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HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE
Salaries, labor, teams and truck hire
$25000.00
Tarvia, oil and asphalt 13000.00
Gravel, sand, stone and patch 3000.00
Scarifying, scraping roads and equipment for same
2500.00
Upkeep of horses and wagons 600.00
Gas, oil and auto maintenance
1500.00
Catch basins and drains
1800.00
Street signs, fences and stone bounds
500.00
Bridges
500.00
Sidewalks
3000.00
Tools, supplies, repairs to equipment and miscel.
1500.00
For secretarial services
100.00
Appropriation Highway Construction Expenditures
6058.59
Balance
$ 23.36
We recommend an appropriation of $14000 for Highway Construction for the year 1935 to care for the following: Con- struction of Salem Street from Highland Road to Woodland Road
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Sidewalks
$ 4367.33 231.69
Bridges
Fences and Bounds
608.16
General Maintenance
44938.06
Amount Carried Forward
$50145.24
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$53000.00
$ 6081.95
$14000.00
Amount Brought Forward
$50145.24
Catch Basins and Drains
1295.15
· Tools, Supplies and Equipment
3559.33
$54999.72
Highway Appropriation 1934 Expenditures
$55000.00
54999.72
Balance
. 28
Snow removal appropriation 1934 Expenditures
$35000.00
33803.53
$ 1196.47
We recommend an appropriation of $35000 for snow removal for the year 1935, subject to change.
SEWER DEPARTMENT
One thousand and seventy feet of six-inch sewer main were installed on Carmel Road from High Street to a point in front of the property of Mr. Frank Hughes. This work was done under Article 24 of the 1934 Warrant. The cost of the above for material, blasting, skilled labor and supervision was $1306.04. The E.R.A. labor amounted to $1473.88, making a total cost of $2779.92, or $2.60 per foot.
Article 24 Appropriation
$3185.00
· Expenditures
1306.04
Balance
$1878.96
Five hundred and eighty-eight feet of six-inch sewer main were installed on Porter Road from the corner of Hidden Road to a point in front of Mr. Edmond Hammond's property. This work was done under Article 23 of the 1934 Warrant. The cost of the above for material, skilled labor and supervision was $702.83 and the E.R.A. labor $731.61, making a total of $1434.44, or $2.45 per foot.
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Article 23 Appropriation Expenditures
$1375.00 702.83
Balance
$ 672.17
Six hundred and twenty two dollars and seventeen cents of this balance was voted under Article 5 of the Special Town Meeting held October 1st to be spent for the partial construction of the Lowell Junction Road water line, leaving a balance of $50.00.
Two hundred and eighty-eight feet of eight-inch and six hund- red and thirteen feet of six-inch sewer main were installed on Corbett Street from the corner of Ayer Street to the property of Mr. Antonio Catanzaro. This work was done under Article 25 of the 1934 Warrant. The cost for material, skilled labor, super- vision and blasting was $1954.74 and the E.R.A. labor $1341.58, making a total of $3296.32, or $3.66 per foot.
Article 25 Appropriation $3000.00
Expenditures
1954.74
Balance
$1045.26
Nine hundred and ninety-five dollars and twenty-six cents of this balance was voted under Act 5 of the special Town Meeting held October 1st to be spent for the partial construction of the Lowell Junction water line, leaving a balance of $50.00.
Twenty-four applications have been filed for sewer house- services during 1934, making a total of 1112 in use January 1,1935.
Appropriation, March 1934
$5700.00
Approved bills
5693.74
Balance
6.26
To provide for adequate sewer maintenance and construction we recommend an appropriation of $5700.00 to be divided as follows:
Power
$2100.00
Labor, Salaries, etc. 2500.00
Sewer pipe, tools, etc. 400.00
Maintenance of buildings, equipment and
cleaning pipe 700.00
$5700.00
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PARK DEPARTMENT
The earth bank in the south east corner of the Playstead has been removed preparatory to the regrading of that section of the Playstead. An area south of the baseball bleachers has been filled in and will be used as a paddle tennis court for the children. The work of regrading the Ballardvale Playstead at the corner of Woburn Street and Andover Street and building a paddle tennis court at the playground across from the Fire Station at Ballard- vale has been started. The above is being done by E.R.A. labor.
