Town annual report of Andover 1935-1939, Part 23

Author: Andover (Mass.)
Publication date: 1935
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 1026


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REV. ALBERT C. MORRIS REV. DONALD H. SAVAGE


MYRON E. GUTTERSON HENRY G. TYER


FREDERIC S. BOUTWELL REV. FREDERICK B. NOSS


CHARLES C. KIMBALL EDMOND E. HAMMOND


REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF PUNCHARD FREE SCHOOL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1937


PRINCIPAL FUND


January 1, 1937 :


Cash in Banks


$22360.04


Real Estate Mortgages


28463.64


Real Estate


1000.00


Bonds at book value


25176.32


$77000.00


December 31, 1937:


Cash in Banks


$15439.80


Real Estate Mortgages


35383.88


Real Estate


1000.00


Bonds at book value


25176.32


$77000.00


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INCOME ACCOUNT


January 1, 1937-Cash on hand


Interest and Dividends received


$3927.48 3373.11


$7300.59


Expenditures


M. E. Stevens, Instructor


$2540.00


N. C. Hamblin, Principal


500.00


E. E. Hammond, Salary


200.00


Treasurer's Bond


25.00


Safe Deposit Box


11.00


Insurance


23.00


Stamps and Stationery


5.85


December 31, 1937-Cash on hand


3995.74


$7300.59


GOLDSMITH FUND


January 1, 1937-Cash in Savings Bank $302.37


Interest received 7.61


309.98


Prizes awarded


10.00


December 31, 1937-Cash in Savings Bank -


$299.98


DRAPER FUND


January 1, 1937-Cash on hand


$1500.71


Interest received


37.11


1537.82


Scholarship awarded


50.00


December 31, 1937-Cash in Savings Bank


$1487.82


BARNARD FUND


January 1, 1937-Cash on hand $26.13


Dividends received 40.00


Interest received


.16


66.29


95


Prizes awarded


First


$20.00


Second


12.00


Third


8.00


40.00


December 31, 1937-Cash in Savings Bank


-


$26.29


CHAPIN FUND


January 1, 1937-Cash on hand $1596.54


Received acct. of principal


250.00


Received acct. int. on note


66.00


Interest on bank balance


42.08


1954.62


Scholarship awarded


100.00


December 31, 1937-Cash in Savings Bank $1854.62


RESERVE FUND


January 1, 1937-Cash on hand


$2379.15


Interest received 59.59


December 31, 1937-Cash in Bank


$2438.74


Respectfully submitted,


EDMOND E. HAMMOND


Treasurer


This is to certify that the securities belonging to the Trustees of Punchard Free School and the income accruing therefrom have been checked and found to be correct.


The remaining items in the above account are examined by the Town Accountant.


FREDERIC S. BOUTWELL CHARLES C. KIMBALL


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Town Debt DETAIL OF PAYMENT BY YEARS


Sewer


Water 4%


Junior High School 2 & 214%


Shaw- sheen School


Year Rate 414 & 5%


414%


Totals Av. 2.8


1938


7000.


1000.


22000.


11000.


41000.


1939


7000.


1000.


22000.


11000.


41000.


1940


7000.


1000.


22000.


11000.


41000.


1941


5000.


22000.


11000.


38000.


1942


5000.


22000.


11000.


38000.


1943


5000.


21000.


11000.


37000.


1944


5000.


21000.


26000.


1945


5000.


21000.


26000.


1946


5000.


21000.


26000.


1947


5000.


21000.


26000.


1948


5000.


21000.


26000.


1949


5000.


19000.


24000.


1950


5000.


19000.


24000.


1951


5000.


19000.


24000.


1952


5000.


19000.


24000.


1953


5000.


19000.


24000.


1954


4000.


4000.


1955


4000.


4000.


$86000.


$3000.


$339000.


$66000.


$494000.


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Balance Sheet, December 31, 1937 GENERAL ACCOUNTS .


