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ANNUAL REPORTS
THE -STIE^R, 1878.
THIRTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
CITY OF MANCHESTER,
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31, 1878.
TOGETHER WITH
OTHER ANNUAL REPORTS AND PAPERS RELATING TO
THE AFFAIRS OF THE CITY.
MANCHESTER, N. H.:
PRINTED BY JOHN B. CLARKE
1879.
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CITY OF MANCHESTER.
In Board of Common Council.
AN ORDER, authorizing the printing of the Thirty-Third Annual
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, au-
thorized to procure for the use of the inhabitants of said city, the
printing of two thousand copies of. the Thirty-Third Annual Report
of the Receipts and Expenditures of the City of Manchester, includ-
ing the Reports of the Committee on Finance, the School Board,
Water Commissioners and Superintendent of Water-Works, Engi-
neers of the Fire Department, City Marshal, Overseers of the Poor,
Trustees, Librarian and Treasurer of the City Library, Committee
on Cemeteries, and Committee on City Farm, and that the expense
thereof be charged to the appropriation for Printing and Stationery.
In Board of Common Council. December 12, 1878.
TIMOTHY W. CHALLIS, President.
In Board of Mayor and Aldermen. December 12, 1878.
Passed in concurrence.
JOHN L. KELLY, Mayor.
MANCHESTER
CITY GOVERNMENT
1878.
MAYOR.
JOHN L. KELLY.
CITY CLERK.
NATHAN P. KIDDER.
PRESIDENT OF COMMON COUNCIL.
Timothy W. Challis.
CLERK OF COMMON COUNCIL.
Sylvanus B. Putnam.
CITY TREASURER.
Henry R. Chamberlin.
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COLLECTOR OP TAXES.
Seth T. Hill.
CITY MESSENGER.
John A. Barker.
CITY SOLICITOR.
William R. Patten.
ALDERMEN.
Ward 1. — Rufus Wilkinson.
Ward 2. — John E. Stearns.
Ward 3. — James B. Straw.
Ward 4. — John M. Stanton.
Ward 5. — Hugh McDonough.
Ward 6. — Thomas L. Thorpe.
Ward 7. — John W. Dickey.
Ward 8. — Horatio Fradd.
members of common council.
Ward 1. Ward 2.
Albert Maxfield. George W. Riddle.
Charles E. Ham. Chauncey B. Littlefield.
Richard A. Lawrence. Wilberforce Ireland.
Waed 3.
William G. Hoyt.
Frank L. Gray.
John F. Seaward.
Ward 4.
John W. Whittle.
Carl C. Shepard.
Henry French. ,
Ward 5.
John Tworney.
William Starr.
Lyman Batchelder.
Ward 6.
Aimer D. Gooden.
George W
David M.
Dearborn.
Goodwin.
Ward 7.
Timothy W.' Challis.
Greeley W. Hastings.
William H. Annis.
Ward 8.
Henry C. Tabor.
Hubbard H. Huntress.
Emery P. Littlefield.
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEES.
On Finance. — The Mayor and Alderman Straw; Messrs.
Riddle, Hoyt, and Hastings.
On Accounts. — Aldermen Thorpe and Straw ; Messrs.
Dearborn, Whittle, and Riddle.
On Lands and Buildings. — Aldermen Fradd and
Dickey ; Messrs. Goodwin, Ham, and Seaward.
On Public Instruction. — Aldermen Stanton and Thorpe ;
Messrs. C. B. Littlefield, Shepard and Tabor.
On City Farm. — Aldermen Wilkinson and McDon-
ough ; Messrs. Huntress, Annis, and French.
On Sewers and Drains. — Aldermen Dickey and Stan-
ton ; Messrs. Gooden, Huntress, and Batchelder.
On Streets. — Aldermen Stanton and Dickey ; Messrs.
C. B. Littlefield, Hoyt, and Dearborn.
On Commons and Cemeteries. — Aldermen Stearns and
Fradd ; Messrs. Lawrence, Gray, and Maxfield.
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On Fire Department. — Aldermen Fradd and Stearns ;
Messrs. Ireland, Ham, and Seaward.
On Claims. — Aldermen Straw and Stanton; Messrs.
Whittle, Riddle, and Hoyt.
On House of Correction. — Aldermen McDonough and
Wilkinson ; Messrs. French, Annis, and Huntress.
On Lighting Streets. — Aldermen Wilkinson and Fradd ;
Messrs. Gooden, E. P. Littlefield, and Batchelder.
On Military Affairs. — Aldermen Dickey and Thorpe ;
Messrs. French, Gray, and Twomey.
On Water-Works. — Aldermen Stearns and Straw;
Messrs. Maxfield, Ireland, and Starr.
STANDING COMMITTEES IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN.
On Enrollment. — Aldermen Fradd and McDonough.
On Bills on Second Reading. — Aldermen Thorpe and
Dickey.
On Licenses. — Aldermen Straw and Wilkinson.
On Marshal's Accounts. — Aldermen Stanton and Fradd.
On Setting Trees. — Aldermen Stearns and Wilkinson.
On Market. — Aldermen McDonough and Stanton.
STANDING COMMITTEES IN BOARD OF COMMON COUNCIL.
On Election Returns. — Messrs. Hastings, Seaward, and
Starr.
On Bills on Second Reading. — Messrs. Annis, Shep-
ard, and Twomey.
On Enrollment. — Messrs. C. B. Littlefield, Tabor, and
Goodwin.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Hon. John L. Kelly, ex-ofteio Chairman.
James E. Dodge, Clerk.
Ward 1.
George W. Stevens.
H. C. Sanderson.
Ward 2.
James E. Dodge.
G. L. Demarest.
Ward 3.
Nathan P. Hunt.
Charles A. Smith.
Ward 4.
George W. Weeks.
Walter M. Parker.
Ward 5.
Samuel P. Jackson.
Charles A. O'Connor.
Ward 6.
Loring P. Moore.
Henry A. Gage.
Ward 7.
Marshall P. Hall.
Ezra Huntington.
Ward 8.
Eugene W. Brigham.
Louis E Phelps.
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
William E. Buck.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Hon. John L. Kelly, ex-officio Chairman.
Moses E. George, Clerk.
William H. Maxwell. Daniel Sheehan.
George E. Wilson. Peter 0. Woodman.
Amos B. Page. Sayward J. Young.
Moses E. George. Isaac R. Dewey.
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ASSESSORS.
Ignatius T. Webster, Chairman.
Joseph H. Haynes, Clerk.
Charles H. Brown. John Ryan.
Joseph H. Haynes. Ignatius T. Webster.
William M. Shepard. Henry W. Powell.
Horace P. Watts. Charles S. Fisher.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Albion H. Lowell, Chief Engineer.
Thomas W. Lane, Clerk.
Assistant Engineers.
A. C. Wallace. Thomas W. Lane.
B. C. Kendall. Sam C. Lowell.
WATER COMMISSIONERS.
Aretas Blood. John Q. A. Sargent.
William P. Newell. A. C. Wallace.
Alpheus Gay. James A. Weston.
Hon. John L. Kelly, ex officio.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Daniel R. Prescott. Patrick A. Devine.
Jacob W. Mooar.
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CITY AUDITOR AND REGISTRAR.
Nathan P. Kidder.
TRUSTEES OF CITY LIBRARY.
Hon. Daniel Clark. Hon. E. A. Straw.
Hon. Wm. P. Newell, Hon. Isaac W. Smith.
Hon. Samuel N. Bell. Hon. Moody Currier.
Hon. Nathan P. Hunt. Hon. John L. Kelly, ex officio.
Timothy W. Challis, ex officio.
LIBRARIAN.
Mrs. E. H. Davis.*
Mrs. M. J. Buncher.f
SUPERINTENDENT OP WATER-WORKS.
Charles K. Walker.
Arthur E. Stearns, Clerk.
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Justice.
Nathan P. Hunt.
Assistant Justice.
Henry W. Tewksbury.
* Resigned June 30, 1878. t Elected June 30, 1878.
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Clerk.
John C. Bickford.
City Marshal.
Daniel R. Prescott.
Assistant Marshal.
Horatio W. Longa.
Captain of the Night Watch.
Eben Carr.
Day Police.
Ransom W. Bean.
John C. Colburn.
Night Watchmen.
John F. Cassidy. Hiram Stearns.
James Bucklin. Z. B. Wright.
Thomas Frain. Michael Fox.
William H. Newhall. Henry Harmon.
Melvin J. Jenkins. Edgar Farrar.
Michael Marr. Thomas Reardon.
James F. Dunn.
Constables.
Daniel R. Prescott. H. W. Longa.
George W. Hamlin. Sidney R. Hanaford.
Albert N. Brown. Daniel K. White.
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WARD OFFICERS.
Moderators.
Ward 1. — Daniel H. Maxfield.
Ward 2. — George H. Stearns.
Ward 3. —David 0. Purnald.
Ward 4.— John C. Bickford.
Ward 5. — Thomas Howe.
Ward 6. — George Hoi brook.
Ward 7. — Timothy W. Challis.
Ward 8. — Charles K. Walker.
Ward Clerks.
Ward 1. — Perry H. Dow.
Ward 2. — Charles E. Quimby.
Ward 3. — D. F. Clark.
Ward 4. — Walter S. Holt.
Ward 5. — John T. Baxter.
Ward 6. — John F. Chandler.
Ward 7. — Frank H. Challis.
Ward 8. — James F. Baldwin.
Selectmen.
Ward 1. Ward 3.
George W. Bacon. Amos B. Page.
Willis P. Fogg. Albert J. Nay.
Daniel G. Andrews. William Stevens.
Ward 2. Ward 4.
Horace C. Paige. Stephen C. Amsden.
John Prince. Sidney Smith.
Stephen Palmer. Wesley E. Holt.
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Wakd 5.
Michael J. Callahan.
William Howe.
Michael Connor.
Ward 6.
George H. Dudley.
Daniel R. Prescott.
A. A. Ainsworth.
Ward 7.
George B. Shattuck.
William A. Clement.
George B. Smith.
Ward 8.
Daniel B. Emery.
Charles K. Walker.
Aaron Q. Gage.
Inspectors of Check Lists.
Ward 1. — Hiram Forsaith.
Ward 2. — Joseph H. Haynes.
Ward 8.— Albert J. Nay.
Ward 4. — Harrison D. Lord.
Ward 5. — M. B. Witters.
Ward 6. — Isaac Whittemore.
Ward 7. — Solon D. Pollard.
Ward 8. — H. H. Noyes.
REPORT
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON CITY FARM.
To the City Councils of the City of Manchester : —
The Mayor and Joint Standing Committee on the Citv
Farm hereby submit their annual report for the year end-
ing Dec. 31, 1878.
The following is an inventory and appraisal of the per-
and other tools
sonal property of the City Far
Live stock
Hay, grain, and produce
Carriages, farming implements
Provisions and fuel
Bedding and wearing apparel
Household furniture and domestic implements
Lumber .......
Cash on hand Dec. 31, 1878 .
Permanent improvements as follows : —
Building ninety-five rods stone wall
Clearing land
m, made Dec. 31, 1878 : —
£1,439 00
2,725 75
1,310 10
739 57
576 60
551 22
15 00
$7,357
24
452
60
190
00
150
00
$340 00
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The account of the City Farm for the year 1878 is as
follows : —
To stock on hand Dec. 31, 1877
cash on hand Dec. 31, 1877
expenditures for 1878
interest on farm
Dr.
£6,303 81
462 65
3,525 82
1,000 00
By stock Dec. 31, 1878 ....
paid into the treasury for produce, etc.
cash on hand Dec. 31, 1878
permanent improvements .
5,835 days' board of paupers
$11,292 28
Average cost per day for board of each pauper or prisoner
811,292 28
Cr
. $7,357
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. 1,747
51
452
60
340
00
. 1,394
93
at the farm
23 9-10 cts.
It is the opinion of the committee that the City Farm
has been well managed, and that its productiveness this
year has been largely above the average ; that the paupers
have been well cared for, and the labors of the prisoners
made as remunerative as possible.
JOHN L. KELLY, Mayor,
rufus wilkinson,
hugh Mcdonough,
william h. ann1s,
henry french,
Joint Standing Committee on City Farm.
Manchester, N. H., January 1, 1879.
REPORT
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
To the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the
City of Manchester : —
In compliance with the ordinance of said city, the Over-
seers of the Poor herewith present their annual report for
the year 1878.
The whole number of families which have received as-
sistance off the farm during the past year has been forty-
eight, consisting of one hundred and seventy-two persons,
all of whom have a settlement in this city. This is an in-
crease of nineteen families and sixty-four persons over last
year.
Eight of the above number have died.
The whole number of persons at the almshouse during
the year has been sixteen, the average number for the year
being nine and one-fifth. There has been one death at the
farm.
The board of overseers are of the opinion that it would
be for the interest of the city to have a less number of
prisoners sent to the house of correction, and more paupers
supported at the farm.
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There are five persons at the insane asylum at Concord,
a part of whom we think might be supported at the farm
cheaper than at Concord, and as well, if we had a suitable
place for them.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
JOHN L. KELLY, Chairman ex officio,
MOSES E. GEORGE, Clerk,
WILLIAM H. MAXWELL,
GEORGE E. WILSON,
S. J. YOUNG,
DANIEL SHEEHAN,
AMOS B. PAGE,
PETER 0. WOODMAN,
ISAAC R. DEWEY,
Overseers of the Poor.
ANNUAL REPORT
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
ANNUAL REPORT
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS,
To the City Councils of the City of Manchester : —
Gentlemen : — The Board* of Water Commissioners here-
with present their seventh annual report, embracing the
customary report of the Superintendent, giving in detail
the operations of this department during the past year.
The total income of the works for the year 1878 has
been forty-eight thousand eight hundred seventy-four dol-
lars and twenty-six cents ($48,874.20). The expense of
operating and maintaining the works has been seven thou-
sand seven hundred forty dollars and twenty-one cents
(87,740.21), leaving as net receipts, forty-one thousand one
hundred thirty-four dollars and five cents ($41,134.05).
Excess of net receipts in 1878 over the net receipts in 1877,
four thousand one hundred four dollars and twentv-eight
cents ($4,104.28).
Xo unusual expenditure has been required the past year
to maintain the works. Hereafter a somewhat increased
liability will be incurred, as the guarantee of the contrac-
tors to keep the pipes in repair lias expired by limitation,
and the entire care and custody of all the pipes now de-
volve upon the city.
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The remarks of the Superintendent in his report regard-
ing watering-troughs, meet the approbation of the Board,
and your attention is most respectfully called to the subject,
as the Water Commissioners have no jurisdiction in the
premises. No doubt is entertained that a more equitable
and satisfactory system for public fountains can be devised.
On the third day of December last, Joseph E. Bennett,
Esq., was appointed Auditor to examine the books and ac-
counts in the office of the Superintendent, and his report
is appended hereto, by which it appears that he finds the
accounts of receipts and deposits have been systematically
and accurately kept. His suggestions regarding some of
the less important books in the office, have been adopted.
It is believed that, as a whole, the works are in excellent
condition, and no extraordinary expenditure will be .re-
quired the coming year. The extended report of the Su-
perintendent furnishes a detailed account of the trans-
actions of the past year, together with a particular descrip-
tion of everything pertaining to this department, to which
the Commissioners desire to refer for further information.
Respectfully submitted,
ALPHEUS GAY, Chairman,
JOHN L. KELLY, Mayor,
A. C. WALLACE,
WILLIAM P. NEWELL,
ARETAS BLOOD,
J. Q. A. SARGENT,
JAMES A. WESTON, Clerk,
Water Com missioners.
January 1, 1879.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
To (lie Board of Water Commissioners of the City of
Manchester : —
Gentlemen : — The animal report of the Superintendent
of Water-Works, embracing an account of the operations
during the year 1878, together with a statement of the
condition of the works at the present time, as required by
the ordinances of the city, is respectfully submitted.
Notwithstanding the water in Massabesic Lake was quite
low during the months of September and October, an ample
supply was furnished for the use of the city. At all other
times there has been an abundance. At present the lake
is full, the result of the November rains.
No considerable repairs have been required on the dam
or canal. Seventy-five rods of stone-wall have been built
on the north side of the canal embankment at a cost of
$146.88. Some wooden fence has also been built near the
dam.
PUMPING STATION.
The water-wheels and pumps are in good condition,
never working as well as they have the past year. The
repairs made early in the spring have proved beneficial and
permanent. Mr. S. M. Souder, the person who set up the
pumps in the first instance, had charge of these repairs.
The work was commenced the 23d day of February and
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finished the 17th day of March. Each wheel was taken
out of its casing and new steps put under, and each wheel
hung on suspension bearings. In the mean time the pumps
were run enough to keep a good supply of water in the
reservoir. The pumps have been worked by one wheel
since the repairs, and this runs as well at the present time
as it did the day it was started after the job was finished.
Satisfactory tests were made by Joseph B. Sawyer, Esq.,
whose report is appended hereto.
RECORD OF PUMPING, 1878.
MONTHS.
January.. .
February . .
March
April
May
June
July
August
September.
October
November..
December . .
No. hours' work
for both pumps.
727 h. 3f)m.
625 " 20 "
Totals and average.
619
605
636
603
756
664
633
631
653
650
20
30
30
20
40
00
50
00
40
20
7,807 h. 00 m.
Average
stroke p'r
minute.
Total No.
strokes
p'r month
16.68
16.05
16.'22
15 37
15.18
15.G7
16.34
16.35
15.70
15.16
16.14
16.05
15.93
727,996
602,416
602,800
558,830
589,746
567,500
741,812
651,190
597,046
573,958
633,214
626,362
Total gallons
pumped in one
month.
Daily aver-
age gallons
pumped.
.472,870
45,863,748
37,952,208
37,976,400
35,206.290
37,153,998
35,752,500
46,734,150
41,024,970
37,613,898
36,159,354
39,892,482
39,460,806
470.790.810
1,489,153
1,355,436
1,225,045
1,173,543
1,198,516
1,191,750
1,507,553
1,323,386
1,253,797
1,166,431
1,329,739
1,272,929
1,289,837
SUPPLY AND FORCE MAIN.
There have been seven leaks on the force main and nine
on the supply main that have been repaired. There are,
to-day, no leaks on the supply main that show on the sur-
face, while on the force main there are six. This part of
the main pipe was laid some of the way in meadow and
swamp land, which accounts for a greater number of leaks
on this section.
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RESERVOIR.
The reservoir proves to be one of the best in New Eng-
land. The banks stand well and have required no repairs.
It would be well to top-dress the banks, so as to keep the
grass roots in good condition to prevent the banks from
washing.
DISTRIBUTION PIPE.
There have been laid the past season 6,310 feet of distri-
bution pipe, at an expense of 15,330.60 ; also, 366 feet of
1^-inch pipe from Granite street to Piscataquog street on
Quincy street. This was to supply the parties on Piscata-
quog street who depend mostly on city water, when repairs
were made on Main street, south of Ferry.
The pipe on the bed of the Merrimack River, supplying
'Squog, has had no repairs, and is believed to be in good
condition. It will be advisable, however, to have an exami-
nation next year, for a small leak in this part of the pipe
may result in serious consequences.
The pipe across Granite Bridge proves satisfactory. At
the time it was laid it was thought best not to box it, as
it would save expense, and be better for the bridge. 'Squog
was supplied during the coldest weather in January, through
this pipe alone, which was a good test as to its ever
freezing.
The number of leaks the past year was 226. Cement
pipe, 207 ; cast iron, 19.
There have been three bursts on the cement pipe, 2 in
'Squog, caused by lightning, and one on Canal street, with
no apparent cause. In all these cases the water was shut
off immediately, thereby preventing any serious damage.
The responsibility of the contractors, as to care and main-
tenance of pipes laid by them under the contract for exten-
sions, ceases January 1, 1879. Consequently the city will
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be obliged to assume the entire charge of the works here-
after.
Winding the joints in case of leaks on the cement pipe,
has been the general method of repairing in this and other
cities. While there are a good many joints that have been
wound ever since the water was first let in to the pipes,
and have never leaked, there are others that have been re-
wound a number of times. Of late a cast-iron clamp-sleeve
has been put on over the joint and lead run in and calked
while the pressure was on. This is more expensive at first,
but, as it is presumed that it will be permanent, it will be
cheaper in the end.
All the repairs and laying of extensions have been under
the immediate charge of Mr. John Conway, both for the
city and contractors. His thorough knowledge of the city
water-works, together with his experience and ability, has
made his services of great value ; and as he is about to
sever his connection with this department, preparatory to a
new field of labor, the Superintendent desires to acknowl-
edge his indebtedness to him for his valued counsels and
assistance.
WATERING-TROUGHS.
Numerous complaints having been made to the Superin-
tendent about watering-troughs (a subject which he really
has nothing to do with), a fair statement regarding the
matter perhaps would not be out of place. Water-takers
complain that they have to pay for water in their stables
and other premises, while others get it for nothing by a pe-
tition to the city councils for a public watering-trough in
the street near their premises. There are in this city ten
public watering-troughs that are supplied by the city water-
works. The income to the city for these ten troughs
amounts to 160 a year. At meter rates it would amount to
at least ($3,000) three thousand dollars a year.
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These troughs are usually made in such shape that water
may be used not only for legitimate purposes, but for any
use whatever, and it is a significant fact that this depart-
ment has been notified in several cases to shut off water
near these places, because the parties can get their supply
from the public fountains without paying water rates.
Under the present system, the waste of water, too, which
has to be pumped at considerable expense, is very great.
It is therefore respectfully suggested that the matter com-
plained of should be remedied by substituting the common
cast-iron fountains, such as are generally used in other
cities.
SCHEDULE OF PIPES AND FIXTURES LAID AND SET IN 1878.
Streets.
Length of Cast
Iron pipe in feet.
Gates.
s
X
Location.
4 in.
6 in. 8 in.
lOin
6 in
Bedford Road
1386.0
30.0
168.5
198.0
1032.0
52H.0
313.0
360.0
13.0
1
1
1
1
A St. to H. H. Huntress'.
C
1
1
River Road to Brewery.
1
863.0
1
Hugh Ramsey house northward
Between Bridge and Lowell.
405.0
128.0
5.0
614.0
7.0
1
1
West
Walnut . .
268.0
1
Front of A. N. Clapp's house.
801.0
4646.5
863.0
1
4
6
Total length, 6.310.5 ft. in 1878.
Number miles cast-iron pipe laid in 1878 . I'V^Vo5'
Number gates set 1878 ..... 5
Number hydrants set 1878 .... 6
One 8-inch gate was removed at blow-off on Lowell
street, and 4-inch gate set instead.
One 10-inch gate was changed from Main corner A street,
to Main north of Milford street.
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One air-valve was taken off on Park, corner Beech.
The following places are where the cement-lined pipe
was taken up and cast-iron pipe laid instead : —
Length in feet.
Location.
6 in.
8 in.
10 in.
14 in.
6
24
36
4
19
40
3
Corner River.
Near Main.
Corner Main.
State
54
A
5
Corner Main.
22
46
Near Depot.
West of Franklin.
32
36
10
12
8
211
28
25
3
Corner Ferry.
Corner Pise.ataquog.
Corner Walker.
Near Mast.
4
173
22
333
100
Length of pipe laid of cement-lined and cast-iron of dif-
ferent sizes, as follows : —
20,934.9 ft.
6,825.0 "
8,400.0 «
5,162.75"
12,644.0 «
82,896.0 "
8,950.0 "
20 inch
cement-lined pipe
14 "
a
a a
12 "
a
a a
10 "
u
a a
8 "
((
a a
6 "
a
a a
4 "
a
u a
Total
145,812.65 ft.
Equal to 27^-f ||f5. miles
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20 inch cast-
iron pipe •
104.0 ft.
14 "
a a
. 4,925.0 "
12 "
u a
. 5,990.0 "
10 "
ct u
501.0 "
8 "
a a
. 2,320.0 "
6 "
a a
. 13,235.5 "
4 "
a a a
Total .
801.0 "
. 27,876.5 ft.
Equal
to5i£
13—5 iti i 1 p <>
8 0 milL?-
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SERVICE PIPES.
The number of applications for water to date, has been
sixteen hundred and eighty-one (1,681).
Fifteen hundred and seventy-one (1,571) service pipes
have been laid to date, as follows : —
40
1.328
175
13
1
10
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1-2 inch diameter
3-4 " "
1 "
1 1-4"
1 1-2"
860 feet, 8 inches.
35,567 " 2 "
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11 "
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5,075
720
57
466
117
Total length of service pipes . . 42,864 feet 6 inches.
Number miles service pipe in street, 8i22^.
One hundred and forty-two (142) service pipes have been
laid this year, as follows : —
127 3-4 inch diameter 3.379 ft.
13 1 " " 282 "
111-2" " 57 ki
12" " 10 "
Total length laid in 1878 . . . 3,728 ft.
Cost of service pipes §1,504.44
Total cost of service pipes to Dec. 31, 1878 . 26,039.85
METERS.
There are two hundred and twenty-six (226) meters in
use at the present time, being an increase of twenty-four
(24) over last year.
The numberof meters owned by the works are two hun-
dred and forty-seven (247).
31
The income from the sale of water for the year 1878, has
been as follows : —
Received from water and hydrant rent .
838,225 97
"
" water (metered)
9,286 40
i.
" fines ....
212 82
m
" shutting off and letting on
20 00
cc
" rent of meters .
803 85
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" building purposes
83 60
If
" setting meters .
84 00
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" labor and pipe .
156 62
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" sale of old plow
Total received to Dec. 28, 187?
1 00
848,874 26
Balance on hand Dec. 22, 1877
Total ....
, 6,191 34
855,065 60
Abatements, §397 06.
Expenses for 1878
$15,773 99
Amoun
t paid toward interest 1878 .
26,000 00
841,773 99
Amount on hand Dec. 28. 1878,
813,291 61
Classification of accounts for the year' 1878 : —
Superintendence, collecting, and repairs
Stationery, printing, and lithographs .
Office and incidental expenses
Pumping expenses and repairs .
Rep's to dam, canal, penstock and reservoir
Running expenses for 1878
85,764 44
200 39
66 48
86,
$1,
$1,699 90
9 00
031 31
708 90
>7,740 21
32
Service pipes $1,748 34
Distribution pipes 4,918 81
Fire hydrants and valves .... 411 79
Pumping-machinery, pump-house, dwelling,
and barn 125 34
Meters, boxes, and brass connections . . 682 62
Grading and fencing ..... 146 88
Total expended on construction 1878
$8,033 78
Total amount expended in 1878 .
$15,773 99
Classification of accounts to Dec. 31,
1878 : —
Land and water rights
$30,858 67
Dam, canal, penstock and race .
101,198 20
Pumping-machinery, pump-house, dwelling
»
and barn
88,022 30
Distributing reservoir and fixtures
. 71,542 36
Force and supply main
. 88,674 02
Distribution pipes ....
237,164 48
Eire hydrants and valves
30,018 74
Tools and fixtures ....
10,649 35
Boarding and storehouses .
919 36
Roads and culverts ....
2,084 24
Supplies
550 39
Engineering .......
22,176 19
Livery and traveling expenses .
2,856 64
Legal expenses
563 79
Grading and fencing ....
11,295 14
Service pipes
26,039 85
Meters, boxes, and brass connections .
7,194 60
Total construction account to
Dec. 31, 187S ....
$731,808 32
Current expenses : —
Superintendence, collecting, and repairs . $24,945 23
Stationery, printing, and lithographs . . 3,590 13
Office and incidental expenses . . . 1,830 63
Pumping expenses and repairs . . . 7,728 92
Repairs to dam, canal, penstock, and reser-
voir 179 29
Repairs to buildings 24 13
Total current expenses to Dec.
31, 1878 $38,298 33
Interest $40,678 51
Highway expenditures .... 14,000 53
$54,679 04
Total amount of bills approved to
Dec. 31, 1878 .... $824,785 69
Interest, discount, and labor performed on
highway transferred, and tools and ma-
terials sold $57,600 23
Total cost to date, not including
interest $767,185 46
Interest and discount to Jan. 1, 1878 . $164,140 51
" for 1878 35,988 00
Total interest to Dec. 31, 1878, $200,128 51
Am't p'd toward interest 1877, $24,000 00
" " " " 1878, 26,000 00
" " " " 1877, and 1878, $50,000 00
$150,128 51
Total cost including interest . $917,313 97
The following amounts have been paid over to the City
Treasurer, and credited to the water-works : —
1872, Supplies aud materials sold, $573 61
1873, " " " " 177 07
1873, Accrued interest on water
L bonds sold I 193 26
34
1873, Accrued interest on water
honds sold
146 00
1873, Water rents
1,920 53
1874, Supplies and materials sold,
607 89
March 17, 1874, Highway expenditures trans.
from water-works account
14,000 53
March 17, 1874, Interest and discount, trans.
from water- works account
12,347 25
Sept,
1, 1874, Interest and discount, trans.
from water-works account
22,361 74
1874, Water and hydrant rents
30,233 54
Dec.
29, 1874, Interest transferred
4,566 25
Dec.
18, 1875. 1 anvil sold ....
15 00
Sept.
25, 1875, Engine, crusher, and mate-
rials sold ....
2,0S9 45
1875, Water and hydrant rents
27,119 15
May
20, 1876, 1 derrick sold
125 00
May
20, 1876, Rent of derrick .
24 00
1876, Water, hydrant rent, etc.
38,879 47
1877, " " " "
43,823 30
1878, " " " "
48,873 26
Cash received for old plow .
Total
1 00
$248,077 30
Am oi
mt appropriated to Dec. 31, 1878 .
Total received to date .
640,000 00
$888,077 30
Dedu
ct hills approved to date
824,785 69
$63,291 61
Amount paid toward interest in 1877 .
$24,000 00
<i
" " " 1878 .
26,000 00
$50,000 00
Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1878
$13,291 61
35
Amount bills
approved
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SI, 723 06
245,870 66
294,609 02
146,515 40
50,091 80
48,425 72
21,776 04
15,773 99
Total amount of bills approved to Dec. 31, 1878, $824,785 69
Statement showing the uses of water as supplied to Dec.
31, 1878 : —
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
1 Jail.
1 Post-office.
9 Churches.
1 City Library.
1 Court-house.
5 Banks.
2 Hose-companies.
5 Hotels.
4 Fire-engines.
1 Masonic block.
1 Hook-and-ladder.
1 Odd Fellows' block
1 Opera-house.
1 Holly-tree Inn.
1 Music Hall.
3 Halls.
1 Convent.
10 School-houses.
1 City Hospital.
1 Skating-rink.
MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS.
1 Iron foundry.
1 Dye house.
2 Machine shops.
2 Patent medicine m'nuf 'ctories
3 Clothing manufactories.
2 Furniture manufactories.
2 Harness shops.
1 Brush shop.
1 Poll shop.
1 Carriage shop.
1 Soap manufactory.
1 Brass and copper foundry.
1 Sash and blind shop.
3 Breweries.
2 Shoe shops.
1 Pop-corn.
1 Trunk and harness shop.
1 Gas-works.
1 Gas-holder.
2 Slaughter-houses.
1 Grain mill.
36
MARKETS.
2 Fish.
5 Meat and fish.
6 Meat.
OFFICES.
5 Dentist.
2 Express.
64 Professional.
5 Printing.
1 Telegraph.
1 Coal.
SHOPS.
10 Barber.
2 Currjdng.
1 Wheelwright.
2 Plumber.
6 Blacksmith.
3 Steam, gas and water pipe
4 Carpenter.
1 Paint.
1 Tinsmith.
STABLES.
143 Private.
9 Livery.
SALOONS.
6 Dining.
6 Billiard.
2 Oyster.
36 Liquor.
STORES.
2 Hair.
2 Tea.
3 Auction.
42 Grocery.
10 Drug.
1 Meal.
6 Jewelry.
3 Hardware.
3 Wholesale liquor.
6 Boot and shoe.
1 Fur.
3 Stove.
1 House furnishing goods.
6 Gents' furnishing goods.
15 Fancy goods.
3 Book.
1 Wholesale paper.
1 Leather and shoe finders.
5 Dry goods.
2 Music.
4 Candy.
2 Upholstery.
1 Crockery.
3 Undertakers'.
1 Battery building.
2 Cigar.
1 Cloak.
37
MISCELLANEOUS.
1 Bleachery.
3 Laundries.
3 Drinking fountains.
2 Ice houses.
8 Photographers.
303 Hydrants (public).
7 Stand-pipes.
3689 Families.
67 Boarding-houses.
4610 Faucets.
526 Wash bowls.
474 AVater-closets.
3 Greenhouses.
2 Band rooms.
8 Bakeries.
8 Stationary engines.
1 Portable engine.
9 Private hydrants.
10 Water-troughs.
466 Horses.
31 Cows and oxen.
203 Wash tubs.
201 Bath tubs.
88 Urinals.
The following is a list of gates, hydrants, meters, tools,
etc., on hand at the present time : —
GATES.
1 4 in. Eddy spigot. 1
1 4 in. Boston Machine spigot. 1
1 4 in. Boston Machine out of 1
order.
1 4 in. Chapman out of order. 2
3 6 in. Chapman out of order. 1
1 6 in. Boston Machine out of 3
order. 1
2 6 in. Boston Machine spigot. 1
6 in. Ludlow spigot.
6 in. Ludlow hub.
8 in. Boston Machine out
of order.
8 in. Eddy hub.
10 in. Boston Machine spigot.
12 in. Boston Machine spigot.
14 in. Boston Machine spigot.
20 in. Boston Machine spigot.
1 Boston Machine.
HYDRANTS.
1 Pattee & Perkins.
4 5-8 in. Union (Piston).
4 5-8 in. Union (Rotary).
2 3-4 in. LTnion (Piston).
1 1 in. Union (Rotary).
METERS.
3
1
5
1
3-4 in. Desper,
1-2 in. Gem.
3-4 in. Gem.
1 in. Gem.
38
PIPE AND BRANCHES ON HAND.
157 ft. 20 inch cast-iron pipe.
125 ft. 14 inch "
161 ft. 12 inch " "
18 ft. 10 inch " "
531 ft. 8 inch " "
411 ft. 6 inch " "
229 ft. 4 inch " "
6 20 inch sleeves.
1 20 inch clamp sleeve.
3 14 inch sleeves.
2 12 inch sleeves.
4 12 inch clamp sleeves.
9 10 inch sleeves.
6 10 inch cement sleeves.
2 8 inch sleeves.
2 8 inch clamp sleeves.
1 hydrant foot.
7 6 inch clamp sleeves.
24 6 inch sleeves.
1 14 inch quarter turn.
15 single 6 on 6 branch.
4 single 6 on 8 branch.
3 single 6 on 10 branch.
1 double 6 on 10 branch.
1 double 6 on 12 branch.
1 single 6 on 12 branch.
1 single 6 on 14 branch.
2 single 12 on 14 branch.
1 double 6 on 14 branch.
2 20 inch gate-domes.
3 15 inch gate-domes.
3 8 inch cement plugs.
2 14 inch cement plugs.
SUPPLIES AND TOOLS BELONGING TO SERVICE DEPARTMENT.
190 ft. 1-2 inch pipe.
785 ft. 3-4 inch pipe.
360 ft. 1 inch pipe.
36 ft. 1 1-4 inch pipe.
49 ft. 11-2 inch pipe.
44 ft. 2 inch pipe.
1 20 brass spindle.
1 14 brass spindle.
1 8 brass spindle.
1 6 brass spindle.
4 1-2 inch lead connections.
5 3-4 inch lead connections.
10 1 inch lead connections.
11 3-4 inch for cement pipe.
4 4 in. clamps with 1-2 in. stop,
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115 lbs. solder.
4 solder coppers and pot.
6 red lanterns.
10 common lanterns.
1 dark lantern.
2 meter lanterns.
1 roll lead pipe for thawing out
service.
1 roll tin pipe for thawing out
service.
1 lot of old 3-4 inch iron pipe.
45 feet of 5-8 inch pipe.
30 3-4 nipples, 6 to 12 long.
7 3-4 inch nipples.
22 1-2 inch nipples.
23 3-4 inch T.
24 1-2 inch T. .
10 1 inch plugs.
39
3 14 in. clamps with 1-2 in. stop
. 9
3 14" " " 3-4 " "
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20 1-2 inch couplings.
3
15 1-2 inch K. & L. couplings.
9
21 1-2 inch quarter turns.
31
100 3-4 couplings.
49
82 3-4 right and left couplings.
8
53 3-4 quarter turns.
13
43 3-4 by half quarter turns.
9
43 1 inch by 3-4 quarter turns.
2
17 1 inch by 3-4 quarter turns.
12
7 2x3-4 inch quarter turns.
1
15 2 inch couplings.
11
17 1 inch couplings.
8
46 1 inch R. & L. couplings.
10
16 1 inch by 1 1-4 couplings.
9
5 1 1-4 inch couplings.
8
5 1 1-4 inch R. & L. couplings
. 2
4 1 1-4 inch quarter turns.
1
17 1 inch nipples.
2
1 washer cutter.
1
1 die plate.
2
6 dies, R. & L. from 1-2 to 1 in,
2
6 taps, R. & L. from 1-2 to 1 in.
, 1
2 bushings, from 1-2 to 3-4.
6
1 pipe cutter.
2
1 extra cutter.
2
3 files.
2
12 large meter boxes.
1
10 small meter boxes.
58
2 coal hods.
80
1 wood stove.
200
1 glass cutter.
25
1 meter spanner.
257
50 feet rubber hose.
7
13 square stop box covers.
1
1 watering pot.
1
1 gallon kerosene.
1
3-4 inch plugs.
1-2 inch plugs.
3-4x1-2 bushings.
1x3-4 bushings.
3-4 inch caps.
1-2 inch caps
3-4 inch curb stop.
1 inch curb stop.
3-4 inch unions.
5-8 inch unions.
3-4 inch nipples.
1 inch unions.
3-4 inch soldering nipples.
1 inch soldering nipple.
1-2 inch soldering nipples.
5-8 inch unions.
1-2 inch cor. stop bent union.
1-2 inch cor. stop for nipples.
1-2 in. cor. stop for cast iron.
3-4 in. cor. stop for cast iron,
lin. cor. stop for cast'iron.
2 inch valves,
lot old picks,
lead ladles.
3 pole derricks.
4 pole derrick,
poles for derricks,
set rope falls,
iron bars 6 feet long,
iron bars 5 feet long,
iron bar 4 feet long,
pounds inch rope,
pounds gasket,
pounds lead,
pounds white lead,
pounds of 3-4 lead pipe,
iron pails,
wooden pail,
iron jack for drilling,
"rub hoe.
40
1 5 gallon can.
1-2 gallon sperm oil.
1-2 gallon linseed oil.
4 oil cans.
1 3 cubic feet measure.
1 6 inch gauge.
1 platform scale.
1 2 inch stop and waste.
1 3-4 inch stop and waste.
1 wood saw.
2 prick punches.
2 vises.
1 side packing leather.
1 pair rubber mitts.
4 collars for hydrants.
1 spoon shovel.
3 long handle shovels.
17 hydrant packings.
6 tamping tools.
39 hydrant nuts for caps.
1 iron kettle.
1 tea kettle.
1 one bushel and a half basket.
11 hydrant covers.
4 wooden stop boxes.
1 kerosene barrel.
1 iron brand M. W. W.
1 steel brand M. W. W.
50 feet wire.
6 hydrant caps.
25 3-4 bolts for sleeves.
76 5-8 bolts for sleeves.
15 gate wrenches.
9 hydrant wrenches.
1 lamp.
1 heating furnace.
1 lot iron for furnace.
1 lot rope.
1 bench.
1 wire cutter.
1 roll of enamel cloth.
2 chains for hydrant.
2 hydrant wrenches.
1 hydrant ring.
2 iron rimmers.
1 ice chisel.
8 stop wrenches.
7 stone points.
5 hydrant valves.
1 pair chain tongs.
3 pairs extension tongs.
2 pipe wrenches.
2 meter wrenches.
2 monkey wrenches.
1 pair blacksmith tongs.
1 ratchet driller and 4 drills.
2 drillers and 7 drills for cement.
9 special wrenches.
1 chain pulley.
1 machine hammer.
2 nail hammers.
2 pairs pinchers.
2 iron wedges.
1 wheelbarrow.
10 dump-barrows, old.
2 furnaces and kettles for melt-
ing lead.
2 tool boxes.
1 paving hammer.
8 cold chisels.
3 mauls.
1 tool chest.
3 screw-drivers.
1 Dover chisel.
5 mortise chisels.
5 paring chisels.
10 moulding tools.
1 plow plane with 6 irons.
1 set match planes.
1 long joiuter.
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18 curb stop covers.
2 new gate covers.
2 pairs rubber boots.
6 drills, 4 feet long.
2 drills, 3 1-2 feet long.
5 drills, 3 feet long.
4 drills, 2 1-2 feet long.
10 drills, 2 feet long.
4 drill spoons.
7 wedges, 18 inches long.
9 plug drills.
15 wedges and shims.
1 sledge hammer.
2 stone hammers.
3 calking hammers.
6 striking hammers,
calking tools.
15 K.P. shovels, good.
12 E. P. shovels, not good.
1 iron snow shovel.
2 wooden snow shovels.
20 picks and handles.
1 short jointer.
1 fore plane.
1 smoothing plane.
2 nail sets.
1 mallet.
4 hand-saws.
1 buck-saw.
1 iron-saw.
1 brace and six bits.
2 extensions.
1 bevel square.
2 iron squares.
1 grindstone.
2 bench axes.
4 common axes.
3 brad awls.
2 oil stones.
1 chain.
40 blasting tubes.
25 castings for hydrant valves.
1 draw knife.
INVENTORY OF FURNITURE, ETC., IN OFFICE.
8 drawing boards.
1 wardrobe.
1 transit.
1 level rod.
1 copying press.
1 roll manilla paper.
1 roll tracing muslin.
2 drawing tables.
1 library desk.
2 waste baskets.
1 6-foot pole.
3 stools.
1 duster.
1 map of city.
1 map of city, framed.
1 map of New Hampshire.
1 level.
3 transit rods.
1 roll mounted paper.
2 quires drawing paper.
1 lot of book paper.
1 lot of fuel.
1 book case.
1 table.
1 12-inch pressure gauge.
1 6-inch pressure gauge.
1 bill stamp.
3 inkstands.
1 lot of drawings.
