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PUBLIC DOCUMENT.
CITY3LMANCHESTER
ANNUAL REPORTS
-FOR-
THE YEAR 1881
MWITOFSTM?
STATE LIBRARY
THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT
Receipts and Expenditures
City of Manchester
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31, 1881,
TOGETHER WITH
Other Annual Reports and Papers Relating to the
Affairs of the City.
MANCHESTER, K. H.:
JOHN B. CLARKE, PRINTER
1882.
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CITY OF MANCHESTEH.
In Board of Common Council.
AN ORDER to priut the Thirty-Sixth 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 hereby are,
authorized to procure, for the use of the inhabitants of said city,
the printing of the Thirty-Sixth Annual Report of the Receipts and
Expenditures of the City of Manchester, including the Reports of
the Joint Standing Committee on Finance, the School Board and
Superintendent of Schools, Superintendent of Water-Works,
Water Commissioners, Engineer of Fire Department, City Mar-
shal, Overseers of the Poor, Trustees, LiHjrarian, and Treasurer ot'
City Library, Committee on Cemeteries, Joint Standing Commit-
tee on City Farm, City Physician, City Solicitor, and City Engi-
neer, the expense thereof to be charged to the Appropriation for
Printing and Stationery.
In Board of Common Council. January 3, 1882.
Passed.
WM. J. HOYT, President.
In Board of Mayor and Aldermen. January 3, 1882.
Passed in concurrence.
II. B. PUTNAM, Mayor.
MANCHESTEK
CITY GOVERNMENT,
1881.
MAYOR.
Hon. HORACE B. PUTNAM.
CITY CLERK.
NATHAN P. KIDDER.
PRESIDENT OF COMMON COUNCIL.
WILLIAM J. HOYT.
CLERK OF COMMON COUNCIL.
JAMES A. FRACKER.
CITY TREASURER.
SYLYANUS B. PUTNAM.
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COLLECTOR OP TAXES.
GEORGE E. MORRILL.
CITY SOLICITOR.
WILLIAM R. PATTEN.
CITY MESSENGER.
JOHN A. BARKER.
CITY ENGINEER.
GEORGE H. ALLEN.
CITY PHYSICIAN.
JAMES M. COLLITY.
ALDERMEN,
Ward 1, — Elijah Chandler.
Ward 2. — George H. Stearns.
Ward 3. — Aretas Blood.
Ward 4. — John H. Maynard.
Ward 5. — Thomas F. Glancy.
Ward 6. —John Hosley.
Ward 7. — Timothy W. Challis.
Ward 8. — Andrew C. Wallace.
MEMBERS OF COMMON COUNCIL.
Ward 1.
Perkins C. Lane.
William A. Perry.
Charles F. Morrill.
Ward 3.
James SutclifFe.
Samuel Thompson.
George Whitford.
Ward 5.
John F. Conway.
Martin J. Foley.
Michael McDonoiigh.
Ward 7.
Samuel Lunt.
George B. Smith.
David Farmer.
Ward 2.
Darwin M. Poore.
John F. Clough.
William J. Hoyt.
Ward 4.
Samuel F. Curtis.
Robert Heath.
Orrin D. Carpenter.
Ward 6.
Thomas Johnson.
George H. Dudley.
James S. Bachelor.
Ward 8.
James F. Baldwin.
Frank Schnauder.
Henry C. Ranno.
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEES.
On Finance. — The Mayor, and Alderman Blood ;
Messrs. Morrill, Curtis, and Johnson.
On Accounts. — Aldermen Hosley and Challis ; Messrs.
Smith, Poore, and Morrill.
On Lands and Buildings. — Aldermen Challis and May-
nard ; Messrs. Heath, Carpenter, and Dudley.
On Public Instruction. — Aldermen Blood and Chandler ;
Messrs. Curtis, Baldwin, and Sutcliffe.
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On City Farm. — Aldermen Maynard and Hosley ;
Messrs. Perry, Lunt, and Bacheler.
On Sewers and Drains. — Aldermen Wallace and
Stearns ; Messrs. Carpenter, Clough, and Perry.
On Streets. — Aldermen Stearns and Wallace ; Messrs.
Perry, Clough, and Carpenter.
On Claims. — Aldermen Challis and Maynard; Messrs.
Sutcliffe, Johnson, and Poore.
On Commons and Cemet ries. — Aldermen Challis and
Hosley ; Messrs. Thompson, Smith, and Ranno.
On Fire Department. — Aldermen Wallace and Chan-
dler ; Messrs. Bacheler, Lane, and Heath.
On House of Correction. — Aldermen Glancy and
Stearns; Messrs. Lunt, Foley, and Thompson.
On Lighting Streets. — Aldonnon Stearns and Glancy ;
Messrs. Whitford, Farmer, and Schnauder.
On Water- W^rks. — Aldermen Blood and Maynard ;
Messrs. Whitford, Baldwin, and Conway.
On Military Affairs. — Al^QvmQw Challis and Chandler ;
Messrs. Lane, Dudley, and McDonough.
STANDING COMMITTEES IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN.
On Enrollment. — Aldermen Blood and Stearns.
On Bills on Second Reading. — Aldermen Hosley and
Chandler.
On Licenses. — Aldermen Challis and Maynard.
On MarsliaVs Accounts. — Aldermen Wallace and Chan-
dler.
On Setting Trees. — Aldermen Stearns and Challis.
On Market. — Aldermen Glancy and Wallace.
On Special Police. — Aldermen Challis, Hosley, and
Stearns.
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STANDING COMMITTKKS IN BOARD OF COMMON COUNCIL.
On Election Returns. — Messrs. Thompson, Whitford,
and Lunt.
On Bills on Second Reading. — Messrs. Clough, Bald-
win, and Lane.
On Enrollment. — Messrs. Smith, Ranno, and Morrill.
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Judge of Police Court.
Nathan P. Hunt.
Associate Justice of Police Court.
Isaac L. Heath.
Clerk.
John C. Bickford.
City Marshal.
Alfred D. Stark.
Assistant Marshal.
Horatio W. Longa.
Captain of the Night Watch.
Melvin J. Jenkins.
Day Police.
John C. Colburn.
Randall W. Bean.
Night Watchmen.
John F. Cassidj.
James Buckliii.
Thomas Frain.
William H. B. Newhall.
Michael Marr.
Hiram Stearns.
Zadoc B. Wright.
Edgar Farrar.
James F. Dunn.
Ira P. Fellows.
Philip Reischer.
Francis Bourrassau.
Gideon Pochette.
Charles H. Reed.
Lafayette Tebbetts.
Eben Carr.
Consiahles.
William A. Carpenter. Joseph B. Maynard.
George W. Hamlin. Isaac F. Sawyer.
Charles R. Noyes.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
I-'on. Horace B. Putnam, ex-officio Chairman.
Marshall P. Hall, Clerk.
Ward 1.
Charles F. Everett.
Frank T. E. Richardson.
Ward o.
Daniel Clark.
William A. Webster.
Ward 5.
Denis F. O'Connor.
Charles A. O'Connor.
Ward 2.
Benjamin C. Dean.
Gerherdus L. Demarest.
Ward 4.
Walter M. Parker.
John T. Fanning.
Ward 6.
Abial C. Flanders.
Brackett B. Weeks.
Ward 7. Ward 8.
Marshall P. Hall. Louis E. Phelps.
Ezra Huntington. Douglas Mitchell.
William J. Hoyt, ex officio.
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
William E. Buck.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Hon. H. B. Putnam, ex-offieio Chairman.
* Moses E. George, Clerk.
t William H. Maxwell, Clerk.
William H. Maxwell. George F. Sheehan.
George H. Colby. Robert Hall.
C. G. B. Ryder. Elbridge G. Woodman.
* Moses E. George. Israel B. Farnum.
t Horace Gordon.
* Died. t Elected to fill vacancy.
WATER COMMISSIONERS.
Hon. Horace B. Putnam, ex officio.
James A. Weston, Clerk.
Alpheus Gay. Edwin H. Hobbs.
Ebcn T. James. Andrew C. Wallace.
James A. Weston. William P. Newell.
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ASSESSORS.
Charles S. Fisher, Chairman.
David 0. Furnald, Clerk.
Charles H. Brown. John Ryan.
Joseph H. Haynes. Ira W. Moore.
David 0. Furnald. Henry W. Powell.
George W. Weeks. Charles S. Fisher.
INSPECTORS OF CHECK-LISTS.
Jpseph H. Haynes. Chairman.
Harrison D. Lord, Clerk.
Hiram Forsaith. John J. Flynn.
Joseph H. Haynes. Isaac Whittemore.
David 0. Furnald. David Farmer.
Harrison D. Lord. Charles S. Fisher.
TRUSTEES OF THE CITY LIBRARY.
Nathan P. Hunt. Isaac W. Smith.
William P. Newell. Moody Currier.
Daniel Clark. Lucien B. Clough.
Ezekiel A. Straw.
Horace B. Putnam, ex officio.
William J. Hoyt, ex officio.
LIBRARIAN.
Mrs. M. J. Buncher.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Alfred D. Stark. Lyman H. Lamprey.
Patrick A. Devine.
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FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Thomas W. Lane, Chief Engineer.
Sam C. Lowell, Clerk.
Assistant Engineers.
Andrew C. Wallace. Sam C. Lowell.
Benjamin C. Kendall. Orin E. Kimball.
CITY AUDITOR AND REGISTRAR.
Nathan P. Kidder.
SUPERINTENDENT OF WATER- WORKS.
Charles K. Walker.
WARD OFFICERS.
Moderators,
Ward 1.— Daniel H. Maxfield.
Ward 2. — George M. True.
Ward 3. — James B. Straw.
Ward 4. — John M. Crawford.
Ward 5. — James Dolan, Jr.
Ward 6. — George Holbrook.
Ward 7. — Timothy W. Challis.
Ward 8. — Charles K. Walker.
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Ward Clerks.
Ward 1. — Charles H. Butman.
Ward 2. — Louis C. Merrill.
Ward 3. — Alexander H. Olzendam.
Ward 4.— Waldo E. Gilmore.
Ward 5. — Nicholas J. Whalen.
Ward 6. — George E. Glines.
Ward 7. — Frank H. Redfield.
Ward 8. — William McElroy.
Selectmen.
Ward 1.
Jonathan T. Underhill.
Charles E. Ham.
Charles D. Wheeler.
Ward 3.
David Thayer.
Simeon R. Stearns.
George H. Kuowlton.
Ward 5.
John B. McTiernan.
James McLaughlin.
John Bryson.
Ward 7.
Elbridge G. Woodman.
Samuel Clark.
James Lightbody.
Ward 2.
Horace C. Paige.
John Frince.
George W. Yarnum.
Ward 4.
Ralph Pearson.
Sylvanus B. Putnam.
Charles H. Uhlig.
Ward 6.
Edwin N. Baker.
Richard E. Davis.
Clarence M. Edgerly.
Ward 8.
Herman Rittner.
Charles C. Tinkham.
Hervey Stratton.
REPORT
OF THE
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON CITY FARM,
REPOET
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON CITY FARM.
To the City Councils of the City of Maricheste?- : —
The Mayor and Joint Standing Committee on the City
Farm hereby submit the annual report for the year ending
Dec. 31,1881: —
Live stock ....
Hay, grain, and produce
Furniture, farming implements, and othei
Bedding and wearing apparel
Provisions and fuel
Household furniture
Other articles
Amount of stock, 1880
Amount of stock, 1881
Cash paid out
Interest on farm
.
11,029 00
. .
2,156 91
[ other tools
1,712 10
.
533 40
. • .
276 35
• . .
486 00
.
423 43
$6,617 19
i7,848 35
6,617 19
$1,-231 16
4,745 69
1,000 00
<k(\ Q7fi «.^
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Cash paid in .... f2,484 45
Bills receivable .... 499 85
By labor 498 88
Number days' board prisoners and
paupers, 8,576 .... 3,493 67
;,976 85
Average cost of board per day, 40 3-5 cents.
H. B. PUTNAM, Mayor.
J. H. MAYNARD,
JOHN HOSLEY,
SAMUEL LUNT,
J. S. BACHELER,
Joint Standing Committee on City Farm,
REPORT
OF THE
CITY SOLICITOR.
REPORT
CITY SOLICTTOR
To the City Councils of the City of Manchester^ —
Gentlemen : — I have the honor to transmit herewith the
annual report of the Law Department of the city govern-
ment.
The following actions are now pending in the supreme
court of Hillsborough county : —
1. — Catharine Cunningham vs. the City.
This action is brought to recover damages for injuries
which the plaintiff claims to have received by falling on
the sidewalk in front of No. 91 Central street. Damages
claimed, $1,000.
2. — Simon Clark, Admr. of Wm. Clark, t^s. the City.
This action is brought to recover damages for the death
of William Clark, a lad three or four years of age, who fell
into an unused reservoir of the city, situate at the corner of
West and Douglas streets.
The question as to the liability of the city is now pend-
ing in the law term of the supreme court, and will be de-
termined in March. Damages claimed, 110,000.
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3. — Hans J. Rosenberg vs. the City.
The plaintiff alleges that he fell into an unused well in
the sidewalk on Lowell street, in front of the residence of
Fannie E. A. Riddle. Damages claimed, M,000.
■i. —Daniel Farmer vs. the City.
This action was brought to recover damages to the plain-
tiff's land, caused l)y flowage of water from the street.
5. — Edward G. Sanborn, Admr of Mary J. Anderson,
vs. THE City.
The plaintiff alleges that Mary J. Anderson, on or about
the :^6th day of January, 1881, slipped and fell, and received
such severe injuries that from the effects thereof she died.
Damages claimed, ^$5,000.
6. — Sarah A. Davis vs. the City.
The plaintiff claims that on or about the 10th day of
February, 1881. she fell on the sidewalk and received severe
injuries. Damages claime'l. to, 000.
7. — Thb City vs. County of Hillsborough.
This action is still pending in the law term, and will
probably be determined in March.
8. — S. N. Bell vs. the City.
This is a petition for the assessment of damages to land
caused by laying out a highway.
There were pending, at the date of my last report, fifteen
actions in which the city was a party. Of these, eleven
have been disposed of as follows : —
David S. MjcKay vs. the City, and George A. Crosby vs.
the City, were tried by tiie jury at the January term, 1881,
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and a verdict for the city obtained in each suit. James
Connelly vs. the City, and Ann Sliehan vs. the City, were
dismissed. Franklin-street Society vs. the City, and Man-
chester Mills vs. the City, and George G. Griffin vs. the
City, were entered " neither party," by agreement of coun-
sel. In the action of Daniel K. Mack vs. the City, the
county commissioners awarded the plaintiff iloO. The
actions of Frank Clement and John Conway were compro-
mised by the payment of a less sum than it would cost to
try them.
Respectfully submitted.
WILLIAM R. PATTEN,
Citi/ Solicitor.
Manchester, N^. H., January 1, 1882.
REPORT
OF THE
CITY PHYSKJIAN
REPORT
CTTT PHYSICIAN
To the Honorahle Mayor and the City Councils : —
I respectfully submit the following report of the duties
intrusted to my charge during the past year. It is not less
a matter of interest to the city than a pleasure to myself
to be able to state that the condition of the city's poor has
beeii exceptionally good. I have made such visits to the
city farm as have been required, and liave to report but
one death, viz., of a female inmate, from consumption ;
one death of a woman receiving city aid occurred from
typhoid fever at the Women's Aid Society Hospital ; one
case of infanticide was reported, — making in all three
deaths that came to my notice officially during the year.
I have made visits to one hundred or one hundred and
fifty of the city's poor outside the public institutions men-
tioned above, and am happy to state that not a single death
has occurred, which is a noteworthy fact, considering that
a majority of these people are more likely to be afflicted,
living, as they do, in the thickly settled quarters.
As you are aware, the inmates at the city farm are a class
of people suffering from infirmities or disabilities, and I
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assure jou that their wants have been fuUj supplied by
those having them in charge. The recent repairs and im-
provements at the institution will add greatly to the health
of the inmates. I would, recommend as a matter of clean-
liness, thereby promoting health, that a suitable bath-room
be added.
We have reason to rejoice that the city has been free
from any of the contagious or infectious diseases which
have prevailed in neighboring cities. The past year has
been remarkable for the absence of diphtheria and typhoid
fever,. and not a single case of small-pux has occurred. I
recommend as one safeguard, in the event of a visit from
sraall-pox, that the city authorities call the attention
of parents of school-children to tlie safety of vaccina-
tion. Such action has just been taken hy the Portsmouth
authorities.
The alarm experienced by citizens late in the fall from
scarlet fever almost developed into a>' scare " Such alarm
was in part unnecessary, as the disease was principally
confined to two families, one of whom lost three children
within two weeks, and the other had two cliildren afflicted.
There were never more than ten cases of scarlet fever at
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one time.
1 would speak of certain defects in the |)olice-station for
the proper attendance of prisoners or unfortunates who
have been brought in by the police, and who are suffering
from sickness or injuries. There are no conveniences what-
ever for the proper attendance of such persons, and the
care which they need cannot be supplied. In the absence
of a city hospital, I would recommend that a suitable hos-
pital ward be fitted up in the police-station.
In concluding my report, 1 will refer to the good work
performed by the Board of irlealth in putting a stop to the
night odors which have heretofore been the cause of great
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complaint. I am happy to say that we shall no longer be
afflicted with the abominable stenches arising from sewers
in some localities. We should feel grateful for the sanitary
condition of our city, and should neglect no measure which
would preserve its present healthful ness.
Respectfully yours,
JAMES M. COLLITY,
City Physician,
MANCHEST^:R, N. H., January 1, 1882.
REPORT
OF THE
CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
EEPOET
CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Engineers' Office,
Manchester, N. H., December 31, 1881.
To His Honor the Mayor^ and Gentlemen of the City
Councils : —
In compliance with section 5 of chapter 8 of the '' Laws
and Ordinances " of the city, I herewith submit the annual
report of the Manchester Fire Department for the year
ending December 31, 1881, also an inventory of the prop-
erty of the department, and a statement of alarms, fires,
losses, insurance, etc.
While last year was considered a favorable one for the
city in regard to fires, the one just closed has been most
remarkable for a city of its size, and the losses have been
lighter than for many years previous. During the year
there have been only twelve alarms, two of which were
from burning chimneys.
ORGANIZATION.
As the department is at present organized, it consists
of one hundred and two members, divided as follows : —
1 Chief Engineer.
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4 Assistant Engineers.
2 Steam Fire Engine Companies, — 14 men each.
1 Horse Hose Company, — 20 men.
2 Horse Hose Companies, — 12 men each.
1 Hook and Ladder Company, — 25 men.
THE APPARATUS,
which is all in good repair and serviceable condition, is lo-
cated as follows, and consists of —
*4 Steam Fire Engines, at Central Fire Station.
1 Horse Hose Carriage, at Central Fire Station.
1 Horse Hose Sled, at Central Fire Station.
1 Hook and Ladder Truck, at Central Fire Station.
1 Supply Wagon, at Central Fire Station.
1 Horse Hose Carriage, corner Maple and East High sts.
1 Horse Hose Carriage, on Clinton street, 'Squog.
1 2 Wheeled Hose Carriage at the P. C. Cheney Com-
pany's paper-works, Amoskeag, manned by men at works.
1 2-Wheeled Hose Carriage, Deny mills, Gotfe's Falls,
manned by men at the mills.
The continued and rapid extension of the city limits
makes it imperative that more hose companies should be
established. I would recommend that a new horse hose-
carriage be procured, and a company of twelve men organ-
ized to run it, and located in the southeastern portion of the
city proper. I am informed, by Supt. Harvey of district
No. 2, that the horse of such a company could be used to
good advantage upon the streets during the day, within
certain limits, so as to be accessible in case of alarms, thus
being beneficial to the street department, while the Fire De-
partment would be materially strengthened.
*Two of which are in reserve.
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THE BUILDINGS
occupied by the department have undergone various
needed repairs. The engine-house in Piscataquog has been
shingled ; at the '' north-end " tower, the bell has been
raised, and the roof, as well as the room below containing the
mechanical apparatus of the striker, has been much im-
proved, while the central station is now heated by steam,
with coils of pipe in its towers to facilitate the drying of
hose, and the old part of the engine-house thoroughly re-
paired inside. A convenient office for the Board of Engi-
neers (with a battery-room for fire-alarm adjoining) has
also been fitted up and furnished, in the quarters formerly
occupied by Fennacook Hose Company No. 1.
DEFECTIVE CHIMNEYS
are still the cause of many disastrous fires, and will con-
tinue to be as long as so little attention is paid to their
construction ; though parties erecting buildings, and con-
tractors in most cases, have willingly complied with article
11 of the " Regulations of the Board of Engineers," since
its adoption, which is as follows : —
"Art. 11. — No person shall erect a chimney or flue which
shall not be thoroughly plastered on the inside and outside,
nor be built less than three feet above the ridge-pole."
In several cases during the year I have called the atten-
tion of parties who were building, to this article, and it has
proved beneficial in such cases. In this connection I can-
not refrain from again alluding to the importance of an
INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS,
whose duty it should be to carefully examine the erection
and alteration of all buildings, and the construction of
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chimneys therein, and thus prevent so many " fire-traps "
going up in onr city, that constantly increase the fire risks.
The infiequeiicy of fires the past year ought not to make
us unmindful of our duty looking to the safer protection of
the future of our city.
THE ANNUAL PARADE.
Thr second annual parade of this department occurred
on Friday, Octoher 7, and I have no doubt that such mem-
bers of the City Councils as particijiated in the event, as
well as citizens generally, believe it is not an unwise ex-.
penditure, bringing the department, as it does, into more
social relations with our citizens.
THE FIRE-ALARM TELEGRAPH,
an indispensable adjunct to every efficient fire department,
has worked faitlifully during the year, and given prompt
lesponse to all calls made upon it. During the month of
July the circuits were rearranged by Mr. Edwin Rogers, of
>lo.^es G. Crane & Co., Boston, Mass., New England agents
for the '' Ganiewell Fire Alarm," and wires run centering
at the new headquarters on Vine street, and on the 6th of
July tbe battery tiansferred from the City Hall to the
central station. A new three-circuit-barred switch has
taken the place of the old one, and a ground galvanometer
been added.
Mr. Tristram Berry has continued in charge of the
alarm, and has given his usual careful attention to its work-
ings. No new boxes have been added since the one men-
tioned in my last report as having been ordered at that
lime, though the extension of the city limits will soon ne-
cessitate locating others. I would suggest, as an addition
the coming year, that a bell be placed on the school-house
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to he erected on Webster street, and a striker attached.
From its location an alarm conld be heard at Amoskeag, as
well as in the northern section of the city,
THE HOSE
of the department has received no new additions during
the year, but for the coming year should be materially
increased.
THE firemen's RELIEF ASSOCIATION.
This association was incorporated February 4, 1873, and
its benefits have been felt by some of its unfortunate mem-
bers on several occasions. Any active member of the
department is entitled to membership on the payment of
one dollar. During the year its funds have been increased
by liberal donations from Hon. Moody Currier, Col. George
W. Riddle, Hon. Jacob F. James, and Hon. George B.
Chandler. Death has entered its ranks, and on the 26th
day of November took from our number Frank E. Emery,
a member of N. S. Dean 8. P. E. No. 4. During his last
illness he was cared for by the association, and at his fu-
ncial the entire department was in attendance.
The funds of the association are as follows : —
Cash in treasury February 8, 1881
Cash received for memberships
Donated by Hon. Moody Currier
Donated by Col. George W. Riddle .
Donated by Hon. Jacob F. James
Donated by Hon. George B. Chandler
To cash paid out ....
Leaving balance now in treasury of $1,010.62
. 1798.62
10.00
100.00
100.00
50.00
50.00
$1,108.62
98.00
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While tlie association does notr desire to appear in the
light of heggars, it is very grateful for such contributions
as our lil)eral-hearted citizens feel disposed to give.
TELEPHONE WIRES.
The innumerable number of wires running in all direc-
tions from the Telephone Exchange is fast becoming a seri-
ous matter, and early attention should be given it, as has
been done by many cities in this and other countries. The
city councils of Liverpool decided that '-the danger and in-
convenience caused by the net-work of telephone V)ire>\ were
likely to prove a nuisance,'' and have instituted steps to rem-
edy the evil While the system is of great convenience
to the pul)lic as a means of communication, the construction
ot its wires should be of such a nature as not to impede
the working of tlie Fire Department in the discharge of its
duties. The matter can be remedied, in a measure, by al-
lowing none of the wires in ihe business section of the
city to be put less than forty leet from the ground.
THE PROTECTIVE DP]PARTMENT.
This is an important and valuable branch of the fire ser-
vice in many of our sistei- cities, and one long needed here.
It has been agitated at ditferent times, and I trust that
ste})S will soon be inaugurated lor the establishing of one
in connection with tliis departnjent.
CONCLUSION.
During the summer, upon invitation of Charles D.
McDuffie, Esq., agent of the Manchester Mills, the Board
of Engineers inspected the hydrants and other facilities of
this corporation for the extinguishment of fires, its fire-
escapes, etc., and were shown the practical workings of the
" Automatic Fire Extinguishers," which lie has placed in
nearly all the rooms of the corporation under his charge.
This is a wise precaution, and one which, if put to practi-
cal test, I have no doubt will do effectual service.
I desire to express my sincere thanks to my eflficient
associate engineers, for their able and cordial support, and
their valuable counsel in all matters pertaining to the good
of the department and its effective workings ; to his Hon-
or Mayor Putnam and members of the City Councils, who
so willingly, by their official acts, have contributed to the
needs and comforts of the department ; to City Marshal
A. D. Stark and Captain Jenkins of the night watch, and
the members of the police force under their charge, for
their assistance in all times of need ; to Warren Harvey
and F. S. Worthen, superintendents of districts Nos. 2 and
10, lor their willing arrangements in regard to horses under
their charge ; and last, but not least, to the foremen and
members of the several companies, for the faithful perform-
ance of their duties, and their uniform alacrity in obeying all
orders. It is gratifying to be able to say that entire harmony
exists between the companies of the department I believe
we have as efficient a department as any of its size, simi-
larly organized, and have no doubt it will receive such at-
tention at your hands as its demands merit.
Respectfully submitted.
THOS. W. LANE,
Chief Engineer Manchester Fire Depaj-tment.
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ALARMS, FIRES, LOSSES, ETC., FOR 1881.
1. — Tuesday, January 11, at 8.15 a. m. ; Box LS ; slight
fire in a closet of the tenement occupied by Peter Douclier,
in Washington block on Pearl street; extinguislied by
Assistant Engineer Kimball, with a few pails of water ;
insurance paid, ^25 ; cause, matches.
2. — Friday, January 21, at 7.05 p. M. ; Box 5 ; alarm
from burning chimney in block owned by Isaac Huse at
corner of Manchester and Chestnut streets.
3. — Friday, January 28, at 8.20 p. m. ; Box 21 ; alarm
from burning chimney in tenement occupied by John Stokes
at 107 Manchester street.
4. — Friday, February 11, at 10.30 p. M. ; Box 23;
small fire in school-house connected with Mount St. Mary's
Convent, on corner of Laurel and Beech streets; damage,
$?20 ; no insurance ; cause, carelessness with ashes.
5. — Tuesday, March 22, at 4.40 p. m. ; Box4 ; fire in
rear of •' Archway " on Central street, in tenement block
occupied Mrs. Mary ^IcLaughlin (in whose tenement the
fire caught), Joseph Henri, Louti Ambroge, and Matthew
Tafe. and owned by Aimer D. Gooden ; loss, i75 ; no in-
surance; cause, defective chimney.
6. — Monday, March 28, at 12.50 p. m. ; Box 51 ; fire in
small wooden building on Auburn street, corner of Franklin,
owned by Eugene W. Brigham, and occupied by Silas A.
Felton for the manufacture of brooms ; loss on building,
$50 ; on stock and machineiy, i300 ; no insurance ; cause,
overheated stove.
7. — Tuesday, April 26, at 6.45 a. m. ; Box 5; a fire
was discovered in the rooms occupied by Mrs. ^lary A.
Woodward and Miss Susie Curtis, in the third stoiy of
Clough's Block, on Manchester stieet. The fiie started
while the occupants were at breaklast, and it obtained
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considerable headway before being discovered. The flames
spread through the partitions and communicated to the hall
above occupied by the society of St. Jean Baptiste, and ne-
cessitated putting considerable water into the building, tlius
damaging rooms in second story occupied by Add. Hutch-
inson, who was considerably damaged by water, as was the
office of Oilman Clough & Son, on same floor. On the first
floor was the grocery store of Oeorge E. Prime and saloon of
John Specht, while in the basement the office of Bennett &
Lord, masons, and eating saloon of Dan Davis; slightly dam-
aged. The losses are estimated as follows : Oilman Clough on
building, $1,704, fully insured ; Mrs. Woodward and Miss
Curtis, #800, no insurance ; Add. Hutchinson, #400, no in-
surance ; St. Jean Baptiste Society, #132, fully insured ;
George E. Prime, #100, fully insured; John Specht, #10,
fully insured ; Bennett & Lord and Dan Davis, #25, no in-
surance. Cause, unknown.
8. — Saturday, June 25, at 12.40 a. m. ; Box 4 ; slight
fire in basement of wooden building in rear of 41 Cedar
street, owned by John Butler ; extinguished with a few
pails of water, with slight damage ; cause, incendiary.
9. — Wednesday, October 5, at 10.10 p. m. ; Box 24 ;
fire in cottage house owned by Mrs. William Mara, situated
on Merrimack street, Wilson Hill, and occupied by Chailes
Wilson, who lost most of his household goods ; loss, Mrs.
Mara, #300, insured #200 ; Mr. Wilson, #400, no insurance ;
cause, defective chimney.
10. —Thursday, October 20, at 12.10 p. m. ; Box 21 ;
fire in tenement block owned by D. A. Simons and estate
of E. W. Bartlett, at No. 182 Manchester street, and occu-
pied by " Ham " Morse and Maggie Connor ; loss, #20 ;
fully insured ; cause, pipe-smoking in bed.
11. — Friday, November 25, at 1.06 a.m. ; Box 18 ; fire
was discovered iu the barn connected with cottage house at
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388 Merrimack street, owned by Mead, Mason, <fe Co., and
occupied by Homer E. Slack. The barn, shed, and L of
the house were consumed, and the main part of the house
considerably damaged. The two-story house just east,
owned by same parties, and occupied by George Morgan,
was somewhat damaged. This fire obtained considerable
headway before an alarm was sounded. Loss, Mead, Mason,
& Co., $1,800, insured for $1,400; Homer E. Slack,
$2,500, insured for 12,000. Cause unknown.
12. — Wednesday, November 30, at 4.15 p. m. ; fire in
L of two-story wooden building, owned by Garrett Mur-
ray, at corner of Central and Chestnut streets, and occu-
pied by James Harris ; extinguished with a few pails of
water ; damage, ilO ; fully insured ; cause, defective
chimney.
RECAPITULATION.
From the foregoing record it will be seen that
the aggregate losses for the year 1881 have
been $8,171 00
On which there was insurance of . . . 5,601 00
Leaving total uncovered by insurance . $2,570 00
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NUMBERS AND LOCATION OP 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 & Co.'s office.
No. 5. — City Hall. Keys at City Marshal's office and
G. E. Hall's drug-store.
No. 6. — Engine-house, Vine street. Keys at engine-
house.
No 7. — City Hotel. Keys at City Hotel and A. F.
Perry' drug-store.
No. 8. — Elm, foot of Orange street. Key at Chandler
& Tewksbury's store.
No. 9. — Corner of Elm and Webster streets. Keys
at H. D. Corliss's, George E. Flanders's, and J. Freeman
Clough's.
No. 12. — Blood's shop. Keys at office.
No. 13. — Corner of Brook and Chestnut streets. Keys
at residences of W. Jencks, Lewis Simons, and E. L. Bry-
ant.
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 residence of Sanborn T. Worthcn, 530 Chestnut street,
and H. B. Sawyer's store.
No. 16. — Corner of Lowell and Union streets. Keys at
residences of Rev. Dennis M. Bradley and R. H. Hassam.
No. 17. — Corner of Amherst and Beech streets. Keys
at residences of H. P. Watts and Daniel Connor.
No. 18. — Corner of Manchester and Maple streets.
Keys at residences of H. E. Stevens, A. N. Baker, and
William Perkins.
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No. 21. — Corner of Merrimack and Pine streets. Keys
at A. D. Smitirs drug-store and residence of J. A. Em-
erson.
No. 23. — Corner of Central and Beech streets. Keys
at residences of E T. James and xMrs. Josiali Stevens.
No. 24. — Corner of Massabesic and Park streets. Keys
at residences of D. M. Goodwin, A. D. Gooden, and Nicho-
las Hopkins.
No. 25. — Corner of Hanover and Asliland streets. Keys
at residences of S. L. Fogg, Horace Gordon, and Horace
Stearns.
No. 26. — Corner of^Bridge and Russell streets. Keys
at McCrillis's carriage-sliop and residence of John N. Cliase.
No. 27. — Corner of Merrimack and Elm streets. Keys
at Manclicster House, Tebbetts Brothers' and Weeks &
Currier's drug-store.
No. ;">!. — Amoskeag Village. Keys at P. C. Cheney
Co.'s paper-mill and residence of Capt. J. M. Varnum.
No. 32. — Laiigdon 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 John P. Lord, H. M. Tarbell, and A. G.
Fairbanks.
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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. 45. — Amory Mill counting-room. Keys at watch-
room and A. J. Mayhew's, 51 Stark corporation, corner of
Canal and Bridge streets.
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No. 51. — S. C. Forsaith & Co.'s shop. Keys at S. C.
Forsaith's office rsiid Lowell's iron-foundry office.
No. 52. — Barr's brick block, 'Sqiiog. Keys at Allen N.
Clapp's store and Merrimack EFoiise.
No. 53. — Wallace's brewery. Keys at brewery office
and Barnard & Huskie's store.
No. Gl. — Corner of Elm and Hancock streets, Bakers-
ville. Keys at residence of H. W. Longa and M. Howlett's
saloon.
No. 62. — Massabesic street, Hallsville. Keys at resi-
dences of Charles C. Chase and G. W. Dearborn.
No. 72. — Corner of Cedar and Pine streets. Keys at
residences of T. Collins and Daniel Sheehan.
Also, keys will be found in the hands of all regular
police.
The true time from Cambridge Observatory will be given
at precisely 12.'30 p. m., irom John N. Baker's jewelry store,
and be denoted by one stroke of the fire-bells.
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INSTRUCTIONS TO KEY-HOLDERS AND CITIZENS.
1. Upon the discoverv of a fire, notice should be imme-
diately commiinica^^ed to the ii en rest 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 discoverv 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 remain
by the box a moment, and, if no clicking is heard in the
box, pull again : if you still hear no clicking, go to the
next nearest box and give the alarm from that.
4. Never signal for a fire seen at a distance. Never
touch the 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.
0. Never let the keys go out of your possession unless
called for by the Chief Engineer. If you change your resi-
dence or place of husmess where the keys are kept, return the
keys to the same officer.
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 ot the box will be given four times
for an alarm.
8. The engineers reserve the 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.
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SCHOOL SIGNAL.
One stroke of the fire-bells closes the primary schools.
and two strokes closes all the schools, for the hall-day upon
which they may be given, at «.15 a.m. for the forenoon,
and 1.15 p m. for the afternoon.
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RULES AND REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE
BOARD OP ENGINEERS.
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, 45, .■)!, 71.
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 3, 4, 5, 27, 42, 43,51, 52, 53 ; sec-
ond alarm, to boxes 35, 41, and 15.
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
respond to a third alarm. The horses attached to the
engine on its first run will return to the house on a second
alarm, to be held in readiness to respond to a third alarm ;
and the enojine 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 will also be kept as a reserve engine,
to be used in case of need.
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.
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11. At any time when an alarm of fire is p:iven, the
engine or hose-carriage that leaves the house first will have
the right to lead to the fire. No running hy will be al-
lowed, except in case of accident, under penalty of dis
missal of the diiver from the dcpaitment.
12. The companies of the dcpai-tment 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 hells aiid gongs, by the engineer in
charge, will be the signal for discharge to all companies
remaining at the houses.
18. Two strokes on the bells will be a signal for those
at a fire to limber up.
U. On the first alarm from boxes 24, 25, 26, 31, 61, 62,
the horses of the second run will double on ilie engine of
its first run.
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ESTIMATED VALUE OF PROPERTY.
AMOSKEAG STEAM FIRE ENGINE NO 1.
LOCATED ON VINE STREET.
1 first-class double-plunger engine and hose-
carriage . . . . . . $4,500 00
100 feet o inch leather hose . . . . 140 00
1,400 feet 2 1-4 inch leather hose . . . 1,400 00
Firemen's suits 200 00
Furniture and fixtures, including har-
nesses 500 00
Total amount .... $6,740 00
FIRE KING STEAM FIRE ENGINE NO. 2.
LOCATED ON VINE STREET.
(Reserve engine.)
1 first-class double-plunger engine and hose-
carriage 12,750 00
E. W. HARRINGTON STEAM FIRE ENGINE NO. 3.
LOCATED ON VINE STREET.
(Reserve engine.)
1 second-class single-plunger engine and
hose-carriage $2,750 00
N. S. BEAN STEAM FIRE ENGINE NO. 4.
LOCATED ON VINE STREET.
1 second-class double plunger engine and
hose-carriage $3,500 00
50 feet rubber hose . . . . . 75 00
1,800 feet leather hose 1,800 00
Firemen's suits 240 00
Furniture and fixtures, including one pair
harnesses . . . . . . 600 00
Total amount .... $6,215 00
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PENNACOOK HOSE NO 1.
LOCATED ON VINE STREET.
1 foiir-wbeclcd horse liose-carriage .
1 horse hose sled and reel
2,500 feet leather hose . . . . .
Firemen's suits . . . . .
Furniture and fixtures, including 2 har-
nesses ......
Total amount . . . .
MASSABESIC HOSE NO 2.
LOCATED ON MAPLE STREET.
1 four-wheeled horse hose-carriage .
1,800 feet leather hose .
Furniture and fixtures .
Firemen's suits
Total amount
1650 00
75 00
2,500 00
300 00
440 00
$3,965 00
1600 00
1,800 00
60 00
200 00
12,660 00
E. W. HARRINGTON HOSE NO 3.
LOCATED AT PISCATAQUOG.
1 four-wheeled horse hose-carriage .
1,800 feet leather hose
Firemen's suits . . . . .
Furniture and fixtures, including harness
Total amount . . . .
EXCELSIOR HOOK AND LADDER NO. 1.
LOCATED ON VINE STREET.
1 truck with hooks and ladders
1 Bangor extension ladder
Firemen's suits
Furniture and fixtures .
Total amount
4
$650 00
1,800 00
175 00
200 00
$2,825 00
. $1,500
00
150
00
450
00
340
00
. $2,440 00
50
SUPPLY WAGON.
LOCATED AT ENGINE-HOUSE ON VINE STREET.
1 supply wagon and boxes . . . 1160 00
SPARE HOSE.
AT ENGINE-HOUSE, VINE STREET.
000
feet of hose in store-room
Old hose (worthless for fire purposes)
. 81,000 00
25 00
Total amount
. 81,025 00
ENGINEERS' DEPARTMENT.
5
fire-hats
Furniture and fixtures .
Total amount
87 50
125 00
. 8132 50
FIRE-ALARM TELEGRAPH.
At cost
Ladders and tools ....
Extra poles and wire
Total amount
.820,045 00
30 00
55 00
.820,130 00
GOFFE'S FALLS HOSE CARRIAGE.
1
400
2
LOCATED AT DERRY MILLS.
two-wheeled hose-carriage
feet linen hose . . .
hose-pipes . . . .
. 8200 00
200 00
12 00
Total amount .... 8412 00
AMOSKEAG HOSE CARRIAGE.
LOCATED AT P. C. CHENEY CO.'S PAPER-MILL.
1 two-wheeled liose-carriage
300 feet leather hose ....
2 hose-pipes .....
Total amount .... 8362 00
8200
00
150
00
12
00
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RECAPITULATION.
Amoskeag Steam Engine No. 1
Fire King Engine No. 2 .
E. W. Harrington Steam Engine No. 3
N. S. Bean Steam Engine No. 4
Pennacook Hose No. 1
Massabesic Hose No. 2 .
E. W. Harrington Hose No. 3
Excelsior Hook and Ladder No. 1
Supply Wagon
Store-room
Engineers' Department .
Fire Alarm
Gotfe's Falls Hose Carriage
Amoskeag Hose Carriage
Total amount
$6,740 00
2,750
00
2,750
00
6,215
00
3,965
00
2,660
00
2,825
00
2,440
00
160
00
1,025
00
132
50
. 20,130
00
• 412
00
362
00
,^b2,b6Q
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NAMES AND RESIDENCES OF THE MEMBERS OF
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
BOARD OF ENGINEERS.
Name.
Rank.
Occupation.
Residence.
Chief
Bookseller
1937 Elm St.
Andrew C. Wallace
Benjamin C. Kendall. . .
Assistant
Assistant
Lumber Dealer
Master Mechanic
313 Granite St.
311 Central St.
Assistant and Clerk
5 Machine-Shop Blk.
Orin E.Kimball
Tanner and Currier.. .
AMOSKEAG STEAM FIRE ENGINE COMPANY NO. 1.
House on Vine Street.
Name.
Rank.
Occupation.
Residence.
John A. Barker
Jonathan T. Underbill. .
28 Market St.
Assistant Foreman.
Manufacturer
54 Stark Corp.
Henry H. Glines
George R. Simmons
Machinist
Stark Block.
Assistant Engineer.
Asst. Supt. Streets. .
82 Pennacook St.
Will A. Butterfield
George W. Butterfield . .
Frank E. Stearns
Edward H. Currier
Artemas C. Barker
James R. Carr
Clerk
31 Market St.
28 Vine St.
Painter ....
389 Park St
Hanover cor. Maple.
494 Pine St.
,^
((
Painter
14 Orange St.
Stark Block.
,,
Henry T. Stevens
Charles F. McCoy
John B. Hall
^^
Clerk
102 Myrtle St.
5 M S B
^^
,.
79 Walnut St.
N. S. BEAN STEAM FIRE ENGINE COMPANY NO. 4
House on Vine 8trett.
Rank.
Occupation.
Residence.
Eugene S. Whitney
Charles E. Ham
Foreman
Machinist
101 Orange St.
44 M. S. B.
As?-t. Foreman
Carpenter
Edgar G. Abbott
Fred S. Bean
Clerk
Machinist
543 Chestnut St.
101 Orange St.
91 Orange St.
20 Vine St
Engineer
Thomas F. Dodge
Almus B. Gushing
William H. Dodge
Asst. Engineer
,j
Hoseman
Manufacturer
874 Elm St.
George W, Bacon
Alfred Nearborn
"
Carpenter
45 Stark Corp.
Cor. E. High & Jane.
22 M S B
John Martin
Albert Merrill
101 Orange St.
82 Laurel St.
Clerk
1441 Elm St.
John W. Chase
ji
Manufacturer
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PENNACOOK HOSE COMPANY NO. 1.
