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GENTLEMEN :
In accordance with your request I have taken measurements and soundings at the Ballardvale bridge over the Shawsheen River, and have prepared an estimate of the probable cost of a new structure of reinforced concrete.
On looking up the records I find that there is a County layout at this location made in 1848, and having a width of 36 feet, which corresponds very closely to the width of the present bridge. This being the case, it would seem advisable to hold to this width in designing a new bridge, although narrow for a roadway and
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two sidewalks. It is suggested, therefore, that consideration be given to a design providing for one 6 foot walk on the up stream side which will allow space for a roadway about 24 feet wide. If, however, two sidewalks are required, it will be neces- sary to increase the width of location. The estimate has been prepared on this basis. The proposed bridge is of the beam and slab type, consisting of two spans of about 26 feet each, with new concrete abutments and center pier. The bridge railings will be of concrete, open pattern. The sidewalk of granolithic construction, and the roadway surfaced with a 2 inch bituminous top. Electric light columns of suitable design can be placed on each of the four corner fence posts with wire conduits lead- ing to them embedded in the fence railing. This would add materially to the appearance of the bridge as well as serving a useful purpose, and the extra cost would not be great.
As you are aware, the Shawsheen River at this point is con- verted into a mill pond by the dam just below the bridge, and the flowage rights are controlled by the owners of the mill adja- cent. With the mill pond full there is a maximum depth of water at the bridge of 12 feet.
The cost of a new bridge would be considerably lessened if the pond could be drained during the construction period, and also if the present retaining walls along the bridge approaches could be replaced with earth embankments paved with stone, the latter being a feature which would reduce the abutment cost.
I have interviewed Mr. Jenkins, the present owner, with refer- ence to these matters, and he informs me that he relies on the water for power at his mill, and that he would dislike to see any encroachment on his mill pond which would reduce its storage capacity, such as would be the case if the earth embankments were made. Consequently it appears that it will be necessary to hold to the abutment lines as they now exist, and construct abutments and pier in flood water unless the width of locations is increased, and unless an arrangement can be made with the mill owner to drain the pond during the summer months, and substitute electric current for water power during this period.
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The following estimate is based on conditions as they now exist. Bridge excavation
1200 cys. $8.00 $9600.00
.
Plain concrete
650 cys. 15.00 9750.00
Reinforced concrete
90 cys. 35.00 3150.00
Bituminous surface
270.00
Electric light columns and conduits
250.00
Approaches
300.00
Removal of old structures
100.00
Temporary foot bridge
250.00
23670.00
Engineering 10%
2367.00
Total
$26037.00
A complete survey and design would permit a somewhat closer estimate, but this figure will furnish an idea of the size of the project, and is sufficient for appropriation purposes.
In case any questions arise relative to this project regarding which you may desire additional information, please do not hesi- tate to call on me.
Respectfully, D. H. DICKINSON
No condition will break up concrete roads more quickly than water getting into joints, freezing and expanding. To insure water tight joints in the concrete roads on Haverhill Street, Balmoral Street and Main Street and also the block paving road on Main Street, these joints have been filled with tar.
The rear wheels of the steam roller had outlived their useful- ness and have been replaced. While our roller was being re- paired we were fortunate in being privileged to use the steam roller which is the property of the Town of North Andover.
New Warrenite sidewalks have been built on one side of Sum- mer Street from Elm Street to Whittier Street, and on one side of Park Street from Bartlet Street to Whittier Street. A section of the gutter on Park Street between Bartlet Street and Whittier Street was in a deplorable condition, and this was especially true after a heavy rain. This gutter has been rebuilt and to insure
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permanency granite curbing has been laid. A section of Warren- ite sidewalk was laid on Stevens Street from Main Street around the bend on the south side of Stevens Street. Sections of side- walks on Main Street and High Street where drain water lodged after rains and thaws have been raised to remedy this unsatis- factory condition. A new Warrenite sidewalk has been laid on Harding Street from High Street to the railroad bridge. Sections of sidewalks which were in an unsatisfactory condition on Sum- mer Street have been cared for. The cost of the Warrenite sidewalk is approximately 80 cents per square yard. The gutters in the vicinity of the corner of Avon and Summer Streets wherein much mud accumulated during heavy rainfalls have been stoned and tarred.
