Forty-Sixth annual Report
Receipts and Expenditures
City q£ Manchester
NEW HAMPSHIRE
;HE FISCAL YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER "ji, 189
TOGETHER WITH
OTHER ANNUAL REPORTS AND PAPERS RELATING TO
THE AFFAIRS OF THE CITY
MANCHESTER:
PRINTED BY THE JOHN B. CLARKE CO.
1892.
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CITY OF MANCHESTER.
In Board of Common Council.
AN ORDER to print the Forty-sixth Annual Report of the Receipts and Ex-
penditmes of the City of Manchester.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur, that the joint
standing committee on finance be, and they hereby are, authorized to procure,
for the use of the inhabitants of said city, the printing of the Forty-sixth An-
nual Report of the Receipts and Expenditures of the City of Manchester, in-
cluding the reports of the joint standing committee on finance, the city
auditor, the school board, and superintendent of schools, superintendent of
water-works, water commissioners, engineer of fire department, city mar-
shal, overseers of the poor, trustees, librarian, and treasurer of the city
library, committee on cemeteries, joint standing committee on city farm,
city physician, city solicitor, city engineer, and such other matters relating to
city affairs as said finance committee may direct, the expense thereof to be
charged to the appropriation for printing and stationery.
In Board of Common Council. February 2, 1892.
Passed.
EDSON S. HEATH, President.
In Board of Mayor and Aldermen. February 2, 1892.
Passed in concurrence.
E. J. KNOWLTON, Mayor.
3. CITY FARM.
MANCHESTER
CITY GOVERNMENT.
1 891.
Mayor.
EDGAR J. KNOWLTON .... Office, City Hall
Chosen at biennial election in November, 1890. Salary, $1,800 per annum,
payable quarterly. (Act of June, 1848, section 1. General Laws, chapter 44,
section 3. Chapter 223, Laws of 1883.) Residence, 533 Lake avenue. Tel-
ephone at house and office.
Aldermen.
Act of June, 1848, section I. General Laws, chapter 44, section 3.
Ward 1. John L. Sanborn, 25 Amoskeag Corporation, Market
street.
Ward 2. Oliver B. Green, 749 Pine street.
Ward 3. William Corey, 488 Maple street.
Ward 4. W. Byron Stearns, 320 Manchester street.
Ward 5. John J. Holland, 21S Central street.
Ward 6. Byron Worthen, 524 Lake avenue.
Ward 7. Andrew J. Dickey, 9 Manchester Corporation, West
Merrimack street.
Ward 8. Walter M. Fulton, 664 Main street, West Manchester.
MANCHESTER CITY GOVERNMENT.
President of the Common Council.
Edson S. Heath, 13 Amoskeag Corporation, Middle street.
Members of the Common Council.
Act of June, 1848, section 1. General Laws, chapter 44, section 3.
Ward 1.
John P. Mullen, Amoskeag Corporation, 12 Whitney street.
Oliver J. Batman, 26 Amoskeag Corporation, Stark street.
Thomas Wilkinson, Amoskeag Corporation, 3 Boyden street.
Ward 2.
Alfred D. Maxwell, Goffstown road near Front street.
Kirk C. Bartlett, 91 Harrison street.
Fred T. Dunlap, 220 Prospect street.
Ward 3.
George W. Reed, 490 Chestnut street.
George M". Clark, 88 Ash street.
Alfred Nerbonne, 280 East High street.
Ward 4.
Charles E. Cox, 475 Hanover street.
John P. Cronin, 126 Manchester street.
Evangeliste V. Turcotte, 229 Merrimack street.
Ward 5.
Richard J. Barry, 195 Central street.
Daniel J. Ahern, 21 Spruce street.
William G. Cotter, 72 Spruce street.
LIST OF OFFICERS.
Ward 6.
Thomas Walker, Jr., Goffe's Falls.
George M. Bean, Candia road near Massabesic.
Albert J. Peaslee, Cohas Avenue near water-works.
Ward 7.
Edson S. Heath, 13 Amoskeag corporation, Middle street.
Charles C. Chapman, 78 Amoskeag Corporation, West Merri-
mack street.
Levi K. Snow, 86 Amoskeag Corporation, Canal street.
Ward 8.
John H. Schimmel, 266 Douglas street, West Manchester.
Francois X. Robitaille, 51 Lake Avenue.
Christian L. Wolff, 36 Clinton street, West Manchester.
Clerk of Common Council.
George L. Stearns, 58 Myrtle street.
Salary, $200. (General Laws, chapter 46, sections 7-9. City Laws and Or-
dinances, page 23, chapter 14, section 11, as amended December 13, 1887.)
City Clerk.
Nathan P. Kidder Office, City Hall
.Salary, $900. The city clerk, in addition to his salary, is in receipt of fees
as registrar of births, marriages, and deaths, and as a recording officer for record
of mortgages on personal property, of attachments of real estate, of partnerships
and assignments, and for recording various other legal papers. He also receives
fees for issuing dog licenses, billiard and bowling alley licenses, for certifying
records, and for various other matters.
These fees are established by the state legislature under various laws, and
are estimated to be between $2,100 anci $2,500 per annum. Chosen in conven-
6 MANCHESTER CITY GOVERNMENT.
tion of City Councils in January, annually. (Charter, section 22. General
Laws, chapter 47, sections 1-6, Act of 1849. City Laws and Ordinances,
pages 24, 25, 86, 87, 88, 112, 113.) Residence. 313 Manchester street.
City Auditor.
James B. Straw Office, City Hall
Salary, $1,000. Appointed by Mayor, and approved by Board of Aldermen,
in January, annually. (Laws of 1889, chapter 287. City Ordinance of January
7, 1890.) Residence, 593 Union street.
Auditor's Clerk.
Allan E. Herrick . ' . . . Auditor's Office, City Hall
Salary, $650. Residence, 534 Maple street.
City Treasurer.
Sylvanus B. Putnam Office, City Hall
Salary, $1,200. Elected in convention of City Councils, in January, annu-
ally. (Charter, section 23. Act of 1856, section 4. General Laws, chapter 48,.
sections 3, 4. Act of 1859, section 4. City Laws and Ordinances, pages 27-
86.) Residence, 437 Amherst street.
Collector of Taxes.
George E. Morrill Office, City Hall
Salary, $1,850 and fees. Elected by Mayor and Aldermen before May I,,
annually. (Act of July, 185 1. Act of June, 1859, section 6. General Laws,
chapter 42, sections 7-9. City Laws and Ordinances, chapter 28.) Residence,.
13 Harrison street.
LIST OF OFFICERS. 7
Deputy Collector of Taxes.
Edwin C. Paul .... Collector's Office, City Hall
Paid by collector. Appointed by tax collector with approval of Mayor and
Aldermen. (City Laws and Ordinances, chapter 28, section 3.) Residence
416 Central street.
City Solicitor.
Edwin F. Jones . . Office, Patten's Block, 936 Elm street
Salary, $800. Elected in convention of City Councils in January, annually.
(City Laws and Ordinances, chapters 13, 14, pages 86, 87.) Residence, 15
High street.
City Messenger.
John A. Barker Office, City Hall
Salary, $700. Elected in convention of City Councils in January, annually
(City Laws and Ordinances, chapter 13, section 1. Chapter 14, section 7.)
Residence, 49 Appleton street.
Joint Standing Committees.
On Finance. — The Mayor and Alderman Stearns ; Council-
men Walker, Jr., Cox, and Dunlap.
On Accounts. — Aldermen Worthen and Stearns ; Councilmen
Reed, Turcotte, and Wolff. (Meet Wednesday succeeding the
twenty-fourth of each month. All bills must be left at the city
auditor's office, properly approved, not later than the twentieth
of each month.)
On Claims. — Aldermen Stearns and Green; Councilmen
Chapman, Reed, and Barry. (Meet third Friday of each
month.)
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On Streets. — Aldermen Corey and Green ; Councilmen Max-
well, Clark, and Walker, Jr.
On Sewers and Drains. — Aldermen Holland and Dickey ;
Councilmen Maxwell, Clark, and Peaslee.
On Lighting Streets. — Aldermen Green and Sanborn ; Coun-
cilmen Cox, Bartlett, and Snow.
On Lands and Buildings. — Aldermen Worthen and Fulton ;
Councilmen Cronin, Wilkinson, and Chapman.
On Fire Department. — Aldermen Dickey and Corey ; Coun-
cilmen Butman, Cronin, and Nerbonne.
On Commons and Cemeteries. — Aldermen Sanborn and Hol-
land ; Councilmen Bean, Snow, and Wolff.
On Public Instruction. — Aldermen Stearns and Sanborn ;
Councilmen Schimmel, Ahern, and Robitaille.
On Water-Works. — Aldermen Holland and Sanborn ; Coun-
cilmen Mullen, Barry, and Nerbonne.
On City Farm. — Aldermen Fulton and Worthen; Council-
men Peaslee, Butman, and Ahern.
On House of Correction. — Aldermen Sanborn and Dickey;
Councilmen Mullen, Ahern, and Wolff.
On Military Affairs. — Aldermen Fulton and Stearns; Coun-
cilmen Turcotte, Cotter, and Schimmel.
Standing Committees.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
On Fnrollmefit. — Aldermen Green and Holland.
On Bills on Second Beading. — Aldermen Holland and Ful-
ton.
On Market. — Aldermen Fulton and Green.
On Marshal's Accounts. — Aldermen Dickey and Worthen.
On Licenses. — Aldermen Corey and Sanborn.
On Setting Trees. — Aldermen Stearns and Corey.
On Special Police. — Aldermen Worthen and Dickey.
LIST OF OFFICERS.
COMMON COUNCIL.
On Election Returns. — Councilmen Cox, Bartlett, and
Walker, Jr.
On Bills on Second Reading. — Councilmen Clark, Dunlap,
and Snow.
On Enrollment. — Councilmen Chapman, Wilkinson, and
Barry.
City Physician.
FREDERICK PERKINS . . . Office, 895 Elm street.
Salary, $200. Elected by City Councils in convention, in January, annually.
(Laws of 1870, chapter 99. City Ordinances, chapter 13 and chapter 14, sec-
tion 28, as amended by City Councils, September 1, 1885.) May be allowed
such further compensation, for unusual and extraordinary medical or surgical
services, as shall from time to time be deemed reasonable. Residence, 490
Lake avenue.
City Engineer.
WINFRED H. BENNETT . . . Office, City Hall
Salary, $1,200. Chosen by City Councils in convention, in January, annu-
ally. (City Ordinances, chapter 14, sections 30, 31, and amendments March 4,
1890.)
Water Commissioners.
(Chapter 70, Laws of 1 871. City Ordinances, chapter 30, also amendment to
section 12, chapter 30, passed January 2, i89i,and amendment to section 22,
chapter 30, passed March 3, 1891, and Laws of 1891, act approved March 31,
1891.) One commissioner elected annually by Mayor and Aldermen, in the
month of September, for a term of six years. Office at Court House, corner
10 MANCHESTER CITY GOVERNMENT.
Franklin and West Merrimack streets. Telephone at office and at pumping
station.
Edgar J. Knowlton, ex-officio.
Charles H. Manning, term expires January, 1895.
Andrew C. Wallace, term expires January, 1894.
Alpheus Gay, term expires January, 1893.
Henry Chandler, term expires January, 1898.
James A. Weston, term expires January, 1897.
Joseph F. Kennard, term expires January, 1896.
Alpheus Gay, Chairman.
James A. Weston, Clerk. Salary $100. Chosen by the board
of commissioners.
Superintendent of Water-Works.
Charles K. Walker . Office, Court House, Franklin street.
Salary, $1,600. Chosen annually by water commissioners. Residence, 68
South Main street, West Manchester.
Clerk of the Water- Works.
Arthur E. Stearns . . Office, Court House, Franklin street
Salary, $1,200. Chosen by the water commissioners annually. Residence,
421 Hanover street.
Engineer at Pumping Station.
* Charles C. Cole. Salary, $800, rent, fuel, and use of land.
Josiah Laselle. Salary, $700, rent, fuel, and use of land.
Chosen by water commissioners annually.
* Deceased.
LIST OF OFFICERS. 11
Justice of the Police Court.
Nathan P. Hunt, Court room at Police Station, corner Man-
chester and Chestnut streets.
Salary, $1,500. Appointed by Governor, with the advice of the Council.
(General Laws, chapter 215; chapter 163, sections 17, 18, 19 of the Laws of
1878, as amended by chapter 236, Laws of 1S81.) Residence, 747 Union street.
Associate Justice of the Police Court.
Isaac L. Heath . . Salary, $2 per day of actual service
Appointed by the Governor, with advice of the Council. (Chapter 215,
General Laws, sections 2-14.) Residence, 16 High street.
Clerk of the Police Court.
John C. Bickford Salary, $600
Appointed by the justice of the police court. (Chapter 163, sections 17-19,
General Laws, amended by chapter 236, Laws of 1881.) Residence, 15 Ash
street.
POLICE.
The members of the police force are appointed by the Mayor and Alder-
men, in January of alternate years, for a term of two years, unless sooner re-
moved for cause. They are by virtue of their appointment constables and
conservators of the peace, and their jurisdiction extends throughout the city.
The term of any officer elected to fill a yacancy or to increase the number of
officers, expires at the time of the next regular election. (Chapter 253, section
5, General Laws; Chapter 303, Laws of 1887; City Ordinances, chapter 5,
as amended by Ordinance dated March 5, 1889.) Police Station at the corner
of Chestnut and Manchester streets.
12 MANCHESTER CITY GOVERNMENT.
City Marshal.
Horatio W. Longa .... Office at Police Station
Salary, $900. Residence, River Road, north, near West Webster street.
Telephone at house and office.
Assistant Marshal.
John F. Cassidy .... Office at Police Station
Salary, $800. Residence, 415 Manchester street.
Captain of the Watch.
Lafayette Tebbetts. Salary, $2.50 per day. Residence, 222
Laurel street.
Day Police.
Salary, $2.25 per Day.
Randall W. Bean, 73 Ash street.
Edgar Farrar, 341 Chestnut street.
Ira P. Fellows, 82 A street, West Manchester.
Edwin A. Hutchins, n Mill street, Amoskeag.
John T. O'Dowd, 528 Granite street, West Manchester.
Florence Sullivan, 213 Cedar street.
Bartlett N. Wilson, 51 C street, West Manchester.
Night Patrol.
Salary, $2.25 per Day.
Michael J. Healy (Sergeant), 551 Granite street, West Man-
chester.
LIST OF OFFICERS. 13
Francois E. Bourrassa, 556 Lincoln street.
Henry A. Burns, 505 Maple street.
William M. Caldwell, 467 Central street.
George W. Cheney, 1490 Elm street.
Norbert Decoteau, 302 Cartier street, West Manchester.
James F. Dunn. 237 Elm street.
Edward C. Emerson, 309 Lake avenue.
George E. Flanders, 655 Chestnut street.
Jonathan E. Floyd, 823 Union street.
Lowell O. Fowler, 141 7 Elm street.
Edward H. Holmes, 541 Chestnut street.
Benjamin F. Lake, 772 Elm street.
George A. Lovejoy, 99 Orange street.
Andrew J. Mayhew, 554 Chestnut street.
Samuel L. Mitchell, 414 Merrimack street.
John F. O'Malley, 130 Merrimack street.
Francis Renville, 44 Beauport street, West Manchester.
Philip Reischer, 292 Main street, West Manchester.
Olof Ring, 8 Dean street, room 18.
Gilbert A. Sackett, 1429 Elm street.
Timothy P. Shea, 213 Auburn street.
Charles W. Stevens, 12 Russell street.
George E. Varnum, 211 Massabesic street, East Manchester.
John C. Colburn, deceased.
* William Bourrassa, 1449 Elm street.
Janitor of Station.
Peter Larabee. $1.75 per day. Residence 124 Willow street.
Matron.
Miss A. B. Brown. $1 per day. Residence, 329 Chestnut
street.
: Elected to fill vacancy.
14 MANCHESTER CITY GOVERNMENT.
School Committee.
Chosen at the biennial election in November, 1890; Mayor and president of
the Common Council members ex officio. The board of school committee
choose the clerk of the board, the superintendent of public instruction, the
truant officer, and the teachers in the public schools, and determine their sal-
aries. They have charge of the repairs of schoolhouses, to a limited extent,
and the purchase of free text-books and other supplies, and are limited by the
appropriations of the City Councils. The salary of the committee is $10 each.
Ward i.
Charles H. Manning, 17 Mechanic street.
Charles D. Sumner, 22 Amoskeag Corporation, Stark street.
Ward 2.
William H. Morrison, 82 Prospect street.
George H. Stearns, 1934 Elm street.
Ward 3.
George D. Towne, 170 Lowell street.
Louis E. Phelps, 103 Walnut street.
Ward 4.
Stephen B. Stearns, 464 Amherst street.
Edwin L. Richardson, 304 Manchester street.
Ward 5.
James P. Slattery, 217 Central street.
William J. Sughrue, 61 Spruce street.
Ward 6.
F. T. E. Richardson, 481 Lincoln street.
George W. Dearborn, 131 Massabesic street.
LIST OF OFFICERS. 15
Ward 7.
Marshall P. Hall, 26 Amoskeag Corporation, Market street.
Edward B. Woodbury, 1 Manchester Corporation, Pleasant
street.
Ward 8.
Luther C. Baldwin, 157 Milford street.
William K. Robbins, 290 McGregor street.
Edson S. Heath, ex officio, 13 Amoskeag Corporation, Middle
street.
Edgar J. Knowlton, chairman, 533 Lake avenue. Office, City
Hall.
Edward B. Woodbury, clerk, salary $100, 1 Manchester Cor-
poration, Pleasant street.
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
William E. Buck Office, City Hall
Salary, $2,000. Residence, 324 Myrtle street.
Truant Officer.
Samuel Brooks Office, City Hall
Salary, $750. Residence, 413 Beech street.
Assessors.
One assessor from each ward chosen at the biennial election in November.
Paid $2.50 each, for each day while employed in the assessment and abate-
ment of taxes. Office, City Hall. (Charter, section 25. General Laws, chap-
ter 47, sections 9-12. City Ordinances, chapter 14, section 25.) Assistant
assessors, not exceeding six, chosen by the City Councils.
16 MANCHESTER CITY GOVERNMENT.
Ward i. Henry Lewis, 32 Amoskeag Corporation.
Ward 2. John E. Stearns, 58 Myrtle street.
Ward 3. David O. Furnald, 384 Lowell street.
Ward 4. Harrison D. Lord, 387 Hanover street.
Ward 5. John Ryan, 228 Chestnut street.
Ward 6. George H, Dudley, 159 Laurel street.
Ward 7. William T. Rowell, 14 Manchester Corporation.
Ward 8. Frank T. Provost, 21 Amory street, West Manchester.
CHAIRMAN OF ASSESSORS.
David O. Furnald Office, City Hall
CLERK OF ASSESSORS.
George H. Dudley Office, City Hall
Inspectors of Check-Lists.
One in each ward, chosen at the biennial election in November. Compen-
sation, $2.25 per day for each day actually employed. Office, City Hall.
(Laws of 1878, chapter 163, sections 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, II, 12, 13, 14, 16, and
City Ordinances, chapter 14, section 9.)
Ward 1. George C. Kemp, 40 Machine Shop block.
Ward 2. Benjamin L. Hartshorn, 28 Blodget street.
Ward 3. David O. Furnald, 384 Lowell street.
Ward 4. Harrison D. Lord, 387 Hanover street.
Ward 5. Patrick E. Daly, 80 Auburn street.
Ward 6. Isaac Whittemore, River road, south.
Ward 7. Joseph A. Foster, 42 Amoskeag Corporation.
Ward 8. Charles C. Tinkham, 9 Parker avenue.
Overseers of the Poor.
One in each ward, chosen at biennial election in November. The Mayor is
a member ex officio. Compensation, $25 per annum, each ; clerk of the board,
LIST OF OFFICERS. 17
$75 per annum, determined by City Ordinance, chapter 14, section 18, as
amended by Ordinance of August 5, 1890. Meet third Wednesday of
each month in City Hall building.
Ward 1. William H. Maxwell, clerk, 20 Amoskeag Corpo-
ration, Stark street.
Ward 2. Thomas L. Quimby, railroad station, foot West Sal-
mon street.
Ward 3. Benjamin F. Garland, 28 Linden street.
Ward 4. George S. Holmes, 296 Hanover street.
Ward 5. Patrick Costello, 106 East Spruce street.
Ward 6. Charles Francis, Candia road, East Manchester.
Ward 7. William Marshall, 72 Amoskeag Corporation, West
Merrimack street.
Ward 8. William Weber, 187 Second street, West Man-
chester.
Edgar J. Knowlton, ex officio, office, City Hall.
Board of Health.
(City Ordinances, chapter 14, section 10, as amended. Laws of 1885, chap-
ter 165; Laws of 1887, chapter 227.) One member appointed by the Mayor
in January of each year, to hold office for a term of three years. Salary, $200
each per annum.
George C. Hoitt, M. D., 1 1 79 Elm street. Term expires first
Monday in February, 1893.
Joseph B. Sawyer, clerk, civil engineer, 356 Hanover street.
Term expires first Monday in February, 1892.
Cornelius F. Starr, M. D., 49 Manchester street. Term ex-
pires first Monday in February, 1894.
Russell White, sanitary inspector, 575 Union street. Office,
936 Elm street.
Melvin J. Jenkins, sanitary inspector, 31 Nashua street.
Office 936 Elm street.
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18 MANCHESTER CITY GOVERNMENT.
Fire Department.
The chief engineer and four assistant engineers are chosen annually in the
month of January, by a majority vote of the City Councils in convention. The
salary of the chief engineer is $1,000 per annum; the assistant engineers,
each $125 per annum They exercise the powers and perform the duties of
firewards. The said engineers constitute the board of engineers, and elect a
clerk whose compensation is $25 a year. The annual compensation of the
members of the several hook and ladder, hose, steam fire engine, and chemical
engine companies is as follows : Foremen, each $115 : assistant foremen, each
#110; clerks, each $110; engineers, each $135; assistant engineers, each
$105 ; all other members, each $100; payable in equal semi-annual payments,
on the first of January and July. (Laws of 1870, chapter 99. General Laws
chapter 106. City Ordinances, chapter 8, and chapter 14, sections 22, 23,
as amended by ordinance of December 31, 1886, and December 13, 1887.)
Nineteen members are steadily employed as teamsters and engineers, etc. : Two
at ^62.50 per month, each; eleven at #55 per month, each; four at $50 per
month, each ; two at $45 per month, each. Members of the companies are
appointed by Board of Mayor and Aldermen, in the month of February, annu-
ally, on list presented by the board of engineers. Each company has the elec-
tion of its officers subject to the approval of the board of engineers.
Chief Engineer.
Thomas W. Lane . . Office, Central Station, Vine street
Residence, 1937 Elm street. Telephone at house and office.
Fred S. Bean, clerk, 102 Orange street.
Ruel G. Manning, 52 Douglas street, West Manchester.
Eugene S. Whitney, River road, north, corner West street.
Clarence R. Merrill, 414 Merrimack street.
For further information see chief engineer's report.
Trustees of City Library.
(Laws of 1854, chapter 1588. See contract with Manchester Atheneum,
printed on pages 107, 108 of City Report for fiscal year ending January 31,
1855.) Board of seven trustees, one of whom is elected by Aldermen and
LIST OF OFFICERS. 19
board of trustees, in joint convention in September annually. Term of ser-
vice, six years ; no salary. Two additional trustees, Mayor, and president of
Common Council, ex officio.
Lucien B. Clough, term expires October i, 1895, I^1 Walnut
street.
Nathan P. Hunt, term^expires October 1, 1894, 747 Union
street.
Herman F. Straw, term expires October 1, 1893, 607 Chest-
nut street.
Walter M. Parker, term expires October 1, 1892, West Web-
ster street, corner Elm.
Isaac W. Smith, term expires October 1, 1898, 1855 Elm street.
Moody Currier, term'expires October 1, 1897, Ash street, cor-
ner Myrtle.
Benjamin C. Dean, term expires October 1. 1896, Ash street,
corner Myrtle.
Edgar J. Knowlton, ex officio, 533 Lake avenue.
Edson S. Heath, ex officio, 13 Amoskeag Corporation, Middle
street.
Highway Surveyors.
Elected annually in joint convention of City Councils in January.
District No. 1. Raymond P. Campbell, Union street, north.
Salary, $2 per day.
Districts Nos. 2 and "3. William Sanborn, 89 Pennacook
street. Salary, $1,200 per annum.
District No. 4. Cassius C. Webster, River road, south. Sal-
ary, $2 per day.
District No. 5. Mark E. Harvey, Nutt road, south. Salary,
$2 per day.
District No. 6. Greenleaf C. Coleman, Island Pond road.
Salary, $2 per day.
District No. 7. Charles Francis, Candia road, East Manches-
ter. Salary, $2 per day.
District No. 8. Harrison M. Clough, Hanover street, Candia
road. Salary, $2 per day.
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District No. 9. Alphonso Boyce, Mammoth road. Salary, $2
per day.
District No. 10. Charles O. Phelps, 341 South Main street.
Salary, $2.50 per day.
District No. 11. Frank D. Hanscom, Goffstown road. Salary,
$2 per day.
District No. 12. Leroy M. Streeter, Mammoth xo?d, city farm.
Salary, $2 per day.
District No. 13. Eben Carr, Union street, north. Salary, $2
per day.
Telephone at house and office of superintendent in District No. 2.
City Weigher.
Elected annually in convention of City Councils. Salary, $400 per annum,
all fees for weighing returned monthly to city treasurer with sworn statement.
Stationed at city scales on Franklin street.
William Bailey ...... Office, city scales
Residence, 74 Main street, West Manchester.
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Albert T. Barr, 257 Merrimack street.
Elected annually in January by City Councils in convention. Paid by fees.
(Section 12, chapter 40, General Laws, and chapter 121 General Laws.)
Fish and Game Wardens.
(General Laws, chapter 176.) Elected by City Councils in convention.
John C. Higgins, 143 Orange street.
George A. Clark, 304 Central street.
Samuel S. James, 184 Laurel street.
William C. Clarke, 711 Pine, corner North street.
LIST OF OFFICERS. 21
Trustees of Cemeteries.
(City Ordinances, chapter 40, sections 1, 2, 3, 4.) Two trustees elected by
City Councils in convention in January, annually, for the term of four years.
Sub-trustees appointed by board of trustees.
For four years, George W. Bacon, 65 Stark Corporation, Ca-
nal street.
For four years, William H. Huse, Mammoth road.
For three years, Nathan P. Hunt, Union street, near Blodget.
For three years, Bushrod W. Hill, 299 Hanover street.
For two years, John M. Kendall, 311 Central street.
For two years, Hiram Stearns, east side of Front street, Amos-
keag.
For one year, Charles H. Bartlett, 60 Walnut street.
For one year, John P. Young, 346 Merrimack street.
S. B. Putnam, clerk and treasurer, 437 Amherst street.
Sub-Trustees of Cemeteries.
VALLEY CEMETERY.
Alderman John J. Holland, 218 Central street.
Councilman Levi K. Snow, 86 Amoskeag Corporation.
Nathan P. Hunt, 747 Union street.
Bushrod W. Hill, 299 Hanover street.
John M. Kendall, 311 Central street.
PINE GROVE CEMETERY.
Alderman John L. Sanborn, 25 Market street.
Councilman George M. Bean, Candia road, Massabesic street.
George W. Bacon, 66 Stark Corporation, Canal street.
John P. Young, 346 Merrimack street.
Charles H. Bartlett, 60 Walnut street.
AMOSKEAG CEMETERY.
Councilman Chris. L. Wolff, 36 Clinton street, West Man-
chester.
22 MANCHESTER CITY GOVERNMENT.
Hiram Stearns, east side Front street, Amoskeag.
William H. Huse, Mammoth road, East Manchester.
SUPERINTENDENT OF PINE GROVE CEMETERY.
Byron A. Stearns. Office at the cemetery; residence, 254
Taylor street. Telephone at house and cemetery.
SUPERINTENDENT OF VALLEY CEMETERY.
Charles H. G. Foss. Office at the cemetery; residence, 267
Lake avenue.
TRUSTEES OF CEMETERY FUNDS.
James A. Weston, chairman, 621 Maple street.
Person C. Cheney, Harrison street, corner Elm.
Edgar J. Knowlton (ex-officio), 533 Lake avenue.
Inspector of Milk.
H. F. W. Little . . . Office rear of 13 Lowell street
Residence, 385 Lowell street. Term expires February 1, 1892. (General
Laws, chapter 271, chapter 122. Laws of 1881, chapter 81. Laws of 1883,
chapter 42. Laws of 1885, chapter 52.) Appointed by Mayor and Aldermen.
Salary, $150 per annum.
Inspector of Buildings.
Thomas W. Lane . . Office at Central Fire Station.
Residence, 1937 Elm street. Appointed by Board of Mayor and Aldermen,
biennially, in February. Salary, $lco per annum. (City Ordinances, chapter
39, Moore's Compilation. Laws of 1883, chapter 94.) Telephone at house
and office.
LIST OF OFFICERS. 23
Inspectors of Oil.
Edward J. Powers . 117 Bowman street, West Manchester
Joseph B. Baril ...... 28 Hanover street
(General Laws, chapter 122, sections 30, 31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38.
City Ordinances, chapter 22, Moore's Compilation.) Paid by fees, % of 1 per
cent per gallon.
Moderators.
Elected biennially. (General Laws, chapter 31, section 3, section 9; chap-
ter 36, section 9; chapter 44, section 7. City Ordinances, chapter 14, section
21.)
Ward 1. Abial W. Eastman, 24 Amoskeag Corporation, Stark
street.
Ward 2. Nicholas Nichols, 587 Chestnut street.
Ward 3. Lyman W. Colby, Chestnut street, north.
Ward 4. Joshua B. Estey, 254 Myrtle street.
Ward 5. William Howe, 64 Auburn street.
Ward 6. Henry B. Fairbanks, 303 Central street.
Ward 7. Joseph W. Bean, 10 Manchester Corporation, West
Merrimack street.
Ward 8. Charles G. Ranno, 63 Parker street, West Man-
chester.
Ward Clerks.
Elected biennially. (General Laws, chapter 44, sections 10, 12. City Ordi-
nances, page 11, sections 5, 6, 8, 10, 11.)
Ward 1. Frank X. Foster, 1382 Elm street.
Ward 2. Daniel C. Smith, 1855 Elm street. (Removed to
Lawrence.)
Ward 3. Samuel C. Kennard, 609 Beech street.
Ward 4. Harrie M. Young, ^^ Dutton street.
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Ward 5. Timothy F. Lynch, 25 Spruce street.
Ward 6. George B. Rogers, 277 Laurel street.
Ward 7. James E. Arthur, 38 Amoskeag Corporation, West
Merrimack street.
Ward 8. Frank O. Clement, 47 Dover street.
Selectmen.
Elected biennially. (General Laws, chapter I, section 27; chapter 12, sec-
tion 6; chapter 40, sections 2, 3; chapter 109, section 27; chapter 213, sec-
tion 1. City Ordinances, page Ji, section 5; page 92, section 20.)
Ward i.
John H. Wales, Jr., 19 Machine Shop block, Water street.
Joseph Tait.
John F. Reardon, 12 Arkwright street.
Ward 2.
Daniel G. Andrews, 777 Union street.
Robert R. Chase, 841 Union street.
Harry P. Ray, State Industrial School.
Ward 3.
David Thayer, 102 Walnut street.
John Cronin, 284 Bridge street.
Charles C. Clifford, 99 Lowell street.
Ward 4.
John K. Currier, 43 Ashland street.
Jeff. T. Perry, 166 Merrimack street.
Charles H. Bodwell, 257 Merrimack street.
Ward 5.
Laurence F. Mahoney, 104 Auburn street.
John B. Laforest, 242 Lake Avenue.
Arthur Allen, 74 Auburn street.
LIST OF OFFICERS. 25
Ward 6.
George F. Sargent, Mammoth road, East Manchester.
John T. Gott, 301 East Spruce street.
Peter D. St. Germain, 306 Auburn street.
Ward 7.
Willie D. Wheeler, 25 Manchester Corporation, Grove street.
William J. Welch (deceased).
John F. Mellady, 53 Amoskeag Corporation, West Merrimack
street.
Ward 8.
George E. Fellows, 316 Milford street.
Frank St. John, 5 Barr street, West Manchester.
Odilon Doucet, 126 McGregor street.
OTHER CITY OFFICERS.
City Ordinances, chapter 13, election of city officers, section 1 : " The City
Councils in convention shall, in the month of January, annually, elect corders
and measurers of wood, bark, and manure, weighers of hay, straw, coal, and
other articles, surveyors of lumber, fence-viewers, sealer of weights and meas-
ures, pound keeper, cullers of brick, measurers of stone, measurers of brick and
plastering, measurers of painting, cullers of hoops and staves, sealers and meas-
urers of leather, measurers of coal."
Weighers of Hay, Straw, Corders and Measurers of
Wood, etc.
W. W. Dickey, Harvey road, sworn in January 25, 1891.
Charles E. Bartlett, timekeeper Amoskeag Corporation, sworn
in January 20, 1891.
George L. Stearns, clerk P. C. Cheney Paper Co., sworn in
January 29, 1891.
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William Bailey, city scales, Franklin street, sworn in February
2, 1891.
Benjamin S. Nichols, 27 Pennacook street, sworn in February
3, 1891.
Benjamin F. Kinsley, foot of Franklin street, sworn in Febru-
ary 3, 1891.
Robert Leggett, Amoskeag Corporation, sworn in February 3,
1891.
J. F. Wyman, 85 South Main street, West Manchester, sworn
in February 3, 1891.
I. W. Wakefield, 62 Amoskeag Corporation, sworn in Febru-
ary 3, 1891.
C. W. Quimby, 134 Milford street, sworn in February 3, 1891.
George H. Butterfield, North Bedford road, West Manchester,
sworn in February 3, 1891.
J. W. Dickey, Amoskeag Corporation, sworn in February 3,
1 891.
W. H. Gilmore, Taylor street, East Manchester, sworn in Feb-
ruary 3, 1 89 1.
James A. Doe, 485 Elm street, sworn in February 3, 1891.
F. B. Balch, L. B. Bodwell Co., Elm street, sworn in February
4, 1891.
George A. Stokes, 34 Machine Shop block, sworn in February
5, 1891.
John S. Lovering, E. P. Johnson Co., Elm street, sworn in
February 5, 1891.
James Benson, Candia road, Massabesic, sworn in February 6,
1891.
J. M. Moore, 1308 Elm street, sworn in February 10, 1891.
Dexter L. Wilson, 64 Granite street, sworn in February 10,1891.
Joseph A. Brown, Young street above Beech, sworn in Febru-
ary 14, 1 89 1.
Horatio Fradd, 3 South Main street, West Manchester, sworn
in February 16, 1891.
Edgar W. Poore, 690 Elm street, sworn in February 17, 1891.
Charles S. Kidder, Union above Clarke street, sworn in Febru-
ary 21, 1891.
LIST OF OFFICERS. 27
H. I. Dodge, Devonshire Mills, sworn in February 21, 1891.
Alvin G. Bean, 181 Massabesic street, East Manchester, sworn
in February 27, 1891.
D. A. Holland, 1158 Elm street, sworn inJMarch 16, 1891.
D. M. Poore, 11 39 Elm street, sworn in March 27, 1891.
C. A. Blood, 295 South Main street, West Manchester, sworn
in March 31, 1891.
F. G. Putney, P. C. Cheney Paper Co., Amoskeag, sworn in
April 3, 1891.
Jason P. Simmons, sworn in May 1, 1891.
Frank P. Colby, Windsor Hotel, sworn in August 5, 189 1.
T. M. Hall, 69 Amherst street, sworn in August 22, 1891.
Constables.
James A. Broderick, 26 Pembroke building, sworn in January
7, 1891.
John M. Crawford, 30 Manchester street, sworn in June 24,
1891.
Fish and Game Warden.
J. C. Higgins, Amory Manufacturing Co., sworn in January
24, 1891.
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Albert T. Barr, 257 Merrimack street, sworn in February 3,
1801.
Cullers of Brick, Measurers of Stone, Stonework,
Plastering, Painting, etc.
T. Frank Dickey, 78 Concord street, sworn in February 3,
1801.
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Joseph E. Bennett, 554 Beech street, sworn in February 3,
1891.
Joel Daniels, 1094 Elm street, sworn in February 3, 1891.
Jeremiah Choate, 1330 Elm street, sworn in February 3, 1891.
John P. Young, 852 Elm street, sworn in February 4, 1891.
George H. Allen, 924 Elm street, sworn in February 7, 1891.
Anson Minard, 453 Pine street, sworn in February 11, 1891.
Inspector of Petroleum.
Edward J. Powers, Concord & Montreal freight depot, sworn
in March 7, 1891.
Surveyors of Lumber.
Chandler H. Clough, Concord & Montreal Railroad, sworn in
February 3, 1891.
Jerome J. Lovering, 300 Pine street, sworn in February 4,
1.891.
Charles Jacobs, 61 C street, West Manchester, sworn in Febru-
ary 5, 1 89 1.
F. A. Senter, Manchester Print Works, sworn in February 7,
1891.
A. C. Wallace, 168 South Main street, West Manchester, sworn
in February 7, 1891.
Edwin L. Tinkham, 346 Granite street, West Manchester,
sworn in February 10, 1891.
J. L. Smith, S. C. Forsaith Machine Co., sworn in February
12, 1891.
George P. Tarr, S. C. Forsaith Machine Co., sworn in Febru-
ary 18, 1891.
C. W. Piper, 16 Orange street, sworn in March 7, 1891.
John H. Proctor, Candia road, sworn in March 26, 1891.
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MAYOR KNOWLTON'S
INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
MAYOR KNOWLTON'S INAUGURAL AD-
DRESS.
Gentlemen of the City Councils :
Having been selected to assume the direction of city affairs
for the two years ensuing, through confidence in our ability and
integrity to serve the public weal, we have assembled here in the
early dawn of a new year to accept the trust confided to our
keeping. Great responsibilities are before us, and it is only by
reliance on Him whose blessing and kindly guidance have been
invoked, and the unselfish consecration of our best energies to
the work before us, that we can hope to give to our city a satis-
factory administration of affairs.
I am free to say that my only purpose is to serve our growing
and prosperous city honorably and faithfully, and to give to the
people the full fruitage to which they are entitled in return for
the heavy burdens of taxation which are laid upon them. It is
incumbent upon us that we do not allow ourselves to be cramped
within party lines, or permit party spirit to dominate our actions.
Good men of all parties should come together for united action
when matters of local government are to be considered, and
sweep from the municipal field political parties and politicians
alike, for they can have nothing in common with the interests of
the people.
It is admitted on all sides that one of the most disturbing
problems of the day is that of municipal government. The
statement has been made, and reiterated again and again, that
the people of our American cities are misgoverned to a greater
degree than those of any other country. The reason for this, it
seems to me, is that our business men do not, as a rule, concern
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themselves with municipal affairs, and there is lacking that indi-
vidual and persistent effort which is the foundation of every suc-
cess in business life. The result has been that the interests of the
people have suffered, and there is an all-pervading and well-
grounded belief that our cities are receiving but a fractional part
of what they pay for. In almost every department men are
foisted upon the pay-rolls, not because of any special fitness for
the positions they are presumed to fill, or ability to serve the city
and give an honest day's work for their pay, but because they
are either serviceable as party men or are indebted to some mer-
chant politician, who seeks by forcing the city to employ these
men to secure the money due him for merchandise.
There appears to exist a misconception, in the minds of many,
that cities are rich and well able to support all manner of ex-
travagances, and they are therefore pounced upon, vulture-like,
by men in all the walks of life, who seem to regard a municipal-
ity as common prey. The result has been a veritable scramble
to determine who would secure the largest share of spoils, there-
by displaying a selfish greed and lack of conscience which are
the greatest enemies to both private rights and the public wel-
fare. Faster even than the rapid growth of our city has been the
ratio of increase in expenses. Some of these have been legiti-
mate while others have not been. The pay of men has been
increased in several departments when there were scores of appli-
cants seeking the positions of those in employment at the old
rate of payment. The time to increase wages would seem to be
when capable men are not to be had for the amount being paid.
If we can but bring people to a true understanding of this sub-
ject, that cities, states, and nations are not wealthy, but on the
contrary are the veriest mendicants, — eternally seeking alms,
which are wrung from the people by one form of taxation or
another, — we may be able to correct some of the abuses which
we have seen grow up around us.
Of all the manifold duties which beset us none are more im-
portant, and none call for a display of intelligence and wisdom
MAYOR KNOWLTON'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS. 33
to a greater degree, than does the management of the financial
affairs of our city. Good judgment here, supported by execu-
tive ability elsewhere, will insure an administration that will be
satisfactory in the main to all our citizens and tax-payers.
The financial condition of the city on the first day of January
was reported to be as follows :
Amount of funded debt, January i,
1890 $945,950.00
Cemetery bonds issued during the
year ...... 2,900.00
Amount of funded debt, January 1, 189 1 . $948,850.00
Interest due, estimated . . . $20,000.00
Bills outstanding .... 55,042.97
$75>°42-97
Total indebtedness, January 1, 1891 . $1,023,892.97
Cash in treasury, January 1, 1891 .... 134,594.99
Net indebtedness, January 1, 1891 . . . $889,297.98
Net indebtedness, January 1, 1890 . . . 886,100.67
Increase of net indebtedness during the year $3>i97-3i
Although the figures given above indicate a somewhat heavy
indebtedness, the fact is that our superior system of water-works,
owned by the city, can readily be sold for an amount largely in
excess of the city debt, and leave our municipality not only free
from moneyed obligations but with a handsome surplus in its
treasury.
Of the bonded debt $520,000 bears six per cent interest, and
$415,000 four per cent. No part of the city's bonded indebted-
ness will become due the present year, but an amount aggregat-
ing $100,000, bearing six per cent interest, will have to be
provided for January 1, 1892, and this, I trust, we may be able
to cancel in part, and refund the balance for four or a less per
cent.
The excellent financial status of our city is a source of great
gratification, and yet I am earnestly of the opinion that the pol-
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icy heretofore followed in matters of finance should undergo a
radical change. I believe that all expenditures in the line of
permanent improvements should be done by loan, and whenever
this is done accompany the act by a provision for the laying
aside annually of a sufficient amount of money, which, when the
loan shall mature, will be sufficient to entirely meet the obliga-
tion. This sinking-fund I would have sacred and inviolate, and
in charge of a board of trustees. This, it seems to me, is the
only perfect financial policy which a growing city can devise,
and nothing could be better. This is a system which will mete
out justice to ourselves and to those who come after us. For
what we enjoy and derive benefits from we shall help to pay for,
and so, in like measure, will our children and those who succeed
them. Why should we continue what to us is a ruinous policy,
and submit to grievous burdens of taxation for the creation of
enduring improvements, when we can experience but a fractional
part of the advantages and blessings to be received therefrom ?
Why not permit those who are to reap the ripened harvest of our
endeavors to assist in meeting the obligations thereby assumed,
as where all help there is an equal distribution of the burden, and
taxation is at no time excessive ?
The most serious obstacle in the pathway of Manchester's
prosperity to-day is her excessive tax-rate. A decreased rate will
add materially to the valuation of the city, and no other agency
can be so potent for its good. It will be an invitation for a
multiplicity of industries to make their homes in our beautiful
city, and lead local capitalists to invest their money, for their
own and the city's good, at home, instead of placing it in doubt-
ful schemes at remote points in the West and South.
In making the appropriations for the current year we cannot
be too careful and considerate. An examination should be
made into the needs of every department, the same computed in
dollars and cents so far as may be, and the apportionment of
money then made commensurate with a judicious and discreet
administration of affairs. We should impress upon those who
are to have the expenditure of money that economy is the first
duty which they owe the city. We should not, unless in cases
MAYOR KNOWLTON'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS. 35
of the greatest emergency, permit appropriations to be over-
drawn, and every official who allows this to be done without
proper authority should be held personally accountable for all
that is expended in excess of the appropriation.
VALUATION.
The information is obtained from the assessors that only the
legitimate, natural increase in valuation can be expected this
year, which means that we can derive added revenue only from
new buildings, or from property situated in some exceptional
localities, where increased value has been given the same by rea-
son of the erection of new public buildings and industries. The
assessors' valuation last year was $24,173,240, which is an ad-
vance of $1,210,450 over the previous year. This substantial
increase was the result of the expiration of the ten years' ex-
emption on the Amory Mill, and the increase in the valuation of
property on Elm street to the extent of $200,000.
The industrial property at present exempt from taxation in-
cludes the Jefferson Mill, Everett Knitting Works, the new
Stark Mill, the Manchester Shoe Manufacturing Company's
shop, the West Side Company's shop and equipment, A. P.
Olzendam & Son's hosiery mill, and the W. W. Hubbard shop.
DISCOUNT ON TAXES.
For the past year the city paid the considerable sum of $11,-
265.25 as discount on taxes. I believe that we should follow the
custom of most other cities and abolish this practice.
WATER-WORKS.
The foresight of those who some twenty years ago planned
our excellent system of water-works receives daily demonstration
in the blessings which we enjoy from a pure and abundant water
supply, and also in the revenue derived from its use. The policy
of the water commissioners in buying up the fiowage land about
Lake Massabesic is commendable, and the time may not be re-
mote when it will be necessary, as a matter of protection to
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the health of thousands of consumers, for the city to possess the
entire area which is flowed by the lake.
One of the important matters which will command our early
attention is the proposition for the establishment of a high-
pressure service on Oak Hill. The report of the engineer en-
gaged to make surveys has been published, and of the eight dif-
ferent estimates presented the lowest sum for which the object
desired can be secured is placed at $82,218.56, and from this up
to $184,297.16. We should not take action in this matter until
we are entirely satisfied as to what is the true policy of the city.
If it is deemed advisable to authorize the construction of this
addition to our water-works system, allow me to suggest it should
be done gradually, and that the expense should be met from
the income derived from the works, in-order not to increase the
burdens of the people by further taxation.
It has been the practice since the construction of the water-
works for the city to raise by taxation and pay over to this de-
partment a large sum of money for hydrant service, sprinkling
the streets, use of water in city buildings, etc., which sum for
the past year amounted to practically $25,000. This was well
enough at the inception of the water-works, but now that they
are more than self-supporting I seriously question the advisability
of longer continuing this severe strain upon the tax-payers and
would recommend that in lieu thereof the amount to be paid the
water- works for the use of water by the city be limited to $5,000
per annum.
CITY AUDITOR.
The experience of the past year has justified in ample measure
the wisdom of creating the office of city auditor. The auditor
has materially lessened the work in several departments and is
rapidly reducing the affairs of the city, so far as can be done by
book-keeping, to a business basis.
SEWERS AND DRAINS.
This is a subject of the utmost importance and merits prompt
consideration. There is urgent necessity of the introduction of
MAYOR KNOWLTON's INAUGURAL ADDRESS. 37
a system of sewerage at Amoskeag village, and for the extension
of the sewerage system throughout the southern section of the
city and that portion of McGregorville which has not yet been
reached. There is a demand also for the enlargement of the
main sewer running from Granite street through South Main
street and having for its outlet Piscataquog river. The present
sewer is deemed too small to afford adequate drainage for the
territory tributary to it.
Nothing should be allowed to stand in the way of giving to
our city as perfect a system of sewerage and drainage as it is
possible to have, as the protection of the public health is of the
weightiest consequence. Our city has been fortunate in not hav-
ing experienced the ravages of terrible epidemics within the last
few years, and let us not invite their visitation by neglect of duty
where prompt action on our part may avert calamity. By the
affordance to our city of proper sewerage and drainage facilities
and the maintenance of an active^and vigilant board of health
we shall have done our duty.
In the construction of sewers we should have resort to machin-
ery in order to facilitate their building, and I believe it would
be for the interest of the city to contract much of the work in
this and also in other departments of the city.
HIGHWAYS, SIDEWALKS, AND BRIDGES.
Compared with other cities Manchester has but little to boast
of when it comes to the consideration of well-made and attrac-
tive streets. This is not because we are lacking in conditions, for
there is not a city in New England which is more abundantly
favored with beauty of surroundings, or where nature has been
more lavish in the bestowal of her diversified gifts of river and
mountain scenery, and where field and forest mingle more pleas-
antly in the perspective, and yet despite all that nature has done
for us there is a woeful lack of beautiful drives, which are so
fascinating to people who have the leisure and means for their
enjoyment, and which are a recommendation in the eyes of
visitors for any city possessing them. To the rapid growth of
the city, with its incessant calls for new streets, repairs and im-
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provements, the present unsatisfactory condition of our highways
is largely due. The showing which has been made in our city by
the experimental stretches of concrete leads me to recommend
that we continue this method of street building on a more liberal
scale than has hitherto been the practice. The concrete street is
far more durable than a macadamized highway, costs no more,
and it affords a delightful surface to drive over.
In the suburbs there is room for improvement in every direc-
tion, and I deem it imperative that there be a more liberal ex-
penditure of money upon the highways leading in and out of our
city in order that they may be put in the best possible condition.
I would recommend that the portable stone crusher betaken into
all of the outlying districts in order that stone may be delivered
and crushed near the locality where it will be needed, and by
this method a substantial saving in expense can be made.
In the matter of new streets there is a demand for more enter-
prise than has heretofore been shown. The street should be the
pioneer to lead the way for house building, rather than to await
the time when its construction can no longer be averted, and
when localities have been built upon for which the grade has not
been established.
Sidewalk construction needs to be pushed forward more rap-
idly, as there is no one thing which contributes more abundantly
to the comfort and convenience of the public. Investigation
and observation both lead me to the conclusion that the city
should take charge of the establishment of sidewalks and assess
one half of the expense of their construction to the abutters. By
this practice, they will be made uniform and their extension
more vigorously promoted. There is an advantage to the abut-
ters, also, in that the city will have the ownership and care of the
walks for all time, and will be accountable for their condition.
The bridges are generally in good condition, but there is need
of a new and wider bridge to take the place of the present nar-
row crossing which spans the Piscataquog river on South Main
street. This bridge is wholly inadequate to properly care for the
uses demanded of it by the public.
MAYOR KNOWLTON'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS. 39
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The largest single item of municipal expenditure arises from
the maintenance of our system of public education.
For this heavy outlay, however, we have the recompense, which
a study of the facts implies, that of all the various uses to which
the money of the tax-payers is put, none give better, if as good,
returns as do the schools of our city. The burden which their
fostering entails is borne cheerfully by an enlightened and pro-
gressive citizenship, as throughout the changing current of events
it becomes more and more apparent that the public school is one
of the foundation stones of the republic. The fidelity and loy-
alty of our people to this beneficent institution find eloquent ex-
pression in our school-crowned hills, and the schools in return
shed luster on the fair fame of our city, as in competitive trials
with those of other cities and states the laurel wreath has been
allotted to the pupils of the Manchester public schools.
The continued and rapid growth of the city calls for increased
school accommodations, and in several directions the demand is
imperative. By the completion of that magnificent temple of
learning, dedicated a few days ago, and which bears the name of
our honored retiring chief magistrate, the wants of the West Side
have been provided for and anticipated for some years to come.
In the eastern section of the city, the situation is the reverse,
however, and immediate provision should be made to accommo-
date the flood of incoming pupils. At the East Manchester
school there are but sixty-eight sittings to accommodate an en-
rolled membership of seventy-seven, and there is good reason to
believe that nearly one hundred pupils will seek admission to
this school at the spring term. A new schoolhouse, and one
which will provide for not only the immediate but the future
needs of this rapidly growing section, is a necessity which I trust
you will not long permit to go unsupplied.
The Wilson Hill school is also very much overcrowded, and
the pressure upon the Ash and Lincoln street grammar schools is
so great that in the case of the former it has been found necessary
to fit up a classroom in the hall on the third floor. It has been
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suggested that the proper thing to do to relieve all three of these
schools is to build a new high-school house, and to utilize the
present structure for grammar, middle, and primary schools.
This is a matter which should command our most considerate
and painstaking attention, and if new schoolhouses are to be
reared let us have buildings which shall be constructed with a
view to utility rather than to display.
There are other matters, the importance of which I desire to
emphasize at this time. One of these is the great need of the
introduction of manual training into our schools in order that
children may be educated industrially as well as intellectually.
New Hampshire being a manufacturing state and peopled by an
industrious population, it is eminently desirable that the young
men and women who must look to their own hands and brains
for a livelihood should be properly equipped by our schools for
the battle of life, and I believe we shall not have done our duty
by them until we have combined with the culture of the brain
the training of the hands.
Another much-needed innovation is a gymnasium, and if this
cannot be supplied for all the schools of grammar grade, it
should at least be given a place at the high school.
CITY LIBRARY.
The usefulness of our excellent and well-managed free public
library is one of the proud boasts of our citizens. Its shelves are
constantly receiving valuable acquisitions, and the number of
volumes of which they are now the repository aggregates more
than thirty-three thousand. Their stores of knowledge are free
to all classes, and they provide the means for both entertainment
and instruction. The great need of the library is suitable read-
ing-room accommodations, but it is doubtful if the city should
go to the expense of building an extension for this purpose on
the present site, as the time cannot be remote when a new build-
ing, and one adapted and properly equipped to meet the require-
ments of such an institution, will be called for in another locality.
The enterprise of preparing a new catalogue has progressed
MAYOR KNOWLTON'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS. 41
during the past year, and the patrons of the library have the
promise of a new and complete index in the near future.
The custom, inaugurated some years ago, of presenting to the
library portraits of our eminent citizens who have been prominent
in their fostering care for the best interests of the city is a happy
one, and deserves to be encouraged. The acquisitions to the
library's portrait gallery the past year included portraits of the
late Dr. Josiah Crosby, Hon. Samuel N. Bell, and ex-Mayor
John Hosley. The latter, by the provisions of his will, set aside
the generous sum of $5,000 for the purchase of non-sectarian
newspapers and magazines for a free public reading-room in con-
nection with the library. This sum is held in trust, the income
going to the daughter of the deceased during her life.
The settlement of the estate of the late Mrs. Eliza A. Eaton,
now nearly if not quite consummated, will give to the library a
fund amounting to about $2,500.
I would reinforce the suggestion which has repeatedly been
made by some of our citizens that the library be open to the
public for both reading purposes and the delivery of books for a
few hours on Sundays. I believe the influence resulting from
such an innovation could not be otherwise than elevating, and I
also believe that the tendency would be to further popularize the
institution.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Our citizens are proud of their fire department, and the de-
partment in return justifies the feeling. For intrepidity, vigor,
and promptness of movement it has long taken high rank. It
costs a great deal of money to maintain it, but the compensation
comes in keeping our losses from fire at the minimum. We should
not withhold from this arm of the municipal service anything
that is needed to give additional security to our city in case of
fire, or that would add to the efficiency of the department, as
neglect, no matter how slight, might lead to the most disastrous
consequences.
The citizens of South Manchester have for several years pressed
their claims for a hose-house, and as they are located fully a mile
42 MANCHESTER CITY GOVERNMENT.
from any fire apparatus it would seem that with the continued
growth in that direction the time has come when their petition
should be granted. This could be done without great expense,
as the hose carriage at the Fire King house, recently displaced
by a combination hose carriage and hook and ladder truck, could
be transferred to South Manchester, and the enterprising citizens
of that locality have made known their willingness to organize a
volunteer company to man the same. The citizens of McGreg-
orville have also asked for a hose-house. An urgent need, it
seems to me, is an aerial ladder truck, as the department at the
present time is deficient in apparatus of this character, which
would insure the best results in case of fire in the upper story of
some of our highest buildings.
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
There is no department of the public service which calls for
greater manliness and more absolute integrity that that of the
police, but the highest ideal of a police department can never be
secured in a community where political considerations are
allowed a controlling influence in the make-up of the force, and
we shall never see our department elevated to the standard of
efficiency desirable until it is divorced from political influences
and placed in charge of a commission, the officers to serve con-
tinuously unless removed for cause.
There is a feeling that we have too many officers at present for
a law-abiding community, such as is ours, and an investigation of
the manner in which the force is distributed seems to justify this
theory. One of the most forceful reasons given why the city
should assume the great expense of an all-night electric-lighting
service at the time of its introduction was that the system would
do away with the necessity of employing as many officers as had
been the custom, and while this, I am told, has been the fact in
other cities, the reverse has been true with us. Instead of dimin-
ishing the force it has been greatly and I believe unnecessarily
augmented, until to-day we have an officer for nearly every thou-
sand of our population and the force has attained to the limit
allowed by law. If, upon investigation, we find that the force
MAYOR KNOWLTON'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS. 43
cannot be reduced and the interests of property holders properly
protected, we should, I think, arrange to have the city patrolled
at hours of the day and night when there is not now any guar-
dianship whatsoever exercised.
CITY FARM.
One of the constant complaints coming from the great body
of our tax-payers is that this farm, naturally productive, and
abundantly supplied with all the appliances and stock needful
for its successful cultivation, is not managed so as to be some-
where near self-supporting. In room of this a large sum of
money has been wrung from the tax-payers for its maintenance.
For the ten years ending with January i, 1890, the sum of
$29,000 was appropriated by the city councils and devoted to
this farm, and in addition to this the receipts of the farm for the
same period, amounting to $17,266.78, were also applied for the
same purpose, the appropriations and receipts together making a
total of $46,266.78. But even this large sum was not sufficient,
as the total expenses for the ten years aggregated $67,882.94, an
excess of [$21,616.16 above both appropriations and receipts,
which had to be met by transfers from the reserved fund or some
other appropriation.
It will be well for us to give this subject our serious attention
at once, for it would seem that we should be able to devise some
means to stop this excessive draft upon the city treasury. The
able-bodied men and women who are maintained at the farm,
whether as paupers or as transgressors, should be set to work and
thereby lighten the burdens of the industrious and toiling masses
who are supporting this institution.
COMMONS AND PARKS.
The progress which has been made in recent years in beautify-
ing our commons is most gratifying, and we should pursue a line
of policy which will continue to add to their attractiveness.
By popular vote our citizens have overwhelmingly declared
themselves in favor of the creation of Derryfield park in the
44 MANCHESTER CITY GOVERNMENT.
northeastern section of the city, composed of sixty-seven acres of
land which has heretofore been a portion of the city farm, and
with equal unanimity they have expressed themselves favorable
to the establishment of a park, consisting of twenty-five acres of
land situated in the northern section of the city, in which rest
the ashes of the hero of the North, General John Stark. He
was one of the central figures of the Revolution, as you all
know, and it seems eminently proper that our city, where the
greater part of his life was spent, should recognize his exalted
patriotism and conspicuous achievements, and thereby discharge
a duty which has long slumbered, while we at the same time
point a lesson of loyalty to country and devotion to duty which
will not be without its effect upon succeeding generations. The
national government can undoubtedly be relied upon to assist in
this matter, as an appropriation of $50,000 has once passed the
senate for an equestrian statue at the hero's grave, and the effort
to get the bill through both houses of congress is to be renewed.
The city should therefore see to it that the grounds, having been
purchased, are made, as rapidly as possible, to conserve the pur-
poses of a public park. The outlay upon the city parks need
not be heavy in any one year, but by the expenditure of a small
sum annually they will soon assume proportions of great beauty.
STREET LIGHTING.
Manchester deserves the reputation which she enjoys of being
one of the best lighted of cities, and I very much doubt if the
people would ever consent to a backward step in this -direction.
The electric-lighting service has been extended until now there
are 252 lights, besides 83 gas lights and 65 oil lamps. The
present three years' contract for street lighting by electricity ex-
pires December 26 of the present year, and with the progress
which has been made in the methods for producing such light
the people will expect us to make a contract more favorable to
the city. The total sum expended for street lighting the past
year exceeded $41,000.
MAYOR KNOWLTON'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS. 45
CEMETERIES.
The management of our cemeteries has been commendable to
a high degree, and the introduction of modern appliances to in-
crease their beauty and attractiveness has been rapid and produc-
tive of the best results. The Valley and Pine Grove cemeteries
are beautiful, sacred spots, where, after "life's fitful fever" has
ended, have been gathered the remains of thousands of our pop-
ulation. It is a religious and hallowed duty to make as attrac-
tive as possible the resting places of the dead. The only sug-
gestion I have to offer at the present time is that the outlying
cemeteries, other than the two named above, should also be the
objects of our thoughtful care and solicitude.
CITY ENGINEER.
This office is one of increasing importance as the city expands.
Excellent progress has been made in procuring maps of streets
and sewers, but the need is now felt for a larger map of the city,
showing all the streets, together with the frontage and area of
every plot of land. This should be made as early as practicable,
and arrangements likewise entered upon the present year to have
all the outlying roads marked by stone bounds, and the same
system of marking also applied to streets wherever necessary. In
order to carry forward all the work demanded of this depart-
ment there is necessity for an increase in the appropriation.
GRANITE-STREET CROSSING.
The grade crossing at Granite street, aside from being danger-
ous, is a source of great annoyance to the business interests of the
city, as the delay occasioned by the unavoidable passing to and
fro of trains is a matter which concerns a large number of people.
Various plans have been suggested for doing away with both the
danger and annoyance of this crossing, among them that of
tunneling beneath the tracks. This, however, practical engineers
do not consider would be satisfactory, and the only plan remain-
ing which promises relief is that of an overhead crossing north of
the passenger depot, which would take all of the light travel.
46 MANCHESTER CITY GOVERNMENT.
It is deeply to be regretted that Manchester, with a population
noted for their character and enterprise, and affording a vast
business for the railroads, has not before this time been provided
with a new depot and train-shed in keeping with the advance-
ment which has been made in other directions.
PUBLIC PLAYGROUND.
As the encouragement of legitimate sport and recreation tends
to a happy manhood and the prolongation of life, I would sug-
gest that the city provide a public playground for its youth. A
section of the proposed Derryfield park could be set aside for
this purpose, and the same fitted up for base ball, foot ball, and
kindred sports at a trifling expense. I am in favor of pursuing a
liberal policy towards the youth of our city, as I believe that a
little attention shown them, and a regard manifest for their en-
joyment, will be the means of keeping them from harmful influ-
ences in a large measure, and whatever we do in this direction
we do for posterity.
PUBLIC BATH-HOUSES.
Our city seems to be behind other municipalities of equal
population in the direction of providing free public bath-houses.
I believe we should regard with favor a movement calling for a
reasonable outlay for such a purpose.
RAILROAD EXTENSION.
At the session of the legislature which convenes to-morrow an
attempt will be made to procure such legislation as will bring
about the relaying of the rails on the Manchester & North Weare
Railroad between Weare and Henniker. This is a movement
which intimately concerns the material interests of the city, and
we should lend encouragement to the effort in every manner
possible. Not only is this extension needed, but the time is at
hand when the business interests will demand another and direct
route to the West, and one which will bring us into intimate re-
lationship with the flourising city of Fitchburg and the large
railroad interests centering at that point.
MAYOR KNOWLTON'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS. 47
SUPERINTENDENT OF BUILDINGS.
The large number of public buildings now owned by the city,
and the considerable expense required to keep them in repair,
lead me to recommend the creation of the office of superintend-
ent of public buildings. The duties of this official would be to
pass upon all repairs demanded and superintend whatever work
was deemed necessary. This would centralize a great deal of
work which is now scattered through various committees.
CITY REPAIR SHOP.
I believe that a substantial saving of both time and money
can be made for the city by the establishment of a city repair
shop. This could be done by an addition to the city stable
building.
BOARD OF TRADE.
This organization of our business men, formed in the early
part of the preceding year, has demonstrated that there is an
ample field here for its labors, and that it can be made a power-
ful agency in the upbuilding of our city. I trust that our citi-
zens generally will become members of the organization, and by
so doing assure its continuance and activity.
THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC.
This much-mooted subject, although a matter of agitation for
nearly half a century, still remains unsettled. We shall, un-
doubtedly, find it a vexatious problem, as have those who have
preceded us in authority, but when our course is once deter-
mined upon we should stand to it unflinchingly.
That intemperance is an evil of gigantic proportions there are
but few, if any, in this day of enlightened thought and widely
distributed knowledge, who will attempt to deny. For a long
period of time, people of all classes have assented to this view of
the question, and laws have been enacted and spread upon our
statute books seeking the abolition of the liquor traffic. But
48 MANCHESTER CITY GOVERNMENT.
while people have agreed with practical unanimity as to the evil
of this business, they have widely differed, and do to-day. as to
the methods for its suppression and the limitation of its powers.
The prohibitory laws have not been enforced, and almost every
attempt to carry out their intent and purpose has resulted in ig-
noble failure. The great weakness of the law is that there is
very little of active public sentiment behind it, and the attempt
to found a third party on the principle of prohibition has as yet
made but little progress, as the casting of but 1,363 votes in a
total poll of 86,240 at the late election in this state is conclu-
sive evidence.
I have entertained the opinion for some years that the most
practical way to deal with this question, and one which would
give the best results, would be by the enactment of a judicious
license law with a local option clause. It seems clear, after so
many years of prohibitory legislation, that it is only by a license
law that we can circumscribe and restrict the scope of the
liquor traffic and bring the evil within control. Certain it is
that under a license law the traffic in the sale of intoxicating
liquors could not have greater freedom than it enjoys to-day
under our prohibitory legislation, and at the same time the city
has nothing to show for the prevalence of this unbridled evil
but the poverty, vice, and ignorance which ever follow in the
train of intemperance. Enact a license law and not only will
the operations of the liquor business be curtailed, as I believe,
but the city will derive a revenue which will materially lessen
the burdens of taxation and assist in the creation of a moral
sentiment, by means of educational influences, which must event-
ually drive the occupation of selling liquor for other than the
best purposes from the field. When it is known that our sister
cities, like Lowell and Lawrence, annually derive a fund of more
than $100,000 from liquor licenses, we can comprehend some-
thing of the disadvantages under which we labor as a municipal-
ity as compared with those cities. Within a few weeks two thirds
of the cities of Massachusetts have placed themselves on record
in favor of license by an overwhelming declaration of public
opinion, and this, too, in instances where license did not prevail
MAYOR KNOWLTON'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS. 49
during the preceding year. Public sentiment is progressive, and
if we may judge by what has taken place in Massachusetts,
license, as long as the conditions which govern society remain as
they are, is the basis upon which we shall eventually arrive.
But to return to matters as we find them, we are admonished
that there is no license law in New Hampshire, and we cannot,
therefore, deal with this question from that standpoint. It is
our duty, under the circumstances, to see to the impartial en-
forcement of the laws as we find them.
POWERS OF THE MAYOR.
I would briefly remind you that our city charter is so drawn as
to deprive the mayor of almost every semblance of power save
that exercised in the veto. While ostensibly the chief executive
of the city he is practically without authority. I do not refer to
this subject in any personal sense but because I believe the inter-
ests of the city would be better advanced if additional powers
were conferred upon the mayor, and he then held accountable
for the exercise of authority granted him. The tendency in
most cities at the present time is to invest the office of mayor
with increased responsibilities.
CONCLUSION.
In conclusion, gentlemen, I assure you of my hearty and
active co-operation in all matters destined to promote the public
good, and I have no doubt but that our official intercourse will
prove pleasant to ourselves and profitable to our city. The more
we study into the duties, the performance of which we have
undertaken, the greater need we shall find for the exercise of an
individual interest and the utmost vigilance and faithfulness over
the affairs which we hold in trust for the people. We have in our
midst potent examples of what we may accomplish for our city
by well-directed and consecrated effort, in the manner in which
our great manufacturing corporations are managed. Their an-
i
50 MANCHESTER CITY GOVERNMENT.
nual expenditures largely exceed those of the city ; they employ
a larger number of men and have as great interests at stake, and
yet there is never a rumor of mismanagement there. With these
examples before us, and inspired by a determination to do our
duty regardless of besetting influences, we cannot fail to make
honorable history for ourselves and for our city, which is worthy
of our most exalted endeavors.
EDGAR J. KNOWLTON,
Mayor.
REPORT
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
Board of Water commissioners.
1891.
E. J. KNOWLTON, Mayor, ex-officio.
Alpheus Gay, President, term expires January, 1893.
James A. Weston, Clerk, term expires, January, 1897.
Henry Chandler, term expires January, 1898.
A. C. Wallace, term expires January, 1894.
Charles H. Manning, term expires January, 1895.
Joseph F. Kennard, term expires January, 1896.
Officers.
Charles K. Walker, Superintendent.
Arthur E. Stearns, Registrar.
Josiah Laselle, Engineer at Pumping- Station.
REPORT
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
To the City Councils of the City of Manchester :
Gentlemen, — The Board of Water Commissioners have the
honor to submit herewith their twentieth annual report for the
year ending December 31, 1891, together with the report of the
superintendent covering the same period of time, to which refer-
ence is made for the details of the service connected with this
department.
The receipts and expenditures for the year have been as
follows :
Balance unexpended December 31, 1890 . . $60,648.89
Receipts from all sources in 1891 . . . 76,605.23
Total $137,254.12
Interest on water bonds . . $32,168.00
Current expenses .... 4,962.85
Repairs and renewals . . . 21,995.06
Construction .... 22,667.74
Total expenditures $81,793.65
Balance unexpended ...... $55,460.47
The decrease in gross receipts over the year 1890 is $13,858. 14
and the deficiency for the past year is $5,188.42.
54 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
This exceptional result arises in consequence of a change niade
in the ordinance relating to water-works about one year ago, by
which the rental of the hydrants for the whole city was reduced
to $5,000, and the water for all other city purposes made free.
It is probable that the entire earnings of this department will
be needed the coming year to meet the ordinary expenses, to
keep up the renewal of pipes, and to make such outlay for con-
struction as the necessities of our growing population demand.
The subject of a high-service system, to which reference was
made in the last annual report to your honorable body, con-
tinues to be an interesting theme for discussion, and in connec-
tion therewith some method by which the present system can be
made secure and serviceable beyond contingency, has received
considerable attention.
In December last your commissioners received a communica-
tion from the joint standing committee on water-works, to which
a reply was returned and is here inserted to emphasize the opin-
ions therein expressed, believing the maintenance of the present
system is of paramount importance.
"The board of water commissioners beg to acknowledge the
receipt of your communication of the 18th ult,relating to a high-
service system of water-works, in which you desire to have a plan
submitted that under all the circumstances will be best for the
city to adopt.
"In reply the commissioners have the honor to say that the
subject of a high-service system of water-works to supply water
to the more elevated portions of the city has received very care-
ful consideration. In connection therewith attention has also
been given respecting the desirability of adopting some method
of duplicating the present pumping plant by an entirely separate
and distinct system that may be used in connection with either
the high or low service, as occasion requires. To accomplish
both objects the commissioners unanimously recommend the
construction of a pumping station of sufficient capacity for both
purposes, near the mouth of Slager brook, which is about one
third of a mile northerly of Fletcher's Island, or at Proctor's
grove, still further north. In either case the force main would be
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS. 55
laid on the most advantageous route to the Candia road ; thence
it would follow the Candia road to its junction with the Mam-
moth road, where a connection is proposed with the present
system of water-works. From this point the pipe would follow
the most desirable location to the proposed high-service reservoir
on the south slope of Oak Hill, just north of Derryfield park,
— the construction of the reservoir and the plan of distribution
for the high service to be substantially as described in Mr.
Tidd's report.
"It will readily be observed that a considerable portion of the
cost of this scheme is to supplement the present system, a subject
which has claimed the attention of the commissioners for years,
and which in their opinion cannot be delayed any longer with
prudence.
" The cost of what is now proposed, as estimated by Mr. Tidd
on pages 14 and 15 of his report, 'exclusive of water rights and
land damages,' is $154,021.80. When this work is fully and
properly constructed, including land damages, distribution pipes,
which were not estimated, with some other necessary changes
and additions, it is believed the total cost will be considerably
in excess of the above sum."
As further expressing the views of your commissioners upon
this subject, liberal quotations are here inserted from a compre-
hensive and well considered article which recently appeared in a
local paper over the signature of J. B. Sawyer, civil engineer.
He says :
"The question of the best plan for building and equiping a
high-pressure water service is controlled by the larger and more
important question of enlarging and reinforcing the present-
works. If we were sure of being able to keep an abundant sup-
ply of water in the reservoir for the next ten or twenty years with
our present pumping apparatus, or with any enlargement of that
apparatus which could be run by water power, the question would
be easily answered. The best arrangement would be to build a
small steam pumping station at some point on the Portsmouth
Railroad in East Manchester, taking the water from the present
pipes and delivering it to the reservoir to be built on Oak Hill.
56 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
" But our present works, originally designed for a population of
thirty thousand, have now been running about eighteen years.
In that time the population of the city has grown from twenty-
seven thousand to forty-six thousand, and the works, with only
the addition of a new set of pumps in 1S86, the substitution of
new and more powerful water wheels in 1887, and a large yearly
increase of the length of distribution pipes, have continued to
serve us, practically without an hour's interruption. From the
earnings they have paid the interest on their cost, amounting to
thirty-six thousand dollars per annum, made the improvements
and extensions above mentioned, and paid for a large number of
lots of land purchased for the protection of the lake, or to extin-
guish claims for damages, and one year ago they had accumulated
a surplus or reserve of sixty thousand dollars to help in meeting
such an emergency as is now before us. This is a record to be
proud of.
" But eighteen years is a large part of the lifetime of such a
plant. The canal needs repairs and cleaning out ; the forebay
and the wooden penstock six hundred feet long, are getting old
and are eighteen years nearer their day of failure than they were
when new. How soon that day will come, no man can tell.
Thorough examination and repairs or renewals cannot be made
in the few brief hours in which the pumps can be stopped. These
considerations show that the pumping works ought to be dupli-
cated immediately.
"The present low water in the lake admonishes us that the limit
of pumping by water-power has nearly been reached, and that if
we would secure ourselves against an occasional water famine, we
must have steam power ready for an emergency, although it
would not be necessary for ordinary use.
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" It being admitted that a steam plant auxiliary to the present
works is a necessity, and that a high service is desirable, economy
dictates that the pumping plant for both purposes should be in
the same building, and should be identical and interchangeable
to the fullest practical extent. The best location for such a plant
is probably the one recommended by the commissioners, on the
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS. 57
westerly shore of the lake, northward of Fletcher's Island. The
situation with regard to both reservoirs is the best practicable ;
it is near the railroad, so that coal can be handled cheaply ; and
the water there taken will undoubtedly be as good as from any
other part of the lake.
" This work cannot be commenced too soon. If begun the
coming spring, by the time it is completed and in running order
the present works will be about twenty years old, and our popu-
lation will be fifty thousand."
In conclusion, it is a source of gratification to be able to state
that nothing has occurred during the past year to impair the effi-
ciency of the water service, and that the advantages and comforts
of an abundant supply of good water have been enjoyed by our
citizens without serious interruption.
Respectfully submitted.
ALPHEUS GAY,
E. J. KNOWLTON,
A. C. WALLACE,
HENRY CHANDLER,
JOSEPH F. KENNARD,
C. H. MANNING,
JAMES A. WESTON,
Water Commissioners.
January 2, 1892.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
To the Honorable Board of Water Commissioners of the City
of Manchester:
I herewith submit my annual report for the year ending
December 31, 1891.
MASSABESIC LAKE.
The water in the lake has been lower this year than it has been
since 1886. That year, on the 17th of November, the lowest
point reached was 23^ inches below the clam. This season it
was i8}4 inches below, December 20. January 1, 1892, it was
16 inches below. Low water occasionally should have its advan-
tages, for if the water takers would take a look at the outlet of
the lake at such times they would not persist in wasting it.
Let us look at it from another standpoint. Property owners
around the lake shore have claimed that the city is responsible
for the height of the water, and the washing out of the banks
where they were sandy. They did not find any fault this sea-
son, and if they will look at it as it is they will find that the
rainfall has something to do with the height of the water, and
not altogether the city. There is just as much fault found with
low water as high, and this management has failed to satisfy the
people that live on the borders of the lake in this regard.
The following table shows the amount of rainfall, kindly fur-
nished us by Sergeant J. H. Melton, which includes melted
snow and sleet for the year 1891 :
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
59
January
6.10
inches
February
3.26
"
March
3-94
"
April
1.63
"
May
1.90
u
June
.3-58
"
July
3-i4
"
August
September .
October
2.01
1.61
2.16
«
November .
1.74
"
December .
3-27
"
1S91
34-34
inches.
1890
45-7°
"
1889
36.94
a
1888
46.81
"
1 rainfall in
18S0
was but 27.76
nch
es.
The old dam at the outlet is in bad condition, having been
partly torn down to let boats run down the brook to the Island
Pond road. This dam should be rebuilt. It played an impor-
tant part when the channel was lowered, in holding back the
water, and if the pond at any time should have to be drawn off
to repair the gates at the head of the canal, this dam would be a
necessity. When rebuilt, it should be about 150 feet long, and
average about 5 feet in height, with a raceway 10 feet wide.
A few repairs have been made at the new dam in repointing
the stone work and the piers under the road bridge.
PUMPING STATION.
C. C. Cole, the superintendent of the pumping station, died
suddenly October 12, after having had charge of the station
from the first. He was an able, trusty man. No accident hap-
pened in the eighteen years he had charge, caused by any neg-
lect or carelessness on his part, and in his death the city lost a
faithful servant.
60 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Josiah Laselle was elected to fill his place, and took charge
November i. A few repairs of an ordinary nature have been
made on the machinery. Blinds have been put on the house
and barn. The tin on the roof and the coping have been re-
painted.
The following table shows the amount of water pumped each
month, during the year 1891, by each pump.
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The force and supply main hold good and few repairs have
been made on these two lines. Nothing has been done about
the reservoir, but the banks need top-dressing very much.
DISTRIBUTION PIPES.
Pipes have been extended in the following-named streets :
Auburn, Amory, Adams, Bismark, Beech, Colby, River Cross-
ing, Chestnut, Conant, Concord, Cleveland, Cartier, Goffe,
Dartmouth, Franklin, Grove, Gore, Highland, Jewett, Lake
avenue, Milford, Morrison, Mast road, Manchester, Orange,
Pearl, Prospect, Salmon, Sullivan, Third, Union, Vine, Walnut,
Wilkins, Young.
The whole length, 15,910 feet, equals a little over 3 miles.
The number of feet laid on each street varies from 25 to 1,400
feet, as required by the water takers, and all under the 6 per cent
rule, excepting on Beech street, Franklin street, and the line laid
across Piscataquog river at the west end of Riddle's island.
These three lines were laid for a better fire protection, and in
order that people living in South Manchester and south of Pis-
cataquog river could have water when repairs were being
made on Elm below Valley and Main street south of Ferry, by
giving these sections two sources of supply. The city is grow-
ing, new streets are laid out and they call for water before they
are graded. The pipes have been laid as soon as practicable,
and sometimes before. It is not best to have to lower the pipe
after grading the streets, or to dig an extra depth before.
During the past year 9,973 feet of cement pipe, equal to 1.89
miles, have been laid over with cast iron at an expense of about
^8,500. The length and size of the pipe are as follows: 1,707
feet 4-inch; 4,927 feet 6-inch; 1,191 feet 8-inch; 909 feet 10-
inch ; 539 feet 12-inch; 700 feet 14-inch.
Pipe taken out was from the streets where the pipes caused the
most trouble. Your honorable board voted two years ago to lay
new pipe east from Elm to Pine street, beginning on Auburn
street and taking all the streets north to Pearl excepting Lowell,
the size to be 8 inches in place of the old 6-inch cement pipe.
This has been done with the exception of Central, Amherst, and
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS. 63
Bridge streets. These three streets have not given us much
trouble, and we have laid over the pipe in some other streets
where bursts were more frequent. The 14-inch on Elm street
east of Blood's foundry was so deeply covered by the raising of the
grade it could not be repaired without a great deal of expense,
so it was thought best to relay it with cast iron, beginning at a
point just below Hutchinson's machine shop, extending south to
the corner of Cove street, 700 feet in length, and also 500 feet
on Valley street, which would make the pipe all cast iron from
Valley street south, with the exception of 9 feet of 1 2-inch ce-
ment just south of the Lawrence Railroad track. It is evident
that we shall have to continue to take out the cement pipe as fast
as means will allow.
Eight hundred tons of pipe were bought of the McNeil Pipe &
Foundry Co., of Burlington, N. J., at a cost of $28.50 per ton of
2,240 pounds, delivered on the cars at the pipe yard in this city.
The following places are where cement-lined pipe was taken
up and relaid with cast iron :
64
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Streets.
Length of pipe in feet.
4 in.
6 in.
8 in.
10 in.
12 in.
14 in.
67
31
202
510
530
109
Railroad crossing.
516
25
Chestnut
55
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South of Valley.
36
700
231
9
909
Manchester. .
24
319
Pine
800
m
1,032
721
319
303
Valley
30
503
302
Willow
Young road . .
535
Valley to Young.
Totals
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4,927
1,191
909
539
700
Total, 9,973 feet, or 1.888 miles.
On Bedford street, 8-inch pipe was taken up, 6-inch laid in-
stead.
On Pine street, south to Auburn from Lake avenue, 8-inch was
laid in place of 6-inch.
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
65
PIPES, GATES, AND HYDRANTS LAID IN
Streets.
Pipe laid in feet.
Gates set.
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150
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253
123
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140
575
590
483
183
399
524
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352
1,284
76
266
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3
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544
307
276
245
495
400
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Wilkins
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240
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Totals
2S9
13,547
1,146 928
7 34
5
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Number miles of pipe laid 1891, 3.013, or 15,910 feet,
gates set, 46.
5 hydrants set, 17.
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71
LOCATION OF HYDRANTS SET, 1 89 1.
Auburn, corner Maple; Chestnut, corner Salmon ; Cleveland,
corner Second ; Conant, corner Rimmon ; Dartmouth, corner
O'Neil; Grove (East Manchester); Highland (West Manches-
ter) ; Milford, corner Bismark ; Orange, corner Linden ; Or-
ange, corner Hall ; Pearl, corner Morrison ; Salmon, corner
Union; Vine; Walnut, corner Sagamore; AVilkins, corner
Highland ; Wilkins, corner Mast ; AVilkins, opposite Tirrell resi-
dence.
One hydrant on Pine, corner Hanover, was taken out.
DISTRIBUTION PIPES AND GATES LAID TO DECEMBER 31, 1891.
Size.
Cement-lined pipe.
Cast-iron pipe.
Gates.
20 inch diameter
20,560.00 feet.
5,146.00 feet.
9
14 inch diameter
6,125.00 "
S,29S.U0 "
11
12 inch diameter
7,444.00 "
13,176.00 "
20
10 inch diameter
3,474.75 "
12,103.00 "
14
8 inch diameter
S.315.00 "
23.6S2.00 "
49
6 inch diameter
65,475.50 "
115,145.00 "
329
4 inch diameter
5,067.00 "
11,952.00 "
47
116,461.25 feet.
189,502.00 feet.
479
Cement-lined pipe
Cast-iron pipe .
Total pipe
479 gates-
477 hydrants.
7 air valves.
22.057 miles
35-89o "
57.947 miles
The number of meters set during the year was one hundred
and seventy-eight (178).
Total number of meters now in use, thirteen hundred and
thirteen (1,313).
72
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
The number of applications for water to date has been thirty-
seven hundred and eighty-five (3,785).
SERVICE PIPES.
Two hundred and thirty-four service pipes have been laid this
year, as follows :
234 1 inch diameter 5,910.9 feet.
SERVICE PIPES RELAID.
1 I inch diameter, 17.4 feet to 1 inch diameter, 17.4 feet.
10 f " " 316.3 " to 1 " " 300.9 "
11" " 33.0 " to 1 " " 28.0 "
Thirty-six hundred and twenty-six (3,626) service pipes have
been laid to date, as follows :
38
h
inch diameter
1758
3
4
n
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1
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23
ii
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18
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47
2
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827.6 feet.
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"
44,3I9-7
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1-293.5
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552-3
"
1,904.9
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95,362.4 feet.
Total length of service pipe
Number of miles of service pipe, 18.061.
The income from the sale of water for 1891 has been as
follows :
jived for water by rate
#35
,178.79
" for water by meter .
40,479.25
" for building purposes
494.80
" from fines
160.40
" for labor and pipe sold .
200.99
of G. G. Griffin (lease) .
1. 00
" of Fletcher Brown (lease)
1. 00
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
7:1
Rece
ved of W. Cx. Brown (rent) .
of Mr. Prescott, (rent) .
' of William Bryant (rent)
of B. P. Kimball (grass)
of G. W. Reed (grass) .
' of C. H. Patten (grass) .
Abatements, $204.44.
Current expenses for 1891
Repairs for 189 1 .
Construction expenses for 1891
Total ....
Interest ....
Expenditures over receipts
CLASSIFICATION OF ACCOUNTS FOR 1 89 1.
Superintendence, repairs, and renewals
Stationery and printing
Office and incidental expenses
Pumping expenses
Repairs to dam, canal, and reservoii
Repairs to buildings
Current expenses for 1891
Service pipes
Distribution pipes .
Fire-hydrants and valves
Meters and fixtures
Pump house and buildings
Land .....
Construction expenses for 1!
Total
$21.00
50.00
8.00
2.00
5.00
3.00
$76,605.23
$4,962.85
21,995.06
22,667.74
$49,625.65
32,168.00
581,793.65
$5,188.42
$23,782.77
201.66
53983
2,139s1
106.10
188.36
$26
958
23
$2,006.48
14,445-34
1,246.89
2,400.30
i52-47
2,415.94
,667
$22
42
$49
625
65
74
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Land and water rights
Dam, canal, penstock, and races
Pumping machinery, pump house, and
buildings . ...
-Distributing reservoir
Force and supply main
Distribution pipes .
Fire-hydrants and valves .
Tools and fixtures .
Boarding and store houses
Roads and culverts .
Supplies ....
Engineering
Livery and traveling expenses
Legal expenses
Grading and fencing
Service pipes .
Meters and fixtures .
Total construction account to
Dec. 31, 1 89 1 .
Current expenses :
Superintendence, collecting, and re-
pairs ....
Stationery and printing .
Office and incidental expenses
Pumping expenses and repairs
Repairs to buildings
Repairs to dam, canal, races, and res
ervoir .....
^59>799-I4
101,399.16
107,596-54
71,542-36
89,769.02
3835o43-59
43,109.89
10,649.35
919.36
2,193.49.
55o-39
22,176.19
2,856.64
563-79
13,588.26
49,699.22
28,765.43
$164,396.84
5,681.66
18,852.79
41,168.59
i,764-45
3,83I-25
Total current expenses to Dec.
31, 1891 ....
Interest ......
Highway expenditures
Total amount of bills approved
to date ....
$40,678.51
14,000.53
$235,695-58
$54,679.04
$1,278,596.44
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS. 75
Interest, discount,and labor performed
on highways, trans., and tools and
materials sold .... $62,385.34
Current expenses to Dec. 31, 1891 . 235,695.58
$298,080.92
Total cost, exclusive of interest
and current expenses . . $980,515.52
Interest and discount to Dec. 31, 1890 $627,096.51
Interest for 1891 .... 32,168.00
Total interest and discount to
Dec. 31, 1891 . . . $659,264.51
Amount paid toward interest to Dec.
31, 1890 ..... $485,000.00
Amount paid toward interest, 1891 . 32,168.00
$517,168.00
Uses for which Water is Supplied.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
i Jail.
4
Cemeteries.
21 Churches.
1
Orphanage.
1 Court-house.
1
Post-office.
6 Hose companies.
1
City library.
4 Fire-engines.
6
Banks.
1 Hook-and-ladder.
8
Hotels.
2 Opera-houses.
1
Masonic Hall.
i Convent.
1
Odd Fellows' Hall
2 City hospitals.
1
Holly Tree Inn.
2 Old Ladies' Homes.
3
Halls.
1 Soldiers' monument.
24
Schoolhouses.
1 Turner Hall.
1
Battery building.
4 Fountains.
1
Skating-rink.
2 Trust companies.
7G
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS.
i Hosiery mill.
2 Granite works.
i Silver-plating.
2 Electric light stations.
2 Iron foundries.
3 Sash and blind shops.
2 Dyehouses.
1 Brewery.
4 Machine-shops.
1 Shoe-shop.
6 Clothing manufactories,
1 Gas-works.
8 Harness-shops.
4 Slaughter-houses.
i Brush-shop.
1 Soap manufactory.
9 Carriage-shops.
4 Needle manufactories.
1 2 Cigar factories.
4 Beer-bottling.
i Brass and copper found
ry. 3 Book-binderies.
i Locomotive works.
1 Paper-mill.
i Grist-mill.
2 Box makers.
MARKETS.
5 Fish.
2 Meat (wholesale).
9 Meat and fish.
STABLES.
19 Livery.
853 Private.
1 Horse-railroad.
OFFICES.
15 Dentists.
14 Printing.
1 Telephone.
1 Gas.
2 Telegraph.
9 Coal.
3 Express.
SHOPS.
27 Barber.
2 Currying.
9 Wheelwright.
6 Plumber and gas and water
12 Blacksmith.
pipe.
7 Carpenter.
10 Paint.
1 Tinsmith.
1 Gunsmith.
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
77
4 Auction.
29 Drug.
13 Jewelry.
1 Fur.
2 House-furnishing goods.
20 Fancy goods.
1 Wholesale paper.
5 Wholesale produce.
21 Dry goods.
12 Candy.
1 Cloak.
15 Millinery.
2 Tea.
9 Furniture.
86 Grocery.
5 Meal.
3 Hardware.
30 Boot and shoe.
8 Stove.
17 Gents' furnishing goods.
7 Book.
1 Leather and shoe-finders.
3 Music.
3 Upholstery.
8*Undertakers.
5 Sewing-machine.
1 Feather-cleaner.
1 Rubber.
:i Dining.
6 Billiard.
SALOONS.
74 Liquor.
MISCELLANEOUS.
6 Club-rooms.
2 Bleacheries.
19 Laundries.
3 Icehouses.
10 Photographers.
7 Greenhouses.
2 Band rooms.
18 Bakeries.
2 Waste.
1 Business college.
WATER FIXTURES, JETC.
8,293 Families.
1 20 Boarding-houses.
10,370 Faucets.
1,648 Wash-bowls.
3,009 Water-closets.
256 Wash-tubs.
885 Bath-tubs.
132 Urinals.
2,126 Sill-cocks.
477 Fire-hydrants.
35 Stand-pipes.
21 Watering-troughs.
4 Drinking-fountains.
2,035 Horses.
99 Cattle.
1 Public urinal.
78
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
The following amounts have been paid over to
urer, and credited to the water-works:
1872, supplies and materials sold .
1873, supplies and materials sold .
accrued interest on water bonds sold
accrued interest on state bonds sold
water rents
1874, supplies and materials sold .
March 12, highway "expenditures, trans, from
water account
March 17, interest and discount trans, from
water account
September 1, interest and discount trans
from water account
water and hydrant rent, etc.
December 29, interest transferred
1875, December 18, one anvil sold
September 25, engine, crusher, and material
sold
water and hydrant rent, etc
1876, May 20, derrick sold .
May 20, rent of derrick
water and hydrant rent, etc
1877, water and hydrant rent, etc
1878, water and hydrant rent, etc
old plow sold
1879, derrick sold
May 20, water and hydrant rent, etc.
1880, water and hydrant rent, etc
sale of grass
level, transit, etc.
1 88 1, water and hydrant rent, etc
sale of grass
derrick
received of G. G. Griffin
1882, water and hydrant rent, etc
received of G. G. Griffin
the city treas-
$573-6i
177.07
193.26
146.00
I?92°-53
607.89
14,000.53
12,347-25
22,361.74
3°>233-54
4,566.25
15.00
2,089.45
27,119.15
125.00
24.00
38,879-47
43,823.30
48,873.26
1. 00
75.00
53,068.17
57,395-25
10.00
250.00
60,154.62
10.00
50.00
1. 00
67,403.76
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
7!)
