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FORTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
City of Manchester
Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 1887,
TOGETHER WITH
Other Annual Reports and Papers Relating
to the Affairs of the City.
MANCHESTER, N. H. :
PRINTED BY JOHN B. CLARKE.
1888.
35?, 07
City of Manchester.
In Board of Common Council.
AN ORDER to print the Forty-Second Annual Report of the Re-
ceipts 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, au-
thorized to procure, for the use of the inhabitants of said city, the
printing of the Forty-Second Annual Report of the Receipts and Ex-
penditures 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 Marshal, Over-
seers of the Poor, Trustees, Librarian, and Treasurer of City
Library, Committee on Cemeteries, Joint Standing Committee on
City Farm, City Physician, City Solicitor, and City Engineer, the
expense thereof to be charged to the Appropriation for Printing
and Stationery.
In Board of Common Council. January 3, 1888.
Passed.
EDWARD L. KIMBALL, President.
In Board of Mayor and Aldermen. January 17, 1888.
Passed in concurrence.
JOHN HOSLEY, Mayor.
MANCHESTER
CITY GOVERNMENT.
1887.
MAYOR.
HON. JOHN HOSLEY.
CITY CLERK.
NATHAN P. KIDDER.
CITY TREASURER.
SYLVANUS B. PUTNAM.
COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
GEORGE E. MORRILL.
CITY SOLICITOR.
EDWIN F. JONES.
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CITY MESSENGER.
JOHN A. BARKER.
CITY PHYSICIAN.
JAMES M. COLLITY.
CITY ENGINEER.
WINFRED H. BENNETT.
PRESIDENT OF COMMON COUNCIL.
EDWARD L. KIMBALL.
CLERK OF COMMON COUNCIL.
PELEG D. HARRISON.
SUPERINTENDENT OF WATER-WORKS.
CHARLES K. WALKER,
CLERK OF WATER-WORKS.
ARTHUR E. STEARNS.
ALDERMEN.
Ward 1. — George W. Cheney.
Ward 2. — Orrin E. Kimball.
Ward 3. — William S. Shannon.
Ward 4. — Horace D. Gordon.
Ward 5. — Leonard P. Reynolds.
Ward 6. — Charles W. Eager.
Ward 7. — Frank A. Dockham.
Ward 8. — Charles W. Quimby.
MEMBERS OF COMMON COUNCIL.
Ward 1.
George W. Bacon.
Charles D. Sumner.
E. Parker French.
Ward 3.
Edward L. Kimball.
John A. Bartlett.
Frank M. Forsaith.
Ward 5.
John F. Bohan.
David E. Guiney.
John F. Fox.
Ward 2.
Thomas Hamilton.
Charles A. Carpenter.
George S. Clough.
Ward 4.
John M. Crawford.
W. Byron Stearns.
George Blanchet.
Ward 6.
John M. Kendall.
Joseph Quirin.
Milton A. Abbott.
Ward 7.
John F. Frost.
Clarence M. Woodbury.
Guy F. Whitten.
Ward 8.
Joseph Lariviere.
Edward Weber.
Benjamin Freeman.
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEES.
On Finance. — The Mayor and Alderman Kimball ;
Messrs. Stearns, Forsaith, and Sumner.
On Accounts. — Aldermen Eager and Quimby; Messrs.
Forsaith, Bohan, and Frost. (Meet "Wednesday succeed-
ing the 24th of each month. All bills must be left at
the city clerk's office, properly approved, not later than
the 24th of each month.)
On Claims. — Aldermen Dockham and Kimball; Messrs.
Sumner, Woodbury, and Whitten. (Meet third Friday
in each month.)
On Streets. — Aldermen Reynolds and Shannon; Messrs.
Bartlett, Carpenter, and Kendall.
On Sewers and Drains. — Aldermen Shannon' and Rey-
nolds ; Messrs. Carpenter, Kendall, and Bartlett.
On Lighting Streets. — Aldermen Cheney and Gordon;
Messrs. Woodbury, Freeman, and Stearns.
On Lands and Buildings. — Aldermen Quimby and Gor-
don; Messrs. Frost, Guiney, and Abbott.
On Fire Department. — Aldermen Kimball and Cheney ;
Messrs. Bacon, Hamilton, and Blanchet.
On Commons and Cemeteries. — Aldermen Gordon and
Quimby; Messrs. Quirin, Bacon, and French.
On Public Instruction. — Aldermen Eager and Dockham;
Messrs. French, Clough, and Weber.
On Water -Works. — Aldermen Gordon and Eager;
Messrs. Crawford, Lariviere, and Abbott.
On City Farm. — Aldermen Cheney and Reynolds;
Messrs. Fox, Clough, and Whitten.
On House of Correction. — Aldermen Dockham and
Shannon; Messrs'. Weber, Fox, and Quirin.
On Military Affairs. — Aldermen Shannon and Eager;
Messrs. Lariviere, Crawford, and Guiney.
STANDING COMMITTEES IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
On Enrollment. — Aldermen Gordon and Shannon.
On Bills on Second Reading. — Aldermen Reynolds and
Dockham.
On Market. — Aldermen Eager and Gordon.
On Marshal's Account. — Aldermen Shannon and
Cheney.
On Licenses. — Aldermen Kimball and Eager.
On Setting Trees. — Aldermen Cheney and Quimby.
On Special Police. — Aldermen Dockham and Reynolds.
STANDING COMMITTEES IN BOARD OF COMMON COUNCIL.
On Election Returns. — Messrs. Hamilton, Blanchet, and
Abbott.
On Bills on Second Reading. — Messrs. Stearns, Frost,
and Bohan.
On Enrollment. — Messrs. Fox, Clough, and Forsaith.
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Judge of Police Court.
Nathan P. Hunt.
Associate Justice of Police Court.
Isaac L. Heath.
Clerk.
John C. Bickford.
City Marshal.
Melvin J. Jenkins.
Assistant Marshal.
Horatio W. Longa.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
John Hosley, ex- officio Chairman.
James E. Dodge, Clerk.
Ward 1.
Charles H. Manning.
John G. Hutchinson.
Ward 2.
Benjamin C. Dean.
William C. Clarke.
Ward 3.
Nathan P. Hunt.
James E. Dodge.
Ward 4.
Ward 5.
Thomas F. Collins.
John J. Holland.
Ward 6.
William H. Huse.
Abial C. Flanders.
Ward 7.
Ed. B. Woodbury.
Marshall P. Hall.
Ward 8.
Samuel D. Lord.
Stephen W. Clarke.
Edward L. Kimball, ex officio.
Luther C. Baldwin.
George W. Nutter.
superintendent of public instruction.
William E. Buck.
ASSESSORS.
Charles H. Brown.
John E. Stearns.
David 0. Furnald.
Harrison D. Lord.
John Ryan.
George H. Dudley.
Ira W. Stearns.
Frank E. McKean.
INSPECTORS OF CHECK-LISTS.
George C. Kemp.
Benjamin L. Hartshorn.
David O. Furnald.
Harrison D. Lord.
Edward J. Lawler.
Isaac Whittemore.
Joseph A. Foster.
Henry F. Stone.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
John Hosley, ex-officio Chairman.
William H. Maxwell, Clerk.
William H. Maxwell. Frank J. Morrison.
Thomas L. Quimby. Charles Francis.
James Sutcliffe. William Marshall.
Horace Gordon. Horatio Fradd.
(Meet third Wednesday of each month.)
BOARD OF HEALTH.
William A. Webster, Chairman.
Joseph B. Sawyer, Clerk.
Joseph B. Sawyer. William A. Webster.
George C. Hoitt.
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FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Thomas W. Lane, Chief Engineer.
Fred S. Bean, Clerk.
James F. Pherson. Orrin A. Manning.
Fred S. Bean. Eugene S. "Whitney.
WATER COMMISSIONERS.
Alpheus Gay, Chairman.
James A. "Weston, Clerk.
Henry Chandler. Alpheus Gay.
James A. Weston. Andrew C. Wallace.
Joseph F. Kennard. Edwin H. Hobbs.
John Hosley, ex officio.
TRUSTEES OF CITY LIBRARY.
Nathan P. Hunt. Moody Currier.
Benjamin C. Dean. Lucien B. Clough.
Daniel Clark. Herman F. Straw.
Isaac W. Smith. John Hosley, ex officio.
Edward L. Kimball, ex officio.
HIGHWAY SURVEYORS.
Dist. Dist.
1. Orison Webber. 7. George M. Bean.
2. William Sanborn. 8. John Proctor.
3. Edwin Kennedy. 9. Eliphalet M. Wiggin.
4. Isaac Whittemore. 10. Charles O. Phelps.
5. John H. Willey. 11. Frank D. Hanscom.
6. Albert J. Peaslee. 12. Jeremiah Garvin.
13. William Campbell.
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SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Edwin W. Blake.
TRUSTEES OF CEMETERIES.
Sylvanus B. Putnam, Clerk.
James A. Weston, John E. Stearns, for four years.
George C. Gilmore, Bushrod W. Hill, for three years.
D. O. Furnald, Hiram Stearns, for two years.
H. H. Huse, G. P. Whitman, for one year.
SUB-TRUSTEES OF CEMETERIES.
Valley. — Alderman Quimby; Messrs. Quirin, Gilmore,
Hill, and Furnald.
Pine Grove. — Alderman Gordon; Messrs. Bacon, Huse,
Whitman, and Weston.
Amoskeag. — E. Parker French ; Messrs. Hiram Stearns
and J. E. Stearns.
TRUSTEES OF CEMETERY FUNDS.
Hon. James A. Weston, Chairman.
Hon. Person C. Cheney.
Hon. John Hosley, ex officio.
INSPECTORS.
Milk. — C. B. Littlefield.
Buildings. — Thomas W. Lane.
Oil. — John P. Cronin and Edward J. Powers.
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WARD OFFICERS.
Moderators.
Ward 1. — JMarcellus Gould.
Ward 2. — George M, True.
Ward 3. — William A. Carpenter.
Ward 4. — John C. Bickford.
Ward 5. — Hugh McDonough.
Ward 6. — George Hoi brook.
Ward 7. — Timothy W. Challis.
Ward 8.— George W. Goffe.
Ward Clerks.
Ward 1. — Michael Herbert.
Ward 2. — Henry J. Matthews.
Ward 3. — Jesse B. Pattee.
Ward 4.— A. L. F. Geoffroy.
Ward 5. — John J. Sherry.
Ward 6. — Charles H. Harvey.
Ward 7. — Saniield McDonald.
Ward 8. — Gillis Stark.
Ward 1.
Henry P. Hunter.
Oliver C. Mombleau.
Edward L. Carpenter.
Ward 3.
David Thayer.
Charles Atherton.
George C. Lord.
Ward 5.
Jeremiah J. Hayes.
William Morrissey.
Patrick McManus.
Ward 7.
David W. Anderson.
Sylvester Drew.
John F. Frost.
Selectmen.
Ward 2.
William Smith.
Everett J. Anthes.
George W. Varnum.
Ward 4.
George B. Forsaith.
John P. Croniu.
Clarence R. Merrill.
Ward 6.
George H. Benton.
Charles G. Dodge.
Lyman Dickey.
Ward 8.
Abel M. Keniston.
Henry Hebert.
Napoleon Richard.
REPORT
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
Board of Water commissioners.
JOHN HOSLEY, Mayor, ex officio.
Alpheus Gay, President, term expires January, 1893.
James A. Weston, Clerk, term expires January, 1891.
Joseph F. Kennard, term expires January, 1890.
Henry Chandler, term expires January, 1892.
A. C. Wallace, term expires January, 1894.
Edwin H. Hobbs, term expires January, 1889.
OFFICERS.
Charles K. Walker, Superintendent.
Arthur E. Stearns, Registrar.
Charles C. Cole, Engineer at Pum/ping Station.
REPORT
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
To the City Councils of the City of Manchester :
Gentlemen, — The Board of Water Commissioners
have the honor to present herewith their annual report
for the year ending December 31, 1887, together with the
report of the superintendent covering the same period of
time.
The receipts and expenditures for the year are as fol-
lows :
Balance unexpended December 31, 1886 . $18,325 28
Receipts from all sources .... 80,518 17
Total . " $98,843 45
Appropriated to pay interest $36,000 00
Expended on construction . 18,801 68
Repairs and running expenses 20,542 15
Total expenditures . $75,343 83
Balance unexpended .... $23,499 62
With no change in rates, it will be seen that the gross
income has increased $5,388.18 over the previous year.
The investigation as to water-wheels, referred to in the
last annual report, resulted in a decision to put in new
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wheels. Accordingly, a contract was made with T. H.
Risdon & Co. to do the work, the price being $5,627.
Although there was some delay in the completion of the
contract, the work was satisfactorily done and the tests
required under the terms of the contract, as made by an
engineer in the employ of the city, proved satisfactory.
Since the completion of the new wheels, proper facili-
ties have been afforded to test the power of the pumps
recently put in by the Davidson Steam Pump Company,
and the result has shown a capacity far beyond what was
guaranteed. It is believed that the pumping machinery
and appendages are now in a condition to render effective
and adequate service for years to come, with trivial outlays
for repairs.
The other portions of the water-works system are in
satisfactory condition, as will be found more fully ex-
plained in the report of the superintendent, to which
reference is made.
Respectfully submitted.
ALPHEUS GAY, President,
JOHN HOSLEY, Mayor ex officio,
A. C. WALLACE,
E. H. HOBBS,
HENRY CHANDLER,
JOSEPH F. KENNARD,
JAMES A. WESTON, Clerk,
Board of Water Commissioners.
January 1, 1888.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
To the Honorable Board of Water Commissioners of the City
of Manchester :
Gentlemen, —"I have the honor to submit herewith
the annual report of the superintendent for the year end-
ing Dec. 31, 1887.
MASSABESIC LAKE.
The abundance of rain the first seven months of the
year caused unusually high water in the lake all summer.
The records at Concord, N. H., show that the rainfall for
seven months was 22.06 inches, being 4.34 inches more
than in the corresponding months of last year, and 5.35
inches more than the average for the last thirty-two years.
At the present time the water stands at 24 inches
above the dam, and is running to waste. Last year at
this time it stood 11 inches below the dam, making the
water in the lake 35 inches higher than it was one year
•ago.
The new Risdon wheels put in last summer are work-
ing well and fulfill the contract, which was for two wheels
and two gates for each penstock. The wheels were to be
175 horse-power each, and to give a useful effect of
not less than 85 per cent of the total power of the water
used ; the gates to be made of cast iron with compo-
sition seats and working parts. The wheels, gates, con-
nections, and gearing were to be set up and put in good
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running order, including the foundations, for the sum of
$5,627. The work and tests having been pronounced
satisfactory by the engineer, Mr. J. B. Sawyer, the above
amount has been paid the Risdon Wheel Company.
The new Davidson pumps give satisfaction. They
pump 5,000,000 gallons in twenty-four hours, according
to the contract, with ease, and could perform much
greater service if it was required. The old pumps are
in good repair, and never worked better than they do now.
The arrangements are such that one wheel carries each
set of pumps, and they can be run together or sepa-
rately, and started up without going into the wheel pit,
as formerly. The gearing that starts the new wheels
was brought upon a level with the floor, and everything
has been done to make things convenient. There is
no better working machinery to be found anywhere.
The new valve chamber bought last year has been put
into the old pumps. The dwelling-house and grounds
connected with the pumping station have been repaired
and put in good condition. The highway in front of the
station has been cut down to the original grade as estab-
lished when laid out, and the earth used to widen out the
road just north of the arch bridge. There has been an
iron railing put up on the bridge in place of the old
wooden one, and a fence built each side of the embank-
ment north of the brook.
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THE FORCE AND SUPPLY MAIN.
The force main burst close to the reservoir bank, and
fourteen feet of cast-iron pipe was laid in its place, mak-
ing a connection with the iron pipe laid in the embank-
ment. A hydrant was set to use as an air valve when
the pipe was being filled. The old two-inch air valve
was set three hundred feet from the reservoir, and the
air that was between this point and the gate chamber
burst the pipe when refilling, after repairing a leak. The
supply main has not required much attention; what
repairs have been made were at the corner of Massabesic
and Park streets, on a soldered branch.
DISTRIBUTION PIPES.
The water pipe extended in the year 1887 was laid in
the following streets : Auburn, Amory, Beaufort, Blair,
Brook, Bedford road, Carroll, Cypress, Cedar, Cartier,
Clarke, Dubuque, Gore, Hancock, Harrison, Kelley,
Langdon, Manchester, Pearl, Union, Schuyler, Spruce,
Sullivan, South, and Wayne streets. Amount laid, 7,769
feet — about one and one half miles, — at an expense of
$6,186. There have been twenty-two bursts where we
have taken out cement pipe, and put in cast iron. The
whole amount relaid this year, 363 feet. There is in this
city to-day, 49.41 miles of pipe; 26.96 miles of wrought
iron and cement, and 22.45 miles of cast iron.
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PIPES, GATES, AND HYDRANTS LAID IN 18S7.
Streets.
Amory
Auburn
Beauport. . .
Beauport. . .
Beauport. . .
Blaine
Brook
Carroll
Cartier
Cedar
Clarke
Cypress ....
Dubuque . . .
Gore
Hancock....
Harrison . . .
Kelley
Langdon . . .
Manchester
Old Bedford rd
Pearl
Schuyler . . .
South
Spruce
Sullivan....
Sullivan. ..
Union
Wayne
Force main.
Length in feet laid. Gates set
320
320
6in.
304
240
127
700
152
268
390
72
508
470
371
321
205
682
466
33
53
140
285
222
156
476
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Location.
Main to Beauport.
East to Beech.
Adams st. — north.
Sullivan St.— south.
Amory to Kelly.
Eastward.
Beech to Ash.
To Old Bedford road.
North Cartier st. — south.
To Lincoln.
East of Elm.
Valley — northward.
Each side Wayne st.
Beech to Ash.
Main — eastward.
To Russell.
Beauport — westward.
Elm — westward.
Belmont — eastward.
Carroll to Mast.
Linden to Ashland.
Main — westward.
East High — southward.
To Wilson.
Beauport — westward.
Beauport — eastward.
Sagamore — northward.
To Dubuque.
i,769 feet.
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Number miles of pipe laid, 1887, 1.4714
" gates set " 12.
" hydrants set " 14.
LOCATION OF HYDRANTS SET, 1887.
Auburn, cor. Beech.
Blaine, cor. Cleveland.
Brook, cor. Ash.
Carroll, near old Bedford road.
Cedar, cor. Lincoln.
Clarke, cor. Chestnut.
Cypress, front of shoe shop.
Hancock.
Harrison, cor. Russell.
Kelly, cor. Beauport.
Pearl, cor. Ashland.
Spruce, cor Wilson.
Sullivan, cor. Beauport.
Force main, at reservoir.
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The following places are where cement-lined pipe was
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Streets.
Amherst —
Auburn
Birch
Bowman
Bridge
Cedar
Chestnut —
Concord
Douglass —
Hanover —
Main
Manchester .
Merrimack.,
Prospect . . .
Spruce
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186
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DISTRIBUTION PIPES AND GATES LAID TO DECEMBER 31, 1887.
Size.
Cement-lined pipe.
Cast-iron pipe.
Gates.
20,560.00 ft.
5,146.00 ft.
8
6.825.00 "
7,598.00 "
11
7,983.00 "
11,629.00 "
20
4,829.75 "
9,934.00 "
14
12,555.00 "
9,656.00 "
32
81,589.50 "
68,021.00 "
251
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6,580.00 "
29
142,342.25 ft.
118,564.00 ft.
365
26.959 miles of cement-lined pipe.
22.455 " " cast-iron pipe.
49.414 total miles of pipe.
365 gates.
418 hydrants.
7 air valves.
METERS.
The number of meters set during the year is one hun-
dred and twenty-six (126).
Total number of meters in use, seven hundred and
thirty-nine (739).
The number of applications for water to date has been
thirty-one hundred and two (3,102).
SERVICE PIPES.
One hundred and thirty-five (135) service pipes have
been laid this year, as follows :
132 1 inch diameter 3,242.3 feet.
1 li
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29
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1 3~ "
Total
23.0 feet.
16.8 "
. 3,381.3 feet.
3 £• inch service have been changed to 1 inch.
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have been laid to date, as follows :
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Total length of service pipe
dumber of miles of service pipe, 14.63.
The income from the sale of water for 1887 has been as
follows :
Received for water by rate .
" " " " meter
,934 71
25,277 09
30
Received for building purposes . $351 70
" fines ... 119 20
$79,682 70
" labor and pipe sold $768 86
of G. G. Griffin . 1 00
" C. C. Cole, for fence, etc. 50
" B. P. Kimball, for grass 10 00
" A. J. Crombie, for grass 5 00
" A. Goodwin, hoop poles 10 00
" William G. Brown . 25 00
" T. H. Risdon & Co.,
freight, etc., on gear 15 11
835 47
Total received
Abatement, $285.75.
Current expenses for 1887 .
Construction expenses for 1887
Retained by city for interest
Receipt over expenditures .
Amount on hand Jan. 1, 1887
Amount received 1887
Amount expended 1887
,518 17
$20,542 15
18,801 68
36,000 00
$75,343 83
i,174 34
$18,325 28
80,518 17
843 45
75,343 83
Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1887
. $23,499 62
CLASSIFICATION OF ACCOUNTS FOR 1887.
Superintendence and repairs . $9,689 07
Stationery and printing . . 234 52
Office and incidental expenses . 1,222 05
Pumping expenses . . . 8,751 15
31
Repairs to dam, canal, races, and
reservoir .....
Repairs to buildings .
Running expenses for 1887
Service pipes ....
Distribution pipes
Fire hydrants and valves
Meters and fixtures
Fencing .....
Land and water rights
Total expended on construction
$195
75
449
61
$1,991 43
9,794
35
896
98
2,399
83
• 719
09
3,000
00
20,542 15
$18,801 68
Total expended in 1887 .
Land and water rights
Dam, canal, pen-stock, and races
Pumping machinery, pump-house,
and buildings ....
Distributing reservoir and fixtures
Force and supply main
Distribution pipes
Fire-hydrants and valves
Tools and fixtures
Boarding and store houses .
Roads and culverts
Supplies ....
Engineering
Livery and traveling expenses
Legal expenses .
Grading and fencing .
Service pipes
Meters and fixtures
Total construction account
to Dec. 31, 1887 .
,343 83
$45,082 45
101,399 16
104,243 20
71,542 36
89,769 02
335,813 64
38,176 13
10,649 35
919 36
2,193 49
550 39
22,176 19
2,856 64
563 79
13,269 23
42,890 41
19,179 32
$901,274 13
32
Current expenses :
Superintendence, collecting, and
repairs ...
Stationery, printing, etc.
Office and incidental expenses
Pumping expenses amd repairs
Repairs to dam, canal races, and
reservoir ....
Repairs to buildings .
Current expenses to Dec
31, 1887
Interest ....
Highway expenditures
Total amount of bills ap-
proved to date
Interest, discount, and labor per-
formed on highways, trans.,
and tools and materials sold .
Current expenses to Dec. 31, 1887
Total cost, exclusive of in-
terest and current ex-
penses ....
Interest and discount to Dec. 31,
1886 .....
Interest for 1887
Total interest and discount
to Dec. 31, 1887 .
$100,961 36
4,955 66
16,174 14
29,556 02
2,519 76
1,192 30
$155,359 24
$40,678 51
14,000 53
$54,679 04
,111,312 41
$61,297 69
155,359 24
-$216,656 93
4,655 48
,862 51
35,099 00
$524,961 51
33
Amount paid toward interest to
Dec. 31,1886 . . .$341,000 00
Amount used by city in 1887 . 36,000 00
S573
61
177
07
193
26
146
00
1,920
53
Total $377,000 00
The following- amounts have been paid over to the city
treasurer, and credited to the water-works :
1872, supplies and ma-
terials sold .
1873, supplies and ma-
terials sold .
accrued interest on
water bonds sold
1873, accrued interest
on state bonds sold
water rents
1874, supplies and ma-
terials sold . . 607 89
March 12, 1874, highway expendi-
tures, trans, from
water account . 14,000 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 trans-
ferred . . . 4,566 25
Dec. 18, 1875, one anvil sold . 15 00
Sept. 25, 1875, engine, crusher,
and material sold . 2,089 45
3
34
1875, water and hydrant
rent, etc. . . i
f27,H9 15
May 20, 1876, derrick sold
125 00
May 20, 1876, rent of derrick .
24 00
1875,water and hydrant
rent, etc.
38,879 47
1877,water and hydrant
rent, etc.
43,823 30
1878, water and hydrant
rent, etc.
48,873 26
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
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
188 2, water and hydrant
rent, etc.
67,403 76
received of G. G.
Griffin
1 00
1882, received of James
Baldwin & Co. .
175 00
received from the sale
of grass
10 00
received from Good-
hue & Birnie
24 37
35
1882, received for old
plank . $1 00
received for use of
derrick . 15 00
1883, received of G. G.
Griffin ... 1 00
received from sale of
grass ... 20 00
water and hydrant
rent, etc. . . 73,437 20
1884, received of G. G.
Griffin ... 1 00
received for stone . 5 00
received from sale of
grass ... 10 00
1884,received from pipe
sold and labor . 616 20
received for water
and hydrant rent . 74,947 88
1885, received from G.
G. Griffin . . 1 00
B. P. Kimball, for
grass ... 10 00
labor and pipe sold . 13 45
received for water
and hydrant rent . 80,379 67
1886, received from G.
G. Griffin . 1 00
B. P. Kimball, for
grass ... 5 00
for wood . . . 37 80
labor and pipe . . 282 43
water and hydrant
rent . . . 74,803 76
36
1887, received for
labor and pipe
received of G. G
Griffin .
received of C. C
Cole .
received of B. P
Kimball, for grass
received of A. J.
Crombie, for grass
received of A. Good-
win, for poles
received of W. G
Brown .
received of T. H
Ri scion & Co., for
freight .
received for water
and hydrant rent 79,682 70
1 00
50
10 00
5 00
10 00
25 00
15 11
Total received for water, etc.
Amount appropriated to date
Amount received to date .
Amount of bills approved to date
Amount transferred toward interest
Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1887
. $871,812 03
. 640,000 00
$1,511,812 03
1,111,312 41
,499 62
377,000 00
$23,499 62
CHAS. K. WALKER,
Superintendent.
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
I hereby certify that I have examined the accounts of
the Manchester Water- Works for the year 1887, and find
the same correctly cast and properly vouched.
GEORGE E. MORRILL,
Auditor.
Manchester, "S. H., Jan. 10, 1888.
38
USES FOR WHICH WATER IS SUPPLIED.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
1 Jail.
15 Churches.
1 Court-house.
6 Hose companies.
4 Fire-engines.
1 Hook-and-ladder.
2 Opera-houses.
1 Convent.
1 City Hospital.
1 Old Ladies' Home.
1 Soldiers' Monument.
1 Turner Hall.
3 Fountains.
4 Cemeteries.
1 Orphanage.
1 Post-office.
1 City Library.
5 Banks.
4 Hotels.
1 Masonic Hall.
1 Odd Fellows' Hall.
1 Holly-Tree Inn.
3 Halls.
22 Schoolhouses.
1 Battery Building.
1 Skating Rink.
MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS.
1 Silver-plating.
2 Iron foundries.
2 Dyehouses.
4 Machine-shops.
6 Clothing manufactories.
6 Harness-shops.
1 Brush-shop.
3 Carriage-shops.
6 Cigar.
1 Brass and copper foundry.
1 Locomotive-works.
2 Electric light.
7 Fish.
9 Meat and fish.
3 Sash and blind shops.
1 Brewery.
3 Shoe-shops.
1 Pop-corn.
1 Gas-works.
4 Slaughter-houses.
1 Soap manufactory.
2 Needle manufactories.
4 Beer-bottling.
1 Book-bindery.
1 Paper-mill.
MARKETS.
2 Meat (wholesale).
39
STABLES.
14 Livery.
695 Private.
1 Horse-railroad.
OFFICES.
8 Dentists.
8 Printing.
1 Telephone.
1 Gas.
1 Telegraph.
4 Coal.
2 Express.
SHOPS.
27 Barber.
2 Currying.
2 Wheelwright.
6 Plumber and gas an(
9 Blacksmith.
water pipe.
5 Carpenter.
8 Paint.
1 Tinsmith.
1 Gunsmith.
STORES.
4 Auction.
80 Grocery.
23 Drug.
5 Meal.
9 Jewelry.
3 Hardware.
1 Fur.
20 Boot and shoe.
2 House-furnishing goods. 8 Stove.
20 Fancy goods.
15 Gents' furnishing goods.
1 Wholesale paper.
10 Book.
5 Wholesale produce.
1 Leather and shoe-finders,
15 Dry goods.
3 Music.
12 Candy.
3 Upholstery.
1 Cloak.
6 Undertakers.
15 Millinery.
5 Sewing-machine.
2 Tea.
1 Feather-cleaner.
2 Furniture.
1 Rubber.
11 Dining.
6 Billiard.
40
SALOONS.
84 Liquor.
MISCELLANEOUS.
6 Club-rooms.
2 Bleacheries.
8 Laundries.
3 Ice-houses.
9 Photographers.
3 Greenhouses.
1 Band-room.
12 Bakeries.
1 Waste.
6805]Families.
109 Boarding-houses
8541 Faucets.
1217 Wash-bowls.
1778 Water-closets.
171 Wash-tubs.
554 Bath-tubs.
126 Urinals.
WATER FIXTURES, ETC.
1809 Sill-cocks.
418 Fire-hydrants.
31 Stand-pipes.
20 Water-troughs.
2 Drinking-fountains.
1667 Horses.
86 Cattle.
MATERIAL ON HAND.
BRANCHES.
3 double 6 on 12.
19 single 6 on 6.
1 double 6 on 8.
2 single 10 on 10.
7 double 6 on 10.
1 single 6 on 20.
8 double 6 on 6.
4 single 6 on 10.
1 double 4 on 6.
3 single 8 on 8.
1 single 6 on 12.
1 single 12 on 14,
2 single 6 on 14.
1 single 4 on 4.
6 single 4 on 6.
41
REDUCERS.
2 12 to 6.
1 6 to 4.
CLAMP SLEEVES.
8 14 in.
29 10 in.
18 6 in.
WHOLE SLEEVES.
4 10 in.
4 14 in.
5 8 in.
BENDS.
2 6 in. 1-4 bend. 3 6 in. 1-8 bend.
1 12 in. 1-8 bend. 1 14 in. 1-8 bend.
2 10 in. 1-8 bend. 2 6 in. S bend.
PIPE.
474 ft. 20 in. 700 ft. 6 in.
935 ft. 14 in. 3100 ft. 4 in.
1200 ft, 12 in. 937 ft. 8 in.
1380 ft. 10 in.
1 14 to 12.
1 8 to 6.
4
20 in.
11
12 in.
14
8 in.
10
4 in.
1
20 in.
8
12 in.
13
6 in.
3
4 in.
SERVICE PIPE.
546 ft. 1 1-2 in. 841 ft. 3-4 in.
488 ft. 1 1-4 in. 2076 ft. 1 in.
437 ft. 2 in.
REPORT
CITY ENGINEER
City Engineer's Department.
ORGANIZATION, 1887.
CITY ENGINEER.
WINTERED H. BENNETT.
ASSISTANTS.
Harrie M. Young.
George W. Wales.
John J. McDonough.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
To His Honor the Mayor, and Gentlemen of the City
Councils :
Sirs, — I have the honor of presenting my second
annual report, being the ninth annual report of the work
in the City Engineer's office, and the several highway
districts of the city of Manchester, for the year ending
December 31, 1887.
Expenses of the office for the year 1887 :
Appropriation
salary of city engineer
salary of three assistants
$1,000 00
. 1,239 75
$2,600 00
supplies for the office
. 106 20
repairing
9 39
express
stakes ....
65
38 53
horseshoeing and repairs
wagon and harness
of
12 45
horse-car fares
5 25
street numbers
13^00
printing reports
31*50
$2,456 72
Amount charged to water company 4 25
Total cost of the regular
office work
52,452 47
Balance
$147 53
46
Expenses for soldiers' monument :
T. A. Lane, repairing piping
For water
Total
$6 08
50 00
1 80
The amount of work done in the office during the year
is as follows :
Number of orders for surveys, — street lines and
grades 736
Number of orders for sewer and paving grades . 105
Number of orders for horse-railroad grades . . 26
Total number of orders .... 867
Levels for profiles for establishing grades, 49,350 feet,
equal to 9.35 miles.
These profiles, having three lines of levels
on each street, make a total distance actu-
ally leveled of 148,050 feet.
Levels for sewer profiles
Levels for other center profiles
Levels in Pine Grove cemetery
Levels in Valley cemetery .
Levels for accidents
Other levels.
Total levels taken
Equal to 38.45 miles.
Surveys of streets and street lines
Surveys in Pine Grove cemetery
Surveys in Valley cemetery
Surveys for accidents
8,220
15,050
8,350
2,000
300
21,070
203,040 feet
144,450 feet.
11,500 "
4,400 "
1,100 "
47
Surveys for street numbers
Other surveys
Total surveys made . . .
Equal to 33.87 miles.
Street lines marked on ground .
Lines of lots and avenues, Pine Grove cem-
etery
Lines of lots and avenues, Valley cemetery
Lines of land purchased ....
Total length of lines marked on
ground .....
Equal to 20.56 miles.
Grades set for sidewalks
Grades set for macadamizing
Grades set for grading streets
Grades set for gutters
Grades set for horse-railroad tracks
Grades set in Pine Grove cemetery
Grades set in Valley cemetery .
Grades set for curb
Grades set for sewers
Other grades ....
Total length of grades set
Equal to 23.26 miles.
BATTERS SET.
Webster-street engine-house.
Pine Grove cemetery storehouse.
Valley cemetery, addition to lodge-house.
Grove-street culvert, at Cemetery brook.
East High street, retaining wall.
Park square, fountain basin.
14,494 feet
2,900 "
it
178,844 fe<
97,670 feet
7,700 "
2,750 «
445 '
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108,565 fee
38,408 feet
3,100 '
13,242 <
14,850 <
19,200 '
7,050 <
1,200 '
15,270 '
9,100 <
1,388 <
122,808 fee
it.
48
Old lots relaid in Valley cemetery . . . .11
Old lots relaid in Pine Grove cemetery ... 35
New lots laid out in Pine Grove cemetery . . 93
Total cemetery lots laid out .... 139
In the public ground at Pine Grove cemetery ranges
have been laid out for 204 graves.
Street numbers assigned and put on 181
Street numbers replaced ..... 93
Total numbers put on . . . . . 274
This year, as in previous years, the city engineer has
investigated and made surveys in all cases where suits
were liable to be brought against the city.
Cases investigated and reported to the Committee on
Claims, 22.
PLANS AND PROFILES MADE FOR SIDEWALK GRADES.
Amherst street, from Maple to Ashland street. Two
plans.
Beacon street, from Spruce to Hanover street.
Bridge street, from Maple to Russell street.
Carroll street, from Milford street to Amherst road.
Cedar south back street, from Elm east back to Chest-
nut street.
Cedar street, from Elm to Chestnut street.
Cedar street, from Pine to Lincoln street. Two plans.
Central street, from Chestnut to Union street.
Central street, from Hall to Beacon street.
Clarke street, from Elm to Union street.
Con ant street, from Main street westerly.
Dean street, from Elm to Canal street.
Elm street, from Clarke to Rowell street. Three plans.
49
Franklin street, from Granite to Merrimack street.
Two plans.
High street, East, from Maple to Jane street.
Laurel street, from Pine to Lincoln street. Two plans.
Laurel street, from Wilson to Highland street. Two
plans.
Massabesic street, from Lake avenue to Cypress street.
Three plans.
Mast road, from Amherst road westerly.
Old Falls road, from Belmont to Massabesic street.
Pine street, from Merrimack to Amherst street.
Riddle street, from Milford to Mast street.
River street, from Ferry street to N". W. R. R.
Second street, from Granite street to 1ST. W. R. R.
Two plans.
Spruce street, from Pine street to James Hall road.
Six plans.
Tilton street, from Milford street northerly.
West Hancock street, from Main street easterly.
Five plans and profiles of streets not laid out.
Total plans and profiles, 47.
SEWER PLANS AND PROFILES.
Canal street, from Central to Granite street.
Cedar street, from Elm west back to Canal street.
Central street, from Hall to Beacon street.
Elm east back street, from Lowell to Lowell south back
street.
Hamilton street, from Adams to Jefferson street.
Hanover south back street, from Union to Maple east
back street.
Lowell south back street, from Elm east back to Chest-
nut street.
Manchester street, at Coffin & Avery's lots.
50
McGregor, McGregor west back and Main streets.
Merrimack south back street, from Union to Beech
street.
North street, from Pine to Pine east back street.
Pine street, from Salmon to North street.
Pine east back street, from North street northerly.
Pine west back street, from High street southerly.
Salmon street, from Bay east back to Pine street.
Total sewer plans and profiles, 15.
NUMBERING PLANS.
A street, Main to B street.
Adams street, Main to Dubuque street.
Amory street, McGregor to Dubuque street. Two
plans.
B street, A to C street.
Bath street, River to Third street.
Barr street, Granite street northerly.
Bay street, Pennacook to Webster street. Three
plans.
Beauport street, Conant to Putnam street. Two plans.
Beauport street, Wayne to Kelly street.
Belmont street, Clay to Auburn street. Four plans.
Blaine street, Merrimack River to Main street. Two
plans.
Boynton street, A street southerly.
C street, Boynton to B street.
Carroll street, Milford street to Amherst road.
Cartier street, Conant to Kelly street. Four plans.
Conant street, Main street westerly.
Dubuque street, Conant to Kelly street. Four plans.
Gore street, Union to Russell street. Two plans.
Green street, Granite street northerly.
Main street, Granite to McGregor street. Five plans.
51
Main street, A street to Bedford line. Five plans.
Marion street, Main to McGregor street.
Mast street, Main street to Old Mast road.
McGregor street, Main to Bridge street. Two plans.
Milford street, Main street to Bedford road. Three
plans.
Milton street, Merrimack to Concord street. Two
plans.
Monmouth street, Main to McGregor west back street.
North street, Elm to Pine street. Two plans.
Parker street, Main to Wiuter street.
Putnam street, Main to Dubuque street.
Quincy street, Granite street northerly.
Riddle street, Mast to Milford street.
Sagamore street, Elm to Pine street.
School street, River to Main street. Two plans.
Schuyler street, Main to Dubuque street.
Spruce street, Wilson to Massabesic street.
Sullivan street, Main to Dubuque street.
Third street, School street to Merrimack River. Two
plans.
Tilton street, Milford street northerly.
Wayne street, McGregor to Dubuque street. Two
plans.
Winter street, Main street to Piscataquog River. Two
plans.
Total numbering plans, 73.
MISCELLANEOUS PLANS.
Amoskeag, plan of lots, copy. Two plans.
Amherst street, Maple street easterly, plan of lots,
copy.
Belmont street, lots owned by William E. Moore and
others, copy.
52
Calef road, gravel bank bought of Chase, copy.
Cohas-brook bridge, plan.
Cilley road, plan of a part of, copy.
Hanover street, Beacon street easterly, location of
accident.
Land of Alfred Wallace, Piscataquog, copy.
Ma ssabesic street, land of C. E. Hodgdon, copy.
Mast road, land of C. H. Robie, copy.
Merrimack square, proposed improvements.
Monument square and surrounding streets.
Old Falls road, Lake avenue southerly.
Old Falls road, land of S. N". Bell, copy.
Park square, plan of fountain basin.
Pine Grove cemetery extension, plan of lots, copy.
Pine Grove cemetery, lots in east section.
School south back street, River to Fourth street.
Spring street, location of Mrs. Jillson's accident.
Valley cemetery, addition to lodge-house.
"Webster-street schoolhouse, plan of sewerage.
Hall-street extension, south, comprising Lake avenue,
Central, Spruce, Wilson, Hall, Belmont, Milton, and
Massabesic streets, and Wilson road, equaling 9 plans.
Total miscellaneous plans, 31.
WORKING PLANS NOT RETAINED IN OFFICE.
Amory street, McGregor to Main street. Profile.
Amory street, Beauport to Dubuque street. Profile.
Bridge street, Merrimack River to McGregor street.
Profile.
Bridge street, Canal to McGregor street.
Bridge street, design for overflow man-hole.
Cedar street, Elm west back to Canal street. Center
profile.
Central street, Union street easterly. Profile for pav-
ing.
53
Cohas-brook bridge.
Douglas street, Barr to Green street. Center profile.
Elliot Hospital Building, sketch for Trustees.
Elm street, Depot to Short street. Center profile.
Elm street, Short to Baker street. Profile.
Franklin street, Cedar to Granite street. Center pro-
file.
Granite street, Second street, westerly. Profile of
south side.
Hanover south back street, Union to Maple street.
Center profile.
Lake avenue proposed engine-house. Four plans.
Laurel street, Chestnut to Lincoln street. Profile.
Massabesic street, Old Falls road to C}7press street.
Profile.
Merrimack square. Drawing for culvert.
Merrimack south back street, Union to Beech street.
Center profile.
Monument Square and surrounding streets.
Monument Square and surrounding streets. Blue
print.
Old Falls road, Belmont to Massabesic street. Profile.
Old Falls road and Massabesic street.
Park square. Fountain basin.
Park square. Detail of center stone of fountain.
Park square. Detail of side stone of fountain.
Pine Grove cemetery. Profile of Maple avenue.
Pine Grove cemetery. Profile of Oakland avenue.
Pine Grove cemetery. Profile of Acacia avenue.
Pine Grove cemetery. Profile of Willow avenue.
Sagamore street, Chestnut to Pine. Profile.
Valley cemetery. Plan of building.
Valley cemetery. Addition to lodge-house, for con-
tractor.
54
Valley cemetery. Design for receiving-vault.
West and Douglas streets. Location of accident.
Total working plans, 42.
TRACINGS.
Amoskeag bridge, copy of original plan. Two plans.
Auburn, Beech, Valley, and Pine streets, square
bounded by.
Beech street, culvert at Cemetery brook.
Belmont street, land bought of James Dearborn.
Cohas-brook bridge. Two plans.
Elliot Hospital land, for trustees.
Goffe's Falls, schoolhouse lot.
• Lake avenue proposed engine-house. Four plans.
Land of John Calef and others.
Land of J. F. James and others.
Manchester street, Elm to Chestnut street.
Maple street at Nashua street, for Judge Fellows.
Monument square and surrounding streets. Two
plans.
Nutt's pond, plan of.
Park square, fountain basin.
Pine-street culvert at Cemetery brook.
Pine Grove cemetery. Twenty-four plans.
Pine Grove cemetery, lots in Landscape lawn for super-
intendent.
Pine Grove cemetery, lots in new section, for superin-
tendent.
Pine Grove cemetery, lot No. 1401, for P. Blanchard,
Concord, K H.
Pine Grove cemetery, plan showing water pipes, for
J. A. Weston.
Pine Grove cemetery extension, plan of lots.
Russell farm, plan of.
55
Spruce street, from Maple street to James Hall road.
Spruce street, at Nos. 62 and 64.
Valley cemetery, plan of buildings.
Valley cemetery, plan, section, and elevation of receiv-
ing-vault. Two plans.
West and Douglas streets, location of accident.
Young street, Pine street to C. & P. R. R.
Total tracings, 59.
MAPS.
City of Manchester, small map, showing sewers, for
Committee on Sewers and Drains.
Nine plans of streets laid out have been made in the
city clerk's book of records.
Total of all plans made, 274.
In connection with the year's work, a large map show-
ing the entire city has been started.
Plans of all new highways laid out to December 31,
1887, have been made in the City Clerk's book of records.
All sewers laid to the same date have been drawn in the
City Clerk's book of sewers, upon the sewer committee's
map and the sewer map in the office.
The index and catalogue of plans have been brought
up to December 31, 1887 ; the index to level books to
November 2, 1887 ; and the index to transit books to Sep-
tember 20, 1887.
Plans made for the establishment of grade
on laid out streets ..... 35,903 feet.
Plans made for the establishment of grade
on streets not laid out .... 3,123 "
Total 39,026 feet.
Equal to 7.39 miles.
56
NEW HIGHWAYS LAID OUT.
Carroll street, Milford street to Amherst
road . . . . . . . .45 feet wide.
Conant street, Main to "West street . . 50
Dean street, Elm to Canal street . . 50
Franklin street, Granite to Pleasant street 50
Lincoln street, Spruce to Cedar street . 50
Riddle .street, Milford to Mast street . 45
Til ton street, Milford street northerly . 33
West Hancock street, Main street east
600 feet 50
HIGHWAYS STRAIGHTENED.
Mast street, Amherst road west 800 feet, 45 feet wide.
57
SEWERS BUILT IN 1887.
Bridge
Chestnut
Main
Main
Salmon
Webster
Appleton
Appleton
Cedar
Central
Concord
Dean
Elm east back . . .
Granite
Merrimack
North ,
Pine
Pine east back
Pine east back
Pleasant
Wayne
Arlington
Beech east back. . . .
Bridge
Central
Dean
Manchester
Manchester
Orange ,
South ,
West
Amherst
Arlington ,
Ash
Auburn north back
Beech
Beech east back. . . .
Bridge ,
Bridge
Bridge
Bridge
Bridge
Bridge
Bridge south back.
Brook
Cedar
Cedar
Cedar
Central
Central
Central
Central ,
Chestnut
Chestnut
Concord
Depot
Elm
Elm
Elm east back
Franklin
Granite
Lake avenue
Location.
Nashua to Russell
Webster to Appleton
From Milford, northerly
From Putnam, southerly
Bay east back to Pine
Pine east back to Union
From Chestnut, easterly
From Chestnut, westerly
Canal to Franklin
Corner of Franklin street
Hall, east and west
Corner of Canal street
Lowell to Lowell south back
Corner of Franklin street
Corner of Franklin street
Pine to Pine east back
Salmon to North .
From North, northerly
From Webster, southerly
Corner of Franklin street
From Beauport west back, westerly
West of Nashua street
Between Brook and Gore
Corner of Un ion street
From Hall, easterly
Corner of Canal street
From Belmont, easterly
Corner of Pine street
Corner of Elm street
From Lowell, northerly
From Conant, southerly
Corner of Beech east back street.
Corner of Warren street
Corner of Pearl street
West of Beech street
North of Harrison street
North of Brook street
East of Elm east back street
Corner of Birch street
Corner of Pine street
Corner of Walnut street
Corner of Nashua street
Corner of Russell street
West of Chestnut street
Corner of Elm street
Corner of Franklin street
West of Franklin street
At junction with railroad track.. .
Corner of Hall street
East of Hall street
East of Pine street
Corner of Franklin street
Corner of Salmon street
Corner of Appleton street
Corner of Hall street
East of Franklin street
Corner of Sagamore street
Corner of Salmon street
North of Concord street
North of Depot street
Corner of Franklin street
At Union street
Brick.
Akron.
Size in
inches.
Length
in feet.
24x36
15
15
15
15
15
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
198
290
60
84
599
328
140
347
370
6
511
30
172
4
6
109
524
260
222
10
278
139
144
10
168
36
50
12
14
103
49
28
14
10
8
30
4
8
10
26
14
8
20
4
38
6
24
4
30
95
32
28
76
68
24
66
54
4
6
36
28
42
58
SEWERS BUILT IN 1887. — Continued.
Street.
Location.
Material.
Si e in
inches.
Length
in feet.
Akron.
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
116
Between Wilson and Hall streets.
243
30
8
28
20
°0
8
20
Pine
Corner of Manchester south back.
100
Pine
36
12
Pine
76
32
Pine
g
28
g
9
18
40
6,978
CEMENT PIPE REPLACED BY AKRON PIPE.
Street.
Location.
Size
Removed.
Size sub-
stituted.
Length
in feet.
9
9
12
9
12
10
12
12
12
12
189
Hanover south back.. .
Hanover south back.. .
Union to Maple east back
940
580
422
410
2,541
SEWERS RELAID.
Street.
Location.
Material.
Size in
inches.
Length
in feet.
1
Akron.
8
8
8
8
10
12
4
8
8
4
6
42
72
SCHEDULE OF SEWERS, JANUARY 1, 1888.
MATERIAL AND LENGTH OF SEWERS.
1 .
NAME OF STREET.
Akron Pn?E.
Portland Pipe.
Cement Pipe.
Earthen
Pipe.
Brick Sewers.
11
Sin.
10 in.
12 in.
15 in
18 in.
24 in.
8In.
12 in
18 in.
9 in.
10 in.
12 in.
15 in.
18 in.
24 in.
16 in.
by
24 in.
10 in.
12 in.
18 in.
24 in.
29 in.
36 in.
42 in.
44 in.
57 in.
17 in.
by
20 in.
by
30 in.
24 in.
by
36 in.
27J in.
by
36 in.
29 in.
by
39 in.
29J in.
by
44 in.
30 in.
by
46 in.
32 in.
by
48 in.
36 in.
267
520
433
487
267
4,033
485
487
269
486
855
1,075
309
135
1,472
575
710
915
735
52
Appleton . . . ... . .
2G9
464
90
300
300
A r c^D
22
95
Ah
400
270
Ah p st back
775
Ahlfl
9
Asa an
135
Auburn. .
816
150
014
460
400
JJeauport . . .
45
4
82
140
160
90
160
150
1,225
315
Tt h t \ a k
2,003
±seecn ease oac .
iselmonc
4
120
600
830
1,860
90
300
1,460
400
3,235*
750
187}
8,313
iJridge . v-j^w
40
,/' ~
38
46
5i
70
243
8
::34
r ,
1,205
1,851
3,102
2,074
2,556
1,603
4,048
1.794
C Ha
554
390
80
130
150
1,500
1,180
1,300
130
1,020
130
330
220
230
1,710 470
840
100
550
380
240
380
370
525
525
Concord
74
36
1,466
30
60
470
500
630
2,170
T)pan
66
66
126
470
500
1,000
T>nv r
440
240
440
510
54
rj4
6
705
1,460
740
435
520
1,140
450
1,197
950
1,100
1,050
2,131
364
536
2.625
3,130
11,278
480
470
5,041
Elm wpst nark
3,870
130
690
130
690
36
1568
2,050
900
550
490
4,026
Amount carried up .
8.G85
16,576
2,030
2,270
1,340
90
1,245
130
2,255
9,280
490
710
690
1,155
3,235
1,170
520
400
1,140
450
1,197
5,390J
1,100
2,550
2,131
2,601 | 187$
70,586
SCHEDULE OF SEWERS, JANUARY 1, 1888. — Continued.
MATERIAL AND LENGTH OF SEWERS.
g
NAME OF STREET.
Akron PirE.
Portland Pipe.
Cement Pipe.
Earthen
Pipe.
Brick Sewers.
a 8
•5 "
Bin.
10 in.
12 in.
15 in.
18 in.
24 in.
8 in.
12 in.
18 in.
9 in.
10 in.
12 in.
15 in.
18 in.
24 in.
16 in.
by
24 in.
10 in.
12 in.
18 in.
24 in.
29 in.
36 in.
42 in.
44 in.
57 in.
17 in.
by
26 in.
20 in.
t>y
30 in.
24 in.
by
36 in.
27Jin.
by
36 in.
29 in.
by
39 in.
29J in.
by
44 in.
30 in.
by
46 in.
32 in.
by
48in.
36 in.
II
•3 a
Amount brought up.
