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*Thos. E. Rhodes ('17) *Andrew McTernen ('18)
Chas. B. Baldwin, Sec'y. ('19) *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)
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
1918-1919
*Barnett Rogers ('22)
*Andrew McTernen ('21)
Philip L. Hardy ('21)
Chas. B. Baldwin, Sec'y. ('22) *Thos. E. Rhodes, Treas. ('20)
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)
1922-1923
*Thos. E. Rhodes ('23)
Philip L. Hardy ('24)
Wm. D. McIntyre, Treas. ('24)
*Arthur T. Boutwell ('25)
Edward Shattuck ('25)
1923-1924
Philip L. Hardy ('27)
William D. McIntyre, Sec'y. ('27) *Arthur T. Boutwell, Treas. ('25) Edward Shattuck ('25)
Walter I. Morse ('26)
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)
1927
*Arthur T. Boutwell ('28)
*Thos. E. Rhodes ('28)
Walter I. Morse, Treas. ('29)
Wm. D. McIntyre, Sec'y. ('30) George H. Winslow ('30)
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)
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)
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)
1931-1932
Wm. D. McIntyre ('33)
W. I. Morse ('35)
Thos. P. Dea ('34)
Frank A. Buttrick ('34)
John H. Playdon ('33)
1932-1933
Wm. D. McIntyre ('36)
W. I. Morse ('35)
John H. Playdon ('36)
Frank A. Buttrick ('34)
Henry A. Bodwell ('34)
1933-1934-1935
Wm. D. McIntyre ('36) W. I. Morse ('38)
John H. Playdon ('36)
Frank A. Buttrick ('37)
Henry A. Bodwell ('37)
1934-1935-1936
Wm. D. McIntyre ('39) W. I. Morse ('38) John H. Playdon ('39)
Frank A. Buttrick ('37)
Henry A. Bodwell ('37)
1935-1936-1937
Wm. D. McIntyre ('39) W. I. Morse ('38)
John H. Playdon ('39)
Frank A. Buttrick ('40)
Henry A. Bodwell ('40)
1938-1939
Wm. D. McIntyre ('39)
John H. Playdon ('39)
Frank A. Buttrick ('40)
Henry A. Bodwell ('40) Sidney P. White ('41)
1939-1940
Sidney P. White ('41)
Henry A. Bodwell ('40)
Frank A. Buttrick ('40)
John H. Playdon (42) Edward P. Hall ('42)
1940-1941
Sidney P. White ('41) John H. Playdon ('42) Edward P. Hall ('42) William F. Barron ('43) John B. White ('43)
SUPERINTENDENT
CHARLES T. GILLIARD
*Deceased
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SEWER COMMISSIONERS
1893-1894 *John L. Smith *Charles E. Abbott
1894-1899 *John L. Smith *John E. Smith
Board of Public Works
Andover, Mass. January 27, 1941
The Board of Public Works voted to adopt the following report of the Superintendent as its report for 1940 with recommenda- tions for 1941.
SIDNEY P. WHITE, Chairman JOHN H. PLAYDON, Secretary EDWARD P. HALL WILLIAM F. BARRON JOHN B. WHITE
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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 De- cember 31, 1940 are as follows:
WATER DEPARTMENT
Under Articles 30-37 of the 1940 Warrant, four hundred and twenty feet of six-inch water main were installed on Dascomb Road from the corner of Andover Street; eighteen hundred and six feet of eight-inch main on Boutwell Road from the corner of River Road to Pleasant Street, and one hundred and eleven feet of six-inch main on a section of Pleasant Street westerly from Boutwell Road, and eight hundred and forty feet of eight-inch main on another section of Pleasant Street easterly from Bout- well Road; one hundred and thirty-six feet of six-inch main on South Main Street to the By-Pass, two hundred and eighty-eight feet on the north side of By-Pass from Main Street to a point where seventy-six feet of six-inch pipe crosses the By-Pass to the south side, and two hundred and fourteen feet of six-inch on the south side of the By-Pass running in a westerly direction.
