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Drain jobs had to be given the exact elevation, layout of cor- ners given the correct angle, the layout of water and sewer jobs had to be given the correct amount of materials to be used and other jobs too numerous to mention had to be given every detail.
The skating rink at the Playstead was leveled with the instru- ment.
Various pieces of property have been checked relative to prop- erty lines in order to determine Town rights primarily for drain- age purposes.
The above is a general idea of the work accomplished by the Engineer, since to mention every detail would be impossible.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES T. GILLIARD, Town Engineer
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1949 Town Warrant
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
TO EITHER OF THE CONSTABLES OF THE TOWN OF ANDOVER
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required 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, the Fire Station, Ballardvale in Precinct Five; and the Peabody House, Phillips Street in Precinct Six, in said Andover on Monday, the seventh day of March, 1949 at 7:00 o'clock A.M. to act upon the follow- ing articles:
ARTICLE 1. To elect a Moderator for one year, Collector of Taxes for three years, a Selectman for three years, an Assessor 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, five trustees of Punchard Free School for three years, three Constables for one year, and all town officers required by law to be elected by ballot.
All the above candidates 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.
After final action on the preceding Article One, the said meet- ing shall stand adjourned by virtue of Section 20, Chapter 39 of the General Laws, to Monday, March 14th 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.
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ARTICLE 4. To determine what sums of money shall be ap- propriated for the following purposes:
Appropriation for the Assessors, Board of Selectmen, and all Departments under their control: Appropriation for Tree Warden: Appropriation for the Board of Health: Appropriation for Trustees of Memorial Hall Library: Appropriation for Trus- tees of Spring Grove Cemetery: Appropriation for School Com- mittee: Appropriation for all Departments under the control of the Board of Public Works: Appropriation for any other Town Charges and Expenses.
ARTICLE 5. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $20000.00 for the purpose of extending the water system of the Town of Andover, 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 that Board.
ARTICLE 6. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- - priate the sum of $1375.00, with the turn in of the 1947 Plymouth Sedan, for a new automobile for the Police Department.
ARTICLE 7. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate $2000.00 to purchase a car for the use of the Fire Depart- ment and use the trade-in value of a 1941 Ford Sedan as part of the purchase price.
ARTICLE 8. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate $450.00 to cover the cost and installation of a new whistle machine at the Central Fire Station.
ARTICLE 9. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate $1000.00 to cover the cost and installation of a new whistle machine for the Ballardvale Fire Station.
ARTICLE 10. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate $3000.00 to purchase a wire truck for use of the Fire De- partment Signal Division.
ARTICLE 11. To see if the town will vote to adopt the follow- ing by-law ; same to take effect July 1, 1949 :-
"The hours of duty of the permanent members of the Fire Department shall be so established by the Selectmen and/or the
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Chief of the Fire Department so that the average weekly hours of duty in any year, other than the hours during which such mem- bers may be summoned and kept on duty because of conflagra- tions or emergencies, shall not exceed fifty-six (56) hours in number," on petition of William G. Coutts and others.
ARTICLE 12. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of twenty-three hundred (2300.00) dollars for the purchase of an aero-mist spraying machine for use in the Moth Department, in the control of insects including the Elm Bark Beetle carrier of the Dutch Elm Disease; and authorize the sale of an old Guptill solid stream sprayer.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the treasury, a sum of Money for Chapter 90, Highway Maintenance, or take any action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 14. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of thirty-five hundred ($3500.00) dollars for the improvement of North Main Street and 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, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to repair and build sidewalks and appropriate the sum of seventy-five hundred ($7500.00) dollars therefor, on peti- tion of the Board of Public Works.
