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Bids were opened for the above work Monday, July 7th, 1947 for the excavation, backfilling, laying of pipe, removal of ledge, building of manholes and repairing of roads as follows :
Lewis & Scott
$19,589.00
John Williams
23,571.00
Pacella Brothers 23,675.00
Carmen Jiustino
33,737.00
N. Cibotti 39,674.00
The lowest bidder, Lewis and Scott, was granted the con- tract and started work on the 14th of July, 1947 and com- pleted the work October 29, 1947. The town purchased all materials from the following :
Manhole frames and covers from the C. M. White Iron Works; B. L. McDonald Company supplied the Akron pipe ; L. C. Cyr Company the second-hand brick, the Whittemore Company of Boston the joint compound and M. L. Curry Oil Company supplied the jute. After the completion of the work, a water test was made to be sure the pipes were clear.
In addition to getting releases, designing sections of the above sewer installations, laying out of and supervising the entire job, the following work during 1947 was also ac- complished :
Laid out, took elevations and drew profile of a sewer line on Allen Street where the sewer line was extended to the property of Mr. Nunzio Christaldi at the request of the Board of Health.
Grades were given for sewer services for twelve houses especially for those that set back a considerable distance from the street and where there is a break from a straight line.
Conferred with Warren Brothers Roads Company rela- tive to the amount of patching of roads necessary after the installation of water mains on Elm Street, Central Street
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and Phillips Street and also inspected this work.
A plan and specifications were drawn up for a garage that was built at the bottom of Lewis Street.
Elevations were taken at the corner of Green Street and Dartmouth Road and a plan and specifications were drawn of a rustic stone wall. This work was voted to be done under Article 38 of the 1947 Warrant and bids were received from the following :
Frank G. McCarthy $1,164.00
Mercier and Gaudet 2,035.00
Frank G. McCarthy, the lower bidder, was awarded the contract.
Elevations were given on Abbot Street where a sidewalk was built and a bad drainage condition on Hall Avenue was checked and a plan of a section of the gutter was drawn and elevations marked on stakes so that hot-top could be ap- plied to relieve this condition.
Plans were drawn for Mr. George Winslow, Town Clerk, showing locations of stop signs on Central Street, near the Square, etc. for the State Highway Department.
Shawsheen Road was measured between Cuba Street and Essex Street relative to the widening of same to a width of 30.0 feet. In order to get this width the curbing will have to be relocated the entire length on the westerly side and in places on the easterly side.
At the request of the Selectmen, a plan of the land at the corner of Burnham Road and High Street sold to Veterans was drawn and divided into house lots. Stone bounds were also set on High Street and Burnham Road.
Property lines were also established in front of a number of houses where fences were to be built and hedges planted at the request of owners.
Drew one hundred (100) sketches in working books of the new water main installations on Lowell Street, Cutler Road, Reservation Road, Haggetts Pond Road, Pleasant Street, Central Street, Phillips Street, Elm Street and Chandler Road. The sketches in these books located the water gates in case of leaks. Also in these books were drawn the plans of the water installations on County Road and Railroad Street.
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One hundred and thirty-eight (138) tie-in sketches for house services were drawn in the books and the same on the cards and a number of changes were also made where serv- ices have been renewed.
A plan was drawn showing the right-of-way through the property of Mr. Norman Morgan on Lowell Street and ele- vations were taken and a plan was drawn so that a fifteen- inch reinforced concrete drain pipe could be laid to grade. Same was recorded at Registry of Deeds.
The open ditch that runs between Pasho and Avon Streets was in existence before the properties on either streets were developed. Because of this, the Board of Public Works con- siders that the Town is under no obligation and any im- provements done on this ditch be done by the abutters.
Measurements were obtained and costs for the recondi- tioning of a wall in the way of Rogers Brook near the Swee- ney property and also for the pointing of the stone wall along Roger's Brook near Chestnut Street, were figured.