1 safe.
1 pair scissors.
1 cork-screw.
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1 bottle ink.
1 case of drawers.
1 stove.
1 eraser.
1 lot of reports.
1 directory.
INVENTORY OF TOOLS AT PUMPING STATION.
1 scoop shovel.
4 common shovels.
1 desk.
1 one-inch anger.
5 lanterns.
3 monkey wrenches.
6 pails.
1 square.
1 plumb square.
1 sprinkler pot.
1 clock.
1 washer cutter.
2 planes.
2 thermometers.
4 crow bars.
1 bellows and anvil.
2 pipe wrenches.
1 window brush.
1 gate wrench (ratchet).
1 long key.
1 hydrant wrench.
2 wheelbarrows.
1 five-pail kettle.
3 picks.
1 clothes-dryer.
2 ladders.
2 stoves.
2 coal hods.
1 coal sifter.
6 gallons sperm oil.
1 bench.
2 levels.
1 waste press.
1 Scotch driller.
2 nozzles.
1 pair shears.
1 pair pliers.
1 wire cutter.
1 boat.
1 set steps.
3-4 barrel oil.
1 jack screw.
1 brace and 3 bitts.
1 trowel.
1 wood saw.
2 hand saws.
1 iron slush bucket.
1 socket wrench.
6 fork wreuches.
2 screen rakes.
2 axes.
. 4 oil cans.
2 oil tanks.
25 lbs. waste.
30 lbs. tallow.
50 lbs. black lead.
5 cords wood.
15 tons coal.
2 ice chisels.
2 cold chisels.
2 wood chisels.
2 hammers.
3 drip pans.
1-2 lb. hemp packing.
1 draw shave.
2 screw plates, tap and dies.
1 vise.
200 ft. 7-8 in. hose.
100 ft. 3-4 inch hose.
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TOOLS AT THE DAM.
2 full-trimmed derricks.
1 iron rake.
4 set dog chains.
1 set blacksmith tools.
6 pieces Scotch sewer pipe.
1 force pump.
1 bill hook.
1 clevis and pin.
1 harrow.
1 timber roll.
8 sprinkler pots.
1 lot lumber.
1 lot old iron.
3 oil barrels.
4 mortar hoes.
1 iron shovel.
150 feet hose.
1 No. 5 plow.
3 grub hoes.
3 bush scythes and snaths.
2 axes.
4 cable chains.
1 bellows.
4 water pails.
10 mason hods.
1 lot of old shovels.
1 lot of old wheelbarrows.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES K. WALKER,
Superintendent.
ENGINEER'S REPORT.
Charles K. Walker, Esq., Superintendent: —
I herewith report the result of the test ordered by you,
of the pumps of the Manchester Water- Works. The test
was made yesterday. Both pairs of pumps were running,
and all were driven by one wheel.
The water delivered into the reservoir was made to flow
over a wear 5,005 feet in length. The depth of the water on
the wear was observed by means of a hook gauge once each
minute for 40 minutes. The flow was quite uniform, no
single observation of the depth being less than 0.392, and
none greater than 0.401 feet. The mean of all the obser-
vations was found to be 0.396, and this was the depth used
in arriving at the final results given below.
The motion of the pumps was also observed once a min-
ute, at the same time as the wear observations. The whole
number of strokes in 40 minutes was 568, and at no time
during the test did they vary perceptibly from the mean of
14.2 strokes per minute.
Quantity delivered at the reservoir by all
the pumps in one second . . . 4.087 cub. ft.
Quantity delivered by all the pumps per
minute 245.22 " »
Quantity delivered by one stroke of all the
pumps ...... 17.269 " "
Quantity delivered by one stroke of all the
pumps ...... 129.17 gal.
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This quantity is about 92| per cent of the full capacity
of the pump cylinders.
This result exceeds that of Mr. Webber, reported in
1875, by about 7T7^ per cent.
Yours very truly,
JOSEPH B. SAWYER,
Civil Engineer .
Manchester, N. H., Oct. 25, 1878.
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
To the Honorable Board of Water Commissioners: —
Gentlemen : — Agreeably to your instructions, I have
made a careful examination of the books of account in the
office of the Superintendent of Water-Works, for the year
closing December 31, 1878, and, while there are some
errors in the preliminary minutes from which the accounts
proper are derived, I find the accounts of receipts and de-
posits with the City Treasurer full and correctly computed.
As requested by you, I have, in consultation with the
Superintendent and his courteous clerk, suggested such
changes in keeping some of the books as will tend to make
the records clearer as well as more permanent.
It is a pleasure here to acknowledge the kindness of Mr.
Walker, the Superintendent, and Mr. Stearns, his industri-
ous and obliging clerk, in affording me every facility for
making this examination.
Respectfully submitted,
JOSEPH E. BENNETT, Auditor.
Manchester, Jan. 9, 1879.
EEPOKT
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
ORGANIZATION FOR 1878.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
JOHN L. KELLY, Mayor, Ex-officio Chairman.
TIMOTHY W. CHALLIS,
President of the Common Council, ex officio.
Ward 1. — George W. Stevens, 1 year.
Henry C. Sanderson, 2 years.
Ward 2. — James E. Dodge, 1 year.
Gerherdus L. Demarest, 2 years.
Ward 3. — Nathan P. Hunt, 1 year.
Charles A. Smith, 2 years.
Ward 4. — George W. Weeks, 1 year.
Walter M. Parker, 2 years.
Ward 5. — Samuel P. Jackson, 1 year.
Charles A. O'Connor, 2 years.
Ward 6. — Loring P. Moore, 1 year.
Henry A. Gage, 2 years.
Ward 7. —Marshall P. Hall, 1 year.
Ezra Huntington, 2 years.
Ward 8. — Eugene W. Brigham, 1 year.
Louis E. Phelps, 2 years.
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CLERK OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
JAMES E. DODGE.
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
WILLIAM E. BUCK.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Finance, Accounts, and Claims. — The Mayor, Messrs.
Hall, Huntington, Challis, Weeks, and Dodge.
Salaries. — Messrs. Stevens, Demarest, Sanderson, Hall,
and Weeks.
Repairs, Furniture, and Supplies. — Messrs. Jackson,
Hunt, Stevens, Smith, and Challis.
Text-Books and Apparatus. — Messrs. Hunt, Weeks,
Moore, and O'Connor.
Fuel and Heating. — Mr. Huntington, the Mayor, Messrs.
Brigham, Challis, and Smith.
Examination of Teachers. — Messrs. Demarest, Jackson,
Hunt, and Parker.
Truancy. — Messrs. Sanderson, O'Connor, Dodge, and
Moore.
Employment of Children, etc. — Messrs. Gage, Parker,
Brigham, and Phelps.
Music. — Messrs. Weeks, Sanderson, Moore, and Smith.
Draiving. — Messrs. Hall, Stevens, Phelps, and Dodge.
Non-Resident Pupils. — Messrs. Jackson, Gage, Phelps,
and Moore.
SUB-COMMITTEES.
High School. — Messrs. Hall, Hunt, Jackson, Demarest,
and Parker.
Ash and Bridge Streets. — Messrs. Hunt, Smith, Weeks,
and Demarest.
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Lincoln Street and Wilson Hi//. — Messrs. Jackson,
Weeks, Parker, and Gage.
Spring- Street. — Messrs. Stevens, Sanderson, Hall, and
Huntington.
Frank/in Street . — Messrs. Hall, Huntington, Sanderson,
and Stevens.
Intermediate Bui/ding. — Messrs. Sanderson, Dodge,
O'Connor, and Smith.
Piscataquog. — Messrs. Brigham, Phelps, Huntington,
and Gage.
Manchester Street. — Messrs. O'Connor, Dodge, Stevens,
and Phelps.
Training School. — Messrs. Weeks, Hall, Jackson, and
Hunt.
Amoskeag, Blodget Street, and Stark District. —
Messrs. Demarest, Stevens, Dodge, and Brigham.
Bakersville, Harvey's, Goffe's Fa/Is. — Messrs. Moore,
Demarest, O'Connor, and Phelps.
Hallsville, Youngsviile, Webster's Mills, and Mosquito
Pond. — Messrs. Gage, Jackson, Parker, and Dodge.
Evening Schools. — Messrs. Huntington, Sanderson,
Brigham, and Moore.
REPORT
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Manchester, N. H., January 3, 1879.
To the City Councils : —
We present our annual report for 1878.
The appropriations to the use of the school department,
including balances and transfers, and deducting overdrafts,
of last year, and the expenditures for the year have been as
follows : —
Teaching ....
135,888 44 135,335 16
Fuel ....
3,427 55
3,357 85
Care of rooms .
2,200 00
2,377 06
Furniture and supplies
703 04
504 68
Books and stationery
600 00
598 88
Printing and advertising .
375 00
417 44
Incidental repairs
823 73
222 92
Contingent expenses
752 70
833 09
Evening schools
1,311 55
1,098 02
Balance unexpended
1,336 91
$46,082 01 146,082 01
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The cost, exclusive of teaching, in 1877 was
$10,176 91
In 1878 .
9,409 94
A reduction of ....
$766 97
The cost of teaching in 1877 was
$38,118 56
In 1878
35,335 16
A reduction of ....
$2,783 40
A total reduction of
$3,550 37
STATISTICS.
Whole amount expended by School Com-
mittee
Amount expended by City Councils for
repairs and improvements of school-
houses and lots, and salaries of School
Committee and Superintendent .
Whole amount expended by the city for
school purposes
Whole number of pupils enrolled in day
schools, as reported* ....
Average number belonging to schools, as
reported
Average daily attendance ....
Average per cent of attendance, as calcu-
lated
Cost of tuition in day schools per scholar,
based upon average number belonging,
Cost of incidentals, per scholar .
Number pupils admitted to High School
from grammar schools
Whole number admitted to High School .
Number graduated from High School
Average attendance in Evening School .
1878. 1877.
1,745 10 $48,448 47
,015 72
$3,706 25
!,760 82
$52,154 72
3,515
3,607
2,571
2,348
2,571
2,413
91.3
93.8
$13 74
$14 87
$3 66
$3 96
82
57
88
60
47
38
106
96
* See table at the end of the Superintendent's report, and also his comments under
the head of Attendance.
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Number of teachers
regularly employed in
day schools .
71
71
Number of scholars
per teacher in High School .
37
30
U ((
M
grammar schools .
36
37
u U
<.(
middle schools
37
38
a tc
u
primary schools
42
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(( u
U
suburban schools .
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SUPERINTENDENT.
In June last, according to law, we proceeded to the
choice of a Superintendent of Public Instruction, for the
term of two years from July 1. Mr. William E. Buck
was unanimously re-elected to the position. He has indus-
triously, energetically, and efficiently performed the duties
of his office, and the schools are far the better for his su-
pervision. We commend the suggestions of his report,
hereto appended, to our successors in office, and the new
city government. We may call special attention to his
references to the practicability of introducing plain sewing
into some of our schools of lower grade ; and also to his
suggestion as to future repairs of school-houses.
TRUANCY.
The city ordinances provide for the detail of one or more
special police officers, at the discretion of the city marshal,
to serve as truant officers, their duty being to report names
of absentees and truants to the Superintendent, and at his
request to make complaint to the police court. In the ex-
ercise of his lawful discretion, the city marshal has for the
past year omitted the detail he was authorized to make in
the premises ; believing that the end of the law would be
best subserved by requiring the whole police force to look af-
ter truants. It is but just to say that in cases reported to the
force the members have acted with great promptness and
efficiency.
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The purpose of the law, however, has not been fulfilled,
and cannot be, without the whole time during the school
year of at least one policeman, devoted to the one object.
The law contemplates, not merely the punishment of truants,
but the destruction of truancy. There are truants, in the
eye of the law, who are so by the connivance of parents.
There is a law for compulsory attendance at school a cer-
tain portion of the school year ; a law wisely intended for
the reduction of the mass of shiftlessness and pauperism
with which society is, or is liable to become, afflicted. The
" absentees and truants " specified in the city ordinance are
of two classes : a. Of registered pupils, b. Of non-reg-
istered youth . Those of the former class are easily discovera-
ble by the teachers ; those of the latter require the atten-
tion of an officer whose " beat. " is the whole city. In the
latter class are those who shun the school-house as if it
were their worst enemy, who love idleness, and subject
themselves to all the influences which lead to vice ; and
those others whose parents would mortgage their whole
lives for the small pittance derived from mill-labor. The
truant officer, duly authorized and exclusively employed
in the work, is needful to look thoroughly after those
found idling in the street during school hours, inves-
tigating their excuses, and after youth unlawfully engaged
in factories.
We are constrained to believe, that, notwithstanding the
service performed by the police force during the year now
closing, the special detail is indispensable ; and as we think
such an officer ought to be under the control of the School
Board, though not appointed by them, we urge the modifi-
cation of the ordinance suggested by us in June last.
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CHANGES.
For several years the attendance upon the Intermediate
School has steadily declined. That in the course of its
history it has proved a useful adjunct of our educational
system, is undeniable. It has provided for a class, formerly
more numerous than now, who, by reason of former irregu-
lar scholastic training, or of infirm health, were unable to
take the regular courses of study at our graded schools.
Its necessity has been greatly obviated by the closer and
easier grading of studies, and by the opportunity given at
our evening schools. From these or other causes, the de-
mand became so very limited that early in the year we
found it needful to dispense with the assistant, and at the
beginning of the fall term to close the school. No theory
of past usefulness can justify the continuance of such a
school, in default of a reasonable number needing its
service. Should such a number for any term seek its ad-
vantages, it can be re-opened to meet the demand.
We have found it practicable to reduce the force of
teachers at the High School during the year, without im-
pairing efficiency. The number of assistants is now four.
As reported by the Superintendent, a considerable in-
crease in the number of children of the primary grade in
the Training School sub-district has necessitated the open-
ing of another school of the lowest grade, in the school-
house at the corner of Beech and Spruce streets. A like
overflow in the Manchester-street sub-district has caused
the establishment of another school of the primary grade,
which has been held for the last term in an attic room of
the building on the corner of Manchester and Chestnut
streets. That room, however, is wholly inadequate, and it
is proposed, if the need shall be found still to press, to
utilize for the purpose, one of the disused rooms in the
Lowell-street building (old High School). Having reduced
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the number of schools to the lowest point consistent with
efficiency, it is to be expected that that number shall be
gradually increased with the growth of the population.
Early in the year we sought once more to consolidate
snb-districts Nos. 6 and 9, in each of which the attendance
for the last year has been small, both together in fact as-
sembling a number of pupils much less than the average
usually committed to the care of our teachers. Aside from
questions of economy, a union of the schools would greatly
add to the efficiency of instruction. It is difficult, in
classes of two or three, and sometimes of but a single
pupil, if that may be called, for the time, a " class," to
maintain a show of interest on the part of pupil or teacher.
The best results of teaching are obtained, under a judicious
and competent instructor, by the friction of mind upon
mind, and the vivacity and interest which numbers in a
measure excite, just as an orator is stirred and fired by
many, as he cannot be by few, auditors. The interest of
pupils is greater in a class of twenty than it can be in
one of five, and for the best work small schools should be
consolidated where practicable. But in the case of the two
districts named, the inhabitants of both so vigorously pro-
tested against the reform that the city councils failed to co-
operate, and the school committee were constrained to
recede from their position. We felt obliged, however, to
provide, in cases where the average whole number of pupils
attending school was less than 25, that the maximum sal-
ary of the teachers should be $-300. We still believe that
the consolidation of the two districts is advisable, regard-
ing their own interests alone. And it may be that under
a statute enacted by the legislature at its last session, our
successors may be able to reach that desirable end, by pro-
viding for the daily transportation of the youth from the
Webster's Mills neighborhood to the school-house near Mos-
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quito Pond. We commend the suggestion to the consider-
ation of our successors, and of the new city government.
In connection with this subject we suggest, also, that the
like transportation be provided for children of the Stark
district to the Amoskeag school, where there will be found
ample accommodation.
The city government having fitted up a room in the attic
of the High school-house for a chemical and philosophical
laboratory, we have made a small appropriation for neces-
sary appurtenances and apparatus. We recommend to our
successors continued care of this important interest. The
development of the natural sciences is so marked, and some
knowledge of them so important, that they are becoming
indispensable factors of a practical education. The sphere
of polite learning thus accompanying that of scientific
training, may illuminate the path of new generations, and
promote public peace and happiness.
SALARIES.
In our earnest desire to meet the laudable demand of a
reasonable economy in the expenditures of this department
of public service, we have reviewed, during the year, the
list of salaries, and carefully considered them in connection
with the rates paid in other cities, of the same grade as
ours, for the like service. In one sense the customs of
other cities are indifferent to us. We are to manage our
own affairs without reference to the management of other
municipalities. But we cannot wholly divide ourselves
from surrounding communities. The rates of compensa-
tion in the department of public instruction paid in other
cities, must affect the rates allowed in ours. It is greatly
important that, for satisfactory service in our schools, such
compensation shall be allowed as will hold our corps as
near as may be unchanged. While we need not, therefore,
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pay as generous salaries as the richer cities, our scale must
not fall too far below the rates of cities similarly situated
with ours. During the year at least one of our teachers
doing efficient work has left us, tempted by a higher salary
than we can afford. Were we still further to reduce our
scale of payment, the drafts upon our list would be fre-
quent, and always the more experienced and useful of our
teachers would be taken from us, to be substituted by inex-
perience. Besides, there is justice in a reasonably liberal
remuneration for the service we require of our teachers.
The business is exhausting, and requires good health and
steady nerve. Old or infirm men and women are not in
demand for the position. Those we employ can not engage
in other avocations. If at one time they seem to be paid
beyond the average of skilled employment, at another they
are below it. And the time comes when they ought to
retire, with some reliance for the days to come reserved
from the fruits of their active labors. It is true that nearly
all of our teachers are women, who are supposed to have
marriage in view as the end of their lives. But we observe
that not all of them enter upon that state of life, and some
of them have to bear responsibilities as heavy as most of
those who are actually heads of families. We require of
them all a large contribution of their life-force, and draw
deeply upon their nervous energy. The time has long past
when the teacher simply sat in his chair, monarch of all
he surveyed, and listened to recitations, noting down and.
punishing failures of memory or of attention. We require
now that he shall be a teacher in fact as well as in name,
illustrating, instructing, educating. And he ought to be
fairly rewarded for his service.
It is, however, to be especially remembered that the state
of the market has something to do with the regulation of
prices. We find, by comparison, that our list of salaries is
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lower than in other New-England cities of the same class.
For particulars see the Superintendent's report. We sub-
mit that a further reduction would be inequitable and un-
wise.
MUSIC AND DRAWING.
In connection with the appointment of teachers for the
new year, the subject of the continued employment of a
special music-teacher was necessarily considered. Music
has not been taught in our schools as an accomplishment.
We have not sought to train musicians, as the school sys-
tem does not contemplate special training in any direction.
But musical publications are now so numerous that it seems
as needful to know how to read them as it is to read, let us
say, novels. Music, besides, has an immediate value in the
school-room. It has proved a civilizer. Every one who
remembers the school of the period before the introduction
of music, and will take the trouble to compare it with that
of the present time, recognizes the difference.
" Music has power to soothe the savage breast ; "
and it serves to quiet the nervous excitability and restrain
the restlessness of youth. It has been an aid in promot-
ing the great change of the school atmosphere from that
which prevailed when was seen —
" The whining school-boy, with his satchel,
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school."
There may be cases of whining and of unwilling creep-
ing among school-boys of the present time ; but they are
not characteristic, and are exceedingly rare.
Music has not been a study in our schools, but an exer-
cise, accompanied by instruction. It is not allowed to in-
terfere with what are supposed to be more practical
branches. But a small share of the time has been allotted
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to it. We have had, for several years, a superintendent
of music, who has employed the whole school-time in visit-
ing the schools, calling upon each once in two weeks, lead-
ing it for the allotted time, observing the progress made
ad interim under the care of the teachers, marking out the
course for the next fortnight, and advising the teachers ac-
cording to circumstances. His duty has been that of
organization, inspiration, and direction ; regulating, stimu-
lating, guiding, and toning up the efforts of regular teach-
ers.
Mr. Kimball, who has had charge of this department for
several years, has, we are bound to say, done efficient ser-
vice. His success is evident in the proficiency of pupils in
music-reading, and the general excellence of the singing.
We have doubted the wisdom or real economy of vacating
the position and trusting entirely to the regular teachers to
carry on unaided the work he has so well superintended.
But we equally have been impressed with the need of a
special instructor in drawing. The same work is neces-
sary in that branch of school instruction that has been so
well done in the department of music. The study needs
organization and proper development, and the regular
teachers require special superintendence and guidance. To
provide for such a supervisor of drawing, without large in-
crease of expenditure, Mr. Kimball has been re-appointed
teacher?of music, to be employed but three days in each
week, at a reduction of $400 per annum upon his salary.
Under the direction of the sub-committee on music, he
may, in the time allotted, maintain the present efficiency
of instruction in that science.
We recommend to our successors the employment of a
competent instructor in drawing. The practical utility of
that art, properly developed, is now generally recognized.
A writer on the general subject, enumerating a few trades,
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with the particular kinds of instruction proper to each,
finds drawing needful in all but one, namely, dyeing. He
pronounces it necessary to the following occupations : fres-
co-painters, silver and gold smiths, engravers and litho-
graphers, photographers, farmers, boot and shoe makers,
tailors, button-makers, manufacturers of silk, cotton,
linen, and woolen cloths, machinists, printers, molders,
mechanical engineers, masons and carpenters, weavers,
cabinet-makers and turners, potters, comb-makers, millers,
basket-makers, glaziers, stucco-plasterers, house-painters,
gardeners, cotton-printers, tinmen., tile-layers, wagon-build-
ers, coppersmiths, iron and brass founders.
While the school cannot specially fit any pupil for a par-
ticular occupation, or enable him to make direct applica-
tion of his skill in drawing to special trades, it is true that
nearly or quite every one may be trained in the elementary
principles of the art, and become accustomed to the free
exercise of the hand in geometrical and inventive drawing,
and even in mechanical or architectural drafts. It would
be to the great advantage of the community if the new
generations should become skilled in the use of the crayon
and the pencil. It would largely promote its material in-
terests, while it would be another element of progress in
taste and refinement.
" THE THREE R'S."
It was said of old that the proper scope of the public
school is limited to " the three R's :" Readin', 'Ritin'
and 'Rithmetic ; and undoubtedly it was supposed that
thus superior education was excluded. But as intelligence
makes progress, the view widens. As the purpose of
reading becomes bettor defined, the mode and spirit of the
accomplishment are modified. To read, was a very differ-
ent attainment a hundred years ago, from what it is now.
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And what mattered it, if the mass could not read ? Books
were scarce. It was deemed desirable to read the Bible ;
but while the words were followed by those who were able,
the sense was given by a distinct order specially set apart
for the purpose. Science had no form, and the best liter-
ary culture was attained but by few. The colleges of the
day were hardly above the high school or academy of the
present. Newspapers were not numerous, and were but of
small circulation. To-day. the land is flooded with litera-
ture, good, bad, and indifferent ; daily, weekly, monthly,
quarterly, and casual ; scientific, theological, literary ; for
children, youth, and adults. The newspaper seeks to meet
all demands. It too often caters for low appetites, but
finds it necessary to keep somewhat abreast of the public
intelligence. A good reader now implies something more
than a correct pronouncer of words, or sentences. But
little of our reading is now done orally : we read with our
minds more than with our tongues. Sense, rather than
sound, our pupils are to search out. That public reading
shall be well done, it should be " with due emphasis and
discretion," although to be pleasing it must be doue with
suitable inflection and agreeable voice: suggesting one use
of the music-teacher. But to read, nowadays, to the best
purpose, requires advanced intelligence. It does not suf-
fice to pronounce in a company, in a pleasing manner,
some well-considered piece of greater or less literary excel-
lence. We are not readers, in the modern meaning, if we
are able only to get the sense of a bloody, hair-raising-
story, or of the common news of the day. We must be
skilled to understand the various revealments of science ;
the record of its triumphs and of its applications to the
arts of life ; whatever is published in the English lan-
guage ; the record of melodious and harmonious sound.
And so, the first " R " includes, as necessarily preparatory
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to its complete acquirement, Music, Geography, and His-
tory, with something of Physiology, Physics, Astronomy,
Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Geology, Civil Government,
and Political Economy. These last are in a measure indis-
pensable to the reader of current politics, that he may
judge for himself of theories from time to time advanced
by political leaders. And though ability to read within a
narrow limit, say for amusement or for information con-
cerning the more commonplace events of the time, is
acquired in the grammar school, a high-school course is
needful to an intelligent knowledge of the more important
matters recorded in magazines, or deposited in more per-
manent publications.
Writing covers more than the mechanical art of copying
with neatness and grace the words which some one else has
first noted down. It is more than an ability to make a fair
bill. It goes beyond framing a letter of business, compli-
ment or affection. It should include the facility of record-
ing one's own thoughts, as well as the thoughts of others,
— English composition : indeed, the improvement of the
faculty of thought, as well as the culture of the power of
expression. And here come in the languages, especially
those which have had to do with the structure of our own
tongue, Latin' and French, if not Anglo-Saxon. Here, too,
are found desirable a knowledge of the history of English,
and an acquaintance with the best literature in that lan-
guage. Here, again, are found the uses of Grammar and
Rhetoric, — a knowledge of the best forms of expression.
Our second " R" leads us into the High School. How
many regret that while they think some thought, or know
some fact, which might interest or instruct their fellow-
men, they do not know how to express themselves, for want
of the necessary training! There are many "mute
Miltons," " inglorious " only because they do not know
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how to speak. And whether it belong to this " R," or the
first, in our schools ought to begin the training of youth to
express their thoughts properly and promptly upon their
feet ; readily to write upon the minds of others, with their
tongues, without the intervention of the pen, their own
mental product : as the telegraph writes upon the mind of
the experienced operator through the ear, without the
intervention of white tape, the message from afar. Draw-
ing has become an indispensable adjunct of this department
of school work. It aids in the mechanical operation of
writing, and is itself a mode of writing — the writing of
forms. It is often needful, to aid in description or illus-
tration, when words fail.
And where is the limit of Arithmetic as a school study ?
Shall it go only so far that one may calculate the cost of
articles bought or sold at retail ? Or shall we extend it to
cover all kinds of wholesale business ? Shall it include
Book-keeping — the method of recording the financial his-
tory of a business ? We probably find but one voice in
reply. Yet it is not the object of our schools specially to
train book-keepers, more than to train bricklayers, survey-
ors, engineers, or lawyers. But we discern general value
in the knowledge and the skill which may be thus applied.
Let us, however, remember, that the same value may be
found in studies that do not deal with dollars and cents,
but may be otherwise applied. Shall our arithmetic be
permitted to include the measurement of masonry or of
lumber ? Shall it further concern itself with the contents
of surfaces and solids — gauging and surveying ? Shall
it go beyond, and take up the mechanical powers, trian-
gles and spheres ? We have carried our third " R " into
the High-School course — through Algebra, Geometry,
Surveying and Trigonometrj^. There is no reason why the
common-school system should teach a boy or girl to calcu-
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late the contents of a stone wall, that does not demand
that he should have the opportunity of learning how
astronomical calculations are made. He may never become
an astronomer : he may never become a mason, and we do
not want all to be masons. We need astronomers, as well
as masons ; but more than that, we need intelligent citi-
zens, who may know upon what grounds scientists make
such wonderful numeral affirmations.
•* The three R's," then, are no longer completed with
the old limitations. There is as much need now of the
wider application, as there was originally of the more re-
stricted course. Without broader teaching than that which
is employed in our grammar schools, and necessarily lim-
ited by the age of the pupils, such a periodical, for instance,
as the '• Popular Science Monthly," can not be read. That
is not a publication for specialists, but for general readers.
Ought we not, in the public interests, to teach youth to read
it and other works like it ? Ought we not, for the public wel-
fare, to teach the principles of Civil Government and Political
Economy, that our youth may be prepared with defenses
within themselves against the arts of demagogues and sel-
fish men ? The only ground upon which a public tax for
popular education can be maintained, is the promotion of
intelligence for the safety of the ballot and the good order
of society ; and these are not secured by the elementary
knowledge obtained in the lower grades of school. They
now need a training of faculty and a complement of
knowledge obtained only in the high school. In connec-
tion with this we make special reference to the remarks of
the Superintendent upon the subject of vicious literature,
when treating of the High School.
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THE CONDITION OF OUR SCHOOLS.
We cordially commend our schools as favorably compar-
ing with others of similar grades. We think our teachers,
as a class, constantly improve in efficiency. The grammar
schools, especially, in which during the past year no change
has been made by which experience has been substituted by
inexperience, are more efficient. By the easy gradations
of the course of study, and particularly by its frequent re-
views, the best work possible under the circumstances has
been assured. The mode of examination employed, by
printed questions at unexpected times, two or more in each
term, instead of public oral competition, yields not only a
better test of knowledge, but relieves pupils from special
preparation, interfering with the regular work of the
schools, and accompanied by an anxiety both mentally and
physically harmful. The schools are open to the public,
who are invited to visit them at any time, and observe the
character of the teaching employed, and the general atmos-
phere of the school-room. By the recent policy, company
days, when teachers and pupils put on their holiday attire,
and take on unusual airs for exhibition, are suspended.
But every interested citizen has the opportunity of observ-
ing their every-day dress and work. He will see orderly
groups of children and youth, showing general proficiency
according to their several grades, and busy teachers inter-
ested, and interesting pupils, in their work. More of this
visitation ought to be done, by parents and tax-payers.
They may see for themselves the utility of educational ex-
penditure, and the usual propriety of school administration,
while their interest will promote the interest and efficiency
of those who are serving them in this department of mu-
nicipal affairs.
But we are far from intimating, either that our system is
perfect or that our teaching is the best possible under any
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circumstances. We know that, whatever reforms have
been accomplished, there is yet great room for improve-
ment. We claim that progress has been made ; that our
newer school-houses better answer their purpose ; that bet-
ter methods of discipline and instruction are superseding
the old ; that more is done than formerly to cultivate the
perceptions and rational faculty. Yet we remember that
our teachers are human, and therefore imperfect in wisdom,
and often unobservant ; that architects have not yet dis-
covered the best methods of arranging school-rooms and
ventilating them : that the school cannot obviate all the
contrary influences of the street and of some homes : that
wisdom will not die with this generation, though it may
be more advanced than that of former days ; that, in fact,
our teaching is not thorough enough : our school-houses
not what they should and will be ; the proficiency of many
pupils not what might be expected from the labor bestowed,
nor the administration of our schools wholly what we would
desire ; and that something is left to our successors to im-
prove upon. We remember, as well, that our homes, our
other public buildings, our churches, our halls of entertain-
ment, our railway systems, our state and national and mu-
nicipal governments, our highways, our manufactures, our
newspapers, are far from perfect, and in many respects
widely open to criticism.
INCONSIDERATE CRITICISM.
But he is not wise who overlooks the relative excellences
of our institutions, domestic, public, or industrial, and
magnifies their imperfections by a critical, rather than a
sympathetic, view of them. And we deprecate that incon-
siderate criticism which recognizes nothing good in our
educational system, and observes it through such a dense
medium of prejudice or spleen or self-importance or igno-
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ranee, that the light is unequally refracted, and the object
distorted out of all form and character. Thus, criticism
of our school-houses would intimate that they are unfit, by
want of proper ventilation, for the temporary accommoda-
tion of our youth, and productive of disease. Admitting
that the ventilation is not as complete as is desirable, it is
all that science has yet rendered possible, and is better
than that of any church or public hall in the city ; probably
better than that of most of its dwelling-houses. And the
critic himself, after venting his opinion, proceeds, for
economy of fuel, to shut out of his dwelling-house, as far
as he may, all possibility of the entrance of fresh air, and,
perhaps, prepares his child for a social party in a room with
whose atmosphere that of the school-room is pure as moun-
tain breezes. If critics will seek and find a practical rem-
edy for the evil, as discerned in the school-room, but in
less degree there than in many other places of abode,
temporary or permanent, he will be a benefactor to society.
But his selection of the school-room for special criticism,
and that so intense, accomplishes no good, and if it were
generally believed, would do great harm. Certainly, the
destruction and rebuilding of all our school-houses is not
practicable ; and if accomplished, the new houses, in the
present status of science and the arts, would probably
average no better than those destroyed. Being all that we
have, let us make the best of them, seeking to improve
them from year to year, as advancing science may suggest.
Nor is the criticism which suggests that our school-rooms,
defective as they may be, are generators of disease, con-
siderate of the facts. A writer speaks of what he calls a
" school-room headache," as if it were the normal result of
attendance at school. Examination of two of our gram-
mar schools shows that : first, but a small minority of pu-
pils are troubled at all with headaches ; and, second, not
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one pupil in a hundred suffers pain in such a way, trace-
able to the school-room or to study, or even refers it to
either. It is true, some others suffer ; but the causes are
generally neuralgic, catarrhal, or, as we might expect, gas-
tric. The very few who do suffer from study or from the
brief confinement of the school-room, need special treat-
ment. The physician, or the judicious parent, not the
teacher, the school committee, or the public, should deal
with the case. Certainly, it would be a grievous wrong to
the great public to change the whole course of study and
of administration, to suit the very small number of invalids
among youth of school age.
We know that perfection of heating apparatus, as of ven-
tilation, has not been attained, and that teachers, absorbed
in their work, are sometimes forgetful of temperature.
But this is not characteristic, and can probably be matched
by sextons, janitors of halls, and even householders. It
may be that, during the winter, colds are occasioned by the
want of judgment of those in charge of buildings or of
classes. We have known severe colds, however, to be
taken outside of the school-room. Why should not the
complaint be made, rather, of the weather ? Every school-
room is provided with a thermometer, to which it is the
habit of teachers to refer. These are instructed to open
the windows freely at recess, for change of air ; and, as a
rule, they are not injudicious in reducing the temperature,
when it has gone beyond the prescribed limit, 70°. It is
certainly not fair, or for the public good, to make whole-
sale charges against school administration, for individual
fault or accident.
Nor are our schools in any sense convectors of contagion.
There is less danger of scarlet fever or diphtheria in school
than out of it. We will not say that either disease has
never been communicated through neighborhood at school.
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It is both dangerous and foolish to affirm negatives. We
do say, however, that there are defensive regulations in our
schools, and none at all in other juvenile gatherings. Our
teachers are instructed, and are specially prompted, by per-
sonal care and regard for those at home, to exact obedience,
to exclude all children of the same family with persons
affected, until the physician's certificate shall assure them
thai all danger of contagion is over. The physicians of
the city are to notify teachers of eases of contagious disease,
for their information : and children themselves are apt to
carry the news of infection with great promptness. We
confidently repeal that children are safer from such peril-
ous diseases in regular attendance at school, than at their
usual liberty of movement.
Another inconsiderate criticism is that which affirms that
high-school study indisposes our youth for work and leads
them to desire to live idly, " by their wits." That now and
then a young man, educated academically, has that grovel-
ing desire, is not to be denied. What is there in his stud-
ies to induce it '." The effort of the school is to make him
industrious: not only to show him the beauties of litera-
ture, and to give him power of expression and intellectual
taste, but to teach him the wonders of science and its use-
ful applications. There is nothing in the course to make
him idle or low. If he hankers after an easy life, with or
without the means of supporting it, it is because of home
and social, and not of school, influences. As matter of
fact, our youth, graduating from the High School, gener-
ally go to forms of industry of various kinds. Some are
at work in our factories, some employed in trade, some
working at trades, some studying farther on, and a small
share of them in professional life. Should a few choose
this, what is the disadvantage to the community ? What
right have we to hinder ? The intelligence of physicians,
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clergymen, and lawyers contributes to the intelligence of
the masses. If at any time professional skill is a glut in
the market, a many-sided education ought to enable the
man of small income to " turn his hand " to some other
vocation, for which he may show more aptitude. And, on
the other hand, a many-sided education makes it easier for
a mechanic or clerk to adapt his labor to his circumstances.
The "re-adjustment" of industries, as this or that depart-
ment is glutted, is a problem pressing upon our communi-
ties, and only to be solved by a more varied general educa-
tion.
Two criticisms balance each other : 1. That the high
school encourages a division of our youth into classes, the
rich attending and the poor not able to attend. 2. That
" the son of a bricklayer or a washer-Avoman " may study
the branches of learning taught in high schools, and thus
be " made discontented with his ' rank and station in
life.' " Both of these objections to the high school can-
not be true. The former certainly is not. The free high
school democratizes learning. It is its glory that it places
on a par the children of the most fortunate and of the
most humble family of the city. Whatever the " station
in life," if he has a studious disposition and has proved his
intellectual aptness, and his parents are disposed to make
the necessary sacrifices, any pupil may receive the best edu-
cation the city can furnish. Why should it not be so ?
What is there in the nature of republican institutions that
requires any one to be satisfied with his station in life, or
to maintain it his a day longer than circumstances require ?
It is to the public interest that all shall have an equal
chance in the struggle for life, and that the best shall win.
It is the most beneficent work we can do, as regards the
welfare of our community, to lift from the dust the masses
prone. In our natural philosophy class may be some wash-
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er-woman's son, who, there receiving the first intimations
of the principles of physics, shall become a public bene-
factor through his inventions ; in the class in chemistry, a
bricklayer's son, who is to be a great discoverer in the
realm of nature. It is a good thing if our communities
recognize intelligence as superior to wealth, and as monop-
olized by no " station in life."
CONCLUSION.
Such as they are, with abundant need of improvement,
though with abounding points of excellence, we resign our
charge into other hands. No department of public admin-
istration is of more importance ; none, we believe, yields
better or more copious fruit. The investment of the city
of Manchester in her schools is one making sure returns, in
an intelligent, orderly community. Our best wishes go
with those who are to have charge of her interests. May
their efforts for the further advancement of public educa-
tion be grandly successful.
G. L. DEMAREST,
For the School Committee.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
To the School Committee of Manchester: —
Gentlemen : — In accordance with your rules, I herewith
respectfully submit the following as my second annual
report, the same being for the year 1878, and the twenty-
third of the series of annual reports prepared by the
Superintendent of Schools : —
GENERAL CONDITION OP THE SCHOOLS.
The present condition of the schools, though not
claimed as perfect, is to me far more satisfactory than that
of a year ago. There has been more uniformity in the
amount and character of the work done ; fewer schools
have failed to meet requirements ; greater earnestness and
a more thorough discharge of duties have been observed in
respect to teachers in general ; and better results have been
attained as the reward of doing less rote work and more
real teaching, the attempt at which has also greatly
improved the general spirit of our schools.
APRIL REPORT.
As an appropriate introduction to a more special con-
sideration of some particulars relating to the condition of
the schools, I repeat some conclusions, supplemented with
additional statistics which should have a permanent place
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in our school history as rendering more complete the
annual report for 1877, which 1 presented you at a regular
meeting of your honorable board on the fifth of last April :
" During the past few months I have been impressed that
in some instances there might be a more economical expen-
diture of that portion of our appropriation allowed for
teachers' salaries, without, in the least, impairing the
efficiency of our schools ; and I now feel it my duty to
make known to you my thoughts in that direction, assured
that the superior judgment of the eighteen members of the
school committee will not suffer itself to be misled by my
statements and inferences. Nor should teachers in schools
designated feel that any personal reflections are intended.
My sympathies naturally extend to all of that class, and I
would make no mention of any conclusions in regard to
the propriety of reducing the number of our teachers, or
the salary of any portion of the same, were it not that in
my present capacity, I am trying, conscientiously, to act in
accordance with my official oath to subserve the interests of
the city to the best of my judgment.
" The total expenditure for teachers* salaries during the
year 1877 was $38,118.56, and the average number of
pupils belonging to all the schools was 2,571. These items
make it appear that the average cost of tuition, per pupil,
in all our schools, was -$14.87, based upon the item of
teaching alone.
" The schools to which I would call your special attention,
are three small suburban schools and the Intermediate
School. The school in the Stark District, for the year
1877, had an average number of twelve pupils, and the
cost, per pupil, for teaching in that district was $36.67, or
about two and a half times the average cost, per pupil, for
all our schools ; at Webster's Mills the cost was $20 per
pupil, for an average number of twenty pupils ; at Mos-
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quito Pond the cost was $21.05 per pupil, for an average
number of nineteen pupils ; and at the Intermediate
the cost was $34.44 per pupil, for an average number of
thirty-six pupils.
" Now I would submit that this board may put into each
of the three small suburban schools a good teacher, who
would work with enthusiasm, at least one year, at the
minimum salary of $300 per annum ; and it may be ques-
tioned whether teachers can be found who would keep up
great earnestness of work in schools so small for more
than one or two years. These schools are all important,
and the citizens of those districts have a right to insist that
we maintain, for them, schools of high character ; nor
would I have turned your thoughts in their direction, if I
had any suspicion that they would be impaired by my sug-
gestions.
•• Ordinarily we might not feel that we could always sup-
ply them with good teachers : but the graduates of our train-
ing-school have now become so numerous that we should be
safe in selecting the best of them for these schools, and
they would go there and so work that they might have
hope of securing a more lucrative position at the end of the
year. I would have it understood that they should remain
a year in these schools before they could be considered can-
didates for the larger schools ; and I would now take occa-
sion to recommend that no new teacher be elected to any
school for more than one term, till the result of such a
trial has been observed.
;' In regard to the Intermediate School, I would say that
for the past year it has been of such a size and character,
I have felt that the expense of it has been out of propor-
tion to its usefulness, when compared with other schools in
the city.
" From the first of April, 1877, to the first of January,
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1878, the greatest number of pupils in that school, during
any month, was thirty-six, for two teachers ; while for the
same months at GofiVs Falls, and in the higher depart-
ment of the school at Bakersville, the average, number of
pupils, in each school, was more than forty, for one teacher.
