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Board of Public Works
Appendix
Report of War Memorial Commit- tee 85
TOWN OFFICERS
Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor
CHARLES BOWMAN ANDREW McTERNEN, Secretary
Term expires 1927
1928
FRANK H. HARDY, Chairman
1929
Assessors
CHARLES BOWMAN
Term expires 1927
66
66
1928
FRANK H. HARDY, Chairman
" 1929
Town Clerk GEORGE A. HIGGINS
· Town Treasurer GEORGE A. HIGGINS Tax Collector WILLIAM B. CHEEVER School Committee
THAXTER EATON
Term expires 1927
1927
MARY W. FRENCH
66
1927
MAY D. FOLK
66 1928
EUGENE M. WEEKS
1928
DR. W. DACRE WALKER
1928
MARY E. C. GEAGAN
66
1929
ERNEST A. JOHNSON
66
66
1929
Superintendent of Schools HENRY C. SANBORN
Board of Public Works and Sinking Fund Commission
Term expires 1927
WILLIAM D. MCINTYRE
66
1928
THOMAS E. RHODES
66
1928
WALTER I. MORSE
1929
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PHILIP L. HARDY
1927
ARTHUR T. BOUTWELL
66
1929
FREDERICK E. CHEEVER
DAVID R. LAWSON
ANDREW McTERNEN, Secretary
Superintendent of Water, Sewer Department, Highways and Parks FRANK L. COLE
Chief of Fire Department CHARLES F. EMERSON
Board of Health
FRANKLIN H. STACEY
Term expires 1927
CHARLES E. ABBOTT, M.D.
66 1928
BANCROFT T. HAYNES
66
66 1929
Chief of Police FRANK M. SMITH
Constables
JAMES NAPIER FRANK M. SMITH GEORGE N. SPARKS
Term expires 1927
66 1927
1927
Trustees of Memorial Hall Library
FREDERIC S. BOUTWELL
Term expires 1927 66
NATHAN C HAMBLIN
66
66 1929
ALFRED E. STEARNS
66
66
1930
BURTON S. FLAGG
66
1931
CLAUDE M. FUESS
66
66
1932
REV. FREDERICK A. WILSON
66
1933
Trustees of Punchard Free School - Terms expire 1928
FREDERIC S. BOUTWELL
JOHN H. CAMPION
MYRON E. GUTTERSON HARRY H. NOYES EDMOND E. HAMMOND
Auditors JOHN S. ROBERTSON LOUIS S. FINGER
HARRY SELLARS
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1928
PHILIP F. RIPLEY
Trustees of Cornell Fund
DR. WILLIAM D. WALKER CHARLES N. MARLAND JOHN C. ANGUS
Term expires 1927
1928
1929
Superintendent of Moth Department and Tree Warden _ E. BURKE THORNTON
Inspector of Buildings CHARLES T. GILLIARD
Inspector of Plumbing · JOSEPH P. NOLAN
Moderator of Town Meetings ALFRED E. STEARNS
Inspector of Wires BERTRAND L. GEORGE
Registrars of Voters
SAMUEL P. HULME
JOHN F. HURLEY
PATRICK J. SCOTT GEORGE A. HIGGINS, Clerk
Trustees 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
JOHN S. ROBERTSON JAMES C. SOUTER
FRED G. CHENEY
Finance Committee
ARCHIE N. FROST, Chairman GEORGE H. WINSLOW CHARLES J. BAILEY, Secretary JOSEPH H. HIGGINSON WALTER M. LAMONT H. BRADFORD LEWIS
* 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, Ballard Vale, 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 FIRST DAY OF MARCH, 1926, 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 mem- ber 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, 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 meeting shall stand adjourned by virtue of Section 20, Chapter 39, of the General Laws, to Monday, March 8th, at 1.30 o'clock p.m. at the Town Hall, then and there to act upon the following articles, namely :
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Article 2. - To elect all other officers not required by law to be elected by ballot.
