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(vote under Article 13)
Article 15-To see if the town will accept a deed of cer- tain tracts of land and rights of way located on and to the east of Haggetts Pond Road in the Town of Andover for reservoir purposes.
Upon motion of Mr. Hardy, and duly seconded, it was VOTED, that the article be accepted as read, and that the town accept the deed.
Article 16-To see if the town will vote to sell certain parcels of land acquired by tax taking, recorded at the North Essex Registry of Deeds in Book 681 on the follow- ing pages : 572, 574, 575, 576, 577, 578 and 579, and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to execute a deed in be- half of the town.
Upon motion of Mr. Eaton, and duly seconded, it was VOTED, to accept the article as read.
Article 17-To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the treasury, a sum of money for Chapter 90, High- way Maintenance, or take any action in relation thereto.
Upon motion of Mr. White, and duly seconded, it was VOTED, to appropriate the sum of $3,000.00, from avail- able funds, for Chapter 90, Highway Maintenance.
Article 18-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to purchase an automobile and appropriate the sum of twelve hundred ($1200.00) dollars therefor, and that the price allowed for the old Plymouth coupe purchased
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in 1938 be used as part payment for the new car, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Upon motion of Mr. White, and duly seconded, it was VOTED, that the town raise and appropriate the sum of $1200.00 and adopt article as read.
Article 19-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to build new sidewalks and appropriate the sum of five thousand ($5000.00) dollars therefor, at the discretion of and on the petition of the Board of Public Works.
Upon motion made by Mr. White, and duly seconded, it was VOTED, to appropriate the sum of $5000.00 as set forth in Article 19.
Article 20-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to purchase a dump truck and appropriate the sum of four thousand ($4000.00) dollars therefor, and that the price allowed for the old Ford dump purchased in 1938 be used as part payment for the new dump truck, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Upon motion of Mr. White, and duly seconded, it was VOTED, that the town raise and appropriate the sum of $4000.00 and accept article as read.
Article 21-To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of ten thousand ($10,000) dollars to continue the enclosing of Rogers Brook, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Upon motion of Mr. White, and duly seconded, it was VOTED, to raise and appropriate the sum of $1100.00 to repair walls and clean brook from Chestnut Street to Brook Street.
Article 22-To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of eighty-five hundred ($8500.00) dol- lars to rebuild the Stevens Street Bridge, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Upon motion of Mr. White, and duly seconded, it was VOTED, to raise and appropriate the sum of $6000.00 for
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rebuilding and reconditioning the Stevens Street Bridge, no work to be done without the approval of the Board of Selectmen, the Finance Committee and the Board of Public Works.
Article 23-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to erect a garage at the bottom of Lewis Street to provide additional storage and appropriate the sum of forty-five hundred ($4500.00) dollars therefor, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Upon motion of Mr. White, and duly seconded, it was VOTED, to raise and appropriate the sum of $4500.00 for this article as read.
Article 24-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to establish an engineering department and appropriate the sum of five thousand ($5000.00) dollars therefor and adopt this item as part of the regular budget, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Upon motion of Mr. White, and duly seconded, it was VOTED, that article be withdrawn.
Article 25-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to install a fifteen-inch drain pipe from Lowell Street through the property of Mr. Norman Morgan a distance of approximately 210 feet and appropriate the sum of seven hundred and fifty ($750.00) dollars therefor, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Upon motion of Mr. White, and duly seconded, it was VOTED, that the sum of $750.00 be raised for this article as read.
Article 26-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to widen Shawsheen Road on the westerly side between Essex Street and Cuba Street and appropri- ate the sum of twenty-five hundred ($2500.00) dollars there- for, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Upon motion of Mr. White, and duly seconded, it was VOTED, to raise and appropriate the sum of $2500.00 for article as read.
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Article 27-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to improve the Ballardvale playground on Andover Street, opposite the Fire Station and appropriate the sum of fifteen hundred ($1500.00) dollars therefor, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Upon motion of Mr. White, and duly seconded, it was VOTED, to appropriate the sum of $1500.00 for article as read.
Article 28-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to straighten and rebuild a section of Greenwood Road between High Plain Road and Lowell Street and appropriate the sum of one thousand ($1000.00) dollars therefor, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Article defeated-255 to 120.