Worked on layout of drainage system at Shawsheen Heights. This work entailed getting elevations of Yale Road, Princeton Avenue, George Street, Dartmouth Road, Green Street, Sherbourne Street, and sections of Corbett Street and Williams Street. Elevations were also taken from Williams Street to the brook on the southerly side of the street. After the elevations were taken, plans were drawn and the sizes of pipe for the different streets were figured. The gas and sewer mains were located prior to de- terminating the location of the drain pipes. This information was instigated at the request of the Board of Public Works and Finance Committee to establish a cost.
Took elevations of the area around the Shawsheen School at the request of the School Committee through the Board of Public Works where the hot-top was laid to be sure that the drainage would be satisfactory and also supervised this work.
Stakes were driven and elevations applied when the skat- ing rink was being built at the Central Playstead.
A plan of the Playstead at Ballardvale was drawn for the Ballardvale Playground Committee and elevations were given on the playgrounds where the area was regraded.
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All information of articles for the Warrant under the peti- tion of the Board of Public Works was collected by the En- gineer and figured.
The above is a general idea of the work accomplished in the Engineering Department but space would not permit to mention every little detail. I wish at this time to thank the Board of Public Works and our new Superintendent, Mr. Edward R. Lawson, for their able assistance.
Respectfully submitted,
CHAS. T. GILLIARD, Town Engineer.
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WARRANT
TO EITHER OF THE CONSTABLES OF THE TOWN OF ANDOVER
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby re- quired to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town who are qualified to vote in Elections and Town Affairs to meet and assemble at the designated polling places in Precinct One, Two, Three, Four, Five and Six, viz: The Central Fire Station in Precinct One; the Square and Compass Hall in Precinct Two; the Sacred Heart School, Balmoral Street, Shawsheen Village in Precinct Three; the Andover Grange Hall in Precinct Four; Fire Station, corner Andover Street and Clark Road, Ballardvale in Precinct Five; and the Pea- body House, Phillips Street in Precinct Six, in said Andover on Monday, the first day of March, 1948 at 7:00 o'clock A.M. to act upon the following articles :
ARTICLE 1. To elect a Moderator for one year, a Town Clerk for three years, a Selectman for three years, an As- sessor for three years, two members of the Board of Public Works for three years, a member of the Board of Health for' three years, one member of the School Committee for three' years, a member of the Planning Board for five years, a Trustee of Memorial Hall library for seven years, a trustee' of Memorial Hall library for three years to fill a vacancy, a trustee of Punchard Free School for one year to fill a vacancy, three Constables for one year, and all town officers required by law to be elected by ballot, also to vote on the following question, "Shall section fifty-eight B of chapter forty-eight of the General Laws, providing for a forty-eight: hour week for permanent members of fire departments, be accepted ?"
All the above candidates and question to be voted for on one ballot. The polls will be open from 7:00 o'clock A.M. to 7:00 o'clock P.M.
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After final action on the preceding Article One, the said meeting shall stand adjourned by virtue of Section 20, Chapter 39 of the General Laws, to Monday, March 8th at 7:00 o'clock P.M. at the Memorial Auditorium, then and there to act upon the following articles, namely :
ARTICLE 2. To elect all other offices not required by law to be elected by ballot.
ARTICLE 3. To establish the salary of elected Town Officers for the ensuing year.
ARTICLE 4. To determine what sums of money shall be appropriated for the following purposes :
Appropriation for the Assessors, Board of Selectmen, and all Departments under their control :
American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Armistice Day, Memorial Day, Aid to Dependent Children, Old Age Assistance, Public Welfare, Veterans' Service, Retirement Fund, Damages to Persons and Property, Elections and Registration, Insurance, Essex County Tuberculosis Hospi- tal, Recreation, Public Dump, Printing Town Report, Town Officers, Town Scales, Inspector of Wires, Sealer of Weights and Measures, Municipal Buildings, Infirmary, Moth Sup- pression, Police Department, Fire Department, Brush Fires, Interest, and Retirement of Bonds. Appropriation for Tree Warden, Appropriation for the Board of Health, Care of Tubercular patients, Appropriation for Trustees of Mem- orial Hall Library. Appropriation for Trustees of Spring Grove Cemetery. Appropriation for School Committee. Appropriation for all Departments under the control of the Board of Public Works, Administrative supervision and office, Highway Maintenance, Water Maintenance, Sewer Maintenance, Parks and Playgrounds, Snow Removal and Sanding, Trucks, Garage and Repair Shop Maintenance, Street Lighting. Appropriation for any other Town Charges and Expenses.
