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ANNUAL STATEMENT
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
City of Charlestown
Financial Year Ending February 29, 1868.
TOGETHEIl WITH THE REPORTS OF THE CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT, FOR THE FINANCIAL YEARS ENDING FEBRU-
ARY 28th, 1867, AND FEBRUARY 29th, 1868.
BOSTON:
ARTHUR W. LOCKE & CO., PRINTERS, 120 MILK STREET
1868.
ANNUAL STATEMENT
EECEIPTS AND EXPENDITUKES
City of Charlestown,
Financial Year Ending Febbuart 29, 1868.
TOGETHER WITH THE REPORTS OF THE CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE ITBE
DEPARTMENT, FOR THE FINANCIAL TEARS ENDING FEBRU-
ARY 28th, 1867, AND FEBRUARY 29th, 1868.
BOSTON:
ARTHUR W. LOCKE & CO., PRINTERS, 120 MILK STREET.
1868.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CITY TREASURER.
In Board of Mayor and Aldermen, March dth, 1868.
Referred to the Joint Standing Committee on Finance, and sent
down for concurrence.
DANIEL WILLIAMS, Cut Clerk.
In Common Council, March 16f/i, 1868.
Referred in concurrence.
JOHN T. PRIEST, Clekk.
Dr.
CITY OF CHARLESTOWN, in Account to
To amount paid on City Pay Rolls of 1867-8 $463,725 77
" Soldiers' Pay Rolls of 1867-8, 18,078 66
" City Deferred Roll, 38,468 40
" Soldiers' Deferred Roll, 2,295 94
" City " Notes Payable," 329,250 00
" Interest on City Bonds and Loans, 32,347 70
" Interest on Water Bonds, 53,710 00
" State Tax of 1867, 92,400 00
Deposited in Warren Institute for Savings ; Bequests of Jacob Foss, 3,760 00
Cash on hand, 22,549 44*
$1,056,585 91
March 1, 1868, with LINUS E. PEARSON, City Treas'r, Cr.
By Cash on hand per account, March 1, 1867 $57,764 27
from loans on City " Notes Payable," 444,150 00
" Sale " Water Bonds," ,. 62,000 00
Collected on Taxes of 1866 $25,088 43
" " Taxes of 1867, 341,094 09 366,182 52
from State on account " State Aid," 30,014 00
" " for " Armory Rent," 1,650 00
" " City's Proportion of School Fund, 1,494 87
" " " MiUtia Bounty," 1,087 80
" If ystic Water Board for "Water Rates," 66,586 81
"Interest "on Notes etc. due the City, 3,194 26
" accrued on Water Bonds sold, 323 33 3,617 59
for Drain and Sewer assessments, 9,414 78
for Sundry Payments on " Notes Receivable," 1,600 00
for Sale Buildings, Warren School lot, 1,740 00
" " " Elm Street Engine House lot, 601 00 2,341 00
" Sale Engines, Horse, etc. "Fire Department," . . . . 1,174 00
received for constructing sidewalks, " Repairs of Streets," 77185
received amount, erroneously charged, " Laying out Streets," 155 95
received Fees, Fines, etc. " Police Account," . 684 30
received on account, " Support of Poor," 656 53
«« Fines, Catalogues, etc. " Public Library," 126 58
" Burial Fees, 1867. "Health Department," . .... 1300
" for Sale of old Hose. " New Hose Account," ... 23 36
" Amount erroneously paid R. Mason, 108 45
" for Sale Fuel. "Fuel for Schools," 3 50
" from Winchester Home Temporary Deposit, .... 2,200 00
" " B. H. Monument Association, first payment as
per agreement on Monument Av. extension, 600 00
for Sundry amounts. " Contingencies account," Sale of Bell,
Rents, etc 390 44
Rents for use of City Hall, 1,158 00
Recording Mortgages, etc., 150 48
Marriage Licenses, 196.50, Circus Licenses, 200.00, . , . 396 50
Billiard Licenses, 80.83; Pawnbrokers, 50.00, 130 83
Junk Stores, 30,00 ; Auctioneers, 8.00 ; Sundries, .50 . . . 38 50 2,264 75
$1,056,685 91
Charlestown, February 29, 1868.
LINirS E. PEARSON, City Treasurer.
Dr. balance SHEET,
City Property . . . . ; $332,367 03
Notes Receivable 36,999 75
Interest Account 29,748 84
Interest on Water Bonds 112,299 59
Warren Institute for Savings 3,760 00
Charlestown Five-Cents Savings Bank 3,571 49
Water — Construction Account 988,902 88
State Aid 35,715 24
Cash 22,549 44
Sullivan Square Enlargement. 253 19
Repairs of Streets 2,155 30
Fire Department 1,003 78
Fuel and Lighting Streets , 22 09
Water — Maintenance Account 56,598 38
Repairs of School Houses 763 33
Contingencies 3,572 30
Salaries of City Officers 362 43
School Contingencies 2,202 51
Salaries of Teachers ...,..., 1,892 43
New Lamps 116 33
Laying out Streets 3,081 25
New Hose 294 90
Collector of Taxes, 1865 ., 963 75
Militia Bounty 7,515 00
Unappropriated Taxes 1,526 65
Collector of Taxes of 1867 50,363 01
Extra Appropriations 115,670 25
$1,814,271 14
CITY OF CHARLESTOWN, February 29, 1868. Cr.
Soldiers' Deferred Roll $ 6,199 49
City Deferred Roll 20,400 32
Notes Payable 387,100 00
City Bonds 188,000 00
Water Loan Bonds 1,020,000 00
Income of A. Babcoek's Legacy 8710
Water Rates 159,920 17
Winchester Home Corporation 2,200 00
Water for Schools 1,791 81
Police 433 42
Drains and Sewers 923 63
Health Department 434 04
Public Library 106 26
Ai-chibald Babcoek's Legacy 2,850 00
Purchase and care of Trees 1 14 50
Jacob Foss' Bequests 3,760 00
Fuel for Schools 1,276 54
Refunding Taxes 1,294 48
County Treasurer 16,456 56
Use of Hydrants 200 00
Income of J. Foss' Flag Bequest 61 41
Income of J. Foss' 17th of June Bequest 61 41
Bunker Hill Monument Association 600 00
[,814,271 14
CITY OF CHARLESTOWN.
April 13th, 1868.
The Joint Standing Committee on Finance, to whom was re-
ferred the City Treasurer's Statement of his Keceipts and Ex-
penditures for the financial year ending February 29th, 1868,
report, that after due examination, they find the same to be
correctly cast, and sustained by proper vouchers ; and that the
balance in his hands, at that date, was twenty-two thousand five
hundred and forty-nine dollars and forty-four cents, ($22,549.44.)
In conformity with a City Ordinance requiring the same, the
Committee have caused to be prepared, and submit herewith, a
Detailed Statement of the Expenditures of the City for said
financial year, with a statement of the City Debt, a schedule of
City Property, and the estimated value thereof. And they recom-
mend that one thousand copies of the same be printed for distribu-
tion among the citizens.
LIVERUS HULL,
THOMAS B. HARRIS,
JAMES W. ROBERTS,
JAMES ADAMS, Jr.,
JAMES SWORDS,
THOMAS R. B. EDMANDS,
LYMAN R. BINGHAM,
DAVID S. TUCKER,
Committee on Finance.
In Board of Mayor and Aldermen, April l^th, 1868.
Report accepted, and sent down for concurrence.
DANIEL WILLIAMS, City Clerk.
In Common Council, April 2Qth, 1868.
Accepted in concurrence.
JOHN T. PRIEST, Clerk.
CITY OF CHARLESTOWN.
In Board of Mayor and Aldermen, April 13^/i, 1868.
Ordebed, That the Committee on Printing be and are hereby
instructed to cause one thousand copies of the City Treasurer's
statement, and the detailed statement of Receipts and Expenditures
for the financial year ending February 29th, 1868, together with
the city debt, the schedule of city property, and the estimated
value thereof; and also the annual reports of the Board of Engi-
neers of the Fire Department, for the financial years ending Feb-
ruary 28th, 1867, and February 29th, 1868, to be printed for the
use of the citizens ; and that the City Clerk give public notice when
the same are ready for distribution. The expense thereof to be
charged to the Appropriation for Contingencies.
In Board of Mayor and Aldermen, April Idtli, 1868.
Order amended, That an additional three hundred copies of the
Engineer's Report for the year ending February 29th, 1868, be
printed separately ; and, as amended, passed and sent down for
concurrence.
DANIEL WILLIAMS, City Clerk.
Concurred.
In Common Council, April 20th, 1868.
JOHN T. PRIEST, Clerk.
EXPENDITURES
Financial Year Ending February 29, 1868,
SALARIES OF CITY OFFICERS.
Liverus Hull, Mayor, $1,500 00
Linus E. Pearson, Treasurer and Collector, 2,000 00
Daniel Williams, City Clerk, 2,000 00
John T. Priest, Clerk of Common Council, 200 00
Henry W. Bragg, City Solicitor, 500 00
Samuel L. Harding, City Messenger, 800 00
Henry A. Rice, Superintendent of Streets, 1,200 00
T. Edward Ames, City Engineer, from Oct. 8, 1867, 197, 28
David B. Weston, Sec'y of Overseers of Poor, 1,000 00
Edward Thorndike, Assessor (chairman), 1,000 00
Caleb Rand, " 500 00
Rufus Mason, " 600 00
George W. White, Assistant Assessor, 440 00
Joseph F. Boyd, " " 388 00
Dolphin D. Taylor, " " 340 00
P. S. Briggs, " " 220 00
Stephen P. Kelley, City Marshal, 1,300 00
" " Health officer, 100 00
" ♦' Superintendent of Burials, 100 00
George E. Rogers, Chief Engineer of Fire Dept., 300 00
Israel P. Magoun, Asst " " " 100 00
Amount carried forward, $14,685 28
12
EXPENDITURES.
Amount brought forward,
$14,685 28
Henry P. Goodwin, Asst
. Engineer of Fire Dept.,
100 00
Barrent V. Dennis, "
(( (i ((
100 00
William E. Delano, "
11 U il
100 00
Henry P. Goodwin, Clerk of Engineers of Fire Dept.,
75 00
Clerk hire and assistance
in offices of City Clerk, and
Treasurer and CoUec
3tor of Taxes,
$15,460 28
400 00
Amount expended,
$15,460 28
. " appropriated.
$14,775 00
Balance last year,
322 85 15,097 85
Deficiency
362 43
SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS.
SALARIES OF TEACHERS, ETC.
Caleb Emery,
Alfred P. Gage,
George Swan,
B. F. S. Griffin,
Warren S. Eaton,
John G. Adams,
William Baxter,
Caleb Murdock,
Joseph B. Morse,
Katharine Whitney,
Christiana Rounds,
Mary G. Prichard,
Mary A. Davis,
Abby F. Crocker,
Sarah M. Chandler,
Sophia W. Page,
$2,500 00
1,800 00
1,800 00
1,800 00
1,700 00
1,600 00
1,500 00
1,400 00
450 00
800 00
700 00
625 00
625 00
600 00
675 00
600 00
Amount carried forward, $19,175 00
EXPENDITURES.
13
Amount brouglit forward,
Annie M. Turner,
Frances M. Read,
Ann E. Carr,
Josephine M. Flint,
Mary S. Thomas,
Martha B. Stevens,
Ellen A. Pickering,
Lydia S. Jones,
Bernice A. DeMerritt,
Mary A. Osgood,
Maria Brown,
Margaret Veazie,
Julia A. Worcester,
V. A. M. L. Dadley,
Henrietta J. Merrill,
Elsie A. Woodward,
Abby M. Clark,
Arabella P. Moulton,
Mary F. Goldthwait,
Harriet E. Frye,
Mary C. Sawyer,
Ellen C. Dickinson,
Maria T. Savage,
Martha M. Kenrick,
Marietta Bailey,
Lydia A. Sears,
Martha Blood,
Abby B. Fiske,
Ann E. Weston,
Fannie B. Hall,
Lois A. Rankin,
Susan H. Williams,
Lucy L. Burgess,
Sarah M. Ginn,
19,175
00
600
00
Ml
67
500
00
500
00
500
00
500
00
500
00
500
00
500
00
500
00
500
00
500
00
500
00
500
00
500
00
500
00
500
00
500
00
500
00
500
00
500
00
500
00
500
00
500
00
500
00
500
00
550
00
550
00
500
00
500
00
500
00
500 00
512
71
525
00
Amount carried forward.
5,454 38
14
EXPENDITURES.
Amount brought forward,
Elizabeth W. Yeaton,
Maria J. Smith,
Malvina B. Skilton,
Jenny D. Smith,
Ellen Hadley,
Ellen M. Armstead,
Catharine W. Trowbridge,
Sarah E. Smith,
C. M. W. Tilden,
Elizabeth R. Brower,
Louisa A. Pratt,
Susan E. Etheridge,
Louisa W. Huntress,
Matilda Oilman,
Catharine C. Brower,
Martha W. Yeaton,
Harriet C. Easterbrook,
Frances A. Marden,
Caroline A. Rea,
Mary E. Taylor,
Anna R. Steams,
Josephine A. Lees,
S. E. Frye,
Georgianna Hamlin,
Georgianna T. Sawyer,
Lucy M. Small,
Almira Delano,
M. J. A. Conley,
Fanny A. Cragin,
Frances L. Dodge,
Fanny A. Foster,
Mary A. Blanchard,
Elizabeth A. Prichard,
Fanny B. Butts,
Amount carried forward.
136,454
38
500
00
500
00
500
00
500
00
500
00
500
00
500
00
500
00
500
00
500
00
600
00
500
00
500
00
500
00
' 600
00
500
00
500
00
500
00
500
00
500
00
612
50
500
00
462
50
462
50
462
50
487
50
487
50
475
00
450
00
: 450
00
462
50
462
50
475
00
487
50
53,091
88
EXPENDITURES.
15
Amount brought forward,
$53,091 88
Helen Gr. Turner,
438 45
Mary E. Tate,
475 00
Emma C. Jones,
468 75
Helen A. Porter,
458 17
Mary F. Jaquith,
336 16
Frances M. Lane,
375 OQ
Lucy J. Simonds,
312 50
Carrie C. Smith,
398 05
Hattie E. Marcy,
324 50
H. v. Richardson,
380 77
Harriet E. Deering,
254 81
Celia E. C. Goodspeed,
250 m
Lucy E. David,
2U 3®
H. A. T. Dadley,
:250 00
Mary A. Smith,
262 5@
Alice Hall,
211 m
Elizabeth J. Farnsworth,
224 95
Angelia M. Knowles,
224 95
Rose J. Prescott,
223 75
Mary S. Russell,
207 67
Mary S. Tuck,
218 05
Bial W. Willard,
199 00
A. B. Colcord,
151 34
Abby P. Richardson,
160 08
Georgie Lane,
175 00
Emeline B. Tyler,
181 711
Paulina C. Holbrook,
14 00
Mary J. Baxter,
10 00
Mary P. Swaine,
45 00
Hannah E. Moulton,
S 65
Marthaette Lees,
82 17
Clara S. Nye,
99 48
Lizzie M. Armstead,
11 53
Mary L. Coombs,
92 68
Amoimt carried forward,
),834 82
16
EXPENDITURES.
Amount brought forward,
Libbie A. McCutchins,
$60,834 82
73 53
Hannah Holloway,
Mary Haslet,
Carrie E. Woodman,
69 20
13 59
34 60
Emma F. Thomas,
6 00
Jenny D. Hintz,
Mary A. Foster,
V. A. Guiot,
34 60
12 97
70 00
George T. Littlefield,
300 00
William H. Goodwin, Music Teacher,
1,300 00
J. H. Twombly, Supt. of Schools,
William H. Finney, Treasurer of School Committee,
2,000 00
200 00
F. A. Downing, Secretary "
Abijah Blanchard, Messenger "
$65,699 31
63,806 88
250 00
500 00
Amount expended.
Amount appropriated, $63,494 87
Balance from last year, 312 01
$65,699 31
Deficiency,
$1,892 43
SCHOOL CONTINGENCIES.
Moses Eastman, labor and care of school rooms, $264 56
Joseph Smith, " " " 717 62
Daniel Conant, " " " 463 37
John Johnston, " " " 605 43
J. S. Cunningham, « " " 633 73
Sylvester Osgood, " " ' " 52 50
Catharine Keenan," " " " 100 00
Ann Taylor, " " " 120 00
Mrs. James Moore, " " ' " 130 00
Amount carried forward, $3,087 21
EXPENDITURES.
17
Amount brought forward,
Martha Conway, labor and care of school-rooms,
Bridget S hen an,
Rosanna Collins,
Bridget Kelly,
Margaret O'Brien,
Catharine Eogers,
Susan Johnson,
Mrs. McArthur,
John Donovan, labor, ,
C. A. Blanchard, "
Abijah Blanchard, labor and disbursements,
A. H. Allen, rent of school-room,
H. S. Doane, " "
Universalist Society, rent of school-room,
Harvard Church Society, " "
J. H. Twombly, rent of office,
Jesse Allen, cleaning windows.