House on Vine Street.
Name.
Rank. Occupation.
Residence.
Albert Maxfield
23 M. S. B.
Clarence D. Palmer
Asst.
Foreman Marble Worker
347 Central St.
Joseph E. Merrill
Walter L. Blenus
Clerl
I .... Currier
85 Walnut St
Driv
3r Teamster
2G Vine St.
George H. Porter
Hose
1
man Carpenter
277 Laurel St.
.TnVin M PlniistprJ
... . Boot and Shoe Deafer
1083 Elm St
Charles B. French
Will G. Chase
.... Carpenter .
10 M S B
Photographer
Carpenter
COG Ehn St.
Lyman M. Aldrlch
Joseph H. Alsop
375 Park St
Card Grinder
287 So. Main St. (P.)
1419 Elm St
Machinist
George W. Cheney
Gilbert A Sackett
1352 Elm St
Weaver
35 M S B
Edwin A. Durgin
RottiiiaI a Hill
.... Machinist
• 133 Hanover St
^
Carpenter
Pr. Wks. Bl.,'Squog.
502 Manchester St.
Edwin E. Weeks
Machinist
Albert A. Puffer
Teamster .... .
544 Chestnut St.
Charles W. Brown
»
Clerk
640 Union St.
Mnrfiti W 'Fnrd
Molder
140 Bridge St.
334 Pine St.
.Tnhn v. Chasp
.... Carpenter
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MASSABESIC HOSE COMPANY NO. 2.
House on Maple Street.
Name.
Rank.
(
Occupation.
Residence.
Revilo G. Houghton ....
Henry G. Seaman
Walter Seaward
Asst. Foreman
Clerk
Gas Fitter
288 Bridge St.
14 South St
Carpenter .
Driver
Teamster
19 Warren St
Joseph W. Batchelder. .
William S. McLeod
Hoseman
Carpenter
413 Pine St
Grainer
66 Nashua St
Simeon R. Stearns..
Machinist
63 Arlington St.
45 M S B
Alphonso E. Foster
George W. Seaward
Henry H. Willcox
Joseph C. Omey..
Parker W. Hannaford .
Carpenter . ...
Machinist
19 Warren St
Plumber...
Carpenter . . .
195 Hanover St.
39 Opera Block.
356 Lowell St
Carpenter •
E. W. HARRINGTON HOSE COMPANY NO. 3.
House on Clinton Street, ''Squog.
Name.
Rank.
Occupation.
Residence.
Horatio Fradd
Foreman
Grocer
fi4 Tinvpr Sf
JohnT. G. Dinsmore...
Thomas O'Dowd
Asst. Foreman
Clerk
Steward
Carpenter
48 Dover St.
69 Dover St.
William Doran
226 Douglas St.
John McDerby
Hoseman ....
Roofer
53 Douglas St.
39*^ Granite St
Joseph Schofleld
Edward McDerby
Andrew C. Wallace, Jr. .
Edward Flanagan
^^
Wool Sorter
,.
Roofer
145 Winter St
,.
Lumber Surveyor ....
81 Parker St
((
5 M. P. W.
Robert McFarland.. ....
Cooper
Engraver •
81 Parker St
John Patterson
.,
10 Main St
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EXCELSIOR HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY NO. 1,
ffouse on Vine Street.
^Namb.
Rank.
Occupation.
Residence.
John N. Chase
Foreman
Overseer
John Wilson
Asst. Foreman
Clerk
2G8 Bridge St.
12 M. S. B.
310 Central St.
33 Dutton St.
8 Vine St.
224 Manchester St.
159 Laurel St.
16 Pearl St.
43 Water St.
8 Weeks' Block.
60 Prospect St.
Union cor. Appleton.
8 Langdon Corp.
142 Merrimack St.
335 Chestnut St.
1074 Elm St.
530 Chestnut St.
295 Lowell St.
13 Amoskeag Corp.
474 Hanover St.
530 Chestnut St.
Cor. Amh'st& Maple
422 Chestnut St.
Elm cor. Lowell.
142 Merrimack St.
George E. Glines
Machinist
Hiram Young ,
Treasurer
Slater
Augustus J. Robie
Driver
Edward A, G. Holmes. .
Fireman
Carpenter
George H. Dudley
((
Luther J. Flint
,,
Harrison H. Cole
,,
Winfield S. Leavitt
((
Barber
James Orrill
u
Jesse B. Nourse
„
Charles H. Cross
„
Overseer
Andrew C. Wiggiu
«
Mason
Belt Mftkpr
Dillwyn Breed
„
George M. Jones
((
Gardener
Milo B. Wilson
^^
Mason
Samuel F. Adams
J,
Expressman
Koscoe Dyer
((
MafViinicf
Warren Harvey
Supt. Streets
Sanborn T. Worthen. . . .
Carpenter .
Currier
Herbert B. Bryant
,,
William J. Perrigo
«
Currier
Joseph H. Gould
,s
Josiah D. Andrews
t<
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LOCATION OF HYDRANTS.
Amherst, northwest corner of Vine street.
Amherst, soutliwest corner of Chestnnt street.
Amherst, nortliwcst corner of Pine street.
Amlierst, northwest corner of Union street.
Amherst, northwest corner of Wabuit street.
Amherst, northwest corner of Beech street.
Amherst, northwest corner of Maple street.
Amherst, nortliwest corner of Lincohi street.
Amlierst, northwest corner of Ashland street.
Amherst, northwest corner of Hall street.
Appleton, northwest corner of Chestnut street.
Arlington, northwest corner of Cross street.
Arlington, northwest corner of Warren street.
Arlington, northwest corner of Ashland street.
Ash, front of No. 32.
Auburn, northeast corner of Elm street.
Auburn, front of No. 40.
Auburn, northwest corner ot Chestnut street.
Auburn, northwest corner of Pine street.
Auburn, northwest corner of Union street.
Bedford, northwest corner of Granite street.
Bedford, near No. 36 M. P W. corporation.
Bedford, northwest corner of Central street.
Beech, northwest corner of Park street.
Beech, front of No. 584.
Birch, northwest corner of Lowell street.
Birch, northwest corner of Washington street.
Blodget, front of primary school-house.
Blodget, northwest corner of Chestnut street.
Blodget, northwest corner of Pine street.
Blodget, northwest corner of Union street.
Bridge, front of No. 26.
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Bridge, northwest corner of Chestnut street.
Bridge, northwest corner of Union street.
Bridge, northwest corner of Wahmt street.
Bridge, northwest corner of Beech street.
Bridge, northwest corner of Ash street.
Bridge, northwest corner of Maple street.
Bridge, near No. 242. .
Bridge, northwest corner of Russell street.
Bridge, northwest corner of Linden street.
Brook, northwest corner of P. Adams's lot.
Brook, northwest coiner of Chestnut street.
Brook, northwest corner of Pine street.
Brook, northwest corner of Union street.
Brook, northwest corner of Beech street.
Canal, near east corner of Depot street.
Canal, near ofiEice door of M. L. W.
Cedar, front of No. 36.
Cedar, northwest corner of Chestnut street.
Cedar, northwest coiner of Pine street.
Cedar, northwest corner of Union street.
Cedar, northwest corner of Beech street.
Cedar, northwest corner of Maple street.
Central, northwest corner of Chestnut street.
Central, northwest corner of Pine street.
Central, northwest corner of Union street.
Central, near gate, Merrimack square.
Central, northwest corner of Beech street.
Central, northwest corner of Ma{)le street.
Central, northwest corner of Lincoln street.
Central, front of No. 874.
Central, northwest corner of Wilson street.
Central, northwest corner of Hall street.
Chestnut, northwest corner of Lowell street.
Chestnut, opposite High street.
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Chestnut, northwest corner of Pearl street.
Chestnut, northwest corner of Orange street.
Chestnut, northwest corner of Myrtle street.
Chestnut, northwest corner of Prospect street.
Concord, opposite Yine street.
Concord, northwest corner of Cliestnut street.
Concord, northwest corner of Union street.
Concord, northwest corner of Walnut street.
Concord, northwest corner of Beech street.
Concord, northwest corner of Nashua street.
Concord, northwest corner of Maple street.
Concord, northwest corner of old Amherst street.
Dean, northeast corner of Canal street.
Dean, northwest corner of Elm street.
Depot, northeast corner of Elm street.
Depot, west of Franklin street.
Elm, front of Fisk bookstore.
Elm, northwest corner of Salmon street.
Elm, northwest corner of Cove street.
Franklin, opposite Middle street.
Granite, northeast corner of Canal street.
Granite, northwest corner of Elm street.
Granite, east end of Granite bridge.
Green, corner of Elm street.
Hancock, northwest corner of River road.
Hancock, near Brewery.
Hanover, front of First Congregational Church.
Hanover, northwest corner of Chestnut street.
Hanover, northwest corner of Pine street.
Hanover, northwest corner of Union street.
Hanover, northwest corner of Beech street.
Hanover, northwest corner of Maple street.
Hanover, northwest corner of Lincoln street.
Hanover, northwest corner of Ashland street.
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tJaiiover, northwest corner of Hall street.
Hanover, northwest corner of Belmont street.
Harrison, opposite No. 13.
Harrison, northwest corner of Chestnut street.
Harrison, northwest corner of Pine street.
Harrison, northwest corner of Union street,
Harrison, northwest corner of Beech street.
Hollis, northeast corner of Canal street.
Hollis, northeast corner of Hobbs street.
Hollis, northwest corner of Elm street.
Kidder, northeast- corner of Canal street,
Kidder, northeast corner of Hol)bs street.
Kidder, northwest corner of Elm street.
Kidder court, northwest corner of Elm street.
Langdon, northwest corner of Ehn street.
Langdon, northeast corner of Canal street.
Laurel, northwest corner oC Pine street.
Laurel, northwest corner of Union street.
Laurel, northwest corner of Beech street.
Laurel, northwest corner ot Maple street.
Laurel, northwest corner of Lincoln street.
Laurel, near No. 244.
Laurel, northwest corner of Wilson street.
Laurel, near Belmont.
Lowell, northwest corner of Beech street.
Lowell, northwest corner of Ash street.
Lowell, northwest corner of South street.
Lowell, front of No. 276.
Lowell, northwest corner of Wilson road.
Lowell, northwest corner of Ashland street.
Manchester, front of James Bros.' stable.
Manchester, northwest corner of Chestnut street.
Manchester, northwest corner of Pine street.
Manchester, northwest corner of Union street.
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Manchester, northwest corner of Beech street.
Manchch^ter, northwest corner of Maple street.
Manchester, nortliwest corner of Lincohi street.
Manchester, northwest corner of Wilson street.
Manch< ster, northwest corner of flail street.
Manchester, northwest corner of Belmont street.
Maple, northwest corner of Lowell street.
Maple, iront of No. 530.
Market, near Canal street.
Market, near second hack street west of Elm street.
Market, northwest corner ot Elm street.
Massabesic, northwest corner of old Falls road.
Massabesic, southeast corner of Taylor street.
Massabesic avenue.
Massabesic, near Mammoth road.
Mammoth road.
Mechanic, northeast corner of Canal street.
Mechanic, near second back street west of Elm street.
Mechanic, northwest corner of Elm street.
Merrimack, opposite gate, Merrimack square.
Merrimack, northwest corner of Chestnut street.
Merrimack, northwest corner of Pine street.
Merrimack, northwest corner of Union street.
Merrimack, northwest corner of Beech street.
Merrimack, northwest corner of Maple street.
]^Ierrimack, northwest corner of Lincoln street.
Merrimack, near No. 861!.
Merrimack, northwest corner of Wilson street.
Merrimack, northwest corner of Hall street.
Merrimack, near Belmont street.
Middle, northeast corner of Canal street.
Middle, near 67 Amoskeag corporation.
Myrtle, opposite No. 33.
Myrtle, northwest corner of Pine street.
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Myrtle, northwest corner of Union street.
Myrtle, northwest corner of Walnut street.
Myrtle, northwest corner of Beecli street.
Myrtle, northwest corner of Ash street.
Myrtle, northwest corner of Maple street.
Myrtle, northwest corner of Oak street.
Orange, opposite Clark's avenue.
Orange, northwest corner of Pine street.
Orange, northwest corner of Union street.
Orange, northwest corner of Walnut street.
Orange, northwest corner of Beech street.
Park, near No. 36.
Park, northwest corner of Chestnut street.
Park, northwest corner Union street.
Park, northwest corner of Maple street.
Park, northwest corner of Lincoln street.
Park, northwest corner of Wilson street.
Park, east end.
Pearl, corner of Walnut street.
Pearl, corner of Beech street.
Pearl, northwest corner of Pine street.
Pearl, northwest corner of Union street.
Pearl, northwest corner of Ash street.
Pearl, northwest corner of Maple street.
Pearl, northwest corner of Oak street.
Pearl, northwest corner of Clark's avenue.
Pennacook, northwest corner of Chestnut street.
Pennacook, northwest corner of Pine street.
Pennacook, northwest corner of Union'street. ■
Pine, northwest corner of Park street.
Pine, nortliwest corner of Hanover street.
Pine, northwest corner of Concord street.
Pine, northwest corner of Lowell street.
Pine, northwest corner of High sti'eet.
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Pine, northwest corner of Bridf^e street.
Pleasant, noithcast corner of Canal street.
Pleasant, near 35 Manchester corporation.
Pleasant, northwest corner of Franklin street.
Pleasant, northwest corner of Elm street.
Prospect, between Elm and Cliestnut streets.
Prospect, northwest corner of Pine street.
Prospect, northwest corner of Union street.
Prospect, northwest corner of Beech street.
Prospect, northwest corner of Ash street.
Prospect, northwest corner of Maple street
Prospect, northwest corner of Oak street.
Prospect, northwest corner of Russell street.
River road, noi-thwest of Elm street.
Spring, northeast corner of Canal street.
Spring, northwest corner of Charles street.
Spring, northwest corner of Elm street.
Spruce, northwest corner of Chestnut street.
Spruce, northwest corner of Pine back street.
Spruce, northwest corner of Union street.
Spruce, northwest corner of Beech street.
S|)ruce, northwest corner of Maple street.
Spruce, northwest corner of Lincoln street.
Spruce, between^ Chestnut and Elm streets. .
Stark, northeast corner of Canal street.
Stark, near 13 Stark corporation.
Stai'k, northwest corner of Elm street.
State, northwest corner of Granite street.
State, opposite 67 Manchester corporation.
State, opposite 13 ^lanchester corporation.
State, corner of West Central street.
Summer, corner of Elm street.
Union, northwest corner of Lowell street.
Union, northwest corner of Fligh street.
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Valley, corner of Elm. street.
Valley, corner of Willow street.
Walnut, northwest corner of Lowell street.
Walnut, opposite No. 79.
W' ater, near 38 Amoskeag corporation.
Water, northwest corner of Elm street.
Webster, northwest .corner of Chestnut street.
Webster, corner of Elm street.
Webster, cornei- of Adams street.
Webster, corner of Union street.
West Adams, northwest corner of Elm street.
West Appleton. northwest corner of Elm street.
West Auburn, north-east corner of Canal street.
West Bridge, northeast corner of Canal street.
West Bridge, northeast corner of Hol)bs street.
W^est Bridge, northwest corner of Elm street.
West Brook, northeast corner of Canal street.
West Brook, northwest corner of Elm street.
W^est Cedar, northeast corner of Canal street.
West Cedar, northwest corner of Elm street.
West Central, northeast corner of Canal street.
W^est Central, northwest corner of Canal street.
West Central, northwest corner of Elm street.
West Merrimack, northeast corner of Canal street.
West Merrimack, near 111 Amoskeag corporation.
West Merrimack, northwest corner of Franklin street.
West Merrimack, northwest corner of Hm street.
West Pennacook, northwest corner of Elm street.
Wilson, corner of Park street.
Young, corner of Elm street.
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LOCATION OF HYDRANTS IN 'SQUOG.
A, corner of South Main street.
Bedford road, near Huntress's.
Bowman street, opposite cemetery.
C street, corner of Bedford road.
Clinton, corner of Dover street.
Clinton, corner of South Main street.
Center, corner of South 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.
Mast, corner of South Main street.
Mast, corner of Bowman street.
Mast, between Bowman and South Main streets.
Mast, opposite J. Smith's house.
McGregor, opposite "Reed" House.
Milford, corner of South Main street.
Milford, corner of Bowman street.
Milford, corner of old Bedford road.
School, corner of Main street.
School, corner of Walker street.
School, corner of Ferry street.
Sullivan, corner of Main street.
Third, corner of Ferry street.
Walker, corner of River road.
Walker, corner of Third street.
Walker, corner of Parker street.
Walker, near corner of South Main street.
Wayne, near corner of Main street.
Wayne, near corner of Beauport street.
Winter, corner of South Main street.
AMOSKEAG.
Main, at Robinson & Stearns's Works.
Main, near brick school-house.
Main, corner of Goffstown road.
Main, opposite John E. Stearns's.
Main, near Hiram Stearns's.
Mill, near Paper-mill.
Mill, corner of Main street.
Varnum, corner of Main 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 329 in all.
REPORT
OF THE
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS
EEPOET
OF THE
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
To the Oity Oouncils of the City of Manchester, —
Gentlemen: — In compliance with the ordinance estab-
lishing water-works, the Board of Water Commissioners
have the honor to present herewith their tenth annual
report, together with the customary report of the Superin-
tendent, furnishing in detail an account of the operations
of this department during the year ending December
31, 1881.
The total income of the water-works for this period has
been sixty thousand two hundred fifteen dollars and sixty-
two cents ($>60,215.62) ; the ordinary expense of operating
and maintaining the w^orks has been nine thousand four
hundred thirty-four dollars and nine cents (19,434. 09j,
leaving as net receipts fifty tliousand seven hundred eighty-
one dollars and fifty-three cents (150,781.53). This is an
excess of net receipts in 1881 over those of 1880 of three
thousaird four hundred eight dollars, and thirty-four cents
(13,408.84).
A further expenditure has been made, mainly for the
extension of distribution pipes, service pipes, hydrants,
meters, and land, not properly chargeable as current ex-
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penses, to the amount of twenty-eight thousand one hun-
dred twenty-four dollars and thirty-nine cents (#28,124.39),
the larger items being for land bordering on Massabesic
lake, and for extending a main pipe from Piscataquog to
Amoskeag village.
The serious apprehensions that existed one year ago,
that the lake, in consequence of the small amount of rain-
fall the two previous years, would not furnish an adequate
supply of water for the use of the city, prompted the board
to take such precautions that our citizens need have no
fears of a recurrence of such a state of things in the future.
For the operations of this department more in detail, the
commissioners desire to refer to the accompanying report
of the Superintendent as a part of this report.
Respectfully submitted.
ALPHEuS GAY, Chairman,
H. B. PUTNAM, Mayor/
E. T. JAMES,
A. C. WALLACE,
WM. P. NEWELL,
E. H. HOBBS,
JAMES A. WESTON, Clerk,
Water Commissioners.
Manchester, N. H., January 2, 1882.
ISTJPEEII^TEI^DEJ^T^S REPOET.
To the Board of Water Commissioners of the City of Man-
chester^—
Gentlemen : — The undersigned respectfully submits his
annual report for the year 1881.
MASSABESIC LAKE.
There has been plenty of water in Massabesic lake since
February 9. At that time the water was two feet, six and
three-fourths inches below the top of the dam at the head
of the canal, whicli is the lowest point that the water has
reached since the water-works were built.
The lowering of the channel at the outlet last year let
down water enough to run the pumps and supply the city,
so that serious trouble was prevented. The measurements
taken at that time, when there was no water running in
from the brooks and no evaporation (the lake being frozen
over), showed that it took three inches of water per month
to run the pumps and supply the city. These facts prove
that the loss of water is principally from evaporation,
which, in the hottest days of summer, is one-half inch per
day. The arrangements tliat your Honorable Board have
made will prevent any danger from being short of water
hereafter.
In relation to any impurities that might get into Massa-
besic lake, the Superintendent has not been able to find
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any that would affect the water in the least. There are no
tanneries or factories on the borders or on any streams that
run in. The city owns the land on the shore more than
one-half a mile each side of the outlet, and it would take a
large amount of filth to get through a half-mile of deep
water to make it perceptible. It is a well-known fact that
there is no body of water of its size, outside of a wilder-
ness, tliat is freer from contamination by objectionable mat-
ter than Massabesic lake.
Lands bordering on the lake have been purchased of
several individuals who desired to dispose of their property,
at a total cost of i6,790.
Of these, about thirty-two acres, lying between tlie out-
let and the Island Pond property, were conveyed to the city
by J. L. Fogg, for 15640. Two other pieces of land, situ-
ated in Auburn, were bought of George G. Griffin. One
piece comprises about one and a quarter miles in length of
the shore of the lake, — the width varj'ing from twenty-
five to two hundred feet. The other is located at Grifhn's
mills, and includes the land on which the mills and mill-
pond are situated. The price paid for both lots was i5,000.
Another lot, with buildings thereon, was purchased of Hugh
B. Cochran, for the mm of #1,15(;. This is situated in
Sucker Village, on the main inlet to the lake, and contains
twenty-five acres, more or less. •
DAM, CANAL, AND PENSTOCK.
There have been some repairs on the canal banks, and on
the road that runs along beside it. A shed has been built
at the head of the penstock, to protect the men while
cleaning the screens in cold weather, and to keep the snow
off of the gate-covers so that, in case of accident at the
pump-house, they could be got at readily.
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PUMPING STATION.
The pump and everything connected with this establish-
ment is in good condition.
In the month of June there was a crack discovered in
one of the valve chambers, caused by some defect in the
casting. This caused no little anxiety for fear that it
would grow larger by the continual pounding of the pumps.
But it was repaired in such a workmanlike manner that it
stands to-day as good as new.
RECORD OF PUMPING, 1881.
MONTHS.
No. hours' work
for both pumps
Average
strokes p'r
minute.
Total No.
strokes p'r
minute.
Total gallons
pumped ija one
montii.
Daily aver-
age gallons
pumped.
January . .
February .
Match . . . .
April ....
May
June
July
August . . . .
September
October. . .
November
December.,
Totals and average.
841 h.
744 "
624 "
532 "
561 "
512 "
003 "
644 "
576 '•
590 "
554 "
539 "
13.02
13.72
15.45
15.86
16.34
16.64
16.44
16.18
16.06
15.42
15.76
16.81
7,326 h.
15.64
657,172
I
612,318 I
578,990 I
507,204 ■
550,900 I
511,242 '
595,012
626,178
565,556
556,766
524,608
545,518
6,831,584
41,401,836
38,576,034
36,476,370
31,957,632
34,710,480
32,208,246
37,485,756
59,449,214
35,030,028
35,076,258
33,550,304
34,367,634
430.889,792
1,335,543
1,377,715
1,176,657
1,065,254
1,119,693
1,073,608
1,209,218
1,272,555
1,187,607
1,131,492
1,118,343
1,108,633
1,180,520
It will be seen by the number, of gallons pumped, as re-
ported, that the daily average is about the same now as it
was five years ago, although there are four miles more of
distribution pipe, and nearly double the amount of money
collected for water rents. This may be accounted for, per-
haps, by there being less leaks, or not so many fires ; at any
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rate, such is
the fact.
average
: —
For the
year
1876
(( a
1877
44 4b
1878 ■ .
44 44
1879
44 44
1880
a 44
1881
The following has been the daily
Gallons.
1,216,380
1,271,869
1.289,837
1,246,913
1,180,930
1,180,520
SUPPLY AND FORCE MAIN.
These remain in about the same condition as last year.
There lias been about the same number of leaks, and the
places where trouble was anticipated hold out, and may for
sometime longer. As there is but one supply and force
main, it will be well to be prepared for trouble that might
arise in case of a bad break.
RESERVOIR. ^
There has been no labor or money expended on the res-
ervoir the past year. Sliglit repairs on the highway east,
are all that has been done about the premises.
DISTRIBUTION PIPE.
The number of feet of pipe laid the past season is
17,703, about 3i miles, at an expense of 122,460. Of this,
$17,294 has been expended on the Amoskeag extension.
This was laid with a ten-inch cast-iron pipe from the brick
school-house in Piscataquog to the road in Amoskeag that
leads to Goffstown Center, a distance of 7,768 feet; thence
with an eight-inch pipe nearly to Black brook, a distance
of 1,^67 feet.
Your Honorable Board last j^ear ordered the superin-
tendent to make a survey and estimate of three different
lines to Amoskeag. The line which was adopted and laid
was the one that was estimated to cost the most ; but the
building that has been done this last summer, and the
water taken on this line, are proof that there was no mistake
made in laying the pipe on the route that was selected.
PIPE AND FIXTURES LAID IN 1881.
Length and size in feet laid.
Gates set.
10
1
12 in.
10 in.
8 in.
6 in.
12 in.
10 in.
8 in. 6 in.
Amoskeag I'oad
i 1 ' 1
2,922 14 10 1
2
1
1
1
1
1
36 9
1
516
2
Cedar
450
660
32
175
Central
I
1,094
1 .nfi7
1
3
HoUis
Lowell.
315
i
1
1
Main
3,752
t*^
815
993
800
445
200
278
1,490
260
2
2
1
Milford . . .
j
1
Mill
i
1
2
Myrtle
Pearl
1
Pennacook
1
3
Riddle
River
253
Sullivan
59
80
478
1
1
1
1
Varnum
1
1
Wayne
315
7,768
1,870
7,750
1
3
4
8
21
^ilM i^iles of pipe laid in 1881.
16 gates set in 1881.
21 hydrants set in 1881.
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LOCATION OF HYDRANTS SET IN 1881.
Amoskeag road near slaughter-house.
Amory, northwest corner of Main street.
Beauport, northwest corner of Main street.
Beauport, northwest cornpr of Wayne street.
Central, northwest corner of Hall street.
Front, near Flanders's store.
Front, near John Stearns's residence.
Front, near L. Proctor's residence.
Lowell, northwest corner of Ashland street.
Manchester, northwest corner of Hall street.
Manchester, northwest corner of Belmont street.
Mcp-regor, front of Reed liouse.
Milford, near Mrs. C. Price's residence.
Mill, northeast corner of Front street.
Mill, northwest corner of Third street.
Pearl, northwest corner of Oak street.
Pennacook, northwest corner of Pine street.
Pennacook, northwest corner of Chestnut street.
Pennacook, northwest corner of Union street.
Sullivan, northwest corner of Main street.
Varnuni, northeast corner of Front street.
The pipe tliat was taken up on tlie east side of the ^!er-
rimack river one year ago last summer, has been laid over
aiid connected with thicker pipe, and four more flexible
joints put in, the distance being one hundred and eight
feet. These flexible joints are made by the Boston Ma-
chine Conijjany, and are the same as were laid in the first
instance, with the exception that tliey connect to the pipe
with a flange joint and a wooden packing instead of lead.
This line of pipe is in good condition, with the exception
of three small leaks in some of the lead joints. It may
require the services of a diver to calk these ; hut it will
answer as a reserve, if any thing should happen to the
Granite-street line. It was tliought best to put ofl^ the
repairs till another summer.
The following places are where cement-lined pipe was
taken up and cast-iron pipe laid instead : —
Auburn
Canal
Cedar
Concord
Douglas
Granite
Laurel
Merrimack. . .
Pearl
Quincy
River
Walnut
West Bridge.
Winter
Length in feet.
in. 6 in. ! 4 in.
25
25
7
16
6
7
8^
8i
7
172
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Locations.
62i 186
Between Pine and Chestnut.
Corner Wesl Bridge.
Between Pine and Chestnut.
Corner of Chestnut.
Near hydrant, corner Main.
Corner Canal.
Opposite No. 62.
Corner of Pine.
Cor. Pine & between Chestnut & Elm.
Corner Granite.
South of Walker.
Corner Pearl
Corner Canal.
Opposite Stevens's house.
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81
DISTRIBUTION PIPES AND GATES
LAID AND SET TO
DATE.
Size.
Cement-lined pipe.
Cast-iron.
Gates
20 inch
20,984.9 ft.
104. ft.
5
14 -
6,825. "
4,925. "
10
12 -
8,400. ''
6,317. "
15
10 "
5,074.75 "
8,330. "
12
8 '^
12,568. '^
4,297. ^'
30
6 ^'
82,591. "
24,049.5 ''
186
4 ''
8J49. ''
1,175. ''
15
145,137.65 ft.
49,197.5 ft.
278
27^111^-^ miles of cement-lined pipe.
^-{^-g-Q- miles of cast-iroii pipe.
^^"Illo" i^^^^^s of cement-lined and cast-iron pipe.
273 Gates
328 Hydrants.
7 Air-valves.
The number of applications for water to -date has been
twenty-one hundred and thirty-three (2,183).
One hundred and eighty-seven (187) service pipes have
been laid this year, as follows : —
170 3-4 inch diameter . . 4,259.2 feet.
12 1 u u ^ 387 4 u
3 1 1-4 " '' . . 84.5 "
2 2 u ;; ^ ^ 50.0 "
Total length of service pipes, 4,781.1 feet.
Nineteen hundred and ninety-four (1,994) service pipes
have been laid to date, as follows : —
40 1-2 inch diameter . . 860.7 feet.
1,718 3-4 " '^ . . 45,329.6 "
197 1 '' 'i . . 5,747.7 "
82
19
1 1-4 inch diameter
913.9 feet.
1
1 1-2 " '
57.0 "
14
2 " "
520.3 'V
5
4 u u
136.0 "
Total length of service pipe, 53,562.2 feet.
Number miles' service pipe in street, 10 ^^%^^ •
The income from the sale of water for 1881 has been as
follows : —
Recei\
-ed for water and hydrant
rent . . . . .
144,116
18
Recei\
'ed for water (metered)
14,455
50
(;
" fines ....
223
99
i.
'' rent of meters .
1,099
48
'' setting meters .
120
00
a
" building purposes
105
60
4(
" labor and pipe .
33
87
ii
" hay on Mill's meadow
10
00
a
'• derrick
50
00
'i
from G. G. Griffin .
Total
1
00
i60,-:15
62
Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1880,
23,303
06
3,518 68
Abatements. i$118.34.
Expenses for 1881
Amount paid toward interest
537.558 48
38.000 00
Balance on hand Dec. 31, 188
•i^75,558 48
'.^7,960 20
83
Classification of accounts for 1881 : —
Superintendence, collecting, and re-
pairs fT,426 93
Stationery, printing, etc. . . 149 75
Office and incidental expenses . 332 60
Pumping expenses and repairs . $1,487 68
Repairs to dam, canal, races, and
reservoir . . . • 37 13
Running expenses for 1881
Service pipes
Distribution pipes
Fire hydrants and valves
Land and water rights .
Dam, canal, penstock, and races
Meters and fittings
$2,376 79
15,813 66
1,487 12
6,790 00
182 61
1,474 21
Total expended on construc-
tion in 1881 .
$7,909 28
.,524 81
1,434 09
128,124 39
Total expended in 1881 . $37,558 48
Classification of accounts to Dec. 31, 1881 : —
Land and water rights . . . $38,348 67
Dam, canal, penstock, and races . 101,380 81
Pumping machinery, pump-house,
and buildings, . ' . . . 88,493 96
Distributing reservoir and fixtures . 71,542 36
Force and supply main . . . 88,674 02
Distribution pipes . . .261,27*9 49
Fire hydrants and valves . . 31,761 35
84
Tools and fixtures .
.
.fl0,649
35
Boarding and store houses
.
919
36
Roads and culverts
.
2,193
49
Supplies
,
550
39
Engineering
22,176
19
Livery and traveMno^ expenses
2,85B
64
Legal expenses
.
563
79
Grading and fencing
.
11,3-19
62
Service pipes
.
31,144
50
Meters and fixtures
account
9,9r.7
38
Total construction
to Dec. 31, 1881
•^773,841 37
Current expenses : —
Superintendence, collecting, and
repairs .....
Stationery, printing, etc.
Office and incidental expenses
Pumping expenses and repairs
Repairs to dam, canal, races, and
reservoir . . . .
Repairs to buildings
Total current expenses to
Dec. 31, 1881.
Interest . . . . .
Highway expenditures
^48,129 99
4,041 2/
3,678 13
11,861 03
1,645 83
254 48
!3?69,610- 73
140,678 51
14,000 53
154,679 04
Total amount of bills ap-
proved-to Dec. 31, 1881 .
1898,131 14
85
Interest, discount, and labor on
highway transferred, and tools
and materials sold . . §58,594 03
Current expenses to Dec. 31.1881 . 69,610 73
.fl28,204 76
Total cost, not including int. 1769,926 38
Interest and discount to Dec. 31,
1880 .... 1272,419 51
Interest for 1881 .... 37,383 00
Total interest and discount
to Dec. 31, 1881 . . $309,802 51
Amount paid toward interest to
Dec. 31, 1880 . 8115,000 00
Amount paid toward interest to
Dec. 31,1881 . . . 38,000 00
Total .... 1153,000 00
The following amounts have been paid over to the city
treasurer, and credited to the water-works: —
1872, supplies and mate-
rials sold
1873, supplies and mate-
rials sold
1873, accrued interest on
water bonds sold
1873, accrued interest on
state bonds sold
1873, water rents .
1874, supplies and mate-
rials sold . . 607 89
1573 61
177
07
193
26
146
00
1,920
53
March 12, 1874, highway expendi-
tures, trans, from
water account 814,000 53
March 17, 1874, interest and dis-
count trans, from
water account 12,347 25
Sept. 1, 1874, interest and dis-
count trans, from
water account . 22,361 74
1874, water and hydrant
rent, etc.
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 material sold .
2,089 45
1875, water and hydrant
rent, etc.
27,119 15
May 20,
1876, derrick sold
125 00
May 20,
1876, rent of derrick .
1876, water and hydrant
24 00
rent, etc.
38.879 47
1877, water and hydrant
rent, etc.
43,823 30
1878, water and hydrant
rent, etc.
48,873 26
1878, old plow sold
1 00
1879, derrick sold .
75 00
1879, water and hydrant
rent, etc.
53,068 17
1880, water and hydrant
rent, etc.
57,395 25
sale of grass .
10 00
level, transit, etc. .
250 00
87
1881, water and hydrant
rent, etc. . *60,154 62
sale of grass . . . 10 00
sale of derrick . . 50 00
received of G. G. Griffin 1 00
Total .... .1419,091 34
Amount appropriated to Dec. 31, 1881 . . 640,000 00
Total received to date . . 81,059,091 34
Deduct bills approved to date . . 898,131 14
8160,960 20
Amount paid toward interest . . . 153,000 00
Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1881 . . 87,960 20
CHARLES K. WALKER,
Superintendent.
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USES FOR WHICH WATER IS SUPPLIED.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
1 Jail.
2 Cemeteries.
11 Churches.
1 Orphanage.
1 Court-house.
1 Post-office.
2 Hose- companies.
1 City Library.
4 Fire-engines.
5 Banks.
1 Hook-and-ladder.
5 Hotels.
2 Opera-houses.
1 Masonic Hall.
1 Music Hall.
1 Odd Fellows' Hall.
1 Convent.
1 Holly-tree Inn.
1 City Hospital.
8 Halls.
1 Old Ladies' Home.
18 School-houses.
1 Solders' Monument.
1 Battery-building.
MANUFACTURING
ESTABLISHMENTS.
1 Iron foundry.
2 Sash and blind shops
2 Dye-houses.
2 Breweries.
2 Machine-shops.
2 Shoe-shops.
6 Clothing manufactories.
1 Pop-corn.
3 Harness-shops.
1 Gas-works.
1 Brush-shop.
3 Slaughter-houses.
2 Carriage-shops.
1 Soap manufactory.
2 Cigar-shops. '
1 Needle manufactory.
1 Brass and copper foundry
MARKETS.
4 Fish.
1 Meat (wholesale).
10 Meat and fish.
STABLES.
226 Private.
9 Livery.
1 Horse-railroad.
' 89
OFFICES.
6 Dentists.
5 Printing.
1 Telplione.
1 Gas.
1 Telegraph.
3 Coal.
2 Express.
SHOPS.
20 Barber.
2 Currying.
1 Wheelwright.
4 Plumber and gas and wa-
6 Blacksmith.
ter pipe.
3 Carpenter.
5 Paint.
1 Tinsmith.
1 Gunsmitk.
STORES.
4 Auction.
57 Grocery.
19 Drug.
2 Meal.
6 Jewelry.
3 Hardware.
1 Fur.
20 Boot and shoe.
2 House-furnishing goods. 8 Stove.
20 Fancy goods.
11 Gents' furnishing goods.
1 Wholesale paper.
6 Book.
2 Wholesale produce.
1 Leather and shoe finders.
12 Dry goods.
3 Music.
4 Candy.
3 Upholstery.
1 Crockery.
4 Undertakers.
1 Cloak.
4 Cigar.
10 Millinery.
5 Sewing-machine.
2 Tea.
1 Feather-cleaner.
2 Furniture.
SALOONS.
7 Dining.
50 Liquor.
6 Billiard.
90
MISCELLANEOUS.
1 Club-room.
2 Bleacheries.
9 Laundries.
2 Ice-houses.
8 Photographers.
3 Greenhouses.
1 Band-room.
11 Bakeries.
1 Waste.
WATER FIXTURES, ETC.
4477 Families.
76 Boarding-houses.
5511 Faucets.
806 Wash bowls.
805 Water-closets.
222 Wash-tubs.
256 Bath-tubs.
100 Urinals.
1046 Sill cocks.
328 Fire hydrants.
9 Stand pipes.
13 Water-troughs.
737 Horses.
33 Cattle.
91
MATERIAL ON HAND.
PIPE.
757 ft. 20 in. pipe.
540 ft. 12 in. pipe.
804 ft. 10 in. pipe.
360 ft. 6 in. pipe.
641 ft. 14 in. pipe.
156 ft. 12 in. 'flange pipe.
1470 ft. 8 in. pipe.
300 ft. 4 in. pipe.
31 J ft. 8 in. wrought-iron pipe.
1 double 6 on 6.
1 double 6 on 14.
1 double 6 on 10.
1 double 6 on 8.
2 single 12 on 14.
2 single 6 on 14.
3 single 6 on 8.
1 single 12 on 12.
1 4 in. Eddy spigot.
2 10 in. Ludlow hubs.
1 8 in. Ludlow hub.
1 8 in. 1-4 bend.
1 12 in. 1-8 bend.
1 4 in. 1-4 bend.
6 20 in. solid sleeves.
2 14 in. solid sleeves.
2 10 in. solid sleeves.
2 6 in. solid sleeves.
1 4 in. solid sleeve.
3 20 in. clamp sleeves.
BRANCHES.
1 double 6 on 12.
1 double 10 on 12.
1 double 4 on 6.
2 single 6 on 20.
4 single 6 on 10, •
6 single 6 on 6.
3 single 6 on 14.
GATES.
9 6 in. Ludlow hubs.
1 12 in. Boston Machine Co.
spigot.
BENDS.
5 6 in. 1-8 bend.
I 8 X 12 in. reducer.
3 14 in. clamp sleeves.
4 12 in. clamp sleeves.
3 10 in. clamp sleeves.
II 8 in. clamp sleeves.
7 6 in. clamp sleeves.
2 hydrant foot pieces.
92
SUPPLIES AND TOOLS ON HAND AT COURT-HOUSE.
1800 ft. inch pipe.
130 ft, 2 inch pipe.
1800 ft. 3-4 inch pipe.
90 ft. 1-2 inch pipe.
45 ft. 1-4 inch pipe.
15 2 inch couplings.
41 1 inch couplings R. & L.
4 1 1-4 X 1 inch couplings.
76 3-4 inch couplings.
83 3-4 inch couplings R.&L.
30 1-2 inch couplings.
26 1-2 iji. couplings R .& L.
10 3-4 X 1-2 in. couplings.
3 2 inch ells.
3 1 1-2 tnch ells.
13 1 X 3-4 inch ells.
17 1 inch ells.
32 3-4 inch ells.
44 3-4 X 1-2 inch ells.
52 1-2 inch ells.
3 1 1-2 X 1 inch old lead
connections.
4 3-4 inch dies.
2 1-2 inch dies.
8 2 inch nipples.
2 1 1-4 inch nipples.
6 1 inch nipples.
179 3-4 inch nipples.
40 1-2 inch nipples.
3 1 1-2 inch iron unions.
3 1 1-4 inch iron unions.
' 6 1 inch iron unions.
3 14 inch cement plugs.
2 12 inch cast-iron plugs.
1 20 inch gate-dome.
4 15 inch gate-dome.
2 10 inch gate-dome.
3 1 inch Corp. stops (for
cast-iron pipe).
12 3-4 inch corp. stops (for
cast-iron pipe)
36 1-2 inch corp. stops (for
cast-iron pipe).
17 1-2 inch soldering cocks
(cement pipe).
bQ 1-2 inch nipples (for con-
nections).
52 1 inch solder nipples.
33 3-4 inch solder nipples.
29 1 inch curb stops.
1 1 1-4 stop and waste.
3 1 1-4 soldering nipples.
6 1 inch crosses.
12 3-4 inch crosses.
21 1-2 inch union nuts.
1 1 inch brass union.
2 3-4 inch stop and waste.
1 1 inch Chapman valve.
116 brass meter nuts.
4 balls of wicking.
30 1-2 inch washers.
1 20 inch brass spindle.
1 14 inch brass spindle.
3 6 inch brass spindles.
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9 3-4 iiicli iron unions.
7 1-2 inch iron unions.
52 3-4 inch caps.
20 1 X 3-4 inch bushings.
22 3-4 X 1-2 incli bushings.
27 6 in. clamps 1-2 in. stop.
7 8 in. clamps 3-4 in. stop.
4 8 in, clamps 3-4 in. stop
(new style).
1 washer cutter.
1 die plate.
18 dies R. & L. 1-2 to 1 in.
6 taps R. & L. 1-2 to 1 in.
2 bushings 1-8 to 3-4 inch.
2 pipe cutters.
1 die plate, 4 bushings.
5 dies 1-2 to 1-8 inch.
3 files.
1 coal hod.
6 14 in. clamps 3-4 in. stop.
5 14 in. clamps 1-2 in. stop.
2 4 in. clamps 3-4 in. stop.
2 4 in. clamps 1-2 in. stop.
4 clamps without stop
cocks.
0 8 in. clamps 1-2 in. stop.
5 8 in. clamps 3-4 in. stop.
1 12 in. clamp 3-4 in. stop.
1 12 in. clamp 3-4 in. stop.
3 12 in. clamps 1-2 in. stop.
1 foreplane.
1 smoothing plane.
1 mallet.
2 hand saws.
5 solder coppers and pot.
5 red lanterns.
6 common lanterns.
1 dark lantern.
2 meter lanterns.
1 reflector lantern.
1 coil tin pipe.
1 coil lead pipe.
250 pounds -4 inch pipe.
123 pounds 1 1-4 inch pipe.
3 drills, 4 ft. 2in. long.
2 drills, 3 feet long.
5 drills, 2 ft. 6 in. long.
5 drills, 2 feet long.
8 drills, 1 ft. 8 in. long.
6 plug drills, 8 in. long.
2 sets blocks.
3 iron bars.