Article 29-To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of six hundred ($600.00) dollars to purchase from the Stack Estate a triangular piece of land at the end of Lewis Street described as follows: Beginning at the north- erly corner of the lot by land of Town of Andover, Mass., at a point 411/4 feet distant from the centre line of said loca- tion ; thence southwesterly parallel with and 411/4 feet dis- tant from said centre line three hundred and thirty feet more or less to land of Stack Estate; thence easterly by land of said Stack Estate one hundred sixty-three and one- half feet more or less to land of said Grace Cavanaugh as the stone wall now stands thence northerly by said Cava- naugh's, Lewis Street and town property two hundred and ninety feet more or less by stone wall to point of beginning (containing 54/100 acres), on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Upon motion of Mr. White, and duly seconded, it was VOTED, to appropriate the sum of $600.00 and adopt ar- ticle as read.
Article 30-To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of four hundred and ninety-seven dollars and sixty-four cents ($497.64) to pay vacation allowances earned in 1942 to certain employees of the Board of Public
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Works within the discretion of said Board of Public Works. Article defeated.
Article 31-To see if the town will vote to authorize the School Committee to continue to maintain State-aided voca- tional education in accordance with the provisions of Chap- ter 74, General Laws, and Acts amendatory thereto, or de- pendent thereon, and further raise and appropriate the sum of nine hundred ($900.00) dollars therefor.
Upon motion of Mr. Hammond, and duly seconded, it was VOTED, to authorize the School Committee to continue to maintain State-aided vocational education in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 74, General Laws, and Acts amendatory thereto, or dependent thereon, and further raise and appropriate the sum of $900.00 therefor.
Article 32 -- To see if the town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $2500.00 to be used as follows: to grade and pave a playing surface for the Shawsheen Village School yard. This money would be spent under the direc- tion of the School Committee. (This project has the ap- proval of the School Committee.) On petition of Shawsheen Village Parent Teacher Association and others.
Upon motion of Mr. Daley, and duly seconded, it was VOTED, to appropriate the sum of $2500.00 for article as read.
Article 33-To see if the town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 559 of the Acts of 1946, an act au- thorizing increases in the amounts of pensions payable to certain former public employees who have been retired.
Upon motion of Mr. Hardy, and duly seconded, it was VOTED, to accept the article as read.
Article 34-To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate six hundred ($600.00) dollars for the purchase of a new power lawn mower for Spring Grove Cemetery, on petition of the Trustees of Spring Grove Cemetery.
Upon motion of Mr. Petty, and duly seconded, it was VOTED, to raise and appropriate $600.00 for the purposes of this article.
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Article 35-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to purchase a parcel of land, known as Pomp's Pond Bathing Beach, and described as follows: Beginning at a wall by the Manning Estate on Abbot Street, then N 141/2° E 325 feet by Abbot Street; thence N 37° E 205 feet by Abbot Street to a bound; thence S 59° W 587 feet by land of the Girl Scouts, north of the present driveway and including the same; thence S 82° W 400 feet by the Girl Scouts and driveway to Pomp's Pond; thence N 143/4º E 279 feet, along Pomp's Pond to the property of John H. Manning and others, thence in an easterly direction bound- ed by property of Manning and others to the point of be- ginning, containing about 8 acres more or less, and appro- priate the sum of $1000.00 for said purchase, on petition of The Recreation Committee.
Upon motion of Mr. Lindsay, and duly seconded, it was VOTED, to appropriate the sum of $1000.00 for said pur- chase and accept article as described in the reading of the article.
Article 36-To see if the town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of fifteen hundred dollars ($1500.00) to be expended for a cement floor and foundation for the bath houses at Pomp's Pond, on petition of The Recreation Com- mittee.
Upon motion of Mr. Lindsay, and duly seconded, it was VOTED, that the sum of $1500.00 be appropriated in ac- cordance with this article as read.
The Moderator announced that we would take up the ar- ticles in the Supplementary Warrant, dated February 17, 1947.
Article 1-To see if the town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of seven hundred and fifty ($750.00) dollars for the purchase of a power chain saw for use in the Tree Department, on petition of George R. Abbott and others.
Upon motion of Mr. Abbott, and duly seconded, it was VOTED, that the sum of $750.00 for the purchase of a power chain saw as set forth in Article 1 be raised and ap- propriated.
