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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1890 Annual Town ReportT0~rI~ 0F NORTE ANDOVER. OFFICERS' REPORT I~[I~EIPTS AN[I EXPENI]ITURES AS PRESENTED BY THE AUDITORS :FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING JAN, 4, 1890, Ii¥CLUDING REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. ANDOVER, MASS.: THE ANI)OVER PRESS, PI{INTERS. ~89o. TOWN OFFICERS OF NORTH ANDOVER, I889. Ttnvn Clerk. ISAAC F. OSGOOI). EDWARD W. GREENE. 7'ax Collector. WILLIAM F. KELLEY. Seledmen, ~s~es~ors, a~zd Overseers af the ?aor. JAMES C. POOR, BRADFORD H. BARDEN, DANIEL A. CARLETON. $c/Sool Committee. R~v. CHARLES NOYES, Term expires ~$9z. Dm CHARLES P. MORRILL, ~89t' M~ss MARY G. CARLETON, " " x89°- ]tYad Camnd~-sioners. EDWAR1) ADAMS, 'Perm expires 1892. PATRICK P. DAW, " " ~89L FRANK E. NASON, " " ~89°' GEORGE REXTKOW, GEORGE 1t. MIZEN, Cvnstables. GEORGE L. HARRIS, JOHN CROWTHER. ]:'RANK S. GILE. Special ['alice. JOSEPH TROMBLEV, JOttN WILTON, L. G. LACY, GEORGE I. SMITH, GEORGE I,, BURNHAM~ STEPHEN B. BODWELL, DANIEl, L. WHIPPLE. JOHN E. INGALLS, AMOS E, HAZELTON. ]~egistrars q£ ISAAC F. OSGOOD, JEFFREY KELLEV, WILLIAM IIAI,LIDAY, Ja., CALVIN REA. JOSEPIt 14. STONE, DAVID ItALLIDAY, GEORGE E. HATHORN. THIRTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER, FOR. THE YEAR i888--'89. ANDOVER~ ~ViAgS. ! THE ANDOVER PRESS, PRINTERS. ~89o. SOI-IOOL I POI T. COMMITTEE. 'lb tile Cit&et~s of 2Vorth Andove~': The School Committee herewith submit to you their Aa- nual Report. The amount expended for all purposes connected with tbe schools during the year 1889 was $13:264.46. The amount received for support of schools was $13,979.3'4. The balance unexpended is $714.88. This unexpended balance is so large as to call for a few words of explanation. The sum of $300 was appropriated for support of a new school in the Bradstreet District, in case it should be found necessary to establish it. We were able to do without the projected school~ and so have [he money appropriated for it sta,ding to our credit An appropriation of $40,000 was made by the Legislature (Chap. 101, Resolves of 1888) to aid the smaller and poorer towns in the (JommouweMth iu tbe support of their pub- lic schools. North Andover received of this appropriation, $272.05. This unexpected wind-fall also stands to our credit. We were not awar% until the above s~tm was paid into file Town Treasury that North Andover needed this special char- ity of the State. A town that can entertain the question of lighting its streets by electriew, every light involving an ex- pense adequate to defray ~he cost of education of eight or nine of its children in the publle schools, does not need the NORSK -tNDOVER. charity of the SI;ate. Nevertheless, as tl~e money is donated by act of the legislature we cannot, in courtesy to our hen+ volent law makers, decline to receive SCHOOL ~UI~,I)INGS. Most of the school houses are now iu good condition, and will need for sometime to come little but iucidental repairs. This cannot be sa~d, however, of the Merrimack School House. The roof of tiffs building is a eoastant source of trouble. leaks 5ad. ly, and no mechanic has yet been found who could repair the defective slating and make the roof water-tight. The roof is so defective tha~ its covering will sometime have to be removed and a new one substituted in its place. Long use has worn fi~e flooring of the stairs and entries of 'the building so thin fha; they will creloug have to be laid over. During lhe past year this building has beeu supplied with new appliances for ventilatiou at an expense of $222.79. We had for a long time thought the ventilation of this building not quite what it should be, and were ~nfirmed in our opiu- iou by an order from the State District Polie% directing us to improve it. Thc work has been well done, a~d there can be no excuse for impure air in the building, but the neglect to use the ventilators provided to remove it. HIGH SCHOOL. Comparing the reports of ~ormer years with ~he Tabular Statement of the present, we find that the number of pupils in the High School has not increased. For the year 1885-6 the average membership was 36.5. For 1886-? i~ was 8,7.4. For 1887-8 it was 33.7, and for 1888-9 it was 29.2. The class of '89, for one reason aad another, steadily di- minished, till at the end of the school year bat two of the class were left to receive the honors of graduation. Tl~eir names are Miss Lottie M. Barker aad Hereford Berry. Dur- ANNUAL REPORT. SCHOOLS. 7 lng the last four years, judging from the Annual (Jeusus of Children between 5 and 15 years of ag% the populatiou of the town has increase;1 but very 1il, tlc, if at all. The number of children eligible for tl~e High School may have diminished. Thc constituency from which pupils are mainly drawn to the I{igh School resides, for the most part, within a mile from the school-room. The days when scholars would walk from two to four miles to attend school have passed away. Should we ever have a horse or electric railroad to connect the different villages of our town, we think the number in attendance on lhe Hig'h School would increase. At present the distance of some school districts from the l:Iigh School is so great as to practically exclude from the High School the children who reside in them. At the last examination, twenty-two candidates were amincd in the branches of study required for admission to thc High School. Twenty-one of these passed a creditable cxaminatio~ aud were admitted without conditions. Seven- teen of these joined the school at ~l~e beginning of the Fall Term. We have full confidence that the teachers of our High School are well qualified for the posi£ions they hold. The school room is admirable for size, excellently lighted, and tim ventilating and heating appliances are of the best that can be bad. ~,Thc apparatus and supplies furnished for use of teach- ers and pupils will compare well with schools in other towns of populatiou and valuation similar to our own. During the year, a convenient cabinet bas been provided in which to keep thc philosophical apparatus of thc school, and the old piano, which, to nsc a phrase more expressive than elegant, was played-out; has been exchauged for a new one. The net cost of the new instrumeut was $200~ of which sum 822.48 were tim proceeds of an entertainmeut given for th9 purpose of raisiug means to purchase ~t~ 8 ~O~TH ANDOYER. PRIMAR¥~ INTERMEDIATE AND GRAMMMAR SCHOOLS. These schools are, we think, as a whole, in excellent condi- tion. Teachers and pupils have pleasant relations with each other and work well together. We have good reasoo to be satisfied with their year's work together. The (~entre School, No. 1, has given us some trouble and anxiety. Some of its scl~olars have not shown the willing- ness to conform to the rules of school discipline that is rightly expected of them. A change of teachers has been made, and we look to the one now in charge of tile school to bring it to good rank as regards the discipline and scholarship of those under her c~re. Should our e×pec~ation be disappointed~ we shall transfer certain pupils to another distrlct where they will come under the care of a teacher able to control any most disorderly pupil sent ifim. While we make this severe comment on the conduct of some pupils in Centre No. 1~ we desire to say that to the behavior of thc m~jority of the mem- bers of the school we take no exception. EVENIIqG SCHOOL. The Evening School was opened Oct. 29th. Tile number of pupils in attendance is fifty-seven, tblrty-three males, and fourteen females. Eleven pupils are fi'om seventeen to twenty- eight years old; thirteen are sixteen years old; fifteen are fifteen years old~ and eight of them are tourteen years old,- just past the age wimn children are required to attend the day-schools a portion of the school-year. The attendance has not been good, beil~g much interfered with by prevalent sickness. The studies pursued are reading and writing, arithmetic and grammar, geography and book- keeping. The school has not ye[ been closed, and no return has been made to ns of the per eentage of ~tteadance. We recommend an appropriation of 8100 ~or Evcuing School, to be used at the discretion of the School Committee. ANNUAL REPORT, SCHOOLS. ~[ RULES AND RE(~ULATIONSS AND COURSE OF STUDY. We have revised the Rules and Regulations and Course of study duriug the year, and i~ad them printed for use of teachers dud pupils. These Rules and Regulations, we desire to say, are made with purpose to have them followed. We would call the special attention of teachers to Sections 9, 10, 15, 16 and 18 of Chap. 2. h, the absence of public examinations at the close of each term, we think it essentiM to have occasional examinations of the pupils throughout ~he year to determine their progress. Sec. 9 of Chap. 3 requires sneh examinations at least six times a year. Not infrequently we find the schoolrooms too hot and the air impure,when we visit them. Confiued as she is to tim school-room, the teacher may not notice this as one does who comes ou a visi; of inspection. Heace, the imporo tance of watching the thermometer and regulating the tem- perature in aeeordauce with it. The height of the mercury in the tube cannot be determined by intuition. See. 17 feuds tlfat "Teachers shall require pupils to pay particular attention to personal cleanliuess, dud to present at all times a neat dud orderly appearance." We ueed not en- large ou the propriety of this regulation, or tile need of its enforcement. If it is faithfully followed, very much will be done tbr the reiinement of the pupil's manners, and for their moral development that eau be done in no other way so well. The object of Sec. 15 may be recognized at; a glance. If teachers read the Rules and Regulations to their pupils, once each term, they will bare them well fixed in their own minds. dud thc scholars ca.uot plead iguorance in excuse for dis- obedience. We are inclined to heave teachers very much to follow their own judgment in methods of teaching and dis- cipline; but what few Regulations are prescribed we deem essential to the welfare of ti~e schools. 2 NORTH ANDOYEH. SCHOOL ATTENDAl~CE. The efficiency of instruction and the general welfare of the schools depends much upon the promptness with which the daily work is entered om Tile number of tardinesses in any given school is one index among many, of the influe.ce of the teacher, and of the scholars' interest in their school work. The best scholars arc not laggards on their way to school. Those who love their work will secure the £ull time allotted to it. The number of tardinesses reported shoz's all increase of 137 over that reported in 1888. Union No. 1 and 2 bas thc unenviable distinction of having the largest number of tardi- nesses of any of thc schools, while Merrimack No. 8 has tile honor of having fewer tardinesses in proportion to the nnm- her of its pupils than any other. During the Spring Term there was lie case o£ tardiness ported in the High School, and during the Fall Term there was no tardy pupil in the Fond School: In some districts~ where tile children live a great distance fi'om school~ the attendance at opening of' school sessions is excellent; while in others~ where the school-houses are near the pupils' bomes~ the attendance is nog what it shonld be. Wh% then, is responsible for the excessive uumber of tardi- nesses in any given school ? We call attention to a subject · that deserves study, and action when study has shown the right method. The average attendance iu 1889 varies bnt one thirty-sev- enth of one per cent. from that of 1888, the difference being in favor of the latter. We desire here to state that a pnpil is regarded as holding eommction with a school till it is known to the teacher that lie has left school, not to return during the term. A pupil may be absent for many weeks, and yet be carried ou the Record. In some towns a pupil is no longer ANNUAL REPORT. SCHOOLS. regarded as belonging to the school after an abseuce of five consecutive days. No comparisou of our own average atteu- dance with that of other towns can be made, till it is known, upou what basis the percentages are made up. Figures may tell the exact trnth, or the result may be made out of the figurer's brain. We regard our percentage of attendance as good, while yet ~here is room for improvement. TRUANCY. The Truant Officer who has charge of tho Merrimack, Bradst,'eet, and Union Districts, reports that he has been called upon during tile year, to ascertain the reasou of 191 abseuce~ of pupils fi'om school. Fifty-one of' these absences were re- ported by him as due to trnaucy. One boy played truant five times. Another boy truanted three times. Five were twioe absent without excuse, and thirty-three were guilty of one u~,excused absence. The report gives rise to some suggestive questions. Why there should be but twenty-one cases of truancy in the Merrimack School, with its enrollment of three hnndred and seveniy-four pupils, while there are seven- teen truancies in the Bradstreet School~ with an enrollment of one hundred and two, and thirteen truancies committed by eleven pupils of the Union School, witli its enrollmeut of seveuty-seven scholars, we arc at a loss to explain. To what is this dispropm, tion due ? We do not know. Perhaps the teachers can solve the problem. We trust they may make their schools so attractive to their pupils~ and the ways of wisdom so pleasant and peacefifi during the comiug school- year, that tile next report of truancies will give them no sim- 51ar problem for their solving. Iu the Ceutre and other districts not mentioned iu this cou- uection, there are doubtless occasional truancies~ but they are so few in number as not to bare called fey file services of tile Truant 0~ce~, NORTH ANI)OVER. TEACHERS' CLUB, The attention of the Teachers' Club has been directed dur- ing the past year~ mainly to the s~bject of Drawing. This was deemed advisable, because thc introduction into our schools of Prang's Shorter Course in Form Study and Drawing found the teachers unfalniliar with what the new system demanded of thera. Mrs. Richards, representing the Prang Educational Co., has given two talks to the Club. The study of Drawing . is still continued under thc instruction of Miss Harriet Rice, teacher of Centre School. Miss Rice receives ~essons through tile above Educational Co., and communicates them to her fellow-teachers. This method of edttca;iou of teachers is tile best that can be adopted under the circumstances. Were we able to employ a special teacher in Drawing, the Teachers' Club might devote its time to other subjects. In addition to tile study of Drawing, the Teachers' Club has aimed to become