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ANNUAL STATEMENT
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
CITY OF CHARLESTOWN
Financial Year Ending February 28, 1870.
TOGETHER WITH THE REPORTS OF THE CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT, AND OF THE SECRETARY OF OVERSEERS OF
THE POOR, FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING
FEBRUARY 28th, 1870.
CHARLESTOWN:
PRINTED IN THE CHRONICLE JOB OFEICE.
1870.
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ANNUAL STATEMENT
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
CITY OF CHARLESTO/WN,
Financial Year Ending February 28, 1870
TOGETHER WITH THE REPORTS OE THE CHTEE ENGINEER OF THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT, AND OF THE SECRETARY OF OVERSEERS OF
THE POOR, FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING
FEBRUARY 28th, 1370.
CHARLESTOWN:
PRINTED IN THE CHRONICLE JOB OFFICE
1870.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CITY TREASURER.
In Board of Mayor and Aldermen, March lUh, 1870.
Referred to the Joint Standing Committee on Finance, and
sent down for concurrence.
DANIEL WILLIAMS, City Clerk.
In Common Council, March lUh, 1870.
Referred in concurrence.
JOHN T. PRIEST, Clerk.
Dr. CITY OF CHARLESTOWN, in Account to
To amount paid on City Pay Bolls 1869-70, Nos. 1 to 12, - - - $522,501 10
" " Soldiers' Pay Bolls, 1869-70, Nos. 1 to 12, - - 15,312 81
" " City Deferred Boll, . .... 1 39,99918
" " Soldiers' Deferred Boll, 1,655 92
" " City Notes, 464,800 00
" " Interest on City Bonds and Notes, - - - 55,799 63
" " Interest on Water Loan Bonds, - - - - 57,130 00
" Deposited in "Warren Inst, for Savings, amount of Gov-
ernment tax paid on J. Foss's bequest to the City, - 240 00
" Deposited in Charlestown Five Cent Savings Bank,
amount of Government tax paid on A. Babcock's
legacy to the City, - 150 00
" paid G-. W. Warren, 1-2 of purchase money for land on
Monument Square Enlargement of High School Lot, 4,125 00
" paid Tax of 1869 on above land as per terms of sale, - 82 32
" " State Tax, 1869, ------- 46,200 00
" County tax, 1868, 17,044 71
" " " 1869, ... - 18,807 96
35,852 67
" Cash on hand, - 39,408 58
$1,283,257 21
March 1, 1870, with LINUS E. PEARSON, City Treas'r, Cb.
By Cash on hand, as per account, March 1, 1869, ----- $25,912 96
" from loans on City Notes, ------- 452,80000
" sales of City Bonds, 121,000 00
" • " sundry payments on Notes Receivable, ... 15,080 00
" collected on Taxes of 1867, - 273 00
" " 1868, 31,437 35
1869, 401,653 15
" from Mystic Water Board, " Water Bates," - - - 107,889 70
•' " sale of water pipe to Town of Sonierville, - - - 13,000 00
" " Interest accrued on City Bonds sold, Notes due the
City, Taxes, &c, - - - - - - - - 10,246 02
" " sales of City Property as follows, viz. :
Thomas B. Harris, estate on Park street, - - - 5,020 00
Jeremiah Driscoll, Lenox estate, Decatur street, $1,600
Mary Coughlin, Burnett estate, " - 1,350
P. J. Neary and others, old buildings, " - 1,330
John Bior dan, Brennan estate, " - 1,100
5,380 00
" from Abel E. Bridge, land on Auburn street, - - 1,000 00
" " John P. Dodge, " Bunker Hill and Auburn sts., 859 25
" " John F. Dodge and others, old buildings, Craft's Corner, 855 00
" " Timothy Welch, land on Moulton street, - - - 760 96
" " John Mulcahy, buildings corner of Bow and Main streets, 710 00
" " John B . Wilson, land on Chelsea place, ... 29250
" " Assessments on Drains and Sewers, - - - - 21,725 97
" " " • for construction of Sidewalks, &c, - 6,909 24
" " " " Betterments, ----- 12,071 52
" " State, on account of State Aid, 1868, - - - - 17,532 37
" " " amount paid by the City, " Mihtia Bounty, " - 7,716 22
" " " " " " " Militia Uniform," - 6,180 00
" " " " " " " Armory Bent," - 1,550 00
" " " City's proportion of School Fund, 1869, - 1,062 83
" " and sundry cities, towns, &c, reimburse-
ment for aid furnished by Poor Dep't, - - 4,983 50
" " sales of house offal, July 1, 1869, to March 1, 1870, - 2,719 61
" " sales of old materials, heating Armory, &c, "Fire
Department," - 556 21
" " fines, Officers' fees, &c., "Police Department," - 1,328 13
$1,278,505 49
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Treasurer's Account. — (Continued.)
Amount brought forward, $1,278,505 49
By Cash from Dog licenses, refunded as per Act of 1869, and sale
of settees, catalogues, &c, "Public Library," - 1,029 19
" " sale of bell, "Fire Alarm Telegraph," - - - 133 90
" " sale of old materials, &c, " Repair of Streets," - 100 94
" " Rev. Mr. Purcell, Catholic clergyman of Boston,
through the Confessional-Conscience Fund, - 75 00
" " Tax on sales of Liquor by licensed parties to May 1,
1869, one half of amount collected, --'--. 416 82
" " County Commissioners, one half of license fees to
May 1, 1869, 75 00
" " Charlestown Five Cents Savings Bank, interest to
April 21, 1869, on A. Babcock's legacy to the city
for music, &c, 1,350 55
" " Warren Institution for Savings, interest to April 21,
1869, on J. Foss' bequests to the city for flags, &c. 252 74
" " sundry persons for erroneous credits, - 106 33
" " Charles Stone, burial fees of 1869, " Health Dep't" 16 00
" " cost on Taxes, sale of old furniture, &c, " Contin-
gencies," 342 40
" " City Clerk, fees for marriage licenses, $205 50
" " " Circus licenses, - 200 00
" " " Recording mortgages, ... 182 60
" " " Billiard-room licenses, ... no 00
" " " Junk dealers' " - - - - 43 75
" " " Velocipede rink " -■ - - 42 00
" " " Pawnbroker " - - - - 20 00
" " Hibernicon Exhibition license, - 10 00
" " " Auctioneers' " - - 8 00
" " " Employment offices " - - 1 00
" " Minstrels, - - - " - - 5 00
" :< " Sunday exhibitions, - 3 - - 25 00
852 85
1,283,257 21
EXPENDITURES
Financial Year Ending February 28, 1870.
SALARIES OP CITY OFFICERS.
Eugene L. Norton, Mayor, $1,500 00
Linus E. Pearson, Treasurer and Collector, 2,200 00
Daniel Williams, City Clerk, 2,200 00
John T. Priest, Clerk of Common Council, 300 00
Henry W. Bragg, City Solicitor, 1,500 00
T. Edward Ames, City Engineer, 1,000 00
Samuel L. Harding, ex-City Messenger, 880 55
Thomas E. Smith, City " and Engineer, 1,053 16
George S. Pendergast, Chm., ^ 1,500 00
Nahum Chapin, > Board of Assessors, 600 00
John Gary, ) 600 00
C. S. Cartee, Clerk of Assessors, 1,000 00
David B. Weston, Sec'y of Board of Overseers, 1,000 00
Wm. S. Robbins, Sup't. of Streets, 1,500 00
Stephen P. Kelley, ex- City Marshal, 117 53
« " ex-Health Officer, 9 04
» " ex-Supt>of Burials, 17 26
Charles Stone, ex- City Marshal, 928 68
Amount carried forward, $17,906 22
8 EXPENDITURES.
Amount brought forward,
$17,906 22
Charles Stone, ex-Health Officer,
71 34
lf " ex-Supt. of Burials,
71 24
Erdix T. Swift, City Marshal,
149 60
" « Health Officer,
11 50
" " Supt. of Burials,
11 50
John S. Locke, ex-Acting Health Officer,
8 12
George E. Rogers, Chief Engineer
to July 3,
1870,
337 25
Israel P. Magoun, Assistant Engineer,
100 00
Wm. E. Delano, " "
-
100 00
Edw. E. Turner, " "
100 00
John Bartlett, " "
i00 00
Wm. E. Delano, Clerk of Engineers
lj
75 00
Chas. A. Lerned, Milk Inspector,
100 00
City Treasurer, clerical assistance,
500 00
City Clerk, " ' »
500 00
$20,141 77
Amount expended,
$20,141
77
Deficiency, March, 1, 1869,
463
43
$20,605 20
Amount appropriated,
$20,375 00
Deficiency, March 1, 1870,
$230 30
EXPENDITURES.
SALARIES OF TEACHERS.
Caleb Emery,
Alfred P. Gage,
George Swan,.
Warren E. Eaton,
George T. Littlefiel'd,
B. F. S. Griffin,
John G. Adams,
Caleb Murdock,
Henry E. Sears,
Frank. W. Lewis,
E. P. Gay,
0. L. Bonney,
N. W. Littleaeld,
W. L. Littleneld,
Wm. B. Atwood,
James M. Mason,
Darius Hadley,
Katharine Whitney,
Dora C. Chamberlin,
Abby F. Crocker,
Abby B. Fiske,
Mary G. Prichard,
Sarah M. Chandler,
Mary A. E. Sanborn,
Sophia E. Faulkner,
Mary L. Coombs,
Angelia M. Knowles,
Mary S. Thomas,
$2,500 00
1,800 00
1,800 00
1,800 00
1,800 00
1,800 00
1,600 00
! 1,500 00
1,400 00
1,400 00
1,130 77
700 00
461 54
338 46
350 00
1,000 00
700 00
825 00
675 00
650 00
650 00
650 00
650 00
650 00
575 00
550 00
550 00
550 00
Amount carried forward,
$29,055 77
Amount brought forward,
$29,055 77
Lydia S. Jones,
550 00
Nancy Chandler,
500 00
Martha B. Stevens,
550 00
Ida 0. Hurd,
512 50
Edith Howe,
500 00
Josephine A. Lees,
550 00
Bial W. Willard,
550 00
Ann E. Weston,
550 00
Susan H. Williams,
550 00
Fanny B. Hall,
550 00
Lois A. Rankin,
550 00
Emma F. Thomas,
550 00
Fidelia L. Howland,
521 63
Mary L. Sawyer,
550 00
Ellen C. Dickenson,
550 00
Martha M. Kenrick,
550 00
Lydia A. Sears,
550 00
Georgiana T. Sawyer,
550 00
Frances A. Cragin,
550 00
Elizabeth J. Farns worth,
550 00
Anna R. Stearns,
575 00
Lucy M. Small,
575 00
Helen G. Turner,
550 00
Margaret Veazie,
550 00
Julia A. Worcester,
550 00
Henrietta J. Merrill,
550 00
Frances L. Dodge,
550 00
Alice Hall,
550 00
V. A. M. L. Dadley,
550 00
Maria T. Savage,
550 00
Amount carried forward, $45,439 90
EXPENDITUKES.
11
Amount brought forward,
$45,439 90
Georgiana Hamlin,
550 00
Abbey E. Holt,
543 26
M. L. Bolan,
543 26
Ellen A. Pratt,
534 13
Abby M. Clark,
550 00
A. P. Moulton/
550 00
Mary F. Goldthwait,
550 00
Harriet E. Frye,
550 00
Elsie A. Woodward,
550 00
Effie G. Hazen,
525 00
Elizabeth B. Norton,
525 00
Lilla Barnard,
512 50
Mary H. Humphrey,
525 00
Ella Worth,
525 00
Rose J. Prescott,
550 00
Carrie Osgood,
525 00
Maria J. Smith,
550 00
Elizabeth W. Yeaton,
550 00
Abby P. Richardson,
550 00
M. J. Conley,
550 00
Jennie D. Smith,
550 00
Francis M. Lane,
550 00
Ellen Hadley,
550 00
Mary A. Blanchard,
550 00
Almira Delano,
550 00
Martha W. Yeaton,
550 00
Mary P. Swain,
512 50
Persis M. Whittemore,
550 00
Frances A. Butts,
550 00
Louisa W. Huntress,
550 00
Amount carried forward,
$61,710 55
12 EXPENDITURES.
Amount brought forward,
$61,710 55
Carrie 0. Smith,
550 00
Louisa A. Pratt,
550 00
Elizabeth A. Prichard,
550 00
E. R. Brower,
550 00
C. 0. Brower,
550 00
Matilda Gilman,
550 00
Ellen M. Armstead,
550 00
Sarah E. Smith,
550 00
C. M. W. Tilden,
550 00
Carrie A. Rea,
550 00
Fannie A. Poster,
550 00
Sarah M. Grinn,
460 10
Evelina F. Nelson,
418 28
Mary E. Taylor,
412 50
Elizabeth Doane,
423 07
Mary C. Babcock,
355 76
Harriet V. Richardson,,
313 79
Julia C. Powers,
384 60
M. Lorette Furber,
287 50
Sarah F. Brake,
298 10
Harriet Cobb,
221 15
Marietta Bailey,
275 00
Elizabeth Swords,
276 91
Jennie E. Tobey,
289 00
Paulina Downes,
287 50
Helen R. Stone,
262 50
Sarah A. Atwood,
288 46
Josephine S. Chase,
230 82
Mary A. Eaton,
250 00
Harriet E. Marcy,
137 50
Amount carried forward,
$73,633 09
EXPENDITURES. 13
Amount brought forward,
$73,633 09
Mary Dana,
143 24
Georgia Smith,
192 34
Emma Randlett,
134 62
Erne Kettell,
125 00
J. F. Krogman,
96 15
Mary R Kittredge,
7692
Esther L. Merriam,
67 30
L. M. Armstead,
67 27
Kate 0. Goodnow,
48 07
Clara S. Nye,
31 72
Charlotte A. W. Towle,
19 23
J. P. Raymond,
9 61
John H. Twombly, Superintendent
of Schools,
2,500 00
F. A. Downing, Secretary of School Committee,
250 00
Wm. H. Finney, Treasurer "
u
250 00
Abijah Blanchard, Messenger "
u
500 00
$78,144 56
Amount appropriated,
$78,725 00
Balance, March 1, 1869,
2,240 59
Received from State,
1,062 83
5,028 42
Amount expended, ' 78,144 56
balance, March 1, 1870, $3,883 86
14
EXPENDITURES.
EVENING SCHOOLS.
Henry F. Sears, teaching,
$80 00
Daniel Hadley,
u
77 50
Frank W. Lewis,
u
£2 50
N. W. Littlefield,
it
25 00
Caleb Murdock,
a
62 50
E, P. Gay,
a
15 00
Frank Murdock,
a
17 50
Lydia S. Jones,
a
54 25
Henrietta J. Merrill,
a
56 00
Mary C. Babcock,
ti
14 00
Lois A. Rankin,
u
52 50
Ann E. Weston,
a
40 25
V. A. M. L. Dadley,
u
56 00
Julia C. Powers,
a
57 75
Martha M. Kenrick,
a
52 50
Mary S. Thomas,
a
54 25
Bial W. Willard,
it
54 25
Helen R. Stone,
u
54 25
Martha Blood,
a
12 25
C. S. Wason & Co.,
printing,
20 00
William H. De Costa, printing,
12 00
A. E. Cutter, stationery, books, etc.,
65 41
Charlestown Gas Cc
i., service pipe,
18 83
Matthew Boyd, labor,
4 42
Martha Conway, "
10 00
$1,048 91
Amount appropriated, $1,200 00
Balance, March 1, 1869, 114
74
$1,314 74
Amount expended,
1,048
91
Balance, March 1, 1870,
$265 83
EXPENDITURES. 15
SCHOOL CONTINGENCIES.
A. W. Locke & Co., printing,
W. W. Wheildon, "
W. H. De Costa, advertising,
C. S. Wason & Co., "
Boston Journal, "
A. E. Cutter, books and stationery,
J. G. Jones, " . " "
Mystic Water Board, water rates,
" " " repairing pipe,
John H. Twombly, office rent,
" " office furniture,
Lawrence, Wild & Hull, "
Joseph L. Eoss, school furniture,
A. J. Carter, " "
George R. Kelso, " "
George H. Marden, window shades,
Brintnall & Osgood, " "
Childs, Crosby & Lane, carpeting,
J. Junio, locks, keys, etc.,
George 0. Webster, locks, keys, etc.,
Wm. H. Goodwin (estate), rent of pianos,
Oliver Ditson & Co., " «
Chickering & Sons, pianos,
Stowell & Co., sundries,
B. S. Hussey, "
John McLoud, "
Brintnall & Maynard,"
Wm. B. Moore & Son, dusters, etc.,
Amount carried forward,
$417 60
60
50
6
00
17
00
14
37
2,434
01
259
55
345
48
6
00
83
00
92
15
114
00
2,545
48
18
75
28
00
143
50
8
00
172
63
49
91
4
00
96
00
20
00
2,500
00
15
13
1
25
48
45
30
40
18
87
$9}550
03
16 -EXPENDITURES.
Amount brought forward,
S. P. Hill & Co., brushes, mats, etc.,
James Hamblet, repair of stoves,
A. 0. Corbett, « "
Charles H. Wing, stoves and repairs,
Griffin Gibson.
G. W. Walker & Co., repairing furnaces,
H. W. Homer, repairing furniture,
G. M. D. Fernald, " bells,
Jasper Stone, clocks and repairs,
Wood & Chester, dumb-bells,
American Tablet Co., blackboards,
Thomas Sprague & Co., sheep- skins,
Mrs. S. Morse, diploma ribbons,
Benj. W. Gage, crockery,
Francis E. Tufts, drilling High School Cadets,
Prescott Light Guard, use of hall,
W. S. & G. 0. Wiley, carriage,
H. A. Coleman, teaming,
Smith & Simonds, "
Abijah Blanchard, disbursements,
F. A. Titus, gas fixtures,
Charlestown Gas Co,, gas,
Parker, Gannett & Co., hardware,
Lewis Hunt, hardware,
G. & E. H. Gilford, iron work,
Cook, Rymes & Co., "
Amos Brown, carpentry,
George M. Starbird, "
James B. Maynard, "
Simonds & Lord, "
Amount carried forward, $11,580 55
$9,550 03
240
58
10
50
75
85
244
54
459
02
14
08
9
50
5
00
73
50
10
00
101
60
5
00
8
08
8
04
25
00
102
00
7
00
5
00
1
50
123
99
14
55
187
22
3
50
29
33
8
44
5
00
86
00
137
03
25
67
4
00
EXPENDITURES.
17
Amount brought forward,
$11,580 55
Archer & Lund, car
pentry,
30 94
A. J. Harmon, weather strips,
147 08
C. L. Lothrop, mason work,
26 53
Rufus Mason & Son.
, painting and glazing,
171 24
, Mark Pope,
a
a
5 58
Charles West, '
u
tt
21 47
John Johnson, care
of school-rooms, etc.,
876 05
Joseph Smith,
a
u
950 33
Samuel C. Abbott,
it
it
450 00
Daniel Conant,
tt
tt
492 76
J. S. Cunningham,
it
n
721 42
John Bent,
a
tt
87 50
Moses Eastman,
tt
tt
214 00
Catharine Keenan,
a
a
11.0 00
Ann Taylor,
tt
it
140 00
Martha Conway,
tt
a
122 50
Mrs. Moore,
tt
it
70 00
Bridget Kelley,
it
a
70 00
Margaret O'Brien,
tt
it
45 00
Catherine Rogers,
it
a
85 00
Mrs. J. McGee,
it
tt
41 60
Mrs. McArthur,
it
a
30 00
Rosanna Collins,
it
tt
7 50
Catharine Peterson,
it
it
20 83
Moses Robbins,
a
it
7 00
Matthew Boyd,
ft
it
122 30
Henry Smith,
tt
it
6 80
Nathan Gaul,
it
a
14 25
$16,668 23
18 EXPENDITUEES.
Amount expended, $16,668 23
Deficiency, March 1, 1869, 1,334 84
$18,003 07
Amount appropriated, 15,650 00
Deficiency, March 1, 1870, $2,353 07
FUEL FOR SCHOOLS.
Perkins & Goodwin, fuel,
$62 25
Burns & Goodwin, "
4,660 09
Jotham Barry & Co., "
31 00
Levi Goodnow, "
20 50
A. H. Dix, "
9 50
Matthew Boyd, labor on
fuel,
214 85
A. Blanchard, "
u
16 00
Daniel Conant, "
u
10 50
J. S. Cunningham, "
a
9 60
$5,034 29
Amount appropriated,
$4,500 00
Balance, March 1, 1869,
1,336
45
$5,836 45
Amount expended,
5,034
29
Balance, March 1, 1870, $802 16
EXPENDITURES. 19
INFANT SCHOOL.