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Article 2-To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred ($300.00) dollars for the purchase of a Snow Plow and attachments to the Tree Department tractor, on petition of George R. Abbott and others.
Upon motion of Mr. Peterson, and duly seconded, it was VOTED, that this article be indefinitely postponed.
Article 3-To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of twenty-one hundred and fifty ($2150.00) dollars to be used with the turn-in value of an old 1934 truck to purchase a new one and a half ton truck for use in the Moth and Tree Departments, on petition of George R. Abbott and others.
Upon motion of Mr. Peterson, and duly seconded, it was VOTED, to postpone action on Article 3, for one year.
Article 37-To see if the town will accept the completion of Princeton Avenue, Shawsheen Heights, running south from Corbett Street to a point or stone bound, as a public way and shown on plan on file with the Board of Survey, dated November, 1941, drawn by John Franklin, C.E., and referred to Annual Town Meeting, on petition of Walter J. Griffin and others.
Upon motion of Mr. Griffin, and duly seconded, it was VOTED, to accept article as read.
Article 38-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to erect a retaining stone wall on Green Street near the corner of Dartmouth Road, and appropriate the sum of fourteen hundred and fifty dollars ($1450.00) therefor, on petition of Walter J. Griffin and others.
Upon motion of Mr. Griffin, and duly seconded, it was VOTED, to raise and appropriate $1450.00 in accordance with the provisions of this article as read.
Article 39-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to extend the six-inch water main from the dead end on Beacon Street, along Beacon Street to the Law- rence Line, a distance of approximately eight hundred and
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fifteen feet, and appropriate the sum of three thousand dollars ($3000.00) therefor, on petition of Wilfred I. La- montagne and others.
Upon motion of Mr. Lamontagne, and duly seconded, it was VOTED, that the article be indefinitely postponed.
Article 40-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to extend the 8-inch water main from the dead end on Blanchard Street near the property of Garabed Dargoonian, along Blanchard Street a distance of 2300 feet, and appropriate the sum of ninety-five hundred dol- lars therefor, on petition of Gregory P. Christie and others.
Upon motion of Mr. Berry, and duly seconded, it was VOTED, that the article be indefinitely postponed.
Article 41-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to extend the water main from the corner of South Main Street and County Road along County Road to the dead end on County Road, a distance of approximately seven hundred fifty-two feet, and appropriate the sum of two thousand six hundred fifty dollars ($2650.00) therefor, on petition of Henry H. Towne and others.
Upon motion of Mr. Towne, and duly seconded, it was VOTED, that the sum of $2650.00 be raised and appropri- ated for this article.
Article 42-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to install a water main on Sunset Rock Road from the hydrant in front of the property of Mr. V. E. Nunez to the corner of Hidden Road, a distance of approxi- mately 770 feet, and thence along Hidden Road northerly from the corner of Sunset Rock Road to an existing dead end, a distance of approximately 150 feet, and appropriate the sum of thirty-five hundred dollars ($3500.00) therefor, on petition of Ralph A. Bailey and others.
Upon motion of Mr. O'Connell, and duly seconded, it was VOTED, that the article be postponed to the next town meeting.
Article 43-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to install a fifteen-inch drain pipe between
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Avon Street and Stratford Road from Summer Street to Chestnut Street to do away with an open ditch, and appro- priate the sum of two thousand four hundred and eighty dollars ($2480.00) therefor, on petition of Preston H. Blake and others.
Upon motion of Dr. Emmons, and duly seconded, it was VOTED, that this article be referred to the Board of Pub- lic Works to report at the next town meeting.
Article 44-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works, to pay an outstanding bill of $49.00 for January, 1943, for snow plowing services, on petition of George M. Squires and others.
Article defeated.
Article 45-To see if the town will vote to reduce the membership of the School Committee from nine to five, to be effected in the following manner :
In 1948-1 member to be elected for a term of 3 years. In 1949-1 member to be elected for a term of 3 years.
In 1950-1 member to be elected for a term of 2 years, and 2 members to be elected for a term of 3 years. And thereafter, 1, 2 and 2 members to be elected in successive years, all for three year terms, on petition of the Commit- tee appointed by the Selectmen to consider reduction in School Committee Membership.
Upon motion of Mr. Erving, and duly seconded, it was VOTED, to adopt the article as read.