The grass plot at the corner of Main and High Streets has been loamed, seeded and rolled. A cement walk has also been laid at the north end of this plot from High Street to the Barnard drive. Heretofore heavy rains caused the gravel on this side- walk to be washed away and these washouts made travel danger- ous for pedestrians. This cement walk has corrected this un- satisfactory condition.
A new Ford truck was purchased for the highway department this last year at a cost of $709 plus allowance on old Chevrolet truck.
All the bridges under our jurisdiction were inspected and re- paired where necessary.
The line of Dufton Road in the vicinity of Burnham Road has been relocated, which facilitates automobile traffic.
Curbing has been set on the east side of Union Street. This work was made possible under Article 10.
To provide for adequate Highway Maintenance for 1931, we recommend an appropriation of $50,000.00 to be divided sub- stantially as follows :
Salaries, labor, teams and truck hire 24150.00 Tarvia, Oil and Asphalt 7500.00
Gravel, Ashes, Sand, Stone and Patch 6300.00
Scarifying and scraping country roads and
equipment for same 2500.00
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Upkeep of 2 Horses and Wagon
800.00
One Truck and One Car 800.00
Catch Basins and Drains
750.00
Street Signs. Fences and Stone Bounds
700.00
Bridges 1000.00
Sidewalks
4500.00
Tools
300.00
New Truck
700.00
50000.00
Total
I would recommend for Highway Construction for the year 1931 the sum of $47.500.00 to be divided substantially as follows : Sides of High St. from the Square to Harding St. $3208.00
Sides of Central St. from the Square to Phillips St. Sides of School St. from Central St. to Main St.
7863.00
Sides of Morton St. from School St. to Bartlet St. 1266.00
Sides of Chestnut St. from Central St. to Main St.
825.00 Sides of Bartlet St. from Morton St. to Park St. 3000.00
Sides of Florence St. 884.00
Sides of Salem St. from Highland Rd. to Gray Rd. 12257.00
Sides of Porter Rd. from Main St. to Woburn St. 7066.00
Sides of Park St. from Main St. to Florence St. Lewis St.
2550.00
Curbing on one side of High St. between Harding St. and Burnham Road
1288.00
Total
47500.00
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Appropriation March. 1930
72200.00
Approved Bills
Sidewalks
3670.00
Bridges 296.00
Fences and Bounds 667.44
General Maint.
45364.32
Total Maintenance 49997.76
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5883.00
1410.00
Drains 875.00 21324.31
General Const.
Total Construction
22199.31
72197.07
Balance
2.93
SNOW REMOVAL
Appropriation March, 1930
12000.00
Approved Bills
14228.18
Overdraft
2228.18
PARK DEPARTMENT
The playground apparatus purchased jointly by the Town and the Playground Committee has been erected by the Board of Public Works. This apparatus is a decided improvement and gives the children a desirable recreational center. It consists of 2 sets of swings (6 swings each) 1 Jungle Gym. and 1 Giant Stride.
The walls of the open culvert running through the Park have been repointed with mortar. The benches in the Park have been reconditioned and painted, and a section of the Park where the new sidewalk was laid has been covered with rich loam and was subsequently seeded and rolled.
The rock pile on the south side of Whittier Street (extended) has been rearranged and with the addition of loam and shrubbery it has been transformed into an attractive spot.
Appropriation March, 1930
4500.00
Check received from Mrs. Robert Franz for the Play-
ground Committee 50.01
Total
4550.01
Approved Bills
4548.14
Balance
1.87
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To provide adequate Park Maintenance in 1931 we recom- mend an appropriation of $4000.00 and also 3 additional appro- priations of $500.00 each; one for the purpose of purchasing much needed playground equipment; one to regrade the play- ground at Ballardvale, which is in a deplorable and hazardous condition; and another to care for a skating rink at the play- stead. This makes a total appropriation of $5500.00.
Respectfully submitted, CHARLES T. GILLIARD
Superintendent
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SUMMARY COST OF CONSTRUCTION
WATER DEPARTMENT
CLASSIFICATION
Approved Bills
Credits
Net Cost
TOTALS
Office Fixtures
Telemeters
2290.15
Telephones
184.77
Teams
583.65
Pipe Distribution
379365.91
Service Pipe
$24982.15 11994.69
$4256.19
$7738.50
106640.56
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
$36976.84
$591786.25
SEWER DEPARTMENT
Sewer Mains Cost to Abutters
73989 ft.
$142672.96 356014.67
Cost to Town
Jan. 1, 1931
Totals
73989 ft.