Article 3. - To determine what sums of money shall be appro- priated for Almshouse Expenses, Relief out of Almshouse, Aiding Mothers with Dependent Children, Board of Health, Brush Fires, Fire Department, Hay Scales, Highway Department, Insurance, Interest, Memorial Hall Library, Memorial Day, Post 99, G. A. R., 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 $12,000.00 for granolithic walks on both sides of Main Street from Chestnut Street to Chapel Avenue, and do necessary grading, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Article 5. - To see if the Town will vote to reconsider its action taken at last year's town meeting whereby it was voted that no further extensions of water mains be made unless a return in water rates shall guarantee a return of not less than 4% on the cost of such extensions.
Article 6. - To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $16,000.00 to make the following extensions to the water sys- tem; laying of a new 6" main on Upland Road from Summer Street to Chestnut Street; laying a new 6" main, Walnut Avenue, from Carmel Road to Elm Street; laying a 10" pipe on Lowell Street from the Pump House to Haggett's Pond Road, a distance of 1100 feet, continuing with an 8" pipe 2000 feet, a total of 3400 feet more or less, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Article 7. - To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $15,000.00 for the purpose of making improvements on and in connection with the playstead. Said improvements to be carried
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out in accordance with plans drawn by Philip W. Foster, land- scape architect, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Article 8. - To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $4,299.01 the same being the amount returned to the Town under the provisions of Chapter 480 of the Acts of 1924: "An act providing for the return to the Cities and Towns of certain surplus funds collected to provide suitable recognition of those residents of Massachusetts who served in the Army and Navy of the United States during the war with Germany," for the purpose of acquiring land adjoining the present playstead by purchase or seizure, which is necessary for the development of the said playstead according to plans prepared for the same by Philip W. Foster, landscape architect, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Article 9. - To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to purchase all the water mains, with their appurtenances, of the American Woolen Company, constructed and laid in the following named streets in Shawsheen Village, namely,
Argyle Street
Dumbarton Street
Ayer Street
Enmore Street
Arundel Street
Sherbourne Street
Balmoral Street
William Street west of Poor Street
Kenilworth Street
Fletcher Street
Stirling Street
Binney Street
Riverina Road
Shepley Street
Carisbrooke Street
Kensington Street
Carlisle Street
Sutherland Street
York Street north of Haverhill Street
at the rate of $2.10 per foot, in such streets as are or may be accepted as Town Ways, and to appropriate a sum not in excess of $28,000.00 for this purpose, on petition of Raymond S. Bartlett and others.
Article 10. - To see if the town will accept as town ways, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, the following named streets in Shawsheen Village, so called, as shown on plans filed with the i Town Clerk: Argyle Street from Haverhill Street to Burnham Road, Arundel Street from Balmoral Street to Burnham Road,
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Ayer Street from Sherbourne Street westerly, a distance of 300 feet, Balmoral Street from York Street to the Boston & Maine Railroad, Binney Street from South Union Street easterly about 500 feet, Carisbrooke Street from Balmoral Street to Burnham Road, Carlisle Street from Filter Bed Road westerly to land of Hamel, Dumbarton Street from Stirling Street westerly to Filter Bed Road, Enmore Street from Haverhill Street southerly to land of Dufton, Fletcher Street from South Union Street easterly about 545 feet, Kenilworth Street from South Union Street easterly to Riverina Road and from Main Street westerly to Poor Street, Kensington Street from Main Street to Poor Street, Riverina Road from Haverhill Street northerly to Kenil- worth Street, Shepley Street from South Union Street easterly about 375 feet, Sherbourne Street from William Street northerly about 252 feet, Stirling Street from Haverhill Street to northerly side of Sutherland Street, Sutherland Street from Stirling Street westerly to Filter Bed Road, William Street from Poor Street westerly about 1950 feet, York Street from Haverhill Street northerly about 1170 feet, on petition of Raymond S. Bartlett and others.