ARTICLE 16. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to purchase a power lawn mower and appropriate the sum of nine hundred and thirty-five ($935.00) dollars there- for, and that the price allowed for one old mower be used as part payment for the new mower, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
ARTICLE 17. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to purchase a light truck and appropriate the sum of sixteen hundred ($1600.00) dollars therefor, and that the price allowed for a 1940, one-ton Dodge truck be used as part payment for the new truck, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
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ARTICLE 18. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of one thousand ($1000.00) dollars to be expended by the Board of Public Works, for the purpose of replacing sec- tions of wooden fence with a more permanent type of fencing, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
ARTICLE 19. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to repair the Andover Street bridge spanning the Shawsheen River in Ballardvale and appropriate the sum of six thousand, two hundred and fifty ($6250.00) dollars therefor, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
ARTICLE 20. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of thirty thousand ($30000.00) dollars to construct a new bridge on Andover Street, Ballardvale, over the Shawsheen River and the work to proceed only on the approval of the Board of Selectmen, the Finance Committee and Board of Public Works, referred from Special Town Meeting, December 27, 1948.
ARTICLE 21. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of twenty-five hundred ($2500.00) dollars for the purpose of remedying a hazardous condition in the Sewer Pump House on Riverina Road by replacing obsolete equipment with adequate automatic starters and controls, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
ARTICLE 22. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of four hundred and fifty ($450.00) dollars for the purpose of obtaining land from the Phillips Academy and George R. Abbott and others on Chestnut Street to enable the Board of Public Works to widen, relocate wall, excavate banking and re- move trees on said street providing a plan is placed on file at the Town Clerk's office which will meet with the approval of the Phillips Academy Trustees and George R. Abbott and others, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
ARTICLE 23. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of sixty-five hundred ($6500.00) dollars 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 recommended by the Board of Public Works that the present lighting be eliminated and that
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ninety-five (95) high intensity suspension type units be installed at a mounting height of not less than twenty-five feet, referred from Annual Town Meeting, March, 1948.
ARTICLE 24. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate $2500.00 to purchase portable bleachers for use at the Playstead, on petition of the Punchard Boosters Committee.
ARTICLE 25. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate $1500.00 to be expended for a survey of the Public School Buildings and facilities. This money to be spent under the direc- tion of the Andover School Committee.
ARTICLE 26. To see if the town will vote to authorize the School Committee to continue to maintain State-aided vocational education in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 74, Gen- eral Laws and Acts amendatory thereto, or dependent, thereon, and further raise and appropriate the sum of nine hundred and eighty ($980.00) dollars therefor.
ARTICLE 27. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to extend the ten-inch water main on Bailey Road a distance of eight hundred feet and appropriate the sum of nine thousand ($9000.00) dollars therefor, on petition of Arthur Brouillard and others.
ARTICLE 28. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to extend the water main from the present dead end on Beacon Street a distance of four hundred (400) feet and appro- priate the sum of two thousand, two hundred and thirty-eight ($2238.00) dollars therefor, on petition of Roger P. Raymond and others.
ARTICLE 29. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to extend the water main from River Road north- erly a distance of sixteen hundred and sixty-four (1664) feet along Brundrett Avenue and appropriate the sum of nine thous- sand ($9000.00) dollars therefor, on petition of Arthur H. Mad- dox and others.
ARTICLE 30. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to extend the water main from the present dead end on Canterbury Street for a distance of approximately 100
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feet and appropriate the sum of $500.00 therefor, on petition of Charles H. Dufton and others.
ARTICLE 31. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $486.38 to reimburse Charles H. Dufton for extending the 6-inch water main on Canterbury Street for a distance of approximately 150 feet, beyond the former dead end, said extension having been completed in November, 1948 in ac- cordance with plans and specifications of the Board of Public Works, on petition of Charles H. Dufton and others.
ARTICLE 32. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to extend the water main from the present dead end on Flint Cirlce along Flint Circle a distance of four hundred (400) feet and appropriate the sum of twenty-one hundred ($2100.00) dollars therefor, on petition of Edward P. Hall and others.
