. to make the following alterations and extensions to the Water System: Laying a new main on Lowell Street 2200 feet of 8-inch and 2400 feet of 6-inch pipe; laying 650 feet of 6-inch main on Florence Street to take the place of the 4-inch main; also laying 1400 feet of 6-inch on Washington Avenue to take place of 4-inch main, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Article 6. - To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $5000. to extend the water main from the North School House down the River Road to the Lawrence line, on petition of Albert A. Hardy and others.
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Article 7. - To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $12,500. to pay its share of the cost of rebuilding Haverhill Street Bridge and rebuilding 650 feet of roadway east and west of said bridge, it being understood that the balance of the cost will be borne by the State, County, and Boston and Maine Rail- road, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Article 8. - To see if the Town will accept as a Town Way the private street known as Brechin Terrace, as laid out by the Selectmen. This street leads from Shawsheen Road about 175 feet west of Cuba Street, extending about 400 feet in a north- easterly direction. The road as laid out is 60 feet in width between outside of sidewalk lines, on petition of Smith & Dove Mfg. Company and others.
Article 9. - To see if the Town will accept as a public way, as laid out by the Selectmen, and shown on plan filed with the Town Clerk, a way known as Juliette Street, starting at the easterly line of Corbett Street, thence northerly about 1296 feet to a point near the property of one Nelson, on petition of Edward Topping and others.
Article 10. - To see if the Town will accept as a public way, as laid out by the Selectmen, and shown on plan filed with the Town Clerk, a way known as Dufton Road extending from Burnham Road to Enmore Street a distance of 857 feet more or less, on petition of George Dufton and others.
Article 11. - To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $2000. together with the unexpended balance, to wit $1711.65, now remaining as the Corbett Road balance of un- expended appropriation for water service in 1926, for the pur- pose of installing water service in Juliette Street, provided the article for the acceptance of said street is adopted, on petition of residents of said street.
Article 12. - To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $1200. for the purpose of installing water service in Duf- ton Road, provided the article for the acceptance of said road is adopted, on petition of George Dufton and others. .
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Article 13. - To see if the Town will appropriate $3000. to lay out, grade and repair Magnolia Avenue, in Shawsheen Village, on petition of James Mulligan and others.
Article 14. - To see if the Town will vote to accept from the American Woolen Company a conveyance of certain land, with the buildings thereon, in Shawsheen Village, bounded and de- scribed as follows :
Beginning at the intersection of the easterly line of Main Street and the northerly line of Balmoral Street; thence northerly by said Main Street 258 feet, more or less, to Haverhill Street, thence easterly by said Haverhill Street 46 feet, more or less, to a fence and land retained by the grantor; thence southerly as said fence now stands, by land retained by the grantor 253 feet, more or less, to Balmoral Street ; thence westerly by said Balmo- ral Street 50 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning. This parcel of land is commonly known as The Mall.
All as described and set forth in the deed of the American Woolen Company to the Inhabitants of the Town of Andover, which deed, with a plan of the land described therein, is on file in the office of the Town Clerk for examination and inspection.
Article 15. - To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $12,500. to purchase one 750-gallon pump for use in the Fire Department, on petition of Charles F. Emerson and others.
Article 16. - To see if the Town will vote to adopt the recom- mendations of the War Memorial Committee and to construct a memorial to commemorate the services and sacrifices of the soldiers, sailors and marines, men of Andover, in the service of the United States in War, substantially in accordance with the plans, specifications, model and recommendations of said com- mittee, and appropriation therefor the sum of sixty-two thousand five hundred dollars ($62,500.) ; determine how the same shall be raised and by whom expended, or in any way act thereon, on petition of the War Memorial Committee.
Article 17. - To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $3500. to purchase two certain parcels of land situated in the
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Town of Andover on the northerly shore of Haggett's Pond, containing in all about twenty-four acres, on petition of Frederic S. Boutwell and others.
Article 18. - To see if the Town will authorize the appoint- ment by the Moderator of a committee of five to petition the legislature on behalf of the Town for authority to establish a limited or representative form of Town Meeting, on petition of Alfred L. Ripley and others.
Article 19. - To see if the Town will vote to accept Section 48, Chapter 31, of the General Laws, relating to its regular police and fire forces, in order that the regular members of the police department and the regular and call members of the Fire Depart- ment shall be subject to said Chapter 31, and the rules made thereunder, known as the "Civil Service"; on petition of Ralph T. Berry and others.
Article 20. - To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $500. (five hundred dollars) for the purpose of reserving certain streets of the Town for coasting, on petition of Ralph T. Berry and others.
Article 21. - To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Public Works to pay part of the cost, not to exceed $500., of the retaining wall along the south side of Roger's Brook adjoin- ing the land of John Stewart and connecting with the Town's cul- vert on Bartlet Street, on petition of John Stewart and others.
Article 22. - To see if the Town will authorize the Planning Board to prepare a definite plan for a Zoning System of the town, to be presented for action at the next annual Town Meeting ; and if the Town will appropriate a sum of money, not to exceed $1200., for the necessary expenses of such preparation; also to see if the Town will enact an Interim Ordinance, establishing certain residential districts and empowering the Selectmen to en- force certain restrictions therein, on petition of the Planning Board.
Article 23. - To see if the Town will authorize the School Committee to report to the next Town Meeting on the adequacy
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of present school facilities; to furnish an estimate of the annual growth of the school population; and to report its recommenda- tions with reference to additional facilities and equipment re- quired to accommodate such school population, on petition of Elsie P. Poynter and others.
Article 24. -- To see if the Town will adopt the following sec- tion as a part of the town By-Laws: All town departments shall call for bids for supplies, equipment, construction work or other purposes costing $500. or more, and in so far as possible bids shall be required on expenditures of lesser amounts, on petition of John F. O'Connell and others.
Article 25. - To see if the Town will instruct the Board of Selectmen to establish forthwith a scale of charges for the use of the town ambulance under certain conditions, on petition of John F. O'Connell and others.
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