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Forty-Fourth Annual Report
Receipts and Expenditures
(jTY OF |V\ANCHESTER
FOH THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING
December 31, 1889,
TOGETHER WITH
OTHER ANNUAL REPORTS AND PAPERS RELATING TO
THE AFFAIRS OF THE CITY.
MANCHESTER: *
PRINTED BY JOHN B. CLARKE.
1890.
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City of Manchester.
In Board of Common Council.
AN ORDER to print the Fort3-fourth Annual Report of the Re-
ceipts and Expenditures of the City of Manchester :
Ordeueu, If the Board of Mayor and Aklermen concur, that the
Joint Standing Committee on Finance be, and they hereby are, au-
thorized to procure, for tlie use of the inhabitants of said city, the
printing of the Fortj^-fourth Annual Report of the Receipts and Ex-
penditures of the City of Manchester, including tlie Reports of the
Joint Standing Committee on Finance, the School 13oard and Super-
intendent of Schools, Superintendent of Water-works, Water Com-
missioners, Engineer of Fire Department, City Marshal, Overseers
of the Poor, Trustees, Librarian, and Treasm'cr 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 Ajipropriation for Printing and Stationery.
In Board of Common Council. December 3. 1889.
Passed.
JOHN F. FROST, Prcsicknt,
In Board of Mayor and Aldermen. December .'i, 1889.
Passed in concurrence.
D. B. V.MtNKV. Mat^or.
MANCHESTER
CITY GOVERNMENT.
1889.
MAYOR.
DAVID B. YARNEY.
CITY CLERK.
NATHAN P. KIDDER.
CITY TREASURER.
SYLYANUS B. PUTNAM.
COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
GEORGE E. MORRILL. ,
CITY SOLICITOR.
WIN F. JONES.
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CITY MESSENGER.
JOHN A. BAKKER.
CITY PHYSICIAN.
JAMES M. COLLITY. *
CLARENCE W. DOWNING, f
CITY ENGINEER.
WINFREI) H. BENNETT.
PRESIDENT OF COMMON COUNCIL.
CHARLES A. CARPENTER. *
JOHN F. FROST, f
CLERK OF COMMON COUNCIL.
JESSE B. PATTEE.
SUPERINTENDENT OF AVATER-AVORKS.
CHARLES K. WALKER.
• Resigned. t Elected to till vaeiiney.
CLERK OF WATER-WORKS.
ARTHUR E. STEARNS.
ALDERMEN.
Ward 1. — George W. Bacon.
Ward 2. — Frank A. Lane.
Ward 3. — John A. Bartlett.
Ward 4. — W. Byron Stearns,
Ward 5. — John J. Holland.
Ward 6. — William P. Farmer.
Ward 7. — David Farmer.
Ward 8. — James F. Baldwin.
MEMBERS OF COMMON COUNCIL.
Ward 1.
John P. Mullen.
Roscoe Dyer.
Henry P. Hunter.
Ward 3.
Frank D. Thorp.
George W. Reed.
Walter H. Wright.
Ward 5.
David E. Guiney.
William J. Freeman.
Thomas P. Riley.
Ward 2.
Charles A. Carpenter.
Alfred D. Maxwell.
William M. Butterfield.
Ward 4.
George C
Chase.
Desire Laneville.
Clarence R. Merrill.
• Ward 6.
Joseph Quirin.
Edward A. Plummer.
Thomas Walker, Jr.
Ward 7. Ward 8.
John F. Frost. Henry Schimmel.
Edson S. Heath. Joseph N. Laoourse.
Irving L. Campbell. Charles S. Cousins.
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEES.
On Finance. — The Mayor and Alderman Stearns ;
Councilmen Chase, Walker, Jr., and Heath.
On Accounts. — Aldermen Bartlett and Holland;
Councilmen Hunter, Frost, and Lacourse.
On Claims. — Aldermen Baldwin and W. P. Farmer;
Councilmen Butterfield, Campbell, and Wright.
On Streets. — Aldermen Stearns and Bartlett; Council-
men Maxwell, Quirin, and Thorp.
On Servers and Drains. — Aldermen Lane and Bald-
win; Councilmen Quirin, Merrill, and Maxwell.
On Lighting Streets. — Aldermen Bartlett and I).
Farmer; Councilmen AValker, Jr., Reed, and Butter-
field.
071 Lands and Buildings. — Aldermen D, Farmer and
Bacon ; Councilmen Frost, Guiney, and Mullen.
On Fire Department. — Aldermen Lane and Baldwin;
Councilmen Cousins, Plummer, and Dyer.
On Commons and Cemeteries. — Aldermen Bacon and
Lane; Councilmen Wright, Heath, and Hunter.
On Public Instruction. — Aldermen Baldwin and Hol-
land; Councilmen Laneville, Schimmel, and Thorp.
On Wate7^- Works. — Aldermen W. P. Farmer and
Stearns; Councilmen Freeman, Keed, and Cousins.
On City Farm. — Aldermen Baldwin and W. P.
Farmer; Councilmen Campbell, Riley, and Chase.
Oji House of Correction. — Aldermen Bartlett and Hol-
land; Councilmen Lacourse, Mullen, and Merrill.
On Military Affairs. — Aldermen Holland and Bald-
win ; Councilmen Plummer, Dyer, and Scliimmel.
STANDING COMMITTEES OF BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
On Enrollmeiit. — Aldermen Bacon and Bartlett.
On Bills 071 Second Beading. — Aldermen Baldwin and
W. P. Farmer.
On Market. — Aldermen Bartlett and Lane.
On Marshal's Accounts. — Aldermen Stearns and Hol-
land.
On Licenses. — Aldermen Bacon and W. P. Farmer.
On Setting Trees. — Aldermen Lane and Stearns.
On Special Bolice. — Aldermen D. Farmer and Bacon,
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE COMMON COUNCIL.
On Election Beturns. — Councilmen Frost, Walkei-, Jr.,
and Lacourse.
On Bills on Second Beading. — Couninlmen Reedy
Cousins, and Freeman.
On Enrollment. — Councilmen Wright, Campbell, and
Merrill.
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Judge of Bolice 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,
David B. Varney, ex officio Chairman.
James E. Dodge, Clerk.
Ward 1.
Charles H. Manning.
John L. Sanborn.
AVakd 2.
Benjamin C. Dean.
William C. Clarke.
Ward 8.
Nathan P. Hnnt.
James E. Dodge.
Ward 4.
Ward 5.
John F. Cahill.
James P. Slattery.
Ward 6.
F. T. E. Richardson.
John C. Balch.
Ward 7.
Ed. B. Woodlniry.
Marshall P. Halh
Ward 8.
Frederick C. Crosby.
Stephen W. (^larke.
Charles A. Cari>cnter, ex officio.
Luther (\ r>al(l\vin.
WiHiani K. Ixohbins.
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•SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
William E. Buck.
TRUANT OFFICER.
G. M. L. Lane.
ASSESSORS.
Henry Lewis.
John E. Stearns.
David 0. Furnald.
Harrison D. Lord.
John Ryan.
George H. Dudley.
Andrew J. Dickey.
Frank T. Provost.
INSPECTORS OF CHECK-LISTS.
William B. Stearns.
Benjamin L. Hartshorn.
David 0. Furnald.
Harrison D. Lord.
Michael F. Lawler.
Isaac Whittemore.
Joseph A. Foster.
Charles C Tinkham.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
David B. Varney, ex officio Chairman.
William H. Maxwell, Clerk.
William H. Maxwell. Thomas H. Mahoney.
Thomas L. Quimby. Charles Francis.
James SutclifFe. David W. Anderson.
George S. Holmes. Horatio Fradd.
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BOARD OF HEALTH.
George C. Hoitt, Chairman.
Joseph B. 8awyer, Clerk.
"Wm. M. Parsons. Jose[th B. Sawyer,
George C. lloitt.
Eussell White, Sanitary Inspector.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Thomas W. Lane, Chitf Engineer.
Fred S. Beau, Clerk.
Clarence D. Palmer. Ruel G. Manning.
Fred S. Bean. Eugene S. Whitney,
WATER COMMISSIONERS.
David B. Varney, ex officio.
Alpheus Gay, Chairman.
James A. Weston, Clerk.
Edwin H. Hobbs. Henry Chandicr.
Andrew C. Wallace. James A. Weston.
Alpheus Gay. Joseph F. Kennard
TRUSTEES OF CITY LIBRARY.
David B. Varney, ex officio.
Charles A. Carpenter, ex ofirio.
Lucien B. Clough. Daniel Clark.
Nathan P. Hunt. Isaac W. Smith.
licrnuin F. Straw. Moody Currier.
Benjamin C. Dean.
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HIGHWAY SURVEYORS.
Dlst. Dist.
1. Orison Webber. 7. Charles Francis.
2. Wm. Sanborn. 8. Levi J. Proctor.
3. Edwin X. Baker. 9. Nelson W. Paige.
4. Rodney K Whittemore. 10. Charles O. Phelps.
5. Mark E. Harvey. 11. Frank D. Hanscom.
6. Albert J. Peaslee. 12. Leroy M. Streeter.
13. John H. Campbell.
CITY WEIGHER.
Jonathan S. Paige.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Joseph B. Baril.
FISH AND GAME WARDENS.
John C. Higgins. William F. Bradbury.
George A. Clark. Samuel S. James.
William C. Clarke.
TRUSTEES OF CEMETERIES.
Sylvanus B. Putnam, Clerl:.
John M. Kendall, Hiram Stearns, for four years.
H. H. Huse, Joseph L. Stevens, for three years.
James A. Weston, John E. Stearns, for two years.
George C, Gilmore, Bushrod W. Hill, for one year,
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SUB-TRUSTEES OF CEMETERIES.
Valley. — Alderman Lane, Councilman Wright ; Messrs.
Gilmore, Hill, and Kendall.
Pine Grove. — Alderman Bacon, (Councilman Hunter;
Messrs. Huse, Stevens, and Weston.
Amoskeag. — Councilman Heath; Messrs. J. E. Stearns
and Hiram Stearns.
Byron A. Stearns, Supt. Fine Grove Cemetery.
Charles H. G. Foss, Supt. Valley Cemetery.
TRUSTEES OF CEMETERY FUNDS.
Hon. James A. Weston, Chairman.
Hon. Person C. Cheney.
Hon. David B. Varney, ex officio.
INSPECTORS.
Milk. — Chauncey B. Littleiield.
Buildinys. — Thomas W. Lane.
Oil, — John P. Cronin and Echvard J. Powers.
WARD OFFICERS.
Moderators.
Ward 1. — Stillman P. Cannon.
Ward 2. — George W. True.
Ward 3. — Lyman W. Coll)y.
Ward 4.— John C. Bicktbrd.
• Ward 5. — John McAllister.
Ward (). — Clarence I>. Palmer.
Ward 7. — L-a W. Stearns.
\V,xn\ 8. —John W. Wilson.
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Wai^d Clerks.
Ward 1. — Elmer E. Sawyer.
Ward 2. ~ Daniel C. Smith.
Ward 3. — Frank 0. Moulton.
Ward 4. — Edwin L. Kichardgon.
Ward 5. — Herbert Cullen,
Ward 6. — William II. Sleeper.
^ Ward 7. — Fred W. Pillsbury.
Ward 8. — Charles G. Ranno.
Ward 1.
Lees Ward.
George C. Kemp.
Amasa S. Hilands,
Selectmeji.
Ward 2.
Daniel G. Andrews.
Charles E. Holbrook.
Harry P. Ray.
Ward 3.
David Thayer.
Charles F. Garland.
William H. Darling.
Ward 4.
John F. Gillis.
George E. Richards.
Josiah H. Mann.
Ward 5.
Charles J. Woods.
Martin J. Harvey.
Patrick C. Campbell.
Ward 6.
George B. Rogers.
Jerome B. Titus.
Peter D. St. Germain.
Ward 7.
George B. Smith.
Sumner F. Claflin.
Willie D. Wheeler,
Ward 8.
Joseph A. Heon.
Henry J. Hatch.
Victor Sansoucie.
MAYOR VARNEY'S ADDRESS.
MAYOR'S ADDRESS.
Gentlemen of the City Councils :
Although my action in presenting to you an annual
report at this time is, so far as I can learn, without a
precedent, the necessity for such a document is to my
mind as great as when one year ago we entered upon our
duties together.
FINANCE.
Our total funded debt January 1, 1890, including |9, 950
of cemetery bonds, was 1944,950. July 1 bonds amount-
ing to $100,000 will mature, and some provision must be
made to care for them. I can not forbear, while upon
this subject, urging upon your attention the advisability
and feasibility of making a radical change in our present
method of raising monej^ for municipal expenses. In a
city growing as rapidly as this, the call for the extension
of our street and sewerage system is continuous and most
urgent. We have been accustomed, by a more or less
burdensome rate of taxation, to raise enough from year to
year to carry on these enterprises in a slow, meager, and
unsatisfactory way. I propose that we change all this, and
in place of appropriating a stated sum from our tax levy
each year, that we borrow $200,000 with which to complete
our street and sewerage system. We have ample security
for such a loan. Bonds to mature in ten or twenty years
could be issued for the amount, and an immediate and
gratifying reduction made in our tax rate. The increase in
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viiluatioii tliat would result, throiigli new industries being
attracted to our midst on account of our low rate of tax-
ation, would, I believe, more tlian warrant us for tlie step
we had taken. Posterity, which will share in the benefits
of these permanent improvements, should help pay for
them.
SEWER DEPARTMENT.
The health of a city is fully as important as its moral
or financial welfare, and first-class sanitary conditions are
always dependent upon an efiicient sewerage system. The
city has progressed along this line during the past twelve
months. There have been 3.13 miles of new sewer mains
laid, — an extraordinary amount when compared with other
years, the average being about one mile and a quarter.
The expense for the putting in of new sewerage during
the year 1889 was |27,513.73. This year we shall be
called upon to extend the Spruce-street sewer to the Kim-
ball Brothers' shoe factory, in East Manchester ; also to
build a new sewer in West Manchester, to be known as
the Douglas-street sewer, with the usual number of lesser
mains.
STREET DEPARTiMENT.
A great deal has been accomplished in the way of im-
proving our streets during the past year. From the
city engineer I learn that there have been 17,553.28
square yards of macadamizing laid in this city the past
year, and 17,483.25 square yards of old macadam top-
dressed, a total length of partially and completeh'
new macadamizing amounting to 11,510 lineal feet, or,
in other words, 2J miles. The year's macadaniizitig ac-
count amounted to $21,589.37, and included, beside
the above, 0,077 feet of street dressed with crushed
stone, 1,372 yards of concrete roadway, and 1,233.9 yards
of crossing. During the }»resen t year, in addition to tlie
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customary demands upon the expense account of this de-
partment, there promises to be a number of unusual calls.
It has already been decided to place in a suitable legal
condition the main street in Amoskeag, and in addition to
this, both the "Webster and the Beech street extension are
in such condition that they must be attended to immedi-
ately. It is also proposed to widen and straighten Han-
over sti'eet to the lake ; a most important project when un-
dertaken. The call for new highways and repairs upon
those we now have, is as strenuous as any that come to
my attention.
HIGHWAY DISTRICTS.
I am firmly convinced that, aside from an}- mere eco-
nomic standpoint, the welfare of the suburbs as well as
the city proper would be greatly enhanced by a consoli-
dation of all the small districts on either side of the river
into two large ones, and shall recommend, gentlemen, that
your action taken with reference to District l^o. 3 be ex-
tended to the other small distiicts throughout the city.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
During; 1889 the new Lake Avenue engine-house was
completed, and the Merrimack Steam Fire Engine Com-
pany has now for several months been occupying commo-
dious and finely appointed quarters in that building. The
IST. S. Bean Company desires some repairs made in its
house and the addition of a hose carriage or wagon in
place of the jumper now attached to the steamer. I think
the company's efficiency will be increased by these
changes, and recommend that they be made.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The free text-book law passed at the last session of the
Legislature has gone into efi:ect, and as a result the city
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will hereafter furnish its puhlic school pupils with text-
books fpee. The Board of Education asks the City Coun-
cils for $10,000, in addition to its usual appropriation, to
purchase these supplies.
POLICE.
There have been quite a number of changes made in
the police department during the past year, and we hope
they may result in increased efficiency and better satisfac-
tion to the pul)lic.
OVERSEERS OF TUE POOR.
The overseers of the poor are deserving of commenda-
tion for their management of affairs during the year.
They are very often called upon to deal with vexed ques-
tions, and have frequent appeals to their sympathies.
While they should be jealous of the city's aid, they should
never neglect the deserving poor, conducting their busi-
ness with " malice toward none and charity for all." Re-
cent legislative action will result beneficially to the city
in transferring the care of a large class of indigent poor
to the county authorities.
WATER-WORKS.
The water-works have proved as usual an important
source of revenue to the city treasury. There is a peti-
tion before the City Councils at the present time, I believe,
asking for a high-service reservoir on Wilson Hill. This
is needed both for fire protection and the ordinary sources
of water supply, and I recommend that the next improve-
ment made in our water-works system be in this direction.
CLAIMS.
The claims against the city have been settled with less
friction and with greater promptitude during the past
year than for a long time i>eriod. Mr. Reed made an
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efficient claim agent, and to him much credit is due for
the favorable settlements effected. Through his efforts,
too, the sidewalks were very generally placed in a state
superior to their condition for many years.
BRIDGES.
There ought not to be any expensive outlay in this di-
rection the present year. The McGregor bridge has had
an entire new roadway and foot-path placed in position,
and planking and other repairs have been made on the
other bridges of the city during the year. The Amos-
keag bridge will have to be re-planked early in the
spring.
WEST MANCHESTER SCHOOLHOUSE.
A lot has been purchased and the ledge blasted away
for the placing in position of the foundation of the new
schoolhouse in West Manchester. Plans have been pre-
pared and accepted for the structure, and I should hope
that the present city government, which saw the incep-
tion of this movement, might witness, before it retires
from office, the completed building thrown open to the
purposes for which it is designed. To this end, gentle-
men, I recommend that the amount necessary to erect
the building be at once appropriated.
CITY LIBRARY.
The trustees have entered upon the work of catalogu-
ing the City Library, a movement already too long de-
layed, and having secured an expert for that purpose,
they state that an additional appropriation of $1,000 will
be necessary to carry the work to a successful and imme-
diate completion. They should have the sum asked for.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
The health officers have been engaged the past year,
as they have for several years, in endeavoring to solve the
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problem of how the city can best dispose of its offensive
garbage and refuse, which, in the summer time especially,
is a matter of no small consequence. A committee has
been appointed, from the city councils, to act with the
Board of Health, and a report of the result of their de-
liberations may be expected shortly.
BOARD OF TRADE.
The recent movement in favor of a Board of Trade
appears to be crystallizing into action of a favorable
character, and a committee has been appointed to act
with a committee from the city government in taking
some steps to better acquaint the outside world with the
many advantages that we have here to offer to all classes
of industries. Any movement that tends to advance our
"Queen City" is deserving of sympathy, assistance, and
encouragement.
CONCLUSION.
In conclusion, gentlemen, allow me to thank you for
the uniform courtesy that you have shown me during the
year, and to congratulate you upon the prosperity that
has attended your several ways. Your attendance upon
the regular meetings of the city government has been
gratityingly large, and you have also shown a commend-
able spirit in attending all special and committee meet-
ings. 'No great disaster, such as visited many of our
sister cities, came to sweep away our financial and indus-
trial resources during 1889. We have been, as a commu-
nity, healthy, prosperous, and contented, Tn order that
as city officials we may retire from office witli the feeling
that we have faithfully discharged the duties laid upon us
when we accepted the suffrages of our fellow-eitizens, I
incite you, gentlemen, to a repetition tiiis year of the ex-
cellent record made by you during the twelve* months
that have just passed into history.
REPORT
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
Board of Water commissioners.
1890.
DAYID B. VARNEY, Mayor, ex officio.
Alpheus Gay, President, term expires January, 1893.
James A. Weston, Clerk, term expires January, 1891.
Joseph F. Kennard, term expires January-, 1896.
Henry Chandler, term expires January, 1892.
A. C. Wallace, term expires January, 1894.
Edwin H. Hobbs, term expires January, 1895.
officers.
Charles K. Walker, Superintendent.
Arthur E. Stearns, Recjistrar.
Charles C. Cole, Engineer at Pumping Station.
REPORT
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
To (he City Councils of the City of Manchester :
Gentlemen, — The Board of Water Commissioners
have the honor to present herewith their eighteenth
annual report, for the year ending December 31, 1889,
together with the report of the Superintendent, covering
the same period of time, to which reference is made for
the details of the service connected with this department.
The receipts and expenditures for the year are as fol-
lows :
Balance unexpended December 31, 1888 . $36,126.74
Receipts from all sources .... 86,700.46
Total $122,827.20
Appropriated to pay interest . $36,000.00
Expended on construction . 30,232.09
Repairs and running expenses 17,005.90
Total expenditures . $83,237.99
Balance unexpended . . . .$39,589.21
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The increase in gross receipts over the year 1888 is
$1,056.64, notwithstanding the rates charged for fire
hydrants were reduced, April 1, 1889, from fifty dollars
to forty dollars per annum, each, the original rate being
sixty dollars.
From year to year, small amounts of wrought-iron and
cement water-pipe have been replaced with cast-iron in
places where the former had failed by reason of poor
workmanship, Realizing that this process must continue,
and in order to take advantage of the exce[)tionally low
price of iron, your commissioners purchased a larger
supply of water-pipe than usual, most of which is now on
hand. This will be used for the above purpose and for
making extensions, which are constant! v demanded bv
the expansion of the city limits.
The rain-fall' for the past three years has been unusu-
ally heavy. In consequence of this, the water in Massa-
besic Lake has been higher than before, and the low
grounds on its borders and the streams tributary thereto,
as well as all other meadows and brooks, have been
affected thereby. In some instances the owners of these
lands around the lake have made claims for damages
occasioned by the surplus water. In reply to these de-
mands, your commissioners have ottered to purchase the
property alleged to be injured at fair prices. In this way
considerable land bordering on the lake has been ac-
quired.
The attention of the boards of health, both of Man-
chester and Auburn, has been called to the sanitary con-
ditions of various localities surrounding the lake, and
with commendable promptness they have ado})ted and
published such regulations as will protect and nuiintain
the purity and healthfulness of the water, as far as prac-
tical)le, if the rules laid down are riuidlv enforced.
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Your commissioners hrve also purchased several par-
cels of land with a view ( f improving the sanitary condi-
tions and to avoid complications. The importance and
wisdom of this action are so apparent that it cannot fail to
be appreciated by every consumer of the water.
Respectfully submitted.
ALPIIEUS GAY, President,
^ DAVID B. VARNEY, Mayor, ex officio,
A. C. WALLA.CE,
E. H. HOBBS,
HENRY CHANDLER,
JOSEPH F. KENNARD,
JAMES A. WESTON, Clerk,
Board of Water Commissioners.
January 1, 1890.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
To the Board of Water Commissioners :
Gentlemen, — The following is the report of your
Superintendent for the year 1889 :
There seems to be little that is new to your honorable
board to present, as you are already familiar with the work
under raj' charge, and the general condition of the aliairs
of this department. It has been my endeavor to report to
you at the regular monthly and other meetings of the board,
if anything unusual had occurred, and to seek advice.
It seems desirable, however, to have the transactions re-
corded for future reference. I will therefore, in a "short
report, sum up what has been done in this department for
the year 1889. Massabesic Lake has averaged higher
than last season ; the water at the dam at the lowest point
was sixteen inches above the crest, which is not often
seen. This makes the third year of a large supply of
water in the lake.
No repairs have been made on the dam, canal, or pen-
stock. At the [.umping station, new gearing was bought
and two new steps put under the water-wheels, also one
pump cylinder bored out, one new crank-pin and two
trees set on the crank-disc of the Davidson pumj). The
cylinder was cut badly by the sand and gravel taken up
from the well connected uitli tlie tail race, both of wliich
were cleaned out last summer.
The following table shows the (piantity of water
pumped. It will be noticed that the daily average is a
little over 2,000,000 gallons, a steady increase since 1883,
when it was 1,211,278 gallons.
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February 5 a piston-rod broke at the same time a Y
brancU split which connects the ohl pumps with the force
main. There was no way to pump without wasting a
large quantity ]of water until the branch was repaired, and
as this required a special casting which would take ten
days to get and put in, it was thought best to take out a
piece of the force main beyond this branch and near the
new pump connection, and plug it till we could get a 20-
inch gate and put in, which might come handy at any
time ; then we could run the pumps and keep up the
supply ; this was done, with the exception of twent}'-
four hours supplied from the Amoskeag Company's reser-
voir. In a few days after they had an accident, and we
furnished them with water for three days.
We found, on running the pumps, that the same shock
or water-hammer that cracked the Y branch caused a
good many leaks on the force main. These had to be re-
paired in the daytime, and the pumps run in the night to
keep the reservoir full. Other leaks were all on the flat land
just above the meadows, a thousand feet from the station
and all within the space of four hundred feet. The top
of the pipe at this place is eight feet below the surface of
the ground, and is in very wet land. A gang of sixteen
men was employed most of the time for Ave weeks mak-
ing the repairs. The pipe now is in good condition. The
leaks were in the joint, which had to be sleeved and packed
with lead.
No repairs were made on the reservoir. A few small
leaks on the cast-iron })ipe on Valley street were all there
were on the su}»j>ly nmiii.
DISTKIBUTION PIPE.
Water-])ipc's have been extended 10,183 feet, nearly two
miles. The following are the streets where it was laid :
Amorv, Adams in 'Squog, Adams street at the north
end. Ash, i'ehiiont, (Marke, Chestnut, Cypress, Cartier,
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•Cass, Central, Dubuque, Kelly, Liberty, Mast road,
Pine, Somerville, Union, Spruce, Rimmon, Sagamore,
Silver, Taylor, Young, — twenty-four streets, at an ex-
pense of $7,253.
The pipe was taken up and laid over, besides that which
was repaired : 466 feet on Winter street ; on Merrimack
street from Pine to Beech, 1,017 feet; Hollis street, 375
feet; Birch, 416 feet; Washington, 242 feet; Church, 148
feet. The pipe on these streets had caused the most
trouble for the last two years, and it was thought best to
relay it.
Three hundred and twentj'-four feet of 10-inch cast-iron
pipe were re laid at the Eddy in Amoskeag. The pipe
had settled and the lead had started at the joints, so that
they leaked badly and had to be repaired quite often. It
was feared that it might break some night and wash out
the roadway, and deprive Amoskeag of water till the
break could be repaired. It was therefore thought best to
lay it over. This is a bad place on account of high water,
which works through the wall and under the pipe, caus-
ing it to settle. It was relaid farther from the wall and
over to the west side of the highway, and the chances are
that it will be less work to keep this portion of the pipe
in repair than it has been. Three hundred feet of 6-inch
pipe on the Goffstown road was lowered on account of
cutting down the hill west of the brick store.
The pipe line under the water across the Merrimack
river has been used but twice this season ; that was
when repairs were being made on the other line. It seems
in good condition, but as we have said in former reports
a small leak would soon cut a large hole in the pipe, and
it is necessary to keep water on this line only when act-
ually needed.
About 641 tons of pipe were bought of the Mcl^eal
Pipe and Foundry Company, Burlington, IST. J., averaging
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a little less than ^27. 50 per ton of 2,240 pounds, deliv-
ered in the city. This is the lowest price paid for water
pipe since the water-works were constructed. The amount
paid was $17,504.94.
Hydrants set this year, 15, making 441 hydrants in this
city. Seven new ones were put in where the old ones got
broken or had to be taken out and repaired. Last winter
the hydrants did not freeze and no thawing out was done,
which is something unusual. The past season the hy-
drants have been used more by the street department than
by the firemen, and more water has been used to puddle
ditches and clean out sewers than to put out fires.
PIPES, GATES, AND HYDRANTS LAID IN 1889.
Streets.
Pipe laid, in feet.
Gates set.
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535
185
304
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East of Cliestnut.
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To Young.
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27
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284
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To Union.
Pine to Heech.
East of Wilson.
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North to Mr. Blood's.
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Number miles pipe laid, 1889 . 1.93, or 10,183 feet
gates set, 1889 20
hydrants set, 1889 ..... 15
Gate at the Eddy changed to 6-inch.
LOCATION OF HYDRANTS SET, 1889.
Adams, cor. Beauport.
Amory, cor. Rimmon.
Behiiont, cor. Young.
Central, cor. Cass.
Kelly, cor. Cartier.
Kelly, cor. Dubuque.
Mast, near Fogg's residence.
Sagamore, cor. Union.
Silver, cor. Union.
Silver, cor. [Beech.
Somerville, cor. Union.
Spruce, cor. Belmont.
Spruce, near T. J. Perry's residence.
Taylor, cor. Young road.
Young, cor. Jewett.
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The following places are where cement-lined pipe was
taken up and cast-iron laid :
Length in feet.
Streets.
4 in.
C in.
Amherst 8
Birch 41G
Church 147 I
Hanover 8
Hanover I 8
Hanover .. ..1 8
Hollis
Manchester.
Manchester.
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Pine
Spruce
Spruce
Second ,
State
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Winter
375
478
7
243
396
1863
10 in.'
539
556
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Near Beecli .
Lowell to Bridge.
North of Washington.
Opposite " Union " office.
Corner Pine.
Corner Elm.
Canal to Elm.
Opposite No. 200.
Opposite No. 198.
Opposite Geo. Goffe's residence.
Opposite Geo. Goffe's residence.
Pine to Union.
Union to Beech.
Corner Chestnut.
Opposite No. CO.
Corner Central.
Corner Chestnut.
Elm to Birch.
Total, 2,830 feet.
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DISTRIBUTION PIPES AND GATES LAID TO DECEMBER 31, 1889.
8lZB.
20-inch diameter
l-l-inch diameter
12-iDch diameter
10-inch diameter
8-incb diameter
C-inch diameter
4-inch diameter
Cement-lined pipe.
CaHt iron pipe.
Gates.
20,560.00 ft.
5,146.00 ft.
9
6,825.00 "
7,598.00 "
11
7,983.00 "
11,709.00 "
20
4,813.75 "
10,764.00 "
14
11,500.00 "
12,628.00 "
33
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87,171.00 '•
287
7,571.00 "
8,911.00 "
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138,513.25 ft.
143,927.00 ft.
411
26.233 miles cement-lined pipe.
27.259 miles cast-iron pipe.
53.492, total miles of pipe.
411 gates.
441 hydrants.
7 ail" valves.
METERS.
The number of meters set during the year is one hun-
dred and six.
Total number of meters now in use, nine hundred and
fifty-one.
The number of api)lieations for water to date has been
thirty-three hundred and eighty.
SERVICE PIPES.
One hundred and thirty-nine (139) service pipes liave
V)een laid this year, as follows:
1 .V inch diameter .... 27.0 feet.
131 1 " " .... 3,337.4 "
3 IJ " " .... 77.5 "
4 2" " .... 890.0 "
Total number of i'eet laid, 1889 . 4,331.9 feet.
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SERVICE PIPES RELAID
1
1 inch,
34 feet,
to Ih inch.
1
f "
19
li
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1
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33
a
11 "
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1
1 "
59
a
11 «
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Thirty-two hundred and twenty-six service pipes have
been laid to date, as follows :
845.0 feet.
46,614.3
33,838.3
1,293.5
448.0
1,883.4
57.0
16.8
233.0
39
1
2
inch diametei
1773
1
1321
1
23
u
15
^
46
2
1
^
1
3
7
4
Total length of service pipe . 85,229.3 feet.
]S"umber of miles of service pipe, 16.14.
The
income from the sale of water for 1889 has been
as follows :
Received for water by rate .
$52,380.99
u
" meter
33,596.05
it
for building purposes
361.95
t(
from fines
153.20
il
for labor and pipe sold
89.77
li
of G. G. Griffin .
1.00
((
B. P. Kimball
2.00
((
James Baldwin
65.00
((
W. G. Brown
50.00
((
Mr. Clement .
Total received .
.50
$86,700.46
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Abatements, $245.06.
Current expenses for 1889 . . $17,005.90
Construction expenses for 1889 . 30,232.09
Appropriated for interest . . 36,000.00
$83,237.99
Receipts over expenditures $3,462.47
Amount on hand January 1, 1889 $36,126.74
Amount received, 1889 . . 86,700.46
$122,827.20
Amount expended, 1889 . . 83,237.99
Amount on hand December
31, 1889 . . * . . $39,589.21
CLASSIFICATION OF ACCOUNTS FOR 1889.
Superintendence and repairs . $11,879.42
Stationery and printing . . 162.19
Office and incidental expenses . 408.82
Pumping expenses . . . 4,428.72
Repairs to dam, canal, and reser-
voir 6.50
Repairs to building . . . 120.25
Current expenses for
1889
$17
,005.90
Service pipes
$1,379.41
Distribution pipes
18,841.09
Fire-hydrants and valves
1,144.25
Meter and fixtures
2,160.25
Pump-house and building
276.07
Land . . . .
6,375.00
Grading
56.02
Construction c-xi.ense, 1889 $30,232.09
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Land and water rights . . . $55,092.45
Dam, canal, penstock, and races . 101,399.16
Pumping machinery, pump-house,
and buildings .... 107,145,17
Distributing reservoir and fixtures 71,542.36
Force and supply main . . 89,769.02
Distribution pipes . . . 366,520.52
Fire-hydrants and valves . . 40,061.22
Tools and fixtures . . . 10,649.35
Boarding and store houses . . 919.36
Roads and culverts . . . 2,193.49
Supplies 550.39
Engineering .... 22,176.19
Livery and traveling expenses . 2,856.64
Legal expenses .... 563.79
Grading and fencing . . . 13,571.25
Service pipes .... 45,821.37
Meters and fixtures . . . 23,407.80
Total construction account
to Dec. 31, 1889 .
Current expenses :
Superintendence, collecting, and
repairs ....
Stationery, printing, etc.
Ofiice and incidental expenses
Pumping expenses and repairs
Repairs to dam, canal, races, and
reservoir ....
Repairs to buildings
Current expenses to Dec
31, 1889 .
$954,239.53
$122,973.96
5,250.63
16,903.95
36,438.18
3,640.15
1,441.66
$186,648.53
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Interest $40,678.51
Higlnvay expenditures . . 14,000.53
§54,679.04
Total amount of bills ap-
proved to date . . $1,195,567.10
Interest, discount, and labor per-
formed on highways, trans.,
and tools and materials sold . $61,752.58
Current expenses to Dec. 31, 1889 186,648.53
$248,401. 11
Total cost, exclusive of in-
terest and current ex-
penses .... $947,165.99
Interest and discount to Dec. 31,
1888 $558,733.51
Interest for 1889 .... 34,186.00
Total interest and discount
to Dec. 31, 1889 . . $592,919.51
Amount paid toward interest to
Dec. 31, 1888 . . . $413,000.00
Amount used by city in 1889 . 36,000.00
Total $449,000.00
The following amounts have been paid over to the city
treasurer, and credited to the water-works :
1872, supplies and ma-
terials sold . . $573.61
1873, supplies and ma-
terials sold . . 177.07
accrued interest on
water bonds sold 193.26
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1873, accrued interest
on state bonds sold $146.00
water rents . . 1,920.53
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
1875, water and hydrant
rent, etc. . . 27,119.15
May 20, 1876, derrick sold . 125.00
May 20, 1876, rent of derrick . 24.00
1876, 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
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May
20, 1879, water and hydrant
rent, etc. . . $53,068.17
1880, water and li ydrant
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
1882, 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
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
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received for stone
received from sale of
^rass
1884, received from pipe
sold and labor
received for water
and hydrant rent
1885, received from G
G. Griffin .
B. P. Kimball, for
grass
labor and pipe sold
received for water
and hydrant rent
1886, received from G
G. Griffin .
B. P. Kimball, for
grass
for wood .
labor and pipe .
water and hydrant
rent
1887, . received for
labor and pipe
received of G. G
Griffin .
1887, 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
^5.00
10.00
616.20
74,947.88
1.00
10.00
13.45
80,379.67
1.00
5.00
37.80
282.43
74,803.76
768.86
1.00
.50
10.00
5.00
10.00
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received of W. G.
Brown .
825.00
received of T. II.
Risdon & Co., for
freight .
15.11
received for water
and hydrant rent
79,682.70
1888, received for labor
and pipe
227.33
received of G. G.
Griffin .
1.00
received of Geo. P.
Clark .
2.00
received R. D. Wood
& Co. (gear) .
16.29
received for water
and hydrant rent .
85,397.20
1889, received for labor
and pipe
89.77
received of G. G.
Griffin .
1.00
received of B. P.
Kimball, for grass
2.00
received of W. G.
Brown, for rent .
50.00
received of James
Baldwin, for pipe
65.00
received of Mr. Clem-
ent, for pipe .
.50
received for water
and hydrant retit .
86,492.19
il received for water, etc
S?l,044,156.31
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Amount appropriated to date . . $640,000.00
Amount received to date . . $1,684,156.31
Amount of bills approved to date . 1,195,567.10
$488,589.21
Amount transferred toward interest . 449,000.00
Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1889, $39,589.21
CHARLES K. WALKER,
Su2-)erintmdent.
I hereby certify that I have examined the accounts of
the Manchester Water-Works for the year 1889, and find
the same correctly cast and properly vouched.
GEORGE E. MORRILL,
A uditor.
Manchester, N. H., Dec 29, 1889.
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USES FOR WHICH WATER IS SUPPLIED.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
1 Jail.
4
Cemeteries.
21 Churches.
1
Or[ than age.
1 Court-house.
1
Post-otiice.
6 Hose Companies.
1
City Library.
4 Fire-engines.
6
Banks.
1 Hook-and-ladder.
7
Hotels.
2 Opera-houses.
1
Masonic Hall.
1 Convent.
1
Odd Fellows' Hall
1 City Hospital.
1
Holly-Tree Inn.
1 Old Ladies' Home.
3
Halls.
1 Soldiers' Monument.
22
Schoolhouses.
1 Turner Hall.
1
Battery Building.
4 Fountains.
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 Brassand copper foundry.
1 Locomotive works.
2 Electric light.
3 Sash and blind shops.
1 Brewery.
1 Shoe-shop.
1 Gas-works.
4 Slaughter-houses.
1 Soap manufactory.
2 Needle manufactories.
4 Beer-bottling.
1 Book-bindery.
1 l^ipcr-mill.
7 Fish.
9 Meat and llsh.
MARKETS.
2 Meat (wholesale).
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STABLES.
19 Liver}'.
728 Private.
1 Horse-railroad.
OFFICES.
12 Dentists.
10 Printing.
1 Telephone.
1 Gas.
2 Telegraph.
4 Coal.
3 Express.
•
SHOPS.
27 Barber.
2 Currying,
3 Wheelwright.
6 Plumber and gas and
11 Blacksmith.
water pipe.
5 Carpenter.
8 Paint.
1 Tinsmith.
1 Gunsmith.
STORES.
4 Auction.
72 Grocery.
27 Drug.
5 Meal.
12 Jewelry.
3 Hardware.
1 Fur.
30 Boot and shoe.
2 House-furnishing goods. 7 Stove.
20 Fancy goods.
15 Gents' furnishing goods.
1 Wholesale paper.
8 Book.
5 Wholesale produce.
1 Leather and shoe-finders,
21 Dry goods.
3 Music.
12 Candy.
3 Upholstery.
1 Cloak.
6 Undertakers.
15 Millinery.
5 Sewing-machine.
2 Tea.
1 Feather-cleaner.
6 Furniture.
1 Rubber.
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11 Dining.
6 Billiard.
6 Club-rooms.
2 Bleacheries.
19 Laundries.
3 Ice-houses.
10 Photographers.
SALOONS.
69 Liquor,
MISCELLANEOUS.
4 Greenhouses.
2 Band rooms.
13 Bakeries.
2 Waste.
7544 Families.
115 Boarding-houses
9358 Faucets.
1384 Wash-howls.
2145 Water-closets.
199 Wash-tubs.
677 Bath-tubs.
144 Urinals.
WATER FIXTURES, ETC.
1809 Sill-cocks.
441 Fire-hydrants.
34 Stand-pipes.
21 Watering-troughs.
4 Drinking-fountains,
1783 Horses.
89 Cattle.
1 Public urinal.
MATERIAL ON HAXD.
PIPE.
1074 feet 20 in.
1535 feet 14 in,
2100 feet 12 in.
2100 feet 10 in
9252 feet 8 in.
17638 feet 6 in.
3213 feet 4 in.
GATES.
5 4 in.
3 6 in.
3 8 in.
1 10 in.
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WHOLE SLEEVES.
1 20 in.
6 12 in.
6 4iu.
6
5
10
14 in.
10 in.
6 in.
10 20 in.
6 12 in.
24 8 in.
14 4 in.
CLAMP SLEEVES.
7 14 in.
31 10 in.
41 6 in.
2 14 in.
5 10 in.
4 4 in.
PLUGS.
1 12 in.
1 6 in.
2 8 in.
BRANCHES.
2 double 6 on 12.
5 double 6 on 10.
4 double 6 on 8.
1 double 6 on 6.
4 double 4 on 6.
1 double 4 on 4.
2 single 6 on 14.
1 single 12 on 14.
1 single 6 on 12.
2 single 10 on 10.
2 single 6 on 10.
2 single 8 on 8.
1 single 6 on 8.
5 single 6 on 6.
2 single 4 on 6.
1
14 to 12.
1
6 to 4.
2
8 to 6.
2
12 to 6.
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BENDS.
1
1
2
1
10 in. 1-8.
14 in. 1-8.
6 in. 1-4.
6 in. 1-8.
1 6 in. S. S.
1 12 in. 1-8.
2 6 in. 1-16.
SERVICE PIPES.
2|
^
1
in. 96 feet,
in. 354 feet,
in. 382 feet.
2 in. 518 feet,
1^ in. 362 feet.
1 in. 612 feet.
REPORT
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
ORGANIZATION" FOR 1889.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
DAVID B. VARNEY, ex officio Chairman.
CHARLES A. CARPENTER,
President of the Common Council, resigned.
JOHN F. FROST, President of the Common Council
BENJAMIN C. DEAN, Vice-chairman of the Board.
JAMES E. DODGE, Clerk of the Board.
Ward 1. — Charles H. Manning.
John L. Sanborn.
Ward 2. — Benjamin C. Dean.
William C. Clarke.
Ward 3. — Nathan P. Hunt.
James E. Dodge.
Ward 4. — Frederick C. Crosby.
Stephen AV. (.''larke, deceased.
S. B. Stearns.
Ward 5. — John F. Cahill.
James P. Slatter3\
Ward 6. — John C. Balch, deceased.
Charles G. Dodge.
Frank T. E. Richardson.
Ward 7. — Edward B. Woodbury.
Marshall P. Hall.
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Ward 8. — Lutlier C. BaUhvin.
William K. Robbins.
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
WILLIAM E. BUCK.
TRUANT OFFICER.
SAMUEL BROOKS.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Finance. — The Mayor, Messrs. [S. W. Clarke, Carpen-
ter,] J. E. Dodge, Slattery, Stearns, Frost.
Salaries. — Messrs. Woodbury, Hall, Robbins.
Repairs, Furniture, and Supplies. — Messrs. Manning,
[Balch,] Sanborn, Charles G. Dodge.
Text-books, Apparatus, and Studies. — Messrs. Dean,
Hunt, W. C. Clarke.
Drawing. — Messrs. Hall, Baldwin, Richardson.
Music. — Messrs. Richardson, W. C. Clarke, Crosby.
Fuel and Heating. — Mr. J. E. Dodge, the Mayor, Mes-
srs. Manning, [Carpenter, Balch,] Frost, C. G. Dodge.
Examination of Teachers. — Messrs. Hunt, Dean, [S. W.
Clarke,] Stearns.
Attendance. — Messrs. Baldwin, Woodbury, Crosby.
Health. — Messrs. Bobbins, Cahill, Sanborn.
SUB-COMMITTEES.
High School. — Messrs. Manning, ])oaii, Hall, Hunt,
Stearns.
Ash and Bridge Streets. — Messrs. Dean, Hunt, W. C.
Clarke.
Lincoln Street. — Messrs. Stearns, W<)()(li)ury, Richard-
son.
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Spring Street and Lowell Street. — Messrs, Hal], Manning
Sanborn.
FranMin Street. — Messrs. Woodbury, J. E. Dodge, San-
born.
Training School and Wdson Hill. — Messrs. Hunt, Dean,
J. E. Dodge.
West Manchester Grammar. — Messrs. Baldwin, Stearns,
Charles G. Dodge.
School Street and South Main Street. — Messrs. Bobbins,
Slattery, Baldwin.
Webster Street, Blodgett Street, Amoskeag, and, Stark dis-
trict.— Messrs. W. C. Clarke, Bobbins, Slatter3^
Bakersville. — Messrs. Charles G. Dodge, Hall, "Wood-
bur}'.
Hallsville and Youngsville. — Messrs. Crosby, [Balch,]
Cahill, Charles G. Dodge.
Mosquito Po7id and Webster's Mills. — Messrs. Cahill,
Robbins, Slattery.
Gojf'e's Falls cord Harvey District. — Messrs. J. E.
Dodge, Baldwin, Crosby.
Evening Schools. — Messrs. Eiehardson, Manning, W.
C. Clarke.
In Board of School Committee.
January 3, 1800.
Tlie Superintendent presented his annual report to the committee,
and it was aecei^ted.
Marshall P. Hall presented the annual report prepared by Iiini at
the request of the Boai'd.
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 :
The school committee have the honor to present their
report for the year ending December 31, 1889, it' being
the forty-third in the series of annual school reports.
We would make a fitting allusion to the death of two
members of this board since the beginning of this year, —
Mr. Stephen W. Clarke, who had served continuously
for nearly five years, and Mr. John C. Balch, who was
first elected a member in ISTovember, 1888. In all their
official relations, our late associates commanded our high-
est respect. Both were deeply interested in educational
matters, and both served the city with honor to them-
selves and profit to the schools. In testimony to their
character and services, suitable resolutions have been en-
tered upon the permanent records of the board.
Classified statistics relating to schoolhouses, receipts
and expenditures, teachers, janitors, pupils, prize speak-
ing, attendance, truancy, terms and vacations, etc., will
be found in the Appendix.
The public schools are in excellent condition. They
have been materially improved, as we believe, by the
changes we have introduced during the year. The most
important of these is the establishment of the one-session
plan at the High School. The change has resulted in ad-
vantage to the school. Among other benefits, it permits
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a rational division of the day into periods of study, rest,
and recreation. The daily session of the school now ends
at 1 p. M., and nineteen hours elapse before it again as-
sembles. We would suggest to parents that the progress
and welfare of the pupils depend largely upon the proper
use of these intervening hours. There is ample time in
the afternoon for exercise at\d such study as may be neces-
sary out of school, without encroaching upon the early
and long hours of sleep necessary to health while pursu-
ing a continuous course of study. With a judicious divis-
ion of this long intermission, the pupils of the High
School should be able to accomplish more work than
has hitherto been done there, without danger to their
health. We would again refer to the [need of physical
culture in this school. The boys maintain a militar}- com-
pany, and the girls, with commendable enterprise, have
recently formed an " athletic club." There is always dan-
ger, however, that such organizations, when conducted
independently of the school management, will result in
excess to the few and neglect of the many. In order that
all may share alike in the benefits of physical exercises,
a daily military drill, or something equivalent, for boys
and girls, should be introduced into the school under the
direction of the committee. To secure room for this, and
for other sanitary purposes, we recommend changes in
the high school building, and the erection of an inexpen-
sive gymnasium annex.
There has been a change of masters in two of the large
grammar schools, — Ash street and Webster street. Nu-
merous changes have also occurred in the corps of female
teachers, by resignation. The new teachers have main-
tained, and in some cases improved, the condition of the
schools of their predecessors. With two exceptions, al
vacancies in lower grade schools have been filled from the
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Training School, and by daughters of our own citizens.
Since the opening of that school a constantly increasing
number of its graduates has heeu employed here. Fifty-
one are now on our roll of teachers. The wages paid them
remain at home. The Training School is a successful
" home industry," worthy of " protection.'' It is not a
professional school, nor a Kormal school, in the true
sense, yet its work is equivalent to that of many so-
called Normal schools, which, as a writer has justly said,
are " only high schools with a slight infusion of pedagogy
in the curriculum of the last year." "We would encour-
age the young lady graduates of the High School to enter
the Training School, whether they wish to teach here, or
contemplate a full course of training elsewhere.
The nominal school year in this city is thirty-seven
weeks. The primary schools have been closed by bad
weather signals seven half days, and the higher grades
two half days. Thirteen half days have been given for
holiday recesses, so that the schools have been in session
an average time of one hundred and seventy-six days,
or thirty-five and one fifth weeks. Our school year was
formerly forty weeks, and this time is still adhered to in
many places. Not only is our school year a full month
shorter, but the number of branches taught here and the
amount of work required of our pupils is considerably less
than in the other large towns of New England.
By reference to the statistical tables presented as a
part of this report, it will be seen that the total registra-
tion of pupils in the public schools exceeds that of last
year. The attendance is as follows :
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Enrolled : Boys, 1,862; girls, 1,925 ; total, 3,787.
Average daily attendance, 2,581.
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PAROCHIAL AND OTHER SCHOOLS.
Catholic, enrolled : Boys, 1,643; ^irls, 1,554; total, 3,197.
Other private schools, 36.
(Av. daily attendance in these schools not reported.)
SUMMARY.
Pupils enrolled in public schools .... 3,787
Pupils enrolled in other schools .... 3,233
Total in the city 7,020
One school, that on Beech street, has been discontinued.
The school in the Stark district was closed on account of
small attendance, the average number having fallen to five.
In the opinion of the committee the pupils could be accom-
modated in another school with more profit to themselves
and at less cost to the city. The school was re-established
in obedience to a strong petition of the people of the dis-
trict ; and it is gratifying to report that cttorts to increase
the attendance have not been without results, the average
number now being seven. A school t0(^ large, or one too
small, is a misfortune. If too small, teacher and pupils
lose interest in their work ; if too large, the pupils can
not have much personal attention from the teacher, with-
out which there can be no true teaching. Owing to the
withdrawal of Catholic children, it is the parochial schools
and not the juiblic schools which are now overcrowded.
With a few exceptions, the public schools of all grades
are of a size best adajttcd for the comfort and health of
the }tupils and the l)est work of the teachers. Ihider these
circumstances more individual teaching is possible, and
our citizens whose (•liililieii attend tlu' public schools may
expect them to make riipid and substantial progress.
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A change in the method of teacliing drawing has been
introduced into the primary schools. The drawing-books
formerly used have, in part, been dispensed with, and the
schools are supplied with models in their stead. The
models are placed in the hands of teacher and pupils, and
are handled, examined, and talked about until their forms
and other properties are thoroughly understood. When
this is done, the pupil is required to make a drawing from
the model. He will then understand that he is drawing
an object, and not copying from a book.
Drawing in these schools has heretofore been little else
than copying flat figures from the drawing-book, and the
child could have no intelligent idea of the objects which
the figures were intended to represent. If the side of a
cube, for instance, were to be drawn, the copy in the book
represented to the child's mind only four lines inclosing
a bhink space on the page, and when he had drawn a
similar figure it represented nothing more. But if he
draws the same figure after having seen and handled the
model of a cube, he knows what the side of a cube is, and
what his drawing means. It is evident that this is a ra-
tional method of teaching drawing. The study of form
by means of models is not new in our primary schools, as
It is a feature of the kindergarten methods now so gener-
ally in use, but its application to drawing is new in these
schools. Miss Manahan, of the High School, who thor-
oughly understands the object to be attained, has been
employed to assist the teachers in the change until the
end of the school year, when it is hoped a complete sched-
ule of the work to be done in each grade under the new
method may be prepared. A subject so important as
drawing should have a special teacher, and we call atten-
tion to the Superintendent's recommendations on this
subject.
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The evening schools have been fully attended, and good
work has been done in them. The evening drawing,
schools have had their facilities increased by additional
fixtures and models, and are now equal to any schools of
their kind in New England.
The school buildings and grounds and other school
property committed to our care have l)een kept in a con-
dition as good as possible with the means provided. The
Smead system of dry closets has been ])Ul in at Spring-
street, in place of the old vaults, the walls of which had
fallen in, leaving the premises in a condition liable to in-
dictment by the Hoard of Health. The new closets are
thus far entirely satisfactory. No trace of odor is found
about them, and tlie air in the closets an hour after school
begins will be found purer than that within the school-
rooms. The system requires no water or sewer connec-
tions.
An old furnace, taken from the training-school build-
ing, has been put into the Anioskeag house in place of
stoves. New brick vaults have been built at Amoskeag
and Mosquito Pond. Considerable concreting has been
done, both in rejtairing old walks and laying a few much
needed new ones. The changing of all double desks to
single ones is nearly comi)leted. A new fence was built
about the Franklin-street yard, and cleaning, whitewash-
in";, and i)aintini]: done in manv of the buildings.
The iiiinnal approiiriation for repairs is too small. The
change at Spring-street cost ^1,077.47, or nearly one
third of the whole approi)riation. Nearly every year
some similar cxtraordinai'v job has to be done, U'aviiig a
sum insutticient for general re})airs, which must, in con-
sequence, be neglected from year to year.
We are gratified at the progress nnide toward the erec-
tion of a new building on the West Side, after i>l;ms ajt-
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proved by a committee of competent gentlemen. It is
hoped that the building will show a large advance in fit-
ness for school purposes over anything we now have.
Progress in school architecture has hardly kept pace with
that in other direction^. Probably not a single building
has been erected in the city the past year that is not bet-
ter adapted for its intended use as a habitation for human
beings than the best schoolhouse we have. In the mat-
ter of ventilation, recent mill construction is vastly supe-
rior to that of our churches and schools. Of all sanitary
abominations, an unventilated schoolroom is the worst,
especially if it be overcrowded. It is reported that a single
schoolroom in this city (not a public school), built to ac-
commodate fort3'-eight pupils, at a recent session con-
tained 07ie hundred and ten children !
Col. G. M. L. Lane having resigned his position as tru-
ant officer in May last, Mr. Samuel Brooks was re-elected
to the place.
The truant officer's reports for the year show some
gratifj'ing changes. The whole number of cases of ab-
sence reported from the public schools is 183 ; from the
parochial schools, 354. This is a reduction of more than
one half in the public schools, and a gain in the parochial
schools, since the last report.
The percentage of dail}^ attendance is 92.2 this year,
against 90.3 last year. This item is not reported to us
from other schools. It would appear that the habit of
regular attendance is increasing.
The number of certificates granted to children is as
follows :
French 238
Irish 107
German ....... 40
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Swedes ....... 27
Americans . . . . . .102
Total .-.14
Of these, 308 were boys and 206'girls, and the average
age was 14.3 years.
It is still a matter of regret tliat nearly all the French
children Avho apj.ly for certificates to obtain work in the
mills? are unable to speak the English language, even
after attending tlie parochial schools for many months.
This is not alluded to in order to question the riglit of
parents to teach their children French, or any other lan-
guage foreign to this country. Nevertheless we believe
they make a grave mistake in refusing to give them a
good Ejiglish educatioi! when it can be had for the ask-
ing. We respect their feeling of affection for their native
tongue, and the tenacity with which tliey cling to tlie
customs and traditions of fatherland is entirely reason-
able. But this has nothing to do with the question of the
child's best interests. Every child that grows up in an
English-speaking country witliout a good knowledge of
that language, suffers a positive loss and misfortune. He
can never intelligently exercise the privileges of citizen-
ship, nor compete successfully with his fellows in any
sphere of life. Other languages may be desirable as ac-
complishments, but English, and English only, is the
language of American citizenship. It is the language
of our business, our newspapers and books, and of our
constitution and laws. A child kept from a knowledge
of it in this land of free schools is defrauded of liis natu-
ral right. Onr foreign-speaking }>eople have observed
that their children often learn to s]teak English by con-
tact with others, in 8}»it«.' of all ctluits to {\\v contrary.
Indeed, any attempt to jtreveiit it will be in \aiii. In this
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age of individual freedom, the child as well as the adult
touches life at too many points to be kept in ignorance
of the world about him. To isolate him and teach him a
foreign tongue will delay, but it cannot prevent, the su-
premacy of the English speech. In youth is the time for
the right education, and it is a pity that any child who is
to become an American citizen should be obli2:ed to
spend hie school days in the study of a foreign language,
and then pick up his English in the street, or acquire it
with difficulty in after years.
The subject of manual training has been referred to in
previous reports of the school committee. It has now as-
sumed such importance as to justify our further attention.
Its success, wherever introduced, points to its early adop-
tion as a part of common school education everywhere.
The limits of this report forbid a full discussion of the
subject. Briefly, manual training in the schools means
the introduction of a system of hand-training by means of
regular lessons in the use of tools. Rooms with suitable
fixtures are provided, and the pupils of the higher grades,
generally of the grammar divisions, take their lessons in
the workshop by turns, thus alternating hand work and
brain work. The object of manual training is not to teach
the trades, as some have supposed. • It is absurd to think
of turning our schools into apprentice shops. We do not
know what vocations our children will follow in after life.