5 large meter boxes.
4 small meter boxes.
1 wood stove.
1 glass cutter.
2 gallons kerosene oil.
5 square-top box covers.
4 2 quart oil cans.
2 quarts sperm oil.
1 3 feet cubic measure.
1 platform scale.
2 wood saws.
2 vises.
1-2 side leather.
1 pair rubber mitts.
2 collars for hydrants.
1 spoon shovel.
94
1 buck saw.
1 iron saw.
1 brace and 5 bits.
1 extension bit.
1 bevel square.
1 iron square.
1 grindstone.
1 ax.
1 oil stone.
1 long cable chain.
25 blasting tubes.
17 R. P. shovels.
I iron snow-shovel.
31 picks and handles.
1 3 gallon can.
86 pounds gasket.
1700 pounds pig lead.
16 iron pails.
1 iron jack for drilling.
1 sledge hammer.
3 calking hammers.
7 striking hammers.
8 calking tools.
25 gate covers.
3 barrels pipe clay.
3 20 in. sleeves (clamp)
2 14 in. sleeves (clamp)
2 14 in. solid sleeves.
4 12 in. sleeves (clamp)
3 10 in. sleeves (clamp),
2 10 in. solid sleeves.
II 8 in sleeves (clamp).
1 8 in. solid sleeve.
7 6 in. sleeves (clamp).
5 long shovels.
100 hydrant nuts.
6 tamping tools.
21 hydrant packings.
1 iron kettle.
1 bushel basket.
6 hydrant covers.
1 iron brand, M. W. W.
1 steel stamp, M. W. W.
7 hydrant caps.
15 gate wrenches.
2 furnaces and kettles.
2 tool boxes.
2 paving hammers.
6 cold chisels
1 large furnace and irons.
1 lot rope.
1 bench.
1 roll of enamel cloth.
1 chain for hydrant.
6 hydrant wrenches.
1 hydrant ring for rods.
2 iron rimmers.
1 ice chisel.
7 stop wrenches.
, 10 hydrant valves (iron).
1 pair chain tongs.
3 pair extension tongs.
2 pipe wrenches.
2 meter wrenches.
4 monkey wrenches.
1 pair blacksmith tongs.
2 ratchet drillers and 6 drills
2 drill machines and tools.
95
2 6 ill. solid sleeves.
1 4 in. solid sleeve.
1 6 inch cap.
1 iron rake.
1 cap and stop-cock for
hydrant.
1 lot meter packings.
7 torches.
1 bench block.
1 foot-lathe and tools.
1 hydrant brnsh.
1 pair tongs for hydrant.
5 spoons for drilling.
9 hydrant boxes.
15 hydrant rods.
3 paint pails.
2 chains.
1-2 cord wood.
4 large paint brushes.
1 painter's dust brush.
1 vstop-cock punch.
1 meter tank with gauge.
11 pounds hemp packing.
1 shop desk.
1 iron sink.
2 gross No. 9 screws.
1 hose nozzle.
1 chain pulley.
1 machine hammer.
1 nail hammer.
2 iron wedges.
1 draw knife.
1 lot of old picks.
8 pole derricks and 3 poles.
6 cold chisels for cast-iron.
2 mauls.
1 tool chest.
2 screw drivers.
5 mortise chisels.
10 molding tools.
1 ladder.
150 3-4 inch bolts.
1 long and short jointer.
1 set derrick irons.
60 1-2 inch bolts.
1 die wrench.
2 hydrant packing wrenches.
5 cans of Royal Enamel.
1 anvil.
1 anvil stake and chisel.
1 pair stone hooks.
1 stone chain.
1 lot coal.
2 wedges.
METERS.
2 5-8 in. Union rotary.
2 3 4 in. Union rotary.
5 5-8 in. Union piston.
6 3-4 in. Union piston.
2 1 in. Desper.
1 3-4 in. Desper.
1 3-4 in. Worth ington.
9 5-8 in. Gem.
1 3-4 in. Gem.
96
INVENTORY OF FURN
6 drawing boards.
1 wardrobe.
1 copying press.
1 roll tracing paper.
1 drawing table.
1 library desk.
2 waste baskets.
1 six-foot pole.
3 stools.
1 duster.
1 map of city.
1 map of city, framed.
1 map of New Hampshire.
1 roll mounted paper.
2 quires drawing paper.
1 lot of book paper.
1 lot of fuel.
ITURE, ETC., IN OFFICE.
1 book-case.
1 table.
1 12 in. pressure-gauge.
1 6 in. pressure-gauge.
1 bill stamp.
3 inkstands.
1 lot drawings.
1 plan Massabesic lake.
1 safe.
1 pair scissors.
1 cork-screw.
1 bottle ink.
1 case drawers.
1 stove.
2 erasers.
1 lot reports.
1 directory.
INVENTORY OF TOOLS AT THE PUMPING STATION.
1 scoop-shovel.
4 common shovels.
1 desk.
1 one-inch auger.
5 lanterns.
3 monkey-wrenches.
1 square.
1 plumb square.
1 sprinkler-pot.
1 clock.
1 washer cutter.
2 planes.
2 thermometers.
^l axes.
4 oil cans.
2 oil tanks.
25 pounds waste.
12 pounds tallow.
50 pounds black lead.
5 cords wood.
18 tons coal.
2 ice chisels.
2 cold chisels.
2 wood chisels.
2 hammers.
3 drip pans.
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4 crow-bars.
1 bellows and anvil.
2 pipe wrenches.
1 window brush.
1 gate wrench.
1 long key.
1 hydrant wrench.
1 wheelbarrow.
1 five-pail kettle.
3 picks.
1 clothes drier.
2 ladders.
2 stoves.
2 coal hods.
1 coal sifter.
2 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.
1-2 barrel oil.
1 jack screw.
1 brace and six bits.
1 trowel.
2 wood saws.
2 hand saws.
1 iron slush bucket.
7
6 pounds hemp packing.
1 draw shave.
2 screw plates, taps and dies
1 vise.
200 feet 7-8 in. hose.
100 feet 3-4 in. hose.
1 iron rake.
2 set dog chains.
1 set blacksmith's tools.
1 bushel basket.
2 pieces Scotch sewer pipe.
1 force pump.
' 1 bill hook.
1 clevis and pin.
1 harrow.
1 timber roll.
4 sprinkling 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.
1 bellows.
4 water-pails.
10 mason hods.
1 lot of old wheelbarrows.
1 lot of old shovels.
1 20-inch gate.
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1 socket wrench.
6 fork wrenches.
2 screen rakes.
1 10 in. arbor for babbitting.
1 flash-board hook.
1 set blocks and fall.
1 bench brush.
1 broom brush.
1 broom.
REPORT
OF THE it
TECSTEES OF THE CITY LIBRARY.
AI^NUAL EEPORT
TRUSTEES OF THE CITY LIBRARY.
To the City Councils of the City of Manchester : —
The Trustees of the City Library herewith submit their
twenty-eighth annual report of the affairs and condition of
the library, and, with it, the report made to them by the
treasurer of the board, showing. the expenditures made for
books and periodicals, and also the report of the librarian,
which shows in detail the operation of the library during
the past year, and the condition of the library and other
property under her charge at the close of the year.
From the report of the treasurer, it appears that during
the year there has been expended for the purchase of
books the sum of eight hundred forty-two dollars and
twenty-four cents, and for the purchase of periodicals the
sum of one hundred sixty-two dollars and twenty-five cents,
being a total expenditure, for these two purposes, of one
thousand four dollars and forty-nine cents, and leaving
a balance in the hands of the treasurer at the close of the
year of seven hundred sixty-seven dollars and thirty-nine
cents. Besides the usual appropriation from the city, the
treasurer has received from the librarian, on account of
fines collected from persons failing to comply with the
102
regulations of the libraiy in regard to the return of books,
the sum of twenty dollars and twenty-eight cents, and the
further sum of twenty-five dollars and ninety-seven cents,
received from sale of catalogues and in payment of books
that had been lost. The })alance above indicated, together
with the accumulated income of the Dean fund, which now
amounts to the sum of three thousand eighty-two dol-
lars and eleven cents, constitutes the funds in the hands of
the trustees at the end of the fiscal year, applicable for the
purchase of books for the increase of the library.
The report of the librarian shows that the library has
been open to the public two hundred and fifty days, and for
the delivery of books two hundred and thirty-six days, dur-
ing which latter time the number of books in circulation
has been thirty-eight thousand one hundred and twenty-two.
In addition to this number delivered for general circulation,
four thousand nine hundred and sixteen books and maga-
zines have been used at the leading-room at the library,
making the total number delivered during the year forty-
three thousand and thirty-eight. The circulation of books
for the past year has been considerably less than that of
several previous years, the decrease being due to the fact
that the trustees were compelled to close the library while
the work upon the addition to the library building was in
progress. The library was closed on the eighth of October,
and remained closed till the end of the year.
The number of volumes in the library at the date of the
last report was twenty-four thousand three hundred and
seventy-six. There have been added during the year, by
purchase, three hundred and forty volumes ; by donation,
two hundred and fifty-three volumes ; and seventy-one vol-
umes of periodicals have been bound, making the number
of bound volumes now in the library twenty-three thousand
three hundred and seventy-four, and the total number,
103
including maps and pamphlets, twenty-five thousand and
forty volumes.
Fifty-three different periodicals have been regularly
received at the library during the year ; and, as fast as the
volumes have been completed, they have been bound and
placed upon the shelves for general circulation.
Sixty-five volumes have been withdrawn from circulation
during the year, having become so worn and defaced by
constant use as to be no longer fit for service.
A list of the books presented to this library during the
year will be found annexed to the report of tiie librarian ;
and to those who have so substantially manifested their inter-
est in the prosperity of the library and aided in its increase,
the trustees, in behalf of the city, tender their thanks.
The expenditures for the incidental charges of the library
for the year have been sixteen hundred ninety-five dollars
and forty-eight cents. The details of these expenditures,
the bills for which have been paid by the city treasurer,
may be found at length in the annual report of the city.
The balance of three hundred thirty-four dollars and
fifty-one cents of cash on hand at the close of the year, is
due in part to the fact that the supply of fuel for the year
ensuing has not yet been purchased on account of contem-
plated changes in the construction of the present coal-bins.
Mention was made in the last report of the trustees, that
the committee on lands and buildings, in conjunction with
the trustees of the library, were authorized to procure
plans and estimates for an addition to the library building.
During the early part of the year, a plan for said addition,
prepared by A. G. Stevens, Esq., in accordance with the
instructions of such committee, was adopted. The city
councils, without delay, voted to build the proposed addition
according to the plan that had been adopted, and author-
ized the same committee to contract with competent
104
persons for its erection. Proposals were invited througli
advertisements in the daily papers, and the contract finally
awarded to Wilbcrforce Ireland, Esq. Shortly after work
was commenced upon the building, the trustees, in order to
preserve the property and books in the library from loss or
damage, were compelled to close the library, and it has not
yet been reopened. The trustees regret that the public
have for so long a period been deprived of the use and ad-
vantages of the library, but hope that the increased facili-
ties that will accrue when the addition is finished, will more
tha I compensate for the temporary deprivation.
The work upon tlie addition has now so far advanced
that the library will be again opened for the delivery of
books at an early day.
The vacancy. caused by the resignation of Mr. Fred C.
Foote, the assistant to the librarian, has l)een filled by the
trustees, by the appointment of Mr. George W. Cook, who
entered upon the discharge of his duties in the early part of
the year.
Mrs. M. J. Buncher, the efficient librarian, has continued
to discharge the duties pertaining'to her office with fidelity
and to the approval of the board, and, so far as we are
aware, to the satisfaction of the public.
January 20, 1882.
In Board of Trustees, read and approved, and ordered to
be signed by the cliairman and clerk of the board, and
transmitted to the city councils.
H. B. PUTNAM, Mayor.
N. P. HUNT, Clerk.
TEE AS USER'S REPOET.
To the Board of Trustees of the City Library : —
The Treasurer of the Board presents the following report
of the receipts and expenditures by the board of the funds
received by them on account of the City Library : —
1881. Dr.
Jan. 1. To balance of appropriation, etc., as
per last report . . . f 725 63
March 18. cash of Mrs. M. J. Buncher for
fines 20 28
cash of Mrs. M. J. Buncher, cat-
alogues, etc. . . . 25 97
July 6. appropriation for 1881 for pur-
cliase of books .
Jan. 1. balance of income
of Dean fund
income of Dean fund
July 1. income of Dean fund
interest on accumu
lation of income .
interest on accumu-
lation of income .
14,853 99
•
1,000 00
i2,642 67
153 00
153 00
73 84
59 60
$3,082 11
106
1881.
Cr.
Jan.
11.
PaidN. E. News Co., periodicals
$14 43
22.
Lee & Shepard, books .
54 79
Feb.
8.
N. E. News Co., periodicals
13 18
14.
George W. Wing, books
36 50
18.
Lee & Shepard, books .
136 10
24.
Lee & Shepard, books .
86 48
Marcl
I 4.
N. E. News Co., periodicals
11 39
8.
Lee & Shepard, books .
30 37
18.
Geo. H. Policy & Co., period!
.
cals ....
12 00
April
8.
N. E. News Co., periodicals
10 49
May
5.
N. E. News Co., periodicals
12 01
12.
Lee & Sliepard, books .
89 02
21.
Lee & Shepard, books .
32 81
June
o
N. E. News Co., periodicals
. ' 13 41
6.
Geo. H. PoUey & Co., books .
20 00
13.
Boston Society Nat. History
10 00
29.
H. H. Everett, books
8 33
July
7.
N. E. News Co., periodicals .
9 57
Aug.
2.
Lee & Shepard, books .
61 46
10.
N. E. News Co., periodicals
12 98
Sept.
6.
N. E. News Co., periodicals
11 25
Oct.
4.
George H. Hubbard, books
1 00
5.
N. E. News Co., periodicals
9 29
Nov.
8.
• N. E. News Co., periodicals
11 69
15.
Geo. H. Policy & Co., books
190 00
Dec.
6.
N. E. News Co., periodicals
10 56
9.
Lee & Shepard, books
95 38
31.
By balance of appropriation .
767 39
income of Dean fund
3,082 11
$4,853 99
107
The expenditures for incidental expenses of the library
for the year ending December 31, 18(S1, the items -of which
will be found in detail in the annual report of the city, are
as follows : —
Services of librarian
1600 00
Services of assistant librarian
235 50
Gas
218 18
Binding
82 44
Rebinding ....
128 90
Insurance ....
82 50
Fuel
221 04
Water
5 00
Printing and advertising
97 24
Incidentals ....
74 68
11,695 48
RECAPITULATION.
Balance Dec. 31, 1880 .
Appropriation for 1881 .
829 99
3,000 00
Paid trustees for purchase of books $1,000 00
Incidental expenses . . . 1,695 48
Balance Dec. 31, 1881 ... 334 51
$3,029 99
$3,029 99
Respectfully submitted.
N. P. HUNT,
Treasurer of Trustees of City Library.
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December 31, 1881.
We have examined the above report, and find the same
correctly cast and properly vouched.
H. B. PUTNAM,
WM. P. NEWELL,
Committee on Accounts of City Library.
December 31, 1881.
I certify that I have examined the several items of re-
ceipts and expenditures embraced in the foregoing report
of the treasurer of the trustees of the City Library, and
find the same correctly cast and properly vouched.
NATHAN P. KIDDER,
City Auditor.
LIBKAEIAN^S EEPOET.
Gentlemen of the Board of Trustees : —
1 respectfully submit to you the annual report of the con-
dition of the library during the year ending December 31,
1881.
Whole number of volumes Dec. 81, 1880 . 24,376
Accessions during the year : —
By purchase ..... 340
Donated .268
Periodicals bound . . . .71
Whole number of volumes at present :
Maps .....
Pamphlets ....
Bound volumes
Number of periodicals and papers regularly re
ceived .....
Number of days open to the public .
Days open for delivery of books
Volumes in circulation during the time
Average per day ....
Largest number any one day, March 5
. 16
UU'±
1,650
23,374
25 040
larly re-
^ukJ ,V^\/
.
53
.
250
.
236
,
38,122
, ,
161.53
.
460
no
Whole number of books, magazines, etc., used
in the library .....
Average per day .
Number of guarantees received
Whole number received since the new registra
tion, July 31, 1880
Number of persons using books on deposit
Postals sent for books overdue
Number of worn-out books, and taken from the
shelves ......
Replaced books .....
Number of books repaired at bindery
Repaired and covered in the library
Balance of fines on hand Dec. 31, 1880 .
AmouQt received from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 1881
4,916
19.7
843
2,497
9
380
65
8
439
4,072
820 28
59 30
Amount paid for express, station-
ery, and other incidental ex-
penses .....
Paid N. P. Hunt, treasurer
$45 48
20 28
$19 58
!5 76
Balance of fines on hand Dec. 31, 1881
813 82
Balance of cash on hand Dec. 31, 1880, for cata-
logues sold and books lost, and waste paper
Amount received from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 1881 :
For 3 new catalogues at $1.00 . |3 00
For 11 new cataloojues at 75 cents
8 25
$37 70
$0 70
2 60
$14 45
.
$52 15
37 70
.
$14 45
13 82
111
For 2 old catalogues at 35 cents
For 3 lost books
Paid N. P. Hunt, treasurer
Balance received for fines
Total balance on hand Dec. 31, 1881 . $28 27
It will be observed that the foregoing report shows a con-
siderable decrease in the circulation of books the past year,
but the cause must be generally understood, not only by the
members of the board, but also by the public. The first
six months of the year was in advance of any preceding
six months, showing a circulation of 26,920 books, but the
disturbed condition of the library the last half of the year
(being closed on the 8th of October for repairs) explains
the reduction in figures. The same will be seen in the use
of the reading-room. There are other causes that might
be mentioned for this decrease, viz.: the increased number
visiting the reading-rooms of the Y. M. C. Association, or,
as has been suggested by the librarian of a neighboring
city for the same condition, " the improvement in busi-
ness giving employment to many who would otherwise
spend their time in these resorts."
Of the missing books of last year (1880), six have been
returned', one lost, paid for. Three of the missing books,
at the examination in 1879, have come in, and one lost, paid
for. At the present examination there are but eight books
missing, viz. : one history, one travels (French), one art,
four fiction, and one juvenile ; one book lost, and paid for
112
by the guarantor. The number of missing books for the past
year is much smaller than at any annual examination since
I have been in charge, and proves very conclusively the
improvement of the new system of delivery over the old.
The number of books repaired at bindery is in excess
of previous years. They were mostly juvenile books, fiction,
and travels, in constant use. The largest proportion of
them were old books, but many of the new ones are so
poorly bound tliat they require repairing before the covers
are hardly soiled, and it seems better economy to repair
them before the loose leaves are allowed to slip out and
render the books as useless as worn-out ones.
In closing, I desire to express my belief, that, notwith-
standing the interruptions, the year just closed shows as
steady an increase in interest and real progress as any pre-
ceding it ; and I do cordially express my appreciation of
the faithful and efficient services of my assistant, George
W. Cook, and my grateful acknowledgments to the treas-
urer of the Board of Trustees for his kind and considerate
assistance.
Respectfully,
M. J. BUNCHER,
Librarian.
DONATIONS TO THE CITY LIBRARY
From January 1, 1881, to December 31, 1881.
Hon. Moody Currier, Manchester, N. H.
Thirty-nine volumes, viz. : —
Six volumes of Neander's History of the Christian Re-
ligion. Translated from the German by Joseph
Torrey, Professor of Moral and Intellectual Philos-
ophy in the University of Vermont.
Fourteen volumes of the Works of St. Augustine. A new
translation, comprising, viz. : —
The City of God.
Writings in connection with the Donatist Controversy.
The Anti-Pelagian Works of St. Augustine.
Writings in connection with the Manichaean Heresy.
Letters of St. Augustine.
On the Trinity.
Harmony of the Evangelists, and the Sermon on the
Mount.
On Christian Doctrine. The Enchiridion.
On Catechising, and on Faith and the Creed.
Lectures or Tractates on the Gospel of St. John.
Nineteen volumes of the Ante-Nicene Christian Library,
comprising, viz. : —
Tlie Apostolic Fathers.
Tatian, Theophilus, and the Clementine Recognitions.
9
114
The Refutations of all Heresies. By Hippolytus.
The Five Books of Tertullianus against Marcion.
The Writings of Irenaeas.
The Writings of Origen.
The Writings of Tertullian.
The Writings of Clement of Alexandria.
The Writings of Methodius, Alexander of Lycopolis,
and Peter of Alexandria, etc.
Apocryphal Gospels, Acts and Revelations.
The Clementine Homilies. The Apostolical Consti-
tution.
The Seven Books of Arnobius Adversus Gentes.
The Works of Gregory Thaumaturgus, Dionysius of
Alexandria, and Archelaus.
The Works of Lactantius, together with the Testa-
ments of the Twelve Patriarchs, and Fragments of
the Second and Third Centuries.
Liturgies and other Documents of the Ante-Nicene
Period.
Mrs. Herman Foster, Manchester, N. H.
Seventeen volumes of bound newspapers, viz. : —
Nine volumes of the Independent Chronicle and Bos-
ton Patriot (semi-weekly), from the year 1826 to
July 31, 1839.
Three volumes of the Boston Courier (semi-weekly),
from July 20, 1835, to February 18, 1841.
Five volumes of the semi-weekly Advertiser, Independ-
ent Chronicle, Boston Patriot, Columbian Sentinel,
New England Palladium, and Commercial Gazette,
united, from June 10, 1840, to December 29, 1819.
George W. Riddle, Esq., Manchester, N. H.
Sixteen bound volumes of State Reports on Agriculture,
Horticulture, etc., viz:
115
Transactions of the Michigan State Agricultural Soci-
ety, with Reports of County Agricultural Societies,
for the years 1849, 1850, 1851, 1853, and 1854.
Transactions of the Illinois State Agricultural Society,
with Reports from County Agricultural Societies
and kindred Associations, for the years 1867-68.
Transactions of the Auricultural Societies of Massa-
cliusetts for the year 1848.
Seventh Annual Report of the Board of Agriculture
of the State of Ohio for the year 1852.
First and Second Annual Report of the Indiana State
Board of Agriculture for the years 1852-53.
Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Soci-
ety for the years 1877-78,
Transactions of the New England Society. First An-
nual Exhibition at Springfield, Mass., Sept. 6, 7, 8,
and 9, 1864, with address from Gov. John A. An-
drew of Mass.
Transactions of the Vermont Dairymen's Association
in 18159-70.
Proceedings of the Third Session of the American
Poiiiological Society, and Fifth Meeting of this Na-
tional Association held on the 13th, 14th, and 15th
of Sept., 1854.
Centennial edition of the Fourth Annual Report of the
State Board of Agriculture to the Legislature of the
State of Kansas for the year 1875.
In addition to the above sixteen volumes are twenty-
five bound volumes, duplicates, and two hundred
pamphlets not yet selected.
Little, Brown, & Co., Publishers, Boston.
Public Hygiene in America. By Henry I. Bowditch,
M. D. 12mo.
116
D. Appleton & Co., New York, Publishers.
Progress and Poverty. By Henry George. 1881. 12mo.
Unknown Source.
The Credit Mobilier of America. Its Origin and His
tory. 1881. 12mo.
Sampson, Davenport, & Co., Boston, Publishers.
Manchester Directory for 1880. 8vo.
W. Heron, Jr., Manchester, N. H.
Gaskell's 'Compendium of Forms. 4to.
Rev. C. W. Wallace, Manchester, N. H.
The Centennial Celebration of the Settlement of Ban-
gor, Me. 1869. 8vo.
New Jersey State Library.
New Jersey Archives. First series. Vol. 1, 1631-1687.
Vol. 2, 1687-1703. 8vo.
H. B. Putnam, Mayor, Manchester, N. H.
Sixty-Third Annual Report of the Trustees of the New
York State Library for the year 1880. 8vo.
J. W. Patterson, Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Thirty-Fifth Annual Report upon the Public Schools
of New Hampshire, June session, 1881. 8vo.
Unknown Source.
A General Index to the, Contents of Fourteen Popular
Treatises on Natural Philosophy. 8vo.
J. W. Underbill, President of the Board of Education.
Fifty-First Annual Report of the Common Schools of
Cincinnati, Ohio. 1880. 8vo.
Joseph B. Walker, Concord, N. H.
A Meiijoriai Sketch of the Life and Character of Eze-
kiel Webster Diamond, late Professor of General
and Agricultural Chemistry in the New Hampshire
College of Agriculture. 1877. Pamphlet.
117
COBDEN Club, London, England.
History of the Free Trade Movement in England.
By Augustus Mongredien. 16mo.
Free Trade and Tariffs. By John Flagg, M. P.
Pamphlet.
Imports, Exports, and the French Treaty. By J. R.
Crdss, Esq., M. P. Pamphlet.
The French Treaty and Reciprocity. By Right Hon.
Joseph Chamberlain, M. P. Pamphlet.
The Reciprocity Craze. By George W. Medley.
Pamphlet.
J. P. Whitney, Buffalo, N. Y.
California and Colonization. 1879. Pamphlet. •
C. F. Livingston, Esq., Manchester, N. H.
Proceedings of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Annual
Meetings of the New Hampshire Press Association,
held at Concord, N. H., January 17, 1879, and Jan-
uary 19, 1880.
Daily Springfield Republican for the year 1877.
The Historical Association, Lowell, Mass.
Contributions of the Old Residents of that City. Vol.
IL, No. 1. 1880. Pamphlet.
Hon. Harry Bingham, Littleton, N. H.
The Centennial Address, delivered at Littleton, N. H.,
July 4, 1876. Pamphlet.
Memorial Day Address, delivered before Marshall
Sanders Post, No. 48 G. A. R., Littleton, N. H.,
May 31, 1880. Pamphlet.
An Address delivered before the Alumni of Dartmouth
College, Hanover, N. H., June 23, 1880.
Thomas H Dodge, Esq., Worcester, Mass.
The Jubilee Sabbath of Piedmont Church, Wor-
cester, June 5, 1881.
118
Frederick H. Hedge, Jr., Librarian.
Ninth Annual Report of the Board of Trustees and
Librarian of the Free Public Library, Lawrence,
Mass., for the year 1880. Pamphlet.
Bulletins 30, 31, 32, and 33 of the Lawrence Public
Library.
Miss Mary A. Bean, Librarian.
Twenty-fourth Annual Report of the Trustees and
Librarian of the Public Library, Brookline, Mass.,
for the year 1880. Pamphlet.
Miss Carrie Worthen, Librarian.
Tenth Annual Report of the Trustees of the Public
Library of Melrose, Mass., for the year 1880.
From the Several Librarians or Boards of Trustees.
Twenty-first Annual Report of the Directors of the
Free Public Library, Worcester. Mass., for 1880.
Eleventh Annual Catalogue of the Worcester County
Free Institute of Industrial Science for 1881. Pam-
phlet.
Third Report of the Librarian of the Public Library,
Providence, R. I., for the year 1880. Pamphlet.
Annual Report of the Public Library, Fall River,
Mass., for the year 1880. Pamphlet.
Twenty-fourth Annual Report of tlie Committee and
Librarian of the Public Library, Woburn, Mass.,
March 1, 1881, and Bulletin of Accessions for 1880.
Annual Report of the Trustees of the Fiee Library,
Newton, Mass., for the year 1880.
Annual Reports of the Directors of the City Library
of the City' of Lowell, Mass., for the years 1879-80.
Seventh Annual Report of the Directors of the Bige-
low Free Library, Clinton, Mass., for the year 1880.
Pamphlet.
119
Third Supplement to Catalogue of the Bigelow Free
Library, Clinton, Mass. 1H80. Pamphlet.
Annual Report of the Town Officers of Peterborough,-
N. H., for the year 1880. Pamphlet.
Third Annual Report of the Trustees of the Public
Library of the City of Milwaukee, for the year end-
ing Oct. 1, 1880 ; and Fourth Annual Report, end-
ing Oct. 1, 1881. Pamphlet.
Ninth Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the
Chicago Public Library for the year ending June,
1881. Pamphlet.
Fourteenth Annual Report of the Provost to the Trus-
tees of the Peabody Institute, Baltimore, Md. 1881.
Pamphlet.
Sixteenth Annual Report of the Board of Directors of
the Mercantile Library Association, City of New
York. April, 1881. Pamphlet.
Thirty-second Annual Report of the Trustees of the
Astor Library, City of New York. Jan , 1881.
Pamphlet.
Twenty-eighth Annual Report of the Mercantile Li-
brary Association of San Francisco, Cal., for 1880.
Twenty-eighth Annual Report of the Council of the
City of Manchester, England, on the Working of the
Public Free Libraries. 1879-80. Pamphlet.
Twenty-ninth Report for 1880-81. Pamphlet.
Twenty-ninth Annual Report of the Boston Public
Library for the year ending April 30, 1881 ; and
Bulletins 9, 10, 11, and 12, Vol. IV., 1881.
Bulletins of the Library Company, Philadelphia. New
Series. No. 7. Pamphlet.
Bulletins Nos. 12 and 13 of the Public School Library,
St. Louis, Mo. 1880-81. Pamphlet.
Annual Report of the School Committee of the Town
of Peabody, Mass., for the year 1880. Pamphlet.
120
Borough of Swansea, Wales.
Sixth Annual Report of the Public Library Associa-
tion. 1879-70. Pamphlet.
Seventh Annual Report of the Public Library and
Gallery of Art. 1880-81. Pamphlet.
E. M. Bowman, City Clerk, Nashua.
Twenty-eighth Annual Report of the Municipal Gov-
ernment of the City of Nashua, N. H., for the year
■ 1880.
Hon. James F. Briggs, M. C.
Report of the Silver Commission. Vol. I. 1876. 8vo.
Report of Agriculture for the year 1879. 8vo.
The American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac for
the year 1884. First Edition. 8vo.
United States Congress.
Eighty-five volumes of Public Documents.
Departments, Washington, D. C.
Annual Report of Commissioner of Patents for the
years 1879 and 1880. 8vo.
Finance Report for 1880. 8vo,
United States Coast Survey for 1877. 4to.
Annual Report of the U. S. Life-Saving Service for
1880. 8vo.
Alphabetical List of Patentees and Inventions, July to
December, inclusive, 1880 ; January to June, inclu-
sive, 1881.
United States Geological and Geographical Survey of
the Territories (F. V. Hayden, Geologist-in- Charge),
containing History of the North American Pinni-
peds. 8vo.
Second Report of the United States Entomological
Commission for the years 1878-79. Relating to the
Rocky Mountain Locust and the Western Cricket
8vo.
121
Bulletin No. 6 of the U. S. Entomological Commission.
Report of the United States Geological Survey of the
Territories, F. V. Uayden, Geologist-in-Charge.
Vol. XII. Containing the History of the Water
Rhizopods of North America. By Prof. Leidy, M. D.
4to. 1879.
Bulletin 4 of Vol. Y., 1879, and 1 and 2 of Vol. VI.,
1880, of the United States Geological and Geograph-
ical Survey of the Territories.
Bureau of Education.
Report of the Commissioner of Education for the year
1879. 8vo.
Circulars of Information, Nos. 4, 5, 6, and 7 of 1880,
and Nos. 1, 2, and 3, 1881.
Also pamphlets, —
Literary Aids, The Discipline of the School, Education
and Crime, etc.
Smithsonian Institute.
Bureau of Ethnology, J. W. Powell, Director. Intro-
duction to the Study of Indian Languages. With
Words, Phrases, and Sentences to be Collected.
By J. W. Powell. 1880. 4to.
Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institute for the
year 1879. 8vo.
Volume 23 of Contributions to Knowledge. 4to.
Volumes 18, 19, 20, and 21 of Miscellaneous Collec-
tions.
REPOKT
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
ORGANIZATION FOR 1881,
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
HORACE B. PUTNAM, Mayor, ex-officio Chairman.
WILLIAM J. HOYT,
President of the Common Council, ex officio.
Ward 1.— Charles F. Everett, 54 Stark corporation.
Frank T. E. Richardson, 49 M. S. B.
Ward 2.— Benjamin C. Dean, Myrtle street, cor. Ash.
Gerherdus L. Demarest, 54 Blodget street.
Ward 3. — Daniel Clark, Lowell street, cor. Pine.
William A. Webster, 581 Union street.
Ward 4. — Walter M. Parker, Hanover, cor. Cliestnut.
John T. Fanning, 360 Manchester street.
Ward 5. — Denis F. O'Connor, 173 Central street.
Charles A. O'Connor, Chandler House.
Ward 6.— Abial C. Flanders, 308 Park street.
Brackett B. Weeks, 382 Central street.
Ward 7.— Marshall P. Hall, 54 Amoskeag corporation.
Ezra Huntington, 13 M. P. W. corporation.
Ward 8.— Louis E. Phelps, 220 Granite street (P.).
Douglas Mitchell, 220 Granite street (P.).
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CLERK OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
MARSHALL P. HALL.
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
WILLIAM E. BUCK.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Finance. Accounts^ and Claims. — The Mayor, Messrs.
Huntington, Hoyt, Fanning, Hall, Parker, Mitchell.
Salaries. — Messrs. Phelps, Clark, Webster, Weeks,
Huntington.
Repairs^ Furniture, and Sujjplies. — Messrs. Flanders,
Dean, Fanning, D. F. O'Connor, Parker.
Fuel and Heating. — Messrs. Huntington, the Mayor,
Fanning, Flanders, Phelps, Clark, Hoyt.
Examination of Teachers. — Messrs. Webster, Clark, Par-
ker, Dean, C. A. O'Connor.
Text-Books and Apparatus. — Messrs. Dean, C. A. O'Con-
nor, Weeks, Demarest, Clark.
Employment of Children and Truancy. — Messrs. Mitch-
ell, Webster, Everett, Richardson, Demarest.
3Iusic. — Messrs. Richardson, D. F. O'Connor, Weeks,
Flanders, Mitchell.
Drawing. — Messrs. Hall, Mitchell, Demarest, Phelps,
Fanning.
Non-Resident Pupils. — Messrs. Weeks, Everett, Flan-
ders, D. F. O'Connor, Richardson.
Course of Study. — Messrs.' Demarest, Hall, Webster,
C. A. O'Connor, Parker.
Sanitary. — Messrs. Webster, Clark, Dean, Demarest,
Fanning.
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SUB-COMMITTEES.
High School— Messvs. Clark, Dean, Parker, C. A.
O'Connor, Hall, Webster, D.emarest.
Ash Street. — Messrs. Dean, Webster, Deniarest, Phelps,
C. A. O'Connor.
Lincoln Street. — Messrs. Demarest, Flanders, Weeks,
Fanning, Clark.
Spring Street. — Messrs. Everett, Parker, Flanders,
Huntington, Demarest.
Franklin Street.— Messrs. Huntington, Hall, Phelps,-
Clark, Richardson.
Lowell Street.— Messrs. Webster, C. A. O^Connor,
Mitchell, Everett, Fanning.
3Ianchester Street.-^UQSsvs. C. A. O'Connor, Weeks,
Dean, D. F. O'Connor, Everett.
Wihon Hill and Bridge Street. — Messrs. Parker, Fan-
ning. Weeks, Phelps, Flanders.
Training School. — Messrs. Hall, Clark, Dean, Elunting-
ton, D. F. O'Connor.
Beech Street. — Messrs. Webster, D. F. O'Connor, Rich-
ardson, Hall, Mitchell.
Fiscataquog Grammar. — Messrs. Phelps, Mitchell, D. F.
O'Connor, Weeks, Huntington.
Center Street and South Main Street — Messrs. Mitch-
ell, Phelps, Demarest, Flanders, Fanning.
Amoskeag, Blodget Street, and Stark District. — Messrs.
Richardson, Everett, Parker, Mitchell, Dean.
Bakersville and Hallsville.— Messrs. Flanders, Hall,
Webster, C. A, O'Connor, Phelps.
aoffe's Falls and Harvey District. — Messrs. Weeks,
Clark, D. F. O'Connor, Fanning, Richardson.
Mosquito Fond, Webster s Mills, and Younssville. —
Messrs. Fanning, Richardson, Everett, Parker, Webster.
FJvening Schools.^ Messrs. D. F. O'Connor, Huntington,
Flanders, Demarest, Hall.
In Board of School Committee,
January 6, 1882.
The Superintendent read his annual report to the School Committee.
Voted, That the report be accepted.
The Clerk read the annual report which he had prepared at the re-
quest of the Board.
Voted, That the report be accepted, and adopted as the report of
the Board, and that it be transmitted to the City Councils, together
with the report of the Superintendent.
Attest :
M. P. HALL, Clerk.
REPORT
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
To the Citij Councils^ —
Gkntlemi:n: — The School Committee present their an-
nual report for the year 1881.
Tl\e public schools have been in session one hundred and
ei<ihty-fi\e days, or thirty-seven weeks of five days each.
The number of schools at the beginning of the year was
seventy-two ; at the close of the year, seventy, — one pri-
mary sciiool on Spruce street, and another on Manchester
street, having been closed at the beginning of the fall term,
on account of the withdrawal of pupils to be placed in the
French parochial schools. The number of teachers em-
ployed at the beginning of the year was seventy- six ; at
the close of the year, seventy-four. Six teachers have re-
signed their places ; namely, Mrs. Mason, and Misses
Green, Campbell, Stone, Chase, and Hubbard. They were
all successful teachers and long in service, four of them
hiving taught more than ten years each, in this city. The
following-named new teachers have been appointed : Misses
Webster, Gilford, Patten, James, and Gee. All of these
except Miss Webster are graduates of the Training School.
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The whole number of scholars enrolled in the day schools
wa^ 4.235. The average number belonging was 2.858. j
The average daily attendance was 2,602. The average jDer- 7
centage of attendance, 91. The whole number enrolled was/
only 99 more than in 1880. The average number belang- J
ing was 112 less, and the average attendance was 125 less. *
The falling off took place in the last term of the year, and
was occasioned almost wholly by the closing of the schools
before mentioned. At the close of the year the whole num-
ber lielonging to the schools bad probably been restored,
more scholars having been placed in schools through
the efforts of the truant officer than were withdrawn at
the beginning of the fall term. There are four hundred or
more children in the French schools ; so that the total
number in all the schools of the city, public and private,
has probably been increased three hundred during the past
year.
The usual promotions have been made from grade to
grade. The number of pupils who completed the gram-
mar-school course was sixty-two ; number of these who
passed into the High School, fifty-four; whole number ad-
mitted to the High, sixty-one ; number of graduates from
High School, thirty-nine. The largest average attendance
in one room was forty-six, at Goffe's Falls ; the smallest,
five, in the Stark District. The average attendance at Web-
ster's Mills was twelve, and at Mosquito Pond, fourteen.
The Board would recommend that the two schools last
named be consolidated ; and the school at Stark District
ought not to be continued longer with the present number
of scholars.
A table giving the particulars of attendance in the sev-
eral schools will be found at the end of this report.
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EVENING SCHOOLS
have been in session about the same number of months as
usual. The attendance has been irregular, particularly at
the Spring-street house, and rather unsatisfactory in its re-
sults. A large number of youth find their way into these
schools who make no profitable use of their time. It has
been suggested that a new plan be adopted which has been
found successful in the city of Worcester. A small deposit
of money is required as a guarantee of the faithful attend-
ance and deportment of the pupil, to be returned at the
end of the term.
The demand for more school room at the north end of
the city is increasing. Plans for the erection of a
NEW SCHOOL-HOUSE ON WEBSTER STREET
were adopted in the month of September, and the founda-
tion of a building has been put in. The amount already
expended, including the cost of the lot, is about four thous-
and seven hundred dollars. The following description of
the proposed new building is furnished by' Mr. Fanning
the architect : —
'' The complete plan of this school-building is arranged
for eight school-rooms, to con tain* forty-eight desks in each
room. The central section is forty-nine by fifty-eight feet
on the ground, and contains four school-rooms, two on the
first and two on the second floor, and four hat and cloak
rooms, and teachers' closets. On each side of the main
building is a wing, thirty-six by forty-four feet in plan, two
stories high, and containing a school-room on each floor,
and the stairways. A basement extends under the entire
building. It is proposed to build only the central section
of the building and one set of stairways at present, but
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arrange for the addition of the wings when they shall be
required. The rooms in the central section of the build-
ing will be separated by a partition containing slides, so
that they may be used together for general exercises, and
these rooms have also more than the usual length to adapt
them for assembly purposes, avoiding the necessity of an
additional story for an assembly hall in the building. The
clothes-rooms are placed on the same floors as the school-
rooms, so as to avoid the use of stairs as far as possible.
The arrangements for light, ventilation, and heating have
been carefully studied, and it is believed that all the rooms
will be convenient and cheerful. There will be two fronts
to the building, facing Chestnut and Pine streets respec-
tively. The facades, although plain, will be quite pleasing
and imposing when the building is complete, with the addi-
tion of the wings."
The Board have recommended the selling of the house
and lot at Bakersville, on account of the undesirable loca-
tion, and the building of a new house on a larger and more
eligible lot. They have also recommended the purchase of
additional land adjoining the north Wain-street lot in
'^quog. The increase of population on the west side of
the river is greater than in any other section of the city.
The Superintendent reports that more school room will be
urgently needed there at the opening of the spring term.
There has been no enlargement of school accommodations
in that section of the city for many years. The Board
hopes to see both of these plans accomplished.
VARIOUS REPAIRS
have been made upon the school-buildings, costing in the
aggregate 14,959.72. Of this amount, $1,600 was spent
for the extensive repairs upon the Lowell-street building,
known as the old High-School house. The house has been
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greatly improved. The crooked flights of stairs at the
ends of the building were removed, and a broad hall and
staircase placed in the center of the building, allowing the
four school-rooms to receive light on three sides, and im-
proving their ventilation. This building originally cost
only 12,700. After adding the cost of remodeling, it is
still the least expensive, as well as the oldest, school-house
in the city.
Valuable improvements have been made in the High-
School building. The former unsightly privies have been
replaced by water-closets with modern arrangements. The
plumbing and carpentry cost 1974.57. New floors of
Georgia pine have been laid in the Training-School build-
ing, and other repairs made, costing $254. At Lincoln-
street, alterations in the steam-heating apparatus, and
repairs of the fence, cost SI 26 ; at Franklin-street, repairs
of stairs and changes in boiler, 1215.74; at Spring-street,
gas-piping for evening schools, and repairs of water-closet,
$105.45. New fences at Manchester-street, $142.75 ;
Spruce-street, $205; Blodget-street, $85.90; north Main
street, $147. At South-Main-street, concrete walks, and
repairs upon steps and shed, $159.86 ; at Center-street,
drain-pipes and painting, inside and out, $250 ; Amoskeag,
new fence, and introduction of city water, $186.60 ; and
minor repairs, costing less than $100 each, on the following-
named buildings: Ash-street, Goffe's Falls, Harvey Dis-
trict, HalLsville, Mosquito Pond, Stark District, Webster's
Mills, and Wilson Hill. The committee on repairs have
estimated that $5,000 ought to be spent upon the buildings
the coming year, to keep them in proper repair, and to
make some needed changes. The roof of the High-School
building needs extensive repairs. The basement of the
Spring-street house should be excavated, in order that the
steam-heating apparatus may be safely managed. The
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outer wood-work upon several of the buildings is decaying,
and needs paint to protect it from the weather.
