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RECOMMENDATIONS
We make the following recommendations,-
That a high-duty, steam pumping engine be installed at Haggetts Pond as the main operating unit, and that an addition be constructed at the rear of the pumping station, at a total es- timated cost of $37,000.
That the present Deane steam pump be retained as a reserve unit.
That the present electric power service be discontinued un- less the demand charge be waived by the power company.
That a Builders Iron Foundry, or other venturi meter, of the registering-indicating-recording type, be installed to furnish a continuous record of the pumping.
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That the sum of $40,000 be provided for the pumping equip- ment, venturi meter and other improvements at the pumping station.
Yours very truly, WESTON & SAMPSON
To provide for adequate water maintenance during 1929 we recommend an appropriation of $30,000 to be divided as follows : Salaries and Labor
$17000.00
300 tons of Coal
1950.00
Engine and Cylinder Oil and Tools
550.00
Power No. 1 and No. 2 Stations
6000.00
Truck and Car
700.00
Steam Engine and Boiler repairs
2000.00
Cleaning Pipe
1000.00
Telemeters (new poles, wire, etc.)
500.00
Landscape work around pond
300.00
$30000.00
Services and meters increased during 1928 as follows :-
Services in use January 1, 1928
2207
Services installed during 1928 46
Services in use January 1, 1929
2253
Meters in use January 1, 1928
2081
Meters installed during 1928
48
Meters in use January 1, 1929 2129
During the year 1928 we have laid 3036 feet of service pipe on private property and 769 feet on Town property. The work of cleaning service pipes in many cases is becoming more difficult. Some of the water services have been in use as many as 39 years, and it is impossible to clean such services, especially where the pipe is of unusual length, due to the fact that they were com- pletely filled with rust. It might be interesting to note that it was necessary to renew many of these old services during 1928.
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We recommend for service pipe and construction for 1929, $12,000.00 to be divided as follows :-
Renewing pipe over bridges on Main St.
$1000.00
Renewing services on Main St. (Approx. 1400 ft.)
1000.00
Labor
6000.00
50 Meters
600.00
Pipe-(all kinds)
1500.00
Brass goods, tools and hydrants
900.00
Renewing services
1000.00
$12000.00
Appropriation, March, 1928
Water Maintenance
$30000.00
Water Construction
12000.00
Total
$42000.00
Approved Bills
41997.12
Balance
$2.88
SPECIAL ARTICLE WATER EXTENSIONS
Appropriations
1.
Lowell St. (Article 8)
$9000.00
Stinson Rd. (Article 9)
2000.00
1
Washington Ave. (Article 10)
3500.00
$14500.00
Approved Bills
Lowell St.
$8145.69
Stinson Rd.
1923.91
Washington Ave.
3319.43
$13389.03
Balance
$1110.97
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RECEIPTS
Water Rates Construction
$36971.20 4685.21
Paid to Town Treasurer Water Rates Construction
$36971.20 4685.21
$41656.41 $41656.41
SEWER DEPARTMENT
To provide for adequate sewer maintenance we would recom- mend an appropriation of $6200.00.
The cleaning of a few troublesome sewer house-connections and stopped sewer mains, and the flushing of some of the sewer mains at Shawsheen Village that were laid at a very slight grade, con- stitute the greater part of the sewer work.
Fifteen applications have been filed for sewer house services during 1928, making a total of 1044 in use January 1, 1929.
Appropriation and credits $5765.00 5370.42
Approved Bills
Balance $394.58
OUTFALL SEWER
On hand January 1, 1928 $3270.91
Rec'd from Eastern Mass. St. Ry. Co. 1000.00
$4270.91
Approved Bills
4211.69
Balance
$59.22
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SUMMARY COST OF CONSTRUCTION
WATER DEPARTMENT
CLASSIFICATION
Approved Bills
Credits
Net Cost
Totals
Office Fixtures
$ 571.65
Telemeters
2290.15
Telephones
184.77
Teams
583.65
Pipe Distribution
352916.02
Service Pipe
$ 13389.03 11998.53
4685.21
$7313.32
90700.69
Water and Land
6687.23
Suction Pipe
1309.46
Reservoirs
16985.82
Coal Shed
806.97
Grading Land
1000.00
2739.12
Workshop
1271.88
Building Pumping Station
9610.14
Pumping Plant
[47933.54
Construction Expenses
10182.64
Tools
4622.76
Totals
$26387.56
$549396.49
SEWER DEPARTMENT
Sewer Mains
71776 ft.