It is well that we do not know. If we did, we should at-
tempt some special and narrow training for them, instead
of the broad and general education which our common
schools now so admirably provide. Manual training is
not technical training, though the two are often con-
founded. Technical education is the work of special
schools, which teach a particular trade or industry with a
view to preparing individuals to earn a living thereby.
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Nothing of this sort can legally or logically be intro-
duced into the public school. Kothing belongs there
which will not benefit all classes alike, whatever may be
their future calling. Manual training is advocated because
it promises to be a valuable aid to the schools in general
education for the practical duties of life. It has a distinct
economic value, it is true; but its chief distinction is
broadly educational. It certainly will make better me-
chanics and artisans of those boys and girls who may
choose such callings, and it may induce many to make
such a choice ; it is equally true that those who become
manufacturers, merchants, doctors, and lawyers will be
better educated men and better equipped for their work if
all their faculties, physical and mental, have been duly
trained. One result of manual training is expressed by
the homely word handiness, and " handy " men are gener-
ally successful men. Manual training has also what may
be called a social value. The majority of American boys
do not find the highest grades of school attractive.
More than eighty per cent of them leave the schools be-
fore tlie age of fourteen. From fourteen to eighteen is a
critical period, when the future character is largely deter-
mined. This period is often spent aimlessly, without any
preparation for the practical duties of life. Ex}>c'rience
has shown that nuuuial training is so attractive to bo3's at
this age that they will ronuiin in the schools, whose health-
ful and helpi'ul discipline will carry them safely over many
temptations. The healthfulness of manual training alone
is a sufficient argument for its introduction.
Manual training would cure some of the ills which
arise from false notions of the value and dignity of labor.
Every year thousands of 3'oung ]icople leave the schools
with a feeling that manual labor is ItiMK'ath them. This
is not a result of anything taught in the schools, but rather
of what is not taught. It is largely due to the social sur-
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roundings of the pupils. We cannot disguise the fact,
liowever, that the schools give greatest prominence to the
intellectual side. The studies pursued exercise the men-
tal powers upon subjects which suggest the accomplish-
ments rather than the common things of life. Reading,
writing, and drawing are the only studies which allow a
play of the expressive faculties. Nine tenths of all the
time is given to training of the receptive and reflective
powers ; the delineative, executive, and constructive fac-
ulties are neglected. Expression by means of language,
the most abstract and difhcult of all forms, is given most
prominence. Manual training is intended to give the
other forms of expression their appropriate place in the
school. It need not be feared that this will lower the in-
tellectual standard of the schools; which is none too high.
Manual training in itself is a valuable means of mental
discipline. The mind is disciplined quite as successfully
through the hand in the construction of an object as
through the brain in thinking of the same object. A
lesson in the use of tools, requiring the exercise of delib-
eration and judgment, is a means of mental discipline dif-
fering in kind, but quite as valuable as the cultivation of
the memory through the study of history. The argument
for manual training is sound and scientific. It meets an
acknowledged demand of the times. More people than
ever before are engaged in industrial pursuits. In thirty
years the manufactured products of this country increased
550 per cent, and the number of people employed in man-
ufactures increased 325 per cent.
Skilled labor was never in greater demand. IS'ever
before did all the pursuits of men and women demand
such powers of observation, judgment, and executive
ability. And yet there never was a time when the chil-
dren of the common people had fewer opportunities for
the training of these faculties. The home education has
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lost its industriiil features; the apprentice system has dis-
appeared. Manual training in the schools seems to be
the appropriate and opportune means of meeting the
difficulty. More than forty cities in this countr}' have in-
troduced it into their public schools, and twenty-live
States and Territories have it taught in some form. The
character of the population of this city makes it desirable
here. The old building on Lowell street, from its
arrangement and central location, would be an admirable
place for a beginning, and could not be put to better use.
On the first of February, next, the city will begin to
furnish free text-books to the public schools, in accord-
ance with the act of the last Legislature. The books
will be purchased directly from the publishers, numbered
and marked as public propert}', and loaned to the pupils.
They will be accounted for by the teachers the same as
other property now in their hands. As any city or town
in the State may use any series of books, and as it costs no
more to buy a new series than an old one, we shall intro-
duce new and better text-books in reading, grammar,
penmanship, and in several branches taught in the High
School. These will be furnished at once to all pupils;
other books to those only whose old ones are worn out,
or who rcfiuire them by reason of promotion to higher
classes. The introduction will thus be gradual, and may
extend over a period of two or three years. The passage
of this law has lu-ovoked a lively competition among
the pu])lishers, and the city will not oidy get the best
books, but will buy them at extremely low prices,
lower tlian the old wholesale rates and at least 33 per
cent less than the retail prices which our citizens have
been obliged to }>ay. The expense at first will be
considerable ; after the schools are once sup[)lied, a small
annual outlay will 1k' sufficient to replace the books worn
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out. Tlie change comes at a favorable time, when our
school expenses are low. We call attention to the tables
in the appendix, showing the cost of the schools, and in-
vite a comparison with other cities in this and other JSTew
England States. The rate of school tax in this city has
not increased a single mill in the last ten years. If our
taxes are burdensome, the school department is not re-
sponsible therefor.
The public schools are now free in fact as in name.
The poorest man in our midst, if he have the means to
feed and clothe his children, may keep them in school at
his pleasure, and give them an education as good as the
richest man can buy, without the expenditure of a single
dollar. All the excellent school privileges of Manches-
ter, — the primary schools, with their interesting exer-
cises for the younger children ; the grammar schools,
which give an excellent English education to those who
can go no farther; the High School, which prepares its
pupils to enter the highest institutions of learning in the
land ; the Training School, in which the daughters of our
citizens are fitted to earn good wages as teachers ; the
evening schools, for those who must work in the day;
the drawing schools, to aid apprentices and mechanics, —
all these are absolutely free. Such munificent advantages
are found only in our own favored land, and he must be
an ungrateful citizen who will not give his children the
full benefit of them.
In conclusion, we commend the faithful work of the
teachers, ofiicers, and others connected with the schools,
and thank your honorable bodies for your co-operation
with this Board.
Respectfully submitted.
MARSHALL P. HALL,
For the Committee.
Manchester, N. H., Dec. 31, 1889.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
T'o the Manchester School Board:
Gentlemen, — I respectfully ofter the following as the
annual report of the Superintendent of Public Instruc-
tion for the year 1889 :
ORGANIZATION OF THE SCHOOLS.
Throughout the year six teachers have been employed
in the High School, twenty in the grammar schools, and
sixteen in the middle schools. There have been twenty-
seven primary schools, taught by twenty-four teachers.
This is accounted for from the fact that 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 * em-
ploying three teachers, and six ungraded schools f ^vith
one teacher for each. This is e(|uivalent to seventy-seven
distinct schools of a single room each, taught by an aver-
age of seventy-iive teachers. The number of schools and
of teachers isles8,by one of each, than the number last year:
and the only difference in the form of organization is, that a
primary school at the Lowell-street house was discontin-
ued near the close of last year, and that the primary
school at the Main-street house, taught by Miss Nettie C.
Woodman, l)ccame of middle-school grade early in the
♦The upper room at Anioskoag aiul tlie Ilallsville school.
tCouiUry subiirbiin.
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year, because when her pupils were ready for promotion
there was not room for them in existing Main-
street middle schools. The grade of Miss Woodman's
school was therefore then changed from a primary to a
middle school, and there has since been no'school of pri-
mary grade at the Main-street house. There have since
been four middle schools in this house, and they are
easily filled with pupils from the four primaries at the
School-street house and the two primaries at the South
Main-street house.
The school on Beech street, closed at the opening of
the fall term in consequence of the sale of the school-
house, together with the extra school in West Manches-
ter (on Clinton street) during the spring term only,
would be equivalent to one school for the entire year ;
and they are so reckoned in computing both the number
of schools and the attendance totals, for the year.
ATTENDANCE,
The public schools are being increasingly better at-
tended from year to year, and the almost bodily with-
drawal of more than a hundred pupils from the schools
on the west side of the river at the opening of the fall
term has apparently been offset by the return, within the
year, of others to schools upon the east side of the
river.
Our city schools were most extensively patronized in
1881. From then on, while the French parochial schools
were being established, there was an annual decrease in
the attendance upon the city schools till 1886. Since
that year the public schools of the city have shown a
slight but steady annual increase in their aggregate totals
of attendance.
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These facts may be seen })y an inspection of the " Gen-
eral Summary " table upon page I * of the appendix to
this report. Other points of interest will also be found
in that table.
The law providing for the use of " free text-books and
other supplies " in our schools at the expense of the city
treasury will doubtless have some influence in acceler-
ating an increased attendance upon the public schools,
but to what extent time alone can tell.
There has not been that improvement this year in the
reduction of tardinesses which the eltbrts of teachers to
secure it would seem to justify us in expecting. In
1886, the total tardinesses in the city schools were 8,678 ;
in 1887, 7,387; in 1888, 6,635; in 1889, 7,231. These
were distributed as follows, so far as tabulated :
AVERAGE TARDINESSES ON AVERAGE ATTENDANCE, PER PUPIL.
Schools.
High School
Grammar schools
Miiidle schools
Primary schools
Partially graded schools.
Ungraded schools
1887. 1888. 1889
4.6
2 6
3.2
2.1
2.9
4.1
4.0
2.0
3.2
2.4
2.7
2.7
4.8
2.0
3.1
2.8
4.2
2.1
From the above it will be seen that for this year the
grammar schools have had least tardinesses, pro{)ortion-
ally; that the ungraded scliools rank second, and have
shown greatest improvement of all (in reducing tarili-
nesses) for the past three years. The great increase in
the partially graded schools is due chiefly to the fact that
the regular teacher has been absent from the Amoskeag
school nearly the entire school year. The tardinesses
there have been three times as many as for last year.f It
is certainly unfortunate that the High School should uni-
•Obseive letters at foot of pages In the appeiuli.x.
t The scliool this year has been in charge of two diflerciit teachers.
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formly make the poorest showing in the matter of tardi-
nesses ; for pupils of this grade chiefiy have command of
their own time, and it does not foretoken a great degree
of success in life for the few (who are mainly responsible
for the excessive instances of tardiness at the High
School) that they should be negligent in so important a
matter. I think it worth while here to repeat, for the
benefit of such, what I wrote in a former report : " I
earnestly appeal to the few pupils in the higher grades,
whom the records show to be most largely chargeable
with the 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 responsibility and trust."
SCHOOLS A^^D TEACHERS.
The average number of pupils belonging to the various
grades this year has been, per teacher : in the high school,
30 ; in the grammar schools, 37 ; in the middle schools, 38 ;
in the primary schools, 40 ; in the partially graded, 24 ;
in the ungraded (or suburban) schools, 20 ; and in all the
schools, 37. This, considering existing location of schools,
appears like quite as equitable a distribution as could be
expected, and it would certainly seem like one that should
insure first-class work in every room. But close inspec-
tion of the attendance tables placed first in the appendix
will reveal great variety in the number of pujDils per
teacher. Four grammar divisions have averaged over 45
pupils each, while four others have averaged less than 30
each. Four middle schools have averaged 45, or more,
each ; while four others have each averaged 32, or less.
Five primary schools have averaged 49, or more, each ;
while five others have each averaged 30, or less.
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It is impossible to equalize the attendance, as long as
schools exist in present locations. The two Ash-street
primaries have been badly over-crowded the greater
part of the time for two or three years. This year the
two have averaged 105, notwithstanding some belonging
ill the district have been required to go out to the schools
at Wilson Hill and Blodget street. Even when living as
near to other schools, some parents get very much pro-
voked if required to send their children out of their own
district, though their own school be over-crowded and
there be plenty of room in another which their children
can conveniently attend. While it has been impossible
adequately to relieve the Ash-street primaries (and some
others) of an excess of numbers, it has been equally im-
possible to keep the primary schools at South Main-street
house sufficiently well tilled. These two schools averaged
but 63 for the year, — the same as the number in the Ash-
street lower primary alone during the fall term. The
South Main-street schools take all the pupils of their
grade living the south side of the Piscataquog river, while
the four schools at the School-street house properly ac-
commodate the other primary pupils living in West Man-
chester.
Similar conditions exist in other localities that make it
impracticable to attempt even an ajiproximate equaliza-
tion of the numbers in attendance upon all the schools.
Much, however, is done to adjust the numbers as well as
possible, otherwise there would be still greater ditterences
than at present.
The (luality of respective schools cannot, however, be
determined from their size. The excei»tionally good
teacher will make a school good, whether large or small ;
and I sometimes think the average teacher is at her worst
when she has a small school. It would be fooli.^li to con-
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tend that a given teacher couldn't better manage and in-
struct a school of 25 pupils than one of 45 of similar
material, but my observation is that teachers are, as a
matter of fad, usually at their best when in schoolrooms
containing about 40 pupils' desks with every seat every
day punctually filled. At any rate, " the rule " here is
that those of our schools that are best filled are best.
I:^ow, though teachers are not responsible in general for
having small schools, they are responsible for having any
that is poorer than their best, and doubly to blame if their
schools are poor simply because small ; for under such a
condition they might be better than they could possibly
make them if they were large.
It is generally admitted that the character of a school
is chiefly dependent upon its teacher. The problem then
is how to secure good teachers. Our teachers are largely
selected from among the graduates of our city Training
School, and for reasons many times told we have usually
been better served by these than by others ; but occasion-
ally a graduate of this school disappoints us, because,
when she has received an appointment apparently perma-
nent, she appears to feel little or no necessity for further
improvement or special effort, and seems to think she will
equally well enjoy the regular increase of salary as often
as duly advanced.
I, therefore, think it would be better, in order to secure
the best possible service from all beginners, so to change
the "Rules" that such teachers should be understood to
be serving on trial until they could attain the maximum
salary ; and so provide, also, that such should receive the
regular installments of increase in salary only upon the
concurrent recommendation of either the chairman of the
sub-comraittee and the superintendent, or of the entire
sub-committee after suflicient personal inspection of the
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teacher's work by every member of said committee. I
sincerely hope something of the sort will be provided, for
I feel sure that much good would come to our schools by
a plan that would insure the constant elfort of beginners
to do the best work possible during the first three years
of their service. Many would not feel any jtressure, for
they have love for the work from the start ; the indiffer-
ent capables would rouse themselves to secure the desired
recommendation lest their pride be wounded by the im-
plied brand of incompetency ; and those adjudged un-
worthy of the maximum salary would doubtless soon with-
draw from the corps of teachers. By the time any would
receive the maximum salary under the plan outlined, it
may be safe to assume that the teacher would have ac-
quired such a habit of doing her best that she would be
likely to continue in the practice of it ; or, if not, it would
be known what she might do, and certain results could
then be properly demanded. The change recommended
is designed, in short, so to ])rovide that only good teachers
could ever attain the maximum salary of their grade, and
that others would soon disap})car from every grade.
The teachers in general have been faithful and true to
the interests of those under their charge, and the schools
therefore have for the most part been in good condition
and the pupils properly advanced in their studies. Sev-
eral teachers have clearly earned much more than the sal-
ary they have received, while a few are paid what they
get with scanty justice. Hence my recommendation in
regard to the way in wliicli the inaxiiiiinii salary should
be attained by all teachers here who cannot bring per-
fectly satisfactory evidence of well-known prior estab-
lished success as teachers.
I think the recent action of the Board whereby teachers
will aii^ain be allowed a day each term for visiting sehools
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a wise provision, for observation of tlie results of former
outgrowths of the practice convinces me tliat both the vis-
iting teacher and the teacher visited are alike greatly
benefited, and, consequently, respective schools. No
teacher having any worthy ambition will have a school
less worthy of inspection and commendation by her co-
laborers than another of a similar grade, if in her power
to make it as good and thus save herself from the gen-
eral reputation of having an inferior school.
Manchester has lost the services this yenv of several
notably good teachers. The eight who have withdrawn
are J. Walter Stetson, Annie A, Webster, Mary J.
Hickey, Etta J. Carle}-, Cora M. Dearborn, Olive J. Ran-
dall, Georgie A. Wyman, and William F. Gibson. The
majority of these could scarcely be equalled by any sim-
ilar number in our corps of teachers for the past dozen
years. Greater praise is unnecessary, and would be diffi-
cult to bestow. Miss Carley is included in this majority,
and was not excelled in efiiciency as a teacher of schools
lacking the ease of those completely graded. She ma}^
also be assured while heroically suffering great impair-
ment of health that in her affliction she has the lov-
ing respect of her former pupils, and the profound sym-
pathy of all her co-laborers, the school authorities, and
the entire community ; and that all this is won as much
by her excellent personal qualities as by the fact of her
very creditable connection with our public schools.
If, for the benefit of others, I were to undertake to sum
up the qualities that give best teachers their meritorious
reputations, I could not do better than to say they con-
stantly attempt to train the judgment how best to treat
every phase of school life, thoroughly devote themselves
to their chosen vocation, and with enduring perseverance
work out to a successful issue the best ideas they may be
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able to invent or aiscover. Such teachers reach , d .ty -
suish essential., and emphasize them. By thoughtful
preparation and study, they are enabled so to direct the
efforts of their pupils that they largely discover for them
selves that it is the proper development of the nmnl that
constitutes all true education. The influence of such
teaching ends not with school days, for it permeates and
enriches the whole life.
NEW SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLIIOUSES.
The Ash-street primaries are annually growing larger,
and the services of an assistant teacher will doubtless be
needed for their relief by April of the commg 3-ear.
But there is no lit place for the work of such ^^ the Ash-
street house. A four-room school budding should be
erected on the lot owned by the city at the corner ot
Brido-e and Union streets. The use of one room there
by April next will be highly desirable; and, without
doubt two rooms will be needed by the time a new house
can be obtained. The second story could be used as a
ward-room, in whole or in part, until more ^ooms might
be needed for school purposes, as would probably be th.
<;a8e but a few years later.
The Ilallsville school is also rapidly growing. The
fifty-two seats there have all been tilled at two or three
different times tins year, and sixty-nine ditlerent pupils
have been registered. An assistant teacher is already em-
ployed there:but the room for her work is no longer suit-
able in consequence of the increased minibers. There
«bould also be a new four-room sclun.l budding in thi.
section of the city, and I should advise its location to he
^outh of the track of the Bortsniouth nnlway. I teel that
for the interests of the city, as specified, you cannottoo
,juh-kly secure the ad.litional school accommodations
recommended.
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HIGH SCHOOL.
•
The High School has beeu under the charge of Prin-
cipal Somes throughout the entire year. It has also been
in a much improved condition. Pupils have appeared
more like young ladies and gentlemen in the yard and
upon the streets about the schoolhouse, and more like
students imbued with a love of learning within doors.
This is progress in the right direction, and we congrat-
ulate the teachers that their pull in one line is having the
right immediate eifect and highly promising for the con-
tinued proficiency of the school.
At my request for suggestions in regard to present
needs of the High School, the principal returns the fol-
lowing :
Manchester, K H.,
December 28, 1889.
31r. William E. Buck, Sujjerintendeyit of Schools :
Dear Sir, — At your request I submit a report of the
condition of the High School.
It is well known to the school authorities that the high
school building is not suitable for the accommodation of
the school, and the general opinion seems to have been
that at some time in the future it would be necessary to
enlarge the building or erect another. That time has
already arrived and, whether it shall be decided to en-
large our schoolhouse or build a new one, steps should be
taken at once to provide a more suitable building for the
school.
Our recitation rooms are well lighted and generally
large enough to serve the purpose for which they were
intended, but they are not well ventilated and it would
often save serious inconvenience if they were larger.
The study room where the scholars assemble when
they are not in recitations is not at all suited to the use
made of it. A study room should be large, high, well
ventilated, well lighted, and situated so that the sunshine
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^11 find its way into it for a large part of the day. Our
study room is in the center of the building, surrounded
on three sides by halls and rooms which shut out the
light and sunshine. It is so poorly lighted that scholars
studying there do so at the risk of permanent injury to
their eyesight. With the school as large as it now is, the
room is overcrowded, and there is no way to ventilate the
room exce[)t by doors and windows; and with the most
careful attention I can give to ventilation, we must either
remain shut up in a room filled with impure air or be
blow!i upon by cold currents coming from open doors
and windows. To provide a more spacious, better lighted
and ventilated study room in the building we now have
is neither a difficult nor an expensive undertaking.
By removing the partition between the recitation
rooms on the second floor a room would be made a third
larger than our present study room, abundantly lighted,
and with doors and windows so numerous and so situated
that, if we were obliged to depend on them for fresh air,
it could be obtained without any one being subjected to
drafts.
To provide recitation rooms, an addition could be
made to the schoolhouse on the Concord-street side, in
which, besides the regular recitation rooms, a physical
lal)oratory, which we ought to have, and a more conven-
ient drawing-room than we now have could be placed.
The room we now use for a study-room could then be
utilized for a gymnasium, for there should be provision
made in the High School for physical training, including
military drill. It is a mistaken idea that young people
exercise enough in their various sports. The very ones
who need exercise never take part in any sports. Visit
the High School at recess time and you will find in pleas-
ant weather a small part of the boys engaged in some
vigorous ]>lay, but the larger number standing in the
shade looking on. In un})leasant weather and in winter
you will find them in the basement taking no exercise at
all. The girls never take exercise in the open air at re-
cess more than to walk slowly around the yard.
Now if a part of tlie recess time could be devoted to
systematic physical exercise, under the care and direction
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of the teachers, I beHeve it would add very much to the
scholar's vigor of body and mind. We need, too, an ad-
dition to our corps of teachers. It is essential to the suc-
cess and efficiency of a school like ours that the principal
be acquainted with his teachers' methods of instruction
and the results they reach ; and such knowledge can be
gained only by frequent visits to the recitation rooms
while classes are being heard. Besides, every day there
are various matters which demand the principal's attention
during the session of the school. All my time during the
school session is occupied in hearing classes, so that I have
no time either to listen to other recitations or to attend to
the general business of the school, unless I shorten the
time due some of my own classes or omit the recitation
altogether. I respectfully recommend that a second sub-
master be added to our force of teachers.
One session has proved a success. Our attendance is cer-
tainly as good and our lessons generally as well prepared,
while both teachers and scholars have more time out of
school to devote to school work. If some pupils devote
all their out-of-school hours to pleasure, as some parents
complain they do, it is not the fault of " one session," but
of parents themselves. The time available for study in
school is just the same as when we had two sessions, but
no scholar should expect to do all his studying in school
and parents should make it their business to see that they
do not. So much of school time is taken up with recita-
tions and other exercises that ver}' little time is left for
study, and unless a generous part of the afternoon or
evening is devoted to study, no scholar can gain all he
might from his school course. Parents should not think
their duty done when they send their children to school,
but we trust we shall receive parents' hearty co-operation
in our endeavors to lead their children to do right from a
love for the right and to devote their time to school work
from a true love for knowledge.
I cannot close this report without expressing ray thanks
to you and the committee for the assistance I have received
in my work for the school during my connection with it.
Respectfully,
Albert Somes, Master.
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TRAINING SCHOOL.
A local school for the special training of teachers is in-
dispensable to any school system circumstanced like ours,
if it be attempted to keep the various schools of the sys-
tem in an efficient condition. A sufficient supply of capa-
ble substitute teacliers cannot otherwise be secured ; and
an experience of many years has repeatedly proved that
of the new teachers annually employed as regular teachers
in our schools more (proportionally), by far, of those who
have been most successful have been selected from among
the graduates of our city Training School.
I can think of no instance of failure to attain at least a
good degree of success as a regular teacher in our schools
upon the part of any graduate of our Training School who
while she was a member of the sub-teachers' class in that
school did well there chiefly through her own volition.
Several of these, indeed, are most eminent in our present
corps of teachers, and the same remark could have been
made with equal propriety in any annual report for at
least the last ten years. Of those who did well in the
Training School chiefly in consequence of special effi)rts
on the part of the principal to enable them to keep their
place in the school, some have wisely lieeded the sugges-
tions of another authority and cordially' responded for
the good of both themselves and their schools ; others have
failed to meet expectations because self-satisfled, indiffer-
ent to the attainment of even the best of their own capa-
bilit}', or unable to do better unless under as constant a
supervision as when themselves pupils or sub-teachers.
It is because of what has been observed in regard to
these " others " that I made the recommendation I did,
ui)on a previous page, in regard to the itiK' that should
regulate the increase of salaries ot all be<;inn(.'rs.
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The Training School has been in excellent condition
throughout the year under the efficient supervision of
Miss Wing, who has now been principal two years and
one term. I herewith submit her report, as follows :
Manchester Training School for Teachers,
December 21,»1889.
3Ir. William E. Buck, Superintendent of Schools:
Sir, — In accordance with your request, I submit a re-
port of the Manchester Training School for the year 1889.
The number of pupil teachers now in the school is ten.
Four are in the senior, one in the middle, and five in the
junior class. Januarj^ 1889, a class of four graduated
and one junior was admitted. In June four others grad-
uated, and in September five new sub-teachers were ad-
mitted.
The new form of organization has been satisfactory in
ever}' respect. By it we have been able to accomplish
more and better work than ever before. We have followed
the course of study that was outlined in the report of
1888. The plan, however, was somewhat broken in Jan-
uary. As the junior class then consisted of but one mem-
ber, we thought it best to unite the junior and middle
classes. By this means the Normal class has recited once
a day. The rest of each day I have spent in actual teach-
ing of the children and in criticising and supervising the
work of the sub-teachers. Since February substitutes have
been furn shed for ninety four half days of school. These
were taken in nearly every case from the middle class.
"The E"ew York School Journal" and "Treasure
Trove " have been added to our list of periodicals, thir-
teen books to the library, and various kindergarten sup-
plies have also been furnished during the year.
The young ladies have shown themselves willing and
faithful workers. Their eighteen months' training can-
not, however, completely fit them without further advice
and assistance to meet all the demands wldch the schools
of a city like Manchester may make. They have shown
a good spirit for work, and are not afraid of it ; and while
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their future success lies mainly with themselves, they still
may need the advice of their fellow-workers of more ex-
tended experience.
Respectfully,
Caroline E. Wixg, Principal.
A list showino; the enrollment of sub-teachers in the
Training School during the year may be found on page
J of the appendix.
EVENING SCHOOLS.
The evening schools have made a good gain in the
number of pupils enrolled, as may be seen by an inspec-
tion of the, table on page G of the appendix ; but they
have, nevertheless, encountered their usual hindrance to
the attainment of their highest success, in a large enroll-
ment of those who attend insufficiently to derive much
profit for themselves and yet enough to necessitate the
employment of several teachers whose services are not
long needed. The early and extended withdrawal of this
class of pupils has a demoralizing influence upon many who
would otherwise considerably prolong their attendance.
I, therefore, urge upon the committee a trial of the plan
which I outlined in my rci)ort last year, for the improve-
ment of the attendance upon the evening schools.
For the same purpose I now further recommend that
the evening seliools be organized upon the plan of
two terms instead of one, the vacation between them
being the same as that at Christmas time for the day
schools.
Pupils who attend the evening schools with commend-
able regularity make good progress, and the first effort of
the committee should therefore be to contrive, if ])0ssible,
to secure regulai-ity of attendance upoii (he }»ai't of all
enrolled.
89
ELOCUTION.
Mr. J. J. Hayes, special instructor in elocution at Har-
vard University, resumed work here at the opening of
the fall term. The eliects of his services here in 1887
were still apparent in our schools; but many new teach-
ers and pupils have since entered the schools, and all are
now being- profited by the instruction of Mr. Hayes,
whether recognized as new or as a review.
DRAAVING.
l)rawing is a comparatively new study in the public
schools, and, in common with other cities not providing
a special teacher of the subject, we have suffered more or
less from the theories of those authors who have not been
masters of the science, and from consequent interminable
changes of publishers in the drawing-books designed for
school use. Our schools have also suffered a loss of much
that the teachers could have far better taught if the ap-
propriations for needed drawing material asked for by the
committee on drawing, from time to time, had not gener-
ally been declined. I deem it proper, therefore, that I
should thank the present Board, in behalf of the city,
that when a similar request was again made you did not
refuse an attempt to improve this highly important study.
It is the basis of nearly every mechanical industry the
world over, and the establishment of manual training
schools as a part of the public school system is only a
more extended expression of the art of drawing. Hence
no city not well grounded in the latter can ever realize
the former.
At the opening of the fall term Miss L. E. Manahan,
who has for many years had charge of drawing in the
High School, was selected to supervise the drawing in
the other schools. She has devoted but four afternoons
00
a week to the work ; but her knowledge of our schools
ill general, and their needs in this particular, her famil-
iarity with the subject, and the ready confidence and co-
operation of the teachers given, have enabled her to ac-
complish as much in one term, considering the limited
amount of material afforded, as a strange special teacher
would probably have accomplished in a year. Miss Man-
ahan has made it positive that she will not continue this
work after July. I therefore trust the Board will
promptly furnish further much needed supplies, that
teachers may be so far assisted by that time that they
can carry on the work for at least the rest of the j^ear
without suffering any impairment of the improvement
inaugurated.
The regular services of a special teacher of draw-
ing, however, are necessary in order to secure constant
improvement in this study. Other cities have found it
so; and they have likewise found that such a teacher, if
not altogether right, is worse than none. Our schools
need a right special teacher of drawing, and I earnestly
urge the employment of one by February, 1891, at latest.
Miss Manahan could well serve us in this capacity ; but
we could not easilj^ fill her place in other lines of work at
the High School and, moreover, she decidedly refuses to
allow the use of her name in this connection.
THE SCIIOOLHOUSE FLAG.
Every national fiag is highly significant, and nearly all
are representative of much sentiment. Xone, however,
is more specifically significant or more largely symbolizes
the sentiment of those over whom it tloats than our own
starry banner.
It is, therefore, no matter of surprise that the idea o^
displaying the American tlag from the domes of the
91
schoolhouses should have originated in those of our cities
having large anarchical tendencies. We all instinctively
unite in sympathizing in any movement calculated to in-
spire patriotism and love of home. Over the original
home of the anarchist is held the flag of the government ;
hence it is detested, because it represents cruelty, oppres-
sion, and wrong. But not so in free America, where the
national flag is the flag of the people, joyously flung to
the breezes b^^ themselves as the representative of their
most patriotic emotions and the symbol that government
here is by and for the people.
Then let our rising generations, as did the fathers, learn
most to love the flag of their country through their own
contributions to its support. I therefore recommend that
the rule of the Board prohibiting the taking of contribu-
tions in our schools be so far modified as to allow the es-
tablishment of a collection box for the deposit of wholly
voluntary contributions for the purchase of a school flag,
in any building where the pupils may generally so desire,
subject to such restrictions as the sub-committee of the
school ma}^ deem proper to provide.
Even the children of anarchists (if such there be in the
schools) would naturally catch the spirit of " Young
America " from their associates, and delight in contributing
some of their spare pennies toward the purchase of the
flag. Though this plan might not most speedily procure
a school flag, I feel sure that such a method of providing
it would greatly and abidingly heighten the interest in it ;
for every pupil who might contribute but a penny would
feel a joint ownership in it that would be the pride of his
life, and no father could point to that flag, or its like, as a.
symbol of tyranny, without hearing a vigorous protest in
his own home.
92
CONCLUSION.
In conclusion, gentlemen of the School Board, I con-
gratulate you upon the great harmony that has prevailed
in your deliberations during the year, and the city that it
has thereby highly profited by wise counsels in the inter-
ests of its schools. I also esteem it a great personal pleas-
ure, as well as a high official honor, that I have so largely
had your confidence, which I duly appreciate, and for
which I heartily thank you.
WILLIAM E. BUCK,
Superintendent.
APPENDIX.
I. Population, etc.
II. SCHOOLHOUSES.
III. Schools.
IV. Teachers.
V. Pupils.
VI. Truancy.
VII. Finance.
Vni. School Year, 1889.
IX. High School Graduating Class.
X. Winners of Clarke Prizes.
XI. Organization of Committees, 1890.
XII. List of Teachers, 1890.
XIII. School Year, 1890.
APPENDIX
STATISTICS.
I. —POP UL ATIOK
Population of the city b}' last census, 1884
Estimated population, 1889
Legal school age, 5 to 21.
II. — SCHOOLHOUSES.
37,600
40,000
I^^umber of schoolhouses in use . . . . * 23
Number of schoolhouses not in use . ... 1
(Bridge-street house, corner of Union.)
I^umber of schoolrooms used for day schools . . 77
(Three of the same, and six others, used for evening schools.
Rooms unoccupied by city for day schools are, two at Spring-street
house, three 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 .
Number of rooms used for Grammar schools
Number of rooms used for Middle schools
Number of rooms used for Primary schools
Number of rooms used for Partially Graded schools
Number of rooms used for Ungraded schools
IIL — SCHOOLS.
(All for both sexes.)
Number of High schools .....
• Tlie Beech-street house was told diiiintj the summer vacation.
(A)
6
20
16
27
2
6
95
Number of combined Grammar and lower grade
(Middle and Primary) schools .
i^Tumber of combined Middle and Primary schools
t (Merrimack-street or Training School)
Number of schools all Primary grade
Number of Partially Graded schools
Number of Ungraded schools
^ 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 . . .16
Female teachers in the Primary schools . . ,24
Female teachers in the Partially Graded schools . 3
Female teachers in the Ungraded schools . . .6
Special teachers : One male in music* the entire year,
one male in elocutionf fall term only . . .2
Average number of male teachers | . . . .7
Average number of female teachers . . . . Q8
(Decrease of one from last year in day schools.)
Male teachers in the Eveni^ig schools . . .4
Female teachers in the Evening schools . . .13
Average number of male teachers in the Evening
schools ......... 4
Average number of female teachers in the Evening
schools .8
Male teachers in the Evening Drawing schools . . 3
Average number of male teachers in the Evening-
Drawing schools ....... 3
* Four days a week. f Once a week. X Exclusive of special teachers.
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DAY SCUOOLS.
Buuiinary of the attoiiclance upon the several grades of
public day schools for the year 1889 :
GRAPES.
High
Grammar
Middle
Primary
Partially Graded.
Ungraded
Totals, 1889..
Totals, 1888.
Whole number
different pupils.
Boys.
Girls.
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go
' 85
109
420
503
367
370
860
819
45
46
85
1,862
1,800
1,926
1,906
181
756
602
1,006
73
123
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2,768
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545
968
65
114
2,581
2,500
96.3
94.4
90.5
90.8
89.0
92.7
92.2
90.3
EVENING SCHOOLS.
Summary of the attendance u})on the several grades of
public evening schools for the year 1889:
•a a
2 ®
a S
SCHOOLS.
Lowell street
Spring street
Clinton street
School street
Goffe's Falls
Drawing-schools. .
Totals, 1883,
Totals, 1888,
Whole number
different pupils.
Boys. I Girls.
284 ...
254
135
... I 59
15 ! 10
89
523
315
323
162
68
64
29
30
13
52
246
222
49
35
21
18
12
42
177
161
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101
Foming School Teachers.
Charles E. Cochran, Principal of Lowell-street school,
for boys.
Assistants, — Cora F. Sanborn, Etta S. Dana, Mary
A. Buzzell, and Nellie M. Atwood.
J. H. Campbell,* Principal of Spring-street school, for
girls.
Assistants, — Emma J. Ela, Lizzie D. Hartford, and
Maggie Linen.
Frank C. Livingston, Principal of School-street school,
for both sexes.
Assistants, — Sarah B. Paige and Annie E. McElroy.
Fred C. Baldwin, Principal of Clinton-street school,
for boys.
Assistants, — Mary A. Southard, Maude L. Kent, and
Fannie L. Sanborn.
Georgie A. I^ute, teacher of the Gotfe's Falls school.
Evening Drawing-School Teachers.
John M. Kendall, Henry W. Allen, and Alphonso H.
Sanborn.
i^* Mr. Campbell resigned at opeuing of the fall term, and Charles W. Bickford was ap-
pointed Principal for the rest of the year.
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102
GENERAL SUMMARY.
The following table presents the main features of inter-
est pertaining to the attendance upon tlie public schools
for the last ten 3'ears.
Date.
SO
Whole No.
Belonging.
Girls.
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1881...
1882...
1883...
1884. . .
1885...
1886...
1887...
1888...
1889. . .
4,136
4,235
4,095
4,062
3,918
2,166
2,200
2,086
2,061
J, 924
3,806
1,891
3,632
1,812
3,670
1,817
3,712 I 1,806
3,787
1,862
1,970
2,035
2,009
2,001
1,994
1,915
1,820
1,853
1,906
1,925
2,970 2,727
2,858 2,602
2,957 2,712
2,848 ' 2,612
2,872 2,645
2,725 2,430
2,698 2,475
2,711 2,468
2,768 2,500
2,801 2,681
92.0
91.0
91.7
91
110
164
91.4 103
92.1
90.6
91.9
90.8
90.3
92.2
95
96
79
98
116
177
75
64
76
97
85
98
78
98
88
101
75
61
38 I
62
54
39
66
57
53
75
66
27
71
49
38
89
71
35
71
63
42 {
96
61
42
80
68
45
96
73
65 i
* Including Grammar. classes in suburban schools.
t Usually some pupils have annually entered from other schools. This year five have so
entered.
CHANGES IN CORPS OF TEACHERS.
The whole number of dilterent teachers regularly em-
ployed in the day schools within the year has been 85.
Their respective positions may be learned from the at-
tendance table on pages C, D, Fj, and F of the Appen-
dix, but the various changes made within the year can be
more readily understood l»y an inspection of the follow-
ing :
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103
Teachers.
Cora M. Dearborn
Date of effect Date of effect
of resignation . Teachers. of reHignation.
Jan. 11. Annie A. Wcbster.Apr. 12
Georgie A. Wyman.Mar. 22. Etta J. Carley.f Apr. 26
Wm. F. Gibson.* Mar. 22. Mary J. Hickey. Jane 28
J. Walter Stetson. April 12. Olive J. Randall. June 28
Date of begin-
ning service.
Jan. 21.
Teachers.
Grace W. Irwin.
B. S. Andrews. April 15.
Ifettie B. Fogg. April 15.
Wm. H. Furber. April 22.
Inez M. Warren. May 6.
Jennie L. ThompsonSept. 16.
Lillian Little. Sept. 16.
Alverta P. Barrett. Sept. 16.
Date of effect
Teachers. of transfer.
TheodoraRich'ds'nApr. 15
Nellie M. Atwood.Apr. 15
Kettie B. Fogg. Sept. 16
Grace W. Irwin. Sept. 16
Ella F. Barker. Sept. 16
TKAINING SCHOOL SUB-TEACHERS. 1889.
N"ettie B. Fogg.|
Lillian Little. |
Inez M. Warren. I
Abbie R. West. J
Emma B. Abbott. ||
Alverta P. Barrett. ||
Maude L. Kent.||
Millie S. Morse. II
Mabel J. Brickett.§
* Dismissed.
t Graduated January 25, 1889.
§ Entered September 10, 1888.
tt Entered September 16, 1889.
Annie B. Goodwin. §
Emma M. Streeter.§
Bertba A. Youn^.S
Mary E. Moulton. **
Gertrude A. Burns. ff
Georgia M. Cheney. ff
Annie M. Sleeper.ff
Gertrude L. Southard. ff
Mary G. Worthen.ft
t Taught during April only.
II Graduated June 28, 1SS9.
** Entered January 28, 1889.
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YI._AVORK OF TRUANT OFP^ICER.
Absentees
reported from.
No. volunta-
rily return-
ed to.
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ed caused
to attend.
No moved out of
the city.
No. found sick
and unable to
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January
16
63
1
12
13
33
8
11
1
February . . .
10
35
1
2
6
16
11
8
1
Marcli
22
54
2
7
8
32
10
13
April
16
12
4
7
10
4
3
31
23
14
73
19
16
7
2
1
3
19
18
i 13
1
53
12
12
16
4
3
7
3
2
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October
27
34
6
1
13
26
6
8
November
11
28
3
8
24
3
1
December ....
13
20
5
1
5
16
3
3
Totals
183
351
so
27
110
233
8
68
69
'
Date.
January. .
Febru ary .
March.. . .
April
May
June
September
October . .
November
December
Totals
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64
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COST OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR SEVEN YEARS.
Date.
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1883 2,990
1884 3,0o5
1885 2,?60
1886 j 1?,810
1887 2,925
1888 2,990
1889 I 3,047
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$53,505.70
$17.89
$20,055,986
$332,741
53,477.10
17.80
20,613,032
360,732
53,133.11
18.58
21,137,404
345,200
56,440.42
20.08
21,379,384
347,268
58,679.26
20.06
•21,905,476
373,139
59,684.02
19.96
22,162,928
43-2,914
^69,566.80
19.55
22,962,790
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VIII. — SCHOOL YEAR.
Winter term of twelve weeks opened December 31,
closed March 22. Vacation of three weeks.
Spring term of eleven weeks opened April 15, closed
June 28. Vacation of eleven weeks.
Fall term of fourteen weeks opened September 16,
closed December 20. Vacation of two weeks.
Number of school days in the year, as provided above
by the school board, 185.
Average number of days the schools were taught, 176.
(Being closed several holidays, days of " Teachers' Institutes,"'
and half-days on account of bad wcatlier or insufficient heat.)
TX.— HIGH SCHOOL CJKADr.VTlXG CLASS.
Maud Percy Abbott.
Ethel Blanche Aldrich.
Rena Estelle Barr.
Fred Drown Bartlett.
Herbert George Hatch.
Mary Elizabeth Hanson.
Susie Sheldon Ilawley.
Jennie Florence Hddo-kinf
Pupils of both day and evening scliools included.
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May Lizzie Buck.
Lewis Judson Bullard.
George Sessions Brooks.
Gertrude Alcna Burns.
James Osgood Carr.
Fred Melvin Caswell.
John Bernard Cavanaugh.
Samuel Parker Hunt.
Lenna-Bernice McCoy.
Harry Newell McLaren.
William John Mooar.
Kate Louise Perkins.
Louis Gordon Phelps.
George Henry Phinney.
Charles Philbrick Chapman. Charles Marshall Poor.
Georgia Ma}^ Cheney.
Bessie Christophe.
Marion Hill Clark.
Norris Poore Colby.
Lawrence M. Connor.
Guy Wilbur Cox.
Charles Harvey Cross.
Dennis Andrew Dealy.
Helen Maud Dearborn,
Josie Eleanor Drake.
George Byron Dodge.
Mary Edith Everett.
Katie Maria Gooden.
Herbert James Hall.
Edith May Hadley.
Mabel E. Putney.
Susan Alice Bichardson.
Arthur William RowSll.
Frederick Eaton Sargeant.
Annie Maud Sleeper.
Arthur Judson Smith.
Gertrude Louise Southard.
Lillian Charlotte Stearns.
Eudora Ada Stevens.
Alice May Stewart.
Rosa C. Thayer.
George Augustus Wagner.
George K. Willand.
Hattie Olive Willand.
Frank Taylor Woodbury.
Mary Guy Worthen.
X. — WINNERS OF CLARKE PRIZES,
FOR EXCELLENCE IN ELOCUTION AT CONTEST,
JANUARY 31, 1889.
Jennie M. Thompson, $13. Estelle Smith, $5.
George B. Tyler, $11. Moodybell S. Bennett,
Blanche M. Folsom, $9. L. Corinne Gazaille, |5
Seth E. Mills, $7.
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XL — OPvGAXIZATION', 1890.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
DAVID B. VARNEY, Mayor, ex officio Chairman.
JOHX F. FROST.
President of the Common Council, ex officio.
Ward 1. — Charles H. Manning.
John L. Sanborn.
Ward 2. — Benjamin C. Dean.
, William C. Clarke.
Ward 3. — :N'athan P. Hunt.
James E. Dodge.
Ward 4. — Frederick C. Crosby.
Stephen B. Stearns.
Ward 5. —John F. Ci]^hill.
James P. Slattery.
Ward 6. — Charles G. Dodge.
Frank T. E. Richardson.
Ward 7. — Edward B. Woodbury.
Marshall P. Hall.
Ward 8. — Luther C. Baldwin.
William K. Bobbins.
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. Stearns, Frost, J. E.
Dodge, Slattery.
Salaries. — Messi's. AN-^oodburj, Hall, Robbins.
Repairs., Farnitare, and Supplies. — Messrs. Manning,
C. G. Dodge, Sanborn.
Text-books, Apparatus., and Studies. — Messrs. Dean,
Hunt, W. 0. Clarke.
Drawing. — Messrs. Hall, Baldwin, Eichardson.
Music. — Messrs. Richardson, W. C. Clarke, Crosby.
Fuel and Heating. — Mr. J. E. Dodge, the Maj^or, Messrs.
Manning, Carpenter, C. G. Dodge.
Examination of Teachers. — Messrs. Hunt, Dean, Stearns.
SUB-COMMITTEES.
High School. — Messrs. Manning, Dean, Hall, Hunt,
Stearns.
Ash and Bridge Streets. — Messrs, Dean, Hunt, W. C.
Clarke.
Lincoln Street. — Messrs. Stearns, Woodbury, Rich-
ardson.
Spring Street and Lowell Street. ■ — Messrs. Hall, Manning,
Sanborn.
Franklin Street. — Messrs. Woodbury, J. E. Dodge, San-
born.
Training School and Wilson Hill. — Messrs. Hunt, Dean,
J. E. Dodge.
West 3Icnichester Grammar. — Messrs. Baldwin, Stearns,
C. G. Dodge.
School Street and South Main Street. — Messrs. Robbins,
Slattery, Baldwin.
Webster Street, Blodget Street, Amoskeag, and Stark Dis-
trict.— Messrs. W. C. Clarke, Robbins, Slattery.
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Bakersville. — Messrs. C. G. Dodge, Hall, Woodbury.
Hallsville and Youngsville. — Messrs. Crosby, C. '^G.
Dodge, Caliill.
Mosquito Pond and Webster's 3Ms. — Messrs. Caliill,
Robbins, Slattery.
Gof'e's Falls and Harvey District. — Messrs. J. E.
Dodge, Baldwin, Crosby.
Ecening Schools. — Messrs. Richardson, Manning, AV.
C. Clarke.
XII. — LIST OF TEACHERS.
HIGH SCHOOL. — BEECH STREET.
Master. — Albert Somes.
Sub-Master. — George I. Hopkins.
Assistants. — Lucretia E. Manaliaii.
Mary A. Buzzell.
Rocilla M. Tuson.
Mary Stanton.
FRANKLIN-STREET SCHOOLS.
Second Floor. — Grammar Grades.
Principal. — Charles "VV. Bickford.
Assistants. — Annie 0. Heath.
Jennie M. Chandler.
Carrie E. l\eid.
First Floor. — Lower Grades.
Higher Middle. — ('. Augusta Abbott.
Lower Middle — llattie G. Flanders.
Higher Primary. — Nellie M. dames.
Lower l*rimary. — Ella F. Sanborn.
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SPRING-STREET SCHOOLS.
Second Floor. — 3Iirc(l Grades.
Principal. — Li/zic P. Gove.
Higher Middle. — Eninui L. McLaren.
First Floor. — Lower Grades.
Lower Middle. — Fannie D, Moulton.
Higher Primary. — Xellie I. Sanderson.
Lower Primary.. — Lucia E. Estey.
Lower Primary. — Alice E. Page.
LINCOLN-STREET SCHOOLS.
Second Floor. — Grammar Grades.
Principal. — Frank S. Sutclifie.
Assistants. — Annie W. Patten.
Isabelle R. Daniels.
Mary F. Barnes.
First Floor. — Lower Grades.
Grammar and Middle. — Nettie F. Ainswortli.
Higher Middle. — Susie G. Woodman.
Lower Middle. — Cora B. Gilford.
Higher Primary. — Theodora Richardson.
ASH-STREET SCHOOLS.
Second Floor. — Granunar Grades.
Principal. — Fred C. Baldwin.
Assistants. — Jennie L. Thompson.
Mary E. Bun ton.
Bertha L. Dean.
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First Floor. — Loirer Graifrs.
Higher Middle. — Nancy S. Buntoii.
Lower Middle. — Kittie J. Ferren.
Higher Primary. — Mary F. Nutt.
Lower Primary. — Clara E. Woods.
MAIN-STREET SCHOOLS.
Second Floor. — Grammar Grades.
Principal. — George Winch.
Assistants. — Lillian Little.
Grace W. Irwin.
Barbara B. Joy.
First Floor. — Lotcer Grades.
Higher Middle. — Flora M. Senter.
Mixed Middle. —Ellen E. McKean.
Lower Middle. — Josephine IL Newton.
Lower Middle. — Nettie C. Woodman.
WEBSTER-STREET SCHOOLS.
Second Floor. — Grammar Grades.
Principal. — B. S. Andrews.
Assistants. — Mabel J. Brickett.
Alta C. Willand.
First Floor. — Lower Grades.
Mixed MiddK-. — EvaF. Tuson.
Mixed Primary. — Lettie M. Smith.
BAKERSVILLE SCilOOLS.
Second Floor. — 31i.red Grad(S.
Princiital. — Lizzie A. Burns.
Mixed Middle. — Lelia A. Brooks.
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First Floor. — Lotoer Grades.
Higher Primary. — S. Izettu LocIvg.
Lower Prirnary. — Edith M. Stebbins.
BLODGET-STREET SCHOOLS.
Second Floor.
Higlier Primary. — Gertrude H. Brooks.
First Floor.
Lower Primary. — Georgian na Dow.
LOWELL-STREET SCHOOLS (CORNER CHESTNUT.)
Second Floor.
Used for evening schools.
First Floor.
Mixed Primary. — Helen M. Morrill.
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.
Lower Primary. — Huldah C. Graupner.
Lower Primary. — Ella Hope.
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SCirOOL-STRKKT SCHOOLS.
Second Floor.
Higher Primary. — Mary W. Mitchell.
Lower Priiuary. — Mary J. Walsh.
First lloor.
Lower Primary. — Kate T. Clarke.
Lower Primary. — Mary E. Bro})hy.
SOUTII-.MAIX-STREET SCHOOLS.
Higher Primary. — Delia E. Haines,
Lower Primary. — Sarah B. Paige.
PARTIALLY GRADED SCHOOLS.
Amoskeag. — Nettie B. Fogg, Principal.
Mary G. Tynan, Primary Department.
Hallsville — Ella E. Barker, Principal.
Nellie M. Atwood, Assistant.
UNGRADED SCHOOLS.
No. 1, Stark District. — Inez M. Warren.
2, Goffers Falls. — Gcorgic A. Nnte.
3, Harvey District. —
4, Youngsville. —
5, Wel)ster's Mills. — Genevieve B. Knight.
G, Mosquito Pond. — Olive A. Kowe.
SPECIAL TEACMIERS.
Music. 1. .1. Kimhail.
Elocution. — .1. .1. Hayes.
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EVENING SCHOOLS.
{Open from October to March, five evenings each week.)
Lowell-street Building.
Three schools for boys.
Spring-street Building.
% Two schools for girls.
Clinton-street Building.
A school for boys.
School-street Building.
A school for girls.
Gofe's Falls.
A school for both sexes.
EVENING DRAWING SCHOOL.
(Open from October to March.)
Spring-street Building.
Machine-drawing classes meet on Monday and Thursday
evenings.
Architectural-drawing classes meet on Tuesday and Fri-
day evenings.
GRADUATES OF TRAINING SCHOOL FEBROARY 1, 1890, NOT
AT GIVEN DATE EMPLOYED AS REGULAR TEACHERS.
Abbie R. West. Annie B. Goodwin.
Emma B. Abbott. Millie S. Morse.
Alverta P. Barrett. Emma M. Streeter.
Maude L. Kent. Bertha A. Young.
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MEMBERS OF TRAINING SCHOOL, 1890. — ENTERED JANUARY
28, 1889.
Mary E. Moulton.
ENTERED SEPTEMBER 16, 1889.
Gertrude A. Burns. Annie M. Sleeper.
Georgia M. Cheney. Gertrude L. Southard.
Mary G. "Worthen.
ENTERED FEBRUARY 3, 1890.
Mary A. Clement.
OTHERS, NOT HERE EMPLOYED IN TEACHING, WHO HAVE
CERTIFICATES OF QUALIFICATION.
Maud Bell, Fanny L. Perry, Fannie E. Smith, Martha
T. Learnard, Lizzie M. McAffee, Ilattie J. Hoyt, Eleanor
H. Kirk, Evelina Davis, Wilham S. Harris, Cora F. San-
born, Carrie L. Barker, Georgie F. Drake, and Lucie
Thompson. All certificated for Grammar and lower
grades.
Fannie L. Sanborn, Helen W. Poor, Belle F. Small,
Hattie M. Ellis, Hattic E. Merrill, Alithea M. Hutchins,
Amy B. Smith. Certificated for Middle and Primary
grades.
JANITORS.
Webster Street and Bhih/cf Street.
Michael Finley, Pearl, near Cla'stiiut.
Jlff/h School, Ash Street, (Utd Wilson Hill.
John S. Avery, 404 Merrimack.
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Franklin Street and Lincoln Street.
William Stevens, 418 Central.
Spring Street and Lowell Street.
William H. Morrill, 45 Peunacook.
Merrimack Street and Spruce Street.
Edward P. Cogswell, 218 Central.
Piscataquog Schools (Main Street, School Street, and South
Main Street).
Samuel A. Hill, 86 School Street, W. M.
Bakersville School.
H. C. Dickey, Bakersville.
XIII. — School Year, 1890.
Winter term of twelve weeks opens January 6, closes
March 28. Vacation of two weeks.
Spring term of eleven weeks opens April 14, closes
June 27. Vacation of ten weeks.
Fall term of fourteen weeks opens September 8, closes
December 12. Vacation of two weeks.
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REPORT
CITY SOLICITOR
REPORT OF THE CITY SOLICITOR.
To His Honor the 3Iayor, and Gentlemen of the City
Councils :
The City Solicitor respectfully submits the following
report for the year ending December 31, 1889 :
Of the cases pending upon the law docket of Hillsbor-
ough county at the beginning of the year the following,
Nancy 0. Savory vs. Manchester^ Arthur L. Clark vs. Man-
chester, Henry Lang Y^. Manchester, and Elizabeth W. 3Iiller
vs. 31anchester, were settled without trial, and in a manner
beneficial to the city. In the Lang and Clark cases the
owners of the buildings, bj^ whose neglect the defects
which caused the accidents existed, ver}^ materially con-
tributed toward the settlements, and the city was saved
from trying cases in which it had no defense, and from
the necessity of collecting by suit the amount of the ver-
dicts in such cases from the owners, who claimed that no
negligence on their part could be shown. John G. Kelsea
vs. Manchester was tried by jury at the March term, and
the verdict was in favor of the city.
The cases of 31ary Kildea vs. Manchester, Clara Moore vs.
Manchester, and Emeline C. Call vs. Manchester, still stand
upon the docket, and will have to be disposed of by trial
or otherwise at the next March term. Also the case of
Sarah B. Bean vs. Manchester was transferred from Merri-
mack count}^ to Hillsborough county, and stands in
order for some disposition at the coming term.
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The petition of Fred P. Danforth on the equity docket,
was settled satisfactorily by paying him a small sum for
damages done his land by the city, and in consideration
of a release of all claim for future damages.
The two cases upon the sessions docket at the begin-
ning of the year, viz. : The petition of the P. C. Cheney
Co. and others, and the petition of Luther Ilall, still stand
there. On the Cheney petition for a new highway in
West Manchester several long hearings have been had
by the county commissioners, and the hearing is to pro-
ceed again February 18. In the case of Manchester vs.
Western Union Telegraph Company, negotiations are pend-
ing which may result in an amicable arrangement of
the suit.
During the year the following new cases have been
entered in the Supreme Court for Hillsborough county
and are now pending :
Florence O'Leary cs. Manchester.
This is a suit for damages for injuries resulting in a
broken leg, caused by slipping on the ice on Granite
street, February 15, 1888.
Augusta A. Currin cs. Manchester.
A case for damages for injuries caused by being thrown
from a sleigh on Main street in West Manchester, Febru-
ary 5, 1889, by a collision with a city sled which was out
for sanding purposes.
Maria Colby vs. Manchester, and Thaddeus 8. Colby
vs. Manchester,
Are two cases for damages for injuries to Mr. Colby and
his wife by being thrown from their carriage on Man-
chester street, September 2!), 1888, by their horse becom-
ing frightened at the steam road-roller.
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Margaret Kelley vs. Manchester,
Is a suit for damages for injuries alleged to Lave been
occasioned by falling into an open bulkhead on Central
street, May 4, 1888. The owner of the building has been
summoned to appear and defend the case, and agrees to
take care of the suit.
^Worthley Brothers r^. Manchester,
Is a suit for damages for injuries received by the plain-
tiff's milk wagon and horse by driving off' the Hooksett
road into a gulley in the night time, May 14, 1889, it be-
ing alleged that the railing was not suitable.
Caroline S. Head and others r.?. Manchester,
Is a suit for damages for alleged injuries to the plaintifl"'s
land caused by water flowing on to it from Mast street in
West Manchester.