Cash


DR. $94841.94


Sewer Assessments and Committed In- terest 1933


$ 82.71


Taxes 1935


1507.36


Town Clerk's Dog License Money


51.60


Taxes 1936


31314.27


Overlay 1934


81.75


Taxes 1937


84083.50


Overlay 1935


392.60


Tax Title Account


625.50


Overlay 1936


1986.13


Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes 1934


199.17


Overlay 1937


8152.85


Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes 1935


677.01


Overlay Reserve


8649.72


Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes 1936


1638.91


Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Revenue


8370.17


Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes 1937


5855.08


Special Assessment Revenue


3892.08


Moth Assessments 1936


38.60


Tax Title Revenue


625.50


Moth Assessments 1937


97.70


Departmental Revenue


7158.83


Sidewalk Assessments


242.99


Water Revenue


7760.01


Sidewalk Assessments Added-to-Taxes 1937


44.94


Federal Grant to School Construction


826.39


Cemetery Sales Fund


5150.00


Care Civil War Veterans


10.00


Sewer Assessments 1926 and Prior


2668.78


Tailings Account


63.30


Sewer Assessments Added-to-Taxes 1933


5.22


Excess and Deficiency


183672.47


Tax Sale Surplus, Chap. 60, Sec. 79, G.L.


5.98


Apportioned Sewer Assessments Added- to-Taxes 1934


24.85


River Road Construction


7643.44


Amount Carried Forward


$ 223949.39


Amount Carried Forward $ 244575.53


98


Taxes 1934


81.75


CR.


Committed Interest on Sidewalk Assess- ments 1937


1.82


GENERAL ACCOUNTS - Continued


Amount Brought Forward


$ 223949.39


Apportioned Sewer Assessments 1935


26.76


Sewer Assessments Added-to-Taxes 1936


439.25


Sewer Assessments Added-to-Taxes 1937


165.07


Committed Interest on Sewer Assess- ments 1933


2.47


Committed Interest on Sewer Assess- ments 1934


14.96


Committed Interest on Sewer Assess- ments 1935


15.34


99


Committed Interest on Sewer Assess- ments 1936


44.30


Committed Interest on Sewer Assess- ments 1937


59.03


Departmental Accounts Receivable


7158.83


Water Department Accounts Receivable


7760.01


State and County Aid to Highways


5298.33


Essex County Tax


562.88


State Tax


1987.50


State Parks and Reservations


131.75


Veterans' Exemptions


17.57


Amount Brought Forward $ 244575.53


W. P. A. Sewing Project 86.38


Aid to Dependent Children (Grant) 64.01


Old Age Assistance (Grant) 1048.80


Old Age Assistance Administration (Grant) 66.39


Article No. 15, West Center Playground 1000.00


Article No. 19, Surplus War Bonus Fund


792.33


Amount Carried Forward


$ 247633.44


Amount Carried Forward


$ 247633.44


DEFERRED REVENUE


Amount Brought Forward . $247633.44


Amount Brought Forward


$247633.44


Apportioned Sewer Assessments Not Due


1344.51


Apportioned Sewer Assessments Due


1938


266.83


1939


266.83


1940


232.62


1941


227.24


1942


227.28


1943


65.28


1944


58.43


Amount Carried Forward


$248977.95


Amount Carried Forward


$248977.95


100


DEBT ACCOUNTS


Amount Brought Forward


$248977.95


Amount Brought Forward


$248977.95


Net Funded or Fixed Debt


494000.00


Sewer Loan, 1920


6000.00


Outfall Sewer Loan, 1923


80000.00


Shawsheen School Loan, 1923


66000.00


Junior High School Loan


339000.00


Water Loan, 1910


3000.00


Amount Carried Forward $742977.95


Amount Carried Forward


$742977.95


101


TRUST ACCOUNTS


Amount Brought Forward $742977.95


Amount Brought Forward $742977.95


Trust Funds, Cash and Securities 273986.72


Punchard Free School Fund


81819.42


Reserve Fund, Punchard Free School


2438.74


Municipal Retirement Fund, Cash and Securities


3527.66


Draper Fund, Punchard School


1487.82


Goldsmith Fund, Punchard School


299.98


Barnard Fund, Punchard School


1026.29


Edna G. Chapin Fund, P.H.S.