Twenty-five hundred hemlock trees were planted in Carmel Woods to replace the deciduous trees that have been cut down. The entire area of Carmel Woods is now planted with white pines, red pines, and hemlocks.
Twenty red pines were planted on the discontinued section of Poor Street between Main Street and Union Street. The cost of the trees and the labor for planting was paid for by the Andover Village Improvement Society.
ARTICLE 4 OF SPECIAL TOWN MEETING HELD MAY 31ST
Playground Appropriation
$750.00
Expenditures
705.00
Balance
$ 45.00
Park Appropriation March, 1934
$3700.00
Approved bills
3693.82
Balance
$
6.18
To provide for adequate Park Maintenance for 1935 we recom- mend an appropriation of $3700.00 to be divided as follows :
Labor
$2800.00
Lawn mowers, repairs, etc.
100.00
Seed, fertilizer, loam, tools, etc.
500.00
Basso appropriation
100.00
Paddle Tennis Courts
200.00
$3700.00
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES T. GILLIARD, Superintendent
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COMPARATIVE STATISTICS, Approved to January 1, 1935
Year
Received from water rates
Net cost of maintenance
Cost of pumping
by cost maintenance of pumping by total
Received per million gallons
Gallons pumped
No. of service pipes in use
Meters in use
No. of h'd'nts
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
117,8447,305
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
834
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
39 21
17 62
91 03
203,401,371
1245
1023
321
44.34
1912
19687 47
8117 57
3583 45
39 58
17 48
205,097,460
1304
1081
344
46.99
1913
22739 88
8412 89
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
1465
1262
369
50.08
1916
23496 87
11998 60
4842 20
46 67
21 91
94 02
1492
1290
377
51.19
1917
24780 82
11538 26
5460 42
52 95
25 06
113 72
1217,894,123
1503
1311
377
51.19
1918
27053 04
15838 48
10092 80
58 93
37 56
100 67
+268,733,008
1328
378
51.19
1919
23864 58
18257 99
83 64
37 72
91 46
+218,279,797
1370
378
51.19
1920
31416 47
19924 11
9949 64
78 23
39 06
81 08
1254,727,887
1594
1460
378
51.19
1921
28013 36
17745 39
9083 83
89 65
41 44
127 80
219,172,467
1557
1562
388
52.44
1922
31831 38
22627 77
8788 98
86 32
33 54
121 46
262,098,700
1800
1745
414
55.15
1923
37718 68
21729 12
10133 57
65 30
30 48
113 47
332,409,160
1950
1856
462
57.84
1924
42284 32
33222 26
15025 88
98 37
44 49
125 21
337,717,247
2044
1929
478
59.47
1925
41616 62
30852 65
15334 50
88 79
44 60
121 05
343,769,471
2088
1963
493
60.42
1926
40697 46
29992 61
14444 00
43 33
122 09
333,352,823
2137
2011
507
61.87
1927
38711 37
29989 72
12550 13
41 74
128 76
300,642,752
2207
2081
515
62.65
1928
36971 20
29999 05
±13699 73
£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
1930
40978 41
29973 81
¥12979 96
100 46
[43 50
137 34
298,367.269
2351
2227
560
66.76
1931
42573 20
29151 70
12105 62
94 89
£39 41
138 59
307,191,424
2384
2261
602
68.78
1932
43641 07
27939 10
į13259 40
88 80
142 14
138 71
314,601,000
2396
2271
611
69.68
1933
42577 80
26431 82
£12577 68
80 54
138 33
129 74
328,165,000
2419
2294
629
71.51
1934
47754 48
26986 44
£15012 44
74 89
£41 66
132 52
360,345,420
2459
2334
655
73.60
*Regulations and rates changed
įCost at both stations
¡No allowance for slippage
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1890
24,911,445
309
80
163
20.50
1891
5349 32
3399 93
1806 93
6 months
46
16
-
89 97
99 75
96 16
1240,599,178
1220,945,880
1470
1521
7093 30
4585 62
95 99
Cost per million gal'ns
1935 Town Warrant
and Recommendations of the Finance Committee
To our Fellow Towns people Warning
Your Finance Committee wishes first to rivet your attention to the following fact-viz-
Unless it pleases you to vote only an amount equal to the ap- proved appropriations your tax rate will exceed $30.00.
