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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1937-03-01~nnual To%~a ~eetin~ ~nrch 1, 19q7. articie '/. mo consider ~ne reports o~ all special co~m~i%'~ees. ar%~c-e O. %0 see wna~ ;~ction %he '~ov~n ~'~ili take in regard appointing a con~mit%ee to care i'or '~ne puo£ic patios and ~riangles of %he ~own. ~e~i'&~on oi Lite ~osrd o'r' oelectmen. Article 9. To see if ~he tox~nwill take over %hat Part of the of lamd~at %he *entre~ lying between Nilk Street and the converging lines of Johnson and Oalem Streets: now otis%ed by J. H. and A. W. Norse and agree to hold pe~aanently and maintain and care for the area in common with %he other raod intersection park areas of %he town a covenant of %he deed of gift being that %~e to~n shall pe~nanently hold %he given area and main%sin %he s~ae as a part of %he Town rark System for ornamental purposes: no building or other mon=nents to be erected thereon and no individual name to be attached thereto. Such part ss may be needed for the broadening and/ or relocation of either of the boundry roads may be so used a condition of such useing being such a public purpose as would m~ke its %aking~nder other conditions possible by right of eminent domain. I. am adding %hat any plating~if any, will be of sUCh a low growing character as will keep at all times the view open and unobstructed in all directions: all of which is important in %hess days of fast moving traffic. Petition Board of 'elco%men. Article lOgo see if the town will vote %o authorize the ~electmen to appoint a ~ownAccountant in accordance with ~ection ~ Chapter 4~ meneral Lsws ~ to abolish the office of Town Audttor~ or take any ac%ion relative 'thereto. Petition of %he ~elec%men. Article 11. To see if %he to%0n~will appropriate and raise a certain sum of money ~o erect suitable markers and such other. necessities as ~ay b% necessamy%o properly commerate Captain Thomas ~. ~ilnes and Joseph P. NcDonough. It is also petitioned that' the Selec%men be empowered %o allot squares~ triangles or parks for the erection cf the above. ~etition of Commander E. Barring%on and others. Article 12. To see what action %he mown will. take upon an offer made by the ~ev. Clinton W. Uarvell~ as Trustee for a donor-benefactor who desires his nmue withheld, %o provide a b~ilding on ~he .lot now used for a playground known'as Grogan's Field; said building to contain shower baths and dressing rooms for %he use of ~he to%~n~upon the condition that a suitable sum be provided by %he town for its maintenance. Petition of ~he Ooard of Selectmen. Article 13. To see what sum ~he ~own will raise and appropriate or appropriate from any source available for %he purpose of %he foregoing article. ~etztmon ~oard of electmen. Article 14. To see if %he to~n will raise and appropriate %he sum of one hundred dollars for the observance' of Armistice ~ay. ~ame %o be spent by a committee appointed by the moderator and seiected from the membership of the Local Post of the nmeric~n ~egion Petition of harold Barrington~commander~ and others. Article 1~. To see if the town will vote %o accept the provisions of Chapter 14~, Section 13A of the ~eneral Laws~ Wercentenary Edition~ Annual To,wu ~eti ~rch 1 1 . WARRanT relative to the establishment of a reserve police force in to~n, to consist of not more than eight(8) men. Petition of John Roche & others. Article 16. To see if ~he to~n will authorize the ~omrd of Public Works to use the unexpended appropriation of six hundred ($600)dollars~ under Article 28, of the 1936 appropriation for a water main on Longwood Avenue and such additional sum from the appropriation for maintenance and construction of water and sewer departments as will purchase a coupe automobile. Petition Board Public ~orks. Article 17. To see if ~he town will raise and appropriate a sum of money not in excess