1,568
8,685
16,576
589
4
2,030
2,270
1,340
90
1,245
130
2,255
9,280
490
710
690
1,155
3,235
1,170
520
400
1,140
450
1,197
5,390}
1,100
2,550
2,131
2,601
187}
70,586
589
3,743
210
1,927
230
860
3.S90
210
2,815
2,905
1 1,310
375
330
700
448
307
948
3,096
2,205
3,187
834
304
4,665
1,270
564
2,924
3,115
6,269
2,677
C 'Ip
28
195
950
1,271 f
120
155
390
90
.,
210
525
80
860
426
122
510
770
150
H ck
, ,
147
017
265
2,435
H o 'er snuare
210
„ south back
1,520
2,215
451
375
845
450
H ■
690
H smith bark
860
ffaxel
330
700
18
22
2G8
10
430
285
..:.:: "
Lake avenue
130
120
1,705
180
Lake avenue south back.
230: 2,730
500
1,540
laurel south hack
1771 900
510
T inroln
Liudeu
40
20
4
2.37
116
302
204
I nwell
1,900
260
3G0
940
378
200
1,487
Manchester
175
1,005
:::::: :::::
190
100
340
325 1,087
1,214
730
1,270
1,527
Maole
370
Mari m
233
:....
170
729
120
278
6
1,260
285
1,007
4,100
2,420
Merriuiack
235
C79
1.250
1,050
130
110
840
9G0
520
146
Myrtle
38
85
1,525
615
1,525
44
1,090
1,734
109
58
58
350
1,580
790
2,936
500
680
2,290
Amount carried up.
3,037
19,799
34,592
5,?70
2,390
90 2,090 C40
11,489 540
1
21,155 1,330
710
520
1,805
850 1,945
5,030
2,805
520
390
400
1,140
450
1,527
1,197
5,390}
1,100
2,550
2,131 2,601 2771
140,151
SCHEDULE OF SEWERS, JANUARY 1, 1888. -Concluded.
MATERIAL AND LENGTH OF SEWERS.
NAME OF STREET.
Amount brought up
Parker
Pearl
Pearl south back
Peuuacook
Pennacook south back..
Pine
Pine east back
Pine west back
Pleasant
Prospect
Prospect south back
Putnam
Quincy
River
River road
Russell
Portland Pipe.
10 in. 12in.ll5in. IS in. 24 in
3,G37 19,799 34,592 5.S70 2,390 2.290
106 44S
132 931 SO 65 60
■'iia. '::;:: ...40i"i39 :::.: :::;::
695
510 SCO 1,310
I 602
10
1,700
Sagamore south back.
Salmon
School
Second
South
Spruce
Spruce, East
Spruce south back
Third
Union
Union east back
Vallev
Walker
Walnut
Walnut east back
Washington
Warren
Wayne
Webster
Wilson
Winter
Winter Place
350
7n ...
1,180
s'iJ075 '.'.
■■■■ "ioo
4
460 .
9 32S . '.
. .. 125
600 1,030
Cement Pipe.
2,090 640
1,040
too
50 1,100 '.'.'.'... '.'.'.'."
' 506 '.'..'.'.'. '.'."..[ '""'.
793 206'
153 1.44S
19 300
20 125 !
.... 1,260 1
Total feet, each size. 4,709 27,865 45,925 0,0S7 4,090
Total ft., each kind.
10 in. 12 in.
11.4S9
"602
1,740
250 ...
345 ...
360 ...
115 ...
21,155
1,330
1,064 ..
100 ..
1,275 .
640 14,501
130
130
350
1,030
220 .. .
350 ... .
16 in.
by
24 in
540 1 27,014 1,330
Earthen
Pipe.
1,300
Brick Sewers.
5,930 2.S05
1,805 S50 | 2,043 6,430
4,265
0.S1
42 in.
2,805
1,110
1,527
20 in
1,197
fifi
24 in. 27J in
by by
36 in. 36 in
5,390i
1,140 1,300 1,527
1,175
29 in. 29J in. 30 in. 32 in.
by by by by 36 i
39 in. 44 in. 46 in. 48 in.
1,1011
2,550 2,131 2,601
691}
1.197 ! S,057 1,200
277J
2,550 2,131 2,001
140,151
854
2,934
200
251
1,695
3,755
902
140
38
1,730
1,740
350
70
1,180
1,175
1,083
150
400
853
710
345
467
130
80
2,530
375
5,973
2,450
1,210
915
350
2,186
320
506
1,059
2,2924
919
495
1,250
277*
1S4.221J
33,348
6.315
59
. 198 feet.
. 1,361 "
. 5,383 "
. 920 "
. 1,729 "
. 9,591 feet
Total brick sewers, 24 X 36 inches
" 15-inch Akron pipe
" 12-inch " " .
" 10-inch " " .
" 8-inch " " .
Total length of sewers for the year
Equal to 1.82 miles.
Number of catch-basins built, 81.
Number of catch-basins rebuilt, 6.
Number of catch-basins repaired, 3.
Number of man-holes built, 9.
Number of lamp-holes built, 9.
SEWERS.
The Bridge-street sewer, started in 1885, was com-
pleted this year, and connections made with the sewer on
Russell street, and on Bridge street east of Russell street.
The sewage in this section is now conducted directly to
the river, instead of running through the overcrowded
Nashua-street sub-main. Where the west branch of
Mile brook crosses the sewer, a flushing-basin was con-
structed, with an overflow allowing the surplus water of
the brook to continue in its original channel. During
the heavy storm of July 23 and 24, when six inches
of rain fell in thirty-six hours, an examination was made,
and the overflow found to work satisfactorily.
In Chestnut street a 15-inch main was laid from Web-
ster to Appleton streets, giving an outlet for the laterals
running east and west on Appleton street.
The Salmon-street sewer was extended through Sal-
mon, Pine, North, and Pine east back streets, and a lat-
eral also laid in Pine east back street, from Webster
street southerly.
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These sewers afford the residents ample means for
drainage, and practically complete the main sewerage of
this section for the present.
That standing order, the South-Main-street sewer, was
again opened this summer and sixty feet of pipe laid,
when the appropriation was exhausted. Owing to the
expense of opening and refilling this trench each year, it
would seem economy to make a transfer of enough
money to enable the ledge to be removed, when the
remainder will be comparatively easy.
One of the most important items in relation to sewer-
age this year has been the removal of some twenty-five
hundred feet of old cement pipe and replacing it by
Akron pipe.
In most cases it was found that the original sewer was
laid very near the surface; notably, the sewer in Merri-
mack south back street, which was not low enough to
drain the cellars abutting thereon. These sewers through
age have become porous and nearly filled with sediment,
rendering them almost useless as drains. More trouble
is experienced with our nine miles of cement pipe than
with all the other sewers combined.
It is hoped the work now begun will not stop till
every vestige of the old cement pipe is removed, and its
place supplied with proper material.
A departure has been made this year in the method of
giving line and grade for sewers, batters being used
instead of common grade pins.
Surveys have been made for the drainage of East Man-
chester through* the proposed Spruce-street main, and
for other sections of the city where sewers have been
petitioned for.
I would again call attention to the necessity of properly
ventilating and flushing the old sewers. Complaints are
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continually being made, but, owing to limited appropria-
tions, no money has been expended for this purpose.
COMMONS.
Horace Gordon, superintendent, has had charge of the
work on the several commons.
Merrimack Square. — The culvert here has been com-
pleted through the square, a distance of three hundred
and seventy-two feet, using eighty-nine and thirty-nine
hundredths perch of new stone in addition to that com-
posing the original wall of the pond.
A large amount of fill has also been made. That part
of the pond east of the diagonal walk has been brought
nearly to grade, and the remaining portion partially filled.
Fourteen new seats were built in this square.
Park Square. — A spray and a drinking- fountain have
been constructed in this square. F. S. Bodwell had the
contract for the fountain basin ; Thomas A. Lane, for the
spray fountain and piping ; and Pike & Heald, the con-
tract for the drinking-fountain. All plans for the same
are on file in this office.
Owing to the lateness of the season when these foun-
tains were finished, the concrete approaches were not
laid. About one hundred loads of street scrapings were
spread upon this square early in the season. Forty-one
elm trees have been set out to replace those which had
died. Tree boxes were put up and repaired where neces-
sary, and all whitewashed.
Tremont Square. — A drinking-fountain has been placed
in this square, Daniel J. Murphy having the contract.
The fence was also repaired in several places.
Hanover Square. — The diagonal walk has been raised
and the flower plots attended to as usual.
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The several commons have been cleaned and the grass
cut as often as necessary.
Monument Square. — The burial place of General John
Stark has undergone several changes the past year. The
trees have been trimmed and all bushes removed, giving
it a much better appearance. It is hoped that the sug-
gested improvements at this square will soon be carried
out, and thus, in a more fitting manner, mark the rest-
ing-place of the " Hero of Bennington."
CEMETERIES.
Amoskeag. — Trustees: Councilman E. Parker French,
chairman; Messrs. Hiram Stearns and J. E. Stearns.
Nothing has been done the present year at this cemetery.
Pine Grove. — Trustees: Alderman H. D. Gordon,
chairman; Councilman G. W. Bacon, Messrs H. H.
Huse, G. P. Whitman and James A. "Weston. The drain
constructed in this cemetery last year was found to work
satisfactorily, and that section formerly covered with water
to the depth of two or three feet is now thoroughly
drained.
Surveys have been made for the laying out of lots in
the eastern and southwestern sections. Twenty-two lots
were relaid on the north side, and twenty-one on the east
side of Landscape lawn.
Supervision was exercised over the construction of the
storehouse, plans of which were submitted by Mr.
George W. Bacon.
When the long-talked-of plan mentioned in former
reports is completed, it will save a large amount of extra
labor on the part of the engineer.
Valley. — Trustees : Alderman C. W. Quimby, chair-
man ; Councilman Joseph Quirin, Messrs. G. C. Gilmore,
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B. W. Hill, and D. O. FurnalcL The improvements in
the valley, for which plans were made last year, have
been fully carried out.
Plans were submitted and accepted for the enlarge-
ment of the lodge-house. The changes embodied in
these plans were, the addition of an office for the super-
intendent, octagonal in form, a cellar under the entire
building, giving ample facilities for storage, the addition
of a piazza, and changes in the sanitary arrangements.
Line and grade have been given in all cases where lots
were to be improved.
Of the work done in the different cemeteries, only that
directly connected with the office has been mentioned,
although suggestions have been given, from time to time,
where plans were not necessary.
BRIDGES.
Owing to the bad condition of the old bridge at Cohas
brook, it was deemed necessary to build a new one. A
three-panel truss bridge of thirty feet clear span and
twenty feet roadway was constructed. The abutments
were repaired, and the grade raised about fifteen inches.
The contractor was John H. Willey.
McGregor bridge has been examined by the builders,
and adjustments made where necessary. The planking,
which was found unsafe in many places, was repaired.
At Amoskeag bridge, the span over the railroad track
was repaired and adjusted, under contract made with Mr.
Patterson, of the construction department of the Concord
Railroad.
The South-Main-street bridge was replanked, and the
other bridges repaired where necessary, using in all fifty
thousand feet of plank.
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STREET LINES.
In reference to street lines, I cannot too forcibly repeat
that which has been said in former reports, the import-
ance of having substantial bounds on all of our streets.
I am pleased to report this year the purchase of stone
bounds, which have been set in all streets where the lines
have been established.
STREET GRADES.
I can only repeat what was said in my last report, and
which has been carried out where macadamizing has been
done : " In the city proper, many of the streets are a foot
or more above grade. By cutting these down to the
established grade much material might be obtained for
filling, and thus save an unnecessary outlay in the pur-
chase of sand banks for that purpose. The cause of this
high grade is very evident. When the streets become
worn and need repairing, gravel is put on from four to
eight inches in depth ; when this layer is worn out, it is
in turn covered with more gravel, and in time the road-
way is level with or above the sidewalk, thus flooding the
walks in wet weather, to the great discomfort of pedes-
trians. When a street is to be graded^ the old road-bed
should be removed to a depth sufficient to allow of a
amount of new gravel being put on to bring the street to
the established grade."
BUILDINGS.
Sketches were made and submitted for the proposed
new engine-house on Lake avenue.
Plans were also made for the addition to the Valley
cemetery lodge-house.
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WEATHER RECORD.
A weather record has been kept showing three read-
ings daily of the thermometer, direction of the wind, and
state of the weather.
MACADAMIZING.
Now that we have had two seasons' experience with
the road-roller, and ample opportunities to observe its
practical utility in building our roadways, I cannot more
properly refer to it than by quoting the following specifi-
cations, prepared by ¥m. C. Oastler, for Telford macadam
pavements :
" The roadway, when consolidated and finished, will be
twelve inches in depth at the gutters, and fifteen inches
at the center, diminishing gradually from this point, right
and left, to the depth named.
" The gutters to be two feet six inches in width, and to
be of stone blocks six inches square and six inches deep,
and to be laid in sand on a firmly consolidated surface of
small broken stone or gravel, as shown in plan.
" Preparation of the Road-bed. — The earth road-bed, on
which the pavement is to rest, shall be excavated to the
required depth, and when graded and shaped to its proper
form it shall be thoroughly and repeatedly rolled with
the steam roller, and all depressions which shall then
appear are to be filled with the same material as the road-
bed and rolled until the whole shall be uniformly com-
pact and firm.
" Note. — Too much attention cannot be given to the
careful preparation of the road-bed. To begin correctly is
necessary for ultimate success. It is insufficient that the
road-bed be simply smoothed over with loose earth and
then built upon ; it must be heavily rolled until it is uni-
formly compacted; otherwise, the wearing surface of the
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pavement will soon follow the unevenness of the subway,
and wear in waves and undulations, causing an infinity of
trouble and expense, which can be avoided by some extra
trouble in the earlier stages of the construction of the
road. Plowing up the road-bed should not be allowed.
The depths reached by this means are irregular, and uni-
formity of compactness is made more difficult.
" Stone Foundation. — On the road-bed, thus formed and
compacted, a bottom layer of stone — to the depth of eight
inches at the center of the road, and gradually diminish-
ing to six inches at the curb — is to be set by hand, to form
a close, firm pavement. The stones are to be laid with
their largest side down, in parallel lines across the street,
breaking joints as much as practicable. The width of the
upper part of the stones not to be more than eight inches
nor less than six inches. The stones not to exceed fifteen
inches in length. After being set closely together, the
stones are to be firmly wedged by inserting a bar in all
possible places, and placing between them stones as nearly
as possible of the depth of the pavement, until the whole
is bound in position.
" Projections of the upper part of this course shall be
broken off, care being taken not to loosen the pavement ;
and no wedging shall be done within twenty feet of the
face of the work being laid. The small interstices are
to be filled in with stone chips, firmly wedged with ham-
mers. The whole is to be thoroughly rammed and settled
to place, and all undue irregularities of surface broken off.
" JSTote. — The purpose of this course of rough stone is
not only to secure for the superstructure a permanent and
unyielding foundation, but to act also as an open drain
through which all superfluous moisture may readily find
its way to the proper channel, and thus keep the pave-
ment dry. To this end, it is necessary to avoid the filling
up of the openings between the stones with anything finer
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than "drippings." By wedging the stones, and filling in
with smaller pieces, the foundation can be made unyield-
ing and firm without being solid. Almost any quality of
stone is suitable for this foundation course, and also for
the next or intermediate layer. Once properly laid, it
needs no renewal, and this permanency of the well-made
Telford road is a strong recommendation from an eco-
nomical point of view.
" The gutter blocks may be either of trap-rock or slate,
or blue-stone slabs, or even small cobble stones. In New
York city, blocks of trap-rock have been used. At New
Haven, gutters of blue-stone twelve inches wide and four
inches thick are used. Some engineers think gutter
stones may be dispensed with altogether, except on streets
having heavy grades.
" Intermediate Layer of Stone. — On the foundation course
shall be laid an intermediate layer of broken stones, vary-
ing in size from three inches in their greatest diameters to
one inch in their smallest diameters. These irregular-sized
stones may be either the 'tailings' of the screened stones,
or may be raked from the quarry and placed on the road-
way without being machine broken; but they must, never-
theless, be so laid as to compact solidly, and must be clean,
broken stone, free from dust and dirt, and within the
dimensions given above. This intermediate course will
be four inches in depth at the center of the roadway,
gradually decreasing to three inches in depth at the gut-
ters ; it will be thoroughly rolled by the steam roller until
it shall be firm, compact, and solid. On its upper surface
it shall be identical in rise and form to the cross-section
of the finished pavement, as specified above. In the lay-
ing of this course of stone, a small quantity of binding
material will be used, sufficient only to fill up the crevices
and render this portion of the pavement solid. Prefer-
ably the binding is to be of fine screened gravel or sand,
which is to be sufficiently watered during the process of
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rolling, so that the ' licking up ' of the road material and
its adherence to the rolling wheels may be prevented.
" Note. — On this course, where no vehicular wear oc-
curs, stones of irregular size may be used, and they need
not be of the best quality, provided any money saving can
be effected by using an inferior stone. The object of speci-
fying unscreened irregular stone, is to lessen the cost of
construction, but every care must be taken to make this
course compact and solid, and if inferior stones be used
they must not be such as will crush under the weight of
the steam roller ; neither must they be laid except in such
manner as shall insure a close, compact, and solid layer.
The watering of the binding material also requires care.
The holes in the water-cart tube are generally too large
and are apt to ' flush ' the material used for binding and
drive it through the layer. A convenient arrangement is
to have two tubes and valves to each water-cart, the tubes
having different.sized holes.
"Surface Layer. — On the intermediate course will be
laid the surface layer of broken stone. It will be three
inches in depth when consolidated, and the stones shall be
practically uniform in quality, and as near an approach to
a cube in form as possible. Each stone used in this layer
shall have passed through a two and one half inch circular
hole, and all stones that are wedge-shaped and do not
approach uniformity of measurement on their sides shall
be taken from the road with properly shaped rakes, and
no stones allowed to remain which are not sound, strong,
and equable in size and quality of material. The
stones shall be raked into an even layer, and the steam
roller passed over them twice or thrice. After this, a
quantity of fine screened gravel or sand shall be thrown
on and sufficiently sprinkled to moisten the mass without
' licking up.' The rolling shall then be continued (work-
ing the roller backwards and forwards, gradually from the
gutter to the crown), with an occasional light watering of
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the pavement, until the cross-section shall be exact accord-
ing to specification, the interstices filled in, the roadway
firmly compacted and solid, and all excess of binding
removed from the surface of the finished pavement.
" Note. — If the earth subway, the foundation course,
and the intermediate layer have been carefully laid and
thoroughly consolidated, the wear will be confined to the
surface of the road, and this alone will require renewal.
This is one great feature in the economy of well-built
broken-stone pavements. . . . The conditions for
this economy are simply that the roadway shall be well
built with proper material and watchfully maintained.
Thoroughness in all parts of the work, and the best
possible material, of uniform size, for the wearing surface,
will insure success. . . . The stones of the upper
layer should be the wearing surface of the pavement, and
the traffic should come in contact with them. Gravel or
dirt remaining on the roadway will increase its wear and
tear. Long experience in England places this beyond a
doubt, and the record says : ' The oftener that streets are
cleansed, the less is the mud which is created and removed,
whilst the attendant expenses are by no means increased,
and the roads are kept in a better state of preservation.
The worn particles, if left on the surface, act as a grind-
ing powder under the wheels, and the horses' feet to re-
duce to similar powder the surface of the road.' Again,
' The more frequent cleansing was instrumental not only
in keeping the streets in better condition, but in reducing
the wear and tear of the pavement.' Therefore, put no
'top-dressing' on the surface layer of stones, but keep
them clean and free from grinding powder.
" In this specification, only fine gravel and sand have
been named as ' binding.' One or the other of these is
preferred to stone screenings ; but cost has of course to be
considered, and in some cases the employment of screen-
ings will happen of necessity."
The back work in the office has been brought forward
as rapidly as circumstances would permit, 258 plans, dat-
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ing back for several years and left in pencil, have been
properly lettered and completed in ink.
I am indebted to Joseph B. Sawyer and George W.
Stevens, civil engineers, Perry H. Dow and the other
engineers of the Amoskeag Company, for the use of plans
and for information which was of value to the city ; also,
to the surveyors of the highway districts and to the
superintendents of the several departments.
In conclusion, I desire to express my thanks for the
many acts of courtesy and kindness, both official and per-
sonal, which I have received from the members of your
board.
Respectfully submitted.
WINFRED H. BENKETT,
City Engineer.
January 2, 1888.
REPORTS OF DISTRICT SURVEYORS.
Report of the work done in the various highway dis-
tricts during the year 1887 :
DISTRICT NO. 1.
Orison Webber, Surveyor.
No report.
DISTRICT NO. 2.
William Sanborn, Superintendent.
COBBLE PAVING.
Bridge street, from Elm to Chestnut
Cedar street, from Chestnut westerly
Central street, from Pine to Union
Central street, from Union easterly
Dean street, from Elm to Canal
Elm street, from Blodget to Salmon
Franklin street, from Granite to Merri
mack ......
Lake Avenue, from Union to Beech
Lake Avenue, from Lincoln to Wilson
Pine street, from Lake Avenue to Central
street ......
Pine street, from Laurel to Manchester
Total cobble paving
510 sq. yds.
12 "
418 "
177 "
232 "
352 "
693 "
440 "
300 "
177 "
429 "
3,740 sq. yds.
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COBBLE PAVING RELAID.
Manchester street, from Maple to Lincoln 133 sq. yds.
COBBLE EDGING.
Bridge street, from Elm to Chestnut . . 600 feet
Central street, from Pine to Union . . 954
Central street, from Union easterly . . 400
Elm street, from Blodget to Salmon . . 792
Franklin street, from Granite to Pleasant . 588
Lake avenue, from Union to Beech . . 890
Lake avenue, from Lincoln to Wilson . 750
Pine street, from Lake ave. to Central street 300
Pine street, from Laurel to Manchester . 652
Total cobble edging . . . 5,926 feet,
EDGE STONES.
Dean street, from Elm to Canal . . 1,568 feet.
Franklin street, from Central to Merrimack
(reset) 492 "
Lake avenue, from Beech westerly (reset) . 100 "
Other streets 633 "
Total edge stones set 2,793 feet.
MACADAMIZING.
New.
Bridge street, from Elm to Chestnut 1,913.33 sq. yds.
Central street, from Pine to Union . 1,435.77 "
Central street, from Union easterly 751.11 "
Elm street, from Blodget to Salmon 2,645.33 "
Franklin street, from Granite to Mer-
rimack 2,280.00 "
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Pine street, from Lake avenue to
Central street ....
Pine street, from Laurel to Man-
chester .
Total new macadamizing
TOP-DRESSED.
Number of loads of crushed stone
644.22 sq. yds.
1,542.66
11,212.42 sq. yds.
489
STREETS GRAVELED.
Amherst street, from Beech easterly
Ash street, from Bridge northerly
Auburn street, from Elm westerly
Auburn street, from Chestnut westerly
Beech street, from Auburn southerly
Bridge street, from Maple westerly
Bridge street, from Ashland easterly
Bridge street, from Russell westerly
Cedar street, from Elm westerly
Cedar street, from Chestnut westerly
Cedar street, from Chestnut easterly
Cedar street, from Union easterly
Central street, from Wilson westerly
Hall street, from Central northerly
Hanover street, from Maple easterly
Harrison street, from Beech easterly
High street, from Jane easterly
Lake avenue, from Milton easterly
Laurel street, from Hall easterly
Lincoln street, from Hanover northerly
Manchester street, from Maple easterly
Maple street, from Merrimack southerly
Merrimack street, from Pine easterly
325 feet.
600
220
360
332
220
450
900
220
360
305
490
740
3,005
270
200
980
180
150
550
710
405
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Nashua street, from Bridge northerly
Pearl street, from Beech easterly-
Pine street, from Auburn southerly
Union street, from Lake avenue southerly
Warren street, from Bridge northerly
Total graveled
STREETS GRADED.
By Gut.
Cedar south back street, from Pine westerly
Cedar south back street, from Chestnut west-
erly
Linden street, from Orange northerly
Orange street, from Linden easterly .
Prospect street, from Linden easterly
Sagamore street, from Pine street to Hook
sett road
Young street, from Pine easterly
Total length of cut .
By Fill.
Auburn north back street, from Beech west-
erly
Liberty east back street, from Webster
southerly ......
Orange street, from Russell easterly .
Pine east back street, from Salmon north-
erly
Prospect street, from Russell easterly
Young street, from Beech westerly
Total length of fill .
Total, 17,295 feet; equal to 3.28 miles.
150 feet.
500 "
200 "
220 "
320 "
14,350 feet.
250 feet.
100
n
230
a
260
i(
125
a
200
a
500
a '
. 1,665
feet
100 feet.
75 "
425 "
50 "
130 "
500 "
1,280 feet.
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In some of the streets graded, a large amount of earth
had to be moved, as is shown by the following figures :
Auburn north back street, from Beech
westerly 444.44 cu. yds.
Cedar south back street, from Pine
westerly ...... 555.55
Cedar south back street, from'Chestnut
westerly 222.22
Liberty east back street, from Webster
southerly 333.33
Linden street, from Orange northerly 1,277.78
Orange street, from Linden easterly . 1,444.44
Orange street, from Russell easterly . 1,770.83
Pine east back street, from Salmon
northerly 333.33
Prospect street, from Linden easterly 416.67
Prospect street, from Russell easterly 1,083.33
Sagamore street, from Pine street to
Hooksett road .... 888.89
Young street, from Pine to Beech . 5,611.11
Total 14,381.92 cu. yds.
GRADING FOR CONCRETE.
Arlington street, from Russell westerly . 30 cu. yds.
Ash street, from Brook northerly . . 44
Auburn street, from Beech westerly . 165
Beech street, from Auburn northerly . 41
Belmont street, from Central northerly . 30
Belmont street, from Hanover northerly 22
Brook street, from Ash westerly- . . 88
Central street, from Belmont westerly . 30
Chestnut street, from Orange northerly 20
Chestnut street, from Salmon northerly 14
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Clarke street, from Chestnut westerly
Dean street, from Elm westerly
Elm street, from Young southerly .
Hall street, from Hanover southerly
Harrison street, from Maple westerly
High street, from Nashua easterly .
Lake avenue, from Belmont easterly
Liberty street, from Webster southerly
Lincoln street, from Cedar northerly
Milton street, from Manchester southerly
Pine street, from Salmon northerly
Pine street, from Pennacook southerly
Salmon street, from Chestnut westerly
Union street, from Sagamore northerly
Webster street, from Liberty easterly
Young street, from Beech westerly
30 cu.
302
368
118
71
118
44
11
22
118
14
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14
14
14
266
yds.
Total grading for concrete . . 2,073 cu. yds.
This refers only to places where the fill has been a foot,
or more; in many places, only a few yards were used,
scattered here and there.
SEWERS AND DRAINS.
24 by 36 inches, brick ....
198 feet
15-inch Akron pipe .....
1,217 "
12-inch Akron pipe .....
5,105 "
10-inch Akron pipe .....
682 "
8-inch Akron pipe .....
1,613 "
Total
8,815 feet.
Equal to 1.67 miles.
PIPE ON HAND AT CITY YARD.
24-inch
12 feet.
15-inch .......
120 "
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12-inch
10-inch
8-inch
Total
50 feet.
196 feet.
12 Y branches, 8 by 15 inches.
12 Y branches, 10 by 15 inches.
1 Y branch, 12 by 15 inches.
3 Y branches, 8 by 12 inches.
1 Y branch, 10 by 10 inches.
1 12-inch quarter turn.
1 8-inch quarter turn.
1 reducer, 15 inch to 12 inch.
11 15-inch curves.
4 12-inch curves.
11 10-inch curves.
Catch-basins built, 71; rebuilt, 6; repaired, 3; man-
holes built, 9 ; lamp-holes, 6.
CROSSINGS.
Concrete, new, 37 ; patched, 7 ; top-dressed, 2.
CONCRETE.
Crossings, new .
Crossings, patched
Crossings, top-dressed
Total
Sidewalks Repaired
Bridge street, at Nichols's stable
City Hall
Dean avenue ....
Franklin street, at schoolhouse
1,024.39 sq. yds.
38.60 "
49.70 "
1,112.69 sq. yds.
5.30 sq. yds.
9.00 "
5.56 "
71.65 "
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Merrimack street ....
West Central street ....
36.40 sq. yds
9.00 "
Total
136.91 sq. yds
Roadways Repaired.
Bridge street . .
Granite street, canal bridge
40.97 sq. yds
267.50 "
Total .
308.47 sq. yds
CONTKACT WORK.
McGregor bridge, concreting; C. H. Robie, contractor.
STONE CULVERTS.
Grove street, at Cemetery brook.
Old Bridge street, rebuilt.
"Webster street, at River road.
Young street, west of Beech.
Merrimack square, through pond.
PIPE CULVERTS.
Canton street, at Spruce, 12-inch Akron
Laurel street, 12-inch Akron
Total .
RETAINING-WALLS.
East High street, east of Nashua
Prospect street, east of Russell, culvert
and walls ......
50 feet.
40 "
90 feet.
102 perch.
63 "
No report.
DISTRICT NO. 3.
Edwin Kennedy, Surveyor.
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DISTRICT NO. 4.
Isaac Whittemore, Surveyor.
Graveled 4,200 feet.
Built 120 feet of double railing.
Built one Akron pipe sewer, 28 feet in length.
Culverts cleaned, bushes cut, bridges repaired, stones
removed from road, water-bars repaired, ditches cleaned,
and washouts filled.
All general repairs attended to, where necessary, on
roads and bridges.
I would recommend that the stringers on Little Cohas
brook bridge, which have been in use thirty-five years, be
replaced by new timbers.
DISTRICT NO. 5.
John H. Willey, Surveyor.*
Graveled ■ . . 3,779 feet.
Turnpiked 4,752 "
Graded on South road (cut) . . . 2,970 cu. ft.
Graded on Nutt road (fill) . . . . 450 "
CULVERTS.
Corner road, new, 20 feet long.
Nutt road, one repaired.
BRIDGES.
Built one new bridge over Cohas brook, by contract.
Cut bushes, put up railing, removed stones from road,
and made general repairs, where needed.
Mark Harvey, Surveyor.!
General repairs attended to.
* To October 1, 1887. t From October 1, 1887.
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DISTRICT NO. 6.
Albert J. Peaslee, Surveyor..
TURNPIKED.
Cohas avenue ......
Island Pond road .....
Lake Shore road
Total 1,455 feet.
GRAVELED.
Cohas avenue 820 feet.
Island Pond road 650 "
. 625 feet.
. 300
«
. 530
a
Total 1,470 feet.
One stone culvert partly relaid with new covering
stone.
One stone culvert taken up, cleaned, and relaid.
Bushes cut, cobble stones removed throughout district,
and general repairs attended to.
A muddy section on Island Pond road, near Mrs. Car-
velle's, was repaired by digging a trench in the road-bed
300 feet long, 10 feet wide, and 18 inches deep. This was
filled with cobble stones and covered with the earth
thrown from the trench. It was cheaper using stones in
this case, as the gravel would have to be carted a long
distance.
If the city would purchase a few gravel knolls in dif-
ferent parts of the district, grading could be done at
much less expense than at present. Most of the gravel
used has to be purchased by the load, or drawn from
other districts.
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DISTRICT NO. 7.
George M. Bean, Surveyor.
GRAVELED.
Belmont street ....
52 rods.
Massabesic street ....
. 103 "
Old Falls road ....
. 39 "
Porter street .....
. 17 "
Total . . . . .
. 211 rods.
TURNPIKED AND GRADED.
Belmont street .
38 rods.
Candia road .....
. 75 "
Cilley street . . . ...
. 25 "
Huse road .....
. 30 "
James Hall road ....
. 12 "
Mammoth road ....
. 10 "
Young road .....
. 16 "
Total
. 206 rods.
TURNPIKED AND GRAVELED.
Valley street . . ... . . .79 rods.
GRADED.
Mammoth road .40 rods.
STONE CULVERTS.
New.
Cilley street
Candia road
Jewett street
Mammoth road
25'
20'
22'
24'
X 15" X 18"
X 1' X 1'
X 18" X 18"
X V X V
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Massabesic street
.
12'
X
15"
X 18"
Spruce street
.
60'
X
V
X 18"
Young road
STONE CULVERTS.
Rebuilt.
15'
X
V
X 15"
Candia road
24'
X
18"
X 20"
a a
24'
X
18"
X 18"
ii a
20'
X
V
x r
a a
24'
X
V
x v
a u
24'
X
18"
X 18"
Cilley street
24'
X
V
X 15"
Massabesic street
30'
X
15"
X 20"
u a
20'
X
V
X 1'
Valley street
24'
X
V
X 15"
One culvert replanked on Cilley road and one on Mam-
moth road.
Two hundred feet of wooden railing and three hun-
dred and ten feet of iron railing put up.
Ditches cleaned, stones removed from roads, bushes
cut, and general repairs made.
DISTRICT NO. 8.
John Proctor, Surveyor.
Bridge street, blasted stones and turnpiked 100 rods.
Candia road, relaid two culverts. Built one new cul-
vert, widened road 40 rods.
Hanover street, macadamized 20 rods east of Eaton
place, for trial. This has proved satisfactory.
Borough road, cut trees and bushes, moved back 40
rods of wall, and turnpiked road.
Other repairs attended to, where necessary, throughout
district.
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DISTRICT NO. 9.
E. M. Wiggin, Surveyor.
Blodget road, made cut of 18 inches on Perley hill,
west of Cohas brook, removing 100 loads of gravel, which
were used on Mammoth road.
Dickey road, graveled 10 rods.
Mammoth and Derry roads, graveled 150 rods, using
600 loads of gravel ; made 36 rods of new gutters, and
cleaned 200 rods of old gutters.
Removed 40 loads of stone from gutters.
Built three stone culverts 72 feet long, east of Cohas
brook.
Mammoth road, turnpiked and graded 154 rods;
cleaned gutters and culverts.
Page road, repaired water-bars, cleaned gutters, and
removed stones from road.
Corning road, removed stones, filled washouts, and
repaired water-bars.
Hatch road, turnpiked and graded 20 rods, filled wash-
out, widened the road 4 feet over culvert, and put up 70
feet of railing.
Derry road, east of Cohas brook, graveled 33 rods on
Dunbar hill. Turnpiked and graded 55 rods. Built two
stone culverts 62 feet long.
Clark hill, graveled 18 rods, made 40 rods of new
gutters, and filled washouts. Scraped roads two miles,
filled mud-holes, and removed stones.
Cohas avenue, widened road 4 feet over culvert, and
removed stones from road.
Webster road, repaired water-bars, and removed stones.
Other repairs attended to, where necessary, in district.
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DISTRICT NO. 10.
Charles 0. Phelps, Surveyor.
Cobble gutter paving . . .
Cobble edging set .
Curbstone set .....
Wooden railing built, on Old Mast road
648 sq. yds.
4,040 feet.
400 "
540 "
concrete.
Twelve crossings
. 325.30 sq. yds.
Main-street schoolhouse yard (top-dressed) 193.24 "
South-Main-street schoolhouse yard (top-
dressed) 79.80 "
South-Main-street schoolhouse yard (new) 101.00 "
Total concrete .... 699.34 sq. yds.
One thousand six hundred and twenty and thirty-three
hundredths square yards of concrete have been laid by
private individuals in this district.
STREETS GRAVELED.
Bowman street, Mast southerly .
Boynton road
Milford street
New Mast road
Old Mast road
River street .
River road .
Second street, Granite southerly
Sullivan street, Main westerly
Wayne street, Beauport westerly
West Hancock street .
Total graveled .
200 feet.
1,500
500
800
700
620
3,000
300
330
300
125
8,375 feet.
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STREETS GRADED.
Amory south back street
200 feet
80 cu.yds
Carroll street ....
300 "
550
u
Line of horse-railroad
500
u
Main-street engine-house yard
350
a
McGregor street, south of Amory
street .....
200 feet
145
a
Milford street, Bowman westerly .
300 "
148
a
Old Mast road, at Brock's
400 "
900
a
Riddle street, Milford northerly .
150 "
70
a
Schuyler street ....
150 "
200
a
Sullivan street ....
315 "
450
a
Wayne street, Beauport westerly .
320 "
175
it
Totals .
2,335 feet. 3,568 cu.yds.
GRADING FOR CONCRETE.
Amory street, Main easterly
200 feet.
45 cu
Fourth street ....
75
a
40
Main street, Putnam northerly .
150
a
27
Main street, Amory southerly
100
a
30
Main street, Amory northerly
100
a
20
Marion street ....
150
a
30
McGregor street, Wayne north-
erly
190
a
48
Milford street .
1,100
a
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Monmouth street
50
a
35
River road .
270
a
35
Third street, Ferry southerly
140
a
74
Wayne street, Main westerly
100
a
20
Wayne street, Dubuque easterly .
100
a
30
Totals .
2,725 feet.
518 cu
yds.
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SEWERS AND DRAINS.
15-inch Akron pipe
12-inch "
10-inch "
10-inch " "
' 8-inch "
Total sewers
144 feet, new.
278 " "
189 " relaid.
49 " new.
116 " "
776 feet.
Eight-inch Akron pipe used for catch-basins, not
counted.
Fifteen-inch Akron pipe in yard, 453 feet.
Catch-basins built, 10; lamp-holes, 3.
The Main-street bridge over Piscataquog River has been
replanked.
DISTRICT NO. 11.
Frank D. Hanscom, Surveyor.
Hauled out sand on GofFstown road. Hauled stone on
the same road and graveled 6,240 feet.
Widened the road 4 feet, for a distance of 250 feet.
Built 300 feet of sidewalk.
Cut hill front of G. R. Stevens's house, 18 inches.
Built one culvert 16' X 14" X 18".
Turnpiked on Hooksett and Goffstown roads two
miles.
Replaced four stringers on Black-brook bridge and
replanked where needed.
Cleaned culverts and gutters, filled mud-holes, and
made all necessary repairs.
DISTRICT NO. 12.
Jeremiah Garvin, Surveyor.*
No report.
* To October 1, 1887.
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John H. Willey, Surveyor.*
General repairs attended to.
DISTRICT NO. 13.
William Campbell, Surveyor.
Union street, turnpiked with machine, 5,280 feet.
Repaired two very bad washouts near Eben Carr's.
Graded and graveled, 825 feet.
Built one stone culvert 25' X V X 1'.
Built one stone culvert 15' X 1' X V.
Two stone culverts repaired on Union street.
Cut two miles of bushes, blasted several large bowlders
and stumps from roadway, repaired water-bars, and made
general repairs.
*From October 1, 1887.
REPORT
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
ORGANIZATION FOR 1887.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
JOHN HOSLEY, Mayor, ex officio, Chairman.
EDWARD L. KIMBALL,
President of the Common Council, ex officio.
Ward 1. — Charles H. Manning.
John G. Hutchinson.
Ward 2. — Benjamin C. Dean.
William C. Clarke.
Ward 3. — Nathan P. Hunt.
James E. Dodge.
Ward 4. — Samuel D. Lord.
Stephen W. Clarke.
Ward 5. — Thomas F. Collins.
John J. Holland.
Ward 6. — William H. Huse.
Abial C. Flanders.
Ward 7. — Marshall P. Hall.
Edward B. Woodbury.
Ward 8. — George W. Nutter.
Luther C. Baldwin.
VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD.
BENJAMIN C. DEAN.
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CLERK OF THE BOARD.
JAMES E. DODGE.
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
WILLIAM E. BUCK.
TRUANT OFFICER.
SAMUEL BROOKS.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Finance. — The Mayor, Messrs. S. W. Clarke, Kimball,
Dodge, Holland.
Salaries. — Messrs. Woodbury, Collins, Hall.
Repairs, Furniture, and Supplies. — Messrs. Manning,
Flanders, Nutter.
Text-Books, Apparatus, and Studies. — Messrs. Dean,
Hunt, W. C. Clarke.
Drawing. — Messrs. Hall, Huse, Baldwin.
Music. — Messrs. Lord, Huse, Baldwin.
. Fuel and Heating. — Mr. Dodge, the Mayor, Messrs.
Kimball, Manning, Flanders.
Examination of Teachers. — Messrs. Hunt, Dean, S. W.
Clarke.
Attendance. — Messrs. Collins, Hutchinson, Woodbury.
Health. — Messrs. Nutter, Holland, Hutchinson.
SUB-COMMITTEES.
High School. — Messrs. Manning, Dean, Hall, S. W.
Clarke, Hunt.
Ash and Bridge Streets. — Messrs. Dean, Hunt, W. C.
Clarke.
Lincoln Street. — Messrs. Lord, Huse, S. W. Clarke.
Spring Street. — Messrs. Hall, Holland, Manning.
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Franklin Street. — Messrs. Dodge, "Woodbury, Hutchin-
son.
Lowell Street. — Messrs. Hutchinson, Flanders, Collins.
Training School and Wilson Hill. — Messrs. Hunt, Dean,
Dodge.
Beech Street. — Messrs. Collins, Flanders, Woodbury.
West Manchester Grammar. — Messrs. S. W. Clarke,
Manning, Baldwin.
School Street and South Main Street. — Messrs. Baldwin,
Nutter, Hall.
Webster Street, Blodget Street, Amoskeag and Stark Dis-
trict. — Messrs. W. C. Clarke, Lord, Dodge.
Bakersville. — Messrs. Flanders, Holland, Huse.
Hallsville and Youngsville. — Messrs. Huse, Baldwin,
Hutchinson.
Mosquito Pond and Webster's Mills. — Messrs. Holland,
Flanders, Nutter.
Goff'e's Falls and Harvey District. — Messrs. Nutter,
Collins, Hutchinson.
Evening Schools. — Messrs. Woodbury, Collins, Lord.
In Board of School Committee.
December 31, 1887.
The Superintendent presented his annual report to the committee,
and it was accepted.
Marshall P. Hall presented the annual report prepared by him at
the request of the Board.
Voted, That the report by Mr. Hall be accepted, and adopted as
the report of the Board, and that it be transmitted to the City Coun-
cils, together with the report of the Superintendent.
JAMES E. DODGE, Clerk.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
To the Honorable City Councils :
Gentlemen, — The public schools have been so long
established, and their regular work varies so little from
year to year, that it is entirely familiar to the public.
Aside from the facts presented in the report of the Super-
intendent, relating to teachers, studies, and methods, there
is, ordinarily, little information to be communicated upon
these subjects.
All statistical information for the year is condensed into
tables, printed in an appendix, under the following heads :
1. General Statistics.
2. Relating to School Buildings.
3. " " " Schools.
4. " " Teachers.
5. " " Pupils.
6. " " Truancy.
7. " " Revenue and Expenses.
The figures for the present year are accompanied by
those for former years, so far as possible. The chief value
of these statistics is for purposes of comparison, and they
should be presented from year to year, on a uniform plan.
The following is a brief review of the principal trans-
actions of the board during the year :
Early in the year a petition was received from the first
assistant teachers of the grammar schools for an increase
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of salary. A general comparison of the salaries paid
here with those of other places, was made at that time.
While it appeared that the wages of the petitioners were
proportionately somewhat lower than in other grades, it
was deemed inexpedient to make any increase this year
on account of the state of the finances.
A vote was passed in February making the sessions of
the High School of equal length in the forenoon and after-
noon, and later the other schools were included in the
plan. This was tried until the end of the spring term.
It proved to be an unpopular change, and with the open-
ing of the fall term the schools went back to the old
schedule. The one-session plan for the High School has
many strong and consistent advocates. As a partial ex-
periment in this direction, the principal was given dis-
cretionary power to continue the morning session till
1 p. m., and then close for the day, in stormy weather.
He has exercised this privilege frequently, and the board
has heard no objection.
A proposition to sell the school lot at the corner of
Bridge and Union streets, having been referred to this
board by the City Councils, it was unanimously voted that
it ought not to be done. Probably no objection would be
made to the removal of the building now standing upon
the lot ; but the expression in regard to the land was em-
phatic, and in accordance with the expressed policy of all
our predecessors in office, to retain all school lands suit-
ably located. This lot, as well as nearly all others owned
by the city, was acquired under a deed restricting its use
to school purposes. It cannot be sold, therefore, without
the consent of the conveyor, and by legal release of such
restriction.
The annual election of teachers and janitors took place
in June, without a change in the list of names (except to
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fill vacancies), or in the schedule of salaries. At a later
meeting, Mr. J. J. Hayes was re-elected special teacher in
elocution, and it is a matter of regret that he has been
prevented from entering upon his duties until the present
time. Our citizens generally are aware that through the
accumulations of the Clarke prize-speaking fund, the ser-
vices of a professional teacher in this important branch
are secured for a large part of the time without expense
to the city. This fund was most wisely bestowed ; few
gifts for educational purposes have so quickly and effectu-
ally realized the design of the giver. The annual compe-
titions continue with unabated interest. As their real ob-
ject becomes understood, the pupils enter into these con-
tests with better spirit, and the evil effects which at first
attended such intense rivalry have nearly disappeared.
The course of study in the grammar schools has been
extended by the introduction of book-keeping, in the
upper classes for the last half of the year. This has not
imposed additional work upon the pupils. The time
given to it is taken from penmanship, with no loss to the
latter but rather a gain, because book-keeping is largely
a practical application of penmanship. There has been a
change in the text-book for beginners in Latin, in the
High School. Yaggy's Anatomical Charts for the high and
grammar schools, and new books for use in geometry and
arithmetic have been supplied, and the old music charts, in
use for sixteen years, have all been exchanged for a new
and improved edition.
Temporary suspension of schools at Bakersville has
been necessary to prevent the spread of scarlet fever and
diphtheria. The subjects of contagious diseases and de-
fective eyesight of pupils have been presented in addresses
before the board by Drs. Crosby and Carvelle, and some
modifications of our health regulations have been made.
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The following memoranda of important repairs to
school buildings is furnished by the committee having
charge : During the summer the entire water-closet sys-
tem at the Franklin-street house was taken out, and
renewed in the best manner known at the present time,
and the results have been entirely satisfactory. Extensive
repairs were made to the roofs of several of the large
buildings, especially the Franklin-street and Spring-street
houses. During the vacation, the furniture in five rooms
was altered from double to single desks, at an expense of
about one dollar a seat, and several more rooms have been
altered the present month.
Mr. Samuel Brooks has been re-elected truant officer.
He reports a satisfactory state of affairs in his department,
especially as to the employment of children in mills. The
state law, as amended at the last session of the legislature,
forbids the employment of any person under thirteen
years of age in manufacturing establishments at any time.
Since the faithful enforcement of this and other regula-
tions, overseers and employers are finding it more con-
venient, and perhaps more profitable, to employ adult help
than to depend upon children who must so often go and
come to attend school. In the opinion of the truant
officer, there is now less child help employed in our mills
than ever before. The great duty before us is to see that
these persons shall profit by their emancipation from the
hardships of early labor and attend school, instead of
becoming idlers on the streets.
The truant officer has granted 610 certificates allowing
children to work. The average age of the applicants was
13f years : 47 per cent were French; 25 per cent, Irish; 20
per cent, American; 4 per cent, Germans; and 3 per cent,
Swedes. All of the Irish and French, or 72 per cent of
the whole, had obtained the schooling necessary to secure
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their certificates, in the parochial schools; the others,
in the public schools. Of the whole number, 17 could
not read in any language, — 15 French, 1 German, and
1 Swede. Excepting the last two, all the Germans and
Swedes, having been in the public schools, could read
English; but less than 5 per cent of the 268 French chil-
dren could read the simplest words in the language of
this country. This indicates that the French parochial
schools, from which these children came, are making no
effort to instruct their pupils in the language of the com-
munity in which they live, and of the nation in which
they are soon to become citizens. This is repugnant to
our national idea, if not contrary to our laws, and is a
state of affairs which ought not to exist on American soil.
The Superintendent reports 3,670 pupils enrolled in the
public day schools for the year, — 1,817 boys and 1,853
girls. There has been a gain in the growing sections of
the city sufficient to demand more sittings, but a deple-
tion in others. The net gain over last year is 5 boys
and 33 girls. There are 1,437 children of nationalities
other than American, and the cosmopolitan growth of
the city is indicated by the fact that there are found in the
public schools children of Irish, French, German, Swed-
ish, English, Scotch, Nova Scotian, Italian, Norwegian,
Danish, and Russian parentage.
The attendance in the parochial schools during the last
term was reported to be 2,948. Our superintendent
estimates that there have been fully 3,700 children in
these schools during the year. This number equals the
enrollment in the public schools of our city; it is 1,200
more than the whole number in the schools of Concord,
and double that of Nashua or Dover.
The year has witnessed a notable advance in evening-
school work. The classes for girls, at Spring street, for
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boys, at Lowell street, and the mixed classes, at School
street, were opened earlier than usual, and the enrollment
is the largest ever recorded in these schools. A new
school has been opened at Goffe's Falls, with good attend-
ance. The new evening schools of drawing, which the
favorable action of the present city government enabled
the board to open in April last, have been entirely success-
ful. A single room in the Spring-street house being
available for their use, it was fitted up with tables and
other furniture. The top of each table forms a draught-
ing board, 24 by 30 inches, for a single pupil. These are
movable, and by providing three sets, three classes of
twenty-four persons each have been accommodated, on
alternate evenings, in the same room. As this work was
entirely new here, Mr. S. G. Stephens, an instructor in the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and for six years
in charge of the evening drawing schools in Lowell, was
employed to inaugurate it, and supervise it for nine
weeks. He was assisted by Messrs. J. M. Kendall, Henry
W. Allen, and Frank A. Higgins, of this city. At the re-
opening of the school, in November, Mr. Kendall took
charge of the classes in machine drawing, and Mr. Henry
A. Herrick was employed for the architectural classes.
Under their direction the several divisions are now work-
ing five evenings in each week, with excellent results.
The course of instruction is outlined as follows : 1. Les-
sons in use of instruments, and precision of measure-
ment and lines; 2. Practical geometrical problems; 3.
Sketching and making to scale simple working drawings
from models. The school is furnished with machinery
parts, and other models, generously loaned to the city
from the workshops of the Amoskeag Company, the Man-
chester Print- Works, and Mr. Jeremiah Hodge. These
schools have been in session seventeen weeks in all.
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There are now applications for admission from fifty per-
sons more than can be accommodated.
The cost of the schools for the year will be found in
detail in the table of " Revenue and Expenses." As usual,
the annual expenditure has been exceedingly small for a
city of our population and valuation. The school funds
have been carefully expended, and if at any time defi-
ciencies exist, it is because appropriations have been
reduced below the actual needs of the schools, after our
most careful estimates.
The following suggestions as to the needs of the
schools and desirable improvements are offered :
I. — THE PURCHASE OF NEW SCHOOL LOTS.
The time is very near when increased school accom-
modations must be provided in West Manchester and
Hallsville. Both sections are rapidly growing. The
people in the latter district are already moving in the
matter, by a petition for a new house to be located on
a more eligible lot. In West Manchester, a new building
will be needed on the south side of Piscataquog River,
probably most conveniently located on the site of the
present South-Main-street house, which could be removed
to another lot for primary purposes in the rapidly
growing neighborhood between the Piscataquog River
and Milford street. Even were there no immediate
necessity for new buildings in these sections, it would
be unwise to delay the purchase of land. We advise
the purchase of large lots, — so large that no possible
contingency of the future can shut out the light and
pure air from the buildings erected upon them. We
have too many instances of the lamentable results of a
contrary policy. Observe the effects at the Spring-street,
Franklin-street, School-street, and Merrimack-street
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houses. Close to the latter a stable has been built,
which emits a fearful stench in summer. High buildings
in close proximity to the Spring-street and Franklin-
street houses have completely shut out the sunlight
from certain rooms. The Ash-street, Lincoln-street, and
Webster-street lots, on the contrary, are models. They
show how easily school premises, like the public squares,
may be made to adorn the city and lend health to her
citizens. Who would now part with a single foot of
these fine areas? And yet we remember the objections
to their purchase on account of their size. There is no
excuse for the purchase of small lots on the plea of
scarcity or cost. Manchester has been greatly favored
in this respect. The Amoskeag Company has sold to
the city at various times, for school purposes, 400,000
square feet of land, or nearly ten acres, at an average
price of six cents per foot. With land at such prices,
it has been, and now is, wise policy to purchase large
lots in advance of immediate needs.
