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A course in Spanish, under the auspices of University Exten- sion, has been held at the library during the fall and winter.
The hall has once again proved its usefulness as a center for
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community activity with about fifteen groups holding at least one meeting there during the year.
A particularly rewarding experience for the librarian was the opportunity last spring, to talk about books to two groups of employees at the Tyer Rubber Company. The effort seemed very worthwhile even though the tangible direct response has been small.
Almost every year mention is made in the annual report of library needs in the outlying districts; needs which can not be fully met until the library is able to offer a bookmobile service. This fall, preparatory to experimenting with a weekly book service to North District, one of the least accessible of the far flung parts of Andover, the librarian called upon fifteen families in the neighborhood to acquaint them with the new service.
For some time the library has wished that it might serve in some fashion the men and women now serving on every front in all parts of the world. As a beginning, a notice was run on the Servicemen's page of the Andover Townsman to the effect that any service man without access to books or in need of material on some particular subject could make his request directly to the library and so far as possible it would be filled. What would have happened if the library had heard from the more than fifteen hundred men and women staggers the imagination! The requests have not been many but sufficient to make the service worth giving. From the Netherlands Indies came a request for a book on estimating painting costs, from England for a book on news reporting, from this country, for the new biography Yankee from Olympus and other requests which can not be enumerated because of lack of space. Back came appreciative notes from all over the world, and all without exception voiced profound appreciation for the books, with heartening comments about how much the library had meant to them in the past and how much they were looking forward to using it again.
Members of the library staff have spoken to a number of groups in the community, served on local civic committees, attended meetings of professional organizations and continued with pro- fessional education.
The library was the recipient of a number of gifts during the year. It was cited as a beneficiary in the will of Mr. James C. Graham. An impetus to the formation of radio listening groups
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was the gift, by Mr. Philip F. Ripley, of a fine Philco radio. A library friend gave six small chairs to the Ballardvale Branch Library, adding much to the reading comfort of the youngest library users. More than twenty-five individuals remembered the library with gifts of books and flowers.
Nothing has so much served to keep a sense of continuity with the early days in the 1870's when the library first opened its doors than the fact that in these years there have been just three librarians. With Miss Edna A. Brown's death this past year comes a break in the continuity. Librarian from 1906 until 1939, she was identified with the greatest growth in the library and its services, for during her administration the library developed from a little library content to serve the few who sought it out, to one which could boast a diversity of services and one which had an assured place in the life of the community.
Another change occurred in the make-up of the library board of Trustees when Mr. John D. Little, elected to the Board in 1943, found it necessary to resign when his business took him away from Andover. Mr. Arthur Reynolds was appointed to fill the vacancy and has been made assistant treasurer during the absence of Mr. Winsor Gale on military service.
The library staff has also been subject to change. Mrs. Stella K. Kishon, appointed to the staff as Clerical Assistant in Feb- ruary, resigned in September to reenter the teaching field. The library was fortunate to secure the services, in the same capacity, of Mrs. Nellie A. Crossley who had had several years experience as a student assistant in the Suffolk University Library. Miss Sarah A. Ballard, Children's Librarian, was married in October and is now Mrs. Anthony Minerella. Mrs. Sophye Simon, Libra- rian at the Ballardvale Branch resigned in the spring and was succeeded by Mrs. Alvin Zink.
Acting on a request made to the School Committee in the spring by the Memorial Hall Library Board of Trustees, the School Department, beginning January 1, 1945, will assume the financial and administrative responsibility for the library service at the Andover Junior High School, until this time an extension function of the library, and will add to the school faculty as school librarian, Miss Evelyn R. Robinson, for fourteen years a member of the Memorial Hall Library staff. The library will continue to cooperate with Miss Robinson in every way possible
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and to serve the school library with books and in all other ways that it can. The library appreciates what Miss Robinson, during her years of association with the library, has contributed to the development of its service to boys and girls.
After a conference early in the fall with the school authorities, it was decided to terminate the daily advisory service which the library has given since 1941 at the Goldsmith Library. Various factors entered into the decision; among them the lack of utility periods, due to the accelerated school program, which made it less possible for the young people to use the school library during the periods when the library assistant was scheduled there. The change will result, it is felt, in more rather than less service to high school young people with a variety of activities, originating at the library, planned for the future.
