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Petersham, Maud & Miska. Pier, A. S.
*The Bluenose express. The jumping-off place. Crooked apple-tree. Pran of Albania. Chief of the herd.
Kit and Kat.
Price, E. B.
Miki. The captain. Luck of Glenlorn.
Robins & Wilberforce.
*Prudence and Peter.
Sharpe, Clara, pseud.
Singmaster, Elsie.
Snedeker, C. D.
*Lone star of Carjabal. You make your own luck. The beckoning road. Gritli's children.
Spyri, Johanna. Swift, H. H.
Little Blacknose.
Tucker, Kate.
The haunted ship.
Wheeler, F. R. White, E. O. Winlow, C. V.
Boy with the U. S. aviators.
Sally in her fur coat. Kitten that grew too fat.
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TOWN OF ANDOVER
Twenty-Eighth Annual Report
OF THE
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
EMBRACING THE FORTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS AND THIRTY- THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF SEWER COMMISSIONERS
FOR THE YEAR ENDING December 31, 1929
PRINTED BY THE ANDOVER PRESS, ANDOVER, MASS. 1930
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 1906-1907
JAMES C. SAWYER 1907-1908
*FELIX G. HAYNES
*FELIX G. HAYNES
*JOHN W. BELL, Treas.
*JOHN W. BELL, Treas.
JAMES C. SAWYER, Sec'y
JAMES C. SAWYER, Sec'y
*LEWIS T. HARDY
*LEWIS T. HARDY
*HARRY M. EAMES 1908-1912
ANDREW McTERNEN 1913-1914
*LEWIS T. HARDY
*JOHN W. BELL, Treas.
JAMES C. SAWYER, Sec'y
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) 1922-1923
*THOS. E. RHODES ('23)
PHILIP L. HARDY ('24)
WM. D. MCINTYRE, Treas. ('24)
ARTHUR T. BOUTWELL ('25)
EDWARD SHATTUCK ('25) 1924-1925-1926
PHILIP L. HARDY ('27)
WM. D. MCINTYRE, Sec'y ('27)
ARTHURT. BOUTWELL, Treas. ('28 *THOS. E. RHODES ('28) WALTER I. MORSE ('29) 1928-1929
ARTHUR T. BOUTWELL ('31)
W. I. MORSE, Treas. ('32) WM. D. MCINTYRE, Sec'y ('30)
GEORGE H. WINSLOW ('30) THOS. P. DEA ('31)
WALTER I. MORSE ('26) 1927 ARTHUR T. BOUTWELL ('28) *THOS. E. RHODES ('28) WALTER I. MORSE, Treas. ('29) WM. D. MCINTYRE, Sec'y ('30) GEORGE H. WINSLOW ('30)
*LEWIS T. HARDY ('16)
*BARNETT ROGERS ('16)
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
*BARNETT ROGERS ('22) WILLIAM D. MCINTYRE ('21)
ARTHUR T. BOUTWELL ('22)
PHILIP L. HARDY, Sec'y ('21)
*THOS. E. RHODES, Treas. ('23) 1923-1924 PHILIP L. HARDY ('27)
WM. D. MCINTYRE, Sec'y ('27)
ARTHUR T. BOUTWELL, Treas.('25)
EDWARD SHATTUCK ('25)
SUPERINTENDENT CHARLES T. GILLIARD
Andover, Mass., Feb. 1, 1930
The Board of Public Works voted to adopt the report of the Superintendent as its report for 1929.
ARTHUR T. BOUTWELL, Chairman WALTER I. MORSE, Treasurer WILLIAM D. MCINTYRE, Secretary GEORGE H. WINSLOW THOMAS P. DEA
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
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To the Board of Public Works:
GENTLEMEN :
In connection with the Water, Sewer, Highway and Park De- partments you will be interested in reviewing a few of the major activities and developments during the year ending December 31, 1929.
WATER DEPARTMENT
Under Article 10 six hundred and fourteen feet of six-inch water pipe were laid on Gray Road. The power house of the Phillips Academy can now be supplied by both the high and low service reservoirs due to the fact that the six-inch line near the Ban- croft Hall was extended past the infirmary and then along Com- mon Street to the power house. The length of this extension is ten hundred eighteen feet. The cost of laying this pipe was paid by Phillips Academy.