Infant School Society, $100 00
Amount appropriated, $100 00
" expended, 100 00
REPAIR OF SCHOOL-HOUSES.
Bray & Raymond, mason
work,
$253 30
Dennis Kelley,
it
tt
504 56
Robert R. Wiley,
u
a
595 73
Hart well Mayers,
it
a
292 79
J. E. Bray,
it
it
86 00
C. L. Lothrop,
a
u
530 21
John Randall, carpentry,
787 73
G-. M. Starbird,
it
131 93
John B. Wilson,
a
40 22
Edwin J. Norris,
tt
38 20
John Donovan,
tt
30 00
Nathaniel Shattuck,
it
28 25
D. S. Tucker,
a
44 66
Rufus Mason & Son
, painting and
glazing,
446 22
McMath & Weston,
it
u
586 25
Benj. F. Fish,
tt
a
80 95
H. G. Waldron,
tt
a
71 19
Thomas Magrath,
it
a
122 75
William Curry,
a
a
202 40
Edward Parker,
u
tt
140 00
Amount carried forward, $5,013 34
20 EXPENDITURES.
Amount brought forward,
C. S. Parker & Son, roofing,
F. A. Titus, plumbing,
Alex. Campbell, plumbing,
G. Gilman & Co., gas fitting,
C. P. Brooks, plastering,
H. Riley & Son, slating,
J. F. & F. L. Gilman, stone work,
Daniel Titus, whitewashing,
Samuel E. Abbott, paper hanging,
S. W. Fuller, bell repairs,
George W. Walker, & Co., repairing furnaces,
Wm. R. Bradford, iron castings,
S. W. Fuller & Co., lumber,
Franklin Hopkins, "
John W. Brooks & Son "
Richard Nason, nails,
Daniel Flynn, labor,
Daniel Small, "
Charles Miller, "
Rosanna Collins, "
Mrs. Coakley, "
Catharine Peterson, "
Mrs. Cavanagh, "
Amount expended, $7,420 14
" appropriated, $4,000 00
Balance, March 1, 1869, 355 36
4,355 36
55,013
34
265
98
36
82
4 25
297
41
539
75
33
59
143
75
176
50
76
47
6
00
387
28
34
87
2
66
265
36
52
18
15
15
18
00
7
50
3
00
18
70
9
00
7 48
5
10
r,420 14
Deficiency, March 1, 1870, $3,064 78
EXPENDITURES. 21
HIGH SCHOOL ENLARGEMENT.
G. Washington Warren, land,
S. F. J. Thayer, Architect,
C. S. Wason & Co., advertising,
Amount appropriated,
" expended,
$8,332 32
1,412 50
4 00
$65,250 00
$9,748 82
9,748 82
Balance, $55,501 18
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
1,065 55
1,092 00
308 33
1,095 00
1,095 00
1,080 62
1,053 00
1,122 00
1,086 00
1,095 50
1,083 00
1,095 00
1,095 00
1,056 00
1,095 00
Amount carried forward, >..' $15,517 00
John S. Locke, Capt.,
services,
R. S. Randall,
u
Charles Stone,
u
R. T. Whittier,
n
Benj. Williams,
u
Orison Little,
it
S. P. White,
(I
W. H. Brown,
it
A. E. Dodge,
it
Samuel Palmer,
it
John H. Brower,
(I
Ephraim Tarbox,
a
R. W. Sprague,
a
Thomas W. Sargent,
it
Dennis C. Brennan,
it
22 EXPENDITURES.
Amount brought forward,
$15,517 00
Seth Thing, services.,
99 00
Thomas 0. Vose, "
1,092 00
Charles P. Morris, "
90 00
Charles E. Fuller, »
1,038 00
Eobert Sylvester, u
1,059 00
John 8. Robinson, "
1,077 00
Jeremiah H. Pearson, lc
1,080 00
Joseph H. Knox,. "
1,074 00
Thomas C. Kelley, «■
1,080 00
Augustus Johnston, u
1,092 00
L. G. Hutchings, a
1,095 00
Silas W. Braley, a
1,095 00
William Faunce,. lc
1,095 00
Henry Fox, a-
1,050 00
Henry A. Walker, li
1,014 00
John Studley, a
1,07 25
Charles W. Packer,. u
210 00
Perez R. Jacobs, "
180 00
Emery F. Wright, u
307 50
Richard H. Lund, "
975 00
James F. Green, "
975 00
Samuel T. Yaughan, "
954 00
Dennis Cass, u-
165 00
George E. Tyler, "■
282 00
Charles Clark, "
900 00
William T. Gardner, a
598 50
Ephraim W. Freeman, "
876 00
Chase P. Goss, "
180 00
L. D. Whittier, «
201 00
L. P. Young, "
300 00
Amount carried forward,
$37,823 50
EXPENDITURES.
23
Amount brought forward,
$37,823 50
Chas. S. Woofindale, services,
894 00
Joseph B. Cotton,
it
312 00
Augustus Norton,
it
303 00
Edward Parker,
it
111 00
J. W. Noble, Jr.,
u
46 50
John L. Webb,
it
34 50
John Bowen,
it
9 00
Alexander Morley,
a
9 00
N. J. Gould,
a
$ 00
Thurston Boynton,
a
9 00
Henry Cutting,
ti
9 00
Alonzo T. Doe,
a
9 00
Luther A. Shedd,
a
6 00
S. Aldrich,
li
6 00
Ira Hadley,
u
3 00
Samuel L. Harding,
u
3 00
Thomas E. Smith,
u
3 00
E. G. Clark,
u
3 00
John P. Sullivan,
a
3 00
William E. Clayton,
a
3 00
James Mitchell,
ti
3 00
Alexander Stephenson
a
3 00
Charles Burcham,
a
26 16
Abijah Blanchard,
it
3 00
State Nautical .School
, support of boys,
385 86
Reform School,
a a
501 54
Charlestown Gas Co.,
gas,
271 58
G. Gilman & Co., gas
fixtures,
7 25
A. B. Bancroft, medical service,
16 00
William Mason, "
a
^rward,
8 00
Amount carried f<
$,40,833 89
24 EXPENDITURES.
Amount brought forward,
$40,833 89
J. S. Whiting, medical service,
14 00
William Read & Son, handcuffs,
9 00
A. N. Swallow, sundries,
7 34
A. E. Cutter, stationery,
70 86
Seth F. Sawyer, meals,
33 83
G. A. Coleman, teaming,
7 00
L. Emerton,
1 50
Maynard Brothers, carriage,
2 00
John P. Barnard, "
30 50
Dearborn & Co.,
3 00
John McLoud; tin-ware,
6 00
D. Evans & Co., badge buttons,
62 65
S. G. Cheever, police belts,
6 75
James E. Spear & Co., blouses and Panama hats,
350 00
Stowell & Co., lime,
30
R. R. Wiley, «
1 25
Walter S. Tower, alcohol,
2 45
Brintnall & Maynard, blankets,
25 00
Boston Ice Co., ice,
9 00
Mystic Water Board, water rates,
20 00
A. J. Carter, repair of furniture,
10 00
H. G. Waldron, painting and glazing,
12 80
John Kelley, whitewashing,
25 00
W. W. Wheildon, printing,
26 00
Caleb Rand, "
36 00
W. H. DeCosta, "
2 00
C. S. Wason & Co., "
3 25
Margaret Sullivan, washing,
3 75
Bridget Sheehan, "
61 36
Heming Ericson, posting notices,
2 00
Erdix T. Swift, disbursements,
3 55
Amount expended, $41,682 03
EXPENDITUEES.
Amount expended,
Balance March 1, 1869, $1,041 75
Amount appropriated, 35,800 00
Officer's Police Court fees, 1,257 08
Received for support of truants, 62 05
Deficiency, March 1, 1870,
25
L,682 03
,160 88
1,521 15
REPAIR OP STREETS.
James Reardon,
labor,
A. J, Boynton,
u
George A. Brown,
u
Robert B. Cochran,
u
Frank Norton,
u
Edward Grover,
a
Cornelius Broderick,
u
Patrick Brinnen,
u
Patrick Pitzgibbon,
It
Terence McManus,
u
Lawrence Hewett,
a
William Casey,
a
Thomas Flaherty,
a
William Gilmore,
u
Michael Higgins,
u
James Carroll,
a
Patrick Toomey,
u
John Murray,
a
Michael Fitzgerald,
it
Amount carried forward.
$785 00
696 63
699 75
706 50
690 74
73 12
706 50
878 25
517 00
509 00
505 00
497 00
480 00
473 00
460 00
406 00
405 00
375 00
361 00
$10,224 49
26
EXPENDITURES.
Amount brought forward,
$10,224 49
Thomas Stack,
labor,
317 00
James D wight,
it
309 37
Michael Sullivan,
tt
29Q 00
George W. Woods,
tt
258 75
James Holbrook,
It
247 00
Daniel Flynn,
it
453 00
Patrick Murphy,
a
243 00
John Waters,
.t
215 00
Patrick Lally,
tt
212 00
Patrick Rice,
tt
226 00
James Sullivan,
it
187 00
Daniel Ford,
tt
162 00
Dennis O'Brien,
it
150 00
Wm. H. Dennis,
it
182 00
Cornelius Sullivan,
u
122 00
Jeremiah Calnan,
it
111 00
Dennis Cronin,
tt
99 00
John McDonald,
a
92 00
John Long,
it
50 00
George Farmer,
u
52 00
Charles Miller,
tt
54 00
William B. Robbins,
tt
48 00
Thomas Connorton,
tt
44 25
Patrick Grady,
u
30 00
Cornelius Haven,
it
29 00
Patrick Reardon,
it
27 00
Patrick Reynolds,
tt
26 00
James Sweeney,
it
24 00
Timothy Guiney,
tt
19 00
James Casey,
tt
forward,
18 00
Amount carried
$14,521 86
EXPENDITURES.
21
Amount brought forward,
$14,521,86
James Kirby,
labor,
18 00
James Carroll,
tt
16 00
John Mellen,
it
15 00
John Bowdoin,
it
13 00
James Wall,
tt
10 00
Peter Sweeney,
tt
10 00
Michael Murphy,
a
10 00
Charles T. Waldron,
u
11 00
John Keppell,
u
9 00
Humphrey Murphy,
tt
8 00
Michael Hughes,
a
8 00
James Crosby,
it
8 00
William Biggart,
a
8 00
Stephen Joyce,
tt
2 00
Richard Finley,
it
8 00
John Stammers,
a
8 00
Timothy Desmond,
tt
8 00
Martin Griffin,
tt
8 00
Daniel Quinlan,
u
8 00
John Coakley,
u
8 00
William Kenney,
u
8 00
Michael Campbell,
u
96 00
William F. Wells,
a
88 00
James Howard,
a
83 00
John H. May,
a
70 00
Thomas Lahey,
u
14 00
Patrick Lordon,
u
7 00
Dennis Nihan,
tt
7 00
William Ford,
it
7 00
Timothy Reardon,
tt
6 00
Amount carried forward, $15,101 86
Amount brought forward,
$15,101 86
Richard Tierney, labor,
6 00
Patrick P. Sullivan,
U
6 00
Alexander Mead,
it
5 00
Martin Joyce,
u
5 00
Felix Talbot,
a
4 00
Thomas Linskey,
tt
4 00
S. W. Robbins,
a
4 50
Florence Sullivan,
u
1 00
John Bamrick, teams,
370 00
John Donovan,
a
3,069 70
Edmund Keyes,
u
2,150 05
Patrick Cain,
a
474 75
Patrick Nolan,
u
67 04
P. 0. Riordon, '
a
964 18
James McNulty,
u
178 00
Hugh Kelley, gravel.
>
2,488 40
Robert R. Wiley, "
627 26
Richard Nason, grain,
741 01
Alvin Storey, hay,
323 69
William H. Hood, "
28 72
Ham & Cook, "
85 60
Barney Sheridan, straw,
18 77
Frank Brewster & Co., ]
iorse-shoeing,
19 38
Thomas D. Strand,
u
dS 77
Garland & Priest,
u
38 13
J. G-. Ripley,
11
7 50
James Emery, blacksmithing,
121 46
Philip Ham, "
4 44
J. B. Burroughs, tending
; draw, P.. Pt. Bridge,
76 13
William Waitt, broom stuff,
3 00
Amount carried forward,
$27,088 34
EXPENDITURES.
29
Amount brought forward,
Nathaniel Butters, broom stuff,
P. R. Jacobs, serving notices,
J. H. Currier, pick handles,
Lewis Hunt, picks and shovels,
"William B. Long, shovels,
David S. Tucker, carpentry,
Sincene Hutchins, "
Earl Wyraan, "
Edwin J. Norris, "
Jesse U. Jones, , "
John P. Perkins, "
Mass. Portable R. R. Co., grading Monument street,
Turner, Kidney & Co., edge-stone paving, etc.,
John Bryant, repairing carts,
David L. McGregor, repairing harnesses,
Charles T. Mullett, « «
C. L. Lothrop, building cesspool,
Dennis Kelley, " "
Hartwell Mayers, " "
T. F. Hunnewell, cesspool covers,
G. & E. H. Gifford, iron work,
Cook, Rymes & Co., " "
Frederic Lund, oak rails,
A. E. Cutter, stationery,
E. J. Clark, painting,
Bay State Brick Co., bricks,
Winslow, Stewart, & Co., cement and sand,
S. H.Fall, « «
Charles J. Barry, " "
Franklin Hopkins, lumber,
S. W. Fuller & Co., "
Amount carried forward,
$27,088 34
15 00
20 00
15 00
25 67
5 67
10 58
70 59
26 24
7 01
141 90
18 00
3,720 07
28,375 34
307 79
36 94
57 11
117 01
111 82
46 89
19 75
51 95
49 72
7 50
5 31
101 50
150 00
60 71
11 00
6 76
42 92
31 01
,755 60
30 EXPENDITURES.
Amount brought forward,
$60,755 60
John W. Brooks & Son, lumber,
85 72
Estate Joshua Rich, "
5 28
Trickey & Jewett, timber,
12 98
Frank A Titus, rubber hose,
12 10
William H. De Costa, printing,
5 25
F. E. Downer, stable findings,
3 20
Thomas Magrath, glazing,
7 00
W. S. Robbins, disbursements,
15 75
Stephen Perley, blasting,
23 75
J. F. & F. L. G-ilman, stone-work,
216 79
J. E. Bray, mason work,
27 50
L. A. Roby, piles,
175 00
George P. Perkins, driving piles,
210 00
Philemon Davis, oil,
3 00
B. S. Hussey, soap, etc.,
8 35
Maiden Bridge, city assessment,
1,500 00
Charles D. Dunton, sleigh,
40 00
Thomas Gaffrey, stove,
9 93
Mystic Water Board, water rates,
10 50
William Saunders, care of horses,
5 00
Timothy Calnan, watering streets,
3 00
William Miller, saw filing,
1 25
Amount expended,
$63,136 95
Assessments abated,
73 27
Deficiency, March 1, 1869,
12,584 56
$75,794 78
Amount appropriated, $35,000 00
" for deficiency, 12,000 00
Sidewalks, assessments, etc., 12,786 84
59,786 84
Deficiency, March 1, 1870,
$16,007 94
EXPENDITURES.
31
LAYING OUT STREETS.
Charles Emerson, damages Park street,
$27 75
Patrick Sullivan, "
a
u
300 00
Thomas B. Harris, "
u
u
90 00
John C. Miller, "
u
a
100 00
Alson Studley, - "
Canal
u
123 60
George E. Tyler, "
Sever
u
268 50
Lucy A. White, "
Auburn
a
300 00
Southwick heirs, "
Winthrop
it
246 75
Walter S. Reading, "
Wesley
u
100 00
John Dunigan, "
Tufts
a
428 37
Mrs. K. G. Arnold, "
Common
u
51 24
H. W. Ball, surveyor's services,
23 85
Charles B. Stevens, recording deeds,
5 80
Perez R. Jacobs, constable
i's services,
95 70
Heming Ericson, posting notices,
3 00
L. W. Chamberlin, auction sales,
65 64
C. L. Lothrop, masonry,
77 36
Dennis Kelley, "
94 65
W. W. Wheildon, advertising,
38 50
C. S. Wason & Co., "
12 92
Wm. H. DeCosta, "
>
$66,182
58
60 00
Deficiency, March 1, 1869,
$2,513 63
Amount expended,
2,513
63
Betterments abated,
102
50
Debited to Canal st. grading,
30,000
00
" Lincoln "
3,600
00
$102,398 71
Amount appropriated, $25,000 00
Betterments assessed, etc., 16,505 66
41,505 66
Deficiency, March 1, 1870,
',893 05
32
EXPENDITURES.
DRAINS AND SEWERS.
Henry A. Rice,
labor,
$563 50
S. W. Robbins,
tt
669 00
John Waters,
it
442 12
Patrick Lally,
tt
437 61
James Sweeney,
u
372 00
John H. May,
u
372 00
Patrick Grady,
it
370 00
George Farmer,
a
368 00
Michael Campbell,
a
346 00
Richard Tierney,
a
320 00
Michael Lennon,
tt
308 00
J. Stammers,
u
308 00
Joseph W. Maloon,
tt
408 00
John Keppell,
a
285 00
J. Hazel,
it
256 00
Martin Connolly,
a
293 00
J. Harvey,
u
257 00
John Regan,
tt
216 00
James Carroll,
a
181 00
Michael Downey,
tt
177 00
John Murray,
it
198 00
Patrick O'Neil,
a
18.1 00
Patrick P. Sullivan,
a
179 00
Patrick Jacobs,
tt
174 00
William Ford,
it
164 00
Timothy Reardon,
it
156 00
Michael Pendergast,
a
148 00
Jeremiah Hickey,
ti
151 00
John Cane,
a
145 00
Patrick Reardon,
tt
141 00
Michael McCormick,
a
142 00
Amount carried forward,
$8,728 23
EXPENDITURES.
33
Amount brought forward,
$8,728 23
John McKean,
labor,
133 00
John O'Hearn,
a
132 00
John Rachford,
it
128 00
James Ryan,
it
1,119 00
John Graham,
It
114 00
Dennis Long,
it
113 00
James Barrett,
a
115 00
John Gallagher,
a
118 25
Thomas Lahey,
it
107 00
William Gorman,
tt
106 00
Patrick Hayes,
tt
93 00
Edward Sweeney,
a
92 00
Edward Corbett,
tt
89 00
Manuel Rogers,
it
83 00
Stephen Joyce,
tt
85 00
Jeremiah Lyons,
tt
85 00
Felix Talbot,
tt
79 00
William Kenney, •
a
76 00
Patrick Reynolds,
tt
70 00
Michael 0 'Sullivan,
tt
69 00
James Tobin,
tt
64 00
Cornelius Sullivan,
it
61 00
George W. Woods,
tt
65 00
Simon Reardon,
tt
52 00
Martin Joyce,
tt
54 00
John Leonard,
it
48 00
Cornelius Murphy,
it
44 00
John Talbot,
tt
49 00
Patrick Carr,
a
49 00
Daniel Crowley,
it
forward,
43 00
Amount carried
3
$12,263 48
34
EXPENDITUEES.
Amount brought forward,
Peter McCullough, labor,
John Riley, "
Preston Lewis, "
J. Tierney, "
Timothy Welch, «
John Tobin, "
Dennis Cochran, "
John Quirk, "
Henry Percell, "
Daniel Ford, "
Patrick Ragan, "
John Kelley, "
Daniel Mahoney, "
Bartholomew McDonough"
Michael Mahar, "
Cornelius Doyle, "
Patrick Campbell, "
James Fairhaven, "
Daniel Moriarty, "
James Sullivan, "
Patrick Welch, "
Edward Corbett, "
Maurice Freeman, "
Michael Gilmore, "
M. Freeman, "
Jeremiah Callahan, "
Patrick Fitzgibbon, "
Michael Fitzgerald, "
Lawrence Hewitt, "
Terence McMannus, "
Amount carried forward,
$12,263
48
38
00
38
00
35
00
32
00
31
00
34
00
31
00
29
00
29
00
27
00
24
00
23
00
27
00
22
00
15
00
15
00
14 00
13
00
12
00
11
00
11
00
10
00
9
00
10
00
9
00
8
00
6
00
6
00
6
00
6
00
$12,844 48
EXPENDITURES.
