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the youngest readers and have strengthened the collection for all grades up through the ninth. At that point, the young people are transferred to the senior room. Interest in the presidential cam- paign brought demands for books on economics and government; conditions in Europe have awakened interest in world politics and international relations, in the furthering of peace movements, and the growth of brotherhood among nations. The demand for books of such nature indicates a development of personal re- sponsibility among our citizens. As in past years we have availed ourselves of the privilege of borrowing from Boston libraries an occasional expensive book wanted by a student, and, in our turn, have lent books to other libraries.
The use of the junior room has been extremely heavy, circulat- ing 20,605 books during the year, an increase of 3546 over 1935. This increased use is largely due to changes in the school grades. Having the ninth grade remain in the junior high school has re- sulted in an additional grade using the junior room of the library. This is a change very much to their advantage, since, a year later, when they are promoted to the senior room, they are more mature, and can use the adult books more intelligently.
But so much use of the room has resulted in abnormal demands upon the assistants. The library schedule was first remade to re- lease Miss Robinson from all work in the senior room, and, this not proving to give her sufficient time for helping teachers and parents and for directing the children's reading, in October Miss Dorothy Ruhl, a graduate of the Simmons College Library School, who had been with us as a part-time helper, was employed as a regular member of the staff, and was immediately absorbed by the junior room demands.
To accommodate the junior high school pupils, the room has again been opened at two o'clock daily instead of three, thus giv- ing those who live in Shawsheen a chance to stop on their way home from school. The room is frequently crowded to overflowing, and it has been necessary to limit the use of chairs to children actually studying. At times, the place resembles a subway car at the rush hour-standing room only. It is difficult for the assist- ants to find time for mending books and keeping shelves in order. This intensive use of the junior room during the past year will make necessary a great deal of replacement and duplication of books during the months just ahead.
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Miss Robinson made her annual visits to the schools, and gave the usual instruction in the use of the card catalogue and reference books. Since the children reflected the general tendency to a lowering of standards in reading, she has been placing emphasis upon classics and books which have stood the test of time. In this undertaking she is receiving splendid cooperation from both parents and teachers.
To further this plan, from a special fund belonging to the library, a carefully chosen selection of beautifully illustrated books was bought, choice editions, illustrated in color by famous artists, forming an extremely interesting and educative collection. In addition, some charming and artistic picture books have been purchased, to be borrowed by parents for the use of the youngest children. Adult visitors to the junior room are fascinated by this special collection and stand absorbed in the lovely forms in which favorites of their own childhood now appear.
In regard to the work with the schools, demands have arisen which the junior room cannot at present supply without impov- erishing its shelves. To provide adequate classroom libraries for every grade in every school is not possible with our limited re- sources. We have been obliged to specify that books lent to the central schools shall be used only by those pupils from outlying districts who cannot readily come to the library. We cannot, as yet, supply books for classroom libraries to be borrowed by pupils who live within walking distance of the library itself. It is easily understood that the teachers would like larger collections for schoolroom use, and only our lack of books and lack of room prevent our doing much more along this line.
Rev. Katharine Ball has been a voluntary teller of stories in the junior room during the past year, and there is always a crowd of children on Saturday mornings to listen, and to go away with another step taken toward the appreciation of the worth- while in books.
The library suffered a great loss in the sudden death of Dr. Frederick Wilson last March. For many years he had been a trustee and a member of the book committee and a constant user of the library. Hardly a day passed that he did not come in, to glance at a paper, to borrow a book, or to ask a question. Flowers from his garden found their way to the library desk, together with little packages of plants for gardening members of the staff. He
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was always eager to recommend to others a book he had enjoyed, and his recommendations were invariably followed by a run on that especial title. He believed in books as instruments of char- acter building, and urged the reading of good literature upon the young people. He often visited the junior room and enjoyed watching the interested children. "The best-loved man in Ando- ver" left a vacant place in the Memorial Hall Library, as well as in the town that mourned him.
It is, indeed, fitting that the new trustee chosen to fill Dr. Wil- son's unexpired term should be the granddaughter of the original founder of the library. With a gap of a few years, the Smith family has always been represented on the board, so the appointment of Miss Mary Byers Smith restores a former status.
The comfort of both staff and public has been increased by the competent overhauling of the heating plant. It is now possible to keep the junior room warm during severe weather, and should result in less consumption of fuel. The outside trim of the building has been painted, an improvement to its appearance.