Article 11. - To hear and act on the report of the Trustees of the Memorial Hall Library relative to changes and additions to the present Memorial Hall Building as authorized by the Town at its last annual meeting March 2, 1925. Also to see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $90,000.00 for the purpose of making such changes and equipping the same, $40,000.00 to be a part of the tax levy of the year 1926, and to authorize the Town Treasurer to issue and sell bonds or notes of the town to an amount not exceeding $50,000.00 to pay the balance, said bonds or notes to be payable annually in the years 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930 and 1931 in conformity with Chapter 44 of the General Laws, on petition of Trustees of Memorial Hall Library.
Article 12. - To see if the town will appropriate a sum not exceeding $13,000.00 for the purpose of installing a motor pump in the Central Fire House, on petition of Charles E. Buchan and others.
Article 13. - To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $3,000.00 for the purpose of making a survey and maps for use in
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the Assessors' Department, on recommendation of the Board of Assessors.
Article 14. - To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $2000.00 for the purchase and installation of new scales to replace those in the rear of the Town Hall.
Article 15. - To see if the Town will vote to establish a plan- ning board in accordance with Generals Law, Chapter 41, Sections 70-72, and appropriate a sum of money for the work of same, if deemed necessary.
Article 16. - To see if the town will appropriate the sum of One thousand ($1000) dollars to be expended under the direction of the War Memorial Committee for the further study of a War Memorial, on the petition of Joseph L. Burns, and others.
Article 17. - To see if the Town will vote to accept the pro- vision of Section 25A of Chapter 41 of the General Laws as enacted by Chapter 14 of the Act of 1921 relative to the appoint- ment of assistant assessors.
Article 18. - To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of not more than $2700.00 for the purchase of an ambulance and necessary equipment to be in charge of the Fire Department, on petition of John F. O'Connell and others.
Article 19. - To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money not in excess of $75,000.00 provided, however, like amounts of money be appropriated by the Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts and the County of Essex for certain improvements on North Main Street, Andover, substantially as follows: The con- struction of a cement roadway from Andover Square to and adjoining the cement road at or near Stimpson's Bridge, so called.
That the appropriation cover in addition to the construction of a cement roadway the expenses incident to the replacement of one railroad bridge crossing the tracks of the Boston & Maine and one highway bridge crossing the Shawsheen River on North Main Street, and the construction of necessary retaining walls and land damage, if any, incident to the proper building of this high- way.
That the amount of money appropriated be raised by bond issue, bonds maturing in fifteen years, on petition of Laurence J. Hannon and others.
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Article 20. - To see if the town will accept as a town way, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, a street known as Stonehedge Street, leading from Salem Street through land of Mabel J. Trott, as shown on plan filed with the Town Clerk, on petition of Samuel P. Hulme and others.
Article 21. - To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to extend the water main from its present terminus on Corbett Street along Corbett Street to Corbett Road, thence along Corbett Road north to the intersection of Julian Street, and appropriate the sum of $7000.00 therefor, on petition of Joseph Gagne and others.
Article 22. - To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to appoint an Inspector of Wires and appropriate the sum of $200.00 therefor.
Article 23. - To determine the method of collecting the taxes for the ensuing year.
Article 24. - To authorize the Town Treasurer to hire money for the use of the town in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year, with the approval of the Selectmen.
Article 25. - To determine what disposition shall be made of unexpended appropriations.
Article 26. - To act upon the report of the Town Officers.
Article 27. - 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.
Given under our hands this fifteenth day of February, A.D. 1926.
FRANK H. HARDY CHARLES BOWMAN ANDREW McTERNEN Selectmen of Andover
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Andover, March 1, 1926
ESSEX, SS.
Pursuit to the foregoing warrant, I, the subscriber, one of the Constables of the Town of Andover, have notified the inhabitants of said town to meet at the time and places and for the purposes stated in said warrant by posting a true and attested copy of the same on the Town House, on each Schoolhouse and in no less than five other public places, where bills and notices are usually posted, and by publication in the Andover Townsman. Said warrants have been posted and published seven days.