35
Amount brought forward,
$12,844 48
M. Claxton, labor,
3 00
David Carr, "
3 00
Patrick Hyde, "
2 00
Peter Sweeney, "
2 00
Cornelius Crowley, "
2 00
Samuel 0. Little & Co., cement and sand,
426 25
Winslow, Stewart & Co., " "
407 31
S. H. Fall, « «
67 09
Charles J. Barry, " "
118 94
Edmund Keyes, " "
125 50
Jotham Barry & Co., u "
488 57
D. Roby & Co., bricks,
939 50
Bay State Brick Co., "
2,360 00
R. R. Wiley, masonry,
90 00
Bray & Raymond, "
1,042 50
John P. Perkins, "
778 12
Dennis Kelly, "
1,709 10
Joseph E. Bray, "
4,274 33
C. L. Lothrop, "
154 66
Turner, Kidney & Co., paving,
609 48
Lewis Hunt, tools,
51 56
G-. & E. H. Gifford, iron work,
42 01
Cook, Rymes & Co., " u
27 25
Philip Ham, blacksmithing,
28 47
Franklin Hopkins, lumber,
, 69 83
9
S. W. Fuller & Co., '<
37 51
Jacob Caswell, rammers,
20 50
A. E. Cutter, stationery,
13 23
John Bryant, cesspool covers,
62 50
G-. E. Edmands, oil and lanterns,
48 12
Amount carried forward,
$26,848 81
36 EXPENDITURES.
Amount brought forward,
Sincere Hutchins, carpentry,
Frederic Lund, buckets,
James McNulty, teaming,
John Donovan, "
J. F. & F. L. Gilman, stone work,
Day & Collins, drain pipe,
P. R. Jacobs, constable services,
S. P. Hill & Co., hogshead,
C. S. Wason & Co., advertising,
W. W. Wheildon, "
W. H. DeCosta, "
Amount appropriated,
Drain assessments,
$4^,336 87
Amount expended, $27,391 49 '
Deficiency, March 1, 1869, 15,788. 61
Assessments abated, 1,496 46
$26,848 81
23 68
15 75
32 50
133 00
187 00
51 80
6 00
1 00
18 35
53 00
20 60
$27,391 49
$12,000 00
3^336 87
$44,676 56
Balance, March 1, 1870, $2,660 31
PURCHASE AND CARE OF TREES.
Thomas Barrett, trees,
David S. Tucker, tree guards,
Kendall Bailey, care of trees,
Edward Miskelly, labor,
James Sanborn, "
Amount carried forward, $451 32
$90 00
42
30
206
52
67
50
45
00
EXPENDITURES.
37
Amount brought forward,
Patrick Came, loam,
H. R. Bishop, ladders,
F. Hopkins, lumber,
B. E. Gline, nails, etc.,
Amount appropriated,
Balance, March 1, 1869,
Amount expended,
Balance, March 1, 1870,
$451 32
6 50
12 00
21 88
5 91
$497 61
$200 00
556 56
$756 56
497 60
$258 95
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Hose Company No. 1, services, etc.,
u
ti
it
2,
a
n
u
3,
u
a
ft
4,
Hook and Ladder Co.,
Steamer Hose, "
William D. Butts, steamer engineer (late),
H. S. Whiting, " " "
Albert C. Smith, " "
B. Frank Mayo, " "
Isaac W. Brackett, " fireman,
John S. Linscott, steamer fireman,
D. K. Wheelock, " driver,
Amount carried forward,
(late),
$400 00
400 00
400 00
400 00
600 00
286 87
778 50
70 06
100 64
10 00
900 00
■7 50
840 00
$5,193 57
38
EXPENDITURES.
hose carriages7
u a
Amount brought forward,
Steamer Hose Company, extra services.
Mrs I. W. Bracket, washing for steamer officers,
Mrs. D. K. Wheelock, " " « «
Charlestown Gas Co., gas, steamer house,
N. Tufts, jr. & Son, grain,
E. L. Bruce & Co., hay and straw,
S. D. Sawin & Co., hay,
Dr. J. W. Stocking, medicine,
Joseph Dickson, repairing harnesses,
Thomas Cunningham, " steamer,
Amoskeag Manufacturing Co., " "
William Jeffers & Co., "
John Louer, "
J. J. Hillman, "
Lockwood & Lumb, "
J. H. Clark, refreshments,
Bunker Hill Hose Co., "
Hook and Ladder Co., "
A. E. Cutter, stationery,
George W. Hobbs, "
W. S. & G. 0. Wiley, carriage hire,
B. S. Hussey, rotten-stone, etc.,
D. Cummings & Co., brooms, etc.,
McLaughlin (estate), brushes,
Wm. R. Bradford, iron work,
Cook, Rymes & Co., " "
James Emery & Co., " "
A. S. Garland, horse-shoeing,
Garland & Priest, " "
G. L. Priest, " "
5,193 57
10 00
37 05
4 00
115 81
162 66
148 07
12 07
8 00
237 55
4 50
66 00
46 61
234 32
2 00
46 15
42 65
40 00
16 00
13 41
4 20
30 00
5 00
41 42
4 50
18 50
6 30
32 55
18 64
30 95
14 01
Amount carried forward,
5,646 49
EXPENDITUEES.
3\)
Amount brought forward,
$6,646 49
Philip Ham, blacksmithing,
7 50
Caleb Larkin, "
1 00
B. H. Simonds, repairing bell rope,
6 50
James Boyd & Sons, "
hose,
310 34
Israel P. Magoon, "
hose house,
6 85
T. S. Clogston, - «
steam-pipe,
6 48
John D. Gillespie, "
hose house,
10 00
Charles West, «
roof,
10 00
L. H. Hayward, "
chucks,
26 25
Gamewell & Co., «
alarm telegraph,
75 00
George R. Kelso, furniture,
50 87
Childs, Crosby & Lane, carpet,
56 14
Thomas S. Johnson, badges,
36 00
W. H. "Wilson, fire hats,
24 50
F. A. Titus, plumbing,
8 46
Alex Campbell, "
196 11
Bailey & Gilman, gas fixtures,
23 00
G. Gilman & Co., " "
28 50
G. S. Bailey, « «
1 25
R. R. Wiley, masonry,
22 75
John B. Wilson, carpentry,
61 49
Nathaniel Shattuck, "
114 84
Earl Wyman, '■'
1 75
Joseph W. Hill, "
'l4 05
J. C. Ham, painting,
175 00
McMath & Weston, "
126 29
H. G. Waldron, "
108 74
William Curry, "
12 00
John Gallagher, whitewashing,
66 00
Titus & Co., "
30 00
Amount carried forward,
$8,264 15
40 EXPENDITURES.
Amount brought forward,
C. L. Lothrop, whitewashing,
John McLoud, lanterns, etc.,
D. D. Miller, "
Brintnall & Osgood, papering,
J. J. Jenkins, tin,
Corey & Goodwin, soap, oil, etc.,
Underhill & Bro., axes,
Washington Hose Co., chairs,
A. W. Locke & Co., engraving,
Perkins & Hovey, couplings,
Jucket & Freeman, castings,
N. E. Hill, dry goods,
H. R. Bishop & Co., ladder,
John Bryant, reservoir covers,
E. E. Webster, locks and keys,
George H. Webster, "
M. G. Crane, "
J. Barry & Co., fuel,
R. Nason, "
Wellington Bros., "
Edward Grover, labor,
Winslow, Stewart & Co., fuel,
S. P. Langmaid, blinds,
Kent & Gore, cotton waste,
George Jacobs, stamps,
Dexter Bros., vitriol,
Wm. H. Godfrey, services on alarm telegraph,
Fowler & Bennett, teaming,
J. B. Cotton, police services,
George E. Rogers and 79 others, poll tax refunded,
Amount carried forward, $8,264 15
$8,264
15
18
00
139
21
36
75
54 78
15
02
16
86
7
50
22
50
13
00
12
00
36
72
17
99
45
62
57
50
12
05
5
50
3
60
48
50
104
60
30
00
6
00
10
00
36
75
17
50
4
15
29
56
17
00
2
50
6
00
160
00
EXPENDITURES. 41
Amount brought forward,
George E. Rogers, disbursements,
Charlestown Chronicle, printing,
" Advertiser, "
Amount expended,
Deficiency March, 1, 1869,
Amount appropriated, $10,000 00
Sale of hand engine, 350 00
From sundry sources, 206 21
),556 21
$8,264 15
19 12
13 00
10 90
$9,294 33
$9,294 33
2,080 71
$11,375 04
Deficiency, March 1, 1870, $818 83
NEW
James Boyd & Son, hose,
Amount expended,
Deficiency, March 1, 1869,
HOSE.
$1,137 35
281 70
Amount appropriated,
$1,419 05
1,100 00
Deficiency, March 1, 1870,
$319 05
1,137 35
42
EXPENDITURES.
FIRE-ALARM TELEGRAPH.
Gamewell & Co., contractors,
$8,126 75
Wm. Blake & Co., bells,
500 00
John B. Wilson, carpentry,
587 99
George M. Starbird, "
676 47
D. S. Tucker, «
49 40
E. J. Clark, painting,
93 99
McMath & Weston, "
QG 39
Gilman & Co., piping,
16 47
T. S. Clogston & Co., heating apparatus,
10 00
C. S. Wason •& Co., printing,
20 50
S. R. Brintnall, disbursements,
55 45
Hayden & Crafts, labor on bells,
205 12
John Loner, " " "
51 50
$10,460 03
Amount appropriated,
$15,300 00
Materials sold,
133
90
$15,433
90
Expended,
10,460
03
Balance, March 1st, 1870,
$4,973 87
EXPENDITURES.
43
SUPPORT OF POOR.
groceries,
it
State of Massachusetts,
Worcester Hospital,
Massachusetts General Hospital,
City of Boston, -
" Cambridge,
" Lynn,
" New Bedford,
Town of Somerville,
Benjamin Phipps,
John Reade, burials,
E. N. Coburn, "
John L. Perry, "
Woodlawn Cemetery, graves,
Lyman Stickney,
C. A. Barker,
F. B. Downer, "
J. E. Bray, «
L. R. Bingham, "
C. W. C. Association, "
Reed, Sawin & Co., "
J. W. & A. Roberts, . "
Brooks & Stover, "
Mullett & Bradbury, "
S. P. Hill & Co., "
Corey & Goodwin, "
J. W. Roberts & Co., «■
G. F. & B. Hurd & Co., «
L. B. Hathon, «
Amount carried forward.
support of paupers,
$1,036 23
" insane,
1,267 40
al, " paupers,
80 00
it tt
283 24
U IS
17 04
11 u
76 50
u a
79 83
it u
6 00
U It
36 00
25 00
12 00
70 00
14 00
>
57 00
104 70
531 80
50 00
63 00
490 00
107 00
329 29
102 00
280 11
229 00
393 00
653 88
904 92
73 00
$7,371 94
44
EXPENDITURES.
Amount brought
forward,
$7,371 94
Moses B. Hall,
«
87 00
James Rea & Son,
it
46 00
E. B. Burgess,
it
157 50
C. B. Goodrich,
it
109 00
J. G. Holbrook, provisions,
12 68
Foster, Weeks & Co.,
it
94 90
R. Huntly,
a
55 44
V. M. Dunn,
u
115 95
H. Leonard & Co.,
u
164 74
Bradford & Gary,
a
520 38
Robert Todd,
fuel,
66 25
Burns & Goodwin,
u
1,395 25
Jotham, Barry & Co.,
u
224 50
A. H. Dix,
it
3 45
S. & G. "Williams,
a
14 75
Charlestown Gas Company,"
46 61
S. H. Hurd, medical services,
552 00
William Mason,
a tt
2 00
J. W. Towne,
it it
9 00
T. J. Stevens,
a a
298 50
W. L. Bond,
u tt
7 50
B. F. Stacy, medicine,
221 16
George P. Kettell,
it
125 93
Stowell & Co.,
a
35 60
Maynard & Co., coffee,
17 55
Hayward & Co., coffee and spices,
26 28
C. F. Byam, shoes
)
31 24
N. Martin & Co., "
105 49
Brintnall & Maynard,
dry goods,
136 32
Shedd, Chandler & Co
■»
42 90
Amount carried forward,
$12,097 81
EXPENDITURES.
45
Amount brought forward,
$12,097 81
William Murray & Son, dry goods,
17 00
Louis Klous, clothing,
10 00
0. Reinstein, "
12 00
J. W. Rand, hat,
2 50
N. Tufts, jr., & Son, grain,
111 94
Edward Carnes, Hay,
75 30
C. J. Barry, «
57 49
Boston Ice Co., ice,
29 75
Rand & Byam, soap,
65 20
B. W. Gage, crockery,
23 15
F. A. Titus, tin-ware,
1 65
Mystic Water Board, pipe and water,
196 79
Jacob Caswell, blocks,
3 00
Robert Bassett, pigs,
296 70
Health Department, swill,
166 75
L. P. Young, swill,
55 37
Earl Wyman, carpentry,
718 60
H. G. Waldron, painting,
15 90
Rufus Mason & Son, "
116 91
S. W. Puller & Co., lumber,
17 09
Cook, Rymes & Co., iron work,
2 00
Alex. Campbell, plumbing,
6 70
Lewis Hunt, hardware,
8 00
G. Gibson, repairing stoves, etc.,
48 45
C. H.Wing, " « "
23 83
Jasper Stone, " clocks,
5 60
George Avery, roofing,
39 33
Carpenter, Woodward, & Co., paints,
27 65
W. S. & G. 0, Wiley, horse hire,
27 50
John Bamrick, " "
6 00
Amount carried forward,
$14,285 96
46 EXPENDITUBES.
Amount brought forward,
$14,285 96
Timothy Brinnen, gravel,
72 72
Dennis Kelley, masonry,
349 53
H. S. Doane & Co., brushes,
12 00
L. Emerton, teaming,
12 10
E. W. Bean, "
55 05
Oliver Dickson, repairing cart,
14 00
C. S. Wason & Co., printing,
11 50
Caleb Rand, "
4 50
A. E. Cutter, stationery,
20 89
Town of Wakefield, execution,
135 77
Edward Carnes, salary, Superintendent,
804 36
" " disbursements,
124 26
Overseers of Poor, cash orders drawr
l on Treasurer,
1,263 72
$17,166 36
Amount appropriated,
$12,600 00
" sundry receipts,
4,983
50
Balance, March 1, 1869,
238
73
$17,822 23
Amount expended
17,166
36
Balance, March 1, 1870,
$655
87
FUEL AND LIGHTING-.
John S. Locke, Superintendent of Lamps, services, $188 02
Orison Little, " « " 11 51
Charles Burcham, " « « 1 66
Amount carried forward,
$201 19
EXPENDITURES.
47
Amount brought forward,
Daniel Conant, lighting and care street lamps,
J. S. Cunningham, " " "
J. S. Cunningham, jr., lighting and care street lamps,
etc.,
R. S. Lufkin, « «
L. C. Colbert, « «
D. L. Small, » «
W. S. Oakman, « "
John W. Bent, " «
J. H. McDonald, Jr., « "
Charlestown Gas Co., gas for street lamps,
" " gas for city buildings,
" " alcohol,
" " repair of lamps,
B. P. Bowman, lanterns,
Tufts Bro., lanterns,
John McLoud, lanterns and repairs,
F. A. Titus, lanterns and gas fixtures,
J. Barry & Co., fuel,
R. Nason, fuel,
B. S. Hussey, glass, etc.,
J. H. Cass, "
Reed & Sawin, benzole, '
A. N. Swallow, fluid,
F. G. Williams & Co., oil, *
John McLoud, benzole,
J. H. Carr, matches,
R. Mason & Son, painting,
H. G. Waldron, «
Heming Ericson, labor,
Amount carried forward
$201
19
480
00
480
00
nps,
496
00
" 480
00
451
07
" 445
09
480
00
« 35
91
«m 28
93
12,753
01
639
73
66
87
220
08
138
16
121
50
103
55
57
57
184 25
50
45
42
14
75
71
00
11
82
11
50
466
60
58
00
300
30
26
80
6
00
$18,875
60
48 EXPENDITURES.
Amount brought forward , $18,875 60
Warren Institution for Savings, heating Library
Hall,
Bui ns & Goodwin, fuel,
E. R. Robinson, iron work,
Lewis Hunt, hardware,
N. Shattuck, ladder,
B. E. Gline, repairs of lamps,
Wm, H. Brown, disbursements,
Amount expended,
Deficiency, March 1, 1869,
Amount appropriated,
Deficiency, March 1, 1870, $2,800 69
100 12
1,371 57
194 41
1 50
30 87
1 00
50
$20,575 57
$20,575 57
725 12
$21,300 69
18,500 00
NBW^LAMPS.
Charlestown Gas Co., new lamps, posts, etc., $528 49
Expended, $528 49
Deficiency, March 1, 1869, 340 23
$868 72
Appropriated, 700 00
Deficiency, March 1, 1870, $168 72
EXPENDITURES.
49
CELEBRATION SEVENTEENTH JUNE.
Prescott Light Guard, parade,
$400 00
Charlestown City Guard, "
100 00
" Artillery, "
100 00
" Cadets, "
100 00
Jackson Guard, "
100 00
High School Cadets, "
50 00
Hose Company, No. 1, "
50 00
it it a 2 "
50 00
it a a 3 tt
50 00
a a it A . a
50 00
Steamer Hose Company, "
50 00
Hook & Ladder Company, "
50 00
Board of Engineers, "
70 00
Antiques and Horribles, "
300 00
Edmancl's Band, music,
162 00
Brigade " "
122 00
Bond's " "
182 00
Metropolitan Band, music,
101 00
O'Connor's " "
102 00
First Light Battery, salute,
G5 00
Regatta, prizes,
415 90
William Beals, decorations,
250 00
American Magnesium Co., illuminating Monument,
80 50
George E. Rogers, teaming,
2 50
George S. Bailey, lighting band stand,
8 00
Charlestown Chronicle, advertising,
25 75
" Advertiser, "
23 00
Bunker Hill Aurora, "
15 00
Amount carried forward,
4
$3,074 65
50
EXPENDITURES.
Amount brought forward,
Nathaniel Shattuck, band stands,
First Parish Society, chiming bells,
J. H. Bryant, ringing bell,
Henry Prentiss, "
Edward Parker, "
S. L. Harding, "
Josiah C. Burbank, "
Joseph Smith, "
Edmund Conway, "
Amount expended,
Credited from contingencies,
Deficiency, March 1, 1870,
$3,074 65
65 98
10 00
2 00
2 00
2 00
2 00
2 00
2 00
2 00
$3,164 63
$3,164 63
3,000 00
$164 63
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
John H. Holmes, librarian,
L. C. Knight, asst. "
S. Edwards, " "
R. F. Murphy, care, etc., of rooms,
Warren Inst, for Savings, rent and heating rooms,
Charlestown Gas Co., gas,
Timothy T. Sawyer, insurance,
W. H. DeCosta, advertising,
Dunbar, Waters & Co., "
C. S. Wason & Co., printing,
Haskell & Watson, "
Amount carried forward,
$999
96
163
50
144
50
62
25
352
53
79
92
163
23
43
45
12
00
81
00
10
00
5,112 34
EXPENDITURES.
51
Amount brought forward,
$2,112 34
John H. Holmes, books,
61 90
Lee & Shepard, "
623 02
Little, Brown & Co., "
72 00
W. H. Piper & Co., "
132 12
Crosby & Damrell, "
2 75
Congregational Pub. Society, "
6 69
A. Williams & Co., periodicals,
134 08
Rand & Avery, catalogues,
. 9 50
Seth Goldsmith, binding,
234 95
Charles fiersey, "
183 90
G. W. B. Taylor, stationery,
47 50
A. E. Cutter, «
118 18
Thomas Groom & Co., "
61 50
T. S. Hudson, stamps,
32 00
Lewis Hunt, hardware,
5 22
F. A. Titus, gas fitting,
5 75
John B. Wilson, carpentry,
1 75
H. G. Waldron, painting,
4 10
Wm,. B. Moore & Son, sundries,
11 91
Brintnall & Maynard, "
3 00
Benjamin Locke, expressage,
43 45
J. K. Brewer, «
26 70
E. S. Pratt, shoe boxes,
5 35
C. F. Byam, "
6 25
N. Martin & Co., "
3 00
D. G. Quirk, "
7 00
McLean & Co., "
23 50
5,979 41
52 EXPENDITUEES.
Amount appropriated,
$3,500 00
Balance, March 1, 1869,
350 98
Received from catalogues, fines, etc.,
352 93
" " dog licenses,
676 26
$4,880 17
Amount expended,
3,979 41
Balance, March 1, 1870,
$900 76
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
L. P. Young, removing offal,
C. S. Wason & Co., printing,
W. H. DeCosta,
Caleb Rand, "
Heming Ericson, posting notices,
H. G-. Waldron, painting,
Thomas Connorton, labor,
Robert Denvir, "
Samuel Palmer, services,
John Bamrick, cutting grass,
Mystic Water Board, water rates,
Wm. L. Bond, vaccinating,
G. H. W. Herrick, «
Amount appropriated,
Balance, March 1, 1869,
Received burial fees,
Expended,
Balance, March 1, 1870,
$333 32
10 50
20 50
7 50
14 50
44 78
92 50
37 50
1 25
40 00
3 75
10 25
23 00
$639 35
$700 00
546 44
16 00
$1,262 44
639 35
$623 09
EXPENDITURES. 53
COLLECTION HOUSE OFFAL.