Cost to Abutter
Cost to Town
$140508.93 352330.30
(Jan. 1, 1929
Totals
71776 ft.
$492839.23
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COMPARATIVE STATISTICS, Approved to January 1, 1949 JANUARY 1, 1929
Year
Received from water rates
Net cost of maintenance pumping
Cost of
by total mainte- nance
by cost of pumping
Received per million gallons
No. of Gallons pumped service pipes in use
Meters in use
No. of h'd'nts
Miles of main pipe
1889
Work commenced
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
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
3234 61
36 50
18 50
76 93
228,939,882
1187
977
290
40.81
1911
18515 99
7974 79
4584 62
39 21
17 62
91 03
203,401,371
1245
1023
321
44.34
1912
19687
8117 57
3583 45
39 58
17 48
95 99
205,097,460
1304
1081
344
46.99
1913
22739 88
8412 89
3471 18
36 84
19 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
+240,599,178
1465
1262
369
50.08
1916
23496 87
11998 60
4842 20
46 67
21 91
94 02
+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
+254,727,887
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
1927
38711 37
29989 72
12550 13
99 75
41 74
128 76
300 642 752
2207
2081
515
67 65
6 months
46
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1890
$ 3106 38
Cost per million gal'ns
19 94
96 58
HIGHWAYS, PARKS AND PLAYSTEAD
During the year 1928 the following modern road equipment was purchased :
Cold Patch Mixer
Chevrolet Truck
Sand and Stone Spreader
Tractor for plowing snow and scraping roads
The above equipment is a generous economizer of time and expense. "
During the early part of the year the highway work was con- fined to the plowing of snow, the sanding of roads and sidewalks and the patching of roads. During the spring months many streets were cleaned and patched preparatory to the blanketing with sand and tar, or sand and asphalt. When conditions per- mitted, practically all of the country roads were scraped to put them in condition for summer travel. Greenwood Road was widened from a point beyond Lowell Street to High Plain Road, and covered with ashes and gravel. This past year ashes have been placed on the following streets: Lowell Junction Road, Lovejoy Road, Beacon Street, Chandler Road, Lupine Road, Woburn Street, North Street, Argilla Road, Ballardvale Road, Holt Street, Brown Street, Rattlesnake Hill Road, Dufton Road, and Marland Street.
The road work on High Street was completed on August 18th, 1928. Included in this work is a new approach from Burnham Road to High Street. This approach is located 40 feet north of the old approach and facilitates going from one street to the other. The cost of the High Street job is as follows :-
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13486 sq. yds. $1.296 per sq. yd.
$17477.86
600 ft. drain $1.575 per sq. yd.
945.00
4 Catchbasins and 2 Manholes
245.85
Repairing Fence
293.78
New Fence
1110.00
Total
$20072.49
After the completion of High Street, the following streets were built by the Town :- Fletcher Street, Ridge Street, and a section of Salem Street. The cost of the Salem Street job was paid by Phillips Academy. The Haverhill Street job together with the bridge, retaining walls, etc., (done under Chapter 90 by the Town) was paid for by the State, County, Boston & Maine R. R. and Town.
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Haverhill St. Bridge, Road, Retaining Wall, etc.
Appropriation
$12500.00
From regular Highway Maintenance
2750.00
Total
$15250.00
Approved Bills
14628.13
Balance
$621.87
The River Road work was done under Chapter 90 by Con- tractor T. J. McCue, and this too was paid for by the State, County and Town. A section of Pine Street was built with a mixture of stone dust and crushed stone, and will give satisfac- tory results. Torr Street was rebuilt using old material from the Salem Street job. This mixture of stone and tar has made a durable road, the type necessary on Torr Street because many heavy trucks pass over this road hauling gravel to the Academy.
"Hot top gutters" were built on Chestnut Street from a point beyond Main Street to Bartlet Street. This is the main approach to the Park and now presents a much better appearance. The road bed on Locke Street has been widened to include the gutters which heretofore were much lower than the surface of the road, thus making it dangerous for cars passing on the extreme edge
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of the road. On other streets in Town the grades of the gutters have been changed so as to overcome an unsatisfactory condition similar to that which existed on Locke Street.
Many street signs have been erected during 1928. To make it safe for motor vehicle traffic at dangerous points, short sections of highway fence have been erected on the following streets :- Chandler Road, Abbot Street, Stinson Road, Prospect Hill Road, Salem Street, Ballardvale Road, River Street, Woburn Street. A number of highway fences have been painted during the past year. Pipe culverts have been installed on the following streets to take the place of the old stone culverts which have fallen in :- Abbot Street, Chestnut Lane, Red Spring Road, High Street, Cross Street, Argilla Road, and Chandler Road.
