HomeMy WebLinkAbout1930-03-03Annual,Town Heetin~ ~arch 3, 1930.
Precinct One.
Warden Albert Eitc~e~
D~puty ~rden
Wil!ism~Waleh
Clerk John Aeefe
ep~. Clerk' John Donnelly
B~all~t Cle,~ks
~eo Hurphy
James Smith
~e puty b al.l.~ t
clerks Hubert Wilcox
Ins pe,c. tors,
Deputy
Inspectors
~den
Dep. Warden
Dep.Gl~Ek
Inspecto,rq
Inspectors
qler~s~.
John McDonald
$illiamMcOa~thy-
Alfred 9~rneau
Edward McCarthy
John Hegarty
Precinct Two.
Herbert E.MoQuesten
John Lewis
Frank Bingh~m
~rankEurphy
William Finn
Ernest Wainv~igh~
George Leecock
~argare~ ~e
Edward ~ulliv~
~es T~ylor
Deputy Reginald deVebre
baZlot ,clerksP~lph Pratt
Preqinct Three
Warden
De~.Warden
~lerk
De~. Clerk
Inspectors
InmpectoMs.
Ballot
William Howarth
Harold ,Holt
JohnV;hite
¥/illiam Parker
John Murphy
James Hennessy
Rennie Bottonly
George Greenwood
0D.ristopher Flanagan
~i,e.rks. Lewis Broadhead
Deputy bailo~ HillimmClemens
clerks,-,.
'~arde.~
~ep~ Warden
Clerk
Pep. CleA~
Inspectors
Deputy ·
· Ins,pe,ctors
Ballot
q!erks,..
Pep. ballot
~!e,rks.
Herbert T. Wild
PreQinc.~
~harles Driver
Leonard Catty
James DeAdder
George R. Barker
Sidney C. Rea
James Dillon
William Lawlor
William Donahue
Herbert Mead
George A. Rea
Fred D. ~Wt~iiticr
Francis Greene
Greeting:-
Annual Meeting March 3, 19~0.
Town ~ Warrant
.Commonwealth o.~ Massachusetts.
To either of the Constables of the Town
of North Andover:
In the n~e cT the Co~muonwoalth of l~ssachusetts, you
are hereby directed to not~fy and warn the inhabitants of ~orth
Andover, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet
in the Engine House in voting precinct one,Merrimack Portable
Schoolhouse in voting precinct two,the Union Schoolhouse in voting
precinct three and the Town Hall in voting precinct four, in said
~or%h Andover, on ~oud~y the third day of March , l~0, at nine
o'clock in 'the forenoon, ~en and there %o act upon the following
articles:-~
..Article 'On~.
To eleCt a l~oderator, Town Clerk, Town Treasurer,
Zhree Selectmen, three members of the Board of Public ~elfare
for one year;one Assessor of Taxes,one member of School Committee,
one member of ~he Board of Health, one member of the Board of Public
Works, for three years~ a Highway Surveyor~, a Oollector of Taxes,
an AudiZor, ~ Tree Warden and five Constables for one year, and
any and all Town Officers required by law to be elected by ballot.
All to be voted for on one ballot.
Thc polls shal~ be opened at nine o'clock A. M. and
shall~be closed at eight o'clock P. 1~.
~~fter fiuai action on the preceding a~ticle one, ~he
said meeting shall stand adjourned by virtue of section A, Article
1, of ~he Town By-L~ws, to Saturday M~rch 15, 19~0, at 1:50 o'clock
P.M. in ~he Town Hall, then and there ~o act upon ~he follo.#ing
Articles:-
Article Two.
To elect al! ot~er of Z'i~crs not required by law to be
elected by ballot.
J~'ticle Th~'e~.
To s~e if the to~m will vote to accept the report of
Zhe. receipts and expenditures as presented by the Selectmen and
~uditor.
Annual.~leeting Marc.h. 5~ 1950.
WarFant.
A~ticle ~our.