ARTICLE 5. To see if the town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 346 of the Acts of 1941, an act "au- thorizing the superintendent of streets or other officer hav- ing charge of ways, for the purpose of removing or plowing
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snow, or removing ice, from any way, to remove or cause to be removed, to some convenient place, including in such term a public garage, any vehicle interfering with such work, and for imposing liability for the cost of such re- moval, and of the storage charges, if any, resulting there- from, upon the owner of such vehicle."
ARTICLE 6. To see if the town will vote to amend the by-laws of the town by inserting in Article 4 a new section to be known as Section 13 to read as follows :
Art. 4 Sec. 13
(a) The Board of Selectmen is empowered to cause to be placed on any public way of the Town at such places and in such manner as it may determine, devices known as parking meters, and shall have charge of the regulation and operation thereof, shall cause to maintain such meters in good workable condition, shall establish for parking in parking meter areas a charge of not more than five cents for one hour, proportional parts of said hour to be in amounts determined by said Board, shall collect or cause to be collected monies deposited in said meters and turn such monies over to the Town Treasurer.
(b) The Board of Selectmen is empowered to au- thorize the Treasurer to pay out of the revenue derived from said parking meters, from time to time, such amount or amounts on the original purchase price thereof and for such other charges and costs incidental to said meters, as said Board may deem advisable.
(c) It is the purpose of this by-law that the fees to be charged and collected by the operation of parking meters will be levied as a police regulation to cover the cost of providing parking spaces and parking areas, all lanes, lines and other markings incidental thereto, parking meters, and their installation, replacement and maintenance, the cost of regulation and inspection thereof, the cost of opera- tion and control of traffic moving in and out of and parking in such parking spaces and parking meter areas and in the vicinity thereof, and for the cost of traffic administration and supervision expenses resulting from the establishment
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of such parking meter areas, and that it is not the purpose of the installation of such parking meters to recover any further monies for the town or to engage in the operation of such parking spaces or areas and meters for profit.
(d) The Board of Selectmen shall have the power under this by-law to make and enforce rules and regulations relative to such parking meters, and whoever violates such rules and regulations shall be punishable by a fine of not more than twenty dollars ($20.00) for each offense.
ARTICLE 7. To see if the town will vote to raise and ap- propriate $1600.00 to be spent by the Police Department in the maintenance of Parking Meters.
ARTICLE 8. To see if the town will vote to accept the pro- visions of Chapter 615 of the acts of 1947, an act providing an increase for one year in the amounts of pensions pay- able to certain former public employees who have retired prior to January 1, 1946.
ARTICLE 9. To see if the town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 265 of the Acts of 1947, an act author- izing the closing of public offices in cities and towns on Saturdays.
ARTICLE 10. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,387.00 for the purchase of a new automobile to replace the 1942 DeSoto Sedan of the Police Department, which is to be turned in toward the new auto- mobile, on the petition of George A. Dane and others.
ARTICLE 11. To see if the town will vote to accept Chap- ter 40, Section 6B of the General Laws, as amended by the Acts of 1930, and vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 to be used to buy uniforms for the Police Depart- ment, on petition of George A. Dane, and others.
ARTICLE 12. 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.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of twenty-five hundred ($2,500.00) dol-
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lars for the improvement of North Main Street; said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State or County, or both, for this purpose, at the discretion of and on petition of the Board of Public Works.