Margaret Flynn vs. Manchester,
A suit for damages for injuries received by falling on
the ice on Pine street, January 1, 1888, was entered
at the March term. Owing to the fact that no legal no-
tice had been served upon the city within ten days after
the accident, and the six months in which to petition the
court for leave to file a claim having expired, the solici-
tor was able to get it dismissed the same term.
To the sessions docket the petitions of Jacob B. Mooar
and Rebecca C. Newton were added during the year, be-
ing both claims for damage to real estate caused by
changing the grade of streets.
In addition to looking after the foregoing suits, the
solicitor has investigated and with the consent of the
Mayor settled numerous claims for damages for accidents
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ill which it appeared there was some fault on the part of
the city. He has investigated all claims and accidents
which have come to his knowledge ; he has attended
every meeting of the Committee on Claims and has ad-
vised the Mayor and other city officials when consulted
by them, as he is every day, to the best of his ability. He
has attended police court when called by the city marshal,
and given more time and attention to the multifarious du-
ties of the office than any year since he has held the posi-
tion. The duties increase every year. To the perform-
ance of them the solicitor has brouglit his best efforts,
and has the satisfaction which earnest, conscientious work
always brings, that, even if all do not approve his course,
he may feel that he has done his best. To you all, for the
indorsement wdiich a re-election gives his labors, and es-
pecially to his Honor the Mayor, for his courtesy and
considerate action during the year, and to the Committee
on Claims, with whom he is most often brought in con-
tact, the solicitor returns his hearty thanks. He would
also express his appreciation of the kind and fair treat-
ment of the cit}^ marshal and every other cit}- officer with
wdiom he has had official dealings.
Respectfully submitted.
EDWIX F. JONES,
Solir'dor.
Manchester, N. H., Feb. 1, 1890.
REPORT
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
REPORT
OF THE
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
To the Mayor^ Aldetmen, and Common Council of the City
of Manchester :
In compliance with the ordinances of said cit}', the
Overseers of the Poor herewith present their annual re-
port for the year 1889.
The whole number of families that have received more
or less assistance oii' the farm during the year has been
one hundred and thirty, consisting of three hundred and
seventy persons, all of whom have a settlement in this
city. Six 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 persons supported at the count}"
farm during the year has been six, at a cost of two dol-
lars per week for each adult and one dollar per week for
each child, for board, clothing, and care for each person.
The Overseers of the Poor have given and allowed eiffht
hundred and nine orders for support of paupers oti" the
farm during the year, chiefly for groceries, fuel, medi-
cine, board, clothing, and in emergency cases. The Legis-
lature of 1889 having amended chapter 80, Laws of 1883,
in relation to the settlement of paupers, reducing the
pauper settlement to 1880, the appropriation for pau-
pers off the farm for 1890 need not be more than
two thousand dollars; also, the Legislature of 1889 has
amended section 2, chapter 41 of the Laws of 1885, in
relation to the relief of poor persons who have served in
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the army or navy of the United States (luring the Re-
bellion, and their dependent families. It will be neces-
sary to make a separate appropriation for that purpose for
the year 1890, amounting to one thousand dollars, under
the head of indigent soldiers and their dependent families.
The amount allowed to the several wards is as follows :
Ward 1
$14.00
Ward 2
249.75
Ward 3
930.48
Ward 4
497.79
Ward 5
1,759.63
Ward 6
484.24
Ward 7
184.05
Ward 8
389.78
$4,509.72
Bills allowed for
emergency cases .
3,026.99
Total amount allowed
$7,536.71
Cash received
.
•
1,736.71
Total cost for the year . . . $5,800.00
Out of this amount $1,679.05 has been allowed for in-
digent soldiers and their dependent families.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
WILLIAM H. MAXWELL, Ward 1, Clerk.
THOMAS L. QUIMBY, AVard 2,
JAMES SUTCLIFFE, Ward 3,
GEORGE S. HOLMES, Ward 4,
THOMAS IL MAHONEY, Ward 5,
CHARLES FRANCIS, Ward 6,
DAVID W. ANDERSON, Ward 7,
HORATIO FRADD, Ward 8,
Overseers of tlic Poor for the Citij of Mancliester.
r.\ (liiection of the Board of Overseers of the Poor.
WM. H. MAXWELL, Clerk
REPORT
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON CITY FARM,
f
REPORT
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON CITY FARM.
To His Honor the Mayor, and Gentlemen of the City
Councils:
We hereby submit to yon our annual report on the City
Farm for the year ending December 31, 1889:
At the time of our appraisal, December 19, we find the
following property at the farm :
Live stock
Wagons, carts, and team furnishings
<ipx,uu 1 .vu
828.50
Farming implements ....
. 1,237.72
Hay, grain, and produce
. 3,282.26
Household furniture ....
. 1,959.51
Provisions and fuel ....
975,33
Total
. ^9,950.32
Against a total in January, 1889, of
. 7,421.18
Which makes a gain of
. $2,529.14
Statement of accounts for 1889 :
Total cash paid out
. $7,333.51
Interest .......
. 1,000.00
^,333.51
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Total receipts of the farm
Bills receivable
Permanent improvements
Gain in stock
§1,897.32
$6,436.19
123.00
$6,313.19
275.46
$6,037.73
2,529.14
$3,508.59
Total number of weeks' board of pani)ers and pris-
oners, 2,345f .
Average cost of board for each individual per week,
$l,49f.
Total cash paid city treasurer, $1,829.86.
The increase of stock is owing mostly to the large
amount of hay, grain, and produce now found on hand.
This is seen on passing througli the barn and cellars,
which seem to be tilled to their utmost.
We find eighty-four tons of good English hay and twenty-
eight tons of corn-fodder, oat straw, and second-crop hay,
and eight tons of meadow hay, which was stacked in the
Held on account of no storage room in the barn.
Corn ....
425
bushels
Potatoes
275
Kuta-baga turnips .
225
Mangold beets
225
Sugar beets .
84
Blood beets .
42
Carrots ....
85
English turnips
40
Pea boa) IS
IS
133
Apples 40 barrels.
Cabbage 3,500 pounds.
Salt pork 1,200
And other things in small quantities, too numerous to
mention.
There has been quite an improvement in live stock
during the year. Four nice four-year-old grade cows,
which took both the first and second premiums at the
State Fair, have been added to the herd in place of four
old ones which were disposed of last spring. A nice
pair of oxen has also been purchased, which took the
second premium. The fine registered Holstein bull,
which was so much admired by all and took the prize at
the State Fair, had to be killed on account of being dan-
gerously cross.
Superintendent Streeter was credited with a good ex-
hibit at the State Fair, receiving twelve cash premiums,
amounting to $29. Among them was his Canada field
corn, which yielded 110 bushels of ears per acre.
During the season there have been $130 worth of pigs
sold from the farm, and $58.17 worth of pork and lard,
making a total of $188.17. There yet remain fifty-three
hogs and pigs on the farm.
Besides the permanent improvements of $275.46, there
have been repairs made at an expense of $451.35 which
have heretofore been counted as permanent improve-
ments, but your committee thought it better to count
them as repairs and credit nothing for improvements ex-
cept new work. For instance, one side of the barn has
been shingled at an expense of $162.16, which was counted
as repairs. The report of 1880 shows the expense of
shingling the barn as permanent improvements, also all
other like repairs, and if your committee had reckoned
in the $451.35, which was paid out for like repairs, it
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would have brought the board for each individual down
to |1.30fV per week in place of $1.49^.
The following are some of the most important repairs:
One side of the barn has been shingled ; several new
flooring timbers put in ; new posts put under the
floor ; a doorway cut through the underpinning walls be-
tween the large barn and horse-barn, and a walk built
which connects the two cellars, making them more conven-
ient. The cow-stable floor has been newly planked, and
chain tie-ups put in in place of the old stanchions. The
old loft-floor in the large barn, which consisted of poles
and loose boards, has been removed, and a new, substan-
tial floor built in its place. ISTew galvanized iron eaves-
troughs have been put up on the south and east sides of the
barns, which conduct the water outside of the barnyard.
Heretofore much of the water from the roof has run
into the barn cellar. The silo cellar has been partitioned
off' into large bins with a walk through the center, with
large shelves built for storing apples and cabbage.
The two piazzas of the house have been painted ;
the rooms and halls on the flrst two floors of the wing
part of the house, consisting of eighteen rooms, have
been painted and whitewashed throughout, also the walls
o the halls on the first floor and the walls of five of the
rooms have been painted, which makes tliem more easily
kept clean. A new clothes-closet has been built in one
of tlic halls for the convenience of the hired men.
There have been new flooring timbers i)ut in, and a new
floor built in the reservoir house at the top of Lowell-
street hill, and the windmill repaired at i[\\\tv an expense.
Five and one half acres of the old pasture have been
cleared from stone and broken up ready for cultivation
next year. Two acres of the meadow land have been
cleared from bushes by })ulling tlR'ni u[t. Eighteen
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acres of land have been seeded to grass this season, and
twenty-five acres plowed during the tall.
The old butternut trees north of the house have been
grubbed out, and the bushes cut beside the road south
of the buildings and around the walls of the fields, and
fifty-eight days' work have been done cutting bushes on
the grounds of the new park.
Two deaths occurred at the farm during the year :
Nicholas Fitzgerald died March 9, 1889 ; Jesse Kim-
ball died June 26, 1889.
CONCllUSIONS.
Your committee have visited the farm as often during
the year as they deemed it necessary to do so, and have
noted with satisfaction the management of Superintend-
ent L. M. Streeter, and we do not hesitate to testify to his
efficiency for the position he occupies, and we believe the
afiairs of the farm have been honestly, economically, and
successfully administered.
We cannot close without speaking a word of praise for
the matron of the farm, whose position is one equally re-
sponsible with that of the superintendent, and we have
found Mrs. Streeter equal to every requirement of the
position.
Respectfully submitted.
JAMES F. BALDWIN,
WILLIAM B. FARMER,
IRVING L. CAMPBELL,
THOMAS P. RILEY,
GEORGE C. CHASE,
Joint Standing Committee on City Farm.
REPORTS
COMMITTEE ON CEMETERIES.
REPORT
TRUSTEES OF CEMETERIES.
VALLEY CEMETERY.
The Sub-Trustees of the Valley Cemetery respectfully
submit the following report for the year 1889 :
During the year several improvements have been made.
The old tomb has been removed and the lot graded. The
avenue starting from the Chestnut-street entrance has
been widened, and a stone gutter made on each side to
carry off the surface water. A cesspool has been placed
at the end of the gutters, and pipe laid to the brook.
jSTear the new tomb two cesspools have been placed, and
about eighty feet of eight-inch pipe laid from them to the
brook. The avenue east of the tomb has been graded
and graveled, and stone gutters made. Both banks east
of the tomb have been graded and sowed down. A sum-
mer-house has been erected in the valley, which seems to
be appreciated, being both convenient and ornamental.
The stone bottom and edges of the brook have been
extended about five hundred feet and the banks graded
the same distance. A great addition to the appearance
of the cemetery is the magnificent tomb erected this year
by Hon. Aretas Blood, it being one of the finest tombs
in this section of the country. Several very handsome
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monuments have been erected. The superintendent, Mr.
C. H. G. Foss, has shown his usual ability and good
taste, and deserves more than passing mention for the
faithful performance of his duties.
RECEIPTS.
Balance, January 1, 1889
Appropriation
Receipts, care and water for lots
graves and removals
tomb fees
for extending water
for materials sold .
materials and labor
Received by city treasurer
EXPENDITURES.
Paid C. II. G. Foss, superintendent
C. W. Xoyes, labor
James Barrett, labor
C. II. Griffin, labor
J. Bilodeau
Joseph Hazen
F. L. Mead ...
J. W. Kimball, loam, gravel,
Campbell & Williams, printin
District No. 2, sand, etc.
G. 0. Gil more
Marshall & Undci'lilll, loam
G. B. McManaiiiiin, trees and
$18.U4
1,500.00
$650.00
180.50
89.25
39.33
24.00
21»).92
49.50
ston
, etc
lii'Uhs
$1,518:83
^1,249.50
S2.7l38.33
S705.25
261.00
246.49
300.75
146.67
9.67
6.00
209.60
5.00
66.12
10.00
6.00
26.00
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T. A. Lane, pipe and labor .
$95.92
Palmer & Garmon, stonework
25.65
B. W. Robinson, brickwork .
15.75
Hig^ins Brothers, furniture .
12.00
Pike & Heald, pipe and labor
24.16
R. W. Lamprey, tree
1.50
Killey & Wadleigh, hardware
3.70
J. Hodge, lumber .
2.20
J. B. Yarick Co., hardware and phosphate
47.81
Flint & Little, lumber and labor
176.65
P. 0. Woodman, loam .
9.00
George Whitford, loam and team
.
53.15
F. X. Chenette, team, etc.
16.35
J. Francis, plants and labor .
73.27
Water commissioners
36.60
C. C. Webster, turf
11.67
F. L. Bodwell, stone
3.00
Lowell's Foundry .
29.08
Manchester Hardware Company
5.50
"J. J. Abbott, painting .
43.26
Sundry small bills .
13.11
$2,697.88
Balance on hand December 31, 1889
70.45
$2,768.33
NEW TOMB.
Appropriation ....
.
. $1,500.00
Paid Manchester Locomotive Works
$385.1^
Lowell Foundry
18.6(
Killey & Wadleigh .
2.6^
Palmer & Garmon .
27.1^
J. J. Abbott ....
1.2.
J. W. Kimball
6.2^
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T. A. Lane .
$26.11
B. W. Robinson
3.75
Flint & Little .
35.67
F. L. Bodwell
495.00
Dickey & Eastman .
16.68
Pettee & Adams
27.50
For labor
54.84
§1,100.61
S399.39
Balance, January 1, 1890 .
FRANK A. LANE,
WALTER H. WRIGHT,
GEORGE C. GILMORE,
BUSHROD W. HILL,
JOHN M. KENDALL,
Sub- Trustees of Valley Cemetery
PLNE GROVE CEMETERY.
It is with renewed pleasure that the Sub-Trustees can
present to the public a report showing the continued
prosperity of the Pine Grove Cemetery.
Some improvements have been made during the past
year, but there are still others which the growing needs
of the cemetery demand.
A detailed statement may better show the work that
has been in progress durini; the vcar.
AVENUES.
No new avenues have been laid out, but all tlie avenues
have been top-dressed and jtut in g(^od condition, which
has taken much time and labor.
H3
NEW LOTS.
The new lots which were being laid ont last year have
been completed and graded, and the whole made into
restricted lots, for which there is a constantly increasing
demand.
GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS.
During the year much has been done for the general
improvement of the cemetery. Trees and stumps which
were out of place and unsightly have been removed, the
underbrush has been nearly all cut, and the water-gutters
have been paved 282 feet, which must certainly be con-
sidered an improvement.
WATER-WORKS.
Twenty-two hydrants have been put in during the year,
also 1,305 feet of water-pipe, mostly on the east side of
the cemetery, so that now the lots in this section are all
provided with city water, and all can be supplied by mak-
ing their wants known to the superintendent. The in-
crease in the amount received for water shows how the
public appreciates the advantages from these increased
water facilities.
SEWAGE.
One hundred and eighty-live feet of sewer pipe were
laid on the east side of the cemetery where the new lots
were completed. This section is now thoroughly drained,
and no further complaints are made of standing water.
IRON FENCE.
Gradually the grounds are becoming inclosed with a
suitable fence. This year two hundred and eight feet of
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new fence have been placed on the northeast side of the
cemetery, on the Calef road. It is the desire of the sub-
trustees that this work may be extended, and sufficient
appro})riation be made, that soon the entire grounds may
be suitably inclosed.
LOAM AND MUCK.
There were five hundred and twenty loads of loam used
during the year to help put the grounds in better condi-
tion. The sward and beds for flowers and shrubs require
an abundance of rich soil. Five hundred loads of muck
which have been taken from the "Straw lot " will help
to carry on this work the coming spring, but this will all
be needed in the southwest part of the grounds. There
is a large expenditure needed for these indispensable
articles.
Besides the amount of loam above specified, four hun-
dred loads of gravel and one thousand three hundred and
fifty-six feet of turf have been used for the improvement
of the grounds. Plants, trees, and shrubs have been set
out to help beautify and adorn the cemetery.
SUPERINTENDENT.
Owing to charges made against the superintendent
early in the season, with which the public are familiar,
the sub-trustees have been especially observant during
the past season to see that the rights of lot owners were
respected, and that all visitors were courteously treated,
and are })leased to be able to report that no complaints
have been made where the superiiiteiidciit was to blame,
but have generally originated where lot-owners have been
reminded of the restrictions on their lots, and the sub-
trustees are satisfied that he has faithfully discharged his
duties as sui)erintendeiit of the Pine Grove (\unetery.
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Altogether, we feel that the work of the year has been
well and faithfully done, and a great gain has been made
in the permanent improvement of this lovely and sacred
spot.
The sub-trustees present this report with the firm con-
viction that the Pine Grove Cemetery is in quite as pros-
perous a condition as ever, and those who take the most
interest in it are more hopeful than ever of the consum-
mation of its grand possibilities.
GEORGE W. BACON",
H. P. HUi^TER,
J. L. STEVENS,
HENRY H. HUSE,
JAMES A. WESTON,
Sub-Trustees of the Pine Grove Cemetery.
To their report the sub-trustees append the following
statistical tables, which they have prepared with the hope
that the information may be gratifying to the lot-owners
and the^friends of the Pine Grove Cemetery :
Supeeintendent's Account.
Received for advance payments on lots sold.
" " interments
" " water and care of lots
" " grading lots
" " loam sold
" " old fence sjld ■.
" " wood and timber ...
" " extra labor on lots
" " removal of bodies
Total receipts .
Deduct minor expenses.
flikid city treasurer.
10
1889.
$495.00
384.00
481.00
384.98
59.00
(i.34
65.00
$1,875.32
1.84
$1,873.48
1888.
$626.00
436.00
395.93
422.26
272.53
21.05
91.00 '
$2,264.77
3.70
$2,261.07
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HiSGBLLANRODS.
Number of lots re-graded.
" inonumenta erected
Lots sold oil Hillside Lawn
" unsold on " "
" sold, witli lawn restrictions
" with lawn restrictions, unsold
Ordinary lots sold
" " unsold
Total number of lota sold
Number of interments
" " on public grounds
Whole number buried in public grounds.
I8S8.
24
25
21
20
9
17
44
63
38
64
44
50
16
13
17
17
C3
84
199
2 2
47
49
,0C2
1,015
Receipts.
1889. 1888.
$3,533.21 ' $2,819.24
1,000.00 1,000.00
495.00 626.00
1,344.53 2,040.40
.96
1,378.48 1,035.77
Totals
*7,752.18 $8,120.79
$7,752.18 1 $8,124.49
Current Expenses.
Salary of superintendent
Labor and teaming
Material and tools
Printing and stationer)-
Flowers and shrubs
Water-rates
Telephone
Coal
Paint-for iron fence and castings.
Totals
1889.
1888.
$730.00
$730.00
3,485.88
1,751.08
234.58
132.40
45.93
20.06
64.80
36.40
300.00
300.00
49. SO
53.50
24.75
19.53
$4,954.97
$4,024.64
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Permanent Improvements.
1889.
Water extension
Sewage extension
Storehouse
Furnishing house. .......
Loam and turf
Clay
Iron fence
Castings for gates
Granite posts for bounds.
Totals.
$509.11
104.84
680.12
453.00
462.00
13.30
26.25
$2,248.62
$122.93
16G.10
55.43
218.48
$562.94
SUMMARY.
Balance, Jan. 1, 1889, and appro-
priation $4,533.21
Receipts from cemetery during the
year 3,218.97
Total receipts . . . $7,752.18
Expenditures for the year 1889 . $7,203.59
Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1889 . 548.59
Total
^752.18
REPORT
OF THE
TRUSTEES OF THE 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 tenth annual re-
port, embracing the report of their treasurer, which shows
the financial operations for the year ending December 31,
1889, and the condition of the fund at the present time.
The trustees have little to say in addition to what is em-
braced in former reports. The grounds placed in their
charge have been cared for and improved to as great an
extent as the meager means at their command would
warrant. If the proprietors of lots desire their grounds
beautified and adorned to a greater degree, it is essential
that larger endowments be made, so as to make the re-
quired improvements possible. With increased means,
which are confidently hoped for, and the accumulations of
the present funds, it is believed that more satisfactory re-
sults may be attained.
liespectfullv submitted.
D. B. VAKXEY, Mayor,
P. C. CHENEY,
JAMES A. WESTON,
Trustees of Ccnutcry Fund.
January 1, 1890.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
To the Trustees of the Cemetery land :
Gentlemen, — I herewith transmit to you the seventh
annual report of the funds received and the expenses paid
to December 31, 1889.
VALLEY CEMETERY.
Amount of permanent fund on
hand as per last report . . $2,550.00
Received during the year from :
Mrs. Lydia A. Sleeper . . 100.00
Mrs. Louise Hunton . . . 100.00
Adaline Hartshorn . . . 100.00
Nathan Parker .... 300.00
Mrs. Nellie W. Moore . . 100.00
Total permanent fund . $3,250.00
Income on hand as per last report $171.45
Received since last report . . 128.75
Total income . . . $800.20
Expenses paid as follows :
Valley cemetery, care of lots . $68.20
Cash on hand .... 231.91
Total $800.20
PINE GROVE CEMETERY.
Amount of permanent fund on
hand as per last report . . $6,723.13
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Received during the year from
Henry A. Farrington
Mrs. B. F. Blaisdell .
Hosea B. Burnham .
G. A. Olzendam
Benjamii) F. Garland
Abbie E. Wilson
Mary S. Brown
Total permanent fund
Income on hand as per last report
Received since last report
Total income
S125.13
160.00
136.64
84.27
130.50
158.15
145.00
$288.73
340.00
Expenses paid as
foil
ows :
Thomas Johnson .
$7.50
S. A. Blood .
.
17.00
"William Barrett .
1.20
J. B. Varick Co. .
33.50
James Bros. .
28.00
Pine Grove cemetery,
care of lots
175.00
Edward Currier .
3.00
Cash on hand
363.53
Total .
$7,662.82
8628.73
$628.73
PISCATAQUOG CEiMETERY.
Amount of permanent fund on
hand as per last report . . $200.00
Total permanent fund . $200.00
Income on hand as per last report $20.00
Received since last report . . 10.00
Total income . . . $30.00
Most respectfully submitted.
SYLVANUS B. PUTNAM,
Treasurer of D'ustees of Cemetery/ Fund.
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This is to certify that I have examined the books ot
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, 1889, 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,
K H., 5 per cent . . . $3,250.00
Amount of permanent fund $3,250.00
PINE GROVE CEMETERY.
Bonds of the city of Manchester,
N. H., 5 per cent . . . $7,650.00
Cash 12.82
Amount of permanent fund $7,662.82
PISCATAQUOG CEMETERY.
Bonds of the city of Manchester,
K. H., 5 per cent . . . $200.00
Amount of permanent fund $200.00
NATHAN P. KIDDER,
A uditor.
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REPORT
CITY ENGINEER
City Engineer's Department.
1889.
CITY ENGINEER.
WINFKED H. BENNETT.
ASSISTANTS.
IIarkie M. Young,
George W. Wales,
John J. McDonough.
temporary assistants.
Harry J. Briggs,
Charles W. Bickford,
Edward II. Doherty.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
To His Honor the Mayor, and Gentlemen of the City
Councils :
Sirs, — I have the honor of presenting my fourth an-
nual report, being the eleventh annual report of the work
in the City Engineer's otfice and the several highway dis-
tricts of the city of Manchester, for the year ending De-
cember 31, 1889.
Expenses of the office for the year 1889:
salary of city engineer . . .
$1,000.00
salary of assistants .....
1,570.38
supplies for the office ....
153.03
repairing ......
3.75
additional horse-hire ....
63.75
stakes .......
36.21
horse-shoeing and repairs of wagon and
harness . .
25.05
horse-car fares .....
16.70
street numbers .....
4.40
printing reports .....
21.00
repairs of office .....
32.43
blue-print frame and sink
27.64
steel bars for testing ground .
17.32
Total
12,971.66
ropriation ......
2,700.00
Amount overdrawn ....
1271.66
156
Expenses for soldiers' monunient
For water .....
gas . . . . .
Total
8100.00
.42
8100.42
The amount of work done in the office during the year
is as follows :
Number of orders for surveys, street lines, and
grades ......... 866
Number of orders for sewer and paving grades . 65
Number of orders for profile levels .... 29
Total numl)or of orders
960
Levels for profiles for establishing grades, 13,045 feet,
equal to 2.47 miles.
These profiles, having three lines of levels
on each street, make a total distance act-
ually leveled of 39,135 feet.
Levels for sewer profiles . . . . 7,110
Levels for other center profiles . . . 27,727
Levels in Pine Grove cemetery . . 6,367
Levels in Valley cemetery . . . 200
Levels for accidents . . . . . 900
Other levels 20,888
Total levels taken .
Equal to 19.38 miles.
Surveys of streets and street lines
Surveys in Pine Grove cemetery
Surveys in Valley cemeter}-
Surveys for accidents
Surveys of hind sold .
Surveys for street nmiibers
102,327 feet.
119,464 feet
46,205
800
1,600
1,876
15,617
157
Other surveys ......
Total surveys made
Equal to 51.45 miles.
Street lines marked on ground .
Lines of lots and avejiues, Pine Grove
cemetery ......
Lines of lots and avenues, Valley cemetery,
Other lines ......
Total length of lines marked on
ground . . . . .
Equal to 12.72 miles.
Grades set for sidewalks .
Grades set for centers
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 ....
86,105 feet.
Total length of grades set
Equal to 14.49 miles.
Profile measurements made
Equal to 15.2 miles.
Area leveled for cross section .
Equal to 32.6 acres.
BATTERS SET.
271,067 feet
59,550 feet.
4,208
(4
230
ii
3,200
a
67,188 feet
27,113 feet
1,327
11,962
490
9,020
269
11,108
14,024
1,178
76,491 feet.
80,300 feet.
1,420,042 sq. ft.
Bowman street, schoolhouse.
Chestnut-street culvert, at Christian's brook.
Grove-street culvert, at Cemetery brook.
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Hanover-square culvert.
Main-street engine-house, sheds (twice).
Valley cemeter}', summer-house.
Old lots relaid in Valley cemetery .
Old lots relaid in Pine Grove cemetery .
JS'ew lots laid out in Pine Grove cemetery
Total cemetery lots laid out .
Street numbers assigned and put on
Street numbers replaced ....
3
20
13
36
115
10
125
Total numbers put on .
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 inves-
tigated and reported to the Committee on Claims, 14.
PLANS AND PROFILES MADE FOR SIDEWALK GRADES.
Adams street, from Clarke street northerly.
Arlington street, from Maple to east of Ashland street.
Baker street, from River road to Xutt road. Two
plans.
Bowman street, from Mast to A street.
Bridge street, from Walnut to Maple street.
Cartier street, from Amor}' south back to Kelly street.
Hancock street, from River road to C. R. R.
Lake avenue, from Belmont street to Mammoth road.
Three plans.
Manchester street, from Milton to Beacon street.
McGregor west back street, from Marion to Wayne
street.
Nashua street, from Bridge to Pearl street.
North street, from Pine east back to Union street.
Sagamore street, from Elm to Canal street.
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Sagamore street, from Bay to Chestnut street.
Spruce south back street, from Lincohi to Wilson
street.
Weston street, from Lake avenue to Massabesic street,
Wilson street, from Lake avenue to Hanover street.
Total plans and profiles, 20.
SEWER PLANS AND PROFILES.
ft
Adams street, from Webster street to Ray brook.
Amherst street, from Elm to Elm east back street.
Amherst south back street, from Beach east back to
Maple street.
Arlington street, from Russell to east of Ashland street.
Amory street, from Beauport to Dubuque street.
Bay east back street, from Salmon to Webster street.
Beauport street, from Conant to Sullivan street.
Cartier street, from Amory south back to Kelly street.
Cedar south back street, from Chestnut to Pine street.
Conant street, from Main street westerly.
Concord street, from Union to Union east back street.
Dean street, from Elm to Canal street.
Elm east back street, from Hanover to Concord street.
Granite south back street, from Canal to Franklin
street.
Lake avenue, from Wilson street easterl}'.
Lake avenue south back street, from Wilson street
westerly.
Lake avenue south back street, from Wilson to Massa-
besic street.
Manchester street, from Beech to Maple street.
McGregor west back street, from Marion to Wayne
street.
Merrimack street, from Elm to Pine Street.
Merrimack street, from Lincoln to Hall street.
ItiO
North street, from Pine east l>ack to Union street.
Pearl south back street, from Elm east back to Chest-
nut street.
Pine street, from Cedar to Cedar south back street.
Pine street, from Sagamore to Salmon south back
street.
Pine street, from Salmon to Salmon south back street.
Sagamore street, from Chestnut to Pine street.
Salmon south back street, from Pine street easterly.
School street, from Third to Main street.
Spruce street, from Lincoln to Massabesic street.
Spruce south back street, from Lincoln to Wilson street.
Union east back street, from Concord to Bridge street.
Wilson street, from Spruce to Lake avenue south back
street.
Wilson street, from Lake avenue to ]jake avenue south
back street.
Wilson street, from Hanover to Spruce street.
Total sewer plans and protiles, 35.
NUMBERING PLANS.
Beacon street, Hanover to Bridge street. Two plans.
Brook street, Maple to Oak street.
Dean street, Elm to Canal street.
Depot street. Elm to Canal street.
Elm avenue, Elm street to Calef road.
Granite street, N. W. R. P. to Winter street.
Oak street. Brook street nortlierly.
Salmon street, Pine to Union street.
Thayer street, Elm street to Piver road.
Valley street. Elm to Wilson street. Five plan-.
Welch avenue, Elm street to Calel" I'oail.
Total niinil)eriiig jilaiis, 10.
161
MISCELLANEOUS PLANS.
Ashland street, Pearl to Myrtle street, plan of lots,
copy. Two plans.
B street, Milford to A street, proposed extension.
Bowman and Mast streets, schoolhouse lot with cross-
section and location of bnilding. Two plans.
Candia road, plan of Proctor land, copy.
Christians' brook. Elm to Pine street.
Concord street and Wilson road, land of Samuel Bart-
lett, copy.
Goftstown, original laying out, copy.
Hall street, land of George W. Morrison, copy.
Hanover street, land of James P. Eaton, copy.
Jewett street, land of Michael Prout, copy.
John Hall farm, plan of lots, copy.
Main-street engine-house, plan of sheds.
Mammoth road, land of Eobert I. Stevens, copy.
Mammoth road, land of Gen. James McQuestion, copy.
Mammoth road, Humphrey's brook and adjacent mead-
ows, copy.
Mammoth road, plan of Cohas brook, copy.
Nashua, Jane, and South streets, plan of lots, copy.
Nutt road, land of People's Gas-Light Company, copy.
Lowell street, land of Wilson and Weston and others,
copy.
Pine Grove cemetery, J. B. Sawyer's copy of Jacob
F. James's plans, copy. Three plans.
River road, land of Daniel Farmer, copy.
River road, land of Hon. Herman Foster and Rufus
Calef, Webster and Calef, John Calef and David F.
Webster, and the Webster house-lot, copy. Four plans.
Stevens' pond and surrounding territory, copy.
Square bounded by Elm, Valley, and Willow streets
and C. R. R., with profile of Elm east back street, copy.
162
Taylor street, John Hall farm No. 2, copy.
Towlesville, plan of Porter land, copy.
Tremont, Park, and Concord squares, plan of fences
around fountains.
Union, Silver, Wilson, and Shasta streets, land of
Weston, Shirley, and Bell, copy.
Valley cemetery, plan, section and elevation of tomb.
Vine-street engine-house, proposed improvements.
Young road, location of Mrs. Bean's accident.
Total miscellaneous plans, 38.
WORKING PLANS.
Amherst street. Elm to Elm east back street. Center
profile.
Andierst street. Maple to Lincoln street. Center pro-
file.
Beech street, Valley to Cedar street. Profile.
Bowman street. Mast to A street. Profile.
Bowman and Mast streets, schoolhouse lot.
Calef road, Grover street southerly. Profile.
(>^anal street, Granite to Pleasant street. Center profile.
Candia road, Hanover street to Auburn line.
Candia road, Hanover to Massabesic street.
Central street, Beech to Lincoln street. Profile.
Chestnut street, Clarke street northerly. Profile.
City engineer's oflice, plan of vault.
Concord street, Union to Union east back street.
Center profile.
Cypress street, Valley street to Young road. Profile.
Dubuque street, Amory to Sullivan street. Profile.
Elm street, Blodget to Langdon street, sketch and
notes for paving.
Elm east back street, Amherst to Concord street.
Center profile.
163
Front street, Gotfstown road to north of Dunbarton
road. Plan for widening.
Goffstown road, Front street westerly. Profile.
Hanover street, Maple to Ashland street. Profile,
Two plans.
Hanover street, Beacon street to Candia road.
Hanover street. Old Falls to Mammoth road.
Hanover street, Lincoln to Ashland street. Center
profile.
Hanover square, plan and section of culvert.
Harrison street, Maple to Russell street. Profile.
Jewett street, Massabesic street to Youno- road. Pro-
tile.
Kelly street, proposed extension.
Lake avenue south back street, Wilson to Massabesic
street. Center profile.
Liberty street, Salmon to Webster street. Profile.
Lincoln street, Amherst to Hanover street. Center
profile.
Main-street engine-house, plan of sheds.
McGregor west back street, Marion to Wayne street.
Center profile.
Merrimack and Union streets, location of accident.
Milford street, William street to Amherst road. Pro-
file of south side.
New road, Candia road to Bridge street.
North street. Pine to Union street. Profile.
Pine street. Bridge to Orange street. Profile.
Pine Grove cemetery, cross section of new lots.
Pine Grove cemetery. Riverside avenue. Center pro-
file.
Pine Grove cemetery, Knights of Pythias lot.
Pine Grove cemetery, plan of a part of.
164
Pine Grove cemetery, details of cross sections of new
lawn. Two plans.
Russell street, Orange to Gore street. Profile.
Tremont, Park, and Concord squares, fountain fences.
Union east back street, Concord to Lowell street.
Center profile.
Valley cemetery, details of tomb, for contractor.
Valley cemetery, design for summer-bouse.
Vine street engine-bouse, proposed improvements.
Nine plans.
Welch avenue, Elm street to Calef road. Profile.
Welch avenue, section of D. F. Miller's building.
Wilson and Spruce streets, details of manhole.
Wilson street. Spruce to Lake avenue south back street.
Center profile.
Total working plans, 62.
TRACINGS.
Ashland street, Pearl to Orange street. Two plans.
Bell's routes to Gofl:stown.
Bowman and Mast streets, school lot, for committee.
Bowman and Mast streets, school lot, for architect.
Candia road, Hanover street to Anbuni line, location
of. Two plans.
Candia road, Hanover street to Auburn line, original
laying out.
Candia road, Hanover to Massabesic street.
City of Manchester, location of electric lights.
City Hall, new vaults. Two plans.
LLill street, land of George W. Morrison.
Kelley's Falls, land of Jjcighton Manufacturing Com-
pany.
Lots adjoining land of George Porter and others.
165
Mammoth road, north of Bridge street, plan of hind.
Niitt road, land of People's Gas-Light Company.
Pine Grove cemeterj', plan of.
Pine Grove cemetery, proposed lots north of lodge
house.
Pine Grove cemetery, plan of new lawn.
Pine Grove cemetery, lots on east side.
Pine Grove cemetery, proposed lots in southeast section.
Pine Grove cemetery, proposed lots in southwest sec-
tion, for trustees. Three plans.
Pine Grove cemetery, Knights of Pythias lot, for treas-
urer.
Tremont, Park, and Concord squares, fountain fences.
Valley cemetery, summer-house, for contractor.
Valley cemetery, lots in northeast corner. Two plans.
Valley cemetery tomb, ornamental work for contractor.
Vine-street engine-house, proposed improvements.
Three plans.
Welch avenue, Elm street to Calef road.
West Manchester, plan of a part of.
West Manchester, showing location of schoolhouse.
Total tracings, 37.
BLUE PRINTS.
Bowman and Mast, schoolhouse foundation, for con-
tractor.
Land of Benjamin M. Boyes, South Manchester.
Location of electric lights, for committee. Six plans.
Pine Grove cemetery, part of eastern section, for super-
intendent.
Other plans, six.
Total blue prints, 15.
166
MAPS
City of MaiK'liC'ster, sewerage system. Two plans.
Part of Manchester, for county commissioners.
Part of Goffstown, for county commissioners.
Total maps, 4.
In connection with these two latter maps, 13 profiles of
proposed roads have been made, covering a distance of
52,750 feet.
Total of all plans made, 240.
The index and catalogue of plans have been brought
up to December 31,1889; the index to level books to
December 10, 1889 ; and the index to transit l)ooks to
December 22, 1889.
Plans made for the establishment of grade on
laid-out streets 12,738 feet.
Plans made for the establishment of grade on
streets not laid out ..... 5,219 "
Total 17,952 feet.
Equal to 3.4 miles.
NEW HIGHWAYS LAID OUT,
Adams street, A])iileton street north 22»)feet, 50 feet wide.
Adams street, Clarke street north 3(33 feet, 50 " "■
Cartier street, Putnam to Sullivan street . 50 '' *'
Elm avenue. Elm street to Calef road . 30 " "
Front street, Goffstown road to Black hrook.
Liberty street, North to Webster street . 4<5 ••
New road, Candia road to Bridge street . 50 '* "
Prospect street, Dorry old line to llall street 50 " "
Sullivan street, lieauport to Cartier street 50 " "
SCHEDULE OF SEWERS, JANUARY 1, 1890.
Adams
Adams, W. MaDcbeater.
Amherst
Amherst south back. . ■ •
Amory
Appleton
ArltDgton
Ash
Ash east back
Ashland
Auburn
Bay east back
Beauport
Beech
Beech east back
Belmont
Birch
Blodget south back. - . .
Bowman
Bridge
Bridge south back
Brook
Canal
Cartier
Cedar
Cedar south back
Central
Central south back
Chestnut
Chestnut west back. . . . .
Chestnut eaiit back
Church
Clarke
Clinton
Conant
Concord
Dean
Depot
Derry
Douglas
Dover
Dubuque
Duttou
Elm
Elm east back
Elm west back
Falls road •••
Ferry
MATERIAL AND LENGTH OF SEWERS.
402
1,180
1,710
l,510i
6 2201 220
Amount carried up . 2,333 10,958 20,&40 3,604
220 1,981 460 90, 1,700
Portland Pipe.
Brick Sewers.
1,020
1,300 2,530
757 1,600
17 in. '20 in. 24 in.29iin
by I by by i by
i in. 30 in. 36 in. '44 in
I in. 32 in. 40 in.
by by by
4G in. 48 in. 44 in.
1,197 965
500 1 1,197 5,395i 3,650,1 1,360 2,601
1,851
2,150' 1,360 790
SCHEDULE OF SEWERS, JANUARY 1, 1890. — Continued.
MATERIAL AND LENGTH OF SEWERS.
1
1
STREETS.
Akeon Pipe.
PoETLAND Pipe.
Cemest Pipe.
Earthen
Pipe.
Brick Sewers.
as r*
36 in.'
187i
II
8 in.
10 in.
12 in.
15 in.
18 in.
20 in.
1,981
24 in.
Sin.
90
12 in. 18 in.
1
1,701) 130
9 in.
10 in.
2 in.
15 in.
18 in.
24 in.
6 in.
0 in.
12 in.'
1,300
18 in.
2,630
24 in. 29 in.
757 1,600
36 in.
156
12 in. '44 in.
446 1,195
57 in.
500
7 in.
26 m.
0 in.
by
10 in.
1,197
24 in.
by
36 in.
29iin.
by 1
44 in.'
3,65o'
SO in. 32 in.j
by 1 fay
16 in. 48 in.
1,300 2,601
10 in.
I4I.
790
1-
Amount brought up.
2,333
36
"28
10,958
20,940
3,604
220
1,100
460
450
"956
3,995
7,675
650
"126
"'496
460
690
5,395i
78,900
2.626
FrankliD
Gore
'"ios
604
339
■ ■ '689
4
;;;;;;i;;;;;;
"i,m
" ' "216
"546
;;;;;:;;;;;;
::;:;;i;;:::;
156
'"396;;;;;;^;;;;"!
;:;:;:;;;:;
""96
589
3,743
Granite
Granite, south of
Granite south back
Green
::::::|::::::
;;;;;;
;;;:;!;;;;;:
■
601
339
210
1,925
Hamilton
Hancock
' 147
160
80
1,110
446
"l',526
2,330
460
376
36
"'366
1
■ i',434
.;;;;;
'216
1
230
1,110
3,945
Hanover square
"845.!];;".
' " "456
1
2,813
Harrison
690
""860
'"336
700
'
I
I
3,020
1,310
Harrison south back
Hazel
i
;;;;:;!;;:;:;
375
366
700
1,002
318
998
3,599
2,205
3,200
High south back
High east.
■"i8i"'984
..;;;.
;;;;;;;;;;;;
1
";::;
;;;;;;
Lake avenue
Lake avenue south back.
Laurel
318
16
'"637
370
2,826
130
120
1,705
180
"566
;;;;;;';;;;;;
..;;..
;;;;;;'!;;;;;
Lincoln
■■■46
20
594
264
1,155
680
270
"l',966
260
;;;;;;
"" 940
'175
....
;;;;;;';;;;;;
1,444
304
4,665
697
318
;;;;;;
1
1
1,397
204
3,174
Lowell north back
Manchester
Mancheste'- south back .
Maple
4
200
-. .1 75! 2,410
1,449
""68
;;:;;;r.;";:
190
'"376
100
340
1
' "l',527
::;;;;
362
1,310
636
233
i . !.;.
2,677
233
Market
"no
841
608
440
120
■■;■" ;;;;;;
1 1
......
..::::
290
1,119
Mcdregor west back
Merrimack
"mh
142
963
206
1,260
285
" "I'.ooe
1,050
"iso
110
'""960
;;;;.;
750
3,939
Merrimack south back. .
""526
805
185
262
Milton
185
Monroe south back
Myrtle
'"SR
"269
450
............
42'
""'"86
1,626
\
1
615
I,5-'5
1,734
259
58
MjTtle south back
Hashua
North
"44
' l',696
150
"0)9.'.'.'.'.'.
;::;:;
;;;
'.'.'.'. y.'.'.'..
4,354
1 !
25,60240,876 8,752
1,440
2,319
1,860
90
2,545
770
12,424
1 640
17,194
490
46C
1,805
86C
1,300
1
5,226
2,912
1,600
646
1
446
1,195
500
1,527
1,197
6,395J
3,650
1,360| 2,601
790
277J
152,892
SCHEDULE or SEWERS, JANUARY 1, IS90.— Concluded.
MATERIAL AND LENGTH OF SEWERS.
1
STREETS.
Akbon Pipe.
Portland Pipb.
Cement Pipe.
Earthen
Pipe.
Brick Sewers. g ^
58
Sin.
10 in. 12 in.
16 in.
18 in.
20 in.
24 in.
Sin.
12 in.
18 in.
770
9 in.
12,424
10 in.
640
12 in.
16 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.
17 in. 20 in.
57in.i by ! by
26 in.: 30 in.
24 in.
by
36 in.
291 in-
by
44 in.
30 in.
by
46 in.
32 in.
by
48 in.
40 in.
by 36 in.
44 in.
•3 0
Amount brought up.
4,354
26,602 40,876
70
8,752
1,440
2,319
1,860
90
2,546
17,194
490
460
1,806
860
1,300
5,226
2,912 1,600 645
... ......1
446
1,195
eOOJ 1,627
1,197
5,395i
3,660
1,360
2,001
790
277J
152,892
70
2,936
680
854
3,087
401
251
1,530
4,475
965
150
38
1,730
1,740
330
Orange
Orange south back
216
180
350
'1,680
790
600
1 '
406 448
1.0.^5 985
Pearl
132
150
480
286
.. ..1 '404
112
1,076
1.900
139
465
640
290
1,145
600
1
350 616
....
150
28
30
10
1 1,700
1
1,740
350
70
R^d lot
146
14S
1,443
1,175
1,123
River
1,443
1
1,175
8
110
1,115
'
Sagamore
■"405
'"306
141
183
'
!
405
4
849
'••; :
1 :
School
612
250
345
J
1,003
734
47
9
Si?
1
328
130
130
1
80
565
1
678
2.19B
330
3,091
Third
375
1
58
125
1,365 1,060
1,396
1,250
400
735
980
60
316
Vallev
...
360
116
900
Walker
800
360
412
Walnut east back
440! 397
1
537
320
326
Washington
............
Warren
606
Wayne
793
266
1,448
300
897
1.059
2,292t
919
1,216
1,250
S
Webeter
153
691 i
West
49
25
1,250
62
360
158
100
. .1
Wilson
44
ISO
Winter
;::::
Winter place
8
.. ..
64,656
13,129
490
860
6,725
1
Total feet, each size
6,133
36,465
2,836
2,469
3,110
3,990
770
16,411
540
22,130
735
1,806
1,176
2,645
2,912 1,600
546: 446
1,196
1,400
1,527 1,197
8,242
4,630
1,360
3,279
790 277^205,353}
Total feet, each kind.
" miles, "
118,787
4,860
0.919
42,971
8.138
3,720
0.704
34,748
6.681
227}i MUes.
0.062| 38.89
167
SEWERS BUILT IN 1880.
Street.
Spruce
Amherst
Main
Wilson
Amory
Beauport
Beauport
Conant
Elm east back
Wilson
Amory
Amory
Appleton
Clinton
Dean
Elm east back
Hancock
Lincoln
Main
Maple
Maple
Merrimack
Pine
Salmon south back
Spruce south back
West
Adams
Amherst south back. . .
Appleton
Ashland
Cartier
Cedar south back
Chestnut
Concord
Dover
Dubuque
Granite south back
Hanover
Hanover
High, East
Lake avenue south back
Lowell south back
Manchester ,
McGregor west back
Merrimack
Merrimack
Merrimack
North
Pearl south back
Pine east back
School
Spruce south back ,
Union east back ,
Union east back
Beech
Bowman
Chestnut
Elm east back
Monmouth
Location.
Lincoln to Wilson
Kim to Elm east back
At Piscata<iuog river
Spruce to Lake avenue south back.
Beauport to Cartier
From Amory southerly
Conant to Adams
Main to Beauport
Hanover to Amherst south back . .
Lake Ave. S. back to Merrimack..
McGregor to Main (relaid)
Cartier to Dubuque
Adams to Ray
At Dover
Canal to Elm west back
Amherst to Concord
From Hamilton easterly
Amherst to Hanover
North of Wayne (relaid)
Hanoyer to Amherst S.back (rel'd)
Concord to Lowell
From Wilson easterly
Cedar to Cedar south back
East of Pine
East of Lincoln
Near Clinton
From Appleton southerly
And across private land
Ray to Union .
From East High southerly
Amory to Amory south back
Pine to Chestnut
Hanover to Hanover S.back (rel'd)
Union to Union east back
At Douglas
Amory to Wayne
Canal to Franklin
From Maple easterly
From Lincoln easterly
Ashland to Hall
From Lincoln easterly
From Union westerly
From Beech easterly
Marion to Marion south back
East of Wilson
From Wilson westerly
From Wilson westerly (relaid). . . .
Pine east back to Liberty
Elm east back to Chestnut
North of North
From Fourth westerly
West of Wilson
From Concord northerly
From Lowell northerly
From Central southerly
At Mast
At Pennacook
At Young
At Main
Material
Brick.
Akron .
Size in
inches.
32x48
20
20
20
15
15
15
15
15
15
12
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
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
Length
in feet.
678
141
68
1.50
270
45
618
350
186
897
334
270
372
30
565
300
250
340
85
170
305
200
130
60
55
62
92
295
275
72
256
312
130
129
a3
448
339
515
486
554
387
92
250
142
200
70
330
150
404
50
■ 152
315
256
334
150
110
73
100
142
14,574
168
PIPE REMOVED WHERE NEW SEWERS HAVE BEEN BUILT.
Street.
Spruce
Main
Cedar south back.
Elm east back
Hanover
Hanover
Pearl south back . .
Pearl south back . .
From Lincoln easterly
At Piscataquog river
Pine to Chestnut
Hanover to Amherst south back.
From Maple easterly
From Lincoln easterly
From Kim east back easterly. . . .
From Elm east back easterly
Pine Cedar to Cedar south back.
Union east back | From Lowell northerly .
Wilson
West
Maple
Union east back.. .
Wilson
Elm east back
Clinton
Lowell south back.
Merrimack
Union east back. . .
Wilson
Merrimack to Laurel.
Near Clinton
Concord to Lowell
From Concord northerly
Laurel to Laurel south back
Amherst to Concord.
At Dover
From Union westerly
From Wilson easterly
From Concord northerly
Lake Ave. to Lake Ave. S. back..
Material.
Akron.
Akron.
Cement.
Portland.
Cement.
Earthen.
Cement.
Akron.
Cement.
Akron.
Size in Length
inches, in feet.
20
15
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
10
10
10
9
9
9
9
9
10
as
312
180
516
48C
150
30
130
334
250
62
305
50
]i5
300
30
60
245
150
110
3,902
SUMMARY.
Total 32 by 48 inches, brick
" 20-inch Akron pipe .
" 15-inch "
" 12-inch " "
" 10-inch "
8-inch "
8-inch Akron pipe in new cesspools
12-inch " " culverts and drains
8-inch " "
678 feet.
359
2,366
3,528
7,068
575
1,607
180
28
Total length of new sewers built, 1889 16,389 feet.
8-inch Akron pipe relaid for cesspools . 140 "
Total sewers built in 1889
E(|ual to 3.13 miles.
16,529 feet.
169
VAULT.
The Committee on Lands and Buildings, recognizing
the need of a lire-proof vault for the storage of drawings
and field books, as spoken of in my last report, caused one
to be constructed early Iti the year. We now have ample
accommodations for the safe keeping of the valuable
data that have been collected in the eleven years the oiEce
has been in existence. The vault is a model one in its
way, and has been examined with interest by many en-
gineers from other cities having in view the construction
of similar ones.
SEWERS.
The working plans for the new system of sewerage ac-
cepted by the last city government, have been copied dur-
ing the year.
As these maps are drawn to the regular scale, 200 feet
to the inch, they are necessarily somewhat bulky and in-
convenient to handle. I would suggest the advisability
of subdividing these maps into sheets which can be
bound in book form, making them more compact and
easy to examine when necessary.
A departure has been made this year from the method
heretofore pursued in sewer-work. At the beginning of
the season, William Sanborn, superintendent of District
No. 2, in conjunction with the Committee on Sewers, se-
cured the services of Mr. Charles B. Clarkson, who has
had charge of the sewer-laying in the city proper. All
sewers constructed this year have been in accordance
with the plan as accepted.
In this connection it would perhaps not be out of place
to emphasize what was said in the last report in regard
to connections made with the city sewers by incompetent
persons. The same trouble has been experienced this
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3'ear as heretofore, perhaps to a 2:rcater degree, as the city
grows. It matters not how carefully the sewer is laid,
it will not pi'operly perform its loork if every one is allowed
to connect his house-drain as he sees fit. In most cases
the work is slovenly done, the main object seeming to be
to complete it as soon as possible, no care being taken to
properly connect the pipes. These connections are made
at all grades and angles and in man}' instances project
some distance into the sewer. This causes debris to col-
lect, forming a dam at each connection and seriously in-
terfering with the working of the sewer.
A competent person should be employed whose duty
should be to personally superintend the entrance into
any sewer and keep an accurate record of the same, to-
gether witli the location and grade of the house-drain.
PUBLIC SQUARES.
William Sanborn, superintendent of District No. 2, has
had charge of the work in the several public squares.
Merrimack square has been graded, loamed, and
grassed, and is now one of the most attractive of the city
squares.
In Hanover square a culvert has been built over Mile
brook, and the pond partially filled, about 5,000 cubic
yards of earth being used.
At Tremont square the old wooden fence, for many
3'ears an eyesore to the residents in that section, has been
removed, and a wide concrete walk laid entirely around
the square. The change has greatly improved the ap-
pearance of this square, which is becoming one of the
most popular outdoor resorts in the city.
The wisdom of beautifying and making attractive these
breathing places grows more a[)[>aront year by year, and
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it is the verdict of all liberal-minded people that money
used in this direction is well expended.
In Concord and Park squares minor repairs have been
made.
At Monument square, notwithstanding the agitation of
two years ago regarding improvements, nothing has been
done. The square is fast growing up to weeds and
bushes, and presents a very unattractive appearance to
visitors. To reach it one is still obliged to follow the
primitive beaten path over plowed ground and stubble. A
few hours' work with the road machine would make a
substantial driveway from the river road to the square, as
the soil is particularly adapted to road making, being
composed of very good gravel.
CEMETERIES.
Pine Grove. — The usual amount of line and grade
work in connection with improvements has been attended
to. In the southwestern section, grade has been given
for the work upon the knoll preparatory to dividing into
lots. Sketches of this section, showing the proposed walks
and lots, were submitted to the trustees. One of these
plans was accepted, and instructions given to lay out the
lots accordingly as soon as the grading should be finished.
In other sections of the cemetery new lots have been laid
out as required from time to time.
One of the most important items in relation to ceme-
tery work has been the setting of substantial stone bounds
ten inches square and four feet long, at the angles and
corners of both the old and new parts. In giving line for
the new iron fence on Calef road, it was found that the
cemetery had encroached several feet on the road ; the
new fence has been placed on the correct line.
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Late in the full the committee decided to commence
the long deferred survey of the cemetery. The work was
Avell under way, and everything progressing smoothh',
when the appropriation, all too small to begin with, was
exhausted. This necessitated the cessation of work when
about one half of the cemetery had been surveyed. So
much having been said regarding the necessity of a com-
plete plan, it is a matter of regret that work could not
have been begun before the cemetery funds became so
depleted as not to allow of the survey being completed.
It will cost considerable more to begin where the work
was stopped in the fall than it would have done to finish
it at the time, as many of the points, being through neces-
sity only temporar}', will be disturbed by the frost, and
have to be relocated when work is resumed. It is very
important that this survey should be completed as soon
as possible, as every day makes the locating of old points
more difficult. In many cases the corners of lots had to
be assumed, as nothing remained of the original bounds.
Valley. — This cemetery has been still further beautified
in the valley under the careful eye of the superintendent,
Mr. Charles H. G. Foss. Phms were furnished for an
attractive summer-house, wliich has been constructed at
a bend in the brook. The l)anks of the brook liave been
rubbled and turfed for a considerable distance. The un-
sightly depression left by the removal of the old tomb has
been filled and grass seed sown. The Chestnut-street
driveway has also been widened and graded, and gutters
paved on either side. The outside stonework of the city
tomb has been completed by jilacing an ornamental cap-
stone in position. Considerable work will have to be
done yet in the interior, and also on the roof, which is to
receive a coating of cement before the grading is done.
The driveway in IVont will have to be graded, and tho
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slopes at the ends and top tilled in and grassed. This
will probably be attended to early the coming summer.
Among other improvements may be mentioned the Are-
tas Blood mausoleum. Occupying as it does a sightly
position at the right of the main entrance, it agreeably
varies the monotony of long rows of white headstones,
and forms a substantial addition to the many fine memo-
rials in the cemetery.
BRIDGES.
The necessity of repairing McGregor bridge, as men-
tioned in the last report, became so apparent this year
that the committee on streets decided to have the upper
roadway entirely re timbered and replanked. Three hun-
dred thousand feet of lumber were required for the work.
The iloor timbers are of Georgia pine, the bottom floor
plank three-inch white hemlock, and the top floor plank
three-inch hard pine. A change was made in the man-
ner of laying the floor plank by raising the center three
inches, and allowing it to pitch either way. The wheel
guards were also raised two inches from the floor, allow-
ing the water to run oft' instead of remaining on the
planks as heretofore. The ironwork and the piers also
received attention. It will be necessary to repaint the
ironwork the coming summer, as it shows the need of it
badly in many places.
A large amount of time has been spent this summer on
the various proposed routes to Goffstown, made necessary
by the petition presented to the county commissioners for
a highway. As the notes in the oflSce for this section
were very crude, surveys had to be made and levels taken
over the entire section. In connection with this a survey
was made of the Xorth Weare Railroad from Main street
to the proposed Amoskeag route, and also of a consider-
able portion of Piscataquog river. A survey was also
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made of the Mast road connecting the various routes, and
these together with the necessary plans made have con-
sumed mucli vaUiable time at a cost to the office of
3222.42.
The survey of the new pul^lic park has been completed
and levels for cross-sectioning taken over thirty acres, or
about one half the area of the park.
Other important pieces of work may be briefly summa-
rized, as follows :
Surveys have been made of Hanover street road from
Beacon street to Candia road ; Candia road from Mam-
moth road to Aul)urn line ; the new road from Candia
road to Bridge street; and Calefroad from Ehn street to
the south end of Pine Grove cemetery. A surve}' was
also made for widening and straightening Fi-ont street in
Amoskeag, from Gotfstown road to Black brook. Plans
of all these highways will be made during the winter.