The committee have recommended that the lecture hall
at the High School be fitted with seats and desks, and used
as a study-room. Recitations can then be carried on in the
different rooms in the building, without interrupting study.
Aside from the advantages of the change in the work of
the school, the new sittings will conduce to the comfort
and health of the pupils. The old seats are uncomfortably
small and low for the use of the older pupils of the school.
COST OF THE SCHOOLS.
The expenditures of the School Committee for the year
have been as follows : —
For instruction . ...... 837,50340
ihcidental'expenses .... 13,225 22
$50,728 62
We close the year with an unexpended balance of
12,739.75. A detailed statement of expenditures will be
found appended to this report.
The expenses have been #1,734.03 more than last year.
Of this amount, %S1 1.80 was for teaching, and $859.23 for
incidentals. Additional teachers have been employed, and
the cost for janitors' services and fuel has correspondingly
increased.
The schools have been supplied with tables, blocks, and
models, for object teaching and drawing, and a large
amount of supplementary reading. These are permanent
supplies, and their cost ought not to be reckoned in the
running expenses of the schools, although it has largely
increased the incidental expenses of the year.
The average cost per scholar, based upon the whole num-
ber enrolled, is $11.98, against $11.84 in 1880. It is
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customary to base the cost per scholar upon the average
number belonging to the schools. The large falling off in
attendance in the last half, of the year reduced the ratio
of average number belonging to wliole number enrolled
much below that of last year, and the average cost upon
this basis is therefore increased, being 113.12 for teaching,
and 14.63 for incidentals, a total of $11. lb per scholar,
against il6.49 for 1880. Several schools in the city proper
and in the suburban districts have been very small. So
long as we are obliged to support such schools as those at
Mosquito Pond, Webster's Mills, and Stark District,
paying full salaries for the instruction of from five to
twelve scholars, the average cost will necessarily be high.
The total cost of public instruction in this city for the
last year, including salaries of superintendent, committee,
and truant officer, was f 54,125. 12. The city has received
its share of the state literary fund, amounting to $1,870.50,
and in tuition fees from non-resident pupils, ^-296.80. De-
ducting this from the total expenses, we have 8')1,957.82,
as the net amount paid by the city for the support of the
schools. This is two and eight-tenths mills upon each dol-
lar of the assessed valuation. The average cost in one
hundred and fifty-six cities and towns in the United States
having seven thousand five hundred inhabitants and up-
wards, as shown by the last report of the Commissioner of
Education at Washington, is six and four-tenths mills.
It has repeatedly been shown that the public-school ex-
penses of Manchester are low, andhave not increased with
the growth of our population and the increase in cost of
other departments of the city. Our teachers' salaries are
lower, and our incidental expenses are less, than in most
towns of the same population. The tax-payer who is dis-
posed to charge the schools with extravagance should be
reminded of these facts. It should be remembered, also, to
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what extent the public-school tax is reduced on account of
the large number of scholars in private schools. If all the
children of the city were instructed at the public expense,
as they have an undoubted right to be, the city would be
obliged to hire fifty new teacliers, build twelve new school-
houses of four rooms each, at an expense of at least one
hundred thousand dollars, and pay an increase of twenty-
five thousand dollars in the annual running expenses of
the schools.
The board have contemplated certain measures for the
new year which might increase the expenses of the schools
to the extent of one thousand dollars to fifteen hundred
dollars. A new teacher is imperatively needed in the High
School. Since the cutting off of an hour's time each day,
it is impossible for the present corps of teachers to give
thorough instruction in the time permitted for recitations.
Even before the reduction in time, a great defect in the
High School was lack of thoroughness, arising from tlie
same cause.
The increase of appropriation for 1882, asked for by the
committee to cover the increase of salaries and the pay of
new teachers, is no more than the balance now on hand.
The committee believe the recommendations they have
made for the coming year to be necessary for the efficiency
of the schools. They know the })eople desire the schools
to be kept at the highest standard of usefulness, and will
favor liberal appropriations for that purpose. At the
annual election of teachers, the board voted a slight
INCREASE IN THE SALARIES
of all teachers except the following: the sub-master and
first assistant at the High School, first assistants in gram-
mar schools, the teacher at Goffe's Falls, and the special
teachers in music and drawing.
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This increase restores the salaries to about the same
rates as paid before tlie reduction in 1877. They were cut
down then because times were hard and the cost of living
low. A reversal of these conditions is a valid reason for
the increase. There are always men in the community
who begrudge the teacher his wages. The school-grum-
bler, like the school-master, is always ''abroad." He figures
how much teachers get per hour and minute, until the habit
becomes chronic. But with all his figuring he has never
explained how good teachers can be hired in his own town
for less wages than other towns are willing to pay ; nor has
he ever shown why teachers, whom he acknowledges ought
to be as well prepared for their work as thejawyer or physi-
cian for theirs, must grow in usefulness and strive to excel,
and yet not expect the reward given to success in other
callings. Wisdom never grows old ; and the quaint words
written upon this subject by Roger Ascham, three hun-
dred years ago, though often used in illustration, will bear
repeating here. He said: —
"It is a pity, that commonly more care is had, yea, and
that among very wise men, to find out rather a cunning
man for their horse than a cunning man for their chil-
dren. They say nay in word, but they do so in deed : for
to one they will gladly give a stipend of two hundred
crowns by the year, and loth to offer the other two hundred
shillings. God that sitteth in Heaven, laugheth their choice
to scorn, and rewardeth their liberality as it should: for he
suffereth them to have tame and well ordered horses, but
wild and unfortunate children, and, therefore, in the end
they find more pleasure in their horse than comfort in
their children."
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In the year just ended, several educational
MEASURES OF GENERAL INTEREST
were adopted, both in the State and city. Perhaps the
most important of these was the amendment to the state
law, regulating tlie employment of children, which went
into effect January 1, 1882. All. children of school age
are now placed in four classes : First, those under ten years
of age, who cannot be employed at all in any manufactur-
ing establishment ; second, those between ten and twelve,
who may work in vacations only, and must attend school
the whole time it is kept in the town where they live;
third, those between twelve and fourteen, who may work
six months, and must attend school six months; fourth,
those between fourteen and sixteen, who may work nine
months, and must attend school three months. In addi-
tion, every child under sixteen must now be able to read
and write before obtaining employment, except in vaca-
tions. . This intelligence test is a new feature in educational
laws. New Hampshire being the second State in the Union
to adopt it. The plain intent of the amendment is to apply
some test of the practical value of the three months' or six
months' schooling required by the other provisions of the
law. In its spirit the law is no less wise than bold and
progressive. If it were enforced, illiteracy would be ex-
tinguished in our manufacturing towns. It has serious
defects, however. . It fails to say that the reading and writ-
ing shall be in the English language.
Our Fiench fellow-citizens insist that such an interpretation
will work hardship to them by denying employment to their
children who cannot speak English, although proficient in
their own tongue. While the Board has interpreted the
law to mean the English language, it is not supposed that
it intends to deny employment to children who have had
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no opportunity to learn the language. It would be absurd
to apply the test unless the child had attended a reasonal)le
time in some school where English was taught. Children
who are so near the age of sixteen as to leave no time for
learning English ought to be exempted. The French
children are very quick, and in the public schools have
usually learned to read and write English in a few months'
time. Unless English was intended, the enactment of the
law was unnecessary, because all children would learn to
read and write that language if permitted to do so. And
here arises another and more important consideration.
The French people have established schools of their own.
Naturally they wish to teach the French language. If the
test of intelligence is to be in English, these schools will
not answer the demand of the law. Is not this the real
point at issue ? Will it not have to be determined whether
a school teaching French or any other foreign language
exclusively, is a '' private or public school" in the meanmg
of the law ?
The statute requires attendance " in a school where m-
struction is given by a teacher competent to instruct in the
branches taught in common schools." It would be a palpa-
ble violation of the spirit, if not the letter, of our school
laws, to teach a foreign language exclusively in a public
school ; and when a system of private schools assumes the
functions of the public schools, the same rule ought to ap-
ply. This Board gives one broad interpretation to this and
to all our school laws, namely : that their- object is to place
the children of all nationalities upon the same footing ; to
break down all barriers between them ; to help them to un-
derstand each other and the institutions and laws under
which they live. In securing this great end there need be
no misunderstandings. The subject has been referred to a
special committee of this Board, who doubtless will report
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a plan by which the law may be enforced without hardship,
and still accomplish the desired good.
It would be better if the laws were so amended that all
children between the ages of twelve and sixteen were re-
garded as one class and allowed to work half the time, and
then, on attaining the age of sixteen, be required to pass
the test of readiuo: and writiiiff.
The school reports of previous years have devoted much
space to the matter of
TRUANCY.
At the beginning of the year the subject still forced itself
tipon the attention of the Board. The number of scholars
growing up without schooling was rapidly increasing, and
the task of enforcing attendance becoming more difficult.
Twenty years ago, our people, with rare exceptions, gladly
sent their children to school, and compulsory laws were
unknown and unnecessary. Occasionally a scholar played
truant. AVhen the efforts of teacher and parents failed to
keep him in school, he became a truant under the law, and
as a last resort was arrested for the offense. Truancy of
this kind was a criminal matter, and its management be-
longed to the police department. With the changes in our
population, the matter has put on an aspect entirely new.
Truancy per se has not increased, absenteeism has. Hun-
dreds of parents among us are entirely indifferent to the
education of their children. The child who is out of school
because his paients do not or will not send him, is not a
criminal. If he becomes a vagrant, or is kept at work
without schooling, the parent or employer is the offender,
and is amenable to the law. It is better to go after the
child kindly than to coerce ; better to persuade than to
fine the parent. The right dealing with absenteeism has
become a purely educational question. For this reason the
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help of the police department is no longer necessary. The
management of the matter rightfully belongs to tlie scliool
authorities. Acting upon tliis view, after repeated failure
of other plans, the Board applied to the legislature for au-
thority to appoint a suitable officer and to define his duties.
An act was drafted, applying to this city only ; but so ap-
parent was the wisdom as well as the need of the proposed
change, that a general law was passed, giving all commit-
tees in the State the same powers.
This Board immediatel}' appointed Mr Samuel Brooks
as truant officer, and gave him charge of all matters relat-
ing to truancy. He is also authorized to issue certificates
for employment in the mills, and is required to see that all
employment laws are enfoiced. lie has shown great fitness
for the position. The following abstract from his daily re-
ports to the Superintendent, for the last four months,
shows what he has accomplished, so far as figures can ex-
plain the peculiar work of such an officer: —
Number of children found uj)on streets in school-
hours 446
Number of absentees i-eported by teachers . 262
Number of these reported voluntarily returned to
school . . . . . . .71
Number of these caused to attend school . . 176
Number placed in school not attending before . . 208
Number of children found in mills employed without
certificate . . . . • . .175
Number discharged from mills . . . . 201
Number temporarily confined in police station ... 6
Number visits to parents ..... 418
The issuing of certificates for employment of children in
the mills, and attending to their discharge, will require a
large portion of the officer's time, in vacations as well as iu
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school-time. It is gratifying to the friends of education,
that the city has at last provided for a just and successful
dealing with the matter of truancy. To doubt the expe-
diency of continually employing a truant officer in a manu-
facturing city of thirty-five thousand inhabitants, would
indicate ignorance of the facts of truancy, or indifference
to a great evil.
In August, the Board completed the revision of its rules
and the regulations for the public schools. Two changes
only are of interest to the public, — the
and a reduction of school hours.
All teachers hereafter chosen are to serve on trial for
twelve weeks, at least, before election. This is believed to
be the true way to obtain good teachers. Actual practice in
the school-room is the best test of competency. A competi-
tive examination reveals but little of the ability of the
candidate. Within the past year, a teacher who ranked
highest in such an examination has proved a failure ; and
one who was lowest in the list is now one of the best pri-
mary-school teachers in the city. The choosing of good
teachers is beset with all the difficulties of the civil-service
reform. The absurdity of relying upon a competitive
examination alone is apparent in both. When an examina-
tion has shown that an applicant knows as much of the
branches to be taught as the pupil is expected to learn,
an actual trial in the school-room may be trusted to tell the
rest. This has been illustrated in our Training School.
Teachers" have been examined before and after serving in
that school. These examinations showed scholarship, and
nothing else. The real test of ability to teach was in the
school-room.
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The rule providing for semi-annual examinations in
March and November will be of interest to those desiring
to teach in our city.
By vote of the Board in April, the
SCHOOL TIME WAS REDUCED
from six hours to five hours in the middle and grammar
schools, and, by the adoption of tlie new rules in June, the
same reduction was made in the High School. The hour
taken from the school time each day amounts to a week
and a half in a year. According to the present schedule,
the schools will be in session about thirty-seven weeks of
twenty-five hours each. In the last five years, there has
been a reduction of school time in this city, in hours and
number of weeks, amounting to four and one-half weeks.
The average actual time now given to study and recitation
is four hours and twenty minutes each day.
While referring to this subject, we note the interesting
historical fact that, one hundred years ago, a school was
kept in Manchester (then Derryfield), the same numl)er of
weeks as in 1881. The first school vote recorded in Decem-
ber, 1781, was as follows : " Voted, that the town hire a
schoolmaster nine months this year coming."
HEALTH OP PUPILS.
So far as hours affect the health of pupils, the reduction
will be a great gain, if our teachers do not attempt to do in
five hours what was done in six. Five hours of worry over
hard lessons and harassing recitations are worse than six
hours of natural study. The health of pupils suffers as
much from incompetency of teachers in this respect, as from
any other cause. The success of the celebrated Quincy
schools is due to the fact that their methods are natural.
A visit to the schools there, finds the children more active,
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and apparently more stimulated, than the pupils of ordinary
schools ; but there is an entire absence of fret and anxiety.
The children are completely interested in their lessons, be-
cause the teacher teaches^ and does not drive them to im-
possible tasks. They go out from the school happy and
unburdened, to enter into their play with zest, and to sleep
well at night. The Quincy system is simply a discovery of
some of the principles of mental development established by
the Almighty when He made the human mind, but which
have been hid from wise and prudent committees and
teachers, and revealed unto babes.
The responsibility of the School Committee for the health
of pupils is summed up in three things, — well ventilated
school-rooms, a reasonable course of study, and co'mpetent
teachers. Over against these, are exercise, food, dress, and
sleep, to say nothing of companionships, amusements, and
reading, each tenfold more potent than the school for or
against health, and all depending upon the good sense of
parents or guardians. Reduce scliool-hours to the mini-
mum, and the majority of the children of large cities would
still lack bodily vigor. Boys and girls bred in the country,
accustomed to the open air and trained to labor, have
always been coming down from the hills and carrying off
ihQ prizes of the city, and probably will continue to do so.
It has been said that "the great city is the grave of the
physique of the race." With equal truth it might be said
that the grave is prepared during school life ; not because
of too much study, but by the neglect of physical training,
both in and out of school.
Upon the plea of injury to health, the practice of sending
to the parents upon a card a record of scholarship and de-
portment was discontinued at the end of the summer term.
It was charged that the use of these cards produced a hurt-
ful stimulus among the pupils, by comparison of their
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relative standing in the different classes. At the request of
many parents the plan has been restored. It was to be ex-
pected that parents who took an interest in the schools
would reluctantly give up a plan by which they were kept
constantly informed of the regular attendance jind progress
of their children. A healthy rivalry among scholars is
always desirable. Emulation is the main-spring of all suc-
cess in life. Without it teachers would accomplish little.
Still it is a dangerous thing in the hands of some of our
teachers. A modified form of card will be adopted, in-
tended to avoid danger hereafter, from a system which can
do no harm except when improperly used.
In this connection we refer to a kind of emulation that
has l)een introduced into the schools of France and other
foreign countries, called the
SCHOOL SAVINGS BANK.
The children are encouraged to save money. The teach-
ers receive the penny savings of the scholars to a certain
amount, which is then deposited in the town savings bank.
This is a species of " cramming " which ought to commend
itself to tbe Yankee people, unless they have lost their tra-
ditional love of money. The encouragement to save natu-
rally stimulates to earn, and this plan is probably the best
yet devised to secure habits of industry and economy
among the children of cities. It has never been tried in
America, but there seems to be no reason why it should
not succeed.
NEW TRAINING SCHOOL.
The reorganization of the Training School, which the
Board has just adopted, is a measure of the highest im-
portance to the future welfare of our schools. The new
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plan provides for the training of teachers for all grades
below the high school. All teachers admitted will be re-
quired to take a course of study in methods of teaching.
The old Training School was a practice school only. Nine-
tenths of those admitted were graduates of our High School.
They have become teachers without any special study.
They have copied what they saw in the Training School,
good or bad. Such training is evidently very imperfect.
The new school is expected to give thorough training in
study and practice. It will furnish a home normal school
for the young women of our city who desire to teach, and
the city will have a home supply of teachers equal to the
best. The old Training School did an admiral)le work.
It was narrow in scope and imperfect in methods, yet
nothing connected with our school system has yielded
more profitable and practical results. While the Board
hope that the new school may be of still greater service to
the city, they do not disparage the work of Miss Bunton
and her associate teachers. They did not attempt, nor
were they required, to give normal instruction. They have
accomplished all that was demanded of them, and their
services deserve a grateful recognition.
That would be an incomplete record which only recited
the results of a single year, and took no note of the far-
reaching and lasting
RESULTS OF EDUCATION.
Education means more tlian statistics can reveal. The
late President 'Garfield, speaking out of his own great
knowledge of education, said that its three great objects
were ^' conscience, intelligence, and patriotism." He put
conscience first, and thoughtful men know that he was
right. Book intelligence has been exalted until arithmetic
stands for honesty, and smartness for honor. The times
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call for education in practical manliness, — manliness that
includes industry, honesty, temperance, purity, and rever-
ence. There are parents who are asking why it is that
boys come out of the schools with no taste for a literature
better than a dime novel, no aspirations above a cigar or a
pistol ; no disposition to earn their own living ; no ambi-
tion to make tlie most of tliemj-elves in life. What price,
it is asked, would be too great to pay for teachers to whom
they can trust their children to be made manly as well as
learned. In our school system the teacher is becoming
more and more a power to give the child " conscience, in-
telligence, and patriotism." By the time school life is
ended it is generally forever settled whether the coming
manhood shall be noble and aspiring, or degenerate and
worthless. The stream cannot rise above its fountain.
The school-boy will have his model in the •teacher ; the
character of the teacher depends upon the standard set by
the men who choose him, and they are the choice of the
people. The history of our city records an unfailing inter-
est in our schools. Let us hope it will continue unabated.
May their interests always be intrusted to citizens compe-
tent and willing to give to public education the attention
which its importance demands.
MARSHALL P. HALL,
For the School Committee.
Manchester, Dec. 31, 1881.
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
To the School Committee of Manchester^ —
Gentlemen: — In accordance with your rules, requiring
an annual report from the Superintendent of Public Instruc-
tion, I herewith respectfully submit the following as my
fifth report, the same being for the year 1881, and the
twenty-sixth of its series : —
GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS.
The general condition of the schools cannot be truth-
fully said to be greatly different from that of a year ago.
Whatever of progress has been made is chiefly the result
of that healthy growth which comes from a faithful dis-
charge of daily duties, well performed, by those most di-
rectly connected with the schools ; and the number of our
teachers who have contributed to such a result is sufficiently
large to warrant the belief that there has been some prog-
ress, an attainment of some higher standard for the schools
as a whole. An advanced standard in a few schools has,
indeed, been quite perceptible : and an observance of the
study, patience, and perseverance which have brought about
the improved condition of certain schools has afforded me
the greatest pleasure of the year. It is difficult to discuss
the character of schools apart from their teachers ; for the
saying is as true as trite, that '• as is the teacher so is the
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school." So it comes to pass tliat Manchester has excellent
and good schools, chiefly because she has excellent and
good teachers ; likewise, not to put it too harshly, she has
some quite ordinary schools, because she has some quite
ordinary teachers.
Comparisons of the fitness of teachers, by casual observ-
ers, are frequently quite unjust. It very often happens that
a sort of brusqueness in a teacher's ways is mistaken for
smartiiess, thai tact in management is mistaken for faculty
to teach, and that necessary delay to correct the errors and
make up the deficiencies of a predecessor is mistakenly re-
garded as a failure properly to advance. It does not
follow because a teacher has grown somewhat old in
the service, that such a one is therefore necessarily more
antiquated in methods of teaching, is more largely lacking
a knowledge of human nature and the operations of
the mind, or is less likely to exercise a fair degree of
judgment in the management of a school, than a younger
person who lias a better, perhaps because a later, training.
General rules have their exceptions in this matter, as well
as in others ; and I think that by the work performed and
the results attained, thoroughly known and understood,
should individual teachers alone be judged. Nor in a
graded system of schools like ours can the work of a
teacher always be iiituitively understood. It is not infre.
quently a matter for investigation, ii' one would know it-
The real results are not always apparent, nor are the ap-
parent ones always real. In one building the momentum
given a class by one or two uncommonly strong teachers
may carry that class through the next grade commendably
well ; indeed, so that, though the teacher of that grade be
weak, the class, when compared with otliers of the same
grade, does not for the time appear to suffer. Yet in an-
other building a really strong teacher in the same grade as
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that of the weak teacher, to whom reference has just been
made, may appear to be the inferior, because it is not seen
that such a one is embarrassed by tlie short-comino^s of,
it may be, one, two, or three predecessors. Hence in a
graded system of schools, where the work of a teaclier is
largely affected, in most instances, by the work of one or
more predecessors, it is frequently necessary, in order to
understand the real efficiency of the teacher, that the non-
professional observer should critically note the work of that
teacher for several terms ; and that, too, in connection with
an observance of the work done b^ predecessors, and an
attainment of a knowledoe of the material of which the
several classes may. in the meantime, be composed. It is
not designed to intimate, however, that the ordinary ob-
server may not very soon distinguish between a decidedly
good and a decidedly poor teacher: but wlien a teacher is
expected to accomplish a certain amount of work in a speci-
fied time, and is held accountable for the result of that
work, then it is important that he who would judge of that
work and its results should know whetlier or not the teacher
concerned has first to make up the deficiencies of one or
more weak teachers.
In general, it may be said that teachers belong to one of
two classes, — some to the class of those who attain so much
of the semblance of the true teacher that they go through
a certain routine, best characterized as an order of exer-
cises, which seems to be thought necessary during five
hours a day, with but little apparent thouglit of the rela-
tion the work of one day has to that of another, or of the
relation the training of their pupils has to the work of life ;
others, earnest souls in whatever they undertake, belong to
the class of those who so thoroughly devote themselves to
an attempt to do their whole duty that they are soon in love
with the work for its own sake, finding that they are delving
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in mines of unsurpassed richness and excellence, which
are limited only by the possibilities of the human mind.
In the former class, we find those teachers who feel that
they are but a wheel in the great machinery of our schools,
and that simple weakness upon their part will not work
greater injury than to throw the strain upon another. In
the latter class, save the very few who are born to teach,
we find our good teachers, those who recognize no ma-
chinery, who act as though they personally expected to be
held accountable for the character of the training of the
children under their charge. These two classes also have
their exceptions. The former contains an occasional par-
tial success ; and the latter, an occasional partial or com-
plete failure. The teacher whose chief thought is in other
directions than that of school, may yet while about the work
of the school-room exhibit so much of tact and judgment
in conducting the work of a school as to blind the super-
ficial observer to the teacher's neglect properly to prepare,
his daily work, and to his consequent defects in methods of
instruction ; while, on the other hand, one whose heart is
enthusiastically in the work may have so little tact, judg-
ment, and power to impress, or control, that most excellent
aspirations and fine abilities to instruct prove com[)ar-
atively worthless in such a one for the office of teacher.
It therefore requires more than an ordinary knowledge of
the characteristics of the true teacher always to enable one
justly to discriminate between those teachers who are ap-
parently good and those who are really so ; and tliis is
especially true, for reasons already given, in attempting to
pass judgment upon teachers working in a graded system
of schools.
From these considerations, I am led to point out two
ways in which I think the real merits of individual teachers
might be so palpably evident that there could be scarcely
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two opinions in regard to their usefulness. The first of
these ways is not, in some other places, any longer an ex-
periment, but a successful experience. I refer to what is
known as the " departmental system " of instruction. This
system is based upon the modern idea of a division of la-
bor for the purpose of securing more perfect results in its
several departments. My grandfather, though professedly
a farmer, constructed his own carts and sleds, made his own
barrels, and shod both his horse and' his family. The mod-
ern farmer has better carts, sleds, barrels, and shoes, be-
cause they are made by specialists. Departmental instruc-
tion is the work of a specialist. It consists in requiring a
teacher to devote himself to the work of giving instruction
in some one subject, or kindred subjects, as, for example,
in reading ; while another teacher instructs the classes in
arithmetic, another in penmanship and drawing, another in
grammar, and so on to the end of the list of studies re-
quired to be taught in a given school. This system of in-
struction's in vogue in our High School, as well as in most
other schools designed to furnish secondary instruction ;
and I do not see why the plan would not be advantageous
to a well organized grammar school, properly officered. At
any rate, it would so locate individual responsibility among
teachers that any part not well performed could be unmis-
takably charged to the account of the proper delinquent.
As, however, the departmental system of instruction is not
advocated by leading educators for schools of lowest grade,
I will proceed to unfold my second plan for making appar-
ent to all concerned the comparative, if not renl, merits of
individual teachers in a system of graded schools. Neither
is this second plan original with myself; but for the 'want
of a name, I will characterize it as the '' consecutive sys-
tem," since it consists of a teacher's following up the work
of classes for two or more years. To apply the consecutive
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system to those of our schools below the high-school
grade, I should advise that primary teachers accompany
classes through the work of tlie first three years, that mid-
dle-school teachers accompany classes through the work of
the two years assigned the two middle-school grades, and
that the lady assistants in the grammar schools accompany
classes through the work of the first three years in the
grammar-school grades. I would make the divisions in
this way, because I presume that our teachers, in general,
are in those grades, classed as primary, middle, and gram-
mar, for whicli they have most taste by reason of the na-
ture of the studies in the respective grades, or by reason of
the age of the children thus represented. Under such an
arrangement a pupil would have but four different teachers,
including the master of the grammar school, before he
should be ready for the high school; while under our
present arrangement the pupil has no less than eight differ-
ent teachers before completing the grammar-school course.
Now I think it should be evident to every one that there is
more or less loss of time and teaching power involved in
every change a teacher experiences in the reception of new
classes, for of necessity it takes several weeks, often months,
for a teacher to acquire a fall knowledge of all the individ-
ual peculiarities of a class of fifteen or twenty pupils ; and
it is only when a full and free acquaintance is mutually es-
tablished between the teacher and the pupil that both can
work to greatest advantage. Then, too, the teacher, aware
that she is to have charge of the same classes for two or
three years, and will have the privilege of directing their
work through the whole of one of the three distinctive
periods into which our elementary schools are divided, the
teacher, I say, under these circumstances will attain a more
comprehensive view of the science of teaching, for she will
more fullv realize the relation of the work through several
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classes; and, as often as over the ground, slie will apply
her art with increased effect. Moreover, the satisfaction the
true teacher would experience in witnessing for so long a
period the development and growth of her pupils should, I
think, make her desirous of embracing the opportunity to
try the experiment ; and any teachers who may feel they
aj-e not fully appreciated, as well as those who are conscious
of their powers, if afforded a chance to test the '•' consecu-
tive system" of instruction, would have an opportunity to
show what tliey could do under favorable circumstances.
At this point I shall make the two following recommen-
dations : First, that pupils be transferred from one room to
another but once a y( ar, in accordance with the plan and
for the reasons which were suggested in my annual report
last year, the time of transfer being at the opening of the
fall term, and the chief reasons, that the rooms of the mas-
ters of the grammar schools may be filled throughout the
year, and that there may be relief for the crowded condition
of the lowest-gi-ade primary schools during the fall term ;
second, I recommend, for the purpose of infusing more inter-
est into the schools, and for the sake of affording the com-
mittee an opportunity to observe the merits of the different
systems of instruction, that the departmental system of in-
struction and the consecutive system be both introduced into
the schools during the coming year. I do not advise a whole-
sale introduction of either of these systems of instruction
at once ; but I think that both, one in each school, might
be successfully tried in two of our large grammar schools.
One of these schools, I believe, is quite favorably organized
for the introduction of the departmental system of instruc-
tion, and one of fhe others is equally well adapted to the
introduction of the consecutive system. The consecutive
system might also be tried in one or two other schools of
lower grade, under the direction of the committee on
studies, and at their discretion.
Before passing from these general considerations, it may
he well to add, that within the past year there has been
placed in the schools a revised course of study, which con-
templates rational or "natural" methods of instruction ;
and this course has been supplemented by aids for object
illustration in the shape of material for practice, wliere
needed, to show the significance of linear, dry, and liquid
measures. Blocks for illustrating numerical combinations
have also been furnished teachers of lowest primary grade,
and the lower grades have been supplied with considerable
fresh matter for supplementary reading. Teachers in gen-
eral have had a limited supply of Swett's and of Sheldon's
manuals, designed especially for the aid of teachers;
models for drawing geometrical forms from objects have
l)eeii placed in the more advanced grades, and drawing
manuals in the lower grades ; and Prang's Natural History
series, and liis plates for illustrating the trades and occupa-
tions, have been placed in the middle schools. The revised
course of study, thus supplemented hy aids in teaching, has
been worked more or less successfully in proportion to the
degree in which teachers have comprehended its scope, and
exhibited geuius and effort to carry out its requirements.
In these respects there has been considerable difference, as
might be expected ; but it may be said that some have
made much progress, and that some others appear to have
been laying foundations which, if perseveringly built upon,
should also improve other of the lower-grade schools, — the
grades for which the changes made in the course were de-
signed chiefly to affect.
There is still opportunity for much further progress in
many of them ; and I think a great good could easily be
accomplished by affording those teachers who wish to study
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the better methods of teaching certain subjects an oppor-
tunity to witness the better class of work done in our
schools, and, when desired, in other places. This would
be one of the best ways of assisting those who most need,
and who should therefore most wish, to improve. The
arrangement could be readily effected by allowing teachers
who would avail themselves of such opportunities for im-
provement leave of absence for that purpose, without reduc-
tion of salary. This could be done, and their schools con-
tinued, without expense to the city, because competent
sub-teachers could be furnished from the Training School
to supply the schools vacated ; and an advantage would
also thus accrue to such sub-teachers, by affording them
occasional practice in assuming the entire charge of a
school.
In this connection I would also recommend that the city
furnish substitutes for schools when teachers visit other
schools, as at present allowed to do under the school regu-
lations. My reason for this recommendation is, that by
closing the schools upon such occasions, there are about a
dozen days during each term, or more than seven weeks in
the year, when the efforts of the truant officer are largely
nullified. Upon such days many pupils inclined to truancy
ascertain, through acquaintances in the school to be closed
for a day, when the pupils of that school are to be dis-
missed, and they tlien take occasion to absent themselves
from their own schools; but, when confronted upon the
streets by the officer, they boldly claim to be members of
the school which is dismissed, nor is it possible for him to
determine to the contrary before such pupils would again
voluntarily be in school. Substitutes could also be supplied
from the Training School for this purpose, without expense
to the city, by properly specifying the conditions of entrance
upon that school.
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THE TRAINING SCHOOL.
In my report a year ago I gave a very full history of
what has been our Training School ; and from the records
it now appears that there have been one hundred and fif-
teen different members of that school, that fifty-four of
these completed the required term of service and received
certificates accordingly, and that forty- four of our present
corps of lady teachers were once enrolled as members of
the Training School. This school has also supplied the
city with efficient substitutes for several years, and for this
service alone it has returned a full -equivalent for what
little extra expense it has cost our citizens. The school,
since its organization, has been under the chief manage-
ment of Miss Nancy S. Bunton as principal ; and I think
that she is entitled to much credit for a faithful perform-
ance of what has been required of her, and that for
long and efficient service she is entitled to favorable con-
sideration.
It is now proposed to transfer the department for the
training ot teachers to the Franklin-street School, where
its field for practice may be extended to the grammar
grades ; and, at the same time, it is designed to enlarge
the sphere of this department and make it more like those
professional schools which other cities have found to be of
great utility, as being both the best and the most econom-
ical means of supplying the public schools of a city with
the better grade of teachers, by affording citizen pupils an
opportunity properly to prepare themselves at home for
efficient work in the schools. Since the training depart-
ment is, therefore, to be devoted exclusively to a study of
the science oi teaching and to a practice of its art, I recom-
mend that examinations for admission to the school shall in
future be sufficiently exhaustive, in mere matter of common-
school subjects, to warrant, if such examinations are
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satisfactorily passed, the granting of certificates to teach ;
then, when any are needed to do substitute work for teach-
ers who may be allowed to visit schools for official improve-
ment, or as now allowed to do under the rules, the sub-
teachers in tlie Training School could be employed for
the purpose, and, while they would thus be making
the city some return for their instruction, they would
at the same time have opportunity for occasional prac-
tice of that kind which would be useful in affording them
the entire charge of a school for the time being. Be-
sides, when through the Training School, they would
not again need to be subjected to au examination in
matter ; nor, if their training-school work should be closely
observed, would they at the end of their course need to be
examined in methods, and thus one examination would
suffice where heretofore two have been required. More-
over, by this plan candidates would know, before giving
their time for training-school work, whether they could
obtain a certificate of qualification, and the committee
would know whether applicants for admission to the Train-
ing School had sufficient knowledge of matter to enable
them to enter upon the work of that school with advantage
to themselves and profit to the city.
teachers' examinations.
Your attention is next invited to the matter of teachers'
examinations. The form of such should, in my judgment,
be both written and oral ; written, in part, because exact-
ness of knowledge in some departments is essential, and
its attainment, or the lack of it, should be clearly discov-
ered ; oral, in part, that the disposition, temperament, gen-
eral information, culture, judgment, tact, and originality of
tlie candidate may be discovered, as far as possible, and
given due consideration. In the selection of a teacher it
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is as important that the general cliaractciistics of tlie
candidate should be taken into account, as that a precise
standard of scholarship should be required, though tl e
latter must be had to an extent sufficient to meet tlie needs
of the position to be filled. The necessary literary qualifi-
cations may be best ascertained by written tests, as well as
general notions in regard to the theory and practice of teacli.
ing; but the methods which an applicant would u>e in
teaching certain subjects can be best understood fiom an
oral interview. For teachers' situations in our elementary
schools it has been customary to examine candidates only
in the subjects taught in those grades; and, in making up
an account of the written results, to reckon the several
studies as of equal importance in estimating the avera<ie
of them all, from which average as a basis, certificates h;ive
usually been awarded. I beg leave to suggest that those
subjects which are chiefly matters of memory should not
be regarded as of the same importance as those of logic;
and that, in determining whether applicants should have
certificates, those studies which are taught in but few
grades should not have the same weight as those taught in
all. Under the custom of regarding all studies of equal
importance and allowing one hundred credits for each, it
appears that in the case of an applicant who in exami-
nation might attain 45 in arithmetic, 55 in grammar, 95 in
spelling, 80 in geography, and 75 in history, there would be
an average of 70, which, if taken as an iuflexil)le standard,
would entitle the candidate to a certificate ; and yet, in
such a case, with fair questions, no certificate should be
awarded, for there is evidence of the applicant's beii g
lamentably weak in two of the most important branches
taught in the schools. Such apparent weakness, u{)on fur-
ther investigation found to be real, should de[)rive the
applicant of a certificate, even though such weakness had
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existed in but one study of so great importance. Now at
this same examination another candidate might attain the
following: 75 in arithmetic, 70 in grammar, 70 in spelling,
75 in geography, and 60 in history, which would likewise
afford an average of 70 ; and, in this instance, so far as
the written results should determine the matter, it would
seem that a certificate might be granted. The averages
are the same in either case ; but in the former, as manifest
from the credits in spelling, geography, and history, there
is presumptive evidence of a good memory. In the latter
case, from the credits as a whole, there is testimony of a
fair memory; and, from the credits in arithmetic and
grammar, there is evidence of general discipline and good
reasoning faculties. So I am led to say, as I have for sx)me
time thought, that in a matter of this kind it would be better
to make no general average ; but best for the examiners to
pass separately upon the results of the individual members
in the list of those examined, from an inspection of the
standing in each subject with reference to its importance
and also from those standings regarded in a general way as
a whole ; and thus award to the several applicants the cer-
tificates to which they are justly entitled, so far as those
certificates are to be granted upon the results of the writ-
ten work alone. I might here add, for the information of
the general committee, that this is what was practically
done by the committee on examination of teachers, in
passing upon the candidates recently examined. No basis
of percentage was inflexibly fixed, from which to award
certificates, and I believe that all were fairly treated and
received all that could be justly claimed.
ADMISSIONS TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.
Conclusions of the kind just enunciated have been con-
firmed from the experience of the past five years in deter-
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mining admissions to the High School. It was found, during
the first and second years, that some pupils admitted to the
High School upon what was thought to be a sufficiently
high average could do comparatively nothing with the High-
School studies. By a reexamination of the grammar-school
percentages, it was found that in such instances the high
average had been attained in consequence of high standing
in the memory studies, notwithstanding there was great
weakness in those studies which call for a larger exercise of
the reasoning faculties. Since then, by exercising more
care in the inspection of a pupil's standing in individual
studies, there has been an improvement in the material of
the classes afforded the High School. Nevertheless, it is
thought proper to add that it has not been considered just
to exclude from the High School those who for constitu-
tional reasons have not been able to attain a high standard
in arithmetic or grammar, as such might reap many advan-
tages from some lines of study in the High School ; and
that only those deficient chiefly through their own neglect
have been asked to remain in the grammar school an extra
year.
During the years of my superintendency I have furnished
nearly all the examination questions that have been used
in the first divisions of the grammar schools. Consequently
the questions have been uniform, and the results have been
marked from a uniform scale arranged for each set by my-
self. From an average of some ten or a dozen such exami-
nations, with several different classes, in each of the studies
there taught, I think it may be safely assumed that the
strength in teaching power as exhibited in those divisions
is now pretty well understood ; and I therefore recom-
mend, for the purpose of affording the superintendent
more time for doing other work which in his judgment
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would be of greater usefulness to the schools as a whole,
that he may be excused from preparing regular examina-
tions for the first divisions, and that pupils in future may
be admitted to the High School from the grammar, and
such receive their diplomas of graduation, upon the recom-
mendations of the grammar masters, such action, however,
not debarring first-division pupils who may feel aggrieved
at the master's decision from taking a final examination
from the superintendent, who shall report the results to the
proper committee. Of all persons, the master of a gram-
mar school, who has the direct charge of its highest-grade
pupils for a year, should best know who of them are properly
fitted for the High School ; and I believe a knowledge of the
fact that those whom he might recommend would be ad-
mitted without further question would have a most excel-
lent effect upon his entire school. Besides, the master has
no motive for recommending any who may not have prop-
erly completed the work of the grammar school. He cer-
tainly would not want inefficient pupils, admitted to the
High School upon his recommendation, there prove his
incapacity to judge of their fitness for its higher work.
Students are admitted at Dartmouth from our High .^'chool
upon the recommendation of the master. For the same
reasons, why should not the pupils recommended by the
masters of our grammar schools be admitted to the High,
and thus save, so far as possible, the more worthy pupils the
strain of special examinations ': First-division pupils not
intending to enter the High School, who cannot be recom-
mended by the master to be as good scholars as those
recommended for the High School, should be required to
pass satisfactory final examinations before being granted
diplomas of grammar-school graduation.
163
REPORTS.
From the action of the committee within the past year,
it is evident there are decided differences of opinion in
regard to the advisability of pupils' being regularly furnished
with reports of their work for the inspection of parents.
Some contend that parents should have such informa-
tion, and that as a whole there is more of good than evil
resulting from the use of the reports ; while others con-
sider that the stress put upon slight differences in the
percentages attained is provocative of jealousies and anxie-
ties among pupils, that are unnecessary and pernicious. I
therefore think that by the use of letters upon the form of
report used, the desired information in regard to the de-
portment and scholarship standing of pupils can be as well
indicated, and slight differences in percentages be thus ig-
nored. The school records can be kept from a knowledge of
the pupils, as they have been for the past few months, and in
transferring to the pupil's report the significance of his per-
centages, letters can be used as follows : X, for extra ; E,
for excellent ; G, for good : F, for fair ; I, for indifferent ;
P, for poor ; and FF. lor different degrees of failure Since
you have lately decided that the reports shall be issued, I
recommend that you make clear whether the results to be
reported shall be derived from w^ritten examinations or
daily recitations, or both, or whether it shall be optional
with teachers to do as they please in the matter.
SCHOOL ORGANIZATION.
In my first annual report I recommended that our schools
be known by some other name than by that of the street
upon which they happen to be located, and I then suggested
historic names ; but large donations to our city library and
164
generous gifts to our High School by one of our leading
citizens, who has also somewhat distinguished himself in a
literary way, remind me that in other cities schools are
named in honor of their prominent citizens ; and that, as
there is a large school in the immediate vicinity of tlie
residence of the gentleman to whom reference has been
made, Manchester might in this way give public recog-
nition of her appreciation of those who honor her public
institutions.
There is also another improvement which I would recom-
mend in the published form of our organization, and that
is, to publish under one head the names of all teachers in
the same building, with an indication of the grade of
school taught by each.
CONCLUSION.
Though the true province of the report of a superintend-
ent is to afford the committee information in regard to
the schools and to make such recommendations for their
welfare as he may deem beneficial, it is understood that
such oJScials frequently take occasion, at the opportunity
offered in an annual report, indirectly to convey to the pub-
lic their opinions in regard to some of the great educational
topics of the day ; but as opinions of that kind would reach
a larger constituency through the public press, I will for
once, at least, refrain from assuming that the tax-payers
are willing to pay for the publication of opinions with which
they might not altogether agree ; and, in conclusion, 1 ex-
tend to our citizens in general, and to parents in particu-
lar, another cordial invitation to visit tiie public schools,
that they may there see, in a way that will enable them to
know, whether those schools are properly supplementing the
work of the family, and enable them better to understand
165
how to give the schools such cooperation as will enable
them best to enhance the welfare of the children under
their charge.
Respectfully submitted.
WM. E. BUCK, Superintendent.
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TABLE SHOWING THE ATTENDANCE AT THE VARIOUS SCHOOLS FOR
THE YEAR 1^81.
Schools.
High School
Franklin-Street Grammar School.
Lincoln-Street Grammar School..
Ash-Street Grammar School
Spring-Street Grammar School
Piscataquog Grammar School
Amoskeag Grammar School
Totals .
Middle School No. 1.
u 2.
" " 3.
" " " 4.
" " <' 5.
« " '< 6.
« .< <. j^_
t< « « 9
" u U iQ
" " " 11.
Training Department.
Primary School No. 1.
Bakersville.
Training Department.
Totals
• ot
' 10
' n
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20 . .
21, Discontinued.