Gas Company, gas,
"W. H. DeCosta, advertising and printing,
Charles O. Rogers, u
E. C. Bailey, " "
A. W. Locke & Co., " "
Caleb Rand, "
Thomas Todd, "
A. E. Cutter, books, stationery, school furniture,
Edwin Ginn, " "
Crosby & Ainsworth, books,
J. G. Jones, " and stationery,
Joseph W. Ripley, binding Reports,
A. J. Carter, school furniture,
Joseph L. Ross, " "
American Tablet Co., " " (blackboards),
Thomas Sprague & Co., " " (sheepskins).
H. A. Cooke, " "
Amount carried forward.
3,087
21
146
17
13
33
42
00
52
50
35
00
35
00
21
50
11
25
5
62
55
00
158
94
200
00
145
72
SOO
00
18
74
200
00
71
25
26
27
27
58
16
75
142
59
115
00
4
00
2
50
1,238
80
140
75
3
06
49
19
6
00
157
60
379
63
141
70
6
00
9
00
r,065 65
18
EXPENDITURES.
Amount brought forward, $7,065 65
Oliver Ditson & Co., music, 5 00
L. Emerton, teaming, 21 00
E. W. Bean, " 5 75
Matthew Boyd, " 1 62
S. P. Hill & Co., mats, brushes, etc., 278 97
John McLoud, tin ware, 119 18
E. M. Plummer, hardware, 48 05
Plummer & Shattuck, " 30 09
Mystic Water Board, Water Rates, 300 00
Jasper Stone, Clocks, Repairs, etc., 143 95
Rufus Mason, Painting, 241 01
Lawrence & Co., " 2 00
H. G. Waldron, " _ 7 00
Mark Pope, " 11 50
Stowell & Co., chemicals, 22 51
Alexander Campbell, plumbing, " 49 71
S. H. Allen, " . 27 74
Charles H. Bigelow, carpentry, 85 32
Amos Brown, " 235 25
Nathaniel Shattuck, " 70 80
George M. Starbird, " 4 50
Henry W, Homer, repairing chairs, " 15 75
George W. Walker, stoves, furnaces, repairs, 50 79
William B. Moore & Son, " " " 365 57
Charles H. Wing, " " " 44 37
Griffin Gibson, « " " 344 80
Moses Pond & Co., " " " 31 10
E. Fisk, whitewashing, 3 00
Brintnall & Osgood, paper and hanging, 9 80
George H. Marden, window fixtures, 118 50
J. A. Coggswell, locks, keys, and repairs, 4 77
J. Junio, " " 10 92
Robert Smallcon, " " 5 00
Seth W. Fuller, bells and hanging, 18 10
Amount carried forward.
),799 07
EXPENDITURES.
19
F. A. Titus, couplings,
W. H. J. Pearson, weather strips,
Benjamin W. Gage, crocl^ery,
Caleb Larkin, iron work,
Samuel L. Harding, care school-rooms,
Samuel C. Abbott, " "
Amount expended,
Deficiency last year,
Amount appropriated,
Deficiency,
or ward.
$9,799 07
1 50
85 41
1 20
2 00
40 00
29 17
$9,958 35
$9958 35
2,244 16
$12,202 51
10,000 00
J,202 51
REPAIR OF SCHOOL HOUSES.
H. Riley Sons, slating,
Cook, Rymes & Co., iron work,
A. Campbell, plumbing,
R. R. Wiley,- inason work,
Dennis Kelley, "
William W. Bray, "
George E. Morrill, carpentry, repairs,
Joseph E. Bray,
George M. Starbird,
David S. Tucker,
Nathaniel Shattuck,
J. L. Perkins,
Sincere Hutchings,
Josiah Brackett,
Mark Leighton,
Joseph Smith, labor,
Amount carried forward.
$40 54
56 26
134 86
103 30
87 49
75 00
151 31
110 50
3,026 65
258 67
791 90
137 79
122 95
50 00
41 69
18 50
^5,207 41
20
EXPENDITURES.
Amount brought forward,
Joseph L. Ross, school furniture,
William G-. Shattuck, "
S. &. D, Richards, moving primary schools,
Page & Littlefield, repairing stairways,
J. A. D. "Worcester, wall paper,
John Donovan, teaming,
E. J. Clark, painting,
Rufus Mason, "
George E. Tyler, "
C. P. Brooks, plastering,
Daniel Titus, whitewashing,
William B. Moore & Son, furnaces and labor,
L. F. Sanborn, drawing letters.
$5,207 41
567 00
160 55
183 00
20 00
9 60
95 48
6 75
216 90
24 78
128 00
5 00
238 64
5 00
^6,868 11
Amount expended.
Amount appropriated.
Balance from last year.
Deficiency,
11
|4,108 45
1,996 33 6,104 78
$763 33
FUEL FOR SCHOOLS.
S. & E. Knight, coal and wood,
Edmund Keyes, "
A. H. Dix, kindlings,
Moses Eastman, labor on fuel,
John Callahan, " "
Matthew Boyd, " "
Abijah Blanchard, '• "
James Moore, " "
J. S. Cunningham, " "
;3,3
50
714
00
12
75
2
25
40
35
178
65
16
00
6
40
30
80
Amount carried forward.
$4,386 70
EXPENDITURES. 21
Amount brought forward, $4,386 70
John Johnston, labor on fuel, 18 50
Daniel Conant, " " . 10 66
Amount appropriated, $4,503 50
Balance from last year, 1,188 90
t,4l5 86
$5,692 40
Amount expended, 4,415 86
Balance, $1,276 54
WATER FOR SCHOOLS.
F. A. Titus, plumbing,
Nathaniel Shattuck, carpentry.
Balance from last year,
Amount expended.
Balance,
SCHOOL LOT, RICHMOND STREET.
Barnabas Edmands, 6,500 feet of land, $4,355 00
r»
$23 33
120 37
$1,935 51
143 70
$143 70
$1,791 81
BUNKER HILL GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Rufus Mason, painting, $200 63
Nathaniel Shattuck, carpentry, 362 61
Cook, Rymes & Co., iron fence, 630 00
S. P. Langmaid, window-blinds and labor, 635 00
$1,828 24
22 EXPENDIIURES.
BUNKER HILL GRAMMAR SCHOOL FURNITURE.
Will. 0. Haskell & Son, desks, etc., and labor,
Nathaniel Shattuck, umbrella stands,
A. J. Carter, oaken chairs,
E. M. Plummer, shovel,
WARREN GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
E. R. Wiley, builder (contract),
" " . extra work,
James H. Rand, services as architect,
Cook, Rymes & Co., iron fence,
George W. Walker, steam heating apparatus,
Rufus Mason, painting iron fence,
George M. Starbird, carpentry,
Nathaniel Shattuck, "
David S. Tucker, "
Plummer & Shattuck, hardware,
Alexander Campbell, hose pipe, couplings, etc.,
T. & J. Doane, Jr., surveys, etc.,
Samuel C. Abbott, care heating apparatus,
Wm. H. DeCosta, advertising " Proposals,"
H,799
08
115
79
70
00
2
50
t,987 37
58,746
00
2,740
76
1,085
00
1,596
25
3,846
96
75
00
25
96
58
73
72
67
4
67
43
00
104
62
84
00
3
20
,486 82
WARREN SCHOOL FURNITURE.
Wm. O. Haskell & Son, school furniture, $66 00
George M. Starbird, " 959 59
Joseph L, Ross, " 2,567 32
Joseph W. Ross, " 201 25
Amount carried forward, $3,794 16
EXPENDITURES.
23
Amount brought forward,
American Tablet Co., school furniture, (blackboards),
Nathaniel Shattuck, "
Jasper StOne, clocks,
13,794
16
242
50
404
97
136
00
,577 63
PRIMARY SCHOOL FURNITURE.
Joseph L. Ross, chairs, etc.,
A. J. Carter, "
$723 50
155 67
$879 17
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Charles Burcham, Captain of Police,
Reuben T. Whittier, police services,
Charles Stone, "
R. S. Randall, "
Benjamin Williams, "
William Harris, "
William H. Brown, "
Albert E. Dodge, "
Joseph H. Knox, "
Samuel Palmer, "
John H. Brower, "
Rufus W. Sprague, "
Orison Little, "
Thomas C. Vose, "
Dennis C. Brennan, "
James M. Burckes, "
Seth Thing, "
Thomas W. Sargent, " •
$1,103
64
992
75
995
50
682
66
1,003
75
855
25
921
25
962
50
929
49
1,006
50
9^8
25
1,001
00
976
25
995
50
965
25
948
75
1,005
13
. 996
87
Amount carried forward,
7,340 29
24
EXPENDITURES.
Ephraim Tarbox,
Charles E. Fuller, "
Jeremiah H. Pearson, "
Charles P. Moms, ♦'
John S. Robinson, "
Robert Sylvester, "
Perez R. Jacobs, "
Abijah Blanchard, "
S. G. Cheever, "
William G. Plummer, "
John Studley, "
Emery F. Wright, "
S. W. Tenney, «
Thomas White, "
John McLoud, "
Allen Stone, "
L. A. Shedd, "
L. D. Whittier, "
E. W. Freeman, "
Patrick Austin, "
T. Boynton, " *
J. McDonald, "
E.Parker and eight others, "
A. N. Swallow, sundries,
Seth F. Sawyer, meals for prisoners,
A. E. Cutter, stationery,
Hannah Sullivan, washing floors,
John McLoud, tin ware,
J. A. D. Worcester, window shades,
William Mason, medical services,
A.B.Bancroft, " "
J. S. Whiting, " "
J. W. Bemis, " "
D. Evans & Co., badge buttons.
Amount brought forward,
police services.
$17,340 29
963
86
947
37
988
62
895
11
877
25
902
00
407
97
102
74
93
75
85
25
71
47
68
71
169
09
70
11
21
87
30
25
11
00
9
62
8
25
8
25
8
25
6
87
44
00
6
56
33
26
27
19
18
21
4
00
42
20
5
00
3
00
5
00
8
00
50
40
Amount carried forward, $24,334 77
EXPENDITURES.
25
George T. Currier, billies,
Jesse Allen, washing windows,
H, Gr. Waldron, painting,
C. L. Lotlirop, whitewashing,
Charles Whitnej^, disenfectant,
S. H. Baker, furniture for cells,
J. Junio, locks, etc.,
F. Kearburg, buckets,
James Kelly, services,
Boston Ice Company,
Wm. B. Moore & Sons, repairing stoves,
Wm. H. DeCosta, printing,
Amount appropriated.
Balance last year,
Amount expended,
Balance,
ght forward,
$24,334 77
9 00
3 00
6 67
16 00
2 00
50 00
1 00
6 00
2 00
13 75
3S,
3 62
5 50
$24,453 31
$24,684 30
202 43
$24,886 73
24,453 31
$433 42
EEPAIR OF STREETS.
James Reardon,
Cornelius Broderick,
George A. Brown,
Edwin Brown,
Robert B. Cochran,
John Waters,
Patrick Lally,
William Casey,
Thomas Flaherty,
labor on streets,
Amount carried forward,
$741 37
706 49
710 67
177 75
709 89
419 00
420 00
459 00
421 00
4,765 17
26
EXPENDITURES.
Michael Higgins,
Patrick Fitzgibbon,
Michael Campbell,
William Gilmore,
Terence McManus,
Lawrence Hewitt,
Philip Riley,
Stephen Joyce,
James Gary,
Dennis O'Brien,
John Mead,
Bart. McDonough,
John Dower,
George Farmer, .
David Flynn,
Michael Sullivan,
Thomas Linskey,
James Carroll,
John Nolan,
Cornelius Galvin,
John Kelly,
William McLoud,
A. McAuliffe,
Joseph Dennis,
Patrick Sullivan,
Michael Loftis,
John Coakley,
James O'Donnell,
Jeremiah Dennis,
Dennis Murphy,
Patrick Pendergast,
William Gorman,
Dennis Conghlin,
Thomas Welch,
Amount brought forward,
$4,765 17
labor on
streets,
435 00
((
(C
494 00
u
((
462 00
((
((
427 00
li
((
445 00
il
iL
411 00
((
((
525 00
((
l<
161 00
((
((
226 00
((
((
• 179 00
ii
((
. 166 00
il
((
8 00
ti
ii
8 00
a
((
8 00
((
((
54 00
((
U
42 00
((
it
36 00
u
((
35 00
(C
((
26 00
(C
((
11 00
((
((
2 00
((
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4 00
u
((
10 00
ii
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3 00
((
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6 00
((
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13 00
n
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8 00
a
u
8 00
((
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8 00
il
«
7 00
((
u
10 00
((
((
7 00
ii
((
28 00
((
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6 00
Amount carried forward,
,044 17
EXPENDITURES.
27
Amount brought forward,
Martin Joyce, labor on streets,
J. B. Burroughs, tending Draw Prison Point Bridge,
" " " disbursements,
Nathan Tufts, Jr., grain,
S. H. Fall, hay,
Thomas Bates, "
Prescott Nichols, "
S. S. Pratt, «
Jeremiah Russell, "
Thomas O. Hutchinson, "
Samuel "Wood, straw,
Benjamin Shurtleff, "
J. N. Lewis, "
James F. Ginn, oil and sundries,
George E. Edmands, "
Philemon Davis, "
Edwin M. Plummer, hardware,
Plummer & Shattuck, "
, Mystic Water Board, water rates,
Dunshee & Hoadley, water pails,
, Nathaniel Butters, broom stuff,
Charles T. Mullett, harness and repairs,
Gas Companj'', gas,
John B. Carey, cordage,
H. G. Waldron, glazing,
- Rufus Mason, glass,
Henry A. Rice, disbursments,
Parker, Gannett & Co., hose,
William H. DeCosta, advertising and printing,
Perez R. Jacobs, services,
Sarah J. Knight, damage to estate, Parker Street,
Hugh Kelly, street stone and grading,
J. F. & F. L. Gilman, stone curbs and labor,
N. Connor, chip stone.
Amount carried forward,
$9,044
17
8
00
75
00
1
50
554
46
244 64
59
57
34
72
24
21
40
02
30
11
21
06
25
24
9
71
51
72
11
65
4
50
5
00
29
27
10
75
i
00
5
00
42
35
6
68
5
74
2
50
5
35
5
00
14
25
5
00
1
50
350
00
716
40
79
80
588 43
$12,114 30
28 EXPENDITURES.
Amount brought forward,
E. R. Wiley, mason work,
James Ryan, " "
P. O'Reardon, teaming,
Levi Goodnow, "
John Donovan, "
Edwin Brown, "
Thomas D. Strand, horse-shoeing,
James Emery, blacksmithing,
Franklin Hopkins, Jr., lumber,
Jacob Caswell, repair of pumps,
J. H. Currier, pick handles,
T. & J. Doane, Jr., plans and surveys,
Ames & Ball, " " "
Finney & Clark, iron work,
Cook, Rymes & Co., " "
John Bryant, cesspool covers,
T. F. Hunnewell, new cart,
Wellington Brothers, cement,
J. Barry & Co., " and sand.
Day & Collins, cement pipe,
Bay State Brick Co., bricks,
Thomas Connorton, sods and laying — City Square,
M. H. Merriam, loam,
Jesse U. Jones, carpentry.
Turner, Kidney & Co., paving and materials,
Amount expended, $29,953 19
Amount appropriated, $17,771 85
Balance from last year, 2,026 04
Extra appropriation, 8,000 00 27,797 89
Deficiency, $2,155 30
$12,114 30
112
86
18
00
4
00
27
00
299
00
15
60
106
93
34 45
4
32
4
00
11
25
68
06
143
87
4
30
6
30
110
87
189
49
14
40
14
00
30
30
38
00
267
88
4
00
115
60
16,194
41
),953 19
EXPENDITURES. 29
LAYING OUT STREETS.
W. H. DeCosta, advertising and printing, $212 30
W. W. Wheildon, « " * 10 50
Caleb Rand, « 5 00
Ames and Ball, surveys and plans, 126 15
T. & J. Doane, Jr., " " 1,188 70
Moses A. Dow, land taken on City Square, etc., 11,700 00
Samuel Bradstreet, " " Main St., near City Sq., 241 25
W. S. & G. O. Wiley," " Warren,near Henley St., 67 15
Heirs of Benj. Adams, land and damage — Chelsea St., 1,000 00
Jeremiah Prescott, damages on Parker Street, 225 00
George M. Starbird, repairing houses on Pearl Street, 1,509 50
Amount expended, " $16,285 55
Amount appropriated, $12,155 95
Balance from last year, 1,048 35 13,204 30
$16,285 55
Deficiency, $3,081 25
MONUMENT AVENUE EXTENSION.