FRANK M. SMITH, Constable
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 1, 1926
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Andover qualified to vote in town affairs convened in Precincts One, Two, Three and Four in said Andover on Monday the First day of March, 1926, at six o'clock in the forenoon, agreeably to the re- quirements of the foregoing warrant, Took up Article One, and proceeded to vote for Town Officers.
The ballot boxes were found to be empty and registered 0000. The polls opened at 6 o'clock a.m. and closed at 6.30 o'clock p.m. The total number of ballots cast was 2406, viz:
Precinct One 1384, Precinct Two 290, Precinct Three 374, Precinct Four 358.
The result of the balloting was as follows:
MODERATOR - One Year:
Precincts
1
2 221
3
4
1047
Alfred E. Stearns
1888
John Traynor
2
-
-
2
337
69
58
52
Blanks 516
TOWN CLERK - One Year:
714
133
152
141
Thaxter Eaton
1140
636
146
204
214
George A. Higgins
1200
34
11
18
3
Blanks 66
TOWN TREASURER - One Year:
704
130
152
138
Thaxter Eaton 1124
629
144
202
211
George A. Higgins
1186
51
16
20
9
Blanks
96
314
306
-
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SELECTMAN - Three Years:
716
111
259
220
Frank H. Hardy
1306
Herbert H. Lyle 986
1
71
17
12
13
John Traynor Blanks
113
ASSESSOR - Three Years :
716
109
260
221
Frank H. Hardy
1306
578
163
99
126
Herbert H. Lyle
966
-
-
1
John Traynor
1
90
18
14
11
Blanks
133
COLLECTOR OF TAXES - One Year:
1121
258
334
325
William B. Cheever
2038
263
32
40
33
Blanks
368
SCHOOL COMMITTEE - Three Years:
889
203
277
291
Fred E. Cheever
1660
637
167
108
113
Mary E. C. Geagan
1025
636
114
257
202
Ernest A. Johnson
1209
461
63
119
192
Lawrence V. Roth
835
507
119
195
142
Nathaniel Stowers
963
1022
204
166
134
Blanks
1526
TRUSTEE OF MEMORIAL HALL LIBRARY - Seven Years:
1063
217
308
316
Frederick A. Wilson
1904
321
73
66
42
Blanks
502
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS - Three Years:
242
53
148
57
James A. Barnes
500
698
141
133
244
Walter I. Morse
1216
382
68
58
41
Daniel P. Webster
549
62
28
35
16
Blanks
141
BOARD OF HEALTH - Three Years:
960
253
282
299
Bancroft T. Haynes
1794
424
37
92
59
Blanks
612
102
125
597
162
1
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15
AUDITORS OF ACCOUNTS - One Year :
994
187 278
294
Louis S. Finger
1753
1045
195
272
268
John S. Robertson
1780
9:75
201
281
280
Harry Sellars 1737
1138
287
291
232
Blanks
1948
CONSTABLES - One Year:
895
185
264
273
James Napier
1617
928
194
296
278
Frank M. Smith
1696
986
234
289
293
George N. Sparks
1802
1
John Traynor
1
David Gillespie
1
1343
257
272
229
Blanks
2101
TREE WARDEN - One Year :
312
95
94
114
Edward H. Berry
615
692
125
188
182
E. Burke Thornton
1187
295
35
47
43
Burt A. Wheeler 420
85
35
45
19
Blanks
184
All the foregoing officers were voted on by ballot and the check lists were used.
REPORT OF CLERK - PRECINCT ONE
ANDOVER, March 1, 1926
Polls opened at 6 a.m. Officer in charge, Llewellyn D. Pomeroy, Warden. Polls closed at 6.30 p.m. Ballot box registered 0000. Ballot box registered when polls closed 1384. Number of ballots received 2053. Number of ballots cast 669. Number of ballots returned 669. Number of ballots void 1.
