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CITY OF MANCHESTER,
KOK THE
YEAR 1 868 .
MANCHESTER, N.H.,1868.
TWENTY-THIRD
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Eeceipts and Expenditures
OF THE
CITY OF MANCHESTER,
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31,
1868,
TOGETHER WITH OTHER ANNUAL REPORTS AND PAPERS RELATING
TO THE AFFAIRS OF THE CITY.
MANCHESTER, N. H.:
PRESS OF THE MANCHESTER DAILY NEWS,— HENRT A. GAGE, PRINTER.
1869.
VALEDICTORY ADDRESS
OF THE
Hon. James A. Weston,
MAYOR,
TO THE
CITY COUNCIL OF MANCHESTER,
DELIVERED
BEFORE THE TWO BRANCHES IN CONVENTION, JANUARY 5, 1869.
CITY OF MANCHESTER,
In Convention of the City Council,
Ordered, That three hundred copies of the Valedictory Ad-
dress of Hon. James A. Weston, Mayor, delivered this day, before
the two branches of the City Council in Convention, be printed for
the use of the City Council, and that his Honor, the Mayor, be re-
quested to furnish a copy to be printed in the Annual Reports.
Read and passed.
January 5, 1869.
JOSEPH E. BENNETT, City Clerk.
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ADDRESS.
Gentlemen of the City Council:
The period for which we assumed the trusts imposed upon us
one year ago, being- about to close, it seems eminently proper, and
not without precedent, that I should present a brief review of our
official acts, setting forth what has been accomplished within the
year, with a statement of the condition of the City affairs, as the
management thereof is relinquished to others. Our successors, who
are to carry forward the "enterprises and improvements now in
progress, are fairly entitled to this information ; and it is a matter
of justice to us, as well as to our fellow citizens generally, that
such a statement should be made.
The propriety and even importance of this course cannot fail to
commend it to every business man ; and I can but hope that it will
be considered the duty of each succeeding City Council to transmit
to its successors, an explicit account of the condition of affairs at
the expiration of its term of office.
.FINANCE.
On the first day of January 1868 the net indebtedness of the City
as stated in my inaugural address, from information furnished by
the City Treasurer, was .... $393,805 50
The following statement obtained from the same
source, and made up on the same basis, shows
the net indebtedness of the City, January 1, 18G9, 369,112 24
Being a decrease or reduction of the debt during
the year, of . . . . • . $24,693 26
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The statement from the Treasurer's books, is as follows :
Amount of funded debt, January 1, 1868, . . $351,900 00
Amount of temporary loan January 1, 1868, $35,230 00
Amount of increase during the year, . 2,07100
Present amount of temporary loan, . . 37,301 00
Estimated amount of interest now due, $10,000 00
Unpaid bills now due . . . 15,156 08
25,156 08
Total debt and interest January 1, 1869, . $414,357 08
Deduct amount of cash on hand, . $42,794 85
Deduct note due on Barrett place . 75 00
Deduct notes due for lots sold from
City Farm, 2,375 49
Amounting to $45,245 34
Leaving the net indebtedness January 1, 1869, $369,111 74
Included in the foregoing statement is the sum of $5,468 43, paid
for furnishing and fitting up the Court House and lot, which was
authorized to be met by loan ; but was taken from the tax receipts.
In all, the sum of $15,994 16 has been paid from the receipts, on
account of the Court House, above the sum raised by loan, rather
than hire money, while sufficient funds were remaining in the
Treasury. And notwithstanding this, there is now in the City
Treasury, the sum of $42,794 85, which is a larger cash balance
than was ever before on hand at the close of any municipal year.
NO bills have been contracted for our successors to provide for,
and efforts having been made by advertising in the daily papers
and otherwise, to have every outstanding claim presented for pay-
ment at the close of the, year, it is confidently believed that the
demands against the City are adjusted as fully as it is practicable
to do, at any given time.
The report of the Joint Standing Committee on finance, will re-
veal the gratifying fact that there is not a single account overdrawn,
while many of them will show large unexpended balances.
SEWERS AND DRAINS.
As a part of a systematic plan of sewerage recommended' in
Slade's report, the proposed new sewer in Elm Street has been
commenced, and extended from Central to Merrimack Street, a
distance of about five hundred feet. This sewer is of brick, three
feet high by two feet wide in the clear, and laid at such a grade as
will, in connection with the old sewer, furnish ample means of
drainage for the surface water, as well as for sink drains and
cellars.
A cement sewer has also been laid, which discharges into this
new sewer, and extends from Merrimack to Spring Street, through
the back street west of Elm Street, a distance of about sixteen hun-
dred feet. Several other sewers of less magnitude have been con-
structed in various parts of the City. The claims which were
found hanging over the City for damage to property in consequence
of alleged defects and obstructions in the stone culvert leading from
Hanover to Merrimack Squai*es induced a thorough examination
into the case.
The result was a compromise between the parties by which those
who were damaged, relinquished one third part of their claims on
the condition that the City would enlarge and repair the culvert
agreeably to certain stipulations.
This has been accomplished to the satisfaction of all concerned.
The claims have all been adjusted and paid, and any liability of the
City on account of any further damage arising from a like cause,
has ceased beyond question.
Much inconvenience having arisen, and unnecessary expense in-
curred from a want of knowledge as to the location, capacity, &c,
of existing sewers, a survey has been made, and a plan is in pro-
gress which is designed to furnish all the desired information.
HIGHWAYS.
The new highways constructed during the current year are as
follows : — The extension of Union Street, north — the extension of
Merrimack Street from Hall Street to its intersection with Hano-
ver Street — Willow and Young Streets near the jail — Granite Street
from Canal to Elm Street and Bridge Street, from Hall Street
through the City Farm to the Mammoth road. In consequence of
the unfavorable weather in the fall, the work on Nashua, Ash, and
Walnut Streets was not quite completed. Some additional work
will also be necessary on Bridge Street the coming season.
The sidewalk on the north side of Hanover Street has been wid-
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ened four feet, from Elm east back street to Union Street and a
walk of concrete or brick laid the entire distance at the expense of
the city. The sidewalk on the south side of Hanover Square, has
also been widened and a concrete pavement laid to make it corres-
pond with that below ; one half the expense of the last named walk,
exclusive of grading, was contributed by residents in that vicinity^
The total expense incurred in the construction of the streets, and
walks above named, is about $4,000. The plan of laying concrete
walks in the commons, has been inaugurated by the construction
of two walks on Concord Square. Early in the season Granite
Bridge was thoroughly replanked and otherwise repaired and
painted. The plank used were of oak, four and a half inches
thick; and although the first cost of this material was considerably
more than that of other kinds would have been, it is believed the
line of true economy was adopted.
CITY FARM.
A complete survey and plan of the City Farm has been made,
and the westerly portion of the same divided into house lots, by
projecting the necessary streets. Seven of these lots have already
been sold and conveyed, at prices fixed by your Committee,
amounting to the sum of $3,167 34. About seventeen acres in all
have been offered for sale, which, at the prices agreed upon, will
amount to about $11,000. The opening of Bridge Street was inaia<-
Jy for the purpose of bringing these lands into the market.
RESERVOIRS.
The construction of two Reservoirs in sections of the city, des-
titute of these facilities for the extinguishment of fires, has con-
tributed much to the safety of the property in the neighborhood of
their location. Both of them are built entirely of stone, in
the most durable manner. The one on Wilson Street, in Janes-
ville, is 27 x 6x6 feet, in the clear, and being situated on a never
failing brook is always full of water. The other situated on Mer-
rimack Street, near Hall Street, is in the clear 40 x 6 x 6 feet, which,
it is thought, will furnish a supply of water adequate to any de-
mand likely to occur in that locality.
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LIBRARY BUILDING.
The City Council having made an appropriation towards the
erection of a Library Building, a committee was appointed some-
time in the summer months, with authority to procure plans, spe-
cifications and estimates of such a building as in their judgment
would meet the present and prospective requirements of the City,
and report to the City Council. Subsequently, the committee were
authorized to adopt such a plan as they deemed advisable, and to
proceed with the work so far as to lay the foundation. After a
careful consideration of the whole matter, a plan was agreed upon
with much unanimity. The building proposed is in the gothic
style of architecture, 49 x 90 feet, with a tower at the southwest
corner. It has a high posted basement, to be used for miscellane-
ous purposes, and one principal story, containing a waiting room,
Librarian's rooms and a library room of sufficient size to accom-
modate 44,000 volumes. It is proposed to locate the building on
the lot of land immediately south of Franklin Street church, hav-
ing a frontage on Franklin of 145 feet. The south side of the lot is
to be on a line with the passageway south of the Methodist Church,
the intention being to make a public avenue from Elm Street to
Franklin Street, for foot passengers through this walk.
This lot is generously donated by the Amoskeag Manufacturing
Company, and the deed is ready to be delivered as soon as the
aforesaid avenue can be laid out as a public way. Owing to una-
voidable delays arising from various causes, the Committee were
unable to make any progress with the foundations, but the prelim-
inaries are so far advanced that the work may be commenced early
the coming season.
POLICE STATION.
Agreeably to the recommendation contained in my inaugural ad-
dress, some progress has been made with a view to procure better
accommodations for the Police Department. An architect, Mr. G.
W. Stevens, has been employed, who has presented a plan for an
addition to, or an extension of the City Hall Building at the south
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■west corner. It is proposed to make the structure 34x40 feet, one
story high with a basement, all finished in the same style of archi-
tecture as the main building, and of the same kind of materials.
It is to contain rooms for the Marshal, and a watch room, with the
necessaiy conveniences, also twenty cells, ten in the basement and
ten in the principal story.
I have thus adverted to some of the principal topics relating to
our public affairs which have been the subject of our deliberations
during the past year. Whatever success has resulted from our
labors has in a large degree been owing to your wisdom, fidelity
and cheerful co-operation. As a reward for your services, you
have the approbation of your fellow citizens, and that which is
higher and better than all, the consciousness of having honestly
endeavored to perform your duty.
The prosperity which has marked the progress of our city
throughout the year, may well awaken our wannest gratitude to
an ever kind and watchful Providence. Peace and public order
have been maintained to a high degree : no pestilence which walk-
eth in darkness has been suffered to come within our borders ; the
Republic has made rapid progress in recovering from the effects of
the dreadful calamities incident to the long and bloody war ; pub-
lic confidence has been greatly restored, the spirit of enterprise in
our people has been stimulated, the busy hum of industry has been
heard, labor has been rewarded, and our city is once more enter-
ing upon a career of prosperity with renewed vigor.
Gentlemen : Before we separate, allow me to extend to you in-
dividually, my sincere and heartfelt thanks for the courtesy and
kindness which has ever characterized your conduct in all relations
with me. Let me assure you that I shall never cease to retain
pleasing and grateful recollections of the many manifestations of
your generosity and personal regard ; and that wherever your lot
may be cast, I shall always cherish an ardent wish for your future
success and happiness.
GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS
OF THE
CITY OF MANCHESTER,
1868.
MAYOR,
JAMES A. WESTON.
ALDERMEN,
"Ward 1, William G. Perry. "Ward 5, Daniel Connor.
Ward 2, Ezra Huntington. Ward 6, Joseph Rowley.
Ward 3, William P. Newell, Ward 7, Chauneey C. Favor,
Ward 4, Horace B. Putnam. Ward 8, George H. Gerry.
COMMON COUNCDL.
Ward 1, Henry C. Sanderson, Ward 4, A. M. Eastman,
John Plummer, Benj. W. Robinson,
William Bursiel. Jonathan B. Moore.
Ward 2, John Pattee, Ward 5, George Fox,
Henry A. Farrington, Andrew Farrell,
Hemy Lewis. Michael Keeley,
Ward 3, Seth J. Sanborn, Ward 6, William F. Sleeper,
Peter K. Chandler, Alex. M. Corning,
Reed P. Silver, George H. Hubbard.
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Ward 7, Joseph H. Brooks, "Ward 8, David A. Messer,
Isaac Lewis, A. A. Partridge,
Samuel Brooks, . Hiram Stearns,
Joseph E. Bennett, City Clerk.
Henry C. Sanderson, President of Common Council.
Horace M. Gillis, Clerk of Common Council.
Harrison D. Lord, City Messenger.
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEES.
On Finance.— -Messrs. Chandler, Corning and Farrington; the
Mayor and Alderman Perry.
On Accounts. — Aldermen Huntington and Rowley; Messrs.
Sanborn, Lewis of Ward 7, and Chandler.
On Lands and Buildings. — Aldermen Connor and Putnam;
Messrs. Plummer, Pattee and Bursiel.
On Public Instruction. — Aldermen Gerry and Huntington;
Messrs. J. H. Brooks, Lewis of Ward 2, and Eastman.
On Streets. — Aldermen Newell and Rowley; Messrs. Corning,
Sleeper and Silver.
On City Farm. — The Mayor and Aldermen Favor; Messrs.
Robinson, Plummer and Stearns.
On Sewers and Drains. — AldermenNewell and Connor; Messrs.
Silver, Robinson and Eastman.
On Commons and Cemetaries. — Aldermen Perry and Gerry;
Messrs. Hubbard, J. H. Brooks and Partridge.
On Fire Department. — Aldermen Huntington and Gerry;
Messrs. Farrington, Plummer and Samuel Brooks.
On Claims. — Aldermen Perry and Putnam; Messrs. Pattee,
Lewis of Ward 7, and Eastman.
On House of Correction. — Aldermen Connor and Favor ; Messrs.
Messer, Fox and Samuel Brooks.
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On Military Affairs. — Aldermen Putnam and Favor; Messrs.
Hubbard, Bursiel and Farrell.
On City Hall Building. — Aldermen Rowley and Newell;
Messrs. Moore, Sanborn and Lewis of Ward 2.
STANDING COMMITTEES IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
On Licenses. — Aldermen Gerry and Connor.
On Enrollment. — Aldermen Rowley and Gerry.
On Lighting Streets. — Aldermen Favor and Rowley.
On Bills in Second Reading. — Aldermen Perry and Putnam.
On Market. — Aldermen Connor and Favor.
On Setting Trees. — Aldermen Putnam and Newell.
On Marshal's Accounts. — Aldermen Newell and Huntington.
On Abatement of Taxes. — Aldermen Huntington and Perry.
STANDING COMMITTEES IN BOARD OF COMMON COUNCIL.
On Elections and Returns. — Messrs. Sleeper, Partridge and
Samuel Brooks.
On Bills in Second Reading. — Messrs. Coming, Messer and
Moore.
On Enrollment. — Messrs. Chandler, Eastman, and Lewis of
Ward 7.
INAUGURAL ADDRESS
OF THE
Hon. Isaac W. Smith
MAYOR,
TO THE
CITY COUNCIL OF MANCHESTER,
DELIVERED
BEFORE THE TWO BRANCHES LN CONVENTION,
JANUARY 5, 1869.
CITY OF MANCHESTER.
AN ORDER TO PRINT THE MAYOR'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
Ordered, If the Board of Common Council concur, That the
City Clerk be hereby authorized to procure the printing of three
hundred copies of the Inaugural Address of the Hon. Isaac "W.
Smith, delivered this day before the several branches of the City
Government, for the use of the City Council.
In Board of Mayor and Aldermen, January 5, 1869.
Read and passed.
J. E. BENNETT, City Clerk.
In Board of Common Council, Jannary 5, 1869.
Read and passed. s
H. M. GILLIS, Clerk.
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ADDKESS.
Gentlemen of the City Council:
While the oath of office is still fresh upon our lips, let us ac-
knowledge our profound gratitude to God, that, during the year
that has just closed, peace and good order have been maintained in
our midst; that pestilence has not desolated our homes, nor con-
flagration laid waste our dwellings ; that prosperity has smiled
upon our efforts, and success attended the various individual and
corporate enterprises of our beloved city. And .let us humbly in-
voke His continuance of these blessings during the year upon which
we have entered.
Called by the suffrages of our fellow-citizens to the discharge of
the several trusts committed to us, we are all fully sensible, I have
no doubt, of the responsibilities we have assumed.
In conformity to the requirements of the statute, as well as in
accordance with the custom of my predecessors, I shall attempt to
bring to your attention at this time, some of the more important
matters that will require consideration at your hands. I can only
do so, however, on this occasion, in a general way. When I shall
have had sufficient opportunity to become more familiar in detail
with the condition and wants of the city, such further suggestions
will be made, from time to time, as may be of sufficient importance
to be made the subject of special communications.
FINANCES.
Through the courtesy of the City Treasurer, I have been furnish-
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ed with the following exhibit of our financial
day of January, 1869 :
Bonds due April 1, 1870
" " Jan. 1, 1871
Notes " Feb. 28, 1872
Bonds " July 1, 1872
" " July 1, 1874
" " July 1, 1877
Notes " July 9, 1878
" " July 22, 1878
Bonds " Jan. 1, 1880
" " July 1, 1882
" " April 1, 1884
" " April 1, 1885
" " Jan. 1, 1888
" " Nov. 1, 1893
" " July 1, 1894
Total funded debt
Temporary loan . ■ .
Estimated interest to Jan. 1, 1869
Outstanding bills Jan. 1, 1869
condition on the first
$8,800 00
6,000 00
3,600 00
20,000 00
20,000 00
22,500 00
2,400 00
1,100 00
10,000 00
22,500 00
70,000 00
10,000 00
35,000 00
70,000 00
50,000 00
$351,900 00
37,301 00
• 10,000 00
15,156 08
$114,357 08
Total debt and interest
Cash in Treasury, Jan. 1, 1869 . . $12,794 85
Note due on Barrett place and notes for City
Farm lots sold 2,450 49
Estimated interest on same ... 47 00
$45,292 34
Net indebtedness, Jan. 1, 1869 . . . $369,064 74
which is $6,973 92 less than one year ago, as per statement of the
city debt on page 167 of the Annual Beports of the city for 1867:
or $23,923 92 less than one year ago as per statement of my prede-
cessor in his inaugural address, which seems to be correct, he hav-
ing included as a debt against the city, the sum of $16,950, due for
steam fire engine and the Court House, — two items not included
in the statement of the city debt in the Annual Reports.
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The amount of taxes for 1868, uncollected, is about $28,000, of
which $20,000 is deemed collectible. The amount uncollected is
about $7,000 less than remained uncollected one year ago on the
list for 1867.
By an act of the last Legislature, which took effect in September,
the several school districts of this city were abolished, the property
of the school districts becoming the property of the city, and their
liabilities being assumed by the city.
The debt of School District No. 2 amounts to $17,200, the inter-
est upon which is paid to June 1, 1869, and is due in equal amounts
to the four savings banks of the city.
The debt of School District No. 7 is $742 70, with interest since
October 15, 1868.
No debt, as I am informed, existed against the other nine school
districts of the city. "With the addition of the debts of these two
school districts, our net indebtedness is $387,007 44.
The accounts kept by the City Clerk show that the sum of
$278,139 64 was paid for bounties to soldiers enlisted from this city
in the late war, including bounties advanced for the general gov-
ernment, and the sum of $7,391 63 was paid for " State Aid" to
families of soldiers, making a total of $285,531 27 (in addition to
the amounts hitherto refunded), or about seventy-five per cent, of
our indebtedness, created in consequence of the demands made
upon us for soldiers to suppress the late rebellion, but little, if any,
of which will ever be refunded.
How to rid the city of this great indebtedness, the annual interest
upon which ($24,000) is a heavy burden, and a serious obstacle to
our forwarding any of the many important enterprises for advanc-
ing the interests of our city awaiting our action, is a problem de-
manding our serious consideration. This item of interest is con-
stantly undermining our means for enterprise and usefulness. It
is continually accumulating, day and night, in sunshine and storm,
on the Sabbath as well as on week days, while we sleep and
while we labor, silently, yet with unmistakable certainty.
Some of our wealthiest citizens and heaviest tax-payers, with
whom I have conversed, favor raising a sufficient amount to pay
off the whole debt within a very short period, arguing that the
property of every tax-payer will thereby be immediately advanced
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in value, and that our city will by reason thereof attract wealth for
investment within our limits, and a large increase in the number
of people who take up their abode with us.
Others are in favor of paying little or nothing of the principal at
present, but would leave it for posterity, arguing that the present
generation has done its full share in furnishing men and money to
suppress the late rebellion.
I cannot agree with either of these classes in their views. While
it is true that posterity should bear its due proportion of expendi-
tures for improvements in which it will be equally benefited with
us, yet it is equally true that posterity will have its duties to per-
form, and extraordinary emergencies to meet. Besides, it is a
little difficult to fix the exact point of time when any generation is
willing to admit itself the posterity looked forward to by any pre-
ceding generation to liquidate such claims upon it.
Nor does there seem to be any such urgent necessity as that we
should in a very short period clear away so large an amount of in-
debtedness as exists against us to-day. I think, however, Ave
should be derelict in our duty to ourselves if we fail to take ad-
vantage of the present general success and prosperity that prevails,
to remove a portion of the load of debt that is upon us. Our mills
are generally doing a satisfactory business, individual enterprise
is flourishing, money is abundant, and labor is in demand and re-
ceiving adequate reward. We can raise and pay this year twenty-
five thousand, and probably fifty thousand, dollars of our debt,
with greater ease than even one thousand dollars a few years hence,
should a financial revulsion sweep over the land, as many intelli-
gent men suppose inevitably must.
I think we should raise the present year, for this purpose, at
least twenty thousand dollars, perhaps twenty-five thousand. This
amount would not be burdensome, and at that rate our debt would
be extinguished in from sixteen to twenty years, the interest, of
course, growing less with each payment of the principal. When-
ever it shall occur that none of the debt shall fall due in any given
year, still this amount should be raised and invested as a sinking
fund, to be applied to the payment of the debt when due.
But no effort to remove the load of our debt will fully avail, un-
less we pay our usual and ordinary expenses in full from year to
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year. If they are suffered to fall behind a few thousand dollars
each year, any progress made in paying the debt is counterbal-
anced to the same extent. Let us, therefore, consider carefully
before we make our appropriations, and as accurately as possible,
the amount necessary to be raised for meeting the wants of the
city for the year, reducing our expenses to the lowest point com-
patible with our necesities and consistent with true economy,
making all due allowance for contingencies that must inevitably
occur; and, having made the appropriations, let us adhere inflexi-
bly to the idea that the expenditures shall not exceed the same.
We should not lose sight, however, of the fact that extraordinary
emergencies may occur, to two of which I shall presently ask your
attention, when it may not only be the part of wisdom, but also
be true economy in us to incur further debts ; but this should only
be for objects permanent in themselves and of a character remuner-
ative, either directly in themselves or indirectly in their results
upon the community. And when such an occasion shall arise, I
would advise that the bonds of the city be issued payable in a given
number of equal annual installments according to the magnitude
of the debt incurred ; for example, a debt of $30,000 should be paid
in, say, ten years, in equal annual installments of $3,000, and the
bonds should have designated upon their margin the object for
which the debt was incurred, such as "Snncook Valley R. E.
Loan," " City Aqueduct Loan," &c. The debt would thus be
paid in easy installments without being perceptibly felt as a bur-
den, and would be in sure process of liquidation.
SCHOOLS AKD SCHOOL HOUSES.
By the change in the law above referred to abolishing the school
districts of the city, the building and repairing of school-houses
will hereafter devolve upon the city. During the past year the
houses in the central part of the city, with the exception of the
second story of the Spring-street house, were put in thorough re-
pair, at an expense of about $10,000. For the condition of the
several school-houses and the repairs necessary to be made during
the present year, I refer you to the Eeport of the Superintendent
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of Schools. It is economy to keep these houses at all times in
good repair, as well as indispensable to the health and comfort of
pupils and teachers.
Three divisions of a new Grammar school have recently been es-
tablished in the new High-school house, to relieve the crowded
condition of the other Grammar schools and to accommodate the
growth of that section of the city. The fourth division would al-
so have been established before this time, thus making it a full
Grammar school, had there been suitable rooms for the same in the
house. Some immediate action should be taken to provide suita-
ble accommodation for this school, either by providing temporary
accommodations in the High-school house or by the erection of
a new building in that section of the city.
The High-school building was not constructed for the use of a
High and Grammar school, and although it is larger than the pres-
ent wants of the High school require, it is nevertheless badly ar-
ranged for the two schools, and if so occupied, neither would be
properly accommodated. Should you come to the conclusion that
it would be better to erect a new Grammar-school house in that
section of the city, the three lots now used at Towlesville, at the
corner of .Bridge and Union streets, and at the corner of Concord
and Beech streets, should be sold, and the proceeds of the sale
be applied towards defraying the expense of a new house and lot.
The money to defray the expense of supporting our public
schools is raised and appropriated by the City < louncil by taxation,
while the Board of School Committee alone has charge of its ex-
penditure. It has frequently happened that the money thus appro-
priated has been all expended by the School Committee some time
prior to the expiration of the financial year, and the schools sup-
ported for the balance of the year out of the appropriation for
the next succeeding year. I am informed that the appropriation
of last year was all expended, and that there are outstanding bills
amounting to $2,000, in addition to the salaries of the teachers for
December, amounting to about $3,000 more, and the bill for wood
and coal consumed prior to the lstinst., the amount of which I am
unable to furnish. From this divided responsibility, it is not sur-
prising that this result should occur, the City Council feeling that
its duty is ended by appropriating the amount asked for by the
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School Committee, and the latter board, being' elected rather with
a view to qualifications for the management of the schools than for
financial reasons, not naturally feeling that degree of responsibil-
ity as if charged with the appropriation as well as the expendi-
tures of the funds. In many cities the Mayor is by law made a
member ex officio of the School Committee, as the representative of
the City Council by whom the money is appropriated. The re-
sponsibilty for its expenditures by the Board of School Committee
thus constituted would undoubtedly be more fully realized. My
experience as a member of that committee a few years since in-
duces me to suggest that the Board might profitably be enlarged to
double its present number, each ward electing annually one mem-
ber for the term of two years. The Board would thus always
have at least one-half of its number members of experience.
Should these suggestions meet with approval, the legislature at its
next session would undoubtedly amend our charter accordingly.
Before dismissing this subject I trust I shall be pardoned for
making a suggestion which may almost seem unnecessary. Our
schools should be upon a footing of perfect equality, — without i li --
tinction in the rank, circumstances, or color ol the pupils,— with-
out discrimination for or against any seel, party, or denomination,
— open alike to the children of native, and foreign born who take
up their homes in our midst, — and with the best teachers that can
be secured, with regard only to character and qualifications.'
The General Statutes of the State take the appointment of tru-
ant officers from the Board of School Committee, where it was
formerly vested, and place it in the hands of the City Council.
The Superintendent of Schools, in his Annual Reports of last and
this year, has called attention to the subject of truancy, as being a
growing and serious evil and requiring some action at your hands.
It is cheaper as well as better, to educate a child and thus prevent
his going astray, than to support him in confinement and attempt
to reform lum later in life. I commend the Report of the Super-
intendent upon this subject to your favorable consideration.
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CITY LIBRARY.
Both of my immediate predecessors, in their inaugural messa-
ges, called attention to the subject of erecting a City Library
building. Encouragement was given two years ago that the lot
on Franklin street, south of the Franklin-Street Church, would be
conveyed to the city for that purpose without expense, and that
one-half the expense of the building would be contributed by gen-
tlemen residing without our limits . The building of the Court House
that year necessarily delayed action upon the subject till late in the
season, when, owing to the then depressed condition of manufac-
tures, and to some other causes, the same encouragement of dona-
tions from abroad could not be held out. The City Council of last
year appropriated the sum of $5,000 towards the erection of a
building, and appointed a committee of the City Council, together
with Hon. Frederick Smyth, Hon. E. A. Straw, and Samuel ]ST.
Bell, Esq., with power to procure and adopt a plan for a building
and to commence the«work. I learn from my predecessor, that the
committee adopted a plan from several which were submitted to
them, and intended to put in the foundation last Fall. But several
unforseen and unavoidable causes operated to delay the action of
the committee, and operations were therefore, necessarily delayed
till the opening of the coming Spring. The estimated expense of
the building is $25,000, which can be diminished or increased ac-
cording to the style and expense of finish adopted. Strong encour-
agement has been given to me that at least one-half, and perhaps
more, of the expense of the building will be donated by gentlemen
residing without our limits, interested in the success and prosperi-
ty of our city. If our anticipations in this particular are realized,
there would remain the sum of $12,500 only, to be paid by the city,
of which sum $5,000 appropriated by the last City Council remains
unexpended in the City Treasury. I would recommend that you
appropriate the sum of $7,500 for this purpose, and that the work
be proceeded with the coming Spring, as soon as the condition of
the ground and weather will permit. The Amoskeag Manufactur-
ing Company, with its accustomed liberality, will convey the lot,
free of expense, to the trustees, as soon as the avenue known as
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Methodist Court shall be extended to Franklin street, and laid out
by the city as a public avenue, for which a petition has been pre-
sented to the Board of Aldermen, and in regard to the desirable-
ness and expediency of which there can be no question.
Our City Library contains at the present time 13,500 volumes.
It was almost totally destroyed by fire in 1856, and is now neces-
sarily located in a building- used for other purposes. It should not
be exposed to the hazard of a second destruction by fire. A proper
regard for its safety, as well as for the accommodation of our citi-
zens, requires that it should be located in a building occupied for
that, and no other purpose, as near fire-proof as possible, at the
earliest practicable moment.
The reports of the Librarian and officers of the Library have
been made, and will soon be before you in print. They show its
affairs to be well managed and in competent hands. It needs no
words of mine to convince you of its usefulness. It is realizing
the hopes that were entertained when it was established, and I
commend it to your careful and favorable consideration.
WATER.
The introduction of pure water into the city has been for many
years a subject much discussed, and generally considered ascertain
of being accomplished. Of the different plans proposed, that of
bringing it from Massabesic Pond, a distance of about four miles,
seems to be the most feasible, and by means of a corporation for
that purpose, the most practicable. Such a corporation was or-
ganized last year under a charter from the Legislature, and is in
the hands of men in whose integrity and capacity for good man-
agement the community has confidence. It is not improbable that
this undertaking may be commenced the present year. By the
terms of the charter, the city has the power to subscribe to its cap-
ital stock to an amount not exceeding one-half thereof. The stock
could probably be taken up without the aid of the city. But in
an enterprise of such magnitude and importance, and affecting so
largely the health and comfort of our citizens, and affording such
additional security against fire, it would be advisable that the city
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should be interested to an amount sufficient to give it a leading
voice in its management.
The sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars would prob-
ably be sufficient to put the works into operation, further expendi-
tures being required as the works are extended. I have no hesi-
tation in advising that the city should subscribe to at least $00,000
of the stock, both on the ground of promoting the health and com-
fort of its inhabitants and as additional security against fire, as
well as because there can hardly be a doubt that the investment
will be remunerative.
RAILROADS.
During the past year the City Council, agreeably to a petition
signed by a large number of the prominent men of this city, many
of them our heaviest tax-payers, and representing all the different
interest- of the city, voted the sum of $50,000 to aidin the building of
the Suucook Valley Railroad. Tbis sum, with that voted by other
towns, and raised from other sources, will ensure the building of
this road during the coming season. That the opening of this new
avenue of travel to that flourishing section of the State, will attract
much of its trade and business to this city, to the mutual advan-
tage of the people of both sections, and that this outlay of the city
will be received back many times by its citizens, cannot be ques-
tioned.
Your attention will probably be called at an early day to the sub-
ject of extending similar aid to the Manchester and Keene Railway .
ISTo other railway leading to this city would probably add so much
to the business and trade of the city as this. Very much of the
travel over the road would Tbe that of people coming to this city
upon business and not merely passing through it.
There seems to be no reasonable doubt that with our aid, and
the amount that would be raised in Xew Boston and Francestown,
this road would be built from Parker's Station in Goflstown to
Francestown, near the line of Greenfield, and when opened to that
point its extension to Peterborough can hardly be said to be a ques-
tion of time. I need not detain you to recite the advantages that
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"would result from the opening of this line of travel and freight.
The wishes and opinions of our constituents upon this subject will
no doubt be publicly made known to us as soon as the movements
of those who have this enterprise in charge shall seem to warrant
the commencement of operations.
FIEE DEPARTYLENT.
I doubt whether any city of the size of ours has a better or more
efficient Fire Department. Fortunately its services have been but
seldom required for the past year, yet its reputation for good man-
agement and vigilance is in no manner diminished.
We have been particularly fortunate for the past few years in
our exemption from the ravages of lire. No large or destructive
conflagration has swept away our dwellings, stores and workshops
as in many of our sister cities. Our exemption in this respect, al-
though owing in great measure to the efficiency of our Fire De-
partment and the abundant caution we have exercised in guarding
against fire, nevertheless seems almost miraculous. Like exemp-
tion in future can only be secured by the exercise of equal vigi-
in maintaining the efficiency of the department. The city is
generally well supplied with reservoirs. But thai section ea
Union street, except so murh as can be reached from Hanover
Square, from the nature of the ground cannot be supplied with
reservoirs, and it is, therefore, peculiarly exposed to the ravages
of fire. There does not seem to be any way of remedying this
evil, until the city is supplied with water from the Aqueduct Com-
pany.
If there is further security within our reach, it is certainly our
duty to provide it without delay.
HIGHWAYS AND STREETS.
It is too apparent that there has been a great lack of system in
the construction of our sidewalks and the repairs of our streets.
The sidwalks have generally been constructed by the abutters and
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often without regard to grade, while much of the money expended
in the repairs of the streets has been wholly thrown away. Gravel,
or some poorer substitute, has been drawn upon many of the streets
by successive surveyors, till the streets have been raised higher
than the sidewalks, and often the greensward between the side-
walk and traveled path, seemingly placed there by nature as a
protection against dust and drouth, has been dug up and drawn
away.
I would suggest whether it is not highly important that there be
some further legislation by the city in regard to establishing the
grade of the streets and sidewalks, a public record of the same being
preserved, and that adb.eran.ee to the grade thus established be en-
forced. The grade should be established by a competent civil en-
gineer, and not be left to the caprice of every successive highway
surveyor.
Great improvement has recently been made in our sidewalks.
By the widening of Hanover street last year, a sidewalk was se-
cured of ample width to accommodate the travel of that frequented
avenue. I would recommend that suitable encouragement be ex-
tended by the city, as heretofore, to all abutters who will improve
sidewalks adjoining their premises.
The paving of Elm street, which has been extended during the
past year, has proved a complete success. It should be continued
from year to year till completed. The repairs upon the principal
streets leading from Elm street, as far east at least as Union street,
should be made with a view to the streets being ultimately paved.
Although costing more in the first instance, yet when completed
the work is permanently done, and no further outlay for repairs
will be needed for many years to come.
The two bridges across Merrimack river are believed to be in
good repair, and will not require any extraordinary outlay the
present year.
SEWERS AND DRAINS.
A large sum of money has been expended for the drainage of
the city, much of which was of a temporary character merely.
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Many of the sewers were constructed of plank, which in time de-
cayed, and were replaced by cement tubes. The main sewer upon
Elm Street was not laid deep enough, nor constructed large enough
to drain the cellars upon Elm street, many of winch in time of
freshets have been flooded, to the great damage and inconvenience
of their occupants.
During the past season, the laying of a new sewer of size and
depth sufficient to remedy the defects in the old sewer, was com-
menced at Central street and completed as far as Merrimack street.
I would recommend that its construction be continued the present
year as far as Hanover street, and even farther, if the condition of
our finances will allow. It is urgently demanded by the necessi-
ties of the people. It will probably never require to be relaid or
repaired. A plan for the sewerage of the city was made in 1855
by a civil engineer competent for that purpose. Probably no bet-
ter plan can be devised. It is of the highest importance that some
system be adopted and adhered to, so that successive city govern-
ments may act in harmony upon this subject.
Most of the section of the city lying east of Union street and
north of Hanover street is without any sewerage. It will deserve
your serious attention to devise proper accommodation for that
growing section of the city in this respect.
POLICE.
Our Police was never more efficient, or its affairs better manag-
ed. Very much depends upon the firm and prompt discharge of
their duties, for the maintenance of good order, and for the pre-
vention of crime.
Too many arrests were made in former years for petty offences.
The flue and costs imposed were often paid when urgently needed
for the support of the family of the prisoner, and which frequently
suffered in consequence for the necessaries of life. From the frequen-
cy of such arrests the city acquired a reputation for disorder which
it did not deserve. These remarks do not of course apply to fla-
grant cases, nor frequent offenders, but to petty offences against
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the laws. And I am happy to learn that the police have more re-
cently brought fewer cases of this character before the Police Court.
My attention has been called to the matter of establishing a day
police in addition to our night police force. It is urged that two
officers would be sufficient for that purpose, and that they could
also act as truant officers without additional expense to the city. I
have not, however, sufficient information upon the subject to make
any recommendation in regard to it.
My predecessor, in his annual message of last year, called atten-
tion to the condition of the lobby under the City Hall. Persons
held in temporary confinement, for suspected crimes or offences,
should have all reasonable accommodations afforded them. I have
no hesitation in pronouncing the lobby totally unfit for the purpose
of confinement of prisoners, and a disgrace to the city, and, unless
it can be put into decent condition, should be permitted to be no
longer used for such purposes.
COURT HOUSE.