2204.62


Emma J. Lincoln Library Fund


568.15


Memorial Hall Library Fund


82473.79


John Cornell Wood and Coal Fund


5174.01


Emeline S. Lincoln Fund


1012.50


Emma J. Lincoln Fund, A.V.I.S.


568.15


Edward Taylor Fuel Fund


100.14


Richardson School Fund


1429.72


Draper School Fund


1201.75


Holt School Fund


92.94


Dr. Edward C. Conroy School Fund


293.97


Alfred V. Lincoln Spelling Bee Fund


510.36


Varnum Lincoln Spelling Bee Fund


578.36


Abbie M. Smart Special Cemetery Fund


1119.67


Isaac Giddings Burial Ground Fund


1000.00


Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds


88586.34 3427.72


Annuity Savings Fund


Pension Accumulation Fund


25.21


Expense Fund


74.73


.


Total


$1020492.33


Total


$1020492.33


102


Treasurer's Report


Receipts and payments for the year were as follows :


Balance, January 1, 1937


$107221.72 830157.02


Receipts


$937378.74 842536.80


Payments


Balance, December 31, 1937


$ 94841.94


The balance, although about $12000. less than at the beginning of the year, is satisfactory, considering the fact that $30000. was voted the assessors, from free cash, to reduce the 1937 tax rate.


The figures above include $125000., borrowed in anticipation of taxes, and repaid in November, which was $25000. less than in 1936.


Disbursements again were 3% larger than the previous year and were in accordance with 96 selectmen's warrants. The num- ber of checks issued was practically the same as in 1936-just under 1000 a month.


Summarized statements of the 730 cemetery perpetual care accounts and 12 other trust funds in the custody of the treasurer, amounting to $87727.09, or 4% more than last year, will be found elsewhere in the Town Report. A new fund, which increases each week, is due to the adoption by the town of the contributory re- tirement system for town employees and officials. The condition of this fund may be summarized as follows:


Members' Contributions


$3654.56 600.00


Town Funds


$4254.56


Retirement Allowances (2)


$ 374.79


Office Expenses


125.27


Refunds


226.84


Bonds Purchased


1909.69


$2636.59


Cash Balance, December 31, 1937


$1617.97


103


INVESTMENTS


$1000. Pennsylvania R.R. Co. 334s, April 1970. $1000. Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. 312s, August 1996.


The final statement of the junior high school special account follows. The figures are not included above, except $846.01 re- ceived after the account had been closed.


Balance, January 1, 1937


U. S. Grant Payments


$33519.34 24992.99


$58512.33 55000.00


Temporary Loan Repaid


Transferred to Town Treasury $ 3512.33


Tax title accounts have increased from 2 to 5, totalling $625.50. Free cash in the treasury amounts to $78555.25.


THAXTER EATON, Treasurer


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Report of Tax Collector


1933


Uncollected Balance, Jan. 1, 1937


$ 6.00


Balance of Excise


· 7.16


Balance of Sewer (apportioned)


10.76


Balance of Committed Interest on Sewer


5.09


Balance of Old Age Assistance


1.00


Interest on Taxes


. 55


Costs on Polls


.70


Taxes Collected


$ 4.00


Sewer Collected (apportioned) 5.54


Interest on Taxes Collected


.55


Committed Interest on Sewer Collected


2.62


Costs on Polls Collected


.70


Taxes Abated : Polls


2.00


Excise Abated


7.16


Old Age Assistance Abated


1.00


Sewer Uncollected (apportioned)


5.22


Committed Interest on Sewer Uncollected


2.47


$31.26


$31.26


1934


Uncollected Balance, January 1, 1937


$1357.32


Balance of Moth


.30


Balance of Sewer (apportioned)


56.48


Balance of Committed Interest on Sewer


32.06


Balance of Excise


784.28


Interest on Taxes


210.54


Interest on Excise


35.13


Interest on Sewer


6.10


Costs on Polls


15.40


Taxes Collected


$1111.52


Moth Collected


.30


Sewer Collected (apportioned)