of eight h~dred ($800) dollars, to purchase an automobile for the use of the oo~rd of H~alth. Petition Bo~rd of Health. Article 18. To see if the tov,nwill raise and appropriate the sum of eight hundred ninety(S890) dollars, to purchase an automobile for ~ · the use of the olmce ~epartment. Petition Chief of Police. Article 19. To see if uhe to~rnwill raise and appropriate the sum of thirty-five hundred~$~500) dollars, ~o purchase two 2~ ton trucks~ for the use of the Highway ~epar~ment. PetitiOn of Highway Surveyor. Article 20. To see if ~he town wi!l raise and appropriate the sum of nine thousand ~$9000;dollars, to purchase a new seven hundred and fifty gallon pump and combination truck to replace ~he old pump and combination truck now in use and the proceeds received from the old truck to be paid over to the lo%~nTreasurer. Petition of ~he Board. of Engineers of the Fire ~ept. by Chas. W. Hinxman& others. Article 21. To see if %he town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of thirty-five hundred($3~O0) do%lars, to continue the rebuilding of Boxford Street under Chapter 90, of the meneral ~aws, ssid money to be used in con~unc%ion with ar~ money which m~y be allo%tedby the Sta~e or County, or both, for this purpose,or take any other action in relation thereto.~etition of Highway Surveyor. Article 22. TO see if %he town will vote to rnise and appropriate the sum of seveh~een hundred($17OO)dollars, to purchase lighting equipment and truck to transport %he same.Petition Bosrd of Selectmen. Article 23. To see if ~he town will vote to acceDt the street light at the dead end of Edmsnds Road and provide payment-for %he sume. Petition of ~eter White and others. ~rticle 2~. To see if ~he tot,au will vote to install ~nd maintain a street light on pole No. 277%, on Prospect Street. Petition of John C. Bushnell and others. Article 2%. To see 'if ~he town will raise and appropriate the sum of two thousand ($2000) dollars, for~materi~ls.and services to be used in constructing six-inch water mains on Little, Young, Buckingham cud ~yman Boads with the assistance of ~he Works Progress Administration or oZher such ~'eder~l Agency. Petition Board Public Works. Article 26. To see if ~he town will appropriate the receipts of 1936, the sum of four thousand five hundred ~nd seventy-nine dollars and nine~Y-fcur cents, received from the City of L~wrence for w~ter r~tes fcr the~.purpose cf making necessary repairs tc the reservoir constructed in1898 and making necessary repairs and improvements to the Pumping Station. Petition Board of Public Works. 414 Annual Town ~eetin !,,arch 1 1~. WARRANRT. Article 27. To see if the to~m will raise and appropriate the sum of three thousand dollars for mmterials and services to be used in constructing sewers and manholes on Commonwealth Avenue, Hodges, ~elmont~ Sargent, Milton and Third Streets~ Richardson Avenue, Lyman, ~erley, BuckinghamsChapin, Young and Little Roads wi~h the assistance of the Works Progress Administration or other such ~ederal Agency. Petition of the Board of Public Works. Article 28. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate money to place a six-inch water main on Young Road from ~errick Road to Lymmn Road. Petition of ~am DiMauro and others. Article 29. To see if the tovmwill vote to raia~nd appropriate a sum of money to extend the water service on L~nan Road seventy- five feet~ s~arting at a point where i~ now enters the residence of Mr. ~ames ~cCo~mish. Petition of Leonard Firth ~ud others. Article 30. We, the undersigned,owners of properZy on Innis~ Wesley and Adrian Streeta, in the Town of North ~ndover are making ~his application to the voters of ~he town cf North Andover that they may accept the above mentioned streets as a par~ of ~he town proper~y, and thmt they m~y vote to extend ~he town water line to ?each Wesley Street as f~r as Adrian Street in the town of North Andover. ~etition of Guiseppe ~alsamo ~nd o~hers. Article 31.. To see .if the to%m will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money sufficient to extend %he water service from Herrick Road to Lym~n Road by way known as Little Road ~ a distance of two hundred fifty-nine feet.