I know the Intermediate School is ungraded : but the same
is true of the other schools with which it is now compared,
and I have reason to think that without more pupils than
it had during these months last year — an average of
twenty-five — it may undoubtedly be so classified that one
teacher can properly manage it. Indeed, it may be inquired
why a first-class lady teacher cannot control and as success-
fully manage it during the spring and fall terms, as that a
lady should properly conduct the school at Goffe's Falls or
at Bakersville. with fifteen or more additional pupils. If an
equally good teacher could be put into the Intermediate
School, at the salary (§425) paid at Goffe's Falls, she
might conduct that school alone during the spring and fall
terms, and remain during the winter as an assistant to a
male principal, who could be put into the school for the win-
ter term of three months, at a salary of 875 or 6100 per
month, and in this way the expense of this school could be
reduced from $1,225, now paid for teaching, to 6725 or
1650, according to what might be paid the male teacher per
month during the winter. There is no lack of applications
for winter schools from young men who come out of college
to teach during the winter, many of whom have testimo-
nials of good success in teaching for one or more terms ;
and I cannot think it particularly important that the same
teacher should have the principalship of this school for many
terms, since the pupils are constantly changing, and the
assistant would be permanent, under the plan I have sug-
gested. ■ It cannot, however, be certain that this school will
be so small or easilv managed for a vear to come ; but,
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though the school in the past has been subject to great
variation, in respect to numbers and the degree of difficulty
in its management, I should not have presented another
plan for conducting it, without, at least, a reasonable assur-
ance of its success.
" The changes which I have now suggested, would reduce
the expense of teaching four schools 8825, to which $150
more might probably be added for the same.
" It is for you to decide, in the light of such suggestions
as I have presented, whether or not these changes can be
effected without impairing the efficiency of the schools.
" I presume it is no secret that some members of the board
have thought for several weeks that the efficiency of the
High School might not be unfavorably affected if its corps
of teachers should be reduced by one ; and, because I learn
that the sub-committee of that school will soon meet to
consider the advisability of any change there, I would
recommend that power be granted that committee to act in
accordance with its convictions, in order to obviate the
necessity of calling a special meeting of the board before
the opening of next term.
" During the past week I have made up a statistical report
of our schools, as required by law, for the State Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction, and it occurs to me that you
should be informed in regard to some errors and omissions
in the printed report of the school committee for 1877.
These occurred through some misunderstanding by which
the proof-sheets were not submitted to the author of that
report, as they should have been.
"In the first place, there should be added to $18,295.47,
the amount reported as expended by the school committee,
#153, which was expended from the tuition fund, and the
full amount expended by the committee is thus found to
be $48,448.17. To this sum add $3,706.25, the amount ex-
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pended by the city councils for repairs and improvements
of school-houses and lots, and salaries of school committee,
clerk, and superintendent, and there results 852,154.72 as
the whole amount expended by the city for all school pur-
poses for the year 1877. From this latter sum there should
be deducted 81,903.81, the " Literary Fund " received from
the State for the support of schools, and also 8291.41, the
amount of tuition received from non-resident pupils, if we
would know the amount raised by tax for the support of
schools for 1877, and there is left 819,899.50, which, as a
tax, is at the rate of a little less than three and one-fifth
mills per dollar of the assessed valuation of the city for
that year.
" The evening schools were much larger and more suc-
cessful than usual. The average attendance for 1877 was
ninety-six as against sixty for 1876, and it is to be regretted
that the appropriation for these schools is so small for the
current year. No schools are more important than those
which furnish means to the adult population for learning to
read and write. According to the census of 1870, New
Hampshire had about 10,000 illiterates, or 3.8 per cent of
her population over ten years of age. The larger portion
of these arc congregated in our great cities. Shall we open
to them the door to all secular knowledge, an opportunity
to learn to read, and make it possible for them to append
more than a mark to a receipt for services ? "
teachers' salaries.
By an act of the school committee since the foregoing
was presented, the salary of teachers in all suburban schools
having an average number less than twenty-five for any
term, has been fixed at the minimum salary of three hun-
dred dollars per annum, the same to take effect at the open-
ing of the next school year.
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Tiiis act is certain to affect the salaries paid teachers at
the Stark District, at Webster's Mills, and at Mosquito
Pond ; and it is quite likely to apply to teachers' salaries at
the Harvey District, and at Youngsville, and possibly at
Hallsville.
During the past two terms only the minimum salary has
been "paid teachers at the Stark District, at the Harvey Dis-
trict, and at Youngsville, because of the employment of
new teachers in these schools, whose salaries have been
fixed by a standing rule of the committee, which estab-
lishes the salary of new teachers for all grades below the
first division of the grammar schools at three hundred dol-
lars per annum for the first year's service.
The three former of the suburban schools last named are
quite small. For the two years ending December 31, 1878,
the attendance at these schools has been as follows : At the
Stark District, the average number of pupils belonging was
11, 12, 14, 13, 12, 14, for the six respective terms begin-
ning January, 1877, and the average daily attendance for
the same terms was 10, 11, 13, 12, 8, 11 ; at the Webster's
Mills school the average number belonging was 18, 12, 11,
13, 8, 14, and the average attendance was 17, 11, 10, 11,
7, 11 ; at the Mosquito-Pond school, the average number
belonging was 12, 15, 18, 15, 18, 18, and the average daily
attendance was 11, 13, 15, 15, 16, 13.
The recent act of the board to reduce the salaries paid
teachers in these schools, may be considered just when
their salaries are compared with those paid for teaching
full schools. There is certainly not half the exhaustion of
the vital forces occasioned in the management of such
small schools. It is true that the number of hours daily
devoted to work in the school-room is the same, and that
we expect equally good teaching ; but the great strain upon
the nervous energies of the teacher does not come from
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the process of giving instruction. The act of instructing
is invigorating, and a pleasure to the true teacher. It is
the government of a school that taxes the teacher's health,
patience, and power of endurance ; and the degree of dif-
ficulty experienced in the control of a school generally
increases in rather more than geometrical ratio as the num-
ber of its pupils increases. Hence it is, that in schools, as
in the army, wherever many are herded together, it be-
comes necessary, in order to have an efficient organization,
to secure a head that can successfully organize, control,
and direct the movements of large numbers. The drill-
master may have as much knowledge of standard military
tactics as the general, and drill a squad or company even
better than he ; but for the government of an army, an
additional quality is essential, and, to be had, it must be
paid an extra price. The same, in general, is true of
schools and teachers. I presume a dozen could be selected
from the corps of our lady teachers who might successfully
control and instruct the most difficult grammar school di-
vision in the city, if it were in a building by itself. So I
presume it equally true that the same might utterly fail as
governesses where they are, if they were held solely re-
sponsible for the conduct of their pupils out of, but about,
their school-rooms, mingling, as they do, with about three
hundred other pupils in the same entries and yard, were it
not for the fact that the pupils know their teachers are
upheld by the head of the school ; and experience shows
that for a proper governing head, whether for an army, a
school, or a factory, the market price must be paid.
It may be seen from what follows, whether, and to what
extent, it is customary to grade teachers' salaries according
to the position occupied, whether our scale of variation is
exceptional or not, and how our rates compare with those
paid for similar Avork in the following fifteen cities : Ha-
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verhill, Lewiston, Burlington, Gloucester, Taunton, Bangor,
Chelsea, Bridgeport, New Bedford, Salem, Springfield, Fall
River, Lynn, Lawrence, and Portland. This list includes
all the cities in New England having in 1870 a population
varying from 13,092, in Haverhill, to 31,413, in Portland.
The average population of these fifteen cities at that time
was 21,269, and the population of Manchester at the same
time was 23,536.
The maximum salaries now (November, 1878) paid
teachers in these cities are at the following rates per an-
num : —
HIGH SCHOOL. Principal. Sub-Master. 1st Assist. Other Assist.
Average of the 15 cities, $1,996 $1,231 $797 $618
Paid at Manchester, 1,800 950 750 475
Grammar Schools.
Average of the 15 cities, 1,487 539 476
Paid at Manchester, 1,350* 475 425f
Middle or Intermediate Schools.:):
Average of the 15 cities, 465
Paid at Manchester, 425
Primary Schools.
Average of the 15 cities, 465
Paid at Manchester, 425
Suburban Schools.
Average of the 15 cities, 342 to 476
Paid at Manchester, 300 to 475
Music. §
Average of the cities employing a special teacher, $1,185.
Paid at Manchester, $1,200.
* Since reduced to $1,300.
f Since advanced to $440.
t In some cities this grade is included in the grammar school, as fifth and sixth
division'.
§ Twelve of the fifteen cities employ a special teacher in music, and the average
salary as given for these is proportioned to five days' work per week, the same be-
ing the time devoted to music by our special teacher- Since these figures were
.prepared our music-teacher's salary has been made $800, for which he is to render
three days' service per week.
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Drawing.^
Average of the cities employing a special teacher, #1,104.
At Manchester, no special teacher.
INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL.
The action of the committee, which for the spring term
reduced the number of teachers to one at the Intermediate
School, proved to be well advised, for the number of pupils
there for that term was but fourteen. At the opening of
the fall term there were only four present, and as the
school did not increase, at the end of the first week it was
closed for the remainder of the term. In response to an
advertisement in our local papers, six have signified a de-
sire to have the Intermediate School again opened, and
promise attendance during the coming winter.
The character of this school seems to have gradually
changed within a few years. Formerly it was chiefly com-
posed of young ladies and gentlemen who had good, or
fair, abilities, but were unable to attend school more than a
few months a year. Latterly, there have been put into this-
school, with the former element, those who might properly
be classed in middle or primary schools, but were some-
what more advanced in years than the average of those
grades, and of the ruder sort, disposed to truancy, etc.
Pupils of this character have been put into the Interme-
diate School because the school lias been small and the
pupils were an annoyance to the graded schools. This
policy, however, has not secured a sufficient number for a
fair-sized school, and it is closed. A present member of
the school committee, for many years conversant with the
character of our population and our schools, thinks the de-
pletion of the Intermediate School is owing to the changed
*[ Seven of the fifteen cities employ a special teacher in drawing, and in mos>
instances he instructs in both day and evening schools and at teachers' meetings.
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character of that portion of our population which now
leaves school for the mill and the shop, the same obtaining:
from the evening schools what additional schooling they
have ; while the element formerly disposed to leave school
for the mill, no longer finding employment there, now con-
tinues more generally in the graded schools.
If this theory is correct, and from recent observations in
regard to those attempting to attend the evening schools 1
think it may be, then there are many of school age in the
mills, and it becomes our duty to see that they attend
school according to law.
Section 3, chapter X. of the " Rules of the School Com-
mittee," is as follows : —
" The Intermediate School is not regarded as one in the
regular grade, but is designed to afford special advantages
to such pupils as shall attend school for less than two terms
in the year, or such as, from mental or physical inability,
cannot maintain a fair position in the Grammar or High
School, or are not easily managed in a middle or primary
school. Xo pupil shall be admitted to this school who can
profitably attend the graded schools."
Pupils of the character referred to in the latter part of
the section, are not sufficiently numerous to warrant the
continuance of the Intermediate School : but I doubt not
there are in our mills and about our streets children enough
of school age to make a school of the character contem-
plated by this section, as large as the Intermediate ever
was in its palmiest days.
Of other things mentioned in my April report, it may be
said that the services of one teacher at the High School
have been dispensed writh since the opening of the spring
term, without apparent detriment to the school ; and funds
have been obtained for a successful opening of the evening
schools, by a transfer from the appropriation for fuel, made
possible by economical expenditures in the department of
fuel and heating.
NEW SCHOOLS.
During the fall term two new schools were opened, one
at the corner of Spruce and Beech streets, and the other
on the third floor of the Manchester-street house, at the
corner of Chestnut street. The former of these is likely
to be permanent, and possibly the latter will also be found
a necessity. If so, a more suitable room should be pro-
vided for it ; and I think investigation would show that
there are pupils belonging to the Manchester-street schools,
living north of Hanover street, sufficiently numerous to
form another school in the old High-School building on
Lowell street, and I would suggest that the transfer of a
sufficient number of such pupils to the latter house would
be the most convenient way of relieving the Manchester-
street schools, provided both vacant rooms on Lowell street
are not again needed for the Intermediate School. I seri-
ously doubt any necessity for the use of more than one
room for the latter school, if again opened.
It is somewhat probable that in the spring a new school
will have to be organized in the Center-street house in
"Squog, where one was discontinued about a year and a
half ago. The school population in that vicinity seems to
have considerably increased since the establishment of the
German settlement in that locality.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Since 1 became Superintendent, I have given less atten-
tion to the High School than that of any other grade in
the city, because I have believed my time could be utilized
more to the advantage of our public schools by an endeavor
upon my part to unify and improve the work of the lower
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grade schools, from which by far the larger portion of our
pupils, enter upon their life-work, and upon which also
chiefly depends the character of the material of which the
High School is composed. I have felt the more free to pur-
sue this course because of a knowledge that the Hiffh
School was being frequently inspected by a member of Its
sub-committee, and occasionally by another member of the
same and by one of the general committee.
It appears, however, from record, that I have visited this
school thirty-nine times ; and it affords me pleasure to say
that the instruction given there may be regarded as of a
high character, and the recitations usually good. When-
ever the contrary has been observed of recitation, from
previous knowledge of the pupils reciting I could not feel
that the teachers were at fault for the failure of a few.
In passing judgment upon any school, it is important that
the critic should know somewhat of the material with
which the teacher has to do ; nor is it safe to draw hasty
conclusions from observations made at but few visits. Some
pupils will not appear even as well as usual, until they be-
come used to the presence of individual visitors, nor are any
likely to appear at their best before they come to feel the
presence of visitors as that of friends. The members of
our High School, however, are for the most part reliant and
self-composed, and may be judged from any criterion which
is fairly applicable to those in similar institutions.
In regard to the High-School course of study, I will say
that 1 believe it is the result of an honest endeavor, upon
the part of the committee who framed it, to satisfy the va-
ried demands of the community by affording an opportu-
nity to fit for college, to study French and the higher Eng-
lish, including the sciences, or to select a partial course in
any of these departments of study. If the trial has dem-
onstrated that such an accommodation of the public is not
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properly possible in one high school, then it becomes the
duty of the school board either to establish another high
school or to ascertain that a considerable portion of the
community are agreed as to what the purpose of the one
high school shall be.
The severest criticisms upon this school seem to be aimed
at the amount and manner of classical teaching. One
would have less in amount, that the teaching may be more
thorough, even though none be fitted for college ; another
would have the amount required for admission to college so
taught that pupils pursuing the classical course at our High
School may have the drill obtained only at the best classi-
cal schools in the country, even to the weakening, or ex-
clusion if necessary, of the business and English courses
now undertaken, it being held that three such courses as
are now arranged, cannot all be thoroughly carried forward
by its present number of teachers. There are some who
would not have Latin or Greek taught in the High School,
and others who would not have any public high school.
Such being the extreme views entertained by respectable
and intelligent citizens, there can be but one course to pur-
sue ; and that is for you who are the chosen custodians of
the public schools to give these different views due consid-
eration and then to act for the " greatest good of the great-
est number " of your constituents. The attempt of the
past few years to popularize our High School by reducing
to a minimum the amount of time and attention to be
given the classics has, I think, been the foundation for un-
favorable comments by those who believe in thorough clas-
sical training ; but so long as the young men who complete
this course are able to enter "college and there take the re-
spectable or high rank certified to by the professors at
Dartmouth within the past few months, it may be con.
sidcred that the portion of our community which is enti-
tled to classical instruction is being fairly treated.
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Our High School compared with others doing similar
work, is inexpensive, and well worth the cost of it to the
community for the sole sake of its influence upon our lower
grade schools. It may also be added to the credit of the
school, that zeal for knowledge and the necessity of labor to
secure it, is so exemplified by the example of its corps of
teachers, that its pupils are not likely to be satisfied with
dime novels and similar trash so eagerly devoured by those
who have acquired only the elements of a common-school
education. 1 cannot believe that one of the twenty-eight
young men seen at one time on a day of July sitting backed
by trees on a single common in this city, reading the vilest
of trash, was a graduate of our high or grammar schools.
Our " dangerous classes," or at least those most dangerous,
are no longer of those too ignorant to read. If we would
win them to the better portion of the community, we must
educate them above its lower strata. Our greatest lack of
pupils is in the higher grades of the grammar schools ;
and these are undoubtedly larger than they would be, had
we no high school. Our High School may be improved,
and to this end it is and should be open to fair criticism ;
but to impair its usefulness is to strike in the head our
whole system of public schools. ,.
OTHER SCHOOLS.
With rare exceptions, all the divisions of our grammar
schools, as also the middle and primary grades, are uncom-
monly well taught and deservedly popular. The suburban
schools are also doing a good work, of which some are
excellent. Perhaps no school in the city has shown more
imfrrovemeilt than that in the Harvey District, where for
the first time in two years, at least, a teacher has been for-
tunate enough" seemingly to secure a general co-operation of
the citizens of the district.
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TEACHERS.
The city has been unfortunate in the loss, as teachers, of
Mi.so Cleora E. Bailey and Miss Nellie M. Whitney, both
formerly at the Spring-street School, both of whom had
also proved themselves superior teachers of the grades in
which for several years they had been respectively em-
ployed. Their successors, however, after a term's trial, in
one instance, and a year's trial in the other, are giving
promise of success that will be commensurate with their
experience ; and the wisdom of filling similar vacancies
from among the number of those showing good work and
native skill while at the Training School, is again justified.
A few other changes of teachers have occurred since the
issue of my last annual report, but I can add nothing more
important in regard to them than to say it could be readily
observed that from the start those who have had the ad-
vantage of our Training-School course, or that of some
normal or similar school, have without exception shown
superior teaching ability, which is shown by others only
after lapse of time, and then only by those of superior
native talent. Our teachers in general, as I have already
intimated, are good or excellent ; and the few exceptional
ones who might be marked at no more than fair, are as
they are, not so much because of their lack of education
or skill,..as because of a lack of heartiness in the work, as is
evinced by their conduct about the school-buildings as well
as in their rooms. Such are observed by their co-laborers
as those disposed to stand at the doors or in the entries and
talk, if by chance they may be at the school-building a few
moments sooner than required by the rules of the school
committee, frequently neglecting to be in their own rooms
till a portion of their pupils are seated; observed by their
pupils as those in haste to leave the school-building at the
close of each session ; clothed for the open air, found last
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in the file of their pupils inarching out ; and noted by vis-
itors as those who lack interest and enthusiasm in then-
work. Happily for our schools the number of such is
exceedingly small, and the picture is drawn only for the
benefit of those with whom the attitude is habitual. Oc-
casional delays and haste may be excusable, but pupils
should be taught by example that the school-room is not a
place to be entered only from necessity. Nor should
teachers, through inclination to be out of their rooms,
interrupt other schools in the same building, by unnec-
essary consultations with other teachers during session
hours, when pupils are in the rooms.
It is not a pleasant duty for principals to be obliged even
occasionally to remind those to whom reference is here
made, of their place and duties at school ; but they can
hardly be censured even by those most concerned for men-
tioning things which unfavorably affect the well-being of
the schools under their general charge.
ATTENDANCE.
The attendance at the public schools during the past
year has been somewhat interfered with by prevailing dis-
eases. Diphtheria has been more or less prevalent through-
out the year, yet of itself has not more seriously affected
the attendance at the schools in general than more common
diseases ordinarily do ; but scarlet fever and measles were
also prevalent during the spring term, which, together with
the small-pox scare, may have reduced the average daily
attendance, so that proportionally the average daily attend-
ance in all our schools for the past year is not so great by
three as it was for 1877. This may be seen by results
given in a table at the end of this report, showing the
attendance for the past year, when compared with similar
results in 1877, found in last year's report. Last year the
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whole number of different pupils in all our public schools
was 3,607, and the average daily attendance was 2,418 for
that year. The number of different pupils in all our
schools this year is 3,515, and proportionally, as compared
with last year, we should this year have an average daily
attendance of 2,351 ; but as the average attendance for this
year has been only 2,348, we may infer that any unusual
amount of sickness in the city during the past year has
reduced the average daily attendance in all our schools by
three.
The difference between the percentage * of attendance
for this year and that of last year is 2.5, and this differ-
ence is owing chiefly to the changed basis used in deter-
mining the average number belonging. Heretofore this
item has been found from a standard which required that
pupils temporarily absent for more than five consecutive
days should not be reckoned as members of a school dur-
ing the period of such absence. By that standard a pupil
who was sick abed five days had to be marked absent ; but
one who went away fishing for five and a half days had
not those days accounted against him as absences, because
he was not reckoned a member of the school for tlte time
being, though he had not taken his books away, and it was
well known that he would return the following week. By
the requirement of the rules, as amended a year ago for
the purpose, all pupils are this year reckoned members of
school, for the several terms, from the day of their en-
trance to that of their withdrawal, without regard to the
length of any intermediate absence or the cause of it.
This method requires that all intermediate absence be
marked as absence, an arrangement which is manifestly
just. The membership, or average number belonging, will
* Found by dividing the average daily attendance by the average number be-
longing.
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be greater by this method than by that formerly in vogue,
and the percentage of attendance correspondingly less.
Hence it is that the attendance at the schools this year,
when compared with that of last year, differs in respect to
the whole number of different pupils enrolled for the year
by ninety-two, and the percentage of attendance by two
and five-tenths, while the average number belonging for
each of the two years happens to be exactly the same.
The following table will show the liability of our schools
to increase or decrease, in accordance with the portion of
our school population which may be out of health, at work
in the mill or shop, or in attendance at parochial or other
private schools : —
TABLE SHOWING THE AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE AT OUR
SCHOOLS FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS.
18G9
1,969
1874
2,318
• 1870
1,987
1875
2.295
1871
1,911
1876
2,379
1872
2,110
1877
2,413
1873
2,284
1878
2,348
The average daily attendance is taken as a basis of com-
parison, because it is the only item in our attendance statis-
tics which, for years past, has been uniformly computed
from undeviating data. The chief object of this compari-
son is designed to show that the decrease from last year is
not exceptional.
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL.
Near the close of my report for last year, as an after
thought, and without much consideration, I advocated the
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establishment of an industrial school, as the result of my
observations during the year, in regard to the lack of
proper habits of industry among a portion of our more ad-
vanced pupils. As to the propriety of the establishment
of such a school, the board of school committee appeared
to differ from me. While I agree to your statement of the
general " purpose of the common school," I still think the
safety of the state, for which alone schools have any claim
to support by public tax, would be as greatly promoted by
the establishment, in our larger towns, of schools for the
purpose of teaching habits of manual industry to the por-
tion of school population that do not attain it to any de-
gree from their natural guardians, as by our present
system of public schools, which are so well adapted to the
necessities of the majority. Idleness, I believe, leads to
poverty and crime more frequently than ignorance. Nev-
ertheless, I am more fully aware than I was a year ago of
the practical difficulties attending an cngraftment upon our
common schools of any general system of manual instruc-
tion, and am inclined to think the need which I believe
will be found imperative before the close of another quar-
ter of a century, must be met by special public institutions
or by local enterprise.
SEWING.
There is, however, one form of industrial employment
which might be taught with advantage to a portion of the
pupils in our schools. I refer to sewing, which is systemat-
ically and successfully taught in the public schools of some
cities. I would advocate its introduction here so far as to
teach those who come from homes apparently ignorant of
the art, enough of the use of the needle and thread to ena-
ble them to- mend their own clothes in a respectable and
substantial manner. This could, 1 think, be successfully
done by the regular teacher.
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DRAWING.
Drawing has been taught in our schools with varying suc-
cess for several years. About a year ago, Walter Smith's
system of Industrial Drawing was introduced, and Miss
Manahan, first assistant teacher in our High School, was
employed to give our teachers a few special lessons in the
new system. At the close of these lessons it was observed
that a portion had to a good degree comprehended the prin-
ciples of this system, and more recent observations have
shown that these are presenting the subject to their pupils
with considerable success. All the teachers were greatly
benefited by those few lessons, and they have manifested
great zeal in teaching the new system to their pupils, and
have met with all the success that could reasonably be ex-
pected of those who as a whole have had so little assistance
in properly preparing themselves for the work.
Miss Manahan, who has chief charge of drawing at the
High School, and has so notably distinguished herself in
that department there, highly compliments the better prep-
aration in drawing of the last class entering from the
grammar schools. If, however, we would rival in this art
cities of even less size than ours in our sister State of Mas-
sachusetts, or would have drawing taught in our lower
grade schools chiefly through a proper development of the
principles of the system now in use, rather than by imita-
tion, we should have a good special teacher in drawing, to
take full charge of this department of instruction and af-
ford our teachers all needed assistance. It would be un-
wise, in my opinion, to employ any such special teacher
who is not a master of the art and of the system in use. Our
teachers in general, and several in particular, have knowl-
edge enough of both to be disgusted with any instruction
which is not first-class in this department.
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ADMISSION TO HIGH SCHOOL.
The method of admitting pupils from the grammar
schools to the High School, as set forth in my last annual
report, has been strictly followed ; and with gratifying
success, because the class admitted is acknowledged, aftera
term's service in the High School, to be as well prepared as
the average of classes admitted there, and because but few
pupils, comparatively, had to be subjected to a special ex-
amination at the end of the year. As there is no disposi-
tion to get up any hot-house rivalry between our gramma:-
schools, I deem it unnecessary to add any extended details
in regard to the number admitted from the respective
schools or to give the standing of their classes or of indi-
vidual members of the same, for the conditions under which
they begin the work of a year are liable to vary so that re-
sults in these particulars cannot be justly compared year by
year. It may be said, however, for once that the aggregate
average of each of the first divisions of the larger grammar
schools, which alone took the six examinations in each
study submitted by the Superintendent during the year, dif-
fered from one another by less than one-half of one per
cent. Such a result shows, I think, the possibility of hav-
ing answers in written work marked by different persons,
as these were by the masters of the several schools, with
great uniformity when specific instructions for this purpose
are given to all alike.
SCHOOL-HOUSE AGENT.
I would advise, since you are in future to have entire
■control of funds set apart for the repair of school-houses,
that this board elect, or appoint, annually, some suitable
person to have the entire management and undivided
responsibility of repairs upon school-houses. I think, if
this course is pursued, as at Springfield, Mass., our houses
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and the furniture pertaining to the same would receive
better care, and that the amount of funds allowed for this
purpose would be more prudently and economically
expended. Such an agent should have some familiarity
with the needs of a school, be a man of judgment, and
receive a fair compensation for his services. His accounts
should be fully and carefully kept, and at the end of the
year, or oftener, they should be audited by the standing
committee on repairs, furniture, and supplies.
READING.
Our schools are constantly in need of new and fresh
reading matter. The regular reading-book soon becomes
familiar and monotonous to the more apt pupils. They get
the general ideas of the several pieces, and are ever after
careless about the language, frequently substituting that of
their own. I think the general purchase of all text-books
by the city of doubtful utility ; but I have no doubt that
both for the good of our schools and for the pecuniary
advantage of our citizens, it would be better to have frhe city
own all reading-books used in the schools. As a matter of
justice, too, it is as proper that books of a certain class
should be bought for all, as well as a considerable portion
of our school population, and we have to purchase by far
more reading-books for those claiming our charity than
those of any other kind. Then, since they are so greatly
needed to be under our control, why not purchase for all ?
This plan is adopted in several places with the following
results : a great saving of expense in the aggregate, because
books can be bought of publishers by towns or cities at
greatest discounts ; greater variety of entertaining and in-
structive reading matter for the schools, because there can
be purchased readers of different series, or books of
biography, travel, history, and geography. These books
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can then be changed about among the schools, so that
pupils may be supplied with fresh reading matter as often
as necessary ; and pupils would be quickened to read for
the purpose of gaining information, and thus learn more
readily the true object of this exercise, which not unfre-
quently is regarded merely as an exercise for going through
the ceremony of pronouncing words. Hence arises what
is commonly known as the " school tone," and the lack of
expression in attempts at reading.
CONCLUSION.
To the retiring members of this board, I would express
sincere regret that we are to be deprived of the counsels
and assistance of those, who, through long familiarity with
schools, have directly benefited our schools by personal vis-
itation and labor, or in the committee room have devised or
advocated measures for their improvement ; and to all I
would extend thanks for the enjoyment and advantage of
your friendly advice and superior judgment.
If there is any dependence upon the assurance personally
expressed by numerous representatives of nearly eve-ry class
of our population, then our schools are giving excellent
satisfaction to the great masses of our people who are
directly represented by pupilage in the schools ; yet they
are not above criticism, and we should ever give respectful
consideration to comments made in good faith for the pur-
pose of improving our public schools.
WM. E. BUCK.
Dec. 31, 1878.
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TABLE SHOWING THE ATTENDANCE AT THE VARIOUS SCHOOLS FOR
THE PAST YEAR.
Schools.
Whole Number
Belonging to
the Schools.*
«
o be
23
>
<
Q c
2s
« o
MB
s|
Boys.
Girls.
Tofl.
&<
High School
73
42
47
87
89
98
85
34
62
17
17
22
20
23
26
21
20
25
21
17
3t
38
30
25
20
34
32
19
59
26
40
29
28
42
25
47
30
18
92
29
29
25
17
11
59
28
15
8
19
17
15
117
8
48
78
93
112
102
35
37
18
26
27
30
24
21
27
19
22
22
23
23
37
24
33
25
18
33
21
52
32
12
26
26
37
27
45
22
9
86
30
28
16
12
8
53
31
15
12
17
23
10
190
50
95
165
182
210
187
69
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35
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54
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111
58
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79
52
92
52
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178
59
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112
59
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70
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150
178
160
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179
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64
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169
152
52
66
29
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53
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10
63
40
20
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97
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92
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1732
3515
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* Exclusive of those received, by promotion or transfer, from other public schools in
the city.
t Open two terms; closed during the fall term.
X In existence during the fall term only.
Jgg^ See " Attendance," page 93.
It may be added, for the benefit of the uninformed, that there is in this city an ex-
tensive system of Roman-Catholic parochial schools, which accounts for the small por-
tion of our population (28,000) in the public schools.
LIST OF TEACHERS AND JANITORS.
HIGH SCHOOL, — BEECH STREET.
Principal. — Albert W. Bacheler.
Assistant. — Herbert W. Lull.
Lucretia E. Manahan.
Emma J. Ela.
Mary A. Buzzell.
INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, LOWELL STREET.
Principal. — J. Y. Cresscy.
TRAINING SCHOOL, MERRIMACK STREET.
Higher Department.
Principal. — Nancy S. Bunton.
Assistant. — Mintie C. Edgerly.
Primary Department.
Principal. — Martha N. Mason.
Assistant. — Jessie B. Farmer.
GRAMMAR SCHOOL, — FRANKLIN STREET.*
Principal. — Edward P. Sherburne.
Assistant. — Annette McDoel.
Lottie R. Adams.
Carrie E. Reid.
* Frankiin-street and Spring-street grammar departments consolidated, a»d both
under Mr. Sherburne as principal.
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L N. LN -STREET GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Principal. — Benjamin F. Dame.
As-is:;;::t. — Julia A. Baker.
Mary J. Fife.
Isabelle R. Daniels.
Mary F. Barnes.
ASH-STREET GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Principal. — Daniel A. Clifford.
Assistant. — Anstrice G. Flanders.
eflli M. Tuson.
Sarah J. Greene.
7 .117 RAMMAR 5CE
Assistant. — Mary L. Sleeper.
Anna 0. Heath.
PISCaTa . . — : ?.TH MAIS" SH
Principal. — William M. Steven?.
A?» -- - — Mary A. Lear.
am-: SKI
tta J. Carley.
MIDDLE - ::
1, Blodget Street. — Nellie I. Sanderson.
- Ash Street. — Mary A. Smith.
• . A- 31 L — Hi:::e S. Tc
-. Lincoln Street. — Anna J. Dana.
Lincoln Street. — Carrie M. Gilmore.
- . N" ; rtn n St rect — Florence M I
". Franklin Sta set — Hattie G. Flanders.
' ■-- ■ --
I '
ranklin Street — A _±sta Abbott.
- _..... Street — Clara G. ..
Spring Street. — lizzie ?. Gore.
11, North Main Sfa — Fredri: - ::bell.
PEDLART SCHOOLS
V . : . Street — Ellen B. Bo~
-. Manchester Street — Clara X. Brown.
, Asl 5b set — Georgianna Dow.
- Ash Street. — Helen M. Morrill.
5, Lowell Street — E "Prior.
Wfla on Hill. — A ie E. Abbott.
7 . Lin : >ln Street. — Emma F. Beane.
8, Lowell Street. — Florence L. SI
, Maud stei Street — Julia A- Dearborn.
1 . Manchester Sti — Nellie Pearson.
11. Franklin Street. — E. Jennie Campbell.
12, Franklin Street. — H '". Hubbard.
S] Street — EUa F. Sanborn.
" -. - ^Tiir- — N- Qic II Whitn
- Street — Jennie F. E -
"::—" — A . -:; •> 1 -^tis.
17, £ . " - Main Street — AG - : rd.
IS. Manchester Street — Maria V. Bowi
Ameskeag. — Jennie - Sti
_ , Sc Main Street. — Sarah P. L
23 . Street — Emma J. Henry.
- GBRA3 3CHC
K St ^District — Helen G. Kimball.
ikei sriHe : —
Principal. Addie M. Chas
A^>:s:ar.:. 5. Iseti
106
4. Gorle's Falls. — Georgie A. Xute.
•5, Harvey District. — Mary W. Mitchell.
6, Webster's Mills. — Olive J. Randall.
7, Hallsville. —Maria H. Hildreth.
8, Youngsville. — Susie G. Woodman.
■ '. Mosqirito Pond. — Lana S. George.
MUSIC TEACHEE.
Jason J. Kimball.
jan:: Ets.
Hig School, Ash Si 1 _ Street, and Bloel
Sin
John S. Avery.
Franklin Street, Manchester Street. Lincoln Street, ltd
Wilson Hill.
John A. Carr.
Spring S -t. and old High School H
James "VT. Preston.
Merrii • Sir
Rnfus Lamb.
N 05" Schools, consisting of Center Street. _Y
'h Main Street Schools.
i 3eorge E. Moore.
REPORT
CITY SOLICITOR
Ti His Honor the Mayor, and the City Councils or'
Manchester : —
I am aware that heretofore no report has been submitted
to you by the law department of the city government.
Numerous requests from members of your body and citi-
zens generally have induced me to depart from the usual
custom.
I assumed the duties of the office of City Solicitor on
the 2Sth day of May last, and found the following actions.
in which the city was a party, then pending on the law
term docket : —
1. Charles K. Walker vs. City. Appeal from asse?;*
ment of land damages. Judgment has been rendered for
the city.
2. John D. Bean and Lawrence Dowd vs. The Mayor.
Aldermen, and Common Council of Manchester. Action
relating to the opening of a highway across Concord
square. Case dismissed at June term.
3. Charles H. Yarney vs. City. Case reserved at
January trial term. 1^T>. See No. 23.
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4. Michael Lavory vs. City. Case reserved at Janu-
aiy trial term, 1878. New trial ordered.
5. Loammi Searles vs. City. Agreed case. Judgment
for plaintiff.
On the Hillsborough County docket at the September
trial term there were the following actions : —
6. Sherburn T. Sleeper vs. City. Action for damages
to team. Neither party.
7. Mary A. Gould vs. City. Action for injuries to
person. Not disposed of.
8. James P. Walker vs. City. Action for land dam-
ages in laying out highway. Judgment for plaintiff. One
cent damages ; same as awarded by aldermen. Clerk of
court, commissioner to tax costs. Hearing to be had in
January next.
9. Charles K. "Walker vs. City. Same as No. 8.
10. Wm, Whittle vs. City. In this action the water-
works are the real defendants. Not disposed of.
11. Catharine Crane vs. City. Action for damages to
person caused by slipping on the ice on Hanover street.
This action was referred to Hon. J. E. Sargent and a hear-
ing thereon has been had. Report in favor of plaintiff for
$100 damages.
1'2. Cornelius Crane et ux. vs. City. Trial has been
had before Hon. J. E. Sargent, and it has been agreed that
the action shall be entered " neither party " at the next
term.
13. E. Jennie Moulton vs. City. Action for personal
injuries caused by slipping on the ice on Laurel street.
Trial last September term. Verdict for plaintiff, 81,000.
14. Emma A. White vs. City. Action for injuries to
person caused by slipping on the sidewalk on Pine street.
September term. 1878, judgment by agreement for the sum
of $1,756.
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15. Patrick McBride vs. City. Action for injuries to
person. Not disposed of.
16. Ann Shehan vs. City. Action for damages to per-
son. Not disposed of.
17. Wm. White vs. City, See Xo. 14. September term,
1878, judgment by agreement for $1,744.
18. Catharine McGuinness vs. City. Action for dama-
ges to person. Xot disposed of.
19. John McGuinness vs. City. Xot disposed of.
In 18 and 19, the water-works contractor is the real de-
fendant.
20. Sophia T. Jones vs. City. Action for damages to
person. Xot disposed of.
21. Loammi Searles vs. City. See Xo. 5.
22. Mary A. Clement vs. City. Action for injuries to
person. Trial has been had in the above action, and the
jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, in the sum of SI 00.
The action has been brought forward for review at the re-
quest of plaintiff.
23. Charles H. Yarney vs. City. Trial January term.
1878. Verdict against City for $3,000 damages, and costs.
Case reserved. Ordered, June law term, " that there be
judgment on the verdict."' The judgment has been satis-
fied, and I have brought an action against Alfred Quimby
to recover the amount paid.
28J. Leonard Rowe vs. City. Xot disposed of.
24. Michael Lavory vs. City. See Xo. 4.
25. James H. Xutt vs. City. Sept. term, 1878. Neither
party.
26. Luther Pattee vs. City. Appeal from the assess-
ment of damages by mayor and aldermen. Judgment for
plaintiff, Sept. term, 1878.
27. James G. Sturgis vs. City. Action for injuries to
person. Xot disposed of.
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28. Catharine McKean vs. City. Action for injuries to
person, caused by slipping on ice on Bridge street. Not
disposed of.
29. Miriam W. Francis vs. City. Action for injuries
caused by defect in street. Not disposed of.
30. City of Manchester vs. County of Hillsborough.
Not disposed of.
31. Petition of S. B. Stearns and others, for straight-
ening and widening Amherst street. There has been a
hearing on the above petition. Report adverse to the peti-
tioners.
32. Willard C. Offutt vs. City. Petition for discontin-
uance of highway. There has been a hearing, and by
agreement the petition is to be granted, the petitioner to
pay costs.
33. Charles R. Morrison vs. City. Petition for abate-
ment of taxes for the year 1877. Case agreed and now
pending.
34. J. S. Patterson vs. City. Action for injuries to
person. This action is in the Strafford County Court.
Trial Sept. term, 1877. Yerdict for plaintiff, $2,700.
Motion for new trial granted. This action will probably be
settled by compromise without further trial.
The following suits against the city have been com-
menced since May 28, 1878 : —
35. Charles R. Morrison vs. City. Petition for abate-
ment of taxes, 1878. See No. 33.
36. David S. McKay vs. City. Action for injuries to
person. Not disposed of.
37. Gracia Labric vs. City. Suit for services at pest-
house. Not disposed of.
38. Idella A. Martin vs. City. Petition for assessment
of damages. Referred to county commissioners.
39. James Curtis vs. City. This action is for injury to
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horse caused by defective highway, and is the only action
against the city returnable at the next term of court. The
water-works contractor will be summoned to defend.
The above detailed statement shows, that since May 28,
1878, actions Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14,
IT, 21, 23, 25, 26, 31, 32, and 34, in the above schedule,
have been disposed of, or will be early in the January term,
leaving twenty actions surviving. In the above actions,
Messrs. Sulloway & Topliff were retained, before my elec-
tion, as associate counsel with the solicitor in Nos. 4, 6, 7,
13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 22, 24, and 25 ; James B. Straw, Esq.,
in No. 1 ; Morrison <fc Hiland and J. P. Bartlett, Esq., by
the Water-Works, in Xos. 10, 18, and 19; Hon. G. Y.
Sawyer and Frank Hiland, Esq., in Nos. 3 and 23, by A.
Quimby, party in interest ; Frank Hobbs, Esq., in No. 34.
Jonathan Smith, Esq., my predecessor, upon his retirement
from office, was retained, I am informed, by His Honor the
Mayor, in Nos. 3, 4, 7, 11, 12, 14, 17, 22, 23, 24, and 25.
In a single action there has been retained, at my request,
Gen. A. F. Stevens, who assisted me ill No. 13, in which
there was an actual trial. I think the experience of all at-
torneys will sustain me in the statement that it is absolutely
necessary to have two attorneys in every important case
where there is an actual trial. I deem it unnecessary to
call your attention to the foregoing schedule to remind you
of the large number of actions that have been brought
against the city for the recovery of damages to the person,
caused by defective highways.
To remedy this increasing evil, I introduced, in the last
legislature, and procured the passage of, a bill providing
that every person sustaining injuries from defective high-
ways should, within ten days, file his claim, setting forth
under oath the full particulars thereof, and that no action
should be brought except in the county where the accident
112
occurred. Bills to repeal the law relating to such dam-
ages, and to limit the amount to be recovered, were intro-
duced and defeated.
An examination of the City Treasurer's report will show
the amount which the city has paid out during the past
year, on account of actions settled or verdicts recovered.
The sum has been unusually large. The largest sum is in
the suit of Charles H. Yarney, and, as I have already
stated, an action has been brought to recover the sum paid.
Large sums were paid in the settlement of the White suits,
but I have yet to find the person who believes, after a full
examination of the facts, that the city would have fared
better if they had insisted upon a trial. The Patterson
suit was tried in another county, under circumstances very
unfavorable to the city, a thing which will not again hap-
pen while the law already referred to remains upon the
statute book. The cases now pending will be pressed to
an early trial, and no compromise will be made with par-
ties, under any circumstances, unless, upon a careful inves-
tigation, I shall become convinced that the pecuniary
interests of the city demand it.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
WILLIAM R. PATTEX,
City Solicitor..
December 26. 1878.
ANNUAL REPORT
TRUSTEES OF THE CITY LIBRARY
To the City Councils of the City of Manchester : —
The Trustees of the City Library present herewith their
twenty-fifth annual report of the condition of the librarv,
and, accompanying the same, the report of the treasurer of
the board, showing the expenditures for books and period-
icals, and the reports of the librarian relating to the opera-
tion of the library during the year, and the condition of
the library and other property under the charge of the li
brarian at the close of the year.
The report of the treasurer shows that there has been
expended for the purchase of books the sum of nine hun-
dred seventeen dollars sixteen cents, and for the purchase
and subscription to periodicals the sum of one hundred
sixty-one dollars and twenty-one cents, being a total ex
penditure for the increase of the library of ten hundred
seventy-eight dollars forty cents, and leaving, of the sums
appropriated by the city for this purpose, including the sums
received for fines and for books lost, a balance unexpended
of fifteen hundred eighty-seven dollars forty-nine cents.
