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During the year the following roads were treated with "Tarvia Retread": Osgood Street, Hidden Road, Holt Street, Orchard Street, Bancroft Road, Gardner Avenue, Stonehedge Road, Lowell Junction Road, Pine Street, Brook Street, Argilla Road, Marland Street, Church Street, Center Street, Carlisle Street, Sutherland Street, Dumbarton Street, Sterling Street, Hillside Avenue, Topping Road and Sunset Rock Road and also sections of Dascomb Road, Woburn Street, Abbot Street, Wildwood Road, Salem Street, Highland Road, River Street, Jenkins Road, Walnut Avenue, Summer Street, Morton Street, River Road, Elm Street, Stinson Road, Tewksbury Street, High Plain Road, Beacon Street, Chestnut Street, Poor Street, Whittier Street, Kenilworth Street, Magnolia Avenue, Shawsheen Road, Liberty Street, Lincoln Street and Central Street.
The entire length of North Street and a section of Chandler Road from North Street to Beacon Street were widened in places and given a coat of "Tarvia B."
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Lovejoy Road was gravelled and given an application of "Tarvia B." The labor and truck hire were supplied from State "Farm to Market" funds and the supervision and gravel paid for by the town.
Dufton Road from Burnham Road to Enmore Street was built with gravel and given an application of "Tarvia B."
The entire length of Porter Road (a distance of 4550 feet) was widened, gravelled and given an application of "Tarvia B" as well as an application of "Tarvia Retread." The digging out of this road and the backfilling with gravel was done by a shovel hired from Mr. Dan Barberian, the labor being supplied by the Works Progress Administration.
Red Spring Road was widened and covered with gravel, the large culvert near the corner of Moraine Street extended, and a twelve-inch C. I. pipe installed across the road opposite the property of Mr. James Levis to care for a bad drainage condition. Prospect Hill Road was also widened and gravelled. All this work was done by "Farm to Market" labor.
With W.P.A. labor a stone retaining wall was built on Poor Street, a drain extended in Mr. Edwin Steinert's yard, an earth bank on Beacon Street regraded and drains installed on Rattle- snake Hill Road and Abbot Street.
Haggetts Pond Road is now being widened and gravelled, culverts installed and extended. All this work, with the exception of partial supervision and purchase of gravel being done under State "Farm to Market."
After the installation of the water line on Sunset Rock Road, it was necessary to gravel this section to make it passable during wet weather.
Fences were erected in a number of places to make travel safer for automobile traffic and a number of fences were repaired and painted.
When Main Street was closed to traffic due to the flood, the following roads were used to make entrance to Lawrence possible :
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From the square to Shawsheen Road and along Shawsheen Road to Lowell Street and thence along Beacon Street to the Lawrence line. The State Highway Department together with the W.P.A. aided in keeping these roads in condition while being used as a detour.
After the water receded in Shawsheen Village, streets affected
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by the flood were cleaned with the help of W.P.A. labor, and damaged furniture, debris, etc. were hauled to the dump. Shaw- sheen River was also cleared of debris.
When the water in the Shawsheen River rose, it backed up into the adjacent brooks, and a small wooden bridge in the way of Woburn Street floated, and traffic had to be diverted. As soon as the water receded, the bridge was put back in position.
All bridges were kept in repair.
The Abbott bridge on Central Street was replanked using planking that had been treated at the Nashua Preservative Com- pany. This work was done by Arthur Comeau, the lowest bidder.
A tar sidewalk was built on the south side of Morton Street from Bartlet Street to a point in front of property now owned by Reverend Frederick B. Noss and a tar sidewalk also built on the north side of Morton Street from a point in front of the property of Misses Bell to the top of the hill.
Three hundred and thirty-five square yards of concrete side- walk and thirty square yards of concrete driveway were built on Wolcott Avenue, Main Street and in front of the Town House. The curbing in front of the Town House was reset as well as a number of bricks in the sidewalk.
A length of sidewalk on Main Street in the vicinity of Phillips Academy was resurfaced with "Tarvia Lithic." The material was paid for by the Academy and the labor provided by the Town.