It is scarcely necessary to reiterate the statements
which have been presented to the City Councils con-
cerning the Franklin-street schoolhouse. The building
is old; it was badly planned and cheaply built. Com-
petent judges affirm that rebuilding is the only sensible
and economical course. The wooden building on School
street is a shabby apology for a schoolhouse. It ought
to be abandoned for day-school use ; otherwise it must
have extensive repairs. The walls of the schoolhouse
at Amoskeag are badly cracked, and will need attention
the coming summer ; and the fence at the High School
must be replaced. The water-closet arrangements at
Webster street are inconvenient and unfit. The heating
apparatus at the Training School is inadequate. The
furnaces in use there ought to be replaced by steam
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heating. They have cost more for repairs and removals
the present year than the repairs on all the steam-plants
in the schoolhouses combined.
II. — PRACTICAL EDUCATION.
We need a further development on the side of prac-
tical education, as represented in the evening schools
and in certain departments of the High School. In-
creased interest in evening-school work is reported from
all our New England towns. These schools appear to
be firmly established as an integrant part of the common
school system. As they are chiefly patronized by work-
ing people, and their attendance increases as the hours
of labor lessen, their growth is a significant sign of the
times. The ordinary evening school is capable of great
development for good. Besides the usual instruction,
advantage might be taken in its classes to teach the
principles of our government, and so counteract some
of the political evils which exist in cities. Our own
evening schools may be directly improved by the em-
ployment of better teachers, the introduction of other
and more interesting studies, and by a more watchful
supervision.
Evening schools for special instruction in subjects
relating to the trades and industries are also increasing
in number in manufacturing towns. Our classes in
mechanical drawing are a beginning in this direction.
They should be made free to every apprentice and arti-
san in the city, and enlarged until all applicants can
be accommodated. Every man who attends them is
made a better workman ; he more highly respects him-
self and his calling; he is stimulated to invention, and
animated to become a master in his business. The
action of our city in providing such facilities for young
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mechanics will tend to induce them to remain in our
midst, and to build up here the smaller but important
industries which we so much need.
In the day schools also the practical idea is to be
developed. The evening school and the day school
afford a curious illustration of the needs of two great
classes of youth. In the former are found those, who,
by force of circumstances, have early learned the lessons
of industry, and now need intellectual growth and dis-
cipline. In the day schools the order is reversed; the
pupils are students exclusively from their earliest days,
and most of them sadly need some direction toward
industrial pursuits. There is an unmistakable demand
for something supplementary to the common school to
meet this need. Drawing schools, laboratories, manual-
labor classes, and the like, may seem to many of our
older citizens like useless innovations, and yet the
swiftly changing conditions of our day make them
necessities. The most stupendous fact of modern times
is the growth of cities. In the year 1800, only one
twentieth of the inhabitants of the United States lived
in cities. The last census reports that there are now
more than twelve millions of people, or fully one fourth
of our whole population, in cities of 8,000 inhabitants
or over. This vast massing of men has revolutionized
all conditions, political, social, and educational. It has
placed our children in a new world. The essential
laws of education do not change, but its methods and
aims must move on. In the days of our fathers there
were no educational problems such as puzzle us. In-
dustry was amply taught in the household and on the
farm; health and exercise needed not to be supplied
by artificial devices. Then, the State had to provide only
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for the simple needs of intelligence ; now, it must edu-
cate for social and industrial demands.
III. PHYSICAL TRAINING.
A system of physical training should be established
in the High School. Medical authorities now generally
agree that there is little danger to the health of children
in, grades below the High School, and they are quite
as unanimous in their opinion that grave dangers attend
the higher courses of study, especially for girls. We
must abandon the class system, and all the other un-
natural and exacting conditions of stud}' which now
apply to girls and boys alike, and introduce a course
of physical exercise of equal rank with the mental. A
spacious but inexpensive building, to be used for military
drill for boys and gymnastic exercises for girls, at proper
times and under the direction of teachers, ought to be
attached to the High School. If the city cannot afford
it, will not some public-spirited citizen give it?
Other important subjects press upon our attention,
but cannot be discussed here. We ask the co-operation
of the city government in our plans for the improve-
ment of the public schools. Our city is prosperous.
Other departments are demanding large things at your
hands. Assuredly the schools are not second to any
other public interest. Let them have your friendly
attention and their full share in the appropriations.
Respectfully submitted.
MARSHALL P. HALL,
For the Committee.
Manchester, Dec. 30, 1887.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
To the School Committee of Manchester :
Gentlemen, — I respectfully offer the following as the
Annual Report of the Superintendent of Schools for the
year 1887 :
At the suggestion of the member of your committee
who has this year written the customary report in your
behalf, an improvement is believed to have been inaugu-
rated in the general form of our city school report by
placing all statistical tables properly classified in the
"Appendix." To this you are therefore respectfully re-
ferred for important information pertaining to the schools.
ORGANIZATION.
Throughout the year six teachers have been em ployed
in the High School, twenty in the grammar schools, and
fourteen in the middle schools. There have been thirty
primary schools taught by twenty-seven teachers ; since
the principal of the Training School, who for convenience
is reckoned among the middle-school teachers, has charge
of three primary schools where no regular teachers are
employed. There have also been two partially graded
schools * employing three teachers, and six ungraded
schools f with one teacher for each. This is equivalent
to seventy-eight distinct schools of a single room each,
* The upper room at Amoskeag and the Hallsville school.
t Country subm-ban.
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taught by an average of seventy-six teachers. Last year
there was an average of seventy-seven schools and seventy-
four teachers. The increase has been occasioned by the
addition of one school at Bakersville for the entire year,
and the employment of an assistant at Hallsville.
ATTENDANCE.
The aggregate increase in enrollment over that of last
year is thirty-eight; but the average number belonging
is only thirteen more than last year, while the average
attendance is seven less. The unusual prevalence of scar-
let fever and diphtheria, necessitating the closing of the
Bakersville schools for about three weeks and the un-
avoidable depletion of others for varying periods of time,
readily and sufficiently accounts for this year's decrease in
the attendance.
There were 8,678 instances of tardiness on an enroll-
ment of 3,632 pupils last year ; and this year there have
been 7,387 tardinesses on an enrollment of 3,670 pupils.
The average instances of tardiness on the average attend-
ance has this year been, per pupil, in the High School, 4.6 ;
in the grammar schools, 2.6 ; in the middle schools, 3.2;
in the primary schools, 2.1 ; in the partially graded
schools, 2.9; in the ungraded schools, 4.1.
The^ general average per pupil may not appear appall-
ing, but when it is considered that a fifth part of the
pupils in a given school is responsible for four fifths
of its tardinesses, it is apparent that several hundred
pupils in our schools are not only forming habits which
foretoken a great lack of efficiency in their future, but
such as are exerting a demoralizing influence upon their
associates at school which ought not to be tolerated.
Erroneous conduct, like other evil, appears to be conta-
gious. In one building of eight rooms, four of the rooms
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have each had over two hundred instances of tardiness ;
while in another building, of the same number of rooms,
hut two rooms have each had as many as one hundred
cases of tardiness. The attention of teachers was called
to the enormous number of tardinesses in the schools last
year, and all their efforts to reduce it this year have been
only partially successful. While several have not had
half as many, others have had more than last year ; and
the average reduction is less than a half of one tardiness
per pupil. The truth is that the fault is back of the
school, in the home. There are very few cases of tardi-
ness that are really unavoidable, and parents should under-
stand that the habits their children form in and about
school are quite as likely to determine their ultimate suc-
cess or failure as all they will otherwise get from it.
Realizing this, parents will feel that it is about as impor-
tant that their children are punctual at school as that they
attend at all. Parents should see to it that their house-
hold arrangements are such as will enable their children
to be prompt in attendance. Young men attending the
High School who repeatedly offer no better excuse for
tardiness than " I didn't get up in season," are only ex-
celled in their lack of appreciating the sort of discipline
necessary for attaining an effective manhood by parents
who would justify such an excuse by putting it in writing,
instead of seeing that no such instance could happen. It
is not any wonder, despite the earnest efforts of its teach-
ers to avoid it, that the High School has the highest per-
centage of tardiness, when it is known what flimsy excuses
have been offered for its occurrence.
I sincerely trust that parents, as they value anything
that largely pertains to the advancement of the interests
of their children, will heartily co-operate with teachers
during the coming year in the attempt to establish in all
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the principle of punctuality, and thus help us to banish
from the schools one of their greatest defects. I also
especially appeal to the few pupils in the upper divisions
of the grammar schools and in the High School, whom
the records show to be most largely chargeable with
instances of tardiness per individual, well to consider the
injurious effect of the habit which is being formed, and
to remember that, unless overcome, it will be likely to
prove the obstacle that will prevent their procurement,
upon graduation, of most coveted positions of responsi-
bility and trust.
SCHOOL GOVERNMENT.
A school that is not under proper control cannot do
efficient work. Such a school is not worthy of the
expense of its support, and usually its members are more
harmed by the improper habits formed than profited by
the little knowledge gained. In the formation of char-
acter, habit precedes principle, and doubtless, in the
majority of cases, exerts the greater and more abiding
influence; hence, one's habits chiefly determine his
work and condition in life. Correct habits are largely
the result of proper discipline ; therefore, good discipline
is the first essential of a good school, and one's ability
agreeably, to discipline a school properly is the first mark
of his fitness for a position at the teacher's desk. Ordi-
narily, the condition of the American family is such, at
the present day, that good order at school is generally
and agreeably secured by the good sense and tact of
the teacher, supplemented by the moral support of
parents ; but occasionally an apparently incorrigible pupil
is encountered, who, "like a hornet in a beehive," brings
consternation to the queen, creates confusion in the swarm,
and threatens all with destruction. In the beehive, the
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death of the offender, or his expulsion, is immediately
determined; and in the school, the willful disturber must
be promptly met with subjection, or exclusion.
It may be properly inferred from the foregoing, that,
in the matter of school discipline, I regard as best the
mildest means that can be made successful, but that the
means must be successful at all hazards. So it would
seem that there may be instances where corporal punish-
ment might be regarded as justifiable; but it should be
inflicted only as a last resort, and then not hastily or
inconsiderately. I hold it safe to enunciate the general
principle, that whatever a judicious parent may rightfully
do in the matter of correcting his child and enforcing
obedience, the teacher, standing in the place of parent,
would be justified in doing ; and yet, while believing
that corporal punishment is justifiable in some in-
stances, I think it well that the teacher should consider in
each case appearing to merit its infliction whether it
would not be wiser to pursue a different course from what
the parent even would be likely to take in regard to a
misdemeanor deserving corporal punishment ; for the
teacher has the parent back of him, and, by conditioning
the case so that the parent will have to take cognizance of
it, the co-operation of the parent may be secured when
otherwise it might be antagonized.
The alternative for corporal punishment in school is
suspension therefrom; and in no instance, when such
suspension occurs, should the pupil be allowed to return
to the school except under conditions which would cause
him, his parents, the school, and the teacher, all to feel
that whatever of good could have been gained by the
the infliction of corporal punishment had been attained,
unless, indeed, it should become clear that the case was
not deserving of such punishment. Conditions sufficiently
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effective to attain the end in view may generally be
made with pupils as far advanced as the higher divisions
of the grammar school, by requiring of such, upon their
return from suspension (for a misdemeanor deserving cor-
poral punishment), a written statement, signed by the
pupil, with at least the tacit approval of the parent,
embodying an acknowledgment of the error committed,
expressions of sorrow or regret therefor, and a promise
that in consideration of re-admission at school the pupil
will in future be dutiful and obedient, and exert his
influence for good order and harmony in the school. Such
a statement should be more or less specific and stringent,
simply made known to the school in a general way, or
read to it by the teacher or by the offender, according to
the nature of the offence and other modifying circum-
stances. Such a course of procedure in treating the
exasperating misconduct of older pupils has generally
been found, whenever tried, quite satisfactory to the
parents concerned, and usually resulted in the return of
suspended pupils, by direction of their parents, prepared
either to submit to a reasonable infliction of corporal
punishment, or to subscribe to a statement of the char-
acter above indicated ; and in either case, chiefly by rea-
son of the co-operation of the parents, this form of disci-
pline has been both effectual and salutary.
There will always be differences of opinion as to whether
corporal punishment should ever be administered to
pupils by the teacher, but a reasonable application of it to
younger pupils (those of higher primary, middle-school,
and lower grammar grades) who have become rebellious
through lack of right early training, sometimes seems to
be the only effective remedy, and often more humane
than the expedients frequently heard of as designed to
take its place. With this class of pupils suspension would
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frequently result in exclusion, for parents too lax to estab-
lish the principle of obedience in the child before his
entrance at school would be indifferent about his return,
or powerless to effect it under proper conditions. Higher
grade pupils would, indeed, have no just grounds for com-
plaint if corporal punishment should be immediately
administered for grossly defiant disobedience of the teach-
er's reasonable requirements, or for open and insolent
impudence to the teacher, — especially after having been
warned against them. Scarcely any one could be found
with any sympathy for such pupils ; for no one would be
able to banish from his thought what he himself would
regard, under similar circumstances, as a fitting rebuke
for such conduct.
Our teachers, I am happy to say, have generally suc-
ceeded exceptionally well in securing proper control of
their pupils, without exercising undue violence. From
tabulated statistics in school reports of other cities, item-
izing the instances of suspension, restoration, and the in-
fliction of corporal punishment, I am satisfied that no
other superintendent in so large a field of labor can have
had fewer complaints from parents than myself in regard
to the treatment of children at school. Our schools, too,
have very generally been in excellent order. The effort
upon the part of teachers who have uniformly succeeded
in keeping their schools in best condition, has been
directed to an attempt to furnish every pupil with a suffi-
cient amount of proper work, and then to cause such in-
terest in the performance of it that none would have
either time or inclination to attend to any thing else.
Such teachers have to work hard. They plan and arrange,
while others doze or sport; but they daily get satisfaction
enough to repeat their extra labors at night for the next
day, a satisfaction derived from the greater enjoyment of
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school because of the manifest interest .and improvement
of pupils who when let loose are too cheerful to fight and
therefore play. Teachers who attain such a high ideal do
not feel the necessity of frequently reminding their pupils
of examinations and next promotion day; they do not,
twenty-four hours beforehand, contrive to let something
slip that will lead their pupils to infer the subject for
written examination upon the following day, so the best
scholars may take their books home to work it up all
night and come on the morrow too nervous to do them-
selves justice; nor do they forget to give pupils two
weeks' prior notice of the time when compositions and
declamations are to be presented before the school, and so
free themselves from the annoyance of having justifiable
delinquents, while, on the other hand, their pupils have
time to give a little thought to the subject of their theme
before writing upon it, or ample time for rehearsals of a
declamation which with a fair time for such may be
uttered so as to mean something.
I have no recommendation, as the result of these obser-
vations, for the formation of additional restrictions to be
imposed upon the corps of teachers because some are not
so thoughtful as might be desired. It will be better to
give hints, or direct advice, as occasions seem most to
demand; for I believe in giving teachers the greatest
freedom possible in their school work, that without great
freedom they cannot do their best, while with the privi-
lege of its exercise they may properly be held responsible
for results.
WRITTEN REVIEWS, OR EXAMINATIONS.
Written reviews, or " examinations " as they are unfor-
tunately more commonly called, have a proper place in
school economy, and notwithstanding an occasional error
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in their application they generally serve a good purpose.
They are misused, however, when submitted with too
great frequency or with too little consideration in their
preparation, — when pupils are daily fretted by intimations
that they will be left behind at promotion time, unless
they attain a certain standard in their written reviews, —
also when pupils are forewarned by a day or two of the
time of their recurrence, that opportunity for cramming
may be afforded.
Formerly, a set of written reviews was submitted
every school month, or ten a year. During the first year
of my superintendency, I advised that the number be
reduced to six, two each term, and the plan was author-
ized. Two or three years ago, I suggested that four times
a year, twice each semester, might be regarded as fre-
quently enough to submit written reviews. The sugges-
tion was taken as a recommendation and adopted. This
degree of frequency has proved very satisfactory. It is
not often that I learn of any inconsiderateness in the
preparation of the questions or in the manner of their
submission ; nor have I for a long time heard complaint
from parents in regard to any injurious effect of the writ-
ten reviews upon pupils, except in cases where teachers
have injudiciously allowed their pupils to know by a day
or so beforehand the time when such an exercise would
recur.
There are at least two direct and highly beneficial
advantages arising from the judicious use of written
reviews. They are the one thing needful to reveal to
teachers the lamentable and unaccountable misapprehen-
sion which some pupils are constantly getting in regard
to their studies, from both their own efforts and the
instruction of their teachers. Written reviews also pro-
mote exactness of thought, definiteness of conclusions,
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and cultivate the power of clear and concise expression.
Indirectly they are, when wisely treated, great helps in
creating an earnest and high moral tone in the school,
and thus often become efficient aids in securing good dis-
cipline.
As applied in our schools, " Written reviews do not in
general annoy or harmfully disturb pupils. Fully ninety
per cent of them apparently care no more for these exer-
cises than for the ordinary recitation; while the remain-
ing few possibly fret over all school work, either because
it is their natural disposition or because they acquire the
habit from parents who are impracticable and censorious,
some of whom, perchance, have become soured in regard
to all things pertaining to school because they have tried
to be teachers and proved failures."
The written language work begun in the lowest grade
and daily practiced, to a limited extent, for the live years
preceding the time when any particular account is made
of the per cents attained in written work, causes pupils,
by the time they have entered the grammar grade, to
prefer that their papers should bear marks indicative
of results attained. It is a satisfaction to them to have
some definite idea of the success of their efforts. They
regard the figures much as one does those oh mile-stones,
significant in some degree of the part of their journey
performed.
Promotions, through all our grades, are practically
based upon the judgment of the teacher. The per cents
attained in written reviews, upon the work submitted by
both teacher and superintendent, are unitedly regarded
as a fair representation of the relative standing of pupils
in the same class, and they are used to assist the teacher
in deciding how far down the list he may safely go in
determining the last to be recommended for promotion.
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In doing this, teachers are not required to take a uniform
or any established per cent as a basis for advancement;
but each teacher, in passing his eye down the record of
his own class, is expected to consider every pupil with
reference to his individual ability and fitness for ad-
vancement, from all that the teacher in any way knows
about him, and then to draw the line of division,
between those recommended for promotion and those
who cannot be approved, immediately below the name
of the last pupil on the list considered properly qualified
for entrance upon the work of the next higher class.
Pupils aggrieved at the decision of the teacher have
opportunity to be specially examined by the superinten-
dent, but a trial generally convinces the pupil of the cor-
rectness of the teacher's estimate.
With such a use of per cents, it is evident that worry
on account of them is groundless. Parents and teachers
should alike, without reference to per cents or by use
of other rasping friction, confidently encourage pupils
daily to do as well as they can, assuring them that by so
doing they will be most likely to realize all they expect.
Pupils and all concerned should be informed of the
attendant circumstances, outside of the pupil's jurisdic-
tion, which are liable to cause a limited variation in per
cents given, in order that no one, through ignorance of
the injustice likely to be done, may attempt to compare
the per cent of any pupil with that of another in some
other class, or in a class of the same grade in another
school. Per cents given at school, as representative of a
pupil's standing, are only relatively correct. They sim-
ply indicate his standing in comparison with others having
exactly the same questions to answer, submitted in all
respects in exactly the same way, and impartially marked
from exactly the same standpoint by the same teacher.
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"With even the submission of the same questions to classes
of exactly the same ability, the other conditions varying,
there might easily be a difference of a few per cent in
the representative average attainment; because, chiefly,
of the difference among teachers in the degree of strin-
gency or liberality with which they mark results. Hence,
under circumstances just suggested, a pupil having
ninety-five per cent in one school, might not really be as
good a scholar as another in some other school marked
but ninety per cent. How much more absurd, then, to
compare per cents of individuals not in the same class
of the same school, or one class with another in different
schools, when not only the teachers are different, and
possibly the conditions of submission vary more or less
favorably for the pupil, but the questions themselves may
be far more general and easy to answer in one than in
the other.
Consideration is given these variably attending cir-
cumstances in the form of report which the pupil takes
to his parents. His card bears the following explana-
tion: 100 signifies highest; 90, excellent; 80, good; 70,
fair; 60, indifferent; 50, poor; lower numbers indicate
different degrees of failure. Hence, any per cent from
90 to 99, inclusive, denotes "excellent"; any from 80
to 89, inclusive, "good"; and so on down the scale.
These allowances, it is believed, equitably offset the
limited range of varying circumstances attendant upon
the submission and marking of written reviews.
It must now be seen that in the Manchester schools, at
least, written reviews are not submitted for the sake of
the per cents that may be derived therefrom, but because
of their intrinsic value as a means in the educative pro-
cess. The per cents found are merely circumstantial ;
and they are sought for the satisfaction of pupils, as evi-
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dence to parents of their children's scholastic standing,
and as aids to teachers in determining promotions in a
way that, when understood, should clearly relieve them
of any charge or suspicion of partiality. The fact that
their value, like that of the American dollar, is only rela-
tive, matters not; they serve their purpose just as well.
Care, however, by all nearest in authority over the schools
should always be exercised not to think of the per cents
as having an absolute value, whenever there is a disposi-
tion to lay hold of something from which to determine
the merits of respective schools ; for, because of reasons
which I have outlined, greater injustice could not be done,
and I can think of nothing that would more speedily
work harm to the schools by producing a hot-house rivalry
which would result in a forcing that would soon deprive
them of all natural growth and strength.
TRAINING SCHOOL.
By the withdrawal of Miss Olive A. Evers, who resigned
at the opening of the fall term to take charge of the train-
ing class at Minneapolis, our city Training School has
experienced another change in its principalship. It has
now had five different principals within as many years.
No school composed of several departments, especially
when organized as is our Training School, can possibly
fulfill its proper mission while suffering an average annual
change in its principalship.
At the opening of the fall term, Miss Caroline E. Wing,
who for two years had been principal of the Bridgewater
School of Observation, was placed in charge of our school
for the training of teachers. Miss Wing appears to have
good health and strong powers of endurance. She is evi-
dently conscientious and faithful in attempting to discharge
her duties properly, and it is expected that she will prove
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a good principal. Her recent predecessors have regarded
the work as too much for one teacher. With some modi-
fication in the arrangement of the sub-teachers' classes,
however, Miss Wing feels herself equal to the work, and
signifies her intention, if wanted, to stay by the school
long enough to make a thorough trial at least of an attempt
to put the school in first-class condition. I recommend
that the committee give her unlimited confidence in her
effort and every reasonable material aid.
THE WORK OF THE SCHOOLS.
The schools have been closely held to their legitimate
work, — a steady, gradual advance along the whole line ;
and it is believed the results of the year have, as a whole,
been fully as good as usual. One of the most common
evidences of the excellence of our schools is the unvarying
testimony of those who take up their residences here from
the cities of nearly every' New England State. They are
pleased with the course of study, because their children
can generally be so classed as to lose no time; they com-
pliment both teachers and pupils for their kindly consider-
ation of strangers; and they express satisfaction with that
sort of teaching which sends their children to the diction-
ary and cyclopedia at home, and to the city library for
other books of information.
In the matter of reading, our schools received material
help from the continued instruction of the special teacher
during the first two terms of the year, and it is a matter
of great regret that he has since been unable to serve us.
The teachers, however, have quite generally laid hold of
the essential principles of his s}'stem, and improved their
instruction by attaining more satisfactory results in pro-
nunciation, articulation, natural and effective expression.
It is hoped that the services of Mr. Hayes may be secured
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again as soon as possible, and retained until he can com-
plete a full course of instruction and furnish our teachers
with a printed syllabus of it.
In the work of written arithmetic, as evinced by an
inspection of papers submitted as test exercises, it was
observed that more failures occurred from inaccuracy in
fundamental operations than from any lack of compre-
hension or proper application of principles involved.
Teachers, upon inquiry, testified to a like observation in
the daily work of their classes. Investigation in many
schools soon convinced me that not more than half the
pupils studying written arithmetic had been in the habit
of looking over their work for errors before presenting
results as final. The importance of correcting this great
defect lias been earnestly impressed upon teachers, and
far better results have already been observed. Facility in
arithmetical calculations is no substitute for accuracy.
Pupils must first acquire the habit of infallible accuracy.
This can be secured without sacrificing a reasonable
degree of dexterity, which can and should be also attained.
There should be daily drill in the fundamental operations
of arithmetic with every class below high-school grade,
for the purpose of securing both accuracy and facility.
Only one or two examples of the sort designed need be
daily given to higher classes ; but the lower the grade the
more numerously should such exercises be given. Ample
time may be had for this in our schools. Indeed, the
course of study is shaped so as to afford time for teachers
to do such supplementary work with nearly every subject
of study as they may find desirable, or necessary for a
proper understanding of it by respective classes. I ques-
tion whether there is another city of any considerable size
in the country whose course of study for grades below the
high school has so little in its positive requirements, and
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allows so great latitude to teachers as ours. Only the
minimum consistent with a show of reasonable require-
ments is demanded, while it is expected that by the very
opportunity afforded teachers for supplementing the
course in their own way, they will produce schools second
to none.
As an illustration of the way in which the course of
study has been simplified, it may be said that in the
matter of arithmetic the following subjects have been
omitted for several years: circulating decimals, the un-
practical portions of compound numbers, duodecimals,
the metric system, equation of payments, exchange, " sim-
ilar surfaces," the mensuration of all solids except the
rectangular, alligation, and the progressions. It is pro-
posed also to omit in future compound interest, compound
proportion, and cube root, in order to get additional time
in first divisions of the grammar school for taking the
first three forms of single-entry book-keeping,* as pre-
sented in Meservey's system. This will be taught only
from February till July, and the chief time for the study
will be found by substituting it for the lessons in penman-
ship heretofore given during that period.
I think the schools are doing good work in all studies,
though, perhaps, none so poor as that in penmanship and
drawing ; but they are probably treating these as well as
the average of city schools where the subjects are not in
the hands of special teachers. In teaching the use of
language, I think there has been most marked improve-
ment. In brief, the course consists, in primary schools, of
both oral and written reproductions of stories told, or read,
and of original descriptions of pictures and of things
made or seen. In middle schools, the chief basis of the
work in language is the oral instruction afforded by
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teachers in regard to occupations, articles of commerce,
animals, plants, the human body, etc. Pupils are re-
quired to write abstracts of the knowledge already orally
imparted by the teacher. The written abstracts serve
the purpose of testing with what correctness the infor-
mation has been appropriated ; and at the same time
they constitute exercises in the use of language, repre-
senting the power of pupils at original expression, and
disclosing for correction whatever technical errors may be
made. In the grammar grades, training in the written
use of language is continued by the occasional require-
ment of written abstracts of topics in geography or his-
tory, or of biographical sketches, and by the paraphras-
ing of selections of both poetry and prose. Exercises in
various forms of letter writing and in writing from
dictation are also required in all grades above the lower
primary.
This course of training, as I have before intimated, is
yielding very satisfactory results. I have, within the past
term, both seen and heard in our schools many exercises
in the use of written language, the production of which
would do credit to well-educated adults. By the senti-
ments expressed in many of these exercises, it is evident
that teachers are not failing in their duty to inculcate " a
constant adherence to justice, moderation, temperance,
industry, frugality, and all the social virtues, indispensably
necessary to preserve the blessings of liberty and good
government."*
GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS.
Though it is manifest that I think more than well of
the schools, I am not ignorant of their partial failure.
There is a general feeling everywhere, and among the
* Constitution of New Hampshire, Part I, Art. XXXVIII.
123
most eminent of educators, that something must be done
to lengthen the average term of pupilage. In our schools
about seventy per cent of the entire enrollment this year
has been in grades below the grammar. Regarding this
as an average proportion in the lower grades, one may
fairly assume that fully two thirds of those supposed to
be trained in the public schools never reach the grammar
grade, and therefore do not half complete even a com-
mon-school education.
This very large representation of the school enrollment
goes out into life as illy prepared for its duties as a nurs-
ing babe for school ; and from this element mingling in
the community, it is easy to point even to a majority of
those once enrolled in the schools as making a very poor
show for what is claimed for a common-school education.
Let but two thirds of oi>e generation get the full benefit
of what the common schools can now do, and there would
be such an uplift as the country has not yet experienced.
It would be no longer charged that the public school does
not materially aid one to earn his own living. Investiga-
tion would show that even the tramps of our time are not
of its graduates. Dr. William T. Harris, in his recent
paper read before the Social Science Association, well
says : " "We hear of over-production in manufactures and
at the same time in agriculture. Over-production can
only happen because too many people are fitted only for
the lower order of occupations. The persons fitted for
the higher occupations that minister to luxury, protection,
and culture, can perform the lower order of work when-
ever it is necessary, without waste of time in re-adjusting
their vocations. Those of the lower order of work can-
not fit for the higher vocations except with much expen-
diture of time in general and special education and
training. With a whole people educated, complete prep-
124
aration is made for the changes incident to material
progress."
The great question, then, is not whether manual train-
ing should have a place in the common-school course,
whether civics should be taught in the grammar grades,
or whether type-writing or stenography should be taught
in any, but rather, with scarcely half of our school
population in the public schools and only twenty-nine
per cent of the enrollment in the high and grammar
schools, what shall be done to keep pupils at school
long enough to learn to read a fourth reader, under-
stand fractions, and know enough of geography and
history, at least, to talk intelligently about the country
in which they live ? This is, indeed, a problem well
worthy of consideration by the highest; and if a sim-
ilar condition of things exists in the cities of the coun-
try at large, where so large a proportion of the whole
population is now centered, it is well that the common-
school question should speedily come to the fore and
become a national issue. The laws of our own State in
regard to compulsory attendance and the employment of
children in manufacturing establishments are both com-
plex and defective. I earnestly recommend that what-
ever influence you can exert for their simplification and
improvement may be put forth.
Manual training is offered as the great panacea for pro-
longing the term of pupilage at school. But its strongest
supporters only advocate its introduction in the higher
grades of the grammar school and in the high school.
While thinking favorably of its introduction in these
grades, I fear it would there be so far away from, and
so imperfectly understood by, the primary pupil that it
would fail to rouse his determination to enter the higher
grades. We must reach both him and his parents, who
125
are most largely at fault through sheer carelessness or
indifference, in some other way. I can think of no
means so effective as those that may be exerted by the
teacher who is both an expert in the work of the school
and a missionary at heart. I therefore urge the selection
of the best teachers for the primary schools, and that
those who most largely secure the great end in view
shall be best paid.
In conclusion, gentlemen of the committee, I heartily
thank you, and through you the teachers of our public
schools, for direct and material help, as well as for other
encouragement, in a constant attempt to cause our schools
to meet public expectations.
Respectfully submitted.
WILLIAM E. BUCK,
Superintendent.
APPENDIX
I. Population, etc.
II. SCHOOLHOUSES.
in. Schools.
IV. Teachers.
V. Pupils.
VI. Truancy.
VII. Finance.
VHI. School Year, 1887.
IX. High School Graduation.
X. Organization of Committees, 1888.
XL List of Teachers, 1888.
XH. School Year,
APPEN DIX
STATISTICS.
I. — Population.
Population of the city by last census, 1884 . 37,600
Estimated population, 1887 .... 40,000
Legal school age, 5 to 21.
II. — SCHOOLHOUSES.
Number of schoolhouses in use . . . .23
Number of schoolhouses not in use .... 1
(Bridge-street house, corner of Union.)
Number of school-rooms used for day schools . . 78
(Three of the same, and three others, used for evening schools.
Rooms unoccupied by city for day schools are, two at Spring-street
house, two at Lowell-street, three at Beech-street, and two at Bridge-
street, the last two being unfit.)
Number of rooms used for High School classes . 6
Number of rooms used for Grammar schools . . 20
Number of rooms used for Middle schools . . 14
Number of rooms used for Primary schools . . 30
Number of rooms used for Partially Graded schools 2
Number of rooms used for Ungraded schools . . 6
III. — Schools.
(All for both sexes.)
Number of High Schools 1
129
Number of combined Grammar and lower grade
(Middle and Primary) schools .... 7
Number of combined Middle and Primary schools
(Merrimack-street or Training School) . . .1
Number of schools all Primary grade ... 6
Number of Partially Graded schools ... 2
Number of Ungraded schools ..... 6
IV. — Teachers.
Male teachers in the High School .... 2
Female teachers in the High School ... 4
Male teachers in the Grammar schools ... .5
Female teachers in the Grammar schools . . .15
Female teachers in the Middle schools . . .14
Female teachers in the Primary schools . . .27
Female teachers in the P'artially Graded schools . 3
Female teachers in the Ungraded schools . . 6
Special teachers : One male in music the entire year
and one male in elecution during the winter and
spring terms only ....... 2
(The former four days a week, and the latter one day a week.)
Average number of male teachers * ... 7
Average number of female teachers . . .69
Increase over last year ...... 2
Male teachers in the evening schools ... 3
Female teachers in the evening schools . . .19
Average number of male teachers in the evening
schools ......... 3
Average number of female teachers in the evening
schools ......... 8
Male teachers in the evening drawing schools . . 6
Average number of male teachers in the evening
drawing schools ...... 4
* Exclusive of the special teachers.
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DAY SCHOOLS.
The following is a summary of the attendance upon
the several grades of public day schools for the year end-
ing December 16, 1887 :
SCHOOLS.
High
Grammar
Middle
Primary
Partially Graded . .
Ungraded
Totals, 1S87
Totals, 1886
Whole number
different pupils.
Boys.
Girls.
83
100
422
447
319
342
856
819
46
56
91
89
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1,853
1,812
1,820
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2,475
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93.4
87.7
EVENING SCHOOLS.
TABLE SHOWING AVERAGE ATTENDANCE, 1887.
MONTHS.
Lowell-street
School.
Spring-street
School.
School-street
School.
Males.
Females.
Males.
10
9
9
31
20
13
Females.
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16
10
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48
40
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13
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135
1887. 1886.
Number of evenings open . . . 114 106
Number in attendance ten evenings or more . 382 245
Aggregate average attendance . . 98 79
Average number of teachers in service 11 9
The average number of pupils per teacher, for both
years, is nine. The attendants are nearly all foreign,
and many of them upon entering do not even under-
stand the English language when spoken ; hence the
work is largely with the individual, and only a few can
be properly instructed by each teacher in the brief
period of an evening sessidn.
TEACHERS.
Charles E. Cochran, Principal of Lowell-street School,
for boys.
Assistants, — Anna J. Dana, Etta S. Dana, Fannie
M. Kelley, Sarah B. Paige, Cora F. Sanborn, and Lizzie
F. Williams.
J. H. Campbell, Principal of Spring-street School, for
girls.
Assistants, — Alice H. Boyd, Lizzie D. Hartford, Fannie
L. Sanborn, Ellen S. Stebbins, Genevieve B. Knight,
Maggie Linen, Etta C. McLaren, and Alice M. Stebbins.
Frank C. Livingston, Principal of School-street School,
for both sexes.
Assistants, — Hattie E. Daniels, M. Alma Fracker,
Cora B. Gilford, Annie E. McElroy, and Grace R.
Nichols.
136
EVENING DRAWING SCHOOLS.
AVERAGE ATTENDANCE, 1887.
Months.
Machine Drawing Class.
Architectural Drawing Class.
Total.
November
December
42
34'
18
18
60
52
Number of evenings open .
Aggregate average attendance
Average number of teacbers in service
36
56
4
TEACHERS.
S. G. Stephens, John M. Kendall, Henry A. Herrick,
Henry W. Allen, Frank A. Higgins, and Alphonso H.
Sanborn.
These schools were first opened in April. The first
term closed in June, but the records of that term were
mislaid and have not yet been found.
137
GENERAL SUMMARY.
The following table presents the main features of in-
terest pertaining to the attendance upon the public
schools for the last ten years :
Whole No.
Belonging.
|« | Boys.
Girls.
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3798
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4095
4062
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3806
3632
3670
1783
1732
2571
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1874
2859
2166
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2970
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2061
2001
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2468
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91
91.0 110
91.7 164
91.4 103
92.1 '' 95
90.6 96
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75
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65
75
71
89
71
95
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t Usually some pupils have annually entered from other schools. This year seven
have so entered.
CHANGES IN CORPS OF TEACHERS.
The whole number of different teachers employed in
the day schools during the year has been 84. Their
respective positions may be learned from the attendance
table on page 130, but the various changes made within
the year can be more readily understood by an inspec-
tion of the following;:
138
Teachers.
Date of effect
of resignation.
Teachers.
Date of effect
of resignation.
Helen F.Wetherbee. Jan. 14. Addie C. Prescott. June 3.
Mary A. Putney. Feb. 4. Alice Shovelton. July 1.
Annie M. Curtis. Mar. 25. Olive A. E vers. Sept. 1.
Mary L. Gage. Mar.25. Carrie A. F.Bartlett. Nov. 16.
Teachers.
Date of begin-
ning service.
Teachers.
Date of effect
of transfer.
Mary A. Southard.
Jennie M. Chandler.
Nina B. Croning.
Barbara B. Joy.
Lillian C. Hall.
Hulda C. Graupner.
Caroline E. Wing.
Josie H. Newton.
Jan. 17. Alice Shovelton. Jan. 17.
Feb. 10. Mary J. Hickey. Apr. 18.
Apr. 18. Kate T. Clarke. Sept. 12.
Apr. 18. Augusta S. Downs. Sept. 12.
June 6. Mary W. Mitchell. Sept. 12.
Sept.12. May F. Nutt. Sept. 12.
Sept.12. Barbara B. Joy. Nov. 17.
Nov. 17.
TRAINING SCHOOL SUB-TEACHERS, 1887.
Huldah C. Graupner.*
Lillian C. Hall.*
Barbara B. Joy.*
Alice E. Page.*
Sarah B. Paige.*
Mary A. Southard.*
Cora B. Gilford.f
Genevieve B. Knight, f
Emma L. McLaren. f
Theodora Richardson. f
Lettie M. Smith. f
Mary J. Walsh.f
Annie E. Abbott.J
Nellie M. Atwood.J
Nettie B. Fogg. J
Lillian Little.J
Kate Townsend.|
Inez M. Warren. J
Abbie R. West.J
* Graduated January 28.
t Entered September, 1886, and expected to graduate January 27, 1888.
J Entered Fall of 1887, but Miss Abbott soon withdrew.
139
VI. — Work of Truant Officer.
ABSENTEES
reported from.
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COST OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOB FIVE YEARS.
Date.
1883.
1884.
1885..
18S6.,
1887..
* £
2,990
3,005
2,860
2,810
2,925
$53,505.70
53,477.10
53,133.11
56,440.42
58,679.26
3 93
$17.89
17.80
18.58
20.0S
20.06
> o
Pv3
$20,055,986
20,613.032
21,137,464
21,379,384
21,905,476
$332,741
360,732
345,200
347,268
373,139
;.0026
.0026
.0025
.0026
.0026
* Pupils of both day and evening schools included.
VIII. — School Year.
Winter term of twelve weeks opened January 3, closed
March 25. Vacation of three weeks.
Spring term of eleven weeks opened April 18, closed
July 1. Vacation of ten weeks.
Fall term of fourteen weeks opened September 12,
closed December 16. Vacation of two weeks.
Number of school days in the year, as provided above
by the school board, 185.
Average number days the schools were taught, 170.
(Being closed several 'holidays, days of "Teachers' Institutes,"
and half-days on account of bad weather or insufficient heat.11)
IX. — High-School Graduating Exercises.
Class of '87.
"Esse, quam videri."
Music. — " Gypsies' Woodland Home."
CLASS.
Salutatory.
albert l. clough.
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Class History.
effie a. gardner.
Music. — " Flaxen-haired Maiden."
lillian little, bertha tower, austin everett, james
weston, george fox, james andrews, fred stark,
thomas hobbs.
Extracts from the Columns of the " Merton Even-
ing News."
emma l. holmes.
Declamation. — " Toussaint L'Ouverture. "
JAMES P. HEDDERMAN.
Music. — Quintet, " Now is the Month of Maying."
jessie palmer,. lillian little, austin everett, james
andrews, william j. abbott.
Statistics.
nettie b. fogg.
Music. —Piano, " Witches' Flight."
gertrude f. how, grace h. weston.
Poem.
lillian little.
Music. — " Happy and Light."
CLASS.
Essay. — " Manchester."
GEORGE H. CHANDLER.
Recitation. — " The Bankrupt's Visitor."
BERTHA M. TOWER.
Music. — " Answered."
LILLIAN LITTLE, BERTHA TOWER, AUSTIN EVERETT, JAMES
WESTON, GEORGE FOX, JAMES ANDREWS, FRED STARK,
THOMAS HOBBS.
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Prophecies.
carrie l. patch.
Series of Opposing Movements, and of Attitudes indi-
cating certain emotions, as follows :
1, Opposition of Gladiator; 2, Attraction and Repul-
sion; 3, Defiance; 4, Imprecation ; j3, Abandonment
with Self-sUppression ; 6, Pathetic Repulsion ; 7, Sal-
utation ; 8, Appeal ; 9, Tender Reproach ; 10, Grief
or Shame; 11, Rejection ; 12, Benediction.
BERTHA TOWER, INEZ WARREN, ANNA M. SPENCER, GER-
TRUDE HOW, GRACE WESTON, MATTIE GEORGE," NETTIE
FOGG, EMMA HOLMES, ABBIE R. WEST, ANNIE B. NORRIS,
ANNIE M. ROBINSON.
Recitation. — " The Hero of the Tower."
blanche sargent.
Vocal Quartet.
fred stark, james andrews, james weston, george
A. FOX.
Valedictory.
jessie m. palmer.
Ode. — By Amelia Graupner.
CLASS.
Award of Diplomas — Marshall P. Hall,
For the Committee.
CLASS ODE.
BY AMELIA GRAUPNER.
O Summer, you drowsy beauty,
Asleep on the couch of Spring,
You know that our school has ended,
So waken and help us sing.
Adroop are your wayside blossoms,
And lazily drones the bee ;
The mignonette, little darling,
Knows well ' ' '87 " is free.
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Your idle wind woos the daisy,
" She loves him, she loves him not."
He comes from the sweet thyme hollows
And beds of forget-me-not,
And brings us a gladsome message
From mountain, and glen, and sea,
A call from the bustling cities
To wander with footsteps free,
Where, over the hilltops tripping,
Comes day with the song of birds,
And loitering mid the rushes,
Knee-deep, stand the lowing herds.
We'll take of your strength and sweetness
O Summer, for who may know
That life will be bright and cheery,
Or whither the clouds may blow ?
THE GRADUATING CLASS.
James Currier Andrews.
Joseph William Abbott.
Alverta Preston Barrett.
Alice Dixon Bond.
James Scribner Brown.
Albert Lucien Clough.
George Henry Chandler.
George Alpheus Corson.
George Henry Campbell.
Charles Edwin Chase.
Leslie Elmore Dickinson.
Austin Manson Everett.
Nettie Bickford Fogg.
George Aloysius Fox.
Matie Ada George.
Mabel Goggin.
Effie A. Gardner.
Amelia Lisette Graupner.
Minnie Frances Hamilton.
Thomas Hobbs.
Joseph Michael Heaney.
James Patrick Hedderman.
Gertrude Frances How.
Emma Lottie Holmes.
Denis Francis Lane.
Lillian Little.
Annie Burleigh Morris.
Jessie Mabel Palmer.
Carrie Lillian Patch.
Bertha Pearson.
Annie Maria Robinson.
Frederick Russell Stark.
Charles Edward Sanborn.
Anna Mabel Spencer.
Blanche Carrie Sargent.
Bertha Marion Tower.
Inez Marion Warren.
Abbie Rosalinda West.
Grace Helen Weston.
James Henry Weston.
John Elliot Williamson.
Arthur Bartlett Worthen.
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X.— ORGANIZATION, 1888.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
JOHN HOSLEY, Mayor, ex officio, Chairman.
EDWARD L. KIMBALL,
President of the Common Council, ex offcio.
Ward 1. — Charles H. Manning,
John G. Hutchinson.
Ward 2. — Benjamin C. Dean,
William C. Clarke.
Ward 3. — Nathan P. Hunt,
James E. Dodge.
Ward 4. — Samuel D. Lord,
Stephen W. Clarke.
Ward 5. — Thomas F. Collins,
John J. Holland.
Ward 6.— William H. Huse,
Abial C. Flanders.
Ward 7. — Marshall P. Hall,
Edward B. Woodbury.
Ward 8. — George W. Nutter,
Luther C. Baldwin.
VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD.
BENJAMIN C. DEAN.
CLERK OF THE BOARD.
JAMES E. DODGE.
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
WILLIAM E. BUCK.
TRUANT OFFICER.
SAMUEL BROOKS.
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STANDING COMMITTEES.
Finance. — The Mayor, Messrs. S. W. Clarke, Kimball,
Dodge, Holland.
Salaries. — Messrs. "Woodbury, Collins, Hall.
Repairs, Furniture, and Supplies. — Messrs. Manning,
Flanders, Nutter.
Text-Books, Apparatus, and Studies. — Messrs. Dean,
Hunt, W. C. Clarke.
Drawing. — Messrs. Hall, Huse, Baldwin.
Music. — Messrs. Lord, Huse, Baldwin.
Fuel, and Heating. — Mr. Dodge, the Mayor, Messrs.
Kimball, Manning, Flanders.
Examination of Teachers. — Messrs. Hunt, Dean, S. VV.
Clarke.
Attendance. — Messrs. Collins, Hutchinson, Woodbury.
Health. — Messrs. Nutter, Holland, Hutchinson.
SUB-COMMITTEES.
High School. — Messrs. Manning, Dean, Hall, S. W.
Clarke, Hunt.
Ash and Bridge Streets. — Messrs. Dean, Hunt, W. C.
Clarke.
Lincoln Street. — Messrs. Lord, Huse, S. W. Clarke.
Spring Street. — Messrs. Hall, Holland, Manning.
Franklin Street. — Messrs. Dodge, Woodbury, Hutchin-
son.
Lowell Street. — Messrs. Hutchinson, Flanders, Collins.
Training School and WUsoji Hill. — Messrs. Hunt, Dean,
Dodge.
Beech Street. — Messrs. Collins, Flanders, Woodbury.
West Manchester Grammar. — Messrs. S. W. Clarke,
Manning, Baldwin.
School Street and South Main Street. — Messrs. Baldwin,
Nutter, Hall.
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Webster Street, Blodget Street, Amoskeag, and Stark Dis-
trict. — Messrs. W. C. Clarke, Lord, Dodge,
Bakersville. — Messrs. Flanders, Holland, Huse.
Hallsville and Young sville. — Messrs. Huse, Baldwin,
Hutchinson.
Mosquito Pond and Webster's Mills. — Messrs. Holland,
Flanders, Nutter.
Goffe's Falls and Harvey District. — Messrs. Nutter,
Collins, Hutchinson.
Evening Schools. — Messrs. Woodbury, Collins, Lord.
XL — LIST OF TEACHERS.
1888.
Giving the Name, School, and Grade of School.
HIGH SCHOOL. — BEECH STREET.
Master. — Edward R. Goodwin.
Sub-Master. — George I. Hopkins.
Assistants. — Lucretia E. Manahan.
Mary A. Buzzell.
Rocilla M. Tuson.
Mary Stanton.
FRANKLIN-STREET SCHOOLS.
Second Floor. — Grammar Grades.
Principal. — Fred C. Baldwin.
Assistants. — Lenora C. Gilford.
Jennie M. Chandler.
Carrie E. Reid.
First Floor. — Lower Grades.
Higher Middle. — C. Augusta Abbott.
Lower Middle. — Hattie G. Flanders.
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Higher Primary. — Nellie M. James.
Lower Primary. — Ella F. Sanborn.
SPRING-STREET SCHOOLS.
Second Floor. — Mixed Grades.
Principal. — Annie O. Heath.
Higher Middle. — Lizzie P. Gove.
First Floor. — Lower Grades.
Lower Middle. — Fannie D. Moulton.
Higher Primary. — Nellie I. Sanderson.
Lower Primary. — Lucia E. Esty.
Lower Primary. — Belle M. Kelley.
LINCOLN-STREET SCHOOLS.
Second Floor. — Grammar Grades.
Principal. — Frank S. Sutcliffe.
Assistants. — Annie W. Patten.
Mary J. Fife.
Isabelle R. Daniels.
First Floor. — Lower Grades.
Higher Middle. — Mary F. Barnes.
Lower Middle. — Nettie F. Ainsworth.
Mixed Middle and Primary. — EvaF- Tuson.
Higher Primary. — Georgia A. "Wyman.
ASH-STREET SCHOOLS.
Second Floor. — Grammar Grades.
Principal. — J. "Walter Stetson.
Assistants. — Annie A. Webster.
Mary E. Bunton.
Bertha L. Dean.
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First Floor. — Lower Grades.
Higher Middle. — Nancy S. Bunton.
Lower Middle. — Kittie J. Ferren.
Higher Primary. — May F. Nutt.
Lower Primary. — Clara E. Woods.
MAIN-STREET SCHOOLS.
Second Floor. — Grammar Grades.
Principal. — J. Edward Pickering.
Assistants. — Cora M. Dearborn.
Mary J. Hickey.
Barbara B. Joy.
First Floor. — Lower Grades.
Higher Middle. — Flora M. Senter.
Lower Middle. — Ellen E. McKean.
Mixed Middle and Primary. — Josie H. Newton.
Higher Primary. — Nettie C. Woodman.
WEBSTER-STREET SCHOOLS.
Second Floor. — Grammar Grades.
Principal. — William F. Gibson.
Assistant. — Alta C. Willand.
First Floor. — Lower Grades.
Mixed Middle. — Maria N. Bower.
Mixed Primary. — Carrie I. Stevens.
BAKERSVILLE SCHOOLS.
Second Floor. — Mixed Grades.
Principal. — Lizzie A. Burns.
Mixed Middle. — Lelia A. Brooks.
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First Floor. — Lower Grades.
Higher Primary. — S. Izetta Locke.
Lower Primary. — Edith M. Stebbins.
BLODGET-STREET SCHOOLS.
Second Floor.
Higher Primary. — Gertrude H. Brooks.
First Floor.
Lower Primary. — Georgianna Dow.
LOWELL-STREET SCHOOLS (CORNER CHESTNUT).
Second Floor.
Higher Primary. — Helen M. Morrill.
First Floor.
Lower Primary. — Alice E. Page.
MERRIMACK-STREET SCHOOLS (CORNER UNION).
Training School.
Principal. — Caroline E. Wing.
A Lower Middle school, a Higher and two Lower Pri-
mary schools, embracing first four years of school work.
Principal is assisted by members of Training class.
WILSON HILL.
Mixed Primary. — Hulda C. Graupner.
Lower Primary. — Ella Hope.
BEECH-STREET SCHOOL (CORNER SPRUCE).