The materials and blasting for the above installations were paid for by the Town while the labor, with the exception of supervision and caulking, was supplied by the Work Projects Administration.
Six hundred and seventy-six feet of six-inch water main were installed on Cheever Circle from one end of Cabot Street to the other. This was done under the supervision of the Town, but at the expense of Mr. Frederick E. Cheever.
Four hundred and ten feet of six-inch water main were installed on Green Street and two hundred and thirty-five feet of six- inch on Lincoln Circle. This also was done under the supervision of the Town, but at the expense of Mr. George Cairns.
Three hundred and seventy-six feet of six-inch water main were
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installed on private property off School Street to the property of Mr. Jerome Cross. This work was done by Louis Cyr, Contractor, under the supervision of the Town at the expense of Mr. Cross.
Two hundred and sixty feet of six-inch water main were in- stalled on Bradley Avenue near the Lawrence Line. This work was done and paid for by Mr. Walter Walker under the supervi- sion of the Town.
Yellow marks have been painted on posts nearest to hydrants with the number of feet distant painted thereon. This makes the finding of hydrants easier when the ground is covered with deep snow.
Bleeders have been installed at the dead ends on Dascomb Road in the vicinity of Mr. Walter Curtis' house and on River Road at the dead end near the property of Mr. Charles Newton. A new drinking fountain was installed at the Ballardvale play- grounds.
Two hydrants on Andover Street, one near the corner of Hall Avenue and another near the property of Mr. Irving Moss, one on River Street near the property of Miss Rose T. Riley, one on Corbett Street near the driveway of Mr. Joseph Misenti and another on Poor Street near the corner of Kenilworth Street were relocated in a position clear of auto traffic.
One hydrant on Andover Street near the old Abbot Homestead and another on Argilla Road near the property of Mr. Alexander Henderson were relocated in order to conform to the new layout of these streets.
At the request of the State Board of Health, a new chlorinator was purchased under Article 19 from the Wallace & Tiernan Company. Since it practically duplicates the one already in use, it doubles the safety factor, for it now makes possible uninterrupted chlorination.
Under Article 14 of the 1940 Warrant, a new Dodge truck, equipped with a 9'0" body ideal for the work that it is now doing, was purchased for the Water Department.
Both the electric motor at the Bancroft Road Pumping Station and the centrifugal pump which it operates have been recondi- tioned. It was discovered that the momentary excessive pressure created when the steam turbine was started was due to a slightly bent valve on the control. This was immediately repaired by a machinist from the General Electric Company.
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Due to the new State rules relative to air tanks, it was necessary to renew the tank at the Bancroft Road Pumping Station. The new tank, purchased from the Ingersoll-Rand Company, was in- stalled by Town labor.
The Venturi Meter at the Haggetts Pond Pumping Station was reconditioned by the Builders Iron Foundry, the manufacturers.
Additional ground wires have been connected to the Town water mains by the New England Telephone and Telegraph Com- pany, approval having been given by the Board of Public Works with stipulations.