A "Tarvia Lithic" sidewalk was laid on the north side of Chest- nut Street near Morton Street, and both sides of Brechin Terrace were resurfaced with the same material.
The cracks and expansion joints on the block paving road on Main Street and cement roads on Main Street, Union Street, Haverhill Street and Balmoral Street were treated with crack filler to insure a water-tight surface, thus preventing water from getting under the road, freezing and causing upheaval.
Curbing was laid on the north side of Lewis Street from Main Street to Buxton Court.
Four thousand five hundred and fifty feet of bituminous high- way were built by Town labor on River Road. The money was supplied as follows : State, fifty per cent, County, twenty-five per cent and Town, twenty-five per cent. There still remains approxi- mately three thousand five hundred and fifty feet to be built on
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River Road to complete the hard surface road from the Lawrence to the Tewksbury line, and the Board of Public Works is asking for $6,000.00 at the 1937 Town Meeting as the Town's share of the cost of the road.
To provide for adequate Highway Maintenance for 1937, we recommend an appropriation of $54,240.00 to be divided sub- stantially as follows:
HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE
Salaries, Labor, Teams and Trucks
$28265.00
Tarvia, Oil and Asphalt
14000.00
Gravel, Sand, Stone and Patch
1500.00
Scraping Roads and Equipment
1500.00
Horses and Wagon Upkeep
500.00
Auto Maintenance
1000.00
Catch Basins and Drains
800.00
Signs, Fences and Stone Bounds
500.00
Bridges
800.00
Sidewalks
3000.00
Tools, Supplies, Equipment and Miscellaneous
2000.00
Secretarial Services
50.00
Office Rent and Light
325.00
Total
$54240.00
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Appropriation
$50000.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
2600.00
Sidewalks
$ 3801.22
Bridges
820.17
Fences and Bounds
538.84
Catch Basins and Drains
631.02
Tools, Supplies and Equipment
2024.38
General Maintenance
44770.60
Total Expenditures
52586.23
Balance
13.77
$52600.00
$52600.00
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SNOW REMOVAL
We recommend an appropriation of $10,000.00 (subject to change) for Snow Removal and Sanding, $4000 of which is to be available for the purchase of snow removal equipment, if neces- sary, at the discretion of the B.P.W.
STATEMENT
Appropriation, March 1936 $28000.00 Refund 12.63
28012.63
Expenditures
28007.49
Balance
$ 5.14
We recommend an appropriation of $6,500 to be used for materials, supervision, trucking, machinery hire, etc., in conjunc- tion with W.P.A. and "Farm to Market" work.
HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION
Appropriation, March 1936
$12000.00
Approved bills 11999.04
Balance
$ .96
SEWER DEPARTMENT
The two pump motors, controller switches and fuses at the Riverina Road sewer pump house damaged during the flood were repaired.
Six hundred and seventeen feet of eight-inch sewer line were installed on William Street, the labor being supplied by the Works Progress Administration and the money under Article 20 of the 1936 Warrant.
Appropriation, Article 20 $1200.00
Approved bills
906.47
Balance
$ 293.53
Nine hundred and ninety-four feet of sewer drain were installed on Walnut Avenue from the corner of Elm Street to Cedar Road,
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thence along Cedar Road to Coolidge Road, thence along Coolidge Road a short distance. This work was done by a contractor hired by Mr. Frederick Cheever. The drawing of plans and supervision was done by the Town of Andover.
To provide for adequate Sewer Maintenance and Construction, we recommend an appropriation of $6,071 to be divided as fol- lows:
SEWER MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION
Labor, Salaries, etc.
$2735.00
Light and Power
2000.00
Sewer Pipe, Tools, etc.
700.00
Maintenance of Buildings, Equipment and Cleaning
Pipe
600.00
Office Rent and Light
36.00
Total
$6071.00
Appropriation, March, 1936
$5700.00
Approved bills
5687.26
Balance
$ 12.74
PARK DEPARTMENT
A wire fence was erected at the Playstead. It extends from the ·property owned by Mr. Samuel Gilliard, across by the football bleachers to the Bell property. This fence was erected from money appropriated under Article 6 by the Acme Fence Company of Lawrence, Mass., the lowest bidder.