Charles Robinson, Jr., legal services, $300 00
L. W. Chamberlain, witness fees and services, 72 50
Ames & Ball, surveys, plans, services, 10 00
Heirs of John Hurd, damages and costs, 3,806 75
Heii-s of Susan Cofran, " " ' 7,336 61
Heirs of Patrick Dee, " " 4,750 00
James E. Bray, " " 507 37
$16,783 23
SULLIVAN SQUARE ENLARGEMENT.
Richard Sullivan, 31,864 square feet of land, $11,336 32
Charles A. Barker, 7,905 " " « 6,916 87
$18,253 19
30
EXPENDITURES.
IRON FENCE IN CITY SQUARE.
Cook, Rymes & Co., fence, setting and painting,
$2,800 00
$2,800 00
PURCHASE AND CARE OF TREES.
Thomas Barrett, trees,
Kendall Bailey, " and planting,
Amos Brown, tree guards,
John Donovan, loam,
Charles H. Wing, covering for trees,
Patrick Lally, labor on trees,
John Waters, " "
Edwin Brown, : " "
Thomas Connorton, " "
Edwin M. Plummer, nails,
Turner, Kidney & Co., paving,
Amount appropriated.
Balance from last year,
Amount expended.
Balance,
$300 00
213 25
$513 25
^ 398 75
$114 50
$9a 00
24 50
68 00
7 50
7 80
20 00
45 00
22 50
61 00
70
43 75
$398 75
DRAINS AND SEWERS.
John Waters,
labor on drains.
$136 00
William Casey,
li (C
37 00
Patrick Lally,
(( ((
112 00
Amount carried forward,
$285 00
EXPENDITURES.
31
Patrick Miles,
Martin Joyce,
Patrick McDonough,
Dennis Cougblin,
Philip Riley,
William Gilmore,
Michael Higgins,
Dennis Murphy,
James Pyan,
Timothy Carney,
John Coakley,
John Lawton,
James Carey,
Patrick Ryan,
James Carroll,
William Gorman,
John Mead,
Thomas Flaherty,
Terence McManus,
Patrick Pendergast,
Stephen Joyce,
Lawrence Hewitt,
Patrick Fitzgibbon,
James Carr,
Dennis O'Brien,
A. F. Frothingham,
George F. Cutter,
John Corey,
Wesson Heirs,
Heirs of George Baker,
" J. Souther,
" Reuben Hunt,
Edwin M. Plummer, hardware,
Franklin Hopkins, Jr., lumber.
. Amount brought forward,
labor on drains,
abatement of drain assessment,
Amount carried forward,
00
29 00.
29 00
29 00
54 00
26 00.
44 00
42 oo:
22 00'
173 25
21 00
40 00
19 00
79 00
14 00
54 00
51 00
68 00
40 00
27 00
27 00
22 00
38 00
2 00
19 00
12 00
1 02
1 02
1 21
1 03
1 66
2 46
1 69
4 50
12 35
[,293,19
^2
EXPENDITURES.
Amount brought forward, $1,293 19
J, Barry & Co., cement, 114 80
S. H. Fall, " and sand, 42 00
Wellington Brothers, cement, 81 60
Dunshee & Hoadlej^, pails, 1 00
Frederick Lund, buckets, 5 00
George E. Edmands, oil, etc. 4 45
R. R. Wiley, masonwork, laying drain, 1,958 38
William W. Bray, " " 9 00
Dennis Kelly, lajang drain. Main Street, 5,385 40
John Bryant, cesspool covers, 4 00
Jesse U. Jones, carpentry, 5 23
David S. Tucker, " 2 34
Draper and Vaughan, extending Richmond St. sewer, 443 55
Bay State Brick Co., bricks, 584 00
Wm. H. DeCosta, advertising, 28 05
Wm. W. Wheildon, " 16 50
T. & J. Doane, surveys and plans, 10 00
R. Buchanan, " " " 341 50
Ames & Ball, " « u . 298 60
James Emery, blacksmithing, 2 47
J. F. & F. L. Gilman, stone curbs, 17 84
Day & Collins, cement pipe, 81 00
$10,729 90
Amount appropriated.
Amount expended.
Deficiency last year.
$12,914 78
$10,729 90
1,261 25 11,991 15
Balance,
$923 63
EXPENDITURES. 33
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Hose Co. No. 1, services, etc., $400 00
" " " 2, " 400 00
" " " 3, » 400 00
" " " 4, " 400 00
Hose Company to Steamers, services, etc., 300 00
Hook and Ladder Company, " 600 00
W. C. Hinckley, salary as Engineer of Steamers, 960 00
Isaac W. Brackett, " Fireman " 842 00
A. J. Boynton, « Driver " 670 50
Daniel Wheelock, " " " 167 00
Mrs. "W". C. Hinckley, washing for Steamer officers, 13 25
Mrs. A. J. Boynton, " " " " 21 75
Gas Company, gas for Steamers' house, 136 76
"Warren Gardner, care of hydrants, 92 00
Charles O. Richardson, " 4 00
Somerville Fire Companies, refreshments, 20 00
Hook and Ladder Co., " 13 00
Corey & Goodwin, sundries, 106 70
Nutting & Andrews, repairs 43 50
Wm. Fernald, " 10 25
Boston Belting Co., " of hose, 44 46
H. W. Homer, " of chairs, 62 75
Mosman & Bolster, " " 70 10
Town of Bridgewater, " of engine sold, 8 00
John McLoud, " of lanterns, 27 93
J. C. Phillips & Co., " " 36 00
Flint Glass Co., " " 12 00
Hose Co. No. 2, " of apparatus, 34 50
George E, Edmands, " of lamps, 54 55
T. F. Hunnewell, " of ladders, 2 80
H. R. Bishop & Co., ladders, 75 67
James Emery, repairs of iron work, 148 16
Amount carried forward, $6,177 63^
u
EXPENDITURES.
Humieman & Co.,
Charles H. Wing,
Jasper Stone,
!S. H. Baker,
Amount brought forward,
repairs of hose, etc.,
. " of stoves,
" of clock,
" of chairs,
B. S. Hussey, sundries, oil, fluid, etc.,
Chester Guild & Sons, "
J. W. Noble, use of team,
L. G. Leeman, "
W. S. & G. O. Wiley, use of horses,
Peter Chevalier, horsekeeping,
J. O. Kent, use of horses,
George E. Rogers, horsekeeping,
Philip Ham, horseshoeing,
Samuel Gould, "
J. W. Stocking, horse doctoring,
Emerson & Porter, horse for steamers,
George M. Starbird, carpentry — repairs,
John B. Wilson, "
David S. Tucker, "
Nathaniel Shattuck, "
R. R. Wiley, masonwork — repairs,
Dennis Kelly, " "
C. L. Lothrop, " "
H. W. Smith, painting,
J. C. Ham, "
McMath & Weston,"
George E. Tyler, "
H. G. Waldron,
Rufus Mason, "
C. H. Wing, hardware,
Daniel Titus, whitewashing,
A. E. Cutter, stationery,
Haydeu & Crafts, labor on bells,
H. N. Hooper & Co., bell for steamer house,
Amount carried forward,
$6,177
63
296
16
43
30
1
00
6
75
118
80
79
00
5
00
3
00
20
00
20
26
15
00
77
05
11
50
55
53
4
25
500
00
1
71
947
77
897
91
62
33
520
54
43
60
24
75
65
00
168
00
239
73
238
00
11
83
8
6o
5
62
13
50
8
03
53
75
311
98
.1,056 93
EXPENDITURES.
35
Amount brought forward,
City Contingent Account, for old school bell,
Cook, Rymes & Co., iron work.
John Louer, 4 hose sleighs, iron work and repairs,
Ames Plow Co., wheel for hose tower,
Benjamin H. Simonds, labor on hose tower,
H. S. Meserve, rent of room,
Mechanics Union, "
Steamer Hose Co., extra services,
A. L. Pearson, "
J. Boyd, "
Bailey & Gilman, gas fixtures,
Fitz & Wlnslow, fuel for steamers,
Wellington Brothers, "
J. Barry & Co. "
Brooks & Stover, hay and grain,
A. J. Jones, new hose carriage and repairs,
Brintnall & Osgood, paper and hanging,
Edward A. Costigan, cleats,
Alexander Campbell, plumbing,
Gillespie & Jones, "
Mystic "Water Board, water rates,
R. & S. G. Dexter, rope,
John *C. Carey, drag ropes,
D. H. Dearborn, labor on ropes,
Thomas S. Johnson, badges,
J, Dickson, harness work,
J. W. Welch, cleaning hose,
Anderson & Jones, fire caps,
John N. Devereux, canvas,
T. S. Clogston, heating apparatus for steamer house,
F. E. Downer, tallow,
William R. Bradford, iron castings,
George E. Rogers and 76 others, poll-tax refunded,
Boston Machine Co., altering " chucks,"
Amount carried forward, $16, 360 45
$11,056
93
62
40
41
00
552
50
48
75
33
23
9
00
12
50
6
00
8
00
24
00
122
03
7
00
79
86
68
75
397
82
951
50
166
51
30
00
251
22
18
89
104
12
149
09
8
12
6
50
275
50
37
43
6
00
148
25
13
38
s 1,244
00
40
82
13
34
156
00
220
01
36 EXPENDITURES.
Oliver Dickson, teaming,
Brintnall & Maynard, cotton waste,
John Bryant, cesspool covers,
William H. DeCosta, advertising,
Russell & Fitch, moving night soil,
Allen Stone, moulding work,
A. J. Carter, carpet and spittoons,
Deficiency last year,
Amount expended,
ight forward,
$16,360 45
2 00
10 05
44 50
2 00
2 00
5 00
32 46
$16,458 46
m9 32
16,458 46
r,177 78
Amount appropriated, $12,000 00
From sale of hand en-
gine, bell, horse, 1,174 00
Extra appropriation, 3,000 00 16,174 00
Deficiency, $1,003 78
NEW
HOSE.
hose,
,^2,156
70
2,161
56
$4,318 26
4,023
36
James Boyd & Sons, new hose, • $2,156 70
Amount expended,
Deficiency last year.
Amount appropriated,
Deficiency, $294 90
EXPENDITURES.
37
SUPPORT OF POOR.
State of Massachusetts, support of paupers,
$229 99
State Alms House, " "
47 11
Middlesex County, " drunkards,
29 57
Worcester Hospital, " insane,
147 52
Taunton " " "
80 00
State Reform School, " truants.
259 94
" Nautical School, " boys,
137 69
S. & E. Knight, fuel.
1,402 37
City of New Bedford, support of paupers.
35 50
Gas Company, fuel.
24 00
Perkins & Goodwin, "
116 79
S. & G. Williams, "
21 75
Long & Lewis, hay.
11 59
Charles J. Barry, "
116 85
W. W. Nichols, "
16 08
Bradford & Gary, provisions,
608 74
Silas Morse, groceries,
16 00
S. P. Hill & Co.,
107 00
H. W. Burgess «fe Co., "
199 81
J. E. Bray & Co., "
35 00
C. M. C. Association, "
384 00
Brooks & Stover, ''
157 63
G. F. & B. Hurd & Co., "
311 42
James Rea & Son, "
72 00
F. 0. Reed & Co., "
269 81
J. W. & A. Roberts, "
482 40
J. W. Roberts & Co., "
213 04
Moses B. Hall, "
92 00
Corey & Goodwin, "
265 50
Mullett & Bradbury, "
251 58
F. E. Downer, "
381 25
L. R. Bingham, "
84 00
Amount carried forward,
5,607 93
38
EXPENDITURES.
Amount brought forward,
Charles B. Goodrich, groceries,
Charles A. Barker, "
Jesse Stevens, "
Lyman Stickney, "
Russell Huntley, butter,
Hay ward & Co., coffee,
V. M. Dunn, fish,
J. N. Whittemore, milk,
Peck & Shed, flour,
B. F. Stacy, medicines,
George C. Goodwin, "
George P. Kettell, "
Charles A. Lerned, "
Dr. S. H. Hard, medical services,
N. Martin & Co., shoes,
Brintnall & Maynard, dry goods,
William Arnold, "
Edward T. Moody,
William Murray, "
Foster, Weeks & Co., potatoes,
Nathan Tufts, Jr., grain,
William B. Moore & Son, stone ware,
A. E. Cutter, stationery,
A. W. Locke & Co., printing,
W. H. DeCosta,
E. M. Plummer, hardware,
Plummer & Shattuck, "
Amos Brown, tables,
D. W. Luce, iron bedsteads,
William H. Barnes, knives and forks,
Jasper Stone, spoons,
Bassett, French & Co., crockery,
B. W. Gage,
Peirce, Brown & Co., chairs,
Amount carried forward,
$6,607
93
81
00
32
55
68
00
31
00
49
80
40
50
143
51
117
74
434
55
69
70
22
45
25
83
49
39
220
00
107
04
155
84
228
32
12
62
5
25
121
25
335
43
11
92
17
24
34
00
8
00
38
56
11
58
98
66
60
00
9
00
36
80
53
30
41
84
98
25
),478 85
EXPENDITURES. 39
Amount brought forward, $9,478 85
Childs, Crosby & Lane, carpetings, etc., 138 38
Brintnall & Osgood, paper and hanging, 13 23
P. F. Packard & Sons, furniture, 12 50
Rand & By am, soap, 53 41
Crafts & Williams, oil, 45 41
John B. Carey, sundries, 7 08
F. A. Titus, lamps and shades, 12 55
Charles H. "Wing, tin ware, 17 11
John C. Thomas, hats and caps, 6 00
E. N. Coburn, burials, 108 50
Michael Delaney, labor, 15 17
H. S. Doane, & Co., brushes, 20 92
Fire Department, alarm bell and hanging, 169 00
L. P. Young, swill, 175 06
Edward Carnes, salary and disbursements, 714 73
Lucy J. Davis, assistant, 5 00
Almira Parker, " 33 00
H. M. Wyman, " 63 22
Susan White, " 58 50
Calvin Simonds, rent, , 52 00
E W. Bean, teaming, 22 31
L. Emertou, " 37 35
Griffin Gibson, plumbing, 76 87
J. Barry & Co., cement, 44 73
D. N. Skillings, lumber, 49 25
Gardner Chilson, range and setting, 800 00
R. R. Wiley, mason work, 6 25
William W. Bray, " " 346 24
F. Hopkins, Jr., lumber, 116 38
S. W. Fuller & Co., " 16 24
Joel Knight & Co., " 52 09
Charles P. Brooks, plastering, 25 00
Edmands & Co., drain pipe, 81 36
B. S. Husse}', paints and oil, 66 90
Amount carried forward, $12,440 59
40
EXPENDITURES.
Amount brought forward,
$12,440 59
Rufus Mason, painting,
153 20
H. G-. Waldron, "
5 28
Earl Wyman, carpentry,
300 84
A. Waterman, planking, etc..
21 47
Philip Ham, blacksmithing.
26 85
Oliver Dickson, repairs.
$11,400 00
12 75
Amount appropriated.
$12,960 98
Balance, and sundry receipts.
660
98
Extra appropriation.
900
00
Amount expended,
$12,960 98
FUEL AND LIGHTING.
Charles Burcham, services, superintending lamps,
$200 00
Daniel Conant, lighting and care of street
lamps.
480 00
J. S. Cunningham, " "
480 00
J. S. Cunningham, Jr., " "
480 00
John W. Bent, « "
480 00
Russell S. Lufkin, " "
480 00
Thomas White, " "
105 72
Lawrence Colbert, " "
260 00
Henry Dwight, " "
120 00
Gas Company, gas, street lamps.
10,096 74
" " " City Hall Building,
475 08
u a u u u
219 41
" " " ward room, Ward 3,
2 22
" " repair of lamps, ,
223 64
" " alcohol for lamps,
70 15
B. S. Hussey, fluid, benzine, etc..
371 46
Oriental Oil Company, benzole.
9 87
Byam, Carlton & Co., matches.
ard.
40 00
Amount carried forw.
$14,594 29
EXPENDITURES.
41
Amount brought forward,
Aiken & Woodward, charcoal,
William Hattie, repair of brackets,
S. & E. H. Gifford, " " "
John McLoud, lanterns,
F. A. Titus, repair of lanterns,
Moren Knight, window polish,
Torrey Peabody, " "
A. N. Swallow, oil,
William H. DeCosta, printing,
Charles Burcham, use of team,
S. & E. Knight, coal for city building,
James Emery, repair of ladders,
Nathaniel Shattuck, " " "
E. R. Eobinson, lamp frame,
Cooper, Burgess & Co., stove repairs,
A. H. Dix, shavings, I
John Welsh, labor on fuel,
Rufus Mason, painting.
Amount expended.
Amount appropriated,
Balance from last year.
Deficiency,
$14,982 88
$13,500 GO
1,460 79 14,960 79
,594 29
47 50
5 00
1 50
6 46
60 93
4 80
2 00
5 19
2 00
3 00
196 25
1 00
19 50
15 71
3 00
4 75
3 75
6 25
$14,982 88
$22 09
NEW LAMPS AND FIXTURES.