31.63


Amount carried forward


1143.45


2497.61


105


Amount brought forward


1143.45 2497.61


Committed Interest on Sewer Collected


17.10


Excise Collected


213.89


Interest on Taxes Collected


210.54


Interest on Excise Collected


35.13


Interest on Sewer Collected


6.10


Costs on Polls Collected


15.40


Taxes Abated :


Polls


108.00


Personal


56.05


Excise Abated


371.22


Taxes Uncollected


81.75


Sewer Uncollected (apportioned)


24.85


Committed Interest on Sewer Uncollected


14.96


Excise Uncollected


199.17


$2497.61


$2497.61


1935


Uncollected Balance, January 1, 1937


$28049.91


Balance of Sewer (apportioned)


58.92


Balance of Committed Interest on Sewer


31.35


Balance of Excise


1312.43


Interest on Taxes


2156.45


Interest on Excise


69.71


Interest on Sewer


3.60


Costs on Polls


30.10


Refund on Excise


2.00


Taxes Collected


$25249.36


Sewer Collected (apportioned)


32.16


Committed Interest on Sewer Collected


16.01


Excise Collected


623.04


Interest on Taxes Collected


2156.45


Interest on Excise Collected


69.71


Interest on Sewer Collected


3.60


Costs on Polls Collected


30.10


Taxes Abated :


Polls


2.00


Amount carried forward


28182.43


31714.47


106


Amount brought forward


28182.43 31714.47


Personal Real


148.93


988.23


Excise Abated


14.38


Taxes Credited :


Tax Titles taken over by Town


154.03


Taxes Uncollected


1507.36


Sewer Uncollected (apportioned)


26.76


Committed Interest on Sewer Uncollected


15.34


Excise Uncollected


677.01


$31714.47 $31714.47


1936


Uncollected Balance, January 1, 1937


$90704.08


Amount Additional Poll


2.00


Amount Additional December Assessment


2.92


Amount Additional Excise


507.03


Balance of Moth


115.00


Balance of Sewer (apportioned)


211.54


Balance of Sewer (unapportioned)


2037.29


Balance of Committed Interest on Sewer


157.32


Balance of Excise


4608.41


Balance of Sidewalk


318.85


Interest on Taxes


2085.07


Interest on Excise


140.91


Interest on Sewer


10.04


Costs on Polls


1.75


Refunds on Excise


7.68


Taxes Collected


$58835.21


Moth Collected


76.40


Sewer Collected (apportioned)


163.43


Sewer Collected (unapportioned)


517.50


Committed Interest on Sewer Collected


91.75


Sidewalk Collected


228.21


Sidewalk (Added to 1937 Taxes)


90.64


Excise Collected


3467.91


Amount carried forward


63471.05


100909.89


107


Amount brought forward


63471.05 100909.89


Interest on Taxes Collected


2085.07


Interest on Excise Collected


140.91


Interest on Sewer Collected


10.04


Costs on Polls Collected


1.75


Taxes Abated:


Polls


2.00


Real


358.23


Excise Abated


16.30


Sewer Abated


160.85


Committed Interest on Sewer Abated


16.45


Taxes Credited :


Tax Titles Taken over by Town


199.29


Tax Titles on Sewer (unapportioned)


46.82


Tax Title on Committed Interest on Unapportioned Sewer


4.82


Unapportioned Sewer Assessments


Apportioned


920.98


Taxes Uncollected


31314.27


Moth Uncollected


38.60


Sewer Uncollected (apportioned)


48.11


Sewer Uncollected (unapportioned)


391.14


Committed Interest on Sewer Uncollected


44.30


Excise Uncollected


1638.91


$100909.89


$100909. 89


1937


Amount of Warrant


$411809.50


Amount of December Warrant


429.27


Amount of Moth Warrant


800.64


Amount of Sewer Assessment (apportioned)


330.88


Amount of Sewer Assessment (unapportioned)


920.98


Amount of Apportioned Sewer paid in Advance


370.80


Amount of Interest on Apportioned Sewer paid in Advance 2.58


Amount of Committed Interest on Sewer


156.95


Amount of Sidewalk Assessment


90.64


Amount of Committed Interest on Side- walk Assessment 3.68


Amount carried forward 414915.92


108


Amount brought forward


414915.92


Amount of Excise Warrants


29287.01


Interest on Taxes


107.58


Interest on Excise


8.85


Interest on Sewer


. 23


Refunds on Taxes


40.19


Refunds on Excise


707.37


Taxes Collected


$326742.06


Moth Collected


702.04


Sewer Collected (apportioned)