$498687.63
$ 571.65
COMPARATIVE STATISTICS, Approved to January 1, 1931
Year
Received from| Net cost of water rates
maintenance
Cost of pumping
by total mainte- nance
Received by cost per million of pumping gallons
No. of Gallons pumped service pipes in in use
Meters 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
117,847,305
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
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
21 25
71 78
148,618,935
876
641
196
25.83
1901
*8941 83
7955 34
3430 35
45 44
19 59
51 00
175,062,920
897
670
196
25.84
1902
11805 21
5787 44
3035 47
40 59
25 63
100 01
118,031,451
934
701
205
29.69
1903
11563 79
7389 44
2922 36
55 52
21 96
86 89
133,085,521
958
722
219
30.17
1904
11818 53
6378 96
3004 34
44 25
20 84
31 98
144,164,563
981
757
221
30.49
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
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
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
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
+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
9949 64
78 23
39 06
81 08
+254,727,887
1594
1460
378
51.19
1920
31416 47
19924 11
9083 83
89 65
41 44
127 80
219,172,467
1557
1562
388
52.44
1921
28013 36
17745 39
8788 98
86 32
33 54
121 46
262,098,700
1800
1745
414
55.15
1922
31831 38
22627 77
10133 57
65 30
30 48
113 47
332,409,160
1950
1856
462
57.84
1923
37718 68
21729 12
15025 88
98 37
44 49
125 21
337,717,247
2044
1929
478
59.47
1924
41616 62
30852 65
15334 50
88 79
44 60
121 05
343,769,471
2088
1963
493
60.42
1925
40697 46
29992 61
14444 00
89 97
43 33
122 09
333,352,823
2137
2011
507
61.87
1926
38711 37
29989 72
12550 13
99 75
41 74
128 76
300,642,752
2207
2081
515
62.65
1927
36971 20
29999 05
13699 73
96 16
43 91
118 51
311,948,552
2253
2129
528
63.94
1928
41213 79
29997 35
14665 35
95 02
46 45
130 55
315,698,839
2287
2163
530
64.40
1929
1930
40978 41
29973 81
12979 96
100 46
43 50
137 34
298,367,269
2351
2227
560
66.76
1891
5349 32
3399 93
1806 93
6 months 24,911,445
46
16
1890
309
80
163
20.50
+No allowance for slippage.
Paralatir
nar ratoe al
changed
03
75 60
164.150,879
1013
791
223
30.95
1905
12409 79
7228 82
3426 98
44
20 87
91 03
83 47
94 02
+218,279,797
1521
1370
378
51.19
7093 30
83 64
37 72
91 46
42284 32
33222 26
47
07
Cost per million gal'ns
-
81 16
95 99
TOWN OF ANDOVER
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
PORATED
MAY
101
INCORPO
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SSACHUS
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING
December 31, 1931
PRINTED BY SMITH & COUTTS CO., ANDOVER, MASS.
1932
CONTENTS
Animal Inspector's Report 110
Police Department 99
Appropriation Accounts 44
Punchard Free School 81
Appropriations for 1931
42
Receipts for 1931 33
Assessor's Report
94
Sealer of Weights and Measures
116
Auditor's Report 32
State Audit Report 80
Board of Health Nurse and Agent 106
Special Town Meeting 9
Board of Health Report
104
Spring Grove Cemetery 114
Board of Public Works Appendix
Tree Warden's Report
113
Building Inspector's Report 111
Town Clerk 28
Charities Department
97
Tax Collector's Report 90
John Cornell Fund
80
Town Meeting 16
Finance Com. Recommendations 133
Town Officers
4
Fire Department
98
Town Physician's Report
109
Jury List
118
Treasurer's Report
93
Memorial Hall Library
147
Town Warrant
122
Moth Superintendent's Report
112
Vital Statistics
29
Payments 38
TOWN OFFICERS
Selectmen and Board of Public Welfare
FRANK H. HARDY, Chairman
Term expires 1932 66
JEREMIAH J. DALY
1933
ANDREW McTERNEN, Secretary Assessors
1934
FRANK H. HARDY, Chairman JEREMIAH J. DALY
Term expires 1932
1933
ANDREW McTERNEN, Secretary
1934
Town Clerk
GEORGE H. WINSLOW! Town Treasurer THAXTER EATON Tax Collector WILLIAM B. CHEEVER School Committee
MARY E. C. GEAGAN
Term expires 1932
FREDERICK E. CHEEVER
..