MARK M. KEANE, Clerk
REPORT OF CLERK - PRECINCT TWO
BALLARDVALE, March 1, 1926
Polls opened at 6 a.m. Officer in charge, Clester E. Matthews, Warden. Polls closed at 6.30 p.m. Ballot box registered 0000.
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Ballot box registered when polls closed 240. Number of ballots received 550. Number of ballots returned 260. Number of ballots cast 290.
JOSEPH P. LYNCH, Clerk
REPORT OF CLERK - PRECINCT THREE
SHAWSHEEN VILLAGE, March 1, 1926
Polls opened at 6 a.m. Officer in charge, James R. Mosher, Warden. Polls closed at 6.30 p.m. Ballot box registered 0000. Ballot box registered when polls closed 374. Number of ballots received 1050. Number of ballots cast 374. Number of ballots returned 676.
HENRY J. LAVERY, Clerk
REPORT OF CLERK - PRECINCT FOUR
ANDOVER, March 1, 1926
Polls opened at 6 a.m. Officer in charge, Henry S. Hopper, Warden. Polls closed at 6.30 p.m. Ballot box registered 0000. Ballot box registered when polls closed 358. Number of ballots received 750. Number of ballots cast 358. Number of ballots returned 392.
JOHN H. LEARY, JR., Clerk
After final action on Article One, the said meeting was ad- journed by Virtue of Section 20, Chapter 39 of the General Laws to Monday, March 8th, at 1.30 o'clock p.m. at the Town Hall.
1.30 O'CLOCK P.M., MONDAY, MARCH 8TH, 1926
The Moderator declared:
Alfred E. Stearns elected Moderator for One Year.
George A. Higgins elected Town Clerk for One Year. George A. Higgins elected Town Treasurer for One Year. Frank H. Hardy elected Selectman for One Year.
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Frank H. Hardy elected Assessor for One Year.
William B. Cheever elected Collector of Taxes for One Year.
Fred E. Cheever elected member School Committee for Three Years.
Mary E. C. Geagan elected member School Committee for Three Years.
Ernest A. Johnson elected member School Committee for Three Years.
Frederick A. Wilson elected Trustee of Memorial Hall Library for Seven Years.
Walter I. Morse elected member Board of Public Works for Three Years.
Bancroft T. Haynes elected member Board of Health for Three Years.
Louis S. Finger elected Auditor of Accounts for One Year.
John S. Robertson elected Auditor of Accounts for One Year.
Harry Sellars elected Auditor of Accounts for One Year. James Napier elected Constable for One Year.
Frank M. Smith elected Constable for One Year.
George N. Sparks elected Constable for One Year.
E. Burke Thornton elected Tree Warden for One Year.
Took up Article 2 and chose:
Trustee Cornell Fund for Three Years: John C. Angus.
Street Lighting Committee (appointed by Moderator) : Walter H. Coleman, Fred G. Cheney, Henry J. Gardner, John S. Robert- son, James C. Souter.
War Memorial Committee (appointed by Moderator) : Edward A. Brooks, Frederic S. Boutwell, Joseph L. Burns, Nathan C. Hamblin, Roy E. Hardy, Bartlett H. Hayes, Ernest A. Johnson.
Finance Committee (appointed by Moderator): * George L. Averill, Charles J. Bailey, Frederic N. Chandler, Archie N. Frost, Joseph H. Higginson, Walter M. Lamont, George H. Winslow.
*H. Bradford Lewis appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of George L. Averill.
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Took up Article 3:
Voted to appropriate the following stated sums of money: Almshouse
$8000.00
Relief Out
6500.00
Aiding Mothers with Dependent Children
6000.00
Board of Health
4500.00
Brush Fires
1000.00
Election and Registration
2000.00
Essex County Hospital
4861.60
Fire Department
29000.00
G. A. R.
200.00
Hay Scales
125.00
Highways
100000.00
Interest
36000.00
Insurance
6000.00
Library
5000.00
Memorial Day
600.00
Parks and Playstead
3000.00
Police
23640.00
Pomp's Pond
1500.00
Printing
1500.00
Public Dump .