~eti%ion of ~eonard Firth and others. Article 32. To see .if the to~rn will vote t6 raise and appropriate a sum0f money tc install a six-inch water main on Dewey Street for a distance of three hundred and fifty feet, starting at RaiLroad .Avenue, running westerly to ~arblehead Street. Petition of E. Dewey Dyer and others. Ar~icle 332 To see if the to%mwill vote to raise and appropriate H money to place a sewer on Young Road from errmck Road to Lyman Road. Petition of Sam DiNauro and others. Article 35. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to install a sewer for a dist~ce of three hundred fifty feet on Dewey Street, starting at ~ailroad Avenue, running westerly to Marblehead Street. Petition 0f E.D..Dyer & others. Article 3~. To see if the to~nwill vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money sufficient tc install its sewer system in Bucking- ham Road from herrick Road,running southerly for a distance of two hundred feet. ~eti%ion of F.E.Mitchell and others. Article ~6. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money sufficient to install a sewer from Merrick Road to LymanRoad by wuy knc~ as Little Road a distance of two hundred fifty-nine feet. Petition of Eeo~e~d Firth and others. Annual Town ~eetin~ ................................ ~ ~.~ .. W~ 41. o Article 37. To see if the town w~ll vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money sufficient to install a sewer on Lyman Road for a distance of seventy-five feet at a point where it now enters the residence of Mr. Oames ~cCormish. Petition of Eeonard Firth & others. Article '38. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of thirty-five hundred($3~00) dollars, to macadamize Hillside Road between Turnpike Street and Andover by-pass. Peter Turgeon & others. Article 39. To see if the to~nwill raise and appropriate the sum of two thousand ($2000) dollars, to resurface Barker Street from its junction with Osgood Street and continuing as far as appropriation will allow. Petition of George R. ~arker and others. Article 40. To see if ~he town will make suit~ole repairs on Edmands Road and provide money for the same.Philip Sutcliffe & others. Article ~1. To see if the'townwill vote to raise and appropriate money to make Young Road passable for vehicles from ~errick Road to Lyman Ro~d. PetiZion of ~amDiMauro and others. ArZicle' $2. To see if the town will vote to accept a way k~uovm as ~rrick Road from ~he intersection of ~assachusetts Avenue to the intersection of Middlesex Street. Petition of Francis Clarkson & others. Article 4~ To see if ~he town,ill vote to accept a part of Chapin Road from the residence of Wi!li~n Waylor mo Middlesex Street. Petition of Nilliam TaYlor and others. Article 44. To see if the town will install a surface drain or catch basin on the East side of Edmands Road at lot line of 1% and 16 and provide pa~,nent for the'same. PeZition of William N. Wilkinson and others. Article $~. To see if the town Will vote to accept the remainder of Edmands Road in accordance wi~h ~helsyout accepted by the Board of iSurvey. Petition of Peter White and o~hers. Article $6. To see if ~he tovm will vote to accept Dewey S~reet for'a distance of Zhree hundred fifty feet. All expense of laying out and building to be borne by E. Dewey Dyer. Petition of E. Dewey Dyer and others. Article %7. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money tc install a surface drain on Irvtng Road. Petition of ~atrick Driscoll and others. Article 48. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of seven thousand ($7000) dollars ~o carry on the activities of the W. P. A. work. Petition of -~he Selectmen. Article 49. To act upon any o~her business which may legally be considered at this meeting. 416 Annual T.__________own Meeting. ?IARRA~T .. And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting true and attested copies thereof at t~e Town ~all and at five or me~e public places in each voting precinct. Sazd copies to.be posted not moreSkthan fifteen days nor less than ts? days before the t~me of holding said ~ting. Herecf fall not and make due return of this warran%~w, ith your doings thereon, to the To%m Clerk, at the time and place of holding said meeting. Given under our hands at North Andover the first day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven. Harry C. Foster J~nes P. Hainsworth Arthur A. Thomson Selectmen of North Andover, ~assachusetts. ~fficer's Return. I{or%h Andover, Feb. l~, 1937. I have notified %he inhabitants of North Andover,qualified to vote in elections and town affairs,by posting true and at%es%ed copies of this warran~ at the Town Hall and at 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. ~'eb. 18, 1937. Article 1 Augmstine J. Walsh Constable. At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of North Andover,qualified to vote in Elections ~nd 2ov;nAffairs,convened in the Engine Rouse in voting precinct one~ %he Merrimack Schoolhouse in voting precinct two, the Union Schoolhouse in voting precinct three and the Town ~all in voting precinct four:agreeably to the requirements of the foregoing warrant: business was transacted and votes for %he officers n~aed in the ballot'were as follows:- Number of ballots cast'by precinct: 9ne ~wo Three Four ~otal. .Moderatpr for one yea~- Cornelius J. I'~ahoney Fred hane George Leecock Blanks 267 ?lO 62~ 623 2~36 1 1 266 249 167 9¢9 Annual Town ~ee%ing ~iarch 1~ 157 4 t 7 Article 1 Town Clerk for one Joseph A. Duncan Bl~nks year P r e,,.,c i n c 654 778 708 191 199 167 Town Treasurer for one Cornelius S. "~eagan 641 Bl~nks 204 Three Selec%meB fo? one year. H~rry C. Foster James P. Hainsworth Frank Hi!ton Arthur A. Thomson Blanks 678 ll2 Totals. 2818 669 772 674 664 2751 205 201 126 736 373 5oo 367 ~12 1752 ~ ~31 4~5 507 1937 57O 558 585 395 21o8 ~8~ 639 628 ~17 2369 563 7o3 ~90 439 229~ Highway Surveyo~ for one yea~. Zra D. Carry ~91 735 Philip Donnelly 217 202 Blanks 37 40 ~,~,Co!lector for one yesr . Irving E. Hinton 635 781 Blanks 210 196 Public Works for Shree William H. Somerville %85 692 Blanks 260 285 Assessor for three years. Herbert T. Wild 588 691 Blanks 257 286 Suditor for gne Ye6~- James W. Elliott 610 Blanks .235 246 SchOol Commit%ee for thre~ years. ~aroline ~oddy Ingram 248 446 Harold C. Lacaillade 75 94 Louis H. McAloon 470 382 95 26 716 1~9 232 666 209 652 223 373 73 76 361 462 584 627 591 6~9 Public Welfare, for one year. Harry C. Foster 370 497 James P. Hainswor~h 443 517 Frank Hilton 576 552 Arthur A. Thomson 571 635 ~lanks ~75 730 625 141 135 614 176 604 186 618 172 361 lO~ 275 502 492 394 %08 621 169 ~ree Warden for one year John J. Connors 635 Ernest ~airbrother Blanks 210 745 232 2705 127 2787 700 2534 953 2549 938 2611 876 ~28 347 232 173o 1914 21o6 2370 266O 1 826 418 Annual Town meetin march 1 1 . P r e c i n c % s ! 2 '~ 4 Board of Health B years. Edward Fieldhouse 346 321 176 197 George E. Jewett 347 480 564 467 Blanks 152 176 135 126 Totals 1040 1858 589 Five Constables for one year. Frank P. ~eneu Albert Detora John H. Fenton John P. Harrington John J. Roche harold W. Tyning Augustine o. Walsh Blanks 310 255 287 227 1079 267 33O 233 208 1038 422 528 487 455 1892 495 658 480 508 2141 417 467 387 444 1715 502 492 534 454 1982 563 584 517 505 2169 1249 1771 1450 1149 5419 Question: Placing Chief of Police under Ctyil ~ervice ~aws. Yes : 322-- 490 369 435 ' 1616 No : 446 4~2 4~0 289 1617 Blanks 77 45 66 66 254 After a careful