Article 46-To see if the town will vote to accept the sum of $3785.00 received in 1946, for the perpetual care of lots in Spring Grove Cemetery, on petition of Thaxter Eaton, Treasurer.
Upon motion of Mr. Eaton, and duly seconded, it was VOTED, to accept the article as read.
Article 47-To see if the town will accept the gift of $3834.25 and interest from the Andover Emergency Com- mittee, to be used for welfare purposes, under the direction of the Board of Public Welfare, on petition of John F.
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O'Connell, Claude M. Fuess, Frederick R. Hulme, Mrs. Frank L. Brigham, Philip F. Ripley and others.
Upon motion of Mr. O'Connell, and duly seconded, it was VOTED, to adopt the article as read and accept the sum of $3834.25, plus the interest.
Article 48-To determine what disposition shall be made of unexpended appropriations and free cash in the treasury.
Upon motion of Mr. Eaton, and duly seconded, it was VOTED, that all unexpended appropriations be turned into the treasury except the following: Article 5, Improving Water System, $16143.41; Floor Ballardvale Fire Station- Article 12-$1000. Article 8, History of Andover, $2000.00; Article 21, Street Sweeper, $5000.00; Article 37, Winter Recreation, Hussey's Pond, $362.54; Article 39, Ice Skating, $304.90; Article 46, Water Extension, Salem and Vine Streets, $473.50; Article 47, Spring Grove Road, $455.84; Article 55, Sewer Main-William Street, $1650.00; Water Main, William Street, $1950.00; Article 22 (1944), Shaw Property Plant, $2500.00; Article 6 (1945) Sewer, $584.57; Article 19 (1945), Water and Sewer Special Committee, $1000.00; Article 2 (Dec. 1945), Snow Equipment, $35,- 000.00.
That $15,000.00 of the Overlay Reserve be transferred to the Reserve Fund.
That $40,000.00 free cash be voted to the Assessors to reduce the 1947 tax rate.
Article 49-To act upon the report of the Town Officers.
It was duly moved and seconded-that the report of the Town Officers be accepted and placed on file.
Article 50-To transact any other business that may le- gally come before the meeting.
Upon motion of Mr. Hardy, and duly seconded, it was VOTED, that all expenditures for materials amounting to $100.00 and over shall be made on a competitive bid.
Upon motion of Mr. McCarthy, and duly seconded, that we instruct the special Committee on Water and Sewerage
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to make a complete study of the operations of the Water and Sewer Department, particularly in regard to the loss of revenue and leakages.
Upon motion of Mr. Serio, and duly seconded, Whereas, there has been much discussion about our school budget this evening, and whereas there has been much comment on our school system, be it resolved that it is the will of this body that the School Committee ascertain the cost of con- ducting a survey of our school system after the manner of the Strayer survey conducted in Boston in 1944, and be pre- pared to state that amount at the next Town Meeting.
Report by Mr. Holland: In the absence of Mr. Sam Resnik, who was Chairman of the Committee appointed by the Town Meeting at its last session in 1946, I wish to read the following report :
The Committee, appointed by the Moderator at the last Annual Meeting for the purpose of studying the traffic situ- ation and submit recommendations at this annual town meeting with a view of improving same, have made a care- ful study and recommend the following :
(1) To impose a one-hour parking restriction on both sides of Park Street in addition to the present restriction as it applies to that portion of Park Street where parking is prohibited at all times.
(2) To recommend to the SHAW PROPERTY DEVEL- OPMENT COMMITTEE that they apply as much of that land as is feasible for parking purposes.
(3) That the BOARD OF SELECTMEN file a petition with the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company to extend their bus service so that the Lawrence bus will run to the hill on Main Street turning at a point to be deter- mined by the Selectmen and the Trustees of the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway. (This is suggested for the purpose of eliminating the traffic congestion prevailing on Main Street at the corners of Chestnut Street and Punchard Avenue when the bus makes the turn from and into the Main Street.)
(4) This committee regards the lighting conditions of certain parts of this town as inadequate and recommends
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that the wattage be increased at Elm Square, Main Street, Essex Street and Shawsheen Square.
(5) The installation of PARKING METERS have been considered by our committee but we were informed by the Tax Commissioner that it is now illegal for any city or town in this Commonwealth to install them without the passage of a legislative act authorizing same.