The demands upon the office have grown steadily each
year, and with the present force little more than the reg-
ular work can be attended to. As it is necessary to com-
plete the survey of the city with the outlying roads and
streets before the original bounds are destroyed, additional
assistants should be employed.
I would suggest that in all streets iin}>roved hereafter,
curbstone be used in place of cobble-edging, also wherever
crossings are laid that edge-stones be set on the curb-line.
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, also to the civil engineers and others for the use of
}»lans and for infoiMuation wliich was ol" value to the city.
Kespect fully su I unit ted.
WlXFKEl) II. BENNETT,
City Enf/inccr.
Jaiiuarv 1, ISOO.
REPORTS OF DISTRICT SURVEYORS.
Report of the work done in the various highway dis-
tricts during the year 1889.
DISTRICT NO. 1.
Orison Webber, Surveyor.
At the beginning of the season, filled ruts and mudholes
on all roads in district, and finished roadway by brush
harrowing.
During the summer put 130 loads of gravel on roads,
using about one load to a rod, the cost of graveling aver-
aging $1.10 per rod completed.
Cut bushes the entire district, two miles, the full width
of the roadway.
Turnpiked Adams street from Clarke street northerl}"
363 feet, at a cost of $45.
Built 400 feet of plank sidewalk, two planks wide, on
Elm street from Clarke street northerly.
DISTRICT XO. 2.
William Sanborn, Superintendent,
cobble paving.
Amherst street, from Maple easterly . 73.3 sq. yds.
Appleton street, from Union ^^'esterly . 32.0 "
Beech street, from Lake Ave. to Central . 133.3 "
Central street, from Beech to Maple . 400.0 "
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Central street, from Hall to Belmont
Clarke street, from Chestnut westerly
Concord street, from Elm to Pine (relaid)
Concord street, from Walnut to Maple
Elm street, from Merrimack northerly
Elm street, from Blodget to Langdon
Elm east back street, from Concord north
erly (relaid) .....
Hanover street, from Maple to Wilson
Lowell street, from Beech to Maple
Manchester street, from Pine to Maple
Merrimack street, from Elm to Pine
Milton street, from Central northerly
Pine street, from Bridge to Orange .
Webster street, west of Elm .
Total cobble paving
80.9 sq.
93.3
129.0
66.6
25.0
164.6
200.0
913.3
392.6
1,026.7
216.6
25.0
349.3
104.6
. 4,426.1 sq. yds.
COBBLE EDGING.
Amherst street, from Maple easterly
Appleton street, from Union westerly
Beech street, from Lake Ave. to Central
Central street, from Beech to Maple
Central street, from Hall to Belmont
Clarke street, from Chestnut westerly
Concord street, from Walnut to Mai)le
Elm street, from Blodget to Langdon
Hanover street, from Maple to Wilson
Lowell street, from Beech to Maple
Manchester street, from Pine to Maple
Milton street, from Central northerly
Pine street, from Bridge to Orange
Webster street, west of Elm .
Total t'obhU' edging
165 feet.
72 "
400 ^'
1,200
182
210
200
494
2,740
1,000
2,250
75
1 ,048
249
10,285 loot.
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EDGE STONES.
Auburn street, from Pine to Beech
Bay street, at North
Cedar street, from Pine to Union .
Central street, west of Beech
Chestnut street. Central to Lake Ave.
Elm and Merrimack streets .
Elm east back street, at " Hotel Windsor "
Elm west back street, at Ferren's block
Lake avenue, from Chestnut to Union .
Lowell and Maple streets
Merrimack street, at "■ Manchester House"
Webster street, at Elm ....
Total edge stones set .
Edge Stones Reset.
Chestnut and Myrtle streets .
Concord street, from Elm to Pine .
Elm and Merrimack streets .
Manchester street, from Pine to Beech
Total edge stones reset
MACADAMIZING.
NeiD.
Beech street, from Central to Lake Ave.
Central street, from Beech to Maple
Elm street, from Langdon to Blodget
Hanover street, from Maple to Wilson
Lowell street, from Beech to Maple
Manchester street, from Pine to Maple
Pine street, from Bridge to Orange
225 feet.
15
151
24
110
155
11
11
90
115
126
15
1,048 feet.
284 feet
290
u
54
((
191
it.
819 feet.
662.21 sq. yds.
1,733.33
1,110.44
4,259.33
2,630.66
4,220.43
1,665.88
Total new macadamizing
12
16,282.28 sq. yds.
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Top-Dressed.
Chestnut street, from Manchester north-
erly .......
Hanover street, from Maple westerly .
Lowell street, from Elm to Chestnut .
Streets west of Elm street
Total top-dressed
1,200.00 sq. yds.
5,777.70 "
1,805.55 "
7,600.00 "
10,383.25 sq. yds.
Graveled Streets Toj^dressed, with Crushed Stone.
Amherst street, from Beech easterly
Back streets ......
Bay street, from Salmon to Xorth
Beech street, from Orange to Myrtle .
Concord street, from Walnut to Beech
Hanover street, east of Wilson
Lincoln street, from Hanover to Man-
chester ......
Pine street, south of Valley .
Salmon street, from Elm to Amoskeag
bridge ......
Spruce street, from Lincoln to Wilson 1,383.00
Wilson street, from Spruce to Central . 400.00
388.88
sq. yds
777.77
((
2,243.73
((
400.00
((
583.33
((
830.55
((
550.00
i.i
555.55
((
2,533.33
Total top-dressed . . . 10,646.14 sq. yds.
Crushed Stone sent from Yard.
Amoskeag Manufacturing Company
District No. 10 .
General repairing ....
Macadamizing ....
Top-dressing ....
Valley cemetery, Aretas Blood's tomb
Total crushed stone
Each load hciiig equal to one cubic }
32 loads.
441
301
3,536
1,632
9
5, it.")! loach
ard.
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STREETS GRAVELED.
Amherst street, Hall westerly
Amherst street, Ashland westerly
Appleton street, Union westerly .
Arlington street, Linden westerly
Ashland street. Bridge northerly
Beech street, Spruce southerly
Bridge street. Walnut easterly
Bridge street. Maple easterly
Bridge street, Warren easterly
Chestnut street, Harrison northerly
Concord street, Belmont westerly
East High street, Ashland easterly
Elm street. Valley southerly
Ehn street. Valley northerly
Elm east back street, North northerly
Gore street. Oak easterly
Hanover street, Merrimack westerly
Hanover street, Wilson easterly .
Lake avenue, Union easterly
Lake avenue, Wilson easterly
Lake avenue, Cass easterly .
Lowell street. Maple easterly
Manchester street. Maple easterly
Manchester street. Hall westerly .
Merrimack street, Hall easterly .
Myrtle street, Walnut easterly
Myrtle street. Maple easterly
North street. Elm westerly .
Orange street, LTnion easterly
Pearl street. Union easterly
Pine street .....
Salmon street, Chestnut westerly
Feet.
225
100
100
267
400
100
550
700
400
700
444
150
556
325
368
800
475
185
240
450
400
700
450
200
400
500
275
750
186
263
2,625
375
Sq. Yd8.
425.00
188.89
277.78
682.33
933.33
222.22
1,711.11
1,944.44
800.00
1,944.44
789.89
333.33
2,347.56
722.22
490.66
1,244.44
1,055.56
616.67
586.67
1,200.00
800.00
1,711.11
1,000.00
266.67
533.33
833.33
550.00
833.33
372.00
584.44
6,238.89
916.67
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Union street, Webster northerly .
Union street, Hooksett road southerl}
Valley street, Beech easterly
Valley street. Elm easterly .
"Wilson street, Lake avenue northerly
Totals ....
STREETS GRADED.
By Cut.
Appleton street. Union westerly .
Arlington street ....
Bay street, Salmon to North
Chestnut street, Salmon to "Webster
Elm east back street, North northerly
Liberty street, North to "Webster
Prospect street, Russell easterly .
Russell street, Prospect northerly
Salmon street, Union easterly
Union street, Webster northerly .
Webster street, Hooksett road easterly
Totals
By Fill
Ash street, Harrison northerly
Auburn street at Maple
Belmont street, Lake avenue to Massa-
l)esic ......
Chestnut street, Peniiacook to Salmon
Hanover street. Beacon easterly .
Prospect street, Russell easterly .
Spruce street, Wilson easterly
Totals ...
Feet.
650
200
1,150
300
120
Sq. Yds.
1,300.00
400.00
1,788.89
533.33
240.00
17,079 37,418.53
Feet.
100
160
475
1,000
300
600
260
200
50
200
Feet.
360
475
150
100
Cu. Yds.
125.9
206.2
1,319.4
2,392.5
222.2
1,055.4
269.6
222.2
148.1
207.4
5,448.0
3,345 11,616.9
Cu. Yds.
50.0
300.0
4,663.0
8,750.0
133.3
133.3
1,000.0
1,085 15,029.6
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TURNPIKING.
Hubbard street, Hanover to Amherst
GRADING FOR CONCRETE.
By Cut.
Central street, Milton easterlj^
Chestnut street, Webster southerly
Liberty street, Webster southerly
Prospect street, Russell easterly .
Webster street, Elm easterly
Webster-street schoolhouse .
Totals
By mil
Feet.!
75
480
200
150
225
670
330 feet.
Cu. Yds.
44.-4
213.3
77.7
44.4
100.0
198.5
Ash street, Myrtle northerly
Ash street, Harrison northerly
Auburn street, Pine easterly
Auburn street, Union easterly
Belmont street, Amherst southerly
Concord street, Ashland easterly
Laurel street, Hall westerly
Lowell street, Ash easterly .
Manchester street. Beech easterly
Maple street, Manchester southerly
Milton street, Central northerly .
Pine street, Salmon northerly
Valley street, Elm easterly .
Warren street, Arlington northerly
Webster street, Elm easterly
Totals 2,635 1,951.7
This refers only to the larger fills, as in many places
only a few yards have been used, scattered here and there.
1,800
678.3
Feet.
Cu. Yds.
220
28.5
200
166.6
150
111.1
550
140.7
160
24.1
175
51.8
150
19.4
155
45.9
275
40.7
150
22.2
100
38.9
1,173.0
150
44.4
100
14.8
100
29.6
182
SEWERS AND DRAINS.
32 by 48 inches, brick .
. 678 feet
20-inch Akron pipe
. 291 "
15-inch Akron pipe
. 1,083 "
12-inch Akron pipe
. 2,327 "
12-inch Akron pipe (relaid) .
. 170 "
10-inch Akron pipe
. 5,577 "
10-inch Akron pipe (relaid) .
. 460 "
8-inch Akron pipe
. 323 "
Total
. 10,909 feet
CESSPOOL CONNECTIONS.
8-inch Akron pipe
. 1,364 feet
8-inch Akron pipe (relaid)
. 140 "
Total ....
. 1,504 feet
Total pipe laid .
.12,413 "
Equal to 2.35 miles.
ON HAND AT CITY YARD.
24-inch Akron pipe 4 feet.
15-inch Akron pipe ..... 78
12-inch Akron pipe ..... 234
10-inch Akron pipe 274
8-inch Akron pipe ..... 720
20-inch pipe, cor. Spruce and Wilson streets, 1,068
Total pipe on hand
12 Y branches, 8 on 15 inches.
8 Y branches, 6 on 15 inches.
4 Y branches, 8 on 12 inches.
1 Y branch, 10 on 10 inches.
2 15-inch quarter turns.
2,378 feet.
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6 8-incli quarter turns.
4 15-iiich curves,
4 12-incb curves.
4 reducers, 15 to 12 inches.
328 20-inch rings.
2 manhole covers.
15 cesspool grates.
3 cesspool curbs.
4 M. brick.
Catch-basins built, 40 ; repaired, 25 ; manholes built,
40 ; lampholes built, 14.
CROSSINGS.
Concrete, new, 33 ; top-dressed, 14 ; patched, 2.
CONCRETE.
Crossings (new)
Crossings (patched) .
Crossings (top-dressed)
Ash-street school yard
City Hall
Lake-avenue engine-house
Lake-avenue school yard (new
Lake-avenue schoolyard (top-dressed)
Lincoln-street school yard
Merrimack-street school yard (new)
Merrimack-street school yard (top-dresssd)
Police station .....
Tremont square (new)
Tremont square (top-dressed) .
Webster-street school house, sidewalk
Wilson Hill school yard .
Total
yds.
868.5 sq
17.0
348.4
1,050.6
90.0
323.7
140.4
118.6
566.2
167.3
206.0
169.5
1,198.2
98.2
460.0
150.0
5,972.6 sq. yds.
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CONCRETE ROADWAYS.
Amherst street (top-dressed) . . . 875.8 sq. yds.
Bridge street 80.9 "
Elm east back street .... 415.3 "
Total 1,372.0 sq. yds.
CONTRACT WORK.
Chestnut-street culvert : F. S. Bodwell, contractor.
Grove-street culvert : William G. Landr}-, contractor.
CULVERTS.
Belmont street, south of East High, 12-inch
square, stone ......
Central street, between Belmont and Milton,
10-ineh iron pipe .....
East High street, east of Belmont, 18-inch
square, stone ......
Maple street, at Gore, 18-inch square, stone .
Tremont square, 6-inch iron pipe .
Wilson road between Lowell and East High,
8-inch Akron pipe 28 "
DISTRICT NO. 3.
Edwin N. Baker, Surveyor.
Built Welch avenue, from Elm street to Calef road, 350
feet long and 30 feet wide, the fill averaging three feet.
The sand used for tilling came from the sides of the
railroad track at Baker street, the removal of which
greatly lessens the danger at that crossing.
Paved cobble gutters and built sidewalks five feet wich'
on both sides of the avenue, also used on the roadway
150 loads of coal cinders and 53 loads of <j:ravcl.
33 feet.
16
((
25
<<
100
((
14
((
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Elm avenue has been partially filled, using 650 loads of
sand.
One concrete crossing has been laid across Elm street,
eight feet wide, containing 62.6 square yards.
On Elm street, graded for concrete 400 feet long, 21
feet wide, and repaired the gutters.
On River road, graded for concrete 150 feet long, 8 feet
wide.
On Hancock street, built 250 feet of 12-inch Akron-pipe
sewer and one cesspool, using 33 feet of eight-inch pipe.
Have also laid 150 feet of 12-inch Akron pipe near
Marshall & Underhill's ice-houses.
Cut six and one-half miles of brush, cleaned culverts,
and kept roads free from stones throughout district.
The coal cinders and gas lime used can be had for the
carting, while gravel is w^orth from ten to twenty-five
cents a load in the pit.
DISTRICT NO. 4.
Rodney M. Whittemore, Surveyor.
Turnpiked 125 rods.
Graveled 200 rods.
Built sidewalk from main road to schoolhouse.
Built one 12-inch Akron-pipe culvert, 30 feet long, north
of village.
Built sidewalk on east side of main road from village
to Depot road, and graveled the same, a distance of 150
rods.
Set back the fence on the west side of road by consent
of the ow^ner, Mr. Ira W. Moore. This has been done
without expense to the city for land damages, and has
greatly improved the road which w^as very narrow at
this place.
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The l)ri(lge at Goft'e's Falls over Cohas brook has been
raised, new stringers laid, and the roadway replanked.
The approaches have also been graded.
General repairs have been made where needed.
DISTRICT NO. 5.
Mark E. Harvey, Surveyor.
Turiipiked 1,044 feet
Graveled 3,416 "
Turnpiked and graveled .... 1,341 "
Graded (cut) 8,045 cu. ft.
Built 500 feet of new railing.
Cut bushes on one and one half miles of road.
The retaining walls near R. W. Flanders' house, hav-
ing become broken in two places, were repaired, using
23 perch of stone.
Removed stones from road once a month, and made all
general repairs where needed.
DISTRICT NO. 6.
Albert J. Peaslee, Surveyor.
Turnpiked 1,448 feet.
Graveled 2,475 "
Laid one pipe culvert, cleaned and rebuilt one stone
culvert, and built one stone side-culvert.
Replanked upper bridge near Mill Dam House,
"Widened Island Pond road at the bog and built 400
feet of board railing.
Cut buslies, removed stones, repaired water-bars, tilled
mudholes, and made all general repairs.
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DISTRICT NO. 7.
Charles
Francis, Surveyor,
graveling.
Massabesic street .
70 rods
Mammoth road
115 "
Young street
25 "
Taylor street
34 "
Candia road .
70 "
Valley street
Total .
60 "
374 rods
Graded and graveled Belmont street, an average cut of
two feet for 650 feet.
Grading for concrete
Paved gutters .
Relaid gutters .
450 feet.
325 "
300 "
CULVERTS.
One, 12 by 14 inches, 20 feet long.
Two, 12 by 18 inches, 30 feet long.
One, 12 by 12 inches, 16 feet long.
Cut bushes one half mile and made other repairs where
needed.
DISTRICT NO. 8.
Levi J. Proctor, Surveyor.
Bald Hill road, turnpiked 150 rods.
Candia road, cut down one knoll, graded 300 rods, and
built one culvert 40 feet long.
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Hanover-street road, graveled 500 feet.
Borough road, relaid one culvert, cut down one knoll,
graveled 50 rods, and turnpiked 40 rods.
Bridge-street road, cut down one knoll and graveled
30 rods.
Built one new culvert 20 feet long and put up 75 feet
of railing.
Cut bushes, removed stones, and made necessary re-
pairs throughout the district.
DISTRICT NO. 9.
Nelson W. Paige, Surveyob.
Mammoth road, graded 80 rods.
Barker road, graded and graveled 60 rods.
Pumping Station road, turnpiked and graded 100 rods.
Derry road, graveled 150 rods.
Built two culverts, each 20' X 18" X 18".
Cut bushes, repaired several washouts, removed stones
from roads, and made all necessary repairs.
DISTRICT NO. 10.
Charles 0. Phelps, Superintendent.
Cobble gutter paving .... 810 sq. yds.
Cobble edging set 1,644 feet.
Curbstone set 464 "
Block paving relaid .... 2,232 sq. yds.
concrete.
Four crossings ..... 223.2 sq. yds.
Two thousand six hundred and eight square yards of
concrete have been laid by private individuals.
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MACADAMIZING.
School Street, Third to Main . . . 1,271 sq. yds.
Top-dressed with Crushed Stone.
School street, River to Third . . . 1,100 sq. yds.
% Top-dressed ivith Screened Stone.
Milford street, Bowman westerly . . 869 sq. yds.
TURFING.
Ferry and Third streets at new Catholic
church ......
STREETS GRADED.
1,500 sq. ft.
Cartier street, north
Cartier street, south
Duhuque street, Amory to
Wayne
McGregor west back street
Marion to Wayne
Milford street, Bedford line
easterly
Sullivan street, Beauport west-
erly ....
Totals
100 feet. 74 cu. yds.
325 " 962 "
450 " 366 "
250 " 93 "
1,000 " 148 "
168 " 311 "
2,293 ft. 1,954 cu. yds.
GRADING FOR CONCRETE.
250 feet. 74 cu. yds.
A street
Beauport street, Adams south-
erly 400
237
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Bowman street
C street .....
Dubuque street, at Wayne
Hancock street
Main street, Aniory northerly,
Main street, Putnam southerh',
Main street, Wayne southerly,
Mast street ....
McGregor street, Amory south-
erly
Second street, Walker south-
erly
Walker street. Second westerly,
Wayne street, Beauport west-
erly
Wilton street, Beauport west-
erly
Totals . . . .
470 f
eet.
33 cu. .
90
a
27 "
150
((
44 "
400
u
52 -
250
a
44 -
150
u
44 "
185
u
109 "
240
((
46 "
1,500
u
341 "
100
a
28 "
70
a
21 "
130
a
39 "
104
a
62 "
yds.
i
4,489 ft. 1,201 eu. yds.
SEWERS AND DRAINS.
20-inch Akron pipe, rclaid
15-inch ""....
12-inch ""....
12-inch " " rclaid
10-inch "''....
8-inch "•-....
8-ineh " " in cesspools
'J'otal sewers ....
Catch-basins Ituill, 17; manholes, 11.
68 feet
1,283
270
511
1,031
252
210
3,625 feet.
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BRIDGES.
Main-street bridge, at Piscataqiiog river, replanked.
Parker-street bridge, planking repaired.
Streets turnpiked with road machine, gutters cleaned,
and minor repairs made.
DISTRICT NO. 11.
Frank D. Hanscom, Surveyor.
Goffstown road, Jones' Hill, has been graded by remov-
ing 1,200 cubic yards of earth, and the roadbed filled in
with ledge chips and rolled, covering 1,666 square yards.
The remainder of the road to Front street, 290 feet, has
been top-dressed wnth crushed stone, 15 feet wide.
In connection with this work, 800 feet have been graded
by fill, 1,500 feet of sidewalk have been built, 600 feet of
cobble edging laid, and 84 square yards of cobble gutter
paved.
The school yard has been graded, using 200 loads of
earth.
Turnpiked about three miles.
The road around the Eddy has been raised one foot for
a distance of 200 feet. Considerable extra work had to
be done here on account of the water-pipe being moved.
Have repaired a number of bad washouts on Dunbarton
road and Hackett Hill road.
Built three culverts, one 30' X 20" X 20", one 40' X
20" X 24", and one 16' X 10" X 12".
Three concrete crossings have been laid, containing
122.6 square j^ards. One hundred square yards of con-
crete have also been laid at the schoolhouse.
Filled mudholes, repaired water-bars, kept roads and
gutters free from obstructions, and made all necessary
repairs.
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DISTRICT NO. 12.
Leroy M. Streeter, Surveyor.
Mammoth road, from Bridge street to the Hooksett line,
has been turnpiked and several large boulders removed.
A portion of Bridge street and of Bald Hill road have
also been turnpiked.
The road machine has been used with good success on
these various roads.
The bushes have been cut the entire length of each
road throughout the district, and all other repairs at-
tended to.
DISTRICT NO. 13.
John II. Campbell, Surveyor.
Built culvert 35 feet long at Mr. K^idder's house, and
graded street at same place.
Graded by means of ledge chips, 6 rods.
Graveled one half mile on the two hills.
Cut three fourths mile of bushes and made all neces-
sary repairs.
REPORT
CHIEF ENGINEER OF FIRE DEPARTMENT,
REPORT
OF THE
CHIEF ENGINEER OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Engineer's Office, Vine Street,
Manchester, K H., December 31, 1889.
To His Honor the Mayor, and Genilemen of the City
Councils :
In compliance with the laws and ordinances of the city, I
herewith submit my eleventh annual report (it being the
forty-fourth of this department), giving a complete record
of the operations of the department for the year ending
December 31, 1889 ; also giving a detailed statement of the
fires and alarms responded to, with the losses, the insur-
ance paid thereon, and the probable causes so far as could
be ascertained. In most instances this information has
been freely given, and whenever it has not the losses have
been estimated as closely as possible. The report will also
contain the roster of the officers and men, list of fire
alarm stations and keys, location of hydrants, etc.
The fire alarms that the department have responded
to during the year number fift^'-nine (59), of which
thirty (30) were bell alarms and twenty-nine (29) " still "
alarms, an increase of twelve (12) over last year, while
the net losses by fire will be found to be considerably di-
minished.
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The total insurance on property endangered by fire was
$108,850.00; the damage has been $17,889.02, and the
insurance paid thereon §15,474.40, leaving only'$2,414.62
of uncovered losses. This is the smallest net loss, with
one exception, for the past ten years.
THE FORCE
of the department remains substantially the same in point
of numbers as last year, with slight changes in positions,
and is divided as follows :
1 Chief Engineer.
4 Assistant Engineers.
5 Steam Fire-engine companies, — 14 "men each.
2 Horse Hose Companies, — 12 men each.
1 Chemical Engine Compan}-, — 4 men.
1 Hook-and-Ladder Company, — 20 men.
Making one hundred and twenty-three (123) members.
In addition to the foregoing is a volunteer hand-hose com-
pany in Amoskeag of about twenty men who have made
no returns to this office.
There are not as many men on permanent duty as there
should be for a city of this size, which can only be ac-
counted for on the ground that our " call " men have been
fortunate in arriving^ at tires in good season. Onlv two
of our five steamer companies have permanent engineers,
while the drivers of some are at work a portion of the
time upon the streets. Each steamer company should
have a permanent engineer, and I trust the da}' is not far
distant when our City Councils and citizens as well will
demand it.
THE BUILDINGS.
The Lake-avenue engine-liouse has been completed,
and Steamer Company No. 3 was transferred from the old
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house into the new, September 14. The sleeping apart-
ments have^^been furnished by the Committee on Lands
and Buildings, and the company at their own expense
have had their parlor finely frescoed and furnished, and it
is a credit to the company as well as to the department.
The sanitary condition of the apartments at the Central
Station, which was referred to in my last report, has not
been materially improved, and the stables connected with
this building should be ventilated, the roof repaired and
regraveled.
THE APPARATUS,
as at present located, consists of —
1 Steam Fire-engine, at Central Station, with Horse
Hose-Wagon.
1 Steam Fire-engine at Central Station with ^'■antiquated
jumper" attached.
1 Steam Fire-engine with Horse Hose-Carriage, North
Main street.
1 Steam Fire-engine and Horse Hose-Carriage at cor-
ner of Lake avenue and Massabesic street.
1 Steam Fire-engine and 1 Horse Hose-Carriage and
Hook-and-Ladder combination, at corner of Webster and
Chestnut streets.
1 Horse Hose-Carriage, at Central Fire Station.
1 Hook-and-Ladder Truck, at Central Fire Station.
1 Hook-and-Ladder Truck (reserve), at Lake-avenue
Station.
1 Double Tank (60 gallons each) Chemical Engine, at
Central Fire Station.
1 Supply Wagon, at Central Fire Station.
1 Horse Hose-Carriage, corner Maple and East High
streets.
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1 Steam Fire-engine (reserve) at old engine-house on
Clinton street. Of but little use for fire purposes.
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.
On the 6th of April the "jumper" was discarded from
Steamer 1, and the Hose Wagon which the city has
had for the past two years put into service in thatjcom-
pany.
The combination Hose and Hook-and-Ladder Carriage
at the Webster-street station, I feel confident is too heavy
for one horse, and would recommend that it be changed
for two horses, then this company could carry more hose
upon their reel and also be able to reach a fire much
more easily.
THE FIRE ALARM TELEGRAPH
has worked with its usual accuracy the entire year. We
have been very free from damage by lightning, only one
burn-out occurring. Three new boxes have been added
to the system, — Box 73, corner of Beech and Cedar
streets, adding about one fourth of a mile of wire; Box
213, corner Beech street and Portsmouth Railroad, with
one and one fourth miles of wire ; and Box 511, corner
Douglas and Green streets, with one half mile, making
about thirty miles of wire on the main lines, and twenty-
six miles on the "Tapper" lines, and with this amount of
wire and instruments to look after, one person should
give his entire attention to it.
THE ANNUAL PARADE.
The'tentli annual parade occurred on Tuesday, October
1. The weather of tlie forenoon was exceedingly rainy,
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and for a time it was thought best to postpone the out-
door parade ; but the sun appearing about two o'clock,
the lines were formed, and the route curtailed consider-
ably on account of the muddy streets. The exercises
closed with the usual collation at the City Hall. Many
firemen from different parts of the State were in attend-
ance. I am glad to see the appropriation for the annual
parade increased to such a sum as will probably cover
expenses without assessing the individual members.
THE HORSES.
There are twenty-one horses now connected with the
department, and some changes and transfers of the horses
have been made during the year.
One of the "blacks" of the Chemical has been sold, on
account of an incurable lameness, and another purchased
to supply its place, thus making a fine pair suitable for
service.
A new pair was purchased in the early part of the year
for Steamer 5, and the remaining one of the original pair
assigned for duty on the Hose Wagon of Steamer 1.
There are one or two other changes of horses that
would increase the efiiciency of the department. There
has been but little sickness among the horses the past
year as compared with the previous year.
THE firemen's RELIEF AS^SOCIATIGN
still has a warm hold on the hearts of our liberal citizens.
The financial condition of this association is as follows :
Balance on hand Februarj^ 13,
1889 $2,208.78
Received for membership . . 6.00
dividends on deposits 89.28
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Donations :
N. II. Fire Insurance Company
$50.00
A. P. Olzendam & Son .
50.00
Gen. Charles Williams .
25.00
Col. Waterman Smith .
20.00
John M. Crawford
10.00
Lewis A. Clough .
10.00
Hon. G. B. Chandler .
10.00
Hon. Moody Currier
10.00
Rt. Rev. Bishop Bradley
10.00
Hon. James A. Weston
10.00
Hon. P. C. Cheney
10.00
Henry Chandler .
10.00
F. L. Wallace & Co. . .
10.00
Hon. D. B. Varney
5.00
Hon. Jacob F. James .
5.00
James Mitchell
5.00
$2,554.06
There has been paid from this f
und :
Joseph E. Merrill, secretary, salar}
§25.00
" postage anc
I
printing-
2.50
George H. Porter, accident at fire
)
Sept. 30
14.00
Frank A. Plierson, accident re
turning from "still," Dec. 23 .
14.00
§55.50
•
Leaving a balance in the treasury of
§2,498.50
On Decenil)er 7, the surviving members of the old
Manchester Engine Co. No. 6, through a committee con-
sisting of William T. Evans, Hiram Hill, George A.
Clark, and A. C. Flanders, transferred to this association
a burial lot in Vallev cemeterv. It is the desire of the
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surviving members of "old No. 6," as well as the mem-
bers of this association, that a suitable firemen's monu-
ment be erected on the lot, and some steps will probably
be taken in the early part of the year to start some move-
ment whereby it may be done without too heavy a tax on
the present membership.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
I would earnestly recommend to all citizens that they
become familiar with the location of fire-alarm boxes
nearest their residences, and particularly where keys to the
same are kept. Then, in case of fire, much time will be
saved in summoning the department.
There is much need of a new exercise wagon, the one
in present use being pretty nearly worn out. A larger and
heavier one, thoroughly made, ought to be procured. With
the present number of permanent horses, it receives more
"wear and tear" than any other piece of apparatus we
have.
The Heddemon fire on Wilson Hill, October 15, showed
conclusively the urgent need of a high-service water sup-
ply in that growing section of the city, and I trust steps
will soon be taken to furnish it.
I would recommend the purchase of at least three thou-
sand feet of hose the present year.
At a fire on the West Side, February 26, some pieces
of the apparatus were detained at the railroad cross-
ing on Granite street by those in charge letting
trains through after a portion of the department had
passed the tracks. The attention of the railroad ofii-
cials was called to this fact, and they must have considered
it a matter of slight importance, as no notice was taken
of the affair. As New Hampshire patterns considerably
after Massachusetts in regard to its laws, I hope the law
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of " riglit of way " in case of tire will be copied from
our sister State, and the matter agitated to such an extent
that our next Legislature will pass an act giving fire ap-
paratus the right of way in case of an alarm of tire. Such
a law would have a tendency to clear our streets of team
obstructions on such occasions.
As high buildings are being erected in our city, the
necessity of longer ladders is strongly felt, and I would
recommend the purchase, at an early date, of an aerial
ladder truck. With such a piece of apparatus, the effi-
ciency of our department would be greatly enhanced.
There is not a ladder in service at the present time that
will reach the roof of the new Pembroke block.
I would recommend for better ladder service on the
West Side, a combination hose wagon, carrying a few light
ladders, in place of the hose carriage connected with
Steamer Xo. 2. With such a piece of apparatus in this
station, the tops of most buildings in this section of the
city could be reached,
CONCLUSION.
I desire to extend my personal thanks to his Honor
Mayor V^arney and the Committee on Fire Department for
their cordial support and indorsement of matters pertain-
ing to the improvement of the department ; to the chief
and members of the police force for their assistance at
tires ; to the assistant engineers for the aid and support
they have at all times given ; and to the ottiecrs and men
for the [yrompt, willing, and ctiiciciit nuuiiKT in wiiich
they have res})onded to all calls for their as.sistance.
In behalf of the entire department, I would return
their thanks to both branches of the City Councils for
their liberality in regard to the tinaneial wants of the de-
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partment, and to Gon. Charles Williams for his continued
generosity in furnishing hot coftee at all tires.
Gentlemen, I think the efficiency of the department
compares ftivorably with past years, and trust with your
fosterinej care it will remain so the comina^ year.
Kespectfully submitted.
THOS. W. LAKE,
C/uef Engineer Fire Department.
FIRES AND ALARMS DURING 1889, WITH
LOSSES AND INSURANCE PAID.
Box 6. Friday, January 4, 5.16 p. m. The two-story
brick front and wooden building at 923 Elm street, owned
by the heirs of A. W. Quint, and occupied by J. H. Wig-
gin & Co. as a grocery store. The fire originated in the
rear basement about the "five-barrel" kerosene oil tank,
from accidental source. The damage was caused mostly
by smoke. Insured for $14,500. Loss on building,
$227.50 ; on stock and fixtures, §6,000. Insurance paid,
$6,227.50. Box pulled by officer Reed.
Box 4. Monday, January 14, 9.38 a. m. Two-story
wooden house, 24 Auburn street, owned and occupied by
Patrick Consedine. Pat was smoking in bed and came
near getting suffocated. Extinguished with pails. The
damage to bed and bedding was about $10, on which there
was no insurance. Box pulled by citizen.
Box 4. Wednesday, January 16, 5.40 p. m. Burning
chimney in tenement, 43 Spruce street. No damage.
Needless alarm. Box pulled by citizen.
Box 17. Thursday, January 17, 5.46 a. m. One-story
building at No. 352 Amherst street, corner of Dutton,
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owned by Ella J. Martin, and occupied by C. H. Clark as
a grocery store. The damage to stock was mostly from
smoke. Cause, match or cigar-stub in sawdust-wooden-
spittoon. Stock insured for $800. Building insured for
$250. Loss on stock, §423 : on building, 8133.50. Insur-
ance paid, $556.50.
Box 7. Friday, January 18, 12.25 p. m. Three-story
brick block at Xo. 1094 Elm street, owned by Elliot &
Means, and occupied b}* stores, offices, and tenements.
Fire was discovered in the basement occupied by Joel
Daniels & Co., painters, and was caused by spontaneous
combustion in the store-room. Insurance on building,
$20,000; on stock, $4,500. Damage to stock, $703.55.
Damage to building, $75.75. Insurance paid, $779.30.
Still. Sunday, January 20, 10 a. m. Burning chim-
ney at Xo. 48 Church street. Xo damage. Chemical
Engine Company responded.
Still. Thursday, January 31, 9.40 a. m. Three-story
tenement block at Xo. 134 Manchester street, owned by
Timothy F. Sullivan, and occupied by him and several
other families. An overheated chimney ignited the wood-
work in the attic. Building insured for $1,500. Dam-
age, $20. Insurance paid, $20. Extinguished by Chem-
ical Engine Company.
Still. Sunday, February 3, 10.30 p. m. Burning chim-
ney at Xo. 248 Chestnut street, in house of Thomas
Clark. Xo damage. Chemical responded.
Still. Wednesday, February 20, 1.15 p. m. Two-story
house at Xo. 173 Hanover street, owned by Drake & Dodge,
and occupied by Charles II. Richardson as a laundry. A
hot stove ignited w uodwork. Building insured for $1,500.
Damage, $7.25. rnsui-ance paid, $7.25. Chemical engine
responded.
Box 52. Tuesday, February 20, 11.43 a. .m. Two and
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one half story wooden tenement house at 24-26 Dover
street, owned by H. I. Burnham, and occupied by Joseph
Leahey and Humphrey Scanlon. The fire caught in a
" bUnd attic," from a defective chimne}-. Building in-
sured for $1,200. Damage about |50. Fully insured.
Still. Tuesday, February 26,6.20 p.m. Four bales
of cotton at Concord Railroad freight-house, belonging to
P. C. Cheney Company. The fire caught from a gas-jet.
Damage, 145.62. Coinsurance. Extinguished by Chem-
ical Engine Company.
Box 212. Saturday, March 16, 6.16 p. M. Two-story
brick house on Mooresville road, 3i miles from Central
Station, owned and occupied by Mrs. Susan C. Blodgett.
The fire was caused by a defective chimney. Insured for
$4,000. Damage, $2,104.50. Insurance paid, $2,104.50.
Still. Wednesday, March 20, 11.20 a. m. Burning
chimney in Drake & Dodge's four-story brick block on
Granite street, is'o damage. Chemical engine responded.
Box 7. Thursday, March 21, 11.22 p. m. One-story
brick blacksmith's shop at 1110 Elm street, owned by G.
W. Elliott and occupied by Davis & Co. Fire probably
originated from the forge in the basement. Damage $65.
Fully insured.
Still. Friday, March 22, 6 a. m. Burning chimney in
tenement block at 371 Chestnut street, owned by Isaac
Huse. Xo damage. Chemical responded.
Still. Sunday, March 24, 11.15 a. m. Telephone mes-
sasre from Xichols & Sons' stable on Bridge street. Re-
sponded with chemical engine, but could find no traces of
fire anywhere.
Box^Sl. Saturday, March 30, 2.26 p. m. Two-story
wooden tenement house, 95 Amherst street, owned by
Joanna Collity, and occupied by E. Z. Belibeau and
others. Fire is supposed to have originated from Mr.
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Belibeau's pipe while smoking in bed. The damage was
slight and is supposed to have been fully covered by in-
surance, but Mrs. Collity refused to state the amount of
insurance on the building or the damage thereto.
Box 52. Tuesday, April 2, 2.24 a. m. Wood-shed in
rear of two-story wooden building at Xo. 123 Parker
street, owned b}- Moies Sansouci, and occuined by H. F.
Norris and Frank Miller. The iire is supposed to have
been caused by " tramps." Loss, $100. Xo insurance.
Still. Friday, April 5, 11.15 a. m. Four-story brick
block, Xo. 4 Stark street, owned by Thomas Wheat and
occupied by several families. Caused by defective chim-
ney. Damage, $6.50. Insurance paid, $6.50. Pennacook
Hose-carriage responded.
Still. Saturday, April 6, 11.55 a. m. Burning chim-
ney at Xo. 19 Cedar street. Xo damage. Chemical en-
gine responded but was not needed.
Still. Saturday, April 6, 5.45 p. m. Burning chimney
on Amherst street. Xo damage. Chemical responded.
Still. Tuesday, April 9, 12.05 p. m. Brush fire at
Goftstown line. Xo damage. Chemical engine went
part way over and returned.
Still. Sunday, April 14, 9.45 a. m. Burning chimney
at corner of Pine and Merrimack tJtreets. Xo damage.
Chemical responded.
Still. Sunday, April 14, 2.45 p. m. Brush tire on
Heath-IIen Hill. Responded with chemical engine and
about twenty-five firemen. Set back-fires to keep it away
from Pest House. The fire being in scrub-oak bushes,
did no damage.
Still. Monday, April 15, 11 a. m. Brush fire on Mc-
Gregor Hill, McGregorville. Extinguished by members.
of Fire King Steamer Company, Xo. 2. Xo damage.
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Still. Sunday, April 21, 5 r. m. Brush fire in Cath-
olic cemeterj' on Milford street. Steamer 2 and chemical
responded, but could use neither to any advantage.
Still. Monday, April 22, 7.45 p. m. Burning chim-
ney at 44 Lake avenue in house owned by A. D. Gooden.
No damage. Chemical responded.
Still. Tuesday, April 23, 5.45 p. m. Tenement block
No. 43 Orange street, owned by heirs of Joseph B. Clark,
occupied by John Holt. Child about four years old set
fire to a bed. Extinguished with pails, with slight dam-
age. Chemical responded.
Box 7. Monday, April 29, 10.25 p. m. Burning chim-
ne}' on church street. No damage. Needless alarm.
Box 45. Sunday, May 5, 2.05 p. m. Boiler explosion
at the A. H. Lowell Iron Foundry, at corner of Auburn
and Franklin streets. There was no damage by fire, al-
though the end of the building was blown to atoms.
Still. Wednesday, May 15, 5.30 p. m. Defective
chimney caused a slight blaze in tenement No. 23 Wash-
ington street, owned by Daniel and Michael Lane. Ex-
tinguished with " Pony " extinguisher, with slight
damage.
Box 21. Thursday, June 6, 8.45 p. m. Barn in rear of
No. 71 Manchester street, owned by John Dealy, and oc-
cupied by Philip F. Grenier. ^ The building was insured
for $500, and contents for $300. Damage to building
$300 ; to contents, $300. Lisurance paid, $600. Cause
unknown.
Still. Friday, June 7, 7.45 p. m. A slight fire in
paint-shop of Higgins Bros. Company, rear of Wells'
block. Cause, spontaneous combustion. Extinguished
by Chemical Engine Company without damage.
Box 52. Thursday, July 10, 12.52 a. m. Two-story
double tenement, wooden dwelling, at No. 462 Granite
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street, owned hy Levi Dodge, and occupied by S. Max-
well and George H. Marston. The lire was caused by
the explosion of a kerosene lamp in Maxwell's tenement.
Insured for $1,600. ])amage, $246.50. Insurance paid,
$246.50.
Box 42. Saturday, July 13, 10.50 p. m. Explosion of
kerosene lamp at No. 41 Bedford street, in the boarding-
house of S. D. Pollard. No damage.
Still. Tuesday, July 16, 9.29 p. m. Storehouse on
River road (north), owned by J. B. Jones and unoccu-
pied. Caused b}' tramps. Damage, S-So. No insurance.
Steamer Company No. 5 responded with hose-carriage.
Still. Sunday, September 22, 7.30 p. m. Burning
chimney at No. 15 High street, in dwelling of Joseph Y.
Kennard.
Box 14. Sunday, September 29, 12.32 a. m. Two-
story, wooden, two-tenement dwelling, at No. 146 Orange
street, owned by Mrs. W. W. Leighton, and occupied
by Fred L. Burtt and E. M. Mandigo. The fire was
plainly of incendiary origin. It undoubtedlj' was set in
the barn adjoining the house, and in three closets down
stairs, using a liberal supply of kerosene. Insurance on
the buildings, $3,000. Insurance on Mandigo's furniture,
$2,200. Damage to buildings, $1,600, which amount has
been paid. Damage to coyitents estimated at $300, of
which no settlement is yet effected.
Box 15. Monday, September 30, 10.02 a. m. Kettle
of fat boiled over and caught fire on the stove, at No. 99
Pearl street. No damage.
Box 15. Monday, September 30, 11.35 a. m. Two-
story tenement house, No. 99 Pearl street, owned by
Joseph AV. Ilildrcth and occui)ied by Charles W. York.
Spark from chimney ignited the shingles. Building in-
sured for $2,500. lianiage, $3.48. Insurance paid, $3.48.
209
Box 45. Sunday, October 13, 4.53 p. m. One-story
brick building, at corner of Auburn and Canal streets,
owned by the Amoskeag National Bank, and formerly
occupied by A, H. Lowell, as agent, for iron foundry.
The cause was undoubtedly incendiary, as there had been
no work performed in the foundry for several days previ-
. ous. Damage to building and contents estimated $1,000.
Ko insurance.
Box 27. Tuesday, October 15, 8.17 a. m. Cottage
house and barn attached, at 507 Concord street, corner of
Beacon, owned and occupied by William Heddemon.
The lire originated in the barn from some unexplained
cause. Insurance on buildings, $1,400 ; on contents,
§100. Damage to buildings, $285 ; to contents, $325.
Insurance paid, $310.
Still. Friday, October 18, 8.20 p. m. Chimney fire
rear of No. 109 Amherst street. No damage.
Still. Friday, October 18, 10.25 p. m. Two and one
half story tenement house at No. 140 Manchester street,
owned by Samuel D. Lord, and occupied by Severe De-
saulniers and Nazaire Cote.' An overheated chimney
ignited the woodwork about the roof. Building insured
for $2,400. Damage, $11.07. Insurance paid, $11.07.
Extinguished by chemical engine.
Still. Saturday, October 19, 8.40 p. m. Two-story
wooden tenement house at No. 28 Pearl street, owned by
the heirs of Joseph B. Clark, and occupied by Henry
Durant. The fire was caused by a defective flue, which
ignited the woodwork in the lower story and worked its
way in the partitions into the attic. Building insured for
$5,000. Damage, $75. Insurance paid, $46. Extin-
guished by chemical engine.
Still. Sunday, October 27, 9.45 p. m. Haystack at
corner of Mast and Bedford roads, belonging to J. P.
14
210
Brock. Damage, $20. No insurance. Extinguished by
Fire King Steamer Co., with hydrant stream.
Still. Wednesday, October 30, 8.20 p. m. Fire in a
bed in the tenement of John Roberts, rear of 672 Elm
street. Extinguished with pails of water. Damage
slight. Chemical responded.
Box 52. Friday, November 8, 10.56 a. m. This was
for a fire in Bedford, on the river road just across the eity
line. House and barn belonging to S. W. Dunbar. Two
children perished in the flames. (Being outside the city
limits, no insurance or loss given.)
Box 21. Monday, November 18, 3 a. m. Two-story
wooden dwelling at No. 160 Central street, owned and
occupied by Patrick Tangney. The fire cauglit from a
defective flue in the basement, and worked its way to the
attic beside the chimney. Building insured for §1,000.
Damage, $132.80. Insurance paid, $132.80.
Box 21. Tuesday, November 19, 5.04 p. m. Barn in
rear of Nos. 171-3 Manchester street, owned by Daniel
D. Adams, and occupied as livery stable by John N. Foss.
The fire was caused b}' the breaking of a kerosene lamp.
Buihling insured for $500 ; contents uninsured. Damage
to building, $250; to contents, $200. Insurance paid, $250.
Box 62. Saturday, November 23, 5.24 r, .ai. Barn on
River road, Bakersville, owned by Mary Gauthier, and
occupied by Israel Gauthier. Cause unknown. Dam.
age, $25. No insurance.
Box 26. Saturday, November 23, 7.02 p. m. Supposed
to be a l)urning chimney, corner of Linden and Bridge
streets.
Box 4. Monday, November 25, 7.27 p. m. Cottage
house No. 28 Auburn street, owned and occupied b}'
Mary Reagan. Cause, overheated chimney. Building
insured for $500. Damage, $3. Insurance paid, $3.
211
Box 52. Tuesday, November 26, 12.27 p. m. Two and
one half story wooden tenement block at ISTo. 204 Doug-
las street, owned by Mary Wyman, and occupied by James
Muir, Didace Lamarre, and Alvin Lutwig. Sparks ig-
nited the shingles. Steamer No. 2 had fire under control
before the box was pulled. Building insured for $2,500.
Damage, $20. Insurance paid, $20.
Still. Tuesday, December 3, 3.50 p. m. Three-story
W'Ooden tenement block at 1405-1451 Elm street, owned
by the heirs of Parsons and Ricker. The fire originated
in the tenement No. 1407, occupied by Charles W. Boyd,
from an overheated stove. Insurance on block, |4,000.
Damage, $87. Insurance paid, 187. Extinguished by
chemical engine.
Box 213. Thursday, December 12, 2.45 p. m. Two
and one half story wooden dwelling, with barn attached, on
Young road east of Beech street, and occupied by John
Muir and R. K. Gould. The tire originated in the barn
from some unknown cause. The barn and L were en-
tirely destroyed. Buildings insured for $1,700. Damage,
$1,700. Insurance paid, $1,700.
Still. Monday, December 23, 7.47 p. m. Burning
chimney at corner of Pine street and Lake avenue, in
cottage owned by J. B. Jones. No damage. Chemical
responded.
Box 26. Thursday, December 26, 6.44 a. m. Cottage
house at No. 1 Wilson street, owned by Annie S. Head,
and occupied by Charles A. Savory. The fire originated
in a closet, probably from matches, and was first discov-
ered by parties outside. Before all the inmates could be
aroused, Mrs. Savory was- found suffocated, and two of
the children nearly so. The children recovered. These
three persons were removed from the building by W. 0.
Davison and John Robie by the aid of a ladder at the
212
chamber window. The house was insured for $800.
Damage to building and contents, §320. Insurance paid,
$270.
Box 81. Thursday, December 26, 9.55 p. m. Four-
story brick (opera) block at 18-50 Hanover street. Fire
was discovered in the mailing room of the " Union " office,
east end of the block, owned by John B. Smith and oc-
cupied by Union Publishing Company. Smith's insur-
ance on his part of the block, $30,000. Insurance on fur-
niture and fixtures, $1,000. Damage to building, $378 ;
to furniture and fixtures, $300. Insurance paid, $378.
Number of bell alarms 30
Number of still alarms ..... 29
Total 59
Aggregate losses for the year 1889 . . $17,889.02
On which an insurance has been paid of . 15,474.40
Leaving a balance uncovered of. . $2,414.62
RECAPITULATION FOR TEN YEARS FROM 1880 TO 1889 INCLUSIVE.
YEAR.
1880
1881
1882
1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
1888
1889
Totals
LoBses.
$11,924.66
8,171.00
15,475.00
6,725.60
31,340.60
24,300.00
12,806.00
17,919.00
33,902.04
17,889.02
$180,452.82
Insurance paid.
$8,799.66
5,601.00
10,790.00
6,465.60
25,095.60
16,506.00
7,381.40
13,111.00
19,182.33
16,474.40
$127,406.89
Excess of Losses
over iDBiirance.
$3,125.00
2,570.00
4,685.00
1,260.00
6,246.00
7,795.00
6,424.60
4,808.00
14,719.71
2,414.62
$53,046.93
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SHOWING NUMBER OF ALARMS FROM EACH BOX SINCE TELEGRAPH SYSTEM
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215
NUMBER AND LOCATION OF ALARM-BOXES
AND KEYS.
No. 3. — Blood's lower shop. Keys at E. P, Johnson
Go's office, Gas-works office, County Jail, and Charles
H. Hutchinson's shop.
No. 4. — Corner of Spruce and Elm streets. Keys at
Hotel Belmont, L. B. Bodwell & Co.'s, Palmer & Garmon's,
Horse-railroad stables, and W. C. Blodo^ett's office.
No. 5. — Corner of Merrimack and Elm streets. Keys
at Tebbetts Brothers' and Currier's drug stores, and Man-
chester House.
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.', Eugene F. Wil-
son's stable, and Fames Bros.' drug store.
No. 8. — Corner Elm and Hollis streets. Keys at
Smith & Co.'s and Colby's drug stores, and Partridge
Bros. ' grain store.
No. 9. — Corner of Elm and Webster streets. Keys at
residences of Mrs. H. D. Corliss, J. Freeman Clough,
J. B. Jones, and General Stark engine-house.
No. 12. — Corner of North and Pine streets. Keys at
residences of William C. Clarke and George Emerson.
No. 13. — Corner of Brook and Chestnut streets.
Keys at residences of Welcome Jencks and Lewis Si-
mons, and No. 1 Senter's block.
No. 14. — Corner of Prospect and Union streets. Keys
at residences of W. Ireland, N. L. Hardy, and D. J.
Adams.
No. 15. — Corner of Pearl and Chestnut streets. Keys
at residences of Willie H. Dodge and Ervin S. Lyford.
216
No. 16. — Corner of Lowell and Union streets. Keys
at residences of lit. Rev. Bishop Bradley and R. H.
Hassam.
^N'o. 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. N.
Baker, and William Perkins.
No. 21. — Corner of Merrimack and Pine streets.
Keys at A. J). Smith's drug-store, J. McKeon's grocery
store, A. L. Walker's office, and residence of James F.
Gillis.
No. 23. — Corner of Central and Beech streets. Keys
at residences of Eben T. James and Mrs. Josiah Stevens.
No. 24. — Merrimack Steamer house, corner of Massa-
besic street and Lake avenue. Keys at residence of
D. M. Goodwin and steamer house.
No. 25. — Corner of Hanover and Ashland streets.
Keys at residences of George F. Lincoln, A. D. Gooden,
Horace Stearns, and the late Horace Gordon.
No. 26. — Corner of Bridge and Russell streets. Keys
at McCrillis's carriage-shop, Geo. W. AVhittier's stable,
and residence of John N. Chase.
No. 27. — Corner of Belmont and Amherst streets.
Keys at residences of H. M. Tarbcll, A. G. Fairbanks,
William B. Orrill, E. S. Fletcher, and George IL Hub-
bard.
No. 31. — Corner of Canal and Ilollis streets. Blood's
shop. Ke3's 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 the Anioskeag Paper Co.'s mill,
Lanmlon watch-room, and Electric Liu'lit Station.
217
ISTo. 34. — Jefferson Mill. Keys at watch-room and
pumping station.
JSTo. 35. — Stark Mills. Keys at watch-room.
ISTo. 36. — Amory Mills. Keys at watch-room.
l!^o. 41. — Amoskeag Mills. Keys at watch-room.
No. 42. — Manchester Mills. Keys at watch-room.
No. 43. — Olzendam's Mill. Keys at watch-room.
iq-o. 45. — The S. C. Forsaith Co.'s shops. Keys at
freight depot, S. C. Forsaith Co.'s office, and the Lowell
iron foundry office.
No. 51. — Corner of Walker and Second streets, " Ger-
mantown." Keys at stores of F. Riedel and William
Weher.
No. 52. — Barr's brick block, 'Squog. Keys at Fradd
& Co.'s and A. N. Clapp's stores«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 Albert T. Barr.
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. 73. — Corner of Beech and Cedar streets. Keys
218
at residences of Rev, J. A. Chevalier and Ed^Yard Prin-
dable.
No. 81. — Central Fire Station, Vine street. Keys at
all tlie 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, W. N. Johnson, and
E. M. Topliff.
No. 114. — Corner of Pearl and Ash streets. Keys at
residences of A, P. Olzendam, G. A. Olzendam, W. S.
Shannon, and John J. Bennett.
No. 212. — Shoe-shop, Hallsville. Keys at the office of
shoe factory, and residences of Charles C. Chase, G. W.
Dearborn, Milton A. Abbott, and M. V. B. Garland.
No. 213. — Sash and Blind factory. South Beech street,
junction of Portsmouth Railroad. Keys at office of Aus-
tin, Flint & Day.
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 Araor}^ and Main streets. Keys
at residences of Allen Dean and Lawrence M. Connor,
and Bouthillier & Gingras's drug store.
No. 314. — P. C. Cheney Company's paper-mill. KejB
at office and Independent hose house.
No. 315. ~ Old Brick Store, 'Skeag. Keys at Flanders'
store, hose-house, and Robinson's residence.
No. 511. — Corner of Douglas and Green streets. Keys
at residences of Henry Harmon, Amelia Davis, and Char-
lotte T. Snow.
Also keys will be found in the hands of all regular
police.
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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 b}^ one strike of the
fire bells.
TELEPHONE Ci^LLS.
Central station, Chemical Engine
Chief Engineer Lane's residence
Assistant Engineer Whitney's residence
Fire King Steamer ^o. 2 .
Merrimack Steamer Xo. 3 .
General Stark Steamer Xo. 5
Massabesic Hose Xo. 2 . . .
64-3
64-4
20-8
59-3
56-3
64-6
116-4
INSTRUCTIONS TO KEY-HOLDERS AND CITL
ZENS.
1. LTpon the discovery of a fire, notice should be im-
mediately communicated to the nearest alarm-box, the
keys to which are in the hands of all regular police, and
generally of persons at the corner or nearest houses.
2. Key-holders, upon the discovery of a fire, or posi-
tive information of a fire, will unlock the box, pull down
the hook once as far as it w^ill 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 re-
moved with a release-key, which is carried by each of the
engineers, who will, as soon as convenient, release and
return it.
3. All persons giving fire-alarms are requested to re-
main by the box a moment, and if no clicking is heard in
the box, pull again ; if you still hear no clicking, go to
the next nearest box, procure another key, and give an
alarm from that.
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4. Xever signal for a fire seen at a distance. Xever
touch the box excapt to give an alarm of tire. Give an
alarm for no cause other than 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 ('hief Engineer. If you change your res-
idence or place of business, lohere the keys are kept, return the
keys to the same officer.
6. Owners and occupants of buildings are requested
to inform themselves of the location of alarm-boxes near
their property, also all places Avhere 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 6, six blows, 2| seconds apart, repeated three times.
Box 212, two blows, pause of 6J 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 im-
mediate 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 fore-
noon, and at 11.80 a. m. or 1.15 i\ m. for closing them
during the afternoon.
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RULES AND REGULATION'S IN REGARD TO
RESPONDING TO FIRES AND ALARMS.
The following order has been adopted by the Board of
Engineers, and the Fire Department will strictly comply
until otherwise ordered, and will attend alarms of fire as
follows :
1. Pennacook Hose Co. No. 1, Hook-and-Ladder Co.
No. 1, and Chemical Engine Co. No. 1 will report for
duty to all boxes on first alarm.
2. Amoskeag Steamer Co. No. 1 will report for duty,
on days of its first run, on first alarm to all boxes except
9, 12, 51, 54, 56, 315; on second alarm, to ail other boxes.
Second Run. On first alarm, to boxes 6, 7, 8, 15, 34,
35, 36, 41, 42, 46, 81; on second alarm, to boxes 3, 4, 5,
13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 31, 32, 43, 61,
62, 71, 72, 73, 112, 113, 114, 213, 312, 313, 314, 511; on
tldrd alarm., to all other boxes.