At different times during the year, visitations have been made by workers on government projects: one to make a descriptive list of all old oil-paintings in the building; another to compile a history of the library itself. This investigator, having requested all available material to be assembled in advance for him, examined, in less than twenty minutes, records covering sixty-five years, and departed. Other topical surveys have been made by other workers, and the library staff, while frankly amazed at their methods, has done its best to help them, and now awaits, rather doubtfully, the value of the printed results.
During the March flood, the library, while itself unaffected ex- cept that for two days it had no electricity and had to close at dusk, lost eighteen books borrowed by people living in flooded houses. No charge, of course, was made for these unavoidable losses, and we were fortunate in that only one expensive book was included in their number.
When the Ballardvale Branch was opened in 1913, it started with a modest number of new books, and a collection of dupli -- cates and loans from the Memorial Hall, 693 in all. During the years, regular purchases have been made for the branch, and exchanges from time to time were made in the loan collection. This past year, it has been possible to withdraw all books lent
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from the main library, and the branch now has its own collection of 3200 books, of which 141 were added during 1936.
A new celotex ceiling has been put up over the old cracked and discolored plaster one, and some extremely interesting old oil- paintings have been given the branch library room by Mr. Ban- croft Haynes.
The circulation at the branch has remained normal during the year.
In June, the Division of Public Libraries of the State Depart- ment of Education, for the first time, made public its official rat- ing of libraries in Massachusetts, listing those which were up to standards it has set. The libraries were divided into groups ac- cording to the population of their towns and then graded in each group, according to certain fixed standards, covering trus- tees, education of library employees, administration, choice of books, work with children, reference work, income, circulation, etc. In the population group to which Andover belongs there were thirty-eight towns, and of these thirty-eight, only eight came up to the required standards. The Memorial Hall Library was listed second of the eight, being excelled only by Concord.
We despair of ever outranking Concord, whose public library has an income of two dollars per capita on the basis of population, but we intend so to keep our standards that we shall not drop from the rating given us.
Respectfully submitted,
EDNA A. BROWN, Librarian
STATISTICS OF THE LIBRARY
Number of books issued at Memorial Hall
75848
Number of books issued at Ballardvale Branch
7925
Total number of books borrowed
83773
Books added by purchase
1226
Books added by gift
. 135
Total additions
1361
Books withdrawn
499
Total number of books in the library
32685
Number of borrowers' cards in use
4239
Volumes bound
45
Volumes rebound
340
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TOWN OF ANDOVER
Thirty - fifth Annual Report of the
Board of Public Works
EMBRACING THE FORTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT of WATER COMMISSIONERS and FORTIETH ANNUAL REPORT of SEWER COMMISSIONERS
For the Year Ending DECEMBER 31, 1936
1937
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
*JOHN L. SMITH
*FELIX G. HAYNES
*JOHN W. BELL
*JAMES P. BUTTERFIELD
FELIX G. HAYNES
1906-1907
*FELIX G. HAYNES
*JOHN W. BELL, Treas.
JAMES C. SAWYER, Sec'y
*LEWIS T. HARDY
*HARRY M. EAMES
1908-1912
*LEWIS T. HARDY
*JOHN W. BELL, Treas.
JAMES C. SAWYER, Sec'y
*ANDREW McTERNEN WILLIS B. HODGKINS
1914-1916
*THOS. E. RHODES ('19)
*BARNETT ROGERS ('16)
*LEWIS T. HARDY ('16)
*ANDREW McTERNEN, Sec'y ('18) WILLIS B. HODGKINS, Treas. ('18) 1917-1918
*BARNETT ROGERS ('19)
*THOS. E. RHODES ('20)
*ANDREW McTERNEN ('18) CHAS. B. BALDWIN, Sec'y ('19) WILLIS B. HODGKINS, Treas. ('18) 1919-1920-1921
*BARNETT ROGERS ('22)
WILLIAM D. MCINTYRE ('21) ARTHUR T. BOUTWELL ('22) PHILIP L. HARDY, Sec'y ('21)
*THOS. E. RHODES, Treas. ('23) 1923-1924
PHILIP L. HARDY ('27)
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)