The grading of the Ballardvale Playstead, started in 1935, was completed July 3rd of this year. A baseball diamond was built and the backstop relocated. The football and baseball bleachers at the Andover Playstead were repaired and painted. The Paddle Tennis Courts constructed last year were covered with stone dust.
The stone culvert wall at the Park was repaired.
The Bandstand at the Park was painted. Horseshoe courts were built at the Park by members of the Horseshoe Club, the ma- terials being supplied by the Town.
To provide for adequate Park Maintenance for 1937, we recom- mend an appropriation of $5,159 to be divided as follows:
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PARK MAINTENANCE
Labor
$3625.00
Lawn Mowers, Repairs, etc.
150.00
New Power Mower
410.00
Seed, Fertilizer, Loam and Tools
500.00
Paddle Tennis Courts
150.00
Bleacher Repair
300.00
Office Rent and Light
24.00
Total
$5159.00
Appropriation, March, 1936
$4650.00
Approved bills
4647.52
Balance
$
2.48
ARTICLE 6-PLAYSTEAD FENCE
Appropriation, March, 1936
$1438.00
Approved bills
1004.47
Balance
$ 433.53
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES T. GILLIARD, Superintendent
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COMPARATIVE STATISTICS, Approved to January 1, 1937
Year
Received from water rates
Net cost of maintenance
Cost of pumping
by total
by cost maintenance of pumping
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
117,847,305
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 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 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
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
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
228,939,882
1187
977
290
40.81
1911
18515 99
7974 79
4585 62
39 21
17 62
91 03
203,401,371
1245
1023
321
44.34 46.99
1913
22739 88
8412 89
3471 18
36 84
19 58
228,344,927
1353
1146
351
47.70
1914
19614 00
10306 80
4434 65
43 86
18 86
83 47
1405
1195
364
49.64
1915
22451 01
9982 98
4464 45
42 49
18 55
+240,599,178
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
1503
1311
377
51.19
1918
27053 04
15838 48
10092 80
58 93
37 56
+268,733,008
1470
1328
378
51.19
1919
23864 58
7093 30
83 64
37 72
91 46
+218,279,797
1521
1370
378
51.19
1920
31416 47
19924 11
9949 64
78 23
06
+254,727,887
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
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
89 97
43 33
09
333,352,823
2137
2011
507
61.87
1927
38711 37
29989 72
12550 13
99
75
41
74
128 76
300,642,752
2207
2081
515
62.65
1928
36971 20
29999 05
£13699 73
96 16
143 91
118 51
311,948,552
2253
2129
528
63.94
1929
41213 79
29997 35
Į14665 35
95 02
146 45
130 55
315,698,839
2287
2163
530
64.40
1930
40978 41
29973 81
$12979 96
100 46
143 50
137 34
298,367,269
2351
2227
560
66.76
1931
42573 20
29151 70
12105 62
94 89
139
41
138 59
307,191,424
2384
2261
602
68.78
1932
43641 07
27939 10
13259
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
1935
45570 77
25997 42
113771 58
69 75
136 95
122 27
372,721,000
2502
2377
674
74.72
1936
52605 21
25888 38
#13791 69
62 59
+33 34
127 20
413,587,000
2557
2432
689
75 92
.
6 months
46
80
163
20.50
1891
5349 32
3399 93
1806 93
24,911,445
309
16
.. ..
tCost at both stations
madan channel
¡No allowance for slippage
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1912
19687 47
8117 57
3583 45
39 58
17 48
95 99
205,097,460
1304
1081
344
96 58
234,973,550
93 32
+220,945,880
+217,894,123
100 67
39
81 08
175,062,920
897
670
196
25.84
1902
11805 21
5787 44
3035 47
19 59
51 00
75 48
81 16
76 93
18257 99
33 54
122
1890
Cost per million gal'ns
1937 Town Warrant
and Recommendations of the Finance Committee
To the Citizens of Andover:
Recommended expenditures, combined with estimated re- ceipts, result in an estimated
TAX RATE-$30.05 INCREASE $.85
Assuming that it is your desire to keep the tax rate in the vicinity of $30.00, provided it can be done without too much sacrifice, your Finance Committee has withheld its approval from several special article projects of merit, but not in its opinion necessary at this time.