ARTICLE 33. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to run the water line on Gould Road a distance of fifteen hundred-fifty (1550) feet from the present dead end to a point near the Thompson property and appropriate the sum of seven thousand, eight hundred and fifty-five ($7855.00) dollars therefor, on petition of Kenneth H. Thompson and others.
ARTICLE 34. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of two thousand forty-one ($2041.63) dollars and sixty-three cents to reimburse Fredric S. O'Brien for the expense incurred by him in putting a water main and hydrant in Hidden Road and Sunset Rock Road, both public ways, on petition of Fredric S. O'Brien and others.
ARTICLE 35. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to install the water line on the westerly end of High Plain Road a distance of twelve hundred (1200) feet and appro- priate the sum of eleven thousand, nine hundred ($11900.00) dollars therefor, on petition of Anna M. Boutwell and others.
ARTICLE 36. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to extend the water line on Salem Street a distance of 3550 feet from the property owned by Fred A. Gould to a point opposite the Conway property at the corner of Jenkins Road and Salem Street and appropriate the sum of nineteen thousand, four
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hundred and fifty ($19450.00) dollars therefor, on petition of John J. Conway and others.
ARTICLE 37. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to extend the water main on Princeton Road and connect with Dartmouth Road a distance of five hundred and twenty-six (526) feet and appropriate the sum of three thousand one hundred and thirty-eight ($3138.00) dollars therefor, on petition of Herbert E. Dawson and others.
ARTICLE 38. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to extend the water main from the present dead end on Spring Grove Road a distance of eight hundred and twenty- four (824) feet and appropriate the sum of five thousand, nine hundred and thirty-five ($5935.00) dollars therefor, on petition of Pauline Johnston and others.
ARTICLE 39. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to extend the water main from the end of Holt Road around the corner of Holt Road to Wildwood Road, thence along Wildwood Road towards Main Street a distance of six hundred (600) feet and appropriate the sum of thirty-seven hundred ($3700.00) dollars therefor, on petition of Marion P. White and others.
ARTICLE 40. To see if the town will vote to accept as a Public Way Dale Street from Andover Street northerly to a turning circle as approved by the Board of Survey and laid out by the Board of Selectmen and shown on plan of said way made June 1948 by Dana F. Perkins, C.E. and on file at the office of the Town Clerk, on petition of Edmund F. Leland, Jr. and others.
ARTICLE 41. To see if the town will vote to redetermine the assessment rate fixed for Sewer Assessments in accordance with Chapter 386-Act 1895 and determine what charge will be made to the abutters for the construction of sewers as provided by Chapter 52 of the Act of 1948, on petition of Frederick P. Fitz- gerald and others.
ARTICLE 42. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to install a drainage system on the following streets: Yale Road; George Street; Dartmouth Road; between Yale Road and George Street; Green Street; a section of Corbett Street; and
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from William Street to the brook which is on the south side of William Street and appropriate the sum of forty-eight thousand ($4800.00) dollars therefor, referred from Annual Town Meeting, March, 1948.
ARTICLE 43. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate $5000.00 and authorize the Board of Public Works to lay sewer in Topping Road and Franklin Avenue, on petition of Wilfred Laroche and others, referred from Special Town Meeting, May 18, 1948.
ARTICLE 44. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to extend the sewer line on Chestnut Street a dis- tance of twelve hundred and fifty (1250) feet and appropriate the sum of seven thousand, three hundred and twenty-five ($7325.00) dollars therefor, on petition of Winthrop Newcomb and others.
ARTICLE 45. To see if the town will vote to accept Dwight Street as shown on Street Acceptance Plan Prepared by Clinton F. Goodwin, C.E., as approved by the Board of Survey, the Trus- tees of Phillips Academy to pay all the expenses in connection with making said Street conform to said approved plan, and to discontinue that section of the road known as Highland Road, formerly called Back Street, lying between the Southerly line of Salem Street and the Northerly line of said Dwight Street, as shown on said plan, on petition of Philip K. Allen and others.