1929-1930
WM. D. MCINTYRE ('33)
W. I. MORSE, Treas. ('32)
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)
FRANK A. BUTTRICK ('34)
HENRY A. BODWELL ('34)
1934-1935-1936
WM. D. MCINTYRE '('39) W. I. MORSE ('38) JOHN H. PLAYDON ('39)
FRANK A. BUTTRICK ('37)
HENRY A. BOUTWELL ('37)
SUPERINTENDENT CHARLES T. GILLIARD
*Deceased
1907-1908
*FELIX G. HAYNES
*JOHN W. BELL, Treas. JAMES C. SAWYER, Sec'y
*LEWIS T. HARDY
*ANDREW McTERNEN 1913-1914
*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)
*ANDREW McTERNEN ('21) PHILIP L. HARDY ('21) CHAS. B. BALDWIN, Sec'y ('22)
*THOS. E. RHODES, Treas. ('20) 1922-1923
*THOS. E. RHODES ('23)
PHILIP L. HARDY ('24) WM. D. McINTYRE, Treas. ('24)
ARTHUR T. BOUTWELL ('25) EDWARD SHATTUCK ('25)
1924-1925-1926
PHILIP L. HARDY ('27)
WM. D. MCINTYRE, Sec'y ('27) ARTHUR T. BOUTWELL, Treas. ('28)
*THOS. E. RHODES ('28) WALTER I. MORSE ('29) 1928-1929
ARTHUR T. BOUTWELL ('31)
W. I. MORSE, Treas. ('32)
WM. D. McINTYRE, Sec'y ('30)
GEORGE H. WINSLOW ('30) THOS. P. DEA ('31) 1930-1931
WM. D. MCINTYRE ('33)
W. I. MORSE, Treas. ('32)
GEORGE H. WINSLOW, Sec'y ('33)
THOS. P. DEA ('34) FRANK A. BUTTRICK ('34) 1932-1933
WM. D. MCINTYRE ('36)
W. I. MORSE ('35)
JOHN H. PLAYDÓN ('36)
JOHN H. PLAYDON ('33) 1933-1934-1935 WM. D. MCINTYRE ('36) W. I. MORSE ('38) JOHN H. PLAYDON ('36)
FRANK A. BUTTRICK ('37)
HENRY A. BODWELL ('37)
*JOHN H. FLINT
1893-1894
*WM. S. JENKINS *JOHN L. SMITH *CHARLES E. ABBOTT
*WM. S. JENKINS
*JOHN L. SMITH
*LEWIS T. HARDY JAMES C. SAWYER
Board of Public Works
Andover, Mass.
February 2, 1937
The Board of Public Works voted to adopt the following report of the Superintendent as its report for 1936, with recommenda- tions for 1937.
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 December 31, 1936 are as follows:
WATER DEPARTMENT
Three hundred and twenty feet of six-inch and three thousand nine hundred and seventy-two feet of eight-inch water main were installed on Greenwood Road, the installations extending from a former dead end in front of the property of Mr. J. Henry Bourde- lais to the corner of Greenwood Road and High Plain Road. This is a section of the additional feed to the West District. The ma- terials were purchased by the Town and the labor, with the excep- tion of supervision and caulking, was supplied by the Works Progress Administration.
Six hundred and fifty-one feet of six-inch water main were installed on Sunset Rock Road from the corner of Ballardvale Road to a point in front of the property owned by Mr. Robert Cushman, and six hundred and twenty-seven feet of six-inch water main were installed on William Street from the former dead end to a point in front of the property of Mr. Nicholas Grieco. Here, again, the labor, with the exception of supervision and caulking, was supplied by the Works Progress Administration, the materials being purchased by the Town.
Five hundred and twenty-eight feet of six-inch pipe, an exten- sion to the six-inch line which leads to Professor Moorehead's house, were laid on property owned by Phillips Academy where a building program is under way. The installation was paid for by the Academy.
Two hundred and sixty-one feet of six-inch water main were laid on Hall Avenue, a private way, and the work paid for by Mr. Edward P. Hall, owner.
On the morning of Friday, March 20th when the flood which caused considerable damage in Shawsheen Village was reaching its height, an expansion tank in the boiler room of the Shawsheen
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Mills Power House on Tantallon Road became loose from its foundation. As it floated, it came in contact with the six-inch water main leading into the building. The water main was broken and because of the depth of water at the corner of Haver- hill Street and Tantallon Road, it was necessary to shut off the water supply from practically fifty per cent of the houses in Shawsheen Village or supply most of them by losing considerable water through the broken pipe.
Due to the shortage of water in Lawrence because of flooded filters, the Lawrence Water Department urged that we turn on the six-inch water main on Union Street and feed a section of South Lawrence through a six-inch meter. Every effort was made to get the Tantallon Road line, then under approximately twelve feet of water, turned off.