Stone bounds were set on the following streets :- Carmel Road, Park Street, Harding Street, a section of Dufton Road, Bartlet Street, and South Main Street. Some of this work should be done during 1929 so that the street lines can be readily located.
The bridge planking on Andover Street, Woburn Street, and Stevens Street has been repaired, and during 1929 these bridges together with the Abbot Bridge will require reconditioning.
To provide for adequate highway maintenance for 1929 we recommend an appropriation of $50000 to be divided as follows :
Salaries, labor, teams, and truck hire
$20000.00
Tarvia, oil and asphalt
6000.00
Gravel, ashes and patching
8000.00
Scarifying and scraping country roads and equipment for same
4500.00
Upkeep of 2 horses and wagon
800.00
One truck and one car
800.00
Catchbasins and drains
750.00
Street signs, fences and stone bounds
700.00
Bridges
1000.00
Sidewalks
5000.00
Tools
300.00
Filling, regrading and building fences at bridges that have been discontinued
2150.00
$50000.00
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Appropriation, March, 1928
$88200.00
Approved Bills :
Maintenance
$49160.20
Snow
7993.81
Construction
28045.94
Sidewalks
1736.46
Drains
1253.77 £ 88190.18
Balance
$9.82
PARK DEPARTMENT
Appropriation, March, 1928
$4000.00
Approved Bills
3987.53
Balance $12.47
To provide for adequate Park maintenance in 1929 we re- commend an appropriation of $4000.00.
ARTICLE 6, BLEACHERS
Appropriation
$1400.00
Approved Bills
1374.26
Balance
$25.74
ARTICLE 7, GRADING AT PLAYSTEAD
Appropriation
$2500.00
Approved Bills
2499.75
Balance $.25
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REDEMPTION OF BONDS
We show below a report of your Water and Sewer Sinking Funds :
WATER SINKING FUND CR.
Balance, January 1, 1928
$6071.49
Interest to August 7, 1928
72.03
$6143.52
Final payment on Bonds June 4
5000.00
Balance, August 7, 1928
$1143.52
DR.
Andover National Bank, Book No. 3 $1143.52
SEWER SINKING FUND
CR.
Balance, January 1, 1928
$30654.65
Interest to August 7, 1928
316.15
$30970.80
Final payment on Bonds June 4
30000.00
Balance August 7, 1928 $970.80
DR.
Andover National Bank, Book No. 2 $970.80
The combined balance amounting to $2114.32 has been turned over to the Town Treasurer and both bonds were redeemed in full June 4, 1928.
Signed : ARTHUR T. BOUTWELL THOMAS P. DEA
WILLIAM D. MCINTYRE
WALTER I. MORSE
GEORGE H. WINSLOW
Board of Public Works
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TOWN OF ANDOVER
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF
NDOV
PORATED
MAY 6.
TOWN
NCORPO
6. 1846.
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ETT
MASSACHUSI
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING
December 31, 1929
PRINTED BY THE ANDOVER PRESS, ANDOVER, MASS. 1930
CONTENTS
PAGE
PAGE
Aiding Mothers
40
Municipal Buildings 28
Andover Post No. 8
38
Municipal Properties 48
Animal Inspector
58
No. Main Street, Article 4
42
Appropriations, 1929
19
Outside Relief
39
Assessors' Report
46
Police
31, 69
Assessors' Survey
36
Pomp's Pond Recreation Commit- tee 31
Assets
72
Auditors' Certificate
82
Printing
29
Board of Health
30
Punchard Free School, Report of Trustees
63
Board of Public Works
Appendix
Brush Fires
32
Reserve Fund
43
Building Inspector's Report
55
Retirement of Veterans
4.0
Charities Department
81
River Road
40
Cornell Fund
49
Schools
23
County Tax
42
Sealer of Weights and Measures 35, 52
Damage to Persons and Property
34
Smith-Hughes Fund
25
Dump, Care of
35
Soldiers' Relief
40
Election and Registration
29
Spring Grove Cemetery
41, 50
Essex County Tuberculosis Hospital 30
State Aid
38
Financial Report
23
State Taxes
42
Fire Department
32, 59
Street Lighting
33
Finance Committee's Report
92
Tax Collector
44
G. A. R. Post 99
37
