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On May 31, and June 1, the Massachusetts Library Club held
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a meeting in Andover, one of the most successful and enjoyable in the history of the organization. The Abbot Academy Library, ยท the Oliver Wendell Holmes Library of Phillips Academy, and the Memorial Hall Library were theoretically joint hosts to the Club, but practically it was the townspeople who, with their cordiality and eagerness to co-operate in all plans for entertainment, made the occasion most memorable to the three hundred visiting li- brarians. Letters and messages coming back certainly indicated that the town of Andover made a lasting impression, for its excel- lent library facilities, for its natural beauty and for its unparallel- ed hospitality.
We have had an unusual number of requests from students and teachers for books needed for study and self-improvement. Such of these books as we could afford, we have purchased. Some, of an unusual nature, and others of great cost, we have borrowed from other libraries. The Division of Public Libraries in the State House maintains an excellent collection of books for students, and not only lends them to any library in the Commonwealth, but is most helpful in securing any volume it does not possess. On one occasion we asked for an extremely expensive technical valume wanted by a student. They did not have it, but telephoned the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the book came from there by the next mail.
It is interesting to add that the Memorial Hall Library, at the request of the Division of Public Libraries, also sent to Tech- nology a book they did not own, and again, supplied a doctor in a state sanitarium with a volume he had requested from Boston. We often exchange loans with the North Andover library. These exchanges help all libraries concerned, and stretch book funds as well as supply legitimate requests.
We have also lent many books to the local C.C.C., through its educational director.
Beginning with the first of the year, we shall start a new regis- tration of borrowers, which is made necessary by the crowding of our files. It is interesting to note that the number of borrowers registered at the end of 1934-and this means the actual users of the library-is 6025, which is 60% of the town's population. The standard set by the Massachusetts Library Commission for a model town library is a yearly circulation of 5 books per capita
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of the population. The Memorial Hall library shows a per capita circulation of 812; and of 13 per registered borrower.
While it is true that, during these years of depression, the town appropriation for the library has been sufficient to permit nearly its usual supply of new books, we have now reached the point where the ordinary appropriation needs to be supplemented by a special one for books. This is because the greatly increased use of the library during the past four years has resulted in a tremendous wear and tear upon our books. Former stocks are worn out and need replacing. This needed work should not be done by cutting out the buying of new books. To do so would be to deprive us of our ability to keep our readers in touch with current develop- ments and of rendering our full contribution to national recovery. The Council of the American Library Association emphasizes this need of additional funds for books, and asks all library trustees to call this situation to the attention of finance committees and of the voting public. It also emphasizes the fact that such an in- crease in book funds should not be made at the expense of person- nel equally necessary for effective service.
We hope that this greatly needed addition to our funds may be sufficient to enlarge and further develop the work with the chil- dren of Ballardvale. The branch library there is an important adjunct to the local school, and should so supplement the school work that the children could have the books needed for all grades under the junior high school. There should be a special sum desig- nated for buying books for Ballardvale, and extra assistance should be afforded the branch librarian at the hours when the children come for books.
Public libraries have always been among the educational insti- tutions which have administered their affairs honestly and effic- iently, at the least cost under normal circumstances. During the past four years the Memorial Hall Library has handled an in- crease in use of 38% with the same staff and approximately the same appropriation as in 1929. It has meant a great deal of addi- tional work on the part of the staff-all working at lower salaries -and a greatly increased physical and nervous strain. There has never been a time in our experience when a larger appropriation is more needed than for the year to come. It is needed for books, for binding, for additional help, and for general maintenance. In an
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epoch of world terrorism and unrest, it is especially imperative to preserve every institution which stands for education and for . enlightenment.
The town is coming to us for service which we are only too glad to render, but which we cannot render satisfactorily any longer unless we can have more help and more books. Are the children to have them? Are the men still out of work and the young people trying to improve enforced leisure to have them?
Remember that Lindbergh, as a self-contained, silent boy, first traced, by the aid of a geographical globe in a small-town public library, his future path across the Atlantic.