George Todd, Superintendent,
Maurice Cochran, "
Robert Dower, labor,
Andrew P. Wilson, "
John Bowdoin, "■
Edward Corbett, "
Charles T. Walden, «
James Waldron, "
Edward Grover, "
Patrick Lee, , "
Edward Finnerty, "
Matthew Mullen, "
James E. Short, "
Emery Miller, "
George A. Brown, care of horses,
A. H. Dix, hay and straw,
E. L. Bruce & Co., " «
A. Story, " «
R. Nason, grain,
Emerson & Porter, horses,
Boston Ice Co., "
William Saunders, veterinary services,
John B. Wilson, carpentry,
Earl Wyman, "
Cooper & Burgess, plumbing,
Rufus Mason & Son, painting,
A. E. Cutter, books,
Cook, Rymes & Co., swill carts,
Amount carried forward,
$111
00
470
00
469
75
447
25
286
00
206
00
180
00
171
00
164
25
152
00
126
00
80
00
34
00
27
00
.56
07
11
64
138
14
131
63
302
65
1,250
00
350
00
16
00
820
00
€4
82
2
40
28
00
2
60
1,008
00
;7,106
20
54 .EXPENDITURES.
Amount brought forward, $7,106 20
L. P. Young, swill box, 20 00
F. Kasburg, buckets and paddles, 19 50
Frederic Lund, buckets, 5 00
Brooks & Stover, buckets and brooms, 4 55
Cyrus Wakefield, brooms, 1 20
Ames Plow Co., shovels and forks, 10 70
Parker, Gannett & Co., shovels and forks, 6 50
Lewis. Hunt, shovels, 1 37
G. & B. H. Gifford, tools, 15 38
Charles T. Mullett, harnesses and horse coverings, 248 43
J. A. Pearson, horse coverings, 4 80
Garland & Priest, horse shoeing, 25 62
Thomas D. Strand, " " 38 12
Caleb Larkin, blacksmithing, 5 00
John Pleadwell, " 3 40
F. A. Titus, plumbing, 43 03
G. Gibson, zinc and labor, 5 00
C. S. Wason & Co., printing, 12 00
Heming Ericson, posting notices, 3 00
P. O. Riordon, teaming, 5 00
B. S. Hussey, sponge and soap, 13 78
W. H. Miller, pungs, 160 00
Timothy Brinnen, gravel, 24 24
Wm. B. Long, disbursements, 3 27
Amount expended,
$7,785 09
" appropriated,
$5,000 00
" ree'd from sale of offal,
2,719 61
7,719 61
Deficiency, March 1, 1870. $65 48
EXPENDITURTS. 55
CONTINGENCIES.
John B. Wilson, carpentry,
John Randall, "
J. W. Hill, "
Archer & Lund, "
Nathaniel Shattuck, "
C. S. Wason & Co., printing,
Caleb Rand, "
W. W. Wheildon, "
W. H. DeCosta,
W. & E. Howe, "
Henry Prentiss, ringing bell,
S. L. Harding, " "
Edward Parker, " «
Edward Conway, " "
Timothy Callahan " "
J. C. Burbank, •< "
J. H. Bryant, " "
Joseph Smith, " "
John Bryant, return of deaths,
John L. Perry, " "
Patrick Denvir, " "
John Reade, " "
E. N. Coburn, " «
Charles Stone, " "
S. P. Kelley, « «
Post No. 11, G. A. R., flowers, soldiers' graves,
J. E. Bray, « " "
Joseph H. Till, care of flags,
Amount carried forward, $3,032 52
$23
67
11
18
37
50
38
58
204
99
1,000
80
. 138
00
395
50
407
50
317
00
102
00
16
00
4 00
4
00
4
00
14
00
6
00
6
00
18
90
13
60
10
10
9
80
8
00
6
30
2
10
200
00
30
00
3
00
56 EXPENDITURES.
Amount brought forward,
Maynard & Bro., carriages 17th June,
Peter Chevalier, " "
W. S. & G. 0. Wiley, « "
John P. Barnard, " "
Company A, 5th Reg't, allowance for gas,
u J) n » u
it h^ it u tt
" G, 9th Reg't, " "
" C, 1st Battalion Cavalry, " •
Alex. Campbell, rent City Clerk's Office,
W. H. DeCosta, rent Overseers Poor Office,
Barney Hull, rent Union Hall,
Trinity M. E. Church, rent Mission Hall,
Bunker Hill Encampment, rent Mishawum Hall,
Lawrence, Wilde & Hull, furniture, Mayor's room,
George W. Ware & Co., " "
George R. Kelso, " City Hall,
P. R. Jacobs, constable services,
W. T. Gardner, " "
Abijah Blanchard, " "
L. W. Chamberlin, auctioneer services,
A. N. Swallow, brooms, etc.,
D. Cummings & Co., brushes,
Richard Nason, fuel,
A. B. Shedd, services in Treasurer's office,
A. B. Shedd, revenue stamps,
R. A. White, " "
Post Office, postage and stamps,
William Page & Co., cotton waste,
G. A. Coleman, teaming,
Amount carried forward, $4,392 03
13,032
52
20
00
20
00
20
00
140
00
25
00
25
00
25
00
25
00
25
00
87
50
30
00
60
00
60
00
121
50
75
00
12
00
106
58
135
45
24
00
14
50
26
06
5
88
30
99
10
80
150
00
1
00
10
00
67
50
3
75
2
00
EXPENDITURES. 57
Amount brought forward,
J. W. Noble, teaming,
E, W. Bean, "
L. Emerton, "
Pierce & Starbird, "
J. K. Brewer, "
A. E. Cutter, stationery,
Clerk of Courts, copies for Solicitor,
George B. Reed, statutes and law reports,
Davenport & Co., Boston Directory,
" " Charlestown Directory,
S. V. Collins, book for Treasurer,
Boston Journal, advertising,
Boston Advertiser, subscription six months,
Bank Note Reporter, subscription one year,
Maynard & Noyes, ink,
A. Ward & Co., envelopes,
Bridget Shehan, washing,
Catharine Peterson, "
Henry W. Homer, upholstering,
W. H. Smith, brand,
C. P. Brooks, whitewashing and storage,
S. A. Rogers, labor and storage,
Patrick Kasburg, buckets,
Thomas E. Smith, care heating apparatus,
D. A. Sanborn, maps of City,
Heming Ericson, posting notices,
E. & A. H. Beal, use of safe,
J. H. Willard, damage by tree,
J. A. McDonald, " horse and carriage,
John Resterick, " by fall on ice,
Amount carried forward, $5,945 60
£4,392
03
54
25
10
00
3
50
7
50
2
55
316
54
19
00
146
75
4
00
22
50
23
50
10
00
6
00
3
00
2
25
5
00
37
21
42
12
97
50
8
80
113
00
31
70
30
07
85
33
50
00
11
50
50
00
35
00
25
00
300
00
58 ' EXPENDITURES.
Amount brought forward,
Alexander Campbell, tins for documents,
B, S. Hussey, sponge, etc.,
Daniel Williams, disbursements,
S. L. Harding, "
G. B. Rogers, '«
L. E. Pearson, "
J. H. Cotton, "
S. P. White, "
Alonzo Porter, numbers for houses,
J. B. Maynard, numbering houses,
James W. Simpson, tax sales,
F. V. B. Kern, services on taxes,
R. F. Murphy, " "
L. W. Chamberlin, » "
L. H. Bigelow, " with assessors,
R. F. Murphy, care of Library Hall,
Henry W. Bragg, expenses in suits,
J. W. Black, photograph of City Hall,
Brintnall and Maynard, cloth, City Engineer,
Russell & Fitch, removing night soil,
Cook, Rymes & Co., iron work,
G. & E. H. Gifford, " "
F. A. Titus, plumbing,
Pierce, Brown & Co., use of chairs 1 7th June,
Charles Burcham, constable services,
H. G. Waldron, painting,
R. Mason & Son, "
E. J. Clark, «
J. Junio, keys,
G. Gillman & Co., gas fitting,
Amount carried forward, $7,270 46
$5,945
60
15
00
2
00
1
50
10
50
2
96
3
25
5
75
4
50
19
20
2
00
5
21
173
19
18
00
5
00
204 00
204
00
109
68
4
50
30
90
70
00
7
34
46
00
31
55
12
00
12
50
41
56
5
05
203
75
10
25
63
72
EXPENDITUEES. 59
Amount brought forward, $7,270 46
George S. Bailey, gas fitting, 9 25
Rand & Byam, soap, 9 43
B. F. Brown, insurance, 4 50
Lewis Hunt, hardware, 3 38
J. H. Hathorne, coaches to Point Shirley, 60 00
O. A. Taft, City Dinner « " 681 50
Town of Maiden, tax, 1869, 29 44
E. J. Norris, street signs, 22 59
Mystic Water Board, water rates, 45 33
Boston Ice Company, ice, 42 00
Brintnall & Osgood, shades and paper hangings, 78 53
Timothy Calnan, watering City Square, 157 50
James Walker, suppers for Ward Officers, 238 30
Jordan Williams, labor, 25 00
William Casey, " 12 00
F. E. Downer, oil, 15 68
Charles B. Stevens, recording deeds, 12 40
Cooper & Burgess, repairing stove, 8 00
Fire Department, lantern, 3 25
T. E. Ames (City Engineer), per order C. C, 600 00
Enoch K. Morse, moving safe, 25 00
Jasper Stone, care of clocks, 146 00
B. Bradley & Co., clock, 45 00
Harvard Church, subscription to clock, 300 00
M. Carpenter, thermometers, 10 00
R. Sullivan, chair cushions, 13 50
Fairbanks & Brown, measures for City Sealer, 50 00
S. A. Rogers, rent of office " " " 20 00
Thomas H. Hall, Messenger Common Council, 100 00
Amount carried forward, $10,038 04
60
EXPENDITURES.
Amount brought forward,
J. S. Daggett, microscopes,
W. S. Tower, gum,
$10,042 44
4,669 47
1,421 85
3,000 00
$11,500 00
2,109 47
$10,038 04
4 00
40
Amount expended,
Amount expended,
Deficiency March 1, 1869,
Debited to soup kitchen,
" to celebration 17th June,
$10,042 44
Amount appropriated,
Sundry receipts, *
$19,133 76
$13,609 47
Deficiency, March 1, 1870,
$5,524 29
PUBLIC BATHS.
Joseph B. Hutchins, officer at bathing place,
John Randall, « " "
Lorenzo Gary, " " "
F. Hopkins, lumber,
J. W. Brooks & Son, "
E. J. Clark, painting,
H. L. Brackett, «
C. S. Wason & Co., printing,
W. W. Wheildon,
Gr. A. Coleman, teaming,
Amount carried forward,
$294
00
295
50
291
00
36
64
34
09
5
25
311
95
10
75
6
00
1
00
$1,286 18
EXPENDITURES.
61
Amount brought forward,
James Scutty, moving floating bath,
F. A. Titus, gas fixtures,
Catharine Dunn, washing,
Boston Ice Co., ice,
Richard Nason, nails,
Win B. Long, disbursements,
;l,286 18
10 00
27 25
67 25
8 00
45 14
3 02
$1,446 84
Amount expended,
$1,446 84
Deficiency, March 1, 1869,
127 87
$1,574 71
Amount appropriated,
$1,200 00
Sundry receipts,
27 00
$1,227 00
Deficiency, March 1, 1870,
$347 71
REPAIRS OF CITY PROPERTY,
Sincere Hutchins, carpentry,
W. H. Jones, "
John Randall, "
John B. Wilson, "
Nathaniel Shattuck, "
David S. Tucker, "
Joseph W. Hill, "
B. F. Fish, painting,
Amount carried forward,
$33 00
3
00
473
14
261
07
65
04
75
55
6
93
50
00
$967 73
b^ EXPENDITURES.
Amount brought forward,
$967 73
Thomas Magrath, painting,
146 88
Joseph Ackerman, "
60 00
E. J. Clark,
107 00
H. G Waldron, «
17 77
C. L. Lothrop, masonry,
163 68
R. R. Wiley, "
242 93
Bray & Raymond, "
151 65
F. A. Titus, plumbing,
27 13
Alex Campbell, "
4 50
Griffin & Moran, "
74 55
John W. Brooks & Son, lumber,
310 50
Lewis Hunt, hardware,
9 11
Brooks & Stover, nails.
7 00
Richard Nason, "
12 27
L. B. Tupper, iron grates,
72 22
Prescott, Ring & Co., iron pipe,
33 69
Cook, Rymes & Co., iron work,
14 38
John Louer, " "
23 88
E. R. Robinson, « «
3 50
Sewall, Day & Co., cordage,
14 40
Hunneman & Co , copper ball,
47 00
H. Riley & Son, slating,
7 95
C. S. Parker & Son, roofing,
96 79
Cyrus Wakefield, matting,
5 50
John T. Hoyt, whitewashing,
14 00
Edward 0. Webster, lock & keys,
12 75
G-. Gilman & Co., gas fitting,
89 41
Thomas E. Smith, steam piping,
23 45
Joseph H. Till, labor,
75 00
Amount carried forward, $2,836 62
EXPENDITURES.
63
Amount brought forward,
$2,836 62
John Bowdoin, labor,
15 00
S. A. Rogers, "
11 50
Wm. B. Long, disbursements,
3 25
2,886 37
Amount appropriated,
$2,500 00
Balance, March 1,1869,
1,112
23
$3,612
23
Amount expended,
2,866
37
Balance, March 1, 1870,
$745
86
SOUP HOUSE.
Edward Miskellj, cook,
$156 00
Wm. D. Bailey, "
156 00
B. & M. Foundry 'Company, boiler,
32 78
Richard Nason, fuel,
52 65
Cooper & Burgess, sundries,
66 32
H. P. Dunnels, meat,
232 10
Henry Cutter, fish,
56 08
F. E. Downer, groceries,
127 66
Thomas Parker, bread,
58 60
Charles B. Goodrich, "
56 04
Orin Gilmore, "
50 56
E. B. Stetson, "
70 80
J. H. Willard, »
51 00
D. L. & J. C. Bean, "
44 80
Caleb Drew, milk,
9 92
R. R. Wiley, masonry,
14 75
Amount carried forward,
$1,236 06
64
EXPENDITURES.
Amount brought forward,
$1,236 06
John B. Wilson, carpentry,
17 94
C. P. Brooks, rent of soup house,
50 00
C. S. Wason & Co., printing,
14 00
W. H. DeCosta, "
3 85
J. W. Noble, teaming,
1 00
George A. Winslow,
99 00
$1,421 85
Credited from Contingencies
$1,421 85
Expended,
1,421 85
TAXES REFUNDED.
Loud Bro. & Co., execution,
$623 75
Amount appropriated,
$500 00
Balance, March 1, 1869,
1,102 33
$1,602 33
Expended,
623' 75
Balance, March 1, 1870,
$978 58
ARMORY RENTS.
Co. C, 1st Battalion Cavalry, rent,
P. O'Riordon, Jackson Guard,
Charles Haynes, "
John B. Clapp & Son, "
Received from State,
Amount expended,
$800 00
287 50
Artillery Co., 187 50
" " 62 50
51,550 00
1,337 50
$1,337 50
ans. to Contingencies,
12 50
EXPENDITURES. 65
MILITIA BOUNTY.
Co. A, 5th Regiment Infantry,
$1,081 64
u J) u u u
769 98
u pi" << a u
866 16
« G, 9 th <«
782 94
11 C, 1st Battalion Cavalry,
4,215 50
Expended, and reimbursed by the State, $7,716 22
MILITIA UNIFORM.
Co. A., 5th Regiment Infantry, $1,220 GO
" D, " " " 1,000 00
" H, " " " 1,000 00
" G, " " " 960 00
" C, 1st Battalion Cavalry, 2,000 00
Expended, and reimbursed by the State, $6,180 00
REBUILDING CITY HALL.
John B. Wilson, carpentry, $20,491 58
Nathaniel Shattuck, « 670 25
Washburn & Son, architects, 2,050 00
Thomas Magrath, painting, 468 69
Amount carried forward, $23,680 52
5 '
66 EXPENDITUEES.
Amount brought forward, $23,680 52
H. G. Waldron, painting, 56 48
Bailey & Gilman, gas fixtures, 400 50
George S. Bailey, " 9 25
Russell & Burke, gas governor, 125 00
Griffin Gibson, plumbing, 12 81
Prescott, Ring & Co., steam piping, 131 96
Clogston & Co., steam pipe screens, 92 85
Thomas Cunningham, steam heating apparatus, 2,891 92
Cook, Rymes & Co., iron work, • 656 29
Lewis Hunt, hardware, 1 78
Enoch R. Morse, safes, 854 00
George R. Kelso, furniture, 214 96
il " « Police Court, 334 16
Lawrence, Wilde & Co., furniture, 2,974 14
Wm. B. Moore & Son, " 58 79
Pierce, Brown & Co., " 90 00
Philander Derby, " 115 00
R. Sullivan, « 15 75
Trustees Public Library, " 200 00
Brintnall & Osgood, window fixtures, 78 75
Brintnall & Le Ferre, window elevators, 200 00
Morss & Whyte, window screens, 80 00
T. S. G, Robinson, looking glass, 8 .00
Joseph Ward & Son, restoring City paintings, 304 50
Childs, Crosby & Lane, carpeting, 2,163 50
Cyrus Wakefield, matting, 367 36
Jasper Stone, clock, 60 15
Richard Power & Son, marble work, 1,024 75
Bowker, Torrey & Co., « 5 5Q
Jotham Barry & Co., fuel, 576 00
Amount carried forward, $37,784 73
EXPENDITURES. 67
Amount brought forward,
A. E. Cutter, inkstands,
A. W. Hall, door plate,
Shedd, Chandler & Co., cambric,
H. W. Homer, repairing furniture,
William Patterson, plan case, City Engineer,
Seth W. Fuller, bell hanging,
Barker & Prince, labor on flag staff,
M. Carpenter, sundries,
Expended prior to March 1, 1869, $74,077 08
Expended since March 1, 1870, 38,508 24
$37,784 73
85
22
7
50
9
10
12
14
83
00
508
27
17
28
1
00
,508 24
Total cost, $112,585 32
Amount appropriated, 100,000 00
Deficiency, March 1, 1870, $12,585 32
STEAM HEATING, BUNKER HILL SCHOOL.
G. W. Walker & Co., contract, $6,500 00
Amount appropriated, $6,500 00
INCOME JACOB FOSS' FLAG FUND.
J. N. Devereaux, flags, $120 00
68 EXPENDITUEEB.
REPAIR OF OLD BURIAL GROUND.
Hartwell Mayers, masonry,
$1,110 70
R. R. Wiley, "
441 25
Sincere Hutchins, carpentry,
729 75
James Emery, iron "work,
5 00
Cook, Rymes & Co., "
29 00
Levi Goodnow, labor and teaming,
25 88
$2,341 58
Amount appropriated,
$2,500 00
" expended,
2,341
58
$158 42
BOW STREET WIDENING.
J. S. Whiting, damages, $6,554 00
Sarah J. McLaughlin, " 138 00
Isaac S. Foster, « 320 40
Sarah J. McLaughlin, repairing house, 310 00
L. W. Chamberlin, auctioneer services, 20 65
W. H. DeCosta, advertising, 5 50
Amount expended, $7,348 55
Betterments abated, 373 50
$7,722 05
Betterments credited, 2,207 00
r,348 55
Deficiency, March 1, 1870, $5,515 05
EXPENDITURES.
69
WARREN STREET WIDENING.