First Floor.
Lower Primary. — Augusta S. Downs.
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SCHOOL-STREET SCHOOLS.
Second Floor.
Mixed Primary. — Mary W. Mitchell.
Lower Primary. — Susie H. Frame.
First Floor.
Lower Primary. — Kate T. Clarke.
Lower Primary. — Mary A. Southard.
SOUTH-MAIN-STREET SCHOOLS.
Higher Primary. — Delle E. Haines.
Lower Primary. — Sarah B. Paige.
PARTIALLY GRADED SCHOOLS.
Amoskeag. — Etta J. Carley, Principal (Grammar
and Middle classes).
Mixed Primary. — Mary G. Tynan.
Hallsville. — Olive J. Randall, Principal]' (Higher
classes).
Assistant. — Susie G. "Woodman (Lower classes).
UNGRADED SCHOOLS.
No. 1, Stark District. — F. Maude Joy.
2, Gofie's Falls. — Georgie A. Nute.
3, Harvey District. — Ella F. Barker.
4, Youngsville. — Lillian C. Hall.
5, "Webster's Mills. — Nina B. Croning.
6, Mosquito Pond. — Olive A. Rowe.
SPECIAL TEACHER.
Music. — J. J. Kimball.
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MEMBERS OF TRAINING SCHOOL, NOT YET EMPLOYED AS REG-
ULAR TEACHERS, WHO ENTERED FALL OF 1886, AND WILL
RECEIVE DIPLOMAS OF GRADUATION, JAN. 27, 1888.
Cora B. Gilford,* Genevieve B. Knight,t
Emma L. McLaren,* Theodora Richardson, f
Lettie M. Smith,f Mary J. Walsh, f
OTHERS, NOT HERE EMPLOYED IN TEACHING, WHO HAVE
CERTIFICATES OF QUALIFICATION.
Maud Bell, Fannie L. Perry, Fannie E. Smith, Etta
C. McLaren, Martha T. Learnard, Lizzie M. McAfee,
Hattie J. Hoyt, Eleanor H. Kirk, Elvina Davis, and
"William S. Harris. All certificated for Grammar and
lower grades.
Fannie L. Sanborn, Helen W. Poor, Belle F. Small,
Hattie M. Ellis, Hattie E. Merrill, and Alithea M.
Hutchins. Certificated for Middle and Primary grades.
JANITORS.
Webster Street and Blodget Street.
Michael Finley, Pearl, near Chestnut Street. $400.
High School, Ash Street, and Wilson Hill.
John S. Avery, 404 Merrimack Street. $600.
Franklin Street and Lincoln Street.
William Stevens, 418 Central Street. 8600.
Spring Street and Lowell Street.
William H. Morrill, 45 Pennacook Street. $350.
* Certificated for Grammar and lower grades.
t Certificated for Middle and Primary grades.
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Merrimack Street and Beech Street.
Edward P. Cogswell, 218 Central Street. $250.
Piscataquog Schools (Main Street, School Street, and South
Main Street).
Albert T. Barr, 73 A Street, West Manchester. $525.
Bakersville School.
H. C. Dickey, Bakersville. $250.
XII. — School Year, 1888.
Winter term of twelve weeks opens January 2, closes
March 23. Vacation of three weeks.
Spring term of eleven weeks opens April 16, closes
June 29. Vacation of ten weeks.
Fall term of fourteen weeks opens September 10, closes
December 14. Vacation of two weeks.
REPORT
CITY SOLICITOR
REPORT OF THE CITY SOLICITOR.
To His Honor the Mayor, and the Gentlemen of the City
Councils :
The City Solicitor reports as follows as to the doings in
his office for the year 1887 :
Of the cases upon the law docket of the Supreme
Court upon his entering the office, last January, the fol-
lowing have been disposed of:
Manchester vs. Richardson.
This was entered " Neither party," on payment by the
defendant of a sum equal to the plaintiff's costs. The
case could not be tried, owing to the death of one neces-
sary witness and the ignorance as to the whereabouts of
others.
Emery vs. Manchester.
Entered " Judgment for the plaintiff by agreement ;
judgment satisfied." This case had some merit in it, and
the amount paid did not exceed the expenses of a trial.
Frain vs. Manchester.
Entered "Judgment for the defendant; no costs."
Manchester vs. Nutt.
Entered " Neither party," owing to the fact that the
amount involved would not have covered the expense of
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trying it, even if the city was successful, and the issue of
the numerous legal questions raised by it was so doubt-
ful, that it was deemed best to go no further with the
matter. Nothing was paid by either party.
Clark, Admr., vs. Manchester.
Tried by jury at the March term, and the trial resulted
in a verdict of $4,420.09 for the plaintiff. Exceptions
were taken by the defendant, and the case is still pending
in the law term.
Bodwell vs. Manchester.
This case still stands upon the docket.
A large number of claims have been presented to the
city government during the year, and in each instance the
facts connected therewith were immediately investigated.
The Solicitor has attended every meeting of the Commit-
tee on Claims, to which they were referred. Without
going into detail, the claims were all heard by the com-
mittee, and so adjusted that in no case has a suit yet been
brought against the city upon any claim arising during
the year 1887.
But for personal injuries received in 1886, three suits
for damages were entered at the March term,, and one at
the September term, 1887. They are as follows, viz. :
Elvira H. Jillson vs. Manchester.
Plaintiff claims $2,000 for injuries alleged to have been
caused by the defective condition of Spring street, on
November 14, 1886.
Jessie Quigley vs. Manchester.
In this case $2,000 damages are sued for, on account of
falling on the ice in Methodist court, December 9, 1886.
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Nancy 0. Savory vs.- Manchester.
Claim is made that the plaintiff fell, owing to the icy
condition of Middle street, on January 27, 1886, and was
injured, $2,500 being claimed as damages.
James Neal vs. Manchester.
Plaintiff sues for damages to recompense him for in-
juries alleged to have been received on account of a defect
in Hanover street, in front of the Post-Office block, on
July 9, 1886.
There are also pending in the Supreme Court : On the
sessions docket, a petition for a new highway in Halls-
ville, which was filed in court, February 13, 1886, and
has not yet been heard ; and upon the equity docket,
the following petitions : Of Fred P. Danforth, filed Sep-
tember 8, 1886, for damages alleged to have been caused
by turning water on the plaintiff's land from Park street ;
and of Sarah B. Bean, Clara Moore, and J. G. Kelsea, for
leave to file notices of claims for damages for personal
injuries alleged to have been caused by defective high-
ways, the first two in December, 1886, and the last in
April, 1887.
At the March term, a writ, Manchester vs. the "West-
ern Union Telegraph Company, was entered. This suit
seeks to recover the amount of the judgment against the
city in the case of Sykes vs. Manchester. The defendant
company had the case transferred, as a matter of right,
to the United States Circuit Court, where it is still
pending.
In the same court, a new suit on account of using the
" Knibbs valve " was entered against the city at the Octo-
ber term. In this matter, Manchester has united with the
other cities of the State, which have had similar suits
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begun against them, in. defending, and has employed
Hon. W. L. Foster, of Concord, as counsel, and he has
full charge of the case for the city.
The Solicitor would state that the attending to the
cases in court constitutes but a small part of his duties.
The investigation of accidents, the looking after the mat-
ters which come before the Committee on Claims, and the
advising of the various city officials as they call for it, take
up much more time than this. The Solicitor has attended
the police court, whenever the marshal has so requested,
and given him all the assistance required ; also, there
were several matters before the legislature at its recent
session, at the hearings of which the Solicitor appeared,
at the request of his Honor the Mayor, or of the Board
of Mayor and Aldermen, before various legislative com-
mittees.
The Solicitor would acknowledge his obligation to the
various city officials, especially to his Honor the Mayor,
the Marshal, and the Committee on Claims, for their uni-
formly kind and courteous treatment, as their duties have
brought them together, and his hope is that his first year
in this office may prove as satisfactory to them as it has
been pleasant to him.
Respectfully submitted.
EDWIN F. JONES,
Solicitor.
REPORT
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
REPORT
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
lo the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the City of
Manchester :
In compliance with the ordinances of said city, the
Overseers of the Poor herewith present their annual report
for the year 1887 :
The whole number of paupers supported at the City
Farm during the year has been thirty, at a cost of four
dollars and sixty-four and nine-tenths cents per week for
each pauper.
The whole number of families that have received more
or less assistance off the farm during the year has been
one hundred and three, consisting of three hundred and
nineteen persons, all of whom have a settlement in this
city ; four of this number died during the year.
The whole number of persons supported at the State
Industrial School during the year has been six, at a cost
of one dollar and fifty cents per week for each person.
The whole number of insane persons supported at the
county farm has been two, at a cost of two dollars per
week for each person. Those two persons have been
pronounced by physicians incurable, and not safe to go
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into company with other paupers, and therefore cannot be
cared for at our city farm.
The Overseers of the Poor have given and allowed
seven hundred and sixty orders for support of paupers^off
the farm during the year, consisting chiefly of groceries,
fuel, medicine, and emergencies.
The amount allowed to the several wards is as'follows :
Ward 1
Ward 2
Ward 3
Ward 4
Ward 5
Ward 6
Ward 7
Ward 8
$151
44
240
73
590
18
691
84
1,772
98
302
50
46
00
226
90
t,022 57
MISCELLANEOUS BILLS ALLOWED FOR EMERGENCY CASES.
State Industrial School, board of
inmates $2,491 09
Josie Haft", board and care of in-
sane husband . . . . 99 20
William T. B. Pearsons, board and
care of insane wife . . . 11 33
Fred Wallace & Co., burial of Wil-
liam Cogswell .... 25 00
Town of Kingston, support of
William Coombs and wife . 220 00
William Ferrin and others, for
support of Emma J. Gray . 53 10
Joseph B. Pierce, for support . 138 95
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County of Hillsborough, support
of John J. Murray .
County of Hillsborough, support
of Asenath H. White
Printing and stationery
Team conveyance to city farm and
hospital ....
A. G. Fairbanks, care of H. W
Fisher ....
Medicine to police station
Town of Candia, support of Mrs
George H. Johnson .
City of Portsmouth, support of
William B. Coombs .
William H. Maxwell, expense ex
aminins; town records
$104 00
104 00
21 50
5 25
12
75
14
65
86
84
73
00
6
06
,466 72
Total amount allowed
Cash received from county of Hills-
borough for board of inmates
of Industrial School .
Cash received from city of Concord
for support of Emma J. Gray .
Total cash received
!,089 09
53 10
r,489 29
,142 19
Total cost for the year
i,347 10
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All of which is respectfully submitted.
WILLIAM H. MAXWELL, Ward 1, Clerk,
THOMAS L. QUIMBY, Ward 2,
JAMES SUTCLIFFE, Ward 3,
HORACE GORDON, Ward 4,
FRANK J. MORRISON, Ward 5,
CHARLES FRANCIS, Ward 6,
WILLIAM MARSHALL, Ward 7,
HORATIO FRADD, Ward 8,
Overseers of the Poor for the City of Manchester.
A true copy. Attest :
William H. Maxwell,
Clerk of the Overseers of the Poor.
REPORT
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON CITY FARM.
REPORT
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON CITY FARM,
To the City Councils of Manchester :
Gentlemen, — Your committee, in making their annual
statement, have to report that several important changes
have been made at the City Farm during the past year,
prominent among which are the 'resignation of Jeremiah
Garvin as superintendent, and Mrs. Garvin as matron,
the election of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Willey to fill the
vacancies so made, the discontinuance of the milk route,
and the sale of the stock connected with the milk route.
Mr. and Mrs. Garvin were tendered similar positions
as those by them occupied for the city, at the Hillsborough
county farm in Wilton, and resigned from the City Farm
to accept these places. They seasonably handed their
resignations to your committee, and considering the facts
as presented, the same were accepted, to take effect Octo-
ber 1, 1887, and Mr. and Mrs. Willey were elected to the
offices vacated by them.
In the withdrawal of Mr. and Mrs. Garvin the city lost
faithful and efficient officers, but we are fully satisfied of
the ability of the succeeding superintendent and matron
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to successfully manage the farm, with its various duties
and responsibilities, for the best interests of the city.
The change of officers came at such a time in the year
that but few new plans of operation could be put in force,
although considerable was done in breaking up new land,
clearing other land, and building stone wall. A system
of cleaning the vaults was inaugurated by Mr. Willey by
which the contents are carried from the buildings, by
pipes, to a large tank in the ground east of the house, and
by an ingenious arrangement this tank, by the raising of
a gate, can be emptied directly into a cart and transferred
to any part of the farm. This system does away with
the old arrangement of the frequent cleaning of the vaults
by hand ladle, requiring a great deal of time and labor.
Arrangements have been made for the introduction of
steam to the clothes-boilers in the laundry, and to a set
kettle in the kitchen for boiling purposes, using the steam
from the heating boiler. This can be done at a nominal
expense, and will be a great saving of fuel.
The superintendent was instructed to cause a partition
to be put across the large room directly east of the office,
making two rooms amply sufficient for the use of two
insane paupers. This was made necessary on account of
the habits of one of these paupers, who has previously
been confined in the men's dining-room, to the great in-
convenience of both the occupants and the superintendent.
Each door in the prison part of the house has been
numbered by the superintendent, adding another con-
venience to the employes and inmates.
A great many improvements are planned for the next
year which can be made with very small expense, and we
feel confident that our next annual report will prove very
satisfactory to the citizens and tax-payers of Manchester.
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Following is a recapitulation of our appraisal and state-
ment of accounts for the year ending December 31, 1887 :
APPRAISAL.
Live stock .....
. $1,322 00
Hay, grain, and produce
. 1,708 65
Carriage, sleighs, etc. .
684 20
Farm implements .
. 1,123 25
Household furniture, bedding, etc.
. 1,663 59
Provisions and fuel . .
564 60
STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS, 1887.
Total cash paid out
Interest . . .
Total receipts of farm
Bills receivable
Permanent improvements
Difference in stock (less)
$7,066 29
$7,489 85
1,000 00
$8,479 85
4,004 71
$4,475 14
171 70
$4,303 44
216 75
$4,086 69
4,676 95
$8,763 64
Cash paid City Treasurer, 1887, $1,404.49.
Total number of weeks' board of prisoners and paupers,
l,967f
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Average cost of board per week for each individual,
$4.64^.
It will be noticed that the expense of board of prisoners
and paupers per week is considerably larger than for some
years past, but this is accounted for in the appraisal. As
will be seen by the above statement, the difference in
appraisal of live stock from last year is $2,124.45. This is
caused partly by the sale of cows when the milk route
was discontinued. One horse has died during the year
from old age.
The total amount of the appraisal falls below that of
the year 1886, and this is due to the fact that your com-
mittee, instead of following the previous system of ap-
praisal, viz., deducting from ten to fifteen per cent from
the amount of former appraisals of such stock and goods
as depreciate in value by reason of age and use, examined
the property, and, regardless of other valuations, appraised
it at what we considered its actual value at the time.
These two reasons, the sale of stock and actual valuation,
fully account for such a large difference in the cost of
weekly board.
In connection with this matter, attention should also be
called to one other item, that is, the failure of the potato
crop. Whereas in December, 1886, the farm had on hand
six hundred bushels of potatoes appraised at fifty cents
per bushel, — three hundred dollars, — in December, 1887,
there were only five bushels on hand, valued at one dollar
a bushel, — five dollars. This should be attributed to the
fault of no one, as the same difficulty with the crop pre-
vailed universally in this section of the country.
It is the purpose of your committee and the superin-
tendent to make a better showing in the vegetable depart-
ment the coming year than has been done previously.
We wish to call the attention of your honorable board
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and of our citizens to the class of labor with which we
have to contend at the farm. Outside of two or three
men employed as overseers, the male help consists of
paupers and short-term prisoners. Of course little labor
can be got from the paupers, and the majority of prison-
ers are sent for ten-day terms, many on their arrival being
totally unfit, from the effects of liquor or for other reasons,
for physical labor, and by the time they recover a
healthy condition their term has expired. This is a con-
dition of affairs for which there is probably no remedy;
but it should be considered in comparing our City Farm
with other institutions having long-sentence prisoners.
Of course such labor is of little value compared with that
on private farms, where competent men are employed for
pay.
Your committee respectfully request the members of
your board, and citizens generally, to visit the City Farm
as individuals and personally inspect the books and man-
agement of the institution.
Respectfully submitted.
GEORGE W. CHENEY,
LEONARD P. REYNOLDS,
GEORGE S. CLOUGH,
GUY F. WHITTEN,
THOMAS P. RILEY,
Joint Standing Committee on City Farm.
RE PORT
COMMITTEE ON CEMETERIES.
REPORT
TRUSTEES OF CEMETERIES.
VALLEY CEMETERY.
The Sub-Trustees of the Valley Cemetery respectfully
submit the following report for the year 1887:
RECEIPTS.
Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1886
Appropriation for 1887
For tomb fees
water rents
grading lots .
care of lots
opening graves
extending water to private
grounds
grass sold
amount overdrawn
$244 96
1,500 00
108 00
190 00
392 50
330 00
230 50
66 00
8 00
5 37
EXPENDITURES.
Paid C. H. G. Foss, superintendent $708 54
Luther Leavitt, labor . . 301 12
' C. "W. Noyes, labor . . 288 77
12
5,075 33
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Paid James Barrett, labor
Jacques Bilodeau, labor
C. French, labor .
Michael Falvy, labor
Y. French, labor
C. H. Oilman, labor
District No. 2, breaking roads
Sewers and drains, for brick
Water Commissioners .
J. B. Varick Co., phosphate
and seed. .
Killey & Wadleigh, hoes and
rakes
Manchester Hardware Co.
sundries
T. A. Lane, pipe .
O. D. Carpenter .
Dodge & Straw
C. L. Mead .
W. H. Vickery .
Palmer & Garmon
J. G. Ellinwood .
Temple & Farrington .
Heath & Stevens, stone
F. S. Bod well, stone .
M. Harrington, manure
J. Hodge, window frame and
sash .....
B. W. Robinson, mason-work
H. H. Huntress, flowers and
shrubs ....
E. A. Parkhurst, trees .
J. J. Abbott, painting .
James R. Carr
$271 09
90 00
44 67
24 00
17 50
10 67
11 25
53 10
83 25
24 80
5 49
20
21
8
15
1
40
5
40
7
25
1
50
3
77
7
00
3
70
14
72
11
81
10
50
18
25
40
28
58
25
27
00
17
08
4
35
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Paid Pettee & Adams, lime and
cement ....
$8 15
F. X. Chenette, teaming and
stone ....
10 50
D. H. Varnum & Co., loam .
17 50
L. M. Aldrich, building
bridge ....
59 75
Taylor & Flanders, plank
19 55
Clark Brothers, teaming
52 00
Pike & Heald, labor and pipe
192 48
J. W. Kimball, teaming and
loam ....
125 87
Head & Dowst, remodeling
house ....
' 394 66
!,075 33
For many years the want of a suitable place in which
to store fuel, wheelbarrows, rakes, hoes, and tools has
caused great inconvenience, and, in order to have what
was desired, your trustees concluded to remodel the
house used as a reception-room for visitors, by raising
it and making a cellar under the entire building, with
brick walls, and also add to the building a superinten-
dent's office, with water-closets in the rear, well supplied
with water and drained to the brook, thus leaving what
was formerly the whole building for a reception-room,
well supplied with suitable furniture.
The lower bridge over the brook, used for carriage
travel, having become rotten and deemed unsafe, has
been replaced by a new one.
The improvements inaugurated in former years have
been continued by Mr. Foss, the superintendent.
In three previous reports of this committee, attention
has been called to the necessity of a new receiving
tomb, and it is understood an appropriation for that
purpose is receiving consideration by the finance com-
mittee of the City Councils.
Submitted to full board, Feb. 1, 1888, and approved.
CHARLES W. QITIMBY,
JOSEPH QUIRIN,
GEO. C. GILMORE,
BUSHROD W. HELL,
DAVID 0. FURNALD,
Sub- Trustees Valley Cemetery.
PINE GROVE CEMETERY.
The Sub-Trustees, referring with pride to the record of
the Pine Grove Cemetery in the past and to their aus-
picious predictions in earlier reports, are happy to be able
to assure the city government and the citizens of Man-
chester that the year 1887 has been no exception to its
annual improvement and ability to fulfill the require-
ments of its increasing list of patrons. The year past
has demonstrated in an unusual degree the fact, that the
city fathers have inaugurated here a necessity for the
growing demands of our city concerning the interment
of its sacred dead; that by its wise and liberal appropri-
ations it has thus far accomplished what it has sought,
in view of the apparent ultimate failure of all other
places of burial in our city to furnish the needed facili-
ties. The proprietors of many of the best lots in the
Valley Cemetery, once an object of rare beauty and full
of auspicious hope to a prosperous village just bursting
into cityhood, but now suffocated by the growth of a
laboring population and the encroachments of mechani-
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cal industries, are seeking the benefits of the modern
facilities assured by the official determination t^at no
cemetery in New England shall possess in larger degree
the ability to rob death of its torments and make for rel-
atives and friends a sacred place of consoling resort.
Each year in the progressive era of the Pine Grove an
increasing tendency is manifest to appropriate the loveli-
ness of this sacred spot, dedicated by nature and art to
the fulfillment of our noblest and best impulses, in the
trying times which are the common lot of frail humanity.
The sub-trustees are not unmindful of the fact, that the
prosperity of the cemetery during the past year is largely
due to other influences than persistency in the discharge
of their duties. For various unavoidable reasons, the
work of permanent improvements in many of the direc-
tions which have received the attention of the sub-
trustees, has been retarded, and much yet remains to be
accomplished. The physical disability of Colonel Whit-
man to inspire and work out the many schemes which
his admirable judgment and enthusiastic love for the
work of his position had suggested to him, has been
seriously felt. The trustees are particularly fortunate in
the assistance which they receive from the present super-
intendent, whose experience, faithfulness, and fidelity to
their instructions insure their confidence and the success
of their plans. Unfortunately, now and then he incurs
the criticisms of persons who forget that he is the ser-
vant of the trustees, and who have not courage to present
their complaints to the board, who alone are responsible
for the instructions he follows, and who will censure him
for disobedience as heartily as they will commend and
defend him for executing their commands.
Section 13 of the "Rules and Regulations" is none the
less the expression of the bottom-rock of the desire of
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the board because it is at the end of the list, but when it
requests the co-operation of proprietors of lots, and
notice of any " violation of duty, misdemeanor, or want
of attention and courtesy on the part of any officer or
employe," it means that the public rights shall be fully
and impartially sustained, according to the standard of
the board ; and the fact that in four years of service since
the promulgation of the rule no complaint from any
quarter has been officially presented to the board, is the
strongest evidence of their integrity, faithfulness, and
acceptability which could supplement the primary ap-
proval of the board.
The board takes occasion again to remind the public
that its " by-laws and rules and regulations," are published
in pamphlet form, for the information of proprietors, un-
dertakers, marble-workers, and the public generally, which
may be had for the asking. If errors exist therein, con-
vince the sub-trustees, not the superintendent, and they
will be amended and improved. Until then, they will be
literally and fully enforced, or the sub-trustees will be
deceived.
FINANCIALLY
the Pine Grove Cemetery has maintained its record of
progress and substantial development. While permanent
improvements have been fewer than usual, the attention
of the employes has been especially directed to general
improvements, and a vast amount of work has been
accomplished, not at once perceptible to the visitor.
Fully $3,000 has been judiciously and carefully ex-
pended for labor and the use of teams, yet, notwith-
standing the large amount of work thus accomplished,
such is the public appreciation of wdiat has been done in
recent years, that the receipts of the grounds are fully
sufficient to defray the necessary current expenses.
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The city is called upon, therefore, to make annual appro-
priations for such permanent improvements alone as will
adapt it to the growing requirements of our city, and
make it so necessary and attractive to our citizens as to
enlist their interest and assistance in properly developing
its hidden beauties.
A brief synopsis of the work of the year may not
prove profitless.
AVENUES.
The introduction of water and sewage pipes through
many of the most-used and best-surfaced avenues has
made it necessary to spend upon them an unusual amount
of labor, not alone to restore them to their former con-
dition, but in many cases this necessity has been made
the occasion for regrading and graveling, and this work
has been extended during the past year to embrace
avenues not before graveled and to the laying out of new
avenues, covering a distance of more than a thousand
feet. By reason of the reclaiming and work preparatory
to laying into lots of as fine a location as the original
cemetery contains, — the beautiful crown of land in its
southwest corner, — Maple avenue has been extended
nearly seven hundred feet and thoroughly graded, ready
for gravel the coming spring. This avenue not only
opens a most desirable plot for ordinary lots, so much
needed and which will find a ready market, but it affords
a more direct and better means of access to the new pub-
lic grounds, where fifty-six interments were made the
past year.
Some four hundred loads of surplus material were used
in filling the low land on the east side of this avenue,
and, although not a sufficient quantity was furnished for
the completion of the fill, enough available material is in
the immediate vicinity to make this locality the most
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desirable in the cemetery, with the opening of spring.
Olive avenue has been laid out and graded, extending
from Beech to Cypress avenue.
"When it is considered that nearly four miles of avenues
are in constant use, and that it is the purpose of the
trustees as rapidly as possible to grade and gravel the
whole of them, it will be no wonder that the item of
" labor and teaming" is the largest among all the expen-
ditures of the grounds. In addition to this, the number-
less paths must be cleared of weeds by numerous hoe-
ings during the season, which have received due attention
the past year. One hundred and ninety-seven loads of
gravel have been drawn, and used in the improvements
made on the avenues. In all, two hundred and forty
loads of gravel have been drawn, and used in the ceme-
tery the past year.
NEW LOTS.
Beside the labor incident to breaking up, grading, and
clearing of stumps and bowlders the large tract of land
on Maple avenue before referred to, and which is readily
available for the use of the public, a tract of land
south of the lawn lot near the east entrance to the ceme-
tery has been laid out into lawn lots, where no deposit is
required, and sixty-six lots have been added to those
already laid out. The popularity of this style of lots
compels a continued expenditure to prepare unreclaimed
land for this purpose.
HILLSIDE LAWN.
Much has been expended upon this plot of land, in
addition to the income from the fund created by the
required deposit of twice the price of the lot as a fund
to care for its preservation indefinitely.
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The beauty and attractiveness of this delightful spot are
being rapidly enhanced by the erection, on lots already
sold, of monuments of great value and rare artistic
beauty, and the increasing demand for these lots attests
the success of this method of providing for their per-
petual care. Ten of these lots have been sold during
the past year. A reference to the report of the Trustees
of Cemetery Funds, will show the condition and manage-
ment of this fund.
LOAM AND MUCK.
Great difficulty has been experienced in the ability
of the trustees to procure all the loam which is required
for the successful administration of this sandy area.
Its necessity need not be rehearsed. Some means must
be devised to provide a more liberal supply than we
have had at our command the past year.
The supply of muck from the " Straw lot " has proved
to be of great utility when properly cured by exposure.
During the past season but little was attempted in
the direction of getting out muck, on account of the
unfavorable season and the amount on hand. One hun-
dred and fifty-eight loads of loam have been used, eighty-
three in grading and preparing public plots and seventy-
five in regrading old lots. One hundred and twenty
loads of muck have also been used in grading.
t
STOKEHOUSE.
The most important work in the line of permanent
improvements is the erection of the long-desired store-
house, and the improvement of the grounds in the rear
of the superintendent's office, upon which the same is
situated. It is admirably conceived for the purposes
for which it is needed, and possesses the added charm
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of beirfg ornamental as well as useful. Five hundred
and ninety-one dollars and thirty cents have already
been expended in construction, and there is an unpaid
balance of one hundred and forty-six dollars and eighty-
two cents now due. In this storehouse closets for the
use of lot-owners who desire to store tools or hose can
be obtained by the payment of a moderate rental, on
application to the superintendent.
PUBLIC TOMB.
This matter has been so thoroughly discussed in for-
mer reports, and upon multitudinous occasions when the
pressing need of such a temporary place of interment
called the matter in question, that further advocacy of
its absolute necessity would be idle. Indeed, its im-
portance is universally admitted. The trustees are en-
couraged to believe that the present year will witness
the fulfillment of their hopes in this respect, and that
the wisdom and prudent judgment of the city govern-
ment will not suffer the inauguration of its construction
to be longer delayed for want of an appropriation for
that purpose. To defer it, is to seriously impede the
growth of the Pine Grove Cemetery ; to force its patrons
to bury on their lots in the winter at great expense,
inconvenience, and peril-to health; to require the keeping
open of four miles of avenues under all circumstances,
or compel its patrons to inter their dead in a locality
having now few qualifications to lure the grief-stricken
with its restful quiet and soothing surroundings.
APPROPRIATIONS.
The trustees have heretofore called the attention of
the city government to the immediate needs of the Pine
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Grove Cemetery in detail, with an estimate of the appro-
priations required therefor. It would be but a needless
repetition were they to adopt that course at this time.
The receipts from the earnings of the grounds should
be hereafter sufficient to pay running expenses, and
appropriations should be devoted to the necessary en-
largement to meet the growing demand for lots and to
such permanent improvements as it is thought advisable
for the city to invest in.
We make the following suggestions :
IRON FENCE.
The entire west side and a portion of the north end
of the original cemetery lot are inclosed in a substantial
iron fence. The other half of the old lot and the whole
of the new purchase, known as the " Straw Lot," are
either unfenced, or, what is worse, struggling to keep
inside of a lot of rotten, rickety old boards and posts,
once a poor apology for a public fence, but now name-
less and useless.
In 1886 new fence to the value of $1,300 was put
up, $517.25 of which was paid in 1887 out of the unex-
pended balance of the year before. A small appropri-
ation each year for this purpose would in time accom-
plish permanently inclosing the entire area.
WATER-WORKS.
No extension has been made during the past year,
but the laying out of the new lots in progress, and to
be completed with the opening spring, will soon neces-
sitate the laying of more pipes, for which provision
must be made by other means than current receipts.
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SEWER.
The success of the scheme inaugurated in 1886 for
the draining of the low places proves so successful that
its continuation to a limited extent is recommended.
PLANS AND RECORDS.
Reference need only be made to the extended presen-
tation of this important subject in the reports of the last
two years. A personal inspection of the few detached
apologies for attempted plans, once made evidently for
temporary purposes, but now worn out and defaced by use
and indiscriminate additions, would shut out all need of
further comment. It is enough to say that there are
absolutely no plans locating the various avenues, walks,
paths, lots, lawns, and public grounds, and no available
means for locating particular lots or establishing their
ownership. To half do this important work would
avail nothing. When it is thought best to give the
trustees an appropriation, they will gratefully commence
the work and assure the city goverment that the be-
ginning was made none too soon to preserve what is
every day being wrapped in more intangible obscurity.
NURSERY.
The practice, established some time since, of setting
apart small and prominent plots of land for garden spots
and other decorative purposes, has found universal ap-
proval, and should be more liberally encouraged. The
nursery has proved quite satisfactory, but more could easily
be accomplished in this direction if the encouragement
should come in the form of a liberal appropriation for the
restocking of the nursery with young plants, shrubs, and
evergreens, and for loam and muck with which to grade
and establish these oases of beauty in that sandy desert.
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A WORD TO THE PUBLIC.
During the past year there have been 210 interments
in Pine Grove Cemetery. In every instance the interest
of the afflicted relatives and friends in the sacred places
where these interments have been made, has then been
seriously enforced upon the attention of the superin-
tendent; but, alas! in too many instances the lots are
speedily forgotten and persistently neglected. Weeds
are encouraged to overrun the place where, of all others,
an elegant sward or beautiful flowers should constantly
proclaim the freshness of memories enduring as time ;
headstones and curbings are tipped over; the earth
above the peaceful sleeper has sunken with its return
to dust; desolation and neglect reproach continually the
bad faith of the living, and publish their indifference.
This is the most obstinate obstacle with which cem-
etery managers are compelled to deal, and the obstacle,
shameful and unnatural as it may seem, generally gets
the best of it. The dismal, repellant, horrifying eye-
sores in the midst of the carefully kept and beautifully
adorned lots which stamp our modern cemeteries with
extreme beauty are seldom unsold lots, but almost
always the property of some one, who, for a trifling out-
lay or a little labor of his own, could relieve his neigh-
bors of a nuisance, himself from criticisms which his
own ears should hear, and place the general appearance
of the cemetery grounds where they never can be placed
but by the willingness of every proprietor to keep his
lot in a neat, attractive, and thrifty condition.
The superintendent will care for all lots, at trifling
expense, upon application, and the trustees urge upon
owners the better care of their lots for the general im-
provement of the cemetery grounds.
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CONGRATULATIONS AND REGRETS.
The election of Joseph L. Stevens to the position on the
Board of Trustees of Cemeteries, and his assignment to
the Pine Grove, are occasions for rejoicing that so capable
and enthusiastic a friend of the good work should be
intrusted with its responsibilities. "While we regret ex-
ceedingly the withdrawal of the valuable services and
wise counsels of our respected friend and associate, Col.
G. P. Whitman, made necessary by his physical disabilities
which force his retirement, we congratulate the city upon
securing the invaluable services of his former co-worker
and present successor. He knows all there is to know of
the needs of the Pine Grove Cemetery ; he is one of its
pioneer admirers, — of its most enthusiastic supporters ;
and everybody in Manchester knows that his election
means four years of hearty, sensible, and successful labor,
in conjunction with the other members, who are forbidden
by their modesty from publishing more than their deter-
mination to do all in their power to promote the future
interests of the charge committed to their trust, and to
keep their end up with the new arrival, whom we also
welcome.
In accordance with a custom which has seemed to please
patrons of the Pine Grove Cemetery, the sub-trustees
append the following tables of cemetery statistics for the
year ending December 31, 1887 :
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Superintendent's Account.
1887.
1886.
*
Superintendent's receipts at the cemetery for lots. .
" " for water and care of lots
$426.00
391.00
211.50
335.50
29.00
5.25
3S6.55
16.15
$511.00
373.50
99.50
286.75
45.00
" " from extra labor on lots..
" " from wood and timber...
" " for removal of bodies
11.75
259.26
60.50
$1,800.95
2.85
$1,740.18
6.01
Superintendent has paid sundry minor expenses.. .
Balance paid treasurer by superintendent
$1,798.10
$1,734.17
Miscellaneous.
Number lots regraded
" monuments erected
Lots sold on Hillside lawn
" unsold on Hillside lawn
" sold with lawn restrictions
" unsold with lawn restrictions ,
Ordinary lots sold
" " for sale ,
Number interments
" " on public grounds —
Total number lots sold
Whole number buried in public grounds
1887.
20
16
25
14
10
7
73
83
27
23
73
37
15
32
20
11
210
193
56
47
52
62
1,006
950
1886.
Receipts.
1887.
1886.
$1,762.40
2,500.00
426.00
1,372.10
1,591.80
$2,607.06
Appropriations for 1887
2,000.00
511.00
Balance of superintendent's receipts, less $2.85.
1,223.17
1,956.50
$7,652.30
$7,655.15
$8,297.73
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Current Expenses.
1887.
Salary of superintendent, at $2
Labor and teaming
Material and tools
Printing and stationery
Shrubs and flowers
Water rates
Telephone
Totals
$728.00
$728.00
2,251.16
2,399.90
84.74
175.23
68.02
40.96
84.75
49.15
300.00
300.00
50.65
$3,567.32
$3,738.59
Permanent Improvements.
Iron fence ,
Furnishing and painting house
Loani and turf
New storehouse
Laying out "Straw lot"
Total
1887.
$517.25
76.47
40.02
591.30
32.90
$1,257.94
Total current expenses
Permanent improvements
Balance on hand
Total
$3,567 32
1,257 94
$4,825 26
.$2,827 04
$7,652 32
HORACE D. GORDON,
GEORGE W. BACON,
HENRY H. HUSE,
G. P. WHITMAN,
JAMES A. WESTON,
Trustees of the Pine Grove Cemetery.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
To the Trustees of Cemeteries:
Gentlemen, — I herewith present to you my annual
report of the money received by me during the year end-
ing December 31, 1887, on account of cemeteries:
PINE GROVE CEMETERY.
Number of lots sold and deeds delivered during the
past year, 46.
Cash received for the same .... $2,017 80
from B. A. Stearns . . . 1,372 10
5,389 90
VALLEY CEMETERY.
Cash received from C. H. G. Foss . . . $1,325
I have in my possession twenty-five deeds ready for
delivery, which I think will all be taken, with perhaps
one or two exceptions. These parties have left town and
I can get no trace of them, having written to each one
several times and in every case the letter has been re-
turned.
All money received by me has been turned into the city
treasury, for which I have the proper vouchers from the
City Clerk.
Most respectfully submitted.
SYLVANUS B. PUTNAM,
Treasurer of Trustees of Cemeteries.
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Manchester, 1ST. H., January 10, 1888.
I hereby certify that I have examined the account of
Sylvanus B. Putnam, treasurer of the cemeteries, and
find the same correctly cast and properly vouched.
NATHAN P. KIDDER,
City Auditor.
REPORT
TRUSTEES OF CEMETERY FUND.
To the City Councils of the City of Manchester :
Gentlemen, — The Trustees of the Cemetery Fund
have the honor to present herewith their eighth annual
report, together with the statement of the treasurer,
showing the present condition of the fund under their
control.
Nothing has occurred to change the condition of this
trust from what was expressed in the last annual report,
where it was said: "It is gratifying to note the steady in-
crease of means at the disposal of the trustees, thereby
stimulating the hope before expressed, that a more satis-
factory state of things will hereafter exist as to the con-
dition of lots under their care ; but too great results
must not be expected from the meager sum applicable for
these improvements. It will continue to be their aim to
expend the means at command in a faithful and judicious
manner."
Respectfully submitted.
JOHN HOSLEY, Mayor, ex officio,
P. C. CHENEY,
JAMES A. WESTON,
Trustees of the Cemetery Fund.
January 1, 1888.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
To the Trustees of the Cemetery Fund:
Gentlemen, — I herewith transmit to you the fifth
annual report of the funds received and expenses paid
to December 31, 1887.
VALLEY CEMETERY.
Amount of permanent fund on hand, as per
last report $2,050
Received during the year from I. S. & J. P.
Craige 100
Total $2,150
Interest on hand as per last report . $60 07
Interest received since last report . 95 00
Paid expenses as follows :
Valley cemetery, for care of lots . $49 12
Cash on hand .... 105 95
$155 07
$155 07
PINE GROVE CEMETERY.
Amount of permanent fund on hand, as per
last report $3,389 89
Received during the year from
John Hoyt . . . . $154 22
Mrs. Elizabeth S. Crosley . . 93 20
Mrs. M. A. Follansbee . .162 50
197
Mrs. S. R. Tewksbury
$275 57
James Kennard estate .
500 00
George G. Shute
149 00
Richard S. Eastman .
150 06
Mrs. Caroline P. Brown
100 00
Mrs. Anna B. Aldrich
149 00
Total .
Interest on hand, as per last
report
$57 99
Interest received since last r<
iport .
157 49
Paid expenses as follows :
C. C. Webster
$10 00
L. B. Bodwell & Co.
21 17
F. X. Chenette
14 38
J. B. Yarick Co. .
5 70
Cash on hand
164 23
PISCATAQUOG CEMETERY.
Amount of permanent fund on hand, as per
last report .......
Interest received since last report . $10 00
Cash on hand . . . . 10 00
L,733 55
.,123 44
$215 48
$215 48
$200 00
20 00
Most respectfully submitted.
SYL VASTUS B. PUTNAM,
Treasurer of Trustees of Cemetery Fund.
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This is to certify that I have examined the books of
accounts of Sylvanus B. Putnam, treasurer of the Trustees
of the Cemetery Fund, embracing the receipts and expen-
ditures for the year ending December 31, 1887, and that
I find the same correct and properly vouched.
I have also examined the securities in which said fund
is invested, and find as follows :
VALLEY CEMETERY.
Bonds of the city of Manchester,
1ST. H., 5 per cent . . . $2,150 00
Amount of permanent fund . . $2,150 00
PINE GROVE CEMETERY.
Bonds of the city of Manchester,
K H., 5 per cent . . . $5,100 00
Cash 23 44
Amount of permanent fund . . $5,123 44
PISCATAQUOG CEMETERY.
Bonds of the city of Manchester,
K H., 5 per cent .... $200 00
Amount of permanent fund . . $200 00
NATHAN P. KIDDER,
City Auditor.
R E PORT
TRUSTEES OF THE CITY LIBRARY.
REPO RT
TRUSTEES OF THE CITY LIBRARY.
To the City Councils of the City of Manchester :
The Trustees of the City Library present herewith their
thirty-fourth annual report of the affairs and condition of
the library, and accompanying the same the report made
to them by the treasurer of the board, showing the
amounts received and expenditures made by him, in behalf
of the board, of the funds under their control ; and also
the report of the librarian, which gives in detail the sta-
tistics and operations of the library during the year, and
the condition of the library and property in her care at
the close of the year.
From the report of the treasurer it appears that during
the year the sum of eleven hundred and fifty-three dollars
and thirty-four cents has been expended for the purchase
of books, and the sum of one hundred and sixty -live dol-
lars and eighty-three cents for the purchase of periodicals,
being a total expenditure for both these purposes of thir-
teen hundred and nineteen dollars and seventeen cents.
Of the amount expended for the purchase of books, the
sum of three hundred and sixty-seven dollars and thirty-
one cents was taken from the income of the Dean fund
and applied to the increase of that department of the
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library. The balance in the hands of the treasurer, at the
close of the year, of the amount appropriated by the City
Councils for the purchase of books, was seven hundred and
sixty-four dollars and fifty-nine cents.
The income of the Dean fund, with the accumulated
interest thereon, unexpended at the close of the year, was
four thousand nine hundred and seventy-six dollars and
twenty-eight cents. In the purchase of books from the
income of this fund, the trustees have followed the plan
originally adopted, and during the year have added to this
department of the library one hundred and thirty-eight
volumes of works on the arts and sciences, at an expense,
as above indicated, of three hundred and sixty-seven dol-
lars and thirty-one cents. These accessions have been
placed with those heretofore purchased and designated
as the " Dean Fund Purchase."
The accumulated income of the Mary E. Elliot fund at
the close of the year was two hundred and ten dollars
and seventy-nine cents. From the income of this fund it
is the design of the trustees to purchase medical works,
in accordance with the intent of the founder, as soon
as suitable arrangements can be made for their proper
shelving and classification.
The incidental expenses of the library for the past year
have been two thousand seven hundred and nineteen dol-
lars and three cents. The items of these expenditures
may be found in detail in the annual report of the city,
the bills for the same having been paid by the City Treas-
urer, upon the approval of the trustees, from the appro-
priation for the library.
The report of the librarian shows that the library has
been open for the delivery of books three hundred and
seven days, being the same number as during the year
previous. During this period the number of books deliv-
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ered for home use was fifty thousand three hundred and
thirty-five. In addition to this number, five thousand six
hundred and sixty-five books and magazines have been
delivered for use in the reading-room, making the total
number delivered during the year fifty-six thousand, an
average of one hundred and eighty-two per day.
As compared with the year preceding, the circulation
for home use is about thirty-seven hundred less, while the
number delivered for use at the reading-room compared
with the same year shows a slight increase. This decrease
in circulation may perhaps be accounted for in part, as
the librarian suggests, by the change that has taken place
in the character of our population, as well as by the pub-
lication of standard literature at cheaper prices and within
the means of those who have hitherto been borrowers.
The number of volumes in the library at the date of
the last report was twenty-nine thousand four hundred
and forty-nine. There have been added during the year
five hundred and forty-eight volumes by purchase, two
hundred and thirty volumes by donation, and eighty
volumes of periodicals have been bound, making the
number of bound volumes in the library at the close of
the present year twenty-eight thousand three hundred and
twenty-nine, and the total number, including maps and
pamphlets, thirty thousand three hundred and seven.
Sixty-nine volumes have been withdrawn from circula-
tion during the year, having become so worn and defaced
as to be of no further service. None of these have as yet
been replaced, but the trustees hope that they may be able
to do so before many months. It becomes more and more
difficult with each succeeding year to replace these worn-
out books in the same edition, as has been the custom
hitherto.
The number of different periodicals regularly received
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at the library during the year has been seventy-one, and
as the various volumes have been completed they have
been bound and placed upon the shelves for circulation.
A list of the books presented to the library during the
year, together with the names of the persons presenting
them, will be found annexed to the report of the librarian.
To those who have thus aided in the increase and useful-
ness of the library, the trustees return the thanks of the
city.
The City Councils having appropriated a sum sufficient
for the purpose, the trustees, in the early part of the year,
purchased of Mr. 8. C. Gould his valuable files of news-
papers published in this city, alluded to in the last report
of the board. These newspapers comprise files partially
complete from 1839 to 1862, and complete from 1863 to
1886. During the year these papers have been carefully
looked over and arranged in years and volumes, and when
found perfect have been sent to the bindery. Of the
newspapers that have been published regularly in the city
there will be about one hundred and forty-five complete
volumes, and in addition there will be about forty vol-
umes of perfect files of miscellaneous papers which have
been published in the city but now discontinued. These
papers, containing, as they do, a history of the growth
and prosperity of the city, are an important addition to
the library, the value and usefulness of which will
increase with time.
During the early part of the summer the Mayor received
a communication from Mr. J. Henry Stickney, of Balti-
more, Md., offering to donate to the library a framed oil
painting of the residence of the Hon. Samuel Blodget,
which formerly stood on the east bank of the Merrimack
River in this city. This offer having been accepted by
the Mayor, Mr. Stickney forwarded the painting to the
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library, and by direction of the trustees the same has been
suspended upon the walls in the reading-room. Subse-
quently, at a convention of the aldermen of the city and
the trustees of the library, the thanks of the city were
tendered to Mr. Stickney for his donation.
In July last, Mr. James E. Arthur, who for some time
had been employed as an assistant to the librarian, having
obtained a more lucrative position, tendered his resigna-
tion. Mr. Harvey E. Martin, who had formerly been
employed at the library, has temporarily taken the place
of Mr. Arthur.
The trustees are pleased to report that no circum-
stance has occurred during the year to disturb the har-
monious operation of the library, or to call for any
unusual action on the part of the board. The duties of
librarian have been discharged by Mrs. Buncher with the
same fidelity as in the past, and to the satisfaction of the
trustees.
In closing this report the trustees would again call the
attention of the City Councils to the pressing need of a
new catalogue of the library. The second volume of
the present catalogue was published nearly ten years ago,
since which time eight thousand and six hundred books
have been added to the library. The public have no proper
facilities of obtaining a knowledge of these accessions,
and unless such facilities are furnished it is useless to ex-
pect that the influence of the library in the community
can be greatly increased, or that it will accomplish the
purpose for which it was established. The publication of
a supplementary catalogue containing these accessions
would, perhaps, afford temporary relief, but would be of
doubtful expediency in view of the fact that complaints
are already made by the patrons of the library of the
annoyance and inconvenience experienced in the use of
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the two volumes of catalogues heretofore published.
The time, too, is rapidly approaching when the library
must be re-arranged and reclassified, and when this is
done a new catalogue of the whole library will be re-
quired. In their last report, the trustees expressed the
belief " that an entire new catalogue of all the books
in the library would best meet the needs of those fre-
quenting the library, and greatly extend its influence and
usefulness in the community." The consideration of
this subject during the year has only served to confirm
the trustees in the belief that in the end this course
would be the most economical and advantageous to pur-
sue for all concerned.
The trustees, therefore, hope that the City Councils will
give this subject their early attention, and appropriate a
sum, that, with the balance heretofore appropriated, will
be sufficient to enable the trustees to arrange for the com-
pilation and printing of a new catalogue.
February 17, 1888.
In Board of Trustees, read and approved, and ordered to
be signed by the chairman and clerk of the board, and
transmitted to the City Councils.
JOHN HOSLEY, Mayor.
Nathan P. Hunt, Clerk.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
To the Board of Trustees of the City Library :
The Treasurer of the Board presents the following
account of the receipts and expenditures by the board
of the funds received on account of the City Library :
1887. Dr.
Jan. 1. To balance of appropriation . $630 46
Mrs. M. J. Buncher, for cata-
logues, etc. ... 17 78
Mrs. M. J. Buncher, for bal-
ance of fines ... 68 41
appropriation for 1887 for
books 1,000 00
Jan. 1. balance of income of
Dean fund . $4,813 00
income of Dean fund 153 00
July 1. income of Dean fund 153 00
interest on accumu-
lation of income 224 59
$5,343 59
Jan. 1. To Mary E. Elliot fund $2,000 00
balance of interest
on Mary E. Elliot
fund . . .115 62
April 1. interest on Mary E.
Elliot fund . . 90 00
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April 1.
To interest on accumu-
lation of income
Mary E. Elliot
fund . . . |5 11
r
■ $2,210 79
$9,271 03
1887.
Or.
Jan. 5.
Paid New England News Co.
periodicals
$10 46
5.
S. C. Gould, books
2 00
8.
Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
books
32 00
12.
W. H. Thompson, Dear
L
fund, books
40 00
23.
L. A. Sawyer, books .
11 50
Feb. 2.
W. H. Briggs, Tr., books
5 00
4.
New England News Co.
periodicals
12 52
9.
Laughton, Macdonald & Co..
books .
21 90
9.
Chas. C. Soule, periodicals
5 00
10.
Laughton, Macdonald & Co.,
books .
4 50
14.
Chas. M. Moody, books
4 50
23.
Houghton, Mifflin & Co.,
books .
5 50
March 1.
Geo. H. Polley & Co., pe-
riodicals .
6 00
4.
¥m, H. Stevenson, period-
icals .
5 00
4.
New England News Co.,
periodicals
12 02
209
March 9. Paid Sampson, Murdock & Co.,
books .
9. John N. McClintock, books
April 1. Little, Brown & Co., books
1. Geo. E. Littlefield, books
1. D. Appleton & Co., books
5. New England NeWs Co.
periodicals
6. D. Appleton & Co., books
May 4. New England News Co.
periodicals
9. Laughton, Macdonald & Co.
books
24. Little, Brown & Co., books
June 4. New England News Co.
periodicals
22. Estes & Lauriat, books
25. Laughton, Macdonald & Co.
books
July 6. New England News Co.
periodicals
19. D. Appleton & Co., books
Little, Brown & Co., books
New England News Co.
periodicals
Little, Brown & Co., books
Estes & Lauriat, books
Estes & Lauriat, books
S. C. Gould, books
' New England News Co.
periodicals
20. Laughton, Macdonald & Co.
books
Aug.
3.
3.
5.
10.
Sept.
1.
7.
12.
$1 50
2 00
4 25
13 03
14 75
15 93
4 67
13 30
4
50
7
00
1
69
9
00
167 36
12
58
5
00
3
50
13
93
125
00
18
00
75
70
2
62
12 13
30 33
210
Oct. 3.
Nov.
Dec.
12.
19.
26.
29.
5.
6.
22.
31.
Paid New England News Co.,
periodicals
New England News Co.,
periodicals
Little, Brown & Co., books
Wm. H. Briggs, Tr., books
Estes & Lauriat, books
Geo. E. Littlefield, books .
New England News Co.,
periodicals
Laughton, Macdonald & Co.,
books ....
Little, Brown & Co., Dean
fund, books
Estes & Lauriat, books
By balance of appropriation
balance of Dean fund .
balance of Mary E. Elliot
fund and interest
$11 71
13
86
3
75
5
00
173
00
9
87
9
70
5
00
327
31
4
50
764 59
4,976
28
2,210
79
,271 03
The expenditures made for the incidental expenses
of the library for the year ending December 31, 1887,
the items of which appear at length in the annual report
of the city, have been as follows :
Services of librarian
.