Those completed in 1940 and others contemplated in 1941 are as follows:
Completed during the year 1940
High Street, Pole 3/14
Highland Road, Pole 6/20 Salem Street at Prospect Street, Pole 39/32 Bancroft Road, Pole 37/11
Argilla Road, Pole 68
Dascomb Road at Clark Road, Pole 19/26
Sunset Rock Road at Ballardvale Road, Pole 22 Salem Street at Holt Road, Pole 39/26 Andover Street at Argilla Road, Pole 14/75 Holt Road, Pole 21
Tewksbury Street, Pole 20/9
Highland Road, Pole 6/49
To be Completed during 1941
Concord Road at George Street, Pole 13 Main Street at Rocky Hill Road, Pole 117 River Road, Pole 11
South Main Street, Pole 144 Lowell Street, Pole 164
At the request of the State Board of Health, Haggetts Pond was closed to fishing, boating, skating, etc., on August 7th, 1939. Since many were of the opinion that such action was unnecessary and uncalled for, the following letter from the Commissioner of Public Health which is self-explanatory will perhaps end the con- troversy :
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December 23, 1940
To the Board of Public Works Andover, Massachusetts
GENTLEMEN :
The Department of Public Health at its meeting of the Public Health Council held on Tuesday, December 10, 1940, took the following action relative to granting of permits on direct sources of water supply :
"Voted that, acting under the authority of Section 160 of Chapter 111 of the General Laws, for the purpose of further preventing the pollution and securing the sanitary protection of waters used as sources of water supply, the Department of Public Health hereby revokes any delegation heretofore made by it of the authority to grant and withhold permits for fish- ing in, or sending, driving, or putting, any bird, fowl or ani- mal into, or for entering or going in any boat, skiff, raft, sea- plane or other contrivance on or upon, or entering or going upon or driving any animal upon, the ice of, or for entering upon for the purpose of cutting ice, or for cutting or taking ice from, any lake, pond, reservoir, aqueduct, stream, ditch, water course or other open water which is taken directly by any city, town, water supply or fire district or public institu- tion for domestic use."
Respectfully, PAUL J. JAKMAUH, M.D. Commissioner of Public Health
P.S. In regard to the water supply of Andover the above com- munication refers to Haggetts Pond.
A new electric service was installed to the Water Works Shop, and the garage and blacksmith shop were connected with three No. 6 wires terminating in a combination service-switch and cut- out to care for present lighting. The compressor motor was con- nected to the 220-volt service, leaving sixty ampere circuit for a future electric welder. From the Water Works Shop, the present lighting system and also the one H.P. motor were connected to the 220-volt circuit, with a wire circuit installed for the storage shed.
During 1940, 414,653,000 gallons of water were pumped at the Haggetts Pond Pumping Station, a daily average of 1,132,932
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gallons. The steam turbine was in operation 5129 hours and 50 minutes and the electric pump 801 hours and 45 minutes, making a daily average run of 16 hours and 12 minutes.
On August 18th, the greatest amount of water was pumped, namely, 2,054,000 gallons and the maximum weekly consumption was that from August 12th to August 18th inclusive, during which time 12,839,000 gallons were pumped. The water rate col- lections for 1940 amounted to $52,241.14.
To provide for adequate Water Maintenance during 1941, we recommend an appropriation of $27,800.00, to be divided sub- stantially as follows :
WATER MAINTENANCE
Salaries and Labor
$15300.00
Coal and Power
9000.00
Engine Oil, Chlorine, Etc.
500.00
Auto Maintenance
200.00
Repairs, Boilers, Pump and Property
1000.00
Office Supplies
800.00
Reservoirs and Telemeters
300.00
Supplies, Miscellaneous, Tools and Equipment
650.00
Secretarial Services
50.00
Total
$27800.00
Services in use January 1, 1941
2653
Meters in use January 1, 1941
2587
We recommend $10,500.00 for Water Construction in 1941 to be divided substantially as follows:
WATER CONSTRUCTION
Labor, Renewing Services, Etc.
$5500.00
Meters and Meter Parts
1400.00
Pipe of all kind
1900.00
Brass Goods, Hydrants, Etc.
1700.00
$10500.00
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EXPENDITURES 1940
WATER MAINTENANCE
Appropriation
Refund for Petty Cash Advance
$27800.00 50.00
Approved Bills
27799.18
Balance
$ 50.82
WATER CONSTRUCTION
Appropriation
$10500.00
Approved Bills
10429.80
Balance
$
70.20
SUMMARY COST OF CONSTRUCTION
WATER DEPARTMENT
CLASSIFICATION
APPROVED BILLS
CREDITS
NET COST
TOTALS
Office Fixtures
$ 916.36
Telemeters
2892.19
Telephones
184.77
Teams
583.65
Pipe Distribution
502641.91
Service Pipe
$ 8746.10 10429.80
$1814.69
$8615.11
190581.27
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
Construction Expenses Tools
4715.34
Totals
$827016. 26
SEWER DEPARTMENT
Sewer Mains
89428 ft.