ARTICLE 14. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to repair and build sidewalks and appropri- ate the sum of seven thousand five hundred ($7,500.00) dollars therefor, at the discretion of and on the petition of the Board of Public Works.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to purchase a three- to five-ton tandem roller and appropriate the sum of thirty-five hundred ($3,500.00) dollars therefor, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Public Works to rebuild the baseball diamond at the Central Playgrounds and appropriate the sum of one thou- sand two hundred and fifty ($1,250.00) dollars therefor, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
ARTICLE 17. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of sixty-five hundred ($6,500.00) dol- lars for the purpose of modernizing the street lighting along North Main and Main Streets from the Lawrence-Andover line to the first sodium light at Chapel Avenue. It is recom- mended by the Board of Public Works that the present light- ing be eliminated and that ninety-five (95) high intensity suspension type units be installed at a mounting height of not less than twenty-five feet, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
ARTICLE 18. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to purchase three dump trucks and appro- priate the sum of twelve thousand ($12,000.00) dollars therefor, and that the prices allowed for the three old DIA- MOND T trucks purchased in 1939 be used as part payment for the new dump trucks on petition of the Board of Public Works.
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ARTICLE 19. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to purchase a 5 H.P. compressor for the Garage and Repair Shop to replace an old compressor which is worn out and now of insufficient capacity and appropriate the sum of seven hundred ($700.00) dollars therefor, and that the price allowed for the old compressor be used as part payment for the new compressor on petition of the Board of Public Works.
ARTICLE 20. To see if the town will vote to exchange with Phillips Academy two small areas of land on Highland Road for a small area of land at the corner of Chestnut Street and Highland Road on petition of the Board of Public Works. (This exchange will make it possible to make a much better approach from Chestnut Street to Highland Road.)
The Description of land from the Trustees of Phillips Academy to the Inhabitants of the Town of Andover is as follows :
Beginning at a point in the southerly line of Chestnut Street, said point being 29.69' easterly from a drill in a stone, thence by the face of the wall easterly, southerly and southwesterly by several courses 114' more or less to a point in the westerly side of Highland Road ; thence N. 41º- 43' E. by remaining land of the grantor 30.5' to a point ; thence, still by remaining land of the grantor by a curve to the left having a radius of 30.' a distance of 66.45' to the point in the southerly side of Chestnut Street and place of beginning. Said parcel contains 720 sq. feet more or less and is shown on the subdivision and acceptance plan of Chestnut Corner Development made December 1947, by Clinton F. Goodwin, Registered Engineer and recorded herewith.
The descriptions of land from the Town of Andover to the Trustees of Phillips Academy are as follows :
Two separate parcels of land on the westerly side of Highland Road and lying adjacent to one another and bounded and described as follows :
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Parcel A. Beginning at the southwesterly corner thereof at a stake at the face of the wall and said westerly side of Highland Road, thence running northeasterly by land of the grantee and by the easterly face of said wall 69' more or less to a point thence running still northeasterly a little more easterly, still by said wall and by said land of the grantee 57.5' more or less to a drill hole in a stone; thence turning and running S. 40°-17' W. by the grantor's land and High- land Road 125.0' to a stake and point of beginning.
Said parcel contains 330 square feet more or less.
Parcel B. Beginning at a drill hole in a stone in the wall on said westerly side of Highland Road, said drill hole marking the northeasterly corner of Parcel A. as described above; thence running northeasterly by the easterly face of said wall and by land of the grantee, 71' more or less to a point; thence running northeasterly a little more easterly still by the wall and said land of the grantee 49' more or less to a point in the wall marking the southwesterly corner of land this day conveyed by the grantee to the grantor ; thence turning and running S. 41°-43' W. by remaining land of the grantor 7.0' to a point; thence S. 53º-37' W., still by remain- ing land of the grantor, 111.52' to a drill hole in a stone in said wall and point of beginning.
Said parcel contains 390 square feet, by the same more or less.
Both of said parcels are shown on the plan Subdivision and Acceptance Plan of Chestnut Corner Development made December 1947 by Clinton F. Goodwin, Registered Engineer and recorded herewith.
ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Public Works to relocate the stone wall and regrade the road in the vicinity of Chestnut Street and Highland Road and appropriate the sum of five hundred ($500.00) dollars therefor, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
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ARTICLE 22. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate an additional sum of three thousand ($3,000.00) dollars for the purpose of installing a new pump intake suction pipe at the Haggetts Pond Pumping Station in accordance with plans of Weston & Sampson, Engineers, all work to be done under the supervision of the Board of Pub- lic Works; and no work to be started until approved by a majority vote of each of the following boards: The Board of Public Works, Board of Selectmen and the Finance Com- mittee.
ARTICLE 23. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of ten thousand ($10,000.00) dollars to reinforce and partially rebuild the bridge on Stevens Street on petition of the Board of Public Works.
ARTICLE 24. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of seven thousand ($7,000.00) dollars for the purpose of installing new pumping equipment, gaso- line tank, Venturi meter, etc., at the Bancroft Road Pumping Station in accordance with plans of Weston & Sampson, Engineers, all work to be done under the supervision of the Board of Public Works; and no work to be started until approved by a majority vote of each of the following boards : The Board of Public Works, the Board of Selectmen and the Finance Committee.
ARTICLE 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars to assist in building a road up Wood Hill off Haggetts Pond Road providing the Radio Company which is to locate there will spend at least three times as much as the Town, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
ARTICLE 26. To see if the town will authorize the pur- chase of new 115 ton truck with power winch for use in the Tree and Moth Departments and appropriate twenty-eight hundred and fifty ($2,850.00) dollars together with any sum received for a worn-out 1934 11/2 ton truck traded in, as referred from Town Meeting, 1947.
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ARTICLE 27. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of twenty-five hundred ($2,500.00) dollars for the purchase of a new mist blower type spraying machine for use in the Moth Department, in the control of insects including the elm bark beetles, carrier of the Dutch Elm Disease; and authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell an old Guptill solid stream sprayer.
ARTICLE 28. 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.
ARTICLE 29. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of forty-six hundred ($4,600.00) dol- lars for the purpose of converting one of the present boilers in the Shawsheen School to oil. This sum to be expended only when in the opinion of the Board of Selectmen it will not contribute to the present or a future oil shortage, on the petition of the Andover School Committee.
ARTICLE 30. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,500.00 to be used as follows: to grade and pave a playing surface for the Shawsheen Village School yard. This money would be spend under the direction of the School Committee. (This project has the approval of the School Committee.) On petition of Shawsheen Village Parent-Teacher Association and others.
ARTICLE 31. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 to be used to purchase a snow plow for use on truck at Spring Grove Cemetery, on petition of trustees of Spring Grove Cemetery.
ARTICLE 32. 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 ap- proximately 770 feet and thence along Hidden Road north-
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erly from the corner of Sunset Rock Road to an existing dead end a distance of approximately 150 feet and appro- priate the sum of thirty-five hundred ($3,500.00) dollars therefor, on petition of Ralph A. Bailey and others referred from Town Meeting 1947.
ARTICLE 33. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to extend the water main on Red Spring Road a distance of approximately twelve hundred (1200) feet and appropriate the sum of seven thousand six hundred ($7,600.00) dollars therefor, on petition of Patrick F. Don- ovan and others.
ARTICLE 34. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to extend the ten-inch water main from the corner of Haggetts Pond Road and Bailey Road along Bailey Road a distance of twenty-nine hundred feet (2900) and appropriate the sum of seventeen thousand two hundred ($17,200.00) dollars therefor, on petition of George E. Flint and others.
ARTICLE 35. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to extend the water main from the hydrant near the State Police Barracks along Gould Road a distance of seventeen hundred (1700) feet and appropriate the sum of seven thousand five hundred ($7,500.00) dollars therefor, on petition of Robert M. Nichols and others.
ARTICLE 36. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to extend the water main from the corner of Beacon Street and High Plain Road along Beacon Street a distance of nine hundred and sixty (960) feet and appro- priate the sum of forty-five hundred ($4,500.00) dollars on petition of Carl H. Stevens and others.
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