3. Fire King Steamer Co. No. 2 will report for duty
on first alarm to boxes 34, 35, 36, 41, 42, 43, 45, 51, 52,
53, 54, 56, 312, 313, 511 ; on second alarm, to boxes 4, 5,
31, 32; on tJdrd alarm, to all other boxes.
4. Merrimack Steamer Co. No. 3 will report for duty
on first alarm to boxes 3, 4, 5, 16, 17, 18, 21, 23, 24, 25,
26,27, 41, 42, 43, 45, 61, 62, 71, 72, 73, 212, 213 ; on sec-
ond alarm, to boxes 6, 7, 8, 15, 31, 34, 35, 36, 51, 52, 53,
56, 81 ; on third alarm., to all other boxes.
5. N. S. Bean Steamer Co. No. 4 will report for duty,
on days of its first run, on first alarm to all boxes except
9, 12, 51, 54, 56, 315; on second alarm, to all other boxes.
Second Run. On first cdarm, to boxes 6, 7, 8, 15, 34,
35, 36, 41, 42, 45, 81; on second alarm, to boxes 3, 4, 5,
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13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 31, 32, 43, 61,
62, 71, 72, 73, 112, 113, 114, 213, 312, 313, 314, 511; on
third alarm, to all other boxes.
6. Gen. Stark Steamq;* Co. Xo. 5, will report for duty
on Jirst alarm to boxes 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 31, 32, 34,
35, 41, 112, 113, 114, 314, 315; on secoml alarm, to boxes
6, 16, 36,42, 81, 312, 313; on Odrd alarm, to all other
boxes.
7. Massabesic Hose Company Xo. 2 will report for
duty, on days of its tirst run, on first alarm to boxes 6, 7,
8, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 31, 32, 34,
35, 36, 41, 42, 72, 81, 112, 113, 114; on second alarm, to
boxes 4, 5, 9, 12, 43, 45, 71, 73, 212, 312, 313, 314;
on third alarm, to all other boxes.
Second Run, On first alarm, to boxes 7, 8, 13, 14, 15,
16, 17, 18, 25, 26, 34, 112, 113, 114; on second alann, to
boxes 4, 5, 6, 9, 12, 21, 23, 24, 27, 31, 32, 35, 36, 41, 42,
43, 45, 71, 72, 73, 81, 212, 312, 313, 314; on third alarm,
to all other boxes.
8. On the first alarm from boxes 9, 24, 27, 54, 56, 61,
62, 212, 213, 314, 315, the horses of the second run will
double on to the engine of its first run, and on the arri-
val 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.
9. 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.
10. At any time when an 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 PEN-
ALTY or DISMISSAL OF THE DRIVER FROM THE DEPARTMENT.
11. The drivers shall not permit persons not connected
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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.
12. The companies of the department not called on the
first alarm will prepare for a start and hold themselves in
readiness for a second or third alarm ; and, if not needed,
one stroke on the bells and gongs by the engineer in
charge will be the signal for discharge to all companies
remaining at the houses ; 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.
13. 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 extra first-size Amoskeag Steamer .
1 one-horse hose-wagon (McCrillis' make),
1 pair gray horses for steamer .
1 black horse for hose-wagon .
3 swinging harnesses
1 pair double harnesses (for street work)
1 single harness (for street work)
1,550 feet fabric hose
100 feet three-inch leather hose
1 double cart ....
1 single cart ....
1 sled
Stable fixtures, blankets, etc. .
Tools, furniture, and fixtures .
Firemen's suits and badges
Total amount
$4,000.00
450.00
800.00
375.00
150.00
60.00
50.00
1,007.50
50.00
100.00
100.00
40.00
60.00
200.00
200.00
$7,642.50
FIRl^KING STEAM FIRE-ENGINE COMPANY NO. 2.
LOCATED ON NORTH MAIN STBEKT, SQUOQ.
1 second-size Amoskeag steamer
1 pair bay horses for steamer .
2 single horses .....
3 street harnesses, two at $40, 1 at $20
3 swinging harnesses
1 four-wheeled hose-carriage
1 single cart .....
1 two-horse cart ....
$4,000.00
800.00
600.00
100.00
150.00
600.00
100.00
75.00
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1 double sled ....
1 single sled ....
2,000 feet fabric hose
Stable fixtures and blankets .
Furniture, fixtures, carpets, etc.
Firemen's suits and badges .
Total amount
$75.00
50.00
1,500.00
60.00
466.00
150.00
^8,726.00
MERRIMACK STEAM FIRE-ENGINE COMPANY NO. 3.
LOCATED ON LAKE AVEKUE, CORNER MASSABESIC STREET.
1 second-size Amoskeag steamer
1 pair black horses ....
1 single horse .....
3 street harnesses, two at $50, one at |40
3 swinging harnesses
1 four-wheeled Amoskeag hose-carriage
1 double cart .....
1 single cart .....
1 single sled .....
2,000 feet fabric hose ....
Stable fixtures, blankets, etc.
Beds, bedding, carpets, hall furniture, etc
Total amount
$3,500.00
600.00
250.00
140.00
150.00
600.00
162.50
40.00
40.00
1,500.00
50.00
575.00
$7,607.50
N. S. BEAN STEAM FIRE-ENGINE COMPANY NO. 4.
LOCATED ON VINE STREET.
1 second-size Amoskeag steamer and hose
"jumper" .
1 pair bay horses
1 pair street harnesses
1 pair swinging harnesses
1,800 feet Baker fabric hose .
Hall furniture, fixtures, tools, etc.
5,500.00
600.00
50.00
100.00
800.00
350.00
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Stable fixtures and blankets
Firemen's suits and badges
Total amount
S50.00
150.00
S5,600.00
GENERAL STARK STEAM FIRE-ENGINE COMPANY NO. 5.
LOCATED OK WEBSTEE STREET, COHNEB CHESTNUT.
1 third-size Amoskeag steamer
3 horses .....
3 sets street harnesses
3 swinging harnesses
1 combination hose reel and ladder
1 double cart
1 single cart
1 double sled
1 single sled
2,000 feet fabric hose
Furniture, fixtures, tools, etc.
Stable fixtures and blankets
Firemen's suits, badges, etc.
Total amount
13,600.00
900.00
150.00
150.00
1,000.00
162.50
115.00
75.00
50.00
1,500.00
175.00
60.00
150.00
^087.50
E. W.- HARRINGTON STEAM FIRE-ENGINE.
LOCATED AT OLD ENOINE-HODSE, CLINTON STREET.
Old U tank Amoskeag engine
PENNACOOK HOSE COMPANY NO. 1.
LOCATED ON VINE STREET.
1 four-wheeled Amoskeag hose-carriage
2 horses
2 single harnesses
1 single cart
1 single sled
1 hose sled
1,600 feet fabric hose
$500.00
$600.00
600.00
60.00
50.00
40.00
20.00
1,040.00
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3,400 feet leather hose $2,550.00
Furniture and fixtures .... 200.00
Stable fixtures and blankets . . . 50.00
Firemen's suits and badges . . . 175.00
Total amount .... $5,385.00
MASSABESIC HOSE COMPANY NO. 2.
LOCATED ON MAPLE STREET, CORNER EAST BIGB.
1 four-wheeled Amoskeag hose-carriage . $600.00
1 bay horse 350.00
1 street harness ..... 40.00
1 swinging harness ..... 50.00
1 single cart 60.00
1 single sled 40.00
1,000 feet fabric hose 650.00
2,000 feet leather hose 1,500.00
Furniture and fixtures .... 100.00
Firemen's suits and badges . . . 175.00
Total amount .... $3,565.00
EXCELSIOR HOOK-AND-L ADDER COMPANY NO. 1.
LOCATED ON VINE STREET.
1 hook-and-ladder truck .
1 reserve truck ....
1 pair bay horees
1 pair exercise harnesses .
1 pair swinging harnesses .
2 extra Bangor extension ladders
6 rubber blanket covers .
Furniture and fixtures .
Stable fixtures and blankets .
Firemen's suits and badges .
Total amount
$1,700.00
300.00
600.00
30.00
100.00
360.00
144.00
200.00
50.00
280.00
$3,764.00
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CHEMICAL ENGINE COMPANY NO. 1.
LOCATED ON VINE 8TBEBT.
1 double tank (60 gallons each) engine
1 pair black horses .
1 pair exercise harnesses .
1 pair swinging harnesses .
Furniture and fixtures .
Stable fixtures and blankets .
Firemen's suits and badges .
Total amount
^2,250.00
750.00
50.00
100.00
75.00
50.00
35.00
$3,310.00
SUPPLY WAGON.
1 supply wagon with boxes and engineers' lan-
terns .......
6 rubber blanket covers . . . . .
$312.00
144.00
Total amount
$456.00
SPARE HOSE.
AT CENTRAL STATION, VINE STREET.
600 feet leather hose
100 feet fabric hose .
Total amount
$528.00
65.00
$593.00
EXERCISE WAGON.
CENTRAL STATION, VINB STREET.
1 four-wheeled exercise wagon with pole and
shafts ......
$40.00
ENGINEERS' DEPARTMENT.
5 fire hats
5 engineers' white rubber coats
$10.00
37.50
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Furniture and fixtures .....
Total amount .....
INDEPENDENT HOSE COMPANY NO. 5.
LOCATED AT COENBE OP OLD FALLS EOAD AND FEONT 8TEEBT.
1 four-wheeled hand hose-carriage
600 feet leather hose
2 hose-pipes, spanners, etc. .
Furniture and fixtures
Total amount .
GOFFE'S FALLS HOSE-CARRIAGE.
LOCATED AT DEEET MILLS.
1 two-wheeled hose-carriage
300 feet fabric hose .....
2 hose-pipes .....
Total amount ....
SLEEPING HALL.
AT CENTEAL STATION, VINE STBEET.
7 beds, bedding, wardrobes, etc. .
FIRE-ALARM TELEGRAPH.
$175.00
$222.50
$400.00
360.00
40.00
10.00
$810.00
$50.00
200.00
10.00
$260.00
$275.00
At cost (including additions previous to 1885) $21,625.00
6,000.00
775.00
Remodeling in 1885
Additions in 1886
" in 1887
in 1888
" in 1889
" Individual Tapper " system .
Wire, ladders, arms, brackets, etc.
Total ....
375.00
575.00
430.00
3,000.00
150.00
$32,930.00
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RECAPITULATION.
Amoskeag Steam Fire-Engine Co. No. 1 . $7,642.50
Fire King Steam Fire-Engine Co. No. 2 . . 8,720.00
Merrimack Steam Fire-Engine Co. No. 3 . 7,007.50
K S. Bean Steam Fire-Engine Co. No. 4 . 5,600.00
Gen. Stark Steam Fire-Engine Co. No. 5 . 8,087.50
E. ^Y. Harrington Steamer (old) . . . 500.00
Pennacook Hose Co. No. 1 . . . . 5,385.00
Massabesic Hose Co. No. 2 . . . . 3,565.00
Excelsior Hook-and-Ladder Co. No. 1 . . 3,764.00
Chemical Engine Co. No. 1 . . . . 3,310.00
Supply Wagon ...... 456.00
Soare Hose 593.00
Exercise Wagon ...... 40.00
Engineers' Department 222.50
Independent Hose Co. No. 5 .... 810.00
Goffe's Falls Hose-Carriage .... 260.00
Sleeping Hall (Central Station) . . . 275.00
Fire- Alarm Telegraph 32,930.00
$89,774.00
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NAMES AND RESIDENCES OE THE MEMBERS
OF THE FmE DEPARTMENT.
BOARD OF ENGINEERS.
Name.
Rank.
Occupation.
Residence.
1
Thomas W. Lane. . .
Fred S. Bean
Ruel G. Manning . .
Eugene S. Whitney.
Chief
1937 Elm street.
3
Assistant and clerk.
102 Orange street.
52 Douglas street.
<>
Carpenter
Supt. Electric Light. .
Marble-worker
4
5
AMOSKEAG STEAM FIRE-ENGINE COMPANY NO. 1.
House JVb. 28 Vine Street.
Name.
Charles F. McCoy..
Frank E. Stearns...
Henry C. Parsons..
Charles F. Hall...
Joseph H. Gould. . .
Charles H. Rogers .
Artemas C. Barker.
Frank B. Marstou..
Henry A. Boone.. .
Thomas J. Wyatt . .
James L. Brock
Lewis G. Bryant. . .
Edgar A. Young . . .
Frank H. Harvey..
Rank.
Occupation.
Foreman : Machinist
Assistant foreman.. Paper-hanger.
Clerk Auctioneer . . .
Engineer i Machinist
Assistant engineer.. I "
Driver of steamer. . ; Teamster
Driver of hose "
Hoseman Carpenter . . . .
Machinist
Carpenter ,
Tinsmith..
Teamster . .
Clerk
Teamster..
Residence.
5 M.S. B.
389 Lake avenue.
28 Vine street.
45 W Merrimack St
1087 Elm street.
28 Vine street.
28 Vine street.
11 M.S. B.
986 Elm street.
44 Middle street.
21 Market street.
12 M. S. B.
371 Merrimack St.
143 Orange street.
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FIRE KING STEAM FIRE-ENGINE COMPANY NO. 2.
House on North Main Street, ^Squog.
e
67
71
C8
120
119
76
69
72
75
77
73
74
66
70
Namb.
David O. Hills
Charles G. Ranuo..
John Martin
Thomas F. Dodge..
Stephen Thomes...
Rank.
Foreman
Assistant foreman..
Clerk
Engineer
Assistant Engineer.
Jeremiah Lane Driver of Steamer
ArthurW.Whitcomb Driver of Hose . . .
Samuel A. Hill Hoseman
Robert J. Hill "
Occupation.
Residence.
Daniel B. Emery. ..
Charles S. Cousins.
Thomas E. Foote. ..
Joseph H. Alsop. . . .
Charles Tewksbury .
607 Granite atT««t.
Harness-maker
63 Parker street.
624 No. Main St.
Engine-house.
55 Douglas street.
Engine-bouse.
Carpenter
86 School street.
86 " "
Machinist
Williams street.
Harness-maker
53 Douglas street.
56 North Main St
Manufacturer
54 Douglas street.
Freighter
' 86 School street.
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MERRIMACK STEAM FIRE-ENGINE COMPANY NO. 3.
House on Lake Avenue, Corner Massahetic.
84
8C
86
121
I .
122
87
81
82
80
78
79
83
Make.
Charles H.Colburn.
.Frank F. Porter....
Will P. Emerson...
Gieorge B. Forsaith.
iEdwiu E. WeekB. .
George H. Wheeler.
William S. McLecd.
John S. Avery
Clarence R. Merrill.
George Dunnington
Louis N. Dufrain. . .
Parker R. Brown.. .
FredS. Sloan
Ernest E. Hubbell..
Rank.
Foreman
Assistant Foreman .
Clerk
Engineer
Assistant Engineer.
Driver of Steamer..
Driver of Hose. . . .
Hoseman
Occupation
Carpenter
Manufacturer...
Engineer
Machinist
Teamster
Janitor
Grain dealer. .
Harness-maker.
Plumber
Clerk
Painter
Agent
Residence.
286 Laurel street.
330 E. Spruce St.
28G Laurel street.
Engine-house.
284 E. Spruce St.
Engine-house.
Engine-house.
404 Merrimack St.
414 Merrimack St.
510 Wilson street.
373 Hall street.
422 Merrimack St.
68 Massabesic St.
428 Central street.
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N. S. BEAN STEAM FIRE-ENGINE COMPANY NO. 4.
House No. 20 Vine Street.
Name.
Rank.
Occupation.
Besidence.
George W. Bacon . . Foreman
Lorenzo J. Chandler Assistant Foreman.
Walter Morse. . .
Albert Merrill...
Edgar G. Abbott
Frank J. Dustin.
Willie H. Dodge.
Henry C. Morrill,
George A. Cann.
Benj.R. Ricliardsou
Lucius B. Snelling.
Ellswortli V. Rowe.
Walter A. Clarkson.
Frank B. Stevens . .
Clerk
Engineer
Assistant Engineer.
Driver
Hoseman
Carpenter C5 Stark Corp.
Clerk 1'23 Orange street.
Machinist 90 Blodget street.
Electrician River road, north.
Clerk... 10 Russell street.
Teamster 20 Vine street.
Fireman 530 Chestnut St.
Machinist 224 Bridge street.
Watchman 142 Central street.
Macliinist 12 M. S. B.
Pharmacist 37 Water street.
Section Hand 12C1 Elm street.
Carpenter 123 Orange street.
Clerk 301 Amherst street.
CHEMICAL ENGINE COMPANY NO. 1.
Ilotue No. 8 Vine Street.
Name.
Rank.
Occupation.
Residence.
116
George N. Burpee. .
Jesse W.Truell....
Warren F. Wheeler.
Frank A. Pherson. .
19 Ash street.
115
117
118
Clerk
Driver
Engineer
Teamster
8 Vine street.
2«5
GENERAL STARK STEAINI FIRE-ENGINE COMPANYJNO. 5,
House 44 Webster, Corner Chestnut Street.
■ill
«
49
123
46
42
102
125
124
101
47
95
41
99
43
102
Naue.
Rank.
Charles W. Brown . Foreman
George R. Simmons Assistant Foreman .
Woodbury Davison., Clerk
Daniel W. Morse. . . , Engineer
Arthur W. Bond . . .
Emil H. Smith
Martin W. Ford, Jr,
MiloB. Wilson
Russell L. Cilley...
Edward H. C lough.
Arthur A. Smith.. .
John J. Kelley
Alvin McLane
L. O. Blanchard... .
Assistant Engineer,
Driver of Steamer..
Driver of Hose. .. .
Hoseman
Occupation.
Clerk
Machinist
Carpenter
Machinist
Engineer
Teamster
Mason
Book-keeper.
Meat dealer
Blacksmith ,
Machinist
Carpenter
Blacksmith
Residence.
16 Hazel street.
82 Pennacook St.
785 Union street.
1419 Elm street.
9 Langdon Corp.
Engine-house.
Engine-house.
48 Blodget street.
1449 Elm street.
41 Appleton street.
River road, north.
River road, no rt h.
6G1 Chestnut St.
817 Union street.
236
PENNACOOK HOSE COMPANY NO. 1.
Home No 20 Vine Street.
S^
Name.
«_
34 Albert Maxfleld..
36 Joseph E.Merrill..
50 Frank D. Burleigh.
37 Walter L. Blenus .
38 George H. Porter..
39 Will G. Chase
48 Albert A. Pufifer..
52 Charles B. French.
John E. Sanborn.
Samuel W. Patten..
George I. Ayer. . .
Edwin A. Durgin
Rank.
Foreman
Assistant Foreman
Clerk
Driver
Hoseman
Occupation.
Belt-maker..
Currier. . . . ,
Residence.
23 M. S. B.
21 Ash street.
Carpenter 6 M.S. B
Teamster
Carpenter
Photographer. . . .
Railroad employe
Carpenter
Belt-maker .
Electrician.
Machinist. . .
26 Vine street.
279 Laurel street.
217 Central street.
120 Concord street.
ISM. S.B.
274 Laurel street.
3 M. S. B.
28 M. S.B.
22 M. P. W.
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MASSABESIC HOSE COMPANY NO.
House No. 525 Maple Street, corner East High.
600
C3
Name.
Rank.
Occupation.
Residence.
54
55
Revilo G. Houghton
Henry G. Seaman . .
Walter Seaward ....
Jos. W. Batchelder.
Albert E. Batchelder
FredS. Lewis
George W. Huntley.
George H. Shepard.
Julien B. Huntley. .
Frank E. Heald. . . .
Charles W. Parnell.
Gas-fitter
288 Bridge street.
58
Olerk
57
521 Maple street.
521 Maple street.
447 Maple street.
27 South street
59
64
i(
65
^,
56
((
1211 Elm street
61
jj
Tinsmith
62
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36 Button street.
63
<(
289 Concord street.
60
,,
540 Maple street.
238
EXCELSIOR HOOK-AND-LADDER COMPANY NO. 1.
Bouse No. 18 Vine Street.
boo
pa
91
111
112
94
92
96
98
114
100
103
104
109
110
90
■^97'
107
93
113
106
105
Nahb.
Jerome J. Lovering
Roscoe Dyer
Sanborn T.Worthe
Charles M. Denyou
Oscar P. Stone...
James Orrill
John N. Chase. ..
John Wilson
Hiram P. Toung.
Luther J. Flint..
Harrison H. Cole
George M. Jones .
Pharis E. Rogers.
Henry Johnson..
Charles W. Bailey
Henry Heap
Edward E. White
Charles H. Saxon
Charles Edgar —
JohnT. Gott
Rank.
Occupation.
Residence.
Foreman
Assistant Foreman.
Clerk
Driver
Fireman
Carpenter ■ 300 Pine street.
Machinist 36 Water street.
Carpenter 493 Maple street.
Teamster 18 Vine street.
Clerk 696 Elm street.
Barber 100 Blodget street.
Overseer 268 Bridge street.
Carpenter 19 Warren street.
Taxidermist 33 Dutton street.
Carpenter 4 Dutton street.
" 45M. S. B.
Gardener 558 Chestnut St.
Mason 99 Orange street.
Piper 20 M. S. B.
Carriage-maker 265 Concord street.
Manufacturer 4 Whitney street.
Teanwter 107 Manchester St.
Carpenter 9 Myrtle street.
16 M.S. B.
Teamster I 301 EastSpruceSt.
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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 Wahiut street,
Amherst, northwest corner of Beech street.
Amherst, northwest corner of Maple street.
Amherst, northwest corner of Lincohi 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.
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Bedford, near Xo. 3G M. P. "W. corporation.
Bedford, northwest corner of Central street.
Beech, northwest corner of Park street.
Beech, front of Xo. 584.
Bebiiont, near Xo. 345.
Belmont, corner of Young street.
Birch, northwest corner of Lowell street.
Birch, northwest corner of Washington street.
Blodget, front of primary school house.
Blodget, northwest corner of Chestnut street.
Blodget, northwest corner of Pine street.
Blodget, northwest corner of Union street.
Bridge, front of Xo. 26.
Bridge, northwest corner of Chestnut street.
Bridge, northwest corner of Union street.
Bridge, northwest corner of Walnut street.
Bridge, northwest gorner of Beech street.
Bridge, northwest corner of Ash street.
Bridge, northwest corner of Maple street.
Bridge, near Xo. 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. li. W.
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Cedar, front of No. 36.
Cedar, northwest corner of Chestnut street.
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 Lincohi 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 l^o. 374.
Central, northwest corner of Wilson street.
Central, northwest corner of Hall street.
Central, corner of Cass 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.
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Concord, northwest corner of Hall street.
Concord, northwest corner of Belmont street.
Cypress, south end of street.
Cypress, at Manchester shoe-shop.
Dean, northeast corner of Canal street.
Dean, northwest corner of Elm street.
Depot, northeast corner of Elm street.
Elm, front of Temple & Farrington Co.'s bookstore.
Elm, northwest corner of Salmon street.
Elm, northwest corner of Cove street.
Franklin, opposite Middle street.
Gore, corner of Beech street.
Granite, northwest corner of Elm street.
Granite, near Franklin street.
Granite, northeast corner of Canal street.
Granite, east end of Granite bridge.
Grove, corner of Elm street.
Hancock street.
Hancock, northwest corner of River road.
Hancock, near brewer}'.
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 Asliland 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.
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Harrison, northwest corner of Beech street.
Harrison, northwest corner of Maple street.
Harrison, northwest corner of Oak street.
Harrison, nortiiwest corner of Russell street.
High, corner of Ashland street.
High, corner of South street.
High, fifty feet east of Wilson roacl.
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 ISTo. 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.
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Lowell, northwest corner of Ash street.
Lowell, northwest corner of South street.
Lowell, front of No. 276.
Lowell, northwest corner of Wilson road.
Lowell, northwest corner of Ashland street.
Mammoth road.
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.
Mechanic, northeast corner of Canal street.
Mechanic, near second back street west of Elm street.
Mechanic, northwest corner of Elm street.
Merrimack, opposite gate, Merrimack square.
Merrimack, northwest corner of Chestnut street.
Merrimack, northwest corner of Pine street.
Merrimack, northwest corner of Union street.
Merrimack, northwest corner of Beech street.
Merrimack, northwest corner of Maple street.
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Merrimack, northwest corner of Lincoln street.
Merrimack, near 'No. 362.
Merrimack, northwest corner of Wilson street.
Merrimack, northwest corner of Hall street.
Merrimack, near Belmont street.
Merrimack, northwest corner of Beacon street.
Middle, northeast corner of Canal street.
Middle, near No. 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.
North, corner of Liberty 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.
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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.
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, near Road House.
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 Hi^^h 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 sti-eet.
Reservoir, on force main.
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River road (north), north of Webster street.
River road (north), near Mrs. John Kelly's.
■River road (north), near J. Otis Clark's.
River road (south) near gate of tannery.
Sagamore, corner of Union street.
Shasta, corner of Elm street.
Shasta, corner of River road.
Shasta, corner of Beech street.
Silver, corner of Union street.
Silver, corner of Beech street.
Somerville, corner of Union 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.
Spruce, northwest corner of Belmont street.
Spruce, near T. J. Perry's house.
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.
Taylor, corner Young road.
Union, northwest corner ot Lowell street.
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Union, northwest corner of Iligli street.
Valley, northwest corner of Ehn 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.
Valle}', northwest corner of 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.
"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 Ehn street.
West Central, northeast corner of Canal street.
West Central, corner of Franklin 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 coniei- of Kim street.
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"West Webster, northeast corner of River road.
"Wilson, corner of Lake avenue.
Youn^^, corner of Elm street.
Young, northwest corner of Beech street.
Young, corner of Maple street.
Young, 96 feet east of R. IS". Batchelder's.
Young, corner of Jewett street.
PISCATAQUOG AND MCGREGORVILLE.
A, corner of South Main street.
A, near No. 73.
A, northwest corner of B street.
Adams, corner of Main street.
Adams, corner of Beauport street.
Amorj, corner of Beauport street.
Amory, near Dubuque street.
Amory, corner of Rimmon street.
Bath, corner of River street.
Bath, corner of Shirley street.
Bedford road, near Huntress's.
Bennington, corner of Main street.
Blaine, corner of Cleveland street.
Blaine, east end of street.
Bowman street, opposite cemetery.
C street, corner of Bedford road.
Cartier, corner of 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.
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Douglas, east of Main street.
Ferry, corner of Main street.
Granite, corner of Quiiicy 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.
Kelly, corner of Cartier street.
Kelly, corner of Dubuque street.
Main, near Milford street.
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, 400 feet west of Charles Hoitt's house.
Mast, near J. P. Brock's.
Mast, near the J. N. Prescott house.
McGregor, near Johnson block.
McGregor, opposite '' Reed " house.
Milford, 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.
Putnam, corner of Dubuque street.
Riddle, near Mast street.
School, corner of South Main street.
School, opposite schoolhouse.
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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 street.
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.
GolFstown road, four hydrants.
Main, at Robinson's slaughter-works.
Main, near brick school house.
Main, corner of Gofistown road.
Main, opposite the John E. Stearns house.
Main, near the Hiram Stearns house.
Mill, near paper-mill.
Mill, corner of Main street.
Varnum, corner of Main street.
In addition to the above, there are five private hydrants
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 the A. H. Lowell iron foundry.
Total number, 441.
REPORT
TRUSTEES OF THE CITY LIBRARY.
REPORT
OF THE
TRUSTEES OF THE CITY LIBRARY.
To the City Councils of the City of Manchester :
The Trustees of the City Library herewith respectfully
submit their thirty-sixth 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 the expenditures
made by him, in behalf of the board, from the funds in
their possession and under their control, and also the re-
port of the librarian, which gives in detail the statis-
tics and operations of the library during the year, and
the condition of the library and property under her
charge at the close of the year.
From the report of the treasurer, it appears that during
the year the sum of eleven hundred forty-five dollars and
forty-six cents has been expended for the purchase of books
and the sum of one hundred sixty-three dollars and seventy-
five cents for the purchase of periodicals, being a total ex-
penditure for both these purposes of thirteen hundred and
nine dollars and twenty-one cents. Of the amount ex-
pended for the purchase of books, the sum of one hun-
dred and sixteen dollars and twelve cents was taken from
the income of the Dean Fund and applied to the increase
of that department of the library. The balance in the
hands of the treasurer, at the close of the year, of the
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amount appropriated by the City Councils for the pur-
chase of books, was nine hunflred and thirty-nine dollars
and ninety-one cents.
The balance of the accumulated income of the Dean
Fund, unexpended at the close of the year, was five thou-
sand five hundred and forty-two dollars and tweuty-five
cents. In expending the income of this fund, the trustees,
in accordance with the plan heretofore adopted, have made
purchases of special works on mechanical and scientific
subjects not ordinarily found in private libraries.
The accumulated income of the Mary E. Elliot fund
at the close of the year, was four hundred and fourteen
dollars and nineteen cents. The trustees hope to arrange
during the coming year, for the purchase, from the income
of this fund, of medical books and publications in ac-
cordance with the request expressed in the will of Mrs.
Elliot.
The incidental expenses of the library, for the past
year, have been two thousand one hundred and sixty-four
dollars and seven 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 from the sum appropriated for the library upon their
approval by the trustees.
The report of the librarian shows that the library has
been open for the delivery of books three hundred and
seven days. During this period, the number of books
delivered for home use was forty-nine thousand one hun-
dred and eighty-seven. In addition to this number, nine
thousand three hundred and eighty-three books and mag-
azines have been delivered for use in the reading-room,
making the total number delivered during the year fifty-
eight thousand five hundred and seventy, an average of
one hundred and ninety per day.
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As compared with the year preceding, the circulation
for home use is about twelve hundred less, while the
number delivered for use at the reading-room, compared
with the same year, shows an increase of three thousand
three hundred and Hfty-two.
The number of books delivered for use in the reading-
room has constantly increased during the past five years,
while the circulation for home use during the same period
has gradually fallen off until for the past year it was more
than three thousand less than the average for the j&ve
years previous.
The number of volumes in the library at the date of
the last report was thirty-one thousand two hundred and
fifty. There have been added during the year by pur-
chase six hundred and two volumes; by donation, five
hundred and eighty-one volumes, and ninety volumes of
periodicals have been bound, making the number of bound
volumes in the library at the end of the year thirty thou-
sand five hundred and seventeen, and the total number,
including maps and pamphlets, thirty-two thousand five
hundred and twenty-three.
During the year sixty-four volumes have been taken
from the shelves and withdrawn from circulation, having
become too much worn to be of further use. Of this
number and of others retired in previous years for the
same cause, fifty-three have been replaced.
The number of different periodicals regularly received
at the library during the year has been eighty-two, —
sixty-one by purchase and twenty-one by donation, — and
as the various volumes have been completed they have
been bound and placed upon the shelves for circulation.
Annexed to the report of the librarian, will be found a list
of the books presented to the library during the past year,
together with the names of the persons presenting them.
258
To those who have thus manifested their interest in the
usefuhiess and increase of the library, the trustees have
caused due acknowledgment to be made in behalf of the
city.
By the will of the late Mrs. Eliza A. Eaton, who had
resided in the city for a long time, the residue and re-
mainder of her estate after payment of debts and a few
legacies was devised and bequeathed to the city of Man-
chester for the benefit of the city library, the same when
received to be expended by the trustees in the purchase
of books for the increase of the library. The estate of
Mrs. Eaton is still in process of settlement, and therefore
the amount that will be realized therefrom cannot now be
determined. It is expected, however, that the real estate
belonging to the testatrix will be disposed of early in the
coming spring, and that the executor will be able to pa}'
to the city during the present year the balance of the es-
tate in his hands on final settlement.
The City Councils at the commencement of the year
having appropriuted the additional sum of twenty-five
hundred dollars ibr the eom]iilalic)n of a new catalogue
of the library, the trustees at once took measures to se-
cure the pre})aration of the same. After careful investi-
gation of the metliods of classification and cataloguing in
use in the best libraries, the trustees concluded that a sub-
jective index catalogue on the dictionary plan would be
the most economical, and would best meet the needs of
the library, especially as in the preparation of such a cat-
alogue the expense and labor of renumbering and re-
classification of the books, as well as the closing of the
libi'ai'v tor a time, could be avoided. In addition, it was
thought desirable that a subjective canl catalogue should
be prepared at the s;ime time for use at the library rooms,
since it coiUd be made in connection with the compilation
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of the printed catalogue at a much less cost, could be ex-
tended subjectively from time to time as the needs of the
library might demand, and keep pace with the increase
and growth of the library with but little expense each
year, thus altbrding the patrons of the library information
of the latest accessions.
Applications for the preparation of the catalogue were
received from a large number of persons ; but a small
number of the applicants, however, seemed to possess
the necessary experience and qualifications to insure the
satisfactory completion of the work. From among those
who seemed best qualified to undertake the preparation
of the catalogue, the trustees selected Mr. Charles A.
Durfee, of New York, a gentleman of experience in li-
brary work and especially in the preparation of catalogues
for private libraries. Mr. Durfee commenced work upon
the catalogue in the month of January last and already
has his work well advanced. The trustees congratulate
the City Councils and the public upon the successful in-
itiation of the work of preparing the catalogue for the
library, and trust that upon its completion it will meet
the approval of all patrons of the library.
The duties of librarian have been discharged during
the year by Mrs. M. J. Buncher with the same conscien-
tious effort for the accommodation of the public as here-
tofore, and to the satisfaction of the trustees.
The trustees desire to return their thanks to the mem-
bers of the City Councils for the courtesy and considera-
tion with which their recomriiendations for improvements
at the library have been received and carried out.
March 10, 1890.
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.
D. B. VARNEY, Mayor.
N. P. Hunt, Clerk.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
To the Board of D'usiees of the City Library :
The Treasurer of the Board presents the following ac-
count of the receipts and expenditures by the board of
the funds received on account of the library :
1889. Dr.
Jan. 1. To balance of appropriation . . $1,063.59
Feb. 7. Mrs. M. J. Buncher, fines, cata-
logues, and lost books . . 69.41
July .1. appropriation for books for 1889, 1,000.00
Jan. 1. balance of income of
Dean fund . . $5,111.52
income of Dean fund 153.00
July 1. income of Dean fund 153.00
interest on accumu-
lation of income . 240.85
$5,658.37
Jan. 1. To Mary E. Elliot fund $2,000.00
balance of interest
on Mary E. Elliot
fund . . . 310.24
April 2. interest on Mary E.
Elliot fund . . 90.00
interest on accumu-
lation of Mary E.
Elliot fund . . 13.95
$2,414.19
$10,205.56
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1889. ■ Cr.
Jan. 3. Paid New England News Co., pe-
riodicals .... $9.07
9. Charles C. Soule, periodicals 5.00
11. Little, Brown & Co., books . 3.75
22. George H. Policy & Co., pe-
riodicals .... 6.00
24.^ Central Law Journal, period-
icals . . . . 5.00
31. Parker Pillsbury, books . 1.13
Feb. 6. New England News Co., pe-
riodicals .... 11.46
7. Lend A Hand Publishing
Co., periodicals . . . 2.00
7. John N. McClintock, periodi-
cals 2.00
7. John N. McClintock, books . 3.00
7. Charles Scribner's Sons, books 6.00
8. Little, Brown & Co., books . 4.25
20. Laughton, Macdonald & Co.,
books .... 5.00
March 2. Little, Brown & Co., books . 5.00
4. New England News Co., pe-
riodicals .... 12.05
12. Wm. Macdonald & Co., books 8.35
19. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.,
books .... 5.50
27. C. A. Stevens, books . . 27.00
April 2. New England News Co., pe-
riodicals .... 13.83
10. Little, Brown & Co., books . 3.50
10. C. A. Stevens, books . . 30.00
27. W. B. Clarke & Co., books . 143.13
30. W. E. Johnson, books . . 46.00
May
1
3,
16,
20,
21,
25,
June
4.
6.
10.
15.
262
Little, Bi'own & Co. (Dean
fund), books . . . §116.12
New England Xews Co., pe-
riodicals . ... . 12.27
B. A. Fowler & Co., books . 50.00
Library Bureau, books . . 5.00
W. B. Clarke & Co., books . 71.96
W. B. Clarke Si Co., books . 57.4.3
New England News Co., pe-
riodicals .... 14.05
George E. Littlefield, books . 8.10
The History Company, books 4.50
New Hampshire State Li-
brary, books . . . 2.00
July 6. New England News Co., pe-
riodicals . . . . 12.32
H. C. Nash, books . . 5.00
W. B. Clarke & Co., books . 9.59
New England News Co., pe-
riodicals .... 10.49
Temple & Farrington, books 4.30
New England News Co., pe-
riodicals . . . . 14.70
W. II. Briggs, treas., books 5.00
Little, Brown Sc Co., books . 4.25
Wm. Macdonald Sc Co., books 8.75
New England News Co., pe-
riodicals .... 10.23
W. B. Clarke & Co., books . 146.98
W. B. Clarke & Co., books . 85.79
The History Company, books 4.50
W. B. Clarke & Co., books . 34.84
New England News Co., pe-
riodicals .... 9.52
6.
9.
Aug.
5.
22.
Sept.
3
3.
4.
27.
Oct.
3.
16.
21.
24.
29.
Nov.
2.
263
Nov. 4. The History Corapaii}^, books
19. Geo. E. Littlefield, books
21. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.,books
27. W. B. Clarke & Co., books .
29. Estes & Lauriat, books .
Dec. 4. New England News Co., pe-
riodicals ....
18. W. B. Clarke & Co., books .
21. W. B. Clarke & Co., books .
31. By balance of appropriation .
Dean fund
Mary E. EHiot fund
and interest .
$4.50
9.45
5.50
19.98
9.00
13.76
221.06
10.25
939.91
5,542.25
2,414.19
$10,205.56
The expenditures for incidental expenses of the library
for the year ending December 31, 1889, paid upon the
approval of the Committee on Accounts of the Board of
Trustees, the items of which ma}^ be found in detail in the
annual report of the city, are as follows :
Services of librarian
Services of assistant to HI
traria
n
$800.00
307.00
Gas
212.94
Insurance
100.00
Binding ,
163.09
Rebinding
Fuel
207.87
272.45
Newspapers
Printing .
6.00
11.00
Supplies .
Catalogue
Incidentals
39.33
23.90
20.49
5,164.07
264
RECAPITULATION,
Balance Dec. 31, 1888 (for catalogue, S800,
general balance, $1,187.62) .... $1,987.62
Appropriation for 1889 4,000.00
$5,987.62
Paid trustees for purchase of books $1,000.00
Paid incidental expenses . . 2,164.07
Balance Dec. 31, 1889 (for cata-
logue, $776.10, general balance,
$2,047.45) 2,823.55
$5,987.62
Respectfully submitted.
NATHAN P. HUNT,
Ti^easurer of the D'lisiees of the City Lihrar.y.
December 31, 1889.
We have examined the foregoing report, and find the
same correctly cast' and properly vouched.
D. B. VARNEY,
L. B. CLOFGH,
Committee on Accounts of City Library.
December 81, 1889.
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 Libra-
ry, and find the saiue correctly cast and [)ropcrly vouched.
N. P. KIDDER,
City A uditor.
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
Gmtlemen of the Board of Trustees:
I respectfully submit to you the thirty -sixth annual re-
port of the City Library, showing the work of the year
and its present condition.
Whole number of volumes Dec. 31, 1888
Accessions during the year :
By purchase .... 602
Donated ..... 581
Periodicals bound ... 90
Whole number of volumes at present :
Maps 16
Pamphlets .... 1,990
Bound volumes . . . 30,517
Number of periodicals and papers regularl}'
received ......
Number by gift .....
Number of days open to the public
Days open for delivery of books
Number of books delivered for home use
Average per day .....
31,250
1,273
32,523
82
21
307
307
49,187
160.2
266
Largest number any one day, February 23
Largest nunil)er any one month, March
Number of books, magazines, etc., used in
the reading-room ....
Average per day .....
Number of guarantees received and cards
issued during the year
Whole number since new registration .
Number of cards returned to the library
Number of cards used on deposit ,
Notices sent to delinquents .
Number of books taken from circulation unfit
for longer use
Volumes replaced during the year .
Number of books missing
Lost and paid for .
Number of books repaired and rebound at
the bindery .....
Repaired and covered in the library
Balance of fines on hand Dec. 31, 1888'.
Amount received from Jan. 1 to Dec 31, 1889
Amount paid for express, station- ■
ery, and incidentals . . . $52.05
Paid N. P. Hunt, treasurer . . 59.60
422
4,990
9,383
31
395
7,268
105
5
397
64
53
2
1
574
4,216
$59.60
129.98
$189.58
Sill. 65
Balance of fines on hand Dec. 31, 1888 .
Balance of cash on hand Dec. 31, 1888, for
catalogues, supplements, and books lost or
injured .......
$77.93
$9.81
267
Amount received from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 1889
For 6 catalogues sold . . $2.50
For 0 supplements . . .75
One book lost and paid for . .55
$3.80
$13.61
Paid the treasurer 9.81
$3.80
Balance of fines on hand .... 77.93
Total balance on hand .... $81.73
In presenting my twelfth annual report for your accept-
ance, I regret to be obliged to record the same condition
of affairs as in the last two or three years, viz., the falling
off in the circulation of books for home use. The issue
has been steadily decreasing since 1885. It is not neces-
sary to repeat what has been said in previous reports rel-
ative to the causes of the above, but rather to express a
hope that another year will bring the one most essential
help, whereby the public will be made acquainted with
the valuable accessions to the library in the last twelve
years. To this change the patrons are looking forward
with some impatience and a good deal of interest. The
work to be accomplished is of vital importance to the
library, and although it will be a considerable time before
they will receive the benefit, there is no doubt they will
exercise a good degree of patience when they see the
work in progress. The library is rapidly growing in size
and value, and ought to receive an increased interest
from the public.
There has been an unusual degree of interest mani-
fested in the use of the reading-room. It will be seen
268
that the nunil)er of readers far exceeds that of last year,
and the demand has heen for a hetter cLiss of literature.
The improved, quiet condition of the room has been a
source of pleasure and frequent remark.
The accession the past year shows an increase of 1,257
bound volumes and 16 pamphlets, — 602 by purchase and
581 by gift, — and 90 volumes of bound periodicals and
papers, a total of 1,273. Of this number, 21 volumes
were a purchase from the Dean Fund, and 20 volumes of
the S. C. Gould purchase, bound and entered the present
year. Of this purchase there are a few remaining vol-
umes to be added as soon as numbers can be obtained to
complete them. The number of pamphlets is small ow-
ing to our present method of holding them in cases until
the number of each class is sufficient for a volume, when
they will be entered and specified in the accession-book.
Eighty-two periodicals and papers have been regularly
received. Of this number, twenty-one were gifts. Two
have been discontinued and nine added since last year.
The number of gifts from the several departments of
Congress has been unusually large, owing to the arrange-
ment made by the Interior Department for drawing
duplicates from the usual Depositories of Public Docu-
ments throughout the country and supplying deficiencies,
a mutual exchange to complete sets.
Sixty-four volumes have been taken from circulation,
literally worn out. Many more are in a poor c-ondition,
waiting to be replaced, '^i'here are a large number of
vacant phices that ought to be filled. The absence of so
many i)()[)ular books gives additional labor to the libra-
rian and assistant, as they are so constantly ininiirod for.
Only fifty-three have been replaced the past 3'eai'.
The number of volumes repaired at the bindery is some-
what lai'ger than last year. Many of the books are so
269
nearly used up that they require frequent repairs. The
Ubrary work of repairing and covering has been about
the same as usual.
The examinations have been very satisfactory. The
"first six months of the year not a book was missing. At
the close of the year, only two are unaccounted for, one
small book of fiction, one old volume of juvenile.
With sincere thanks to the treasurer of the board for
his kind assistance through the year, this, my twelfth re-
port, is respectfully submitted.
MRS. M. J. BUNCHER,
Librarian,
DONATIONS TO THE CITY LIBRARY.
1889.
Hon. James F. Briggs.
Eleven volumes of the OflBcial Records of the Union
and Confederate Armies. 8vo.
Hon. L. F. McKinney.
Eleven volumes of Executive Documents of the Inte-
rior and Navy Departments, 1888-89. 8vo.
Third Annual Report of the Commissioners of La-
bor (Strikes and Lockouts), 1887. 8vo.
Annual Report of Smithsonian Institution, 1886. 8vo.
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey for 1886.
4to.
Three volumes of the United States Commission on
Fish and Fisheries. 4to. Text, 2 vols, ; plates,
1vol.
Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of
Hon. Austin Pike. February, 1887. 8vo.
Hon. J. H. Gallinger, M. C.
Commerce and Navigation of the United States, Im-
migration and Tonnage for the year 1888. 1 vol.
8vo.
Hon. a. B. Thompson, Secretary of State, N. H.
State Papers of New llanipsliiro (Hammond), vol.
17; of the Revolutionary War Rolls, vol. 4. 8vo.
Reports of the State for the year 1882, 1 vol. ; 1888,
2 vols. 3 vols. 8vo.
271
D. F. Secomb, Librarian, Concord, E". H.
Thirty-sixth annual report of the City of Concord,
K H., for the year 1888. 12mo.
Annual Report of the Union School District, 1888-89.
. Pamphlet.
Ten numbers of the Farmer's Monthly Visitor, vol.
9, 1847.
Charles R. Corning, Esq., Concord,
Dedication of the Fowler Library Building, Concord,
K H., October 18, 1888. Pamphlet.
Rev. G. L. Demarest, Manchester.
Seventy-seven volumes of Magazines, viz. :
Popular Science Monthly. 27 vols. From 1872
to 1888, inclusive.
North American Review. 36 vols. 1860 to 1888,
inclusive.
Education (International Magazine). 5 vols. 1880
to 1884, inclusive.
Harper's Monthly. 5 vols. 1873 to 1875 inclusive.
Forum. Vols. 4, 5, 6, 7.
One hundred and thirty-one miscellaneous pamphlets.
Mrs. Judge Stanley, Manchester.
Set of Dartmouth College Catalogues from 1831 to
1888, inclusive, except 1833, 1834, and 1839.
Ex-Governor Smyth, Manchester.
Sketches of the Life and Services of Frederick
Smyth, of JSTew Hampshire, compiled by Ben : Per-
ley Poore and F. B. Eaton. 1885. 8vo.
J. Henry Stickney, Esq., Baltimore.
Poems of the Pilgrims. Selected by Z. H. Spooner.
1886. 12mo.
272
Irving A. Watson, M. D., Concord.
Fifth Annual Report of the State Board of Health.
1886. 8vo.
Sixth Annual Keport of the Registration. 1885.
8vo.
Joseph B. Walker, Es'q., Concord.
New Hampshire Federal Convention. 1788. 12mo.
State Library, Concord, N. H.
Thirteen volumes of the New Hampshire County
Reports. From 1876 to 1888, inclusive. 12mo,
Hennecke Co., Chicago.
Art Studies. Fourth edition. 1889. 4to.
New Jersey Historical Society.
General Index to the first ten volumes of the New
Jersey Archives. 1889. 8vo.
Bureau of Statistics of Labor, Boston.
Census of Massachusetts. 6 vols. For the year
1875, 2 vols; 1885, 4 vols.
Statistics of Labor for the years 1872, 1874, 1879,
1886, 1887, 1888. 6 vols. 8vo.
Statistics of Manufactures. 1886-87. 1 vol. 8vo.
Memorial of Gen. Henry K. Oliver. 1 vol. 8vo.
Fourteen miscellaneous pamphlets.
Belford, Clarke & Co., Chicago.
"Mr. Donnelly's Reviewers," by William D. O'Con-
nor, of the Life-saving Service. 1889. 12mo.
Richard Randolph, Esij., I'hiladelphia.
Sober Thoughts on Staple Themes. 1889. 12mo.
Windfalls. 1889. 12mo. rublished bv the author.
273
Mks. 0. C. MooKE, ITashua.
Journal of the Fifth National Convention of the
Woman's Relief Corps, held in St. Louis, 1887.
8vo.
G, C. GiLMORE, Esq., Manchester.
Biographical Sketches of Delegates to the New
Hampshire Constitutional Convention. 1889. 8vo.
Journal of the Constitutional Convention. 1889. 8vo.
Bill of Rights and the Constitution of New Hamp-
shire, etc. 1889. Pamphlet.
Vote on the Constitutional Amendment. 1877.
Pamphlet.
Constitution of the Amoskeas: Veterans. November
20, 1855. Pamphlet.
Address before the Amoskeag Veterans. By C. E.
Potter. February 22, 1855. Pamphlet.
Charles F. Livingston, Esq., Manchester.
Six volumes of the Unity and University, for the
years 1886, 1887, and 1888. Published at Chicago
by Charles H. Kerr. 4to.
A Silent City, and other Poems. By Arul. 1885.
12mo.
Printer's Circular, vol. 23. 1888. 12mo.
S. C. Gould, Esq., Manchester.
Report of Agriculture for 1881-82. 8vo.
Notes and Queries for the year 1889. Edited and
published b}^ S. C. Gould. 8vo.
Bibliograph}^ on the Polemic Problem. No. 2.
Pamphlet. 1888.
The Path of Rectitude, or Ye Samian Y. 1889.
Pamphlet.
274
Harry Clifton, Mancliester.
A Trip Around the World. By George Moerlein,
of Cincinnati. 1888. 8vo.
Stanley's Wonderful Adventures in Africa. By
Hon. J. T. Headley. 1889. 8vo.
Sword and Pen, or Ventures and Adventures of
Willard Glazier, the soldier author. By John A.
Owens, riiiladelphia. 1889. 12mo.
A. E. Lancaster (Author), New York.
All is Dross but Love. 16mo. 1889.
S. A. McEean & Co.
The Law of Municipal Bonds. By J. A. Burhans of
the Chicago Bar. 1889. 12mo.
Edward 0. Kinsman, Secretary.
Proceedings of the twenty-fifth annual meeting of
the New England Dental Society. Boston. Octo-
ber, 1887. 8vo.
Hon. Henry H. Huse, Commissioner.
Annual report of the Lisurance Commissioner of
New Hampshire. June, 1889. 8vo.
Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
The Medical Temperance Journal for the year 1889.
12mo.
H. E. Messenger, Manchester.
Seven volumes, viz. :
Heaven opened. By Emanuel Swedenborg. 1870.
12ino.
Unitarian jirinciples. By John \\'ilson. 1855. 8vo.
Ivanhoe. Sir Walter Scott. 12nu>.
Tom Brown's School Days. Thomas Hughes. 1887.
12mo.
275
The Scottish Chiefs. Jane Porter. 12mo.
Cast Up by the Sea. By Samuel W. Baker, F. R.
G. S. i2rao.
She. By Rider Haggard. 12mo.
Judge IST. P. Hunt, Manchester.
Valedictory Address of Hon. John Hosley, Mayor,
December 28, 1888. Pamphlet.
Inaugural Address of Hon. David Yarney, Mayor,
January 1, 1889. Pamphlet.
Memorial Address of Hon. C. H. Bartlett before the
Frederick Smyth Post, G. A. R, Newport, R. I.
1889. Pamphlet.
Annual report of the Count}" Commissioner. 1888.
Pamphlet.
Report of the "Water Commissioner of the city of
Manchester for the year 1888. Five pamphlets.
Thomas W. Lane, Chief Engineer.
Annual reports of the Fire Department of Manches-
ter for the years 1884, 1886, 1887, and 1888. Four
pamphlets.
The Fire Service of Manchester, K. H. (a souvenir).
Published by the Manchester Firemen's Relief
Association. 1888. Two pamphlets.
Hon. William H. Stewart, M. C, Nevada.
Speech on the Question, Money and the Tariff.
January 2, 1889. Pamphlet.
Gen. Thomas Ewing.
Address at the Centennial celebration at Marietta,
O., July 15, 1888. On the Settlement of the
Northwest Territor}^ Pamphlet.
276
C. B. Spofford, Esq., Claremont.
Proceedings of the Pharmaceutical Society, Septem-
ber, 1888 and 1889. Two pamphlets.
Old Resident Historical Association, Lowell.
Contributions No. 2. Vol. 4. 1889. Pamphlet.
Franklin L. Pope, Esq.
Evolution of the Electric Incandescent Lamp. By
F. L. Pope. Elizabeth, N. J. Pamphlet.
University of California.
Register for the year 1888-89. Pamphlet.
Omaha Board of Trade.
Twelfth annual report. 1888-89. Pamphlet.
Amherst College, Massachusetts.
Catalogue for the year 1889-90. Pamphlet.
Massachusetts New Church Union.
The New Church Almanac for 1889. 12mo.
Unknown.
Looking Backward. By Edward Bellamy. 1889.
16mo.
Conception of Deity. Extracts from the Life of
Jesus and the Apostolic Age. Pamphlet.
Orjj:anization and Historical Sketch of the Woman's
Anthropological Society of America. Pamphlet.
Pratt's Institute, Brooklyn, N. Y. Record Xo. 1.
Vol. 1. (Founder's Day.) October, 1889. Pam-
[)hlet.
Eight pamphlets, viz. :
Letters on the Annexation of Santo l)t)iningo. Hy
Sam.uel G. Howe, M. D.
Letters on the State Reform Schools for Girls. S. G.
Howe.
277
The Cause and Prevention of Idiocy.
Letter to the Governor of Massachusetts in behalf of
the school for idiotic children. S. G. Howe, M. D.
Letter of Dr. Howe in behalf of the pauper lunatics
An Appeal to the people of the United States in be-
half of the women and children of the Island of
Crete, etc., etc.
Reports from Librarians and Boards of Trustees,
Boston, Mass.
Annual report for the year 1888. Pamphlet.
Bulletin 'No. 3. Vol. 8. Containing books added
from May t© September, 1888.
Plans of the new library building to be erected on
Copley square.
Baltimore, Md. Twenty-second annual report of the
Peabody Institute. June, 1889. Pamphlet.
Bridgeport, Conn. Eighth annual report. May 31,
1889. Pamphlet.
Brookline, Mass. Thirty-second annual report. 1888.
Pamphlet.
Birmingham, Eng. Twenty-seventh annual report of
the Free Libraries Committee for the year 1888.
Pamphlet.
Brooklyn, IST. Y. Thirty-first annual report of the
Board of Directors. March 28, 1889. Pamphlet.
Bulletin No. 27. December 1, 1889. Pamphlet.
Chicago, 111. Seventeenth annual report of the Pub-
lic Library. June, 1889. Pamphlet.
Proceedings of the Trustees of the Newbury Li-
brary tor 1888. Pamphlet.
Cleveland, O. Alphabetical Catalogue of the Pub-
lic Library. 1889. 4to.
Twentieth annual report. August, 1888. Pam-
phlet.
278
Clinton, Mass. Bigelow Free Library. Fifteenth
annual report. 1888. Pamphlet.
Cincinnati, 0. Librarian and Treasurer's report for
the year ending June 30, 1887. Pamphlet.
Detroit, Mich. Eighth annual report of the Library
Commission for 1888. Pamphlet.
Dover, N. H. Fifth annual rejjort of the Public Li-
brary for 1887. Pamphlet.
Dedham, Mass. Annual report for the year 1888.
Pamphlet.
Fall Piver, Mass. Bulletin containing accession of
books to the Public Library from January, 1886,
to January, 1889. 8vo.
Germantown, Phila. Report of Friends' Free Li-
brary and Peading-room for the year 1888. Pam-
phlet.
Grand Rapids, Mich. Annual reports from Septem-
ber 1, 1888, to August 31, 1889. Pamphlet.
Catalogue, section 2, of the Public School Library.
August, 1889. 8vo.
Indianapolis, Ind. Seventh annual reports. From
July, 1886, to June, 1888. Pamphlet.
Lynn, Mass. Twenty-sixth annual report. For the
year 1888. Pamphlet.
Lawrence, Mass. Seventeenth annual report of the
Free Public Library. 1888. Pamphlet.
Lowell, Mass. Annual report of the Cit}' Library
for 1888. Pamphlet.
Melrose, Mass. Report for the year 1888. Pamphlet.
Mahlen, Mass. Eleventh Annual Report for the year
1888. Pamphlet.
New York. Report of the Maimonides IVibrary for
the year 1888. Pamphlet.
279
ISTew Haven, Conn, Second annual report of Public
Library. 1888. Pamphlet.
N'ewark, X. J, Opening exercises of the new edifice
of the ITewark Library Association. West Park.
October, 1889. Pamphlet.
Newton, Mass. Annual report of the Free Library.
1888. Pamphlet.
Omaha, ]Neb. Report of the Public Library for the
year ending May 31, 1889. Pamphlet.
Providence, R. L Eleventh annual report for the
year 1888. Pamphlet.
Peabody, Mass, Report of the Peabody Institute for
1888-89. Pamphlet.
Philadelphia. Sixty-ninth annual report of the Ap-
prentices' Library Company. 1888. Pamphlet.
Bulletins of the Library Company, January, June.
Two pamphlets.
San Francisco. Mercantile Library Association.
Thirty-sixth annual report. 1888, Pamphlet.
Report of Free Public Library for the year end-
ing June 30, 1889. Pamphlet.
St. Louis, Mo. Annual report of Public Library.