A Boston Navy Yard diver and crew were called, but because of a mishap, the six-inch water main was not shut off until Satur- day noon. Shortly afterwards, the six-inch line on Union Street was turned on and Lawrence began receiving water from Andover at the rate of 440,000 gallons per twenty-four hours. Finally, conditions in Lawrence became so serious that the State Board of Health was called in and with the help of fire insurance companies, arranged to give the City of Lawrence 5,000,000 gallons per day from Andover, North Andover and Methuen. The Town of Andover water mains in places were connected with those of the City of Lawrence with ga's pumpers between so that Lawrence was supplied with 1,500,000 gallons per day from Andover until the serious conditions were relieved. On March 27th the State Board of Health considered the danger past and ordered the fire pump on Kenilworth Street, which had been loaned by Win- chester, Mass., shut down, and half an hour later, the fire pump on Chandler Road, loaned by Boston, Mass., was disconnected.
From that time on to April 9th, the Town of Andover supplied the City of Lawrence through the following :
Two lengths of three-inch hose running from a hydrant on North Street, Andover, Mass., to a hydrant on Mount Vernon Street, Lawrence, Mass.
Two lengths of two and one-half inch hose from a hydrant on North Main Street, Andover, Mass., to a hydrant on South Broadway, Lawrence, Mass., and also through a six-inch meter on Union Street, Andover, Mass.
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By means of tests made during the time of pumping water to Lawrence, the Inspection Department of the Associated Factory Mutual Insurance Company, together with the Arkwright Mutual Fire Insurance Company, arrived at the conclusion that the ideal way for the Town of Andover to furnish the City of Lawrence with water in case of emergency is to pump through three lengths of three-inch fire hose from a hydrant on Kenilworth Street to a hydrant on Poor Street shutting off the water gates on Poor Street at the corner of Magnolia Avenue and the gate on Union Street at the corner of Main Street. From this source, 1,000,000 gallons per twenty-four hours can be obtained through the six- inch main on Union Street and two, two and one-half inch fire lines which connected the last hydrant on North Main Street, Andover, Mass., to the hydrant on South Broadway, Lawrence, Mass. In addition, pumping water from a hydrant on Chandler Road at the bottom of the hill near the Golf Links to the hydrant above, and at the same time shutting off the valve between on the main line at the bottom of the hill, Lawrence can be furnished with 500,000 gallons per twenty-four hours, the water from this hookup entering the Lawrence system by two lengths of three- inch fire hose connecting the hydrant at the corner of North Street and Greenwood Road to the Lawrence hydrant on Mount Vernon Street. During the flood period, the Town of Andover supplied the City of Lawrence with 11,956,085 gallons of water.
Since the inconvenience which Lawrence experienced during the flood, Mr. E. V. French, a citizen of the Town of Andover and an official of the Arkwright Mutual Fire Insurance Company working with his engineers finally drafted a plan whereby the City of Lawrence can be supplied more efficiently from Andover and vice versa. The City of Lawrence has made out a W.P.A. project to have this work done in the near future. This work will include the installation of water mains and additional hydrants, both in Lawrence and Andover.
Three hydrants were broken by automobiles this year, This is the same number as in 1935.
Between March 13th and 14th, the water in the Shawsheen River rose considerably, and at the Ballardvale Mills, flowed over the mill wall into the yard, washing out sections of the yard. It was necessary to shut off the line leading through the mill yard as a precaution in case the water mains were disturbed. A water-
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works' man was kept at the Ballardvale Bridge on Andover Street during the time of high water ready to shut off the water main in the vicinity of Andover Street, should the exposed water pipe under the bridge become broken by floating ice cakes.
When renewing the Boston & Maine bridges on Harding Street and Tewksbury Street, it was necessary to hold up the mains in the way of the bridges. After construction, the lengths of pipe were recaulked, covered with felt and tar paper and then boxed in with two-inch planking.
One of the cement piers which carries the six-inch water line across the Shawsheen River to the Watson-Park Company was replaced, and the remaining piers were smoothed up with cement. The pier that was replaced broke and was partially lifted by ice early last spring.
A new Chevrolet truck was purchased to replace the worn-out Reo truck. This was purchased from money appropriated under Article 21 of the 1936 Warrant.
Appropriation, Article 21
$1200.00
Approved Bills
901.80
Balance
$ 298.20
A section of an old wooden foundation of the coal shed at the Haggetts Pond pumping station was replaced by a concrete foundation, and a number of wooden members were replaced. The work was done by Mr. Philip L. Hardy, the lowest bidder.