The Court House, commenced in 1867, was completed in 1868,
with the exception of the offices in the lower story for county offi-
cers, and has been occupied by the Courts since June last. A con-
crete walk has been laid down upon the three sides bordering upon
streets, and the lot has been surrounded by a handsome and sub-
stantial iron fence. The building is an ornament and a credit to
the city, and answers perfectly the purposes for which it is intend-
ed. There is not a house in this State, and probably not in this
section of the land, that is more convenient in every respect, and
better adapted for the holding of Courts. The committee who have
had it in charge are deserving of great credit for the success that
has attended their efforts.
A NEW COUNTY.
According to the natural course of things, the western towns in
Rockingham county and northern and eastern towns in Hillsbor-
ough county will, at an early day, be constituted a new county.
"Whenever the matter is taken hold of by the business men of this
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city, with their usual energy and activity, and unitedly, this desir-
able event will be accomplished, — even this present year. I sug-
gest to you whether the advantages that would follow such an
event should not induce us to strive for its accomplishment without
further delay.
COMMONS.
Our Commons are an ornament to the city and a means of pro-
moting the health of our citizens. They have generally been kept
in clean condition and been properly cared for. Last year, con-
crete walks were laid across the upper portion of Concord Square,
much to the improvement of its appearance and the convenience of
people crossing it. The same improvement should be extended to
the other Commons as fast as our finances will allow. I renew the
recommendation of my predecessor, that a commencement be made
of placing iron fences around our Commons as required by the
terms of the deeds conveying the same to the city, and that the
western border of Merrimack Square be so fenced tins year.
CEMETERIES.
The Valley and Pine Grove Cemeteries are nearly or quite kept
in repair from the proceeds of the sale of lots. Although they
will not require of us any great outlay the coming year, yet we
should see that they are not suffered to deteriorate in beauty or in
other respects from lack of suitable care and attention.
MILITARY.
The 3filitary of the city has recently been diminished in num-
bers by the disbanding of some of the companies. Those that re-
main are composed mainly of men who aided in suppressing the
rebellion, and who are entitled to our gratitude and esteem. I am
not aware that they make any claims upon us except for defraying
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the expense of rent of armories, a reasonable sum for which pur-
pose I have no doubt you will cheerfully appropriate.
CONCLUSION.
I have thus, fellow-citizens, endeavored to call your attention to
some of the questions that will engage our attention. Other ques-
tions will probably arise that will call for our deliberation and
action.
Let us, one and all, strive to discharge the duties we have just
assumed, so as to promote the highest interests of the city, — and I
assure you of my cordial co-operation with your efforts in that be-
half.
"When I consider that we are a city of nearly 30,000 souls, having
a valuation of from ten to fifteen millions of property, with varied
and, to some extent, conflicting interests, I cannot expect to meet
the responsibilities imposed upon me without disappointing the
expectations that some may entertain. But, relying with confi-
dence for assistance upon your counsel and experience, I pledge
you that whatever of ability or strength I may possess shall be de-
voted to the faithful discharge of the duties of the office I have
accepted.
ISAAC W. SMITH.
January 5, 1869.
GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS
OF THE
CITY OF MANCHESTER,
1869.
MAYOR,
ISAAC W. SMITH.
CITY CLERK,
JOSEPH E. BENNETT,
ALDERMEN,
"Ward 1, Daniel H. Maxfield, "Ward 5, Daniel Connor,
"Ward 2, Henry A. Farrington, "Ward 6, George H. Hubbard,
"Ward 3, "William P. Newell, "Ward 7, Chauncey C. Favor.
"Ward 4, Horace B. Putnam. "Ward 8, George H. Gerry.
PRESDDENT COMMON COUNCIL,
Peter K. Chandler.
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CLERK OF COMMON COUNCIL,
Horace M. Gillis,
COMMON COUNCIL.
"Ward 1, William Bursiel. Ward 5, Cornelius Healey,
William H. Maxwell, Patrick Devine,
John P. Currier, John McKeon,
Ward 2, Henry Lewis, Ward 6, Dustin L. Jenkins,
Thomas E. Northrup, John W. Johnson,
William B. Underhill, George E. Glines.
Ward '3, Peter K. Chandler, Ward 7, Samuel Brooks,
Reed P. Silver, David O. Webster,
Simeon F. Stanton. John K. McQueston.
Ward 4, A. M. Eastman, Ward 8, A. A. Partridge,
Beuj. W. Robinson, Hiram Stearns,
Jonathan B. Moore, William G. Everett.
Messenger^ David Thayer.
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEES.
Finance. — Messrs. Silver, Brooks and Johnson ; the Mayor and
Alderman Newell.
Accounts. — Aldermen Farrington and Maxfield; Messrs. Max-
well, Underhill and Currier.
Lands and Buildings. — Aldermen Putnam and Newell ; Messrs.
Brooks, Robinson and Johnson.
Public Instruction. — Aldermen Gerry and Farrington ; Messrs.
McQueston, Everett and Jenkins.
Streets. — Aldermen Newell and Putnam: Messrs. Lewis, Silver
and Stanton.
City Farm- The Mayor and Alderman Favor ; Messrs. Stearns,
Partridge, and Moore.
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Sewers and Drains. — Aldermen Newell and Connor; Messrs.
Robinson, Eastman and Bursiel.
Commons and Cemeteries. — Aldermen Maxfield and^ Gerry ;
Messrs. Partridge, Webster and Moore.
Fire De})artment. — Aldermen Gerry and Hubbard; Messrs.
Brooks, Glines and McKeon.
Claims. — Aldermen Putnam and Hubbard; Messrs. Eastman,
Northrup and Currier.
House of Correction. — Aldermen Connor and Farrington;
Messrs. Moore, Devine and Lewis.
Military Affairs. — Alderman Hubbard and Favor ; Messrs. Hea-
ley, Glines and Maxwell.
City Hall Buildings. — Aldermen Hubbard and Maxfield;
Messrs. Underbill, Lewis and Stanton.
STANDING COMMITTEES IN BOARD OF AEDERMEN.
Licenses. — Aldermen Favor and Connor.
Enrollment.— Aldermen Maxfield and Farrington.
Lighting Streets. — Aldermen Farrington and Gerry.
Bills in Second Beading. — Aldermen Putnam and Maxfield.
Market. — Aldermen Connor and Gerry.
Setting Trees. — Alderme*n Newell and Putnam.
Marshal's Accounts. — Aldermen Favor and Connor.
STANDING COMMITTEES IN BOARD OF COMMON COUNCIL.
Elections and Returns. — Messrs. Everett, Northrup and Un-
derbill.
Bills in Second Beading. — Messrs. Currier, Webster and Glines.
Enrollment. — Messrs. Eastman, McQueston and Stearns.
ASSESSORS.
George W.. Thayer, J. G. Cilley, Timothy Sullivan,
Horace P. Simpson, Isaac D. Palmer, Isaac Whittemore,
Joseph N. Prescott, Allen Partridge.
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COMMITTEE ON ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
George W. Thayer, Jacob G. Cilley, Isaac D. Palmer.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
S. S. Moulton, Nahum Baldwin, John Sweeney, Horatio Fradd,
S. J. Young, Moses E. George, H. W. Savory, John Field.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Henry T. Mowatt, Daniel Clark, William Little,
Marshall P. Hall, Samuel Upton, Elhridge D. Hadley
James Dean, T. S. Montgomery.
SUPT. OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
Joseph G. Edgerly.
BOARD OF ENGINEERS.
Israel Dow, Chief.
Benjamin C. Kendall. Elijah Chandler,
Edwin P. Richardson. Wilherforce Ireland
SOLICITOR.
Cyrus A. Sulloway, — Office, Union Building.
TREASURER AND COLLECTOR,
Henry R. Chamberlain, — Office, City Hall Building.
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DEPUTY COLLECTOR.
Harrison D. Lord. City Hall Building.
TRUSTEES OF CITY LIBRARY.
Hon. Daniel Clark,
William P. Newell,
Hon. Wm. C. Clark.
Phinehas Adams,
Samuel N. Bell,
Waterman Smith,
Hon. E. A. Straw,
Peter K. Chandler,
Hon. Isaac W. Smith.
LIBRARIAN.
Charles H. Marshall.
WARD OFFICERS.
Moderators.
Ward 1, P. Currier,
" 2, Timothy W. Challis,
" 3, Henry C. Tilton,
" 4, George Holbrook,
Ward 5, William Little,
" 6, Holmes E. Pettee,
" 7, Andrew C. Wallace,
" 8, George H. Colby.
Clerks.
Ward 1, James M. House, Ward 5, James Hayes,
" 2, Leonard Shelters, " 6, Charles L. Bailey,
" 3, Richard J. P. Goodwin, " 7, Luther E. Wallace,
" 4, Jasper P. George, " 8, Charles W. Farmer,
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Selectmen.
Ward 1, ¥m. McPherson, "Ward 5, William Eiordan,
Edward Garner, John Burke,
Edward L. Carpenter, George Fox,
Ward 2, John W. Dickey, Ward 6, Ezra Kimball,
Elbridge G. Woodman, James W. Lathe,
Joseph Simonds, Thomas C. Cheney,
Ward 3, Thorndike P. Heath, Ward 7, Geo. C. Baker,
Nathaniel E. Morrill, Joseph Freschel,
George W. Vickery, Hosea E. Sturtevant,
Ward 4, Henry French, Ward 8, Parker F. Emerson,
Roswell H. Hassam, Damon Y. Stearns,
Moses Eastman, James Richardson.
SUPERINTENDENT OF BURIALS.
Charles S. Fisher.
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Justice.
Samuel Upton. — Office, Merchant's Exchange.
Assistant Justice.
Elijah M. Topliff— Office, Patten's Building.
City Marshal.
William B. Patten,— Office, City Hall.
Assistant Marshal.
Eben Carr— Office, City Hall.
Night Watch.
John D. Howard, Hezekiah H. Noyes,
Thomas L. Quimby, Horatio W. Longa,
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Albert F. Quimby,
Patrick Doyle,
Henry Bennett,
William B. Patten,
Eben Carr,
John D. Howard,
Thomas L. Quimby.
Albert F. Quimby,
Heziekiah H. Noyes^
James Duffy,
William T. Fogg,
W. H. B. Newhall.
Constables.
Patrick Doyle,
Henry Bennett,
Horatio W. Longa,
James Duffy,
William T. Fogg,
William H. B. Newhall.
Police Officers.
William B. Patten,
John D. Howard,
Albert F. Quimby,
Henry Bennett, *
James Duffy,
William H. B. Newhall,
Eben Carr,
Thomas L. Qmimby,
Pairick Doyle,
Horatio W. Longa,
William T. Fogg,
Hezekiah H. Noyes.
Special Police.
James Patten,
George W. Butterfield,
Henry B. Moulton,
John W. Dickey,
Benjamin Sleeper,
Elbridge G. Woodman,
John T. Chase,
Charles L. Richardson,
John D. Edgerly,
William P. Gage,
Jonathan Y. McQueston,
Stephen Palmer,
Sylvanus B. Putnam,
Austin Jenkins,
Charles H. Hurlburt,
William N. Chamberlin,
Ephraim G. Hastings,
Charles Canfield,
Henry Colby,
George H. Colby,
Uriah A. Carswell,
Peter W. Haselton,
George W. McConnell,
David Thayer,
Nathaniel Baker, 2d,
Horatio Fradd,
John C. Head,
John E. Stearns,
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Joseph Milvin,
James E. Bailey,
John Smith,
Hugh Conroy,
George F. Judkins,
Andrew J. Dickey,
Henry W. Powell,
Leonard Shelters,
George W. Mchols,
Hollis C. Hunton,
Albert H. Merrill,
Benjamin W. Robinson,
William D. Perkins,
Edward Garner,
Joel Daniels,
Nathaniel C. Barker,
Orrin D. Carpenter,
* Charles M. Stevens,
Reuben S. Harlow,
Milo W. Harvey,
Page S. Griffin,
Erastus Cutting,
Joseph L. Smith,
John F. Woodbury,
Guy W. Latham,
Franklin Goss,
John Sanborn,
Thomas C. Cheney,
E. B. Edwards,
Israel Doble,
Joseph Marsh,
Henry J. Young,
Ira P. Fellows,
Chase T. Hackett,
Alexander M. Corning,
William Short,
Levi H. Sleeper,
Harrison D. Lord,
Alonzo Avery,
BOARD OF HEALTH.
William B. Patten, Eben Carr,
Geo. A. Crosby
CITY OF MANCHESTER,
In Board of Common Council.
An Order authorizing the Printing of the Twenty-Third Annu-
al Report of the Receipts and Expenditures of the City of
Manchester.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur, that
the Joint Standing Committee on Finance, be, and they are hereby
authorized to cause sixteen hundred copies of the Twenty-Third
Annual Report of the Receipts and Expenditures of the City of
Manchester, including the Reports of the Chief Engineer of the
Fire Department; the Overseers of the Poor; the Committee on
the City Farm; the Trustees, Librarian, and Treasurer of the City
Library; the City Liquor Agent ; the School Committee and the
Superintendent of Public Instruction, to be printed for the use of
the inhabitants of said city.
January 4, 1869. In Board of Common Council.
Passed.
II. C. SANDERSON, President.
January 4, 1869. In Board of Mayor and Aldermen.
Passed in concurrence,
JAMES A. WESTON, Mayor.
A true copy of Record,
Attest: JOSEPH E. BENNETT, City Clerk.
ACCOUNT
OF
HENRY R. CHAMBERLIN,
City Treasurer,
FROM
DECEMBER 31, 1867, TO DECEMBER 31, 1868.
4A
Dr. City of Manchester in Account with Henry B. Chamberlin,
To Unpaid Bills, January 1. 1868,
Paupers off the Farm,
City Farm, ....
City Teams, ....
Highway District No. 1, .
Dist. No. 2, $5,132 22; Dist. No. 8, $473 48
Q
403 29 ;
4,
188 62 ;
5,
325 03 ;
6,
223 24 ;
7,
526 46 ;
9,
237 54
10,
785 58
11,
697 02
12,
223 87
13,
120 75
New Highway
Granite Bridge, $2,089 04; Am. Falls Bridge, 210 36,
Sewers and Drains, $5,818 89; Reservoirs, 614 55,
Commons, $1,341 '26 ; Pine Grove Cemetery, 358 45,
Fire Department ....
City Police
Lighting Streets ....
Printing and Stationery
Incidental Expenses
City Hall
City Library, $2,302 ; Militia, $537 94
Land sold from City Farm
Paving Streets, $3,262 34; Watering Streets, 411 04,
New School House, District No. 3
a a a it a n
a a cc u "11
13,293 57
3,628 65
3,384 33
2.446 20
243 87
5.6U5 70
640 83
974 20
1,022 05
447 11
647 21
4,155 62
2,299 40
6,433 44
1,699 71
11,173 22
11,771 87
2,485 78
1,797 57
3,375 20
2,065 99
2,840 63
.1?:; 09
3,673 38
111.-) (10
765 (>0
300 00
Schools, $38,000,00; Peps. School House No. 6, $6 00, 38,006 00
Repairs and Insurance School District, No. 10 . 57 00
Ab'm't of Taxes, $2,082 02 ; Dis. on Taxes, 4,213 70, 6,295 72
State Tax, $48,987 50; County Tax, $16,740 40 . 65,727 90
Interest, $2,755 69; Coupon, $20,610 00 . . . 23,365 69
Temporary Loan 9,325 00
Court House 18,065 16
Liquor Agencv, $329 98 ; Repairs of Buildings,$538 29, 868 27
Dog Tax, 20 00; New Hearse, 747 30 767 30
Repairs and Insurance, School District No. 2 . . 10,932 46
Debt and Interest 6,032 00
Reps. School House, 806 16 ; Reps. S. H .Dis. No. 4, 70 63. 876 79
Evening School, 200 16 ; City Officers, 8,015 00 . 8,215 16
Cash in the Treasury, January 1, 1869
$27(1.243 07
42,794 85
$319,037 92
45
City Treasurer, {one year ending December 31, 1868). Cr.
By Cash in the Treasury, January 1, 1868 . . . 34,109 91
Taxes 1862, $2 29 ; Taxes 1864, $27 49 . 29 78
" 1865, $529 15; " 1866, $2,233 08 . 2,762 23
" 1867, $26,141 31; " 1868, $180,993 53, 207,134 84
Temporary Loan, 11,396 00
Dog- Tax i867, $75 00 ; Dog Tax 1868, 134 00 . . 209 00
Savings Bank Tax 16,090 15
Rail Road Tax 10,996 56
United States Bounties 2,960 00
Literary Fund 837 90
City Hall, $1,890 50; City Farm, 2,946 52 . . 4,837 02
Police Court 3,267 70
City Scales, 276 81 ; Water Rent, 57 00. . . . 333 81
Paupers from other Towns 296 38
Pine Grove Cemetery 670 56
County of Hillsboro' $1,299 20; Ints't on Taxes, 628 18, 1,927 98
City Teams, $S20 24; Overdrawn, 82 80 . . . 903 04
Circus and Exhibition Licenses .... 596 00
Dog Licenses, $334; Sewer Licenses, $493 85 . s-27 «s5
Liquor Agency, $650 57 ; Cost non-resident Taxes, $45 00, 695 57
Tenm't Vine St., $100 00; W. M. Rolfe on Note, $200 00, 300 00
Commons for Grass, $100 00; National Bank Tax, $58 36, 158 36
Charles Williams and G. W. Riddle for Engine House, 1,060 00
Land sold from City Farm 791 83
Sand and Moving, $23 00 ; Plank Sold, $72 89 . 95 89
Rent of P. C. Room, $67 ; Use of Com. C. Room, $58 00, 125 00
Rent of Hearse, $66 67 ; Moodv Carter, $13 00 . 79 67
J. P. Dickey, $5 00 ; J. Doty, $3 00 ... 8 00
Gas burned by College, $33 39 ; Old Water Pipe, $31 68, 65 07
Stone from Dist No. 2, $10 00 ; Work on Sewers, $5 00, 15 00
E. P. Pearson, board at Reform School ... 39 00
Margarett McLane, board at Reform School . 20 28
J. G. Edgerly, Overdrawn School District No. 2 51 33
William Little, " " " « " . 10 72
Insurance on contents of Alms House ... 26 75
Use of No 6 Ward Room, $4 00 ; Wood, $2 00 6 00
Copper, Lead and Rags, $3 69 ; Damage to Lamp Post, 12 00, 15 69
Amoskeag Manf g Co., Labor and Material Dist. No. 10, 130 97
$303,881 84
Unpaid Bills, January 1, 1869 .... 15,156 08
$319 037 92
HENRY R. CHAMBERLIN, Treasurer.
Manchester, January 1, 1869.
FINANCE COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
The undersigned, Joint Standing Committee on Finance, certify
that we have examined the foregoing account of Henry R. Chain-
berlin, City Treasurer, and find the same correctly cast and prop-
erly vouched.
During the year ending December 31, 1868, there has been re-
ceived in the Treasury, including the balance January 1, 1868, the
sum of three hundred three thousand eight hundred eighty-one
dollars and eighty four cents, ($303,881 84) and there has been
paid from the Treasury during the same time, the sum of two
hundred sixty one thousand eighty-six dollars and ninety nine
cents, (261,086 99), leaving in the Treasuary, January 1, 1869, forty
two thousand seven hundred ninety- four dollars and eighty five
cents, (42,794 85).
The sum of fifteen thousand nine hundred ninety-four and six-
teen one hundredths dollars,,(15, 99416) has been paid on account of
the Court House, above what has been hired by temporary loan.
P. K. CHANDLER,
JAMES A. WESTON,
WILLIAM G. PERRY,
H. A. FARRINGTON,
A. M, CORNING.
Joint Standing Committee on Finance.
BEVENUE ACCOUNT.
By Taxes 1868 Collected.
" " Abated
$176,406 67
373 16
" " Discounted
4,213 70
180,993 53
" 1867 Collected
. 25,189 78
" " Abated .
951 53
26,141 31
" 1866 Collected
. 1,671 27
" " Abated .
561 81
2,233 08
" 1865 Collected
384 50
" " Abated .
144 65
529 15
" 1864 Collected
27 49
" 1862 "
.
2 29
209,926 85
11,396 00
16,090 15
Temporary Loan
Savings Bank Tax .
Railroad Tax
.
10,996 56
Soldiers bounties refunded by Gen. Gov't.
Literary Fund ....
2,960 00
837 90
Frost & Higgins rent of
City Hall Store
$138 00
S. F. Murry & Co. .
. . .
350 00
Folsom & Son
...
400 00
Boyd & Hopkins
Geo. W. Adams
.
400 00
400 00
1,688 00
Elon F. Brown
$200 00
0. Giles
.
2 50
Amoskeag Veterans
•
25 00
997 Art
48
By Rent of Police Court Room by Sundry per-
sons ..... $38 00
Rent of Police Court Room by Grace Church 4 00
" " Common Council" for Courts . 58 00
E. F. Brown for gas burned
Hartshorn & Pike overdraft on account
of City Hall
Police Courts costs and fines
H. & H. R. Pettee, fees at South
Scales $148 41
J. Abbott fees at South Scales 60 00
H. B. Putnam fees at North .
.
Scales
$12 80
L. Bodwell fees at North
.
Scales .
. 55 60
68 40
J. J. Straw l'ent of water
$10 00
Hill & James " " . .
.
5 00
James & Fogg " " .
.
30 00
Wm. B. Johnson " .
*
12 00
Town of Newport for aid to Mrs. Haven $87 89
" Washington, aid to Mrs. Barrett 17 00
" Weare, aid to Moses L. Lull 7 00
" Guilford, aid to Mrs. S.M.Wiley 33 96
" Bradford, aid to Mrs. W. H. Bonner 19 25
" Hillsborough, for board of C. W.
Connor, at Reform School, . 91 00
S. S. Moulton for board of John Wallace at R. S.
E. P. Pearson for board of Eugene Pearson at R. S.
Margaret McLane for board of James McLane at R. S.
Franklin Tenney for aid to Moody Carter
D.F. Miller for aid to Jackson Doty
J. P. Dickey for payment of abated tax.
49
By County of Hillsborough, suppoi*t of In-
mates at Eeform School . . . 883 08
County of Hillsborough, support of In-
mates at N. H. Asylum . . .304 58
County of Hillsborough, support of Pau-
pers off Farm . . . . Ill 54
Pine Grove Cemetery, wood sold
" " lots sold
Interest on taxes
Costs on non-resident taxes
City teams, work on streets, District No. 2 471 49
" " " new highways 203 25
" " " Commons 66 75
" " " Court House 21 00
" " " sewers and drains 10 50
" " " paving streets 47 25
" " " Fire Depart'nt 1,200 00
345 56
(px,i,i/^ i>\>
325 00
$670 56
.
628 78
, #
45 00
Lent's New York Circus, for license . 40 00
Howe's Circus, for license . . 40 00
Stone & Murray's Circus, for license . 40 00
Van Amburg's Menagerie, for license . 40 00
Sundry persons, for exhibitions . . 436 00
2,020 24
./Etna Insm*ance Co., overdraft on account
of Fire Department . . . $22 50
Phoenix Insurance Co. overdraft on account
of Fire Department . . - 11 25
33 75
Geo. "W. Merriam, overdraft on acc't of City Farm 15 05
A. J. Tebbetts, overdraft on account of officers . 5 00
John Larkin, overdraft on account of Commons . 9 00
J. G. Edgerly, overdraft on account of School Dis-
trict No. 2 . . . . 51 33
Wm. Little, overdraft on account of School
District No. 2 . . . .10 72
62 05
596 00
50
By Sundry persons for dog licenses
" " for licenses io enter common sewers .
" " for sales by Liquor Agent
W. M. Rolfe, on note for BaiTett place
James Patten, for rent of tenement . . 60 00
Geo. W. Butterfield, for rent of tenement .40 00
City Farm, for grass from Commons .
Collector of Francestown for tax on bank
stock .
Collector of Milford, for tax on bank stock
Collector of Peterborough, for tax on bank
stock .....
26 37
10 10
21 89
Williams & Riddle, for old Engine House
and lot, Chestnut Street
C.Williams, 1st pay't on land from city farm $137 61
Charles Canfield " <■
Sarah H. Bradley " "
S. H. Bachelder " "
Benj. Farnum " "
DorsitP. Beattie " "
A. A. Bunton " "
D. R. Leach for grading lot
Connor & Co., for grading lot
Charles Canfield, for hauling gravel
99 62
117 37
117 37
202 50
58 68
58 68
12 00
3 00
8 00
Sundry persons, for old plank from G. Bridge
C S. Fisher, for rent of hearse
Man. Agri'l and Mec. Association for old pipe
J. G. Coult, for stone
Charles Canfield, for labor entering drains
Charles Canfield, wood sold
iEtna Ins. Co. for insurance at Alms House
L. H. Sleeper, rentpf No. 6 Ward Room lot
Old copper sold
334 00
493 85
650 57
200 00
100 00
100 00
58 36
1,060 00
79183
23 00
72 89
66 67
3168
10 00
500
200
26 75
400
3 69
51
By James Corning, for damage to lamp post
Amoskeag Manf'g Co. for building bank wall at
west end of Granite Bridge
City Farm, for labor . . 846 99
City Farm, for live stock sold . 744 53"
City Farm, for stone . 15 00
City Farm, for hay . 112 32
City Farm, for produce . 1,190 28
City Farm, for board of paupers . 37 40
Dog tax for 1867
Dog tax for 1868
75 00
134 00
12 00
130 97
2,946 52
209 00
$270,971 93
APPROPRIATIONS.
Paupers off farm, appropriated
City Farm
appropriated
City teams
.
.
Highway District No. 1
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3,170 86
423 48
250 00
5,127 06
400 00
250 00
317 67
250 00
476 97
450 00
350 00
900 00
700 00
250 00
150 00
3,594 34
3,529 07
2,819 74
,871 70
52
New highways ....
4,103 09
Granite Bridge ....
2,065 39
Amoekeag Falls Bridge
300 00
Sewers and drains
6,501 85
Reservoirs ....
1,000 00
Commons ....
1,609 00
Pine Grove cemetery .
670 56
Fire department
11,511 44
City Police '
11,763 49
Lighting streets
2,512 00
Printing and stationery
1,500 00
Incidental expenses
6000 00
City Hall building
3,068 89
City Library . . . .
2,282 00
Militia .....
200 00
Land sold from farm .
791 83
Paving streets ....
3,086 41
"Watering streets
409 79
New school house District No. 8
165 00
n it it a it j
765 00
U it it u it ] j
300 00
Schools .....
38,000 00
Repairs school house District No. 6
10 00
Repairs and Insurance " 10
350 00
State tax .....
48,987 50
County tax ....
16,740 40
Interest .....
22,787 30
Temporary Loan
9,325 00
Court House ;
6,500 00
Liquor Agency ....
650 57
Repairs of buildings
183 73
Dog tax .....
209 00
New hearse ....
747 30
Repairs and Insurance District No. 2
11,160 00
Debt and Interest " " 2
6,000 00
Repairs school house " "4
150 00
Evening schools
300 00
City officers ....
8,005 00
53
By Shade trees and fitting up yard District No. 5 , 100 00
City Library building ..... 5,000 00
School District No. 8 . . . . 200 00
Discount on taxes ..... 4,500 00
$260,331 39
Balance to reserved fund .... 10,640 54
$270,971 93
EXPENDITURES AND APPROPRIATIONS.
PAUPERS OFF TILE FARM.
By balance from old account . . . $34 31
Appropriation .... 1,500 00
Town of Newport for support of Mrs.
Haven . . . . .87 89
Town of Hillsborough, board of C. W.
Connor at Reform School . . 91 00
Town of Washington for support of Mrs.
Barrett . . . . . 17 00
Town of Weare for support of Moses L.
Lull 7 00
Town of Guilford for support of S. M. Wiley 33 96
Town of Bradford for support of Mrs.
Wm. H. Bonnor . . . 19 25
S. S. Moulton for board of John Wallace
at Reform School . . . 40 28
Mrs. E. P. Pearson for board of Eugene
Pearson . . . . . 39 00
Margaret McLane for board of James Mc-
Lane . . . . . 20 28
County of Hillsboro' for board at R. S. 883 08
County of Hillsborough for board of in-
mates at N. H. Asylum . . . 304 58
54
By County of Hillsborough for support of
paupers off farm . . . . Ill 54
Franklin Tenney for aid to Moody Carter 13 00
D. F. Miller for aid to Jackson Doty . 3 00
Transferred from revenue account . 423 48
$3,628 65
EXPENDITURES.
To paid State Reform School for board of in
mates . .
N. H. Asylum for Insane for board of M
Gillis ....
N. H. Asylum for Insane for board of H
A. Vincent
N. H. Asylum for Insane for board of E
V. Hazeltine
Boyd & Hopkins for Dry Goods.
Cayzer & Co. for shoes
H. B. Putnam for groceries
"W. F. Sleeper for groceries
"W. F. Sleeper & Co. for groceries
Geo. W. Adams for groceries
Poor & Stearns for groceries and wood
Geo. W. Gai'dner & Co. for groceries
Patrick Haley for groceries
Barr & Clapp for groceries
A. M. Eastman for groceries
Jerry Hayes for groceries .
Sawyer & Green for groceries
Timothy Sullivan for wood
D. B. Eastman for wood
L. W. Hall for wood
Michael Linen for wood
Wm, C. Richardson for wood
Jacob Chase for wood . ,
Alpheus Boodwell for wood
T. R. Hubbard for wood .
1,443 56
87 56
215 44
144 77
28 31
1158
5 35
67 49
58 56
159 04
65 63
8 00
8 00
74 71
2 79
88 00
25 83
27 50
59 25
112 00
6 62
35 70
7 18
80 16
2 25
55
To Angeline Carter for board of Moody Car-
ter . . , . . . 48 00
Moses E. George for cash paid -Moody
Carter . . ' . . 4 00
E. Jane Wilson for board of Mrs. Gardner 59 00
Putnam A Colby for board of Mrs. Dick-
ey and children . . . . 82 00
Martha Dearborn for boai-d of W. S. Dear-
born . . . . . 69 87
C. G. Sherer boarding and nursing small
pox patients .... 233 15
Caroline Wyman boarding Wyman family 124 75
James Wiley for boarding Bertha Webster 80 00
M. E. George for cash paid W. S. Dear-
born . . . . . 5 13
M. E. George for expense to Hooksett . 1 50
Julia A. Hall for board of Mrs. Bonner . 15 00
James Mitchell for boots to Eben C. Web-
ster . ■ . , . . 5 00
Kidder & Chandler for groceries . . 7 80
E. P. Johnson & Co. for wood . . 3 00
Parker Buttei-ncld . . . .15 00
Chas. A. Bailey for sawing wood . 3 00
M. Linnen for breakfast and lodging to
pauper . . . . . 1 00
J. 11. Hanson for medicine . . . 6 50
B. B. Weeks for medicine . . . 29 11
Edwin Branch for Pest carriage - . 40 00
J. P. Hubbard team to Pest house . 11 00
Hill & James team to farm and to Goffs-
town . . . . . 3 50
Eben Carr for team in small pox case . 4 00
A. G. Fairbanks for board and care of M.
Gillis 5 00
Towrn clerk of Loudon for searching Kec-
ords . . . . .. 1 06
Town clerk of Franklin for searching Rec-
ords . .' . . 100
56
To Town clerk of Bradford for searching
Records ....
H. D. Lord storing T. McQuinn's goods
John Prince coach and burial of AVm. E
Robinson ....
S. S. Moulton expense to Londonderry
and Concord
S. S. Moulton expense to Goffstown
S. S. Moulton expense to Bedford
S. S. Moulton paid for sawing wood
C. S. Fisher coffin and burial of child of
W. H. Bonner
C. S. Fisher coffin and burial of T. S
Frost ....
Hiram W. Savory for team to Bedford
Hiram W. Savoty for team to Londonderry
Hiram "W. Savory for team to Webster's
Mills
Hiram W. Savory for team to lower part
of City
75
2 25
8 00
5 50
150
150
2 00
4 50
13 00
1 25
2 00
150
125
5,628 Q5
CITY FARM.
By Balance from old account, . . 838 35
Appropriation . . 500 00
Highway District No. 12 for labor . 168 37
New highways, building Merrimack street
extension, . 94 12
New highways, building Bridge st. extension 212 75
Labor 371 25
Live Stock and Beef sold . . . 744 53
Stone sold . . . . • . . 15 00
Hay 112 32
57
By Produce sold 1,190 28
County of Hillsborough for board of pauper 37 40
George W. Merriam for overdraft . . 15 05
JEtna Ins. Co., fi»damage to furniture by fire 26 75
EXPENDITURES.
To Joseph Cross, Superintendent, Salary 1868,
U a u a 1867,
James A. Stearns, butchering
H. S. Whitney, repairing pumps and pipe
J. S. Davis, blacksmith work
Brigham & Pratt, 3 barrels crackers
James Ramsay for labor
f Mary Ramsay "
Charles G. She re r "
James Stoliker "
John Larkin "
B. P. Kimball "
A. T. Convers "
Grant Morse "
Francis Smiley "
J. Mclutire "
William Smith "
Anthony Hill "
Owen Duffy "
Alex. Greenwood "
G.W. Gardner & Co. "
Levi Woodman "
Eleazer Hoyt "
Ellen Noland • "
Maria Wilkinson "
Emma A. Cross "
Daniels & Company for tallow
" " hardware
" " seed
" " baskets, tape &c.
" " glass and scythes
500 00
125 00
8 00
10 00
3 95
18 00
225 31
100 75
70 69
3 50
8 00
133 08
36 00
20 50
150
9 00
55 00
11 25
7 00
5 25
21 75
8 62
3 00
3 00
10 00
10 00
1 45
15 67
111 39
2 44
6 02
$4,326 17
58
To Frost & Higgins for meat
William Boyd for meat
Cook & Miller for meat
Joseph Rowley for groceries
H. B. Putnam "
A. M Eastman "
Geo. W. Adams "
Cyrus Dunn "
Kidder & Chandler "
Johnson & Stevens "
Houston & White for dry goods
Fearing & Co. "
N. S. Clark "
Waite Brothers "
J. D. Bean two blouses
S. G. Hoyt repairing shoes
James Mitchell Jr. boots and shoes
Chandler & Morgan clothes and caps
8. S. Moulton appraising property and mak-
ing schedule
S. L. Fogg doctoring horse
Josiah Clark receipt for composting
Charles Bunton for blacksmith work
George H. Colby for Jersey Bull
J. H. Wales for repairing building
H. C. Tilton for books and stationery
J. Abbot corn, shorts and meal
H. & H. It. Pettee grain and meal
Hall, Watts & Co. grain and plaster
George W. Riddle horse rake &c.
Benjamin Currier building and repairing car
H. M. Bailey & Son tin ware
Barker & Co., for onion seed and tea
John Bixbee for filing saws
B. F. Martin for calf
Estate of Robert Gilchrist for crockery
Gilrnan Clough for sawing lumber
2 48
37 05
2 95
62 13
63 06
73 09
49 77
84 65
24 01
81 35
44 43
2 09
5 92
2171
3 50
4 30
40 45
37 00
12 00
2 50
10 00
38 15
50 00
7 50
4 30
158 66
128 06
36 00
27 75
carts 65 56
7 74
10 18
16 88
1 80
5 00
8 22
23 91
59
To Edwin Branch for repairing harness
George W. Merriam for blacksmithing
JEtna Insurance Co. for insurance
J. P. Newell for flour
H. N. Howe repairing pipe
Charles B. Heath for two heifers
Colby Clark for threshing grain
Joseph Marsh for pasturing cows
Commons for grass
Hill & James for team to farm
S. F. Murry & Co. for medicine
B. B. Weeks for medicine
A. F. Perry for medicine
E. P. Offutt for cow
David Dickey for cow
Win. P. Richardson for making cider
William T. Fogg for butchering
W. P. Duncklee, for stone and stump digger
Balance to new account
17 70
83 90
43 75
36 00
3 25
82 00
. . 26 00
36 25
100 00
1 50
2 00
11 92
6 14
55 00
43 00
6 65
5 00
ger 25 00
3,384 33
941 84 $4,326 17
CITY
TEAMS.
y balance from old account
$177 05
Appropriation
.
.
800 06
Highway District No
. 2, for work
47149
New highways
<e
203 25
Commons
(i
66 75
Court House
«
21 00
Sewers and Drains
it
10 50
Paving Streets
i(
47 25
Fire Department
It
1,200 00
$2,997 29
60
EXENDITURES.
To paid George W. Butterfield teamster $491 00
James Patten " 494 00
F. N. McLaren repairing harness ■ 21 83
F. P. Hutchinson blacksmithing . 10 15
Z. Foster Campbell medicine . 12 55
J. F. Woodbury & Co. shoeing horses 43 88
Lewis Rice " " 26 70
J. H. Johnson, job teaming . 1 15
H. & H. R. Pettee grain and grinding 231 69
Daniels & Co., fork, combs, oil and brush 5 84
J. S. Kidder & Co. corn and oats . 168 25
T. R. Hubbard lumber . . 5 59
H. C. Smith for straw . . 3 18
A. G. Fairbanks " . . 7 72
Horace H. Young for straw . 6 74
Z. A. Flanders " . . 12 49
E. P. Johnson & Co., " . 7 68
S. D. Smith " 14 78
George W. Dustin " . . 5 23
Joseph Foss for hay . . 26 57
Johu Hosley " . . 171 37
A. J. Bennett " . . 16 48
H. R. Nichols " . . 11 77
R. M. Rollins " . 23 38
J. B. Pattee " 14 35
Samuel Burnham for hay . . 36 91
Horace Richards " . . 135 64
J. Rowell " . . 15 25
Cyrus Sanborn " 17 77
S. S. Moulton repairs at stable . 6 50
J. Abbott shorts and meal . 19 41
Hall, Watts & Co., grain . 183 45
Benjamin Currier making spreaders 2 00
Locke & Demick salt, lard and sulphur 5 46
Hill & Co., set of horse covers . 13 50
George W. Cheney for team • 4 50
61
To Kidder & Chandler oil and salt
H. M. Bailey tin spout and broom
Edwin Branch for harnesses
" " repairing harness
Perkins C. Young- clipping horse
C. Gage blacksniithing
M. C. Derby doctoring horse
Balance to new account
2137
150
95 36
19 12
10 00
100
23 00
$2,446 20
55109
$2,997 29
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 1.