165.81


Sewer Collected (unapportioned)


920.98


Sewer Collected (apportioned paid in Advance)


370.80


Sidewalk Collected


45.70


Excise Collected


22424.77


Interest on Taxes Collected


107.58


Interest on Excise Collected


8.85


Interest on Sewer Collected


. 23


Interest on Sewer (apportioned paid in Advance


2.58


Committed Interest on Sewer Collected


97.92


Committed Interest on Sidewalk Collected


1.86


Taxes Abated :


Polls


8.00


Personal


346.39


Real


1057.47


Moth Abated


. 90


Excise Abated


1713.49


Taxes Credited :


Tax title taken over by Town


41.54


Taxes Uncollected


84083.50


Moth Uncollected


97.70


Sewer Uncollected (apportioned)


165.07


Committed Interest on Sewer Uncollected


59.03


Committed Interest on Sidewalk Un- collected 1.82


Excise Uncollected


5856.12


Sidewalk Uncollected


44.94


$445067.15


$445067.15


109


Summary Collector's Cash Account


1937


1936


1935


1934


1933


Total


Taxes


$326742.06


$58835.21


$25249.36


$1111.52


$ 4.00


$411942.15


Moth


702.04


76.40


.30


778.74


Old Age


1.00


1.00


Sidewalk


45.70


228.21


273.91


Excise


22424.77


3467.91


623.04


213.89


26729.61


Sewer:


Apportioned


165.81


163.43


32.16


31.63


5.54


398.57


Unapportioned


920.98


517.50


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. . . .


. . . .


1438.48


Apportioned Paid in Advance


370.80


370.80


Costs on Polls


1.75


30.10


15.40


.70


47.95


Interest on Taxes


107.58


2085.07


2156.45


210.54


.55


4560.19


Interest on Sewer


.23


10.04


3.60


6.10


1.44


21.41


Interest on Sewer Paid in Advance


37.86


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37.86


Committed Interest on Sewer


97.92


91.75


16.01


17.10


2.62


225.40


Committed Interest on Sidewalk


1.86


.


. . .


1.86


Interest on Excise


8.85


140.91


69.71


35.13


254.60


$351626.46


$65618.18


$28180.43


$1641.61


$15.85


$447082.53


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Assessors' Report


We herewith submit our annual report:


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Number of assessed polls 3131


Valuation of personal estate $ 1,877,025.00


Valuation of real estate 13,255,328.00


$15,132,353.00


Tax on polls


$ 6,262.00


Tax on personal estate


50,304.53


Tax on real estate


355,242.97


. $411,809.50


Abatements:


Poll taxes


$ 8.00


Personal estate


346.39


Real estate


1,058.37


Rate of Taxation on $1000.


26.80


Number of assessed


Horses


161


Cows


683


Sheep


6


Neat cattle


101


Swine


433


Fowl


27,896


Dwellings


2,618


Acres of land


16,815.87


acres more


or less


Moth Warrant


800.64


MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX


Number of vehicles assessed 3783


Assessed valuation


$1,008,620.00


Excise


29,287.01


Abatements


1,713.49


Rate on $1000.


34.62


Excise for 1936 committed in 1937


496.91


111


DECEMBER ASSESSMENTS


Number of assessed polls 34


Valuation of personal estate


$6,575.00


Valuation of real estate


. 6,900.00


Tax on polls


68.00


Tax on personal estate


176.20


Tax on real estate


185.07


HOWELL F. SHEPARD, Chairman J. EVERETT COLLINS, Secretary ROY E. HARDY


Board of Assessors


Municipal Properties and Public Improvements


Land and Buildings


Equip. and other property


Total


Town Hall


$ 95,800


$ 5,150


$100,950


Fire Department


59,508


27,564


87,072


Police Department


275


1,000


1,275


Schools


1,098,595


51,179


1,149,774


Library


122,600


39,170


161,770


Water Department


90,920


546,234


637,154


Sewer Department


2,500


403,786


406,286


Highway Department


4,300


8,045


12,345


Park Department


66,000


5,000


5,000


Infirmary


44,125


2,538


46,663


Cemeteries


27,500


1,500


29,000


Weights and Measures


350


350


Town Scales


500


500


Old Schoolhouse, Ballardvale


14,470


14,470


Punchard School Fund


77,000


77,000


Memorial Hall Investment Funds


73,000


73,000


Nine Acres Land, Burnham Rd.