$800 00
Services of assistant to librarian
289 75
Gas
259 04
Insurance
, .
]00 00
Binding
, .
106 11
Rebinding
.
178 52
Fuel .
.
605 86
Newspapers
.
300 00
Water .
.
16 00
211 '
Printing $11 00
Supplies 41 50
Incidentals ....... 11 25
$2,719 03
RECAPITULATION.
Balance Dec. 31, 1886 ....
. $1,153 00
Appropriation for 1887
3,800 00
$4,953 00
Paid trustees, purchase of books . $1,000 00
Paid incidental expenses . . 2,719 03
Balance Dec. 31, 1887 . . . 1,233 97
$4,953 00
Respectfully submitted.
NATHAN P. HUNT,
Treasurer of the Trustees of the City Library.
December 31, 1887.
We have examined the foregoing report, and find the
same correctly cast and properly vouched.
JOHN HOSLEY, Mayor,
L. B. CLOUGH,
Committee on Accounts of City Library.
December 31, 1887.
I certify that I have examined the several items of
receipts 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.
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
Gentlemen of the Board of Trustees :
I respectfully submit to you the thirty-fourth annual
report of the City Library, showing the work of the year
ending December 31, 1887.
Whole number of volumes Dec. 31, 1886 . 29,449
Accessions during the year :
By purchase .... 548
Donated 230
Periodicals .... 80
Whole number of volumes at present :
Maps ..... 16
Pamphlets .... 1,962
Bound volumes . . . 28,329
30,307
Number of periodicals and papers regularly
received during the year ..... 71
Number received by gift .... 12
Number of days open to the public . . 307
Days open for the delivery of books . . 307
Number of volumes delivered during the year
for home use ...... 50,335
Average per day 164
Largest number any one day, — March 12 . 435
213
Largest Dumber any one month, — March
Number of books, magazines, etc., used in
the library during the year
Average per day
Number of guaranties received during the
year .
"Whole number since new registration .
Number of cards returned to the library by
persons leaving the city
Number of cards used on deposit .
Postals sent to delinquents
Number of books unfit for longer use and
removed from the shelves .
Books lost, destroyed or injured, and paid for
Number of volumes repaired at bindery
Volumes repaired and covered in the library
Books returned, missing at former examina
tions .......
Balance of fines on hand Dec. 1, 1886 .
Amount received from Jan. 1, to Dec. 31, 1887
Amount paid for express, stationery
and other incidental expenses . $55.37
Paid N. P. Hunt, treasurer . . 68.41
Balance of fines on hand Dec. 31, 1887 .
Balance of cash on hand Dec. 31, 1886, for
catalogues and supplements sold and for lost
and injured books
Amount received from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 1887:
For 1 large catalogue at 75 cts. $0.75
For 1 small catalogue at 35 cts. .35
5,456
5,665
18.45
490
6,460
89
12
461
69
10
587
4,016
.41
107.12
$175.53
$123.78
$51.75
17.78
214
For 8 supplements at 15 cts. . $1.20
For 10 books lost or injured,
and paid for ... 12.05
$14.35
$32.13
Paid K P. Hunt, treasurer . . . . 17.78
$14.35
Balance of fines on hand . . . . 51.75
Total balance on hand . . $66.10
I am aware that in presenting another report for your
acceptance, it will appear in its general features a dupli-
cate of former ones. The work from year to year is so
uniform, and the changes so few, that it is difficult to pre-
sent anything especially new. The statistics for the past
year compare favorably with former ones, although the
circulation shows a decrease, as in 1886. Reports from
other libraries show the same conditions, especially in man-
ufacturing cities. In addition to the one cause given in
my last report, viz., the great need of a new catalogue,
two others have been suggested which undoubtedly have
their influence, — the constant increase of foreign popu-
lation (not a reading class), and the market so flooded by
cheap books (not necessarily cheap in character, but
good literature in cheap form), that many prefer to pur-
chase rather than borrow and return at the library.
There are at present in the library over one hundred cards
belonging to residents, not in use, and about the same
number have been returned by persons leaving the city.
Many of the patrons use their cards so spasmodically
that it is difficult to determine how many are in constant
use.
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The number of books, magazines, etc., delivered for
use in the reading-room is a little larger than last year,
and does not include the use of reference books consulted
in the interior department of the library. There is still
room for improvement in the deportment of many of the
young people who visit the reading-room. They seem to
forget it is a resort for quiet reading, and oblige us fre-
quently to call their attention to the fact.
The accession the past year by purchase is five hun-
dred and forty-eight. Of this number one hundred and
thirty-five belong to the " Dean Donation," and are books
of the same character as former purchases from the
Dean fund, viz., pertaining to science and the mechanic
arts.
The number of books donated and entered in the
accession book show somewhat less than the real num-
ber received, as it does not include a large number of
duplicate books sent us by resident gentlemen of our
city, mostly public documents.
The departments at Washington have, as usual, favored
us with a large number of public documents, and sent us
many valuable publications to fill vacancies. In exchange
we have returned to the same a large number of dupli-
cate documents to supply deficiencies in other libraries.
Of the seventy-one periodicals and papers regularly
received during the year, twelve were donations from
the several publishers, for which our sincere acknowledg-
ments have been returned.
The number of books taken from the shelves, literally
worn out, is about the same as last year, and there are
many still in circulation in a wretched condition and
ought to be withdrawn, but owing to their popularity
are suffered to remain until they may possibly be re-
placed.
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The covering and repairing of the books constitute no
inconsiderable part of the general work of the library.
The wear and tear are very great. Beside the five hun-
dred and eighty-seven rebound and repaired at the
bindery, four thousand and sixteen have been repaired
and covered at the library.
The number of books missing at the semi-annual
examinations was six : fiction, three ; bound magazines,
two; classical, one. The latter, we have reason to believe,
will be returned.
In conclusion, I would again return sincere acknowl-
edgments to the Board of Trustees for their continued
kindness and co-operation.
Respectfully submitted.
Mks. M. J. BUNCHER,
Librarian.
DONATIONS TO THE CITY LIBRARY
From January 1 to December 31, 1887.
Hon. James F. Briggs, Manchester, N. H.
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Ar-
mies during the Rebellion. Vol. 17, part 2; Vols.
18 and 19, parts 1 and 2. 4 vols. 1887. 8vo.
Hon. P. C. Cheney, Manchester, N. H.
Rambles in Europe. By L. A. Morrison. 1887. 12mo.
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REPORT
CHIEF ENGINEER OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
REPORT
CHIEF ENGINEER OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
.Engineer's Office, Vine Street,
Manchester, N. H., December 31, 1887.
To His Honor the Mayor, and Gentlemen of the City
Councils :
In compliance with the laws and ordinances of the city
I herewith submit the annual report of the Manchester
Fire Department for the year ending December 31, 1887.
Appended thereto will be found a detailed statement of
the list of fires and alarms that have occurred during the
year to which the department has responded, with the
amount of losses and insurance paid, as near as can be
ascertained ; an inventory of the property of the depart-
ment; rolls of the officers and members of the several
companies; number and location of the fire-alarm signal
boxes; location of hydrants, etc.
The department as a whole or in part has responded
to twenty-seven bell alarms and twenty-three " stills," the
latter having been conveyed to the central station by tele-
phone and otherwise.
In addition to the foregoing, a telephone call came from
Suncook, May 10, at 4.55 p. m., and through the courtesy
of Joseph W. Hildreth, of the Concord Railroad, special
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cars were soon in readiness, taking N. S. Bean Steamer
!Nb. 4 and a detail of ten men. On arriving at Suncook
the steamer was unloaded, but before reaching the village
word was sent that the fire was under control.
The aggregate losses within the city limits at the fires
to which the department has responded are $17,919, on
which insurance has been allowed to the amount of $13,-
111, leaving a net loss uncovered by insurance of $4,808.
ORGANIZATION.
The present organization of the department includes
one hundred and twenty members, as follows :
1 Chief Engineer.
4 Assistant Engineers.
5 Steam Fire-engine Companies, — 14 men each.
1 Horse Hose Company, — 20 men.
2 Horse Hose Companies, — 12 men each.
1 Chemical Engine Company, — 4 men.
1 Hook-and-Ladder Company, — 25 men.
In addition to the above is a volunteer hand hose com-
pany, formerly of twenty men, but at present of only six-
teen.
Early the coming season, and probably before this
report appears in printed form, Merrimack Hose Com-
pany No. 4 will be changed to Merrimack Steamer Com-
pany No. 3, an Amoskeag second-class engine having
been purchased a few months since, and horses and har-
nesses for the same within a few weeks, in accordance
with a recommendation made in my last year's report.
NEW ENGINE-HOUSE.
The Webster-street engine-house at the north end, a
substantial three-story brick building contracted for a
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little more than a year ago, is nearly or quite completed,
although not yet turned over to the city. It is thought
that by the tirst of April next this house will be furnished
with a steamer, hose-carriage, and all the necessary equip-
ments (an order having already passed to that effect), and
a company formed for the same. This will fill a long felt
want for this rapidly growing section of the city.
FIRE PROTECTION IN BLOCKS.
1 think there is no city of the size of ours where so
little attention is given to fire protection in business and
tenement blocks as in this. Aside from the mills and
buildings used for manufacturing purposes, there is
scarcely a block or place of business supplied with either
buckets, pails, axes, bars, fire-extinguishers, or hose, in
places easy of access, that might in many cases be used to
great advantage in the early stages of fires, where by
their use considerable damage might be saved. Most or
all of these can be supplied at no great cost, and they
would more than repay the expenditure incurred.
THE APPARATUS
as at present located, consists of —
2 Steam Fire-engines, Central Fire Station.
1 Steam Fire-engine and Horse Hose Carriage attached,
Korth Main street, 'Squog.
1 Steam Fire-engine and Horse Hose Carriage attached,
at corner of Lake avenue and Massabesic street.
1 Horse Hose Carriage, at Central Fire Station.
* 2 Hook-and-Ladder Trucks, at Central Fire Station.
1 Double Tank (60 gallons each) Chemical Engine, at
Central Fire Station.
*1 Reserve Truck.
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1 Supply Wagon, at Central Fire Station.
1 'Horse Hose Carriage, corner Maple and East High
streets.
1 Hose Wagon and 1 Steam Fire-engine (reserve) at
old engine-house on Clinton street, 'Squog.
1 Hand Hose Carriage, at junction of Old Falls road
and Front street, 'Skeag.
1 Two-wheeled Hose Carriage, Derry Mills, Goffe's
Falls, manned by men at the mills.
During September and October, the steamers, hose
carriages, hook-and-ladder truck, and chemical engine
were " touched up " and varnished.
THE FIRE-ALARM TELEGRAPH.
The main lines, of twenty-seven miles, are divided into
seven circuits, constructed of No. 12 hard drawn copper
wire, and consist of 1 automatic eight-circuit repeater,
46 signal boxes, 7 tower-strikers, 8 engine-house gongs,
8 indicators, 5 engineers' gongs, and 7 gongs and tappers
on the corporations.
It has worked quite satisfactorily, with but one or two
exceptions, and those were occasioned by the extreme
changes of temperature, causing some of the tower-strikers
to work slowly or not at all.
Considerable trouble has been caused by " dead " wires
carelessly constructed and left loosely hanging from poles,
buildings, and trees, causing " grounds " and " crosses." I
trust some action will be taken by the councils, not allow-
ing " dead " wires to remain suspended, as annoyances
from " live " telephone wires are liable to be frequent
enough.
There has just been completed, at an expense of three
thousand dollars, an " Individual," or Tapper, fire-alarm,
by putting 100 gongs into the residences of the firemen.
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This system is constructed of the same size and quality of
wire as the main lines, and contains about twenty-six
miles of wire. This addition will greatly increase the
electrical work of this department, it taking about 40
per cent more battery power than the main lines, and
contains more instruments. It will require constant and
careful attention to keep it in working order.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
I earnestly recommend two or three one-horse light
hook-and-ladder trucks, carrying lighter and shorter lad-
ders than the one at the central station, that such loca-
tions as 'Squog and Hallsville might be equipped without
necessitating the running of the heavy truck such distances
on first alarms. Some provision for ladders at the north
end ought to receive early attention, but this locality does
not require such immediate attention as the two first men-
tioned places.
The protective department, urged so many times by my-
self and my predecessors in office, is a long felt want, and
in many localities within our city limits would, in case of
fire, well repay the equipping of such a branch of the fire
service.
I hope the time is not far distant when permanent en-
gineers will be detailed to each of the steamers.
I would recommend that a veterinary be employed at a
stated yearly sum to visit all the horses weekly, and
oftener if necessary. Such an outlay, I have no doubt,
would well repay the city.
THE ANNUAL PARADE.
The eighth annual parade occurred on Tuesday, Octo-
ber 11, and was considered as successful as the preceding
ones, although the appropriation for the same is rather
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meager considering the department, with volunteer com-
pany in Amoskeag, numbers one hundred and forty
against one hundred and two when the parade was first
established, while the appropriation remains the same.
firemen's relief association
has received numerous donations from liberal-hearted
citizens who appreciate the services of our firemen as
well as the aims of the association.
The following is a statement of the treasury :
Balance on hand last year .... $1,531 21
Received for membership . . . . 10 00
for interest on deposits . . . 69 04
donation, Mrs. C. E. Balch . . ' 100 00
P. C. Cheney Co. . 25 00
Merrimack Hose Co.
No. 4 . . . . 25 00
Hon. G. B. Chandler . 25 00
Henry Chandler . . 25 00
Hon. P. C. Cheney . 25 00
Col. Waterman Smith . 20 00
Hon. Moody Currier . 10 00
Col. B. C. Dean . 10 00
Edwin F. Jones . 10 00
Josiah G. Dearborn . 10 00
From which have been paid :
Secretary's salary ....
Postal cards and printing
Benefit paid F. J. Dustin (on account
of accident) .....
Balance in treasury
$1,895 25
$25 00
2 25
20 25
$47 50
.,847 75
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"W". P. Emerson, of Hose jSTo. 4, is now on the sick list
from result of injuries, which will reduce the above
amount.
CONCLUSION.
The entire membership of the department desire to ex-
press their appreciation to General Charles Williams, for
his generosity in furnishing for the past two years all the
coffee (with milk and sifgar) that could be used at fires,
with the only limit of " be sure and have enough.'"
In responding to an alarm from box 36, November 23,
Steamer 4 was overturned in rounding the corner of Con-
cord and Vine streets, the engine damaged to the extent
of $156.75, and the driver, Frank J. Dustin, bruised so as
to be off duty for about three weeks. No blame is at-
tached to the driver, as he was doing his best to avoid a
collision with the many teams standing on the sides of
Concord street. It is remarkable that no more serious
damage was done to either himself, the engine, or other
teams.
Merrimack Hose Carriage No. 4, in responding to an
alarm from box 32, December 31, owing to the extremely
icy condition of the streets, overturned at the corner of
Lake Avenue and Maple streets, damaging the carriage
to the extent of only a few dollars, while the clerk of
the company, Mr. W. P. Emerson, who was on the reel,
received severe injuries to one knee that will probably
disable him for a number of weeks.
While we congratulate the department upon no more
serious accidents to its members during the year, we
are sorry to record the death of an aged lady, Mrs.
Margaret Fahey, who was struck by the horse of Hose
4, while laying a line of hose from a hydrant at the
time of an alarm from box 4, on the 30th of November.
238
E"o blame is attached to the driver, as the evening was
dark, and the lady was evidently crowded into the street
by the throng upon the sidewalk and was not seen by
him until struck by the horse.
At the beginning of the year, the call-members' pay
was increased $25, making their present salary $100,
This increase is well merited, as a majority of the mem-
bers have seen many years of fire service in the depart-
ment, and long and continued service in any one line
usually familiarizes one with their duties, and the better
fits them to perform them ; and I think there are but few
exceptions to this rule within our membership, thus
sustaining that efficiency long ago accredited to them.
In closing, I desire to convey to your honorable body
my sincere thanks for the courtesies received at your
hands ; to the assistant engineers, my full appreciation
for their promptness and willingness to aid at all times ;
to the officers and men, my heartfelt thanks for the
material assistance they have rendered in time of need;
to the police force, for assisting in preserving order at
fires, and their vigilance in discovering fires and pre-
venting needless alarms.
Respectfully submitted.
THOS. W. LANE,
Chief Engineer Fire Department.
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FIRES AND ALARMS DURING 1887, WITH
LOSSES AND INSURANCE PAID.
Sunday, January 2, 6.20 p. m. Still. Two-story tene-
ment block, Nos. 28-32 Bridge street, owned by Hon.
J. W. Fellows, occupied by Frank C. Shea as a saloon,
and several French families as tenements. Fire origi-
nated in tenement of P. B. Berube, and was confined
to the partitions. Chemical Engine, Pennacook Hose,
and Hook-and-Ladder responded, but the fire was ex-
tinguished by Chemical Engine Co. Damage, $75. In-
surance paid, $75. Cause, defective chimney.
Friday, January 7, 5.20 p. m. Box 7. Two-story tene-
ment block No. 33 Washington street, owned by William
Dunn, and occupied by Frank J. Dunn as a tenement.
Fire originated in a closet on first floor, and ascended
to the roof in the partitions. Apparatus present, Steam-
ers 1 and 4, Hose 1, Hook-and-Ladder 1, and Chemical 1.
Extinguished by Chemical Engine Co. Damage, $150.
No insurance. Cause, defective chimney.
Friday, January 7, 8.43 p. m. Box 53. Cottage house
at corner of Mast road and Mast street, 'Squog, owned
by Hiram S. Hoitt, and occupied by him and Frank H.
Davis. The fire originated around the chimney, in the
attic of east end of L, and communicated, under the roof,
to main building. Apparatus present, Steamer 2, Hose
1 and 3, Hook-and-Ladder, and Chemical 1. Damage to
Hoitt's house and furniture, $600; insurance paid, $600.
Davis, to furniture, $200 ; no insurance. Cause, defective
chimney.
Saturday, January 8, 9.20 p. m. Box 16. Church, cor-
ner of Concord and Union streets, owned and occupied
by First Baptist Society. The fire originated in the
basement, from an overheated furnace. Damage, $1,067.
Insurance paid, $1,067.
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Wednesday, January 12, 6.10 p. m. Box 4. Two-story
tenement block, No. 74 Lake avenue, owned by Hon. John
Hosley, and occupied by several families. Fire originated
in tenement occupied by John Downing, rear of No. 74,
and was merely some burning paper upon a table.
Caused by carelessness, and was extinguished before the
arrival of department. No damage.
Saturday, January 22, 5.25 p. m. Still. Five-story
brick block, corner of Elm and Hanover streets, owned
by John A. Riddle, occupied for stores, tenements, and
offices. Fire originated in basement of 889 Elm street,
occupied by Frederick H. Roberts, confectioner, caused
by kettle melting. Chemical Engine responded. Dam-
age, $6. Insurance paid, #6.
Sunday, January 23, 8.35 a. m. Box 81. Opera House
block. The fire originated in a partition between two
radiators, in rooms occupied by Charles Howard on the
second floor. Damage, $100. Insurance paid, $75.
Sunday, January 23, 12.05 p. m. Still. Two-story
brick block, corner of Elm and Spring streets, leased by
Higgins Brothers. Salvation Army barracks were full
of smoke, and word was sent to Central Station. Chem-
ical Engine responded. Nothing was discovered except
an open chimney hole, out of which poured smoke from
a stove on floor above.
Friday, January 28, 6.10 p. m. Box 71. Two-story
tenement block, No. 126 East Spruce street, owned by
E. M. James. Some children playing in attic of tene-
ment occupied by Mrs. Wilkins, overturned a lamp.
No damage.
Saturday, January 29, 5.57 a. m. Box 6. Three-story
tenement block at No. 49 Manchester street. Tenement
occupied by Edward Calfred. A person was filling a
kerosene lamp while burning, which caught fire, but was
extinguished without damage.
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Monday, January 31, 1.39 a. m, Box 15. Two-story
wooden building, No. 490 Chestnut street, owned by C. S.
Fisher, and occupied by Mrs. N. J. Davison as boarding-
house. Fire originated in basement near water-closet,
from some cause unknown. Apparatus present, Steamers
1 and 4, Hose 1, 2, 4, Hook-and-Ladder 1, and Chemical
1. Damage, $900. Insurance paid, $750.
Monday, January 31, 10.16 p. m. Still. Chemical En-
gine called for burning chimney at north end of Stark
block. No damage.
Wednesday, February 2, 4.43 a. m. Box 15. Three-story
wooden tenement block, Nos. 50-56 Pearl street, owned
by Charles C. Hayes, and occupied by fourteen families.
Fire originated in tenement occupied by Temple Pray, in
northern section of block. The building having a " bal-
loon " frame, was on fire from " cellar to garret " at one
and the same time, but was confined to the northerly sec-
tion. Apparatus present, Steamer 1, Hose 1, 2, and 4,
Hook-and-Ladder 1, and Chemical 1. Damage, $900.
Insurance paid, $750. Cause, unknown.
Friday, February 4, 2.25 a. m. Box 113. Three-story
wooden dwelling-house, corner of Myrtle and Russell
streets, owned and occupied by Dr. C. M. Dodge. The
fire originated in the cellar, probably from a misplaced
funnel of the furnace. Apparatus present, Steamer 1,
Hose 1, 2, and 4, Hook-and-Ladder 1, and Chemical 1.
Building nearly a total loss. Damage, $12,000. Insur-
ance paid, $8,572.
Sunday, February 6, 12.50 a. m. Box 314. Waste Mill
in Amoskeag Village, owned and occupied by P. C. Che-
ney Company. Apparatus present, Steamer 1, Hose 1,
Hook-and-Ladder 1, and Chemical 1. Damage, $500. No
insurance. Cause, spontaneous combustion.
Saturday, February 12, 8.03 a. m. Still. Chemical
16
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Engine was called to a burning chimney, No. 371 Chest-
nut street, tenement block owned by Isaac Huse. No
damage.
Monday, February 21, 9.50 p. m. Box 6. Four-story
brick block, Hanover street. Fire originated in millinery
store of Mrs. M. A. Barton, No. 49, from some cause un-
accounted for. Apparatus present, Steamer 4, Hose 1
and 4, Hook-and-Ladder 1, and Chemical 1. Damage,
$616. Insurance paid, $616.
Monday, March 14, 10.24 p. m. Box 4. Four-story
wooden tenement block, No. 571 Elm street, owned by
Blodgett & Clark, occupied by several families. A kero-
sene lamp exploded, burning Mrs. Julia Berry in such a
manner that she died in few hours. The flames were
extinguished without damage to building, before the
arrival of the department.
Wednesday, March 16, 3.50 a. m. Still. Four-story
brick block, No. 22 Concord street, owned by Riddle &
Chandlers. Kerosene lamp exploded in printing-office of
L. M. Beauregard, on second floor. Extinguished by
Pennacook Hose Co. No. 1. Damage, $90. Insurance
paid, $90.
Monday, March 28, 8.05 p. m. Box 23. Four-story
tenement block, No. 418 Union street, owned by Burke
& Gooley. Fire originated in room on second floor occu-
pied by Max Heirschfield for storage of dry goods. Ex-
tinguished with pails before arrival of department. Dam-
age claimed to be $50. Fully insured. Cause, unknown.
Thursday, April 7, 2.15 p. m. Box 313. Four-story
brick tenement block on McGregor street, owned by
Lewis K. Mead. Fire originated in a bed in tenement
occupied by Clement Malieu, from some cause unknown,
and was extinguished with pails before the arrival of the
department.
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Thursday, A}ml 28, 7 a. m. Still. Three-story tene-
ment block, No. 191 Hanover street, owned by Hon. Fred-
erick Smyth. Chemical Engine was called for a burning
chimney. No damage.
Thursday, May 19, 7.18 p. m. Box 5. Two-story wooden
tenement house, No. 60 Merrimack street, owned by Wil-
liam P. Merrill, and occupied by Victor Deslauniers,
where the fire originated in a closet, from some cause
unknown. Extinguished by Chemical Engine. Appa-
ratus responding, Steamers 1 and 4, Hose 1 and 4, Hook-
and-Ladder 1, and Chemical 1. Damage, $10. No insur-
ance.
Saturday, May 21, 7.50 p. m. Box 4. Three-story wooden
block, No. 24 Spruce street. Mrs. Ellen Knight was fill-
ing kerosene lamp, which exploded, burning her so that
she died in a few hours. No damage resulted to building
or furniture.
Monday, June 27, 9.20 p. m. Still. Chemical Engine
called for overturned lamp in a tenement in alley off
Bridge street. Extinguished without their aid. No
damage.
Wednesday, June 29, 12.35 a. m. Box 4. Four-story
brick hotel, corner of Elm and Granite streets, owned by
A. C. Wallace, and known as " Hotel Belmont." The
bed in room 38, occupied by Peter Collins of Bangor, Me.,
took fire from some unknown cause. Damage, $45. In-
surance paid, $45.
Tuesday, July 5, 2.45 p. m. Still. Shed in rear of
No. 28 Concord street, owned by Michael McCabe. Hose
1, Hook-and-Ladder 1, and Chemical 1 responded. Ex-
tinguished without damage. Cause, sparks.
Sunday, July 10, 9 a. m. Still. Chemical Engine
called to Church street, near Washington, for a burning
chimney. No fire, no damage, no cause for alarm.
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Monday, August 8, 1.48 p. m. Still. Chemical Engine
called to Morris block, corner Elm and Hanover, for a
smoky chimney. No damage.
Monday, August 8, 7.30 p. m. Still. Opera block, 24
Hanover street, store occupied by George Blanchet.
Dry goods; show window caught fire from gas jet. Ex-
tinguished with pails and by Chemical Engine. Damage,
$65. Insurance paid, $65.
Sunday, August 14, 9.49 p. m. Box 4. At 224 Chest-
nut street, in tenement occupied by Thomas Doherty,
a kerosene lamp was overturned in a drunken row,
and some excited individual pulled two alarms from
box, summoning the whole department. No damage
from fire.
Wednesday, October 12, 6.27 p. m. Box 4. Three-story
wooden block, corner of Spruce and Chestnut streets.
Fire originated in basement of ISTo. 76 Spruce street,
occupied by John Maloney, from stove. Damage esti-
mated at $10. No insurance. Extinguished without aid
of department.
Monday, October 24, 7.15 p. m. Still. Chemical Engine
called for a blaze about the forge in blacksmith shop
occupied by Chapman & Frye, No. 1186 Elm street. Ex-
tinguished before their arrival. No damage.
Tuesday, November 1, 5.40 p. m. Still. Chemical En-
gine called to No. 33 Washington street for burning
chimney, in block owned by Hon. Frederick Smyth and
occupied by James Cronin. No damage.
Thursday, November 3, 4.30 p. m. Still. Three-story
wooden block, No. 148 Manchester street, owned by J.
Trask Plumer. Fire originated in the attic, occupied by
Telesfore Paris, from matches in a closet. Extinguished
by Chemical Engine. Damage, $20. No insurance.
Friday, November 4, 7 p. m. Still. Chemical Engine
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called for a burning chimney in rear of Fremont block,
Manchester back street. No damage.
Wednesday, November 16. Still. Three-story brick
tenement block, corner of State and Central streets,
owned by Manchester Mills, and occupied by Nettie
Hardy. The fire originated from a burning chimney,
and ignited the woodwork. The fire department con-
nected with the mills put on two streams, and word was
telephoned to Central Station, and Chemical Engine re-
sponded. Damage, $50. Insurance paid, $50.
Thursday, November 17, 1.33 a. m. Box 3. Machine shop
and iron foundry, No. 329 Elm street, owned and occu-
pied by Charles H. Hutchinson. Fire originated in the
boiler-room in the basement, where it was confined, from
the boiler furnace. Damage, $25. Insurance paid, $25.
Wednesday, November 23, 3.45 p. m. Box 36. Two-
story brick block, No. 11 Canal street, owned by Amos-
keag Manufacturing Company. The fire originated in
the tenement occupied by Napoleon Lambert, and was
caused by entering the stove-pipe into the ventilating-flue
of the chimney. Entire apparatus responded, except
Steamer No. 4, which tipped over in turning corner of
Vine and Concord streets. Damage, $200. Fully insured.
Sunday, November 27, 12.02 a. m. Still. Chemical
called to D. W. Shea's, 28 Concord street,|for a burning
bed, caused by lamp explosion. Damage, $15. No insur-
ance.
Wednesday, November 30, 5.30 p. m. Box 4. Three-
story wooden tenement block, No. 76 Cedar street,
owned by F. G. Stark. The cause of the alarm was a
burning chimney, which was extinguished without dam-
age to building.
Saturday, December 10, 2.55 a. m. Box 21. Two-story
wooden tenement house, No. 186 Manchester street,
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owned by D. A. Simons and occupied by Alexander St.
John. Fire originated in pump-house connected to rear
part of L, from some cause unknown. Apparatus re-
sponding, Steamer 4, Hose 1 and 4, Hook-and-Ladder
1, and Chemical Engine 1. Damage, $50. Fully insured.
Friday, December 16, 3.55 a. m. Still. Two-story
wooden dwelling, No. 49 Amherst street, owned by Law-
rence Dowd, and occupied by Ulix Shine. Fire origi-
nated in Shine's tenement, from careless use of matches.
Extinguished by Chemical Engine Company. Damage,
$10. Insurance paid, $10.
Thursday, December 22, 3.49 a. m. Box 4. An old two-
story wooden building, unoccupied, on Elm east back
street, between Lake avenue and Central street, owned by
Alonzo Elliott. Apparatus responding, Steamers 2 and
4, Hose 1 and 4, Hook-and-Ladder 1, and Chemical 1.
Damage, $50. No insurance. Cause, incendiary.
Saturday, December 24, 3.29 a. m. Box 7. Three-story
wooden tenement block, ISTo. 45 Lowell street, owned by
A. D. Stark and Quint heirs. Fire originated in room
occupied by Jesse Kimball, from burning chimney. Ap-
paratus present, Steamers 1 and 4, Hose 1 and 2, Hook-
and-Ladder 1, and Chemical 1. Damage, $15. Fully
insured.
Saturday, December 24, 6.05 a. m. Still. Chemical
Engine called to 38 Pearl street for burning chimney.
No damage.
Wednesday, December 28, 12.25 p. m. Still. Chemical
Engine called for burning chimney at 520 Chestnut street.
No damage.
Thursday, December 29, 7.10 p. m. Still. Chemical
Engine called for burning chimney, rear of 95 Amherst
street. No damage.
Friday, December 30, 7.05 p. m. Still. Chemical En-
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gine called to 355 Pine street, for burning chimney. No
damage.
Saturday, December 31, 12.34 p. m. Box 32. Carload of
picker waste on side-track, corner of "West Brook and
Canal streets, owned by P. C. Cheney Company. By
error, two alarms were turned in from this box, all the
department responding, but Hose 4, in turning the cor-
ner of Lake avenue and Maple, overturned, and returned
to its quarters. Carriage very slightly damaged. Dam-
age by fire,
~No insurance.
Total number of bell alarms
" " still " ■■."
Aggregate losses for year 1887
On which insurance paid
Balance uncovered bv insurance
27
23
$17,919.00
13,111.00
$4,808.00
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TABLE
SHOWING NUMBER OF ALARMS FROM EACH BOX SINCE TELEGRAPH SYSTEM
WAS ESTABLISHED, SEPTEMBER 7, 1872.
M
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«
1872
'73
'74
1
6
6
1
'75
1
4
1
2
2
'76
"t
2
4
1
1
'77
2
7
2
4
3
1
'78
'79
4
i
2
2
1
'80
1
4
'81
'82
'83
'84
'85
'86
'87
i
3
"b"
1
2
l"
1
2
1
1
4
1
1
1
1
8
1
2
2
s
4
5
6
5
6
"4"
7
2
2
2
8
1
3
2
"l '
1
1
2
2
1
3
1
2
2
71
19
31
7
s
3
I
'25
is
9
I
1*
1
1
13
1
1
1
3
14
1
1
15
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
2
1
11
16
1
g
17
1
1
1
4
18
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
S
21
23
5
1
3
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
"i"
2
1
2
1
5
1
1
30
7
24
1
1
"i"
1
2
1
7
25
1
•1
26
1
1
1
2
1
2
1
1
4
27
2
2
3
i
5
1 ---
1
2
1
16
31
1
1
7
32
1
1
5
34
2
1
1
4
35
i
1
36
1
1
1
?
41
i
2
42
. 1
1
43
45
1
1
51
1
4
2
1
3
1
1
1
i
T
2
1
1
1
2
2
1
2
1
3
2
4
3
2
14
52
2
3
2
1
1
?a
53
54
1
16
66*
61
1
2
1
i
i
i
....
1
1
1
1
1
3
2
1
7
62
2
1
R
71
2
1
3
1
1
15
72t
81f
112f
113f
212J
312f
313f
314f
315f
3
1
4
1
1
o
1
1
1
1
13
35
25
26
25
30
21
22
23
11
29
13
30
25
24
27
379
3 still
1 still
1 still
1 still
1 still
1 still
12 still 1C still
i
23 still
♦Added in 1887.
t Added in 18S5.
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TABLE
SHOWING THE APPARATUS CALLED TO DIFFERENT BOXES ON FIRST,
SECOND, AND THIRD ALARMS.
Boxes.
3.--
4....
5....
6....
7....
8....
9....
12....
13....
14. . . .
15....
16....
17....
18....
21....
23....
24....
25....
26....
27....
31....
32. . . .
34....
35....
36.---
41....
42....
43....
45-...
51....
52....
53....
54....
56....
61....
62....
71....
72....
81....
112....
113....
212....
312....
313....
314....
315....
a -2
2*
2*
2*
2
2
2
2
.2
2*
2
2
2
2*
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2*
3
2
3
2
3
2
3
1
2
2
3
2
3
2
3
2
2
2
3
2*
3
2
3
2
3
2*
3
2
1
2
2
Hose No. 2.
Hose No. 4.
* On first alarm, the horses of second-run engine will double on engine^of first run.
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NUMBER AND LOCATION OF ALARM-BOXES
AND KEYS.
No. 3. — Blood's lower shop. Keys at E. P. Johnson
& Co.'s office, Gas-work's office, County Jail, and Hutch-
inson Bros.' shop.
No. 4. — Corner of Spruce and Elm streets. Keys at
Hotel Belmont, L. B. Bodwell & Co.'s, Palmer & Gar-
mon's, and W. C. Blodgett's office.
No. 5. — Corner of Merrimack and Elm streets. Keys
at Manchester House, Tebbetts Brothers' and E. H. Cur-
rier's drug stores.
No. 6. — City Hall. Keys at Holland's and Mead's
drug stores, and J. A. Riddle's office.
No. 7. — Old City Hotel, corner Lowell and Elm east
back streets. Keys at Higgins Bros.', Old City Hotel
stable, and Eames Bros.' drug store.
No. 8. — Corner Elm and Hollis streets. Keys at Wil-
son's drug store, and Partridge Bros.' grain store.
No. 9. — Corner of Elm and Webster streets. Keys at
residences of H. D. Corliss, J. Freeman Clough, and
J. B. Jones.
No. 12. — Corner of North and Pine streets. Keys at
residences of Wm. C. Clarke and Charles E. Ham.
No. 13. — Corner of Brook and Chestnut streets. Keys
at residences of Welcome Jencks and Lewis Simons, and
No. 1 Senter's block. *
No. 14. — Corner of Prospect and Union streets. Keys
at residences of W. Ireland and N. L. Hardy.
No. 15. — Corner of Pearl and Chestnut streets. Keys
at residences of William H. Dodge and Ervin S. Lyford.
No. 16. — Corner of Lowell and Union streets. Keys
at residences of Rt. Rev. Bishop Bradley and R. H. Has-
sam.
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No. 17. — Corner of Amherst and Beech streets. Keys
at residences of H. P. "Watts and Michael Connor.
No. 18. — Corner of Manchester and Maple streets.
Keys at residences of the late H. E. Stevens, A. 1ST. Baker,
and William Perkins.
No. 21. — Corner of Merrimack and Pine streets. Keys
at A. D. Smith's drug store, J. McKeon's grocery store,
and A. L. Walker's office.
No. 23. — Corner of Central and Beech streets. Keys
at residences of Eben T. James and Mrs. Josiah Stevens.
No. 24. — Merrimack Hose House, corner of Massabesic
street and Lake avenue. Keys at residence of D. M.
Goodwin and hose house.
No. 25. — Corner of Hanover and Ashland streets.
Keys at residences of George F. Lincoln, Horace Gordon,
and Horace Stearns.
No. 26. — Corner of Bridge and Russell streets. Keys
at McCrillis's carriage-shop and residence of John N.
Chase.
No. 27. — Corner of Belmont and Amherst streets.
Keys at residences of John P. Lord, H. M. Tarbell, and
A. G. Fairbanks.
No. 31. — Corner of Canal and Hollis streets, Blood's
shop. Keys at office, and residence of Mrs. Mary How-
arth, first house south of shop gate.
No. 32. — Langdon Mills block, corner of Canal and
Brook streets. Keys at Hoyt & Co.'s paper-mill, Lang-
don watch-room, and Electric Light Station.
No. 34. — Jefferson Mill. Keys at watch-room and
pumping-station.
No. 35. — Stark Mills. Keys at watch-room.
No. 36. — Amory Mills. Keys at watch-room.
No. 41. — Amoskeag Mills. Keys at watch-room.
No. 42. — Manchester Mills. Keys at watch-room.
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No. 43. — Namaske Mills. Keys at watch-room.
No. 45.— The S. C. Forsaith Co.'s shops. Keys at
freight depot, S. C. Forsaith Co.'s office, and Lowell's
iron foundry office.
No. 51. — Corner of "Walker and Second streets, " Ger-
mantown." Keys at stores of F. Riedel and William
"Weber.
No. 52. — Barr's brick block, 'Squog. Keys at Fradd
& Co.'s and A. N. Clapp's store, and Merrimack House.
No. 53. — "Wallace's steam-mill. Keys at the office and
I. R. Dewey's tenement block.
No. 54. — Corner of A and Bowman streets. Keys at
residences of Lord sisters and Newell R. Bixby.
No. 56. — Mast road, near Riddle street. Keys at
Baldwin's bobbin-shop, and residences of J. C. Smith
and E. P. Littlefield.
No. 61. — Corner of River road and Hancock street,
Bakersville. Keys at Mary Stack's saloon, Carney, Lynch
& Co.'s brewery, and residence of H. F. Dillingham.
No. 62. — Kimball & Gerrish's tannery, River road.
Keys at tannery and residence of Edwin Kennedy.
No. 71. — Corner of Cedar and Pine streets. Keys at
residences of T. Collins, Daniel Sheehan, and Thomas J.
Smith.
No. 72. — Corner of Park and Lincoln streets. Keys
at residences of Austin Jenkins, C. H. Leach, and Clar-
ence D. Palmer.
No. 81. — Central Fire Station, Vine street. Keys at
engine-rooms.
No. 112. — Corner of Sagamore and Union streets.
Keys at residences of "Woodbury Davison and W. T.
Stevens.
No. 113. — Corner of Oak and Prospect streets. Keys
at residences of William B. Abbott, H. S. Manville, and
E. M. Topliff.
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No. 212. — Shoe-shop, Hallsville. Keys at office of
shoe factory and residences of Charles C. Chase, G. W.
Dearborn, Milton A. Abbott, and M. V. B. Garland.
No. 312. — Corner of Putnam, Main, and McGregor
streets. Keys at residences of James Spence (391 Main
street) and Thomas Bolton.
No. 313. — Corner of Amory and Main streets. Keys
at residences of Allen Dean and Lawrence M. Connor,
and Bouthillier & Gingras's drug store.
No. 314. — P. C. Cheney Co.'s paper-mill. Keys at
office and Independent Hose House.
No. 315. — Old Brick Store, 'Skeag. Keys at store,
hose house, and Robinson's residence.
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., from Charles A. Trefethen's
jewelry store, and will be denoted by one stroke of the
fire bells.
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INSTRUCTIONS TO KEY-HOLDERS AND CITI-
ZENS.
1. Upon the discovery of a lire, notice should be imme-
diately communicated to the nearest alarm-box, the keys
to which are in the hands of all regular police, and gen-
erally of persons at the corner or nearest houses.
2. Key-holders, upon the discovery of afire, 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, but do not try to remove the key,
as it is locked in by a trap-lock, and can only be removed
with a release-key, which is carried by each of the engi-
neers, who will, as soon as convenient, release and re-
turn it.
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, procure another key, and give an
alarm from that.
4. Never signal for a fire seen at a distance. Never
touch the box except to give an alarm of fire. Give an
alarm for no cause other than an actual fire. Don't give
AN ALARM FOR A CHIMNEY FIRE.
5. Never let the keys go out of your possession unless
called for by the Chief Engineer. If you change your resi-
dence or place of business, where the keys are kept, return the
keys to tke 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 of the box will be given thus : Box
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6, six blows, which are repeated three times. Box 212,
two blows, pause of 6^ seconds, one blow, same pause,
and two blows, 2—1 — 2, repeated three times.
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.
SCHOOL SIGNAL.
Two strokes, with fifteen seconds between them, close
the primary schools ; and to close all the schools, two
immediate strokes, and after a lapse of fifteen seconds
two more immediate strokes, — the time of striking the
bells being at 8.05 a. m. for closing the schools during the
forenoon, and at 1.15 p. m. for closing them during the
afternoon.
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RULES AND REGULATIONS IN REGARD TO
RESPONDING TO FIRES AND ALARMS.
The following order was adopted by the Board of En-
gineers, with which the Fire Department will strictly
comply until otherwise ordered, and will attend alarms of
fire as follows :
1. Steamer No. 1 will report for duty on the days of its
first run to all boxes; the days of its second run it will
report on the first alarm to boxes 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 15, 34, 35,
36, 41, 42, 43, 45 ; on second alarm, to all other boxes.
2. Steamer No. 2 will report for duty on the first alarm
to boxes 4, 31, 34, 35, 36, 41, 42, 43, 45, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56,
312, 313 ; on second alarm, to boxes 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 15, 21,
32, 81,. 314; on third alarm, to boxes 9, 12, 13, 14, 16,
17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 61, 62, 71, 72, 112, 113, 212,
315.
3. Steamer No. 4, same as Steamer No. 1.
4. On the first alarm, from boxes 9, 24, 27, 54, 56, 61,
62, 212, 315, the horses of the second run will double on
to the engine of its first run, and on the arrival at the fire
the second-run horses will return to their house, and in case of
an alarm from any box the company will immediately
respond with their engine.
5. Peiinacook Hose No. 1 will report for duty on first
alarm to all boxes.
6. Massabesic Hose No. 2, on days of its first run, will
report on first alarm to boxes 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15,
16, 17, 18, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 41,42,
43, 45, 71, 72, 81, 112, 113 ; on second alarm, to boxes 4,
212, 312, 313, 314; on third alarm, to boxes 3, 51, 52, 53,
54, 56, 61, 62, 315.
Second Run. On first alarm, to boxes 7, 8, 9, 12, 13,
14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 26, 34, 112, 113; on second alarm, to
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boxes 4, 5, 6, 21, 23, 24, 25, 27, 31, 32, 35, 36, 41, 42, 43,
45, 71, 72, 81, 212, 312, 313, 314; on third alarm, to
boxes 3, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56, 61, 62, 315.
7. Merrimack Hose No. 4, on days of its first run, will
report on first alarm to boxes 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 15, 16, 17,
18, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 41,42,43, 45,
61, 62, 71, 72, 81, 212; on second alarm, to boxes 9, 12,
13, 14, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56, 112, 113; on third alarm, to
boxes 312, 313, 314, 315.
Second Run. First alarm, to boxes 3, 4, 21, 23, 24,
25, 45, 61, 62, 71, 72, 212 ; on second alarm, to boxes 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 26, 27, 31, 32, 34, 35,
36, 41, 42, 43, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56, 81, 112, 113 ; on third
alarm, to boxes 312, 313, 314, 315.
8. Excelsior Hook-and-Ladder No. 1 will report on
first alarm to all boxes.
9. Chemical Engine No. 1 will report for duty on first
alarm to all boxes.
10. During the progress of a fire, any of the apparatus
not called on that alarm will promptly respond to an
alarm from any other box.
11. At any time when alarm of fire is given, the
engine, hose-carriage, or truck that leaves the house first
will have the right to lead to the fire. No running by
WILL BE ALLOWED, EXCEPT IN CASE OF ACCIDENT, UNDER
PENALTY OF DISMISSAL OF THE DRIVER FROM THE DEPART-
MENT.
12. The drivers shall not permit persons not connected
with the department to ride upon their apparatus, and in
muddy weather or heavy wheeling they shall not permit
any one to ride upon their apparatus when returning
from fires.
13. The companies of the department not called on the
first alarm will prepare for a start and hold themselves in
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readiness for a second or third alarm; and, if not needed,
one stroke on the bells and gongs, by the engineer in
charge, will be the signal for discharge to all companies
remaining at the houses ; or in case this one blow is not
struck within thirty minutes, companies may consider
themselves dismissed, except the drivers, who will remain
in the houses with their horses until the two blows to
limber up.
14. Two strokes on the bells will be a signal for those
at a fire to limber up.
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ESTIMATED VALUE OF PROPERTY.
AMOSKEAG STEAM FIRE-ENGINE COMPANY NO. 1.
LOCATED ON VINE STREET.
1 first-class double-plunger engine and
hose-carriage .....
100 feet three-inch leather hose .
1,000 feet 2 1-4 inch fabric hose
Firemen's suits and badges .
Tools, furniture, and fixtures, including
harnesses
Total amount
$4,000 00
100 00
900 00
200 00
400 00
$5,600 00
FIRE KING STEAM FIRE-ENGINE COMPANY NO. 2.
LOCATED ON NORTH MAIN STREET, 'SQUOG.
1 second-class double-plunger engine . $4,000 00
1 four-wheeled horse hose-carriage . . 600 00
1,850 feet leather hose 1,665 00
Furniture, fixtures, carpets, etc. . . 466 00
Harnesses, blankets, etc. . . . 325 00
Firemen's suits and badges . . . 150 00
Total amount .... $7,206 00
E. W. HARRINGTON STEAM FIRE-ENGINE.
LOCATED ON CLINTON STREET, 'SQUOG.
(Reserve engine.)
1 second-class single-plunger engine and
hose-carriage .....
$750 00
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MERRIMACK STEAM FIRE ENGINE NO. 3.
LOCATED ON LAKE AVENUE, CORNER MASSABESIC STREET.
1 second-class double-plunger engine . $3,500 00
1 pair swinging harnesses . . . 100 00
$3,600 00
N. S. BEAN STEAM FIRE-ENGINE COMPANY NO. 4.
LOCATED ON VINE STREET.
1 second-class double-plunger engine and
hose-carriage $3,500 00
1,000 feet 2 1-4 inch Baker fabric hose . . 800 00
Firemen's suits and badges . . . 200 00
Tools, furniture, and fixtures, including
harnesses 400 00
Total amount .... $4,900 00
PENNACOOK HOSE COMPANY NO. 1.
LOCATED ON VINE STREET.
1 four-wheeled horse hose-carriage .
1 horse hose sled and reel
2,300 feet leather hose
Firemen's suits and badges .
Furniture and fixtures, including har-
nesses
Total amount .... $3,440 00
MASSABESIC HOSE COMPANY NO. 2.
LOCATED ON MAPLE STREET, CORNER EAST HIGH.
1 four-wheeled horse hose-carriage . . $600 00
2,200 feet leather hose 1,980 00
$600 00
20
00
2,070
00
250
00
500
00
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Furniture and fixtures, including har-
nesses $160 00
Firemen's suits and badges . . . 175 00
Total amount .... $2,915 00
MERRIMACK HOSE COMPANY NO. 4.
LOCATED ON PARK STREET, CORNER MASSABESIC.
1 four-wheeled horse hose-carriage . $600 00
1,000 feet leather hose 900 00
2,000 feet Callahan fabric hose . . . 1,375 00
Firemen's suits and badges . . . 120 00
Furniture and fixtures, including harness ■ 125 00
Beds and bedding, etc. ... . 50 00
Total amount .... $3,170 00
EXCELSIOR HOOK-AND-L ADDER COMPANY NO. 1.
LOCATED ON VINE STREET.
1 truck with hooks and ladders . . $1,700 00
Reserve truck 500 00
2 extra Bangor extension ladders . . 360 00
6 rubber blanket covers .... 144 00
Firemen's suits and badges . . 350 00
Furniture and fixtures, including har-
nesses 340 00
Total amount .... $3,394 00
CHEMICAL ENGINE COMPANY NO. 1.
LOCATED ON VINE STREET.
1 double-tank (60 gallons each) engine . $2,250 00
1 pair harnesses and blankets, etc. . . 190 00
Firemen's suits and badges . . . 35 00
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1 pair horses $750 00
Furniture, bedding, etc. . . . 190 00
Total amount .... $3,415 00
SUPPLY WAGON.
LOCATED AT ENGINE-HOUSE ON VINE STREET.
1 supply wagon with boxes and engineers'
lanterns .....
5 rubber coats ....
6 rubber blanket covers .
Total amount .... $471 00
SPARE HOSE.
AT ENGINE-HOUSE ON VINE STREET.
1,000 feet leather hose $900 00
800 feet fabric hose 512 00
$312 00
15
00
144
00
$1,412 00
ENGINEERS' DEPARTMENT.
5 fire hats $7 50
Furniture and fixtures .... 125 00
Total amount .... $132 50
HOSE- WAGON.
1 four-wheeled hose wagon (not in use) . $450 00
INDEPENDENT HOSE COMPANY.
LOCATED CORNER OF OLD FALLS ROAD AND FRONT STREET, 'SKEAG.
1 four-wheeled hose-carriage . . . $400 00
1,000 feet leather hose . . . . '. 700 00
2 hose-pipes 30 00
Total amount $1,130 00
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GOFFE'S FALLS HOSE-CARRIAGE.
LOCATED AT DERRY MILLS.
1 two-wheeled hose-carriage .
300 feet fabric hose ....
2 hose-pipes .....
Total amount
SLEEPING HALL.
CENTRAL STATION, VINE STREET.
5 beds, bedding, wardrobes, etc.
FIRE-ALARM TELEGRAPH.
$50 00
240 00
10 00
$300 00
$234 25
At cost (including additions previous to 1885) $21,625 00
Remodeling in 1885 6,000 00
Instruments added in 1886
" 1887
" Individual Tapper " system
Ladders, tools, wire, etc.
RECAPITULATION.
Amoskeag Steam Engine Co. No. 1
Fire King Steam Engine Co. No. 2
Merrimack Steam Fire Engine No. 3
E. "W. Harrington Steam Engine .
N. S. Bean Steam Engine Co. No. 4
Pennacook Hose Co. No. 1
Massabesic Hose Co. No. 2 .
Merrimack Hose Co. No. 4 .
Excelsior Hook-and-Ladder Co. No. 1
Chemical Engine Co. No. 1 .
775
00
375
00
3,000
00
40
00
$32,815
00
$5,600 00
7,206
00
3,600
00
750
00
4,900
00
3,440
00
2,915
00
3,270
00
3,394
00
3,415
00
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Supply Wagon
Spare Hose
Engineers' Department .
Hose Wagon
Independent Hose Co. No. 5
Goffe's Falls Hose-Carriage
Sleeping Hall
Fire- Alarm Telegraph .