By balance from old account
Appropriation
EXPENDITURES.
To paid Geo. W. Dustin, Supt.
Nehemiah Preston, Supt.
Alonzo Wicom for labor
John Campbell for labor
W. S. Whipple for labor
Peter Kimball for labor
Isaac H. Jones for labor
G. H. Tufts for labor
James O. Clark for labor
Burke Stark for labor
Balance to new account
2 65
250 00
94 87
106 88
3 00
12 70
75
14 42
4 50
150
75
4 50
$243 87
8 78
S252 65
$252 65
62
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 2
By balance from old account
Appropriation
^D R. Leach for filling lot
Connor & Co. for filling lot
John G. Coult for stone
Charles Canfield for wood sold
Revenue account transferee!
5 16
5,000 00
12 00
3 00
10 00
2 00
100 06
EXPENDITURES.
To Chas. Canfield 105 1-2 days at $2 00 211 00
" " 111 1-4 " $3 00 333 75
James Patten Teamster . 85 00
George W. Butterfield Teamster . 94 00
James Kearin " .' 451 25
Patrick Finn Laborer . 149 55
Edward Busnahan " . 199 11
John Larkin " .227 97
Michael Scanlan " . 10 25
Sylvester Donohoe " . 138 74
Timothy Kennedy " . 91 48
Peter Scanlan " . 27 75
Single Team . 212 74
Double " No. 1 . 132 00
" " " 2 '. 126 75
Warren Hai-vey self and team . 208 75
James Emerson " " . 92 50
E. Cutting relaying flagging . 16 57
E. A. Smith for concrete street crossings 337 85
H. M. Bailey matches, pails &c. . 2 72
Neal & Holbrook planking canal bridge 74 75
George W. Cheney for team . 4 50
Johnson & Stevens for oil . 1 00
S. S. Moulton making snow plow 10 50
63
To S, S. Moulton repairing canal bridge
" " " " street crossings
Daniels & Co., nails and spikes
" " shovels picks and pick handles
•' " cess-pool grates and barrows
"William Chase laborer
John Sutter "
Jeremiah Driscoll "
George W. Merriam sharpening tools &c.
Haines & Wallace lumber for canal bridge
John B. Varich & Co., for rakes
Kidder & Chandler for oil
Charles Bunton blacksmith work
David H. Young mason work
George W. Riddle plank
Michael Handley laborer
Guilaume Alard "
Thomas Fox
Joseph Gradian
Thomas Kellcy
Michael Sullivan
Daniel Mahanna
James Kelley
Mar Lomond
Daniel Galagher
M. McCabe
F. Bills
M. Shea
E. Garrant
Grant Morse
Louis Gardner
T. Donohoe
J. Burns
Garnet
Patrick Broderick
John Murphy
John Connor
laborer
35 99
1150
33 86
35 50
99 40
136 37
7 12
30 75
114 26
34 00
3 50
6 08
12 65
10 60
63 78
53 48
48 81
91 48
26 99
3 00
28 12
164 13
25 12
6187
10 67
55 87
18 75
47 99
18 38
6 75
6 75
4 50
9 75
8 00
27 16
16 12
4 67
64:
To Edwin Meanhen for labor
12 00
Joseph Goodno
it
3 75
J. Hayes
17 62
J. Muldoon
tt
36 74
John Foney
a
2 87
J. McCartee
a
12 00
J. Birde
a
150
P. Lahey
ii
23 00
D. Harrington
n
26 62
J. 0. Hunt
n
2138
Alfred Ceharl
n
6 00
N. Le Rose
a
15 00
J. Ferris
a
11 24
Levi Woodman
a
3 00
P. Nervin
a
8 62
T Brunei-
«
3 00
Reuben S. Harlow
u
4 50
Zeb. Caouette
n
5 62
Joseph Ruer
a
2 62
L. Summers
a
3 00
George Connell
«
13 87
Eugene Collety
(i
9 75
P. Cargen
a
75
Daniel Doherty
a
15 37
Francis Bean
a
1 12
Joseph L. Smith posts
and joists
2 25
Clough & Foster, plank for canal bridge
254 83
$5,132 22
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 3.
By balance from old account
Appropriation
$14 63
400 00
$414 63
65
EXPENDITURES.
To paid E. C. Howlett, Superintendent
$93 75
B. F. Mitchell, Superintendent .
87 17
William S. Locke labor
64 71
Peter Mitchell "
26 62
J. Poor "
54 12
Charles N. Baker "
6 75
J. F. James, running out Calef road
12 60
Ephraim Dow labor
9 00
Chadbourne George labor
75
William M. Rolfe "
8 25
Granite Bridge for old plank
2 50
Calvin Patterson sharpening picks
80
K. K. Haselton labor
1 50
J. F. Smith "
4 50'^
A. M. Corning "
1 5<T1C
Nathaniel Baker "
1 87
Plummer C Webster
9 75
A. C Stevens,
8 25
Tucker & Co.,
6 00
R. W. Flanders blacksmith work
2 90
403 29
Balance to new account
11 34
$414 63
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 4.
By balance from last year
Appropriation •
$39 25
250 00
EXPENDITURES ,
To paid John Emerson, Superintendent
Ira W. Moore "
John Emerson, Jr., labor
$15 75
81 30
22 12
$289 25.
66
To John P. Moore for labor
Charles C. Moore "
Isaac Whittemore "
John A. Corning "
Augustus Fellows "
J. C. Whittemore "
David Webster "
John Calef "
Jonathan Aiken "
R. P. Whittemore "
John Berry "
Balance to new account
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO.
By balance from old account
Appropriation
Revenue account transferred
EXPENDITURES.
To paid James Emerson Supt.
W. W. Dickey Supt.
Cleaves M. Harvey labor
John Dickey "
William P. Merrill "
Andrew J. Young "
James E. Young "
Gilman Harvey "
Jerry Hayes "
E. S. Harvey «
William Crosby "
James M. Young "
Jonas Harvey f*
Rodnia Nutt "
Jonas & E. S. Harvey labor
" " " " lumber
" u " gravel
Edward Young labor
10 75
7 50
75
75
9 75
4 50
9 00
4 45
9 00
10 00
3 00
188 62
100 63
5.
$7 36
300 00
17 67
$32 73
51 90
39 00
29 00
17 81
4 65
29 55
2 03
5 00
43 12
5 25
2 62
17 75
6 75
8 68
19 80
1 54
7 85
<
$289 25
$325 03
$325 03
67
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 6.
By balance from old account
Appropriation
$11 80
250 00
-$261 80
EXPENDITURES.
To paid James M. Dickey Supt. ,
16 00
Henry C. Dickey Sup!
23 75
J. P. Webster for labor
2 25
John Hosley
a
950
John Johnson
i.
13 56
Amos C. "Webster
a
8 62
James "Wiley
((
9 37
Daniel H. Dickey
u
16 50
"William Craig
M
7 12
David Dickey
«<
15 37
Gilman Clough
it
3 00
David Dickey 2nd.
ti
20 30
Ignatius T. "Webster
u
27 74
John Larkin
tt
6 93
Oscar Craig
It
75
James Craig
a
75
George "Whittemore
n
5 25
James M. "Webster
a
15 12
Nahum "Webster
a
4 12
Oscar "Webster
ti
4 12
John Dickey
<«
9 37
James'J. W. Hills
a
150
Amos "Webster
(<
2 25
$223 24
Balance to new account
38 56
$261 80
68
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 7
By balance from old account
Appropriation
Revenue account, transferred
EXPENDITURES
$49 49
400 00
76 97
$526 46
To paid Nathan Johnson, Supt.
Peter O. Woodman, Supt.
Joseph Marsh for labor
William Doty "
Israel Webster "
Edward L. Jenkins "
McGregor Hall
Geo. Piper "
Joseph B. Pierce "
Solomon Tobie "
Lawrence Morse "
Bernard McGinness "
John B. Huse "
James Hall 2nd "
J. B. Eastman "
Henry Haywood "
Nathan Sleeper "
Ira Swett "
James Howe "
Horace H Young "
James G. Adams "
Edward Lynch "
James S. Washburn "
Edward Strain "
Lawrence Lyons "
Thomas Steele "
Rodney Place "
Charles Drew "
Daniel Devine "
$31 60
77 86
13 65
6 78
17 13
1 35
4 25
90
2 33
4 95
150
3 37
150
7 87
2 25
1 50
3 60
2 80
15
18 12
17 50
3 00
15 37
5 25
75
1 25
11 62
21 37
37 62
69
To Charles Holland for labor
9 37
Charles Tebbetts
it
3 87
Collins Tebbetts
it
6 00
Jeremiah L. Fogg
tt
19 50
William Kauffer
it
2 00
James A. Stearns
a
23 43
Collins Sweeney
a
12 00
Henry Sweeney
tt
13 50
Joseph Sweeney
a
13 50
Alex. Sweeney
a
6 75
William Place
a
5 25
Joseph H. Holland
it
1 50
Sewall Leavitt
a
7 87
Orin Fracheur
tt
34 25
James Gunner
a
3 00
Jonathan Woodman
a
20 43
Alonzo Avery
a
150
Milton Kendall
a
1 50
Julius Sweeney
tt
150
Cummings Aunis
a
4 50
Robert Stevens
tt
3 15
John B. Varrick for shovels
4 90
D. L. Jenkins for labor
10 00
8526 46
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 8.
By balance from old account
$49 53
Appropriation
450 00
EXPENDITURES.
To paid William Mills Supt.
58 50
Jeremiah Garvin Supt.
39 00
James M. Crombie for labor
150
James Stockdale "
15 75
E. S. Young "
20 85
John P. Young "
15 67
8499 53
70
To Day & Robberts painting guide boards
George B. YouDg for labor
Luther S. Proctor "
Robert Stevens "
"William Parsley "
H. D. Noyes "
Gilman Reed "
Phinehas Haselton "
Eugene "Wilson "
George Young "
John H. Proctor "
H. M. Clough "
J. P. Eaton "
I. W. Hammond "
John Grimes "
Peter Farmer "
Augustus Proctor "
John W. Proctor "
Pillsbury "
W. Whittemore "
J. J. Farrington "
Zadok Wright "
Owen McCabe "
Milton Preston "
Paschal Preston "
Balance to new account
7 00
3180
26 70
33 15
7 50
4 00
22 00
150
2 25
3 00
4125
3 00
78 80
3 00
17 10
4 02
9 35
5 75
2 60
5 75
150
100
150
150
7 19
473 48
26 05
$499 53
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 9.
By balance from old account
Appropriation
$18 28
350 00
$368 28
EXPENDITURES.
To paid William Boyce, Superintendent . $97 49
George W. George for labor . 16 50
71
Jonas & E. S. Harvey
for plank
12 48
Orlando Page for labor
5 00
John Silver
it
12 75
James Currier
tt
150
B. W. Corning
a
12 50
¥m. Griffin
a
4 50
Isaac H. Webster
tt
6 50
David Swett
tt
5 25
N. Alexander
tt
5 00
G. L. Boyce
tt
14 62
Alphonzo Boyce
it
3 25
Elijah Goodale
a
4 50
N. Corning
tt
8 25
Estate of H. C. Joy
tt
6 25
Edward R. Young
it
1 95
Harrison Corning
n
3 00
A. Scott
it
6 00
ohn Hatch
it
150
Caleb Haselton
it
150
A. Thomas
tt
2 00
Stephen Haselton
tt
5 25
$237 54
Balance to new account
130 74
$368 28
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 10.
By balance from old account
Appropriation
EXPENDITURES.
To paid Z. N. Doe, Supt.
John C. Head, Supt.
Barr & Clapp for shovel and spikes
Barr & Clapp for labor
Albert Thompson for labor
G. W. Riddle for 45 loads clay
Adam Dickey for labor
$2 32
900 00
. $115 62
367 35
3 09
9 00
19 50
5 50
4 50
$902 32
72
To George Leavitt for labor
John Stearns "
C. N. Ingalls "
Joseph Glidden "
Henry Bragg "
James Walker "
A. Hatch "
Isaac Roberts "
John Murphy "
Columbus Wyman "
James Gibbons "
Patrick Conway "
John Collins "
William P. Riddle for clay
Daniels & Co. for lantern and pick
Hartshorn & Pike for scoop
James Collins for labor
James Do wd "
Mitchell Labo "
Stephen Yarrer "
Joseph Denio "
Samuel Brown "
Balance to new account
9 75
58 12
1 12
7 50
13 87
14 62
4 50
10 50
36 75
33 75
1 50
1 25
19 00
1 50
2 12
1 12
13 06
6 00
9 37
6 00
6 62
3 00
$785 58
116 74
$902 32
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 11.
By balance from old account
$36 15
Appropriation
700 00
EXPENDITURES
To paid Joseph Melvin, Supt.
. $314 50
Amos H. Gerry for labor
6 75
Gilman R Stevens "
77 01
Thomas C. Stearns '
79 63
$736 15
73
To Wm. H. B. New
liall labor
54 50
John E. Stearns
a
45 40
Francis Munroe
u
5 63
Thomas Frost
a
1 50
Hiram Stearns
a
8 13
Michael Mara
a
3 12
Eleazer Rose
.<
150
William Stearns
«
6 25
Frank B. Fuller
a
12 50
James Collins
ic
28 50
John Collins
o
10 50
David Ross
te
3 00
Elijah Stearns
a
150
C. Warner for plank
4 42
David Wells for plank
20 68
David Wells for
chestnut posts
5 00
Henry K. Tilton for plank
4 00
John B. Varrick
&Co
. for nails
3 00
$697 02
Balance to new account
39 13
$736 15
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 12.
By balance from old account
Appropriation
$41 87
250 00
EXPENDITURES.
To paid city farm for labor
. $168 37
Robert Neal "
6 00
Wm. Mills "
15 75
Noyes Farmer "
24 37
A. Sherer "
4 69
D. C. Varnum "
4 69
$223 87
Balance to new account
68 00
$291 87
$291 87
74
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 13.
By balance from old account
Appropriation
EXPENDITURES.
To paid Win. Campbell, Supt.
Alonzo D. Scagel for labor
Joseph Colby "
O. M. Winegar "
Lorenzo D. Cate "
Geo. W. Cate "
Geo. Chatman "
John Gamble "
Luther Campbell •*
George Clark "
Balance to new account
$28 73
150 00
70 74
16 75
6 75
2 63
50
14 38
3 75
2 25
150
150
$120 75
57 58
NEW HIGHWAYS.
By balance from old account . $52 53
Appropriation . 4,000 00
Cash for filling lot for L. B. Bodwell . 8 00
Revenue account . 95 09
EXPENDITURES.
To paid Charles Canfield, Supt.
Concord Railroad freight on roller
Concord Railroad freight on brick
Geo. W. Butterfield teamster
James Patten teamster
City team No. 1
City team No. 2
$147 75
24 00
24 20
59 00
62 50
88 50
93 75
75
To City team single
2100
Edward Bresnahaii for labor
25 50
John Larkin
it
69 00
Timothy Kennedy
it
9 75
¥m, Lahey
it
9 17
Michael Handley
ti
18 42
Thomas Fox
a
6186
James Kelley
a
7 50
M. Sullivan
it
9 00
Guillaume Allard
tt
48 67
Mar Lomond
a
70 00
Daniel Galagher
a
4 67
J. McCabe
a
22 24
F. Bills
a
9 75
M. Shea
a
73 87
E. Gar rant
tt
58 50
"Warren Harvey self and team
323 75
J. Burns for labor
11 25
Patrick Finn for labor
18 33
City Farm for stone for Granite street
9 00
" " building extension of Merrimac
k St. 94 12
J. E. Stearns engineering
36 00
J. F. James setting grades
9 00
Daniels & Co. Scythes
, hoes and rope
6 56
John B. Varick tools
43 58
J. Kerrin teamster
2167
Sylvester Donohoe
18 75
Laborer
6 37
E. Garnet for laboi
12 83
J. Muldoon "
57 50
Clement Devine "
9 75
Edward Meanhen "
3 75
John Murphy "
30 74
E. P. Cogswell "
53 00
Michael Scanlan "
6 83
Patrick Broderick '*
2121
J. Fournier "
6 75
Francis Bean "
4 50
76
To McLaughlin labor
William Chase "
D. Mahanna "
Joseph Ruer "
James Sullivan "
J. Hayes "
Zeb Caouette "
Joseph Hood "
Scott "
John Hood "
R. S. Harlow "
P. Ferris "
T. Brennen "
Joseph Mellonner "
T. Cargen «
W. L. Rose "
John Foney "
Peter Scanlan "
John McCarty "
Malfer . "
Daniel Harrington for labor
J. O. Hunt "
John Birde "
R. Burnham "
L. Cars well "
D. Currier '<
George Miner "
McKaffe "
Alfred Ceharl "
Pat. Harrington "
Thomas Birde "
L. "NYoodman "
James Emerson self and team
Nervine for labor
E. A. Smith for concrete walk
Neal & Holbrook resetting the
side of Hanover street
20 50
2 67
10 67
4 50
1 50
15 00
10 87
10 87
30 00
13 12
9 75
35 62
15 37
7 87
23 25
75
7 50
92 87
30 00
13 50
38 99
43 87
6 00
3 00
4 50
5 00
39 17
10 50
7 50
7 50
22 50
7 50
80 00
25 50
on Hanover st. 531 62
fences on north
113 97
77
To E. G. Haynes paving walk north side Hano-
ver street . 163 00
E. Cutting setting- edgestone north side of
Hanover street . 105 23
Zadok Wright for blasting . 17 50
John Campbell self and team . 47 50
Luther Campbell self and team . 72 50
A. M. Corning use of team on committee 20 00
Wm. C. Chase building Willow St., and
Young street . 84 87
Nat & W. F. Head brick for walk on north
side of Hanover street . 220 00
John K. McQueston land damage River road
Ward No. 7
James U. Parker land damage on Hanover st.
Charles Wells " "
William D. Buck " "
John S. Elliott " "
Nathan Parker " "
E. W. Harrington " "
J. S. Cheney " "
John Plumer " "
Mary P. Harris " "
Heirs of S. BeU ' " "
D. R. Leach '" "
1st Congregational society land damage on
Hanover street
James U. Parker for bricks
Nathan Parker "
E. W. Harrington "
Mary P. Harris "
27 75
100
100
100
100
100
26 00
1 00
100
100
100
1 00
100
23 25
28 69
22 42
58 27
$4,155 12
Balance to new account 50
1,155 62
78
GRANITE BRIDGE.
By balance from old account . 1 49
Appropriation \ 2,000 00
Sundry persons for old plank . 65 39
Transferred from account from Squog bridge 70 25
EXPENDITURES.
To Daniels & Co., spikes, paints and oil 68 72
Z. K Doe for labor . 1 00
John B. Varick & Co., nails ? 108 90
Charles Canfield Supt. . 7 50
Patrick Finn for labor . 10 00
G. Allard " . 18 83
J. Gradean " . 4 50
Thomas Fox " . 5 25
Timothy Kennedy " . 10 50
G. Morse " . 12 75
S. S. Moulton " . 76 63
Neal & Holbrook replanking bridge . 246 51
H. M. Bailey tinning partition . 34 76
Gilman Clough plank . 1;319 35
Haines & "Wallace plank . , 57 93
John L. Kennedy painting . 45 91
Shoe & Leather Dealers Ins. Co., for Premium 30 00
Howard Ins. Co. . . 30 00
Balance to new account
$2,089 04
48 09
79
AMOSKEAG FALLS BKIDGE.
By balance from old account
$2 27
Appropriation
300 00
$302 27
EXPENDITURES.
To paid T. L. Quimby, for lighting lamps
$60 00
Geo. "W. Adams, oil and chimneys
29 82
H. M. Bailey, repairing tinning
10 71
John L. Kennedy, painting .
34 83
Home Insurance Co., annual premium .
37 50
iEtna Insurance Co., annual pi'emium .
37 50
210 36
Balance to new account .
91 91
$302 27
SEWERS AND DRAINS.
By balance from old account . $99 78
Appropriation . 6,000 00
Sundry persons for license entering sewers 493 85
Cash for entering drains . 8 00
EXPENDITURES.
To paid J. B. Varick & Co., for cess-pool grates $14 67
M. D. Stokes for cess-pool covers . 114 00
Temple McQueston drain pipe . 331 79
Wm . McPherson drain pipe . 937 69
Daniels & Co., cess-pool grates and shovels 84 65
John Shirley for bricks . 555 00
S. S. Moulton making patterns . 29 77
H. & H. R. Pettee for cement . 58 15
5,601 63
80
To J. S. Kidder & Co., cement
H. K. Tilton stone and labor
David H. Young laying brick
Eeed & Frye " "
Reed P. Silver castings for cess-pools
David H. Nutt laying brick
Charles K. Walker engineering
Lamson & Harden work on cess-pools
J. L. Smith & Co., for lumber
Geo. TV. Eiddle for plank
J. F. James Engineering
A. H. Lowell grates
J. E. Stearns engineering
Geo. TV. Cheney team
Eeed P. Silver team
T. L. Hastings for rubber boots
J. Emerson self and team
Charles Canfield, superintendent
John Stearns for labor
Z. N. Doe "
"Warren Harvey "
Timothy Kennedy "
S. Donohoe "
G. Allard "
J. Kelley "
P.Finn
E. G. Haynes "
M. Hanly "
Thomas Fox "
M. Lomond "
M. McCabe "
M. Shea "
E. Garnett "
B. Burnham "
J. Murphy "
J. Goodno "
340 60
839 51
470 61
150 00
25 45
33 00
56 00
11 67
30 38
15 30
9 00
4 95
61 25
4 50
8 00
9 75
36 25
93 00
1 12
150
6 25
18 75
82 87
53 04
24 37
87 09
10 50
15 59
16 50
39 65
30 37
50 80
3183
6 75
150
3 75
81
To J. Bault for labor
2 62
J. Fournier
it
7 50
J. Connor
it
133
M. Scanlan
tt
12 42
John Muldoon
tt
45 37
John Larkin
tt
17 62
J. Hayes
11
10 87
D. Kiley
tt
38 25
M. Lull
it
1100
M. L. Lull
it
8 25
M. Lahey
tt
73 20
M. McLaughlin
tt
8 00
P. Broderick
At
69 27
A. Ceharl
li
57 75
J. McCarty
tt /
2175
Daniel Wheeler
it
8 25
John King
li
6 75
P. Walker
it
46 50
F. Smiley
u
16 49
J. Birde
it
27 00
Geo. W. Butterfield teamster
3 00
James Patten teamster
4 00
City Team No 1
3 00
City Team No. 2
7 50
Thomas Bride for labor
12 00
P. Ferris
u
5175
Wm. Chase
(1
75
G. Damur
tt
10 12
Luther Campbell
a
5 00
T. Flaherty
a
37
J. Brood
a
100-
N. L. Rose
it
23 62
D. Harrington
tt
40 12
P. Scanlan
M
22 50
J. 0. Hunt
(4
49 75
£
82
To George Miner for labor
20 25
Thos. Brennen "
11 25
Bloss "
10 12
P. Trinity "
14 25
John Connor "
9 00
E. Hoyt "
1125
J. Rowley for pails
100
L. "Woodman for labor
48 37
John Devine "
5 25
P. Nevins "
40 12
Chandler & Morgan for overalls ,
2 00
M. Sullivan for labor
12 75
Z. Caouette "
18 37
Francis Bean "
17 25
J. Kerrin "
1 67
J. Ruer "
19 50
S. Brunen "
13 50
Than. Cargan "
31 12
R. S. Harlow "
15 00
Ed. Breshnehan "
34 98
5,818 89
Balance to new account
782 74
COMMONS.
By balance from old account
$31 74
Appropriation
. 1,500 00
City farm for grass
100 00
John Larkin over draft refunded
9 00
EXPENDITURES.
To paid Dana D. Thrasher for watching Mer-
rimack Square, 1867
18 00
83
To Amoskeag Mfg. Go. for iron work on Mer-
rimack Square . 13 39
Amoskeag Mfg. Co. for plank on Merri-
mack Square . 9 40
Haines & Wallace for lumber . 31 57
E. A. Smith for concrete walks on Con-
cord Square . 572 39
E. A. Smith for- concrete walks on Hano-
ver Square . 67 20
S. S. Moulton for repairing fences . 61 99
Daniels & Co. nails and cess-pool grates . 27 65
J. E. Stearns surveying for sewer . 14 00
Eben Knowlton for trimming trees . 79 00
E. P. Cogswell for trimming trees . 9 00
Temple McQueston for laying sewer on
Merrimack Square . 72 00
John Logue for laying cess-pool on Merri-
mack Square . 4 87
T. K. Hubbard lumber . 13 69
"Warren Harvey for self and team . 17 50
City team No. 1 . 24 75
City team No. 2 24 00
City team single . 18 00
Chas. Canfield, Supt. . 19 00
Geo. W. Butterfield teamster . 16 50
James Patten teamster . 16 00
James Kerrin teamster . 20 00
Patrick Finn for labor . 15 00
Ed. Breshnahan « 19 87
JohnLarkin " . 18 37
S.Donohoe " . 17 25
Timothy Kennedy " . 10 50
William Chase " .4 00
D. Mahanna " 4 67
J. Driscol " 4 50
George W. Riddle for plank . 15 00
P. Riley for labor . 1 50
84:
To M. Handley for labor
Thomas Fox "
J. Gradian M
T. Kelley «
M. Sullivan "
G. Morse "
M. Lomond "
G. Allard "
T. Shea •<
Balance to new account
10 63
24 37
6 75
16 12
3 75
150
8 25
6 33
3 00
1,341 26
299 48
RESERVOIRS.
By balance from old account
Appropriation
$69 89
1,000 00
EXPENDITURES.
To paid John Patterson for cash paid for cleaning
Reservoir . $15 00
Daniels & Co., nails . 2 18
8. S. Moulton for repairs of covers . 7 50
Fire King Co. No. 2 cleaning out reservoir on
Manchester Street . 6 00
Z. N. Doe for labor . 1 50
George Hunt teaming . 1 00
James Kerrin teamster . 11 24
Chas. Canfield for care of reservoirs .. 52 66
Daniel W. Garland for stone for reservoir at
Janesville . 49 28
Daniel W. Garland for stone for reservoir on
Merrimack street near Hall street 94 50
85
To John P. Young work on reservoir, Merrimack
street
.
162 00
Amoskeag Co. No. 1 pumping out reservoir
5 00
J. M. Kobinson for two
pairs rubber boots
900
Wm. McPherson mason
work
12 54
Daniel Mahanna labor
2 33
James Emerson self and team
3125
"Warren Harvey "
it
10 00
E. S. Harlow labor
12 75
E. Garnett "
8 25
A. Ceharl "
6 75
J. O. Hunt "
8 25
P. Lahey "
18 33
Than Cargen "
1 50
Francis Bean "
150
Zadok "Wright for masonry
33 75
A. Wright "
34 50
M. Lomond for labor
1 00
D. Harrington "
100
N. L. Rose "
100
G. Allard "
100
L. "Woodman •'
9 37
P. Nevine "
2 62
$614 55
Balance to new account
455 34
$1,069 89
PINE GROVE CEMETERY.
By balance from old account
Received of J. A. Weston for wood sold
Received of J. B. Sawyer for lots sold
To paid C. F. Livingston for printing deeds
Frank Preston putting in pump .
Abbott & Kelly for painting •
196 51
345 56
325 00
7 50
57 67
150
$867 07
86
To Abbott & Kelly
for painting
150
Kadmiel Haselton for labor
225 00
G. A. Haselton
a
9 00
Albert Chase
u
17 75
James F. Smith
a
33 00
B. F. Mitchell
•
7 03
$358 45
Balance to new ;
iccount
508 62
$867 07
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
By balance from old account
Appropriation
JEtna Insurance Co., overdraft
Phoenix " " "
Transferred from Revenue Account
EXPENDITURES
86178
10,000 00
22 50
1125
1,478 10
*io 070 CO
tp i- — jO i O UJ
$12,373 63
For detail of Expenditures, see Engineer's Report.
87
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
By balance from old account
$3 38
Appropriation
. 8,000 00
Cash for costs and fines
. 3,267 70
Revenue account transferred
500 79
$11,771 87
EXPENDITURES.
To paid J. D. Howard
night watch
. $732 00
T. L. Quimby
a
732 00
Patrick Doyle
a
732 00
Henry Bennett
a
732 00
H. ~W. Longa
tt
732 00
James Duffy
a
732 00
Wm. T. Fogg
a
732 00
H. H. Noyes
a
732 00
W. H. B. Newhall
a
732 00
P. S. GriflSn
it
2 00
H. J. Tirrell
tt
2 00
A. H. Merrill
a
5 00
H. C Hunton
tt
6 00
O. D. Carpenter
it
2 00
John Smith
a
6 00
Hugh Conroy
tt
2 00
W. D. Perkins
it
6 00
N. C. Barker
a
6 00
A. H. Dinsmore
tt
5 00
L. Andrews
a
300
J. Melvin
a ,
4 00
E. Cutting
a
7 00
A. J. Dickey
i.
3 00
H. W. Powell
ti
3 00
E. Garner
ti
3 00
L. Shelters
ti
1 00
$7,386 00
DAY FOLICE.
Toy. D. Howard day police
80 00
T. L. Quimby
tt
46 50
A. F. Quimby
tt
65 50
Patrick Doyle
tt
75 50
Henry Bennett
tt
62 50
J. P. Fellows
tt
8 00
H. W. Longa
tt
58 50
James Duffy
tt
6150
William T. Fogg
tt
30 00
W. H. B. Newhall
tt
21 00
H. Colby
a •
1 00
H. H. Noyes
tt
10 00
G. W. McConnell
a
100
W. N. Chamberlin
a
7 00
E. G. Hastings
««
9 00
A. H. Merrill
«
27 00
H. C. Hunton
it
25 00
N. Baker
a
2 00
B. Sleeper
a
1 00
O. D. Carpenter
tt
11 00
E. G. Woodman
tt
13 00
John Smith
a
4 00
Hugh Conroy
a
9 00
W. D. Perkins
a
14 00
N. C. Barker
tt
19 00
J. T. Chase
it
18 00
James E. Bailey
tt
8 00
A. H. Dinsmore
it
9 50
Franklin Goss
tt
4 00
L. Andrews
tt
6 00
G. W. Nichols
tt
1100
G. E. Allen
tt
4 00
F. D. Heath
tt
4 00
John E. Stearns
tt
2 00
B. W. Robinson
it
3 00
L. Shelters
tt
12 00
89
To E. Garner day police
H.W.Powell "
Austin Jenkins "
H. J. Tirrell "
E. Cutting "
G. W. Varnum "
H. Fradd "
J. D. Edgerly "
John K. McQueston "
J. P. Wilson "
A. J. Dickey "
P. S. Griffin "
W. Eaton "
Joel Daniels "
J. C. Head "
O. Dodge "
John Smith "
A. Jenkins "
9 00
11 00
8 00
2 00
37 00
8 00
100
100
2 00
14 00
6 00
8 00
2 00
8 00
4 00
8 00
2 00
100
-$875 50
Samuel Upton, salary Police Justice
Samuel Upton office rent
E. M. Topliff, Special Justice
Wm. B. Patten, City Marshal (salary)
Wm. B. Patten cash paid, witness fees
Wm. B. Patten cash paid for postage, ex-
press &c.
Eben Carr, Assistant Marshal, salary
Eben Carr use of team
Food for prisoners
JohnD. Howard killing and burying dogs
H. C. Tilton for envelopes
C. F. Livingston for printing Posters
John B. Clarke " " "
H. A. Gage " " "
H. M. Bailey for stove for Court Room
H. D. Lord for washing Lobby
L. B. Bodwell & Co. for wood
1,000 00
50 00
122 00
800 00
19198
11 35
650 00
197 50
88 88
44 25
2 00
4 50
63 20
3 00
17 00
15 40
44 90
90
To "William Craigue carrying wood and coal
E. P. Johnson & Co. for coal
Timothy Kennedy, sawing and carrying in
wood
James Collins for pitch wood
Gilman B. Fogg for repairing lock to Lobby
H. M. Bailey & Son for second stove for
Lobby
Wm. H. Fisk for books and blanks
Julia Finnegan for washing
Mary Russell for washing
Hartshorn & Pike for repairing stove
Campbell & Han scorn printing
Daniels & Co. for oil
ll
3 77
•
92 61
a
4 75
.
3 00
10 00
5 60
52 00
10 00
3 00
7 88
9 80
3 00
$11,771 87
LIGHTING STREETS.
By balance from old account . $659 40
Appropriation . 2,500 00
Cash of James Corning for damage to
lamp post . 12 00
EXPENDITURES.
$3,171 40
To paid Manchester Gas Light Co. for gas . $1,675 67
Manchester Gas Light Co, for lighting
lamps . 623 35
Manchester Gas Light Co. for repairs . 46 00
Colley & Brown for repairing lanterns . 25 51
Brown & Potter repairing and lettering
lanterns . 20 25
Hartshorn & Pike for repairing lanterns 29 63
Geo. W. Adams for oil . 6 00
Barr & Clapp for oil, wicking and chimnies 20 82
91
To H. H. Noyes lighting street lamps
H. M. Bailey for lamps
Balance to new account
30 00
8 55
2,485 78
685 62
5,171 40
PRINTING AND STATIONERY.
By balance from old account
$596 12
Appropriation
1,500 00
EXPENDITURES.
To paid John B. Clarke printing Report, 1867 $578 25
Advertising proposals for lumber
10 50
" assessors notice
5 63
" non-resident taxes
28 50
" soldiers bounties
100 58
" engine house for sale
2 00
" bills against the city
4 50
" removal of snow and ice
3 00
" abatement of taxes
4 50
" ordinance upon inventory
14 63
Printing Roll-calls for 1868
17 38
" for inspectors
9 95
" Sundry notices
52 91
" Check-lists
380 00
Campbell & Hanscom advertising propos;
ds
for lumber
8 75
Advertising assessors' notice
7 00
" soldiers' bounties
93 12
. " ordinance on inventory
10 25
Printing sundry notices
24 87
$2,096 12
$1,212 33
$143 99
92
To Arcade Printing Press *500 dog licenses 6 50
" " •' 500 notices to jurors 8 50
" " " 300 notices 3 00
To H. A. Gage printing tax bills
Printing receipts
C. F. Livingston printing notices overseers
of poor
Printing placards for treasurer
" tax bills "
": notices "
" Mayor's address
" notices of committees
11 notices of elections
" circulars on death of Judge Bell
" envelopes
,, bill-heads
" Health notice
" bill-heads
" record of deeds
Wm. H. Fisk pencils for assessors
Books and papers
Paper, stamps, &c, overseers of poor
Blank book
Win. G. Everett paper, pencils and penholders 9 82
L. S. Learned " " " 9 75
L. S. Learned rep. records for "Ward 8 5 00
L. S. Learned books for assessors . 70 00
B. W. Sanborn 100 copies Laws for Cities 20 00
H. C. Tilton, paper, pens, ink and penholders 15 95
H. R. Chamberlin cash paid for stationery 4 46
McFarland & Jenks advertising non-res. taxes 28 50
Geo. F. King S doz. pencils for treasurer 1 00
22 50
•
3 00
rs
175
150
9 50
5 00
30 00
10 75
2 50
2 25
3 12
3 75
13 25
5 75
16 50
1 75
75 31
7 49
18 63
$18 00
$25 50
$105 52
18
93
To C. TV. Farmer cash paid for stationery "Ward 8 1 25
A. Quimby stationery . 23 22
1,797 57
Balance to new account . 298 55
$2,096 12
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
By balance from old account . $959 56
Appropriation . 6,000 00
$6,959 56
EXPENDITURES
To paid Manchester Gas Light Co., gas No. 4
Ward room . $14 60
H. Clough wood for No. 4 "Ward room . 1 00
Mrs. Landrigan washing No. 5 "Ward room 2 50
Mrs. Donovan " "5 " 5 00
Eben Knowlton tiimming trees . 5 00
Lee & Sleeper books for indigent children 20 00
H. C. Tilton " " " 81 58
H. C. Tilton statutes for assessors 5 00
Manchester Post Office for postage 15 00
H. R. Chamberlin making annual report 1867 125 00
Joseph E. Bennett making general index to
mortgages . 100 00
J. E. Bennett making up record of deeds to
and from the city . 30 00
J. E. Bennett cash paid for express . 2 55
Geo. H. Colby wood for No. 8 Ward room 1 87
G. W. Varnum washing No. 3 Ward room 3 00
G. W. Varnum " " 3 " " 4 00
G. W. Varnum burying nuisance . 5 00
94
To Mrs. Connell washing No. 5 Ward room
A. Bodwell wood for No. 4 Ward room
A. J. Mayhew rent of hall for Ward 2
S. S. Moulton for fitting up ward room No. 3
" " " repairing watering trough
" " " making tree boxes
Daniels & Co., for nails for tree boxes
Daniels & Co., brush for copying press
" " nails for pump on Hanover st.