Respectfully submitted,
EDNA A. BROWN, Librarian
STATISTICS OF THE LIBRARY
Number of books issued at Memorial Hall
76797
Number of books issued at Ballardvale
7884
Total number borrowed for home use
84681
Number of borrowers' cards in use
6025
Books added by purchase
812
Books added by gift
122
Total additions
934
Books withdrawn, worn out, lost, etc.
238
Number of books in the library
31483
Volumes rebound
560
Volumes bound, periodicals, etc.
46
Ballardvale Branch
Number of books issued for home use
7884
Books added by purchase
70
Books added by gift
26
Total additions
96
Books now belonging to branch
2900
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Report of Trustees of Memorial Hall Library
The Trustees of the Memorial Hall Library have voted to adopt the annual report of the Librarian as their report to the town for the year 1934.
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TOWN OF ANDOVER
Thirty-third Annual Report of the
Board of Public Works
EMBRACING THE FORTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT of WATER COMMISSIONERS and THIRTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT of SEWER COMMISSIONERS
For the Year Ending DECEMBER 31, 1934
1935
WATER COMMISSIONERS 1889-1899 *JAMES P. BUTTERFIELD *FELIX G. HAYNES
SEWER COMMISSIONERS
1894-1899
*WM. S. JENKINS *JOHN L. SMITH *JOHN E. SMITH
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
1899-1902
1903-1906
*JOHN H. FLINT
*WM. S. JENKINS
*JOHN L. SMITH
*JOHN W. BELL
*JAMES P. BUTTERFIELD
*FELIX G. HAYNES
1906-1907
*FELIX G. HAYNES
*FELIX G. HAYNES
*JOHN W. BELL, Treas.
JAMES C. SAWYER, Sec'y
*LEWIS T. HARDY
*HARRY M. EAMES
1908-1912
*LEWIS T. HARDY
*LEWIS T. HARDY ('16)
*BARNETT ROGERS ('16)
*ANDREW McTERNEN ('15)
*THOS. E. RHODES, Sec'y ('14) WILLIS B. HODGKINS, Treas. ('15)
1916-1917
*BARNETT ROGERS ('19)
*THOS. E. RHODES ('17)
*ANDREW McTERNEN ('18) CHAS. B. BALDWIN, Sec'y ('19) WILLIS B. HODGKINS, Treas. ('18)
1918-1919
*BARNETT ROGERS ('22)
*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)
WILLIAM D. MCINTYRE, Sec'y ('27)
ARTHUR T. BOUTWELL, Treas. ('25)
EDWARD SHATTUCK ('25)
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)
THOS. P. DEA ('31)
1930-1931
WM. D. MCINTYRE ('33)
W. I. MORSE, Treas. ('32)
GEORGE H. WINSLOW, Sec'y ('33)
GEORGE H. WINSLOW, Sec'y ('33)
ARTHUR T. BOUTWELL ('31)
THOS. P. DEA ('31) 1931-1932 WM. D. McINTYRE ('33)
W. I. MORSE ('35) THOS. P. DEA ('34)
FRANK A. BUTTRICK ('34)
JOHN H. PLAYDON ('33)
HENRY A. BODWELL ('34)
1933-1934 WM. D. MCINTYRE ('36) W. I. MORSE ('35) JOHN H. PLAYDON ('36) FRANK A. BUTTRICK ('37) HENRY A. BODWELL ('37)
SUPERINTENDENT
CHARLES T. GILLIARD
*Deceased
*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)
ARTHUR T. BOUTWELL, Treas. ('28)
*THOS. E. RHODES ('28)
WALTER I. MORSE ('29) 1928-1929 ARTHUR T. BOUTWELL ('31)
WV. I. MORSE, Treas. ('32)
WM. D. McINTYRE, Sec'y ('30)
GEORGE H. WINSLOW ('30)
1929-1930
WM. D. MCINTYRE ('33)
W. I. MORSE, Treas. ('32)
THOS. P. DEA ('34) FRANK A.' BUTTRICK ('34) 1932-1933
WM. D. MCINTYRE ('36)
W. I. MORSE ('35) JOHN H. PLAYDON ('36)
FRANK A. BUTTRICK ('34)
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)
*JOHN W. BELL, Treas. JAMES C. SAWYER, Sec'y
* ANDREW McTERNEN WILLIS B. HODGKINS
*LEWIS T. HARDY JAMES C. SAWYER 1907-1908
*JOHN W. BELL, Treas.