1887-88. Pamphlet.
Springfield, Mass. Library Association. Annual
report for the year ending May 6, 1889. Pamphlet.
Swansea, Wales. Fifteenth annual report of the
Public Library and Gallery of Art Committee.
1888-89. Pamphlet,
Wilmington, Del. Report of Wilmington Institute.
April, 1889. Pamphlet.
Waterbury, Conn. Finding-list of the'Silas Bronson
Library. 1889. 8vo.
Worcester, Mass. Free Public Library. Twenty-
ninth annual report. ISTovember 30,'^1888. Pam-
phlet.
280
Wobiirii, Mass. Fourth [iiinual report of the Free
Library. 1888. Pamphlet.
From the Several Publishers.
" Good Health." A Journal of Hygiene. From the
Sanitarium Health and Temperance Society, Battle
Creek, Mich. For the year 1880. 4to. .
"American Sentinel." Pacific Press Association,
Oakland, Cal. For the year 1889. Folio.
"Plymouth Record," Plymouth, N. H. For 1889.
Folio.
" The Veteran's Advocate." Concord, IST. H. Pre-
sented by Mr. Harry Clifton, Manchester. Folio.
" New Hampshire Catholic." Published by Charles
A. O'Connor, Manchester. For 1889. Folio.
"The Daily Press." Daily Press Company, Man-
chester, K H. For the year 1889. Folio.
"The Weekly Budget." Published by Challis &
Eastman, Manchester. For 1888. {Bound Copy.)
Folio.
"The Manifesto." Published at Shaker Village.
Canterbury, X. H. For 1889. 8vo.
" The Voice." A Temperance Journal. Funk &
Wagnalls, New York City. For 1889. Folio.
"Lawrence Anzeiger." Published at Lawrence,
Mass. For the year 1889. Folio.
" Weirs Times." M. X. Calvert, Weirs, X. II. For
the suinmer months of 1889. Folio.
"Weekly Oregonian.'' Pu])lished at Portland, Or.,
by L. Samuel. For 1889. Folio.
" Denver Times." A daily paper. riiMished by the
Times Company, Denver, Col. For the year 1889.
P^olio.
281
"The Open Court." A Weekly Journal of Relig-
ion and Science. Published at Chicago. Vol. 3.
For 1889. 4to.
"The Practical Mechanic." Published by F. S.
Blanchard & Co., Worcester, Mass. For 1889.
Folio.
" West Shore." From the Oregon Immigration
Board, Portland, Oregon. For one year from
Sept. 14, 1889, to Sept., 1890. 4to.
"The City Library." Published monthly by the
City Library Association, Springfield, Mass. Vol.
■ 2. For 1889. 4to.
" The Traveler's Record." Published by The Trav-
elers' Lisurance Co., Hartford, ('onn. For 1889.
4to.
united states government.
State Department.
Report of a committee of the Lords of the Privy
Council on the trade of Great Britain with the
United States. January, 1791. 4to.
Commercial Relations of the United States with
Foreign Countries in 1886 and 1887. 2 vols.
8vo.
Trade and Transportation between the United States
and Spanish America. By William E. Curtis.
1889.
Consular Reports. Vols. 28 and 29. E'os. 108 and
109 of vol. 30. 1889.
First annual report on the Statistics of Railwaj^s in
the United States to the Interstate Commerce
Commission. For the year. June 30, 1888. 8vo.
Second annual report of the Interstate Commerce
Commission. December 1, 1888. 8vo.
282
(To fill vacancies.)
Official Register of the United States for 1885. 2
vols. 4to.
International Mo)ietary Conference. 1878. 8vo.
Digest of the Puhlic Opinions of the Attorney-Gen-
eral in the Federal Courts, etc. 1877. 8vo,
Report of the Electrical Conference in Philadelphia.
1884. 8vo.
International Sanitary Conference. 1881. 8vo.
Survey of the Northern Boundary of the United
States, from the Lake of the Woods to the Sum-
mit of the Rocky Mountains. 1878. 4to, and 24
maps.
Twenty-eight volumes of cloth-bound documents per-
taining to the Commercial and Foreign Relations
of the United States, from 1868 to 1887, inclu-
sive. 8vo.
Treasury Department.
Report of the Director of the Mint, for the year
1888. 8vo.
Production of Gold and Silver in the United States
in 1887 and 1888. 2 vols. 8vo.
Report of the Comptroller of the Currency for the
year 1888. vols. 1 and 2. 8vo.
Annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury on
the Finances for 1888. 8vo.
Bulletins of the United States Coast and Geodetic
Survey, Nos. 1 to 13, inclusive. 1889.
Coast and Geodetic Survey for the year 1887. 4to.
Interior Department.
Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
for the vear 1889. 4 vols. 8vo.
283
Foiirtli annual report of the Commissioner of Labor,
viz., Working Women in Large Cities. 1888.
8vo.
Annual report of the Commissioner of Patents, for
1889. 8vo.
Annual report of the Commissioner of Pensions for
1889. 8vo.
Bureau of Education.
Circulars of Information. !N"os. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.
1888. Pamphlets.
Contributions to American Educational History.
ITos. 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, viz.. Education in N^orth and
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Wisconsin.
1889. Pamphlets.
Report of the Commissioner of Education. 1886
and 1887. 8vo.
Smithsonian Institution.
Joseph Henry and the Magnetic Telegraph. By
Edward M. Dickenson, LL. D. 8vo.
War Department.
International Polar Expedition, viz., Expedition to
Lady Franklin Bay, Grinnell Land. Vol. 1. By
A. W. Greeley. 1885. 4to.
Chief Signal Officer, U. S. A.
Summary and Review of International Meteorologi-
cal Observations for the years 1885, 1886, 1887.
3 vols. 4to.
Tri-Daily Meteorological Record for the months of
May to December, inclusive, completing the vol-
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United States Fish Commission.
Geographical Review of the Industries and Fishery
284
Communities for the year 1880. Section 2. 1
vol. 4to. Sections 3, 4, and 5. With plates.
1887. 5 vols. 4to.
Investigation of the Fur-Seal and other Fisheries of
Alaska. 1889. 8vo.
Commissioners' report for the year 1886, on the
Propagation of Food Fishes, etc. 8vo.|
Department of Agriculture.
Hon. J. M. Rusk, secretary. Album of Agricultural
Statistics of the United States. June, 1889. 2
vols. 4to.
United States Congress.
One hundred twenty-four volumes of Public Docu-
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Forty-ninth Congresses, belonging to the regular
set.
One hundredfand ninety volumes belonging to Early
Congresses, to fill vacancies.
REPORT
BOARD OF HEALTH
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
To His Honor the 31ai/or:
The Board of Health submits its report for the year
1889. At the beginning of the year the board consisted
of George C. Hoitt, M. D., chairman, Joseph B. Sawyer,
clerk, and William M. Parsons, M, D. On the first
Monday of February the term of Mr. Sawyer expired,
and he was reappointed for three years. On the same
day the Board was re-organized by the re-election of the
old officers, and as thus constituted and organized it has
remained unchanged.
FINANCES.
The appropriation for the year was $1,400. The Board
has drawn against this as follows :
Pay of employes
Street-car fares .
Stationery and postage
Carriage-hire
Printing .
Advertising
Traveling expenses .
Fixtures at city hospital
Total $864.79
This is seven dollars more than is charged against the
Board by the city clerk. The discrepancy is occasioned
$629.50
34.05
13.00
14.50
80.00
43.90
48.34
1.50
288
by two bills approved by us, and amounting to that sum,
which were by him charged to some other account. In
addition to the above amount drawn by the Board, the
sum of two hundred and forty-three dollars has been
drawn against the health department appropriation by
other parties. In 1888 the amount thus drawn was seven
hundred dollars. It is hoped that with the advent of a
city auditor this practice has ceased.
WORK OF THE INSPECTOR.
Mr. Russell White has been employed throughout the
year. His work, so fiir as it has been recorded, has been
as follows :
Houses placarded for infectious diseases :
Scarlet fever 224
Diphtheria 72
Measles 38
334
In a large proportion of these cases it has been neces-
sary to notifv school teachers and employers of the pres-
ence of the disease ; also it involves a second visit to the
house for the purpose of removing the placard after the
receipt of the doctor's certificate that the danger of infec-
tion has passed.
Number of privy- vaults inspected after being cleaned 1,204
Houses containing cases of typhoi<l fever visited
Dead animals Ixiricd :
35
Swine ......
. 38
Horses
. 20
Dogs
. IG
Cats
. 8
Skunk ......
1
83
289
Two ImiKlred and thirtj-six inspections were made by
him, resulting generally in finding nuisances, the abate-
ment of which was secured. A considerable number of
complaints have been investigated, and nuisances not
complained of have been found and abated by the indi-
vidual action of members of the board.
PRIVY-VAULTS.
The cleaning of privy- vaults by licensed parties using
the so-called odorless process, has been continued during
the year, and has caused very little inconvenience or com-
plaint, not nearly so much as has the existence of the
vaults themselves. Very few of our people would now
tolerate the old style of night-work, with its accompany-
ing stench, filth, and inefficiency. Two parties, Mr,
Timothy McKenna and Mr. Timothy Shea have taken
licences. The former has returned three hundred and
fortv-nine vaults cleaned, and the latter eio;ht hundred
and fifty-five. The Board has granted thirty-eight special
permits for parties to clean their own vaults. The rule
is to give these only in the outskirts of the city, w^here
the lots are large, and where the contents of the vault are
small in quantity, and to give them only after an exam-
ination of the premises. The conditions of the permit
are :
That the cleaning shall be between sunrise and sunset ; that the
contents of said vault shall not be taken away fi'om said premises,
or carried over, or deposited upon, any street or highway, or the
premises of any other person ; that said contents shall not be buried
deeply in the earth, but shall be thoi'oughly worked into the surface
soil as manure ; that the work of opening, removing, and depositing
shall be so performed by the use of deodorizing and disinfecting
agents that no offensive or noxious odors shall escape dui'ing the
process; and that said permit shall not be valid after three days
from its date.
290
The Board is considering measures for abolishing, or at
least greatly diminishing, the number of these evil-smell-
ing institutions in all the sewered parts of the city. The
legislature at its last session passed the following act. It
seems to give health officers all needed powers in this
regard :
Sect. 1. If any person shall erect or continue any house of ease-
ment or privy, arranged for the storage of excrement, within one
hundred feet of any public sewer, the health oifieers may direct
such privy to be proj^erly connected with said sewer, if in their judg-
ment such action is necessary to abate a nuisance or for the public
good; and no privy, or pen, or sty for swine shall be erected or
continued so near any street, dwelling, shop, or well of any jjerson
.as in the judgment of the healtli officers to be a nuisance. Any
person violating the provisions of this act, after due notice in writ-
ing from the health officers, shall be fined ten dollars, and a like
fine for each month he shall continue to violate the same.
Sect. 2. This act shall take eftect upon its passage, and section
11, chapter 111 of the (General Laws is hereby repealed, and all
other acts and i)arts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby
repealed.
THE DISPOSAL OF WASTE MATTERS.
The city dumping-places have for a long time been a
fruitful cause of complaint from our citizens. At the re-
quest of this board, in- May last a joint special committee
of the City Councils was appointed to confer with the
Board, and to examine and report as to some better way
of disposing of these wastes. This committee has held
several meetings, and has given the subject its earnest
consideration. In September last, at the suggestion of
the mayor, two members of the Board visited and exam-
ined the garbage furnaces at Newport, R. I., and at Fort
Columbus and Coney Island near New York. The con-
clusions of the Board have in compliance with the request
of the committee been embodied in a report, whicli, to-
291
gether with a draft of an order for building a crematory,
and an ordinance providing for the collection and dis-
posal of waste matters, has been laid before the City
Councils. The report is as follows :
On account of the numerous and well-founded complaints from
persons living near the city dumping-places, we have for many
months had our attention dii-ected to the question of the proper dis-
posal of Avaste matters. We have availed ourselves of all accessi-
ble sources of information, and have personally examined the
different ways in which the question is solved in several different
places.
As a result of these investigations, we have become satisfied that
our garbage should be burned, and that the Engle crematory is the
one best adapted to the wants of the city. We therefore recommend
that one of that pattern be built.
As to the location, we may say that we have been assured by
health officers, by those in charge of the furnaces, and by persons
living or working near them, as well as by those interested in the
different furnaces, that the smoke and gases from the chimney do
not cause a nuisance, and this we believe to be true of each
o:f the three kinds of furnaces which we have examined. Still the
nature of the work makes it proper that the location should be in
some neighborhood away from residences, and where rough work is
done. Another point to b^ considered is that the location should be
as accessible as possible for the scavenger teams, both in respect to
distances and grades, and taking into account the west side of the
river and the corporations. A saving of $5,000 in the first cost of a
lot would be more than offset by an increase of one dollar per day
in the cost of teaming. Minor considerations are that a sloping lot
is better than a level one, and that it would be well to have it where
fuel can be readily taken from the cars to the coal-shed. A lot con-
taining 10,000 or 15,000 square feet would be of suitable size for the
present and prospective needs of the city.*
The proposed ordinance above mentioned provides that
the scavenger service shall be in the care of the superin-
tendents of streets ; that they shall keep all organic waste,
* The cost of a furnace, including the royalty, with a smoke-stack seventy
feet high, twenty feet of brick and fifty feel of iron, would be $3,500. Substi-
tuting a brick chimney one hundred feet high, adding a suitable wooden
202
whether of animal or vegetable origin, separate from
ashes and mineral wastes, using only the latter for tilling
new streets, and carrying the former to the crematory to
be burned. It also requires that householders shall keep
the two classes of wastes separate, using if necessary two
receptacles therefor.
It is hoped that we are now on the road to a solution
of this question. The present practice of making the tills
in new streets in large part of swill, brush, straw, waste
paper, dung, and small dead animals ought to cease,
Manchester has many things to be proud of, but this is
not one of them.
THE BACK STREETS,
We take the liberty to repeat the suggestions of our
last annual report as to these thoroughfares. Many of
them continue to be a reproach, not to say a disgrace,
alike to the city and to the occupants of the adjoining
property. Ungraded, uncurbed, unpaved, and mud(>y,
it is perhaps to be expected that the abuttors will think
that the wastes from their houses and stables will not add
perceptibly, or unlawfully, to the general filth and squalor.
A beginning has, however, been made in grading and con-
creting, and we have one back street where the city has
done its whole duty in this respect. Let us hope that the
abutters will have sufficient pride and public spirit to do
theirs without coercion.
THE CITY WATER SUPPLY,
Manchester has a water supply of exceptional purity
and abundance, and it ought to be protected and ])re-
buiUliiig over the t'urniice, and lencing tlio yiiid, woulil uiako the whole cost,
aside from the h)t, about $5,000. The operatiiij^ expenses wonld depend upon
the fpiantity and quality of the material to l)e l)urned. A.h thriving some indi-
cation of wliat c-an be done, it may be said that the furnace at I'oney Island
consumes tlie debris of that great seaside resort in six or eight hours per day,
re<iniring about seven tons of coal per nionUi, and the services of one man
at llfty dollars per month.
293
served at any necessary cost. It is the duty and pleasure
of this board to contribute what it may to all efforts to
that end. The following regulations were adopted and
published in September last. W"e have found the board
of health of Auburn ready and zealous in their co-oper-
ation to secure the same result, and they have adopted
the same regulations covering that part of the lake and
its tributaries within their jurisdiction :
1. No privy, pigpen, or stable in which horses or other animals
are kept shall be built or be continued within seventy-five feet of
Massabesic Lake, or of any stream tributai'y thereto, except in such
cases as the board of health may permit, and under such regulations
and conditions as they may require.
2. No sink-water shall be allowed to run into the lake or its trib-
utaries, or on the surface of any ground within one hundred feet of
the lake or of any stream tributary" thereto.
3. No dead animal or fish, or parts thereof, and no dung of man
or beast, or kitchen wastes, shall be thrown into said lake, or left
within seventy-five feet thereof ; and no such substance shall be
thrown into anj^ stream tributary to said lake.
4. No sawdust shall be thrown or be allowed to fall into the lake,
or into any stream tributaxy thereto.
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
The following table gives the number of cases of con-
tagious diseases reported to the Board in each month, also
the number of deaths which have resulted therefrom :
if
1
6
7
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2
1
1
1
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1
1
1
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4
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6
6
a
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6
63
1
2
3
8
76
1
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37
8
1
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13
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6
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5
12
2
31
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1
79
259
36
54
23
5
Typhoid fever
16
,1
294
Scarlet fever was epidemic in the summer, and has
been present in every month of the year. It has, how-
ever, retained the same mild form which it has exhibited
for the past five years, and has caused comparatively few
deaths ; considering the number of cases, it has been
much less fatal than measles. Diphtheria has been with
us in every month, and has proved fatal in about twenty-
nine per cent of the cases. • Typhoid fever prevailed most
in the autumn, and it has slain about forty-four per cent
of its victims.
The experience of another year has emphasized what
we have said in previous reports as to the necessity of a
hospital for contagious diseases. The value of isolation
and disinfection in scarlet fever and diphtheria admits of
no question ; but among a large class of our population
it is impossible to secure these conditions. A hospi-
tal should be provided and maintained at the public
expense, with appointments and surroundings so inviting
and comfortable that it would be esteemed a privilege for
the sick children of the tenement blocks to be admitted
there. If this were done, the tenement could be disin-
fected and the well members of the family could be al-
lowed to go to their usual employments.
VITAL STATISTICS.
The vital statistics of the city are by law in the charge
of the city clerk, but as he publishes no report, and as
the subject is so closely related to the work of the health
department, we take the liberty to present the following
tables compiled from his books.
The estimate of population is based principally njion
the number cf polls taxed by the assessors, the figures for
1880, in which year the last enumeration was made, being
32,G30 inhabitants, and 7,210 polls taxed. This gives a
295
ratio of a little more than four and one half to one.
Since then the number of polls taxed has increased pretty
regularly, so that last year it was 9,527, and if the same
ratio still holds the population was nearly 43,000. We
have thought it entirely safe to call it 42,000 in 1889, and
to expect that the census of 1890 will show 43,000 or
more.
By reference to the table. of comparisons it will be
seen that the number of deaths is smaller than in either
of the two preceding years, and that the death rate is
lower than it has been since 1885, when the board was
organized and the compilation of the tables was begun.
The number of deaths from the zymotic diseases was
also less than in any other year covered by the table. It
is to be remarked that during the five years measles and
whooping cough have each caused more deaths than
scarlet fever, the former more than four times as many.
It is a lamentable fact, and one perhaps discreditable to
our city, that forty-six per cent of the deaths are those of
persons less than five years of age. This ratio is about
double that for the whole State.
Of the 353 deaths of children, 86 were attributed to
cholera infantum. This is likewise a smaller number
than in any other 3'ear of which we have record. Some
of our leading physicians say that the true cholera infan-
tum is a disease comparatively rare in this city, and that
much which passes for it should be returned as infantile
diarrhea, a diiferent and far more prevalent disease.
296
TABLE
SHOWING THE MORTALITY OF THE CITY BY DISEASES AND BY MONTHS
FOR THE YEAit 1889, COMPILED FROM THE RECORDS OF THE CITY
REGISTRAR.
Cadses of Death.
Zymotic.
January.
February.
March.
Apiil.
May.
i
1
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a
1
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1
1
S
1
1 .
1
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1
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1
17
28
1
18
14
6
1
86
1
3
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1
1
1
2
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1
1
2
4
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1
1
2
1
1
5
1
1
3
2
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1
3
2
2
1
3
1
6
6
1
1
93
3
8
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1
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1
1
1
2
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1
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1
i
1
3
5
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1
1
2
*
2
16
3
1
9
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2
4
1
1
1
1
3
1
1
Whooping cough
1
11
2
42
1
32
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5
6
3
23
26
16
17
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199
Causes op Death.
ConstiiuiionaL
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120
297
TABLE. — Conti7mecl.
Causes of Death.
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3
41
3
1
1
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1
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1
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3
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12
3
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21
21
20
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26
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277
298
TABLE.— Continued.
Causes of Death.
Developmental.
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May.
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1
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1
8
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7
3
1
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3
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8
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9
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14
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15
150
Causes of Death.
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1
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Totals, all classes 65. 64 67 62 45 95 85 63 82 71 67 71
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CONCLUSION.
We note with satisfaction the increasing attention given
year by year to sanitation, and while far more is expected
of the Board than formerly, our work is much facilitated
by this change in the public estimation of its value and
necessity, as well as by the disfavor of the community
which usually meets any individual who attempts to dis-
regard the suggestions or requirements of the Board.
When such an one finds few or none to applaud his
course, he usually concludes that discretion is the better
part of valor. *
The time is at hand, if indeed it be not already present,
when some pretty radical changes ought to be made in
the functions and methods of the Board. The public
convenience requires that the Board should have a public
office which should be kept open during business hours."
It should have the control of the city hospital or pest-
house, and of the registration of vital statistics. The city
scavenger service would probably eventually be trans-
ferred to the health department, but as that would require
a separate organization of men and teams, with a stable,
it may well be doubted whether this is now expedient.
We acknowledge our obligations to the physicians of
the city and to the daily papers for their helpful co-opera-
tion and suggestions, and we bespeak a continuance of
their favors.
Our thanks are especially due to your Honor and to
the City Councils for hearty and zealous assistance in the
discharge of our duties.
GEORGE C. HOITT,
JOSEPH B. SAWYER,
WM. M. PARSONS,
Board of Health of Manchester,
Manchester, N. H., Mar. 17, 1890.
ACCOU NT
SYLVANUS B. PUTNAM,
Cikj Treasurer^
From December 31, 1888, to December 31, 1889.
304
Dr.
Sylva7ius B. Putnam, Treasurer, in account with the
To cash on hand January 1, 18.^9 .... $84,117.31
Tc'ini)orary loan
. 100,000.00
Insurance tax
3,957.00
Railroad tax .
17,376.33
Savings-bank tax .
61,624.60
Literary fund .
3,571.75
Board of paupers off farm
2,333.30
City farm
1,829.86
City teams, district No. 2, pay-rol
2,660.70
Tike & Ileald (overdraft)
1.00
David H. Young (overdraft)
22.36
National Novelty and Supi)ly Co. (
overdraft^
2.00
Michael Sheehan (overdraft)
7.50
Amoskeag Manufacturing Co.
71.60
L. W. Bartlett (overdraft) .
44.39
Sevrer licenses
1,606.20
J. B. Varick Co. (overdraft)
39.70
A. D. Burgess estate
133.33
Manchester Street Railway .
9.00
C. H. Hutchinson, old iron .
12.45
D. H. Maxfield, chopping-blocks
2.55
Pine Grove Cemetery, lots sold
1,839.53
J. B. Varick Co. (overdraft)
.96
B. A. Stearns, superintendent
1,378.48
Valley Cemetery .
1,249.50
Fire department
4,881.31
J. A. Colby, horse sold .
115.00
Police department
7,802.80
City Hall
3,722.83
Sam. C. Lowell (overdraft) .
*
8.00
Water-woi'ks .
86,692.46
Rev. J. A. Chevalier
4,750.00
Dog licenses .
1,285.18
Billiard-table licenses .
177.00
Taxes for the year 1883
5.61
" 1884
3.50
" 1885
24.77
Aviou/it c(u-ricdj\ra'(ird .
§393,359.86
305
City of Manchester (ending December 31, 1889).
Cr.
By unpaid bills January 1, 1889 $37,088.16
Temjjorary loan
100,000.00
Funded debt payment
500.00
Coupons, water bonds
34,18(3.00
Coupons, city bonds
16,344.75
Interest .
838.39
Paupers oft' farm .
8,109.83
City farm
7,266.03
City teams
5,289.59
Highway District No. 1
265.52
"2
9,935.96
" 3
1,187.61
" 4
544.00
" 5
474.98
" 6
399.10
■" 7
1,272.45
" 8
786.98
u .. w 9
481.02
" 10
2,860.34
" 11
1,415.35
" 12
298.47
" 13
188.11
New highways
8,132.13
Land damages
182.28
Watering streets .
6,277.87
Lighting streets
31,041.43
Paving streets
6,471.27
Macadamizing streets
21,589.87
Grading for concrete
4,353.38
Sewers and drains .
27,513.73
Commons
4,002.75
Bridges .
9,727.67
Incidental expenses
17,572.88
Pine Grove cemetery
7,203.59
Valley cemetery .
2,697.88
Amoskeag cemetery
16.00
Fire dejiartment .
39,009.19
Fire alarm telegraph
1,302.80
Amount carried forward
$416,826.86
306
Dr.
Sylvanus B. Putnam, Treasurer, in account with the
Amount brought forivard
Taxes for the year 1886
$393,359.86
25.97
" 1887
145.19
" 1888
" 1889
Interest on taxes .
16,590.72
383,111.00
387.84
Engine-house, Lake avenue
Show licenses
Rent of tenement .
1,060.00
197.00
550.30
Tuition ....
216.60
Buildings sold on schoolhouse lot
935.75
IVIilk licenses ....
56.50
Trustees of cemetery fund, bonds sold
Mark E. ITarvey, old j^lank sold .
1,650.00
5.00
$798,291.73
Uni^aid bills January 1, 1890
Total
29,462.50
$827,754.23
307
City of Manchester (ending December 31, 1889).
Cr.
Amount brought fonvard .... $416,826.86
Hydrant service
17,330.00
Police department .
35,969.95
City hall
5,147.88
Printing and stationery .
1,850.30
Repairs of buildings
3,352.49
City library .
3,164.07
Militia ....
900.00
Abatement of taxes
2,798.74
State tax
63,435.00
City officers' salaries
14,328.14
Water-works .
47,237.99
Health department
1,100.79
City engineer's department .
2,971.66
Scavenger teams .
13,715.40
Repairs of schoolhouses
3,735.73
Fuel
3,330.93
Furniture and supplies .
1,093.07
Books and stationery
432.81
Printing and advertising
520.72
Contingent expenses
1,095.89
Care of rooms
3,345.94
Evening schools
1,798.83
Teachers' salaries .
44.212.88
Mechanical drawing school
454.75
Lake avenue engine-house
8,168.11
Woman's Aid Society .
400.00
Discount on taxes .
10,330.20
Decoration of soldiers' graves
300.00
Firemen's parade .
403.25
Truant officer
750.00
Stark monument square
89.41
New schoolhouse, West Manchester
6,750.00
Receiving tomb ....
1,100.61
$718,442.40
Cash on hand January 1, 189(
)
109,311.83
Total
',754.23
SYLVANUS B. PUTNAM, City Treasurer.
FINANCE COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
We hereby certify that we have examined the accounts
of Sylvanus B. Putnam, treasurer for the year 1889, and
find the same correct and properly vouched for.
GEO. C. CHASE,
D. B. VARXEY,
W. B. STEARXS,
TIIOS. WALKER, Jr.,
EDSON S. HEATH,
Finance Committee.
REVENUE ACCOUNT,
ACCOUNTS OF APPROPRIATIONS.
^ TEMPORARY LOAK
To Amoskeag :N'ational Bank . $12,500.00
Manchester National Bank . 87,500.00
George B. Chandler . . 50,000.00
Dr.
$100,000.00
Cr.
Paid George B. Chandler . . $25,000.00
l^ational Revere Bank . 37,500.00
National Exchange Bank . 37,500.00
$100,000.00
INTEREST.
Dr.
To appropriation .... $18,500.00
Water-works, am't transferred 36,000.00
$54,500.00
Cr.
Paid Amoskeag National Bank .
$149.35
Manchester National Bank .
340.42
Hide and Leather Nat'l Bank
15.00
George B. Chandler
333.62
Coupons, water bonds .
34,186.00
Coupons, city bonds
16,344.75
By balance on hand
3,130.86
312
INTEREST ON TAXES.
To George E. Morrill, collector . $387.84
By reserved fund, am't transferred §387.84
Dr.
§387.84
Cr.
$387.84
PAUPERS OFF THE FARM.
Dr.
To appropriation .
T. H. Mahoney, overdraft
City of Concord
County of Hillsborough .
Paid T. H. Mahoney, groceries for
Michael Kelley . . . $20.00
T. H. Mahoney, groceries for
Christopher Champagne . 24.00
T. H. Mahoney, groceries for
Catherine Sullivan . . 38.00
T. H. Mahoney, groceries for
Thomas Tvcl'ley . . . 56.00
T. II. Mahoney, groceries for
Mrs. Joseph French . . 72.00
T. II. Mahoney, groceries for
Mrs. David McKay . . 51.00
T. H. Mahoney, groceries for
Mrs. James O'Brien . . 56.00
$6,000.00
7.00
113.56
2,212.74
$8,333.30
Cr.
313
Paid T. H. Mahoney, groceries for
John Murray . . . $50.00
T. H. Malioiiey, groceries for
William Conway . . 132.00
T. H. Mahoney, groceries for
William McKelvey . . 79.00
T. H. Mahoney, groceries for
Ellen Sullivan . . . 110.00
T. H. Mahoney, groceries for
Michael Spane . . . 41.00
T. H. Mahoney, groceries for
Jerry Cronin , . . 64.00
T. H. Mahoney, groceries for
Mrs. Thomas Sullivan . 48.00
T. H. Mahone}^ groceries for
Hugh Donahoe . . . 80.00
T. H, Mahoney, groceries for
Mrs. Rose Cooney . . 10.00
T. H. Mahoney, groceries for
Patrick Doyle ... 2.91
T. H. Mahoney, groceries for
Thomas Kelley ... 8.00
T. H. Mahoney, groceries for
John Bonner . . . 8.00
T. H. Mahoney, groceries for
Patrick Murray . . 6.00
T, H. Mahoney, groceries for
Mrs. Johnson . . . 2.00
T. H. Mahoney, groceries for
Mrs. Ann Manning . . 4.00
T. H. Mahoney, groceries for
Michael Lowe . . . 12.00
J. H. Wiggin & Co. , groceries
for Mary Griffin . . 45.00
314
Paid J. H. Wiggin & Co., groceries
for Mrs. Thomas Eagan .
J. H. Wiggin & Co., groceries
for Edward Frenier .
J. H. Wiggin & Co. , groceries
for William Mclntire
J. H. Wiggin & Co., groceries
for E. G. Woodman .
J. H. Wiggin & Co. , groceries
for Anthony Smith .
J, H. Wiggin & Co., groceries
for Thomas Burke .
J. H. Wiggin & Co., groceries
for George W. Smith
W. F. Sleeper & Co., grocer-
ies for Mrs. G. Rochette .
W. F. Sleeper & Co., grocer-
ies for Bart. Doyle
W. F. Sleeper & Co., grocer-
ies for James Larkin
W. F. Sleeper & Co., grocer-
ies for E. R. Hill
W. F. Sleeper & Co., grocer-
ies for Catherine Sullivan .
W. F. Sleeper & Co., grocer-
ies for Mrs. J. Cronin
W. F. Sleeper & Co., grocer-
ies for Michael Spane
W. F. Sleeper & Co., grocer-
ies for Mrs. E. G. Wood-
man
W. F. Sleeper & Co., grocer-
ies for C. A. Clark .
$100.00
45.00
20.00
18.00
2.00
2.00
3.00
15.00
6.00
30.00
14.19
4.00
8.47
7.00
8.00
10.00
315
Paid W. F. Sleeper & Co., grocer-
ies for Mrs. J. O'Brien . $6.00
W. F. Sleeper & Co., grocer-
ies for Mrs. Thomas Lane 2.00
W. F. Sleeper & Co., grocer-
ies for David McKay . 5.00
W. F. Sleeper & Co., grocer-
ies for Joseph French . 8.00
W. F, Sleeper & Co., grocer-
ies for Onslow McPherson 1.15
P. Harrington, groceries for
James Otis . . . 63.00
P. Harrington, groceries for
James McGovern . . 45.00
P. Harrington, groceries for
Thomas Howe . . . 15.00
T. F. Fifield, groceries for
Bridget Milne . . . 66.00
T. F. Fifield, groceries for
Hugh Donahoe . . . 23.00
T. F. Fifield, groceries for
James Plumpton . . 24.00
T. F. Fifield, groceries for
Mrs. Mary Woodman . 12.00
T. F. Fifield, groceries for
George W. Smith . . 6.00
H. Fradd & Co. , groceries for
Mrs. A. Hunter . . 84.42
H. Fradd & Co., groceries for
James Duval . . . 23.07
H. Fradd k Co., groceries for
A. Schmalfus . . . 20.00
H. Fradd & Co., groceries for
U. Baudet . . . 17.64
316
Paid II. Fradd & Co., groceries for
J. Pierce .... $24.23
H. Fradd & Co. , groceries for
Mrs. D. Connor . . 33.14
H. Fradd & Co., groceries for
Ed. Boyle .... 49.08
H. Fradd & Co., groceries for
Jennie Damon . . . 4.62
A. H. Gray, groceries for
Herman Rittner . . 7.00
G. W. Adams, groceries for
E. C. Miller . . . 68.00
G. W. Adams, groceries for
Owen Sullivan . . . 16.00
G. W. Adams, groceries for
Hugh Donahoe . . . 18.00
G. W. Adams, groceries for
Edward Dugan ... 8.00
G. W. Adams, groceries for
Dennis Moody . . . 8.00
G. W. Adams, groceries for
Bridget Sullivan . . 21.00
G. W. Adams, groceries for
Mary Doherty . . . 6.00
G, W. Adams, groceries for
George W. Smith . . 5.00
G. W. Adams, groceries for
George Marsh . . . 6.00
M. Savory, groceries for Mrs.
Mary Fitzgerald . . 23.00
McQuade Bros., groceries for
Michael O'Neil . . . 5.43
McQuade Bros., groceries for
Ann Manning" . . . 5.00
317
Paid McQuade Bros., groceries for
Mrs. Ellen Sullivan . . |20.00
James Hayes, groceries for
Mrs. Thomas Devine . 36.00
Bartlett & Thompson, gro-
ceries for L. M. Green . 69.73
Bartlett & Thompson, gro-
ceries for Jerry Burke . 15.00
Carl E. York, groceries for
Mrs. P. Duchane . . ,5.00
Carl E. York, groceries for
Joseph Pierce . . . 16.90
Carl E. York, groceries for
Joseph Berube . . . 19.00
Carl E. York, groceries for
A. B. Webster . . . 38.00
Taylor & Son, groceries for
Herman Rittner . . 15.00
Joseph Quirin, groceries for
E. R. Hill .... 11.36
Joseph Quirin, groceries for
Mrs. E. G. Woodman . 10.00
Hazen & Clay, groceries for
Mrs. Mary Woodman . 12.00
Griffin Bros., groceries for
Bart. Doyle . . . 68.00
E. E. Colburn, groceries for
J. S. Gamble . . . 90.00
J. T. Bugbee, groceries for
George Molyneaux . . 26.00
Eager & Rand, groceries for
Mrs. Edward Ahern . . 55.03
D. M. Poore, groceries for
C. A. Clark . . . 78.34
318
Paid James H. Reynolds, groceries
for F. B. Fogg . . . 114.00
D. A. Shanahan, groceries
for Mrs. Gideon Rochette, 7.00
Venette Bros., groceries for
Nelson Saulsville . . 5.00
John Sweeney, groceries for
Michael Kelley ... 4.00
P. Ryan, groceries for Mrs.
Theodore Berube . . 6.00
0. D. Knox & Co., groceries
for G. Molyneaux . . 6.00
B. Bresnahan, groceries for
John Harrington . . 5.00
L. F. Philbrick . . . 12.00
F. L. Wallace & Co., burial
of Abigail A. Silver . . 25.00
Mrs. F. Lamarch, care of
Harry Speed . . . 12.00
Town of Eniield, board and
care of George W. Berry 10.59
Mary Woodman, board and
care of Mrs. Wm. Coombs
and family . . . 30.00
Joseph W. Fellows, board
and care of Timothy Clark 22.50
Women's Aid Hospital,
board and care of Henry
Fisher . . . . 54.00
J. D. Welcome, board and
care of Doherty children . 144.00
Mrs. William Chase, board
and care of Thomas Chase 120.00
f
319
Paid A. D. Hatch, l)oard and care
of Joseph Hatch . . $110.00
Mrs. E. B. Fellows, board
and care of Willie Gray . 72.00
Mrs. M. J. Crosby, board
and care of Richard Spring, 114.00
A. A. Puifer, board and care
of Charles Moore . . 64.00
" Daniel E. Sullivan, board and
care of Patrick Sullivan . 70.00
L. A. Wright, board and
care of Kate Tate . . 22.95
Thomas Kelley, board and
care of Thomas Kelley, Jr. 96.00
Thomas Kelley, rent, Kate
Tate 12.00
Sarah Abbott, board of Tim-
othy Clark . . . 65.00
Lyman Dickey, board and
care of Nahum Dickey . 42.86
E'ellie M. Worthley, board
and care of William
Worthley . . . 24.00
Esther L. Ingham, board and
care of Mary F. Ingham . 90.00
Emma F. N'ason, board and
care of William Coombs . 106.70
New Hampshire Asylum for
the Insane, board and care
of Frank Maycook . . 153.57
New Hampshire Asylum for
the Insane, board and care
of Nahuni Dickey . . 89.41
320
Paid Xew Hampshire Asylum for
the Insane, board and care
of Mary Chmcy . . $ 100.82
New Hampshire Asylum for
the Insane, board and care
of John Quinn . . . 16.48
State Industrial School, board
and care of inmates . . 2.479.50
County of Hillsborough,
board and care of Asenath
H. White .... 65.00
County of Hillsborough,
board and care of J. J.
Murray .... 65.00
County of Hillsborough,
board and care of Daniel
Keefe .... 65.00
County of Hillsborough,
board and care of Willie
Shehaue . . . 32..00
County of Hillsborough,
board and care of Michael
Callahan .... 4.60
County of Hillsborough,
board and care of James
Callahan .... 13.00
County of Hillsborough,
burial of Baby Emerson . 5.00
F. C. Miville, medicine . 2.20
Eames Brothers, medicine . 3.25
John B. Hall, medicine . 56.15
L. K. Meail, medicine . . 65.60
William Smith, wooil for E.
K. Hill .... 5.00
321
Paid S. A. Blood, wood for E. R.
Hill
$2.50
S. A. Blood, wood for C. A.
Clark ....
5.75
Clement Beaudet, wood and
care of U. Beaudet
4.70
L. S. Proctor, wood for L. M.
Green ....
12.50
Patrick Healey, wood for J.
French ....
2.00
Patrick Healey, wood for M.
Spane ....
2.00
Ahern & McKay, wood for
M. Spane ....
6.00
Ahern & McKay, wood for
Mrs. J. French .
8.00
Ahern & McKay, wood for
Bart. Doyle
11.00
Ahern & McKay, wood for
Mrs. D. McKay
1.00
Ahern & McKay, wood for
H. Donahoe
4.50
Ahern & McKay, wood for
William McKelvey .
1.00
George Whitford, w^ood for
H. Donahoe
3.00
George Whitford, wood for
Mary Doherty .
3.00
F. y J)nnlap, wood and coal
• for Mrs. S. B. Batchelder .
21.01
F. T. Dunlap, wood for Owen
Snllivan ....
4.50
F. T. Dunlap, coal for C. A.
Clark ....
7.00
322
Paid F. T. Dunlap, coal for C. A.
Clark .... $1.50
E. P. Johnson Co., wood and
coal for S. W. Putney . 8.00
E. P. Johnson Co., wood and
coal for S. W. Putne}- . 3.50
E. P. Johnson Co., wood for
Hugh Donahoe . . . 4.00
E. P. Johnson Co., wood and
coal for Mrs. S. Batchelder, 5.00
E. P. Johnson Co., coal for
Mrs. Mary Woodman . 11.96
E. P. Johnson Co., coal for
James Larkin , . . 7.50
Moore & Preston, coal for L.
M. Green .... 4.00
Moore & Preston, wood and
coal for George Molyneaux, 15.75
Moore & Preston, wood and
coal for Edward Frenier . 13.00
Moore & Preston, coal for J.
S. Gamble . . . 4.00
Burns & Poore, coal for Mrs.
Mary Woodman . . 4.00
E. V. Tureotte, wood for
Hugh J)onahoe . . 2.00
J. F. Wyman, wood for S. E.
Foster .... 5.50
L. B. Bod well & Co., wood
for William McKelvey '. 2.00
L. B. Bodwell & Co., wood
for Wm. .NfcKelvey . . 3.75
L. B. Bodwell & Co., wood
for Michael Spanc . . 4.00
323
Paid L. B. Bodwell &■ Co., wood
and coal for Joseph French, $13.75
L. B. Bodwell & Co., wood
and coal for Wm. Conway, 10.00
L. B. Bodwell & Co., wood
and coal for Bart. Doyle . 16.00
L. B. Bodwell & Co., wood
for James Dowd . . 3.00
L. B. Bodwell & Co., coal for
Mrs. E. G. Woodman . 4.00
DeCourcey & Holland, wood
for Mary Griffin . . 1.00
DeCourcey & Holland, wood
for John Morrow . . 2.00
DeCourcey & Holland, wood
for Herman Rittner . . 3.00
DeCourcey & Holland, wood
for William Mclntire . 10.00
DeCourcey & Holland, wood
and coal for Kate Tate . 10.60
DeCourcey & Holland, wood
and coal for Mrs. E. G.
Woodman . . . 11.25
Plumer & Holton, clothing . 21.50
A. G. Fairbanks, rent of ten-
ement .... 6.00
A. G. Fairbanks, burial of
James Doherty . . . 10.00
Chalifoux & Co., clothing . 26.00
W. C. Blodgett, rent of ten-
ement .... 31.00
W. A. Green, rent of tene-
ment 64.00
324
Paid Weston & Wheat, rent of
tenement ....
^64.00
J. R. Laflamme, rent of ten-
ement ....
4.50
Blodgett & Clark, rent of
tenement ....
4.16
Charles F. Sprague, clothing
5.00
Temple & Farrington Co.,
statiopery, etc. .
13.92
L. M. French, professional
services ....
3.00
L. B. How, professional ser-
vices .....
29.00
C. W. Downing, professional
services ....
12.00
C. M. Dodge, professional
services ....
20.00
H. D. W. Carvelle, profes-
sional services .
20.00
H. W. Boutwell, professional
services ....
3.00
W. H. Maxwell, preparing
pauper list
25.00
J. G. Hutchinson, serving
notices ....
5.28
W. J. Freeman, teams .
4.50
John B. Clarke, printing
4.25
J. M. CoUity, professional
services ....
(3.00
A. E. Morse, burial of Geo.
H. Richardson .
25.00
Dodge k Straw, shoes .
3.00
J. J. Twomey, shoes
2.75
325
Paid George W". Hamlin, storage
of furniture
$7.50
Charles Simpson, hack .
1.50
F. L. Wallace & Co., burial
of Kate Tate . . .
25.00
0. D. Kimball, printing
4.75
F. C. Dow, boots .
2.34
Hawley & Gilbert, clothing .
15.16
Lafayette Tebbetts, transpor-
tation of l!^ahum Dickey to
asylum ....
15.80
H, C. Canney, professional
services ....
3.00
F. X. Chenette, burial of
Mrs. Beaudette .
20.00
Merrill Farmer, transporta-
tion of Mary Clancy to
asylum ....
4.21
0. D. Kimball, printing
9.00
J. Murray, boots .
2.50
Plumer & Holton, clothing .
14.00
George H. Tans well, clothing
5.00
J. J. Twomey, shoes
2.75
George A. Parsons, clothing.
.80
Thomas Stewart, trucking .
3.00
E. T. James, hack
.75
P. T. Kean, burial of Marga-
ret Town ....
25.00
Bart Wilson, transportation
to insane asylum of Frank
Maycock ....
6.25
Town of Orange, N. H.
25.75
Patrick Flynn
.5.00
Reserved fund
223.97
!,333.30
326
CITY FARM.
To appropriation .... ^4,000.00
Reserved fund . . . 1,615.25
L. M. Streeter, superintendent, 1,829.86
Paid J. H. Willey, superintendent
Mrs. S. A. Willey, matron
L. M. Streeter and wife
Joseph Quirin, groceries, etc
C. E. Cox, meats .
McQuade Bros., groceries
etc. ....
Partridge Bros., grain, etc
Pettee & Adams, grain, etc
Briggs & Roberts, crackers
Drake & Dodge, flour, etc.
Bartlett & Thompson, meats
etc. ....
J. Taylor & Son, groceries
etc. ....
Dodge & Laing, flour, etc.
S. P. Pike & Co., meats, etc
F, D. Ilanscom, meats, etc.
J. H.Pierce & Co., groceries
etc. ....
A. G. Grenicr, groceries, etc
D. Kerwin, soap, pearlinc,etc
J. II. Wiggin & Co., grocer
ies, etc.
Tom W. Robinson, meats
Carl E. York, groceries, etc
320.55
12.45
766.44
75.22
113.67
208.01
45.32
61.13
6.63
45.07
251.01
27.39
44.45
63.95
42.44
131.85
66.38
22.60
59.51
72.35
69.90
Dr.
^445.11
Cr.
327
Paid Merrill & Freeman, grain,
etc. .....
$680.43
E. E. Colbiirn, groceries, etc.
31.00
G. W. Batchelder, potatoes .
7.00
H. McGrath, potatoes .
12.50
Carney, Lynch & Co., grain
30.12
E. S. Newton, fish
6.70
John Towle & Co., lard
3.96
Clougli & Co., meats
72.71
E. M. Slayton, beans and tur-
keys
18.96
George W. Clark, potatoes .
7.10
C. W. Lerned & Co., disin-
fectants ....
8.00
W. M. Plummer, potatoes .
7.70
Manchester Heating and
Lighting Co., gutter-trough
etc
42.56
Leonard Shelters, onions
1.00
Dodge & Laing, beans .
45.97
G. W. Li galls & Co., boots .
4.75
J. E. Stearns & Co., meats .
33.95
T. S. Solomon .
3.00
W. P. Farmer
9.45
G. W. Perkins .
15.00
H. M. Moody, clothing, etc.
97.65
George Blanchet, dry goods,
etc. .....
83.56
Weston & Hill, dry goods.
etc. .....
53.99
Barton & Co., dry goods, etc.
62.07
M. O'Dowd, clothing .
1.00
J. A. Folsom, clothing
11.05
328
Paid M. 0. P. Clothing Co., cloth-
ing ..... ^3.75
G. ,Gr. Richardson, tin pans,
etc 2.26
'New England Telephone Co.,
use of telephone . . 42.30
A. C. Wallace, lumher . 7.72
S. C. Forsaith^Machine Co.,
labor .... 148.56
L. !N". Westover, lumber and
labor .... 5.25
George Holbrook, lumber and
labor .... 40.66
Flint & Little, lumber and
labor .... 7.39
Head & Dowst, lumber and
labor .... 16.04
J. Hodge, lumber and labor .92
"Westover & Gould, lumber
and labor .... 2.27
A. J. Sawyer, lumber . . 60.56
A. J. Sawyer, lumber . . 10.50
F. S. Downs, boots and shoes 11.00
F. C. Dow, boots and shoes . 12.85
G. W. Dodge, boots and shoes 69.37
J. F. Gillis, shoes . . . 1.00
C. H. Thayer, boots . . 1.00
Wingate & Gould, boots and
shoes .... 12.65
A. N, Clapp, kerosene oil . 34.08
George H. Hubbard, tobacco 66.76
L. P. Reynolds, tobacco . 25.90
T. P. Riley, repairing har-
ness, etc. .... 33.30
329
Paid F. N. McLaren, repairing
harness, etc. . . . $14.17
Z. B. Stuart, mason-work,
etc 3.00
Joel Daniels & Co., paints,
etc. . . . . . 4.98
Laneville Lussier, wall-paper 2.70
Killey & Wadleigh, hard-
ware, etc 82.59
J. B. Varick Co., hardware,
etc 82.43
Manchester Hardware Co.,
hardware, etc. . . . 85.13
C. H. Hutchinson, ironwork,
etc 30.88
T. A. Lane, plumbing . . 10.57
J. H. Cram, blacksmithing . 40.00
J. O. Tremblay, blacksmith-
ing 13.25
Thos. Hickey, blacksmithing 24.50
W. H. Vickery, repairing
locks, etc. .... .50
Pike & Heald, plumbing, etc., 12.75
T. W. Lane, books and sta-
tionery .... 4.33
Gordon Woodbury, making
cider 1.92
E. S. Newton, fish . . 14.41
Moore & Preston, coal . . 60.00
Emerson & Rogers, manure 25.38
A. L. Dodge, professional ser-
vices ..... 3.25
Dunmore & McQ u a r r y,
crockery .... 1.80
330
Paid Burns k Poore, coal
$192.33
J. J. Holland & Co., medicine
3.65
Eames Brothers, medicine
1.05
Mrs. P. J. Pais^e, manure
4.00
Union Publishing Co., adver-
tising
13.40
Moore & Preston, coal .
15.50
Concord Railroad Corpora-
tion, freight
.25
Pike & Heald, bread-pan
3.75
G. G. Richardson, crockery
etc
13.36
Higgins Brothers Co., buncl
cane ....
.75
J. J. Abbott, paints, etc.
27.93
Dodge & Straw, boots .
4.00
L. M. French, professiona
services
3.00
Burns & Poore, coal
1.00
Temple & Farrington Co.
stationery ,
1.15
J.J.Holland & Co.,medicinct
5 9.00
Moore & Preston, coal .
15.50
F. L. Gray, undertaker
25.00
J. P. Lovell Arms Co., leg
shackles .
12.50
Concord Railroad Corj)ora
tion, freight
.25
William H. Elliott, spoons
2.00
Moore & Preston, coal
17.50
J. Alexander, professiona
services
4.50
Manchester Broom Co.
brooms
5.50
331
Paid J, B. McCrillis & Son, repair-
ing carts, etc. . . . $15.10
G. L. Richardson, crockery,
etc. 7.57
George W. Reed, manure . 51.87
Thorpe & Bartlett, plumbing,
etc 6.85
Maxwell & Campbell, cutting
ice . . . . ■ . 12.00
Charles E. Hoitt & Co., cane 1.60
E. P. Johnson Co., coal , 2.00
Burns & Poore, coal . . 33.96
P. A. Devine, undertaker . 25.00
Fitzgerald & Co.. medicines 8.25
Concord Railroad Corpora-
tion, freight . . . 1.26
O. D. Kimball, printing . 2.75
John Driscoll, pans, etc. . 9.18
Emerson & Haine, manure . 70.85
F. L. Downs, boots . . 10.25
J. B. McCrillis & Son, repair-
ing cart .... 1.65
Amoskeag Fire Insurance
Co., insurance . . . 30.00
E. P. Richardson, insurance 210.00
W. F. Head & Son, cattle . 260.00
Concord R. R. corporation,
freight .... .25
Higgins Bros. Co., parlor set,
etc 80.00
George W. Prescott, making
inventory, etc. . . . 45.00
J. B. Hall, medicine . . 11.20
J. B. Hall, medicine . . 8.90
332
Paid Timothy Shea, repairing fence
Higgins Bros. Co., crockery
L. B. Bodwell & Co., ice
J. S. Holt & Co., soap .
Labor, men and women
By balance on hand
$2.25
2.95
1.75
0.00
1,277.59
179.08
$7,445.11
CITY TEAMS.
Dr.
To appropriation . . . .
§2,500.00
Pike & Heald, overdraft .
1.00
D. H. Young, overdraft .
22.36
Nat. Novelty and Supply Co.
>
overdraft . . . .
2.00
Labor, district No. 2
2,660.70
Reserved fund, am't transferrec
103.53
<!^5 ooq 59
Cr.
Paid Pettee & Adams, grain
|;189.12
Partridge Bros., grain .
263.15
Merrill & Freeman, grain
616.24
Drake & Dodge, grain .
97.55
John Hayes & Co., grain
5.97
F. D. Emery, hay
27.29
Leonard Powe, hay
17.63
C. D. Welch, hay .
176.63
D. H. Young, hay
6SM
City farm, ha}'
145.84
Daniel Bntterfield, hay .
26.50
J. L. Woodman, hay
19.12
II. A. Horton, carrots .
16.00
333
Paid T. A. Lane, plumbing, etc. . $1.96
J. B. Varick Co., stable pails,
etc 1.75
Manchester Hardware Co.,
spring cushions, etc. . . 7.23
Killey & Wadleigh, axle
grease, etc. . . . .75
Dr. J. Blakeley, professional
services . . . . 52.00
Dr. J. Alexander, professional
services . . . . 50.00
J. B. McCrillis & Son, dump
cart, and repairing carts,
etc 444.65
J. T. Beach, repairing carts,
etc 307.05
Sanborn Carriage Co., repair-
ing carts, etc. . . . 22.45
Mahoney & McSweeney,
blacksmithing ... 2.00
Thos. Hickey, blacksmithing 17.50
Joseph 0. Tremblay, black-
smithing . . . . 68.25
J. F. Woodbury & Co., black-
smithing . . . . 217.25
Thomas P. Riley, repairing
harness, etc. . . . 105.70
N. J. Whalen, repairing har-
ness, etc. .... 14.50
Cavanaugh Bros., repairing
harness, etc. . . . 25.15
J. G. Lake, repairing har-
ness, etc. . . . . 10.85
J. H. Willey, whiffletrees . 30.00
334
Paid Frederick Allen, repairing
harness, etc. . . . $32.85
F. N. McLaren, repairing
harness, etc. . . . 96.48
John Lucy, operating on
horses .... 4.50
J. B. Hall, horse medicine . 7.70
F. A. Lane, teams . . 107.00
ll^at, Novelty and Supply Co.,
lamp-wick trimmers . . 2.00
James Kelliher, rent of barn 40.00
J. J. Holland & Co., horse
medicine . . . . 1.75
Z.F.Campbell, horse medicine 17.06
W. ' S. McLeod, lettering
carts, etc 2.00
Dr. A. C. Daniels, horse med-
icine 4.00
Pike & Heald, gas-stove, etc. 3.45
A. W. Baker, horse dentistry 12.00
Guy F. Whitten, teams . 2.00
C. H. Robie, concreting . 276.83
T. A. Lane .... 10.00
Teamsters .... 1,621.23
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 1.
To appropriation .... $300.00
PaidKilley & Wadleigh, hard-
ware, etc $7.20
$5,289.59
Dr.
$300.00
Cr.
335
Paid labor of men and teams . $258.32
Reserved fund . . . 34.48
poo.oo
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 2.
To appropriation .... $10,000.00
Dr.
Michael Sheehan, overdraft
7.50
$10,007.50
Cr.
'aid Killey & Wadleigli, hard-
ware, etc, ....
1127.25
J. B. Varick Co., hardware,
etc
65.19
Manchester Hardware Co.,
hardware, etc. .
86.39
C. H. Hutchinson, black-
smithing, etc.
35.63
T. A. Lane, suction hose, etc.
31.65
Pike & Heald, repairing hose,
etc
6.47
Westover & Gould, lumber
and labor ....
49.51
S. C. Forsaith Machine Co.,
lumber ....
3.10
Flint & Little, lumber and
labor
.48
A. C. Wallace, lumber
9.00
■ J. Hodge, lumber
.85
A. J. Sawyer, lumber .
20.51
Flint & Little, lumber and
labor ....
2.05
336
Paid Austin, Flint & Day, sawdust $3.00
Head & Dowst, lumber . 5.67
J. F. Woodbury, blacksmith-
ing 10.45
E. Frye, blacksmithing . 1.53
Mahoney & McSweeney,
blacksmithing . . . 1.00
Thomas Hickey, blacksmith-
ing . . "^ . . . 1.10
James Morrison, blacksmith-
ing .60
W. H.Vickery, keys, etc. . 2.75
J, Stickney, repairing hose,
etc 13.89
People's Gas-light Co., gas . 46.20
J. Taylor & Son, salt, oil, etc. 31.37
Burns & Poore, coal . . 3.50
F. S. Bodwell, stone, etc. . 89.00
J. R. Carr & Co., glazing . 1.60
Joseph Quirin, pails, oil, etc. 1.18
Manchester Broom Co., refill-
ing street-sweeper . . 33.25
James Briggs, repairing
steam-roller, etc. . . 6.70
J. Alexander, professional
services .... 10.00
Thomas L. Thorpe, bagging, .45
Samuel Coo[)er, lamp-trim-
mers .... 2.00
Temple & Farrington Co.,
time-books, etc. . . 19.31
D. M. Poore, salt . . . 1.12
E. Hartshorn, sand . . 6.60
L. D. Colby, sand . . 1.50
337
Paid W. A. Clarkson, gravel
$6.00
C. C. Harriman
5.00
Frank L. Downs, rubber
boots ....
9.00
Labor of men and teams
9,184.11
Reserved fund
71.54
tin no7 ^0
%
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 3.
To appropriation .... $1,000.00
Reserved fund . . . 187.61
Paid J. B. Varick Co., hardware $7.17
J. Hodge, lumber . . 2.02
S. C. Forsaith Machine Co.,
lumber, etc. . . . 7.78
McQuade Bros., shovels . 2.75
B. H. Piper, pick handles . 1.25
Mrs. William Chase, paving
stone .... 1.70
W. S. Locke, gravel . . 2.40
F. R. Farrar, lumber . . 9.55
Labor of men and teams . 1,152.99
■ HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 4.