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1932
H. GILBERT FRANCKE
..
..
1932
CLIFFORD W. DUNNELLS
..
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1933
MARY W. FRENCH
..
1933
MAY EVELYN BARNES
1933
WILLIAM G. DOHERTY
66
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1934
CLAXTON MONRO
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1934
DR. NATHANIEL STOWERS
..
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1934
Superintendent of Schools HENRY C. SANBORN Board of Public Works
WALTER I. MORSE
Term expires 1932
WILLIAM D. MCINTYRE, Chairman
..
1933
*GEORGE H. WINSLOW, Secretary
. .
.
1933
FRANK A. BUTTRICK
..
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1934
THOMAS P. DEA
1934
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*Resigned
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Superintendent of Water and Sewer Departments, Highways and Parks CHARLES T. GILLIARD Chief of Fire Department CHARLES F. EMERSON Board of Health
GEORGE G. BROWN
Term expires 1932
FRANKLIN H. STACEY
66 1933
WILLIAM D. WALKER, M.D.
66 1934
Chief of Police FRANK M. SMITH
Constables
JAMES NAPIER FRANK M. SMITH
Term expires 1932
1932
GEORGE N. SPARKS
66
6. 1932
Trustees of Memorial Hall Library
CLAUDE M. FUESS
Term expires 1932
REV. FREDERICK A. WILSON
1933
FREDERIC S. BOUTWELL
66 1934
NATHAN C. HAMBLIN
66 1935
PHILIP F. RIPLEY
66
1936
*JOHN C. ANGUS
66
1937
BURTON S. FLAGG
66
1938
Trustees of Punchard Free School-Term expires 1934 FREDERIC S. BOUTWELL JOHN H. CAMPION
MYRON E. GUTTERSON HENRY G. TYER EDMOND E. HAMMOND
Moderator-Town Meetings ALFRED E. STEARNS
Trustees of Cornell Fund
CHARLES N. MARLAND
Term expires 1932
WILLIAM D. WALKER, M.D.
1933
JOSEPH S. CHAMBERS
66
1934
*Deceased
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Superintendent of Moth Department and Tree Warden RALPH T. BERRY Inspector of Buildings EDWARD R. LAWSON Inspector of Plumbing JOSEPH P. NOLAN Inspector of Wires CHARLES A. HILL
Registrars of Voters
xPATRICK J. SCOTT GEORGE H. WINSLOW, Clerk RALPH A. BAILEY JOHN F. HURLEY
Trustees of Spring Grove Cemetery-For three years. Terms expire 1934
WALTER I. MORSE WALTER E. CURTIS
FREDERICK E. CHEEVER FRED A. SWANTON
EVERETT M. LUNDGREN DAVID R. LAWSON JOHN W. STARK Street Lighting Committee
WALTER H. COLEMAN GEORGE G. BROWN
GEORGE L. GRAHAM JOHN H. PLAYDON
HERBERT F. CHASE
Finance Committee
CHARLES J. BAILEY, Chairman JAMES H. EATON
JOHN A. ARNOLD, Secretary EDMOND E. HAMMOND
*FRANK W. McLANATHAN JAMES C. SOUTER G. EDGAR FOLK Planning Board
ROY E. HARDY EDWARD P. HALL
Term expires 1932
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6 1933
GEORGE M. R. HOLMES
1934
Sealer of Weights and Measures JOSEPH P. LYNCH
*Resigned xDeceased
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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 Town Affairs to meet and assemble at the Town House in said Andover, on FRIDAY, THE TWENTY-THIRD DAY OF JANUARY, 1931, at 7.45 o'clock P. M., to act on the follow- ing articles :
Article 1 .- To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of Ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) in excess of that which may now lawfully be expended for highway maintenance, said sum to be spent under the direction of the Board of Public Works co-operating with the Board of Public Welfare, on petition of Frederick H. Jones and others.
Article 2 .- To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Select- men to appoint a Town Accountant in accordance with Section 55, Chapter 41, General Laws, to abolish the office of Town Auditor, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 3 .- 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.
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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 twelfth day of January, A.D. 1931.
FRANK H. HARDY ANDREW McTERNEN JEREMIAH J. DALY
Selectmen of Andover
A true copy.
Attest: FRANK M. SMITH, Constable
Andover, January 16, 1931.
ANDOVER, JANUARY 23, 1931
ESSEX, SS.