Boylston heirs, damages,
Thomas B. Harris, "
Ann Brown, "
Peter Holmes, "
F. A. Titus, « .
Lucretia Abbott, "
Tyler heirs, * „ "
Andrew Byrnes, "
Augustus Shepard, "
Joseph Junio, "
J. G-. Sanborn, "
A. H. Silvyra, "
Bailey Bros., "
S. P. Hill & Co., "
C. W. C. Association, "
R. R. Wiley, masonry,
D. S. Tucker, carpentry,
Amos Brown, "
S. & D. Richards, moving house,
Hugh Kelley, teaming,
John Donovan, "
A. J. Carter, moving furniture,
J. W. Wilson, « "
Dennis O'Brien, labor,
J. W, Simpson, auctioneer services,
L. W. Chamberlin, " «
C. S. Wason & Co., advertising,
Amount carried forward,
^8,330
00
4,364 00
6,724 00
1,387
50
1,845
00
1,112
00
721
50
318
00
800
00
600 00
300 00
25
00
100
00
100
00
50
00
252
44
624
16
300
00
15
00
43
20
28
00
8
00
4 00
51
00
20
28
15
00
1
70
$28,139 78
70 EXPENDITUE
Amount brought forward,
Heming Ericson, posting bills,
Russell & Fitch, removing night soil,
ES.
$28,154 78
17,225 40
$28,139 78
3 00
12 00
Expended,
Credited by betterments,
$28,154 78
Deficiency, March 1, 1870,
$10,929
38
DECATUR STREET WIDENING.
Asa Lenox, estate surrendered,
Joseph Burnett, " "
Timothy Brinneu, " "
Hannah Lanagan, damages,
William Cleary, "
Edward J. Kelley, "
Patrick J. Neary, "
Dennis Kelley, masonry,
Bray & Raymond, "
John Cass, carpentry,
S. & D. Richards, moving buildings,
John W. Burbeck, painting,
J. Ackerman, "
Griffin & Moran, plumbing,
Mystic Water Board, water fixtures.,
Edwards & Co., drain pipe,
George Mitchell, plastering,
Brintnall & Osgood, papering,
$1,841 88
1,529 16
3,551 33
252 00
274 80
3,900 00
2,200 00
84 00
849 75
1,413 88
26 00
229- 67
50 00
58 61
10 75
50 63
108 00
34 91
Amount carried forward,
$16,465 37
EXPENDITURES.
71
Amount brought forward, $16,465 37
L. V. Cobb, papering, 7 12
John Donovan, teaming, 54 20
Hugh Kelly, " 46 40
John Dunigan, dirt, 15 00
Michael Fitzgerald, labor, 49 00
William Gilmore,.. " 52 00
James W. Simpson, auctioneer services, 31 33
Joseph H. Hart, '« " 87 20
Wni. H. DeCosta, printing, 19 37
C. S. Wason & Co., « 9 25
$16,836 24
Amount expended, $16,836 24
Received for betterments, estates
sold, &c, 12,087 85
Deficiency, March 1, 1870,
4,748 39
AUBURN STREET LOT.
Thomas Doane, measuring for excavation,
T. & J. Doane, estimate of earth removed,
Patrick Cain, grading lot,
W. H. DeCosta, printing,
L. W. Chamberlin, auctioneer services,
Received from sale of lot,
Expended,
Trans, to City Property Acct.,
on,
$37 55
ved,
32 50
776 34
14 00
53 86
$914 25
13,327 75
914 25
5,413 50
72
EXPENDITURES.
CANAL STREET GRADING.
Patrick Nolan, earth,
R. R. Wiley, "
John Donovan, "
Patrick Cain, ."
Hugh Kelley, "
Dennis Crimmins, "
Patrick Kenuey, "
P. O'Riordon,
T. Donovan, u
Timothy Calnane, "
James McNulty, "
Richard Coleman, "
Timothy Wholly, "
John Doyle, "
Patrick Ryan, "
Wm. Quigley, "
John F. Townsend, u
Edmund Keyes, "
John Bamrick, "
J. H. Lombard, "
Daniel Manley, "
Michael Calnan, "
David Scannell, '!
Pruden & Simpson, measuring teama,
Daniel Flynn, labor,
Michael Lane, "
Jeremiah Cullinane,"
$7 80
863 55
1,216 25
197 30
3,536 10
66 45
747 70
829 00
51 60
362 50
452 75
430 10
330 75
165 00
91 00
83 25
128 75
260 25
450 00
115 25
28 50
9 75
13 75
5 00
52 00
69 30
45 00
Amount carried forward,
$10,608 65
EXPENDITURES. 73
Amount brought forward, $10,608 65
John Murray, labor, 30 00
Simonds & Lord, earth, 20 70
$10,659 35
Credited from Laying out Streets, $30,000 00
Expended, to March 1, 1870, 10,659 35
Balance, unexpended, $19,340 65
WALNUT STREET GRADING.
Patrick Cain, grading, $424 13
Deficiency, March 1, 1870, $424 13
SULLIVAN SQUARE GRADING.
Turner, Kidney & Co., grading, $3,500 00
Expended, $3,500 00
Deficiency, March 1, 1870; 253 19
3,753 19
Amount appropriated, 3,500 00
$253 19
CHELSEA BRIDGE REPAIRS.
Daniel S. Tjawrence, labor,
A. Bowlby, «
Hall Bros., lumber,
$268 25
268 25
444 31
Amount carried forward, $980 81
74 EXPENDITURES.
Amoont brought forward,
Franklin Hopkins, lumber,
Lewis Hunt, hardware,
Salem Turnpike Co., trucks, tools, etc.,
Amount expended, $1,205 95
$980
81
63
74
11
40
150
00
SALEM TURNPIKE AND CHELSEA BRIDGE.
Maiden Bridge Propr's, decree Sup. Jud. Court, $2,275 95
Salem Turnpike Co., execution, 4,855 89
T. & J. Doane, services as engineer, 281 00
W. W. Wheildon « 100 00
$7,512 84
Amount expended, $7,512 84
" appropriated, 7,098 07
Deficiency, March 1, 1870, $414 77
USE OP HYDRANTS.
Mystic Water Board, use of hydrants, $3,600
Amount appropriated, $3,600 00
WATER WORKS.
Paid on Construction account, $33,064 03
" Maintenance " . 34,604 06
WATER BONDS INTEREST.
Paid Interest on Water Loan Bonds, $57,130 00
EXPENDITURES. 75
NOTES PAYABLE.
Bunker Hill National Bank, $87,000 00
Monument " " 15,000 00
Massachusetts " " 30,000 00
Merchants " " of Boston, 40,000 00
Warren Inst, for Savings, 40,000 00
Faneuil Hall National Bank, 100,000 00
Ann F. Damon, 59,000 00
Edward Whitney, . 20,000 00
S. G. Phipps, $8,100 00
Hannah Calder, 8,000 00
J. W. Roberts & Co., 6,000 00
Jonathan Stone, 500 00
Note to order of Treasurer, 51,200 00
$464,800 00
INTEREST ACCOUNT.
Faneuil Hall National Bank,
Massachusetts " "
Merchants " "
Bunker Hill " "
Monument " "
Warren Institution for Savings,
Provident " u "
N. E. Mutual Life Ins. Co.,
Winchester Home Corporation,
Trustees Poor Fund,
Peirce Fuel Fund,
Amount carried forward, $27,502 42
$3,721
67
868
33
478
34
2,533
61
850
00
9,397
22
1,000
00
7,000
00
537
00
1,031
25
90
00
76
EXPENDITURES.
Amount brought forward,
Trustees of Schools,
D. B. Weston, Guardian,
H. M. & F. M. Wingate,
Edward Whitney,
Ann F. Damon,
Jonathan Stone,
J. W. Roberts & Co.,
Hannah Calder,
S. G. Phipps,
Brokerage and Government Tax,
Interest on County Tax,
Order of Treasurer,
City Bonds Interest,
Deficiency, March 1st, 1869,
Amount expended,
Amount appropriated, $40,000 00
Interest received, 10,246 02
Deficiency, March 1, 1870,
$27,502 42
336 00
81 00
90 00
595 00
1,635 87
8 75
33 83
335 21
286 71
1,554 17
699 42
35 00
22,606 25
$28,456 61
$55,799 63
55,799 63
$84,256 24
50,246 02
$34,010 22
A. BABCOCK'S LEGACY.
Deposited, per order of City Council, with Charles-
town Five cent savings Bank, to be added to
principal of said Legacy, that the same may
stand as named by the testator, viz. $3000, the
Government tax having been deducted there-
from,
$150 00
EXPENDITURES. 77
JACOB FOSS' BEQUESTS.
Deposited, per order of City Council, with Warren
institute for Savings, to be added to the princi-
pal of said Bequests, that same may stand as
named by the testator, viz., $4,000, — the
Government tax having been deducted there-
from, $240 00
STATE AID.
Amount paid to Volunteers and families, $17,881 45
COUNTY TREASURER.
County tax for 1868, a<i^t / fro>J . 35,852 67
STATE TREASURER.
State tax for 1869, 46,200 00
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Taxes of 1868, abated, 15,840 64
Taxes of 1869, abated, 9,600 24
Amount abated, $25,440 88
Trans, from unappropriated taxes, 7,243 65
$25,440 88
Deficiency, March 1, 1870, $18,597 23
78
EXPENDITURES.
DEBTS OF THE CITY7
February 28, 1870.
TO TTHOM DUE.
DATE,
TIME.
INTEREST.
AMOUNT.
TruBtees of Schools,
May 1,1837
Permanent,
6 per ct.
$600 00
" " .
" 22, 1848
"
6 "
5,000 00
Provident Inst. Savings,
Jan. 29, 1853
20 years,
5
• 20,000 00
Warren Inst, for Savings,
Sept. 1, 1857
"
6 "
25,000 00
Pierce Fuel Fund,
" 20, 1860
Permanent,
6 "
1,500 00
Warren Inst, for Savings,
Oct. 1, 1864
8 years,
6 "
25,000 00
N. Bng. Mut. Life Ins. Co.,
Jan. 1, 1868
3 "
7 "
50,000 00
« tt u
" 1, 1868
3 "
7 "
20,000 00
D. B. Weston, Guardian,
Feb. 26, 1S68
Demand,
6 "
900 00
Trustees of Poor Fund,
April 1, 1868
Permanent,
6 "
17,187 50
H. M. & F. M. Wingate,
Sept. 7, 1868
2 years,
6 "
1,500 00
Winchester Home Corp.
Nov. 1,1868
Demand,
6 "
7,200 00
N. Eng. Mut. Life Ins. Co.
Jan. 2, 1869
3 years,
7
30,000 00
Winchester Home Corp.
July 13, 1869
Demand,
7 "
3,000 00
Warren Inst, for Savings,
Aug. 2, 1869
1 year,
7 "
150,000 00
G. W. Warren,
Sept.20, 1869
(<
7 "
4,125 00
$361,012 50
City Loan Bonds,
Jan. 1,1853
20 years,
5 per ct.
20,000 00
Oct. 1, 1862
20 "
5 "
20,000 00
" 1, 1862
15 "
5 "
110,000 00
" 1, 1863
20 "
5 "
38,000 00
" 1, 1866
10 "
5 "
1,000 00
April 1, 1868
20 "
6 "
100,000 00
Jan. 1,1869
20 "
6 "
95,500 00
July 1,1869
20 "
6 "
44,500 00
Jan. 1,1870
20 "
6 "
26,000 00
455,000 00
Water Loan Bonds,
Oct. 1, 1862
20 years,
5 per ct.
100,000 00
' "
" 1, 1863
20 "
5 "
202,000 00
' "
" 1, 1863
30 "
5 "
6,000 00
< «
April 1, 1864
30 "
5 "
102,000 00
( ti
Oct. 1, 1864
10 "
6 "
81,000 00
( «
" 1, 1864
8 "
6 "
92,000 00
< "
April 1, 1865
20 "
6 '■
1,000 00
' "
" 1, 1865
10 "
6 "
7,000 00
< it
Oct. 1, 1865
10 "
6 "
59,000 00
t ti
April 1, 1866
20 "
6 "
35,000 00
< i<
" 1, 1866
10 "
6 "
130,000 00
< tt
Oct. 1, 1866
20 "
6 "
60,000 09
' "
" 1, 1866
15 "
6 "
26,000 00
< tt
" 1, 1866
10 "
6 "
57,000 00
( t<
April 1, 1867
10 "
6 "
11,000 00
i it
Oct. 1, 1867
20 "
6 "
50,000 00
( tt
April 1, 1868
20 "
6 "
3,000 00
$1,022,000 00
$1,838,012 50
VALUATION OF CITY PROPERTY.
79
VALUATION, TAXATION, &C, FROM 1847 TO 1869.
Real Estate.
1847.
1848.
1849.
1850.
1851.
1852.
1853.
1854.
1855.
1856.
1857 .
1858.
1859.
1860.
1861.
1862.
1863.
1864.
1865 ,
1866
1867,
1868,
1869
$6,018,690
6,363,745
6,583,000
6,783,050
7,259,400
7,546,500
7,723,900
10,010,800
10,464,800
11,135,700
11,678,400
12,070,000
12,315,200
12,518,200
12,405,400
12,692,800
12,057,200
13,233,800
13,280,600
13,619,750
16,883,200
17,441,500
17,908,500
Personal
Estate.
$2,396,455
2,376,440
2,238,100
2,064,650
1,943,300
2,070,900
2,381,900
3,198,800
2,895,500
3,026,700
3,057,600
3,024,600
3,008,100
3,181,600
3,003,100
3,506,350
5,712,000
3,892,100
4,022,400
4,577,150
6,503,200
7,282,100
7,760,000
Total.
$8,415,145
. 8,740,185
8,821,100
8,847,700
9,202,700
9,617,400
10,105,800
13,209,600
13,360,300
14,162,400
14,736,000
15,094,600
15,323,300
15,699,800
15,408,500
16,199,150
18,669.200
17,125,900
17,303,000
18,196,900
23,386,400
24,723,600
25,668,500
Amount
Taxed.
$68,899 15
105,173 10
84,671 40
90,729 42
94,000 92
95,377 32
107,521 50
102,886 20
116,152 96
125,846 16
144,279 30
136,169 90
147,561 63
149,612 70
155,904 60
166,443 84
195,380 16
252,164 24
332,856 67
332,491 44
394,631 00
380,965 38
446,578 80
Rate.
Polls.
$7 60
11 40
9 00
9 60
9 60
9 30
10 00
7 30
8 20
8 40
9 30
8 30
9 00
9 00
9 60
9 60
9 80
13 60
19 60
17 60
16 50
14 80
16 80
3296
3690
3521
3861
3707
3957
4309
4302
4399
4588
4823
5016
5001
5543
5322
5466
6211
5753
5767
6113
6556
752S
7674
80 EXPENDITURES.
SCHEDULE AND VALUATION
OP THE
PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CITY.
City Hall Building, Land and Furniture, $140,000 00
Lot of Land no Medford street, 16,875 feet, 6,500 00
" Bunker Hill street, 2,000 00
" and Buildings, Richmond street, 5,000 00
Ledge and Lane on Cambridge Road, 2,000 00
Water Lot on Medford street, 7,000 00
Almshouse Estate, Buildings, Furniture, Stock, etc., 40,000 00
High School House, Monument square, 26,500 00
Winthrop School-house, Bunker Hill street, 21,000 00
Harvard School-house, Harvard street, 18,000 00
Warren School-house, Summer street, 92,000 00
Hunker Hill School-house, Baldwin street, 80,000 00
Bunker Hill Primary School-house, Bunker Hill St., 15,000 00
Common Street Building, Primary Schools, 18,000 00
Prescott Schosl-house, Elm street, 38,000 00
Primary School-house, Bow street, four Schools, 5,000 00
" " Cross street, two Schools, 2,400 00
" " Bunker Hill street, No. 1, 1,500 00
" " Mead street, 10,000 00
Amount carried forward, $152,900 00
VALUATION OP CITY PROPERTY.
81
Amount brought forward,
Primary School-house, Medford street,
u a u
" " Kingston street,
" " Moulton "
" " Sullivan "
" " Soley "
$529,900 00
500 00
500 00
2,500 00
11,750 00
2,500 00
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
600 00
5,000 00
1,500 00
1,500 00
15,000 00
3,500 00
400 00
4,725 00
700 00
15,000 00
1,000 00
500 00
1,000 00
26,641 05
Military Articles, Weights and Measures,
Hose House, Ward Koom and Land, Main street,
" and Land, Main street, at Neck,
" " Bunker Hill street,
Engine House and Land, Elm street,
Five Hose Carriages and Hose,
Furniture in Fire Department Buildings,
Steam Fire Engine " Mystic," No. 2,
Two Horses for Steam Fire Engines,
Fire Alarm Telegraph,
Hooks, Ladders and Carriages,
Tomb Lots in Old Burial Ground,
Flats appurtenant to Old Burial Ground,
Notes receivable,
Horses, Carts, Harnesses, etc., in care of Supt.
streets,
Gravel Land in Maiden,
" Chelsea,
Water Works,
2,500 00
966 00
1,725 00
1,000,000 00
$1,645,907 05
EEPOET
SECRETAEI OF OVERSEER OF POOR.
REPORT.
To the City Council:
Gentlemen : — Although, in the history of our city, the rights
and privileges of the Overseers of the Poor have been somewhat
abridged, and no annual report relative to their department has
been made by them, other than what appears in the usual
statement of the Receipts and Expenditures of the City for each
financial year, yet we feel it to be our duty to make a report
more in detail of the working of that department of which our
citizens have placed us in charge, and of the full and just ex-
penses of which they should be fully apprised. And believing
that our doing so will meet the approval of your honorable
body, we most respectfully submit the following
REPORT.
"With the natural increase of our population, there is necessa-
rily a corresponding increase in the care and expense incident
to this department. Our former system of keeping the accounts
was changed January 1, 1869, after careful and mature con-
sideration, and a method, more perfect in its working, and more
suitable for the enlarged and varied expenditures which we are
called upon to make, was adopted in its stead. By this new
system, every disbursement is receipted for, a duplicate of the
REPORT. 85
same retained in the office of the Secretary, an account opened
with every person upon whom an order is drawn, the city
debited for the amount, and again the city, town, or individual
liable therefor, charged with the same. The adoption of this
new system, so minute in all its particulars, has, as may natur-
ally be supposed, largely increased the duties of the Secretary,
yet, at the same time, a great satisfaction is experienced in
knowing, beyond a doubt, of its clear and perfect working.
The amounts due from oth .r towns and cities for disburse-
ment's made to persons resident in this City, whose support is
chargeable upon such towns and cities, were formerly paid to
the Secretary, and in turn were paid out by him to towns, cities
and individuals having claims upon the Department, for support
of persons, chargeable to the city; the deficiency, if any existed,
being charged to the regular appropriation. With exception
of such deficiency, the account of these receipts and payments
were kept separate and distinct from the expenditures of the
appropriation annually granted to this department by the City
Council, and did not appear in the yearly statement of its
receipts and expenses. Under the new system of accounts now
adopted, all moneys received by this Department, from whatever
sources, are at once paid into the hands of the City Treasurer,
and by him all disbursements in behalf of the Department are
made. This radical change of system will therefore and neces-
sarily show an apparent, though not a real, increase in the ex-
penses of the Department.
The whole number of families relieved by the Board, during
the year, was 323, of which 85 were families of soldiers of the
Ifejte war. 1304 orders for groceries, provisions, fuel or clothing,
have been issued, amounting to $3,921.88, and 288 orders have
been drawn on the City Treasurer, for the relief of such persons
as the Board deemed proper to receive cash, amounting in all to
$1,294.50. The Board has also expended, during the year, for
86 EEPORT.
medicine and medical attendance, the sum of $1,179.62. The
aggregate of these three sums shows $6,396.00 as the total
amount expended for the relief of families in this city, outside
of the almshouse.
The relief furnished to families and individuals out of the city
has become quite an important feature of the expense of the
Department, particularly that for the support of insane persons ;
which, for the past year, was, for those at the Worcester Hospi-
tal, $1,267.40, and to the Commonwealth, for support of insane
persons and convicts at the State Workhouse, $1,036.23. We
have had during the year one family in each of the towns of
Lynn, Medford, Cambridge, Wakefield, Somerville, five in Bos-
ton, and one person in the Mass. General Hospital. The total
amount paid for the relief of persons out of the city was $2,-
982.81, and for persons outside of the Almshouse, $9,378.81,
which of course includes the preceding sum.
An inquiry might properly be made for the reason of this
large outside expenditure, when we have, at great expense, built
and are maintaining an Almshouse, where the persons and fam-
ilies relieved can go and be supported at less expense to the
city. Our reply would be, that the city might reduce its pecu-
niary outlay by such a course. But in return we should ask :
"what shall we do with the indigent families of 85 soldiers, to
whom a part of this relief is afforded, and to whom a solemn
pledge was given, that if they would go and defend our homes
and property, their families should be provided for in time of
need?" Certainly no offence has been committed for which they
should be thus dealt with, and we believe it much better to pur-
sue a course as far as possible to prevent pauperism, rather than
to increase it, and very few ought to be deprived of their lib-
erty by sending them to an Almshouse.