To appropriation .... $500.00
Reserved fund . . . 44.00
Dr.
.,187.61
Cr.
$1,187.61
Dr.
$544.00
338
Cr.
Paid labor of men and teams . $544.00
3544.00
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 5.
To appropriation .... $500.00
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. C^.
To appropriation .... $400.00
Dr.
$500.00
Cr.
Paid R. W. Flanders, blacksmith-
ing . .
$3.40
J. B. Varick Co., hardware.
etc
1.55
Labor of men and teams
470.03
Reserved fund
25.02
$500.00
Dr.
$400.00
Cr.
Paid Manchester Hardware Co.,
hardware ....
$0.65
T. A. Lane, pipe .
.30
James Morrison, blacksmith-
i»g
1.95
Welcome & Son, blacksmith-
ing . .
.90
J. B. Varick Co., hardware.
etc. .....
C).55
339
Paid labor of men and teams . $388.75
Reserved fund ... .90
$400.00
HIGHWAY DISTRICT -RO. 7.
Dr.
To'appropriation ....
$1,000.00
Reserved fund
272.45
$1,272.45
Cr.
Paid J. B. Varick Co., hardware,
etc
$11.45
F. S. Bodwell, covering stone
9.00
Head & Dowst, lumber
3.42
McDonald & Cody, rubber
boots ....
2.75
M. Klemke & Co., jug .
.45
Welcome & Son, blacksmith-
ing
13.80
Labor of men and teams
1,231.58
$1,272.45
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 8.
Dr.
To appropriation . . . •. $800.00
$800.00
Cr.
id Manchester Hardware Co.,
hardware ....
$1.70
J. B. Varick Co., hardware
16.41
Labor of men and teams
768.87
Reserved fund
13.02
$800.00
340
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 9.
To appropriation .... §500.00
Dr.
$500.00
Cr.
Paid R. W. Flanders, blacksmith-
ing §0.50
Labor of men and teams . 480.52
Reserved fund . . . 18.98
§500.00
HIGHWAY DISTRICT XO. 10.
Dr.
To appropriation ....
§2,800.00
Reserved fund
60.34
§2,860.34
Cr.
Paid Killey & Wadleigh, hardware,
etc. .....
§82.21
J. B. Varick Co., hardware,
etc. .....
15.10
A. N. Clapp, hardware, etc.
2.69
T. A. Lane, pkimbing, etc. .
5.31
A. C. WaHace, kimber
10.04
G. A. Durgin, painting, etc.
14.00
Temple & Farrington Co.,
stationery ....
.92
People's Gas-light Co., gas .
.14
D. F. Cressej, blacksmithing
13.40
Labor of men and teams
2,716.53
§2,860.34
341
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 11.
To appropriation .... $1,000.00
Reserved fund . . . 415.35
Paid Daniel Farmer, cobble paving $6.00
Joseph Greenwood, black-
smithing .... 3.60
S. L. Flanders, hardware . 2.61
Labor of men and teams . 1,404.14
Dr.
1,415.35
Or.
$1,415.35
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 12.
To appropriation .
$300.00
Dr.
$300.00
Or.
Paid Manchester Hardware
Co.
>
hardware .
$8.10
Joseph Peltier, labor .
8.00
Melvin Hall, labor
4.00
City farm, labor .
278.37
Reserved fund
1.53
$300.00
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 13.
To appropriation .
$200.00
Dr.
$200.00
442
Paid labor of men and teams . ^188.11
Reserved fund . . . 11.89
XEW HIGHWAYS.
To appropriation .... $6,000.00
Reserved fund . . . 2,132.13
Paid Warren Harvey, stone . . $4.00
Joseph Kennard, stone . 22.25
Kennard Bros., stone . . 27.25
Manchester Hardware Co. ,
hardware, etc. . . . 30.38
J. Hadlock, repairing road-
machine .... 35.80
Killey& Wadleigh, hardware 5.48
J. B. Varick Co., hardware 15.89
T. A. Lane, pipes, etc. . . 13.57
J. F. Woodbury & Co., black-
smithing .... 2.50
J. B. McCrillis & Son, black-
smithing .... 29.87
Palmer & Garmon, stone . 18.75
E. Frye, blacksmithing . 3.95
Thomas W. Lane, stationery 1.51
George S. Smith, cobble stone,
etc 47.89
S. C. Forsaith Machine Co.,
lumber .... 25.57
L. M. Aldrich, hinibcr. . 30.35
Cr.
$200.00
Dr.
$8,132.13
Cr.
343
Paid Horace Willey, stone .
$3.60
Addison Grey, stone and
gravel ....
5.00
C. H. Green, chestnut posts
10.00
F. S. Bodwell, stone posts .
52.00
James Baldwin Co., plank,
etc
13.10
Thomas Doherty, filling
12.75
Labor of men and teams
7,724.67
1,132.12
DAMAGE FOR LAND TAKEN FOR HIGHWAYS.
Dr.
To appropriation .... $1,000.00
$1,000.00
Cr.
Paid Moses Webster heirs, Welch
avenue .... $152.28
David C. Lovering, Page
street 30.00
Reserved fund . . . 817.72
$1,000.00
WATERING STREETS.
To appropriation .... $5,000.00
Reserved fund . . . . 1,277.87
Dr.
),277.87
344
Paid Thomas A. Lane, labor, etc.,
on stand-pipes . . . $184.95
J. B. McCrillis & Son, repair-
ing water-carts . . . 181.35
Manchester Water-works,
water .... 2,700.00
Manchester Heating and
Lighting Co., repairing
water-carts, etc. . . 38.59
Pike & Heald, repairing
water-carts, etc. . . 14.62
J. B. Varick Co., spring rub-
ber .90
D. E. Guiney, repairing wa-
ter-cart .... 9.56
Mancliester Locomotive
Works, dome covers . 2.61
D. F. Cressey, repairing wa-
ter-cart .... 14.90
George A. Durgin, painting
water-cart .... 40.00
A. Filion, repairing water-cart 69.00
Labor of men and teams . 3,021.39
LIGHTING STREETS.
To appropriation ..... $33,000.00
Cr.
$6,277.87
Dr.
$33,000.00
Cr.
Paid People's Gas-light Co., gas
and lighting . . . $6,370.52
345
Paid Manchester Electric Light
Co., electric lights . . $24,079.95
Ben Franklin Electric Light
Co., electric lights . . 472.64
C. M. Bailey, chimneys,
founts, etc. . . . 94.54
Albert ISTettel, oil, chimneys,
etc 21.28
J. B. Varick Co., glass . 2.50
Eeserved fund T . . 1,958.57
$33,000.00
PAVD^G STREETS.
To appropriation .... $3,500.00
Reserved fund . . . . 2,971.27
Paid C. H. Robie, concreting . $2,001.48
W. H. Coburn, paving-stone 52.60
L. J. Proctor, paving-stone . 25.50
A. McDougal, paving-stone . 104.00
C. P. Still, paving-stone . 6.20
George Whitford, paving-
stone .... 7.50
J. H. Proctor, paving-stone . 6.00
J. G. Ellinwood, paving-stone 6.40
G. S. Smith, paving-stone . 77.37
Merrill & Freeman, cement . 1.15
A. H. Lowell, ironwork . 4.98
J. B. Varick Co., paving
hammer .... 1.30
Labor of men and teams . 4,176.79
Dr.
;,471.27
Cr.
),471.27
346
MACADAMIZING STREETS.
To appropriation .... ^18,000.00
Amoskeag Manufacturing Co.,
Dr.
weio-hino; stone
71.60
L. W. Bartlett, overdraft .
44.39
Reserved fund ....
3,473.88
?!21
,589.87
Cr.
Paid J. B. Varick Co., oil, hard-
ware, etc. ....
§471.45
Manchester Hardware Co.,
hardware, etc. .
32.67
Killoy & Wadleigh, hardware,
etc
520.32
J. B. Varick Co., hardware.
etc
114.99
Manchester Water-works,
water ....
30.00
C. 11, Hutchinson, repairing
crusher, etc.
396.01
Lowell's Iron Foundry, iron-
work ....
82.73
Manchester Mills, belting, etc.
19.05
S. C. Forsaith Machine Co.,
belting, etc.
276.16
J. Hodge, lumber, etc. .
9.21
Head & Dowst, lumber, etc. .
43.72
A. J. Sawyer, lumber .
81.92
L. M. Aldrich, tiling saws
8.20
Westover & Gould, lumber
and labor ....
42.63
L. N. Westover, Umdjor
3.20
Joseph Quirin, oatmeal
2.50
347
Paid J. Stickney, belt cement . $0.50
L. B. Bodwell & Co., coke . 8.29
Burns & Poore, coke . . 32.35
People's Gas-light Co., coke . 51.60
James Briggs, repairing
crusher .... 40.67
Pike & Heald, repairing
crusher . . . . 11.05
D. E. Guiney, repairing
crusher .... 33.07
T. A. Lane, pipe, plumbing,
etc 239.63
T. L. Thorpe, copper waste . 15.00
Concord P. R., freight . . .25
B. & M. R. P., freight . . 3.49
C. E. Roberts, insurance on
engine .... 22.50
B. H. Piper, sledge handles . 3.80
J. A. Brown, wood . . 89.00
Farrell Foundry and Machine
Co., ironwork . . . 34.95
John W. Wilson, wood . 39.83
Farrell Foundry and Machine
Co., ironwork . . . 27.19
George L. Young, felt roofing 8.76
James Baldwin Co., stone and
lumber .... 15.52
H. Holbrook, stone . . 85.32
Libby Bros., stone . . 16.91
ITelson Forscher, stone . 128.67
E. B. Fellows, stone . . 56.08
J. S. Parkhurst, stone . . 56.87
James Fullerton, stone . . 25.95
D. Butterfield, stone . . 22.54
348
Paid C. W. Downing, stone .
§13.27
F. R. French, stone
81.73
H. S. Plumer, stone
118.04
G. W. Butterfield, stone
37.01
F. B. Worthley, stone .
52.45
D. W. Atwood, stone .
97.99
George Whitford, stone
Waterman Smith, stone
35.37
271.25
Joseph Tirrt'll, stone .
C. H. Robie, stone
65.86
106.68
J. G. ElHnwood, stone
64.37
A. McDouga], stone
24.86
McDougall Bros., stone
21.93
L. W. Bartlett, stone .
49.32
H. S. Hoitt, stone
36.39
H. L. Kimball, stone .
49.77
E. W. Butterfield, stone
59.77
P. Kean, stone
34.39
H. Willey, stone .
14.76
John A. Dunlap, stone
C. Buswell, stone
12.60
7.20
George Whitford, stone
2.25
J. A. Brown, stone
10.65
J. W. Kimball, stone .
24.59
H. P. Hurd, stone
9.62
J. H. Proctor, stone
14.34
F. Emerson, stone
E. Campbell, stone
53.20
27.18
C. W. Temple, stone .
57.95
C. Buswell, stone
13.57
G. A. Cota, stone
0.47
F. E. Scheer, stone
11.60
J. L. Fogg, stone
29.45
A. (J. I'^iirbaiiks, stone
6.16
349
Paid G. A. Clark, filing saws, etc. $4.00
Labor of men and teams . 16,856.28
• $21,589.87
GRADING FOR CONCRETE.
To appropriation .... $4,000.00
Reserved fund . . . 353.38
Paid Ebenezer Hartshorn, sand . $9.70
C. H. Robie, concreting . 219.62
Labor of men and teams . 4,124.06
SEWERS AND DRAINS.
To appropriation .... $18,000.00
Incidental expenses, amount
transferred .... 1,000.00
Sewer licenses .... 1,606.20
Reserved fund .... 6,907.53
Dr.
$4,353.38
Ck.
$4,353.38
Dr.
Paid Thomas A. Lane, sewer
pipes, etc $6,474.55
J. B. Variek Co., hardware,
etc 66.99
Manchester Hardware Co.,
hardware, etc. . . . 26.56
Killey & Wadleigh, hardware,
etc 71.96
$27,513.73
Cr.
350
Paid Pike & Heald, scoops, etc. . $4.21
C. H. Ilutcliinson, castings,
etc 967.90
A. H. Lowell, castings, etc. . 122.45
D. L. Stevens, castings, etc. . 33.00
D. F. Oressey, 'blacksmithing 60.26
James Morrison, blacksmith-
ing 9.36
A. C. Wallace, lumber . 109.04
Head & Dowst, lumber and
brick .... 76.23
S. C. Forsaith Machine Co.,
lumber .... 215.05
A. J. Sawyer, lumber . . 461.77
J. Hodge, lumber . . 3.30
L. M. Aldrich, lumber, etc. . 6.00
J. Stickney, gum boots, etc. 59.05
W. F. Head & Son, brick . 1,365.00
A. N. Clapp, hardware, etc. 23.51
Concord Railroad Corpora-
tion, freight . . . 201.60
Pettee & Adams, cement and
lime 133.33
Merrill & Freeman, cement
and lime .... 924.25
New Hampshire Rubber Co.,
gum boots . . . 12.00
Wingatc At Gould, gum boots 2.85
F. L. Downs, gum boots . 11.00
Dodge & Straw, Gum boots 10.00
G. W. Dodge, gum boots . 2.50
A. G. Grenier, hogshead . 1.50
J, Taylor & Son, oatmeal, etc. 5.20
351
Paid Joseph Quirin, oatmeal, etc
George L. Robinson, gum
boots
F. C. and C. W. Atwood
saw-liling, etc. .
Moore & Preston, coal .
K W. Ellis & Co., stone-lifter
etc
Union Publishing Co., adver
tising
D. J. Adams, filing saw
Amoskeag Manufacturing
Co., one half extension Mc
Gregorville sewer
r. S. Bodwell, cesspool stone
A. L. Putnum, carpenter
work
M. Fitzgerald & Co., stone
work . . .
J. B. Clarke, advertising
C. O. Phelps, ladders .
A. Filion, stone drag .
Mills & Sturtevant, locker
H. Fradd & Co., pork-harrel
T. L, Thorpe, bagging .
James Briggs, scoops .
Stark Mills .
Edward R. Geer, couplings
Peter Dowd, filing saws
F. B. Potter, Akron pipe
Labor of men and teams
m.62
6.50
6.45
1.25
22.00
13.75
.20
504.03
15.00
3.45
2.00
13.00
3.60
8.00
10.00
.40
1.01
2.00
9.25
10.00
.80
7.04
15,402.96
127,513.73
352
BRIDGES.
Dr.
To appropriation . , . .
^8,000.00
Mark E. Harvey, old plank sole
5.00
Reserved fund .
1,722.67
CO 707 an
Cr.
Paid A. C. Wallace, lumber .
$1,933.46
S. C. Forsaith Machine Co.
lumber
1,961.40
A. J. Sawyer, lumber .
273.67
Walter Neal, planking
bridges
1,176.81
Cunningham, Banks & Co.
lumber
1,874.97
Head & Dowst, lumber
540.00
George Ilolbrook, lumber ,
59.98
Wm. W. Hubbard, lumber .
1.35
Manchester Hardware Co.
hardware, etc. .
130.77
J. B. Varick Co., hardware
etc
23.32
Killey & Wadleigh, hardware
etc
162.21
A. N. Chipp, hardware, etc
7.32
Daily Press Publishing Co.
advertising
19.00
Union Publishing Co., adver
tising
13.00
J. R. Carr & Co., painting
9.85
Boston & Maine Raih-oac
Corporation, freight .
229.26
C. H. Robic, concreting
52.59
353
Paid Berlin Iron Bridge Co., ad-
justing bridge . . . $70.94
Merrill & Freeman, cement . 32.50
Labor of men and teams . 1,155.77
COMMOlSrS.
To appropriation .... |3,500.00
J. B. Varick Co., overdraft . 39.70
Reserved fund . . . 463.05
Paid Manchester Hardware Co.,
hardware, etc. . . . $2.47
J. B. Varick Co., phosphate,
hardware, etc. . . . 238.03
A. J. Sawyer, lumber . . 6.42
J. Hodge, lumber . . 11.75
L. M. Aldrich, lumber . 20.01
C. H. Hutchinson, repairing
mowers, etc. . . . 54.51
W. H. Vickery, repairing
mowers ....
Thomas A. Lane, iron fence,
etc 458.30
A. H. Lowell, park settees . 104.00
H. H. Huntress, flowers, etc. 76.82
People's Gas-light Co., gas . .42
J. B. McCrillis & Son, repair-
ing lawn-mower . . . 8.90
Charles H. Robie, concreting, 563.74
23
4.50
),727.67
Dr.
14,002.75
Cr.
354
Paid F. S. Bod well, stone posts
etc
Manchester Water-works
water
John Waters, loam
Wm. B. Abbott, painting, etc
J. N". Heath, sowing seed
C. K. Walker, loam
E. Whitney, loam
Waterman Smith, loam
C. D. Welch, loam
George Whitford, loam
Pike & Heald, drinking-cups
etc. ....
Elizabeth Gordon, grindstone
D.E. Guiuey, repairing pipes
Flint & Little, repairing rakes
Marshall & Underhill, loam
Labor of men and teams
$78.00
300.00
45.00
33.86
1.25
147.00
36.00
14.50
64.00
150.25
1.10
3.00
3.25
.80
151.25
1,723.62
S4,002.75
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
Dr.
appropriation .
^15
,000.00
A. D. Burgess estate
133.33
Manchester Street Kailway,
damage to C. E. Stearns
9.00
C. II. Hutchinson, old iron
12.45
D. H. Maxfield, chopping-
blocks . . . . .
2.55
Pcscrved fund
'1
,415.55
$18,572.88
356
Paid New England Telegraph and
Telephone Co., use of tele-
phone .... $35.50
J. A. Barker, care of boiler
at city library . . . 120.50
Manchester Water-w o r k s ,
water .... 1,077.19
Dr. J. Alexander, professional
services .... 15.00
F. H. Challis, printing . 2.50
Daily Press Publishing Co.,
printing .... 44.75
J. B. Clarke, printing . . 46.50
Union Publishing Co., print-
ing 59.83
Dr. L. French, return of
births and deaths . . 14.00
Dr. C. M. Dodge, return of
births and deaths . . 9.25
Dr. D. S. Adams, return of
births and deaths . . 5.75
Dr. J. W. Mooar, return of
births and deaths . , 2.75
Dr. C. F. Flanders, return of
births and deaths . . 9.50
Dr. R. 0. "Wood, return of
births and deaths . 4.75
Dr. Geo. D. Towne, return
of births and deaths . . 7.25
Dr. E. B. Dunbar, return of
births and deaths . . 2.25
Dr. T. Wheat, return of
births and deaths . . 5.00
Or.
356
Paid Dr. L. M. French, return of
births and deaths . . ^11.50
Dr. Charles Corey, return of
births and deaths . . .25
Dr. J. A. Jackson, return of
births and deaths . . 14.00
Dr. L. B. Howe, return of
births and deaths . . 5.50
Dr. H. C. Canney, profes-
sional services . . . 6.00
Dr. J. Sullivan, return of
births and deaths . . 33.75
Dr. H. T. Boutwell, return of
births and deaths . . 5.00
Dr. O. D. Abbott, return of
births and deaths . . 9.50
Dr. J. W. D. MacDonald, re-
turn of births and deaths . 27.25
Dr. C. B. Sturtevant, return
of births and deaths . . 2.00
Dr. E. Sylvain, return of
births and deaths . . 20.75
Dr. J. E. Lemaitre, return of
births and deaths . . 43.50
Dr. J. E. A. Lanouette, return
of births and deatlis . . 39.50
Dr. C. W. Downing, return
of births and deaths . . 12.50
Dr. J. Ferguson, return of
births and deaths . . 41.50
Dr. C. W. Downing, profes-
sional services . . . 23.00
Dr. C. E. Dodge, professional
services .... 30.00
357
Paid Dr. George D, Towne, pro-
fessional services . . $3.00
Dr. J, M. Collity, professional
services .... 125.00
Dr. D. S. Adams, profes-
sional services . . . 40.00
Dr. C. M. Dodge, professional
services . . . . 28.00
. Dr. J. E. Lemaitre, return of
births and deaths . . 56.25
Dr. J. M. Collity, return of
births and deaths . . 9.75
Burns & Poore, wood . . 1.15
L. B. Bodwell & Co., wood
and coal .... 18.15
Head & Dowst, lumber, etc. . 45.35
S. C. Forsaith Machine Co.,
lumber, etc. . . . 28.04
S. C. Forsaith Machine Co.,
portable boiler and engine 850.00
"William G. Landry, stone-
work .... 416.00
Warren Harvey, stonework . 700.00
F. S. Bodwell, stonework . 331.26
F. S. Bodwell, stone water-
ing-trough . . . 75.00
George W. Reed, teams . 255.00
Guy F. Whitten, teams . 99.50
J. C. Nichols & Son, teams . 45.00
F. P. Chenette, teams . . 3.00
W. J. Freeman, teams . . 30.00
E. T. James, teams . . 104.00
James Bros., teams . . 135.50
E. R. Hill, damage to person 25.00
358
Paid Elizabeth W. Miller, judg-
ment .... S27.05
Kate Connor, damage to per-
son 160.00
George Locke, damage from
Bnow and ice . . . 5.00
Etta H. Manning, damage to
person . . . . 25.00
Nancy 0. Savory, damage to
person .... 500.00
Benj. P. Kimball, damage to
wagon, harness, etc. . . 12.00
Luther M. Clark, adm'r,
damage to Arthur L.Clarke 2,500.00
Fred P. Danforth, damage to
land on Lake avenue . 150.00
Stephen Emery, damage to
person .... 125.00
Anna E. Buck, damage to
person . . . . 42.25
Thos. J. and Patrick Welch,
damage to team, etc. . 50.00
Joseph H. Richards, damage
to person .... 37.50
Timothy McKcnna, damage
to person . . . . 25.00
Henry Lang, damage to per-
son 400.00
Harvey B. Sawyer, damage
from water in cellar . . 15.00
Annie Solon, damage to per-
son ..... 35.00
Ann Harmon, danuige to
person .... 100.00
359
Paid Michael La Touche, damage
to person ....
$15.00
Frank S. Bodwcll, judi^ment
312.11
Sarah Whelploy, damage to
garden ....
52.50
Joseph Moreau, damage from
overflow of sewer
30.00
E. M. Kellogg, damage to
team .....
1.75
Welcome &Co. ,blacksmithing
5.25
D. F. Cressey, blacksmithing
15.38
A. H. Lowell, ironwork
52.31
Manchester Hardware Co.,
hardware, etc. .
11.08
J. B. Varick Co., hardware,
etc
11.68
D. E. Guiney, plumbing, etc.
18.85
T. A. Lane, plumbing, etc. .
193.80
Manchester postoffice, stamps,
etc. .....
2L80
Pike & Heald, plumbing, etc.
3.01
H. B. Fairbanks .
8.00
S. B. Putnam, expenses to
Concord ....
.72
L. I!^, "Westover, carpenter-
work, etc. ....
2.88
Daniel L. Stevens, delivering
notices, etc.
3.44
Daniel Farmer, damage to
land .....
150.00
Lovejoy & Stratton, repairing
clocks ....
308.00
Louis Wolf, plumbing, etc.
10.65
J. B. Hall, red fire '.
14.00
10.17
10.00
150.00
3.75
5.10
.42
360
Paid A. Landers, repairing roof . S5.75
E. F. Jones, expenses to Con-
cord and Nashua
' Timothy Shea, cleaning vaults
J. Bailey Moore, revising city
ordinances
Troy Rubber Stamp "Works,
rubber stamp
Daniel L. Stevens, serving
notices ....
People's Gas-light Co., gas .
John J. Holland, brush-
broom, etc. . . . 1.85
Gilman B. Hoyt, recording
deed 1.00
D. F. Healy, serving notices 5.46
D. F. GeoffVoy, return of
election, etc. . . . 2.02
]Sr, p. Kidder, return of deaths
and marriages, etc. . . 367.95
Sampson, Murdock & Co., di-
rectories .... 30.00
K P. Kidder, return of births 181.70
County Commissioners, hear-
ing, Cypress street . . 170.00
County Commissioners, hear-
ing, Manchester street . 65.00
Temple & Farrington Co.,
tax-books, etc. . . . 114.11
Ilill Grate Bar Co., grates,
etc. . . . \ . 97.42
Ilepul)li(jaii Press Association,
advertising non-resident
taxes ..... 7.50
361
Paid Town of Goffstown, taxes .
$1.39
J. A. Weston, land damage
on Manchester street
843.20
David Farmer, expenses of
Committee on Lands and
Buildings to Boston .
4.00
David B. Varney, allowance
for horse-hire .
132.00
J. G. Hutchinson, witness fees
12.70
People's Gas-light Co., gas .
.28
J. J. Holland, medicines
12.05
Temple & Farrington Co.,
wood-books, etc.
46.08
L.&W. T. Leiberlich, glaz-
ing, etc. ....
18.04
B. B. Hoyt, scrub-brush, etc.
.65
J. B. McCrillis & Son, repair-
ing wagon
15.94
J. J. Abbott, whitewashing
tree boxes ....
39.50
Temple & Farrington Co.,
weighers' books
18.00
George A. Alger, rebate on
taxes ....
19.00
Crombie & Chappelle, trees
82.50
A. J. Lane, use of deed and
mortgage book .
10.00
Town of Goffstown, taxes .
1.51
The Lagoon Platinum Pen
Co., pens .... 2.00
!N'ovelty Advertising Co., ink
pad .50
John Hosley, services in Kel-
sea vs. Manchester . . 10.00
362
Paid C.S. Decker, weather signals §2.26
Gilmaii B. Hoyt, recording
deed 1.00
D. A. Simons, office desk, etc. 50.00
George A. Alger, tax abated 19.80
Committee on Lands and
Buildings, expenses to Bos-
ton 12.00
George E. Morrill, distribut-
ing tax bills . . . 60.14
Temple & Farrington Co.,
pencils, ink, etc. . . 7.40
Charles H. Robie, concreting 207.00
L. M. Aldrich, lumber, etc. 40.07
First Light Battery, salute,
July fourth . . . 37.25
George W. Bacon, expenses
of Committee on Commons
to Lawrence . . . 8.00
J. B. Baril, red tire . . 5.50
D. C. Whittemore, keeping
roads in repair, 1887 and
1888 40.60
J. F. Briggs, professional ser-
vices 70.00
Manchester War Veterans'
Drum Corps . . . 10.00
First Light Battery, salute
to President Harrison . 30.00
Israel Dow, watering-trough 3.00
Palmer k Garmon, stone-
work .... G.OG
Higgins Brothers Co., carpets,
desk, etc 225.76
363
Paid Joel Daniels, painting .
135.37
J. J. Holland & Co., red fire
35.00
E. R. Coburn & Co., fireworks
144.82
A. D. Goodeu, watering-
trough ....
3.00
Manchester City Band, Pres-
ident's reception
50.00
First Regiment Band, Presi-
dent's reception
75.00
H. C. Dickey, whitewashing
tree-boxes ....
10.50
H. B, Fairbanks, selling real
estate ....
25.00
F. E. Stuart, settees
150.00
J. P. Finn, glazing
3.00
Manchester Military Band,
concerts on commons
100.00
George W. Townsend, sub-
marine diver
27.00
D. "W. King, recording deeds.
etc
4.22
J. G. Hutchinson, serving
notices, etc.
3.24
J. Alexander, professional
services ....
10.00
Manchester Print "Works,
building fence .
17.54
Laneville & Lussier, painting
12.00
Temple & Farrington Co.,
blank-books
4.00
E. E. Colburn, rock salt
.30
F. B. Potter, distributing
documents
5.00
F. E. Stuart, chairs, etc.
28.50
364
Paid Mancliester City Band, con-
certs on commons
F. X. Chenette, loam .
$100.00
2.00
George Whitford, filling
39.25
Novelty Advertising Co.,
stamp ....
Darius Merrill, certified copy
1.75
of law ....
Sampson, Murdock & Co.,
directories
Labor of men and teams
1.50
32.00
2,706.38
Sewers and drains
1,000.00
^±0^0 1 ^i.OO
I
PINE GROVE CEMETERY.
To balance from old account . $3,533.21
Appropriation . . . 1,000.00
B. A. Stearns, superintendent 1,378.48
S. B. Putnam, lots sold . . 1,839.53
J. B. Varick, overdraft . . .96
Dr.
$7,752.18
Cr.
aid Manchester Water-works,
water ....
$300.00
T. A. Lane, wrenches, noz-
zles, etc. ....
2.10
C. H. Hutchinson, castings,
etc
13.30
Pike & Ileald, watcr-piite,
etc. .....
509.11
Lowell Iron Eoundry, iron
fence, etc.
462.00
365
Paid Manchester Hardware Co.,
hardware, etc. . . . $18.00
J. B. Varick Co., hardware,
etc 105.44
New England Telegraph and
Telephone Co., use of tel-
ephone .... 49.50
Frank Emerson, loam . . 563.50
C. C. Webster, clay . . 373.00
Monroe Hall, loam . . 24.50
William L. Riley, loam . 12.50
J. M. Hall, loam . . . 18.00
Waterman Smith, turf . 27.12
H. H. Young, loam . . 19.50
G. A. Durgin . . . 40.00
Cavanaugh Bros. . . 15.00
Head & Dowst, brick . . 17.10
L. M. Aldrich, lumber, etc. . 3.03
J. Hodge, stakes . . . 19.73
0. D. Kimball, printing . 10.00
Campbell & Williams, print-
ing 2.00
Union Publishing Co., print-
ing 4.00
J. C. Nichols & Son, teams . 14.00
The Government Water-
proof Co., paint . . 15.00
Stark Mills, paint, duck, etc. 23.33
Novelty Advertising Co. ,
stamp and ink . . . 1.05
H. H. Huntress, plants . 64.80
C. P. Trickey, letter paper . .49
Timothy Shea, cleaning
vault .... 3.00
366
Paid Howard P. Moore, reporting
testimony ....
$20.00
Mrs. Spaulding, cleaning
house ....
1.00
Pettee & Adams, cement, etc.
74.94
E. P. Johnson Co., coal
11.25
Temple & Farrington Co., sta-
tionery ....
8.39
G. R. Vance & Co., sprinkler.
etc
.75
F. N. McLaren, coffin straps
4.20
J. J.JiAbbott, paints, etc.
4.53
F. B. Potter, sewer grates .
12.80
L. B. Bodwell & Co., coal .
13.50
Palmer & Garmon, granite
posts ....
26.25
Labor of men and teams
4,295.88
By balance on hand
548.59
VALLEY CEMETERY.
To balance from old account . $18.83
Appropriation . . . 1,500.00
C. H. G. Foss, superintendent 1,200.00
S. B. Putnam, lot sold . . 49.50
Paid B. W. Robinson, mason-
work, etc. . . . . $15.75
Higgins Bros. Co., table and
rocker . . . . 12.00
J. Hodge, luuibiT . . . 2.20
$7,752.18
Dr.
$2,768.33
Cr.
367
Paid Flint & Little, building sum-
mer-house, etc. . . $176.65
L. M. Aldrich, filing saw . .20
Ivilley & Wadleigh, hard-
ware, etc. .... 3.70
Manchester Hardware Co.,
hardware, etc. . . . 5.55
J. B. Varick Co., hardware,
etc 47.06
Pike & Heald, plumbing . 24.16
J. Francis, plants . . . 73.27
Palmer & Garmon, stone-
work . . . . 25.65
T. A. Lane, piping, etc. . 95.92
J. W. Kimball, stone, loam,
etc 209.60
C. C. Webster, turf . . 11.76
George Whitford, loam . 53.16
P. 0. Woodman, loam . . 9.00
Manchester Water-w o r k s,
water .... 36.60
Campbell & Williams, print-
ing, etc. ... . . 5.00
G. W. Dodge, rubber boots 2.75
W. H. Yickery, repairing
lawn-mower , . . .75
Temple & Farrington Co.,
receipt-book, etc. . . 3.32
R. W. Lamprey, maple tree 1.50
George B. McManamon, nur-
sery stock . . . 26.00
Marshall & Underbill, loam . 6.00
George C. Gilmore, making
report of Valley cemetery. 10.00
368
Paid F. S. Bodwell, stone .
$3.00
Lowell Iron Foundry, park
settees, etc.
29.08
C. A. Hoitt & Co., chairs
5.20
J. J. Abbott, painting .
43.26
Labor of men and teams
1,759.80
By balance on hand
70.45
•
$2,768.33
AMOSKEAG CEMETERY.
To reserved fund
816.00
Dr.
id L. M. Aid rich, l)ier
Manchester Water- works,
water ....
$4.00
12.00
$16.00
Or.
$16.00
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
To appropriation .... $35,000.00
J. A. Colby, horse sold . . 115.00
Labor in districts Nos. 2 and
10 4,881.31
Dr.
Paid Amoskeag Steam Fire-En-
giiio Co. No. 1, pay-roll . $1,485.00
Fire King Steam Fire-Kiigiiie
Co. No. 2, pay-roll . ' . 1,476.67
$39,996.31
Or.
369
Paid Merrimack Steam Fire-En-
gine Co. N"o. 3, pay-roll . $1,485.00
N. S. Bean Steam Fire-En-
gine Co. No. 4, pay-roll . 1,485.00
Gen. Stark Steam Fire-En-
gine Co. No. 5, pay-roll . 1,485.00
Pennacook Hose Co. No. 1,
pay-roll .... 1,245.00
Massabesic Hose Co. No. 2,
pay-roll .... 1,245.00
Hook-and-Ladder Co. No. 1,
pay-roll .... 2,047.50
Chemical Engine Co., pay-
roll 435.00
Manchester Hardware Co. ,
hardware, etc. . . . 279.57
J. B. Varick Co., hardware,
etc 2.58
Killey & Wadleigh, hard-
ware, etc 14.26
C. H. Hutchinson, castings,
etc 50.06
Pike & Heald, plumbing, etc. 157.91
T. A. Lane, plumbing, etc. . 365.01
D. E. Guiney, plumbing, etc. 64.69
D. F. Cressey, blacksmithing 21.90
Merrill & Freeman, grain, etc. 1,104.36
Partridge Bros., grain, etc. . 231.81
H. Fradd & Co., grain, etc. . 235.90
Pettee & Adams, grain, etc. . 278.59
C.T.Newman, horse medicine .50
J. H. Wiggin ... 1.00
John Hayes & Co., grain . 17.05
Drake & Dodge, grain . . 83.40
24
370
i^aid Charles Francis, carrots
$10.28
Welch & Hall, pair horses
700.00
Manchester Locomotive
Works, ironwork, etc.
105.20
J. B. McCrillis k Son, repair-
ing carts, etc.
826.60
Samuel Eastman & Co., hose.
etc. .....
138.17
Eureka Hose Co., hose, etc. ,
948.75
Boston Woven Hose Co.,
hose, etc
48.45
J. A. and W. Beard & Co.,
bicarbonate of soda .
72.79
H. C. Ran no, repairing har-
ness, etc. ....
290.30
Thomas P. Hiley, repairing
harness, etc.
108.35
Cavanaugh Bros., repairing
harness, etc.
95.87
W. H. Adams, repairing har-
ness, etc. ....
50.80
Frederick Allen, repairing
harness, etc.
48.95
J. G. Lake, repairing harness.
etc
18.90
F. N. McLaren, repairing
harness, etc.
10.58
S. L. Flanders, wood, oil, etc.
21.55
J. Taylor & Son, oil, etc.
3.98
S. M. Worthlej, oil, matches.
etc
4.77
A. C. Wallace, lumber
9.72
J. Hodge, lumber .
26.21
Head k Dowst, lumber, etc. .
128.67
371
Paid L. M. Aldrich, carpenter-work
$5.13
Flint & Little, carpenter-work
7.15
New England Telephone and
Telegraph Co., telephones .
197.86
People's Gas-light Co., gas .
754.18
Cornelius Callahan Co., hose,
etc
977.35
J. L. Woodman, hay .
239.55
C. B. Dickey, hay
134.46
C. D. Welch, hay .
261.80
City farm, hay
37.21
J. L. Cole, hay
9.81
J. Q. Perley, hay .
43.83
Albe Morrill, hay
28.26
D. H. Young, hay
11.38
F. R. Emery, hay .
56.07
William P. Farmer, hay
32.30
J. B. Jones, hay .
8.73
J. T. Gott, hay .
18.70
S. E. Bryant, hay .
36.94
C. M. Wheeler, hay
18.14
Daniel Butterfield, hay
69.70
Concord Railroad Corpora-
tion, freight
21.85
Boston & Maine Railroad,
freight ....
10.37
J. F. Woodbury & Co., black-
smithing ....
204.80
D, F. Cressey, blacksmithing
74.39
Thos. Hickey, blacksmithing
9.50
Joseph 0. Tremblay, black-
smithing
95.75
Mahoney & McSweeney,
blacksmithing .
102.38
372
Paid James Morrison, blacksmith-
ing $0.80
Manchester Water-w o r k s ,
water .... 1,083.52
Mrs. M. H. Hulme, launder-
ing 31.90
Mrs. Fred Sunbury, launder-
ing 4.33
Mrs. George A. Wheeler,
laundering . . . 4.35
Mrs. Mary Cressey, launder-
ing ..... 5.31
Mrs. C. C. Tinkham, laun-
dering .... 15.84
Mrs. S. Batchelder, launder-
ing 3.10
Mills & Sturtevant, carpenter-
work, etc. . . . 53.56
J. R. Carr & Co., painting
and glazing . . . 17.21
Fred S. Sloan, painting and
• glazing .... 12.30
J. J. Abbott, painting and
glazing .... 1.87
Weston & Hill, matting, etc. 79.18
J. B. Jones, stove,bench-vise,
etc. . . . . . 16.25
A. D. Smith, horse medicine 2.04
T. W. Lane, telegrams, ex-
pressage, etc. . . . 26.25
J. B. Clarke, printing, etc. . 45.40
Dennis Kerwin, soapine, etc. 15.85
A. C. Daniels, horse medi-
cine 11.00
373
Paid Joliii W. Wilson, trucking . $11.63
Dr. J. Blakeley, professional
services .... 134.50
Dr. J, Alexander, professional
services .... 52.00
A. W. Baker, professional
services . . . . 18.00
Dr. A. L. Dodge, professional
services .... 2.00
Dr. J. E. Stanhope, profes-
sional services . . . 2.00
Edwin Rogers & W. E. Du-
crow, gong, etc. . . 136.20
D. L. Stevens, ironwork . 37.00
C. P. Trickey, stationery, etc. 3.65
Z. F. Campbell, horse medi-
cine 50.76
E. T. James, hack . . 3.00
C. H. Wood, painting sign . 1.00
Warren Harvey, chestnut
poles .... 31.50
W. L. Blenus, automatic
whip attachment . . 4.50
C. T. N'ewman, horse medi-
cine 4.05
F. P. Proctor, axle oil . . 3.25
J. Hinman, Babcock fire ex-
tinguisher . . . . 30.00
Electric Gas-lighting Co.,
automatic burners . . 5.20
Washburn & Moen Manufac-
turing Co., copper wire . 28.00
Sanborn Carriage Co. , repair-
ing carts, etc. . . . 16.60
374
Paid A. Filion & Co., repairing
carts, etc.
$20.25
Moore & Preston, charcoal .
1.00
A. W. Harris Oil Co.,
scouree ....
8.25
Fuller, Leonard & Small, lire
coats ....
9.75
A. L. Putnam, repairing
carts
5.90
Stephen Gardner, sawing
wood, etc
5.00
E. G. McKean, stable rent .
5.00
W. L. Blenus, oiling hose
24.00
George W. Simmons & Co.,
trumpets ....
25.50
J. B. Hall, horse medicine .
1.35
J. A. Brown, wood
5.00
Snelling & Woods, horse
medicine ....
6.95
Sanborn Carriage Co., re-
pairing carts
30.25
C. A. Trefethen, clock
3.50
D. A. Simons, office chairs .
21.00
Moore & Preston, wood
5.00
James Bros., hacks
10.00
L. B. Bod well & Co., coal .
211.30
A. M. Finney, cleaning car-
pets
8.44
Plumer & Holton, buttons .
.60
D. A. Simons, cuspidores,
etc. .....
!t.l7
Lowell Iron Found rv, cast-
ings, etc. ....
2.34
"Welch & Hall, horse .
250.00
375
Paid J. Hinman, Babcock -fire ex-
tinguisher, etc. . . . $32.25
A. W. Harris Oil ^ Co.,
scouree, etc. . . . 15.50
Charles E. Berry, hames and
collars .... 52.00
C. M. Bailey, wiping waste . 37.00
D. M. Goodwin, brooms . 4.50
J. IN". Foss, clipping horses . 13.50
C. F. Sprague, spreads . 2.00
Snelling & Woods, horse
medicine .... 11.47
Lowell Iron Foundry, cast-
ings, etc 7.16
L. B. Bodwell& Co., coal . 1,049.70
Temple & Farrington Co.,
opaque, etc. . . . 1.08
Sanborn Carriage Co., iron-
work, etc. . . . . 7.15
Head & Dowst, lumber, etc. 38.07
James Bros., team . . 5.00
Charles Wood, gilding signs 3.00
Amoskeag Steam Fire-En-
gine Co. ISTo. 1, services
July 4, 1889 . . . 8.00
Fire King Steam Fire-En-
gine Co. No. 2, services
July 4, 1889 . . . 8.00
Merrimack Steam Fire-En-
gine Co. !N"o. 3, services
July 4, 1889 . . . 8.00
R S. Bean Steam Fire-En-
gine Co. N^o. 4, services
July 4, 1889 . . 8.00
376
Paid Gen. Stark Steam Fire-En-
gine Co. No. 5, services
July 4, 1889 .
Pennacook Hose Co. No. 1,
services July 4, 1889
Massabesic Hose Co. No. 2,
services July 4, 1889
Hook-and-Ladder Co. No. 1,
services July 4, 1889
F. F. Shaw, repairing clock
Thomas W. Lane, chief en-
gineer ....
Fred S. Bean, assistant en-
gineer and clerk
Clarence D. Palmer, assistant
engineer , , . .
Ruel G. Manning, assistant
engineer . . . .
Eugene S. Whitney, assistant
engineer . . . .
George B. Forsaith, services
as engineer
Drivers and assistant drivers
By reserved fund . , . .
Balance on hand
$8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
1.75
1,000.00
150.00
125.00
125.00
125.00
55.00
10,975.42
669.38
317.74
$39,996.31
FIRE ALARM TELEGRAPH.
To appropriation .
Reserved fund
. $1,200.00
102.80
Dr.
$1,302.80
377
Paid 'American Electrical Works,
arms, rubber, etc. . . |29.67
Thomas W. Lane, cash paid
for trucking ... 5.50
William Parr, labor on cir-
cuits 12.25
J. Hodge, lumber . . 30.21
Mason, Chapin & Co., blue
vitriol .... 234.81
J. Brodie Smith, labor on
circuits, etc. . . . 64.30
T. W. Lane, Jr., labor on
circuits, etc. . . . 161.25
Manchester Hardware Co.,
hardware, etc. . . . 47.53
Concord Railroad Corpora-
. tion, freight . . . 7.91
Boston & Maine Railroad,
freight .... .40
Edwin Rogers, fire-alarm box 125.00
Edwin Rogers and W. E.
Ducrow, fire-al^'m boxes . 294.00
J. H. Bunnell & Co., insula-
tors, etc 65.17
J. B. Clarke, printing . . 11.80
W. B. Corey & Co., trucking,
etc 2.15
James Baldwin Co., pins and
brackets .... 6.20
Washburn & Moen Manufac-
turing Co., copper wire . 54.81
Electric Gas-lighting Co.,
bells, burners, etc. . . 14.92
Cr.
378
Paid A. D. Smith, chemicals, etc. §1.00
D. B. Varney, zincs, etc. . 124.92
H. P. Young, labor on tele-
graph .... 3.00
Mahoney & Mc Sweeney,
blacksmithing . . . 6.00
31,302.80
HYDRAXT SERVICE.
Dr.
To appropriation . . . .§21,000.00
§21,000.00
Cr.
Paid Manchester Water-w o r k s ,
water .... §17,330.00
By reserved fund .... 3,670.00
§21,000.00
FIREMEN'S PARADE.
Dr.
To appropriation ....
§300.00
Reserved fund
103.25
§403.25
Cr.
Paid E. S. Whitney, collation for
visiting firemen
§50.00
Manchester First Regiment
Band, music
52.00
R. G. Sullivan, cigars .
55.00
"W. J. Freeman, barges
13.00
379
Paid E. V. Turcotte, barge . . $5.00
F. X. Chenette, barge . . 5.00
F. J. Corzilius, caterer . 169.75
Manchester City Band, music 40.00
J. B. Clarke, printing . . 13.50
$403.25
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
To appropriation .... $33,000.00
M. J. Jenkins, costs and fines 3,720.62
Dr.
H. W. Longa, costs and fines
2,853.33
J. C. Bickford, costs and fees .
1,228.85
(fi/IA QAO QA
Cr.
PaidN. P. Hunt, judge .
$1,500.00
Isaac L. Heath, associate jus-
tice .....
79.00
J. C. BickfiDrd, clerk .
600.00
M. J. Jenkins, city marshal
702.05
H. W. Longa, city marshal
405.00
H. W. Longa, assistant mar-
shal .....
415.02
J. F. Cassidy, assistant mar-
shal
200.00
H. W. Longa, conveying
prisoners ....
838.00
H. W. Longa, witness fees,
etc
160.88
H. W. Longa, witness fees.
etc
35.89
T. L. Thorpe, cop waste
3.30
380
Paid W. 11. Drury, professional
services ....
$2.00
A. C. Osgood, professional
services ....
4.24
A. R. Simmons, professional
services ....
6.00
R J. Peaslee, professional
services ....
2.12
Cballis & Eastman, printing
9.75
J. B. Clarke, printing .
130.35
Campbell & Williams, print-
ing
79.40
L. B. Bodwell & Co., coal and
wood ....
434.86
F. B. Fish, repairing chairs,
etc. .....
5.50
Isaac S. Coffin, waste, dippers,
etc
8.98
D. S. Adams, professional
services ....
30.00
J. E. Lemaitre, professional
services ....
10.00
H. C. Canney, professional
ser\^ces ....
6.00
L. M. French, professional
services ....
16.00
Temple & Farrington Co.,
blank-books, etc.
5.76
J. J. Holland & Co., ammo-
nia, soap, etc. .
75.00
J. II. Cram, repairing chairs.
etc. .....
2.50
M. J. Coleman, water-closet,
etc
40.50
381
Paid W. H. Vickery, repairing
badges •. . . . $0.50
T. A. Lane, plumbing, etc. . 124.57
D. E. Guiney, plumbing, etc. 1.50
Louis Wolf, plumbing, etc. . 8.62
James Brothers, teams . . 6.00
E. T. James, teams . . 231.50
J. C. Nichols & Son, teams . 9.50
Guy F. Whitten, teams . 5.00
J. K Foss, teams . . . 1.75
W. J. Freeman, teams . . 2.25
Thomas W. Lane, stationery 10.10
Henry Gorman, ivoriue, etc. 55.63
Carl E. York, ivorine, etc. . 21.59
H. Fradd &Co., matches . .15
Patrick Scollard, blacking . 1.20
Manchester Water-works,
water .... 152.25
Troy Rubber Stamp Co.,
daters, etc. . . . 10.60
J. J. Abbott, painting . . 18.00
Thomas Franker,killiug dogs,
etc 24.00
Mary Cotta, scrubbing floors 8.00
Mrs. Philibert, scrubbing
floors . . . . 25.50
Ada Franker, washing sheets,
etc 76.50
Mabel Frost, washing blan-
kets, etc 33.00
Marsden & Cutting, washing
blankets, etc. ... 1.25
Joseph Franker, dragging
river for Howard Engstrom 5.00
382
Paid Delia Cotta, scrubbing floors $4.00
Mrs. T. Franker, care of lost •
children .... 5.00
W. H. Yicker}-, repairing
locks and badges . . .40
Killey & Wadleigh, lanterns,
etc 11.29
J. B. Varick Co., hardware,
etc 48.79
Western Union Telegraph
Co., telegrams . . . 17.66
People's Gas-light Co., gas 518.14
C. M. Bailey, toilet paper,
mop-yarn, etc. . . . 37.07
S. C. Forsaith Machine Co.,
slabs ..... 8.25
L. M. Aldrich, carpenter
work .... 25.48
New England Telegraph and
Telephone Co., use of tel-
ephones .... 116.19
Daniel Davis, meals for pris-
oners .... 345.00
Weston & Hill, matting, etc. 3.92
F. F. Shaw, repairing clock 3.25
Merrill & Freeman, lime . .25
C. F. Sprague, towels, crash,
etc 10.35
Briggs & Roberts, crackers . 7.14
John Campbell, police clubs,
etc 19.40
A. N. Nettel, team . . 5.00
Lovejoy & Stratton, repairing
clocks .... 8.00
383
Paid W. H. Vickery, repairing
badges and locks
L3mian W. Colby, photo-
graphs of criminals .
John Pierce, whisperphones
C. A. Hoitt & Co., chair cush-
ion . . . . .
Humane Restraint Co., wrist-
lets, etc
E. Eismann, storing goods of
sub-marine diver
J. Blakeley, professional ser-
vices . . . . .
H. C. Wallace, photographs
of criminals
Charles E. Longa, electric
gong, etc. . . . .
R. D. Gay, screens, etc.
W. D. Ladd & Co., crackers,
Manchester Locomotive
Works
J. Driscoll .
Labor of men and teams
Services of patrol officers
By reserved fund .
Balance on hand
$L50
4.00
4.00
1.00
5.80
1.50
10.00
4.00
9.40
6.23
5.70
.81
7.75
16.25
28,055.87
2,788.56
2,094.29
$40,802.80
CITY HALL.
To rents $8,164.50
Kew Hampshire Trust Co. . 558.83
Reserved fund . . . 1,425.05
Dr.
$5,147.88
384
Cr.
Paid People's Gas-light Co., gas .
1401.80
New England Telegraph and
Telephone Co., use of tel-
ephone ....
79.77
Thomas A. Lane, plumbing,
etc
206.69
Pike & Heald, mops, ash
hods, etc. ....
8.18
W. H. Vickery, repairing
locks, keys, etc.
2.60
Manchester Hardware Co.,
hardware, etc. .
5.53
J. B. Varick Co., hardware,
etc
1.99
Killey & Wadleigh, hardware.
etc
.95
C. H. Hutchinson, repairing
clock ....
4.80
Thorp & Bartlett, stove, etc.
9.25
Head & Dowst, vaults, lum-
ber, etc. ....
2,644.52
George Holbrook, lumber,
etc
10.80
G. H. Dudley, carpenter-
work, etc.
5.25
L. M. Aldrich, carpenter-
work ....
.35
Mary Shiney, scrubbing, etc.
126.80
J. J. Abbott, wall-paper, etc.
32.14
J. It. Carr Sc Co., glazing.
.etc
6.10
Charles Wood, }taiiiting
signs .....
7.55
385
Paid Manchester Water-w o r k s ,
water ....
$576.00
J. J. Holland & Co., alcohol,
soap, etc. ....
3.00
C. A. Hoitt & Co., table and
cuspidores
15.00
C. M. Bailey, toilet paper
2.0.00
Temple & Farrington Co.,
wall-paper, opaque, etc.
43.37
Weston & Hill, matting, etc.
33.29
L. B. Bodwell & Co., coal .
395.71
A. M. Eastman, pearline,
brooms, etc.
4.65
A. M. Finney, cleaning car-
pets, etc. ....
7.71
M. P. Barker, making awn-
ing
12.00
J. Taylor & Son, matches,
etc
.43
T. W. Lane, ink, etc. .
1.25
Maxwell & Campbell, ice
5.00
Damon Safe and Iron Works,
vault doors
350.00
Bennett & Lord, mason-work
20.05
R. D. Gay, moulding .
11.40
J. A. Barker, night services
2.00
Alfred Harrington, sawing
wood, etc.
3.50
Merrill & Laird, mason-work
4.60
Frank Wilson, matches
3.5(>
John White, labor
3.45
Bennett & Lord, mason-work
8.25
J. S. Holt & Co., soap .
7.12
25
386
Paid C. 11. Robie, concreting . ^40.50
Labor of men, clearing snow
from roof . . . . 21.13
85,147.88
PRINTING AND STATIONERY.
Dr.
To appropriation . . . .
$1,200.00
Reserved fund
650.30
81,850.30
Cr.
Paid John B. Clarke .
$1,232.46
Campbell & Williams .
82.30
0. D. Kimball
396.40
Daily Press Publishing Co.
13.50
. William E. Moore
3.00
F. H. Challis
3.00
T. W. Lane . .
2.90
Temple & Farrington Co.
87.94
Manchester postoffice .
28.80
81,850.30
REPAIRS OF BUILDINGS.
To appropriation .
Reserved fund
82,000.00
1,352.49
Paid Head & Dowst, lumber and
labor 8869.67
Db.
83,352.49
Cr.
387
Paid Sanborn Carriage Co., lumber
$4.00
S. C. Forsaitb Machine Co.,
lumber ....
.75
J. B. McCrillis & Son, lumber
35.37
E. A. G. Holmes, lumber and
labor .....
84.49
George Holbrook, lumber
and labor ....
220.07
Mills & Sturtevant, lumber
and labor ....
667.75
McLaughlin & Dolan, paint-
ing . . . .
47.50
J. E. Carr & Co., painting .
67.56
Joel Daniels & Co., painting.
etc
226.44
J. J. Abbott, painting .
35.69
T. A. Lane, plumbing, etc. .
65.23
D. E. Guiney, plumbing, etc.
313.82
W. M. Darrah & Co., repair-
ing roofs, etc. .
51.72
E. J. Williams, repairing roofs
16.81
Weston & Hill
69.75
Bennett & Lord, mason-work
12.75
Milo B. Wilson, mason-work
23.11
Merrill & Laird, mason-work
3.75
J. B. Varick Co., hardware .
125
Manchester Hardware Co.,
hardware ....
2.22
D. A. Simons
103.05
T. L. Thorpe
8.40
Labor of men and teams
421.34
$3,352.49
388
CITY LIBRARY.
To balance from old account . $1,792.12
Appropriation .... 4,000.00
Paid Mrs. M. J. Buncher, librarian §800.00
A. F.Payne,assistant librarian 307.00
People's Gas-light Co., gas . 215.19
Temple & Farrington Co., re-
binding books, etc. . . 397.54
T. A. Lane, repairing hose . 1.30
J. B. Clarke, printing re-
ports, etc 17.00
C. F. Livingston, covers and
placards . . . . 14.75
N. P. Hunt, postage, etc. . 2.87
N. P. Hunt, expenses of self
and L. B. Clough to Bos-
ton, Lawrence, and Lowell 12.07
Moore & Preston, wood . 5.00
L. B. Bodwell & Co., coal . 267.45
Mudgett & Dow, dinners,
Messrs. Bond and Banks . 3.50
M. H. G. Banks, expenses
from New Jersey . . 10.40
Charles A. Durfee, expenses 10.00
Trustees of city lil)rury, books 1,000.00
L. B. Clough, insurance . 100.00
By balance on hand . . . 2,628.05
Dr.
$5,792.12
Cr.
$5,792.12
389
MILITIA.
To appropriation .... $800.00
Reserved fund . . . 100.00
Paid First Light Battery . . $200.00
Lafayette Guards . . . 100.00
Manchester Cadets . . 100.00
Manchester War Veterans . 100.00
Sheridan Guards . . . 100.00
Manchester City Guards . 100.00
Amoskeag Veterans . . 100.00
Headquarters First Regiment
K H. K G. . . . 100.00
Dr.
$900.00
Cr.
|900.00»
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
To appropriation
Paid sundry persons
By reserved fund .
. $3,000.00
$2,798.74
201.26
Dr.
$3,000.00
Cr.
13,000.00
DISCOIIN'T ON TAXES.
To appropriation .
Reserved fund
$10,000.00
330.20
Dr.
$10,330.20
390
Paid George E. Morrill, collector $10,330.20
Cr.
$10,330.20
STATE TAX.
To appropriation .... $63,435.00
Paid Solon A, Carter, state treas-
urer .
$63,435.00
Dr.
$63,435.00
Cr.
$63,435.00
COUNTY TAX.
To appropriation .
140,508.54
Paid Edwin F. Jones, county treas-
urer $40,508.54
Dr.
$40,508.54
Cr.
$40,508.54
OUTSTANDING TAXES.
1883
$913.76
1884
914.58
1885
923.00
1886
974.51
1887
1,189.44
1888
1,721.07
391
TAXES, 1889.
Dr.
To resident taxes . . . $435,728.71
ISTon-resideiit taxes . . 1,363.98
$437,092.69
Cr.
By collections .... $412,355.77
Abatements. . . . 933.57
Discounts . . . " . 10,330.20
Balance uncollected . . 13,473.15
$437,092.69
CITY OFFICERS' SALARIES.
Dr.
To appropriation .... $14,500.00
$14,500.00
Cr.