Pursuant 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 place 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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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, JANUARY 23, 1931
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Andover qualified to vote in town affairs convened in the Town House in said Andover on Friday, the twenty-third day of January, 1931, at 7.45 o'clock in the evening, agreeably to the requirements of the foregoing warrant, Moderator Alfred E. Stearns presided and read the warrant.
Took up Article 1 .-
Voted at 8.20 P. M. to appropriate the sum of $10,000 in excess of that which may now be lawfully expended for highway main- tenance, said sum to be spent under the direction of the Board of Public Works co-operating with the Board of Public Welfare.
Took up Article 2 .-
Voted at 8.32 P. M. that the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized to appoint a Town Accountant in accordance with the provisions of Section 55, Chapter 41, General Laws, and that the office of Town Auditor be abolished.
Took up Article 3 .-
Voted at 8.40 P. M .- that the meeting be adjourned.
The foregoing is a true copy of the warrant and of the officer's return of same, also a true record of the doings of the meeting.
Attest :
GEORGE H.WINSLOW, Town Clerk
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TOWN WARRANT
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
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 in town affairs to meet and assemble at the designated polling places in Precinct One, Two, Three and Four, viz: The Town House in Precinct One; the Old School House, Ballardvale, in Precinct Two; the Boys' Club House, Shawsheen Village, in Precinct Three; and the Phillips Club House, School Street, in Precinct Four, in said Andover on MONDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF MARCH, 1931, at 6 o'clock a. m., to act on the following articles :
Article 1 .- To elect a Moderator for one year, Town Clerk for one year, Treasurer for one year, Collector of Taxes for one year, one member of the Board of Selectmen for three years, one member of the Board of Assessors for three years, three members of the School Committee for three years, one member of the School Committee for two years to fill a vacancy, two members 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, Tree Warden for one year, one member of Planning Board for four years, one member of Planning Board for five years, and all town officers required by law to be elected by ballot.
All to be voted for on one ballot. The polls will be open from 6 o'clock a. m. to 6.30 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
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General Laws, to Monday, March 9th, 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 determine what sums of money shall be appro- priated for Aiding Mothers with Dependent Children, American Legion, Andover Post No. 8, Assessors' Survey, Board of Health, Brush Fires, Damages to Persons and Property, Elections and Registration, Essex Tuberculosis Hospital, Fire Department, Highway Maintenance and New Construction, Infirmary Ex- penses, Interest, Insurance, Memorial Day, Memorial Hall Library, Municipal Buildings, Old Age Assistance, Parks and Playgrounds, Police, Pomps Pond, Printing, Public Dump, Public Welfare, Retirement of Bonds, Schools, Sewers, Snow Removal and Sanding, Soldiers' Relief, Sealer of Weights and Measures, Spring Grove Cemetery, State Aid, Street Lighting, Town Officers, Town Scales, Tree Warden and Moth Supervision, Water Maintenance and Construction, Wire Inspector, and other town charges and expenses.
Article 4 .- To see if the town will accept as a town way, as laid out by the Board of Survey, Hillside Avenue from Haver- hill Street northerly for a distance of 451.34 feet as shown on plan filed with the Town Clerk, on petition of Edward Fleming and others.
Article 5 .- To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to purchase the 350 feet of water main with their appurtenances of Edward Fleming constructed and laid in Hill- side Avenue at the rate of $1.00 per foot, if said Street is accepted as a Town way, and to appropriate a sum of $350.00 for this purpose, on petition of Edward Fleming and others.
Article 6 .- To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $3500.00 for the collection and disposal of household rubbish
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during the period between April 15 and October 15; this collection ยท to be handled by the Board of Public Works, on petition of H. M. Poynter and others.
Article 7 .- To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not in excess of $300.00 to establish and maintain a Baby Health Clinic, the appropriation to be expended under the direction of the local Board of Health, on petition of Franklin H. Stacey and others.
Article 8 .- To see if the Town will vote to accept as a town way, as laid out by the Board of Survey, a way known as Ferndale Avenue extending from Poor Street to Magnolia Avenue as shown on plan filed with the Town Clerk, on petition of Hayward G. Whiteway and others.
Article 9 .- To see if the Town will vote to extend the water main from its present dead end on River Street along River Street and Lowell Junction Road to the residence of Joseph E. Frederick and appropriate the sum of $15,700.00 to be spent under the direction of the Board of Public Works providing Lowell Junc- tion Road is declared as a public way, on petition of Clarence G. Wormwood and others.
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