familiar with the progress of educational methods through reading educational journals, and various topics re- lating to school work have been discussed, with profit, it is hoped, to all who have taken part in thc exercises. IMPROVEMENT OF SCHOOL GROUNDS. In the Spring of 1859, the ¥illage Improvement Society made offer of three prizes, $10, $5 and $8, respectively, fei' the best kept and adorned school-yards, ~he prizes to be dis- posed of by vote of the scbools that should receiee them. Sev- eral schools competed for the prizes. The first prize was awarded to the Merrimack School; the second to the Brad- street, and the third to the Rivcr School. Plats of flowering plants were arranged in the school-yards, and much was done to keep the grounds iii neat condition. During the long sum- mcr vacation the plants could not receive the same attention as in term time, a;~d the Fall Term did not find them looking kNR'NkL REPORT. SCHOOLS. lB so well as plants that/lad had continuous care takm~ of tbem. Other schools are entitlecl to credi~ for what they did, though no prizes could be awarded them. The experiment in this line of school-gardens was a difficult one, for the soil ia tim school-yards is of the poorest, and the children bad to rely for seeds and plants, upon voluntary gifts. We ho~ that teachers and scholars may feel encouraged to eon- tinue the good work, and pledge them the co-operation of the School Committee. The prizes were offered, subject to no eonditions~ but the suggestion is made tha~ the sums received be devoted to continuance of the work in 1890. The moral influence of flowers inthe school gronnds, cared for by teach- ers and children, must hav-e the effect of e,tltivati~g the love of rite beautiful a~d moulding the character of the inmates of the schools. This is a trite subject, but one that deserves discussion, till thc gospel of love supercedes the law of feint. During ~he year, blanks have been furnished the teachers of thc several schools, to be filled out monthly, and retunted to the Secretary of the School Committee. Among other information valuable to us, we learn from these reports how many children have received corporal punishment, and what has been the reason for its infliction. We have not received h'om some teachers the fnll number of monthly reports, but eooagh are in our hands to enable us to state with approximate correctness how the question stands. From these records, we gather that there have been about two hundred and eighty cases of cor- poral punishment during the year. The statement is made that in Boston, during the same period of time, there h~ve been eighteen thousand eases of corporal punishment; and the statement has been read by man7 with surprise and indigna[[oa, How does it sound to 14 NORTII yon when we state that in proportiou to our population the amount of corporal puuishment has been about the same in North Andover as iu Boston ? We observe with regret, that the uumber of corporal pun- isbments bears little relation to the size of ~be school or quality of the childreu's conduct. One teacher has used the rod or ferule twealy~ve times in two months. Anofl~er~ an equally di~cult class of pupils to govern{, has used it but twice. One teacher reports tweuty-tbrce casses of whipping during nine monlhs, while the teacher i~ the next grade above reports but three during teu mouths. The re,sou of this difference in amouut of punishmeut is to be looked for, uo~ in the conduct oC the pupils, but h~ the teacher's methods. One bas learned to govern large]y by moral suasion. The other has much yet to learn of the superiority of moral brntc force. We h~ve three teachers who repm~t no use or need of corporal pmfisbme~t, and we chrmficle the fact with satisfaction aud pleasure. We uot[ce that some eases of trua~cy ba¥c been punished by flogging. The single truaut is usually sorry for his fault and ready to make amends for it. To flog a pupil who is sorry for his fault appe~rs to tts a poor way to reach his mm.a[ nature. Iffl~e repentant prodig~fl had returned home to fiud bis father a~gry and dciermh~ed to have satisfaction, the sou would ~ot bare staid lo~g iu tfis father's house. He would have made himself less worthy than ever to be called a son. He would have come ~o a worse fate than feeding swine. For O~e worst offences children are guilty of, we think there are methods of pun~shtneat more e~cacious than uso o~ the ferale. They demand more patience and long snffcring on fl~e part of tbe teacher~ closer study of human nature; but they are better for adoption by the teacher. They leave fewer regrets in tl~C teache;"s mi~d, ~' Blessed are the merciful," A~NUA~REPOR~. SCHOOLS. PLAY GROUNDS. The quest, ion what play-~,rounds the pupils of our schools shall have for ~heir use, deserves your lhongbtfu] considera- tion. The Kimball and Farnbam, the River, and Pond dis- tric;s have abundant room roi' recreation of children res/ding in them. All outdoors, so sparsely settled are these distrets~ might be said to be their play-ground. Thc children of the Centre have thc Village Common. The children of the Mer- rimack and Bradstreet school districts, the most thickly popu- lated portion or' tile town, have uo place to play in bHt tile school-yards and streets, aud that open lot of land that lies between Odd Fellows Hall and Bradstreet School House, which thoy hare had for years, by the courtesy of its owners. We know not how soon this liberty tile children now enjoy, of using the above-me;~tioned plot of land, may be taken t¥om them, aud the land devoted to other uses. We submit to your attention, asking fbr i[ your serious though; and considera- tion, whether the town should not at all early day, secure aome lot of land in the most populous section, to be held iu perpet- uity, and to be used for purposes of recreation by its citizens. The education of the children: physical and moral, appears to us to eM1 for a Public Commou. The streets aud lanes of the town are not sHitable places fi)r base-ball or foot-ball play- ing, or~ indeed: for addetic sports of any kind. The need of a Public Common does not conceru the School Committee more l,han others, but the advantages it would give to our school children have prompted ns to make the above suggestions. SUrERL~T£IqDEXCY O~ SCHOOLS. Shall North Xndovor employ a superintendeut, either by itself, or by union with some other town, to take charge of its Public Schools? This is a questiou that well deserves your consideration, a.d we open tho discussion of it, which, we hope, may be conti~lued by o~r fellow-citzens. Hitherto~ you have employed a committee of three to sup- crvise your schools. This committee is elected by you, aud may be composed of mc~ (.' womc,, as you direct. They may give as much or as little of iheir t~me to your service as they choose, s,bject to the provisions of the statutes that pre- scribe their duties. They may appoint the teachers and leave the care of the schools almost e~t~rely to them~ lookit~g in upon them once a month as the law directs, or they mgy give to the schools a la,'ge portiou of their tht~c, and i~stitute measures for thc tr~i,i~g of teacl,ers~ the hnprovemeut of buildings, and snpply every ~ossible facility that cau fur- thee the cause of education. If they shn[~iy obey the r~- quirements of the l~w with refercucc to visiti~g the schools, and atte~d fairly well to the fiua~ci~l administration of the School Departmeut, their dutics are lnany ~d arduous, ~nd the compe~s~tion bears no compa,ison with the work required. Hitherto, the smal[er towns of our State have been reluc- tant to appoint supcri~te~dents of schools because of the ex- pense involved. A snpcri,teudent should be one qualificd by education~ to take charge of a High School. He should be familiar, practically al~d thco~'etically, with all questions con- ncctcd wi~h school adm[o[strat[on, a~d sho~dd h~ve ~ salary equal at least to that paid the High School teacher of the' towu whose schools he supervises. The objection to the appointment of a superi~tcndent of schools, ou accom~t of thc expense involved, has now beeu answered. Chap. 43~ of the Acts ~ 1888 provides as for lows: 1. "Any two or more towns, the valuation of which does not exceed two million five hundred thousand dollars, and the aggregate number of schools in all of which is not more ANNUAL REPORT. SCHOOLS, 17 than fifty nor loss than thirty, may, by vote of the several towns, unite for the purpose of the employment of a superin- tel~dent of schools under the provisions of thc Act. 2. "When such a union has been efl~ctcd, the School Com- mittee of the towns comprisi~g tbe nnion shall form a joint committee, and for the purposes of this Act said .joint com- mittee shall be held to be the agents of c~ch town comprising the ~nion. Said cammittec shaI~ nicer annualty in joint cou- ventlon in the month of April, at a day and place agreed up~ on by the chairman of the comm[ttee et' the scverM towns comprising thc nnion~ and shM1 organize by the choice of Chairman and Secretary. Ti~ey shall choose by ballot a Sup- erintcndent of Schools; determine thc relative amouat of ser- vice to be performed by him i~t each town; fix his salary, and apportion the amoua~ ;hereof~ ~o be paid by the several towns, and certify sucl~ amount to thc Treasurer of each town. 3. "Wbeliever the treasurer and secretary of each joint committee sh~ll certify to the State Auditor, nnder oafl~, that a union has been effected as herein provided, that the tow~s~ ia addition ~o an amount equal to the average of the totM sum paid by ;he several towns for schools during the three years next preceding, m~;tedly have raised by taxation and appropriation a sum not less than seven hundred and dollars for the support of a Superintendent of Schools~ and that under thc provisions of this Act a Superintendent Schools has been employed for one year~ a warrant shall be drawn upon the Treasurer of the Commonwcdtl~ for the pay merit of one ;ln)usand dollars, oacdialf o~' which amount be pa~d for the salary of such Superintendent, and the re- maining one-half shall be apportioned and distributed on thc basis of the average school attendance of fl~e towns forming such district for thc year next preceding, which amount shall be paid for the salaries of teachers employed in the public schods within such district." 8 NORT]~ AND0¥ER. We will not argue this question of superiatendency, at length. The great advantage of having a man who shall give his whole time to the work of supervision of the schools is ob- vious- donbly obvions when wc consider that employment of a Superintendent does not do away with the necessity far a School Oom[nittce, but adds another arm to the service. ANNUAL P~EPO RT. SCHOOLS. TEACf[ERS Ok' THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. High a , chool, Mr. David Kinley. .... Miss Annie L. Sargent. Merrimack, No. 1, Mr. A. L. S;nith. " " 2, Miss Hannah C. Carleton. " " 3, Miss Mary E. Quealy. " " 4, Miss Heleu t7. Sargent. " 5, Miss Laura A. Bailey. " " 6, Miss Annie E. Sanborn. " " 7, Miss Annie M. Osgood. " " 8, Miss Lizzie A. Kelley. L-l~.ion, No. 1, Miss Jessie 17. Greene. " " 2, Miss Lida F. Fuller. Bradstreet, No. 1, Miss Anna M. Tucker. " " '2,Miss Heurietta Hatch. Centre, No. 1, Miss Harriet Rice. ,, - o, Miss Mary B. SprouL Farnham, Miss MaLv A. Berry. Kimball, Miss Lizzie F. Ingalls. Pond~ Miss Sarah L. Phelps. River, Miss Hattio 3~f. Ellis. Music, Mr. Edward Butterwortll. NORTH ANDO VER. SCHOOL ©E~N~S US. Number of children between five and fifteen years of age, May 1889. Merrimack District 466 Union " 71 Centre " 104 Farnham " 17 Kimball " 22 Pond " 17 River " 9 Total - 706 ANNUAL ItEPORT. SCHOOL~. ~01 TA~BUI~AR STATEMENT. lligh 38 36 24 aS m).~ 2(;.6 92 Merrimaok No. 1 39 31 31 as 32.l aO.7 05 ,, ,. 247474~ 45143.340.~ 9a ., 352384o 5241 37 '90 " .. 4 d6 46 46 42 43.2 40 92 ,, .. 5 44 44 43 39 41.1 37 90 ,. -. t; 4o 38404037.133.8911916I 1.2 41 ! 655 " 7 4:~ 53 41 4( 39.5 36.~ 91 19 19. , .. g 61i 44 3 47 46.4 36 ~78 5 '2 9 75 .... 2 3737363633.7 '27.5 89412911915 Bradstre~t,N,. 1 4848484444.7 41~ 89.14]4! 8 30 - ~ 25'1 50465446 39.5!86 11 935 16~ ~019 Centre, No. 1 44 ii 31 32 30.4 25.8 85 · " " 2 4640 16 t538.6 35 90 Farnham 17 17 17 16 15.9 1d.619.2 11 12 Kimball ~2 2'2 18 19 17.8 13.9 80 t'ond 17 17 1~ 14 13.3 1'2.7 95 1 ~ 1.2 River '2 1'2 11 9 10.4 (,).6 9'2 15 47 NORTH ANDOVER. SCHOOL OALEkNr DA~R. Tim school year for all the schools (except the High School) consists of 38 weeks, dMded into three terms. Tile Fall. term begins Tuesday following the first Monday in Sep- tember, and ends Friday before Thanksgiving. The Winter term begins Monday after Thanksgiving: and continues to the week preceding the animal Fast, with a va- cation of one week at Christmas. The Spring term begins Monday after Fast~ and ends in June, at the completion of 88 weeks. The High School begins the same as the other schools~ and continues 40 weeks, with vacations tile same, except that the Spring vacation includes only the week of the annual Fast. Rcspectfnlly submitted: CHARLES NOYES~ Cm~m~fxx, I School MARY G. CARLETON, S~C~gT~R:~ Committee. CHARLES P. MORRILL, FINANOIAL lqEP OP,,T OF THE SOklOOL DEPARIMEN.[. 