2,500


2,500


Pomps Pond Beach


2,000


2,000


Totals


$1,631,093


$1,242,016


$2,873,109


66,000


Tree Warden and Moth Department


112


Report of Planning Board


Various matters relating to town planning and within the jurisdiction of the Board have been under consideration during the past year. The most important matters were proposed amend- ments to the Zoning By-Laws. In accordance with the statutory provisions relating to such amendments public hearings have been held after due notice was given and final reports containing the Board's recommendations have been filed separately and apart from this report for consideration at the town meeting.


WALTER M. LAMONT, Chairman WALTER C. TOMLINSON, Secretary BERNARD L. McDONALD SIDNEY P. WHITE EDWARD P. HALL


Final report of Planning Board upon proposed amendment to the Zoning By-Law as requested by Frederick E. Cheever and others.


A public hearing, after due notice given, was held upon the proposed amendment at the Town House Friday, December 17, 1937, at 7:30 P.M. and after said hearing at a meeting of this board at which a quorum was present and voting, it was


Voted: That the board does not recommend the adoption of the article filed by Frederick E. Cheever and others which would amend Section IX, Paragraph 1 of Article VIII, being the Zoning By-Law, by striking out the words "10,000 square feet" and in- serting in place thereof, the words "8500 square feet."


The Board further reports that it considered all factors per- taining to such proposed change and it feels that such an amend- ment would permit lots to contain areas insufficient for proper building in single residence and educational districts. We there- fore report to the town meeting that we do not recommend the adoption of said article.


WALTER M. LAMONT, Chairman WALTER C. TOMLINSON, Secretary BERNARD L. McDONALD SIDNEY P. WHITE EDWARD P. HALL


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Final report of Planning Board upon proposed amendments to the Zoning By-Law as presented by the Board of Appeals.


A public hearing, after due notice given, was held upon the four proposed amendments at the Town House Friday, February 4, 1938 at 7:30 P.M., and after said hearing at a meeting of this board at which a quorum was present and voting, it was


Voted: That the board recommend the adoption of the four articles filed by the Board of Appeals which would amend the Zon- ing By-Law so that the Board of Appeals may permit land in certain cases to be subdivided with lot areas not less than 9500 square feet; so that Section IX would be amended by adding at the end of paragraph 4 the following new sentence, "on corner lots no part of any building shall extend within 20 feet of either street line"; Section IX would be amended by adding at the end of paragraph 5 thereof, "provided, however, that on corner lots no part of any building shall extend within 20 feet of either street line"; and Section XII would be amended by inserting at the end thereof a new paragraph whereby the Board of Selectmen may appoint one or more associate members of the Board of Appeals for terms of such length as shall be determined by the Board of Selectmen; and in case of vacancy, inability to act or interest on the part of a member of the Board of Appeals, his place may be taken by an associate member designated by the Board of Select- men, all in accordance with existing statutory provisions relating thereto.


The board reports therefore, that it has considered all factors pertaining to such proposed changes and recommends the adop- tion of all four articles.


WALTER M. LAMONT, Chairman WALTER C. TOMLINSON, Secretary BERNARD L. McDONALD SÍDNEY P. WHITE EDWARD P. HALL


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Board of Appeals Report


The Board of Appeals under the Zoning By-Law of the Town of Andover is made up of the following members: James S. Eastham, Chairman, term expiring May 1, 1940; Roy E. Hardy, Secretary, term expiring May 1, 1938; Walter M. Lamont, term expiring May 1, 1939.