JAMES C. SAWYER, Sec'y
*LEWIS T. HARDY
*ANDREW McTERNEN 1913-1914
*JOHN H. FLINT
1893-1894
*WM. S. JENKINS *JOHN L. SMITH *CHARLES E. ABBOTT
*JOHN L. SMITH *FELIX G. HAYNES
*ANDREW McTERNEN ('21) PHILIP L. HARDY ('21) CHAS. B. BALDWIN, Sec'y ('22)
*THOS. E. RHODES, Treas. ('20) 1922-1923
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Andover, Mass. January 21, 1935
The Board of Public Works voted to adopt the following report of the Superintendent as its report for 1934, with recommenda- tions. for 1935.
WILLIAM D. MCINTYRE, Chairman FRANK A. BUTTRICK, Secretary WALTER I. MORSE JOHN H. PLAYDON HENRY A. BODWELL
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Superintendent's Report
To the Board of Public Works:
GENTLEMEN :
The major activities and developments in the Water, Highway, Sewer and Park Departments during the year which ended De- cember 31, 1934 are as follows:
WATER DEPARTMENT
Four hundred and fifty feet of six-inch water main were laid on High Plain Road. This installation extends from a former dead- end in front of the property of Mr. George Muller to the property of Mrs. Ernest Dick. This work was done under Articles 9-16 with the exception of Article 11 of the 1934 Warrant, using E.R.A. labor. The material, together with skilled labor and supervision, cost $443.32, and the E.R.A. labor $636.30, making a total of $1079.62 or $2.40 per foot.
Nine hundred and seven feet of eight-inch water main were laid on Vine Street from the corner of Vine Street and Holt Street to a point in front of the property of the Est. of Wm. Lynch. This work was done under Articles 9-16 with the exception of Article 11 of the 1934 Warrant, using E.R.A. labor. The material, skilled labor, supervision and blasting cost $1839.93, and the E.R.A. labor $1195.83, making a total of $3035.76, or $3.35 per foot.
Two thousand one hundred and sixteen feet of eight-inch water main were laid on River Road from the dead-end in front of Mr. Leon Hardy's house to Boutwell Road, and three hundred and sixty feet of six-inch water main were laid on River Road from the corner of Boutwell Road to a point in front of the property of Mr. Charles Newton. This work was done under Articles 9-16, with the exception of Article 11, of the 1934 Warrant using E.R.A. labor. The material together with skilled labor, super- vision and blasting cost $3319.43, and the E.R.A. labor $1851.25, making a total of $5170.68, or $2.09 per foot.
One thousand six hundred and ninety feet of eight-inch water main and six feet of six-inch water main were laid on Lovejoy Road from a point in front of Mr. Joseph Lovejoy's property to
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the house of Mr. L. Murach. This work was done under Articles 9-16 with the exception of Article 11 of the 1934 Warrant, using E.R.A. labor. The material together with skilled labor, super- vision and blasting cost $2268.72 and the E.R.A. labor $2520.00, making a total of $4788.72, or $2.82 per foot.
One thousand three hundred and ninety feet of six-inch water main were laid on Rattlesnake Hill Road from the corner of Boston Road to Mr. Charles Kibbee's house. This work was done under Articles 9-16, with the exception of Article 11, using E.R.A. labor. The material together with skilled labor, supervision and blasting cost $1791.29 and the E.R.A. labor $1334.93, making a total of $3126.22, or $2.25 per foot.