M. G. J. Tewksbnry, return of deaths and births 3 31
S. B. Howe for return of deaths and births
W. W. Brown " " "
Leonard French " " "
William Campbell for maintaining watering
trough
T. P. Heath for damage to sleigh at fire
Isaac Huse team 1867 while assessor
Allen Partridge team " "
Geo. W. Thayer " " "
A. C. Wallace " " "
Isaac Whittemore team " "
P. B. Putney lot small flags July 4, 1867
J. M. Gillis damage to potato crop by over-
flow of common sewer
John Twombly for repairing sidewalk
Ezra Kimball team to notify jurors
A. Quiinby for books to children of S. Folsom
Miner & Coburn repairing water pipe
J. Q. A. Sargent " "
James T. Haselton setting trees
J. G. Coult " "
Daniel W. Reynolds for work on privateway
Robert Woodburn for posting notices
Haines & Wallace lumber for tree boxes
Abbott & Kelly painting tree box
B. K. Hoyt " " boxes
William Kimball white washing tree boxes
2 50
100
24 00
12 50
2 70
176 24
16 52
62
t. 60
is 3 31
175
3 40
2 45
3 00
5 50
28 00
15 00
15 00
15 00
29 00
6 75
10 00
6 12
2 00
3 12
5 65
7 40
43 50
46 50
3150
2 25
84 79
88
68 66
40 00
95
To John B. McCrillis iron bands for tree boxes 188 00
Joseph L. Smith & Co. lumber " " 1175
David Wells " " " 60 00
T.R.Hubbard " " " 168
John B. Varrick & Co. nails 38
E. P. Cogswell for trimming trees 3 00
L. B. Bodwell wood for court house . 10 99
"Wm. McPherson repairing plastering on En-
gine house Manchester st. 9 25
J. E. Clough for cleaning out vault, 1866 4 00
Augustus Fisher assistance surveying City Farm 27 00
Leon De Foushan " " " " 4 50
J. E. Stearns " " " " 44 00
Geo. Hunt teaming water pipe 5 12
E. S. Cutter services in case of E. C. Stevens 27 40
"Walter Neal damage by overflow of old culvert 200 00
Oilman Bean damage by overflow of culvert 20 00
Rebecca P. Young " " " 92 33
Lot Knowles " " " 27 00
David R. Leach " " " 113 00
Manchester Cornet Band gratuity 200 00
J. B. Clark expenses to Lowell, stone crusher 2 30
S. Squires steel box for treasurer's safe 450 00
( H. C. Reynolds for damage to team by defect
in highway . 20 00
John P. Newell abatement of tax on bank
stock 1866 . 36 45
Moses Lull damage to wagon by defect in
highway . 3 00
-ZEtna Ins.. Co. premium on old engine house 9 00
E. C. Bryant for right of way across his land 6 67
Abbott & Kelley setting glass Ward room No. 4 6 66
Fairbanks, Brown & Co., balance in exchang-
ing platform scales 175 00
Geo. W. Riddle for plank . 19 40
Jos. Brown ribbon for stamp . 1 00
96
To Hartshorn & Pike repairing stoves for old En-
gine house
N. TV. Gove copying non-resident tax -list
Win. McPherson work on platform scales
Hartshorn & Pike pump on Hanover street
E. A. Smith laying concrete sidewalk on
south side Hanover square
Clough & Foster lumber for scales
Daniel W. Fling showing location of sewers
S. S. James & Co., teams
J. F. James running line of City Farm .
J. A. "Weston for use of team
Hill & Co. express on money packages
Cheney & Co. express on money packages
S. N. Bell Counsel to City Solicitor
Gilman Reed for pond sand
Palmer & Co. putting in rings to posts
G. F. Bosher & Co. selling old Engine
House
J. F. James measuring for mile stones
C. N. Fitts damage to horse by defect in
road . 5 00
R. J. P. Goodwin postage stamps and
paper . 1 25
F. T. E. Richardson postage stamps and
paper . 30
R. H. Hassam for postage stamps and paper 88
James Hayes postage stamps and paper . 42
Bay State Ins. Co. premium on hearse . 16 00
T. R. Hubbard lumber for scales . 13 00
D. H. Young mason work on foundation
for scales . 3 00
H. D. Lord for care of Court House . 55 00
James "W. Lathe postage stamps and paper 76
$3,375 20
Balance to new acount 3,584 36
7 87
8 00
2 00.
2129
L25 00
43 44
4 00
8 25
4 00
65 00
180
55
10 00
4 00
2 00
2120
34 00
$6,959 56
97
CITY HALL AND STORES.
By balance from old account
Appropriation
Rent of City Hall
Rent of City Hall stores
Rent of Police Court room
Rent of Common Council room
E. F. Brown for gas burned
Hartshorn & Pike for overdraft
$31 25
1,000 00
227 50
1,688 00'
42 00
58 00
33 39
20 00
3,100 14
EXPENDITURES.
To paid Timothy Kennedy for sawing- and
carrying in wood . 10 25
Ed. Bresnahan for sawing and carrying
in wood . 1 75
John Hayes for sawing and carrying in
wood . 5 37
John Joint for sawing and carrying in
wood . 1 75
Z. N. Doe for charcoal . 28 00
E. P. Johnson & Co. for coal . 108 21
E. P. Johnson & Co. for wood . 4 55
Caleb C. Haselton for wood . 15 50
William Parsons for pitch wood . 4 00
James Collins " 3 00
Wm. McPhcrson for plastering Common
Council room . 55 53
Manchester Gas Light Co. for gas . 453 18
S. F. Murry & Co. for sponge . 30
Isaac W. Smith Ins. premium . 35 00
Equitable Ins. Co. premium . 35 00
JEtna Ins. Co. premium . 73 00
Daniels & Co. for locks and hard ware for
Assessors' room . 27 18
p
98
To Daniels & Co. for oil . 2 76
Dauiels & Co. for ink wells . 2 50
Daniels & Co. for locks for Common Coun-
cil room . 2 10
Daniels & Co. for coal-hods, nails &c. . 6 53
T. R. Hubbard, sash, doors and lumber
for Assessors' room . 106 78
Abbott & Kelly painting Assessors' room,
Common Council room and Treas. office 146 89
Geo. H. Dudley repairing desks . 28 42
Mary O'Neii for washing . 70
Julia Finnegan " 6 50
Mary Russell " .19 95
W. F. Sleeper for soap
David Libby for brooms . 2 95
A. J. Young for wood . 8 00
L. B. Bodwell & Co. for wood . 7 00
L. B. Bodwell & Co. for coal . 42 74
E. F. Brown for coal . 25 00
Ira Rowe for wood . 13 50
A. B. Corliss for wood . 25 50
Geo. W. Adams for friction matches . 1 05
H. D. Lord sawing wood and carrying
in fuel . 6 75
H. D. Lord, cash paid for taking up carpet 1 20
H. I>. Lord, cash paid for washing . 2 00
C. A. Smith for spittoons . 6 25
Hoyt & Cox, furniture for Mayor's room 117 25
Barton & Co. carpet for Mayor's and Com-
mon Council rooms . 322 16
Wm. H. Fisk, paper for Treas. office . 56 23
Oilman B. Fogg repairing keys and locks 3 40
Neal & Holbrook fitting up Assessors'
room 82 40
J. Q. A. Sargent, piping Assessors' room
and School Committee room . 20 90
J. Stickney, enameled cloth for Assessors'
room . 8 78
99
To Hartshorn & Pike, stove for Assessors'
room
Hartshorn & Pike Rep. stove
S. S. Moulton " chairs
A. G. Fairbanks " "
D. F. Straw " clock
J. F. Wiley " "
F. Williams rep. roof to City Hall
Boyd & Hopkins cloth for awning
Charles Bunton for hitch rings
Brown & Flanders for ice
To balance to new account
55 73
, 2120
1 68
85
6 50
150
27 33
1 65
150
7 81
$2,065 99
1,034 15
$3,100 14
CITY OFFICERS.
By balance from old account
Appropriation
A. J. Tebbets overdraft
$110 11
8,000 00
5 00
$8,115 11
EXPENDITURES.
To paid James A. Weston Mayor . $1,000 00
Joseph E. Bennett City Clerk . 1,000 00
H. R. Chamberlin, Treasurer 400 00
H. R. Chamberlin Collector 700 00 1,100 00
H. D. Lord, Messenger . 600 00
C. H. Bartlett, solicitor to March 17, 1868 120 00
Geo. A. Crosby, city physician . 50 00
Geo. A. Crosby, " extra on ac-
count of small pox patients • 50 00
Richard J. P. Goodwin, health officer . 25 00
100
WARD CLERKS.
) Charles W. Farmer
1867
2 50
«< it
1868
5 00
Daniel K. White
1867
2 50
James Hayes
1868
5 00
E. J. P. Goodwin
it
5 00
James W. Lathe
a
5 00
Frank T. E. Richardson "
5 00
Leonard Shelters
k"
5 00
Eos well H. Hassam
a
5 00
L. E. Wallace
a
MODERATORS
5 00
Seth T. Hill
1868
3 00
John T. Eobinson
a
3 00
D. L. Stevens
1867
3 00
D. L. Stevens
1868
3 00
William Little
a
3 00
Holmes E. Pettee
a
SELECTMEN
3 00
Eodney J. Hardy
1867
5 00
tt u a '
1868
5 00
I>. B. Eastman
1867
5 00
Ebenezer Hartshorn
1866
5 00
Joseph S. Sanborn
1867
5 00
John C. Head
a
5 00
a ft a
1868
500
R. W. Lang
u
5 00
John Burke
a
5 00
William Riordan
a
5 00
Gilman Stearns
a
500
G. A. Craig
a
5 00
Wm McPherson
a
500
101
To Henry W. Powell
Uriah A. Cars well
Henry II. White
Ezra Kimball
Joel Daniels
John W. Dickey
Damon Y. Stearns
Patrick Keher Jr.
T. P. Heath
"Win. H. Gihnore
Henry Clongh
S. F. Stanton
N. E. Morrill
P. F. Emerson
J. B. Hart well
George C. Baker
T. B. Brown
Allen Partridge
Jerry Hayes
Thomas Howe
Isaac D. Palmer
Isaac Whittcmore
Andrew C. Wallace
George W. Thayer
Charles Currier
J. G. Cilley
J. E. Bennett, Assistant Clerk
l
5 00
(
500
c
5 00
t
5 00
I
5 00
I
5 00
I
5 00
i
5 00
i
5 00
I
5 00
<
5 00
u
5 00
i
5 00
i
5 00
it
5 00
tl
5 00
ASSESSOUS.
70 50
177 00
63 00
121 50
139 50
132 00
105 00
208 50
129 00
258 00
Clerk
198 00
OVEKSEERS OF POOR
S. S. Moulton
S. J. Young
M. E. George
Hiram W. Savory
Timothy Sullivan
50 00
25 00
25 00
25 00
25 00
To J. C. Smith
John Field
102
20 00
20 00
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
H. T. Mowatt
1867 and 1868
20 00
"Waterman Smith
1867
10 00
Moody Currier
1867 and 1868
20 00
Geo. W. Weeks
1867 and 1868
20 00
William Little
1867 and 1868
20 00
J. Y. McQueston
1867
10 00
James P. Walker
1867 and 1868
20 00
T. L. Thorpe
1867
iooo
M. P. Hall
1868
10 00
T. S. Montgomery
1868
10 00
William Little, Clerk
35 00
D. C Gould jr.
10 00
E. M. Kellogg, Liquor Agt.
225 00
J. G. Edgerly, Supt. Public Instruction
1,200 00
H. M. Gillis, Clerk of Common Council
2 yrs 200 00
Liquor Agency foi
ten months' sal.
of ao
'ent 250 00
$8,015 00
Balance to new account
•
100 11
CITY LIBKARY.
By balance from old account
Appropriation
Transferred from revenue account
EXPENDITURES.
$15 69
$2,200 00
82 00
To paid Manchester Gas Light Co., for gas $119 20
C. H. Marshall, Librarian, salary . 600 00
C. H. Marshall cash paid . 23 98
S. N. Bell rent of rooms . 250 00
103
To S. N. Bell cash paid
M. O. Pearson painting
E. P. Johnson & Co., coal
Trustees
C. F. Livingston printing catalogue
.iSStna Insurance Co., premium
J. Q A. Sargent putting in gas pipe
Wm. H. Fisk printing cards
Daniels & Co., brush
Hartshorn & Pike for stove-pipe
Campbell & Hanscom for "Daily Union"
Phoenix Insurance Co., premium
T. K. Hubbard wood
P. C. Cheney & Co., matting
3 50
3 25
72 63
. 1,000 00
98 00
32 50
7 34
28 40
175
2 32
6 25
25 00
2 25
21 32
$2,297 69
PAVING STREETS.
By balance from old account
Appropriation
Transferred from revenue account
$175 93
3,000 00
86 41
$3,262 34
EXPENDITURES.
To paid Daniel W. Garland for paving stones
" " " " edge stone
" " " " flagging stone
Moses D. Stokes for paving stones
H. J. Tirrill for cobble stones
D. C. Currier " "
J. O'Brien " "
Rodney Hayden " "
T. R. Hubbard for stakes
J. L. Smith & Co. for stakes
Erastus Cutting for paving
J. E. Stearns for setting grades
1,384 25
41 60
44 40
442 50
3 00
1 50
3 75
89 50
13 40
2 50
617 83
54 00
104
To City team No. 1
2100
it a 9
26 25
"Warren Harvey self and team
51 2'j
James Emerson "
it a
18 75
Charles Canfield, Supt.
16 50
Geo. W. Butterfield teamster .
14 50
James Patten
a
17 50
James Kerrin
it
2 50
Ed. Bresnahan
laborer
2 25
Patrick Finn
.(
1 67
J. Larkin
ii
1 12
S. Donohoe
a
10 12
Thomas Fox
a
16 49
G. Allard
it
12 67
M. Lomond
a
16 23
McCabe
a
4 12
M. Shea
<<
16 87
E. Garnet
u
15 37
J. Muldoon
it
3 00
P. Broderick
a
5 29
J. McCarty
it
3 00
Zeb. Caouette
a
75
D. Harrington
a
19 87
Alfred Ceharl
a
11 62
J. Meloncn
a
10 50
J. C. Head
a
133 43
John Murphy
a
24 75
John Stcurns
a
26 62
J. Dowd
a
75
J. Walker
a
2 63
Samuel Brown Jr.
a
17 50
E. Mansur sharpening tools
3 05
Wells labore
r
4 87
P. Nevin ".
3 75
P. Ferris "
7 87
F. Cantlin "
7 12
Haines & Wallace,
stakes
1158
105
COURT HOUSE.
By balance from last year
Appropriation
$12,496 72
. 6,500 00
$18 996 72
EXPENDITURES.
To paid J. B. Varick & Co's bill for glass
Ford & Kimball's bill for iron fence
M. D. Stokes, bal. on stone and stone worl
M. W. Oliver, architect, bal. account
O. D. Carpenter, mason for extra work
Alpbens Gay, balance of account
Daniel W. Garland for edge stone
Lamson & Marden, posts for fence
E. Cutting, setting edge stone and posts
E. A. Smith for concrete walks
Abbott & Kelly for painting and setting
glass
F. P. Hutchinson for iron work
D. & D. Gregg for sash
J. Q. A. Sargent for gas piping and fix.
tures
Haines & Wallace for lumber
J. A. Weston, expense to Boston
Joseph B. Clark, expense to Boston, Lo~w
ell and Cambridge
Wm. P. Newell expense on committee
P. K. Chandler " " "
Hoyt & Cox for furniture
Barton & Co. for carpets
Neal & Holbrook for table for Comr's room
Geo. H. Dudley for making coal bin
Amoskeag Mfg. Co. stock and labor on
locks
$385 59
1,534 50
822 74
230 00
30 00
9,144 80
92 00
341 50
133 35
409 05
lil 74
45 01
20 20
335 90
21 18
1 [5
15 03
8 30
7 45
1,309 97
852 11
14 00
34 50
25 95
106
To W. H. Hubbard for posts
Orrin Carlton for teaming sash
Manchester Print Works, making1 pattern
J. E. Stearns, making plan of fence
Chas. A. Smith for spittoons
Gilman B. Fogg for extra keys
Geo. H. Dudley, rep. door and putting in
ink wells
C. H. Hodgman, teaming
T. R. Hubbard for parting beads and plank
E. P. Richardson, insurance premium
Phoenix Ins. Co. premium
Charles Williams for stoves
Amoskeag Mfg. Co. work on window
frames
Amoskeag Mfg. Co. shutters, door and
lock
Wm. Hall & Co. for lock
Hartshorn & Pike stoves and furnaces
Daniels &. Co. oil, brushes etc.
C. N. Annis
Charles Canfield
James Kerr in
Patrick Finn
Ed. Bresnahan
John Larkin
S. Donohoe
Timothy Kennedy
Geo. W. Butterfield
F. Smiley
James Patten
City team No. 1
City team No. 2
J. Driscoll
G. Allard
Thomas Fox
Single team
laborer
6 75
2 00
3 00
16 25
4125
6 00
5 75
2 50
50 47
39 50
38 50
216 58
51 22
265 74
25 00
1,196 37
41 94
2 62
5 00
8 33
7 50
9 75
4 50
6 75
9 00
700
4 50
5 00
9 75
6 75
4 50
4 50
8 62
4 50
107
To Mary Ann Russell cleaning
Julia Finnegan "
Balance to new account
9 45
8 00
5,065 16
931 56
$18 996 72
INTEREST.
balance from old account
$578 39
Appropriation
. 22,000 00
Revenue account transferred
787 50
$23,365 69
EXPENDITUKES.
To paid Coupons on Bonds
$20,610 00
Josiah Fitts jr.
30 00
D. Austin
157 50
A. F. Carr
150 00
Rhoda Flanders
30 00
Fred H. Gerry
30 00
Ira B. Osgood
30 00
H. D. Lord
6 60
Jesse Gibson
48 00
Wm. P. Merrill
42 00
Manchester National Bank
58 12
Amoskeag National Bank
58 12
Rebecca W. Smith
90 00
Alvin Pratt .
91 00
John Ordway ,
300 00
Calvin Vickery
138 00
Cyrus Hazen
24 00
N. Hunt
877 56
J. E. Bennett
60 00
Mary P. Harris
240 00
Rose Ann Lane
6 00
Solomon Whitehouse
30 00
108
To Walter H. Noyes . 30 00
Elijah P. Parkhurst . 125 04
S. S. Moulton . 30 00
S. J. Young . 73 75
$23,366 65
TEMPORARY LOAN.
By amount of Loan Jau. 1, 1868
$32,230 00
" " for 1868
11,396 00
f-16 6°6 on
<Jpr*U,U*rfU \J\J
EXPENDITURES.
To paid Elijah P. Parkhurst
625 00
Walter H. Noyes
. 1,000 00
Alvin Pratt
500 00
Wm. P. Merrill
700 00
Manchester National Bank
. 3.000 00
Amoskeag National Bank
. 3,000 00
D. Austin
500 00
9,325 00
Amount Tern. Loan Jan. 1, 1869
$37,301 00
$16,626 00
MILITIA.
By balance from old account
. $420 10
Appropriation
200 00
$620 10
EXPENDITURES.
To paid Sheridan Guards to April 17, 1868 81 95
National Guards . 77 08
Smyth Riffles . 77 08
Head Guards to April 17, 1868 . 50 00
Amoskeag Veterans to April 17, 1868 . 50 00
109
To War Veterans
1st Co. Cavalry
Section B. Light Batteiy
Clark Guards
83 08
70 83
33 34
14 58
$537 94
Balance to new account,
82 16
NEW HE APSE.
By Special Appropriation
EXPENDITURES.
To paid George Kcnney for hearse
742 00
Win. G. Perry, Com. expenses to Nashua
5 30
$620 10
747 30
$747 30
LIQUOR AGENCY.
By E. M. Kellogg for liquors sold . $650 57
Acct. of officers' salary for salary of agent 25< > 00
$900 57
EXPENDITURES.
To paid I. P. Baker for liquors . 131 76
E. M. Kellogg, salary 3 months . 75 00
" " cash paid . 43 18
A. F. Lauten for liquors . 305 12
John B. Clarke for advertising . 6 42
Joseph B. Clark, expense to Boston 1867 4 00
J. N. Bruce, painting sign . 14 50
$579 98
Overdrawn on old account . 73 94
Balance to new account . 246 65
$900 57
110
REPAIRS OF BUILDINGS.
By balance from old account . $354 56
Transferred from revenue account . 183 73
EXPENDITURES.
To paid Neal & Holbrook rep. city stables . $173 94
" " " No. 4 Ward
room . 40 40
Gilman Clough for lumber . 14 68
D. H. Young, brick work on city stables 87 07
Daniels & Co. hooks lead and zinc . 4 65
John C. Young, slating roof . 188 55
T. R. Hubbard for blinds . 9 00
Wm. McPherson, repairing plastering in
Ward room No. 4 14 00
Chas. Clough, white- washing engine house
Manchester st. 6 00
WATERING STREETS.
By balance from old account . $1 25
Transferred from revenue account . 409 79
EXPENDITURES.
To paid John Campbell for watering streets . 386 00
Joseph B. Clark expense to Boston 1867 . 6 75
Daniels & Co. for screws . 32
Hartshorn & Pike for repairing rams . 9 97
F. P. Hutchinson, blacksmith work on
rams . 8 00
$538 29
$538 29
$41104
$41104
Ill
DOG TAX.
Amt. collected on tax of 1867 . $75 00
" " " " 1868 . 134 00
$209 00
EXPENDITURES.
To paid O. M. Winegar for sheep killed and
injured . $20 00
Balance to new account . 189 00
$209 00
COUNTY TAX.
By amount appropriated . $16,740 40
To amt. paid II. B. Atherton, County Treas. $16,740 49
STATE TAX.
By appropriation . $48,987 50
To paid Peter Sanborn, State Treasurer .$48,987 50
ABATEMENT OF TAXES
By balance from old account . $7,296 76
EXPENDITURES.
To paid Samuel Gamble, overtaxed 1865 . 43 20
G. B. Hamblett " " 5 18
HughFarrell " " . 5 22
Andrew G. Tucker " " 21 77
Henry Stevens, lived in Pembroke " 43 05
Thomas Kelley, poor " 5 22
Cornelius W. Strain, in the army " 5 22
112
To Edward Strain, over 70 1865
A. W. Channery, could not find "
Newell Tilton, insane "
John Kelley, no dog "
Moody Currier, tax on property of heirs
Walter French, 1865
John Adams no dog 1866
Nathaniel Corning in Boston "
Samuel Corning jr. in Boston "
James P. Caldwell 21, May 17, 1867 "
A. A. Rust no carriage "
W. M. Kendrick lived in Lawrence "
L. M. Cox was down South "
Geo. W. Kidder in the army "
John R. Hynes in the army "
John M. Crystal "
Ann M. Long did not own "
Heirs of Daniel Farmer illegal tax 1866
Allen Partridge " " "
George Taylor taxed twice "
Horace Weeks lived in Vermont "
Nathan B. Clement dead "
Thomas Baxter " "
John Young over taxed "
Lucius Fanner "
John Murphey "
M. T.Donohoe "
Josiah Philbrick "
John Griffin "
Joseph Archambault jr. "
G. B. Hamblett "
Horatio AY. Longa "
G. W. Hartford "
Patrick Keher "
Patrick Hamilton no dog or horse "
A. J. Wilson & Co.
5 22
4 35
5 22
100
34 18
1 00
5 84
5 84
5 84
2 18
5 84
5 84
5 84
5 84
5 84
2 43
375 00
25 00
5 84
5 84
5 84
5 84
2 06
6 34
5 84
5 84
5 84
5 84
5 84
6 38
5 84
5 84
11 71
173
17 02
113
To J. A. Chamberlin did not own 1867
David E. Belcher paid in Lowell "
Levi II. Sleeper taxed twice "
Willard Colburn paid in Chester "
Alfred J. Harriman paid in Lowell "
F. L. Prince no dog "
Edward Strain over 70 "
John Peacock pauper "
John A\r. Roby paid in Methuen "
John Griffin pauper "
Abram Smith no dog- "
Lyman Roby paid in Warner "
Caleb Hutchins over 70 "
Frank Morey, 20 Sept. 1867 "
Rufus Calef, did not own "
Ira W. Pennock, lived in Goffstown "
G. M. Lane, paid in Hooksett "
A. C. Blanchard, minor "
J. W. Clark, minor 0 "
John Adams, minor "
Horace Tobie paid out of town
John A. Osgood, minor "
G. W. Hayden, minor "
S. Searles, minor '•'
Geo. W. Kidder, in the army "
Richard Allen, deceased
John R. Hynes, in the army "
Franklin McKenley, p'd in Auburn "
Charles Theilscher lives in Gofistown "
Ceo. W. Richards, minor "
James P. Caldwell, minor "
John Martin, minor "
John Vaughan, minor "
Charles Brock, minor "
Samuel Gould, taxed twice "
Lot No. 50 Hanover St. taxed twice "
Geo W. McConnel, taxed twice "
G
25
4 91
4 91
4 76
1 00
4 91
91
,*:i
4 91
1 00
4 91
4 91
4 91
13 41
4 91
4 91
4 91
4 9]
1 91
491
4 91
1 91
4 91
1 91
4 91
191
1 91
16 67
4 91
4 91
4 91
4 91
4 91
4 76
2 45
4 91
To George Carlton, sick 1867 4 91
John Holland, did not own " 1 5-4
John C. WMtten, p'd in Holderness " 4 91
M. W. Kendrick lived in Lawrence " 4 91
John C. Hard}' , taxed twice " 4 91
Geo. W. Rowell, deceased " 4 91
F. L. Wallace lived in Bedford " 4 91
Parker & Simons taxed twice 6 46
Thomas Doland, poor " 4 91
John A. V. Smith p'd in Ilillsboro' " 4 91
A. W. Chanery, could not find " 4 09
Ann M. Long, taxed wrong " 2 04
Lyman W. Colby p'd in Dnnbarton " 4 91
Collins L. Foes, deceased " 4 91
John C. French p'd in Pittsfield " 4 91
Sylvester Gould paid inJWeare " 4 91
Charles Cartarat taxed twice " 4 91
Solon Dinsmore, minor " 4 91
Geo. II . Doe, paid in Pembroke " 6 63'
Charles H. Marshal lives in Bedforcf " 4 91
Heirs of Danl. Farmer, illegal tax " 375 00
Allen Partridge, illegal tax " 25 00
Simon E. Stearns taxed in Goffstown " 4 91
Samuel Proudman did not own " 13 29
William Penniman, dead " 4 91
John Kittridge, taxed in Mass. " 4 91
Patrick O'Day, taxed twice " 4 91
Barnard Phelps, name wrong " 4 91
Michael Connor, no dog " 1 00
Frank Rogers, taxed twice " 5 12
William Griffin, poor " 4 91
Robert French " 4 91
Thomas Kelty, poor " 4 91
J. R. Barrett & Co. taxed twice " 10 22
G. B. Hamblett " 5 63
Hugh Farrell " 4 91
John Murphy "
115
To Dugald Mitchell 1867 4 91
Geo. M. Gilnmn " 4 91
Joseph T. Durgin " 4 91
John Carter " 1 00
Horace P. Watts " 7 39
George Quimby, Jr. " 4 91
Lyman Lamprey " 4 91
- Oscar Titus " 3 67
David Dickey " 4 80
John Griffin " 4 91
James H. Peasley " 4 91
Henry W. Moore, taxed twice " 4 91
Arthur St. C. Smith, out of town " 4 91
Geo. F. Shelden, overtaxed " 21 44
D. M. Goodwin, taxed twice " 4 76
Moses Colby paid in Dunbarton " 4 91
Edwin Fortier, nearly blind " 4 91
Chase & Kimball, did not own " 5 32
John Valley, no dog " 1 00
Patrick Hamilton, no slut " 2 00
Wm. C. Knowlton, p'd in Hooksett " 4 76
Joseph Foss, paid in Bedford " 4 91
Brackett B. Weeks, minor " 4 91
John Young, overtaxed " 1 73
Edward Welch, old, poor and sick " 4 91
James Lyons, over 70 " 4 91
Joseph Goitt, minor " 4 76
Oscar F. Bartlett, paid in Bath " 4 91
John C. Merrill p'd in Londonderry " 4 91
Eli Fifty, minor " 4 91
George Aldrich paid in Deerfield " 4 91
William Hogan, paid in Biddeford " 4 91
D. A. Page, paid in Goffstown " 4 91
Wm. S. Whipple paid in Goffstown " 4 61
Alouzo Clogston paid in Canada " 4 91
Isaac L. Roberts over 70 " 4 76
George W. Patterson " 4 91
116
To Edward Strain over 70 1867 4 91
Jacob Peavy over 70 " 4 91 $963 01
Patrick Cash died July 3, 1868 3 15
William Clark paid in Allenstown " 3 15
Patrick O'Day, taxed twice " 3 02
John Young, overtaxed, " 1 71
Samuel Burnham p'd in Dunharton " 3 15
J. E. Strong paid in Londonderry " 3 15
Lawrence McCarty, over 70 " 3 15
Joseph Kidder, no dog " 1 00
Nathan B. Clement, dead " 3 15
Eugene Lunt, dead " 3 15
C. F. Humphrey lost a hand " 3 15
Frank Chandler paid in Concord " 3 15
Thomas Bonyng, dead " 3 15
Aiphonzo Hoyt, minor " ' 3 15
Wm. Foster paid in Cambridge " 3 15
Patrick W. Brown, no dogs " 2 00
Silas Mclntire no horse and carriage " 4 20
Barnard Phelps, dead " 3 15
John Murphy, lost an arm " 3 15
Benj. J. Robinson p'd in Guilford " 3 15
Timothy Foley, 210 dog " 2 00
F. W. Batchelder p'd in Pclham " 3 15
Patrick Bohan, no dog " 1 00
Daniel Clark, one dog " 1 00
Thomas Keltey, poor " 4 27
II. B. Gould, dog killed ■" 1 00
Geo. L. Lane paid in Hooksett " 3 15
Lorenzo D. Colby p'd in Franklin u 3 15
Patrick Constantine, cow died " 1 10
J. M. & E. P. Coburn, did not own " 1 10
fm. Griffin, poor and sick " 3 15
Geo. Esmii-e, no dog '• 1 00
Geo. AV. Hartford " 3 15
Betsy F. Eaton i: 2 45
William Richardson, overtaxed " 12 60 '
117
To Edson Hill 1868 6 30
Harris Hall " 3 03
Heirs of Chas. Morrill, poor " 11 55
Geo. F. Rumerill, no horse " 18!)
J. E. Marden, minor " 3 15
K. L. Hale, minor " 3 15
C. II. Marshall paid in Bedford " 3 15
Donovan Bennett, taxed twice " 3 15
Enoch H. Holt, paid in Allenstown " 3 15
¥m. Kimball, over 70 " 3 15
A. T. Barr, minor " 3 15
Isaac Norris, over 70 " 3 04
Geo. Burbank, minor " 3 15
Frederick Sanborn, minor " 3 15
S. F. Murry paid in Auburn " 3 L5
John Slaughton, minor " 3 15
Charles W. Thompson, over 70 " 3 15
John P. Curlier, taxed twice " 3 15
Daniel Swett, over 70 " 3 15
James Cash " 3 L5
Joseph Knowles " 3 15
Charles A. Swain, minor " 3 15
James Gilroy, lost use of arm " 3 15
Frank W. Boynton, minor " 3 15
John A. Adams, no dog- " L 00
Leonard X. George, p'd in Goffstown " 2 85
Patrick Philips, minor " 3 15
George Houghton, minor " 3 L5
B.F.Martin 2 houses he did not own " 3G 75
Wm. E. Eastman, over 70 " 3 15
R. C. Foss, minor " 3 15
Geo. W. Fisher p'd in Merrimack " 3 15
Isaac L. Roberts, over 70 " 3 02
Alex. Sweeney, aot here Apr. 1 " 3 15
Julius Sweeney, not here Apr. 1 " 3 1"
John Flemingj^over 70 " 3 15
Sewall Goodhue, overtaxed " 99 73
118
To Anthony Bohan
Wm. Shanahan, over 70
Balance to new account
1868
18 90
3 15
$378 31
$2,082 02
5,214 74
$7,296 76
LAND SOLD FROM CITY FARM.
By Chas. "Williams 1st pay't on land from Farm 137 61
Charles Canfield "
Sarah H.Bradley" "
S. H. Batchelder " "
Benj. Farnum " "
DorsitP.Beattie" "
A. A. Bunton " "
99 62
117 37
117 37
202 50
58 68
58 68
$791 83
EXPENDITURES.
To paid City Farm for building extension of
Bridge st.
D. C. Varnum work on Bridge street
Albert Sherer " " •<
Noyes Farmer " " "
Michael Sullivan " « "
Reuben Morgan " " "
Luther Stevens " " '■
J. E. Stearns laying out Bridge st. and
running out lots
"W. W. Patterson, Chainman
Dana W. King recording deeds
Balance to new account
Amount due on Mortgage notes for land sold
Amount of sales of land from City Farm
212 75
3 50
11 00
34 00
9 00
34 12
16 32
42 25
4 00
6 15
273 09
418 74
$791 83
2,375 49
3,167 32
119
SCHOOLS.
By Appropriation
To Order in favor of School Committee
38,000 00
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 2.
pNSURAUCE AND CLERK'S SALARY.
$38,000 00
By Appropriation
$460 00
EXPENDITURES.
To paid J. G. Edgerly,
Com.
.
Paid out as follows:
To Herman Foster for Insurance
09 00
L. B. Clough
a
G9 00
I. W. Smith
ti
69 25
E. P. Richardson
a
77 75
George A. French
a
30 00
B. P. Cilley
it
39 75
Parker & Bartlett
a
36 50
E. T. Stevens
isurer
18 75
Re-paid to City Tre;
40 00
450 00
450 00
Balance to account for repairs of School Houses 10 00
Repairs of Blodgett St. and High School House.
$160 00
By Appropriation
$800 00
EXPENDITURES.
4
To paid Joseph L. Ross for Furniture . 152 75
A. H. Lowell " . 377 81
G. II. Dudley for labor . o0 35
Hartshorn & Pike for stoves and repairing 42 23
Joseph L. Ross for teachers' desks . 40 00
Barton & Co. for carpets . 38 32
120
To Straw & Lovejoy for clocks
Daniels & Co. for hardware
John B. Varick & Co. for hardware
Joseph "W. Ross for ink wells
Joseph G. Edgerly for cash paid
Concord Railroad for freight on furniture
Balance re-paid City Treasurer
Maps and Charts.
By Appropriation
28 25
20 72
17 13
8 40
8 11
4 GO
788 (17
1 1 33
EXPENDITURES.
To paid Woodman & Hammett
1G5 75
E. P. Button & Co.
136 83
H. C. Tilton
45 50
Taggard & Thompson
20 40
"William Ilenshaw
7 50
J. G. EdgeiSy
7 G5
I. S. Whitney
10 75
Brewer & Tileston
5 62
$800 00
$400 00
$400 00
Repairs of New High School House.
By appropriation
$3,000 00
EXPENDITURES.
To paid J. Q. A. Sargent for steam healing-
apparatus . $2 57G 00
E. A. Smith for concrete floor in basement 308 GO
Balance to account for repairs of school
houses. . 25 40
[ $3,000 00
121
GENERAL REPAIRS.
By Appropriation
$1.500 00
EXPENDITURES.
To paid A. II. Lowell for furniture
G. II. Dudley for labor
"William O. Haskell for furniture
" " "■ blackboard \ i
William G. Shattuck for furniture
Joseph L. Roi s for furniture
Joseph W. Ross for ink wells
Abbott & Kelly for painting
L. M. Greene "
Hartshorn & Pike for stoves and repairs
John B. Varick S: Co., Hardware
Daniels & Co., "
G. F. Bosher & Co. for chairs
Concord Railroad for freight on furniture
J. G. Edgerly for cash paid
Hill & Co. for express
J. G. Coult for setting trees
Mrs. Vatter for cleaning houses
E.G. Haines for mason work
Hasclton & Proctor for trees
$386 71
268 57
132 00
16 00
132 54
:
71 00
120 40
22 00
22 35
18 50
19 00
5 28
5 75
3 00
23 00
L0 00
40 62
GOO
$1,500 00
Pake Street School House.
By cash for old furniture and boartS sold
Appropriation
Joseph L. Ross for furniture
A. II. Lowell for posts
J. B. Jones auctioneer
Fahey & Dillon for carpenter work
Concord Railroad for freight
C. II. Hodgman for teaming
■•:-iS50
2,500 00
1,100 00
26 08
100
1,200 00
25 20
5 50
$2,518 50
122
ToL. B. Clough for insurance . 5 00
John L. Kennedy for painting . 85 00
$2,507 78
Refunded to Treasurer . 10 72
-2,518 50
Spring Street School House.
By appropriation . $2,500 00
EXPENDITURES.