John McLoud, lanterns,
Gas Company, new lamps and fixtures.
Amount expended, $707 24
Amount appropriated, $300 00
Balance from last year, 290 91 590 91
$78 00
629 24
$707 24
Deficiency,
$116 33
42
EXPENDITURES.
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
■Warren Institution for Savings, rent and fuel.
$673 28
Gas Company, gas,
152 44
R. F. Murphy, care of rooms.
168 57
John H. Holmes, salary as Librarian,
1,036 24
PI. A. Wise, services as Assistant,
259 92
F. G. Edwards, " " "
129 96
S. Edwards, " " "
18 00
L. C. Knight, " " "
97 47
Lee & Shepard, books,
361 35
W. H. Piper & Co., "
91 06
E. W. Jordan, "
' 3 50
W. McAdam, periodicals.
120 94
E. W. Hill, "
12 00
Charles Stimpson, binding books,
215 90
A. E. Cutter, stationery.
81 68
Frost & Taylor, paper,
54 50
F. A. Titus, merchandise,
11 75
Brintnall & Maynard, "
2 70
E. S. Coombs & Co , printing.
17 50
William H. DeCosta, advertising,
4 50
Joseph Joshua, labor,
6 00
T. T. Sawyer, insurance,
45 00
Benjamin Locke, expressage,
9 15
Boston Ice Co., ice.
16 67
H. G. Waldron, painting.
8 50
John B.' Wilson, carpentry,
43 44
H. W. Homer, repairing chairs.
11 50
$3,653 52
Amount appropriated,
$3,626 58
Balance, last year,
133 20
$3,759 78
Amount expended.
3,653 52
Balance,
$106 26
EXPENDITURES.
43
CONTINGENCIES.
Edward Parker, ringing bells, $8 00
Edward Conway, " " 12 00
Timothy Callahan, " " 6 00
Samuel L. Harding, " " 83 00
J. C. Burbank, " " . 10 00
Joseph Smith, " " 10 00
Henry W. Prentiss, " " 27 00
S. E. Abbott, repairing bell, 5 00
James Emery, an 3 qO
Wm. H. DeCosta, printing and advertising, 269 97
W. W. Wheildon, " " 390 57
Caleb Rand, " " 279 00
W. & E. Howe, " " 330 00
Joseph Caldwell, new flag-staff, 14 25
Joseph H. Till, labor on flag-staff, 72 00
Mystic Water Board, water rates, 25 00
" " materials and labor (fountain), 306 57
A. E. Cutter, stationery, 82 14
George W. Hobbs, " 46 90
H. W. Homer, repair of furniture, 56 87
George R. Kelso, " 2 25
Lea'ruerd & Hartley, " (carpets), 76 67
a: J. Carter, " (matting), 11 47
Page & Littlefield, carpentry, 28 00
George E. Morrill, " 297 .11
David S. Tucker, " 151 06
John B. Wilson, " 11 92
Amos Brown, " 380 96
R. R. Wiley, mason work, (fountain), 920 16
R. R. Wiley, " " 60 06
Timothy Calnan, watering City Square, etc., 90 00
John Resterick, injuries — by falling on ice, 400 00
Amount carried forward,
t,4
44
EXPENDITURES.
Amount brought forward, $4,466 93
Mary J. Rikeman, injuries — by falling on ice, 150 00
Philander Ames, excavating at Belmont St., etc., 400 00
Infant School Society, per order City Council, 100 00
Patrick O'Reardon, for horse killed on streets, 400 00
Martin Turnbull, injured fireman, 125 00
T. H. Adams, detective services, 427 52
Wm. H. Kent, disbursements, (fountain,) 59 26
Charles E. Daniels, " " 89 98
Janes, Kirtland & Co., « 900 00
" " " labor on " 199 78
Post-Offlce, box rent, stamps, 47 00
Wm. B. Moore & Son, stove work, 48 62
Perez R. Jacobs, disbursements, witness fees, etc., 60 50
Henry W. Bragg, " " " 79 85
Stephen P. Kelley, " 21 02
Daniel Williams, " 5 00
Wm. Wyman, rent of school lot, 131 50
John Donovan, " ^^ ^^ 62 50
A. Campbell, plumbing, 32 79
F. A. Titus, " gas fixtures, etc., 76 77
S. L. Harding, labor and disbursements, 62 20
Tufts & Edmands, broom, 1 GO'
R. Buchanan, surveys and plans, 15 00
Daniel Chamberlin, supper for Ward oflScers, 103 00
National House, " " 89 50
Cook, Rymes & Co., iron work, 209 73
Sewall, Day & Co., rope for flags, 32 15
Bailey & Oilman, gas fixtures, 13 63
Boston Ice Company, ice, 109 50
Jasper Stone, care of city clocks, 120 00
Charles West, painting, ' 26 00
McMath & Weston, " 75 00
H. G. Waldron, " 25 44
Wm. B. Harvey, copying for Assessors, 36 00
Amount carried forward.
5,802 17
EXPENDITURES.
45
Amount brought forward, $8,802 17
Frederick Monroe, copying for Assessors, 15 00
Heming Ericcson, posting notices, 7 50
Frank Snow, services, 9 00
Jesse Allen, cleaning windows, 1 85
Moren Knight, services at City Bath, 284 16
Chas. B. Stevens, recording deeds, 2 25
Sampson & Co., Boston Directory, 3 00
Trinity M. E. Church, use Mission Hall, elections, 60 00
Charles A. Lerned, milk inspector's tools, 13 00
Charles A. Lerned, salary ; 6 mos.. Milk Inspector, 50 00
E. M. Plummer, hardware, 7 02
Benj. Locke, expressage, 25
E. W. Bean, " 6 75
Town of Maiden, tax of 1867, 16 74
Maiden Bridge, assessment for 1867, 100 00
Cooper & Burgess, labor on stoves, 41 37
A. N. Swallow, brushes, 4 87
Bay State Kooflng Co., repair of roofs, 23 80
John Welch, removing ashes, 5 00
Benj. F. Brown, insurance on city scales, 4 50
Jacob Junio, locks and keys, 2 25
G. A. Coleman, teaming, 1 75
Russell & Fitch, moving night soil, 70 00
James H. Rand, plans for altering City Hall, 250 00
Bank Note Reporter, copy of, 3 00
A. G. Conley, " Heath's Detector, 6 00
B. S. Hussey, fluid, 1 12
Abijah Blanchard, services, 2 50
J. S. Cunningham, " 2 00
Martha Conway, cleaning Ward Rooms, 5 00
L. W. Chamberlin, tax sales, 37 00
Daniels, Kendall & Co., furniture — City Engineer's office, 165 00
Day & Collins, cement pipe, 51 00
Bridget Shehan, washing, etc., 16 74
Amount carried forward.
),071 59
46
EXPENDITURES.
Amount brought forward,
$10,071 59
Brintnall & Osgood, batons and rosettes, (celebrations), 17 50
Wm. Beals, decorating, *
' 250 00
Charles Burcham, carriages, '
' 8 00
W. S. & G. 0. Wiley, " * ' «
' 127 00
Nath'l Shattuck, music stands, '
' 93 66
Chas. H. Wing, " " lanterns, '
' 7 00
Bailey & Gilman, » " « <•
' 124 50
R. M. Yale, 2 American flags, '
' 108 50
Gilmore's Band, music, '
' 202 00
Brigade Band, " '
' 202 00
O'Connor's Band, " '
' 177 00
Prescott Light Guard, parade June 17th, etc., '
315 00
Charlestown Cadets, parade, 17th June, (celebrati
on) 100 00
" City Guard, " " "
100 00
" Artillery Co., " " "
100 00
Jackson Guard, " " "
100 00
Warren Phalanx Asso., " " "
70 00
Hose Co. No. 1, " " "
50 00
(( (( (( 2 " " "
50 00
(( (( (( 3 (( (( (c
50 00
(( (( (( ^ (( (( ((
50 00
" " to Steamer, " " "
50 00
Hook and Ladder Co., " " "
50 00
Board of Engineers, " " "
50 GO
J. B. Smith, collation — reception Gen. Sheridan,
160 00
0. A. Taft, dinner at Point Shirley — City Council,
618 50
J. H. Hathorne, carriages to " " "
82 50
Thomas H. Hall, Messenger Common Council,
50 00
John Bryant, return of deaths.
16 70
Patrick Denvir, " "
16 30
John L.Perry, " "
13 60
E. N. Coburn, " "
9 60
S. P. Kelley, "
6 70
$13,397 65
EXPENDITURES.
47
Amount expended,
Deficiency last year,
Amount appropriated,
Deficiency,
$13,397 65
2,845 89
$16,243 54
12,671 24
$3,572 30
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
L. P. Young, removing offal — contract,
J. B. Meserve, carpentry — burial grounds,
James McFague, labor, " "
Kendall Bailey, care of trees, " "
Heming Ericcson, posting health notices,
Caleb Eand, printing " "
Woodlawn Cemetery, burials,
Samuel H. Hurd, vaccinating,
J. H. Brown, services,
A. E. Dodge, "
Jas. M. Burckes, "
Orison Little, "
Amount appropriated,
Balance last year,
Amount expended,
Balance,
^,713 00
134 68
n,847 68
1,413 64
$434 04
$1,000
00
10
09
25
25
33
38
4
50
43
50
216
00
72
50
3
00
1
25
1
10
3
07
$1,413 64
48 EXPENDITURES.
MILITIA BOUNTY.
Co. A., 5th Regt, Infantry, $1,154 30
" D., " " " 1,037 20
" H., " « " 955 00
" G-., 9th " " 1,115 50
" C, 1st Battalion," 3,616 80
EEFUNDING TAXES.
r,878 80
ARMORY RENT.
Co. A., 5th Regt. Infantry, rent, $200 00
" D., " " " " 250 00
« G., 9th " " " 258 00
" C, 1st Battalion Cavalry," 500 00
$1,208 00
H. W. Bragg, costs in tax suit.
$77 14
0. F. Raymond, tax refunded,
37 41
Joseph B. Morse, "
14 85
Herman E. Davidson,"
46 20
$175 60
Amount appropriated.
$500 00
Balance last year.
970 08
$1,470 08
Amount expended.
175 60
Balance,
$1,294 48
EXPENDITURES.
49
USE OF HYDRANTS.
Mystic "Water Board, use of hydrants,
Amount appropriated, $3,000 00
" expended, 2,800 00
Balance,
$200 00
$2,800 00
WATER WORKS.
Paid on Construction Account,
Paid on Maintenance Account,
^60,262 54
22,119 15
NOTES PAYABLE.
Mass. Hospital Life Ins. Co.,
Monument National Bank,
Bunker Hill National Bank,
Eagle National Bank,
Faneuil Hall National Bank,
Warren Inst, for Savings,
S. Scituate Savings Bank,
N. E. Mut. Life Ins. Co.,
George D. Edmands,
N. F. Frothingham,
J. W. Roberts,
J. W. Merrill,
Mrs. A. M. Kinmonth,
S. G. Phipps, Trustee,
$100,000 00
30,000 00
58,000 00
15,250 00
10,000 00
60,000 00
1,000 00
20,000 00
7,000 00
6,000 00
10,000 00
15,000 00
5,000 00
3,000 00
$329,250 00
50 EXPENDITURES.
INTEREST ACCOUNT.
"Warren Inst, for Savings,
$3,133 33
S. Scituate Savings Bank,
180 00
Lowell Institution for Savings,
1,785 17
Provident Institution for Savings,
1,000 00
Bunker Hill National Bank,
2,265 00
Monument National Bank,
629 00
Eagle National Bank,
236 38
Faneuil Hall National Bank,
255 00
Merchants National Bank,
271 25
Trustees of Poor Fund,
1,666 50
Trustees of School Fund,
336 00
S. G. Phipps, trustee,
195 00
N. E. Mutual Life Insurance Co.,
1,200 00
Mass. Hospital Life Insurance Co.,
6,000 00
H. M. & F. M. Wingate,
90 00
Mrs. A. M. Kinmonth,
404 17
George A. Kettell,
690 00
George D. Edmands,
123 67
N. F. Frothingham,
250 84
J. W. Roberts & Co.,
281 67
J. W. Merrill,
250 00
Note to " Order of Treasurer,"
300 00
Interest on taxes prepaid,
604 72
City Bonds, interest paid on,
9,450 00
$31,597 70
Amount expended,
$31,597 70
Deficiency last year.
6,796 98
Interest Water Loan notes, trans..
19,200 00
Interest credited J. Foss' Bequests,
348 42
$57,953 10
Amount appropriated,
28,194 26
Deficiency,
$29,758 84
EXPENDITURES. • 51
WATER BONDS INTEREST.
Paid interest on Water Loan Bonds, 653,710 00
WATER LOAN (Notes) INTEREST.
Interest paid on Water Loan Notes^ $750 00
Amount expended, $750 00
Previous deficiency, 18,450 00
Trans, to " Interest Account," $19,200 00
WARREN INSTITUTION FOR SAVINGS.
Deposited Jacob Foss' Bequests, $3,760 00
STATE TREASURER.
State Tax for 1867, $92,400 00
STATE AID.
Amount paid to Volunteers and families, $19,689 04
52
DEBTS OF THE CITY.
DEBTS OF THE CITY.
FEBRUARY 29, 1868.
To Whom Due.
Date.
Time.
Interest.
Amount.
Trustees of Poor Fund ....
Jan.
1, 1826
Perman'nt.
6 per cent.
$4,300
U l( it
Jan.
1, 1826
"
6
<i
3,500
il (( ((
Sept.
22, 1836
II
6
"
700
Trustees of Schools
May
1, 1837
II
6
II
600
Pierce Fuel Fund
Sept.
20, 1860
II
6
II
1,500
South Scituate Savings Bant . .
April
7, 1848
20 years.
6
"
2,000
Trustees of Schools ......
May
22, 1848
20 ♦«
6
II
5,000
Lowell Institution for Savings . .
Jan.
17, 1849
20 "
6
"
25,000
Provident " " " . .
Jan,
29, 1853
20 "
5
II
20,000
Warren " " " . .
Sept.
1, 1857
20 "
6
II
25,000
Trustees of Poor Fund , , , ,
Dec.
16, 1864
1 "
6
II
4,750
Order of the City Treasurer . .
July
18, 1864
4 "
6
"
5,000
Warren Institution for Savings .
Oct.
1, 1864
8 "
6
II
25,000
George A. Kettell ......
July
23, 1866
2 "
6
II
11,500
H. M. & F. M. Wingate ....
Sept.
7, 1866
2 "
6
"
1,500
Trustees of Poor
Oct.
13, 1866
Demand,
6
II
2,850
Mass. Hospital Life Insurance Co.
July
28, 1867
1 year.
7
II
100,000
Preston & Merrill
Aug.
1, 1867
Demand,
6
"
15,000
Merchants National Bank ....
Dec.
2, 1867
3 months.
7
II
15,000
Bunker Hill " " . . . .
Dee.
3, 1867
3 "
6
II
25,000
i( It (1 (1
Dec.
7, 1867
4 "
6
"
7,000
Monument " " . . . .
Dec.
14, 1867
4 "
6
II
8,000
N". E. Mutual Life Insurance Co. ,
Jan.
1, 1868
3 years.
7
II
70,000
First Parish in Charlestown . . .
Jan.
1, 1868
Demand,
6
II
8,000
David B. Weston, Guardian . . .
Feb.
26, 1868
II
6
"
900
1, 1853
20 years.
20 "
15 "
20 "
.")
II
20,000
H "
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
1, 1862
1, 1862
1, 1863
5
5
5
5&6
II
II
20,000
<l U
110,000
II II
38,000
1,020,000
$1,595,100
CITY PROPERTY. 53
SCHEDULE AND VALUATION
PEOPEETY OWNED BY THE CITY.
City Hall Building and Land, $35,000 00
Lot of Land on Medford Street, 16,875 feet, 6,500 00
Lot of Land on Auburn and Bunker Hill streets, 2,800 00
Lot of Land on Bunker Hill Street, 2,000 00
Lot of Land on Moulton Street, 1,190 00
Lot of Land and Buildings, Eichmond Street, 6,000 00
Ledge and Land on Cambridge Eoad, 2,000 00
Water Lot on Medford Street, 7,000 00
Furniture in City Hall Building, 2,000 00
Almshouse Estate, Buildings, Furniture, Stock, etc., 40,000 00
High School, Monument Square, 26,500 00
Winthi'op School, Bunker Hill Street, 21,000 00
Harvard School, Harvard Street, 18,000 GO
Warren School, Summer Street, 92,000 00
Bunker Hill School, Bald win Street, 80,000 00
Bunker Hill Primary School-house, Bunker Hill Street, 15,000 00
Common Street Building, Primary Schools, 18,000 00
Prescott School, Elm Street, 38,000 00
Primary School-house, Bow Street, four Schools, 5,000 00
Primary School-house, Cross Street, two Schools, 2,400 00
Primary School-house, Bunker Hill Street, No. 1, 1,500 00
Primary School-house, Bunker Hill Street, No. 2, 900 00
Primary School-house, Mead Street, 10,000 00
Primary School-house, Medford Street, 500 00
Amount carried forward, $432,290 00
54
CITY PROPERTY.