. $471 00
. 1,412 00
132 50
450 00
. 1,130 00
300 00
234 25
. 32,115 00
$74,734 75
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NAMES AND RESIDENCES OF THE MEMBERS
OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
BOARD OF ENGINEERS.
to J
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Name.
Rank.
Occupation.
Residence.
1
Thomas W. Lane . . .
James F. Pherson . .
Ruel 6. Manning.. .
Eugene S.Whitney.
Chief
s
1 M. S. B.
5
Assistant and clerk
102 Orange.
53 Douglas Street.
96 Bridge Street.
f
4
Supt. Electric Light. .
AMOSKEAG STEAM FIRE-ENGINE COMPANY NO. 1.
House on Vine Street.
•03
m
Name.
Rank.
Occupation.
Residence.
7
Charles F. McCoy..
Thomas J. Wyatt..
Frank E. Stearns. .
George R. Simmons
Joseph H. Oould . . .
Charles H. Rogers .
Artemas C. Barker.
Frank B. Marston . .
Woodbury Davison
Henry A. Boone. . .
George E. Cassidy..
George B. Forsaith.
Charles F. Hall
5M. S. B.
15
Assistant Foreman.
Clerk
44 Middle Street.
8
9
13
Assistant Engineer.
1087 Elm Street.
11
1?
14
it
8 Orange Street.
11 M. S. B.
1fi
18
u
19
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19 M. S. B.
17
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31 Spring Street.
196 Laurel Street.
10
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FIRE KING STEAM FIRE-ENGINE COMPANY NO. 2.
House on North Main Street, 'Squog.
'Same.
Joseph H. Alsop. .
David G. Mills
John Martin
Thomas F. Dodge . .
Stephen Thornes . . .
George E. Varnuin.
Benjamin M. Lay. .
Samuel A. Hill
Robert I. Hill
John T.G. Dinsmore
Charles G. Ranno . .
Daniel B. Emery.. .
Charles S. Cousins.
Thomas E. Foote. . .
Rank.
Occupation.
Manufacturer
Carpenter
Machinist
Carpenter
Teamster
Carpenter
u
Harness Manufacturer
Machinist
Harness-maker . . .
Wool-sorter
Residence.
66
67
68
120
119
76
69
72
75
70
71
77
73
73
Foreman
Assistant Foreman .
Clerk
Engineer
Assistant Engineer.
Driver Steamer. . . .
Driver Hose
Hoseman
54 Douglas Street.
34 Parker Street.
624 No. Main St.
Engine-house.
55 Douglas Street.
Engine-house.
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36 School Street.
U ((
48 Dover Street.
63 Parker Street.
William Street.
53 Douglas Street.
34 Print- Works.
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N. S. BEAN STEAM FIRE-ENGINE COMPANY NO. 4.
House on Vine Street.
Name.
George W . Bacon . .
L. J. Chandler
Walter Morse
Albert Merrill
Edgar G. Abbott. . .
Frank J. Dustin...
William H. Dodge.
John N. Brown ....
H. C. Morrill
George A. Cann ....
Edward C. Heath..
Benj. R. Richardson
Lucius B. Snelling.
Martin W. Ford ....
Rank.
Foreman
Assistant Foreman
Clerk
Engineer
Assistant Engineer
Driver
Hoseman
Occupation
Carpenter
Clerk ,
Machinist
Teamster
Fireman
Machinist
Teamster
Machinist
Pharmacist
Moulder
Residence.
65 Stark Corp.
123 Orange St.
556 Chestnut St.
96 Bridge St.
543 Chestnut St.
20 Vine St.
530 Chestnut St.
28 Arlington St.
556 Chestnut St.
307 Chestnut St.
11 Russell St.
95 Orange St.
37 Water St.
99 Orange St.
CHEMICAL ENGINE COMPANY NO. 1.
House on Vine Street.
m
Name.
Rank.
Occupation.
Residence.
115
Clarence D. Palmer.
Geo. N. Burpee ....
Warren F. Wheeler
Frank A. Pherson. .
11R
Clerk
99 Bridge St.
117
118
268
PENNACOOK HOSE COMPANY NO. 1.
House on Vine Street.
Name.
Rank.
Occupation.
Belt- maker
Currier
Clerk
Teamster
Carpenter .......
Photographer. . . .
Carpenter
Machinist. ... ...
Railroad employ*}
Carpenter
Belt-maker
Carpenter
Clerk
Electrician .....
Tinsmith
Machinist
Residence.
Albert Maxfield. . . .
Joseph E. Merrill. .
Chas. W. Brown.. .
Walter L. Blenus. .
Geo. H. Porter
Will G. Chase
Lyman M. Aldrich.
Daniel W. Morse..
Geo. W. Cheney. . ,
47 ! Edwin E. Weeks...
48 Albert A. Puffer...
52 Chas. B. French..,
53 ' John E. Sanborn. . ,
Samuel W. Patten.,
Frank D. Burleigh.
Chas. F. Glidden..
Edgar A. Young.. ,
George I. Ayer
Charles H. Barrett.
Edwin A. Durgin. .
Foreman
Assistant Foreman .
Clerk ,
Driver
Hoseman
23 M. S. B.
92 Walnut St.
16 Hazel St.
26 Vine St.
277 Laurel St.
217 Central St.
375 Lake Avenue.
1419 Elm St.
1492 Elm St.
326 Manchester St.
120 Concord St.
18 M. S. B.
274 Laurel St.
3M. S. B.
27 M. S. B.
277 Laurel St.
371 Merrimack St.
28 M. S. B.
16 Stark St.
22 M. P. W.
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EXCELSIOR HOOK-AND-LADDER COMPANY NO. 1.
House on Vine Street.
91
92
113
93
94
95
96
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
108
109
111
112
114
110
90
97
107
Name.
Jerome J. Lovering
Oscar P. Stone.
Ralph Pearson .
Winfield S. Leavitt
Charles M. Denyou
Warren Harvey . . .
James Orril 1
John N. Chase.. . .
John Wilson
Hiram P. Young. .
George H. Dudley
Ed. A. G. Holmes
Luther J. Flint...
Harrison H. Cole .
Jesse B. Nourse. . .
Charles H. Cross .
Dillwyn Breed. . . .
George M. Jones . .
Roscoe Dyer
Sanborn T.Worthen
A. W. Whitcomb..
Pharis E. Rogers . .
Henry Johnson . . .
Charles W. Bailey.
Henry Heap
Rank.
Foreman
Assistant Foreman
Clerk
Treasurer
Driver
Fireman
Occupation.
Carpenter
Meat and fish dealer
Box-maker
Mechanic
Teamster
Contractor
Barber
Overseer
Carpenter
Slater
Carpenter
u
Overseer
Belt-maker
Gardener
Machinist
Carpenter
Teamster
Mason
Piper <
Carriage-maker. . . .
Manufacturer
Residence.
300 Pine St.
326 Granite St.
20 Warren St.
96 Orange St.
IS Vine St.
474 Hanover St.
100 Blodget St.
276 Bridge St.
287 Bridge St.
33 Dutton St.
159 Laurel St.
224 Manchester St.
4 Dutton St.
45 M. S. B.
318 Lake Avenue.
8 Langdon Corp.
410 Lake Avenue.
1068 Elm St.
36 Water St.
493 Maple St.
243 Manchester St.
100 Orange St.
20 M. S. B.
265 Concord St.
4 Whitney St.
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MASSABESIC HOSE COMPANY NO. 2.
House on Maple Street, comer East High.
Name.
John F. Seaward . . .
William S. McLeod.
Henry G. Seaman . .
Walter Seaward ....
Revilo 6. Houghton
George W. Huntley.
Jos. W. Batchelder.
George W. Seaward.
Albert E. Batchelder
Fred S.Lewis
George H. Shepard.
Julien B. Huntley..
Rank.
Foreman
Assistant Foreman,
Clerk..
Driver
Hoseman
Occupation
Carpenter
Grainer ,
Carpenter
Teamster
Gas-fitter
Plumber
Carpenter
Teamster ,
Carpenter
Plumber
Tinsmith
Plumber
Residence.
27 Warren St.
58 Nashua St.
14 South St.
521 Maple St.
288 Bridge St.
1211 Elm St.
521 Maple St.
Central Fire Sta.
11 Linden St.
27 South St.
8 South St.
36 Dutton St.
MERRIMACK HOSE COMPANY NO. 4.
House on Lake Avenue, corner Massabesic.
Name.
Louis N. Dufrain
Charles H. Colburn
William P. Emerson
Alphonso E. Foster
John S. Avery
James W. Lathe...
Frank F. Porter...
George H. Wheeler
Parker R. Brown. .
George Dunnington
Clarence R. Merrill
Fred S. Sloan
Rank.
Foreman
Assistant Foreman
Clerk
Driver ,
Hoseman
Occupation
Plumber
Carpenter
Teamster ,
Janitor
Carpenter
Manufacturer. .
Machinist
Clerk
Harness-maker.
Grain-dealer ....
Painter
Residence.
373 Hall St.
286 Laurel St.
ft ti
Hose-bouse.
404 Merrimack St.
302 Laurel St.
357 Lake Ave.
383 Central St.
422 Merrimack St.
570 Wilson St.
414 Merrimack St.
58 Massabesic St.
271
INDEPENDENT HOSE COMPANY NO. 5.
House corner of Old Falls Road and Front Street.
Name.
Rank.
Occupation.
Residence.
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
D. L. Robinson
A. D. Maxwell
Clarence H. Stearns Clerk
George Lawrence. . . Steward
Foreman
Assistant Foreman
Sherman L.Flanders
George L. Stearns. .
George C. Harwood.
George B. Glidden..
John Doherty
Thomas Hamilton . .
Chas. E. Stearns.. . .
Wm. F. Stearns . . .
Sfm, E. Harvey.
Alvah R. Mack. .
F.P.Gove
Ben. Herbert...
Hoseman
Butcher ,
Ice-dealer
Clerk
Milkman
Grocer
Clerk
Teamster
Machinist
Teamster
Handle-maker.
Milkman
Shoemaker
Paper-maker ..
Teamster
Clerk
Front St. (A.)
Myrtle St.
Front St. (A.)
Dunbarton Road.
Mill St. (A.)
GoffstownRoad(A.)
Front St. (A.)
62 Appleton St.
Front St. (A.)
Badges 149, 150, 151, 152, not filled.
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LOCATION" OF HYDRANTS.
Amherst, northwest corner of Vine street.
Amherst, southwest corner of Chestnut street.
Amherst, northwest corner of Pine street.
Amherst, northwest corner of Union street.
Amherst, northwest corner of "Walnut street.
Amherst, northwest corner of Beech street.
Amherst, northwest corner of Maple street.
Amherst, northwest corner of Lincoln street.
Amherst, northwest corner of Ashland street.
Amherst, northwest corner of Hall street.
Amherst, northwest corner of Belmont street.
Appleton, northwest corner of Elm street.
Appleton, northwest corner of Chestnut street.
Appleton, northwest corner of Pine street.
Appleton, northwest corner of Union 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, corner of Franklin street.
Auburn, northeast corner of Elm street.
Auburn, front of No. 40.
Auburn, northwest corner of Chestnut street.
Auburn, northwest corner of Adams street.
Auburn, northwest corner of Union street.
Auburn, northwest corner of Beech street.
Baker, corner of Elm street.
Baker, corner of River road.
Baker, corner of Calef road.
Baker, corner of Nutt road.
Bedford, northwest corner of Granite street.
Bedford, near No. 36 M. P. W. corporation.
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Bedford, northwest corner of Central street.
Beech, northwest corner of Park street.
Beech, front of No. 584.
Belmont, near No. 345.
Birch, northwest corner of Lowell street.
Birch, northwest corner of Washington street.
Blodget, front of primary schoolhouse.
Blodget, northwest corner of Chestnut street.
Blodget, northwest corner of Pine street.
Blodget, northwest corner of Union street.
Bridge, front of No. 26.
Bridge, northwest corner of Chestnut street.
Bridge, northwest corner of Union street.
Bridge, northwest corner of Walnut 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.
Bridge, corner of Ashland street.
Bridge, corner of Hall street.
Brook, northwest corner of P. Adams's lot.
Brook, northwest corner of Chestnut street.
Brook, northwest corner of Pine street.
Brook, northwest corner of Union street.
Brook, northwest corner of Beech street.
Brook, northwest corner of Ash street.
Calef road, near Patrick Harrington's.
Calef road, near D. T. Smith's house.
Canal, near east corner of Depot street.
Canal, near office door of M.. L. TV.
Cedar, front of No. 36.
Cedar, northwest corner of Chestnut street.
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Cedar, northwest corner of Pine street.
Cedar, northwest corner of Union street.
Cedar, northwest corner of Beech street.
Cedar, northwest corner of Maple street.
Cedar, northwest corner of Lincoln 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 Maple street.
Central, northwest corner of Lincoln street.
Central, front of No. 374.
Central, northwest corner of Wilson street.
Central, northwest corner of Hall street.
Chestnut, northwest corner of Lowell street.
Chestnut, opposite High street.
Chestnut, northwest corner of Pearl street.
Chestnut, northwest corner of Orange street.
Chestnut, northwest corner of Myrtle street.
Chestnut, northwest corner of Prospect street.
Clarke, northwest corner of Elm street.
Clarke, northwest corner of Chestnut street.
Concord, opposite Vine street.
Concord, northwest corner of Chestnut street.
Concord, northwest corner of Union street.
Concord, northwest corner of Walnut street.
Concord, northwest corner of Beech street.
Concord, northwest corner of Maple street.
Concord, northwest corner of old Amherst street.
Concord, northwest corner of Ashland street.
Concord, northwest corner of Hall street.
Concord, northwest corner of Belmont street.
Cyprus, at Manchester shoe-shop.
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Dean, northeast corner of Canal street.
Dean, northwest corner of Elm street.
Depot, northeast corner of Elm street.
Elm, front of Fisk bookstore.
Elm, northwest corner of Salmon street.
Elm, northwest corner of Cove street.
Franklin, opposite Middle street.
Gore, corner of Beech street.
Granite, northeast corner of Canal street.
Granite, northwest corner of Elm street.
Granite, near Franklin street.
Granite, east end of Granite bridge.
Grove, corner of Elm street.
Hancock street.
Hancock, northwest corner of River road.
Hancock, near Brewery.
Hanover, front of Opera House.
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.
Hanover, northwest corner of Hall street.
Hanover, northwest corner of Belmont street.
Harrison, opposite No. 15.
Harrison, northwest corner of Chestnut street.
Harrison, northwest corner of Pine street.
Harrison, northwest corner of Union street.
Harrison, northwest corner of Beech street.
Harrison, northwest corner of Maple street.
Harrison, northwest corner of Oak street.
Harrison, northwest corner of Russell street.
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High, corner of Ashland street.
High, corner of South street.
High, fifty feet east of Wilson road.
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 Hobbs street.
Kidder, northwest corner of Elm street.
Kidder's court, northwest corner of Elm street.
Lake avenue, near No. 36.
Lake avenue, northwest corner of Chestnut street.
Lake avenue, northwest corner of Union street.
Lake avenue, northwest corner of Maple street.
Lake avenue, northwest corner 'of Lincoln street.
Lake avenue, northwest corner of Wilson street.
Lake avenue, east end.
Langdon, northwest corner of Elm street.
Langdon, northeast corner of Canal street.
Laurel, northwest corner of Pine street.
Laurel, northwest corner of Union street.
Laurel, northwest corner of Beech street.
Laurel, northwest corner of Maple street.
Laurel, northwest corner of Lincoln street.
Laurel, near No. 244.
Laurel, northwest corner of Wilson street.
Laurel, near Belmont street.
Laurel, northwest corner of Milton street.
Laurel, northwest corner of Beacon street.
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.
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Lowell, northwest corner of Ashland street.
Manchester, front of James Bros.' stable.
Manchester, northwest corner of Central street.
Manchester, northwest corner of Pine street.
Manchester, northwest corner of Union street.
Manchester, northwest corner of Beech street.
Manchester, northwest corner of Maple street.
Manchester, northwest corner of Lincoln street.
Manchester, northwest corner of Wilson street.
Manchester, northwest corner of Hall street.
Manchester, northwest corner of Belmont street.
Maple, northwest corner of Lowell street.
Maple, front of No. 350.
Market, near Canal street.
Market, near second back street west of Elm street.
Market, northwest corner of Elm street.
Massabesic, northwest corner of Old Falls road.
Massabesic, southeast corner of Taylor street.
Massabesic avenue.
Massabesic, near Mammoth road.
Mammoth road.
Mechanics, northeast corner of Canal street.
Mechanics, near second back street west of Elm street.
Mechanics, 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.
Merrimack, northwest corner of Lincoln street.
Merrimack, near No. 362.
Merrimack, northwest corner of Wilson street.
Merrimack, northwest corner of Hall street.
278
Merrimack, near Belmont street.
Merrimack, northwest corner of Beacon street.
Middle, northeast corner of Canal street.
Middle, near ISTo. 67 Amoskeag corporation.
Monroe, northwest corner of Elm street.
Myrtle, opposite No. 33.
Myrtle, northwest corner of Pine street.
Myrtle, northwest corner of Union street.
Myrtle, northwest corner of Walnut street.
Myrtle, northwest corner of Beech street.
Myrtle, northwest corner of Ash street.
Myrtle, northwest corner of Maple street.
Myrtle, northwest corner of Oak street.
Myrtle, northwest corner of Russell street.
North, northwest corner of Bay street.
North, northwest corner of Chestnut street.
North, northwest corner of Pine 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.
Orange, corner of Ash street.
Orange, corner of Maple street.
Orange, corner of Oak street.
Orange, corner of Russell street.
Pearl, northwest corner of Elm street.
Pearl, northwest corner of Clark's avenue.
Pearl, northwest corner of Pine street.
Pearl, northwest corner of Union street.
Pearl, corner of Beech street.
Pearl, corner of Walnut street.
Pearl, northwest corner of Ash street.
Pearl, northwest corner of Maple street.
279
Pearl, northwest corner of Oak street.
Pearl, northwest corner of Russell street.
Pearl, northwest corner of Linden street.
Pearl, northwest corner of Ashland street.
Pennacook, northwest corner of Chestnut street.
Pennacook, northwest corner of Pine street.
Pennacook, northwest corner of Union street.
Pine, northwest corner of Lake avenue.
Pine, northwest corner of Hanover street.
Pine, northwest corner of Concord street.
Pine, northwest corner of Lowell street.
Pine, northwest corner of High street.
Pine, northwest corner of Bridge street.
Pleasant, northeast corner of Canal street.
Pleasant, near No. 35 Manchester corporation.
Pleasant, northwest corner of Franklin street.
Pleasant, northwest corner of Elm street.
Prospect, between Elm and Chestnut streets.
Prospect, northwest corner of Chestnut street.
Prospect, northwest corner of Pine street.
Prospect, northwest corner of Union street.
Prospect, northwest corner of "Walnut 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.
Reservoir, on Force Main.
River road (north), north of Webster street.
River road (north), near Mrs. John Kelley's.
River road (north), near J. Otis Clark's.
River road (south), near Mrs. B. Chase's house.
River road (south), near gate of tannery.
Shasta, corner of Elm street.
280
Shasta, corner of River road.
Shasta, corner of Beech 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, between Chestnut and Elm streets.
Spruce, northwest corner of Beech street.
Spruce, northwest corner of Maple street.
Spruce, northwest corner of Lincoln street.
Spruce, northwest corner of Wilson street.
Stark, northeast corner of Canal street.
Stark, near No. 13 Stark corporation.
Stark, northwest corner of Elm street.
State, northwest corner of Granite street.
State, opposite No. 57 Manchester corporation.
State, opposite No. 13 Manchester corporation.
State, corner of West Central street.
Summer, corner of Elm street.
Union, northwest corner of Lowell street.
Union, northwest corner of High street.
Valley, northwest corner of Elm street.
Valley, northwest corner of Willow street.
Valley, northwest corner of Beech street.
Valley, northwest corner of Wilson street.
Valley, northwest corner of Belmont street.
Valley, northwest corner of Taylor street.
Valley, northwest corner 6f Cypress street.
Valley, northwest corner of Jewett street.
Valley, 150 feet east of J. L. Woodman's.
Walnut, northwest corner of Lowell street.
Walnut, opposite No. 79.
281
"Water, near No. 38 Amoskeag corporation.
Water, northwest corner of Elm street.
Webster, northwest corner of Chestnut street.
Webster, corner of Adams street.
Webster, northwest corner of Union street.
West Auburn, northeast corner of Canal street.
West Bridge, northeast corner of Canal street.
West Bridge, northeast corner of Hobbs street.
West Bridge, northwest corner of Elm street.
West Brook, northeast corner of Canal street.
West Brook, northwest corner of Elm street.
West Cedar, northeast corner of Canal street.
West Cedar, northwest corner of Elm street.
West Central, northeast 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 Elm street.
West Pennacook, northwest corner of Elm street.
West Webster, northwest corner of Elm street.
West Webster, northeast corner of River road.
Wilson, corner of Lake avenue.
Young, corner of Elm street.
Young, northwest corner of Beech street.
Young, corner Maple street.
Young, 96 feet east of R. N. Batch elder's.
PISCATAQUOG AND MCGREGORVILLE.
A, corner of South Main street.
A, near No. 73.
A, northwest corner of B street.
Adams, corner of Main street.
Arnory, corner of Beauport street.
282
Amory, near Dubuque street.
Bath, corner of Shirley street.
Bennington, corner of Main street.
Bedford road, near Huntress's.
Blaine, corner Cleveland street.
Bowman street, opposite cemetery.
C street, corner of Bedford road.
Cartier, corner Putnam street.
Carroll street.
Clinton, corner of Dover street.
Clinton, corner of South Main street.
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 Shirley street.
Granite, corner of River street.
Kelly, corner of Beauport street.
Main, opposite the Bice house.
Marion, corner of McGregor street.
Mast, corner of South Main street.
Mast, corner of Bowman street.
Mast, between Bowman and South Main* streets.
Mast, opposite J. C. Smith's house.
Mast, near J. P. Brock's.
283
Mast, near J. N. Prescott's.
McGregor, near Johnson block.
McGregor, opposite "Reed" house.
Mil ford, southwest corner of South Main street.
Milford, southeast corner of Bowman street.
Milford, corner of old Bedford road.
Patten, corner of Ferry street.
Putnam, corner of Main street.
Putnam, corner of Beauport street.
School, corner of South Main street.
School, opposite schoolhouse.
School, corner of River street.
Shirley, northwest corner of Walker street.
Shirley, southwest corner of Ferry street.
Sullivan, corner of Main street.
Sullivan, corner of Beauport street.
Temple, corner of Main street.
Walker, corner of River road.
Walker, corner of Patten street.
Walker, corner of Parker street.
Walker, near corner of South Main street.
Wayne, near G. Belisle's house.
Wayne, near corner of Beauport street.
Wayne, near corner of Main street.
Winter, corner of South Main street.
AMOSKEAG.
Dunbarton road, corner of Front street.
Dunbarton road, near L. D. Colby's.
Goffstown road, 4 hydrants.
Main, at Robinson's slaughter-works.
Main, near brick schoolhouse.
Main, corner of Goffstown road.
Main,' opposite John E. Stearns's.
284
Main, near Hiram Stearns's.
Mill, near paper-mill.
Mill, corner Main street.
Varnum, corner of Main street.
In addition to the above, there are five private hy-
drants that are available in case of need :
Two at P. C. Cheney Co.'s paper-mill.
One at S. C. Forsaith Co.'s machine shop.
One at J. Hodge's wood-working establishment.
One at A. H. Lowell's iron foundry.
Total number, 418.
ACCO U N T
SYLVANUS B. PUTNAM,
City Treasurer,
From December 31, 1886, to December 31, 1887.
286
Dr.
Sylvanus B. Ptotnam, Treasurer, in account with the
To cash on hand January 1, 1887 ....
$58,915 11
Bonds sold
100,000 00
Temporary loan
100,000 00
Insurance tax
3,053 62
Railroad tax
16,724 86
Savings bank tax
54,874 80
Literary fund
2,868 98
Board of paupers off farm ....
2,107 04
Jeremiah Garvin, City Farm ....
1,522 00
John H. Wiltey, City Farm
490 86
City teams . .
4,622 24
Post-office block
10 00
H. B. Fairbanks, old iron ....
31 77
County of Hillsborough ....
13 00
J. B. Yarick Co. (overdraft) ....
6 00
John Shea (overdraft)
10 50
Amoskeag Manufacturing Co., crushed stone
24 00
Dickey & Harvey, crushed stone
50 00
Manchester Mills, macadamizing .
785 68
Sewer licenses
1,325 10
Head & Dowst (overdraft) ....
4 80
Concord Railroad Corporation . .
4 65
William P. Richardson, cost of suit
10 00
D. W. Lane, agent
100 00
Pine Grove Cemetery
3,389 90
Valley Cemetery
1,325 00
Samuel Eastman & Co., freight on hose
3 12
T. W. Lane, old wire sold .
3 75
Police department
3,560 44
City Hall
2,220 75
T. A. Lane (overdraft)
1 87
E. B. Woodbury (overdraft) ....
3 33
L. C. Baldwin (overdraft) ....
3 33
J. G. Dearborn (overdraft) ....
6 67
Water rents
80,518 17
Russell White
1 30
Tuition
198 10
Show licenses
. 170 00
.Dog licenses
340 00
Amount carried forward ....
$439,300 74
287
City of Manchester {ending December 31, 1887).
Cr.
By unpaid bills January 1, 1887 $36,224 12
Funded debt payment .
101,800 00
Temporary loan
125,000 00
Coupons, water bonds
35,099 00
Coupons, city bonds
18,220 49
Interest
944 79
Paupers off farm
7,437 59
City Farm ....
5,835 59
City teams ....
7,335 43
Highway District No. 1
265 32
u u <c 2
9,028 28
" « « 3
1,226 85
(( c( i< 4.
407 63
u u u 5
471 92
« K « g
415 93
l< u t< 7
1,087 33
K l< (( g
717 55
u u «< 9
506 40
♦' " " 10
2,661 80
K « »t XI
1,158 89
« •' " 12
336 00
" « " 13
212 94
New highways
7,695 71
Land damages
398 06
Watering streets
4,436 71
Lighting streets
13,970 98
Paving streets
4,148 86
Macadamizing streets
11,835 99
Grading for concrete
5,305 24
Sewers and drains
18,648 97
South- Main-street sewer
1,244 95
Commons
3,447 14
Bridges ....
2,226 72
Incidental expenses
10,928 48
Pine Grove Cemetery
4,833 06
Valley Cemetery
3,075 33
Amoskeag Cemetery
3 50
Fire department
. 31,307 11
Fire-alarm telegraph
1,120 80
Amount carried forward
. $481,021 46
288
Dr.
Sylvanus B. Putnam, Treasurer, in account with the
Amount brought forward
To trustees cemetery fund .
Milk licenses . ...
$439,300 74
1,850 00
43 00
Rent of tenements .
487 90
Interest on taxes
298 49
Taxes for the year 1882 .
« " " 1884 .
3 43
26 25
« " " 1885 .
86 94
" " " 1886 .
'< " " 1887 .
13,399 87
322,619 62
Unpaid bills January 1, 1888 ....
$778,116 24
32,314 82
$810,431 06
289
City of Manchester (ending December 31, 1887).
Cr.
Amount brought fomvard
By fire department, individual alarm
Firemen's parade .
Police department .
City Hall
Printing and stationery
Eepairs of buildings
City Library .
Abatement of taxes
State tax
City officers' salaries
Water-Works
Health department
City Engineer's department
Scavenger teams
Repaii*s of schoolhouses
Fuel ....
Furniture and supplies .
Books and stationery
Printing and advertising
Contingent expenses
Care of rooms
Evening schools
Teachers' salaries .
Mechanical drawing school
Hydrant service
Women's Aid Society
Militia ....
Discount on taxes .
Decoration of soldiers' graves
New engine-house, Webster street
New engine-house, Main street
Truant officer
Stai'k Monument square
Tuition
East Spruce street .
19
$481,021 46
2,296 76
256 85
28,837 05
2,387 45
1,083 00
2,159 .25
3,719 01
2,411 22
48,404 00
13,659 49"
39,343 83
1,447 40
2,452 47
8,524 la
3,742 21
3,506 21
656 25
565 63.
474 91
1,092 31
3,215 19
1,893 85
42,627 98
516 83
20,537 50
400 00
700 00
8,905 82
212 75
8,896 00
5,003 38
750 00
45 20
514 40
885 11
$743,144 90
67,286 16
$810,431 06
SYLVANUS B. PUTNAM,
City Treasurer.
Cash on hand January 1, 1888 .
FINANCE COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
We hereby certify that we have examined the account
of Sylvanus B. Putnam, Treasurer for the year 1887, and
find the same to be correct, and properly vouched for.
W. B. STEARNS,
JOHN" HOSLEY,
0. E. KIMBALL,
CHAS. D. SUMNER,
F. M. FORSAITH,
Finance Committee.
Manchester, N. H., Jan. 21, 1888.
REVENUE ACCOUNT.
ACCOUNTS OF APPROPRIATIONS.
TEMPORARY LOAN".
To balance from old account . $25,000 00
Manchester National Bank . 25,000 00
Merchants' National Bank . 15,000 00
Amoskeag National Bank . 20,000 00
Manchester Savings Bank . 20,000 00
Amoskeag Savings Bank . 20,000 00
Dr.
Paid Merchants' National Bank . $50,000 00
Amoskeag National Bank . 20,000 00
Merchants' National Bank . 15,000 00
Manchester Savings Bank . 20,000 00
Amoskeag Savings Bank . 20,000 00
$125,000 00
Cr.
$125,000 00
INTEREST.
To appropriation . . . $18,500 00
water-works, am't transferred 36,000 00
Paid Merchants' National Bank . $266 67
Manchester National Bank 315 62
Dr.
,500 00
Cr.
294
Paid Manchester Savings Bank
Amoskeag Savings Bank
Amoskeag National Bank
coupons, city bonds
coupons, water bonds .
By balance on hand .
$167
50
97
50
97
50
18,220
49
35,099
00
235
72
$54,500
00
INTEREST ON TAXES.
To J. B. Straw, collector . . $298 49
Dr.
$298 49
Cr.
By reserve fund, am't transferred $298 49
PAUPERS OFF THE FARM.
To appropriation
. $3,500 00
County of Hillsborough
2,053 94
City of Concord, N. H.
53 10
reserve fund
2,308 20
By balance from old account . $477 65
Paid Griffin & Conway, groceries
furnished Walter Lynch . 8 00
Griffin & Conway, groceries
furnished Mrs. J. Otis . 30 00
Griffin & Conway, groceries
furnished Mrs. Isabelle
O'Brien .... 10 00
Dr.
r,915 24
Cr.
295
Paid Griffin & Conway, groceries
furnished Mrs. D. McKay . $10 00
G-riffin & Conway, groceries
furnished Thos. Sullivan . 20 00
Griffin & Conway, groceries
furnished Mrs. E. Sullivan . 20 00
Griffin & Conway, groceries
furnished Mrs. C. Sullivan . 10 92
Griffin & Conway, groceries
furnished Mrs. J. McGovern 10 00
Griffin & Conway, groceries
furnished John Goodsell . 2 00
Griffin & Conway, groceries
furnished Patrick Casey . 19 22
Griffin & Conway, groceries
furnished Thomas Lane . 16 60
Griffin & Conway, groceries
furnished Michael Spain . 17 00
Griffin & Conway, groceries
furnished Jules Morency . 23 02
Griffin & Conway, groceries
furnished Mrs. P. Fox . 12 00
Griffin & Conway, groceries
furnished J. Cronin . . 13 09
Griffin & Conway, groceries
furnished Mrs. T. Donovan 14 57
Griffin & Conway, groceries
furnished Mrs. P. Quinn . 3 25
Griffin & Conway, groceries
furnished B. Doyle . . 12 00
Griffin & Conway, groceries
furnished Mrs. E. Cooney . 6 00
Griffin Bros., groceries fur-
nished Mrs. T. Cleary . 30 00
296
Paid Griffin Bros., groceries fur-
nished Thos. Sullivan . $13 00
Jos. Quirin, groceries furnished
Joseph French ... 66 00
Jos. Quirin, groceries furnished
John Murray ... 25 00
E. E. Colburn, groceries fur-
nished J. S. Gamble . . 73 44
E. E. Colburn, groceries fur-
• nished L. M. Green . 9 00
Eager & Rand, groceries fur-
nished Mrs. Ed. O'Hern . 25 00
S. L. Flanders, groceries fur-
nished Willie A. Proctor . Ill 63
Jas. Hayes, groceries furnished
Mary Fitzgerald ... 59 42
T. F. Fifield, groceries fur-
nished Nelly Donovan . 2 35
T. F. Fifield, groceries fur-
nished Bridget Milne . 54 00
C. EL Clark, groceries fur-
nished Willie Proctor . 32 54
William Weber, groceries fur-
nished Mrs. D. Connor . 6 00
William Weber, groceries fur-
nished Mrs. Hunter . . 21 08
D. B. Morency, groceries fur-
nished Jules Morency . 8 36
L. Gutterson, groceries fur-
nished Mrs. K Dickey . 24 00
French & Dockham, groceries
furnished E. Boyle . 10 00
J. C. Fifield & Son, groceries
furnished Bridget Milne . 18 00
297
Paid J. C. Fifield & Son, groceries
furnished Mary Griffin . $2 00
J. C. Fifield & Son, groceries
furnished Mary Kilday . 5 00
P. Fahey, groceries furnished
Patrick Casey ... 10 00
P. Fahey, groceries furnished
Nellie Donovan ... 2 00
G. C. Lord, groceries fur-
nished N. B. Dickey . 36 00
Hood & Parker, groceries fur-
nished Mary Griffin . . 5 00
Carl E. York, groceries fur-
nished Mary Sweeney . 6 00
Carl E. York, groceries fur-
nished J. M. Collins . . 6 00
P. Scollard, groceries fur-
nished Mrs. John Logue . 5 00
Orison Hardy, groceries fur-
nished A. J. Smith . . 6 00
Henry Gorman, groceries fur-
nished S. P. Nesmith . . 5 00
George W. Adams, groceries
furnished A. Cunningham . 9 49
George W. Adams, groceries
furnished John Day . 1 35
George W. Adams, groceries
furnished Ellen Beckner . 37 00
George W. Adams, groceries
furnished Mary Fitzgerald . 5 00
George W. Adams, groceries
furnished James Callahan . 52 49
George W. Adams, groceries
furnished Bridget Sullivan . 5 00
298
Paid George W. Adams, groceries
furnished Mary Doherty . $4 88
George W. Adams, groceries
. furnished A. B. Webster . 4 55
George W. Adams, groceries
furnished Mary Sullivan . 23 00
George W. Adams, groceries
furnished Sarah Rogers . 6 00
George W. Adams, groceries
furnished D. Vadeboncceur . 8 00
George W. Adams, groceries
furnished Nelly Donovan . 2 00
George W. Adams, groceries
furnished James McGinnis . 4 00
George W. Adams, groceries
furnished Bridget Connelly . 2 00
George W. Adams, groceries
furnished Willie Proctor . 8 33
George W. Adams, groceries
furnished Israel Duford . 3 00
George W. Adams, groceries
furnished Mary A. Conley . 1 00
George W. Adams, groceries
furnished Jos. B. Pierce . 10 00
H. Fradd & Co., groceries fur-
nished Mrs. D. Connor . 30 02
H. Fradd & Co., groceries fur-
, nished Mrs. Hunter . . 86 04
H. Fradd & Co., groceries fur-
nished Ed. Boyle . . 50 30
H. Fradd & Co., groceries fur-
nished Chas. Buswell . 6 49
Jos. Wiggin, groceries fur-
nished Thos. Burke . 8 00
299
fur-
fur-
fur-
Paid Jos. Wiggin, groceries
nished Edward Frenier
Jos. Wiggin, groceries
nished Ed. J. Wells .
Jos. Wiggin, groceries
nished Anthony Smith
J. H. Wiggin, groceries fur
nished Mrs. Thos. Egan
J. H. Wiggin, groceries fur
nished Mrs. Mary Griffin
McQuade Bros., groceries fur
nished Mrs. Turcotte .
McQuade Bros., groceries fur
nished Pat Casey
McQuade Bros., groceries fur
nished Stephen Sullivan
McQuade Bros., groceries fur
nished Ellen Sullivan
McQuade Bros., groceries fur
nished Mrs. Jerry Cronin
McQuade Bros., groceries fur
nished Mary Fitzgerald
McQuade Bros., groceries fur
nished Bridget Otis .
McQuade Bros., groceries fur-
nished Kate Sullivan .
McQuade Bros., groceries fur-
nished Thos. Burke .
McQuade Bros., groceries fur
nished A. B. Fellows
McQuade Bros., groceries fur
nished Mrs. Thos. Keefe
McQuade Bros., groceries fur
nished Mrs. D. Graham
. $10
00
22
00
18
60
30
00
48
77
29
99
12
09
96
02
93
08
76
90
20
00
14
00
5
00
8
00
6
00
7
00
5
00
300
Paid McQuade Bros., groceries fur-
nished Angeline Messier . $10 50
McQuade Bros., groceries fur-
nished Julia Messier . . 10 00
"W. F. Sleeper & Co., groceries
furnished Mrs. M. Moran . 10 00
W. F. Sleeper & Co., groceries
furnished J. J. Hayes . 7 00
W. F. Sleeper & Co., groceries
furnished Jas. Dowd . . 15 00
"W. F. Sleeper & Co., groceries
furnished Mrs. C. Sullivan 49 08
"W. F. Sleeper & Co., groceries
furnished Mrs. T. Sullivan 67 00
"W. F. Sleeper & Co., groceries
furnished Wm. Conway . 27 00
"W. F. Sleeper & Co., groceries
furnished Mary Fitzgerald 10 00
"W. F. Sleeper & Co., groceries
furnished Thomas Lane . 19 10
W. F. Sleeper & Co., groceries
furnished Mrs. D. McKay . 39 00
W. F. Sleeper & Co., groceries
furnished Bart Doyle . 44 00
W. F. Sleeper & Co., groceries
furnished Mrs. T. Cleary . 30 00
W. F. Sleeper & Co., groceries
furnished Jas. O'Brien . 22 00
W. F. Sleeper & Co., groceries
furnished Mrs. J. Smith . 30 00
W. F. Sleeper & Co., groceries
furnished Mrs. T. Donovan 14 77
W.F. Sleeper & Co., groceries
furnished Goodsell children 24 82
301
Paid W. F. Sleeper & Co., groceries
furnished Mrs. P. Fox . $10 00
W. F. Sleeper & Co., groceries
furnished Mrs. I. E. Foster 5 00
W. F. Sleeper & Co., groceries
furnished Samuel Gray . 3 00
W.F. Sleeper & Co., groceries
furnished Michael Spain . 8 00
W.F. Sleeper & Co., groceries
furnished Thos. Burke . 4 00
Bartlett & Thompson, groceries
furnished Mary Griffin . 10 00
Bartlett & Thompson, groceries
furnished L. M. Green . 94 98
Bartlett & Thompson, groceries
furnished Wm. Mclntire . 5 00
P. Harrington, groceries fur-
nished Mrs. David McKay . 10 00
P. Harrington, groceries fur-
nished Mrs. M. Fitzgerald . 20 00
P. Harrington, groceries fur-
nished Mrs. Jas. Otis . . 59 07
P. Harrington, groceries fur-
nished Mrs. J. McGovern . 50 00
P. Harrington, groceries fur-
nished Michael Spain . 15 72
Maxfield & Jackson, groceries
furnished J. L. Wyman . 6 00
Maxfield & Jackson, groceries
furnished Wm. Mellen . 3 00
Maxfield & Jackson, groceries
furnished Ed. Frenier . 47 00
Charles T. Allen, groceries
furnished Bart Moriarty . 108 19
302
Paid Michael Kenney, groceries
furnished Wm. Conway
Michael Kenney, groceries fur
nished Mrs. C. Burke
H. B. Sawyer, groceries fur
nished Noah M. Randall
H. B. Sawyer, groceries fur
nished C. Sullivan
J. Taylor & Son, groceries
furnished Kate Tate .
J. Taylor & Son, groceries
furnished £T. B. Dickey
J. Taylor & Son, groceries
furnished S. P. Nesmith
Charles A. Smith, medicine
John B. Hall, medicine .
Lewis K. Mead, medicine
Tebbetts Bros., medicine
George E. Hall, medicine
L. G. Tewksbury, medicine
City of Portsmouth, medicine
etc., for Wm. B> Coombs
A. D. Emery, team
F. P. Kimball, clothing
S. F. Curtis, clothing
W. E. & E. B. Dunbar, rent
of tenement
Smith Whitten, team
Esther L. Ingham, board and
care of Mary F. Ingham
Mrs. Wm. Chase, board and
care of Thos. Chase .
Mrs. Mary J. Crosby, board
and care of Richard Spring
$40 00
20
00
71
80
12
00
76
63
12
00
5
00
1
60
10
60
55
85
2
60
38
35
8
70
73
50
3
00
5
00
4
00
4
00
1
50
120
00
120
00
35
00
303
Paid Margaret Lydon, board and
care of Joseph Pierce . $36 00
Mrs. Gideon Rochette, board
and care of Hector Rochette 21 00
Josie A. Haff, board and care
of Fred Haff ... 99 20
Ansel D. Hatch, board and
care of J. W. Hatch . 40 00
Laura J. Rankin, board and
care of Abel G. Rankin . 60 00
H. C. Tilton, board and care
of Izetta E. Foster . . 5 00
Town of Kingston, board and
care of W. Coombs and wife 220 00
Town of Candia, board and
care of Mrs. G. H. Johnson 86 84
John D. Welcome, board and
care of Doherty children . .36 00
John D. Welcome, burial of
James Doherty . . . 15 00
Thos. Kelley, board and care
of Thomas Kelley, Jr. . 70 00
Mrs. J. Maynard, board and
care of Sullivan child . 24 00
J. L. Taylor, board and care
of Sullivan child . . 16 50
W. T. B. Pearsons, board and
care of J. L. Pearsons . 11 33
E. J. Collins, board and care
of Edward P. Gross . 7 00
Mary C. Emerson, board and
care of Maggie Galligan . 4 00
Wm. Ferren, board and care
of Emma J. Gray . 9 00
304
Paid C. M. Watts, board and care
of Emma J. Price
County of Hillsborough, board
and care of A. White
County of Hillsborough, board
and care of J. J. Murray .
State Industrial School, board
and care of inmates .
L. S. Proctor, wood for L. M.
Green ....
E. V. Turcotte, wood for
Mary Griffin
E. V. Turcotte, wood for
Mary A. Sullivan
E. V. Turcotte, wood for Anna
Cunningham
E. V. Turcotte, wood for Sarah
Rogers ....
Austin, Flint & Day, wood for
E. P. Hill ....
Austin, Flint & Day, wood for
K M. Randall .
Austin, Flint & Day, wood for
Ellen Beckner .
Burns & Poore, wood for M.
Spain . . .
Burns & Poore, wood for Bart
Doyle
Burns & Poore, wood for Rose
Cooney ....
Burns & Poore, wood for Mrs.
A. J. Smith
Burns & Poore, coal for Mrs.
Jules Morency .
$21
50
104
00
104
00
2,491
09
5
00
1
00
1
00
1
00
1
00
3
50
3
75
4
00
8
00
6
00
1
50
1
00
2
10
305
Paid J. W. Kimball, wood for N.
M. Randall ... $8 00
J. W. Kimball, wood for Ellen
Beckner .... 15 00
J. W. Kimball, wood for Mary
Doherty .... 6 00
J. W. Kimball, wood for Mary
Sullivan .... 12 00
J. W. Kimball, wood for Sarah
Rogers . . . . 6 00
J. W. Kimball, wood for James
Callahan .... 3 00
J. W. Kimball, wood for Mary
Sweeney . . . 2 00
J. W. Kimball, wood for Celina
Jarvis .... 1 00
J. W. Kimball, wood for Mary
Kilday .... 2 00
J. W. Kimball, wood for Nellie
Proctor .... 4 00
L. B. Bodwell & Co., wood for
David Graham . . .. 2 00
L. B. Bodwell & Co., wood for
Julia Messier ... 1 50
L. B. Bodwell & Co., wood for
Bart Doyle .... 8 00
L. B. Bodwell & Co., wood for
Thomas Burke ... 4 00
L. B. Bodwell & Co., coal,
K M. Randall ... 7 75
L. B. Bodwell & Co., wood,
E. J. Wills . . . 4 00
L. B. Bodwell & Co., coal, L.
M. Green .... 8 00
20
306
Paid L. B. Bodwell & Co., coal, S.
P. Nesmith
$4 00
L. B. Bodwell & Co., wood,
Mary Griffin
1 00
L. B. Bodwell & Co., wood,
Joseph French .
1 00
L. B. Bodwell & Co., wood,
Mrs. McKay
1 00
L. B. Bodwell & Co., wood,
M. Spane .
2 00
J. F. Wyman, wood, Mrs.
Hunter ....
13 00
Moore & Preston, wood, Mary
Griffin ....
8 25
Moore & Preston, coal, J. L.
Wyman ....
6 00
Moore & Preston, coal, S. P.
Nesmith ....
5 00
Moore & Preston, coal and
wood, L. M. Green
21 25
Moore & Preston, wood, W.
A. Proctor ....
4 25
Moore & Preston, wood, Ed-
ward Frenier
14 75
Moore & Preston, wood, E. J.
Wills
11 00
George Whitforcl, wood, Mary
Doherty ....
3 50
E. P. Johnson Co., wood, W.
A. Proctor ....
15 37
E. P. Johnson Co., coal,
James Callahan .
. 8 45
E. P. Johnson Co., coal, N.
M. Randall
12 50
307
Paid A. Mclndoe, wood, Jules Mo-
rency ....
S. L. Flanders, wood, W. A
Proctor
L. B. Melvin, wood, W. A
Proctor
Fessenden & Lowell, wood
J. B. Pierce
B. B. "Warner, wood, Ellen
Beckner
EL J. DeCourcey, wood .
Wingate & Gould, shoes
Wingate & Gould, shoes
Joseph Murray, shoes .
Philbrick & Webster, shoes
F. C. Dow, shoes .
A. & W. S. Heath, shoes
A. & W. S. Heath, shoes
D. Bean, repairs
E. T. James, team .
M. Harrington, rent for Jos
French
Harley & Robbie, shawl
Manchester One-Price Cloth
ing Co., clothing
J. C. Bickford, professional
services . .
H. D. Gordon, lounge for sick
nurse ....
F. L. Wallace & Co., burial
services
James Bros., team .
Temple & Farrington
Horace Gordon, team
$5 00
7 01
4 00
25 50
2
00
2
00
5
00
2
25
2
00
2
50
2
00
4
75
1
25
85
1
50
27
00
3
50
8
75
1
00
14
00
25
00
4
75
9
00
2
00
308
Paid E. B. Henion, M. D., profes-
sional services . . . $25 00
Mrs. E. G. Woodman, wash-
ing 1 00
J. M. Collity, professional ser-
vices ..... 4 00
C. B. Sturtevant, professional
services . . . . 11 00
O. D. Kimball, printing blanks 12 50
"William H. Maxwell, clerical
services, etc. ... 6 06
B. F. Lake, expenses to Wil-
ton with J. W. Doherty . 8 40
H. B. Fairbanks, bedding, etc.,
for E. Wills ... 17 85
A. G. Fairbanks . ... 12 75
appropriation .
J. Garvin, super
J. H. Willey .
reserve fund
$3,500
1,522
490
322
To
CITY FARM
intendent
00
00
86
73
Paid Merrill Bros, grain, etc.
W. S. Jewell, grain, etc.
Drake & Dodge, grain, etc.
Pettee & Adams, grain, etc.
A. N". Clapp, kerosene oil
D. E. Guiney, plumbing, etc
$43 28
30 63
285 02
429 66
28 45
4 25
r,915 24
Dr.
>,835 59
Cr.
309
Paid E. M. Slayton, butter .
A. M. Eastman, groceries, etc
George W. Adams, groceries
etc
Eager & Rand, groceries, etc
W. D. Ladd & Co., crackers
etc
McQuade Bros., groceries
etc
J. McKeon, groceries, etc.
D. Kerwin, pearline, etc.
Bartlett & Thompson, provi
sions, etc. .
J. H. Pierce & Co., provisions
etc
H. Marshall, butter
Carl E. York, groceries, etc.
Eager & Rand, groceries, etc
Union Pacific Tea Co., coffee
etc
Hervey & Henry, flour .
E. L. Bryant, groceries, etc.
A. G. Grenier, groceries, etc
Joseph Quirin, groceries, etc
George W. Adams, groceries
etc. ....
J. A. Langley, fish
Dodge & Laing, groceries, etc
J. Garvin and wife
E. E. McKean, meats
J. B. Varick Co., hardware
etc. ....
Manchester Hardware Co.
hardware, etc. .
$77 97
134 68
100 00
247 60
11 00
52 77
10 71
44 80
222 28
106
25
19
17
107
25
5
97
13
20
41
00
35
58
8
50
9
30
5
12
6
25
11
89
733
34
6
88
116 72
20 77
310
Paid Killey & Wadleigh, hardware,
etc $45 01
Thorp & Bartlett, plumbing,
etc 41 68
T. A. Lane, plumbing, etc. . 6 94
J. B. McCrillis & Son, repairs
on carts, etc. . . . 31 75
J. F. Woodbury & Co., black-
smithing .... 29 75
J. H. Cram, blacksmithing . 9 25
Charles H. Bunton, black-
smithing .... 20 95
Joseph 0. Tremblay, black-
smithing . . . . 11 00
Thomas Hickey, blacksmith-
ing
H. F. Thompson, blacksmith-
ing
R. W. Flanders, blacksmith-
ing
Sanborn Carriage Company,
blacksmithing ... 5 00
K E. T. & T. Co., telephone 46 73
Moore & Preston, coal . . 353 66
L. B. Bodwell & Co., coal . 136 80
E. P. Johnson Co., coal . 42 62
F. C. Dow, boots and shoes . 63 21
George H. Wilson, boots and
shoes 5 00
Wingate & Gould, boots and
shoes 14 50
G. W. Dodge, boots and shoes 3 25
McDonald & Cody, boots and
shoes 4 00
4 25
4 00
2 50
31 L
Paid F. D. Hansconi, meats .
$145 92
C. E. Cox, meats .
35 92
Tom W. Robinson, meats
132 80
Tom W. Robinson, meats
48 36
Cavanaugh Bros., harness, etc.
78 64
R. G. Sullivan, tobacco
56 76
L. P. Reynolds
17 52
Temple & Farrington, station-
ery
1 47
Wm. W. Hubbard, sawdust .
3 00
Thorp & Bartlett, plumbing .
3 50
Head & Dowst, lumber .
1 86
J. Hodge, lumber .
7 80
Weston & Martin, clothing .
16 50
Talbot & Co., clothing .
9 24
F. P. Kimball, clothing .
2 55
H. M. Moody, clothing .
35 65
H. M. Tarbell, clothing
7 75
J. A. Folsom, clothing .
7 35
Geo. Blanchet, dry goods
20 00
Hawley & Barnard, dry goods
25 99
"Weston & Hill, dry goods
77 82
Talbot & Co., clothing .
32 19
Mrs. J. F. Fox, manure
25 00
H. B. Fairbanks, hog-feed,
etc. . ' .
61 00
H. D. Gordon, repair of
lounge, etc.