The outstanding instance is Article No. 11 calling for $20,700 .- 00 for new boilers at Pumping Station.
We believe the proper rearrangement of suction pipes allowing the use of Steam and Electric Pump at the same time will remove any possibility of emergency caused by lack of new boilers. We further believe the loss in efficiency of the pump due to old boilers, when and if reduced to 100 lbs. pressure, combined with the in- creased use of electric pump at time of peak demand only, will not increase cost by an amount great enough to warrant this ex- penditure, nor to cover the increased carrying charges involved.
The Ambulance, Article No. 8 should be replaced with a new one before many years but we do not believe it is necessary now.
The restoration as of March 1st of the entire pay cut is included in all budgets as presented and we recommend their adoption. These regular departmental budgets total $566,783.98, an ap- parent increase of only about $4000. over last year's appropria- tions. This small increase is made possible by two outstanding reductions, viz: Old Age Assistance reduced $20,500.00 and Snow Removal reduced $18,000.00, a total reduction of $38,500.00 or more than $2.50 on tax rate.
We again thank all departments for their patience, cooperation and help.
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1937 Town Warrant
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, Four, Five, and Six, viz: The Town Hall in Precinct One; the Square and Compass Hall in Precinct Two; the Administration Building, Shawsheen Village in Precinct Three; the Andover Grange Hall in Precinct Four; the Old School House, Ballardvale, in Precinct Five; and the Phillips Club House, School Street, in Precinct Six, in said Andover, on Monday, the first day of MARCH, 1937 at 7:00 o'clock A.M., to act on the following articles :
ARTICLE 1. To elect a Moderator 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, 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, one Trustee of Memorial Hall Library for three years to fill a vacancy, five Trustees of Punchard Free School for three years, one Tree Warden for one year, one member of the Planning Board for five years, one member of the Planning Board for two years 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 7:00 o'clock A.M. to 7:00 o'clock P.M.
After final action on the preceding Article One, the said meeting shall stand adjourned by virtue of Section 20, Chapter 39, of General Laws, to Monday, March 8, at 7:00 o'clock P.M. at the Memorial Auditorium, 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.
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ARTICLE 3. To establish the salary of elected Town Officers for the ensuing year.
ARTICLE 4. To determine what sums of money shall be ap- propriated for the following purposes :
Appropriation for the Assessors, Board of Selectmen, and all Depart- ments under their control:
American Legion
$ 600.00
Veterans of Foreign Wars
480.00
Armistice Day
150.00
Memorial Day
900.00
Aid to Dependent Children
4000.00
Soldiers' Relief
2400.00
Military Aid
120.00
State Aid
250.00
Old Age Assistance
9500.00
Public Welfare
15000.00
Damages to Persons and Property
500.00
Elections and Registrations
1200.00
Insurance
12000.00
Essex County Tuberculosis Hospital
6687.51
Pomps Pond
1844.00
Public Dump
600.00
Printing Town Report
800.00
Town Officers
21511.82
Selectmen
$2100.00.
Treasurer
2500.00
Collector
3975.00
Accountant
2237.00
Assessors
4950.00
Town Clerk
3100.00
Moderator
30.00
Town Counsel
875.00
Finance Committee
20.00
Dog Officer
225.00
Animal Inspector
250.00
Game Warden
100.00
Building Inspector
475.00
Public Welfare
674.82
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Town Scales
125.00
Inspector of Wires
510.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
450.00
Municipal Buildings
3700.00
Infirmary Moth Suppression
7750.00
Tree Warden
4500.00 5000.00
Police Department
28556.00
Fire Department
29773.00 1000.00
Brush Fires
Interest
15720.75
Retirement of Bonds
40979.16
Appropriation for the Board of Health
4428.00
Care of Tubercular patients including $322.40 overdraft 3822.40
Appropriation for Trustees of Memorial Hall Library
9350.00
Appropriation for Trustees of Spring Grove Cemetery
9046.70
Appropriation for Street Lighting Committee
18281.64
Appropriation for School Committee
184323.00
Appropriation for Playgrounds Committee
1750.00
Appropriation for all departments under the control
of the Board of Public Works:
Highway Maintenance
52240.00
Highway Construction
6500.00
Water Maintenance
28330.00
Water Construction
10875.00
Sewer Maintenance
6071.00
Park and Playgrounds
5159.00
Snow Removal
10000.00
$566783.98
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, 1937, and to issue a note or notes there- for, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance: with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
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ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate $634. to cover the purchase price of a new automobile, with trade-in allowance on old automobile, to be used towards purchase price, on petition of George A. Dane and others.