22
23
24
25
26
27t ;
28..-
29
30
6 .
o t-
253
244
322
286
111
149
52
90
(;4
70
71
53
89
82
58
78
61
80
120
94
95
'78
74
93
90
87
84
80
145
108
89
87
87
113
93
67
125
68
91
77
98
84
64
77
79
104
92
86
81
173
Whole No
Belonging.*
Boys.
GlELS.
90
100
96
41
46
19
397
26
29
20
31
23
33
33
19
33
17
29
55
348
45
24
37
26
36
40
22
36
29
55
56
40
41
28
24
21
27
64
24
46
37
53
60
36
39
30
48
39
31
38
84
1216
91
124
92
47
78
27
459
33
20
25
18
13
28
27
25
27
12
18
39
285
42
31
40
28
23
4«
35
38
30
38
48
36
27
30
28
25
19
52
174
146
176
170
62
74
36
604
42
45
42
41
32
46
43
34
39
28
36
59
487
46
36
40
41
40
44
50
41
42
42
50
41
45
47
49
36
40
39
46
37
39
38
48
38
37
44
38
37
47
1350
■ (13 "B
fcX)C
171
140
109
161
58
68
31
627
38
34
39
37
29
43
38
32
35
25
33
52
435
33
34
34
44
35
32
40
36
32
42
76
<srz
X 5J
Q
95.8
93.8
94.5
93.5
91.9
86.1
94.4
90.5
75.5
92.8
90.2
90 6
93.5
88.4
94.1
89.8
92.5
91.7
88.7
84.8
88.9
81.6
90.
90.8
88.6
90.
90.2
92.8
95.2
90.
91.3
92.6
91.1
93.6
87.7
88.8
90.
89.7
84.8
88.5
89.5
91.6
92.1
86.5
91.6
94.7
86.5
89.4
89.0
89.5
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TABLE SHOWING THE ATTENDANCE AT THE VARIOUS SCHOOLS FOR THE
YEAR ISSl, — Coniimied.
1
Whole No.
Belonging.*
ti
1*
n
<
•si
9 fri
Schools.
Boys.
GlELS.
II
Suburban School, District No
. 1
3
9
58
71
25
27
50
43
16
6
30
39
12
13
25
15
9
3
20
32
11
10
21
20
6
5
38
49
13
15
26
21
16
5
32
46
11
12
22
17
14
100.
84.2
(( (( (( "
4
94.5
5
6
84.6
80.
(( (( << "
7
84.6
<t i« << <<
8
9
80.9
85.
Totals
149
123
183
159
86.8
2200
2166
2035
1970
2858
2970
2602
2727
91.0
92.0
* Exclusive of those received, by promotion or transfer, from other schools in the city.
t In existence during the spring and fall terms only.
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, whicli accounts in part for th©
comparatively small portion of our population (35,000) in the public .schools.
LIST OF TEACHERS AND JANITORS,
HIGH SCHOOL, — BEECH STREET.
Principal. — Albert W. Bacheler.
Assistant. — G. I. Hopkins.
Lucretia E. Manahan.
Emma J. Ela.
Mary A. Buzzell.
TRAINING SCHOOL, — MERRIMACK STREET.
Higher Department.
Principal. — Nancy S. Bunton.
Assistant. — Mintie C. Edgerly.
Primary Department.
Principal. — Nellie M. James, one term.
E. Jennie Campbell, one term.
Ida J. Bartlett, one term.
Assistant. — Elvira S. Prior.
GRAMMAR SCHOOL, — FRANKLIN STREET.
Principal. — Edward P. Sherburne.
Assistant. — Clara G. Fogg.
Lottie R. Adams.
Carrie E. Reid.
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LINCOLN-STREET GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Principal. — Benjamiir F. Dame.
Assistant. — Julia A. Baker.
Mary J. Fife.
Isabelle R. Daniels.
Mary F. Barnes.
ASH-STREET GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Principal. — Daniel A. Cliiford.
Assistant. — Anstrice G. Flanders.
Rocilla M. Tuson.
Sarah J. Greene, two terras.
Annie A. Webster, one terra.
SPRINCx-STREET GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Mary L. Sleeper.
Anna 0. Heath.
PISCATAQUOG, — NORTH MAIN STREET.
Principal. — Frank S. Sutcliffe.
Assistant. — Mary A. Lear, two terras.
Cora M. Dearborn, one term.
Etta J. Carley.
AMOSKEAG.
MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
No. 1, Blodget Street. — Nellie I. Sanderson.
2, Ash Street. — Mary A. Smith.
3, Ash Street. — Bertha L. Dean.
4, Lincoln Street. — Anna J. Dana.
5, Lincoln Street. — Carrie M. Gilmore.
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No. 6, North Main Street. — Florence McEvoy.
7, Franklin Street. — Hattie G. Flanders.
8, Franklin Street. — C. Augustus Abbott.
9, Spring Street.- — Fannie D. Moulton.
10, Spring Street. — Lizzie P. Gove.
11, North Main Street- — Lizzie A. Burns.
PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
No. 1, Blodget Street. — Ella F. Salisbury.
2, Manchester Street. — Clara N. Brown.
3, Ash Street. — Georgianna Dow.
4, Ash Street. — Helen M. Morrill.
5, Lowell Street. — Florence L. Stone, two terms.
Ella F. Sanborn, one term.
6, Wilson Hill, — Abbie E. Abbott, two terms.
Nancy P. Flint, one term.
7, Lincoln Street. — Emma F. Beane..
8, Lowell Street. — Nellie B. Putnam.
9, Manchester Street. — Ida J. Bartlett, two terms.
Discontinued, fall term.
10, Manchester Street. ^- Nellie Pearson.
11, Franklin Street. — E. Jennie Campbell, one term.
Lenora C. Gilford, two terms.
12, Franklin Street. — Martha W. Hubbard, one term.
Nellie M. James, two terms.
13, Spring Street, — Lucia E. Esty.
14, Spring Street. — Emma L. Stokes.
15, Center Street. — Jennie F. Bailey.
16, Center Street. — Augustus S. Downs.
17, South Main Street. — Alice G. Lord.
18, Manchester Street. — Maria N. Bower.
19, Amoskeag. — Jennie G. Stebbens.
20, South Main Street. — Ellen E. McKean.
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No. 21, Bridge Street. — Discontinued.
22, Beech Street. — Florence A. Nichols.
23, Lowell Street. — Flora M. Senter.
24^ Lowell Street. — Ella F. Sanborn, two terms.
Mary E. Sylvester, 1 term.
25, Center Street. — Clara E. Woods.
26, Spring Street. — Carrie 1. Stevens.
2l\ Beech Street. — Cora M. Dearborn, two terms.
Discontinued, fall term.
28, Center Street. — Belle M. Kelley.
29, Beech Street. — Louisa R. Quint.
30, Beech Street. — Lizzie J. West.
SUBURBAN SCHOOLS.
No. 1, stark District. — Susie A. Crosby.
3, Bakersville. —
Principal, Addie M. Chase, one term.
Emma C. Gee, two terms.
Assistant, S. Izetta Locke.
4, Goffe's Falls. — Georgie A. Nute.
6, Harvey District.— Mary W. Mitchell.
6, Webster's Mills. — Olive J. Randall, two terms.
Susie G. Woodman, one term,
7, Hallsville. — Mary E. Sylvester, two terms.
Annie W. Patten, one term.
8, Youngsville. — Susie G. Woodman, two terms.
Olive J. Randall, one term.
9, Mosquito Pond. — Olive A. Rowe.
MUSIC TEACHER.
Jason J. Kimball, three days per week.
DRAWING TEACHER.
Mary K. Webster.
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JANITORS.
High School^ Ash Street^ Bridge Street^ and Blodget Street .
John S. Avery.
Franklin Street, Manchester Street, Lincoln Street, and
Wilson Hill.
John A. Carr.
Spring Street, and old High-School House.
George W. Yarnum.
Merrimack Street and Spruce Street.
Rufus Lamb.
^Squog Schools, consisting of Qenter Street, Worth and South
Main Street Schools.
D. H. Morgan.
REPORT
OF THE
CITT CIYIL ENGINEER
REPORT
CITY CIVIL ENGINEER.
To His Honor the Mayor, and Gentlemen of the City
Councils, —
Sirs : — In making this, my first annual report, it being
the third annual report of the City Engineer, it will not
perhaps be out of place to make a brief statement of the
condition in which I found the office when I took posses-
sion, Jan. 12., 1881, and a comparison of the expenditures
for the three years.
From April 9, 1879 to Jan. 1, 1880 . . 11,022 50
Jan. 1, 1880 to Jan. 1, 1881 . . . 2,146 49
I am obliged to take the above items Irom the city report,
as there has never been any record kept in the office, of
the expenditures for this department, and numerous bills
came in after I took possession, which leads me to believe
that the account for 1880 should be much larger
The expenses from Jan. 12 to Dec. 31, 1881, are as
follows : —
Salary of City Engineer and assistants . . il.561 60
Horse-hire and car-fares ..... 80 84
Stakes 1^ ^1
Drawiiig instruments and material ... 97 39
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12: on cover
829 35
7 60
25 29
fl,819 08
$1
08
11
55
1
00
3
50
6
00
6
90
36 66
25 00
Repairs of instruments . . i
Gas ......
Fuel and incidentals expenses
Total .
EXPENSES FOR SOLDIERS' MONUMENT
Repairs of fence
Repairs of leak in valve .
Repairs of sprinklers
Cutting grass .
Cleaning lamps for the year
Removing, repairing, and putti
Gas ....
Water ....
Total 891 69
Two globes have been broken this year, but no new ones
were bought, as there was a supply on hand.
At the beginning of the year, the city government de-
cided that tlie City Engineer had no right to occupy a room
in the court-house, accordingly one of the halls in the old
part of the engine-house was fitted up for that purpose.
Thisjiadtobe furnished with entirely new furniture, as
there was nothing in the old ofhce belonging to the city.
The expense of this removal is not included in the expense
of running the office. The new quarters are more conven-
ient, and accessible to the work, than the old, but are not
light enough, there being only one window. Some action
must be taken to furnish more light, as stormy days we are
obliged to burn gas nearly all the time.
The amount of work on the ditferent highway districts is
as follows : —
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DISTRICT NO. 1.
GEORGE F. HAMBLETT, Surveyor.
Five rods turiipiking, River road.
Fifteen rods turiipiking, Elm street near D. Ready's.
Seventy-five rods turnpiking, Elm-street extension. .
One stone culvert, Elm-street extension.
Fence built near George H. Clark's.
DISTRICT NO. 2.
WARREN HARVEY, Superintendent.
BLOCK PAVING.
Elm street, north line of Green to north
line Short street . . • 2,004 square yards.
Hanover south back street east of Elm
back street .... 120.5 sqr. yards.
Total block paving
COBBLE PAVING.
Elm street, Grove to Short street
Elm east back street, Hanover to
Amherst . . • • •
Elm cast back street, south of Man-
chester . . .
Hanover north back street .
West Central street gutters .
Park street at school-house .
Total cobble paving . . .
Total paving ....
Amount on hand in city yard
12
2,124.5 sqr. yards.
2,004 square yards.
428 square yards.
190 square yards.
389 square yards.
428 square yards.
89 square yards.
3,528 square yards.
5,652.5 square yards.
16 square yards.
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MACADAMIZING, NEW.
Lowell street, Chestnut to Walnut 4,042 square yards.
West Central street. Elm to Frank-
lin 635 square yards.
Total, new
4,677 square yards.
TOP-DRESSING.
Hanover street, Chestnut to Maple street
Park street, Pine to Wilson street .
Granite street. Canal to Elm street
Total top-dressing
1,990 feet.
2,832 feet.
783 feet.
5,605 feet.
GRAVELED.
Appleton street, Elm to Chestnut street .
Amherst street. Vine to Union street
Amherst street, Maple to Ashland street
Arlington street, Maple to Ashland street
Beech street, Hanover to Manchester street
Concord street, Chestnut to Maple street
Hanover street. Maple street to Mammoth road
Hall street, Central to Laurel street
Lincoln street. Park to Spruce street
Lowell street, Hall to Highland street
Pine street, Hanover to Bridge street
Park street, Elm to Chestnut street
Park street, Wilson to Cypress street
Pearl street, Russell to Linden street
Spruce street. Elm to Chestnut street
Union street, Clarke street to Hooksett road
558 feet.
1,150 feet.
1,120 feet.
1,350 feet.
220 feet.
1,990 feet.
5,227 feet.
210 feet.
220 feet.
1.810 feet.
1,420 feet.
570 feet.
2,222 feet.
400 feet.
570 feet.
1,900 feet.
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Union street, Amherst to Lowell street
Valley street, Elm to Willow street
Total .
GRADED AND GRAVELED.
610 feet.
220 feet.
21,767 feet.
270 feet.
446 feet.
480 feet.
450 feet.
Maple street, Hanover to Amherst street
Sagamore street, Pine to Union street .
Linden street .....
Warren street. Bridge to Pearl street
Total 1,646 feet.
GRADED, NOT GRAVELED.
Belmont street, Merrimack to Central street . 470 feet.
Clarke street, 417 feet.
Willow street, Valley to Merrill street . . 220 feet.
Total 1,107 feet.
Total graded and graveled .... 24,520 feet.
Equal to four and two-thirds miles.
All other main streets have been repaired. Appleton
street, Chestnut to Union, has been partly graded.
The grade of Elm street at Ray bro9k has been raised
five feet, requiring 2,593 cubic yards of filling. The re-
taining-wall on the east side has been raised five feet and
extended, a new one built on the west side, the two requir-
ing 720.2 perches of stone.
By this improvement the valley at Ray brook has been
nearly filled, and the street increased in width from about
thirty feet to fifty feet.
The excavation required for the paving at the south end
of Elm street was 5,345 cubic yards, which was used in
filling the hollow at the foot of Valley street.
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There have been put in four stone, and thirty-seven con-
crete, crossings.
SEWERS AND DRAINS.
Bridge street, from Merrimack river to lower
canal, 3881 feet of 31 feet circular brick sewer . 81,391
Bridge street, between canals and to center Canal
street, 196.5 feet of 3-feet circular brick sewer 37,610
Bridge street, from center Canal street to Elm
street, 761 feet 2' 8" x 4' egg-shape brick sewer 108,828
Bridge street, under canals. 187 J feet 3-feet circular
iron pipe, besides two manholes and brick piling
west of upper canal, requiring about . . 3,000
Total amount of brick
Total length of sewer, 1,533^ feet.
AKRON PIPE SEWEES.
Olive street, 15 inch
Canal and Auburn streets, 12 inch .
Cedar south back street, 12 inch
Elm west back street, 12 inch
Harrison street, 12 inch
Manchester south back street. 12 inch
Spruce south back street, 12 inch .
Beech east back street, 10 inch
Concord street, 10 inch .
Cross street, 10 inch
Hazel street, 10 inch ...
Nashua street, 10 inch .
Olive street, 10 inch
Wilson street, 10 inch .
. 230,824
302 feet.
933 feet.
684 feet.
913 feet.
909 feet.
1,215 feet.
637 feet.
285 feet.
380 feet.
350 feet.
370 feet.
1,2:^0 feet.
30 feet.
260 feet.
8,498 feet.
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Hanover south back street, 1 2-111011 Portland,
relaid 150 feet.
Total 8,648 feet.
Catcli-basins built, 37.
Some sewers ordered by the committee have not been
built, owing to the delay in getting pipe until late in the
season, when the pressure of other work necessitated their
postponement.
CONCRETING.
Cross-walks . . . . • 787.4 square yards.
Walk in Concord square relaid . 220.0 square yards.
Top-dressing .... 84.7 square yards.
Walks in and around school-yards . 542.9 square yards.
Repairs to^ walks necessitated by
city work 177.9 square yards.
Total 1,812.9 square yards.
I have kept no account of concrete walka laid by indi-
viduals.
NEW HIGHWAYS.
Hazel street, Harrison to Brook street.
Spruce street, from Wilson street to old Falls road.
Appleton street, from Chestnut to Union street.
Sagamore street, from Pine to Union street.
Prospect street, from Linden street to Derry old line.
Olive street, Amherst to Concord street.
MCGREGOR BRIDGE.
The stone-work for raising and extending McGregor-
bridge trestle was done by the laborers, under the direction
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of the superiatendent of district No. 2. The amount of
stone required for this work was 526.4 perches, and 64.7 feet
of coping, wliich was purchased rough, and dressed by the
city laborers. There remain to be put in 27 perches of para-
pet walls at the lower deck of the canal bridge, and end ot
trestle, not included in the above.
DISTRICT No. 3.
HENRY C. DICKEY, Surveyor.
No report of work done.
The old Smith's Ferry road, from the Merrimack river to
the River road at Pine Grove Cemetery, which was sur-
veyed by Mr. Stevens, has been relocated by me, plan
made, and stone bounds set at all the angles, in the center
of the street. This road is two rods wide, and I find that
the fences on the north side are in the street from three to
ten feet, and one building, belonging to Major Ingham, is
also in the street.
DISTRICT NO. 4.
C. C. WEBSTER, Surveyor.
GRADED.
One-half mile, location not stated.
Derry hill, at Goffe's Falls.
Cohas hill, and from Cohas hill to Bakersville line.
There have been used in general repairs, in addition to
the above, 500 loads ot gravel.
DISTRICT NO. 5.
CHARLES A. PIERCE, Surveyor.
No report.
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DISTRICT NO. 6.
I. T. WEBSTER, Surveyor.
Turn piked, 1^ miles.
Graded, 1| miles.
Built, 2 new culverts ; rebuilt, 8.
The abutments of the bridge across the water-works road
have been raised 2^ feet, and the uecessary fill made.
1,400 feet of railing have been built.
DISTRICT NO. 7.
HENRY S. HORTON, Surveyor.
No report.
DISTRICT NO. 8.
JEREMIAH GARVIN, Surveyor.
In this district are 9.^ miles of road, of which 2 miles
have been graveled, 1 mile turnpiked, besides the cutting
of brush, and general repairs.
NEW HIGHWAY.
Proctor road, from Lake Shore road to lake.
DISTRICT NO. 9.
J. J. GARMON, Surveyor.
In this district there has been expended 1403.02. I
have no report of the nature of the work. A gravel bank
of If acres has been purchased this year.
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DISTRICT NO. 10.
FRED. S. WORTHEN, Superintendent.
PAVING.
Granite street, blocks relaid
Granite street, cobble relaid
Gutters in various places .
Total .
946 square yards.
296 square yards.
640 square yards.
1,882 square yards.
448 feet
406 feet
368 feet
51 feet
96 feet
1,369 feet.
SEWERS AND DRAINS.
Parker street, 12-inch Akron .
Parker street, 10-inch Akron .
Douglas and Green streets, 10-inch Akron
Mast street, 15-inch Akron
Drains in various locations
Total
Catch-basins, IS.
Stone crossings, 1 .
Concrete crossings, 5.
GRADING.
West Bridge street has been graded, gutters paved, and
sidewalks graveled. A large portion of this street, which
was excavated last year, had to be refilled to bring it to
grade.
Main street, graded from Douglas to West Bridge street,
sidewalks filled from 2 to 4 feet ahnost the entire length.
Winter street, graded and gutters paved.
Green street, graded.
West street, graveled.
B street, graded.
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North and South Main street school-yards, graded.
There has also been an unusual amount of graveling tor
concrete walks, as nearly all were built in low places.
Total amount of grading, 9,143 cubic yards.
In addition to the above, Parker street has been partially
graded, probably l.UOO yards. This will have- to be com-
pleted next year.
NEW HIGHWAYS.
Parker street, from Main street to the Manchester &
North Weare Railroad.
GRANITE BRIDGE.
During one of our heavy rains, the first of October, the
retaining-wall on the south side of Granite street, at the
west end of Granite bridge, was partly washed out, and the
foundation so badly weakened that it was necessary to re-
build the whole. Upon removing the old wall it was found
to consist of rough cobble-stones, very poorly laid, without
any foundation, and very thin. A new wall was built upon
a rubble foundation, 12 inches thick and 12 feet wide.
The new wall was 10 feet wide at the base, 3^ feet at the
top, and an average of 19 feet in height.
Total amount of stone, 122.0 perches of old, and 74.6
perches of new.
The excavation and back filling were under the direction
of Mr. Fred S. Worthen, superintendent of this district.
The paving in Granite street at this place has not been
relaid, owing to the lateness of the season.
CONCRETE.
Crossings 1^^-^ square yards.
Walks in and around school-yards . 5o3.12 square yards.
Total 671.82 square yards.
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DISTRICT NO. 11.
JAMES E. BAILEY, Surveyok.
MACADAMIZING.
Eddy hill 1.014 square yards.
West end of Amoskeag bridge . . 1,139 square yards.
Total . . . . . 2,153 square yards.
Paving, 11.3 square yards.
Drain for watering-trough, 857 feet, 4-inch Akron pipe.
A stone watering-trough has been erected on Front
street, near the old hotel building.
DISTRICT NO. 12.
^ FREDERICK ALLEX, Surveyor.
There has been no special work in this district. The
usual general repairs have been carefully attended to.
DISTRICT NO. 13.
JOSEPH P. FELLOWS, Surveyor.
No report.
Although the office has been in existence two years, I
found it sadly deficient in many of the essentials of such
an office. The plans and profiles belonging to the city had
never been arranged in any order ; there was no index, or
catalogue of plans ; the field and record books had not
been indexed. This neglect was the cause of an immense
amount of labor, as no information could be obtained with-
out examining each and every plan separately and reading
every page of the record-books, it sometimes requiring
days to get together a very small amount of information of
any particular work.
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The instruments belonging to tlie city were a transit and
level, taken from tlie water-works, which had been badly
used! and at that time were unfit for service. They had
to be entirely overhauled, recentered, etc., at an expense of
twenty-five dollars. There was one level-rod which had
been split its entire length, and mended. It will do for
rough work, but for fine work, which must be done next
year, it will be necessary to have a new one. There were
also one four-rod chain, purchased at an expense of $12.60,
which has never been used, and might be exchanged for
other supplies ; one filty-feet chain, which should never be
used in the city proper; and one set of chaining-pins.
There were no tapes, plumbs, or drawing-instruments,—
three very important articles.
I have purchased, and now have belonging to the city, in
addition to the above, one one-hundred-feet steel tape, and
two plumbs, also one set of dividers, one spring-bow pen, one
spring-bow pencil, one drawing-pen, two needle-points, one
two-feet, one one-foot, and one six-inch triangular scale,
and six curves. These, in addition to my own private
property, which I have furnished freely for the use of the
city, were sufficient for the use ot two men in the office.
It will be necessary for the city to furnish a large additional
supply of instruments at an early date, as no engineer can
aff"ord to furnish, with the present salary, four or five hun-
dred dollars' worth of drawing and surveying instruments,
as has been done by Mr. Stevens and myself.
As the office of city engineer is yet in its infancy, the
public have a very indefinite idea of the amount of work
required of the engineer, and, for the information of such
as care to read and post themselves, I will make the following
statement of the work done in this office : —
The City Engineer is subject to the call of the mayor,
all committees of the city government, and every citizen
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who desires to build a house, fence, or sidewalk : and there
are daily calls for street lines and grades, work which will
require from one half-day to one week to perform. O'f
such orders, there have been, this year, 450 since March
1 ; also, loO different jobs of setting grades for sewers and
paving, not included in the above.
There have been made, of profiles. 47,061 feet, equal to
8^^ miles.
Sidewalk grades set, 21,154 feet, equal to 4 miles.
Gutter grades set, 2,813 feet.
Grades for cutting and filling streets, 3,488 feet.
Grades for macadamizing, 1,416 feet.
Street numbers assigned, 120.
Lots laid out at Pine Grove Cemetery, 112.
Many street lines have been given, but no measurements
taken, besides special surveys, and other work with com-
mittees, etc., that cannot be classed as above.
PLANS AND PROFILES.
There were in the office, Jan. 1, 1881, the following: —
226 plans of streets and lands.
87 tracings of Amoskeag company's lands.
138 profiles of streets and sewers.
o rolls of bridge plans.
100 maps.
2 books of street numbers.
Of these plans, many of them are old and made on poor
paper, have received hard usage, and are so badly torn as
to be nearly worthless. It will be necessary to copy them
on mounted paper, so as to preserve them. The tracings
are all on very thin tracing-paper, and unfit for common
use, and will have to be copied in the same manner.
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There have been made, this year, the followhig plans and
profiles : —
Hanover street, from Elm to Union, showing all build-
ings on both sides of the street, also fixing street lines,
plan .
Clarke street, plan and profile.
Appleton street, plan and profile.
Elm street, Webster to Clarke street, plan and profile.
Square bounded by Franklin, West Cedar, Canal, and
Granite streets, fixing street lines ; also, back street, — plan.
Webster street, plan and profile.
Sagamore street, Pine to Union, plan and profile
Amherst street, Pine to Union,. plan and profile.
Hazel street, plan and profile.
Spruce-street extension, Wilson to old Falls road, plan
and profile.
Concord street. Beech to Arlington, plan and profile.
B street, plan and profile.
Hanover north back street. Elm to Chestnut, plan and
profile.
Parker street, plan and profile.
Hanover south back street. Elm to Chestnut, plan and
profile.
Milford street, plan and profile.
Elm west back street. West Bridge to Dean, plan and
profile.
Manchester street, Lincoln to Hall, plan and profile.
Prospect-street extension. Linden street easterly, plan
and profile.
Belmont street, Hanover to Massabesic, plan and profile.
Canal street, Granite to West Auburn, plan and profile
for sewer.
West Auburn street, Canal to Franklin, plan and profile
for sewer.
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Manchester south back street, Union to Maple, plan and
profile for sewer.
West Bridge street, Elm to River, plan and profile for
sewer.
Main street. Granite to D. Farmer's, profile for water-
works.
McGregor street, profile for water- works.
Beech east back street, Amherst to Concord, profile for
sewer.
Elm-street extension, profile for turnpiking.
Coburn land, known as assessors' plan. Copy.
Proposed changes at McGregor bridge.
Proposed changes at MpGregor bridge. Copy from J. B.
Sawyer.
Improvements at city-farm buildings.
Furnishing of city treasurer's office.
Concord-square improvements.
Lots at Pine Grove Cemetery.
Gravel bank bought for district No. 9.
Douglas and West streets, suit of Clark vs. City.
Fifty sheets for street-numbering books.
Totals plans completed, 88.
PLANS UNDER WAY BUT PARTIALLY COMPLETED.
Nashua street, for fixing sidewalk grade, plan and profile.
Nashua street, for sewer, plan and profile.
Cedar south back street. Union to Maple, sewer, plan
and profile.
Quincy street, plan and profile.
Douglas street, plan and profile.
Green street, plan and profile.
Elm east back street, Banover to Amherst, plan and
profile.
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\' alley Cemetery improvements.
Olive street, profile for sewer.
Cross street, profile for sewer.
Maple street, Hanover to Lowell, plan and profile.
A street, plan and profile.
C street, plan and profile.
Lowell street. Chestnut to Walnut, plan and profile.
Harrison street, Walnut to Russell, sewer, plan and
profile.
Smith's Ferry road, from River road to river, plan.
Spruce south back street, Union to Maple, plan and pro-
file, sewer.
Total under way, 17.
There is also under way a plan of the square bounded
by Hanover, Beacon, Spruce, and Wilson streets, for the
purpose of fixing the street lines, the survey for which is
but partially completed.
GRADES AND STREET LINES.
The old profiles of streets in the city simply show the
center lines, and are of no value for sidewalk grades, as
they show nothing of the condition of the sidewalks, which
in many cases vary two or three feet from the center
grades. I have introduced the custom in use in the city of
Boston, of making the plan of the street in the center of
the sheet, showing the fences and the buildings as they act-
ually exist on the ground, and the street lines as they are
finally established. On the sides of the sheet are the pro-
files of the corresponding sides of the street, showing the
elevations of the sidewalks, fences, and fronts of the houses,
as they actually exist, together with the grades of each
sidewalk as they are finally established.
In years past, it has been the custom for an engineer,
employed by the day, to set grades for walks and fences.
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These grades, not being legally established, there was
nothing to compel the abutters to follow them, and in many
cases they were changed, either by the abutter himself, or
the mayor, committee on streets, or superintendent, any
one of whom could legally do so. Of these changes we
have no records, and the result of it, together with employ-
ing different engineers, has been to get the grades of the
city in a very confused state. In order to remedy this evil,
I caused to be passed, early in the season, an ordinance
fixing the manner of establishing the grades, and prevent-
ing any person's changing the grade so established except
by vote of the city government. In order that this ordi-
nance may be successfully carried out, it will be necessary
to . make new profiles of all the streets, in the manner
shown auove. After this is once done, and the grades of
every street established by vote of the city government,
and all work in the future done in accordance with those
grades, we shall hope to see the present irregularities of
surface and the many stumbling-blocks in our sidewalks
gradually removed, and we shall no longer hear the old
complaint of our citizens, that they cannot get the grade
twice alike.
STREET LINES.
It is necessary to call the attention of this city govern-
ment to the condition of the street lines. Our records
refer to plans, stone monuments, and stakes. These stakes
have been destroyed by time ; the stone monuments were
many of them imaginary, having no existence except on
paper, of the few that were set, most of them have been
removed, or displaced by the numerous excavations to
which our streets have been subjected, for sewerage, gas, and
water, so that at present there are scarcely a dozen that are
reliable, and those not in any way connected. The older
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parts of the cit}^ were laid out by the Amoskeag company.
Their plans show the measurements from street to street,
and it would seem that with these plans we could easily lo-
cate our street lines, but just here we meet our greatest diffi-
culty : the first streets were laid out by the United States
standard measure, but in after years it was found that
many errors had crept into the work, and in order to give
every man bis due amount of land a new measure was
adopted. | of an inch in 25 feet, or 1^ inches per 100 feet,
longer than the standard, which has ever since been used ;
but, unfortunately, no record was kept of tlie time when this
change was made, or of what streets were laid out by one
measure and what by the other.
Then as we pass off from the company's land, we find
the streets and squares were laid out by other surveyors,
who used chains or linen tapes of unknown lengths, as
these measures are constantly increasing in length by use.
Again, there is one portion«of the city east of the company's
land which has no connection, on the plans, with the com-
pany's plans, so that we do not know the distance from the
company's east street to the first street beyond their line.
I know of streets in the city that are not within five feet of
where the plans say they should be. Other streets which
the records say are straight and continuous, have offsets of
ten feet after passing the company's east line.
I can see no other way to straighten out this matter ex-
cept to make a complete and accurate survey and plans of
the entire city, and locate the street lines, by reference to
other plans and deeds, as nearly as possible in their origi-
nal position. With these surveys and plans, they will be
permanently fixed, and this evil, which is productive of more
law-suits than any other one thing, will cease to exist.
The sooner the city government takes hold of this mat-
ter of street lines and grade, the better it will be for the
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citizens ; and it can be done cheaper now than it can years
hence. I have endeavored to make a beginning in this
work, but it is impossible to attend to the current work
and this special work at the same time, with the force now
employed in this office. I would suggest that a special ap-
propriation be made, and a party of three put on for this
work, that it may be done up before the matter becomes
more serious than it is.
STREETS.
We are constantly hearing complaints of the condition
of our streets and sidewalks. This will always be the case
so long as our citizens are required to build their sidewalks
at their own expense, or go without. The city of Man-
chester is years behind the times in this matter, as in many
others. Chapter 78 of the General Laws gives the city
the right to build the sidewalks, and then charge the abut-
ters with one-half the expense. *Thi8 custom of the city's
building the sidewalks is almost universal ; yet we are behind
even our sister city of Concord, which adopted the law in
1879. Our sidewalks, particularly the brick ones on Elpa
street, are a disgrace to the city and unsafe for travelers,
as has been illustrated several times this year and in years
past. Enough has been paid as damages for bodily iiiju-
ries to have given us good sidewalks in every part of the
city. One case alone, not counting the expense of court,
would have given us two miles of concrete sidewalk. It is
argued that the tax-payers will not submit to it. I claim
that there is not a tax-payer in the city, but would rather
his fifty or one hundred dollars should be spent for a good
sidewalk — that he, in common with the general public,
can enjoy — than be paid for broken bones.
Another exceedingly dangerous and unsightly feature of
our streets is the stone guard-posts at the corners. Car-
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riages and sleighs, particularly the latter, when the snow is
deep, are repeatedly smashed upon them ; and they may
some day cost a life, should a team become unmanageable
and the occupants thrown against one. These should be
removed and circular curbs put in their place. I am
pleased to find that circular curbs are coming into use, and
I hope to see them more generally adopted. But we are
making one mistake in this matter ; instead of availing
ourselves of the experience of older cities, and commenc-
ing at the point they have reached, we are commencing
where they did, and shall have to travel over the long road
of time and experience that they have gone before. I refer
to the using of small curves of two-feet radius. In Boston
these are all being taken out and larger ones put in. In
this city, where our sidewalks are nearly uniformly eight feet
wide, curbs of eight-feet radius should be used, giving three
and one-half feet more room for teams at each corner of
our narrow streets, and five and one-half feet at each side of
the streets joining Elm street.
A word in regard to the maintenance of our roadways,
which need special attention in a city that has so little pav-
ing and macadamizing. One great mistake made, is the
constant putting on of material and never taking any off:
for instance, twelve inches of gravel are put on a roadway ;
this in a few years wears down about four inches, when the
surface becomes rough and dangerous, then another coating
of twelve inches is put on. The result is, that our streets
are constantly filling up ; in a short time our paved side-
walks become buried, and the engineer going to set a grade
finds the old walk too low, raises the grade, makes a step
in the walk, and then follow the usual vexatious and ex-
pensive law-suits for grade damage, etc. This is all wrong :
after a grade has once been established, no top-dressing
should be put on without grade being set, and the road-bed
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prepared, by excavating, to receive the proper thickness of
gravel. I desire to call the attention of the committee on
streets particularly to this point.
I find that our graveled streets are never rolled except
by the ordinary street traffic. If they should be thoroughly
rolled and compacted, first, with the two-ton iron roller
which the city now owns, then, with a six-ton granite roller
so constructed that it can be loaded to twelve tons, the in-
creased life of the road would more than pay for the extra
labor.
MACADAMIZING.
I do not think enough attention is given in this city to
this branch of road-making. If properly constructed, I
think this is the best pavement for a city like Manchester.
There are two kinds of broken-stone roads, — the Telford,
consisting of broken stone upon a foundation of blocks
carefully laid by hand, like block paving ; the Macadam,
consisting of layers of broken stone of different sizes, the
largest at the bottom, but without a paved foundation. The
second is what we need in our dry, sandy soil. This year
the city has tried to do too much work with the money at
its command ; and, although the streets so prepared are
much better to-day than they were before, I do not think
they will wear long enough to pay. In our dry soil it does
not require much preparation for the foundation ; but one
of the important features in the construction of a good
^'acadam road is sadly neglected here, that is, the rolling.
The first course should be about four inches thick, of stone
of from 1^ to 2 inches in diameter, then carefully rolled,
first, with the two-ton roller, and the weight gradually in-
creased ; if the weather is dry, the surface should be kept
moist by sprinkling ; after this has become compact, an-
other course four to six inches thick should be put on and
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treated in the same manner, but finished with a heavier
roller ; then the top-dressing of one inch of fine screened
gravel should be put on, and rolled with a twelve-ton roller.
During all this rolling, men should be constantly employed
in raking in the ruts, leveling l)unches, and removing such
loose stones as may work to the surface. The final rolling
should be continued until the heavy roller no longer makes
a wave before it.
After a Macadam road has been constructed, great care
should be observed in its maintenance : the surface should
be swept at least once a week, and kept perfectly free from
dust and mud,— the two worst enemies of a Macadam road.
The city last year purchased a sweeper, but I have never
seen it in use except on Elm street. There is as much
need of it on the few macadamized streets. When a rut
begins to form, if taken at once, a shovel full of broken
stone spread over it will soon make it as good as new ; if
the break becomes large, let the edges be loosened up with
a pick, the large stones removed, and a few loads of broken
stone spread over it, and rolled. When the entire surface
becomes worn and broken, as was the case with Park street,
this year, let it be picked up, the larger stones that have
worked to the surface broken with cracking-hammers, the
whole then carefully rolled, and a new top-dressing put on ;
but, if properly cared for, this last would not be necessary
for many years.
A good substitute for a Macadam road is coarse gravel
spread on the street about twelve inches thick, the larger
stones then cracked with the sledge, and then the whole
gone over carefully and cracked with the long-handled
cracking-hammers, such as are used in other cities, until
no stone over two inches in diameter is left, this being
carefully rolled and compacted, then covered with one inch
of good screened binding gravel.
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SEWERS.
In discussing this subject, I can but repeat what my
predecessor has already said in his report for 1879 ; that,
although as favorably situated as any city in the world for
good drainage, yet we are but poorly supplied with this
essential element for the preservation of the life and
health of our citizens. One of the great defects of our
system of sewerage is, that the sewers are laid too near the
surface of the ground, and of too flat grades for the work
they are required to do. These were well enough when all
that was required was to carry sink water ; but in these days
of water-works, and the attendant comforts which always
follow the introduction of water, — bath-rooms, and water-
closets, — it is necessary to lay the sewers on a grade steep
enough to carry away any solid matter tliat may find its
way into them, and deep enough to drain all cellars. A
great part of the appropriation for sewers is expended in
relaying .old ones. Thib year the sewer in Manchester
south back street, from Union to Maple, was relaid. The
old pipe was but three feet below the surface, and filled
with sediment Irom two inches deep to the full diameter of
the pipe.
It was also necessary to lower the sewer in the rear of
Bosher's block, in order to drain his cellar. The sewer in
Spruce south back street, which was built last year from
Union street lialf-way to Beech street, was extended this
year nearly to Maple street. On opening this sewer to
make the connection, three inches of sediment were found
in the bottom, owing to its flat grade.
Care has not been taken in years past, in the proper
graduation of the sizes of the sewers: for instance, a
twelve-inch sewer has been laid in a level section, with a
grade of four inches per hundred feet, then extended up
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hill, on a grade of four feet per hundred, the same size as
below. In consequence of the steep grade's deliverhig its
contents much faster than the flat pipe can take care of it,
the sewage backs up into the arms and floods the cellars.
Again, our sewers are not properly ventilated, and become
filled with gas, leaving no room for water. This matter of
ventilation should be looked into, and more generally ap-
plied in this city. Although I have had all manhole covers
made this year with perforations to aid the escape of gas,
this alone is not sufficient, unless more manholes are built.
A system of periodical flushing would materially aid in
cleansing sewers of flat grade. I have endeavored this year
to give all sewers a grade steep enough to make them self-
cleansing, although in three cases I was unable to do so, on
account of the sewers with which they connected being so
near the surface ; these were the Spruce south back street,
Park south back street, and Douglas street. In my en-
deavors to find an outlet f^r the Douglas-street sewer, I
found that the whole system of sewerage in 'Squog lies so
near the surface that cellars cannot be drained, and so flat
that water-closet excrement cannot be carried in them.
Tiie sewers of 'Squug will have to be entirely relaid before
many years. I would suggest to the committee on sewers
that George E. Waring, or some other expert sanitary en-
gineer, be employed to look over our entire system of sew-
erage, and advise some systematic system of procedure.
This matter of drainage is one that should be attended
to immediately, some system adopted, and the appropria-
tion for sewers used in carrying out that system, instead of
putting in sewers here and there indiscriminately, as they
are asked for by difl^erent petitioners ; then in time all will
be accommodated, and in a much more satisfactory manner
than they possibly can be by the present system.
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I wish to call your attention to two sewers which should
be built soon. — one in Elm street from Harrison to Clarke
street, and a new one the entire length of Bridge street to
intercept tiie sewage north of that street, and turn it into
the new sewer built this year.
CATCH-BASINS.
Many of our catch-basins are a public nuisance, emitting
odors so powerful as to take a man's breath as he passes
by. There has been some talk, but not much action, in
regard to this matter. The catch-basins are but poorly
trapped, and not .sealed at all, particularly in a dry time.
The sewer gas then passes freely into the basin, and is de-
livered full strength into the nostrils of the passing people.
This can be remedied by keeping the outlet of the basin
constantly sealed with a water-trap. In the hot and dry
seasons, when these things are most offensive, let care be
taken that they are so sealed, and, if need be, let water be
turned into them from the hydrants often enough to keep
up with the evaporation. They should be carefully cleaned
out at least four times a year. With these cleansings and
plenty of water, we could pass along Elm, Hanover, and
Manchester streets, without fear of contagion.
I desire to recommend to the committee a different kind
of catch-basin from what is in use here. It is what is
known as the '• Providence catch-basin," it having been
used by that city many years ; it was adopted by the city
X)f Boston about six years ago. It is a simple, plain, brick
well, without any partitions, with a circular opening of six
or eight inches' diameter, in tlie side, for the arm ; this
outlet is closed witli an iron cover shaped something like
a flour-scoop, covering the outlet and projecting four inches
below, the edges of this cover resting ugainst the brick-
work and the face about six inches from it, leaving a hori-
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zontal opening under the outlet, between the cover and the
brick-work, six by ten inches ; this cover is liinged to an
iron plate, 4 in. by 8 in. by ^ in., and takes the place of the
mortar between two bricks. The advantage of this basin,
besides being cheaper, is that the cover to the outlet can
be raised, and the plain sides of the basin thoroughly
cleansed of such matter as is liable to collect and decay.
By keeping the bottom of this cover always under water, a
perfectly sealed trap is secured. I cannot say too much of
the importance of water in our cesspools, and I wish to
impress it upon the^ minds of the committee that the
remedy for this nuisance is simple and easily tried.
We have been troubled this year, as in years past, with
the grates of catch-basins becoming covered with mud,
leaves, sticks, etc., thus preventing the water entering dur-
ing a heavy rain. It being necessary to put a catch-basin
in the rear of the Opera block, I tried the experiment of
having the gutter in the center of the street, as is necessary
in our twenty-feet streets, with the catch-basin under the
sidewalk and the entrance cut into the curb-stone, instead
of being in the middle of the street, with a flat grate. I
found by this experiment that the gutter could be turned
into this side basin without materially injuring the surface
of the street for a driveway. Being assured of the success
of this experiment, I recommended that no more catch-
basins with grates be used, but that in places where there
was no curb, a piece long enough to reach across, the basin
be set, and the entrance to the basin cut therein, which
recommendation was unanimously adopted.
CEMETERIES. •
At the Valley Cemetery a new avenue has been built on
the east side, across the ravine and parallel with Pine
street, the stone arch over Cemetery brook having been ex-
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tended tweiitj-eight feet west, with wing walls on the north
and south sides. One-half of the lot conveyed to tlie city
by D. W. Fling was taken to make the connection with the
old avenue parallel with Pine street. An avenue has
also been constructed from the new one to the lower level
of the ravine. There were used in the construction of
these avenues 452.3 perches of stone and 3,370 yards of
earth. The object of this work was to make a connection
between the northwest and southeast sections of the ceme-
tery, for teams.
At the Pine Grove, a new plat, bounded by Laurel and
Floral avenues, has been laid out into lots, according to the
Forest-Hill, or what is known as the •' lawn, " system, cer-
tain restrictions placed upon them, and the price increased
to an amount sufficient to insure their receiving perpetual
care from the city. There are one hundred and seven of
these lots, varying in size from fifteen to twenty-two feet
square.