These three members made up the Board during the entire year 1937 with the exception of the month of January, during which Mr. Edward P. Hall served in place of Mr. Hardy, and of the period from September 27 to October 4, 1937, when Mr. Hall again served in substitution for Mr. Hardy.


During the year 1937 the Board heard and decided seventeen cases as follows :


Petition of Albert E. Knowles, heard on January 27, 1937, for a permit to have a 20-foot rear yard, on account of unusual topography, on lot numbered 90, Johnson Acres, existing at the time the Zoning By-Law was adopted .- Granted


Petition of John J. Fleming, heard on February 27, 1937, for a permit for a lot subdivision at 39 Maple Avenue with a front- age of less than 75 feet, the lot not being an existing lot of record at the time the Zoning By-Law was adopted .- Denied


Petition of Sarah E. Bodwell, heard on March 6, 1937, for a permit to maintain a tearoom on South Main Street .- Granted


Petition of Emil J. Muehlig, heard on March 6, 1937, for a permit to have side yards of 111/2 and 10 feet respectively, at 19 Avon Street, on a narrow lot existing at the time the Zoning By-Law was adopted .- Granted


Petition of Joseph P. Comeau, heard on April 4, 1937, for a permit to have a side yard of 10 feet on each side and a 23-foot rear yard at 12 Juliette Street on a narrow and shallow lot existing at the time the Zoning By-Law was adopted .- Granted


Petition of Sarah A. Smith, heard on June 18, 1937, for a permit to maintain a tearoom on Mill Street .- Granted


Petition of Alice E. Batcheller, heard on June 29, 1937, for a permit to maintain a tearoom at the corner of Shawsheen Road and Lowell Street .- Granted


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Petition of Margaret M. Barrett, heard on July 9, 1937, for a permit to erect an addition nearer than 30 feet to the rear lot line, on account of unusual topography, on a lot at 63 Burnham Road, existing at the time the Zoning By-Law was adopted. - Granted


Petition of Charles H. Dufton, heard on July 9, 1937, for a permit to have 10 feet and 1212 feet side yards, respectively, on lot numbered 11 on Canterbury Street on a narrow lot existing at the time the Zoning By-Law was adopted .- Granted


Petition of John F. Glynn, dated July 27, 1937, for a permit to have a side yard of 12 feet on Summer Street east of Pine Street on a narrow lot existing at the time the Zoning By-Law was adopted .- Granted


Petition of Teresa A. Fleming, and appeal from refusal of the Building Inspector to grant a building permit, heard on July 30, 1937, for a variance of the Zoning By-Law to permit a lot subdivision at 37 Maple Avenue with a frontage of less than seventy-five feet, the lot not being an existing lot of record at the time the Zoning By-Law was adopted .- Denied


Petition of Fred E. Cheever, heard on July 30, for a variance of the Zoning By-Law to permit a subdivision of two lots at Johnson Acres with areas of less than 10,000 square feet each, the lots not being existing lots of record at the time the Zoning By-Law was adopted .- Denied


Petition of Renzie and Henrietta Tanzell, heard on August 10, 1937, for a variance of the Zoning By-Law to permit sub- division of land at 72 Haverhill Street into two lots with areas of less than 10,000 square feet each, the lots not being existing lots of record at the time the Zoning By-Law was adopted .- Denied


Petition of Dino Valz, heard on September 15, 1937, for per- mit to have ten-foot side yards on a narrow lot on Pasho Street existing at the time the Zoning By-Law was adopted .- Granted


Petition of Preston Blake and Winston Blake, heard on Sep- tember 30, 1937, for permit to have 10-foot side yards on two narrow lots on Stratford Road existing at the time the Zoning By-Law was adopted .- Granted


Appeal of Hildreth & Rogers Company from refusal of the Building Inspector to grant a building permit for the erection of a transmitter building and steel radio tower on River Road,


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heard on October 21, 1937, for a variance of the Zoning By- Law to permit such use of the lot .- Granted


Petition of Thomas Chadwick, heard on November 4, 1937, for permit to convert a one-family dwelling house at 50 Whit- tier Street, into a four-apartment house, three rooms in each apartment .- Granted




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