ARTICLE 46. To see if the town will vote to accept as a public way Shipman Road from Elm Street northerly to Cheever Circle as laid out 50' in width as shown on a plan of said road made August 1948 by Clinton Goodwin, Engineer and on file at the office of the Town Clerk, on petition of Frederick E. Cheever and . others.
ARTICLE 47. To see if the town will vote to accept as a public way West Knoll Road from South Main Street easterly to a turning circle as laid out 40' in width as shown on a plan of said road made April, 1948 by Clinton F. Goodwin, Engineer and on file at the office of the Town Clerk, on petition of Hugh Bullock and others.
ARTICLE 48. To see if the town will vote to accept as a public way Marwood Drive from Lowell Street southerly to a turning
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circle as laid out 40' in width as shown on a plan of said way made August 1948 by Clinton F. Goodwin, Engineer and on file at the office of the Town Clerk, on petition of Claude P. Woodworth and others.
ARTICLE 49. To see if the town will vote to accept as a public way and name Cornell Road, as approved by the Board of Survey, and laid out by the Board of Selectmen, as shown on a plan en- titled "Acceptance Plan for Cornell Road, Andover, Mass. made January, 1949 by Ralph B. Brasseur, Civil Engineer, Haverhill, Mass." Both plan and description referred to being on file at the Town Clerk's office, on petition of Edward Murach, and others.
ARTICLE 50. To see if the town will vote to accept as a public way and name "Elm Court" as approved by the Planning Board and as laid out by the Board of Selectmen as shown on a plan entitled "Acceptance Plan for Elm Court, Andover, Mass., made January 1941 by Morse, Dickinson and Goodwin, Engineers, Haverhill, Mass." on petition of Miss Mary C. Connor and others.
ARTICLE 51. To see if the Inhabitants of the Town of An- dover will vote to revoke their vote of March 9, 1942 approving Artile 24 of the Warrant of the meeting of said date by which Virginia Road was accepted as a public way, and to accept instead as a public way and name Virginia Road as approved by the Planning Board and laid out by the Board of Selectmen as shown on a plan entitled "Revised Plan of a Portion of Tantallon Development, Andover, Massachusetts" made September, 1948 by Charles E. Cyr, C.E., Lawrence, Massachusetts, on file in the office of the Town Clerk," on petition of Carl H. Stevens and others.
ARTICLE 52. To see if the town will vote to accept as a Public Way, Castle Heights Road, so called, for a distance of 542 feet, westerly from the westerly line of North Main Street, as approved by the Board of Survey, and laid out by the Board of Selectmen, and as shown on a plan with descriptions dated January 1942, drawn by Morse, Dickinson, and Goodwin, Engineers, Haverhill, Mass. on the petition of Sylvia K. Goldman and others.
ARTICLE 53. To see if the town will vote to accept as a Public Way, Joyce Terrace so-called, for a distance of 463 feet southerly
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from the southerly line of Castle Heights Road, so-called, as approved by the Board of Survey and laid out by the Board of Selectmen; and as shown on a plan with descriptions dated Jan- uary 1942 drawn by Morse, Dickinson and Goodwin, Engineers, Haverhill, Mass., on petition of Sylvia K. Goldman and others.
ARTICLE 54. To see if the town will vote to purchase or seize by eminent domain a portion of land owned by John Gardner Green on the southwesterly side of Dascomb Road for a distance of approximately three hundred (300) feet along Dascomb Road and approximately thirty (30) feet wide to include slope rights and to construct a low retaining wall and raise and appropriate the sum of fifteen hundred ($1500.00) dollars therefor on petition of John W. Hall, Sr. and others.
ARTICLE 55. To see if the town will vote to accept the report of the Nathan C. Hamblin Memorial Committee and to appro- priate $800.00 to be spent under the direction of the School Committee, Superintendent of Schools, Trustees of Punchard Free School and the Principal of Punchard High School, on peti- tion of the Nathan C. Hamblin Memorial Committee.