Amount brought forward, $432,290 00
Primary School-house, Kingston Street, 2,500 00
Primary School-house, Moulton Street, 11,750 00
Primary School-house, Sullivan Street, 2,500 00
Primary School-house, Soley Street, 1,000 00
Winthrop Street Building, (Fire Department, Armory,
and Intermediate School,) ■ 14,000 00
Maps, Books, Globes, Stoves, etc., (School Furniture,) 1,000 00
Military Articles, Weights and Measures, 600 00
Tomb Lots in Old Burial Ground, 500 00
Hose House, Ward Room, and Land, Main Street, 5,000 00
Hose House and Land, Main* Street, at Neck, 1,500 00
Hose House and Land, Bunker Hill Street, 1,500 00
Engine House and Land, Elm Street, 15,000 00
Five Hose Can'iages and Hose, 3,500 00
Furniture in Fire Department Buildings, 400 00
Steam Fire Engine " Howard," No. 1, 4,050 00
Steam Fire Engine " Mystic," No. 2, 4,725 00
Two Horses for Steam Fire Engines, 700 00
Eelief Engine, ' 300 00
Hooks, Ladders, and Carriages, 1,000 00
Flats appurtenant to Old Burial ground, 1,000 00
Notes Receivable, 36,999 75
Horses, Carts, Harnesses, etc., in care of Supt. Streets, 2,500 00
Gravel Land in Maiden, 966 00
Gravel Land in Chelsea, 1,725 00
$547,005 75
engineer's report. 55
ENGINEER'S EEPORT
For Year Ending March 1, 18G7.
Amount of Moneys drawn from the City Treasurer, as per
Pay Rolls.
1866.
March,
$581 88
April,
471 99
May,
1,438 79
June,
745 48
July,
473 69
August,
1,080 07
September,
1,052 89
October,
618 95
November,
1,060 00
December,
2,885 64
January,
1,157 18
February,
1,271 89
$12,838 45
1867.
Total,
Twelve thousand eight hundred thirty-eight dollars forty-five
cents.
Whole number of alarms during the year, 78
" " fires in the City, 53
" " false alarms, 17
Alarms by fires out of the City, 8
Amount of losses, $170,495
" insured, 90,995
Total loss, $79,500
56 engineer's report.
Amount of City Property Included in the Above.
Warren School-house, $15,000
City Guard Amory, 1,500
Shed at Alms-house, 300
$16,800
FIRES AND ALARMS FROM MARCH 1, 1866.
March 2. 3.50, A. M. Slight fire in stable in Babcock's Court,
on the Neck. Cause incendiary.
March 3. 8.45, A. M. False alarm.
March 5. 1, P. M. Alarm from Somerville.
March 7. 1 1.20, P. M. Soap factory, situated on Dorrance Street,
owned and occupied by William H. Norris. The building was
a wooden structure and was not of much value ; part of the build-
ing was used as a stable — one horse was burnt. Loss in stock
and building about $2,000. Insured for $1,500. Cause Accidental.
March 8. 7.30, P. M. Large old wooden building known as
the Middlesex Mill, situated on the lower end of Mill street, owned
by Messrs. Lockwood and Nesmith, and occupied by W. T. Mel-
vin & Co.
There was in the mill at the time of the fire about 4,000 bushels
of grain, belonging to difierent parties, which, with the building,
was nearly a total loss. The value of the building not ascertained,
but was insured. W. T. Melvin & Co. had an insurance of $3,000,
which will cover their loss. Cause incendiary.
March 13. 7, P. M. The large frame building formerly used
as a grain store, situated on the old Bridge Avenue, owned by R.
G. Lockwood and occupied by John Bell, of Boston, for the storage
of hay. There was in the building, at the time of the fire, three
hundred bales, or forty-five tons of hay, which was entirely de-
stroyed by fire and water. The hay was valued at nine hundred
dollars, and was fully covered by insurance. The building was
partially burnt and can be repaired, and was fully insured. The fire
extended to the rear on Knights' wharf and slightly damaged the
coal sheds to the damage of about twenty-five dollars.
engineer's report. 57
March 15. 6.10, A. M. Alarm caused by the ringing of bells
for celebrating Jackson's birth-day.
March 20. 12.15, A. M. Partial burning of wooden building
situated on Clapp's Wharf, and owned by J. H. Clapp. The build-
ing was occupied by Ezekiel Averhill as a Cabinet Shop, and by
W. A. Cook, for the manufacture of Polishing Powder. The loss
on the building was about fifty dollars. Loss on stock, about one
hundred dollars. Cause unknown.
March 20. About 1, P. M. Large wooden building, situated
in the Prison yard, owned and occupied by Hiram Tucker & Co.,
was destroyed, together with all the stock. The building was used
for a casting and bronzing shop. Loss about $6,000, and was
insured for $5,000. Cause accidental.
April 7. 9.40, P. M. False alarm.
April 9. 8.30, P. M. Alarm from a slight fire in the burnt
building, situated on the old Bridge Avenue. Cause incendiary.
April 10. 7.30, P. M. Slight fire in wooden building situated
on the old Bridge Avenue, owned by Messrs. Flint & Hall of Boston,
and occupied by J. B. Madell as a junk shop. Loss very trifling.
Cause unknown.
April 11. 11.55, A. M. Dwelling-house, No. 80 Austin street,
was slightly damaged by fire and water. The fire took from a de-
fect in the chimney and burnt in ceiling, and damaged about one
hundred dollars. The building was owned by Patrick Sullivan
and occupied by Thomas Murray. Cause accidental. Insured.
April 11. 6.30, P. M. False alarm.
April 12. 2,30, P. M. Alarm caused by fire in Cambridge.
Assistance sent for. Hose 1, Hose 2, and Steamer 1 responded.
April 14. 8.30, P. M. False alarm.
April 20. 7.45, P. M. Large frame building, situated on the
Neck and owned by N. and A. W. Tufts, and occupied by Charles
J. Barry, as a counting-room and for storage. There was in the
building, in the second story where the fire originated, a large
amount of straw, which was mostly destroyed. On the first floor
there was about one hundred barrels of lime and about the same of
cement. The lime, by being wet, had to be removed from the building
58
ENGINEERS REPORT.
for safety. The building was but slightly damaged. Loss about
one hundred dollars, and was insured. Cause incendiary.
April 30. 9.15, P. M. Stable, situated in the distil-house yard
in Chelsea street, owned by Jacob Foss, Esq., and occupied by
Kelbroth & Thing. The horses and harnesses were all removed
in safety, the fire being set in the hay loft. Their loss was slight,
about fifty dollars. A small stable adjoining, occupied by D. J.
Goodnow, was slightly damaged. Loss on buildings, about two hun-
dred dollars. No insurance. Cause, supposed incendiary.
May 1. 9, P. M. Alarm from Cambridge.
May 2. 9, P. M. Warren School-house, Head of Summer
street, was partially destroyed. The fire took, or was set in a
small closet on the first floor, and worked its way up through the
ceiling to the roof, and through almost every part of the building
in the ceiling. The roof was entirely destroyed, but the floors
and the furniture were saved. Loss on building about $15,000.
While the fire was raging at its height, an alarm was sounded
from a fire in Jefierson Avenue. It proved to be a morocco fac-
tory, owned by P. J. Stone, Esq., and occupied by H. Z. Kimball.
The fire was set in a closet and was fortunately extinguished by
buckets. Damage trifling.
May 11. 11.45, A. M. Alarm from a burning chimney, corner
of Bow and Ajtow Streets.
May 12. 10.45, P. M. Alarm from the burning of a box of
wood in dwelling house on Moulton street. Damage trifling.
May 15. 1.50, A. M. Alarm from Maiden.
May 16. 8.15, P. M. False alarm.
May 17. 9.45, A. M. Alarm from the Neck.
" 7.45, P. M. False alarm.
Majj^ 19. 11.45, P. M. Slight fire in the wooden building on
Bunker Hill Street, owned by J. G. Kidder and occupied by Mr.
Kingsbury, a i a soap factory.
May 20. 3.45, P. M. Alarm caused by the burning of a lot of
rubbish back of the State Prison.
May 20. 9, P. M. Caused by a fire being set in a lot of rubbish
rear of the Prison, by which a pile of valuable lumber was in dan-
ger.
engineer's report. 59
May 22. 1.15, A. M. Frame building, No. 189 Main Street,
owned by Edward Thorndike, and occupied by W. L. Robinson
on the lower floor as a grocery store, where the fire originated ;
the upper part was occupied as a dwelling. The fire being con-
fined to that part of the building where it took, the building was
saved with ti'ifling damage, about one hundred dollars, and was
insured. The stock of groceries in the store was damaged about
one hundred and fifty dollars, and was insured.
May 31. 9, P. M. Alarm from Somerville.
June 1. 9.40. Alarm caused by the burning of a small build-
ing on "White Island, Mystic River.
June 9. 11.30, P. M. Fire discovered in the large four story
brick front building, known as A. H. Allen's Steam Mill and Furni-
ture Manufactory, on Main street. The front part of the building
was of brick for about fifty feet in depth, and the remaining part was
of wood and three stories in height. The whole length of the
building was two hundred and ninety feet, and extended to the old
mill pond. This building was filled with very combustible material
and burnt with great rapidity. This building was owned by A. H.
Allen, and occupied on the lower floor by Messrs. Utley, Gilman,
& Co. for the manufacture of extension tables, and contained a
large amount of machinery and furniture, which was destroyed.
The second story was occupied by T. Cunningham & Co. for the
manufacture of furniture. Stock destroyed. Loss about |2,000,
and was insured. The third story was occupied by C. F. Grunden
for the manufacture of furniture. Grunden's loss about $5,000,
partially insured. The lower end of this building was occupied by
Hatch and Hardy as a soap factory. Loss about $2,000. Insured
for $1,700. The fire communicated to the block of tenement houses
on Furbush Court, owned by S. H. Chase, and occupied by many
families. This building was destroyed together with a currier's
shop adjoining, and occupied by E. Cosighen, Loss about $7,000,
Insured. Adjoining, on Furbush Court, was a small stable, occu-
pied by J. S. Wilson. Adjoining, on the corner of Main Street
and Furbush Court, was a two story building, owned by Barney
Hull and occupied by Mr. Bean, was partially destroyed. Adjoin-
ing this, on Main street, was a two story wooden building, occu-
60 engineer's report.
pied on tbe lower floor by by Mrs. Flaiinigan as a grocery and
provision store, and second story by families. This building was
partially burnt in the rear. Loss on these buildings about $3,000.
Insured. Next was a two story wooden building, owned and occu-
pied by Mr. Riley, was partially destroyed. Loss about $1,000,
and was insured. The two three story brick dwelling houses ad-
joining the mill and making the corner of Main and Thorndike
Streets, were nearly destroyed, and were owned by A. H. Allen and
occupied by Benj. Rogers and C. F. Grunden, and were insured.
Loss on building $5,000. Insured. The block of wooden build-
ings on the south corner of Thorndike, owned by D. Allen and
occupied on the lower floor by Mr. Allen as a provision store, and
by Mr. Butler as a grocery store. The loss to these gentlemen
was slight by water. The upper part of the building was occupied
by several families, was slightly damaged by the loss of the roof.
Loss about $1,500, and was insured. On the north side of Thorn-
dike Street was a block of six three story wooden buildings, owned
by A. H. Allen, and occupied by twelve families, was entirely de-
stroyed. Loss to building $7,500. Insured. Opposite this block,
on Thorndike Street, was a block of six houses, the same as the
one destroyed, was slightly burnt in the front, — owned by A. H.
Allen. Loss about five hundred dollars, and was insured ; mak-
ing the total loss in buildings about $50,000. Insured, as near as
could be ascertained, $40,000. Loss on stock and furniture about
$10,000, mostly covered by insurance.
June 20. 9.15, P. M. Alarm caused by the burning of the
dumps, Chelsea Bridge.
June 21. 10. P. M. Fire commenced in a stable rear of Cam-
bridge Street, near the corner of Main Street, belonging to Mr.
Studley, and occupied by Mr. Pingree, Mr. Murdock, and Mr.
Mason. Each of these gentlemen lost one horse each. The fire
communicated to a two story wooden building adjoining. The
second story was occupied as a paint shop by Mr. Coll, and owned
by Mr. Studley. In the lower story was stored several horse
cars, which were partially destroyed. Loss on the buildings was
about five hundred dollars, insured. Loss on other property
$1,500. Insm-ed five hundred dollars. Cause incendiary.
) engineer's report. 61
June 25. 8.15, P. M. False alarm.
June 26. 5.30, P. M. Alarm from dwelling house No. 12 Bun-
ker Hill Street. Trifling.
June 26. 10, P. M. Large frame building, rear Main Street,
on the Neck, owned by A. H. Allen and occupied as a stable and
for the storage of wagons, etc. Loss about $1,000. Insured five
hundred dollars. Cause incendiary.
July 1. 11.20, P. M Alarm caused by a slight fire in the spar
shed on Walker's Wharf, occupied by Mr. Gushing. Cause incen-
diary.
July 2. 8.30, P M. False alarm.
July 4. 12, M. Alarm caused by the burning of a lot of chips
on the dumps, Chelsea Street.
July 4. 6, P. M. Alarm caused by a slight fire on roof of
dwelling house on Green Street.
July 5. 5.40, P. M. Alarm caused by the burning of chips in
cellar of dwelling house, Moulton Street.
July 20. 1.45, A. M. Alarm caused by an incendiary attempt
to burn the City Guard's armory building, on Winthrop Street.
The fire being set in the lower story, under a closet and near the
hose tower, the fire worked its way through and up the tower to-
the roof, which was partially destroyed. Damage to the building
by fire and water about $1,500. Cause incendiary.
July 26, 7.45, A. M. Partial burning of the soap factory situ-
ated in the rear of the Brew House on the Neck, owned by Lee,
Crocker & Co., of Boston and unoccupied. Loss about two hun-
dred dollars. Insured. Cause incendiary.
August 4. 10.30, P. M. Alarm from a slight fire in the English
and Fancy Goods store. No. 90 Main Street, occupied by E. J.
Klous. Cause accidental. Damage about six hundred dollars.
Insured.
August 12. 7.15, P. M. Alarm caused by the partial burning
of the large two story brick building situated in the State Prison
yard, occupied by Holmes & Co.. In the attic of this building was
stored a large amount of lumber and material for the manufacture
of furniture, which was nearly destroyed. Loss $22,000. Insured
for $6,500. Cause of the fire supposed spontaneous.
62 engineer's report.
August 20, 3.30, A. M. Slight fire in the hay loft in the wooden
building used for hay, lime, etc., occupied by Long & Lewis, situ-
ated on Main Street, on the Neck. Damage about twenty dollars.
Cause incendiary. ^
August 28. 8.30, P. M. Alarm caused hy the burning of a lot
of old rubbish on the dumps, rear of the State Prison.
August 31. 1.15, A. M. Alarm caused by the burning of the
morocco factory on Medford Street, owned by P. J. Stone, and
occupied by several parties. James Melviu and L. Osgood occu-
pied one part, and a Mr. Knedy, and Wilber Harding. Most of
the stock was saved. Loss on the building about 1,500, and was
not insured. Most of the stock in the building was fully insured.
August 31. 10, P. M. False alarm.
Sept, 1. 1.5, P. M. Alarm caused by the burning of a roof of
one of the buildings of the Kerosene Oil Works, near Chelsea
Bridge. As the roof was a temporary roof, it was not of much
value.
Sept. 15. 6.30, P. M. Fire extinguished without an alarm,
caused by a stovepipe being put in a hole which led into the ceil-
ing instead of chimney in a large dwelling-house on Moulton Street.
Sept. 16. 9.45, P.M. Alarm caused by slight fire in Walnut
Street.
Sept. 18. 6 P. M. False alarm by the ringing of a lecture bell.
. Sept. 20. 10.15 A. M. Alarm caused by a slight fire caused by
children setting fire to the bedclothes in brick dwelling-house No.
2, Harvard Place, owned by Moses A. Dow, and occupied by Sam-
uel Adlam, Jr. Damage to the house and furniture about seventy-
five dollars. Lisured.
Sept. 20. 5.45, P. M. Alarm caused by a burning chimney on
Front Street.
Oct. 4. 7.45, P. M. Alarm caused by the partial burning of
the attics in a block of four wooden dwelling-houses situated No. 32
and 34 Pleasant Street, owned by Dr. Whiting, and occupied by E. T.
Stockwell, O. C. Noyes, C. Wellington and E. Murray. Loss to
the building about $500. Insured. Loss to the occupants about
engineer's report. 63
Oct. 6. 3 P. M. Alarm caused by a slight fire on the roof of
a dwelling rear of Joiner Street, caused by sparks from a chimney.