Temporary Loans
43
Haverhill Street Bridge
41
Town Clerk
21
Infirmary Expense
39
Town House Alterations
28
Inspector of Wires
35
Town Meeting
12
Insurance
36
Town Officers
4, 26
Interest
36
Town Physician's Report
57
Jury List
60
Town Scales
29
Liabilities
72
Town Warrant
7, 87
Librarian's Report
105
Treasurer's Report
72
Memorial Day
37
Tree Warden
33, 53
Memorial Hall Library
37,101
Vital Statistics
22
Moth Work
34, 54
Redemption of Bonds
38
Board of Health Nurse
66
TOWN OFFICERS
Selectmen and Board of Public Welfare
FRANK H. HARDY, Chairman
Term expires 1932 66 1930
JEREMIAH J. DALY
ANDREW McTERNEN, Secretary
1931
Assessors
FRANK H. HARDY, Chairman
Term expires 1932
JEREMIAH J. DALY
1930
ANDREW McTERNEN, Secretary
1931
Town Clerk GEORGE A. HIGGINS
Town Treasurer THAXTER EATON
Tax Collector WILLIAM B. CHEEVER School Committee
LAWRENCE V. ROTH
Term expires 1930
MARY W. FRENCH
"
1930
ETHEL E. CROSS
1930
MAY D. FOLK
1931
EUGENE M. WEEKS
1931
DR. W. DACRE WALKER
66
1931
MARY E. C. GEAGAN
66
6
1932
FREDERICK E. CHEEVER
1932
H. GILBERT FRANCKE .
1932
Superintendent of Schools HENRY C. SANBORN
Board of Public Works
GEORGE H. WINSLOW
Term expires 1930
1930
ARTHUR T. BOUTWELL
1931
THOMAS P. DEA
1931
WALTER I. MORSE
1932
WILLIAM D. MCINTYRE
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Superintendent of Water and Sewer Departments, Highways and Parks CHARLES T. GILLIARD Chief of Fire Department CHARLES F. EMERSON Board of Health
FRANKLIN H. STACEY
Term expires 1930
CHARLES E. ABBOTT, M.D.
1931
GEORGE G. BROWN
66
1932
Chief of Police FRANK M. SMITH
Constables
JAMES NAPIER FRANK M. SMITH GEORGE N. SPARKS
Term expires 1930
66 1930
"
1930
Trustees of Memorial Hall Library
JOHN C. ANGUS
Term expires 1930
BURTON S. FLAGG
66 1931
CLAUDE M. FUESS
1932
REV. FREDERICK A. WILSON
1933
FREDERIC S. BOUTWELL
66 1934
NATHAN C. HAMBLIN
1935
PHILIP F. RIPLEY
1936
Trustees of Punchard Free School-Terms expire 1931
FREDERIC S. BOUTWELL
JOHN H. CAMPION
MYRON E. GUTTERSON HENRY G. TYER
EDMOND E. HAMMOND
Auditors
WALTER H. COLEMAN DAVID L. COUTTS
HARRY SELLARS
Moderator-Town Meetings
ALFRED E. STEARNS Trustees of Cornell Fund
DR. WILLIAM D. WALKER Term expires 1930 66
1931
JOHN C. ANGUS CHARLES N. MARLAND
1932
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Superintendent of Moth Department and Tree Warden RALPH T. BERRY
Inspector of Buildings EDWARD R. LAWSON
Inspector of Plumbing JOSEPH P. NOLAN Inspector of Wires CHARLES A. HILL
Registrars of Voters
PATRICK J. SCOTT GEORGE A. HIGGINS, Clerk SAMUEL P. HULME JOHN F. HURLEY
Trustees of Spring Grove Cemetery-For three years
WALTER I. MORSE WALTER E. CURTIS
FREDERICK E. CHEEVER FRED A. SWANTON
EVERETT M. LUNDGREN DAVID R. LAWSON JOHN W. STARK
Street Lighting Committee
WALTER H. COLEMAN GEORGE G. BROWN
*JAMES C. SOUTER WINFIELD B. KNOWLTON GEORGE L. GRAHAM ROLAND B. GLINES
Finance Committee
*ARCHIE N. FROST, Chairman JOHN A. ARNOLD
CHARLES J. BAILEY, Secretary JAMES H. EATON
*WALTER M. LAMONT EDMOND E. HAMMOND
FRANK W. McLANATHAN JAMES C. SOUTER G. EDGAR FOLK
Planning Board
*GRANVILLE K. CUTLER
Term expires 1930
1931
*CHARLES H. FORBES ROY E. HARDY
66 1932
EDWARD P. HALL
1933
GEORGE M. R. HOLMES
66
1934
Sealer of Weights and Measures JOSEPH P. LYNCH
*Resigned
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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 FOURTH DAY OF MARCH, 1929, 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, one member 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, Tree Warden for one year, one member of Planning Board for two years (to fill vacancy), one member of Planning Board for five years, 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 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 11th, at 1.30 o'clock p.m.