$159336.00 372582.00
Jan. 1, 1941
Cost to Town
27850.00
Cost to Abutters
10182.64
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RECEIPTS
Water Rates Water Construction Paid to Town Treasurer : Water Rates Water Construction
$52241.14 1814.69
$52241.14
1814.69
$54055.83
$54055.83
SPECIAL ARTICLES
Article 14 (Dodge Truck)
$600.00
Appropriation Approved Bills
600.00
Balance
None
Article 19 (Chlorinator)
Appropriation
$820.00
Approved Bills'
816.20
Balance
$ 3.80
Articles 30-37 (Water Extensions)
Appropriation
$10000.00
Approved Bills
6419.43
Balance
$ 3580.57
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
The following table shows the snowfall for the year 1940:
January
6.50 Inches
February
26.75 Inches
March
2.50 Inches
April
2.75 Inches
November
13.00 Inches
December
4.00 Inches
Total 55.50 Inches
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The six Town trucks equipped with plows saved the Town con- siderable money in caring for all small storms. Two storms in February, those of the 14th and 15th and the 19th, 20th and 21st were accompanied by wind which made plowing difficult.
The sand for sanding roads and sidewalks was purchased the latter part of the year from the Andover Sand & Gravel Company. Prior to this time, it was screened by Town labor.
After the spring cleaning, the following roads were treated with "Tarvia Retread": Lovejoy Road, Osgood Street, Juliette Street, Topping Road, Shepley Street, Binney Street, Magnolia Avenue, Stevens Street, Holt Road, Bancroft Road, Lupine Road, Yale Street, George Street, Dartmouth Road, Princeton Road, Carmel Road, Walnut Avenue, Bartlet Street, Essex Street, Punchard Avenue, Brook Street, Johnson Road, Cedar Road, Coolidge Road, Washington Avenue, Lewis Street, Buxton Court, Shaw- sheen Road, Park Street, North Street, Jenkins Road, York Street, Florence Street, Pasho Street, Avon Street, Stratford Road, and sections of Haggetts Pond Road, Bellevue Road, Dascomb Road, Canterbury Street, Corbett Street, Beacon Street, High Street, Burnham Road, Salem Street, Wildwood Road, Stinson Road, Cuba Street, Red Spring Road, Tewksbury Street, Reservation Street, Chestnut Street, Cheever Circle, Elm Street, Andover Street, Kenilworth Street, Poor Street, Summer Street and Flint Circle.
The following gravel roads were shaped up, rolled and given an application of "Tarvia B" and then an application of "Tarvia Retread," and honed: Brown Street, Cabot Street; and sections of Bellevue Road, High Plain Road, Cheever Circle, Rocky Hill Road and William Street. Gray Road, Boston Road, sections of Rattlesnake Hill Road and Stinson Road were shaped up, rolled, and given an application of "Tarvia B" only.
Under Article 16, five thousand ($5,000.00) dollars were ap- propriated to hard-surface gravel roads built with Federal Funds. This work comprised the hard-surfacing of Chandler Road from North Street to the River Road. A number of drains were also installed on the above newly-constructed roads.
The sides of Summer Street from Whittier Street to the top of the hill were shaped up with gravel, rolled, and given an applica- tion of "Tarvia B" and then the entire road area was treated with an application of "Tarvia Retread. " The grass plots in the way of
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this section which were widened were shaped up, seeded, and rolled.