Three hundred and twenty-four feet of six-inch water main were laid from the dead-end in the Watson-Park Co. yard to Lowell Junction Road, thence from this point westerly along Lowell Junction Road six hundred and eighteen feet and thence easterly from the same point three thousand eighty-one feet to the property of Mr. C. Wormwood, a total of four thousand twenty-three feet. This work was done under Article 5 of the Special Town Meeting held October 1, 1934, and was made possi- ble by the unexpended balances from Articles 9-16, with the ex- ception of Article 11, and Articles 23, 24 and 25 of the regular Town Meeting, using E.R.A. labor.
Balance from Article 9-16
$ 337.00
Balance from Article 23 622.17
Balance from Article 24
1878.96
Balance from Article 25
995.26
Added Appropriation
459.30
$4292.69
The material together with skilled labor and supervision cost $4291.68, and the E.R.A. labor amounted to $2637.87, making a total of $6929.55, or $1.72 per foot.
The eight-inch water main on Vine Street installed this year was extended a distance of ninety-six feet to care for a house re- cently built by Mr. Doyle.
The steam turbine, pump and condenser arrived in town on December 1st and were placed on their foundations December 26th. The installation is being made by the F. A. Mazzur Co. of
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Boston. A 12-inch gate was installed on the discharge line at the Haggett's Pond pumping station that will be used for the new steam turbine.
The elevation of the water in Haggett's Pond was lowered con- siderably during the summer draught which made conditions ideal for cleaning and covering the shores with sand. The labor, other than the truck hire, was supplied by the E.R.A.
A number of hydrants, in places where the road grades were elevated were extended so that the pump nozzles are accessible. An old Wood hydrant located at the corner of Punchard Avenue and Bartlet Street that had outlived its usefulness has been re- placed with a Corey hydrant.
The six-inch water main of the high service system leading to the Phillips Academy power house was relocated to clear a new steam line that was laid to Williams Hall on Phillips Street. This work was paid for by the Phillips Academy.
The work of repairing the old water works shop was done by Geo. M. Henderson & Sons, the lowest bidder. The contract price for the above was $273.00.
During the inspection of hydrants, two were found broken and were replaced, also gates were installed on both hydrant branches.
After the Federal Government had drilled wells for both C.C.C. camps, the 110th and the 167th, the water was discovered unfit for drinking purposes and it is now being supplied by the Town.
The coldest weather on record was encountered during the early part of the year and a number of meters and water services were frozen. The only water main discovered frozen was that near the dead-end on River Street and this was thawed out using an electrical apparatus belonging to the Lawrence Gas and Electric Co.
Six hydrants were broken during the year due to impact with automobiles which is two more than in 1933.
The dry spell during July broke all records. The electric pump ran continuously fron July 23d at 4.15 A.M. to July 27th at 8.30 P.M. making a total run of 112 hours and 15 minutes.
During 1934, 360,345,420 gallons of water were pumped at the Haggett's Pond pumping station, or a daily average of 987,248 gallons. The steam pump was in operation 87 hours and 5 minutes and the electric pump 5081 hours and 20 minutes, making an average daily run of 14 hours and 9 minutes.
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On July 21st the greatest amount of water was pumped, namely 1,846,000 gallons. The maximum weekly consumption was that ending July 27th during which time 11,484,000 gallons were pumped. The water receipts for 1934 amounted to $47,754.48. Incidentally, this is the highest on record.
To provide for adequate Water Maintenance during 1935 we recommend an appropriation of $26,000.00 to be divided sub- stantially as follows:
WATER MAINTENANCE
Salaries and labor
$12750.00
Coal for steam and heating, Power No. 1 and No. 2
stations
8500.00
Engine oil, fuel oil, chlorine, etc.
500.00
Gas, oil and auto maintenance
1500.00
Repairs to pumping equipment, boilers and property
700.00
Office supplies, stationery, postage and telephone 750.00
Care of pond, reservoirs, telemeters, cleaning pipes, etc.