Seven hundred and thirty-four feet of six-inch pipe were laid on Woodland Road. This line connects to the Highland Road line, and was installed to care for two houses that were moved from the Bird Sanctuary to Woodland Road. The expense incidental to this work was paid for by Phillips Academy. A six-inch fire line was installed from Abbot Street to Draper Hall and an additional hydrant on Abbot Street in the vicinity of this fire line. This hydrant will make it possible to pump from the hydrant into the fire line thereby giving an additional supply of water should emer- gency require. The cost of this line was paid for by Abbot Acad- emy.
Every water house connection in the way of the new construc- tion on Main Street was renewed thus insuring many years of service especially since extra heavy lead connections have been used to connect the service pipes to the main line. The hydrants
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on Main Street in this vicinity and the pipe lines over the bridges were relocated. In addition the spare lots were supplied with water service. Prior to the construction of Washington Avenue spare services were installed on that street which facilitates economical and expeditious installations for future house con- struction, and incidentally precludes the necessity of digging up the new road. Prior to the construction of the new road bed, the oldest water services on Red Spring Road and Poor street were renewed.
The telemeter wires which were formerly run on poles from the corner of Morton and Bartlet Streets along Bartlet Street to Chapel Avenue, along Chapel Avenue to Main Street, thence southerly along Main Street to the corner of Salem Street, have been relocated and now run on poles from the corner of Bartlet Street and Morton Street along Morton Street to Main Street thence along Main Street underground in a southerly direction to the corner of Salem Street and Main Street. This work was paid for by Phillips Academy and made it possible to remove the un- sightly wooden poles on Chapel Avenue.
A new pipe leading from the telemeter house to the low service reservoir has been installed. When the reservoir is filled this pipe is more than ten feet below the surface.
Fifty-one hundred feet of twelve-inch water pipe were cleaned on Lowell Street and Shawsheen Road. The length of pipe which was so cleaned extends from a point near Argilla Road where the cleaning terminated last year. We have found that in the Town of Andover, after a cast iron water pipe, commonly referred to as a water main, has been in the ground for approximately thirty years, its cross sectional area is reduced due to incrustation. The removal of this incrustation materially reduces the friction head.
At the time the original hydrants were installed conditions were very much different from what they are today. At that time motor driven vehicles were few, low powered and obviously slow moving. Today we have the problem of providing for the possibility of heavy and high powered trucks and other vehicles getting beyond the drivers' control and not infrequently striking and demolishing our water hydrants. Although the Water Department does every- thing possible to promptly turn off the supply at the point of
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damage, it sometimes happens that much water is lost between the time of accident and the time the Department is notified. To minimize the waste of water due to accidents of this character the Water Department has installed quick acting gate valves on every renewed hydrant which was not so equipped.
Poles which carry the telemeter line from the Bancroft Road Pumping Station to the low service reservoir had decayed near the ground. These have been cut off and re-erected, and all poles carrying the telemeter wires up Prospect Hill to the high service reservoir have been renewed.
Mr. H. O. Cook, Chief Forester of the Department of Conserva- tion, visited Haggetts Pond and examined the belt of land around the shore. In a letter to the Board of Public Works he suggested that all hardwood trees near the edge of the pond be removed and replaced by coniferous trees. He stated that experience had in- dicated the wisdom of removing the hardwood trees because they shed leaves into the water which in time discolor the water. Moreover he also explained that a belt of coniferous trees around a reservoir is a source of protection because their needles do not get into the pond unless growing directly over it, and they act as a screen to keep leaves and other undesirable material from blowing into the water. In harmony with the above suggestions the Board of Public Works voted that the dead and hardwood trees be removed, and that three thousand Red pines and two thousand Norway Spruces be planted.
The work of painting hydrants is now underway. To distin- guish between the high and low service hydrants those supplied by the low service reservoir are being painted yellow with red trimmings, and others supplied by the high service reservoir are being painted yellow with black trimmings. The yellow paint makes the hydrants more conspicuous especially at night so that they can be detected more easily by automobile drivers.