To see ~hat action the to,Jrt ~?ill take as to its
unexpended ~ppropriations.
.~rticle.
To see what action the tov~n will take as to the
recommendatious of the ?inauce Committee.
Art. icle Six.
To see if the town will'vote to authorize the ~Treasurer,
with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation
of the revenue of the curren~ financial year.
of a whole
A~ticle Seven.
To consider the reports of all special 'qommittees..
.~rticle ~i~ht
To see if the town will make provision for the employment
or part time agent of ~he Bo~rd of I~blic Welfare.
Petition of the Selectmen. .
Article 2~ne.
To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen, at
the instance of the Bo~rd of Public Welfare, to institute lega3J
~rccecdings when necessary,in the name of the town, to recover
money due the term from time to time, and until the action is
.recinded by a mown meeting, on account of aid and relief furnishe~
~hrough ~he Board. ~etition of the Selectmen.
.%~ticle. Te.n.
To see if the ~n.will authorize the Selectmen~to
secure a public dumping place, either by contract or lease, for
a term of yc~rs or lesser period of time, and raise and appropriate
money for rental or compsnsation; or otherwise provide for the
disposal of waste material. Petition of the Board of Selectmen~.
To s=e if the town will authorize the Selectmen to
pay an indemnity, under section 100 of Chapter A1 of thc General
Laws, on accoun~ of any existing liability of a police officer to'
civil damages
incurred by him in the course of duty.Petition Selectmen.
__A~___u. al EeetinE Ha~_g~ 5,. 19~0.
Warrant
Article Twelve.
· ~To eec if the town will vote to include foremen,sub-
foremen and inspectors, not holding elective or appointive office,
employed in any.department of the town covered by Workman's
~ompensation Insurance, within the terms of such insurance, as permitted
by section 89 of chapter 152 of the General Laws. Petition of Selectmen.
.Ar. tic!e ~.~r~een.
To see if the .%own will acccp~ the report of the committee
on Town Garmge. , Sheds and Police Station and raise and appropriate
1fy bond issue or other~ise, a sum sufficient to carry .ou~ ~he
recommendations.
Article ~ourmeen.
To see if the %own will vote ~o appoin~ a committee to
repor~ hem later than the next annual meeting on the poseibi!.ity and
mivi~sability of acquiring !and or options on land for present or
prospective municipal uses. Petition of A.P.Uhickering and others.
_Article ~ifteen.
To sea if mhe town will raise and appropraite t. he sum
of $1509.'~5o in accordance with an order of ~he county commissioners,
said sum being the p~r~ion of the costs of an addition to the Essex
County Tuberculosis Hospital, and apportioned by the'county
commissioners upon ~he irahabi.tants of the mown of North Andover.
Article Six,eon.
To see if %he ~own will raise and appropriate a sum of
money sufficient ~o mak. e necessary repairs on the Town Hall.
Petition of the Selectmen.
_Aa'ticle Sevent~.~n.
To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the
sum of fifteen hundred dollars for the purchase of a supply of portable
bleachers ~o be used in conjunction with spor~s and events of the %own.
Petition of Alv'a/~ G. }~yes and others.
.Article ~lghteen.
To see if ~he town will vote %o appoint a committe~
%o consider the advisability of building a term swimming pool, and
also a skating rink. Petition of Patrick P. Daw and others:
.~nnual. Eeeting Emrch Z, 1930.
Warrant
Ar. ticle Nineteen
To sec ii' the town will raise and appropriate a sum
not in excess of nine hundred dollars, to supplement payments
by the Red Cross and certain insurance companies, for the
purpose of continuing the services of the bedside, nurse
employed by the.nursing co~:~ittee of the Red Cross., thc
appropriation to be expended by the Board of Health as'
recommended by said co~uittce. PrslnkH. Storey and others.
Article T.~e.nty.
To obtain an expression of opinion by the meeting
aS to the desirability of replacing the present electric street
ra%lway service in I;orth Andover with motor-bus, transportation
of passengers. Petition of standing committee on roads.