The following work was accomplished under Article 17 of the 1940 Warrant relative to the maintaining of roads built under Chapter 90. (State, County and Town paying equal shares): A section of River Road was given an application of R.C .- 3 asphalt and pea stone; all catch basins on Lowell Street, Haverhill Street, and Union Street and those on Main Street and River Road (sec- tions built under Chapter 90) were cleaned out, and the streets themselves cleaned; a catch basin was installed on Lowell Street near the property of Mr. Harry Playdon; the side of the road near the property of Mr. Sidney P. White on Lowell Street was re- graded and the catch basin grate lowered to care for bad drainage condition; the sides of Union Street near Main Street were also regraded and the catch basin grates there lowered to care for a bad drainage condition; the joints of the cement roads on Haverhill Street, Union Street and Main Street from the Square to the River Bridge were filled with "Genasco" joint filler; the sides of Haverhill Street from the Andover Line to Enmore Street were given an application of Asphalt "65"; a section of the gravel shoulders on Union Street were hard surfaced with Type "I" material; the State also allowed the filling of the cracks on Main Street from the Square to the top of the hill and also the filling of the tracks with Type "I" material where the cement had worked out.
The following equipment purchased this year has proved a great asset : Toro sidewalk roller, Jaeger mixer, and Hauck asphalt heater; also a three-inch self-priming centrifugal Jaeger pump, a greasing machine and a battery charger.
A lean-to shed, built at the Town yard by Town labor under Article 21 of the 1940 Warrant, has proved its worth for housing equipment and especially as a shelter while attaching plows to trucks when it is snowing.
Sections of the following streets were gravelled with Town labor : Bailey Road, Gray Road and Tucker Road.
The following street corners where the angle of vision was poor, have or are now being, corrected: Osgood Street, near the old Harrington property; Osgood Street, near the corner of Blanchard Street; Argilla Road near the corner of Andover Street; Argilla Road across from Mr. Frank Ward's property and Dascomb
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Road near the property of Mr. Walter Curtis. The above with the exception of the Dascomb Road job is being done by W.P.A. labor.
In addition to the above, the W.P.A. (during 1940) has worked on the following streets: Beacon Street, Chandler Road, Cutler Road, Greenwood Road and North Street.
Many new street signs were erected and three warning signs stolen from the Abbot and Stevens' bridges were replaced. The benches at Shawsheen Village and in front of the Barnard prop- erty at the corner of Main and Elm Streets were repaired.
The following old tar sidewalks were repaired with "Tarvia Lithic": School Street (north side) from Central Street to Ridge Street, Chestnut Street (north side) from Bartlet Street to a point between Avon Street and Stratford Road; Central Street (east side) from a point in front of Mr. Arthur Sweeney's house to a point around the corner of Phillips Street, Red Spring Road (south side) from the corner of Essex Street to a point in front of the property of Mr. John Henderson; Andover Street (south side) from railroad tracks to River Street; River Street (west side) in the way of Mr. Charles Nason's property ; High Street (west side) from the Square to Harding Street; School Street (east side) from Locke Street to Morton Street, (Abbot Academy paid for the ma- terial used between Locke and Morton Streets on School Street), Elm Street from Whittier Street to the cement sidewalk in front of Smith's property, Elm Street from Post Office Avenue to a point in front of Free Church, Summer Street near the property of Mrs. Cecelia Derrah and Summer Street between the property of Mr. Fred Swanton and Mr. Allison Morse.
A new cement sidewalk in front of the new meat market on Riverina Road was built by George Cairns, low bidder, and, ac- cording to an agreement, the Board of Public Works paid fifty per cent of the cost.