2'0 the Honorable ]Joard of Audit~rs qf t/~e Town 9~/' ~%rth Andover The School Committee herewith submi[ an account of the expenses of the School Department ~br the year ending January 1~ 1890: ~cs~w,:~) ro~ SC[IOOLS. oi ~,chools - - .f10,400 00 For Support '~ Repairs and supplies - 1,400 00 Text Books 700 00 School Committee 400 00 Evening School 200 O0 Rent of Bradstreet Schoolhouse 30 0i) Snpplies sold and breakage in laboratory 40 47 Proceeds of entertainment given towards purchasing a piano for High School 2-2 48 From Massachusetts School Fund 172 28 Mass. Revenue School Fund 372 05 Moses Towue Fund - 242 06 Total amount received Amount expended Balance mmxpended $13,979 34 13~264 46 714 88 NORTH ANDOViSR. HIGH SCHOOL. Paid David Kinley, teaching 89 4-5 weeks - $1,194 Annie L. Sargent, teaching 40 wks. 500 Estate of O. F. Spofford (janitor) 58 Patrick Haley, janitor 109 00 00 $1,694 00 87 Geo. A. Towue, janitor - E. MeKon% g0 tons coa.l E. Adams, wood Geo. H. Perkins, chelnicals D. J. Costello, cabinet N. S. S. Tompkins, glass, etc. Thomas Hall, magnifiers, etc. - David Kinlcy, electric apparatus " " laboratory supplies E. S. Ritchie, supplies John N. Cole, mountiag-paper, etc. Geo. S. Merrill, programmes - A. S. Buuker, repairs P. J. Sweeney, supplies and labor A. J. Wilkinson, self-act, blowpipe Frost & Adams, supplies E. A. Gould, washing and repair- lng can;as E. Butterworth, tuning piano French & Puffer, 1 dozen jars Dyer & Co., use of piano, etc. " " piano - 6 72 199 20 5 5O 379 12 2] 46 30 00 10 78 12 46 18 85 6 48 97'5 5 73 3 50 4 10 4 45 2 25 ~5 60 3 00 2 25 11 65 200 00 347 96 $2~421 08 ANNUAL REPORT. sCHOOLS. mmRmxc~: sc~ooL. · Paid A. L. Smkh, teachiug 38 weeks 00 Hannah C. Carleton,:37 9-10" 454 80 M~ry E. quealy, 38 weeks 418 00 Helen C. Sarge~:~, 37 2-5 weeks 35~ 00 Laura A. Bailey, 37 9-10 weeks 379 00 Annie E, Sanborn, g8 weeks 849, 00 Anuic M. Osgood; 38 weeks 380 00 Lizzie A. Kelley, 88 weeks 380 00 Grace Osgood (sub.), 3 1-2 days 3 50 Hannah J. (4uealy (sub.), 1-2 day 50 Joseph Trembly, janitor E. McKone, 47 tons coal - Albert Berry, wood 288 80 4 5O P. P. Daw, stock and labor 180 75 Jas. P. Markey, s;ock and labor 18 5i Laing & Tattersall, stock and labor S ] 8 Tntde & Bailey }df'g Co., 4 reg- isters, e[¢. - - 9 50 Davis & Furber Machine Co., 4 register castings, etc. 5 85 $3,708 80 605 38 222 79 Samuel A. O'Bricn, repairing roof 3 25 Joseph Trombly, repairs 4 70 B. F. Mitchell, 2 pumps and laber 8 75 Mrs. J. Q. Monk(m, cleaning 6 70 Charles W. Moulton, cleaning 9 20 Austin k Waller, picture cord, etc. 3 3l II. M. Wbktier, cleaning vaults 5 00 Amount carried forward, 4 ~40 91 $4,536 97 NO~T~ ANDOVEB. Amounts brou~,ht ~forward, Paid H. P. Doe, clock Fire Dep't, moving ashes E. Butterworth, tuning piano A. P. Cheney, teamiug - John Pollard, cord and knobs P. P. Daw, door-springs, labor UNIO,~' SCHOOl,. Paid Jessie F. Greene, teaching 37 9-10 weeks Lida F. Fuller, 36 4-5 weeks Grace Osgood (sub.), 1 1-5 weeks Joseph Trembly, jaifitor E. McKone, 8 tons coal - Nathan Foster, wood G. B. Smart & Co., castings,lini,gs elbows and labor on stoves Thompson & Coombs, grate, etc. Joseph Trembly, labor on well, etc. " " sawing wood H. M. Whittier, cleaning vaults J. L. Hammett, sharpener, etc. N. S. S. Tompk[ns, floor brush - B. F. Mitchell, repairing pump Davis & Furber Machine Co., re- pairing pump D. J. Costcllo, stock nnd labor P. P. D~w, brass b~nges - $10 91 $4,536 97 3 50 2 25 1 50 1 00 20 10 50 59 86 $4,596 83 $397 95 331 20 6 00 ~735 15 95 00 53 12 4 00 152 12 12 10 I 50 2 90 3 00 2 25 5 00 3 7O I 9U I 25 40 3 5O 35 37 94 ANNUAL REPORT. SCHOOLS. 27 BRADSTREET SCHOOL. Paid Anna M. Tucker, teaching 87 9-10 weeks Henrietta Hatch, 37 3-5 weeks Grace Osgood (sub.), 2 1-:2 days Joseph Trombly, janitor - E. McKone, 34 tons, 4 cwt., coal Albert Berry, wood Laing & Tattcrsall, painting " " glass and setting H. M. Whittier, cleaning vaults - Henry Reilly, teaming loam N. S. S. Tompkins, floor-brush, etc. T. P. Rich, sawing wood P. J. Sweeney, gauge, lead, etc. Joseph Trombly~ cleaning - " " repairs - Davis & Furber ~[achine Co., sheet iron, labor and damper $379 00 876 00 2 5O $757 50 95 00 226 66 32g 91 59 00 1 50 5 00 · g 00 4 ,50 5O 5 35 4 50 2 45 2 40 88 20 CENTRE SCHOOL. Paid Lizzie F. Currier, teaching :23 weeks - 8230 00 Bessie M. Shepard, 25 weeks - 230 00 Harriet Rice, 15 weeks, 150 00 Mary B. Spro'ul~ 15 weeks 135 00 Amount carried forward, $745 O0 $1,169 61 Amount brought.forward~ Paid Geo. A. Town% janitor E. McKonc, 16 tons, 3 cwt. coal $745 00 123 50 1(}7 23 23O 73 Samuel A. O'Brien, repairi,g root~ 19 77 John E. Ingalls, stock and labor 4 15 A. H. Chamberlain," " 3 50 E. Adams, spout irons, conductor, &c. - 9o Sanborn & Robh~son, wire net and tacks 4 68 Mrs. Mary Towne, cleaning 10 A. E. Hammett, 51 inkwdls .7 81 Geo. A. Towne, glass, pa;;y, h)ek and labor- 7 25 T. A. Holt & Co, floor brush, broom- 2 03 J. E. Whiting, cleaning m~d pairing clock - 1 Charles G. Gould, gl~ss and set'rig 3 25 64 59 $1,040 32 FARNHAM SCHOOL. Paid Mary A. Berry, teaching 38 w'ks .9342 00 ........ $342 00 Nancy J. Gray, janitrix 22 80 Daniel A. Carleton, wood 19 05 M. Goodhue, wood 2 00 43 85 E. Pike, stove, &c. - 10 60 M. Goodhue, preparing wood, &c. 1 50 1'2 10 $973 95 ANNUA [~ I~EPOIIT. SCHOOLS, 29 KIMBALE SCHOOL. Paid Lizzie F. ingalls, teaching 38 w'ks 8266 00 $266 O0 John A. Bencker, janitor 12 O0 29 75 L. G. Lacy, wood - 41 75 Mrs. Geo. Wardwell, cleaning - 2 00 2 00 POND SCHOOL, Paid Helen E. Roaehe, teaching 22 4-5 weeks Sarah L. Phelps, teaeh'g 15 wk's Harley E. Mead, janitor Nathan Foster, wood Henry Keniston, s;ock and labor Nat. Foster, preparing wood H. F. Clark, work on pump and stove pipe $309 75 8159 60 105 00 $264 6O 13 00 4 00 17 00 7 50 1 50 2 70 11 70 RIVER SCHOOL Paid Hattie 5i. Ellis, teaching 38 w'ks $228 00 $293 g0 228 00 A. W. Bassctt, janitor 19 00 Nafl~an Foster, wood 22 00 41 00 A. W. Bassett, cl'ning and broom 1 80 1 80 $270 80 NORTH ANDOVER, MUSIC. Paid E. Butterwortb, teaching 38 w'ks $380 00 Dyer & Co., 4 pitch pipes 80 " " sheet music - 1 J. Bi. Russell," - ¢55 ,$382 99 TEXT BOOK ACCOUNT. Paid Cowpcrfltwait & Co. Harper & Brothers Boston School Supply Co. Prang EducationM Co. D. Appleton & Co. - Iviso., Blakemau & Co. George F. Ki,g & Merrill Ginn & Co. J. L. Itammett Thompson, Brown & Co. Carl Schocnhof E. H. Butler Thorp & Adams M'f'g Co. F. ~:f. Ambrose - Geo. S. Ferry Allyn & l~acon B. A. Fowler & Co. William Ware & Co. - A. S. Bantus & Co. Warren P. Adams Jessie F. Greene 971 8~ 69 63 65 10 62 89 57 59 45 55 41 80 88 92 27 14 26 42 17 50 15 23 14 55 14 15 9 ~0 8 42 6 O0 4 17 3 34 I 26 50 $601 60 ANNUAL REPORT. S¢~HOOL~q. [NCII)EN rAL EXPENSES. Paid Josselyn's Express $17 35 Fred L. Sargent, fl'eight, deliver- lng supplies 11 50 Prang Edtteational Co., materials and instrd~ctiou of teacher - 25 00 A. D. Carleton, taking ceusus 25 00 Joseph Trombly, truant officer '22 75 Joseph Trombly, convwalice to Khnball District ] 25 George S. Merrill, printing Course of Study, etc. 44 00 Austin & Wa.ller~ picture cord and knobs W. E. Rice, penholders 50 M. G. Carleton, stationery, pos- rage, etc. 5 60 Paid Hammb J. Quealy, teaching John P. S. Mahoney, Maud Mi!.ner, Joseph Trombly, janitor Thompson, Brown & Co., books F. O. Dewey-, brackets, burners, etc. Davis & Furber Machine ~o., east- ings, etc. - Joseph Tromt,ly, oil ~154 25 $29 75 16 80 16 00 10 20 ~72 75 7 50 1. 92 7O 84 $83 71 NORTH ANDOVEII. OFFICERS SERVICES. Paid Ctmrlcs Noyes, school committee .~150 00 Chatqes P. Morrill," " 100 00 Mary G. Carleton, :' " 125 00 ~375 O0 FROM MOSES TOWNE FUND 'FOR I~STRICT SCHOOLS. Paid J. L. Hammett - $6'2 13 Briggs & Allvn M'f'g Co. 63 00 F. M. Ambrose - 2g 63 Lee & Shepard 10 18 Boston School Supply Co. 25 67 Honghton, Milllin & Co. - 6 79 Interstate Publishing Co. 3 99 A.H. Roffe& Co. - 4 25 Ivison, Blakeman & Co. 3 I)8 Harrison Hmnc S 50 Educational Publishing Co. 10 84 Balch Brothers 20 00 8242 06 The following Town Property is iii charge Departmcnt: HIGH SCHOOL. Laboratory apparatus and chem- icals Bookcase and books Mineral case, minerals, cabinet of insects Maps, charts, globe, pictnrcs, stat- nary, clocks, desk Coal, miscellaneons supplies Piano - of the School 8450 00 600 0o 65 00 105 O0 140 O0 200 O0 --$1,560 O0 ANNUAL R~POKT. SCHOOLS. 33 MERRIMACK SCHOOL. School-house, fixtures and land $24,000 O0 Coal and wood Clocks, tables, clmrts, globes, chairs, maps, books, pictures, piano, & miscellaneous supplies 150 00 1,080 O0 $25,23O UNION SCHOOL. School-house and land - $2,500 00 CoM and wood 25 00 Book case and books - 100 00 Stoves, tables, chairs, clocks, maps, etc. 100 00 - $2,725 00 BRAI)STREET SCHOOL. School-house, fixtures and land $12,23~ O0 Coal and wood - 100 O0 Bookcase and books 110 O0 Tables, chairs, docks, nmps, charts, etc. CENTRE SCHOOL. 100 00 ----$12,545 00 School-bonse, fixtures and land $10,000 O0 Coal 50 00 Bookcase and books - 155 00 Chairs, tables, desk, clocks, maps, charts, etc. 100 O0 $10,285 00~ FARNHAM SCHOOL. School-house and land 8800 O0 Wood 10 00 Bookcase and books 50 00 Chairs, char;s, maps, desk, table, etc. 40 00 $900 00 34 NORTH ANDOVER, KIMBALl, SCHOOL. School-house and land ~601) 00 Wood- 10 00 Bookcase and books 60 00 Maps, charts, chai,s~ table, globe, e;c. 45 00 POND SCHOOL. Sehooldmnse and land $40!) 00 Bookcase and books 25 00 Maps, charts, chairs, table, etc. 45 O0 RIVER SCHOOL~ School-house and land - $1~000 00 Bookcase and book ~ 80 00 Maps, chairs, table, charts, etc. 45 00 8715 0o $47O 00 $1,075 00 Supplies at the house of M. G Carleton - $98 00 SELEC, 3. ViEN I EPORT. To the Ho~wrab/e Board of Auditors: We herewifl~ submit our Ammal Report. The Town, at its ammal meeting, in March 18S9, appro- priated the following amom~ts for expenses for the current ycar~ viz. For schools - - $10,400 00 Repairs of buildings - 1,400 00 Text books - 700 00 School Committee 400 00 Evening ~chools 200 O0 For higbways~ bridges & sidewalks $7~000 00 Culvert at Centre 100 00 Marblehead Street crossing 225 00 Bradstrect schoolhouse loan 1,000 00 Sapport of poor 3,000 00 Assessment on Lawrence bridges '2,800 00 Hose for Steamer - 1,000 00 Sewer, Main & Railroad Streets 2,000 00 Library 500 00 Soldiers' graves- - 110 00 Iotal Approprtatton- $13,100 00 $17,735 00 830,835 00 86 Amount broug, ht forward, Tax overlay $25~ 89 Corporation Tax - .- 8,663 26 National Bank Tax - 3,638 23 8tare Aid 2t4 00 Dog Tax - 371 40 Mass. School Fund 172 28 Mass. School Fund revmme 372 05 Received for Overseers Department 199 14 Moses Towne School Fund income 17/. 80 Received of School Committee 92 95 Rent of Armory- 300 Oo Received of Mass. Cattle Com- ~nissioners- 4 00 $3O,835 O0 14,454 $45,289 00 To tiffs amount should be added some small items, as will be seen by reference to the Treasurer's R~porl, and pay- ments have been made as follows, viz. For support of schools - Overseers Department Road Commissioners Fire Department Public Library Memorial Committee Marblehead Street Committee - .$13,264 46 3~280 92 6,933 81 3~758 21 1,302 75 110 00 225 00 $25,874 65 For details of expcnses of the fi~regoing dcpa,'tments, sec special reports of the same. Officers Services. Paid James C. Poor, Selectman - Bradford H. Barden," Daniel A. Carleton, " James C. Poor, Bradford Hi. B~trden," Daniel A. Carleton, " ANNUAL REPORT. SELECTMEN'S. ,~7 James C. Poor, Assessor - Bradford H. Barden, " Daniel A. Carleton, " E. W. Greene, Treasurer Isaac F. Osgood, Town Clerk I. F. Osgood, Registrar of Voters, Jeffrey Kelley, " " " Calvin Rea, " " " Wm. Halliday,Jr." " " John W. Bolton, Auditor - W. W. Chickering, " H. W. Fields, " Wm. F. Kelley, Collector of Taxes E. W. Greene, Collector of Taxes (1886) M. S. Jenkins, Teller Amos D. Carleton " T. J. Leahey, " Maurice I-Ierber ~ J. W. Leiteh, F. W. Eaton, d~strlbuting ballots Amounts cw'ried forward, 825 00 0-5 00 25 00 150 00 125 00 125 00 475 00 125 00 125 00 125 00 375 00 250 00 75 00 325 O0 23 5O 25 00 25 00 21 00 94 50 45 O0 45 00 45 00 135 00 340 00 4 22 344 22 12 00 2 00 3 00 2 5O 5 50 2 00 $27 00 $1748 72 38 NORTH ANDOVEII. Amo~mls broug'htfo,rward, ~27 O0 $1748 72 Geo. W. Tucker, " " g 00 L. Edgar Osgood, Inspector, 5 W. H. Hayes, Deputy Inspector - 4 00 M. Bolto,, " " 4 O0 Amos D. Carleton, Ballot Clerk - 4 46 O0 State Aid ~1 ~94:72 Thomas D. Black 6!) 00 Barthololnew McDonuld 60 00 William Craig - 36 O0 Ann Wood 48 O0 Martha A. Blood .go~ O0 Mary L. Curtis 48 00 James McRobbic 15 O0 Johannah Q. Moulton - 16 O0 Margaret Wimfiug 8 00 Anna Blanchard - 8 00 Emma A. Mills - 4 O0 $335 O0 Tile State re-imburses tile Town lbr money Aid. Incidentals, I, P. Osgood $49 95 C. P. Morrill - 13 50 J. H. Fish 5 75 M. J. Mahoney 2 75 I. F. Osgood, stationery, postage, etc. J. C. Porn', smtioneDq pos[age & express Am~uats cattiest forward, paid £or State $71 95 $11 52 8 60 9 O0 029 12 $71 95 ANNUAL REPORT. SELECT~MEN~S. 81t Amo~ozts bro.~.~bt fl.'ward, $29 12 871 95 W. E. Rice, general expense book g 25 Geo. S. Merrill, 1200 reports - 192 00 Order blanks - 2 60 Collector's not.ices 3 50 Pay orders 2 $0 gnvelopes - 1 25 Treasurer's slips 1 75 Town warrants 3 50 Blanks - 5 20 Pay bills - $ 00 Poll tax lists - 18 00 Fish permits and notices 10 25 Tow~ warran[s 4 00. Check lists - 15 Blanks 1 50 Collector's notices 1 50 E. MeKone, coal for selec;t.nen's office ~ 71 W. E. Rice, stationery - 5 36 W. E. Rice, Assessors' books 2 75 W. E. Rice, envelopes 75 Chas. A. Pillh~g, stmnped envelopes for Treasurer - Estate O. F. Spofford fbr services as janitor Town P. HMey, janitor Town Hall J. H. Rea, repairs at Town Hall Geo. Gould, repairs " N. S. S. Tornpkins, supplies Davis & Furber, stock & labor J. H. Fuller~ supplies J. H. Rea, building fence Amou~ds carried jbru, ard, 33 60 42 00 78 88 $ 75 6O 3 8O 1 81 2 8O 47 94 8528 32 $71 95 40 NORTH ANDOVER. 21mounts bro.ught Jbrward, 9523 32 J. J. Daw, stock & labor, repairing Town Hall 28 56 J. J. Daw, stock & labor, voting place 88 29 A. E. Mack, insurance, Mcr~'imac School house 45 00 Samuel White, check-book 14 00 National Assessment Bureau, list of stocks 10 00 Pratt Bros, Assessors' schedules 2 75 J. L. Fairbanks; tax collector's books - 2 80 G. W. Coburn, ink~ pens, etc. 50 W. S. Roundy, Removing tree protectors 1 35 Hugo Bell repairing town clock, 14 00 A. P. Ellis, repairing pump 2 25 Asa Angier, h~surance on Library - 15 00 Mrs. J. Q. Moulton, janitrix Selcctmen's office 40 00 Mrs. J. Q. Moalton, soap, etc. 1 50 Geo. H. Moulton, ligliting lamp 5 00 N. P. Frye, services aud expense in col- lectlng taxes of 1886 17 90 Colburn & Co., paper and pens - 2 00 Town F.arm, wood for Selectmen's office $ 00 Board of Health - 30 00 E. W. Greene, c'ertii'ying State Aid returns 12 00 Robert Etliott, Fish Warden 5 00 J. W. Richardson, sapplies for Select- men's office - 5 2t County Commissioners. Assessment on Lawrence bridges 92843 55 N. P. Frye, services and expenses - 21 70 $71 95 $869 43 9941 35 2865 25 ANNUAL REPOI~T. SELECTi~IE~I~S, Forest Fire Wards. J. E. Ingall%scrv~ce~ as forestFire Ward, 25 00 Albert Bcrry~ ,, " " 75 41 25 75 Village Improvement Society. J. D. W. 1~ ench T~'easurcr Cnl*ert at Centtv. E. Adams J. O' Brien - Geo. Turtle ~ 26 50 78 00 3 18 100 O0 107 68 42 ' ~NOllTH AI~DOVER. Macadamized RomL At the Annual Town Meeting the Town voted to take one tbonsaud dollars fi'om the arno,mt appropriated for repairs of the highways, to continue the macadamizing of Ellis Hill. This amount to be expended under the direction of' the Selectmen. The Board decided to do ti,is work by the day, and Mr. Barden superintended file job. Nine bmldred feet of' road were built, and tiffs, with tim eight hundred feet built by Mr. Adams, and one hm~d~'ea reOt built by Mr. Daw last year, makes eighteen huudred feet of' good road, that will need bat little ammaI expense to keep in good repair. R. A. Hale, (I.E., establishing grade - 815 00 B. H. Burden, services ~ 66 41) B. H. Burden, cash paid labor 3 00 John W. Flynn, labor 44 60 T. Sullivan, labor 43 50 Henry Reilley, labor 40 60 Dennis McDonald, labor 34 50 Eugene McDonald, labor 19 5(} Maurice Murphy, labor 24 75 Patrick Harrington, labor - Ii 40 M. Morrissey, labor 11 03 John Donovan, labor - 3 75 Parker D. Chase, 1,~ber - - 2 40 Jolm Ivory, labor 8 l0 M. Toomey, labor - 6 75 T. Murphy, labor 4 50 W. A. Russell, men and team 36 00 J. C. Poor, men and team - ]l)l 50 Town team 6 50 S. D. Hinxman, repairing tools - 7 55 A.mo.unt carried/brward, 8494 33 ANNUAL P~EPoRT. SELECTSIEN'-$. ~-i3 A~ount b~'ozt~,ht.