A~ticle T~ent~-one.
To see if the term will vote t6 accept chapter 147,
· of the General Laws as amended in section 13A of ~he Ac~s of
1930, in so far as said section applies to a reserve police
force. Petition of Joseph Crabtree and others.
..Article Twenty-two. '
To see ii' the 'town ~ill vote to raise and appropriate
eu~ of five hundred dollars to pay rent for quarters for the
the
N9rth Andoyer Post, Americau ~egion, ~o. 219. Petition of
Clarence Ellis and others.
. .Ar. t%cle Twenty-three.
To see if the to:~ will raise and appropriate the
sum of twenty-five hundred ~ollars to continue the tar and gravel
construction on Salem Street from near the Fuller residence
easterly as far as ~he ~ppropriation will go. Petition of
the standing committee 6n roads.
._Article Twenty-~our.
To see if %he term will vote to raise and appropriate
the sum of five thousand dollars to macadamize ~ale Street,
beginning where the macadam now ends and continuing as far as
said appropriation will permit. Petition of Sidney C. Rea and
others?
Annual Ee.s%tng' Zarch ~, 195q..
Artic~ ~went_y-flve.
To see if the tovrn will vote to resurface Berry Street
with cinders from the junction of Turnpike Street and Berry Street
to the residence of Delphice Bourassa and raise &nd appropriate the
sur¢ of three hundred dollars to cover cost of ssme. Petition of
A. H. 2arnumand others.
Article Twenty-six.
To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate
sufficient money to bring Herrick Road up..%o grade, reshaping and
resurfacing the sidewalks and roads its full width between the property
'lines for its entire length,
Massachusetts Avenues.
Article
fro~ Middlesex Street to Railroad and
Twenty-seven.
To see'if-%he to~cnwi!l vote the sum of five h~ndred
dollars to top-dress Salem Street from the.junction of Boxford
Street to the Eiddleton Line with cinders wherever needed. Petition
of ~illi~ 5. Bode and others.
Article T~e~ty-eighth.
To. see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the
sum of six hundred dollars to gravel, and oil ]Karbleridge Road from
Sale~ Street to Dale Street. Nilliam~C. Harraden and others.
A~,tic,l,e Twent%tnine.-
. ~o see if the to~,mwill raise and appropriate the sum of
three thousand dollars to widen and make such repairs to Bradford
Street as ~ill render said s~reet safer for traffic by eliminating
many of the ·present bad and trouble breeding features of the
Roadway. Petition of William O. ~avis.
,,~Article T,~irty.
To see if the town will vote ~o raise and appropriate the
sum of six hundred ollars to construct a surface drain on Sargent
Street, beginning at Hodges Street and continuing westerly the entire
length, a distance of approximately 450 feet. Petition of Leo Murphy
and others.
Art%q~e, ~hir%~-one.
To see if the tov~ will vote to discontinue as to~,~ ways
or private town ways, under ch~pter eighty-two of %he General Laws,
all or any of the following sections of streets or ways in the town,
namely:
Annual.Eeet~n~ Larch ~ ~a~n
Warran~t
(1) Farnum Street fr'~m the Saw Mill to Ash Street;(2)~ern Street
fr~m'Farnhnrn Street to Berry Street;($) Berry Street fro~: the
residence of Er. Towns to Ash Street;(4) Winter Street from Great'
Poud Road to South Bradford Street; (5~Short Street from Great (
Pond Road to the intersection of thc road coming from the residence
of Er. Frost;(~) Towne Street from the Turnpike to Farnh~m Street;
('?)Abbot Street from the house of ~oseph Eullen to the house of
Victor Verda; or as an alternative ,~o see if'the town will vote
to instruct the Selectmen as officers having charge of ~he laying
out of highways,in conjunction with ~he.committee on roads, mo
petition the county C~mmissioners, under chapmer ~89 of the Acts of
lg~4,for relief from the obligation of keeping all or any part of
sai~ ways in repair. ~ommittee on roads.