Oct. 6. 3.20 P. M. Alarm from the burning of a fire-board and
box of wood in dwelling-house owned by the heirs of Anne Corey,
and occupied by Patrick Lofts. Damage trifling.
Oct. 8. 5.15 P. M. Alarm caused by the explosion of a can of
inflammable oil in a store on Main Street.
Oct. 24. 2 P. M. Alarm caused by a fire in East Cam-
bridge.
Dec. 8. 9 P. M. Alarm caused by a slight fire on Chapman
Street.
Dec. 16. 8.80 P. M. The Prescott Light Guard Armory par-
tially destroyed. The fire took in a coal closet under the stairs,
aaid worked its way up through the ceiling to the roof, which was
destroyed. The building was owned by George W. White and
others. Damage to the building about $4,000. Insured for $3,000.
Cause unknown.
Dec. 17. 7.30 P. M. Alarm from a slight fire in unoccupied
dwelling-house situated on Walker's Wharf, owned by the widow
Walker. Cause, incendiary.
Dec. 22. 4.30 P. M. False alarm.
Dec. 26. 6.15 P. M. Alarm caused by the partial burning of
a bundle of hay on the Warren Bridge, draw wharf.
Dec. 27. 7.15 P. M. False alarm.
1867.
Jan. 17. 10 A. M. Alarm caused by the burning of the build-
ing known as Damon's Cottage, situated on Bunker Hill ; unoccu-
pied and owned by James Damon. Loss about $800. Cause,
incendiary. Severe snow storm.
Jan. 25. 1.30 A. M. Alarm caused by a slight fire in the large
building situated corner of Main and E. Cambridge Streets, owned
by A. H. Allen. $50 insured.
Jan. 27. 2.10 P. M. Alarm caused by the burning of a large
frame building situated on Hopkins' Wharf, Medford Street. The
building was filled with seasoned lumber of all descriptions and was
very valuable. The fire communicated to the two-story building ad-
joining, and also to several piles of lumber on the wharf, but for-
64 engineer's report.
tunately the fire was almost wliolly confined to the building in
which the fire took. Total loss as near as could be ascertained
about $8,000, and was fully insured. Cause, incendiary.
Jan. 28. 6.30 P. M. Alarm caused by the partial burning of a
dwelling-house situated on Ice Court, owned by T. T. Sawyer and
Dr. Lyon, and occupied by several families. Damage about $300.
Insured. The fire communicated through the attic into a dwelling-
house adjoining, owned by John MuUett. Damage about $100.
No insurance. Cause accidental.
Jan. 29. 8 P. M. Alarm caused by the burning of bedding
in dwelling-house corner of Water Street and Oakman & Eldridge's
wharf building, owned by Oakman & Eldridge. Damage trifling.
Cause carelessness.
Feb. 1. 11.45 P. M. Alarm caused by fire being discovered in
brick building near the square on Main Street. The lower floor
where the fire originated was occupied by F. McBride, as a fancy
goods and toy store, and in corner by the telegraph office. Near-
ly the whole stock of Mr. McBride was destroyed by fire and
smoke. The fire was confined to the lower story. Several offices
in the second story were slightly damaged by water. The building
was owned by T. T. Sawyer, Esq., and damaged about $300, and
was insured. Mr. McBride's loss about $3,000. Insured for
$1,500. Cause unknown.
Feb. 5. 10 P.M. Alarm from Cambridge.
Feb. 7. 8.15 P. M. Alarm from Cambridge.
Feb. 10. 6.45 A. M. The Methodist Trinity Church, situated
on High Street, was discovered to be on fire. The building was
a wooden structure and burned with great rapidity, the wind
blowing a gale at the time. Finding it impossible to save the
building, the efibrts of the firemen were directed to the saving of
the adjoining dwellings, which they succeeded in doing with but
slight damages considering the close proximity to the church. .
The church with its entire furniture was destroyed. Loss $30,000.
Insured for $13,000.
The two-story frame dwelling-house in the rear of the church
owned by Mr. F. D. Carey and J. W. Pettingill and occupied by
engineer's report. 65
William Lydston and Thomas V. Heath, was saved with a damage
of about $800, and was covered by insurance. The large three-
story double dwellings owned by F. B. Austin and Joseph F.
Boyd, situated on the corner of "Wood and High streets, was saved
with but slight damage to their back sheds. Mr. Austin's loss
about $350. Insured. Mr. Boyd's loss $300, and was insured.
Cause incendiary. During the fire, Mr. Trumbull, a member of
Hose Co. No. 3, received severe injuries by a falling timber.
Feb. 22. 2.45 A. M. Fire was discovered in the clothing store,
No. 77 Main Street. The building was a three-story wooden
building and was owned by Mr. Somerfield of Boston, and was
occupied by F. T. Haldam ; the lower floor for a clothing store and
the upper part as a dwelling. The building was but slightly dam-
aged as the fire was confined to the lower story. Damage to the
building about $200. Insured. The stock of goods was damaged
so they were worthless. The amount of stock in store would not
exceed $1,500, and was insured for $3,000. Cause unknown.
66 engineer's report.
CHIEF ENGINEER'S ANNUAL EEPOET.
Engineer's Office, March 1, 1868.
To His Honor the Mayor and City Council: —
Gentlemen — In obedience to section sixth of the Fire Ordi-
nance, it becomes my duty as Chief Engineer to present to you
the Annual Eeport of the Fire Department of the City of Charles-
town. Its condition, number of members, their ages, occupation,
and residence, of the apparatus and houses in the charge of the
several companies, the number of fires and alarms, amount of loss
and insurance on the same as near as could be ascertained, and
the amount expended for the support of the Department, and the
vouchers for the same ; the number of reservoirs, hydrants and
wells, etc., where water can be obtained in case of fire.
FORCE AND CONDITION OF THE DEPARTMENT.
The Department consists of a Chief Engineer and four assist-
ants, and one hundred and thirty-three members — divided into
four hose companies of twenty men each, one steam engine and
hose company of twenty-three men, including the engineer, fire-
man, and driver, and one hook and ladder company of thirty men.
These companies have in their charge five four-wheeled hose car-
riages, two steam fire-engines, and one hook and ladder carriage,
all fully equipped and ready for active service.. The apparatus is
all in good condition, and the houses are all in good order, except
the one occupied by Red Jacket Hose Company No. 1, on Main
Street. That one will need a new floor, and perhaps new floor
engineer's report. 67
timbers this year, and also some other repairs. The Fire Depart-
ment has also two horses and a fuel wagon, which also does all the
teaming for the Department ; and this winter the driver and horses
have been detailed to draw the hook and ladder carriage to and
from fires and alarms in bad travelling, thus making considerable
saving to the city in expense. There is also in reserve one hand-
engine (old No. 1), which is kept at the Poor Farm, and ready for
service ; there are also two two-wheeled hose carriages kept in Win-
throp Street, and ready for duty. There is in charge of the
several companies, and at the steamer's house, sixty-five hundred
feet of hose, of which three thousand feet is in good condition,
and thirty-five hundred feet in ordinary condition ; there was one
thousand feet of Boyd's patent cotton hose put into service the
past year, and has proved itself all that the makers claim for it.
I would recommend the purchase of one thousand feet of hose each
year, and that will keep the Department in full supply of good
hose : there is no saving made in having a short supply of hose ;
this has been demonstrated in every fire department in existence.
NEW APPARATUS.
There has been added to the Department one new four-wheeled
hose carriage for the Steam Engine and Hose Company. This
carriage was ordered by the City Council of 1866. It was built
by Mr. A. J. Jones, of Cambridge, and is really a first class car-
riage ; and has shown that the mechanics of our State can build as
good apparatus as any of our sister States. The carriage was
promptly accepted by the Building Committee and the Committee
on Fire Department. There have been added to the Department
five new sleighs, one for each hose company, built by Mr. John
Lover, one of the active members of the Hook and Ladder Com-
pany, and are fine specimens of workmanship, as well as durability,
and are justly commended by the members of the companies who
have charge of them, and by the citizens generally.
68 engineer's report.
NEW HOUSE AND HOSE TOWER.
Through the generous action of the City Council of 1866-67,
there has been a new house erected on Elm Street, the lower stories
are for the accommodation of both steamers and hose carriage, also
for the horses and fuel wagon ; the second stories for a hall for the
engine company, and sleeping room for the permanent men ; and
also a hay loft. The upper story is used by the Cadets for an
armory. The basement of the building is used by the Fire Depart-
ment ; the hose tower and tank connected with it is a model one,
and not excelled by any tower in the country. Three thousand
feet of hose can be hung in the tower at the same time, and being
heat by steam, the hose can be well taken care of in cold or wet
weather, — as well as by the old towers in dry weather ; this will
make a great saving in the department of its hose ; the permanent
men of the steamer and hose company have the whole charge of the
hose, and have the whole house, engines, and horses to take care of.
The building was taken possession of on the 15th day of June
last, and it is an ornament to the city, and the company take
pride ii^ showing it to their many visitors. The building was
erected by Mr. David S. Tucker, and for strength and good work-
manship, speaks well for the contractor. The whole building is
heat by one of Cloggston's patent boilers, and gives satisfaction.
FIRES AND ALARMS.
During the year ending March 1, 1868, the Fire Department has
been called into service by sixty-one actual fires, and twenty-five
false alarms and slight fires, also from eight alarms from fires out
of the City. The whole amount of loss was $74,035. Amount
insurance on same, $54,286. Actual loss, $19,775.
The duty the past year has been arduous, yet the members of the
department have responded with the usual zeal and efficiency that
the Charlestown Fire Department have always been noted for,
and their service has been voluntarily tendered, and it was by
engineer's report. 69
their promptness and efficiency and the good supply of Mystic water
that so much property of our fellow citizens has been saved, and
they have manifested their appreciation of their services both in
generous contributions, and by many kind words which firemen
know how to appreciate. The duty has been accomplished the
past year without loss of life, and with only two slight accidents to
limbs. On April 20th, at an alarm of fire a lad by the name of
Bates was run over by the Hook and Ladder Carriage and slightly in-
jured. And in July 31st, at the fire in Mead Street Court, Mr. Daniel
F. Weston, a member of Hose Company No. 3, was injured in the
head. He was well taken care of by the Charitable Association of
the Fire Department. This association has been successfully formed
the past year, by the members of the department, and should com-
mend itself to the citizens of our city for their support. The de-
partment have been deprived of one of its members by death the
past year, Mr. Daniel F. Mason, a member of Red Jacket Hose
Company I*
FINANCES.
The amount expended for the Fire Department has been neces-
sarily large. The Committee on Fire Department of the City
Council and the Board of Engineers, found on their annual in-
spection of the houses and apparatus, that extensive repairs were
needed on both houses and apparatus. The committee reported to
the City Council and they made the necessary appropriation
($2,000) for the same. They also found in building the new
Engine House that the appropriation for the same, would not
finish the house and that was reported to the City Council, and
an extra appropriation ($3,000) was made to cover the amount
expended by the Board of Engineers. The whole amount ap-
propriated and expended for the department is annexed to this
report. The new Hose Carriage ordered by the City Council of
1866, (costing $700) has been paid for this year. Sec. 34 of
the Fire Ordinance entitles any person who has served five suc-
cessive years, in the Fire Department to a badge, to be designated
70 engineer's report.
by the Board of Engineers. After careful consideration of the
subject, and finding that many men not members of the Fire
Department had the old badges, and iaia,nj exempt members of the
Fire Department requesting a Badge which they were justly en-
titled to, the Board of Engineers decided to issue new badges to
the active members of the Department ; also to comply with the
request of the exempt members, they accordingly contracted with
Mr. T. S. Johnson for the n^w badges, amounting to $275,
which have given general satisfaction.
A new alarm bell has been purchased for the Eire Department,
and placed on the new Tower of the Engine House on Elm Street,
weighing 1,000 lbs., at a cost of $511.75. The result has not
been so satisfactory as calculated upon, owing to the construction
of the Tower ; it is too much confined. I would recommend that
the Tower be made more open if it is thought practicable by the
City Council. The Steam Heating Apparatus in the new Engine
House costing $1,240 has also been paid for according to the
vote of the City Council.
Amount of money received for the Fire Department,
including the steam heating apparatus in the
new engine house,
Extra appropriations for repairs on the several
houses.
Extra appropriation for finishing new Engine House,
Sale of Bunker Hill Engine No. 2,
" bell to Overseers of the Poor,
" old hose,
" half gallon oil,
" horse.
Received for one lantern,
Total amount received.
Amount expended for the salaries of three permanent
men, and the annual appropriations for the sev-
eral companies, $5,140 00
$10,000
00
2,000
00
3,000
00
750
00
169
00
23
36
1
00
250
00
4
00
$16,197 36
Amount carried forward, $5,140 00
engineer's report. 71
Amount brought forward, $5,140 00
For the running expenses of the Fire Department
and the extra repairs, new apparatus, new
badges, and finishing new engine house, bell,
horse, etc., 11,328 46
$16,468 46
Whole amount appropriated and received, 16,197 36
Deficiency, $271 10
I cannot close this report without thanking His Honor the
Mayor and members of the City Council for their generous and
prompt assistance in everything that concerned the Fire Depart-
ment, especial]^ to the Committee on Fire Department of the
City Council for their kind and hearty approval of the actions of
the Board of Engineers the past year. Finally to the assistants
associated with me, I cannot let this opportunity pass without
thanking them all for their prompt and faithful assistance on every
occasion. And to the officers and members of the Fire Department
also, I must return my thanks for their faithful and energetic atten-
tion to every duty assigned them, and I feel that any credit I may
have received the past year, is through their promptness and effi-
ciency. My thanks are also due to the police force for their gen-
tlemanly and efficient service on all occasions.
All of which is
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE E. ROGERS,
Chief Engineer CJmrlestown Fire Department.
72 COMMITTEE ON FIRE DEPARTMENT.
COMMITTEE ON FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR YEAR 1867.
Alderman W. H. Kent, Chairman.
" Chas. E. Daniels,
Councilman Richard Power,
« B. F. Stacy,
" John Linscott.
ENGINEERS REPORT.
73
BOAED OF ENGINEERS.
Chief Engineer.
Geo. E. Eogers,
Assistant Engineers.
1st, B. Y. Dennis,
2d, I. P. Magoun,
3d, H. P. Goodwin,
4th, Wm. E. Delano,
Age.
Residence.
Occupation.
36
44 Austin St.,
Teamster,
Badge.
45
10 Mill St.,
Hose Maker,
A.
40
9 HaverhiU St.,
Carpenter,
B.
45
Tremont St.,
Grocer,
C.
35
46 School St.,
Clerk,
D.
EED JACKET HOSE CO. No. 1.
No. of
Age.
Residence.
Occupation.
Badge.
Jos. 0. Kice, Eoreman,
28
Monument
Avenue,
Machinist,
1
Chas. M. Griffin, Ass't.,
32
Harvard St.,
Teamster,
8
Augustus Wilson, Sec'y-
,42
12 Mill St.,
Carpenter,
9
Chas. M. Glazier, Treas,,
, 24
3 Pleasant St.,
Painter,
4
George H. Green,
25
10 Hancock St.,
Upholsterer,
3
Isaac D. Stevens,
21
38 Pleasant St.,
Grocer,
5
Geo. J. Moore,
26
14 Chapman St.,
Laborer,
6
Geo. H. Heiflf,
22
300 Main St.,
Blacksmith,
7
Winslow S. Oakman,
40
50 Elm St.,
Pish Dealer,
10
James Dalton,
22
58 Sullivan St.,
Plumber,
11
Irving Cross,
22
Thorndike St.,
Teamster,
12
Albert Sanderson,
22
Cor. of High and
Sullivan St.,
a
13
Austin L. Pearson,
22
Middlesex St.,
a
18
William W. BuUock, Jr
.,26
273 Main St.,
a
19
Thos. E. Bullock,
23
273 " "
Agent,
20
Warren B. Johnson,
23
Polk St.,
Eoofer,
17
Joseph I. Clark,
34
Quincy Ct.,
Teamster,
2
John W. Rich,
22
357 Main St.,
Milk Dealer,
16
Geo. S. Eich,
21
Carey Place.,
Stair Builder,
15
Eli S. Eichardson,
21
2 Pleasant St.,
Book Binder,
14
Twenty members.
10
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ENGINEERS REPORT.
List of Property belonging to the City in charge of Company :
1 4-wheel Hose Carriage, in good condition, built by Williams
& Co., New York, 1853, 1 set of Sleigh Eunners, 1 doz. Arm
Chairs, 1 Stove, Pipe, Hod and Shovel, Hose Pipes, Wrenches,
Spanners, Crowbar, Lanterns, Buckets, etc., 1 copper Boiler, 1
Table, 6 Fire Caps, Gas Fixtures, 1 Hydrant Chuck, Alarm Bell
in house, 1,000 feet of Hose.