The medical department appears to us as claiming the atten-
tion of the City Council, and we hope that, at an early day, they
BEPORT. 87
will establish the office of City Physician, and appoint a suitable
person to discharge the duty we owe to our unfortunate poor
when sick. We are confirmed in our opinion on this point from
the fact that in the year 1865 the Overseers paid for medical re-
lief, out of their appropriation, $136.78; in 1866, $197.09 ; in
1867, $229.97 j in 1868, $650.39 ; and in 1869, $1,179.62. We
think a large per cent, of the above might be saved to the city
by the establishment of said office. Being zealous to act in a
prudent and judicious manner, in the discharge of the difficult
and delicate duties we are called upon to perform, we believe
our course has been such as meets the approval of our citizens
generally.
Being aware of the many impositions practised upon our
charitable institutions and citizens, we have met such imposition
and dealt with it in a manner due to the offence, but in no case
has the worthy applicant been sent from the office when justice
to those we represent would allow us to grant the desired
assistance.
When we reflect that many mechanics and laborers are
attracted to our city in the hope of finding employment ; that in
many cases they find themselves disappointed in their object,
and that applications have been made by such for fuel to make
the first fire in their newly acquired tenements ; we believe that
our expenditures will not be regarded as excessive, but as
comparing very favorably with those of any other city in the
Commonwealth.
Cash on hand, March 1, 1869, $238 73
Amount appropriated for expense of Department, 11,600 00
« « " medical relief, 1,000 00
" collected from various cities, towns, etc., 4,983 50
$17,822 23
88 REPOKT.
The gross expense for the year has been, amount
of Pay Rolls from 1 to 12 inclusive, $17,166 36
Cash on hand, March 1, 1870, 655 87
$17,822 23
Deduct amount received from cities,
towns, etc., $4,983 50
Deduct amount cash on hand, March
1, 1870, 655 87
5,639 37
Showing the net expense of Department to be, $12,182 86
By the above exhibit, it will be seen that our gross expenses
have been $17,166.36, while the actual net expense has been
but $12,182.86.
Good health has generally prevailed at our Almshouse, and
with our excellent Superintendent and Matron, the inmates have
enjoyed the quiet of home. Many expressions of gratitude
have been made for the comforts, and liberal provision made by
the city for their enjoyment. Our average number in the house
the past year has been forty-one — less than thirty of whom are
a legal charge to this city. The buildings are in good con-
dition, and, aside from a coat of whitewash or paint, will not
require any considerable amount of repairs for many years.
We may be allowed, however, to hope that the wisdom of our
City Council will, as a matter of safety and economy, introduce
steam for heating purposes.
Of the three hundred and twenty-three families relieved in
this city, thirty-six of the cities and towns in the State are rep-
resented by one or more families residing with us, the whole
number of such families being one hundred and eleven. And it
gives us pleasure to bear testimony to the cordial manner in
which we have been met by the Overseers of Poor of such
EEPORT. 89
cities and towns, as also for the prompt payment of their bills,
on account of 1869, for such assistance as we have furnished
their poor. We regret that those under whose authority we
act have not paid in a like prompt manner for relief we have
rendered to State paupers, fifty-four families of which have been
assisted by this city, and by Statutes of 1865, Chap. 162, we are
entitled to reimbursement from the State for aid furnished, for
an amount not exceeding six dollars per week. Forty-eight
families are aliens, for whose relief the city can claim no return,
save the blessing of those that consider the poor. One hundred
and ten families are a legal charge to this city, or about one
third of the total number relieved. We have buried twenty-
nine persons, of whom only six were a charge to this city ;
twenty, persons have been sent to the State Almshouse, one to
his native State, and one to the workhouse at Bridgewater.
We have thus briefly passed over the operations of the Board
for the year, by which it will be observed that nearly two thirds
of our work in the city has been for other than our own poor,
and a corresponding proportion of the expense has been the
result. But as the city receives back a considerable amount,
we think no occasion exists for complaint.
Respectfully submitted,
DAVID B. WESTON,
Secretary and Agent Board of Overseers of Poof*
90 KEPORT.
In Board of Mayor and Aldermen, April 4, 1870.
Report accepted, and Ordered, that' the same be printed with
the Annual Statement of the City Treasurer, — the expense to
be charged to Appropriation for Contingencies.
Sent down for concurrence.
DANIEL WILLIAMS, City Clerk.
Concurred,
In Common Council, April 5, 1870.
JOHN T. PRIEST, Clerk.
CHIEF ENGINEER'S REPORT.
Engineer's Office, March 1, 1870.
To His Honor the Mayor, and City Council : —
Gentlemen, — Section 6th of the Rules and Regulations of
the Fire Department, requires the Chief Engineer, annually, in
the month of March, to make a detailed report of the condition
of the several companies in the Department, with the age, occu-
pation and residence of members ; also of the houses and appara-
tus ; also the cost of maintaining the same ; also all losses and
accidents that may occur within the city by fire ; also the num-
ber and description of the buildings and other property destroyed
or injured, the amount of insurance thereon, and names of the
owners as near as can be ascertained ; also the number of res-
ervoirs and hydrants where water can be obtained. And in
conformity to this section, I respectfully make the following
report : —
FORCE AND CONDITION OF THE DEPARTMENT.
The force of the Department is as follows : A Chief Engineer
and four Assistants, four hose companies of twenty men each,
one steam engine and hose company of twenty-three men (in-
cluding the engineer, fireman and driver, who are permanent
men), one hook-and-ladder company of thirty men, — in all
one hundred and thirty-eight men. The companies have been
in good condition the past year, and have had in their charge
five four-wheeled hose carriages, two steam fire engines, and
one hook-and-ladder truck.
92 CHIEF engineer's report.
The companies have all been prompt and efficient, and have
merited the approbation and confidence of the citizens generally,
which has been cheerfully given ; and I think that in no year o
the Charlestown Fire Department has there been so little cause
of complaint with the firemen from any cause whatever. And
in this connection I would say, I hope the City Council will be
liberal and just with the Department in all their reasonable re-
quests, and in return, that the Department will continue so to
conduct themselves as to merit the respect of the City Council
and of the citizens generally.
HOUSES.
The houses of the several companies are in good condition
with the exception of those of Hose Companies Nos. 2 and 4.
The former is in very bad condition, and a disgrace to the
city. Last year it was condemned by the Committee on City
Property as not worth repairing, and at the present time it is
much worse than ever before. It leaks badly, and the company
can hardly preserve their furniture and other property from
destruction. The wood-work in the carriage-room is badly
rotted. I would respectfully call your immediate attention to
the need of a new house for this company.
The house of No. 4 is in bad condition, and should be
immediately attended to. The bell tower should be taken
off and the roof made tight ; then the building would be in fair
condition, after some repairs inside. The matter will probably
come before the Engineers at their annual inspection.
APPARATUS.
Within the past year we have had our usual complement oi
fires and alarms', but I think that the cost of running the appara-
tus has been much less than any former year. At the pres-
ent time the several carriages are in very good condition, with
CHIEF ENGINEER'S REPORT. 93
the exception of the steamer's carriage. This needs some
extensive repairs, and will at the proper time receive the atten-
tion of the Board of Engineers.
In my last report I called the attention of the City Council
to the need of a new hook-and-ladder truck, to be stationed
at the upper part of the city. Although my suggestions were
backed up by a large petition of property -holders, yet the City
Council deemed it inexpedient to put another company into ser-
vice last year, as they were expending so much for the Fire
Alarm ; but with the continual growing of our city, the Board
of Engineers would still call your attention to the need of
another truck and company. In connection with building a
Ward Room for Ward Three, a company can be accommodated
with the same, with a little additional expense to the city.
HOSE.
There is in service in the Department sixty-two hundred feet
of leather hose, and twenty-one hundred feet of Boyd's patent
hose.
Of the leather, twenty-five hundred feet is in good condition,
and thirty-seven hundred in ordinary ; the latter is getting old
and not reliable. I would recommend the purchase of one
thousand feet of Boyd's hose, at once ; this will make a com-
plement for three hose companies to run. At the present time,
Hose Company No. 3, and the Steamer Hose Company, are
running Boyd's hose with the Springfield coupling. This hose
is all in good condition ; and I think that they would not be
willing to exchange for leather. It is not so liable to freeze in
cold weather, and is not so expensive to keep in order, as no
oil is used, and it only needs washing and proper drying. The
Springfield coupling is liked as well, or better, as when put
into service. It has always been reliable.
94 CHIEF ENGINEER'S REPORT.
FIRE ALARM.
Last year the City Council passed an order to put into service
the American Fire Alarm Telegraph, and the Committee on
Fire Department contracted with Messrs. Gamewell & Co., of
New York, to put it in operation. It is at the present time at-
tached to the St. Francis De Sales Church bell, the St. John's
Church bell, to a new bell put upon the Winthrop School-house,
and now to the bell formerly on the Steamer's house, on Lock-
wood Brothers' building, at the Neck. There are eighteen
boxes or stations in different parts of the city- where the alarm
can be given from. A list of boxes and places where keys are
kept accompanies this report. So far, with a few exceptions,
for which no fault can be found with the contractors, it has
worked satisfactorily; and any one that takes the trouble to
ascertain for himself, can but notice the difference in time that is
made by the department in arriving at fires ; and, of course, the
prompt arrival of the department has been the means of making
the losses much less than they would have been without a
prompt alarm. The Board of Engineers have petitioned to the
City Council for two bells, one to be placed on the City Hall,
and one on the Warren School-house. The petition has been
granted, and contracts made for the bells, and for towers for
the same. They think that when these bells are completed
and placed in position, the citizens will be pleased with
the telegraph, and satisfied that it is a great advantage for
the Fire Department, and a great saving in losses by fire. At
any rate, in no place where it has been introduced would the
people part with it. The cost of the first contract was about
$10,000, and an appropriation of $5,300 has been made to
cover the cost of the new bells and towers. The cost of
the bell and tower on the City Hall is quite a large propor-
tion of the last-named sum, but it was thought advisable by the
CHIEF ENGINEER'S REPORT. 95
Committee on Public Property to make additions to the tower
on City Hall, in order to make the Hall look better, — or rather
the top of the building. So the cost of this tower cannot be
charged as actual cost of the telegraph. It is hoped by the
Board of Engineers that this will be all that is necessary in the
construction of the telegraph, although the citizens of Ward
Three are very anxious to have a bell put upon the Bunker Hill
School-house. If this is carried out, it will be necessary to add
to the cost of it. I think that the Board of Engineers in making
their next Annual Report, will be able to make a satisfactory
one in regard to the Fire Alarm Telegraph.
ACCIDENTS.
There have been no fatal accidents the past year, although
there have been quite a number of narrow escapes. At an
alarm of fire on the evening of July 1st, Mr. George M. Bar-
nard, a member of the Howard S. F. E. Co., was injured by a
ladder, but not seriously. He was taken in charge by the Char-
itable Association of the Fire Department.
On the night of August 16th, at the fire on Dorrence street,
Mr. Charles Kimball, of the Bunker Hill Hose Co., was badly
injured in the leg, by falling, while in the discharge of his duty
as a hoseman. He was for some time under the care of the
Charitable Association.
At the fire on the afternoon of the 23d of February, the
boiler of the Howard Engine collapsed, and the engine was
upset and badly damaged. By this accident the engineer of
the steamer, Mr. Albert C. Smith, was injured, and the fire-
man, Isaac W. Brackett, was seriously injured, having his leg
badly broken, his back badly burned, and his whole system
shattered. He is at present getting along comfortably, and we
have every hope for his final recovery. A boy by the name of
J. McGurk was badly burnt and had his head cut open ; also a
96 chief engineer's report.
boy by tbe name of Cbarles Prescott was somewhat injured in
the face and around the head. Some others were slightly hurt,
and it wa3 very providential that no more were injured, for if the
engine had blown up while working with a heavy head of steam,
much more sad must have been the results. The engine was
very badly injured ; so much so that the Board of Engineers rec-
ommend the sale of her, and that a new second-class double
engine be purchased in her stead. A special report of the ac-
cident was made by the Committee on Fire Department by the
direction of the City Council.
The Charitable Association is now in the third year of its
organization, and has been the means of helping worthy and
needy men who have been injured in performing their duty as
firemen and citizens, and as its funds are now being drawn upon,
it should receive the early attention of those of our citizens
that are always ready to help the unfortunate and worthy.
FINANCES.
The amount expended for the Fire Department, for years
1868 and '9, was nine thousand two hundred ninety-five dollars
and thirty-three cents ; and the amount appropriated and received
by the sale of old material, etc., was nine thousand five hun-
dred and fifty-six dollars and twenty-one cents, leaving a
balance in favor of the Department of two hundred and sixty-
one dollars and eighty-eight cents. This is a gratifying result
to the Board of Engineers, as I have no doubt it is to the
citizens generally. The amount of duty has been more than
the preceding year, but the cost of the Department has been
less ; and if we add the cost of the Fire Alarm to the running
expenses of the Department, we cannot make the cost of our
Department so much as that of many cities in the State and else-
where. At the beginning of the year 1869, the deficiency
against the Department was two thousand and eighty dollars and
CHIEF ENGINEER'S REPORT. 97
seventy-one cents, from which we deduct the sum of one thou-
and dollars (appropriation made by the last City Council, for
deficiency), and to that add two hundred and sixty-one dollars
and eighty-eight cents (balance of this year's appropriation),
making the deficiency against the Fire Department, March 1,
1870, only eight hundred and eighteen dollars and eighty-three
cents, against two- thousand and eighty dollars and seventy-
one cents on March 1, 1869. For the three years ending
March 1, 1870, the deficiency against the Department is only
eighty-four dollars and fifteen cents.
FIRES AND ALARMS.
The number of fires and alarms has been increased over
those of 1868 and '9, but the actual loss has not been in
proportion to the number of fires. The whole number of fires
and alarms has been eighty; an increase of nineteen over 1868.
The whole or part of the Department has been in service thirty-
three times, and by the balance of alarms the Department was
called out twenty-two times needlessly, fifteen times by slight
fires, and ten times by fires out of the city.
Of the actual fires, twenty-two are attributed to incendiaries,
and eleven to accidents. Assistance has been rendered once at
Somerville, and once at Cambridge. The whole amount of loss
was $66,455 ; whole amount of insurance, $52,565 ; leaving
a loss of $13,880 above the insurance. I think that the
amount of loss, considering the number of fires, will com-
pare favorably with any other city in the State; and that the
result comes from the promptness and efficiency of the Fire
Department, no one will undertake to deny. And the ser-
vices of the Department are appreciated by the citizens gener-
ally.
98 chief engineer's repoet.
RESERVOIRS AND HYDRANTS.
There are forty reservoirs, one hundred and twelve Lowry
hydrants and thirty-six Flush hydrants, where water can be ob-
tained in case of fire. Their location accompany this report.
SPARE LADDERS AND APPARATUS.
There are ladders placed on the several school-houses and
on the City Hall, in good order, in case of fire.
There is at the Poor Farm one two-wheeled jumper with
three hundred and fifty feet of servicable hose, in case of fire on
the premises. There is also one two-wheeled jumper, when
not in service, stored at the City building on Winthrop Street.
Also, five hose sleighs for winter service, in good order.
CONCLUSION.
Before closing my report, I wish to thank his Honor the
Mayor, and the City Council, for their kind support the past
year. To the Committee on Fire Department, especially, I
would tender my thanks for their valuable advice and as
sistance on many occasions ; and their frequent presence at the
meetings of the Board of Engineers has been the means of pro-
moting a good feeling between the Fire Department and the
City Council, thereby greatly promoting the efficiency of the
Department.
To the officers and members of the Department: I cannot let
^his opportunity pass without again presenting them my thanks
for their gentlemanly and good behavior, and prompt obedience
to orders of the Board ; and I hope the good feelings between
the several companies will still continue.
To the officers and members of the Police force, for their
prompt and valuable assistance at all times, I would return
my sincere thanks.
CHIEF ENGINEER'S REPORT. 99
To the members of the Board of Engineers associated with
me I can only say, that their kind attentions and hearty support
is appreciated by me, and whatever success I have met with the
three past years is mainly due to their valuable and energetic
efforts, and the prompt responses to every order by the several
companies of the Fire Department.
And in taking leave of you and the Department, I can only
say, if you all meet with the same kindness that I have, your
success is insured.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
GEORGE E. ROGERS,
Chief Engineer,
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CHIEF ENGINEER'S REPORT.
COMMITTEE ON FIRE DEPARTMENT
For the Year 1870.
Alderman Samuel R. Brintnall, Chairman.
" Thomas B. Harris,
Councilman John McLoud,
" Nathan E. Glines,
" Enos Varnet.
BOARD OF ENGINEERS.
Chief Engineer.
Age.
Residence,
Occupation. Badge
George E. Rogers,
38
44 Austin St.,
Teamster, Chief.
Assistant Engineers.
1st, Israel P. Magoon,
43
9 Haverhill St.,
Ship Carpenter, A.
2d, "William E. Delano,
37
46 School St.,
Clerk, B.
3d, John Bartlett,
41
5 Pine St.,
Engineer, C.
4th, Edward E. Turner,
30
25 Prescott St.,
Secretary.
Carver, D„
William E. Delano.
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EED JACKET HOSE COMPANY No. 1.
House, Main Street.
Foreman.
Age.
Residence.
Occupation. I
tadge.
George J. Moore,
26
50 Park St.,
Brakeman,
1
Assistant.
Thomas W. Paine,
25
68 Eussell St.,
Saloon keeper,
14
Secretary.
John S. Tuck,
24
57 Eussell St.,
Expressman,
12
Treasurer.
Wm. W. Bullock,
27
273 Main St.,
Teamster,
19
George H. Huff,
22
300 Main St.,
Blacksmith,
7
Winslow S. Oakruan,
40
50 Elm St.,
Expressman,
10
Albert Sanderson,
22
5 Hull's Court,
Teamster,
13
George W. Barry,
24
Main St.,
Teamster,
11
William D. Lander,
28
13 Lyndeboro St.,
Sailmaker,
8
George S. Winslow,
30
1 Walker's Wharf,
Teamster,
16
John Silva,
22
4 Exeter Place,
Lather,
15
Henry G. Dwight,
23
3 Jackson St.,
Teamster,
2
Frank E. Delano,
26
46 School St.,
Clerk,
5
Augustus Wilson,
44
12 Lawrence St.,
Carpenter,
4
James L. Dalton,
22
13 No. Mead St.,
Plumber,
3
Ered Sanderson,
24
5 Mill St.,
Teamster,
9
Albert C. Abbott,
29
19 Eden St.,
Fireman,
17
Daniel Weston,
30
113 Main St.,
Painter,
20
Erederick Stickley,
29
8 Phipps St.,
Carver,
6
David E. Torrey,
29
342 Main St.,
Carpenter,
18
Twenty members.
List of Property belonging to City in charge of Company.
1 four-wheeled carriage, built by Wm. Williams, N. Y., in
good order; 1 hydrant chuck, 3 fire hats, 3 hose pipes, 4
lanterns, 8 settees, 16 chairs, 2 stoves and pipe, 1 copper
boiler, 2 water pails, broom, spanners, wrenches, hose ropes,
gas fixtures in hall and engine room, 1 hose sleigh, 25 feet hand
rubber hose, 1000 feet leading hose, 20 keys and badges.
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BUNKER HILL HOSE CO. No. 2.
House, Main street.
Foreman.
Age.
Residence.
Occupation.
Badge.
Leonard McKinley,
38
12 Belmont St.,
Fish Dealer,
32
Assistant.
George A. Caldwell,
22
32 Cambridge St.,
Teamster,
33
Secretary.
Lorenzo B. Kimball,
24
98 Cambridge St.,
Teamster,
24
Treasurer.
,
John Gardner,
53
593 Main St.,
Carpenter,
26
George E. Tyler,
37
15 Seaver St.,
Expressman,
21
Charles L. Kimball,
44
575 Main St.,
Clerk,
22
Joseph W. Welch,
51
16 Charles St.,
Blacksmith,
38
John Howard,
62
59 Russell St.,
Carpenter,
27
Isaac F. Phillips,
46
7 Bunker Hill Ct.,
Painter,
28
"William Eernald,
46
1 Canal St.,
Carpenter,
25
Oliver Dickson, Jr.,
37
60 Pearl St.,
Teamster,
36
Thaddeus P. Dickson,
32
26 Cambridge St.,
Wheelwright,
34
William E. Story,
39
6 Bunker Hill Ct.,
Painter,
23
Bernard Eiley,
29
536 Medford St.,
Teamster,
37
Kilby J. Paine,
42
28 Sullivan St.,
Painter,
39
William Welch,
23
65 Austin St.,
Carver,
29
Charles Jennings,
22
372 Bunker Hill St.,
Teamster,
35
John Clifford,
29
Rear 566 Main St.,
Laborer,
30
Charles Ray,
22
Rear 10 Quincy St.,
Cabinet Maker.