Article Thirt. -two.
To see if the town will Vote to accept Norman Road
from Railroad Avenue. to Buckingham Road, a distance of abou~
400 feet as laid out on plan of Pacific Rill land.-Petltion of
Eugene Boeglin and others.
Article Thirt.-t~.
To'see if ~e town will vo~e ~o accept 0abot Road
from a point already accepted ~o the intersection of ~Torm~n -.
Road, a distance of about 2§0 feet', and as laid out on .plan
of Pacific Rill l~nd. Raymon~ E. Twombly and ~thers.
Article Thir~ -f~.
To see if the %own. will vote ~o accept'Prosl~ect
Street from Chadwick Street, easterly for a distance of ~00
feet.' Petition cf Ed~;ard D. Dyer and others,
Article Thirt~,-five.
To see if the town v:ill vome ~o accept the ~.extension
of Pilgrim Street, from l~ilton Street,northeasterly to.,
Richardson Avenue, a distance of about 2~0 feet. P. etition of
Joseph A. Duncan and others.
Artiale__.Thi---~-sixo
To see if the town will vote to accept Buckingham
Road from .Ei~dlesex Street ~o. Norman Ro~,a distance of about
£00 feet. Petition of John Crompton and others.
~larrant
..~rticle Thirty-seven.
To see if ~e town will vote to accept Bay State Road
from ~ point ~v~o hundred feet from 0sgood Street,and extending
$00 feet westerly. Petition 6f John Carney and others.
.A~ticle Thirty-eight~
To see if the town will vote to extend its wa~er main
on ~assachusetts Avenu~ from ~'ernwood Street to Railroad Avenue
and raise and appropriate a sum sufficient therefor. Petition of
t~e Board of Public
..Article Thirty-nine.
To see if'the to~.n~ will vote to extend the water main on
Park Street from its present terminus nearm.the Franklin School
to ~ain Street and raise and appropriate a sum sufficient
therefor. Petition of ~he Board of Public ~orks.
Article Fqrty.
To see if the to~n will raise and ~ppropriate a'sum
sufficient to inst~ll a water main on Buckingham Road beginning
~t No~'man Road, a distance Of 5§0 feet. Leonard Firth and others.
.Article Forty-one.
To see if the to~n will vo~c ~o continue its wa~er mai~
fro4 ~he corner of Bo~:ford and ~oster Streets near the residence
~ohn Brightney,along Bedford Street to tho residence of Tony'
Sze!est,and raise and ~pprop~ate or m~ke other provisions for the
payment of the same. petition of Arch'ie 0. Foster and others.
Article' For~-~wo..
To see if ~he tow will ~ote to extend i~s wa~er main from
t~e corner of Foster ~oster and Boxford Streets, near ~he residence
John Brightney, along. Bedford Street ~o ~he residence of Lu~gi
~qArnarf, and raise ~nd appropriate money for the same. Petition
of George Jue~ger and others.
Articl~ ~orty-th~.ee.
TO see if ~he town will vo~e ~o lay a sewer on Prospect
Street,from Chadwick Street, eastcriy 5'00 feet on Prosgec~ S~reet,
and provide for the payment of ~he same, Petition of Edward
Dyer and others.
of
Annual Meeting March 3, 1930~
Warrant.
Ar, ticle
To see if the town will raise ~n~ appropriate money to
build a sewer in Russell Street, M~in Street and Tavern Road,
a distance of about fifteen hundred feet. Petition of Nathaniel
Stevens and others.
,Article Fo,rty-five.
To sec ii' ~lze town will vote to raise and appropriate
a sum sufficient to extend its sewer along BuckinghamRoad,
beginning at 2~orman Road, a distance of three hundred fifty
feet. Petition of Leonard Firth and others.'
Article ~orty-six.