To order in favor of Abbott & Kelly for painting $G07 20
" "of Ncal & Holbrook for car-
penter work . 1,11148
order in favor of A. II. Lowell for seat cast-
ings . 579 18
Thomas E. Cresscy for cleaning . 10 00
Balance to acct. for repairs of school houses 192 14
-$2,500 00
PAYMENT OF DEBT AND INTEREST.
By balance from old account . $858 92
Appropriation . G,000 00
-6,858 92
EXPENDITURES.
To paid City Savings Bank, principal . $1,200 00
" " " interest to June
1, 1869 . 308 00
Manchester Savings Bank, principal . 1,200 00
" " " interest to June
1, 1869 . 308 00
Amoskeag Savings Bank, principal . 1,200 00
" " '" interest to June
I, 1869 . 308 00
123
Merrimack River Savings Bank, principal 1, 200 00
" " " " interest
to June 1, 1869 . 308 00
$6,032 00
Balance to account of New School houses 826 92
School District No. 3.
School District No. 5.
By balance from old account . $1 75
Appropriation for shade trees . 100 00
1,858 92
By Appropriation . $165 00
To order in favor of W. W. Baker and
others, Committee . $165 00
School District No. 4.
By Appropriation . $150 00
EXPENDITURES.
To paid W. II. Fisk for paper . $2 00
George II. Dudley for carpenter work L9 85
A. M. Corning for use of team and labor 14 07
John B. Varick & Co. for nails &c . 3 58
Haines & Wallace for lumber . 23 98
Edward Prime, plastering and hanging paper 7 15
Balance to account for reps, of school houses 7!> 37
$150 00
$101 75
Carried to account of reps, of school houses $101 75
School District No. 6
By Appropriation $10 00
EXPENDITURES .
To order in favor of James M. Webster . $6 00
124
Balance to account for repair of school
houses . 4 00
$10 00
School District Xo. 7.
By Appropriation $765 00
EXPENDITURES.
To paid Wm. McPherson for repairing plas-
tering . $5 50
Order in favor of Robert Hall, committee 769 50
$765 00
School District Xo. 8.
By Appropriation (raised by tax) . $200 00
To account for repairs of school houses . $200 00
X. B. Since the 1st of January, the taxes raising this last sum
have been abated.
School District No. 10.
By balance from old account . $118 66
Appropriation (raised by tax) . 350 00
$4 68 66
EXPENDITURES.
To order in favor of J. P. Walker, committee $57 00
Balance to account for repairs of school
houses . 411 66
$4G8 66
hool District Xo. 11.
By balance from old account . $100 00
Appropriation . 200 00
$300 00
To order in favor of T. S. Montgomery, Com. $300 00
125
Repairs of School Houses.
By balance from insurance and clerks' salary
account
J. G. Edgerly overdraft on insurance acct
J. G. Edgerly, overdraft on Blodgett St
on High School house account
Balance from High School house accoun
" " Spring Street " "
Win. Little overdraft on Park St. house
account
Balance from School District No. 4
it a a a a 5
it a it a it a
10
EXPENDITURES.
To paid Elbridgc Robie for mulching trees
W. W. Dickey for labor
¥m. Crosbie ';
A. H. Hartshorn " "
James Emerson " "
17m. P. Richardson foi .ices
McGuinness for 1 re
Oilman Harvey for work
Win. P. Merrill for work
Hartshorn & Pike, stove and pipe for
house at Golf's Falls
J. Q. A. Sargent, piping Park St. house
John Ryan, storing furniture
John B. Clarke, adv. school meeting,
and statement of repairs
John L. Kennedy, painting Park St. house
D. II. Young for plastering Park St. house
" <• " " house in ward 7
10 00
40 00
11 33
25 40
192 14
10 72
79 .".7
101 75
4 00
200 00
411 66
3 00
4 65
75
7 95
23 05
2 88
3 50
9 L5
34 o.)
25 18
8 6G
5 00
28 17
1G9 85
149 2G
10 00
$1,086 37
126
To Geo. H. Dudley, work on houses, Ward 7
D. H. Tufts, painting " " "
Z. Harvey, cleaning " " "
E. P. Richardson, ins. on " ** «
" " " " " Ward 8
J. E. Bennett for Dist. Clerk's salary
L. B. Clough " " " "
H. T. Mowatt, cash paid for cleaning
Barr & Clapp for glass, putty, nails, oil,
lead and labor for houses in ward 7
A. M. Corning for repairs on house at
Goff s Falls
W. H. Elliott for clock for house at Goff 's
Falls
Joseph "W. Ross for ink wells
Campbell & Hansconi, notice of meeting,
and " to gas fitters "
Hill & Co. express on bundles
Haines & Wallace, lumber for Spring St.
house . 6 65
Fahey & Dillon, balance of bill on Park
St. house . 49 37
21 00
59 55
8 25
12 00
46 00
4 00
6 00
150
62 07
3 00
6 00
8 40
22 90
4 15
$806 16
Balance to new account 280 21
127
NEW SCHOOL HOUSES.
By Balance from "Debt and Interest" acc't
$826 92
By Appropriation
Evening Schools.
EXPENDITURES.
To paid E. D. Hadley for Instruction
Mary A. Doty "
L. H. Dutton
Fera Gagnon "
J. C. Walker "
E. P. Cogswell for care of room
H. C. Tilton for Books
II. M. Bailey for lamps and fixtures
G. II. Dudley for fitting up rooms
Campbell & Hanscom for advertising
Balance to new account
45 00
6 75
40 25
30 00
4 50
16 00
7 02
30 64
13 75
6 25
200 16
90 84
$300 00
$300 00
RESERVED FUND.
By Appropriation
Revenue account
7,122 10
3,518 44
$10,640 54
DISCOUNT ON TAXES.
By balance from old account
Appropriation
$72 57
4,500 00
$4,572 57
128
EXrEKDITUKES.
To paid sundry persons . 4,213 70
Balance to new account . 358 87
$-1,572 57
OUTSTANDING TAXES.
List of 1859, John L. Kelly, Collector.
Amount Jan. 1, 1868 . $8,245 76
" Jan. 1, 1809 . $8,245 70
List of 1801, Henry R. Chamberlin, Collector.
Amount Jan. 'l, 1868 . 4,493 43
" Jan. 1, 1809 . 4,493 43
List of 1802.
Amount Jan. 1, 1808 . 2,450 37
Collected . 2 29
Balance Jan. 1, 1809 . 2,448 08
List of 1863.
Amount Jan. 1, 1868 . 2,722 58
" Jan. 1, 1869 . 2,722 58
List of 1864.
Amount Jan. 1, 186 . 4,200 21
" collected . 27 49
Balance outstanding Jan. 1, 1869. 4,178 72
List of 1865.
Amount, January 1, 1SGS . 4,818 52
" collected . 384 50
" abated . 144 05
$529 15
Balance outstanding:, January 1, 1809 4,289 37
List of 1806
Amount, January 1, 1808 . 10,002 91
collected . 1,071 27
" abated . 501 81
2,233 08
Balance outstanding January 1, 1869 8,309 83
129
List of 1867
Amount January 1, 1868
$35,095 15
" collected
$25,189 78
" abated
951 53
Dog tax collected
75 00
26,216 31
Balance uncollected January 1, 1869 $8,878 84
List of 1868
Amount committed for collection
" collected
" discounted
" abated
Dog tax collected
Balance uncollected January 1, 1869
Amount of outstanding taxes January 1, 1869 $71,282 15
208,
783 07
76,406 67
4,213 70
373 16
134 00
$181,127 53
$27,655 54
130
Valuation, Taxes, &c.
Year.
Valuation.
Taxes.
No. Polls.
Poll Tax.
1838
1839
1840
1841
1842
1843
1844
1845
1846
1847
1848
1849 ..'...
1850
1851
1852
1853
1855
1856
1857
1858
1859
1860
1861
1863
1864 ......
1866
1867
1868
$555,270
604,963
946,200
1,229,054
1,430,524
1,598,826
1,873,286
2,544,780
3,187,726
4,488,550
4,664,957
5,500,049
5,832,080
6,906,462
6,795,682
6,995,528
8,237,617
8,833,248
9,244,062
9,983,862
10,259,080
9,853,310
9,644,937
9,343,254
8,891,250
9,597,786
9,517,512
9,478,368
10,050,020
10,101,556
9,929,072
$2,235 49
3,029 84
3,986 56
9,563 74
12.952 44
13,764 32
13,584 72
19,246 27
22,005 95
24.953 54
39,712 53
44,979 92
48,974 23
51,798 47
54,379 45
61,545 81
62,022 44
71,952 09
114,214 08
84,862 98
78,210 85
81,368 01
86,804 87
99,104 96
84,827 45
96,233 86
142,815 98
209,696 20
245,567 19
207,457 39
208,783 07
244
427
772
892
1,053
1,053
1,053
1,561
1,808
2,056
2,688
2,518
2,820
2,910
2,745
2,907
2,814
3,725
3,760
3,695
3,695
3,495
3,651
3,974
3,071
2,995
3,168
3.176
4,114
4,170
4,583
$1 66
2 14
2 20
3 49
2 76
2 60
2 25
2 30
2 10
1 68
2 58
2 47
2 37
2 25
1 92
1 82
1 80
1 94
2 96
2 04
1 83
1 92
2 16
2 40
2 21
2 40
3 50
5 18
5 50
4 61
2 85
131
CITY DEBT.
Date of Notes.
To whom payable.
When payable.
Principal.
July 1,
1847
Feb. 28,
1852
July 1,
1854
Jan. 1,
1856
July 1,
1857
July 9,
1858
July 22,
1858
Jan. 1,
1861
July 1,
1862
Jan. 1,
1863
Oct. 81,
1863
April 1,
1864
July 1,
1864
April 1,
1865
April 1,
1865
City Bonds.
Nekemiah Hunt.
City Bonds.
a <<
Nehemiah Hunt.
ti a
City Bonds.
a a
<< a
a it
a u
tt a
a a
July 1,
1872
$20,000
Feb. 28,
1872
3,600
July 1,
1874
20,000
Jan. 1,
1880
10,000
July 1,
1877
22,500
July 9,
1878
2,400
July 22,
1878
1,100
Jan. 1,
1871
6,000
July 1,
1882
22,500
Jan. 1 ,
1888
35,000
Nov. 1,
1893
70,000
April 1,
1884
70,000
July 1,
1894
50.000
April 1,
1870
8,800
April 1,
1885
10,000
Temporary Loan
Interest to January 1, 1869
Outstanding Bills January 1, 1869
Add debt of late School District No. 2
" « « u ^O. 7
Total debt and Interest January 1, 1869
$351,900 00
37,301 00
$389,201 00
9,000 00
$398,201 00
15,156 08
$413,857 08
17,200 00
742 70
$431,299 78
132
Cash in Treasury January 1, 1869
Note due on Barrett place
Notes due on City Farm lots sold
Interest on above Notes
Net indebtedness January 1, 1869
42,794 85
75 00
2,375 49
47 00
45,292 34
£386,007 44
CITY PEOPERTY.
City Hall and lot, at cost,
City farm at cost, and permanent improvements,
Stock, tools, furniture and provisions at city farm,
Engines, hose and apparatus,
New engine house and stable on Vine St.
Reservoirs, at cost,
Hearses, houses, tomb, new cemetery, at cost,
Court House lot, at cost,
Court House,
Common sewers, at cost,
Safe, furniture and gas fixtures at City Hall,
Street lanterns, posts, pipes and frames
Water works,
Horses, carts, plows and tools,
Engine house and ward room on Manchester St.
Ward room and lot on Park St.
Engine house and lot in ward 7,
Water wagon and apparatus for watering streets
$35,815 00
17,980 00
5,582 85
28,440 44
15,900 00
8,700 00
4,900 00
9,500 00
39,000 00
35,000 00
2,500 00
1,070 00
1,500 00
1,500 00
1,000 00
600 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
SCHOOL PROPERTY.
Blodgett street school house and lot, . $3,000 00
Movable furniture, maps, charts, &c. . 150 00
Bridge St. house and lot,
Old High school house and lot, . 5,000 00
3,150 00
500 00
133
Movable furniture, maps &c,
New High school house,
Movable furniture, books, maps, charts and
apparatus,
Concord St. house and lot,
Towlesville house and lot,
Movable furniture, maps, &c,
"Wilson hill house and lot,
Movable furniture, maps &c,
Merrimack St. house and lot,
Movable furniture, maps &c.
Manchester St. House and lot,
Movable furniture, maps &c.
Park St. house and lot,
Movable furniture, maps &c,
Franklin St. house and lot
Movable furniture, maps &c.
Spring St. house and lot,
Movable furniture, maps &c.
House and lot suburban District No. 1,
Movable furniture, maps &c.
House and lot, Bakersville,
Movable furniture, maps &c.
House and lot at Goflfs Falls,
Movable furniture, maps &c.
House and lot near Harvey's
Movable furniture, maps &c.
House and lot near Webster Mills
Movable furniture, maps &c.
Hallsville house and lot,
Movable furniture, maps &c.
Massabesic house and lot,
Movable furniture, maps &c.
Mosquito Pond house and lot,
Movable furniture, maps &c.
North house and lot, Piscataquog,
Movable furniture, maps &c.
200 00
5,200 00
. 45,000 00
I
i
. 2,000 00
47,000 00
1,000 00
800 00
30 00
830 00
. 3,000 00
125 00
3,125 00
. 15,000 00
350 00
15,350 00
. 8,000 00
300 00
8,300 00
. 8,000 00
400 00
8,400 00
. 15,000 00
400 00
15,400 00
. 10,000 00
400 00
10,400 00
200 00
35 00
235 00
. 2,300 00
75 00
2,375 00
150 00
50 00
200 00
. 2,500 00
50 00
2,550 00
500 00
50 00
550 00
. 2,300 00
75 00
2,375 00
500 00
40 00
540 00
800 00
50 00
850 00
. 3,000 00
125 00
3,125 00
134:
South house and lot, Piscataquog, . 2,500 00
Movable furniture, maps &c. . 60 00 2,560 00
Amoskeag house and lot, . 3,000 00
Movable furniture, maps &c. . 125 00 3,125 00
$348,128 29
CHIEF ENGINEER'S REPORT.
In Board of Mayor and Aldermen, Jan. 1, 18G9.
Head, approved, and ordered to be printed in the Annual
Report.
JOSEPH E. BENNETT,
City Clerk.
In Board of Common Council, Jan. 1, 1869
Read, accepted, and ordered to be printed in the Annual
Report.
H. M. GILLIS, Clerk.
REPORT
OF THE
CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 81, 1868,
MANCHESTER, N. H.
ISRAEL DOW, . . . Chief Engineer.
Engineers' Office, Jan. 1, 1869.
To his Honor the Mayor and Board of Aldermen:
Gentlemen, — In conformity with the city ordinances, I here-
with respectfully submit, my annual report of the condition and
location of property and apparatus belonging to the Fire Depart-
ment, the names and residences of its members, the condition of
reservoirs and other water supplies, and an account of expendi-
tures with other matters pertaining to the Department.
Amoskeag, Steam Fire Engine No. 1, Located on
1 first-class rotary Steam Fire Engine,
1 two-wheeled hose carriage,
350 feet rubber hose, good,
50 feet linen hose,
500 feet leather hose, good,
600 feet leather hose, ordinary,
70 feet small rubber hose,
13 woolen jackets,
Vine St.
$3,000 00
250 00
437 50
43 50
577 50
600 00
14 00
104 00
137
14 pairs overalls,
5 fire hats,
2 stoves and pipe,
1 force pump,
1 pair blankets and hoods,
1 iron pan,
1 wash basin,
9 spanners and belts,
7 life ropes,
2 axes,
2 iron bars,
1 vise and bench,
1 coal hod,
1 shovel,
1 slide wrench,
1 hammer,
5 oil and fluid cans,
1 bed and bedstead,
2 blunderbusses,
2 brass pipes,
1 branch-piece with gate,
1 jack screw,
5 lanterns
Hall and house furniture
1 pail,
2 torches,
1 tackle and fall,
1 rope,
1 box soap,
7 hose patches,
1 stove and pipe in hall,
1 sink,
6 badges,
26 keys,
6 tons hard coal,
2 tons cannel coal,
2 1-2 cords hard wood,
23 75
500
33 00
12 00
1100
8 00
1 00
15 00
5 25
300
200
5 50
100
100
150
83
7 50
35 00
24 00
24 00
15 00
5 00
20 00
30 00
50
4 00
2 25
2 63
4 31
2 00
7 00
3 00
9 00
3 50
72 00
44 00
12 50
$5,482 50
138
Names and residences of Amoskeag Co. JSfo. 1.
Orrin E. Kimball, Foreman, City Hotel.
George 11. Simmons, Assistant Foreman, 13 Lincoln Block.
Horace Nichols, Engineer, 27 Machine Shop Block.
A. A. Balch, Clerk, 20 Amoskeag Corp.
S. C. Lowell, Fireman, 53 Machine Shop Block.
George Butterlield, Driver, Engine House, Vine St.
Erastus Cutting, 105 Hanover St.
James 11. Carr, 3 Machine Shop Block.
P. C. Lane, 04 Merrimack St.
E. F. Caswell, 37 Machine Shop Block.
A. K. Wells, 139 Elm St.
I. M. Curtis, 95 Hanover St.
John Dodge, 53 Machine Shop Block.
A. D. Scovell, Comoro!* Pine and Concord St.
Fire King, Steam Fire Engine No. 2. Located on Vine Street.
1 first-class double-plunger engine,
. $3,000 00
1 two-wheeled hose carriage,
250 00
100 feet rubber hose,
248 56
400 feet leather hose, new,
660 00
850 feet leather hose, ordinary,
850 00
50 feet rubber hose, 1 inch,
10 00
10 belts and spanners . ,
10 00
4 life ropes,
2 00
14 fire hats
14 00
14 woolen jackets,
84 00
14 pairs overalls,
23 75
5 torches
18 00
3 lanterns,
15 00
2 blunderbusses,
24 00
1 branch-piece,
5 00
1 branch-piece with gate,
15 00
139
1 reducing piece
1 sheet iron pan,
6 badges,
3 stoves and pipe,
1 jack screw,
1 pair harnesses,
1 pair blankets with hoods,
1 bed and bedstead,
1 vise and bench,
1 slide wrench,
1 hammer,
1 iron bar,
1 coal hod,
2 shovels,
2 axes,
3 pails,
3 oil and fluid cans,
1 clock,
1 force pump,
1 large coal shovel,
1 sink,
1 water sprinkler,
2 fly covers,
6 tons hard coal,
2 tons caunel coal,
2 1-2 cords hard wood,
1-2 cord pine wood,
$8 00
6 00
6 00
50 00
5 00
50 00
12 00
35 00
5 00
1 00
83
83
1 00
2 00
3 00
1 50
4 50
8 00
30 00
1 00
3 00
1 50
7 37
72 00
44 00
12 AO
2 00
$5,(502 34
Names and residences of members of Fire King Engine Co. No. 2.
James F. Pkerson, Foreman, 25 Machine Shop Block.
William D. Perkins, Assistant Foreman, 35 Stark Corp.
Hazen Davis, Foreman of Hose, 64 Stark Corp.
D. W. Morse, Engineer, 67 Amherst St.
Frank Truell, Fireman, 56 Machine Shop Block.
A. M. Keniston, clerk, 44 Stark Corp.
140
Benjamin T. Rust, near corner of Central and Beech Sts.
James Patten, Driver, Engine House, Vine St.
F. "W. McKenley, 92 Amoskeag Corp.
Geo. H. Piper, 2 High St.
S. W. Nelson, 26 Machine Shop Block.
J. G. George, 4 Stark Corp.
W. E. Demaiy, 95 Central St.
Alfred Hall, 45 Machine Shop.Block.
•
E. W. Harrington Steam Fire Engine No. 3,
Located at Piscataquog.
1 second class single U tank engine
I two wheeled- hose carriage
275 feet rubber hose, good
250 " leather " new
780 " " " fair, ordinary
18 " small rubber hose
II hosemens' suits
12 pairs overalls
14 belts and spanners
12 woolen jackets
4 torches
1 pair harnesses
1 pair blankets
3 trumpets
1 bench and vise
2 stoves
1 branch piece with gate
1 signal lantern
1 jack screw
6 settees
13 office chairs
6 small "
1 coal hod
1 tackle and fall
3 wash basins
141
1 chandelier
1 sheet iron pan
1 table
3 tons hard coal
2 " cannel coal
2 cords hard wood
2 blunderbusses
1 coal shovel
1 iron bar
1 oil can
1 fluid can
1 sink
1 force pump
Total amount Engine Co., No. 3
$10 00
5 00
5 00
36 00
44 00
12 00
24 00
100
1 00
2 00
50
3 00
26 75
$4,672 05
Names and residences of members of E. W. Harrington Engine
Company No. 3.
John Patterson, Foreman, cor. of Granite and Main St.
H. Fradd, Assistant Foreman, Pleasant St., Piscataquog.
J. M. Wallace, Engineer, Granite St.
M. AVhelpley, Fireman, Walunt St.
A. D. Hatch, Steward, Granite St.
H. Crandall, Teamster, Mast Road.
"William Dorans, Summer St.
A. C. Wallace, Granite St.
B. K. Parker, Main St.
J. D. Warren, Pleasant St.
D. O. Webster, Merrimack House.
E. Sturtevaut, Bedford Road.
N. S. Bean Steam Fire Engine No. 4, Located on Vine St.
1 second class double plunger engine
1 two-wheeled hose carriage
1 force pump
1 sink
$4,250 00
200 00
30 00
3 25
142
1 stove and pipe
1 oil can
2 coal hods
1 shovel
2 blankets and hoods
6 tons hard coal
2 blunderbusses and nozzels
2 axes
1 vise
2 pole straps
1 leather bucket
21 keys
1 lot of gas pipe and fixtures
1 lot of lead pipe or force pump
506 feet new hose
2 1-2 cords of wood
Total amount Engine Company No. 4
$62 70
50
2 50
25
27 00
72 00
29 50
7 00
8 00
4 00
10 50
10 50
35 00
10 12
834 90
12 50
$5,609 97
Pexxacook Hose Co. No. 1, Located ox Vixe St.
1 four-wheeled hose carriage
$800 00
1 four-wheeled hose carriage, spare, . .
200 00
631 feet leather hose, new,
1041 15
1150 feet leather hose, good,
1725 00
8 hosemens' jackets (woolen),
40 00
3 hosemens' jackets (woolen),
6 00
1 hosemens' jacket, (rubber),
3 00
8 pairs rubber pants,
12 00
24 spanners and belts, ,
25 00
1 signal lantern,
12 00
4 torches,
8 00
2 axes,
3 00
1 steel shovel,
83
3 oil cans,
2 50
25 chairs,
36 00
12 office chairs,
12 00
1 hose washer and fixtures, . «
40 00
143
1 table,
1 mirror,
1 chandelier,
8 trumpets,
1 blunderbuss
1 breast plate,
1 jack screw,
28 hose patches,
4 lanterns
1 sink,
1 copper pump,
8 pairs overalls,
35 badges,
1 doz. holsters,
2 1-2 cords wood,
$5 00
8 00
8 00
9 00
12 00
3 00
100
7 00
16 00
3 00
3 00
17 00
45 00
4 50
12 50
$4,120 48
Names and residences of Pennacook Hose Co.
Wm. H. Gilmore, Foreman, 84 Merrimack St.
James G. Knight, Assistant Foreman, 15 Lincoln Block.
Thomas W. Lane, Clerk, 19 Blodgett St.
David Thayer, Treasurer, corner Bridge and Walnut St.
Albert Maxfield, Steward, 14 Amoskeag Corp.
J. E Merrill, 45 Orange St.
Chas. 11. Colley, 152 Manchester St.
George Holbrook, 84 Merrimack St.
John D. Howard, 107 Lowell St.
Benj. Spofford, 242 Hanover St.
Samuel B. Hope, 106 Lowell St.
Ira W. Pennock, 54 Manchester Corp.
A. H. Merrill, 148 Manchester St.
A. J. Butterfleld, corner Orange and Walnut.
A. I. Pollard, 2 French's Block.
Benj. W. Robinson, 187 Hanover St.
Daniel H. Maxfield, 17 Stark Corp.
Wm. J. Hickok, 48 Amoskeag Corp.
144
T. P. Heath, 34 Bridge St.
R. O. Burleigh, 96 Amoskeag Corp.
J. C. Colburn, 30 Orange St.
David M. Perkins, 73 Amoskeag Cor}).
Geo. W. Witham, 3 Knowles' Block.
W. H. Vickery, 108 Central St.
Henry W. Fisher, 51 Machine Shop Block.
Henry French, 3 Bartlett Block.
Henry S. Brown, 14 Land and Water Power Block.
¥m.E. Porter, Nashua St.
Thomas C. Cheney, 57 Pine St.
Oliver B. Elliott, 53 Stark Corp.
Hook and Ladder Co., No. 1, Located on Vine St.
1 truck with hooks and ladders
500 feet old ladders
1 signal lantern
4 torches
1 trumpet
4 large hooks
3 small hooks
1 sign
30 office chairs
1 table
2 stoves
1 jack screw
4 axes
1 shovel
1 iron bar
2 hay forks
2 buckets
1 rope,
45 badges,
1 iron sink,
1 copper pump,
12 pair overalls,
12 jackets,
$1,100 00
125 00
10 00
800
150
35 00
500
12 00
45 00
14 00
25 00
2 00
7 00
100
75
3 00
3 00
20 00
30 00
300
3 00
35 10
57 00
145
15 lbs. cotton waste, . 3 00
1 broom, . 50
2 1-2 cords of wood, 12 50
$1,561 35
Names and residences of members of Hook and Ladder Co. N~o. 1.
J. K. Wilson, Foreman, 21 Bridge St.
E. T. Hardy, Assistant Foreman, Janesville.
C. H. Bradford, Clerk, 45 Bridge St.
Clias. Canfield, Steward, 18 Amoskeag Corp.
G. E. Riddle, Treasurer, Manchester Corp.
G. H. Dudley, corner of Beach and Laurell Sts.
Monlton Knowles, corner of Union and Concord Sts.
M. L. Hunkins, 68 Orange St.
C. E. Clongh, Janesville.
F. A. Senter, 39 Pine St.
D. H. Young, 72 Bridge St.
J. L. Bradford, 45 Bridge St.
Henry L. Drew, 89 Hanover St.
J. N. Heath, 135 Hanover St.
II. P. Yonng, 115 Pine St.
J. N. Chase, Janesville, Bridge St.
H. Pike, 1 Lincoln Block.
G.E. Glines, 57 Pine St.
J. Daniels, 161 Merrimack St.
George My rick, 36 Water St.
L. Flint, 33 Amherst St.
C. Cross, Burgess' Block, Elm St.
George Bacon, 4 Lincoln Block, Elm St.
Edward Holmes, 102 Manchester St.
F. Hartshorn, 85 Laurel St.
Engineer's Department.
Real Estate, . 1,100 00
two-wheeled hose carriage, . 150 00'
ii
146
1 tape measure,
1 piece suction hose, ordinary,
1 lot old couplings and hose,
$175
15 00
125 00
$1,391 75
Names and residences of the Board of Engineers.
Israel Dow, Chief Engineer, "Water St.
B. C. Kendall, Assistant Engineer, cor. Maple and Central St.
E. P. Richardson, Asst. Engineer, 172 Manchester St.
Elijah Chandler, Asst. Engineer, 15 Machine Shop Corp.
"YVilberforce Ireland, Asst. Engineer, cor. Amherst and Pine Sts.
RECAPITULATION.
Amoskeag Steamer No. 1,
Fire King, Steamer No. 2,
E. W. Harrington, Steamer No. 3,
N. S. Bean, Steamer No. 4,
Pennacook Hose Co. No. 1,
Hook and Ladder Co. No. 1,
Engineers' Department,
EXPENDITURES FOR THE YEAR.
Anoskeag Steamer No. 1.
To paid salaries of members,
Amoskeag Mfg. Co. for 42 lbs. waste,
H. M. Bailey & Son, for 1 stove grate,
" " •' repairing lantern,
" " " labor and solder,
" " " repairing lead pipe,
" " " 1-4 gross matches,
j, " " 1-2 gross matches,
$5,482 50
5,602 34
4,672 05
5,609 97
4,120 48
1,561 35
1,391 75
528,440 44
$447 00
8 40
1 25
35
1 15
50
60
120
147
To Daniels & Co. for 11 feet rubber tube,
" " 1 gal. sperm oil,
" " 1-2 gal. spirits turpentine,
" " 2 lbs. rotten stone,
" " 1 gal. spirits turpentine,
" " 1 gal. sperm oil,
" " 3 3-4 lbs. rotten stone,
Manchester Gas Co., gas for year 1868,
Freeman Higgins, 2 gas burners,
Hartshorn & Pike, 1 No. 3 stove grate,
" " repairs on pipe,
" " repairs on pump,
E. P. Johnson & Co., coal,
Kimball Bros., 10 1-4 lbs. tallow,
on & Co., 1 pair steps,
" " 1 12-feet ladder,
Palmer & Co., repairing pump,
J. Q. A. Sargent, sundries,
G. C. Smith for wood,
J. W. Whittier, 50 feet linen hose,
" " 1 pair couplings,
Kimball & Hall, 2 1-2 cords wood,
Expense of team,
Fire King. Steamer No. 2.
1,148 69
To paid Amoskeag Mfg. Co. for 1 piece suction hose,
" " combination hose,
" " 50 lbs. cotton waste,
Edward Bresnahan, sawing 1-2 cord wood,
H. M. Bailey & Son, 1-2 gross matches,
Daniels & Co., 12 sheets emery cloth,
Services of members,
Manchester Gas Co., gas for year,
Freeman Higgins, gas burners,
$126 00
240 00
, 10 00
1 00
1 20
96
447 00
9 66
3 00
148
To Hartshorn & Pike, 38 lbs. Eng. iron pipe,
" " 2 elbows,
" " Cleaning pipe,
" " 7 1-2 pounds lead,
" " labor soldering,
" " soldering brass work,
E. P. Johnson & Co., coal,
S. Monlton for 15-feet ladder,
J. W. C. Pickering, 4 firemen's jackets,
" " bill painting same,
Wm. G. Hoyt & Co., 6 office chairs,
Kimball & Hall, 2 1-2 cords wood,
Expense of team,
E. "W. Harrington, Steamer No. 3.
5 25
30
50
94
75
50
97 00
150
42 00
2 00
9 00
•
12 50
•
480 00
1,491 06
To paid salaries of members for year 1868,
Baker & Fradd, for soap,
" " " 2 lbs. soda,
C. P. Clement, 1 rotary pump,
" " labor setting pump,
Manchester Gas Co., gas for year 1808,
Haines & "Wallace, 1-2 cord of wood,
" 1 cord wood,
" 1-2 cord wood,
" 1 load wood,
" drawing engine 1 year,
" 1 load wood,
Freeman Higgins, 1 gas burner,
Hartshorn & Pike, for 14 1-2 lbs. zinc,
" " 9.1bs. Eng. pipe,
" 28 fire brick,
" " 12 bolts,
" " lining stove,
" 1 regulator damper,
$457 00
106
14
25 00
175
9 32
1 00
2 50
100
2 00
50 60
2 00
153
2 32
144
168
36
50
50
149
To "W. Ireland
, for 2 gross screws,
172
tt
it
4 carriage bolts,
10
tt
ti
2 1-2 doz. screws,
30
it
a
8 7-8 lbs. hinges,
1 15
a
a
G lbs. nails,
40
tt
a
3 1-2 days labor,
10 50
E. P.
John.
5on & Co., for coal,
84 00
Kimball & Hall, 9 1-2 feet wood,
8 93
J. B.
Variek, 8 sheets emery cloth,
80
tt
tt
8 lbs. bolts,
96
a
a
1 3-4 lbs. screws,
35
a
a
1-2 lb. washers and screws,
57
tt
tt
4 bolts,
40
tt
a
10 1-2 lbs. rope,
2 52
it
a
1 block,
1 15
, a
a
2 lbs. nails,
12
tt
a
1 floor brush,
50
a
a
sundries,
24
tt
tt
1 gal. turpentine,
75
it
tt
7 sheets emery cloth,
84
J. w
AVhil
tier, repairing hose,
3 50
Kimball & Hall, 2 1-2 cords wood,
12 50
§692 11
N. S. Bean, Steamer No. 4.
To paid Amoskeag Mfg. Co. 2 leather blunderbusses,
" " " " 2 nozzles,
" " " " repairing hose carriage,
" " " " 2 pieces iron, 2 pieces
Norway iron, labor and coal,
Amoskeag Mfg. Co. 2 fire axes,
" " " 1 swivel vsie,
" " "1 eye bolt,
" " " 2 pole straps,
11 " " 4 3-8 bolt,
" " "5 pieces refined iron, labor
and coal on same,
$24 00
5 40
82
7 48
7 00
8 00
1 00
4 00
1 00
94
150
To Amoskeag Mfg. Co., 1 leather fire bucket,
'; " " Engine No. 4,
" " " hose carriage,
Oilman Fogg, making and altering keys,
" "3 brass keys,
Manchester Gas Co., gas for year,
Gregg and Dodge, piping Engine house,
Freeman Higgins, 1 gas burner,
E. P. Johnson, coal,
H. C. Merrill, 1 gal. sperm oil,
D. W. Morse, 2 3-4 lbs. copper and labor,
Palmer & Co., 75 lbs. lead pipe,
" " 1 day's labor,
J. B. Varick & Co., sundries,
Geo. W. Witham, 3 1-4 days' labor,
J. "W. "Whittier, 506 feet leather hose,
" " repairing coupling,
T. P. Hubbard, lumber and labor,
Kimball & Hall, 2 1-2 cords wood,
Pennacook Hose Co. No. 1.
To paid salaries of members for year 1868,
Amoskeag Mfg. Co., for 20 yards duck,
John B. Clarke, printing,
Daniels & Co., 1 gal. lard oil,
Manchester Gas Co., gas for year 1868,
Greely & Co., 1 doz. holsters,
T. P. Heath, drawing hose carriage,
J. B. McCrillis, irons and bolts for carriage,
{; " painting carriage,
H. C. Merrill, broom,
" " 1 qt. sperm oil,
Plummer & Chandler, making 8 pairs overalls,
David Thayer, 30 badges,
Daniel "Webster, wood,
151
To J. "NY. Whittier, 631 feet leather hose,
Anioskeag Mfg. Co., stock and labor,
Kimball & Hall, 2 1-2 cords wood,
Hook and Ladder Co. Xo. 1.
To paid salaries of members for year 1868,
Amoskeag Mfg. Co., 46 yards duck,
" " " 50 yards duck,
" " " 20 lbs. waste,
L. B. Bodwell, 8 feet wood,
Chas. Canfield, 60 chair bolts,
Daniels & Co., 60 washers,
" " 1 doz. wardrobe hooks,
" " 1 8-inch bolt and screws,
L. Flint, for repairs,
" " making ladder,
Manchester Gas Co., gas for 1868,
C. F. Livingston, printing,
EL C. Merrill, 1 broom,
Plummcr & Chandler, making 12 pair overall.-
Pike & Williams, making 12 jackets,
Kimball & Hall, 2 1-2 cords wood,
Expense of team,
Miscellaneous Bills.
$1,041 15
7 81
12 50
1,996 06
$697 01
27 60
30 00
4 00
6 50
4 80
15
60
50
4 50
8 36
2 75
55
7 50
27 00
12 50
240 00
1,075 82
To paid G. B. Ammedon for watching fire,
C. S. Annis, for watching fire,
Boston Belt & Leather Stufiing Co., 1-2 bbl. hose
stuffing,
H. M. Bailey & Son, 49 1-2 pounds galvanized iron
" " " 13-4 days' labor,
'* " " 1 1-2 lbs. solder,
$2 00
2 00
35 00
8 91
4 37
63
152
To George Cheney, horse hire,
" " horse hire in year 1865,
S. L. Fogg, horse hire,
Henry French, stock and labor,
T. R. Hubbard, 1 set blinds,
T. P. Heath, cartage,
B. C. Kendall, examining buildings,
L. S. Learned, blank book,
Neal & Holbrook, labor and blind trimming,
Phoenix Fire Ins. Co., insurance,
U U (( u
Plummer & Chandler, 2 rubber coats,
E. P. Richardson, examining buildings,
W. F. Sleeper, refreshments at Central St. fire,
H. C. Tilton, stationery,
J. L. Taylor, stock and labor,
H. C. Tilton, stationery,
J. B. Varick & Co., 1 tape measure,
S. S. James & Co. horse hire,
Salaries of Board of Engineers, for 1868,
^tna Fire Ins. Co. for insurance,
RECAPITULATION.
$1 50
4 50
1 50
3 45
9 00
50
16 25
2 00
5 62
11 25
15 00
20 00
. • 15 00
8 00
4 50
20 00
70
175
100
175 00
22 50
&391 93
Engine Co. No. 1,
a a it 2
it a it 3j
it a it 4
Hose Co. No. 1,
Hook and Ladder Co. No. 1,
Miscellaneous,
$1,148 69
1,491 06
692 27
5*577 80
1,996 06
1,075 82
391 93
$12,373 63
153
EXPENSES.