These sums, together with the income of the Dean do-
S
114
nation, constitute the funds available for the future in-
crease of the library, and to replace the books lost r so
much defaced as to be unsuitable for further use.
These expenditures have been somewhat larger the past
year than for several rears previous. The completion of
the catalogue will furnish to the trustees the means better
to determine what works it may be deemed desirable to
purchase, and they will thereby be enabled more satisfac-
torily to expend the balance now remaining applicable for
the purchase of books and periodicals.
Early in June, the trustees were informed that Mrs.
Davis, who had performed the duties of librarian for the
vear preceding, to the general acceptance of the public,
desired to resign the position, to take effect on the first of
July : and at a meeting held on the 8th of June, her resig-
nation was accepted and Mrs. Mary J. Buncher was elected
to fill the vacancy, who entered upon the duties of the of-
fice on the first of July.
The report of Mrs. Davis as librarian to June 30, and
of Mrs. Buncher for the remainder of the year, shows that
the library has been open for the delivery of books two
hundred forty-one days, during which time there have been
taken from the library for use, fifty-one thousand and
ninetv-five volumes, an increase of nearly two thousand
over the circulation of the preceding year.
The report of last year shows the number of volumes
then in the library to have been twenty-one thousand
seven hundred and two. Since that time, there have been
added, by purchase three hundred eighty-eight, by donation
three hundred twenty-nine, and ninety-two volumes of pe-
riodicals have been bound, making the number of bound
volumes in the library twenty thousand nine hundred and
sixty-seven, and the total number, including maps and
pamphlets, twenty-two thousand five hundred and eighteen.
115
The librarian's report contains a list of the donations
to the library, of which one hundred sixty-five volumes,
consisting of works in the French, Spanish, Portuguese,
and German languages, were presented by Hon. Moody
Currier. To him, and to the others who have aided in the
increase of the library, the trustees present the thanks of
the city.
The manuscript of the catalogue, which had been in
preparation for several years, was so far completed that
arrangements were made early in the spring to commence
the printing, which was completed during the month of
July.
This catalogue contains the titles of the books from N
8,763 to No. 21,705 inclusive, it containing those added to
the library from July 30, 1862, to December 31, 1877, in-
clusive, and is arranged alphabetically, under the names of
the authors, and the different titles to which it seemed
probable reference might be made, and also under the gen-
eral subject, and with cross references to related subjects.
The catalogue, making a volume of four hundred nine-
teen pages, was prepared by Hon. N. P. Hunt, one of the
trustees, and was printed under the direction of John B.
Clarke, by whom special efforts were made, both in the
proof-reading and printing, to ensure accuracy and as much
freedom from error as was practicable.
The modifications suggested in the last report, as being
in contemplation, have increased the cost of the compila-
tion and printing, but the trustees believe the increased
value thus given to it more than compensates the addi-
tional cost, the total amount of which was twenty-five hun-
dred five dollars thirty-one cents.
The trustees have directed that such number of copies
as were required, should be placed in the library for use
there, and that copies might be sold to persons desiring
116
them at the price of one dollar, this being substantially
the cost of the same.
From this source the librarian has received thirty-four
dollars ; and this amount, with one dollar twenty cents re-
ceived for copies of the old catalogue, has been paid to the
treasurer of the board.
The library had been originally heated by furnaces placed
in the basement. These had, by the constant and severe
usage to which they had been necessarily subjected, become
unsuited for the purpose, and an application was therefore
made to the city councils to provide some more satisfactory
mode of warming the building.
The committee on lands and buildings, to whom the
matter was referred, after careful examination determined
to remove the furnaces and to substitute steam-heating ap-
paratus. Contracts were accordingly made with Thomas
A. Lane, to furnish such boiler and apparatus as were re-
quired by the plans and specifications, deemed suitable by
the committee, and during the early part of December the
requisite changes were made and the apparatus placed in
operation.
The work was done to the acceptance of the committee,
and so far as it has been tried, has given entire satisfac-
tion.
By this change in the manner of heating the building, it
is expected that a considerable annual saving will be made
in the amount of fuel heretofore required.
The expenditures for the incidental charges of the year,
including the preparation and printing of the catalogue,
have been thirty-eight hundred sixty-five dollars and thirty-
one cents. The details of these expenditures, the bills for
which have been paid by the City Treasurer, appear at
large in the annual report of the city.
The trustees are not aware of any circumstance that
117
will increase the expenses of the next year beyond those of
the last, and they believe that an appropriation of an
amount equal to that appropriated for the ordinary expen-
ses of the past year, will be sufficient for the ensuing year.
January 4, 1879. In board of trustees, read and ap-
proved, and ordered to be transmitted to the city councils.
JOHN L. KELLY, Mayor
N. P. HUNT, Clerk.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
To the Board of Trustees of the City Library: —
The treasurer of the board makes the following report
of the receipts and expenditures by the board of the funds
received by them on account of the City Library.
1878.
Jan.
July
1.
Dec.
31.
187!
3.
Jan.
10.
19.
Feb.
5.
March
16.
18.
April
9.
May
10.
20.
28.
To balance as per last report .
To appropriation for purchase of
books ....
To income of Dean fund
To income of Dean fund
To cash for book lost
Paid N. E. News Co., periodicals
Lee & She par d, books
N. E. News Co., periodicals
N. E. News Co., periodicals
Lee & Shepard, books
N. E. News Co., periodicals
N. E. News Co., periodicals
Lee & Shepard, books, .
N. H. Historical Society, book
Dr
03,195
05
1,000
00
153
00
153
00
84
14,501
89
Cr
15
22
261
77
10
29
12
38
128
44
19
16
11
54
29
28
2
00
119
June 11. N. E. News Co., periodicals
13. Lee k Shepard, books
28. Boston Society of Natural His
tory, periodicals
July 9. N. E. News Co., periodicals
Aug. 6. N. E. News Co., periodicals
29. Lee & Shepard, books
•Sept. 10. N. E. News Co., periodicals
10. Addison Van Name, books
11. J. B. Sawtelle, books
17. Lee & Shepard, books
Oct. 5. Lee & Shepard, books
8. N. E. News Co., periodicals
Nov. 5. N. E. News Co., periodicals
30. Lee & Shepard, books
Dec. 10. N. E. News Co., periodicals
16. Amer. Asso. of Science, books
26. Lee & Shepard, books
31. By balance of appropriation. .
31. By income Dean fund
£1,501 89
The expenditures for incidental expenses of the library
for the year ending Dec. 31, 1878, the items of which ap-
pear at large in the annual report of the city, are as follows :
Gas .
Incidentals.'
Printing .
Water rates
Salary of librarian
Binding
Re-binding.
Insurance .
13
84
90
77
3 50
12
83
11
55
97
18
14
94
13
50
o
80
44
36
. 133
03
11
73
10
74
33
47
13
52
23
00
57
56
. 1,587
49
. 1,836
00
... 7
$208 50
53 51
62
43
20
00
600
00
142
04
37
25
m
32
50
120
Fuel
Catalogue
. 203 56
. 2,505 31
RECAPITULATION.
Balance, Dee. 81, 1877 .
Appropriation, 1878 .....
Transfer
Overdraft
$3,865 10
.$1,869 51
. 2,500 00
. 415 59
80 00
Paid trustees for purchase of books, etc. .
Incidental expenses
$4,865 10
. $1,000 00
. 3,865 10
$4,865 10
Respectfully submitted,
S. N. BELL,
Treasurer of Trustees of City Library.
January 3, 1879.
We have examined the above report and find the same*
correctly cast and properly vouched.
JOHN L. KELLY.
WM. P. NEWELL,
Committee on Accounts of City Library.
January 3, 1879.
I certify that 1 have examined the several items of re-
ceipts and expenditures embraced in the foregoing report
of the trustees of the City Library and find the same cor-
rectly cast and properly vouched.
NATHAN P. KIDDER,
City Auditor.
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
Manchester, July 1,
To the Board of Trustees of the City Library : -
The following statement shows the condition of
Library for the six months ending July 1, 1878 : —
Whole number of volumes at last annual report .
Accessions for six months : —
Purchases ..... 233
Donations ..... 130
Bound periodicals .... 40
1878.
the City
21,703
Whole number of volumes at present : —
Maps .....
16
Pamphlets ....
. 1,524
Bound volumes
. 20,566
Number of days the library has been open for the
delivery of books
Volumes in circulation during this time
Average number per day
Largest number any one day
Number of guarantees received .
Number taken during last six months .
Amount of cash received for fines, etc.
Amount paid for fines, etc. .
On hand July 1, 1878 ....
Respectfully submitted,
MRS. E. H. DAVIS, Lib
40'
22,106
118
28,577
242
540
11,050
251
$11 64
9 14
2 50
r avian-.
DONATIONS TO THf] LIBRARY
From January 1 to July 1, 1878.
Am. Unitarian Association.
Volume of Sermons, by Rev. James Walker.
Bernard Tauchintz.
English catalogue of books.
The Committee.
Centennial History of Fall River.
Hon. Thomas A. Doyle, Providence, R. I.
Ceremonies at unvailing monument to Roger Williams
at Providence.
Hon. John A. Russell, San Francisco.
San Francisco City Reports.
Hon. A. B. Thompson, Secretary of State.
N. H. Legislative Reports.
Capt. T. W. Challis, Manchester.
Proceedings of G. A. R.
Hon. E. H. Rollins, Washington, I). C.
Congressional Documents.
U. S. Congress.
52 volumes Public Documents.
U. S. Treasury Department.
Report of Life-Saving Service.
Swedenborg Publishing Society.
Compendium of Swedenborg's Writings.
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Hon. B. P. Cilley, Manchester.
Report of Amoskeag Veterans, 1851 to 1859.
Sketch of Military Career of Gen. Enoch Poor.
Hoeace G. Whittier, Lake Village.
Proceedings Grand Lodge I. 0. of G. T.
Wm. E. Moore, Manchester.
Proceedings Grand Lodge K. of P.
C. F. Livingston, Manchester.
Proceedings N. H. Printers' Association.
Hon. N. P. Hunt, Manchester.
Report, Chief of Detective Force of Mass.
Report, Hillsborough County Commissioners.
Hon. S. X. Bell, Manchester.
Nashua School Report.
Report, Board of Directors, M. & L. R. R.
Report, Board of Directors, B. C. & M. R. R.
Report, Concord R. R. Corporation.
Hon. John Kimball, Concord, N. H.
Inaugural Address of Hon. John Kimball.
N. P. Kidder, City Clerk.
[naugural Address of Hon. John L. Kelly.
Henry Whittemore, Supt.
Westboro' School Report.
E. Errell, W. Springfield.
West Springfield Town Report.
Hon. Wm. H. Hackett, Portsmouth.
Catalogue of the Rice Free Library, Kittery, Me.
From the Several Boards of Trustees or Librarians.
Library Reports and Catalogues of Boston, Lawrence,
Lowell, Worcester, Fall River, Springfield, Newton,
Lynn, Woburn, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Man-
chester, England.
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
Gentlemen of the Board of Trustees: —
I respectfully submit to your consideration the following
report of the condition of the library during the last six
months, ending December 31, 1878 : —
Whole number of volumes indicated in the acces-
sion book, June 30, 1878 .... 22,100
Accessions during the six months : —
Purchased 155
Donated 199
Periodicals bound .... 52
"Whole number of volumes at present : —
Maps ......
Pamphlets .
Bound volumes ....
16
1,535
20,967
406
22,518
Periodicals regularly received
I >ays open to the public
Days open for delivery of books .
Volumes in circulation during the time
Average per day .....
Largest number any one day
48
140
123
21,730
177
386
125
. 1,200
11,249
198
3,449
2o
14
. $2 50
. 22 04
. 17 90
. 6 64
78: —
. $34 00
. 1 20
84
Cards in constant use, about ....
Whole number of guarantees received .
Given during the six months
Whole number of books, magazines, etc., used in the
reading-room .....
Average per day
Persons using books on deposit
Amount of cash received for fines, on hand July 1,
1878
Amount received from July 1 to Dec. 31, 1878
Amount paid for express, stationery, etc.
Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1878 .
Amount paid to treasurer of trustees, Dec. 31, 187
For 34 new catalogues, at $1.00 .
For 2 old catalogues, at .60 .
For 1 book lost, .84 .
$36 04
I have endeavored to make a thorough examination of
the entire list of books contained [in the library ; also the
lists of missing books previous to July 1, 1878, and as far
as possible ascertain the number of missing volumes during
the last six months. Delinquents have been notified, and
the usual means employed to secure the return of books ;
but I regret to say there are still out, some thirty or forty
volumes. Many of the missing books at the last examina-
tion have been returned, and I doubt not upon the re-open-
ing of the library, many, if not all, will come in. It is to
be regretted that so many enjoying the privileges of a free
library, are not willing to conform to its regulations by a
prompt return of their books when due.
Respectfully,
MRS. M. J. BUNCHER, Librarian.
December 31, 1878.
DONATIONS TO THE LIBRARY
From July 1 to December 31, 1878.
Hon. Moody Currier, Manchester.
One hundred and sixty-five volumes in foreign lan-
guages,— French, 119; Spanish and Portuguese,
24 ; German, 22.
Hon. James F. Briggs, Manchester.
Report of the U. S. Commissioner of Fish and Fish-
eries, part 4, for 1875 and 1876.
Papers relating to the Foreign Relations of the United
States, with the Annual Message of the President,.
Dec. 3, 1877.
Report of the Secretary of the Navy, 1877.
Report of the Secretary of War, vol. 4, 1876-77.
Report of the Secretary of War on the Operations of
the Department for the Fiscal Year ending June 30,
1877, vol. 2, part 1.
Report of the Secretary of War, vol. 2, part 2.
Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior on the
Operations of the Department for the Fiscal Year
ending June 30, 1877.
Message of the President of the United States to the
two Houses of Congress at the Commencement of
the Second Session of the Fortv-fiftli Congress, 1877-
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Henry Thomas Darnton, Esq., Ex-Mayor of Ashton-
under-Lyne, England.
History of the Reformed Church. From the press of
Jean Remy (French), in 1580.
Nicholson File Company, Providence, R. I.
A Treatise on Files and Rasps. Descriptive and Il-
lustrated. 1878.
E. Steiger, New York.
The New Year Book of Education for 1878.
W. H. Doolittle, Acting Commissioner of Patents.
Annual Report of the Commissioners of Patents, 1870
and 1877.
Hon. S. N. Bell, Manchester.
Annual Report of Commissioners of Patents, 1877.
Centennial Oration delivered at Brookline. N. II.,
Sept. 8, 1869, by J. B. Sawtelle.
N. P. Hunt, Esq., Manchester.
Appleton's Journal of Literature and Art. 2 vols.
From No. 1 to No. 20. April 3 to December 25,
1869.
The Dartmouth. Published by the Students of Dart-
mouth College. 2 vols. 1868.
The New England Odd-Fellow. From June, 1874, to
June, 1875. 2 vols.
The Twenty-second and Twenty-third Annual Reports
of the Board of Directors of the St. Louis Public
Schools, for the years 1877 and 1878.
Mary A. Little, Librarian.
Catalogue of the Manufacturers' and Mechanics' Li-
brary Association, Lewiston, Me. Incorporated in
1861.
James P. Lane, Secretary.
Catalogue of Rodgers Free Library, Bristol, R. I., 1878.
Dedication Exercises of Free Library, Bristol. R. I.,.
1878.
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George W. Weeks, Esq.
Nos. 1 and 2 Supplement to Catalogue of Bigelow Free
Library, Clinton, Mass. 1876 and 1878.
Committee of Cobden Club.
Financial Reform Almanack for 1878.
William Eice, Librarian.
Report of the City Library Association of Springfield,
Mass. 1878.
From the Several Boards of Trustees.
The Twenty-sixth Annual Report to the Council of the
City of Manchester, England, on the working of the
Free Library. 1877 and 1878.
The Fifty-seventh Annual Report of the Board of
Directors of the Mercantile Library Association of
the City of New York. 1877 and 1878.
The Eighteenth Annual Report of the Trustees of the
Fall River Public Library. 1878.
The Twenty-sixth Annual Report of the Trustees of
the Boston Public Library. 1878.
REPORT
CHIEF ENGINEER
To His Honor the Mayor, and Gentlemen of the City
Councils : —
Once more the duty devolves upon me to submit for your
consideration my annual report, accompanied with infor-
mation of an official character, giving in detail a statement
of the condition of the several branches of the Fire De-
partment under my control for the past year ; also, a de-
tailed account of the number of fires, the losses as esti-
mated, and the insurance on the same, during the last year ;
also, the condition of the apparatus at the present time.
You will see, by a comparison of the annexed figures
showing the losses from 1870 up to the present time, that
this has been a very fortunate year for the real estate own-
ers of Manchester, notwithstanding the oft-repeated warn-
ing of one of our local dailies to keep your property well
insured.
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Number of fires in 1871, 27 ; loss, $ 17,300
1872,18; " 14,000
" " 1873, 35 ; " 16,000
" " 1874, 25 ; " 21,000
" 1875, 29 ; " 77,275
" 1876, 25 ; " 8,961
" 1877, 32 ; " 9,344
" 1878, 22 ; " 4,925
Insurance .... 4,575
Amount of loss in excess of insurance $350
EXPENSES.
The appropriation for the year 1877 was $13,000. Bal-
ance carried to the year 1878, $3,584.85. When the ap-
propriation was being made for the year 1878, the Finance
Committee notified me to meet them and see if the appropri-
ation as they had made it up could be changed. They had
appropriated $7,000 against $13,000 the year before. I told
them I thought the expenses could be paid for 85,000, if
there was not to be any transfer made to city teams, and
the committee made the reduction ; but I find, for reasons
best known to themselves, the city councils have thought
best to make a transfer from the reserve fund to the fire
department of $1,500, which leaves a balance of $1,123.05
to be transferred to the city teams ; whereas, if the city
teams had been left out, as they were the year before, the ex-
penses of the department would have been $8,961.90 against
$9,745.74 the year before, notwithstanding we have had an
unexpected outlay in being obliged to rebuild No. 2 hose-
carriage, also the hook-and-ladder truck, which amounted
to $334.49^ making the actual expense of running the de-
partment, $8,627.41.
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APPARATUS.
3 Steam Fire Engines, located on Vine street.
1 Horse Hose Carriage, located on Vine street.
1 Hook and Ladder Truck, located on Vine street.
• 1 Horse Hose Sled, located on Vine street.
1 Horse Hose Carriage, on Vine street, drawn by either
men or horse.
1 Steam Fire Engine, Piscataquog.
1 4-Wheel Hose Carriage, Piscataquog.
1 2- Wheel Hose Carriage, at P. C. Cheney & Co.'s paper
mill, Amoskeag, manned by men employed at the works.
1 2-Wheel Hose Carriage, Deny mills, Goffe's Falls,
manned by men at the mills.
1 Supply Wagon, A'ine street.
All of the apparatus is in good condition except Steamer
No. 4, which is in the shop having a new boiler to replace
that which was considered unsafe to rely upon. This year
has been one that has required an unusual amount of re-
pairs. During the year the Massabesic Hose Carriage No.
2 has had a new set of wheels and axles put under it ; also,
a pair of shafts, in order to make it better adapted to be
drawn by a horse ; and I think that the carriage, at the
present time, is full as good as any new one that could be
bought, and it will not be necessary to make another out-
lay for a long time, unless some accident should befall it.
Also, the Hook and Ladder Truck has been repaired to the
extent of new wheels and axles ; there has also been at-
tached to it a pole, in order to adapt it to a pair of horses,
instead of one horse as heretofore. Until this season the
truck has been drawn by one horse, but the construction of
it was such that it was found to be more than one horse
could handle, and through the courtesy of the superintend-
ent of District No. 2 the department has been furnished
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with a pair of horses. The other apparatus is all in good
repair, and when the repairs are completed on the Bean
engine, the city will virtually have two new steam engines,
as the Amoskeag is nearly a new engine, and unless some-
thing more than usual shall happen the expense of repairs
must be small for some time to come. "When I made my
last report, the department, under its present organization,
had only existed a part of a month, and there were some
doubts in the minds of some citizens as to the ability of
the department, as it now exists, to guard the city against
the fires that might occur ; but, gentlemen, I will leave you
to draw your own conclusions, after comparing the losses
with the previous years. As the department is now organ-
ized it consists of the following members : —
1 Chief Engineer.
4 Assistant Engineers.
Steam Fire Engine No. 1, — 14 men.
Steam Fire Engine No. 4, — 14 men.
Steam Fire Engine No. 2, — as a reserve engine.
1 Horse Hose Carriage, — 20 men.
1 Hook and Ladder Truck, — 25 men.
1 Horse or Hand Hose Carriage, — men.
1 Horse Hose Sled for use of No. 1 Hose Company.
1 4-Wheeled Hose Carriage, — 12 men, Piscatarmog.
Steam Fire Engine No. 3, — reserve.
2 2-Wheeled Hose Carriages, one at P. C. Cheney & Co.'s
mill, Amoskeag, the other at Dcrry mills, Goffe's Falls.
BUILDINGS.
The buildings which are occupied by the department be-
ing under the control of a committee, 1 have not had any.
thing to do with them, but so far as I know they are all in
good repair and meet the requirements of the department
well, except the one occupied by the Hook and Ladder
Truck on Vine street. In substituting the new wheels it
was found necessary to make the carriage a little wider,
and the door is altogether too narrow to allow the carriage
to pass unless it runs almost perfectly straight, and you
are well aware that in the midst of an alarm of fire there
is liable to be considerable excitement. I have several
times called the attention of the Committee on Lands and
Buildings to the fact, but for reasons best known to them-
selves they have not thought best to make the change.
FIRE-ALARM TELEGRAPH.
This still proves to be a very essential part of the de-
partment, and has given but xery little trouble this year,
aside from that caused by the lightning last summer, and I
think has been very satisfactorily cared for, and to the
satisfaction of all, except perhaps some newspaper re-
porters and perhaps the woman who wanted to use the
clothes-line last spring. I have just had an examination
made of all the boxes, and find them all in order, but each
year increases the necessity of removing the wire from the
top of buildings and placing it on poles in the streets,
CONCLUSION.
Ln conclusion, I would return my thanks to His Honor
the Mayor, for the courtesies shown me during the year ;
also to the several gentlemen of the City Government
with whom my official duties have called me in contact,
and especially the Committee on Fire Department. Gen-
tlemen, you are well aware that when I entered upon the
duties of Chief Engineer, there was quite a difference in
opinions as to the judgment shown in the reduction and
re-organization of the department. It has been tried now
for a year, and you can judge for yourselves, and by re-
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ferring to the table of losses before given, -whether the city
lias suffered any loss thereby ; and, gentlemen, as the depart-
ment is all harmonious at the present time, I think the fear
that was at one time entertained by some of our citizens
that the department was to be completely demoralized to
please me, must, by this time, have entirely passed by ; and
as I have other business that requires my attention, and
knowing there are many that are better qualified to fill the
position which I occupy in the department, upon the
acceptance of this report you will please accept my resigna-
tion, to take effect as soon as it is convenient for you to
elect some one to fill the position, as I shall, under no con-
sideration, consent to be a candidate for re-election. And
to those who have been associated with me as Assistant
Engineers, I desire to especially return my thanks, as I am
well aware that a huge part of the success of the depart-
ment during the year has been through their aid and
counsel.
Also to the foremen and all of the members of the de-
partment, for the promptness and willingness which they
have shown in discharging all the duties which they have
been called upon to perform during the year ; and, gentle-
men. I trust you may be as successful under the directions
thers as you have been under those associated with you
the past year.
And. gentlemen, I should neglect my duty if I failed to
return my thanks to the City Marshal and all other officers
under him for the willing assistance which they have at. all
time- given the department.
And last, but not least, to the Superintendents of Streets
in Districts Xos. 2 and 10 for that willing disposition which
they have manifested at all times to promote the efficiency
of the department.
A. H. LOWELL,
Chief Engineer Manchester Fire Department.
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ALARMS, FIRES, LOSSES, ETC.. FOR YEAR 1878.
I. — January 4 : 4.10 p. >i. ; Box 21 ; fire in a shed and
barn owned by T. McGrath ; occupied by Kimball and Har-
vey ; Merrimack back street, between Chestnut and Pine
streets : loss 8100 ; fully insured.
2. — January 29 : 9.50 p. m. ; Box G : fire in Central
block, over D. A. Plumer's store ; owned by S. X. Bell:
loss $25 : fully insured; cause unknown.
3. — February 1; 7.35 p. m. : Box 21; fire in Bap1 si
■church, corner of Merrimack and Pine streets ; loss slight :
•cause, overheated stove-pipe.
4. — February 18 ; 7.55 p. >r. : Box 23 ; fire in house 23s
Park street ; owned by Deacon Gage : loss 81.000 ; fully
insured ; cause unknown.
5. — February 25 : 11.55 p. m. : Box 4; fire in stable
owned by Daniel Connor : Elm back street near Park ; loss
810 : fully insured : cause unknown.
6. — February 27 : 10.40 a. m. ; Box 62 : house and barn
known as Mammoth Cottage; loss 81.100: fully insured :
cause unknown.
7. — April 23 : 11.40 a. m. : fire in stable owned by John
Davis, near High School house ; loss trifling : cause un-
known.
8. — May 10 : 2.15 a. m. ; Box 4 ; fire in a privy back of
Daniel Connor's block on Elm street, near Spruce ; loss
trifling : cause unknown.
9. — May 20 : 11.20 p. m. ; Box 4 ; fire in Burns' block.
Spruce street : cause unknown : loss trifling.
10. — May 22 ; 2.07 p. m. ; Box 32 ; fire in a shed back
of Amoskeag Ax shop : cause unknown ; loss trifling.
II. — June 9 : 9.10 p. >i. ; Box 5 : fire in tenement block.
Amoskeag corporation ; loss 8200 : insured : cause burning
out of chimney.
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12. — June 28: 9.45 a. m. ; Box 41, Amoskeag yard :
alarm given without orders from the agent, and the agent
did not want the department to take any part ; for that rea-
son I sent them home, and I did not estimate or make any
inquiries about the loss.
13. — July 1 : 8.45 p. m. : Box 53 ; slight fire in Bald-
win's bobbin-shop. 'Squog : extinguished without the aid of
the department.
14. — July 3 : 9.45 p. m. ; Box 51 : fire in oil shed owned
by Barr & Clapp, south of Lowell's iron foundn : cause
unknown : loss $75.
15. — July 3 : 11.55 p. m. : Box 4 : fire in T. L. Thorpe's
storehouse, south end of Elm street : loss $2,000 : insured
for 81..900 : cause unknown.
16. — September 6; 12.55 a. m. : Box 61; fire, barn
owned by Waterman Smith in Bakersville; loss $300 ;
cause unknown.
17. — October 1 ; 12.45 p. m. : Box 72: burning out of
chimney, corner of Pine and Central streets.
18. October 7 : 6 a. m. : Box 4 ; fire in bake-shop, south
end of Elm street. 570 : no 1"--.
19. — November 4; 6 a. m. ; Box 14; slight fire in the
attic of block corner of Orange and Union street- : cause
unknown.
20. — November 8 ; 2.55 r. m. ; Box 8; fire, not!
given from Jones & Hardy's store.
21. — December 6:11a.m.; Box 36 : boiling over of a
tar kettle on Wilson street : women on Belmont street saw
the smoke, got excited, and gave the alarm from Bo:: 36.
22. — December 14 ; 1.10 a. m. ; Box 6 ; fire in the at-
tic of tenement-house owned by Stark corporation, corner
of Vine and Concord streets : loss -9125.
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NUMBERS AND LOCATION OF ALARM-BOXES AND
KEYS.
No. 3. — Blood's lower shop. Keys at E. P. Johnson &
Co.'s office and Samuel Colby's residence, corner of Elm
and Young streets.
No. 4. — Corner of Spruce and Elm streets. Keys at
National Hotel and L. B. Bodwell <fe Co.'s office.
No. 5. — City Hall. Keys at City Marshal's office and
O. E. Hall's drug-store.
No. G. — Engine-house. Vine street. Keys at engine-
house.
No. 7.— City Hotel. Keys at City Hotel and A. F.
Ferry's drug-store.
No. 8. — Elm, foot of Orange street. Keys at Jones &
Hardy's, Josiah Stark's, and Moses N. Smith's residence.
No. !>. — Corner of Elm and Webster streets. Keys at
Scott W. Lane's and J. Freeman dough's.
No. 12. — Blood's shop. Keys private.
No. 13. — Corner of Brook and Chestnut streets. Keys at
residences of W. Jencks and Lewis Simons.
No. 14. — Corner of Prospect and Union streets. Keys
at residences of W. Ireland and N. L. Hardy.
No. 15. — Corner of Pearl and Chestnut streets. Keys
at residences of Charles Palmer and John Wilson.
No. 16. — Corner of Lowell and Union streets. Keys at
residences of Rev. J. O'Brien and R. H. Hassam.
No. 17. — Corner of Amherst and Beech streets. Keys
at residences of W. C. Rogers and H. P. Watts.
No. 18. — Corner of Manchester and Maple streets.
Keys at residences of H. C. Stevens, A. N. Baker, and E. P.
Richardson.
No. 21. — Corner of Merrimack and Pine streets. Keys
at A. Mallard <fc Son's grocery and residence of J. A. Em-
erson.
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No. 23. — Corner of Central and Beech streets. Keys
at residences of E. T. James and Mrs J. Stevens.
No. 24. — Corner of Massabesic and Park streets. Keys
at residences of D. M. Goodwin and A. D. Goodwin.
No. 25. — Corner of Hanover and Asliland streets.
Keys at residences of S. L. Fogg and Horace Gordon.
No. 26. — Corner of Bridge and Russell streets. Keys
at McCrillis' carriage-shop and residence of JohnN. Chase.
No. 27. — Corner of Merrimack and Elm streets. Keys
at Manchester House, Tebbetts Bros.' and "Weeks & Cur-
rier's drug-stores.
No. 31. — Amoskeag Village. Keys at P. C. Cheney <fc
Co.'s paper-mill and residence of Capt. J. M. Varnum.
No. 32. — Langdon Mills, corner of Canal and Brook
streets. Keys at Hoyt & Co.'s paper-mill and Langdon
watch-room.
No. 34. — Mechanics' Row. Keys at watch-room and "W.
W. Hubbard's office.
No. 35. — Stark Mills. Keys at Stark watch-room.
No. 36. — Corner of Belmont and Amherst streets. Keys
at residences of J. S. Campbell, Rodney Porter, and A. G.
Fairbanks.
No. 41. — Amoskeag New Mills. Keys at watch-room.
No. 42. — Manchester Mills. Keys at watch-room.
No. 43. — Namaske Mills. Keys at watch-room.
No. 51. — S. C. Forsaith & Co.*s shop. Keys at S. C.
Forsaith's office and Lowell's iron-foundry office.
No. 52. — Barr's brick block, 'Squog. Keys at Barr <fc
Clapp's store and Merrimack House.
No. 53. — Wallace's brewery. Keys at brewery office
and I. R. Dewey's store.
No. 61. — Corner of Elm and Hancock streets, Bakers-
ville. Keys at residence of II. "W. Longa and M. O'Neil's
saloon.
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No. 62. — Massabesic street, Ilallsville. Keys at resi-
dences of Charles Chase and G. W. Dearborn.
No. 71. — Corner of Cedar and Pine streets. Keys at
residences of T. Collins and Daniel Shehan.
Also, keys will be found in the hands of all regular po-
lice.
The true time from Cambridge Observatory will be given
at precisely 12.] P. m., and be denoted by one stroke of the
fire-bells.
INSTRUCTIONS TO KEY-HOLDERS AND CITIZENS.
1. Upon the discovery of a fire, notice should be im-
mediately communicated to the nearest alarm-box, keys to
which are in the hands of all regular police, also of persons
designated by a card on each box.
2. Key-holders, upon the discovery of a fire, or positive
information of a fire, will unlock the box, pull down the
hook once as far as it will go (without jerking), and then
let go. Shut the door and remove the key.
3. All persons giving fire-alarms are requested to re-
main by the box a moment, and, if no clicking is heard in
the box, pull again ; if you still hear no clicking, go to the
next nearest box and give the alarm from that.
4. Never signal for a fire seen at a distance. Never
touch the box except to give an alarm of fire. Be sure the
box is locked before leaving it. Give an alarm for no
cause other than an actual fire. Don't give an alarm for a
chimney-fire.
5. Never let the keys go out of your possession unless
called for by the Chief Engineer. If you change your res-
idence or place of business where the keys are kept, return
the keys to the same officer.
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6. Owners and occupants of buildings are requested to
inform themselves of the location of alarm-boxes near
their property, also all places where the keys are kept.
Be sure the alarm is promptly and properly given.
7. Alarms will be sounded upon all the fire-bells in the
city, and the number of the box "will be given four times
for an alarm.
8. One stroke of the bells and gongs, given by the en-
gineer in charge during a fire, will be the signal to dis-
charge the companies remaining at their houses. Two
strokes of the bells and gongs will be a signal for the de-
partment to limber up.
9. The engineers reserve! lie right to give one stroke of
the bells at any time, and, in case of testing the boxes,
each test will be preceded by one stroke of the bells
RULES AND REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE
BOARD OF ENGINEERS DEC. 24, 1877.
1. Steamer No. 1 will report for duty on the days of its
first run to all boxes ; on the days of its second run, it will
report on the first alarm to boxes 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 15, 21,
27, 34, 51, 71 ; on the third alarm to all boxes.
2. Steamer No. 4 same as above.
3. Pennacook Hose No. 1 will report for duty on the
first alarm to all boxes.
4. Massabesic Hose No. 2 will report for duty on the
first alarm to boxes 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17,
18, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 36, 62, 71 ; on the second alarm,
to all boxes except 52, 53, 61.
5. E. "W. Harrington Hose No. 3 will report for duty on
the first alarm to boxes 42, 43, 51, 52, 53 ; second alarm
to boxes 35 and 41.
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6. Hook and Ladder No. 1 will report for duty on the
first alarm to all boxes.
7. Steamer No. 2 to be kept as a reserve engine, to re-
spond to a third alarm. The horses attached to the engine
on its first rim will return to the house on a second alarm,
to be held in readiness to respond to a third alarm, and the
engine will be manned by men appointed for that purpose
and attached to Pennacook Hose and Hook and Ladder
Companies at all times except when the engine is on duty.
8. Steamer No. 3 to report for duty on first alarm, or
as soon as the horses can get to it, to boxes 52 and 53 ; to
all other boxes it will report for duty on a third alarm ;
and when on duty it will be manned by the men who run
No. 3 Hose Carriage at all other times.
9. The whole department will report for duty in all
cases on the third alarm.
10. In case of a second alarm from either of the boxes
on which the horses double on the first engine, they will
immediately return and get the engine of the second run.
11. At any time when an alarm of fire is given, the en-
gine or hose-carriage that leaves the house first will have
the right to lead to the fire. No running by will be al-
lowed, except in case of accident, under penalty of dis-
missal of the driver from the department.
12. The companies of the department not called on the
first alarm will prepare for a start and hold themselves in
readiness for a second or third alarm; and, if not needed,
one stroke on the bells and gongs, by the engineer in
charge, will be the signal for discharge to all companies
remaining at the houses.
13. Two strokes on the bells will be a signal for those
at a fire to limber up.
14. On the first alarm from boxes 24, 25, 26, 31, 61,
62, the horses of the first and second run will double on
to the ena-ine of its first run.
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CONDITION OF CISTERNS AND RESERVOIRS.
No.
Location.
.Ft.In
Elm Street, at City Hall ! 8 2
Elm Street, near Smyth's Block 5
Gate, Mercantile Block 1
Corner Chestnut and Hanover Streets 1 4
Haseltine House, Manchester Street | 8
Gate, at junction Hanover and Pine Streets, feeds Nos. 1
and 9
Corner of Pine and Central Streets 6
Corner Elm and Myrtle Streets (worthless) ;
Lowell, near Nashua Street I 2
Gate, junction of Amherst and Chestnut Streets, draws oftl
water from Concord Square
Centre of Tremont Square
Bridge, head of Birch Street 6
Corner Chestnut and Orange Streets 6
Corner Hanover ami Union Streets
Corner Laurel and Beech Streets ( worthless)
Gate, 'Hanover Street, feeds No. 5
Bakersville (worthless).. J
Piscataquog, near Fradd & Follansbee's store : 6
Piscataquog, north steam-mill, 'Squog River '
Piscataquog, Granite Street I 6
Piscataquog, near Bowman Place [12
Amoskeag penstock, near P. C. Cheney & Co.'s mill
Amherst, corner Hall Street
Merrimack, bet. Hall and Wilson Streets (not reliable)..
Corner Amherst and Hall Streets
Janesville, near J. B. McCrillis & Son's shop
Gas-works
Brook, south end Elm Street
Elm Back Street, on Central Street
Elm Back Street, on Park Streeet
Elm Back Street, on Cedar Street
Amoskeag, near old hotel
Gate, cor. of Hanover St., feeds Concord-Square pond and
reservoir at Smyth's Block
33
— £
Ft.In
5 2
5 10
3
2 6
5 11
4 5
4
Ft.In.
None.
None.
None.
6
None.! l
None, l
18 1
3 0 1
None
None,
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Estimated value of property owned by the city in the
Fire Department : —
AMOSKEAG STEAM FIRE ENGINE NO. 1.
LOCATED ONT VINE STREET.
1 first-class double-plunger engine and hose-
carriage -$4,500 00
100 feet rubber hose 200 00
1,500 feet leather hose 1,500 00
Firemen's suits ..... 200 00
Furniture and fixtures, including harnesses 500 00
Total amount
86,900 00
FIRE KING STEAM FIRE ENGINE NO. 2.
LOCATED OX VINE STREET.
(Reserve engine.)
1 first-class double plunger engine and hose-
carriage .
13,000 00
E. W. HARRINGTON STEAM FIRE ENGINE NO. 3.
LOCATED AT PISCATAQUOG.
(Reserve engine.)
1 second-class single-plunger engine and
hose-carriage ->o,000 00
1 4-wheeled hose-carriage . . . 225 00
200 feet rubber hose 100 00
1,700 feet leather hose 1,700 00
Firemen's suits 175 00
Furniture and fixtures, including harnesses 517 00
Total amount
15,717 00
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N. S. BEAN STEAM FIRE ENGINE NO. 4.
LOCATED OX VINE STREET.
1 second-class double-plunger engine and
hose-carriage ....
50 feet rubber hose ....
1.100 feet leather hose . . .
Firemen's suits ....
Furniture and fixtures, including 1 pair
harnesses .....
Total amount
$3,500 00
75 00
1,100 00
213 00
600 00
. $5,488 00
PENNACOOK HOSE COMPANY NO. 1.
LOCATED OX VINE STREET.
1 4-wheeled horse hose-carriage
1 horse hose sled and reel
2,000 feet leather hose ....
Firemen's suits ....
Furniture and fixtures, including 1 harness
Total amount
. $600
00
75
00
. 2,000
00
300
00
5 400
00
. $3,375 00
MASSABESIC HOSE COMPANY NO. 2.
LOCATED ON MAPLE STREET.
1 4-wheeled horse hose-carriage . . $600 00
1,700 feet leather hose 1,700 00
Firemen's suits 200 00
Furniture and fixtures .... 54 00
Total amount
5,554 00
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EXCELSIOR HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY NO. 1.
LOCATED ON VINE STREET.
1 truck with hooks and ladder . . . $1,500 00
1 extension ladder 150 00
Firemen's suits . . . . 400 00
Furniture and fixtures .... 340 00
Total amount .... $2,390 00
SUPPLY WAGON.
LOCATED ON VINE STREET.
1 supply wagon and boxes . . . 150 00
SPARE HOSE.
LOCATED ON VINE STREET.
2,500 feet in store-room $2,500 00
ENGINEERS' DEPARTMENT.
6 fire hats
....
$25 00
Furniture
. . . « «
100 00
$125 00
FIRE-ALARM TELEGRAPH.
At cost
• • • • *
. $19,910 00
GOFFE'S FALLS HOSE CARRIAGE.
LOCATED AT DERRY MILLS.
1 2-wheeled hose-carriage .
400 feet linen hose . . .
2 hose pipes
Total amount .... $412 00
10
, $200 00
200
00
12
00
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AMOSKEAG HOSE CARRIAGE.
LOCATED AT P. C. CHENEY & CO.'S PAPEP.-MII.L.
1 2-wheeled hose-carriage .
800 feet leather hose ....
2 hose pipes .....
Total amount
1200 GO
400
00
12
00
•$612 00
RECAPITULATION.
Amoskeag Steam Fire Engine No. 1
Fire King Steam Fire Engine No. 2
E. W. Harrington Steam Fire Engine Xo
N. S. Bean Steam Fire Engine Xo. 4
Pennacook Hose Xo. 1 .
Massabesic Hose Xo. 2 .
Excelsior Hook and Ladder Co. Xo. 1
Supply Wagon
Goffe's Falls Hose Carriage
Amoskeag Hose Carriage
Engineers' Department .
Fire Alarm
Store Room .
Total amount
. *o\900
00
. 3,000
00
. ' 5,717
00'
. 5,488
00
. 3,375
00
. 2.554
00
. 2,390
00
150
00
412
00
612
00
125
00
. 19.910
00
. 2,500
00
.$5.3,133
oo
NAMES AND RESIDENCES OF THE MEMBERS OF
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
A. H. Lowell, chief engineer, 29 Prospect street.
A. C. Wallace, assistant engineer, Main street, 'Squog.
B. C. Kendall, assistant engineer, 311 Central street.
T. W. Lane, assistant engineer and clerk,* Elm, corner of
Appleton street.
S. C. Lowell, assistant engineer, 5 Machine-shop block.
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AMOSKEAG STEAM FIRE ENGINE COMPANY NO. 1.
George R. Simmons, foreman, Pennacook street.
A. D. Scovell, assistant foreman, 800 Manchester street.
Horace Nichols, engineer, 61 Stark corporation.