. 3T
Wm. F. Caldwell,
21
32 Cambridge St.,
Baker,
40
Twenty members.
List of Property belonging to City in charge of Company.
1 four-wheeled carriage, built by C. E. Hartshorn, N. Y.; in
good condition ; 2 hydrant chucks and wrench, 3 hose pipes,
3 lanterns, 6 hose caps, 6 belts and spanners, 6 hose ropes,
1 goose neck, 1 stove and pipe, coal hod and shovel, 1 iron
1 broom, 1 water-pot, 1 copper boiler, 2 buckets, 1 steel shovel,"
50 feet rubber hose, 1000 feet leading hose.
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WASHINGTON HOSE COMPANY, No. 3.
House, Harvard Street.
Foreman.
Age.
Residence.
Occupation. "
Badge.
Nath. E. Abbott,
37
41 Main St.,
Letter Carrier,
49
Assistant.
David E. McNulty,
26
35 Moulton St.,
Carver,
41
Secretary.
P. J. Donnovan,
21
6 School St.,
Teamster,
47
Treasurer.
Elias Crafts, Jr.,
62
20 Albion Ct.,
Merchant,
57
Taos. E. Smith,
35
52 Union St.,
Engineer,
54
Geo. H. Gardner,
32
41 Main St.,
Blacksmith,
60
Chas. A. Page,
27
29 Pearl St.,
Clerk,
58
Charles H. Bridges,
24
16 Belmont St.,
Machinist,
51
Ashael Q. Clark,
30
3 Blaben Ct.,
Printer,
52
John McNulty,
22
41 Main St.,
Morocco Dresser, 42
James Turnbull,
25
11 Monument St.,
Cooper,
43
Benj. Brintnall,
38
35 Lawrence St.,
Clerk,
56
Chas. L. Kendall,
23
54 Baldwin St.,
Polisher,
59
Andrew J. McDonough,
22
54Eichmond St.,
Porter,
45
P. T. Flemming,
25
3 Chapman PL,
Currier,
44
Wm. E. Bridgett,
21
10 Wood St.,
Salesman,
50
Michael McCafferty,
28
50 Monument St.,
Bolter,
48
Louis H. Eisner,
24
20 Mt. Vernon St.,
Merchant,
53
Eighteen members.
List of Property belonging to City in charge of Company.
1 four-wheeled carriage, built by C. E. Hartshorn, N. Y., in
good order; 1 sleigh, 1 boiler, 3 water pails, sponge and
chamois, 1 stove and pipe, 1 wheel jack, 15 cane bottom chairs,
1 iron shovel, 1 crow bar, 6 fire caps, 15 feet rubber hand
hose, 1 hydrant chuck, pipes, wrenches, hose ropes, &c. ; 1000
feet leading hose, 20 keys and badges.
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ERANKLIN HOSE COMPANY No. 4.
House, Bunker Hill street.
Age,
Residence.
Occupation. Bi
idge.
Foreman.
Maurice Mead,
30
6 Decatur St.,
Teamster,
61
Assistant.
Lawrence Colbert,
26
3 Decatur St.,
Rope maker,
73
Secretary.
George Getchell,
23
20 Chelsea St.,
Carpenter,
75
Treasurer.
B. E. Stacy,
35
43 Vine St.,
Druggist,
62
John Sleeper,
26
19 Elm St.,
Calker,
76
Richard Coleman,
24
30 Wapping St.,
Laborer,
63
Erank Turnbul.,
27
16 Moulton St.,
Cooper,
64
Michael Carroll,
23
28 Joiner St.,
Painter,
74
John M. Uart,
24
40 Chelsea St.,
Barber,
65
Thomas Dunn,
25
106 Bunker Hill St.,
Teamster,
66
William Bass,
28
70 Bunker Hill St.,
Teamster,
68
John Slavin,
22
3 Decatur St.,
Rope maker,
70
Harry Wyman,
28
71 Medford St.,
Engineer,
72
Melvin Heath,
21
76 Medford St.,
Cabinet maker,
69
James Shephard,
22
42 Lexington St.,
Laborer,
71
James Murphy,
23
16 Cottage St.,
Marble cutter,
77
James Lewis,
22
12 Lexington St.,
Rigger,
79
Wm. H. Doyle,
23
23 Moulton St.,
Carver,
78
William J. Jordan,
33
3 Jackson St.,
Junk dealer,
80
Chas. Almeder,
24
Henley St.,
Painter,
67
Twenty members.
List of Property belonging to City in charge of Company.
1 carriage, built by O. E. Hartshorn, N. Y., in good condition ;
1 copper boiler, 1 table, 1 chandelier, 1 stove and pipe, 12 chairs,
5 settees, 50 feet of rubber hose, 1 wheel jack, 6 fire caps,
1 hydrant chuck, pipes, wrenches, hose ropes, spanners, &c. ;
1000 feet leading hose, 1 hose sleigh, 20 keys and badges.
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MASSACHUSETTS HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY No. 1.
House
, Winthrop street.
Foreman.
John Loiier,
Age.
34
Residence.
34 Pleasant St.,
Occupation. Badge.
Carriage builder,112
Assistant.
Joseph P. Jepson,
30
31 Lawrence St.,
Jig Sawyer,
126
Secretary.
Thos. H. Pike,
31
63 Austin St.,
Spar maker,
127
Treasurer.
Geo. Williamson,
37
41 SoleySt.,
Ship joiner,
110
Geo. B. Edmancls,
32
18 Chapman St.,
Tinsmith,v
101
Daniel E. Beckford,
42
13 Eden St.,
Merchant,
104
Chas. E. Cutter,
30
20 Lexington St.,
Teamster,
102
William Selby,
- 33
21 Harvard Sq.,
Painter,
108
Seth A. Rogers,
32
40 Pleasant St.,
City sealer,
119
James K. Stevens,
30
38 Pleasant St.,
Teamster,
123
John Berry,
36
2 Church St.,
Upholsterer,
121
William Wright,
27
7 Winthrop St.,
Painter,
118
James P. Burnett, Jr.,
23
27 Pearl St.,
Teamster,
128
Thomas W. Strand,
26
92 Main St.,
Clerk,
116
Wm. Coggswell,
22
72 Warren St.,
Blacksmith,
130
John H. Turnbull,
24
Farm St.,
Joiner,
120
James H. Reed,
23
Winthrop St.,
Plumber,
115
Wm. H. Conn,
22
10 Chestnut St.,
Hack driver,
122
Chas. H. Risley,
23
3 Tufts PL,
Teamster,
114
Wm. F. Butler,
32
27 Decatur St.,
Teamster,
105
Frank D. Woodbury,
21
15 Erving PL,
Clerk,
124
Walter Blanchard,-
22
55 Sullivan St.,
Milkman,
125
Stephen W. Fletcher,
32
19 Cottage St.,
Carpenter,
129
John Mears,
22
44 Russell St.,
Carpenter,
103
Dan'l. W. Carney,
21
2 Marion Ct.,
Cabinet maker,
111
C. H. Marshell,
22
70 Bunker Hill St.,
Cabinet maker,
117
Albert C. Lynn,
22
19 Marion St.,
Cabinet maker,
109
George Warren,
21
6 Exeter Place,
Carpenter,
106
Wm. A. Churchill,
23
22 Belmont St.,
Teamster,
107
George E. Cutler,
22
52 Harvard St.,
Confectioner,
113
30 members.
List of Property belonging to City in charge of Company.
1 hook and ladder carriage complete, built by Hittenger &
Cook; 2 stoves and pipe, 2 tables, 26 chairs, 1 boiler, 1 wash
bowl, 5 fire caps, 50 ft. of rubber hand hose, 30 keys and badges.
3
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HOWARD STEAMER AND HOSE COMPANY No. 1.
House, Elm street.
Foreman.
James W. Poor,
Age
28
Residence.
12 Tremont St.,
Occupation. B
Assessor,
adge.
Assistant.
Wm. Whittemore,
29
3 Eden St. Ct.,
Int. Revenue,
Hack driver,
90
91
Secretary.
Ezra B. Kenan,
25
154 Chelsea St.,
-Letter carrier,
87
Treasurer.
Marcellus Carpenter,
45
28 Green St.,
Merchant,
84
George W. Barnard,
24
3 Brown's Ct.,
Grocer,
97
John L. Rogers,
24
34 Allston St.,
Chair varnisher,
100
JoknS. Linscott,
23
17 Bartlett St.,
Expressman,
89
T. H. Wright,
25
66 Green St.,
Blacksmith,
82
T. J. Whittemore,
31
8 Cross St.,
Joiner,
88
Israel F. Crafts,
24
4 Mead St. Ct.,
Teamster,
96
Geo. M. Wilkins,
77
Warren St.,
Porter,
92
James W. Clark,
24
43 School St.,
Clerk,
93
Charles Miller,
35
39 Bow St.,
Engineer,
94
Charles E. Hayden,
23
14 Cross St.,
Calker,
95
Thos. H. Burbeck,
23
Bunker Hill St.,
Bolter,
81
Wm. H. Dennis,
23
17 Tufts St.,
Laborer,
85
Benj. Williams, Jr.,
17 members.
21
84 Elm St.,
Machinist,
86
PERMANENT MEN.
Albert C. Smith,
Engineer, I. W.
Brackett, Fireman,
Daniel K. Wheelock, Driver.
hist of Properly belonging to City in charge of Company.
1 first class steam fire engine; complete, built by the Amos-
keag Manufacturing Company, in good order; 1 third class
steam fire engine, built by Wm. Jeffers; 1 four wheeled hose
carriage, in good condition, A. J. Jones, Cambridge, Mass.;
1 wagon, 1 hose sleigh complete, 1 pair of horses, 1 set of har-
ness complete, 2 horse blankets, 1 grain chest, 1 curry comb
and card, 2 horse and dust brushes, 2 pitchforks, 2 halters,
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2 buckets, 1 broom, 1 stall-ccraper, &c, in stable j 2 hose pipes,
5 wrenches, 6 spanners, 1 hose rope, 5 connecting couplings,
5 oil cans, 1 work bench, 1 vise, 1 carriage jack, 3 bedsteads,
3 hair mattrasses, 3 husk mattrasses, 3 pillows and cases, 6
blankets, 9 sheets, 2 towels, wash bowls and stands, 3 coverlets,
carpet in sleeping room, 1 table, 3 settees, 20 chairs, 11 spit-
toons, 1 clock, 1 looking glass, 20 fronts for fire hats, 1 double
fall snd. tackle, 2 lanterns, 2 coal boxes for wagon, 1 closet,
1 feather duster, 1 broom.
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FIEES AND ALARMS,
From Jan. 1, 1869, to Jan. 1, 1870.
JANUARY.
1st. 3, A. M. Needless alarm from Hose 3's bell, caused by
a light in Klous's store, Main street.
4th. Shortly before 1 0 o'clock, P. M., fire was discovered in the
engine-room of Sewall's morocco factory, Canal street. Damage
slight. While the Department was at this fire, another was
discovered in the large factory of the same firm in the rear of
the first building. The structure was old and saturated with
oil and quickly burned. It was a large building and full of
stock. Loss on building, $2,000; on stock, $16,000; fully
insured. Cause, incendiary.
. 12th. 10, P. M. General alarm from Ellis's bell. Slight
fire in the stable of S. C. Currier, on Miller street. Cause, in-
cendiary.
25th. 4.30, P.M. General alarm from Hose l's bell. Fire
in the stable of S. C. Currier on Miller street, the roof of which
was destroyed. Loss on building, $350; on hay and grain,
$125. Cause, incendiary.
29th. 9.15, A. M. Needless alarm from setting tires in
blacksmith shop on Bunker Hill street.
30th. 11, P. M. False alarm. Martin Turnbull, of the
steamer company, was run over by the Franklin hose carriage,
and badly injured.
CHIEF ENGINEER'S REPORT. 109
FEBRUARY.
7th. 7.50, P. M. Fire discovered in the morocco factory
of George S. Hall, rear of 432 Main street. The Department
was quickly on hand, and saved the building. Loss on build-
ing, $214; on stock, $300. Fully insured. Cause, incendiary.
15th. Alarm from Hose 2's bell. Fire discovered in the
store-house of Stickney & Poor, rear of Cambridge street. Roof
badly damaged. Loss on building, $600, insured for $500 ;
loss on stock, $2,400, insured for $1,000. Cause, incendiary.
18th. 10.40, P. M. General alarm from Hose 3's bell.
Slight fire in house on Water street, owned by Mrs. Murphy,
and occupied by J. Mullen. Caused by a defective funnel.
Loss, $25. ■
25th. 2.50, P.M. General alarm from Hose l's bell. Slight
fire in the morocco factory in Hamilton court, occupied by Mr.
McGinnis, and owned by Samuel C. Chase. Loss on stock,
$320, insured ; on building, slight. Cause, accidental.
26th. 6.50, P. M. Still alarm, occasioned by assistance be-
ing sent for at a fire on the premises of the Mass. Brick Com-
pany, on Medford Turnpike, Somerville. Bunker Hill Hose
Company and Howard Steamer and Hose Company sent out.-
MARCH.
1st. 2.15, P. M. Alarm from Hose 3's bell. Slight fire in
house owned by Paul Willard, and occupied by Morris Heady,
on Call street court.
8th. 4, P. M. General alarm from Ellis's bell, caused by a
large fire in East Cambridge. Assistance being sent for, Mystic
Engine and Steamer Hose, and Hose Companies 1, 2, and 4,
sent over and were in service eight hours. Charlestown water
used from hydrant, 23 hours, for the use of Cambridge
steamers.
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13th. 12.30, P.M. Alarm from Hose 4's bell. Slight fire
in engine room of Holmes's manufactory, Medford street.
16th. 4.40, P. M. Alarm from Hose 3's bell, caused by a
burning chimney on Henley street.
18th. 3.40 A. M. General alarm from Hose 2's bell.
Fire discovered in the planing mill on Medford street, owned
and occupied by Hayward & Tilton as a steam planing mill,
and also occupied by Wemyss Bros. Building badly damaged,
it being very combustible and full of stock. Hayward & Til-
ton's loss on building and stock, $5,000 ; insured for $3,900.
Wemyss Bros., $3,000; insured for $2,000. Cause unknown.
25th. 1.45, A. M. Fire discovered in rear of Third Ward
Saloon, on Main street, owned by Otis Clapp and occupied
by I. W. McDonald. Loss on building, $50 ; no insurance.
McDonald's loss, $25 — insured; cause, accidental.
APRIL.
5th. 1, A. M. Fire broke out in S. W. Fuller & Co.'s store-
house for lumber, on Greenleaf 's wharf, at the Neck. Building
damaged to the amount of $500; stock, $2,875; fully insured;
incendiary. At the same time, fire was set in the stable of the
firm opposite. No loss.
11th. 7.30, P. M. Alarm from Hose 2's bell. Fire dis-
covered in house on Grant's court, rear of North Mead street,
owned by Mrs. Dolan ; unoccupied. Loss, $5.
14th. 12.30, A. M. General alarm from Hose l's bell.
Fire broke out in the stable owned by the Walker heirs, and
occupied by Whitcomb & Fitch as a milk stable. Roof badly
damaged. Loss on building, $300 ; insured. Mr. Whitcomb's
loss, $150; Mr. Fitch's loss, $125; no insurance. Supposed
incendiary.
20th. 7.45, P. M. False alarm, caused by the ringing
of church bells.
CHIEF ENGINEEE'S EEPORT. Ill
22d. 8.30, A. M. Alarm from Hose 2's bell. Fire discov-
ered in the stable of A. H. Allen, at the foot of Allen street,
occupied by Mr. Allen and Mr. Stevens as a milk stable. The
fire crossed the street and communicated to a block of seven
houses owned by A. H. Allen, of which five were badly damaged ;
also communicated to the houses of John Riley and Mr. Burns,
and somewhat damaged the roof. Several persons had narrow
escapes from death. The houses were sham-built, there being
no partitions in the attics of any of them, and as the wind was
blowing very strong at the time, the fire spread through them
with great rapidity. The successful efforts of the Department
saved them from entire destruction. The houses were occupied
by the following persons : No. 8, Mr. J. Burns ; No. 1 0, Mr.
Riley; No. 12, Mr. Tormery; No. 14, Mr. Follett; No. 16
Mrs. Devere; No. 18, Mr. Crosby; No. 20, Mr. Gordon; No.
22, Mr. Thompson. A. H. Allen's whole loss, $5,000 ; insured
for $6,000. All others, $2,000. Cause, incendiary.
22d. 9, P. M. General alarm from Hose 3's bell. Fire
discovered in the milk stable of N. Locke, on Sixth street, occu-
pied by him and W. S. Stearns. Loss, $25 ; insured ; incen-
diary.
25th. 10.55, P. M. Alarm from Hose 2's bell. Fire broke
out in the milk stable of Lyman Brown, on Charles street court,
occupied by himself and J. P. Sawin. Roof badly damaged,
Mr. Brown's loss on building, $400 ; stock, $75 ; insured. Mr,
Sawin's loss, $50 ; no insurance. Cause, incendiary,
27th. 8,20, P. M. False alarm.
MAT.
6th. 3.50, P. M. Alarm from the burning of tar at glass
works on Medford street.
8th. 10.30, P. M. Needless alarm from Chevalier's stable,
on Miller street.
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1 lth. 5.45, P. M. Partial alarm from Oakman & Eldridge's
wharf. Extinguished by Navy Yard Hose Co. Loss, $25.
13th. 7.30, P.M. False alarm. -
16th. 7, P. M. False alarm from ringing of church bells.
17th. 8.30, P. M. Fire in the window of Bailey Brothers,
Main street. Extinguished without an alarm, by Officer Brower.
Loss, $50 ; insured.
20tti. 11.45, P. M. General alarm from fire in East Somer-
ville, on the Burroughs estate. Whole Department present and
in service.
22d. 11, A.M. Alarm from Hose 3 's bell. Slight fire iu
rear of Warren street, in a building owned by A. Palmer, and
occupied by Remstam & Co. Whole loss, $100, insured. Ac-
cidental.
25th. 9, P. M. False alarm.
26th. 7.45, P. M. False alarm.
30th. 1.15, A.M. Partial alarm from ringing of Cam-
bridge bells.
JUNE.
7th. 7.10 A. M. Alarm from Hose l's bell. Slight fire in
house No. 76 Russell street, owned by Mr. Cummaford, and occu-
pied by Messrs. Howlett & Colby. Loss, about $25, insured.
Cause, spontaneous.
9th. 3.55, P. M. Slight fire in the store-house of Franklin
Hopkins, Medford street.
14th. Partial alarm from Hose 2's bell.
15th. 1.45, P.M. False alarm.
JULY.
1st. 9, P. M. Fire discovered in the house owned by Mr.
Haley, on Vine street, and occupied by Mrs. Pendergast. Loss,
CHIEF ENGINEER'S REPORT. 113
$2,500. Geo. M. Barnard, of the Steamer Co., was injured by a
ladder.
3d. 1.45, A. M. Alarm from Somerville.
5th. 12.5, P. M. False alarm.
8th. 9.30, A. M. Fire discovered on roof of house in the
rear of No. 11 Austin street. Put out by the police; no alarm.
9th. 9.40, P. M. False alarm from ringing of chime bells.
30th. 5.30, P. M. Alarm from burning chimney, Wapping
street.
AUGUST.
16th. 3.50, A. M. General alarm from Hose 4's bell, caused
by a slight fire in the house of H. Smith, 35 Everett street, oc-
cupied by Mr. Frost.
16th. 9.20, P. M. General alarm from Hose 2's bell. Fire
broke out in a large frame building on Dorrence street, owned
and occupied by F. L. Sewall as a morocco factory. The
building and stock being of very combustible material, the upper
stories were nearly destroyed ; the lower story was saved with
its contents slightly damaged by heat and water. Mr. Sewall's
loss on building and stock, $15,000; insured for $9,800. Part
of the building was occupied by Malone & Butler, and Marsh
Bros. Malone & Butler's loss, $750; insured. Marsh Bros.