3 60
C. M. Bailey, mops, brooms,
etc
12 25
Dr. W. F. Robie, professional
services, etc.
18 15
C. H. Hodgman & Co., mid-
dlings ....
10 25
312
Paid Stevens & Clough, swill
$24 00
George 0. Stevens, swill
12 00
Daniel Davis, swill
55 00
T. A. Barker, swill
100 00
Dodge & Straw, boots, etc.
14 15
L. G. Tewksbury, medicine
28 50
J. B. Hall, medicine
10 35
C. A. Smith, medicine .
6 98
George E. Hall, medicine
12 05
L. K. Mead, medicine .
61 93
Carpenter & Co., brooms
6 00
Maxwell & Campbell, cutting
ice . . . .
12 50
J. S. Holt & Co., soap .
27 88
J. Hodge, lumber .
6 21
R. M. Rollins, creamery, etc
47 80
Head & Dowst, lumber .
1 07
E. P. Richardson, insurance
237 00
C. H. Thayer, boots
5 00
E. L. Wallace & Co., burying
r
5
child ....
5 00
T. W. Lane, stationery .
1 61
J. 0. Burbank, medicines
2 30
J. G. Ellinwood .
5 00
W. P. Farmer, superphos
phate ....
22 80
T. A. Lane, plumbing .
70
F. L. Downs . . .
3 75
D. Kerwin, soap
4 00
Enterprise Manufacturing Co
30 15
Carney, Lynch & Co., hog
-
feed ....
4 73
B. F. Witham
33 00
F. B. Potter, sewer pipe
2 80
313
Paid J. Stickney .
McDougall Bros., thrashing
F. P. Kimball, clothing
J. H. Willey and wife .
J. O. Burbank, medicine
Reed Bros., mason-work
J. Bryson, Jr., paints, etc.
McQuade Bros., groceries
$4 40
20 30
2 60
200 00
8 55
2 65
8 45
54 40
IS.
CITY
TEA^
To appropriation .
,
,
$3,000
00
Partridge Bros.,
overdraft
10
13
Cavanaugh Bros
., horse
sold
94
00
labor in District No. 2
.
3,796
36
labor in District No. 10
•
721
75
15,835 59
Dr.
Paid City Farm, hay
L. Shelters, hay .
G. W. Butterfield, hay
"W. M. Plummer, hay
D. Butterfield, hay
S. Goffe, hay
F. D. Han scorn, hay
John Pillsbury, hay
C. D. Welch, hay
"W. M. Patten, hay
Joseph Quirin, carrots
Merrill Bros., grain
Partridge Bros., grain
r,622 24
Ob.
$465 39
283 95
34 56
13 39
49 32
21 82
42 00
23 35
213 45
24 75
4 25
827 10
447 44
314
Paid H. Fradd & Co., grain .
$336 52
Manchester Hardware Co.,
hardware, etc. .
15 20
Drake & Dodge, grain .
110 15
W. S. Jewell, grain
190 31
Pettee & Adams, grain, etc. .
460 36
H. A. Horton, carrots .
36 00
1ST. J. Walen, harness, etc. .
91 80
F. N. McLaren, harness, etc.
175 60
H. C. Ranno, harness, etc. .
80 52
H. C. Ranno, harness, etc. .
11 65
J. G. Lake, harness, etc.
79 59
F. P. Riley, harness, etc.
94 95
Cavanaugh Bros., harness,
etc
50 05
J. H. Cram, blacksmithing .
47 80
D. F. Cressey, blacksmithing
81 56
J. F. Woodbury & Co., black-
smithing .
369 60
Brown & Howie, blacksmith-
ing
37 50
Joseph 0. Tremblay, black-
smithing .
84 00
J. J. Connor, blacksmithing
1 75
Stephen Austin, blacksmith-
ing
3 00
John Barnes, blacksmithing
7 82
Thomas Hickey, blacksmith-
ing .
2 00
S. Lavigne, blacksmithing .
60
F. Allen, blacksmithing
8 00
L. Pope, blacksmithing
1 35
A. M. Corning, admr., wagon
30 00
S. C. Forsaith Machine Co. .
40
315
Paid J. B. McCrillis & Son, repair
of carts, etc.
$425 54
Sanborn Carriage Co., repair
of carts, etc.
85 25
J. B. JSTourse, lumber
1 08
Looney & Shea, brooms
6 00
Dr. R. Ebbitt, veterinary
103 50
Dr. J. Alexander, veterinary .
89 00
Dr. J. Blakely, veterinary
165 00
Dr. J. L. Golden, veterinary .
7 50
Dr. W. F. Robie, veterinary .
12 00
Snelling & Woods, borse med-
icine .....
8 60
George E. Hall, horse med-
icine ......
12 65
Z. F. Campbell, horse med-
icine .....
34 26
J. J. Holland & Co., horse
medicine ....
9 10
C. T. Newman, horse med-
icine
5 50
Manchester Hardware Com-
pany, hardware, etc. .
19 44
Manchester Hardware Com-
pany, hardware, etc. .
67
J. B. Yarick Co., hardware, etc.
17 82
Killey & Wadleigh, hardware,
etc
8 05
A. J. Sawyer, lumber .
4 82
Head & Dowst, lumber .
4 00
A. C. Wallace, lumber .
2 55
A. IS". Clapp, salt, etc. .
1 97
Mrs. S. Brown, rent of sheds
for storage of carts
21 00
316
Paid C. A. Carpenter, stable
brooms ....
$6 00
J. Stickney, rubber horse
cover .
5 00
N. H. Rubber Co., syringe
2 00
Concord Railroad, freight on
horses ....
6 30
labor of teamsters
1,412 40
By balance on hand
286 81
$7,622 24
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 1.
Dr.
To appropriation .
1300 00
$300 00
Ob.
PaidKilley & Wadleigh, hardware,
etc
$1 88
labor of men and teams
263 44
By balance on hand
34 68
$300 00
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 2.
To appropriation .... $9,000 00
P. O. block, snow removed . 10 00
county of Hillsborough, labor 13 00
reserve fund .... 5 28
Dr.
),028 28
317
Cr.
Paid J. B. Nourse, lumber and
labor . . . ' .
Westover & Gould, lumber
and labor .
P. J. Kean, filing saws .
L. N. Westover, lumber
Flint & Little, lumber and
labor ....
J. Hodge, lumber .
Head & Dowst, lumber .
L. M. Aldrich, lumber and
labor ....
J. Stickney, rubber mittens
etc. ....
L. A. Clough, lumber .
Trudel & Joutras, blacksmith
ing ....
E. Frye, blacksmithing .
Boisvert & Turcotte, black-
smithing ....
R.W. Flanders, blacksmithing
J. F. Woodbury & Co., black-
smithing ....
Woodbury & Fellows, black-
smithing ....
J. P. Fellows & Co., black-
smithing ....
C. H. Hutchinson, ironwork,
etc. ......
Killey & Wadleigh, hardware,
etc
Manchester Hardware Com-
pany, hardware, etc. .
$9 99
0
95
60
80
1
65
7
29
9
62
33 38
4 47
2
50
3
40
17
05
2
20
47
90
12
90
50
00
157
04
141
67
123
41
149
58
318
Paid Pike & Heald, hardware, etc
T. A. Lane, labor on pumps
etc. ....
J. B. Yarick Co., hardware
etc
Manchester Gas-light Co., gas
People's Gas-light Co., gas
Temple & Farrington, station
ery .
T. W. Lane, stationery
L. Gutterson, salt, etc. .
J. H. Wiggin & Co., molasses
hogshead
J. Taylor & Son, oil, brooms
etc. ....
L. Gutterson, oil, salt
J. Taylor & Son, oil, salt, etc
W. H. Vickery, keys, etc.
T. L. Thorpe, bags
G. A. Clark, filing saws
T. W. Lane, stationery, etc.
Geo. Blanchet
Amoskeag Manufacturing Co
lumber, etc.
Temple & Farrington, time
books, etc. .
labor of men and teams .
$7
69
1
20
195
89
30
45
14
98
75
2
71
20
43
1 25
6 70
19 90
5 25
2 55
6 32
6 40
7 74
9 75
5 99
30 95
7,824 98
),028 28
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 3.
To appropriation
reserve fund
$1,000 00
226 85
Dr.
$1,226 85
319
Paid F. X. Chenette, blacksmith-
ing $1 30
J. B. Varick Co., hardware,
etc 12 22
Killey & Wadleigh, hardware,
etc. ..... 80
Hutchinson Bros., ironwork,
etc 5 24
R. W. Flanders, blacksmith-
ing 1 90
C. H. Bunton, blacksmithing 40
J. B. McCrillis & Son . . 1 50
labor of men and teams . . 1,203 49
Cr.
$1,226 85
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 4.
Dr.
To appropriation .
reserve fund
Paid Devonshire Mills, gravel
Manchester Hardware Com-
pany, hardware .
F. B. Potter, Akron pipe
A. J. Sawyer, lumber .
labor of men and teams
$400 00
7 63
$407 63
$16 98
Cr.
4 05
8 22
5 53
372 85
SHOT ft.Q
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 5.
To appropriation .... $500 00
Dr.
$500 00
320
Paid Killey & Wadleigh, hardware,
etc
$2 16
R. W. Flanders, blacksmith-
ing
1 60
labor of men and teams
468 16
By balance on hand
28 08
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 6.
To appropriation . . . $400 00
reserve fund .... 15 93
Paid J. B. Varick Co., hardware,
etc $1 40
Charles H. Bunton, black-
smithing .... 1 90
labor of men and teams . 412 63
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 7.
To appropriation .... $1,100 00
J. B. Varick Co., overdraft . 6 00
Cr.
$500 00
Dr.
$415 93
Cr.
$415 93
Dr.
$1,106 00
Cr.
PaidC. H. Bunton, blacksmithing $8 63
J. B. Varick Co. . . . 66 66
Head & Dowst, lumber . 9 68
321
PaidJames Morrison, blacksmith
ing .
$3 19
Warren Harvey, stone .
12 50
T. A. Lane, pipe, etc. .
5 78
Hutchinson Bros., ironwork
5 76
F. S. Bodwell, stone
22 00
labor of men and teams
953 13
By balance on hand
18 67
$1,106 00
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 8.
To appropriation .
reserve fund
$700 00
17 55
Paid Manchester Hardware Co.,
hardware . . . . $9 56
J. B. Varick .... 80
labor of men and teams . 707 19
Dr.
$717 55
Ob.
$717 55
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 9.
To appropriation
reserve fund
Paid Jas. Morrison, blacksmithing
J. B. Varick Co., hardware,
etc. .....
Dr.
$500 00
6 40
$506 40
Or.
$1 20
4 17
21
322
Paid Head & Dowst, lumber
labor of men and teams
$2 05
498 98
$506 40
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 10.
To appropriation .
John Shea (overdraft)
reserve fund
Paid Westover & Gould, lumber
C. H. Robie, sand
J. F. Wyman, coal and wood
James Baldwin, plank .
People's Gas-light Co., gas
Manchester Gas-light Co., gi
James Briggs, scoop, etc.
A. N. Clapp, hardware, etc.
Killey & Wadleigh, hardware
etc. ....
labor of men and teams
$2,200 00
10 50
451 30
$2
10
7
60
d 16
88
5
40
3
22
s 2
85
3
00
6
75
57
87
. 2,556
13
Dr.
$2,661 80
Cr.
,661 80
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 11.
To appropriation
reserve fund
$1,000 00
158 89
Dr.
.,158 89
323
Paid Wm. Hoyt, stone and gravel $28 80
J. P. Fellows & Co., black-
smithing .... 1 50
I. C. Hardy, gravel . . 7 84
labor of men and teams . 1,120 75
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 12.
To appropriation .... $300 00
reserve fund .... 36 00
Paid City Farm, labor . . . $331 00
F. S. Bodwell, stone . . 5 00
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 13.
To appropriation .
reserve fund
Paid Killey & Wadleigh
labor of men and teams
Cr.
.,158 89
Dr.
$336 00
Cr.
$336 00
$200 00
12 94
Dr.
$212 94
Cr.
$212 94
$1 20
211 74
324
NEW HIGHWAYS.
To appropriation .
reserve fund
Paid John Proctor, building Kelly
street ....
F. S. Bodwell, stone
Union Publishing Co., print-
ing . . ...
J. B. Clarke, printing .
A. C. Wallace, lumber
L. A. Clough, lumber .
John Barnes, blacksmithing
Jos. Boisvert, blacksmithing
Killey & Wadleigh, hardware,
etc. ..... 38
J. B. Varick Co., hardware,
etc. ..... 6 55
labor of men and teams . 7,311 30
LAND DAMAGE.
To appropriation .... $1,000 00
Paid Geo. W. Riddle, Carroll street
Geo. W. Riddle, Riddle street
A. J. Bennett, Laurel street
By balance on hand
Dr.
16,000 00
1,695 71
$7,695 71
Cr.
$245 00
51 25
6 25
'
5 64
21 59
21 60
16 65
9 50
$100
00
200
00
98
06
601
94
,695 71
Dr.
$1,000 00
Cr.
$1,000 00
325
WATERING STREETS.
*
Dr.
To appropriation .
$4,000 00
reserve fund .
436 71
$4,436 71
Cr.
Paid J. B. McCrillis & Son, repair-
ing carts, etc.
$88 31
Pike & Heald, repairing carts
etc
11 88
J. B. Varick & Co., paint
varnish, etc.
9 67
T. A. Lane, stand-pipes, etc.
79 60
Manchester Water - works
water
2,500 00
labor of men and teams
1,747 25
t,436 71
LIGHTING STREETS.
To appropriation . . . .$15,000 00
Dr.
$15,000 00
Cr.
Paid Manchester Gas-light Co.,
gas, etc $5,083 24
People's Gas-light Co., gas,
etc 3,635 54
Manchester Electric-light Co. 4,631 95
Ben Franklin Electric-light
Co 370 52
C. M. Bailey, chimneys,
wicks, etc. ... 77 36
326
Paid Lowell's iron foundry, lamp-
posts, etc.
$120 75
C. H. Hutchinson, lamp-posts
etc
41 75
Albert Eettel, oil, chimneys
etc
5 15
J. Frank Moore, oil, chim-
neys, etc. .
4 72
By balance on hand
1,029 02
f 1 ^ 000 00
PAVING STREETS.
Dr.
To appropriation .
.
$2,500
00
reserve fund
•
1,648
86
$4,148 86
Cr.
Paid C. H. Robie, concreting
$1,130 ]
W. Fullerton, cobble paving
99
W. H. Colburn,
u
64
50
Isaac Sweeney,
u
76
16
L. J. Proctor,
it
14
67
J. H. Colburn,
a
.99
00
J. H. Proctor,
a
59
78
James Fullerton,
a
33
00
A. J. Wilkinson,
a
24
00
J. Parmenter,
a
6
00
D. H. Varnum & Co.
a
>
6
12
H. S. Hoyt,
a
37
50
J. B. Clarke,
a
3
00
George S. Smith,
a -
6
11
W. S. Jewell,
a
3
00
327
Paid C. C. Webster, cobble paving
$7 50
Carpenter & Co., repairing
street-sweeper, etc.
60 00
J. J. Bennett, paving brick,
etc
10 00
labor of men and teams
2,507 36
,148 86
MACADAMIZING STREETS.
To appropriation .... $10,000 00
American Manufacturing Co.,
crushed stone . . . 24 00
Dickey & Harvey, crushed
stone 50 00
Manchester Mills, crushed stone 785 68
reserve fund .... 976 31
Dr.
$11,835 99
Cr.
aid F. S. Bodwell, stone
$111
90
S. B. Page, stone .
20
40
R. P. Campbell, stone .
29
50
A. G. Fairbanks, stone
37
8]
J. H. Colburn, stone
235
08
A. J. Wilkinson, stone
18
04
J. Fullerton, stone
214
43
E. S. Hoyt, stone .
27
74
E. A. Campbell, stone .
25
33
F. A. Emerson, stone .
2
69
F. B. Worthley, stone .
64
51
F. H. Libby, stone
39
25
M. W. Spencer, stone .
1
14
328
Paid E. "W". Butterfield, stone
$62 31
M. E. Harvey, stone
52 49
L. J. Proctor, stone
70 18
H. S. Hoyt, stone
84 03
D. Butterfield, stone
161 75
I. Sweeney, stone
396 07
"W. S. Jewell, stone
56 55
G. H. Bartlett, stone
25 04
G. W. Butterfield, stone
230 97
Campbell & Tilton, stone
69 75
George Whitford, stone
288 22
C. Manseau, stone
67 27
J. G. Ellinwood, stone .
59 44
E. C. Emerson, stone .
11 98
E. S. Bodwell, stone .
82 77
C. C. Webster, stone .
4 50
Dickey & Harvey, stone
34 00
George Thompson, stone
6 34
J. V. Gott, stone .
6 90
C. E. Buswell, stone
6 11
George Goodwin, stone
14 22
C. H. Robie, stone
28 42
T. Ellis, stone
2 49
J. W. Kimball, stone .
151 94
G. S. Smith, stone
51 89
H. S. Plumer, stone
144 58
Joseph Terrill, stone
116 46
Wm. G. Landry, stone
86 87
F. S. Bodwell, stone
31 73
Charles P. Still, stone .
10 61
F. E. Shea, stone .
2 55
H. A. Horton, stone
37 76
G. H. Bartlett, stone
3 78
J. B. Clarke, stone
3 28
329
Paid F. A. Emerson, stone .
$50 54
W. Parmenter, stone .
91
"W. H. Coburn, stone .
11 08
H. L. Kimball, stone .
3 51
F. X. Chenette, stone .
4 91
F. X. Chenette, stone .
20 53
S. A. Blood, stone
5 29
C. N. Harvey, stone
9 55
George Thompson, stone
10 79
Edwin Kennedy, stone
5 98
E. R. Giddings, stone .
6 97
J. H. Proctor, stone
4 40
H. Holbrook, stone
17 31
City Farm, stone .
14 84
Concord Railroad corpora-
tion, freight
3 94
water-works, water
30 00
Manchester Gas-light Co.,
coke ....
38 00
T. A. Lane, labor on crusher,
etc
36 62
J. Stickney, labor on crusher,
etc. .....
6 05
Killey & Wadleigh, hard-
ware, etc. ....
12 63
Killey & "Wadleigh, hard-
ware, etc. ....
45
J. B. Yarick Co., hardware,
etc. .....
157 83
S. C. Forsaith Machine Co,,
repair of road-roller, etc. .
42 19
Head & Dowst, lumber
29 13
L. A. Clough, lumber .
18 75
A. J. Sawyer, lumber .
3 40
330
Paid Marden & Woodbury, stone
chips, etc. . . . . $17 05
J. P. Fellows & Co., black-
smithing ....
87 50
R. W. Flanders, blacksmith-
ing .
81 14 .
Hutchinson Bros., repair of
crusher, etc.
118 18
Farrell Foundry & Machine
Co., repair of roller .
64 39
T. L. Thorpe, cop. waste
3 60
L. B. Bodwell & Co., wood .
7 50
J. J. Abbott, painting .
4 80
S. C. Forsaith Machine Co. .
1 63
Pettee & Adams, cement
16 50
labor of men and teams
7,597 03
in oRFi
99
fl> J. JL, OOU
NCRETE.
GRADING FOR CO:
Dr,
To appropriation ....
$3,500 00
reserve fund ....
1,805 24
in 90^
24
Cr.
Paid labor of men and teams
$5,287 04
C. H. Robie, gravel
18 20
*! i^ 30*1
94
*AINS.
— t:
SEWERS AND Dl
Dr.
To appropriation ....
$15,000 00
sewer licenses ....
1,325 10
Head & Dowst, overdraft
4 80
reserve fund .
2,319 07
$18,648
97
Cr.
Paid Pike & Heald, ladles, oil-cans,
etc $8 79
C. H. Hutchinson, ironwork,
etc 475 69
W. F. Head & Son, brick . 840 00
A. H. Lowell, ironwork . 246 18
D. F. Cressey, blacksmithing 19 52
J. B. Varick Co., hardware,
etc 43 50
Killey & Wadleigk, hard-
ware, etc. ....
Concord Railroad, freight
F. S. Bodwell, cesspool stone
Manchester Hardware Co.,
hardware, etc. .
Louis Wolf, plumbing .
J. Stickney, rubber clothing,
etc
A. J. Sawyer, lumber .
Head & Dowst, lumber
George Holbrook, lumber .
S. C. Forsaith Machine Co.,
ironwork, etc. ... 4 35
J. B. Nourse, lumber and
labor . . . . 10 08
Manchester Locomotive
Works, ironwork, etc. . 19 13
Hood & Parker, oatmeal, etc. 3 78
Geo. L. Robinson, gum boots 6 50
Wingate & Gould, gum boots 3 00
C. H. Thayer, gum boots . 42 00
T. L. Thorpe, bags . . 14 48
F. B. Potter, Akron pipe . 1,984 38
67
92
119
00
155
00
3
66
9
00
24
55
12
96
4
80
31
52
332
Paid T. A. Lane, Akron pipe, etc
$2,638
96
Pettee & Adams, cement
580
35
Merrill Bros., cement .
21
45
Dr. C. F. Flanders, profes-
sional services .
31
00
H. Fradd & Co., pail .
35
L. Gutterson, oatmeal, etc.
13
30
Union Publishing Co., adver-
tising .
15
00
Pike & Heald
10
" Manchester Weekly Bud
get," advertising
3
90
G. A. Clark, filing saws
5
00
L. Gutterson, oatmeal, etc.
8
38
Henry Fisk, sewer pipe
31
13
W. B. Corey & Co., teaming
? 3
50
labor of men and teams
. 11,146
06
«ifi «48 Q7
MAIN-STREET SEWER.
Dr.
To appropriation ....
$1,000 00
reserve fund .
244 95
$1,244 95
•Cr.
Paid A. ~N. Clapp, spikes, etc.
$7 84
D. F. Cressey, blacksmithing
71 15
C. H. Hutchinson, black-
smithing, etc.
5 35
Killey & Wadleigh, powder,
etc. .....
33 54
F. B. Potter, Akron pipe
313 50
333
Paid A. C. Wallace, lumber
$92
24
T. A. Lane, hardware, etc. .
2
12
J. B. Varick Co., hardware,
etc. .....
10
20
D. E. Guiney, pipe, etc.
31
25
J. F. Wyraan, coal
8
00
Head & Dowst, use of engine
20
00
L. Robinson
15
00
labor of men and teams
634
76
$1,244 95
• BRIDGES.
Dr.
To appropriation
$2,000
00
reserve fund ....
226
72
«9 99ft 79
Cr.
Paid Walter Neal, carpenter-work
etc. .....
J. B. Nourse, carpenter-work
George Holbrook, carpenter-
work
A. C. Wallace, lumber
D. Wells, lumber,
A. J. Sawyer, lumber .
S. F. Patterson, lumber
J. B. Varick Co., hardware
etc. ....
A. 1ST. Clapp, hardware, etc
Union Publishing Co., adver-
tising
J. B. Clarke, advertisins;
$17 60
z 96
12
164
30
484 37
14
35
133
86
140
20
90
5
52
6
00
4
50
334
Paid " Manchester Weekly Bud-
get," advertising . . $2 25
John H. Willey, building
bridge . . . . 565 00
Charles H. Robie, repairing
concrete .... 100 00
labor of men and teams . 491 75
COMMONS.
To appropriation .... $3,000 00
reserve fund .... 447 14
Paid Head & Dowst, lumber . $71 33
J. B. Kourse,. lumber . . 1 25
J. Hodge, lumber . . 10 22
F. S. Bodwell, stone . .263 77
Pettee & Adams, cement, etc. 34 47
"W. H. Vickery, repairing
lawn-mower, etc. . . 6 65
J. J. Abbott, paints, etc. . 3 07
T. A. Lane, plumbing, etc. . 10 47
sewer and drains, bricks . 3 90
Killey & Wadleigh, hardware,
etc 11 85
J. B. Yarick Co., hardware,
etc 22 51
Manchester Hardware Co.,
hardware, etc. . . 1 53
C. H. Hutchinson, ironwork,
etc 81 21
$2,226 72
Dr.
$3,447 14
Cr.
335
Paid Eastman & Dickey, mason-
work . . " .
$1 75
Leander Pope, blacksmithing
1 55
Charles H. Bunton, black-
smithing ....
4 85
J. P. Fellows & Co., black-
smithing ....
5 37
H. H. Huntress, flowers, etc.
50 05
F. S. Worthen & Son, flow-
ers .....
19 80
S. C. Forsaith Machine Co.,
repairing lawn-mower
50
J. "W. Kimball, teaming
28 00
water-works, water
150 00
J. B. Clarke, advertising
7 50
Union Publishing Co., adver-
tising ....
7 00
Philbrick & Webster, gum
boots ....
9 75
labor of men and teams
2,638 79
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
To appropriation .... $15,000 00
Concord Railroad, damage to
sleigh of J. B. Mooar . 4 65
W. P. Richardson, costs in suit 10 00
D. W. Lane, agent on account
of claim of F. E. Brooks 100 00
,447 14
Dr.
$15,114 65
336
Cb.
Paid George H. Allen, attendance
at supreme court, etc.
Republican Press Associa-
tion, advertising
J. B. Clarke, advertising, etc
Union Publishing Co., adver
tising, etc.
" Manchester Weekly Bud
get," advertising, etc.
T. W. Lane, index books
Temple & Farrington, tax
books, etc.
Thomas Wheat, births, deaths
etc. ....
J. K. Demaitre, births, deaths
etc
C. M. Dodge, births, deaths
etc. . . .
E. Sylvain, births, deaths
etc
Charles F. Flanders, births
deaths, etc.
Guy Holbrook, births, deaths
etc. . . . .
V. Bourgeault, births, deaths
etc
J. Sullivan, births, deaths
etc. ....
J. M. Collity, births, deaths
etc
William A. Webster, births
deaths, etc.
L. French, births, deaths, etc
12 00
6 75
78 22
62 50
6
25
2
70
159
24
13
50
43
75
6
00
11
00
20
50
2
00
2
50
79
75
7
00
6
75
19
00
337
Paid William M. Parsons, births
deaths, etc.
W. 'W. Wilkins, births, deaths
etc. ....
H. C. Canney, births, deaths
etc
John Ferguson , births, deaths
etc
J. W. D. MacDonald, births
deaths, etc.
Geo. D. Towne, births, deaths
etc
J. W. Mooar, births, deaths
etc. ....
J. A. Jackson, births, deaths
etc
J. P. Walker, births, deaths
etc. ....
0. D. Abbott, births, deaths
etc
R. O. Wood, births, deaths
etc
L. B. How, births, deaths, etc
F. A. Hoyt, births, deaths
etc
J. E. A. Lanouette, births
deaths, etc.
Wm. Holland, births, deaths
etc
F. A. Babbitt, births, deaths
etc
Luther Pattee, births, deaths
etc
$67 00
2 75
27 50
56 75
22 25
3 25
3 50
10 75
1 75
9 50
7 50
5 50
10 00
24 75
1 50
25
11 50
338
Paid L. M. French, births, deaths
etc
$13 50
D. S. Adams, births, deaths
etc. ....
4 25
G. W. Nutter, births, deaths
etc. ....
22 25
A. Gladu, births, deaths, etc
4 00
C. B. Sturtevairt, births
deaths, etc.
2 75
E. 0. Pearson, births, deaths
etc
3 00
Charles Corey, births, deaths
etc
1 00
C. C. Webster, use of water
ing-trough
12 00
J. W. Mooar, damage to team
l 4 65
Charles F. Flanders, damage
i
to team
160 00
L. B. Bod well & Co., coal
13 25
Moore & Preston, coal .
369 45
F. S. Bodwell, stonework
>
etc
937 64
Pettee & Adams, cement, etc
8 20
First Regiment Band .
400 00
James Briggs, dippers, etc.
9 67
Manchester Hardware Co.
>
hardware .
3 35
J. B. Varick Co., hardware
1 65
J. F. Woodbury & Co., black-
smithing .
5 25
C. H. Hutchinson, repairing
r
scales .
80
Temple & Farrington Co.
>
books and stationery
21 22
339
Paid J. F. Larkin, ironwork, etc.
$201 41
Pike & Heald, ironwork, etc.
123 85
D. J. Murphy, ironwork, etc.
213 66
T. A. Lane, fountains, iron-
work, etc.
641 73
S. B. Putnam, expenses to
Concord, K H.
72
Smith & Whitten, teams
11 00
E. V. Turcotte, teams .
13 00
J. C. Nichols, teams
36 00
E. T. James, teams
26 50
P. T. Kean, teams
5 00
W. J. Freeman, teams .
57 00
J. N. Foss, teams .
65 00
James Bros., teams
86 50
W. H. Weston •
1 50
E. R. Coburn & Co., station-
ery .....
2 00
Dr. J. Blakely, professional
services ....
5 00
H. H. Duncklee .
5 00
E. T. James, damage to hack,
etc. .....
60 00
Almira Molyneux, damage to
person ....
35 00
Joel Daniels & Co., painting
3 00
Manchester P. 0., stamps
1 00
L. M. Aldrich, lumber, etc. .
61 58
Head & Dowst, lumber, etc. .
98 49
Head & Dowst, lumber, etc. .
6 05
E. H. Holmes, lumber, etc. .
10 75
Geo. Holbrook, lumber, etc.
18 50
Nourse & Ham, lumber, etc.
3 94
J. B. Nourse, lumber, etc.
41 19
340
Paid J. A. Barker, care of city li-
brary boiler, etc.
Manchester Water - works ,
water ....
John Hosley, allowance for
horse-hire ....
T. A. Lane, labor on fountain
Sulloway & Topliff, profes-
sional services .
Sulloway, Topliff & O'Con-
nor, professional services .
Geo. W. Prescott, profes-
sional services .
Osgood & Prescott, profes-
sional services .
Clough & Clark, professional
services ....
H. H. Huse, professional ser-
vices .....
Jeremiah Sullivan, damage to
person ....
Frank I. Paige, damage to
person ....
Eliza A. Cross, damage to
person ....
Mary Frain, damage to person
F. E. Brooks, damage to per-
son .....
Samuel W. Shepard, damage
to person ....
Margaret Sheehan, damage to
person ....
Letitia Barnes, damage to per-
son .....
$127 00
761
07
132
00
53
442
00
50
00
68
00
63
00
5
00
19
97
150
00
20
00
75
00
35
00
100
00
125
00
230
00
75
00
341
Paid Amherst Emery, damage to
person ....
$250 00
Elra D. Campbell, damage
to horse ....
75 00
A. M. Eastman, damage to
team, etc. ....
274 00
H. D. Gordon, hassock .
75
Geo. E. Morrill, distributing
tax bills ....
51 38
Manchester Gas Co., gas
1 80
A. D. Gooden, watering-
trough ....
3 00
First Light Battery, firing
salute July 4, 1887 .
39 00
James Fullerton, labor .
15 00
T. L. Thorpe, cop waste
3 00
A. N". Clapp, grass seed
3 75
H. H. Duncklee, entertaining
guests of city
10 00
S. B. Putnam, auditing ac-
count of collector
25 00
¥m, Blake & Co., bell, etc.
338 22
J. B. Straw, collating unpaid
taxes .....
39 00
H. D. Lord, summoning wit-
nesses ....
8 32
Town of Goffstown, taxes
86
H. C. Dickey, setting trees .
4 00
H. J. Matthews, witness fees,
etc
24 64
Geo. A. Alger, taxes abated
13 69
P. Ebbitt, professional ser-
vices .....
7 00
G. H. Wheeler, hitching posts
8 25
253
20
3
80
35
00
5
33
3
00
342
Paid L. A. Proctor, trees, etc. . $154 60
Harry A. Titus, error in tax 4 00
G. A. Alger, tax and interest
on Daniel Murray property 5 14
A. H. Andrews & Co., school
desks, etc. . . . 181 50
E. F. Jones, witness fees, etc. 7 26
Dr. J. Alexander, professional
services . . . . 3 00
1ST. P. Kidder, returns of
births and marriages .
D. W. King, recording deeds
Howe & Co., repairing city
scales ....
"Weston & Hill, matting
Hale & Whittemore, frame .
Sampson, Murdock & Co.,
directories . . . . 30 00
J. M. Crawford, clerical work
for inspectors of check-lists 40 50
U. S. & C. Express Co., ex-
press on bonds . . . 40 74
L. T. Meade, blotting paper 72
Straw & Lovejoy, repairing
clocks . . . . 133 00
N. P. Kidder, preparing city
report, etc.
F. S. Bodwell, stone
"W. Heron, Jr., engrossing
resolutions
James Dearborn, land .
David F. Miller, claim for
sewer pipe and labor .
C. H. Robie, repairing concrete
276
90
60
00
1
50
129
58
65
00
63
42
343
Paid C.H. Robie, repairing concrete $53 96
E. K. Rowell, use of watering-
trough ....
E. F. Jones, witness fees, etc.
Henry Harmon, witness fees,
etc
Western Union Telegraph
Co., telegrams .
Geo. A. Alger, error in taxes
1885
F. W. Follansbee, moving
buildings, etc. .
Manchester Water -works,
water
G. A. Ramsdell, copies, etc.
L. L. Moore, damage to team
O. E. Kimball
J. M. Collity, return of births,
deaths, etc.
E. Mongeon, return of births,
deaths, etc.
C. M. Dodge, return of births,
deaths, etc.
labor of men and teams
By balance on hand
3
00
3
50
8
00
3
01
6
92
33
25
278
69
13
50
30
00
26
50
8
25
5
00
4
50
751
49
4,186
17
$15,114 65
PINE GROVE CEMETERY.
To balance from old account . 11,762 40
appropriation .... 2,500 00
B. A. Stearns, superintendent . 1,372 10
S. B. Putnam, lots sold . . 2,017 80
Dr.
$7,652 30
344
Cr.
aid T. A. Lane, lawn-sprinkler,
etc
$3 50
Killey & Wadleigh, phos-
phate, etc.
6 50
J. B. Varick Co., hardware,
paint, etc. ....
107 66
Manchester Hardware Co.,
ax handles
45
H. D. Gordon, umbrella-
stand, etc.
5 35
J. C. Nichols, teams
23 00
K E. T. & T. Co., telephone
50 65
J. Hodge, lumber
2 23
L. M. Alclrich, building
house ....
500 00
water-works, water
300 00
J. B. Clarke, advertising, etc.
32 96
Union Publishing Co., adver-
tising ....
8 75
0. D. Kimball, printing, etc.
13 75
Temple & Farrington Co.,
stationery, etc. .
8 31
F. N. McLaren, repair of
harness, etc.
2 15
Charles H. Bunton, black-
smithing ....
12 31
J. Choate, Jr., painting
50 64
F. A. Emerson, loam .
84 31
W. H. Manning, trees, shrubs,
etc. .....
83 65
George Blake, stonework
6 00
Timothy Shea, cleaning vault
3 00
D. H. Varnum & Co., con-
creting ....
47 11
345
Paid Ferdinand Riedell, loam
$24 00
H. H. Huntress, flowers,
etc.
29 80
Geo. E. Hall
5 80
J. K Foss, hack .
3 00
E. P. Johnson Co., coal
8 92
D. J. Jones, iron fence
517 25
H. H. Huse, clerk of
sub-
trustees, etc.
25 00
Pike & Heald, registers,
etc.
5 95
James Bros., team
2 00
W. H. Vickery, repaii
of
lawn-mower
75
J. Francis, pansies
4 20
E. R. Coburn & Co., station-
ery ....
75
Burns & Poore, coal
7 00
0. D. Kimball, printing
4 25
labor of men and teams
2,841 61
By balance on hand
2,819 24
,652 30
VALLEY CEMETERY.
To balance from old account . $244 96
appropriation .... 1,500 00
C. H. G. Foss, superintendent 1,325 00
balance ..... 5 37
Paid F. S. Bodwell, stone . . $11 81
J. B. Varick Co., hardware,
etc 19 37
Dr.
>3,075 33
Cr.
346
Paid Killey & Wadleigh, hardware
etc. ....
Manchester Hardware Co.
hardware, etc. .
Pike & Heald, pipe, etc.
water-works, water
Pettee & Adams, lime and
cement
T. A. Lane, hose, etc. .
H. H. Huntress, flowers
bulbs, etc.
L. M. Aldrich, lumber, etc.
J. Hodge, lumber, etc. .
J. W. Kimball, loam, teams
etc
F. X. Chenette, stone, teams
etc
D. H. Varnum & Co., loam
etc. ....
E. A. Parkhurst, trees .
0. D. Carpenter, Akron pipe
"W. H. Vickery, repair of
lawn-mower
Mrs. Mary Harrington, ma
nure ....
Taylor & Flanders, plants
etc. ....
J. J. Abbott, paint
J. R. Carr, paint .
Dodge & Straw, gum boots
Head & Dowst, building
house
J. B. Yarick Co., hardware
Palmer & Garmon, iron bolts
etc. ....
49
20
51
162
13
83
25
8
15
8
15
58
25
58
95
7
10
125 87
10 50
17 50
27 00
1 40
1 50
10 50
19
55
6
11
4
35
5
40
394
66
5
43
3 77
347
Paid Heath & Stevens, blacksmith
ing, etc. .
J. J. Abbott, paints, etc.
L. M. Aldrich, filing saws
J. Hodge, lumber
Temple & Farrington Co
stationery .
sewers and drains, brick
Pike & Heald, plumbing, etc
labor of men and teams
$14
72
10
97
80
11
15
3
70
53
10
j. 28
87
. 1,875
32
!,075 33
AMOSKEAG CEMETERY.
To reserve fund .... $3 50
Paid water-works, water
$3 50
Dr.
$3 50
Cr.
$3 50
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
To appropriation . . . .$30,000 00
Samuel Eastman & Co., freight
on hose .... 3 12
reserve fund .... 1,303 99
Paid W. L. Blenus, driver, etc.
Jeremiah Lane, driver
C. M. Denyou, driver .
Dr.
— 1
m,
307
Cr
11
$690
04
107
50
660
00
348
Paid A. E. Foster, driver
F. J. Dustin, driver
J. T. O'Dowd, driver
J. Shea, driver
C. H. Rogers, driver
"Walter Seaward, driver
George Seaward, driver
George E. Varnum, driver
Charles S. Brown, driver
Sylvester Reed, driver .
Warren F. Wheeler, driver
Frank A. Pherson, chemical
engine
Thos. F. Dodge, engineer, etc
John Martin, sub-engineer
Thos. F. Brown, driver
Chas. T. Newman, chemicals
Geo. E. Hall, chemicals
Snelling & Woods, chemicals
A. D. Smith, chemicals
Ed. H. Currier, chemicals
Manchester Locomotive
Works, steam fire-engine
Manchester Locomotive
Works, ironwork, etc
Manchester Locomotive
Works, ironwork, etc.
J. B. Nourse, lumber, etc.
Head & Dowst, lumber
L. Gutterson, matches, oil
etc
H. Fradcl & Co., matches, oil
etc. .
J. B. Clarke, printing
£124
50
109
00
100
00
26
50
216
50
120
00
6
00
169
00
63
00
26
75
660
00
660
00
660
00
7
50
44
00
1
45
7 45
2
98
31
86
70
,600
00
29
90
2
50
1
85
17
03
6 04
5 41
47 25
349
Paid George H. Wheeler, sub-
engineer, etc. . . . $42 00
H. D. Gordon, furniture, etc. 82 35
water-works, water . . 686 77
Chas. F. Sprague, dry goods 6 14
Weston & Hill, dry goods . 75
Plumer & Hoi ton, reefers . 116 00
Thos. W. Lane, chief en-
gineer .... 1,000 00
Thos. W. Lane, blank books,
etc. . . . . . 21 05
Sanborn Carriage Co., repair
of steamers . . . 18 20
Weston & Hill, dry goods . 8 51
C. F. Sprague, dry goods . 1 75
Stephen Gardner, care of
boiler . . . . 155 50
K E. T. & T. Co., telephones 79 51
Manchester Gas-light Co., gas 298 35
People's Gas-light Co., gas . 122 92
N". S. Bean Co., services July
4, 1887 . . . . 8 00
Pennacook Hose Co., services
July 4, 1887 . . . 8 00
Fire King Engine Co., ser-
vices July 4, 1887 . 8 00
Amoskeag Engine Co., ser-
vices July 4," 1887 . 8 00
Excelsior Hook-and-Ladder
Co., services July 4, 1887 8 00
Merrimack Hose Co., ser-
vices July 4, 1887 . 8 00
Massabesic Hose Co., services
July 4, 1887 ... 8 00
350
Paid J. B. Smith, automatic gas
burners, etc.
Moore & Preston, coal .
J. F. Wyman, coal
L. B. Bod well & Co., coal
and wood .
E. P. Johnson Co., coal
Thos. P. Riley, Moods, blan
kets, etc. .
J. G. Lake, harness dressing
etc
F. N. McLaren, harness, etc
Cavanaugh Bros., harness,
etc. ....
H. C. Ranno, harness, etc.
Hutchinson Bros., ironwork
etc. ....
Pike & Heald, stove, iron
work, etc. .
Manchester Hardware Co.
hardware, etc. .
Killey & Wadleigh, hardware
etc. ....
Manchester Hardware Co
hardware, etc. .
J. B. Varick Co., hardware
D. F. Cressey, blacksmithing
T. A. Lane, plumbing, etc
Manchester Locomotive
Works, labor on steamer
J. B. McCrillis & Son, repair
ing teams, etc. .
A. E. Lovejoy, washing
Sarah Wyman, washing
$162 96
786
11
4
00
77
19
126
00
21 50
14
00
51
81
18
67
232
34
52
94
55
72
24
45
2
15
83
33
7
98
4
04
38
54
2 00
84 02
8 84
2 00
351
Paid Annie O'Dowd, washing . $6 00
Mary Fish, washing ... 14 71
Chas. E. Berry, names, etc. . 112 00
Alexander Boyd, play pipes . 30 00
Geo. A. Davis, labor on hose 7 00
Carpenter & Co., brooms . 4 2&
D. A. Simons, cuspidores, etc. 16 42
A. T. Barr, care of boiler . 5 25
Louis "Wolf, coal-hods, etc. . 2 00
Peter Milon, painting car-
riages, etc. . . . 53 00
Joseph Smith, carting hose . 50
C. H. Hodgman, carting hose 1 00
J. C. Nichols & Son, team . 1 00
J. Stickney, matting . . 4 33
J. H. Gould, repairing pump 2 00
J). Kerwin, soap ... 4 50
Concord Railroad, freight . 3 12
Peter Milon, painting car-
riages, etc. . . . 119 00
Samuel Eastman & Co., jacket
hose ..... 1,295 00
Stephen Thomas, cleaning
engine ..... 2 00
Boston Woven Hose Co.,
hose 65 00
Geo. B. Forsaith, polishing
steamers .... 7 60
I. H. Thurber & Son, dam-
age to team
Annie F. Dowd, washing
J. W. "Watson, pasturing
horse ....
J. H. Alsop, mop wash, etc.
1
60
7
25
20
00
1
41
352
Paid Boyd Bros., use of horse,
etc. .
Bishop & Bro., ladder
D. F. Cressey, blacksmithing
Merrill Bros., use of horse
J. R. Carr & Co., apron for
steamer
C. H. Hodgrnan & Co., truck
ing . . . .
Scollay & Rich, polish, etc
Cavanaugh Bros., one pair
horses
T. L. Thorpe, cop waste
A. S. Jackson, snaps
D. A. Simons, crockery, etc
C. C. Kerrick, one pair horses
J. B. Jones .
Samuel Eastman & Co., labor
on hose, etc.
Geo. C. Lord
P. M. Carpenter .
Amoskeag S. F. E. Co., pay-
roll .
Fire King S. F. E.'Co., pay-roll
K S. Bean S. F. E. Co., pay-
roll . .
Pennacook Hose Co., pay-roll
Chemical Engine Co., pay-roll
Massabesic Hose Co., pay-roll
Merrimack Hose Co., pay-roll
Excelsior Hook-and-Ladder
Co., pay-roll
Fred. S. Bean, assistant en-
gineer and clerk
$6 00
1 75
5 35
8 00
7 00
50
6
00
675
00
5
00
6
00
1
15
800
00
1
00
30
00
1
25
4
00
1,485
00
1,485
00
1,485
00
2,045
00
435
00
1,245
00
1,245
00
2,545
00
150
00
353
Paid Ruel Manning, assistant en-
gineer
Eugene S. Whitney, assistant
engineer .
J. F. Pherson, assistant en
gineer ...
Head & Dowst, lumber .
T. A. Lane, plumbing, etc
D. F. Cressey, ironwork
H. Fradd & Co., matches
J. H. Wiggin & Co., soapine
D. M. Goodwin, brooms
Burpee & Co., merchandise
Mrs. W. L. Blenus
J. B. Clarke, printing .
Edwin Rogers, insulators, etc
Cutler Bros. Co., bicarbonate
soda ....
Stephen Gardner, care of
boiler
S. L. Flanders, oil, wood, etc
Manchester Locomotive
Works, ironwork, etc.
Chas. E. Berry, hames, etc.
Mary Fish, washing
Temple & Farrington Co., sta
tionery
B. M. Lay, driver supply
wagon
Concord Railroad, freight
C. L. Bly, magnetic bell
Snelling & Woods, chemicals,
etc. .
$125
00
125
00
125
00
22
29
12
96
2
.50
13
20
4
75
2
10
3
00
75
3
00
8 12
31
00
5
57
165
45
52
00
1
23
1 62
6 00
26
5 50
5 95
23
354
Paid People's Gas-light Co., gas. .
$55 44
R. D. Gay . . . .
1 25
T. L. Thorpe, cop waste
10 00
Eureka Fire Hose Co., hose
32 50
Welch & Ball, horses .
650 00
Bay State Belting Co., hose,
etc. .....
46 50
labor of extra teamsters
1,577 00
i
,307 11
FIRE-ALARM TELEGRAPH.
Dr.
To appropriation .
. $1,500 00
T. W. Lane, old wire sold
3
75
$1,503 75
Cr.
Paid Concord Railroad, freight
$5
23
A. D. Smith, sulphate of cop
per, etc.
100
19
D. B. Varney, copper, etc.
178
74
J. B. Smith, tickers, etc.
58
73
Cutler Bros., blue vitriol
32
23
T. W. Lane, carbons, truck
ing, etc.
12
25
Tristam Dame, labor
1
00
L. W. Tenney, "
4
50
Walter Arthur, "
10
75
American Electric Works
8
99
Edwin Rogers, signal boxes
etc. .
630
79
Concord Railroad, freight
74
L. M. Aldrich, lumber, etc.
8
38
355
Paid A. C. Wallace, lumber .
$16 00
J. B. Clarke, printing .
75
Pike & Heald, sink, etc.
5 49
J. H. Bunnell, ice
24 15
T. A. Lane, hardware, etc.
1 83
J. B. Varick Co., hardware
etc
20
Charles L. Bly .
3 25
Killey & Wadleigh, hardware
etc
1 58
L. W. Tenney, labor
3 00
C. H. Hodgman & Co., truck-
in0.
2 43
C. H. Baker, trucking .
1 10
J. N. Foss, teams .
3 50
James Bros., "
5 00
By balance on hand
382 95
:,503 75
INDIVIDUAL FIRE-ALARM.
To appropriation .... $3,000 00
Paid Tenney & Landon, labor and
material ....
$795 00
Concord Railroad, freight
1 76
Albert L. Russell, material,
etc
1,500 00
By balance on hand
703 24
Dr.
!,000 00
Cr.
$3,000 00
356
FIREMEN'S ANNUAL PARADE.
To appropriation .
Paid First Regiment Band, music
Manchester Drum Corps, "
T. W. Lane, stationery, etc
J. B. Clarke, printing .
T. A. Barker, caterer .
Edwin E. Weeks .
■ W. S. Jewell
F. D. Hanscom, use of horse
By balance on hand
$300 00
c $50 00
10
00
4
90
6
85
166
00
3
60
14
•
e 1
00
50
43
15
Dr.
3300 00
Cr.
$300 00
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
To appropriation .... $27,000 00
M. J. Jenkins, costs and fines . 2,476 14
J. C. Bickford, " " . 1,084 30
Dr.
$30,560 44
Cr.
Paid N. P. Hunt, judge
J. C. Bickford, clerk .
M. J. Jenkins, city marshal .
H. W. Longa, asst. marshal .
H. W. Longa, conveying pris-
oners, witness fees, etc.
M. J. Healy, professional ser-
vices .....
$1,500 00
600 00
854 75
700 00
720 26
2 00
357
Paid J. Andrews, professional ser-
vices .....
$4 00
Geo. A. Little, professional
services
2 00
J. P. Bartlett, professional
services ....
5 00
" Manchester Weekly Bud-
get," printing .
6 00
Temple & Farrington Co.,
stationery, etc. .
1 34
Campbell & Williams, print-
ing . .
85 15
J. B. Clarke, printing .
123 89
Manchester Gas-light Co., gas
191 40
People's Gas-light Co., gas .
126 56
Western Union Telegraph
Co., telegrams .
30 56
New England Telephone and
Telegraph Co., telephones
130 85
Daniel Davis, meals for pris-
oners ....
255 20
J. N. Foss, teams
4 00
J. C. Nichols & Son
2 50
E. T. James, teams
226 00
F. X. Chenette, teams .
53 75
James Bros., "
2 00
Charles H. Bunton, black-
smithing . .
5 05
M. J. Coleman, blacksmithing
29 57
T. W. Lane, stationery, etc.
26 45
J. B. Varick Co., sperm oil,
hardware, etc. .
17 71
Killey & Wadleigh, hard-
ware, etc.
8 34
358
dd Moore & Preston, coal .
$348 69
L. B. Bodwell, coal, etc.
60 31
E. P. Johnson Co., coal
61 36
Henry Gorman, brooms, oil,
etc
36 88
Carl E. York, soap, etc.
4 44
Frances Franker, washing
blankets, etc.
. 28 50
Ada Franker, washing blank-
ets, etc. ....
40 50
Mabel Frost, washing blank-
ets, etc. ....
14 00
Delia Pecor, scrubbing
12 00
Dr. James Sullivan, profes-
sional services .
58 00
Dr. F. A. Hoyt, professional
services ....
11 00
Manchester Water - works,
water ....
193 95
J. Stickney, rubber tubing .
2 18
C. M. Bailey, toilet paper
20 00
H. D. Gordon, repair of cell,
etc
8 00
C. H. Reed, expenses to Lynn,
Mass
8 75
J. Holland & Co., medicine,
etc
35 85
P. H. Kelley, drugs, etc.
7 25
C. H. Thayer
50
Bly & Fellows, crackers
14 40
Weston & Hill, matting, etc.
3 44
J. G. Lake, leather frame for
slate
10 00
Frank Fish, repair of chairs
3 00
359
Paid Lee's Gas Governor Co., gas
governor ... . . $30 81
Dr. W. F. Robie, professional
services .... 7 00
Thomas Franker, burying
nuisances ....
C. H. Wood, lettering slate .
C. F. Sprague, cotton cloth
F. W. Avery, mop waste
A. H. Paige, badges
D. Evans & Co., coat buttons
I. L. Heath, associate justice
J. B. Varick Co., oil, etc.
pay-roll of officers
By balance on hand
2
00
2
50
1
00
3
20
21
00
19
17
70
00
7
36
21,975
68
1,723
39
HYDRANT SERVICE.
To appropriation .... $20,000 00
reserved fund, amount trans-
ferred 537 50
,560 44
Paid Manchester Water - works,
water . . . .$20,537 50
Dr.