The main crank shaft bearing and one discharge deck of the Deane Steam Pump at the Haggetts Pond pumping station have been removed this past year. The boiler room and the engine room at the same station have been cleaned and painted. Window screens were provided for the engineer's house and the front steps have been renewed. The water works shop has been painted with
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two coats this past year, and is now in excellent condition for a number of years.
The weather this past summer was very dry and the pump at the Haggetts Pond station was in operation all day and night on June 17 and 18. The wells on many of the farms had ceased to yield water and the Town supplied the farmers by means of the watering cart. This dry weather brought out the fact that an addition to the low service reservoir would give added safety in case of a similar dry spell.
In order to determine the elevation of water in Haggetts Pond readily and accurately an iron pipe painted white with black figures has been erected in the Pond.
The following data obtained from the State Department of Public Health might be of interest and is very gratifying when we have been informed that the water supplies of many towns and cities were inadequate this past year due to the lack of rain.
Elevations of water in Haggetts Pond
Area in Acres
Capacity in gallons
105.68 high water
221
1,036,000,000
103.38
206
876,000,000
98.38
144
583,000,000
88.38
69
256,000,000
78.38
32.7
101,600,000
68.38
14.9
23,400,000
Area of Water Shed 2.70 square miles.
Area of Pond at high water 221 acres.
On December 20, 1929 the elevation of the water in the pond was 103.50.
During 1929, 315,698,839 gallons of water were pumped at the Haggetts Pond Pumping Station, or a daily average of 864,930 gallons. The steam pump was in operation 4036 hours and 30 minutes, and the electric pump was in operation a total of 650 hours and 15 minutes, making an average daily run of 12 hours and 50 minutes. On June 18 the greatest amount of water was pumped or approximately 1,793,400 gallons, and the banner week was that of June 16-22 during which time 9,482,934 gallons were pumped.
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To provide for adequate water maintenance during 1930 we recommend an appropriation of $30,000.00 to be divided as follows:
Salaries and labor
$17,000.00
300 tons of Coal
1,950.00
Engine and Cylinder oil and tools
550.00
Power No. 1 and No. 2 stations
6,000.00
Truck and Car
500.00
Steam Engine and Boiler repairs
1,000.00
Cleaning Pipe
600.00
Repairing property etc.
500.00
Cutting trees around pond
300.00
New truck
1,600.00
$30,000.00
Services and meters increased during 1929 as follows:
Services in use January 1, 1929
2253
Services installed during 1929
34
Services in use January 1, 1930
2287
Meters in use January 1, 1929
2129
Meters installed during 1929
34
Meters in use January 1, 1930
2163
During the year 1929 we have laid 2467 feet of service pipe on private property and 592 feet on Town property. Many old water services were renewed during 1929 and we have in mind a few that will require renewing during 1930.
We recommend for service pipe and construction for 1930, $12,000 to be divided as follows:
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Labor 50 Meters and parts Pipe (all kinds) Brass Goods, Tools and Hydrants Renewing services
$ 6,800.00
600.00
2,200.00
900.00
1,500.00
$12,000.00
Appropriation March 1929
Water Maintenance
$30,000.00
Water Construction
12,000.00
Total
42,000.00
Approved Bills
41,996.44
Balance
$
3.56
Special Article Water Extension
$ 1,750.00
Appropriation Article 10 Gray Road Approved Bills
1,467.74
Balance
$ 282.26
RECEIPTS
Water Rates
$41,213.79
Construction
3,797.72
Paid to Town Treasurer
Water Rates
$41,213.79
Construction
3,797.72
$ 45,011.51
$45,011.51
SEWER DEPARTMENT
This past year the sewer pumps at the Riverina Road Station were reconditioned. A length of sewer main was laid on Ayer Street and spare sewer house connections were installed on Wash- ington Avenue and Poor Streets prior to the construction of the new roads.
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The relocation of the Harriet Beecher Stowe house necessitated the relocation of the main sewer line through the Phillips Acad- emy property. The expense of this work was paid for by the Academy.
Due to the grade of the Main street line in the way of the new construction it was necessary to relocate a section of the main sewer line in this vicinity. Eleven applications have been filed for sewer house services during 1929, making a total of 1055 in use January 1, 1930.