1882, received of James Baldwin & Co.
received from the sale of grass
received from Goodhue & Birnie
received for old plank
received for use of derrick
1883, received of G. G. Griffin
received from sale of grass ,
water and hydrant rent, etc
1884, received of G. G. Griffin
received for stone
received from sale of grass
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 .
received of C. C. Cole • .
received of B. P. Kimball, for grass
received of A. J. Crombie, for grass
received of A. Goodwin, for poles
received of W. G. Brown
received of T. H. Risdon & Co., for
received for water and hydrant rent
1888, received for labor and pipe
received of G. G. Griffin .
received of George P. Clark
received of R. D. Wood & Co. (gear)
received for water and hydrant rent
1889, received for labor and pipe
freigl
$175.00
10.00
24-37
1. 00
15.00
1. 00
20.00
73>437-2o
1. 00
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
•5°
10.00
5.00
10.00
25.00
15.11
79,682.70
227.33
1. 00
2.00
16.29
85-397-20
89.77
80
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
1889, received of G. G. Griffin .
received of B. P. .Kimball, for grass
received of W. G. Brown, for rent
received of James Baldwin, for pipe
received of Mr. Clement, for pipe
received for water and hydrant rent
1890, received of G. G. Griffin (lease)
received of Fletcher Brown (lease)
received of George P. Clark (lease)
received of B. P. Kimball, for grass
received of W. G. Brown, for rent
received of N. W. Ellis & Co., for pipe
received of J. H. Dearborn for pipe
received for water and hydrant rent
1 89 1, received for water and hydrant rent
received for labor and pipe sold .
received of G. G. Griffin (lease) .
received of Fletcher Brown (lease)
received of W. G. Brown (rent) .
received of Mr. Prescott (rent) .
received of William Bryant (rent)
received of B. P. Kimball (grass)
received of G. W. Reed (grass)
received of C. H. Patten (grass)
Total received for water, etc.
Amount appropriated to date
Amount received to date
Amount of bills approved to date
Amount transferred toward interest
Balance on hand December 31, 1891
$1.00
2.00
50.00
65.00
•5°
86,492.19
1. 00
1. 00
2.00
2.00
36.00
i53-oo
35-4o
90,232.97
76,3i3-24
200.99
1. 00
1. 00
21.00
50.00
8.00
2.00
5.00
3-
.00
$1,211,224.91
640,000.00
$1,851,224.91
1,278,596.44
$572,628.47
51 7,168.00
#55>46o.47
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SI
Material on hand.
2,500 feet 20 in.
i, 800 feet 12 in.
3,300 feet 14 in.
2,900 feet 10 in.
4,680 feet 8 in.
13,000 feet 6 in.
6,000 feet 4 in.
5 4 m.
1 10 in.
GATES.
1 8 in.
1 20 in.
412 in.
13
6 in.
WHOLE SLEEVES.
414 in.
11 10 in.
10 4 in.
BRANCHES.
1 double 6 on 12
2 double 6 on 10
4 double 4 on 6
7 double 4 on 4,
:o double 8 on 8
3 double 4 on 8
4 double 6 on 8
2 single 6 on 14
1 single 12 on 14
3 single 6 on 12.
2 single 10 on 10.
2 single
3 single
7 single
4 single
1 single
1 single
5 single
6 on 10.
8 on 8.
6 on 8.
4 on 6.
4 on 4.
8 on ic.
6 on 6.
14 in. 9 feet.
in. 450 feet.
% in. 200 feet.
SERVICE PIPE.
300
feet.
401 feet.
590 feet.
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CLAMP
SLEEVES.
3
20 in.
3
14 in.
5
12 in.
19
10 in.
5
8 in.
60
6 in.
o
4 in.
1
14 in.
11
8 in.
1
12 in.
2
6 in.
4
10 in.
2
4 in.
REDUCERS.
1
14 to
12.
8
6 to 4.
8
8 to
6.
2
12 to 6.
4
10 to
6.
5
8 to 10.
3
8 to
4-
1 10 in. 1-8. 4 6 in. 1-4.
1 14 in. 1-8. 9 8 in. 1-4.
1 6 in. 1-8. 1 12 in. 1-8.
3 8 in. 1-8.
Report of the Engineer Appointed by the Board of
Water Commissioners to Devise a Plan for a Sup-
ply of Water to the Higher Parts of the City.
To the Citizens of Manchester :
Some months since, a petition, numerously signed, was pre-
sented to the City Councils, asking for the construction of a
high-service system of water-works, for the purpose of supplying
water to citizens living in the elevated portions of the city which
BOARD OF AVATER COMMISSIONERS. 83
cannot be reached by the water-works as now constructed, and for
furnishing water for protection against fires in the districts
named. The petition was referred to the board of water com-
missioners, and has received careful attention.
The necessity for such a system in connection with the Man-
chester water-works at some time in the future has been recog-
nized from the very beginning of the enterprise. In a report on
the sources of water supply made by J. T. Fanning, C. E., dated
March i, 1872, and published in connection with the first annual
report of the board of water commissioners, he says: "As the
city extends back on the hillside, and the high lands are more
thickly covered with buildings, a high-service reservoir on Wil-
son Hill will be found desirable."
This was said in connection with the outline of the plan, which
was afterwards adopted, of taking the supply from Lake Massa-
besic and locating the reservoir on the ridge just south of Man-
chester Center. In considering this and other plans he goes on
to say: "Each of the plans herein suggested contemplates a
division of the distribution into high and low services whenever
the growth of the city on to high lands shall make it desirable,
excepting the Maple Falls gravitation plan, whose reservoir would
be nearly on a level with the summit of Wilson Hill."
In his report dated December 31, 1874, he says:
" The complete plan of work includes two reservoirs, one lo-
cated at the Center, and one on Wilson Hill. The one at the
Center, already constructed, has its water service one hundred
and fifty-two feet above Elm street at the City Hall, one hundred
and eighty-eight feet above the track of the railway station, and
two hundred and three feet above State street.
" The lift of water from the surface of the lake to the reservoir
is one hundred and thirteen feet. The reservoir on Wilson Hill
may be sixty feet higher than that at the Center, and it was pro-
posed to connect the pipes east of Beech street for a high-service
system.
" The high service system may not be required for several years
unless the number of buildings on the hill shall increase very
rapidly. When the high-service reservoir is built, an additional
84 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
main of twenty-four inches diameter should be laid from the
pump-house to the city."
The board of water commissioners, after conferring with the
joint standing committee of the City Councils on water-works,,
employed Mr. M. M. Tidd, a hydraulic engineer of ability and
of large experience in this particular line, to make examinations
of the various plans suggested, and, by the help of surveys already
made by Mr. J. B. Sawyer, of this city, to present a comprehen-
sive report embracing the facts necessary to form correct conclu-
sions, with estimates of the costs of the various plans which have
been discussed, and his recommendation as to the one best
adapted to meet the requirements of the case. This report was.
received on the first instant, and is printed herewith.
With reference to the location of the proposed reservoir, it
may be said that the growth of the city since Colonel Fanning's
report was written has made it evident that when a high service
shall be built, it must be planned to supply and protect buildings
on other eminences besides Wilson Hill, and that a reservoir for
that purpose should be not less than one hundred feet above the
present reservoir. The extreme summit of Wilson Hill being
only sixty-four feet above that reservoir, a suitable location has
been found on Oak Hill, north of and adjoining the proposed
Derryfield park. The particular spot which offers the best nat-
ural facilities for the construction of a reservoir is at such an
elevation that the surface of the water would be, as fixed by Mr.
Tidd, one hundred and thirty-nine feet above that of the present
reservoir.
The following table gives the height of each reservoir above
some of the prominent points in the city, also the pressure at
some of them as observed by employes of the water department
some years since. It is believed that no important variations,
from these pressures would now be found.
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85
LOCATION'S.
Elm street, corner River road, Bakersville.
Elm street, corner Valley
Elm street, corner Market
Elm street, corner Bridge
Elm street, corner Brook
Elm street, corner Webster
Elm street, near D. Ready's house
Elm street, north, highest point in
Canal street, corner Brook
Canal street, corner Granite
State street, corner Granite
•Granite street, corner River
Granite street, corner Main
•Granite street, corner Quincy
Main street, corner Winter
Main street, corner Milford
Milford street, corner Carroll
Beech street, corner Park
Beech street, corner Hanover
Beech street, corner Lowell
Beech street, corner Brook
Park street, corner Lincoln
Park street, corner Pine
Park street, corner Massabesic
Hanover street, corner Hall
Hanover street, corner Beacon
Arlington street, corner Ashland ..
Lowell street, corner Belmont
Araory street, corner McGregor
Amory street, corner Main
Amory street, corner Dubuque
Front street, corner Amoskeag
Goffstown road, top Jones's Hill
Union street, near H. Willey's house
Summit of Oak Hill
Summit of Wilson Hill
Elliot Hospital, first floor
Railroad crossing, Massabesic street
Young road, corner Taylor street
Cilley road, corner Taylor street
Cilley road, corner Jewett street
Cilley road, 1,800 feet west of Taylor street.
291
'217
::r,
34ii
:;:.:;
336
315
356
264
257
229
249
206
149
198
151
309
298
247
293
'JIT
109
•29
64
17",
212
202
If',.'
152
143
126
108
70
52
181
186
201
214
197
176
217
190
151
129
125
118
90
121
142
110
67
10
59
12
170
159
108
154
108
*30
*168
♦75
It would probably be found best to fix the boundary between
the high and low service districts somewhat higher than was pro-
posed by Colonel Fanning. There is little or no complaint of
lack of pressure below the contour line at one hundred and eighty
86 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
feet above the city datum. This line is eighty feet below the
present reservoir, and two hundred and nineteen feet below the
one proposed. A head less than eighty feet will not be satisfac-
tory to our people for a domestic supply, and one hundred and
forty feet is necessary for a good hydrant service ; but as most of
the ground down to the line one hundred feet below the reservoir
could be covered with hose of moderate length attached to the
high service hydrants, and as the district between Beech and
Ashland streets is occupied mainly by detached residences, in
which fires rarely occur, and where those that do occur are not
likely to become great conflagrations, it will probably be best to-
make the boundary nearly as above suggested.
This line runs along at the foot of Wilson Hill near Ashland
street. To the north of Myrtle street it is nearly coincident with
Maple street. Extended south, it runs near the corner of Lake
avenue and Beacon street, and includes in the high-service dis-
trict the grounds of the Elliot Hospital, also most of the terri-
tory south of the Portsmouth Railroad. At the north end of the
city it crosses Union street about four hundred feet north of
Clarke street, and crosses Elm street at the old Clark quarry. It will
thus be seen that on the north, the east, and the south, the limit
of a satisfactory water service has nearly been reached, and that
there are already many buildings beyond that limit.
The report and estimates of Mr. Tidd, together with these
statements and suggestions, are submitted to the public for infor-
mation, with the hope that they will aid in an intelligent settle-
ment in the public mind of the questions whether the time for
the construction of a high service system has arrived, and if so>
what ought to be its plan, its extent, and its cost.
Alpheus Gay,
D. B. Varney,
A. C. Wallace,
E. H. Hobbs,
Henry Chandler,
Joseph F. Kennard,
James A. Weston,
Water Commissioners^
Manchester, October 28, 1890.
ENGINEER'S REPORT.
To Alpheus Gay, Esq. , Chairman Board Water Commissioners,
Manchester, N. H. :
Dear Sir, — At your request I have examined into the matter
of a high-service water supply for the city of Manchester, and
herewith hand you my report :
My attention has been called to six different projects by which
it is assumed that the town can be supplied. One of these
schemes is based upon a proposition to supply from the present
source (Massabesic lake), at the southerly end of land now owned
by the city at Proctor's Grove, the water to be taken by a 20-
inch pipe to the hard land below the Borough road, near the
Concord & Portsmouth Railroad, and at that point to be pumped
through a 16-inch cast-iron main directly across the Borough
road, and the Concord & Portsmouth Railroad, to the corner of
the Candia road and Bridge-street extension ; thence through
new Bridge-street extension to Highland street ; thence across
Derryfield park in the line of the continuation of Highland
street to the reservoir, located upon the land of the Amoskeag
Manufacturing Company, on the southerly slope of Oak Hill,
northwest of the pest house. The distance by this line from the
lake to the corner of old Bridge and Highland streets is 12,800
feet ; the distance from there to the proposed reservoir is 800
feet, making in all, 13,600 feet of 16-inch pipe.
This reservoir is proposed to be 248 feet long on the top, and
200 feet long on the bottom, and 158 feet wide on the top, and
no feet wide on the bottom, to be 17 feet deep from the top of
the bank to the bottom, and to carry 14 feet depth of water, and
to contain three million gallons ; the water level when full to be
88 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
at city grade 399, or 139 feet higher than the present reser-
voir and 252 feet higher than Lake Massabesic.
It is proposed to construct this reservoir of earth and masonry
of the materials found upon the ground.
In all the schemes mentioned in this report for high service,
this reservoir will be used.
It has been suggested that this plan would be preferable to any
of the others, as it would give another connection with the lake,
which, in case of an interruption of the present supply, would
keep the city supplied with water until the trouble could be re-
moved. There may be some truth in this proposition, but it
must be remembered that a portion of the present pipe system is
of cement-lined wrought iron, which is now nearly twenty years
old, and r mnot be expected to carry the present head much
longer; when 139 feet more are added to it, the consequences
may not be pleasant.
If the high service is to be connected with that in view, it
would be necessary to use pumping apparatus of greater capacity
than would be required for the high service alone, and would
therefore involve more expense. If you are prepared to put in
more cost this might be made available for an additional supply
by connecting the old system with the new one by a 16 or 18
inch branch from the new reservoir into the 20-inch iron main in
Valley street, by way of Weston and Taylor streets, and from
thence pumping into the old reservoir and the entire old system.
This would of course be always kept open into the old reservoir
when open into the new one, to keep down the pressure to the
normal amount.
A serious objection to this plan would be that you would be
obliged to pump all the water required for the low service 139
feet higher than was desired into the new system, to be lost in
running down again to the low one. In this case the same
pumps would be used for either service, of course not at the
same time, but using more steam pressure when pumping into the
high service than when pumping into the low one ; this, however,
would involve an expense of two mains, one 16-inch pipe for the
high service and a 20-inch pipe for the low. By this plan you
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could pump to both systems at the same time, if you used two
pumps, as shown upon the accompanying plan marked " A."
In this case if we used the pumps of two million gallons capacity,
they could be so arranged that either or both could pump into
either main at the same time, so that if you were called upon to
supply the low service entirely from this source, both pumps
could be worked into the old system through the 20-inch main,
and thus supply two million gallons in twelve hours, or, if run
twenty-four hours continuously, would furnish four million gallons^
per day. If you run the entire twenty-four hours, it would require
two sets of men, which increases the expense, but as this would
probably only occur in an emergency, the objections may not be
serious.
I think it would be better to use one larger pump, say five
million gallons capacity, if you expect to pump to the old service
much, but as the cost of the larger apparatus is considerable, it
might not pay, or it might be cheaper in the end to run the
smaller pumps a longer time. The 2,000,000 gallon pumps are
large enough to furnish water for the high service alone for a
long time.
If it was proposed to furnish supply enough from this source in
case of an emergency for the entire city, the main pipe should
be at least twenty inches in diameter from the pumps to the junc-
tion of Bald Hill road and new Bridge-street extension, a dis-
tance of 11,300 feet. From this point it would leave the street
and pass across the country, following the contour of grade 260,
to the intersection of Mammoth road and Hanover street, a dis-
tance of 2,600 feet ; thence 4,200 feet to Massabesic street, where
it would connect with the present 20-inch main, and through
that with the entire present system, making a total length of
18,100 feet of 20-inch pumping-mains to supply the low service.
At the junction of Bald Hill road and new Bridge-street ex-
tension, where the 20- inch main leaves the street, there should
be a 16-inch branch extending up to new Bridge street, and
through old Bridge street to Highland street, thence to the new
reservoir as before mentioned, a distance of 2,300 feet of 16-inch
pipe ; this to be for the supply for the high service alone. With
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ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
this arrangement water could be pumped to either reservoir as
desired.
It would be better to lay a separate 20-inch main from the
new pumping-station to the old reservoir by the way of Bridge
street, to a point near the city farm, or to the level of grade 260,
thence by the way of the Mammoth road to the old reservoir,
keeping the pipe down to that grade. It would be as well to
connect with the old 20-inch main at the corner of Mammoth
road and Candia road. In that case you could pump directly
into the old system, or into that and the old reservoir combined,
without danger of increasing the pressure above the normal
amount. Then the engines at the new station could pump into
either reservoir as may be desired, or into both at the same time.
The head to be pumped against in this case would be 258 feet to
the new high-service reservoir, including friction, if we used a
16-inch pipe, and 113 feet in pumping to the old reservoir.
The cost of this scheme would be approximately as follows :
Cost of entering the lake, including coffer dams and
laying the pipe eight feet below the full pond . $1,000.00
Gate house at pond 800.00
650 feet of 24-inch conduit pipe at $5 per foot . 3,250.00
Pump house, suction well, coal shed, and chimney . 16,000.00
Two compound duplex pumping-engines, 16 inches
by 30 inches, and 14 inches by 24 inches, of ca-
pacity each to pump two million gallons per day,
including heater, air pump, feed pump, and con-
denser, 16-inch check valve, and 4-inch relief
valve, all set up and connected, three horizontal
tubular boilers, each 85 horse-power under 70
pounds steam, with all gauges, safety valves, check
valves, etc. ........ 24,625.00
13,600 feet of 16-inch main pipe and pumps to res-
ervoir at $2.25 ....... 30,600.00
18,100 feet 20-inch pipe at $2.82 .... 51,042.00
1,582 cubic yards of rock at $3.50 . . . . 5,537«°o
Eight tons special 16-inch castings at $60 . . 480.00
Ten tons 18-inch special castings at $60 . . . 600.00
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91
ESTIMATE OF COST OF RESERVOIR.
4,968 cubic yards of earth excavation, including
loam, at 50 cents ....
784 cubic yards borrowed earth at 60 cents
500 cubic yards loam placed on top of bank and
slope at 25 cents .....
5,372 cubic yards rock excavation at $1.50
1,060 cubic yards retaining-wall laid dry at $2
1,419 cubic yards concrete at $5 .
300 cubic yards rubble masonry at $4
375 cubic yards broken stone at $1.50 .
1,040 square yards paving at $1.50
62 cubic yards coping at $5 .
90 feet of 16-inch iron pipe at $2.50
170 feet 18-inch vitrified pipe at 75 cents
100 feet of 18-inch iron pipe at -90 cents
30 feet 16-inch conduit pipe at $2 .
Gate house complete, with gates, screens, etc.
Add 15 per cent for contingencies .
Total cost $184,297.16
In this estimate, nothing has been included for land or water
damages.
I think in the above mentioned plan it would be cheaper to
take the 20-inch main from the pumping-station at Proctor's
grove to the junction of new Bridge-street extension and the
Candia road ; thence through the Candia road to Massabesic
street, and by that to the present 20-inch main, where it can
connect with the entire present system, at the junction of the
Candia and the Mammoth roads; a 16-inch branch can be laid
through the latter to old Bridge street, and through that to the
proposed high-service reservoir, as in the former plan.
I think the Candia road is a better line on some accounts than
that by the way of new Bridge-street extension. There is less
ledge in it ; probably not over 300 lineal feet in all.
$2,484.00
470-40
1
125.00
8,058.00
2,120.00
7,095.00
1,200.00
562.50
1,560.00
310.00
225.00
127.50
90.00
60.00
1,837.00
$160,258.40
24,038.76
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This will require 12,168 feet of 20-inch force main from the
pumping-station to Massabesic street at the connection with the
present 20-inch main, and 7,800 feet of 16-inch pipe from the
junction of Candia road and Massabesic streets to the new reser-
voir on Oak Hill.
This would cost $28,200 less than the line by the way of new
Bridge-street extension, barring what ledge cut there may be in
Mammoth road, and would be equally efficient.
Another proposition is to locate the pumping-station at Ash-
land street, to take the supply from the 10-inch cast-iron main in
that street and pump it into the proposed reservoir, located as
before. In this case, if we located the pumps at the corner of
Ashland and Bridge streets the water would be pumped through
Bridge street to the corner of Highland street, thence directly to
the reservoir by a continuation of the line of Highland street.
The present pipe in Ashland street, from which street the supply
in this case would be taken, is of cast iron from the corner of
Amherst street to Bridge street, but that is supplied from the 20-
inch cement-lined pipe in Lake Avenue through Wilson street by
cement-lined 10-inch pipe, making the supply pipe 3,100 feet of
10-inch pipe, which is altogether too small to furnish the water
required, although it would be furnished under about 70 feet back
pressure. I do not think it would be advisable to adopt this
plan unless you are prepared to lay a new 16-inch cast-iron pipe
from the 20-inch iron main at corner of Valley and Wilson
streets through Wilson, Hanover, and Ashland streets to Bridge
street, a distance of 3,100 feet, at a cost, including specials, of
$7,°95-
This is safer than to take the supply from the 20-inch cement
pipe, which I consider hazardous.
A 16-inch pipe with 70 feet back pressure, which it would
have then, would furnish an ample supply for the pumps. I am
not informed as to the amount of ledge that would be encoun-
tered in these streets, and in my estimate of the cost of this I put
none in.
In this case the water would be pumped against a head of 214
feet or 92 pounds, and the coal must be carted from the railroad
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to that point. The back pressure of 75 feet would, of course,
help the pump in just that amount, leaving actually 139 feet head
resistance. I am of the opinion that it would be far better to
locate the pump at the present pipe yard at the railroad, where
the coal would be taken from the cars, and pump through the
16-inch line which 1 have already suggested. This would not
only leave the present 10-inch main for the present service, to
furnish the branch lines connected with it, but would add a first-
class high pressure pipe to those streets through which it passes.
If, as has been suggested, instead of taking the water directly
from the 10-inch main in Ashland street, we construct a well or
reservoir and run the water into it, to be taken by the pump and
forced to the reservoir, we should reduce the pressure in the 10-
inch pipe to such an extent as to render it useless for any pur-
pose, losing the benefit of the 75 feet back pressure on the
pumps, and thereby be obliged to pump against 214 feet head,
instead of 139 as in the case of the 16-inch main supply pipe.
I do not think it is practicable.
The cost of this scheme may be considered as follows :
Pum ping-station $10,000.00
Well to contain 50,000 gallons, circular, 30 feet diam-
eter, 30 feet deep 3,300.00
Machinery : two pumping-engines, 10 inches by 20
inches and 14 inches by 18 inches, three boilers . 15,100.00
3,100 feet of 16-inch supply pipe and specials . . 7,095.00
4,300 feet of 16-inch force main .... 9,675.00
Reservoir as before ....... 26,324.40
$71,494.40
Add 15 per cent for contingencies .... 10,724.16
Total cost $82,218.56
Again, it is proposed to take the supply from the cast-iron
20-inch main at the corner of Belmont and Valley streets, and
pump it through Belmont and old Bridge streets to Highland
street, thence as before to the reservoir. It seems to me that this
plan is the best one for high- service supply, as the pumps can be
94 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
located near the railroad, where the coal can be had easily, and
Belmont street gives a good line to the reservoir ; besides it will
pipe a street which is now piped only from Valley street to
Spruce street with a 6-inch pipe.
In this case the water would be pumped against a practical
head of 139 feet, as in the case of Ashland street, where the sup-
ply would be taken from the 16-inch main under back pressure.
The actual head pumped against would be the difference between
the head and back pressure.
The cost of this plan may be estimated thus
Pumping-station .
Machinery as at Ashland street
8,664 feet of 16-inch force main at $2.25
5.5 tons of specials at $60
1,400 lineal feet of rock cut at $2.00
Reservoir as before
$10,000.00
15,100.00
19,494.00
330.00
2,800.00
26,324.40
$74,048.40
Add 15 per cent for contingencies .... 11,107.26
Total cost $85,155.66
The city can be supplied by another plan by taking the water
from the lake near the mouth of Slager brook, which enters the
lake on the west side, north of road leading to Fletcher's island.
The pumping-station can be located at the shore of the lake, and
a 16-inch pipe laid up the valley of the brook, crossing the Bor-
ough road, and entering the Proctor road at a point 1,752 feet
from the lake, thence by that road to the Candia road, thence by
that road 7,200 feet to the Mammoth road and Massabesic street,
where it could be connected with the present 20-inch main, and
through that to the present reservoir and the old system when-
ever desired. At the junction of Mammoth road and Massa-
besic street a 16-inch branch could be laid through Mammoth
road and old Bridge street to the proposed new reservoir for the
high service.
By this plan water can be pumped into either reservoir as may
be desired, but not at the same time. This may be controlled
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by the gates at the connection with the old system. I think the
1 6-inch main, however, is not large enough to furnish both
systems through for any great length of time. If it was pro-
posed to furnish the low service through this plant for any con
siderable length of time, I am of the opinion that it would be
better to lay a 20-inch main from the pumps to Massabesic street,
and a 16-inch one from there to the proposed high-service reser-
voir, and have one 4,000, ooo-gallon pump and one 2,000,000
gallon one. This would give you sufficient capacity to furnish the
entire city if occasion for it should arise.
The expense of this plant, if 16-inch pipe was used entirely,
would be about as follows :
Cost of entering lake
100 feet of 18-inch conduit pipe at $4
Pump house, coal shed, chimney, etc.
Two compound duplex pumping-engines, 16 inches
by 30 inches and 14 inches by 24 inches, of capa-
city to pump 2,000,000 gallons per day, including
heater, air pump, feed pump, and condenser, 16-
inch check valve, and 4-inch relief valve, all set up
and connected, two 85 horse-power boilers, with
all gauges, check valves, safety-valves, etc
20,000 feet of i6inch pipe at $2.25
Six 16-inch stop gates at $80 .
Fifty-two tons special castings at $60
1,850 lineal feet of ledge cut at $2 .
Reservoir as before ....
Add 15 per cent for contingencies .
16,
000.00
400.00
000.00
625.00
000.00
480.00
720.00
700.00
324.40
Total cost
$118,249.40
• i7>737-4i
.$139,986.81
If, instead of using two 2, 000, ooo-gallon pumps we use one
of that capacity and one of 4,000,000 gallons, with boilers to
match, and a 20-inch main to Mammoth road, and a 16-inch
one from there to the proposed reservoir, the cost would be as
follows :
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ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Cost of entering lake .
ioo feet of 24-inch conduit pipe at $5
Pump house, wells, etc.
One 2,000,000-gallon pumping-engine
One 4,500,000-gallon pumping-engine
Two 85 horse-power boilers .
One 95 horse-power boiler .
11,700 feet of 20-inch main pipe at $2.82
8,300 feet of 16-inch main pipe at $2.25
Twelve tons of special castings at $60
Three 20-inch stop gates at $115 .
Three 16-inch stop gates at $80
1,850 lineal feet of ledge cut at $2
Reservoir .....
Add 15 per cent for contingencies
Total
$1,000.00
500.00
16,000.00
1 1,000.00
18,684.00
2,400.00
1,350.00
32,994.00
18,675.00
720.00
345-°o
240.00
3,700.00
26,324.00
20,089.80
$154,021.80
If we should take the new supply from the point in the lake
where the present supply is taken, I am of the opinion that on
account of the present condition of the canal, and the gate house
at the lower end of it, it would be the best policy to take the
supply from the lake immediately south of the present dam, and
lay a 24-inch pipe from thence along a line south of the present
canal to the present pumping-station, a distance of about 2,000
feet, where a new station could be built in which new steam ma-
chinery similar to that proposed at Proctor's grove could be
located. In this case I would recommend one 2,000,000-gallon
pump for the high service, and one of larger capacity, say 4,000,-
000 gallons, for the low service.
For the high service there would be required a 16-inch inde-
pendent main from the 2,000,000-gallon pump to the high service
through Cohas street, passing the present reservoir, and through
the Mammoth road to Highland, where it would pass to the high-
service reservoir across Derryfield park, as in the previous plans.
The force main from the 4,000, ooo-gallon pump, or the low
service one, can be connected with the present one immediately
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outside the pump station. This latter pump could easily furnish
water for the entire low service in an emergency, connected in
this manner.
If you desire to lay a new 20-inch main from the pumping-
station to the present reservoir, then either one or both of the
new pumps could pump to the high service or low, as might be
desired. This might be done through the present main, if it is
strong enough to endure the pressure of 139 feet additional head.
As that is the only pipe to supply the city, I do not think it would
be advisable to attempt it.
If the four million pump is to be used to pump into the high
service at any time, the steam cylinders must be large enough to
work against the head of 252 feet, as well as the 113 feet due to
the low service head, or a higher pressure of steam must be used
in such case. If a 16-inch pipe is laid from the present pump-
ing-station to the proposed new reservoir, it will require 21,925
feet of that pipe, which at $2.25 would cost $49,321.25, if there
was no rock to be cut.
If this new line of 20-inch pipe be laid from the pump station
to the old reservoir, and there reduced to a 16-inch pipe laid
from there to the new reservoir, it will require about 8,000 feet
of 20-inch at an expense of $2.82 per foot, or $22,560, and
13,925 feet of 16-inch pipe at $2.25 per foot, or $31,331.25,
amounting to $53,981.25 for the whole line, which is $4,660
more than the line would cost if it was all laid in 16-inch pipe.
I am informed by Mr. Sawyer that there will probably be 1,550
lineal feet of ledge encountered in this line, which will increase
the cost of the whole to $57,081.25.
There is one advantage in this plan over the others, if you de-
sire to supply both systems from it, which is certainly worth con-
sidering ; it is that the whole pumping machinery is brought
under one management. It is true that all the coal must
be carted from the city to the station, which will probably add
fifty cents per ton to its cost ; but assuming that the consumption
of coal for the high service amounts to one hundred tons per
year, the additional cost of carting the coal would be only $50
for the year, while you would dispense with the services of one
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ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
extra man and possibly two. It is hardly possible to estimate the
cost of running this entire plant, on account of uncertainty as to
how much the low service portion will be required per year.
Should you prefer for the immediate future to put in two 2,000,000
pumps for the high service alone, and lay a 20-inch main to the
present reservoir and a 16-inch one from there to the new one, it
can be so connected as to pump into the low service at will, but
of course not at the same time as into the high service. In this
case a check-valve would be placed in the main immediately
above the connection with the old reservoir, to hold the pressure
from the high service while pumping into the lower system.
The cost of this system would be approximately as follows :
Tapping lake eight feet below surface, including
coffer-dams etc. ....... $2,000.00
Gate-house, screens, etc 1,500.00
19,822 feet of 16-inch pipe, at $2.25 . . . 44,599.50
2,200 feet of 24-inch conduit pipe, at $5 . . 11,000.00
One 24-inch stop-gate 150.00
Ten tons of special castings, at $60 . . . 600.00
Three 16-inch gates, at $80 240.00
One 16-inch check-valve ..... 150.00
1,550 lineal feet rock cut, at $2 . . . 3,100.00
Machinery : two pumping-engines, 16 inches by 30
inches and 14 inches by 24 inches, three 85
horse-power boilers, feed-pump with all connec-
tions 24,625
Pump house, coal shed, and chimney .
Reservoir as before .....
12,000
26,324
Add 15 per cent for contingencies
Total
$126,288
18,943
$i45>232-24
Should you decide that you would use a plant to supply both
systems, and use one larger pump, say of 4,000,000 gallons ca-
pacity in twenty-four hours, for low service, and one of 2,000,-
000 gallons for high service, and a 20-inch pipe from the pumps
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to the old reservoir, and a 1 6-inch one from there to the proposed
new one, then the cost would be about as follows :
Tapping the lake as before ....
2,200 feet of 24-inch conduit pipe to pump, at $5
Gate house, screens, etc. ....
Pumping-station, coal sheds, and chimney
One 2,000,000-gallon pumping-engine .
One 4,500,000-gallon pumping engine .
Two horizontal 85 horse-power boilers .
One horizontal 95 horse-power boiler .
11,822 feet of 1 6-inch pipe, at $2.25 laid
8,000 feet of 20-inch pipe, at $2.82
1,550 lineal feet rock cut, at $2
Ten tons of special castings, at $60
Two 20-inch stop-gates ....
One 24-inch stop-gate ....
Reservoir as before ....
$2,000.00
11,000.00
1,500.00
12,000.00
11,000.00
18,684.00
2,400.00
1,350.00
26,599.50
22,560.00
3,100.00
600.00
230.00
150.00
26,324.40
#r39, 497-9°
20,924.68
Add 15. per cent for contingencies
Total cost $160,422.58
Recapitulation of the estimates of cost of the different plans
for additional water supply for Manchester :
Pumping-station at Lake Massabesic and using a 16-inch main
to the high-service reservoir and a 20-inch main to the low ser-
vice reservoir. Total cost, $184,297.16.
Pumping-station in same location as above, and using a 20-inch
main through Candia road to the junction of Mammoth road,
and a 16 -inch branch from Candia road through Mammoth road
to high-service reservoir. Total cost, $156,297.16.
100 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Pumping-station at Ashland street, with a brick suction-weli
for high service alone. Total cost, $82,218.56.
Pumping-station at the corner of Belmont and Valley streets,
taking the water out of the 20-inch iron pipe in Valley street
and pumping it to the high- service reservoir. Total cost, $85,-
155.66.
Pumping-station near mouth of Slager brook, which enters the
lake on the west side, using a 16-inch main connecting with a
20-inch cement pipe at Mammoth road, and from there to the
high-service reservoir, and two 2,000,000-gallon pumps. Total
cost, $135,986.81.
Same location of pumping-station, with 20-inch main to the
junction of Mammoth road and Massabesic street, and 16-inch
branch from there to the high-service reservoir, using one 4>5°°r
000 and one 2,000,000 gallon pump. Total cost, $154,021.80.
With pumping-station at the old station, using two 2,000,000-
gallon pumps and 16-inch main to the high-service reservoir.
Total cost, $145,232.24.
Same location of pumping-station, using one 4,500,000 and
one 2,000,000 gallon pump and 20-inch main to low service res-
ervoir and 16-inch main from there to high service reservoir.
Total cost, $160,422.58.
In view of the above comparison of cost of the various plans,
it seems to me that if you desire to furnish the high service alone,
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plan C would be the most economical and efficient. Should you
decide to arrange the proposed plant to furnish the high service
and also the low one to any considerable extent, I am of the
opinion that either of the plans E would be preferable. Which
one of these two' would be advisable depends upon how much
you may be called on to furnish the entire city with water from
this plant. The prices quoted are based upon the cost of labor
and materials at the present time, and are subject to the fluctua-
tions of the market.
Trusting that the above will convey the information that you
desire, I remain
Respectfully yours,
M. M. TIDD,
Boston, October i, 1890.
REPORT
CITY ENGINEER.
City Engineer's Department.
1891.
City Engineer.
WINFRED H. BENNETT,
Assistants.
Harrie M. Young.
George W. Wales.
Harry J. Briggs.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
To His Honor the Mayor, and Gentlemen of the City Councils :
Sirs, — I have the honor of presenting my sixth annual report,
being the thirteenth annual report of the work in the citv engi-
neer's department and the several highway districts of the city of
Manchester, for the year ending December 31, 189 1.
Expenses of the department for the year 1891 :
For salary of city engineer
. $1,171.20
salary of assistants
1,709.25
supplies for the office
96.24
additions to office furniture
14.83
additional horse hire
353-25
stakes .....
37-5°
horse-shoeing and repairs of wagoi
1
and harness ....
44-85
street-car fares ....
5-7o
printing reports
20.85
express and postage .
3.80
repairing ....
7.80
expenses .....
3.66
books and folios
14-37
folio case ....
5.00
Derry field park, plans and printing
5.60
copying-press and book .
6.00
Total
$3,499.90
Appropriation
3,500.00
Balance
$0.10
106
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
The items for salary of assistants may be divided as follows :
For giving lines and grades for the extension and
construction of streets and sidewalks
plans and profiles relating to the construction o
streets and sidewalks ....
surveys and levels for the construction of streets
and sewers ......
giving lines and grades for the construction of
sewers not mentioned in these items
plans and profiles relating to the construction of
sewers as above
surveys, measurements, and plans for the assign
ment of street numbers ....
plans, levels, lines, and grades relating to the
construction of sewers in Granite street section
making plans for improvements other than those
mentioned in this account ....
surveys, levels, and plans, also lines and grades
given for improvements in Pine Grove ceme-
tery
surveys, levels, and plans, also lines and grades
given for improvements in Valley cemetery .
surveys, levels, and plans, also lines and grades
given for repairing and extending the street
railway
collecting data, classifying accounts, and other
work in relation to office report
plans, notes, and lines for Derryfield park .
plan, levels, and notes for Stark park
survey of Piscataquog river ....
plans for improvements in various city buildings
copying records of highways ....
indexing plans and notes .....
checking notes, figures, etc. ....
making plans of streets in city clerk's book of
records ........
plotting sewers in sewer book ....
$258.40
163.34
260.14
150.40
5SM7
47-52
53-25
i35-i8
104.89
5.62
17.89
44.12
36-3°
40.55
16.87
24.36
9-56
29-57
16.45
22.28
10.77
KEPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 107
For locating street signs $3-4°
preparing and mounting drawing paper for office
use . . . . . . . . 17.22
locating cesspools, manholes, etc. . . . i°-75
office work, preparing notes, data, records, etc. . 93-87
office work, information given engineers and
others regarding lines, grades, sewers, etc. . 77-38
£i,7°9-25
The items for salary of city engineer may be divided as follows :
For information and data given engineers and others
regarding lines, grades, sewers, etc. . . $225.60
new ordinance for sewer committee ... 1.60
attending meetings of the committee on sewers,
as clerk 28.80
tabulating sewer notes for the year . . . 9.60
time spent on various sewers, instructing work-
men regarding the construction, etc. . . 237.60
looking up notes in reference to claims and acci-
dents 8.80
attending meetings of committee on claims . 1.60
time spent in reference to East Manchester
schoolhouse . 2.00
preparing plans for addition to city farm build-
ings ........ 7.20
preparing plans of Webster schoolhouse exten-
sion and supervising construction . . . 18.80
attending meetings of committee on lands and
buildings ....... 3.60
preparing list of electric lights for committee on
lighting streets ...... 2.40
time spent on the various streets giving explana-
tions and instructions regarding work . . 182.00
attending meetings of committee on streets . 18.40
preparing plans for street hearings . . . 25.20
procuring abutters' names and data for city clerk 36.80
attending meetings of Board of Aldermen . 12.80
108
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
For preparing plans, data, etc., for other committees
attending committee meetings not included in
the above .....
preparing data for yearly report
estimates given for new work
fixing grades, etc., on plans
keeping weather record
plans for improvements in Valley cemetery, and
suggestions given
giving lines and grades and preparing plans foi
work in Pine Grove cemetery
work on street books and numbers .
time spent in relation to union passenger sta-
tion, with officials and others
preparing data for Mayor
work in Derryfield park ....
work in Stark park, not charged to other appro
priafions
indexing plans, notes, and records .
preparing census statistics . . . . *
preparing plans and notes in reference to Second
street river bridge
collecting data and making plans referring to
city lots sold on Belmont street
measuring and tabulating concrete work for the
year ......
preparing notes in reference to perambulation of
town line, not charged to. incidentals
work not included in the above
Total amount charged to engineer's depart
ment .....
Amount charged to incidentals for perambulation of
town line ......
Amount charged to Stark park appropriation
Total amount paid city engineer .
$19.20
8.80
16.40
32.40
51.60
8.00
1 7.60
46.80
17.20
12.00
4.00
4.80
3.60
18.00
10.00
4.00
9.60
41.20
1.60
21.60
$1,171.20
4.00
24.80
$1,200.00
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 109
The following bills charged to other appropriations have been
approved by this department :
Head & Dowst, putting up street signs ... . $4. 23
E. T. James, team used in locating street signs . 5.00
Surveys, levels, and plans of Stark park . . . 124.30
A. S. Campbell & Co., printing sewer permits . . 4.25
John B. Clarke, printing bills . . . . . 1.75
Whitten & Fifield, team for perambulation of town
line 3.00
W. H. Bennett, amount deducted from engineer's
appropriation for perambulating town line between
Manchester and Hooksett ..... 4.00
Total #146.53
Amount of concrete laid for the city by Charles H. Robie and
George F. Higgins, as measured by this department, 17,010.3
sq. yards.
Amount of curbstone furnished the city by Warren Harvey,
as measured by this department, 239. 84 feet.
Expenses for soldiers' monument :
For water $200.00
gas .56
Total $200.56
The amount of work done in the office during the year is as
follows :
Number of orders for surveys, street lines, and grades
Number of orders for sewer and paving grades
Number of orders for street railway grades
Number of orders for profile levels .
Total number of orders
Levels for profiles for establishing grades, 44,2c
8.39 miles. These profiles, having three lines of levels on each
street, make a total distance actually leveled of 132,843 feet.
es
• 9°3
• I31
7
43
. 1,084
feet,
equal to
110
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Levels for sewer profiles ....
Levels for other center profiles
Levels in Pine Grove cemetery
Other levels ......
Total levels taken ....
Equal to 30.69 miles.
Surveys of streets and street lines
Surveys in Pine Grove cemetery .
Surveys in Valley cemetery ....
Surveys for street numbers ....
Other surveys
Total surveys made ....
Equal to 36.01 miles.
Street lines marked on ground
Lines of lots and avenues, Pine Grove cemetery
Lines of lots and avenues, Valley cemetery
Lines for street centers
Lines for gutters
Lines for curb
Lines for sewers .
Lines for street railway
Lines of land sold
Other lines
Total length of lines marked on ground
Equal to 22.41 miles.
Grades set for sidewalks
Grades set for centers .
Grades set for gutters .
Grades set for curb
Grades set for sewers .
Grades set for street railway tracks
Grades set for building streets
Grades set in Pine Grove cemetery
. $2,864 feet
1,642
ti
10,616
te
14,064
a
. 162,029
feet
. 114,800 feet
. 14,880
(<
200
<<
. 18,290
a
• 4i,979
it
. 190,149
feet
61,280
feet.
8,640
"
100
it
2,603
a
12,138
it
• 2,895
1 1
18,742
"
!>37°
"
2,866
1 1
7,700
n
JI8,334
feet.
27,35*
feet.
2,603
1 1
12,138
1 1
. 2,895
<t
18,742
"
1,37°
"
16,413
it
3,632
"
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
Ill
Grades set in Valley cemetery
$074 feet
Other grades
728 "
Total length of grades set . .
. 85,946 feet.
Equal to 16.28 miles.
Area leveled for cross section
1,372,090 sq. feet
Profile measurements made ....
12,000 feet.
Equal to 2.27 miles.
Perambulation of lines between Manchester
and
surrounding towns . . . . .
. 37,276 feet
Equal to 7.06 miles.
BATTERS SET.
Bowman street, retaining wall.
East Manchester, schoolhouse.
Spruce street, retaining wall.
Webster schoolhouse, addition.
Old lots relaid in Valley cemetery
Old lots relaid in Pine Grove cemetery .
New lots laid out in Pine Grove cemetery
Total cemetery lots laid out .
Street numbers assigned and put on
Street numbers replaced
Street numbers assigned, but not put on
Total
6
56
IX3
T75
2S9
5°
377
This year, as in previous years, the city engineer has investi-
gated and made surveys in all cases where suits were liable to be
brought against the city. Cases investigated and reported to the
committee on claims, 15.
PLANS AND PROFILES MADE FOR SIDEWALK GRADES.
Allen street, from Main to Boynton street.
Barr street, from Granite to Conant street.
Beauport street, from Conant to Sullivan street.
112 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Belmont street, from Valley to Clay street.
Belmont street, from Bridge to Harrison street.
Boynton street, from A to north of Allen street. Two plans.
Cartier street, from Conant to Sullivan street.
Conant street, from Cartier street westerly.
Dartmouth street, from Log to Wingate street.
Dickey street, from Main to West Hancock street.
Douglas street, from Main to Railroad street. Two plans.
Ferry street, from River to Main street.
Frederick street, from Main to Merrimack river.
Granite street, from Main to Winter street. Three plans.
Green street, from Granite to Conant street.
Grove street, from Belmont to Taylor street.
Hall street, from Bridge to Harrison street.
Hanover street, from Union to Beech street.
Hanover street, from Maple to Wilson street. Two plans.
Kelley street extension, from Kelley street to M. & N. W.R.R.
McDuffie street, from Boynton to Huntress street.
McNeil street, from Dartmouth to West Hancock street.
Morrison street, from Arlington to Pearl street.
Prince street, from Boynton to Huntress street.
Quincy street, from Granite to Conant street.
Rimmon street, from Conant to Gates street.
Salmon street, from Pine to Walnut street.
Second street, from Piscataquog river to Bell street. Two
plans.
Summer street, from Belmont to Massabesic street.
Walnut street, from Gore to Webster street. Two plans.
West street, from Parker to Conant street.
West Webster street, from River road to Merrimack river.
Wheelock street, from West Hancock to Belknap street.
Young street, from Taylor street to Mammoth road. Two
plans.
Total plans and profiles. 42.
SEWER PLANS AND PROFILES.
Bath street, from River to Third street.
Belmont street, from Massabesic to Valley street.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 113
Blaine street, from Main street to Merrimack river.
Brown avenue, from Elm to Shasta street.
Cypress street, from Massabesic street to Young road.
Douglas street, from Main to Railroad street. Two plans.
East Spruce street, from Belmont to Canton street.
Ferry street, from River to Main street.
Granite street, from Main to Quincy street. Two plans.
Hanover street, from Maple to Lincoln street.
Harrison south back street, from Union to Walnut street.
Lincoln street, from Hanover to Amherst street.
Main street, from Granite to Amory street.
Massabesic street, from Cypress street to Mammoth road. Two
plans.
McGregorville, sewer mains and laterals.
Milford street, from Main street to old Bedford road.
Myrtle street, from Russell to Belmont street.
Second street, from Piscataquog river to Bell street.
Third street, from Piscataquog river to M. & N. W. R. R.
West Hancock street, from Main street to Merrimack river.
Total sewer plans and profiles, 23.
NUMBERING PLANS.
Baker street, Brown avenue to Nutt road. Three plans.
Bell street, Main to Second street.
Belknap street, Main to Wheelock street.
Calef road, Welch avenue to Elm street. Two plans.
Colby street, West Hancock to Log street.
Dartmouth street, Log street to Harvell land.
Dickey street, Main to West Hancock street.
Dinsmoor street, West Hancock street to Piscataquog river.
Frederick street, Main street to Merrimack river.
Gilman street, Second to Wentworth street.
Hale street, Frederick street to Harvell land.
Harvey street, West Hancock street to Piscataquog river.
Hill street, Frederick street to Harvell land.
Log street, West Hancock street to Piscataquog river.
114 . ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
McNeil street, Dartmouth to West Hancock street.
Morrison street, Arlington to Pearl street.
Second street, M. & N. W. R. R. to Harvell land. Two
plans.
Walnut street, Gore to Webster street. Three plans.
Wentvvorth street, West Hancock street to Harvell land.
Wheelock street, West Hancock to Belknap street.
Wingate street, Wheelock to Hale street.
Woodbury street, Main to Hill street.
Total numbering plans, 28.
MISCELLANEOUS PLANS.
Baker street and Calef road, land of Benjamin M. Boyes,
copy.
Belmont street, lots sold by city at sand bank.
Blaine and Cleveland streets, land of Lane and Dowst, copy.
Chestnut street. Hanover to Amherst street, proposed widen-
ing.
City farm, proposed addition.
Conant street and Amoskeag Company's south line, copy.
Concord street, lots adjoining land of George Porter, copy.
Elm, Union, Central, and Auburn streets, square bounded by,
equaling nine plans.
Fuller land, West Manchester, copy.
Government building, plan of grounds, copy.
Mammoth road, plan of J. J. Bell's lots, copy.
McGregcrville and Amoskeag, Amoskeag Company's land,
copy. Two plans.
Merrimack street, Beacon to Hanover street, location of,
equaling four plans.
Milford street extension, land of Brock, Brooks, and Brock,
copy.
Pine Grove cemetery, original plan, copy.
Pine Grove cemetery, location of water-pipes.
River road, north, land of A. J. Lane, copy.
South Manchester, sectional map, equaling eight plans.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. . 115
Summer street, Wilson to Massabesic street, location.
Union street, land of Josiah Carpenter, copy.
Valley cemetery, proposed improvements.
Varney schoolhouse, plan of foundation.
Webster schoolhouse addition, ventilation plan.
Young road, Belmont to Jewett street, location of, equaling
seven plans.
Young road, estate of Thomas Johnson, copy.
Total miscellaneous plans, 50.
WORKING PLANS.
Belmont street, Bridge to Hanover street. Profile.
Belmont street, city sand bank. Two plans.
Canal and Central south back street. Two sewer profiles.
Chestnut street, Merrimack to Hanover street. Two profiles.
Chestnut east back street, Salmon street northerly. Sewei
profile.
Dubuque street, Amory to Kelley street. Profile.
Elm street, Hanover to Amherst street, Profile.
Elm west back street, Dean to Langdon street. Profile.
Granite street, River to Main street. Profile.
Pattern for manhole cover.
Pine Grove cemetery, Chessom avenue. Profile.
Pine Grove cemetery, plan of Chandler lots.
Pine Grove cemetery.Willow avenue, Locust avenue northerly.
Profile.
Pine Grove cemetery, Riverside avenue, Elmwood avenue
northerly. Profile.
Pine Grove cemetery, Woodside avenue, south to Alder ave-
nue. Profile.
Pine Grove cemetery, Chandler lots. Two plans on deeds.
Prospect street, Union to Linden street. Two profiles.
Rimmon street, Kelley to south of Wayne street. Profile.
River road, plan of Stark park by J. B. Sawyer.
Salmon street. Pine to east of Walnut street. Profile.
Second street, M. & N. W. R. R. to West Hancock street.
Two profiles.
116 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
South Main street, plan of the Allen land.
Spruce street, Elm to Chestnut street. Profile.
Union street, Laurel street to Lake avenue. Profile.
Walnut street, Orange to Gore street. Profile.
West Merrimack street, Elm to Franklin street. Profile.
Weston street, Spruce street to Lake avenue. Sewer profile.
Total working plans, 33.
Belmont street, lots at city sand bank.
Brown avenue and adjacent lots. Two plans.
Cheney place, location of street lines. Three plans.
Conant south back street, Main street to Amoskeag Company's
west line.
Concord R. R. yard, location of tracks and buildings.
Elm, Canal, Langdon, and Bridge streets, square bounded by.
Hall street, Central to Spruce.
McGregorville and Amoskeag, Amoskeag Company's streets.
Milford and Main streets, section showing lots.
Pine Grove cemetery, section north of tool house, location of
lots. Two plans.
Pine Grove cemetery, section north of tool house, for grades.
Pine Grove cemetery, plan of H. H. Huse's lot.
Pine Grove cemetery, plan of Chandler lots.
Pine Grove cemetery, lots on east side. Three plans.
River and Calef roads, proposed addition to Pine Grove ceme-
tery.
River road, plan of Stark park.
Second street extension, location of.
St. James M. E. church, perspective for city auditor.
Stark park, showing contours.
Union passenger station, proposed location.
Union passenger station, ground plan.
Valley, Young, Beech and Maple streets, square bounded by.
Valley cemetery, proposed improvements.
Valley cemetery, plan of ironwork in tomb.
Webster schoolhouse addition, ventilation plan.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 117
Webster schoolhouse addition.
West Webster street, River road to Merrimack river.
Total tracings, 32.
BLUE PRINTS.
M. & N. W. R. R. bridge, abutments at Second street.
N. H. Improvement Company's land.
Union passenger station. Four plans.
Total blue prints, 6.
City of Manchester, showing scavenger district.
Stark park, showing contours.
Derryfield park, for photographing for report.
Total maps, 3.
Twenty-one plans of streets laid out have been copied in the
city clerk's book of records, and nine tracings made for the same.
Total of all plans made, 246.
Plans made for the establishment of grade on laid out streets,
28,732 feet.
Plans made for the establishment of grade on streets not laid
out, 13,969 feet.
Total, 42,701 feet, equal to 8.09 miles.
118
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
SEWERS BUILT
Ash east back
Barr
Barr
Bath
Bay east back
Beauport
Beech east back
Belmont
Belmont
Belmont
Brown avenue
Canal
Canal
Central south back
Chestnut east back
Cypress
Cypress
Cypress
Douglas
Douglas
Douglas
Elm east back
Elm east back
Elm west back
Ferry
Ferry
Fourth
Fourth
Fourth
Front
Granite
Granite
Green
Harrison
Oak
Harrison south back
Lake avenue
Lake avenue
Lake avenue
Lake avenue
Lake avenue
Lake avenue south back
Chestnut west back
Chestnut west back
Main
Main
Manchester
Manchester
Mast
J. 'Baldwin & Co.'siand..
Milforcl
Milford
Milforcl
Milforcl
Myrtle
Orange
Orange
Orange
Orange
Orange
Parker
Quincy
Amount carried up.
North of Harrison
Granite northerly
Northerly to Douglas
River to Second
Webster southerly
Adams to Schuyler. — . .•
From Amherst northerly
Massabesic to Summer
Summer to Grove
Grove to C. & P. R. R
South of Elm
Granite to Depot
Depot to Central south back
Canal to Elm west back
Salmon to north of North
From Massabesic southerly —
Southerly to Valley
Valley to Young
Green to Railroad
From Green easterly
From Barr easterly
Cedar to Spruce south back
Spruce s'th b'k to Lake ave s'th b'k
Pleasant to Merrimack
Third to Fourth
Fourth to Main
Ferry to School south back
At School south back
From Walker southerly
From Black brook southerly
From Barr easterly
Barr to Green
Granite to Douglas
From Oak westerly
From Harrison southerly
Union to Walnut
Weston to Highland
At Cass
Highland to Canton
Highland to Canton
Weston to Beacon
Elm east back to Chestnut west b'k.
Lake avenue south back southerly..
Lake avenue south back northerly..
Schuyler to Sullivan
Froni Wayne northerly
Belmont to Milton
Belmont to Milton
From east of Riddle westerly
From east of Riddle westerly
Mast to Piscataquog river
From east of Tilton to Williams ...
Williams to proposed street
Proposed street to west of Carroll .
West of Carroll
Russell to east of Linden
From Russell easterly
East of Russell
Easterly to east of Linden
Easterly to east of Linden
East of Maple
From winter northerly
From Douglas southerly
Portland.
Akron ...
Portland.
Akron ...
Brick .
Akron
Portland .
Akron . ..
Portland.
Iron
Akron . ..
Portland.
Akron . . .
Brick ....
Portland.
Akron ...
Portland.
Akron . ..
Portland.
Iron
Portland .
Akron . . .
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER,
119
Size in Length in Length in
inches, feet, new. ft., relaid
in;
100
135
L60
137
■i-ir,
.".(in
Kill
251
137
12
455
::<.i:;
24:.
It:;
ins
191
534
12
227
16
350
30
70
68
516
198
202
403
18
611
40
12
455
Kl'.l
182
62
117
2i HI
121
Man-
holes.
Lamp- Y
holes, hranches,
Total cost. C?J*&ep
f41.59
3,257.14
$0,358
13.S60
177.32
1.249
43.65
.320
1S9.24
837
224.55
-816
2,703.70
120.79
2,936.97
733.61
1,985.76
1,069.57
572 17
128.54
! '•«
132,73
908.41
236 96
251.50
532. i5
1,826.69
905.81
351.87
188.32
2,842.70
2,681.61
234.99
2,912.22
2,052.01
054.68
1,259. S9
80.50
222.35
161.99
1.207
3.979
2.130
3.140
2.073
2 54S
1.070
1.700
1.569
1.470
1.507
3 724
1.460
1.071
1.617
1.610
1.670
2.249
120
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
SEWERS BUILT
Street.
Location.
Material.
Akron
,,
,,
'Squog river to south of McNeil
'Squog river to south of McNeil
ii
Spruce
Trnn
Total
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
IN 1891.— Continued.
121
Size in
inches.
Length in
feet, new.
Length in
ft, relaid.
Man-
holes.
Lamp-
holes.
Y
branches.
Total cost.
Cost per
fool.
11,376
270
3,332
51
1
19
468
9
$34,476.77
1 2,340.12
} 772.84
| 4,703.04
84.41
437.97
24
67
$4,239
215
400
131
975
17
111
279
1
........
5
5
5
27
1
10
3
4.740
4
4
.760
1
1.569
13,774
3,399
57
21
527
$42,815.15
122
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
PIPE REMOVED WHERE NEW SEWERS HAVE BEEN BUILT.
Street.
Location. Materia
, Size in Length
inches, in feet'.
Beech east back
Amherst to Concord Cemen
12
'-'T")
From Ban- easterly Akron .
12
62
Elm east back .
12
41fi
Elm west back..
Pleasant to Merrimack Cemenl
. n
150
Barr to Green Cemenl
Granite to Douglas Cemen
From Schuyler southerly — Brick. .
10
1(51
.
Main
io
From Wayne northerly Akron
Milford
12
390
2
585
SUMMARY.
Total 26 x 39
inches, brick . .
514 feet.
22x33
nches, brick
8
24-inch Portland pipe.
1,363
24-inch Akron pipe
438
24-inch
iron pipe
12
1,110
20-inch Portland pipe
335
20-inch
iron pipe
17
18-inch Akron pipe
817
1 5 -inch Akron pipe
2,037
12-inch Akron pipe
3>2°7
140
12-inch
iron pipe
12
5,5*7
10-inch Por
land pipe .
1,24
t
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
123
Total 8-inch Akron pipe ....
20-inch Akron pipe cesspools and connec
tions
1 8-inch Akron pipe cesspools and connec
tions
1 2 -inch Akron pipe cesspools and connec
tions ......
io-inch Akron pipe cesspools and connec
tions ......
8-inch Akron pipe cesspools and connec
tions ......
402 feet.
10 "
18 "
68 "
484 "
2,026 "
19,779 feet.
Total sewers built in 1891
Equal to 3.75 miles.
Following is the total amount of sewerage in the city January 1,
1892.
8-inch Akron pipe 6,858 feet.
10-inch Akron pipe .
12-inch Akron pipe .
15-inch Akron pipe .
18-inch Akron pipe .
20-inch Akron pipe .
24-inch Akron pipe .
Total Akron pipe
Equal to 26.078 miles.
8-inch Portland pipe, old .
12-inch Portland pipe, old .
18-inch Portland pipe, old .
Total Portland pipe, old
Equal to 0.919 miles.
10-inch Portland pipe, new
12-inch Portland pipe, new
20-inch Portland pipe, new
24-inch Portland pipe, new
42,418
59<7i°
1 1
^.s0?
"
3>652
"
6,003
"
3^548
(C
137,696
feet
90
feet
3.99°
"
770
a
Total Portland pipe, new
Equal to 0.583 miles.
4,850 feet.
1,244 feet.
140 "
335 "
i>363 "
3,082 feet.
124
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
9-inch cement pipe
1 2-inch cement pipe
1 5 -inch cement pipe
1 8-inch cement pipe
24-inch cement pipe
16 x 24 inches, cement pipe
Total cement pipe
Equal to 7.818 miles.
10-inch earthen pipe .
12 inch earthen pipe .
Total earthen pipe
Equal to 0.704 miles.
18-inch brick sewers .
24-inch brick sewers .
29-inch brick sewers .
36-inch brick sewers .
42-inch brick sewers .
44-inch brick sewers .
57-inch brick sewers .
17 x 26 inches, brick sewers
20 x 30 inches, brick sewers
22 x 33 inches, brick sewers
24 x 36 inches, brick sewers
26 x 39 inches, brick sewers
29^ x 44 inches, brick sewers
30 x 46 inches, brick sewers
32 x 48 inches, brick sewers
40 x 44 inches, brick sewers
Total brick sewers .
Equal to 6.938 miles.
12-inch iron pipe .
14-inch iron pipe .
20-inch iron pipe .
15,861
feet.
21,629
«
490
"
860
1
735
"
1,697
"
41,282
feet
1. 175
feet
2.545
ft
36,615 feet.
12 feet.
12 "
62 "
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
1-25
24-inch iron pipe.
36-inch iron pipe .....
Total iron pipe ....
Equal to 0.071 miles.
48-inch steel pipe ....
Equal to 0.052 miles.
Total in all sewers ....
Equal to 43.169 miles.
The following table shows the amount of concrete laid for the
city in 1891, by Charles H. Robie. The measurements relating
thereto have been made by this department and rendered as
vouchers for the same.
12
feet.
277^
"
375 •}
feet
312
feet
• 227,932!
feet
STREET CROSSINGS.
Sq. yd.
Price per yd.
Total cost.
Ash east back, at Concord
. 17.70
#°-75
#13-27
Barr, at Granite
. lS.66
•75
T3-99
Beacon, at Lake avenue
. 28.60
•75
21-45
Beech, south of Amherst
25'3°
•35
8.85
Beech, at Amherst
34.OO
•75
25-5°
Beech east back, at Harrison .
. 17.70
•35
6.x9
Belmont, at Massabesic .
45-33
•75
34.00
Belmont, at Manchester
31.00
•75
23-33
Belmont, at Hanover, 2
• 59-°S
•75
44-3 1
Blodget south back, at Chestnut
17.70
•75
13.28
Cedar, at Union, 4
120.88
•5°
60.44
Chandler at West Webster
33-33
•75
25.00
Depot at Elm and Elm west back,
at Depot ....
71. 10
•75
53-32
Douglas, at Main .
26.60
•35
9-31
Elm east back, at Hanover .
20.00
•35
7.00
Elm east back, at Salmon
17.70
•75
13.28
Granite, at Green ....
24.88
•75
18.66
Harrison south back, at Pine .
17.70
•35
6.20
126
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Harrison south back, at Union, 2
High east, at Nashua
Laurel south back, at Maple .
Lincoln, at Spruce, 2 .
Lowell, at Birch .
Maple, at East High
Massabesic, at Lake avenue
McNeil, at Second
Milford
Milton, at Hanover
Nashua
Pine, at Harrison .
Pine east back, at North
Spruce, at Massabesic .
Spruce, at Union, 3
Spruce south back, at Union
Union, at Amherst
Union, at High .
Union, at Prospect, 2 .
West Hancock, 2 .
West Hancock, at Second
Totals
Sq. yd.
3I.OO
42.60
17.70
67.60
5-3°
35-5°
83.10
26.60
65.70
47-77
29.00
33-8°
13:3°
5!-55
90.66
*3-3°
23-5°
32.00
58.60
65.70
38.20
1,499.74
Price per yd.
$0.75
•75
•75
•75
•75
•75
•75
•75
•75
•75
•75
•35
•75
•75
•5°
•5°
•75
•75
•75
•75
•75
Total cost.
$23.24
3J-95
13.28
50.70
3-97
26.62
62.32
19-95
49.27
35-83
2i-75
11.83
9.99
38.66
45-33
6.65
17.63
24.00
43-95
49.28
28.65
$1,012.23
SIDEWALKS.
Bowman, at Varney school
Chestnut, Hanover to Merrimack .
City hall
Granite and Green
High, east, and Maple .
Lake avenue and Massabesic, at
True J. Perry's block
Lake avenue, at Mrs. L. A. Smyth's
Main-street schoolhouse
Nashua street ....
Sq. yds. Price per yd. Total cost.
21.77
92.88
147.IO
IO.83
2.00
147-5°
3I.4O
2II.50
27.30
50.45
•45
•25
•45
•45
•45
•45
•45
•45
$9-79
41.80
36-77
4.87
.90
66.37
14-13
95-J7
12.29
REPORT OP THE CITY ENGINEER.
127
Sq. yds.
Price per yd. Total cost.
Pearl, at C. C. Hayes's, ^
Sagamore and Elm
Union, Laurel to Concord
Webster, at N. G. Newton's
West Central street
Totals
; of
bill 80.00
$C
•25
$10.00
25.00
•45
11.25
.
• *3-3l
•45
5-99
's .
. 123.40
•45
55-54
. 265.00
1,198.99
•25
66.25
$431.12
ROM
)WAYS.
Sq. yds. Price per yd. Total cost.
Chestnut, Hanover to Merrimack 2,497.83 $0.75 $1,873.37
99.10 .35 34.68
835-4o .75 626.55
274.22 .75 205.66
349.26 .75 130.97
211.70 .75 158-77
2,283.26 .75 1,712.44
1,210.30 .75 907.72
Concord, Elm to Vine
Concord, Elm to Vine
Lake avenue, at engine-house
Merrimack, south back, }4 of bill
Sagamore and Elm
Union, Lake avenue to Laurel .
Union, Concord to Lowell.
Totals
. 7-761-07
$5,650.16
MISCELLANEOUS.
Sq. yds.
Price per y
i. Total cost.
Hanover square .
80.90
$0.25
$20.22
Hanover square .
177.OO
•45
79-65
Merrimack square
• 983-54
•25
245-88
Park square
742.OO
•45
333-90
Pine Grove cemetery, roadway
. 1,392.00
•65
904.80
Webster-street school yard .
. 124.40
•25
31.10
Webster-street school yard .
. 115.44
•45
51 95
Totals
3,615.28
$1,667.50
128
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
CONCRETE LAID BY GEORGE F. HIGGINS.
Crossings.
Sq. yds. Price per yd. Total cost.
Bowman, at Varney school . . 12.44 $°-75 59*33
Central, at Kimball Carriage Co.'s 33-30 .75 25.00
Central, at Hall .... 30.20 .75 22.65
Chestnut west back, at Spruce . 23.10 .75 1 7.33
Elm east back, at Spruce, 3 . . 58.60 .75 43-95
Elm east back, at Washington . 33.80 .75 25.35
Elm east back, at Pearl . . .17.70 .35 6.20
Ferry south back, at River . . 17.70 .25 4.42
Lake avenue south back, at Union .17.70 .75 13-28
McGregor and Amoskeag Co.'s walk 107.50 .75 80.62
Merrimack south back and Union . 17.70 .75 13-28
Prospect and Russell . . . 41.70 .75 31-28
Spruce, west of Chestnut . .8.00 .75 6.00
Walker and River .... 34.60 .75 25.95
Totals
• 454-Q4
Sidetaalks.
$324-64
Sq. yds.
Price per yd.
Total cost.
Spruce, west of Chestnut
. 32.OO
$0.45
$14.40
Varney schoolhouse
. 828.22
•45
372.70
Totals
860.22
$387.10
Roadways.
Sq. yds.
West Merrimack, Elm to Franklin 1,620.96
Price yer yd. Total cost.
$0.75 $1,215.72
SUMMARY.
Concrete laid by Charles H. Robie.
Crossings .... 1,499.74 sq. yds. $1,012.23
Sidewalks
•99 "
431.12
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 129
Roadways .
Miscellaneous
7,761.07 sq. yds.
3*615-28 « "
$5,650.16
1,667.50
Totals
14,075.08 sq. yds.
Concrete laid by George F. Higgins.
$8,761.01
Crossings
Sidewalks
Roadways
454.04 sq. yds.
860.22 " "
1,620.96 " "
$324.64
387.10
1,215.72
Totals . . . 2,935.22 sq. yds. $1,927.46
Total concrete laid by city, 17,010.30 sq. yds., $10,688.47.
9
130
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
The following table gives the dimensions, material, and num-
ber of spans of the various bridges within the city limits.
Length
in
feet.
Arnoskeag
Bridge street, at canal
Bridge St., McGregor and approaches
Cohas avenue, at Great Cohas
Derry road, at Great Cohas
Derry road, near Cohas avenue
Derry road , near town line
Dunbarton road, Black brook
Elm street, at railroad
Front street, Black brook
Granite street, at canal
Granite street, at river
Harvey road, at Great Cohas
Island Pond road, outlet to lake
Main street, at Piscataquog river
Mammoth road, at Great Cohas
Mammoth road, near town line
Mill road, at " Harvey's mill "
River road, at Goffe's Falls
River road , at Little Cohas
River road, below James Cheney's. . .
South road
Webster road, at water-works dam. . .
Weston road, east of D. Connor's ..
765.5
57
20
21
25
89
16.5
56.3
465
32
41
70.5
Width
in
feet.
20
22.5
24
30.5
20
17
20.5
17.5
29.5
33
37.3
26
21
16 7
20.8
No. of
walks.
Width
of
walks.
22
17.5
16
Wood.
Iron.
Stone.
Wood.
Arch-
es or
spans.
!
i 3
1
Iron.
Wood.
Stone bridges, i ; iron, 3 ; wood, 20 ; total, 24.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
131
As will be seen by referring to the table of new streets laid out,
about eight miles, in length, of highways have been added to
the large number existing. It is gratifying to note this increase
as indicative of the growth and extension of the city.
NEW HIGHWAYS LAID OUT IN 1891.
Adams Webster to Appleton
Allen Main to Boynton
Amory Dubuque to Kimball
Auburn Beech to Lincoln
Beauport Amory to Kelley
Belmont Bridge to old Bridge
Belmont Young to Clay
Boynton E. Hartshorn's to Bedford line .
Cheney place Elm to Brown avenue ....
Oonant Dubuque to Hevey
Cypress M. Prout's line to Young
Dartmouth West Hancock to Dickey
Dartmouth Dickey to Frederick
Dickey Main to West Hancock
Elm Baker to Grover
Elm Grover to H. D. Lord's line
Frederick Second easterly
Granite M. & N. W. R. R. to Winter
Green Douglas northerly
Grove Belmont easterly
Hall Central to Lake avenue
Hall Bridge to north side Prospect . . .
Huntress Albert to north of Prince
Jewett Cilley to Weston road
Kelley Kelley to M. & N. W. R. R
Knowlton Young southerly
Maple Young to Shasta
Maple Shasta to Cilley road
McDuffie Boynton to Huntress
McNeil Second to West Hancock
Merrimack Hall to Hanover
Morrison Arlington to Pearl
Old Ferry road. . . . Belmont to Taylor
Prince Boynton to Huntress
Quincy Douglas northerly
Rim mon Amory to Kelly
Rim mon Amory to south of Wayne
Rimmon Conant to Gates ."
Sagamore Union to Walnut
Salmon Pine to Walnut
Second Piscataquog river to Frederick . . .
Second Frederick to Main
Second Blaine to south side 'Squog river
Summer Belmont to Massabesic
Walnut Gore to Salmon
Wilson road Concord to Lowell.
Young Ainsworth's line to Mason Dec. 15
June
July
Nov.
July
May
Sept.
Sept.
July
Sept.
Aug.
July
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
June
Oct.
Aug.
June
July
Oct.
June
June
Sept.
Nov.
June
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Sept.
Aug.
July
May
July
Sept.
July
June
Aug.
Oct.
Aug.
June
Aug.
Sept.
Nov.
Sept.
July
Aug.
Width
in feet.
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
35
50
50
40
50
40
100
100
50
40
40
50
40
50
Length
in feet.
700
3,499
1,250
700
225
1,395
2,,S44
381
544
59
146
490
857
382
81
300
310
052
487
2,447
372
570
700
785
488
270
764
600
4,100
828
610
891
310
1,170
132 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
There is an urgent necessity of establishing and thoroughly
defining the boundary lines of all highways leading out of the
city as much as those in the city proper, so that the abutters will
recognize the city's right of way and respect it. A beginning
has been made in this direction, and several of the outlying roads
thus marked and defined. With the constantly increasing de-
mands on this department, the work has not progressed as rapidly
as could be desired, or in fact as it should for the city's welfare.
Each year obliterates some of the marks, which in time will be
totally destroyed unless means are taken to preserve them either
by surveys at the present time, or by relocation in the future at
considerable expense.
The policy of narrowing a four rod right of way to a fifty foot
street is folly. If the future growth of the city may be judged by
the past, a four rod street will be none too wide for the traffic,
with the street cars and other vehicles.
The course pursued in laying out streets twenty-five, thirty,
and thirty-five feet wide is hardly in keeping with modern ideas,
and should be deprecated. The niggardly, grasping methods of
landowners in laying out the greatest possible number of house
lots in a given piece regardless of how the street runs, or whether
it conforms to the surrounding streets both as to direction and
width, is one that calls for the harshest criticism. The idea
seems to be to put every foot of land possible into the market
regardless of how the streets may come. This may be of advan-
tage to those having land to dispose of, but it is not conducive
to the appearance of the city or the usefulness of the streets as
means of communication.
It is gratifying to note that the more progressive property own-
ers have recognized the need of wide thoroughfares and divided
their property accordingly.
It would seem good policy to appoint a special committee to
consider the city's needs in this direction and formulate a plan
for laying out streets that should be strictly adhered to, no devia-
tion whatever being allowed. Such a plan should show the
width, direction, and location of all streets that may be built, as
far as practicable. The least that could be done would be to
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 133
pass an ordinance denning the minimum width of streets together
with their direction as compared to other streets, and compel
property owners to conform thereto.
Until something of this nature is done, the city will continue
to be cut up by passageways, which, though dignified by the name
of streets and avenues, are in reality but lanes and alleys.
In building the streets after they have been accepted and laid
out, great care should be exercised. The idea is not to see how
many yards can be constructed in a day, rough, uneven, and
unstable, but how much can be properly built with a good foun-
dation and a firm, smooth roadbed ; one that will be lasting
rather than one that will need continual repairing, simply be-
cause the first cost is less and a greater showing made.
In many cities property owners desiring streets through their
land are required to give the land for the streets and build them
to a grade satisfactory to the committee before they will be ac-
cepted by the city. The same idea in vogue here would be of
incalculable benefit in many ways. The*sum annually spent for
land damages in purchasing streets, and the cost of building, two
important items, would be saved. As it is the property owner
who derives the greatest benefit, it seems but just that he should
do this.
SEWERS.
By a perusal of the various tables it will be seen that a large
number of sewers have been constructed this year, and the de-
mand for others is increasing. There are many sections of the
city that are in need of these adjuncts to health, perhaps as much
so as those that are already supplied. The policy of the com-
mittee has been to supply those whose needs seemed most urgent,
as under the prevailing system but about so much can be done
each year. As will be noticed, the principal item of expense has
been for labor, mainly in digging and filling the trenches. This
is an important part of the work, and care should be exercised in
determining the width of the trench not to remove any superflu-
ous earth other than the actual amount necessary to properly pro-
ceed with the pipe laying. At the depth necessary for some of
the sewers to be built, the cost of each cubic foot of earth is no
134 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
inconsiderable amount, and money saved in this direction will
be appreciated in the various extensions.
Too much care cannot be taken in making connections from
house drains to the city sewers. Nearly all the complaints made
regarding sewers becoming clogged are traced directly to these
connections made by incompetent workmen. The work should
be done by men in the employ of the sewer department, and who
thoroughly understand their business, the cost to be assumed by
the abutter. In conjunction with this a record should be kept of
each connection and properly filed for future reference.
During the year a new set of ordinances was drawn up for the
committee on sewers and drains, and so much of it as pertained
to the sewer permit and licence was adopted by the city councils.
The following report was prepared by the city engineer, as
clerk of the committee on sewers and drains :
Manchester, N. H., Dec. i, 1891.
Gentlemen of the City Councils :
Your committee on sewers and drains, to whom has been dele-
gated the important work of the city's business, having completed
the work intrusted to them for the season of 189 1, make at this
time a return to you of their stewardship, its cost, and the
amount of work done.
When they began at the first of the year they found that their
predecessors had left twenty- four sewers voted in by the city gov-
ernment. Of these, ten have been constructed this season.
Your committee has held twenty-one meetings and had fifty peti-
tions referred to them. Of these, thirty-four have been granted
by the committee, and their report and an order for building the
same have been presented to your honorable board. The total
number of orders presented to your board was forty.
The following table shows the different seWers built, their
length, cost, and the cost per foot to build the same.
(See table of new sewers built.)
#*****;(;
The average cost per foot being $2,497.
The above rate is from three to six cents per foot less than the-
cost in many cities where the betterment plan is used.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
135
In the 17.173 feet of sewers there were built 60 manholes and
19 lampholes ; 76 cesspool connections were put in besides the
Y branches for 445 house connections.
There have been 91 cesspools built at a cost of §2,988.44, 66
repaired at a cost of $474-25 and 5 cesspool manholes costing
§202.62.
In addition to the above the main outlet of the main sewer at
the river was completed at a cost of $395-12.
The cost of repairs on sewers has been S244.53.
From the monthly pay-roll the following shows how the cost
has been divided :
Castings
repairs
and
black-
smithing
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September . . .
October
November ...
-"- ■
745.12
619.20
1,623.31
3,893.62
4,416.54
3.020.90
4,701.63
5,811.15
5,285.27
1,847.73
$17.-1
33.96
36.40
241.08
125.02
341.45
. _■
324.64
421.51
242.80
$33,088.06 $2,040.!
Pipe.
Inci-
dentals.
1,189.21
4.121.13
1,643.05
215.06
$3.64
58.94
25 35
188.47
543.11 J 546.00
441.40
125.10 227.50
$527.23
821.90
648.51
2,149.17
■ -
4,498.23
5,187.77
12,791.23
$12,469.44 $4,523.63 $1,228.50 $53,350.61
Included in the incidentals was a bill of $986.85 paid for a
steam boiler and pump, $1,062.33 paid for cement, and $821.04
paid for hardware, tools, and supplies.
The stock on hand is as follows :
Brick in District No. 2
. 8,000, valued at
$59-2°
Brick in District No. 10
• 53 = 976, "
385-43
136 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Pipe on hand . . . 4,793 ft. valued at $3>4OI-9i
Branches on hand . . 346 pieces, ." 1,064.04
Total #4,910.58
Most of the pipe on hand, which is worth about #3,000, is for
the McGregorville sewer, which was only partly completed this
year and which will be the first to start upon next season.
Appropriation for 1891
Drafts for 1 89 1
Balance December 1, 1891
Unpaid bills, about
Unpaid brick bills
$55,000.00
53>35°-6i
$1,649-39
$300.00
686.41
$986.41
Leaving a balance of about .... $662.98
Respectfully submitted.
John J. Holland,
A. J. Dickev,
A. D. Maxwell,
George M. Clark,
A. J. Peaslee,
Committee o?i Sewers and Drams.
PUBLIC PARKS.
Owing to the pressure of office work and the immediate de-
mand for a plan of Stark park, Mr. Joseph B. Sawyer, C. E.,
was employed to make the survey. The levels for cross-section-
ing were taken by this office, and a contour map made, a tracing
of which was forwarded to William Doogue, superintendent of
public parks, Boston. A plan is to be prepared, under his direc-
tion, showing the proposed walks and drives.
A reduced copy of the Derryfield park map was made in India
ink for reproduction in the city reports. In this park the lines
were given for the circular play-ground.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 137
Mr. John Fullerton has had charge of the work on the public
parks and squares, and under his direction the underbrush on
both Stark and Derryfield parks has been removed. The various
squares have been carefully looked after during the season.
STREET LINES AND GRADES.
Too much care cannot be exercised in establishing street lines
and grades which, once established, should not be changed, ex-
cept for the most urgent reasons, and then only as a last resort.
Grades are established on a street as a whole, and while the
grade of parts of a street may not appear to be correct by itself,
when the entire street is completed the uniformity will be ap-
parent. Provisions should be made for procuring plans and
establishing grades on all projected streets so that orders for
grades may receive immediate attention. The appearance of a
street is not improved by compelling abutters to build hap-
hazard without grade owing to the inability of this department
through lack of time or data to attend to it.
SUGGESTIONS.
This department is in immediate need of a complete property
map of the city drawn to a large scale. Such a map would re-
quire being made up in sheets and for the present would in-
clude about twenty parts, though to cover the entire city about
ten additional parts would be needed. We have made a slight
beginning in this direction.
With the present force it is impossible to keep the office open
more than a few hours each day during the outside working sea-
son, as all are busy attending to the numerous demands for
lines, grades, etc. Each year makes it more imperative that an
assistant should remain at the office constantly for the purpose of
issuing permits, showing plans, and looking up data for the
various departments and for others who require them.
There are various minor details that would materially assist
the work of this department, but which must be dispensed with
owing to the insufficiency of the appropriation, it being barely
• large enough, with the utmost economy, to last the entire year.
138 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
COMMITTEE WORK.
At the first meetings held by the committees on streets and
sewers and drains, the city engineer was elected clerk and in that
capacity has attended each meeting, keeping a complete record
of the proceedings which are on file in this office. In addition
various other committee meetings have been attended as follows :
City government, 5 ; Amoskeag cemetery, 2 ; Valley ceme-
tery, 5 ; Pine Grove cemetery, 4 ; city farm, 3 ; finance, 1 ;
lands and buildings, 9 ; claims, 4 ; commons, 3 ; parks, 1 ;
Board of Aldermen, 9 ; streets, n ; sewers and drains, 21 : joint
committee, streets, and sewers and drains, 2, — a total of 80.
In addition to the work before enumerated, many questions
have been answered from engineers, boards of trade, and others
in various cities throughout this country and Canada.
I would respectfully tender my acknowledgments to His
Honor the Mayor and the various committees of the City Coun-
cil, for the support which they have given.
I wish also to acknowledge the courtesies shown by the various
heads of departments, and the co-operation of the assistants of
this department.
Respectfully submitted.
WINFRED H. BENNETT,
City Engineer.
January i, 1892.
REPORTS OF DISTRICT SURVEYORS.
Report of the work done in the various highway districts dur-
ing the year 1891 :
No report.
District No. 1 .
District No. 2. *
William Sanborn, Superintendent.
COBBLE GUTTER PAVING.
Street.
Sq.
yards.
No.
loads.
Cost per
load.
Cost of
stone.
Cost of
labor.
67
117
140
200
50
200
667
400
72
5
14
21
24
4
9
76
43
6
$1.60
1.60
1.60
1.60
1 60
1.60
1.60
1.60
1.60
$8.00
22.40
33.60
38.40
6.40
14.40
121.60
68.80
9.60
16.00
129.00
$14.00
20.25
57.00
78.75
Concord and Hall
Lake avenue, near Hall
Lake avenue, east of Beacon
Milton, Hanover to Manchester
33.50
12S. 13
78.00
Spruce, Elm to Chestnut
1,913
202
$468.20
$430.63
1 District No. 3 is now included in this district.
140
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Total cost of the foregoing work, $898.83, an average cost of
$0.47 per square yard.
EDGE STONES SET
Auburn, between Pine and Union .
Blodget and Chestnut
Blodget south back at Chestnut
Central and Hall ....
Central, between Elm and Chestnut
Chestnut and Manchester
Concord and Union
Concord, between Ash and Maple .
Elm and Depot ....
Elm, near Granite ....
Franklin and West Central
Hanover and Belmont
Lake avenue and Massabesic .
Lake avenue, east of Lincoln .
Lake avenue, at True J. Perry's block
Laurel, at No. 100 .
Laurel, east of Chestnut
Linden and Bridge .
Maple, between Concord and Lowell
Maple and East High
Merrimack
Merrimack, near Union
Orange and Linden
Pine and Auburn .
Prospect and Union
Sagamore and Elm .
Spruce, between Chestnut and Elm .
Union, between Concord and Lowell
Union and Lake avenue .
Union and Auburn ....
Union, between Laurel and Lake avenue
Union and Amherst
Totals
Average cost per foot, $0,131.
Feet.
Cost.
35
$3-53
20
3-44
24
3-5°
• 36
3-5°
282
48.75
120
11.28
292
42.00
• 257
38.00
28
12.00
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10.29
64
8.15
21
2.50
53
5.00
75
i3-5°
246
62.37
25
6.62
37
7-25
89
10.50
206
20.75
8
i-7S
10
3.00
84
6.87
21
i-75
16
3-5°
21
3.20
32
6-75
26
3-29
IOO
14.60
142
8-75
194
15.62
460
37.12
• 254
23-3°
• 3.373
$442.43
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
141
EDGE STONES RESET.
Canal, near passenger station .
Central, west of Elm ....
Central, near Pine
Chestnut, between Hanover and Merrimack
Depot, between Canal and Franklin
Elm and Lake avenue ....
Elm, north of Hanover ....
Hanover, opposite postoffice .
Hanover, and Hall ....
Merrimack, between Elm and Franklin .
Pearl, between Elm and Chestnut .
Union, near St. Anne's church
Totals ....
Average cost per foot, $0,154.
Feet.
Cost.
229
$29.28
75
IO.80
33
4.OO
222
38.63
250
26.75
262
3S.OO
5°
9.00
45
8.00
65
9.OO
iJ3
30.60
39
7-25
20
4-5°
1.403
$215.81
PAVING RELAID.
Canal, at passenger station
Canal, at freight station .
Concord and Elm
Concord and Maple .
Depot, Franklin to Canal .
Elm
Granite ....
Hanover ....
Lake avenue, west of Cass
Manchester
Total .
In this connection forty-six extra
1,225 SQ- yds.
30
328
130
1,953
2,850
54
1,500
58
1,200
9>333sq. yds.
oads of paving were used,
costing $73.60 ; and 120 loads of paving sand, costing $12.
The amount paid for labor of men and teams on the above
work was $1,748.43, making the total cost $1,834.03, an average
cost of $0.1965 per square yard.
142
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
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SUMMARY.
Sq. yds.
Loads of stone
Total cost.
Macadamizing .
5>47i-32
1,322
$4,667.62
Top-dressing
l6,74I.OO
1,263
3,617.60
General repairs .
6,000.00
57°
1,875.71
Picking and rolling
2,000.00
21.62
Concreting
9,382.03
8,589.10
Totals
• 39.594-35
STREETS GRADED.
$18,771.65
Adams Cut.
Auburn
Bay
Beech and Gore..
Hall
Maple*
Milton
Morrison
Orange
Pearl
Sagamore
Walnut Cut..
West Webster f.... " ..
Young "
Cut
or rill,
Fill..
Cut..
Both.
Cut..
Both.
Cubic
yards.
Loads 1 Labor
moved. [ of men.
4,333
1,154
542
590
350
1,000
1,388 1,450
680 710
10,555 10,700
293 293
2,056 2,150
4,500
1,200
560
750
370
1,400
Totals 24,742 25,993 $2,828.03 $2,568.90 $56.89 $5,453.82
Labor
ofteams.
8300.75
30.00
104.32
42.48
210.35
280.75
150.49
161.20
520.65
240.80
160.49
197.25
113.75
314.75
Inci-
dentals,
$190.00
10.00
47.00
26.40
88.00
790.00
64.00
80.10
280.00
120.40
90.00
84.00
87.00
612.00
$4.50
1.00
2.00
1.20
3.00
8.10
5.00
3.50
5.34
4.00
2.50
4.50
2.25
10.00
Total
cost.
$495.
41.
1,078,
219.
244.
805.
365.
252.
2S5.
* 3,626 loads of material came from Fred T. Dunlap's lot, 1,400 loads from
Young street, and 5,574 loads from other sources.
f The material removed from this street was mostly loam, which was
placed in the high school yard.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
145
STREETS GRAVELED.
Adams, Webster northerly .
Amherst, East of Hall
Amherst, from Ashland westerly
Amherst, from Vine easterly
Ash, north of Harrison
Bay, from Sagamore northerly
Beech, north of sash and blind shop
Brook, from Elm easterly
Brown avenue, Elm southerly
Calef road, Elm southerly
Chestnut, at North End
Chestnut, from Central southerly
Concord, from Chestnut easterly
Hall, north of Amherst
Hanover, from Beacon easterly
Harrison, from Elm easterly .
Jane, from Nashua southerly
Laurel, from Beech easterly .
Lincoln, north of Merrimack
Lowell, east of Maple .
Maple, from Myrtle northerly
Maple, from Pearl northerly .
Milton, from Hanover southerly
Myrtle, from Oak westerly .
Nashua, from Bridge northerly
Nutt road, near fair grounds .
Oak, from Maple southerly .
Orange, from Chestnut easterly
Pearl, from Ashland westerly
Pine, south of Valley cemetery
Prospect, from Maple easterly
Sagamore, from Pine westerly
Union, from Concord southerly
Union, from Sagamore southerly
650 feet.
200
300
500
300
55°
T,000
700
1.75°
4,675
500
600
3OO
200
2,200 •
850
400
45°
400
700
200
300
250
260
100
4,000
300
1,200
55°
300
200
200
1,200
1,600
146
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Valley, east of Elm
Wilson, from Laurel northerly
Wilson road, from Lowell northerly
Young, from Beech easterly .
300
feet
700
"
500
Cf
600
a
Total 291985 feet.
Loads of gravel used on foregoing streets, 9,785.
Loads of coal cinders used on foregoing streets, 492.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
147
GRADING FOR CONCRETE.
Ash, north of Harrison
Ashland, north of Lowell
Auburn, east of Pine
Auburn, West of Maple
Auburn, east of Chestnut
Bay, north of Sagamore
Bay, north of Sagamore
Beech and Gore
Central, west of Hall
Concord, west of Hall
East High, east of Nashua
East High
Elm, from North northerly. . .
Gore and Walnut
Hall, from Central northerly.
Lake avenue, east of Beacon
Lake avenue, east of Beacon
Liberty, north of North
Linden and Myrtle
Lowell, west of Ashland
Lowell, east of Ashland
Milton, south of Hanover
North, east of Liberty
North, west of Elm
Pine, north of Salmon
Russell and Prospect
Sagamore, east of Elm
Webster, west of Elm
Length Width
in feet, in feet.
urn
450
150
75
100
100
4011
180
550
550
150
300
100
100
440
100
150
150
280
120
410
Feet
cut.
Totals 6,805
1
2.5
Feet
fill.
10
0 5
3
0.5
1
1
3
0.5
1
148
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS
Grading for concrete and excavating cellar, on ac-
count of lowering Perry block, Lake avenue and
Massabesic .......
Labor of men and teams, sanding streets, January i
to March 21 .
Labor of men and teams, drawing sand and sanding
streets to December 31
E. Hartshorn, 394 loads of sand ....
Frank S. Bodwell, stone ......
SEWERS AND DRAINS.
24-inch
24-inch
24-inch
20-inch
20-inch
20-inch
18-inch
18-inch
1 5 -inch
1 5 -inch
12-inch
1 2 -inch
12-inch
12-inch
1 o-inch
10-inch
10-inch
8-inch
Portland pipe .
Akron pipe
iron pipe .
Akron pipe
Portland pipe .
iron pipe .
Akron pipe
Akron pipe (relaid)
Akron pipe
Akron pipe (relaid)
Akron pipe
Akron pipe (relaid)
Portland pipe
iron pipe .
Akron pipe
Akron pipe (relaid)
Portland pipe .
Akron pipe
$299.89
2,025.92-
220.13
39-4o-
59.00.
785 feet
270
12
975
137
17
670
147
860
269
1,032
637
756
12
2,047
409
376
Total ....... 10,544 feet.
The foregoing sewers were constructed at a cost of $23,721.64.
CESSPOOL CONNECTIONS.
1 2-inch pipe .
10 inch pipe .
8-inch pipe .
8-inch pipe (repairing) .
Total .
66 feet.
310 "
1,151 "
50 "
1,577 feet.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
149
SEWERS REPAIRED.
18-inch pipe .
1 2-inch pipe .
8-inch pipe . .
Total .
Total pipe laid
Equal to 2.308 miles.
18 feet.
2 "
48 «
68 feet.
2
189 feet.
NEW CESSPOOLS.
Cost of
material.
Cost of
labor.
Appleton, corner of Ray
Belmont, corner of Manchester
Bridge, corner of Linden ,
Bridge, corner of Ash
Cedar, corner of Chestnut
Central, near Cass
Depot, between Elm and Franklin
Depot, corner of Canal
Elm west back, between Depot and Granite
Front, south of Black brook
Gore, corner of Walnut
Hall, at Amherst and Concord
Harrison south back, between Union and Walnut
Lake avenue, coiner of Hall
Lake avenue, at engine-house
Lake avenue, corner of Cass
Lake avenue, corner of Weston
Lake avenue south back, west of Chestnut
Manchester, corner of Chestnut
Manchester south back, between Pine and Union.