A step forward in setting standards for library personnel was taken when the Board of Trustees voted to accept a "Classifica- tion and Pay Plan for Positions in the Memorial Hall Library." The plan provides a graded schedule on professional and non- professional levels, lists qualifications, duties and rates of pay.
Exhibits held at the library this past year, not all of which can be enumerated, have been particularly interesting. One of the best was the collection of Russian Children's books loaned through the National Council of American Soviet Friendship. The Indusco exhibit featuring the work of Chinese cooperatives was a vivid illustration of the resourcefulness of the people of China. In conjunction with the library's Pan American program and Open House, several displays were arranged : an exhibit of Mayan objects and Peruvian textiles from the Peabody and other museums and from the Pan American Society of Massachusetts and the Pan American Union, exhibits of Peruvian handicraft, old and new, and a collection of Latin American books, showing fine bindings and distinctive printing. Noteworthy also was an exhibit of objects from Baffin land, loaned by one of the users of the Young People's Library.
The Young People's Library was repainted during the year, a first step in the program of redecorating the entire library in- terior. Through the kindness of the manual training department at the high school many of the library tables were repaired and reglued. New furniture, however, both upstairs and down, will be necessary in the near future. Repairs have been made to the
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shelving in the Ballardvale Branch, preparatory to a general redecorating of the library room.
Last year's report summarized a few of the plans which the library had in view for the future but suggested that they would be subjected to constant scrutiny and review. Considered discus- sions at Library Board meetings revealed doubt as to the wisdom of remodeling the present library building further. Members of the Board came to the unanimous opinion that plans must be made in the near future for a new functional library building which would be more economical to maintain and which would provide adequate work space and staff accommodations not con- tained in the present building. Additional projects which the library would like to consider for the future include: forum dis- cussions for young people, a union catalog of special book collec- tions in Andover, special services to business and industry. None of these will come without thought and planning and such ex- pansions of services naturally require budget and staff adequate to carrying them on.
A brief quotation from Lewis Mumford's Condition of Man may not be without point in bringing this report to a close, for in essence it sums up most effectively the larger purpose of public library service. He writes: "That in the end all our contrivances have but one object : the continued growth of human personalities and cultivation of the best life possible."
A special word of appreciation is extended to the members of the library staff for the spirit in which they have carried on in these days of change and grateful thanks to the members of the Board of Trustees whose understanding and vision will mean much to the future of library service in Andover.
Respectfully submitted,
MIRIAM PUTNAM, Librarian
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1944 STATISTICS OF LIBRARY USE BOOK STOCK
Adult Juvenile Total
Vols. at beginning of year
31,210
7,348
38,558
Vols. added by purchase
1,359
596
1,955
Vols. added by gift
225
33
258
Vols. lost or withdrawn
676
150
826
Total vols. at end of year
32,118
7,827
39,945
Periodicals currently received (Titles, Copies)
83
87
USE
Volumes
% of total circ.
Vols. of adult fiction loaned
41,603
40.4
Vols. of adult non-fiction loaned
19,482
18.9
Number of children's books loaned
41,804
40.6
Total number of books loaned
102,889
REGISTRATION
Adult Juvenile
Total
Borrowers registered during year
434
221
655
Total number of registered borrowers
3778
957
4735
Circulation per capita
9.25
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TOWN OF ANDOVER
Forty- third Annual Report
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of the
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
EMBRACING THE FIFTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT of WATER COMMISSIONERS and FORTY- EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT of SEWER COMMISSIONERS
For the Year Ending DECEMBER 31, 1944
1945
*John H. Flint
*Wm. S. Jenkins
*Wm. S. Jenkins
1899-1902
*John H. Flint *Wm. S. Jenkins *John L. Smith *James P. Butterfield *Felix G. Haynes
1903-1906
*John L. Smith
*Felix G. Haynes
*John W. Bell *Lewis T. Hardy *James C. Sawyer
1906-1907
*Felix G. Haynes
*John W. Bell, Treas.
*James C. Sawyer, Sec'y
*Lewis T. Hardy *Harry M. Eames
1907-1908
*Felix G. Haynes
*John W. Bell, Treas.
*James C. Sawyer, Sec'y
*Lewis T. Hardy *Andrew McTernen
1908-1912
*Lewis T. Hardy
*John W. Bell, Treas.