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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 Infirmary Expenses, Outside Relief, Aiding Mothers with Dependent Children, Board of Health, Damages to Persons and Property, Brush Fires, Fire Department, Town Scales, High- way Department, Insurance, Interest, Memorial Hall Library, Memorial Day, Post 99 G. A. R., Andover Post No. 8, American Legion, Municipal Buildings, Parks and Playsteads, Police, Printing, Election and Registration, Essex County Tuberculosis Hospital Maintenance, Public Dump, Retirement of Veterans, Reserve Fund, Redemption of Water, Sewer, High School, Library, Essex Sanatorium and Shawsheen School Bonds, Schools, Sewer Maintenance and Construction, Soldiers' Relief, Spring Grove Cemetery, State Aid, Street Lighting, Town Officers, Tree Warden and Moth Department, Water Main- tenance and Construction, and other town charges and expenses.
Article 4 .- To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $50000.00 to pay its share of the cost of rebuilding the roadway, known as North Main Street, from Andover Square to Stimpson's Bridge, it being understood that the balance of the cost will be borne by the State and County of Essex, and to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to issue bonds or notes of the town if found necessary for the payment of said work, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Article 5 .- To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $40000.00 for steam pumping equipment, Venturi Meter and other improvements at the Haggett's Pond Pumping Station, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Article 6 .- To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money not exceeding $4500.00 provided, however, a like amount of money is appropriated by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the County of Essex, for improvement of River Road in West Andover so-called, on petition of Board of the Public Works.
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Article 7 .- To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $4000.00 to erect a wire fence around the playstead, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Article 8 .- To see if the Town will vote that the southerly end of Bartlet Street, between Chapel Avenue and Wheeler Street be closed to public traffic, and that the private way known as Wheeler Street be accepted as a public way as approved by the Board of Survey, the said street to be resurfaced and graded, subject to the approval of the Board of Public Works in accord- ance with the plan of the Trustees of Phillips Academy, the expense thereof to be borne by said Academy, on petition of John V. Holt and others.
Article 9 .- To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public way, as laid out and approved by the Board of Survey, a way known as Boston Road extending from Rattlesnake Hill Road to Gould Road, on petition of George Bernard and others.
Article 10 .- To see if the Town will vote to extend the Water Service from Salem Street to the residence of Honora Glowacki on Gray Road, a distance of about 700 feet and appropriate the sum of $1750.00 therefor, on petition of John D. Urquhart and others.
Article 11 .- To see if the Town will authorize the construction of a sewer on Union Street and appropriate the sum of $2800.00 therefor and accept the same as a part of the sewerage system, on petition of Mary A. Robinson and others.
Article 12 .- To see if the Town will vote to rebuild Union Street from the Lawrence line to North Main Street, the same to be permanently constructed as a continuation of the road already installed by the City of Lawrence and appropriate the sum of $33750.00 therefor, on petition of D. Arthur Bell and others.
Article 13 .- To see if the town will authorize the School Committee to employ expert advice for purposes of a survey for changes and additions in school room accommodations and gym- nasium facilities and appropriate a sum not exceeding five hun- dred dollars ($500.00) therefor, on petition of the School Com- mittee.
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Article 14 .- To see if the Town will petition the Director of Accounts of the Department of Corporations and Taxation for the installation of an accounting system, in accordance with the pro- visions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 15 .- To see if the Town will vote to accept the pro- visions of Sections 21 to 25 of Chapter 406 Acts of 1928, an amendment to Chapter 136 of the General Laws, relating to certain sports and games on the Lord's Day.
Article 16 .- To authorize the Town Treasurer to borrow money for the use of the Town in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year, with the approval of the Selectmen.
Article 17 .- To determine what disposition shall be made of unexpended appropriations and free cash in treasury.
Article 18 .- To act upon the report of the Town Officers.
Article 19 .- To transact 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.
Hereof fail not and make return of this warrant with your doings thereon, at the time and place of said meeting.
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