Maple, corner of Cedar
Nashua, between Concord and Bridge
North, corner of Chestnut
Nutt road, near Elm
Orange, corner of Maple
Pearl, corner of Russell
Pine, corner of Cedar
Spruce, near Chestnut
Union, between Merrimack and Central
Union, between Cedar and Lake avenue
Union, corner of Auburn
Union, between Concord and Lowell
Totals
$21.35
71.00
20.72
21.29
41.70
10.81
19.10
25 90
10.08
41.53
19.48
75.43
17 19
30.01
52 39
72.90
59.19
21.09
22 98
10.04
73.31
130.35
122.85
23 90
19.91
17.21
23.00
17.39
02.50
59.74
57.12
19.00
$12.(10
40.00
15.95
13.37
25.30
18.75
17.25
14.35
13.50
40.00
12.25
38.37
10.50
33.00
42.87
40.05
45 45
10.50
10.00
10.25
01.00
80.10
189.49
7.88
18.37
19.00
15.87
9.50
53.12
39.25
38.88
15.95
$1,322.49
150
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
CESSPOOLS REPAIRED.
Adams
Amherst, corner of Dutton
Amherst, corner of Hall
Auburn, corner of Franklin
Cedar, corner of Union
Cedar, corner of Maple
Cedar, corner of Chestnut
Central, corner of Union
Chestnut, near Pennacook
Chestnut, corner of Merrimack
Chestnut, corner of Amherst
Church, corner of Washington
Concord, corner of Elm
Concord, corner of Vine
Concord, near Maple
Concord, corner of Hall
Concord, corner of Belmont
Depot, corner of Canal
Granite south hack
Hall, corner of Central
Hanover square
Harrison, corner of Union
High, corner of Union
Lake avenue, corner of Union
Lake avenue, corner of Pine
Lake avenue south hack, near Union.
Lincoln west back, near Merrimack . .
Lowell
Lowell, corner of Ashland
Manchester, corner of Chestnut
Pearl, corner of Elm
Pine, corner of Lake avenue
Pine, north of Brook
Russell
Spruce, corner of Union
Spruce
Spruce south hack and Elm east back ,
Union, between Laurel and Central.. .,
Union, corner of Spruce ,
Union and Amherst ,
Cost of
material.
Cost of
labor.
Totals 56
.74
2.80
4.45
3.20
7.86
2.00
3.50
4.80
2.80
2.80
1.00
5.00
5.00
1.00
3.00
20.27
5.03
6.35
3.14
1.50
2.00
5.15
4.00
9.11
1.60
5.85
5.85
4.50
6.00
2.79
9.31
2 22
5 20
6.00
100
7.44
.50
3.00
$178.36
$3.6S
2.'0o
3.68
12.50
7.30
5.50
3.5a
4.00-
5.18
3.68
3.68
2.50
6.75
7.50
1.75
3.75
22.50
12.75
5.00
4 00
2.75
3.00
10.25
4.50
4.50
5.20
5.50
6.10
6.00
8.50
3.67
10.00
2. 00
10.25
5.50
1.50
12.50
1.00
2.75
$230.3
CENTER CESSPOOLS.
Street.
No.
Cost of
material.
Cost of
labor.
1
$57.72
57.40
34.01
$25.50
20.00
8.00
Totals
5
$149.13
$53.50
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
151
REPAIRING SEWERS.
Street.
Cost of
material.
Cost of
labor.
Beech east back
Canal, near Depot
Chestnut and Blodget
Elm east back
Lincoln and Amherst
Lowell at Birch
Totals
•Manholes built, 36; lampholes, 8.
PIPE CULVERTS
$2.43
6.30
3.64
1.21
$31.
$3.75
13.75
5.50
5.74
2.63
107.65
$139.02
Street.
Size in
inches.
Length
in feet.
Cost of
material.
Cost of
labor.
8
8
8
10
8
8
10
16
54
46
18
138
12
12
$3.24
10.91
9.29
6.43
30.25
2 43
4.29
$5.00
6.00
4.00
11.00
3.50
296
$06.84
$29.50
MAIN SEWER OUTLET.
Paid Head & Dowst Co. for stone
for labor of men
for labor of teams .
$50.00
275.12
70.00
'395-12
152
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
PIPE ON HAND AT CITY YARD.
24-inch . . . . .
20-illch .....
1 8-inch .....
15-inch .....
12-inch .....
12-inch, old ....
10-inch ....
8-inch
Total pipe on hand
43 Y branches, 8 on 24 inches.
26 Y branches, 8 on 20 inches.
4 Y branches, 8 on 18 inches.
24 Y branches, 8 on 15 inches.
82 Y branches, 8 on 12 inches.
74 Y branches, 8 on 10 inches.
21 Y branches, 6 on 10 inches.
23 Y branches, 8 on 8 inches.
6 15-inch quarter turns.
10 12-inch quarter turns.
6 10-inch quarter turns.
5 8-inch quarter turns.
1 6-inch quarter turn.
11 1-8 bends, 15 -inch.
5 1-8 bends, 10-inch.
14 24-inch rings.
93 12-inch rings.
8 M brick.
398 feet
186
5°
72
622
300
1,654
120
3,402 feet.
STONE CROSSINGS.
Canal and Central
Elm and Merrimack, 2
Lake avenue and Pine
Pine and Auburn .
Pine and Cedar .
Totals
Feet.
Cost.
34
55.00
200
26.OO
21
4.OO
34
5.00'
3°
3-24
319
$43-24
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 153
CONCRETE.
(See table.)
District No. 4.
Cassius C. Webster, Surveyor.
Turnpiked 40 rods.
Graded and graveled 500 rods, using 350 loads of gravel.
Repaired the road on Derry hill, and also the road near Cohas
brook bridge.
Repaired this bridge by putting in new floor, stringers, and
rails.
Replanked the bridge south of James Cheney's.
Made general repairs on about one and one half miles of the
River road and on other roads in district as needed.
District No. 5.
Mark E. Harvey, Surveyor.
Graveled ........ 5,450 feet.
Turnpiked 535 "
Graded, by cut, on Dickey hill south road, 222 cubic yards,
and on Weston road, by cut, 115 cubic yards.
The "Harvey mill " bridge across Cohas brook has been re-
paired by placing new floor timbers under the east section, new
plank upon the west section, and a new railing.
The other bridges in the district are in fair condition.
Sixty-two feet of 12-inch pipe have been laid as a side culvert in
front of Libby Bros.' house on Nutt road, and filled over the
same.
Bushes have been cut on one half-mile of road.
Have removed stones from road once a month and made gen-
eral repairs where needed.
Amount of appropriation, $600. Balance, $3.39.
154 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
District No. 6.
Greenleaf C. Colman, Surveyor.
Turnpiked ........ 114 rods.
Graveled 160 "
Built two culverts, one 12" X 12" X 24', and 15" X 12"
by 15'.
Removed stones from roadbed, cut bushes throughout district,
and made other necessary repairs.
Amount of appropriation, $500. Balance, $1.62.
District No. 7.
Charles Francis, Surveyor,
macadamizing.
Massabesic street, 800 feet long, 22 feet wide, 1,955.5 square
yards. Total cost, $1,379.15. Cost per yard, $0,705.
Massabesic street . . . 540 ft., 3 ft. wide.
Massabesic street, relaid . . 252 " 3 " " $93-oo
Jewett street .... 600 " 3 " " 75. 00
Total .- 1>392 ft- $168.00
STONE WORK.
East Spruce street. Culvert 77 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 5
feet high, covered with one foot split stone.
Retaining wall, 100 feet long, 5.5 feet high.
Total cost for men, teams, and grading, and including such
material as was purchased, $350.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
155
CESSPOOLS.
Massabesic and Taylor ....
East Spruce near Beacon
Massabesic at Spruce, in track, built by District No. 2
Material. Labor.
$25.40 $46.00
4.62 4.00
GRADE FOR CONCRETE.
Cypress street
Jewett street
Massabesic street
Valley street
Total
Equaling 975 yards and costing $50.
200
feet
600
"
100
u
200
"
I
,100
feet
GRAVELING.
Belmont street
Candia road .
Jewett street .
Mammoth road
2-0 rods.
45 "
30 "
20 «
Young street . . . . . . . . 45 "
Total . . . . . . . .160 rods.
GRADING.
Cypress street, cut 1.5 feet .
Jewett street, slight fill
Made general repairs throughout the district w
needed.
300 feet.
300 "
here most
District No. 8.
H. M. Clough, Surveyor.
Graveled 480 rods.
Turnpiked and graveled . . . . . 40 "
Graded by cut 10,560 cu. ft.
156
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Built one new culvert. Made other repairs in various places
to the extent of the appropriation. An increase is needed in
this district to carry out the improvements that are urgently
demanded.
District No. 9.
Alphonso N. Bovce, Surveyor.
No report.
District No. 10.
Charles O. Phelps, Superintendent.
COBBLE PAVING.
Bowman street ....
Granite street (relaid)
Main street (relaid) ....
Main street, north of Monmouth
Mast street, near John Smith's
West Hancock street, Main easterly .
Totals
Feet.
Sq.
Yards.
5°
17
IOO
400
225
88
35°
218
1,400
544
2,025 I>367
COBBLE EDGING.
West Hancock street, Main easterly
EDGE STONES.
Douglas and Barr streets
Dubuque and Amory streets .
Second and West Hancock streets .
1,400
feet.
60 feet.
50 "
iS "
Total
128 feet.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
157
STREETS GRAVELED.
Amory street, Main to Dubuque
Beauport street, Putnam to Kelley
Bridge street, McGregor easterly
Conant street, West easterly .
Dubuque street, Amory to Wayne
Main street, Milford to Mast .
Mast street ....
McGregor street .
Milford street, Main westerly
Putnam street, Main to Cartier
Shirley Hill road .
West Hancock street, Main easterly
Gravel used in patching
Totals
STREETS GRADED.
Amory street, Beauport to Dubuque
Beauport street, south of Sullivan .
Beauport street, Amory to Kelley
Blaine street, east of Third
Cartier street, Sullivan southerly
Cleveland street, Second westerly .
Dartmouth street .....
Dubuque street, Amory to Wayne .
Kelley street, Manchester & North Weare Rail
road easterly ....
Main west back street, Amory to Wayne
Rimmon street, Kelley to Amory
Second street, at Manchester & North Weare
Railroad .....
Second street, south of Manchester & North
Weare Railroad ....
Second street, River southerly
Feet. Cu. Yards.
850
I>°73
T>75°
1,296
35°
147
230
75
500
37°
55°
254
700
432
1,200
576
1,450
805
55o
339
500
5°
1,400
881
500
10,030
6,798
Feet. C
1. Yards.
35°
38S
200
60
700
3>24o
400
A48
I96
S70
300
162
500
-'77
500
1-
555
1,000
1,100
500
741
650
2,404
63 2,204
250
55°
277
,038
158
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Third street, Blaine to river bank .
West Hancock street, Main easterly
Totals .
GRADING FOR CONCRETE.
Amory street, west of Main
Amory street, west of Beauport
Blaine street, west of Third
Cartier street, south of Amory .
Fourth street, corner of Ferry .
Frederick street, east of Second
Granite street, west of Green .
Main street, south of Milford .
Second street, Frederick northerly
Varney school yard .
Wayne street, west of Main
West Hancock street, both sides
Totals 5,540 2,858
Loam used at the North Main street school yard, 218 loads.
Feet.
Cu. yards.
300
463
1,650
4,155
8,109
18,382
Feet. Cu. Yards.
200
75
170
20
200
65
43°
70
90
46
100
59
100
3°
150
25
600
355
40
200
118
3,3°°
i,955
WOODEN RAILING.
Douglas street, at Manchester & North Weare R. R.
Granite street, at Manchester & North Weare R. R.
New Mast road .......
Second street, at river bank .
Total
70 feet.
50 "
189 "
50 «
359 feet-
SEWERS AND DRAINS.
26 X 39 inches brick (relaid)
22 X 33 inches brick .
24-inch Akron pipe
24-inch Portland pipe ■
24-inch Portland pipe (relaid)
514 feet.
8 «
168 "
516 «
62 "
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
159
20-inch
20-inch
15-inch
1 5 -inch
12-inch
12-inch
10-inch
10-inch
10-inch
8-inch
Akron pipe
Portland pipe .
Akron pipe
Akron pipe (relaid)
Akron pipe
Akron pipe (relaid)
Akron pipe
Akron pipe (relaid)
Portland pipe .
Akron pipe
135 feet.
198 "
202 "
706 "
692 "
230 "
2,263 "
425 "
131 '<
26 "
Total 6,276 feet.
The foregoing sewers were constructed at a cost of $18,561.36.
CESSPOOLS AND CONNECTIONS.
20-inch pipe 10 feet.
10-inch pipe 30 "
8-inch pipe 933 "
Total 973 feet.
Total pipe laid, 7,249 feet, equal to 1.37 miles.
NEW CESSPOOLS.
Barr, corner of Granite
Dover, corner of Douglas .
Douglas, Barr to Railroad
Ferry, at Third and Fourth
Fourth, Ferry northerly
James Baldwin Co.'s land
Mast, Riddle westerly
Milford, Tilton to Carroll
Main and McGregor west back
Main and West Hancock .
Parker near Winter .
Williams near Milford
Totals .
No.
Cost.
I
$27.50
I
20.00
6
WS©
4
1 10.00
3
82.50
3
60.00
5
165.00
9
247-.S°
1
40.13
1
25-56
1
27.50
2
55-oo
37 $1,018.19
160
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
CESSPOOLS REPAIRED.
Bowman, corner of Milford
Green, corner of Douglas .
Main at M. & N. W. R. R.
Main at M. & N. W. R. R.
Main, corner of Mast
Main, south of Milford
Second, corner of Walker
Totals .
Manholes built, 21 ; lampholes, 13
ON HAND AT YARD
Jo.
Cost.
2
$5.00
2
I I. OO
I
5.OO
I
!9-55
I
3.00
2
7.00
I
20.00
24-inch pipe
15-inch pipe
8-inch pipe
$7°-55
930 feet.
399 "
138 «
Total 1,467 feet.
44 Y branches, 8 on 24 inches.
1 Y branch, 10 on 15 inches.
2 Y branches, 6 on 16 inches.
53,976 bricks.
20 M lumber.
District No. 1 1.
Frank D. Hanscom, Surveyor.
Graveled ....
Turnpiked with road-machine
Rail fence built .
320 rods.
1,280 "
40 "
FRONT STREET.
Cobble edging
Gutters paved .
Sidewalks built
1,950 feet.
650 so. yds.
975 feet-
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 161
Graveled . . . . . . .1,100 feet.
Earth moved ....... 2,900 loads.
Set fence back on east side from Hiram Stearns's to Black
brook, and cut west side to conform to line established by city
government.
A 10-inch Akron pipe sewer 353 feet in length has been laid
in this street. Connected with it are 2 cesspools. The work
was done by employes of district No. 2 at a cost of $532.15.
Built two plank culverts, each 20' X 12" X 15"- Cleaned
gutters, removed stones from road, filled mudholes, and made
general repairs.
District No. 12.
Leroy M. Streeter, Surveyor.
No report.
District No. 13.
Eben Carr, Surveyor.
Have used road-machine to good advantage on about 4,300
feet of roadway.
Built one 10-inch Akron pipe culvert 105 feet in length.
Took up, cleaned, and relaid three culverts, total length 54
feet.
Fifteen rods of roadway have been underdrained by building a
blind ditch through the center, the roadbed being graded after-
wards.
At Mr. Boynton's built blind drain 100 feet long and grader]
the driveway.
Paid for stone chips, 50 loads ..... $8.55
for gravel, n loads ...... 1.10
for tools ........ 6.02
Amount of appropriation 200.00
Balance ......... 17.00
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25. CENTRAL FIRE STATION.
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REPORT
CHIEF ENGINEER OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
REPORT
CHIEF ENGINEER OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Engineer's Office, Vine Street,
Manchester, N. H., Dec. 31, 1891.
To his Honor the Mayor, and Gentlemen of the City Councils :
In compliance with the laws and ordinances of the city, I
herewith submit my thirteenth annual report (it being the forty-
sixth of this department) giving a complete record of the opera-
tions of the department for the year ending December 31, 1891,
with a detailed statement of the fires and alarms that have been
responded to by a portion or all of the force, together with the
cause of such fires as far as the same have been ascertained, with
the amount of insurance carried upon the property endangered,
the amount of loss, and amount of insurance paid thereon.
The report will also contain a complete list of the working
force of the department, giving their rank, occupation, residence,
etc., a list of the fire-alarm stations and locations of keys to the
same, location of hydrants, etc.
During the past year the department has responded to thirty-
five " bell alarms " and thirty-six "stills," making in all seventy-
one, an increase of six stills over the year 1890, while the bell
alarms are the same number.
The total amount of insurance upon the property thus endan-
gered by fire, as will be seen by the following pages under the
166 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
head of "Fires and Alarms," was $358,420.00; damage result-
ing therefrom, $59,542.63 ; amount of insurance paid, $43,227.-
63 ; leaving $16,315 as the net loss over and above insurance.
THE FORCE
remains the same as last year, and consists of one hundred and
twenty-four men, eighteen of whom are permanent, and one hun-
dred and eight call men, divided as follows :
1 chief engineer.
4 assistant engineers.
5 steamer companies of 14 men each.
2 horse hose companies, — 12 men each.
1 hook-and-ladder company, — 20 men.
1 chemical engine company, — 5 men.
In addition to the above there is a volunteer hand-hose com-
pany in Amoskeag village of twelve men.
THE BUILDINGS
are generally in fair condition, and aside from "touching up '*
some of them with paint inside, and repairing the roof of Central
Station, the outlay probably will not be very large upon the
present structures.
THE APPARATUS.
as at present located consists of —
2 steam fire-engines at Central station, with horse hose wagons.
1 steam fire-engine with two-horse hose wagon and hook-and-
ladder combination, North Main street.
1 steam fire-engine and hose carriage, at corner of Lake ave-
nue and Massabesic street.
1 steam fire-engine and two-horse hose carriage and hook-and-
ladder combination, at corner of Webster and Chestnut streets.
1 horse hose carriage at Central station.
1 horse hose carriage, corner Maple and East High streets.
1 horse hose carriage (spare), at Lake avenue station.
1 hook-and-ladder truck at Central station.
1 hook-and-ladder truck (old), at Lake avenue station.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 167
i double tank (60 gallons each) chemical engine at Central
station.
1 supply wagon at Central fire station.
1 steam fire-engine (reserve) at old engine-house, Clinton
street, of but little use for fire purposes.
1 hand hose carriage at junction of Old Falls road and Front
street, Amoskeag.
1 two-wheeled hose carriage, Devonshire Mills, Goffe's Falls.
1 exercise wagon (with pole and shafts) at Central station.
In May last, steamer No. 1 was supplied with a new set of
tubes, its running work received a general overhauling and re-
pairing and was repainted, at a cost of $663.22, by the Manches-
ter Locomotive Works. These repairs, with those upon steamer
No. 4 the previous year, place all our steamers in first-class
shape.
THE HORSES.
On the 14th of April, one of the bay horses of Pennacook
Hose No. 1 that had been afflicted for a year or more with rheu-
matism, was sold, and another purchased to replace him.
On the 1 8th of June a pair of gray horses was purchased for
the Hook-and-Ladder Company, and after trial one, not being
adapted for fire service, was transferred to District No. 2 of the
street department, and was replaced by another that thus far has
proved well.
The pair previously used by this company, while the property
of the fire department, are now used by District No. 2, and I
would recommend that they, with the one used by District No.
10, on the West Side, be either sold or transferred, inasmuch as
this department gets no credit for the work performed by them,
though it bears the entire expense of the keeping of the one on
the West Side.
The horses of Steamer No. 4 are getting pretty well along in
years, and a change for a younger and heavier pair would be de-
sirable in the near future.
The gray horses of the combination hose carriage of steamer
No. 5, over which there has been so much uncalled for, senseless
.168 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
controversy by outside " interested (?) parties," have shown a
decided improvement since the discharge of M. W. Ford, Jr., as
driver, which occurred October 29, and now compare favorably
with any in the department.
There are now twenty-eight horses owned by the department,
including the three mentioned as doing duty in Districts Nos. 2
and 10.
THE FIRE-ALARM TELEGRAPH.
This important branch of the service has been called into
requisition thirty-five times during the year, and satisfactory re-
sults have attended its working.
The severe snowstorm of April 3 caused serious damage to the
system, breaking every circuit with one exception, and most of
them in from one to twenty-five places. With the assistance of
additional linemen, the main lines were all in operation before
night.
Several times during the year we have been called upon to
remove wires and open circuits to accommodate the removal of
buildings. I have several times remonstrated against this prac-
tice, and am of the firm opinion if it is allowed to continue,
serious losses may occur.
The two boxes ordered at the time of my last report have been
put into service and located as follows: No. 321 at corner of
Beauport and Main streets, and No. 513 at corner of Milford and
Carroll streets.
There are now about thirty-one (31) miles of main lines wire
and thirty (30) miles of "tapper" lines, that require the ser-
vices of four hundred and one (401) jars of gravity battery.
THE ANNUAL PARADE.
The question of the legality of the appropriation for this pa-
rade was settled by the legislature at its January session of this
year by the passage of the following act :
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 169
" Chapter 151, Pamphlet Laws, 1891.
<l Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
Ceneral Court convened :
"Section i. The city council of the city of Manchester is
hereby authorized and empowered to appropriate annually to pay
the expense of the firemen's parade, when ordered out by the
chief engineer, a sum not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500).
" Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
"Approved February 18, 1891."
The twelfth annual parade occurred on Thursday, October 15,
and was observed by a street parade, which was participated in
by Hook-and-Ladder Co. of Nashua, together with delegations
of firemen from Portsmouth, Concord, and other places.
THE FIREMEN'S RELIEF ASSOCIATION
organized in 1873, nas contributed to the relief of such of its
members as have had the misfortune to receive injuries " while
going to, working at, or returning from a fire."
The income for the past few years has been by donations from
generous citizens, as will be seen by the following list, for which,
in behalf of the association, I would return grateful thanks.
The condition of its treasury at the annual meeting, February
10, 1 89 1, was
Cash on hand $2,718.83
Interest on deposits 119.29
Cash for membership .... 6.00
From George N. Burpee (balance from as-
sessments for entertaining visitors) . 1.64
First Free Baptist Society .... 6.50
A. P. Olzendam & Sons .... 25.00
Peoples Insurance Co. .... 25.00
Board of Trade 25.00
Rt. Rev. Bishop Bradley .... 10.00
Hon. P. C. Cheney ..... 10.00
Hon. Moody Currier . . 10.00
170 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Maj. Lewis Simons $10.00
Frank W. Fitts
10.00
Cash
10.00
Chandler Brothers (George B. and Henry)
10.00
Hon. J. F. James
5.00
Hon. D. B. Varney
5.00
• $3>007-2t>
CONTRA.
Paid E. E. Hubbell
$87.00
H. A. Boone .....
6.00
J. E. Merrill, secretary
25.00
postals and printing ....
2.25
$120.25
Balance in treasury ....
. $2,887.01
RECOMMENDATIONS.
I desire to repeat my recommendations for the past few years
for additional ladder service, and the outlook for an aerial truck
seems favorable. I trust one fully equipped will be procured at
an early date, that the one now in use may be put into service in
some other section of the city.
I would recommend that the engine-house to be built the
coming year in the new ward nine be planned so as to accommo-
date, in the future, in this fast-growing part of the city, a
steamer, hose wagon, and light hook-and-ladder truck. To meet
the immediate wants, I think a combination chemical and hose
wagon would be the most desirable piece of apparatus for the
present use.
I would recommend the placing of the spare hose carriage,
with proper equipments, in the southerly thickly settled portion
of Bakersville, and hope some steps may be taken to secure a lot
and erect a proper building thereon for that purpose. I would
again recommend permanent engineers for steamers 1 and 4 at
central station.
To comply with the foregoing recommendations necessarily
requires a considerable outlay of money, but our citizens should
KEPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 171
bear in mind that as our city is rapidly growing and extending
its limits, its fire department must also be enlarged to meet the
exigencies of the occasion.
PERSONAL.
In compliance with a resolution passed by your Councils, I at-
tended the National Association of Fire Engineers, at Spring-
field, Mass., August 11-14. The convention was largely at-
tended by chief engineers, fire underwriters, electrical experts,
and manufacturers of fire and life-saving apparatus.
Exhibitions and tests were given of the different appliances,
and interesting and valuable papers presented and discussed by
the leading firemen of the country. Altogether it was a very
interesting and instructive convention.
I desire to return to the City Councils my thanks for this and
other courtesies received, to his Honor Mayor Knowlton, to the
committee on fire department, who have striven hard for the
efficiency of the department, to City Marshal Longa and his
police force for their aid rendered at fires and parade, to my
associate engineers and officers and members of the several com-
panies, who are entitled to the highest praise for their fidelity
and the prompt manner with which they have responded to all
calls upon them for duty.
The thanks of the members of the department are again ten-
dered to Mr. Charles Williams for his continued supply of coffee
at fires.
Respectfully submitted.
THOMAS W. LANE,
Chief Engineer' Eire Department.
List of Fires and Alarms Responded to During
1891, with Losses and Insurance.
Box 62. Saturday, January 17, 9.24 a. m. Cottage house on
River road south, in Bakersville, owned by Edwin Kennedy
and occupied by John W. Law. The fire originated in partition
172 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
near the roof from defective chimney, and was confined wholly
to the roof. Insured for $350. Damage, $40. Insurance paid,
$40.
Box 56. Monday, January 19, 6.15 p.m. Two-story brick
dryhouse, situated on Mast road, owned and occupied by the
James Baldwin Company. Fire supposed to have caught from a
match carelessly dropped by one of the workmen. Damage to
building, $50; to stock, $250. No insurance.
Box 4. Monday, February 2, 5.49 p.m. Two-and-a-half
story wooden tenement house, No. 45 Central street, owned by
E. W. Dunbar and occupied by Leander Lavine and others.
The fire originated in a bed from some unknown cause. Build-
ing insured for $2,000. Damage to building, $13.45. Damage
to contents, $10. No insurance.
Box 45. Monday, February 9, 8.39 p. m. Three-story brick
building, corner of Canal and Auburn streets, owned and occu-
pied by the S. C. Forsaith Machine Company as a machine-shop.
The fire originated under the work bench of the pattern-maker,
supposed from a hot bearing. The heat started the automatic
sprinklers, and the damage by fire was so slight that no insurance
was claimed. Building insured for $20,000.
Still. Wednesday, February n, 11.54 a, m. Ash box on
east wall of Music Hall block. Extinguished with " pony "
without damage.
Box 8. Thursday, February 12, n. 11 a. m. Four-story
brick block, corner of Myrtle and Elm streets, owned by Hoyt
& James and occupied for stores and tenements. The cause of
the alarm was clothes on line too near the stove in room No. 35,
occupied by Mrs. Nelson White. The fire was extinguished
without damage before the arrival of the department.
Still. Saturday, February 14, 4.43 p. m. Burning chimney
at No. 190 Chestnut street. Used " pony." No damage.
Still. Saturday, February 14, 5.56. Burning chimney at
No. 69 Amherst street. Used "pony." No damage.
Still. Sunday, February 15, 5.05 p. m. The cottage house,
No. 79 Laurel street, owned by Edward McDonald. The fire
originated from an overheated chimney, igniting the woodwork.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 173
Building insured for $1,500. Damage to building, $23.50. In-
surance paid, $23.50. Damage to contents, $100. No insurance.
Box 4. Wednesday, February 18, 7.53 p. m. Four-story
brick block, corner of West Cedar and Franklin streets, owned
and occupied by the Manchester Provision Company. The fire
originated in the smokehouse, on the fourth floor, doing but little
damage. Building insured for $39,000; contents for $52,000.
Damage to building, $25.40. Insurance paid, $25.40. No
damage to contents.
Box 45. Monday, February 23, 8.40 p. m. Three-story
brick building, corner of Canal and Auburn streets, owned and
occupied by the S. C. Forsaith Machine Company as a machine-
shop. The fire originated in the flue, or shaft for blowing shav-
ings from planing mill to boiler-room, from some unknown
cause. Building insured for $20,000. Damage, $204.31. In-
surance paid, $204.31.
Box 23. Thursday, February 26, 8.48 p. m. Two-and-a-half-
story tenement block, No. 411 Beech street, owned by Charles
D. Welch and occupied by John Woods and others. The fire
originated among some clothes in a closet in the attic from some
unknown cause, and burned through into the partition. Build-
ing insured for $6,000. Damage to building, $130. Insurance
paid, $130. Damage to contents, $20. Uninsured.
Still. Saturday, February 28, 6.25 p. m. Burning chimney
at No. 107 Cedar street, in house owned by Joseph Hamilton.
Chemical called. Used "pony." No damage.
Still. Sunday, March 1, 10.03 p- M- The chemical was
called to a needless alarm for a smoky chimney on Manchester
street, opposite the Battery building. No fire.
Still. Tuesday, March 3, 10 a. m. Burning chimney at No.
112 Myrtle street, in dwelling owned and occupied by Mrs. Ade-
line Hartshorn. Chemical responded. No damage.
Still. Tuesday, March 3, 7.15 p. m. Three-story tenement
block, corner of Mast and South Main streets, owned by I. R.
Dewey. The fire originated in a shoeshop in the basement, by
carelessness of the occupant. Fire King Company responded.
Damage slight.
174 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Box 4. Tuesday, March 3, 10.19 p. m. Three-story tenement
block at No. 236 Chestnut street, owned by Dr. Thomas Wheat
and occupied by Patrick Casey and others. The fire originated
in a closet in Casey's tenement from some unexplained cause,
doing but slight damage. Extinguished by chemical engine.
Building insured for $3,000. Damage, $10. Insurance paid,
$10. Contents damaged, $5. Uninsured.
Still. Tuesday, March 10, 9.55 a. m. Cottage house at No.
559 Granite street, owned by Horatio Fradd, and occupied by
Robert D. W. McKay. The fire originated from sparks from
chimney, igniting the shingles. Fire King Company No. 2
responded with hose wagon. Building insured for $1,000.
Damage, $22. Insurance paid, $22. No damage to contents.
Still. Sunday, March 15, 9.40 a. m. Two-story tenement
block, No. 7 Clark's avenue, Pearl street, owned by heirs of
Joseph B. Clark. Burning chimney. Used "pony." No damage.
Still. Tuesday, March 17, 9 A. m. Burning chimney in
Kcehler & Sons' bakery, corner of South Main and School
streets. Fire King Company No. 2 responded. Used "pony."
No damage. .
Still. Tuesday, March 17, 6.48 p. m. Burning chimney at
No. 69 Bridge street. Chemical responded with "pony." No
damage.
Still. Tuesday, March 17, 9.20 p. m. Four-story brick
block, No. 790 Elm street, owned by Brown & Straw and oc-
cupied by Frank L. Downs and others. The fire originated in
the shoe store of Mr. Downs from an overheated chimney.
The damage was mostly from smoke. No damage to building.
Stock and fixtures insured for $3,000. Damage, $70. Insurance
paid, $70. Chemical engine responded.
Still. Friday, April 3, 7.45 a. m. Burning chimney in
Wyman's block, Douglas street. Responded to by Fire King
Company No. 2. No damage.
Box 212. Tuesday, April 14, 10.52 a. m. Farm buildings
on the Weston road, about three miles from Central station,
owned by Daniel Connor and occupied by Dennis Sullivan.
The fire originated in the barn, from a boy playing with
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 175
matches. The building and contents insured for $3,000. Dam-
age, $3,500. Insurance paid, $2,450.
Box 27. Tuesday, April 14, 3.03 p. m. Burning grass in
orchard of Holmes R. Pettee, 448 Amherst street. No damage.
Box 21. Saturday, April 25, 10.27 a. m. Wooden "ten-
footers," corner of Manchester and Chestnut streets, owned by
Mrs. Abbie M. Head and occupied by E. S. Newton as fish mar-
ket, John Delorne as fancy goods and confectionery, and Hatch
& Titus as steam laundry. The fire originated from the smoke
stack of the laundry. Building insured for $2,700. Damage,
$300. Insurance paid, $300. E. S. Newton's stock and fixtures
insured for $1,070. Damage, $50. Insurance paid, $50. John
Delorne's stock and fixtures insured for $200. Damage, $15.
Insurance paid, $15.00. Hatch & Titus's stock and fixtures in-
sured for $1,000. Damage, $150. Insurance paid, $100.
Still. Sunday, April 26, 3 p. m. Burning chimney, corner
of West and Granite streets. Fire King Company No. 2
responded. No damage.
Still. Monday, April 27, 4.20 p. m. Brush fire on McGregor
hill. Fire King Company No. 2 responded with hose wagon.
No damage.
Still. Tuesday, April 28, 11.03. Brush fire on McGregor
hill. Fire King No. 2 responded with hose wagon.
Box 8. Tuesday, April 28, 12.37 p. m. Two-story wooden
tenement block, No. 1,299 Elm street, occupied by John Wil-
liamson and others. Sparks from the chimney ignited the
shingles, doing but slight damage. Extinguished by chemical
engine.
Box 71. Tuesday, April 28, 3.08 p. m. Two-and-a-half-
story dwelling-house and store at No. 135 East Spruce street,
owned by Michael Tagney and occupied by Dennis V. O'Leary.
The fire originated under the kerosene oil room in rear of store,
probably by children playing with matches. Building insured
for $2,000. Damage, $30. Insurance paid, $30. No damage
to contents.
Box 313. Monday, May 4, 3.46 p. m. Four-story brick
picker-house on Bridge street at McGregor bridge, owned and
176 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
occupied by Stark Mills. Fire originated from some foreign
substance in cotton, and struck from beater in picker. Insured
in Manufacturers' Mutual Insurance Company, for t: blanket " pol-
icy. Damage, $2,000. Insurance paid, $2,000.
Box 41. Monday, May 4, 5.25 p. m. Two-story house at
No. 112 Lake avenue, owned and occupied by John Morrison.
Sparks from chimney ignited the shingles, burning the roof
slightly. Building insured for $1,500. Damage to budding,
$33. Insurance paid, $33. Contents uninjured.
Still. Wednesday, May 6, 12.20 p. m. The automatic alarm
at Crafts & Green's shoe shop rang on account of thermostat
out of adjustment.
Box 5. Thursday, May 7, 7.47 p. m. Three-story tenement
block, corner of Chestnut and Laurel streets, owned by Mehita-
ble and Etta L. Bartlett, and occupied by George D. Johnson,
George M. Hobbs, G. D. Martin, and Mrs. Martha Oshier. The
fire originated in a closet in the attic of the tenement of Mr.
Johnson, from some unexplained cause, and communicated to
the roof before it was discovered. The building, was insured for
$4,600. Damage to building, $1,745.20. Insurance paid,
Si, 745. 20. George D. Johnson's furniture insured for $310.
Damage, $310. Insurance paid, $310. George M. Hobbs's fur-
niture uninsured. Damage, $150. George D. Martin uninsured.
Damage. $20. Mrs. Martha Oshier uninsured. Damage, $200.
Still. Saturday, May 9, 3 p. m. Burning chimney at No.
123 Amherst street. Used " pony." No damage.
Still. Monday, May 11, 6.30 p. m. An unadjusted ther-
mostat caused false alarm at Crafts & Green's shoe factory.
Responded to by Fire King Co. No. 2 with hose wagon. No
damage.
Still. Sunday, May 17, 9.50 p. m. Burning chimney on
Douglas street. Responded to by Fire King Co. No. 2 with
"pony." No damage.
Still. Friday, May 22, 4.15 p. m. Tenement block, corner
of Barr and Douglas streets, owned by Frank P. Johnson. Fire
in woodpile in cellar. Extinguished by Fire King Co. No. 2
with "pony" without damage.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 177
Box 315. Monday, May 25, 1.59 p. M. Two-story wooden
block on Front street ('Skeag) owned by Mrs. Hannah Stearns,
and occupied by Fred Miller and others. The fire of burning
brush in rear of house communicated with roof of shed and was
nearly extinguished by hydrant stream of Independent Hose Co.
No. 5 before the arrival of the department from this side. Dam-
age, $20. No insurance.
Box 21. Wednesday, May 27, 12.24 p. m- Two-story wood-
en block No. 126 Manchester street, owned by Timothy Sullivan,
and occupied by him and others. Sparks from the chimney
caught on the roof. Extinguished with water from line of gar-
den hose. Building insured for $3,000. Damage, $12. Insur-
ance paid, $12.
Still. Sunday, June 14, 12.33 p- M- At No. 26 Print Works
Corporation, in tenement occupied by J. Libbey, a kerosene oil
stove tipped over. The chemical responded to a telephone call,
but their services were not needed.
Still. Monday, June 15, 3 p. m. Sparks from a locomotive
on Concord & Portsmouth R. R., set fire to grass on Stevens's
farm on the Hall road. Chemical called, but fire extinguished
by railroad employes before the arrival of engine.
Still. Tuesday, June 16, 2.40 p. m. The overflowing of an
oil stove in tenement at No. 190 Manchester street, occupied by
Charles Voyer, was the cause for calling chemical engine. Ex-
tinguished without damage.
Box 51. Wednesday, June 17, 12.01 a. m. Railroad bridge
across the Merrimack river, belonging to the Manchester & North
Weare R. R. Supposed to have been caused by a spark from
locomotive. Total loss and damage estimated at $24,000. In-
sured for $10,000. Insurance paid, $10,000.
Box 23. Wednesday, June 17, 9.20 a. m. A barn in rear of
No. 232 East Spruce street, owned by Mrs. W. Q. Sargent, and
occupied for a woodshed by Mrs. Bridget Buckley and Mrs.
Catherine Cronin. The fire originated in the shed from some
unknown cause, and communicated with the L of the house
south, and a carriage shed and barn west, owned by same party.
House insured for $2,350. Damage, $75. Insurance paid, $75.
178 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Shed insured for $150. Damage, $98. Insurance paid, $98.
Shed and barn west insured for $400. Damage, $144. Insur-
ance paid, $144. Damage to contents, $20. Uninsured.
Still. Wednesday, June 24, 1.58 p. m. Brick boiler-house
of A. C. Wallace's saw and planing mill. Fire originated in the
shavings bin, probably from spark from the boiler. Fire King
No. 2 responded with hose wagon.
Box 53. Wednesday, June 24, 3.40 p. M. Rekindling of
same fire. Building insured for $500. Damage, $66. Insur-
ance paid, $66.
Box 511. Saturday, July 4, 1.30 a. m. Shed on Douglas
street, belonging to James B. Scott, and unoccupied. Caused
by fire-crackers. Damage estimated at $50. No insurance.
Box 8. Thursday, July 16, 7.52 a. m. Two and a half story
tenement block on Clark's avenue on Pearl street, owned by
the heirs of Jcseph B. Clark, and occupied by Telesphore For-
tier. Fire in bundle of rags. Extinguished by chemical with-
out damage.
Box 4. Sunday, July 26, 5.06 A. m. Three-story brick block
corner of Elm street and Lake avenue, occupied by stores and
tenements. Fire originated in the store of Michael H. Lavery,
probably from spontaneous combustion. Damage to building,
$28, on which there was no insurance. Lavery's stock and fixtures
insured for $500. Damage, $90.77. Insurance paid, $90.77.
Box 15. Wednesday, August 5, 10.30 p. m. Barn in rear of
No. 76 Pearl street, owned and occupied by A. J. Austin. The
fire originated in some rubbish from some unknown cause. Barn
insured for $200. Damage, $20. Insurance paid, $20.
Still. Thursday, August 6, 12.20 p. M. (Out of town.) In
response to telegram from Epping, took steamer No. 4 and hose
wagon and proceeded to Epping camp grounds. Owing to
" waits" on the railroad for incoming trains, considerable time
was consumed in transportation, and on arrival there the fire was
under control. Returned without unloading apparatus.
Box 21. Friday, August 21, 5.21 a. m. Saloon at No. 206
Manchester street, kept by James M. Donnegan. Fire in wooden
spittoon. Damage very slight.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 179
Still. Monday, August 24, 12.22 p. m. (Out of town.) In
response to a telephone message, took steamer No. 1 with hose
wagon, horses, and squad of men, and proceeded to Derry Depot
for a fire in Pillsbury's kit factory. The twelve-mile run by rail
was made in thirteen and a half minutes. Unloaded apparatus
and played upon the ruins several hours; returning, left Derry
about 6.30 p. M.
Box 23. Saturday, September 19, 8. 24 p. m. Needless alarm
was given for a burning ash barrel, rear of 257 Merrimack street.
No damage.
Box 4. Sunday, October 25, 10.35 A- M- Four-story brick
block on corner of Franklin and West Cedar streets, owned and
occupied by Manchester Provision Company. The fire originat-
ed in the smokehouse on the fourth floor. Building and refrig-
erator insured for $38,000. Damage to building $70.51. Con-
tents insured for $40,000. Damage, $270.80. Insurance paid,
$270.80.
Box 5. Wednesday, October 28, 5.58 p. m. Four-story brick
block on corner of Elm and Merrimack streets, owned by Brown
& Straw, known as Hotel Lamprey, and occupied by John J.
Driscoll. The fire originated in the rooms occupied by John P.
Emerson, from some unknown cause. Building insured for
$18,000. Damage to building, $77.70. Insurance paid, $77.-
70. Driscoll's property insured for $900. Damage, $105. In-
surance paid, $105. Emerson's damage, $100. No insurance.
Extinguished by chemical engine.
Box 4. Sunday, November 1, n. 01 a. m. Three-story tene-
ment house, No 172 Pine street, owned by Mrs. Martha A.
Batchelder, and occupied by Rhoda Carroll and others. The
fire originated near the chimney, under the roof, from a defec-
tive flue. Building insured for $2,500. Damage to building,
$71.32. Insurance paid, $71.32. No damage to contents.
Still. Monday, November 2, 1.25 p. m. Brush fire on
North Union street. Chemical responded. No damage.
Still. Thursday, November 5, 7.30 a. m. Four-story brick
block, No. 895 Elm street, owned by William H. Plumer, and
occupied by Plumer & Holton, clothiers, and W. R. Call, pho-
180 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
tographer. The fire originated in Call's " printing-room,'*
probably by carelessness of one of the workmen in smoking.
Building insured for $15,000. Damage to building, $8. Insur-
ance paid, $8. Call's damage, $25. No insurance.
Box Si. Sunday, November 22, 7.02 a. m. Two-story brick
block, 995 Elm street, owned by Chas. F. Duncklee, and occupied,
by Thomas F. Sullivan as a cigar store. The fire originated in
Sullivan's dry-room, from a gas jet. Building insured for $20,-
000. Damage to building, $131. Insurance paid, $131. Sul-
livan's stock and fixtures insured for $2,000. Damage, $1,250..
Extinguished by chemical engine.
Still. Thursday, November 26, 4.10 p. m. Burning chim-
ney in Ryan's block, No 120 Central street. Chemical respond-
ed. No damage.
Still. Friday, November 27, 6.05 a. m. Wooden " ten-
footer," corner of Pearl and Elm east back streets, owned by-
George H. Dorr, and occupied by Frank Parker as a saloon. A
kerosene lamp set fire to the partition and coving. Damage to
building, $17, on which there was no insurance. Contents un-
injured. Extinguished by chemical engine.
Box 313. Friday, November 27, 8.15 a. m. Three-story
brick block, corner of McQregor and Marion streets, owned by
R. W. Pillsbury, and occupied by Pierre Lemay as a saloon and
by several families as tenants. The fire originated in the cellar
adjoining Lemay 's saloon, probably from carelessness of boys.
Building insured for $15,000. Damage to building, $32.50.
Insurance paid, $32.50. Lemay's damage to stock and fixtures,.
$10. Uninsured.
Box 21. Saturday, December 12, 10.28 p. m. Stable in rear
of No. 40 Merrimack street, owned by John D. Murphy, and oc-
cupied by Everett L. Carswell as a livery stable. Barn insured
for $200. Damage to barn, $125. Insurance paid, $125. Cars-
well's loss on contents, $40. Uninsured. Damage to L of
building adjoining stable, $19.12. Insurance paid, $19.12. In-
surance on house and L, $1,000.
Still. Thursday, December 17, 6.15 p. m. Burning chim-
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER.
181
ney in Thorp's block ('Squog). Responded to by Fire King Co.
No. 2. Used " pony." No damage.
Still. Thursday, December 17, 6.42 p,
ney at No. 42 Church street. Used " pony.
Still. Saturday, December 19,
ney at No. 112 East Spruce street,
age.
Still. Saturday, December 19, 8.14 p.
ney at No. 304 Pine street. Used " pony."
Box 7. Tuesday, December 29, 12.21
3.28 p.
Used
m. Burning chim-
No damage.
m. Burning chim-
;' pony." No dam-
M. Burning chim-
No damage.
p. m. Three-story
owned by Weston,
wooden block, Nos. 105 5-1 063 Elm street
Hill & Fitts, and occupied by Mrs. L. A. Bennett as a millinery
store, Frank P. Kimball as a clothing store, and John Gagnon
as a boarding-house. The fire is supposed to have originated
from a defective flue in Mrs. Bennett's store. Building insured
for $4,700. Damage to building, $2,800. Insurance paid, $2,-
800. Mrs. Bennett's stock and fixtures insured for $2,000.
Damage, $2,000. Insurance paid, $1,900. Kimball's insurance
on stock and fixtures, $21,000. Damage, $17,954.55. Insurance
paid, $17,954.55. Gagnon's goods insured for $500. Damage,
$337-5°- Insurance paid, $337-5°-
Number of bell alarms
Number of still alarms
Total
Total amount of losses for 1891
Amount of insurance paid
Net loss above insurance paid
35
" Zl
7i
$59,542.63
43>227-63
$16,315.00
182
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
TABLE
SHOWING THE APPARATUS CALLED TO DIFFERENT BOXES ON FIRST, SEC-
OND, AND THIRD ALARMS.
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'On first alarm, the horses of second-run engine will double on engine of first run.
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Number and Location of Alarm-Boxes and Keys.
No. 3. Blood's lower shop. Keys at offices of E. P. Johnson
Co., gas-works, county jail, DeCourcy, Holland & Marshall,
and Charles H. Hutchinson's shop.
No. 4. Corner of Spruce and Elm streets. Keys at Hotel
Belmont, L. B. Bodwell & Co.'s, Palmer & Gannon's, Horse
Railroad stables, and W. C. Blodgett's office.
No. 5. Corner of Merrimack and Elm Streets. Keys at Teb-
betts &: Soule's and Currier's drug stores, and Manchester
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. Co.'s, Lowell-street stable, and
Eames 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 resi-
dences 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 resi-
dences of William C. Clarke, George Emerson, and Walter A.
Green.
No. 13. Corner of Brook and Chestnut streets. Keys at
residences of Welcome Jencks and Lewis Simons, and No. 1 Sen-
ter's block.
No. 14. Corner of Prospect and Union streets. Keys at
residences of W. Ireland, Mrs. N. L. Hardy, and D. J. Adams.
No. 15. Corner of Pearl and Chestnut streets. Keys at resi-
dences of Willie H. Dodge and Ervin S. Lyford.
No. 16. Corner of Lowell and Union streets. Keys at resi-
dences of Rt. Rev. Bishop Bradley and R. H. Hassam.
No. 17. Corner of Amherst and Beech streets. Keys at resi-
dences of Mrs. 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 Mrs. Wil-
liam Perkins.
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No. 21. Corner of Merrimack and Pine streets. Keys at
A. D. 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 resi-
dences of Eben T. James and Mrs. Josiah Stevens.
No. 24. Merrimack Steamer house, corner of Massabesic 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 Mc-
Crillis's carriage-shop, George W. Bailey's stable, and residence
of John N. Chase.
No. 27. Corner of Belmont and Amherst streets. Keys at
residences of H. M. Tarbell, A. G. Fairbanks, William B. Orrill,
E. S. Fletcher, William Carr, and George H. Hubbard.
No. 31. Corner of Canal and Hollis streets, Blood's shop.
Keys at office and Amory Mills watch-room.
No. 32. Langdon Mills block, corner of Canal and Brook
streets. Keys at the Amoskeag Paper Company's mill, Langdon
watch-room, and Electric Light station.
No. 34. Jefferson Mill. Keys at watch-room and pumping
station.
No. 35. Stark Mills. Keys at watch-room.
No. 36. Amory Mills. Keys at watch-room.
No. 41. Amoskeag Mills. Keys at watch-room.
No. 42. Manchester Mills. Keys at watch-room.
No. 43. Olzendam's Mill. Keys at watch-room.
No. 45. The S. C. Forsaith Co.'s shops. Keys at freight
depot and S. C. Forsaith Co.'s office.
No. 51. Corner of Walker and Second streets. Keys at
stores of F. Riedel and William Weber.
No. 52. Barr's brick block, 'Squog. Keys at Fradd & Co.'s
and A. N. Clapp's stores and Merrimack House.
No. 53. Wallace's steam-mill. Keys at the office and I. R.
Dewey's tenement block.
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No. 54. Corner of A and Bowman streets. Keys at resi-
dences of Lord sisters and Neil Fullerton.
No. 56. Baldwin's bobbin shop. Keys at Baldwin's office
and residences of J. C. Smith and E. P. Littlefield.
No. 61. Corner of River road and Hancock street, Bakers-
ville. Keys at Mary Stack's saloon, Carney, Lynch & Co.'s
brewery, and residence of H. F. Dillingham.
No. 62. Gerrish Wool and Leather Co.'s, River road. Keys
at tannery and residence of Edwin Kennedy.
No. 71. Corner of Cedar and Pine streets. Keys at the resi-
dences of T. Collins, Daniel Sheehan, and Thomas J. Smith.
No. 72. Corner of Park and Lincoln streets. Keys at resi-
dences of the late Austin Jenkins, James Briggs, and Clarence
D. Palmer.
No. 73. Corner of Beech and Cedar streets. Keys at resi-
dences of Rev. J. A. Chevalier and Timothy Carr.
No. 81. Central Fire Station, Vine street. Keys at all the
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 resi-
dences of William B. Abbott, W. N. Johnson, and E. M. Topliff.
No. 114. Corner of Pearl and Ash streets. Keys at resi-
dences of A. P. Olzendam, G. A. Oizendam, W. S.Shannon, and
John J. Bennett.
No. 212. Shoeshop, Hallsville. Keys at the office of shoe
factory, and residences of Charles C. Chase, G. W. Dearborn,
Mrs. Milton A. Abbott, and M. V. B. Garland.
No. 213. Sash and blind factory, South Beech street, junc-
tion of Portsmouth Railroad. Keys at office of Austin, Flint &
Day.
No. 312. Corner of Putnam, Main, and McGregor streets.
Keys at residences of James Spence (309 Main street), Thomas
Bolton, and Amoskeag Co.'s gate.
No. 313. Corner of Amory and Main streets. Keys at resi-
dences of Allen Dean and Lawrence M. Connor, Bouthillier &
Gingras's drug store, and Amoskeag Co.'s gate.
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No. 314. P. C. Cheney Company's paper-mill. Keys at office
and Independent Hose house.
No. 315. Old Brick Store at 'Skeag. Keys at Flanders's store,
Independent Hose house, and Robinson's residence.
No. 321. Corner Beauport and Wayne streets. Keys at
Holy Angels Convent, the Brothers' School, and residences of
E. H. Doherty and Rev. Father Hevey.
No. 511. Corner of Douglas and Green streets. Keys at resi-
dences of Henry Harmon, Amelia Davis, and Charlotte T.
Snow.
No. 513. Corner of Milford and Carroll streets. Keys at
residences of J. W. Abell, James Ward, and Mrs. Elizabeth
Ward.
Also, keys will be found in the hands of all regular police.
The true time from Cambridge Observatory will be given at
precisely 12.30 p. m. from Charles A. Trefethen's jewelry store,
and will be denoted by one strike of the fire-bells.
Telephone Calls.
Central station, Chemical Engine
Chief Engineer Lane's residence .
Assistant Engineer Whitney's residence
Assistant Engineer Merrill's residence .
Assistant Engineer Merrill's store
Fire King Steamer No. 2
Merrimack Steamer No. 3
General Stark Steamer No. 5
Massabesic Hose No. 2
64-3
64-4
34-4
7i-3
55-4
59-3
56-3
64-6
1 1 6-4
Instructions to Key-holders and Citizens.
1. Upon the discovery of a fire, notice should be immediately
communicated to the nearest alarm-box, the keys to which are in
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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 positive in-
formation of a fire, will unlock the box, pull down the hook once
as far as it will go (without jerking) and then let go. Shut the
door, but do not try to remove the key, as it is locked in by a
trap-lock, and can only be removed with a release-key, which is
carried by each of the engineers, who will, as soon as convenient,
release and return it.
3. All persons giving fire alarms are requested to remain by
the box a moment, and if no clicking is heard in the box, pull
again ; if you still hear no clicking, go to the next nearest box,
procure another key, and give an alarm from that.
4. Never signal for a fire seen at a distance. Never touch the
box except to give an alarm of fire. Give an alarm for no cause
other than actual fire. Don't give an alarm for a chimney
fire.
5. Never let the keys go out of your possession unless called
for by the chief engineer. If you change your residence or place
of business, where the keys are kept, return the keys to the same
officer.
6. Owners and occupants of buildings are reque.-ted to inform
themselves of the location of alarm-boxes near their property,
also all places where the keys are kept. Be sure the alarm is
promptly and properly given.
7. Alarms will be sounded upon all the fire bells in the city,
and the number of the box will be given thus : Box 6, six blows,
22 seconds apart, repeated three times. Box 212, two blows,
pause of 6\ seconds, one blow, same pause, and two blows,
2 — 1 — 2, repeated three times.
8. The engineers reserve the right to give one stroke of the
bells at any time ; and, in case of testing the boxes, each test
will be preceded by one stroke of the bells.
SCHOOL SIGNAL.
Two strokes, with fifteen seconds between them, close the pri-
mary schools ; and to close all the schools, two immediate
188 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
strokes, and after a lapse of fifteen seconds two more immediate
strokes, — the time of striking the bells being at 7.45 a. m. for
closing the schools during the forenoon, and at 11.30 a. m. or
1. 15 p. m. for closing them during the afternoon.
Rules and Regulations in regard to responding to
Fires and Alarms.
The following order has been adopted by the board of engi-
neers, 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, 513 ; on second alar m, to all other boxes.
Second Run. On first alarm, to boxes 6, 7, 8, 15, 34, 35,
36, 41, 42, 45, 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, 321, 511 ; on third 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, 321, 511, 513; on second alarm, to boxes 4, 5, 31, 32;
on third 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 second 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 alarm, to boxes 6, 7, 8, 15, 34, 35,
36, 41, 42, 45, 81 ; on second alarm, to boxes 3, 4, 5, 13, 14,
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16, 17, 18, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 31, 32, 43, 61, 62, 71, 72, 73,
112, 113, 114, 213, 312, 313, 314, 321, 511 ; on third alarm, to
all other boxes.
6. Gen. Stark Steamer Co. No. 5 will report for duty on first
alarm to boxes 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 31, 32, 34, 35, 41, I12)
113, 114, 314, 315 ; on second alarm, to boxes 6, 16, 36, 42, 81,
312, 313, 321; on third alarm, to all other boxes.
7. Massabesic Hose Company No. 2 will report for duty, on
days of its first 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, 321; 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 alarm, 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, 321; 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, 513, the horses of the second run will double on
to the engine of its first run, and on the arrival at the fire
THE SECOND-RUN HORSES WILL RETURN TO THEIR HOUSE, and
in case of an alarm from any other box the company will imme-
diately 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 PENALTY OF DISMISSAL.
OF THE DRIVER FROM THE DEPARTMENT.
11. The drivers shall not permit persons not connected with
the department to ride upon their apparatus, and in muddy
weather or heavy wheeling they shall not permit any one to ride
upon their apparatus when returning from fires.
12. The companies of the department not called on the first.
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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, and the return to quarters of engines on duty at the
fire.
13. Two strokes on the bells will be a signal for those at a fire
to limber up.
ESTIMATED VALUE OF PROPERTY.
Amoskeag Steam Fire-Engine Company No.
LOCATED OX VINE STREET.
i extra first-size Amoskeag steamer
1 one-horse hose-wagon
1 pair gray horses for steamer
1 black horse for hose-wagon
3 swinging harnesses .
1 pair double harnesses (for street wo
1 single harness (for street.work)
2,000 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
k)
$4,000.00
450.00
800.00
375-°°
150.00
60.00
50.00
1,300.00
50.00
100.00
100.00
40.00
60.00
200.00
200.00
$7>935-°°
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Fire King Steam Fire-Engine Company No. 2.
LOCATED AT NORTH MAIN STREET, SQUOG.
i second-size Amoskeag steamer
i combination hose-wagon
i pair bay horses for steamer
i pair gray horses for combination
3 street harnesses, 2 at $40, 1 at $20
2 pairs swinging harnesses
1 single cart ....
1 two-horse cart
1 double sled ....
1 single sled ....
2,500 feet fabric hose
Stable fixtures and blankets .
Furniture, fixtures, carpets, etc.
Firemen's suits and badges .
Total amount .
$4,000.00
650.00
800.00
600.00
100.00
200.00
100.00
75.00
75.00
50.00
1,625.00
60.00
466.00
150.00
$8,951.00
Merrimack Steam Fire-Engine Company No. 3.
LOCATED ON LAKE AVENUE, CORNER MASSAFiESIC STREET.
1 second-size Amoskeag steamer
$3,500.00
1 pair black horses ......
600.00
1 single horse
250.00
3 street harnesses, 2 at $50, 1 at $40
140.00
3 swinging harnesses ....
150.00
1 four-wheeled Amoskeag hose-carriage
600.00
1 double cart ......
162.50
1 single cart ......
40.00
1 single sled ......
40.00
00 feet fabric hose .....
1,625.00
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Stable fixtures, blankets, etc. . . . $50.00
Beds, bedding, carpets, hall furniture, etc. . 575.00
Total amount ...... $7,732.50
N. S. Bea
n Steam Fire-Engine Company No.
4.
LOCATED ON VINE STREET.
i second-size Amoskeag steamer
1 hose-wagon ....
1 pair bay horses for steamer .
1 horse for hose-wagon
1 pair street harnesses
1 pair swinging harnesses for steamer
1 single swinging harness for hose-wagon
1,550 feet fabric hose ....
Hall furniture, beds, bedding, etc.
Stable fixtures and blankets .
Firemen's suits and badges .
Total amount
$3,500.00
400.00
600.00
200.00
50.00
100.00
50.00
1,007.50
275.00
75.00
150.00
$6,407.50
General Stark Steam Fire-Engine Company No. 5.
LOCATED ON WEBSTER STREET, CORNER CHESTNUT,
i third-size Amoskeag steamer
combination hose reel and ladder
pair bay horses
pair gray horses
double carts .
double sleds .
pairs swinging harnesses
pairs street harnesses
$3,600.00
1,000.00
600.00
400.00
225.00
150.00
200.00
180.00.
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193
feet fabric hose
Furniture, fixtures, tools, etc.
Stable fixtures and blankets
Firemen's suits, badges, etc.
Total amount
$1,625.00
175.00
80.00
150.00
$8,385.00
E. W. Harrington Steam Fire-Engine.
LOCATED AT OLD ENGINE-HOUSE, CLINTON STREET.
Old U tank Amoskeag engine . . . $500.00
Pennacook Hose Company No. 1
LOCATED ON VINE STREET.
i four-wheeled Amoskeag hose-
carria
ge
$600.00
2 horses ......
600.00
2 single harnesses
70.00
1 single cart
50.00
1 single sled .
40.00
1 hose sled ....
20.00
2,300 feet fabric hose
1,495.00
3,000 feet leather hose .
1,500.00
Furniture and fixtures .
200.00
Stable fixtures and blankets
50.00
Firemen's suits and badges
175.00
Total amount .
$4,800.00
Massabesic Hose Company No. 2.
LOCATED ON MAPLE STREET, CORNER EAST HIGH.
i four-wheeled Amoskeag hose-carriage
1 bay horse .......
13
000.00
350.00
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i street harness
i swinging harness
i single cart .
i single sled .
2,000 feet fabric hose
2,000 feet leather hose
Furniture and fixtures
Firemen's suits and badges
Total amount .
$40.00
50.00
60.00
40.00
1,200.00
1,000.00
100.00
175.00
$3,615.00
Excelsior Hook-and- Ladder Company No. 1.
LOCATED ON VINE STREET.
1 hook-and-ladder truck .
1 reserve truck at Lake avenue station
1 pair bay horses
1 pair exercise harnesses .
1 pair swinging harnesses .
2 extra Bangor extension ladders
7 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
16S.00
200.00
50.00
280.00
$3,788.00
Chemical Engine Company No. 1.
LOCATED ON VINE STREET.
1 double tank (60 gallons each) engine
1 pair black horses ....
1 pair exercise harnesses .
1 pair swinging harnesses .
$2,250.00
750.00
50.00
100.00
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER.
Furniture and fixtures
Stable fixtures and blankets
Firemen's suits and badges
Total amount
195
$75.00
50.00
$3>3IO-oo
Supply Wagon.
1 supply wagon, with boxes and engineer's
lanterns $312.00
Spare Hose.
AT CENTRAL STATION, VINE STREET.
Soo feet leather hose
,000 feet fabric hose
Total amount
$400.00
625.00
$1,025.00
Exercise Wagon.
CENTRAL STATION, VINE STREET.
four-wheeled exercise wagon, with pole and shafts
and coal boxes $350.00
Engineers' Department.
5 fire hats .
5 engineers' white rubber coats
Furniture and fixtures .
Total amount .
$10.00
37-5o
175.00
$222.50
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Independent Hose Company No. 5.
LOCATED AT CORNER OF OLD FALLS ROAD AND FRONT STREET.
i four-wheeled hand hose-carriage
600 feet leather hose
2 hose-pipes, spanners, etc. .
Furniture and fixtures
Total amount .
$400.00
300.00
40.00
10.00
$750.00
Goffe's Falls Hose-Carriage.
LOCATED AT DEVONSHIRE MILLS.
i two-wheeled hose-carriage
300 feet fabric hose
2 hose-pipes
Total amount
$50.00
150.00
10. CO
$210. oa
Sleeping-Hall.
AT CENTRAL STATION, VINE STREET.
7 beds, bedding, wardrobes, etc.
1275.00
Spare Hose-Carriage.
1 four-wheeled Amoskeag hose-carriage .
$600.00.
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Extra Horses.
i horse at Central station for spare duty
i horse at District No. 10 for street work
2 horses at District No. 2 for street work
Total
$200.00
150.00
300.00
$650.00
Fire-Alarm Telegraph.
At cost (including additions previoi
Remodeling in 1885
Additions in 1886 .
" in 1887 .
" in 188S .
in 1889 •
" in 1890 .
" in 1 89 1
" Individual Tapper " system
Wire, ladders, arms, brackets, etc.
Total
s to 1885)
$21,625.00
6,000.00
775.00
375-°°
575-°o
430.00
300.00
280.00
3,000.00
125.00
$33>485.oo
Recapitulation.
Amoskeag Steam Fire-Engine Co. No. 1
Fire King Steam Fire-Engine Co. No. 2
Merrimack Steam Fire-Engine Co. No. 3
N. S. Bean Steam Fire-Engine Co. No. 4
Gen. Stark Steam Fire-Engine Co. No. 5
E. W. Harrington Steamer (old) .
Pennacook Hose Co. No. 1 .
Massabesic Hose Co. No. 2 .
Excelsior Hook-and-Ladder Co. No. 1 .
$7,935-°°
8,951.00
7,732-5°
6,407.50
8,385.00
500.00
4,800.00
3,615.00
3,788.00
198
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Chemical Engine Co. No. i .
$3,310.00
Supply wagon ......
312.00
Spare hose .......
1,025.00
Exercise wagon ......
350.00
Engineers' department .....
222.50
Independent Hose Co. No. 5 ...
750.00
Goffe's Falls Hose-Carriage ....
210.00
Sleeping-Hall (Central Station) .
275.00
Spare carriage ......
600.00
Fire-Alarm Telegraph
33,485.00
Extra horses .......
650.00
Total
$93,3°3-5°
Names and Residences of the Members of the Fire
Department.
BOARD OF ENGINEERS.
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Name.
Rank.
Occupation.
Residence.
1
Thomas W. Lane
Chief
1937 Elm.
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Asst. and clerk
Assistant
Machinist
Carpenter
Supt. Electric L't
Grain dealer ....
4
5
Ruel G. Manning
Eugene S. Whitney..
Clarence R. Merrill . .
52 Douglas.
River road, N.
414 Merrimack.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER.
199
AMOSKEAG STEAM FIRE-ENGINE COMPANY NO. 1.
No. 28 Vine Street.
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Name.
Rank.
Occupation.
Residence.
7
Charles F. McCoy....
Foreman
Machinist
5M. S. B.
8
Frank E.Stearns
Asst. foreman.
Paper-hanger. ..
3S9 Lake ave-
Henry C. Parsons —
Charles F. Hall
6
Engineer
Machinist
146 Orange.
13
Joseph H. Gould
Asst. engineer.
10S7 Elm.
11
Charles H. Rogers . . .
Driver steamer
Teamster
28 Vine.
12
Artemas C. Barker . .
Driver of hose.
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16
Frank B. Marston
Hoseman
Carpenter
11 M. S. B.
19
Henry A. Boone
Machinist
24 M. S. B.
15
Thomas J. Wyatt....
Carpenter
41 Middle.
18
James L. Brock
Tinsmith
21 Market.
9
Lewis G. Bryant
Carpenter
31 M. S. B.
14
Edgar A. Young
Lucius M. Rollins...
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Clerk
10
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Holder
174 Conconl.
200
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
FIRE KING STEAM EIRE-ENGINE COMPANY NO. 2.
House on North Main Street, 'Sguog.
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Name.
Rank.
Occupation.
Residence.
67
David G. Mills
Foreman
Contractor
607 Granite ex.
71
Charles G. Ranno....
Asst. foreman.
Harness-maker .
63 Parker.
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120
Thomas F. Dodge
Engineer
Engineer
Engine house.
119
Stephen Thomes
Asst. engineer.' Carpenter
55 Douglas.
7G
Jeremiah Lane
Driver steamer Teamster
Engine house.
69
Arthur W. Whitcomb
Driver of hose. "
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72
Samuel A. Hill
Hoseman
Janitor
SG School.
75
Robert J. Hill
Carpenter
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77
Daniel B. Emery
"
Machinist
Williams.
73
Charles S. Cousins...
Harness-maker .
53 Douglas.
74
Thomas C. Foote
Wool-sorter
56 N. Main.
66
Joseph H. Alsop
Wool--waste-s't'r
34 Douglas.
70
Charles M.Tewksbury
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Freight-handler.
86 School.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER.
201
MERRIMACK STEAM FIRE-ENGINE COMPANY NO. 3.
House on Lake Avenue, corner Massabesic.
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Name.
Rank.
Occupation.
Residence.
86
Frank F. Porter
Foreman
Manufacturer. ..
330 Spruce.
Louis N. Dufrain
Will P. Emerson
Asst. foreman.
Clerk
85
Carpenter
294 Laurel.
121
George B. Forsaith . . .
Engineer
Engineer
196 Laurel.
122
Edwin E. Weeks
Asst. engineer.
Machinist
510 Wilson.
87
George H. Wheeler. . .
Driver steamer
Teamster
419 Lake Ave.
SI
William S.McLeocl...
Driver of hose.
347 Spruce .
78
George Dunnington..
Hoseman
Clerk
510 Wilson.
S4
Charles H. Colburn. . .
Carpenter
294 Laurel.
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Clerk
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Ernest E. Hubbell ....
Yeast agent
428 Central.
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Fred S. Sloan
Painter
58 Massabesic.
89
Parker R. Brown
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202
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
N. S. BEAN STEAM FIRE-ENGINE COMPANY NO. 4.
House on Vine Street.
Name.
Rank.
Occupation.
Residence.
26
23
Lorenzo J. Chandler..
George A. Cann
123 Orange.
27 Middle.
Asst. foreman.
Watchman
20
24
Lucius B. Snelling....
Albert Merrill
Clerk
Engineer
Electrician
River road N.
21
Edgar G. Abbott
Asst. engineer.
Machinist
12 Linden.
31
Frank J. Dustin
Driver steamer
Teamster
20 Vine.
29
Alplionso E. Foster ..
Driver of hose.
20 Vine.
28
Willie H. Dodge
Hoseman
R. R. fireman
530 Chestnut.
33
Henry C.Morrill
Benj. R. Richardson. .
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Machinist
112 Pearl.
12 Mechanic.
30
Ellsworth V. Rowe . . .
Section-hand
1261 Elm.
22
Walter A. Clarkson . . .
Carpenter
98 Sagamore.
25
27
Frank B Stevens
Edward Sargent
..
Clerk
310 Central.
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Machinist
954 Elm.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER.
203
GENERAL, STARK STEAM FIRE-ENGINE COMPANY NO.
House No. 44 Webster .Street.
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Name.
Rank.
Occupation.
Residence.
19
Charles W.Brown —
George R. Simmons . .
Foreman
Asst. foreman.
16 Hazel.
123
Machinist
82 Pennacook.
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Woodbury Davison. ..
Daniel W. Morse
Clerk
Carpenter
Engineer
7S5 Union.
42
Engineer
1419 Elm.
lif
Asst. engineer.
Driver steamer
125
Emil H.Smith
Teamster
44 Webster.
124
Henry S. Reed
Driver hose . ..
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44 Webster.
41
Arthur A. Smith
Hoseman
Blacksmith
W. Appleton.
47
Russell L. Cilley
Edward H. Clough ....
John J. Kelley
95
Appleton.
River road N.
99
Machinist
101
Milo B. Wilson
48 Blodget.
817 Union.
108
Luville 0. Blanchard.
Blacksmith
126
Alvin McLane
Carpenter
061 Chestnut.
204
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
PENNACOOK HOSE COMPANY NO. 1.
House No. 26 Vine Street.
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Name.
Rank.
Occupation.
Residence.
34
Albert Maxfield
Foreman
Belt-maker
98 Liberty.
36
Joseph E. Merrill
21 Ash.
50
Frank D. Burleigh ....
Walter L. Blenus
Clerk
Carpenter
6M. S. B.
37
26 Vine.
3S
George H.Porter
Hoseman
Carpenter
279 Laurel.
48
Albert A. Puffer.......
R. R. employe . . .
499 Beech.
52
Charles B.French ....
Carpenter
39 M. S. B.
53
John E. Sanborn
274 Laurel.
35
Samuel W. Patten ....
Belt-maker
3 M. S. B.
45
George I. Ayer
Electrician
28 M. S. B.
51
Edwin W. Merrill. ...
Clerk
21 Ash.
30
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Machinist
7 M. S. B.
MASSABESIC HOSE COMPANY NO. 2.
House on Maple Street, corner East High.
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Name.
Rank.
Occupation.
Residence.
54
John F. Seaward
Foreman
Carpenter
27 Warren.
55
Revilo G. Honghton..
Asst. foreman.
Gas-fitter
288 Bridge.
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Henry G. Seaman
Walter Seaward
Clerk
Carpenter
14 South.
57
521 Maple.
George W. Huntley. . .
Jos. W. Batchelder . . .
Hosem a
59
Carpenter
467 Maple.
64
Albert E. Batchelder.
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407 Maple.
65
27 South.
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Julien B. Huntley —
Frank E.Heald
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36 Dutton.
63
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Book-keeper ....
289 Concord.
60
Charles W. Powell . . .
Carpenter
540 Maple.
61
Addison Seaward
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296 Orange.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER.
205
CHEMICAL ENGINE COMPANY NO. 1.
Hotise No. 8 Vine Street.
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Name.
Rank.
Occupation.
Residence.
116
George N. Burpee
Jesse W. Truell
Warren F. Wheeler. . .
Frank A. Pherson —
Frank H. Harvey * —
Foreman
Electrician
Hackman
Teamster
Engineer
Teamster
19 Ash.
117
118
44
Engineer
Fireman
8 Vine.
546 Chestnut.
EXCELSIOR HOOK-AND-LADDER COMPANY NO. 1.
House No. IS Vine Street.
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Name.
Rank.
Occupation.
Residence.
91
Jerome J. Lovering..
Foreman
Carpenter
300 Pine.
111
90
Henry Johnson
Charles M. Denyou . . .
Oscar P. Stone
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Clerk
696 Elm.
100 Blodget.
268 Bridge.
John N. Chase
Overseer
" ' Carpenter
" Taxidermist
19 Warren.
33 Dutton.
100
Hiram P. Young
103
Luther J. Flint
Carpenter
4 Dutton.
104
Harrison H. Cole
45 M. S. B.
109
George M. Jones
Gardener
558 Chestnut.
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Pharis E. Rogers
Charles W. Bailey ....
135 Orange.
Linden.
97
Carriage-maker..
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4 Whitney.
27 Middle.
113
Charles H. Laxon
" Carpenter
106
Charles Edgar
16 M. S. B.
105
301 E. Spruce.
234 Lake ave.
112
Henry C. Crosby
93
Charles H. Gile
Carpenter
56 Stark corp.
' Detailed as driver of supply wagon.
206
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
INDEPENDENT HOSE COMPANY NO. 5.
House corner of Front Street and Old Falls Road, Amoskeag.
$6
Name.
Rank.
Occupation.
Residence.
133
Charles E. Stearns ...
Foreman
Milk dealer
Front.
134
Thomas Hamilton....
Asst. foreman .
Handle-maker ..
Goffstown r'd.
135
136
George B. Glidden....
George Lawrence —
Steward
Front.
137
138
139
Andrew J. Moynihan.
Machinist
Clerk
141
William F. Stearns. ..
Leather-cutter . .
142
Alfred D. Maxwell —
Ice-Dealer
Goffstown r'd.
143
144
Elbridge G. Reed
Benjamin Herbert —
Driver
Location of Hydrants.
Amherst, northwest corner of Vine street.
Amherst, southwest corner of Chestnut street.
Amherst, northwest corner of Pine street.
Amherst, northwest corner of Union street.
Amherst, northwest corner of Walnut street.
Amherst, northwest corner of Beech street.
Amherst, northwest corner of Maple street.
Amherst, northwest corner of Lincoln street.
Amherst, northwest corner of Ashland street.
Amherst, northwest corner of Hall street.
Amherst, northwest corner of Belmont street.
Appleton, northwest corner of Elm street.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 207
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.
Auburn, northwest corner of Maple street.
Baker, corner of Elm street.
Baker, corner of River road.
Baker, corner of Calef road.
Baker, corner of Nutt road.
Bay, corner of Salmon street.
Bedford, northwest corner of Granite street.
Bedford, near No. 36 M. P. W. corporation.
Bedford, northwest corner of Central street.
Beech, northwest corner of Park street.
Beech, front of No. 584.
Belmont, near No. 345.
Belmont, corner Young street.
Belmont, near Coffin residence.
Birch, northwest corner of Lowell street.
Birch, northwest corner of Washington street.
Blodget, front of primary-school house.
Blodget, northwest corner of Chestnut street.
Blodget, northwest corner of Pine street.
Blodget, northwest corner of Union street.
Bridge, front of No. 26.
Bridge, northwest corner of Chestnut street.
Bridge, northwest corner of Union street.
208 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Bridge, northwest corner of Walnut street.
Bridge, northwest corner of Beech street.
Bridge, northwest corner of Ash street.
Bridge, northwest corner of Maple street.
Bridge, near No. 242.
Bridge, northwest corner of Russell street.
Bridge, northwest corner of Linden street.
Bridge, corner of Ashland street.
Bridge, corner of Hall street.
Brook, northwest corner of P. Adams's lot.
Brook, northwest corner of Chestnut street.
Brook, northwest corner of Pine street.
Brook, northwest corner of Union street.
Brook, northwest corner of Beech street.
Brook, northwest corner of Ash street.
Calefroad, near Patrick Harrington's.
Calef road, near D. T. Smith's house.
Canal, near east corner of Depot street.
Canal, near office door M. L. W.
Cedar, corner of Elm street.
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 Lincoln street.
Central, northwest corner of Chestnut street.
Central, northwest corner of Pine street.
Central, northwest corner of Union street.
Central, near gate, Merrimack square.
Central, northwest corner of Beech street.
Central, northwest corner of Maple street.
Central, northwest corner of Lincoln street.
Central, front of No. 374.
Central, northwest corner of Wilson street.
Central, northwest corner of Hall street.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 209
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.
Chestnut, northwest corner of Salmon street.
Clarke, northwest corner of Elm street.
Clarke, northwest corner of Chestnut street.
Concord, corner Elm street.
Concord, opposite Vine street.
Concord, northwest corner of Chestnut street.
Concord, northwest corner of Union street.
Concord, northwest corner of Walnut street.
Concord, northwest corner of Beech street.
Concord, northwest corner of Maple street.
Concord, northwest corner of old Amherst street.
Concord, northwest corner of Ashland street.
Concord, northwest corner of Hall street.
Concord, northwest corner of Belmont street.
Cypress, south end of street.
Cypress, at Manchester shoeshop.
Dean, northeast corner of Canal street.
Dean, northwest corner of Elm street.
Depot, northeast corner of Elm street.
Elm, opposite foot of Manchester street.
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.
Grove, in East Manchester.
14
210 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Hancock street.
Hancock, near shoeshop.
Hancock, northwest corner of River road.
Hancock, near brewery.
Hanover, corner of Elm street.
Hanover, front of Opera House.
Hanover, northwest corner of Chestnut street.
Hanover, northwest corner of Pine street.
Hanover, northwest corner of Union street.
Hanover, northwest corner of Beech street.
Hanover, northwest corner of Maple street.
Hanover, northwest corner of Lincoln street.
Hanover, northwest corner of Ashland street.
Hanover, northwest corner of Hall street.
Hanover, northwest corner of Belmont street.
Harrison, opposite No. 15.
Harrison, northwest corner of Chestnut street.
Harrison, northwest corner of Pine street.
Harrison, northwest corner of Union street.
Harrison, northwest corner of Beech street.
Harrison, northwest corner of Maple street.
Harrison, northwest corner of Oak street.
Harrison, northwest corner of Russell street.
High, corner of Ashland street.
High, corner of South street.
High, fifty feet east of Wilson road.
Hollis, northeast corner of Canal street.
Hollis, northeast corner of Hobbs street.
Hollis, northwest corner of Elm street.
Jewett, corner of Massabesic street.
Kidder, northeast corner of Canal street.
Kidder, northeast corner of Hobbs street.
Kidder, northwest corner of Elm street.
Kidder's court, northwest corner of Elm street.
Lake avenue, near No. 36.
Lake avenue, northwest corner of Chestnut street.
Lake avenue, northwest corner of Union street.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 211
Lake avenue, northwest corner of Maple street.
Lake avenue, northwest corner of Lincoln street.
Lake avenue, northwest corner of Wilson street.
Lake avenue, corner of Cass street.
Lake avenue, east end near Hastings residence.
Langdon, northwest corner of Elm street.
Langdon, northeast corner of Canal street.
Laurel, northwest corner of Pine street.
Laurel, northwest corner of Union street.
Laurel, northwest corner of Beech street.
Laurel, northwest corner of Maple street.
Laurel, northwest corner of Lincoln street.
Laurel, near No. 244.
Laurel, northwest corner of Wilson street.
Laurel, near Belmont street.
Laurel, northwest corner of Milton street.
Laurel, northwest corner of Beacon street.
Lowell, northwest corner of Beech street.
Lowell, northwest corner of Ash street.
Lowell, northwest corner of South street.
Lowell, front of No. 276.
Lowell, northwest corner of Wilson road.
Lowell, northwest corner of Ashland street.
Mammoth road.
Manchester, corner of Elm street.
Manchester, front of James Bros.' stable.
Manchester, northwest corner of Central street.
Manchester, northwest corner of Pine street.
Manchester, northwest corner of Union street.
Manchester, northwest corner of Beech street.
Manchester, northwest corner of Maple street.
Manchester, northwest corner of Lincoln street.
Manchester, northwest corner of Wilson street.
Manchester, northwest corner of Hall street.
Manchester, northwest corner of Belmont street.
Maple, northwest corner of Lowell street.
Maple, front of No. 350.
212 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Market, near Canal street. v
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, corner of Elm street.
Merrimack, opposite gate, Merrimack square.
Merrimack, northwest corner of Chestnut street.
Merrimack, northwest corner of Pine street.
Merrimack, northwest corner of Union street.
Merrimack, northwest corner of Beech street.
Merrimack, northwest corner of Maple street.
Merrimack, northwest corner of Lincoln street.
Merrimack, near No. 362.
Merrimack, northwest corner of Wilson street.
Merrimack, northwest corner of Hall street.
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.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 213
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.
Orange, corner of Linden street.
Orange, corner of Hall street.
Pearl, northwest corner of Elm street.
Pearl, northwest corner of Clark's avenue.
Pearl, northwest corner of Pine street.
Pearl, northwest corner of Union street.
Pearl, corner of Beech street.
Pearl, corner of Walnut street.
Pearl, northwest corner of Ash street.
Pearl, northwest corner of Maple street.
Pearl, northwest corner of Oak street.
Pearl, northwest corner of Russell street.
Pearl, northwest corner of Linden street.
Pearl, northwest corner of Ashland street.
Pearl, northwest corner of Morrison 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 Concord street.
Pine, northwest corner of Lowell street.
Pine, northwest corner of High street.
Pine, northwest corner of Bridge street.
Pleasant, northeast corner of Canal street.
Pleasant, near No. 35 Manchester corporation.
214 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Pleasant, northwest corner of Franklin street.
Pleasant, northwest corner of Elm street.
Prospect, between Elm and Chestnut streets.
Prospect, northwest corner of Chestnut street.
Prospect, northwest corner of Pine street.
Prospect, northwest corner of Union street.
Prospect, northwest corner of Walnut street.
Prospect, northwest corner of Beech street.
Prospect, northwest corner of Ash street.
Prospect, northwest corner of Maple street.
Prospect, northwest corner of Oak street.
Prospect, northwest corner of Russell street.
Prospect, corner of Linden street.
Reservoir, on force main.
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.
Salmon, 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.
Spring, 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.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 215
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 of Lowell street.
Union, northwest corner of High street.
Valley, northwest corner of Elm street.
Valley, northwest corner of Willow street.
Valley, northwest corner of Beech street.
Valley, northwest corner of Wilson street.
Valley, northwest corner of Belmont street.
Valley, northwest corner of Taylor street.
Valley, northwest corner of Cypress street.
Valley, northwest corner of Jewett street.
Valley, 150 feet east of J. L. Woodman's.
Vine, opposite Central station.
Walnut, northwest corner of Lowell street.
Walnut, opposite No. 79.
Walnut, northwest corner of Sagamore street.
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.
216 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
West Brook, northwest corner of Elm street.
West Cedar, northeast corner of Canal street.
West Cedar, northwest corner of Elm street.
West Central, northeast corner of Canal street.
West Central, corner of Franklin street.
West Central, northwest corner of Elm street.
West Merrimack, northeast corner of Canal street.
West Merrimack, near in Amoskeag corporation.
West Merrimack, northwest corner of Franklin street.
West Merrimack, northwest corner of Elm street.
West Pennacook, northwest corner of Elm street.
West Webster, northwest corner of Elm street.
West Webster, northeast corner of River road.
Wilson, corner of Lake avenue.
Young, corner of Elm street.
Young, northwest corner of Beech street.
Young, corner of Maple street.
Young, 96 feet east of R. N. Batchelder's.
Young, corner of Jewett street.
Young road.
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.
Amory, 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 Wayne street.
Blaine, corner of Cleveland street.
Blaine, east end of street.
REPORT OP THE FIRE ENGINEER. 217
Bowman street, opposite cemetery.
C street, corner of Bedford road.
Cartier, corner of Sullivan street.
Cartier, corner of Putnam street.
Carroll street.
Cleveland, northwest of Second street.
Clinton, corner of Dover street.
Clinton, corner of South Main street.
Conant, corner of Cartier street.
Conant, corner of Dubuque street.
Conant, corner of Rimmon street.
Dartmouth, corner of O'Neil street.
Douglas, corner of Quincy street.
Douglas, corner of Green street.
Douglas, corner of Barr street.
Douglas, corner of West street.
Douglas, corner of Main street.
Douglas, east of Main street.
Ferry, corner of Main street.
Granite, corner of Quincy street.
Granite, corner of Green street.
Granite, corner of Barr street.
Granite, corner of West street.
Granite, corner of Dover street.
Granite, corner of Main street.
Granite, corner of Shirley street.
Granite, corner of River street.
Highland, between Wilkins and Mast streets.
Kelley, corner of Beauport street.
Kelley, corner of Cartier street.
Kelley, 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.
218 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
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.
Milford, corner of Bismark street.
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.
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.
Wilkins, northwest corner of Highland street.
Wilkins, northwest corner of Mast street.
Wilkins, opposite Tirrell residence.
Winter, corner of South Main street.
AMOSKEAG.
Dunbarton road, corner of Front street.
Dunbarton road, near L. D. Colby's.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 219
Goffstown road, four hydrants.
Main, at Robinson's slaughter-works.
Main, near brick schoolhouse.
Main, corner of Goffstown 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, 455.
R E PO R
TRUSTEES OF THE CITY LIBRARY.
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REPORT
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-eighth 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, containing a statement of the
amounts received and the expenditures made by him in behalf of
the board from the funds in their possession and under their con-
trol ; and also the report of the librarian, which gives in detail
the statistics of the operation of the library during the year, and
the condition of the 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 eighteen hundred and eighty-five dollars and one cent
has been expended for the purchase of books, and the sum of
one hundred and seventy-one dollars and ninety-three cents for
the purchase of periodicals, being a total expenditure for both
these purposes of two thousand and fifty-six dollars and ninety-
four cents. Of the amount expended for the purchase of books,
the sum of eleven hundred and eighty dollars and forty-six cents
was taken from the income of the Dean fund and applied for the
increase of that department of the library, and the sum of sixty-
seven dollars and fifty-two cents was expended in the purchase
224 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
of books to replace those worn out and withdrawn from circula-
tion. Exclusive of these two amounts the sum expended for the
purchase of miscellaneous books was six hundred and thirty-seven
dollars and three cents, leaving a balance in the hands of the
treasurer, at the close of the year, of the amounts appropriated
by the city councils for the purchase of books, of seven hundred
and nine dollars and twenty-three cents.
The balance of the accumulated income of the Dean fund, un-
expended at the close of the year, was five thousand three hun-
dred and thirteen dollars and sixty-three cents. In expending
the income of this fund the trustees have continued the plan
originally adopted, and made purchases of works on scientific
and mechanical subjects.
The accumulated income of the Mary E. Elliot fund at the
close of the year was six hundred and thirty-six dollars and sixty-
three cents. No books have been purchased from the income of
this fund, as the trustees have not deemed it advisable to make
such purchases until suitable accommodation could be provided
for the shelving of the books by themselves in a separate depart-
ment of the library, and proper arrangements made for their con-
sultation by the members of the medical profession in the city.
The removal of another department of the library to the base-
ment of the library building, which has been accomplished dur-
ing the year, will probably provide suitable room for this new
department. The trustees have invited the co-operation of the
members of the medical profession, resident in the city, in the
selection of medical works to be placed in this department of the
library for reference.
The incidental expenses of the library for the past year have-
been three thousand five hundred and twenty-five dollars and
seventy-three cents, which amount includes the sum of one thou-
sand one hundred and twenty-seven dollars and sixty-six cents
expended in the preparation of the new catalogue. The items
of these expenditures may be found in detail in the annual re-
port of the city, the bills for the same having been paid by the
city treasurer from the sum appropriated for the library upon,
their approval by the trustees.
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE CITY LIBRARY. 225
The librarian reports that the library has been open for the
delivery of books three hundred and eight days. During this
period the number of books delivered for home use was fifty-six
thousand two hundred and sixty-five, being an average of nearly
one hundred and eighty-three per day. In addition to the num-
ber delivered for home use, eight thousand two hundred and
seventy books were delivered for use in the reading-room, an
average of twenty-seven per day. The total number of books
delivered for both these purposes was sixty-four thousand five
hundred and thirty-five, an average of two hundred and nine
per day. As compared with the preceding year, the circulation
for home use shows an increase of four thousand seven hundred
and sixty-seven, while the number delivered for use at the library
room shows a decrease of one thousand seven hundred and forty-
five. The circulation of books for home use during the past
year was the largest recorded since the library was established.
The number of volumes in the library at the date of the last
report was thirty-three thousand six hundred and thirty-nine.
There have been added during the year by purchase, seven hun-
dred and sixty-two volumes ; by donation, four hundred and
forty-seven volumes, and eighty-one volumes of periodicals have
been bound, making the number of bound volumes in the library,
at the end of the year, thirty-two thousand nine hundred and
twenty-three, and the total number, including maps and pam-
phlets, thirty-four thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine.
Seventy-nine different periodicals have been regularly received
at the library during the year, — fifty-eight 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.
During the year, seventy-one volumes have been withdrawn
from circulation, having become too much worn to be fit for
further use. Of this number, and of others retired from circu-
lation in previous years, eighty-six volumes have been replaced
at a cost of sixty-seven dollars and fifty-two cents.
Accompanying the report of the librarian is a list of books
presented to the library during the year, with the names of the
226 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
persons presenting them, so far as known. The trustees have
caused due acknowledgment to be made in behalf of the city
to all who have thus manifested their interest in the growth
of the library.
The estate of the late Eliza A. Eaton, the residue of which,
after payment of debts and legacies, was bequeathed to the city
for the benefit of the library, still remains in the hands of the ad-
ministrator, although nearly three years have elapsed since the
death of the testatrix. The trustees are not aware of any reason
why the administrator should not at once make a final settlement
of his trust in the probate court, and pay over the balance of the
estate found remaining in his hands to the party authorized to
receive the same.
The vacancy in the board of trustees, caused by the death of
Hon. Daniel Clark, in January of last year, was filled by the
election of Mr. Walter M. Parker for the unexpired term.
The preparation of the new catalogue of the library for pub-
lication has been continued during the year by the compiler, Mr.
Charles A. Durfee. Mention was made in our last report that
the work upon the catalogue had not progressed so rapidly as the
trustees were led to expect, and that to secure the completion of
the manuscript at as early a date as possible the services of Mrs.
Emma A. H. Piper were obtained as an assistant to Mr. Durfee.
Mrs. Piper has been employed upon the catalogue during the
whole of the past year, and has rendered material assistance
toward the completion of the manuscript. At the end of the
year Mrs. Piper was transferred from this work to the preparation
of a card catalogue for use at the library rooms, since which
time Mr. Durfee has carried on the work alone. It is now ex-
pected that the catalogue will be ready to be placed in the hands
of the printer within a few months.
The preparation of a card catalogue of the library was com-
menced at the beginning of the year, and' work upon the same
will be carried forward as rapidly as practicable. The trustees
have deemed it advisable to catalogue the novels and juvenile
books first, these being most frequently called for. This list is
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE CITY LIBRARY. 227
now nearly completed, and Mrs. Piper expects it will be ready
for use within a short time.
The public documents contained in the library, as well as the
newspapers, have during the year been moved to the basement of
the library building, proper shelving and cases having been con-
structed for the same by the committee on lands and buildings.
This change has long been needed and will enable the trustees
to properly arrange for the growth of the library in its various
departments, and particularly the purchases to be made from
the Mary E. Elliot fund.