Much needs to be done in our cemeteries, in years to
come, towards beautifying and adorning them. Nothing
has been done to render them pleasing and attractive to
the eye. In other cities it is the custom to have in their
cemeteries as many attractive features as possible, in the
shape of flower-beds, ponds, fountains, arbors, and shaded
paths ; in fact, landscape gardening is carried to perfection
in the principal cemeteries at the present time. Nothing
is lost by the addition of these features, for lots adjoining
them can be sold for a higher price, sufficient to pay for the
small amount of land reserved.
COMMONS.
The only work of importance on our commons this year i
has been the filling of the old pond on Concord square, "
raising the grade of a portion of the same square, also of
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one of the cross-walks, and the erection of a new fountain
in place of the old pond. I would say of the basin of this
fountain, that it was made the size that the manufacturers
called for in their description, but it is not by any means
large enough for the place.
BRIDGES.
The new brids'e, at the foot of Bridge street, has been
completed this year. Last year the piers and abutments
were built, the canal bridges partially completed, sufficiently
to be used, and the iron- work in place on two spans. The
remainder of the iron- work, and the stone-work for the
east trestle, were completed August 10, 1881. At its c nn-
plotion the city government voted to name it McGregor
bridge. August 12, the city government and invited guests
inspected the bridge, and a committee, consisting of the
City Engineer, Hon. N. S. Bean, Mr. Charles Hutchinson,
and Col. J. T. Faning, civil engineer, were appointed to
make a thorough examination and test ot the bridge, to
ascertain if the terms of the contract had been complied
with. Four days were spent in this examination ; the
workmanship and the quality of the iron were carefully ex-
amined and thoroughly tested. August 17 , a strain test was
made by loading the bridge with teams, hauling an aggre-
gate load of 53.8 tons. Seven tests were made in various
ways, calculated to subject the bridge to as severe strains
as will be likely ^o come upon it at any future time. These
tests and examinations were in the main satisfactory to the
committee. A more full account can be found in the re-
port made to the city government by this committee. A
copy of the diagrams taken in various places upon the
bridge during the testing, accompanies that report. The
original diagrams can be seen at any time at the City
Engineer's office.
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Many of the citizens being dissatisfied with the grade of
the east trestle, as built, and the Stark corporation desiring
it to be raised in order to give them access to their new
buildings on the lower level, the city government decided
to make the change. For this work the Stark corporation
pays I'o.OOO, the Amoskeag purchased the bridge across
the lower canal for S2,000, and the city agrees to pay the
balance. The change consists of a new double-deck bridge
across the lower canal, with two driveways on the lower
deck, separated by the center truss of the bridge. The
end of the trestle has been raised 9^ feet, and is to be ex-
tended to the upper deck of the canal bridge, and a new trestle
from the east end of the canal bridge, fifty feet east. In
order to give a driveway from Canal street to the lower
level, the Amory corporation allowed eleven feet of their
land to be used for that purpose, which, with the five feet
of unoccupied street land, gives a sixteen-feet passage-way
at the north side of the trestle abutment. The stone-work
consisted of raising the piers upon which the trestle rested
to the required height, building nine additional piers, tak-
ing down the old lock wall and the two walls of the lower
canal, building an abutment at the east end of the new
trestle. 40 feet long and 14 feet high, and a retaining-wall
from the north end of the abutment, 64.7 feet east, to sep-
arate the higher and lower grades. This stone-work is all
completed, so far as it can be done until the iron is in
place. There is some delay with this work, owing to the
scarcity of iron, and the inability of the company to get
their orders filled ; for this delay they are not to blame.
AMOSKEAG BRIDGE,
This bridge has been thoroughly overhauled and re-
paired. A few timbers were badly decayed, and the brac-
ing, which was simply spiked in place, had in many places
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worked loose. The east end had also settled badly, owing
to the decaying timbers. This has been raised, new tim-
bers put in where decayed or broken, the entire bracing
respiked, the exterior painted, and the interior white-
washed.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
This not properly coming under the City Engineer's
duties, all that I have done is to make plans for the im-
provements at the city-farm buildings, the furnishing of the
City Engineer's new office, and the refitting and refurnish-
ing of the city treasurer's new office.
Respectfully submitted.
GEORGE H. ALLEN,
City Engineer.
REPORT
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON CEMETERIES,
EEPOET
COMMITTEE ON CEMETERIES
To His Honor the Mayor, and City Councils of the City of
Manchester : —
Gentlemen, — The Committee on Cemeteries present
their annual report.
VALLEY CEMETERY.
As all committees into whose hands trusts are imposed,
are required to render an annual statement, the Sub-Com-
mittee on the Valley Cemetery would most respectfully
submit the following for the year 1881 : —
The first work of your committee was the selection of a
superintendent of the grounds. Mr. F. B. Balch, a well
known citizen, was appointed, and has filled the position to
the acceptance of your committee, and, we trust, to the
satisfaction of all who have required his services.
A driveway connecting the east and west sides of the
Valley has for a long time been needed, and, as additional
appropriations were granted, it was decided that the con-
templated enterprise should be accomplished this season.
Accordingly, proposals from different parties were received
for the stone-work and grading for the road-bed. Messrs.
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D. W. Garland and J. A. B. Emerson's bid being the low-
est, the contract was awarded to them.
The filling was very generously given by Col. T. L. Liv-
ermore from the company's land on the south of the Val~
•ley, effecting a great saving of time and expense to the city,
for which we return our most hearty thanks. The work is
now completed, and all who have examined it pronounce it
well worth the expenditure. The introduction of city water,
last season, on the east side met with such universal favor
that it has been put in on the west side, affording free use
of the samd to all except where it was introduced into pri-
vate lots, when a small tax is required.
Thus work is being done year by year to beautify and
adorn the grounds, wii;h such appropriations as are granted.
For the coming seasoti we wouM recommend that the sum
of three thousand dollars be allowed, in order that the iron
fence on the east side may be completed, and to continue
the work, so far as possible, on the south or Willow-street
side, in order that the grounds may, as speedily as possible,
be properly inclosed. The financial statement for the year
is as follows : —
Balance on hand Jan
Appropriation
Lot sold
Tomb fees and water
Receipts.
1881
rent
Reserved fund, amount transferred
Expenditures,
Care of grounds ....
D. W. Garland, stone-work .
Manchester Water-works, water
S829
76
1,500
00
28
50
119
00
570
96
^3,048
22
^533 Qb
1,192 54
32
25
!11
D. H. Varnum, teaming
D. W. Fling, lot .
J. B. Varick, hardware .
Thomas A. Lane, iron pipes, etc.
H. H. Iluntress, plants .
J. A. B. Emerson, grading .
Daniel Healj, whitewashing tomb
A. H. Lowell, resetting posts
J. B. Clarke, printing .
F. S. Bodwcll, stone and labor
A. J. Sawyer, lumber .
129 25
51
00
75
300
97
7
00
750
78
1
50
30
00
3
75
64
00
47
78
13,048 22
HOLMES R PETTEE,
WILLIAM G. HOYT,
CHARLES E. BALCH,
Sub- Committee.
PINE GROVE CEMETERY.
The Sub-Committee onPme Grove Cemetery respectfully
submit the following report for the year 1881 : —
Receipts.
Cash on hand, as per last report . . • f 830 32
Appropriation .....•• ^00 00
Receipts from sale of lots and wood . . . 1,205 22
Lumber sold 80 00
12,615 54
Expenditures.
Salary of superintendent . . . . • ^604 71
J. F. James, salary as treas., and laying out lots 79 37
Palmer & Garmon, grave numbers . . • 112 00
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Grading lots and avenues, and graveling . . -$592 44
S. P. Moody, cutting wood and lumber . . 26 66
Incidental expenses ..... 70 97
Cash on hand . . . . . . . 1,129 39
12,615 54
During the year a large amount of grading and gravel-
ing has been done upon the main avenues, which has tend-
ed to make the driveways more attractive, and generally
improved the grounds. We would recommend that the
work be continued until all the leading avenues adjacent
to the improved lots are thoroughly graveled.
A plot of ground northeast of the tool-house, comprising
about one and three-fourths acres divided into one hundred
and seven lots, has been laid out on the " landscape lawn "
plan, which is being adopted in many of the finest ceme-
teries in the country. This plan was fully considered by
the committee, and adopted after consulting with many of
our citizens interested in the Pine Grove, and it is believed
will meet the wishes of all who desire this cemetery kept
up, in some degree at least, to modern ideas of beauty and
attractiveness.
The general features of this plan are set forth and em-
bodied in the following resolutions, adopted at a full meet-
ing of the committee on cemeteries, November 10, 1881 : —
" Whereas, the idea has been expressed that the feature
known as the ^' landscape lawn" plan, embodying modern
ideas and tastes, should be introduced into the Pine Grove
Cemetery in some specified locality, and lots sold in such
locality upon such conditions as will secure greater uni-
formity, care, and permanence in fitting up and maintaining
the lots and surroundings ; and
" Whereas, this committee have given the subject such
consideration and investigation as lead them to believe
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that the proposition carried out would give a greater va-
riety to the grounds, and tend to enhance the beauty and
attractiveness of the cemetery ; therefore,
• " Resolved^ That the section of land bounded on the west,
south, and east by Laurel avenue, and on the north by Flo-
ral avenue, be laid out on the above named plan ; and that
the price of the lots, including fitting up (estimated to cost
about ten cents per square foot), be fixed at twenty cents
per square foot, with an endowment or donation made to
the city of at least forty cents per square foot, the income
of which is to be applied for their perpetual care and pres-
ervation ; and that the sale of such lots be conditioned as
set forth in the following form of deed, which the treasurer
of the committee is hereby authorized to execute in behalf
of the city of Manchester, as follows, to wit : " —
The following are the conditions and limitations of the
deed : —
" First, That the said lot of land shall not be used for any
other purpose than as a place of burial for the dead ; and
no tomb shall be erected or constructed on said lot ; and
no trees within the lot or border shall be cut down or de-
stroyed without the consent of the committee having charge
of said ground.
" Second, That said lot of land shall be graded, sodded,
suitable landmarks of stone erected, and the number there-
of legibly and permanently marked on the premises by the
committee ; and no work shall at any time be done upon or
around said lot by other persons than the proper servants
of the said city of Manchester, except by consent of the
committee in charge of the ground.
'' Third, That no fence, curbing, hedge, or landmark, other
than corner posts set by the committee, shall be placed
upon or around said lot ; no headstone exceeding tw^o feet
and six inches in height from the ground shall be erected
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except by vote of the committee ; and no monuments, struct-
ures, or inscriptions shall be placed therein without the
approval of the committee.
" Fourth, That if any monument or effigy, or any struct-
ure whatever, or any inscription be placed in or upon the
said land, which shall be determined by the major part of
the said committee for the time being to be offensive or im-
proper, the said committee, or the major part of them,
shall have the right, and it shall be their duty, to enter
upon said land and remove the said offensive or improper
object or objects.
" Fifth, That if any trees or shrubs situated in said lot of
land shall, by means of their roots, branches, or otherwise,
become detrimental to said lot, or to the adjacent lots or
avenues, or dangerous or inconvenient, it shall be the duty
of the said committee for the time being, and they shall
have the right, to enter into said lot and remove the said
trees and shrubs, or such parts thereof as are thus detri-
mental, dangerous, or inconvenient.
" And said city of Manchester, in consideration of the
further sum of dollars, to them paid by the grantee,
the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, does further
covenant to and with said grantee heirs and
assigns, that they will forever apply the income or interest
thereof as follows : First, to keep in suitable and good re-
pair and preservation the lot hereby conveyed, and monu-
ments, tomb, trees, shrubbery, and soil thereon ; second,
to suffer the surplus, if any, of such income or interest to
accumulate for such time as the trustees of the cemetery
funds may deem expedient, or, in their discretion, to apply
the same surplus, or any part thereof, from time to time, to
ornamenting and preserving the grounds of the cemetery,
agreeable to an ordinance of the city, entitled ' An ordi-
nance in relation to cemeteries,' passed Aug. 5, 1879."
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A section of ground in the southwest portion of the
cemetery has been cleared of the wood and timber, pre
paratory to grading, and will be ready early in the coming-
season. This section will comprise many eligible and de-
sirable lots, and will undoubtedly be readily sold.
No shade trees have been set during the past year.
Owing to the damaging effect upon stone and marble,
caused by the coloring matter coming from the leaves of
shade trees, and from the liability of the roots to displace,
and thereby injure, the stone-work inclosing lots, there is a
serious objection to trees in such close proximity to any
burial lot as in any way to injure or impair the beautiful
works of art which the owners have erected at so much
cost. While shade trees give variety, and add to the beauty
and attractiveness of the grounds, and especially where
the soil is as dry and sandy as that of this cemetery, yet
the setting of these trees should be in such localities upon
the grounds as to avoid the objections referred to.
Believing in the importance of providing by the present
generation, who are the most interested in the lots now
being disposed of, for a suitable fund for the care and pro-
tection of these lots in the future, we earnestly recommend
that some portion, if not all, of the money received for the
sale of these lots, be set apart as a permanent fund for this
purpose.
In conclusion, we would express the hope that our suc-
cessors may adopt a liberal policy in the general improve-
ment of the grounds, in order to keep pace with the beau-
tiful and substantial improvements being made from year
to vear by owners of lots.
^ ^ JOSEPH L. STEVENS,
A. H. DANIELS,
A. W. QUINT,
Suh- Committee,
December 31, 1881.
TEEASUEEE^S EEPOET.
To the Committee on Cemeteries : —
Gentlemen : — In compliance with the requirements of
law, as your treasurer, I herewith submit to you my eighth
annual report of all money by me received on account of
cemeteries, for the year ending December 31, 1881.
PINE GROVE CEMETERY.
To cash received for fifty-three lots sold . . ^1,205 22
By cash paid city treasurer, as per receipts . 11,205 22
I have twenty-three deeds written ready for delivery, the
total sum of which is about four hundred dollars.
THE VALLEY.
To cash received of Mrs. Ada H. Dodge, for
1421 square feet of land at 20 cents per
foot. . . . . . . . 128 50
cash received Chas. Wingate, for tomb rent, 31 00
Total receipts f59 50
By cash paid city treasurer, as per receipts . 159 50
All money received on account of cemeteries has, as
usual, been paid to the city treasurer, and all bills of ex-
penditures have been paid by the city treasurer, having been
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submitted to the committee on accounts for examination.
I desire to. improve this opportunity to call the attention of
the committee to the propriety of creating a permanent fund
of ten thousand dollars or more, to be taken from the re-
ceipts of lots sold in Pine Grove Cemetery — say one thous-
and dollars each year — until a sum, the interest on which
will be sufficient to keep the grounds in respectable order,
is raised. If it is considered advisable to provide for such
a sum, it will be wise to do so before many more lots are
sold.
Respectfully submitted.
J. F. JAMES, Treasurer.
December 29, 1881.
Manchester, N. H., Dec. 29, 1881.
I hereby certify that I have examined the accounts of the
treasurer of the Pine Grove and Valley cemeteries, on
pages 96, 97, and 98, and pages 78 and 79, respectively,
and find the same correctly cast and properly vouched, to
the amount of 81,264.72.
NATHAN P. KIDDER,
City Auditor.
I consider it my duty to report here the Gale fund.
This consists of the sum of three hundred dollars, de-
posited in the Amoskeag Savings Bank by the executors of
the will of the late Mrs. Dr. Gale, which will requests the
treasurer of the Valley Cemetery to expend the annual
interest on the same for the purpose of keeping both lots
and tombs of the late Dr. A. G. Gale and Hon. R. H. Ayer
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in suitable condition. In obedience to the provisions of
said will, I had two coats of paint put upon the fences
of both lots, in July last.
To interest accumulated July 26, 1881 . . |38 95
By paid J. J. Abbott, for painting fences (two
coats) ....... 18 00
Balance $20 95
J. F. JAMES, Treasurer.
TIMOTHY W. CHALLIS, Chairman,
SYLYANUS B. PUTNAM, Clerk,
J. F. JAMES, Treasurer,
H. R. PETTEE,
W. G. HOYT,
CHAS. E. BALCH,
J. L. STEYENS,
A. H. DANIELS,
A. W. QUINT,
Committee on Cemeteries.
EEPORT
TRUSTEES OF THE CEMETERY FUND.
To the City Councils of the City of Manchester : —
Gentlemen: — In presenting the second annual report
of the Trustees of the Cemetery Fund, there is little to be
said in addition to what was embraced in the report of
last year. Since that time no additional funds have been
placed in the custody of the trustees ; but by the action of
the committee on cemeteries, by which a section of the
Pine Grove Cemetery is to be improved on the 'Mandscape
lawn" plan, and the lots embraced therein are to be
endowed, it is expected that within the coming year a con-
siderable sum will be accumulated for the perpetual main-
tenance of such lots.
Respectfully submitted.
JAMES A. WESTON,
P. 0. CHENEY,
H. B. PUTNAM,
Trustees of the Cemetery Fund,
January 2, 1882,
REPORT
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
KEPOET
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 1881.
The whole number of families tliat has received more
or less assistance off the farm during the past year has
been thirty-two, consisting of one hundred and sixty per-
sons, all of whom have a settlement in this city.
Three of the above number have died during the year.
The whole number of persons at the City Farm during
the year has been thirty-one, the average number for the
year being twelve and seventy-three one-hundredths.
There has been one death at the farm during the year.
During the past year there, has been a large addition
made to the city-farm house, whereby those needing city
charity can be conveniently provided for. New rooms
have been fitted up with entire new furniture, and steam
introduced into every room. This department is entirely
separate from the criminal ward, so that those who may
have occasion to go there will not feel that they are sent
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there for any crime. It is very desirable that all paupers
off the farm should at once make application to their ward
overseer of the poor to be admitted. By so doing the ex-
penses of the city may be greatly reduced, and the poor
will receive much better care.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
H. B. PUTNAM, Chairman ex officio^
WILLIAM H. MAXWELL, Clerk, Ward 1,
GEORGE H. COLBY, Ward 2,
CHARLES G. B. RYDER, Ward 3,
HORACE GORDON, Ward 4,
GEORGE F. SHEEHAN, Ward 5,
ROBERT HALL, Ward 6,
ELBRIDGE G. WOODMAN, Ward 7,
ISRAEL B. FARNUM, Ward 8.
Overseers of the Poor.
^^OOOTJnSTT
OF
Stlvanus B. Putnam,
OITT TREASURER,
From December 31, 1880, to December 81, 1881.
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Dr.
Sylvanus B. Putnam, Treasurer, in account with the
To Cash in the Treasury, January 1, 1881
Temporary Loan .
Bonds sold
Interest on bonds sold
Insurance Tax
Kailroad Tax
Savings-bank Tax .
Literary Fund
Board of Inmates at State Reform School
City Farm
City Teams .
Highway District No. 1
u 2
New Highway
Lighting Streets
Macadamizing
Sewers and Drains
Bridge-street sewer
Incidental expenses
Old Hearse sold
Rent of Ward Room
Pine Grove Cemetery
Valley Cemetery* .
Police Department
City Hall
City Officers' Salaries
Water Rent .
Fuel
Philip Pruman, rent of land
Dog Licenses
Aqueduct Water
Interest on Taxes .
Tuition .
Cost on Non-Resident Taxes
Taxes collected on List of 187o
u u u 1374
Amount carried forward
S26,552 33
76,000 GO
60,000 00
84 45
780 38
12,830 45
37,124 88
1,870 50
4,021 86
2,504 88
2,492 09
1 25
1 25
8 20
25 00
26 06
337 07
1,005 30
383 84
60 57
75 00
24 00
1,285 22
147 50
9,543 49
2,494 04
7 50
60,215 62
12 56
1 00
542 25
15 00
683 10
341 92
42 00
1 67
101 07
S300,643 30
227
City of Manchester {ending December 31, 1881).
Cr.
By Unpaid Bills, January 1, 1881
Temporary Loan .
Keduction of City Debt
Interest paid .
Coupons, City Proper
Coupons, Water Bonds
Paupers off the Farm
City Farm
City Teams .
Highway District No. 1
a u a 3
K a u ^
u u a 5
a u u XO
u u a 11
a « u 13
New Highways
Land Damages
Watering Streets .
Lighting Streets
Paving Streets
Macadamizing
Grading for Concrete
Sewers and Drains
Bridge-street Sewer
Granite Bridge
Amoskeag Falls Bridge
McGregor Bridge .
Commons
Incidental Expenses
Pine Grove Cemetery
Amount carried forward
S35,693 73
12,000 00
16,400 00
2,089 17
16,779 00
311383 00
7,662 77
9,131 54
4,570 50
229 71
11,156 45
959 40
257 77
485 83
997 65
582 90
392 55
490 38
1,251 33
969 99
203 77
204 81
2,777 24
920 76
1,979 15
5,323 99
8,306 75
2,871 37
3,903 97
9,621 71
13,929 41
458 44
1,361 34
20,000 00
392 30
20,018 74
1,486 15
$361,043 58
228
Dr.
Sylvanus B. Putnam, Treasurer, in account with the
Amount brought forward
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List of
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Rent of Tenements
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City Scales .
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.
Unpaid Bills, January 1, 1882
S300,643 30
205 45
78 28
185 78
324 75
435 49
30,159 30
268,774 67
578 00
260 50
178 81
$601,824 33
31,312 63
$633,136 96
229
City of Manchester {ending December 31, 1881).
Cr.
Amount brought forward . . . $361,043 68
By VaDey Cemetery
3,048 32
Fire Department . . ' .
14,042 77
• Fire-alarm Telegraph .
1,049 48
Police Department
20,116 76
City Hall
6,115 44
Hydrant Service ....
19,3i0 00
Printing and Stationery
1,360 52
Repairs of Buildings
4,988 38
City Library
2,695 48
Women's Aid Society .
700 00
Militia
500 00
Abatement of Taxes
2,762 22
Discount on Taxes
7,399 15
State Tax
41,060 00
City Officers' Salaries .
10,923 59
Decoration of Soldiers' Graves
200 00
Firemen's Parade .
288 84
Annex to City Library .
3,355 17
New School-house
4,724 30
Water- works
37,558 48
Repairs of School-houses
4,959 72
Fuel . . . .
3,036 26
Furniture and Supplies
745 24
Books and Stationery .
599 89
Printing and Advertising
566 05
Contingent Expenses .
823 17
Care of Rooms
2,494 89
Evening Schools .
1,374 75
Teachers' Salaries .
37,503 40
Truant Officer
187 50
Reservoirs ....
4 90
$594,548 15
Cash in the Treasury^ January 1, 1882 . . 38,588 81
S683,13G 96
SYLVANUS B. PUTNAM,
Citi
/ Treasurer.
Ma2<chestee, Jauuary 1, 1882.
FINANCE COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
The undersigned, Joint Standing Committee on Finance,
certify that we have examined the foregoing account of S.
B. Putnam, city treasurer, and find the same correctly cast
and supported by proper vouchers.
CHARLES F. MORRILL,
ARETAS BLOOD,
SAMUEL F. CURTIS.
THOMAS JOHNSON,
H. B. PUTNAM,
Joint Standing Committee on Finance,
REVENUE ACCOUNT,
ACCOUNTS OF ArPROPRIATlONS.
TEMPORARY LOAN
To balance frqm old account . . f 45, 000 00
Manchester Savings Bank . 45,000 00
Mechanics' Savings Bank . 5,000 00
Merrimack River Savings Bank 10,000 00
Amoskeag National Bank . 10,000 00
Merchants National Bank . 5,000 00
Dr
-5^120,000 00
Cr.
Paid Manchester Savings Bank . 155,000 00
Amoskeag Savings Bank . 5,000 00
Mechanics' Savings Bank . 10,000 00
Merrimack River Savings Bank 15,000 00
Manchester National Bank . 5,000 00
Amoskeag National Bank . 10,000 00
Merchants National Bank . 10,000 00
Isaac Fitts .... 10,000 00
-8120,000 00
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INTEREST
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To appropriation .
•$20,000
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water-works, am't transferred
. 38,000
00
Charles E. Balch
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First National Bank .
21
12
Second National Bank
12
22
Amoskeag National Bank .
22
22
Merchants National Bank
12
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Paid C. E. Balch .
.i;193
75
Merchants National Bank
169
.86
Amoskeag National Bank
64
58
Manchester National Bank
7o
70
Manchester Savings Bank
892
07
Amoskeag Savings Bank
163
89
Merrimack River Savings Bant
: 199
73
Mechanics' Savings Bank
217
09
Isaac Pitts
112
50
coupons, city proper
16,779
00
coupons, water bonds
37,883
00
Bj balance on hand
. 1,838
28
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C
JKfKJ-fK/ijrZ ^LKJ
INTEREST ON TAXES.
To George E. Morrill, collector
Dr.
$782 06
By balance on hand
Cr.
1782 06
285
PAUPERS OFF THE FARM.
To appropriation .... $4,000 00
county of Hillsborough, support
of county paupers . . . 4,021 86
reserved fund .... 278 69
Paid Daniel Sheehan, groceries fur-
nished Michael Kelley . $64 00
Daniel Sheehan, groceries fur-
nished Mrs. J. Sullivan . 96 00
Daniel Sheehan, groceries fur-
nished Mrs. J. Reardon . 48 00
Daniel Sheehan, groceries fur-
nished Mrs. P. Fox . . 72 00
Daniel Sheehan, groceries fur-
nished Mrs. D. Healy . . 72 00
Daniel Sheehan, groceries fur-
nished Mrs. T. Mackin . 10 00
.Daniel Sheehan, groceries fur-
nished Robert Manahan . 5 00
Daniel Sheehan, groceries fur-
nished Mrs. J. Loughlin . 6 00
Daniel Sheehan, groceries fur-
nished John Murphy . . 8 00
Daniel Sheehan, groceries fur-
nished David McKay . . 4 00
B. Bresnehan, groceries fur-
nished Robert McMahon . 50 00
B. Bresnehan, groceries fur-
nished P. J. Hanley . . 66 00
Dr.
•- $8,300 66
Cr.
236
Paid B. Bresnehan, groceries fur-
nished Mrs. M. Shaiiley . $48 00
B. Bresnehan, groceries fur-
nished Mrs. J. Joice . . 60 00
B. Bresnehan, groceries fur-
nished Mrs. M. Fitzgerald . 28 00
B. Bresnehan, groceries fur-
nished Mrs. Junier . . 12 00
B. Bresnehan, groceries fur-
nished Edward Burrines . o 00
B. Bresnehan, groceries fur-
nished Mr. Tobert . . 5 00
Adams & Lamprey, groceries
furnished Mrs. Doherty . 27 00
Adams & Lamprey, groceries
furnished Johu Murphy . 7 00
Adams & Lamprey, groceries
furnished Thomas Connor . 8 00
Adams & Lamprey, groceries
furnished P. Scanlan . . 4 43
Adams & Lamprey, groceries
furnished Mrs. Jerry Cronin 5 00
Adams & Lamprey, groceries
furnished Timothy McQuinn 3 00
Adams & Lamprey, groceries
furnished Mrs. Rhoades . 2 00
Adams & Lamprey, groceries
furnished Mary Fitzgerald . 1 50
Michael Kenney, groceries fur-
nished Johanna Harrison . 56 99
P. Harrington, groceries fur-
nished xMrs. J. Loughlin . 66 00
P. Harrington, groceries fur-
nished Mrs. Harrison . . 5 00
287
Paid M. E. Griffin, groceries fur-
nished Ann Mackin . . 850 00
M. E Oriffin, groceries fur-
nished Walter Lynch . . 32 00
M. E. Griffin, groceries fur-
nished J. Doherty . . 2 00
M. R. Currier, groceries fur-
nished L. B. Mott . . 3 00
M. R. Currier, groceries fur-
nished Pyam Hovey . . 40 78
H. P. Davis & Co., groceries fur-
nished Mrs. Fitts . . 1 50
H. Fradd & Co., groceries fur-
nished Cyprian Gillette . 14 01
H. Fradd & Co., groceries fur-
nished Mrs. Douglass Hunter 37 76
Wm. F. Sleeper & Co., grocer-
ies furnished Joseph Pierce 51 00
Wm. F. Sleeper & Co., grocer-
ies furnished John Doherty 9 50
Wm. F. Sleeper & Co., grocer-
ies furnished B. Fitzgerald . 4 00
Wm. F. Sleeper & Co., grocer-
ies furnished D. McKay . 6 00
Wm. F. Sleeper & Co., grocer-
ies furnished Dan'l Reynolds 2 00
Barnard & Huskie, groceries
furnished Mrs. Douglass Hun-
ter 52 76
A. G. Pratt, groceries furnished
Louis Rushlow ... 19 50
Town of Merrimack, groceries
furnished Joseph Pierce . 3 00
238
fur
Paid Michael Kearns, groceries fur-
nished P. J. Handle J .
Michael Kearns, groceries fur
nished Ellen Rhoades .
0. J. Balch, groceries furnished
Mrs. Gillette
0. J. Balch, groceries furnished
Mrs. Douglass Hunter
Barr & Clapp, groceries
nished Daniel Mitchell
Barr & Clapp, groceries fur
nished Eben Foss
Eager & Rand, groceries fur
nished Helen Rhoades
Eager & Rand, groceries fur
nished Kate Cronin
John Fenton & Co., groceries
furnished John Doherty
Poore & Rowell, groceries fur-
nished Hiram 0. Hodge
1. G. Rowell, groceries fur-
nished George H. Young
Geo. H. Stearns, groceries fur-
nished Hiram 0. Hodge
Geo. H. Stearns, groceries fur
nished John Lane
Geo. H. Stearns, groceries fur
nished Mr. Leonard .
L. A. McKean, groceries fur
nished Ellen Rhoades .
Smith & Pratt, groceries fur
nished Mrs. Fitzgerald
Brigham & Pratt, bread fur
nished Thomas Connor
$6 00
6 89
3 00
10 41
5 00"
6 00
25 18
11 00
13 00
11 00
13 00
3 85
2 00
1 50
2 61
1 50
2 00
289
Paid E. E. Pillsbury, board and care
of family .... -186 00
Geo. C. Batchelder, board and
care of Geo. H. Batchelder
and family ....
0. J. Doble, board and care ol
Anna B. Ayer
Mrs. S. B. Davis, board and
care of Joseph Bellefleur
Mrs. M. M. Prescott, board and
care of Eben Foss
Town of Lancaster, board and
care of Benson Joy
Town of Newmarket
C. C. Colby, board of Alice P.
Nutt
Sarah A. Heselton, support of
family ....
Lucie M. Clark, care of Alice
P. Nutt ....
Sarah E. Maybe w, care of
Henry C. Young.
Mrs. Patrick Ford, washing for
Henry C. Young and wife .
Susan A. Crooker, watching
with Henry C. Young and
wife
Mrs. Bonett, work for H. C.
Young and family
Mrs. Leonard Jenkins, watch-
ing with Henry C. Young
and wife ....
Town of Candia, care of Luther
Harrington ....
43
00
72
00
52
07
*6
00
23
50
18
00
33
32
7
00
48
00
2.
50
5
55
37
50
4
00
7
87
8
00
240
Paid Delia Fifield,care of Henry C,
Young's family . . . f 7 30
E. P. Johnson & Co., coal fur-
nished Mrs. Moulton . . 30 25
E. P. Johnson & Co., coal fur-
nished James Callahan . 10 60
L. B. Bodwell & Co., wood fur-
nished Hiram 0. Hodge . 18 75
James , F. Wyman, coal fur-
nished Mfs. D. Hunter . 5 6Q
Rowell & Burns, wood fur-
nished Mrs. J. Cronin . 4 00
James W. Kimball, wood fur-
nished Mrs Doherty . . 3 50
James W. Kimball, wood fur-
nished Timothy McQuinn . 2 00
A. Mclndoe, wood furnished
Mrs. Mackin . . . • 2 00
M. y. B. Garland, wood fur-
nished S. B. Mott . . 1 00
George H. Porter, wood fur-
nished Mrs. Doherty . . 2 00
A. C. Wallace, wood lurnished
Mrs. D. Hunter ... 3 00
G. M. Story, wood furnished
Mrs. D. Hunter ... 3 75
S. Brown, wood furnished Mrs.
D. Hunter . . . . 2 25
J. Baldwin & Co., wood fur-
nished Mrs. D. Hunter . 5 75
L. S. Proctor, wood furnished
Pyam Hovey ... 6 00
J. Mclndoe, wood furnished
Mrs. David McKay . . 2 25
241
Paid State Reform School, board of
inmates .... 13,817 52
N. H. Insane Asylum, board of
John Connolly ... 229 62
N. H. Insane Asylum, board of
Martha J. Dunn ... 224 81
N. H. Insane Asylum, board of
Elbridge Gerry . . . 226 Q6
N. H. Insane Asylum, board of
John J. Murray ... 242 68
N. H. Insane Asylum, board of
John Welch " . . . 126 37
N. H. Insane Asylum, board of
Patrick Cronin ... 220 24
N. H. Insane Asylum, board of
Asenath H. White . . 140 59
N. H. Insane Asylum, board of
S. S. Gale .... 54 12
N. H. Insane Asylum, board of
Ellison Towne ... 12 10
N. H. Insane Asylum, board of
Charles Croghan . . 15 91
S. G. Reed, board of Willard
A. Reed .... 19 39
Town of Candia, clothing for
Luther Harrington . ' . 23 15
Town of Groton, care of Mrs.
F. Page .... 5 00
Dr. D. P. Campbell, profes-
sional services ... 1 50
Dr. J. A. Jackson, professional
services . . . . 60 00
Robert Hall, cash paid for med-
icine for Joseph B. Pierce . 4 50
16
242
Paid C. G. B. Ryder, cash paid Eras-
tus Nichols .
I. R. Dewey, use of team
M. E. George, cash paid Mrs
C. W. Heselton .
Wm. H. Maxwell, postage and
stationery .
Lewis K. Mead, medicine
Tebbetts Bros., medicine
Tebbetts Bros., medicine for
Alice P. Nutt .
P. A. Devine, burial of Mrs
Bridget Fitzgerald
F. 0. Dow, boots and shoes
Fairbanks & Pearson
A. G. Monette, burial of Mrs
Cyprian Gillette .
Piper, Hawley, & Co., clothing
86 00
1 50
5 00
2 00
52 30
23 02
3 49
14 00
4 75
37 00
14 00
for Henry C. Young's family
5 25
John B. Clarke, printing
5 50
James Bros , team .
1 25
Geo. E. Morrill, tax of C. S.
Prescott ....
1 51
By balance to new account
737 78
CITY FARM.
To appropriation ....
85,500 00
F. Allen, produce sold
2,484 45
J. S. Holt, pasturing cow
11 00
Barton & Co., overdraft .
50
;,300 33
Dr.
243
To Ezra W. Kimball, overdraft
18 93
reserved fund ....
1,868 13
i9 873 01
Cr.
PaidF. Allen, superintendent
1500 00
F. Allen, labor
543 31
Chas. T. Allen & Co., groceries
481 76
Geo. H. Stearns, groceries
139 03
Eager & Rand, groceries
8 58
Poore & Rowell, groceries
50 02
J. G. Warner, groceries .
63 03
L. B. Harris, use of telephone
35 80
Pettee & Whittle, grain .
588 87
Samuel Cooper, grain
128 46
D. Kerwin & Son, soap .
17 60
L. Shelters, butter .
8 19
R. G. Sullivan, tobacco .
16 80
J. A. Sanborn & Co., repairing
teams . . . .
32 50
E. P. Johnson & Co., coal
4 04
Wm. H. Hill, blacksmithing
1 25
J. F. Woodbury & Co., black-
s
smithing
46 22
Goodwin Bros., repairing teams
23 35
J. B. McCrillis & Son, repair-
ing teams .
80 65
Daniels & Co., hardware, ferti
-
lizers, etc. .
108 63
Wm. C. Rogers, hardware, fer
-
tilizers, etc.
44 64
J. B. Yarick, hardware, ferti
-
lizers, etc. .
6d 50
Pike & Heald, plumbing, etc.
130 24
244
Paid Wason, Pierce, & Co., tobacco
Silas Pierce & Co., molasses,
etc. ....
D. A. Simons, furnishing goods
D. A. Simons, furniture .
Ezra W. Kimball, horse clothing
J. P. Finn & Co., painting
E. P. Johnson & Co., coal
A. C. Wallace, lumber .
W. Ireland, lumber and labor
J. H. Maynard, lumber and
labor ....
J. S. Masseck, dry goods
Waite Bros., dry goods .
N. S. Clark, dry goods .
Weston & Hill, dry goods
Piper, Hawley, & Co., dry goods
Plumer & Holton, clothing
Temple & Farrington, wall
paper ....
B. W. Robinson & Co., mason
work ....
E. M. Slayton , butter, beans, etc
B. F. Porter, filing saws .
Cyrus Dean, repairing clocks
Barr & Clapp, kerosene oil
A. N. Clapp, kerosene oil
Carl E. York, sugar and oil
Manchester Locomotive-works
sled shoes .
Thomas A. Lane, old pipe
A. Royal, swill
Geo. F. Bosher & Co., soap
matches, etc.
7 00
37
96
50
82
252
78
33
76
404
79
230
90
32
16
41
97
2,625
92
17
74
50
26
06
72
48
103
87
49
83
59 bc>
194
48
45
47
2
20
3
50
8
28
6
27
2
88
11
80
86
5
70
7 32
245
Paid P. W. Follansbee & Son, mov-
ing building
$150 00
Geo. F. Hanson, blacksmithing
3 00
G. H. Roby, concreting .
3 00
Wm. G. Hoyt, manure .
13 50
A. H. Lowell, iron castings
6 74
Mitchell & Heath, shoes
25 15
H. F. Thompson, blacksmithing
5 40
Clough & Towle, pork and lard
35 55
N. B. Hull, 2d, potatoes .
14 00
I. P. Emery <fe Co., tin ware .
41 99
Concord Railroad corporation,
freight . . . .
1 24
J. S. Holt & Co., soap .
11 54
Wm. Stevens, tobacco
2 16
R. G. Sullivan, tobacco .
22 57
James S. Bacheler, putting in
boilers, etc.
1,145 25
James S. Bacheler, plumbing .
118 19
Geo. H. Dorr . . . .
3 72
J. E. Knox, pasturing cattle
40 00
P. Bannon, making cider
5 10
J. M. Crombie, labor on well .
28 12
By balance to new account .
741 47
CITY TEAM
S.
To L. B. Harris, labor .
14 00
0. D. Carpenter, labor
1 50
Warren Harvey, horse
50 00
District No. 2 .
1,418 61
19,873 01
Dr.
246
To District No. 10
sewers and drains
grading for concrete
watering streets
macadamizing .
incidental expenses
paving
new highways .
reserved fund .
Paid J. A. Brown, hay .
0. Hinkley, hay
L. Shelters, hay
E. Langley, hay
E. P. Johnson & Co., hay
E. B. Bartlett, hay .
James Warren, hay
J. M. Miller, hay .
Rufus Martin, hay .
W. Cochran, hay
L. N. Barnard, hay
M. Boyington, hay .
P. Boyington, hay .
George A. Tufts, straw
S. R. Corning, hay .
N. Preston, straw .
Samuel Cooper, grain
Pettee & Whittle, grain
H. Fradd & Co., grain
A. N. Clapp, grain .
W. H. Marty n & Son, grain
D. Wadsworth, carrots .
8192
75
1
00
174
50
411
24
32
50
40
75
136
24
29
00
2,078
41
<Jfi4. ^70 AO
Cr.
150
55
90
78
■ 69
56
98
04
397
29
22
78
11
.'5
192
57
31
81
19
25
13
80
9 bQ
18
35
11
83
. 9
50
5
94
211
07
642
69
75
75
17
37
30
62
21
09
247
id J. H. Cram, blacksmithiiig
$U1 76
J. F. Woodbury & Co., black-
smithing . . . .
37 75
D. F. Cressey, repairing teams
6 50
John Barnes, repairing teams .
36 69
J. A. Sanborn &. Co., repair-
ing teams . . . .
36 55
J. B. McCrillis & Son, repair-
ing teams, etc. .
1,070 18
J. B. Yarick, hoof ointment .
2 38
Pike & Heald, cap for hubs, etc.
2 70
Daniels & Co., stable broom, etc.
1 30
Ezra W. Kimball, repairing
harness . • . .
214 52
T. F. Burnham, professional
services
8 00
John Barnes, blacksmithing .
8 20
H. C. Ranno, harness
75 00
H. C. Ranno, repairing harness
20 04
F. N. McLaren, repairing har-
ness
1 00
Manchester Tea Co., salt
1 32
J. Truesdale & Son, horse-
blankets . . . .
4 50
city farm, hay
29 37
S. P. ScoUey & Co., castile
soap, etc .
16 97
Waite Bros. .
4 23
G. E. Hall, medicine
12 42
J. J. Abbott, paint .
11 81
George H. Stearns, salt, etc.
3 95
A. N. Clapp, flannel
38
E. M. Slayton
7 30
Manchester Gas Co., gas
12 04
248
Paid Geo. W. Butterfield, teamster
8264 75
A. Robie, teamster .
105 73
Dennis Clifford, teamster
18 75
A. B. Gushing, teamster .
247 86
Walter Seaward, teamster
71 99
14,570 50
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 1.
Dr.
To appropriation . ...
Eddie Stewart .
Paid Malachi F. Dodge, superinten-
dent
Geo. F. Hamlet,superintendent
labor of men and teams .
1250 00
1 25
$251 25
Cr.
128 00
86 00
137 25
.«9A1 9A
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 2.
To appropriation . . . .$10,000 00
Kimball & Gerrish, old barrels . 1 25
reserved fund . . . . 1,155 20
Dr.
$11,156 45
Cr.
Paid Warren Harvey ,superintendent 8676 50
Daniels & Co., hardware . 231 35
249
Paid J. B. Varick, hardware
Wm. C. Rogers, hardware
P. W. Dickey & Co., black-
smithing . . . .
C. Patterson, blacksmithing .
C. F. Langley, blacksmithing .
F. Ricard & Son, blacksmithing
Derry <fe Co., blacksmithing .
Lamson & Marden, blacksmith-
ing
W. E. & E. B. Dunbar, black-
smithing
W. H. Yickery, keys
Goodwin Bros., lumber
A. C. Wallace, lumber
A. J. Sawyer, lumber
James Baldwin & Co., lumber
Pike & Heald, repairing street-
sweeper
Daniel W. Garland, stone
Robert Heath .
B. F. Porter, filing saws .
D. Clifford, teamster
city teams
A. B. Gushing, teamster .
A. Robie, teamster .
Geo. W, Butterfield, teamster
James Kearns, teamster .
Walter Seaward, teamster
Frank Dustin, teamster .
labor of men and teams .
$6 66
14
00
34
05
2
18
6
83
42
63
38 86
10 94
95
35
15
10 04
47
92
1 02
18 00
00
10
2
5
360 25
1,346 61
37 12
174 74
42 00
432 00
142 50
162 75
7,344 48
-111,156 45
260
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 3.