New "Tarvia Lithic" sidewalks were constructed as follows: Red Spring Road from the end of the old tar sidewalk to a point in front of the Guthrie property; Chestnut Street (north side) from a point between Avon Street and Stratford Road to the side- walk in front of Mr. Chester Holland's property; Abbot Street (west side) from School Street to a point beyond Mr. Samuel Cromie's property ; Abbot Street (west side) from Phillips Street to a point in front of the property of Mrs. Elizabeth Shorten;
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Tewksbury Street (south side) from the corner of Center Street to the Railroad tracks; Tewksbury Street (north side) from the cor- ner of Center Street to the existing tar sidewalk; Center Street (west side) from the O'Donnell Sanitarium to Tewksbury Street; Center Street (east side) from the corner of Church Street to Tewksbury Street; Clark Road (south side) from Andover Street to Chester Street; Andover Street between Center Street and Clark Road; a short stretch on Chester Street near Clark Road; Canterbury Street from the existing cement sidewalk to point be- yond No. 20; Elm Street from Washington Avenue to Whittier Street; Pearson Street (both sides) with exception of a short stretch on the south side from Resnik property to Main Street; Elm Street from Wolcott Avenue to Walnut Avenue; Avon Street (both sides) ; Whittier Street (east side) from Elm Street to Summer Street; School Street in the way of the Kimball property; Phillips Street from the corner of Abbot Street to the driveway of Mr. James Toohey's property ; Washington Avenue in the way of the new Dole property; Whittier Street (west side) from Elm Street to Summer Street; Canterbury Street (west side) from the existing cement sidewalk to a point beyond the Wilkinson prop- erty; and Walnut Avenue near the new wall.
Expansion joints and cracks on Balmoral Street were treated with joint filler by the Town.
The steam roller was inspected and it was necessary to renew six stay bolts and also renew the pressure gauge. The roller was out on the roads April 29th. According to the new ruling by the State, it is necessary to equip all air compressors with 2-11/2" plugs for inspection purposes, also 1-1/2" drain and an improved safety device. The above work on the steam roller and air com- pressor at the garage was done by the Merrimac Boiler Works of Lawrence.
The scraping of gravel roads started April 3rd, and the snow fence was taken down and stored away shortly afterwards.
A triangular grass plot located at the corner of Porter Road and Spring Grove Road was dug up, filled with gravel and tarred so as to make it easier for trucks to maneuver at this point. A plot at the corner of Beacon Street and High Plain Road was similarly treated.
The sidewalks on both sides of Johnson Road near Elm Street were filled with loam, seeded, and rolled. A strip of sod was placed
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in front of the corner house and also along Walnut Avenue. The materials for the above were supplied by the property owners and the labor by the Board of Public Works.
A section of the old shed which formerly housed the steam roller in the winter time was made over into an automobile repair shop. A pit was installed and also an "I" beam to lift trucks for certain repairs. The forge was relocated in a small room adjoining the work shop and the position of the steps changed and a new door installed.
Stone bounds have been set on Chestnut Street where definite lines have been established.
Two catch basins were installed on Bancroft Road in the way of a drain so that it can be cleaned more easily than heretofore.
The cement curbing on Clark Road across from the Fire Station was straightened up.
The stone wall on Rattlesnake Hill Road at the outlet of Fos- ter's Pond was pointed with cement so that the stones cannot be removed.
The lower section of Dartmouth Road was tarred and field stones and cobble stones were used to make a gutter to prevent the water washing out the sidewalks and flowing onto private property. The sides of the road for a width of 3'-0" were given an application of "Tarvia Lithic."
A drain pipe was installed across Apple Tree Lane at a low sec- tion and an open ditch through a right-of-way given the Town by Mr. Dunn at the time of the acceptance of the road was dug from the end of the pipe to a brook at the end of Mr. Harold Dunn's property.
A new grate has been installed on the end of the culvert opening near the Fire Station at Ballardvale.
To prevent the washing out of Mr. Howard Sawyer's lawn, one hundred and forty-six feet of curbing were set on the north side of Morton Street from the corner of Bartlet Street, running in an easterly direction. This made necessary the raising of the sidewalk in the way of the curbing.
The poles on Clark Road were relocated preparatory to widen- ing this road. A gas shovel was hired to dig out the material on the north side of the road and also to load the gravel used to fill same.
A new wall built under Article 50 of the 1940 Warrant was raised on the south side of Walnut Avenue between Maple Avenue
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and High Street. This wall made it possible to build a much needed sidewalk between Maple Avenue and High Street.
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