Mrs. M. J. Buncher has discharged the duties of librarian
during the year with the same fidelity and conscientious en-
deavor for the accommodation of the patrons of the library
as in the past, and to the satisfaction of the trustees.
The trustees desire to express their acknowledgments to the
members of the city councils for their cordial co-operation in
matters relating to the affairs of the library, and for the courtesy
and consideration with which all suggestions of the trustees for
its improvement have been received and carried out.
March 12, 1892.
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.
E. J. KNOWLTON, Mayor.
N. P. Hunt, Clerk.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
To the Board of Trustees of the City Library :
The treasurer of the board presents the following account of
the receipts and expenditures by the board of the funds received
on account of the library.
1891. Dr.
Jan. 1. To balance of appropriation $483.04
Appropriation for 1891,
for books . . 1,000.00
Mrs. M. J. Buncher, cata-
logues sold . . 25-3°
Mrs. M. J. Buncher, for
books lost, etc. . . 5.21
Mrs. M. J. Buncher, bal-
ance of fines . . 72.16
$1,585-71
Jan. 1. To balance of income of
Dean fund . . $5,957.10
income of Dean fund . 153.00
July 1. income of Dean fund . 153-00
interest on accumulation
of income . . . 230.99
— $6,494.09
Jan. 1. To Mary E. Elliot fund . $2,000.00
balance of interest on
Mary E. Elliot fund . 522.82
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE CITY LIBRARY. 229
April i. To interest on Mary E. Elliot
fund ....
interest on accumulation
of income
$90.00
23-5°
Jan.
Feb.
March
Apri
Paid New England News Co., periodicals
The History Co., books .
Boston Book Co., periodicals .
J. H. Hickcox, periodicals
Frank B. Webster, periodicals .
Lend-a-Hand Co., periodicals .
D. C. Heath & Co., books
George H. Polley & Co., periodicals
New England News Co., periodicals
D. Van Nostrand Co., (Dean fund)
books .....
W. B. Clarke & Co., books
Central Law Journal Co., periodicals
Charles Scribner's Sons, books .
Estes & Lauriat, books
New England News Co., periodicals
George E. Littlefield, books
New England News Co., periodicals
Augusta H. Worthen, books
Little, Brown & Co., books
Estes & Lauriat, books
D. Van Nostrand Co., (Dean fund)
books .....
George H. Polley & Co., (Dean fund)
books
Charles W. Smiley, periodicals .
Temple & Farrington Co., books
J. S. Smith, periodicals
James D. & E. S. Dana, books .
52,636.32
$10,716.12
Cr.
$11.90
4-5°
5.00
5.00
1. 00
2.00
•43
6.00
12.94
619.04
7.70
5.00
6.50
9.00
12.36
3.60
l°-33
3-5°
5-5°
9.00
112.75
43.00
1. 00
2.00
2.00
•75
230
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
3°-
4-
12.
I 2.
Oct.
1 1.
12.
13-
J3-
iS.
22.
27-
3°-
3-
ii.
14-
4-
*3-
4-
M-
22.
23-
23-
3-
6.
Paid A. A. Grant, books .
Little, Brown & Co., books
New England News Co., periodicals
Balch Brothers, books
George H. Polley & Co., (Dean fund)
books .....
New England News Co., periodicals
D. Van Nostrand Co., (Dean fund)
books .....
W. B. Clarke & Co, books
W. B. Clarke & Co., (replaced) books
Estes & Lauriat, books
W. B. Clarke & Co., books
Lawyers' Co-operative Publishing Co.
books
George E. Littlefield, books
W. B. Clarke & Co., books
Little, Brown & Co., books
Little, Brown & Co., books
George H. Polley & Co., (Dean fund)
books
New England News Co., periodicals
D. Van Nostrand Co., (Dean fund)
books .....
D. Appleton & Co., books
New England News Co., periodicals
A. S. Clark, (replaced) books .
New England News Co., periodicals
George C. Gilraore, books
Boston Society Natural History, peri
odicals ....
Henry P. Rolfe, books
D. Van Nostrand Co., (Dean fund)
books .....
New England News Co., periodicals
Samuel Cooper, books
Little, Brown & Co., books
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE CITY LIBRARY. 231
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Paid W. B. Clarke & Co., books .
W. B. Clarke & Co., books
W. B. Clarke & Co., (replaced) books
New England News Co., periodicals .
W. B. Clarke & Co., (replaced 22, 46)
books ......
Balch Brothers, books
New England News Co., periodicals .
W. B. Clarke & Co., books
balance of appropriation .
balance of Dean fund
Mary E. Elliot fund and interest
$3.26
150.13
23.90
12.74
10.00
10.46
5°3
709.23
5>3i3-63
2,636.32
§10,716.12
The expenditures for the incidental expenses of the library,
including the amounts paid on account of the preparation of the
new catalogue, for the year ending December 31, 1892, which
were paid by the city treasurer, upon the approval of the com-
mittee on accounts of the board of trustees, the items of which
may be found in the annual report of the city, have been as
follows :
Services of librarian
$800.00
Services of assistant to librarian
353-85
Gas
200.06
Insurance ....
125.00
Binding
14S.70
Re-binding . . . . .
203.42
Fuel
4S2.57
Supplies
57-io
Printing trustees' report .
15.00
Newspapers ....
Incidentals ....
6.00
6-37
New catalogue
1,127.66
Total
^3,525-73
232 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
RECAPITULATION.
Balance of appropriation, Dec. 31, 1890 $2,695.69
Appropriation for 1891 . . . 3,800.00
$6,495.69
Balance of amount appropriated for catalogue, Dec.
31. l89° 3>387-98
$9,883.67
Paid trustees for purchase of books . $1,000.00
Paid incidental expenses and catalogue . 3,525.73
Balance of appropriation, Dec. 31, 1891 3,097.62
Balance of appropriation for catalogue,
Dec. 31, 1891 ...... 2,260.32
#9*883.67
Respectfully submitted.
NATHAN P. HUNT,
Treasurer of the Trustees of the City Library.
December 31, 1891.
We have examined the foregoing report, and find the same
correctly cast and properly vouched.
E. J. KNOWLTON,
L. B. CLOUGH,
Committee on accounts of City Library.
December 31, 1891.
I certify that I have examined the several items of receipts and
expenditures embraced in the foregoing report of the treasurer of
the trustees of the city library, and find the same correctly cast
and properly vouched.
JAMES B. STRAW,
City Auditor.
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
Gentlemen of the Board of Trustees :
I have the honor to submit to you my fourteenth yearly report,
being the thirty-eighth annual report of the City Library.
Whole number of volumes December 31, 1890 . 33,639
Accessions during the year :
By purchase 762
Donated ...... 447
Periodicals and papers bound . . 81
Whole number of volumes at present :
Maps 16
Pamphlets ..... 1,990
Bound volumes .... 32,923
Number of periodicals and papers regularly received
by purchase ......
Number by gift
Number of days open to the public for reading and
distribution of books ....
Number of volumes delivered for home use
Average per day
Largest number delivered in one day, April 4
Largest any one month, March
Smallest any one month, June .
Number of books delivered in the reading-roor
1,290
34,929
58
21
308
56'265
*83
487
5,702
4,107
8,270
234
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Average per day .....
Number of guarantees received for new cards
Whole number issued since new registration
Number of cards returned to library
Number of cards used on deposit
Postals sent to delinquents
Number of books taken from circulation, unfit for use
Volumes replaced during the year .
Number of books lost or injured and paid for
Number unpaid for ....
Number of books missing at close of year
Number repaired and rebound at the bindery
Number repaired and covered at the library
Balance of fines on hand Dec. 31, 1890 .
Amount received from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 1S91
27
5°3
8,197
68
9
379
7i
86
2
1
1
595
6,018
$72.16
122.18
Amount paid for express, stationery, and
incidental expenses .... $5 5 -30
Paid N. P. Hunt, treasurer . . . 72.16
Balance of fines on hand Dec. 31, 189 1
Balance of cash on hand Dec. 31, 1890, for findin
lists and lost and injured books .
Amount received from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 1891 :
For 144 finding-lists
Two books lost ....
By gift from depositor
14.40
i-9S
3.00
Paid N. P. Hunt, treasurer
$194-34
$127.46
$30-51
19-35
$49-86
30-5 1
Balance of fines on hand
Total balance
$19-35
66.88
$86.23
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE CITY LIBRARY. 235
The review of the work of the last year brings a good deal of
satisfaction in respect to the improvements made in connection
with the compiling of the new catalogue.
The reclassifying and rearranging has in many cases brought
order out of disorder. In the early years of the library the want
of room obliged the librarian to locate books wherever there was
available space. Consequently, in time, volumes belonging to
the same set became widely separated and gradually brought ir-
regularity and confusion. In the recataloguing of the old part
of the library, the early errors became glaring faults, and de-
manded correction. The work of bringing the stray volumes
into consecutive order has given us much additional labor, but
with it has come, also, a feeling of great satisfaction, for the
convenience of those using the library will be greatly increased,
as well as that of the librarian.
Another improvement has been made in providing a suitable
place for our public documents and bound newspapers. The
basement room has been amply shelved, and the regular set of
executive documents, numbering 2,561, exclusive of duplicates,
have been removed and arranged by congresses and sessions.
The eight hundred newspapers have also been given their new
location, in which they are easy of access, and can be consulted
with perfect convenience. The remaining documents, 739 in
number, bound in cloth, and mostly regular yearly reports from
the several departments, have been brought together and arranged
in sets. All duplicates will occupy a separate location. The
above changes have been made in connection with the regular
work of the library, with no interruption or confusion to mar
even the usual quiet of the reading-room.
The number of volumes added to the library the past year is
1,290, by purchase, 762. Of this number 354 are added to the
Dean donation, and include many valuable publications. The
number of gifts has been unusually large. Only those already
entered in the accession book appear in the yearly addition.
We have received seventy-one volumes of the regular set of exec-
utive documents, and the several departments of Congress have
shown their usual liberality.
236 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
The circulation of the past year shows the same variation in
figures. While the number delivered for use in the reading-
room falls considerably short of last year, the home circulation
has greatly increased, and exceeds that of any previous year. It
is difficult to explain these fluctuations. It is worthy of note,
however, that although the circulation has been so large, only
one French book is unaccounted for at the close of the year.
Seventy-one volumes were removed from circulation unfit for
use, and eighty-six replaced. The work of repairing and recover-
ing in the library increases yearly; the number sent to the
bindery for repairs, about as usual.
The issue of new cards is somewhat larger than the preceding
year, and the number returned less.
It is a pleasure to report a year of steady progress, as the past
seems to have been, and with the completion of the work, and
the use of the new catalogue, we may reasonably anticipate great-
er results.
Respectfully submitted.
MRS. M. J. BUNCHER,
Librarian.
DONATIONS TO THE CITY LIBRARY.
iSqi.
Secretary of State of New Hampshire.
Annual State Reports. 3 vols. 1890. 8vo.
" Hammond " State Papers. Vol. 18. 8vo.
New Hampshire Manual of the General Court, with com-
plete official succession, 1 680-1 891. By H. B. Carter.
121110.
First Regiment of New Hampshire Volunteers in the Re-
bellion. By Rev. Stephen G. Abbott, chaplain. 1890.
Svo.
Journal of New Hampshire Senate and House (Special Ses-
sion). 1890.
Irving A. Watson, M. D., Secretary.
Ninth Annual Report of the New Hampshire State Board of
Health. 1890. 1 vol. Svo.
First Annual Report of the Board of Commissioners of Lu-
nacy. 1890. 1 vol. Svo.
Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Reports on Registra-
tion of Births, Marriages, and Deaths of New Hampshire.
City of Manchester, N. H.
Sixty-eight volumes of Municipal Reports of various cities
and towns in the United States. 8vos.
E. W. Towns, City Clerk.
Eight volumes of Municipal Reports of the City of Worces-
ter, Mass. 8vo.
238 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
James H. Dodge, Auditor.
Ten volumes of Municipal Reports of Boston, Mass. 8vos.
Heirs of Hon. John B. Clarke.
A set of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate
Armies during the Rebellion. 37 vols, and 19 dupli-
cates.
Heirs of James Mitchell, Esq., Manchester.
Forty-three volumes of Harper's Monthly, Vols. 41 to 83
inclusive, and 14 volumes of miscellaneous books.
Judge and Mrs. J. W. Fellows.
Sixty-six volumes of miscellaneous books (largely medical),
and 118 unbound numbers on the same subjects, many of
them of very early date.
Dr. W. W. Wilkins, Manchester.
Fifty-six bound volumes and 75 unbound numbers, 88 mis-
cellaneous pamphlets, mostly on medical subjects.
Heirs of Hon. Daniel Clark.
Forty-two volumes of miscellaneous books, among which
are eight volumes of " The American Review," published
in 1845. i2mo.
Rev. G. L. Demarest, Manchester.
Six volumes of periodicals for the year 1891, viz. : Popular
Science Monthly, North American Review, and the Forum.
Right Rev. Bishop Bradley, Manchester.
History of the Catholic Church in the United States from
1S43 to 1890. 8vo.
Hon. James F. Briggs, Manchester.
Six volumes of the Official Records of the Rebellion. 8vo.
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The Story of the Irish in Boston. Edited by James B. Cul-
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Lodge of Massachusetts.
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of Lowell, Mass. Vol. 4. 1891.
Christian Science Dispensary, Manchester.
Science of Health, with key to the Scriptures. By Mary B.
G. Eddy. 8vo.
Christian Science Journal for the year 1891.
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Gleanings from the Sea. By Joseph W. Smith, Esq. 1887.
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Notes and Queries for the year T891. Vol. 8. 8vo.
Fifteenth Annual Report of the Grand Lodge of the Knights
of Honor. October, 1891. Pamphlet.
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The World Almanac and Bureau of Information. 1891.
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Schiller's complete poems. 121110.
Goethe's complete poems. 121110.
The Sketch-Book. Washington Irving. 121110.
Harry Clifton, Manchester.
History of New Hampshire. By John N. McClintock.
1888. 8vo.
Veterans' Advocate for the year 1891. Folio.
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Journal of the Senate and House, State of New Hampshire,
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" Secure a Home in New Hampshire."
" Lakes and Summer Resorts of New Hampshire." By
N. J. Bachelder.
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Five volumes Municipal Reports for the years 1874, '76,
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The Business of Travel. A fifty years' record of progress.
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The Tariff of the United States in relation to Free Trade.
By Sir Lyon Playfair. 1890.
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" Minneapolis — A Study of the City and Its Surroundings,
Resources, etc." 1891.
Eighth Annual Report of the Chamber of Commerce.
1891. 8vo.
New Hampshire Fire Insurance Company, Manchester.
Manchester and Its Leading Business Men, Embracing
also those of Goffstown. By George F. Bacon. Illus-
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Sketch of the Erection and Dedication of the Statue of
General John Stark, by the State of New Hampshire,
October 23, 1890. 4to.
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G. F. Bacon. 4to.
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Third Biennial Report of Department of Statistics, State of
Indiana. 1889-90. 8vo.
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Municipal Reports of the City of Manchester, for the year
1890. i2tno.
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Proceedings of the National Editorial Association of the
United States. Cincinnati.
Report of the Board of Education, Los Angeles.
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A Sketch of the Life of Maj. Gen. Joseph Cilley, of Not-
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Epping.
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Oration delivered before the Grand Army, on the Life and
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Howard J. Kimball, Esq.
Names and Records of the Members of the First New
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Henry E. White, West Newton, Mass.
Origin of the American Navy. Pamphlet.
New Bedford Board of Trade.
Interesting Manufacturing Statistics for 1891. Pamphlet.
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Annual Report of the Fire Department, Manchester, for the
year 1890. Pamphlet.
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Annual Report of Hillsborough County. Year ending
April, 1 89 1. Pamphlet.
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Annual Address before the American Bar Association : "The
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N. Y., 1890. Pamphlet.
Address before the American Bankers' Association. By
Edmund J. James, Philadelphia. 1891. Pamphlet.
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behalf of the Indians. 1891. Pamphlet.
The Persecution of the Jews in Russia and a Summary of
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Political and Financial Errors of our Recent Monetary Leg-
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Sketch of Pine Hill School District, Dover, N. H. By
Herman W. Stevens. Pamphlet.
Exposition of Illegal Acts of ex-President Balmaceda. By
Pedro Montt, confidential agent of the constitutional
government of Chili. Washington, D. C, 1891. Pam-
phlet.
Annual Report of the Board of Trade of Seattle, Wash.,
with a Review of the Commerce of the City, etc. Pam-
phlet.
Catalogues of Schools.
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phlet.
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Library, June, 1891. Pamphlet. Ten Finding-lists of
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1890. Pamphlet.
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lic Library. 1890. Pamphlet.
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Year 1890. Pamphlet.
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Library and Reading-room for 1890. Pamphlet.
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Drama, Literature and Polygraphy, belonging to the Pub-
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the Years 1874, 1875, l877> ar>d 1890. Bulletins Nos. 5,
6, and 7. Seven pamphlets.
Lynn, Mass. Twenty-eighth Annual Report of the Trus-
tees and Librarian. December, 1890. Pamphlet.
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for 1890. Pamphlet.
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1890.
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Library. 1890. Pamphlet.
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Working of the Public Free Libraries. 1890. Pamphlet.
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Public Library. December 31, 1890. Bulletin No. 3.
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inclusive, and for the year 1890. Nine Pamphlets.
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and 1886, to 1890. Nine pamphlets. Annual Report of
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the Maimonides Library for 1890. Supplement to the
Catalogue of German Fiction and Juvenile. Two pam-
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Natick, Mass. Eighteenth Annual Report of Morse Insti-
tute, for the Year ending February, 1S91. Pamphlet.
Newton, Mass. Report of the Free Public Library, year
ending December 31, 1890. Pamphlet.
Newport, N. H. By-laws, Rules, and Regulations of the
Richards Free Library, with Historical Sketch of its
Foundation. Pamphlet. Catalogue and Supplement No.
1. July, 1890. Two pamphlets.
New Haven, Conn. Reports of the Free Library for the
Years 1889 and 1890. Two pamphlets.
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Library of Jersey City, 1891; and Supplement No. 1 to
Finding-list. October 1, 1891. Two pamphlets.
Omaha, Neb. Fourteenth Annual Report of the Board of
Directors of the Public Library, Year ending May, 1891.
Pamphlet.
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lic Library, for the year 1890. Pamphlet.
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Library. 1890-91. Pamphlet.
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Apprentice's Library Company. 1890. Pamphlet. Bulle-
tins of Library Company Nos. 26 and 27. 1891. Two
pamphlets.
Peabody, Mass. Annual Reports of the Peabody Institute,
for the years 1872, '73, '78, '80, '81, '85, '87, and 1890.
Eight pamphlets.
Southampton Borough, Eng. Second Annual Report of
Committee on Public Library. June 1, 1889, to August
30, 1890. Pamphlet.
Swansea, Wales. Seventeenth Annual Report of .the Public
Library and Gallery of Art Committee. 1890-91.
Pamphlet.
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Mercantile Library Association. 1890. Report of Board
of Trustees and Librarian of the Free Public Library,
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tions and Juvenile Works, etc., No. 6, 1891. Two pam-
phlets.
St. Louis, Mo. Annual Report of the Free Public Li-
brary. 1889-90. Forty-Fifth Annual Report of the
Mercantile Library Association. 1890. Two pamphlets.
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brary. 1890-91. Classified List of Books in the Library,
May, 1891. Two pamphlets.
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ation, for year ending May 6, 1891. Pamphlet. Bul-
letins Nos. i-i2, inclusive, for the year 1891.
Salem, Mass. Trustees' Report of Salem Public Library.
December, 1890. Pamphlet.
West Bromwich, London. Report of Committee of Hands-
worth Public Library, for the year ending March, 1891.
Pamphlet.
Wilmington, Del. Thirty-fourth Annual Report of the
Wilmington Institute. 1891. Pamphlet.
Waterbury, Conn. Reports of the Board of Agents of the
Bronson Library Fund, for the years 1888-S9, 1889-90.
Two pamphlets.
Worcester, Mass. Thirty-fifth Annual Report of the Free
Public Library, for the year 1890. Pamphlet.
Windham, N. H. Twentieth Annual Report of the Trus-
tees of the Nesmith Library. March, 1891. Pamphlet.
From the Several Publishers :
"American Young Folks," a monthly magazine. G. Waldo
Brown, publisher, Manchester, N. H. 4to.
" American Sentinel." Pacific Press Association, Oakland,
Cal. For the year 1891. Folio.
" City Library." City Library Association, Springfield,
Mass., publishers. Vol. 4, 1891.
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" Colorado Sun." Published in Denver. For the year
1S91. Folio.
" Canadien." E. R. Dufresne, proprietaire, Manchester,
N. H. For 1891. Folio.
" Daily Press." Press Publishing Co., Manchester, N. H.
For the year 1891. Folio.
" Good Health." From the Sanitarium Health and Tem-
perance Co., Battle Creek, Mich. 1S91. 4to.
" High School Echo." Published by the senior class of the
Manchester High School. Vol. 2. 1891. 4to.
" Lawrence Anzeiger " (German). Published at Lawrence,
Mass. For 1891. Folio.
" Le Fidele Messager, Journal Mensuel." Thos. A. Dorion,
proprietaire, Manchester, N. H. 1891. 4to.
"Manifesto." From Shaker Village, Canterbury, N. H.
For 1 89 1. 8vo.
"New Hampshire Catholic." Chas. A. O'Connor, Esq.,
publisher, Manchester, N. H.
"Plymouth Record." Record Publishing Co., Plymouth,
N. H., 1891. Folio.
" Practical Mechanic." F. S. Blanchard & Co., Worces-
ter, Mass. For 1891. Folio.
" Saturday Telegram." William M. Kendall, publisher,
Manchester, N. H. 1891. Folio.
" Students' Phonographic Journal." Andrew J. Graham,
publisher, New York. For the year 1891. 4to.
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Conn. 4to. 189 1.
"The Voice." A temperance journal published by Funk
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"Weirs Times." M. N. Calvert, publisher, Weirs, N. H.
For the tourist season of 1891. Folio.
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35- 1891.
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completing volumes 2, 3, and 4.
International American Conference. Reports of Commit-
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ber, 1890. 8vo.
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Report of the Superintendent of the United States Coast
and Geodetic Survey, for 1888 and 1889. 2 vols. 4to.
Bulletins Nos. 19 to 23, inclusive.
Catalogue of Charts and other Publications of the United
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Geological Surveys. J. W. Powell, Director. 3 vols. 4to.
Report on Navigation for the year 1889. 8vo.
Report of the Commissioners of Education. 1887-88. 8vo.
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Report on the Fisheries of Alaska. 1889. 8vo.
Message and Documents for the year 1889-90. 8vo.
Atlas Sheets. Geology of the Quicksilver Deposits on the
Pacific Slope. By Becker. 4to.
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Rocky Mountain Region. J. W. Powell, Director.
Report of the Geology and Resources of the Black Hills of
Dakota. 2 vols. 4to.
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U. S. Naval Observatory. 2 vols. 4to.
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1867 to 1890. 8vo.
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Indiana.
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From Hon. Wm. T. Harris, Commissioner.
" Reciprocidad Commercial Entre Mexico Los Estados
Unidos." 1890. 8vo.
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Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 34. Svo.
Annual reports of the Institution for the years 1888 and
1889. 2 vols. Svo.
Annual Report of the National Museum. June 30, 1888.
Svo.
Experiments in Aerodynamics. By S. P. Langley. No. 801,
Smithsonian Series.
Nos. 671 and 672 Natural History illustrations, viz., The
Anatomy of Astrangia Danse, and six species of North
American fresh water fishes. Two numbers. 4to. 1889.
War Department.
Official Records of the Union and Confederate armies.
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Annual Report of the Life-Saving Service. Year, June,
1889. Svo.
Atlas to accompany the Official Records of the Union and
Confederate Armies in the War of the Rebellion.
Quartermaster-General U. S. A.
Flags of the Army of the United States during the War of
the Rebellion. 1861-1865. 4to.
Regulations of the Uniforms of the United States Army, Il-
lustrated. 4to.
Commanders of Army Corps, Divisions, and Brigades of the
United States. 4:0.
Twelve volumes of the " Roll of Honor " and Index.
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M. McDonald, commissioner.
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Report on Marriage and Divorce in the United States.
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bor. 1889, 1890. 2 vols. 8vo.
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ninth, Fiftieth, and Fifty- first Congresses.
REPORTS
COMMITTEES ON CEMETERIES.
REPORT
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 twelfth annual report, embracing
the report of their treasurer, which shows the financial operations
for the year ending December 31, 1891, and the condition of
the fund at the present time.
No work has been attempted the past year beyond the ordinary
care of the endowed lots, nor can any improvements of consider-
able magnitude be accomplished until the means at the command
of your trustees increase to such an extent as to warrant the out-
lay. In this connection we desire to reiterate what has been said
in former reports relating to the meager amounts that have, in
many instances, been donated for this purpose, as the interest
only can be used.
The trustees have expended the means at their command for
the care and preservation of lots as well as they were able, and
are pleased to say that their efforts have generally received the
commendation of parties interested.
Respectfully submitted.
E. J. KNOWLTON, Mayor,
P. C. CHENEY,
JAMES A. WESTON,
Trustees of Cemetery Fund,
January 1, 1892.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
To the Trustees of the Cemetery Fund :
Gentlemen, — I herewith transmit to you the ninth annual
report of the funds received and expenses paid to December 31,
Pine Grove Cemetery.
Amount of permanent fund on hand, as
per last report ....
$10,045.71
Received during the year from :
Charles W. Brown
162.32
Mrs. S. J. N. S. Woods .
174.74
Mrs. Stephen E. Sawtelle .
142.27
Charles Brown ....
162.64
Mrs. Safford W. Prescott .
100.00
Mr. and Mrs. John Kilgore
166.71
Alfred F. Patten and others
I34-36
Benjamin J. and Fred A. Robinson
145.80
Daniel Butterfield and others
134.48
Thomas L. Thorpe
171.90
Orrin E. Kimball
205.50
Charles C. Cole
J58.97
Dr. C. M. Dodge
160.00
Nellie E. Robinson estate .
200.00
Josiah Carpenter
344.00
Martin V. B. Edgerly
I49-3I
REPORT OF COMMITTEES ON CEMETERIES.
255
Freeman Higgins
$128.84
Alfred D. Stark
I33-52
Alvin Pratt estate
300.00
Samuel Thompson
97.46
Selwin B. Wallace
97.46
George A. Alger
83.72
A. G. Fairbanks
175.26
Total permanent fund .
• $
[3>774-97
Income on hand as per last report
$467.66
Income received since last report
529-77
Total income .
$997-43
Expenses paid as follows:
James Bros. ....
$32-63
Sidney A. Blood
16.25
Pine Grove cemetery, care of lots
290.50
Joseph B. Sawyer
41.30
Total expense
$380.68
Cash in hand
616.75
$997-43
Valley Cemeter
y-
Amount of permanent fund on hand, as
per last report ....
$3,450.00
Received since last report from :
Charles F. Durgin estate
200.00
John J. Underhill .
100.00
Adaline Hartshorn
100.00
Asenath Bugbee ....
100.00
Mrs. E. P. Merrill
50.00
Samuel N. Bell estate .
500.00
Eliza Edgerton ....
100.00
Total amount of permanent fund
$4,600.00
256 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Income as per last report . . . $324.76
Income received since last report . 178.75
Total income
Expenses paid as follows :
Palmer & Garmon
$20.00
Valley cemetery, care of lots
•85.15
Total expense
• $105.15
Cash on hand
398.36
$5°3-5r
$503-5*
Piscataquog Cemetery.
Amount of permanent fund on hand, as
per last report $200.00
Received during the year from :
Sarah B. Gage 100.00
Total amount of permanent fund . . . $300.00
Income on hand as per last report . $11-25
Income received since last report . 10.83
Total income $22.08
Merrill Cemetery.
Amount of permanent fund on hand, as per last re-
port $200.00
Income received since last report .... $10.00
Expenses paid as follows :
G. B. Tilton $6.00
Cash on hand 4-°°
$10.00
Most respectfully submitted.
SYLVANUS B. PUTNAM,
Treasurer of Trustees of Cemetery Fund.
REPORT OF COMMITTEES ON CEMETERIES. 257
This is to certify that I have examined the books of accounts
of Sylvanus B. Putnam, treasurer of the trustees of the cemetery
fund, embracing the receipts and expenditures for the year end-
ing December 31, 1891, 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 :
Pine Grove Cemetery.
Bonds of the city of Manchester, N. H.,
5 per cent, 1913 .... $13,750.00
Cash on hand . . . . . 24.97
Total amount of permanent fund . . . $13,774,97
Valley Cemetery.
Bonds of the city of Manchester, N. H.,
5 per cent, 1913 .... $4,600.00
Total amount of permanent fund . . . $4,600.00
Piscataquog Cemetery.
Bonds of the city of Manchester, N. H.,
5 per cent, 1913 .... $300.00
Total amount of permanent fund . . . $300.00
Merrill Cemetery.
Bonds of the city of Manchester, N. H.,
5 per cent, 1913 .... $200.00
Total amount of permanent fund . . . $200.00
JAMES B. STRAW,
City Auditor.
February i, 1892.
REPORT
TRUSTEES OF CEMETERIES.
Pine Grove Cemetery.
The sub-trustees of the Pine Grove Cemetery have the honor
to submit the following report :
During the past year substantial progress has been made in the
development and ornamentation of this cemetery. Thirteen
hundred yards of concrete drive have been laid ; 400 feet of 3-
inch and 175 feet of 2-inch pipe put down, and 12 hydrants and
3 catch-basins set.
No new avenues have been laid out the present year. Those
previously constructed have received careful attention, and 1,020
loads of gravel used upon them. Loam to an amount of 247
loads has been used, and 250 loads of muck taken from the Straw
lot ready for use the coming season ; 403 loads of sand have also
been removed.
Of the 30 lots on Hillside lawn unsold at the commencement
of the year, 23 have been sold, leaving but 7 undisposed of, and
for a portion of these, negotiations are now pending. The ex-
haustion of this source of supply of perpetual care lots must soon
create a demand for those on Riverside lawn, which will be ready
for sale early in the coming season.
The demand for lots of this character will necessitate the early
setting apart of other parts of the cemetery for a like purpose,
REPORT OF COMMITTEES ON CEMETERIES. 259
and their development ; the effect of such lots upon the general
appearance of the grounds is so gratifying that their sale ought
to be encouraged in all legitimate ways.
The Hill and Barton mausoleum, erected on Chapel lawn dur-
ing the year, is one of the finest structures of this character to be
found in this section of the country, and must always remain a
beautiful ornament to the cemetery and a lasting tribute to the
affection and generosity of those whose name it bears.
The year has also witnessed the erection of thirty-one monu-
ments, many of which are remarkable for their beauty and elab-
oration of design, and all of them highly appropriate for their
intended use.
The Swedish lot has been extended southerly and westerly, so
as to meet the demand for family lots which now exists among
this class of our people. Four granite curbings have also been
put in, adding greatly to the beauty of the lots so inclosed.
An attempt was made to purchase the Benjamin Mitchell lot,
so called, as authorized by the city councils, and the offer of the
owners was accepted, but the interference of other parties during
the negotiations prevented the purchase.
The superintendent, Byron A. Stearns, has proved a very ac-
ceptable incumbent of that position, and deserves great credit
for his interest in and devotion to the duties which have de-
volved upon him.
The sub-trustees append the following statistical tables to their
report with the hope that they may be satisfactory to the lot
owners, and give desirable information in regard to the duties
performed by the superintendent.
Superintendent's Account.
Received for deposit on lots .
for interments ....
for water rents ....
for labor on lots
for removals ....
for removing sand .
p
#777-°o
447.50
443-75
5^3-55
68.50
37.00
260
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Received for trimming graves
for clay sold
$16.00
3.00
$2,376.30
MISCELLANEOUS.
Lots sold on Hillside lawn
Lots unsold on Hillside lawn
Restricted lots sold
Restricted lots unsold
Ordinary lots sold .
Ordinary lots unsold
Total lots sold during the yea
Number of interments .
Number of removals
Clay used on avenue borders (loads)
Water rents due and unpaid .
Labor on lots .......
John L. Sanborn.
George W. Bacon.
John P. Young.
George M. Bean.
Charles H. Bartlett
23
7
32
39
28
3°
33
235
17
9
$!35-5°
$128.00
Valley Cemetery.
The sub-trustees of the cemetery known as "the Valley"
respectfully submit the following report for the year 1892 :
During the year the usual amount of labor has been expended
in keeping the cemetery in proper condition ; and in addition
quite a number of improvements have been made. A new arbor
or summer house has been constructed a short distance below the
one previously built, and a substantial bridge placed across the
brook at a convenient distance from the same. The valley on
REPORT OF COMMITTEES ON CEMETERIES.
261
both sides of the brook has been graded and grassed over as far
as the brook has been paved, thus adding greatly to the beauty
of the cemetery. The paving of the bottom' and edges of the
brook has been extended about two hundred feet, and it is ex-
pected that the remaining portion can be completed during the
coming year.
Since the new tomb was constructed, considerable trouble has
been experienced in properly placing the bodies deposited there-
in, on account of the lack of racks for their reception. During
the year the trustees have caused the tomb to be furnished with
racks sufficient to provide for the reception of seventy-five bodies,
each separate from any other, a great improvement upon the cus-
tom followed in past years of placing them on the floor in piles.
It is the intention of the trustees to have the roof of the tomb,
which has never been water-tight since it was built, thoroughly
repaired during the next year.
During the year there have been seventy-nine interments in
the cemetery, and seventeen removals of bodies, while forty-six
bodies have been placed in the tomb.
Materials used
n improvements have been as
follows :
Turf .
. 3,240 feet.
Loam .
243 loads.
Stone .
30 "
Gravel .
141 "
Sand .
225 "
Manure
2 cords.
Ashes .
3 tons.
Phosphate .
y2 ton.
Monuments have been erected on the folio
ving lots : E. T.
Baldwin, G. W. Morrison, Mrs. W. F. Bradbury, — - McCoy,
C. H. Perkins, Samuel Mitchell, and Taylor G.
Sweatt.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation
. $2,800.00
Tomb fees $2
24.00
Graves and remov
als . 2
42.50
262
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Care and water .
$775-°°
Grass and wood sold .
20.50
Labor and materials .
238.00
$1,500.00
Total
. $4,300.00
EXPENDITURES.
Paid C. H. G. Foss, superintendent
$728.00
C. H. Griffin, labor
339-29
Luther Leavitt, labor
3°3-5°
James Hannan, labor
248.91
Joseph Simoneau, labor .
223.26
C. Henry Gilman, labor .
8.26
George Van Brocklin, labor
19.88
B. F. Bascomb, team, gravel, etc.
239-25
Temple & Farrington Co., book, etc
4.10
District No. 2, sand
4.00
F. G. Riddle, printing
3-35
C. H. G. Foss, shrubs
15-7°
Timothy Carr, loam
4.00
J. B. Varick Co., hardware and phos
phate .....
51.21
Peter Woodman, loam and turf
77.90
H. H. Huntress, plants .
3.00
J. Francis, rubber boots .
3.00
J. Francis, plants and labor
49.14
T. W. Lamprey, shrubs .
4.00
Killey & Wadleigh, hardware .
8-75
Michael Murray, manure
10.00
J. A. Auger, ashes .
1.67
H. McEvoy, loam .
38.40
J. Hodge, lumber .
2.15
T. A. Lane, pipe
42.51
Pike & Heald, pipe and hose .
21.18
Ray Brook Garden Co., plants
13.48
B. W. Hill, cloth .
4-25
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263
Paid Manchester Hardware Co., hardware $2>-°9
J. J. Abbott, paint . . . . 2.78
Head & Dowst, bridge and summer
house 287.78
N. J. Whalen, repairing straps . . .50
Stone & Wellington, shrubs . . 4.00
B. A. Stearns ..... 6.00
W. Smith, stones . . . . 1.50
L. M. Aldrich .... .20
J. R. Vance & Co., stove-pipe . 1.80
Welcome Jencks, loam . . . 14-50
S. B. Putnam, treasurer
Balance
Total
Appropriation for repair of city tomb
Transfer .....
$2,794.79
1,500.00
5.21
$4,300.00
$500.00
$520.00
Paid Manchester Heating and Lighting Co. . . $520.00
The superintendent, Mr. Charles H. G. Foss, has continued to
discharge the duties of his position with the same fidelity as in
the past, and to the entire satisfaction of the sub-trustees.
John J. Holland,
Levi K. Snow,
Bushrod W. Hill,
N. P. Hunt,
J. M. Kendall,
Sub- Trustees of the Valley Cemetery.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
To the Trustees of Cemeteries :
Gentlemen, — I herewith present to you my annual report of
the money received by me during the year ending December 31,
1891 :
Pine Grove Cemetery.
Number of deeds delivered during the year 1891, seventy-six.
#4,583-77
#4,583-77
Valley Cemetery.
To cash received from superintendent . . . $1,500.00
By superintendent's receipts ..... 1,500.00
All money received by me has been turned into the city treas-
ury, for which I have the proper vouchers from the city clerk.
I have in my possession forty- one deeds ready for delivery, the
most of which will be taken in a few months ; there are a few,
however, which have been standing for a long time with no pros-
To cash received for the same
• #2,952.30
interest .....
32.17
cash received from superintendent
1,599.30
By superintendent's receipts .
• #1,599-3°
treasurer's receipts .
2,984.47
REPORT OF COMMITTEES ON CEMETERIES. 265
pect of their being delivered. They have been repeatedly noti-
fied, but show no disposition to complete their contract. In one
case during the past year, one lot that was contracted for eight
years ago by J. O. Webster, was declared forfeited by the sub-
trustees, the body that was buried thereon removed to the public
grounds, and the lot sold to another party. A few more of such
extreme measures will have to be resorted to in order to clear up
and dispose of long-standing contracts.
Most respectfully submitted.
SYLVANUS B. PUTNAM,
Treasurer of Trustees of Cemeteries.
Manchester, N. H., February 6, 1892.
I hereby certify that I have examined the accounts of Sylvanus
B. Putnam, treasurer of the trustees of cemeteries, and find the
same correct and properly vouched for.
JAMES B. STRAW,
City Auditor.
REPORT
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
REPORT
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
To the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the City of
Manchester :
In compliance with the ordinances of said city, the Overseers
of the Poor herewith present their annual report for the year
1S91.
The whole number of families that have received more or less
assistance off the farm during the year has been sixty, consisting
of two hundred and twenty-four persons, all of whom have a
settlement in this city. Three of this number died during the
year.
The whole number of paupers supported at the city farm dur-
ing the year has been three.
The whole number of persons supported at the State Industrial
School during the year has been two, at a cost of one dollar and
fifty cents per week for each person.
The whole number of persons supported at the county farm
during the year has been one, at a cost of two dollars per week.
The overseers of the poor have given and allowed four hun-
dred and fifty orders to paupers off the farm during the year,
consisting chiefly of groceries, fuel, medicine, board, clothing,
and emergencies.
270
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
The amount allowed to the several wards is as follows :
Ward i
Ward 2
Ward 3
Ward 4
Ward 5
Ward 6
Ward 8
Bills allowed for emergency cases
Total allowed .
Cash received from county
$62.31
106.40
171.20
220.30
1,598.86
398-85
594.06
#3>x5x-98
1,779.29
$4,931.29
1,634.31
$3,296.96
Total cost
All of which is respectfully submitted.
William H. Maxwell, Ward 1, Clerk.
Thomas L. Quimby, Ward 2.
Benjamin F. Garland, Ward 3.
George S. Holmes, Ward 4.
Patrick Costello, Ward 5.
Charles Francis, Ward 6.
William Marshall, Ward 7.
William Weber, Ward 8.
A true copy.
WILLIAM H. MAXWELL,
Clerk of the Board.
To the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the City
of Manchester :
In compliance with chapter 81, sections 1 and 2, Laws, State
of New Hampshire, passed at the June session, 1889, the Over-
seers of the Poor herewith present their annual report, under the
head of "Aid to Dependent Soldiers and their Families."
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR. 271
The whole number of families of indigent soldiers who have
received more or less aid during the year has been thirteen, con-
sisting of thirty-four persons, at a cost of nine hundred and
seven dollars and ninety cents.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
William H. Maxwell, Ward i, Clerk.
Thomas L. Quimby, Ward 2.
Benjamin F. Garland, Ward 3.
George S. Holmes, Ward 4.
Patrick Costello, Ward 5.
Charles Francis, Ward 6.
William Marshall, Ward 7.
William Weber, Ward 8.
A true copy.
WILLIAM H. MAXWELL,
Clerk of the Board.
REPORT
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON
CITY FARM.
REPORT
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON CITY
FARM.
To his Honor the Mayor and City Councils of the City of Man-
chester :
Gentlemen, — The Joint Standing Committee on City Farm
hereby submit to you their annual report for the year ending
December 31, 1891. Having fairly and impartially appraised
all personal property at the farm, we find the summary as fol-
lows :
Live stock .
$1,867.00
Wagons, carts, and team
furnishings .
1,029.45
Farming implements .
1,189.15
Hay, grain, and produce
3>4ii-75
Household furniture
2,328.96
Provisions and fuel
1,461.26
Statement of accounts for the year 1891 :
Dr.
To appropriation .... $6,500.00
overdraft ..... 12.05
$11,287.57
$6,512.05
276
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Cr.
By cash receipts of the farm
• $1,774-46
increase in stock .
. 2,490.56
permanent improvements
565-5°
bills receivable
32.08
Balance
. 1,649.45
$6,512.05
Cash paid city treasurer, $1,774.46.
Total number of weeks' board, 2,213.
Average cost of board per week for each person, 74^ cents.
Your committee thought it advisable to abolish the old system
of charging one thousand dollars interest against the farm as
heretofore, as there is no other department in the city that pays
interest on the money invested ; therefore the rate of board is
reduced forty-five cents and two mills per week, whereas, if the
one thousand dollars interest had been charged, the rate of
board per week for each person would have been one dollar and
nineteen cents and seven mills.
A gain in stock of $2,490.56 is shown since our appraisal one
year ago, which is vouched for by the immense amount of prod-
uce raised on the farm the past season, which will be more than
sufficient to feed the stock and fatten the pork the coming year.
It has been customary for the superintendent, the past two
years, to raise produce enough on the farm to feed the stock and
make their own pork without buying meal or swill, which was
not the case a few years ago, as the reports show that from two to
three hundred dollars per year was paid for city swill.
Following is a list of crops harvested the past season, not
counting what was consumed through the summer and fall.
Corn
Potatoes
Mangold beets
Blood beets
Sugar beets .
Carrots .
Turnips .
946 bushels.
6S3 "
826 "
130 "
80
265
33° "
20
bushels.
• • 65
"
i5
(c
175
8,ooo
pounds
• 9>3°o
"
2,000
"
5,226
• • 665
75
barrels.
7
500 1
Dunches
100
ons.
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Parsnips
Onions .....
Beans .....
Oats
Squashes .....
Cabbage ....
Pumpkins ....
Pork
Beef
Apples
Cider
Celery .....
Hay
One of the most extensive improvements on the farm was the
clearing of stone and the plowing up of eight acres of the old
pasture land ready for cultivation next season ; this makes about
fifteen acres of pasture land plowed up the past two years. There
has been a new hen-house built, which gives room to keep one
hundred fowls in place of sixty as heretofore ; also numerous re-
pairs in and about the buildings.
By way of improvements our anticipations have not been real-
ized. With the view of utilizing the labor of the prisoners, we
hoped to have furnished crushed stone for the street department,
to have secured much of the work done in Derryfield park, and
to have secured the contract for the collection and disposal of
garbage, for which a bid, based on a faithful service, and 30 per
cent less than the previous year, was presented. An effort was
also made to place highway district No. 8 in charge of Superin-
tendent Streeter ; this was defeated in your joint councils, con-
trary, we believe, to the best interests of the city and district.
We condemn the practice of the street department in hiring
private teams, when there is as good a one belonging to the city,
at the farm, spoiling for work. A little protection to home in-
dustry in this direction would be for the interest of the city.
Early in the year your committee were impressed with the ne-
cessity of relieving the hampered condition of the prison quar-
ters, and the urgent necessity of the erection of a suitable prison
278 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
building, where the inmates would have proper sanitary condi-
tions, and where the foul-mouthed, hardened criminal could, at
least in a measure, be isolated from the younger men just started
in crime. Such a building is called for in the interest of morals,
and that the institution be in fact as in name, correctional.
Later on, we were apprised of the fact that we were exceeding
our duties, that these matters belonged to the committee on the
house of correction. Feeling somewhat relieved, we gladly wel-
comed them to an investigation of the situation, they agreeing
with us in our conclusions. The joint committee considered va-
rious plans of overcoming the difficulty by remodeling the build-
ings, but finally decided to ask for an appropriation for a new
building the ensuing year. Whether or not this much needed
building will be erected rests with the committee on the house
of correction and the city councils.
The number of paupers cared for is happily small, still it is
necessary that we should be in a position to care for such as there
may be of this unfortunate class not provided for elsewhere.
We append to this report an interesting essay on " The De-
fective Classes," by A. O. Wright, secretary of the State Board
of Charities and Reform of Wisconsin, which contains much
matter for serious consideration.
The annual inspection, November 12, was an occasion of more
than usual interest. His Honor the Mayor very thoughtfully ex-
tended an invitation to their Honors Mayors Clapp of Concord
and Beasom of Nashua to accept the hospitalities of our city on
the occasion. The latter was unavoidably detained at home,
but the pleasure of the occasion was much enhanced by the pres-
ence of the genial mayor of the capital city. After a thorough
inspection of the premises, the immense stores of garnered prod-
uce, the finely conditioned draught horses, sleek kine, pork,
present and prospective, were pronounced good. Even the corn-
sheller elicited commendation from the alderman from ward 7.
Feeling satisfied that the interests of the city were being cared
for at the farm, the invitation of Mrs. Streeter to one of her ex-
cellent suppers was all the more acceptable. That it was enjoyed
goes without saying. After cigars were lighted, the company
IQS. ST. JOSEPH'S HIGH SCHOOL. 109. ST. AGNES SCHOOL. CATH
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CITY FARM. 279
followed the bent of their inclinations, congregating in coteries
throughout the house. An hour or two was profitably as well as
pleasantly spent. Mayor Clapp was the center of a very interest-
ing group. He not only possesses a fund of valuable informa-
tion, but has the happy faculty of imparting the same, and we
have no doubt that much profit was derived from the interchange
of views relating chiefly to municipal affairs.
Our duties have been made comparatively easy, from the fact
that in the superintendent and matron, Mr. and Mrs. Streeter,
the city has officers in every way qualified for their arduous and
ofttimes unpleasant duties.
Walter M. Fulton,
Byron Worth en,
Oliver J. Butman,
Albert J. Peaslee,
D. J. Ahern,
Joint Standing Committee on City Fartn.
THE DEFECTIVE CLASSES.
BY A. O. WRIGHT, EX-SECRETARY OF THE STATE BOARD OF CHARITIES
AND REFORM OF WISCONSIN.
The defective classes form a series of small but very trouble-
some tumors upon the body politic. For various reasons, rang-
ing all the way from the imperative need of protection to society
up to those humane influences for which our century is distin-
guished, these classes have fallen under the more or less effective
guardianship of government in all civilized countries. Private
effort is also doing much to palliate or to prevent the evils which
the defective classes bring on themselves, and upon society at
large.
280 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
I propose the following classification of the defective classes,
depending upon the three divisions of the mental faculties which
are generally accepted by psychologists : Insanity and idiocy
are different forms of defective intellect. Crime and vice are
caused by defect of the emotions or passions ; and pauperism is
caused by defect of the will. Blindness and deaf-mutism are de-
fects of the senses, requiring special forms of education, but are
not defects of the mind any more than the loss of an arm or a
leg. Blind or deaf people, properly educated, are not a burden
or a danger to society as are criminals, insane persons, or pau-
pers. Their defects are physical not mental, and they should
not be classed with people who have these mental defects. The
above classification has the advantage of starting from the center
instead of from the circumference. " The mind is the measure
of the man," and it is the abnormal and defective mind which
produces the mischief. Anything which fosters abnormal and
ill-regulated thoughts or passions, or which weakens the control of
the reason, conscience, and will over the mind, tends to produce
insanity, crime, and pauperism. Everything which aids self-
control reduces the tendency to these abnormalities.
The distribution of the defective classes by nationality, edu-
cation, wealth, age, sex, occupation, and the like, is interesting
from a scientific point of view, and important from a practical
standpoint. A study of the distribution of insanity, crime, and
pauperism may reveal the conditions which create or foster them.
And, as society has more or less control over social conditions, it
may be possible to heal some of these ulcers on the body politic if
we know where they are and what irritant produced them. But
please notice I say may, not shall. The small success of all effort
in the past toward curing these evils ought to make social re-
formers modest.
First, the question of sex. Men and women are about equally
afflicted with insanity. Either the causes are the same in men
and women which produce insanity, or they are equivalent.
Heredity, worry, overwork, under-feeding, sickness, and the
weaknesses of old age affect women and men equally ; and the
perils of childbirth and of loneliness for solitary farmers' wives
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CITY FARM. 281
are about equal to the dangers from accident and the vices to
which men are exposed. But crime and pauperism are liabilities
of men much more than of women. There are generally about
forty times as many men as women in our prisons. The dispro-
portion is not quite so great in some states, and is still less in
European countries. In Europe there is no sentimental pity for
a woman on account of her sex. But even in Europe the pro-
portion of men to women is perhaps ten to one. Women do not
commit crime as readily as men do, — it may be from principle,
it may be from cowardice, it may be from lack of temptation.
And women do not become paupers as readily as men. In get-
ting outdoor relief, it is true, women are a little ahead of men ;
but that is because it is easier for a woman to get poor relief than
for a man. And, in fact, where outdoor relief is laxly administered,
though it is the women who usually apply for it, there are often
lazy men behind them, sending them for it, or else drinking up
all their earnings in the comfortable consciousness that the public
will support their families. So that, even in outdoor relief, it is
probable that the men have a good share of the pauperism. And
in the poorhouses there are about twice as many men as women.
Second, as to age. About an equal number of each sex are
born idiots, and remain so all their lives, so that the question of
age in idiocy need not be taken into account, except that idiots
are not long-lived. But insanity is a defect of mature years.
Going through an insane asylum, you are struck with the general
age of the patients in contrast with the youth of the attendants.
This, of course, is partly caused by the fact that insanity is not
very curable. Only about one fourth of the insane recover. A
few die, and the rest end their days as chronic insane. But it is
also caused by the fact that most insane are middle-aged or
elderly before they become insane.
Crime is rarely committed by little children, and, when com-
mitted, is frequently excused by the law or by the judges and
jury. But every visitor to a jail or state's prison must notice
the comparative youthfulness of the prisoners. The average age
of the convicts in state prison is twenty-seven. Or, to put it in
another way, the majority of convicts in state prison are under
282 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
twenty-five. The difference between twenty-seven and twenty-
five is accounted for by the difference between an average and a
majority. The direct opposite of this is the case with pauperism.
The majority of paupers are over fifty years old. Criminals are
mostly young men. Paupers are mostly old men and old
women. Youth is the age of passion, and perverted passions
lead to crime. The author of "The Jukes Family" says that
among the descendants of Margaret, the "mother of criminals,"
it is very noticeable that in youth they were prostitutes and
criminals and in age beggars and paupers. The same perverted
instincts which led them to prey upon the community took the
direction of crime in the time of strength and of pauperism in
the time of weakness.
The question of education is often stated, as if education
favored insanity and opposed crime and pauperism. As a fact,
I do not think that education has so great an influence either way
as many seem to think. We were told half a century ago that it
was cheaper to build schoolhouses than jails and poorhouses.
We have dotted the country over with schoolhouses, and we find
that jails and poorhouses are just as necessary as ever. But
some one may say that this is because there is no compulsory
education and because we have an unusual number of ignorant
foreigners coming to our shores. But this is sufficiently answered
by looking at Germany with its homogeneous population and
compulsory education, and compulsory religious as well as sec-
ular education at that. In Germany, crime and pauperism and
insanity are increasing, as they are with us. Criminals, paupers,
and insane all average a little below the rest of the community
in education. Their smaller knowledge and less natural ability
make them break down into insanity more easily, and also more
easily drift into crime or pauperism. The best statistics of crim-
inals have been kept for over half a century by the Eastern
Pennsylvania Penitentiary. The result of these statistics seems
to show that idleness rather than ignorance is the mother of
crime. An investigation, which I made a few years ago by per-
sonal inquiries from poorhouse to poorhouse in Wisconsin, satis-
fied me that about one third of the paupers are made so by idle-
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ness, one third by liquor, and one third by all other causes com
bined. In my judgment, the idleness which makes truants
from school, and therefore poor scholars, leads to crime or pau-
perism in many cases, and in these cases it is not ignorance which
is the cause of crime, but idleness which is the cause of both
ignorance and crime.
The question of social standing is not of as great importance
in this democratic country as in Europe. Paupers, of course, do
not come from the wealthy or the middle classes. Many of the
laboring classes do drop into pauperism through misfortune or
vice. But many of the paupers are not even of the laboring
class, but come from the outcasts of society. The same is the
case with the criminals. They do not come chiefly from the
wealthy or middle classes. Some of them come from the labor-
ing classes. But they are very largely from the outcasts of soci-
ety. The insane are found in all classes in considerable numbers.
But the laboring class furnishes more than its share of insane,
and the outcasts an immense proportion to their number. Crim-
inals and paupers and tramps frequently become insane, — I
should say ten times as many as from the same number of aver-
age humanity.
The advantages and disadvantages of city life have often been
talked of. Many people suppose that the excitement and strain
of city life conduce to insanity. Others say that the loneliness
of country life has the same effect. An English physician has
taken the pains to tabulate the statistics of insanity for the city
of London for forty years, and for several purely agricultural
counties in the south of England with about the same population
for the same period, and finds that there is no difference between
city and country in the amount of insanity. But for crime all
statistics show clearly that crime is concentrated in the cities, .
which are the refuge of the criminal classes and the nurseries of
young criminals in the neglected street children. Pauperism is
greater in the city than in the country, though this may arise
from the corrupt municipal governments encouraging pauperism
to win votes.
The effects of climate have not been much considered ; but I
284 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
believe it will be found that warm climates do not have so great
a proportion of insanity as cold climates. It is certain that in
Europe Greece has a much less proportion of insanity than Nor-
way. In this country there is less insanity in the South than in
the North in proportion to population. A part of this is due to
the negroes in the South having a small proportion of insanity, and
the foreigners in the North having a large proportion. But it is
possible that climate has also something to do with it. I cannot
discover that climate has anything to do with crime. Pauperism
is increased in cold climates by the greater difficulty of getting a
bare subsistence.
Much has been said about the rapid increase of the defective
classes, especially of the insane. Statistics show this both in
Europe and America. But statistics of the mere numbers of in-
sane at any given time are very deceptive. The greater humanity
with which the insane are treated now than a hundred or even
twenty-five years ago, has preserved their lives, and thereby
caused an accumulation of the insane. This greatly increases
the numbers who are alive at any given time, but does not show
that any more persons become insane in any one year than ever.
Careful statistics have been kept in England with reference to the
latter point, and it is found that there was an increase in the
proportion of commitments to the total population up to a recent
time, but that it now seems to have reached its highest point and
become stationary. It is believed that the increase in the com-
mitments was caused partly by the discovery and placing in in-
stitutions of cases that would otherwise have been hidden at
home and partly by calling things insanity which formerly would
have been called by some other name, such as senile dementia,
epilepsy, eccentricity, or primary dementia. I believe that these
statistics show that insanity is not now increasing faster in Eng-
land than the population.
In the United States insanity is obviously increasing very rap-
idly. In ten years in Wisconsin their insane under public care
have increased from about 1,700 to over 3,000. This is partly
due to the causes discussed above ; but it is also due to another
fact, to which I think I was the first to call attention — that the
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ratio of insanity to the population is much greater in the older
states than in the newer ones, and in the older counties of Wis-
consin than in the newer ones. The rapid increase of crime in
this country is doubtless an incident of the rapid growth of city
population. But probably the more careful administration of
the laws has increased the number of prisoners, while the system
of reformatories for boys and girls, and all the good influences of
Christian civilization, have been resisting the increase of crime.
It is noteworthy that a better prison system in England than we
have in this country, joined to the private reformatory work of
all kinds, has brought the increase of crime to a stop, and that
there is absolutely less crime in Great Britain now than there was
fifteen years ago, notwithstanding the increase of population.
The same causes have made an increase of pauperism in this
country, — the growth of cities, and the foolish or corrupt use of
public money in aiding undeserving applicants for poor relief.
To a considerable extent these three defective classes link into
one another. It is hard to say whether a tramp is a pauper or a
criminal. Many crimimals may be called insane — and some
are so adjudged when they have money or friends to help them,
— and some insane have criminal tendencies. A very large per
cent of criminals become insane in prison or afterward. A con-
siderable number of paupers become insane. The children of
the one class pass easily into the other class. Street children,
who are the children of misfortune, are easily drawn into crime.
Here and there in our country, and in every other one, are knots
of defectives all tangled up together, — families closely related
furnishing a whole population of criminals, paupers, idiots, and
lunatics among themselves. Such were the family in Ulster
County, New York, called by Dr. Dugdale "The Jukes Family,"
to disguise their real name. Such is the "Tribe of Ishmael "
recently described by Mr. McCulloch in Indianapolis. The in-
terchangeability of these defects is very clearly shown in these
cases.
What are we now doing with the defective classes ? With
some exceptions all civilized nations are pursuing the following
lines of policy. Pauperism is relieved and discouraged. The
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treatment fluctuates between the extremes of lavish relief and
stringent discouragement, but is generally a compromise between
these two extremes. Insanity is cared, if possible; if not, it is
usually protected in institutions of some sort. Crime is punished
in prisons, and prevented in reformatories.
These methods express the average wisdom of the present gen-
eration, which is far in advance of what has previously been done
for the defective classes. It does not follow that this is the best
that can possibly be done for them. In fact, here and there ex-
periments are in progress which, I believe, represent not the
average wisdom, but the best wisdom of our times. Here and
there private societies have taken up the work of eradicating pau-
perism, not by relief, which often encourages it, nor by merely
repressive measures, but by carrying out the motto of the charity
organization societies, "Not alms, but a friend." And Rev.
J. H. Crooker, of Madison, has recently shown that this is not a
new discovery, but is a century old, when it was more fully ap-
plied to public poor relief than it has since been. The methods
of reforming criminals and thus reducing crime have been dis-
covered and applied in the British Isles, while in America they
have been only so applied in a few places. The methods of
treating the insane have been growing milder and more humane
in Europe and America within a few years. In my judgment,
the state hospital of Alabama, and the county asylums for the
chronic insane of Wisconsin, mark the highest point yet reached
in the direction of liberty for the insane. At the rate of progress
which we are now making, it will take a generation for the aver-
age American treatment of the defective classes to reach the
standard set for pauperism by the charity organization societies,
for crime by Elmira and Concord, and for insanity by the Wis-
consin system of care for the chronic insane.
Our measures of treatment of the defective classes sometimes
increase the very evils we meant to cure. Poor relief, instead of
relieving pauperism, very often increases it; insane asylums seem
to increase the number of insane ; prisons, of criminals. This,
however, is not a necessity of the case, but only an incidental
evil which needs to be guarded against.
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We must allow that our humane methods of treatment, in ad-
dition to the good effects which they have, do also tend to in-
crease the numbers of the defective classes by prolonging their
lives and making their lot a more desirable one. I have already
mentioned the accumulation of insanity by the mere prolonga-
tion of life in the insane in civilized countries. It is still a ques-
tion whether this does not account for the greater number of
insane in civilized over savage countries. Where the insane are
killed as witches, or executed as criminals, or killed by private
vengeance or malice, or allowed to die by neglect, and where
only the robust can survive the hardships and perils of life, in
any case it is not wonderful that the insane existing at any given
time are few. So also with pauperism. If no poor relief is
given, there will be no paupers; for some will starve and others
will steal. But crime seems to decrease with milder punishments,
whether these are the causes of the decrease or only a result of
the general civilization of society, which is reducing both crime
and punishment alike. It is also true that we discover and do
something for a large number of cases now who would not be
known as defectives under a less perfect administration of gov-
ernment. This is one of the causes of the apparent increase of
insanity, as I have already said. Crime is more completely
looked after, and things are called crime now which would not
have been called so a few years ago.
But, on the whole, I believe that the measures we are taking
to treat the defective classes are really reducing their numbers.
For one thing, we keep them shut up in institutions, where they
are not allowed to propagate their kind or to practice or teach
their vices. A notable exception to this is the county jail sys-
tem, where prisoners are herded together in idleness to consti-
tute schools of crime and vice. Our methods do also cure many
of the defectives. About one fourth of the insane are perma-
nently cured. From half to two thirds of the criminals are
never convicted a second time. Many paupers and tramps do
finally drop back into society again. It is of course a struggle
which may be made to appear to be tending one way or the
other according as we are optimistic or pessimistic in the bent of
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our own minds. But I take the side of the optimist, and believe
we are gradually healing up these ulcers upon society.
The best sign of the future is that public sentiment and legis-
lation are steadily tending in the direction of prevention as well
as cure. Some measures of prevention, like the various phases
of child-saving work, have been already fruitful of good results.
In other cases, it is still doubtful what is best to be done in the
way of prevention. But I believe the time is coming when, by
the combination of public and private effort, we shall greatly re-
duce, if we do not entirely eradicate, the defective classes.
In my dealings with them I am sometimes tempted to despair
of humanity. But then I look at our churches and schools, our
literature and our industries, and, best of all, our happy homes,
the pledge of the future, and I take heart again. I remember
that after all, the total number of prisoners, paupers, insane, and
idiots in the United States, is only one per cent of the popula-
tion, a less proportion than any other civilized country has.
REPORT
CITY SOLICITOR
REPORT OF THE CITY SOLICITOR.
To the City Councils :
Gentlemen, — I herewith submit my report for 1891, as city
solicitor.
Of the cases pending in the supreme court for Hillsborough
county, January 1, the following, viz., those of Emmeline C.
Call, Worthley Brothers, Frederick E. Scheer, Hannah Ryan,
and Edwin R. Whitney, all for damages for personal injuries re-
ceived in the use of alleged defective highways ; that of Caroline
S. Head and others, for damages to land by water flowing on it
from the highway ; and that of Rebecca C. Newton, for land
damages by changing the grade of Webster street, were all
settled without trial, and in a manner, in my judgment, benefi-
cial to the city. In my view it is for the interest of the city to
settle highway accident cases when it can be done reasonably,
even in instances where no actual fault can be imputed to those
having charge of the streets. The law imposes upon municipal
corporations in the care of their highways a burden which, prop-
erly interpreted, is a just and suitable one. Reasonable care
under all circumstances is the rule the law sets up ; but when the
decision of what is reasonable care is left solely to the jury, as it
is in this state, the city or town is apt to suffer. The ordinary
juryman in this class of cases seems to consider the results of the
accident to the plaintiff far more carefully than he does the re-
spopsibility for it. Prejudice against a wealthy municipal cor-
poration, the feeling that the city is able to pay without much
inconvenience or expense to any individual, sympathy for the
suffering of the plaintiff, play a far more important part in de-
termining the juror's decision than the calm judgment, the im-
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partial weighing of the testimony, and the unbiased conclusions
therefrom, which the law makes the criteria of a just verdict.
Therefore it has been my policy since holding this office to settle
as many cases as possible upon a fair basis. It is better, I think,
to pay a small sum in a peaceful settlement than it is to take the
chances of a jury's giving much larger damages ; and every ver-
dict against the city, by the publicity given by the press and
otherwise, encourages more suits, while a quiet settlement out of
court avoids this result. Upon this basis, settlements were made
in the foregoing suits, as well as in the cases of Hannah Connor
and Mary Gendron, begun during the year, and in some in-
stances of claims where no suit had been begun.
The cases of Louis Laventure and Margaret Golden, both
highway accident cases, in which the New England Telegraph
and Telephone Company and John H. Maynard were respectively
called in to defend, were disposed of by those parties without
expense to the city ; and in the first taxable costs were recovered
for the city.
The case of William M. Parsons, of the same nature, was
tried by a jury at the March term of court, and a verdict of
34,000 damages was given him. A motion for a nonsuit and to
set aside the verdict was made and argued before the full bench
at the December law term, and a decision will probably be
rendered upon that motion in March.
The appeal of Maxwell and Campbell from the judgment of
the committee of appraisers, for the value of a horse killed by
order of the mayor and aldermen, as having glanders, was also
transferred to the law term, and a decision may be expected in
March. The other cases upon the docket January i, viz., those
of Augusta A. Currin, Maria Colby, T. S. Colby, Lee Big, and
Edwin Branch, all for damages for personal injuries received in
the use of highways; and the petition of P. C. Cheney Com-
pany and others for a new highway from Amoskeag village to
Mast road in Goffstown, are still pending on the docket.
The cases of the city against M. J. Jenkins and his bondsmen,
which were begun before January i, were entered at the March
term, and it has been agreed to refer them to some experienced
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person, as they are not proper suits for a jury trial, but the ref-
eree has not yet been agreed upon.
The following cases have been entered during the past year,
and are now pending in the supreme court :
AT THE MARCH TERM :
Catherine McCarthy v. Manchester.
A suit for damages for breaking a leg by falling on the side-
walk of Auburn street, caused by an alleged icy condition of
the walk.
Celia Clark v. Manchester.
A suit for damages for personal injuries received by falling on
the sidewalk of Middle street, March 8, 1890, owing to the
alleged icy condition of the same. The Amoskeag Manufactur-
ing Company, which by an old agreement with the city has the
care of Middle street, has been summoned to appear and defend
this action.
Manchester v. James A. Weston and Others, Owners
of the old Manchester House.
To recover the amount of the verdict paid by the city in the
case of Mary Kildea v. Manchestei-, she being injured while
passing in front of their building, while in process of removal.
Manchester v. John Ferguson.
To recover the amount of the verdict in the case against the
city of Margaret Kelley, who fell into an open bulkhead leading
into the cellar of a building owned by him on Central street.
AT THE SEPTEMBER TERM.
Honora Russell v. Manchester.
A suit for damages for personal injuries alleged to have been
occasioned by falling on the sidewalk of Lake avenue, April 9,
1891, owing to a projecting water pipe.
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Sarah E. Mayhew v. Manchester.
A suit for damages for personal injuries occasioned by being
thrown from a sleigh, January 24, 1891, on Chestnut street.
The defect charged was a depression in the street made by the
tracks of the Bridge-street line of the Manchester Street Railway,
which corporation has been called in to take care of the case.
Inez Tirrell v. Manchester.
A suit for damages for personal injuries occasioned by falling
on the sidewalk of South Main street, February 27, 1891, owing
to the alleged defective condition of the same due to ice.
Rodney N. Whittemore v. Manchester.
A suit for damages for personal injuries alleged to have been
caused by being thrown from his wagon on the River road,
March 30, 1891. The defect charged was that one of several
logs which had been piled by the side of the road had fallen into
the traveled roadway. The parties cutting the timber on the ad-
joining lot, who placed the logs there, have been summoned to
take care of the action.
Thomas Lane v. Manchester.
A suit for damages for personal injuries caused, April 4, 1891,
by falling from the steps of a saloon on Elm street, which steps
are alleged to be an obstruction in the highway. The owners of
the building have been summoned to appear and defend the
same.
Edward Wyman v. Manchester.
A suit for damages for personal injuries alleged to have been
caused by catching his foot on a projecting root, and falling on
the sidewalk of Parker street, June n, 1891.
Charles S. Cousins v. Manchester.
A suit to recover the annual salary of a fireman for the year
1890, the same being withheld on the ground that the plaintiff
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at the time of his appointment as a fireman was a member of the
Common Council.
The appeal of Elijah Chadwick from the award of damages
for land taken for a new highway in West Manchester. In this
case the highway has since been discontinued, and it will prob-
ably not occasion much trouble.
The foregoing constitutes a brief summary of the work in the
supreme court for the past year. But, as I stated in my last
annual report, this work constitutes but a small part of the duties
of this office. It is impossible to give any detailed report of the
greater portion of the labors of the solicitor. Looking up law,
investigating claims and accidents, drawing all necessary legal
documents, counseling and advising city officers of all depart-
ments, attending police court, meetings of city government, and
committee meetings, these and many other things make this
office a busy one. All such duties have been performed to the
best of my ability. I would express my hearty appreciation of
the kindly treatment I have received from all the members of
the city councils, and from the various officials with whom I
have been brought in contact. To his Honor the Mayor, to the
committee on claims, and to the city marshal, whom I meet
more frequently than the others, I am under especial obliga-
tions for their unvarying courtesy and kindness.
Respectfully submitted.
EDWIN F. JONES,
City Solicitor.
R E PORT
CITY PHYSICIAN
REPORT OF CITY PHYSICIAN.
To his Honor the Mayor, and Gentlemen of the City Councils :
I herewith submit my report for the year 1891.
The health of the city poor has been exceptionally good, no
death having occurred.
Total number of patients, 121.
Total number of visits made, 1,234.
Diseases treated : Alcoholic neuritis, 1 ; bronchitis, acute, 6 ;
bronchitis, chronic, 2 ; cholera morbus, 1 ; childbirth, 1 ;
coryza, 1 ; dermatitis, 1 ; delirium tremens, 5 ; gonorrhea, 3 ;
general debility, 1; hemorrhoids, 1 ; insanity, 16; locomotor
ataxia, 1 ; miscarriage, 1 ; mitral regurgitation, 1 ; phthisis
pulmonalis, 10 ; paraphimosis, 1 ; acute articular rheumatism,
1 ; senile debility, 2 ; stomatitis, 3 ; suppurating tubercular
gland, 1 ; typhoid fever, 2 ; ulcer of leg, 1 ; urethral stricture,
1 ; vaccination, 4 ; varicose veins, 1 ; venereal warts, 1 ; acci-
dents requiring surgical treatment, 39.
In the treatment of many cases among the city poor, the at-
tendance of a trained nurse is as essential as that of the physi-
cian and many such cases could be properly cared for in their
own homes but for the lack of such service, and I would respect-
fully recommend that the city physician be authorized in those
cases where he should consider it necessary, to employ such
nurses.
FREDERICK PERKINS, M. D.,
City Physician.
REPORT OF THE MILK INSPECTOR.
REPORT OF MILK INSPECTOR.
To his Honor the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen of the
City of Manchester :
I herewith submit a report for the year 1891.
The method of inspection followed has been nearly the same
as that practiced in the city of Boston, Mass.
The towns of Bedford, Goffstown, and Dunbarton have fur-
nished the larger part of the milk used in the city for the year,
Bedford furnishing more than any other town.
No cases of tuberculosis were reported during the year, which
shows that more attention has been paid to the health of the
herds from which the milk supply of the city is obtained. The
thorough inspection of cattle in surrounding towns has undoubt-
edly had a good effect, as it has stimulated cattle owners to
cause their herds to be more closely cared for, both in a sanitary
way and in the matter of feed.
The inspection was carried on most extensively at night, be-
tween the hours of 1 o'clock and 7 o'clock a. m., during the
summer months, without using the same evenings in each succes-
sive week. As the warm weather came on, the demand materi-
ally increased and the supply decreased, which occasioned a
shortage which tempted dealers who might not care to be strictly
honest in their business to '•' extend " the milk they brought in
to meet the demand. This was done with water and a little
sweetening and coloring. — but still the demand increased and
the supply grew shorter at the farms. This state of things neces-
sitated a more rigid inspection, and "extended" milk was
found. To further facilitate the work, the services of a profes-
sional chemist were engaged with the permission and advice of
the Mayor. Mr. Clarence Bancroft was engaged for this pur-
pose, and all samples collected and found deficient in specific
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gravity and butter-fat, and below the per cent of total solids re-
quired by law, were at once analyzed. In a short time fourteen
complaints were sworn out, and at the fall term of the supreme
court, held at Nashua, fourteen indictments were found by the
grand jury, the indictments being against eight different parties,
the complaints being presented by the milk inspector. The
prosecution of the cases was placed in the hands of the county
solicitor. The cases were brought before Judge Isaac W. Smith,
who imposed a fine of one hundred dollars and ten dollars costs
in each case, and where more than one indictment was found
against a single individual, the fine was paid on one and filed on
the others. Two of the parties prosecuted had three indictments
each, two had two each, and the other four had one each, and all
the fines were paid, with one exception, without a hearing, and in
each case the full extent of the fine imposed was paid, with costs,
the city receiving one half of the fines and one half of the costs,
and the other half of the fines and costs going to the state, ac-
cording to law. In the prosecution of these cases it was deemed
advisable to bring the complaints directly before the supreme
court, as being much the shorter method of procedure.
During the summer months and during the autumn the milk
supply continued short, and especially was it quite noticeable
immediately after the indictments were found by the grand jury.
The result was that at one time milk brought 64 cents per can of
eight and one half quarts, and very few routes could procure
enough to supply the demand. Many customers, and especially
stores, were cut down in quantity, and this scarcity continued
until cold weather came on, and the demand, in a measure, for
extra milk ceased. The deficiency in the supply from the farms
in the surrounding towns was caused by the excessive drouth, the
feed in pastures becoming almost worthless, and the streams and
wells becoming so dry that it was almost impossible in many
cases to supply herds with the proper amount of good pure water,
and in fact, in some localities the water was worth almost as
much as the milk.
In the month of October a meeting of the milk dealers was
held, an association was formed, and the price of milk was ad-
vanced to six cents per quart, and I think the people of our city
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made no objection to the advance in price providing they could
be insured a straight article. This association, if properly con-
ducted, may be the means of doing much good eventually in
regulating the future supply of milk brought to the city, and can
largely aid in keeping the quality up to the standard required by
law. The advance in price, if divided with the farmer, will allow
him to feed a little better, thereby improving the quality of his
milk. There has for many years been a tendency among those
who have furnished milk from the herds, to purchase those cowsy
in replacing their stock, which would produce quantity without
regard to quality, which has been one cause of lowering the
standard, and this should be corrected as fast as circumstances
will permit.
One hundred and thirty-three licenses have been issued during
the year and duly recorded, amounting to $66.50. There are 89
regular routes, and the average number of quarts of new milk de-
livered daily is 16,195. Average number of quarts of skimmed
milk delivered daily. 1,235. Estimated number of cows to pro-
duce the daily supply of milk for the city, 2,563.
The fines and costs on eight prosecutions amounted to $880,
of which the city received $440, and the state $440.
The duties devolving upon this office necessitate a large outlay
of time and expense, and are assuming such proportions that it
really should have the whole time of one person devoted to it.
This work has to be done largely during the hours of the night,
and often consumes the time of the following day, and many
cases are made by private parties who have samples of milk in-
spected for their own information, which is important, espe-
cially in cases where it concerns the milk supply of the city.
Within the limits of the city I have occasionally visited the farms
where a portion of our milk supply is obtained, and sampled the
milk in order to ascertain the quality before it left the farm.
There have been but few complaints from customers during
the year, and they were properly attended to in each case.
Very respectfully,
H. F. W. LITTLE,
20 Milk Inspector.
REPORT OF THE CITY MARSHAL
REPORT OF CITY MARSHAL.
Manchester, N. H., Feb. 14, 1892.
To the Honorable Mayor and Board of Aldermen :
Gentlemen, — I have the honor to submit to you my annual
report of the police department for the year ending December
31, 1 89 1, showing the strength and condition of' the force, and
reviewing briefly the service performed by it during the year.
Police Department.
The police force of Manchester, on the 31st of December, 1891,
consisted of thirty-four men, organized with rank and title as
follows : viz., One city marshal, one deputy marshal, one cap-
tain, seven day patrol, and twenty-four night patrol, with one
night patrolman detailed to take charge of the station nights.
SUMMARY OF THE WORK ACCOMPLISHED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
Fines and costs, $6,668.97. Assaults, 216; assault on officer,
7; adulteiy, 3; burglary, 12 ; breaking glass, 13 ; drunk, 1,179;
defacing buildings, 2 ; disorderly house, 5 ; exposure of person,
6; embezzlement, 2 ; evading car-fare, 3; fornication, 31; fast
driving, 4; gambling, 1 ; keeping liquor for sale, 182 ; keeping
open Sunday, 22; larceny from person, 14; larceny, 109; vag-
abond, 9 ; noise and brawl, 29 ; obstructing sidewalk, 1 ; ped-
dling without a license, 2 ; playing ball in streets, 6 ; keeping
lottery tickets for sale, 1 ; assault with attempt to kill, 2 ; neglect
to support child, 1; common drunkard, 1 ; overdriving, 1 ;
playing cards Sunday, 3 ; keeping dog without a license, 5 ; kid-
naping, 2 ; obscene and profane language, 4 ; obtaining money
by false pretenses, 4 ; attempt to rape, 2 ; rape, 1 ; throwing
stones in street, 6 ; aggravated assault, 1 ; disorderly conduct, 5 ;
selling short lobsters, 1 ; discharging firearms in street, 1 ; injury
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to buildings, i ; tramp, i ; running away from house of correc-
tion, 6.
The cases were disposed of as follows :
Paid fines imposed, 627 ; committed to the house of correc-
tion for non-payment of fines, 665 ; committed to the house of
correction on sentence, 57; committed to jail for non-payment
of fines, 97 ; committed to jail on sentence, 5 ; committed to
the state reform school, 4; bound over for their appearance at
the supreme court, 158 ; committed to jail, bail not furnished,
58 : committed to the county house of correction at Wilton, 37 ;
sentence suspended, 21; appealed, 15; nol. prcs'd, 33; dis-
charged, 62 ; \yhole number of arrests, 2,401 ; whole number of
females, 280; whole number of males, 2,121; on file, 101 ;
whole number admitted for lodging, 1,277; accidents reported,
24 ; assisted out of town officers, 27 ; buildings found open and
secured, 419 ; cases investigated, 482 ; cases of cruelty to animals
investigated, 22; defective streets and sidewalks reported, 116;
disturbances suppressed, 528; dogs killed, 114; dogs lost and
found, 29 ; dangerous dogs, notices served to owners, 45 ; fires
discovered and alarms given, 5 ; fires extinguished without an
alarm, 13.
Injured and sick persons assisted, 60 ; intoxicated persons
taken home, 199; lights extinguished in buildings, 77; lights
furnished for dangerous places, 122; lost children restored to
their parents, 113; money or other stolen property recovered,
13,281.68; nuisances abated, 59; search warrants for liquor
served, none found, 35 ; search warrants for stolen goods served,
18; stray teams put up, 100; street obstructions removed, 246.
In closing my report I extend my heartfelt thanks to the hon-
orable board, to Judge Hunt, Police Clerk Bickford, and Solici-
tor Jones; and for the members of the police department, with
one or two exceptions, I have only words of praise for the man-
ner in which they have performed their duties during the past
fiscal year.
Respectfully submitted.
H. W. LONGA,
City Marshal.
REPORT
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
To the City Councils :
The school committee respectfully presents the following re-
port, it being the forty -fifth in the annual series. In the ap-
pendix will be found in tabulated form all the usual statistics
pertaining to the schools.
The year just closed has been one of marked prosperity in the
public schools of Manchester. We have enjoyed freedom from
accidents, epidemics, and other disturbing causes. The corps of
teachers has remained intact more perfectly than in previous
years. All the principals remain with us, and but few changes
have been made among the other teachers. In these instances
we have lost the services of some valuable teachers, but have
been very fortunate in securing trained and faithful instructors to
take their places.
With the growth of such a prosperous city as ours, we naturally
expect an increase in the school population from year to year.
Such has been the case in 1891, and two hundred and fifty-seven
more pupils have been enrolled this year than last. The services
of six additional teachers have been required for their instruc-
tion ; four were employed regularly throughout the year, and
special divisions, organized for a term or more, required the
equivalent of two more. Some of these divisions must continue
regularly, others will be organized at the opening of the next
term, and still others cannot be delayed longer than the Febru-
ary promotions.
SCHOOL ACCOMMODATIONS.
We congratulate you upon the completion of the new school-
house in East Manchester, which will give ample accommodation
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to that section for years to come. While unpretentious in exter-
nal appearance, it will take rank among the very best school
buildings of the day.
The addition to the Webster-street building affords abundant
school room in that section, and we are gratified with the pros-
pect of a new schoolhouse being erected in ward No. 9 early in
the coming spring.
But the eastern central part of the city is now in sore need of
relief. The Wilson Hill, Lincoln-street, and Ash-street schools
are all crowded beyond the limits of safety and good health.
Whatever plan may be adopted- for the relief of the others, the
immediate erection of a building upon the Bridge-street lot
seems necessary for the accommodation of the Ash-street pupils.
The buildings at Bakersville and Goffe's Falls are also crowded
and must very soon be enlarged. The need of more room at the
high school is apparent, and the demand is urgent that the build-
ing be enlarged and remodeled.
The school property is in a good state of repair, considering
the limited appropriation for that purpose.
Within the past year several considerable items of expense
have been incurred in this direction. At the Ash-street school a
new boiler has been added, which, together with the old one
will furnish ample steam for all kinds of weather. The radiating
surface throughout the building has been increased fifty per cent.
Outside doors were provided for the basement, and the ceilings
were renewed in eight rooms. The sanitary arrangements at the
high school were thoroughly overhauled and repaired. New
floors were laid in several rooms of the Franklin-street building,
and the Wilson-hill building was reshingled. At Bakersville the
old furnace was replaced by an entire new steam-heating plant,
which is now ready for use. Of the general repairs, those upon
furniture and blackboards require the greatest outlay.
The proper maintenance of the city's school property has
grown to be an undertaking of no small proportions, and is de-
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 315
serving of a more liberal consideration than is usually given it.
In this connection the subject of ventilation demands our most
serious attention. We have but two school-buildings properly
ventilated. In some few others a fruitless attempt has been
made in that direction, but in most of them absolutely nothing
has been done to that end. The typical schoolroom is a closed
box, with steam-pipes around the sides and with no possible
means of admitting fresh air save through open door or window,
and many of the latter are double during the greater part of the
school year.
Several inexpensive and plausible methods of ventilating have
been suggested, but owing to lack of funds none can be tried. A
moderate sum at the disposal of the committee on repairs for ex-
perimenting with some of these methods in a small way appears
to be a necessity.
HIGH SCHOOL.
The high school has done a very satisfactory year's work. It
has materially increased in size since free text-books have been
furnished.
The additional teacher employed during this year has afforded
much relief, but many of the classes are still too large. Another
teacher could be profitably employed now, and will be required
in the near future.
It is the opinion of the principal that the pupils should enter
the high school at an earlier age. The general verdict seems to
be that the younger members take a deeper interest in their
studies and fall in more readily with the general routine of
school work.
While it is the aim of this board to keep the Manchester high
school fully up to the best as a high school, we offer no encour-
agement to the imitation of college customs, especially in the
line of sports. The tendency toward professionalism in athletics
is to defeat its own end. It induces a few to indulge in danger-
ous strains upon the system, while it discourages the many from
taking healthful exercise. A large gymnasium would be a most
316 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
valuable addition to the school, wherein moderate exercise, so
necessary to health, should be taken by every boy and girl in the
school.
TRAINING SCHOOL.
The training school suffered in the early part of the year from
a lack of teachers in the training classes. In view of this fact,
and after making careful inquiry among the graduates of the
high school, the sub-committee deemed it advisable to modify
the conditions of admission so as to permit the graduates from
our own high school to enter the training-school without pre-
vious examination, and to serve one term on trial before taking
the regular teachers' examination. A few minor changes also in
the conditions of remaining in the school were thought proper,
in order to give a more certain assurance that any graduate can
be vouched for as a competent teacher.
The full board adopted these recommendations. In conse-
quence of these changes an unusually large number of young la-
dies were admitted to the school at the opening of the fall term.
The success of this school is not only an honor to the city but a
convenience and source of economy. We draw upon it contin-
ually for substitutes as well as for new teachers. Their satisfac-
tory work in the schoolroom, together with the difficulty we find
in obtaining competent substitutes and teachers for the grammar
schools, would justify the early extension of the training course
to grammar grade work.
GRAMMAR AND LOWER GRADE SCHOOLS.
These are distinctively the public schools, for at present no
parents seriously think of anything less than a grammar school
education for their children. If the higher schools are to get
their students at an earlier age it is here they must come to bring
about the change. Again, if there be any superfluous time spent,
the poorer classes are losers to the extent of the wages of their
children for such time. Will, then, anything less than the nine
years now required suffice to give the average pupil a grammar
school education, or can a more extended and useful education
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 317
be given in that time ? These are questions of great importance
and for continual consideration. Progression constantly tends
towards the addition of some new branch to the course of study,
and we strive to retain or only modify what we already have.
The last subject to knock for admission to our course is manual
training. This has so many good points in its favor, and is spo-
ken of so highly by those who have introduced it, that we can-
not afford longer to be without a practical test of its merits.
Time must be found for this, and doubtless will be, without pro-
ducing any undue pressure, such as some of our citizens mistak-
enly believe to exist at present. A very little modification will
answer at first, and experience will show where greater subse-
quent changes may be made.
It will require but little persistent visiting in our schools to
convince any one that the children are not at all overworked.
If any objection can be raised it will be to the hurry in getting
through a long routine of exercises in the short school day. The
five-hour day was established because of the constant brain work
required. Now that so many manual exercises are interposed to
the relief of mental exertion, we may well consider the advisabil-
ity of a longer school day and also a longer school year.
TRUANCY.
The truant officer's report shows a satisfactory decrease in tru-
ancy and in the number of labor certificates granted. This of-
ficer is compelled to do his work under very unfavorable condi-
tions. As there is absolutely no reliable census of the children of
school age, it is only by chance that he finds those whose names
are not already upon the school enrollment. Some action
should be taken to secure annually a complete and accurate
enumeration of the children of school age, to the end that our
laws for compulsory education may be more strictly enforced.
EVENING SCHOOLS.
The evening schools have been as prosperous as in years past,
and the attendance as good. Their value is, however, scarcely
appreciated. The formalities and limitations necessary to the
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graded day schools are not used here, and the individual is more
nearly approached. It is sought to take the pupil just as he is,
and give him some needed mental discipline and useful informa-
tion. In many instances quite as good results are obtained, in
proportion to the time spent, as in the day schools. These
schools reach a class that no day school can, however free and
attractive it may be, or however exacting the laws in regard to
labor and education. When these facts are better understood by
the general public, a much larger number will avail themselves
of the priceless opportunities our city offers.
The public exercises conducted by this board in the year past
consisted of the annual contest for the Clarke prizes, a musical
festival by the combined high and grammar schools, and the
usual graduating exercises of the high school. To all of these,
as indices of the work done in the schools, we refer with satis-
faction.
Through some misapprehension the appropriations for school
purposes this year were greatly inadequate. Especially was this
the case with the item of teachers' salaries. We would call at-
tention to the necessary and non-flexible nature of these expen-
ditures, and the consequent accuracy of our estimates, and would
bespeak a more favorable consideration of the request of our
finance committee for the ensuing year.
In conclusion we commend the abilities and faithful work of
superintendent, teachers, and other officers connected with the
schools, and thank your honorable bodies for thoughtful co-op-
eration.
WILLIAM K. ROBBINS,
For the Committee.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
To the Manchester School Board :
Gentlemen, — The following is respectfully offered as the
Annual Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction for
the year 1891.
Organization and Attendance.
Throughout the year six teachers have been employed in the
high school, also one for two terms. In the grammar schools
there have been twenty-three teachers for the year, one for two
terms and another for one term, — an equivalent of twenty-four
in all. In the middle schools there have been sixteen teachers
throughout the year. In the primary schools there have been
twenty-eight teachers during the entire year ; also three others for
one term each, — an equivalent of twenty-nine primary schools
in all, taught by twenty-six teachers. This is accounted for by
the fact that the principal of the training school, who for con-
venience is reckoned among the middle-school teachers, has
charge of three primary schools where no regular teachers are
employed. There have also been two partially graded schools*
employing three teachers, and six ungraded schools f with one
teacher for each.
The organization of the city schools for 1891 has therefore
been equivalent to eighty-four distinct schools of a single room
each, taught by eighty-two teachers. The number of pupils is
257 greater than last year's enrollment, and six additional teach-
* The upper room at Amoskeag and the Hallsville school.
t Country suburban.
Av. Enroll-
Av. No. be
ment.
longing.
35
31
36
33
40
36
46
40
35
27
21
19
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ers have been employed for their instruction. The size of the
city schools may be seen from the following :
Average Number of Pupils per Teacher, upon both the Average
Enrollment and the Average Number belonging.
High ....
Grammar ....
Middle ....
Primary ....
Partially graded
Ungraded
The number of pupils registered in the different ungraded (or
suburban) schools varies widely, ranging from 16 in the school
at Webster's Mills to four times as many, or 64, in the school at
Goffe's Falls. By an inspection of the attendance tables in the
"Appendix" (pages C, D, E, and F, as lettered at the foot of
the pages), great differences may also be seen in the number of
pupils belonging to the various schools of respective grades.
This cannot be helped, and is chiefly owing to two facts : one,
that the growth of population is much more rapid in some sec-
tions than in others ; the other, that sufficient rooms for school
purposes have not been available in sections where some of the
schoolrooms have long since been unduly crowded. Neverthe-
less, the table above presented shows averages for the several
grades as satisfactory as could be reasonably expected for the
proper assignment in eighty-four rooms (an aggregate average of
48 pupils to each room) of the 4,071 children scattered over so
large a territory.
The number of pupils in attendance upon the public schools
this year is, I think, the largest in the history of the city except
for the years 1881 and 1882, when pupils of French parentage
began to be rapidly transferred to the parochial schools. Of the
4,071 pupils at school, the attendance upon respective grades
may be shown as follows :
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321
High .
Grammar
Middle .
Primary .
Partially graded
Ungraded
* Totals
Enroll-
ment.
Per cent of
Eni'ollment
224
5-5
979
6S7
I>895
24.0
16.9
46.6
124
3-°
162
4.0
4,071
The following tabular arrangement will show the comparative
rate of tardinesses for five years, including the present year :
Average Tardinesses on Average Attendance, per Pupil.
Schools.
1.^7
High 4.6
Grammar 2.6
Middle 3.2
Primary 2.1
Partially graded 2.9
Ungraded 4.1
1888.
1889.
1890.
4.0
4.8
28
2.0
2.0
1 .9
3.2
3.1
2.4
24
2.8
2.3
2.7
4.2
3.4
2.7
2.1
1.1
No grade except the high school has lowered its rate of tardi-
ness below the record of its own grade for last year. The
Hallsville school is very largely responsible for the high rate of
tardinesses in the partially graded schools, as heretofore ; but it
is hoped that the improved facilities for this school will arouse
the people to greater co-operation with the teachers in their
attempts to establish habits of punctuality and otherwise to se-
cure right training for the Hallsville children.
NEED OF MORE SCHOOLROOMS.
The rapid growth of the city this year has made it more appa-
rent than ever that there is imperative need of immediate action
* Exclusive of duplicate enrollments.
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for the relief of the over-crowded school buildings in the eastern
section of the city.
In the Lincoln-street schoolhouse there has this year been a
school for two terms upon the third floor. A similar arrange-
ment will have to be repeated next year, and likely enough con-
tinued during the entire year. The new building at Hallsville
will not materially relieve the over-crowded condition in the
Lincoln-street schoolhouse ; for there are only about twenty pu-
pils in the latter house who can attend the former, and of these
there are so few in the several rooms of the Lincoln-street school
that their withdrawal will hardly be perceptible. In the Ash-
street schoolhouse there has this year been a school upon the
third floor for the entire year, and also another for one term ;
and a similar arrangement will have to be repeated there next
year, except that the additional room will have to be continued
for at least two terms, instead of one. The two primary schools
in the Wilson Hill house also continue to be distressed for suffi-
cient room. Notwithstanding several pupils have been sent out
of their district to the training-school, the lower primary at the
Wilson Hill house was obliged to receive 54 pupils for the fall
term ; and this, too, where rooms are ill constructed, cannot be
properly ventilated, and are only designed for and regularly pro-
vided with but 45 sittings.