*James C. Sawyer, Sec'y
*Andrew McTernen *Willis B. Hodgkins
1913-1914
*Lewis T. Hardy ('16)
*Barnett Rogers ('16)
*Andrew McTernen ('15)
*Thos. E. Rhodes, Sec'y ('14)
*Willis B. Hodgkins, Treas. ('15)
1914-1916
*Thos. E. Rhodes ('19) *Barnett Rogers ('16) *Lewis T. Hardy ('16)
*Andrew McTernen, Sec'y ('18)
*Willis B. Hodgkins, Treas. ('18) 1916-1917
*Barnett Rogers ('19)
*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)
1918-1919
*Barnett Rogers ('22) *Andrew McTernen ('21) Philip L. Hardy ('21) Chas. B. Baldwin, Sec'y (22) *Thos. E. Rhodes, Treas. ('20)
WATER COMMISSIONERS
1889-1899 *James P. Butterfield *Felix G. Haynes
SEWER COMMISSIONERS 1893-1894 *John L. Smith *Charles E. Abbott
1894-1899 *John L. Smith
*John E. Smith
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
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, Sec'y ('27)
*Arthur T. Boutwell ('25)
Edward Shattuck ('25)
1923-1924
Philip L. Hardy ('27)
Wm. 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 ('28)
1927
*Arthur T. Boutwell ('28)
*Thos. E. Rhodes ('28)
*Walter I. Morse, Treas. ('29)
Wm. D. McIntyre, Secy. ('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. Bodwel! ('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)
1941-1942
Sidney P. White ('44)
John H. Playdon ('42)
Edward P. Hall ('42)
William F. Barron ('43)
John B. White ('43)
1942-1943
Sidney P. White ('44)
William F. Barron ('43)
John B. White ('43)
Jesse Bottomley ('45)
Fred W. Doyle ('45) 1943-1944
Sidney P. White ('44) William F. Barron ('46)
Jesse Bottomley ('45) Fred W. Doyle ('45) P. Leroy Wilson ('46) 1944-1945
Sidney P. White ('47) William F. Barron ('46) Jesse Bottomley ('45) Fred W. Doyle ('45) P. Leroy Wilson ('46)
SUPERINTENDENT
CHARLES T. GILLIARD
*Deceased
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Board of Public Works
Andover, Mass. February 3, 1945
The Board of Public Works voted to adopt the following report of the Superintendent as its report for 1944 with recom- mendations for 1945.
SIDNEY P. WHITE, Chairman WILLIAM F. BARRON, Secretary JESSE BOTTOMLEY FRED W. DOYLE P. LEROY WILSON
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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, 1944 were as follows:
WATER DEPARTMENT
The Venturi meter at the Haggetts Pond Pumping Station was repaired by the manufacturers, the Builders Iron Foundry of Providence, Rhode Island.
The strainer on the fourteen-inch suction at the Haggetts Pond Pumping Station was reconditioned and a number of parts renewed by the Ralph P. Hall Company of Boston, Mass.
In order to lay the thirty-six-inch drain pipe on River Road to its proper grade, it was necessary to lower the six-inch water pipe in the way of the drain.
In conjunction with the New England Fire Insurance Rating Association of Boston, Mass., flow tests were made on a number of hydrants in connection with the water survey which is being made by the Weston & Sampson Engineering Company.
A new steam regulator to control the steam used in the en- gineer's house and in the main engine room was purchased.
A new hydrant was installed at the end of the water line on Walker Avenue.
Four old posts which carry the telemeter wires to the low- service reservoir were replaced by the New England Telephone & Telegraph Company.
The walls of the lower story of the Water Works Shop have been insulated.
The remaining "No-Trespassing" signs were erected around . Haggetts Pond and at the two reservoirs.
About fifty percent of the hydrants were painted and a number of broken hydrants repaired.
Cross connections have been tested by the State Board of Health and a new blow-off pipe installed at the Haggetts Pond
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Pumping Station. The second-hand pipe used was purchased from the Gutterson-Gould Company.
After a complaint was entered relative to the taste of the water at Haggetts Pond, the State Department of Health sug- gested that a sample of water be taken and the water near the intake at the Haggetts Pond Pumping Station be given an appli- cation of copper sulphate. The following letter was received from the State Department of Public Health:
June 19, 1944
Board of Public Works Andover, Mass.