£orward, ~494 33 J. D, W: French, 19 loads stone, at 81 19 00 W. B. Chadwick, 48 loads 48 00 Waiter It. Ilayes, 53 loads 53 00 F. B. Bodwel], 33 loads - 33' 00 B. H. Bardcn, 10 loads 10 00 Wm. A. Russell, 20 loads 20 00 J. C. Poor, 352 loads at 75 cm~ts 264 00 E. Adams, crushi~g sto~es and repairs on crusher - 112 00 S. M. Greenwood~ grovel 1 40 B. II. Bardcn, two lantern,s 2 00 J. Jacobs, coal ~2 18 ---- .91068 91 44 NORTH ~.NDOVEiZ, Main Street Sewer. At tile A~mual 'l'ow~ Meeting the towu voted to raise and appropriate two thousand dollars ($2000) to co~struct a sewer in Main a~d Railroad Streets, tile amouut to be ex- pended under the supervisiou of tile Selcctmeu. The Board voted to employ Mr. P. P. Daw to superiutend tile job. After looking the ground over, and ~ndiag that it was no~ practicable to empty the sewer into thc Merrimac River (with the amount appropriated), tile Board got permission from the late l~ben Suttou to empty it into the race-way below his dye-house; aud a 22-iuch AkrOll pipe was laid from tiffs point, up Mai,, a,d crossing Sutto, ~,treet, and fbllowiug up on thc eas;erly side of' Main Street, thereby filling up an unsightly and dangerous ditch, ;o a poiut about op- posite the junction of Main and Railroad Streets; thru crossing Main, aud takiug ou; and lowering the old culvert; built in parts of ston% railroad ties, and two liues of 12-1neb pipe. The 22-inch'pipe was laid up Railroad Street as far as the culvert that crosses said street, tbt~s making a much needed jmproveme,t. It will be seen, by refering to file bills, that the Board have overworked the appropriation; but they were obliged to in order to cotnplete the .job in a prac- tical and satisfactory manuer. It will be seen, by refbrcnce to the figures, that 112 feet of pipe taken from the old culvert was worth $50.40. and the Boston & Maine R.R. paid $18.78 ~br work done on their account~ thus reduci~g the actual expense of the sewer 4,o Sanborn & Robinson, sewer pipe $1682 67 Sanborn & Robinson~ hammer handles and lanterns - 2 50 P. P. Daw, services 10'2 75 $1787 92 Amou~d carried fo,rward, ANNUAL REPORT S F~LECTMEN~S. 45 A~zo~rtt bro~g'ht fo~'wa~'d, $1787 92 Town te~m ]31 4l John Connors, labor - 12 00 Stephen Murphy, labor - 27 00 Peter R~ffcrty, labor - 30 00 M. Dooley, labor 29 25 Bart. McDonald, labor' 30 75 John Ivory, labor - 27 75 L. Murphy, labor 21 Geo. A. Chency, labor 56 63 T. Murphy, labor 58 25 T. Sullivan, labor - 3 00 Wm. Craig~ labor 13 50 Ezra Carter, labor - 75 S. D. Hinxman, repairing tools - 8 85 J. P. Markey, building cess-pools 16 38 B. & M. R.R. l~bor B. & M. R.R., storage on c~rs 72 J. S. Dorman, brick - 20 34 H. Keniston. brick and cement 11 '28 J. S. Needham, cement 9 00 W. J. Jones, cesspool stones - 12 00 E. Cooper, supplies 1 28 D~vis and Father, sewer grate castings 19 6-t By 112 ft. of 12-in. pipe $50 40 Stock and labor for B. &, M.R.R. 18 78 S 69 18 $2354 65 NOi{TII ^ XDOVER. Pathing Snow, Geo. Hopkins $6 00 T. Murphy 6 00 P. P. Daw- 18 50 Town team 26 10 T. Sullivau 6 00 J. L. Murphy - 2 25 J. Davis 60 F.E. Nason - 4 80 P. Holt, Jr. 2 25 Julius Body 2 70 G. A. Cheney I 50 $76 7O The State reimburses the Town three lburths of ;lie amount of rent of Armory. 6ravel Bank Purchase, In May lSSO the several lots of hind belonging to W. P. Phillips and the Oreene estate, containing nearly all the avail- able material tim[ is within a practicable hauling distance of [he Village and the adjacen~ streets, were offered for sale; and [lie Board, deeming i; important tha~ tim Town should own these lots, called a special Towa Meeting ;o see what action the Town would take iu the matter. And it was voted, at said meetiag, to purchase the lan4, for which the following amount was paid, and the deeds delivered and recorded. Military Department, Rent of Armm'y $400 O0 E. McKone, coal 70 32 J. H. Fuller, supplies 6 12 J. W. Richardson, supplies 10 60 E. Adams, prepared wood - 5 50 $49.9 54 ANNUAL REPORT. Paid Pedrick and Closson for lots Nos. 10l, 102, and 108 Greene estate, and Nos. 113,114, 115~. 116,117, and 1:38 of W. P. Phillips J. R. Poor, recording deeds W. J. Jones, eight bound stones - R. A. Hale, survey of lots, setting bound stones and making plan SELECTMEN~S. $2005 84 2 75 6 O0 30 O0 47 .22044 59 4~ NORTH ANDgVE[{. Recapitulation of Exloenses~ Sapport of Schools - - $13,'264 46 Overseers' Department - :3280 92 Road Commissioners 6933 31 Macadamized Road 1068 91 Fire Department 3758 21 Main Strec[ Sewer 2354 65 Gravel Bank Purchase 204t 59 County Tax- 2937 16 State Tax 2.t}~0 00 County Co[nmissioners' Assessment on Lawrence Bridges 2865 25 Officers' Services - 179i 7'2 Incidentals 941 38 Library 1802 75 lnteres; and Discount (Bay State National Bank) 734 57 Police 801 85 Military Deparhnent 492 54 Sram Aid i~$5 00 Marblehead Street Comnfittec 29.5 00 Memorial Day Colnmittee 110 00 Culvert at Centre- 107 68 Pathing Snow - 76 70 Forest Fire Wards 25 75 Labor on Highway (old bill of W. P. Phillips, 1887) - 26 37 Liquor Licenses - 50 Village Improvement Society - 100 00 Whole a~notmt of orders draw,b, $48,562 27 ANNUAL REPORT. SELECTMEN~S. 4~ S©HEDULE ()F T()WzN~ PROPERTY. At Town ltonse. Town Hall fixtures and land -$20,000 00 Thh'ty-five settees- 70 00 Voting-booths, railings etc. 50 00 Eight chairs - 6 00 Chandelier 50 00 Eleven lamps 11 00 Stage scenery - 45 00 Ti~ree tables 15 00 Clock 15 00 At Town Fat'm Office. Library 50 00 Table - 10 00 Chandelier 5 00 Stove - 1 00 Chairs - 10 00 Vanlt - 100 00 -- $20~262 00 Library Two tables - Twelve Chairs - Letter press - Chandelier and lamps Amounts car,tied/re'ward, At Selectmen's Office, ~' $450 00 40 00 36 00 6 00 20 00 $176 O0 $552 00 $20~438 00 NOR, TH ANDOVER. Amounts brought .forward, $552 O0 $20,488 OO Safe 175 00 Stov~sand fixtures - 28 09 Curtains and fixtures 8 00 Waste-basket - I 00 Miscellaneous - 10 00 $774 00 At Armory. Closets $9,75 00 Gun-racks 25 00 Furniture 78 00 Stove - 20 00 Curtains and fixtures 10 00 $408 00 Treasurer's Department. Standard weights and measures $200 00 Duplicate set for deputy's use 90 00 $290 00 Taylor Fund. Deposit in Essex Savings Bank, with interest 8251 87 Moses Towne School Fnnd. 'Deposited in Lawrence Savings Bank 1000 00 Essex Savings Bank 1000 00 Broadway Savings Bank~ - 1000 O0 Andover Saviugs Bank '- 1000 O0 A,mount carried forward, 4,000 O0 826,161 87 ANNUAL REPO1ZT. SELECTMEN~S. Amount broug, ht fo~'ward~ ~iscellaneons, Pump and trough, High St. Town Hail- Oentre - Cot. Main and Railroad Streets Gravel Bank Two commolls Public Library building Total value of Town Property 51 $26,161 87 845 00 45 00 75 00 60 O0 $225 00 0_000 00 500 00 800 00 $3,300 00 $29~686 87 52 N0gT~ ANDOVEiL TOWN NOTES FOB 1889. No. Date. Time. I Amount!Per When Paid. 53 Jan. 6, 1886. $8,000 4 a~.~. 80 1%/). 4, 1889. 9 Months. 1¢50(I 4 INov. 14, 1889 81 8-2, 88 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 Mar. 6, Apr. 2~ " 8 " Apr. 22," 8 " May 7, " 8 May 10 " 8 JullO 4, June 1.8," g " July 2, " 5 Aug. 6, Sep. 2~ Sep. ~7 " 3 5O0 3,000 7O0 4,000 2~000 2,000 4,500 2,500 1:000 2~000 1,500 4 iSov. '2.9, " 4 i. De¢. 9, " 4 Dee. 24, 4 Jan. 18, 1890 4 Jan. 18, 1890 4 Nov. 7, 1889 4 Dec. 2L 4 Dec. 9, 4 ,Dec. 4 Nov. 6, 4 iDec. 20, " All notes given dm'lng the year have been paid. Note No. 53 is the Bradstreet Schoolhouse loan, and is the only note against the town, and the principal is now .94000. ANNUAL REPORT. SELECI'3IEN S. 53 FINAS'C[AL CO5tDITION OF T}IE TOWN. Taxes due for 1887, " " 1888, ', " 1889, - Due fi'om City of Lowell~ Cash in Treasurer's hands, 9:1 g5 ] .080 ~5 6,796 86 89 47 . 111 13 80 O0 88,69l 04 Liabilities, (Note No. 58) 4,0{)0 00 Balance in favor of Town,. ~$4,691 04 Following this repot[ will be found the reports of tile gea- eral departments. All of which is respectfully submitt~ed. JAMES C. POOR, ~ BRADFORD H BA_RDEN, DANIEL A. CARLETON, Select~ea of North Andover. OVERSEER'S R, EPORT. 2b the Honorable Board q£ Auditors of t]~e Town of ~¥orth Andover: We herewkb submit our repot; for the year ending Janu- ary 1, 1890. RECEIPTS. Appropriation for support of'poor 93000 00 Received from Commonwealth 42 00 " " City of' Lowell. 35 95 " Bill at Danvers Asylum repaid 121 19 $3199 14 Expeaditures $~280 92 Overdrawn 81 78 Officers Services. Paid James C. Poor, overseer $65 00 Bradford H. Barden, overseer - 65 00 Daniel A. O~rleton, overseer 65 00 Geo. L. Burnham, superintendent to Ja,. 1 - 50(t 00 Relief out of House, Paid Mrs. Donovan, supplies £urnisbed 9154 05 Mrs J. H. Deming 167 96 Mrs. Thomas - 55 47 Mrs. Joseph Duchesney 71 95 Mrs. Timothy Lynch 83 49 Miss Florence Marsh - 39 00 Amounts carried forward, ,9571 92 $695 00 $695 O0 ANNUAL P~EPORT. Amounts broug'ht forwa~'d, Board of Conlon child 15 00 Mrs. Kate Conlon, supplies - 15 37 City of Bostou for Isabella Hardy 31 84 City of Lawreuce for Kate Golden 6 00 City or Salem for Nancy T. Eastman 6 47 Commonwealth for care of A. C. Long at Danvers Asylum - 173 97 Commonw'th care R~chel Scholes 169 73 " " D.A. Luke 12~ 81 " " Paticut at vets, bill repaid to Town 95 66 Commouwealth care Chas. Barker at School for Feeblc Miuded 169 43 Joseph Lacouse, supplies fl~rnished and charged to Commouw'th 81 00 C. E. Wood, supplies furnished and clmrged to City o~ New,on - 111 33 Mrs. Mary Adams: s'plics furn'h'd and charged City of Lowell Funeral Expenses. Paid John Breen for burial of Catherine Welch W. W. CoPoy fm burial of Geo. McLaughlin Medical Attendance. Paid Frank E. Well, attendance at Almshouse Frank E. Weil, for State Pauper Amount carried forward, ovEas~. 35 $571 92 8695 00 36 50 S1610 03 $31 25 20 O0 $38 O0 1 50 $39 50 $2,895 78 NORT~t ANDOVE,,. ,4moue! bro~gld forward, $2.395 78 Repairs of Buildings. Paid N. S~ S. Tompk[ns~ paints, etc. ~35 59 Laing & Taftcrsall, painting - 105 O0 " " varnish 4 80 D. J. Costello, stock and labor 50 50 P. J. Sweeney, piping 10 92 James P. Markey, masou work 6 70 lnet4ental ~xpenses. Pa~d B. F. Mitchell~ pump ~9 50 D. Coughlin, coal 100 43 Wm. Oswald, clothing 60 9~ Sanborn & Robinson, drai~ pipe A. H. Fage, labor on f~rm 140 00 Lucy Shedd, helpin house - 72 00 Geo. L. Burnham, help ht house 25 O0 J. C l~oor, cash rendered P. Cavmmugh 5 00 Ciky of Haverhill, conveying' pau- per to House 7 O0 D. A. Carletmb 1 tmi fertikizer ge 00 " " grain 28 75 H. K. Webster, " 17 64 E. W. Pierce, " 18 90 Geo. H. Perkins, medicine - ~ 40 J. L. Fairbanks, pauper register 8 ~5 C. Wilcox, blacksmithing 11 60 EdwaqAdams, " ll 17 J. II. Nason, sled 48 50 H. A; Long, I cow 35 00 E. C. $teig[er, furniture - 25 70 8671 63 $3,280 92 Total exioenditures, ~NNUAL REPORT. OVERSEERS. 57 Recapitulation. Paid Officers, services $695 00 Relief out of House 1,610 03 Funeral expenses 51 ~5 Repairs of Farm buildings 213 51 Medical Rttendance 39 50 Incidental expenses 671 63 -- $3,280 92 SUPERI~TENDE37T~S REPORT. 7b the Overseers qf the Poor q/' ~brth Andover: Gentlemen: -- I have tim honor to submit my Repor~ of Receipts ami Expenses for the year 1889. Receipts. By Cash received for balance from ac- count of 1858 - 8'19 67 Milk 766 10 Eggs 148 25 Cows 90 00 Calves - 15 25 Labor 102 Wood - 187 02 Vegetables 199 73 Apples 22 65 Hay 111 55 Swine - 45 Vinegar 12 46 IOasturiu g 6 O0 $1756 38 Bills now due and uncollected, $157 76 ANNUAL i~EPORT, OVERSEERS. :Expenses. To Cash paid fo,' groceries - $450 4:0 Meat 189 03 Fish 20 95 Cows 30 00 Grain - 443 20 Seeds 36 71 Labor - 93 '20 Cutting wood 51 25 Furniture 24 77 Blacksmithing 20 60 Cloth[ag 125 72 Medicine ~ 26 50 Grass 10 00 Incidentals 52 13 Pasturing 6 O0 Tools 13 26 Drain pipe 7 00 Repairs 58 20 Swine - 26 00 Sawing and sawdust, - 10 45 Fertilizer 18 50 Fowls 2 77 59 Ice bill l0 40 91722 04 Casq~ on hand 34 84 $1756 88 Bills now dtte against town, $165 15 NORTH ANDOVER. No. of Inmates at Itouse during the year Disclmrged Died Admitted during rite year Fresent No. 20 7 1 9 12 January /Pebrnary March April May June July August September October November December Number o! Tramps cared for. Respec[£uHy submi;ted: 63 66 70 55 12 0 4 10 40 60 63 449 GEO. L. BURNHAM, Supt. q[Almshot~s~. ANNUAL ~EPORT. OVERSEERS. 61 S©ttEDULE OF PROPERTY 1~- OVER- SEER'S DEPARTME_~T. January 1, 1890, Town Farm and bnildings Furniture and clothing Two horses Twelve cows - One yearling Two calves Seven shoats One hog One hundred and ten fowls Stock. Implements. One Market wagon " Farm " Two horse " Farm cart " Pung " Sleigh " Mowing machine " Rake Three plows " IlarroWs One Cultivator Amounts carried forward, $950O O0 5O0 O0 $275 00 410 00 15 00 20 00 42 00 15 00 66 00 $848 00 840 00 60 00 20 00 35 00 50 00 80 00 30 00 10 00 20 00 P0 00 3 00 8318 00 10,843 00 63 NORTH ANDOVER. Amounts brought.forward, $318 00 10,843 00 One Root-cutter 3 00 " Grind.stone 5 00 " Hay-¢u, tter 2 0§ " Single harness 30 00 " Set of double harness 50 00 " Two-horse sled 40 00 " Ox sled 5 00 " Set of scales 5 00 Small tools 30 00 ,~98 00 Supplies at Town Farm. Three and one-half tons oat fodder $42 O0 Five tons swale hay 75 00 Seven tons meadow hay 70 00 Eighteen tons English hay 360 00 One ton ofrowen 15 00 One and one-half tons corn fodder 15 00 One ton grain 20 00 One hundred and fifty h.sh. corn 52 00 Perry cords prepared wood 200 00 Ten cords of wood 25 00 Nine tons of coal 6g 0O Fifty bush. turnips 25 O0 Ten bbls. cabbage l0 O0 Ten bbls. apples 20 00 One hundred gals. vinegar 14 00 Three hun. and twenty gals. cider 32 O0 Twenty gals. of oil 2 00 One htmdred and twentyfive lbs. salt pork 12 00 Fifty lbs. hams - 6 00 Animals carried./brward. ~1058 00 11,841 00 ANNUAL REPORT. Amount brozz~ht forward, $1058 00 11,341 00 Twenty lbs. lard 2 00 Two hundred lbs. sugar 14 00 One and one-half bbls. flour 9 0O · T~enty lbs. tea 8 00 Sundry vegetables - 10 Cider, oil, and flour barrels 20 O0 $11'21 00 TotaI, 812,462 00 It will be seen by the Superintendent's Report, r. hat fora' lmndred and forty-nine tramps have sought lodgings at the Almshouse during the past year. Many of these tramps arrive at fl~e Almshouse in an m~tidy condition, and are liable to bring ini~efious diseases with them. Thc Board o~ Overseers are una~fimously of ~he opinion that to admit these tramps to the same room with the inmates of tim house, as we now are obliged to do, is an imposition to which our own poor ought not to be sub.