To appropriation ....
$700 00
reserved fund ....
259 40
Paid I. G. Howe, superintendent .
-S39 19
H. C. Dickey, superintendent .
333 86
W. C. Rogers, hardware
17 00
Daniels & Co., hardware
16
John Barnes, blacksmithing .
9 50
H. H. Currier & Son, concreting
4 00
A. C. Wallace, lumber .
11 bQ
Robert Laing, stone steps
2 00
Joseph Johnson, stone .
1 75
labor of men and teams .
540 38
Dr.
1959 40
Cr.
1959 40
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 4.
To appropriation
reserved fund
Paid C. C. Webster, superintendent
J. B. Yarick, hardware .
labor of men and teams .
1250 00
7
77
$128
04
4
90
124
88
Dr.
$257 77
Cr.
$257 77
251
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 5.
To appropriation
reserved fund
Paid A. A. Hazelton, superintendent
C. A. Pierce, superintendent .
A. C. Wallace, lumber .
J. B. Varick, hardware .
F. Ricard & Son, blacksmithing
labor of men and teams .
1400 00
85
83
171
69
168
50
21
04
40
2
20
222
00
Dr.
1485 83
Cr.
8485 83
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 6.
To appropriation . .
$400 00
J. H. Maynard, overdraft
8 20
reserved fund ....
589 46
Paid D. H. Dickey, superintendent
132 00
I. T. Webster, superintendent
145 08
J. B. Yarick, hardware .
28 18
Wm. C. Rogers, hardware
5 90
J. H. Maynard, lumber .
8 20
0. Sweeney, blacksmithing
15 00
labor of men and teams .
763 80
Dr.
$997 66
Cr.
$997 66
252
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 7.
Paid R. I. Stevens, superintendent . 124 00
Jeremiah Garvin, superintend-
ent
labor of men and teams .
Daniels & Co., hardware
By balance on hand
108
00
259
95
60
57
45
Dr.
To appropriation ....
1650 00
8650 00
Cr.
•
Paid P. 0. Woodman, superintend-
ent
$18 00
H. A. Horton, superintendent
124 95
Wm. C. Rogers, hardware
18 15
A. C. Wallace, lumber .
12 79
•
labor of men and teams .
409 01
By balance on hand
67 10
$650 00
HIGHWAY DISTRICT
NO. 8.
Dr.
To appropriation ....
$450 00
$450 00
Cr.
$450 00
253
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 9.
To appropriation .
reserved fund .
Paid Alphonso Boyce, superintend
ent ....
J. J. Garmon
Daniels & Co., hardware
J. B. Varick, hardware .
L. A. Dickey, repairing tools
P. W. Follansbee, lumber
labor of men and teams
. 1450 00
40
38
$43 00
135
50
7
48
2
50
2
86
3
60
295
44
Dr.
$490 38
Cr.
f490 38
HIGHWAY DISTRICT No. 10.
To appropriation .
reserved fund .
Paid F. S. Worthen, superintendent
Wm. C. Rogers, hardware
J. B. Varick, hardware .
Daniels & Co., hardware
John Barnes, blacksmithing
A. C. Wallace, lumber .
A. N. Clapp, nails, powder, etc
Dr.
. 11,000 00
251 33
11251 33
Cr.
t 188 00
77 64
6 30
12 00
37 04
47 20
3. 4 96
254
PaidD. F. Cressej & Co., black-
smithing .... $6 44
H. Fradd & Co., grain . . 6 40
Plumer & Holton, oil coats, etc. 5 12
F. S. Bodwell, stone . . 51 25
Geo. H. Stearns, can and oil . 1 05
Temple & Farrington, time-
book 1 30
John Brown, paving-stone and
sand
6 25
Jas. Baldwin & Co., grain, etc.
12 35
Pettee & Whittle, cement
14 40
George W. Riddle, stone and
sand
22 25
labor of men and teams .
851 38
11,251 33
NO. 11.
HIGHWAY DISTRICT
Dr.
To appropriation ....
reserV'ed fund
1700 00
269 99
1969 99
Cr.
■
Paid L. D. Colby, superintendent .
J. E. Bailey, superintendent .
D. Wells, lumber .
69 61
233 63
20 00
L. D. Colby, oak plank and
labor
4 00
J. B. Clarke, paving-stone
P. C. Cheney Co., sharpening
drills
1 25
70
255
Paid Burpee, Hamilton, & Co., ax 81 50
Daniels & Co., hardware . 6 98
labor of men and teams . . 63*2 32
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 12.
To appropriation .... 1250 00
Paid city-farm labor . . . 1203 77
By balance on hand ... 46 23
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 13.
To appropriation .... S150 00
reserved fund . . . . 54 81
Paid Bben Carr, superintendent . 18 00
J. P. Fellows, superintendent 6 00
Fellows & Goodwin, black-
smithing .... 1 80
Wm. C. Rogers, hardware . 85
labor of men and teams . 188 16
1969 99
Dr.
8250 00
Cr.
8250 00
Dr.
8204 81
Cr.
8204 81
256
NEW HIGHWAYS.
To appropriation .
C. G. B. Ryder
reserved fund .
Paid John Barnes, blacksmithing .
M. V. B. Garland, building
north extension of Elm st. .
Moses Plant, building exten-
sion of Prospect street
D. W. Garland, covering stone
John Perham, building exten
sion of Taylor street .
A. N. Clapp, powder, fuse, etc,
J. B. Yarick, hardware .
Daniels & Co., hardware
labor of men and teams
11,
000
00
25
00
1,
752
24
$27 '28
150 00
165
00
J 102
67
41
75
5
69
2
70
1
70
. 2,280
45
Dr.
!,777 24
Or.
I
12,777 24
LAND DAMAGES.
To appropriation
reserved fund
Paid 0. H. Colburn, Laurel street
E. D. L. Parker, Parker st. .
1500
420
00
76
140
489
16
00
Dr.
$920 76
Cr.
257
Paid E. T. Baldwin, Prospect st. . 1140 00
Isaac Huse, Proctor road . 1 00
Wm. E. Buck, Prospect street 248 60
L. S. Proctor, Proctor road . 1 00
Henry Duncan, Proctor road, 1 00
WATERING STREETS.
To appropriation .... $2,000 00
Paid Manchester Water-works,water
1719 25
Thomas A. Lane, repairs of
stand, pipes, etc. - .
22 72
J. A. Sanborn & Co., repairs
on sprinkler
7 10
Pike &• Heald, repairs on
sprinkler ....
40 00
J. B. McCrillis & Son, repairs
on sprinkler
30 70
D. F. Cressey & Co., repairs on
sprinkler
3 50
city teams ....
411 24
Geo. W. Butterfield, teamster
121 50
A. B. Cushing, teamster
125 24
Mark Harvey, team
536 00
R. W. Martin, storing cart .
5 00
By balance on hand
17 35
S920 76
Dr.
5,000 00
Cr.
12,000 00
17
258
LIGHTING STREETS.
To appropriation . . . . 15,000 00
Edward Jewell, damage to lamp-
post 26 06
reserved fund .... 297 93
Paid Manchester Gas Co., gas
$2,948 40
Manchester Gas Co., lanterns,
etc
262 31
I. R. Dewey, lamplighter
1,809 24
A. H. Lowell, lamp- posts,
frames, etc.
200 43
Wm. C. Rogers, glass .
29 95
D. M. Goodwin, repairs
45 01
Pike & Heald, repairs .
35
I. W. Thatcher, repairs .
15 05
Brock & Driscoll, repairs
9 50
H. H. Currier
1 50
C. A. Smith, oil lamps .
2 25
Dr.
85,323 99
Cr.
15,323 99
PAYING STREETS.
To appropriation
reserved fund
14,000 00
4,303 25
Paid Chas. H. Robie, concreting . $1,218 41
Chas. A. Bailey, paving-stone 2,649 01
Dr.
$8,303 25
Cr.
259
Paid Chas. A. Bailey, flagging
Wm. C. Rogers, hardware
Daniels & Co., hardware
John Barnes, blacksmithing
Samuel Brown, Jr.
C. C. Webster, stone
A. N. Clapp, lanterns and oil
A. G. Fairbanks, stone .
Daniel W. Garland, flagging
James Kennard, stone .
labor of men and teams
3
85
2
75
3
00
31
40
61
00
I, 2
10
1
75
41
00
87
50
. 4,134
68
88,303 25
MACADAMIZING STREETS.
To appropriation .... 12,000 00
Amoskeag Manufacturing Co.,
crushing stone
Joseph Suver, overdraft .
reserved fund .
PaidjManchester Water-works,water
J. B. Varick, hardware .
Daniels & Co., hardware
Derry & Co., blacksmithing .
George P. Atwell, stone chips,
M. V. B. Garland, wood for
crusher ....
W. E. &. E. B. Dunbar .
Hutchinson Bros., repairs on
crusher . . . . 118 44
335
82
' 1
25
534
30
$30 00
37
93
4 35
84
00
9
50
48
24
2
27
Dr,
12,871 37
Cr.
260
id Thomas A. Lane, repairs
on
crusher
.
$6 80
labor of men and teams
.
2,508 84
Horace Willey, stone
.
10 80
Samuel Hall, stone
10 20
12,871 37
GRADING FOR CONCRETE.
To appropriation .
iB,000 00
reserved fund .
903 97
Paid George H. Stearns, salt
$2 53
D. W. Garland, stone .
88 55
C. A. Bailey, stone
31 50
Palmer & Garmon, stone
5 11
M. Fitzgerald; cutting stone
1 62
J. B. Varick, hardware .
8 84
F. Ricard &Son,blacksmithing
19 62
labor of men and teams
3,746 20
Dr.
;,903 97
Cr.
13,903 97
SEWERS AND DRAINS.
To appropriation .
sundry persons, sewer licenses
reserved fund .
15,000 00
1,005 30
41
3,960
Dr.
S9,965 71
261
Or,
Paid B. W. Robinson & Co., sewer
pipe . . . .
E. G. Haynes, sewer pipe
A. H. Lowell, cesspool covers
Pettee & Whittle, cement
Goodwin Bros., hubs
J. Stickne3% rubber mittens
B. F. Porter, filing saws
George H. Stearns, oil-meal
Pike & Heald, lanterns, etc.
J. B. Varick, hardware .
Daniels & Merrill, hardware
Daniels & Co., hardware
A C. Wallace, lumber .
A. J. Sawyer, lumber
P. W. Dickey & Co., black-
smithing ....
Henry N. Stone, pump and hose
Geo. W. Thayer & Son, rubber
. boots . . . . •
Plaisted & Haines, rubber boots
Geo. W. Weeks, rubber boots .
A. N. Clapp, pails, etc. .
Flint & Cass, lumber
Hill & Co., express
T. L. Thorpe, waste
labor of men and teams .
Plumer & Holton, oil suits
C. H. Hodgman & Co., truck-
ing sewer pipe .
H. Fradd & Co., oil and lan-
terns . . . . •
A. B. Smith, building sewer .
$4,355 23
678 70
104 87
231 65
75
1 50
6 80
1 55
26 81
13 61
32
60 28
38 05
8 94
6 13
80 50
2 50
31 25
3 40
3 87
23 67
1 75
2 15
4,193 77
10 50
2 50
3 36
71 30
$9,965 71
262
BRIDGE-STREET SEWER.
To appropriation . . . .$10,000 00
Patrick Kelley, overdraft . . 1 24
Amoskeag Manufacturing Co. . 382 60
reserved fund .... 3,545 57
Dr.
Paid Amoskeag Manufacturing Co.,
iron pipe, labor, etc. .
13,708 39
B. W. Robinson & Co., mason-
work ....
622 45
Concord Railroad, freight on
brick ....
265 09
Ricard & Son, repairing tools
40 08
Plaisted & Haines, rubber boots
24 75
G. W. Thayer & Son, rubber
boots ....
15 00
Flint & Cass, lumber
32 00
A. J. Sawyer, lumber
10 91
A. C. Wallace, lumber .
276 29
Wm. C. Rogers, hardware
4 93
Daniels & Co., hardware
27 67
J. B. Varick, hardware .
50
Drake & Carpenter, cement
879 60
Pettee & Whittle, cement
9 45
D. W. Garland, stone
27 00
Wm. Starr • .
1 05
S. F. Adams, trucking .
7 00
labor of men and teams .
5,206 00
Natt & W. F. Head, brick
. 1,771 25
$13,929 41
Cr.
$13,929 41
263
GRANITE BRIDGE.
'■
Dr.
To appropriation .
$600 00
1600 00
Cr.
Paid AC. Wallace, lumber .
1310 53
John Barnes, bolts, etc.
8 90
Geo. Holbrook, lumber and la-
bor
8 70
Walter Neal, lumber and labor
90 75
R. W. Martin, painting .
2 25
J. B. Yarick, hardware .
13 25
A. N. Clapp, bolts and nails .
56
Charles Bunton, bolts
23 50
By balance on hand .
141 56
1600 00
AMOSKEAG FALLS BRIDGE.
Dr. .
To appropriation . . •
1100 00
reserved fund . . ^
1,261 34
81,361 34
Or.
Paid A. C. Wallace, lumber
8616 47
Geo. Holbrook, lumber and
labor ....
21 97
Walter Neal, lumber and labor
345 53
Daniels & Co., hardware
102' 21
J. B. Varick, hardware .
76 88
George H. Stearns
75
264
Paid James R. Carr, painting
188 03
Dexter L. Wilson, painting .
40 69
W. H. Tibbetts, painting
33 75
Orin A. Stolker, painting
45 06
$1,361 34
COMMONS.
Dr.
To appropriation ....
$200 00
reserved fund .
192 30
1392 30
Cr.
Paid G. F. Bosher & Co., lawn-
mower ....
$18 00
T. A. Lane, plumbing .
25
J. S. Bacheler, plumbing
71 11
J. B. Yarick, hardware
6 -75
Geo. Holbrook, lumber and
labor
6 60
labor of men and teams
289 59
1392 30
REPAIRS OF SCHOOL-HOUSES.
Dr.
To appropriation . . • . 15,000 00
incidental repairs, amount trans-
ferred 278 47
balance overdrawn . . . 101 24
15,379 71
265
Or.
Paid A. C. Wallace, lumber .
$307 12
A. J. Sawyer, lumber .
195 54
W. W. Hubbard, lumber
171 29
J. Hodge, lumber .
130 47
J. H. Maynard, lumber .
3 30
Austin, Johnson, & Co., lumber
13 44
Geo. H. Dudley, carpenter-
work
891 20
Geo. Holbrook, carpenter-work
182 67
L. N. Westover, carpenter-
work
24 75
Weathers & Co., stone-work .
15 00
Daniel W.Garland, stone-work
14 44
E. G. Haynes, sewer pipe
22 42
B. W. Robinson & Co., mason-
work .
362 84
J. J. Abbott, painting.
476 01
Sloan & Sullivan, painting .
104 50
J. L. Kennedy, painting
31 89
Joel Daniels, painting .
141 43
Daniels & Co., hardware
91 08
J. B. Yarick, hardware .
46 85
Pike & Heald, plumbing
73 52
Pike & Heald, mats, urinals,
etc.
57 .'4
Thos. A. Lane, plumbing, etc.
234 83
S. C. Forsaith & Co., lumber
126 87
Jas. S. Bacheler, boiler, plumb-
ing, etc
404 87'
A. H. Lowell, iron-work
48 76
James Briggs, repairing stoves
9 25
J. F. Libbey, paper-hanging .
3 69
Paid Amoskeag Manufacturing Co.,
lumber . . . .
J. T. Fanning, prof I services
W. H. Vickery, keys
Dustin Marshall, team .
Dennis Landry, stone-work
Chas. Dealy, stone-work
John Levill, stone-work .
J. Bennett, glazing
L.Ward, trucking
H. J. Tirrell, trucking .
Oilman Ellinwood, team
Moses Tracy, stone-work
Harvey Goodwin, lathing
J. C. Young, repairing roofs
Chas. H. Robie, concreting
J. A. B. Emerson, teaming
D. H. Morgan, labor
R. D. Gay, wall-paper .
Drake & Carpenter, cement
and lime
N. E. School Furniture Com
pany, furniture .
Concord Railroad Corporation
freight
By balance overdrawn in 1880
1326
22
25
00
4
50
4
50
26
00
12
00
9
00
1
05
2
25
10
00
1
00
15
00
13
T5
102
68
30
00
13
00
5
00
4
68
39 92
109 17
19 43
419 99
s379 71
NEW SCHOOL-HOUSE ON WEBSTER STREET.
' Dr.
To appropriation
.112,000 00
112,000 00
267
Cr.
Paid Amoskeag M'f'g Co., land
H. T. Simpson & Son, brick
D. W. Garland, putting in foun-
dation
John B. Clarke, printing
By balance to new account
S3,202 20
1,000 00
486 75
35 35
7,275 70
$12,000 GO
FUEL.
To appropriation ....
$3,300 00
L. B. Bodwell, overdraft .
12 56
Paid Rowell & Burns, wood .
113 15
Moore & Preston, coal .
550 88
E. P. Johnson & Co., coal
2,340 47
L. B. Bodwell & Co., wood
and coal ....
38 47
Moses Tracy, sawing wood, etc.
4 55
G. W. Varnum, sawing wood.
etc
1 65
C. E. Clough, trucking .
1 75
W. H. Annan, weighing coal .
9 75
Samuel Jewett, sawing wood .
59 63
J. B. Clarke, printing .
i5 96
By balance overdrawn in 1880
19 21
balance to new account
257 09
Dr.
13,312 56
Cr.
,312 56
268
FURNITURE AND SUPPLIES.
Dr.
To appropriation .
11,000 00
balance from old account
17 17
1^1 017 17
ypXjVJ. 1 X 1
Cr.
Paid Daniels & Co., floor-brushes
call-bells, etc. .
178 43
E. S. Ritchie & Sons, electric
machines, etc.
55 35
N. E. School Furnishing Co.
maps, etc.
75 15
Parker & Gordon, furniture
13 30
Thorp & Marshall
1 40
J. N. Baker, repairing clocks
20 95
Gordon & Tobey, tassels, cord
etc
[ 4 37
Higgins Bros., chairs, etc.
17 83
W. W. Hubbard, drawing-mod
els, etc.
22 50
H. P. Young, mounting ani-
mals ....
2 00
D. Appleton & Co., charts
8 00
A. N. Clapp, hardware .
3 18
Barr & Clapp
5 12
L. H. Josselyn, tables and desk
18 75
I. W. Thatcher, mop-wash
60
C. P. Trickey, crayons .
1 00
Daniels & Co., thermometers
etc
6 18
Charles A. Smith, dusters
32 13
Pike & Heald
62 90
A. W. Bacheler
22 12
269
Paid George H. Dudley
Temple & Parrington
J. B. Clarke .
Boston School Supply Co
L. Prang & Co.
Wm. H. Vickery
J. Hodge
S. C. Forsaith & Co.
E. R. Coburn
Thomas W. Lane
J. B. Varick .
R. D. Oay .
Thomas A. Lane
By balance to new account
$15
37
59
82
52
80
11
04
6
20
2
85
1
90
6
95
31
75
90
75
85
9
00
4
70
271
93
11,017 17
BOOKS AND STATIONERY.
To appropriation .
balance from old account .
Paid Thomas W. Lane .
Temple & Farrington
L. Prang & Co. .
A. C. Stock! n
B. R. Coburn
Robert S. Davis & Co.
William Ware & Co.
C. P. Trickey
Thompson, Brown, & Co
P. C. Cheney Co. .
1600
00
9
91
1177
35
95
07
75
68
34
30
62
81
58
00
42
00
1
32
13
75
1
50
Dr.
8609 91
Cb
270
Paid Knight, Adams, &, Co.
George C. Hoitt
George A. Smith & Co.
By balance to new account
17
54
1
00
29
57
10
02
1609 91
PRINTING AND ADVERTISING.
To appropriation .
balance from old account
Paid John B. Clarke .
Union Publishing Co.
Livingston <fe Kimball
H. H. Everett
Alfred Mudge & Son
By balance to new account
1700 00
24
62
1427 55
75
50
. 38
75
12
50
11
75
158
57
Dr.
^724 62
Cr.
1724 62
CONTINGENT EXPENSES.
To appropriation .
balance from old account
water-works
1900 00
100 14
1 00
Dr.
11,001 14
271
Cr.
Paid Manchester Water-works, water
W. E. Buck, use of team, 1880
W. E. Buck, use of team, 1881
W. E. Buck .
Manchester Gas Co., gas
C. H. Wilkins, lettering diplo
mas .
B. P. Dennis, tuning piano
D. B. Hennessey, tuning pianos
J. S. Masseck
N. S. Clark, ribbon
Challis & Campbell, printing
Hartford Boiler Inspector and
Insurance Co. .
J. N. Baker, repairing clocks
George H. Dudley, making
frames . . . .
J. F. Woodbury & Co., repair-
ing pokers
Fitzpatrick & Boudreau, print-
ing
Class of 1881, removing and
replacing desks, slides, etc.
Daniels & Co., hardware
C. C. Webster, trucking
J. Garvin, cleaning vault
A. Stone, washing windows .
James Brothers, team .
F. T. E. Richardson
Union Publishing Co., printing
By balance to new account
8389 65
30 25
90 oO
6 01
68 66
20 05
3 00
10 00
13 06
9 92
3 00
100 00
9 60
6 90
75
14
00
25
00
32
10
00
1
50
2
00
2
00
2
50
4
50
177
97
11,001 14
272
TUITION.
To Wm. E. Buck, tuition fees . $341 92
balance from old account . . 453 73
By balance to new account . . $795 65
TRUANT OFFICER.
To appropriation . . . $600 00
Paid Samuel Brooks . . . $187 50
Balance to new account . . 412 50
CARE OF ROOMS.
To appropriation .... $2,600 00
balance from old account . . 110 27
Dr.
$795 65
Cr.
$795 65
Dr.
$600 00
Cr.
$600 00
Dr.
$2,710 27
Cr.
Paid J. S. Avery .... $574 92
J. A. Carr . . . . 599 60
G. W. Varnum ... 349 87
D. H. Morgan ... 350 17
273
Paid Rufus Lamb .
$249 96
Charles P. Ordway
107 00
Hiram Brown
16 25
Lewis H. Dickey .
10 47
Willie Woodeson .
87 10
Sidney A. Dunbar
14 00
Harry C. Garvin .
16 14
Edgar M. Carr
12 06
Susie A. Crosby
5 92
Willie McGuinness
2 55
Flora E. Blodgett .
6 65
Susie G. Woodman
5 66
Ethie M. Knowles
5 25
Alvin Bean .
9 00
Edward Gillis
6 00
Samuel E. Paige .
3 50
M. B. Flanders
9 00
George Parker
26 00
Charles Shaughnessey .
8 25
A. B. Campbell .
6 00
J. H. Gaines
75
Oliver Merrill
6 75
Mary E. Dickey
6 17
By balance to new account
. ■ 215 38
'12,710 27
EVENING SCHOOLS.
To appropriation .
balance from old account
balance overdrawn . "
11,000 00
.4 72
370 03
Dr.
1,374 75
18
274
Cr.
Paid John B. Mills
Charles E. Cochran
F. C. Livingston .
H. F. Roedelsperger
M. Engenia Lord .
M. A. Campbell
Phoebe A. Maguire
Hattie Emerson
Nellie M. James .
Lenora C. Gilford
Josie L. Richardson
, Mary J. Tynan
Gertrude H. Brooks
Helen F. Wetherbee
Emma W. Mitchell
Fannie Sanborn
Nina D. Annis
Delle E. Haynes .
Kate M. Follansbee
G. W. Yarnum. janitor
D. H. Morgan, janitor
Hutchins,Riedell,& Co., print
ing .
J. B. Clarke, printing
T. W. Lane .
Union Publishing Co.
Charles A. Smith, side lamps
A. N. Clapp, oil, matches, etc
Barr & Clapp, " "
Manchester Gas Light Co., gas
Frank D. Thorp, reflectors,
lamps, etc.
fl40 00
147
00
114 ao
25
00
100
00
94
50
8o
50
41
00
9
00
9
00
68
40
54
00
18
00
27
90
54
00
19
80
34
20
60
00
53 10
46 29
31 50
18 00
41 43
6 01
20 00
6 00
6 77
7 92
33 16
2 67
$1,374 75
275
TEACHERS' SALARIES.
Dr.
To appropriation .
. 139,000 00
balance from old account .
171
40
$k^U 171 4-0
llP0i7,± i X '±\J
Cr.
Paid Albert W. Bacheler
. 11,800 00
George I. Hopkins
. 1,000
00
Lucretia E. Manahan .
750
00
Emma J. Ela
475
00
Mary A. Buzzell .
475
00
Edward P. Sherburne .
. 1,300
00
Clara G. Fogg
475
00
Lottie R. Adams .
440
00
Carrie E. Reid
440
00
Mary L. Sleeper .
463
13
Annie 0. Heath .
429
00
B. F. Dame .
1,300
00
Julia A. Baker
475
00
Mary J. Fife .
440
00
Belle R. Daniels .
440
00
Mary F. Barnes
440
00
Daniel A. Clifford .
1,300
00
Anstrice G. Flanders
475
00
Sarah J. Greene .
264
00
Rocilla M. Tuson .
440
00
Frank S. Sutcliffe .
800
00
Mary A. Lear
264
00
Etta J. Carley
440
00
Nancy S. Bunton .
550
00
Mintie C. Edgerly .
403
75
Elvira S. Prior . . ,
445
00
276
Paid Nellie M. James .
$273 00
Ella F. Salisbury .
350 62
Clara N. Brown .
414 38
Georgianna Dow .
4^5 00
Helen M. Morrill .
425 00
Florence L. Stone .
255 00
Abbie E. Abbott .
297 50
Emma F. Beane .
403 75
Nellie B. Putnam .
375 00
Ida J. Bartlett
390 00
Nellie Pearson
425 00
E. Jennie Campbell
270 00
Martha W. Hubbard
150 88
Lucia E. Esty
300 00
Emma L. Stokes ...
395 00
Jennie F. Bailey .
425 00
Augusta S. Downs
425 00
Alice G. Lord
382 50
Maria N. Bower .
425 00
Jennie G. Stebbins
382 50
Ellen E. McKean .
420 00
Florence A. Nichols
365 63
Flora M. Senter .
355 00
Ella F. Sanborn .
425 00
Clara E. Woods .
375 00
Carrie I. Stevens .
307 50
Cora M. Dearborn .
360 00
Belle M. Kelley .
375 00
Lizzie J. West
405 00
Nellie I. Sanderson
403 75
Mary A. Smith
425 00
Bertha L. Dean
325 00
Anna J. Dana
278 37
Carrie M. Gilmore
414 38
277
Paid Florence McEvoy .
Hattie G. Flanders
C. Augusta Abbott
Fannie D. Moulton
Lizzie P. Gove
Lizzie A. Burns
Addie M. Chase
S. Izetta Locke
Georgie A. Nute
Mary W. Mitchell
Olive J. Randall
Mary E. Sylvester
Olive A. Rowe
Susie G. Woodman
Louisa R. Quint
F. M. Kelley .
Susie A. Crosby
Gertrude H. Brooks
Annie W. Patten
Ella F. Sanborn
F. L. Perry .
Lenora C. Gilford
Emma C. Gee
Susie G. Woodman
Nancy P. Flint
Annie A. Webster
Delia E. Haynes
J. J. Kimball
Mary K. Webster
By balance to new account
f425
00
425
00
403
75
355
00
340
01
347
50
118
75
425
00
475
00
410
00
425
00
395
00
325
00
410
00
345
00
10
00
345
00
143
50
168
75
625
00
45
00
210
00
297
50
98
75
75
00
170
00
9
00
800
00
591
00
1,668
00
,171 40
278
CITY OFFICERS' SALARIES.
Dr.
To appropriation .
.112,000 00
balance from old account .
197 66
A. J. Sanborn, overdraft .
7 50
oi'io onn 1 f»
Or.
Paid J. L. Kelly, mayor
$11 00
H. B. Putnam, mayor .
989 00
N. P. Kidder, city clerk
900 00
H. R. Chamberlin, city treas-
urer ....
19 37
S. B. Putnam, city treasurer
988 96
Wm. R. Patten, city solicitor .
500 00
Geo. E. Morrill, tax collector .
1,400 66
J. A. Barker, city messenger .
570 00
A. G. Stevens, city engineer .
86 33
Geo. H. Allen, city engineer ,
968 00
Wm. E. Buck, superintendent
of schools . . . .
1,500 00
James A. Fracker, clerk o
f
common council
91 67
Geo. D. Towne,city physician
25 00
Geo. D. Towne, health officer
25 00
P. A. Devine, " '^
25 00
L. H. Lamprey " "
25 00
C. S. Fisher, assessor .
330 00
D. 0. Furnald, "
273 60
H. W. Powell, "
167 50
Geo. W. Weeks "
188 75
John J. Ryan, "
135 00
J. H. Haynes, "
195 00
C. H. Brown. "
155 00
279
Paid Ira W. Moore, assessor .
Wm. B. Johnson, assistant as
sessor
John P. Moore, assistant as-
sessor
Isaac Whittemore, assistant
assessor
J. Y. McQueston, assistant as
sessor
Alfred Gagnon, assistant as
sessor
Nicholas Nichols, clerk of as
sessors
S. S. Perry, clerk of assessors
A. C. Flanders, inspector of
check-lists .
E. G. Haynes, inspector o
check-lists .
J. F. Conway, inspector o
check-lists .
Michael Kane, inspector of
check-lists .
Geo. Holbrook, moderator
T. W. Challis,
Henry S. Perry, ward clerk
J. F. Baldwin, " "
Geo. E. Glines, *'
L. C. Merrill,
F. H. Redfield,
Oliver J. Butman, selectman
R. E. Davis,
Daniel B. Emery, "
C. M. Edgerly, "
Wm. G. Westover, "
. $161
25
»-
7
50
60
4-
00
t
57
50
-
22
50
5-
22
00
5-
212
50
100
00
4 00
4 00
4 00
4
50
9
00
3
00
5
00
5
00
5
00
7
00
5
00
5
00
5
00
5
00
5
00
5
00
280
Paid E. G. Woodman, selectman .
15 00
A. Q. Gage,
5 00
E. N. Baker, "
5 00
Thomas N'. Bond,
5 00
H. C. Paige, '•
5 00
Frederick Knowlton, "
5 00
Samuel Clark, "
5 00
George H. Dudley, "
10 00
J. Lightbody,
5 00
Charles Atherton, "
5 00
John Willis, "
5 00
William Stevens, "
10 00
M. E. George, overseer of the
poor
37 50
H. B. Putnam, chairman, over-
seers of the poor
25 00
E. G. Woodman, overseer of
the poor ....
25 00
Horace Gordon, overseer of
the poor ....
12 50
Geo. H. Colby, overseer of the
poor
25 00
C. G. .B. Ryder, overseer of
the poor ....
25 00
I. B. Farnum, overseer of the
poor
25 00
Robert Hall, overseer of the
poor
25 00
Geo. F. Sheehan, overseer of
the poor ....
25 00
Wm. H. Maxwell, overseer of
the poor ....
25 00
Wni. H. Maxwell, clerk of
overseers of the poor .
25 00
281
Paid H. B. Putnam, e.x-officio school
committee .
Wm. J. Hoyt, ex-officio school
committer .
J. T. Fanning, school commit
tee .
A. C. Flanders, school commit-
tee . . . .
L. E. Phelps, school commit-
tee .
Ezra Huntington, school com
mittee . . •
G. L. Demarest, school com
mittee
C. A. O'Connor, school com
mittee
D. Mitchell, school committee
B.C. Dean, school committee
Wm. A. Webster, school com
mittee
M. P. Hall, school committee
M. P, Hall, clerk of school
committee .
Charles F. Everett, school com
mittee
F. T. E. Richardson, school
committee .
W. M. Parker, school commit-
tee .
B. B. Weeks, school committee
D. F. O'Connor, school com-
mittee . . . .
Daniel Clark, school committee
$10
00
10
00
10
00
10
00
10
00
1<
00
10
00
10
00
10
00
10
00
10
00
10
00
100
00
10
00
10
00
10 00
10 00
10 00
10 00
10 00
By balance on hand
. 11,281 57
112,205 16
282
CITY LIBRARY.
To appropriation ....
83,000 00
balance from old account .
27 96
police department
2 03
Paid M. J. Buncher, librarian
1600 00
Geo. W. Cook, ass't librarian .
211 50
Jennie Spence, ass't librarian .
24 00
P. C. Cheney Co., paper
6 96
Manchester Gas Co., gas
218 18
Manchester Water-works,water
5 00
Temple & Farrington, binding
books, etc
241 84
Livingston & Kimball, printing
101 34
John B. Clarke, printing
20 62
Union Publishing Co., printing .
12 50
L. B. Bodwell & Co., coal
129 04
E. P. Johnson & Co., coal
82 00
jEtna Insurance Co.,i-nsurance
32 50
Rowell & Burns, wood .
10 00
trustees of city library .
• 1,000 00
By balance to new account
334 51
Dr.
f3,029 99
Cr.
13,029 99
CITY LIBRARY ANNEX.
To appropriation
,000 00
Dr.
18,000 00
283
Paid A. G. Stevens, architect . $100 00
W. Ireland, contractor . . 3,000 00
labor of men and teams . 229 97
J. B. Clarke, advertising pro-
posals .... 25 20
By balance to new account . . 4,644 83
Or.
$8,000 00
SINKING FUND.
Dr.
To appropriation . . . $20,000 00
820,000 00
Cr.
By reserved fund . . . $20,000 00
$20,000 00
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
To appropriation . . . • $22,500 00
To Board of Health, for cleaning
vaults .
L. B. Bodwell & Co., overdraft
Piper, Hawley, & Co., overdraft
old hearse sold ....
James Brothers, overdraft
Boston & Maine R. R., overdraft
Concord Railroad, overdraft
Dr.
30
00
6
75
16
22
75
00
2
00
1
80
3
80
$22,635 57
284
Cb.
Paid Geo. S. Henry, damage to per-
son .....
J. F. Guyer, damage to person
Octave Lefebvro, damage to
person
Frank Clement, damage to
person ....
Almira Goodhue, damage to
person . ...
J. W. Rand, damage to sheep .
S. T. Soper, damage to horse .
Sarah F. McQuestion, claim .
J. E. Stearns
J. A. Barker, running boilers
Dr. G- A. Crosby, professional
services
L. B. How, return of births
0. D. Abbott, "
L. M. French, "
J. W. Mooar, "
C. M. Dodge, "
J. P. Walker, "
Leonard French,"
W. W. Wilkins, "
J. A. Jackson, "
J. W. Manning, trees .
Judith Sherer, matron at pest-
house . . . .
Manchester post-office, stamps
Elvin V. Corning, bounty on
hawk . . . .
E. P. Jenkins, bounty on hawk
H. M. Young, " '' .
8325 00
623 55
35 00
80 00
50
00
40
00
104
00
54 57
230
00
102
14
3
00
7
25
10
75
10
25
5
25
8
00
4
25
13
75
6
25
7
25
58
50
360
00
6
48
20
20
20
285
Paid Eddie Burke, bounty on hawk
B. F. Gardner, " " .
H. P. Young, '' " .
D. K. Mack, execution .
Daniels & Co., hardware
Pike & Heald, plumbing
A. H. Lowell, iron- work and
fountain ....
Pettee & Whittle, cement
Thos. A. Lane, plumbing, etc.
James S. Bacheler, lamp-posts
for bridge, etc. .
D. M. Goodwin', dippers and
chains . . . .
Joseph Johnson, stone-work .
W. H. Vickery .
William Landry, stone-work .
J. B. Varick, hardware .
Wm. C. Rogers, hardware
Geo. H. Allen, cash paid for
repairs of instruments
Geo. H. Allen, incidental ex-
penses . . . .
H. F. Morse, auditing accounts
John P. Young, assistant en-
gineer
Fred Hardy .
Charles H. Gage, rodman
Wm. D. Hunter, "
Benj. D. Batchelder, '^
C. H. Home,
Charles E. Copp, "
W. D. Wright, "
Elmer W. Stearns, "
10
20
20
20
213
04
10
12
67
80
335
30
35
05
450
05
577 52
6 25
20 60
2 25
94 37
1 95
25
30 01
53 03
10 00
206 00
1 50
89 25
60 00
79 25
64 00
36 50
12 00
46 50
286
Paid W. H. Bennett, rodman
Geo. W. Varnum, "
A. C. Wallace, lumber .
A. J. Sawyer, "
J. Hodge, '•
J. H. Maynard, lumber and
labor .....
E. A. G. Holmes, lumber and
labor .....
George Holbrook, lumber and
labor.- ....
George Holbrook, lumber and
labor .....
Head & Dowst, lumber and
labor .....
W. Ireland, lumber and labor
Thomas W. Lane, blank-books,
etc 15 71
Temple & Farrington, blank-
books, etc. ....
John B. Clarke, printing
C. L. Fitzpatrick, printing
Republican Press Association,
printing ....
Union Publishing Co., printing
H. H. Everett, printing
Livingston & Kimball, printing
Challis & Eastman, printing .
Challis & Campbell, printing .
Harley, Robbie, & Vadnais,
cloth for decorating city hall
Frank P. Colby, distributing
tax bills ....
12 00
16
00
72
37
8
o6
1
55
392
40
18
00
51
38
122
26
58
18
28
206
50
269
98
2
00
17
75
126
00
12
50
2
50
17
95
12
50
3
60
1
80
287
Paid Harley, Robbie, & Vadnais,
cloth for decorating city hall f 86 49
Weston & Hill ... 16
Piper, Hawley, & Co., cloth for
pest-house .... 32 44
1). K. White, serving notices,
etc 12 00
Manchester Water-works, wa-
ter for watering-troughs . 118 86
Samuel Cooper, professional
services ....
Manchester Gas Co., gas
Wm. Shepherd, team
E. T. James, teams
Cavanaugh Bros., teams
J. C. Nichols & Son, teams .
J. A. Brown, teams
C. H. Hodgman k Co., teams
C. C. Perry, teams
James Brothers, teams .
C. M. Stevens, team
Hook and Ladder Co., deco-
rating city hall .
C. E. Clough
D. W. Garland, wall at Kay
brool^ .... 1,836 44
D. W. Garland, stone at engine
house . . . . 16 50
D. W. Garland,coping for Con-
cord-square fountain . . 50 50
D. W. Garland, stone for Mc-
Gregor bridge . . . 1,487 00
Wm. R. Patten, witness fees,
etc 142 94
36
25
44
08
4
00
60
50
25
50
22
00
39
00
28
25
33
00
bb
50
1
50
24
00
2
00
288
Paid C. C. Harriman, grading east
Spruce street . . . #110 00
H. B. Putnam, allowance for
team 132 00
Lamson & Harden, repairs of
tools, stone, etc. . . 46 83
N. P. Kidder, making city re-
port, etc 153 68
D. C. Whittemore ... 20 00
Amoskeag Manufacturing Co.
rent of hay and wood stand 100 00
S. G. Rowell .... 11 25
Western Union Telegraph Co.,
telegrams . . . . 79
Wm. Landry, stone-work, Mc-
Gregor bridge .
J. J. Abbott, painting .
L. N. Dufrain, repairs on pump
R. W. Bean, taking insane per-
son to asylum .
A. C. Wallace, lumber .
W. H. Laskey, elastic bands .
A. J. Sawyer, lumber .
Ellen Kerrin ....
J. B. Unruh, numbering
houses ....
D. B. Brooks & Co., ink
P. A. Devine,burying nuisances
Patrick Finn, burying nui-
sances ....
Geo. D. Towne, professional
services ....
C. H. Reed, professional ser-
vices .....
147
87
50
1
50
2
00
8
11
1
15
17
28
10
00
3
50
75
1
00
6
25
12
25
56
00
289
Paid P. 0. Woodman, painting sign $1 25
Sampson, Davenport, & Co.,
directories .... 12 00
Thomas Adams, elm trees . 18 75
Chas. E. Rowe, stone-work . 32 29
R. D. Gay, paper-hangings . 1 05
Robert Heath, expenses to Bos-
ton for committee . , 5 65
Fairbanks & Pearson, removmg
body
J. C. Ray, labor on Elm street
U. S. & C. Express Co.
D. F. Cressey & Co., black-
smithing ....
Tristam Berry, carpenter-work
S. B. Putnam, auditing collec-
tor's accounts
John Prince, trees,
A. Bodwell, stone .
J. A. Brown, stone and stone-
work at Granite bridge . 436 50
Eagle Odorless Apparatus Co.,
odorless excavator, etc.
Geo. E. Mores, mowing square
James Wilkin s . ' .
J. McDerby, repairing roof of
engine-house
Boston & Maine R. R., freight
Concord Railroad, freight
P. C. Cheney Co., paper
E. S. Elliott & Co., labor on
Bridge-street bridge .
T. W. Challis
19
5
00
5
00
15
9
88
1
15
25
00
48
00
90
36
,000
00
3
50
3
00
2
00
1
80
3
80
68
36
00
3
50
290
Paid Adams & Lamprey, goods for
pest-bouse
Daniel Healy, whitewashing
tree-boxes
Seliuda German, labor on en-
gine-house
D. P. & D. L. Perkins, pro-
fessional services
F. S. Bodwell, watering-
trough ....
J. T. Fanning, examination of
McGregor bridge
N. S. Bean, examination of
McGregor bridge
Chas. H. Hutchinson, exami-
nation of McGregor bridge
Edw. S. Philbrick, examina-
tion of McGregor bridge
Aretas Blood, abatement of
tax .....
Wm. H. Newhall, labor at
Amoskeag Cemetery .
Daniel W. Trow, road-ma-
chine ....
Chas. N. Wait, examination
of cement ....
Isaac H. Webster, laud in Dis-
trict No. 9 . . .
Pennacook Hose Co., labor at
dump ....
Fire King Co., pumping out
cellars
Manchester P. 0., stamps
$2
10
38
25
1
50
12
00
100
00
50 00
25
00
25
00
50
00
31
24
25
50
200
00
5
00
75
00
11
20
15
40
5
06
291
Paid H. S. Whitney, over-payment
of poll-tax .... $2 94
Drake & Carpenter, cement . 5 65
1st N. H. Battery, firing sa-
lutes ... . . 92 47
1st Regt. Band, services Sept.
27, 1881 .... 66 00
Kennedy's Drum Corps, ser-
vices Sept. 27, 1881 . . 10 00
J. N. Bruce, decorating mon-
ument .... 6 00
G. A. R. Quartet, services
Sept. 27, 1881 ... 10 00
French Band, services Sept.
27, 1881 .... 50 00
J. A. Sanborn & Co., re-
pairing team . . . 3 75
Geo. E. Glines ... 5 00
L. B. Bod well & Co., wood for
city engineer's office . . 15 50
D. F. Cressey, blacksmithing 6 16
Pettee & Whittle, cement . 154 40
Corrugated Metal Co., ext. ser-
vices on McGregor bridge 1,678 94
Thos. D. Poole, ribbon for
stamp .... 1 50
Manchester Novelty Co., dat-
ing-stamp .... 4 50
Labor of men and teams . 2,699 60
J. A. Barker, care of library
boiler .... 13 00
Jas. O'Grady, decorating city
hall 4 00
292
Paid John Welch, decorating city
hall 12 00
Helen Hill, decorating city
hall 1 25
Wm. H. Morrill, decorating
city hall .... 5 00
M. Fitzgerald, stone-work on
fountain ....