GENTLEMEN :
The results of the microscopical examination of a sample of water collected on June 9, 1944, directly from Haggetts Pond, the source of water supply for the Town of Andover, referred to in your letter of June 9, 1944, show that the water contained a considerable number of the organism known as Tabellaria and had a slight vegetable and grassy odor. The water, however, did not have a fishy odor similar to that contained in the sample sub- mitted under date of February 21, 1944. Apparently, the organ- isms causing the disagreeable odor have been destroyed by your treatment of the water of the pond with copper sulphate.
Respectfully, (Signed) V. A. GETTING, Commissioner
Copy to Board of Health, Andover
A bleeder on Gould Road near the property of Mr. Edward Peters was installed.
During 1944, 425,152,000 gallons of water were pumped at the Haggetts Pond Pumping Station, a daily average of 1,161,620 gallons. The steam turbine was in operation 5336 hours and 10 minutes and the electric pump 898 hours and 5 minutes, making a daily average of 17 hours and 2 minutes.
To provide for adequate expenditure in the Water Department during 1944, we recommend an appropriation of $43,100.00, to be divided substantially as follows:
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WATER DEPARTMENT
Salaries and Wages
$25,000.00
Coal and Power
11,500.00
Engine Oil, Chlorine, Etc.
900.00
Repairs, Boilers, Pump and Property
1,500.00
Office Supplies
800.00
Reservoir and Telemeters
250.00
Supplies, Miscellaneous, Tools, Etc.
600.00
Meters and Parts
900.00
Pipe of all Kind
700.00
Brass Goods, Hydrants, Etc.
400.00
Secretarial Services
50.00
Cleaning Reservoirs
500.00
Total
$43,100.00
Services in use January 1, 1945
2709
Meters in use January 1, 1945
2688
RECEIPTS
Water Rates
$62,039.75
Water Construction
510.63
Paid to Town Treasurer:
Water Rates
$62,039.75
Water Construction
510.63
$62,550.38
$62,550.38
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
The following table shows the snowfall for the year 1944:
January
9.50 Inches
February
11.00 Inches
March
10.75 Inches
November
.25 Inches
December
6.75 Inches
Total 38.25 Inches
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During the winter the town plows cared for most of the snow storms. However, two storms were such that it was necessary to hire outside help.
The sand for sanding roads and sidewalks was purchased from Mr. John Pike and was screened and loaded by machines rented from Wellesley College and the Conant Company.
After the spring cleaning, the following roads were treated with "Tarvia Retread": Walnut Avenue, Maple Avenue, Wol- cott Avenue, Whittier Street, Foster Circle, Park Street, Punch- ard Avenue, Stratford Road, Locke Street, Elm Square, Fiske Street, Bailey Road, Boutwell Road, Virginia Avenue, Dascomb Road, Argilla Road, Clark Road, Chester Street, Tewksbury Street, Church Street, River Street, Lowell Junction Road, High Street (B.V.), Cuba Street, Lincoln Street, Brechin Terrace, Beacon Street, Gould Road, Boston Road, Prospect Road, Apple Tree Lane, Magnolia Avenue, Stonehedge Road, Brook Street, and sections of Carmel Road; Johnson Road near Coolidge Road ; Cheever Circle at bend; Summer Street from Elm Street to top of hill; High Street (hill near Walnut Avenue) ; all of westerly side between Walnut Avenue and Square; part of easterly side be- tween Walnut Avenue and square; Chestnut Street, 700 feet westerly from Upland Road; both sides of Chestnut Street be- tween Whittier Street and Avon Street; Highland Road between Main and Salem Streets; Morton Street between Main and School Streets; Pasho Street near Chestnut Street; Haggetts Pond Road from the property of Mr. August Johnson to High Plain Road; High Plain Road from Haggetts Pond Road to a point beyond the property of Mr. Everett S. Boutwell; High Plain Road from the property of Mrs. Stella Babicki to the property of Mr. Herbert P. Carter; Pleasant Street from High Plain Road to a point beyond Boutwell Road; Red Spring Road from Moraine Street to Andover Street; Chandler Road from Beacon Street to the corner of Ledge Road beyond the Town Dump; sides of Woburn Street near the steep hill; Reservation Street, North Street, Rattlesnake Hill Road, Cutler Road, High- land Road, Rocky Hill Road, Woodland Road, Sunset Rock Road, Hidden Road, Ridge Street and Woburn Street.