Appropriation Approved Bills
$6,200.00 6,198.33
Balance
$ 1.67
To provide for adequate sewer maintenance and construction we recommend an appropriation of $6,200.00.
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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
354383.76
Service Pipe
$ 1467.74 11999.09
3797.72
$8201.37
98902.06
Water and Land
6687.23
Suction Pipe
1309.46
Reservoirs
16985.82
Coal Shed
806.97
Grading Land
2739.12
Workshop
1271.88
Building Pumping Station
9610.14
Pumping Plant
47933.54
Construction Expenses
10182.64
Tools
4622.76
Totals
$13466.83
$559065.60
SEWER DEPARTMENT
Sewer Mains Cost to Abutter
71922 ft.
Cost to Town
$140541.93 352443.30
Jan. 1, 1930
Totals
71922 ft.
$492985.23
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COMPARATIVE STATISTICS, Approved to January 1, 1930
Cost per Million Gallons
Year
Received from Water Rates
Net Cost of Maintenance
Cost of Pumping
by Total Mainte- nance
by Cost oƒ Pumping
Received per Million Gallons
Gallons pumped
No. of Service Pipes in Use
Meters in Use
No. of Hy- drants
Miles of Main Pipe
1889
Work commenced
$ 3106 38
2999 99
1776 21
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
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
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 47
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
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
+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
62.65
1928
36971 20
29999 05
13699 73
96 16
43 91
118 51
311,948,552
2253
2129
528
63.94
1929
41213 79
29997 35
14665 35
95 02
46 45
130 55
315,698,839
2287
2163
530
64.40
6 months
46
16
24,911,445
309
80
163
20.50
1890
1891
5349 32
3399 93
1806 93
25.83
1901
*8941 83
7955 34
3430 35
45 44
19 59
51 00
641
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HIGHWAYS, PARKS AND PLAYSTEAD
The following is the snow fall for the year 1929:
January
14.75 inches
February
19.25 inches
March
7.50 inches
April
6.00 inches
November
1.50 inches
December
13.50 inches
Total
62.50 inches
The snow fall during 1929 was not excessive but the sanding of roads and sidewalks was frequently necessary. The routine work of clearing and patching roads preparatory to blanketing con- stituted the major part of the work during the spring months, and reshaping many of the country roads to put them in passable condition for summer travel followed. This work was done by the tractor and this proved to be a very economical device. Ballardvale Road from Woburn Street to Main Street was covered with gravel, rolled and given two applications of 45% asphalt. This road now has a hard surface where formerly travel in the early spring was very difficult.
A number of roads, including Lupine Road, Dascomb Road, Chandler Road, Lovejoy Road, North Street and Corbett Street that were impassable during part of the winter and early spring months have been repaired with ashes and gravel and are now passable throughout the year. Ashes and gravel have been spread on the following streets: Abbot Street, Argilla Road, Bannister Road, Beacon Street, Blanchard Street, Boston Road, Brown Street, Brundett Avenue, Chestnut Street, Gardner Avenue, Hidden Road, Highland Road, Holt Street, Laurel Lane, Mag- nolia Avenue, Morton Street, Reservation Street, River Road, Rocky Hill Road, Rattlesnake Hill Road, Summer Street, Sunset Rock Road, Tewksbury Street and Woodland Road.
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With the construction of Wheeler Street on May 7th the first road building of the year started. In places it was necessary to remove loam to a depth of three feet in order to reach a solid foundation, and in many instances large bowlders had to be re- moved. This work was paid for by Phillips Academy. The building of Poor Street from Lowell Street to William Street was next on the construction program and was completed July 15th.
The construction of Washington Avenue was completed August 2nd. This road was built from grass plot to grass plot, which has eliminated the unsightly appearance that a few of our roads now possess, due to the fact that in past years they have been built eighteen to twenty feet wide leaving a section between the grass plot and the road which in the spring of the year is very muddy and is the cause of innumerable complaints.
A section of Red Spring Road from Shawsheen Road to Moraine Street was constructed this year. Considerable ledge was encountered in the vicinity of the drying sheds of Smith and Dove which necessitated much blasting. It was also necessary to remove a section of the drying shed to obtain the proper width of road.
A section of Morton Street was built with material from the discontinued section of Bartlet Street.