~ected; and also tha~ it is unwise to lodge tramps for the night i~ the building connecting' the house and barn, wlmre, should a fire break out in thc nigl~t, the destruction of the whole property would be almost certain to result. We, therefore, recommend that aceomodations be provided for tramps, in a cheap building, to be erected near, bat not taehed t% thc Almshouse. And we ask the Finance Com- mittee to recommead a small appropriation for this purpose, and the voters of the town to cons[der the matter at the next annual meeting. During thc past year all the rooms in the house have been thoroughly painted, and the farm buildings are now in good condition. Although tile past season has beeu unfortunate for brining generally, Mr. Burnham's account speaks well for bis management of the farm~ while tile occupants of the house have been well ca. red tbr, Respectfully submitted: ,I~ME$ C. POOR, BRADFORD H. BARDEN'~ l Oversee~-s DANIEL A. CARLEI~O~~, ~1 ~/' the Poor. NORT~t ANDOVl4R: Jan. 2, 1890. ReAl) COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. F. E. ~ason's Account. Paid F. E. Nasm~ self, men, and teams Patrick Burke, labor Parker Whitman, John Smith, Wm. Smith, Martin McDonough, " Patrick McDonough, " Chas. Wilcox, maa and team Peter Hol~, Jr.," " Frank H. Rea, " " Austin & Waller, tools - Gee. Hopkins, ~abor - Wm. Flyan, A. ~ob[nson~ men ~nd team Chas. Bu[tcrfield, gravel Bean & Poore, htmber Geo. H. Turtle, men and team D. Mitclmlt labor Wm, Roundy, Amo,nt carried forward, $444 74 55 87 7 5O 93 74 51 95 74 9O 104 9'2 67 O5 362 89 15 70 26 76 72 74 10 13 76 50 108 70 46 60 111 75 50 ~5 6 O0 $1818 19 66 NORTH A NDOYEI~. Amounts bro~g'ht jbrward, $1818 19 John E. Ingalls, stock and labor 27 85 Sanboru & gohinson, pipe 2 00 D. L. Whipple, men and team - 9 00 S. D. Hinxman, repairs - 8 15 Jacob Barker, labor and gravel 6 18 Joseph Jacobs, fence rails - 5 4i) Albert Fish, labor 27 00 Patrick Kelley, " 26 25 Daniel Carter, " IS 37 John O'Brien, " 15 00 J. C. Poor, " 14 50 Herbert Whittier, labor and ~tone {)5 00 S. M. Greenwood, meu and teams 4i) fi0 N. Gage, " " 13 20 Wm. A. Russell, gravel 5 50 T. A. Holt, tools 4 42 82,106 21 -P. P. l}aw's Account. Paid P. P. Daw~ service 8295 00 " " stock and labor 29 05 " " " "Marble- head St. ]5 00 P. P. Daw, stamp - 3 50 Davis & Furber, stock and labor 98 78 Thomas Murphy, labm' 167 90 Town team, " 9t}5 89 Stephen Murphy, " ,57 38 John Donovan " 6 38 J. Griffin, " - 2 25 Amount carried.£orward~ -9164t 13 A. NNUAL REPOP~T, I~,OAD COM~II~SIONERS. 67' Amount broug'ht forward. ~1641 T. Sullivan, " 88 13 88 Geo. Hopkins, " - . 10 50 E. O. Bailey, men and team 28 58 E. 31cKone, " " 119 63 S. D. ttinxman, stock and labor 22 85 Sanborn & Robinson, pipe - 176 51 Smith & Mahoney, cesspool cover 17 00 J. W. Riehardso~, supplies I 81 James Briefly, stone 12 50 Joseph La Mere," 6 50 J. S. Needham~ cement - .g 00 W. P. PhiIlip% stone - 40 00 M. Morrisey, labor 56 63 Eucene Wall, " 31 50 Michael Dooley, " 58 13 David Carter, " 75 Henry Carter, " 75 John Davis, " 1 50 Ezra Carter, " 37 70 Michael Toorney, " 3 00 Patrick Harrington," 8 00 Eugene MeDonMd~ " 3 00 Johu Conners, " 13 13 Maurice Murphy~ " 25 91 Lawrence Murphy, " 107 66 A. P. Cheney, men and teams 133 90 Henry R6illey," " 154 14 WellingtOn Davis, care of lamps 24 75 Joseph gacobs~ lumber 30 86 Geo. A. Cheney, labo,' 31 50 Amou~zt carried .~,'ward, $2886 73 NORTH ANDOVER, Amount broug'ht forward, $2886 73 Globe Gas Light Co.,lanterns 20 75 Geo. Josselyn~ express 75 J. H. Fuller, suppl~.cs 15 26 Richard Marshall, old ties 4 50 Austin & Waller~ pipe 28 05 112 ft. 12 in. pipe credited to Main St. sewers - 50 40 Cash rec'd fi'om A. J. Ellison fro' pipe 8 8 15 " " Loam from Merrimack St. 2 75 Pipe of various sizes on hand 10 00 Rocks itt Phillips pasture on hand 40 00 Edwar~l Adams~ Account. Paid Edward Adams, labor $86 00 " " men and teams .529 21 " " use o{ derrick $ 00 Wm. H. Nichols, labor 10 50 Frank Garvin " g 75 Joseph " " 52 50 Edward .... 101 62 John Barus, " 54 75 Geo. M." " 15 75 Frank Davis, " 49 13 W. Blackwood " ]2 00 John Devit, " 49 12 0has. Butterfield, gravel 35 10 H. P. Ingalls, " 9 75 ~mou~t ca~'~d forward, $1017 18 $3006 44 $60 90 $2,945 54 ANNUAL REPOP, T. [~OAD C05IMISSIONERS. 6~ Amount broug-ht forward, $1017 18 Daniel Whipple, men aud team 48 75 Nathan Foster~ " " 39 00 F. Orris Rea, " " 12 15 J. L. Farnham~ " " 21 37 Peter Hol~, Jr., " q 10 50 Henry Long, " " 27 O0 Chgs. Wilcox, " ': 36 00 CMvin Rea, " " gt 00 Newell At~kins, " " 19 62 D. G. Berry, " " 6 30 Albert ~ ..... 15 44 L. G. L~cy, " " 48 80 Geo. L. Avcrill, " " 45 25 Edward Fisher, " " 24 25 Moses Towne, " " 46 50 S.T. Farnbam, " " 24 50 Frederick Rabs, labor 9 00 Levi Goodhuc, " 7 50 Geo. L. Sharpner," 9 00 J. G. Johnson, " 12 00 Chas. L. Clark, " 14 25 W, C. " " 15 00 John Hayes, " 18 37 P&rker Chase, '~ 26 99 John O'Neal, " 19 50 Joha Brown, " .20 25 Danici Carletmh gravei- 8 85 Geo. W. Abbot, " 6 25 A. [~. Fuller, " 14 48 John Glennie. " 2 10 John B. Je~kins~ " 4 30 Amount carried forward, .$1649 45 70 NORTH ANDO VER. Amoz~nt brot~gl~t forward, $1649 45 S. R. Starrett, gravel 1 00 H. E. Mead, reelb team & gravel 21 60 T. A. Holt, shovels 4 00 Nathan Foster, labor - 5 70 John Wilcox, repairs on Scraper 5 50 Wm. W. Phelps~ gravel - 9 05 Samuel Evans, labor - 4 87 Wm. Evans, " 9 00 P. Haley, " 6 O0 H. S. Foster, labor and grave[ 2 60 I. Fish, " " I 00 J. E. Reynolds, men and team 18 0O Diamond Hartwell~ labor - 49 12 Geo. H. Goodhue, " 12 75 Geo. A. Rea, me,, aad teams - 15 O0 Moses Goodhne, .... 20 51 Geo. Kenney, labor 1 51) J. L. Killum. " 2 00 H. W. Towne, men aiid team - 3 10 Austin & Wailer, pipe and tools 12 92 Sanborn & Robinson, pipe - 7 64 Eugene McDonald, labor 3 00 Wm. J. Dale, g,'avcl - 5 55 ·$1,871 O6 Centre Bridge hnpro}'emcnt. Paid T. J. O'Brien, for relaying 78 ft. $7~ 00 Geo. H. Turtle, stone 3 18 E. Adams, teams, stm~e, ~nd use of derrick 26 50 $107 68 ANNUAL REPORT. ]gOAl} COMMISSIONERS. 7b tl~e C~itizens q£ the Town of North Andover : We the undersigned Road Commissioners of North An- dover submit the following report: ~ The amomlt expended on roads, sidewalks and railings has exceeded the approDriation, to the sum of $933.81. The appropriation of ~100 for rcpairh~g the bridge a[ the Centre Square has been overworked $7.68. There has been 78'f~e~ of the bridge rclaid and enlarged and put in good condition. We would recommend that the town raise and appropriate the sum of $7000.00, to be expended on streets, railings, and sidewalks. Also that the sum of 81000.~0 be raised and ap- propriated to conthme the macadamizil~g of Main Street, from Town Hall towards the Episcopal Church. We would also recommend that the sttm o[ ~g00.00 be appropriated to fill up and build a bank wM1 on Green Street, at the approach to the bridge, as it is considered dangerous, m~d as the City of Lawrence has repaired their approach to the bridge. We would also recommend that ihe sum of $200.00 be raised to widen Sutton Street near the house of tim late William Hub- bard. We would also recommend that the sum of $500.00 be raised and appropriated lbr the extension of the sewer fi'om First to Second strccts~ as R will have to be relaid, and should be put in a permanent condition. Also would recom- mend that the Town should take some action in regard to placing edge stones on sidewalks and crossings. We would recommend tlmt the Town purchase a new Road Machine, as the old one is becoming unfit for use. All of which is respectfully submitted: J. E. NASON, } ~oad Commissioners P. P. DAW, ~ q/ EDWARD ADAMS~ l~.'th Andove'r. ]EN GINEE q$' BEPOlqT. 7'0 the _tlortorab~e Board of Seleclme~, of the 7bwn (~ North ~ndover : The Board of Engh~eers respectflflly submk the tbllowing report for [l~e financial year endiug Jan. 2, 1890. Paid Joseph Jacobs, Jr, $13 98 J. H. Rea, work 8 00 J, E. Ingalls, work 67 90 G. H. Tuttle, iianling gravel 7 O0 E, Robinson, cleaniug engine 61 50 W. Davis, steward and dt'iver'- 47 83 G. H. Perkins, supplies 4 65 Hugo Beil, do&s 6 50 F. M. Morgan, blankets and reins 21 $0 J. H. Nason, a two~horse sled 52 50 E. McKoue, coal ~8 68 H. K. Webster & Co., straw' 5 59 H. Ki[~redg'e, grading reservoir 18 $0 Geo. S. Merrill, printing 5i) Austin & Wailer, springs 1 ] 8 P. J. Sweeney & Co., piping - 107 97 Austin & Waller, hardware 3 88 .Joseph Jacobs, Jr., htrnber for No. 2 :28 98 J. W. Richardso~b s'plies for horses 14 14 - " " house 4 19 zlmou~tt carried farward,, .9499 .'37 AN[~ U'AL P~EPO RT, EN(41XEI~RS. A~,ount brot(~.ht.fi~ru;ard, ~499 37 S. D. Hinxman, blaeksmitbing 19 '2-3 Pedrick & Closson, carpet for driver's room ~ ~4 15 Davis & Furber, repairs and s'plies 15 79 James Dorman~ bricks and mortar 4 O0 B. H. Fa.rnharn, wood for No. 2 5 31 Edison Electric I11. (~o., bells 5 35 E. McKone, coal ll 15 P. P. Daw, grain-chest and work 17 75 W: Davis~ driver' and steward 4,5 50 Oochiebewick pa?roll 67 50 Eben Sutton " d8 O0 W. Davis, driver aad steward 4.5 00 " lighting lamp - 4 66 Sanbot'n & Robinson, supplies 9 75 J. S. Needham, coal 16 00 Joseph Jacobs, Jr,, lmnber 2 07 fl. K. Webster & Co., straw 2 73 G. A. Towne, lighting lamp 7 50 " " sawing wood 2 5(I Chas. Gould, painting, and stock 29 72 Josselyn's Express 70 Chas. Wilcox, shoeing horses - 1 50 Wm. Toohey, steward of No. 2 - 9 00 O. K.. Currier, Fire Alarm $7 12 J. E. Ingalls, services as engineer 5 00 P. P. Daw. " " 10 00 F. E. Nason, .... 5 O0 A. S. Jackson, hos% less fi. eight 862 50 T. A. Holt, supplies for No. fi 8- 25 Coelfichewiek poll-tax 52 O0 Am(,~at carried £o','wa~'d. ~1~864 10 73 NORTH ANDOVER. Amount broug'ht forward~ .$1,864 Ebon Suttoa poll-tax - 30 00 W. Davis, driver, and light'g lamp 47 S. D. Hinxman, blacksmithing 8 45 E. McKone, coal 8 A. S. Bunker~ repaiFg electric bell I 70 Chas. Bly, bells - 8 00 A. P. Cheney, ;earns 3 50 P. Chase, labor and teams ~ 5 75 O. K. Currier, repairs on linc - 38 Cl as. C, ould, painting at 5~o. 2 8 83 T. A. Holt, supplies for " J. E. I,galls, work ou Engi,c Houses 30 52 J. W. Richardson, supplies - 32 23 Geo. I. Smith, W. Davis, alcohol, arnica and rum 2 85 " soap - I ~7 " steward and driver - 47 50 " lighting lamp 2 5() Joseph Jacobs, Jr., lumber for ~No. 2 Davis & Furber, supplies 7 60 McDonald & Hannaford, harness work 9 50 Wm. To~lmy, steward of No. 2 9 00 G. A. Towne, light'g lamp, repairs 6 80 Davis & Furber, supplies fi S. D. Hinxman~ blacksmithin g 33 63 H. K. Webster & Co., straw 2 52 J. F. Kirk, painting sign ll 50 G.H. Perkins, supplies 2 40 D. J. Costello, repairs 106 93 J. E. Ingalls, services as cng;neet 5 O0 Amount carried forward; 92,3,51 40 A. NNUAL REPOt~T AmOunt brought forwc~*'& Cocbichewick pay-roll Eben Sutton W. Davis, moving hay W. Davis, steward, driver, and lighting lamp Mr. Robinson, fl'ame for recm'd W. Davis, steward and driver lighting lamp " help in haying, ~1.00, moving stove, 75 cts. J. W. Richardson, grain " " supplies J. F. Kirk, painting E. S. Robinson~ supplies O. Moulton~ 16 hours' haying D. Carter, 28 1-2 L. Mm'phy, 16 J. Davis~ 7 A. P. Oheae35 teams - Josselyn's Express, 2 ieatl~er nets " " 2 ankle boots G. I. Smith, services as engineer A. E. Hazelton, .... " " supplies J. H. Fuller, Austin & Waller~ harness snaps and hose Davis & Fro'bet, S, D. Hinxman, blacksm[thing W. Davis, steward and driver " lighting lamp - Amount carried forward, E~x.~sg~;as. 75 $2,351 40 90 O0 49 50 1 50 5O O0 2 25 47 50 2 50 l 75 29 10 6 78 10 O0 l 7O 2 40 5 70 2 40 .1 40 4 O0 5 O0 75 5 O0 5 O0 1 25 5 O0 13 14 8 74 47 50 2 5O $2:756 08 7~ NORTH ANDOVER. ~lmount brought forward, $2,756 08 J. E. Ingalt% hardware Hugo Beil, repairing alarm 2 H. K. Webster & Co. straw 2 21 M. T. Stevens & Sons, hay 76 Eben Sutton pay-roll 47 50 Cochiehewick " 98 W. Davis, steward and dt'ivcr 47 50 ,! lighting lamp 2 5¢) E. McKone, coal 65 00 Davis & Fnrbcr 11 J. E. Ingalls, service as engh~cm' Joseph Jacobs, Jr., lumber 2 95 H. K. Webster & Co., straw H. K. Webster & Co., straw, $1 oats~ $I6.40 17 Wm. Toohey, steward of No. 2 9 J. W. Riehardsoa, supplies 25 30 ,, .... 8 75 G. A. Towne, lighting lamp at No. 2 6 50 D. Costello, door and labor G. I. Smith~ use of barn 5 J. H. Fuller, grain 6 00 G. I. Smith, services and supplies 7 A. E. Hazelton," 5 00 W. Davis, steward and driver - 47 50 " lighting lamp 2 50 A. P. Cheney, horse hire I 50 S. D. Hinxman, blacksmitbing 7 H. K. Webster & Co., straw I 73 W. A. Foster & Sons, grate and bed plate 2 25 ~mount carried forward, ~3,275 73 ~4raount bro~ght forward, ~3.275 A. S. Jackson, 24 spammr sockets 9 60 Austin & Wailer, Whips 3 34 W. Davis, steward and drivm' - 47 5(} " lighting lamp 2 50 H. K. Webster & Co., oats 14 40 .... 15 bags corn 15 " " l bale straw 2 05 Coehiehewiek pay-ro~l 70 Eben Satto~ " J. W. Richardson, supplies - 5 85 - " grain W. H. Toohey~ steward of No. 2 McDonald & Hmmaford, harness work - 75 W. I)avis, steward and driver - 47 50 " lighting lamp 2 50 J. E. Ingalls, services as engi,eer 10 00 A. P. Cbeney, t. eams - 1 T. A. Holt & Co., supplies 3 03 G. A. Bm'ns, hnitding fence 1 0. S. Stearns, horse medicine 2 40 Jo, selyn s Express - 2 10 J. A. Day, 12 gals. soap 1 82 Xustia & Waller, horse-file, clippers, $2.50 5 50 H. K. Webster, straw - 2 G. I, Smith, serdees as engineer 10 O0 G. A. Towne~ lig';'g lamp at No. 2 6 50 S. D. Hinxman, blaeksmithing 13 15 E. [I. Rohiason, work on fire alarm, $3.~). Ct. by ~ corner brack- ets, $1.00 2 O0 Amm~t carried fi~rward, $3:616 91 78 NORTH ANDOYER. A~aount bro%,'ht forward, 93,616 E. S. Robinson, engineman at No. l 59 J. H. Fuller, s,pplies - ~4 C. S. Steavas, horse medic[ne - 4 " " supplies 2 Land for Engine House No. 2 - 85 S. i). Hinxman~ blacksmithin7 lg J. H. Fuller, supplies 4 Ct. on polLtax - Grain 8198 Blacksmithing 75 Harness work 9 M. T. Stevens & Sons, hay 76 Making and moving hay Horse medicine Straw - Two whips 3 One horse-file One horse-clipper - Two leather nets 5 Horse boots and express 2 Blankets - 21 One sled 52 Paid W. Davis, driver and s;eward .5~0 00 91 · 95 85 45 25 00 4O - 93,760 21 ~ 00 49 60 50 40 O0 92 34 O0 50 O0 91,066 98 Received for okd grain-bo× ,- ,$1 50 " " door 1 00 " " }lose 4 l0 " " " and couplings - 7 85 " fi'omMaverick 0il Co. 16 00 SgO 45 ANNUAL REPORT. ENGINEERS. 79 CREDITS TO FIIZE DI';PARTMENT ON ACCOUNT OF USE OF ~o~s~s ~Y ao.~n From Jan. 1 to April 2, 1889 ~296 35 In April May June July August September October November December From E. W. Greene " J.G. Brown " J.W. Morse S£eward's salary Fires and trials - 1:23 75 114 74 62 63 68 63 9'2 25 70 00 108 00 120 23 ---- $1j69 75 $12 12 $ 62 6 9O ~o O0 5O O0 ,9 14:7 64 81,817 39 Schedule of Property in Fire Department. Steamer engine house and stable $.3,000 00 " Eben Sutton 4~200 00 " hose wagon - 11'2 00 Boiler and piping - 330 00 Three horses 700 00 One cart 115 O0 ,, - 85 00 Collars, surcingl% and chains 22 50 Three hcad-halters 3 00 One street lamp 10 00 Seven hundred feet of old jackc~ hose 150 O0 Amoz*nt carried forward, $8,7:27 50 80 N(}RTI~ ANDO VEIL Amounts broug'ht f orwa~'d, .