It seems to me that the best way to relieve the schools in the
eastern section would be to build three small schoolhouses instead
of one large one, all for primary schools, as follows : a two-story
house on the city lot at the corner of Bridge and Union streets,
with two schoolrooms on the lower floor, and a wardroom on
the upper floor ; a four-room house where the Wilson Hill build-
ing now stands ; and a house of two or four rooms upon the
extension of Orange street or Pearl street, east of Linden street.
These houses should all be built as soon as- possible.
With a new four-room building on the Wilson Hill lot, the
two primaries now there and the one in the Lincoln-street school
could be organized in the new house on the Wilson Hill lot as
four schools, with about three dozen pupils for each. Space for
another dozen in each room, together with space available in the
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training school (if necessity should require more) would provide
the southeastern section with sufficient primary-school facilities till
the proper time comes for the erection of another schoolhouse
farther south. The withdrawal of the primary grade from the Lin-
coln-street house would render its room available for the school
otherwise compelled to occupy the third floor. With the sug-
gested new house at the corner of Bridge and Union streets, pupils
enough for two schools there could be taken from the three prima-
ries at the Ash-street school and still leave pupils enough for two
primary schools, one of which should be transferred to a new house
east of Linden street. The four primary schools thus organized
out of the three unduly large ones now in the Ash-street school,
two being located at the corner of Bridge and Union streets, one
in the Ash-street house, and another east of Linden street (as be-
fore suggested), would have about thirty-six pupils each without
making any allowance for the increase in this section ; but this
would be provided for by space for a dozen more pupils in each
of the four schools just mentioned. These changes would render
two rooms now occupied by primary schools in the Ash-street
house available for use by the two divisions otherwise compelled
to occupy the third floor.
Three important advantages would arise from the plan above out-
lined : first, the primary-school children would be housed nearer
home and in buildings by themselves ; second, the Webster-street,
Ash-street, and Lincoln-street schools, with proper readjustment of
boundaries, would probably accommodate the grammar and mid-
dle grades in the eastern section of the city till necessity requires
a new schoolhouse in the section far south where the city is likely
to continue the rapid growth of the last year or two, which has
already made six schools a necessity at Bakersville where but four
can now be properly cared for ; and, third, the general plan sug-
gested would, I think, save much ultimate expense, for it would
seem that another house in the remote southern section will
prove an eventual necessity, whatever others may be provided.
These suggestions, I may say, are based upon the supposition
that whatever changes are made for the better accommodation of
the high school will probably be made upon its present site. If
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the present high-school property is to be used for other public
school purposes, the matter here so largely discussed would need
further consideration.
The movement already made for more school room in Mc-
Gregorville is in the right direction, and should be urged.
Conditions about the school at Goffe's Falls are likely to de-
mand your attention, and I therefore deem it proper to explain
them. By an act of the last legislature, fifteen homesteads, in
that part of Londonderry near Goffe's Falls, were set off from
that town and joined to Manchester for school purposes only.
As a result of this, the school was so increased in the spring and
fall by the attendance of 14 pupils from seven of the London-
derry homesteads that the school numbered 48 pupils for the
spring term and 57 pupils for the fall term. The schoolhouse
can hardly accommodate properly the 57 — 14, or 43, belonging
to Manchester; for there is but one room, and three dozen
pupils are full enough for one teacher in an ungraded school.
The average daily attendance this fall has been 50, and the
energies of the teacher have been severely taxed. One cannot
endure such work long. But what will be done if the other
eight homesteads also furnish two pupils each? Already the
chairman of the sub-committee has been requested to improve the
school by the employment of an assistant teacher. Such employ-
ment and an additional schoolroom at Goffe's Falls are con-
tingencies for which you may have soon to provide.
TEACHERS.
The following teachers have withdrawn from the schools dur-
ing the year: Misses Nancy S. Bunton, Clara E. Woods, and
Bertha L. Dean, from the Ash-street school ; Miss Carrie E.
Hoit, from the Bakersville school ; Miss E. C. Root, from the
high school, and Miss Abbie R. West was by death called from
her position in the Hallsville school.
The three first named had no superiors in the grades in which
they respectively taught. Miss Bunton had been longest in the
service, but her interest and enthusiasm never flagged. She was
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principal of the City Training School for Teachers till its re-
organization, and was then transferred to the higher middle grade
in the Ash-street school, where she continuously served till the
time of her resignation. Her early success as a teacher led to
her appointment as principal of the training school, and she fully
met the expectations of all in every position entrusted to her
care. For more than a score of years Miss Bunton was regarded
as one of the most efficient teachers in the corps. Misses Dean
and Woods each taught about a dozen years. Miss Dean was
earnest, persistently faithful, unusually thorough, and to a high
degree successful. Her pupils had the beneficial influence of a
lady of exemplary character, genuine refinement, and much
culture. Miss Woods was the genius of our primary schools.
She early displayed unusual tact in the training of little children,
soon took front rank among our primary teachers and easily
maintained it. Her love for children seemed well-nigh un-
bounded, and they in turn delighted in or worshiped their
teacher. Misses Hoit and Root each taught but a few months
in our schools, but they manifested excellent qualities as instruc-
tresses, which portends well for their future success.
OBITUARY.
Universal grief was felt upon the death of Miss West. None
knew her but to love and admire. She was not only in every
way refined and ladylike, but of noble character and presence.
She was also singularly sweet-tempered, and instinctively won
the hearts of her pupils. Though a beginner in the service of
her chosen vocation, she manifested great aptness in the work,
had wrought a good degree of success, and gave great promise of
a brilliant future.
Now, at the close of the year, come the resignations of two
other good teachers, Misses Nettie F. Ainsworth, of the Lincoln-
street school, and Ella F. Sanborn, of the Franklin-street school.
These ladies had acquired an experience and attained successes
that make it certain the city will deeply regret their withdrawal
326 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
from its service. Miss Ainsworth, by the strength of her charac-
ter and dignified ways, has, for several years, handled and taught
a large school with apparent ease and signal success. Miss San-
born, by faithful endeavor and persistent determination, has won
success in a grade not most in accord with her tastes.
Changes in the corps of teachers by transfer, etc., may be seen
on page J of the " Appendix."
High School.
The high school appears to be in unusually good condition.
The pupils are evidently trusted with the confidence of their
teachers, and seem desirous of demonstrating that they are
worthy of trust and capable of properly caring for their own
conduct. There is also manifest not only a willingness to prop-
erly prepare lessons, but a desire that amounts to determination
to learn for the sake of the knowledge that may be acquired.
In fact, the school has rarely been infested with disturbing
elements during the fall and winter terms. Any that have be-
come manifest usually appeared in the spring, upon the assign-
ment of parts for graduating exercises to occur at the end of the
term, and it does seem that there should be some improved
method for the assignment of honorary parts to pupils entitled
to participate in the high school graduating exercises. For many
years there has been a feeling among both pupils and parents
that the honorary parts of highest distinction have frequently
been given to others than those most worthy. Considerable un-
pleasantness has arisen in consequence and much dissatisfaction
often been felt, though generally somewhat smothered. It is
certainly difficult, and probably impossible, to devise any plan en-
tirely unobjectionable; but improvement may be made, and I
submit the following for consideration.
In the first piace, I think the award should be made on the
basis of scholarship instead of scholarship and deportment com-
bined, as heretofore. My reason is that the deportment record
is not made from a uniform standard for all, for it is the result
of the combined reports of several different teachers, whose
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judgments undoubtedly differ more or less in regard to the mark-
ing of even similar misdemeanors. Moreover, certain pupils are
chiefly under the supervision of one set of teachers and others of
another set ; and the circumstances that occasion marks for mis-
demeanors vary widely in the different localities assigned to the
charge of the several teachers, depending upon the size of classes
and width of passage ways, or the number of pupils seated in a
room and the purposes for which there. Hence it is unjust and
wrong to base the award of honorary parts, in any degree, upon the
deportment record, or upon any other record resulting from
marks compiled from varying standards. And, for this reason, it
is neither just nor right to base the award of parts upon the tab-
ulated averages in scholarship of the entire senior class, without
regard to the divisions of the course of study pursued, for there
is no uniformity of standard when so done. The divisions of
the course of study, being " English," "Classical," "College
Preparatory," and "Scientific Preparatory," vary much in re-
spect to subjects of study, as may be seen from an inspection of
the course itself. (See " Appendix," page Z.) There is not
only a vide difference in the character and degree of difficulty
in the studies taken by different members of the senior class but
the pupils are taught, examined, and marked by different stt^ of
teachers, who are appropriately assigned the various studies of the
several divisions of the course. The lack of uniformity, when
averages of scholarship are tabulated from results found under
such circumstances, is quite apparent.
The question is, therefore, how to indicate with fairness those
pupils most deserving distinction upon graduation. I reply that
it may be done by tabulating the scholarship averages of each of
the four divisions of the senior class separately, and having the
names of those ranking first and second in each division printed
as such upon the program of the graduating exercises. * This
plan would make prominent a larger number of the worthy,
make no invidious distinctions, and have the merit of being
much more just than any method yet tried. From the eight pu-
pils thus ranked as first or second, two in each of the four divis-
ions of the course, the teachers should select the valedictorian
* See illustration upon page P of the " Appendix."
328 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
and salutatorian of the class, without other consideration than to
secure those who would perform such parts as acceptably as any
in the list. These parts would not then have to be taken, as
sometimes heretofore, by diffident young ladies, with voices in-
sufficient to be heard, under the stress of a rank alone regarded
as first or second ; for the organization of the school is such, and
the work required under the several divisions of the course of
study is so different, that the best or second best scholar of the
senior class or any other class, regarded as a unit, cannot be posi-
tively decided.
Under the plan I have suggested for determining honors, the
graduating exercises may be so arranged as to reflect most credit
upon the school, without detriment to the reputation of the best
scholars in the class, for the names of the best scholars would ap-
pear as such prominently printed upon the program of graduat-
ing exercises; and the teachers being limited to the list only in
their choice of valedictorian and salutatorian could select for the
other parts those pupils from the entire class who would best per-
form such parts, and that, too, without ignoring a recognition of
the best scholars in the class, whether more than two of them
should be selected for parts in the graduating exercises or not.
The Training School.
During the first half of the present year, the training school
was without its regular complement of sub-teachers, a fact owing
to the lack of a full quota of applicants for admission to the
class in both September of last year and February of this year —
months when the sub teachers' class is usually re-organized and
enlarged. But by the temporary employment as teachers of two
or three graduates of the school, and by extra labor upon the
part of the principal, the work was not allowed to deteriorate.
At the opening of the fall term the number of candidates
seeking admission to the sub-teachers' class was eleven, the larg-
est number ever at one time applying, and all were admitted.
The school, therefore, now contains fourteen sub-teachers, only
one of whom will graduate next month. By reason of the
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amendment recently made to the " Rules" for the government
of the training school, the semi-annual examination of those
serving the trial period in the school will also occur next
month, and some may be retired in consequence of failure prop-
erly to meet the requirements of that, but the contrary is fer-
vently hoped. * There are, however, a few applications for
admission to the school on file at this office, and it is not expected
that there will be any lack of a full class for at least a year to come.
A circular of information in regard to the training school has
recently been prepared, jointly by the sub-committee of the
school and the superintendent, which I here incorporate, in the
hope that it will be of general interest to our citizens, and in the
belief that its provisions may yet prove of historical importance.
The usual list of members belonging to the training school
during the year, with dates of entrance and graduation, will be
found in the "Appendix," page J.
{Copy of Circular of Information.)
CITY TRAINING SCHOOL FOR TEACHERS.
This, school was first organized in 1869. The design of the
school was to afford means for supplying the city schools with
better teachers, and with those somewhat conversant with a
graded system ; and also to provide for a better class of substi-
tute teachers than could be secured from among the fresh gradu-
ates of the high school. It was reasoned that the city schools
could in no way be so surely and economically improved as by
the establishment of a school for the proper training of the young
lady residents here rapidly assuming teachers' positions. For
about a dozen years the work was wholly practical, and the train-
ing otherwise acquired was almost entirely by observation.
In 1882 the school was reorganized, to secure the advantages
to be derived from a course of professional training for the teach-
ers' class. The school has since prospered, and continued to
* All successfully passed the examination in January, 1S92.
330 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
supply the city schools with a large majority of their lady teach-
ers. Many of its graduates are also successful teachers in other
places.
This school affords excellent opportunities for normal study,
and for observation and practice in graded schools, at a moder-
ate expense. Its advantages are offered, preferably, to young
lady residents of Manchester, and graduates of the Manchester
High School, but other applicants will be admitted upon con-
ditions and terms which may be learned by addressing an appli-
cation to the Superintendent of Public Instruction, Manchester,
N. H.
The plan adopted upon reorganization in 1882, and which has
since been pursued as far as practicable, is as follows :
There is a principal, upon whom devolves the twofold respon-
sibility of carrying on a school of about one hundred and fifty
pupils, occupying four rooms, including six primary and two
middle school classes, with a four years' course of study, and of
giving to the pupil teachers one year's course of study in normal
training, and a year and a half of actual teaching under her di-
rection. There are twelve sub-teachers, in three classes of four
each, — a senior class, each member of which, having completed
the course of study, has charge of a room an entire term, a mid-
dle class, and a junior class. The members of the middle and
junior classes divide their time between study and recitation in
the normal class, and assisting the seniors in teaching. The
whole course, as indicated above, occupies one year and a half.
The object of the school is to fit teachers for the work of or-
ganizing, governing, and teaching in the public schools.
This work recognizes the necessity of a thorough knowledge,
first, of the laws of growth or development of the mind ; second,
of the subjects required to be taught ; and third, of the best
methods of teaching.
The subjects are taught on the topical plan, text-books being
used as reference books. Teaching exercises by the principal
and the sub-teachers form a large part of the class work.
Throughout the course, written abstracts of lessons and written
criticisms are required.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 331
The efforts and attainments of pupils in the normal class, and
their success in actual teaching, will constitute the data upon
which the principal will make her reports to the sub-committee,
as required by the rules of the school board.
The subjects upon which candidates for admission to the
school are examined are reading, spelling, penmanship, arithme-
tic, language, history, geography, physiology, music, and draw-
ing.
Pupil teachers (or sub-teachers) are admittted to the school
upon the opening of the fall term of the city schools, and Febru-
ary i * of each year. Resident candidates are given the prefer-
ence of admission when more than the requisite number of qual-
ified ones make application.
The course of study for the normal class is as follows (forty-five
minutes a day being devoted to recitation) :
Junior Class. Reading, Writing, Language, Oral Instruction,
Elementary Botany, Elementary Physiology and Hygiene, with
reference to the effects of stimulants and narcotics, Elementary
Geography, Arithmetic, Drawing, Clay Modeling, Care of School-
room and Children, Reading of Educational Papers and Maga-
zines, followed by discussions of matter read.
Middle Class. Psychology, with reference to the development
of the child mind, Art of Teaching, School Government, School
Organization, History of Pedagogy, School Laws of New Hamp-
shire, Reading of Educational Papers and Magazines, followed
by discussion of matter read.
Extract from Chapter V. of the Rules of the School Board.
Section i. Pupils desiring to enter the training school as sub-teachers shall
make written application for admission to the board, stating therein where ed-
ucated, what experience, if any, they have had in teaching, and the grade
(whether primary or higher) for which they propose to. fit. Such applications
shall be referred to the sub-committee on the training school, who shall have
power to admit the applicants to the school, under the regulations.
Sect. 2. Candidates for admission must be graduates of some high school,
or an equivalent, -f and furnish evidence of good moral character. Pupils will
* At option of the sub-comrnittee of the school, when more sub-teachers may be needed.
t The attainment required must be equivalent to a course as comprehensive, at least, as
the three-years course of the English division in the Manchester High School, well under-
stood.
332 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
be admitted at the beginning of the fall term in each year ; at other times only
in special instances, subject to the decision of the sub-committee.
Sect. 3. The number of pupils constituting the training class shall be de-
termined from time to time by the sub-committee of the school, but as a rule
only two pupils shall be assigned for practice in any schoolroom.
Sect. 4. Members of the training school shall be held responsible for their
deportment and work as pupils, by the principal of the school, and in their prac-
tice work shall be recognized as sub-teachers, subject to the general rules which
control regular teachers.
Sect. 5. The course of instruction in the training department shall continue
for three periods of five school months each. The first period shall be called
the trial period, during which the condidates shall serve without compensation.
Before the close of this period, candidates must pass an examination in sub-
ject matter required by the board for teachers ; and the principal of the school,
and the superintendent, shall give to the sub-committee on the training school,
upon blanks prepared for that purpose, the result of the examination, and their
judgment of each candidate, as to her fitness for the work and probable success
as a teacher. From those who receive their approval shall be selected by the
sub-committee, according to their rank, as many as can be admitted for the sec-
ond period.
Before the close of the second period the principal of the training school and
the superintendent shall report to the committee :n regard to each teacher in
the same manner as before. And if there are any whose work during this pe-
riod has not been satisfactory, and who do not promise success in the future,
they shall be dropped and their places filled by others.
To those who complete the course in the training school the committee will
give a certificate stating the fact.
Pupils in the training class may be assigned by the superintendent to serve as
substitutes for other teachers, as in his discretion occasion may require.
Sect. 6. Any member of the training class who shall be elected a teacher
in any school of the city before completing the course of study, upon the recom-
mendation of the principal of the school or the sub-committee of the school to
which she may be elected, will be entitled to a certificate to teach in the grade
for which she was admitted, without further examination ; and the sub-commit-
tee may, if they deem it advisable, in consideration of service as a teacher, grant
her the diploma of the school.
SECT. 7. The regular course of study for those who desire professional train-
ing for primary teaching will be one year, and an advanced course of five
months will be required of those who are admitted to, and desire certificates to
teach in, the higher grades. Graduates of the one-year primary course, and also
graduates of any state normal school, may take the advanced course of five
months, upon application and admission in accordance with these rules, for
practice and professional training in grades above the primary.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 333
The course of study in the training class shall be such as may be prescribed
by the sub-committee.
Sect. 8. The principal of the training school shall perform in that school
the usual duties of principal of a school, and also such special duties in connec-
tion with the training school as the sub-committee and superintendent may di-
rect. The rank of teachers other than principal, and the course of study in the
schools used for practice by the training class, shall be the same as in other
schools of the city of the same grades.
Sect. 9. The principal of the training school shall, when requested by the
superintendent, visit the school of any graduate or pupil of the training school
who may be elected as teacher of any school in the city, for the purpose of ob-
servation in regard to her success.
Sect. 10. Pupils in the training class shall be paid at the rate of $10 per
month after five months', and at therate of #20 per month after a year's service,
for actual work in the school.
Sect, i i Annually, in the month of June, and prior to the election of
teachers, the principal shall report to the sub-committee the names of the sub-
teachers who have graduated within the previous year, with the qualifications,
rank, prospects of success of each, and with such special recommendations and
suggestions as she may deem advisable and necessary to acquaint the commit-
tee with their capacity for teaching, the substance of which report shall be com-
municated to the board by the sub- committee, and upon the selection of teachers,
the graduates of this school shall have the preference if equally qualified.*
Sect. 12. As a condition of admission to the training school, candidates
will be required to sign a contract whereby they shall agree to conform to and
abide by the rules and regulations made for the government of the school.
Drawing and Manual Training.
The study of drawing has not only been long recognized as a
subject worthy of place in our course of study, but it has been
deemed of sufficient importance to receive special treatment. At
irregular intervals special teachers have been employed in an
endeavor to have the study put upon as firm a basis, and as thor-
oughly taught, as any of the other studies in our schools. The
"standing committee on drawing" in various years has, in due
appreciation of the importance of the study, presented to the
board the need of a permanent special teacher of drawing, and
the board has concurred in the opinion of the committee, and
repeatedly endeavored to get an appropriation for the purpose ;
* But no guarantee of any oosition in the city schools is thus implied.
334 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
but it has never succeeded in getting an adequate amount, and
hence the study has never been a complete success, and must
therefore be characterized as a partial failure. Properly taught,
the study would be held in as high esteem as that of music, found
to be of as much ethical value, and very much more largely to
afford a training sure to bear directly in a most helpful way upon
the endeavors of all, and especially of those who seek to better
their condition in life chiefly through the employment of their
hands. Is it not, indeed, because of the better understanding
which some minds have of common mechanisms, through a
knowledge of the principles involved in drawing (either intui-
tively understood or by study attained), that many excel and
obtain better positions in common life, while others for this rea-
son become inventors or occupy the highest positions in their
respective callings ? It is in the belief of this, as I understand
the matter, that further help of a similar sort is thought to be
afforded by such instruction as can be given in the schools by
what has come to be known as " Manual Training."
Its introduction in the public schools is already an established
fact in most cities of the size of ours, and even in many smaller
towns to a much larger extent than in our own good city. It
will doubtless be a matter of surprise to most citizens, and possi-
bly to not a few of our teachers, that I have here used language
implying the introduction of manual training in our schools to
even a limited extent. But if so, the surprise will be for the rea-
son that form study and drawing are not recognized as elements
of manual training, though they constitute its base and embody
its most prominent characteristics. As the possibly best aid to
the formation of a correct idea of what is meant by manual train-
ing, as advocated for attention in the public schools, there may
first be made a declaration of what it is not.
"It is not more valuable to the mechanic than to the states-
man, or to the man of letters ; it is not the teaching of a single
trade, for as soon as the pupils know how to do anything well
they cease to do that, and learn to do something a little more
difficult ; it is not an education of the hand to the neglect of the
brain, an education in the power of doing to the detriment of
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 335
the power of thinking; it is not an end, but a means; it is not a
shop, but a school — a well-developed youth being the only com-
modity that it seeks to put upon the market ; it is not even the
beginning of a technical education, for it has no more relation
to a polytechnic school than the ordinary grammar school has to
a college of medicine."
Then what is manual training, what is the purpose of teaching
it somewhat extendedly in the public school, and how can it
there be properly taught ?
" Manual training is a system of methods and devices in teach-
ing, which take into account the paramount importance of ad-
dressing the mind of the child through the avenues of all his
sense-organs, laying particular stress upon the use, hitherto much
neglected, of the sense of touch and the muscular sense, — mere
hand training being regarded as purely incidental, though im-
mensely valuable." .... "Full benefit is realized only when
the spirit of such teaching enters into, and finds expression in,
all the exercises of the school." ....." Teachers who witness
daily lessons in hand training soon learn that its value consists
largely in the emphasis given to sense activity, and seek to apply
this principle while instructing in other branches. Thus the
spirit of the school is greatly improved."
The leading purposes of manual training in the schools are
" to stimulate correctness of perception, soundness of judgment,
taste in design, ingenuity in overcoming difficulties, deftness in
manipulation, and neatness of wrought as well as of written work ;
to give the pupil the power to do things, as well as to think and
to talk about them ; to pay a premium on energy, diligence,
originality, and manliness ; to place a barrier against idleness, as
the beginning of all crimes, and save the boy from incompetence
and dishonesty ; to keep the boys in school until the high school
course is completed ; to reduce the difficulty of discipline to a
minimum ; to awaken and sharpen attention, and give children
an appreciation of, and love for, order and exactness ; to accus-
tom the pupil to do thoroughly and well whatever he undertakes ;
to foster habits of observation, accuracy, and perseverance ; to
lay the foundation for many trades, by the presentation and
336 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
mastery of the principles that underlie all trades; to provide a
third mode of expressing thought through forms represented and
things produced ; to produce more complete, and therefore more
competent men, by educating all the powers of every boy; to
take away the bitterness of the boy who is dull with his books
and ready with his hands, because it teaches him to see that he
is good for something; to restore his confidence, quicken his
interest in school, save his self-respect, and open a welcome door
into practical life ; to make the boy who chooses a learned pro-
fession a more useful and broad-minded citizen; to teach the
future man to know, love, and respect labor, to appreciate cor-
rectly the value of labor products, and to comprehend the social
value of laboring people."
It is not easy to indicate, nor yet settled, how all these ends
can be best attained ; but pedagogical investigations and the
experiments of recent years, founded thereon, prove that the ob-
ject in view can be most largely realized by a proper adjustment
and application of such exercises as best train both the mind and
hand.
Says Rabelais :
"Teach through the senses; inculcate independence of
thought; train for practical life; develop mind and body
equally."
Bacon :
"Education is the cultivation of a just and legitimate famil-
iarity betwixt the mind and things."
Comenius :
"Schools have been fitly called the workshops of humanity."
Pestalozzi :
"Man must seek his chief instruction in his chief work, and
not allow the empty teaching of the head to precede the labor of
the hand."
Froebel :
" For what man tries to represent or to do he begins to under-
stand."
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 337
Carlyle :
"All speech and rumor is short-lived, foolish, and untrue.
Genuine work alone, what thou workest faithfully, that is eternal
as the Almighty Founder and World Builder himself."
Spencer :
"Science is organized knowledge; and before knowledge can
be organized some of it must first be possessed. Every study,
therefore, should have a purely experimental introduction ; and
only after an ample fund of observations has been accumulated
should reasoning begin."
Rusk in :
" Let the youth once learn to take a straight shaving off a
plank, or draw a fine curve without faltering, or lay a brick level
in its mortar, and he has learned a multitude of other matters
which no lips of man could ever teach him."
Charles H. Ham :
"These emphatic opinions of great teachers, scientists, and
philosophers, in support of the educational principles which un-
derlie drawing, object lessons, constructive exercises, and labora-
tory processes of every description, cannot be whistled down the
wind. They are the deductions of scientific research, the fruit-
age of an intimate acquaintance with the laws of psychology, the
embodiment of the wisdom of the ages. In the rich realms of
literature, science, and philosophy, the names of these men are
pre-eminent. The dead among them, departing, left few peers
behind ; and the living — proud distinction ! — receive the hom-
age of a grateful world, which venerates them while it enjoys the
royal bounty of their genius."
Now the means thought best to attain the ends in view, through
the aid of the school, are, in the
Primary grades :
Development of conceptions of form, through the handling
and critical observation of objects, and the representation of
those conceptions by clay-modeling, tablet-laying, stick-laying,
paper-folding, paper-cutting, and drawing.
338 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Grammar grades :
Drawing, free-hand and mechanical, sewing, cooking, wood-
working, including wood-carving.
High school :
A course similar to that for grammar grades, but more ex-
tended.
Such a course of instruction, combined with a properly modi-
fied form of the hitherto generally recognized common-school
course of study, will, it is believed, afford a very much better
preparation for intelligent, useful, and self-sustaining citizenship.
Before another decade shall have passed, it will be held in great
surprise if the managers of the public schools of Manchester shall
not have provided a thorough basis for the kind of school des-
tined soon to exist in every city of importance ; for it cannot be
long before our citizens, seeing the needs of communities else-
where much more effectually met in the public school, will de-
mand from our schools the better advantages ; but they must be
doomed to disappointment in any expectation that the schools
will speedily afford the desired improvements in full, unless prior
to such demand the conditions in the schools shall have been
made right for the suggested change.
It may be properly inferred that I think the coming school, at
least for cities of the size of ours, and for which our citizens will
ere long call, will be an organization for the training of both the
mind and the hand ; for the average citizen must realize from
his own experience the advantages arising from the reflex action
of the training of either upon the other — mind or hand — and
recognizing the effect of such action as proof that the cotempo-
rary culture of the mind and hand will afford the best education,
he will not be long, after once set seriously to thinking about it,
in demanding such culture for his children.
In his inaugural address his Honor, the Mayor, and also the
vice-chairman of our board previously and repeatedly, have put
themselves on record as advocates of manual-training instruction
in the city schools. It must seem, too, to every one giving the
matter any thought, that the time has surely come when that in-
struction already in the schools constituting an essential part of
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 339
such training should be unified and fully utilized. I refer to
instruction in the study of form, in clay-modeling, tablet-laying,
stick-laying, paper-folding, and paper cutting, now undertaken
to a greater or less extent in our various primary schools, and to
drawing in all our grades. The instruction afforded in these sub-
jects is far from best or any considerable uniformity in degree of
efficiency ; for it is dependent upon the knowledge and skill of
a corps of teachers whose training, as a whole, has not been
adequate to this line of instruction. Cities and towns which
have been determined that this department of instruction (so
important of itself, and absolutely essential to any system of
manual training in the schools) should be treated with a thor-
oughness at least commensurate with the amount of time devoted
to it, have found it necessary to employ continuously for years a
special agent for the purpose, known as the teacher of drawing,
and that, too, notwithstanding the fact that the corps of teachers
in many of such cities and towns has been chiefly selected from
among the graduates of the best normal schools. The reason for
this felt necessity has been because of the rapid development and
growth of the subject in question, and until its principles and
methods become as settled and well understood by the average
teacher as are the principles and methods pertaining to the other
subjects taught in the schools, there will be need of a special
teacher of drawing wherever a proper equivalent shall be de-
manded for the money put into paper, books, pencils, and for
the valuable time devoted to the study.
The efforts that have ever been made here to put the study of
drawing upon a proper footing in our schools, by the occasional
employment of a special teacher for a few months, or for a longer
period for only a day or two a week, have been insufficient for
much lasting good, and chiefly significant in revealing the great-
est weakness in our schools. I trust, gentlemen of the school
board, that you may see a way speedily to act in this matter in
accordance with what I believe must be your convictions, and
soon furnish our schools with a special teacher in drawing who
shall devote his, or her, full time to the advancement of this im-
portant study in our schools, direct the work, and instruct our
340 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
teachers in accordance with their needs. This I deem highly
advisable for the proper accomplishment of our present course, as
well as for what are likely to be any future courses of study in our
schools, and absolutely necessary to the establishment of proper
conditions for the speedy and successful introduction of a full
course in manual training whenever determined. The cost, in
addition to what is now annually expended upon this department
of our work, should not exceed fifteen hundred dollars, a total of
two thousand dollars ; or, otherwise expressed, about a cent and
a third a week per scholar, annually.
My object in writing so fully upon manual training is twofold:
first, to show that form study and drawing constitute an essen-
tial part of such training (as far as it is designed to be taught in
the public school) and almost the whole of it as applied to grades
below the grammar school, in which lower. grades there is 6$}£
per cent of all the pupils enrolled in our schools, and that there-
fore to have form study and drawing rightly and thoroughly
taught would afford about two thirds of our pupils all the manual
training, except penmanship * and sewing, that is anywhere ad-
vocated for instruction in primary and middle grades, to say
nothing of such instruction as a necessary preparation for the
more advanced similar work now attempted in our higher grades,
which should likewise be better done ; second, to disclose the
purpose for which manual training is being advocated as a sub-
ject of instruction in the public school, to indicate its general
character, and to make clear that it is no part of its purpose to
teach any trade or trades.
In General.
The other studies taught are in general well handled, and the
schools have upon the whole made at least a good degree of pro-
gress during the year.
I had designed in this report to outline some of the improve-
ments made in the study of language by our schools in recent
years, a study whose importance is second to none, and to fur-
nish some tangible evidence of successes attained ; but the too
♦Already taught.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 341
great length of this report is already manifest, and I will defer
any further treatment of the subject for the present.
There is, however, one other subject to which I wish to call
your attention as needing early treatment. This is reading.
Several years ago a few hundred dollars were expended for what
was known as supplementary reading matter, comprising such
classics as The Seven Little Sisters, ^Esop's Fables, Robinson
Crusoe, Swiss Family Robinson, Scott's Tales of a Grandfather,
Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare, Lady of the Lake, Evangeline,
The Autobiography of Franklin, American Authors, also pro-
ductions from such eminent writers as Dickens, Goldsmith, Addi-
son, and Tennyson. The favorable effect of the use of such
reading by the pupils in our schools has been very marked in in-
troducing pupils to an acquaintance with the most noted and
best authors, in cultivating a taste for exalted thoughts clothed
in best styles of expression, and in putting the schools in close
connection with the city library. The enduring good that must
have been derived by the hundreds of children who have been
benefited by the use and influence of such literature as has thus
been afforded can scarcely be estimated, and is far beyond all
comparison with the cost of supply.
The books named are now nearly all worn out, from the circu-
lation and use given them in the schools, and I recommend as
action of the utmost importance that you promptly again furnish
the schools with another supply of choice reading matter, that
the children now in the schools may therefrom derive the bene-
ficial influences bestowed upon their predecessors. Your chil-
dren may have an acquaintance with the best in literature from
access to it in the home library, but the very large majority of
the children in our schools are sure to have any acquaintance of
the sort only as it is made in the schools. Moreover, the great
advantages named can be had virtually without additional cost,
for the city now furnishes the regular text-books in reading,
needed for drill exercises in earliest attempts at reading, and in
elocution. Hence, these text-books will be saved wear and tear
in proportion to the extent it is bestowed upon the books asked
for supplementary reading.
342 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
The general subject of reading may be also improved,
without much cost to the city, by again employing a special in-
structor in elocution and charging the greater part of the ex-
pense thereof to the John B. Clarke prize-speaking fund. I may
here say that it was the wish and earnest desire of the late Col-
onel Clarke that the board annually supplement the prize-speak-
ing fund by an amount sufficient to procure the permanent em-
ployment of a special instructor in elocution.
Conclusion.
In closing this somewhat lengthy report, I wish to express my
gratitude to the teachers for their faithful, earnest, and efficient
work; and to you, gentlemen of the school board, for your loy-
alty and the assistance you have rendered me, as well as for the
liberal policy that has characterized your efforts in behalf of the
schools.
Respectfully submitted.
WILLIAM E. BUCK,
Superintendent.
APPENDIX
I. Population, etc.
II. SCHOOLHOUSES.
III. Schools.
IV. Teachers.
V. Pupils.
VI, Truancy.
VII. Finance.
VIII. School Year, 1891.
IX. High School Graduating Class.
X. Winners of Clarke Prizes.
XI. Organization of Committees, 1892.
XII. List of Teachers, 1892.
XIII. School Year, 1892.
APPENDIX
STATISTICS.
I. — Population.
Population of the city by last census, 1890 . . 43,983
Legal school age, 5 to 21.
II. — Schoolhouses.
Number of schoolhouses in use . . . . . .22
Number of schoolhouses not in use 1
(Bridge-street house, corner of Union.)
Number of schoolrooms used for day schools . . .84
(Three of the same, and six others, used for evening schools. Rooms unoc-
cupied by city for day schools are two at Spring-street house, three at Lowell-
street and two at Bridge-street, the last two being unfit.)
Number of rooms used for High-school classes ... 7
Number of rooms used for Grammar schools . . .24
Number of rooms used for Middle schools . . . .16
Number of rooms used for Primary schools . . . .29
Number of rooms used for Partially Graded schools . . 2
Number of rooms used for Ungraded Schools ... 6
ill. — Schools.
(All for both sexes.)
Number of High Schools
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Number of combined Grammar and lower grade (Middle
and Primary) schools ......
Number of combined Middle and Primary schools (Merri
mack-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
Female teachers in the High school .
Male teachers in the Grammar schools
Female teachers in the Grammar schools .
Female teachers in the Middle schools
Female teachers in the Primary schools
Female teachers in the Partially Graded schools
Female teachers in the Ungraded schools .
Special teachers : One male in music the entire year
Average number of male teachers * .
Average number of female teachers .
Male teachers in the evening schools
Female teachers in the evening schools
Average number of male teachers in the evening schools
Average number of female teachers in the evening schools
Male teachers in the evening Drawing schools .
Average number of male teachers in the evening Drawin
schools ........
3
4
5
J9
16
26
3
6
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Georgiana Dow.
May F. Nutt.
i Clara E. Woods, 2 terms.
1 Annie B. Goodwin, 1 term.
Bertha A. Young, 1 term.
Helen M. Morrill.
Nellie I. Sanderson.
Lucia E. Esty.
Maude L. Kent.
Huldah C. Graupner.
Ella Hope.
Theodora Richardson.
J C. E. Wing, Principal.
Nellie M. James.
Ella F. Sanborn.
Mary E. Brophy.
Mary J. Walsh.
Mary A. Clement.
Kate T. Clarke.
Gertrude L. Southard.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
349
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350
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
DAY SCHOOLS.
Summary of the attendance upon the several grades of public
day schools for the year 1891 :
High
Grammar
Middle
Primary
Partially graded .
Ungraded
Totals, 1891
Totals, 1890
Whole number
different pupils.
Boys. Girls.
102
448
330
970
62
Ml
122
531
357
925
II
217
797
578
1,154
82
112
2,940
2,795
"8 g
Is
212
743
524
1,037
72
101
'i»5
, ■- f
97.9
93.2
90.7
S9.9
87.8
90.2
91.5
90.7
EVENING SCHOOLS.
Summary of the attendance upon the several grades of public
evening schools for the year 1891 :
Whole number
different pupils.
"* 0
1-
11
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Boys.
Girls.
k"Sl °
291
260
60
66
43
50
60
47
34
35
50
166
141
71.2
79.1
54
110
70.0
83.3
455
430
320
257
219
1S9
75.8
74.1
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 351
Evening School Teachers.
Charles E. Cochran, principal of Lowell-street school, for
boys.
Assistants — Etta S. Dana, C. A. Bohlin, David Eckvall, Ar-
thur W. Morgan, W. J. Mooar, John J. Shea, Nellie M. James,
Gertrude A. Burns, and Millie S. Morse.
Frank S. Sutcliffe (Winter), and William J. Mooar (Fall),
principals of Spring-street school, for girls.
Assistants — Lizzie D. Hartford, Maggie Linen, Alice H.
Boyd, and Edith S. Dole.
Charles W. Bickford (Winter), and L. H. Carpenter (Fall),
principals of School-street school, for both sexes.
Assistants — Nellie M. Atwood, Evelyn Prescott, and Mary A.
Clement.
Evening Drawing-School Teachers.
John M. Kendall, Henry W. Allen, and xAJphonzo H.Sanborn.
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352
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
GENERAL SUMMARY.
The following table presents the main features of interest per-
taining to the attendance upon the public schools for the last ten
years.
Date.
1
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a
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belonging.
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1S82
4,095
2,086
2,009
2,957
2,712
91.7
104
76
65
57
53
73
18S3
4,002
2,061
2,001
2,848
2,012
91.4
103
97
75
66
27
. 71
1S84
3,918
1,924
1,994
2,872
•2,645
92.1
95
85
71
49
38
72
1S85
3,806
1,891
1,915
2,725
2,430
90.6
90
98
S9
71
35
72
188C
3,032
1,812
1,820
2,698
2,475
91.9
79
78
71
53
42
74
1887. ...
3,670
1,817
1,853
2,711
2,468
90.8
98
98
95
61
42
70
1888
3,712
1,806
1,906
2,768
2,500
90.3
116
88
SO
58
45
7G
1889
3,787
1,862
1,925
2,801
2,581
92.2
177
101
90
73
55
75
1890
3,814
1,881
1,933
•J,795
2.536
90.7
141
121
114
83
33
75
1891
4,071
2,003
2,068
2,940
91.5
160
120
101
69
26
82
CHANGES IN CORPS OF TEACHERS.
The whole number of different teachers employed one term or
more in the day schools, within the year, has been 91. Their
respective positions may be learned from the attendance table on
pages C, D, E, and F of the Appendix, but the various changes
made within the year can be more readily understood by an in-
spection of the following :
* Including grammar classes in suburban schools.
f Usually some pupils have annually entered- from other schools. This
year seven Lave so entered.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
353
Date of effect
Teachers.
of resignation.
Nancy S. Bunton.
Mar. 20.
Carrie E. Hoit.
June 26.
Abbie R. West.*
June 26.
Clara E. Woods.
June 26.
Bertha L. Dean. .
Nov. 20.
E. C. Root.
Nov. 25.
Date of effect
of transfer.
Gertrude A. Burns.
Sept. 14.
Annie B. Goodwin.
Sept. 14.
Olive A. Rowe.
Sept. 14.
Annie M. Sleeper.f
Sept. 14.
Date of begin-
Teachers. ning service.
Gertrude A. Burns. Jan. 26.
Annie M. Sleeper. Jan. 26.
Emma J. Cooper. Apr. 13.
Nellie M. Atwood. Sept. 14.
Georgia M. Cheney. Sept. 14.
Augusta S. Downs. Sept. 14.
Mary G. Worthen. Oct. 12.
Edith S. Dole. Nov. 23.
Mary H. Cutler. Nov. 31.
Genevieve B. Knight. Oct. 12.
TRAINING SCHOOL SUB-TEACHERS.
Gertrude A. Burns-!
Georgia M. Cheney.J
Annie M. Sleeper. J
Gertrude L. Southard.
Mary G. Worthen. J
Mary A. Clement.J
Susie L. Dodge. 1 1
B. Millie Cayzer.§
Carrie E. Litch.g
Mary W. Allen. ^[
Issa M. Tuttle.^f
Mabel R. Brown.**
Lucy M. Choate.**
Mary J. Corcoran.**
Annie R. Corson.**
AlfredaHall.**
Mertie C. Hawks.**
Carrie E. Head.**
Perley E. Higgins.**
Mary S. Richardson.* *
Josie L. Riddle.* *
M. Minnie Sturtevant.* ';
* Died July 3. f Substitute for Miss Chandler in Franklir. -street school, fall term.
{Graduated January 30, 1891. IT Entered February.-, i8gr.
|| Graduated June 26, 1891. ** Entered September 14, 18.11.
§ Withdrew.
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354
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
VI. — Work of Truant Officer.
Absentees
reported from
No. volunta-
rily returned
to.
No. reported
caused to
attend.
|.
3
i
4
Is
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5 s
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11
No. mov
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No. fou
and u
attend
ill
o o 2
a
si
January
February
March
K3K i
16
24
11
18
28
19
12
29
17
13
22
23
16
27
15
21
30
42
21
14
6
6
1
3
9
2
7
3
3
1
3
2
9
9
16
9
10
17
12
' 10
12
7
7
14
16
10
23
11
17
20
22
19
9
161
1
3
5
2
3
1
~ is"
3
4
5
3
1
4
2
19
3
3
5
3
2
3
5
3
2
6
3
3
May —
Juue
September. . . .
October
November —
December
l
l
l
Totals
187
231
40
109
47
35
3
No. truants
caused
to attend.
I!
si
January. ..
February. .
March
April
May
June
September.
October . . .
November..
December .
Totals.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 355
VII. — Finance.— 1891.
Items op Account.
Resources from appro-
priations and transfers.
Expenditures, 1891.
$49,398.52
300.00
3,210.73
750.00
$49,398.52
62.50
3,715.75 3,715.75
4,673.51 4,673.54
400.00 396.11
931 92 931.92
Contingent expenses
600.00 553.71
$69,525.34
$68,797.65
COST OF CITY SCHOOLS, 1 89 1.
Expenditures, as above specified .
Salaries.
Members of the school board
Clerk of the board .....
Superintendent of schools ....
Truant officer .
Total
Receipts on Account of the Schools.
Literary fund
Non-resident tuition
Sale of text-books .....
Total
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$68,797.65
180.00
100.00
2,000.00
750.00
$71,827.65
$5*287.50
320.95
138-52
$5>746.97
356 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Net amount raised by taxation .... $66,080.68
Raised by taxation in 1890 67,581.71
Reduction ...... $1,501.03
The city valuation for 1891 is $24,872,492 ; and hence the
rate of school tax for the year is $66,080.68 -=- $24,872,492, or
.00265 -(-.
The following account of school property is largely the same
as for last year, when an accurate inventory was made of it. The
expenditures this year may be supposed to offset ordinary wear
and tear, except in the case of new buildings.
SCHOOL PROPERTY, DECEMBER 31, 1 89 1.
Furniture. Included under this head are teachers' and pupils'
desks, chairs, settees, tables, portable blackboards, clocks, pianos
and their appurtenances, ladders, double windows, and heating
apparatus.
General Supplies. Included under this head are ink-stands,
bells, waste baskets, thermometers, brooms, floor-brushes, dusters,
dust pans and brushes, door-mats, pails, dippers, wash basins,
window brushes, mops, coal hods, shovels, axes, hammers, screw-
drivers, and wheelbarrows.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
357
School Buildings.
Furniture.
General supplies.
$ 3 ,4-28.00
$25.00
2,229.00
30.00
1,937.00
28.00
3,355.00
56.00
3,231.00
30.00
2,107.00
30.00
2,108.00
54.00
813.00
15.00
1,605.00
25.00
228.00
7 00
302.00
11.00
1,613.00
28.00
321.00
9 00
319.00
12 00
345.00
S (10
169.00
7.00
94.00
4 00
114.00
5.00
124.00
6 00
S5.00
5.00
05.00
5.00
62.00
4.00
250.00
200.00
$24,904.00
$610.00
High scliool
Franklin-street . .
Spring-street
Lincoln-street —
Ash-street
Main-street
Webster-street...
Bakersville
Varney school —
Blodget-street —
Lowell-street . . .
Training school..
Wilson Hill
South Main-street
Amoskeag
Hallsville
Stark District
Goffe's Falls
Harvey District..
Youngsville
Webster's Mills .
Moscpiito Pond. ..
Evening Schools.
Total
Special Supplies. Included under this head are maps, globes,
charts and chart supporters, numeral frames, slates, pencils, pen-
cil sharpeners, pens, penholders, crayon, erasers, pointers, meas-
ures, geometrical forms, compasses, and rulers.
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358
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Grades.
Special supplies.
Unabridged d i c-
tionaries and li-
brary or refer-
ence books.
Regular
text-
books.
High school
$200.00
900.00
500.00
387.00
154.00
5.00
$575.00
325.00
190.00
150.00
75.00
$1,600.00
2,600.00
1 ,225.00
550.00
Suburban schools —
350.00
$2,146.00
$1,315.00
'$6,375.00
Amount of totals in two foregoing tables . . $35,350.00
SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE, DECEMBER 3 1, l8qo.
Value of furniture .
general supplies
special supplies .
blank books and paper
regular text-books
$250.00
25.00
110.00
150.00
350.00
Aggregate total of personal property belonging to
city school department ..... $36,235.00
VIII. -School Year.
Winter term of twelve weeks opened December 29, 1890,
closed March 20, 1891. Vacation of three weeks.
Spring term of eleven weeks opened April 13, closed June 26.
Vacation of ten weeks.
Fall term of fourteen weeks opened September 14, closed De-
cember 18. 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 weather or insufficient heat.)
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
359
IX.— High School Graduating Class.
FOUR YEARS' COURSE.
George P. Beckford, cl.
Mabel Ruth Brown, cl.
Almy Chase, cl.
Helen Wood Clark, e.
Annie Rosmer Corson, cl.
Eustache Charles E. Dorion, c.
John Henry Fahey, cl.
Samuel Thomas Ferguson, c.
Mary Isabel Gould, cl.
Mertie Clara Hawkes, cl.
Perla Eva Higgins, cl.
Sally Hunt, c.
Hattie Eunice Kidder, c.
Minot Taylor Phelps, e.
Minnie Mabelle Phillips, cl.
Mary Shaw Richardson, e.
Josephine Lillian Riddle, e.
Lizabel Savory, e.
M. Minnie Sturtevant, cl.
Fred Maurice Weston, e.
THREE YEARS COURSE
Edith Alfreda Hall, s.
Josie May Hardy, e.
Leola Almira Morey, cl.
E signifies English Division.
S signifies Scientific Division
A. Ardelle Nourse, cl.
Rose Leillia Still, s.
Frederick N. Walker, cl.
Cl. signifies Classical Division.
C signifies College Division.
The following arrangement for indicating pupils entitled to honors was not
published upon the program of graduating exercises ; but it is here presented
to illustrate the method which, under " High School," in the superintendent's
report, is suggested for future programs.
HONORS.
Number of pupils zuho pursued the English Division of the course
of study, 7.
1. Lizabel Savory.
2. Josephine Lillian Riddle.
Number in the Scientific Preparatory Division, 2.*
1. Rose Leillia Still.
* When there are but two pupils in a division, the one not first is of necessity second and
cannot therefore with propriety be credited with an honor.
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360 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Number in the Classical Division, 13.
1. Almy Chase.
2. May Isabel Gould.
Number in the College Preparatory Division, 4.
1. Sally Hunt and Hattie Eunice Kidder. *
2. Eustache Charles E. Dorion.
X. — Winners of Clarke Prizes.
FOR EXCELLENCE IN ELOCUTION AT CONTEST, JANUARY 29, 1 89 1.
Alice Chalk, $13. Josie E. Cass, #7.
Grettie E. Canney, $11. Sarah E. Wylde, $5.
A. Ardelle Nourse, $9. Frank Bartlett, $5.
XI. — Organization, 1892.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
EDGAR J. KNOWLTON, Mayor, ex officio, Chairman.
EDSON S. HEATH,
President of the Common Council, ex officio.
Ward 1. Charles H. Manning.
Charles D. Sumner.
Ward 2. William H. Morrison.
George H. Stearns.
Ward 3. George D. Towne.
Louis E. Phelps.
Ward 4. Stephen B. Stearns.
Edwin L. Richardson.
Ward 5. James P. Slattery.
William J. Sughrue.
Ward 6. Frank T. E. Richardson.
George W. Dearborn.
* Misses Hunt and Kidder had the same scholarship rank.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 361
Ward 7. Marshall P. Hall.
Edward B. Woodbury.
Ward 8. William K. Robbins.
Luther C. Baldwin.
VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD.
MARSHALL P. HALL.
CLERK OF THE BOARD.
■ EDWARD B. WOODBURY.
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
WILLIAM E. BUCK.
TRUANT OFFICER.
SAMUEL BROOKS.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Finance. The Mayor, Messrs. Heath, Hall, Woodbury, and
F. T. E. Richardson.
Salaries. Messrs. Woodbury, Robbins. and Slattery.
Repairs, Furniture, and Supplies. Messrs. Manning, S. B.
Stearns, and Sumner.
Text-Books, Apparatus, and Studies. Messrs. Hall, Baldwin,
and G. H. Stearns.
Drawing. Messrs. Baldwin, Hall, and Phelps.
Music. Messrs. F. T. E. Richardson, Phelps, and Morrison.
Fuel and Heating. Mr. G. H. Stearns, The Mayor, Messrs.
Heath, Manning, and Dearborn.
Examination of Teachers. Messrs. Robbins, Morrison, and
Towne.
Attendance. Messrs. E. L. Richardson, S. B. Stearns, and
Sughrue.
Health. Messrs. Towne, Slattery, and Sumner.
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ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
SUB-COMMITTEES.
High School. Messrs. Manning, Hall, Morrison, S. B. Stearns,
Robbins, and Towne.
Frankli?i-street School. Messrs. Woodbury, Sumner, and
Baldwin.
Spri7ig-street and Lowell-street Schools. Messrs. Towne, Slat-
tery, and Sumner.
Lincoln-street School. Messrs. S. B. Stearns, F. T. E. Rich-
ardson, and E. L. Richardson.
Ash-street School.* Messrs. Phelps, Towne, and Hall.
Webster-street and Blodget-street schools. Messrs. G. H.
Stearns, Morrison, and Woodbury.
Bakersville School. Messrs. Morrison, F. T. E. Richardson,
and Woodbury.
Varney School. Messrs. Baldwin, S. B. Stearns, and Phelps.
Training School and Wilson Hill School. Messrs. Hall, Rob-
bins, and Phelps.
Main-street and South Main-street Schools. Messrs. Robbins,
Baldwin, and Dearborn.
Amoskeag and Stark District Schools. Messrs. Sumner, Dear-
born, and Sughrue.
Hallsville and Youngsville Schools. Messrs. Dearborn, Man-
ning, and Sughrue.
Gofe's Falls and Harvey District Schools. Messrs. Slattery,
G. H. Stearns, and E. L. Richardson.
Webster's Mills and Mosquito Fond Schools. Messrs. E. L.
Richardson, Slattery, and Sughrue.
Evening Schools. Messrs. F. T. E. Richardson, Manning, and
G. H. Stearns.
XII. — List of Teachers.
HIGH SCHOOL. BEECH STREET.
Master. Albert Somes.
Sub-Master. George I. Hopkins.
* Also of any others that may be organized on Bridge street.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Assistants. William T. Abbott.
Lucretia E. Manahan.*
Mary Stanton.
Nellie Pickering.
Mary H. Cutler.
Camille Benson.
FRANKLIN-STREET SCHOOL.
Second Floor. — Grammar Grades.
363
Principal. Charles W. Bickford.
Assistants. Annie O. Heath.
Jennie M. Chandler.
Carrie E. Reid.
First Floor. — Lower Grades.
Higher Middle. C. Augusta Abbott.
Lower Middle. Hattie G. Flanders.
Higher Primary. Nellie M. James.
Lower Primary. Ella F. Sanborn.
SPRING-STREET SCHOOL.
Second Floor. — Mixed Grades.
Principal. Lizzie P. Gove (4th Grammar division).
Higher Middle. Emma L. McLaren.
First Floor. — Lower Grades.
Lower Middle. Fannie D. Moulton.
Higher Primary. Nellie I. Sanderson.
Lower Primary. Lucia E. Esty.
Lower Primary. Maude L. Kent.
* Deceased.
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364 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
LINCOLN-STREET SCHOOL.
Second Floor. — Grammar Grades.
Principal. Frank S. Sutcliffe.
Assistants. Annie W. Patten.
Isabelle R. Daniels.
Mary F. Barnes.
First Floor. — Lower Grades.
Grammar and Middle. Annie M. Sleeper.
Higher Middle. Susie G. Woodman.
Lower Middle. Cora B. Gilford.
Higher Primary. Theodora Richardson.
ASH-STREET SCHOOL.
Second Floor. — Grammar Grades.
Principal. Fred C. Baldwin.
Assistants. Gertrude F. How.*
Mary E. Bunton.
Edith S. Dole.
First Floor. — Lower Grades.
Higher Middle. Emma J. Cooper.
Lower Middle. Kittie J. Ferren.
Higher Primary. May F. Nutt.
Lower Primary. Annie B. Goodwin.
Lower Primary. Bertha A. Young.
WEBSTER-STREET SCHOOL.
Second Floor. — Grammar Grades.
Principal. B. S Andrews.
Assistants. F. Maude Joy.
Anna P. Cummings.
Alta C. Willand.
* Third floor.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 365
First Floor. — Lower Grades.
Mixed Middle. Eva F. Tuson.
Mixed Primary. Lettie M. Smith.
BAKERSVILLE SCHOOL.
Second Floor. — Mixed Grades.
Principal. Lizzie A. Burns (grammar classes).
Assistant. Lelia A. Brooks.*
Higher Middle. Issa M. Tuttle.*
Lower Middle. Augusta S. Downs.
First Floor. — Lower Grades.
Higher Primary. S. Izetta Locke.
Lower Primary. Edith M. Stebbins.
VARNEY SCHOOL.
Second Floor. — Grammar Grades.
Principal. George Winch.
Assistant. Barbara B. Joy.
First Floor. — Mixed Grades.
Assistants. Lillian Little (Third Division).
Maria Dickey (Fourth Division).
Mary J. Dowd (Fourth Division).
Higher Middle. Ellen E. McKean. *
Mixed Middle. Nettie C. Woodman.
HALLSVILLE SCHOOL.
Principal. William H. Huse.
Mixed Middle. Ella F. Barker.
Mixed Primary. Olive A. Rowe.
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366 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
TRAINING SCHOOL.
(Merrimack street, cor. Union.)
Principal. Caroline E. Wing.
A lower Middle School (No. 15), a higher (No. 21), and two
lower (Nos. 22 and 23) primary schools, embracing first four
years of school work. Principal is assisted by members of Train-
ing Class.
MAIN-STREET SCHOOL.
Second Floor. — Mixed Grades.
Principal. Mary W. Mitchell (Higher Middle).
Lower Middle. Millie S. Morse.
Higher Primary. Mary E. Brophy.
Higher Primary. Mary J. Walsh.
First Floor. — Primary Grades.
Mixed Primary. Mary A. Clement.
Mixed Primary. Gertrude A. Burns.
Lower Primary. Kate T. Clarke.
Lower Primary. Gertrude L. Southard.
BLODGET-STREET SCHOOL.
Second Floor.
Higher Primary. Gertrude H. Brooks.
First Floor.
Lower Primary. Georgianna Dow.
LOWELL-STREET SCHOOL.
Second Floor.
Lower Primary. Genevieve B. Knight.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 867
First Floor.
Higher Primary. Helen M. Morrill.
WILSON-HILL SCHOOL.
Lower Primary. Huldah C. Graupner.
Lower Primary. Ella Hope.
SOUTH MAIN-STREET SCHOOL.
Higher Primary. Delle E. Haines.
Lower Primary. Georgia M. Cheney.
PARTIALLY GRADED SCHOOLS.
Amoskeag. Nettie B. Fogg.
Mixed Primary. Mary G. Tynan.
UNGRADED SCHOOLS.
No. i. Stark. Inez M. Warren.
2. Goffe's Falls. Georgia Kendrick.
3. Harvey. Emma J. Ela.
4. Youngsville. Mary A. Seavey.
5. Webster's Mills. Mary G. Worthen.
6. Mosquito Pond. Nellie M. Atwood.
SPECIAL TEACHERS.
Music. J. J. Kimball.
JANITORS.
Webster- street and Blodget-street Schools.
Michael Finley, Pearl, near Chestnut.
High School and Ash-street School.
John S. Avery, 404 Merrimack.
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368 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Lincoln-street and Wilson-Hill Schools.
William Stevens, 418 Central.
Spring-street and Lowell-street Schools.
William H. Morrill, 45 Pennacook.
Franklin-street and Training Schools.
Edward P. Cogswell, 218 Central.
Varney and South Main-street Schools.
H. G. Batchelder, 123 Carroll.
Main-street School.
J. C. Blaine, 58 School.
Hallsville.
William H. Newry, 538 Central.
Bakersville School.
H. C. Dickey, Bakersville.
EVENING SCHOOLS.
(Open from October to March, five evenings each week.)
Lotuell-street Building.
Three schools for boys.
Spring-street Building.
Two schools for girls.
School-street Building.
Two schools, one for each sex.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 369
EVENING DRAWING SCHOOL.
(Open from October to March.)
Spring-street Building.
Machine-drawing classes meet on Monday and Thursday even-
ings.
Architectural-drawing classes meet on Tuesday and Friday
evenings.
GRADUATES OF TRAINING SCHOOL NOT EMPLOYED AS REGULAR
TEACHERS, FEBRUARY 20, 1 89 1.
Emma B. Abbott.* Alverta P. Barrett.*
Emma M. Streeter.*
OTHERS NEVER HERE EMPLOYED IN TEACHING, WHO HAVE CER-
TIFICATES OF QUALIFICATION.
Maud Bell, Fannie L. Perry, Fannie E. Smith, Martha T.
Learnard, Lizzie M. McAfee, Hattie J. Hoyt, Evelina Davis,
William S. Harris, Hattie N. Gage, Carrie L. Barker, Georgie F.
Drake, and Lucie G. Thompson. All certificated for grammar
and lower grades.
Helen W. Poor, Belle F. Small, Hattie M. Ellis, Hattie E.
Merrill, Alithea M. Hutchins, Amy B. Smith, and S. Louise Val-
entine. Certificated for middle and primary grades.
XIII.— School Year, 1892.
Winter term of twelve weeks opens January 4, closes March 25.
Vacation of two weeks.
Spring term of eleven weeks opens April 11, closes June 24.
Rest of year not yet determined.
* Certificated for primary and middle grades.
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R EPORT
BOARD OF HEALTH
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
To his Honor the Mayor :
The Board of Health submits its annual report for the year
1891.
At the beginning of the year the board consisted of George C.
Hoitt, M. D., chairman; Joseph B. Sawyer, C. E., clerk; and
William M. Parsons, M. D. The term of Dr. Parsons expired
on the first Monday in February, and Neil F. Starr, M. D., was
appointed to the office. On the same day the board was reor-
ganized by the choice of Dr. Hoitt as chairman, and of Mr.
Sawyer as clerk, and the board as thus constituted and organized
remained unchanged to the end of the year.
EXPENDITURES.
These have been :
Pay of employees $1,203.88
Street-carfares 38-85
Stationery and postage ...... 9.35
Carriage hire . . . . . . . . 16. 75
Printing and advertising 62.52
Traveling expenses . . . . . . . 1.30
Removing dead animals, etc., ..... 9.25
Analysis of water from suspected wells ... 9.60
Removing cases of infectious disease to city hospital
and caring for them 12.50
Total ....... $1,364.00
The salaries of the members of the board, added to the above
amount, make the total cost of the health department $1,964.
376 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
WORK OF THE INSPECTORS.
Two inspectors have been employed, Mr. Russell White
throughout the year, and Mr. M. J. Jenkins from March 2 to
December 31. Mr. White has, under the direction of the board,
had charge of the restriction of contagious diseases, the removal
of dead animals, and the supervision of vault cleaners. He re-
ports as follows :
Houses placarded for scarlet fever . . . . .23
for diphtheria . . . . 17
for measles ...... S3
Total 123
School teachers, employers, and others have been notified of
the existence of the disease whenever that precaution was neces-
sary.
Houses containing cases of typhoid fever visited . . 69
Privy vaults inspected after being cleaned :
Cleaned by Timothy McKenna . . . . 821
by Thomas Welch . . . . . 521
by John T. Gott 35
Total 1,377
Dead animals removed and buried :
Swine . . . . . . . . . .12
Horses .......... 2
Dogs . 30
Cats 9
Total 53
Complaints investigated and nuisances abated . . .154
Mr. Jenkins was employed in the investigation of complaints,
the serving of notices, and a part of the time in the supervision
of the vault cleaners. A large part of his work was done by per-
sonal interviews with the owners or agents of the premises, and
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. 377
he secured the abatement of a large number of nuisances in that
way ; but he kept no account of the number. He served formal
legal notices as follows : For the removal of swine, 3 ; abate-
ment of sink-water nuisances, 5 ; to enter sewer, 3 ; to abolish
privy vaults, 31 ; to remove drains entering Mile brook, 9; to
cleanse and repair privies, 2 ; to put dwellings in a proper sani-
tary condition, 5. In most of these cases compliance with the
notice was secured. In some cases the owners have been reluc-
tant and tardy. In a few others, where it appeared to the satis-
faction of the board that rebuilding or extensive alterations are
contemplated in the immediate future, the notice was suspended.
VAULT CLEANING.
Three parties have been licensed to do this work, viz., Timo-
thy McKenna, Patrick Welch, and John T. Gott. It has been
necessary to exercise a close and constant supervision of the
cleaners in order to secure reasonably good work. This has
taken much of the time of our men, and so long as it is the ob-
ject of those who do the business to make money rather than to
do good, satisfactory work, this supervision will be necessary. It
is our belief that the licensing system should be abolished, and
that the board should be given the means and the authority for
vault cleaning. This is generally regarded as one branch of the
legitimate work of a health department, and there is no more
reason for having it done by a licensee or contractor than there
is for having the duties of the fire or police department so done.
The same thing is true of the scavenger service.
REMOVAL OF PRIVY VAULTS.
In the autumn of 1890 the board issued notices for the removal
of all vaults on the west side of Church street between Washing-
ton and Bridge streets, and the orders were complied with in the
spring of 1891. On April n the board determined to begin the
removal of all the vaults on lots fronting on Elm street between
Central and Harrison streets, and soon after the work was ex-
tended to Vine street from Amherst to Concord streets. On
378
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
August 24 it was voted to issue notices for the discontinuance of
all vaults on Amherst street between Elm and Chestnut streets,
and the work was begun at once. In all these districts it is now
well advanced. In several instances where the vaults still remain,
the water-closets which are to be substituted are partly in place.
In other instances the vaults will give place to new blocks which
are to be built the coming season. In a few cases a little legal
coercion may be required. It is the intention of the board to
finish up what they now have in hand, and to extend the work as
fast as practicable.
A few vaults in other localities have been abolished at the sug-
gestion or direction of the board, and in several instances which
have come to our knowledge, the owners have substituted water-
closets without any intervention of the department. It is grati-
fying to know of these and other evidences of the growing public
sentiment in favor of better sanitation.
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
The number of cases of contagious diseases reported to the
board in each month, with the number of deaths therefrom as.
reported to the city registrar, is given in the following table :
Diseases.
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
379
The next table epitomizes the history of these diseases for the
last five years so far as it is known to the board :
Diphtheria.
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The figures giving the numbers of deaths are probably accu-
rate, or very nearly so. Those for cases of diphtheria are thought
to be approximately correct ; but scarlet fever and measles have
been so little feared by large numbers of our population that
many cases were not put under the care of a physician, and con-
sequently were not reported. There is need of a law like that
of some other states, requiring householders to report in such
cases. Occasionally some person will tell us that he knows of a
bad case of some contagious disease of which we know nothing,
and which requires the immediate attention of the board. When
asked where the case is, he refuses to tell on the ground that he
does not wish to meddle with the affairs of his neighbor. Such
a course is about as foolish and pusillanimous as it would be to
know that his neighbor's buildings were on fire, and his own in
danger, and to refuse to give an alarm lest he should be med-
dling with his neighbor's business.
With regard to typhoid fever it may be said that sanitary
authorities generally agree that there are eight or ten cases for
every death. If that proportion holds in this city, less than one
half of the cases have come to our knowledge. The state board
of health, acting under authority conferred by statute, requires
physicians to report all cases of this disease. It is probable that
380 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
in so grave a disease nearly every case must come to the notice
of some physician, and it seems that there must be great negli-
gence on the part of some members of the profession.
It is sometimes asked. What is the necessity of reporting
typhoid fever since there is no need of isolation ? The answer
is that the disease is controllable by other means, which it is the
business of the board to see carried into effect. Typhoid fever
is one of the preventable diseases, and if all health officers, phy-
sicians, and nurses would do their whole duty it would be a rare
disease. This opinion is based upon the fact that intelligent
efforts to restrict it are attended with most successful results, show-
ing that the natural history of the disease and the proper means
for its restriction are well understood. The disease is not often,
possibly it is never, contracted directly from the sick person by
way of respiration, but the contagious principle, being eliminated
in the discharges from the bowels, enters the systems of new vic-
tims by way of the stomach. The most usual carrier of the dis-
ease is the drinking-water. Fearful outbreaks have been caused
by contaminated wells, and even by public water supplies. Milk
also is known to be an occasional vehicle of the typhoid germ.
Moreover, if there is any weight to be given to the testimony of
close observers and careful investigators, then the evidence is
overwhelming that typhoid fever is a filth disease, and that any
mass of decomposing organic matter, such as foul privy-vaults,
filthy drains, pig-stys, damp and unclean cellars or rooms, affords
a fertile field for the reproduction and multiplication of the
typhoid germ. It is evident from the above consideration that
every case should be reported to the health department as soon as
it is known, and that the department should at once take ener-
getic measures for the restriction of the disease. To say that it
is unnecessary to report because isolation does not apply is much
like saying that it is unnecessary because vaccination is not called
for in the case. But just as vaccination is useful in preventing
epidemics of smallpox, so, probably to an equal extent, are clean-
liness and the thorough disinfection of the stools useful measures
in exterminating typhoid fever.
There is another phase of this subject to which in the interest
KEPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. 381
of humanity we cannot forbear to call the attention of our people.
It is well known that our sewers lead directly from our homes to
the Merrimack, and that the water supplies of Lowell and Law-
rence are drawn from the same river. It is known also that these
cities are scourged much worse than is Manchester by this dis-
ease. In Lowell the record is as follows :
1889, cases reported, 194, deaths, 65.
1890, " " 454, " 123.
1891, " " 296, " 77.
In the last year only thirty-three of the seventy-seven deaths
were in cases which had been reported, the ratio being one in
nine. If the same ratio held as to the forty-four deaths in unre-
ported cases there were about seven hundred cases in that city
last year. Their board of health says that " in our opinion
typhoid fever is more to be dreaded by the population of Lowell
than all other contagious diseases, and so long as the sewage of
Manchester, Hooksett, Suncook, and Nashua drains into our
water supply, we are surrounded by its infection and cannot
escape."
It is enough that we defile the stream with all our sewage as
well as with great quantities of hurtful manufacturing waste and
slaughter-house drainage, without poisoning it by the dejections
of our sufferers from typhoid fever. To divert the sewage from
the river would require time and the outlay of a vast sum of
money, albeit it is an outlay which the city will some day be
obliged to make, but to keep out the poison of typhoid dejec-
tions is a duty so imperative and so easily performed that no one
can willfully or carelessly neglect it and be worthy of respect as
a humane man or a good citizen.
The table shows an increase of the number of cases of typhoid
which, not being accompanied by a corresponding increase in
the number of deaths, is probably due to better reporting on the
part of physicians, and is thus more apparent than real. Other
noticeable features of the table are that scarlet fever has caused
no deaths, and that diphtheria and measles are each chargeable
with but two, while the totals for these four of the principal com-
382 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
municable diseases show but two hundred and eleven cases and
twenty-two deaths.
The mortality from these diseases is regarded by most author-
ities as one of the principal indices of the sanitary condition of
a community, and of the efficiency and value of its health ser-
vice. It would be presumption to claim that the annual diminu-
tion of the figures in the last column of the table is due solely
to the work of this board, but the movement is at any rate in the
right direction, and whatever may be the cause of the diminu-
tion, the table is submitted as a sufficient answer to those igno-
rant and irresponsible persons who, in their warfare upon the
board of health, have not scrupled to slander the good name of
the city for healthfulness and decency, and to represent the place
as a Black Hole of filth and sickness.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
383
TABLE
SHOWING THE MORTALITY OF THE CITY BY DISEASES AND BY
MONTHS FOR THE YEAR 1 89 1 , COMPILED FROM
THE RECORDS OF THE CITY REGISTRAR.
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TABLE. — Continued.
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385
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ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. 387
These tables are as nearly perfect as they can be made from
the city registrar's books. With respect to the number of deaths,
they are believed to be substantially correct, but in other re-
spects carelessness and ignorance in making returns have marred
the usefulness and perfection of the record, and have to an equal
extent vitiated the tables. In more than one eighth of the cases
the cause of death is not given, and some of the causes which are
given, such as "cough" and "headache" might as well have
been omitted.
It is believed that the importance of these records is not ap-
preciated as it should be. Aside from their value and interest to
the sanitarian and statistician, they have a value as evidence in
questions of citizenship, inheritance of property, pension claims,
and divorce, and are of interest to the antiquarian and genealo-
gist. Unlike many other records, these, if well kept, will have a
permanent and increasing value. The statute recognizes this
value and has provided liberal compensations for returns and
registration.
These tables compare favorably with those of other New Eng-
land towns of similar size and with a similar population.
The "grippe" has left its mark upon the record. In the
month of December it caused three deaths in its own name,
twenty-four were charged to pneumonia, and four to croup,
swelling the list for the month to one hundred and twelve, as
against seventy-one for the corresponding month of the previous
year. The recent visitation of this disease, whether estimated by
the amount of sickness and loss of time which it has caused, or
by the number of valuable lives cut short, is probably the most
calamitous pestilence that has ever visited the adult population
of the country. It appears to be a disease against which boards
of health and physicians are nearly powerless. Let us hope that
means for its restriction and cure will soon be discovered.
Another noticeable feature of the tables is the high death rate
of children under five years of age. Annually from 42 to 48 per
cent of our deaths are of this class, and they occur largely among
our foreign population. Cholera infantum is the principal cause.
It is a disease but slightly controllable by public sanitation, unless
388 ANNUAL OFFICIAL EEPORTS.
it is seconded by intelligent care and regimen in the particulars
of diet, bathing, clothing, and fresh air. The department has a
great responsibility in this matter, but so long as people will
crowd into tenement blocks, and be careless, ignorant, and stu-
pid, this disease will continue to decimate the children.
The absence of deaths from scarlet fever is noticeable, as is
also the small number of deaths from this cause in the preceding
years. The disease has almost ceased to be feared ; and herein
lies a possible danger. It may at any moment assume its old-time
malignity, when it stalked abroad under the names of canker
rash and putrid sore throat.
In conclusion, we take great pleasure in testifying to the har-
monious and helpful relations which have existed between the
board of health and city councils, and especially, sir, in ac-
knowledging the many helpful and kindly acts and words of
your Honor.
Respectfully submitted.
GEORGE C. HOITT,
JOSEPH B. SAWYER,
NEIL F. STARR,
Board of Health of Manchester*
March, 1802.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS, GAS LIGHTS, ETC.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS, GAS LIGHTS, AND
OIL LAMPS.
Electric Lights in Use.
No. i. Corner Cypress and Massabesic, arm.
2. Massabesic-street watering-trough, pole.
3. Corner Park and Beacon, pole.
4. Corner Central and Hall, arm.
5. Corner Lake avenue and Massabesic, arm.
6. Corner Wilson and Laurel, arm.
7. Corner Merrimack and Hall, arm.
8. Corner Manchester and Hall, arm.
9. Corner Manchester and Wilson, arm.
10. Corner Hanover and Ashland, arm.
11. Corner Hanover and Hall, arm.
12. Corner Hanover and Beacon, arm.
13. Corner Concord and Ashland, arm.
14. Corner Bridge and Hall, arm.
15. Corner Myrtle and Russell, arm.
16. Corner Pearl and Linden, arm.
17. Corner Pearl and Russell, arm.
18. Corner Bridge and Nashua, arm.
19. Corner Nashua and High, arm.
20. Corner Concord and Dutton, arm.
21. Corner Amherst and Porter, arm.
22. Corner Hanover and Lincoln, arm.
23. Corner Manchester and Lincoln, arm.
24. Corner Merrimack and Lincoln, arm.
25. Corner Laurel and Lincoln, arm.
392 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
No. 26. Corner Central and Lincoln, arm.
27. Corner Lake avenue and Lincoln, arm.
28. Corner Spruce and Lincoln, arm.
29. Corner Spruce and Maple, arm.
30. Corner Lake avenue and Maple, arm.
31. Corner Central and Maple, arm.
32. Corner Merrimack and Maple, arm.
33. Corner Manchester and Maple, arm.
34. Corner Hanover and Maple, arm.
35. Corner Amherst and Maple, arm.
36. Corner Concord and Maple, arm.
37. Corner Lowell and Nashua, arm.
38. Corner Bridge and Maple, arm.
39. Corner Myrtle and Maple, arm.
40. Corner Orange and Ash, arm.
41. Corner Harrison and Beech, arm.
42. Corner Myrtle and Beech, arm.
43. Corner Pearl and Beech, arm.
44. Corner Bridge and Beech, arm.
45. Corner Lowell and Ash, arm.
46. Corner Amherst and Ash, arm.
47. Corner Lowell and Beech, arm.
48. Corner Concord and Walnut, arm.
49. Corner Amherst and Beech, arm.
50. Corner Hanover and Beech, arm.
51. Hanover Square, pole.
52. Corner Manchester and Beech, arm.
53. Corner Merrimack and Beech, arm.
54. Corner Laurel and Beech, arm.
55. Corner Central and Beech, arm.
56. Corner Lake avenue and Beech, arm.
57. Corner Spruce and Beech, arm.
58. Corner Cedar and Union, arm.
59. Corner Lake avenue and Union, arm.
60. Corner Central and Union, arm.
61. Corner Laurel and Union, arm.
62. Corner Merrimack and Union, arm.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS, GAS LIGHTS, AND OIL LAMPS. 393
No. 63. Corner Manchester and Union, arm.
64. Corner Hanover and Union, arm.
65. Corner Amherst and Union, arm.
66. Corner Concord and Union, arm.
67. Corner Lowell and Walnut, arm.
6S. Corner Lowell and Union, arm.
69. Corner High and Union, arm.
70. Corner Bridge and Union, arm.
71. Corner Bridge and Walnut, arm.
72. Corner Orange and Union, arm.
73. Corner Prospect and Union, arm.
74. Corner Brook and Union, arm.
75. Corner Pennacook and Union, arm.
76. Corner Webster and Pine, arm.
77. Corner North and Pine, pole.
78. Corner Sagamore and Pine, arm.
79. Corner Blodget and Pine, arm.
So. Corner Harrison and Hazel, arm.
81. Corner Prospect and Pine, arm.
82. Corner Myrtle and Pine, arm.
S3. Corner Orange and Pine, arm.
84. Corner Pearl and Pine, arm.
85. Corner Bridge and Pine, arm.
86. Tremont Square, pole.
87. Corner High and Pine, arm.
88. Corner Lowell and Pine, arm.
89. Corner Concord and Pine, arm.
90. Corner Amherst and Pine, arm.
91. Corner Hanover and Pine, arm.
92. Corner Manchester and Pine, arm.
93. Corner Merrimack and Pine, arm.
94. Corner Laurel and Pine, arm.
95. Corner Central and Pine, arm.
96. Corner Lake avenue and Pine, arm.
97. Corner Cedar and Pine, arm.
98. Corner Auburn and Pine, arm.
99. Corner Cedar and Chestnut, arm.
394 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
No. ioo. Park Square, pole.
101. Corner Lake avenue and Chestnut, arm.
102. Corner Central and Chestnut, arm.
103. Merrimack Square, pole.
104. Corner Merrimack and Chestnut, arm.
105. Corner Manchester and Chestnut, arm.
106. Corner Hanover and Chestnut, arm.
107. Concord Square, east, pole.
108. Concord Square, west, pole.
109. Corner Chestnut and Concord B. S., arm.
no. Corner Chestnut and High, arm.
in. Corner Chestnut and Bridge, arm.
112. Corner Chestnut and Pearl, arm.
113. Corner Chestnut and Myrtle, arm.
114. Corner Chestnut and Harrison, arm.
115. Corner Chestnut and Brook, arm.
116. Corner Pennacook and Chestnut, pole.
117. Corner Salmon and Chestnut, pole.
118. Corner Webster and Chestnut, arm.
119. Corner Clarke and Elm, arm.
120. Corner Webster and Elm, arm.
121. Corner North and Elm, arm.
122. Corner Salmon and Elm, arm.
123. Corner Pennacook and Elm, arm.
124. Corner Brook and Elm, arm.
125. Corner Harrison and Elm, arm.
126. Langdon street, pole.
127. Corner Dean and Elm, arm.
128. Corner Prospect and Chestnut, arm.
129. Corner Orange and Elm, arm.
130. Corner Kidder and Elm, arm.
131. Elm east B. S., on Pearl, arm.
132. Corner Bridge and Elm, arm.
133. Corner Washington and Church, arm.
134. Corner Birch and Lowell, arm.
135. Corner Lowell and Elm, arm.
136. Elm East B. S. between Lowell and Concord, arm.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS, GAS LIGHTS, AND OIL LAMPS. 395
No. 137. Corner Water and Elm, arm.
138. Corner Vine and Concord, arm.
139. Corner Vine and Amherst, arm.
140. Corner Amherst and Elm, arm.
141. Corner Mechanic and Elm West B. S., arm.
142. Stark street, arm.
143. Corner Market and Franklin, arm.
144. Corner Market and Elm, arm.
145. Corner Hanover and Elm east B. S., arm.
146. Corner Elm and Manchester, arm.
147. Corner Dean avenue and Elm west B. S., arm.
148. Corner Elm and Merrimack, arm.
149. Corner Merrimack and Franklin, arm.
150. Middle street, arm.
151. Merrimack Square, west, pole.
152. Corner Elm and Central, arm.
153. Corner Elm and Lake avenue, arm.
154. Corner Elm and Spruce, arm.
155. Beech and Cedar, pole.
156. Corner Elm and Cedar, arm.
157. Corner Franklin and Granite, arm.
158. Corner Elm and Auburn, arm.
159. Corner Elm and Green, arm.
160. Corner Elm and Valley, arm.
161. Bakersville watering trough, arm.
162. Corner Summer and State, pole.
163. Corner Granite and State, arm.
164. Granite Bridge, east, pole.
165. Corner Bedford and Granite, pole.
166. Corner Canal and Granite, pole.
167. Corner Depot and Canal, pole.
168. Central between Franklin and Canal, pole.
169. Corner Bedford and Central, arm.
170. Corner Canal and Merrimack, arm.
171. Corner Canal and Middle, arm.
172. Corner Canal and Stark, arm.
173. Corner Canal and Mechanic, arm.
6X0 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
No. 174. Corner Canal and Spring, arm.
175. Corner Canal and Bridge, arm.
176. McGregor Bridge, east, pole.
177. Corner Canal and Hollis, pole.
178. Corner Canal and Dean, pole.
179. Corner Canal and Langdon, arm.
180. Corner River road and North street, 1
181. Amoskeag bridge, east, arm.
182. Amoskeag bridge, west, arm.
183. Amoskeag watering-trough, pole.
184. Amoskeag brick store, pole.
185. Corner McGregor and Main, pole.
186. Corner McGregor and Bridge, pole.
187. McGregor bridge, west, pole.
188. Corner Amory and Main, pole.
189. Corner Amory and Beauport, pole.
190. Corner Wayne and Beauport, pole.
191. Corner Marion and Main, pole.
192. Corner McGregor and Wayne, pole.
193. Corner McGregor and Putnam, arm.
194. Corner Sullivan and Main, pole.
195. Corner Beauport and Sullivan, pole.
196. Corner Main and Schuyler, pole.
197. Corner Wilton and Mam, pole.
198. Corner Douglas and Main, arm.
199. Corner Douglas and Barr, arm.
200. Corner Granite and Green, arm.
201. Corner West and Granite, arm.
202. Corner Granite and Main, arm.
203. Corner Granite and Second, arm.
204. Granite bridge, west, pole.
205. Corner School and River, arm.
206. Corner School and Third, arm.
207. Corner Second and Bath, pole.
208. Corner Ferry and River, arm.
209. Corner Ferry and Third, arm.
210. Corner Walker and Second, arm.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS, GAS LIGHTS, AND OIL LAMPS. 397
No. 211. Corner Blaine and Third, arm.
212. Corner Clinton and Main. arm.
213. Corner Walker and Main, arm.
214. Corner Parker and West, arm.
215. Corner Winter and Parker, arm.
216. Corner Main and Mast, pole.
217. Corner Main and Milford, arm.
218. Corner Main and A, arm.
219. Corner Carroll and Milford, arm.
220. Corner Old Mast road and Mast, arm.
221. Corner Hall and Amherst, arm.
222. Corner Laurel and Maple, arm.
223. Corner Central and Wilson, arm.
224. Corner Harrison and Pine, arm.
225. Corner Massabesic and Belmont, pole.
226. Corner Union and Appleton, arm.
227. Corner Elm and railroad crossing, pole.
228. Corner Franklin and Pleasant, arm.
229. Corner Elm and Appleton, arm.
230. Corner 'Milford and Riddle, arm.
231. Corner Nutt road and Portsmouth railroad, pole.
232. Corner Lake avenue and Canton, pole.
233. Corner Laurel and Hall, arm.
234. Corner Beech and Brook, arm.
235. Corner Kidder and Boyden, pole.
236. Corner Myrtle and Walnut, arm.
237. Bridge and Linden, arm.
238. Corner Lowell and Ashland, arm.
239. Corner Lowell and Belmont, arm.
240. Corner Pearl and Union, arm.
241. Corner Salmon and Union, pole.
242. Water street, arm.
243. Corner Arlington and Ashland, arm.
244. Corner Orange and Oak, arm.
245. Corner Prospect and Oak, arm.
246. Corner Arlington and Russell, arm.
247. Corner Gore and Walnut, arm.
398 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
No. 248. Corner Laurel and Milton, arm.
249. Massabesic street — Hospital, pole.
250. Corner Lake avenue and Wilson, arm.
251. Corner Bridge and Ash, arm.
252. Hanover street, east, pole.
253. Corner Franklin and Depot, arm.
254. Corner Spruce and Union, arm.
255. Corner East High and Wilson road, pole.
256. Corner Beech and Auburn, pole.
257. Corner Kidder and Whitney, pole.
258. Corner Valley and Jewett, pole.
259. Corner Concord and Derry, pole.
260. Corner Auburn and Union, pole.
261. Corner Harrison and Walnut, arm.
262. Corner West Hancock and Second, pole.
263. Corner Douglas and West, pole.
264. Corner Hooksett road, Anioskeag, pole.
Gas-Lights in Use.
Appleton and Pine.
Clarke and Chestnut.
Clarke and River road.
Elm, near Ray brook.
Monroe street.
Appleton, west end.
Webster and River road.
Salmon and River road.
Salmon, between Elm and Canal.
Canal, near paper mill.
Blodget, between Elm and Chestnut.
Blodget and Chestnut.
Brook and Pine.
Prospect, between Elm and Chestnut.
Myrtle, between Elm and Chestnut.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS, GAS LIGHTS, AND OIL LAMPS. 399
Orange and Chestnut.
Orange, between Chestnut and Elm.
Bridge, between Chestnut and Elm.
Pearl and Walnut.
Orange and Walnut.
Orange and Beech.
Myrtle and Ash.
Pearl and Maple.
Arlington and Maple.
East High and Maple.
Lowell and South.
Lowell and Jane.
Amherst and Ashland.
Concord and Hall.
Lowell and Hall.
Concord and Belmont.
Amherst and Belmont.
Amherst and Beacon.
Lowell and Beacon.
East High and Belmont.
Prospect and Russell.
Harrison and Russell.
Harrison and Oak.
Harrison and Maple.
Harrison and Ash.
Prospect and Ash.
Prospect and Beech.
Prospect and Walnut.
Belmont and Central.
Maple and Cedar.
Willow and Merrill.
Two lights on South Elm.
Two lights on Hancock and River road.
Auburn and Franklin.
Three lights on State.
River street, near Turner Hall.
Milford and Bowman.
400 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Mast and Bowman.
Dover and Clinton.
Dover and Granite.
Two lights on Hancock, west of River road.
Dover and Douglas.
Douglas, half way between Main and River streets.
Two lights on Pleasant, between Franklin and Canal.
Merrimack Common.
Two lights on Mechanic.
Spring street.
Wilson and Merrimack.
Manchester and Belmont.
Hanover and Milton.
Two lights on River road, between Hancock and Baker streets.
Hanover and Belmont.
Oil Lights in Use.
Clarke and Union.
Concord and Beacon.
East High and Hall.
Pearl and Linden.
Canal, near Amoskeag bridge.
Merrimack and Beacon.
Hanover and Mammoth road.
Lake avenue and Mammoth road.
Elm and Shasta.
Elm and Baker.
Two lights on Baker.
Douglas and West.
Douglas and Quincy.
Granite and Quincy.
Mast road and Riddle.
Carroll street.
Bowman street.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS, GAS LIGHTS, AND OIL LAMPS. 401
A and B streets.
Light near the Huntress gardens.
Mammoth road and Cohas avenue.
" " and Island Pond road.
" " and Cilley.
" " and Young.
" " and Candia road.
Massabesic and Old Falls road.
Massabesic and Taylor.
Belmont and Green.
Belmont, at A. L. Walker's house.
Belmont and Valley.
Valley and Taylor.
Valley and Cypress.
Valley and Jewett.
Cypress and Prout avenue.
Jewett and Young.
Young and Taylor.
Three lights on River road south of Blue store.
Three lights in Amoskeag.
Ten lights in Goffe's Falls.
Three lights in Youngsville.
One light on Candia road, near Noah Reed's.
One light on Candia road, near Walter Cody's house.
One light at junction Lake avenue and Hanover.
One light on Island Pond road, Mill-Dam House.
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
To the City Councils :
Gentlemen, — The Auditor herewith submits to your honora-
ble body his second annual report.
WORK OF THE OFFICE.
There have been made during the year the usual examinations
of the treasurer's accounts, examinations of the city clerk's ac-
counts, annual examination and settlement with the tax collector,
annual examination of water-works accounts, annual examina-
tion of accounts of superintendents of Pine Grove and Valley
cemeteries, and of the treasurer of the cemeteries, annual exami-
nation of the accounts of the superintendent of the city farm,
monthly examination of the accounts of the weigher at the city
scales, quarterly examinations of the accounts of city marshal,
semi-annual examination of the account of the clerk of the po-
lice court.
Above six thousand bills against the city have been examined
and certified as "correct." All the pay-rolls for the thirteen
highway districts, for the schools, for the fire department, the
water-works, the police department, the cemeteries, and the city
officials have been examined and certified to.
Twelve monthly drafts, amounting in the aggregate to $858,-
031.79, have been drawn on the city treasury.
Accounts have been kept with all the appropriations, with the
treasurer, and the tax collector.
Thirteen ordinances, twelve recommendations, eighteen orders,
eight resolutions, five contracts, two copies of perambulation of
406 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
town lines have been typewritten in this office for use of com-
mittees, etc.; also three messages and other documents, letters,
etc., for the mayor, one hundred and fifty letters and five com-
munications for city auditor, and one hundred and fifty circu-
lars prepared and typewritten ; lists of non-resident tax-payers
typewritten for use of tax collector. The labor connected with
the refunding of $100,000 of water bonds was mostly done in
this office. The City Report for 1891 is compiled by the audi-
tor, as required by the ordinance. The engravings contained
therein, in their details, were under the direct supervision of the
auditor's clerk, Mr. Allan E. Herrick.
Mr. Herrick's experience as a shorthand writer and reporter
was of great advantage to the city solicitor, in the case of Par-
sons v. City, as the entire testimony was taken by him and tran-
scribed on the typewriter.
IMPROVEMENTS SUGGESTED.
Your attention is called to the suggestions made in my report
of last year, in relation to the office of city clerk. The prospect
of a removal of the New Hampshire Trust Company to their new
building to be erected during the present year will afford the city
councils an opportunity to recover, without friction, the use of
the city property, and place the city clerk in a room sufficiently
large for the easy and proper performance of the duties of his of-
fice.
If the auditor were placed on the first floor, near to the treas-
urer's office, some changes could be made in the methods now in
use, and additional and more direct checks obtained on the
treasurer's office.
The bills after being listed and approved by the committee on
accounts, as they now are, would remain in the possession of the
auditor, and be paid by check of the auditor drawn on the treas-
urer. A copy of the list, furnished to the treasurer, would give
him the means of comparing all checks of the auditor before pay-
ment thereof. The auditor would give his check for the total
amount of all pay-rolls, and the treasurer would pay the same as
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR. 407
now by the envelope system. All bills and pay-rolls would be
numbered, and that number would be found in the auditor's
check and on the list. In some cities the treasurer is also the
tax collector, and in such cases no receipt of the tax collector is
valid unless countersigned by the city auditor. In this way the
daily collections of the tax collector are within the knowledge of
the auditor, and balances are made daily, and deposits made
daily by the collector to the credit of the city. In some cities it
is also the custom for the city to place its money in that bank
which will pay the highest interest on the average deposits ; the
bank giving sufficient bonds to the city to secure such deposits.
The city has been fortunate in having for its treasurers and tax
collectors, honest men ; such good fortune may not always en-
dure, and it would be well if the city council should revise its
methods adopted forty-six years ago, and bring them more in
touch with modern and improved systems of accounting.
EXPENDITURES.
The amount of the appropriation for auditor's de-
partment was ..... . . $1,700.00
There was expended for salary of auditor $1,000.00
There was expended for salary of audit-
or's clerk 598.30
There was expended for supplies . . 101.21
Balance ....... .49
$1,700.00
The auditor acknowledges his indebtedness for the loan of
plans and other services in illustrating and preparing this city
report to T. A. McKinnon, Esq., superintendent of the Concord
& Montreal R. R. ; Hon. J. W. Sanborn, superintendent of the
Boston & Maine R. R. ; Rev. M. V. B. Knox, of St. James M.
E. church ; C. W. Damon, Esq., of Haverhill, Mass. ; Rt. Rev.
Pierre Hevey, of St. Mary's church ; John M. Kendall, Esq. ;
Robert Laing, Esq. ; Rev. H. E. Cooke, of the Episcopal
church ; Rev. Thomas M. Davies, of the Westminster Presbyte-
rian church ; Mrs. William H. Berry, of the building commit-
408
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
tee of the Children's Home; Walter G. Africa, Esq., superin-
tendent of the Manchester Electric Light Co.