canvas made by the Board of Registrars of Voters of the/returns made by precinct officers in precincts one, two, three and four, the following persons were declared elected. ~ Qffice Elected.. (~ualified MoCera%or Cornelius J. hahoney March 8 Town Clerk Jcseph A. Duncan March To¥~ Treasure~ Cornelius B. -eagan March 2 Selectmen James P. Hainsworth March 2 Frank Hilton ~arch 3 Ar%hut A. Thomson --arch 3 Highway Surveyo~ Ira D. Carry Dlarch 2 '~ax Collector · Irving ~ ~. Hinton march 3 Public WoEks. Willi~nH. Somervill March 3 Assessor' Herbert T. Wild March 8 Auditor Sch6ol Committee. James W. Elliott Louis H. McAloon March 2 ~arch 8 Annual Office Public, Welfare Tree Warden $oard of Health Constables Civil Tov~. ~eetinM March Elected e~mes P. Itainsworth Frank Hilton Arthur A. Thomson John J. Co:mots George E. Jewett John H. ~'enton John P. Harrington John J. Roche Harold W. Tyning Augustine J. Walsh Qualified. Larch 2 ~arch 3 M~rch 3 March 2 I~srch 6 ~&urch 9 March 8 March 5 March 2 That the question of placing the Chief of Police under the Service Laws was lost by one vote. Petition for a Recount of votes ~ast on Question of placing ..Chief of. Police under the Civil Service Law~. To the Town Clerk'i North Andover,~ass. Dear Sir:- We the .undersigned, being ~en or more qualified'voters of North Andover, hereby declare that ~e. hsve reason to believe and do believe that the records of the election officers of precincts l, 2, ~ and 4, a~ the Annual Tcwn ~lec~ion held ~arch first,193?%n s~id Ncrth Andover~ on the questicn.~Shall~an act passed by the General Courtin the year nineteen hundred and thirty-seven,entitled 'AnAct placing under the Civil Service Laws the office of Chief of Police of the town of ~orth AndoYer' be accepted?~ are erroneous. That votes counted as negative and as blanks should have been counted as affirmative votes. We believe, that a recount of votes cast in these precincts will affect the question of Placing the office of Chief of Police of ~he Town of North Andover under the Civil Oervice ~aws.' ~%~natures J~mes Glen Todd Oscar W. Arnold Albert Detora Fred Leach J~es J. Cornell James M. Barman Joseph M. Finneran John S. Farrell ~esidence Jan. 1719~7. 23 'ast Water Street 119 Marblehead Street 85 Saunders S~reet 67 Railrosd Ave. $5 Oecond Street 59 Cour~ Street 62Railroad Ave. 59 Mass. Ave. 420 ~e~iticn for a aecount. Signatures Francis Shine Thomas Car%er Lil!ian E. Wiswall Myrtle L. Ingram Myron B. Lewis J.P. Mc~ay Jack Schofield John T. Campbell Residence ~an. 18 Stoning~on Street 31 ~iddlesex Street 309 Andover Street 19 Up/and Street 46 Pleasant Street 140 ~ain Street 49 Perry Street 1CO -oaple Ave. ~orth Andover, ~arch 2, 1937. Personally appeared Lilli~nE. Wiswall and took oath to ~he foregoing petition~signed by her. Joseph A. Duncan Justice of the Peace. i?e hereby certify that 1% of ~he foregoing signatures are registered voters in Lhe Tov~ of North Andover. Received march 2,1937 at 3:~O o'clock P.M. Joseph A. Duncan To~n Clerk. Harry F. Cmuningham # F. Orris Rea # l~egistrars of Patrick C. Cronin #Voters- Town of # #North Andover. ~I~;arch 6, 19q7. Recount of Votes cast on %he Question of placing the. Office of Chief of Police of the Tovm of North Andover under the.Civil ~ervice Laws. In accordance with a petition requesting tha~ a recount of votes cast at the Annual Town Election, held ~arch first~ 1937~ on the question of placing the Chief of Police of ~he Town of North Andover under ~he Civil Service ~aws, we ~he members of Lhe Board of Registrars of Voters of Lhe ~o~';n of North Andover~ have this sixth day of~'~rch A. D. 1937: caused a recount of votes ~o be made as aforesaid and declare the following to be our findings in said recoun~ cf vo~es. Yes$ 1618 Blanks 278 %~nole n~noer of ballots 3487 F. Orris ~ea Registrars of Harry F. C~nningham Voters Patrick C. Crontn ~or%h Andover: Nass.