For Engine No. 4, and equipments, . $5,577 80
For new hose, . 1,215 05
For running expenses, . 5,580 78
12,373 63
The effective force of the Department consists of 1 Chief and 4
5
14
14
12
Assistant Engineers,
Engine Co. No. 1,
« " 2,
" " 3,
" " 4, manned by Cos. 1 and 2,
Pennacook Hose Co. No. 1,
Hook and Ladder Co. No. 1,
30
25
Total men, 100
The apparatus consists of —
1 first' class rotary steam engine, No. 1, Amoskeag.
1 first class double plunger engine No. 2, Fire King.
1 second class single plunger engine No. 3, E. W. Harrington.
1 second class double plunger engine No. 4, N. S. Bean.
1 four-wheeled hose carriage, No. 1, Pennacook.
1 four-wheeled hose carriage, spare, No. 1, Pennacook.
4 two-wheeled hose carriage with engine, No. 1, 2, 3, 4.
1 two-wheeled hose carriage, spare.
1 Hook and Ladder truck, No. 1, withhooks, ladders, &c. complete.
500 feet old ladders, extra. •
4 large fire hooks, extra.
3 small fire hooks, extra.
Rubber hose, . 725 feet
Leather hose, new or nearly so, . 3437 "
Leather hose, ordinary, • 2230 "
Linen hose, new, . 50 "
Total njimber feet leading hose, 6442
154
"With the exception of the addition of two new reservoirs, one
at Janesville, at the brook crossing near McCrillis' shop, and the
other on the corner of Merrimack and Hall Sts, near the house of
E. S. Peabody, the water BUpply remains essentially the same as
reported last year.
155
Condition of Cisterns and Eeservoirs, Manchester, ISL H.,
June 21, 18G8.
Location.
Dis. to
Water.
Depth of
Water.
Sand.
Openings.
Feed Gates
Elm Street, at City Hall, . .
Elm St. n'r Smth's blk j g "
Gate, Mercantile Block,
Cor. Chestnut and Han. sts.
Mitchell's, Manch. st. j g
Knowles, Merrimack street
Pine st. between Manchestei
and Merrimack sts . . .
Junction Han. and Fine sts
Ft. In.
Ft. In.
. 5 . . 2
1 . 4
2 . 6
.4 .10,
5 . 11
Gate, June. Han. & Pine sts
June. Pine & Cent. sts. ! g
June. Elm& Myrtle sts. J g
Lowell St., at School House.
Lowell st. near Nashua, . .
Amherst and Chestnut sts.
June. Chest. & Amherst sts.
Center of Tremont Square,
Bridge st. head of Birch j c '
June. Chest. & Orange sts.
Hanover st., cor. Union, .
Steam Mill, Janesville,
June. Beech & Laurel sts.
Tunc. Walnut & Amherst sts,
June. Chest. & Harrison sts.
Post Ollice, Hanover street,
Bakersville,
5 . .6.
.6 . 1 .
.6 . . .
3.5.
6 . 11
G . 9
3.2
8.2
7.5
1 .10
2 .10
5.8
J . 7
5.1,
3 . 8
. 6 . . .
.6.5.
.5.3.
Level
. 5 . 7 .
8 . . 3 .
.2.3.
3 .
6 .
1 .
5 .
6 .
'Squog, Granite st.,n. Baker
& Fradd's,
'Squog, corner Walnut st. .
'Squog, n. Steam Mill, 'S riv.
'Squog, Granite street.
'Squog, Am. n. Bow.pl I ?
'Skeag, Penstock n. Bat, mill
G . 4
1 . 8
6. 6
12 . .
12 . .
.4.8.
. G . 2 .
. 7 . . .
Good
. 5 . . .
.7.4.
.7.4.
Good.
Ft. In,
. . 6
. . 17
None
None
. . 10
. . 3
. . 8
. . 5
. . 7
None
. . 4
None
None
None
. . 3
. 1 3
. 1 4
. 1 8
None
None
None
None
. . 3
None
None
. 1 8
None
None
None
None
— 1 —
— 1 —
— 1 —
— 1 —
— 1 —
2
— 1 —
— 1 —
Good
— 1 —
— I —
— 1 —
— 1 —
— 1 —
— 1 —
— 1 —
Good
Cor Han.&
I lli-.-t. sts.
Concord Sq
Feeds No. 1
Worthless
H:ii',over>&
I Pine sts.
Feeds No. 6
Gate feeds
Nos. laud 5
156
There is still pressing need for the building of more Reservoirs
in the North part of the City, above Bridge Street, and also,
in the North-east part of the City, east of Union Street, and in the
South-east part of the City, especially near the junction of Merri--
mack or Laurel and Maple Streets. There is absolutely no water
supply South of Hanover and East of Pine Streets, and in no sec-
tion of the City are the buildings more closely connected than in
that locality, and should a fire occur there under unfavorable cir-
cumstances, the loss would be necessarily severe. The attention
of former Administrations have been respectfully called to these
sections, but, as yet nothing has been done to remedy the evil. I
am satisfied that with little expense, that these sections could
be made secure for all present needs, and would most respect-
fully urge upon your notice the necessity of early action in this
matter.
The Department has been called out for duty during the past
year nineteen times, viz:
Alarm January 14.
" February 9.
Fire March 9. on Central Street. Loss $1000 00
Alarm March 11, on Amherst Street.
Fire L" 20, on Elm Street. Loss 857 00
" April 30, on Mechanic Street. Loss 100 00
Alarm May 17, cor. of Elm and Hanover Streets.
" " 29, on Beach Street.
" " 30, on Lowell Street.
Fire August 11, on Lowell Street. Loss 325 00
" October 27, cor. of Hanover and Beech Sts. Loss 100 00
" " 31, old Passenger Depot. Loss 1, 900 00
" Nov. 4, on Merrimack Back St. Loss 150 00
Alarm " 7, on Park Street.
" " 8, on Manchester Street.
" " 21, on Elm Street.
Still Alarm Nov. 24, David Collins' Shop Elm St. Loss 64 00
Fire Nov. 26, on Spruce St. Loss on building trifliing
Alarm Dec. 7, on Central Street.
" " 15, in Stark Block, Boarding House.
" " 18, on Merrimack Back Street.
157
Making a total loss in the City during the year 1868 of $4,496.
No better evidence of the efficiency of the Department can be
given than is contained in the above statement. To the prompt-
ness and vigilance of all its members, without distinction, I attrib-
ute our succces for the year. Harmony and friendship has pre-
vailed among them on all occasions. Their deportment at all
times has been orderly. There has been no strife among them ex-
cept that generous spirit of emulation, to see how each may best
serve the public good.
I desire in conclusion, to return my sincere thanks to the mem-
bers of the department for the kindness and courtesy shown me
during the time I have been connected with it, and also for their
prompt support when on duty. May the same spirit of good fel-
lowship continue in the future.
Respectfully Submitted,
ISRAEL DOW,
( 'kief Engineer.
158
REPORT OF THE LIQUOR AGENT.
To the Hon. Board of Mayor and Aldermen:
The undersigned, City Liquor Agent, reports the following as
the business, and the expenses of the Agency for 1868:
Cost of Liquors sold
$575 58
Expenses
8 65
Corks, wrapping paper and envelops
2 67
Printing placards
75
Stamps and gauging by Assessor
1 29
Expenses of agent to Boston
3 65
Making and painting sign .
14 50
Government tax
25 00
Salary of agent
300 00
Whole amount of expenses
$932 09
Cash received from sales
691 97
Expenses over receipts
$210 12
The Agent has in his hands the Stock as follows, belonging to
the Citv:
Liquors on hand
Jugs
Kegs
Faucets
Demijohns
Sign
.
$265 64
•
6 39
5 10
.
1 75
.
7 20
•
14 50
$3
E. M. KELLOGG,
Ct
ty
Liquor Agent
$300 58
EEPORT OF OVERSEERS OF POOR.
To the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the City of
Manchester.
In compliance with the requirements of law, the Overseers of
the Poor of said city, herewith present their annual report.
Whole number of Paupers assisted the past year, who had a set-
tlement in the State, is eighty-nine, of which seventy-two have a
settlement in this city, and seventeen have a settlement in other
towns in the State. There have died of the above number during
the past year, three ; — two belonging to this city, and one from
another town in the State.
The whole number of Paupei^s at the Almshouse during the past
year is twenty, average number for the year, eleven and one half.
There has been but one death at the Almshouse during the past
year.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
JAMES A. WESTON, Chairman
SAMUEL S. MOULTON,
S. J. YOUNG,
M. E. GEORGE,
II. W. SAVORY,
JOHN FIELD,
JOHN C. SMITH,
TIMOTHY SULLIVAN,
NAHUM BALDWIN.
Overseers of the Poor,
160
Inventory and appraisal of Personal Property at the City Farm,
December 24, 1868, by the Joint Standing Committee on City
Farm.
2 pairs working oxen,
12 milch cows,
1 yearling- heifer,
4 calves,
1 bull,
1 pair three years old steers,
1 horse,
7 shoats,
1 breeding- sow,
34 bushels wheat,
100 bushels corn,
125 bushels oats,
24 bushels beans,
125 bushels potatoes,
30 bushels mangel wurtzels,
10 bushels beets,
7 bushels carrots,
9 bushels pop corn,
30 bushels turnips,
8 doz. cabbages,
27 tons No. 1 hay,
19 tons No. 2 hay,
5 tons No. 3 hay,
4 tons corn fodder,
2 tons straw,
8 barrels cider,
5 barrels soap,
3-4 barrel salted cucumbers,
15 barrels apples,
4 3-4 barrels salt pork,
100 pounds salt beef,
114 pounds fresh pork,
139 pounds cheese, '
$450 00
700 00
30 00
60 00
65 00
175 00
175 00
80 00
30 00
85 00
150 00
106 00
96 00
112 50
15 00
5 00
3 50
13 50
7 00
8 00
594 00
342 00
60 00
30 00
30 00
28 00
25 00
3 75
45 00
152 00
12 00
14 00
23 00
161
17 pounds butter,
181 pounds lard,
97 pounds sugar,
Salt fish and mackerel,
52 pounds dried apple,
2 pounds tobacco,
Molasses barrel and faucet,
27 gallons molasses,
6 gallons preserved tomatoes,
8 gallons boiled cider,
6 gallons of apple sauce and barrel,
16 doz. (25 pounds) candles,
70 pounds nails,
45 pounds drills and wedges,
1 meat saw,
2 ox carts,
5 ox sleds,
1 hay cart,
1 hay wagon,
1 one-horse tip cart,
2 single wagons,
1 single sleigh,
2 single harnesses,
1 lead harness,
Curry combs and brushes,
Bridle, halter and blankets,
1 drag rake, $1 50; 8 hand rakes, $2 00;
11 hay forks, $0 00; 4 sickles, $1 00;
2 grain cradles,
20 scythes, $7 50; 10 scythe snaths, S3 00,
1 cross-cut saw,
1 string of bells,
1 stone digger,
6 ox yokes and bows,
9 plows, $80 ; 1 corn sheller, $6,
46 fowls, $37 ; 20 meal bags, $5.50,
8 bushels salt, $7.20; 9 baskets, $4.50,
$8 00
29 00
14 00
5 00
7 44
3 50
2 00
15 66
1 50
5 00
5 50
4 00
4 20
13 50
2 50
140 Hi)
4000
25 00
si ) 00
110 00
10000
12 00
25 00
4 00
2 00
10 00
3 50
7 00
4 00
10 50
4 00
2 00
25 00
30 00
86 00
42 50
1170
162
1 drag, $4; 2 cultivators, $5,
3 scalding tubs, $1.50; 1 rope and block, $3
Scales and steelyards,
1 winnowing mill,
1 hay cutter, $4; 1 bay knife, $2,
25 tie chains,
2 grindstones,
1 wheelbarrow,
1 hand sled,
2 horse rakes,
2 mason trowels,
1 chest tools,
2 wood saws,
1 shaving horse,
1 vise and saw set,
7 axes, $8; 4 ladders, $2.50,
10 shovels and spades,
7 manure foi'ks,
3 harrows $12 ; 3 bog hoes, $2.50,
1 bush hook, $1 00; set measures, $1 00,
2 gravel scrapers,
Balls and chains,
2 set fetters, $7 ; 2 pair handcuffs, $3,
10 meat barrels, $5 ; 10 cider barrels, $10,
9 cook, and other stoves,
12 tables, $15; 2 clocks, $5 00,
2 rocking chairs, $3; 31 common chairs, $9
8 looking glasses, $5; 18 window curtains $
9 boxes, $1 ; 3 stone pots, $3,
20 earthen pots, $2.25; 8 water pails, $1.75
7 wash tubs, $3; 4 butter tubs, $1,
Milk cans and measures,
8 milk pails, $2 ; 48 milk pans, $5,
G sugar buckets, $1.50; 1 churn, $3.50,
1 cream pot, $1 ; 1 pie cupboard, $2,
1 cheese press, $3; 2 cheese safes, $5,
1 pair cheese tongs, $50 ; 3 cheese hoops, $2,
$9 00
4 50
14 00
8 00
6 00
6 00
5 00
2 00
1 00
25 00
100
17 00
2 50
100
6 00
10 50
5 00
5 00
14 50
2 00
8 00
17 00
10 00
15 00
60 00
20 00
12 00
10 00
4 00
4 00
4 00
2 50
7 00
5 00
3 00
8 00
2 50
163
Cheese tub and. basket,
1 curd cutter,
Cheese cloth and strainer,
Coffee and tea pots,
Tin ware, $8 ; 12 flat irons, $3,
Mixing trough' $2.50; 1 bread trough, $1,
Salt mortar and coffee mill,
Castor, pepper boxes, and salt dishes,
15 chambers, and bed pan,
Shovels and tongs,
Knives, forks and spoons,
4 lightstands and dinner bell,
Boiling pin and cake board,
2 clothes horses,
Wash boards and benches,
School and other books,
1 tape measure,
8 roller towels, $4; 30 common towels, 48
12 table cloths and 1 table cover,
20 bedsteads and cords,
15 feather beds and bedding,
Thread and needles,
Floor brushes and brooms,
Clothes lines and pins,
9 bake pans,
7 butcher and carving knives,
Tea tray and waiter,
8 jugs and dish pan,
12 candle sticks,
4 flails, cops and pin,
4 muzzle baskets and free stone,
New boots on hand,
Window glass,
10 pounds dried pumpkin,
20 bushels ashes,
$2 00
1 25
100
2 00
11 00
3 50
100
100
3 00
2 00
12 00
3 00
1 00
2 00
2 00
7 50
75
8 00
8 00
20 00
165 00
2 00
2 50
2 00
4 00
1 50
100
3 00
1 50
200
75
12 00
50
100
400
164
1 meat chest,
1 clothes wringer,
Feed and mixing boxes,
10 hoes, $5; 5 stone hammers, $12,
3 iron bars, $4.25 ; 3 picks, $3,
6 large chains
4 stake, spread and whiffletree chains
1 snow scraper
1 flag of our country
"Watering pot and oil can
8 bushels cob meal
2 " corn meal
2 " rye meal
Lot grass seed
Candle moulds, seives and knife tray
Copper boiler
Chopping knife and skimmers
Lanterns and lamps
Dress table and bureau
Reel, swifts and spinning wheel
2 chests of draws and 2 trunks
Dining set and crockery ware
1 1-2 barrels vinegar
2 pounds hops
12 1-2 pounds tea, $13 00; 7 pounds sage $
Medicines
2 garden rakes, $1 50 ; 2 stub scythes, $3 50
1 mowing machine
1 meat bench
(30 dry casks $6 00 ; 4 cart spires $4 00,
Fine lumber and shingles
Oak lumber
5 wrenches $2 00 ; 3 clothes baskets $ 1 50,
1-4 bushel cranberries
Cant hook
10 lbs. bar soap
$2 75
10 00
5 00
17 00
7 25
15 00
4 50
100
2 00
2 00
8 00
3 00
3 00
8 00
1 00
2 00
100
4 00
4 00
1 75
5 00
20 00
18 00
50
2 00, 15 00
2 50
), 5 00
85 00
125
10 00
30 00
12 00
3 50
100
100
1 20
165
1 suction copper pump
1 beetle and 5 wedges
New clothing on hand
13 yards cotton cloth '
G " " flannel
8 lbs. gun powder
City of Manchester in account with City Poor Farm,
To stock on hand December 21, 18G7
Expenditures the current year
Interest on the farm
Contra.
By stock on hand December 24, 1868 . $5,582 85
Stock and produce sold from farm . 2, OK) 52
Clothing for paupers . 117 75
Clothing for prisoners . 1125
201 weeks board of pi-isoncrs ) ,
576 « - paupers ^t average cost
per week- of $2 10 560-777 . 1,637 30
$10,295 07
85 00
2 25
7 00
2 00
140
2 00
$5,582 85
oor Farm,
Dr.
. $5,911 34
3,384 33
1,000 00
295 67
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OX CEMETERIES.
To his Honor the Mayor, and City Council, of the City of
Manchester.
The Committee on Cemeteries ask leave to submit their annual
report : —
The operations at the cemeteries in charge of your committee
during- the past year, have mainly been confined to the ordinary
care of the grounds and fixtures. For this purpose about the cus-
tomary amount of labor has been expended, Mr. AVm. C. Chase
having been employed at the Valley, and Mr. K. Haseltine at the
Pine Grove, with such temporary assistants as seemed to be re-
quired.
During the dry weather of last summer, a great necessity was
felt at Pine Grove for a well, and Mr. Frank Preston was accord-
ingly employed to sink one of his tubular wells, which has since
supplied us unfailingly with most excellent water.
A structure containing a tool house and a. shelter for persons
and teams overtaken in the grounds by a shower of rain, should
be built the coming season.
We transmit the report of our treasurer —
Respectfully submitted,
Wl. G. PERRY,
JAMES A. WESTON,
S. N. BELL,
GEO. H. HUBBARD,
E. W. HARRINGTON,
J. H. BROOKS,
W. D. BUCK.
WATERMAN SMITH,
J. F. JAMES,
JOS. B. SAWYER,
Committee on the Valley.
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TO THE COMMITTEE OX CEMETERIES.
The Treasurer of the Committee submits the following report :
The Valley.
Cash ou hand, Jan. 1, 18G8, . $48 54
received for hay, . 35 00
" for lots sold, . 304 00
" for tomb rent, . 57 00
" of W. C. Chase for work done
by him for sundry owners of lots, . 68 55
received for interest, . 16 52
Balance overdrawn, . 6146
$591 07
The payments for the year have been as follows: the bills being
approved by Hon. J. A. Weston, who by vote of the sub-com-
mittee, has had charge of the grounds:
Neal & Holbrook, repairing bridge,
Daniels & Co., hardware,
James A Weston, Clerk and Treasurer, 1867,
Wiggins & Goodwin, ladder,
Moses E. George, labor,
Coleman Devinc, "
Henry Richards, "
J. L. Taggart,
Wm. C. Chase, "
" " money paid out,
C. S. Fisher, whitewashing tomb. &c,
Hartshorn & Tike, repairs of fountain,
$591 07
This certifies that I have examined the foregoing account of the
Treasurer of the Committee on Cemeteries, and find the same cor-
rect and properly vouched for.
JOSEPH E. BENNETT,
City Auditor.
32 00
1 1 27
25 00
4 17
3 00
7 50
66 62
3 00
3112 :!7
27 13
1100
.-, 01
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Pine Grove.
The moneys of this cemetery are collected and paid over to the
City Treasurer, and he pays them out on bills approved by your
Treasurer, consequently the account will appear in the City
Treasurer's report.
The receipts have been as follows :
For 45 lots sold, . $478 65
For interest, . 1 60
$480 25
Of this amount, there has been paid into the City Treasnry
$325, and there remains in the hands of your Treasurer, $155,25
Respectfully submitted,
JOSEPH B. SAWYER,
Treasurer.
Manchester, Dec. 31, 18G8.
We have examined the foregoing report of the Treasurer of the
Committee on the Valley, and find the same correct, and supported
by proper vouchers.
JAMES A. WESTOX. Committee.
Manchester, X. II., Jan. 2, 18G'J.
Jan. 4, 1869. In Board of Mayor and Aldermen. Read, ac-
cepted, and ordered to be printed.
Attest,
JOSEPH E. BEXXETT,
( 'Uy Clerk.
FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF TIIE
TRUSTEES OF THE CITY LIB EARY.
The Trustees of the City Library respectfully submit to the City
Council their fifteenth Annual Report of the condition of the
Library.
During the year past, no marked change in the mode of admin-
istring the affairs of the Library has been found necessary. The
number of volumes added to its shelves has been equal to the av-
erage increase for a number of years, and they have been selected
so far as the imfonnation at the command of the Trustees would
allow, with reference to the supply of (lie immediate wants of the
public, and with the design of making it as complete a- practica-
ble, in all departments of literature, a- the means to be expended for
such an object would admit.
The Number of persons making use of the facilities afforded by
theLibraryhas steadily increased, from the time of the commence-
ment of its operations, and the advantages arising from its estab-
lishment, are more clearly developed with each succeeding year.
and the necessity is daily made more "manifest, that a more -nit-
able and convenient location for the Library is required.
For several years past the Trustees have in their annual reports,
called the attention of the City„Council to the necessity, at an early
day, of providing a building for the deposit of the Library, such,
that it would insure its preservation from accidental lo* s.
At the commencement of the present year an appropriation, was
made for the purpose of procuring plans and estimates, and for
putting in the foundation, and soon after a committee was appoint-
ed by the City Council, to procure such plans and estimates as
were required, and to submit them to the City Council. At a sub-
sequent date, authority was given to the Committee to adopt such
a plan as seemed to them expedient.
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Owing" to various circumstances not under the control of that
Committee, but little progress was made. Various plans were
presented and under the authority which had been given the Com-
mittee, they selected one which seemed to be best adapted to the
requirements of the City, and which might be completed for an
estimated expense of $25,000.
Hope wTas entertained that such progress would be made, that the
foundation for the building might have been laid before winter.
Delays occurred in obtaining a satisfactory lot of land, which
finally resulted in a postponement of the commencement of the
construction of the building until another spring. The prelimi-
nary preparation being thus made, it will only require the necessa-
ry apropriation to enable the Committee to bring this matter to a
successful completion during the ensuing year.
The Hon. Samuel D. Bell, who has been a member of the board
since the Library went into operation, died in July last. By his
decease the board have been deprived of the aid and of his knowl-
edge and careful discrimination in the selection of books, and the
Library has lost one of its earliest friends and firmest supporters.
The vacancy thus occasioned in the board was tilled by the elcc-
of Waterman Smith, Esq.
The report of the Librarian shows that at the date of the last
report the Library contained thirteen thousand ninety-seven vol-
umes— that during the year there have been added live hundred and
sixty — of this number four hundred and fifty seven have been
purchased; one hundred and three have been presented, and sixty
three volumes of Periodicals have been bound — making the whole
number of volumes now in the Library thirteen thousand five
hundred and fifty seven. Sixty Periodicals have been regularly
taken and placed on the files.
The Library has been open for the delivery of books, two hun-
dred and eighty days, — Hie total circulation, exclusive of books
taken to be used at the Library Booms, has been thirty five thous-
and one hundred and thirty one. The largest number taken in
any one month was in March.
The number of guarantees taken since the Library went into op-
171
e ration has been six thousand one hundred ninety-five, of which
four hundred and sixty-six have been added the past year.
The amount received for fines, on account of books detained be-
yond the time permitted by the regulations, has been nineteen
dollars and twenty cents, which has been expended by the Libra-
rian in payment of express charges, postage, stationery and oilier
minor expenses, leaving in his hands, a balance of one dollar
ninety-seven cents. Only fourteen volumes are unaccounted for
and will undoubtedly be l'eturned during the year.
The thanks of the city are due to those persons who have pre-
sented books to the Library and a list of such donations i< here-
with presented, and also a list of all books, periodicals and pamph-
lets received during the year, numbered in the order of their
reception.
A Supplementary Alphabetical Catalogue of the additions made
during the year is in process of preparation and will be published
as soon as it is completed.
The Treasurer's report shows the expenditures for books and
periodicals and a brief statement of the expenses incurcd in the
operations of the Library.
The incidental expenses which necessarily increase a little from
year to year, have somewhat exceeded the original appropriation
and the deficiency has been met by an appropriation for thai pur-
pose at the close of the year.
Unless an unusual expense should be required by reason of the
erection of a Library Building, it is not anticipated that the ex-
pense for the next year will exceed, in any considerable degree,
the amount expended during the current year.
In closing this report, the trustees desire to express their gratifi-
cation with the manner in which their suggestions in reference to
the wants of the Library have been met by the City Council, and
we hope that the same spirit of liberality may continue, so that in a
short time this city will possess the largest as well as the best se-
lected Library in the State.
In Board of Trustees, — Eead and Approved, Jan. 2, 18G9.
JAMES A. WESTON, Mayor and President Ex -Officio.
JOSEPH E. BENNETT, Clerk pro tern.
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
Gentlemen of the Board of Trustees:
The following- Report of the workings of the Library for the
year 1868, and of its present condition, is respectfully submitted :
At the last report the number of volumes contained in the Li-
brary was thirteen thousand and ninety-seven. The increase
during the year is five hundred and sixty-one, a decrease from
last year of a little more than fifty, making the whole number at
present, thirteen thousand six hundred and sixty-one volumes.
Of the number added, four hundred and sixty-one were by pur-
chase, including sixty-three volumes of periodicals, bound and
placed on the shelves; the remainder are donations, of which a
list is appended to this report. Sixty different periodicals are
regularly received and filed. Of these there are thirteen weeklies,
thirty-six monthlies, one semi-monthly, one bi-monthly and nine
quarterlies.
The Library has been opened for delivery of books, two hun-
dred and sixty days. The number loaned during this time, is
thirty-five thousand, one hundred and thirty-one. an average per
day of one hundred and thirty-five, seven less than the average
last year. The number delivered in March is usually larger than
in any one of the other months in the year. Of those not returned
and unaccounted for, there are fourteen ; these are not considered
lost, and will, undoubtedly, yet be returned.
The whole number of guarantees taken since the Library was or-
ganized, is six thousand one hundred and ninety-five. Four hun-
dred and sixty-six were received the past year, an average of
forty per month. Eleven persons have deposited money, thereby
entitling them to the use of the Library.
The amount of money on hand January 1, 1868, was sixty-one
cents. Amount collected the past year on books detained beyond
the time allowed, is nineteen dollars and twenty-five cents, — for
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damage of books, fifty cents. Have paid express charges, post-
age, stationery and minor incidental expenses to the amount of
seventeen dollars and twenty-eight cents, leaving a balance of three
dollars and eight cents.
C. H. MARSHALL,
31st December, 1868. Librarian.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
To the Board of Trustees of City Library.
The Treasurer of the Board makes the following Report of the
receipts and expenditures by the Board, of the fluids received
by them on account of the City Library :
1868.
Dk.
Jan. 6.
To balan
•e as per last Report,
1284 88
6.
• cash of Librarian,
1 75
Feb. 5.
a
•<
2 00
10.
et
a
25
Mar. 6.
ct
a
1 13
May 2.
a
a
3 60
June 29.
a
«
1 12
July 11.
u
City Treasurer,
100 00
14.
(C
(( a
150 00
20.
(I
a u
50 00
Nov. 19.
((
Librarian,
1 25
24.
a
City Treasurer,
300 00
Dec. 3.
a
Librarian,
1 88
o.
a
City Treasurer,
400 00
$1,297 86
174
J.OUO.
Jan. 8.
By paid A. Williams & Co.,
25 39
27.
Wiggin & Lunt,
3 00
Feb. 5.
A. Williams & Co.,
25 67
Mar. 4.
H. W. Herrick,
10 00
4.
A. Williams & Co.,
32 33
14.
Lyceum of Natural History,
2 00
Apr. 6.
A. Williams & Co.,
18 01
May 4.
A. Williams & Co.,
23 35
14.
J. V. Sullivan,
15 17
14.
A. L. Luyster,
18 90
30.
Boston Society of Nat. History
4 00
June 2.
II. B. Dawson,
5 00
2.
A. Williams & Co.,
20 67
13.
C. H. Marshall,
8 00
July 4.
N. E. News Co.,
15 14
11.
Lee & Sliepard,
79 36
14.
W. H. Fisk,
155 57
20.
A. Williams & Co.,
61 50
27.
Lee & Sheparcl,
19 80
Aug-. 4.
N. E. News Co.,
2< > 38
Sept. 1.
a et n
15 39
Oct. 3.
a a a
17 00
12.
Lee & Shepard,
6 05
29.
a a
6 50
Nov. 3.
A. Williams & Co.,
17 62
3.
N. E. News Co.,
19 84
24.
A. Williams & Co.,
264 48
Dec. 3.
N. E. News Co.,
16 17
10.
A. Williams & Co.,
14 00
10.
C. II. Marshall,
4 75
10.
W. H. Fisk,
82 r,G
By Balance,
320 26
Cr.
The expenditures for incidental expenses of the Library for the
year ending Dec. 31, 1868, the items of which appear at large in
the Annual Report of the city are as follows :
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Newspapers,
Catalogues.
Rent.
Fuel,
Gas,
Incidentals,
Librarian's salary,
Insurance,
EEC APITUL ATION
Balance of last year,
Appropriation,
Transfer, Jan, 1869,
Paid Trustees,
Paid incidental expenses,
Eespectfully submitted,
$6 25
98 00
250 00
7 i 88
119 20
91 96
600 00
57 50
815 69
2,200 00
82 00
. $1,000 00
. 1,297 69
81.297 69
12,297 69
82.297 69
S. X. BELL,
Treasurer of Trustees of City Library.
"We have examined the above Report and find the same correctly
cast and properly vouched.
WM. P. NEWELL,
JAMES A. WESTON.
Committee of Accounts of City Library.
I certify that I have examined the several items of receipts and
expenditures embraced in the foregoing- Report of the Trustees of
the City Library, and find the same correctly cast and properly
vouched.
JOSEPH E. BENNETT,
City Auditor.
Jan. 1, 1869. In Board of Mayor and Aldermen, Read, accepted
aiad ordered to be printed.
Attest,
JOSEPH E. BENNETT,
City Clerk.
176
DONATIONS TO THE LIBRARY IX 1868.
By Hon. A. H. Cragin.
Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institute,
"Washington. 1866. 8 vo.
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury. 1866. 8 vo.
Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey. 1865. 4to.
Documents relating to Foreign Affairs. 1867. 3 vols. 8vo.
Report on Mineral Resources of United States. 1868. 8vo.
By Hon. J. W. Patterson.
Report on Mineral Resources of United States. 1868. 8vo.
By Gen. O. O. Howard.
Annual Report of Superintendent of Schools for Freedmen.
1868. Phmphlet-
Annunl Report of Superintendent of Schools for Freedmen.
1868. Pamphlet.
By Gen. Natt Head, Hooksett.
Adjutant General's Report. N. H. 1868. 8vo.
By Thos. Emerson, Esq., Chicago, 111.
Universal Geography. 1812. 8vo.
The Hundred Wonders of the World. 1821. Svo.
By Hon. Horace Chase, Hopkinton.
Proceedings of the Grand Commandery of New Hampshire.
1868. Pamphlet.
By John J. Bell, Exeter.
Account of the Destruction of the Bastille. 1800. Pamphlet.
By the Librarian.
Catalogue of the Public Library, Nashua. 1868. Pamphlet,
By the Librarian.
Annual Report of the City Library Association, Springfield,
Mass. 1868. Pamphlet.
By the Trustees.
Annual Report of the Hartford (Conn.) Young Men's Insti-
tute. 1868. Pamphlet.
By S. N. Bell, Esq., Manchester.
177
Abstracts of Title. 1868. 16mo.
Annual Report of the Directors of the Manchester and Law-
rence Railroad. 18G8. Pamphlet.
By Nathan Parker, Esq., Manchester.
Annual Report of the Directors of the Concord Railroad Cor-
poration. 1868. Pamphlet.
By Rev. A. M. Haskell, Manchester.
Orthodoxy— its Truths and Errors. 1866. 12mo.
By John A. Riddle, Esq. Manchester.
New System of Agriculture. 1868. Pamphlet. 2 copies.
By G. R. Vance, Esq. Manchester.
Acts and Laws of His Majesty's Province of New Hampshire
in New England. 1771. 4to.
Laws of the State of New Hampshire. 1792. 8vo.
By H. R. Chamberlin, Esq.. Manchester.
Animal Report of the County Commissioners of Hillsboro' Co.
1867. Pamphlet.
By J. E. Bennett, Esq., Manchester.
Record of the Class of '43, Vale College. 8vo.
Annual Report of the City of Manchester. LS67. Pamphlet.
Army Paymaster's Manual. 1864. Pamphlet.
Journal of the American Unitarian Association! Boston. 1865.
Pamphlet.
One Man Power vs. Congress. Boston, 1866. Pamphlet
Report of Celebration in Dover. July 4th, 1st;."). Pamphlet.
Annual report of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Troy,
N. Y., 1866. Pamphlet.
Memorial of Albert J. Myer, Signal Officer in the U. S. A.
L868. Pamphlet.
Speech of Hon. Leonard Myers of Pennsylvania, in the House
of Representatives, March. 1866. Pamphlet.
Eulogy on Hon. James A. Pierce, U. S. S., by A. D. Bache.
1863. Pamphlet.
Report of the Agricultural Department for November, 1866.
Pamphlet.
Report of the Corn Exchange Association, Philadelphia, 1866.
Pamphlet. j
178
Monthly Religious Magazine, Boston, I860. Pamphlet.
Hall's Journal of Health. 1864. Pamphlet.
Premium List of the 14th Annual Fair of the N. H. Agricul-
tural Society, Manchester 1866. Pamphlet.
Congressional Directory, 1st session, 38th Congress. 1864.
Pamphlet.
Appeal for a National Armory. Rock Island, 111, 1861. Pamph.
Charter, etc. of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, 1865.
Pamphlet.
Report of the Boston Board of Trade. 1868. Pamphlet.
Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of New York to the
House of Representatives. 1864. Pamphlet.
Testimonials of H. II. Day, on Ship Canals with Inclined
Planes. New York, 1866. Pamphlet.
Defence of the Merchants of Boston, against Hon. John Good-
rich, ex-Collector of Customs. 1866. Pamphlet.
Names of Soldiers interred in the National Cemeteries at For-
tress Monroe and Hampton, Va. 1866. Pamphlet.
Names of Soldiers who died in defence of the Union, and in-
terred in the District of Texas. 1866. Pamphlet.
Opinion on the Constitutional Power of the Military, to Try
and Execute the Assassins of the President. 1865. Pamph.
"War Powers of the President, and Legislative Powers of
Congress, in relation to Rebellion, Treason and Slavery.
1862. Pamphlet.
Military Government of Hostile Territory in time of War.
1864. Pamphlet.
Hovey's Guide to the Flower and Vegetable Garden. 1867.
Pamphlet.
By Hon. James A. Weston, Manchester.
Tributes of the Nations to Abraham Lincoln. 4to.
By Capt. ¥m. R. Patten, Manchester.
Message of Gov. Walter Ilarriman to N. H. Legislature, June,
1868. Pamphlet.
Report of State Treasurer. June, 1868. Pamphlet.
Report of the Warden and Inspectors of the State Prison. Jnne,
1868. Pamphlet.
179
Report of the Board of Trustees of the State Reform School
June, 1868. Pamphlet.
Report of the Board of Visitors, Trustees, Treasurer and Su-
perintendent of the Asylum for the Insane. June, 1808. Pam.
Report of the Bank Commissioners. June, 1868. Pamphlet.
By H. M. George, Manchester.
Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of State of
New York. 1868. Pamphlet.
By Henry M. French, Manchester.
Burnham's Arithmetic. 1867. 12mo.
Annual Report of Town of Bedford. 1866-7. Pamphlet.
The Rocky Mountain Gem. 1868. Pamphlet.
By George I. Aldrich, Manchester.
CovelPs English Grammar. 1855. 12mo.
New Orleans Riots. 1866. Pamphlet. *
By-Laws and Catalogue of the Spring-field (Vt.) Central Li-
brary. Pamphlet.
By Smithsonian Institution.
Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, Vol. 15. 1867. 4to.
Report of the Board of Regents. 1867. 8vo.
By Congress.
Executive Documents, 2nd Session, 39th Congress. 1866-7.
32 vols.
180
BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, AND BOUND VOLUMES, ADDED TO THE MAN-
CHESTER CITY LIBRARY FROM JANUARY 18GS TO JANUARY 1869.
Gen. No. No. Shelf.
L3,099 Inaugural Address of Hon. Alonzo Smith,
Mayor, Manchester, 1858. Pamp. 1-15 351
l;;.lo0 Inaugural Address of Hon. Jacob F. James,
Mayor, Manchester, 1857. 2-15 351
13.101 Inaugural Address of Hon David A. Buntou,
Mayor, Manchester, 1861 Pamp. 3-15 351
13.102 Rules and Regulations of City Library, Man-
chester. Pamp. 4-15 351
13.103 A Sermon on Slavery by Dr. C. W. Wallace,
Manchester, 1857. Pamp. 5-15 351
13,104-5 Report Board of Trustees, Visitors, Building
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CITY OF MANCHESTER.
In Board of School Committee, ?
January 1, 1869. $
The Superintendent presented his Annual Report, which wa9
read and accepted.
WILLIAM LITTLE, Clerk.
In Board of Mayor and Aldermen,
January 1, 1869.