He also returns his thanks to the Mayor and city councils and
heads of departments for their uniform courtesy and kindness.
Respectfully submitted.
JAMES B. STRAW,
City Auditor.
To the City Councils of the City of Manchester, N. H. :
Gentlemen, — I have examined the accounts of Sylvanus B.
Putnam, city treasurer, for the year ending December 31, 1891,
and find proper vouchers for all payments, and all receipts are
duly accounted for.
The net cash on hand January 1, 1891, was . . $79,552.02
Receipts during the year 871,669.91
Amount of drafts during the year .
Net cash on hand December 31, 1891
$951,221.93
$858,031.79
93,190.14
$951,221.93
The cash balance taken December 31, 1S91, I find to be as
follows :
Deposited in Suffolk National Bank
$8,949-00
First National Bank .
19,102.11
Second National Bank
20,649.28
Manchester National Bank .
28,189.82
Amoskeag National Bank .
19,267.03
Merchants National Bank .
24,436.36
office safe ....
9>439-49
Gross amount of cash on hand
• #i30>°33-09
Deduct amount of bills unpaid
36,842.95
Net cash on hand December 31, 1891
• $93,190.14
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR. 409
The accounts for the year ending December 31, 1891, of the
city clerk, of the superintendent of schools, of the tax collector,
of the water-works, olTthe city marshal, of the clerk of the police
court, of the superintendent of the Pine Grove cemetery, of the
superintendent of the Valley cemetery, of the treasurer of the
cemetery trustees, of the superintendent of the city farm, and of
the weigher at the city scales, have each and all been carefully
examined and the income from these sources, as shown by the
said books, has been deposited with the city treasurer, and ap-
pears in his accounts.
Respectfully submitted.
JAMES B. STRAW,
City Auditor..
410 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Dr. Sylvatms B. Putnam, Treasurer, in account with the
To cash on hand January t, 1891
• $134,594-99
temporary loan
210,000.00
insurance tax .....
3,920.25
railroad tax ......
22,059.03
savings bank tax
73>275>55
literary fund ......
5,287.50
diseased cattle killed ....
138.50
board of paupers off the farm
1,789.10
city farm ......
1,774.46
Miville &: Co., overdraft
7.26
city teams, District No. 2, pay-roll
3>o38.74
Isaac Huse, overdraft ....
8.84
Joseph H. Dearborn ....
8.88
E. W. Harrington ....
9-25
Alpheus Gay
21.00
highway district No. 2 .
2.00
Gordon Woodbury, 10 loads gravel
10.00
Head & Dowst, for labor
5-4o
C. H. Hutchinson, old iron .
33-36
sewer licenses .....
2.103.50
Manchester Heating & Lighting Co., overdraf
3-94
Killey & Wadleigh, overdraft
11.88
commons, pay-roll, overdraft
22.50
Ebenezer Hartshorn, bridge plank
4-45
redemption of land sold for taxes .
374-5°
C. E. Crombie, lamp-post
3-25
S. J. Mills, one lantern ....
2.00
James H. Sargent, three lamp-posts
10.00
Orrin E. Kimball, one lamp-post .
3-33
W. H. Carpenter, old building
10.00
Charles W. Calif, street lantern
2.00
George E. Morrill, two lamp-posts
6.66
David Perkins, three lamp-posts .
10.00
Amount carried forward
$458,552.12
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
411
City of Manchester, year ending December ji, i8pi.
Cr.
3y unpaid bills January i, 1891 . . . $55,042.97
temporary loan .
180,000.00
funded debt
100.00
interest ....
4,659.34
coupons, water bonds .
32,093.00
coupons, city bonds
15,584.00
coupons, cemetery bonds
729-35
paupers off the farm
4,928.24
city farm ....
6,512.89
city teams ....
5»29o-73
highway district No. 1
345-29
" " " 2 and 3
12,028.39
4-
385-74
" " 5 •
596.61
6 .
498-38
7.
1,474.07
8 .
1,028.81
" " " 9 .
504.15
10 .
4,473.80
a a XI t
1,107.80
12 .
224.37
" 13 .
182.88
new highways
14,448.09
damage for land taken f
or highway
s
5.704-45
watering streets .
5,364.26
lighting streets
42,908.78
paving streets
6,511.80
macadamizing
19,616.23
grading for concrete
5.532-84
sewers and drains .
55.409-73
commons
2,406.76
bridges
2,672.25
incidental expenses
15,639.62
Amount carried forward .
. $504,005.62
412
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Dr.
Sylvanus B. Putnam, Treasurer, in account with the
Amount brought forward .
#458,552-i2
To Joseph Quirin, land sold
414-73
L. W. Page, land sold ....
454-55
Philip Riley, land sold
918.55
Mrs. Delie McDonald, land sold .
39-13
Marian J. Parsons, land sold
100.00
Pine Grove cemetery, sale of lots
2,984.47
B. A. Stearns, superintendent Pine Grove cem
etery . .....
i>599-3o
J. O. Webster, forfeiture of lot
10.00
C. H. G. Foss, superintendent Valley cemeten
j 1,500.00
D. A. Simons, overdraft
21.80
Merrimack Steam Fire Engine Company, ren
t
of hall
24.00
Eureka Fire Hose Co., freight on hose .
10.39
A. M. Finney, overdraft .
8-97
fire department, team work
4,910.21
C. W. Downing, overdraft .
•5°
Manchester Locomotive Co., work on the olc
1
boiler ......
250.00
police department ....
7,96i.54
city hall ......
2,355-°°
W. E. Moore, overdraft
12.00
rent of tenements ....
508.29
Hillsborough county, repairs on court house
57-48
city officers' salaries, overdraft
80.00
Amasa S. Hilands, overdraft
2.50
Jerome B. Titus, overdraft .
2.50
water-works .....
76,605.23
J. J. Abbott, overdraft
1.52
Carl E. York, overdraft
i-43
W. E. Buck, text-books sold
138-52
Joseph B. Sawyer ....
1.20
Amount carried forward .
S559.525-93
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
413
City of Manchester, year ending December ji, i8pi.
Cr.
Amount brought forward .... $504,005.62
By Pine Grove cemetery
5>94i-34
Valley cemetery ....
2,794.79
fire department
40,641.04
fire-alarm telegraph
1,154.66
hydrant service
5,000.00
police department
37,937-°7
city hall .....
1,380-37
printing and stationery
2,304.62
repairs of buildings
2,456.96
city library ....
4,525-73
militia .....
875.00
abatement of taxes
2,557-24
state tax .....
63>435-°°
county tax .....
46,032.47
city officers' salaries . .
14,798-45
water-works ....
49,625.65
health department
1,964.00
city engineer's department .
3,499-9°
scavenger teams .
18,892.25
repairs of schoolhouses
4,044.88
fuel
4,673.54
furniture and supplies .
746.46
books and stationery
62.50
printing and advertising
396.10
contingent expenses
931.92
care of rooms
3>7i5-75
evening schools
1,064.53
teachers' salaries .
49^398-52
mechanical drawing school .
552-71
Women's Aid and Relief Society
400.00
decoration of soldiers' graves
333-54
Elliot Hospital, free beds
600.00
Amount carried forward .
. $876,742.61
414
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Dr.
Sylvanus B. Putnam, Treasurer, in account with the
Amount brought forward
• $559.525-93
To Russell White
9.90
dog licenses
2,155.58
billiard table licenses .
315.00
trustees cemetery fund .
5,000.00
show licenses
169.00
Smith & Smith, old shed
10.00
Union Publishing Co., overc
raft . . . 14.00
city scales
415.67
tuition
320.95
Frederick W. Stickney
115.40
Grand Rapids School Furnit
ure Co., discount
and freight
4i-59
milk licenses
65.50
Lizzie D. Hartford, overdraf
t 5.00
Maggie G. Linen, overdraft
4.50
interest on taxes .
411.96
taxes for the year 1885
. . . 1.63
" 1886
1.62
" 1887
6.80
« " 1888
15.99
" 1889
153.70
" " 1890
18,348.89
" " 1891
419,156.29
Unpaid bills January 1, 1892
$1,006,264.90
36,842.95
$1,043,107.85
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
415
City of Manchester, year ending December ji, 1891. Cr.
Amount brought forward .
$876,742.61
By firemen's parade
755-32
Stark park ......
371.81
Derryfield park
409.07
free supplies ......
3>2IO-73
indigent soldiers
906.40
street sweeping .....
i,i98.3I
mayor's incidentals ....
234-25
auditor's office
1,699.51
addition to Webster-street schoolhouse .
5,138.80
new schoolhouse, Hallsville .
20,759-25
Varney school .....
1,128.70
receiving tomb .....
520.00
$9I3»°74-76
Cash on hand .....
i3°;°33-°9
$1,043,107.85
416
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
STATEMENT OF THE RECEIPTS AND EXPENDI-
TURES OF THE CITY OF MANCHESTER,
N. H., FOR THE YEAR 1891.
Receipts.
CENTRAL DEPARTMENT.
Received from :
Direct city taxes
County taxes .
Insurance taxes
Railroad taxes
Savings bank taxes
Literary fund .
Cost and interest on taxes
Licenses to enter sewer .
Licenses to keep dog
Licenses to sell milk
Licenses to keep billiard table
Licenses to shows and exhibitions
Rents
Land redeemed
Land sold ....
Temporary loan, anticipation tax
1891
Temporary loan, anticipation tax
1892
Cemetery bonds
$391,652.45
46,032.47
3,920.25
22,059.03
73,275.55
5*287.50
411.96
2,103.50
2,i55-S8
65-5°
315-0°
169.00
2,887.29
374-5o
1,926.96
180,000.00
30,000.00
5,000.00
$767,636.54
STREET AND SEWER DEPARTMENT.
Received from :
Bridges .
City scales
Street department teams
$4-45
415-67
3,047-58
$3,467-7o
MUNICIPAL RECEIPTS. 417
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Received from text-books and tuition . . . $459.47
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Received from fire department teams . . . $4,920.60
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Received from court fines and costs . . . $7,962.04
PUBLIC PLACES.
Received from :
Pine Grove cemetery . . . $4,593-77
Valley cemetery . . . . 1,500.00
$6,093.77
WATER-WORKS.
Gross receipts $76,605.23
CHARITABLE, PATRIOTIC, AND PHILANTHROPIC.
Received from :
City farm $1,783.72
Hillsborough county (boarding pau-
pers) 1,789.10
$3>572-82
MISCELLANEOUS.
Received from miscellaneous sources . . . $951.74
Total amount of receipts during the year . $871,669.91
Net cash on hand January 1,1 891 . . 79,552.02
$951,221.93
418
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Expenditures.
CENTRAL DEPARTMENT,
Interest.
Paid on account Stark park purchase
August i, 1890, to January 3
1891 ....
interest on water-bonds
interest on city bonds .
interest on cemetery bonds .
interest on temporary loan, an
ticipation tax, 1891
interest on temporary loan, an
ticipation tax, 1892
Paid funded debt
temporary loan .
city hall ....
printing and stationary
incidental expenses
mayor's incidentals
city officers' salaries* .
city auditor's department
$200.00
32,093.00
15,584.00
729-35
4,009.34
450.00
$100.00
:8o,ooo.oo
i.38o-37
2,304.62
15,639.62
234-25
11,768.45
1,699.;
$53>o65-69
$266,192.51
STREET AND SEWER DEPARTMENT.
$345-29
12,028.39
385-74
596.61
498.38
1,474.07
I,028.Sl
504-I5
4,473.80
1,107.80
224.37
♦Salaries of superintendent, school committee, and truant officer transferred from city
officers' salaries and carried to school department.
id highway district No.
1
highway districts Nos.
2,3
highway district No.
4
highway district No.
5
highway district No.
6
highway district No.
7
highway district No.
8
highway district No.
9
highway district No. .
10
highway district No.
11
highway district No.
12
MUNICIPAL EXPENDITURES.
419
Paid highway district No. 13
new highways
land taken for highways
watering streets .
paving streets
macadamizing
grading for concrete
scavenger teams .
street sweeping
lighting streets
bridges
city teams .
sewers and drains
$182.88
14,448.09
5.704-45
5,364.26
6,511.80
19,616.23
55532-84
18,892.25
1,198.31
42,908.78
2,672.25
5>29°-73
55,409-73
ENGINEER S DEPARTMENT.
Paid engineer's department .
$206,400.01
$3,499.90
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
Paid health department
$1,964.00
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Paid repairs of schoolhouses
. $4,044.88
fuel
4,673-54
furniture and supplies .
746.46
books and stationery .
62.50
printing and advertising
396.10
contingent expenses
931.92
care of rooms
3>7i5-75
evening schools .
1,064.53
teachers' salaries .
49,398-52
salaries school committee, clerk
truant officer * .
1,030.00
salary of superintendent public in-
struction *
2,000.00
♦Salaries of superintendent, school committee, and truant officer transferred from city
officers' salaries and carried to school department.
420 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid evening school mechanical draw-
ing $552-7i
free text-books .... 3,210.73
$71,827.64
CITY LIBRARY.
Paid city library . $4*525.73
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Paid fire department .... $40,641.04
fire-alarm telegraph . . . 1,154.66
hydrant service .... 5,000.00
firemen's parade . . . . 755-32
$47,551.02
POLICE.
Paid police department ..... $37,937.07
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Paid repairs of buildings . . . $2,456.96
addition Webster-street school-
house 5,138.80
new schoolhouse, West Manchester 1,128.70
new schoolhouse, Hallsville . . 20,759.25
WATER-WORKS.
Paid water-works, construction . . $22,667.74
repairs . . . 21,995.06
current expenses . 4,962.85
$29,483.71
$49,625.65
PUBLIC PLACES.
Paid commons ..... $2,406.76
Stark park 37T-Si
Derryfield park .... 409.07
Pine Grove cemetery . . . 5,941.34
MUNICIPAL EXPENDITURES. 421
Paid Valley cemetery .... $2,794.79
receiving tomb .... 520.00
$12,443.77
PATRIOTIC, CHARITABLE, AND PHILANTHROPN
Paid paupers off the farm
city farm .....
indigent soldiers ....
Women's Aid and Relief Hospital
free beds, Elliot Hospital
decoration soldiers' graves .
militia . ...
$i4.-556^7
TAXES.
Paid abatement of taxes ..... $2,557.24
Total of municipal expenditures . . $748,564.32
STATE AND COUNTY 1
Paid state tax $63,435.00
county tax ..... 46,032.47
HILANTH
ROl
$4,928,
.24
6,512.
89
906.
40
400.
OO
600.
OO
333
r 1
875
OO
Total state and county tax . . . . $109,467.47
Grand total of expenditures during the year $858,031.79
Cash on hand December 31, 1891 $130,033.09
Less unpaid bills 36,842.95
Xet ca-,h on hand ..... 593,190.14
$951,221.93
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Interest.
Appropriation ..... $51,500.00
Transferred from reserved fund . . 3,000.00
EXPENDITURES.
Paid interest on Stark park purchase,
Aug. 1, 1890, to Jan. 3, 1891 . $200.00
Amoskeag National Bank on $50,-
ooo-loan from May 1 to Dec.
1-4, 1891, due Dec. 1, 1891 . 1,319.27
Second National Bank on $50,000-
loan, two notes of $25,000 each,
from June 1 to Dec. 1, 1891 . 1,096.10
Granite State Trust Co., on $50,-
000 loan, two notes of $25,000
each, at 4.31 per cent, from July
1 to Dec. 1, 1891 . . . 1,055.86
Granite State Trust Co., on one
note of $30,000, due Dec. 1,
1 89 1, from Aug. 1 to Dec. 1,
1891, four months, three days,
at 5^ per cent . . . 538.11
Granite State Trust Co., discount
on one note of $30,000, payable
Dec. 1, 1892 .... 75-Qo
Granite State Trust Co., interest
on one note of $30,000, due
Dec. 1, 1892, for three months to
Dec. 1, 1 89 1, at 5 per cent . 375-°o
coupons on city bonds . . 15,584.00
coupons on water bonds . . 32,093.00
coupons on cemetery bonds . 729.35
$53>o65-69
Transferred to reserved fund . . 1,434.31
$54,500.00
$54,500.00
iff
110. ST. AU6USTINE CHURCH.
pass-
113. RES.PR1EST ST. ANNS CATH. j 114. RES. PRIEST ST.AUGUST1NE.
RESERVED FUND.
429
Payment of Funded Debt.
Appropriation ......
EXPENDITURE.
Paid water bond redeemed ....
$100.00
Reserved Fund.
ropnation .
$20,000.00
transfers from the following accounts
Pine Grove cemetery
• $3
,000.00
" " "
58.66
Interest ....
1
,434-3J
City hall .
719.63
Printing and stationery
I95-38
Mayor's incidentals .
65-75
City officers' salaries
701.55
Auditor's department
•49
Highway district No. 1
4.71
« 4
114.26
" 5
3-39
" 6
1.62
a a a -
25-93
" II
42.20
" 13
17.12
Damage for land taken for
high
ways
795-55
Street sweeping
1.69
Engineer's department
.10
Health department .
36.00
Furniture and supplies
3-54
Books and stationery
237-5°
Printing and advertising
3-89
Evening schools
435-47
Evening schools, mech
anical
drawing
47.29
430
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Fire-alarm telegraph .
Repairs of buildings .
Water-works, repairs
Water-works, current expenses
Commons
Stark park
Valley cemetery
Derryfield park
Indigent soldiers
Militia
Cash on hand not otherwise specif!
cally appropriated
EXPENDITURES.
By transfers to the following accounts
Pine Grove cemetery .
Printing and stationery
Highway District No. i
New highways
Damage for land taken for highway
Scavenger teams .
Watering streets .
Macadamizing
Bridges
Paving streets
Grading for concrete
Lighting streets .
City teams .
Sewers and drains
Interest
$245-34
114.09
4.94
37-15
593-24
128.19
5.21
9°-93
592.60
25.00
12,434-54
$3,000.00
500.00
50.00
28.39
28.81
4-i5
673.80
150.00
24-37
4,448.09
4,500.00
6,892.25
564.26
2,316.23
472.25
1,011.80
532-84
908.78
290.73
409.73
3,000.00
$22,217.26
$42,217.26
hkskrved fund.
431
Incidental expenses
$639.60
Decoration of soldiers' graves
33-54
Firemen's parade
255-32
Repairs of schoolhouses
44.88
Fuel
973-54
Contingent expenses
131.92
Care of rooms
I5-7S
Teachers' salaries
2,398.52
Free text-books .
210.73
Fire department .
3,641.04
Police department
937.07
Water-works, construction .
2,667.74
Receiving tomb .
20.00
Paupers off the farm
428.24
City farm ....
12.89
$42,217.26
Temporary Loan.
Received from Amoskeag National Bank, on note
dated May 1, 1891, due December 1,
1891 ...... $25,000.00
from Amoskeag National Bank, on note
dated May 1, 1891, due December 1,
1891 ....... 25,000.00
from Granite State Trust Co., on note
dated August 1, 1891, due December
1, 1S91 ...... 30,000.00
from Granite State Trust Co., on note
dated July 1, 1891, due December 1,
1891 ....... 25,000.00
from Granite State Trust Co., on note
dated July 1, 1891, due December 1,
1891 ....... 25,000.00
from Second National Bank, on note dat-
ed June 1, 1891, due December 1, 1891 25,000.00
432
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Received from Second National Bank, on note dat-
ed June i, 1891, due December 1, 1S91 $25,000.00
(Above notes given to anticipate the
tax of 1891.)
from Granite State Trust Co., on note
dated August 31, 1891, due December
1, 1892, given on account of sewers
and in anticipation of the taxes of 1892 30,000.00
$210,000.00
EXPENDITURES.
Paid Amoskeag National Bank two
notes of $25,000 each, dated
May 1, 1891 .... $50,000.00
Granite State Trust Co., two notes
of $25,000 each, dated July 1,
1891 ..... 50,000.00
Granite State Trust Co., one note
of $30,000, dated August 1, 1891 30,000.00
Second National Bank, two notes
of $25,000 each, dated June 1,
1891 ..... 50,000.00
By balance to new account .....
Appropriation
City Hall.
Expenditures.
$180,000.00
30,000.00
$210,000.00
$2,100.00
PUBLIC COMFORT.
Paid Manchester Heating and Lighting
Company, 15 lbs. mop waste . $2.25
J. J. Abbott, 4 lbs. black paint and
brush 1.25
W. B. Abbott, paint and labor . 11-30
$14-
CITY HALL. 433
FUEL AND LIGHTS.
Paid L. B. Bodwell & Co., 10 tons egg
coal, at $6.5.0 .... $65.00
L. B. Bodwell & Co., 2 tons egg
coal, at $6.50 .... 13-0°
L. B. Bodwell & Co., 1 cord hard
wood ...... 7.00
E. P. Johnson Co., 95,650 lbs. egg
coal, at $6.25 per ton . , 298.91
People's Gas-Light. Co., for gas . 257.74
— $641.65
TELEPHONE.
Paid New England Telegraph and Telephone Co.,
use of telephones, etc ..... $78.46
Paid M. P. Barker, making awning for
engineer's office .... $24.00
M. J. Coleman, repairs on water-
closet . . . . . 25.63
J. R. Carr & Co., setting 10 lights
of glass, etc. . . . . 4.71
A. M. Eastman, brooms, mops,
soap, handles, etc. . . . S.S7
Head & Dowst :
Labor and materials on City Hall
drugstore . . . . 146.05
Labor and materials on City Hall
drug store . . . . 1.05
Labor and materials on City Hall
drug store .... 2.43
Labor and materials on door . 3.91
Labor and materials on flag-pole,
etc. . . . . . 62.25
434
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Labor and materials on sky-light,
etc.
Paid Peter Harris, 21 keys
Thos. A. Lane, i-pan valve on
water-closet .
Thos. A. Lane, labor on water-
closet
Thos. A. Lane, labor and materials
on gas fixtures, etc. .
James Martin & Son, one 15x9
American flag .
James Martin & Son, two 4x4
weather signals ....
Henry McAllister, materials and
labor .
Manchester Hardware Co., 2 balls
twine for city treasurer's office
Noyes Manufacturing Co., repairing
gas regulator
Pike .& Heald, repairs on roof
J. Stickney, 2 chair cushions, asses
sors' office .
Mary Shiney, 586^ hours' labor
at 20 cents per hour .
J. B. Varick Co. :
1 steel coal-barrow
25 feet ^-inch rubber hose
Ropes, needles, and twine fo
awnings
1 16-inch ostrich duster
5 gallons ozone and 1 5-gallor
can ....
1 No. 2 claw hatchet .
5^ square feet wire screen
John Williams, 4 days' labor 0
settees ....
John Williams, glue, screws, and
nails .....
^o.6o
2-75
3-5°
23.5
12.50
2.25
2.85
35-°°
3-55
JI7-35
10.00
2.25
1.90
.60
13-25
•75
.29
1.90
CITY HALL.
435
Paid Weston & Hill, 2^ yards carpet .
E. J. Williams, 275 slate, at 6
cents, repairing City Hall roof .
E. J. Williams, cement, nails, and
zinc ......
E. J. Williams, 50 hours' labor, at
3oc-
Dana W. King, fees as register of
deeds .....
William B. Abbott, paint, paper,
and labor, city messenger's room
Cummings & Co., shellac, varnish,
sand-paper, and 9 days 3 hours'
labor on mayor's and clerk's of-
fices, etc. .....
John Barker, cash paid for express .
J. S. Holt & Co., 38 gallons of
soap ......
O. P. Lucier, 3 ozonators, public
comfort and city hall
Charles E. Lord, 7 hours' labor,
mason work ....
Charles E. Lord, stock on city mes-
senger's office ....
Henry McAllister, repairing lock .
Whitten & Fifield, teams delivered
to John Barker ....
L. M. Aldrich, 1 screen door,
treasurer's office
Pike & Heald, 1 Jenk automatic
air valve .....
Pike & Heald, labor at mayor's
office . . . . .
Total expenditure
Amount transferred to reserved fund
16.50
1.65
15.00
3.82
16.98
25.00
.90
75
So
.40
$645.51
• $1,380.37
719.63
$2,100.00
436 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Printing and Stationery.
Appropriation ..... $2,000.00
Transferred from reserved fund . . 500.00
$2,500.00
Expenditures.
assessors.
Paid John B. Clarke Co., advertising
notices, April 6-16, 2 inches . $n-5o
John B. Clarke Co., printing 6
cards .75
Temple & Farrington Co., blank
books ..... 106.50
Temple & Farrington Co., pencils,
blotting-paper, etc. . . . 6.97
Temple & Farrington Co., pass-
books, etc. . . . . 3.65
Temple & Farrington Co., 1 copy
Pamphlet Laws . . . . 1.00
Union Publishing Co., advertising
assessors' notice, 3 squares, from
April 6-15 .... 15-00
SJ45-37
CITY CLERK.
Paid N. J. Bachelder, 800 blank dog
licenses ..... $7-5°
A. S. Campbell & Co., 1,200 blank
death returns .... 4.00
A. S. Campbell & Co., 500 permits
and licenses .... 4.25
A. S. Campbell & Co., 900 blanks,
various kinds .... n.15
CITY HALL.
437
id P. D. Harrison, 300 rosters .
$15.00
P. D. Harrison, 300 blanks for
clerk of common council .
3.00
P. D. Harrison, 200 notices to
jurors .....
1.25
P. D. Harrison, 200 orders .
2.25
S. S. Piper, stamps and postals
3.00
Sampson, Murdock & Co., New-
England Business Directory
6.00
Temple & Farrington Co. :
Mucilage and ink
i-37
1 blank-book ....
i-35
1 gross of pens ....
1.50
1 dozen license books
8.00
1 blank-book ....
16.00
1 canvas cover ....
1.50
3 gross rubber bands .
.90
4 dozen pencils
2.00
2 dozen pen -holders .
1. 10
Mucilage, pens, etc.
1. 61
2,600 blanks, various kinds
19.25
1 blank book ....
7-5°
2 waterproof bookcases
1.50
Paper, rubber bands, etc. .
9.76
2 blank books ....
23.24
2 canvas covers ....
3.00
Stationery ....
6.00
1 blank book ....
S.00
1 canvas cover ....
1.25
1 index .....
•5o
Diary and envelopes .
1.60
Manchester post-office, postage
stamps .....
•5°
J. Arthur Williams, 2,800 blank re-
ceipts, permits, etc. .
9.60
J. Arthur Williams, 900 blank re-
ceipts, permits, etc.
6-35
438
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid J. Arthur Williams, 400 ordinances
H. A. Greenough & Co., Merri-
mack River Directory
CITY TREASURER.
5.00
$197.78
id Novelty Advertising Co., ink rib-
bon and ink ....
$0.75
Novelty Advertising Co., set of
dates for Atlas Dater .
•75
S. S. Piper, P. M., for 500 envelopes
10.90
S. S. Piper, P. M., for 500 envelopes
11.50
Temple & Farrington Co.:
2,500 envelopes
3-25
4,000 pay envelopes .
4.00
4,000 pay envelopes .
4.00
1 dozen pencils ....
■5°
2,000 pay envelopes .
2.00
Repairing shade
•25
Pen-holders, eraser, and ink
•58
1 dozen pass-books
.42
2,000 pay envelopes .
2.00
Ink
•75
Thos. H. Tuson, printing 300 re-
ceipt blanks ....
2.40
J. A. Williams, 300 postal cards and
printing same ....
3-9o
TAX COLLECTOR.
Paid A. S. Campbell & Co., 1,000 note
heads .....
J. B. Clarke, advertising sale of
non-resident lands
J. B. Clarke, printing 20,000 bills
Republican Press Association, ad-
vertising non-resident sale .
$3-°°
32.40
20.00
9.90
$47-95
CITY HALL.
Paid Temple & Farrington Co., i blank
book .....
$10.00
Temple & Farrington Co., 2 gross
pens, stationery
3.08
Temple & Farrington Co., 4 blank
books .....
4.00
Temple & Farrington Co., station-
ery
2.25
Manchester post-office, 1,025 2-
cent envelopes ....
22.54
CITY AUDITOR.
Paid John B. Clarke, printing 10,000
blanks
$40.00
John B. Clarke, printing 600 blanks
7-65
« u u 300 «
6-75
a << u u 200 l<
i-75
Hammond Typewriter Co., 5 reams
No. 57 paper ....
15-50
Manchester post-office, 100 10-cent
stamps .....
10.00
Manchester post-office, 100 5 -cent
stamps .....
5.00
Manchester post-office, 100 3-cent
stamps
3.00
Manchester post-office, postage
5.00
Temple & Farrington Co.:
Stationery
2.78
1 bill case
2.25
6 sheets blotting paper
.42
Paste, blocks, ink, etc. . * .
3.08
2 blank books ....
5.00
Dictionary, etc.
2.25
1 copy Pamphlet Laws
1. 00
American Express Co., express on
65 packages ....
11.92
439
$107.17
440
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Novelty Advertising Co., printing
200 statements bonded debt . $4. 50
A. Hilcken, binding paper blocks . 1.69
SUNDRIES.
$129.54
Paid Thos. A. Brennan, 100 press proofs
for the city report of 1890
J. B. Clarke :
Printing 1,500 copies of city re-
port for 1890, as per contract
Advertising for proposals for ad
dition to Webster-street school-
house, 5 squares 7 times
Printing 300 copies Mayor's Ad-
dress, etc.
Binding 150 Reports
Printing 125 half-letter circulars
bonded bebt .
Advertising dog licenses, 5 squares
10 times
Advertising amendment, ordi-
nance, 6 inches 3 times .
Advertising refunding of water
bonds ....
J. G. Ellinwood, reduction of Der-
ryfield map for City Report, 1890
Hub Engraving Co.,i cut and elec-
trotype of Derryfield park for
City Report, 1890 .
A. E. Herrick, expenses to Boston
and return ....
A. E. Herrick, expenses to Boston
and return ....
Kilburn & Cross, engraving plates
for the City Report for 1890 .
$70.00
960.71
13.12
32.00
218.58
!5-25
14.40
10.85
25
6.00
2.90
2.85
;S-45
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES. 441
Paid Manchester post-office, stamps for
Mayor
Manchester post-office, stamps for
Mayor .....
Manchester post-office, stamps for
Mayor
Win. E. Moore, printing letter-
heads, etc., for Mayor
Wm. E. Moore, printing letter-
heads, etc., for Mayor
Wm. E. Moore, printing and 2 box-
es envelopes . ■ .
Temple & Farrington Co., 492
boxes for mailing City Report .
Temple & Farrington, 6 gross rub-
ber bands ....
Temple & Farrington Co., binding
pay-roll and 6 blocks
Western Union Telegraph Co., tel-
egram to Boston
Total expenditures
Amount transferred to reserved fund
2.50
24.60
8.IO
2-75
•25
$1,676.81
$2,304.62
I95-38
$2,500.00
Incidental Expenses.
Appropi
nation
$15,000.00
Transferred from resen
fed fund
639.60
Expenditures.
BIRTHS,
MARRIAGES,
AND
DEATHS.
Paid 0.
D. Abbott
$10.25
D.
S. Adams .
7-5°
E.
Bernier
14-75
5,639.60
442
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
id J. M. Collity
$4-75
C. W. Downing
7.00
C. M. Dodge
9-25
E. M. Fugere
2.50
George Frechette
9.00
L. French
3-75
L. M. French
14.25
L. B. How .
3-75
J. A. Jackson
12.25
M. E. Kean .
11.25
J. E. Lamaitre
34-5°
J. E. A. Lanouette
47.00
J. W. D. McDonald
1 7.00
G. B. Morey .
4-75
J. E. E. Roy .
7-75
E. Sylvain
36-75
C. B. Sturtevant
7.00
George D. Towne
4-5°
Ellen A. Wallace
2.00
E. B. Dunbar
5-75
C. F. Flanders
30.00
H. W. Boutwell
3°-5°
J. Ferguson .
41.50
A. G. Straw .
1.25
N. P. Kidder, fees for 480 marriages 72.00
N. P. Kidder, fees for 1,075 deaths 161.25
N. P. Kidder, fees
or 96
5 bir
hs .
144-75
$758-50
moor 01 men ana teams as
January ....
Der pay-ron :
$21.00
February
21.00
March ....
21.00
April ....
113.86
May ....
110.07
June ....
214.52
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
443
July .
$i53-63
August .
152.42
September
198.48
October .
55-25
November
32-25
December
DISTRICT NO. IO.
39-25
$i>i32-73
Paid labor of men and teams as per pay- roll
August, North Main-street schoolhouse
$195.00
DAMAGES AND JUDGMENTS.
Paid Milton A. Abbott, damage to crops,
fence, and lawn in building sewer $30.00
Johanna Cronin, personal injuries
received on Dean street . . 150.00
Margaret Connor, damages settled
by agreement .... 200.00
Emeline C. Call, damages settled by
agreement ..... 1,250.00
James Dearborn, damages from
sewer overflow . . . . 5.00
Achsah L. Elliott, personal damages,
falling on Lincoln street, Decem-
ber 26, 1890 .... 240.00
C. S. Head and W. G. H. Dunham,
damages settled by agreement . 425.00
E. Y. Harvvood, damages by falling
into a vault . . . . 10.00
Hepzibah A. Johnson, personal dam-
ages, falling on Manchester street 50.00
Antoine Sevigney, damage to real
estate by grading Beauport street 632.33
Lewis K. Mead, bill paid in settle-
ment of A. L. Elliott . . 2.40
444 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Hannah Mead, personal damage on
Chestnut street .... $80.00
Hannah Ryan, personal damage,
settlement of suit . . . 400.00
George W. Reed, damage to hack . 15.00
Frederick E. Scheer, personal injur-
ies, suit settled : 300.00
Joseph H. Wiggin, injury to horse 200.00
Worthley Bros., settlement of suit . 50.00
Edwin R. Whitney, settlement of
suit, personal injury . . . 1,500.00
James Taylor, damage by reason of
obstruction in Central street . 10 00
John T. Beach, repairing wagon of
Taylor 8.98
Rebecca Newton, settled by agree-
ment, on file in the city clerk's
office ..... 50.00
Mary Sheehan, damage to person on
Cedar street .... 60.00
estate of Daniel Farmer, land dam-
age on highway by reason of
flowage . . . . . 50.00
Elliot Hospital, board and care of
• C. B. Clarkson for six weeks . 60.00
Mrs. Luther Campbell, damage to
hens by dog . . . . 2.00
Mrs. Luther Campbell, damage to
turkeys by dog . . . . 13. 00
Thomas Bolton, damage to real es-
tate by change of grade on Beau-
port street . . . . 575.00
Charles H. Bartlett, one third the
amount paid Charlotte Hovey,
injuries received by falling into
an open bulk-head . . . 115.00
$6,483.71
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES. 445
LEGAL EXPENSES.
Paid J. M. Collity, services in case of R.
Call $35-°°
A. E. Herrick, 118 pages typewrit-
ten testimony from shorthand
notes, 17 cents per page, in case
of Dr. Parsons v. city . . 20.00
John G. Hutchinson, service of
notices and fees paid witnesses in
sundry cases . . . . 21.06
Edwin F. Jones, cash paid for writs
and entry fees in supreme court . 6.50
W. W. Wilkins, services in case of
R. Call ..... 25.00
W. W. Wilkins, services in case of
Dr. Parsons . . . . 50.00
Kennard, Young, and Harvey, ref-
erees' fees . . . . . 15-00
Charles H. Reed, services looking
up witnesses, in suit of Parsons v,
Manchester . . . . 56.25
L. B. How, services, examination,
and testimony in the case of Dr.
Parsons v. the City of Manches-
ter 50.00
J. B. Clarke Co., printing 30 briefs
Parsons v. City .... 13-00
Edwin F. Jones, expenses attending
law term, and postage . . 4.61
William W. Wilkins, consultation
in case of fractured leg of Julia
Guedrow .....
William W. Wilkins, consultation
in case of injured hip of Hannah
Olo
5.00
5.00
$306.42
446 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
CITY COUNCIL AND COMMITTEES.
Paid Ezra S. Stearns, copy of act of legis-
lature ..... $!-5°
Ezra S. Stearns, copy of act of legis-
lature ..... 3.50
John P. Bartlett, professional ser-
vices before the legislature . . 200.00
Edwin F. Jones, services and ex-
penses at Concord on legislature
matters, as per agreement with
special committee of the city
councils ..... 280.00
Western Union Telegraph Co., tele-
grams to Concord and Boston . 4.66
H. E. Burnham, services and ex-
penses on legislative matters . 150.00
W. J. Freeman, hacks and teams for
Mayor and committees . . S7.00
James Brothers, use of hack to city
farm. . . . . . 5.00
E. T. James, hacks, etc., for com-
mittee on streets, putting up signs,
etc., etc. ..... 81.75
A. L. Jenness & Son, use of hacks,
etc., by sundry committees . 73 .50
Jesse W. Truell, use of hack, com-
mittee on commons, streets, cem-
eteries, etc. .... 49.00
Whitten & Fifield, use of hacks by
committees .... 26.00
Union Publishing Co., advertising
dog license notice . . . 17-5°
Union Publishing Co., advertising
proposals for water bonds . . 10.00
J. C. Nichols & Son, use of hacks
for committees .... 44.00
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES. 447
Paid O. E. Branch, services and expenses
at Concord before the legislature $25.00
John B. Clarke, advertising propos-
als for coal, six squares eight times 15-00
John B. Clarke, advertising propos-
als for electric lighting . . 14.40
Daily Press Publishing Co., adver-
tising notice relating to dog law 9.00
Union Publishing Co., advertising
proposals for coal and wood . 18.66
Union publishing Co., advertising
proposals for electric lighting,
four and one half squares, Tues-
day, Thursday, and Saturday to
September 25 . . . . 21.00
Manchester post-office, 200 tvo-cent
stamps, Mayor's office . . 4.00
Novelty Advertising Co., stamps,
etc., for clerk of common council 2.00
American Bank Note Co., 100 blank
water bonds .... 65.00
C. H. Simpson, use of hacks for
committees, etc. . . . 10.00
$1,217.47
CITY LIBRARY.
Paid John A. Barker, care of boiler at
city library .... $119.50
Robert Clark, work done in and
around the city library building,
sweeping sidewalks, shoveling
snow and ice, cutting grass . 63.13
Charles A. Hoitt & Co., one table 2.50
Head & Dowst, lumber and labor
for shelving, etc. . . . 323.97
Thos. A. Lane, materials and labor 5.03
$5i4-i3
448 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
DISEASED CATTLE.
Paid H. Fox Davis, et al. :
Services as appraisers of horse of C.
H. Simpson $6.00
Killing and burying same . . . 2.00
Five days' labor at state industrial
school examining and killing cattle,
and use of team . . . « ^S-°°
Services of three appraisers, cows of
Patrick Harrington . . . 6.00
Killing one cow at same place . . 3.00
Paid H. Fox Davis, burying glandered
horse of A. Eastman . . . 200
H. Fox Davis, services in two other
cases ..... 2.00
A. L. Dodge, examining horse of
Flanders, Mills & Fairbanks . 7.00
A. L. Dodge, use of team . . 5.00
D. C. James, services in August
and December relating to glan-
dered horses .... S.00
Patrick Harrington, one cow killed 20.00
H. Fox Davis, killing and burying
glandered horse of John S. Miller 3.00
Henry P. Mullowney, examination,
etc., of diseased horse . . 5.00
A. L. Dodge, examination of W. E.
Prescott's horse . . . 2.00
A. L. Dodge, examination of C. E.
Smith's horse .... 3.00
CITY SCALES.
Paid William Bailey, for services as city
weigher, to December 1 . . $333-33
F. H. Crawford, for services as city
weigher 33.33
$89.00
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES. 449
Paid L. B. Bodwell & Co., i ton of egg
coal $6.25
L. B. Bodwell & Co., y2 ton stove
coal 3-75
L. B. Bodwell & Co., 2 feet mixed
wood . . . . • 1.87
L. B. Bodwell & Co., 1^ tons
stove coal . . . . . i°-5°
L. B. Bodwell & Co., 2 feet hard
wood, sawed and split . . 2.25
S. C. Forsaith Machine Co., lumber
used in repairing building . . 12.16
S. C. Forsaith Machine Co., labor
and lumber . . . . 7.59
Temple & Farrington Co., 1 gross
of pens . . . . . 1. 00
Temple & Farrington Co., 1 bottle
of ink ..... .38
Temple & Farrington Co., note.
paper ..... .42
Temple & Farrington Co., 1 direc-
tory ...... 2.00
J. Y. McQueston & Co., 1 office
high chair . . . . 1.00
Walter Neal, labor and material,
(December, 1890) . . . 5.33
$421.16
MILK INSPECTOR.
Paid John B. Clarke, advertising no-
tice, 2 inches, 2 times
H. F. W. Little, 30 postal cards,
etc
H. F. W. Little, lactoscope, hy-
drometer, etc. ....
J. A. Williams, printing 300 notices
4.50
•55
8.90
1.50
450 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid J. A. Williams, printing 300 envel-
opes . . . . . . $1-25
Clarence Bancroft, analyzing milk 90.00
RELATING TO THE STREETS.
Paid C. E. Crombie & Co., 54 rock
maple- and elm trees . . . $54-oo
Fred S. McLearn, 173 signs . . 75.13
Whitten & Fifield, teams used in
November and December, town
line work . . . . . ii-5°
Head & Dowst, 17 hours' labor, 4
lbs. 8-penny wire nails, street
signs 4.23
John Williams, 8 days' labor on
tree boxes 20.00
John B. Varick Co., hoop-iron and
nails on tree boxes ... 2.15
Manchester Hardware Co., nails on
tree boxes . . . . . 1.33
Merrill & Freeman, 4 barrels lime
on tree boxes .... 4.00
J. B. Varick Co., hoop-iron, wire
nails, etc., on tree boxes . . 4.55
L. N. Westover, lumber and labor
on tree boxes . . . . 10.48
Pike & Heald, materials and labor
at True Perry's house on Lake
avenue 49-83
Head & Dowst Co., materials and
labor on True Perry's house, Lake
avenue 356-45
Mclver & Follansbee, lowering
True Perry's house on Lake ave-
nue ...... 130.00
$106.70
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES. 451
Paid Charles H. Robie, concrete work at
True Perry's block on Lake ave-
nue and Massabesic street, 147.5
yds., at 45c. . . . $66.37
D.C.Whittemore,use of land forroad 20.00
F. S. Bodwell & Co., 1 step at New-
ton's, on Webster street . . 17-14
George Holbrook, labor and use of
tools, cutting and trimming trees,
etc 133-34
George Holbrook, taking down
sign of J. Hodge . . . 1.75
James Kirby, services 7^ days
trimming trees . . . . 15-00
W. G. Landry, bank wall on Bow-
man street 5 75. 00
John F. Larkin, pipes, crosses, ties,
brimstone, etc. . . . 39-32
John F. Larkin, drilling stone holes 6.00
John F. Larkin, labor, putting up
fence-rail at East Spruce street . 45.00
H. D. Lord, 1 2-wheel road-scraper 25.00
J. B. Varick, 1 wheel-scraper . 46.00
J. B. Varick, 2 axes and 2 ax-
handles ..... 2.10
Charles H. Robie, concrete work,
West Central street, 265 yards, at
25c 66.26
Charles H. Robie, concrete work,
City Hall, 147. 1 yards, at 25c. 36.77
Charles H. Robie, concrete work,
Main-street schoolhouse, 2 n. 5
yds., at 45c 95.17
Charles H. Robie, concrete work,
Newton and Webster streets,
1 1 2. 1 yds., at 45c . . . 5°-45
Flint & Little, repairing levels, dis-
trict No. 2 . . . . 2.80
$1,967.11
452 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
ASSESSORS.
Paid H. D. Lord, furnishing transfers of
real estate for one year .... . $12.00
TAX COLLECTOR.
Paid George A. Alger, rebate on tax of
Hilan Pare, 1889, sold for taxes
(duplicate) . . . . £9-04
W. E. Dealand, redeemed taxes on
property of Eliza Eaton, now
owned by City Library . . !5-°5
W. E. Dealand, tax of William Cur-
rier, 1889, being duplicate of
William Carrignant . . . 6.83
George E. Morrill, collector, taxes
sold and purchased as agent for
the city 816.28
George E. Morrill, distributing tax-
bills 63.20
$910.40
MEDICAL ATTENDANCE.
Paid C. W. Downing, services in sundry
cases $37. 25
Thomas Franker, services as inter-
preter ..... 2.00
Fred Perkins, certificate of insanity,
F. Searle ..... 3.00
Fred Perkins, certificate of insanity,
H. Minard .... 3.00
Fred Perkins, certificate of insanity,
Armidas Duncourse . . . 3.00
Fred Perkins, medicine per order
of the Mayor . . . . 10.70
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES. 453
Paid Fred Perkins, services rendered M.
Houlihan, Charles Clarkson, and
Cornelius Linnehan, as per award
of joint standing committee on
claims . . . . $28.00
#86.95
Paid G. F. Bosher, advertising, postage,
and posting, and selling two lots
of land on Lowell street . . $41.50
J. A. Barker, night services, March
12 and 26, April 9 and 10, Octo-
ber 29, and November 12 . . 20.00
water-works, water rent for Women's
Aid and Relief Society Hospital
to July 1 . . . . . 10.98
water-works, water rent for Women's
Aid and Relief Society Hospital,
to January 1, 1892 . . . 21.96
water-works, water rent for Women's
Aid and Relief Society Hospital,
to April 1, 1892 . . . 10.98
J. B. Varick Co., tools for sealer of
weights and measures
A, F. Barr, for cash paid county
sealer .....
A. F. Barr, for sealing city scales . .75
Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection &
Insurance Co., insurance on boil-
ers in eight schoolhouses for three
years 320.00
Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection &
Insurance Co., insurance policy
No. 1 7231, for one year on stone-
crusher boiler . . . . 22.50
J. A. Williams, 2,000 note circulars 5.00
5-i5
3-95
454 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Mrs. N. P. Kidder, clerical services
in city clerk's office . . . $150.00
Mrs. N. P. Kidder, clerical services
in city clerk's office to October 1 75-°o
Mrs. N. P. Kidder, clerical services
in city clerk's office to December 1 75 .00
A. D. Gooden, land, deed dated
July 18, 1 89 1, and acknowledged
August 6, 189 1 . . . . 345. 00
H. Giebel, decorating City Hall,
Merchants' Week . . . 57-5°-
Head & Dowst, 210 feet sapling,
city pest house . . . . 5.25
Head & Dowst, 48 feet 2x4 spruce,
city pest house . . . . .75
William E. Moore, printing lot of
slips for city report, 1891 . . 8.00
First Light Battery, cartridges, etc.,
and firing national salute July 4,
1891 41-85
town of Goffstown, taxes on land
for 1890-91 .... 1.74
Dana W. King, recording deed . 1.09
Pike & Heald, stovepipe at pest
house . . . . . 1. 15
G. F. Bosher :
100 large posters, house lots . 3-5°-
Posting same . . . . 1.50
Advertising in "Daily Union" 3°-5S
Advertising in " Daily Mirror " I9-5°
Advertising in "Daily Press " . 13-00
Services selling 5 house lots . 25.00
A. E. Herrick, expense to Boston
and return, to see about engrav-
ings for the city report . . 2.80
A. E. Herrick, expense to Boston
and return, twice . . . 5.80
mayor's incidentals. 455
Paid A. E. Herrick, cash paid for ex-
press, etc. ..... $°-5o
S. B. Putnam, expense to Concord
and return, to settle with state
treasurer .72
Pike & Heald, stove and furniture
at city pest house . . . 33-88
A. D. Sherer, 83 feet pine, 1 J hours'
labor, screws, nails . . . 2.81
Sampson, Murdock & Co., 25 city
directories, 1891 . . . 50.00
Hub Engraving Co., 1 relief plate,
map of sewer system, and 1 elec-
trotype of same for report of 1 89 2 14. 65
$1,429.34
PERAMBULATION OF TOWN LINES.
Paid W. H. Bennett, perambulation of
town line between Manchester
and Hooksett .... $4.00
Whitten & Fifield, use of team . 5.00
$9.00
Total expenditures ..... $15,639.62
Mayor's Incidentals.
Appropriation $300.00
Expenditures.
Paid William Sanborn, expense of enter-
taining officers of Portland Pipe
Co $4-5o
E. T. James, hack to pond . . 5.00
E. T. James, hack, etc., to pond . x9-5°
456 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid E. J. Knowlton, expenses of five
trips to Concord on city business $3. 75
E. J. Knowlton, allowance for hire
of teams . . . . . 115.00
H. W. Herrick, work on pictures
in Mayor's office . . . 8.00
Hale & Whittemore, 2 frames for
the Mayor's office . . . 6.00
Frank W. Elliott, entertainment
furnished visitors from Boston in
company with city officials . 50.00
W. J. Freeman, team for Mayor at
sundry times .... 5.50
J. C. Nichols & Son, span and car-
ryall ..... 6.00
Whitten & Fifield, use of team . 11.00
Total expenditure ..... $234.25
Transferred to reserved fund . . . . . 65.75
$300.00
City Officers' Salaries.
Appropriation ....... $15,500.00
Expenditures.
central department.
Paid E. J. Knowlton, mayor . . $1,800.00
Nathan P. Kidder, city clerk . 900.00
Sylvanus B. Putnam, city treasurer 1,200.00
Edwin F. Jones, city solicitor . 800.00
George L. Stearns, clerk of common
council ..... 200.00
T. W. Lane, inspector of buildings 100.00
CITY OFFICERS SALARIES.
457
Paid T. W. Lane, inspector of buildings
from Feb. i to Dec. 31, 1890
John A. Barker, city messenger
J K. Rhodes, 14 days substituting
for messenger ....
$91.67
700.00
24.50
— #5,816.17
CITY PHYSICIAN AND OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Paid Fred Perkins, city physician .
E. J. Knowlton, chairman, ex officio,
overseers poor .
William H. Maxwell, ward 1
Thomas L. Quimby, ward 2
B-enj. F. Garland, ward 3
George S. Holmes, ward 4
Patrick Costello, ward 5 . •
Charles Francis, ward 6
William Marshall, ward 7
William Weber, ward 8
William H. Maxwell, clerk of board
Judith Sherer, matron at pest house
25.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
75.00
360.00
$860.00
SCHOOL OFFICERS AND BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Paid William E. Buck, superintendent of
schools ..... $2,000.00
Samuel Brooks, truant officer . 750.00
E. J. Knowlton, chairman, ex officio 10.00
Edward B. Woodbury, clerk of
board ..... 100.00
C. H. Manning, ward 1 . . . 10.00
C. D. Sumner, ward 1 . . . 10.00
W. H. Morrison, ward 2 . . 10.00
George H. Stearns, ward 2 . . 10.00
George D. Towne, ward 3 . . 10.00
Louis E. Phelps, ward 3 . . 10.00
458
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Stephen B. Stearns, ward 4 .
E. L. Richardson, ward 4
James P. Slattery, ward 5
William J. Sughrue, ward 5 .
F. T. E. Richardson, ward 6 .
George W. Dearborn, ward 6
Marshall P. Hall, ward 7
Edward B. Woodbury, ward 7
Luther C. Baldwin, ward 8 .
William K. Robbins, ward 8
Edson S. Heath, president common
council, ex officio
$10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
$3,030.00
BOARD OF ASSESSORS.
Paid Henry Lewis, ward 1, assessor
John E. Stearns, ward 2, assessor .
David O. Fernald, ward 3, assessor
Harrison D. Lord, ward 4, assessor
John Ryan, ward 5, assessor .
George H. Dudley, ward 6, assessor,
clerk of board ....
William T. Rowell, ward 7, assessor
Frank T. Provost, ward 8, assessor
E. W. Brigham, assistant assessor .
John Cayzer, assistant assessor
Hiram Forsaith, assistant assessor .
Nicholas Nichols, assistant assessor
Henry H. Stone, assistant assessor .
Isaac Whittemore, assistant assessor
A. Z. Adam, interpreter, assistant
assessor .....
Louis Comeau, interpreter, assistant
assessor .....
W. G. Fernald, clerk, assistant as-
sessor
$147-5°
160.00
792.50
235.00
165.00
425.00
145.00
i47-5°
227.50
30.00
27.50
297.50
40.00
80.00
3°-
city auditor's department. 459
Paid M. Gilbert, interpreter, assistant as-
sessor ..... $20.00
Harry F. Lord, clerk, assistant as-
sessor ..... 12.50
H. D. Lord, furnishing transfers of
real estate for one year . . 12.00
$3^44-5°
CITY TAX COLLECTOR.
Paid George E. Morrill :
Quarter ending February 28, 1 89 1 . $200.00
Quarter ending May 31, 1891 . . 200.00
Balance of salary and commissions to
June 1, 189 1 . . . . . 860.28
Quarter ending August 31, 189 1 . 200.00
Quarter ending November 30,1891 . 200.00
11,660.28
MILK INSPECTOR.
Paid H. F. W. Little, as milk inspector
from February 1, 1890, to Feb-
ruary 1, 1891 .... $150.00
H. F. W. Little, as milk inspector
from February 1, 1891, to De-
cember 31, 1891 . . . 137-50
$287.50
Total expenditures ..... $14,798.45
Amount transferred to reserved fund . . 701.55
$15,500.00
City Auditor's Department.
Appropriation ...... . $1,700.00
460 report of the city auditor.
Expenditures.
Paid James B. Straw, auditor, salary for
the year 1891 .... $1,000.00
A. E. Herrick, clerk, salary for the
year 1891 598.30
$0.50
7.00
2.2s
Paid A. E. Herrick, for cash paid for
fountain eraser ....
A. E. Herrick, for cash paid for ex-
press i.5o
Albert Hilcken, 1 ledger with cover
Albert Hilcken, 1 book
Albert Hilcken, 50 pieces cardboard .25
Albert Hilcken, binding book for
inventories .... 1.75
Hammond Typewriter Co., repair
on typewriter . . . . 5.09
Hammond Typewriter Co., 1 rec-
ord ribbon .... .94
Manchester Hardware Co., ball of
twine ..... .10
J. B. Varick Co., 1 paper of tacks . .08
Novelty Advertising Co., 39 rubber
stamps . . . . ." 19.45
George H. Ritcher & Co., 12 bind-
ing cases 2.75
Geo. H. Ritcher & Co., 6 E. cases 1.50
Temple & Farrington Co., 100
sheets carbon paper . . . 3.75
Temple & Farrington Co., 9 sheets
No. 25 book board ... 1.80
Temple & Farrington Co., 1 quire
manilla paper .... .75
$i,598-3°
Ijllljlflllljllllli ; ' t i : " ' : ;,;..; ;' ;it
llllllll
42. STATE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL.
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 1.
461
Paid Temple & Farrington Co., muci-
lage and paste ....
Hale & Whittemore, framing pho-
tographs of public buildings
Manchester post-office, 1002c. stamps
National Typewriter Co., part pay-
ment On typewriter .
Total expenditures
Amount transferred to reserved fund
$1.10
2.00
2.00
47.00
$101.21
$1,699.51
•49
Highway District No. 1
11,700.00
Appropriation ....
$300.00
Amount transferred from reserved fun
i . 50.00
— .
$350.00
Expenditures.
Paid labor as per pay-rolls :
February ....
$27.50
March
57-75
June .....
112.88
July
78.50
August .....
21.50
December ....
i3-5°
$3Il-6i
Paid Killey & Wadleigh :
3 spades .....
$2.70
1 cask 600 wire nails
2.50
1 street hoe ....
.50
1 rake .....
•45
1 shovel
•65
462
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid J. C. Ray, i road scraper
J. H. Campbell, 2 loads of stone
for culvert ....
Temple & Farrington Co., 1 time-
book .....
J. P. Fellows, sharpening tools
Edward Dodge, 163 loads of gravel
Total expenditures
Amount transferred to reserved fund
1.24
.62
2. 'JO
16.30
$33-66
$345-29
4.71
Highway Districts Nos. 2 and 3.
Appropriation
Amount transferred from reserved fund .
Expenditures.
#350.00
#12,000.00
28.39
$12,028.39
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll :
January ..... $1,115.
February
March .
April
May
June
July .
August .
September
October
November
December
1,112.17
1,148.28
788.43
711. 81
769.12
1,098.99
776-75
923.09
1,049.74
787.09
989-33
$11,270.68
HIGHWAY DISTRICTS NOS. 2 AND 3.
463
Paid R. N. Whittemore, 4 days' labor of
men and teams in December and
January $ 19.75
Whitten & Fifield, team . . 1.00
$20.75
Paid L. D. M. McDonald, 100 feet drag
plank .
$4.00
C. H. Hutchinson, 1 steel stamp .
4-5°
J. B. Varick Co.:
2 dozen No. 3 scoop shovels
20.00
2 dozen No. 3 scoop shovels
16.00
34 dozen contractors' picks
9-75
1 dozen pick handles
2.50
10 plow points .
9.00
1 standard plow
2.50
2 dozen snow shovels
7-5°
1 pair cutting-nippers
1. 00
28)4 lbs. steel crowbars
i-43
1 Doe E. No. 8 landside
.90
1 Doe E. No. 8 handle
■75
1 post-hole digger
2.00
20 lbs. 60-penny cone cut nails .
•5°
1 14-tooth steel rake
•35
Manchester Hardware Co.:
1 dozen Ames square-point shove'
s 10.50
2 leaden jacks .
5.00
1 saw-horse
•35
io}4 feet No. 0 mill chains
.58
1 dozen Ames square-point shovel
s 10.50
3 axes ....
2-55
3 ax wedges
■15
2 14-tooth rakes
.63
50 lbs. wire nails
1.78
Killey & Wadleigh :
1 16-tooth steel rake .
.40
464
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
5-6 dozen snow shovels
$2.71
2 axes with handles .
2.00
1 dozen Ames shovels
10.50
y2 dozen heavy picks
5.00
]/2 dozen hickory pick handles
1.00
2 dozen hickory pick handles
4.00
1 dozen picks .
10.00
y2 dozen striking hammer handles 1.00
1 dozen street brooms
6.00
1 priming hammer
!-I3
1 handle ....
•!S
1 No. 3 B. hatchet
•85
1 dozen brooms
6.00
EXPLOSIVES.
£165.46.
Paid Killey & Wadleigh, 100 feet D. F.
fuse ......
Killey & Wadleigh, 9 pounds of
powder .....
Killey & Wadleigh, 50 feet W. P.
fuse ......
Killey & Wadleigh, 50 feet plati-
num fuse .....
$0-65
i-i3
■33
1.88
?3-99
TELEPHONE, GAS, STATIONERY.
Paid New England Telegraph &: Tele-
phone Co., use of telephone
People's Gas-Light Co., gas at office
Temple & Farrington Co. :
1 ledger .....
record book and other stat
fountain pen and ink
6 time-books
1 directory
mounting one map
onery
24.00
33-J9
1.25
1.99
2.00
15.00
2.00
•75
HIGHWAY DISTRICTS NOS. 2 AND 3.
46;
2 dozen time-books .
$10.00
i blank-book
1. 00
4 memorandum books
1.02
2 dozen pencils .
1. 00
ink, paper, and pass-books
2.17
13 blank-books .
16.20
E. R. Coburn & Co., 25 blank
books ....
20.97
$132-54
BLACKSMITHING AND REPAIRS.
Paid Welcome & Son, sharpening picks J1.00
M. J. Whalen, repairing belt . 1.00
Thomas Hickey, sharpening picks .85
Pike & Heald, repairing railings,
etc., South Manchester . . 3.64
J. T. Beach, repairs on street
sweeper . . . . . 1.25
J. Hadlock, 4 new champion edge
plates . . . . . 16.00
J. Hadlock, 20 bolts for same . 2.00
Thomas A. Lane, repairs and mate-
rials on pumps, etc. . . . 18.06
Sanborn Carriage Co., links in
spreader chain and fitting whiffle-
tree spring . .40
J. O. Tremblay, repairing hoe . .40
S. C. Forsaith Machine Co., 1 hour
labor on plow point ... .40
MATERIALS.
545'
Paid R. R. Reif, 23 loads of sand . . $2.30
Daniel Connor, 284 loads of sand . 28.40
A. G. Gray, 764 loads of sand . 76.40
Mary Hastings, 585 loads of sand . 58.50
466
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Head & Dowst, lumber and labor . $6.55
F. S. Bodwell :
10 circles at 3.50 . . . 35-°°
81 feet edge stones, 40 Union
street ..... 32.40
16 feet edge stones, Hanover and
Belmont .... 6.40
8 feet edge stones, Concord street,
William Corey's . . . 3.20
27 feet edge stones, Olzendam's . 10.80
Frank Li bbey, 1 01 loads gravel . 10.10
Daniel Connor, 74 loads gravel . 7.40
#277-45
Paid Killey & Wadleigh, glass, putty, and
nails ..... $0.40
Killey & Wadleigh, 30 lbs. 60-
penny nails . . . . 1. 15
Killey & Wadleigh, 2 stable pails . .50
Manchester Hardware Co., tacks,
rubber cloth, etc. ... 1.73
Manchester Hardware Co., 6 tire
bolts . . . . . .12
J. B. Varick Co., hardware . . 1.15
J. B. Varick Co., 2 lbs. lead . '. .16
J. B. Varick Co., hardware . . 2.86
J. B. Varick Co., glue and sand-
paper . . . . . .71
J. J. Bell, rent of office for one
half month . . . . 3.00
Eager & Rand, 8 bushels of salt . 4.80
T. L. Thorpe, 10 lbs. copper waste 1.00
McQuade Bros. , 1 barrel . . .75
J. R. Carr, 1 light of glass and set-
ting 1.75
Thomas A. Lane, materials and
labor ..... 25.92
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 4.
467
Paid Pike & Heald, 6 dippers, mops,
basin, etc. ....
Hale & Whittemore, 2 frames for
photographs ....
American Express Company, on
cutters for road-machine .
A. N. Clapp, 1 barrel kerosene oil
J. W. Wilson, moving blacksmith
shop .....
Whitten & Fifield, team for use of
Hartshorn ....
L. M. Aldrich, filing cross-cut saw
three times ....
Eager & Rand, 40 gallons kerosene
oil
Martin Fitzgerald, labor on stone-
work at sundry times and places
Temple & Farrington Co., 2 shades
Total expenditures .
;i.8o
3.00
.40
6.14
3°
25
1
°S
5
20
16
18
50
$112
52
$
12,028
39
Highway District No. 4,
Appropriation
Expenditures.
labor.
Paid labor of men
and teams, as per pay
-rolls
January
February
March :
$44-75
6.78
24.64
May
June
10.50
66.50
$500.00
468
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
September .....
#53-i2
November .....
136.49
December .....
17-45
$360.23
MATERIALS.
Paid Killey & Wadleigh, 35 lbs. 60-
penny wire nails
$1-23
Killey & Wadleigh, 8 lbs. 30-penny
wire nails .....
•32
Devonshire mills, 40 loads of gravel,
at 6c.
2.40
Head & Dowst, 1,115 feet 3-inch
spruce plank ....
17.84
Byron Moore, 62 loads of gravel .
3-72
$25.51
Total expenditures
S385-74
Amount transferred to reserved fund
114.26
$500.00
Highway District No. 5.
Appropriation
Expenditures.
labor.
Paid labor of men
and teams, as per pay
rolls
January .
$3
00
February
6
00
March .
40
26
April
8.
00
May
126.
5°
$600. OQ
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 5.
469
June ....
#58.00
July ....
2.25
August ....
73-5°
September .
122.35
October
43.00
November
46.00
December
3-5°
$532.36
Paid J. B. Varick Co., 4 Ames shovels . $2.50
J. B. Varick Co., 1 No. 3 Doe
plow point .... .60
J. B. Varick Co., 1 No. 3 Doe
plow cutter .... .80
$3-9°
BLACKSMITHING.
Paid R. W. Flanders, sharpening tools .
SUNDRIES.
Paid Henry Golden, 41 loads of gravel .
Libbey Bros., 185 loads of gravel .
Mark E. Harvey, 166 loads of
gravel .....
Head & Dowst, 625 feet spruce,
3x5
Head & Dowst, 20 chestnut posts .
Total expenditures .
Amount transferred to reserved fund
$4.10
18.50
16.60
10.00
3.60
#7-55
#52.80
#596.61
3-39
470
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Highway District No. 6.
Appropriation
Expenditures.
labor.
Paid labor of men
and 1
earns, as per pay
-rolls
January
February
March .
54-5°
4-75
43.60
May
August .
October
67-45
292.23
27.00
November
37-5°
#500.00
#477-03
Paid J. B. Varick Co., 1 plow
J. B. Varick Co., 6 shovels
BLACKSMITHING.
Paid James Morrison, sharpening picks, etc.
$11.00
4-5°
#i5-5o
#5-Jo
SUNDRIES.
Paid Temple & Farrington Co., 1 time-book
Total expenditures .
Amount transferred to reserved fund
#0.75
#498.38
1.62
#500.00
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 7.
471
Highway District No. 7.
Appropriation
$1,500.00
Expenditures.
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-rolls :
January
$64
5°
February
37
25
March .
96
•35
April
7i
1 2
May
329
*3
June
478
74
July .
19
5°
August .
11
46
September
184
85
October
5°
1 1
November
87
5°
$i,43°-5I
Paid J. B. Varick Co. :
8 round-point shovels
#5-33
3 round-point shovels
2.00
3 No. 5 E. Doe plow points
2.25
1 E. Doe plow point .
2.25
2 red lantern globes .
1.50
2 36-inch sledge handles .
•34
4^ lbs. sledges and shims .
.66
1 handled ax ... .
•87
MATERIALS.
$15.20
Paid J. S. Coffin, 11 loads of sand . $2.20
Head & Dowst, 93 feet 3-inch plank 1.3 1
$3-5i
472
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
BLACKSMITHING.
Paid Welcome & Sons, sharpening picks, etc.
Total expenditures .
Amount transferred to reserved fund
#24.85
$i,474-07
25-93
$1,500.00
Highway District No. 8.
Appropriation ......
Amount transferred from reserved fund .
Expenditures,
labor.
Paid labor of men and teams as per pay-rolls
$1,000.00
28.81
$1,028.81
January ....
$24.00
February
13.00
March ....
3!-37
April ....
9'3°
May ....
130.60
June ....
311.98
July . / . .
93-25
August . .
329.98
$943-48
city farm, labor of men and te
ims
50.00
$993-48
Paid Manchester Hardware Co.
3 Ames round-point shovels
1 E. Doe point .
13 lbs. plow castings .
$2.63
•57
.78
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 8.
473
i No. 4 plow handle .... $0.75
i plow point, 49 lbs., at 6c. . . 2.94
Paid J. B. Varick Co., 4 8-lb. contract-
or's picks ..... 3.32
J. B. Varick Co., 4 pick handles . .68
J. B. Varick Co., 18 lbs. i-inch
octagon steel .... 2.70
J. B. Varick Co., 1 7-foot pump
and tubing .... 4.50
; 1 8.8 7
BLACKSMITHING.
Paid H. F. Thompson, sharpening drills and other
tools .........
$8.55
EXPLOSIVES.
Paid Manchester Hardware Co. :
2 lbs. powder
1 2 feet of fuse .
8 lbs. A mining powder, at 20c.
30 feet fuse
50 feet fuse
10 lbs. powder .
.06
1.60
•J5
.20
2.00
*4-5i
Paid Temple & Farrington Co., 1 time-
book
V. M. Currin, labor in picking up
and removing stones from the
highway, from the 12th to the
1 8th of December, 1890
Total expenditures .
2.40
$1
$3-40
,028.81
474 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Highway District No. 9.
Appropriation
Amount transferred from reserved fund .
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men and teams as per pay-roll :
March
g58-87
June
186.22
August
141.24
December
92-37
MATERIALS.
Paid Oliver Merrill, 163 loads of gravel .
$16.30
J. B. Varick Co., 50 E. C. bolts,
A1/* x Yz
115
$500.00
4-15
!5°4-i5
$478-70
£i7-45
BLACKSMITHING.
Paid R. W. Flanders, sharpening tools . . . $3-1(>
TOOLS.
Paid J. B. Varick Co., 2 lanterns with red
globes $4.00
J. B. Varick Co., 1 solid steel ax . .90
$4.90
Total expenditures ..... $504.15
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 10.
475
Highway District No. 10.
Appropriation
Transferred from reserved fund
Transferred from reserved fund
;oo.oo
1 73.80
#3,800.00
673.80
$4,473-8o
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-rolls :
January .
#239.02
February
289.41
March .
289.15
April
236.62
May
185.51
June
267.39
July .
429.71
August .
588.89
September
511.26
October .
122.00
November
77-54
December
184.75
$3*421.25
Paid Amoskeag Manufacturing Co., 1,010
hours of team labor ....
404.00
$
3,825.25
TOOLS.
Paid C. H. Hutchinson, 1 steel stamp .
$5-7°
J. B. Varick Co., 1 electric battery
22.00
Killey & Wadleigh :
6 snow shovels ....
2.00
2 wheelbarrows ....
4.00
1 1 o-pound stone hammer .
1.80
476
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
3 hickory handles
$0.60
i coal screen ....
S.OO
Manchester Hardware Co.:
9 Ames scoops ....
9-38
i spade .....
.80
i light handle round-point shovel
•65
i scythe .....
.60
i scythe stone ....
.IO
3 14-tooth rakes.
•95
Pike & Heald, 2 small scoops
•75
Pike & Heald, 2 galvanized iron
scoops .....
3.00
A. N. Clapp, 6 lantern globes
•75
BLACKSMITHING.
11.08
Paid D. F. Cressey, sharpening drills, etc.
A. Filion, setting tire on road-ma-
chine wheel ....
A. Filion, 2 bolts
A. Filion, making and ironing
neck yoke ....
setting up road-scraper and making
draw hooks for same .
$I3-I5
4.00
•25
MATERIALS.
Paid A. G. Wallace :
104 feet of pine, etc
$2.43
60 feet 3-inch hemlock
.90
128 feet 2 -inch spruce
2.05
456 feet spruce, 2x6 and 1x6.
7-3°
26 chestnut posts ....
5.20
150 feet pine finish ....
3-75
Sawing and planing hard wood .
•5°
Paid Charles A. Brooks, gravel lot, dis-
trict 10 . ... . .
500.00
121.40
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 11.
477
Paid James Baldwin Co., 172 feet hard-
wood plank, for plows
$6.88
$529.01
SUNDRIES.
feet
sag
Paid Manchester Hardware Co., 3
mill chains
Manchester Hardware Co.,
screws and washers .
Killey & Wadleigh, hardware
J. F. Wyman, 4 feet pine wood
J. F. Wyman, 2,750 lbs. egg coal .
J. F. Wyman, 2,000 lbs., egg coal .
Temple & Farrington Co., ink, pen-
cils, memorandum books .
Temple & Farrington Co., 12 time-
books .....
People's Gas-Light Co., for gas
A. N. Clapp, sandpaper and putty
A. N. Clapp, 1 broom, 2 gallons oil,
4 lbs. wire nails ....
A. N. Clapp, wire spikes, scythe
stones, etc. ....
A. N. Clapp, glass, putty, and nails
J. Stickney, chamois skin
Thomas A. Lane, 1 lb. $/% packing
Total expenditures .
So.;
65
29
50
75
$37
06
$4,473
8a
Highway District No. 1 1
Appropriation
Transferred from reserved fund
1,000.00
150.00
150.00.
478
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Expenditures.
Paid pay-rolls, labor of men and teams :
February $83.25
March ...... 62.00
April ...... 99.75
May ...... 216.00
June ...... 207.00
July 257.75
MATERIALS.
Paid Joseph Kennard, 410 loads of stone
at 25c. ..... $102.50
Head & Dowst, 399 feet spruce
plank at 16c. .... 6.38
Head & Dowst, 200 feet spruce
boards at 17c. . . . . 3.40
Head & Dowst, 842 feet spruce,
2x5, at 1 6c 13.47
Killey &: Wadleigh, 74 lbs. 50-
penny wire nails . . . 2.22
W. H. Colby, 42 loads of gravel . 10-50
C. H. Hoitt, 93 posts . . . 9.30
Oliver G. Stevens, damage to plow 10.00
Killey & Wadleigh, 23* lbs. steel
bars 1. 41
Killey & Wadleigh, 1 long-handled
spade .75
Lizzie Farmer, 84 loads of gravel . 8.40
Ira Hardy, 85 loads of gravel . 8.50
BLACKSMITHING.
Paid J. R. Ferson, sharpening tools . $1-30
Joseph Greenwood, sharpening tools 2.50
$925-75
$176.83
53.80
HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 13. 479
Paid Killey & Wadleigh, i shovel .
Killey & Wadleigh, i spade .
$°-75
.67
$1.42
Total expenditures .
Transferred to reserved fund .
$1,107.80
42.20
12.
$1,150.00
Highway District No.
Appropriation .....
Transferred from reserved fund
$200.00
24-37
$224.37
Expenditures.
labor.
Paid city farm in March
city farm in April ....
city farm in June ....
54.00
I37-25
Total expenditures .
$224.37
Highway District No. 13.
Appropriation ......
Expenditures.
labor.
Paid labor of men and teams :
February $7-oo
March . . . . . . 15-00
June . . . . . . 21.00
480
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
August .
October
November
$84.88
26.50
12.63
$167.01
Paid Killey & Wadleigh :
2 Ames shovels
$1.71
2 Ames shovels
1. 71
1 14-tooth rake
•5°
3 pick-handles
.60
2 steel scoops
MATERIALS.
1.50
Paid Willey & Rowe, 18 loads stone
chips ..... $3-06
J. H. Campbell, 32 loads stone
chips 5.44
E. O. Dodge, n loads of gravel . 1.10
$6.02
S9.60
SUNDRIES.
Paid Temple & Farrington Co., 1 time-book .
Total expenditures .....
Amount transferred to reserved fund
^0-25
$182.88
17.12
$200.00
New Highways.
Appropriation ...... . $10,000.00
Amount transferred from reserved fund . $318.57
Amount transferred from reserved fund . 2,000.00
NEW HIGHWAYS.
481
Amount transferred from reserved fund
Amount transferred from reserved fund
$2,000.00
29-5:
- $4,448.09
$14,448.09
Expenditures.
labor.
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll, in dis-
trict No. 2
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
$383
1,063
921
r.403
675
3l9
256
131
40
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll, in dis-
trict No. 1 :
October
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll, in dis-
trict No. 7 :
August .......
labor of men an
i teams, as per pay-roll, in dis-
trict No. 10 :
April
• $352-&9
May
1,078.01
June
871.56
July . .
1,020.70
August .
653.71
September
925.01
December
114.19
$5,196.03
$163.25
$300.00
;, 046.07
482
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll, in dis-
trict No. 1 1 :
August $213.12
Paid Head & Dowst, use of one wheel-
scraper, 3 days . . . . $1-50
Concord & Montreal Railroad, for
masonry built in the two abut-
ments at Second street, West
Manchester, 382.5 cubic yards, at
$6.50 2,486.25
Concord & Montreal Railroad,
cash, consulting engineer . . 39-6o
$2,527.35
EXPLOSIVES.
Paid Killey & Wadleigh, 10 lbs. No. 1
forcite, district No. 2 . . $3-60
Killey & Wadleigh, 15 lbs. No. 1
forcite, district No. 2 . . 5.40
$9.00
Paid Killey & Wadleigh, 6 Ames round-
point shovels, district 2
A. N. Clapp, 9 axes and 2 handles
Manchester Hardware Co. :
24 Ames round-point shovels, dis
trict No. 2 . . .
y2 dozen extra pick-handles
y2 dozen round-point shovels
1 dozen picks, district No. 10
1 dozen hickory handles, distric
No. 10 .
1 dozen Ames round - poin
shovels, district No. 10 .
5-75
21.00
1. 00
5-25
10.00
3.00
10.50
NEW HIGHWAYS. 483
i dozen Ames round - point
shovels, district No. 10 . . $10.00
1 dozen hickory handles, district
No. 10 . . . . . 1.50
John B. Varick Co. :
6 Doe plow-points, district No 2 5.40
1 dozen side tubular lanterns, dis-
trict No.»2 .... 4.50
1 dozen ruby globes, district No. 2 6.50
1 dozen No. 1 wicks, district No.
2 . . . . . . .10
1 7 24 -pound crowbar, district No.
2 .89
6 E No. 8 Doe plow-points, dis-
trict No. 2
1 ax-handle, district No. 2
2 handled axes, district No. 2 . 1.50
1 5-inch steel tape, district No. 2 5.76
Y^ pound marline, district No. 2 .12
42^ lbs. steel bars, district No. 2 2.57
1 nut auger, 1^, district No. 2 . .70
1 dozen contractors' picks, dis-
trict No. 2
1 dozen No. 1 pick-handles, dis-
trict No. 2 . . . .
2 pinning-hammers, jJq lbs., dis-
trict No. 2 . . . . 1.26
5-4o
.20
3.00
2.50
BLACKSMITHING.
Paid Thomas Hickey, sharpening picks,
district 2 . . . . . $8.10
D. F. Cressey, sharpening picks,
etc., district 10 ... 70.47
J. B. McCrillis, sharpening picks,
etc., district 2 . . . . 16.71
$123.65
$95.2!
484
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
STONE, LUMBER, AND OTHER
Paid F. S. Bodwell :
5 2 feet flagstones on Concord street, at
90c. ....
3 circles, 3 feet, at $3.50 .
12 feet edge stones, Nashua street, at
40c .....
7.6 feet edge stones,' Depot street
15.6 feet edge stones, St. Anne's church
6 circles, Chestnut street, at $3.50
1.2 feet circle, Chestnut street .
42 feet edge stones, Chestnut street
4 circles, West Merrimack street
2 circles, 2 feet, Merrimack street
6 circles, city yard .
50 feet edge stones, city yard
88.7 feet edge stones, Union street
1 7. 7 feet edge stones, Blodget street
1.3 feet circle, corner Amherst and
Union streets
60 feet 10-inch flag stones, Elm and
Depot streets ....
3,264 perch wall stone, laid, at $3.00
1 1.6 perch cover stone, laid, at $4.50
21 feet edge stone, at 40c.
1 circle corner ....
6 cesspool stones at $2.75 .
18 feet edge stones, corner Hancock
street
2 circles, corner Second and Hancock
streets .....
18 feet edge stones .
4 circles .....
Paid Head & Dowst Co. :
Lumber and planing .
140 feet 12-inch spruce at 16c. .
240 feet fence boards
MATERIAL.
$46.80
IO.50
4.80
3.OO
7.20
2I.OO
2.50
16.80
I4.OO
5.OO
2I.OO
20.00
35-43
6.80
3-5°
54-75
97.92
52.20
8.40
5.00
16.50
7.20
7.00
14.00
7.20
1334
2.24
4.08
NEW HIGHWAYS. 485
77 chestnut posts .... $12.32
48 feet 1 x 6 spruce . . . . .77
766 feet spruce boards . . . 13-02
Paid A. C. Wallace, 440 feet spruce 4x6
and 1 x 10 . . . . 7.04
A. C. Wallace, 256 feet spruce, 2x8 4.10
A. C. Wallace, 14 Chestnut posts . 2.80
A. C. Wallace, 1 pine board . . .20
Warren Harvey, 12 perch covering
stone at $4 . . . . 48.00
Charles A. Bailey, 145 feet curb-
stone, at 40c. .... 58.00
Charles A. Bailey, 14 feet corner
stone, $2.50 . . . . . 35-°°
Charles A. Bailey, 3 circles at $3 . 9.00
William Corey, cash paid Isaac
Huse for 100 feet edge stone at
20c. ..... 20.00
Paid J. B. Varick Co., 1 ball of twine .
J. B. Varick Co., 1 4-gallon pail .
J. B. Varick Co., 29 lbs. wire nails
Pike & Heald, 4 fiber pails .
Pike & Heald, 1 dipper
Thomas A. Lane, materials and
labor in plumbing
Killey & Wadleigh, 2 balls of twine
Killey & Wadleigh, 1 tape measure
Killey & Wadleigh, 1 dozen pencils
Killey & Wadleigh, 2 colored pen-
cils ...... .10
J. B. McCrillis & Son, sharpening
picks and bars . . . . 1.50
A. N. Clapp, 15 lbs. nails . .45
$55-93
Total expenditures ..... $14,448.09
$0.35
1.25
.87
1.80
.10
47.61
.80
.60
•50
486
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Damage of Land Taken for Highways.
Appropriation
Transferred from reserved fund
$2,000.00
4,500.00
#6,500.00
Expenditures.
DAMAGES AWARDED BY MAYOR AND ALDERMEN.
Paid J. Ferguson, land damage, exten-
sion of Elm street
J. M. Stanton, land damage, exten
sion of Elm street
Samuel Hall, land damage, exten
sion of Webster street
Samuel Hall, land damage, exten
sion of Webster street
Nathaniel Perkins, land damage
extension of Hall street .
Reuben Flanders, land damage, ex
tension of Hall street
John H. Maynard, land damage
extension of Hall street
Total expenditures .
Amount transferred to reserved fund
$i95-85
1,642.40
3°5-3°
915.90
1,500.00
1,025.00
$5,704-45
795-55
#6,500.00
Watering Streets.
Appropriation
Amount transferred from reserved fund .
Amount transferred from reserved fund .
$470.62
93-64
$4,800.00
564.26
#5,364.26
WATERING STREETS.
487
Expenditures.
Paid labor of men and teams in district No. 2, as per
pay-rolls :
January . $43-88
February
March .
April
May
June
July .
August .
September
October .
December
45.22
68.12
244.50
647.62
882.50
812.15
674.04
470.80
193.18
32.00
labor of men and
teams in district No. 10, as per
pay-rolls :
April
May
$22.00
94.00
June
181.00
July .
August .
September
October .
183.00
185.00
198.00
48.00
$4,114.01
$911.00
Paid Thomas A. Lane :
Labor and plumbing materials on
fountains and water-troughs in De-
cember, 1890 ..... $10.05
21 dippers 4.20
Labor and materials on fountains . 6.00
Labor and materials on stand-pipes . 2°-53
488 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Labor and materials on troughs and
fountains . . ... . $14.74
Labor and materials on troughs and
fountains 4.24
Labor and materials on troughs and
fountains 7.86
Labor and materials on stand-pipes . 3. n
Labor and materials on troughs and
fountains 13-21
Labor and materials on troughs and
fountains ..... .69
Labor and materials on troughs and
fountains ..... 8.49
Labor and materials on troughs and
fountains 18.26
Labor and materials on stand-pipe . 1.50
Labor and materials on stand-pipe . 6.50
Labor and materials on stand-pipe . 5.50
Labor and materials on stand-pipe . .55
Labor and materials on troughs and
fountains ..... 23.94
Paid Pike & Heald :
Labor and materials on water-cart . 25.23
Labor and materials on troughs . . 1.67
24 drinking cups for fountains . . 4.80
Chain and labor ..... 4.02
Labor and materials on water-cart . 19.04
Repairing trough front of Central block 3.48
2 drinking cups, chain, and labor on
fountains at Ash-street schoolhouse . .87
24 drinking cups, chains, and labor . 8.25
Cleaning waste to trough ... .50
Paid Geo. A. Durgin, painting water-cart 40.00
A. Filion, repairs on water-cart . 2.25
D. F. Cressey, repairs on water-cart 7.05
Killey & VVadleigh, paint, varnish,
etc., for carts .... 34-36
PAVING STREETS.
489
Paid John T. Beach, shade on sprinkler
John T. Beach, cross sill in Moni
tor No. i .
John T. Beach, ironwork in Moiii
■ tor No. i .
John T. Beach, work on spring
A. D. Gooden, maintaining water
ing-trough on Lake avenue foi
the year 1890
J. B. Varick Co., 5 lbs. refined iron
D. F. Cressey, 1 water wrench
D. F. Cressey, 1 long 3-16 rod of
iron .....
J. B. McCrillis & Son, material
and labor on water-carts
Harden & Woodbury, labor re-set-
ting stone troughs on Lowell street
H. C. Ranno, axle grease
Total expenditures .
$5-°°
2.60
4.00
•75
3.00
.ri
1. 00
.40
16.40
3-25
1.85
$339-25
$5,364.26
Paving Streets.
Appropriation .....
Amount transferred from reserved fund .
$5,500.00
1,011.80
$6,511.80
Expenditures.
Paid labor of men and teams in district No. 2, as
per pay-rolls :
April $332-88
May 365.58
490
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
June
#374-62
July .
329.92
August .
291.50
September
233-53
October
268.52
November
137.22
December
36.26
Paid labor of mer
1 and
teams in district No. 7, as
per pay-roi:
s :
May
$43.00
August .
and
teams in distric
75.00
Paid labor of men
t No. 10, as
per pay-roll
s :
April
#23.75
May
120.25
June
358.62
July •
112. 14
August .
31-5°
September
r5°-75
October
12.63
Paid labor of men and teams in district No. 11, as
per pay-rolls :
August #213.13
482.12
October
PAVING STONE AND GRAVEL.
Paid W. H. Coburn, 26 loads of stone
E. Hartshorn, 32 loads of stone
Charles P. Still, 5 loads of stone
Head & Dowst Co., stone
A. G. Bean, 14 loads of stone
J. L. Fogg, 22 loads of stone
#45-5°
19 20
7.50
103.80
22.40
35-2Q
#2,370.03
$118.00
$809.64
$695-25
PAVING STREETS.
491
Paid George S. Smith, 8 loads of stone .
Marden & Woodbury, 15 loads of
stone
John Proctor, 5 loads of stone
John B. Clarke, 30 loads of stone .
E. Hartshorn, 50 loads of gravel .
Mary Hastings, gravel .
Daniel Connor, paving .
F. S. Bodwell, 49 feet edge stones
on Spruce street
Warren Harvey, 183. 11 feet of curb-
ing at various places .
Warren Harvey, 2,842 feet of edge
stone, Elm and Sagamore .
Warren Harvey, 625 feet 1 cut curb
1,250 at 40c
Warren Harvey, 15 feet curbing at
Walnut and Prospect
!i2.8o
11.25
8.00
15.60
5.00
8.00
4.80
19.60
73-56
11.36
5.00
6.00
$4i4-57
CONCRETE CROSSINGS AND OTHER WORK.
Paid Charles H. Robie :
Milford street, 65.7 yards at 75c.
Nashua street, 29 yards at 75c. .
Nashua street, 27.3 yards at 45c.
Beech street and South Amherst, 25.3
yards at 35c
West Hancock, 65.7 yards at 75c.
Douglas and Main, 26.6 yards at 35c.
Lincoln and Spruce, 67.6 yards at 75c
Elm and Depot, etc., 71.1 yards at
75C
Lake ave. and Massabesic, 83.1 yard
at 75c
Elm east back and Hanover, 20 yards
at 35c
Amherst and Union, 23.5 yards at 75c
#49-27
2i-75
12.29
8.85
49.28
9-31
50.70
53-32
62.32
7.00
17.63
492 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Amherst and Beech, 34 yards at 75c. . $25.50
Lowell and Birch, 5.3 yards at 75c. . 3.97
Union and High, 32 yards at 75c. . 24.00
Pine and Harrison, 33.8 yards at 35c. 11-83
Pine and Prospect, 17.7 yards at 35c. 6.20
Harrison and Maple, 17.7 yards at 35c. 6.19
Salmon and Elm east back, 17.7 yards
at 75c 13-28
Laurel back and Maple, 17.7 yards;
Massabesic and Spruce, 51.55 yards ;
Massabesic and Belmont, 45.33 yds. ;
Manchester and Belmont, 31 yards;
Hanover and Belmont, 28.88 yards ;
Hanover and Milton, 21.33 yards ;
Hanover and Milton, 26.44 yards,
— 222.31 yards at 75c. . . . 166.75
Spruce and Union (3), 90.66 yards at
50c. ...... 45.33
Spruce back and Union, 13.3 yards at
5°c 6.65
Cedar and Harrison (4), 120.88 yards
at 50c. ...... 60.44
Granite and Barr, 18.66 yards at 75c. *3-99
Granite and Green, 24.88 yards at 75c. 18.66
Granite and Green, walk, 10.83 yards
at45c 4-87
Varney school, 21.77 yards at 45c. . 9.79
Lake ave. engine house, 274.22 yards
at 75c 205.66
Elm, west side Merrimack common,
478.21 yards at 25c; Central-street
side Merrimack common, 505.33
yards at 25c 245.88
Chestnut and Blodget, 17.7 yards at
75c ; J3-28
Sagamore and Elm, 2 n. 7 yards at 75c. 158.77
Sagamore and Elm, 25 yards at 45c. . 11-25
PAVING STRKKTS.
Webster, Newton's, 11.3 yards at 45c.
Pine east back, corner North, 13.33
yards at 75c
Union, west side, and Harrison south
back, 15.5 yards at 75c. .
Union, east side, and Harrison south
back, 15.5 yards at 75c. .
Union and Prospect (2), 58.6 yards at
75c
Pearl, north side, y^ walk, 40 yards at
25(:
East High and Maple, 35.5 yards at
75C
Patching, 2 yards at 45c. .
East High and Nashua, 42.6 yards at
75c
Ash east back and Concord, 17.7 yards
at 75c
Hanover and Belmont, 30.2 yards at
75c
Lake ave. and Beacon, 28.6 yards at
75C
Lake ave., Smith's, 31.4 yards at 45c.
Second, south West Hancock (2),
64.8 yards at 75c. .
West Webster and Chandler (1), ^^.^
yards at 75c. .
Paid George W. Higgins :
Merrimack and south back Union,
17.7 yards ; Lake ave. and south
back Union, 17.7 yards; Walker
and River, 34.1 yards; Central,
Kimball Co., 33.3 yards, — 103.03
yards at 75c. .
Ferry south back and River, 17.7 yards
at 25c. ......
Spruce, walk, 32 yards at 45c. .
#5.08
9.99
11.62
11.62
43-95
26.62
.90
3r-95
13.28
22.65
21.45
14 13
48.60
77-47
4.42
14.40
494 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Spruce-street crossing, 8 yards, at 75c. $6.00
Spruce and Chestnut west back, 23.1
yards ; Spruce and Elm east back,
40.9, — 64 yards, at 75c. . . 48.00
Varney school, walks outside, 16.7
yards, at 45c. . . . . . 75 . 1 5
Varney school, driveway, 12.44 yards,
at 75C 9-33
Elm east back street, south side, 17.7
yards ; Hall and Central, 30.2 yards ;
Prospect and Russell, 41.7 yards;
Washington and Elm east back, 16.9
yards ; Washington and Elm east
back, 16.9 yards; McGregor street
and Amoskeag Corporation, 107.5
yards, — 230.9 yards, at 75c. . . 172.50
Elm east back street, Pearl, 17.7 yards,
at 35c 6.19
$2,104.31
Total expenditures ..... ^6,5 1 1 . <
Macadamizing.
Appropriation ..... . . $18,000.00
Amount transferred from reserved fund . $457-83
Amount transferred from reserved fund . 1,858.40
2,316.23
$20,316.23
Expenditures.
labor.
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-rolls, in dis-
trict No. 2 :
January ..... $68.81
February . . . . . 59-87
MACADAMIZING.
March .
$66.00
April
456
06
May
. 1,456
60
June
• 2,458
40
July . . .
• 1.553
22
August .
• 1,485
58
September
• 1,713
13
October
374
99
495
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll, in dis-
trict No. 7 :
May
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-rolls, in dis-
trict No. 10 :
June $67.50
July 13-5°
$9,692.66
$467.62
Paid E. W. Atwood, 122,340 lbs. stone .
G. W. Butterfield, 125,750 lbs.
stone .....