800.00
Supplies, miscellaneous tools and equipment
500.00
Total
$26000.00
Services and meters increased during 1934 as follows:
Services in use January 1, 1934
2419
Services installed during 1934
40
Services in use January 1, 1935
2459
Meters in use January 1, 1934
2294
Meters installed during 1934
40
Meters in use January 1, 1935
2334
During the year 1934, 1671.3 feet of service pipe were laid on private property and 1033 feet on Town property. A number of water services were renewed during 1934.
We recommend for water construction for 1935, $10,000.00 to be divided substantially as follows:
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WATER CONSTRUCTION
Labor, renewing services, etc.
$ 5500.00
500.00
Meters and parts Pipe of all kinds
3000.00
Brass goods, hydrants, etc.
1000.00
$10000.00
In addition to the above $10,000.00, the Board of Public Works requests that an additional $10,000.00 be appropriated for replacing 6 in. water mains on sections of School and Cen- tral Streets with 10 in. mains, and replacing the 4 in. water main on Florence Street with a 6 in. main.
Appropriation March 1934-Water Maintenance
Approved bills
$27000.00 26986.44
Balance
$ 13.56
Appropriation March 1934-Water Construction
$10000.00
Approved bills
9977.74
Balance $ 22.26
RECEIPTS
Water Rates
$47754.48 1290.26
Water construction
Paid to Town Treasurer :
Water Rates
$47754.48
Water Construction
1290.26
$49044.74
$49044.74
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SUMMARY COST OF CONSTRUCTION
WATER DEPARTMENT
CLASSIFICATION
APPROVED BILLS
CREDITS
NET COST
. TOTALS
Office Fixtures
$ 718.65
Telemeters
2892.19
Telephones
184.77
Teams
583.65
Pipe Distribution
$13411.05 9977.74
1290.26
$8687.48
440527.23 139416.03
Service Pipe
Water and Land
6687.23
Suction Pipe
1309.46
Reservoirs
16985.82 806.97
Grading Land
2739.12
Workshop
1271.88
Building Pumping Station
9610.14
Pumping Plant
10290.64
64237.32
Construction Expenses Tools
92.58
4715.34
Totals
$33772.01
$702868.44
SEWER DEPARTMENT
Sewer Mains
77937 ft.
$148043.64 362154.49
Jan. 1, 1935
Cost to Town
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Cost to Abutters
10182.64
Coal Shed
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HIGHWAY, SEWER AND PARK DEPARTMENTS
The following table shows the snowfall for the year 1934:
January
3.25
February
31.25
March
8.25
November
. 25
December
2.50
45.50 inches
According to reports the combination of the snowstorms of February 20th and 26th caused conditions much worse than any encountered since 1898. Extra plow trucks were hired and ap- proximately 550 additional men were employed shovelling snow. The town tractor and one hired tractor proved of inestimable value in keeping the roads open. Slippery conditions were preva- lent the greater part of the winter which required sanding. One thousand additional feet of snow fence were purchased this year to care for sections of River Road where drifting occurred last winter and hand-shovelling was necessary.
Frost was encountered in places during the early part of 1934 five feet deep and when it started to thaw the country roads showed signs of breaking up. These places were filled with gravel to make the roads passable. The gravel roads, with tar and as- phalt surfaces, required considerable patching to put them in good condition.
Due to the excessive depth of frost a number of stones in the old stone culverts were dislodged which caused flood conditions during the freshets. Some of these were repaired and others were replaced with corrugated iron pipe.
Additional drains were installed in a number of places to reme- dy bad drainage conditions. Due to a change in the drainage system at the Shattuck Farm on River Road it was necessary to install a 3' corrugated iron pipe across River Road and Chestnut Lane. The labor for the above was supplied by the E.R.A.