The Annual Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction,
was read and accepted, and ordered to be printed.
J. E. BENXETT, City Clerk.
In Board of Common Council.
January 1, 1869.
In concurrence, the Annual Report of the Superintendent of
Public Instruction was read, accepted, and ordered to be printed.
H. M, GILLIS, Clerk.
SCHOOL EEPOET.
To the School Committee of the City of Manchester,
Gentlemen :
I submit to you my second annual report, of the Public Schools
of this City.
The appropriation for schools in 1868 was the same as for 1867
viz : $38, 000 00.
Many of the schools were discontinued at the close of the "Win-
ter term, yet the expenses were the same as for the previous year.
During the Winter term of the past year 69 teachers were em-
ployed, the greatest number ever employed at any one time in the
City.
The number employed for the corresponding term of last year
was 63.
The average number of Teachers for the year 1868 was nearly
the same as for 1867 as several new schools were established dur-
ing the year.
For the first half of 1867 the Middle and Primary School teach-
ers were paid at the rate of $300, per annum, for the last half at
the rate of $400.
The salaries were continued at the same rate for the year 1868.
Taking into account these facts, viz, that the salaries were not
raised in 1867 till the middle of the year, and that so many teachers
were employed the first term of 1868, the expenditures of the year
are accounted for.
The Treasurer's Report which is here presented will show in de-
tail the expenditures of the year :
196
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT IN ACCOUNT WITH H. R. CHAM-
BERLIN, TREASURER.
Amount of Funds.
Balance from old account,
Appropriation by city,
$54 61
38,000 00
-$38,054 61
EXPENDITURES.
School District No. 2.
TEACHING.
W. W. Colburn,
1,590 00
C. Augusta Gile,
390 00
Mary E. Clough,
430 00
P. W. Parker,
. - 770 00
•Jacob Eastman,
330 00
Emma A. H. Brown,
400 00
Betsey A. Ambrose,
400 00
Martha B. Dinsmore,
400 00
Isaac L. Heath,
1,160 00
Lucretia E. Mauahan,
400 00
H. A. Slade,
280 00
R. B. Gove,
400 00
Thomas Corcoran.
1,31125
Mary Scholastica,
140 00
Alice McQuaid,
227 50
Julia A. Baker,
390 00
Mattie R. Kidder,
400 00
Sarah A. Greene,
285 50
Mary L. S eeper,
406 50
Nancy S. Bunton,
400 00
Mary J. Fife,
400 00
Lottie R. Adams,
370 00
197
Nellie J. Sanderson,
404 00
Lizzie P. Gove,
404 00
Ellen B. Rowell,
405 00
Mary O'Brien,
140 00
Annie M. Bernard,
140 00
Mary Vincent,
88 00
C. Augusta Abbott.
400 00
Mary E. Ireland,
270 00
Emily J. Parker, . .
407 00
Georgianna Dow,
408 50
A. C. Flanders,
406 50
Addie E. Hutchinson,
380 00
Julia A. Clay, .
380 00
Carrie E. Reed,
400 00
Marian na Clough,
390 00
Cleora E. Bailey,
142 00
Mary A. Richardson,
412 00
Helen M. Morrill,
400 50
Mintie C. Edgerly,
400 50
Abbie E. Abbott
408 75
Emma A. McCoy,
.380 00
Mary Camillus.
' 140 00
Mary Liguori,
140 00
Mary Louis,
100 00
Sarah Clifford,
140 00
Mary Xavier,
140 00
Flora Campbell,
145 00
Helen M. Hills,
400 00
Annie Murphy,
140 00
Lucy Wheeler,
140 00
Georgia E. Smith,
52 50
Lina Custer,
37 50
Rebecca C. Hall,
22 50
Kate L. Porter,
7 50
Samuel W. Clark,
636 00
Fannie M. Smith,
400 00
198
Mattie L. Jones,
Mary A. Kelley,
Josephine McConville,
Hattie G. Flanders,
Josephine M. Haines,
Julia A. Hennessy,
Adelaide B. George,
Laura A. Montgomery,
I. 8. Whitney,
J. D. Jones,
408 75
30 00
39 00
67 50
140 00
97 50
262 00
90 00
820 00
144 00
$23,167 25
REPAIRS.
Abbott & Kelly,
Geo. II. Dudley,
Daniels & Co.,
Haines & Wallace,
Hartshorn & Pike,
H. M. Bailey & Son,
J. B. Varick & Co.,
William Wilder,
H. T. Foss, ^
Neal & Holbrook,
T. R. Hubbard,
E. G. Haynes,
H. T. Mo watt,
E. Roper,
G. B. Fogg,
L. M. Greene,
J G. Edgerly,
Manchester Print Works,
F. W. Parker,
Thomas E. Cressey,
Day & Roberts,
Gage & Follansbee,
True E. Dudley,
Wm. H. Elliott,
106 44
336 10
132 79
144 19
263 27
115 62
22 00
32 03
4 00
9 12
33 02
66 75
2 25
6 00
7 75
24 00
10 60
33 78
700
8 75
1 62
6 73
1 50
125
199
A. H. Lowell,
¥m. McPherson,
E. A. Smith,
50 00
22 00
41 30
$1,469 86
FUEL AND SAWING WOOD.
H. D. Lord,
157 62
Gilman Clough,
779 43
Nehemiah Preston, . «
5175
Manchester Print "Works,
32 30
E. P. Johnson & Co.,
44 47
Israel Webster, ' .
30 00
J. G. Edgerly,
2 00
Z. Harvey,
27 75
Moses Lull, . .
15 00
Michael Lane,
2150
J. L. Newton,
3 00
Concord Eailroad, freight,
77 06
$1,241 88
FURNITURE AND SUPPLIES.
Henry A. Spooner,
15 00
Barton & Co.,
63 81
D. F. Straw, .
18 75
G. F. Bosher & Co.,
38 60
H. E. Newton & Co.,
94 50
E. P. Dutton & Co.,
43 47
David Libbey,
29 45
Charles A. Smith,
4 50
Wm. O. Haskell & Son,
8 00
H. H. Ladd & Co.,
15 00
G W. Adams,
1 82
A. Ferren & Co.,
2 52
I. S. Whitney,
12 00
Hoyt & Cox,
2 50
$349 92
200
BOOKS AND STATIONERY.
Wm. H. Fisk,
A. Qnimby,
Joseph L. Ross,
H. C. Tilton,
J. G. Edgerly,
Tewksbury & Brother,
Wm. O. Haskell & Son,
I. S. Whitney,
E. S. Ritchie, apparatus,
186 73
22 75
40 45
336 07
155
40 31
10 00
35 25
80 12
$753 23
PRINTING AND ADVERTISING.
John. B. Clarke,
Campbell & Hanscom,
C. F. Livingston,
Charles O. Rogers,
178 82
64 62
110 50
3 90
$357 84
CARE OF FURNACES AND ROOMS.
John Farrar,
Nathaniel Corning,
Thomas E. Cressey,
T. P. Clough,
M. W Oliver,
Geo. W. Varnum,
Thomas Howe,
Joseph T. Snow,
Edgar Clough,
E. P. Cogswell, 2d,
269 78
77 00
269 33
91 57
75 00
484 95
190 30
22 92
2100
82 50
$1,584 35
S. & S. S. James,
Hill & James,
TEAMS.
33 00
20 00
$53 00
201
INCIDENTALS.
Julia Finnegau, cleaning,
John Londigan, "
Mrs. Vatter, "
J. F. Wiley, cleaning clock,
II. R. Chamberlin, Treas. salary,
H. D. Lord, rent of shop,
"Win. Little, clerk salary,
Jeremiah Hayes, cleaning vaults.
E. G. Richardson, tuning piano,
J. E. Bennett, clerk of Dist.
C. H. Hodgman, teaming,
M. J. Kendall, "
Manchester Post Office,
Z. Harvey, cleaning vaults,
H. D. Lord, posting warrants,
J. G. Edgerly, cash paid,
Abbie E. Abbott, paid for cleaning,
D. F. Straw, repairing clock,
Straw' & Lovejoy, "
Hill & Co., expressage,
T. S. Montgomery, cash paid,
Michael Kerrigan, labor,
John Lennon, "
15 00
45 00
3 50
50 00
34 25
35 00
48 00
4 25
1OO0
5 75
8 24
10 95
1 50
1 25
4 15
150
1 25
4 00
40
2 00
1 00
4 00
256 24
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1
Sarah A. Preston, teaching,
M. Theora Flanders, "
J. D. Jones, "
N. Preston, wood,
S. & S. S. James, teams,
Hill & James, "
Mrs. G. W. Dustin, cleaning,
Lee & Shepard, books,
G. F. Bother & Co., chairs,
143 00
233 00
31 75
30 00
10 00
4 00
3 50
75
2 75
457 75
202
District No. 3.
Edward F. James, teaching,
J. D. Jones, "
Nancy E. Howlett, "
Katie L. Porter, "
Martha W. Huhbard, "
S. & S. S. James, teams,
Gilman Clough, wood,
E. P. Johnson & Co. "
H. D. Lord sawing wood,
Frank W. Mitchell, "
Lee & Shepard hooks,
Brewer & Tileston, charts,
H. D. Lord, posting warrants,
H. M. Bailey & Son, repairs,
L. M, Greene, "
Hartshorn & Pike, "
Straw & Lovejoy, "
G. F. Bosher & Co . Furniture,
District No 4.
"VV. W. Patterson, teaching,
J. D. Jones, **
Etta M. George, "
S. & S. S. James, teams,
H. C. Tilton, books,
Lee & Shepard, books,
H. D. Lord, posting warrants,
John P. Moore, wood and repairs,
217
00
31
75
28
00
267
00
212
00
9
00
45
88
10
50
7
50
2
50
1
00
3 50
1
25
2 70
2
00
16
38
4
00
3
50
157
00
31
75
248 75
12 50
50
75
4 75
35
00
46
$491 00
District No. 5.
Eugene O. Locke, teaching,
159 00
J. D. Jones, "
3175
Mattie S. Miller, "
125 00
Ella M. Mitchell, "
108 00
S. & S. S. James, teams,
10 00
203
Gilman dough, wood,
H. D. Lord, sawing wood,
Daniels & Co., repairs,
Frank Eobie, "
Lee & Shepard, books,
H. D. Lord, posting warrants,
24 56
6 25
3 55
100
50
2 25
$471 86
District No. 6.
George A. Little, teaching,
157 00
J. D. Jones, teaching,
31 75
Mary J. Reid, " .
265 00
S. & S. S. James, teams,
10 00
Hill & James, (i
4 00
Gilman Clough, wood,
16 38
James M. AVebster, cleaning,
2 00
" " repairs,
1 75
James AYiley, "
7 50
H. D. Lord, posting warrants
2 50
Lee & Shepard, books, . . .
75
$498 63
District No. 7.
Maria II. Hildreth, teaching,
429 50
Mary B. Lane, "
332 50
J. D. Jones, "
31 75
S. & S. S. James, teams, . •
2 25
Hill & James, teams, .
8 00
Gilman Clough, wood,
28 50
Joseph Marsh, wood,
15 00
H. D. Lord, sawing wood,
7 50
H. C. Tilton, books and statiouery
2 10
Lee & Shepard, books and stationery .
1 50
Peter O. AVoodman, repairs,
5 72
Geo. H. Dudley, «•
8 75
G. B. Fogg, "
75
Robert Hall, "
4 63
204
Hartshorn & Pike, "
Brewer & Tileston, charts,
Geo. W. Adams, supplies,
67
3 50
104
-$883 66
DISTRICT NO. 8.
L. H. Button, teaching,
J. D. Jones, "
Anna S. Osgood, "
Hill & James, teams,
Paschal Preston, repairs,
Daniels & Company, "
H. D. Lord, posting warrants,
J. H. Proctor, wood,
Lee & Shepard, hooks,
Willis H. Proctor, care of rooms,
157 50
31 75
250 00
13 75
75
108
2 25
36 00
75
2 50
5496 33
DISTRICT NO. 9
Henry T. Rand, teaching,
J. D. Jones, '•
Lana S. George, "
Hill & James, teams
Stephen Haselton, wood,
C. O. Huse, sawing wood,
George W. George, repairs,
Woodman & Hammett, books and charts
DISTRICT NO
Charles J. Darrah, teaching,
I. S. Whitney, "
Annette McDoel, "
Hattie A. Mack, "
Mary A. Parker, "
Mary A. Stevens, "
Sarah D. Lord, "
10.
157 00
3175
248 75
13 00
25 00
4 00
3 50
1 50
-$484 00
196 00
70 00
140 50
230 00
210 50
140 00
402 50
205
Laura J. Hamblett, ','
244 00
Lucia Cutler, "
70 00
Fannie C. Norris, "
30 00
Mattie S. Miller, "
107 50
Annette McDoel,
154 00
Mary A. Parker,
120 00
Hill & James, teams,
4 00
S.S.James & Co. "
6 00
Z. Harvey, care of rooms,
123 50
C. J. Darrah, "
8 00
H. C. Tilton, books and stationery,
13 00
Woodman & Hammett, '•
20 40
I. S. Whitney, music charts,
10 00
Haines & Wallace, repairs,
10 92
D. H. Young, "
34 50
Neal & Holbrook, "
5 50
Geo. H. Dudley, "
6 62
G. B. Fogg,
60
H.M.Bailey, &Son,"
4 07
Gilman Clough, wood,
136 56
D. B. Eastman, "
69 17
Z. Harvey, sawing wood,
21 50
Haines & Wallace, "
100
II. D. Lord, posting warrants,
100
W. H. Fisk, supplies,
4 91
G. F. Bosher & Co., supplies,
2 75
$2,589 00
DISTRICT NO. 11.
L. H. Dutton, teaching,
530 00
I. S. Whitney,
a
10 00
J. D. Jones,
i(
40 00
Amos Wright,
a
170 75
Fannie E. Porter,
««
404 00
llebecca Hall,
a
217 62
Henry Whittcmore
•
5 00
206
S. & S. S. James, teams,
7 50
E. Stearns, sawing wood,
15 70
H. D. Lord, "
187
N. Preston, wood,
63 00
Z. Harvey, cleaning vault,
150
T. S. Montgomery, cash paid,
9 42
Geo. H. Dudley, repairs,
10 62
Daniels & Co., "
1 59
J. B. Varick & Co., "
7 54
H. M. Bailey & Son, "
125
Wm. McPherson, "
12 00
G. B. Fogg,
75
Hartshorn & Pike, " .
34
G. W. Adams, furniture and supplies
1 50
Wm. H. Fisk, " "
9 42
1,521 37
38,042 63
Balance to new account,
•
11 98
$38,054 61
H. K. CHAMBERLIN,
Treasurer.
Manchester, Dec. 7, 1868.
SCHOOL YEAR.
The school year is now divided into three terms, the first term be-
ginning the first Monday of December, and continuing 14 weeks,
the second beginning the last Monday of March, and continuing
14 weeks, the third beginning the last Monday of August, and con-
tinuing 12 weeks.
The full term which is the last term of the year closes about the
20th of November.
The Winter term which commences the new year begins the
first Monday of December.
Thus the expenses of the month of December arc paid out of the
next years appropriation.
The fiscal year in all the other departments of the City, closes
with the calendar year and the expenses of each department, — ex-
cepting that of schools — from the first of January to the last of De-
cember are paid from the appropriation of the current year.
I see no reason for this arrangement with regard to the schools
but on the contrary think the school year should close the last of
December, and not allow bills to the amount of five or six thous-
and dollars to be paid the next year.
If this change is effected the fall term which has usually been
12 weeks in length will be extended four or five weeks, closing
the last Friday of December.
The following list contains the names of those teachers who
have served in the different schools of the city within the past
year:
HIGH SCHOOL.
Principal— ¥m. "YV. Colburn ;
Assistant — C. Augusta Gile;
" Mary E. Clough.
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NORTH GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Principal — Frank \V. Parker, 2 terms ;
' ' Jacob Eastman, JL term ;
Assistant — Emma A. H. Brown ;
" Betsey A. Ambrose ;
" Martha B. Dinsinore.
SOUTH GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Principal — Isaac L. Heath ;
Assistant — Lucretia E. Manalian;
" Rebecca B. Gove;
" Hannah A. Slade, 2 terms;
" Lottie II. Adams, 1 term.
PARK STREET GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Principal — Thomas Corcoran ;
Assistant — Mary Scholastica, 1 term ;
Alice G. McQuoid, 2 terms.
EAST GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Jnlia A. Baker;
Mattie R. Kidder.
INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL.
Principal — Samuel W. Clark;*
Assistant — Fannie M. Smith.
MIDDLE SCIIOCLS.
No. 1, Sarah J. Green, 2 terms ;
" Ellen B. Rowell, 1 term ;
" 2. Mary L. Sleeper;
" o. Nancy S. Bunton ;
" 4. Mary J. Fife;
" 5. Lottie It. Adams, two terms;
''Scliool iu session only two terms.
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ISTo. C. Augusta Abbott, one term;
" G. Nellie J. Sanderson;
" 7. Lizzie P. Gove;
" 8. Ellen B. Howell, 2 terms;
" Laura A. Montgomery, one term ;
" 9, Mary O'Brien ;f
" 10. Annie M. Bernard, f;
"11. Mary Vincent, f ;
" 12. C. Augusta Abbott, 2 terms;
" Carrie E. Reed, 1 term;
" 13. Hattie L. Jones.
t PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
No. 1. Mary E. Ireland, 2 terms;
" Emma A. McCoy, 1 term;
« 2. Emily J. Parker;
" 3. Georgianna Dow;
" 4. Anstrice G. Flanders;
u 5. Addic L. Hutchinson ;
« 6. Julia A. Clay;
" 7. Carrie E. Reed, 2 terms;
" Marianna Clough, 1 term;
u 8. Marianna Clough, 2 terms;
" Fannie M. Smith, 1 term;
11 9 Cleora E. Bailey, 1 term;
*' Adelaide B. George, 2 terms ;
" 10. Mary A. Richardson;
" 11. Helen M.Morrill;
" 12. Mintie C. Edgerly;
" 13. AbbieE. Abbott;
" 14. Emma A. McCoy;*
" 15. Mary Camillus, f;
" 16. Mary Liguori; f
u 17. Mary Louis; t
"18. Sarah Clifford ; f
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" 19. Mary Xavier; f
" 20. Flora Campbell ; f
" 21. Helen M. Hills;
" 22 Annie Murphy, f
" 23 Lucy 'Wheeler,f
Ward Seven. — Grammar School.
Principal — Charles J. Darrah, 1 term.
" Annette McDoel, 2 terms.
Assistant — Mary A. Parker, 2 "
" Lucia A. Cutler, 1 term.
East Primary, Sarah D. Lord.
West Primary, Antoinette Stevens, l,term.
" " Hattie A. Mack, 2 terms,
South Primary, Laura J. Hamhlett, 2 terms.
" " Mattie S. Miller, 1 term.
Ward Eight. — Grammar School.
Principal — Amos Wright. 1 term.
" L. II, Dutton, 2 terms.
North Primary, Fannie E. Porter.
South Primary, Rebecca Hall. , '
Rural District.
No 1 — Sai-ah A. Preston 1 term.
" 1— M. Theora Flanders, 2 terms.
" 3 — Edward F. James, 1 term.
" 3 — Katie L. Porter, 2 terms.
" 3 — Martha W. Hubbard — Assistant 2 terms.
" 4— Win. W. Patterson, 1 term.
" 4 — Etta M. George 2 terms.
" 5 — Eugene O. Locke, 1 term.
" 5— Mattie S. Miller, 1 term.
" . —Ella M. Mitchell, 1 term.
" 6 — George Little, 1 term.
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No. — Mary S. Reid, 2 terms.
" 7— Maria H. Hildreth, Principal.
" — Mary B. Lane, Assistant.
" 8— L. H. Dutton, 1 terra.
" — Anna S. Osgood, 2 terms.
" 8— Henry T. Rand, 1 term.
" — Vilana S. George, 2 terms.
MUSIC TEACHERS.
Districts 2 and 10, 1. S. Whitney.
No. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 11, J. D. Jones.
GRADUATES OF THE HIGH AND GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.
Since the year 1860, diplomas have been awarded to pupils who
have completed the Course of Study at the High School.
As so many are unable to complete the course at the High
School — in fact, as such a large number never enter this school — it
has been thought best to award diplomas to all who shall pass a
successful examination in the Grammar School studies.
Diplomas were awarded at the Grammar Schools at the close of
the summer term.
The following is a list of the diploma scholars at the various
schools :
North Grammar School.
Annie II. Abbott,
Ina E. Avery.
Mary P. Blunt,
Emma A. Blood,
Emma F. Boody,
J. Emma Boutelle,
* School only 2 terms.
| School only 1 term,
Clara O Lewis,
Lizzie H. McCrillis,
Abbie E. Moore,
Flora M. Proctor,
Emma B. Quimby,
Hattie Shaunon,
Etta A. Frost.
Clara A. Glidden7
Nettie Haynes,
Minnie F. Hoyt,
Lilla H. Jackson,
George I. Aldrich,
Robert A Annan,
Malcolm L. Bradley,
James A. Buncher,
¥m. H. Cate,
Arthur E. Clark,
Henry C. Cross,
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Mary S. Spofford,
Emma F. Stowell,
Martha E. Sutcliff,
Elvira Watson
L. W. Downs,
Henry M. French,
"Walter Newell,
Bayard T. Perry,
Edward E. Smith,
Edward B. Woodbury.
South Grammar School.
Annie F. Baker,
Josie A. Bosher,
Mary F. Dana,
Ida F. Drew.
Nettie J. Palmer,
Nellie M. Plummer,
Josie S. Itumrill,
Minnie F. Sanborn,
Nellie F. Smith,
Ella M. Straw,
Rocilla M. Tuson.
George C. Campbell,
Charles C. Cochran,
Frank Cutchins,
Perry H. Dow,
Leroy A. Hart,
Eddie S. Heath,
Park Street Grammar School.
Charles A. Parker,
Fred. C. Sanborn,
Arthur E. Stearns,
George M. True,
Henry G. Wood.
Walter J. Corcoran.
At the close of the Fall Term, diplomas were awarded to 14 pu-
pils at the High School, viz :
FULL COURSE.
Addie M. Chase,
Marietta Howe.
John M. Knowlos.
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ENGLISH AND FRENCH.
Emma A. Cross, Annie M. Varney,
Ida J. Knowles, Emma S. Varney.
ENGLISH.
Jennie S. Baker, Joseph H. Batchelder,
Addie C. Marshall, George E. Hall,
Alma Porter, ¥m. A. Perry,
George A. Stokes.
ATTENDANCE AT THE SCHOOLS.
A great effort has heen made in many of the schools, to secure a
more regular attendance.
Irregularity of attendance is a serious evil in many of our schools
and constant effort should he made to correct it.
Absence, tardiness, and dismissal are in too many instances un-
necessary, and parents should cheerfully co-operate with teachers
to lessen them.
It has been altogether too common a practice to allow children to
remain away from school to witness some event which could be of
no benefit to them, while at the same time they were losing their
recitations.
Nothing need be said of the loss to any pupil which is occasioned
by absence from recitation ; a loss not only to the scholar thus ab-
sent, but also to the class of which he is a member, as the class
must either wait till the delinquent one has gone over the lost
ground, or the absentee loses much that is necessary for him to
know before taking up new subjects.
A man crawling through Elm st. or walking a tight rope ; a com-
pany of soldiers headed by a fife and drum ; a horse race or a cir-
cus, and many other similar occurrences, are regarded by many
parents as of more importance than the education of their chil-
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dren, and as a consequence their children are allowed to remain
away from school whenever one of these sights is to be witnessed.
At the close of the term if one of these pupils who has been ab-
sent from school, to witness such exercises, is not the best scholar
in the class, parents have the charity to attribute it all to the neg-
ligence or partiality of the teacher.
Let parents send their children to school regularly, even if there
are some exhibitions upon the street which children fail to witness,
and then there will not be so much complaint with regard to the
poor success of pupils ; let less time be taken to prepare for a
'party and more time for the preparation of a lesson in Geometry
or Algebra, less time to frequent the many places of amusement*
and more time to study the common branches, and then there will
be a higher percentage of attendance at the schools, and less cause
for complaint with regard to the backwardness of pupils.
In this connection it may not be amiss to speak of measures
adopted in some of the schools to secure what might be considered
a high percentage of attendance but which really is not so.
In some instances so much importance is attached to tardiness,
that pupils who are a few minutes late prefer to return home and
be absent rather than tardy.
Another evil practice in the schools is to allow pupils to be
present at roll call, and then be absent the remainder of the ses-
sion, and yet be marked as present.
By what process of mathematical calculation such scholars can
be marked as present, I have not been able to learn, and should be
pleased to be informed with regard to the operation.
Another and the worst practice of all is this; If a scholar is ab-
S3nt live consecutive days he is not regarded as a member of the
school during the five or moi'e absent days, — although this is in di-
rect violation of the school regulations, — as ten and not five is the
number of clays specified.
It has sometimes happened that when scholars have been absent
three or four days, they have been sent home to remain the rest of
the week, that the percentage of attendance might not be low.
All of these practices should be discontinued and attendance
should be regarded as of more importance than being present at
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roll call, and the main object should be to see how many whole
days pupils can be present rather than to see what high percentage
can be shown in a report.
All live teachers, knowing as they do the evil of absence as well
as of tardiness, will make such exertions as will secure a regular
attendance, and parents, knowing the annoyance to which teachers
are subjected on account of these hindrances, should cheerfully
assist in the matter.
Punctuality is a habit which should be carefully cultivated in
our schools yet we must not forget that there are circumstances at
times which will prevent scholars from attending regularly.
Encourage all pupils to attend whenever they can, and let the
habit be acquired in the lowest grade.
Several scholars have not been absent or tardy once during the
past year, others have not during one term.
It was intended to publish a list of their names in this report,
and the teachers of the city were so informed, but as it has been
impossible to obtain a correct list from all of the schools, it is not
deemed advisable to publish any at this time.
Several teachers have kept no record of tardiness, while in other
schools records have been so kept, that an accurate report could
not be made.
This is to be regretted ; and I hope that for the coming year this
subject will receive attention, so that the names of all not absent
or tard}r for a year or for a term, may be published, constituting a
Roll of Honor.
In the last report, I stated that our higher grade schools were
considerably smaller than the others, from the fact that so many
pupils leave school at an earlier age.
I have alluded to the same subject in this report, as I consider
it a matter of great importance, and possibly something may be
done whereby parents can be induced to send their children to
school for a longer time.
In too many instances the reasons are imaginary, which induce
parents to withdraw their children from school at so early an age.
By a little extra effort many children could be kept at school a
few years longer.
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I have made eareful inquiry with regard to the attendance, and
have ascertained from the reports of teachers the number of pu-
pils of different ages, and am now able to give the correct figures.
In the month of January, 1868, there were 3100 pupils attending
the different schools at one time. Of this number, 2,350, more
than three-fourths of all the children in the schools of this city
were under thirteen years of age.
In this city there are nearly 5000 children between the ages of 5
and 18, while but 15 annually graduate at the High School.
There may be no remedy for this in a city like ours, but it seems
that more ought to complete the Grammar School course, even if
they never enter the High School.
COURSE OF STUDY — GRADE OF SCHOOLS.
The course of study has been revised, and although at present it
may not be precisely what we need for the schools, it is working
well, and the schools are accomplishing much more than they
would without the prescribed course.
Changes should be made from time to time as they are needed.
One of the principal changes has been to introduce the study of
Grammar and Arithmetic into the High School.
It was found that there was not sufficient time allotted to these
branches in the Grammar School; more particularly was this true
with regard to Grammar.
Accordingly scholars entering the High School have been obliged
to leave the study of English Grammar before they were suffi-
ciently familiar with it.
Geography has been taken out of the Primary Schools, thus giv- '
ing the Primary teachers nmre time to attend to reading and spell-
ing, branches which have been too much neglected, not because
they could not be successfully taught, but because so much time
was required for other branches ol less importance, especially to
younger children.
It is hoped that more time will be devoted to reading and spell-
ing in the Primary and Middle schools, and if there is not time to
attend to these branches sufficiently as the course is at p resent ar-
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ranged, let more time be allotted ; in fact let it be understood that
scholars should learn to read and spell before attempting to pro-
nounce the names of rivers and mountains in Asia and Africa, or
before attempting to learn the meaning of terms used in Written
Arithmetic, or the rules for Analysis and Parsing.
Heretofore Penmanship has been taught in no grade below the
Grammar School, and as a consequence many have left our schools
without ever having written a Capital letter.
Penmanship is now taught in the higher Middle Schools, and I
trust that soon this branch will be introduced into all Middle
Schools, and it may be deemed advisable to have it taught even
in lower grades.
More time is now allowed for history, but these topics will be
considered in another part of the report.
We have in this city at the present time, four distinct grades of
schools, viz: High, Grammar, Middle and Primary.
The Intermediate School is not regarded as one in the regular
grade, but is designed to afford special advantages to those pupils
who cannot pursue a regular course in the High or Grammar
Schools.
The Middle and Primary grades are each divided into 1st and 2d,
making four grades below the Grammar School.
There are three classes in the 2d Primary Schools ; the time al-
lowed for pupils in this grade is one year and a half; in the 1st
Primary the same number of classes, and the same length of time)
making three years in the Primary grade
There are two classes in each Middle School; one year in each
school, making two years in the Middle grade.
The Grammar School course is four years, one year for each di-
vision with two classes in each division, making eight classes in a
Grammar School.
In the High School there is a Classical course of four years and
an English course of three years.
Thus the time contemplated for a pupil entering the lowest Pri-
mary and continuing his studies through the Classical course at
the High School, is thirteen years.
If scholars apply themselves, the course can be complete in less
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time, while if they ave negligent they will drop back into other
classes and not complete the course in the prescribed time.
It has been the endeuvor to arrange the studies so as to render
the coarse most convenient for the mass of pupils. We cannot
afford to waste time In too many instances courses of instruc-
tion are arranged for the rich, rather than the poor.
The object of our common schools is to provide means of edu-
cation for every child in the community, and schools can be so con-
ducted that children who are unable to pursue their studies long
enough to obtain a liberal education should have the privilege of
attending to those branches Avhich will be most useful to them in
the every day walks of life.
Many things would be beneficial, but there is not time to attend
to them and the labor necessary to be bestowed upon them will n'ot
compensate for the time taken from other branches.
There should be no unnecessary detention in attempting to have
a child master what will not benefit him.
In making these suggestions I would not be understood as join-
ing with those who are continually asking that nothing but the so-
called practical studies should be pursued in our schools, for
there is no study — in my opinion — laid down in the course, which
is not practical but as so many cannot complete the full course,
there are some brandies that can better be omitted than others.
After a careful consideration of the subject, having examined
the courses of instruction and noticed the working of the different
grades in many places, we are convinced that it is better for our
schools to have two divisions of each of our lower grades, and I
trust that before long there may be three divisions of Primary
Schools.
By multiplying grades the number of classes in each room will
decrease; hence teachers will have more time to devote to each
class and more attention can be given to each particular subject.
I think this point is sufficiently clear to all who have examined
the subject, and further comment is unuecessaiw.
It will take sometime to bring our schools to the exact standard
laid down for them, but they are gradually approaching it.
In many localities the Middle and Primary schools are classed
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according- to the grade recently adopted, while in other localities
there are not enough scholars to allow this classification.
In the Merrimack St. building, Franklin St. building and Spring
St. building, this classification already exists, there being a 1st,
and 2d Middle, and a 1st, and 2d Primary at each of the above named
places. In the Intermediate building, Primary School Xo. 10,
ranks as 1st Pirmary, and No. 9 as 2d.
In the Old High School building Primary No. 2 ranks as 2d Pri-
mary, and Primary No. 3, which has just been transferred from
Bridge St., is the higher school of this grade, and in the same build-
ing the school formerly known as Primary School No. 1 is now
classed as a 2d Middle School.
I hope that before the close of another year the Primary School
at Towlesville together with the one in the old house on Concord
St. will both be in a new building, and classified like the other
Primary schools.
A building can be erected sufficiently large to accommodate both
of these schools and the Middle Schools, thus leaving the Blodgett
St. and the Wilson Hill schools the only ones in the central part of
the city which will not be graded and classified according to the
plan adopted one year ago.
CHANGES IN SCHOOLS.
At the commencement of last winter term two divisions of a
Grammar School were opened in the High School Building; at the
commencement of the fall lerm another division was placed in the
same building.
Another grammar school division is needed in that locality to ac-
commodate pupils of that grade.
There are pupils enough in that vicinity for a full grammar
school, and as soon as the rooms are provided such a school should
be established.
The Middle School, which for many years had been kept in the
old house on Bridge St., was transferred to the Blodgett St. house
last May, and the Primary School has just been transferred from
the same building- to the Old High School building on Lowell St.
Several Middle and Primary schools were discontinued at the
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beginning of the spring term. At the beginning of the fall
term Primary School No. 14, on Lowell St., was discontinued.
During the fall term there was no school at the Intermediate.
The crowded condition of the schools at Amoskeag rendered it
necessary to open another school in that ward at the beginning of
last spring term.
The old school building has been used for that purpose for the
past two terms.
The house at Bakersville has been divided into two rooms, and
two teachers are now permanently employed in that district.
STUDIES PURSUED.
Last year many of the studies were noticed separately and con-
siderable space devoted to the consideration of each.
I have already stated that Penmanship will hereafter be taught
in the Middle Schools. Great improvement has been made in this
branch within the past year, and this subject is now receiving the
attention it deserves.
It is hoped that Grammar School teachers will continue to man-
ifest that interest in this department which has been shown during
the past year, and also that in those schools into which it is to be
introduced there will be an equal degree of interest.
There is an objection to the method now in operation, viz: that
too much time will be expended upon principles and elements, and
not enough copy-books written in the course of the year. Let
time enough be devoted to principles, but let more copy-books be
used in the course of a year. I trust there will be no ground for
this complaint during the coming year.
With regard to spelling it was stated in the last report " That a
thorough examination of the classes in the High and Grammar
Schools would convince any one of the necessity of a more rigid
drill in this branch." The deficiency in this respect is greater than
I supposed at that time, and a careful examination of this subject
shows that this study has been too much neglected. More atten-
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tion is now given to it, and there is reason to believe that pupils
will go from the lower grades better prepared in this branch — but
judging from the past there is no danger that this study will be-
come a "hobby " of many teachers.
Geography has received during the past year its due share of at-
tention and possibly more. I do not at all undervalue the impor-
tance of this study, for I desire to have no pupil leave school with-
out a good knowledge of this subject; yet in this age of hobbies
there is danger that teachers in their zeal for any branch — espec-
ially one which has been so poorly taught, in many instances as this
has — should be induced to slight some branches in order to have
classes appear well in a study formerly considered of no account.
Teachers are discontinuing the practice of requiring pupils to
commit to memory the names of rivers, and islands in some far off
country, names which they may never again have occasion to hear
and which arc pronounced only with difficulty, and instead of
this, scholars are learning something of their own state and coun-
ty and are taught that ideas are of more worth than words.
It is deemed advisable to teach children, something of the posi-
tion and production of New Hampshire — and Hillsboro County
in particular — even if they are obliged to leave unlearned the
names of some of the places of half civilized countries in Asia,
and Africa, or if they are unable to tell the direction and length
of the Murrumbidgee River.
Map drawing is now successfully taught in the schools and good
results have been obtained in this department during the past
year.
I think as our course of study is arranged, too much time is al-
lowed for geography, and that we can have more geography
taught in less time.
Guyot's Intermediate Geography, which has been in use for the
past year, has proved a good work, and teachers have obtained
good results by using this method.
As regards history, we need a primary work on this subject to be
used in the lower division of the Grammar Schools. This branch
requires more attention than it has received in former years, it
has heen neglected, on the ground that pupils could read works of
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history at home or after leaving school, hut I think it deserves a
permanent place in the list of school studies.
Many pupils will not have the time or the means to attend to
reading works of history out of school, and others will not have
that interest in the stud}' which comes from a course of instruc-
tion while using the text-hook.
There are many explanations needed and also many suggestions
to he made which will interest the pupils, and a love for the
study will in this Avay he acquired; the pupils will lay a good
foundation and be induced to add to the knowledge which is ac-
quired while pursuing the study in the schools.
Written Arithmetic has always been well taught in our schools and
at the present time the results here are as good as formerly. The
only complaint that has existed in former years has been that there
were too many formulas, too many difficult rules to be committed
to memory, but the grounds for these complaints, I think, no long-
er exist.
It has sometimes been thought a good exercise to require child-
dren to write numbers expressing decillions, undecillions, &c,
but as they find but very few examples in the Arithmetics] involv-
ing such numbers, it seems to be more profitable to spend the time
in adding and subtracting numbers which can be expressed with
by far less figures. In Mental Arithmetic formulas are not as
much used as formerly, and the results are better.
In schools where long, wordy explanations of the examples are
not required where pupils are not compelled to commit to memo-
ry a long list of words whose meaning to them is quite obscure,
in schools where so many unintelligible terms are not used, but
where pupils instead of being compelled to fix their minds upon
the wording of the examples, are taught to concentrate their ener-
gies upon arithmetical calculations there are the best results.
Mental Arithmetic is now taught with good success in most of
our lower- grade schools, and in many of them mathematical cal-
culations are performed with an accuracy creditable to older
pupils.