700.00
Reserve Fund
3000.00
Retirement of Bonds
68500.00
Retirement of Veterans
300.00
Schools
134635.00
Sewer
5000.00
Soldiers' Relief
2000.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
400.00
Spring Grove Cemetery
5500.00
State Aid
500.00
Street Lighting (all night schedule)
17500.00
Municipal Buildings
4250.00
Town Officers
14300.00
Tree Warden
9000.00
Moth Work
$5000.00
Tree
4000.00
Amount carried forward
$505011.60
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Amount brought forward
$505011.60
Water Department Maintenance Construction
30000.00
10000.00
American Legion
1000.00
Article 6 - Water Extensions
16000.00
Article 7 - Playstead
15000.00
Article 8 - Park Purchase
4299.01
Article 9 - Shawsheen Water Mains
28000.00
Article 11 - Library
90000.00
Article 13 - Assessor's Survey and Maps
3000.00
Article 14 - Town Scales
1500.00
Article 16 - War Memorial Committee
1000.00
Article 18 - Ambulance
2700.00
Article 21 - Water, Corbett Street
7000.00
Article 22 - Inspector of Wires
200.00
714,710.61
State and County Taxes (estimated)
80,000.00
$794,710.61
Took up Article 4: -
Voted, at 2.25 p.m. - to indefinitely postpone.
Took up Article 5: -
Voted, at 2.40 p.m. - to rescind the action of the Town Meet- ing of 1925 whereby it was voted that no further extensions of water mains be made unless a return in water rates shall guarantee a return of not less than 4% on the cost of such extensions.
Took up Article 6: -
Voted, at 3.00 p.m. - to appropriate the sum of $16,000.00 to make the following extensions to the water system: laying of a new 6-inch main on Upland Road from Summer Street to Chest- nut Street; laying a new 6-inch main, Walnut Avenue, from Carmel Road to Elm, Street; laying a 10-inch pipe on Lowell Street from the Pump House to Haggett's Pond Road, a distance of 1100 feet, continuing with an 8-inch pipe 2000 feet, a total of 3400 feet more or less.
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Took up Article 7: -
Voted, at 3.08 p.m. - to appropriate the sum of $15,000.00 for the purpose of making improvements on and in connection with the playstead. Said improvement to be carried out in accordance with plans drawn by Philip W. Foster, landscape architect.
Took up Article 8: -
Voted, at 3.10 p.m. - to appropriate the sum of $4299.01 the same being the amount returned to the Town under the pro- visions of Chapter 480 of the Acts of 1924: "An act providing for the return to the Cities and Towns of certain surplus funds collected to provide suitable recognition of those residents of Massachusetts who served in the Army and Navy of the United States during the war with Germany," for the purpose of ac- quiring land adjoining the present playstead by purchase or seizure, which is necessary for the development of the said play- stead according to plans prepared for the same by Philip W. Foster, landscape architect. That the Board of Selectmen be a committee of three to carry out the provisions of this article.
Took up Article 9: -
Voted, at 3.43 p.m. - to authorize the Board of Selectmen to purchase all the water mains, with their appurtenances, of the American Woolen Company, constructed and laid in the following named streets in Shawsheen Village, namely, Argyle Street, Ayer Street, Arundel Street, Balmoral Street, Kenilworth Street, Stirling Street, Riverina Road, Carisbrooke Street, Carlisle Street, Dumbarton Street, Enmore Street, Sherbourne Street, William Street west of Poor Street, Fletcher Street, Binney Street, Shepley Street, Kensington Street, Sutherland Street, York Street north of Haverhill Street, at the rate of $2.10 per foot, in such streets as are or may be accepted as Town Ways, and to appropriate a sum not in excess of $28,000.00 for this purpose.
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