To see if the town,will vote to construct a sewer on
Railroad Avenue southerly from Eassachusetts Avenue to Trinity
~ourt, a distance of approximately five hundred ten feet, and
raise ~nd appropriate sufficient money therefor. Petition of
Louis Himbs~ and others.
~Art~icle Potty-seven.
To see if the town will vote to extend the sewer, on
Prescott Street, to a point seven hundred feetbeyond where ~ now
ends, and raise and appropriate money to Day for the same.
Petition of Gordon Currier and ot~ers.
,,,Article ~orty-eigh~.
To see if the town will raise and appropriate $~00,00
for further planting of~Town ~orest. Recom~endation of th~
~orest Committee.
Article ~orty_ni,n~~.
To act on any other business v~ich may legally be
considered at this meeting4
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting true
and attested copies thereof at the Town Hall and at five or
more public places in each voting precinct. Said copies to be
posted not more than fifteen d~ys nor less than than ten days
before ~he time of holding said m~eting.
Hereof fail not and make due return of ~his warran~ With
your doiugs thereon, to the ToYm Clerk, at ~he t~c and place
of hoiaiug ~'~
s~a meeting.
9?
· Annual Meeting , March
~az'r ant.
3., 1930.
Given uudez' our hands mt }~crth Andover, this
of February one thousand nine hundred thirty.
third day
Harry C. Foster.
Joseph P. EcDonough
Selectmen of North Andover.
Eorth Andover, Feb.
Officer's Remurn.
I have notified the inhabitants of }lorth Andover,
qualified to vote in Town Affairs, by posting true and mttested
copies of this ~arraut, at the Town Hall mnd am five or. more
public places in each voting precinct; said copies having been
posted not more than fifteen days nor less than ten days before
the time of holding s~id meeting.
Fred L. Sargent
Oonstabie.
~orth Andover,~February 20,1930.
~ .Article 0ne~_
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of ~he town
of ~orth Andover, qualified to vote in elections and town
affairs, convene& in the Engine House in precinct one,the
Merrimmck PortaBle Schoolhouse in precinct· two, the Union
School in precinct three and the Town Hall in precincm four,
agreeably to the requirements of the foregoing ~arrant,
business was transacted and votes for the officers named on
the ballot were as follows:-
V~nole nUmber of ballots cast 2903
Vote ~y precinc.~.
Candida~eA P r..e.__c_~ i n c t s.
1 .2 : .. 3 4
Eo~erator for one ~ear.
Arthur P. ChicEer~ng 430 555 493 490 1968
Blanks 273 266 208 188 935
ToWn Clerk
Joseph A. Duncm% 481 635 549 554 2219
Blanks 222 186 152 124 6~4
.Treasurer..~o.r one year,
Gordon Currier 488 643 528 546 2205
215 ~78 173 132
Totals..
Annual,,, Meeting, ;larch 3~, 1930,
· _Article 0ne.
Gandidat e,s..
Selectmen for on.e. year.
Fred A. Cart
Joseph V. F!anagan
Harry C. Foster
James p. Hainswor~h
Joseph P.. McDonough
Harry Eichelmore
Blanks
Eighway Sur. Meyor
John H. Eilnes
Fred Townsend
$ohn J. Wilcox
Blanks
School Co~mit=ee
·red S. Smith
Bla.uks
Assessor of Taxes.
James P. H~inswor~h
Blanks
P r e c i,,n c ~ e
i "3 4
188 229 122
313 293 249
291 480 321
326 400 464
422. 404 247
11§ 254 212
454 403 488
558. 659 546
35 22. 47
97 152 94
13 8 14
160
190
456
409
386
146
287
534
9
128
7
421 557 499 487
· 282 .264 202 191
465 558 547 52i
238 263 154 157
Auditor
James ~. Elliot~ 490
Blanks 213
Public Wo.rk~
· ohnH. Cashman 210 399
Bernard ~. Hughes 441 323
Blanks 52 99
~ollec~or of Taxes.