Andover Street between the Abbott Bridge and Dascomb Road was so narrow that it was very dangerous for automobile traffic. This section of the road has been widened which makes it much safer.
The bank on Haverhill Street at the east side of the store owned by Mr. Fleming offered a very unsightly and untidy appearance and has been sodded. Twelve hundred sixty feet of curbing have been set on the east side of North Main Street, between the Law- rence Line and Union Street.
The Abbott Bridge and Stevens Street Bridge were recondi- tioned this past year. To strengthen the Abbott Bridge extra beams were inserted and the planking was renewed. The planking on the Stevens Street Bridge was renewed. The old wooden bridges over the abandoned B. & M. R. R. tracks on Greenwood Street and Chandler Road have been taken down and the cuts have been filled with gravel. At both of the above places wire fences were
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erected. The wooden sidewalks over the Ballardvale Bridge have been repaired, and the small bridge on Woburn Street has been replanked.
Granolithic sidewalks have been built on both sides of Chest- nut Street between Main Street and Bartlet Street and the plots between the road and the sidewalk have been sodded. This section of Chestnut Street is the main entrance to the park and now pre- sents a very neat appearance. Warrenite top sidewalks were built on Binney Street, Fletcher Street, Summer Street, Chestnut Street and Whittier Street. The sidewalk on High Street, Ballard- vale and a section of the Andover Street sidewalk have been resurfaced. Sidewalks on Summer Street, Park Street, Andover Street, Clark Road and Red Spring Road have been filled in with gravel and covered with stone dust. The sidewalks on Washington Avenue were covered with stone dust and the small strips be- tween the road the sidewalks were loamed, seeded and rolled.
Old stone culverts on the following streets have been replaced with corrugated pipe culverts: Dascomb Road and Chandler Road. A culvert has been installed on Liberty Street.
Many highway fences were given a coat of paint this past year.
The plan of setting stone bounds on a few streets each year, as prepared by the Board of Public Works two years ago, was further carried out this year. Stone bounds were set on a section of Red Spring Road, a section of Chestnut Street, on Morton Street east of Main Street, the southerly end of Bartlet Street, Wheeler Street and Lupine Road.
The boiler tubes of the steam roller were renewed last April, and the roller was given a general overhauling.
To provide for adequate Highway maintenance for 1930, werec- ommend an appropriation of $50,000.00 to be divided as follows:
Salaries, labor team and truck hire $24,150.00
Tarvia, oil and asphalt 6,000.00
Gravel, ashes and patching 6,000.00
Scarifying and scraping country roads and equipment
for same 4,500.00
Amount. carried forward
$ 40650.00
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Amount brought forward
$40650.00
Upkeep of two horses and wagon
800.00
Truck and Car
800.00
Catchbasins and Drains
750.00
700.00
Street Signs, Fences and Stone Bounds Bridges
1,000.00
Sidewalks Tools
300.00
$50,000.00
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Appropriation March, 1929
$76,500.00
Approved Bills
Sidewalks
5,261.92
Bridges
2,998.99
Fences and Bounds 385.42
General Maintenance
41,345.82
Total
49,992.15
Drains
2,733.59
Construction
23,742.65
Total Construction
26,476.24
76,468.39
Balance
$ 31.61
SNOW REMOVAL
$ 8,000.00
Appropriation March, 1929 Approved Bills :
10,159.74
Overdraft
$ 2,159.74
PARK DEPARTMENT
A baseball back stop was erected on the baseball field and a section of the outfield was plowed, harrowed and seeded. The baseball diamond was equipped with a new home plate, base bags and slab for the pitcher's box. In order to maintain a uniform grade the skinned area of the baseball field has been filled with a clay-like gravel.
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5,000.00
Two grass plots near the railroad station and one near the West Parish Church were graded, seeded and rolled. A beautiful Doug- las fir, (Pseudotsuga Douglasi) was planted at the Park, and all the trees in the Park have been trimmed and a few dead trees have been removed.
Appropriation March, 1929 Approved Bills
$ 4,000.00 3,999. 04
Balance
$ .96
To provide adequate Park Maintenance in 1930 we recommend an appropriation of $4,000.00 and also an additional appropria- tion of $500 to purchase playground equipment making a total of $4,500.
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