ARTICLE 56. To see if the town will vote to accept the pro- visions of Chapter 588 of the Acts of 1948, an act authorizing an increase of $200.00 a year in the amounts of pensions payable to certain former public employees who have been retired.
ARTICLE 57. To see if the town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law by extending the Business District on the Easterly side of Bartlet Street from the center line of Rogers Brook southerly for a distance of 50' thence easterly a distance of 125' and parallel to the original southerly line of the Business District, on petition of Irving G. Clark and others.
ARTICLE 58. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Moderator to appoint a committee of five to revise the Building Laws and report at the next annual Town Meeting.
ARTICLE 59. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of forty-five hundred ($4500.00) dollars for the purpose of eliminating a hazardous condition on the northerly end of Argilla Road and intersection of Lowell Street and accept a plan thereof to be filed with the Town Clerk and mutually agreed
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upon by the abuttors or donors of the land and the members of the Board of Public Works; the above sum to include a reasonable figure for land which must be mutually agreed upon by the pres- ent owners and the members of the Board of Public Works with the understanding if not mutually agreed upon, it will not be seized by eminent domain; the sum will also provide for a drain- age pipe, fencing and sufficient road building material to complete the entire proposed improvement and will vote that upon com- pletion of said relocation of that portion of Argilla Road, that section of Argilla Road as located between Lowell Street and a point opposite the property of Mrs. Helen Strumpfman be dis- continued and abandoned as a public way, on petition of Arthur R. Lewis and others.
ARTICLE 60. To see if the town will vote to accept $3737.25, received in 1948, for perpetual care of lots in Spring Grove Cemtery, and $255.00 for placing flowers on four graves in the same cemetery, and $200.00 for perpetual care of a lot in the South Church Cemetery, on petition of Thaxter Eaton, Treas- urer.
ARTICLE 61. To determine what disposition shall be made of unexpended appropriations and free cash in the treasury.
ARTICLE 62. To act upon the report of the Town Officers.
ARTICLE 63. To transact any other business that may legally come before the meeting.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies and publication thereof, seven days at least before the time and place of said meeting as directed by the By-Laws of the town.
Hereof fail not and make return of this warrant with your doings thereon, at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands this fourth day of February, A.D. 1949.
ROY E. HARDY ยท J. EVERETT COLLINS Selectmen of Andover
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Printed by the Andover Press Andover, Mass.
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ANNUAL REPORT
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For the Fiscal Year Ending DECEMBER 31, 1949
INDEX
PAGE
Accounting Taxes and Assessments 78
General Government
Aid to Dependent Children
62
Election and Registration 47
Animal Inspector 46
Appropriations for 1949
40
Armistice Day 72
Assessors 45, 104
Highways 56
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
79
Municipal Properties and Public Improvements
106
Interest 77
Balance Sheet 92
Jury List 158
Board of Appeals
113
Board of Health
52, 129
Maturing Debt 77 Memorial Day
73
Aid to Dependent Children
62
67, 91
Infirmary 63, 123
62
Report of Librarian Trustees
162
Board of Public Works
170
Accounts Receivable
83
Administrative and Office
68
Moth Suppression
51, 136
Assessments and Receipts
80
Bridges
57, 59
Highways
56
Sewers
54
Sidewalks
58
Snow Removal and Sanding
60
Superintendent's Report
171
Town Engineer
179
Trucks, Garage and Repair Shop 56
Water Maint. and Construction 74
Bonds, Redemption of See Town Debt
Building Inspector 50, 131
Cemetery Funds 86
Com. on Capital Expenditures 116
Committee to Revise Building Laws138
Damages to Persons and Property 71
Departmental Accounts Receivable 82
Director of Accounts 35
Dog Officer 46
Election and Registration 47
Essex County Tuberculosis Hospital 53
Expenditures for 1949 43
Finance Committee 46
Fire Department 48, 125
Forest Fires 52
*School Department 65
Sealer of Weights and Measures 50, 133 Selectmen 43
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