(Approved)
ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of four hundred dollars ($400.00) for the purchase of a one and one-half ton truck for the use of the Moth Department, to replace one 1926 Chevrolet truck; said truck to be purchased from an Andover dealer or salesman residing in Andover, on petition of James H. Buss and others.
(Approved)
ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $3300.00 for the purchase of an ambulance to be used by the Fire Department, on petition of the Board of Selectmen.
(Not approved. See reference in report)
ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to purchase a new fire truck and appropriate $6500.00 therefor.
(Approved)
ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $6,000.00 for the improvement of River Road; said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State and County, or both, for this purpose, at the discretion of and on petition of the Board of Public Works.
(Approved)
ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to install two new steam boilers and necessary appurtenances, together with the changing of foundations, existing turbine nozzles, piping, etc. for the Haggetts Pond pumping station and appropriate the sum of $20,700.00 on petition of the Board of Public Works.
(Not approved. See reference in report)
ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate $5,000. 00 to be used to hard surface gravel roads which have been built with Federal funds under the direction of and on petition of the Board of Public Works.
(Approved)
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ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Public Works to lay curbing and build a macadam road on Wil- liam Street from the end of the existing hard surface road a distance of seven hundred and seventy-eight feet and also install a drain from a point on William Street to a neighboring brook through the property of the Andover Shawsheen Realty Com- pany, a distance of approximately five hundred and thirty-six feet and appropriate the sum of $8,740.00 therefor, on petition of James H. Eaton and others.
(Not approved)
ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Public Works to purchase two automobiles and appropriate the sum of $1,500.00 therefor, and that the prices allowed for the old cars be used as part payment for the new cars on petition of the Board of Public Works.
(Approved)
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to acquire by emi- nent domain or otherwise the land of Kate S. Pike, adjacent to the West Center School lot and lying northerly of a line 120 feet northerly from Lowell Street, at the present school lot, and extending to the easterly boundary of said Pike lot to a point 250. feet northerly from Lowell Street, and appropriate $2,500.00 therefor, on petition of the West Center School Playground Com- mittee.
(Approved)
ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to accept a deed from the Andover Shawsheen Realty Company of a parcel of land situated at the southwesterly corner of Corbett Road and Sher- bourne Street, bounded and described as follows: Northwesterly by Green Street 10 feet; Northerly by Corbett Road 128 feet, more or less; Easterly or Northeasterly by Sherbourne Street 105 feet; Southerly by Sherbourne Street 20 feet; and Southwesterly by land of one Woodhead and land of the Andover Shawsheen Realty Company 185.5 feet, said line commencing at a stone bound on its Southerly end and being' a curved line having a radius of 300 feet. And in consideration thereof abate the sewer assessment levied against said land in December, 1934.
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ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a gift from Cornelius Ayer Wood, et al, the following real estate to be known and kept in perpetuity as the William M. Wood Memorial Park and to be maintained only as a community park and not to be converted into a playground or to other uses; said real estate being the lot located at the corner of North Main and Lowell Streets, Shawsheen Village Center, bounded as follows: Easterly by Main Street, three hundred thirty-eight (338) feet more or less; Southerly by land now or formerly of Sutherland, two hundred thirty-four and 3-10 (234.3) feet, more or less to the easterly side of a right-of-way forty (40) feet wide; Westerly by the easterly side of said driveway three hundred fifty-two and 7-10 (352.7) feet, more or less, and Northerly by Lowell Street, one hundred eighty-three and 7-10 (183.7) feet, more or less. Containing approximately 71517 square feet, on petition of William A. Trow and others.
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