H. H. Glines, assistant engineer, 6 Machine-shop block.
W. A. Butterfielcl, clerk, engine-house, Vine street.
G. W. Butterfielcl, driver, engine-house, Vine street.
F. E. Stearns, hoseman, 488 Park street.
J. A. Barker, hoseman, 28 Market street.
J. T. Underhill, hoseman, 54 Stark corporation.
E. H. Currier, hoseman, 307 Hanover street.
"W. H. Stearns, hoseman, 421 Hanover street.
A. C. Barker, hoseman, 455 Maple street.
P. C. Lane, hoseman, 31 Machine-shop block.
J. R. Carr, hoseman, 14 Orange street.
N. S. BEAN STEAM EIRE ENGINE COMPANY NO. 4.
E. S. Whitney, foreman, 43 Walnut street.
C. E. Ham, assistant foreman, 44 Machine-shop block.
E. G. Abbott, clerk, 58 Bridge street.
P. S. Bean, engineer, 43 Walnut street.
T. F. Dodge, assistant engineer, 91 Orange street.
A. B. Cushing, driver, engine-house, Vine street.
R. S. Corey, hoseman, 17 Machine-shop block.
C. H. Barrett, hoseman, 20 Machine-shop block.
A. Nearborn, hoseman, corner of Jane and East High
streets.
G. W. Bacon, hoseman, 45 Stark corporation.
B. F. Marvin, hoseman, 357 Manchester street.
J. Martin, hoseman, 22 Machine-shop block.
A. Merrill, hoseman, 43 Walnut street.
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PENNACOOK HOSE COMPANY NO. 1.
A. Maxfield, foreman, 23 Machine-shop block.
C. I). Palmer, assistant foreman, 847 Central street.
J. E. Merrill, clerk, 60 Orange street.
J. M. Plaisted, driver, engine-house.
G. H. Porter, hoseman, 331 Chestnut street.
W. R. Sawyer, hoseman, 206 Main street, 'Squog.
C. B. French, hoseman, 10 Machine-shop block.
W. G. Chase, hoseman, 35 Amoskeag corporation.
L. M. Aldrich, hoseman, 375 Park street.
W. L. Blenus, hoseman, 153 Hanover street.
J. E. Dodge, hoseman, 885 Elm street.
J. H. Alsop, hoseman, 37 Stark corporation.
D. W. Morse, hoseman, 1419 Elm street.
G. W. Cheney, hoseman, 7 Stark corporation.
D. A. Webb, hoseman, 18 Machine-shop block.
G. A. Sackett, hoseman, engine-house, Vine street.
E. A. Durgin, hoseman, 153 Hanover street.
S. A. Hill, hoseman, 91 Amoskeag corporation.
F. E. Summers, hoseman, 9 Stark block.
E. A. Waldron, hoseman, 642 Union street.
MASSABESIC HOSE COMPANY NO. 2.
H. W. Fisher, foreman, 59 Myrtle street.
J. F. Seaward, assistant foreman, 21 Warren street.
H. G. Seaman, clerk, 14 South street.
Walter Seaward, hoseman, 18 Nashua street.
C. Thompson, hoseman, 35 Nashua street.
G. W. Goodwin, hoseman, corner Wilson and East High
streets.
J. W. Batchelder, hoseman, Nashua street.
G. A. Martin, hoseman, 360 Amherst street.
C F. Garland, hoseman, 28 Linden street.
H. G. Houghton, hbseman, 290 Bridge street.
W. S. McLeod, hoseman, 28 Warren street.
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EXCELSIOR HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY NO. 1.
John N. Chase, foreman, 276 Bridge street.
A. L. N. Robertson, assistant foreman, 256 Lowell street.
Henry French, clerk, 801 Chestnut street.
H. P. Young, treasurer, 351 Pine street.
C. Canfield, steward, 18 Amoskeag corporation.
G. E. Glines, fireman, 310 Central street.
E. A. G. Holmes, fireman, 228 Manchester street.
G. H. Dudley, fireman, 153 Laurel street.
L. J. Flint, fireman, 207 Bridge street.
H. H. Cole, fireman, 48 Machine-shop block.
W. S. Leavitt, fireman, 403 Pine street.
J. Orrill, fireman, 371 Central street.
J. B. Nourse, fireman, 262 Bridge street.
J. J. Lovering, fireman, 137 Amherst street.
J. Wilson, fireman, 530 Chestnut street.
C. H. Cross, fireman, 8 Langdon corporation.
Ralph Pearsons, fireman, 6 Laurel street.
J. H. Gould, fireman, 19 Amherst street.
P. P. Hill, fireman, 134 Elm street.
J. D. Andrews, fireman, 165 Merrimack street.
A. C. Wiggin, fireman, 48 Amoskeag corporation.
D. Breed, fireman, 186 Merrimack street.
J. W. Chase, fireman, 14 Stark corporation.
G. W. Jones, fireman, 1075 Elm street.
E. W. HARRINGTON HOSE COMPANY NO. 3,
H. Fradd, foreman, 123 Dover street.
R. Manning, assistant foreman, 95 Douglas street.
J. Hunter, clerk, 93 Water street.
William Doran, steward, 97 Parker street.
J. McDerby, foreman of hose, 503 Granite street.
J. Schofield, hoseman, 392 Granite street.
J. R. Young, hoseman, 273 Main street.
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A. C. Wallace, jr., hoseraan, 81 Parker street.
E. Young, hoseman, 273 Main street.
E. McDerby, hoseman, 145 Water street.
C. O'Shaughnessy, hoseman, 486 Granite street.
Thomas O'Dowd, hoseman, 270 Main street.
DRIVER OP SUPPLY WAGON.
Dennis Sullivan.
LOCATION OF HYDRANTS.
Amherst, north-west corner of Vine street.
Amherst, south-west corner of Chestnut street.
Amherst, north-west corner of Pine street.
Amherst, north-west corner of Union street.
Amherst, north-west corner of Walnut street.
Amherst, north-west corner of Beech street.
Amherst, north-west corner of Maple street.
Amherst, north-west corner of Lincoln street.
Amherst, north-west corner of Ashland street.
Amherst, north-west corner of Hall street.
Appleton, north-west corner of Elm street.
Appleton, north-west corner of Chestnut street.
Adams, north-west corner of Elm street.
Arlington, north-west corner of Cross street.
Arlington, north-west corner of Warren street.
Arlington, north-west corner of Ashland street.
Ash, front of No. 32.
Auburn, north-east corner of Canal street.
Aul turn, north-east corner of Elm street.
Auburn, front of No. 40.
Auburn, north-west corner of Chestnut street.
Auburn, north-west corner of Pine street.
Auburn, north-west corner of Union street.
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Bedford, north-west corner of Granite street.
Bedford, near No. 36 M. P. W. Corporation.
Bedford, north-west corner of Central street.
Beech, north-west corner of Park street.
Beech, front of No. 584.
Bird), north-west corner of Lowell street.
Birch, north-west corner of Washington street.
Blodget, front of primary school-house.
Biodget, north-west corner of Chestnut street.
Blodget, north-west corner of Pine street.
Blodget, north-west corner of Union street.
Bridge, north-east corner of Canal street.
Bridge, north-east corner of Hobbs street.
Bridge, north-west corner of Elm street.
Bridge, front of No. 20.
Bridge, north-west corner of Chestnut street.
Bridge, north-west corner of Union street.
Bridge, nroth-west corner of Walnut street.
Bridge, north-west corner of Beech street.
Bridge, north-west corner of Ash street.
Bridge, north-west corner of Maple street.
Bridge, near No. 242.
Bridge, north-west corner of Russell street.
Bridge, north-west corner of Linden street.
Brook, north-east corner of Canal street.
Brook, north-west corner of Elm street.
Brook, north-west corner of P. Adams's lot.
Brook, north-west corner of Chestnut street.
Brook, north-west corner of Pine street.
Brook, north-west corner of Union street.
Brook, north-west corner of Beech street.
■Canal, near east corner of Depot street.
•Canal, near office door of M. L. W.
■Cedar, north-cast corner of Canal street.
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Cedar, north-west corner of Elm street.
Cedar, front of No. 36.
Cedar, north-west corner of Chestnut street.
Cedar, north-west corner of Pine street.
Cedar, north-west corner of Union street.
Cedar, north-west corner of Beech street.
Cedar, north-west corner of Maple street.
Central, north-east corner of Canal street.
Central, north-west corner of Canal street.
Central, north-west corner of Elm street.
Central, north-west corner of Chestnut street.
Central, north-west corner of Pine street.
Central, north-west corner of Union street.
Central, near gate, Merrimack square.
Central, north-west corner of Beech street.
Central, north-west corner of Maple street.
Central, north-west corner of Lincoln street.
Central, front of No. 374.
Central, north-west corner of Wilson street.
Chestnut, north-west corner of Lowell street.
Chestnut, opposite High street.
Chestnut, north-west corner of Pearl street.
Chestnut, north-west corner of Orange street.
Chestnut, north-west corner of Myrtle street.
Chestnut, north-west corner of Prospect street.
Concord, opposite Vine street.
Concord, north-west corner of Chestnut street.
Concord, north-west corner of Union street.
Concord, north-west corner of Walnut street.
Concord, north-west corner of Beech street.
Concord, north-west corner of Nashua street.
Concord, north-west corner of Maple street.
Concord-, north-west corner of old Amherst street.
Dean, north-east corner of Canal street.
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Dean, north-west corner of Elm street.
Depot, north-west corner of Elm street.
Depot, west of Franklin street.
Elm, front of Fisk's bookstore.
Elm, north-west corner of Salmon street.
Elm, north-west corner of Cove street.
Franklin, opposite Middle street.
Granite, north-east corner of Canal street.
Granite, north-west corner of Elm street.
Granite, east end of Granite Bridge.
Green, corner of Elm street.
Hanover, front of First Congregational Church.
Hanover, north-west corner of Chestnut street.
Hanover, north-west corner of Pine street.
Hanover, north-west corner of Union street.
Hanover, north-west corner of Beech street.
Hanover, north-west corner of Maple street.
Hanover, north-west corner of Lincoln street.
Hanover, north-west corner of Ashland street
Hanover, north-west corner of Hall street.
Hanover, north-west corner of Belmont street,
Harrison, opposite No. 13.
Harrison, north-west corner of Chestnut street
Harrison, north-west corner of Pine street.
Harrison, north-west corner of Union street.
Harrison, north-west corner of Beech street.
Hancock, north-west corner of River road.
Hollis, north-east corner of Canal street.
Hollis, north-east corner of Hobbs street.
Hollis, north-west corner of Elm street.
Kidder, north-east corner of Canal street.
Kidder, north-east corner of Hobbs street.
Kidder, north-west corner of Elm street.
Kidder court, north-west corner of Elm street.
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Langdon, north-west corner of Elm street.
Langdon, north-east corner of Canal street.
Laurel, north-west corner of Pine street.
Laurel, north-west corner of Union street.
Laurel, north-west corner of Beech street.
Laurel, north-west corner of Maple street.
Laurel, north-west corner of Lincoln street.
Laurel, near Xo. 244.
Laurel, north-west corner of "Wilson street.
Laurel, near Belmont.
Lowell, north-west corner of Beech street.
Lowell, north-west corner of Ash street.
Lowell, north-west corner of South street.
Lowell, front of Xo. 276.
Lowell, north-west corner of Wilson road.
Manchester, front of James Bros.' stable.
Manchester, north-west corner of Chestnut street.
Manchester, north-west corner of Pine street.
Manchester, north-west corner of Union street.
Manchester, north-west corner of Beech street.
Manchester, north-west corner of Maple street.
Manchester, north-west corner of Lincoln street.
Manchester, north-west corner of Wilson street.
Maple, north-west corner of Lowell street.
Maple, front of Xo. 530.
Market, near Canal street.
Market, near second back street west of Elm street.
Market, north-west corner of Elm street.
Massabesic, north-west corner of old Falls road.
Massabesic, south-east corner of Taylor street.
Massabesic avenue.
Massabesic, near Mammoth road.
Mammoth road.
Mechanic, north-east corner of Canal street.
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Mechanic, near second back street west of Elm street.
Mechanic, north-west corner of Elm street.
Merrimack, north-east corner of Canal street.
Merrimack, near 111 Amoskeag corporation.
Merrimack, north-west corner of Franklin street.
Merrimack, north-west corner of PJlm street.
Merrimack, opposite gate Merrimack square.
Merrimack, north-west corner of Chestnut street.
Merrimack, north-west corner of Pine street.
Merrimack, north-west corner of Union street.
Merrimack, north-west comer of Beech street.
Merrimack, north-west corner of Maple street.
Merrimack, north-west corner of Lincoln street.
Merrimack, near No. 362.
Merrimack, north-west corner of Wilson street.
Merrimack, north-west corner of Hall street.
Merrimack, near Belmont street.
Middle, north-east corner of Canal street.
Middle, near 67 Amoskeag corporation.
Myrtle, opposite No. 33.
Myrtle, north-west corner of Pine street.
Myrtle, north-west corner of Union street.
Myrtle, north-west corner of Walnut street.
Myrtle, north-west corner of Beech street.
Myrtle, north-west corner of Ash street.
Myrtle, north-west corner of Maple street.
Myrtle, north-west corner of Oak street.
Orange, opposite Clark's avenue.
Orange, north-west corner of Pine street.
Orange, north-west corner of Union street.
Orange, north-west corner of Walnut street.
Orange, north-west corner of Beech street.
Park, near No. 36.
Park, north-west corner of Chestnut street.
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Park, north-west corner of Union street.
Park, north-west corner of Maple street.
Park, north-west corner of Lincoln street.
Park, north-west corner of Wilson street.
Park, east end.
Pearl, corner of Walnut street.
Pearl, corner of Beech street.
Pearl, north-west corner of Pine street.
Pearl, north-west corner of Union street.
Pearl, north-west corner of Ash street.
Pearl, north-west corner of Maple street.
Pearl, north-west corner of Clark's avenue.
Pine, north-west corner of Park street.
Pine, north-west corner of Hanover street.
Pine, north-west corner of Concord street.
Pine, north-west corner, of Lowell street.
Pine, north-west corner of High street.
Pine, north-west corner of Bridge street.
Pleasant, north-east corner of Canal street.
Pleasant, near 35 Manchester corporation.
Pleasant, north-west corner of Franklin street.
Pleasant, north-west corner of Elm street.
Prospect, between Elm and Chestnut streets.
Prospect, north-west corner of Pine street.
Prospect, north-west corner of Union street.
Prospect, north-west corner of Beech street.
Prospect, north-west corner of Ash street.
Prospect, north-west corner of Maple street.
Prospect, north-west corner of Oak street.
Prospect, north-west corner of Russell street.
River road, north-west of Elm street.
Spring, north-east corner of Canal street.
Spring, north-west corner of Charles street.
Spring, north-west corner of Elm street.
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Spruce, north-west corner of Chestnut street.
Spruce, north-west corner of Pine back street.
Spruce, north-west corner of Union street.
Spruce, north-west corner of Beech street.
Spruce, north-west corner of Maple street.
Spruce, north-west corner of Lincoln street.
Spruce, between Chestnut and Elm streets.
Stark, north-east corner of Canal street.
Stark, near 13 Stark corporation.
Stark, north-west corner of Elm street.
State, north-west corner of Granite street.
State, opposite 57 Manchester corporation.
State, opposite 13 Manchester corporation.
State, corner of Central street.
Summer, corner of Elm street.
Union, north-west corner of Lowell street.
Union, north-west corner of High street.
Valley, corner of Elm street.
Valley, corner of Willow street.
Walnut, north-west corner of Lowell street.
Walnut, opposite No. 79.
Water, near 38 Amoskeag corporation.
Water, north-west corner of Elm street.
Webster, north-west corner of Chestnut street.
Webster, corner of Elm street.
WTilson, corner of Park street.
Young, corner of Elm street.
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LOCATION OF HYDRANTS IN 'SQUOG.
A, corner of Main street.
Bedford road, near Huntress'.
Bowman street, opposite cemetery.
C street, corner of Bedford road.
Clinton, corner of Dover street.
Clinton, corner of Main street.
Center, corner of Main street.
Center, opposite school-house.
Douglas, corner of Quincy street.
Douglas, corner of Green street.
Douglas, corner of Barr street.
Douglas, corner of West street.
Douglas, corner of Main street.
Douglas, east of Main street.
Ferry, corner of Main street.
Granite, corner of Quincy street.
Granite, corner of Green street.
Granite, corner of Barr street.
Granite, corner of West street.
Granite, corner of Dover street.
Granite, corner of Main street.
Granite, corner of Second street.
Granite, corner of River street.
Main, opposite Rice's house.
Main, corner of Walker street.
Mast, corner of Main street.
Mast, corner of Bowman street.
Mast, between Bowman and Main streets.
Mast, opposite J. Smith's house.
Milford, corner of Main street.
Milford, corner of Bowman street.
Piscataquog, corner of Main street.
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School, corner of Main street.
School, corner of Walker street.
School, corner of Ferry street.
Third, corner of Ferry street.
Walker, corner of River road.
Walker* corner of Parker street.
In addition to the above, there are three private hydrants
that are available in case of need : —
One at S. C. Forsaith & Co.'s machine shop.
One at Lowell's iron foundry.
One at J. Hodge's wood-working establishment.
Making 303 in all.
REPORT
COMMITTEE OX CEMETERIES.
To His Honor the Mayor, and City Councils of t/ie City
of Manchester : —
Gentlemen : — The Committee on Cemeteries herewith
submit their report for the year 1878 : —
THE VALLEY.
The Committee on Cemeteries, early in the season, au-
thorized the sub-committee to contract for the erection of
a suitable building in the cemetery, for the convenience and
accommodation of the superintendent of the grounds and
all others who may have occasion to be there, especially in
cold and stormy weather. "We contracted with Mr. J. H.
Marnard to erect the building, which is now completed in
a thorough and substantial manner. The building is
14x17, cottage style, with roof slated, the cost of which is
8366, all finished in every particular. Mr. Maynard ful-
filled the agreement in every detail, using the best of ma-
terials and performing the labor in a workmanlike manner,
to the entire satisfaction of the committee. The absolute
necessity for such or a similar building in this cemetery,
has been long felt, and we feel quite confident that many
of our fellow-citizens who have suffered considerable incon-
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venience in years past for the need of such accommoda-
tions, will fully appreciate, even at this late day, the result
now accomplished. We have not built any new fence this
year, as only $ 1,000 was appropriated for the Valley, and
about one-half that sum is required to pay the superintend-
ent and to keep the grounds in respectable condition, and
the erection of the building already referred to elsewhere
did not leave us funds enough to build many feet of fence.
We are clearly of the opinion that the sum of $2,000
ought to be appropriated the present year, $1,500 of which
for the erection of iron fence, in pattern and finish about
the same as the fence now built on Tine street.
The committee had some reason to expect that not less
than $1,500 would be annually appropriated by the city
councils until the grounds should be entirely inclosed by an
iron fence. A very large number of our people are deeply
interested in this sacred place of the dead. Within its in-
closure are the mortal remains of so many of the nearest
and dearest to us here, and at no distant period in the future
to be the final resting-place of many here among the living
to-day, that any apparent neglect to properly protect and
care for this place brings sadness and sorrow to many
hearts. We earnestly hope that our successors will be fur-
nished with at least the sum herein named, for iron fence
the present year. There has been received $91. GO for two
lots sold during the year.
It appears to us that the sum expended for the bank wall
on the south line of Auburn street and the north line of
the cemetery, should not be charged to the cemetery. This
grade is so established, and the excavation made to such
depth, that the cost of the wall exceeds the cost of the
fence upon it. The grade on the north side of Valley
street and south line of the cemetery, is such as will require
a bank wall nearly as expensive as the wall on Auburn
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street. We trust that our city councils will give this mat-
ter a careful consideration. We employed again Mr. A. H.
Hartshorn to superintend the grounds, who has, we are
happy to bear testimony, performed the duties of his posi-
tion quite satisfactorily to us. Mr. Hartshorn has done
most of the work in keeping the walks and avenues in ex-
cellent condition, and but very few days of outside labor
has been done during the year.
The demand for burial lots in the Valley for the last ten
years has been very limited indeed. There are now six-
teen lots graded and for sale, belonging to the city. Most
of these lots are situate on the west of the brook, between
the brook and foot of the hill. Some more lots can be laid
out upon the hillsides whenever there is any demand for
them. Respectfully submitted,
HOLMES R. PETTEE.
J. F. JAMES,
A. H. DANIELS,
Sub-Comr/iittee on the Valley.
PINE GROVE.
The following presents the financial statement of the
operations at the Pine Grove for the year 1878, viz. : —
Cash balance unexpended previous year . . £688 12
Cash received from sale of lots (47) . . 974 22
Expenditure!
Permanent improvements
Care of grounds
Tools .
Drawing logs .
Treasurer's bill
Cash on hand to balance
11,662
34
. ?247
69
352
68
10
21
6
50
57
5"
987
76
11,662
34
164
From the above showing it appears there is nearly one
thousand dollars of an unexpended balance in the treasury.
But, while this is true, it is proper to say that late in the
season the committee contracted with Mr. A. H. Lowell to
put in about 150 feet of iron fence, and a gate correspond-
ing with that at the Valley. This work is now in progress,
and will be completed at an early day in the spring. The
•cost will be towards four hundred dollars, and the amount
should really be deducted from the balance in the treasury,
to show the correct state of the finances. With this de-
duction the surplus would be about the same as last year.
Every year adds to the importance and value of the Pine
Grove. It is there that nearly all the sales of lots now
take place ; and it is believed the interments largely ex-
ceed those at the Valley. The owners of lots, also, are
taking a deeper interest in having them graded and fitted
up in a tasteful manner. Each year they are expending
more money for handsome stone-work, costly monuments,
and other adornments for this sacred place, and they very
■.naturally ask that the iron fence shall be extended until ul-
timately the grounds shall be inclosed in a proper manner.
The wooden fence is in very dilapidated condition, and
there is an earnest desire that it should give place to an
iron structure, at least upon the northern and western sides.
To do this gradually, and carry out other needed improve-
ments, without absorbing all the funds derived from the
sale of lots, the committee would urge the city councils to
make an annual appropriation of one thousand dollars, un-
til the work is completed.
During the year, Mr. James has laid out lots to meet the
public demand, and most of these have been graded ready
for use. Some of , the main avenues, where necessity re-
quired something to be done, have been graded and other-
wise improved. A few of the unsightly pine trees have
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been removed at the request of parties owning lots, and
their places supplied with maples and elms. We believe it
should be the policy gradually to take away the pines, the
foliage of which is so destructive to grasses and flowers,,
until few, if any, shall be left to work injury to trees, shrub-
bery, and plants that are more beautiful to the eye, and in
better accord with the taste of those anxious to beautify and
make more attractive the resting-place of the dead.
The grounds during the past year have remained under
the charge of Mr. William C. Chase.
Respectfully submitted,
JOSEPH KIDDER,
SYLVANUS B. PUTNAM,
J. B. CHASE,
Sub-Committee Pine Grove-
TREASURER'S REPORT.
To the Committee on Cemeteries : —
Gentlemen : — As your treasurer, I submit to you the
following report for the year ending December 31, 1878 : —
PINE-GROVE CEMETERY.
To cash received for 47 lots .... $974 22
By cash paid H. R. Chamberlin, City Treasurer 974 22
I now have twenty-six deeds of lots that are not paid
for, the amount of which is $528.55. I think that most of
these deeds will be taken within the present year. I am
clearly of the opinion that some further order of the com-
mittee should be adopted which will require a more prompt
payment for these lots.
THE VALLEY.
To cash received of John A. Barker for lot No.
753.} $48 40
To cash received of Charles W. Paige for lot No.
COS} 43 20
$91 60
By cash paid H. R. Chamberlin, City Treasurer $91 60
All money received on account of the cemeteries has
been paid to the City Treasurer, and all bills of expendi-
167
tures have been paid by the City Treasurer, full details of
which will be found in the city annual report. All of
which is respectfully submitted.
J. F. JAMES,
Treasurer of Committee on Cemeteries.
Manchester, N. H., January 1, 1879.
I hereby certify that I have examined the accounts of
J. F. James, treasurer of the cemeteries, for the year
ending December 31, 1878, and find the same correctly cast
and properly vouched.
NATHAN P. KIDDER,
City Auditor.
At a meeting of the Committee on Cemeteries, held at
the Mayor's office January 4, 1879, the foregoing reports
were unanimously accepted.
SYLVANUS B. PUTNAM,
Clerk of Committee on Cemeteries.
ACCOUNT
OF
HENRY R CHAMBEELIN,
CITY TBEASUREB,
FROM
December 31, 1877, to December 31, 1878.
170
Dr.
Henry B. Chamberlin, Treasurer, in account with the
To Cash in the Treasury, January 1, 1878 . . . $17,113 10
Temporary Loan
66,000 00
Savings-bank Tax ....
27,271 50
Railroad Tax ....
. 12,374 51
Literary Fund ....
. 1,334 59
Insurance Tax ....
755 25
City Hall and Stores
. 1,825 00
City Farm ....
. 1,722 23
Police Court ....
. 4,352 96
City Scales ....
322 78
Fine-Grove Cemetery
974 22
County, for Board at State Reform
Scho
Dl
. 3,332 45
County for Railroad Tickets, etc. .
19 73
City Teams ....
. 2,350 60
Overdrafts ....
427 61
License of Shows ....
370 00
Land Sold from Farm
. 1,099 68
Dog Licenses ....
664 50
Sewer Licenses
376 45
Rent of Learse
32 50
Tuition
402 05
Interest on Taxes .
858 68
Rent of Tenements
175 75
Taxes collected on List of 1870
14 42
" J871
24 13
« « " 1872
4 48
" •• " 1873
2 50
" •« " 1874
219 59
" 1875
212 95
" -• '< 1876
372 36
" " " 1877
. 31,777 32
« « " 1878
. 204,000 45
City Aqueduct ....
31 00
Cost on Non-Resident Taxes .
31 81
AVater Rent ....
. 48,873 26
Lumber
5 00
Valley Cemetery
115 00
Amount carried forward
$429,840 47
171
City of Manchester (ending December 31, 1878) .
O
By Unpaid Bills, January 1, 1878 $24,751 68
Paupers off the Farm
. 7,908 65
City Farm
. 3,525 82
City Teams
. 3,534 92
Highway District No. 1 .
190 63
u a a 9
. 11,010 49
" " " 3
740 10
u <( a. 4
159 28
it •• a k
o
458 47
« 6
289 99
" 7
718 06
'" " 8
395 70
" " 9
299 18
" 10
. 1,103 45
" " 11
. 1,535 63
" a 12
215 09
" " 13
143 93
New Highways
. 1,531 88
Granite Bridge
31 50
Amoskeag-Falls Bridge
47 01
Sewers and Drains .
3,928 07
Reservoirs
85 69
Commons
54 63
Valley Cemetery
464 23
Pine-Grove Cemetery
861 93
Fire Department
. 8,998 30
City Police
. 18,198 76
City Officers
. 10,214 33
Lighting Streets
4,735 53
Militia ....
600 00
Printing and Stationery .
1,291 57
Incidental Expenses
19,183 50
City-Hall Building .
. 2,040 89
City Library
4,865 10
Paving Streets .
. 2,779 46
Watering Streets
1,574 53
Discount on Taxes .
5,853 00
Amount carried forward
$144,320 98
172
Dr.
Henry It. Chamberlin, Treasurer, in account with the
Amount brought forward .
Tomb Fees
A. H. Lowell, Harness and Hose .
T. L. Thorpe, Old Iron ....
Water Works, for Akron Pipe
Jonathan Smith, Refunded
X. P. Kidder, Pent of Ward Room
X. P. Kidder, Brick ....
S. T. Hill, Taxes not Assessed
Bonds and Interest of Soldiers' Monument
M. E. George, Refunded by Pauper
C. K. Walker, Plow ....
X. P. Kidder, Old Boiler Sold
D. F. Clark, Admr., Board of Thos. F. Dailey
Unpaid Bills, January 1, 1879
$429,840 47
70 17
25 00
16 20
109 74
36 54
12 00
14 70
6 22
5,364 39
25 00
1 00
40 00
74 26
$435,635 69
. 23,329 73
$458,965 42
173
City of Manchester {ending December 31, 1878).
Cr.
Amount brought forward . . . $144,320 98
Abatement of Taxes
990 28
Interest ....
. 1,689 82
Coupons, City Proper
19,925 00
Coupons, Water Bonds .
. 35,988 00
Eeduction of City Debt .
13,000 00
Repairs of Buildings
. 2,754 08
School-houses and Lots .
339 80
State Tax ....
S9,724 00
Repairs of School-houses
. 1,970 92
"Water-works
. 15,773 99
Land Damage .
.
1,482 68
Fire-alarm Telegraph
979 71
Decoration ....
400 02
Grading for Concrete
1,940 65
Hydrant Service
18,060 00
Macadamizing ....
633 83
Tuition ....
118 39
New Hose-house
82 25
New Engine-house .
8,117 81
Teachers ....
. 35,335 66
Evening Schools
1,098 42
Fuel
2,449 55
Incidental Repairs .
222 92
Furniture and Supplies .
515 93
Printing and Advertising
382 56
Books and Stationeiy
556 26
Care of Rooms .
2,267 54
Contingent Expenses
806 31
Temporary Loan
. 78,400 00
Court-house . ' .
841 27
Soldiers' Monument
3,005 38
$434,174 01
Cash in the Treasury, January 1, 1879 ....
24,791 41
$458,965 42
HENRY R. CHAMBERLIN,
City Treasurer.
Manchester, January 1, 1879.
FINANCE COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
The undersigned, Joint Standing Committee on Finance,
certify that we have examined the foregoing account of
Henry R. Chamberlin, City Treasurer, and find the same
correctly cast and supported by proper vouchers.
GEORGE W. RIDDLE,
GREELEY W. HASTINGS.
JAMES B. STRAW,
JOHN L. KELLY,
Joint Standing Committee on Finance.
REVENUE ACCOUNT.
ACCOUNTS OF APPROPRIATIONS.
TEMPORARY LOAN.
To balance from old account . $14,300 00
Merrimack River Savings
Bank .... 10,000 00
Manchester Savings Bank . 8,000 00
Amoskeag Savings Bank . 10,000 00
Manchester National Bank . 10,000 00
Second National Bank . . 8,000 00
H. R. Chamberlin . . 15,000 00
R. N. Whittemore . . . 5,000 00
Dr.
$80,300 00
Or.
Paid Merrimack River Savings
Bank .... $10,000 00
Manchester Savings Bank . 8,000 00
Amoskeag Savings Bank . 10,000 00
Manchester National Bank . 20,000 00
Second National Bank . 8,000 00
H. R. Chamberlin . . 17,000 00
R, N. Whittemore . . 5,000 00
Lois A. Lee 400 00
By balance to new account . . 1,900 00
880,300 00
12
178
INTEREST.
To appropriation . . . $32,688 00
Water-works, am't transferred 26,000 00
Reserved fund, amount trans-
ferred 4,000 00
By balance overdrawn in 1877
. $2,012 50
Paid Amoskeag National Bank
502 50
Manchester National Bank
191 88
Second National Bank
64 78
Merrimack River Savings
Bank .
305 00
Manchester Savings Bank
294 00
R. N. Whittemore
72 50
Lois A. Lee
19 80
Louisa Wilson .
30 00
Heirs of N. Hunt
209 36
Coupons on city bonds
19,925 00
Coupons on water bonds
. 35,988 00
By balance to new account .
3,072 68
Dr.
162,688 00
Cr.
162,688 00
PAUPERS OFF THE FARM.
To appropriation .... 83,000 00
County of Hillsborough for
board of inmates at reform
school .... 3,332 4-3
Railroad tickets furnished coun-
ty paupers . . . . 11 30
Aid furnished Joseph Garland . 8 37
Dr.
179
M. E. George, am't refunded . 25 00
D. F. Clark, administrator, for
board furnished T. F. Dailey
at insane asylum . . . 74 26
.$6,451 44
Balance (overdrawn) . . 1,705 65
$8,157 09
Cr.
By balance overdrawn in 1877 . $248 44
Paid Daniel Shehan, groceries fur-
nished M. Kelly ... 9 00
Daniel Shehan, groceries fur-
nished John Joyce . . 21 00
Daniel Shehan, groceries fur-
nished Peter Scanlan . . 18 00
Daniel Shehan, groceries fur-
nished John Reardon . . 33 00
Daniel Shehan, groceries fur-
nished Robert McMahon . 28 00
Daniel Shehan, groceries fur-
nished Thomas Kerrigan . 21 00
Daniel Shehan, groceries fur-
nished Patrick Fox . 19 00
Daniel Shehan, groceries fur-
nished Mrs. P. J. Hanley . 51 00
Daniel Shehan, groceries fur-
nished Celia Adams 20 41
John J. Shea, groceries fur-
nished William Horan . 20 00 j
John J. Shea, groceries fur- {
nished Timothy Sullivan . 40 00
John J. Shea, groceries fur-
nished Peter Scanlan . . 24 00
180
John J. Shea, groceries fur-
nished Robert McMahon . 40 00
John J. Shea, groceries fur-
nished Mrs. D. Healy . . 78 00
John J. Shea, groceries fur-
nished Thomas Kerrigan . 30 00
John J. Shea, groceries fur-
nished Mrs. Patrick Fox . 25 00
John J. Shea, groceries fur-
nished Mrs. John Reardon . 20 00
M. McQuade, groceries fur-
nished John Joyce . . 25 00
M. McQuade, groceries fur-
nished Thomas Kerrigan . 25 00
M. McQuade, groceries fur-
nished Mrs. D. Healy . 28 00
M. McQuade, groceries fur-
nished Mrs. P. Sullivan . 24 00
M. McQuade, groceries fur-
nished Celia Adams . . 12 00
M. McQuade, groceries fur-
nished J. Reardon . . 27 00
M. McQuade, groceries fur-
nished J. McCarty . . 13 84
M. McQuade, groceries fur-
nished P. J. Hanley . 24 00
M. McQuade, groceries fur-
nished P. Harrison . 8 00
A. Mallard & Son, groceries
-furnished Aleck Shine . 15 00
A. Mallard & Son, groceries
furnished Jane Mason . 1 34
(Callahan & Whclan, groceries
furnished Robert McMahon 40 00
181
Fisher & Flanders, groceries
furnished Mrs. Sarah Seavey
Fisher & Garland, groceries
furnished Mrs. Sarah Seavey
Fisher & Garland, groceries
furnished Mrs. A. B. Dakin
Geo. E. Wilson & Co., grocer-
ies furnished N. Parker
Geo. E. Wilson & Co., gro-
ceries furnished Mrs. Sarah
Seavey ....
Barr & Clapp, groceries fur-
nished W. W. Whittemore .
Wm. F. Sleeper & Co., grocer-
ies furnished E. Hodgman .
Wm. F. Sleeper & Co., grocer-
ies furnished Mrs. M. Kelly
Wm. F. Sleeper & Co.. grocer-
ies furnished Mrs. Moran .
Wm. F. Sleeper & Co., gro-
ceries furnished small-pox
patient ....
Adams & Lamprey, grocer-
ies furnished Aleck Shine
Adams & Lamprey, grocer-
ies furnished James Calla
han .....
Adams & Lamprey, groceries
furnished Thomas Doherty
E. A. Moulton, groceries fur-
nished James Duffy .
E. A. Moulton, groceries fur-
nished Wyman family
14
03
40
28
2
50
48
00
3
00
74
16
30
49
30
00
6
50
1
78
8
00
27
00
77
50
19
00
24
75
182
E. A. Moulton, groceries fur-
nished children of P. Sul-
livan .... 5 00
E. A. Moulton, groceries fur-
nished James Callahan . 27 00
O. D. Sawyer, groceries fur-
nished Mrs. T. Bresnehan . 5 00
O. D. Sawyer, groceries fur-
nished James Callahan . 8 00
O. D. Sawyer, groceries fur-
nished James Duffy . . 10 00
O. D. Sawyer, groceries fur-
nished Mrs. Isabella Royce 9 00
B. P. Burpee, groceries fur-
nished Mrs. John Rhodes . 10 93
Putnam & Brown, groceries
furnished Nicholas Parker 2 00
Brigham & Pratt, crackers
furnished Mrs. T. Bresnehan 2 00
Michael Kearns, groceries fur-
nished Mrs. Harrison . 8 00
Mrs. Mary Reardon, groceries
furnished Stephen Spain . 82 90
Joseph Bean, groceries fur-
nished Mrs. Sarah Seavey . 3 00
H. E. Stevens, groceries fur-
nished E. C. Cross . . 2 50
H. E. Stevens, groceries fur-
nished Catherine Adams . 1 00
H. E. Stevens, groceries fur-
nished Mrs. T. Bresnehan 5 25
F. G. Barney & Co., groceries
furnished Aleck Shine . 29 25
Dewey & Wyman, groceries
furnished Sarah Wyman . 77 48
183
B. Bresnehan, groceries fur-
nished John Joyce
A. M. Eastman, groceries fur-
nished Mrs. T. Bresnehan .
Dewey & Wyman, groceries
furnished N. Cory
Moody <fe Bartlett, groceries
furnished David Shannon .
Stearns <fe Farmer, groceries
furnished children of Patrick
Sullivan . . •■'...
Stearns & Farmer, groceries
furnished Mary Riley
Stearns & Farmer, groceries
furnished Thomas O'Connor
Stearns <fe Farmer, groceries
furnished J. Knights .
M. R. Currier, groceries fur-
nished E. Hodgman .
M. R. Currier, groceries fur-
nished S. L. Corning
M. R. Currier, groceries fur-
nished Maria Garland
M. R. Currier, groceries fur-
nished Celia Adams .
P. Harrington, groceries fur-
nished Mrs. Fitzgerald
Len A. McKean,'groceries fur-
nished Mrs. Rhodes .
S. L. Flanders, groceries fur-
nished Joseph Bean .
B. Bresnehan, groceries fur-
nished Mrs. Harrison
Stearns &, Farmer, groceries
furnished Mrs. Mumford .
25
00
33
53
1
54
4
00
20
00
1
00
1
00
o
O
25
on
OO
58
10
54
•>
62
o
60
20
00
11
99
5
00
16
00
2
00
184
Michael Kearns, groceries fur-
nished Mrs. Rhodes . 6 00
E. A. Moulton, groceries fur-
nished Aleck Shine . 5 00
J. J. Shea, groceries furnished
John Murphy . . . 5 00'
J. J. Shea, groceries furnished
Mrs. M. Shallory . . 5 00
J. J. Shea, groceries furnished
David McKay ... 5 00
B. Bresnehan, groceries fur-
nished John Joyce . . 5 00
Michael Kearns, groceries fur-
nished Mrs. Rhodes . . 6 00
A. Mallard & Son, groceries
furnished Patrick Regan . 8 00
E. A. Moulton, groceries fur-
nished Aleck Shine . . 5 00-
Stearns <fe Farmer, groceries
furnished Mrs. John Logue 2 00
Stearns <fc Farmer, groceries
furnished Mrs. Wineford . 2 0O
G. H. Porter, wood furnished
children of Pat. Sullivan . 5 G5-
G. H. Porter, wood furnished
Aleck Shine ... 10 50
G. H. Porter, wood furnished
Mrs. T. Bresnehan . . 10 00
G. H. Porter, wood furnished
Thomas Doherty . . 5 25
E. P. Johnson & Co., wood
furnished Thomas Doherty 5 62
E. P. Johnson & Co., wood
furnished Aleck Shine . 7 80*
185
E. P. Johnson & Co., wood
furnished James Callahan . 7 87
E. P. Johnson & Co., wood
furnished Mrs. Sarah Seavey 1 75
E. P. Johnson & Co., wood
furnished Mrs. T. Bresnehan 5 31
E. P. Johnson & Co., coal fur-
nished Mrs. A. B. Ayer . 1 25
E. P. Johnson & Co., coal fur-
nished children of Patrick
Sullivan .... 1 87
L. B. Bodwell & Co., woodfur-
nished Mrs. Sarah Seavey . 25 00
L. B. Bodwell & Co., wood fur-
nished Celia Adams . . 4 24
L. B. Bodwell & Co., wood fur-
nished children of P. Sulli-
van 2 50
L. B. Bodwell & Co., wood fur-
nished James Callahan . 2 00
L. B. Bodwell & Co., wood fur-
nished Aleck Shine . . 2 00
L. B. Bodwell & Co., wood fur-
nished Mrs. J. Reardon . 6 00
Dickey, Young & Co., coal fur-
nished E. Hodgman . . 21 46
Dickey, Young & Co., coal fur-
nished children of P. Sulli-
van 3 50
Dickey, Young & Co., coal fur-
nished Mrs. Moulton . . 3 75
Dickey, Young & Co., wood
and coal furnished Maria
Garland .... 5 75
186
James F. Wyman, coal fur-
nished Mrs. Sarah "Wyman . 1 00
S. C. Forsaith & Co., wood fur-
nished Mrs. Sarah Seavey . 2 50
Sylvanus Brown, wood fur-
nished Mrs. Sarah Wyman . 1 50
Charles Esty, wood furnished
Mrs. Sarah Seavey . 6 00
Horace Young, wood furnished
E. Hodgman ... C 00
J. O. Ingalls & Co., wood fur-
nished Mrs. Sarah Seavey . 2 50
G. H. Porter, wood furnished
Mrs. Sarah Seavey . . 3 50
G. H. Porter, wood furnished
Patrick Regan ... 3 75
N. H. Insane Asylum, board
of John Connolly . . 274 93
X. H. Insane Asylum, board
of Martha J. Dunn . . 252 86
N. H. Insane Asylum, board
of Elbridge Gerry . . 223 41
X. H. Insane Asylum, board
of C. W. Haselton . . 222 27
X. H. Insane Asylum, board
of Jonathan O. Hunt . . 133 55
X. H. Insane Asylum, board
of Aseneth H. White . . 152 89
X. H. Insane Asylum, board
of Bridget Scully . . 51 68
State Reform School, board of
inmates .... 3,795 75
Mrs. M. M. Prescott, board of
Eben Foss .... 81 00
187
C. C. Webster, board of D. O
Webster
Mrs. 0. J. Doble, board of Mrs
Anna B. Ayer .
Mrs. Joseph Senter, board of
Joseph Senter .
Mrs. Mary G. Emerson, board
of Walter D. Emerson
Mrs. Sarah Page, board of
Mrs. Lovell
J. Howard, board of John
Gammell .