Special article appropriations, not approved total $71,615.00, equaling all or any part of an additional $4.47 tax rate or a total of about $34.50.
It is only after painstaking study of every departmental Bud- get, and after receiving the hearty cooperation of every depart- ment and after careful study of the merits of each special article, that we present to you our recommendations totaling $580,065.42 with a consequent tax rate of about $30.00 per M.
We advance for your serious consideration the following facts:
Your assessed valuation has shrunk from an average of $17,- 160,000.00 in 1929 and 1930 to the present figure of two years standing about $16,000,000.00
Your departmental expenses are of necessity somewhat greater due to greater demands upon them, either for service or protection, and it is obvious that unless valuation increases or expenses decrease, or both, you are facing a period of years with a tax rate of $30.00 or more.
WE RECOMMEND the appointment at this time of a com- mittee of not more than five members with instructions to investi- gate and study all Town Departments and expenses and to report recommendations to the next annual Town Meeting, regarding more economical operation of all Town departments. We refer specifically to consolidated buying of all Town supplies, to open competition on all purchases to the consolidation and perhaps the elimination of some departments and to many other subjects which will be apparent as their investigation progresses.
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You will note that only the following active departments are calling for increased appropriations over those of last year,-
1934 1935 Increase
Highway Construction $6081.00 $14000.00 $7919.00 Due to rebuilding Salem Street. This project lends itself to the use of E.R.A. Labor and will cost $4.000.00 less if E.R.A. is still available.
Water Construction $10000.00 $20000.00 $10000.00 These renewal Water projects totaling about $17.500.00 will all be completed for the above $10.000.00-provided E.R.A. labor is still available.
Library $7500.00 $8200.00 $700.00 Due partly to shrinkage in other income and partly to addition- al expense of operation.
Schools $148000.00 $152932.00 $4932.00 Due to increased upkeep and repair, transportation and fuel and increased teaching force.
Spring Grove Cemetery $7400 00 $8495.00 $1095.00 Due mostly to absolute necessity of installing adequate rest rooms.
Selectmen's combined budgets $184482.00 $204690.00 $20,208.00 Due to Increase in Insurance about $5.000.00, mostly in antici- pation of new school; Completion of Assessors Survey $3.183.00 Fire Department $1.100.00 for new transformer and general repairs; Interest $4.000.00: Bond Retirement $9.300.00; and offset somewhat by reduction of $2.000.00 for Election and Registration and lesser credits.
TOWN WARRANT
ESSEX. Ss: To either of the Constables of the Town of Andover. GREETING :
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 Town Affairs to meet and assemble at the designated polling places in Precincts One. Two. Three and Four,
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viz: The Town House in Precinct One; the Old School House, Ballard Vale, in Precinct Two; the Administration Building, 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, 1935 at 6:00 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 Constables for one year, one Trustee of Memorial Hall Library for seven years, one Tree Warden for one year, one member of the Planning Board for five years, one member of the Planning Board for four years, to fill a vacancy; one member of the Planning Board for three years, to fill a vacancy ; one member of the Planning Board for one year, to fill a vacancy, and all town officers required by law to be elected by ballot.
All the above candidates to be voted on one ballot. The polls will be open from 6 o'clock a.m. to 6.30 o'clock p.m.