BUNKER HILL HOSE CO. NO. 2.
Age.
Residence.
Occupation.
No. of
Badge.
Geo. E. Tyler, Foreman
,36
Cambridge St.,
Painter,
21
Chas. L. Kimball, Asst.,
, 35
Main St.,
Teamster, ^
35
Wm. Fernald, Secretary
,44
Canal St.,
Carpenter,
25
John Gardner, Treas.,
49
Alford St.,
u
26
Wm. E. Story,
37
Bunker Hill St.,
Painter,
23
John Howard,
55
Eussell St.,
Carpenter,
27
Isaac F. Phillips,
45
Bunker Hill St.,
Painter,
28
Joseph W. Welch,
45
Charles St.,
Blacksmith,
24
Oliver Dickson, Jr.,
35
Pearl St.,
Teamster,
32
Thaddeus P. Dickson,
29
Cambridge St.,
Wheelwright,
34
Learned McKinley,
31
Alford St.,
Fish Dealer,
36
Bernard Eeiley,
26
Allen St.,
Blacksmith,
37
Kilby I. Paine,
35
Salem St.,
Painter,
39
John W. Norris,
44
Bunker Hill St.,
Carpenter,
40
George A. Caldwell,
21
Cambridge St.,
Teamster,
33
C. L. Kendall,
21
Bunker Hill St.,
Printer,
30
Lorenzo B. Kimball,
24
Cambridge St.,
Teamster,
38
Wm. H. Forster,
33
a
Blacksmith,
22
WiUiam Welch,
21
Medford St.,
Carver,
29
William H. Phipps,
21
Allen St.,
u
31
Twenty members.
List of Property belonging to the City in charge of Co.
1 4-wheeled Hose Carriage in good condition, 1 set of sleigh
runners, 1 doz. arm-chairs, 1 stove and pipe, coal-hod and shovel,
hose pipes, wrenches, spanners, crow-bars, lanterns, buckets, etc.,
ENGINEERS REPORT.
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1 boiler, 50 feet of rubber hose and pipe, 1 alarm bell on House, 6
hose caps, 20 badges, 1 hydrant chuck, 1000 feet hose.
Carriage built by C. E. Hartshorn, N. Y., in 1865.
WASHINGTON HOSE CO. NO. 3.
No. of
Age.
Residence.
Occupation.
Badge.
G-. H. Gardner, Foreman
1,30
20 Chesnut St.,
Blacksmith,
44
E dward E . Turner, Ass t.
,30
25 Prescott St.,
Carver,
49
Chas. A. Page, Sect.,
26
39 Soley St.,
Clerk,
47
Elias Crafts, Jr., Treas.,
60
3 Albion Ct,
Druggist,
58
Chas. Miller,
32
50 Harvard St.,
Engineer,
46
David Mcl!fulty,
25
57Moulton St.,
Carver,
41
Chas. H. Bridges,
22
5 Belmont St.,
Blacksmith,
61
Asahel Q. Clark,
29
3BlabenPl.,
Printer,
62
John McN'ulty,
23
20 Belmont St.,
Morocco Dresser,
42
Samuel 0. Weston,
40
5 Miller St.,
Painter,
64
Moses S. Waitt,
31
3 Eorster Ct.,
Morocco Dresser,
58
James Turnbvill,
24
39 Eront St.,
Cooper,
43
Thomas E. Smith,
34
Cor. Wash, and
Union Sts,,
Engineer,
45
George Lawrence,
31
17JeflFersonAv.,
Blacksmith,
60
Laban W. Turner,
30
12 Chapman St.,
Cooper,
60
Benj. Brintnall,
37
35 Lawrence St.,
Clerk,
61
E. J. Pierre,
34
256 Bunker Hill
St.,
Carver,
48
William Coggswell,
24
4 Homestead PL,
Blacksmith,
66
Ed. E. Grover,
27
554 Main St.,
Teamster,
65
Thomas G. Nelson,
22
16 Washington
St.,
Agent.
Twenty members.
List of Property belonging to the City in charge of Go.
1 4-wheeled Hose Carriage in good condition, 1 set of sleigh
runners, 14 arm-chairs, pipes, spanners, hose ropes, lanterns, stove,
tunnel and hod, 6 fire caps, 1 copper boiler, 1 jack, 20 feet of rub-
ber hose and pipe, alarm bell on House, 1 hydrant chuck, 1000 feet
of hose.
Carriage built by C. E. Hartshorn, N. Y., in 1865.
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ENGINEERS REPORT.
FRANKLIN HOSE CO. NO. 4.
W. J. Jordan, Foreman,
George Chell, Asst.,
John r. Murphy, Sect.,
John "Williams,
Thomas Williams,
Edmund Goodwin,
Maurice Mead,
John Sleeper,
Richard Coleman,
George W. Macomber,
Henry Goodridge,
Charles Almeder,
Patrick Dennehey,
Constant F. Oakman,
James Murphy,
Lewis C. Jordan,
Richard Jordan,
Domminick Finnegan,
WiUiam H. Doyle,
Arthur Norton,
Twenty members.
Age.
30
Residence.
3 Jackson St.,
Occupation.
Caterer,
No. of
Badge.
62
40
24
55
23
27 Mystic St.,
10 Cottage St.,
28 Tremont St.,
28 Tremont St.,
Teamster,
Eopemaker,
Ship Carpenter,
Laborer,
77
75
69
70
30
ISEdgeworthSt,
,, Teamster,
71
31
41 Everett St.,
u
72
25
19 Elm St.,
Caulker,
76
24
30 Wapping St.,
Laborer,
80
27
30 Decatur St.,
Teamster,
78
21
150 Chelsea St.,
u
74
23
4 Princeton St.,
Painter,
65
22
9 Bunker Hill
St.,
Laborer,
64
23
Auburn Ct.,
Teamster,
63
22
10 Cottage St.,
Marble Cutter,
61
21
21 Marion St.,
Furniture Painter
■, 67
26
21 Marion St.,
Morocco Dresser,
73
22
8 Decatur St.,
Painter,
79
23
2 Medford St.,
Carver,
68
21
Elm St.,
Morocco Dresser,
66
List of Property belonging to the City in charge of Co.
1 4-wheeled Hose Carriage in good condition, 1 set of sleigh
runners, 1 doz. arm-chairs, 1 stove, pipe, hod and shovel, hose
pipes, wrenches, spanners, crowbar, lanterns, buckets, etc., 1 cop-
per boiler, 1 table, 5 settees, 6 fire caps, 1 chandelier and gas fix-
tures, 1 hydrant chuck, alarm bell on House.
Carriage built by C. E. Hartshorn, N. Y., in 1865.
ENGINEERS REPORT.
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HOWARD STEAM ENGINE AND
HOSE CO. NO.
1.
No. of
Age.
Residence.
Occupation.
Badge.
r. N. Estee, Foreman,
30
1 Cordis St.,
Bolter,
81
T. J. Whittemore, Asst,
28
8 Cross St.,
Joiner,
82
E. B. Kenah, Secretary,
23
143 Chelsea St.,
Eopemaker,
83
Marcellus Carpenter,
Treasurer,
45
28 Green St.,
Merchant,
84
Jonas 11. Eeed,
85
25 Alston St.,
Expressman,
85
Martin Turnbull,
22
5 Bunker HiU
St.,
Provision Dealer,
86
Chas. W. Gale, Jr.,
21
63 Decatur St.,
Upholsterer,
87
Charles H, Delano,
21
46 School St.,
Boat Builder,
94
Wm. L. Holbrook,
21
2 Cottage St.,
a u
89
Israel Crafts, Jr.,
22
4 Mead St. Ct.,
Teamster,
90
Charles Gabriel,
23
4 Pearl St. PL,
Carpenter,
88
James L. Tate,
22
73 Pearl St.,
Printer,
91
William H. Fay,
29
1 Wister PL,
Trader,
92
Charles E. Hayden,
21
12 Cross St.,
Caulker,
93
Charles Eowell,
21
192 Bunker HUl
St.,
Expressman,
95
John H. Wright,
26
High^St.,
Joiner,
96
George N. Barnard,
21
Brown's Ct.,
Grocer,
97
C. H. Jones,
22
41 Pearl St.,
Printer,
98
James W. Poor,
26
Tremont St.,
Internal Revenue
, 99
John L. Sogers,
21
20 AUston St.,
Chair Yarnisher,
100
Twenty members.
Walter C. Hinckley, Engineer
J. W. Brackett, Fireman
Dan. K. Wheelock, Driver
of Steamer.
List of Property in charge of Howard Engine Go,
1 3d-class Steam Fire-Engine, built by Wm. Jeffers, of Paw-
tucket, R. I., in good condition.
1 Ist-class Steam Fire-Engine, built by the Amoskeag Manufac-
turing Co., Manchester, N. H., in good condition.
1 4-wheel Hose Carriage, in good condition, built by A. Jones,
Cambridge, Mass. 1 Wagon. 1 set of Sleigh Runners, 1 pair
78
ENGINEERS REPORT.
Horses, 1 Harness (complete), 4 Horse Blankets, Grain Chest,
Curry Combs, Brushes, Pitchforks, Buckets, etc., in stable.
Hose Pipes, Wrenches, Spanners, Goose Neck, Hose Ropes,
Oil-can, Work-bench and Vise, Jack, etc.
3 Bedsteads, 3 Hair Mattresses, 2 Husk do.. Pillows, Blankets,
Coverlets, Sheets, Towels, Wash Bowl and Stand, 1 Table in sleep-
ing room and 3 Chairs, 1 Table, 3 Settees, 20 Chairs, 9 Spittoons,
1 Clock, 1 Looking-glass, in engine room and hall ; 26 Fronts for
fire caps, 1 Tackle and Fall, 1 Alarm Bell on House 2, Hydrant
Chucks, 1 Steam Boiler and Heating Apparatus (complete).
MASSACHUSETTS HOOK AND LADDER CO. No. 1.
Geo. B. Edmands, Fore.,
Chas. E. Cutter, Ass't.,
Nathan E. Abbott, Sec'y.
Dan'l. E. Beckford, Trea.
Geo. E. Flint,
Joseph W. Phillips,
William F. Webster,
A. A. Whittemore,
WiUiam Selby,
Thos. H. Wright,
John Louer,
Daniel H. Dearborn,
Geo. W. Hobart,
Enoch H. Fernald,
Seth A. Rogers,
Kobert B. Rogers, Jr.,
James K. Stevens,
Stephen W. Fletcher,
WiUiam W. Collier,
Joseph C. Jepson,
Geo. F. Emerson,
James A. Joselyn,
William F. Handy,
William Slade,
Woodbury P. Shelden,
A.ge. Residence.
29 12 Chapman St.,
28 20 Lexington St.,
35 107 Warren St.,
39 12 Eden St.,
24 11 Sherman Sq.,
30 107 Warren St.,
38 44 William St.,
35 18 Cross St.,
10 Washington St.
23 Russell St.,
101 High St.,
4 Walker's Wharf,
260 Bunker Hill St
82 Bartlett St.,
264 Main St.,
4 Foster Ct,
38 Pleasant St.,
12 Cottage St.,
142 Bunker Hill St.
32 Lawrence St.,
School St.,
9 Chelsea St.,
12 Cottage St.,
32 Polk St.,
15 Wall St.,
Occupation.
Tinsmith,
Teamster,
Letter carrier,
Merchant,
Clerk,
Painter,
Bolter,
Clerk,
Painter,
Watchman,
Blacksmith,
Sajlmaker,
.Moulder,
Gas-fitter,
Provision dealer.
Clerk,
Teamster,
Joiner,
Machinist,
Jig sawer,
Clerk,
Carpenter,
Cabinet maker.
No. of
101
102
113
104
103
105
106
108
110
112
114
115
117
119
109
123
124
126
118
129
130
128
125
engineer's report. 79
E. S. Colby, 22 46 Warren St., Teamster, 120
Americus Boardman, 22 N^avy Yard, Caulker, 116
James L. Johnson, 190Bunker Hill St., Carpenter,
T. M. Fletcher, 12 Cottage St., Grocer,
John H. Skidmore, 24 Cross St., Plumber, 109
Thirty members.
List of Property in charge of Massachusetts Hooh and Ladder Go.
1 Hook and Ladder Carriage (complete), built by Hittinger and
Cook.
9 Chairs, 6 Fire Caps, 2 Stoves and Funnel, 1 copper Boiler, 30
feet of rubber Hose and Pipe, 2 Shovels, 1 Wheel Wrench, 1 Car-
riage Jack, 2 Water Buckets.
LIST OF FIRES AND ALARMS FROM MARCH 1st, 1867,
TO MARCH 1st, 1868.
March 2, 1867. 10.15 A. M. Alarm from chimney on Prescott
School House.
March 6. 11.20 P. 1^. Alarm caused by a slight fire in the
stone building on the Square, owned by Geo. W. Warren, and oc-
cupied by Wm. H. DeCosta as a printing office, of the Charlestown
Advertiser. Fire set in a closet in the third story. Loss about
$30, insured.
March 8. 6. P. M. Alarm caused by a slight fire in wooden
building attached to the brick building known as Constitutional
Hall, corner of Henley and Chelsea Streets.
March 16. 1.45 A. M. Alarm caused by burning of a church
in East Somerville ; assistance sent.
March 18. 10 P. M. Alarm caused by fire being discovered in
the counting-room of Fitz and Winslow, situated on Warren
Avenue, owned and occupied by them ; the fire communicated to
the stable, which with the counting-room, was slightly damaged.
Loss about $300 and was insured. Incendiary.
March 26. 5.40 A. M. Alarm caused by the partial burning of
the Bunker Hill Baptist Church, situated on the corner of Bunker
80 engineer's report.
Hill and Mystic Streets, damage to the church $1,000. Insured.
Cause unknown.
March 27. 9.20 A. M. Useless alarm caused by rekindling of
the above.
March 28. 12.40 A. M. Alarm caused by the partial burning of
the large wooden building known as Guild's Tannery ; the building
was owned and occupied by Chester Guild & Sons. The building
was damaged about $1,000 ; in the building was a large amount
of stock, which was very valuable ; the damage on stock was esti-
mated at $16,000 and was insured. Cause accidental.
March 29. 10.55 P. M. Partial burning of wooden building
situated on Main Street, owned by L. F. Whitney, and occupied by
Chas. H. Wing as a stove and tin ware shop. Loss on building
$200. Mr. Wing's loss by water about $300. Both parties
insured. Cause accidental.
March 30. 2.15 P. M. Alarm from burning chimney on Med-
ford Street.
April 2. 7.30 A. M. Alarm caused by a slight fire in dwelling
house No. 54 Decatur Street, owned and occupied by James Egan.
Loss about $50. Insured. Cause carelessness.
April 6. 3.15 P. M. Alarm from the Iburning of an old shed,
situated at the head of Hittenger's Wharf ; partly filled with bun-
dle hay, lathes, and lumber. The fire communicated to an old
building used as a stable, and occupied by P. Harrington ; the
building was owned by Jacob Hitteuger, and of not much value.
Loss about $1,800. Insurance $1,000. Cause incendiary.
April 7. 11.20 P. M. Alarm caused by fire being discovered
in brick building known as Boylston Chapel, rear of Main Street,
owned by the Unitarian Society, and occupied by the Methodist
Trinity Society, and for a school-house ; damage to building about
$250. Insured. Incendiary.
April 14. 9.05 P. M. Alarm caused by slight fire in wooden
building, situated corner of Essex and Middlesex Streets, owned
by A. E. Bridge, and unoccupied ; damage slight. Incendiary.
April 14. 12.30 P. M. Alarm caused by rekindling of the
above.
engineer's report. 81
April 16. 1.20 A. M. Alarm caused by a fire in Maiden, sup-
posed to be the Almshouse.
April 20. 4,50 P. M. Alarm from burning chimney on Front
Street ; a boy named Bates was run over by the Ladder Carriage,
and slightly hurt.
May 11. 4 P. M. Alarm caused by the working of the Steamer
Mystic.
May 11. 4 P. M. Alarm caused by a slight fire in the varnish
factory near Maiden Bridge.
May 18. 5. P. M. Alarm from burning chimney, corner Tre-
mont and Chelsea Streets.
May 19. 9.30 P. M. Partial burning of the stone ware factory
on Medford Street, owned and occupied by Powers & Edmands ;
the building is a wooden structure, and was damaged about $200.
Damage to stock about $8. Insured. Incendiary.
May 26. 6.45 P. M. False alarm.
May 29. 10.10 P. M. Alarm caused by an explosion in the
Hall at corner of Main and Henley Streets, occupied by Evening
Star Division. No damage.
May 30. 8.20 P. M. False alarm.
May 31. 3.15 P. M. Alarm from a slight fire at the gas works
on the Neck.
June 6. 12.30 P. M. Alarm caused by a fire in Somerville.