Sarah Goodhue, board of Mrs
H. Dunbar
M. E. George, examining rec
ords ....
M. E. George, cash paid C. W
Haselton .
John A. Barker, cash paid for
transportation of paupers
A. B. Page, expenses to Con
cord with insane person
John B. Clarke, printing
D. Shehan, transportation of
P. Fox to Lowell, Mass.
Nathan P. Kidder, transpor-
tation of Clara Favor to New
London .
William Shepard, care of deaf
and dumb person
J. J. Abbott, setting glass at
Mrs. Sarah Seavey's .
S. Saunders, repairing house of
Mrs. Sarah Seavev
108 00
94 00
20 00
30 00
3 33
10 00
10 00
19 12
08 00
28 87
6 cO
7 25
2 25
1 50
4 03
2 58
188
George W. Weeks, boots for
children of P. Sullivan
George W. Dodge, shoes for
child of Timothy Quinn
W. G. Kimball, professional
services ....
Leonard French, professional
services ....
George D. Towne, professional
services ....
Town of Bedford .
Tebbetts Bros., medicines
John A. Wiley, medicines
Melendy & Poor, coffin and bu-
rial of child found in canal
J. N. Bruce, burying Julia I.
Davis ....
F. L. Wallace & Co., burying
Lene Bell Finch
P. A. Devine, burying P. Fox
P. A. Devine, burying child of
P. Fox ....
P. A. Devine, burying John
Reardon ....
P. A. Devine, burying J.
Rhodes ....
P. A. Devine, burying child of
P. Harrison
J. G. Sturgis, professional ser-
vices .....
County of Hillsborough
Emil Custer, professional ser-
vices .....
Peter 0. Woodman, expenses
to Nashua ....
3
25
80
40
00
13
00
20
00
13
00
73
90
3
45
6
00
14
00
18
00
21
00
14
00
21
00
20
00
12
00
61
00
13
89
71
25
5
50
189
E. G. Haynes, plastering rooms
for Mrs. Seavey . . 6 13
CITY FARM.
To appropriation . . . $1,000 00
Frederick Allen, produce sold
from farm ....
Pettee & Whittle, overdraft
Reserved fund, am't transferred.
Balance (overdrawn) .
By balance from 1877 account
Paid H. Fradd, groceries
Eager & Rand, groceries
J. G. Warner & Co., groceries
IT. F. Davis & Co., groceries .
W. F. Sleeper & Co., groceries
R. M. Miller, groceries .
Drake <fe Carpenter, grain
J. S. Kidder & Co., grain
Baldwin & Tabor, grain .
Pettee & Whittle, grain .
John B. Varick, hardware
Pike & Heald, hardware and
repairs .... 6 92
Wm. C. Rogers, hardware and
phosphates, seeds, etc. . 64 05
Daniels & Merrill, hardware,
seeds, Stockbridge manures,
etc 128 74
1,722
23
25
28
500
00
804
56
$526
25
31
60
27
04
236
13
5
15
76
09
128
83
2
75
2
23
31
43
617
07
11
71
1,157 09
Dr.
$4,052 07
Cr.
190
Win. H. Hill, blacksmitliing
J. F. Woodbury & Co., black
smithing .
Bunton & Porter, iron worl
and blacksmithing
A. B. Webster, iron work and
blacksmithing
D. H. Barr, iron work .
Chas. A. Smith, crockery, etc
A. C. Wallace, lumber .
Goodwin Bros. & Co., repair
ing cart, etc.
Fairbanks & Pearson
Plumer, Chandler, & Co., cloth
ing ....
Plumer & Holton, clothing
Mitchell <fc Heath, boots and
shoes ....
F. C. Dow, boots and shoes
Head & Neale, repairing boots
Geo. W. Thayer & Son, rubber
boots ....
J. W. C. Pickering, clothing
J. iS. Holt & Co., soap .
Chas. Coburn, swill
W. H. Coburn, swill
J. B. McCrillis & Son, repair
ing cart and iron work
Robinson & Stearns, meats
J. L. Fogg, meats .
Clough <fc Towle, meats .
Ira P. Emery & Co., tin and
iron ware .
Geo. E. Hall, medicines
15 65
15 25
54 17
10
90
13
30
11
42
10
11
11
50
19
00
10
93
29
61
9
40
45
55
1
15
6
00
19
70
7
94
18
00
65
00
6
50
13
Q5
43
32
8
50
31
78
Q
40
191
Tebbetts Bros., medicines
A. F. Perry, medicines .
Edwin Branch, repairing har
ness and horse-clothing
N. S. Clark, dry goods .
J. S. Masseck, dry goods
Temple <fe Farrington, curtain
fixtures, etc.
William Stevens, tobacco
Manchester Locomotive Works
iron castings
S. Hovey, brick, etc.
Robert B. Neal, making cider
G. R. R. Corporation, freight
Thomas T. Drake, pasturing
Thos. W. Emerson & Co., seeds
WhittemoreBros., seeds
Chas. E. Bursiel, cow
.Smith & Barnard, threshing
wheat
D. C. Whittemore, professional
services
Carl C. Shepard, crockery
F. A. Fox & Co., filing saws
Wm. Mills, fresh fish
J. 0. Webster & Co., filing
saws ....
R. M. Rollins, horse-rake teeth
(x. F. Bosher & Co., coffee
Nashua Bedding Co., quilts
etc
Edwin Kennedy, clothing
D. M. Goodwin, boiler, etc.
Wm. Graves, ladders
io
26 01
35
75
62
70
55
41
2
94
26
00
5
70
3
35
4
00
25
15
00
9
90
q
75
50
00
12 75
6
50
4
60
1
35
1
00
1
35
1
80
5
46
16
50
3
67
21
75
4
37
192
P.. 0. Woodman, labor .
8 00
J. M. Chandler & Co., powder
1 47
S. C. Forsaith & Co., repairing
plow .
1 00
T. R. Hubbard, seeds, etc.
4 62
John Chandler, labor
12 67
Sophia Harvey, labor
10 00
Annie Conner, labor
10 00
Mary A. Murphy, labor .
30 50
Leander Jenkins, labor .
77 20
W. S. Nelson, labor
59 50
Wm. K. Stockdale, labor
99 05
S.'D. Smith, labor .
38 51
Frederick Allen, paid forlaboi
211 68
Frederick Allen, salary a
5
superintendent .
500 00
Ban* & Clapp, groceries .
27 27
J. Otis Clark, meats
59 03
H. C. Ranno, repairing har
ness ....
4 55
John W. Atwood .
23 50
Silas Fierce & Co. .
10 13
CITY TEA}
IS.
To balance from old account .
. $296 29
Appropriation .
300 00
Pettee & Whittle, overdraft
48 05
Fire Department, amount trans
i-
ferred ....
. 1,039-92
District No. 2 .
. 1,112 17
New highways .
33 50
[,052 07
Dr.
193
Grading for concrete
349
94
District Xo. 10
QQ
00
Incidental expenses .
125
87
Watering streets
472
37
Macadamizing streets
39
50
Paving streets .
32
00
New engine-house
2
00
Amoskeag-Falls Bridge
8
25
Sewers and drains .
43
31
•City teams
63
75
Contingent expenses
2
00
M 034 Q9
^P^jX/O^t C-j
Cr.
Paid I. T. Webster, hay
$1
90
James Lord, straw
5
85
Wm. McQueston, straw .
18
25
William Moore, hay
40
51
E. P. Johnson & Co., hay
125
38
P. A. Eaton, oats .
2
70
P. H. Dickey, hay
23
47
E. F. Hanson, hay
7
80
Eaton & Whittemore, hay
50
63
T. L. Colby .
5
52
D. C. Whittemore, hay .
29
87
J. C. Nichols & Son, hay
89
33
E. Langdell, hay .
62
96
Leonard Shelters, hay .
225
63
W. F. Sleeper & Co., oats
10
92
J. S. Kidder & Co., grain
and
meal ....
09
SI
H. Fradd & Co., grain
and
meal ....
67
56
Barr <fe Clapp, grain and meal
18
Samuel Poor, grain and meal
37
17
13
194
Baldwin & Tabor, grain and
meal . . . . 57 89
Drake & Carpenter, grain and
meal 109 85-
W. H. Martyn & Son, grain
and meal . . . . 54 63.
Pettee & Whittle, grain and
meal 421 61
Bunton & Porter, blacksmith-
ing 2 50*
C. O'Shaughnessy, blacksmith-
ing
A. B. Webster, blacksmithing
R. W. Flanders, "
M. C. Clark,
Clark, Andrews <fc Co. "
.I.F. Woodbury & Co. "
Wm. IT. Hill,
Daniels & Merrill, hardware .
John B. Varick, "
Pike & Heald,
Wm. C. Rogers, "
Manchester Gas-light Co., gas
H. C. Ranno, repairs, harness,
etc
John Esty, repairs,harness,etc.
Edwin Branch, repairs, har-
ness, etc. .... 59 15
J. A. Sanborn & Co., repairs
of carts, etc. . . . 181 29
Z. F. Campbell, medicine . 25 50
Geo. E. Hall, " .11 6a
M. C. Derby, professional ser-
vices .... 39 75
6
70
10
05
10
75
7
26
29
53
78
50
76
51
3
05
4
95
1
32
10
23
20
50
12
83
82
70
195
B. Frank Fogg, repairs .
J. M. Chandler, salt, etc.
City teams
Wilbur Fisk, hay .
J. Hodge, lumber and labor
M. McCabe, rent of stable
I. P. Scollay, harness dressing
and soap .
E. G. Stratton, professional
services
I. R. Simmons, gray horse
C. R. R. Corp., freight on horse
J. A. Caverly, trucking
Thos. W. Lane, blank books
C. F. Hall, teamster
A. Robie, "
.James Kearns,"
Geo. W. Butterfield, teamster
A. B. Cushing,
T. M. Conant,
6 04
2 50
63 75
31 89
3 13
31 25
3 00
8
00
300
00
6
00
4
25
1
55
24
00
92
60
23
49
308
24
315
74
109
37
$4,034 92
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 1.
To balance from old account .
Appropriation .
Paid R. C. Dustin, superintendent,
for labor and team
Benjamin Stevens, superintend-
ent, for labor and team
Labor of men and teams
By balance to new account
115 23
250 00
#20 50
46
25
123
88
74 60
Dr.
$265 23
Cr.
#205 23
196
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 2.
To appropriation .... #10,000 00
T. L. Thorpe, old iron . . 16 20
Reserved fund, amount trans-
ferred 1,600 00
Pn.
By balance from old account . . ¥466 77
Taid Win, T. Evans, superintendent,
for labor .... 485 75
Warren Harvey, superintend-
ent, for labor and teams . 591 25
Wra. C. Rogers, hardware . 38 12
Daniels i\: Merrill, hardware . 38 30
John B. Varick, hardware . 57 79
C. M. Hubbard ... 5 50
Pike & Heald, repairs . . 08
Bunton & Porter, blacksmith-
ing 13 25
J. F. Wilbur, blacksmithing . 2 95
A. B. Webster, blacksmithing 38 12
Henry Thomas, blacksmithing 30 35
J. T. Garland, wedges and
shims .... 2 50
Head & Dowst, lumber and
labor 2 28
A. J. Sawyer, lumber . .. 35 09
A. C. Wallace, lumber . . 17 00
W. H. Vickcry, keys . . 35
»Geo. Holbrook, filing saws, etc. 1 85
French & Robertson, filing-
saws ..... 75
111,616 20
Cr.
197
John B. Clarke, printing
Wm. II. Rankin, sand .
15 75
3 40
II. E. Stevens, salt
4 50
Eager & Rand, salt
1 90
Cyrus P. Savory, stone-work .
9 00
J. A. Caverly, trucking
3 60
.1. M. Chandler & Co., pow-
der, etc
59 63
City Farm, stone
81 00
City teams ....
1,129 05
T. M. Conant, teamster .
68 31
IT. S. Reed, teamster
157 50
A. B. Cushing, teamster
29 75
A. Robie, teamster
272 02
.1. Kearns, teamster
451 99
Geo. W. Butterfield, teamster
44 99
J. A. Emerson, team and team-
ster .....
258 00
R. A. Lawrence, team and
teamster . . ' .
326 00
E. S. Harvey, team and team-
ster .....
280 00
J. L. Fogg, team and teamster
24 00
Mark Harvey, team and team-
ster .....
188 00
A. Wells, team and teamster
103 00
A. R. Mack, team and team-
ster
32 00
Fogg & James, teams .
14 75
Labor of men and teams
6,096 04
By balance to new account
138 94
111,616
20
108
HIGHWAY DISTRICT
NO. 3.
To appropriation ....
$750 00
Reserved fund, amount trans-
ferred
50 00
By balance from old account .
$21 99
Paid Daniels & Merrill, hardware .
4 12
John B. Varick "
86
Wm. C. Rogers, hardware
7 80
B. F. Mitchell, gravel .
45 00
A. C. Wallace, lumber .
5 23
R. W. Flanders, blacksmith-
ing
7 50
Wm. Sutcliffe, blacksmithing
3 30
H. C. Dickey, superintendent
90 00
Charles W. Barker, superin-
tendent ....
245 50
Labor of men and teams
331 29
By balance to new account
37 91
Dr.
1800 00
Cr.
$800 00
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 4.
To balance from old account . . $2 10
Appropriation .... 250 00
Reserved fund, amount trans-
ferred 7 18
Paid Isaac Whittemore, superin-
tendent .
$7 50
Dr.
$259 28
Cr.
199
C. C. Webster
38 56
J. M. <fe D. A. Parker, lumber.
56 30
Labor of men and teams
56 17
John B. Varick, hardware
75
By reserved fund, amount trans-
ferred ....
100 00
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 5.
To appropriation .... $450 00
Old plank sold .... 5 00
Reserved fund, amount trans-
ferred .... 7 69
By -balance overdrawn in 1877
14 22
Paid John B. Varick, hardware
1 62
R. W. Flanders, blacksmithing
5 10
C. N. Harvey, superintendent
10 25
C. A. Pierce, "
144 00
C. N. Harvey, lumber .
20 65
G. B. Fogg, powder
1 25
Labor of men and teams
275 60
HIGHWAY DISTRICT
NO. 6.
To balance from old account
832 04
Appropriation ....
400 00
•1259 28
Dr.
■$462 69
Cr.
1462 69
Dr.
#432 04
200
Paid John B. Varick, hardware
I. T. Webster, superintendent
David Dickey, 2d,
Labor and teams .
By balance to new account
45
18
08
122
87
248
59
42
05
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 7.
To balance from old account . . $5' 35
Appropriation .... 700 00
Reserved fund, amount trans-
ferred ..... 12 71
Paid Bun ton <fe Porter, blacksmith-
ing
12 50
Wm. C. Rogers, hardware
HO so
Robert Hall, gravel
28 40
J. M. Chandler & Co., powder
and fuse ....
1 09
S. C. Forsaith & Co., lumber
2 40
A. Bod well, stone .
16 00
P. C. Bean, superintendent .
40 00
Francis P. Sargent, "
96 25
Labor and teams . •
521 12
Cr.
1432 04
Dr.
-1718 06-
Cr._
-1U718 OS
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 8.
"o appropriation .... -$450 00
Reserved fund, amount trans-
ferred 50 00
Dr.
#500 00>
201
By balance overdrawn in 1877
Taid Geo. S. Smith, superintendent
Harrison M. Clough, "
Labor of men and teams .
By balance to new account
#59
30
52
53
83
32
259
85
45
00
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 9.
To appropriation .... #450 00
By balance overdrawn in 1877
Paid A. C. Wallace, lumber .
Alphonzo Boyce, superintend-
ent .
Labor of men and teams
Bv balance to new account
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 10.
To appropriation .
George West, overdraft
Reserved fund, amount trans-
ferred .
By balance overdrawn in 1877
Paid A. Q. Gage, superintendent
W. Moore, hay
P. A. Eaton, oats .
Cb.
$500 00
Dr.
#83 41
15 33
#450 00
Cr.
144 94
138 91
67 41
fcLRfl 00
Dr.
#900
00
3
97
300
00
».
,203
Cr.
9T
#70
76
297
00
14
96
11
00
202
J. C. Head, hay
Charles K. Walker, hay
10
25
80
71
Barr <fc Clapp, grain
W. H. Martyn & Son, grain
Pettee <fc Whittle, cement
16
29
1
05
35
50
Dr. Derby, professional ser
vices ....
2
00
Pius Brown, carpenter-work
Head <fc Dowst, lumber .
9
33
75
75
A. C. Wallace, lumber .
63
10
S. C. Forsaith & Co., repair-
ing hub
A. H. Lowell, sled-shoes, etc
28
40
03
John McDerby, stone
22
00
Bunton <fc Porter, blacksmith-
ing ....
6
25
Edwin Brancli, horse-blankets
9
50
A. P. Frye, blacksmithing
John B. Varick, hardware
22
22
25
84
Adams Gowan, stone
22
00
R. W. Martin, repairs .
City team
Labor of men and teams
12
42
401
00
00
21
3y balance to new account
29
76
203 97
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 11.
To balance from old account
Appropriation .
Reserved fund .
1200 00
550 00
800 00
Dr.
$1,550 00
203
Or.
Paid Frank D. Hanscom, superin-
tendent ....
David Wells, lumber
A. C. Wallace, lumber .
S. C. Forsaith & Co., lumber .
Wm. C. Rogers, hardware
Barnard & Howie, iron work .
Daniel Farmer, for services as
superintendent prior to May
15, 1877 .
John Garland, building culvert
John Garland, extra services
Henry Thomas, blacksmithing
Oilman R. Stevens, stone
George H. Colby, lumber
S. L. Flanders, nails
Labor and teams .
Bv balance to new account
508
11
27
96
21
60
11
90
4
55
1
50
116
63
175
00
84
37
4
16
12
50
6
00
o
26
609
09
14
37
$1,550 00
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 12.
To balance from old account .
$51 72
Appropriation .
350 00
Paid City Farm, labor and teams
. $£02 29
J. J. Adams, stone-work
2 50
J. Hodge, lumber .
7 80
Wm. Mills, labor .
2 50
By balance to new account
186 63
Dr.
$401 72
Cr.
$401 72
204
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 13.
To appropriation .... #150 00
Reserved fund . . . . 100 00
Paid Wm. Campbell, superintendent $35 87
Mrs. A. J. Fellows, gravel . 2 00
Labor and teams . . . 158 04
By balance to new account . . 54 09
Dr.
1250 00
Cr.
NEW HIGHWAYS.
\> appropriation .... #800 00
J. A. Flanders, overdraft . . 7 75
Reserved fund .... 1,000 00
Balance (overdrawn) . 3 00
1250 00
I IR.
-11,810 75
Cr.
Paid Warren Harvey, superintend-
ent, labor and teams . . -1223 75
D. W. and J. T. Garland, cov-
ering-stone ... 60 00
Warren Harvey, for grading
" Clay-pit road " and extra
services . . . . 100 00
Bonney & Waite, covering-
stone .....
Lamson & Marden, stone-work
H. G. Farrington, use of stump
. puller and team .
R. W. Flanders, blacksmithing
12
£0
18
50
10
25
6
36
205
A. J. Sawyer, lumber . . 65 26
City teams .... 23 50
Labor and teams . . . 1,290 63
11,810 75
DAMAGE FOR LAND TAKEN FOR HIGHWAYS.
Dr.
To appropriation .... 1800 00
Reserved fund .... 978 57
#1,778 57
Cb.
fey balance (overdrawn in 1877) . $232 14
Paid Thomas Bowler, land taken for
Beech street ... 20 00
J. Q. A. Sargent, land taken
for widening and straighten-
ing Manchester street . 16 25
George W. Thompson, land
taken for Beech street . 900 00
Stark heirs, land taken for
Beech street ... 150 00
Manchester and Lawrence R.R.
land taken for Beech street 50 00
Amoskeag Savings Bank, land
taken for the extension of
Chestnut street ... 200 00
Amoskeag Manufacturing Co.,
land taken for Chestnut
street across Concord square 100 00
Heirs of John G. Brown, land
taken for southern extension
of Beech street . . . 46 43
Byjoalance to new account . . 63 75
.,778 57
206
WATERING STREETS.
To balance from old account
Appropriation .
Reserved fund .
Paid Warren Harvey, superintend
ent, teams .
Manchester Water-works
J. A. Sanborn & Co., water
ing-cart
J. A. Sanborn & Co., repairing
watering-cart
Pike & Heald, repairs .
J. Q. A. Sargent .
H. Fradd
T. M. Conant, teamster .
Geo. W. Butterfield, teamster
A. B. dishing, teamster
A. Q. Gage, teamster
S. H. Reed, teamster
A. Robie, teamster
City teams
By balance to new account
1182 08
800 00
600 00
132 00
578 00
150 00
Dr.
$1,582 08
Cr.
1
55
3
12
4
12
9
00
r
o
25
86
25
90
37
83
00
52
50
6
00
473
37
7
55
11,582 08
LIGHTING STREETS.
To balance from old account . . $116 05
Appropriation .... 5,500 00
Dr.
85.616 05
•207
Paid Manchester Gas-light Co., for
gas 13,333 85
Manchester Gas-light Co., for
street lanterns, etc. .
A. H. Lowell, lamp posts,
frames, etc.
Pike & Heald, lanterns, wicks,
etc
J. B. Titus, lighting lamps
J. B. Titus, glass and settting
[. R. Dewey, lighting lamps,
glass and setting, oil, wicks,
etc. .....
Dewey & Wyman, oil, glass,
wicks, etc. ....
M. R. Currier, oil, chimneys,
and wicks ....
W. F. Sleeper & Co., oil, chim-
neys, and oil can
Eager & Rand, oil .
S. L. Flanders, oil, globes,
wicks, etc. . . . 10 01
H. Fradd & Co., oil, globes,
wicks, etc. .... 4 76
Carl E. York, oil . . . 3 78
Campbell & Hanscom, adver-
tising proposals for lighting
streets .... 7 87
By reserved fund, amount trans-
ferred . . . . 600 00
By balance to new account . . 280 52
Co.
50
50
40
55
20
25
433
33
19
20
762
56
26
75
17
32
0
25
1
95
$5,616 05
208
PAYING STREETS.
To balance from old account .
$412
98
Appropriation ....
1,000
00
Reserved fund ....
1,366
48
Paid John H. Proctor, cobble paving
*33
96
E. S. Harvey, cobble paving .
20
86
C. C. Webster, cobble paving .
21
61
Charles Cheney, cobble paving
50
OS
John Hosley, sand .
7
50
Amoskeag Manufacturing Co.,
sand .....
30
60
S. C. Forsaith
50
John B. Yarick, hardware
17
88
Bonney & Waite, edge-stone .
20
10
A. Bodwell, edge-stone .
3
00
George P. Atwell, stone-work
8
00
E. G. Haynes, mason-work .
3
75
Turner & Mitchell, concrete .
103
27
Charles H. Robie, concrete
473
22
Chamberlin & Brown, concrete
11
25
J. McDerby & Son, concrete .
40
41
Bartlett & Laing, concrete
30
94
R. Laing, concrete
29
20
Labor of men and teams
1,867
33
Dr.
$2,779 46
Cr.
$2,779 46
209
MACADAMIZING.
Dr.
'To appropriation ....
$1,000
00
Reserved fund, am't transferred
151 4
$1,151 47
Cu.
Paid Manchester Water-works, for
water ....
$37 50
F. D. Beebe, stone for crusher
8
00
C. M. Hubbard, stone for
crusher ....
15
00
C S. Smith, stone for crusher
6
00
J. L. Fogg, stone for crusher .
23
00
J. Stickney, repairing belt
3
00
Hutchinson Bros., repairs on
crusher ....
10
30
John B. Varick, oil, tallow, etc.
7
20
D. M. Goodwin, waste .
60
R. A. Young, filing saws
65
T. A. Lane, steam-hose, etc. .
3
65
L. B. Bod well & Co., coal-
screen and wood
33
50
J.E. Rowell, wood
16
00
A. H. Lowell, grates for
crusher ....
3
12
Labor of men and teams
961
01
By balance to new account
22
94
$1,151 4T
CRETI
■\
GRADING FOR CON
Dr.
To appropriation ....
$350 C
Reserved fund ....
1,000
00
Balance (overdrawn)
986
03
$2,336 03
14
210
By balance from old account .
Paid Ellis & Patterson, engineering
C. E. Cox, filling grade .
C. M. Hubbard, filling grade .
D. W. & J. T. Garland, stone
Labor of men and teams
•1-395
38
108
75
3
00
5
00
30
00
1,793
90
Or..
12,336 0^
SEWERS AND DRAINS.
To balance from old account .
Appropriation .
Sundry persons, licenses to en-
ter sewers
John B. Varick, overdraft
A. C. Wallace, overdraft .
Pettee & Whittle, overdraft
H. W. Clapp, overdraft
Drake & Carpenter, overdraft
Manchester Water-works, sewer
pipe ....
Nathan P. Kidder, brick sold
Reserved fund, amount trans
ferred ....
Paid Lewis & AVillett, sewer-pipe
E. G. Haynes, sewer-pipe
D. H. Young, sewer-pipe
H. W. Clapp, sewer caps and
traps ....
Arthur Staples, sewer-pipe
Di
. .|6,16-4 54
. 1,000
00
376
45
10
04
8
12
1
50
7
00
16
50
109
74
14
70
. 2,600
00
,f 1 O QAS ZQk
T
;iu)uvu "*'
Cr.
. $404 0
. 1,083
70
50
60
i
45
81
196
56
211
Pettee & Whittle, cement . 81 45
J. S. Kidder <fe Co., cement . 17 85
Drake & Carpenter, cement . 12 15
John B. Varick, hardware . 10 41
Pike & Heald, lanterns, oil,
etc 6 37
J. Q. A. Sargent ... 1 00
A. H. Lowell, sewer-traps,
cesspool-covers, etc. . . 121 69
Ellis & Patterson, engineering 6Q 75
Barr & Clapp, lanterns, oil,
etc 21 76
H. Fradcl & Co., oil and oil-
cans ..... 6 77
J. M. Chandler & Co., oil 1 00
A. C. Wallace, lumber . . 13 53
J. Hodge, lumber ... 26 55
Plumer & Holton, oil suit and
rubber coat ... 8 25
George W. Weeks, rubber
boots ....
Geo. W. Dodge, rubber boots .
C. O'Shaughnesse}7, box for
Pipe
H. T. Simpson, brick
Concord R. R. Corporation,
freight on brick .
D. M. Goodwin, rope
E. Young, mason-work .
John Garland, stone
Bunton & Porter, blacksmith-
ing
R. W. Flanders, blacksmith-
ins: .....
2
90
2
75
1
70
157
50
12
90
1
50
5
00
15
00
8
70
12
94
212
Wilbur & Dickey, blacksmith
ing .
Nutt Bros., mason-work
District No. 10, stone
W. P. Stratton & Son
Labor of men and teams
By reserved fund, amount trans-
ferred .
6
11
o
0
75
40
50
2
50
1,478
10
G,380
52
— $10
308
59
GRANITE BRIDGE.
To appropriation
By balance (overdrawn in 1877) .
Paid W. P. Stratton & Son, tinning
Labor of men and teams
By balance to new account
$50 00
Dr.
$50 00
Cb.
$1 75
1 00
30 50
16 75
SfeAfl 00
AMOSKEAG FALLS BRIDGE.
To balance from old account
Appropriation .
Paid Walter Neal, carpenter-work .
Labor of men and teams
By reserved fund, amount trans-
ferred
By balance to new account
Vr.
$214 14
50 00
$264 14
Or.
$9 03
37 98
150 00
07 13
ft-va 11
213
COMMONS.
To balance from old account .
$141 99
Appropriation ....
100 00
Reserved fund, amount trans-
ferred .....
3 50
Dr.
1245 49
Cr.
Faid French & Robertson, lumber
and labor .
Head & Dowst, lumber and
labor .....
J. Hodge, lumber and labor .
H. Gordon, lumber and labor
Fettee & Whittle, cement
A .Waldron, labor on fountains
Fike & Heald, brass sprinkler
and labor .
T. A. Lane, labor on fountain
D. R. Prescott, posting boards
and ordinances on commons
Amos Morse, labor
L. Searles, labor .
J. M. Haines, labor
J. A. Heath, labor
C. F. Savory, stone-work
By reserved fund, amount trans
ferrcd .
#11 37
2 60
1 00
1 70
2 04
3 00
2 00
4 15
8 75
4 37
5 00
4 37
3 50
190 86
1245 49
214
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
Dr.
To appropriation ....
$8,000
00
Taxes collected not on list
31
42
Taxes collected not on list
6
22
Jonathan Smith, overdraft
50
73
Jonathan Smith, overdraft
36
54
Reserved fund ....
2,000
00
Balance overdrawn
10,933
25
$21 058 16
ffl^-L^V'-Zw 1U
Ob.
By balance from old account .
$520 6
Reserved fund, amount trans-
ferred ....
1,354
00
Paid Emma A. White, damage to
person ....
1,756
17
E. J. Moulton, damage to per-
son .....
1,080
97
Wra. White, on execution
1,744
17
Charles H. Yarney, damage
to person ....
3,224
99
Joseph T. Patterson, costs in
case Patterson vs. city of
Manchester
101
17
R. N. Whittemore. damage to
horse ....
50
00
Ellen Eagan ....
475
00
George Stark, damage to wood-
land near city farm, on ac-
count of fire
340
00
Chas. E. Cox, damage to horse
6
00
J. A. Bigelow
15
00
S. D. Lord, on execution, Nutt
vs. City ....
277
55
2^
Martha M. Hall, on execution 138 96
Joseph Putnam, on execution 2 17
Sarah M. Stevens, damage to
person .... 250 00
Harriet S. Halcomb, on execu-
tion 533 84
P. M. Scruton, damage to horse 60 17
L. Searles, on execution . 129 67
Cross «fe Burnham, professional
services . . . . 24 00
Jonathan Smith, witness fees,
etc 298 65
Wm. R. Patten, witness fees,
ere
A. F. Stevens, professional
services ....
P. F. Healy, summoning wit-
nesses, etc.
Daniel L. Stevens, summoning
witnesses, etc. .
J. C. Bickford, summoning
witnesses, etc. .
S. R. Hanal'ord, summoning
witnesses, etc. .
H. D. Lord, summoning wit-
nesses, etc.
Seth T. Hill, witness fees
Margaret Fallon .
E. Printable, damage to premi-
ses from water-works . . 321 25
Joseph Kidder, claim for ser-
vices as superintendent of
schools .... 680 75
Wm. B. Bullard, damage to
land 15 00
00
86
35
00
36
54
1
62
15
00
17
62
5
22
3
75
22
67
11
25
10
00'
10
00
70
00'
80
54
521
42
159
30
Q OO-
216
Joseph E. Bennett, damage to
team .....
Sawyer & Gillis, damage to
team .....
Clark & Co., damage from
sewer ....
S. T. Sleeper, damage to horse
D. C. Whittemore, claim
Judith Shcrcr, matron at pest-
house ....
Xathan P. Kidder, preparing
City Report, etc.
IT. R. Chamberlin, expenses to
Concord, stamps, etc.
J. F. Woodbury, iron work for
watering-trough . . 3 50
Fairbanks & Pearson, burying
pauper .... 20 00
J. B. McCrillis & Son, repair-
ing hearse .... 6 60
P. A. Devine, burying small-
pox patients . . . 104 00
R. W. Flanders, bridge irons,
etc 10 50*
Manchester P. O., stamps . 14 00
A. Henry Lowell, fencing mon-
ument square . . . 625 00
A. G. Stevens, running street
lines, etc. .... 5 00'
J. B. Sawyer, running street
lines, etc. .... 117 17
J. F. James, running street
lines, etc. . . . . 16 00-
Ellis & Patterson, running st.
lines, etc 670 00
217
C. X. Harvey, lumber
A. J. Sawyer, lumber .
A. C. Wallace, lumber .
J. Hodge, lumber .
Wilson Gray, work on tree-
boxes ....
G. H. Dudley, lumber and la-
bor .....
French <fe Robertson, lumber
and labor ....
Moses French, lumber and la-
bor .....
George Holbrook, lumber and
labor ....
William G. Westover, lumber
and labor ....
L. N. Westover, lumber and
labor ....
John B. Clarke, printing
Temple & Farrington, books
and printing
Wilson, Mooar & Co., blank
books, ink, etc. .
T. W. Lane, blank books, ink,
etc 8 60
Livingston <fe Kimball, print-
ing ..... 4 80
N. S. Clark .... 25
A. Bodwell, stone, excavating
earth, and labor . . 119 70
Lamson & Marden, land-mark
stone .... 75
William P. Stratton & Son,
plumbing . . . . 2 75
43
48
18
00
178
84
134
62
12
00
19
37
3
70
5
12
45
96
25
80
o
75
183
63
177
02
o
a
90
218
Barton & Co., matting, etc.
S. S. James & Bro., teams
Fogg & James, teams .
C. H. Hodgman, teams
J. J. Abbott, painting .
Pike & Heald, pipe and plumb-
ing ....
J. S. Paige, cash paid out foi
lock and keys
T. A. Lane, repairing pipe, etc
A. H. Lowell, bank wall and
castings
P. P. Proctor
J. <v>. A. Sargent, grate an
labor
J. 31. Crawford, clerical sc:
vices
J. B. Varick, hardware
Daniels & Merrill, hardware
W. C. Rogers, hardware
George R. Vance, dippers and
chain
George R. Vance, hardware
D. M. Goodwin, iron pipe, etc
R. J. Donnelly, plumbing
B. Frank Fogg, plumbing
S. C. Forsaith & Co., lumber
E. Wason
R. W. Bean, killing dogs
Warren Thompson
B. L. Hartshorn, trucking, etc
J. M. Stanton, clearing brusl
at Stark burying-ground
City Farm, team .
79 11
12 85
53 25
10 00
6 00
9 97
27
27
70
00
2
00
16 50
6
75
6
63
1
25
4
55
1
00
2
00
12
95
2
01
5
09
o
76
50
3
00
5
00
8
65
25
00
4
00
219
B. P. Burpee, witness fees . 1 25
L. Melville French, vaccinat-
ing, etc. ....
J. W. Mooar, vaccinating, etc.
A. D. Smith, return of births
W. W. Wilkins, return of
births ....
Leonard French, return of
births ....
A. EL Crosby, professional ser-
vices ....
J. G. Sturgis, professional ser-
vices ....
Geo. A. Crosby, professional
services ....
Seth T. Hill, printing non-res-
ident taxes
Luther Pattee, professional ser-
vices ....
L. Melville French, profes-
sional services .
Luther Pattee, execution
C. P. Gage, professional ser-
vices .... 25 00
G. Kimball, professional ser-
vices ....
Joel Daniels, painting .
J. F. Knowles
Francis Roy, services at pest-
house ....
Chas. Clark, services at pest-
house ....
Julia Pichette, services at pest-
house ....
312
00
383
25
1
25
6
50
14
25
25
00
20
00
20
00
24
00
20
00
5
00
129
67
50
00
5
50
3
50
90
00
27
00
15
90
220
H. J. Clark, bedding for pest-
house .... 14 50
Manchester Water-works, wa-
ter for watering-troughs
Manchester Gas-light Co., gas
H. K. Emery, bounty on hawk
M. B. Flanders, bounty on
hawks ....
J. R. Swallow, bounty on hawk
Alfred Walker, bounty on
hawk ....
Frank Robie, bounty on hawks
E. H. Kelsey, bounty on fox .
C. B. Littlefield, bounty on fox
Fred Jewell, bounty on fox .
F. Robie, bounty on fox
C. Warner, bounty on foxes .
Ira A. Moore, bounty on foxes
J. B. Huse, bounty on foxes .
0. L. Kendall, bounty on foxes
John L. Kelly, use of team .
Lyman Batchelder,use of team
J. A. Barker, use of team
D. Thayer, truant officer
S. W. Parsons, referee services
E. R. Coburn, referee services
J. H. Maynard, referee ser-
vices ....
J. H. Haynes, collecting sta-
tistics for tax commission .
Elliott & Means, rent of rooms
for Hook and Ladder Co. .
G. W. Varnum, janitor at
court-house
02
03
O
00
20
40
20
on
60
50
50
50
50
1
00
1
50
1
00
1
50
.24
00
5
00
11
25
29
25
5
00
5
00
00
7
50
80
00
160
50
221
J. H. Haynes, collating un-
paid taxes ... 20 00
J. H. Haynes, taking census . 40 50
I. Whittemore, taking census 27 00
H. H. Noyes, taking census . 13 50
I>. K. White, taking census . 31 50
Hiram Forsaith, taking census 15 00
S. D. To-Hard, taking census . 13 50
Win, M. Shepard, taking cen-
sus ....... 35 75
M. B. Witters, taking census 27 00
H. D. Lord, taking census . 31 50
T. D. Foole, repairing hand
stamp .... 1 50
(r. H. Porter, sawing wood at
ward-room ... 1 00
P. A. Devine, horse hire . 4 26
C. T. Brown, reporting Put-
nam vs. City . 20 00
C. A. Smith, duster for court-
house ..... 3 00
C. B. Littlefield, team for com-
mittees .... 25 00
J. D. Andrews & Co., ballot-
box for Ward 4 . . 3 50
J. Celler, ribbon for stamp . 1 75
D. P. Plurner, services in case
Sleeper vs. City . . 4 70
J. F. Chandler, horse hire . 7 50
C. H. Wood, painting signs . 80
R. Laing, wood for ward-room 3 00
Adams & Lamprey, soap for
pest-house ... 2 50
J. Q. A. McQueston, posting
health notices ... 12 00
16
00
4 50
100
00
o
25
55
00
35
00
222
P. Libbey, washing-machine
and wringer for pest-house
A. J. Knight, labor on tree-
boxes ....
Amoskeag Manufacturing Co.,
rent of land for wood stand
M. Prout, glass broken by 1st
N. H. Battery, while firing
salute 4th of July
N. B. Tilton, whitewashing
tree-boxes ....
J. N. Baker, care of tower
clocks ....
C. O'Shaughnessey, making-
tank to wash hose, and iron-
work .... 41 45
Morrill, Wason & Johnson,
laying out Chestnut street
across Concord square
J. B. Sanborn, copy Pamphlet
Laws ....
P. R. Prescott, team to pest-
house ....
N. L. Chamberlain, stamp
ribbon ....
C. R. Noyes, distributing health
notices ....
N. W. Graves, labor for pest-
house ....
W. B. Abbott, painting house
numbers ....
W. J. Pesilets, taking census .
C- J. Abbott, telegrams
l<t N. H. Battery, firing sa-
lute July 4, 1878 . . 36 65
82
84
1
00
5
00
1
00
6
00
28
00
85
56
3
38
1
45
20
00
5
00
24
22
1
25
7
40
3
75
223
A. D. Stark, use of Smyth's
Hall Decoration day .
J. N. Bruce, painting
J. B. Hall, medicines for pest-
house ....
J. Stickney, rubber cloth for
pest-house ....
Hattie Clark, clothes used at
pest-house ....
A. J. Wright, official directory
C. H. Uhlig, rebate on sewer
license .... 7 50
Andrew Thompson, damage to
crops by extension of Beech
street .... 7 00
Pennacook Hose Co., pumping
out cellars ... 5 00
Hannah Kearns, fare to Hart-
ford and return with deaf
and dumb boy ... 8 60
A. B. Thompson, certified copy
of amendments to city
charter ....
.T. W. Carpenter, jr., ink
Robert Bunton, use of derrick
E. F. Hanson, repairing water-
ing-troughs
X. S. Clark, horse hire for
committees
I). B,. Prescott, burying nui-
sances ....
L. L. Aldrich, expenses of
committee on soldiers' mon-
ument to Boston, Mass. . 12 75
9
00
75
30
00
2
25
25
50
o
62
224
Higgins Bros., crockery for
pest-house .
Labor of men and teams
1 37
834 47
$21,058 16
TINE GROVE CEMETERY.
To balance from old account
J. F. James, lots sold
-1688 12
974 22
Paid Wm, C. Chase, labor
$506 53
A. B. Chase, "
152 70
Charles Gillis, "
2 87
Samuel Poor, "
4 00
James Farrar, "
3 25
Jas. E. Clough, "
33 62
C. F. Morrill '& Co.
3 00
Daniels & Merrill, hardware .
10 21.
A. C. Wallace, chestnut stakes
4 50
Thomas Adams, trees .
25 00
Temple & Farrington, record
book .....
6 00
J. F. James, engineering, etc.
57 50
A. Bodwell, stone posts
21 25
Henry J. Plumer, hauling logs
6 50
Benjamin F. Mitchell, team .
10 00
S. B. Putnam, making record
of lots ....
15 00
By ^balance to new account
800 41
Dr.
$1,662 34
Cr.
$1,662 34
225
VALLEY CEMETERY.
To balance from old account .
Appropriation ....
A. H. Hartshorn, tomb fees, etc.
J. F. James, lots sold
Paid A. H. Hartshorn, superintend
ent, labor .
David True, labor .
Daniels & Merrill, hardware
Walter Arthur, labor
A. H. Lowell, pipe and labor
J. F. James, engineering
Wm. W. Ireland, "
J. Gr. Johnson
By balance to new account
1178 19
1,000 00
93 57
91 60
. $401
90
13
75
1
65
11
87
3
06
20
00
10
00
2
00
899
13
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Dr.
$1,363 36
Cr.
$1,363 36
Dr.
To balance from old account .
.
$3,580 35
A. H. Lowell, old harness
and
hose ....
.
25 00
D. A. Simons, overdraft .
.
16 00
Reserved fund .
1,500 00
Appropriation .
•
5,000 00
$10,121 35
n
$39
50
15
00
208
00
8
To
226
Amoskeag Steam Fjre Engine Company Xo. 1.
Ob.
Paid Manchester Gas-light Co., gas
Horace Bailey, services as
driver ....
George W. Butterfield, ser-
vices as driver .
Plumer <fc Holton, overalls
Pike & Heald, repairs, lantern-
globes, etc. ... 28 Oo
Daniels & Merrill, oil and hard-
ware .....
W. C. Smith, collar-hooks
J. Esty, repairing harness, etc.
Xancy C. TWne, rent of rooms
J. H. Wiggin & Co., matches
and soap ....
L. B. Bod well & Co., coal
J. M. Chandler A: Co., match-
es, oil, etc.