The hill section of High Plain Road above the driveway of Mrs. Stella Babicki was gravelled.
The installation of fifty-two feet of the thirty-six-inch rein-
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forced concrete culvert replacing an old stone culvert near the property of Mr. Nelson Dennis on the River Road was completed. The installation of this pipe made possible the widening of the road where it had heretofore been very narrow and dangerous.
A new drain pipe and catch basin were installed at the corner of William and Sherbourne Streets. This catch basin collects the drain water coming down Sherbourne Street and the drain pipe conducts it to a drain manhole in the middle of William Street. An old stone culvert near the property of Mr. Neil Cussen on River Street, B.V. was replaced with a twelve-inch corrugated iron pipe.
The six-foot reinforced concrete drain pipe extending from a point about one hundred feet from School Street to a point in back of the property of Mrs. Mary Bradshaw and also from a point between the properties of Miss Annie Donovan and Mrs. Mary Bradshaw across Brook Street to a point in the property of Mr. Michael J. Lynch about sixty-two feet from Brook Street was installed by Mr. F. W. Doyle, replacing a section of the old Rogers Brook culvert.
A bad drainage condition on Topping Road was corrected by installing two catch basins on Topping Road, a ten-inch cement pipe across the properties of Mr. Nicholas Poalino and Mr. Victor Salois to Juliette Street, two catch basins on Juliette Street and a twelve-inch cement pipe on Juliette Street from the catch basins to the property of Mr. Samuel Nassar, the work being done by the Central Construction Company, low bidder.
A stretch of twelve-inch cement drain pipe approximately two hundred and ninety-two feet long to prevent the drain water from crossing the road and going onto the property of Misses Edith and May Frazer was installed on Haggetts Pond Road in front of the property of Mr. Donald Mackenzie. In addition, two catch basins were installed, one on each side of the Mackenzie driveway with a concrete box and cover constructed at the lower end of the pipe.
The southerly side of Carlisle Street was built up and a catch basin installed to care for a bad drainage condition. The regrading of the Shawsheen Rubber Company mill yard necessitated the relaying of a twelve-inch reinforced concrete drain pipe across the driveway.
The only work done under Article 17 of the 1944 Warrant
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relative to maintenance of roads built under Chapter 90 was the filling of the joints on the cement roads.
The northerly section of the town yard was regraded and gravelled to make a place to store sand. A gasoline shovel was used to do this work.
Three sand spreaders for covering tar and asphalt products which have proved labor-saving devices, were purchased from the Dyar Sales and Machinery Company.
Moraine Street and Pleasant Street were gravelled, shaped up, rolled and given an application of T-4 Tarvia. A section of High Plain Road from Beacon Street to a point near the property of the George Carter Estate was widened and rebuilt and a small section of Beacon Street from Lowell Street to High Plain Road received a similar treatment.
Worn planks on all the wooden bridges in Town have been replaced.
A fire at the garage caused damage to the extent of three hundred and fifty ($350.00) dollars.
The following "Type D" sidewalks have been built: the side of North Main Street from an existing tar sidewalk to the Lawrence Line a distance of 1066 feet; the easterly side of Union Street from a point northerly from Kenilworth Street to an existing tar walk a distance of 787 feet; the northerly side of Haverhill Street from the corner of Sterling Street easterly a distance of 270 feet; Poor Street in front of the property owned by Mr. Charles Roberts a distance of 43 feet; westerly side of Stratford Road a distance of 820 feet; southerly side of Clark Road from an existing tar side- walk to the driveway of Mr. Edward P. Hall a distance of 997 feet; the easterly side of Marland Street, a distance of 900 feet; the easterly side of Chester Street, a distance of 692 feet from a point near Clark Road; the northly side of Ayer Street a distance of 200 feet; the easterly side of Abbot Street in the way of Abbot Academy a distance of 425 feet, cost of materials borne by Abbot Academy ; Bartlet Street easterly side a distance of 275 feet from Morton Street to Judson Road; Summer Street southerly side from the corner of Stratford Road a distance of 1170 feet; Pine Street, westerly side a distance of 898 feet from Elm Street and Essex Street northerly side from Railroad tracks going down hill.
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