Walton's Tables have been of great service in many schools and
the benefit of this kind of drill is readily seen in many classes.
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The Rules in Arithmetic should be clearly understood and the
examples should be solved in a manner to be understood by all,
but let the explanations be concise and the pupil's memory not
burdened with terms to such an extent as to lose sight of the ob-
ject for which he is striving.
I think our teachers could succeed better with mental arithmetic
if thej' could use a different text book, but it is better to keep a
poor book in the schools than to run the risk of a change.
I trust the same good results that have been obtained in the study
of arithmetic during the past may still be noticed in the future.
English Grammar is now taught in the High School and in the
higher divisions of the Grammar School. There is more interest
manifested in this study than formerly, and it is to be hoped that
this interest will not abate.
Scholars should be taught to express their thoughts in writing
as soon as they are able to write, and thus grammar can be studied
long before the text-book is used without obliging the child to com-
mit to memory the rules of syntax.
A course ot instruction in music has been adopted for the dif-
ferent grades of schools, and the result in tliis department will
compare favorably with the others, showing the benefit of system
in this branch as well as in the others.
It is a question to be considered whether or not drawing shall
be taught in any of our schools. It is advocated by many, and in
cities where it is taught it works wxell.
A smaller text-book on Physiology, I think, would be desirbale,
as there is not time to complete the one now in use, and it is diffi-
cult to decide what portions of it to omit.
EXAMINATIONS, PROMOTIONS, EXHIBITIONS.
During the past year there have been no stated times set apart for
so-called examinations ; no occasion for exhibiting certain classes
which had been drilled for weeks upon some particular subjects.
I have examined the different classes at the various schools, a
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number of times, but it has been done without any previous ar-
rangement with the teachers as to the time or method.
At the close of the summer term, a time was set apart for each
school to receive visitors, and in most of the schools there was
nothing- but the regular exercises.
No special preparation was made for these visitations ; the schools
were seen at their every day work.
These days were set apart because we desired to have our
schools visited more, and many parents would not make these
visits unless such times were appointed.
This should be different; parents should be induced to visit
schools during term time and witness the regular exercises.
So few visits are made to some schools, that the pupils cannot
do themselves justice when visitors are present. I stated in the
last report that all citizens should understand that the schools
were at all times open to the public, and I emphatically repeat it
at this time, and urge upon all the importance of visiting schools
at any time without any previous notice.
Let it be an every day occurrence, and the scholars becoming ac-
customed to it, will feel composed and will do much better than
if they are seen only on special days.
The complaint is made that when schools are visited teachers
suspend the regular order of exercises, and in many instances no
recitations are heard, but instead of these there are some general
exercises which I think are altogether too general.
Each school is supposed to have a regular order of exercises,
and this order should be adhered to unless there is some good rea-
son to depart from it.
If persons desire to visit a school to hear a particular recitation,
they will ascertain at what hour that recitation occurs and govern
themselves accordingly.
If teachers have a particular class which they keep for exhibi-
tion, a certain time should be allowed for this class, and the time
stated upon the programme of exercises for the school.
If a committee man wishes to hear any particular class, lie will
state the fact to the teacher, and if he docs not make any such re-
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quest the fair inference is that he wishes to witness the regular
programme.
People from other places will often visit our schools and will he
anxious to hear a recitation in some particular department, and
the same may be true with regard to our own citizens. In such
cases teachers should accommodate their visitors, but as a general
thing visitors Avill be better pleased to hear the regular recitations,
and if a class is reciting at the time persons enter a school room
the recitation should proceed as soon as possible without any
apology or excuse on the part of a teacher. Scholars must not ex-
pect that every time there arc visitors in school something extra-
ordinary will occur.
Members of the School Committee and all others upon inquiry
at the Superintendent's office can ascertain at what hour any les-
son will be heard, as the programme of exercises for each school
should be there in accordance with the following regulation
adopted by the School Committee, viz: ''Teachers shall send to
the Superintendent as early as the second Monday of each term
the order of exercise-; in their respective schools." Another regu-
lation states that " The Superintendent shall receive and classify
at the beginning of each term the order of exercises of each school
in the city." I dwell at some length upon this point, because ob-
jections are often urged against visiting schools at other times than
the regular appointed days. It should not at all interfere with the
exercises, and teachers and scholars should be taught to believe
this.
Several times during the past year there have been written ex-
aminations in the higher divisions of the Grammar Schools. It is
intended to. continue them in the High and Grammar Schools the
coming year.
At the close of the summer term the candidates for the High
School were examined in the various branches studied in the
Grammar Schools.
The examination was in writing, continuing through the whole
of one day.
Between sixty and seventy were examined; about fifty were ad-
mitted upon the first examination, while others were allowed a
second trial.
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It being the first year that scholars had been examined in this
manner, the examination was not so thorough and rigid as I hope
it may be in the future. Now teachers and pupils expect it and a
high percentage of correct answers should be required.
Some were admitted who should have remained at the Gram-
mar Schools, but I hope this will be no precedent for another
year. If we admitted pupils to the High School last year who
were not fully qualified, let it be no reason for admitting others
next summer unless they come fairly up to the requirements.
A great many of the candidates, however, showed themselves
familiar with the different studies, many of them answering cor-
rectly upwards of 95 per cent, of the questions proposed at the
written examination. In addition to this there had been several
such examinations during the summer term, and from all these cir-
cumstances I felt assured that the class would compare favorably
with any class that ever entered the Manchester High School. It
is a class that is able to perform a great amount of labor, and it is
hoped that the High School teachers will see to it that they are
busily engaged during their connection with the school.
Regular promotions were made in most of the other schools at
the close of the summer term.
Classes have been promoted at different times in the year when-
ever they were found qualified, and sometimes changes have been
made to equalize the number of pupils at the different schools.
I would renew the suggestion made last year, that regular pro-
motions be made twice a year.
In February last about forty candidates for teachers were exam-
ined.
It was stated last year that the last week of the summer term
might be devoted to exhibitions of the different schools, with the
understanding that they were not to be regarded as examinations,
but such exercises would be had as teachers might think best
Several of the schools had these exhibitions, and I am sure the
preparation for them did not interfere with the regular exercises
of the term. For instance, the exercises at the South Grammar
■ School exhibition would have been creditable to any school, and
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were considered superior to anything of the kind witnessed here
for years ; yet the first class in this school — those" who mainly par-
ticipated in the exercises — at the examination for admission to the
High School proved themselves familiar with all the studies which
they had pursued, and their thoroughness in the various branches
showed that nothing had been neglected in order to gain time to
prepare for the exhibition.
While exhibitions can be conducted in this manner; while the
preparation for them does not occupy the time which should be de-
voted to the regular studies there can be no objection to them.
EVENING SCHOOLS.
Last September an appropriation was made for evening schools.
An evening school was taught at Amoskeag during the fall term
by Mr. Dutton, Master of the Grammar School in that ward. An-
other one was opened in the Intermediate building and for a num-
ber of weeks instruction was given by some of our public school
teachers. About one hundred and fifty persons attended the
school in the Intermediate building.
At present one division of the school is in the Old High School
building under the charge of Mr. Fertl. Gagnon; the other is in
the City Hall building under the charge of Mr. E. D. Hadlcy, as-
sisted by Miss J. C. Walker. No doubt can be entertained of the
need of these schools and a larger appropriation will be needed to
sustain more of them.
TRUANCY.
Attention was called to this evil in the last report and the sub-
ject has been laid before the City Council, who alone have the .pow-
er to appoint Truant Officers, but no definite action has yet been
taken with regard to it. I hope the School Board will hi}' this
matter before the Council again and show the importance of an ef-
ficient truant law.
AVe have in this city a great many boys who should attend
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school, but they are wasting their time in the streets and saloons
and the law should reach them and compel them to attend school.
SCHOOL BUILDINGS,
Some of the buildings have been repaired during* the past year
while others remain in the same condition as formerly.
The Park St. House has been thoroughly repaired and furnished
with new and comfortable seats and desks and the building is now
in good condition.
The lower rooms in the Spring St. House have been refurnished
and are now comfortable, the rooms are better lighted than form-
erly and are more convenient in many respects.
The rooms in the North Grammar school need new furniture in
order to have them correspond with the rooms on the lower floor.
Two rooms in the lower part of the Franklin St. building, two
in the Intermediate building, one at Wilson Hill, two in the Old
High school building and one at Amoskeag, have been furnish-
ed with new seats and desks during the past year.
The furniture in several other rooms will need to be changed
during the coming year ; it will add to the beauty of the rooms
and will render some rooms comfortable for the children which
rooms are now very uncomfortable indeed.
The old house at Golf's Falls has been repaired as much as it
could endure in its dilapidated condition. The members of the
City Government next year will undoubtedly see the necessity of
providing a more suitable building in this district.
The house at Bakersvillc has been arranged for two schools and
now well accommodates the scholars in that vicinity.
In Piscataquog more school room is needed, as the schools in the
upper house are always crowded, notwithstanding so many pupils
are sent to the Franklin St. schools ; in Amoskeag another build-
iu<>- is needed to provide accommodations for the school now
taught in the old building.
The house at Hallsville is not large enough and is not conveni-
ently arranged for the number of pupils who attend; the house at
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Massabeslc, needs to be enlarged and improved in many respects ;
some slight repairs will be needed upon the house in District No.
9 ; new furniture should be placed in the house at No. 6, while in
District No. 1, the house has been repaired as many times as is
practicable.
The northeastern portion of District No. 2, is not very well fur-
nished with school buildings.
The old house on Bridge St. is now unoccupied, primary child-
ren in that section being obliged to attend school on Blodgett St.,
Concord St. or in the Old High School building. The house at
Towlesville, is not suitable for a school, while the old houses on
Concord St., have for yeai's been regarded as unfit for that pur-
pose.
Thus it will readily be seen that in that section of the city, schol-
ars belonging to Middle and Primary Schools are not provided
with suitable school rooms. If any arrangement can be made so
that these schools can all be placed in one building somewhere on
Bridge St., near Ash or Maple, it will accommodate that whole
section. A building for two Primary and two Middle schools
would accommodate all the scholars of those grades in that part
of the city, or if preferable two smaller buildings can he erected.
I have already stated that room is needed in that section to ac-
commodate a Grammar School and it is hoped the Primary. Mid-
dle and Grammar Schools will all be provided for the coming year.
A new steam heating apparatus has been placed in the High
School building. It has not been in use long enough for us to know
what success may attend it, but from present appearances it bids
fair to excel other methods of heating school buildings. The ap-
paratus was furnished by Mr. J. Q. A. Sargent of this city.
There are two eight feet boilers, thirty-six inches in diameter
one in each section of the basement. They are so arranged that
in the fall and spring when not much fire is needed, one boiler
only is used; in the winter time or whenever it becomes necessary
both can be used. Both boilers are substantially inclosed in brick,
and the whole, including the array of pipes, is surrounded with
a wire enclosure. This heating apparatus is designed for low
pressure, being constructed so as to develop the largest quantity
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of heat with the smallest quantity of fuel. The whole building is
heated by indirect radiation, the pipes arc laid in coils in the base-
ment, and the hot air from the coils filled with steam from the
boilers, passes into the several rooms through flues. In the rooms
nothing is seen of the apparatus but the registers which open into
the several apartments By this method no space is occupied by
pipes in the different rooms, each room thereby presenting a much
better appearance
The boilers are fitted with improved steam and water guages,
and guage cocks and safety valves, rendering it impossible for
any accident to occur. They are self regulating and are both sup-
plied with one pump, and are so arranged as to require but a
small quantity of water, as the condensation returns immediately
to the boiler. There are in the basement fourteen coils, corres-
ponding to the same number of registers. The registers open into
the main rooms, the recitation rooms, the rooms containing the
chemical and philosophical apparatus, and the entries, so that the
whole building is thoroughly warmed. The whole amount of
pipe used is thirty-eight hundred feet. The simplicity of the ar-
rangement is such that any person can manage it.
If this method proves as successful as we anticipate, other build-
ings should immediately be heated in the same manner, especially
the Spring St. building, which has never been heated properly.
The health of pupils in the North Grammar School is too much ex-
posed, and too much sickness is caused annually to allow the
present arrangement for heating and ventilation to continue.
The names of the different buildings are given and also the num-
ber of pupils that can be accommodated at each.
High School will accommodate
Spring St. " "
Franklin St. " "
Park St, " "
Merrimack St. " "
Intermediate " "
Old High School " "
Blodgett St. " "
300
pupils.
381
a
384
a
375
ti
192
u
192
a
192
u
96
a
75
a
75
a
30
it
96
a
192
a
90
((
25
a
70
a
30
a
40
a
40
it
60
tt
25
a
40
it
3,105 pupils.
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Wilson Hill mil accommodate 96 pupils.
Bridge St. " "
Concord St. " "
Towlesville " "
Amoskeag " ei
Piscataquog, (north) " "
(south) " "
Stark District " "
Bakersville " "
Goffs Falls " "
Harvey's District " "
Webster's Mills, " "
llallsville " "
Massabesic " - tl
Mosquito Pond " "
NORMAL SCHOOL AND TEACHERS' INSTITUTES.
The question of a Normal School has been agitated considerably
in this State within the past lew years, but as yet the Legislature
has done nothing towards establishing one. The subject is still
under discussion, and will be brought before the Legislature at its
next session.
In many cities, Training schools have been established, which
have been quite succesful. Reference was made to this subject
last year and the suggestion made that a Normal Department
might be established in this city in connection with the High
School. I think the suggestion was a practical one, and the sub-
ject of a Training school in this city is one that needs the consid-
eration of the Board.
At the last session of the Legislature an appropriation was
made for Teachers' Institutes.
The State Superintendent has held Institutes in several of the
counties and will hold one in Hillsboro County some time in the
spring. In whatever part of the county it may be held I hope the
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Board will do all that it can to assist the movement, and that Man-
chester teachers will manifest such an interest as will reflect credit
upon the educational system of this city.
The schools have been suspended a number of times within the
past year for the purpose of allowing- teachers to attend Teachers'
Associations. Objections are urged against this practice,, but I
think much is gained by these meetings and that our schools are
made better by them.
Live teachers will improve every opportunity of acquiring new
methods of teaching and of improving on the old ones ; and fre-
quent interchange of views between teachers of different sections
will create an interest and zeal in the labor and the beneficial effect
of such gatherings will be felt upon the schools. No teacher can
say that he can learn nothing from others or that he can teach well
enough already.
The teacher that can teach so well that no improvement can be
made, has taught long enough and should give place to one of a
progressive spirit, one who is determined to keep abreast of the
times. Some Yankee has said that "A man is not as good as his
father unless he is better," and so a teacher who is not ahead of
former times is lagging and has not caught the spirit of the age.
In December last, many teachers of this city attended the State
Association at Concord.
In January the Hillsboro County Association, was organized in
this city; lectures were given by Mr. Walton upon Arithmetic,
Mr. Bowler on Penmanship and Mrs. Smith on Geography.
The exercises were interesting and profitable, and our teachers
derived much benefit from them.
A meeting of the Association was held in Bedford, last May,
which was attended by most of the teachers from this city.
Meeting have frequently been held at the Committee Room dur-
ing the year which meetings have been well attended by the
teachers.
The various branches taught in the schools have been discussed
at these meetings, questions of interest to all teachers have been
considered and the exercises generally have shown that the teach-
ers of this city are enthusiastic in their labors.
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I would recommend that during- the coming year the Board ob-
tain the services of competent instructors in the various depart-
ments and that our teachers have the opportunity of attending
lectures occasionally upon the several branches. It will be the
means of creatine- an interest and an enthusiasm in our schools.
CONDITION OF THE SCHOOLS.
My report was nearly written before I was aware that, the sub-
committees would not report the different schools in detail. Hence
I cannot speak of them as fully as I should, as the report would
be too much extended. I shall speak of them by classes.
HIGH SCHOOL.
"We have in this school competent and experienced instructors,
and the members of the school possess ability sufficient to render
it a superior school. Yet our High School has never maintained
that high rank which its importance demands, and too often our
citizens have spoken disparagingly of this school, and pointed to
the Grammar and lower grade schools with feelings of pride.
The real difficulty, it seems, has been a want of interesl : while
there has been nothing which has deserved special criticism, there
has not been that enterprise in the school which calls for special
praise; it has lacked positiveness, vitality. In the Language of a
former report ''In this school there should be no mediocrity, no
such standard as that of respectable scholarship or ordinary de-
portment. Pre-eminence, and that" only, should be the character-
istic of the school"
Several reasons beyond the control of teachers have operated
against this school in the past. Pupils have been admitted to the
school who were not thoroughly qualified and after admission
have been allowed to be absent much of the time and still retain
their connection with their class and receive diplomas at the end
of the course the same as those who have labored faithfully all the
time.
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Graduating' from our High School has not meant what it should
in a city where there are so many who might make excellent
scholars.
Let more caution be exercised with regard to admitting pupils
and after they are admitted let them pursue the course marked
out, and if it is necessary that they should lose much time while
members of the school, let them drop back into other classes and
not claim the same privilege as those who came fairly up to the re-
quirement.
These matters are entirely under the control of the Board; we
have all been to blame in this matter, and now we should one and
all endeavor to set the matter right, and when the Committee and
Superintendent have done their duty, then let teachers infuse that
spirit of enthusiasm into the school which it has lacked, and the
lack of which has been the cause of such criticisms in the past.
Such a course as this will make our High School what it should
be, and the graduates of the institution will take some pride in
it, and more parents will then desire that their children should en-
joy its privileges.
The more rigid the discipline at the High School, the more that
is required of pupils in that school, the more eagerly will pupils
in the Grammar Schools strive, and the more anxious will Gram-
mar School teachers be to send to the High School those well qual-
ified.
And Grammar School teachers will demand — if they must send
to the High School such pupils — that scholars from the lower
grades shall be better prepared, and the result of making the High
School more efficient will be to increase the efficiency of every
grade in the city. We can raise the standard of the High School
and it should be done.
INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL.
This school was not in session during the fall term owing to the
limited number of scholars. It was not an efficient school during
the spring term. During the winter term it was in better condi-
tion. It is now opened again and cannot but be successful under
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the present principal. The principal of the Intermediate school
has as much salary as the principal of any Grammar School in this
city, and I trust that the Board will consider the object for which
this school was established, and not undertake to deprive so many
pupils of the benefit of an English education.
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.
A new principal was elected to the North Grammar School at
the beginning of the fall term. He had had considerable experi-
ence in teaching, and Ins examination showed that he was thorough
in the branches required to be taught. He has not yet been in
charge of the school long enough for us to speak of the results of
his labors, and we must for the present regard any lack ot efficiency
in this school, as due to a change of teachers, and trust that as the
present priucipal becomes more familiar with the methods of in-
struction here, that the school will take a higher stand.
Col. Parker had been connected with the school for a lung time,
and was so popular with the scholars that it would be strange if
any new teacher should give satisfaction for the first term.
The assistants in this school have labored faithfully, and their
respective divisions have always appeared well, and they have ac-
complished much.
If this building was as comfortable as the Franklin St. house,
we might expect better results.
The South Grammar School continues to rank among the very
best. Indeed, were I disposed to find fault I should hardly know
what to criticize. The discipline of the school is as good as w <•
could ask. The instruction is of a high order; a feeling of activity
pervades the school, and the scholars well understand the branches
which are taught.
One thing tends to the efficiency of the school, and that is the or-
der on the stairs, in the entries, and in fact in and about the build-
ing, before and after school and at recess time.
This is a matter which is too often overlooked by teachers, al-
though it is of great importance, and has much to do with the di-
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scipline of a school. Teachers should prevent disorder in any part
of the school building- no matter whether the school is in session
or not.
I have no doubt as to the success of this school while it remains
tinder the management of the present teachers.
The Park St. Grammar School continues under the charge of the
same principal with the same success as formerly.
The Grammar Scnool at Piscataquog is doing well under the
charge of its present principal. It is a school requiring a good
deal of labor to manage, but the teacher at the head of it is suc-
ceeding well.
The Grammar School at Amoskeag during the past two terms I
think, has made the greatest improvement of any school in the
city, and although it is not yet a first-class school it is due to the
fact that it was in such a condition when Mr. Dutton took charge
of it, rather than from any lack of ability or inclination on his part.
The East Grammar School which was organized the past year is
in a flourishing condition, although the frequent change of teachers
in the higher division has operated unfavorably.
MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
These schools have always been regarded as among our very
best, and at the present time I think they sustain their former rep-
utation.
There has been considerable complaint with regard to the school
at Wilson's Hill, but with that exception this grade of schools has
been satisfactory.
PMMAKY SCHOOLS.
During the first term of the year there were twenty-three schools
of this grade in the Central District, three in Ward 7 and one in
Ward 8. At the present time there are nineteen in the whole
city, including those at Piscataquog and Amoskeag.
A new teacher was elected at the Piscataquog West Primary at
the beginning of the spring term.
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At the close of the summer term the teacher of the Piscataquog
South Primary School who had taught this school in an acceptable
manner for a number of years, resigned to assume duties else-
where. She was succeeded by a teacher who had been remarkably
successful in another district, and thus far iu the new position has
given good satisfaction.
The new Primary School at Amoskeag does not rank as well as
the other Primary School, in the same ward— which is one of the
best — and probably never will in its present quarters.
A new teacher was elected to one of the Spring St. Primaries at
the beginning of the spring term
Owing to changes made in the old High School building these
schools do not maintain a high rank.
The instruction in our Primary schools is good and this grade of
school is now receiving more attention than formerly. In those
schools where much oral instruction lias been given the progress
has been most rapid. I do not wish to see any of the schools neg-
lected, but I think that the Primary require considerable atten-
tion from the members of the Board,
I cannot too strongly urge the importance of securing the best
of teachers for Primary schools. It is a mistaken idea thai any
one can teach a school of this grade. The highest talent is needed
for this grade of schools; it is much easier to obtain a good Gram-
mar Schoolteacher than one well fitted to teach a Primary school.
The following extract from the report of a town in Massachu-
setts, I consider so well timed that I insert it :
"It is no more important that the High School should bein good
condition than that the Primary Schools should be. In them is
formed the child's first impression of school lite and study. The
bias the tone of the first term here may characterize the whole of
the child's future.
Correct enunciation, promptness, quiet and cheerful obedience,
dexterity of hand, even the proper carriage of the person, must
iu three cases out of four be learned in the Primary if in any
school. Let the reader consider whether the best qualities of a
teacher are not required in such schools, aud whether such quali-
ties do not deserve to be well paid.
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Several years ago the accomplished and able lady now at the
head of the Boston Training School, was induced to leave Oswego
and take an assistant's place in a Boston Grammar School. After
filling her new place awhile, very much to the satisfaction of her
employers, she said to the superintendent, ' Sir, I cannot stay in
Boston unless I am promoted.' Not understanding whither she
could expect to he promoted from the good place she already had
he asked what she desired. ' Why, Sir,' said she, ' I prepared
myself with great labor, to teach, and am fitted for something
better than a Grammar School. I want to be promoted to some-
thing of more consequence — to a Primary School.'
And she got her promotion. Her school soon became the admi-
ration of all who knew it, and it was soon felt that she must teach
teachers in the Training School.
Let it not be supposed that the older grades of school are less
but that the Primary schools are more important, in the estimation
of the present committee, than the popular voice proclaims."
RURAL SCHOOLS
With the exception of the teachers at Hallsville, no school in
the rural districts has the same teacher as last winter.
Last year I spoke of the importance of continuing the same
teachers in these schools for as long a time as possible.
The Hallsville school is the most prosperous of any of the ru-
ral schools and no doubt will continue to be so as long as the pres-
ent principal has charge of it.
While we cannot expect to secure such good teachers in all the
suburban schools, we can have better results in many of them by
employing permanent teachers in these districts.
Since the division of the Bakersville school, both divisions there
have accomplished much.
A new principal has just been elected to the Bakersville school,
the former principal having been transferred to the Intermediate
School.
At Goffs Falls there is a new teacher. All the other suburban
schools have the same teachers as last term.
SCHOOL STATISTICS FOR 1868.
1. Whole No. different pupils enrolled during the year, 4,371
2. Average No. pupils belonging to the schools, 2,654
3. Average daily attendance, 2,428
4. Average No. teachers employed during year 1868, 63
5. " " " " " " 1867, 65
6. No. of visits by members of School Board, 399
7. No. visits by Superintendent, 1,115
8. No. visits by citizens and others, 5,269
9. No diplomas conferred at High School, 1 t
10. No. diplomas conferred at Grammar Schools, 57
11. Salary of Principal of High School, $1,800 00
12. Salary of 1st Assistant at High School, 600 00
13. Salary of 2nd Assistant at High School, 500 00
14. Salary of Principal of Grammar Schools, 1,300 00
15. Salary of Assistants of Grammar Schools, 400 00
16. Salary of Middle and Primary School teachers, 400 00
17. No. of weeks in school year, 40
18. No. of schools, 45
19. No of teachers, 59
20. School appropriation for past year, $88,000 00
21. Whole No. scats in all the schools in (he city, 3,105
A great deal of difficulty is experienced in obtaining correct re-
ports and in furnishing reliable statistics. The same complaint is
made in other places and school reports show that there is a lack
of uniformity in keeping school records.
All of our schools are furnished with the same kind of registers
and blanks which are to be filled out and returned to the Board.
From these returns we obtain statistics with regard to the atten-
dance at the different schools and many other items which should
be included in a school report. Each teacher should pay special at-
tention to this matter and see that all blanks in the l'egisters are
properly tilled so that there will be a uniformity in the reports.
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The records of a school should be kept in such a manner that if
there is a change of teachers during the year, the annual report
can be made by the last teacher without any difficulty, but it some-
times happens that a new teacher is unable to make a correct report
from the records of the previous one.
Teachers may have a better method of making returns than the
one required by the Committee but they should use the method
adopted for the sake of uniformity.
The average number of scholars belonging to a school is an item
to be reported monthly by eacli teacher, and the same should be in
every annual report. Tn the printed regulations directions are
given for finding this, but frequently it is incorrectly reported, and
so much difficulty was experienced last year in obtaining this item,
that it could not be given for the year 1807.
The returns of several of the schools for the past year, are in-
complete, as new teachers have been unable to find the records of
previous terms. Reports are to be made to the State Superinten-
dent, and it is desirable that they be correct. I tiust that there
will hereafter be a uniformity in the reports.
CONCLUSION.
Thus I have attempted to give a report of the schools of this
city for the past year. We contemplate with satisfaction the his-
tory of the past, yet we must not rest satisfied with what has been
done.
Every age has its duties, and we owe it to those who shall follow
us, that this school system of which we are so justly proud, shall
be improved by having been under our care. AVe did not origi-
nate the system; it was bequeathed to us, and we should strive to
improve it so that others may have the benefit of our experience.
'it is the grand feature of the system that it provides for .In educa-
tion of every child in the community; that the property of all
shall be applied for the education of all.
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Said Daniel Webster, " For the purpose of public instruction,
we hold every man subject to taxation, in proportion to his prop-
erty, and we look not to the question whether he himself, have or
have not children to be benefitted by the education for which he
pays. It is every poor man's undoubted birthright, it is the great
blessing which this constitution has secured to him, it is his solace
in life, and it may well be his consolation in death, that his country
stands pledged, by the faith which it has plighted to all its citizens,
to protect his children from ignorance, barbarism and vice."
Our schools are for the benefit of all sects and all parties, and
every child in the community is entitled to the blessings of free
schools. The poorest and the richest must have in them the same
privileges.
There are imperfections in our school system, and what institu-
tion is free from them? When we consider the high aim, the
purposes of our schools, avc cannot too highly estimate their im-
portance. "Who can picture the splendor of that state in which
the people are all educated, or the shame and degradation in that
community where but a small proportion of the people are edu-
cated? The three thousand children now in our schools will soon
occupy positions of trust and honor, and thus the character of the
schools of our city to-day, affects the future welfare of our country.
Let us then for the coming year labor more earnestly, and spare
no effort to improve the public schools of this city.
JOSEPH G. EDGEKLY,
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Manchester, N. II., Dec. 8th, 18G8.
44:2
Table showing the attendance at the various Schools foh
the past year, together with the number op visitors.
6
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SCHOOLS.
E 3 -
<
^CJ
-7
•-.2
i>3
[58
90
85
17
25
448
i( rammar School
224
165
161
is
42
•420
South Grammar School ....
260
168
163
7
42
575
Park Street Grammar School
156
100
90
10
19
75
East Grammar School
150
ICO
i •_;
21
40
227
* Intermediate School
100
43
40
9
14
43
Piscatasi ; ( rrammar School .
113
69
. 01
3
24
83
Amoskeag Grammar School ....
03
42
39
3
2D
91
73
32
07
5
38
84
No. 2
64
36
38
10
23
152
" " No. 3
71
42
40
12
23
98
" " No. 4
83
37
35
9
16
78
" " No. 5
CI
34
.•:.■;
11
34
125
" " No. o
81
40
37
11
19
52
No. 7
71
38
30
8
IS
93
No. 8
63
26
22
4
22
66
f " '• No. 9
(2
55
51
0
5
IS
t li " No. 10
53
41
38
0
10
t " " No. 11
45
45
43
0
" " No. 12
70
38
36
9
23
135
" ■' No. 13
44
30
27
1
20
S3
Primary SchoolNo. 1
70
27
24
11
38
P>7
•■ ' " No. 2
66
Ml
29
23
S3
No. 3
55
23
2d
*2
29
55
" " No. 4
70
34
32
6
13
15
No. 5
91
37
33
14
32
144
" No. 0
57
30
29
11
25
135
No. 7
96
45
41
9
41
si
No. 8
70
42
:;;;
8
25
04
No. 9
72
30
27
13
-'0
41
" ,: No. 10
75
43
is
15
10
113
" " No. 11
89
40
34
18
21
110
69
37
30
17
20
33
No. 13
07
30
33
21
159
* " " No. 14
107
40
40
"y
24
130
t " " No. 15
.v.
55
52
5
t " " No. 16
55
53
51
5
t " " No. 17
30
36
29
6
t " " No. 18
41
41
39
6
t " " No. 19
54
47
15
5
11
50
t " " No. 20
54
51
49
11
" " No. 21 ...
89
37
.-,3
8
35
iii
t " " No. 22 .....
50
4'.)
47
5
t " " No. 23
51
49
47
5
Piscatasquog East Primary School .
119
51
45
'5
21
56
Piscatasquog West Primary School
74
43
37
y
24
12
Piscatasquog South Primary School .
70
37
33
4
15
58
A.uioskeag North Primary School .
63
12
39
3
2D
91
* Amoskeag South Primary School .
4(1
33
28
3
9
50
School in District No. 1 ." .
37
25
22
1
11
20
80
59
40
24
17
70
" " No. 4
211
12
11
0
13
50
" " No. 5
IS
12
9
5
15
00
" " No. 0
25
19
17
5
12
70
" " No. 7
96
00
52
4
10
90
" " No. 8
65
40.
34
4
12
51
45
25
20
3
14
55
Total 1
1371
2654
2428
399
1115
5209
* In .session two terms.
t In session one term.
ORGANIZATION OF TIIE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF THE
CITY OF MANCHESTER,
FOR 18G8.
MEMBERS OF TIIE BOARD.
Ward 1.— Henry T. Mowatt,
Ward 2.— Marshall P. Hall,
Ward 3. — Moody Currier,
Ward 4. — George W. Weeks,
A\ \Ki> o. — William Little,
Ward 6. — Daniel C.Gould, Jr,
Ward 7. — .lames P. Walker,
Ward 8. — T. S. Montgomery.
Moody Currier, Chairman.
William Little, Clerk.
Joseph G. Edgerly, Superintendent.
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD.
Finance, Accounts and Claims. — Messrs. Currier, Montgomery
Mowatt, and Gould.
Repairs, Furniture and Supplies. — Messrs. Little, Hall, and
Mowatt.
Text-Books and Apparatus. — Messrs Walker, Weeks and Currier.
Printing and Stationery. — Messrs. Gould. Montgomery, and Hall.
Fuel and Heating. — Messrs. Little, Weeks, and Walker.
Examination of Teachers — Messrs. Currier, Little,. and Hall.
The Superintendent acting with all Committees excepting that
on Finance.
SUB-COMMITTEES.
Messrs, Currier, Walker, and Montgomery. — High School.
Mr. Mowatt — School in Ward 1.
Mr. Hale — School in Ward 2, and Districts 3 and 4.
Mr. Corrier — Schools in old High-School building andTowlesville.
244
Mr. Weeks — Schools in Merrimack-street building, and in Inter-
mediate building.
Mr. Little — Schools on Park street, Union, corner of Merrimack,
and Districts 6 and 8.
Mr. Gould — Schools on Wilson Hill, Concord steeet, and Districts
5, 7, and 9.
Mr. Walker — Schools in Ward 7, and on Union street, corner of
Laurel.
Mr. Montgomery — Schools in Ward 8, Blodgett street, Union,
corner of Bridge, and District 1.
Messrs. Weeks, Gould, and Walker, and (he Superintendent
— on Music.
ORGANIZATION OFJ 1869.
JOSEPH G. EDGERLY,
i Superintendent of Public Instruction,
Office, No. 5 City Hall.
Office Hours from 8 to 9 a. m., school days.
DANIEL CLARK,
Chairman, Board of Education.
MARSHALL P. HALL,
Clerk, Board of Education.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
Ward 1.— Henry T. Mowatt, I Ward 5,— William Little,
Ward 2.— Marshall P. Hall, Ward 6.— Elbridge G. Hadley,
Ward 3. — Daniel Clark, Ward 7. — James Dean,
Ward 4. — Samuel Upton, Ward 8. — T. S. Montgomery.
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD.
Finance, Accounts and Claims, — Messrs. Clark, Mowatt, Little
and Dean.
Repairs, Furniture and Supplies. — Messrs. Edgerlv, Dean and
Hall.
245
Text— Boohs and Apparatus, — Upton, Edgerly and Clark.
Printing and Stationery, — Messrs. Hall, Montgomery and
Edgerly.
Fuel and Heating, — Messrs. Montgomery, Edgerly, Hadley and
Mowatfc.
Examination of Teachers, — Messrs. Little, Upton, Edgerly
and Hadley.
SUB-COMMITTEES.
Messrs. Clark, Upton and Dean, — Schools in High School
Building, Schools on Concord street, and Suburban Schools
Nos. 6, 7, 8 and 9.
Messrs. Little and Hadley. — Schools in Intermediate Building
and in Old High School Building.
Messrs. Mowatt and Upton, — Schools on Spring street.
Messrs. Hall and Little, — Schools on Franklin Btreei.
Messrs. Hall and Clark, — Schools on Park street.
Messrs. Dean and Hadley, — Schoois in Piscataquog, and Subur-
ban Schools Xos. 3, 4 and 5.
Messrs. Montgomery and Mowatt, — Schools at Amoskeag, on
Blodgett street, and Suburban School No. 1.
Messrs. Upton and Montgomery, — Schools on Merrimack street,
at Wilson Hill, and at Towlesville.
Messrs. Hadley and Hall, — Evening Schools.
Messes. Clark and Dean, — on Music.
INDEX
Appropriations,
Address, Mayor's Inaugural, .
Address, Mayor's Valedictory,
Abatement of Taxes,
Balance Sheet of Treasurer, .
Bridge, Araoskeag Falls,
Granite,
Commons, ....
Cemetery, Tine Grove, .
Report of Committee,
Report of Treasurer,
City Kail and Stores,
Court House, ....
County Tax, ....
Debt, City, ....
Discount on Taxes, .
Dog Tax, ....
Fire Department, .
Steamer Amoskeag,
Fire King,
E. W. Harrington,
N. S. Bean,
Pennacook Hose Company,
Hook and Ladder Company,
Engineers,
Miscellaneous, .
Recapitulation^
Farm, City, ....
Inventory, .
447
Government and Officers, 1867,
Government and Officers, 18G8,
Highways and Bridges,
District No. 1,
No. 2,
No. 3,
No. 4,
No. 5,
No. 6,
No. 7,
No. 8,
No. 9,
No. 10,
No. 11,
No. 12,
No. 13,
Highways, New,
Hearse, New,.
Incidental Expenses,
Invoice of City Farm Property
Interest, ....
Land Sold from City Farm,
Lighting Streets,
Loan, Temporary, .
Library, City, .
Report of Trustees,
Report of Librarian
Report of Treasurer
Donations,
New Books,
Liquor Agency,
Liquor Agent, Report of,
Militia, ....
Officers, City, .
Paupers off the Farm, .
Police, ....
11
CI
G2
4G
65
66
07
68
69
70
71
72
7;;
7!
74
L09
93
160
107
lis
90
108
L02
169
172
173
176
180
109
158
108
99
53
7S
248
Paving Streets,
Printing- and Stationery,
Property, City,
Revenue Account, .
Reserved Fund, .
Reservoirs, ....
Report of Finance Committee,
Chief Engineer, .
Overseers of Poor,
Liquor Agent,
Committee on Cemetery
Committee on Library,
Schools, .
Repairs of Buildings,
Repairs of School Houses,
Sewers and Drains,
Schools,
School District No. 2, repairs,
Debt and Interest,
No. 3,
No. 4, .
No. 5,
No. 6, .
No. 7, .
No. 8, .
No. 10, .
No. 11, .
School Report,
Sate Tax, ....
Teams, City, ....
Taxes Uncollected,
Valuation, Taxes, &c., .
Watering Streets, .
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