Timothy Shea, cleaning vaults
D. Wadsworth, board of pris-
oners ....
James S. Bacheler, plumbing .
Pike & Heald, plumbing
Daniels & Co., hardware
I. R. Dewey, cleaning monu-
ment globes
W. L. Blenus
S. B. Putnam . . .
Drake & Carpenter, cement .
city-farm team, labor at pest-
house .... 3 00
Nathaniel George, use of wa-
tering-trough ... 3 00
D. H. Morgan, labor on fence 4 00
Manchester Steam Laundry,
washing cloth ... 3 00
Hiram Simons, abatement of
tax ..... 76
reserved fund, amount trans-
ferred . . . . 2,616 83
113
21
4
00
22
00
99
14
6
09
2
13
6
00
2
40
6
89
11
65
-$22,635 57
293
PINE GROVE CEMETERY.
Dr.
To appropriation
balance from old account .
lots sold . . . .
Wm. C. Chase, lumber sold
Paid Wm. C. Chase, supterintendent
B. A. Stearns, superintendent
Wm. C- Chase, labor
A. B. Chase, "
C. C. Webster, ''
1. G. Howe, "
John Madden, "
Paul Champagne, "
John Mulhern, "
Fred Heath, "
M. Greenwood, "
A. Fushier, "
S. P. Moody, "
Frank Emerson, "
Eugene Verrett, "
Palmer & Garmon, grave
numbers
Henry Fisk, plumbing
J. F. James, salary as treas
urer .
J. F. James, engineering ser
vices
Daniels & Co., hardware
A. H. Daniels, expenses of
committee to Boston
1500 00
830
32
1,205
22
80
00
*9 fii 5 54
~ 'IT .J • I J J. ' >> O ^
Cr.
$U6 75
467
96
277
25
74
15
126
38
26
60
5
00
12
50
12
50
1
25
13
13
27
50
26
66
4
00
12
18
112
00
1
93
25 00
54 37
47 44
15 15
294
Paid Pike & Heald, roofing tin,
etc 14 83
Temple & Farrington, blank-
books .... 1 62
By balance to new account . 1,129 39
$2,615 64
VALLEY CEMETERY.
Db.
To appropriation .
$1,500 00
balance from old account .
829
76
lot sold ....
28
50
tomb fees
106
00
water rent
13
00
reserved fund .
570
96
^3 048 22
Cb.
Paid A. H. Hartshorn, superintend
ent ....
115
50
F. B. Balch, superintendent
458
15
D. W. Garland, stone-work
1,192
54
Manchester water-works,watei
32
25
Benj. Stevens, labor
30
00
S. B. Duke, labor .
30
00
D. H. Yarnum, teaming
29
25
D. W. Fling, lot .
51
00
J. B. Yarick, hardware .
3
75
Thos. A. Lane, iron pipe, etc
300
97
H. H. Huntress, plants .
7
00
J. A. B. Emerson, grading
750
78
Daniel Healy, whitewashing
c
5
tomb . . . .
1
50
295
Paid A. H. Lowell, resetting stone
posts ....
$30 00
J. B. Clarke, printing .
B 75
F. S. Bod well, stone and labor
64 00
A. J. Sawyer, lumber .
47 78
,048 22
DECORATION OP SOLDIERS' GRAVES.
Dr.
To appropriation .... f 200 00
^200 00
'Cr.
Paid Louis Bell Post No. 3, G. A. R. $200 00
1200 00
STARK-MONUMENT SQUARE.
Dr.
To balance from old account . . $200 00
8200 00
Cr.
By balance to new account . . $200 00
$200 00
WOMEN'S AID AND RELIEF SOCIETY HOSPITAL.
Dr.
To appropriation . • . . . $300 00
reserved fund, am't transferred 400 00
$700 00
296
Paid treasurer of hospital
00
FIREMEN'S PARADE.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
To appropriation
reserved fund
112,000 00
2,042 77
Or.
8700 00
Dr.
appropriation .
1300 00
$300 00
Cr.
id First Regiment Band
60 00
George Fletcher, caterer
180 75
C. H. Hodgman & Co., team
10 00
William Shepherd, team
4 00
James Bros., team .
5 00
E. T. James, team .
5 00
Cavanaugh Bros., team .
5 00
J. A. Brown, team .
. 10 00
J. B. Clarke, printing
5 00
T. W. Lane, stationery .
4 09
balance on hand
•11 16
1300 00
Dr.
814,042 77
297
Amoskeag Steam Fire Engine Co. No. 1.
Paid Manchester Gas Co., gas
Geo. W. Bntterfield, driver
L. B. Bodwell & Co., coal aud
wood
E. P. Johnson & Co., coal
H. H. Stearns, matches, oil
etc
Daniels & Co., hardware
Wm. C. Rogers, hardware
Pike & Heald, flue-brush
James S. Bacheler, hose, noz
zle, etc.
James Baldwin, shavings
George R. Simmons, labor
H. H. Glines, labor
Manchester Locomotive-works
repairs
Company's bill for services
$42 82
217 00
64 14
2
45
20
97
35
10
85
1
00
1
20
2
40
>
7
95
1,1
-5
00
Cr.
11,612 76
N. S. Bean Steam Fire Engine Co. No. 4.
id Manchester Gas Co., gas
147 52
A. B. Gushing, driver .
217 00
L. B. Bodwell & Co., coal and
wood ....
61 76
E. p. Johnson & Co., coal
126 42
Geo. H. Stearns, matches, oil,
etc
5 73
Cr.
298
Paid
Peter Dncherme, repairing
harness ....
12 50
Daniels & Co., hardware
3. 80
Wm. C. Rogers, hardware
35
Dennis Clifford, driver .
23 00
J. H. Wiggin & Co., barrels .
75
Manchester Locomotive-works,
repairs ....
257 75
Company's bill for services .
1,135 00
,881 58
• Pennacook Hose Company No. 1.
Paid Manchester Gas Co., gas
W. L. Bleiius, driver
Frank Dustin, driver
L. B. Bod well & Co., wood and
coal ....
E. P. Johnson & Co., coal
Ezra W. Kimball, repairing
harness
Daniels & Co., hardware
Wm. C. Rogers, hardware
Pike & Heald, wash-bowl
matches, etc.
James S. Bachelor, hose
D. M. Goodwin, brooms
Manchester Locomotive-works
new carriage
Manchester Locomotive-works
repairs
Company's bill for services .
Cr.
856
38
600
00
21
00
5Q
14
126
42
'l
55
4
92
5
29
2
40
6
50
1
00
650 00
4 00
1,532 50
$3,074 10
299
Massabbsic Hose Company No. 2.
Cb.
id Manchester Gas Co., gas
$25 12
Walter Seaward, driver .
50 00
L. B. Bodwell & Co., wood and
coal
69 71
J. B. McCrillis & Son, repairs
on carriage
1 25
W. Q. Sargent, matches,oil,etc.
2 88
Joel Daniels, painting hats .
8 50
Rowell & Burns, coal
34 00
Company's bill for services :
986 50
$1 177 96
E. W. Harkington Hose Company No. 3.
Paid Manchester Gas Co., gas
140 92
John Dowd, driver
197 55
Charles Blood, driver .
24 00
L. B. Bodwell & Co., wood
and coal ....
b5 75
Moore & Preston, coal .
35 00
Ezra W. Kimball, blankets,
tugs, etc.
13 50
E. N. Fogg, duster
2 37
H. C. Ranno, repairing har-
ness
8 70
H. C. Ranno, repairing har-
ness
45 00
J. B. Varick, hose
7 00
J. McLoughlin, carrying in
coal
1 50
Cb.
300
id Hutchinson Bros., iron-work
85 97
W. C. Smith, saddle pieces, etc.
6 50
H. Fradd & Co., oil, soap.
brooms, etc.
1 56
Manchester Locomotive-works,
repairs ....
594 02
Company's bill for services
1,002 50
$2,041 84
Excelsior Hook and Ladder Co. No. 1.
Paid Manchester Gas Co., gas
33 44
A. J. Robie, driver
50 00
M. B. Wilson, driver
1 00
Frank Dustin, driver
7 00
L. B. Bodwell & Co., wood
and coal ....
54 04
Moore & Preston, wood .
9 00
Geo. H. Stearns, matches
2 25
J. B. Varick, hardware
' 00
J. B. McCrillis & Son, repair-
ing carriage
9 25
J. A. Sanborn, repairing car-
riage
4 00
Pike & Heald, pipe, and set-
ting up stove
1 15
T. A. Lane, repairing hose, etc.
55
A. H. Weston, firemen's coats
::25 00
Company's bill for services .
1,892 50
Or.
$2,292 18
1948
37
13
14
13
40
5
75
40
70
1
73
"7
40
301
Engineers' Department and Miscellaneous.
Paid Manchester Water- works, water
Manchester Gas Co., gas
Manchester Locomotive-works
L. B. Bodwell & Co., coal
^ J. Stickney, repairing hose .
Pike & Head, lantern-wicks,
etc. .....
Daniels & Co., keys
Peter Sheehan, shoveling out
hydrants .... 3 75
Thomas O'Connor, shoveling
out hydrants . . . 3 75
J. R. Carr, repairs on bell
tower ....
John Barnes, neck-yokes, etc.
Brock & Dri^^coU, hardware .
John B. Clarke, printing
P. W. Dickey <fe Co., iron-work
W. U. Telegraph Co., tele-
grams .... 50
J. B. McCrillis & Son, fil-
ters, etc. .
J. G. Jones, trucking .
Tristam Berry, labor
T. W. Lane, stationery .
Plumer & Helton, overalls
Weston & Hill, carpets
Manchester Locomotive-works,
labor, etc. .... 45 09
Parker & Gordon, chairs for
engineer's room . . . 36 00
W. H. Vickery, keys . . 1 10
Cr.
5
30
3
00
2
40
23
75
65
4
00
1
50
1
50
8
53
12
00
61
11
802
id James S. Bacheler, repairing
•
hose .....
$2 91
Thomas W. Lane, chief en-
gineer ....
300 00
A. C. Wallace, assistant en-
gineer ....
100 00
B. C. Kendall, assistant en-
gineer ....
100 00
0. E. Kimball, assistant en-
gineer ....
100 00
Sam C. Lowell, assistant en-
gineer ....
100 00
Sam C. Lowell, clerk of
board ....
25 00
$1,962 35
Recapitulation.
Paid Amoskeag S. F. E. Co. No. 1 1,612 76
N. S. Bean S. F. E. Co. No. 4 1,881 58
Pennacook Hose Co. No. 1 . 3,074 10
Massabesic Hose Co. No. 2 . 1,177 96
E. W. Harrington Hose Co.
No. 3 .... 2,041 84
Excelsior Hook and Ladder
Co. No. 1 . . . . 2,292 18
Miscellaneous . . . 1,962 35
114,042 77
FIRE-ALARM TELEGRAPH.
Dr.
To appropriation .... |1,000 00
reserved fund .... 49 48
$1,049 48
803
Or.
Paid Tristam Berry, superintend-
ent .....
A. H. Lowell, zinc
Thomas W. Lane, use of team,
telegrams, etc. .
0. H, Hodgman & Co., trucking
C. Dame, trucking
James Brothers, teams .
M. G. Crane & Co., signal box
M. G. Crane & Co., switch box
M. G. Crane & Co., moving
apparatus . • .
Stearns & George, battery-jars,
wire, etc. .
Wm. T. Smith, blue vitriol
Wm. C. Rogers, wire, vise, etc.
Daniels <fe Co., wire and cement
W. E. & E. B. Dunbar, iron
work ....
P. W. Dickey & Co., iron-work
Hutchinson Bros., iron-work
Pike & Heald, plumbing-
Thomas A. Lane, plumbing
James S. Bacheler, plumbing
William Shepherd .
J. Hodge, lumber .
G. W. Goodwin, iron-work
B. C. Kendall, labor
John B. Clarke, printing
Amoskeag Manufacturing Co.
iron-work .
W. H. Vickery, iron-work
Manchester Gas Co., gas
mho
00
155
15
18
65
8
98
1
50
10
00
125
00
35
00
67 50
120
18
28
Qi)
D 1
46
70
I 22
00
70
15
86
8
89
1
06
9
50
2
95
7
00
10
00
17
40
11
00
6
00
78
304
id L. B. Harris .
SI 96
C. B. Littlefield .
1 25
Charles A. Puffer, labor
2 50
Peter Vassier, labor
7 50
Concord Railroad, freight
1 5Q
<jt>i 01Q A9,
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Dr.
To appropriation .
J. C. Bickford, fees and costs
A. D. Stark, fines and costs
Paid N. P. Hunt, judge .
I. L. Heath, assistant justice .
J. C. Bickford, clerk
H. VV. Longa, city marshal .
A. D. Stark, city marshal
A. D. Stark, witness fees, etc.
W. B. Patten, assistant mar-
shal ....
H. W. Longa,assistant marshal
David Perkins, captain night-
watch .... 27 00
M. J. Jenkins, captain night-
watch . . . . 840 36
H. Stearns, night watchman 737 00
J. P. Cassidy, '' '• . 728 00
J. Bucklin, " " . 730 00
T. Frai!i- '^ '' . 782 50
P. Cannon, " " . 24 00
$14,000
00
1,791
40
7,762
09
^■
^3,543 49
<9^
Cr.
11,314 00
fS
00
475
00
36
00
817
43
487
63
15
65
703
47
305
Paid Z. B. Wright, ni
ght watchman 8596 50
M. Fox,
i
20 00
H. S. Reed,
'
24 00
I. P. Fellows, '
770 00
W. H. Newhall, '
734 50
H. Harmon, '
28 00
E. Farrar, '
752 00
T. R. Northrup, '
24 00
J. F. Dunn, '
728 50
D. Stevens, '
24 00
M. Marr,
753 50
E. Carr. '
712 50
L. Tebbetts,
717 00
C. H. Reed,
675 00
F. Bourrassau, '
728 50
G. Rochette, '
611 00
P. Reischer, '
703 00
J. C. Colburn, day police
670 00
R. W. Bean, day police
670 00
E. G. Woodman, special police
) 2 00
G. W. Minard, " "
15 00
E. H, Holmes,
289 50
J. M. Watson, " "
13 00
Leander P. Ash, " "
1 50
J. H. Tirrell, '' '' .
40 00
J. M. Twombly, "
2 00
Henry Bennett, " "
77 50
Peter Gosselin, " "
1 00
Willis Sanborn,
1 00
G. W. Varnum,
6 00
C. E. Copp, '' " .
269 00
S. L. Mitchell,
94 00
Archie Hill,
34 00
John Dunn,
a
a
54 50
20
306
id T. R. Northrup, special police
5 $5 00
Harvey Hill, "
U '
40 00
J. E. Bailey,
ii
42 00
M. A. Clark,
u
1 00
H. C. Cunningham, "
u
4 00
C. D. Emerson, "
u
6 00
George Goodwin, "
(fc
5 00
D. C. Jackson, "
u
43 00
E. A. G. Holmes, "
u
10 50
S. P. Chase,
ii
5 00
P. Riley,
a
7 00
R. A. Challis,
a
5 00
C. O'Sliaughnessey, "
a
3 00
J. A. Carr, "
a
5 00
F. H. Warren,
,i
49 00
S. Amsden, "
a
2 00
H. C. Sleeper, "
i:
5 00
M. L. Brown, "
u
2 00
A. Rowell,
( .
15" 50
L. M. Gould,
u
4 00
T. P. Heath.
u
15 00
Benj. Hutchinson, "
u
9 00
M. C. Brown, '•
a
2 00
S. C. Gould,
a
2 00
N. Baker,
a
4 00
Brigham & Pratt, crackers .
20 85
L B. Harris, telephone
.
112 65
Granite Htate Telephone
Co.,
telephone .
.
12 00
J. A. Barker, meals for lodgers
and prisoners
75 90
Daniel Davis, meals for lodgers
and prisoners
,
13 50
W. U. Telegraph Co., telegrams
5 26 51
307
Paid D. Evans & Co., buttons
|<30 00
Thomas W. Lane, ink and sta-
tionery ....
8 60
Livingston & Kimball, printing
2 50
H. H. Everett,
2 50
J. B. Clarke, '• .
37 25
Temple & Farrington, station-
ery, blank-books, etc. .
29 05
I. Blake ....
4 00
Challis & Eastman, printing .
141 35
Challis & Campbell, printing .
29 90
C. H. Simpson, teams .
6 00
J. A. Brown, "
5 00
E. T. James, ''
47 75
James Bros., '*
41 75
J. P. Bartlett, professional ser-
vices
4 00
J. B. Pattee, professional ser-
vices
2 00
J. H. Andrews, professional
services ....
2 00
William Little, professional
services ....
2 00
C. E. Cochran, professional
services ....
2 00
Burnham & McAllister, pro-
fessional services
6 12
M. J. Healy, professional ser-
vices .....
2 12
Clougli & Clark, professional
services ....
2 00
Thomas D. Luce, professional
services ....
4 00
VV. W. Owen, washing blankets
2 00
308
Paid Daniels & Co., oit etc. .
Pike & Heald, lantern, matches,
etc. .
Tristam Berry, graining chairs
Tristam Berry, repairing chairs
Parker & Gordon, office chairs
C. M. Dodge, professional ser-
vices . . . - .
Eagle Odorless Apparatus Co.,
deodorizer .
Manchester Gas Co., gas
C. H. Hodgman, trucking
city library .
By balance to new account
.$12 00
95
22
fO
50
3 00
3
25
484
60
2
00
2
03
. 3,424
70
123,543 49
CITY HALL AND OFFICES.
To C. At Smith, overdraft
rent of stores and hall
J. S. Paine, overdraft
0. D. Carpenter, old desk
Mrs. R. A. Lawrence, old desk
reserved fund .
Paid Manchester Water-works,water
Manchester Gas Co., gas
Daniels & Co , hardware
J. B. Varick, hardware .
Wm. C. Rogers, hardware
B. P. Fogg & Co., plumbing
Dr.
$0 95
. 2,407 09
. • 82 00
1 00
3 00
. 2,758 74
15,252 78
Or.
r m,938 20
168 24
38 11
4 27
90
70 03
309
Paid Thomas A. Lane, plumbing .
Ill 07
James S. Bacheler, "
78 62
Pike&FIeald, "•' .
99 33
J. F. Ford,
39 43
A. C. WaUace, lumber .
43 34
Walter Neal, lumber and labor
200 31
E. A. G. Holmes, labor .
10 00
Geo. H. Dudley, labor .
5 27
Wm. G. Westover, lumber and
labor
4 00
George Holbrook, lumber and
labor
21 53
Straw & Lovejoy, repairing
clocks ....
32 00
J. Hodge, lumber .
117 63
J. J. Abbott, painting .
6 00
Wooton Desk Manufacturing
Co., desks ....
95 70
Higgins Brothers, chairs
35 25
J. S Paine, furniture .
341 38
Lawrence, Wilde, & Co., fur-
niture for council-room
252 00
Concord Railroad corporation,
freight
8 15
S. German, washing floors
132 90
E. P. Johnson & Co., coal
465 70
L. B. Bodwell & Co., coal .
147 19
Rowell & Burns, coal .
130 75
P. C. Cheney Co., waste and
paper . .
10 10
C. A. Smith, duster and cuspa-
dores . . . .
9 87
C. H. Hodgman& Co., trucking
5 00
Weston & Hill, carpeting, etc.
145 24
310
Paid J. A. Barker, freight on mat-
ting ....
Barton & Co., matting .
Fred M. Dow
Piper, Hawley, & Co., cotton
cambric, and crape .
R. D. Gay,cord,wall-paper,etc
W. H. Vickery, keys
B. W. Robinson & Co., mason
work ....
George H. Stearns, brooms
matches, etc.
Concord Raih'oad corporation
freight
J. S. Holt & Co., soap .
Belt and Leather Strap Co.
gas- regulator
A. M. Eastman, matches
J. L. Wentworth, cleaning
carpet
Hutchinson Brothers, work on
clock ....
D. A. Simons, chairs
J.J. Abbott, painting .
L. W. Sanborn, whitewashing
A. H. Lowell, sash-weights
C. H. Wood, painting sign
U. S. & Canada Express
James R. Carr, painting and
glazing
Joel Daniels, painting, etc.
Peter Milon, painting radiator
J. N. Bruce . . . .
Geo. E. Mores, cleaning carpet
10
50
89
89
3
00
36
88
6
65
3
75
10
25
6
08
6
40
10
00
30
00
5
50
1 75
1
45
9
00
169
38
8
25
1
71
3
75
1
25
12
54
16
90
4
00
4
00
1
00
311
Paid Fellows & Goodwin, iron-work S4 10
By balance to new account . . 137 34
$5,252 78
PRINTING AND STATIONERY.
To appropriation
reserved fund
Paid John B. Clarke
F. H. Challis & Co.
H. H. Everett
Challis & Eastman
Livingston & Kimball
Union Publishing Co.
Thomas W. Lane .
Temple & Farrington
Manchester post-office
N. P. Kidder, pens
$1,200 00
160 52
1899 12
31
00
33
00
5
50
65
63
202
25
3
75
68
15
46
12
6
00
Dr.
,360 52
Or.
$1,360 52
WATER-WORKS.
To balance from old account . . $23,304 00
C. K. Walker, water rent . 60,215 62
Dr.
$83,519 62
312
Cr.
By interest, amount transferred
contingent expenses, amount
transferred .
Paid labor of men and teams .
Chas. K. Walker, superintend
ent ....
Arthur E. Stearns, clerk
C. C. Cole, superintendent at
pumping station .
J. B. Varick, hardware .
Wm. C. Rogers, hardware
Daniels & Co., hardware
A. H. Lowell, service boxes, etc
A. B. Webster, blacksmitliing
Derry & Co., blacksmithing
S. C. Forsaith & Co., black
smithing
George R. Vance & Co., iron
pails
E. P. Johnson <fe Co., coal
Thos. A. Lane, plumbing, etc,
L. B. Bodwell & Co., coal
Hutchinson Bros., blacksmith
ing, etc.
J. J. Abbott, paint .
J. Stick ney. rubber mitts
J. Stickncy, rubber mat, etc.
J. S. Kidder & Co., cement
Drake &, Carpenter, cement
Pettee & Whittle, cement
Manchester Locomotive-works,
sleeves, castings, etc.
D. F. Cressey, blacksmithing
138,000 00
1
00
6,857
63
1,279
78
1,000
00
• 600
00
159
92
1
50
36
70
365
00
13
40
2
10
2 75
15
00
210
54
70
58
35
77
94
34
4
95
4
00
7
33
33
60
7
40
51
38
339
84
12
25
313
Paid Concord Railroad corporation,
freight . . . .
J. W. Kimball, wood
James Brothers, teams .
E. T. James, teams
J. A. Brown, team
C. H. Hodgman & Co., team
Geo. H. Stearns, oil, etc.
John Barnes, blacksmithing .
Fletcher & Royce, lunch, and
use of steamboat at Massa-
besic lake .
D. J. Mahoney, lumber .
J. Hodge, lumber .
Larose & Marchand, lumber
and labor .
P. C. Cheney Co., paper
Hugh B, Cochran, land .
Pike & Heald, hardware
Joseph Goodwin, lathing and
plastering .
Temple & Farrington, station
ery, etc. ...
Geo. C. Hoitt, blank-books
J. B. Clarke, printing .
W. E. Moore, printing .
D. B. Varney, brass-work
J. M. & D. A. Parker, wood
J. B. Sawyer, engineering
William Connelly, damage to
cellar ....
Sawyer & Woodbury, damage
to cellar
Geo. G. Griffin, land in Auburn
,311
22
65
25
14
50
10
50
5
00
1
00
8
64
8
45
30
00
139
22
20
39
49
00
32
40
,150
00
16
87
26 00
44 65
4 00
126 75
00
95
59 50
55 50
4 00
20 00
5,000 00
314
Paid Joseph E. Bennett, auditing
accounts
Charles W. Farmer, oil, salt
etc. ....
H. W. Hawkes, bands, cocks
etc
Jarechi, Hayes, & Co., stop-
cocks
George Woodman & Co., pipe,
nipples, etc.
Leonard & Ellis, machine oil
H. J. Devitt. torch-holders, etc
Ludlow Valve Manufacturing
Co., hub-gates, etc.
Union Water-Meter Co., wa-
ter-meters .
R. D. Wood & C, cast-iron
pipe ....
Mowry & Phillips, pig-lead
Boston Lead Manufacturing
Co., lead pipe, etc.
Richard Pattee, hydrants
Boston Machine Co.. bell-gates
Sewall & Day, manilla, etc.
Walworth Manufacturing Co
Samuel May & Co.
town of Auburn, taxes .
Ward Hurley, corp. stops
Henry N. Stone, pump, hose,
etc
H. B. Putnam, ex-officio water
commissioner
J. A. Weston, water commis
sioner
$57 00
2 20
183 00
85 52
759 85
74 26
29 80
642 96
1,548 92
11,444 31
1,120 05
58 39
660 00
2.m 50
69 80
82 48
2 84
6 91
22 50
79 00
21 00
'95 00
315
Paid A. C. Wallace, water commis-
sioner .... f39 00
Alpheus Gay, water commis-
sioner . . . . 39 00
Wm. P. Newell, water commis-
sioner .... 21 00
E. H. ITobbs, water commis-
sioner . . . . 12 00
E. T. James, water commis-
sioner ....
C. N. & M. E. Harvey, lumber
L. B. Bodwell & Co., coal
A. B- Emerson, teaming der-
rick .....
George Whitford, wood .
A. M. Eastman, oil, wicks, etc.
J. L. Fogg, land .
Jeremiah Cronin, damage to
cellar ....
S. Brown ....
B. Bresnehan
By balance on hand
21
00
1
76
6
40
2
50
5
50-
5
25
640
00
10
00
21
00
4
00
$i,mo
14
883,519 62
HYDRANT SERVICE.
Dr.
To appropriation .... $20,000 00
$20,000 00
Cb.
Paid Manchester Water-works,water $19,320 00
By balance on hand ... 680 00
$20,000 00
316
RESERVOIRS.
To balance on old account . . f 50 00
Dr.
150 00
Cr.
Paid A. H. Lowell, reservoir cover,
etc 14 90
By balance to new account . . 45 10
DINGS.
•^fj \j \j\j
REPAIRS OF BUIL
.
Dr.
To appropriation ....
13,500 00
reserved fund ....
1,488 38
14,988 38
Cr.
Paid A. C. Wallace, lumber .
$55 97
J. Hodge, lumber
85 68
A. J. Sawyer, lumber .
30 44
W. W. Hubbard, lumber
27. 92
George H. Dudley, carpenter-
work . . .
251 13
George Holbrook, carpenter-
work ....
57 45
J. H. Maynard, carpenter-
work ....
229 48
N. R. Bixby, carpenter-work
169 25
John Oarlton, carpenter-work
1,128 81
Walter Neal, carpenter-work
7 13
S. G. Polsom, carpenter-work
12 00
P. Brown, carpenter-work .
34 75
317
Paid T. Berry, carpenter-work
James S. Bacheler, plumbing,
etc. .....
James S. Bacheler, boiler, etc.,
at engine-bouse .
Thomas A. Lane, plumbing
W. H. Vickery, keys
James R. Carr, painting
J. J. Abbott "
C. R.Colley&Co.,'^ .
J. P. Finn & Co., "
Daniels & Co., hardware
J. B. V a rick, hardware
Wm. C. Rogers, hardware
P. W. Dickey & Co., iron-work
Temple & Farrington, wall-
paper, etc.
B. W. Robinson & Co., masoii-
work .....
Bennett & Lord, mason-work
Pike & Heald, plumbing
B. F. Fogg & Co., plumbing .
J. C. Young, roofing
Drake & Carpenter, cement .
D. H. Morgan, setting glass,
etc
Eli Richards, plastering
Amoskeag S. F. E. Co. No. 1.,
furniture . .
Pennacook Hose, No. 1, fur-
niture . . . .
N. S. Bean S. F. E. Co. No. 4,
furniture . . . .
A. N. Clapp, hardware .
fll
25
140
00
1,312
45
48
33
40
175
74
73
12
9
79
43
65
12
83
30
50
<•)
40
3
35
48 ;7
460
74
2
80
44
72
8
95
270
34
21
04
1
96
1
00
25
00
25
00
25
00
4
55
318
Paid Henry Fisk, plumbing .
$18 41
D. A. Simons, wall paper
6 80
R. D. Gay, wall-paper .
4 68
T. W.Challis, expenses to Bos-
ton for committee
3 50
J. A. Sanborn & Co., iron-
work
1 50
J. T. Fanning, professional ser-
vices .....
20 00
Wm. M. Butterfield, profes-
sional services .
45 00
MILITIA.
To appropriation
■1600 00
Paid Straw Rifles .
Sheridan Guards .
Head Guards
First N. H. Battery
Manchester War Veterans
By balance on hand
. flOO 00
100
00
100
00
100
00
100
00
100
00
14,988 88
Dr.
8600 00
Cr.
1600 00
BRIDGE-STREET BRIDGES.
To balance from old account
$20,000 00
Dr.
$20,000 00
319
Cr.
Paid Corrugated Metal Co. . .120,000 00
120,000 00
PAYMENT OP FUNDED DEBT.
Dr.
To appropriation .... 118,000 00
118,000 00
Cr.
Paid Suncook Valley R. R. bonds . |8,400 00
sewer bonds .... 8,000 00
By balance to new account . . 1,600 00
818,000 00
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Dr.
To appropriation .... $2,000 00
error 2 48
reserved fund .... 759 74
$2,762 22
Cr.
Paid sundry persons . . . $2,762 22
$2,762 22
DISCOUNT ON TAXES.
Dr.
To appropriation .... $6,000 00
reserved fund .... 1,399 15
$T,399 15
320
Paid Geo. E. Morrill, collector . f7,399 15
Cr.
f7,399 15
STATE TAX.
To appropriation .
balance account
.$41,000 00
60 00
$41,060 00
Cr.
Paid S. A. Carter, state treasurer . 141,060 00
141.060 00
COUNTY TAX.
Dr.
To appropriation
.139,000 00
$39,000 00
Cr.
Paid E. P. Richardson, county
treasurer . . . .831,323 37
By balance on hand . . . 7,676 63
$39,000 00
OUTSTANDING TAXES.
List for 1871 .... $6,260 70
1872
1873
1874
1875
2,811 93
4.215 84
4,246 62
4,120 16
321
[^ist for 1876
. f3,026 17
1877
. 2,929 37
1878
. 3,149 27
1879
. 1,011 00
1880
. 1,896 83
133,167 89
TAXES FOR 1881.
To resident taxes assessed
non-resident taxes assessed
By collections
abatements
discounts .
balance outstanding
Dr.
1316,462
26
1,376
45
1317,838
71
Or
8291,587
46
1,111
43
7,399
15
17,740
67
$317,838
71
RESERVED FUND.
Dr.
To appropriation .
$10,000
00
show licenses .
578
00
rent of tenements .
260
50
south city scales
178
81
rent of ward-room .
24
00
rent of land
1
00
costs non-resident taxes .
42
00
aqueduct water
15
00
dog licenses
$542
25
sinking fund, amount transferrec
1 20,000
00
incidental expenses .
2,616
83 •
— $34,258 39
21
322
Cr.
By Women's Aid and Relief hospital
paupers off the farm
city farm .
city teams
Highway District No. 2
4
5
9
10
11
u
u
new highways .
land damage
lighting streets
paving streets .
Amoskeag Falls hrid
sewers and drains
o;e
commons .
Valley Cemetery
fire department
city hall .
printing and stationery
repairs of buildings
fire-alarm telegraph .
abatement of taxes .
discount on taxes
grading for concrete
macadamizing .
Bridge-street sewer .
balance on hand
.$400
00
278
69
1,868
13
2,078
41
1,155
20
259
40
7
77
85
88
589
46
40
38
251
33
269
99
54
81
1,752
24
420
76
297
93
4,308
^5
1,261
34
3,960
41
192
30
570
96
2,042
77
2,758
74
160
52
1,488
38
49
48
759
74
1,399
15
$903
97
534
30
3,547
57
915
18
— $34,258
39
323
Valuation, Taxes, Etc.
Year.
Valuation.
Taxes.
No. Polls
1
Poll-Tax.
r ^ —
jVal. of Poll.
1838 . .
$555,270
$2,235 49
244
$1 66
1 ■■
$300
1839 . .
604,963
3,029 84
427
2 14
! 300
1840 . .
946,201)
3,986 56
! 772
2 20
300
1841 . .
1,229,054
9,563 74
j 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
i 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
3O0
1847 . .
4,488,55' •
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 . .
6,91)6,462
51,798 47
2,910
2 25
300
1852 . .
6,795,682
54,379 45
2,745
1 92
240
1853 . .
6,995,528
61,515 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
240
1858 . .
10,259,080
78,210 85
3,695
1 83
240
1859 . .
9,853,310
81,368 01
3,495
1 92
240
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
240
1865 . .
9,478,368
209,696 20
3,176
5 18
240
1866 . .
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
1872 . .
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
loo
1876 . .
15,309,348
248,9^*0 93
6,295
1 62
100
1S77 . .
15,605,918
246,573 46
6,341
1 58
100
1878 . .
15,912,234
276,873 32
6,477
1 74
100
1879 . .
17,482,132
264,406 73
6,633
1 50
100
1880 . .
17,735,990
263,812 17
7,219
1 48
100
1881 . .
17.943,308
316,462 26
7,574
1 76
100
324
City Debt.
Date of Notes.
To Whom Payable.
When Payable.
Principal.
July 1, 1862
City Bonds,
July 1, 1882
22,500 00
Aug. 1, 1S69
u 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
ii u
Au?. 1, 1884
1,500 00
Aprill, 1864
U ii
April 1, 1884
70,000 00
April 1, 1865
u u
April 1, 1885
10,000 00
July 1, 1876
Sewer Bonds,
July 1, 1.885
8,000 00
Aug. 1, 1869
City Bonds,
Aug. 1, 1885
1,500 00
Aug. 1, 1869
u u
Aug. 1, 1886
5,000 00
Aug. 1, 1869
u a
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
a a
Jan. 1, 1892
100,000 00
Oct. 31, 1863
City Bonds,
ISTov. 1, 1893
70,000 00
July 1, 1864
tc -u
July , 1, 1894
50,000 00
July 1,1874
Water Bonds,
July 1, 1895
100.000 00
Jan. 1, 1872
■ u
Jan. 1, 1897
100,000 00
Jan. 1, 1872
u
! Jan. 1, 1902
100,000 00
July 1, 1881
Bridge Bonds,
July 1, 1911
60,000 00
325
FUNDED DEBT.
Amount of funded debt, Jan. 1,
1881 .... .$909,500 00
Added during year, bridge bonds 60,000 00
1969,500 00
Paid during the year . . . 16,400 00
Amount of funded debt Jan. 1,
1882 . . . .... 1953,100 00
Interest due, estimated . . 20,000 00
Bills outstanding . . . 31,312 63
Total indebtedness, Jan. 1, 1882 . 11,004,412 63
Cash in treasury, Jan. 1, 1882 . $38,588 81
Notes due the city ... 220 78
Interest on the same . . . 52 22
138,861 81
Net indebtedness, Jan. 1, 1882 . 965,550 82
Net indebtedness, Jan. 1, 1881 . $982,772 96
Decrease of net indebtedness dur-
ing the year . . . $17,222 14
326
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 ......
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 vSuncook Ydlley Railroad
Lot, Lowell street . . .
Gravel lot, Belmont street .
Gravel lot, ward eight (one-half acre)
Gravel lot, Bakersville (one acre)
Gravel lot, District No. 8 . . .
Fire-alarm telegraph, bell-tower, and bell
Yalley Cemetery ....
. $30,000
00
19,200
00
60,000
00
26,000
00
6,517
19
52,566
50
41,000
00
2,500
00
500
00
10,000
00
5,000
00
51,000
00
. '180,000
00
3,000
00
5,300
00
. 769,926
38
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
150
00
20,000
00
6,000
00
$1,354,910 07
327
SCHOOL PROPERTY.
Blodget-street school-house and lot
Movable furniture, maps, charts
etc. ....
Bl-idge-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.
Gofife'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.
House and lot corner Beech and
Spruce streets .
. $3,000
00
.' 150
00
83,150 00
.500 00
. 6,500
00
. 200
00
6,700 00
. 45,000
00
. 2,000
00
47,000 00
. 3,300
00
. 125
00
3,425 00
. 15,(J00
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
3
00
650 00
1
6,000 00
328
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
$284,075 00
1,354,910 07
$1,638,985 07
329
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1882.
Interest
.
.
Interest
on land
.
Paupers
off the farm .
City farm .
Scavenger teams
Highway
' district No. 1
u
" 2
4C
'' 3
a
u 4
((
- 5
a
" 6
u
u 7
a
^' 8
u
" 9
a
" 10
li
'' 11
u
u 12
u
" 13
New highways
Damage for land taken for highways
Watering streets .
Lighting streets .
Paving streets .
Macadamizing streets
Grading for concrete
Sewers and drains
Bridges
Commons
Incidental expenses
Pine Grove cemetery
Valley cemetery
Fire department
Fire-alarm telegraph
00
00
00
00
00
00
§20,000 00
3,000 00
3,500 00
3,000 00
2,000 00
300 00
10,000 00
600 00
300 00
400 00
400
650
550
450
1,000
700
250 00
150 00
2,000 00
1,000 00
2,000 00
5,500 00
2,000 00
2,500 00
3,000 00
15,000 00
1,000 00
1,500 00
20,000 00
1,500 00
1,000 00
15,000 00
1,000 00
330
Police department
.
. $12,000 00
Hydrant service
.
. 20,000 00
Printing and stationery
1,500 00
Repairs of buildings .
1,500 00
City library
.
3,000 00
Militia ....
800 00
Payment of funded debt
24,000 00
Abatement of taxes
2,500 00
Discount on taxes
6,500 00
State tax ....
41,060 00
County tax
32.000 00
City officers' salaries .
12,000 00
Decoration of soldiers' graves
200 00
Firemen's parade
300 00
Annex to city library .
1,500 00
New school-house, Webster street
2,000 00
New school-house, Bakersville
5,000 00
Reserved fund ....
10,000 00
Repairs on school-houses
3,000 00
Fuel ....
3,000 00
Furniture and supplies
500 00
Books and stationery .
500 00
Printing and advertising
500 00
Contingent expenses .
500 00
Care of rooms
2,600 00
Evening schools .
1,000 00
Teachers' salaries
39,000 00
Truant officer . 300 00
Battery building and ward-r
oom,
ward
four
8,000 00
INDEX.
Abateineut of Taxes , 319
Account (4' City Treasurer 226
Alarm-Boxes and Keys , 41
Amoskeag Falls Bridge . . 263
Amoskeag S. F. E. Company JS'o.'l .48, 297
Apparatus, Fire 32
Appropriations for 1882 , 329
Attendance at School 166
Books and Stationery 269
Bridge, Amoskeag 263
Granite 263
Bridge-Street Bridges 318
Sewer 262
Care of Rooms 272
Cemeteries, Report of Committee on , 209
City Government, 1881 .• 3
Civil Engineer, Report of 175
Debt 324
Farm 242
Hall and Offices , . . . 308
Library 282
Library Annex., 1 282
Physician, report of. 25
Property 326
Solicilor, Report of 19
Teams 245
Treasurer's Account 226
Chief Engineer, report of. 31
332
Commons * 264
County Tax 320
Contingent Expenses 270
Discount on Taxes 319
Decoration of Soldiers' Graves 295
Debt, Funded 325
Donations to City Library 113
Engineers' Department 301
E. W. Harrington Hose Company No. 3 49, 299
Excelsior Howk and Ladder Co., No. 1 . . 49, 300
Evening Schools 273
Farm, City 242
Fire-Alarm Telegraph 34, 302
Boxes and Keys, Location of 41
Fire Apparatus : 32
Department 296
Department, Rules and Regulations of 46
Firemen's Relief Association 35
Firemen's Parade 296
Fires, 1881 38
Fuel 267
Government, City, 1881 3
Grading for Concrete. 260
Granite Bridge 263
Highway District No. 1 177, 248
No. 2 177, 248
No. 3 182,250
No. 4 , 182, 250
No. 5 182,251
• No. 6 183,251
No. 7 183, 252
No. 8 183,252
No. 9 183,253
No. 10 184,253
Nell ..186,254
No. 12 186,255
No. 13 186, 255
333
Tligliways. ^ew 256
Awards for Lands taken for 256
Hydrant service 315
Hydrants, Location of 57
Location of, set in 1881 76
Incidental Expenses 283
Instructions to Key-Holders 44
Interest 234
Interest on Taxes 234
Land Damage Awards 256
Library, City 282
Donations to 113
Librarian's Report 109
Treasurer's Report 105
Trustee's Report 101
Loan, Temporary 233
Militia 318
Miscellaneous Expenses of Fire Department 301
Macadamizing streets 259
Massabesic Hose Company N'o. 2 49, 299
N. S. Bean Fire Engine Company No. 4 .48, 297
Names and Residences of Members of Fire Department 52
New School-house on Webster Street 266
Officers, City 3
Outstanding Taxes 320
Overseers of Poor, Report of i . . . 223
Paving Streets 258
Paupers off the City Farm 235
Payment of Funded Debt 319
Pennacook Hose Company No. 1 , 49, 298
Pine Grove Cemetery 211, 293
Police Department 304
Printing and Advertising 270
Stationery 311
Property, City 326
School 327
884
Repairs of School-houses 264
BuiliUngs 361
Reserved Fund 321
Reservoirs •••• 816
Report of City Civil Engineer 175
Chief Engineer 31
City Physician 25
City Solicitor 19
Coram ittee on Cemeteries 209
Committee on City Farm 15
Finance Committee 230
Librarian of City Library ... 109
Overseers of the Poor 223
Public Schools for 1881 125
School Committee 129
Superintendent of Public Instruction 148
Superintendent of AVater- Works 71
Treasurer of City Library 105
Trustees of City Library 101
Trustees of Cemetery Funds .. 219
Water Commissioners 69
Salaries of Teachers 275
Officers 278
Schools, Evening 273
School Property 327
Sewers and Drains 260
Sinking Fund ' • . . . 283
Stark-Monument Square 295
Streets, Lighting 258
Macadamizing o 259
Paving 258
Watering 257
State Tax 320
Tax, County 320
State 320
Taxes, Abatement of 319
Discount on . . . 319
For 188 1 321
Outstanding 320
335
Temporary Loan 283
Telegraph, Fire-Alarm 34, 302
Teachers, Salaries of 275
Truant Officer 272
Tuition 272
Valuation, Taxes, etc 323
Valley Cemetery 294
Water- Works 311
Watering Streets 257
Water Commissioners, Report of. 69
Women's Aid and Relief Society Hospital 294
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