$8,727 ,5i) Fi2eel~ hundred fee£ of new jacket hose 862 50 Fifty fee; of old rubber hose 12 O0 Sevm~ty feet of'garden " 15 00 Steamer connection 27 23 Portable bench and vise - 10 00 One pair double hanging b~rness 120 00 One single hanging harness (10 O0 One clock 4 75 Fifteen overcoats 10 00 Eight horse-blankets - 30 00 One dozen lamps 5 00 One set double harness 45 00 One set single h~rncss 25 00 One sled 53 00 Miscellaneous 50 00 Five tons of hay 100 00 Cochicbewiek engine house 800 00 " hand-engine- ?,00 00 Five hundred feet jacket hose 400 00 "coats - 10 00 "set~ees 10 00 One stove 20 00 Eigh; chairs ~ 8 00 Curbing 35 00 One street lamp 7 00 "table 2 00 "lamp 2 00 Three laaterns - -- g 00 Miscellaneous 15 00 $11,9t;8 58 ANNUAL REPORT. ENGINEERS. 8~ We have visited the public buildings in town, and find them safe a~d well kept. We have also inspected the f~re- escape a~ the Merrimac School building and fl~d it in good condition. We are now well equipped wkh hose, fibeen hundred feet having been added to our s,,pply, according to the appropria- tion voted ~,y the town las; March. The hose wagon a; No. 1 requires a new set of wheels to render i; safe for using, and we have ordered some to k,e in place about the middle of Jan., 1890. O&era~ise the Fire Deparm',en; is i, good condition. Our town has bee,x remarkably free from fires during the past year, which is no tease, for carelessness, being always liable to one. We have ~otntd k ~eedful to make some repairs at the Eben Sutton House, and more will be required from yea' to year. The roof must be repaired in the coming spring. We recommend an appropriation of fifty dollars for paint- i,g the ~ochichewick Engine House. We recomme,~d the purchase of a small steamer for the Centre, as the cost of its maintcoance would be less than that of tho hand machine. We rccom~ncnd thc bnildhtg of ~ reservoir aear the E. S. Engine House, and that an ~ppropriatio, of six hundred dol- lars be made ~or the purpose. We recommend that fifty dollars bc appropriated for clear- ing a driveway fbr ;he Steamer on the Town Landing~ so- called, extending fi'om thc mouth of the Shawsheen River, to ;he Point~ near Main StrceL There have been three fire alarms during the present year. No damage. GEORGE I. SMITH, ) A~0S E. HAZELTON, [ Etz~ineers. JOHN E. INGALLS, ] 82 NORT~ ANDOVE~. FOREST FIRE WARDS REPORT, In the beginning of the year, the Forest Fire Ward ap- pointed Assistant Fire Wards, one in each district~ to secure quickness of' action in ease of a fire, and vigilance at all times. But o,,e forest fire has been reported during the year. While burning brush in tire Kittredge Pasture, the fire got from under control, swept ou into some yom,g wood belong- lng to Mr. James Johnson, and damaged it to tile amount of about one hundred dollars. Too great precaution ca,mo; be taken in startir,g such fires. Nothi,]g should be left to supposition; but the careful watcher should know when perfect security is iusured. Other people's property is otherwise endangered., while tile worker of the mischief, whether he acts carelessly, or ~hrough ignorance, is liable to be called upon for a fine, and the da,hagen, whatever they may be. JOHN E. INGALLS, Forest Fire Ward. OF COMi~IITTEE ON THE MARBLEHEAD STREET OROSSIB!G. To ttonorab/e Board of Selectmen: On Jan. 2, 1859, I filed with your Hon. Board the first re- port of lny doings as Committee of the town in the matter of having a crossing at grade estahlished at the point where Marblehead street crosses in a northerly direction, the loca- tions of the Boston and Maine and Eastern Railroads, as pro- vialed for by the Public Statutes, chapter 112, seetlon 125. (See page 73, report of Jan. 2, 1889.) This report will show the doings of the Committee since Jan. 2, 1889, and is a final report. First as to receipts and expenditures, viz.: N. P. FRYE~ COSIlglTTEE OF THE TOWN. DB. July 2, 1889, to cash received from Town Treas. $225 O0 ' $225 O0 CI~. July 9, by cash paid R. A. Hale, Civil Enghmer $10 00 July 29, by cash p~id I. F. Osg'ood 50 Nov. 2 ,, witnesses' expenses, 1st hearing, Boston 8 81 84 NORTH ANDOVER. Nov. 11, G. A. Cheney 2 40 " 13, G. L. Harris I 2.0 " 16, witnesses' expenses, 2nd hear- lng, Boston 5 30 Nov. 25, J. W. Morss, wimess ?,rd hearing, BOStOll Nov. 25, T. O'Su].livan, witness 3rd hearing, Boston - 8 $0 Dec. 11, A. D. Marble, Civil Engin'r 25 " personal expenses 1-¢ 55 " services 85 00 "31 Town Treas. to balance ~;6 _04 8225 00 2nd. Thc facts not contained itt my previous report above referred to, are ~s follows, viz.: At thc time of' my readering my last report, the decree of the County Commissioners had not been granted, but on March 25. 1889, they issued their decree, granting a crossing at grade a[ ihe place petitimmd for. Upon examining this decree it was fmtnd ~o be worth- less, owing to the fact that it was not legally drawn, and could not be used before the Board of Railroad Commis. sioners. This fact caused another delay of abou[ alt summer, but on Sept. 16, 1889, an amended decree was issued by the County Commissioners, the following being a copy: CommonweMth of Massachusetts, Essex ss. Com'; of' County Cmhmissioners, August Tet'm, A. D. 1889, held by adjournment at Salem: Sept. 16, 188;). AMENDED DECREE. On the peti6on of the Selectmen et the Town of Nortl~ dover~ in the County of Essex~ representing that the public convenience and necessity requires that a highway be laid out ANNUAL REPORT. 85 at grade across the Eastern Railroad and the Boston &Maiue Railroad at a point easterly from the junction of said roads so as to eontinue Marblehead Street northerly to connect with Sutton Street in said North Andover, that said Marblehead Street is a town way, that said Sutton Street is a county way and that the said continuation of Marblehead Street would be the distance across both of said Railroads, and praying that said town of North Andover may be authorized to lay out a way across said Railroads at grade according to the Statutes in such eases made and provided. It having been made to appear that ail persons and corporations interested therein had been duly ~otified of the time and place of meeting, we, the County Commissioners foi~ said County, did on the twenty-eighth day of July, A. D. 188[~, proceed to view thc route of said proposed way and to hear all parties interested therein, and now upon the conclusion of said heariug do ad- judge that thc public convenience and necessity requires that said way should be laid out across said Railroads, and we do hereby further find and adjudge that public necessity requires said crossiug to be at a level with both said raih'oad locations, and we do hereby attthorize the Selectmen of the town of North Andover to lay out a town way across the track of the East- ern Railroad and the Boston & Maine Railroad at grade as shown ou plan filed herewith, drawn by R. A. Hale, C. E., Lawrence, Mass., which plan is hereby adopted as a part of the foregoing order of location. in witness whereof we tim County Commissim~ers have hereunto set out' hands this sixteenth day of September, A.D. 1889. And tiffs decree being ameudatory of the decree of March 25th, 1889. JOHN W. RAYSiOND, (Jmtnty Commis- EDWARD B. BISHOP, sioners pi' Essex DAVID W. LOW, County. NORTIt ANDOVER. Immediately after receiving this amended decree, your Committee at oace petitioned the Board of' Railroad Commis- sioners for their assent in writb~g as provided for by Sect. 125 of Chap. 112~ Pub. Statutes. The petition was duly tered, but no time was fixed by tlne Railroad Commissioners for a hearh~g until Oct. 11~ 1559, when they sen; word to your Committee that they would bear the parties at Boston, on Saturday, zk*ov. 2, 1889~ and tlnat meanwhile tlney would view the crossing. After some trouble your Committee certai,ed that tile Board would take a view on Oct. 28, 1889, and then and there met them. At tile time of the view, your Committee requested the Board to consent to bare the bear- lng at North Andover, but this request was declined upon tile ground that tile Board cou~.d no; spend the thne to come to town. Upon being urged to come to North Andover, Mr. Crocker, thc chairma., said ;h~t the Board were exceedingly busy and could not well come, but in order that ~ustice might be do,e to all parties interested, the Board woald agree to take the evidence of' the Selectmen on all questions of [;act, such as the number e£ iohabitants, travel, localities of' ways convenient to the crossing, and also on thc question o(~ public convenience and necessity, a~d avoid [itc inconvenience to the Board, and also the trouble and loss of time to the parties liv- ing in tine vicinity, which both would be subjected to, were tine hearing to occur at North A.dover. And when your Com- mittee stated that the people were anxious to appear before the Board, it being an important matter to them, he still de- dined to ha~,e a hearing in North Andover, and said tlnere probably would be no dispum as to tl~e l'acts~ the question really resolved itself i.to an engineering preblem~ and as such it, would be treated by the Board. The full Board then proceeded to view the premises and was quite thorough in its inspection. Thc Chairman proposed first an overhead ANNUAL REPORT. crossing to start at grade some distance back on Marblehead Street, thence rmmh~g north along the line of the street, crossing the tracks ove,.bead, thence turning and running easterly along Sutton Street and dropping to grade at a place in Sutton Street several hundred feet towards the B. & M. depot. Another of the Board proposed a way going westerly from Marblehead Street down Suffolk Street several hundred feet, and turning north an~ passing m~dcr the location of the B. & M. location to Merrimack Street in Lawrence.' la fact at this view. ;l~e matter was quite thoroughly discussed by thc Board and your Committee, and finally the matter was postponed to the thne o~' ;t~c heariog in Boston. The hearing in Boston occupied three days, viz.--Nov. 2, 16 and 25. And the following facts appeared: The location of this proposed grade crossing ~, upon a parcel of land conveyed by Robert Thompson, of Dcdban% Mass., ~o the Boston & Maine Rail- road Company by deed dated April 2L 1848, a,,d in this deed the followi~lg condition appears :--" thc said company are to make and maintain the l%nce on thc sides of ;heir rail- road adjoining my land, and also to make a crossing at grade for passing of cattle and teams ever the rdlroad on the north- crly end of tho first mentioned peicc,"--and it was apparent to all that ~be above condition applied to the cx~c[ place where it is proposed to continue Marblehead Street across the raih'oad. Some years later, on Dec. 17, 1853, this same Robert Thompson conveyed M1 the remainder of his land in tiffs vicinity to Pro/ S. S. Greene, of Providenc% R. I., since which time it bas been known as [he "Greene ~al'~n." And in this last deed this condition for a. way was recognized. As 40 When this way was first opened i~ was proved that in the spring of 18~18 or 18~4, sometime ia May or June, Mr. Cotter, a section master of the B. & M. ~. ~., now deceased, together with Mr. T. O'Sullivan, a well known residen~ of this town, NORTH ANDOVER. and at~other man whose whereabouts is now ttnkno~n, all of whom were then employees of the B. & M. R. R., opened the way, by removing the fences, leveling the approaches, and planking narrowly the. space betwee~x rite rails. A few years later the pl~nking was widened somewhat and it bas remained so ever since. So that it clearly appeared that this way had been open continuously lbr some ~g years, a~fl that it was opened a~d maintained by the Railroad Company. It also appear~l that in this immediate viciitity there is a community of 28 houses, containing gO tenements, with a population of 177 people. In addition to these, there is one large school- lionse, and Maverick Oil Works. Thoro is an average of 291 foot passengers daily over the crossi~g, and an average of 65 teams. Thc number of railroad trains both ways dally is 55. The above figa~'es do not cover thc n~ght time. The unfenced condition of the railroad location on each side of the crossing was also shown and thc dangerous condition of affairs dis- cussed. Plans were also exhibited showing the lay of streets ou tho N'orth A~dover and Lawrence side of the Shawshee, river, with a view to find a route to Lawrence by using some other way than Sutton and Merrimack stree*s. In addition to the above Ibc'as, the problematical part of the question fi'mn an engineer's standpoint was presented. Mr. A. D. Marble, City Engineer of L~wrence, was employed by your Committee to make surveys and estimates of the cost of the ways pro- posed by the Board of R. R. Commissioners. As to tho first, viz.: To begin at grade some halg way up ~larblehead ~ thence rumling north it~ the street at a grade that would cross the tracks overhead, then t~;rn and run easterly on one side of Sutton Street for several hnndred feet, and finally drop to grade, Mr. Marble testified would be u~terly impracticable, owing to great inconvenience to using, damage to adjoining property and the great cost. His estimate og the cost is as follows, viz.: Way to be 30 feet wide, with retaining wall on each side. 182(:; cub. yds. stone al 83.75 86847 00 4090 " earth at 40 cts. 1!:;3l; 0(} ~4~ " bt.idge abut. men,ts, stone, al ~4. )( 1040 0() Brido'e 2500 00 Wood steps 70 00 Iron raH, 1200ft. 600 00 4(¢00 ft. land on Marblehead s~.~ a~ 10 cts. 460 00 Movinff Kelley House, and new cellar 200 00 Land damages on Sutton st., land 100 00 Damages to old buildings 500 00 " shed an~ new mill 5100 00 Land, grading and retaining wall 1500 00 Total cost 820~558 00 The second way p~'oposed, by going down Suffolk S[reet~ westerly to Beverly, thence turning and tutoring north under the railroad to Merrimack Street in Lawrence, he testified would be impracticable, on accoun~ o~ its being eircuiWus and ~11o danger h'om high wa;er in times of freshets, as the Shawsheen giver woukl bare to be crossed by means of a low bridge, and also t. be cos[ of construcfio,. The expense he esr[mated as fbllow~, viz. Beverly st. ct~, 8000 yds. a; 25 cts. 8750 00 Wall, 4 f;. high, l'945 ft. lm~, O0 yds. at ~3.55 - 195 00 River bridge, 710 yds. stone at $5 0 - 3550 00 Railroad bridge, 30',) yds. stone ~ $5.00 1500 00 Bridges. 6000 00 Grading Suffolk and Beverly ars. 2520 yds. at 25 cts. Total cost (;.gO 00 .912,625 00 The Bosgon & Maine ~ailroad, reprc~cnmd by Hon, Lincoln, its at,re'ney, and Genre'al Manager Furber, submitted no engineers' estimates or pianos, but tried to propose ways for the people living h~ tiffs vicinRy to go to and from Law- fence without cro~sing the railroad af this point. The most extravagant and unreasonable one we note; that is~ to continue Union Street to thc Shawsheen River, and cross at a poh~t to connect witl~ Salem Street in Lawrence, and compel the people to go rotmd that way ;o Osgood Street, and thence norti~erly on Osgood S~reet to reacl~ the horse cars on Merrimac Street. 