June 13. 2.10 P. M. Alarm caused by the burning of bedding
in dwelling house No. 264 Main Street, caused by children playing
with matches.
V June 17. 2.15 A. M. False alarm.
June 19. 2.20 P. M. False alarm.
June 21. 11.20 A. M. False alarm.
July 3. 11. A. M. Alarm caused by the explosion of a Naph-
tha Stove in dwelling house No. 5 Everett Street, occupied by Mr.
Brown ; damage to building and clothing about $30.
July 3. 1.30 P. M. Alarm caused by the partial burning of a
load of hay in the yard of Mr. Cassidy, rear of Webster Street ;
caused by children playing with matches.
July 4. 9.30 P. M. Alarm caused by a fire in Boston.
11
82
ENGINEERS REPORT.
. July 7. 10.45 A. M. Alarm from slight fire in a dwelling
house on the Neck.
July 8. 8.20 P. M. False alarm.
July 9. 12.45 A. M. Alarm caused by the par.tial burning of
a large wooden building situated on Tufts' Wharf, on the Neck,
and containing about 500 cords of bark, owned by Chester Guild
& Sons, a large part of which was saved. Loss on building and
bark $2,500, and was insured. Cause incendiary.
July 14. 10.15 P. M. Alarm from slight fire in an unoccupied
dwelling house on the Neck. Loss trifling. Cause incendiary.
July 15. 4.40 P. M. Alarm from burning dumps, Chelsea
Bridge.
July 18. 12.15 P. M. False alarm.
July 19. 11.40 P. M. Alarm caused by the burning of a lot of
old sleepers on the track of Boston and Maine R. R. on the Neck.
July 23. 3 P. M. Alarm from the burning of a small lot of
hay on Tufts' Wharf on the Neck.
July 25. 10.15 P. M. Alarm caused by fire being discovered in
the large building situated on the corner of Main and Cambridge
Streets, owned by A. H. Allen ; the fire was in the ceiling in the
second story, in the centre of the building, and worked its way up
and under the fioors to the attic, where it was checked ; damage to
building $800. Insured. Cause unknown.
July 31. 1 P. M. Alarm caused by the burning out of two of
the attics in a block of three wooden dwelling houses, owned by D.
D. Taylor, and occupied by several families ; the fire was confined to
the attics ; damage to building about $300, and insured ; damage
to furniture by water $100. Cause accidental.
August 9. 3.15 P. M. Slight fire in dwelling house situated
on Bunker Hill Street, owned and occupied by 0. Lincoln.
August 14. 11 P. M. Alarm from partial burning of a two
story building situated on the corner of Bunker Hill and Edgeworth
Street, owned by Jonathan Stone, and occupied by as a gro-
cery store ; damage to building $200; to the stock of groceries
Insured. Cause unknown.
August 19. 7.50 P. M. False alarm.
August 24. 11.45 P. M. False alarm.
ENGINEERS REPORT.
83
August 26. 11 P. M. Slight fire in counting room, head of
Barry's Wharf, No. 530 Main Street. Cause incendiary.
September 6. 8. P. M. False alarm.
September 7. 1.40 P. M. Alarm from slight fire on the Neck.
September 10. 8.15 P. M. Partial burning of an old wooden
building at the head of Brook's Wharf, Medford Street ; used for
the purpose of storing lumber. Loss about $300. Insured.
Cause incendiary.
September 12. 4 P. M. Partial burning of a small stable, sit-
uated in the distil house yard, Chelsea Street, owned by the heirs
of the late Jacob Foss. Loss about $50. No insurance. In-
cendiary.
September 12. 7.20 P. M. False alarm.
September 14. 4.40 P. M. Partial burning of a large two
story stable, situated rear of Polk Street, owned by Kidder &
Chase and Mr. Smith ; the fire was confined to the attic, where it
originated. Loss about $200. Insured. Cause incendiary.
September 22. 6 A. M. Fire, the Advertiser oflfice, 7 Chelsea
Street. Loss $250. Insured. Cause incendiary.
September 24. 8 P. M. Fire discovered in the library room of
the Universalist Church, situated in Church Court ; the fire
destroyed the library room and worked up under the main floor,
where it was checked, thereby saving the house from destruction.
Loss on building about $200. Loss to the library $2,000. Insured.
Cause incendiary.
September 25. 4 P. M. Alarm from slight fire on roof of
dwelling house situated in the rear of Joiner Street, caused from
sparks from Cook & Rymes' chimney.
September 26. 3.45 P. M. False alarm. .
September 26. 12.15 A.M. Slight fire in building situated on
Sixth Street, owned by Mr. Blodgett, and occupied by Mr. Hadley
as a tin shop. Loss trifling. Cause accidental.
September 27. 9.15 P. M. Partial burning of a small barn,
rear of Haverhill street. Loss about $100. Cause incendiary.
September 29. 11A.M. Alarm from Cambridge.
October 5. 11.40 A. M. Alarm caused by the burning of a
small building situated on Dorrance Street, used for the manufac-
84 engineer's report.
ture of roofing tar, owned and occupied by Charles "West. Loss
about $300. Not insured. Cause accidental.
October 6. 9.20 P. M. Alarm caused by fire in Somerville.
October 8. 7.30 P. M. Alarm caused by fire in Somerville.
October 13. 4 A.M. Alarm caused by fire being discovered in
the large building No. 531 Main Street, owned by A. H. Allen,
and occupied on the lower floor by Hugh Dailey as an oyster saloon ;
the fire was set in two places, but the early discovery prevented
the destruction of the building, the fire being confined to the lower
floor. Loss about $200. Cause incendiary.
October 21. 6.40 P. M. Alarm caused by a slight fire in the
large three story wooden building situated on Chapman Street,
owned by Amos Brown, and occupied by Beal & Hooper, for the
manufacture of furniture, etc. Loss on building $100. Loss on
stock $300. Insured. Cause unknown.
October 25. 5.45 P. M. False alarm.
October 26. 5.55 A. M. Alarm from slight fire in dwelling
house No. 30 Mill Street, owned and occupied by Mrs. H. B. Her-
sey. Loss trifiing. Cause from stove.
November 3. 12.45 A. M. Alarm caused by a fire-board taking
fire in dwelling house rear of Henley Street ; caused by a burning
chimney.
November 5. 11.55 P. M. Alarm caused by the partial burn-
ing of a two story wooden building, situated on the old canal
bank on the Neck, owned and occupied by Farley & Co., for the
manufacture of blacking, perfumery, etc. Loss $300. Insured.
Cause accidental.
November 14. 5.15 P. M. Alarm from chimney in Navy
Yard.
November 16. 12.40 A. M. Alarm caused by the partial burn-
ing of the old two story building used as a stable, situated on Har-
vard Street, and owned by the heirs of the late Dr. Hurd, and oc-
cupied by Alderman Daniels and Mr. Downing. Loss $100.
Cause accidental.
November 21. 12.30 A. M. Alarm from the partial burning
of an old wooden building used as a stable, situated in the rear of
531 Main Street, owned by A. H. Allen, and occupied by A. H.
engineer's report. 85
Barrent as a stable ; there were seven horses and four hogs in the
stable, all of which were burnt. Loss $1,200. Insured for
$300. Loss on builaing trifling. Cause unknown.
December 3. 10.30 A. M. Alarm caused by a slight fire in dwell-
ing house, situated corner of Decatur and Bainbridge Streets, owned
and occupied by James McElroy and several families ; the fire took
from a stove funnel, running up inside of the ceiling before enter-
ing the chimney. Loss $100. Insured.
December 6. 9.30 A. M. Alarm from slight fire in an old
tenement house No. 80 Front Street, occupied by several families.
Loss trifling. Caused by a stove.
December 7. 5. A. M. The large four story wooden building
situated rear of Thorndike Street, and owned by A. H. Allen ; the
building being of a very inflammable nature, it was entirely con-
sumed, but the surrounding buildings were saved ; the building was
used for the manufacture of furniture, and was occupied on the
first and second floors by Gilman & Co. for the manufacture of
tables, whose loss was about $10,000. Insured for $6,000. The third
story was occupied by Gerrish & Co. for the manufacture of furni-
ture, whose loss was about $4,000. Insurance $1,500. The upper
part of the building was occupied by D. M. Roberts for the manu-
facture of bedsteads, whose loss was about $2,000 ; insurance
$1,500. Loss on building and machinery $5,000 ; no insurance.
Cause incendiary.
Dec. 13. 6.20 P. M. Alarm caused by the partial burning of
the three-story brick building, corner of Front Street and Warren
Avenue, owned by H. T. Litchfield and occupied by Elbridge
Parker. The fire was set in two difierent rooms among shavings
and combustible stock in the second story, but was fortunately
stopped with a loss on the building of about $300, to the stock
about $2,000, and was insured.
Dec. 13. 7 P. M. While the Department was at work at the
above fire, another alarm sounded, which proved to be the Morocco
factory at the lower end of Dyer's Court, ofi" of Main St., owned
and occupied hj C. C. Perkins, before the Department could rally
from the first fire and could get fairly to work the fire had extended
through to Hamilton Court, and there were several dwelling-houses
86 • engineer's report.
and stables on fire, but the determination with which the Depart-
ment went to work and a good supply of Mystic, the fire extended
no farther. Mr. Perkins' loss on buildings was $3,000, insured
$1,000 ; loss on stock $5,000, insurance $3,000 ; the damage to
dwellings and stables about $2,800, insurance $1,800. Supposed
incendiary.
Dec. 16. 6.45 A. M. Alarm from trifling fire in the building
known as the old Bowling Alleys, Chelsea Street.
Dec. 20. 10 A. M. False alarm.
Dec. 21. 7.45 P. M. Alarm caused by the partial burning of
the building known as the Mystic Lake Brewery, on Alford Street^
near Maiden Bridge. The main building is of brick, and two
stories high, but in the rear where the fire originated is a wooden
structure containing the engine ; this part was nearly consumed
and a small part of the roof of the main building. The building is
owned by John Kent, and occupied by his son Oscar Kent. The
buildings and machinery were damaged about $2,000, and was
insured. The loss on stock was about $2,000, being damaged by
smoke. Cause accidental, supposed by a gas burner being turned
against a partition.
Dec. 21. 8 P. M. Alarm came from the Bunker Hill Bank
Building caused from a smoke from chimney in the rear.
Dec. 24. 8.40 P. M. Alarm caused from partial burning of a
barn situated in the rear of Dixon's Court, Cambridge Street,
owned and occupied by Mr. Dixon. Loss $175. No insurance.
Cause incendiary.
Jan. 1, 1868. 5.20 P. M. Alarm caused by the partial burning
of a small building situated in Dyer's Court. Damage slight. In-
cendiary.
Jan. 4, 5 P. M. Alarm caused from a fire being built in
dwelling-house on Belmont Street, for the purpose of drying
plastering. No damage.
Jan. 15. 6,45 P. M. Alarm caused by the partial burning of
the two-story wooden building situated on the Canal Bank, owned
by Mr. Farlow and occupied by Farley & Co., for the manufacture
of blacking, etc. Loss on building and stock about $200. Insured.
Cause incendiary.
engineer's report. 87
Jan. 15. 9.10 P. M. Slight fire in house in Cross Street.
Jan. 19. 11.45 P. M. Alarm from partial burning of shed con-
nected with the blacking factory on the Canal Bank. Loss $200.
Insured. Incendiary.
Jan. 21. 7 P. M. Alarm caused by the burning of the Univer-
salist Church, Somerville. Assistance being sent for, the Howard
Steamer and Hose Co. No. 2 was sent, and rendered efficient ser-
vice.
Jan. 25. 9.30 P. M. Alarm caused by the partial burning of
an old wooden building situated in Dyer's Court, owned and occu-
pied by C. C. Perkins, for the manufacture of morocco. Loss on
building and stock about $800. Insured. Cause, incendiary.
Jan. 28. 3.50 A. M. Slight fire in the old wooden building
known as Craft's Corner, junction of Main and Warren streets.
The building was owned by the Boylston heirs and occupied by
Charles H. Low, apothecary. The fire was set in two places in the
cellar amongst some old rubbish and in the ceiling of the store.
Damage to the building about $100 ; to the stock about $250.
Insured for $4,000 in stock. Cause, incendiary.
Jan. 29. 4.35 P. M. Alarm caused by the partial burning of a
two-story stable, situated in Gibbs' Place, on the neck. The build-
ing was owned by C. W. Wellington, and occupied by Patrick
Flannagan. Loss on building and hay $300. Cause unknown.
Feb. 22. Sundown. False alarm.
Feb. 24. 1 A. M. Alarm caused by the partial burning of a
two-story building used for a bake-house, rear of Bunker Hill
Street, near the corner of Lexington Street, owned by Barney Hull
and occupied by R. P. Martin. The damage to the building was
$800. Insured. Mr. Martin's loss in stock, $2,000. Insured.
Cause accidental.
Total number of Fires and Alarms from March Isf, 1867 to
March Isf, 1868.
Whole number of Fires (sixty-one), 61
" " Alarms (twenty-five), 25
Alarms from fires out of the city (eight), 8
Total No. of turnouts of the Department, 94
88 engineer's report.
Whole amount of losses during the year, $74,035 00
" " insurance, 54,280 00
Making a total loss of $19,755 00
LOCATION OF RESERVOIRS.
1. Harvard Street, filled from the church.
2. Junction of Henley and Warren Streets.
3. Union Street, between Washington and Richmond.
4. Main Street, junction of Austin and Warren.
5. High Street, head of School.
6. Common Street, south-east corner of Winthrop Square.
7. Junction of Bartlett and Green Streets.
8. Gray Street, north-east side.
9. Walker Street, junction of Bartlett Street.
10. Corner of Lexington and Tremont Streets.
11. Sullivan Street, near Main.
12. Russell Street, near Pearl.
13. Mead Street, near Crystal.
14. Junction of Henley and Chelsea Streets.
15. Corner of Summer and Elm Streets.
16. At the Neck, near Albee's store.
17. City Square, near Bunker Hill Bank.
18. Chestnut Street, opposite No. 44.
19. Bunker Hill Street, between Linden and Walnut.
20. Corner Bunker Hill and Elm Street.
21. " " " Cook "
22. " " " Decatur "
23. Bow Street, opposite Richmond.
24. Warren Street, near Monument Avenue.
25. Bunker Hill Street, near gun house.
26. Austin Street, near head of First.
27. " " junction of Lawrence.
28. Concord Street, 150 feet from Bunker Hill Street.
29. High Street, head of Pleasant Street.
engineer's report. 89
30. Main Street, opposite Albion Court.
31. " " junction of Mill Street.
32. " " opposite Phipps Street.
33. Corner of Bainbridge and Moulton streets.
34. Lynde Street, head of Fifth.
35 Ferrin Street, 100 feet from Bunker Hill Street.
36. Oak Street, junction of Russell.
37. Junction of Main, Bunker Hill and Medford streets.
38. Warren Avenue, between Front Street and the toll-house.
39. Chapman Street, near Main.
40. Head of Thorndike Street, near Main.
HYDRANTS.
There are 112 Lowry's Hydrants and 16 single Hydrants con-
structed along the line of the Mystic water Pipes. The location of
each is shown on plans furnished by the Water Board, copies of
which are in possession of each company, and the Board of Engi-
neers.
There are also 12 single Hydrants along the line of the Cochitu-
ate Water Works, from Warren Avenue lo Chelsea Bridge.
SPARE LADDERS.
There are Ladders stationed on the several school-houses and
engine-houses, and also on City Hall.
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90 ACCEPTANCE OF REPORT.
CITY OF CHARLESTOWN.
In Board of Mayor and Aldermen., March 23d, 1868.
Report accepted, and referred to the Committee on Printing,
with instructions to cause the same to be printed ; the expense to
be charged to the appropriation for contingencies.
Sent down for concurrence.
DANIEL WILLIAMS, Citt Clerk.
In Common Council, March 23d, 1868.
Concurred.
JOHN T. PRIEST, Clerk.
CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION. 91
CHAEITAELE ASSOCIATION
CHARLESTOWN FIRE DEPARTMENT.
OFFICERS FOR 1867.
President,
.DANIEL E. BECKPORD.
Vice-President,
GEORGE E. ROGERS.
Secretary,
HENRY P. GOODWIN.
Treasurer,
ELIAS CRAFTS, Jr.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
Committee on Fire Department,
Aldermaij W. H. KENT.
Board of Engineers,
B. V. DENIS.
Bed Jacket Hose Company,
AUGUSTUS WILSON.
Bunker Hill Hose Company,
JOHN HOWARD.
Washington Hose Company,
G. H. GARDNER.
Franklin Hose Company,
W. J. JORDAN.
Mass. Hook and Ladder Company,
GEORGE B. EDMUNDS.
Howard Engine and Hose Company,
CHARLES 0. RICHARDSON.
The Association was organized March 1867. The Annual Meet-
ing takes place on the second Monday in March for the choice of
Officers. The Board of Trustees meet quarterly.
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