(6) The Committee recommends that the Police Depart- ment of this town should endeavor to enforce full observ- ance of the town parking regulations, particularly as it may apply to double parking.
The Committee wishes to point out that a police force many times as large as we now maintain would still be in- sufficient to cope adequately with our violators. The only recourse left is for each one of us to delegate ourselves as an enforcement agency to watch over our own tendencies to violate parking regulations.
Respectfully submitted, Howell F. Shepard George A. Dane. C. Edward Buchan Samuel Resnik Chester W. Holland
The motion was put by the Moderator, duly seconded, and it was VOTED, to accept the report as read by Mr. Holland.
Upon motion of Mr. Hurd, and duly seconded, it was VOTED, to adjourn.
Meeting adjourned at 11:24 P.M.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE MODERATOR
Finance Committee (one year)-Stanley F. Swanton, Secretary, Hugh Bullock, Harry V. Byrne, M.D., Ellsworth H. Lewis, Victor J. Mill, Jr., Harold G. Bowen, Howell M. Stillman, Chairman.
Recreation Committee (one year)-Stafford A. Lindsay, George A. Stanley, Jr., Edward J. Lefebvre, Alan F. Dun- lop, Francis P. Markey.
The foregoing is a true record of the doings of the meeting.
Attest: GEORGE H. WINSLOW, Town Clerk.
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Special Town Meeting JUNE 17, 1947
Agreeably to a Warrant signed by the Selectmen, June 2, 1947, the Inhabitants of the Town of Andover, qualified to vote in Town Affairs, met and assembled in the Memorial Auditorium on Bartlet Street on Tuesday, the Seventeenth Day of June, 1947 at 7.30 o'clock P.M.
The meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Ar- thur Sweeney at 7.30 P.M. Prayer was offered by Rev. Frederick Noss. Selectman J. Everett Collins led in a salute to the flag. It was the unanimous consent of the meeting to admit the following persons: Rev. Vincent A. McQuade, Rev. J. W. Campbell and James P. Kane, Esq.
The Constable's return was read by the Town Clerk and each article read as they were taken up (return at end of records) .
Took up
Article 1-To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1800.00 for the purchase and in- stallation of a new boiler and heating plant at the Town Infirmary.
VOTED-to adopt article as read.
Article 2-To see if the town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money to install fire escapes for the Stowe School, on petition of the School Committee.
VOTED-to adopt article as read-and appropriate $3500.00 therefor.
Article 3 -- To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of ten thousand five hundred ($10,500.00) dollars to install a drainage system at the southerly end of Shawsheen Heights and conduct the water collected across William Street to a pond in back of the property of Mr. Nicholas Grieco, and no work to be started on this drain
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until all easements have been secured and approved by the Town Counsel on petition of the Board of Public Works.
VOTED-that article be referred to the Board of Public Works.
Article 4-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell, in whole or in part, the town owned land at the junction of High Street and Burnham Road, for a nominal sum, to a veteran, or veterans of World War II, upon such terms as the Selectmen deem proper within their sole discretion.
VOTED-that article be adopted as read.
Article 5-To see if the town will vote to amend the Zon- ing By-Law by designating as an educational district the two large parcels of land bounded and described as follows :
PARCEL 1
Beginning at a point on the north side of Haverhill Street at the property line of land now or formerly owned by Grace H. Driscoll, thence northerly 106.00 feet along the property line of said Grace H. Driscoll; thence westerly 124.00 feet along the property line of said Grace H. Driscoll ; thence northwesterly 201.00 feet along the stone wall on the property line of land now or formerly owned by T. Clark; thence northeasterly 96.00 feet along the stone wall; thence easterly 539.00 feet along the property line of land now or formerly owned by the American Woolen Company ; thence northerly 402.50 feet along the stone wall; thence north- westerly 57.00 feet along the stone wall on the property line of land now or formerly owned by the American Woolen Company ; thence northeasterly 466.00 feet (more or less) along the stone wall on the property line of land now or for- merly owned by C. O'Hara, to the boundary line of the Town of. Andover and the City of Lawrence; thence southeasterly 520.00 feet (more or less) along the said boundary line of the Town of Andover and the City of Lawrence to the stone wall at the property line of land now or formerly owned by Susan Green; thence southerly 650.00 feet (more
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