5ir. Marble sttbmitted two mates of cost og building this route, the fi~'s; graded to sub- stantially follow ;l~e natural lay of the land. viz. 12,743 cub. yds. carfi~ fillhlg ht Law- rence, at 40 cts. $5~97 3022 cub. yds. ¢arfl~ filling, No. dovcr~ at 40 cts. 1~09 o0 522 cub. yds. earth filling No. dover~ at 25 cts, lt0 00 868 cub. yds. stone, in two at ~8.50 3088 00 Bridge 3000 00 Fence - 100 00 Total cost $12~574 00 The second with a contittuotts even ~radc from rite Law- fence side to present grade of Beverly Street, viz. 18,476 cub. yds. earth filh,g in Law- fence, at 40 cts. $789~ Oo 12,374 cub. yds. earth ~lli,g, No. A~- dover, at 40 cks. 4949 00 A mo~tt bro~tg'ht fi~rward, 1,882 otLb. yds. stone, two ahntmen/.s~ at 83.51) - 6,412 00 Bridge 3,000 00 Feoce 100 00 ANNUAl, REPORT. 91 812,889 00 Total cost ~21,851 00 There being a difference in the cost of the two methods of $~)277. As to who was to pay lbr these hnpracticable and ~xtrava- gant methods of avoiding a grade crossing, it did not appear. Mr. Father also said that he pe'rsoaatO/had been thioking lbr a long time of some plan whereby tho grade crossings at South Lawrence could be avoided, and asked Mr. Marble if hc fl/ough~ it could be done. In reply, Mr. Marble said that it could be done by starting at preseot grade back of Phillips Hill towards Andover~ and gradually raise the grade of the railroad until at South [~awreaee it should be high enough to be overhead. Thence continue easterly to quire a dis- lance cast of the Boston and Maine depot in North Andover, and thereby avoid all grade crossings in South Lawrence, tbis one at Marblehead Street, and the one at the Boston and Maine depot in this town. Mr. Marble, continuing, said such a proposition would compel the raising of tho railroad grades on the north side of the river in Lawrenoe, and the whole expense would be enormous; ba~ [hey would get rid og all tim grade crossings. Mr. Fnrber replied flint he oared little t'or the expense; what troubled him most was bow to bundle his fi'eight. But of all the methods proposed to avoid this crossing, and of all tim elbe: routes to and fi'om Lawrence suggested, none a.ppeared fea.sibte or reasonable, and all had to come back to tl~e original question of a crossing a~ grade at Mar- 92 NOi~TH ANDOVER. blehead Street. The question was argued by Mr. Lincoln for the railroads, and hy your Committee for the to~gn; and the Board took tim matter nnder adviseme~t. Nothing more was heard of the ease m~til Dec. 12, 1889~ when [l~e following commmficafion was reccvied, viz. In Board of R~llroad Commissioncrs~ December 10~ 188~. On ;he pe;ition of tim Selecunen of North Audover, asking for the ccnsen; of the Beard ;o the ]ayin~ mt~ o~ a highway at grade ac]ross the loca;;ons of' the Eastern and Boston and Maiae Railro:~ds, at a poi~t easterly fi'om the junction of said location, so as to continue Marblehead Stree; northerly to Sutton Street. After a view and public hearing, i~ is ~oled, that the Board decS~;es to g~w~ ks consent fbr the laying out of said Marblehead Street across ;he tracks of the Eastern and Boston & Maine Railroads at a level fl~erewith. (Attest} WILLIAM A. CRAFTS, CLERK. The decisim~ is adverse, ~md c,msequcntly the Town cannot legally lay out the street as l)roposed. This is to be very much regretted, as the location is a da~gerons one, very much used~ and canno~ l.)e closed, and would be much safer if a grade crossing were established there, as then it would be planked wider, and the immediate approaches improved. h~ conclusion, let me say that in the argttm¢~n ts the question whether the Boston and Maine Railroad could legally close the way at tlSs point was raised. 5Ir. Lincoln was uncer- tain; your committee was then, a~d is re>w, of ;he opinion that the pnhlie have acquired hy prescriptioa and adverse use certain rights there which now have become vested, and which would prevent the closing of fids way by the railroads. ASNiJAL REPORT. 9,'~ HOwever, it is a question of law, which the Supreme Judicial Court alone has the power to determine. In my former ~eport I said that thc County Commis- sioners suggested that the approaches to this crossing be improved. But upon examhmfion it was ibund that the greatest obs~ruetio~ was an embankment on the southerly side, but lying wholly wiflfin the railroad location, to remove which would bo a trespass. As this could not be legally done, it was decided to be useless to attempt to lower the grade of thc hill ou Marblehead Street. So of the money appropriated only ~ stun su~cient [o deft'ay the expenses of the hearings was used, and the balance was p~id to the Town Treasurer. Both tl~e public and yo~tr Committees are dissatisfied with the outcome of this important case. But the re~son of the adverse decision is quite apparent. It is the settled policy of the Ra.ilroad Cmn'fissioners not to grant any grade cross- ings; ~n fact, they have refused their assent to the granting of several other grade crossings during this past year. Their decision in the matter of the F~'ont Street Crossing, in Qam- bridge, authorized by Sec. 6 Chap. 155, of 1882, as well ~s their action in re['erenee to the grade crossings in Lynn since [l~e grea~ fire, seem to confirm this opinion. They are for- tified and sustained in this policy l)y the fac[ that each year an attempt is made to pass a law abolishing all grade crossings in the State. At the last session of the Legislature such ~ bill was introduced, but failed to kecome a law because no [basible way was presented to ~ccomplish its purpose. And doubtless an order will be introduced at the next session of the General Com't looking to the same end. There seems to be a sentiment quite prevalent that it would be wise to abel ish all grade crossings, especially in thickly settled districts; but ~o one has yet been able m suggest a method that would NORTH .~EDOVER. accomplish tim purpose. This sentiment, though not yet grown to public opinion, is ~ power, and helps susta-ln the. Board in the stand they have taken on this question. Oon- sequently your Commi[tee feels justified in saying that at present there is little to encourage dae presenti~g of ~ petition for a grade crossing. Respectfully s,bmitted, N. P. FRYE, CO3IS[1TTEI~ OF THE T(~wx. December 31, 1889. POLIC] ] iI EPORT. To the I~morable B,~rd ~!]' Seleetme~ ?£ t/~e Tow~i ~f .Vort]~ Andover : I have the bo.or to submit the Seventh annoai report of the Police Deparh~ent. Thc force co,sists of twelve o~cers, oue o[' wh(~m is ~he keeper of the tow, farm, and not of much ~ss~sta.cc for duty about the streets. There has becu cous[derable dru~keness o. the s~rcets at a late hoar at ~]ght si~ce the first of May, oa accoul~t of thc City of Lawrc~cc voti.g in favor of lice~se las~ ycar~ more than in thc previous year. Considerable time had to be in on the streets late ~t u~ght~ because of so m~ich travel from Lawrence at a late hour. Much time was also spout about the Tucker premises, trying to capture George Tucker, up to the t~me of his arrest. Quite a largc unmber of com- plaints have bee. mad% ali of which have been prompdy atte~ded to. Thc following report will give an idea of the work performed, and the table will show the uames of the o~cers a~d thc wages drawn t-~y each: 96 NOIITI:I AN DOVEkl, EXPENSES. X. P. Cheney, ;earns - .~15 00 Fred L. Sargent" I O0 I~CiI)ENTAL EXPENSES. Lawrence Har4ware Co., thc.ce of handcuffs 812 00 A. W. Mitchd], nickle-plating badges A. P. Oheney~ teams - 2g 75 ~xpense on liquor case at Superior comet 1 George Rextrow, notifying town o~eers 4 00 Serving dog warra~t 14 00 " town " March 4 I 50 .... ..... .... Nov. 4 I 50 Attendance at Superior court 10 00 $87 35 Whole number of arrests 43 Male - 41 Female fi 97 The offense for which the arrests were made arc as follows: Assault 3 Being present at au illegal game of cards 10 Common railer and brawler Capias from Superior com't 1 Drunkenness, simple 9 Disturbing the peace 3 Fast driving - - 1 Game hunting on the Lord's da), 1 Idle and disorde~'ly 1 Illegal Fishing - 1 Liquor laws, violation of (including liquor nnisanee) 3 Neglected children 4 Playing cards on the Lord's day 4 Vagrancy - 8 ]~iscellaneous Business. Assist in arres~ with out of town officers 1 Burglaries reported - 7 Buildings found open and secured - 3 Calls responded 'co 11 Coraplaints investigated - 76 Disturbances suppressed 27 Disabled persons c~red for Defective plat.es in highways reported 1 Dr'owned persons cared for by officers 2 Illegal fishing stopped 3 Intoxicated persons eared for without arrest 13 98 NORTH ANDOVER. Liquor search warrants served Night calls - Obstructions removed from highway Search wafts s'ved for sf~olen property Stray dogs shot - Sunday bali-playing stopped Search warrants served for escaped prisoners 1 Tramps ordered out of town 6 Property reported stolen $188 00 " recovered 10 00 Schedule of proper;y belonging to the police: 14 badges, at 75 cts. each 10 50 13 parrs ot' handcuffs, .91.25 per pair 55 25 4 9 1 6 3 $65 75 All of which is respectflflly submitted: GEORGE REXTROW, CMef of Po/ice. Jan. 4~ 1890. REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH, There have been an uausual number of cases of Diptheria, Scarlet Fever and Typhoid Fever reported to the Board the past year, quite a nmnber of which proved fatal. Numerous complaints have also been made to the Board, of uuisanees caused by uncareddor out-buildings a~d cesspools, which the Board investigated, and notified the owners of the conditiou of the same, and the nuisances were abated. The Board would respectfully recommend that all of the (,Id open privys, which are a constant menace to the health and lives of ;lie tmople living in the vicluity, be replaced by water-tigq~t vaults. Respectflfi]y submitted: JAMES C. POOR, BRADFORD H. BARDEN,I o/' DANIEL A. CARLETON, Healll. lO0 NORT~ ANDOYER. 1890. Jan. 1. LIBRARY REPORT, DR. Cash paid for books $474 97 F. L. Sargent, (moving books to new rooms) 6 00 American Express 75 Dennison M'£'g Co. 18 00 Josselyn's Express 7 00 Miss H. J. Quealey, Librarian, 6 months ~0 00 Miss H. J. Quealey~ catalogue 25 00 O. ~. Moul~n~ Asset. 6 months 17 50 Oeo. S. Merr~ll - 1 50 Balance in Bank at Salem 1889. CB. Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1889 $418 71 Jan. 21. Dog tax from Treas. Greene 371 40 Nov. 5. Cash reccived frmn " 500 00 Jan. 1. Error in balance last year 03 $640 72 649 42 $1290 14 $1290 14 ANNUAL REPOt~T. 101 Library P~eport as continued by Selectmen si,ice Gen. Sutton's death: Balance Gen. Sutton's books $~;49 42 F. L. Sai'gent~ carrying books to Centre $:2:3 50 J. W. Richardson, 3 pah.s steps 5 10 Geo. S. Merrill, book an(] slips - 2 75 981 35 Balance - $618 07 i02 ~o~?~ xN~ovrm. TREASURER'S REPORT, DR. Cash on hand - 85,5 19 Essex County, dog licenses 371 40 City of Lowell - 35 95 Taxes of 1885 1 g4 Taxes of 18813 - 332 58 Road Commissioners - 38 84 D. Kinley I0 00 G. H. Pcrki~s 1 00 C. S. Stearns 1 O0 IIenry Reilly 27 50 J. W. Wheeler 75 O. F. Spofford - 52 O0 J. G. Brown 2 00 J..F. Allen 2 00 Memorial Day Committee 3 80 A. Kershaw 110 05 C. Mm'ton 11 14 E. Sutton Engine Co. 2 00 E. Adams 37 &. S. Jackson 7 85 J. ti. Rea I 50 B.&31. R,R. - 18 78 Sanborn & Robinson 4 52 P. IIealey 25 Amount carried forward, 81091 81 ANNUAL EEPOET. 103 Amount brougAt forward. $1,091 8l P. P. Daw 18 91 J. A. Ellison - 8 15 N. P. Frye 73 31 Moses Towne School Fund 171 80 School Committee 92 95 Engineers 1,214 99 Commonw'th of Mass., school fund 172 28 " " revenue school fund 372 05 " " Cattle Commis- sioncrs 4 00 " " corporation tax 8,¢88 26 " " National 9ank tax - 3,638 2:3 " " State aid, chap. 252 - 70 00 " " State aid, chap. 301, - 144 00 " " State paupers - 42 00' " " rent of armory 300 00 W. F. Kelley, Collector - Bay State NationM Bank - 35,057 01 25,200 00 -- .$76,334 75 Bay State National Bank notes $27,200 00 Selectmen'sorders,Overseers' expenses 3,280 92 " " general expenses 32,016 89 " " school expense~ 13,264 46 Cash to balance - 572 48 $76,834 75 Respectfully submitmd: EDWARD W. GREENE, 2reasurer, North Andover, Jan. 1, 1890. TAX OOLLE©TORS REPORTS. E. VV.. Greene in accouter with t/~e tow~ O~~ J%rth Andover : To ammmt due and uncollected Jan. 2, 1889 ~422 47 Ci~. By cash paid Treasurer 8332 58 Abatement 89 89 $422 47 Respectfully submitted, E. Br. GREENE, Uotlector/or 1886. the Honorable Board of Selectmen qf the ]'own of .~Vorth Andover: I herewith submit my reports: tV. ~. ](elte~t in account wit]l tire Town ql~Vorth ~4ndover : 1887. To amount due and m~collccted Jan. 2, 1889, By cash paid E. W. Greene, treasurer Abatements and remittances, · Ammmt due and uncollected 8996 87 $835 68 69 84 91 35 $996 87 ANNUAL REPORT. To amount due and Jan. 9, 1889 1888. collected (JR. By cash paid E. W. Greene,. treasurer Abatements and remittances Amotmt duc and uncollected To Assessors' warr'altt 1889. $5,819 51 $4fl22 53 46 73 1,050 25 $5,819 51 886,897 05 By cash paid E. W. Greene, treasurer .929,498 80 Abatements and remittances, 101 89 Amount duc and uncollected, 6,796 36 836,397 05 In accordance with the statement published itt the last Annual Report, fifty legal notices were sent out to property tax delioqnents of 1887 and 1888, and the larger proportion of them complied with the provisions of the statute covering such cases. No reply has been received fi'om some, however, and the property will be advertised and sold. Steps have aisc been taken to issue smnmons to all delinquent poll tax payers, which will be served as soon as possible. W. F. KELLEY~ Collector. 100 NOm'a X_NDOWm ASSESSORS We herewith submit our Annual Report: No. of polls assessed 998 male, 2 female. Aggregate of personal estate :5 507,669 " real " 1,953,227 Amount o[ State tax - 2,980 ,' County tax - 2,937 Town grant 3,0,225 Overlay - 254 00 00 .$;~,460,896 00 00 16 00 89 $36,397 05 Poll-tax ~1,997 00 Tax on personal estate 7,107 37 " real " 27,345 18 Rate of taxation per 1,000 914 00 'Total number of dwellings - 768 - " horses 393 - "' cows 9,54 ,, " sheep - 57 " cattle other than cows 209 " acres of land taxed 15,367 ~batements on Property, 1889. 822 4i) 9 45 9 ~0 2 O0 Mrs. Harriet T. Anderson - Estate Daniel Donova~t - " D.F. McCarthy ZelfiS Murch Amovnt carried forward, ~3~,449 55 .943 65 A N N/L~.L i~EPORT. 107 Amottnts broug'bt forward~ ,94.3 65 Levi R. Starritt 2 80 Mavm-ick Oil Co. 16 80 Ann Bri~rly 7 00 Geo. Perkins - 2 80 Estate Nathan'l Swill - 14 00 & Jas. O. Safford 14 00 Austin L. Mansfield - 84 $10l 89 Taxes Remitted on Property 1888. Chas. W. Fas[er Mrs. C~roline Stoodiey Estate Harriet S. Foster Austin L. }[ansfield Poll-taxes remitted for 1888 ~19 64 1.6 13 2 20 76 Taxes remitted on property 1887. Eli Sillaway 82 30 Andrew Frame 3 00 Austin} L. Mansfield - 81 Chas. W. Foster ~1 87 Estate Harriet S. Fos~er 2 36 Poll-taxes remitted for 1887 $38 73 8 00 $46 73 929 84 40 00 869 84 Taxes on Property 1886. 