E. W. Butterfield, 56,865 lbs. stone
D. Butterfield, 342,690 lbs. stone .
F. M. Barnard, 31,275 lbs. stone .
W. H. Coburn, 4,655 lbs. stone
E. B. Fellows, 28,075 lbs. stone
James Fullerton, 509,295 lbs. stone
Palmer & Garmon, 32 loads of
chips .....
C. P. Stills, 105,145 lbs. stone
Joseph Tirrell, 341,615 lbs. stone .
F. B. Worthley, 322,060 lbs. stone
J. A. Brown, 276,220 lbs. stone
C. E. Bursill, 126,525 lbs. stone .
W. H. Carpenter, 61,990 lbs. stone
$3°-5 7
3'
42
14
21
85
65
7
81
1
16
7
00
27
32
23-50
26
28
85
39
80
50
69
°5
31
63
15-5°
496 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid J. S. Carpenter, 124,560 lbs. stone $31.14
Lewis Cyr, 259,725 lbs. stone . 64.92
H. L. Kimball, 24,320 lbs. stone . 6 07
J. L. Fogg, 64,400 lbs. stone . . 16.10
William G. Landry, 235,180 lbs.
stone ...... 58.79
H. S. Plummer, 115,090 lbs. stone 28.76
C. H. Robie, 649,095 lbs. stone . 162.25
C. H. Tirrell, 128,595 lbs. stone . 32-I4
Willey & Rowe, 166,195 ^s. stone 41 .54
Charles Downing, 16,620 lbs. stone 4.15
F. R. French, 29,770 lbs. stone . 7.44
Mrs. Hartshorn, 12,525 lbs. stone . 3.13
Amoskeag Manufacturing Company,
6,994,045 lbs. stone . . . 874.24
GAS, FUEL, AND FREIGHT.
Paid People's Gas-Light Co., for gas in
January $0.28
People's Gas-Light Co., for gas in
February .14
E. P. Johnson Co., 5,500 lbs.
Cumberland coal . . .. 19.00
E. P. Johnson Co., 2,100 lbs.
pea coal, for the year 1890 . 3.15
E. P. Johnson Co., 2 barrels of
coal . . . . . . 2.50
L. B. Bodwell & Co., 1,000 lbs.
Franklin coal, for crusher, dis-
trict No. 7 .... 4.00
L. B. Bodwell & Co., 1,500 lbs.
Franklin coal, for crusher . . 6.00
L. B. Bodwell & Co., 3,250 lbs.
Franklin coal, for crusher . . J3-25
L. B. Bodwell & Co., 2 cords of
pine slabs, for crusher . . 8.00
1,967.66
MACADAMIZING.
497
Paid J. A. Brown, 12 cords of wood, at
$3-5°
$42.00
Gilman Clough, 10 j4 cords 0;
wood, $3.50 .
36-75
C. H. Hutchinson, 290 lbs. oi
foundry coke .
1.45
People's Gas-Light Co., 10 chal-
drons of coke .
44.00
Boston & Maine R. K., freight on
castings . . . . .
3.01
Concord & Montreal R. R., freight
on wood .
S.00
Concord & Montreal R. R., freight
on castings . . . .
2.69
TOOLS.
Paid Manchester Hardware Co. :
1 dozen picks ....
$10.00
1 dozen hickory handles .
2.00
1 dozen sledge handles
M5
3 lbs. stone wedges .
.60
1 mattock ....
.60
1 hickory handle
•25
Paid J. B. Varick Co. :
1 nail hammer ....
•55
1 50-foot tape measure.
•50
1 100-foot tape measure
1. 00
55 lbs. steel bars
8.25
12 trays for canal barrows .
9.00
12 sledge handles
2.00
12 sledge handles
2.00
4 lantern globes, red .
2.40
2 pick handles ....
.40
12 sledge handles
2.25
6 ax handles ....
ll3
32
$194.22
498
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
2 Snell's bits
1 2 ruby globes ....
12 ruby globes ....
i basket
i dozen safety lanterns, no globes
i steel flue brush
35 lbs. steel, i}£ x $/%
Paid Killey & Wadleigh, i dozen 36
inch sledge handles .
Pike & Heald, 1 10-gallon galvan
ized can with faucet .
$0.43
6.60
6.00
•25
4-5°
•75
5-25
5.80
$76.2(
LUMBER, CASTINGS, AND REPAIRS.
Paid L. M. Aldrich, filing large saw
J. Stickney, 40 feet 15 -inch leather
belting
J. Stickney, 42 feet 6-inch leather
belting for stone crusher
L. N. Westover, labor and lumber .
L. N. Westover, 154 feet rock maple
L. N. Westover, 19^ hours' labor
Paid S. C. Forsaith Machine Co. :
24 feet spruce, 3x4.
Balance due on anvil vise .
Labor and materials on crusher .
26 hours' labor ....
6 washers .....
Iron grates and bars, 22 lbs., for road
roller .....
30^ hours' labor
y2 lb. iron ....
9 lbs. babbitt ....
1 i^-inch oil cup
Paid Farrell Foundry & Machine Co.
pieces 15x9 plates .
$0.40
39
.60
15.96
2.96
6.99
7. So
•38
1.48
21.23
10.40
.21
.66
12.40
.02
3.60
•75
45.96
MACADAMIZING. 499
Paid Farrell Foundry & Machine Co.,
planing same . . . . $6.00
Farrell Foundry & Machine Co. . 37. 13
Paid Charles H. Hutchins :
62 lbs. babbitt for crusher . . . 12.40
20 hours' labor, babbitting on crusher 8.00
19^ hours' labor on crusher . . 7.70
15 lbs. iron for crusher ... .45
9 lbs. soft steel for crusher ... .36
35 lbs. castings for crusher . . 1.05
27^ lbs. soft steel .... 1.10
40^ hours' labor on picks . . . 16.20
Labor and material on crusher . . 82.59
4 pieces castings, 327 lbs. . . . 9.81
6 pieces castings, plugs, 18 lbs. . . .54
Paid J. B. Varick Co., cylinder oil, pack-
ing, belting, glass, putty, glue,
and other hardware . . . 57-87
Pike & Heald, pipe and labor . 2.28
Thomas A. Lane, pipe and labor . 1.30
Paid Head & Dowst :
334 feet timber 5.35
416 feet timber ..... 6.66
5 fence rails 1.25
14 feet timber ..... .23
12 feet ii's-inch spruce ... .30
Paid John B. Varick Co., 1 bar Norway
iron, 30 lbs. . . . . 1.05
John B. Varick Co., 1,010 elevator
bolts 17.68
John B. Varick Co., 50 lbs. tallow 3.50
John T. Beach, labor, etc., sharp-
ening steam driller, sharpening
tools 5.80
Thomas Hickey, sharpening picks,
etc. ...... 10.80
3-25
•5°
500 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid George Holbrook, 50 feet chestnut
plank $1.25
George Holbrook. iron and bolts . 2.00
George Holbrook, teaming . . .25
George Holbrook, 1 3-10 days'
labor, sidewalk of LaBonte
Thomas A. Lane, 2 Scotch glass
tubes .....
Paid S. C. Forsaith Machine Co. :
Labor and materials on road roller . 18.88
Setting and filing cross-cut saw . . 1.00
Labor and iron on crusher . . .94
2 xy2 x|4 cap screws . . . .10
168 lbs. machine steel, for picks . 11.76
10 hours' labor on grates . . . 4.00
73 hours' labor on picks . . . 29.20
1 10 inch file . . . . . .12
5 hours' labor on crusher . . . 2.00
SUNDRIES.
Paid Thomas L. Thorp, 100 lbs. cop
waste $10.00
J. B. Varick Co., flax packing, cyl-
inder oil, rivets, machine bolts,
band iron, carriage bolts, glue,
lacing, etc 32.17
Eager & Rand, 15 gallons kerosene
oil 1.95
Paid George W. Higgins, concreting
roadway, Merrimack street, 1,620.-
96 yards, at 75c. . . . $1,215.72
Paid Charles H. Robie :
Concreting on Chestnut street, from
Hanover to Merrimack streets,
2,497-83 yards, at 75c. . . . 1,873.37
1543-45
$44-i.
GRADING FOR CONCRETE. 501
Patching walks on Chestnut street,
92.88 yards, at 45c. . . . $41.80
Concrete work on Concord street,
99.1 yards, at 35c 34-68
Concrete work on Concord street,
835.4 yards at 75c 626.55
On Union street, from Laurel to Lake
avenue, 2,283.26 yards, at 75c. . 1,712.44
On Merrimack south back street, from
east of Union street, 174.63 yards
at 75c, being )/?, of total amount,
349.26 yards 130. 9 7
Concreting roadway on Union street,
between north side of Lowell and
south sideof Concord street, 1,210.3
yards at 75c 907.72
Patching and repairing on above, 13.31
yards at 45c 5.99
$6,549.24
Total expenditures .... $19,616.23
Amount transferred to bridges . . $200.00
Amount transferred to health department 500.00
700.00
#20,316.23
Grading for Concrete.
Appropriation . $5,000.00
Amount transferred from reserved fund . . . 532.84
$5,532.84
502
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Expenditures.
labor.
Paid labor of men and teams in district No. 2, as
per pay-rolls :
January
February
652.13
March .
434.46
April
119.89
May
290.05
June
43-5°
July .
78.13
August .
214.49
September
222.75
October
229.18
November
41.50
December
220.13
Paid labor of men and teams in district No.
per pay-rolls :
January *
$167.01
February
169.86
March .
108.38
April
206.25
May
299-75
June
231.00
July .
248.21
August .
168.0S
September
42.75
October
37-25
December
J95-46
Paid labor of men and teams in district No. 7, as
per pay-rolls :
August $25.00
October
25.00
$3*485.54
$1,874.00
$50.00
SCAVENGER TEAMS.
503
SAND AND GRAVEL.
Paid E. Hartshorn, 320 loads of sand . $32.00
M. A. Hartshorn, 134 loads of sand 13-4°
Benjamin Mack, 58 loads of sand . 5.80
$51.20
STONE.
lid Frank S. Bodwell :
2 circles, Jencks
$7.00
14 feet edge stones
5.60
1 circle, Auburn, corner Union .
3'5°
16 feet edge stones
6.40
1 circle, corner Hanover and Hall
3-5°
2 circles, city yard . . . .
7.00
12^ feet edge stones, city yard .
5.00
6 circles, city yard
21.00
SUNDRIES.
Paid Pettee & Adams, 10 bags of salt . $8.00
L. B. Bodwell, 1 cord of pine slabs 4.00
D. F. Cressey, sharpening tools . 1.10
Total expenditures . . .
#59-°°
$13.10
;>532-84
Scavenger Teams.
Appropriation ...... . $12,000 00
Amount transferred from reserved fund . $2,000.00
" " " " " . 1,500.00
<< . 683.38
2,708. S7
6,892.25
$18,892 25
504
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Expenditures.
Paid labor of men and teams in district No. 2, as per
pay-rolls :
ja.nua.iy
February
£>7ou-u3
773-37
March .
906.16
April
1,481.73
May
1,238.83
June
1,283.94
July . .
1,196.17
August .
1,226.24
September
I)295-57
October
1,042.90
November
970.98
December
1,160.30
$13,357-32
Paid labor of men and teams in'district No. 10, as
per pay-rolls :
January ...... $162.20
February
162.01
March .
140.56
April
190.00
May
182.25
June
197.90
July .
162.00
August .
166.77
September
197-5°
October .
180.00
November
H4-54
December
135-0°
$i,990.73
ON CONTRACT AS SCAVENGER.
Paid Timothy Shea, third quarter end-
ing March 9
$1
,225.00
SCAVENGER TEAMS.
505
Paid Timothy Shea, fourth quarter end
ing June 4
Paid H. E. Vaughn :
1 month ending July 9
i month ending August 9 .
1 month ending September 9
21 days ending October 1 .
1 month ending November 1
1 month ending December 1
1 month ending December 31
$1,225.00
I58-33
I58-33
158.33
110.S3
I58-33
I58-33
158.34
,510.8:
Paid Manchester Hardware Co., 6 street
rakes .....
Manchester Hardware Co., 12
square-point Ames shovels .
Manchester Hardware Co., 3 Hea-
ry steel rakes ....
Killey & Wadleigh, hardware
$3-°°
10.50
$i5-38
Paid Union Publishing Co., publishing
proposals for scavenger service,
$y2 squares daily 4 times .
John B. Clarke, publishing propos-
als, 2^ inches 4 times
$8.75
9-25
#iS.oo
Total expenditures .
18,892.25
506
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Appropriation
Street Sweeping.
Expenditures.
$1,200.00
Paid labor of men and teams in district No. 2, as per
pay-rolls :
April $58.12
May
June
July .
August .
September
October .
November
Paid labor of men and teams
per pay-rolls :
April .
July .
September
166.50
121.49
J53-9i
167.0S
183.14
136.10
15.00
in district No. 10, as
$38.00
16.50
42.50
$1,001.34
$97.00
SUNDRIES.
Paid Head & Dowst, lumber and labor,
repairs on street sweeper . . $9-32
S. C. Forsaith Machine Co., 1 hour's
labor on bolt '. .40
S. A. Felton <S: Son, 1 street-sweep-
er cylinder refilled . . . 32.00
S. A. Felton & Son, 1 street-sweep-
er cylinder refilled . . . 32.00
Manchester Hardware Co., 12 rat-
tan street brooms . . . 4.00
LIGHTING STREETS.
507
Paid Manchester Hardware Co., 12 han-
dles for brooms ....
Killey & Wadleigh, 12 street brooms
Killey & Wadleigh, 24 street brooms
Killey & Wadleigh, hardware
Total expenditures .
Amount transferred to reserved fund
$1-25
6.00
12.00
3.00
*I
$99-97
,198.31
1.69
#1
,200. CO
Lighting Streets.
Appropriation .....
Amount transferred from reserved fund .
Expenditures.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS.
Paid Manchester Electric Light Co. :
Charges.
Discount
January $3-33s-s5
$5-95
February
3-339-63
1.48
March .
3,016.44
16.13
April
3-345-4S
10.70
May
3>243-6°
2.84
June
3>3S*-7*
49.86
July .
3>245-9S
1.27
August .
3,366.15
6.06
September
4,375-9°
1.49
October
3,268.20
2-45
November
• 3,377-i4
"•35
December
3,838.81
35-4i
$40,107.90
$144-99
Total discounts de-
ducted . . 14499
$42,000.00
908.78
$42,908.78
$39,962.91
508
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid People's Gas-Light Co.,
for gas :
January ....
$110.88
February
104.30
March .
85.40
April
86.38
May
78.12
June
71.68
July . .
64-54
August .
66.78
September
70.42
October
76.16
November
95-48
December
91.00
Soldiers' monument
•56
Light on engine ho
use
6.44
$1,008.14
CARE OF GAS AND OIL LIGHTS.
Paid People's Gas-Light Co., for lighting, extinguish-
ing, and care of gas and oil street lights :
januaiy .
February
;M39-22
143-93
March .
109.60
April
160.43
May
131.IS
June
136.03
July .
146.92
August .
140.69
September
*38.59
October .
128.65
November
148.06
December
130.28
$1,653.55
BRIDGES.
509
SUNDRIES.
Paid People's Gas-Light Co. :
15 barrels and 5 gallons kerosene oil .
$76.60
8 barrels kerosene oil .
34-38
7 gallons of whisky
15-75
1 oil can
.42
3 bushings y± x ^
.09
3 pounds of waste
.26
y2 box 10 x 12 glass
1.38
y2 box 12 x 14 glass
1.62
3 glass cutters
•25
3 glass cutters
•31
2 gallons sperm oil
2 00
3 barrels kerosene oil
13.29
1 box of glass 10 x 12
2.50
1 box of glass 12x14
3.00
1 box of glass 14 x 16
3.00
Setting oil-post at Massabesic house
3-75
Teaming post to Massabesic house
2.00
6 glass cutters ....
.42
Paid Eager & Rand, matches
4-35
Thomas A. Lane, repairs on lanterr
•58
J. B. Varick Company, 6 glass-cut
ters .....
•75
Clark M. Bailey, for matches, chim
neys, burners
117.48
$284.18
Total expenditures .
£42,908.78
Bridges.
Appropriation ....
$2,000.00
Amount transferred from macadamizing
$200.00
Amount transferred fron
l reserved 1
und
100.00
510
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Amount transferred from reserved fund
Amount transferred from reserved fund
340.66
Expenditures.
labor.
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-rolls, in dis-
trict No. 2
January
February
March .
April .
May
June
July •
August .
October
November
December
SI47-62
J25-37
116.75
120.48
12.50
60.87
42.93
64.88
25-J3
46.87
169.65
earns, as per pay-rolls, in dis-
$672.25
2,672.25
$933-05
$16.64
Paid labor of men and
trict No. 4 :
June
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-rolls, in dis-
trict No. 5 :
J^y ss.13
September 3.75
$11.88
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-rolls, in dis-
trict No. 9 :
September . $109.50
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-rolls, in dis-
trict No. 10 :
November $8.87
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-rolls, in
district No. n :
January
Paid E. A. G. Holmes, 23 days' labor
'Squog bridge $57-5°
Paid Walter Neal :
1 day's labor on bridges . . . 3.00
3^ days' labor on Amoskeag bridge . 9.75
3 days' labor on Amoskeag bridge . 7.50
3^ days' labor, with horse, on Amos
keag bridge ....
Cash paid for ironwork
45 lbs. nails ....
y^ day's labor on McGregor bridge
34 day's labor on McGregor bridge
3/£ day's labor, with horse, on Mc
Gregor bridge
7 lbs. nails ....
1 73^ days' Jabor on Granite bridge
igy2 days' labor on Granite bridge
83^ days' labor on Granite bridge
17^ days' labor, with horse, on Gran
ite bridge ....
Work patching ....
Ironwork ....
Hammer handles
4.87
4 00
1.45
2.25
1.87
1. 12
•23
52-5°
48.74
M6.57
26.62
2.00
2.25
.60
511
$24.00
$372-82
Paid A. C. Wallace :
1,733 feet pine, 12x12 and 9x12, for
district No. 5
1 chestnut post, district No. 5
Trucking the above .
336 feet pine, 4x10 and 4x6, Amos
keag bridge .
$38.13
.20
4.00
6-95
512
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
326 feet chestnut, iy2 x 2, Amoskeag
bridge
4,598 feet chestnut, 3x6, Granite
street .....
Planing and grooving the same .
61,287 feet 3-inch hemlock plank
Granite bridge
70 feet 8x10 chestnut, Granite bridge
145 feet pine, P. and S. cleats .
700 feet hard pine for sidewalk .
Paid Head & Dowst :
112 feet 3-jnch sapling
1,209 feet 3-inch sapling, bridges, dis
trict No. 9
1,100 feet 3-inch sapling, bridges, dis
trict No. 9
267 feet 8x10 inch sapling, bridges
district No. 9
470 feet 4x4 spruce, bridges, No. 9
8 7-inch and 2 9-inch chestnut posts
district No. 9
15 chestnut posts, bridges, district No
9
465 feet spruce timber, bridges, dis
trict No. 9 . . . .
424 feet spruce timber
12 chestnut posts
293 feet 3-inch spruce plank
32 feet 4x4 spruce .
158 feet 2-inch chestnut
32 feet hard pine, Granite street
218 feet 1 1^ -inch pine
Sawing and planing .
'213 feet ij^-inch hard pine
Sawing and planing .
Teaming bridge timber, Granite street
$8.15
101. 16
13- 79
766.09
I-S4
2.90
12.60
1.79
19-34
17.60
4.27
7-52
1.7S
2.40
44
78
92
77
51
95
96
01
60
,90
.60
5°
BRIDGES. 513
240 feet i^-inch hard pine and saw-
ing . . . . . . $8.85
1,385 feet, 3-inch hemlock plank,
bridge, district No. 5 I9-39
1,340 feet spruce . . . . 21.44
Sawing and planing same . . . 3.73
Paid George W. Rief, 84 feet 2-inch oak 3.36
George W. Rief, 9^ hours labor . 3.80
A. C. Wallace, 60 feet 3-inch pine
planed and sawed . . . 1.20
A. C. Wallace, 20 feet oak planed
and sawed ..... .60
A. C. Wallace, lot of chestnut 6x6
and sawing for wedging . . 2.25
HARDWARE.
Paid J. B. Varick Co. :
6 C. E. bolts 3^ x y%, 'Squog bridge
$0.12
25 pounds lead, 'Squog bridge .
1.88
1 quart lard oil, 'Squog bridge .
•!5
39 pounds 1% cast washers, 'Squog
bridge
1. 17
1 cask 6-penny wire spikes .
2-75
15 pounds 20 steel wire nails
•45
Paid Isaac Webster, stone for bridge in
district No. 9 .
3-5°
Allen N. Clapp, 25 pounds spikes
('Squog)
•75
Killey & Wadleigh, 10 pounds 10-
penny nails ....
■35
Killey & Wadleigh, 10 pounds 8-
penny nails ....
•35
Killey & Wadleigh, spikes and nails
for Granite bridge
50.61
Killey & Wadleigh, 1 cask 6-inch
spikes .....
3.00
514
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Manchester Hardware Co., 13
pounds 10-penny nails
Manchester Hardware Co., nails
and spikes
S. C. Forsaith Machine Co., 200
feet i^-inch hard pine, Granite
bridge
L. M. Aldrich, filing 8 saws .
$0.52
3.80
5.00
1.60
$76.00
BLACKSMITHING.
Paid D. F. Cressey, ironwork
Total expenditures .
#5-72
$2,672.25
City Teams.
Appropriation ....
Amount transferred from reserved fund
$5,000.00
290.73
$5>2Qo.73
Expenditures.
LABOR.
id labor of men and teams in district No. 2, as
per pay-rolls :
January $173.88
February
176.86
March
I54-38
April
216.89
May
143.81
June
163.16
July
90.50
August .
95.81
September
115.87
CITY TEAMS.
October .
$97-13
November
90.34
December
IOI.25
515
$1,619.
OATS, CORN, FEED, HAY, STRAW.
Paid Drake & Parker, 20 bags of oats . $28.00
Drake & Parker, 40 bags of oats . 53<0°
Drake & Parker, 4 bags of cracked
corn 6.40
Drake & Parker, 12 bags of ground
feed !7-7°
Paid Pettee & Adams :
4 boxes salt, 20 pounds . . . .80
241 bags of oats ..... 277.95
46 bags of cracked corn . . . 67.16
785 pounds of bran .... 10.05
3 bags of feed 4.20
Paid Partridge Bros., 156 bags oats . 189.00
Partridge Bros., 30 bags cracked
corn ...... 46.40
Partridge Bros. , 26 bags ground feed 36.90
city farm, 13,600 pounds of hay . 118.87
J. A. Brown, 12,950 pounds of hay ^ 103.60
Waterman Smith, 3,735 pounds of
hay 28.00
D. Butterfield, 2,175 pounds of hay 17.40
Isaac Huse, 2,210 pounds of hay . 1 7.7S
C. C. Webster, 4,225 pounds of hay 38.02
Paid Merrill & Freeman :
406 bags of oats . . . . . 316.25
83 bags of cracked corn . . . 119-45
44 bags of feed 59-6o
950 pounds of bran .... 12.40
7,672 pounds of rye straw . . . 77-86
60 pounds best wheat . . . 1.50
Paid C. D. Welch, 12,390 pounds of hay 11 1.67
516
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
#92-43
Paid G. F. Mills, 10,270 pounds of hay
B. W. Hill, 4,580 pounds of straw,
at $18 41.22
A. E. Horton, 2,235 pounds of
carrots, at 80c 17.88
P. M. Lord, 7,215 pounds of hay,
at 90-950 65.64
A. G. Bean, 1,685 pounds of carrots 13-48
BLACKSMITHING.
Paid Thos. Hickey, shoeing horses, etc. $15 7. 75
Connor & Grossman, shoeing horses,
etc 78-25
J. Tremblay, shoeing horses, etc. . 26.85
J. F. Woodbury & Co., shoeing
horses, etc. .... 5 1.25
Mahaney & McSvveeney, shoeing
horses, etc. .... 13-00
HARNESSES AND REPAIRS.
Paid J. Stickney, material and labor re-
pairing horse cover . . . #1.00
F. N. McLaren 4 repairing harness,
collars, etc. . . . . 5.20
Thos. P. Riley, repairing harnesses 41-70
N. J. Whalen, repairing harnesses,
blacking, oiling, etc. . . 1 7.35
Frederick Allen, repairing harness-
es, etc. . . . . . IT-35
Kimball Carriage Co., 1 pair of
collars ..... 24.00
N. J. Whalen, 1 heavy draft harness 60.00
N. J. Whalen, 1 heavy rubber horse
cover ..... 6.00
N. J. Whalen, 1 horse sheet . . 2.00
$1,990.61
127.10
168.60
CITY TEAMS.
517
REPAIRS ON CARRIAGES AND NEW CARRIAGES.
Paid J. B. McCrillis & Son :
2 new cart tires .
$8.oo
New bed .....
3.00
Labor on cart gear
4.00
i new cart body
20.00
Labor ironing body and part of gear
28.00
8 stakes .....
4.00
Painting cart ....
10.00
Bolts and other repairs
54-42
2 one-horse dump carts
200.00
Ironwork on sundry carts .
3-75
Paid American Horse Protector Co., t
whiffietrees, springs, and sinks
' 13-80
J. T. Beach, repairs on teams
155-49
HARDWARE.
Paid Manchester Hardware Co., bolts
sandpaper, and other hardware .
$4-85
Killey & Wadleigh, soap, lanterns
hay rake, and other hardware
8.90
Paid J. B. Varick Co. :
Bolts, chain, door spring, rings, rope,
neat's-foot oil, refined iron, bit, files,
whip, sponge, hose nozzle, screws,
steel rakes, stake irons, wire nails,
knob, latches, window brush, horse
brush ......
Hay fork, brooms, etc.
Paints, varnish, brushes, putty, glass .
Boiled oil and glass
15.80
3°-63
5-63
18.34
MEDICINES AND MEDICAL SERVICES.
Paid J. Alexander :
1 visit to horse (colic) and medicine . $1-25
Visits to bay horse, Joe (sprained) . 21.00
$504.46
$84.15
518 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Medicine ...... $3*25
Gray horse sprained in fore feet . . 2.00
1 day and 1 night attendance on horse
(colic) 3-5°
Medicine . . . . . . 1.50
Paid Pulsifer Chemical Co., horse liniment 4.00
J. S. Golden, treatment of horse,
3 visits ..... 3.00
J. S. Golden, medicine . . . 2.00
J. S. Golden, treatment and medi-
cine to Dec. 5, 1891 . . . 49-50
A. N. Baker, dentistry work on
horses ..... 20.00
John B. Hall, medicine . . 4.40
Nathan Chandler, 1 can of oint-
ment ..... .75
Smith & Gould, 6 bottles Gray's
Lotion ..... 3.00
Z. F. Campbell, medicines . . 6.51
GAS, TELEPHONE, COAL.
Paid Peoples Gas-Light Co., for gas . $99-26
N. E. Telegraph and Telephone
Co., use of telephone . . 39-15
Fred T. Dunlap, 1 ton egg coal
bought in November, 1890 . 7.00
E. P. Johnson Co., 2 tons egg coal 14.00
L. B. Bodwell & Co., 4 tons egg
coal, in November, 1890 . . 25.00
L. B. Bodwell & Co., 4 tons egg
coal in January, 1891 . . 25.00
L. B. Bodwell & Co., 2 tons egg
coal in November, 1891 . . 13-50
$125.66
$222.91
CITY TEAMS. 519
Paid Manchester Horse Railway, i pack-
age horse-car tickets . . . $4-5°
E. T. James, use of wagons, horses,
sleigh, etc. .... 121.50
Whitten & Fifield, horse hire . 10.00
E. B. Merrill, 1 pail harness oil . 3.00
Boston & Maine Railroad, freight . 4.40
W. H. Vickery, 15 dozen keys . 3.00
White Mountain Oil Co., $H Sal_
lons axle oil ... 2.75
Pike & Heald, labor, etc., repair-
ing stove 5.37
Pike & Heald, mop stick, waste,
and dipper .... .79
Pike & Heald, materials and plumb-
ing at stables .... 29.87
Head & Dowst, lumber at city sta-
bles 23.87
L. N. Westover, lumber and labor
in city stables . . . . 12.84
S. C. Forsaith Machine Co., 200
feet northern hard pine, city yard 4.00
Lubrion Compound Co., 10 pounds
axle lubrion . . . . 2.50
O. D. Grant, 1 No. 2 Sampson jack 5.00
Thomas A. Lane, pipe and fittings,
and labor of 2 men 5 hours on
gas, at city stables . . . 3.62
A. N. Clapp, 52^ gallons oil . 4.46
C. N. Fisher, 2 keys ... .36
Eager & Rand, ginger, ivorine, oil,
salt, matches, soap, wicks, etc. . 5.53
#247.36
Total expenditures ..... $5,290.73
520
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Sewers and Drains. .
Appropriation ..... . $25,000.00
Amount received from temporary loan . $30,000.00
Amount transferred from reserved fund . 409.73
30)409-73
Expenditures.
$55=409-73
Paid labor of men and teams in district No. 2, as per
pay-rolls :
januui) .....
February ....
2,440.04
690.97
March
502.77
April
1,065.38
May
2,422.63
June .....
2,765-32
July
2,107.24
August
2,639.13
September
3>J5i-69
October .....
2,338-4i
November ....
874.06
December ....
411.50
$19,417.1,
Paid labor of men and teams in district No. 7, as
per pay-roll :
January ..... $49.48
April 13.50
June ...... 46.00
$108.
Paid labor of men and teams in district No. 10, as
per pay-roll :
January ...... $26.07
February 54. 25
SEWERS AND DRAINS.
521
March .
April
May
June
July .
August .
September
October
November
December
EXPLOSIVES.
Paid Killey & Wadleigh :
305 lbs. forcite, district No. 10 .
350 feet platinum fuse, district No. 10
300 feet W. platinum fuse, district No
10
4 rolls connecting wire, district No. 10
1 keg of powder, district No. 10
12 lbs. powder .
300 feet D. T. and W. P. fuse
1 box blasting caps .
170^ lbs. forcite
250 feet platinum fuse
450 feet platinum fuse
205 lbs. No. 1 forcite
18 lbs. blasting powder
5 lbs. Weld's Compound
5 lbs. No. 3 c. forcite
100 feet D. F. fuse
200 feet W. P. fuse
100 feet W. P. fuse
25 feet cotton fuse
1 coil cannon wire
100 feet platinum fuse, district No. 10
50 lbs. No. 1 forcite, district No. 10 .
100 feet cannon wire, district No. 10
$116
544
1,470
1,605
2,062
2,659
2,946
973
I3I
#14,105.04
$103.80
13.16
5-°5
2.00
2-75
i-Si
1.97
1.50
64.70
9.76
16.92
73.80
2.25
1. 00
1.25
•65
1.30
.60
•15
•5°
3-76
18.00
1. 00
$327-38
522
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Killey & Wadleigh :
2 dozen No. i oak pick handles
i dozen round-point shovels
7 32-inch sledge handles .
1 dozen round-point shovels
1 dozen pick handles
1 dozen oak handles .
3f6 lbs. drill hammer, district No
2 handles, district No. 10 .
12 picks, district No. 10 .
12 handles, district No. 10
28 lbs. steel bars, district No. 10
56 lbs. 5-16 cable chain, district No. 10
2 hand drill hammer handles, district
No. 10 .
6 striking-hammer handles, district
No. 10 .
15 lbs. striking hammers, district No.
10 .
1 S/{ stone hammer with handle, dis-
trict No. 10 .
6 oak striking-hammer handles, dis-
trict No. 10
Paid Manchester Hardware Co., 2 pine
stable pails ....
Manchester Hardware Co., 1 rule .
Paid Manchester Hardware Co., district
No. 10 :
6 street hoes
1 socket hoe
6 lanterns ....
12 red globes
6 peerless shovels
24 round-point shovels
2 light handled shovels
$4-5°
1 1. 00
1. 17
10.50
i-75
2.00
•94
.20
10.50
2.00
i-54
4.48
.90
2.25
.70
•15
2.19
■35
2.00
5-5°
5-75
21.00
1 . 30
SEWERS AND DRAINS.
523
12 picks .....
$10.00
12 hickory pick handles
i-75
- 2 50-foot tape lines
1. 00
1 brick hammer ....
•75
1 nail hammer ....
.50
1 handled ax ...
1. 00
Other tools ....
.. 2.08
1 greasing jack ....
2.50
6 Ames and 2 square-point shovels
5-75
1 saw set .
.65
1 saw clamp ....
•75
1 hammer handle
.10
1 dozen round-point shovels
10.50
1 plumb ball ....
.90
Files and cord ....
1.49
4 mattocks ....
2-33
4 hickory pick handles
•67
8 peerless shovels
8.00
1 hand ax ....
.62
6 canal barrows . .
10 00
6 red lantern globes . . . .
2.00
3 canal barrows
5-25
4 peerless shovels
4.00
19 lbs. cast steel ....
1.90
4 canal barrows ....
7.00
1 spirit level ....
.60
1 6-inch double pulley block
1.25
1 6-inch single pulley block
.70
4 street hoes
1.46
6 tubular lanterns
3-5°
10 red lantern globes
3-33
6 hickory pick handles
1.50
Paid Manchester Hardware Co. :
6 Ames round-point shovels, district
No. 10 .
5-25
6 "Peerless" shovels, district No. 10
6.00
6 tubular lanterns, district No. 10
3-5°
524
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
i red lantern globe, district No. 10
$4-°°
12 hickory handles, district No. 10
3.00
12 lead pencils, district No. io .
.40
io lbs. English steel, district No. io
1.60
26 lbs. 1 -^ octagon cast-steel, district
No. 10 .
2.60
25 lbs. iyi Jersey steel, district No. ic
> 3-75
6 Harvey's picks
5.00
20 lbs. drill steel
2.00
4 mattocks ....
2.20
4 hickory handles
1. 00
6 striking-hammer handles .
•50
Paid J. B. Varick Co. :
12 pick handles ....
2.00
2 gimlets .....
.20
3 handles ......
•3°
1 saw .....
1. 12
1 plumb bob and line.
1. 00
16 lbs. cast-steel
2.40
18 lbs. cast-steel
2.70
12 pick handles ....
2.00
147 lbs. cast-steel
22.05
2 tape-measures ....
1.70
1 blacksmith hammer
1. 00
1 brick-hammer
•75
2 7*^ -inch trowels
1.20
6 ruby lantern-globes .
3.60
6 spading-forks ....
3.40
1 14-inch Stilson wrench .
2.25
10 contractor's picks .
7-5°
1 18-inch Stillman's wrench
3.00
12 contractor's picks
7.00
12 pick handles
2.00
1 steel square ....
.60
2 34-inch sledge handles .
.30
1 hand-ax ....
.10
5 lbs. rope ....
•55
SEWERS AND DRAINS.
525
12 cesspool handles .
12 sledge handles
12 tubular lanterns and ruby globes
18 " Granite State" shovels
Paid John F. Conway, measuring guage
George L. Robinson, 6 pairs of
rubber boots .
William P. Farmer, 7 pairs of rub
ber boots ....
J. Stickney, 2 pairs of boots .
J. Stickney, 2 oil suits .
J. Stickney, 1 pair oil overs .
J. Stickney, 2 oil suits, district No
10 ....
Paid S. C. Forsaith Machine Co. :
1 new Knowles steam-pump, with
boiler and fittings as per contract .
Steel spanner for steam pump
140 lbs. brass castings for reducer for
steam pump .
18^ hours' labor on the above .
1 new portable forge, complete
SEWER-PIPE.
$4-5°
1.50
12.00
9.00
•75
18.00
i7-3°
7.00
4-5°
1.25
4-5°
970.00
■35
5.18
7.40
35-4Q
1,397-36
Paid George D. Goodrich, sewer-pipe,
per contract .... $264.26
George D. Goodrich, sewer-pipe,
per contract .... 297.77
George D. Goodrich, sewer-pipe,
per contract .... 215.06
Henry Fisk, sewer-pipe, per con-
tract ..... 5,428.29
Henry Fisk, sewer-pipe, per con-
tract ..... 369.10
Manchester Heating and Lighting
Co., sewer-pipe, as per contract 323.18
526
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Manchester Heating and Lighting
Co., sewer-pipe, as per contract
Manchester Heating and Lighting
Co., sewer-pipe, as per contract
Pettee & Adams, sewer-pipe .
MATERIALS, LABOR, ETC.
Paid Charles H. Hutchinson :
13,755^2 lbs. manholes, grates, traps,
etc. ....
io}4 lbs. brass pins for traps
72 feet pine lumber .
1 lb. of glue
1 pint of shellac
2 dozen screws .
44 hours' labor on traps, covers, etc.
34^4 hours' labor on new manhole and
cover pattern ....
Repairing stamp
2,257 lbs. manholes, castings, etc.
725 lbs. manholes, castings, etc. .
6 hours on mammoth grate, etc. .
Paid George F. Higgins, 220 lbs. 8-inch
cast-iron pipe, used as culvert under
crossing on McGregor street
Paid Manchester Locomotive Works :
2,534 lbs. grates and covers
974 lbs. grates .....
8 lbs. castings (brass) ....
26 lbs. forgings
1 T8^ days' labor on 26 forgings .
7,765 lbs. castings, traps, manholes,
etc. ......
10,309 lbs. castings, traps, manholes,
etc.
3,505 lbs. castings, traps, manholes,
etc. ......
$329-18
5,267.14
337-31
$12,831.29
$412.67
315
1.44
•50
.40
. 10
17.60
13.80
67.71
2i-7S
2.40
6.60
76.02
29.22
2.00
.78
7.20
232-95
309.24
SEWERS AND DRAINS.
527
4 lbs. castings (brass), manholes, etc.
1,407 lbs. castings, traps, manholes,
etc. ......
1,170 lbs. castings, traps, manholes,
etc.
Paid Thomas A. Lane :
50 feet ^ -inch hose, district No. 10 .
2^ lbs. hemp packing, district No. 10
1 ball asbestos packing, district No. 10
1 flue cleaner and wire, district No. 10
50 feet 4-ply hose, district No. 10
2 Edison diaphragms, district No. 10 .
28 feet suction hose, district No. 2
2 set of hose couplings, district No. 2
12 suction hose packings, district No. 2
Materials and labor, district No. 2
Materials and labor, district No. 10 .
Materials and labor, district No. 2
Paid S. C. Forsaith Machine Co. :
1 1 -inch smoke-stack, 60 lbs., for steam
drill
1 water glass for steam drill
I tie piece and express for steam drill
8 hours' labor on steam drill
i7}4 hours' labor on steam drill
Globe, valves, elbows, etc., for steam
drill
146 lbs. of castings at 3^0.
I I hours' labor . . .
9^ hours' labor on steam drill .
5,342 feet spruce plank
214 feet spruce joist .
270 feet pine ....
30 feet fence cap
4 hours' labor on drills, district No
10 .....
$1.00
43- ir
35-IQ
6.00
.68
•25
1. 00
9-5°
4-5°
50.00
9.00
1.20
43-°9
4.94
3-°4
3.00
■25
2. 10
3.20
7.00
8.22
4.40
3.80
«5-47
3-42
5-x3
•75
1.60
528 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
28}^ hours' labor on drills . . $11.40
Norway iron, 2 lbs. .... .14
Paid Allen N. Clapp, pails, oils, and
other supplies for district No. 10 85.97
John Driscoll, l/2 dozen dippers . .87
John Driscoll, 1 large dipper - . .50
J. Hodge, 67 feet i-inch sapling . 1.68
J. Hodge, 6% hours' labor . . 2.50
J. Hodge, screws .... .50
Paid Manchester Locomotive Works :
16 hooks, 20 lbs. refined iron . .60
12 brass rivets, 4 lbs. brass castings . 1.00
16-10 days' labor on above . . 6.40
5,434 lbs. grates, traps, and other cast-
ings ...... 163.02
1,822 lbs. grates, traps, and other cast-
ings for district No 10 . . . 54.66
Paid Marden & Woodbury, labor on
stone cutter, 3^ days . . IJ-37
Concord Foundry Co., 1 18-inch
base grate . . . . . 5.00
BLACKSMITHING.
Paid D. F. Cressey, sharpening picks and
other tools, district No. 10 . $23.26
D. F. Cressey, work on steam drill 372.10
Amoskeag Manufacturing Co., 12
hours' labor sharpening drills . 5.28
John T. Beach, sharpening tools of
all kinds 7.33
Joseph Greenwood, sharpening
picks, drills, etc. . . . 12.10
Thomas Hickey, sharpening picks,
drills, etc. . . . . 16.20
James Morrison, sharpening drills,
picks, .etc. .... 2.15
$2,003.30
$438-42
SEWERS AND DRAINS. 529
CEMENT, BRICK, STONE, LUMBER.
Paid Merrill & Freeman, 13 barrels Nor-
ton cement .... $21.45
Pettee & Adams, 733 barrels Norton
cement ..... 1,032.83
Pettee & Adams, 1 barrel of Port-
land cement . . . . 3.00
Pettee & Adams, four barrels bag
strings ..... .50
W. F. Head & Son, 189,000 brick
at 56.50 1,228.50
Waterman Smith, 16.S perch stone,
Hanover-street culvert . . 33- 60
F. S. Bod well, 77 cesspool stones . 225.60
Head & Dowst Co., lot of paving
stone, corner of Central and
Canal streets . . . • 50.00
Head & Dowst Co., 1,400 U and
D brick . . . . . 11.90
L. M. Aldrich, labor and lumber . 1.65
A. C. Wallace, 22,081 feet spruce
boards and plank, district No. 10 353-5°
A. C. Wallace, 664 feet spruce 4x6 10.62
A. C. Wallace, 9,020 feet spruce
plank, etc., in district No. 10 . 148.09
Paid Head & Dowst Co. :
Lumber, labor, etc., boxing pump on
engine at Barr-street sewer, district
No. 10 8.71
25 feet 1 % spruce at $25, district No. 10 .63
105 feet drag plank at $40, district
No. 10 . . . . . . 4.20
3,946 feet spfuce at $16, district No.
10 ...... 63.13
4,390 feet old plank at #10, district
No. 10 . . . . . . 43- 90
34
530 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
43 feet 4 x 4 spruce .... $0.69
Paid Flint & Little, 100 feet of lumber
on Lowell street . . . 1.40
S. C. Forsaith Machine Co., 504
feet spruce fence boards, at the
Hallsville sewer, near shoeshop . 8.06
S. C. Forsaith Machine Co., 102
feet spruce boards and joists . 1.63
S. C. Forsaith Machine Co., 3,010
feet spruce plank, Belmont street 48.16
Amoskeag Manufacturing Co., 112,-
000 brick, at $7.15 . . . 800.80
L. M. Aldrich, 16 feet of chestnut
lumber ..... .40
L. M. Aldrich, spikes and three
hours' labor .... .80
$4,103.75
Paid Concord & Montreal Railroad, freight on brick
and castings ...... . $171.05
SUNDRIES.
Paid Pike & Heald, drinking cups, etc. $5-68
Pike & Heald, lead pipe and labor,
depot supply pipe . . . 11.76
A. Moulton, 2 hogsheads . . 2.50
Palmer & Gannon, cutting sewer
stones . . . . . 1.67
J. B. Clarke, advertising notice, 2
inches to March 16 . . . 12.00
Union Publishing Co., advertising
proposals for sewer pipe, 3 squares,
9th to 18th . . . . u.25
S. M. Worthley, 7^ gallons of ker-
osene oil . . . . . 3.60
S. M. Worthley, 1 water pail . .45
SEWERS AND DRAINS. 531
Paid S. M. Worthley, oatmeal . . . $2.10
Dennis Kerwin, 8 lbs. tallow . . .48
E. R. Coburn, 26 special blank-
books ..... 20.98
J. H. Wiggin, 3 empty barrels . .54
Manchester Horse Railway, 100 car
tickets ..... 4.50
L. B. Bodwell, y2 cord of pine slabs 2.00
L. B. Bodwell, 2,100 lbs. Cumber-
land coal 6.82
J. F. Wyman, 2,445 -^s- egS coab
district No. 10 . . . . 7.88
J. F. Wyman, 9,440 lbs. Cumber-
land coal, district No. 10 . . 30.68
J. F. Wyman, 2 cords of pine wood,
district No. 10 . . . . 10.00
J. F. Wyman, 6,820 lbs. Cumber-
land coal, district No. 10 . . 22.16
E. P. Johnson Co., 1 barrel of
Cumberland coal, in 1890 . . 1.25
E. P. Johnson Co., }( ton of Cum-
berland coal, in 1890 . . 1.85
E. P. Johnson Co., 6 barrels Cum-
berland coal . . . . 7.50
E. P. Johnson Co., 2,000 lbs. Le-
high coal, on Russell-street sewer 7.50
Orin Rawson, lot of cut wood, Rus-
sell-street sewer . . . . n-75
Pettee &: Adams, 5^ pounds of
string .83,
Pettee & Adams, 1 cask of lime . 1.00
Pettee & Adams, 2 cider barrels . .60
Pettee & Adams, salt ... .55
John W. Wilson, moving black-
smith shop .... 6.00
S. C. Forsaith Machine Co., 1 gal-
lon cylinder oil . . . . .80
532 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid S. C. Forsaith Machine Co., i load
stub wood ..... $2.25
J. Stickney, 3 pounds rubber pack-
ing • -75
J. B. Varick Co., hardware . . 51-68
J. B. Varick Co., hardware, district
No. 10 5.65
Manchester Hardware Co., hard-
ware . . . . . . 4.10
Killey& Wadleigh, repairing steam
drill 46.15
Killey & Wadleigh, hardware . 53-38
Head & Dowst Co., use of engine
18 days, from April 25, 189 1 . 18.00
Head & Dowst Co., use of drill iS
days, from April 25, 1891 . . 18.00
Thos. L. Thorpe, 126 pounds bags 3.78
F. A. Platts, 6 gallons kerosene oil,
2 lantern globes ... .98
J. W. Wilson, teaming . . . 14.98
E. P. Annis, 16 gallons kerosene
oil, 8 pounds of suet . . 2.32
A. & D. M. Poore, % ton Cumber-
land coal . . . . . 1.60
Paid John F. Larkin, Webster-street en-
gine house :
57 feet 4 inches soil pipe . . . 10.26
1 4-inch trap ..... 1.50
Fittings ...... 7.26
Putting conductor pipe and gutter . 6.50
Labor 5 days, 2 men .... 30.00
Paid Thos. A. Lane, 25 feet 7-ply steam
wound hose, district No. 10 . 21.25
Thos. A. Lane, other materials, dis-
trict No. 10 ... 4.60
Thos. A. Lane, labor 1 man 3 hours
on hose, district No. 10 . . 1.2a
engineer's department. 533
Paid Horace Holbrook, 2 loads for cov-
ering blasts .... $2.00
Eager & Rand, 5 gallons kerosene
oil, 1 jug, 1 gallon vinegar . 1.15
$506.02
Total expenditures $55A°9-73
Engineer's Department.
Appropriation $3,500.00
Expenditures,
labor.
Paid W. H. Bennett, service as city en-
gineer . . . . $1,171.00
H. J. Briggs, 20S 3-10 days' labor
assisting engineer
D. I. Dewey, 1 1 days' labor in office
H. M. Young, 309 6-10 days' labor
assisting engineer
G. W. Wales, 294 6-10 days' labor
assisting engineer
John M. Kendall, work on plans of
receiving tomb, Valley cemetery
415-95
14.50
690.60
5S5.20
3.00
,1,709.25
TEAM AND TEAM EXPENSES.
Paid W. H. Bennett, cash paid for horse
one half-day . . . . $1.25
Connor & Grossman, shoeing horse 7.50
J. F. Woodbury, shoeing horse . 3.50
E. T. James, horse hire . . 164.50
Whitten & Fifield, horse hire, April,
May, June, and July . . 91.25
534
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Whitten & Fifield, horse hire, Au
gust to September 12
Whitten & Fifield, horse hire to
November 7
J. T. Beach, repairing wagon
Frederick Allen, repairing bridle
50c, harness, $3.50 .
A. H. Stark, varnishing democrat
wagon ....
$47-5°
43-75
21.85
4.00
S.00
SUPPLIES AND OFFICE EXPENSES.
Paid H. M. Young, 1 tape clamp .
$0 75
H. M. Young, use of team 2 days
5.00
H. M. Young, repairing bag and
rubber boots ....
•75
Paid W. H. Bennett :
1 paper of tacks ....
•25
Postage stamps . .
2.00
Express
.20
Paste and gum .....
.56
Horse-car fares .....
5-7°
Expense to Concord and return 3 times
3.66
Repairs of tapes, etc.
7-°5
Paid Buff & Berger, 1 Boston rod .
15.00
George Blanchet, 82 yards of cot-
ton cloth .....
11.49
George Blanchet, 1 walnut case
5.00
Paid E. R. Coburn & Co. :
1 copying press and book .
6.00
15 dozen pencils ....
13.70
1 roll tracing cloth ....
9-45
2 rolls blue print ....
2-75
Ink, fasteners, letter file, 3 triangles,
blank-book, pens, and other station-
ery ......
i8.S3
engineer's department. 535
i draughtsman's scale . . . $5-°°
6 record books 4-°°
$% pounds egg shell paper . . i.88
India ink ...... 2.40
Paid Albert Hilcken, repairing binding
on books 2.45
Manchester Hardware Co., 1 level,
2 4-foot rules .... 2.85
Sampson, Murdock & Co., 6 Man-
chester maps . . . . 1-50
Temple & Farrington Co., 2 blank
books 8.25
Temple & Farrington Co., ink and
other stationery . . . 4-44
J. B. Varick Co., 1 lantern . . .35
J. B. Varick Co., 6-inch belt punch 1.12
J. B. Varick Co., 1 feather duster . 2.25
J. B. Varick Co., 1 hand hammer . 1.25
T. H. Tuson, printing on blanks
for sewer orders ... .60
Thos. W. Lane, 1 long curve bracket 1.83
Thos. W. Lane, 1 self-lighter . .75
A. S. Campbell & Co., 100 postals
and printing . . . . 1.60
Paid John B. Clarke, printing 125 re-
ports, 42 pages . . . . $20.85
John B. Clarke, printing plan of
Derryfield park . . . . 5.00
S. C. Forsaith Machine Co., 1,000
chestnut stakes, pointed . . 15-00
Head & Dowst, lumber and labor
at engineer's office . . . 12.25
J. Hodge, 2,500 pine grade stakes 22.50
$i5<
536 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid J. B. Varick Co., paint brush, nails,
and twine .....
Total expenditures .
Amount transferred to reserved fund
£°-59
$76.19
$3>499-9°
.10
$3,500.00
Health Department.
Appropriation ..... . . $1,500.00
Expenditures.
Paid Geo. C. Hoitt, salary as health offi-
cer from February, 1890, to Feb-
ruary, 1 89 1 . . . . $200.00
W. M. Parsons, salary as health of-
ficer, as above .... 200.00
Joseph B. Sawyer, salary as health
officer, as above . . . 200.00
Russell White, inspector, 310 days'
labor ..... 620.00
M. J. Jenkins, inspector, 2 29 y2
days' labor . . . . 5 16. 38
Chas, Ff. Reed, 30 days' services
from Aug. 19 to Sept. 30, 1890 67.50
$1,803.88
PRINTING AND STATIONERY
John B. Clarke, 150 reports, 16
pages, cover . . . . $8.90
John B. Clarke, publishing notice,
3 inches 3 times . . . 8.50
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
537
Paid Union Publishing Co., publishing
notice, 4 squares 3 times .
A. S. Campbell & Co., printing 650
blanks and 100 2-cent envelopes
A. S. Campbell & Co., printing 200
note heads .
Budget Job Printing Co., printing
health bulletins for January
Frank H. Challis, printing health
bulletins for 5 months ending
June 30 ...
Frank H. Challis, printing health
bulletins for 3 months, July, Au
gust, September
Temple & Farrington Co., 1 record
book ....
J. B. Sawyer, stationery
J. B. Sawyer, 500 one-cent stamped
envelopes ....
J. B. Sawyer, stationery, etc.
S. S. Piper, postmaster, 500 one
cent stamped envelopes
$8.00
7-5°
1. 10
2.50
12.50.
7-5°
•55
•45
5.60
3.86
6.00
$72.96
Paid F. X. Chenette, use of team .
F. X. Chenette, hacks and team re
moving family to the pest-house
J. Freeman, use of team
M. J. Jenkins, horse- car fares
E. T. James, horse and buggy to
Londonderry
Russell White, horse-car fares
Russell White, expenses to Law
rence and return
F. X. Chenette, removing dead
horse ....
$3-°°
4-5°
1. 00
4-75
2.50
33'76
1.30
4.00
538
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Thos. Franker, services with team,
burning bed and clothing infect-
ed with typhoid fever
David Perkins, burying large dead
dog
Russell White, team carrying infect-
ed bed to furnace
J. C. Nichols & Son, use of team .
J. E. A. Lanouette, 2 visits to Ger-
vais family at pest-house .
$i-5°
3-5°
§64.06
SUNDRIES.
Paid John B. Hall, prescriptions for Ger
vais family
George H. Dorr, appraising beds
and clothing of Gervais family
A. L. Jenness & Son, use of hack
by board of health
A. D. Sherer, cleansing and fum
gating tenement on Lake avenue
(Gervais family)
J. C. Nichols, use of horse and car
riage ....
C. O. Phelps, removing and bury-
ing dead horse, by order of board
of health ....
E. R. Angell, analysis of water, etc
Total expenditures .
Amount transferred to reserved fund
2.50
2.50
9.60
$2.3.10
$1,964.00
36.00
§2,000.00
REPAIRS OF SCHOOLHOUSES. 539
Repairs of Schoolhouses.
Appropriation . $4,000.00
Amount transferred from reserved fund . . . 44.88
Expenditures.
MASON -WORK.
Paid B. W. Robinson, whitewashing,
patching, labor, and stock on 14
schoolhouses .... $184.08
Charles E. Lord, stock and labor
on Spring-street schoolhouse . 231.58
Paid B. W. Robinson :
Brickwork on chimneys, smoke-pipe,
etc 11.73
i2^f days' mason labor, at $3.50 . 42.87
7 days' tending, at $1.75 . . . 12.25
2 casks of lime, \x/2 casks of cement . 4.25
i,6oo brick at $8.50, setting steps at
Ash-street schoolhouse . . . 13-60
Paid Amoskeag Manufacturing Co., 18
stones, 49.59 cubic feet, for Ash-street
school basement steps . . . !9-S3
PAINTING AND GLAZING.
Paid John A. Sargent, painting and glaz-
ing, stock and labor on sundry
schoolhouses .... $346.73
James R. Carr, frosting 8 windows
at Webster-street schoolhouse . 2.00
Samuel A. Hill, 13 lights of glass
and 5 pounds of paint in 4
schoolhouses .... 3.59
$4,044- S8
$520.19
540 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Samuel A. Hill, n lights of glass . $2.18
J. C. Blaine, putty, glass, etc. . 1.00
L. & W. Seiberlich, glass, paint,
and varnish .... 2.09
J. J. Abbott, painting and glazing
in 5 schoolhouses . . . 21.30
J. J. Abbott, stain, shellac, varnish,
and labor ..... 4.59
CLEANING VAULTS.
Paid J. S. Webster, cleaning 2 vaults in
Webster district . . . §2.50
T. McKenna, cleaning 10 vaults at
£3-5° 34-5°
C. C. Webster, cleaning vault at
Harvey district schoolhouse . 2.50
C. C. Webster, cleaning vault at
Goffe's Falls schoolhouse . . 2.qo
WOODWORK.
Paid Head & Dowst, for sheathing and
other lumber at the Webster-street
schoolhouse . . . . §22.31
Head & Dowst, for sheathing and
other lumber at the Lincoln-street
schoolhouse . . . . 40.22
Head & Dowst, for sheathing and
other lumber at the North Main-
street schoolhouse . . . 3.40
George H. Dudley, labor, lumber,
and hardware . . . . 1,157.74
A. C. Wallace, stick of timber,
flag pole ..... 12.00
S333-48
§42.00
§1,235.67
REPAIRS OF SCHOOLHOUSES. 541
PLUMBING AND IRONWORK.
Paid Thos. A. Lane :
For materials and labor in plumbing,
piping, etc., in various schoolhouses $400.70
Boiler for Ash-street schoolhouse, con-
tract ...... 490.00
Plumbing materials, at Ash -street
schoolhouse . . . . . 575.42
Hand-hold, packings, and labor on
boiler ...... 4.90
Paid Mahurin Lightning Rod Co., for
44 feet rod on Webster-street
schoolhouse . . . . 17.60
Mahurin Lightning Rod Co., for
90 feet rod on new wing Web-
ster-street schoolhouse . . 36.00
Mahurin Lightning Rod Co., one
point . . . . . 2.00
Pike & Heald, labor on furnaces,
boilers, etc. . . . . 78. oS
J. B. McCrillis & Son, fire-irons for
Ash-street schoolhouse . . 2.08
D. J. Adams, fitting keys, repairs
on door bell, etc. . . . 1.65
Manchester Heating and Lighting
Co., bell and tube-work at Web-
ster-street schoolhouse . . 146.00
Amoskeag Manufacturing Co., 26
pairs desk legs, 490 lbs., at 5c. . 24.80
Amoskeag Manufacturing Co., forg-
ing for flag pole . . . 2.54
Paid George Whitford, grading yard at
Lincoln-street schoolhouse . $19. 3 7
$1,781.77
542 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Henry C. Dickey, sinking and con-
necting barrel at Bakersville
schoolhouse . . . . $5-oo
Francis Galipian, filling for North
Main-street schoolhouse yard, 356
loads, at 15c. .... 53-4o
Francis Galipian, grading of each
load . . . . . 1.50
F. P. Colby, moving pianos at
Webster-street schoolhouse . 1.50
J. S. Avery, glazing 1 light of glass
at Ash-street schoolhouse . . .50
Samuel Boyce, piling wood and
setting glass at Varney school . .50
#81.77
Total expenditures .... $4, 044. 88
Fuel.
Appropriation ....... $3,700.00
Amount transferred from reserved fund . . . 973-54
$4,673.54
Expenditures.
Paid L. B. Bod well & Co., 265,480 lbs.
of egg coal .... $852.63
A. & D. M. Poore, 402,170 lbs. egg
coal 1,258.78
Moore & Preston, 343,870 lbs. egg
coal, at $6.25 .... 1,074.59
Moore & Preston, 24,000 lbs. egg
coal, at $7 84.00
FUEL.
543
Paid DeCourcy &: Holland, 6,000 lbs.
egg coal, at $6.75
DeCoury & Holland, 6,250 lbs.
egg coal
$20.25
19-54
#3>3°9-79
Paid DeCourcy & Holland, 1 cord hard
wood, cut ....
DeCourcey & Holland, 1 cord of
white pine wood, cut
L. B. Bodwell & Co., 1% cords
hard wood, sawed
L. B. Bodwell & Co., 7 barrels
L. B. Bodwell & Co., 266,810 lbs
egg coal ....
Moore & Preston, 6 cords of beech
and maple, sawed
Moore & Preston, ^H cords of
pine wood, sawed
J. H. Proctor, 1 cord of pine wood
sawed and split .
W. Finley, sawing old wood .
C. N, Harvey, y2 cord of hard
wood ....
C. N. Harvey, y? cord of pine
wood .....
C. N. Harvey, sawing and splittin
J. Hodge, kindlings
M. Dana, moving wood
S. A. Blood, \% cords of wood
Paid Warren Harvey :
45 cords of wood for sundry schools
Teaming from Lincoln-street school to
training school
\y2 cords sawed at the high school
$7
00
5-5°
10
50
70
833
78
40
75
148
5°
5
00
75
$1
3
3
7
265
544 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
\y2 cords sawed at the South Main-
street school . . . . . $1-50
Sawing and splitting at Wilson school-
house .75
$i>343-25
CHARCOAL.
Paid L. B. Bodwell & Co., 49 barrels charcoal . $20.50
Total expenditures ..... 54,673.54
Furniture and Supplies.
Appropriation ..... . . $750.00
Expenditures.
djhemical apparatus and supplies.
Paid Tebbetts & Soule, for chemical supplies . . $60.85
HARDWARE.
Paid Killey & Wadleigh, floor brushes,
screwdriver, ax handle, pick handle,
and other hardware .... $11-85
Paid John B. Varick Co. :
2 wire door mats .... 5.00
1 truck for superintendent's office . 2.50
Screws, baskets, snow shovels, floor
brush, brooms, water pails, steel
hoes, and other hardware . . 74. 36
12 ash barrels, hardware, etc. . . 58.16
Paid Manchester Hardware Co., tacks,
snow shovels, 4 call bells, and other
hardware 23.42
$175.29
FURNITURE AND SUPPLIES.
545
BOOKS AND STATIONERY.
Paid Silver, Burdette & Co., for histories,
index, and maps
A. G. Whitcomb, 5 dozen ink wells
Paid J. L. Hammett :
16 Stanford's maps
3 gross maple rules
y? dozen compasses
1 dozen call bells
5 gross gem erasers
1 gross Ross ink wells
20 gross lead pencils .
y2 gross H. and C. compasses
3 Johnson's maps
Paid Ginn & Co., music charts
$3°
*5
10
2 5
60
00
4
60
10
80
7
00
32
*5
7-5°
45
CO
10
80
8
25
15-3°
$241.80
FURNITURE.
Paid Charles A. Hoitt & Co. :
Re-seating chair
1 desk and 1 table
5 10-foot settees, 50 feet at 60c.
1 desk ....
2 office chairs .
3 chairs ....
Re-seating 2 chairs .
2 2-gallon jars ....
Paid Temple & Farrington Co., 40 shade
fixtures, rings, and labor for the
Varney schoolhouse .
George F. King & Merrill, 2 9-
inch globes .
George F. King & Merrill, 4 pairs
of compasses . . . .
D. A. Simons, 2 chairs .
C. A. Abbott, 1 teacher's des'<;
$0.35
14.25
30.00
11.25
3.00
2.62
1. 10
.90
65-5°
T-75
3-5°
9-65
546 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
$25.00
5-4o
Paid George S. Perry, 2 revolving black-
boards
George S. Perry, 1 portable black-
board .....
George H. Richter & Co., 1 20-
drawer Shannon cabinet, black
walnut ..... 56.00
Head & Dowst Co., 229 feet of sap-
ling, sawing and planing foot-
rests for small children . . 7.0S
Amount transferred to reserved fund
$245-35
Paid A. S. Barnes & Co., 10 gallons
black ink ..... $6.00
Thorp, Adams, & Co., 10 gallons
black ink ..... 6.00
A. N. Clapp, soap, Tuxedo, etc. .89
A. M. Eastman, ivorine, oil, gold
dust soap, brooms, etc. . . 3.40
A. A. Jenkins, tuning piano at
Franklin-street school . . 1.50
A. A. Jenkins, 2 strings on piano
at training school ... .50
A. A. Jenkins, tuning piano at
high school . . . . 2.00
Prang Educational Co., 12 bricks
of clay, for molding in primary
schools 2.88
$23.17
Total expenditures ..... $746.46
3-54
$750.00
BOOKS AND STATIONERY. 547
Books and Stationery.
Appropriation $300.00
Expenditures,
sundries.
Paid American Book Co., 2 Webster's
International dictionaries . . $17.20
American Book Co., 50 Wentworth's
Arithmetical Problems . . 12.21
J. L. Hammett, 10 quarts carmine
ink 6.25
J. B. Lippincott, 1 Worcester's
quarto dictionary . . . 7.00
E. B. Woodbury, postal cards and
paper 2.25
Temple & Farrington Co., 12 sheets
paper for high school . . .24
J. B. McCrillis & Son, 1 typewriter
ribbon for high school . . 1.00
J. B. McCrillis & Son, 500 sheets
Griffin paper for high school . .65
J. B. McCrillis & Son, 500 sheets
Griffin paper for superintendent's
office .65
W. P. Goodman, ink stands, blot-
ting paper, envelopes, mucilage,
stands, rubber bands, ink, Mc-
Gill's fasteners, etc. . . . 12.05
S. S. Piper, P. M., postage stamps
for use of board . . . 5.00
Total expenditures ..... $62.50
Amount transferred to reserved fund . . . 237.50
$300.00
548
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Printing and Advertising.
Appropriation ....
Expenditures.
sundries.
Paid John B. Clarke, printing :
130 postals, ringing out
$2.60
600 manuals, 16 pages, cover
16.75
200 certificates, teachers' .
T-75
125 organizations, 16 pages, bound
16.00
250 postals, truant officer .
4-75
$400.00
Advertising teachers' examination,
squares 2 weeks, daily .
Advertising teachers' examination, '.
squares 2 times, weekly .
160 lists mill pupils ...
300 cards for frames, to show grade
classes, etc. ....
300 ruled cards
160 lists mill pupils .
50 placards ....
1,000 corporal punishment blanks
1,000 cards ruled two ways
Advertising Varney school, 5^ squares
2 times .....
1,000 half-note headings .
400 pamphlets ....
600 reports, 72 pages, cover, 4 plates
2,400 examination papers .
115 note circulars
700 examination papers
500 examination papers
554 tickets, reserved, high school
1,800 programs, high school
10.50
5-5°
4.60
1.50
2.25
6.00
2.00
5.00
4.00
6.20
3-75
1.25
50.80
19.85
2.50
rS.10
1 1. 00
2.25
10. CO
CONTINGENT EXPENSES.
549
40 lists teachers and salaries
100 half-note circulars, contracts
Cutting and punching cardboard
Rebinding 3 vols. Scribner's Reader .
Blank order book of 200 pages
5,000 primary Friday cards
160 lists mill pupils .
20 lists school slips .
5 lists school slips
125 letter circulars to teachers
1,000 certificates
1,500 cards ruled both ways
2,825 blanks of various kinds
1 blank record book .
Paid A. S. Campbell & Co., 200 postals
and printing ....
A. S. Campbell & Co., 200 yea and
nay cards .....
A. S. Campbell & Co., 300 postals
and printing same
Daily Press Publishing Co., adver-
tising teachers' examinations, 4
squares 11 times
Union Publishing Co., advertising
teachers' examinations, 2 squares,
Daily and Weekly, 2 weeks
Total expenditures .
Amount transferred to reserved fund
$4-5°
2.25
1. 00
1.25
3-75
9.00
7.00
1.50
•5°
6.00
2-75
6.00
98.00
9-5°
2-75
1.60
3.86
13.00
$361.90
$34-21
$396.11
3-S9
$400.00
Contingent Expenses.
Appropriation
Amount transferred from reserved fund .
$800.00
131.92
$93l-92
550 report of the city auditor.
Expenditures.
Paid J. G. Jones, freight and cartage . $33-65
W. R. Blakeley & Co., moving
books from North Main-street to
Varney schoolhouse . . . 2.30
W. R. Blakeley & Co., trucking
school furniture from and to sun-
dry schoolhouses
WATER AND GAS.
SUNDRIES.
7.OO
Paid Manchester Water-works, water for
October, November, and Decem-
ber, 1890 #91.20
People's Gas-Light Co., for gas . 145.18
Paid Killey & Wadleigh, 1 feather dus-
ter, steel rake, lag screws, cord,
and other hardware . . . $2.65
J. B. Varick Co., oil, cord, shoe
pegs, floor brushes, 1 steel rake,
1 dog scissors, rim locks, window
brush and handle . . . 10.10
Higgins Bros. Co., use of 25 chairs
at Opera House . . . 1.50
L. K. Mead, 3 boxes chlorides (dis-
infectant) ..... 1.26
Manchester Hardware Co., wrap-
ping twine, floor brushes, screw
hooks and eyes, wire nails . . 3.S6
Edward B. Woodbury, postage . 3.00
$23,6.^8
1.20
8.5c
CONTINGENT EXPENSES.
Paid Temple & Farrington Co., card-
board, drawing paper, carbon pa-
per, 1 20 sheets of paper, and
other stationery . • ■ M,4°
Temple & Farrington Co., 1 box of
charcoal, 2 quires 50-pound pa-
per for drawing at high school .
C. A. Trefethen, repairs on clocks
and microscope from April 22 to
October 28
C. A. Trefethen, repairs on clocks
February 9 to October 10, 1891 . 2°-5°
Peter Harris, keys, key rings, re-
pairing locks .
W. P. Goodman, mucilage, memo-
randa, inkstands, and other sta-
10.01
tionery .
J. S. Avery, setting glass at sundry
schoolhouses .
Allen N. Clapp, 6 pounds soap
Hammond Typewriter Co., 1 dozen
blue carbon, superintendent's
office • • • • •
Manchester Heating and Lighting
Co., 2 glass jars for the high
school battery . ,7°
Pike & Heald, dipper, waste, mop
sticks, cleaning and repairing
stoves and pipes, brushes, labor,
etc. .••••*
George S. Perry, 40 packages sand
disks
George S. Perry, 12 No. 12 turkey
dusters
R.. H. McDonough, chloride of
lime (disinfectant) . • • 3-33
551
1.02
•5°
25.72
6.00
5.00
552 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Thorp & Adams Manufacturing Co.,
10 gallons jet black ink, less kegs
returned ..... $S-1Q
A. A. Jenkins, repairing and tun-
ing pianos .... 20.00
A. A. Jenkins, tuning piano at Op-
era House (graduation) . . 2.00
William E. Buck, for carriage hire,
visiting schools .... 56.00
William E. Buck, for telegrams and
expressage . . . . 34.79
William E. Buck, for postage, stamps
and cards ..... 7.00
William E. Buck, for carriage hire,
visiting schools, etc. . . . 35 .00
Gust. Foster, rent of hall for school 3400
E. T. James, horse and sleigh . 3.00
G. H. Dudley, 3 days' labor on in-
ventory ..... 7.50
Wyckoff, Seamans & Benedict, 1
N°- 5 5 77S Remington type-
writer ..... 100.00
Wyckoff, Seamans & Benedict, 2
8-drawer cabinets . . . 48. 00
Wyckoff, Seamans & Benedict, 2
Longley copy holders . . 3.00
Opera House Co., rent of Opera
House, Thursday, June 25, 1891 25.00
William Heron, Jr., 134 diplomas . 25-7°
Albert Somes, expenses to Boston
and return .... 4.65
William H. Elliott, 4 pitch pipes . 1.00
William H. Elliott, 1 piano cover . 2.50
Ginn & Co., 1 new 2d music chart 7.75
J. L. Hammett, books and maps . 21.15
Prang Educational Co., 100 school
squares No. 2 . . . . 6.55
CARE OF ROOMS.
553
Paid Eastern Educational Bureau, sub-
scription for "Common School
Education" for year beginning
January, 1890, for training school
Educational Publishing Co., sub-
scription to " Popular Educator,"
beginning November, 1890, for
training school .
Frank H. Kasson, subscription for
" Education " for two years begin
n-ing January, 1890 .
Ruby I. Fox, cleaning Youngsville
schoolhouse in December, 1890
Margaret Flynn, cleaning school
house at Goffe's Falls
Frank W. Fitts, ribbon for diplomas
Hale & Whittemore, framing 4 pho
graphs school buildings
Harley & Robbie, ribbon for diplo
mas .....
S. S. Piper, P. M., postage stamps
Joel Daniels & Co., paint
Frank P. Colby, moving pianos
F. T. E. Richardson, cash paid ex
penses of musical festival .
Total expenditures .
$2.00
6.00
2.50
2.50
5-5°
8.00
1. 19
10.00
1.56
14.00
35-25
£652.59
$931.92
Care of Rooms.
Appropriation ....
Amount transferred from reserved fund
$3,700.00
r5-75
#3<7i5-75
554 report of the city auditor.
Expenditures.
labor.
Paid J. S. Avery, janitor high and Ash-
street schoolhouses . . . 5600.00
Ella F. Barker, janitor Hallsville
schoolhouse , 34-5°
Inez M. Warren, janitor 14 weeks
Stark schoolhouse . . . 14.00
Joseph C. Blaine, janitor South
Main-street schoolhouse . . 243.52
James E. Bailey, janitor Amoskeag
schoolhouse .... 170.00
E. P. Cogswell, janitor training-
school house .... 360.55
E. P. Cogswell, extra labor piling
wood . . . . . .50
H. C. Dickey, janitor Bakersville
schoolhouse .... 295.84
D. S. Dunbar, janitor Mosquito
Pond schoolhouse 23 weeks . 18.00
Andrew Dobbins, janitor Goffe's
Falls schoolhouse . . . 37-oo
Rose Elliott, janitor Webster's Mills
schoolhouse .... *7-5°
Delia R. Webster, janitor Hallsville
schoolhouse .... 7.00
E. J. Ela, janitor Harvey district
schoolhouse .... 47-87
Olive A. Rowe, janitor Hallsville
schoolhouse 14 weeks . . 21.00
Michael Finley, janitor at Webster
and Blodget street schoolhouses . 277.75
Ruby I. Fox, janitor Youngsville
schoolhouse .... 14.00
CONTINGENT EXPENSES. 555
Paid Samuel A. Hill, janitor at West
Manchester schoolhouses at $525
Per year $337-5°
Samuel A. Hill, janitor at Varney
and School-street schoolhouses at
$450 per year .... 75-°°
Samuel A. Hill, extra labor from
December 24, 1890, to January
31, 1891, 39 days . . . 26.88
Wm. H. Morrill, janitor at Spring-
street and Lowell-street school-
houses at $350 per year . . 350.04
A. M. Robinson, janitor at Stark
district schoolhouse . . . 26.25
Etta B. Proctor, janitor at Youngs-
ville schoolhouse . . . 7.00
Etta B. Proctor, cleaning school-
house ..... 2.50
Wm. Stevens, janitor Lincoln and
Franklin street schoolhouses 6
months at $600 per year . . 300.00
Wm. Stevens, janitor at Lincoln
street and Wilson Hill school-
houses at $450 per year . . 225.00
H. G. Batchelder, janitor at Varney
and South Main street schools . 66.30
V. M. Curran, janitor at Webster
and Blodget street schoolhouses 122.20
Harry Richardson, care of Foster's
Hall, spring term . . . 13-00
Mrs. Nathan Sleeper, cleaning Halls-
ville schoolhouse . . . 2.50
Tebbetts & Soule, 3 pints of am-
monia delivered to E. P. Cogs-
well ...... .60
J. C. Blair, brooms, mop, pearline,
and soap ..... 1.95
Total expenditures . . . $3; 7 '5- 75
556 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Evening Schools.
Appropriation ...... . $1,500.00
Expenditures,
salaries.
Paid Nellie Atwood, 10 evenings at $1.00 $10.00
Charles W. Bickford, 20 evenings
at $2.20 ..... 44.00
C. A. Bohlin, 32 evenings at 90c. . 28.80
Charles E. Cochran, 80 evenings at
$2.20 ..... 176.00
Etta S. Dana, 30 evenings at 90c. 27.00
Lizzie D. Hartford, 40 evenings at
$1.00 ...... 40.00
Maggie G. Linen, 85 evenings at
9oc 76-5°
William J. Mooar, n evenings at
90c. ...... 9.90
William J. Mooar, 31 evenings at
$2.00 ..... 62.00
F. S. Sutcliffe, 25 evenings at $2.20 55-°°
M. J. Brickett, 5 evenings at 90c. . 4.50
Alice H. Boyd, 45 evenings at $1 45-oo
Gertrude A. Bums, 34 evenings at
90c. . . . . -. 30.60
Mary A. Clement, 45 evenings at $1 45. 00
L. H. Carpenter, 45 evenings at
$2.20 99.00
Edith S. Dole, 20 evenings at 90c. . 18.00
David Ekvall, 44 evenings at 90c. 39. 60
Nellie M. James, 10 evenings at
90c. ...... 9.00
Millie S. Morse, 25 evenings at 90c. 22.50
Arthur W. Morgan, 45 evenings at
$1.00 ..... 45-oo
EVENING SCHOOL MECHANICAL DRAWING. 557
Paid Evelyn E. Prescott, 37 evenings at
90° $33-3°
John J. Shea, 44 evenings at 90c. . 39. 60
>°-3°
JANITORS.
Paid William H. Morrill, for services as
janitor ..... $77.80
Samuel A. Hill, services as janitor 6.00
J. C. Blaine, services as janitor . 17.20
— $101.00
SUNDRIES.
Paid John B. Clarke, printing 75 placards $3. 00
Allen N. Clapp, 2 gallons of oil . .23
Total expenditures .
Amount transferred to reserved fund
$3-23
*I
,064.53
435-47
Si
,500.00
Evening School Mechanical Drawing.
Appropriation $6co.oo
Expenditures,
salaries.
Paid Henry W. Allen, for services . $ 178. 75
John M. Kendall, for services . icS.oo
A. H. Sanborn, for services . . *3!-25
$4iS.co
JANITORS.
Paid W. H. Morrill, for services . . £30.00
558 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid J. B. Varick Co., 300 thumb tacks . $1.80
J. B. Varick Co.,i gross thumb
tacks ..... 2.25
J. B. Varick Co., 24 rubber tri-
angles, 6 inch, 60x30 . . 8. 40
John B. Clarke, 75 placards . . 3.00
John B. Clarke, 1,500 note circu-
lars ...... 8.50
Novelty Advertising Co., 1 No. 2
midget stamp . . . . 1.25
Novelty Advertising Co., 500 labels
for models . . . . 1.00
E. R. Coburn, drawing paper . 31-64
Head & Dowst, labor and lumber . 40.92
D. A. Simons, 7 stools . . . 5.95
$104.71
Total expenditures ..... $552.71
Amount transferred to reserved fund . . . 47-29
Teachers' Salaries.
Appropriation ....... $47,000.00
Amount transferred from reserved fund . . . 2,398.52
$49,398-52
Expenditures.
Paid teachers, as per pay-roll :
January ..... $4,011.00
February . . . . . 5,528.48
March ...... 4,724.73
FREE TEXT-BOOKS.
559
April
. $4,865. 42
May
• 5,3i7-43
June
• 4,97i-53
September
4,905.94
October
• 5>°°3-75
November
• 5,I26-34
December
expei
iditures .
4.943.90
Total
• $49,39S-52
Free Text-Books.
Appropriation ....
$3,000.00
Amount transferred from reserved fund
210.73
$3>2r°-73
Expenditures.
FREE TEXT-BOOKS
Paid American Book Co.
$995.66
Warren P. Adams .
44-54
Boston Supply Co.
!5-50
E. R. Coburn & Co.,
19.20
Effingham, Maynard & Co. .
38.0S
John B. Clarke .
8-75
D. C. Colesworthy
45.60
William P. Goodman .
7.20
Joseph Gillott & Sons .
43-iS
Ginn & Co.
309.94
D. C. Heath & Co.
H3-49
Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
IO-35
J. L. Hammett
46.70
Harper & Bros.
16.S5
G. F. King & Merrill .
300.06
Lee & Shepard
8-49
o60 report of the city auditor.
Paid J. B. Lippincott .
$78.00
Novelty Advertising Co.
•63
G. L. Perry ....
116.09
Prang Educational Co. .
198.76
Carl Schoenhof
10.44
Silver, Burdette & Co. .
43.00
Smith & White .
50-79
Thorp & Adams .
68.40
Thompson & Brown
3x-65
University Publishing Co.
58.19
William Ware & Co. .
268.20
Educational Publishing Co. .
1. 00
Leach, Shewell & Sanborn
3.60
$2,952.34
LABOR, ETC.
Paid J. G. Jones, cartage
$7-88
Fannie L. Sanborn, for services a:'
clerk .....
250.50
S258.38
Total expenditures .
$3^J°-73
City Library.
Balance from last year unexpended
Appropriation .
E<PJNDiTURES.
LIBRARIAN AND ASSISTANT.
$5,888.17
3,800.00
$9<9S3.i7
Paid Mrs. M. J. Buncher . . . £8oc.co
A. F. Payne, assistant librarian . 553-85
$i>i53-85
CITY LIBRARY.
561
CATALOGUE.
Paid Charles A. Durfee
$750.00
Emma A. H. Piper, assistant in
cataloguing ....
372-45
Paid Temple & Farrington Co. :
y^ ream of cap ....
.88
i record . . . . .
•55
500 postal cards, printed for library .
6.50
600 gummed slips, printed for library .
1.25
1 bottle of ink . . : . .
■33
12 lbs. paper and cutting .
1.20
Cutting paper .....
•25
$i>i33-4i
NEW BOOKS.
Paid trustees of city library .
$1,000.00
BINDING, RE-BINDING, AND SEWING.
Paid Temple & Farrington Co. .... $354.92
GAS, FUEL, AND INSURANCE.
Paid People's Gas-Light Co., for gas . $200.06
L. B. Bodwell & Co., 20,045 ]]>s.
egg coal, at $6.50 . . . 65.15
L. B. Bodwell & Co., 131,015 lbs.
egg coal, at $6.25 . . . 409.42
L. B. Bodwell & Co., }/> cord pine
slabs ..... 2.25
A. & D. M. Poore, y2 cord of pine
wood 2.50
A. & D. M. Poore, )/2 cord of hard
wood ..... 3.25
L. B. Clough, agent, premium on
policy No. 1,108, .Ftna Insurance
Co. ...... 62.50
562 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid L. B. Clough, agent, premium on
policy No. 32,700, New Hamp-
shire Insurance Co. . . . $62.50
NEWSPAPERS.
$807.63
Paid John B. Clarke, for daily "Mirror and Ameri-
can," to April 1, 1S91 ..... $6.00
SUNDRIES.
Paid Temple & Farrington Co., 1 blank-
book, No. 3,064 . . . 54.50
Temple & Farrington Co., 5,600
library cards . . . . 31-60
Temple & Farrington Co., 45,000
slips ..... 9.00
C. F. Livingston, printing 4,250
covers ..... 4.25
John B. Clarke, printing 200
reports, 32 pages, covers, 2 plates 15.00
John B. Clarke, 12 lbs. paper . 1.20
L. B. Bod well & Co., 15 lbs. of ice
daily, June 1 to October 1 . 4.37
$69.92
Total expenditures ..... $4,525.73
Balance transferred to new account . . . 5,162.44
$9,688.17
Fire Department.
Appropriation ... ... $37,000.00
Amount transferred from reserved fund . . . 3,641.04
$40,641.04
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
563
Expenditures.
services.
Paid Thomas W. Lane, chief engineer
Fred S. Bean, assistant .
Ruel G. Manning, assistant .
Eugene S. Whitney, assistant
Clarence R. Merrirt, assistant
Fred S. Bean, clerk
$1,125.00
125.00
125.00
125.00
125.00
25.00
$1,650.00
Paid 19 teamsters and ei
lgineers, as
per pay-rolls :
January .
. $1,008.25
February
1,000.00
March .
I,OII.OO
April
1,002.50
May
97S.50
June
1,003.38
July . .
999.25
August .
1,003.00
September
1,033.25
October .
1,022.25
November
992.25
December
1,027.50
— $12,081
13
CALL
MEMI
5ERS.
Paid Amoskeag Steam Fire Engine Co.,
for the year 1891 . . . $1,485.00
Amoskeag Steam Fire Engine Co.,
extra labor, July 3 and 4 . . 8.00
Fire King Steam Fire Engine Co.,
for the year 1891 . . . 1,485.00
Fire King Steam Fire Engine Co.,
extra labor, July 3 and 4 . . 8.00
N. S. Bean Steam Fire Engine Co.,
for the year 1891 . . . 1,485.00
564
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid N. S. Bean Steam Fire Engine Co.
extra labor, July 3 and 4 .
Merrimack Steam Fire Engine Co.
for the year 1891
Merrimack Steam Fire Engine Co.
extra labor July 3 and 4
Gen. Stark Steam Fire Engine Co.
for the year 1891
Gen. Stark Steam Fire Engine Co.
extra labor July 3 and 4
Chemical Engine Co., for the year
1891 ....
Massabesic Hose Co., for the year
1891
Massabesic Hose Co., extra labor
July 3 and 4 .
Pennacook Hose Co., for the yea
1891 ....
Pennacook Hose Co., extra labor
July 3 and 4
Excelsior Hook and Ladder Co., for
the year 1891 .
Excelsior Hook and Ladder Co., ex
tra labor July 3 and 4
OTHER LABOR.
$8.00
1,485.00
8.00
1,485.00
8.00
535-°°
1,245.00
8.00
1,245.00
8.00
2,045.00
8.00
$12,559.00
Paid Henry C. Crosby, 7 nights' service
as driver of "doubling" horse
on Hook and Ladder at 25c. . ^1.75
Charles M. Denyou, expenses to
Lebanon on account of fire de-
partment horses . . . 5.42
Henry C. Parsons, 34 days and
nights "doubling" horse on
Chemical Engine Co. . . 17.00
FIRE DEPARTMENT. 565
Paid Henry C. Parsons, 57 nights' cer-
viceon Chemical Engine Co., as
driver "doubling" horse . . ^ 1 4. 7 5
Henry S. Reed, 79 nights' driving
"doubling" horse for Hose No. 1 20.25
Win. Scheer, 6 days driving horse
for Steamer No. 2 . . . 9.00
Stephen Thomes, 9 days' services
as engineer for Steamer No. 2 . 15.75
Stephen Thomes, 7 days' services
as engineer for Steamer No. 3 . 12.25
Stephen Thomes, 2 days' services
as engineer for Steamer No. 2 . 3.50
Fred Charron, for services . . 3.25
Edwin E. Weeks, 2 weeks' services
as engineer for Steamer No. 3 . 20.50
J. N. Brown, 7 days' services as
engineer for Steamer No. 2 . 12.25
John Shea, 28 days' services as
driver for Steamer No. 2 . . 42.00
Charles E. Stearns, for use of horse
for Hose No. 5 . . . . 3.00
$180.67
Paid Mrs. George B. Forsaith, laundry
work, etc. .... $3125
Mrs. H. M. Hulme, laundry work,
etc. ...... 50.90
Mrs. C. C. Tinkham, laundry work,
etc. ...... 24.52
Mrs. Warren F. Wheeler, laundry
work, etc. .... 14-30
FURNITURE, ETC.
$120.97
Paid Barton & Co., 25 yards matting at
$i-i2>4 $28.13
566
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Barton &: Co., 10 yards matting at
75c
Barton & Co., zincing ends .
Hale &: Whittemore, framing 2 pho
tographs ....
J. B. Jones, 3 office chairs
Sargent's Chair Brace Co., 2^ doz-'
en braces adjusted to chairs
Paid Darwin A. Simons
1 water pitcher .
1 bedstead
2 mattresses
1 wire spring
2 chairs
2 chairs
2 comforters
1 pair of pillows
1 bedstead and other furniture .
Paid J. Stickney, 2 yards black cloth
J. Stickney, 1 piece of matting cut
to order .
Temple & Farrington Co., making
and hanging 2 shades
Temple & Farrington Co., 2 dozen
picture hooks .
Paid Weston & Hill :
873 yards matting for N. S. Bean Co
Zincing ends ....
Sewing
2% yards carpet for Lake avenue sta
tion .....
1 mat for Lake avenue station
6 pillow slips for N. S. Bean Co.
2 spreads for N. S. Bean Co.
2 pillow shams for Steamer No. 4
1 5-6 yards matting for Steamer No. 2
2673 yards matting for Fire King Co.
#7-87
3.00
4.00
3-75
7-5°
.40
4-5°
3-75
2-55
4.00
3-5°
2.00
1.50
21.80
.67
i-7S
1.97
.84
5-85
2.87
•5°
1.46
i-75
1. 00
1.96
1.45
1.56
1S.00
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
567
Zincing ends for Fire King Co. .
$3.62
Laying for Fire King Co. .
1.25
20^ yards matting for Vine street
14.01
Zincing ends for Vine street
4.25
ioyi yards matting for Vine street
5.06
Laying for Vine street
.61
40 yards crash ....
4.00
\]^ yards matting for Vine street
.85
Galvanizing iron on ends for Vine street 1.00
54 yards of matting for Webster street 36.45
Galvanizing iron on ends for Webste
r
street .....
7.60
Laying matting for Webster street
2.25
573 yards drapery silk
4.96
47-12 feet of rod
.23
1 pair of brackets
•l3
Labor .....
•35
4 pairs pillows, sewing
1. 00
12 pillow cases ....
2.25
6 sheets .....
5-52
PRINTING AND STATIO
NERY.
Paid John B. Clarke, printing :
300 envelopes ....
$1-25
300 order blanks, bound .
2-75
150 postal notices
2-75
350 reports, 56 pages, cover, 2 plates
35-3°
250 1 2 note circulars
2.00
200 postal notices ....
3.00
250 blanks, quarterly reports
6.25
1,000 y2 note headings
2-75
50 yi note circulars ....
1.25
10 cards box 56
1.25
500 postal headings .
6.50
Other printing ....
1. 00
Paid Thomas W. Lane, postage on re-
ports ....
2.80
$225.27
568
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid L. T. Mead, ink, blotting paper, etc.
Temple & Farrington Co.,j4 M
envelopes .....
GAS AND TELEPHONE.
$1-85
i-75
Paid New England Telegraph and Tele-
phone Co., use of telephone . $202.08
People's Gas-Light Co., for gas . 801.93
$72.45
$1,004.01
Paid L. B. Bodwell, 80,500 lbs. egg coal,
at $6.50
L. B. Bodwell, l/2 cord of hard
wood .....
L. B. Bodwell, 2 cords of pine
slabs
DeCourcy & Holland, 130,000 lbs.
egg coal, at $6.25
DeCourcy &: Holland, 153,735
lbs. egg coal, at $6.25
Fred. Charron, sawing and splitting
13 feet kindling
E. P. Johnson Co., 30,790 lbs. egg
coal, at $6.25 .
$261
3
7
406
480
3
96
$i;258-59
FREIGHT AND TRUCKAGE.
Paid Boston & Maine R. R., for freight $0.50
Concord & Montreal R. R., freight 11-63
Thos. W. Lane, for expressage paid
from January 8 to June 11 . 8.20
John W. Wilson, for truckage at
sundry times .... 4.50
$24.83
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
569
SUPPLIES.
Paid Boston Belting Co., 2 4^-inch
clamps, for suction hose
C. M. Bailey, 24 brooms (rattan) .
C. M. Bailey, 612 lbs. waste .
C. M. Bailey, 10 reams 15 x 20 tis-
sue paper ....
J. A. & W. Bird & Co.,
soda, 896 lbs.
J. A. & W. Bird & Co
soda, 448 lbs.
Paid Cornelius Callahan Co. :
3 Boston pipes .
1 1 4- inch gauge
2 barrels
1 barrel
$45.00
$1.60
11.00
61.20
5.00
31.86
15-68
less long striker, returned
2 Coleman extra holders .
Repairing chemical engine
1 chemical shut-off ....
1 New Eng. bell, and repairing striker
1 i}£ tap
1 die, for cutting thread .
1 intermediate piece ....
Paid Cavanaugh Bros., bay horse, No.
34, with commission and keep,
$332.25, less amount for horse
sold at auction, $42.50
Cavanaugh Bros., pair of gray
horses .....
Eureka Fire Hose Co., 3,000 feet
2^ -inch "knit jacket" firehose,
at 65c
Charles T. Hollovvay, 1 gross 3-
ounce bottles, with rubber stops
50.00
20.00
3-5°
i7-5°
4-75
1.50
10.00
1. 00
2S9.75
700.00
1,872.00
7.00
570
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR
gross pony
f
Paid J. Hinman & Co.
bottles and corks
A. W. Harris Oil Co., 5 gallons o
oil
A. W. Harris Oil Co., 1 5 -gallon
can .....
Dennis Kerwin, soap and soapine
Manchester Locomotive Works, 1
forged wrench .