During the month of March the roads were cleaned. This took longer than usual due to the great amount of sand used to abate slippery conditions. After this work, the following roads were patched and treated with Tarvia-Retread-Oak Street, High-
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land Road, Pine Street, Upland Road, Bancroft Road, Osgood Street, Dascomb Road, Lupine Road, Argilla Road, Torr Street, Punchard Avenue, Locke Street, Wolcott Avenue, Riverina Road, Canterbury Street, Cuba Street, and sections of Woburn Street, River Street, Abbot Street, Central Street, Phillips Street, Summer Street, Chestnut Street, Reservation Road, Burnham Road, Beacon Street, Kenilworth Street and Elm Street. After the application of Tarvia-Retread and sand, the roads were dragged which considerably smoothed the surfaces.
A section of Woburn Street between Abbot Street and Ando- ver Street was rebuilt. This was necessary because in places the old road was crowned as high as eighteen inches which made it difficult to drive on, especially in the winter, when the road was slippery.
All the country roads were scraped in the Spring of the year, and a number of them were dragged in the Fall just before the cold weather set in, which put them in good condition for Winter. The gravel roads that were built with E.R.A. labor were rolled after scraping.
A section of bituminous road on Morton Street from a point in front of the property of Dr. Grant to the top of the Morton Street hill was constructed together with the installation of a drainage system. A bituminous road was built on Harding Street from the bridge to Main Street.
A gravel road with a tar top was built on Brechin Terrace. The entrance was redesigned, the curbing relocated and the grass plot loamed, seeded and rolled. This work was done under Article 35 of the 1934 Warrant and the cost is as follows:
Material
Labor and Truck Hire
$ 165.10 1332.72
$1497.82
Appropriation
$1500.00
Expenditures
1497.82 -
$ 2.18 Bal.
A section of River Road was constructed by the Town under Chapter 90. The State appropriated $10,000. and the County and Town each $5000. Three thousand feet of road, together with culverts and highway fence were completed and an additional
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1200 feet together with drains were made ready for the stone application.
The balance left over from Article 19 of the 1933 Warrant was spent to complete the road work on Carmel Road started in 1933. This was voted in Article 41 of the 1934 Warrant.
Balance from Article 19-1933
Expenditures
$376.01 376.01
Balance
000.00
One thousand three hundred twenty-nine feet of drain pipe were installed on Salem Street. The catch basins were located to care for a future road of 30 feet in width. The E.R.A. cared for the labor and materials with the exception of supervision and cost of building the manholes.
Two hundred and fifty feet of chain link fence were erected on the south side of Stevens Street. This replaces the old iron pipe fence that had outlived its usefulness. The cost of the above was 70 cents per foot.
Two horses were hired from T. McDonnell for plowing side- walks during the winter of 1934-1935.
The two horses used in the Highway Department for so many years were disposed of. "Prince" was destroyed and "Jerry" was retired to the Nevins Farm in Methuen.
A section of the cement sidewalk in front of the Shawsheen Spa and a number of raised and sunken cement slabs on other streets in Shawsheen Village were replaced. The tar sidewalks on the north side of Cuba Street and on the east side of Main Street from Punchard Avenue to Chapel Avenue were rebuilt. A cement sidewalk was built on the east side of Wolcott Avenue, from Elm Street to the property line of Mr. Andrew Collins and Mr. David Burns. The gravel sidewalk on the north side of Ando- ver Street from the Ballardvale Bridge to the property of Mr. Robert Ewing was shaped up, rolled and given an application of Tarvia B.
An edging of shaped stones was laid at the corner of School Street and Lupine Road. Most of this work was done by labor sent to the Board of Public Works by the relief department. The stones were supplied by Phillips Academy from one of their stone walls on Highland Road in the vicinity of the Bird Sanctuary.
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A number of highway fences were repaired and painted.
The roof of the sand shed on Park Street was shingled and the missing clapboards were replaced. This work was done by the G. W. Horne Co., the lowest bidder.
To provide for adequate Highway Maintenance for 1934, we recommend an appropriation of $53,000.00 to be divided sub- stantially as follows:
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