$20,537 50
Cr.
,537 50
$189 30
96
60
86
03
81
20
2
00
1
60
33
75
360
CITY HALL.
To rents $2,220 75
reserved fund, amount trans-
ferred . . . . 166 70
Paid Manchester Gas Co., gas
People's Gas Co., gas .
New England Telephone and
Telegraph Co., telephones
Ellen Ahearn, scrubbing, etc.
Otis Whitten, labor
Matilda Lavine, scrubbing .
Mary Fish, "
L. B. Bodwell & Co., coal and
wood .... 52 77
E. J. Williams & Son, repair
of roof, etc. ... 37 10
Manchester Water - works,
water .... 14 40
Joel Daniels & Co., painting 198 41
J. L.Kennedy & Co., " 17 44
H. D. Gordon, chairs, etc. . 12 50
J. A. Barker, extra services . 22 00
W. S. Baker, whitewashing . 6 75
Bennett & Lord, " . 6 10
Head & Dowst, carpenter-
work, etc. . . . 767 15
Killey, Wadleigh & Moore,
hardware, etc. ... 49
J. B. Varick Co., glass, hard-
ware, etc. . . . 169 41
Dr.
$2,387 45
Cr.
361
Paid Manchester Hardware Co
hardware, etc. .
T. A. Lane, plumbing, etc.
D. E. Guiney, " "
Pike & Heald, "
Brock & Driscoll .
"Weston & Hill, oil-cloth, etc
"W. H. Vickery, repair of
locks, etc.
A. M. Finney, cleaning car
pets, etc. .
J. K. Rhodes, labor
L. Gutterson, brooms, etc.
Union Publishing Co., adver
tising
J. B. Clarke, advertising
Carpenter & Co., brooms
C. S. Decker, flag, etc.
J. S. Holt & Co., soap .
J. J. Holland & Co. .
J. C. Young, repair of roof
Moore & Preston, coal
Barton & Co., matting
labor of men and teams
$8 32
30 82
59 36
23 58
40
37 38
3 65
6
71
19
20
1
61
6
25
8
44
2
25
17
50
3
63
2
20
5
56
333
87
4 47
17
25
$2,387 45
PRINTING AND STATIONERY.
Dr.
To appropriation .
. $1,500 00
$1,500 00
Cr.
Paid John B. Clarke, printing re-
port, etc $884 86
Temple & Farrington Co.,
stationery .... 71 51
Campbell & Williams, print-
ing .. . . . . 89 05
Manchester P. O., stamps,
etc. .....
¥m, E. Moore, printing
T. H. Tuson, printing .
C. P. Buckman, ink
T. W. Lane, stationery
Mrs. K. Cook, pens
Hayes & Arnold, pens .
E. R. Coburn & Co., station-
ery
By balance on hand
10
60
6
00
2
85
75
7
80
3
00
2
00
4
58
417
00
REPAIRS OF BUILDINGS.
To appropriation .... $2,000 00
T. A. Lane, overdraft . 1 87
reserve fund, am't transferred 157 38
$1,500 00
Dr.
$2,159 25
Cr.
Paid Frank Fogg & Co., plumbing,
etc 89 35
James Briggs, repairing fur-
naces .... 60 00
D. E. Guiney, plumbing, etc. 230 88
363
Paid T. A. Lane, plumbing, etc.
Pike & Heald, plumbing, etc
L. M. Aldrich, lumber, etc
Head & Dowst, lumber, etc
A. F. Cate, lumber, etc.
J. B. Nourse, lumber, etc.
*W. Ireland, lumber, etc.
J. Hodge, lumber, etc.
P. Brown, lumber, etc.
N. K. Bixby, lumber, etc.
J. B. McCrillis & Son, lum
ber, etc.
G. H. Dudley, lumber, etc.
N. W. Graves, lumber, etc.
Manchester Hardware Co.
hardware, etc.
Killey & Waclleigh, hardware
etc
Manchester Hardware Co
hardware, etc. .
J.B.Varick Co.,hardware,etc
Manchester Locomotive
Works, ironwork
Hutchinson Bros., ironwork
C. H. Hutchinson, ironwork
J. J. Abbott, painting, etc.
J. L. Kennedy & Co., paint-
ing, etc. .
Sullivan & Sloan, painting,
etc
J. R. Carr, painting, etc.
J. A. Sargent, painting, etc.
Mills & Sturtevant, painting,
etc
$19 54
100
00
21
62
83
20
131
39
111
74
302
82
4
84
30
78
43
50
44 40
4
35
27
00
5 50
1 45
1
92
92 37
63
55
3
20
60
60
14
89
52 91
64 33
23 70
58 86
8 25
364
Paid Merrill & Morgan, glass, etc.
Joel Daniels & Co., painting,
etc. .....
J. P. Finn, painting, etc.
Wm. F. Starkweather, paint-
ing, etc. .
L. & W. Seiberlich, painting,
etc
Bennett & Lord, mason-work
Merrill & Laird, mason-work
J. J. Bennett, mason-work
James Dolan, mason- work
W. S. Baker, mason-work
E. J. Williams & Son, repair
ing roofs .
J. C. Young estate, repairing
roofs
labor of teams
Sanborn Carriage Co., iron
work, etc.
W. L. Blenus, ironwork
1ST. J. Whalen, ropes
D. A. Simons, wall-paper
Temple & Farrington Co
wall-paper
Louis Wolf
$1 25
9 89
29 50
202 93
8 16
50 50
38 00
3 50
5 00
1 50
49 25
3
54
6
00
14
95
15
70
4
50
10
71
21
43
6
00
$2,159 25
WEST MANCHESTER ENGINE-HOUSE.
To appropriation
. 85,500 00
Dr.
$5,500 00
365
Cr.
Paid Head & Dowst, contractors .
$3,880 09
D. E. Guiney, piping and
plumbing
26 37
T. A. Lane, piping and plumb-
ing .....
32 81
Pike & Heald, piping and
plumbing ....
917 86
Hutchinson Bros., ironwork
12 13
Wm, F. Starkweather, paint-
ing
12 00
J. Stickney, rubber mats
21 00
"Weston & Hill, carpets, etc.
101 12
By balance on hand
496 62
i,500 00
WEBSTER-STREET ENGINE-HOUSE.
Dr.
To appropriation .... $12,000 00
$12,000 00
Or.
Paid W. Ireland, contractor . . $8,825 00
W. M. Butterfield, architect 71 00
By balance on hand . . . 3,104 00
$12,000 00
CITY LIBRARY.
Dr.
To balance from old account . $1,152 00
appropriation .... 3,800 00
$4,952 00
366
Paid Mrs. M. J. Buncher, librarian $800 00
James E. Arthur, assistant
librarian .... 149 75
H. E. Martin, assistant libra-
rian 140 00
Temple & Farrington Co.,
binding books, etc. . . 327 36
People's Gas-light Co., gas . 92 54
Manchester Gas-light Co.,
gas 166 50
S. C. Gould, sets of news-
Cr.
papers ....
300 00
J. B. Clarke, printing .
11 00
L. B. Clough, insurance
100 00
L. B. Bod well & Co., wood .
17 00
Moore & Preston, coal .
588 86
Marshall & Underhill, ice
4 60
Trustees of city library, books
1,000 00
N". P. Hunt, stamps, etc.
5 40
Manchester Water - works,
water ....
16 00
By balance on hand
1,232 99
$4,952 00
MILITIA.
Dr.
To appropriation ....
$700 00
$700 00
Cr.
Paid Sheridan Guards .
$100 00
Manchester City Guards
100 00
Manchester Cadets
100 00
367
Paid First K H. Battery
$100 00
Manchester War Veterans' .
100 00
Amoskeag Veterans
100 00
Headquarters First Regt.
K H. K G.
100 00
1700 00
WOMEN'S AID SOCIETY HOSPITAL.
Dr.
To appropriation .... $400 00
$400 00
Cr.
Paid Mrs. A. Blood, treasurer . $400 00
WATER-WORKS.
To balance from old account . $18,325 22
Chas. K Walker, water rents 80,518 17
$400 00
Dr.
$c
>8,843 39
Cr.
id Chas. K. Walker, superin-
tendent, etc.
$1,551 25
Manchester Locomotive
Works, ironwork, etc.
566 55
J. B. Varick Co., hardware,
etc. .....
194 24
Manchester Hardware Co.,
hardware, etc. .
32 12
Killey & Wadleigh, hardware,
etc
2 40
368
Paid T. A. Lane, couplings, valves,
etc. .
C. H. Hutchinson, castings,
etc
Pike & Heald, hardware, etc.
D. F. Cressey, blacksmithing
Chas. H. Bunton, blacksmith-
ing
E. R. Coburn & Co., station-
ery . .
Temple & Farrington Co
stationery .
Union Publishing Co., print
ing ....
Thos. H. Tuson, printing
Campbell & Williams, printing
Wm. E. Moore, printing
John B. Clarke, printing
Concord Railroad, freight
K E.T. & T. Co., telephones
L. B. Bodwell & Co., coal
E. P. Johnson Co., coal
J. Stickney, wading-boots
etc
Jos. B. Sawyer, engineering
E. T. James, teams
James Bros., teams
P. C. Cheney Co., wiping
waste, etc.
Coffin Valve Co., water gates
G-eo. Woodman & Co., pipe
etc
T. H. Risclon & Co., water
wheels, etc. .
$128 24
231 19
13 49
37 67
13 30
16 02
46 72
5
00
65
10
17 90
9
50
43
50
861
30
90
45
45
00
13
90
17
20
238
78
71
00
56
00
31
22
258
00
693
46
5,331
08
369
aid Sumner & Goodwin, corp.
cocks, etc.
$213 16
Leonard & Ellis, machine oil,
etc. .....
139 80
Builders Iron Foundry, iron-
work ....
82 00
Warren Foundry and Ma-
chine Co., iron pipe .
7,518 49
Sewall & Day Cordage Co.,
jute packing
25 48
Holyoke Hydrant and Iron
Works, hydrants
341 00
National Meter Co., meters .
2,398 95
Union Water Meter Co.,
meters ....
245 71
Head & Dowst, lumber
69 28
D. I. Mahoney, lumber
99 32
J. Hodge, lumber
2 01
Wm. W. Hubbard, sawdust
1 50
E. A. G. Holmes, lumber and
labor ....
270 32
J. H. Maynard, lumber
12 00
L. M. Aldrich, lumber and
labor ....
8 70
Austin, Flint & Day, shavings
50
J. H. Cunningham, pipe
30 03
Boston Lead Manuf'g Co.,
pig-lead ....
210 79
Pettee & Adams, cement
15 90
Merrill Bros., cement .
49 90
Waite, Williams & Co., ma-
chine oil .
33 48
Gloucester Iron Works, iron
PiPe
104 05
M
370
Paid Mrs. Mary Sweeney, damage
by water . ...
J. J. Lane, damage by water
John Francis, damage by
water ....
Mrs. Mary Langdon, damage
by water ....
Charles H. Manning, inspec-
tion, etc., of pumps .
D. B. Varney, repair on pat-
tern, etc. ....
Pike & Heald, ironwork, etc.
George E. Morrill, auditing
accounts ....
D. A. Simons, cuspidores,
etc
Amoskeag Manufactu ring
Co., lumber
Thomas Buckley, damage by
water ....
N. H. Rubber Co., rubber
mat .....
Joseph A. Brown, teams
J.<L. Kennedy, painting
L. P. Reynolds, cigars .
George Fletcher & Co., cater-
ing June 17, 1887 .
Burditt & White, fire-clay .
J. H. Wales, team
Wm. P. Miller & Co. .
F. H. Roberts, catering June
17,1887 . .' .
G. R. Vance & Co., galvan-
ized iron pails, etc. .
$5
00
8
00
32
00
5
00
25
00
1
40
76
35
16
50
5
35
2
30
5
00
8
50
80
00
30
00
36
00
530
00
10
00
2
00
25
26
11
10
12
32
371
Paid L. Gutterson, matches, soap,
etc
F. B. Potter, Akron pipe
Town of Auburn, taxes
Charles H. Robie, concreting
P. 0. Holmes & Co., wheel
gear ....
George W. Wales
American Steam Gauge Co
repair of gauge, etc.
J. J. McDonough
C. H. Robie, concreting
Dennison & Brown, account
books, etc.
Lowell Iron Foundry, iron
work
A. M. Eastman, oil
Merrill & Morgan, painting
H. M. Young
E. J. "Williams & Son, repair
of roof, etc.
F. C. Davenport, ladles
Dennison & Brown, record
book
Cyrus Whittemore, mason
work, etc. .
George Whitford, teaming
G. H. Bartlett, manure, etc.
Merrill & Laird, mason-work
A. F. Fox, land .
Gloucester Iron Works, pipe
F. F. Waters Manufacturing
Co., drill . ...
J. J. Abbott, painting .
$9 83
192
50
15
76
24
01
150
00
1
50
11
40
1
00
8
46
56 25
16
37
1
80
221
45
1
75
13
55
3
25
10 75
37
90
7
00
10
00
23
90
3,000
00
170
10
6
00
16
08
372
Paid E. D. Wood & Co., ironwork
$350 00
Jarechi, Hays & Co., stop-
cocks, etc.
460 75
Lowell Iron Foundry, iron-
work ....
1 91
American Steam Gauge Co.,
repair of gauge
2 00
Ludlow Valve Manufacturing
Co., hydrants .
186 00
A. M. Eastman, oil, etc.
4 05
George Fletcher & Co., use
of steamer
15 00
L. A. Clough, wood
10 60
L. B. Bod well & Co., coal .
65 60
Henry Chandler, water com-
missioner ....
15 00
A. C. Wallace, water com-
missioner ....
42 00
E. H. Hobbs, water commis-
0
sioner ....
45 00
Joseph F. Kennard, water
commissioner .
39 00
James A. Weston, water
commissioner
119 00
Alpheus Gay, water commis-
sioner . ...
81 00
John Hosley, ex officio, water
commissioner .
33 00
labor of men and teams
10,382 28
interest, amount transferred .
36,000 00
By balance on hand
23,499 56
,843 39
373
FUNDED DEBT.
Dr.
To appropriation .... $3,500 00
$3,500 00
Paid city bonds .... $3,500 00
Cr.
$3,500 00
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
To appropriation .... $2,500 00
Dr.
$2,500 00
Cr.
$2,500 00
Paid sundry persons . . . $2,411 22
By balance on hand . . . 88 78
DISCOUNT ON TAXES.
Dr.
To appropriation .... $8,000 00
reserve fund .... 905 82
$8,905 82
Cr.
Paid George E. Morrill, collector . $8,905 82
$8,905 82
374
STATE TAX.
Dr.
To appropriation .... $48,404 00
$48,404 00
Paid S. A. Carter, state treasurer . $48,404 00
COUNTY TAX.
To appropriation .... $35,237 00
reserve fund .... 74
Paid Edwin F. Jones, county
treasurer . . .$35,237 74
Cr.
,404 00
Dr.
,237 74
Cr.
U,AOI (**
1
OUTSTANDING TAXES.
Dr.
1884 $925 83
1885 967 33
1886 1,188 11
•
TAXES FOR 1886.
Dr.
To resident taxes . . . $371,847 36
non-resident taxes . . 1,291 60
$373,138 96
375
By collections" . . . $348,232 46
abatements . . . 719 08
discounts .... 8,905 82
balance uncollected . . 15,281 60
Cr.
$373,138 96
CITY OFFICERS' SALARIES.
To appropriation .... $15,000 00
To E. B. Woodbury, overdraft 3 33
L. C. Baldwin, overdraft . . 3 33
J. G. Dearborn, overdraft . 6 67
Dr.
— $1
5,013 33
Cr.
Paid John Hosley, mayor
$1,800
00
George H. Stearns, mayor
20
00
S. B. Putnam, city treasurer
1,200
00
N. P. Kidder, city clerk
900
00
J. M. Collity, city physician
200
00
Wm. E. Buck, superintendent
•
of schools
1,800
00
Edward F. Jones, city soli-
citor .....
500
00
J. A. Barker, city messenger
699
96
J. B. Straw, collector of taxes
1,255
86
Geo. E. Morrill, collector of
taxes ....
400
00
C. B. Littlefield, inspector of
milk .....
150
00
E. P. Richardson, inspector of
buildings ....
125
00
376
Paid William A. Webster, health
officer
Geo. C. Hoitt, health officer
Joseph B. Sawyer, "
Judith Sherer, matron of pest
house
P. D. Harrison, clerk of com
$200 00
200 00
200 00
360 00
mon council
100 00
Wm. D. Ladd, supervisor,
6 00
Wm. T. Payne,
14 00
A. C. Flauders, "
7 00
Benj. L. Hartshorn, "
6 00
John Dowst, "
6 00
D. H. Young, "
6 00
Geo. C. Kemp, "
9 00
P. W. McKinley, "
2 00
J. F. Pherson, "
2 00
F. J. Morrison, "
4 00
D. F. Shea,
4 00
A. L. F. Geoffroy, ward clerk
>
etc. ....
11 00
John F. Looney, ward clerk
: 5 00
Geo. B. Forsaith, selectmai
i 2 50
J. J. Hayes, "
2 50
Chas. H. Uhlig,
5 00
J. J. Minturu, "
2 50
Ed.' K Baker,
2 50
D. O. Furnald, assessor
520 23
F. E. McKean,
145 00
H. D. Lord,
165 00
Geo. H. Dudley, "
320 00
John Ryan, "
165 00
Chas. H. Brown, "
145 00
Ira W. Stearns, "
165 00
377
Paid J. E. Stearns, assessor .
$165 00
Isaac Whittemore, assistant
assessor ....
47 50
E. W. Brigharu, assistant as-
sessor ....
65 00
R. P. Silver, assistant assessor
42 50
F. B. Potter, "
25 00
J. P. Moore, "
78 00
!N". Nichols, clerical services
for assessors
, 252 50
C. S. Fisher, clerical services
for assessors
130 00
W. G. Furnald, clerical ser-
vices for assessors
90 00
J. B. Rejimbal, interpreter
for assessors
40 00
Benj. L. Hartshorn, inspector
46 13
E. J. Lawler, "
46 13
D. 0. Furnald, "
46 13
Isaac Whittemore, "
48 63
H. D. Lord,
54 00
Joseph A. Foster, "
46 13
H. F. Stone,
2 25
Geo. C. Kemp, "
23 63
Horace Gordon, overseer of
the poor ....
25 00
Wm. H. Maxwell, overseer of
the poor and clerk
100 00
James Sutcliffe, overseer of
the poor ....
25 00
William Marshall, overseer
of the poor
25 00
Horatio Fradd, overseer of
the poor ....
25 00
378
Paid Charles Francis, overseer of
the poor . . . . $25 00
Thos. P. Conway, overseer of
the poor . ... 6 25
F. J. Morrison, overseer of
the poor . . . . 16 66
T. L. Quimby, overseer of
the poor . . . . 25 00
John Hosley, ex officio, over-
seer of the poor . . 25 00
N. P. Hunt, member school
board .... 10 00
W. H. Huse, member school
board .... 10 00
J. E. Dodge, member school
board and clerk . . 110 00
J, J. Holland, member school
board .... 10 00
S. D. Lord, member school
board .... 10 00
J. G. Hutchinson, member
school board . . . 10 00
G. B. "Woodbury, member
school board . . . 10 00
S. W. Clarke, member school
board .... 10 00
W. C. Clarke, member school
board .... 10 00
Benj. C. Dean, member school
board .... 10 00
C. H. Manning, member school
board .... 10 00
T. F. Collins, member school
board .... 10 00
379
Paid A. C. Flanders, member school
board
G. W. Nutter, member school
board
L. C. Baldwin, member school
board
M. P. Hall, member school
board
John Hosley, ex officio, mem
ber school board
Edward L. Kimball, ex officio
member school board
By balance on hand
$10 00
10 00
10 00
10 00
10 00
10 00
1,353 84
$15,013 33
STARK-MONUMENT SQUARE.
To appropriation .
Paid Chas. H. Bnnton, blacksmith
ing . .
John B. Varick Co., scythe,
snath, etc.
labor of men and teams
By balance on hand
$300 00
45
2
75
42
00
254
80
Dr.
$300 00
Cr.
$300 00
RESERVE FUND.
To appropriation .
show licenses .
$20,000 00
170 00
Dr.
380
To rent of tenements
dog licenses
interest on taxes
milk licenses .
By paupers off farm
City Farm . .
highway district No. 2
a a
3
it u
4
n a
6
u a
8
a a
9
a a
10
a a
11
a u
12
a («
13
new highways
watering streets
.
paving streets .
macadamizing streets
grading for concrete
sewers and drains
commons
bridges
Valley cemetery
fire department
hydrant service
City Hall
repairs of buildings
discount on taxes
county tax
$487 90
340
00
298
49
43
00
$iii.L,OOt7 Of
Cr.
$2,308
20
322
73
5
28
226
85
7
63
15
93
17
55
6
40
451
30
158
89
36
00
12
94
1,695
71
436
71
1,648
86
976
31
1,805
24
2,319
07
447
14
226
72
5
37
1,303
99
537
50
166
70
157
38
905
82
74
381
By decoration of soldiers' graves
Main-street sewer .
scavenger teams
health department .
Amoskeag cemetery
teachers' salaries
evening schools
balance on hand
$12
75
241
95
3,524
13
446
10
3
50
612
51
286
24
6
25
$21,339 39
ENGINEERS' DEPARTMENT.
To appropriation .... $2,600 00
Dr.
$2,600 00
Cr.
Paid W. H. Bennett, city engineer $1,000 00
W. H. Bennett, supplies, etc. 23 59
H. M. Young, assistant en-
gineer . . . . 503 00
George "W. "Wales, assistant
engineer .... 437 25
J. J. McDonough, assistant
engineer .... 269 75
Charles Bickford, assistant
engineer . . . . 25 50
J. F. Woodbury & Co., black-
smithing .... 6 00
Joel Daniels & Co., tracing
cloth, etc 33 52
Temple & Farrington Co.,
tracing cloth, etc. . . 34 28
382
Paid R. H. Beach Manufacturing
Co., street numbers .
$13 00
George Blanchet, cotton
cloth, etc.
11
05
J. Hodge, grade stakes
38
53
J. J. Abbott, painting rod .
50
J. J. Holland & Co., sponges
1
00
J. B. Clarke, printing .
31
50
J. B. Varick Co., tape meas-
ure, etc. ....
12
50
T. W. Lane, rubbers, etc.
3
00
Smith & Whitten, use of
team .....
3
50
0. B. Kimball, printing
5
00
By balance on hand .
147
53
$2,600
00
TRUANT OFFICER.
Dr
To appropriation ....
$750 00
$750
00
Cr
Paid Samuel Brooks
$750 00
$750
00
SPRUCE STREET.
Dr.
To appropriation .... $1,000 00
$1,000 00
383
Cr.
Paid J. B. Nourse, lumber, etc. . $6 57
A. J. Sawyer, lumber, etc. . 2 34
labor of men and teams . 876 20
By balance on hand . . . 114 89
$1,000 00
SCAA7ENGER TEAMS.
To appropriation .... $5,000 00
reserve fund .... 3,524 13
Paid J. B. Varick Co., hardware,
etc $5 50
labor of men and teams . 8,518 63
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
To appropriation .... $1,000 00
R. White, burying horse . 1 30
reserve fund .... 446 10
Paid R. White, sanitary inspector $500 87
S. B. Hope, " " 117 00
D. K. White, " " 10 00
Union Publishing Co., print-
ing 18 00
Dr.
5,524 13
Cr.
5,524 13
Dr.
,447 40
Cr.
384
Paid J. B. Clarke, printing .
$43 25
"W. E. Moore, printing
11 50
Campbell & Williams, print-
ing
19 00
T. H. Tuson, printing .
3 40
Thos. Franker, burying nui-
sances ....
8 00
J. D. Hall, burying nuisances
1 00
L. Searles, burying nuisances
15 00
Edwin Kennedy, burying
nuisances ....
7 25
Timothy Sullivan, burying
nuisances ....
6 00
James Bros., teams
3 00
E. T. James, teams
6 00
Joseph B. Sawyer, stationery,
etc
16 88
J. B. Varick Co., hardware,
75
Dr. W. F. Robie, professional
services ....
9 00
F. P. Colby, posting notices
2 00
labor of men and teams
649 50
$1,447 40
CEMETERY FUKDS.
Dr.
To trustees .....
$1,850 00
$1,850 00
Or.
By bonds .....
$1,850 00
$1,850 00
385
FUNDED DEBT.
Amount of funded debt Jan.
1, 1887 .... $973,500 00
Added during the year . . 100,000 00
Paid during the year ....
Amount of funded debt Jan. 1, 1888
Interest due, estimated . . $20,000 00
Bills outstanding . . . 32,314 82
Cemetery bonds . . . 7,300 00
Total indebtedness Jan. 1, 1888
Cash in treasury Jan. 1, 1888
Net indebtedness Jan. 1, 1888
Net indebtedness Jan. 1, 1887
Decrease of net indebtedness during the
year .....
1,073,500 00
101,800 00
$971,700 00
,614 82
51,031,314 82
67,286 16
$964,028 6&
1,001,259 01
§37,230 35
REPAIRS OF SCHOOLHOUSES.
Dr.
To balance from old account
$27 92
appropriation ....
4,000 00
$4,027 92
Cr.
Paid George H. Dudley, lumber
and labor ....
$708 85
George Holbrook, lumber
and labor ....
530 21
Head & Dowst, lumber and
labor ....
2 00
25
386
Paid Pike & Heald, repair of fur-
naces, etc. ....
Thos. A. Lane, plumbing, etc.
Brock & Driscoll, repair of
stoves, etc.
Lowell's Iron Foundry, desk
legs . . . . .
J. A. Swasey, blackboards,
etc. .....
B. W. Robinson, mason-work
J. J. Bennett, "
Bennett & Lord, "
E. J. Williams, repair of roofs
John C. Young, " "
J. J. Abbott, painting .
Sullivan & Sloan, painting
J. A. Sargent, painting, etc.
J. L. Kennedy & Co.
Thorp & Bartlett, stove, pipe
etc
Amoskeag Manufact u r i n g
Co., castings
W. H. Vickery, keys, etc.
F. W. Avery, gal. pipe, etc
Henry McElwin, repair of
blackboards, etc.
J. L. Hammett, ink wells, etc
James Richards .
D. S. Dunbar
H. K. Tilton
R. D. Gay .
labor of men and teams
By balance on hand
$376 20
762 54
75 90
53 35
166 48
96 75
1 25
124 50
38 39
81 01
323 58
6 08
106 75
68 35
21 49
9
20
2
55
19
00
61
60
5
85
12
00
1
50
19
08
3
00
64
75
285
71
t,027 92
387
FUEL.
To balance from old account
$219- 18
appropriation ....
3,000 00
balance .....
287 03
Paid L. S. Proctor, wood
$152 30
George W. Goffe, wood
338 00
E. P. Johnson Co., coal
2,266 25
Burns & Poore, wood .
3 25
L. B. Bodwell & Co., wood .
8 00
Marshall & Underhill, wood
23 00
Wm. Stearns, coal, etc.
684 16
C. N. Harvey, wood
21 25
John Proctor, wood, etc.
10 00
Dr.
5,506 21
Cr.
;,506 21
FURNITURE AND SUPPLIES.
To balance from old account . $137 30
To appropriation .... 1,000 00
Paid Killey & Wadleigh, floor
brushes, etc. . . . $21 85
J. B. Varick Co., floor
brushes, etc. ... 7 63
Manchester Hardware Co.,
floor brushes, etc. . . 27 34
Dr.
$1,137 30
Cr.
388
Paid Temple & Farrington, shades
etc
A. G. Whitcomb, desks, etc
Thomas Hall, reagent bottles
H. D. Gordon, settees, etc.
J. B. Varick Co., cluster
George S. Perry, blackboards
etc. ....
Charles Hardon, erasers
J. L. Hammett, crayons
Ginn & Co., charts, etc.
Amoskeag Manufact u r i n g
Co., Bunsen burners
B. A. Fowler, anatomical
study
R. D. Gay .
Manchester Broom Co
blooms
Weston & Hill, matting, etc
D. A. Simons, dusters .
A. N. Clapp, brooms, etc
Pike & Heald, pails, brushes
Manchester Print Works,
chemicals .
Prang Educational Co., chart
Educational Supply Co.
D. A. Simons
Manchester Pottery Co.
Evening school of mechanical
drawing .
By balance on hand
$10 86
28
65
70
15
56
70
1
88
63
22
18
00
16
00
9
00
24 25
210
00
20
00
6
45
7
50
9
00
1
41
20
80
62
; 4
15
6
16
9
00
5
63
200
00
281
05
,137 30
389
BOOKS AND STATIONERY.
Dr.
To balance from old account
$154 31
appropriation .
500
00
$654 31
Paid George S. Perry .
Interstate Publishing Co.
Temple & Farrington Co.
E. R. Coburn & Co. .
$10 30
4 20
12 09
96 57
Cr.
Thomas W. Lane
308
41
A. A. Evers
4
76
~W. P. Goodman .
2
50
"William A. Morey
E. E. Babb & Co. .
6
17
50
50
New England Publishing Co
Ginn & Co. .
3
8
00
53
A. Mudge & Son .
11
25
Ginn & Co. .
30
60
Boston School Supply Co.
20
25
Leach, Shewell & Sanborn
7
50
L. T. Meade
2
75
J. B. Clarke
10
00
D. C. Heath & Co.
75
Silver, Rogers & Co.
4
00'
Harrison Hume
4 17
By balance on hand
88
68
$654 31
PRINTING AND ADVERTISING.
To balance from old account
appropriation .
$128 92
400 00
Dr.
$528 92
390
Paid John B. Clarke
$379 06
Union Publishing Co. .
82 50
Campbell & Williams .
4 85
" Manchester Weekly Bud-
get " . .
8 50
By balance on hand
54 01
Cr.
$528 92
CONTINGENT EXPENSES.
To balance from old account
appropriation .
balance
Paid People's Gas-light Co., gas .
Manchester Gas-light Co.,
gas . ...
Man chest er Water-works,
water . .
Killey & Wadleigh, hardware,
etc, .
Manchester Hardware Co.,
hardware ....
J. B. Varick Co., hardware
F. P. Colby, moving pianos .
W. E. Buck, use of team, etc.
Clarke & Brown, repairing
clocks ....
S. W. Clarke, repairing
clocks ....
J. H. Proctor, cleaning vault
Dr.
$28 40
800 00
263 91
$1,092 31
Cr.
$21 28
111 60
478 65
1 34
3 20
3 98
8 00
105 31
10 25
3 75
1 50
391
Paid J. L. Proctor, cleaning chim-
ney . . .' .
W. H. Vickery, keys, etc.
A. A. Jenkins, tuning pianos
E. H. Currier, chemicals
Barton & Co., mats
F. W. Fitts, ribbon
Manchester Opera House, use
of house ....
J. S. Avery, cleaning school-
houses ....
E. J. Carley, cleaning school-
houses ....
L. Gutterson, brooms, soap,
etc. .....
Amoskeag Manufacturing
Co., brass tags .
H. H. Duncklee .
Timothy Shea, cleaning vaults
Mrs. M. J. Craig, cleaning
schoolhouse
Mrs. Keating, cleaning school-
house ....
Mrs. A. Keniston, cleaning'
schoolhouse
Mrs. L. A. Proctor, cleaning
schoolhouse
Georgie A. Nute, oil, lamps,
etc. .....
C. B. Littlefield, chemicals .
F. M. Joy, cleaning school-
house ....
S. W. Clarke, repairing
clocks ....
n
50
3
20
48
00
14
86
5
00
6
00
25
00
10
00
8
10
3
75
2
20
2
00
56
50
3
50
4
00
1
50
2
50
2
70
83
4
00
7
75
392
Paid C. E. Clough, trucking, etc.
$15 75
K. D. Gay .
5 00
F. C. Baldwin
7 51
J. L. Hammett, black broad-
cloth .....
7 15
E. A. Joy, use of team .
5 50
J. B. Young, cleaning vaults
2 50
Harley & Robbie, felt .
3 00
J. Holland & Co., chemicals
1 75
0. D. Kimball, printing
1 25
Manchester Print Works,
chemicals ....
90
J. M. Russell, sheet music .
12 03
Stark & Quint, use of hall .
9 00
J. B. Smith, battery cells
8 25
Higgins Bros., use of chairs
14 00
Clark & Estey, ribbons, etc.
9 07
Weston & Hill, cambric
90
Novelty advertising Co., card-
board ....
1 75
W. Heron, Jr., lettering di-
plomas ....
24 15
H. D. Gordon, feather duster
1 10
$1,092 31
DECORATION OF SOLDIERS' GRAVES.
To appropriation
reserve fund
$200 00
12 75
Paid Louis Bell Post No. 3, G. A. R. $200 00
labor of men and teams . 12 75
Dr.
$212 75
Cr.
$212 75
393
CARE OF ROOMS.
To balance from old account . $11 31
appropriation .... 3,200 00
balance 3 88
Paid J. S. Avery
$600 00
Wm. Stevens
600 00
A. T. Barr .
533 00
Charles M. Norton
299 97
Michael Finlej
99 99
Wm. H. Morrill .
366 04
H. C. Dickey
250 08
E. P. Cogswell .
232 73
Frank Derome
12 00
D. S. Dunbar
18 50
Arthur Sinclair
12 50
Mrs. Keating
30 28
0. J. Randall
25 55
Thos. Dobbin
17 50
Ella F. Barker .
30 40
Frank F. Cate
20 83
Florence L. Webber
8 25
Alice Campbell
10 50
Wm. Dobbin
8 00
Patrick Desmond .
8 32
Nathan Sleeper
1 00
O. Webber .
15 00
Hiram Proctor
6 00
Susie G. Woodman
8 75
Dr.
5,215 19
Cr.
1,215 19
394
EVENING SCHOOLS.
To balance from old account . $207 61
appropriation .... 1,400 00
balance 286 24
Paid G. R. Nichols
$24 30
F. C. Livingston
253 00
M. A. Fracker
92 70
A. E. McElroy
110 00
C. B. Gilford
51 30
C. E. Cochran
253 00
E. S. Dana .
39 60
F. M. Kelley
54 00
A. J. Dana .
90 00
S. B. Page .
58 50
C. F. Sanborn
108 00
Maggie Linnen
34 20
A. H. Boyd .
58 50
E. C. McLaren .
18 00
Alice Stebbins
58 50
E. L. Stebbins
45 00
L. D. Hartford
114 00
J. H. Campbell
210 00
G. B. Knight
18 90
G. A. Nute .
52 00
L.F. Williams
14 40
F. L. Sanborn
27 90
A. T. Barr, janitor
38 00
W. H. Morrill, janitor .
58 00
A. N. Clapp, oil, chimneys, etc
4 45
" Weekly Budget," adver-
tising . . . .
5 10
E. T. James, team
•
2 50
Dr.
$1,893 85
Cr.
$1,893 85
395
TUITION.
To balance from old account . $32 41
William E. Buck ... 198 10
balance 283 89
Paid Ginn & Co . . . . $144 00
J. J. Hayes . . . . 370 40
Dr.
$514 40
Cr.
$514 40
EVENING MECHANICAL DRAWING SCHOOL.
Dr.
To appropriation .... $500
furniture and supplies .. . 200
$700 00
Cr.
Paid Samuel G. Stephens, instructor $156 60
John M. Kendall, instructor . 51 00
Henry W. Allen, instructor . 16 50
Henry A. Herrick, instructor . 18 00
Frank A. Higgins, assistant
instructor . . . . 13 50
John B. Clarke, advertising . 14 75
A. H. Sanborn, assistant in-
structor . . . . 9 00
" Manchester Weekly Budget,"
advertising . . . . 3 50
Head & Dowst, tables, etc. . 134 54
W. W. Hubbard, table, etc. . 4 00
396
Paid H. H. Duncklee, board of
S. G. Stephens .
$16 25
D. A. Simons, stools
10 00
E. R. Coburn & Co., drawing
paper, etc. ....
31 94
Union Publishing Co., adver-
tising .....
8 00
William H. Morrill, janitor .
29 25
By balance on hand
183 17
$700 00
TEACHERS' SALARIES.
Dr.
To balance from old account
.
$15 47
appropriation . . . 42,000
00
reserve fund .... 612
51
$42 627 98
Cr.
Paid E. R. Goodwin . . . $2,000
00
George I. Hopkins
1,350
00
L. E. Manahan .
900
00
M. A. Buzzell
600
00
R. M. Tuson
600
00
Mary Stanton
500
00
F. C. Baldwin
1,440
00
L. C. Gilford
475
00
Mary A. Putney
. . 57
50
C. E. Reid .
451
75
C. A. Abbott
450
00
H. G. Flanders
450
00
N". M. James
450
00
E. F. Sanborn
450
00
397
Paid A. 0. Heath
$600 00
L. P. Gove .
500 00
F. D. Moulton
450 00
1ST. I. Sanborn
450 00
Lucia E. Esty
450 00
Belle M. Kelley .
450 00
F. S. Sutcliffe
1,350 00
A. W. Patten
410 80
M. J. Fife .
333 50
I. R. Daniels
460 00
M. F. Barnes
450 00
K F. Ainsworth
420 00
E. F. Tuson
450 00
G. A. Wyman
438 75
J. W. Stetson
1,350 00
A. A. Webster
463 12
M. E. Bunton
460 00
B. L. Dean .
460 00
K S. Bunton
475 00
K. J. Ferren
450 00
Alice Shovelton .
225 00
C. E. Woods
450 00
J. E. Pickering
960 00
C. M. Dearborn
456 00
M. L. Gage
132 00
C. A. F. Bartlett
314 38
F. M. Senter
450 00
E. E. McKean
450 00
Mary J. Hickey
372 00
N. C. Woodman
450 00
W. F. Gibson
588 92
A. C. Willand
385 00
M. K Bower
450 00
C. I. Stevens
450 00
398
Paid L. A. Brooks
$385 00
L. A. Burns
500 00
I. S. Locke
450 00
E. M. Stebbins
450 00
G. H. Brooks
450 00
G. Dow
315 00
H. M. Morrill
475 00
Alice E. Page
360 00
May F. Nutt
365 00
Ella Hope .
440 00
K. T. Clarke
332 50
A. S. Downs
450 00
S. H. Frame
450 00
M. W. Mitchell
450 00
M. A. Southard
339 00
A. G. Lord .
350 00
D. E. Haines
450 00
E. J. Carley
500 00
M. C. Tynan
450 00
0. J. Randall
450 00
S. G. Woodman
450 00
F. M. Joy .
360 00
G. A. Nute .
475 00
E. F. Barker
450 00
A. C. Prescott
225 00
A. M. Curtis
112 50
0. A. Rowe .
450 00
J. J. Kimball
1,000 00
0. A. Ivers.
600 00
H. Graupner
265 00
L. C. Hall .
238 50
Sarah Paige .
112 70
B. B. Joy^ .
264 00
H. F. Wcthcrbee
22 50
399
Paid J. M. Chandler .
$395 50
Cora Gilford
107 00
M. J. Walsh
117 75
Genevieve Knight
126 00
L. M. Smith
114 50
T. Richardson
113 00
E. McLaren .
115 50
Mary F. Dana
15 75
C. F. Sanborn
33 75
N. B. Croning
237 50
M. E. Lord .
172 31
C. E. Wing .
400 00
Mrs. F. S. Sutcliffe
7 50
J. H. Newton
56 00
12,627 98
400
Valuation, Taxes, Etc.
Year.
Valuation.
Taxes.
No. Polls.
Poll Tax.
Val. of Poll.
1846 . .
§3,187,726
$22,005 95
1,808
&2 10
$300
1847 . .
4,488,550
24,953 54
2,056
1 68
300
1848 . .
4,664,957
39,712 53
2,688
2 58
300
1849 . .
5,500,049
44,979 92
2,518
2 47
300
1850 . .
5,832,080
48,974 23
2,820
2 37
300
1851 . .
6,906,462
51,798 47
2,910
2 25
300
1852 . .
6,795,682
54,379 45
2,745
1 92
240
1853 . .
6,995,528
61,545 81
2,907
1 82
240
1854 . .
8,237,617
62,022 44
2,814
1 80
240
1855 . .
8,833,248
71,952 09
3,725
1 94
240
1856 . .
9,244,062
114,214 88
• 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
100
1876 . .
15,309,348
248,900 93
6,295
1 62
100
1877 . .
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
1882 . .
19,175,408
312,673 82
7,831
1 62
100
1883 . .
20,055,986
332,741 72
7,944
1 65
100
1884 . .
20,613,032
361,401 61
8,143
1 75
100
1885 . .
21,137,464
345,260 15
8,157
1 63
100
1886 . .
21,379,384
347,009 31
8,602
1 62
100
1887 . .
21,905,476
373,138 96
8,996
1 70
100
401
City Debt.
Dale of Notes.
To Whom Payable.
When Payable.
Principal.
Jan. 1, 1863
City Bonds,
Jan. 1
, 1888
$35,000 00
July 1, 1874
Water Bonds,
July 1
, 1890
100,000 00
Jan. 1, 1872
u a
Jan. 1
, 1892
100,000 00
Oct. 31, 1863
City Bonds,
Nov. 1
, 1893
70,000 00
July 1, 1864
u u
July 1
, 1894
50,000 00
July 1, 1874
Water Bonds,
July 1
, 1895
100,000 00
Jan. 1, 1872
U tC
• ian. 1
. 1897
100,000 00
Jan. 1, 1872
U it
Jan. 1
, 1902
100,000 00
July 1, 1881
Bridge Bonds,
July 1
, 1911
60,000 00
April 1, 1885
City Bonds,
April 1
, 1905
50,000 00
April 1, 1885
k< u
April 1
, 1907
50,000 00
April 1, 1885
U U
April 1
, 1909
50,000 00
April 1, 1885
1< u
April 1
, 1911
5,000 00
Jan. 1, 1887
Water Bonds,
Jan. 1
, 1907
100,000 00
402
INVENTORY OF SCHOOLHOUSES.
High School house and lot .
$50,000
00
Furniture, charts, maps, books
»
and apparatus
2,000 00$52,000
00
Franklin-street house and lot
18,000
00
Furniture, maps, etc.
400
00
18,400
00 *
Spring-street house and lot .
15,000
00
Furniture, maps, etc.
400
00
15,400
00'
Lincoln-street house and lot .
50,000
00
Furniture, maps, etc.
400
00
50,400
00
Ash-street house and lot
. 58,000
00
Furniture, maps, etc.
400
00
58,400
00
Main-street house and lot
23,000
00
Furniture, maps, etc.
600
00
23,600
00
"Webster-street house and lot
17,500
00
Furniture, maps, etc.
350
00
17,850
00
Blodget-street house and lot
3,500
00
Furniture, maps, etc.
150
00
3,650
00
Bridge-street house and lot .
900
00
900
00
Lowell-street house and lot .
7,000
00
Furniture, maps, etc.
400
00
7,400
00
Merrimack-street house and lot
15,000
00
Furniture, maps, etc.
550
00
15,550
00
Wilson Hill house and lot
3,300
00
Furniture, maps, etc.
100
00
3,400
00
Beech-street house and lot .
7,000
00
Furniture, maps, etc.
350
00
7,350
00
School-street house and lot .
5,000
00
Furniture, maps, etc.
425
00
5,425
00
South-Main-street house and lot .
2,800
00
Furniture, maps, etc.
200
00
3,000
00
Bakersville house and lot
13,000
00
Furniture, maps, etc.
600
00
13,600
00
403
Stark District house and lot .
$3,000 00
Furniture, maps, etc.
150
00
$3,150 00
Amoskeag house and lot
. 3,700
00
Furniture, maps, etc.
125
00
3,825 00
Goffe's Falls house and lot .
. 3,600
00
Furniture, maps, etc.
100
00
3,700 00
Harvey District house and lot
2,500
00
Furniture, maps, etc.
125
00
2,625 00
Webster District house and lot
600
00
Furniture, maps, etc.
50
00
650 00
Hallsville house and lot
. 3,500
00
Furniture, maps, etc.
125
00
3,625 00
Youngsville house and lot .
. 1,400
00
Furniture, maps, etc.
125
00
1,525 00
Mosquito Pond Dist. house and lo
t 1,200
00
Furniture, maps, etc.
100
00
1,300 00
Park-street house and lot
8,500
00
8,500 00
Amount of school property
$325,225 00
Amount of city property
7
1,805,824 67
Total amount of city property
$2,131,049 67
404
CITY PROPERTY.
Land, city scales, etc $30,000 00
City Library building .... 41,000 00
Permanent inelosure of commons . . 22,000 00
City Hall and lot 60,000 00
City Farm and permanent improvements . 34,000 00
Stock, tools, furniture, etc., at City Farm . 7,066 29
Engines, hose, and apparatus . . . 74,734 25
Fire-alarm telegraph, bell-tower, and bell . 28,000 00
Engine-house, stable and land, Vine street . 47,000 00
Hose-house, cottage, and lot, Maple street . 5,000 00
Hose-house, cottage, and lot, Park street . 9,000 00
Houses and Pine Grove cemetery . . 13,000 00
Court-house and lot 51,000 00
Common sewers ...... 318,000 00
Safes, furniture, and fixtures at City Hall . 3,000 00
Street lanterns, posts, and pipes . . . 8,000 00
Water-works 901,274 13
Horses, carts, plows, and tools for streets . 5,000 00
Fire department individual alarm . . 2,300 00
Ward room and lot, Manchester street . 10,000 00
Police station and lot, Manchester street . 40,000 00
Engine-house and lot, Ward 8 . . . 2,500 00
" " "... 20,000 00
Water pipe, wagons, etc., for watering streets 2,500 00
Stock in S. Y. R. R. . . . . 50,000 00
Gravel lot, Belmont street .... 1,200 00
Engine-house and lot, Webster street . . 10,000 00
Gravel lots, Ward 8 400 00
Gravel lots, Bakersville .... 700 00
Gravel lot, District No. 8 . . . . 150 00
Valley cemetery 9,000 00
$1,805,824 67
405
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1888.
Interest
Paupers off the farm .
City Farm .
City teams .
Highway District No. 1
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hw
ays .
.
Damage
for land ta
ken for
"Watering streets
Lighting streets .
Paving streets
Macadamizing streets
Grading for concrete
Sewers and drains
Commons .
Bridges
Incidental expenses
Pine Grove cemetery
Valley cemetery
Fire department .
Fire-alarm telegraph
highways
$18,500 00
6,000 00
3,500 00
3,000 00
300 00
9,500 00
1,000 00
400 00
500 00
400 00
1,100 00
700 00
500 00
2,500 00
1,000 00
300 00
200 00
6,000 00
1,000 00
4,500 00
16,000 00
.3,000 00
15,000 00
4,000 00
20,000 00
3,000 00
8,000 00
15,000 00
1,000 00
1,500 00
40,000 00
1,500 00
406
Hydrant service .
Police department
Printing and stationery
Repairs of buildings
City library
Militia
Abatement of taxes
Discount on taxes
State tax
County tax .
City officers' salaries
Firemen's parade
Decoration of soldiers' graves
Stark Monument square
"Women's Aid and Relief Society hospital
Main-street sewer
Reserve fund
Repairs of schoolhouses
Fuel ....
Furniture and supplies
Books and stationery .
Printing and advertising
Contingent expenses .
Care of rooms . .
Evening schools .
Teachers' salaries
Truant officer
Engineer's department
Scavenger teams
Fire department, individual alarms
Health department
New engine-house, "Webster street
Evening school, mechanical drawing
New engine-house, Lake avenue
$21,000
00
28,500
00
1,200
00
2,000
00
3,800
00
700
00
2,500
00
9,000
00
63,435
00
40,508
54
14,000
00
300
00
200
00
100
00
400
00
1,500
00
20,000
00
4,000'
00
3,000
00
1,000
00
500
00
400
00
800
00
3,200
00
1,600
00
43,500
00
750
00
2,500
00
8,500
00
750
00
1,200
00
4,000
00
700
00
9,000
00
407
Police telegraph $5,000 00
City stables 2,500 00
New receiving-tomb ..... 4,000 00
Webster-street, east extension . . . 1,500 00
Furniture and equipments, Webster-street
engine-house 10,000 00
$506,443 54
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INDEX
NDEX
PAGE
Abatement of Taxes 373
Account of City Treasurer 285
Alarm Boxes and Keys 350
Amoskeag Cemetery 347
Appropriations for 1888 405
Attendance at School 134
Books and Station ery - 389
Bridges 332
Care of Rooms 393
Cemetery Funds 384
Cemeteries, report of Trustees 175
Treasurer 193
Trustees of Fund .... 195
City Government, 1887 ........ 3
Engineer, report of 45
Debt 385
Farm 308, 401
Hall 360
Library 366
Property . . . .... . . . 404
Solicitor, report of _ 154
Teams 313
Treasurer's Account 285
Commons 334
County Tax . • 374
Contingent Expenses 390
Decoration of Soldiers' Graves 392
Debt, Funded 385
412
Discount on Taxes 373
Donations to City Library 217
Evening Schools 394
Engineer's Department 381
Farm, City . . . 308
Fire-Alarm Telegraph 354
Boxes and Keys, Location of .... 250
Fire Apparatus . . . . ' 259
Department 347
Firemen's Parade 356
Relief Association 236
Fires, Alarms, Losses, 1887 239
Fuel 387
Furniture and Supplies 387
Government, City, 1887 ........ 3
Grading for Concrete 330
Health Department 383
Highway District No. 1 316
2 316
3 318
4 319
5 319
6 320
7 320
8 321
9 321
10 322-
11 322
12 323
14 323
Highways, New 324
Hj'drant Service 359
Hydrants, Location of • 272
Incidental Expenses 335
Individual Alarm, Fire Department 355
Instructions to Key-Holders . ... . . . 254
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Interest ....
Inventory of Schoolhouses
Land Damages
Library, City .
Donations to
Librarian's report
Treasurer's report
Trustees' report
List of Teachers and Janitors
Lighting Streets
Loan, Temporary
Militia ....
Macadamizing Streets
Names and Residences of Members of Fire Depar
tment
Officers, City .
Outstanding Taxes .
Overseers of Poor, report of
Paving Streets
Paupers off the City Farm
Pine Grove Cemetery
Police Department .
Printing and Advertising
Stationery
Property, City .
Repair of Schoolhouses
Buildings
Report of Chief Engineer, Fire Department
City Civil Engineer
City Solicitor ....
Committee on City Farm
Committee on Finance .
Librarian of City Library
Overseers of the Poor
School Committee .
Superintendent of Public Instruction
414
Report of Superintendent of Water- Works
Treasurer of City Library
Trustees of City Library
Trustees of Cemeteries .
Trustees of Cemetery Fund
Water Commissioners
Reserve Fund ....
Salaries of Officers .
Teachers
Scavenger Teams
School Department .
Organization for 1887
Training
Evening, Mechanical Drawing
Sewers and Drains .
State Tax
Streets, Lighting
Macadamizing .
Paving
Watering .
Taxes, Abatement of
Discount on .
For 1887 . ' .
Outstanding .
Temporary Loan
Teachers, List of
Salaries of
Training School
Truant Officers
Tuition ....
Valuation, Taxes, etc.
Valley Cemetery
Water Commissioners for 1888
report of
Water-Works ....
Watering Streets
Women's Aid and Relief Society Hospital
Live Music Archive
Librivox Free Audio
Metropolitan Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Internet Arcade
Console Living Room
Books to Borrow
Open Library
TV News
Understanding 9/11