John J; Costello 484 545
Merle P. Mac~rthur 170 234
Blanks 49 42
603 495 482
218 206 196
265
329
107
445
· 206
5O
338
238
102
513
134
31
~o,~als
699
1045
1548
1599
1459
727
1652
2297
113
451
196~
939
2091
812L.
2070
833
1212
1331
36O
1987
744
172
Caudida~ee
Annual Mee.tin~ Larch 3, 1930.
Article One.
P r e ~,, l,
P ubllc ~elfar~
~red &. Cart 203 247
Joseph V. Flanagan 315 283
~rry C. ~oster 294 482
James P. Hainswortk 326 387
· oseph P. McDonough 407 386
Harry Michelmore 122 252
Blanks 442 426
qonstab~ea for one year
John H. Fen~on 397 497
Fred L. Sargen~ 403~ 510
Vtallace E. Tovme 416 555
Harold ~. Tyning 398 4§4
Augu~ctine J. l~alsh 484 540
Blanks 1417 15~9
Tree ~a~.~en for .one year.
$oh~ J. Connors 526 605
Blanks 177 216
$~. Hea~h for three.years;
Edward W. A. Holt 478
Blanks 225
A~ter a careful canvass
precinct offlcers,,the-Board
persons received ~he highest
declared elected~
Totals.
119 167 736
249 187 1034
318 441 1535
456 387 1556
242 376 1411
213 149 736
506 327 1701
468 427
422 '521
434 453
415 402
408 420
1358 1167
1789
1856
1858
1669
1852
5491
544 523 2198
157 t55 705
613 502 524 2117
208 199 .154 785
of the count made by the
of Regiztrars find that the following
number of votes and were. therefore
~q~erator_.
~vn-Clerk
Town. T~e~surer
Se!eetme~
School Co~.~ittee
Assessor
Auditor
Arthur P. Chickering
· Joseph ~. Duncan
Gordon Currier
Harry C.Fos~er~
~ames P, Hains.or~h
$o~eph P. McDonough
~ohn H. Mi!nes
Fred S. Smith
~smxes p. Hainsworth
~ames ~. E!liot~
~ate when swqrn.
March 12,1930
March 7,1930
l~rch 3
March 6
March 4
March 4
March 3
March 11
March 4
March 4
j. uo
Annual Eeetin ~rch ~l~.
Article 0n~_
. Date when sworn.
Public.Works. Bernard F. Hughes
March
~ollector of Taxes ~ohn Y. Costello March 8
Public Welfare Harry C. Foster Earch
James P. Hainsworth March 4
Joseph P. McDonough March 4
Constables JohnH. Fenton ~arc~ 4
Fred L. Sargent March Z
Wallace E. Towne April ~
Harold W. Tyning March 8
Augustine ~. Wla~h Earch 8
~ree ~arde. u John J. Conners Earch. 4
Board of Health Edward W. A. Holt
Earc~ 8
_Article Two.
~oted that all other officers not required to be elected
by ballot be appoin%ed by ~he Select, hen.
Article Three.
Vo~ed ~o accept.
Article ~our.
V~ted that s. ll balances be turned in~o the Treasury
with the exception of balances of.b~nds or notes issued, and
other balances stipulated by special acts, except the Balance
of $1808.~, from the Sinking Fund of 1899o as reported'by the
Board of Public Works,and that the above sum be applied to the
redemption of two water bonde,iteml~o. §2,of ~inance Committee,s
Report.
_._Article ~ive..
It was voted that each item be considered ~epa~a~ly.
Departments. A_~riations.
Selectmen,salaries$?~0.00 , expenses $400.00 $ llS0.00.
Auditor,salary$600.00, expenses $100 700.00
Treasurer,salary $10~0.00,expense. s including bond 19~0.00
Tax Collector,salary $10~0.00', ,, " " 18~0.00
Assessors,s~laries $1~§0.00,expenoes including valuation
books $1§00.00, Add~l. expenseson account of ten year
valuation books, $~§0.00 ~00.00