889 89 Respectfully submitted: JAMES C. POOR, ~ Assessors DANIEL A. CARLEYON, J North 2tndover. FII'q-AlqCE OOMM[TTEE$ REPORT. The Finance Committee recommend thc following appro- priations for thc year ensuing, viz: For salaries of teachers and jalfitors 810,150 00 Repairs of buildings aud supplies Text Books School Committee ~ EveningSchools For repairs of highways, bridges alld sidewalks - Macadamized road 1,700 00 700 00 400 00 100 00 --$18~050 00 87000 0o 1000 00 ~8,000 00 For Bradstreet Schoolhouse loan For suppor~ of poor .~3000 00 Building Tramp-house at Town Farm 500 00 $1,000 O0 83~500 O0 JAMES C. POOR, CHARLES NOYES, Finance F. E. NASON, / Commitlee. JOSEPH H. STONE, AN'NUlL REPORT. 109 VITAL STATISTICS, To the ]toard of Auditors of the Town of .¥orth Andooer : The Vital Statistics of the Town of North Andoveri as recorded for the year 1889, arc as follows: Marriage, whole number .- 35 Oldest groom 58 " bride - 58 Youngest groom - 20 " bride 18 Births~ whole t~umber 84 Male . - Female 43 Irish parentage - 16 E~lglish " 9 Canadian :' - 4 Scotch " - -. 3 Deaths, whole number - 60 Foreig~ parentage 28 O~'er 70 years of age 4 Oldest person 77 y'rs. North Andover, Jan. 30, 1890. ISAAC F. OSGOOD, Tow~ Clerk. MEMORIAL DAY REPOR[, To the Jar°nora~le Board of Selectmen of lVort]~ Andover : The committee appointed to expend fhe appropriation for "Memorial Day," submit the following report: To cash received from Town Treasurer 8110 00 eR. Paid Thornton Bros., for flowers $36 85 North Andovcr Drmn Corps 18 50 A. P. Chency - 11 00 H. A. Webster, collatioa -" 2-t 15 Edward But~erworth, music - ~; 00 J. M. Towne, chest 6 20 Mr. Fish, care of Soldiers' Lot -1 00 E. W. Greene, Treas., cash to balance 3 80 -- $110 00 IIENRY A. WEBS'fEI{, ~ Memorial Day CHARLES W. PHELPS,~ G,mniltee. iNNUAL gEPOBT. 111 URY LIST, The ibllowing is the list of Jurors as prepared by the Selectmen; and presented to the Town fro' its acceplanee: Calvin Rea, S. Wil]iam Il,galls, Patrick J. Swecney, Frank E. Nason, George H. Tnttle, Edward W. Greene, William F. Kelley, John W. Bolton? Frank Tisdale, Oliver R. Gile, Judson E. Reynolds, Waiter H. Hayes, Bradford H. B~trde~h George b. Barker, James W. Leitch, Michael Campbell, James C. Poor~ B. Osgood Gray, Edward A. Fuller, Charles It. Farnham, Jacob Barker, John N. Meserve, William Gile, Apollos L. Perkins, Peter Holk, jr., JAMES C. POOR, BRADFORD It BARD.DN~ DANIEL A. CARLETON~ Derails J. Costello, Nathaniol Gage, Albert W. Brailmrd, Michael E. Bolton, Albert McDonald, Oharles J'. H, Shedd, Winfield S. Hughes, Charles F. Johnson, Amos B. Bixby, Leon H. Bassett, J. Gilbert Chadwick, Edward Adams, Pa[rick P. Daw, George L. Averill, B. Holt Earmun, J. Frank Foster, Oscar T. Young, George F. Williams, Charles E. Meserve. James P. Markey, Orrin -W. Badger, Hezekiah Jewet% Alphonzo W. Badger, William Gammell, A. H. Webster. ,Selectmen 2Yorth Andoz,er. 112 NORTH ANDOVER. AUDITORS' REPORT, ~'o the Citizer~s qf .North Andover : We herewith respectfully present the reports of the varions Town O~cers and Committees submitted to us, and hereby certify fltat we have examined all orders issued by file Select- men, and paid by the Town Treasurer, ~nd have found the necessary receipts and vouchers therefbr, thc same being correctly entered on their respective books. We have also verified the balaoce of the Treasurer, as required by the by-laws of the town. It will be seen by reference to the Library Report that certain payments have been made iu this department since the close of rile financial year. These were for bills incurred by tile treasurer (the late Gen. Sutton), and whieh~ but for his sickness and death, would bare been paid before the close of the year, hence they properly belong to this report. It will also be noticed in the "List of Notes" prepared by the Selectmen, titat ~t~e notes Nos. 84 and 85, amounting to $6000, have been paid since the close of the financial year, as also $1000 on note No. 53. Concerning these payments, we will say, that when the accounts and report of the Select- men were placed before ns, we found these items entered therein, and as we found the transactions to be otherwise correct, we allowed them to stand, as the only change that would have been effected by holding strictly to the fiscal year ANNUAL P~;PORT. AUDYI!Oa, S. 118 would have beeu to show larger assets~ and correspondingly increased liabilities. We would however recome,d that the future strict conlbrmlty to fl~e by-laws covering this ground be observed, and would suggest that uotes given for mouey borrowed at the bank be so dmwo as to mature a few days before the ~rst of January, rather d~au a few days after~ as in the present cases. Wlfile it may be no part of our duW as Auditors to make suggestlons~ yet under cover of that provision of t~tc By-Laws which gives to every Town Officer thc right to "make snell recommendations as be may deem advisabie~" we venture to ca]t attention to certain lhcts which have come to our notice while in the discharge of our official duties~ aud which seem to call for actioa. Thc first is the practice which has obtained in the past, of paying ovcr to certain special committees, such as the "Library," the "Shawsheeu River Bridge" and "Me- morial Day" committees~ iu one sum~ the full amount appro- priated fbr the depsrtmeuts under their charge, and this be- fore ~ny expense bas been incurred; fids we deem unucccs- sary and unwise, and tends to conh~se the accom~ts of the Treasurer by heaving a balance either for or agMnst the town, to be accounted for and~ in some cases, paid back into the Treasurer's hands; and we would recommend tha~ the method now practiced iu p~ylng School~ Road, Overseers' aud other bills b~ followed in all cases; that is, flint the bills after being approved by the town's agent be presented to the Selectmen, and that they draw an order on fl~e Town Treas- urer therefor. Another, and as it seems to us~ far greater evil is, the ~ parent recklessness wRh which appropriations arc overdrawn. This is especially noticeable fll the Road Department, where as will be seen in the Report nearly $1~000 in excess of fl~e appropriation has been spent the past year. This, as we uu- 114 ~OR~ ~ov~g. derstatlrl it`. is entirely without legal warra~lt. We call your attention to this evil~ which is a growling one, and would pro- pose such amendment of, or addition to,, oar present By-Laws as would prohibit the overdrawing of any appropriation ex- cept in cases of special exigency, such exigency to be deter'- mined by thc Selectmen. JOSEPtt H. STONE, ~ Auditors. GEORGE E. ttATHORN, NO~E.--0n page 62 of this report, instead of "One sct of scales, $5.00," read one set of scales $15.00. ANNUAL IR~PORT. 115 TOWN WA RAIgT. CO~I5[ONWEALTH OF ~J[ASSACgUSETTS~ i ~EssEX~ SS. To either ~f tl~e Constables of t]~e 7bwn of North ~4ndover, GREETING: Ia the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of said North Andoccr, qualified by law to vo~e in elections and town affairs~ to meet in Town Hall~ in said town, on Monday, the Third day of' March, next coming, at Twelve o'clock, noon, tbeu and flmre to act on the following articles, viz: Ag~Icn~ 1. To choose a Moderator to preside in said 'meeting. Ag~. 2. To elect Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor, Board of Healtlb Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, one School-Committee for three years, one Road Commissioner for three years, Collector of Taxes, Cm~s~ables, Anditors, and ~ll other Town Officers. All officers that are elected by bal- lo~, except l~loderator, are to be voted for on one ballot. A~. 3. To see ir the Town will accept the report of the receipts and expenditures of the town as presented by the Auditors. A~. 4, Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxiea~ ting liquors in this town ? NORTH ANDOVER. Am'. 5. To see what actim, the Town will take in regard to unexpended appropriations. AP~T. 6. To see what sums of money the Town will raise and appropriate for the use of the several departments for the curreut year, ~o wit: Schods, School-houses, High-ways, Bridges and Sidewalks~ Support of thc Poor, Payment of Town Debt, and all other necessary and proper expenses arising in said town ibr the cmq'en~ year. A~qT. 7. To see if the Town will attthorize the Selectmen and Treasurer jointly to hire money temporarily, ~or the use of the town, in anticipation of thc taxes ~o/~c assessed tbr O~e current year. A~. 8. To sec what compensation the Town will pay the Collectoro~ Taxes, and thc members o~ fire engine companies ~or their services for the ensuing year. A~. 9. To see i~ the Town will vo;e to accep; Sect. 2, chapter 304,o~ Acts of 1888; &nd the Amen&nents contained in chapter ~0, section 16, Acts o~ 1889, in regard to the dec- tion o~ a Board o~ Trustees ~er the Fub~ic Library. AnT. 10. To see i~ the Towl~ wil~ appropriate five hun- area ddhrs (8500) for the support o~, nod put&ese of books, ~or the Public Libra.fy, and also to see i~ the town witl direct that the money received fi'om the Coun? Treasurer ~or thc dog licenses be paid for the support of ~he Library, or apply the same for other purposes. A~T. 11. To see if the Town will appropriate One hun- tired and ten dollars, ($110) to defray the expenses of decor ating soldiers'graves on the goth day of May next, and ap- point a committee to take charge of the same. Am,. 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate Five hundred dollars,($500) to build a house for use of tramps at Town If arm as per recommendation of Overseers of tim Poor. A~vr. lg. To see ir the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate Three hunclred dollars ($300) to build wall, rail and grade Green St. at the Shawsheen River as per recommend- ation of Road Commissiohers. Aaa'. 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate Five hundred dollars (,5~00) to continue Main St. sewer frown First to Second Streets, as per recommendation of Road Commissioners. Am'. 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate One thousand dollars ($1000) to macadamize a part of Main Street from the part macadamized near Town Hall towards the Episcopal Church, as per recmnmendation of Road Comrnissioners. A~T. 16. To see if the Towa will vote to raise and appro- priate Two hundred dollars ($200) to widen Sutton Street, near the house of the late Wm. 1-Inbbard, as per recommend- ation of the Road Commissioners. A~t. 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate Two hundred and fifty dollars ($250) to continue Maple Avenue to Railroad Street, on petitiou of Joseph H. Stone and others. Aaa'. 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro. priate Two hundred dollars (9200)to repair the old road that leads from Sutton Street to the Clark Farm, on petition of H. B. Ellis and ot~mrs. AaT. 19. To see if the Town w[tlvoteto accept a streeton the Sargent land known as May Street, and to put the same in passable condition on petition of Joseph H Stone and others A~. 20. To see if thc Town will vote to build a sidewalk, beginning in fi'on[ of the residence of John N. Meserve and ending at the corner of the roads nearthe residence of Frank E. Nason, and appropriate money for the same on petition of John N. Meserve and others. Aat. 21. To see if the Town will vote to enlarge the bridge near the house of Julius Bod% and appropriate money for the same on petition o~ Julh~s Bode. Agr. 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate One ttmusand dollars, (~1000) fcra twelve inch sewer ia Maple Avenue fi'om R'~ilroad S[reet to Third Street on tition of James P. Markey and others. A~T. 23. To see if file Town will vote to raise and appro priate Six hm~dred dollars (8300) to construct a reservoir, at the junction of Water and Merrhnac Streets, near the Eben Sutton Steamer House on petition of T. K. Giltnan and others. A~. 24. To see if fi~e Town will x'ote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money snffic[ent to maintain thc ~ive Elec- tric lights as erected by the Lawrence Gas Co., on petition of A. A. Currier and others.' A~. 25. . T~ see if the Town will vote a sum not exceed- 119 ,~sx-u~ L ~t~po~. lng Fifty cents for each of its ratable polls, to be expeoded in planting~ or in encouraging tho planting' by the owners of adjoining real estate~ of shade tre~s upon the public squares ox' hlgh-w~ys of the ~owa, on petition of Charles Noyes and others. A~. 26. To see if ;he Town will vote to name the Street that rnns easterly from Green Street, hy land o~' Hoa. ~[. T. Stevens and the estate of the late C. P. Bailey to Main near the Town Hall, Parker Street, on pct~tio~ of N. P. and others. AgT. 27. To see if the Town w~ll veto to discontinue the old road leading from the highway near the house o? W~lliam Tucker to the Andover line, by recom~nendation o~ the lectmen. Aa~. 28. To see if ;lie Town wilI appropriate fifty dollars ($50)to pain~ Cochichewick Enginc House, on rccom~nenda- tion of thc Beard of Engineers. Az~. 29. To see if the Town wkll vote to raise and appro- priate Two hundred and fiCty dollars (9~50) to buy a horse for the use o~ the Fire Department. Art. 80. To see if the town will vote to r~ise and appro- priate Two dollars ($2) per month, for each member of' the Police ~orce to be expended by thegn h~ perffecting themselves in marksmanship on petition of James T. Johnson and others. A~. 31. To ac~ upon any o~her business that maylegally come before said meeting. And you are directed to serve ;his warrant by posting true NORTH ANDOVEI{. and attested copies thereof, in each of the Post Offices, and also in the porches or vestibules o[' the several Churches within said tmvn, two .Sund~y~ or F, urteen days before the time orholding said ,neetin~. ~ · ~' '- ' Hereof hi] not, and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk. at the time and place of holding said meeting. /'Given under ocr hands, in said North Andover, this twelfth day of February in the year cee thousand ~ight hun- dred and aine~ y. JAMES C. POOR. Seleetme~ , BRADFORD H. BARDEN. }, of DANIEL A. CARLETON,/North Andorer. A true copy. Attest. ~ONSTABLE OF ~}'oRTH ANDOVER. COk TENTS. As$ossors~ - . ~ _ Auditors, _ Board of Health, Collector of Taxes, Engineers, - Finance Commlt~ee, Forest Fire Ward, Jury List, - Library Committee, _ Marblehead St. Crossing, Report of Committee~ Memorial Day Committee, Officers of the Town, 0%erseers of Poor, - Police, _ Road Commissioners, Selecrmen, - School (~ommittee~ School Department, Financial, Supt. Almshouse, Treasurer, - Vita[ Statistics, - Warrant, 106 112 99 104 72 108 82 111 100 88 110 1 54 95 65 35 5 23 58 10'2 109 115