$400; insured.
18th. 9.15, P. M. Partial alarm from Cambridge.
19th. 7, P. M. « 8 " «
28th. 8.30, P. M. Alarm from Hose 2's bell. Slight fire
among some old sleepers on Boston & Maine railroad.
28th. 9.25, P. M. General alarm from Ellis's bell. Slight,
fire in house rear of No. 11 Austin street, owned by Mr. Martin
and occupied by Mr. Winter and Mr. Bliss. Loss, $10; cause
sparks from chimney.
114 CHIEF ENGINEER'S REPORT.
SEPTEMBER.
16th. 5.30, A. M. General alarm from the Catholic bell.
Slight fire in the cabinet factory of Mr. Brown, Medford street.
17th. 5.20. Alarm from Hose 4's bell. Slight fire in shed
in rear of 23 Everett street.
19th. 10.15, P. M. General alarm from Hose 2's bell. Fire
discovered in building rear of 540 Main street, owned by H.
Daley and occupied by Mark Leighton on lower floor as car-
penter's shop, and the second floor by Mr. Clark, as a paint shop.
Loss, $300 ; insured. Cause, incendiary.
22d. 9, P. M. Partial alarm, caused by fire in Cambridge.
24th. 5.30, P. M. Alarm from chimney on Wapping street.
OCTOBER.
1st. 4.20, P. M. Needless alarm from boiling over of kettle
of tar, on Prospect street.
10th. 1, A. M. General alarm from Hose 2's bell. Fire
discovered in the stable of N. Tufts, on Tufts' wharf, at the
Neck, occupied by N. Tufts and Chas. Barry. Building badly
damaged, and one horse belonging to Mr. Tufts burnt to death.
N. Tufts' loss on building, $600 j on harnesses and grain, $500.
Barry's loss slight. Cause, accidental.
10th. 2, A. M. General alarm from Hose l's bell. Fire
broke out in the L part of the house of Mrs. Walker, on West
Walker street. Loss, $50 ; no insurance.
18th. 5.30, P. M. Alarm from chimney on Henley street.
30th. 7.25, P. M. Partial alarm from Hose 2's bell, caused
by smoke settling on a shed on Barry's whar£
NOVEMBER.
1st. 12.30, A. M. Fire discovered in the coal shed of
Stickney & Poor, in the rear of Cambridge street. Hose Co.
CHIEF ENGINEER'S REPORT. 115
No. 2 was notified, and quickly responded with two streams,
and after four hours' work succeeded in extinguishing the fire.
Damages about $100; insured. No alarm.
5th. 6.45, P. M. Partial alarm from fire in Somerville.
12th. Telegraph fire alarm went into service this day at
twelve o'clock.
17th. 5.45, P. M. Partial alarm from box 16.
18th. 1.35, A. M. Alarm from box 7. Fire discovered in
the large milk stable on Essex street, owned and occupied by
W. F. Wellington, and also occupied by J. B. Clapp, Wm. H.
McOauslen and others. The upper part was a total loss,
amounting to $11.65; insured. Incendiary.
18th. 6 P. M. Alarm from box 24. Occasioned by a fire
built in a house, corner of Corey and Medford streets, for the
purpose of drying plastering.
DECEMBER.
1st. 11.30, P. M. Alarm from box 25. Fire discovered in
the stable of Kidder & Smith, on Polk street, occupied by them
and John Robinson. Extinguished, with a loss of $25. Acci-
dental.
6th. Alarm from box 16. Fire discovered in the Winthrop
church on Green street. The Department quickly responded
and succeeded in preventing the fire from spreading through the
building. Loss on building and furniture, $820 ; insured. The
fire was set in the body of the church, under the singing seats.
13th. 5.50, P.M. Alarm from box 12. Fire in the currier
shop of George Lane, rear of 296 Main street. The Depart-
ment was quickly on hand and saved the building. Loss on
building and stock, $250; insured. Cause not ascertained.
13th. 11.20, P. M. Alarm from box 7. Fire discovered
in the large morocco factory of C. C. Perkins, rear of Main
street. Owing to the combustible material of the building and
116 CHIEF ENGINEER'S REPORT.
stock, it was found impossible to save the main building, and the
efforts of the Department were directed to the buildings in the
mmediate vicinity, composed of stables, dwellings, etc., which
were all saved with slight damage. This fire has again proved
to the citizens of Charlestown the value of the Mystic Water
Works. Without them a serious conflagration could not have
been prevented by the fire. Mr. Perkins' loss was $18,000;
insured for $13,000. A stable belonging to Mrs. Shedd was dam-
aged to the amount of $140; insured. The stable of James
Whooley was damaged to the extent of $150; insured. Cause
unknown.
15th. 2, P. M. Partial alarm from box 4, occasioned by
some boys finding the box open.
23d. 10.15, P. M. Alarm from box 5. Eire discovered in
the basement of the old Bunker Hill School-house, on Bunker
Hill street. The fire was confined to the basement and was
extinguished, with a loss of $500. No insurance. Cause, incen-
diary.
24th. 1 .45, A. M. Alarm from box 5. Fire broke out in the
building, 530 Main street, owned and occupied by Page & Lit-
tlefield, stair-builders. Although the Department was quickly
on hand, the fire had made great headway, but they succeeded
in saving the building in a damaged condition. Loss on
building, $1,163; insured. On stock, $4,400; insured for
$2,550. The building adjoining, owned by H. Daley, was
slightly scorched.
25th. 11.25, P. M. Alarm from box 21. Fire discovered
in the stable of Jotham Barry & Co., on Warren avenue. The
upper part was badly damaged. The fire extended the entire
length of the long coal-shed, but it was saved, with slight
damage to the roof. Loss on stable, shed, and coal, $1,800 ;
fully insured.
CHIEF ENGINEER'S REPORT.
117
RECAPITULATION.
"Whole number of Engineers - -
5
" " Officers and Members
. 128
Total - -
- 133
Steam Fire Engines - - -
2
Four Wheeled Hose Carriages -
5
Two " " -
2
Hose Sleighs -
5
Whole number working fires
33
" " slight fires
15
" " needless alarms
22
From fires and alarms out of the City -
10
Whole number Alarms -
80
Whole amount of Loss
■ $66,455 00
" " Insurance
52,565 00
Total Loss
- $13,890 00
Whole amount of money appropriated and received, $9,556 21
" " " expended - - 9,295 33
Balance
$261 88
8*
118 CHIEF ENGINEER'S REPORT.
LOCATION OF HYDRANTS.
lowry's.
No.
1. Corner of Chelsea Street and Charlestown Square.
2. " Harvard " "
3. " Main " «
4. On Main, opposite head of Winthrop.
5. " « Pleasant Street.
6. Corner of Main and Union Streets.
7. " " Austin "
8. " " Chapman "
9. « " Phipps "
10. Main Street, opposite Franklin Street.
11. " at Reed's Corner.
12. " opposite Mead Street.
13. Corner of Main and Middlesex Streets.
14. Main Street, opposite Baldwin Street.
15. Corner of Thorndike and Main Streets.
16. " Bunker Hill " «
17. Bunker Hill, opposite Short Street.
18. Corner of Linden and Bunker Hill Streets.
19. " Bunker Hill and Quincy "
20. " North Mead and Bunker HilL
21. " Belmont and Bunker Hill.
22. " Sullivan and Bunker Hill Streets.
23. " Pearl and Bunker Hill
24. " Elm and Bunker Hill
25. " Polk and Bunker Hill
26. " Everett and Bunker Hill
27. " Lexington and Bunker Hill
28. " Tufts and Bunker Hill
CHIEF ENGINEER'S REPORT. 11&
29. Corner of Decatur and Bunker Hill Streets.
30. " Main and Water "
31. " Joiner and Water "
32. " Water Street, opposite Trull's Distillery.
33. " Water and Wapping Streets.
34. « Henry and Chelsea " (Mallett's).
35. " Gray and Chelsea "
36. Chelsea Street, opposite 26 Adams Street.
37. " ' u Tremont "
38. « " Yine "
39. Corner of Chelsea Street and Medford.
40. " Tufts and Medford.
41. " Lexington and Medford.
42. " . Everett and Medford.
43. " Elm and Medford.
44. " Pearl and Medford Streets.
45. « Cook and Medford «
46. " Belmont and Medford "
47. Medford Street, opposite Union Planing Mill.
48. Corner of Quincy and Medford Streets.
49. " Linden and Medford.
50. " Short and Medford.
51. " Russell and Auburn Streets.
52. " Mead and Russell <-
53. " Walker and Russell "
54. " Sullivan and Bartlett "
55. " Pearl and Bartlett "
56. " Bartlett and Elm "
57. " Green and Bartlett "
58. « Concord and Bartlett "
59. " Lexington and Tremont "
60. " Edgworth and Tremont "
61. " Perrin and Jackson "
120 CHIEF ENGINEER'S REPORT.
62. Corner of Bainbridge and Moulton Streets.
63. " Perry and Decatur "
64. Mount Vernon, opposite house 31.
65. Corner of Chestnut Street and Mount Vernon Avenue.
66. " Winthrop Street and Monument Square.
67. " Pleasant and High Streets.
68. « Cross and High "
69. " Elm and High "
70. " Pearl and High "
71. " Walker and High «.
72. " Summer and School Streets.
73. " Winthrop and Adams "
74. " Chestnut and Adams "
75. " Putnam and Common Streets.
76. " Warren and Winthrop "
77. " Austin and Front Streets.
78. " Second and Front
79. " Union and Front
80. " Arrow and Front
81. " Walford and Front
82. " Mason and Front
83. Front Street, opposite ice stables.
84. Corner Walford and Bow Streets.
85. Corners Washington, Bow and Arrow Streets.
86. Corner Richmond and Bow Streets.
87. " Washington and Harvard Streets.
88. Washington Street, opposite Washington Place.
89. Corner Union and Washington Streets.
90. " Union and Richmond "
91. " Washington and Union "
92. " Richmond and Austin "
93. " Lawrence and Austin "
94. " Lawrence and Chapman "
CHIEF ENGINEERS REPORT.
121
95. Corner Richmond and Chapman Streets,
96. " Essex and Middlesex "
97. " Seaver and Cambridge "
98. " Perkins and Cambridge "
99. " Perkins and Brighton "
100. " Mount Pleasant and Perkins Streets.
101. " Seaver and Haverhill "
102. Corner Canal and Dorrence Streets.
103. Dorrence Street, near gas house.
104 Alford Street, opposite Mystic Brewery.
105. Cambridge Street, opposite Fisher's keg factory.
106. Corner Parker and Cambridge Streets.
107. " Henley and Warren "
108. " Thompson and Warren "
109. " Princeton and Marion "
110. Eastern Railroad, between Maine Railroad and Eastern.
111. Corner Moulton and Medford Streets.
112. " Polk and Medford «
113. Fitchburg Railroad Yard,
122 CHIEF ENGINEER'S REPORT.
SINGLE HYDRANTS.
Corner of Broadway and Columbia Court.
" Medford Turnpike and Sherman Square.
Main Street, opposite car stables.
Corner Allen and Canal Streets.
Mill Street, corner of Canal.
Frothingham, opposite No. 10.
Williams Street, " " 32.
Soley " " " 32.
Cordis " " "21.
Albion Court, at the head.
Main Street, opposite Cambridge Street.
Corner Webster and Hill Streets.
Allston Street, opposite No. 26.
Mystic Street, " "23.
Hittenger's Wharf.
Tudor's "
Rubber Works at the Neck.
Chelsea Bridge Dumps.
Chelsea Street, near Bridge.
North Street.
Charles Street, corner Charles Street Court.
Fitchburg Railroad Yard.
Corner Charlestown Square and Warren Avenue.
" " " « Chelsea Street.
" Joiner and Chelsea Streets.
" Henley " " «
" Chestnut" « "
« Adams " " "
" Bunker Hill " «
« Vine and « "
" Bambridge and " "
Chelsea Street, near Chelsea Bridge.
CHIEF ENGINEER'S REPORT. 123
CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION
OF THE
CHARLESTOWN FIRE DEPARTMENT.
OFFICERS FOR 1869.
President,
WILLIAM E. DELANO.
Vice-President,
GEORGE B. EDMANDS.
Secretary,
NATHAN E. ABBOTT.
Treasurer,
ELIAS CRAETS, Jr.
TRUSTEES.
Committee on Fire Department,
Alderman SAMUEL E. BRINTNALL.
Board of Engineers,
GEORGE E. ROGERS.
Bed Jacket Hose Company,
WINSLOW S. OAKMAN.
Bunker Hill Hose Company,
JOHN HOWARD.
Washington Hose Company,
GEORGE H. GARDNER.
Franklin Hose Company,
GEORGE GETCHELL.
Massachusetts Hook and Ladder Company,-
CHARLES E. CUTTER.
Exempt Fireman,
AUGUSTUS WILSON.
The Association was organized March, 1867. The Annual
Meeting takes place on the second Monday in March, for the
choice of officers. The Board of Trustees meet quarterly.
APPENDIX.
JANUARY.
2d. 12.40, P.M. Alarm from Box 5, caused by the boil-
ing over of a kettle of fat in house corner of Allen and Main
streets.
14th. 7.10, P.M. Alarm from Box 24, from chimney on
Corey street.
9.50, P.M. Alarm from Box 21. Fire discovered in the
junk shop of Mr. Buckingham, corner of Water and Chamber
streets ; building slightly damaged. Loss on building and stock
$340 ; insured. Cause, accidental.
15th. 7.15, A.M. Alarm from Box 21, caused by the
rekindling of fire amongst old rags in Mr. Buckingham's shop.
Extinguished without damage.
17th. Alarm from Box 6. Needless alarm from the dry-
ing of plastering in block of houses corner of Haverhill and
Main streets.
24th. Alarm from Box 7, caused by woman frying meat
at the corner of Thorndike and Main streets.
27th. 6.40, A.M. Alarm from Box 21. Fire discovered
in the hair-dressing shop of Mrs. Andrews, under the Waverley
House. It was quickly extinguished with a loss to the proprie-
tor of $945 ; fully insured. Cause, spontaneous combustion.
28th. 1, P.M. Alarm from Box 7. Fire discovered in
the stable of B. K. Whiton, on Mead street. Loss, $25 ; in-
sured. Cause, incendiary.
29 th. 11.10, P. M. Alarm from Box 21. Fire broke out in
the shoe-store of T. McElwain, City square. It was quickly
extinguished. Mr. McElwain's loss on stock, $1,750; insured.
Wm. DeCosta, lessee of building, loss $305. Cause unknown.
31st. 3.30, P.M. Alarm from Box 3. Fire broke out
11 . APPENDIX.
in the stable of Mason & Littlefield, on Medford street. Roof
badly damaged, and about twelve tons of hay destroyed. Loss,
$550; fully insured.
FEBRUARY.
9th. 2.30, A.M. Alarm from Box 31, caused by a fire dis-
covered in the cabinet factory of Mr. Brown, on Medford street.
Put out with buckets. No loss ; supposed incendiary.
9th. 1.10, P.M. Alarm from Box 14. Slight fire in tene-
ment house on Front street, owned by' Michael Reagan. Loss,
$25. Cause, defective flue.
15th. 6.05, P.M. Alarm from Box 6. Needless alarm, caused
by drying plastering in block of houses corner of Haverhill and
Main streets.
17th. 4, P.M. Alarm from Box 32 and 7. Fire in the barn
of Smith & Co., rear of Walker street. Loss, $20 ; insured.
Cause, incendiary.
21st. 9.55, P.M. Alarm from Box 13. Fire discovered in
a small stable on Austin street, owned and occupied by Wm.
H. Harris. Loss, $25. Cause, incendiary.
24th. 3.30, A.M. Alarm from Box 6. Fire broke out in the
stable of John Gardner, rear of Alford street, occupied by Mr.
Stimpson. Slightly damaged. Loss, $25. Insured; incen-
diary.
25th. 2, P.M. Alarm from Box 6. Fire broke out in
the Old Soap Factory, in the rear of Kent's Brewery, owned by
James Lee, jr. It was unoccupied. The wind blowing very hard
at the time, the building was well on fire when the Department
arrived and was mostly consumed. Loss, $5,000 ; fully insured.
The Steamer Howard exploded her boiler at this fire from
some unknown cause, severely injuring Mr. I. W. Brackett, the
fireman. His leg was badly broken, and he sustained other
injuries. Mr. Albert C. Smith, the engineer, was somewhat in-
jured, his collar bone being thrown out of joint. The fire was
caused by an incendiary.
APPENDIX. Ill
26th. 2, A.M. Alarm from Box 5. Fire discovered in the
Grocery store of C. A. Baker, 589 Main street. It was quickly
extinguished by the Department. Loss on stock, $600 ; in-
sured. Loss on building, $200 ; insured.
THE FIRE ALARM TELEGRAPH.
LOCATION OF SIGNAL BOXES AND KEYS.
No. 3 — Holmes's Manufactory, Medford street. Key at same.
No. 4—305 Medford street. Key at Brooks's Counting Room.
No. 5— Junction Medford and Bunker Hill Streets. Key at Dodge's,
Apothecary.
No. 6— Corner of Seaver and Main sts. Key at Peaslee & King's store.
No. 7— Corner of Main and Eden streets. Key at Lovering's and W. L.
Bond's.
No. 12 — Corner Miller and Main streets. Key at Stickney's store.
No. 13— Corner of Washington and Union streets. Keys at 68 Washing-
ton street, and H. Thomas's store, Austin street.
No. 14— Front, foot of Arrow street. Key at Waitt's Factory.
No. 15— F. R. R. Yard. Key at Round House.
No. 16 — Junction Main and Harvard streets. Keys at T. S. G. Robinson's
store and W. B. Morse's, Apothecary.
No. 21 — City Square, corner Chamber street. Keys at Car Office and
Police Station.
No. 23— Corner Henley street and Henley place. Key at Mullett & Brad-
bury's.
No. 24— Junction of Tufts, Vine and Bunker Hill streets. Key at Stacey's,
Apothecary.
No. 25— Corner of Concord and Bunker Hill streets. Keys at Ginn's
store, 156 Bunker Hill street, and A. P. Melzar's, Apothecary,
171 Bunker Hill street.
No. 31 — Corner Bunker Hill and Webster streets. Key at Car Office.
No. 32— Corner of Walker and Kussell streets. Keys at J. W. Tucker-
man's store, and house 59 Russell street.
No. 34 — 21 Medford street. Key at Edmand's Pottery.
No. 41 — Steamer House, Elm street.
No. 42 — Navy Yard.
Positively no second alarm to be given unless by order of an engineer.
IV - APPENDIX.
INSTRUCTIONS TO KEY HOLDERS.
1. On the breaking out of a fire, notice should be immediately commu-
nicated to the nearest Alarm Box, Keys of which are always in the hands
of the Police, and responsible persons in the vicinity of the Boxes.
2. Keyholders, upon the discovery or positive information of a fire, will
unlock the box, pull down the slide or hook once, and let go. This gives
the desired alarm all over the city, repeating itself four times.
3. All persons giving fire alarms are requested to remain by the box a
moment, and if no clicking is heard in the box, pull again ; if you still
hear no clicking, go to the next nearest box and give the alarm from that.
4. Never signal for a fire seen at a distance. Never touch the hook
except to give an alarm of fire. Be sure the box is locked before leaving
it. Give an alarm for no cause other than an actual fire. Do not give an
alarm for a chimney.
5. Owners and occupants of buildings are requested to inform themselves
of the locations of the Signal Boxes near their property: also the places
where the Keys are kept. Be sure the alarm is properly given. One sin"
gle stroke of the Bells and Gongs is not given for an alarm of fire.
6. Alarms will be sounded upon the fire bells thus: for box 5, five
strokes 1-1-1-1-1, with short intervals, and repeating. For box 32, three
strokes 1-1-1, a pause, then two strokes 1-1, a pause, and repeating.
Alarms for other numbers are given in a like manner.
I. P. MAGOUN, Chief Engineer.
EXTRACT FROM AN ORDINANCE FOR THE PROTECTION
OF THE FIRE ALARM TELEGRAPH.
Sect. 1. Any person or persons who shall wilfully deface, injure, or
destroy, or in any way interfere with the Fire Alarm Telegraph in this
City, or any part thereof, or any of its appurtenances, shall, for every
such offence, forfeit and pay a penalty of twenty dollars for the use of the
city.
Sect. 2. Any person who shall open any Alarm Box connected with
the Fire Alarm Telegraph, except by the authority of, or with the keys
furnished by the Board of Engineers, shall forfeit and pay therefor a pen-
alty of twenty dollars for the offence, for the use of the city.
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