During 1936, 413,587,000 gallons of water were pumped at the Haggetts Pond pumping station or a daily average of 1,130,000 gallons. The steam pump was in operation 5103 hours and 40 minutes and the electric pump 660 hours and 25 minutes making a daily average run of 15 hours and 45 minutes.
On March 26th, the greatest amount of water was pumped, namely 2,256,000 gallons, and the maximum weekly consumption was that from March 22 to March 28 inclusive, during which time 14,569,000 gallons were pumped. The water rate collections for 1936 amounted to $52,605.21.
To provide for adequate Water Maintenance during 1937, we recommend an appropriation of $28,830.00 to be divided sub- stantially as follows :
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WATER MAINTENANCE
Salaries and Labor
$15075.00
Coal and Power
8200.00
Engine Oil, Chlorine, Etc.
300.00
Auto Maintenance
2000.00
Repairs, Boilers, Pump and Property
500.00
Office Supplies
1200.00
Reservoirs, Telemeters and Cleaning Pipe
300.00
Supplies, Miscellaneous, Tools and Equipment
1000.00
Secretarial Services
50.00
Office Rent and Light
205.00
Total
$28830.00
Services and meters increased during 1936 as follows:
Services in use January 1, 1936
2502
Services installed during 1936
55
Services in use January 1, 1937
2557
Meters in use January 1, 1936
2377
Meters installed during 1936 55
Meters in use January 1, 1937
2432
During the year 1936, 1717.5 feet of service pipe were laid on private property and 1093.1 feet on Town property. A number of water services were renewed during 1936.
We recommend for Water Construction for 1937, $10,875.00 to be divided substantially as follows:
WATER CONSTRUCTION
Labor, Renewing Services, etc.
$ 6815.00
Meters and Meter Parts
750.00
Pipe, All Kinds
2000.00
Brass Goods, Hydrants, etc.
1250.00
Office Rent and Light
60.00
Total
$10875.00
We recommend that two new boilers be installed at the Hag- getts Pond pumping station during 1937. The pressures of the old boilers have been reduced from 125 lbs. to 115 lbs. which is a
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compromise pressure consented to by the Insurance Company with the understanding that the boilers are to be replaced in the near future. If these boilers are to continue in operation, it is anticipated that the pressures will be dropped to 100 lbs., and at this pressure, the steam-driven pumping equipment at the pump- ing station cannot be operated at the required capacity.
EXPENDITURES 1936 WATER MAINTENANCE
Appropriation
Refund for Petty Cash Advance
$25000.00 50.00
Transfer
900.00
$25950.00
Approved Bills
25888.38
Balance
$
61.62
WATER CONSTRUCTION
Appropriation
$10000.00
Approved Bills
9967.69
Balance
$ 32.31
WATER EXTENSIONS-ARTICLES 29-35
$10000.00
Appropriation Approved Bills
9994.22
Balance
$
5.78
RECEIPTS
Water Rates
$52605.21
Water Construction Paid to Town Treasurer :
3094.87
Water Rates Water Construction
$52605.21 3094.87
$55700.08
$55700.08
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SUMMARY COST OF CONSTRUCTION
WATER DEPARTMENT
CLASSIFICATION
APPROVED BILLS
CREDITS
NET COST
TOTALS
Office Fixtures
Telemeters
$ 718.65 2892.19
Telephones
184.77
Teams
583.65
Pipe Distribution
462351.45
Service Pipe
$9994.22 9967.69
3094.87
$6872.82
155135.32
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
74907.51
10182.64
Construction Expenses Tools
4715.34
Totals
$751082.14
SEWER DEPARTMENT
Sewer Mains Cost to Abutters
80987 ft.
$151757.41 365550.58
Jan. 1, 1937
Cost to Town
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
The following table shows the snowfall for the year 1936:
January
20.00
February
14.00
March
9.00
November
2.00
45.00 inches
The snow that fell during the winters of 1935 and 1936 was difficult to handle. It compared with that of 1934 and 1935 although the snowfall was less. The sanding of roads during a slippery winter becomes the major part of the winter's work. It prevents accidents and keeps traffic moving where in years gone by it was not uncommon to have traffic delays. Two thousand feet of additional snowfence were purchased this year and have been placed at points along roads where drifting occurred. There are now in town approximately two and one-fifth miles of snow- fence installed exclusive of that used on the State Highways. During the early part of April the snowfence was taken down and stored away. After this work the streets were cleaned and the blanketing of roads commenced and also the gravelling and scraping of roads.
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