After final action on the preceding Article One, the said meet- ing shall stand adjourned by virtue of Section 20, Chapter 39, of General Laws, to Monday, March 11, at 1.30 o'clock p.m. at the Town Hall, then and there to act upon the following articles, namely :
ARTICLE 2 .- To elect all other officers not required by law to be elected by ballot.
ARTICLE 3 .- To establish the salary of elected Town Officers for the ensuing year.
ARTICLE 4 .- To determine what sums of money shall be appro- priated for the following purposes.
Approved in the following amounts to the total of $561,365.42.
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Appropriation for the Assessors, Board of Selectmen, and all de- partments under their control.
American Legion
$ 600.00
Veterans of Foreign Wars
480.00
Armistice Day
150.00
Memorial Day
865.00
Mothers' Aid
1500.00
Soldiers' Relief
1000.00
State Aid
200.00
Old Age Assistance
19000.00
Public Welfare
11000.00
Damages to Persons and Property
500.00
Elections and Registrations
1000.00
Insurance
11325.00
Essex County Tuberculosis Hospital
4402.52
Pomps Pond
1856.00
Public Dump
570.00
Printing Town Report
800.00
Town Officers
18400.00
Town Scales
117.50
Inspector of Wires
420.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
470.00
Assessors Survey
5175.65
Municipal Buildings
3600.00
Infirmary
7700.00
Moth Suppression
4000.00
Tree Warden
4500.00
Police Department
23900.00
Fire Department
27358.75
Brush Fires
1000.00
Interest
17000.00
Retirement of Bonds
40300.00
Appropriation for the Board of Health
3700.00
Care of Tubercular Patients
2000.00
Appropriation for Trustees of Memorial Hall Library
8200.00
Appropriation for Trustees of Spring Grove Cemetery
8495.00
Appropriation for Street Lighting Committee
19448.00
Appropriation for School Committee
152932.00
Amount Carried Forward
403965.42
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Amount Brought Forward
403965.42
Appropriation for all departments under the control of
the Board of Public Works:
Highway Maintenance
53000.00
Highway Construction
14000.00
Water Maintenance
26000.00
Water Construction
20000.00
Sewer Maintenance
5700.00
Park and Playgrounds
3700.00
Snow Removal
35000.00
$561365.42
Appropriations for any other Town Charges and Expenses:
ARTICLE 5 .- To see if the Town will vote to authorize the town treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1935, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in ac- cordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
(No action necessary)
ARTICLE 6 .- To determine what disposition shall be made of unexpended appropriations and free cash in treasury.
(No action necessary)
ARTICLE 7 .- To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to be expended in conjunction with Emergency Relief Administration labor for the purchase of materials and for truck hire on approved projects.
(Approved) (Funds for use with E.R.A.) $8000.00
ARTICLE 8 .- To see if the Town will adopt the Zoning Plan presented by the Town Planning Board and enact the Zoning By- Law recommended by the Board; as postponed at Special Town Meeting, October 1st, 1934.
(No action necessary)
ARTICLE 9 .- To receive and act upon the report of the Police Investigation Committee.
(No action necessary)
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ARTICLE 10 .- To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money not in excess of $850.00 and authorize the Select- · men to purchase an automobile and an auto radio for the use of the Police Department as recommended by the Police Investiga- tion Committee.
(Not approved)
NOTE: Articles No. 10, No. 11, and No. 12 are no doubt very good recommendations. However, in view of existing con- ditions as well as the fact, that if Article No. 10 is voted $50.00 insurance and $300.00 expense of car must be add- ed to department expense and if Article No. 11 is voted $172.00 must be added for electricity for balance of year, we feel the investment and operating cost is not war- ranted at this time.
ARTICLE 11 .- To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money not in excess of $500.00 and authorize the Select- men to purchase and install a pretimed set of traffic signals at or near the junction of North Main, Lowell, Poor and Haverhill Streets in Shawsheen Village Square so called with the provision that the State Department of Public Works will furnish a like amount, as recommended by the Police Investigation Committee. (Not approved)
ARTICLE 12 .- To see if the Town will vote to purchase and in- stall six Button traffic signs to be placed on streets entering Ando- ver Square and appropriate the sum of $300.00 to cover the cost of same as recommended by the Police Investigation Committee.