Paid David B. Varney, mayor . $1,800.00
D. B. Yarney, overseer of the
poor ex officio . . . 25.00
David B. Yarney, member of
school board ex officio . 10.00
Sylvanus B. Putnam, treas-
urer 1,200.00
Nathan P. Kidder, city clerk 900.00
George E. Morrill, tax col-
lector . . . . 1,663.22
John A. Barker, city messen-
ger 699.96
Edwin F. Jones, city solicitor 500.00
William E. Buck, superin-
tendent of schools . . 2,000.00
392
Paid ^ J. M. Collity, city physician
$100.00
C. W. Downing, city physi-
cian .....
98.!tl
P. D. Harrison, clerk of com-
mon council
50.00
J. B. Pattee, clerk of com-
mon council
200.00
Judith Sherer, matron ,
360.00
A. J. Dickey, assessor • .
142.50
John Ryan, assessor
165.00
G. H. Dudley, assessor .
387.50
D. 0. Furnald, assessor
722.55
H. D. Lord, assessor
215.50
J. E. Stearns, assessor .
92.50
F. T. Provost, assessor .
145.00
Henry Lewis, assessor .
144.50
B. L. Hartshorn, inspector of
check-lists
33.75
M. F. Lawler, inspector of
check-lists
33.75
William B. Stearns, inspector
of check-lists
36.00
D. 0. Furnald, inspector of
check-lists
33.75
J. A. Foster, inspector of
check-lists
36.00
Isaac Whittemore, inspector
of check-lists
36.00
C. C. Tinkham, inspector of
check-lists
33.75
H. D. Lord, inspector of
check-lists
36.00
Horace Gordon, overseer of
the poor ....
2.08
393
Paid William H. Maxwell, overseer
of the poor, and clerk . $100.00
James Sutclitfe, overseer of
the poor . . . . 25.00
T. L. Quimby, overseer of
the poor .... 25.00
D. W. Anderson, overseer of
the poor .... 25.00
Horatio Fradd, overseer of
the poor .... 25.00
George S. Holmes, overseer
of the poor . . . 22.92
Charles Francis, overseer of
the poor .... 25.00
Thomas H. Mahoney, over-
seer of the poor . . . 25.00
James Sutcliffe, supervisor of
check-lists ... 6.00
Charles A. Carpenter, super-
visor of check-lists , . 6.00
Joseph Lariviere, supervisor
of check-lists . . . 4.00
Charles C. Hayes, supervisor
of check-lists . . . 6.00
C. H. Hodgman, supervisor
of check-lists . . . 4.00
Hiram Hill, supervisor of
check-lists ... 6.00
E. M. James, supervisor of
check-lists ... 6.00
"W. D. Ladd, supervisor of
check-lists . . . 6.00
J. H. Slater, supervisor of
check-lists . . . 6.00
394
Paid John J. Minton, supervisor
of check-lists . . . $6.00
D. H. Maxfield, supervisor of
check-lists . . . 6.00
"William T. Paine, supervisor
of check-lists . . . 6.00
E. B. Dunhar, supervisor of
check-lists . . . 6.00
"William C. Knowlton, su-
pervisor of check-lists . 4.00
F. W. McKinley, supervisor
of check-lists . . . 4.00
D. H. Young, supervisor of
check-lists . . . 18.00
E. W. Brigham, assistant
assessor .... 222.50
Hiram Forsaith, assistant
assessor .... 35.00
H. F. Stone, assistant assessor 27.50
S. L. Flanders, assistant as-
sessor .... 95.00
Isaac Whittemore, assistant
assessor .... 60.00
N. Nichols, assistant assessor 277.50
Harry T. Lord, clerical ser-
vices for assessors . . 75.00
A. C. U. Anillette, interpreter
for assessors . . . 28.00
J. N. W. Germain, interpre-
ter for assessors . . 13.00
A. E. Foster, services as city
messenger .... 20.00
H. F. W. Little, milk inspec-
tor 150.00
395
Paid T. "W. Lane, inspector of
buildings .... $100.00
George W. Goffe, moderator 3.00
George M. True, moderator . 3.00
Allan D. Eastman, ward clerk 10.00
A. L. F. GeofFroy, ward clerk 5.00
A. M. Keniston, selectman . 5.00
Henry Hebert, selectman . 5.00
John P. Cronin, selectman . 5.00
George B. Forsaith, select-
man ..... 5.00
"William S. Smith, selectman 5.00
J. Everett Anthes, selectman 5.00
C. E. Merrill, selectman . 5.00
H. C. Paige, selectman . 5.00
iN". P. Richard, selectman . 5.00
A. M. Keniston, selectman . 5.00
George H.Benton, selectman 5.00
H. C. Paige, selectman . 2.50
Geo. C. Hoitt, health officer 200.00
Joseph B. . Sawyer, health
officer .... 200.00
"William M. Parsons, health
officer .... 200.00
James E. Dodge, member of
school board and clerk . 110.00
Edward B. Woodbury, mem-
ber of school board . . 10.00
John C. Balch, member of
school board . . . 6.67
Charles H. Manning, member
of school board . . 10.00
Benjamin C. Dean, member
of school board . . 10.00
396
Paid L. C. Baldwin, member of
school board
$10.00
Charles G. Dodge, member of
school board
3.33
S. B. Stearns, mem])er of
school board
6.67
Fred C. Crosby, member of
school board
10.00
William C. Clarke, member
of school board
10.00
F. T. E. Richardson, member
of school board
10.00
J. F. Frost, member of school
board ....
.86
Nathan P. Hunt, member of
school board
10.00
Charles A. Carpenter, mem-
ber of school board .
9.16
J. L. Sanborn, member of
school board
10.00
William K. Robbins, mem-
ber of school board .
10.00
M. P. Hall, member of school
board ....
10.00
J. F. Cahill, member of
school board
10.00
J. P. Slattery, member of
school board
10.00
S. W, Clarke, member of
school board
3.33
By reserved fund
171.86
$14,
,500.00
397
DECORATION" OF SOLDIERS' GRAVES.
Dr.
To appropriation .... $300.00
$300.00
Cr.
Paid Louis Bell PostNo. 3, G. A. R. $300.00
$300.00
WOMEN'S AID AND RELIEF SOCIETY HOS-
PITAL.
Dr.
To appropriation .... $400.00
$400.00
Cr.
Paid Mrs. Aretas Blood, treasurer $400.00
$400.00
STARK MONUMENT SQUARE.
Dr.
To appropriation . . . . $100.00
$100.00
Cr.
Paid, labor of men and teams . $89.41
By reserved fund . . . 10.59
$100.00
TRUANT OFFICER.
Dr.
To appropriation .... $750.00
$750.00
398
Paid G. M. L. Lane . . . $250.00
Samuel Brooks . . . 500.00
Cr.
3750.00
WATER-WORKS.
Dr.
To balance from old account . $36,126.68
Charles K Walker, %Yater rents 86,692.46
Sam C. Lowell, overdraft . 8.00
$122,827.14
Cr.
Paid interest $36,000.00
Charles K. Walker, superin-
tendent .... 1,556.97
Merrill & Freeman, cement,
etc 75.10
Pettee & Adams, cement, etc. 6.50
A. C. Wallace, water com-
missioner .... 90.00
J. A. Weston, water com-
missioner and clerk . . 137.00
Alpheus Gay, water commis-
sioner .... 93.00
D. B. Varney, water commis-
sioner ex officio . . . 24.00
E. H. Ilobbs, water commis-
sioner . . . . . 36.00
J. F. Kennard, water com-
missioner .... 78.00
Henry Chandler, water com-
missioner .... 42.00
399
Paid J. Stickney, oak leather pack-
ing $41.50
D. J. Mahoney, lumber . 40.93
J. Hodge, lumber . . 2.06
Austin, Flint & Day, wood . 2.00
Head & Dowst, lumber, etc. . 10.61
E. A. G. Holmes, lumber, etc. 316.70
Mills & Sturtevant, locker . 11.00
A. M. Eastman, oil and
matches .... 3.75
Eager & Rand, oil, soap, etc. 6.70
!New England Telegraph and
Telephone Co., use of tele-
phone .... 99.65
James Bros., teams . . 35.50
E. T. James, teams . . 59.00
Pike & Heald, Russia strips,
etc 19.94
T. A. Lane, pipe, etc. . . 224.68
D. F. Cressey, blacksmithing 92.64
C. H. Hutchinson, ironwork,
etc 73.72
J. B. Varick Co., hardware,
etc 175.53
Killey & Wadleigh, hardware,
etc 17.83
Manchester Hardware Co.,
hardware, etc. . . . 11.00
Leander Pope, blacksmithing 4.50
Concord Railroad Corpora-
tion, freight . . . 1,945.33
Manchester Locomotive
Works, sleeves, forge, iron,
etc 879.00
400
damage
Paid Boston & Maine Eailroad,
freight
Samuel T. Page, land .
Fletcher Brown, land .
Elisha Slager, land
Henry A. Hunter, land
Jacob Chase, land
Richard S. Clark, land .
Elias S. Emery, land
Amos and Mary Hamlet
John Dealy, damage from
water
A. G. Wallace, damage from
water
Fannie D. Hardy
from water
Hersey Meter Co., meter, etc
Sewall & Day Cordage Co.
jute packing, etc.
T, H. Risdon & Co., steps
The McNeal Pipe and Foun-
dry Co., iron pipe, etc.
Davidson Steam Pump Co.
packing
Leonard & Ellis, machine oil
R. D. Wood & Co., sleeves, etc
E. W. Bigelow, machine oil,
etc
Holyoke Hydrant and Iron
Works, hydrants, etc.
Chapman Valve Manufactur-
ing Co., hydrants, etc.
Amoskeag Manufacturing
Co., crown gears, etc.
$10.81
150.00
1,900.00
1,700.00
. 125.00
75.00
1,000.00
850.00
575.00
75.00
28.83
102.00
43.75
23.85
9.00
15,788.82
78.75
77.82
134.54
33.27
314.44
570.27
1,004.88
401
Paid Boston Lead Manufacturing
Co., pig lead, etc. . . $198.94
Hays Manufacturing Co.,
boxes, locks, etc. . . 210.40
Gilchrist & Gorham Corpora-
tion, cocks, etc. . . . 206.49
Hersey Meter Co., meters,
etc 202.75
l!»rational Meter Co., meters,
etc 1,925.65
■ Union Water Meter Co., me-
ters, etc 97.21
Builders' Iron Foundry,
branches, sleeves, etc. . 189.50
Whittier Machine Co., pipe,
elbows, etc. . . . 332.06
J. W. Wilson, teaming . 20.00
P. C. Cheney Co., waste, etc. 43.59
I. T. Webster, wood . . 12.00
J. M. Hall, wood . . . 6.00
J. F. Wyman, wood . . 51.26
J. M. & D. A. Parker, wood . 22.00
L. B. Bodwell & Co., coal . 94.3(>
E. P. Johnson Co., coal, etc. 344.20
C. H. Robie, concreting . 57.32
T. H. Tr.,-^on, prinring . . 44.39
Campbell & Williams, print-
ing 22.40
J. B. Clarke, printing . . 73.35
Union Publishing Co., print-
ing 10.70
John Driscoll, funnel, etc. . 2.13
George E. Morrill, auditing
pcconnts .... 20.00
26
402
Paid W. li. Ward & Co., bands and
cocks ....
§14.25
Parker & Jencks, posts
1.50
Edson Manufacturing Co.,
diaphragm, bolts, etc.
13.98
G. R. Vance & Co., iron
torches, etc.
1.95
E. R. Coburn & Co., books
and stationery .
1L35
J. H. Cunningham, elbows,
nipples, etc.
5.35
Chadwick Lead Works, pig
lead .....
216.59
J. II. Farnham, repairing
files
1.75
Clough & Clark, examining
titles
2.00
Chadwick Lead Works, pipe.
etc
32.99
Farnum's Brass Works, locks,
etc. .....
37.75
George Fletcher & Co., cater-
ing, etc. ....
83.00
J. B. Sawyer, engineering.
etc. .....
65.75
Auburn, N. H., taxes .
16.82
New Hampshire Rubber Co.,
gaskets ....
3.17
Dodge, Haley & Co., chain-
block, etc
13.75
William P. Miller .^- Co., lu-
bricator ....
21.78
The Water-Wash Prevention
Co., meter ....
2»).90
403
Paid,|John Dodge, teams, etc.
$15.25
F. W. Elliott,>eals .
4.00
Boston Woven Hose Co.,
packing ....
14.04
Boston Belting Co., packing
8.75
Labor of men and teams
11,548.62
By balance on hand
39,589.15
(tt-ioo 007 -l/j
RESERVED FUND.
To milk licenses .
.
.
$56.50
Show licenses .
,
.
197.00
Dog licenses .
.
.
1,285.18
Billiard-table licenses
,
177.00
Rent of tenements
.
550.30
Rev. J. A. Chevalier,
Beech-
street schoolhouse lot
.
4,750.00
Interest on taxes
,
,
387.84
Paupers off farm
.
.
223.97
Highway District
No.
1
34.48
a a
2
71.54
(( li
5
25.02
(( a
6
.90
u a
8
13.02
a ' '- • a
9
18.98
(( a
12
1.53
i( a
13
11.89
Damage for land
taken
for
highways
.
.
817.72
Lighting streets
.
.
1,958.57
Fire department
^
,
669.38
Dr.
404
Paid hydrant service
Police department
Abatement of taxes
City officers' salaries
Stark Monument square
Health department
Appropriation
By firemen's parade
City Farm
City teams
Highway District !N'o. 3
a n
4
it a
7
a ((
10
(( n
11
New highways
.
"Watering streets
Paving streets .
Macadamizing streets
Grading for concrete
Sewers and drains .
Commons
Bridges .
Incidental expenses
Fire-alarm telegraph
City Hall
Printing and stationery
Repairs of buildings
Militia
Discount on taxes .
Firemen's parade
Engineers' department
§3,670
2,738.
201.
171.
10.
299.
20,000.
00
56
26
86
59
21
00
$38,342.30
Cr.
§100,
1,615
299,
187
44
72
60
415
2,132
1,277,
2,971,
3,473
353.
6,907
463
1,722.
3,415.
102,
1,425,
650
1,352
100
330
3
271
00
25
46
61
00
45
34
35
.13
87
27
,88
38
,53
,05
67
55
80
05
.30
49
00
20
.25
6i^
405
By scavenger teams . . . $4,715.40
Amoskeag cemetery . . 16.00
Lake-avenue engine-house . 608.11
Balance on hand . . . 3,255.25
$38,342.30
REPAIRS OF SCHOOLHOUSES.
Dr.
To appropriation .... $4,000.00
$4,000.00
Cr.
Paid Head & Dowst, lumber, etc.
$1,231.45
G. H. Dudley, lumber and
labor ....
747.15
T. A. Lane, plumbing, etc. .
196.58
Lowell Iron Foundry, iron-
work, etc. .
48.46
C. H. Hutchinson, ironwork,
etc
17.04
Manchester Hardware Co.,
hardware, etc. .
5.68
Pike & Heald, galvanized
pipe, etc
123.58
J. J. Abbott, painting, etc. .
202.78
J. A. Sargent, blackboards,
etc
222.83
Bennett & Lord, mason-work
95.60
S. M. Bennett, mason-work .
1.00
Shirley & Stuart, mason-
work ....
10.67
R. Landers, repairing roofs.
etc
81.94
406
Paid B. "W. Robinson, raason-work
$213.28
Isaac S. Coffin, galvanized
pipe, etc
19.60
Amoskeag Manufacturing
Co., ironwork .
7.35
A. T. Barr, glazing, etc.
2.56
William P. Buck, repairing
clocks ....
4.00
C. A. Trefethen, repairing
clocks ....
5.00
G. A. Nute, repairing organ
2.00
Smead Warming and Venti-
lating Co., dry closets
450.00
Thorp & Bartlett, repairing
stoves ....
4.85
Temple & Farrington Co.,
opaque, fixtures, etc.
18.48
M. Fitzgerald, cutting soap-
stone ....
6.00
W. H. Vickery, keys, etc.
1.85
G. H. Eastman, carpenter-
work ....
5.00
W. G. Landry, stone .
6.00
A. A. Jenkins, tuning pianos
5.00
By balance on hand
264.27
FUEL.
To appropriation .... $3,200.00
Balance overdrawn . . . 130.03
$4,000.00
Dr.
$3,330.93
407
Cr.
Paid C. N. Harvey, wood
.
$369.77
J. M. Nutt, wood .
74.59
L. B. Bodwell & Co.,
wood
and coal .
.
2,867.82
E. P. Johnson Co., coal
15.00
J. Hodge, wood .
.
1.75
C. C. Haskell ^ .
2.00
$3,330.93
FURNITURE AND SUPPLIES.
Dr.
To balance from old account
$61.24
Appropriation ....
1,000.00
Balance overdrawn .
31.83
$1,093.07
Cr.
PaidKilley & Wadleigb, hard-
ware, etc. ....
$31.10
Manchester Hardware Co.,
hardware, etc, .
52.99
J. B. Varick Co., hardware.
etc
7.50
Pike & 'Heald, door-mats.
brushes, etc.
64.44
T. W. Lane, pencils, crayons,
etc
25.40
J. L. Hammett, erasers, etc.
202.75
Prang Educational Co., mod-
els, etc. ....
93.98
J. J. Holland, chemicals
52.07
Weston & Hill, matting, etc.
9.12
408
Paid Harley & Rol)bie, ribbon . $15.25
Ginu & Co., music charts, etc. 16.86
Xovelty Advertising Co., card-
board, etc. . , . 4.25
C. A. Hoitt & Co., tables and
chairs .... 24.40
Milton Bradley Co., charts,
etc 7.38
C. P. Trickey, book-holder,
etc 2.75
Thorp & Adams Manufactur-
ing Co., ink . . . 21.00
Rubber Stamp Works, stamps 9.75
Manchester Broom Co.,
brooms .... 2.00
A. N. Clapp, brooms, etc. . 1.95
George S. Perry, maps, etc. . 16.15
R. D. Gay . . . . 32.99
C. M. Bailey, manilla paper . 3.60
Educational Supply Co., wire,
holders, etc. . . . 8.24
• King & Merrill, slates, cray-
ons, etc. .... 50.90
E. R. Coburn & Co., writing-
paper, crayons, etc. . . 16.20
Higgins Bros. Co., ink jugs . 2.94
Clark & Estey, ribbon . . 2.98
William II. Elliott, piano
stool, etc. .... 3.00
Carl E. York, brooms . . .88
W.Heron,Jr., filling diplomas 30.65
W. J. Brecknell,di"plomas . 275.00
L. H. Josselyn . . . 4.60
«il,093.07
409
BOOKS AND STATIONERY.
To balance from old account
$34.00
Appropriation .
500.00
Paid Temple & Farrington Co.
$17.90
E. R. Coburn & Co.
63.69
Ginn & Co. . . .
10.00
T. W. Lane .
189.99
W. P. Goodman .
90.15
Harrison Hume .
31.50
Ginn & Co. .
2.92
Educational Publishing Co.
.75
J. M. Russell
17.04
Eastern Educational Bureau
I 8.87
By balance on hand
101.19
Dr.
$534.00
Cr.
$534.00
PRESTTING AND ADVERTISING.
To balance from old account
Appropriation
Balance overdrawn .
$107.49
300.00
113.23
Paid J. B. Clarke .
$414.02
Daily Press Publishing Co.
38.50
Union Publishing Co. .
62.25
Campbell & Williams .
4.40
0. D. Kimball
1.00
Novelty Advertising Co.
.55
Dr.
$520.72
Cr.
$520.72
410
CONTINGENT EXPENSES.
Dr.
To appropriation ....
$800.00
Balance overdrawn
295.89
CI oQt 80
Cr.
Paid People's Gas-light Co., gas .
$164.50
Manchester Water- works,
water ....
494.20
"William E. Buck, horse, etc.
124.58
J. S. Aver}', glazing, etc.
6.60
Manchester Hardware Co.,
hardware, etc. .
.68
J. B. Varick Co., hardware .
1.30
W. H. Vickery, repairing
locks, etc
2.95
A. A. Jenkins, tuning pianos
12.75
George Locke, glazing .
1.05
Carl E. York, ink jugs .
1.70
C. A. Trefethen, repairing
clocks ....
13.50*
A. T. Barr, cleaning school-
room
1.00
A. N. Clapp, brooms, etc.
.88
Samuel Brooks, distributing
notices ....
2.15
A. M. Eastman, Ivorine and
soap .....
1.07
Jones's Express, trucking
3.33
W. K. Robbins, expenses to
Dover, Boston, Haverhill,
for committee .
8.11
Joel Daniels & Co., glazing . 1.40
411
Paid W. H. Thurber, telegrams . $5.60
W. J. Freeman, teams . . 45.00
DeCourcey k Holland, remov-
ing wood to clean vault at
Spring-street schoolhouse . 5.00
F. H. & W. M. Fames, chem-
icals 1.00
Edward H. Currier, chemicals 6.40
F. W. Fitts, yarn ... .50
S. W. Clarke estate, cleaning
clocks .... 2.00
George W. Reed, team . 2.00
C. W. Anderson & Co., re-
pairing clocks . . . 2.25
Timothy McKenna, cleaning
vaults . . . . 59.50
Manchester Opera House Co.,
use of Opera House . . 25.00
Thomas Stewart, trucking . 4.00
F. P. Colby, moving pianos . 6.00
Higgins Brothers Co., use of
chairs .... 5.00
D. C. Heath & Co. . . 3.34
Higgins Brothers Co., use of
chairs .... 6.00
J. L. Wentworth, trucking . 6.05
E. F. Blackman . . . 4.00
Emma B. Abbott, teams . 55.50
Carrie L. Barker . . . 10.00
$1,095.89
412
CARE OF ROOMS.
To appropriation .
Balance overdrawn
$3,200.00
145.94
Paid J. S. Avery .
$600.00
William Stevens .
600.00
A. T. Barr .
557.00
Michael Finley
406.87
William H. Morrill
350.04
H. C. Dickey
250.08
E. P. Cogswell .
250.08
J. E. Bailey .
60.27
C. F. Sanborn
31.05
E. L. Bennett
28.75
Frank Quartz
16.00
Ava M. Robinson .
38.00
D. S. Dunbar
18.50
Ella F. Barker .
52.30
Cora Fox
9.50
Otis L. Webster .
20.50
Hiram Proctor
4.50
Willie Dobbin
12.00
Frank B. Annis .
7.00
Margaret Flynn .
4.00
Alverta P. Barrett
19.50
Ruby I. Fox
7.00
Martha Tracey
3.00
Dr.
$3,345.94
Cr.
$3,345.94
413
EVENING SCHOOLS.
To balance from old account
Appropriation .
Balance overdrawn .
$375.07
1,200.00
223.76
%
Paid Georgia A. Nnte .
1100.05
F. C.'^Baldwin
235.40
Fannie L. Sanborn
46.80
Maude L. Kent .
57.00
Annie McClery .
37.80
F. C. Livingston .
299.20
C. E. Cochran
171.60
Cora F. Sanborn .
82.00
Nellie M. Atwood
28.80
Etta S. Dana
96.30
Mary A. Bnzzell .
51.30
C. W. Bickford .
77.00
Lizzie D. Hartford
51.30
Maggie Linen
67.50
Emma J. Ela
80.00
J. H. Campbell .
110.00
Sarah B. Paige
38.70
Mary A. Southard
25.00
William H. Morrill, janitor
102.80
Albert T. Barr .
28.80
People's Gas-light Co., gas
11.48
Dr.
1,798.83
Cr.
$1,798.83
414
TEACHERS' SALARIES.
Dr.
To balance from old account
$98.67
Appropriation .
43,500.00
Balance overdrawn .
614.21
<i,\A 010 QQ
Cr.
Paid Albert A. Somes .
$2,000.00
George I. Hopkins
1,410.00
L. E. Manahan
900.00
Mary A. Buzzell .
600.00
Rocilla M. Tuson .
563.78
Mary Stanton
600.00
Fred C. Baldwin .
1,410.00
Annie 0. Heath .
600.00
Jennie M. Chandler
500.00
Carrie E. Reid
500.00
C. A. Abbott
450.00
Hattie G. Flanders
450.00
Nellie M. James .
450.00
Ella F. Sanborn .
192.16
Lizzie P. Gove
570.00
Emma L. McClaren
867.50
Fannie D. Moulton
450.00
Nellie L Sanderson
450.00
Lucia E. Estey
450.00
Alice E. Page
420.00
Frank S. Sutcliffe
1,410.00
Annie W. Patten .
525.00
Isabella R. Daniels
500.00
Mary F. Barnes .
500.00
Nettie F. Ains worth
482.50
Susie G. Woodman
450.00
415
Paid Cora B. Guilford .
. $348.54
Theodora Richardson .
185.00
Mary E. Buuton .
500.00
Bertha L, Dean
500.00
Nancy S. Bunton .
475.00
Kittie J. Ferren .
450.00
Mary F. Nutt
430.00
Clara E. Woods .
450.00
George Winch
1,320.00
Cora M. Dearborn
26.25
Mary J. Hickey .
290.00
Barbara B. Joy
440.00
Flora M. Senter .
450.00
Ellen E. McKean .
450.00
Josie H. Newton .
450.00
Kittie C. Woodman
380.56
Alta C. Willand .
500.00
Eva F. Tuson
450.00
Letta M. Smith .
350.00
Lizzie A. Burns .
570.00
Lelia A. Brooks .
450.00
S. Izetta Locke
450.00
Edith M. Stebbins
450.00
Gertrude H. Brooks
225.00
Annie A. Webster
157.50
W. F. Gibson
240.00
Etta J. Carley
52.50
Mary G. Tynan .
450.00
Olive J. Randall ,
270.00
Theodora Richardson .
175.00
Nellie M. Atwood
407.50
Georgia A. Nute .
525.00
Ella F. Barker .
450.00
Kate Townsend .
400.00
416
Paid Genevieve B. Knight .
$360.00
Olive A. Kowe
360.00
J. J. Kimball
1,000.00
Caroline E. Wing
1,140.00
Gertrude H. Brooks
225.00
Georgianna Dow .
450.00
Helen M. Morrill .
475.00
Iluldali C. Graupner
392.50
Ella Hope .
450.00
Augusta S. Downs
337.50
Mary W. Mitchell
450.00
Mary J. Walsh
360.00
Kate T. Clarke .
400.00
Mary A. Southard
400.00
Delia E. Haines .
450.00
Sarah B. Paige
385.00
Alverta P. Barrett
237.43
Emma B. Abbott .
160.50
Maude L. Kent .
105.25
Millie S. Morse
103.25
Lillian Little
34.00
Abbie R. West .
231.93
Liez M. Warren .
264.47
I^ettie B. Fogg
246.94
Grace W. Irwin .
461.25
Annie B. Goodwin
114.75
Emma M. Streeter
112.25
Mabel J. Brickett
125.25
Bertha A. Young .
117.00
W. P. Abl)ott
100.00
Cora F. Sanborn .
271.87
William H. Furber
1>59,52
B. S. Andrews
910.00
C. W. Bickford .
1S7.75
417
Paid G. A. Wymaii
$135.00
J. W. Stetson
405.00
Jennie L. Thompson
210.00
Lillian Little
132.43
Mary E. Monlton .
27.00
Fannie L. Sanborn
6.25
$44,212.88
%
TUITIOK
Dr.
To William E. Buck .
$216.60
$216.60
'
Cr.
By balance from old account
$202.41
Balance on hand
14.19
$216.60
EVENING SCHOOL,
MECHANICAL DRAWING.
Dr.
To balance from old account
Appropriation ....
$106.41 ■
700.00
$806.41
Paid A. H. Sanborn, instructor .
$123.00
Cr.
Henry W. Allen, instructor .
177.00
John M. Kendall, instructor
112.75
W". H. Morrill, janitor .
Ivison, Blakeman & Co.,
24.00
models ....
10.00
E. R. Coburn & Co., drawing-
paper ....
0. D. Kimball, printing
By balance on hand
4.50
3.50
351.66
,41
418
CATALOGUE FOR CITY LIBRARY.
Dr.
To appropriation .... $2,500.00
$2,500.00
Cr.
By cash on hand .... $2,500.00
$2,500.00
NEW SCHOOLHOUSE, WEST MANCHESTER.
Dr.
To appropriation .... $15,000.00
H. B. Fairbanks, buildings sold 935.75
$15,935.75
Cr.
Paid Rowena L. H. Walker, land $0,700.00
J. B. Clarke, advertising . 16.00
H. B. Fairbanks, selling
buildings .... 25.00
Labor of men and teams . 9.00
By balance on hand . . . 9,185.75
$15,935.75
LAKE-AVENUE ENGINE-HOUSE.
Dr.
To appropriation .... $6,500.00
H. B. Fairbanks, houses sold 1,060.00
Reserved fund .... 608.11
$8,168.11
419
Paid Mead, Mason & Co., con-
tractors .... ^6,271.04
W. Ireland, extra services . 103.00
Head & Dowst, lumber and
labor .... 308.48
T. A. Lane, chandeliers, etc. 59.68
C. H. Hutchinson, ironwork 36.62
T. A. Lane, plumbing, etc. . 25.60
D. E. Guiney, plumbing, etc. 27.81
C. H. Robie, concreting . 210.40
Concord Railroad Corpora-
tion, freight ... .64
J. M. Kendall, architect . 346.00
Union Publishing Co., adver-
tising proposals . . 7.50
Paine's Furniture Co., furni-
ture, etc 112.05
Mrs. S. A. Batchelder, clean-
ing house .... 11.00
J. B. Smith, burners, battery,
etc 225.27
W. L. Blenus, horse-pull, etc. 20.65
Jones's City Baggage Express,
freight, etc. . . . 3.74
Temple & Farrington Co.,
opaque shades, etc. . . 44.11
Weston & Hill, carpets, etc. 216.54
Committee on Lands and
Buildings, expenses to Bos-
ton to purchase furniture . 20.00
C. A. Hoitt & Co., beds, mat-
tresses, etc. . . • 117.98
Cr.
,168.11
420
CEMETERY FU:N'DS.
Dr.
To trustees $1,650.00
$1,650.00
Cr.
By bonds $1,650.00
$1,650.00
ENGmEERS' DEPARTMENT.
Dr.
To appropriation .... 12,700.00
Reserved fund . . . 271.66
$2,971.66
Cr.
Paid W. H. Bennett, city engineer $1,000.00
W. H. Bennett, india ink,
horse-car fares, etc. . . 22.70
H. M. Young, assistant en-
gineer .... 566.42
George W. Wales, assistant
engineer .... 504.25
J. J. McDonough, assistant
engineer .... 357.00
H. J. Briggs, assistant engi-
neer .....
C. W. Bickford, assistant
engineer ....
Head & Dowst, plate-glass,
etc 23.41
Flint & Little, carpenter-
work, etc. . . . 4.61
85.75
51.63
421
'aid S. C. Forsaith Machine Co.,
stakes, etc.
$33. 46
J. Hodge, stakes, etc. .
24.63
J. B. Varick Co., hardware,
etc. .....
51.02
Killey & Wadleigh, hardware
1.00
Manchester Hardware Co.,
hardware ....
2.00
Pike & Heald, plumbing, etc.
2.63
J. F. Woodbury, blacksmith-
ing
9.25
Mahoney & McSweeney,
blacksmithing .
5.00
J. B. Clarke, printing re-
ports, etc. ....
27.00
0. D. Kimball, paper and
printing ....
9.00
T. A. Lane, gas fitting, etc. .
5.03
C. H. Wood,painting signs, etc.
13.90
George W. Reed, teams
58.75
J. J. Holland, chamois skin .
.30
Temple & Farrington Co.,
drawing-paper, etc. .
18.55
Edward Doherty, assistant
engineer ....
9.75
Thomas P. Riley, repairing
harness, etc.
2.80
Forrest F. Shaw, reading-glass
2.50
Guy F. Whitten, team .
1.00
Joel Daniels & Co., drawing-
paper, etc
8.50
W. L. Blenus, repairing
tapes, etc. . .
2.50
422
Paid Amoskeag Manufacturing
Co., steel liamn^er
Manchester Gas-light Co., gas
stove ....
E. T. James, team
T. W. Lane, letter paper and
pens ....
Geo. Blanchet, cotton cloth
Temple & Farrington Co.
stationery .
"Wadsworth, Howland & Co
A. H. Stark, repairing wagon
$4.00
6.00
1.00
3.25
10.70
5.47
28.90
8.00
$2,971.66
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
To appropriation .... $1,400.00
Paid Russell White, inspector . $659.05
J. B. Clarke, printing . . 70.10
Campbell & Williams,printing 16.50
Wm. E. Moore, printing . 9.00
0. D. Kimball, printing . 6.50
Daily Press Publishing Co.,
printing .... 11.30
F. H. Challis, printing . . 6.00
Union PublishingCo., printing 17.00
Thomas Franker, burying
nuisances .... 5.00
E. T. James, teams . . 5.50
James Bros., team . . 2.00
Dr.
$1,400.00
Cr.
423
Paid J. Stickney, enameled cloth . i,$1.25
George C. Hoitt, expenses to
New York, Long Island,
and Newport . . . 24.17
Joseph B. Sawyer, expenses
to New York, Long Island,
and Newport . . . 24.17
J. B. Varick Co., hardware . .25
Labor of men and teams . 243.00
By reserved fund .... 299.21
$1,400.00
EECEIVING TOMB, VALLEY CEMETERY.
To appropriation .... $1,500.00
$1,500.00
Cr.
Paid Palmer & Garmon, stonework
$27.15
Pettee & Adams, cement
27.50
Lowell Iron Foundry, iron-
work .....
18.60
J. J. Abbott, painting .
1.25
Killey & Wadleigh, hardware
2.64
Manchester Locomotive
Works, ironwork
385.17
Thos. A. Lane, Akron pipe,
etc
26.11
B. W. Robinson, mason-work
3.75
Dickey & Eastman, mason-
work ....
16.68
Labor of men
54.84
J. W. Kimball, stone .
6.25
424
Paid F. S. Bodwell, stone-work . $495.00
Flint & Little, lumber, etc. . 35.67
Bv balance on hand . . . 399.39
31,500.00
FUNDED DEBT.
Amount of funded debt,
Jan. 1, 1889
Paid during the year
Amount of funded
Jan. 1, 1890
Interest due, estimated .
Bills outstanding .
Cemetery bonds
debt.
$935,500.00
500.00
§20,000.00
29,462.50
10,950.00
Total indebtedness, Jan. 1, 1890 .
Cash in treasury Jan. 1, 1890
'Net indebtedness Jan. 1, 1890
Net indebtedness Jan. 1, 1889
Decrease of net indebtedness during the year
§935,000.00
§60,412.50
§995,412.50
109,311.83
§886,100.67
917,770.85
§31,670.18
425
Valuation, Taxes, Etc
Year.
Valuation.
Taxes.
No. Polls.
Poll Tax.
Val. of Poll.
1846 . .
$3,187,726
$22,005 95
1,808
S2 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 . .
5,600,049
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 68
100
1878 . .
15,912,234
276,873 32
6,477
1 74
100
1879 . .
17,482,132
264,406 73
6,633
1 60
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
1888 . .
22,162,928
432,914 45
9,344
1 95
100
1889 . .
22,962,790
437,092 69
9,527
1 90
100
426
City Debt.
Dale of Notes.
To \VTiom Payable.
When Payable.
Principal.
July 1, 1874
Jan. 1, 1872
Oct. 31, 1863
July 1, 1864
1, 1874
1, 1872
1, 1872
July 1, 1881
April 1, 1885
April 1, 1885
April 1, 1885
April 1, 1885
Jan. 1, 1887
July
Jan.
Jan.
"Water Bonds,
City Bonds,
Water Bonds,
Bridge Bonds,
City Bonds,
"Water Bonds,
July
Jan.
Nov.
July
July
Jan.
Jan.
July
April
April
April
April
Jan.
1890
1892
1893
1894
1895
1897
1902
1911
1905
1907
1909
1911
1907
8100,000 00
100,000 00
70,000 00
50,000 00
100,000 00
100,000 00
100,000 00
60,000 00
50,000 00
50,000 00
50,000 00
5,000 00
100.000 00
DTTENTORY OF SCHOOLHOUSES.
$50,000.00
High School house and lot .
Furniture, charts, maps, books
and apparatus
Franklin-street house and lot
Furniture, maps, etc.
Spring-street house and lot .
Furniture, maps, etc.
Lincoln-street house and lot .
Furniture, maps, etc.
Ash-street house and lot
furniture, maps, etc.
Main-street house and lot
Furniture, maps, etc.
"Webster-street house and lot
Furniture, maps, etc.
2,000.00 $52,000.00
18,000.00
400.00 18,400.00
15,000.00
400.00 15,400.00
50,000.00
400.00 50,400.00
58,000.00
400.00 58,400.00
23,000.00
600.00 23,600.00
17,500.00
350.00 17,850.00
427
Bloclget-street house and lot .
Furniture, maps, etc.
Bridge-street house and lot .
Lowell-street house and lot .
Furniture, maps, etc.
Merrimack-street house and lot
Furniture, maps, etc.
"Wilson Hill house and lot .
Furniture, maps, etc.
School-street house and lot .
Furniture, maps, etc.
South-Main-Street house and lot
Furniture, maps, etc.
Bakersville house and lot
Furniture, maps, etc.
Stark District house and lot .
Furniture, maps, etc.
Amoskeag house and lot
Furniture, maps, etc.
GoiFe's Falls house and lot .
Furniture, maps, etc.
Harvey District house and lot
Furniture, maps, etc.
"Webster District house and lot
Furniture, maps, etc.
Hallsville house and lot
Furniture, maps, etc.
. $3,500.00
150.00
$3,650.00
900.00
900.00
. 7,000.00
400.00
7,400.00
. 15,000.00
550.00
15,550.00
. 3,300.00
100.00
3,400.00
. 5,000.00
425.00
5,425.00
. 2,800.00
200.00
3,000.00
. 13,000.00
600.00
13,600.00
. 3,000.00
150.00
3,150.00
. 3,700.00
125.00
3,825.00
. 3,600.00
100.00
3,700.00
. 2,500.00
125.00
2,625.00
600.00
50.00
650.00
. 3,500.00
125.00
3,625.00
428
Youngsville house and lot .
Furniture, maps, etc.
Mosquito Pond Dist. house and lot
Furniture, maps, etc.
Park-street house and lot
Amount of school property .
Amount of city property
Total amount of property
$1,400.00
125.00 $1,525.00
1,200.00
100.00 1,300.00
8,500.00 8,500.00
$317,875.00
1,913,045.72
$2,230,920.72
CITY PROPERTY.
Land, city scales, etc. ....
City Library building ....
Permanent inclosure of common
City Hall and lot
City Farm and permanent improvements
Stock, tools, furniture, etc., at City Farm
Engines, hose, and apparatus
Fire-alarm telegraph, bell-tower, and bell
Engine-house, stable, and land, Vine street
Hose-house, cottage, and lot, Maple street
Engine-house, cottage, and lot. Lake avenue
Houses and Pine Grove Cemetery
Court-house and lot .
Common sewers .....
Safes, furniture, and fixtures at City Hall
Street lanterns, posts and pipes .
AVatcr- works .....
Horses, carts, tools, and j)lows for streets
Fire departn)ent, individual alarm
$30,000.00
41,000.00
22,000.00
60,000.00
34,000.00
8,882.19
56,844.00
32,930.00
47,000.00
5,000.00
20,000.00
13,000.00
51,000.00
308,000.00
3,000.60
8,000.00
954,239.53
5,000.00
3,000.00
429
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
Engine-house and lot. Ward 8 . . . 20 000.00
Water-pipe, wagons, etc., for watering streets 2,500.00
Stock in Suncook Valley Railroad . . 50 000.00
Gravel lot, Belmont street .... i 200.00
Engine-house and lot, Webster street . 13,000.00
Gravel lots. Ward 8 400.00
Gravel lots, Bakersville .... 700.00
Gravel lot. District iN'o. 8 . ... 150.00
Valley Cemetery and tomb . . , . 13,000.00
Schoolhouse lot. West Manchester . . 6,700.00
$1,913,045.72
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1890.
Interest $17,000.00
Paupers off the farm
2,000.00
City Farm .
4,000.00
City teams .
2,500.00
Highway District No. 1
300.00
(( (
2
12,000.00
a a
4
500.00
H I
5
500.00
u ;
6
500.00
U i
7
1,300.00
U (
8
800.00
a I
9
500.00
a i
10
3,300.00
" (
11
1,000.00
(( i,
12
300.00
a I
13
200.00
430
l^Tew highways ....
Damage for land taken for highways
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
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 Hospi
Reserved fund
Repairs of schoolhouses
Fuel
Furniture and supplies
tal
89,000.00
1,000.00
7,500.00
41,000.00
5,500.00
18,000.00
4,000.00
20,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
15,000.00
1,000.00
1,500.00
35,000.00
1,200.00
18,000.00
31,000.00
1,200.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
900.00
3,000.00
10,000.00
63,435.00
40,508.54
15,500.00
500.00
300.00
100.00
400.00
20,000.00
3,700.00
3,200.00
1,000.00
431
Books and stationery .
Printing and advertising
Contingent expenses
Care of rooms
Evening schools .
Teachers' salaries
Truant officer
Engineers' department
Scavenger teams .
Health department
Evening school, mechanical drawing
Catalogue of city library
'New schoolhouse, West Manchester
Street sweeping ....
'New text-books, free
Indigent soldiers and their dependent families
,<?400.00
400.00
800.00
3,300.00
1,500.00
44,000.00
750.00
3,000.00
12,000.00
1,400.00
600.00
1,000.00
30,000.00
1,200.00
9,000.00
1,000.00
$545,493.54
AMENDMENTS
CITY OHDnSTA-IsrOES
AMENDMENTS TO CITY ORDINANCES.
Be it ordained by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the
City of Manchester in City Council assembled, as follows:
Section 1. Section 20 of chapter 5 of the Ordinances of the
City of Manchester is hereby amended by striking out the word
" twenty-five " in second line, and inserting instead thereof the word
" fifty," so said section will read :
"Section 20. Said captain of the watch shall receive in full for
his services the sum of two dollars and fifty cents per day."
Sect. 2. Section 12 of chapter 14 of the Ordinances of the City
of Manchester is hereby amended by striking out the words " eight
hundred and fifty-five," in the second and third lines and inserting in-
stead thereof the words " nine hundred," so said section will read:
" Section 12. The city marshal shall receive in full for all ser-
vices rendered by him to the city, nine hundred dollars, payable in
equal quarterly payments."
Sect. 3. Section 13 of chapter 14 of the Ordinances of the City
of Manchester is hereby amended by striking out the word " seven"
in the second line, and inserting instead thereof the word " eight,"
so said section will read :
" Section 13. The assistant city marshal shall receive in full,
for all services rendered by him to the city, eight hundred dollars,
payable in equal quarterly payments."
Sect. 4. Section 14 of chapter 14 of the Ordinances of the City
of Manchester is hereby repealed and the following new section
enacted instead thereof :
" Section 14. The pay of special police ofiicers shall be one
dollar and seventy-five cents per day while actually employed on
duty. The pay of the watchmen and regular police officers of the
city shall be jDayable monthly, and at the rate of two dollars and
twenty-five cents per day while actually employed. Said city mar-
shal,-assistant marshal, watchmen, and regular police officers shall,
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at their own expense, furnish themselves with a])pr()j)riute uniforms
of blue, witli gilt buttons l)earing the letters M. P., and shall wear said
uniforms at all times when on duty. The committee on marshal's ac-
counts shall furnish to each police officer a uniform Ijadge suitably
lettered and numbered, to be worn at all times when on duty, in
some conspicuous place designated by said committee."
Sect. 5. This ordinance shall take etiect upon its passage.
In Board of Common Council. March 5, 1889.
Passed to be ordained.
CHARLES A. CARPENTER, President.
In Board ok Mayor and Aldermen. March 5, 1889.
Passed to be ordained.
D. B. VARNEY, Mnxjor.
Be it ordained by the Mayor, Alderrticn, and Common Council of
the City of Manchester in City Council assembled, as follows :
That that part of the Old Mast Road (so called) from corner
near residence of Adam Dickey running northerly to Goftstown
line, shall hereafter be called Rockland avenue.
In Board of Common Council. May 7, 1889.
Passed to be ordained.
CHARLES A. CARPENTER, President.
In Board of Mayor and Aldermen. May 7, 1889.
Passed to be ordained.
D. B. VARNEY, Mayor.
Be it ordained by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of
the City of Manchester in City Council asscniblcd, as follows :
That chapter 14, section 27, be amended by striking out the words
"two dollars and seventy-five cents i)er day," in the second line
thereof, and inserting instead thereof the words, " twelve huni'edd
dollars per annum, to be paid in equal monthly payments," so that
said section shall read as follows: "The superintendent of high-
ways in District No. 2 shall receive twelve hundred dollars per an-
num, to be paid in equal monthly payments, and in each of the
437
other districts, two dollars per day for each da}' actuall}' employed,
payable monthly."
In Board of Common Council. August C, 1889.
Passed to be ordained.
CHARLES A. CARPENTER, President.
In Board of Mayor and Aldermen. August 6, 1889.
Passed to be ordained.
D. B. VARNEY, Mayor.
Be it ordained by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of
the City of Manchester in City Council assembled, as follows :
That chapter 28, section 2, be amended by striking out the word
" Monday," so that the ordinance will read :
" Section 2. He shall keep his office in the City Hall building,
and shall devote the usual hours of business to the duties of his
office ; he shall keep regular office hours, of which jjublic notice
shall be given, and shall keep his office open for the receipt of taxes
on Thursday and Saturday evenings, from seven to nine o'clock."
In Board of Common Council. September 3, 1889.
Passed to be ordained.
CHARLES A. CARPENTER, President.
In Board of Mayor and Aldermen. September 3, 1889.
Passed to be ordained.
D. B. VARNEY, Mayor.
Be it ordained by the Mayor, Alderinen., and Common Council of
the City of Manchester in City Council assembled, as follows :
Section 1. There shall be appointed in the month of January,
annually, by the mayor, with the approval of the board of alder-
men, an able and competent person, to be styled Auditor of the
City of Manchester, who shall continue in office for one year follow-
ing his appointment and until his successor is aj^pointedand qualified.
He shall be removable from his office for good and sufficient cause,
by the board of mayor and aldermen. He shall receive in full for his
services as said auditor an annual salary of one thousand dollars,
payable (quarterly. He shall be sworn to the faithful discharge of
the duties of his office, and give a bond with sureties satisfactory to
the board of mayor and aldermen, conditioned in the penal sum of
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one thousand dollars, for the faithful discharge of said duties, the
true accounting for and payment to the city treasurer of all mon-
eys belonging to the city which shall come into his hands, and the
delirery over to his successor, or to the city clerk, of all the books,
accounts, papers, and other documents and property which belong
to said office. And in case said office shall become vacant by death,
resignation, removal, or otherwise, a successor shall be forthwith
and in like manner ajipointed and (|ualified, who shall continue in
office imtil the January following such appointment and until his
successor shall be appointed and qualified.
Sect. 2. It shall be the duty of such auditor to carefully exam-
ine and audit, semi-annually, the accounts kept by the city treas-
urer, city clerk, tax collector, city marshal, and all other city offi-
cials who may keep accounts with the city, and make re2)ort of such
examinations to the city councils ; and no such account kept by any
city official shall be accepted or approved by the city councils until
so examined and approved as correct by said auditor.
Skct. 3. The auditor shall, annually, in the month of February,
made an inventory of tlie real estate and personal property belong-
ing to the city of Mancliester in the hands of any of its officers,
or agents, or committees, and further shall keep a record of all
property bought during the year ; and it is hereby made the duty of
every officer, committee, or agent of the city, who shall buy any
real or personal property, to make immetliate return to the auditor,
stating the nature of the thing purchased, the date of the purchase
and the price paid, and the auditor shall keep the inventory and the
list of purchases in form for convenient reference by the city coimcils.
Sect. 4. It shall further be the duty of said auditor to receive all
accounts and bills against the city from persons having such de-
mands; to carefully examine all such accounts and bills, and see
that they are correctl}^ cast, and lix his a])proval to all such ac-
counts and bills which he finds to be correct. He shall approve no
such bill or account unless the same shall be accompanied by a cer-
tificate of the mayor, or some other city official, committee, or
agent authorized in l)elialf of the city to make the contract, or
cause tiie expenditure to be made, upon whicli sucli bill or account
is founded, that the same is correct. He shall present such accounts
and bills so examined and approved, neatly folded, filed, and labeled,
to the committee on accounts, who shall examine the same in the
manner heretofore provided. In case there are bills or accounts
which said auditor shall not approve, he shall present them to said
committee on accounts with his reasons for refusing to approve the
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same. Said committee on accounts shall not certify any such bill
or account which has not been approved by the auditoi-, and no such
bill or account shall be paid by the city treasurer until said auditor
has approved it as correct, in addition to the other indorsements
heretofore required. Said auditor shall keep a book in the man-
ner and form the said committee on accounts shall direct, wherein
he shall enter the date of evci-y account, or bill, or claim against
the city, as finally cori-ected and allowed by said committee, and
also the name of the person to whom the same shall be allowed;
and the certificate of the said committee allowing any such account,
bill, or claim, shall be made in the book thus kept by the auditor,
and said auditor shall monthly, within forty-eight hours after such
approval by the committee on accounts, hand over all such bills,
claims or accounts, so approved by said committee, together with a
certified copy of the aforesaid lists kejDt by him, and of the certifi-
cate of the committee allowing the same, to the city clerk, who
shall then deal with them in the manner now by ordinance provided.
And further, said auditor shall in addition to the other duties enu-
merated above, prepare the annual city report.
P'Sect. 5. All ordinances or pai'ts of ordinances inconsistent with
the provisions of this ordinance are hereb}^ i-epealed, and this ordi-
nance shall take effect January 1, 1890.
In Board of Common Council. January 7, 1890.
Passed to be ordained.
JOHN F. FROST, President.
In Board of Mayor and Aldermen. January 7, 1890.
Passed to be ordained.
D. B. VARNEY, Mayor.
Be it ordained by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the
City of Manchester in City Council assembled, as follows :
That chapter 8, section 8, in the seventh line thereof, be amended
by striking out the word "three" and inserting instead thereof the
word "five."
In Board of Common Council. January 7, 1890.
Passed to be ordained.
JOHX F. FROST, President.
In Board of Mayor and Aldermen. January 7, 1890.
Passed to be ordained.
D. B. VARNEY, Mayor.
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Be it ordained by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Coicncil of the
City of Manchester in City Council assembled, as follows:
All that part of the city of Manchester now by ordinance divided
into and known as Highwa}- District Number Three, is hereby an-
nexed to and made a part of Highway District Xumber Two.
This ordinance to take effect and be in force February 1, 1890.
In Board of Common Council. January 7, 1890.
Passed to be ordained.
JOHN F. FROST, President.
In Board of Mayor and Aldermen. January 7, 1890.
Passed to be ordained.
D. B. VARNEY, Mayor.
Be it ordained by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the
City of Manchester in City Council assembled, as folloivs:
That section 7, chapter 5, of the laws and ordinances be amended
in the fourth line thereof by striking out the word "thirty'' and
inserting instead thereof the word "thirty-three," so that said sec-
tion shall read as follows :
" The mayor and aldermen may from time to time order a suita-
ble Avatch to be kept, and for that purpose may appoint any number
of watchmen, not exceeding thirty-three, which they may deem
necessary, and establish all needful rules and regulations for the
government thereof."
In Board of Common Council. February 4, 1890.
Passed to be ordained.
JOHN F. FROST, President.
In Board of Mayor and Aldermen. February 4, 1890.
Passed to be ordained.
D. B. VARNEY, Mayor.
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Be it ordained by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the
City oj Manchester in City Council assembled, asfolloivs:
By striking out in the second line of said section the words " one
thousand" and inserting instead "twelve hundred," so that the
section shall read :
" Section 31. The civil engineer of the city shall receive twelve
hundred dollars per annum in full for his services as such, payable
in quarterly payments."
In Board op Common Council. March 4, 1890.
Passed to be ordained.
JOHN F. FROST, President.
In Board of Mayor and Aldermen. March 4, 1890.
Passed to be ordained.
D. B. VARNEY, Mayor.
Be it ordained by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Cotmril of the
City of Manchester in City Council assembled, asfolloivs:
Section 1. No horse or street railroad cori^oration shall put or
place, or cause to be put or placed, upon or about its tiacks or rails
(switches, turnouts, and curves at street corners excepted), any salt,
brine, pickle, or any other article, mixture, or comjjosition, which
tends to melt or decomj)ose ice or snow, unless a permit is granted
by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen ; and permits shall only be
granted for such use of said articles as shall in no way interfere
with the use of vehicles on runners.
Sect. 2. Any person or corporation offending against section 1
of this ordinance shall be fined not less than ten dollars for each
offense.
In Board of Common Council. March 4, 1890.
Passed to be ordained.
JOHN F. FROST, President.
In Board of Mayor and Aldermen. March 4, 1890.
Passed to be ordained.
D. B. VARNEY, Mayor.
INDEX
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PAGE.
Abatement of Taxes
389
Account of City Treasurer
304
Address of Mayor Varney
17
Alarm Boxes and Keys
215
Amoskeag Cemeteiy
368
Appendix to School Report
94
Appropriations for 1890
429
Attendance at School
102
Board of Health, report
287
Water Commissioners
24
Books and Stationery
409
Bridges
352
Care of Rooms
412
Catalogue for City Library
418
Cemeteries, reports of Committees on .
139
Cemetery, Amoskeag
368
Pine Grove
364
Valley
366
Funds, report of Treasurer of . . .
149
Trustees of .
148
City Debt
426
Engineer, report of
155
Engineer's Department, 1889
154
Farm
326
Report of Joint Standing Committee on
. 132
Government, 1889
3
Hall
. 383
446
City Library ....
report of Librarian
Treasurer
Trustees
Donations to
Officers' Salaries
Ordinances, Amendments to
Property .
Solicitor, report of .
Teams
Treasurer, report of
Contingent Expenses
County Tax
Damages for Land taken for Highways
Debt, Funded .....
City
Decoration of Soldiers' Graves
Discount on Taxes ....
Donations to City Library
Engineer, City, rejiort of
Fire Department, report of
Engineers' Department .
City, Organization, 1889
Estimated Value of Property
Evening Schools
Fire-Alarm Telegraph
Boxes and Keys, Location of
Fire Apparatus
Dej^artment
Names and Residences of Members of
Report of Chief Engineer of
Firemen's Pai-ade .
Relief Association .
Fires, Alarms, Losses, etc., 1889
Fuel
Funded Debt ....
Furniture and Supplies .
Grading for Concrete
447
Health, Board of, report
Department
High School . .
Highway District No. 1 .
2 .
3 .
4 .
5 .
6 .
9 .
10 .
11 .
12 .
13 .
Highways, new
Damages for land
Hydrant Service
Hydrants, Location of
taken
for
Incidental Expenses
Instructions to Key-holders
Interest ....
on Taxes
Inventory of Schoolhouses
City Property
Property, Fire Department
Joint Standing Committee on City Farm, repoi't of
Lake-avenue Engine-house
Land Damage .
Library, City .
Donations to
Librarian's report of
Treasurer's report of
Trustees' report of
Lighting Streets
List of Teachers and Janitors
Loan, Temporary .
Location of Hydrants
448
Macadamizing Streets ......
Mayor's Address
Militia
Names and Residences of Members of Fire Department
New Schoolhouse, West Manchester
Officers, City
Organization of School Department, 1890
Outstanding Taxes
Overseers of Poor, report
Paupers oil' Farm .....
Pacing Streets
Pine Grove Cemetery ....
Police Department .....
Printing and Stationery ....
Advertising-
Property, City
Receiving Toml), Valley Cemetery .
Record of Pumping, 1889 ...
Repairs of Buildings ....
Schoolhouses ....
Report of Board of Health
Chief Engineer of Fire Depai'tment
City Engineer ....
Solicitor ....
Committee on Cemeteries
City Farm
Finance
District Surveyors .
Liljrarian of City Library
Overseers of the Pocn'
School Committee .
Sui)erintondent of Public Instructioi
Water-works
Treasurer of Cemetery Fund .
City Lil)rary
Trustees of City Library
Cemeteries .
Cemetery Fund
346
17
389
449
Report of AVater ( 'onimissioners
Reserved Fund
Revenue Aecoiiiit
Salaries of C'itj' Ollieers
Teachers
School Department .
Ev(>ning-, Mechani
High : .
*Organizati(Mi lor 1890
Training
Schools, Evening
Sewers and Drains .•
Stark Monument Scpuire
State Tax
Streets, Lighting
Macadamizing
Paving
Watering .
Tax, State
Taxes, Abatement of
for 1889
Interest on .
Outstanding .
Teachers, List of ^.
Salaries of
Teams, City .
Temjiorary Loan
Training School
Truant Oificers
Tuition
Valley Cemetery
receivm
Valuation, Taxes, etc.
o'-toml)
1890
Water Commissioners for
Report of
Watering streets
Water-works ....
Women's Aid and Relief Society Hospita
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