Company's bill for services
13 68
50
11 95
15 00
3 00
50 08
42
825 00
ftl.218 9-3
Fire King Steam Fire Engine Company Xo. 2.
Cb.
Paid Manchester Gas-light Co., gas ^19 50
Pike & Heald, lantern-globes,
etc
Daniels & Merrill, horse-brush
Manchester Locomotive Works
castings and labor
Loammi Searles, driver .
L. B. Bod well & Co.. coal
$162 77
1
08
o
50
87
75
98
00
8
94
$42 75
14 85
227
E. W. Harrington Steam Fire Engine Company No. 3.
Cr.
Paid Manchester Gas-light Co., gas
A. P. Frye, repairs on hose-
carriage ....
H. Fradd & Co., oil, matches,
etc
L. C. Abrahams, steel brush
A. C. Wallace, wood
T. L. Thorpe, waste
L. B. Bodwell & Co., coal
Company's bill for services
$810 63
11
98
1
05
4
75
5
00
20
25
710
00
65 50
208 00
21 00
2 93
21 09
N. S. Bean Steam Fire Engine Company No. 4.
Cr.
Faid Manchester Gas-light Co., gas
A. B. dishing, services as
driver ....
H. S. Reed, services as driver
A. B. Webster, snap-hooks, etc.
Pike <fc Heald, repairs, lan-
tern-globes, etc. .
Daniels & Merrill, puller-
blocks, etc.
W. C. Smith, collar-hooks
J. N. Baker, repairing clock .
F. N. McLaren, repairing har-
ness .....
J. Boyd & Sons, leather pipes,
etc. .....
J. M. Chandler <fc Co., match-
es, oilj etc.
5
32
50
1
25
1
25
8
00'
7
54
228
L. B. Bod well & Co., coal . 63 37
Company's bill for services . 825 00
Pennacook Hose Company No. 1.
Cr.
Paid Manchester Gas-light Co., gas
J.M.Plaisted, services as driver
A. A. Puffer, services as driver
Phnner & Holton, overalls and
reefers
Pike & Heald, repairs, etc.
J. B. McCrillis & Son, repairs
etc. ....
Daniels & Merrill, hardware
Manchester Locomotive Works
repairs
O.E.Barnard, repairing chains
W. C. Smith, collar-hooks
Edwin Branch, repairing har
ness ....
J. Est j, repairing harness
F. N. McLaren, repairing har
ness ....
H. A. Winship- .
J. H. Wiggin, matches .
J. M. Chandler & Co., oil, etc
L. B. Bod well & Co., coal
Company's bill for services
$34 75
600 00
21 25
28 50
25 20
8 75
10 01
2 50
1 00
50
50
5 40
25
1 50
2 00
1 50
26 98
1,059 03
229
Massabesic Hose Company No. 2.
Paid Manchester Gas-light Co., gas
James Kearns, services as dri-
ver
J. B. Varick, chamois skin
Pike & Heald, repairs, etc. .
J. B. McCrillis <fe Son, repairs,
etc. .....
Goodwin Bros. & Co., repair-
ing chains ....
W. C. Smith, collar-hooks
Win. Boyd, use of horses
Fisher <fc Flanders .
L. B. Bodwell & Co., coal
Fisher & Garland, spittoons,
matches, etc.
Company's bill for services .
#38 75
50 00
1 00
1 38
194 80
1
25
50
5
00
3
44
32
50
5
00
695
00
Cr.
$1,028 62
Excelsior Hook and Ladder Company No. 1.
Cr.
Paid Manchester Gas-light Co., gas
J. A. Sanborn & Co., repairs
Pike & Heald, repairs, etc.
J.B. McCrillis <fc Son, repairs
etc. ....
Daniels & Merrill, hose and
couplings .
L. B. Bodwell <fe Co., coal
J. M. Chandler & Co., oil
matches, etc.
Company's bill for services
25
12 00
4 47
149 99
6 20
45 85
80
#1,266 67
.522 23
230
Engineers' Department and
Miscellaneous.
Cr
Paid Manchester Gas-light Co., gas
$29 25
Manchester Water-works, for
water ....
536 52
Thomas Mahoney, services on
supply wagon
3 33
D. W. Morse, labor
2 60
George W. Simmons, labor .
25 50
J. B. McCrillis & Son .
37 25
John B. Clarke, printing
11 75
J. Stickney, repairing hose .
50 80
Massabesic Hose Company,
testing hose
9 60
E. W. Harrington Hose Com-
pany, testing hose
16 00
L. Searles, moving coal .
3 12
T. W. Lane ....
2 65
P. N. Heath & Co.
75
A. H. Lowell, chief engineer .
115 00
B. C. Kendall, assistant engi-
neer .....
65 00
A. C. Wallace, assistant engi-
neer
65 00
.^am C. Lowell, assistant en-
gineer ....
65 00
Thomas W. Lane, assistant
engineer and clerk of the
board ....
90 00
A. H. Lowell, exprcssage and
freight ....
9 96
Fogg & James, teams .
2 00
D. E. Sullivan, driver for sup-
ply wagon ....
27 00
231
J. F. Sullivan, services on sup-
ply wagon . . . . 16 67
-11,184 75
Recapitulation.
Paid Amoskeag S. F. E. Co. No. 1. $1,218 93
Fire King S. F. E. Co. No. 2. 162 77
E. W. Harrington S. F. E. Co.
No. 3 .... 810 63
N. S. Bean S. F. E. Co. No. 4 1,240 75
Pennacook Hose Co. No. 1 . 1,829 62
Massabesic Hose Co. No. 2 . 1,028 62
Hook and Ladder Co. No. 1 . 1,522 23
Miscellaneous . . . 1,184 75
By city teams (amount transferred) 1,039 92
Balance to new account . . 83 13
$10,121 35
FIRE-ALARM TELEGRAPH.
Dr.
To balance from old account .
$190 51
Appropriation ....
600
00
Balance (overdrawn")
189
20
$9
79 71
Cr.
Paid James W. Preston, care of
telegraph ....
$300
00
James W. Preston, lightning-
arresters ....
5
00
Tristram Berry, labor
16
50
Howe & French, blue vitriol .
91
13
Head & Dowst, lumber and
labor .....
60
232
A. H. Lowell, zincs . . 377 60
J. W. Stover, Hill jars and
hangers . . . . 15 00
Daniels & Merrill, tacks, wire,
etc. ..... 6 31
Pike & Heald, iron pails and
plumbing ....
A. B. Webster, iron work
Charles Williams, jr., Kerite
wire, etc. ....
.Stearns & George, blue vitriol
Temple & Farrington, frames
John B. Clarke, printing
Campbell & Hanscom, print-
ing
James R. Carr, glass and set-
ting 3 96
S. S. James & Bro., teams . 8 00
C. H. flodgman, trucking . 2 50
J. A. Wiley, chemicals . . 50
o
O
24
o
55
33
62
89
50
10
00
12
90
80
LAND SOLD FROM CITY FARM.
To balance from old account . . $130 14
Received of sundry persons . 1,099 68
$979 71
Dr.
11,229 82
Cr.
By reserved fund, amount trans-
ferred $1,229 82
#1,229 82
203
HYDRANT SERVICE.
Dr.
To appropriation .... -117,600 00
Reserved fund .... 3,055 00
120,655 00
Cr.
By balance from old account . . #2,595 00
Paid Manchester Water-works for
water 18,060 00
$20,655 00
DISCOUNT ON TAXES.
Dr.
To appropriation .... $2,200 00
Reserved fund . . . . 3,500 00
Balance (overdrawn) . . 670 20
$6,370 20
Cr.
Paid sundry persons . . . $5,853 00
Bv balance from old account . . 517 20
$6,370 20
RESERVOIRS.
To balance from old account . . $415 13
Dr.
$415 13
Cr.
Paid French <fe Robertson, lumber
and labor .... $7 11
A. H. Lowell, reservoir cov-
ers, etc 14 71
Pat. Finn, labor ... 55 37
234
Peter Scanlan, labor
2 25
Bartlett Doyle, labor
1 25
Win. Frain, labor .
1 25
John Joyce, labor .
1 25
J. Prindable, labor
2 50
By reserved fund, amount trans-
ferred .....
300 00
Balance to new account
29 44
#415 13
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Dr.
o John C. Bickford, costs and fines
police court ....
$1,703 39
C. C. Keniston. costs and fines
police court ....
354 45
D. R. Prescott, costs and fines
police court ....
2,295 12
Appropriation ....
12,500 00
Balance (overdrawn)
2,391 85
»1QO,|j 01
'Ip J. t/j-^TT^ OX
Cb.
By balance from old account . . ->1,046 05
Paid Nathan P. Hunt, justice . 1,125 00
H. W. Tewksbury, special jus-
tice .....
J. C. Bickford, clerk
C. C. Keniston, marshal
D. R. Prescott, marshal .
H. "W. Longa, assistant mar-
shal .....
Eben Carr, captain night
watch ....
20
00
237
20
30b'
81
851
45
843
25
854
13
235
J. F. Cassidy, night watch
765 01
M. J. Jenkins,
a
759 13
J. Bucklin,
It
766 38
T. Frain,
a
803 75
M. Marr,
tl
765 75
Z. B. Wright,
a
772 64
M. Fox,
il
747 25
J. F. Dunn,
a
770 38
H. P. Marshall.
a
211 88
C. B. Clarkson,
a
208 51
A. Vincelette,
a
20 25
J. Duffy,
a
39 38
H. Stearns,
i.
759 38
H. Harmon,
a
803 38
W. H. Xewhall.
a
758 75
E. Farrar,
a
772 50
T. Reardon.
a
747 26
W. Gray,
a
170 25
J. C. Colburn, day po
ice
755 00
R. W. Bean,
759 50
G. "W. Yarnuin, police
service;-
2 00
J. I. Whittemore,
a
1 00
G. W. Hamlin,
a
1 00
H. H. Noyes,
a
127 00
C. E. Crombie,
a
2 00
A. J. Ma whew,
a
4 00
W. J. Desilets,
it
13 15
C. H. Reed,
a
183 75
J. E. Bailey,
a
251 25
Archie Hill,
a
2 00
J. H. Stevens,
a
1 00
C. Chenette,
a
2 00
E. G. "Woodman,
a
1 00
H. Snyder,
a
1 00
236
G.A.Bailey, "
H. Lemkic, "
J. Flynn, "
C. O'Shaughnessey, "
S. L. Mitchell,
A. N. Brown, "
L. A. Ward,
P. Riley,
T. P. Heath,
Manchester Gas-light Co., gas
Challis & Gilmore, printing
F. H. Challis & Co., "
John B. Clarke,
Livingston & Kimball,"
Wm. E. Moore, "
Temple & Farrington, station
ery and printing
T. W. Lane, card-rack holdc
Wilson, Mooar & Co.
W. U. Tel. Co., telegrams
F. 0. Clement, washing blan
kets ....
A. F. Clement, washing blan
kets ....
Brigham & Pratt, crackers
Wm. C. Rogers, oil, etc.
David Thayer, truant officer
L. B. Bodwell & Co., coal
Thorpe & Marshall, plates and
spoons
P. C. Cheney & Co., waste
Stearns & Farmer, wicking
Manchester Post-office, stamps
Parker & Co., chairs
1
00
3
00
1
00
17
00
38
00
4
00
6
00
1
00
7
00
513
36
12
00
108 40
77
75
6
00
11
50
23
60
20
4
32
18
47
13
GO
7
80
25
67
12
00
25
50
24
26
96
4
80
25
5
00
9
00
237
J. A. Barker, meals for lodgers
and prisoners . . . 67 90
G. F. Bosher & Co., bedding . 11 35
John Foster, professional ser-
vices ..... 4 00
Isaac L. Heath, professional
services .... 0 00
Wm. R. Patten, professional
services .... 6 00
W. <fc G. A. Little, professional
services .... 2 00
J. M. Knowles, professional
services .... 2 00
J. P. Bartlett, professional
services .... 4 00
H. E. Burnham, professional
services .... 6 00
Thomas D. Lnce, professional
services .... 8 00
J. H. Andrews, professional
services .... 2 00
Fogg <fe James, teams . . 11 00
$19,244 81
CITY HALL AND OFFICES.
To balance from old account . . $553 69
Rent of stores and hall . . 1,825 00
Balance (overdrawn) . . 62 20
Paid Manchester Water-works, for
water .... $947 20
Manchester Gas-light Co., gas 180 32
Dp..
$2,440 89
Cr.
238
Hutchinson Bros., iron bed-
stands for lobby . . 156 00
John B. Varick, rope and pul-
ley . . . . . 9 07
Daniels <fc Merrill, hardware . 9 50
J. A. Thomas, plumbing . 5 25
R. J. Donnelly, " . 1 00
B. F. Fogg, " . 5 17
Thomas A. Lane, gas burners
and fittings ... 43 46
Pike & Heald, hardware, stove,
etc
Dickey, Young & Co., ice
Dickey, Young & Co., coal
L. B. Bod well & Co., coal
E. P. Johnson & Co., coal
Stearns & Farmer, brooms and
brushes ....
II. O. Cotton & Co., carpenter-
work ....
George H. Dudley, carpenter-
work .....
S. P. Chase, carpenter-work .
Henry French, carpenter-work
French & Robertson, carpen-
ter-work ....
Celinda German, washing
J. A. Barker, pitch wood
"W. H. Yickery, locks and keys
Temple & Farrington, wall-pa-
per and shades .
J. A. Johnson, patent filters
Thomas Connor, repairing
chairs . . . . 1 25
(39
04
11
50
8
94
120
44
155
08
5
45
Q
• >
00
26
61
3
00
Q
•J
51
20
71
104
85
1
20
9
15
40
81
4
00
239
By
J. S. Holt, soap
9
40
Charles A. Smith, duster
o
87
Barton & Co., rope and cam
\
matting
27
26
Higgins Bros., rattan chair
5
00
J. S. Masseck, awning-cloth .
13
73
F. L. Balcom, ladder
2
25
Griggs Bros., gas-burners
o
25
Mrs. J. A. Barker, making
awning
9
00
E. G. Haynes, mason-work
1
00
A. M. Eastman, matches, etc.
5
50
P. C. Cheney & Co., paper
4
80
C. H. Wood, painting .
3
75
J. J. Abbott, painting .
2
57
reserved fund (amount trans-
ferred) .
400
00
12,440 89
PRINTING AND STATIONERY.
To appropriation .... #1,200 00
Reserved fund . . . . 700 00
By balance from old account . . $60 52
Paid John B. Clarke, printing . 740 41
Campbell & Hanscom, print-
ing 101 02
Everett & Aldrich, printing . 141 25
Livingston & Kimball, print-
ing ..... 124 75
Wm. E. Moore, printing . 8 00
De
$1,900 00
Cb.
240
Temple <fc Farrington, print-
ing 127 18
Seth T. Hill, advertising non-
resident taxes . . . 25 00
T. H. Tuson, printing .
F. H. Challis & Co., printing
A. J. Hoyt, printing
T. W. Lane, printing
Geo. C. Hoitt
J. A. Barker
Manchester Post-office, stamps
By reserved fund (amount transfer-
red)
By balance to new account
o
50
4
00
1
25
7
72
2
50
1
49
4
50
450
00
97
91
REPAIRS OF BUILDINGS.
To appropriation .... $800 00
Reserved fund (amount trans-
ferred)
Paid F. M. Heath <fc Co., painting
Wm. B. Abbott, painting
J. J. Abbott, painting .
C. R. Colley, painting .
G. H. Dudley, lumber and la-
bor .....
French & Robertson, lumber
and labor ....
J. D. Andrews & Co., lumber
and labor ....
$1,900 00
Dr.
2,005 87
$2,805 87
Cr.
3 20
1 75
104 17
117 6Q
33 93
296 02
1 25
241
Head & Dowst, lumber and la-
bor
32 49
H. 0. Cotton <fe Co., lumber
and labor
28 06
John F. Seaward, lumber and
labor ....
132 68
Geo. Holbrook, lumber and la-
bor .....
71 81
Moses French, lumber and la-
bor .....
29 46
Wm. G. Westover, lumber and
labor ....
43 09
R. J. Donnelly, plumbing
11 97
B. Frank Fogg, plumbing-
78 64
Pike & Heald, plumbing
39 85
Bennett & Lord, plastering.
etc. .....
148 47
H. Nutt & Co., plastering, etc.
9 36
Nutt Bros., plastering, etc.
21 95
E. G. Haynes, plastering, etc.
26 55
Daniels & Merrill, hardware .
35
John B. Varick, hardware
15 82
Geo. W. Stevens .
5 00
Samuel Cooper ...
18 00
J. Hodge, lumber .
7 80
A. J. Sawyer, lumber .
10 80
A. C. Wallace, lumber .
5 08
A. B. Webster, bolts
3 10
A. H. Lowell, castings .
40 59
J. C. Young, slating roofs
10 50
T. A. Lane, plumbing .
5 3a
Wm. Ritchie, mason-work
14 95
Second National Bank .
116 36
10
242
Carl C. Shepard, wall-paper,
etc . 28 00
Temple & Farrington, wall-pa-
per, etc. . . . . 12 63
W. H. Viekery, keys for en-
gine-house . .
9
•J
50
D. M. Goodwin
60
26
<C. O'Shaughnessey, iron-work
25
64
Lamson & Harden, stone-work
9
53
T. A. Lane, furnishing and
setting boiler at city library,
•etc. .....
1,113
89
John B. Clarke, printing
7
03
J. Q. A. Sargent, plumbing .
By balance (overdrawn in 1877) .
7
51
56
79
$2,805 87
CITY LIBRARY.
T© balance from old account .
$1,869
51
Dr.
Appropriation ....
Reserved fund ....
2,000
915
00
59
Balance (overdrawn)
80
00
$4,865 10
Paid Lizzie B. Davis, librarian
$300 00
Cit.
M. J. Buncher, librarian
302
00
Manchester Water-works, for
water ....
20
00
'.Manchester Gas-light Co., for
gas
208
50
!L. IB. Bodwell <fe Co., coal
203
56
Thomas A. Lane, gas-fitting .
3
55
243
Livingston & Kimball, printing 62 43
John B. Clarke, printing cata-
logue 1,475 31
Temple & Farrington, printing
and binding . . . 214 04
N. P. Hunt, stamps and ex-
penses . . . . 11 21
N. P. Hunt, preparing cata-
logue .... 1,000 00
H. D. Turner, reseating chair 75
vEtna Insurance Co., insurance 32 50
Wm. J. Kendall, moving books 2 25
A. F. Eaton, moving books . 6 75
F. C. Livingston, moving books 16 50
S. N. Bell .... 2 00
Straw <fe Lovejoy, repairing
clock 3 00
George Holbrook ... 75
Trustees of city library . . 1,000 00
To appropriation
Amoskeag Veterans
Sheridan Guards
Head Guards
Straw Rifles .
First N. H. Battery
MILITIA.
•
8600 00
Veterans
#100 00
\ns
100 00
.
100 00
. .
100 00
. .
100 00
ry
100 00
,865 10
Dr.
1600 00
Cr.
1600 00
244
STATE TAX.
Dr.
To appropriation . . . .139,724 00
$39,724 00'
Cr.'
Paid S. A. Carter, State Treasurer $39,724 00
$ 39,724 00'
COUNTY TAX.
Dr.
To appropriation .... $30,872 30
$30,872 30'
Cr.
Paid Isaac L. Heath, County Treas-
urer . . . " . .-$30,872 30
$30,872 30
SOLDIERS' MONUMENT.
To balance from old account . . $2,000 00
Appropriation .... 10,000 00
Bonds invested for monument . 5,364 39
Paid Lamson & Marden, stone . $136 00
H. W. Herrick, professional
services . . . . 56 00
Ellis & Patterson, engineering 15 00
C. H. Reed, police services . 96 00
Warren Harvey, putting in
foundation and moving stone 739 00
Dr.
,364 39
Cr.
245
Warren Harvey
George Keller, architect
Campbell So Hanscom, print-
ing
John B. Clarke, printing
Johnson & Wilson, cement .
Pettee <fe Whittle, cement
John Jackson, laying concrete
J. H. Nutt <fe Co., labor and
materials .
E. G. Hayncs, labor and mate-
rials .
^Committee on dedication, sta-
tionery
John Conway, concreting
First N. H. Battery, firing sa
lute ....
A. C. Wallace, use of lumber
for staging
John B. Varick, rope
Samuel Cooper, telegrams
H. V. Twiss .
Thomas Keefe, lighting Ian
tern ....
J. C. Nichols & Son, team
Robert Ellin & Co., carving
models
Levi L. Aldrich, expenses of
committee to New York
J. B. Clarke, stamps, etc.
Everett & Aldrich, printing
•Concord R. R. Corporation
freight on cement
F. H. Challis <fc Co., printing
27
56
600
00
60
89
8
65
84
00
220
55
78
90
241 82
11 52
6 75
138 00
14 55
10
00
1
05
1
71
8
70
18
00
6
00
75 00
27
00
10
18
24
75
27
60
5
75
246
Piper & Hawley, cloth, etc. .
Wheeler & Wilson Manufact-
11 16'
uring Co., stitching .
2
6-4
E. Parker French .
8
00
Thorp & Marshall, lead box .
2
00
French & Robertson, carpenter
work .....
38
37
Walter Neal, carpenter work .
55
99
Head & Dowst, carpenter work
6
97
Manchester Water-works for
water ....
98
20
For labor ....
31
62
By
balance to new account .
14,359
01
117,364 39
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Dr.
To
appropriation ....
Reserved fund, amount trans-
#1,000
00
ferred .....
18,379
96
■ fc1 Q 379 9rt
rjrii/jO i u v\j}'
Cr.
By
balance (overdrawn in 1877)
118,379
96
Eliphalet Dustin, 1870 .
3
27
" 1871 .
3
12
" " 1872 .
2
24
" k< 1873 .
2
50
» 1874 .
o
46
Eleazer Badger, poor, 1874
2
22
John Peasley, dead, 1874 .
2
22
Geo. J. Moore, paid in Missouri,
1874
2
46
Geo. L. Bundy, dead, 1874
o
46^
247
Francis Carlton, over TO, 1874 .
Delwyn Breed, pays in Weare,
1874 . .
Thos. Cronell, dead, 1874 .
Daniel P. Currier, poor, 1874
Joseph Welcome, 1874
Godfrey Messier, dead, no as
sets, 1875
Joseph Welcome, 1875
Daniel P. Currier, poor, 1875
James L. House, dead, 1875
Thomas Cronell, dead, 1875
Delwyn Breed, pays in Weare
1875 . .
Geo. P. Rockwell, dead, 1875
Bcnj. S. Lyford, paid in Weare
1875 "...
Conner & Simons, error, 1875
Lra Bryant, one arm, 1875
Frank Crawford, cripple, 1875
Israel Dow, watering -trough
1875 . . . .
Eleazer Badger, poor, 1875
John Peasley, dead, 1875 .
David F. Miller, over-valuation
1875 ....
Henry M. Vickery, wrong name
1875 . . :
Joseph B. Clark, 1876
Timothy Murphy, one arm, 1876
Ceo. W. Gardner, paid in New
York, 1876 .
John Peasley, dead, 1876 .
Louis Bedford, dead, 1876
2 46
0
46
2
46.
2
46
2
46
->
o
32
2
22
2
22
2
22
•)
O ">
o
22
2
02
.i
22
1
69
2
22
2
22
0
00
2
22
•)
22
17 76
2
22
1
62
1
62
1
62
1
62
1
62
3
00
1
62
1
62
1
62
1
62
1
62
1
58
1
00
248
Eleazer Badger, poor, 1876 . 1 62
Wm. Carnaghan, gone to old
country, 1876 ... 1 62
Clias. Bonner, disabled soldier,
1876 1 62
Israel Dow, watering-trough,
1876
Edwin Scribner, dead, 1876
Daniel P. Currier, poor, 1876 .
Thomas Cronell, dead, 1876
Joseph B. Unruh, over 70, 1876. .
Evan 11. Peck, pays in Acworth,
1876 .
Daniel S. Adams, duplicate, 1877
Richard Horan, no dog, 1877 .
Louis N. Dufrain, over-valuation,
1877 1 58
Geo. A. Shields, paid in Hook-
sett, 1877 ...
Jas. A. French, duplicate, 1877
Michael Kelley, dead, 1877
Dennis McCarty, over 70, 1877 .
Chas. A. Trefethen, no horse or
carriage, 1877
Fred'k Bean, duplicate, 1877 .
Jonathan Mead, duplicate, 1877
John Sanborn, cripple, 1877
Geo. A. Farmer, duplicate, 1877
Nicholas Stuber, no dog, 1877 .
Henry A. Gage, over-valuation,
1877
James Cossar, over-valuation,
1877
Amos H. Sanborn, pays in Au-
burn, 1877 ....
1
58
1
58
1
58
1
58
1
61
1
58
1
58
1
58
1
58
1
00
4
74
•2
37
1
58
249
Andrew Momblow, over TO, 1877
Charles A. Hennessey, pays in
Laconia, 1877
Douglass Green, no dog, 1877
S. W. Bartlett, over 70, 1877
Geo. T. Bailey, pays in Hills-
borough, 1877 .
Alonzo Taplin, tax wrong, 1877
Geo. W. Durgin, pays in New-
market, 1877
Louis Bobeau, duplicate, 1877
Peter Pare, over 70, 1877
Timothy Bresnehan, dead, 1877
James White, over 70, 1877
Patrick Nutley, no dog, 1877
George S. Clough, no horse
1877 ....
Eliphalet C. Yarney, dead
1877 . . . ' .
Michael Dubois, over 70, 1877
Irving H. Peck, pays in Ac-
worth, 1877
Olin W. Page, no dog, 1877
Stephen Homans, no dog, 1877
Bart. McManaman, cripple
1877 ....
Henry Parker, poor, 1877 .
Campbell & Roby, duplicate
1877 ....
Moody & Co., over-valuation
1877 ....
Joseph Lanier, no stock in
trade, 1877
Louis Bedford, dead, 1877
1 58
1
58
1
00
1
58
1
58
2
37
2
37
1
58
1
58
1
58
1
58
1
00
1 2(3
1
58
1
58
1
58
1
00
1
00
1
58
1
58
23
70
7
38
79
1
58
250
Orlando D.urant, dead, 1877 - 1 58
Fred Fisher, pays in Weare,
1877
Win. R. Mitchell, error, 1877
Jona. T. Stevens, poor, 1877 .
Aldcn Peasley, dead, 1877
Alfred McKithin, no such man,
1877
George Hill, duplicate, 1877 .
George Mclntire, poor, 1877 .
Israel Doble, no dog, 1877
Charles Nolan, no dog, 1877 .
Webster A. Cross, dead, 1877
Edwin Scribner, dead, 1877 .
Arthur A. Abbott, pays in
Wilton, 1877
Louis Blondin, non est, 1877 .
John Coleman, dead, 1877
Daniel P. Currier, poor, 1877
Walter D. Emerson, dead, 1877
Oliver G. Hunt, dead, 1877 .
Alonzo D. Hutchinson, poor,
1877 1 58
George R. Jackson, pays in
Londonderry, 1877 . . 1 58
Woodbury Wyman, disabled
soldier," 1877 ... 1 58
Eben Reynolds, minor, 1877 . 1 58
Sherburn L. Corning, deaf and
dumb, 1877 ... 1 58
John Conner, dead, 1877 . 1 58
Arthur A. Head, pays in Hook-
sett, 1877 . . . . 1 58
James L. House, dead, 1877 . 1 58
1
58
2
63
1
58
1
58
1
58
1
58
1
58
1
00
1
00
1
58
1
58
1
58
1
58
1
58
1
58
1
58
1
58
251
Thomas Cronell, dead, 1877 .
1
58
•John Chenette, dead, 1877
1
58
Walter Cody, disabled soldier,
1877 .....
1
58
Charles Conner, minor, 1877
1
58
Thomas Syms, dead, 1877 .
1
58
Joseph B. Unruh, over 70,
1877
1
58
James Duff, duplicate, 1877 .
1
58
James Duff, dead, 1877
1
58
Walter McKean, pays in
Nashua, 1877 .
1
58
Arthur Devine, duplicate, 1 877
1
58
Jerome B. Harvey, pays in
Londonderry, 1877 .
1
58
William Harwood, pays in
Auburn, 1877 .
1
5&
Thomas Harvey, duplicate,
1877
1
58
Owner unknown, duplicate,
1877
7
90
Charles B. Foster, no stock in
trade, 1877
1
10
Thos. Clark, duplicate, 1877 .
1
58
Charles X. Emery, dead, 1877
1
58
Ira Merrill, pays in Dunbarton,
1877 .."...
1
58
Norman Burns, minor, 1877 .
1
58
James E. Sutton, not here,
1877
1
58
Chas. B. Foster, minor, 1877
1
58
Charles ITilig, no such man,
1877
1
58-
Win, George, sick and poor,
1877 . " .
1
58
252
Maria X. George, over-valua-
tion, 1877 . " .
3 16
Nathaniel Perkins, tax wrong,
1877
1 58
John B. Flint, pays in Wilton,
1877 . .
1 58
Patrick Sullivan, not here.
1877
1 58
Benjamin Currier, over 70,
1877
1 58
Wm. H. Yickery, no dog, 1877
1 00
Volney Rounsvell, only $300
at interest, 1877
4 71
Frank W. Elliott, disabled sol-
dier. 1877 ....
1 58
Hugh Ramsay, no horse and
cart, 1877 ....
1 00
Augustus Graff, duplicate,
1877
1 58
Wm. P. Newell, over 70, 1877
1 58
Edward Francis, pays in Con-
cord, 1877
1 58
James Miskella, dead, 1877 .
1 58
Allen Dean, minor, 1877
1 58
Clarence K. Mitchell, minor.
1877
1 58
Frank M. Barton, minor, 1877
1 58
Noah Kenniston, over 70, 1877
1 58
Robert R. Moore, dead, 1877
1 58
Walter F. Drew, in California,
1877
1 58
James Duff, dead, 1877
3 16
Francis Adams, sick and poor,
1877 ....
1 58
253
Hosea E. Sturtevant, dead,
1877 7 82
Cornelius Callahan, sick and
poor, 1877 ... 1 58
Eben Foss, dead, 1877 . 1 58
Eleazer Badger, poor, 1877 . 1 58
Charles F. Worthen, not here,
1877 1 58
Florence Hearn, duplicate,
1877 1 58
Charles Bonner, disabled sol-
dier, 1877 .... 1 58
Henry Heap, not here, 1877 . 1 58
Win. Douglass, minor, 1877 . 1 58
Joseph A. Dolber, pa)rs in
Candia, 1877 . . . • 158
Eugene Pare, minor, 1877 . 1 58
John P. Kelliher, not here,
1877 1 58
Wm. P. Burke, no dog, 1877 1 00
Henry M. Yickery, wrong
name, 1877 ... 1 58
Daniel Dussault, minor, 1877 1 58
George L. Bates, disabled sol-
dier, 1877 .... 1 58
Albert L. Rockwell, pays in
Hancock, 1877 ... 1 58
Michael McGuinness, dead,
1877 1 58
Louisa Wiggin, no dog, 1877 1 00
Chas. Duckler, minor, 1877 . 1 58
Levi P. Walthers, minor, 1877 158
Joseph Maston, duplicate, 1877 1 58
James Martin, duplicate, 1877 1 58
254
Amos Sargent, dead, 1877 . 1 58
Reuben S. Brown, over 70,
1877 1 58
George E. Barnard, pays in
Dunbarton, 1877 . 1 58
John Morrison, over-valuation,
1877 6 32
Joseph B. Clark, taxed wrong,
1877 .... 1 58
James Prout, minor, 1877 . 1 58
Chas. Hickey, minor, 1877 . 1 58
Orlando H. Young, dead, 1877 1 58
Amie Grenicr, minor, 1877 . 1 58
John H. Webster, minor, 1877 1 58
Daniel Deardon, dead, 1877 . 1 58
A. D. Gooden,watering-trough,
1877 . . . ' . 3 00
Charles C. Moore, dead, 1877 1 58
Chas. H. Gamble, blind, 1877 1 58
Byron C. "Worthen, not here,
1877 1 58
Jeremiah Cully, pays in Bed-
ford, 1878 . 1 74
S. W. Barlow, no dog, 1S78 . 1 00
Jefferson Knowles, dead, 1878 1 74
Wm. O. Stevens, pays in Bos-
ton, 1878 .... 1 74
Samuel H. liunnells, dead,
1878 1 74
Francis Adams, sick and poor,
1878 .... 1 74
Murty Shea, dead, 1878 . 1 74
Cornelius Callahan, sick and
poor, 1878 ... 1 74
255
Eligin C. Wright, pays in
Washington, 1878 . 1 74
Gamaliel Fish, over-valuation,
1878 ....
Joseph Warren, dead, 1878 .
John Peaslev, dead, 1878
Eleazer Badger, sick and poor,
1878 . ' .
Joseph Goggin, over 70, 1878
Geo. L. Bates, disabled soldier,
1878 ....
Lawrence Conner, no dog,
1878 ....
Charles Bonner, disabled sol-
dier, 1878
B. F. Page, over-valuation,
1878
Oscar M. Titus, over-valuation,
1878 ....
Maria George, over-valuation,
1878 ....
Joseph L. Dow, no dog, 1878
Lewis P. Burroughs, over-val-
uation, 1878
Hannah B. Huntress, over-val-
uation, 1878
Joseph T. Smith & Son, over-
valuation, 1878
Amoskeag Ax Co., over-valua-
tion, 1878
Amos Spofford, over-valuation,
1878 ....
Wm. Sutcliffe, over-valuation,
1878 ....
1
74
1
74
1
74
1
74
1
74
1
74
1
00
1
74
5
22
1
74
6
96
1
00
3
48
5
22
4
35
69
60
5
22
4
69
256
Israel Dow, watering-trough,
1878 ....
o
o
00
John Sargent, minor, 1878
1
74
Josiah T. Langley, paid in Ep-
som, 1878
1
74
Richard Murphy, minor, 1878
1
74
Abner Carter, no dog, 1878 .
1
00
Frank Morgan, duplicate, 1878
1
74
Marstin L. Brown, duplicate,
1878 ....
1
74
Oliver C. Woods, cripple, 1878
1
74
B. P. Putney, over-valuation,
1878 .
8
70
John H. Huckins, no horse,
1878 ....
52
A. J. Lane, assignee, error,
1878 .
6
96
Thomas W. Lane, over-valua-
tion, 1878
8
70
E. R. Coburn, over-valuation,
1878 ....
8
70
Charles W. Bailey, no horse,
1878 .
1
oo
Rufus W. Berry, horse and
carriage taken to Epsom,
1878 .
2
78
Henry H. Esty, one dog too
many, 1878
1
00
John C. Young, only one dog,
1878 . .
1
00
Edward McLaughlin, no slut,
1878 . ' .
2
00
Wm..O. Stevens, paid in Bos-
ton, 1878 ....
1
74
257
•James White, over 70, 1878 . 1 74
Squire Gregson, no cow, 1878 63
Benjamin K. Parker, no slut,
1878 .... 2 00
Aimer D. Gooden, watering-
trough, 1878 . . . 3 00
James Fogg, over 70, 1878 . 1 74
James Reid, jr., no dog, 1878 1 00
Herbert Fisher, pays in Weare,
1878 . . . . 1 74
Walter McConnell, pays in
Weare, 1878 . 1 74
Wm. Stearns, taxed wrong,
1878 .... 26 10
Albert Groux, minor, 1878 . 1 70
Mrs. John Campbell, over-val-
uation, 1878 ... 8 70
Robert Elliot, over 70, 1878 . 1 74
Wm. H. Huntress, disabled
soldier, 1878 ... 1 74
Washington Conant, over 70,
1878 .... 1 74
€olumbus Wyman, over 70,
1878 .... 1 74
Frederick Pohlman, over 70,
1878 .... 1 74
James Hunter, over 70, 1878 1 74
Patrick Shehan, duplicate,
1878 .... 1 74
Wm. P. Newell, over 70, 1878 1 74
James Tebbetts, minor, 1878 1 74
C. B. Littlefield, no dog, 1878 1 00
Albert C. Benton, minor, 1878 1 74
17
258
John Orrill, error in valuation,
1878 ....
Maurice Foley, no dog, 1878
SamuelN. Bell, over-valuation,
1878 .
Frank P. Reynolds, duplicate,
1878 ....
Edward Mulcaliy, error in val-
uation, 1878
Warren Wyman, cripple, 1878
Hiram Simons, over 70, 1878
Michael McLaughlin, over 70,
1878 ....
Josiah H. Stark, over-valua-
tion, 1878
Lawrence Dowd, same dog to
D. Connor, 1878 . ' .
Marston L. Brown, over-valu-
ation, 1878
Joseph R. Weston, over-valua-
tion, 1878
Pettee & Whittle, over-valua-
tion, 1878
Robert M. Shirley, over 70,
1878 ....
Levi Robinson, no horse, 1878
Warren J. Tower, no horse,
1878 .... 139
George B. Chandler, error in
bank stock, 1878 . . 93 96
John N. Chase, no dog, 1878 1 00
Joseph Gillis, minor, 1878 . 1 74
Charles Hickey, minor, 1878 1 74
Geo. Smith, duplicate, 1878 1 74
6
09
1
00
4
35
1
74
13
92
1
74
1
74
1
74
o
•J
48
1
00
1
74
17
40
26
10
1
74
70
259
Geo. C. Smith, duplicate,
1878 ....
Edson Hill, over 70, 1878 .
Michael P. Burke, left before
April 1,1878 .
Wm. Dolber, dead, 1878
Andrew C. Wiggin, pays in
Stratham, 1878
Daniel Deardon, dead, 1878
John Bushway, wrong name,
1878 '.
Daniel Tarbox, pays in Low-
ell, 1878 . ■ ' .
Eliza Creighton, over-valua-
tion, 1878
Charles H. Gamble, blind,
1878 ....
John Harrington, no dog, 1878
Thomas S. Frost, duplicate,
1878 ....
Charles Dunklee, minor, 1878
Christian Irion, no dog, 1878
Charles H. Buzzell, sick and
poor, 1878
Frank W. Nichols, cripple,
1878 . . . ' .
Hiram Plumer, pays in Dan-
ville, 1878
Charles C. Moore, dead, 1878
Thomas T. Morse, pays in
Deny, 1878 ... 1 74
Wm. Thompson, duplicate,
1878 .... 1 74
Frank C. Harvey, no dog, 1878 1 00
1
74
1
74
1
74
1
74
1
74
1
74
1
74
1
74
4
35
1
74
1
00
1
74
1
74
1
00
1
74
1
74
1
74
1
74
260
Heirs of E. W. Harrington,
over-valuation, 1878 .
52 20
Frank Groux, over-valuation,
1878 ....
54 81
Charles B. Wing-ate, over-valu-
ation, 1878
1 25
Balance to new account
9 72
%1 Q Q7Q q«
<JP J. V « O 1 »_ ' CO
TAXES FOR 1878.
Dr.
To resident taxes assessed . $277,701 32
Non-resident taxes assessed 1,078 30
1278,782 62
Cr.
By collections, abatements, and
discounts . . .$234,872 75
Balance outstanding . . 43,909 87
$278,782 62
OUTSTANDING TAXES.
List for 1877, Setli T. Hill, collec-
tor $5,698 24
List for 1876, James Mitchell, col-
lector 4,043 38
List for 1875, John Hosley, collec-
tor . . . * . . 4,893 {J')
iList for 1874, John Hosley, collec-
tor . . . . . 4,701 53
List for 1873, Wm. G. Everett, col-
lector 4,288 26
261
List for 1872, Win. G. Everett, col-
lector 2,867 28
List for 1871, H. R. Chamberlin,
collector .... 0,263 82
List for 1870, TT. R. Chamberlin,
collector .... 6,358 13
|39,H4 21
CITY OFFICERS' SALARIES.
Dr.
To appropriation .... 18,000 00
Reserved fund .... 3,355 36
111,355 36
Cr.
By balance from old account . . $1,141 03
Paid John L. Kelly, mayor . . 1,000 00
Nathan P. Kidder, city clerk . 925 00
II. R. Chamberlin, city treas-
urer 1,000 00
Jonathan Smith, city solicitor 295 83
Wm. R. Patten, city solicitor 128 33
Seth T. Hill, collector . . 1,065 67
Wm. E. Buck, superintendent
of schools .... 1,500 00
John A. Barker, city messen-
ger ..... 577 50
L. Melville French, city physi-
cian 75 00
Sylvanus B. Putnam, clerk of
common council . . 100 00
John L. Kelly, school commit-
tee 20 00
262
M. P. Hall, clerk of school
committee ....
25 00
M. P. Hall, school committe .
20 00
€. A. O'Connor, school com-
mittee ....
20 00
H. C. Sanderson, school com-
mittee ....
20 00
Joseph E. Bennett, school com-
mittee ....
10 00
Loring P. Moore, school com-
mittee ....
20 00
G. L. Demarest, school com-
mittee ....
20 00
John M. Stanton, school com-
mittee ....
10 00
N. P. Hunt, school committee
20 00
I. W. Darrah, " "
10 00
J. E. Dodge, " "
20 00
J. E. Dodge, clerk of school
committee ....
25 00
<t. M. Park, school committee
10 00
H. A. Gage, "
20 00
Ezra Huntington, school com-
mittee ....
20 00
Geo. W. Weeks, school com-
mittee ....
20 00
Geo. W. Stevens, school com-
mittee ....
20 00
Samuel P. Jackson, school
committee ....
20 00
E. W. Brigham, school com-
mittee ....
20 00
T. W. Challis, school commit-
tee .....
10 00
203
C. A. Smith, school committee
Walter M. Parker, school com-
mittee ....