(Not approved)
ARTICLE 13 .- To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $750.00 to be used for supervised play at the playstead to be expended under the direction of a committee of three to be ap- pointed by the Moderator, on petition of Samuel P. Hulme and others.
(Approved)
$750.00
(We further recommend that the Park Department be instruct- ed to take over this project and provide for it in their regular budget hereafter.)
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ARTICLE 14 .- To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Public Works to extend the water main from the corner of Lowell Street and Greenwood Road, along Greenwood Road to the pro- perty of J. H. Bourdelais, and appropriate the sum of $25,000.00 to care for this work, on petition of Anna Peterson and others.
(Not approved)
ARTICLE 15 .- To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Public Works to extend the water main from the present dead end at the Disbrow farm on Chandler Rd. along Chandler Rd. to the residence of Charles Garabedian and appropriate the sum of $6700.00 to care for this work, on petition of Charles Garabedian and others.
(Approved)
3900.00
(With recommendation that sum of $3,900.00 be appropriated to be used on this project in conjunction with E.R.A. Labor. In the event E.R.A. is available, the whole project can be completed, if E.R.A. not available, the Board of Public Works will complete as much as possible.)
ARTICLE 16 .- To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Public Works to extend the water main from the corner of Greenwood Rd. and Chandler Rd. along Chandler Rd. to the residence of Charles Garabedian and also extend the existing water main at the corner of Chandler Rd. and Greenwood Rd. a distance of 840 feet along Greenwood Rd. and appropriate the sum of $19,500.00 to care for this work, on petition of Ovagen Arakelian and others.
(Not approved)
ARTICLE 17 .- To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Public Works to extend the water main from the present dead end on Salem St. near Wildwood Road along Salem St. to Jenkins Road thence along Jenkins Road northerly to the North Andover line and appropriate the sum of $15,010.00 therefor, on petition of John J. Sweeney and others.
(Not approved)
ARTICLE 18 .- To see if the Town will vote to place the police and fire departments under Civil Service Rules by accepting sec-
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tions 48 and 49 of Chapter 31 of the General Laws without the pension provision, on petition of William F. Barron and others.
(No action necessary)
ARTICLE 19 .- To see if the Town will vote to appoint a com- mittee to investigate the procedure and cost of installing a munici- pal light, heat, and power plant and report to the next annual Town Meeting, and that the sum of $25.00 be appropriated for said purpose, on petition of William F. Barron and others.
(Not approved)
(We consider this sum of money insufficient to accomplish any results, and furthermore we understand that both State and Federal investigations are now or soon will be under way.)
ARTICLE 20 .- To see if the Town will vote that all expenditures for materials amounting to $50.00 or over shall be made on a competitive bid, on petition of Roger H. Lewis and others.
(No action necessary)
ARTICLE 21 .- To see if the Town will vote that the purchase of all truck hire and materials used on the water system, highways, parks and playgrounds and sewer department be made by the Board of Public Works, on petition of Charles.B. Roberts and others.
(No action necessary)
ARTICLE 22 .- To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Public Works to construct a hard surface road and care for grass plots on Dufton Rd. and appropriate the sum of $2700.00, on pe- tition of George Dufton and others.
(Not approved)
(We believe this is a proper project for E.R.A. and recommend that it be referred to this Department.)
ARTICLE 23 .- To see if the Town will vote to accept Tantallon Road from Haverhill Street running north to a line three hundred and seventy-five (375) feet north of the northerly line of said Haverhill Street, on petition of A. Norman Warhurst and others.
(No action necessary)
ARTICLE 24 .- To see if the Town will vote to acquire by emin- ent domain a certain piece of land on the northeasterly corner of
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Haverhill Street and Hillside Avenue for the purpose of widening said approach of entrance from Haverhill Street to Hillside Ave- nue and appropriate the sum of $200.00 for this purpose, on peti- tion of Edward Fleming and others.
(Not approved)
(In view of the fact that there is no agreement between the in- terested parties we recommend this be referred to the Select- men.)
ARTICLE 25 .- To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Public Works to widen Hillside Avenue at the lower end and apply a hard surface road the entire length and appropriate the sum of $400.00 therefor, on petition of Edward H. Fleming and others.
(Not approved)
(In the event of action on Article No. 24 we recommend that this Article (25) be also referred to E.R.A.)
ARTICLE 26 .- To see if the Town will instruct the Street Light- ing Committee to arrange for two lights on Corbett Street, one at curve in road near Topping's ledge and one, half way between Juliette Street and Lawrence line and appropriate $45.00 to cover cost of same, on petition of George R. Cairns and others.
(Not approved)
(This, we believe, should be referred to Lighting Committee.)
ARTICLE 27 .- To see if the Town will instruct the Selectmen to ask the officials of the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Co. to reduce the fare on busses between Andover Square and Shawsheen Village from ten to five cents, on petition of J. Augustus Remington and others.
(No action necessary)
ARTICLE 28 .- To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Public Works to build a sidewalk on the East and West sides of Carmel Road a distance of 1612 feet at a cost of $1340.00 and also install a drain on Carmel Rd. a distance of 425 feet at a cost of $745.00, and appropriate the sum of $2085.00 to care for the above, on petition of Ralph L. Draper and others.
(Not approved)
(We believe Board of Public Works can and will considerably improve the condition here, doing so from regular funds.)
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ARTICLE 29 .- To see if the Town will vote to rescind the vote establishing interim zoning, empowering the Selectmen to en- force certain restrictions therein, as set forth in Article 25 in the Town Warrant for the annual Town Meeting March 14, 1927, on petition of Mae D. Horne and others.
(No action necessary)
ARTICLE 30 .- To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Public Works to purchase two horses and appropriate the sum of $350.00 therefor, on petition of said Board.
(Approved) $350.00
ARTICLE 31 .- To see if The Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $4700.00 to care for changes and additions to the water system on Lowell Street due to the reconstruction of the road, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
(Approved) provided Lowell Street rebuilt this year $4700.00
ARTICLE 32 .- To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $1000.00 to complete contract Number 4484-A with the State and the County on River Road, which contract terminates May 15, 1935 and also to appropriate a sum not in excess of $5000.00 provided, however, a like amount of money is appropri- ated by the County of Essex and an amount of money equal to the sum of that appropriated by County and Town be appropri- ated by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for the improve- ment of River Road in West Andover, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
(We approve the appropriation of $1,000.00 only on above article, and we recommend that further construction on this project be deferred at least one year.)
ARTICLE 33 .- To act upon the report of the Town Officers. (No action necessary)
ARTICLE 34 .- To transact any other business that may legally come before the meeting.
(No action necessary)
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SUMMARY
Expenditure Recommended
$580065.42
State and County Assessments (Estimated)
45000.00
$625065.42
Estimated Receipts
150000.00
$475065.42
Net Valuation)-about
$16000000.00
Assuming no further reduction in your assessed valuation, and no increase in State and County Assessments, the above approved appropriations give you a tax rate of $29.68 or approximately $30.00 per M.
Tax Rate for 1929 $25.50 Tax Rate for 1932
$24:00
Tax Rate for 1930
$25.90 Tax Rate for 1933
$24.20
Tax Rate for 1931
$24.20
Tax Rate for 1934 $29.50
Respectfully submitted
HUGH BULLOCK, Chairman JOSEPH HARGEDON
MITCHELL JOHNSON
EDWARD SHATTUCK
HARVEY F. TURNER
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ERRATUM PAGE 101, third line of seventh paragraph : -
For "1943" read "1953"
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