L. E. Phelps, school commit-
tee
Moses E. George, clerk of over-
seers of poor
Moses E. George, overseer of
poor
J. J. McQuade, overseer of poor
P. 0. Woodman, "
E. A. Moulton, " "
S. J. Young,
W.H.Maxwell, "
•Geo. E. Wilson, " "
A. B. Page,
I. R. Dewey,
Daniel Sheehan "
R. J. P. Goodwin, health officer
P. A. Devine, " "
•C. C. Keniston, " "
D. R. Prescott, "
Joseph II. Haynes, inspector
M. B. Witters/ "
H. D. Lord,
I. Whittemore,
Solon D. Pollard, "
H. Fradd, "
Wm. M. Shepard, "
J. J. Dillon,
A. J. Nay, "
II. H. Xoyes, "
J. H. Haynes, assessor .
J. F. James. "
10
00
10
00
10
00
100
00
50
00
25
00
50
00
25
00
50
00
50
00
50
00
50
00
25
00
25
00
25
00
25
00
25
00
18
75
174
62
96
50
132
87
78
13
76
13
33
75
65
00
46
25
54
50
34
88
244
00
39
00
264
H. W. Powell, assessor .
Wm. M. Shepard
I. Whittemore,
Chas. H. Brown,
I. T. Webster,
C. S. Fisher,
H. P. Watts,
John Ryan,
Nicholas Nichols, clerk for as
sessors
J. M. Crawford, clerk for as
sessors
Geo. Holbrook, supervisor
J. M. Chandler,
Abial C. Flanders, "
E. P. Cogswell,
B. L. Hartshorn, "
Wm. G. H. Dunham, "
J. M. Hayes, "
C. C. Colby,
D. T. Burleigh,
F. T. E. Richardson, "
S. S. Piper,
E. G. Haynes, "
Charles Chase, "
Geo. H. Dodge, "
J. F. Conway,
D. W. Morse, "
M. O'Dowd,
Hugh McDonough, moderator
D. H. Maxfield,
J. W. Bean,
C. K.-Walker,
T. W. Challis,
108 00
57 50
60 00
106 50
105 50
116 50
108 50
83 00
92 50-
180
00-
4
50-
13
50
9
00
4
50
9
00
9
00
5
62
9
00
9
00'
9
00
9
00
9
00'
9
00'
9
00
13
50-
4
50
4
50
9
O
00
6
00
3
00
9
00
3
00-
26.:
J. C. Biekford, moderator
G 00
D. 0. Furnald,
a
6 00
J. Y. McQueston,
a
3 00
E. N. Baker, ward clerk
5 00
P. II. Dow, "
i
10 00
P. W. Dearborn, '
tvard clerk
■20 00
D. F. Clark,
a
10 00
F. H. Challis,
a
10 00
J. T. Barter,
a
5 00
S. B. Stearns,
a
5 00
J. F. Chandler,
a
5 00
W. S. Holt,
a
10 -00
C. E. Quimby,
a
5 00
Geo. B. Shattuck,
selectman
10 00
Geo. W. Bacon,
(4
10 00
I). R. Prescott,
u
o 00
W. P. Fogg,
a
10 00
D. G. Andrews,
a
10 oo
Hugh Ramsey,
a
5 00
Geo. A. Farmer,
a
5 00
Geo. H. Dudley,
a
5 00
Charles P. Porter
a
5 00
B. L. Hartshorn,
a
5 00
T. P. Heath,
a
5 00
Win. A. Clement
"
10 00
S. C. Amsden,
a
10 00
A. J. Nay,
u
5 00
J. Truesdale,
Li
10 00
L. E. Phelps,
a
5 00
T. 0. Furnald,
a
10 00
Dustin Marshall,
a
5 00
E. M. Slayton,
a
5 00
D. B. Emery,
a
5 00
I. S. Coffin,
a
5 00
26G
A. A. Ainsworth, selectman
5 00
J. Prince, "
5 00
J. J. Flynn, "
Edward Eagan, "
Geo. B. Smith, "
5 00
5 00
5 00
Sidney Smith, "
W. E. Holt,
5 00
5 00
Stephen Palmer, "
5 00
•fin 3riT sf?
NEW HOSE-HOUSE.
To balance from old account .
$47 25
Appropriation ....
100 00
Paid J. Hodge, lumber .
$49 54
Bennett & Lord, plastering .
13 00
J. F. Seaward, lumber and labor
7 78
J. J. Abbott, painting .
11 93
Br reserved fund (amount trans-
ferred) ....
65 00
Dr.
$147 25
Cr.
-1147 25
DECORATION OF SOLDIERS1 GRAVES.
To appropriation .... $200 00
Sundry persons (overdraft) . 200 02
Paid James M. Cummings
Everett & Aldrich, printing
$210 00
59 10
Dr.
$400 02
Cr.
207
Batchelder & Stokes, drum
corps ....
B. L. Hartshorn, team .
William Freeman, team
Wm. Shepherd, team
I. S. Whitney, moving piano .
J. Hodge, flag-staffs
P. W. Haseltine, board of C.
J. Richards
H. D. Gordon, band
Manchester Mills, white wors-
ted goods ....
Wm. C. Rogers, nails .
12
00
5
00
1
50
6
00
3
00
15
75
3
37
45
00
38
55
75
1400 02
WATER-WORKS.
Dr.
To balance from old account
#6,191
28
Receipts for water-rents .
48,874
26
*55 065 54
Cr.
Paid Chas. K. Walker, superintend-
ent
11,298
37
Arthur E. Stearns, clerk
1,038
33
C. C. Cole, engineer at pump-
in g-station
600
00
R. D. Wood &.Co., sleeves,
pipe, valves, etc.
3,581
93
Union Water Meter Co., water-
meters, stops, etc.
847
15
Walworth Manufacturing Co.,
stops, nipples, etc.
107
43
Thos. A. Lane, valves, etc. .
59
61
268
Temple & Farrington, station-
ery 51 54
John B. Clarke, printing . 76 00
Campbell & Hanscom, printing 69 10
Mo wry & Phillips, pig lead . 355 65
Gillis, Morrison & Co., pipe,
etc. . . . . . . 417 12
J. M. Chandler <fc Co., powder,
etc. .....
C. R. R. Corp., freight .
Manchester Locomotive Works,
babbitt-metal, pipe, labor,
etc
E. W. Harrington S. F. E. Co.
John B. Varick, rubber-drill,
railroad color, etc.
Pike & Heald, lead pipe, etc.
Daniels & Merrill, hardware .
L. B. Bodwell & Co., coal and
wood .... 91 80
Derry, Welcome & Co., black-
smithing .... 59 19
A. H. Lowell, iron castings . 67 56
Drake & Carpenter, cement . 31 10
Jarechi, Hayes & Co., stop-
boxes, curb-stops, etc. . 433 90
J. Stickney, rubber cloth and
leather .... 22 03
Sewall, Day & Co., coil gaskets 19 96
Leonard & Ellis, machine oil . 47 50
Pattee & Perkins, hydrants . 230 00
Richard T. Ritchie, rope . 20 72
J. S. Kidder & Co., cement . 28 35
J. B. Sawyer, engineering . 42 45
7
39
744
00
310
46
9
15
117
68
19
34
06
07
209
Boston Lead Co., lead pipe
Dickey, Young & Co., coal
Rowell & Spalding, wood
R. W. Flanders, blacksmithing
J. A. Brown, team
F. M. Heath & Co., painting
barn at pumping-station
Alexander Xason, labor on
screens
Austin, Johnson & Co., lum
ber, etc.
P. C. Cheney & Co., wiping
waste ....
Wm. W. Hubbard, lumber, etc
E. A. G. Holmes, labor, bolts
and lumber
Geo. B. Emerson, laying stone
wall ....
Henry Fisk, labor on curb-stoj
F. W. Dearborn, lumber
John Hoyt & Co., old canvas
J. Hodge, lumber and labor
S. S. James & Bro.,
N. L. Chamberlain, ribbon for
stamp
J. F. Wetherbee, board of
Mr. Souder while repairing
wheels at pumping-station
A. Wells, trucking
D. Sullivan, trucking
Barr & Clapp, powder and fuse
S. Hovey, lanterns and spit-
toons .
City of "Worcester, sleeves and
bolts
42
79
128
68
4
40
11
25
O
O
00
1G
16
9
00
35
21
15
60
9
08
6 24
131 25
2 00
10 18
1 60
2 80
14 00
1 50
25 00
57 00
50
5 75
13 34
270
E. F. Hanson, blacksmithing .
John Barnes, blacksmithing .
J. Welcome & Co., "
Ludlow Valve Manufacturing
Co., valves
Morris, Tasker & Co., corp-
stops .
Boston Machine Co., rubber
gaskets .
Mohawk and Hudson Manufac-
turing Company, hub valves
D. M. Goodwin
Charles Chase
W. P. Stratton
Fogg & James, teams .
E. It. Coburn
Conway's men for labor
By interest (amount transferred)
Balance to new account .
43
35
80
70 88
8 40
6 25
s 67
90
7
42
10
00
2
50
12
50
3
40
. 4,156
12
. 26,000
00
. 13,291
55
155,065 54
RESERVED FUND.
To sewers and drains (amount trans-
ferred) ....
Temporary loan (amount trans-
ferred)
New highways
Court-house .
Lighting streets
Amoskeag-Falls Bridge .
Commons
Reservoirs
•16,380 52
. 49,300
00
89
23
8
73
600
00
150
00
190
86
300
00
Dr.
271
City Hall and offices . . 400 00
Printing and stationery . . 450 00
Land sold from farm . . 1,229 82
New hose-house and apparatus 65 00*
Interest on taxes . . . 941 68
Incidental expenses . . 1,354 00
City teams . . . . 500 00
Highway district No. 4 . . 100 00
Highway district No. 6 . . 100 00
Nathan P. Kidder, city aque-
duct water .... 31 00
Nathan P. Kidder, rent of
ward-room . . . . 12 00
Nathan P. Kidder, south city
scales . . . . 271 28
Nathan P. Kidder, north city
scales .... 51 50
Nathan P. Kidder, rent of ten-
ements . . . . 175 75
Nathan P. Kidder, rent of
hearse . . . . 32 50
Nathan P. Kidder, show licen-
ses 370 00
Nathan P. Kidder, dog licenses 664 50
Nathan P. Kidder, old boiler
sold 40 00
Seth T. Hill, costs on non-resi-
dent taxes .... 31 81
By balance (overdrawn in 1877) . $3,924 51
Reduction of city debt . . 7,100 00
Discount on taxes . . . 3,500 00
Hydrant service . . . 3,055 00
13,840 18
Or.
272
City library
. 1,915
59
Interest ....
. 4,000
00
Sewers and drains .
2,600
00
Repairs of buildings
1,005
87
Grading for concrete
1,000
00
New engine-bouse
946
56
Watering streets
600
00
District No. 11
800
00
New highways .
1,000
00
Printing and stationery
700
00
Incidental expenses .
2,000
00
Repairs of school-houses .
673
50
City officers' salaries
3,355
36
Land damage .
978
57
Fire department
1,500
00
District No. 2 .
1,600
00
District No. 3 .
50
00
District No. 4 .
7
18
District No. 5 .
7
69
District No. 7 .
12
71
District No. 8 .
50
00
District No. 10
300
00
District No. 13
100
00
Paving streets .
1,366
48
Macadamizing streets
151
47
Court-house .
450
00
City Farm .
500
00
Furniture and supplies
200
00
School-houses and lots
5
53
Commons
3
50
Abatement of taxes .
18,379
96
Balance to new account .
70
#63,840 18
273
NEW ENGINE-HOUSE.
To balance from old account
Appropriation .
Reserved fund .
Paid Head & Dowst, contractors
Natt & W. F. Head, brick
Concord R. R. Corporation,
freight ....
George W. Stevens, architect
A. H. Lowell, iron castings .
J. F. Ford, plumbing
T. A. Lane, plumbing
Dickey, Young & Co.
City team
T. M. Conant
T. Connor .
J. disking
C. W. CavanauQ-h .
8,671
3,500
25
00
946 56
$7,244 86
57 00
19 80
250 00
27 82
360 00
112 58
28 50
2 00
1 50
6 25
6 25
1 25
Dr.
1,117 81
Cr.
,117 81
COURT-HOUSE.
To appropriation .
Reserved fund .
Paid J. J. Bennett, brick and labor
Manchester Locomotive Works
boiler and fixtures
18
Dr.
$400 00
450 00
$850 00
$119 25
Cr.
487 16
274
B. Frank Fogg, materials and
labor, setting boiler . . 234 86
By reserved fund, amount trans-
ferred . . . . 8 78
SCHOOLS.
SCHOOL-HOUSES AND LOTS.
To balance from old account . . $334 27
Reserved fund, amount trans-
ferred . . . . 5 53
Paid A. C. Wallace, lumber . . $11 84
L. X. Westover, lumber and
labor 6 94
George Holbrook, lumber and
labor .... 18 40
Wilson Gray, carpenter-work 15 75
W. W. Baker, " . 7 00
French & Robertson, '; . 11 30
H. C. Dickey, trees . 15 00
Thorp <fc Marshall, pump . 8 50
JEdward Barr, sinking well . 44 27
<C. R. Colley, painting . . 3 18
B. K. Hoyt, painting . 8 53
K3. A. Pierce, cleaning well . 1 50
Wm. N. Cbamberlin, concret-
ing yard . . . . 09 19
Turner <fc Mitchell, concreting
yard 14 00
m oo
Dr.
1339 r80
Cr.
ZiO
A. H. Lowell, post caps
and
labor
16 70
Wm, C. Rogers, hardware
7 95
Edward Wyman, labor .
3 00
Geo. E. Moore, labor
3 00
V. W. Fairbanks, labor .
2 25
Labor of sundry persons
41 50
$339 80
REPAIRS OF SCHOOL-HOUSES.
Dr.
To appropriation
Reserved fund
Paid Wilson Gray, carpenter-work .
G. M. Ford, carpenter-work .
J. F. Seaward, carpenter-work
George H. Dudley, carpenter-
work .....
George Holbrook, carpenter-
work .....
W. W. Baker, carpenter-work
Head & Dowst, lumber .
A. C. Wallace, lumber .
A. J. Sawyer, lumber
Amos Morse, labor
W. S. Chamberlain, insurance
C. H. Young, plastering, etc.
E. G. Haynes, plastering, etc.
Leighton & Co., plastering, etc.
Bennett & Lord, plastering,
etc
•f 1,400 00
673
50
12
073
50
Cr
16
62
10
50
166
91
297 04
1
00
15
75
30
98
64
60
55
38
5
00
100
00
3
25
9
97
20
00
90 55
276
J. J. Bennett, plastering, etc
B. W. Robinson, plastering
etc
C. II. Robinson, plastering
etc. ....
Daniel Haley, plastering, etc
Joseph Dainey, brass work, etc
D. M. Goodwin, line and laboi
Wra. C. Rogers, nails
Bike *fc Heald, furnace, roof
ing-tin, etc.
J. F. Ford, plumbing
J. Q. A. Sargent, plumbing
T. A. Lane, plumbing .
Joel Daniels, painting .
J. J. Abbott, painting .
A. Bodwell, stone threshold
C. M. Whiting, hanging paper
Celinda German, washing-
George W. Stevens, engineer
ing ....
By balance from old account .
10 99
20 50
26
61
21
00
16
00
4
05
40
60
49
28
39
2
88
575
57
64 50
216
09
1
50
16
30
12
20
5
00
102
58
12.073 50
FUEL.
To balance from old account . -^1,427 55
To appropriation .... 2,000 00
L. B. Bodwell & Co., overdraft 16 70
By evening schools, amount trans-
ferred .... 1500 00
Printing and advertising, amount
transferred . . . 75 00
Dr.
#3,444 25
Cr.
277
Contingent expenses, amount
transferred . . . 250 00
Books and stationery, amount
transferred . . . 100 00
Paid S. D. Smith, wood . . 194 84
A. C. Wallace, wood . 6 50
F. M. Connor, wood . . 4 25
Dickey, Young <fe Co., coal . 1,328 38
L. B. Bod well & Co., coal . 874 33
Geo. E. Moore, sawing wood 3 75
J. K. McQueston, wood . 37 50
Balance to new account . . 69 70
5,444 25
FURNITURE AND SUPPLIES.
To balance from old account
J. M. Chandler, overdraft
J. Stickney, overdraft
Appropriation, overdraft .
Reserved fund (amount trans-
ferred) ....
Paid W. H. Yickery, key
J. Galacar, dust-brushes
Higgins Bros., door-mats and
brooms ....
J. L. Hammett, erasers, maps,
etc
Herman Foster, brushes
N. S. Clark, ribbon
J. B. Richards &■ Co., diplomas
9 01
77 65
50
97
Dr.
1203 04
2 50
8 75
300 00
200 00
$714 29
Cr.
25
3 00
60 00
278
P. B. Brooks & Co., ink
4 00
C. A. Smith, dusters
26 99
D. M. Goodwin, brooms
2 00-
S. E. Butterfield, step-ladder
9£
Thos. Cliubbuck, diplomas
2G 75
Ginn & Heath, globe
24 25
Temple & Farrington
1 20
Carl C. Shepard, duster
3 00
Pike & Heald, dippers, ash-
barrels, etc.
22 99"
Daniels & Merrill, brushes,
dusters, etc.
- 17 36
John B. Yarick, axes, hooks,
padlock, etc.
4 87
P. C. Cheney & Co., paper
1 20
E. R. Coburn
20 45
Parker & Co. ...
2 50
J. A. Cline & Co., maps
200 00
By balance to new account . • .
198 36
#714 29'
BOOKS AND STATIONERY.
Pp..
To appropriation .
Fuel (amount transferred)
By balance from old account .
Paid Temple & Farrington, books
etc
A. Quimby, books, etc.
Thos. W. Lane, books, etc.
P. C- Cheney & Co., paper
Geo. C. Hoitt, book-binding
. #500 00
100 00
#600 00
Cr.
#42 62
187 57
1 60
330 61
2 90
11 50
279
E. R. Coburn, books, paper,
etc
15 38
P. B. Eaton, books, paper, etc.
6 09
E. Steiger ....
61
By balance to new account
1 12
$600 005
PRINTING AND ADVERTISING.
To appropriation .
$300 00
Fuel (amount transferred)
75 00
Everett & Aldrich, overdraft
1 50
Teachers' salaries (ain't trans-
ferred) .
42 44
By balance from old account .
$36 38
Paid John B. Clarke .
235 94
Campbell & Hanscom .
116 62
Everett & Aldrich
11 00
Livingston & Kimball .
11 25
Thomas H. Tnson
7 75
Dk-
$418 94
Cr.
$418 94
CONTINGENT EXPENSES.
To appropriation ....
$500 00
Fuel, amount transferred .
250 00
J. M. Chandler & Co., overdraft
2 70
C. F. Hay nes, overdraft .
50
Teachers' salaries, amount trans-
ferred
80 39
Dr.
•f&33 59
280
Cr.
By balance from old account .
Paid Manchester Gas-light Co.. gas
Manchester Water-works fo
water.
John B. Varick, twine and
tacks ....
Win. C. Rogers, floor-brushes
padlock, etc.
I. S. Whitney, piano rent
Canney & Wiley, chemicals
George E. Hall, chemicals
W. H. Annan, weighing coal
Higgins Bros., use of chairs
T. W. Lane, use of horse
J. A. Caverly, trucking .
Bascom & Mead, trucking
Temple <fe Farrington
Thorp <fc Marshall, cleaning
stoves, etc.
M. P. Hall, cash paid out
N. T. Cottelle, tuning and re
pairing pianos .
S. S. James & Bro., teams
H. A. Gage, use of team
J. E. Bennett, use of team
Fogg & James, teams
J. M. Sanborn, tuning pianos
W. H. Vickery, repairing lock
etc. ....
G. H. Dudley, carpenter-work
H. F. Morse, filling out diplo-
mas .
Charles Cheney, hauling coal .
$27 28
73 75
339 05
65
4
65
63
00
18
21
2
74
9
00
12
00
1
00
1
00
1
50
2
50
4
43
2
50
9
50
7
50
3
00
5
00
9
50
6
00
1
55
14
62
15
10
67
50
281
W. E. Buck, teams, ink, etc. .
33 65
Samuel Jackson, team .
26 75
George E. Moore, lumber and
labor .....
1 75
J. S. Avery, glass and putty .
1 35
Susie G. Woodman, cleaning
school-house
1 00
Maria H. Hildreth, cleaning
school-house
1 50
E. B. Dunbar
2 25
Charles P. Ordway, sawing
wood .....
1 00
J. T. Robinson, stuffing birds
15 00
D. H. Dickey, cleaning vaults
30 00
T. A. Lane, plumbing .
1 10
W. P. Stratton & Son .
50
L. M. French, fumigating
school-house
3 00
C. F. Haynes, tuning piano
1 50
F. N. Young, cleaning vault .
1 50
Hill & Place, cleaning vault .
2 00
G. M. Ford, glazing
60
J. F. Woodbury, fire-poker
75
City team and men, getting in
coal
6 86
CARE OF ROOMS.
To appropriation .... §2,200 00
Teachers' salaries, amount trans-
ferred 177 06
#833 51+
Dr.
$2,377 06
282
Cr.
By balance from old account .
$109 52
Paid J. A. Can-
582 SO
J. S. Avery .
566 56
G. E. Moore .
350 04
J. W. Preston
350 04
Rufus Lamb .
163 50
Charles P. Ordway
49 50
Charles Brown
10 17
0. J. Randall
16 64
Wm, J. McGuinness
25 00
Helen G. Kimball .
10 64
Esther G. Wells .
3 96
Susie G. Woodman
10 64
M. W. Mitchell .
5 70
V. W. Fairbanks .
7 90
Alice Wooderson .
40 40
H. S. Clough .
17 00
Nellie M. Cate
6 00
Lana S. George
12 47
Elvina Woodeson .
24 00
Dora M. Dickey
1 64
Belle Fox
6 47
Foster H. Nutt
6 47
■
*2.377 06
INCIDENTAL REPAIRS.
To balance from old account
Appropriation .
•1223 73
600 00
Dr.
$823 73
O 0 Q
Si bo
Paid David Thayer, .setting glass,
etc #17 25
Manchester Locomotive Works
labor on boiler, etc. . . 5 50
Straw & Lovejoy, repairing
clocks .....
J. N. Baker, repairing clocks
(). B. Elliott, repairing clocks
G. A. Alger, repairing clock .
G. E. Moore, repairing clocks
M. B. White, pattern for globe
Thomas A. Lane, brass fit-
tings, pipe, etc. .
Joel Daniels, glazing
Pike & Ileald, repairing stoves,
mats, etc. ....
Daniels & Merrill, paper-bas-
kets, floor-brushes, etc.
G. R. Vance & Co., cleaning
and blacking stoves, etc.
J. J. Bennett, mason-work and
stock .....
Charles H. Young, repairing
desk, locks, etc. ... 40"
George H. Dudley, carpenter-
work .....
W. G. Westover, repairing
table
P. Brown, lumber, hooks, and
labor .....
D. M. Goodwin
By balance to new account
Cr.
2
50
11
25
2
75
1
00
1
50
1
50
11
84
85
22
20-
17
33
9
35
8
75-
100
74
1
00
2
85
69
600
81
23 73
284
EVENING SCHOOLS.
To balance from old account .
Appropriation .
Fuel (amount transferred)
Paid Thomas D. Luce, teaching
C. E. Cochran, teaching
Carrie Gilmore, teaching
Clara B. Fogg, teaching-
Mary W. Mitchell, teaching-
John W. Perkins, teaching
Bertha Dean, teaching .
Hattie Emerson, teaching
Clara E. Woods, teaching-
Frank Livingston, teaching
Medora Weeks, teaching-
Minnie Campbell, teaching
Fannie Moulton, teaching
Louisa Quint, teaching-
Minnie Abbott, teaching-
John B. Mills, teaching-
Nellie B. Putnam, teaching-
Flora Senter, teaching
M. Eugenia Lord, teaching
Florence Stone, teaching
Campbell & Hanscom, printing
John B. Clarke, printing
Manchester Gas-light Co., gas
Geo. E. Moore, janitor .
J. W. Preston, janitor .
Barr & Clapp, oil and wicks
By balance t6 new account
. 1161 55
650
00
500
00
. 1105
00
26
40
7
00
4
50
36
80
32
40
38
70
57
00
19
80
59
40
43
20
50
40
48
60
44
10
50
40
153
00
45
90
10
80
97
00
1
80
>• 13
50
13
50
i 61
75
25
50
40
50
11
47
213
13
Pp..
$1,311 55
Cr.
$1,311 55
285
TEACHERS SALARIES.
Dr.
To appropriation .
•"$36,000
oa
*3fi 000 On
'flT'JUjVVv/ W
Cr.
Paid A. W. Bachelor .
. #1,800
00
II. W. Lull .
050
00
Lucretia E. Manalian
787
50
Emma J. Ela
475
00
Mary A. Buzzell
427
50
Maria F. Kidder .
142
50
.1. Y. Cressy
402
00
Emma H. Perley .
127
50
E. P. Sherburne .
1,350
00
Annette McDoel .
344
38
Lottie R. Adams .
425
00
C. E. Reid .
425
00
Mary L. Sleeper
425
00
Anna 0. Heath
425
00
D. A. Clifford
1,350
00
A. G. Flanders
439
37
Sara J. Greene
425
00
R. M. Tuson
425
00
B. F. Dame
1,350
00
Julia A. Baker
475
00
Mary J. Fife
255
00
Belle R. Daniels .
425
00
Mary F. Barnes
425
00
Nancy S. Bunton .
522
50
M. N. Mason
475
00
M. C. Edgerly
382
50
Jessie B. Farmer .
300
00
Nellie I. Sanderson
425
00
Mary A. Smith
425
00
286
Hattie S. Tozer
Anna J. Dana
Carrie M. Gilmore
Florence McEvoy
Hattie G. Flanders
€. A. Abbott
C. E. Bailey
Lizzie P. Gove
F. S. Mitchell
E. F. Salisbury
Georgie Dow
Helen M. Morrill
E. S. Prior .
A. E. Abbott
E. F. Beane .
Florence L. Stone
Julia A. Dearborn
Nellie Pearson
E. J. Campbell
M. W. Hubbard
Ella F. Sanborn
Nellie M. Whitney
.Jennie F. Bailey
Augusta S. Downs
Maria N. Bower
Jennie G. Stebbins
Emma J. Henry
W. M. Stevens
Mary A. Lear
Etta J. Carley
Addie M. Chase
Izetta Locke .
Georgie A. Nute
M. H. Hildreth
425
00
425
00
300
00
360
00
425
00
425
00
127
50
425
00
405
00
297
50
425
00
425
00
425
00
399
50
425
00
300
00
360
00
425
00
425
00
233
78
305
00
255
00
425
00
425
00
360
00
350
00
317
50
1,000
00
425
00
425
00
332
50
425
00
425
00
285
00
287
II. S. Clougli
A . G. Lord .
S. D. Lord .
0. J. Randall
M. E. Lord .
Lana S. George
George W. Savory
Ella F. Barker
J.J. Kimball
Nellie M. Cate
Susie A. Crosby
Clara G. Fogg
Clara N. Brown
Lilla 0. Cressy
C. R. Dustin .
Susie G. Woodman
Ellen E. McKean .
Mary W. Mitchell
Helen G. Kimball
A. Minnie Campbell
Cora M. Dearborn
Gertrude H. Brooks
Nellie B. Putnam
G. L. Robertson
Emma L. Stokes
F. A. Nichols
M. E. Sylvester
Lizzie O'Reilley
Mary R. Fuller
Clara E. Woods
By balance from old account
Care of rooms (amount trans
f erred ....
120 00
425 00
127 50
400 00
12 50
400 00
120 00
90 00
1,200 00
127 50
126 25
210 00
297 50
90 00
142 50
210 00
210 00
210 00
210 00
6 25
105 00
13 25
30 00
123 75
120 00
117 75
120 00
88 50
30 00
33 38
111 06
177 06
288
Printing and advertising (am't
transferred) .... 42 44
Contingent expenses (amount
transferred) .
80 39
Balance to new account .
253 39
1
36,000 00
TUITION.
To balance from old account .
1138 41
Dr.
Wm. E. Buck, tuition fees
273 75
Joseph Kidder, ;'
128 30
$540 46
Paid H. B. & W. O. Chamberlain . #18 12
E. S. Ritchie & Sons, chemi-
cals, etc. .
Goodnow & Wightman, engine
James E. Dodge, extra ser-
vices ....
Balance to new account .
15
27
35
00
50
00
422
07
Cr.
$540 46
289
Valuation, Taxes, Etc.
Year.
Valuation.
Taxes.
No. Polls.
Poll-Tax.
Val. of Poll.
1838 . .
$555,270
$2,235 49
244
$1 66
$30()
1839 . .
604,963
3,029 84
427
2 14
3CH i
1840 . .
946,200
3,986 56
772
2 20
300
1841 . .
1,229,054
9,563 74
892
3 49
300
1842 . .
1,430,524
12,952 44
1,053
2 76
300
1843 . .
1,598,826
13,764 32
1,053
2 60
300
1844 . .
1,873,286
13,584 72
1,053
2 25
300
1845 . .
2,544,780
19,246 27
1,561
2 30
300
1846 . .
3,187,726
22,005 95
1,808
2 10
300
1847 . .
4,488,550
24,953 54
2,056
1 68
300
1848 . .
4,664,957
39,712 53
2,688
2 58
300
1849 . .
5,500,049
44,979 92
2,518
2 47
300
1850 . .
5,832,080
48,974 23
2,820
2 37
300
1851 . .
6,906,462
51,798 47
2,910
2 25
300
1852 . .
6,795,682
54,379 45
2.745
1 92
240
1853 . .
6,995,528
61,545 81
2.907
1 82
240
1854 . .
8,237,617
62,022 44
2,814
1 80
240
1855 . .
8,833,248
71,952 09
3,725
1 94
240
1856 . .
9,244,062
114,214 08
3,760
2 96
240
1857 . .
9,983,862
84,862 98
3,695
2 04
24i>
1858 . .
10,259,080
78,210 85
3,695
1 83
240
1859 . .
9,853,310
81,368 01
3,495
1 92
24i >
1860 . .
9,644,937
86,804 87
3,651
2 16
240
1861 . .
9,343,254
99,104 96
3,974
2 40
240
1862 . .
8,891,250
84,827 45
3,071
2 21
240
1863 . .
9,597,786
96,233 86
2,995
2 40
240
1864 . .
9,517,512
142,815 98
3,168
3 50
24i>
1S65 . .
9,478,368
209,696 20
3,176
5 18
240
1S66 . .
10,050,020
245,567 19
4,114
5 50
240
1867 . .
10,101,556
207,457 39
4,170
4 61
240
1868 . .
9,929,072
208,783 07
4,583
2 85
150
1869 . .
10,205,303
254,022 43
4,709
3 72
150
1870 . .
10,710,252
234,047 63
4,959
3 27
150
1871 . .
11^365,162
236,639 74
5,404
3 12
150
187 2 . .
11,542,632
259,196 67
5,911
2 24
100
1873 . .
12,001,200
300,768 00
6,212
2 50
100
1874 . .
12.716,892
312,835 95
6,219
2 46
100
1875 . .
14.195,102
315,131 29
6,227
2 22
100
1876 . .
15,309,348
248,900 93
6,295
1 62
100
1877 .
15,005,918
246,573 46
6,341
1 58
100
1878 . .
15,912,234
276,873 32
6,477
1 74
100
19
290
City Debt.
Date of Notes.
To Whom Payable.
When Payable.
Principal.
Aug. 1
, 1869
City Bonds,
Aug. 1.
1879
9 10,000 00
Jan. 1
, 1856
u 11
Jan. 1
1880
10,000 00
Aug. 1
, 1869
« a
Aug. 1
1880
1,500 00
July 1
, 1876
Sewer Bonds,
July 1
1880
8,000 00
Aug. 1
, 1869
City Bonds,
Aug. 1
1881
10,000 00
July 1
, 1876
Sewer bonds,
July 1
1881
8,000 00
July 1
,1862
City Bonds,
July 1
1882
22,500 00
Aug. 1
, 1869
it a
Aug. 1
1882
1,500 00
July 1
,1876
Sewer Bonds,
July 1
1883
8,000 00
Aug. 1
. 1869
City Bonds,
Aug. 1
1883
5,000 00
Aug. 1
, 1869
a u
Aug. 1
1884
1,600 00
April 1
, 1864
u u
April 1
1884
70,000 00
April 1
, 1865
u a
April 1
1885
10,000 00
July 1
, 1876
Sewer Bonds,
July 1
1885
8,000 00
Aug. 1
, 1869
City Bonds,
Aug. 1
1885
1,500 00
Aug. 1
, 1869
K U
Aug. 1
1886
5,000 00
Aug. 1
, 1869
a cl
Aug. 1
1887
3,500 00
Jan. 1
,1872
Water Bonds,
Jan . 1
1887
100,000 00
Jan. 1
,1863
City Bonds,
Jan. 1
1888
35,000 00
July 1
,1874
Water Bonds,
July 1
, 1890
100,000 00
Jan. 1
,1872
u u
Jan. 1
1892
100,000 00
Oct. 31
,1863
City Bonds,
Nov. 1
, 1893
70,000 00
July 1
,1864
u u
July 1
, 1894
50,000 00
July 1
,1874
Water Bonds,
July 1
1895
100,000 00
Jan. • 1
,1872
l( u
Jan. 1
1897
100,000 00
Jan. 1
, 1872
u u
Jan. 1
1902
100,000 00
291
FUNDED DEBT.
Amount of funded debt, Jan. 1,
1878 .... 1952,000 00
Paid during the year . . 13,000 00
Amount of funded debt Jan. 1,
1879 .... 1939,000 00
Amount of temporary loan Jan.
1, 1879 .... $1,900 00
Interest due, estimated . . 20,500 00
Bills outstanding, Jan. 1, 1879 23,329 73
45,729 73
Total indebtedness, Jan. 1, 1879 1984,729 73
Cash in treasury, Jan. 1, 1879 $24,791 41
Notes due the city . . . 1,301 35
Interest on same . . . 600 00
26,692 76
Net indebtedness, Jan. 1, 1879 $958,036 97
Net indebtedness, Jan. 1, 1878 992,297 70
Decrease of net indebtedness
during the year . . $34,260 73
Attest, NATHAN P. KIDDER,
City Auditor.
292
CITY PROPERTY.
City-Library building ....
Permanent inclosure of commons
City Hall and lot ... .
City Farm and permanent improvements
Stock, tools, furniture, and provisions at City
Farm .....
Engines, hose, and apparatus
Engine-house, stable, and land, Vine street
Hose-house and lot, Maple street
Hose-house and lot, Nashua street
Reservoirs ......
Hearse, houses, tombs, and new cemetery
Court-house and lot
Common sewers .....
Safes, furniture, and fixtures at City Hall
Street lanterns, posts and pipes .
Water-works .....
Horses, carts, plows, and tools for streets
Ward-room and lot, Manchester street .
Ward-room and lot, Park street .
Engine-house and lot, Ward Eight
Water-pipe, wagons, and apparatus for water
ing streets ....
Stock in Suncook Valley Railroad
Lot, Lowell street
Gravel lot, Belmont street .
Gravel lot, Ward Eight (one-half acre)
Gravel lot, Bakersville (one acre)
Fire-alarm telegraph, bell-tower, and bell
Valley Cemetery ....
. . $30,000
00
19,200
00
60,000
00.
25,000
00
y
9,000
00
38,000
00
41,000
00
2,500
00
500
00
10,000
00
5,000
00
51,000
00
. 145,000
00
3,000
00
4,800
00
. 731,808
28
5,000
00
3,000
00
600
00
2,300
00
2,500
00
50,000
00
1,500
00
1,200
00
50
00
100
00
20,000
00
6,000
00
■*1, 268,058 28
293
SCHOOL PROPERTY.
Blodget-street school-house and lot
Movable furniture, maps, charts
etc. ....
Bridge-street house and lot
Old High school-house and lot
Movable furniture, maps, etc.
New High school-house .
Movable furniture, maps, charts
books, and apparatus
Wilson-Hill house and lot
Movable furniture, maps, etc.
Merrimack-street house and lot
Movable furniture, maps, etc.
Manchester-street house and lot
Movable furniture, maps, etc.
Park-street house and lot
Movable furniture, maps, etc.
Franklin-street house and lot .
Movable furniture, maps, etc.
Spring-street house and lot
Movable furniture, maps, etc.
Stark house and lot
Movable furniture, maps, etc.
Bakersville house and lot
Movable furniture, maps, etc.
Goffe's-Falls house and lot
Movable furniture, maps, etc.
House and lot near Harvey's .
Movable furniture, maps, etc.
House and lot near Clough's mill
Movable furniture, maps, etc.
.-$3,000 00
3?
. 150 00
$3,150
00
500
00
. 6,500 00
. 200 00
6,700
00
.45,000 00
. 2,000 00
47,000
00
. 3,300 00
. 125 O'O
3,425
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
. 18,000 00
. 400 00
18,400
00
. 14,000 00
. 400 00
14,400
00
. 3,000 00
. 200 00
3,200
00
. 3,500 00
75 00
3,575
00
. 3,600 00
. 100 00
3,700
00
. 2,500 00
50 00
2,550
00
. 600 00
50 00
650
00
294
Hallsville house and lot .
Movable furniture, maps, etc.
Massabesic house and lot
Movable furniture, maps, etc.
Mosquito-Pond house and lot .
Movable furniture, maps, etc.
Center-street house and lot
Movable furniture, maps, etc.
Ash-street house and lot
Movable furniture, maps, etc.
Lincoln-street house and lot .
Movable furniture, maps, etc.
South house and lot, 'Squog .
Movable furniture, maps, etc.
Amoskeag house and lot
Movable furniture, maps, etc.
Main-street house and lot
Movable furniture, maps, etc.
Amount of school property
Amount of city property
Total property
. 3,500
00
75
00
3,575 00
. 1,400
00
40
00
1,440 00
. 1,000
00
50
00
1,050 00
. 5,000
00
. 125
00
5,125 00
. 58,000
00
. 400
00
58,400 00
. 50,000
00
. 400
00
50,400 00
. 2,800
00
60
00
2,860 00
. 3,700
00
. 125
00
3,825 00
. 12,000
00
. 100
00
12,100 00
# #
1278,075 00-
*
1,268,058 28
$1,546,133 28
INDEX.
Abatement of Taxes 246
Account of City Treasurer 170
Ahum Telegraph 231
.Alarm-Boxes and Keys 137
Amoskeag Falls Bridge . . . . ,. . . .212
Amoskeag Engine Co. ~No. 1 143. 226
Amoskeag Hose Co. 146
Apparatus, Fire . . 131
Attendance at School 56, 93
Awards for Land taken for Highways 205
Books and Stationery 27S
Bridge, Amoskeag 212
Bridge, Granite 212
Buildings, Repairs of 240
Care of Rooms 281
Cemeteries, Report of Committee on 161
City Government, 1878 3
Library 114, 242
Hall and Offices 237
Farm 13, 189
Solicitor, Report of ' . 107
Teams 192
Treasurer's Accounts . . . . . . . 170
Property 292
Debt 290
Payment of 291
Commons 213
290
County Tax 244
Court-House 273
Contingent Expenses 279
Condition of Reservoirs and Cisterns 142
Discount on Taxes 233
Decoration of Soldiers1 Graves 266
Debt, Funded 291
Donations to City Library 123
E. W. Harrington Engine Co. No. 3 ... 143, 227
Excelsior Hook and Ladder Co. No. 1 . . . . 145, 229
Engineers 146
Engineers' Department . 230
Engineer's Report 129
Evening Schools 284
Farm, City 189
Fire-Alarm Telegraph 133, 231
Fire Apparatus 131, 143
Fire Department 225
Fire- Alarm Boxes and Keys, Location of ... . 137
Fire King Engine Co. No. 2 143, 226
Fires, 1878 135
Furniture and Supplies 277
Fuel 276
Gofte's Falls Hose Co 145
Government, City, 1878 3
Granite Bridge 212
(rrading for Concrete 209
Highway District No. 1 195
2 . . . .196
3 198
4 198
5 199
6 199
7 200
8 200
9 .201
297
Highway District No. 10 201
11 202
12 203
13 204
Highways, New 204
Awards for Lands taken for 205
Hydrants 150
Hydrant Service .233
Incidental Expenses 214
Incidental Eepairs (Schools) ....... 282
Interest 178
Instructions to Key-Holders 139
Land Sold from City Farm 232
Land Damage Awards 205
Lighting Streets ......... 206
Library, City • . . ' . , 114, 242
Donations to 123
Trustees' Report 114
Librarian's Report 121, 124
Treasurer's Report 118
Loan, Temporar}' 177
Location of Alarm-Boxes ....... 137
Location of Hydrants 150
Monument, Soldiers" 244
Militia 243
Miscellaneous Expenses of Fire Department .... 230
Macadamizing streets 209
Massabesic Hose Company No. 2 144, 220
New Engine-House 273
New Hose-House 266
Names of Teachers . . .103
N. S. Bean Engine Company No. 4 . . . . 144, 227
Names and Residences of Members of Fire Department . 147
Officers, City 3
Outstanding Taxes 260
Overseers of Poor, Report of 15
298
Paving Streets 208
Paupers off Farm 178
Pennacook Hose Company !N"o. 1 144, 228
Payment of Funded Debt 291
Pine-Grove Cemetery 224
Police Department 234
Printing and Advertising (Schools) 270
I'rintiug and Stationery 239
Property, City 292
Property, School 293
Rules adopted by Board of Engineers 140
Repairs of School-Houses . 275
Repairs of Buildings 240
Reserved Fund 270
Reservoirs , 142, 233
Report, Order to print Thirty-third Annual .... 2
lu port of City Solicitor 107
Finance Committee 174
Committee on City Farm 13
Chief Engineer 129
Public Schools for 1878 51
Trustees of City Library 113
Librarian 121
Committee on Cemeteries 161
Overseers of Poor 15
School Committee 55
Treasurer of City Library 118
Superintendent of Public Instruction ... 77
Water Commissioners 19
Superintendent of Water-Works .... 21
Salaries of Teachers 285
Salaries of Officers 261
School-Houses and Lots 274
School Property 293
Schools, Evening . 284
Sewers and Drains 210
Soldiers' Monument 244
Streets, Lighting 206
Macadamizing 209
299
Streets, Watering, 206
Paving 208
State Tax 244
Tax, County 244
Tax, State 244
Taxes, Abatement of 246
Discount on . 233
Outstanding 260
Temporary Loan . 177
Telegraph, Fire-Alarm 231
Teams, City 192
Teachers, Names of . 103
Teachers, Salaries of 285
Tuition 288
Valuation, Taxes, etc. 289
Valley Cemetery 225
Water-Works 267
Watering Streets 206
Water Commissioners' Report .19
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