J. B. McCrillis & Son, 2 pairs elec
trie wire cutters
Plumer & Holton, 10 reefers
George W. Rief, 5 stands for noz
zles .....
Schollay & Rich, 140 lbs. diamond
polish
Ford's Wheel-Hub Ring Co., 12
rubber wheel-hub rings
J. H. Wiggin & Co., 5 boxes, 30
lbs. salt
J. H. Wiggin & Co., 12 bottles
ammonia .
Killey & Wadleigh, 3 horse brushes
Killey & Wadleigh, 1 pair 3x3
butts . •
J. B. Varick Co., spirits of turpen-
tine, drawing knife, and octagon
rimmer ....
A. H. Paige, stencil-plate alarm
A. H. Paige, 1 box black paste
S. L. Flanders, 1 oil tank
S. L. Flanders, 10 gallons of oil
S. L. Flanders, J cord wood .
PLUMBING AND REPAIRS.
Paid James R. Carr, 30 lights of glass
and setting ....
$5.00
3'4o
•75
24.60
i-75
35
00
87
5°
1
50
35
5°
14
00
3.00
4-5°
i-95
•3°
•50
1.25
1.40
3-63
i°-3:
$3,330.02
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
571
Paid Flint & Little, grinding 12 fire-axes $1-50
S. F. Hayward & Co., 50 feet 4-ply
engine hose . . . . *7-5o
S. F. Hayward & Co., 2 sets i-inch
coupling and rings . . . 3.50
Charles H. Hutchinson, labor and
stock, repairing . . . . 1S.27
Peter Harris, repairing lock, nozzle,
etc 1.30
Head & Dowst, 4 brass pulleys . .40
Head & Dowst, labor and stock . 14.26
Thomas A. Lane, labor and plumb-
ing materials .... 124.19
Mills & Sturtevant, lumber, hard-
ware, and labor . . . . 2S.5 7
Paid Manchester Locomotive Works :
4 hours' labor . . . . . 1.60
Repairs on steam fire engine No. 629 . 1.60
Repairs on hose carriage ... 6.80
Repairs on chemical engine $30.74
Repairs on 4 trace chains
with snap hooks . . 10.00
$40.74
Creditor by 356 lbs. old
copper tubes . . . 35. 60
1 wheel cap, wrench, and fitting
4 pump leathers ....
Labor and stock on Amos-
keag steamer No. 1 . $724.72
Less 615 lbs. old copper
tubes .... 61.50
1 day's labor on steam fire engine No.
621 ......
1 front spring binder ....
Repairs of suction hose
663.
4-
1.
572
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Manchester Mills, lumber, bolts
paint and labor repairing gate in
jured by steamer
Pike & Heald, hardware, etc.
Sanborn Carriage Co., sundry re
pairs ....
C. A. Trefethen, repairing clock
John K. Wilson, lumber and labor
on stables at Webster-street en
gine house
J. T. Beach* repairing hooks, bar
etc. ....
-
$18
16
14.97
1
15
1
r
00
-
52
31
3
60
;i,ooo.6o
HARDWARE.
Paid Manchester Hardware Co., hardware
Killey & Wadleigh, hardware
J. B. Varick Co., hardware .
$87.89
82.66
19.25
189.80
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL.
Paid J. Alexander, visits and medicine .
A. W. Baker, dentistry on 12 horses
J. O. Burbank, 2 packages horse
powders .....
E. H. Currier, Williams's sure cure
A. L. Dodge, visits and medicines .
G. H. Ellinwood, veterinary sur-
gery
A. D. Smith, medicines
Snelling & Woods, medicines and
disinfectants ....
Smith & Gould, 1 dozen lotion
Z. F. Campbell, Medicine
$51.40
24.00
2-75
7.00
22.75
2.00
1 1.70
34-o5
6.00
183.77
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
573
CARRIAGE WORK AND CARRIAGE REPAIRS.
Paid A. Filion, making cart body and
ironing the same for steamer
No. 2 .... .
A. Filion, repairing sleds, pole, and
ironwork .....
A. Filion, other repairs .
J. B. McCrillis & Son, for labor
and materials on carriage repairs
Manchester Locomotive Works, re-
pairs on horse pole for the
" 'Squog " hose wagon
Manchester Locomotive Works,
one horse pole, leather covered .
Manchester Locomotive Works, re-
pairs on Merrimack hose carriage
Sanborn Carriage Co., sundry re-
pairs .....
$70.00
5-5°
7-85
795-92
23-5°
6.00
10.15
BLACKSMITHING.
id D. F. Cressey ....
$104.00
Thomas Hickey ....
76.50
James Morrison ....
4.60
Mahaney & McSweeney
337-05
J. O. Tremblay ....
97-45
J. F. Woodbury & Co. .
3°-5°
$930.92
$650.1.
HAY, GRAIN, ETC.
Paid Daniel Butterfield, 9,920 lb-, hay . $84.85
city farm, 19,405 lbs. hay . . 171.76
William Clark, 32,820 lbs. hay . 297.46
William A. Dunton, 680 lbs. rye
straw . . . . . 6.12
574 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Drake & Parker, oats, shorts, meal,
etc $686.13
H. Fradd & Co., 125 lbs. bran . 1.38
Charles Francis, 2,155 lbs. carrots . 17-24
Moore & Preston, 1,005 ^s. straw . 9.05
Partridge Bros., oats, feed, straw,
etc. ...... 702.09
Pettee & Adams, oats, hay, straw,
corn, etc. .....
Waterman Smith, 11,485 lbs. of hay
L. Shelters, 36,880 lbs. of hay
B. E. Thompson, 10,035 lbs. of hay
John L. Woodman, 7,415 lbs. hay
Henry Chandler, 12 bushels carrots
C. D. Welch, 8,065 lbs- of hay .
G. L. Colby, 1,180 lbs. straw
Melvin Hall, 26 weeks' pasturing
department horses at $1.25
Henry W. Parker, oats, shorts, etc.
J. H. Wiggin & Co. , 1 bag of flour
C. M. Wheeler, 5,880 lbs. carrots
at $18
Samuel T. Page, 14,805 lbs. hay .
A. D. Haynes, 8,295 lbs. hay at $19
HARNESS AND HARNESS REPAIRS.
Paid Frederick Allen :
16 cans oleo ..... $17.00
2 horse covers ..... 6.50
Harness repairs . . . . . 2.50
2 fancy horse pads .... 10.00
Leathering pole .... 2.50
1 fly terret . . . . . 1.00
Cleaning, oiling, and repairing harness 12. 68
1 cushion ...... 3.50
Paid W. H. Adams, harness, repairs, etc. 192.20
92S.86
86.
•14
323-
12
85
.29
59
•32
9-
00
70
,98
11.
62
32
•5°
185
•25
.80
52
.92
133-
25
78.
80
$4,033-93
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
575
Paid Kimball Carriage Co., repairin
collars ....
Chas. E. Beny, 12 rein snaps
Chas. E. Berry, 6 trace snaps
Chas. E. Berry, new top of hame
C. B. Merrill, 5 cans of oil .
Paid H. C. Ranno :
Repairs on heavy express harness
3 dust blankets .
Canvas cushion .
1 express draw part .
2 flag collars
1 pair double reins
4 whips ....
10 coat straps .
3 whips ....
2 extra large fawn blanket hood:
Harness, repairs, etc. .
Making over 2 salem collars
1 pair 1 i/o -inch double pole straps
1 bristle horse brush .
Part of swing harness
Horse collar
Parade bridle .
Extra draw part
2 steel ring bits
Wool mat
Repairs, etc.
3.9 lbs. woolen blankets
3 whalebone whips, eel-skin lined
Lettering blankets
Extra large blanket hood
Repairs, etc.
$2.00
10.00
6.50
4.00
5.00
35-75
9.00
i-75
9-25
1.50
3-5°
7-5°
3-5°
5-5°
11.00
56.5S
5.00
4-5°
2.50
22.00
3-25
3-9°
8.00
1. 00
2.00
5.60
2i-75
6.00
2.00
5.00
1.40
$514.11
576 REPORT
OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pa\
-roll
in dis-
trict No. 2
January
$34-13
February
32-25
March .
20.25
April
4-5°
May
10.95
June
14.90
July .
28.23
August .
54-34
September
136.62
October
69.19
November
59-49
December
su
NDR1I
:s.
27.22
$492-07
Paid Thos. W. Lane, expenses to Spring-
field, Mass., attendance on Na-
tional Association of Fire Engi-
neers, August 11, 12, 13 .
Thos. W. Lane, express at sundry
times .....
Thos. W. Lane, telegrams
Timothy Shea, cleaning vault, Mas-
sabesic hose house
Cavanaugh Bros., use of horse 11
days, at $1.50 .
Cavanaugh Bros., use of horse 20
days, from July 29 to August 18
Cavanaugh Bros., use of horse from
Aug. 19 to Sept. 9 . . .
A. M. Finney, laying carpets
Thos. Welch, cleaning vault .
$24.06
6.30
•65
16.50
jo. 00
10.04
3-5°
FIRE-ALARM TELEGRAPH.
577
Paid H. F. McKean, rent of stable 12
months, to Dec. 1, 1891 .
L. M. Aldrich, wicket in window .
Total expenditures .
$24.00
•75
$138-80
$40,641.04
Appropriation
Fire-Alarm Telegraph.
Expenditures.
$1,400.00
Paid Geo. E. Badger, 11 3-10 days' labor
at $1.25 .
Geo. N. Burpee, labor .
M. A. Weathers, labor stringing wires
across the river .
Paid Thos. W. Lane, Jr., labor as per pay
roll:
October .
November
December
Paid Chas. Kean, labor .
Paid Pike & Heald for acid, coal hod,
and solder .....
Warren Harvey, 12 chestnut poles,
7 inches, at $3 .
Manchester Hardware Co., for sash
cord, cutting plyers, screws, tools,
lag screws, washers, bolts, oil,
white lead, and 2 doz. split rings
37
$14.25
6.00
5.00
*
407-75
47-25
45-5°
47-^5
2.00
$1.90
36.00
10.83
$575-°°
578
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Manchester Hardware Co., 10 lbs.
washers
Manchester Hardware Co., 5006.x
S/i coach screws
Manchester Hardware Co., screws,
trowel, and cement .
Paid American Electrical Works :
6$y2 lbs. 18 assorted annunciators at
»5#c
14 lbs. 18 double con. office wire
33-16 lbs. yellow fixture wire
1 box ....
io^ lbs. continental braid
38 lbs. conductors
17*/^ lbs. conductors .
Boxes ....
Paid J. H. Bunnell & Co., 300 No. 12
B. & S. Mclntyre connectors, 7c
J. H. Bunnell & Co., 1 S. L. key
J. H. Bunnell & Co., 24 Leek zincs
Manchester Locomotive Works, 8
pieces of brass ....
W. H. Darling, 394 zinc
castings . . . $137.90
Creditor by 499 lbs. battery
copper at 4c. , and 330 lbs.
battery copper at 2c. . 26.56
James Baldwin Co., 325 oak pins
and 1 barrel ....
Electric Gas Lighting Co., 2 keys .
Electric Gas Lighting Co., pocket
screwdrivers and Boston tape
Electric Gas Lighting Co., 1 Samp-
son battery ....
Eastern Electrical Supply Co., 192
lbs. (2 miles) No. 14 galvanized
iron wire .....
$0.50
13-75
i-43
16.70
37i
2.81
•3°
2. 84
8-93
4.29
•35
21.00
1.50
in. 34
3-45
1.08
.98
7.80
FIRE-ALARM TELEGRAPH. 579
Paid Eastern Electrical Supply Co., 2,293
lbs. (5 barrels) blue vitriol at 14c. $91-72
Eastern Electrical Supply Co., 300
feet No. 14 Clarke wire . . 5.17
Eastern Electrical Supply Co., 1 lb.
^-inch tape .... .45
Pike & Heald, ifi/% lbs. of copper . 1.52
New England Gamewel) Co., 5 re-
lease keys at 50c. . . . 2.50
repairing alarm gong . . . 8.35
1 fire alarm gong .... 30.00
Washburn & Moen Manufacturing
Co., 324 lbs. copper wire (3
miles) at i8^c. . . . 59.13
E. S. Greeley & Co., 1 pair 16^
Weldon climbers . . . 2.25
E. S. Greeley & Co., 300 regular
insulators ..... 8.25
E. S. Greeley & Co., 300 Mclntyre
connectors . . . . 10.20
J. Hodge, 282 feet 3-inch spruce . 17-67
J. Hodge, 21^ hours' labor . . 8.50
J. B. Varick Co., 1 rachet bit brace 1.50
J. B. Varick Co., 1 bit . . . .20
J. B. Varick Co., 5 lbs. No. 18 cop-
per wire . . . . . 1.50
Thos. A. Lane, 27 feet J^-inch pipe
and labor ..... 1.48
$515-66
FREIGHT, TRUCKAGE, ETC.
Paid A. L. Jenness, use of horse and
wagon ..... $11-50
W. B. Corey, truckage, moving
poles, etc. .... T3-25
J. W. Wilson, truckage . . 8.20
580 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Concord & Montreal R. R., freight
on sundries .... $3-85
Boston & Maine R. R., freight . .29
Paid Chas. E. Lord, stock and labor re-
building chimney (damage by
telegraph) .... $4.75
Jas. R. Carr & Co., painting 3 poles 1.50
George Holbrook, stock and labor,
damage by telegraph . . . 12.25
J. B. Clarke, printing 700 alarm-
box lists ....
J. J. Abbott, 2,% lbs. of paint
Total expenditures .
Amount transferred to reserved fund
$37-09
S.00
.41
$26.91
$1,154.66
245-34
$1,400.00
Hydrant Service.
Appropriation ...... . $5,000.00
Expenditures.
Paid Water-Works, use of water .... $5,000.00
Firemen's Parade.
Appropriation ...... . $500.00
Amount transferred from reserved fund . . . 255-32
#755-32
firemen's parade. 581
Expenditures.
Paid John B. Clarke, printing 300 invita-
tions, 300 envelopes, 175 circu-
lars, 150 cards, 500 programs, for
the year 1890 .... $10.90
John B. Clarke, printing orders for
parade for 189 1 . . . . 2.50
John 15. Clarke, printing 300 invi-
tations and envelopes for 1891 . 4.00
John B. Clarke, printing 500 routes
of procession .... 3.00
M. C. Paige &: Co., 413 dinners at
65c, for 1S90 .... 268.45
M. C. Paige & Co., use of table and
chairs ..... 9.00
M. C. Paige & Co., 458 plates, at
70c, collation for 1891 . . 320.60
Manchester Military Band (First
Regiment), services 1890 . . 52.00
Manchester Military Band (First
Regiment), services 1891 . . 52.00
Thos. W. Lane, cash paid for post-
age for 1890 .... 3.50
Thos. W. Lane, cash paid for post-
age for 1891 .... 2.87
F. H. Pike, services as drum major
for 189 1 . . . . 3.00
Manchester Drum Corps, services
rendered parade . . . . 10.00
H. W. Cook, printing 250 Mer-
chants' Week firemen's parade
ribbon badges for 1S91 . . 12.50
Thos. Brown, services at hall door. 1.00
Total expenditures ..... $755-32
582
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Police Department.
Appropriation .....
Amount transferred from reserved fund .
Expenditures.
$37,000.00
937-o7
$37,937-°7
SERVICES.
Paid N. P. Hunt, police justice . . $1,500.00
I. L. Heath, associate justice . . 82. 00
J. B. Pattee, associate justice . . 8.48
J. C. Bickford, clerk ... 600.00
H. W. Longa, marshal . . . 900.00
J. F. Cassidy, assistant marshal . 800.00
night patrol 20,972.50
day patrol 5,508.00
extra time cf regular patrol . . 829.71
extra time of special patrol . . ij533-9S
Thomas Francour, as janitor . . 63.88
Peter Larrabee, as janitor . . 579.00
Miss A. B. Brown, as matron. . 365.00
C. B. Hildreth, expenses to Boston
and Holyoke, looking for prisoner 10.00
C. B. Hildreth, services during Mer-
chants' Week . . . . 15-00
$33,767-52
GAS, ELECTRIC LIGHTS, AND FUEL.
Paid People's Gas-Light Co., for gas
Electric Company, 2S electric lights
Moore & Preston, y2 cord sawed
pine wood
L. B. Bodwell & Co., y2 cord sawed
hard wood
L. B. Bod.well & Co., 4,000 lbs. egg
coal, Clinton station .
$280.98
216.57
2-75
3-25
12.50
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
583
Paid DeCourcy & Holland :
76,000 lbs. egg and broken coal
1,000 lbs. stove coal .
2 cords wood, chunks
i cord of birch, sawed and split
1 5 cords of hard wood, cut
i cord of hard wood, sawed and spli
64,805 lbs. egg and broken coal
2,200 lbs. egg coal .
TELEPHONE AND TELEC
Paid New England Telephone and Tele
graph Co., telephones and tolls
Western Union Telegraph Co., for
telegrams ....
1256.50
3.62
15-5°
3-63
12.25
3-75
202.51
$x59-95
22.52
$1,026.94
$182.47
Paid E. T. James, for use of teams
A. L. Jenness & Son, for use of
hack ......
A. Netble, for use of team
George C. Wheeler, use of team .
Joseph Monyer, use of team and
services in arresting prisoner at
Suncook, N. H. .
J. C. Nichols & Son, use of team .
Whitten & Fifield, use of team
$161.50
1-25
2.00
2.00
5.00
1. 00
75
$i73-50
FEEDING PRISONERS.
Paid Daniel Davis, rations, from June 10
to December 28, 1890 . . $93-85
Carl E. York, crackers . . . 15-17
$109.02
584
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
PRINTING AND STATIONERY.
Paid John B. Clarke :
Printing blank letter headings, bill
heads, blank warrants, blank writs
etc., for court and marshal's office
i blank-book, roll-call
ioo reports, 8 pages, cover, i plate
i blank-book, record of arrests .
Advertising Fourth of July notice, 2
inches 2 times .
Printing 150 -£ -letter headings .
200 photograph labels
Paid A. S. Campbell & Co., printing
civil dockets, blank writs, etc.
for the police court .
Temple & Farrington Co., ink
mucilage, and other stationery
for the police court .
Temple & Farrington Co., ink
blotters, and other stationery, fo
police court
Temple & Farrington Co., 250 en
velopes and 12 blocks
Temple & Farrington Co., rubber
bands, spool of tape, blotting-
paper, etc. ....
Union Publishing Co., fireworks
notice, 3 J squares 1 time .
#47-75
6-75
8.00
4-5°
!-25
!-25
82.75
■7
i-59
3-5°
$182.39
Paid L. M. Aldrich, labor and lumber .
M. J. Coleman, plumbing and ma-
terials, labor on water-closets,
sewer-drains, etc.
95-J4
POLICE DEPARTMENT. 585
Paid James H. Cram, repairing shovels,
bedstead, etc. .... $5-°°
J. J. Abbott, 3 lights of glass and
setting 3.35
Peter Harris, fitting key, repairing
handcuffs, etc. .... 2.75
Head & Dowst Co., repairing roof
and stock 10.51
Head & Dowst Co., lumber and
labor ..... 83.22
Head & Dowst Co., labor in box-
ing steam-pipes . . . . 5.25
Thos. A. Lane, silver polish and
labor ...... .70
Thos. A. Lane, making fire tools . 3.60
C. G. McDuffie, repairing snow-
shovels and chain ... .40
J. B. Varick Co., hardware . . 4.44
Thos. A. Lane, boiler at police sta-
tion, as per contract . . . 445. 00
Thos. A. Lane, cutting hole through
wall . . . . . . 10.00
Thos. A. Lane, labor and materials
on steam-pipe, etc. . ... 229.66
Thos. A. Lane, plumbing, mate-
rials, and labor .... 6.84
Frank S. Bodwell, stonework on
coal pocket at station, as per con-
tract . . . . . . 180.00
district No. 2, pay-roll . . . 17.00
$1,123.14
SUNDRIES.
Paid Robitaille Bros., milk, coffee, etc. . $10.88
Patrick Scollard, brooms, matches,
etc I3-96
586
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Carl E. York, coffee, milk, and
sugar, from December 2 to Feb-
ruary 25, 1891 .
B. F. Currier, 1 police belt .
A. W. Graves, 1 13-foot ladder
Paid Chas. A. Hoitt :
Repairing chair ....
3 chair cushions
1 table
1 log pillow ....
Upholstering student chair
1 water cooler ....
Paid Weston & Hill, 2^ yards matting
and zincing
Weston & Hill, 2 yards oil matting
John Driscoll, second-hand range,
etc
N. J. Whalen, police belts, straps,
etc. ......
N. J. Whalen, repairing police belt
Clark M. Bailey, matches, toilet
paper, and paper bags
Longa and Cassidy, conveying pris-
oners . . . . .
H. W. Longa, cash paid for witness
fees and other expenses
Mrs. Filibert, washing blankets,
towels, scrubbing, cleaning, etc. .
Thos. Franker, care of lost children
(25)
Ada Franker, washing towels,
sheets, etc. . . . .
I. L. Carpenter, certificate of insan-
ity ( John Sullivan) .
Dennis Kerwin, for soap
J. B. Varick Co., dusters, sponges,
brushes, rope, and other supplies
$26.66
2.25
1.30
.50
3-25
6.00
1.25
2.00
2.75
3
5-59
g 1. 00
19.50
13-38
1. 00
25-5°
756.00
99.08
77.00
23.00
5.00
7-39
POLICE DEPARTMENT. 587
Paid J. B. Varick Co., 5 gallons ozone
and 1 gallon can . . . $13.15
Killey & Wadleigh, 1 22-inch
duster ..... 2.50
Killey & Wadleigh, 1 mop handle .15
O. P. Lucier, 3 Roberts ozonators
at $3 . . . . . 9.00
N. H. Colby, 6 dozen Elatol (dis-
infectant) . . . . . 27.00
L. K. Mead, medicines, ammonia,
and other disinfectants . . 22.87
L. K. Mead, 1 emergency case, etc. 6.60
L. K. Mead, prescription . .75
Frederick Perkins, extra services as
surgeon, etc 116.00
Frederick Perkins, certificate of in-
sanity, J. Sullivan . . . 3.00
J. W. Wilson, trucking acid from
depot .50
Boston & Maine Railroad, freight
on ammonia .... .42
Dunn & Burns, killing 8 dogs from
January 7 to March 2, 1891 . 4.00
Thomas Franker, killing 4 dogs . 2.00
Peter Larrabee, killing 27 dogs
from February 21 to May 18,
1891 13.50
Harley & Robbie, screen cloth . 1.26
Baker Telephone Index Co., G tel-
ephone index for marshal's office 3.50
Higgins Bros., 1 stand lamp . . 2.50
L. W. Colby, 42 photographs of
6 criminals .... 7.00
Thomas A. Lane, taking down signs 1.35
J. F. Cassidy, conveying Winfield
Miner to the asylum for the in-
sane at Concord, May, 1891 . 4.80
OOO REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid J. M. Collity, certificate of insanity,
J. Sullivan .... $3-oo
$1,372.09
Total expenditures .... . $37,937.07
Repairs of Buildings.
Appropriation . $2,500.00
Amount transferred from new schoolhouse, West
Manchester . . . . . . . 71-05
$2,571.05
Expenditures.
Paid Thomas A. Lane, 1 3-light chande-
lier, Park-street wardroom . . $4. 50
Thomas A. Lane, pipe, ties, and el-
bows, Park-street ward-room . 1.93
Thomas A. Lane, labor 2 men, 6
hours 3.30
CITY STABLES.
Paid Thomas A. Lane, plumbing mate-
rials and labor . . . . $8.68
Killey & Wadleigh, hardware . 1.30
J. B. Varick Co., hardware . . 2.48
Head & Dowst, 1,303 feet sheathing 31-88
Head & Dowst, 65 feet spruce
boards . . . . . 1.04
Head & Dowst, 250 feet hard pine
floor boards . . . . 10.00
Head &: Dowst, other lumber . 1.35
L. N. Westover, lumber and labor . 3.88
W. F. Hubbard, door jambs, door
casings, etc. . . . . 4.48
$9-73
$65.09
REPAIRS OF BUILDINGS. 589
CITY LIBRARY.
Paid Thomas A. Lane, plumbing and
labor ......
$0.92
Paid R. Landers :
2 men 2 days' labor each .
12.00
94 slate ......
3-76
28 lbs. zinc .....
2.24
12 lbs. cement .....
.96
Nails
■*5
Paid J. J. Abbott, 5 lights of glass and
setting
1-25
John Driscoll, materials and labor
on roof, etc. ....
74.90
BATTERY BUILDING.
Paid Sullivan & Dunbar, materials and
labor, painting . . . . $125.82
L. N. Westover, labor and lumber . 2. 87
VARNEY SCHOOL HOUSE.
Paid George F. Higgins, concreting
walks, 661,222 sq. yds. at 45c. . $297.55
F. S. Bodwell, 8 steps for Varney
school ..... 117-32
COURT HOUSE.
Paid Thomas A. Lane, labor of 2 men 32
hours . . . . $17.16
Thomas A. Lane, mason-work . 19.60
Thomas A. Lane, contract on boiler 70.00
Thomas A. Lane, lime, slate, brick,
pipe, etc. . . . . . 8. 19
$96.18
$128.69
$4M.87
590 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Hillsborough county, y2 expense of
repairs on steam heating apparatus $43-33
J. J. Abbott, 3 lights and setting . 2.75
CITY HALL BUILDING.
Paid Head & Dowst Co., painting at
drugstore . . . . . $0.65
Head & Dowst, lumber and labor
on fence about the public com-
fort 12.13
Manchester Hardware Co., 25 feet
rubber hose for public comfort 2.50
M. J. Coleman, repairs on pipes,
water-closets, etc. . . . 7.06
ENGINE HOUSES.
Paid M. J. Coleman, materials and labor
at Merrimack engine house . $30.47
M. J. Coleman, materials and labor
at central station . . . 1 x 7.31
W. M. Darrah & Co., 29.59 squares
5 -ply beehive roofing . . 146.83
W. M. Darrah & Co., other mate-
rials and labor, Vine-street engine
house . . . . . 11.84
John Driscoll, materials and labor
on galvanized gutters, etc., on
Vine-street engine house . . 27.30
Marston & Gates Bros., mason-work,
stock, and labor .... 4.00
L. & W. T. Seiberlich, paper and
paper hanging, Fire King house 10.42
J. Choate, varnishing inside of Fire
King engine house . . . 52.00
$161.03
$22.34
REPAIRS OF BUILDINGS.
591
Paid Head & Dowst, labor and hardware :
Merrimack engine house .
Webster-street engine house
Fire King engine house
Vine-street engine house
Massabesic hose house
Lake-avenue engine house
Hook-and-Ladder house
• Fire King engine house
Gen. Stark engine house
Vine-street engine house
Webster-street engine house
Fire King engine house
Paid J. F. Larkin, putting in sewe
Webster-street engine house
C. H. Hutchinson, repairing clock
on Webster-street schoolhouse
J. R. Carr, room paper, border,
moldings, and hanging paper
$i-5°
38.96
42.02
271.87
3°-3*
32-23
•3°
7.09
•3i
164.59
8.15
.80
51-76
33-8:
id labor of men and
teams in district No. 2, as
per pay-rolls :
January .
$48.93
February
83.98
March .
117.63
April
27.60
May
21.00
Tune
27.00
July . .
21.00
August
21.00
September
27.00
October .
21.00
November
21.00
December
25.50
11,085.89
$462.64
Paid M. J. Coleman, repairs on waste
pipe, central station .
$2.00
592 REPORT OP THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid M. J. Coleman, repairs on drain
pipe, Merrimack engine house . $1-25
John Driscoll, repairs on roof at
central station .... 7.25
$10.50
Total expenditures ..... $2,456.96
Amount transferred to reserved fund
114.09
$2,571.05
New Schoolhouse (Varney), West Manchester.
Balance from last year unexpended . . . $199- 75
Appropriation ....... 1,000.00
$i,i99-75
Expenditures.
furniture.
Paid Grand Rapids School Furniture Co.,
50 desks, 8 rear seats, and 1
teacher's desk .... $200.76
Grand Rapids School Furniture Co.,
2 single seats, rear . . . 4.64
C. A. Trefethen, 6 clocks at $4 • 24.00
C. A. Trefethen, 1 clock . . 5.50
Chas. A. Hoitt & Co., 60 8-foot set-
tees, 4S0 feet, at 60c. . . 2SS.00
D. A. Simons, 18 chairs at 50c. . 9.00
D. A. Simons, 6 chairs at $1.62 . 9.72
J. W. Wilson, freight and truckage .96
PRINTING AND ADVERTISING.
$542.58
Paid Union Publishing Co., advertising dedication,
4 squares 2 times .... . . $6.oo
ADDITION TO WEBSTER-STREET SCHOOLHOUSE. 593
Paid Thos. A. Lane, gas fixtures, as per
contract . . . . . $179.11
Head &: Dowst, labor and materials
in making and erecting flag pole,
and putting in electric bells and
speaking tubes .... 322.02
F. S. Bodwell, 3 stone steps . . 44.00
A. N. Clapp, for fuse ... .25
D. F. Cressey, sharpening drills, etc. 5-24
Labor of men and teams, district
No. 10 .... 18.00
Labor of men and teams, district
No. 10, in August . . . n-5°
Total expenditures . . . . . $1,128.70
Balance transferred to repairs of buildings . . 71-05
$i>iQ9-75
Addition to Webster-street Schoolhouse.
Appropriation .....
. $8,000.00
Expenditures.
contract.
Paid Mead, Mason & Co., on account,
as per contract ....
$4,987.00
Mead, Mason & Co., changing 12
second-story windows
44.00
Mead, Mason & Co., extra door and
trimmings in basement
7.00
594 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
PRINTING AND ADVERTISING.
Paid Daily Press Publishing Co., for ad-
vertisement of sealed proposals, 3
squares 7 times . . . . $7.25
Union Publishing Co., advertising
for sealed proposals, 3 squares 6
times ..... 10.50
$17-75
Paid Chas. H. Robie, concrete work,
124.4 yards at 25c. . . . 531-10
Chas. H. Robie, concrete work,
115.44 yards at 45c. . . . 51.95
$83.05
Total amount of expenditures . . . $5,138.80
Amount transferred to Hallsville schoolhouse . . 2,861.20
Hallsville Schoolhouse.
Appropriation, ....... $18,000.00
Amount transferred from Webster-street schoolhouse 2,861.20
$20,861.20
Expenditures.
Paid Sarah B. Woodman, consideration for land,
deed dated March 23, 1891 ..... $3,300.00
architects' compensation.
Paid Wm. C. Butterfield, preliminary
drawings ..... $62.50
HALLSVILLE SCHOOLHOUSE.
595
Paid Bartlett, Gay & Young, plans sub-
mitted for schoolhouse
McFarland, Goodrich & McFarland,
making plans for schoolhouse
McFarland, Goodrich & McFarland,
part commission for services
$50.00
500.
$912. 50
PRINTING AND ADVERTISING.
Paid Daily Press Publishing Co., adver-
tising for sealed proposals, 3
squares, 1 week 3 days
Union Publishing Co., advertising
for sealed proposals, 3 squares, 8
times ......
John B. Clarke, advertising for
sealed proposals, from April 17
to April 25, 1 89 1, 2 inches, 7
$8.25
28.00
times .....
10.50
$46.75
BUILDING.
Paid Head & Dowst, on contract :
July
$4,000.00
August .....
4,000.00
September ....
4,000.00
October .
1,500.00
November ....
2,000.00
December ....
1,000.00
$16,500.00
Total expenditures .
• $20,759.25
Balance to new account
101.95
$20, £
596
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Water-Works, Construction Account.
Appropriation ....
Amount transferred from reserved fund
$25,000.00
2,667.74
$27,667.74
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid men as per pay-rolls :
April .....
$250.00
May
210.00
June
525-°°
July .
700.00
August .
325.00
September
375-°°
October
310.00
November
350.00
December
350.00
$3>395-°°
SUPPLIES.
Paid Builders' Iron Foundry, iron pipe
branches, increasers, bends, etc.
$350-32
Chadwick Lead Works, 9,248 lbs
pig lead a
t $4.40
406.91
Chadwick Lead Works, 639 lbs. 3-
lb. pipe, $38.42, less reels returned,
$11.98 26.44
Chadwick Lead Works, 100 lbs.
fine solder 15-00
McNeal Pipe & Foundry Co., iron
pipe, branches, etc. . . . 9,767.43
Manchester Locomotive Works,
2,594 lbs. plugs, covers, and curbs 77-82
Thos. A. Lane, couplings, unions,
elbows, etc. .... 15 .49
WATER-WORKS, CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNT.
597
Paid Chapman Valve Co., 12 6-inch bell
end water gates .
Holyoke Hydrant and Iron Works
10 5 -double hydrants, 5 j4 feet
Holyoke Hydrant and Iron Works
10 5 5/^ hydrants
Edison Manufacturing Co., 1 brass
water-way valve for pump .
Hays Manufacturing Co., 200 service
boxes, 5 feet 9 inches .
Hays Manufacturing Co., 220
inch curb cocks at $1.05 .
Hays Manufacturing Co., 1 i-inch
Payne corp. cock, J^ bend
Hays Manufacturing Co., cartage
Ludlow Valve Manufacturing Co.
1 10-foot, 1 12-foot, and 1 14
inch gates ....
Whittier Machine Co., 1,059 ft- 7
inches of i-inch "Adamanta
pipe, at 13^0., 3,692 feet 2 inch
es of i-inch "Adamanta" pipe.
less 37^ per cent
Whittier Machine Co., 6 4-inch and
6 6-inch bell-end water gates
Sewall & Day Cordage Co., 204
lbs. jute packing at 65c.
Thompson Meter Co., 1 2-inch me
ter
Thompson Meter Co., 20 5/g-inch
meters ....
Thompson Meter Co., 3 ^-inch
meters ....
Thompson Meter Co., couplings
Paid National Meter Co. :
121 2-inch Crown Comp. meters
1 j-inch Crown Comp. meter
141
90
355
00
34o
00
3
23
200
75
231
00
1
•J5
•5°
126.50
423.70
182.70
13.26
60.00
190.00
42.00
10.95
,936.00
16.00
598
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
2 24 -inch Crown Comp. meters .
$52-°°
3 24 -incn Crown Comp. meters .
78.00
i i-inch N. meter ....
10.75
Paid Smith & Anthony Stove Co., 2 cocks
6.05
Walworth Manufacturing Co., 200
corp. cocks ....
100.25
Walworth Manufacturing Co., 1 D.
Miller cutter, etc.
10.00
Paid Newark Brass Co., tapping machine
with gaskets :
2 to 1 inch
50.00
1 | tap and drill (extra)
2-75
1 1 -inch tap and drill (extra)
3.00
1 J-inch corp. stop ....
.58
1 |-inch corp. stop ....
1.04
1 1 -inch corp. stop ....
1.60
£15,250.07
HARDWARE, BLACKSMITHING, FREIGHT.
Paid Boston & Maine R. R., freight on
iron pipe, hydrants, etc.
Concord Railroad Corporation,
freight on pipe, oil, lead, etc.
D. F. Cressey, sharpening tools, etc.
Killey & Wadleigh, 1 keg of powder
Manchester Hardware Co., 2 dozen
Ames shovels ....
Manchester Hardware Co., 1 dozen
pick handles ....
J. B. Varick Co., hardware of all
kinds
G. R. Vance & Co., 6 galvanized
pails
$i>353-96
2I-53
28.77
2-75
!-75
39-92
6.00
$i,475-68
Paid Samuel H. Hunting, land as per deed $211.63
WATER-WORKS, REPAIRS.
599
Paid Regina L. Brown, land in Auburn,
as per deed ....
James B. Hunting, land as per deed
John J. Bell, land, etc., as per deed
Woodbury A. Brown, land in Au-
burn, as per deed
Lizzie J. Richardson and others,
land as per deed
Mary E. & Joseph B. Young, land
as per deed ....
$IOO.OO
I52-31
800.00
600.00
215.00
337.00
— $2,415.94
Paid E. A. G. Holmes, labor and teaming
550.00
Paid Jere. Hodge :
97 feet 2$ Michigan pine .
6.60
28 window blinds ....
26.76
2 gothic blinds .....
3-25
C. W. blinds, gothic heads
n.40
Other lumber and labor
x5-39
Lumber, 2I hours' labor
1. 10
50 boxes at 30c. ....
15.00
Paid Charles H. Hutchinson, repairing
tools .....
.80
A. Filion, repairing derrick .
•75
$i3l-°5
Total expenditures .
$22,667. 74
Amount transferred to water-works repairs
5,000.00
127,667.74
Water-Works, Repairs.
Appropriation $17,000.00
Transferred from water-works, construction . . 5,000.00
$22,000.00
600
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Expenditures.
Paid labor of men,
as per pay-
rolls
January .
February
March
$615.78
578.30
608.55
April
May
775-38
1,067.91
June
754-29
July .
August .
September
October .
397-43
697.21
867.30
616.25
November
37o-52
December
582.33
IRON PIPE, CASTING
5, LEAD,
ETC.
Paid Builders' Iron
Four
idry,
5 bra
nches
$33-25
Chadwick Lead Works, 13,924 lbs.
lead
Paid Manchester Locomotive Works :
2,156 lbs. castings at 3c. . $64.68
96 rough bolts at 8c. . . 7.68
610.83
$72.36
Less 5,930 lbs. cast iron .
47-44
24.92
1,000 lbs. castings
30.20
3,252 lbs. castings at 3c. .
97-56
1,190 lbs. castings at 3c.
35-7o
6 3-10 days' labor
26.00
37)^ lbs. steel at 4c. .
1.50
Team ....
2.00
205 lbs. castings at 3c.
6.15
$1W-2S
WATER-WORKS, REPAIRS. 601
Paid Taunton Locomotive Works, 66 lbs.
grate casting at 4c $2.64
Paid Union Brass Co. :
1 dozen ^2 -inch corporation cocks
with couplings .... 5.75
2 dozen J^-inch corporation cocks . 11.50
1 dozen ^-inch corporation cocks . 8. 50
1 dozen i-inch sold, nipples . . 1.25
2 dozen y2-mch corporation cocks,
without couplings . . . . 9.50
Paid Union Water Meter Co., for meters
and repairs .... 264.41
M. T. Davidson, 1 i-2-inch globe
check valve . . . . .75
National Meter Co., repairs on
meters 64.50
Peet Valve Co., 1 6-inch H. E.
grate ..... 12.00
Peet Valve Co., 4 6-inch H. E.
grates 4S.00
McNeal Pipe &: Foundry Co., iron
water pipe and branches, pipe at
$28.50 per ton, branches at 2^0
per pound .... 10,000.00
Paid Manchester Locomotive Works :
2 curbs, 238 lbs., at 3c. . . . 7.14
12 6-inch plugs, 205 lbs., at 3c. . . 6.15
96 rough bolts and nuts at 8c. . . 7.68
1 cover with rings, 60 lbs. plate at 6c. 3.60
2y2 hours' labor . . . . 1.00
$11,322.48
OIL, BELTING, PACKING, AND OTHER SUPPLIES.
Paid Boston Belting Co., 19^ lbs., pack-
ing at 50c $9.75
J. Hodge, 100 meter boxes . . 30.00
36 feet 3-inch Georgia pine . . 1.80
602 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid i hour's labor . . . . $0.40
P. C. Cheney Co., 461 lbs. No. 1
wiping waste at 8c. . . . 36.88
Thomas A. Lane, plumbing mate-
rials, valves, hose, etc. . . 83.41
Leonard & Ellis, 5^ gallons of oil 3J-5o
Underhay Oil Co., 5 barrel mon.
grease, 251 lbs. at 16c. . . 40.16
Underhay Oil Co., I barrel mon.
red engine oil, 50 4-5 gallons at
60c. ...... 30.48
Merrill & Freeman, 1 barrel cement 1.45
Pettee & Adams, 28 barrels cement 41.20
Pettee & Adams, 1 barrel of lime . 1.00
J. Stickney, 3 lbs. belt leather . . 75
J. Stickney, 4 oak leather packings,
cut to order . . . . 20.25
J. Stickney, 1 dozen rubber chair
tops .75
Fred H. Holton & Co., 25 rubber
washers . . . . . 1.50
Sewall & Day Cordage Co., 6 coils
jute packing, 620 lbs. . . 4°-3°
Vacuum Oil Co., oil . . . 24-33
A. M. Eastman, 14 gallons of oil . 2.52
BLACKSMITHING, HARDWARE, AND FREIGHT.
Paid D. F. Cressey, sharpening picks and
other tools .... $65.76
Concord Railroad Corporation,
freight on pipe, meters, etc. . 1,149.53
Killey & Wadleigh, hammer and
brass lantern . . . . 1.50
Manchester Hardware Co., 1 breast
drill 2.25
Manchester Hardware Co., i£ doz-
en shovels . . . . . 15. 75
$398-43
WATER-WORKS, REPAIRS.
603
Paid G. R. Vance & Co., i fire-pot
J. B. Varick Co., hardware of all
kinds
Waldo Bros., 5 barrels raw fire clay
Boston & Maine Railroad, freight
on casting, oil, etc. .
Boston & Maine Railroad, freight
on 13 meters ....
Boston & Maine Railroad, freight
on sundries ....
Charles K. Walker, cash paid for
expressage ....
Charles K. Walker, cash paid for
SUNDRIES.
Paid Amoskeag Manufacturing Co., plan-
ing and finishing 1 ring gear, 125
tons, $170, less 1 20-inch sleeve,
$5
Amoskeag Manufacturing Co., plan
ing 1 steel pinion gear, 26 teeth
with royalty
J. J. Abbott, painting .
John T. Beach, making wrench for
drag ....
L. B. Bodwell & Co., 3 barrels
charcoal ....
Paid Head & Dowst :
146 feet spruce timber
112 feet 6x8 spruce .
124 feet spruce timber
12 feet spruce boards .
Planing .....
100 U. and D. brick .
15 hours' labor ....
1 iron for derrick
$1.00
110.69
7-5°
2.70
i-33
.82
1.82
1165.
24.00
102.64
1.40
2.49
1.79
1.98
.19
.40
•35
3-75
1. 00
$1,362.85
604
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid E. A. G. Holmes :
Labor on shed and fence
On icehouse
Doors in house .
Lumber
Labor on outside windows
Labor
Labor boxing pipes .
Paid A. Filion, repairing derrick
C. H. Hutchinson, repairing tools
Manchester Heating and Lighting
Co., wringing coil, labor and ex-
pense .....
Charles H. Robie, 2-horse team
J day, carting gear to pumping
station .
Charles K. Walker, cash paid ex-
press on grates, etc. .
Charles K. Walker, cash paid team
William E. Williams, repairing slate
roof at station ....
S. C. Forsaith Machine Co., boiler
plate and brass castings
S. C. Forsaith Machine Co., 32^
hours' labor ....
E. P. Johnson Co., 96,230 lbs. egg
coal, at $7
E. P. Johnson Co., 3 tons stove
coal, at $7.25 ....
Mills & Sturtevant, lumber .
J. B. Sawyer, 15 bound stones
Total expenditures .
Amount transferred to reserved fund .
$25-5°
21.00
9.00
.92
5-5°
100.00
45-5°
1. 00
2.03
5-5°
6-37
•5°
9-3°
1.80
13.00
336-So
21-75
62.54
3-75
>°-25
#21,995.06
4.94
$22,000.00
WATER-WORKS, CURRENT.
605
Appropriation
Water-Works, Current.
Expenditures.
Paid Charles K. Walker, salary as supe
intendent, to April i
Charles K. Walker, salary as super
intendent, to December 31
$375-°°
1,199.97
Paid for gas .
$31.48
for telegrams ....
.25
for expenses at sundry times .
.85
for medicine (E. H. Currier) .
1.25
for sawdust and shavings
.50
for stamps .
15.00
for filing saws
.30
for directory and stamp .
2.30
for sundries ....
2.47
Paid labor, as per pay-roll :
January
$211.67
February
211.67
March .
211.67
April
211.67
May
in. 67
June
311.67
July .
211.67
August .
225.67
September
211.67
October .
204.00
November
2I9-33
December
203.33
$1,574-97
$54-4o
$2,545.69
606
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Joseph B. Sawyer, services of self
and assistant, in making sundry
surveys, in making deeds, etc.,
etc., from January 30, 1891, to
May 13, 1891 .... $55.70
Joseph B. Sawyer, services of self
and assistant, in making sundry
surveys, in making deeds, etc.,
etc., from June 23, 1891, to No-
vember 11, 1 89 1 . . . 60.00
F. W. Elliott, May 20, meals to
commissioners .... 12.00
A. R. Ingham, January 24, 5 din-
ners for commissioners . . 3.75
A. R. Ingham, June 23, luncheon
and dinners .... 6.00
A. R. Ingham, June 23, use of
steamer 4 hours .... 6.00
James Bros., hack to Auburn . . . 8.00
E. T. James, teams at sundry times 38.00
New England Telephone and Tele-
graph Co., use of telephones . 110.00
town of Auburn, tax on sundry
pieces of land . . . . 45-03
M. E. Kean, medical and surgical
treatment of P. McDonough . 15-00
G. B. Hoyt, recording deeds and
postage 3.56
Charles H. Reed, 23 bound stones,
at 40c. ..... 9.20
A. S. Campbell, 14,825 blank
notices 23-5°
A. S. Campbell, 500 postals, and
printing same .... 6.00
John B. Clarke, printing 500 re-
ports, 32 pages, cover, and plate 28.00
John B. Clarke, printing 14,150
blank bills ..... 32.00
WATER-WORKS, CURRENT.
607
Paid John B. Clarke, advertising water-
works notices ....
John B. Clarke, advertising, and
binding water reports
Union Publishing Co., advertising
water-works notices .
Moore & Preston, 4 tons egg coal,
at $7-25
D. A. Simons, 4 cane-seat chairs,
and gluing ....
D. A. Simons, repairing 4 chairs .
D. A. Simons, 4 office chairs .
Frederick Perkins, treatment of
John Hussey, 14 visits
Frederick Perkins, treatment of
Thomas McDonough, 9 visits .
F. S. Bodwell, 5 bound stones
John Ferguson, medical services
rendered McDonough, from
March 15 to May 30
Pike & Heald, balance due on
labor at pumping station .
E. R. Coburn & Co., 7 meter books
E. R. Coburn & Co., 4 day books
E. R. Coburn & Co., 3 meter and
rate books
E. R. Coburn & Co., paper, envel
opes, stationery
H. C. Dimond & Co., platforn
stamp ....
James A. Weston, clerk of board of
water commissioners .
$i-75
5-25
10.60
29.00
4.00
1. 00
6.00
25.00
5-5°
1S.00
i-39
12.00
30.00
39.00
11.56
6.00
$787-7a
Total expenditures "
Amount transferred to reserved fund
#4,962.85
37-15
$5,000.00
608
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Commons.
Appropriation
Expenditures.
. $3,000.00
Paid as per pay-
rolls
of commons :
April
$182.25
May
187.25
June
i96-75
July .
I53-5°
August .
55-°°
September
121.00
October
167.00
November
129.50
$1,192.25
Paid as per pay-roll, district No. 2
April
17.00
REPAIRS AND GENERAL EXPENSES.
Paid L. M. Aldrich, repairing saws, etc. $1-25
C. H. Hutchinson, repairing lawn
mowers, etc. .... 38-56
Peter Harris, sharpening lawn mow-
ers 5.40
Jere. Hodge, 947 feet 2^-inch sap-
ling, for seats . . . . 23. 6S
Jere. Hodge, 232 feet 2^-inch sap-
ling, for seats . . . . 5.80
Jere. Hodge, 6}^ hours' labor . 2.60
H. Liebing, painting fountains and
fences, 42^ lbs. paint . . 5.10
H. Liebing, 11 6-10 days' labor . 26.10
John A. Sargent, paints and oils . 13-62
Killey & Wadleigh, 2 gears for lawn
mower ..... .50
COMMONS. 609
Paid John B. Varick Co., hardware,
tools, etc. .... $57-96
Thos. A. Lane, plumbing materials,
labor, etc. . . . . 41 .79
Thos. A. Lane, plumbing materials
and labor on Hanover-street
fountain . . . . . 18.26
Thos. A. Lane, 2 cast nozzles for
fountains ..... 8.55
Thos. A. Lane, nipples, hose noz-
zles, dippers, and labor . . 3.80
L. Pope, sharpening picks, etc. . 1.00
Flint & Little, lumber and labor . .45
S. C. Forsaith Machine Co., 10
stakes . . . . . 1.50
J. T. Beach, work on wrench . 1.00
Geo. F. Rief, materials and labor
on settees . . . . 12.02
J. J. Abbott, 2>Y\ lbs. paint and
putty .50
Pettee & Adams, 6 barrels cement 16.45
MACADAMIZING.
Paid Chas. H. Robie, for concrete work,
Hanover common, 80.9 yards
at 25c $20.22
Chas. H. Robie, for concrete work,
Hanover common, 177 yards at
45C 79-65
Chas. H. Robie, for Park common
walks, 742 yards at 45c. . . 333-9°
FLOWERS, LOAM, ETC.
Paid Ray Brook Garden Co., plants
around fountain on Tremont
$20.00
$285.89
$433-77
610
E CITY AUDITOR.
*SI-S3
Paid H. H. Huntress, plants on commons
J. S. Holt & Co., 5 cords leached
ashes . . . . .
J. S. Holt & Co., 95 bushels leached
ashes . . . . .
J. B. Varick Co., clover, bent, and
red-top seed, etc.
J. B. Varick Co., 1,000 lbs. Coe's
phosphate .
Morrill & Goggin, 46 loads loam
Morrill & Goggin, 4 loads of loam
at 30c. .
George Whitford, 10 loads of loam,
Hanover common
F. S. Worthen, 2 flower beds on
Hanover common
Chas. H. Robie, 1 load of gravel .
D. H. Young, 1 cord of manure .
A. H. Hood, plants for 2 beds on
Tremont common
Joseph N. Auger, 7^ cords leached
ashes .
Total expenditures .
Amount transferred to reserved fund
Appropriation
Stark Park.
Expenditures.
62.50
11.87
5-75
i7-5°
46.00
40.00
4.00
40.00
86.25
$397-85
$2,406.76
593-24
$3,000.00
$500.00
Paid labor on commons, as per pay-rolls
May
$16.00
STARK PARK.
June .
$8-75
July . .
22.50
August .
73.OO
September
9°-75
November
I5.OO
HARDWARE,
ETC.
611
$226.00
Paid J. B. Varick Co., scythes, bush
hooks, grass hooks, lawn rakes,
and other hardware . . . $7.76
American Express Co., for flag . 3.75
Harry J. Briggs, 1 day setting stone
bounds ..... 2.00
Harry J. Briggs, 44 hours' work on
surveys ..... 8.80
Geo. W. Wales, 1 day setting stone
bounds ..... 2.00
Geo. W. Wales, 13 4-10 days sur-
veying plans and tracings . . 26. So
F. S. Bodwell, 4 stone posts, cut on
taper, 6 inches on sides . . 10.00
ENGINEERING SERVICES.
$6l.II
Paid W. H. Bennett, 62 hours' labor on
survey notes and plans
Harrie M. Young, 44 hours' work
on survey and plans .
Harrie M. Young, use of team 2 days
Joseph B. Sawyer, 3^ days' sur-
vey of Stark park, self and 2 men
at $10 .....
Joseph B. Sawyer, 1 day's labor of
assistant making plan
Joseph B. Sawyer, expense .
$24.80
9.90
5.00
37-5°
3.00
•75
612
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Eben T. James, team i]4 days for
survey of the park
Total expenditures .
Amount transferred to reserved fund
$3-75
#84.70
$371.81
128.19
$500.00
Pine Grove Cemetery.
Appropriation ...... . $6,000.00
Amount transferred from reserved fund, for purchase
of land ........ 3,000.00
,9,000.00
Expenditures.
id labor, as per pay-r
all, at cemetery
January
$187.11
February
147.36
March .
123.36
April .
235.45
May
370.00
June
507-25
July .
364.28
August .
346.95
September
434.84
October
30S.13
November
334- 20
December
284.62
PLANTS,
TREES, LOAM, AI
iT> CLAY.
id A. A. Ainsworth,-
1 loads of loam
$10.50
J. Francis, p
ants
14.37
#3^43-55
H. H. Huntress, plants .
53-75
PINE GROVE CEMETERY. 613
Paid Manchester Horse Railroad, 124
loads of loam, at $1.25 . . $155.00
Manchester Horse Railroad, 98
loads of loam, at $1.25 . . 122.50
J. B. Varick Co., 500 lbs. Coe's
phosphate 8. 75
J. B. Varick Co., 20 lbs. mixed
grass seed 2.70
J. B. Varick Co., grass and other
seeds . . . . . . 12.79
J. B. Varick Co., red-top, clover
seed, etc 5.61
C. C. Webster, 9 loads of clay . 9.00
John Woodman, 20 loads of loam . 27.00
$421.97
FUEL, TELEPHONE, ETC.
Paid E. P. Johnson Co., 5 tons of egg-
coal $35-5°
New England Telegraph and Tele-
phone Co 54.25
BOOKS AND STATIONERY.
Paid William E. Moore :
Printing and binding 2 blank receipt
books ......
100 postals and printing
Letter-heads and blocking .
Printing postals and water receipts
Printing, binding, and lettering blank-
book, certificate of lots .
Paid Temple & Farrington Co., station-
ery and blank-books
$6.00
2.00
2.50
3-50
5-5°
9.64
$89.75
\2g.l4
614 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS.
Paid Temple & Farrington Co., 17 win-
dow shades . . . . 514-45
John Clifford, 3 days' mason work 9.00
Head & Dowst Co., labor and ma-
terials 26.64
J. Hodge, 400 2-inch chestnut
grade stakes .... 9.00
J. Hodge, 100 pine grade stakes . .90
C. H. Hutchinson, 7]- hours' labor
on pruning-knife ... .50
C.A. Hoitt & Co., repairing 4 chairs 2.75
H. Liebing, painting and frescoing
main building .... 175-00
H. Liebing, painting tool-house . 30.00
Timothy McKenna, cleaning vault
at cemetery .... 3.50
Pike & Heald, plumbing, materials,
and labor t 410.S3
Palmer & Gannon, 6 range posts,
and cutting, rubbing, and letter-
ing same 7.53
C. H. Robie, concreting roadway,
1,392 yards, at 60c. . . . 904.80
J. Stickney, green covering cloth
and tacks .27
J. Stickney, 1 pair long rubber
gloves . . . . . 1.50
Whitten & Fifield, team delivered
to John Young .... 7.50
J. B. Varick Co., glass, putty, oil,
varnish, sheet lead, nails, 4 mat-
tocks, 1 screwdriver, 2 snow
shovels, ax, lawn rakes, 25 feet
of hose, floor brush, turkey-
feather duster, wrench, file, and
other hardware . . . . 56.73
VALLEY CEMETERY.
615
Paid S. C. Forsaith Machine Co., 300
chestnut stakes, 2x2, pointed .
Marden & Woodbury, granite steps
and posts
Bartlett, Gay & Young, 3 half-wash
hydrants .....
L. M. Aldrich, filing saw
SUNDRIES.
Paid Byron A. Stearns, cash paid for ex
penses of trustees of Pine Grove
cemetery to Forest Hill ceme
tery, Boston, Mass., and return
Byron A. Stearns, cleaning house a
cemetery ....
Wingate & Gould, 1 pair rubber
boots ....
Union Publishing Co., notice to
water takers, etc.
G. R. Vance & Co.
Total expenditures .
Amount transferred to reserved fund
$4-5°
50.00
16.25
.20
$16.00
1.78
2-75
4.00
•55
$i,73i-85
$25.08
,941-34
,058.66
$9,000.00
Appropriation
Valley Cemetery.
Expenditures,
labor.
Paid labor, as per pay-roll, at cemetery :
January $58-83
February 63.16
52,800.00
616
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
March
April
May
June
July
August
Septembe
October
Novembe
December
Paid labor as per pay-roll, district No.
B. F. Bascomb, team labor
$63.95
I43-56
206.74
266.07
209.01
199.56
238.83
I54-64
M5-07
122*68
$4.00
153-°°
$1,872.10
:57.oo
TURF, SAND, LOAM, PLANTS, ETC.
Paid B. F. Bascomb, 24 loads of stone .
B. F. Bascomb, 43 loads of sand .
B. F. Bascomb, 141 loads of gravel
Timothy Carr, 4 loads of loam
J. Francis, plants of various kinds .
C. H. G. Foss, cash paid John L.
Chilas, for trees and shrubs
C. H. G. Fcss, cash paid Dingee &
Conard Co., for trees and shrubs
C. H. G. Foss, cash paid H. M
Whiting, for trees and shrubs
C. H. G. Foss, cash paid H. M
Whiting for shrubs
R. W. Lamprey, 3 shrubs
Henry McEvoy, 96 loads of loam
H. H. Huntress, 3 dracaena .
Michael Murray, 2 cords of manure
Ray Brook Garden Co., plants of
various kinds ....
J. B. Varick Co., seeds and phos-
phate .....
$27.00
14.10
45-12
4.00
49.14
6.25
4-25
1. 00
4.00
38.40
3.00
10.00
13.48
32-33
VALLEY CEMETERY. 617
Paid Peter O. Woodman, 2,790 feet of
turf ...... $27.90
Peter O. Woodman, 100 loads of
loam ...... 50.00
Killey & Wadleigh, 100 lbs. lawn
dressing ..... 2.75
J. N. Auger, 10 bushels of ashes . 1.67
Stone & Wellington, 1 double flow-
ering cherry .... 1.00
Stone &: Wellington, 5 shrubs . 3.00
Welcome Jencks, 29 loads of loam . 14*50
Waterman Smith, 1 load of stone . 1.50
— $356-39
STATIONERY.
Paid Freeman G. Riddle, 1 book of re-
ceipts $1-85
Freeman G. Riddle, 1 blank-book . 2.00
Temple & Farrington Co., 1 direc-
tory ...... 2.00
Temple &: Farrington Co., ink,
blotting paper, pencils, envelopes,
mucilage, etc. . . . . 2.13
C. H. G. Foss, cash paid for 100
stamped envelopes . . . 2.20
REPAIRS, EXTENSIONS, TOOLS. ETC.
Paid J. Hodge, 78 feet 2-inch sapling . $i-95
J. Hodge, y2 hour's labor . . .20
Pike & Heald, plumbing materials
and labor 21.18
Thomas A. Lane, plumbing materi-
als and labor .... 42.51
J. Francis, 1 pair of rubber boots . 3.00
Killey & Wadleigh, 2 lawn rakes, 1
spade 1.35
10.18
618
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Killey &: Wadleigh, 2 chain wheel-
barrows
Killey & Wadleigh, 1 shovel .
Head & Dowst, building summer-
house and bridge, as per contract
Head & Dowst, material and labor
on seats in summer house, etc. .
J. B. Varick Co., 30 ft. '.-inch hose
J. B, Varick Co., ax, scythe, stones,
and reel ....
J. B. Varick Co., other hardware
G. R. Vance & Co., 18 lbs. stove
Pipe
Hill & Co., 40 lbs. canvas, 12 x 10
at ioc. ....
Hill & Co., express
L. M. Aldrich, filing saw
Manchester Hardware Co., 1 plane
2 rakes, 1 ball of twine
1 set grindstone fixtures
M. J. Whalen, repairing strap
J. J. Abbott, paint, shellac, and
labor
$4-oo
•6.5
275.00
12.78
2.70
1.28
13.90
1.80
'•59
•5°
•5°
2.78
vS393-
Paid Byron A. Stearns, cash paid for expenses of trus-
tees of the Valley Cemetery to Forest Hill Ceme-
tery, Boston, Mass., and return .
$6.00
Total expenditures .
Amount transferred to reserved fund
52,794-79
5.21
i2, 800. OO
DERRYFIELD PARK. 619
Receiving Tomb.
Appropriation ...... . $500.00
Amount transferred from reserved fund . . . 20.00
Derryfield Park.
Paid J. B. Varick, axes, scythes, garden
rakes, and other hardware . . $12.66
Leander Pope, blacksmithing . 2. So
$520.00
Expenditures.
Paid Manchester Heating and Lighting Co., 1 iron
rack, as per contract .... . . $520.00
Appropriation .....
$500.00
Expenditures.
labor.
Paid labor as per commons pay-roll :
August ......
September .....
October
$129.50
166.74
91-75
$387-99
5.62
city farm, labor of nine men f day each
$15-46
Total expenditures . . . . . $409.07
Amount transferred to reserved fund . . . 9°-93
$500.00
620
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paupers off the Farm.
Appropriation $4,500.00
Amount transferred from reserved fund . . . 428.24
$4,928.24
Expenditures.
groceries.
id G. W. Adams
$72.00
B. Bresnehan
8.00
A. N. Clapp
18.00
A. M. Eastman
5.00
Eager & Rand
55-°°
T. F. Fifield .
12.00
H. Fradd & Co. .
18.00
Griffin Bros. .
714.00
P. Harrington
50.00
0. D. Knox & Co.
7S.00
Thomas Mahoney .
207.00
McQuade Bros.
90.00
D. M. Poore .
36-31
Joseph Quirin
150.00
Robitaille Bros.
24.00
P. Ryan
133.00
D. A. Shannahan .
66.00
Henry Weber
132.18
Joseph Wiggin
21.00
Hallsville Grocery Store
2.00
Bartlett & Thompson .
48.00
T. E. McDerby .
24.00
$1,963.49
Paid L. B. Bodwell & Co.
J. H. Coburn
F. X. Chenette .
$11.50
15.00
19.20
PAUPERS OFF THE FARM.
621
Paid DeCourcy & Holland .
$40.25
S. L. Flanders
10.00
E. P. Johnson Co.
58.20
Merrill & Freeman
4.00
August Schink
S.50
F. T. Dun lap
5-95
Moore & Preston .
3-25
BOARD AND
CARE.
Paid Mrs. William Chase
$120.00
Hillsborough county farm
90.00
A. D. Hatch
I20.00
Carrie E. Jackson
95.24
Agnes Masse
56.OO
Christiana Maycock
I2S.32
William J. Powers
52.OO
State Industrial School .
1,642.27
J. D. Welcome
60.OO
Carrie M. Watts .
21.47
Daniel Stevens
16.OO
Hannah Murphy .
IO.OO
CLOTHI1S
G.
Paid Dodge & Straw .
$1-25
Joseph Murray
2.6o
Weston & Martin
"•75
M. A. McDonough
13.70
E. F. Scheer & Co.
1.25
Fred Dow
1.50
MEDICIN
ES.
Paid John B. Hall
#2.75
L. K. Mead .
98.15
$175-3;
$2,411.30
$32-05
noo.90
622 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
SUNDRIES.
Paid John B. Clarke, printing 400 postal
blanks . . . . . $5-25
John B. Clarke, printing 2,000 bill-
heads ..... 9.25
John B. Clarke, printing 36 envel-
opes, 2C. stamp . . . . 1.50
Temple & Farrington Co., paper,
envelopes, rubber bands, pens,
penholders, etc 2.50
Temple & Farrington Co., 1 blank-
book . . . . . . 2.00
Temple & Farrington Co., 8 di-
rectories . . . . . 16.00
Paid Fred Perkins:
Certificate of insanity for Julia Paul . 3.00
Extra services for Mrs. Edward Mas-
son . . . . . . 15.00
Surgical and medical services for Lizzie
Farnum . . . . . . 15-00
Certificate of insanity, Frank L. Blais-
dell 3.00
Certificate of insanity, L. M. Goward 3.00
Medical services for Timothy Devan . 5.00
Paid Henry W. Boutwell, consultation
and visit to Mrs. Edward Masson 3.00
A. G. Straw, certificate of insanity
for Julia Paul .... 3.00
A. G. Straw, certificate of insanity
for L. M. Goward . . . 3.00
William W. Wilkins, examination
of Frank L. Blaisdell, insane . 3.00
F. X. Chenette, burial expenses of
John Morency . . . . 25.00
H. D. W. Carvelle, professional ser-
vices rendered Fred Spaess, set-
tlement made by overseers of the
poor 58.00
CITY FARM.
623
Paid Peter T. Kean, burial of child of
Edward Masson
F. L. Wallace & Co., conveying J.
Welch to city farm
F. L. Wallace & Co., burial of
Nancy J. Ray ....
F. L. Wallace & Co., burial of
Adam D. Wilson
J. L. Robinson, medical attendance
on Nora Griffin ....
William H. Maxwell, stationery
and other office supplies
$3-°°
25.00
2.15
5244-65
Total expenditures .
$4;928-24
City Farm.
Appropriation
$6,500.00
Expenditures.
HOUSE AND FARM LABOR.
Paid
L. M. Streeter, Superint
endent . $500.00
Mary E. Streeter, Mat-rc
n . . 300.00
Emma M. Streeter
57.01
A. Bancroft .
21.99
Thomas Burke
162.00
Mary Ban-
19.71
George Baker
18.75
Levi 'Carter .
18.66
Thomas J. Estes .
174.62
Mrs. T. J. Estes .
102.47
Hannah Hackett .
65.59
Kate Houghton .
16.06
D. B. Hutchins .
205.65
624 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Mrs. D. B. Hutchins .
$85.32
L. J, Proctor
96-45
C. W. Pike .
3I25
Samuel Richardson
.86
H. Southworth
4.66
Fred Shaw .
5-33
W. K. Stockdale .
x3-5°
Fred Sanborn
220.61
Lewis Wilber
.S5-32
Hattie Covell
27.44
Merritt Covell
38.40
Mary J. Davis
4.00
Joseph Murphy
3i-99
Mary Morse .
43-72
Maria Nichols
3°-43
Lottie Flynn
3-43
Jane Carpenter
6-43
Mrs. Charles Thompson
3.00
Charles Thompson
4.66
district No. 2, 2^ days' labor, mer
and teams
2.00
$2,371-31
Paid Moore & Preston, 2,225 pounds
furnace coal at $6.50 . . $7-3*
Moore & Preston, 10,000 pounds
stove coal at $7 . . . 35 .00
Moore & Preston, 24,000 pounds
furnace coal at $5.85 . . . 70.20
Paid A. & D. M. Poore :
12,985 pounds stove coal at $7 . . 45-45
19,940 pounds egg coal at $6 . . 5 9. 81
5,835 pounds egg coal at $6 . . T7-5°
2,000 pounds stove coal at $7 . . 7.00
1 barrel Cumberland coal at $1 . . 1.00
Paid A. C. Wallace, 1 load of sawdust . 1.00
$244.27
CITY FARM.
625
CLOTHING AND DRY GOODS.
Paid Barton & Co., cotton, quilts, towels
crash, gingham, prints, ticking
napkins, and other dry goods
George Blanchet, cotton batting
shirting, ticking, toweling, prints
and other dry goods .
Clark & Estey, socks, needles, thim
bles, elastics, buttons, oil-cloth
combs, etc. ...
Frank L. Downs, 4 pairs of men';
rubber boots ....
Frank L. Downs, 1 pair men's lace
balmorals ....
Jas. A. Folsom, overalls, caps, jump
ers, pants, and other clothing
Paid W. P. Farmer :
9 pair of brogans
6 pairs ladies' shoes .
3 pairs rubber boots .
Repairs .....
Brogans, shoes, and repairs
Paid H. M. Moody, hats, overalls, jump
ers, mittens, coat, necktie, col
lars, gloves, vests, drawers, pants
and other clothing
Miville & Co., gingham, batting
and cambric ...
Miville & Co., gingham, batting
and cambric
Wingate & Gould, boots, shoes
rubbers, umbrellas, etc.
G. W. Dodge, 6 pairs men's shoes
G. W. Dodge, 2 pairs slippers
G. W. Dodge, 4 pairs soles .
$101.97
51.28
29-39
10.50
1.50
3i-5°
1 1 . 05
7.10
8. 04
•55
5-85
108.05
7.26
7.26
19
21
7
75
1
60
20
$410.06
626
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS.
Paid Bartlett &: Thompson, 658 pounds
of beef .....
Bartlett & Thompson, 9 pounds of
pork chops
Bartlett & Thompson, 81 pound
of cabbage
O. Brochue, 33 bushels of potatoes
Dodge & Laing, 71 bushels of pota
toes .....
Dodge & Laing, 2)4 bushels beans
John F. Dowd, groceries
Drake & Parker, 34 barrels Pills
bury's best flour
Drake & Parker, 4 barrels Wash
burn's best flour
Drake & Parker, 1 barrel Millwood
Drake & Parker, 2 barrels P. flour .
A. G. Grenier, groceries
Hardy & Co., groceries
Geo. H. Hubbard, 127 lbs. smok-
ing tobacco ....
Daniel Johnson, 83 lbs. sausage at
ioc. .....
Daniel Johnson, 2 lbs. sage .
W. D. Ladd & Co., 2 barrels of
crackers ....
Manchester Beef Co., 2 kegs of tripe
Manchester Beef Co., 14 lbs. ger
mans at ioc.
Manchester Beef Co., 178 lbs. of
beef at 74c.
A. McDougal, 12 bushels potatoes
McQuade Bros., groceries
E. S. Newton, boneless cod .
Public Market, groceries
$41-03
2.60
35-So
77-52
5-38
7-43
23.60
4-75
9-5°
62.21
45.61
34.08
8.30
•5°
4-35
2.20
1.40
13-79
12.30
216.80
37-89
205.89
CITY FARM. 627
Paid J. H. Pierce & Co., tea, coffee,
spices, and flavoring extracts . $52.80
Joseph Quirin, groceries . . 107.04
Tom. W. Robinson, 586 lbs. beef . 36.51
E. M. Slayton, 50 bushels potatoes 57-35
L. Shelters, 4 barrels potatoes . ^^3-^5
L. Shelters, 13 bushels potatoes . J3-4i
Union Pacific Tea Co., 7 lbs. tea . 4.00
Union Pacific Tea Co., 6 lbs. coffee 1.92
H. I. Woods, bread and crackers . 3.64
J. H. Wiggin & Co., groceries . !8-35
J. H. Wiggin & Co., 72 lbs. tobacco 16.80
Carl E. York, groceries . . . 71.81
Clough & Co., groceries . . 33-oi
Henry W. Parker, 12 barrels Pills-
bury' s flour . . . . 73. 20
Robinson Bros., 14 lbs. tobacco . 3.30
$1,562.60
FURNITURE AND COOKING UTENSILS.
Paid Barton & Co. :
2 yards of oil-cloth
$0-5°
2 yards of tapestry ....
1. 00
2 shades ......
•5°
3 skeins carpet thread
.12
3 yards oil-cloth ....
2.10
28}^ yards carpet ....
18.53
Paid Clark M. Bailey, pails, brooms, dry
measures, and dairy pans .
13.86
F. E. Nelson, crockery, flour sieves,
dippers, plates ....
3.68
F. E. Nelson, kettles, milk-pail,
etc
28.81
Pike & Heald, merchandise and
labor ......
29.58
J. N. Tuck, 1 alarm clock
5-5°
D. B. Varney, 1 copper kettle
10.80
$19.21
11.29
2-75
•15
•25
Home), 6
1.98
Home), i
628 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Weston & Hill :
33TA yards carpet
Other dry goods
iSyi yards hemp carpet
Thread
1 shade
Paid " The Kitchen " (R. K.
chambers .
"The Kitchen" (R. K.
ewer and basin .... .95
"The Kitchen" (R. K. Home),
paper and paper tacks . . .43
"The Kitchen (R. K. Home),
scrub brushes, lantern globe, bas-
ket, etc 7.03
Higgins Bros. Co., 2 steam-
holders ..... .66
Manchester Heating and Lighting
Co., 1 No. 28 pastry-oven stove. 12.50
Manchester Heating and Lighting
Co., putting up stove and new
Pipe 2.50
SERVICES AND MEDICINE.
Paid J. A. Alexander, veterinary ser-
vices, etc $29.00
John B. Hall, medicines on pre-
scriptions, etc., from May, 18S9,
to April 4, 1891 . . . 21.75
O. P. Lucier, 3 Roberts ozonators
(disinfectants) .... 9.00
L. K. Mead, medicines . . . 6.50
Eames Bros., prescription . . .35
Z. F. Campbell, medicines . . 8.74
$174.68
$75-34
CITY FARM. 629
FERTILIZERS, SEEDS, ETC.
Paid Gregory & Son, seeds of various
kinds $4-65
W. P. Jerrard, seeds of various
kinds 3.55
Aretas Blood, 3^ cords of manure,
at $3.50 12.25
S. B. Putnam, 3 cords of manure . 5.00
HARDWARE.
Paid Killey & Wadleigh, ground bone,
whiting, adze handles, poultry net-
ting, wire nails, oyster shells, rat
traps, brooms, pail, solder, pow-
der, trace chains, 4 wood-saws,
126 lbs. galvanized wire, axle
grease, other hardware and agri-
cultural supplies .... $67.78
Manchester Hardware Co., 1 spring-
tooth harrow, 1 dozen shovels, 1
grindstone, nails, spring door-
lock, other hardware . . . 88. 33
J. B. Varick Co., 1 hand force-
pump, ]/2 dozen square-point
shovels, other hardware . . 17-64
HAY, GRAIN, AND OTHER FEED.
Paid Merrill & Freeman, meal, oats,
bran, middlings, etc. . . $566.70
Partridge Bros., bran, oats . . 23-5°
Pettee & Adams, oats, middlings,
bran, and grinding, etc. . . 81.44
$25.45
$173-75
$671.64
630
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS.
Paid John T. Beach, i dump cart .
John T. Beach, ironing lead bar,
whiffletree, painting
D. E. Guiney, materials and labor
repairing steam-pipe .
Paid C. H. Hutchinson :
Norway iron, soft steel, and 12 hours'
labor on shackles, 1 hour's labor on
box wrench .
Materials and labor on mowing-ma
chine and cutter .
21^/2 hours' labor on boiler
1 hand-hole gasket
3 glass gauges, gasket, etc. .
108 Hill patent boiler-plugs, 289 lbs
Paid Peter Harris, sharpening and repair
ing lawn mower
Peter Harris, 3 keys
Peter Harris, 2 keys
Head & Dowst, timber, boards,
brick, and other materials and
labor on various repairs
T. A. Lane, labor on water-pipe, at
barn
J. B. McCrillis & Son, printing, re
pairing, and other work and ma
terials on carts, wagons, etc.
Pike & Heald, repairing pumps,
water-pipe, etc.
R. M. Rollins & Son, Pitman bolts
guards, knives, etc., for mowin_
machine ....
J. Stickney, sole leather, pegs
nails, etc.
L. N. Westover, 6 ash stakes, at 8c
: 70.00
3.00
2. So
5-33
11.25
8.60
•25
•35
15.90
1. 00
•45
•5°
83.98
52-05
11.25
2.88
CITY FARM.
631
Paid L. N. Westover, 145 feet oak plank
L. N. Westover, 13^ hours' labor
Shirley & Stuart, 2 whitewash
brushes . ...
Shirley & Stuart, lime .
J. J. Abbott, paints, etc.
S. C. Forsaith Machine Co., 86 feet
of spruce, 4x4, planed four
sides, at 2^c. ....
S. C. Forsaith Machine Co., 72 feet
of spruce, 1^x3, planed two
sides, at 2c
S. C. Forsaith Machine Co., 46 feet
of spruce furring, at 1.6c.
L. M. Aldrich, filing saws
BLACKSMITHING, HARNESSES, ETC
Paid J. H. Cram & Co., shoeing horses
C. G. McDuffie, shoeing horses
Thos. P. Riley, repairing harnesses
etc. .....
Thos. P. Riley, axle grease, fly col
lars, etc. ....
J. O. Tremblay, shoeing horses
F. N. McLaren, repairing harnesses
Amos Dow & Son, shoeing horses
Paid Kimball Carriage Co. :
1 pair horse covers .
1 pair zinc pads
1 pair sheets
1 pair flag collars
4 collar pads
2 rope ties ....
Paid H. C. Ranno & Son, repairing team
harness, etc.
N. J. Whalen, stock and lash
$6.53
5.00
2.00
•75
13.28
1.44
•74
•5°
$9.00
5.18
9.00
3.00
40.00
n-57
3.00
1.40
1.50
1. 00
1.50
3.00
•36
4.40
1.25
$418.02
$951.16
632 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid John Dowst, agent, insurance on
city farm property in the Capitol
Fire Insurance Co., policy 18,829 $20.00
C. M. Edgerly, agent, insurance on
farm buildings and contents, pol-
icy 100,829 Peoples Fire Insur-
ance Co., $40, less dividend of $8 32.00
Paid A. Elliott & Co., insurance on farm
buildings and contents :
Granite State Insurance Co., policy No.
35>925> $2,000 .... 40.00
Northern Insurance Co., policy No.
10,064, $2,000 .... 40.00
Paid E. P. Richardson, agent, insurance
on building and contents, N. H.
Fire Insurance Co., policy No.
32,682 ..... 60.00
A. W. Baker, dentistry work on
horses ..... 8. 00
Concord Railroad Corporation, for
freight .32
N. E. Telegraph &: Telephone Co.,
use of telephone . . . 42.00
" New England Homestead," sub-
scription to March 1, 1892 . 1.50
S. S. Piper, postmaster, rent of
post-office box for quarter ending
June 30, 189 1 . . . . .75
S. S. Piper, postmaster, rent of
post-office box for quarter ending
September 30, 1891 ... .75
S. S. Piper, postmaster, rent of
post-office box from January 1 to
March 31 . . . . . .67
Dennis Shea, use of boar . . 2.00
INDIGENT SOLDIERS.
633
Paid L. M. Streeter, express, stamps, and
box rent $3.55
E. C. Tilton, scraping snow and
cutting ice .... 14.00
Temple & Farrington Co., blank-
books, postage stamps, and other
stationery . . . . 7.31
Samuel Richardson, grinding and
pressing 82 bushels apples . . 5.01
J. F. Baldwin, 1 box of watch clock
dials ...... 2.00
Wm, Hayes, 4 cider casks . . 4.00
Robert I. Stevens, services of bull . 4.00
Union Publishing Co., advertising
pigs for sale, 1 inch 2 weeks . 1.25
Union Publishing Co., advertising
for help ..... 1.50
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Total expenditures
$6,512.89
Indigent Soldiers.
Appropriation
$i,5<
Paid
Expenditures.
groceries.
G. W. Adams
$154.00
Bartlett & Thompson .
54.00
Griffin Bros.
260.00
Thomas H. Mahoney .
96.00
D. A. Shannahan
84.00
McQuade Bros.
6.00
Geo. C. Lord
6.00
$660.00
684
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR,
Paid L. B. Bodwell ....
$2.00
Fred T. Dunlap ....
3-75
DeCourcy & Holland .
8.25
Merrill & Freeman
16.25
Moore & Preston ....
3-75
BOARD AND CARE.
Paid Mary McCook ....
$78.00
Daniel Sullivan ....
62.00
E. C. Tilton ....
36.00
John Flynn .....
16.00
MEDICINES.
Paid L. K. Mead
SUNDRIES.
Paid John B. Clarke, 1,000 bill-heads and filing
Total expenditures ....
Amount transferred to reserved fund
Balance
$34.00
$192.00
$15-15
$5-25
40
592.60
1. 00
11,500.00
Women's Aid and Relief Hospital.
Appropriation $400.00
Expenditures.
Paid Women's Aid and Relief Hospital . . . $400.00
DECORATION OF SOLDIERS' GRAVES. 635
Free Beds, Elliot Hospital.
Appropriation $600.00
Expenditures.
Paid Elliot Hospital, amount for 2 free beds . . $600.00
Decoration of Soldiers' Graves.
Appropriation ...... . $300.00
Amount transferred from reserved fund . . . 33-54
Expenditures.
Paid to John T. Beach, commander of Louis Bell
Post G. A. R., bills paid sundry persons for ex-
penditures incurred on Memorial Day, May 30,
1891 :
PRINTING.
Paid John B. Clarke, printing 1,816
flags ...... $20.40
F. R. Challis, printing 1,000 pro-
grams 2.75
CARRIAGE HIRE.
Paid E. V. Turcotte, use of two hacks
and one barge .... $11.00
F. X. Chenette, use of two barges
and one hack . . . . 15.00
Felch's stable, use of hack and
horse hire . . . . . 6.00
$333-54
$23.15
95. ST. PATRICK CATH. SCHOOL.
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91. ST. JOSEPH'S. CATHOLIC.
93. ST. MARY'S. FR. CATH.
94. ST. GEORGE. FR. CATHOLIC.
DECORATION OF SOLDIERS' GRAVES. 635
Free Beds, Elliot Hospital.
Appropriation ....... $600.00
Expenditures.
Paid Elliot Hospital, amount for 2 free beds . . $600.00
Decoration of Soldiers' Craves.
Appropriation ...... . $300.00
Amount transferred from reserved fund . . . 33-54
Expenditures.
Paid to John T. Beach, commander of Louis Bell
Post G. A. R., bills paid sundry persons for ex-
penditures incurred on Memorial Day, May 30,
1891 :
PRINTING.
Paid John B. Clarke, printing 1,816
flags $20.40
F. R. Challis, printing 1,000 pro-
grams ..... 2.75
CARRIAGE HIRE.
Paid E. V. Turcotte, use of two hacks
and one barge . . . . $11.00
F. X. Chenette, use of two barges
and one hack . . . . 15-00
Felch's stable, use of hack and
horse hire . . . . 6.00
$333-54
$23.15
osn
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid A. L. Jenness & Son, use of hack
Whitten & Fifield, use of hack
E. T. James, use of hack
G. W. Reed, use of hack
J. C. Nichols & Son, use of two
hacks ....
C. H. Simpson, use of hack .
J. Freeman, use of hack
J. W. Truel, use of hack
D. H. Morgan, use of team .
$4-oo
4.00
4.00
4.00
8.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
2.00
MUSIC AND SINGING.
Paid Manchester Military (First Regi-
ment) band .... $75-oo
Manchester Drum Corps (J. H. Mc-
Cabe) 12.00
Manchester War Veterans' Drum
Corps . . . . . 15 .00
G. A. R. Quartet (H. Parker
French) ..... 8. 00
$70.00
$110.00
Paid J. B. Varick Co., garden trowels,
etc $3-oo
J. Hodge, flag staffs . . . 12.00
Head & Dowst Co., labor and ma-
terials for platform on Monument
square 51-00
Palmer & Gannon, 25 markers . 17-25
Killey & Wadleigh, garden trowels,
etc .87
Manchester Mills, 206)^ yards
worsted goods . . . . 16.50
Thomas Stewart, trucking settees
to and from Monument square . 10.00
637
Paid First Light Battery, N. H. N. G.,
for powder ....
J. Shiney, putting flags on stakes .
J. Shiney, team to French ceme-
tery ......
L. N. Westover, 48 flag stakes
Total expenditures
10.00
5-75
1. 00
3.00
$i3°-39
$333-54
Militia.
Dpropriation .....
$900.00
Expenditures.
id Amoskeag Veterans
$100.00
First Regiment, N. H. N. G.
100.00
City Guards .....
100.00
Lafayette Guards, Co. H, First
Regiment, N. H. N. G. .
100.00
Manchester Cadets
100.00
Manchester War Veterans
100.00
First Regiment Headquarters, N.
H. N. G
100.00
Sheridan Guards ....
100.00
(The above for maintenance of
armories from February 12, 1891,
to February 12, 1892.)
Upton Light Infantry, to February
12, 1892 .....
75.00
Total expenditures .
$875.00
nount transferred to reserved fund
25.00
$900.00
638 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Abatement of Taxes.
Appropriation ..... . . $3,000.00
Expenditures.
Paid sundry persons on taxes abated . $2,557.24
by balance transferred to new ac-
count ..... 442.76
$3,000.00
State Tax.
Appropriation $63,435.00
Expenditure.
Paid Solon A. Carter, state treasurer . . . $63,435.00
County Tax.
Appropriation $46,032.47
Expenditure.
Paid Edwin F. Jones, county treasurer . . . $46,032.47
NEW DEPOT. 639
General Descriptive Memorandum, to Accompany
Sketches for the Union Passenger Station, Man-
chester, N. H.
Bradford L. Gilbert, of New York City,
Wm. M. Butterfield, of Manchester, N. H.,
Associate Architects.
The general perspective sketch is intended to represent the
exterior of the building as it will appear when completed, and
together with the general plans, elevations, and sections, indi-
cates fully the entire design and the general features incorporated
in the same.
The position of the station building proper has of necessity
been determined by the location of the proposed overhead cross-
ing of Central street, and the natural grade of the site proper.
The arrangement of the general ground plan has been carried
out as most desirable for the accommodation and convenience
of the public, and an expeditious administration of the railroad
service. Nothing known to modern railroad construction, which
would tend to emphasize these special features, has been omitted,
but the whole design is intended to suggest a building which,
when erected, will be a model of convenience and comfort, a
structure for which the citizens of Manchester will justly feel a
local pride, and need offer no apologies.
The material of which the building will be constructed has
been selected with a special reference to the location. The en-
tire exterior exposed to view will be of rockfaced New Hamp-
shire granite, with quoins around the openings, tooled so as to
form a contrast with the rockfaced work, all backed up with
brick. No detail or fancy ornamentation has been provided for
anywhere, but the entire effect of the exterior is intended to be
one of massive simplicity and graceful contour lines, formed by
constructional outlines in correct and effective architectural de-
sign, forming a building which will show upon its face the pur-
pose for which it has been erected. To enhance the effect of
height, the tower has been designed, which will also be utilized
640 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
for storage purposes, and for the large illuminated clocks as
shown.
As previously stated, every accommodation possible has been
provided for the public. Outside of the building on the track
side, wide platforms have been provided, and the covered train
shed, about ninety-two ieet in width and seven hundred feet in
length, covering all tracks and platforms. Ample egress has been
provided from this train shed by means of wide platforms and
sidewalks, covered in every case by overhead awnings. The
roofs of the building will be entirely of slate, special attention
having been paid to the matter of protection from damage by
heavy snow storms.
On the street side of the station, a very wide and generous
porte cochere has been provided, capable of affording shelter for
several carriages at the same time. The rotunda, or general
waiting-room, opening at this point, has been made a special
feature of the design, the space opening through the clere story
to the roof trusses with large generous windows at either end. A
large open fireplace has also been provided. The entire floor
and wainscoting of the rotunda, about ten feet in height, is in-
tended to be carried out in marble. The size of this room will
be sixty feet by sixty feet, and about fifty feet in height. From
this rotunda the various rooms open off as most convenient.
The ladies have been provided with a large and generous pri-
vate room, set apart exclusively for their use, and everything
which might tend to their comfort and convenience. The res-
taurant is so located as to afford the most desirable service. An-
other large waiting-room has been provided with all conveniences
for passengers who may not wish to use the rotunda. The large
union ticket office has also been arranged conveniently to both
waiting-rooms, and with a special feature for quick service.
The gentlemen are provided with a generous smoking-room
with all conveniences. The express rooms are located at the
south end of the building, and the baggage rooms where most
central, at the northern end. Offices are provided also for the
station agent, train dispatchers, telegraph service, and conduct-
ors. The sizes of these various rooms are marked on the general
NEW DEPOT. 641
ground plan. The second story of the building where utilized
is arranged for railroad offices on the north side of the rotunda,
and on the south side for the kitchen and serving pantries in
connection with the restaurant (thus obviating all disagreeable
odors from the cooking). The entire basement is excavated, and
will be utilized for heating and storage purposes.
The questions of heating and plumbing have been given thor-
ough and careful attention, and all known sanitary appliances
conducive to health and comfort have been provided.
A fountain has been suggested in the triangular square facing
the building, which if desired can be made a very pleasant and
practicable feature.
It is intended to provide a large map on the wall of the ro-
tunda, showing the various railroads and connections, as a matter
of convenience for the public.
In addition to the foregoing description of the passenger sta-
tion the citizens of Manchester are amply interested in the mat-
ter of the grade crossings at Granite and Central streets.
The grade crossing at Granite street has received the most
careful attention of the Concord officials and others interested.
The practicability of abolishing the crossing by the substitution
of a tunnel under the tracks, or any other feasible means, was
submitted to John E. Cheney, engineer for the city of Boston,
who has had a long experience in devising means to do away
with grade crossings, and his opinion is recognized as authority
upon such questions.
After a thorough investigation of more than a year of the loca-
tion of the crossing and the lands adjoining (including the Man-
chester mill property and Bedford street south of the crossing,
which would be practically destroyed by a tunnel), Mr. Cheney
advises it is practically impossible to substitute a tunnel in place
of the present crossing.
The plans submitted to the Manchester city government by
the Concord & Montreal Railroad are recommended by him as
the only feasible method of dealing with the crossing question.
The grade crossing at Central street will be abolished, and the
overhead way will so relieve the pressure of traffic on Granite
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642
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
street that the gates can be closed whenever it is necessary to use
that crossing for trains.
The overhead way like the one proposed has been adopted in
many places, including five or six different places in New Eng-
land, and although objected to before being built has been
found in every case to accomplish the purpose for which it
was designed, and in actual use to be thoroughly satisfactory to
the public.
Resolution Raising Money and Making Appropria-
tions for the Year 1891.
Resolved by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Coutuil of the
City of Manchester in City Council assembled, as follows :
That the sum of four hundred and forty thousand, forty-two
and forty-seven one hundredths dollars ($440,042.47) be raised
'for the use of the city for the year 1891, by tax on the polls and
estates liable to be taxed therein, which, together with such un-
appropriated money as may be now in the city treasury, or may
hereafter come into it, shall be appropriated as follows :
CENTRAL DEPARTMENT.
Interest
$51,500.00
Payment of funded debt
100.00
Reserved fund
20,000.00
City hall
2,100.00
Printing and stationery
2,000.00
Incidental expenses
15,000.00
Mayor's incidentals
300.00
City officers' salaries
15,500.00
STREET AND SEWER DEPARTMENT.
Highway district No. 1 ..... $300.00
" " 2, 3 .... 12,000.00
" " 4 .... 500.00
5
600.00
APPROPRIATIONS.
643
Highway district No. 6
$500.00
7
1,500.00
8
1,000.00
" <c 9
500.00
" " IO
3,800.00
" " ii
1,000.00
" " 12
200.00
13
200.00
New highways
10,000.00
Land taken for highways
2,000.00
Watering streets .
4,800.00
Paving streets
5,500.00
Macadamizing streets
18,000.00
Grading for concrete
5,000.00
Scavenger teams .
12,000.00
Street sweeping
1,200.00
Lighting streets .
42,000.00
Bridges
2,000.00
City teams .
5,000.00
Sewers and drains
25,000.00
Engineer's department .
3,500.00
Health department
1,500.00
City auditor's departme
nt
1,700.00
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Repairs of schoolhouses .
$4,000.00
Fuel
3,700.00
Furniture and supplies .
750.00
Books and stationery
300.00
Printing and advertising
400.00
Contingent expenses
800.00
Care of rooms
3,700.00
Evening schools
1,500.00
Teachers' salaries .
47,000.00
Evening school, mechanical drawing
600.00
Free text-books
3,000.00
644
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
CITY LIBRARY.
City library $3,800.00
FIRE.
Fire department $37,000.00
Fire-alarm telegraph 1,400.00
Hydrant service ....... 5,000.00
Firemen's parade 500.00
POLICE.
Police department $37,000.00
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Repairs of buildings ....
Varney school house ....
Addition to Webster-street schoolhouse .
New schoolhouse at Hallsville
$2,500.00
1,000.00
8,000.00
18,000.00
WATER-WORKS.
Construction $25,000.00
Repairs 17,000.00
Current expenses ....... 5,000.00
PUBLIC PLACES.
Commons
Stark park
Pine Grove cemetery
Valley cemetery
Derryfield park
Repairs receiving tomb
$3,000.00
500.00
6,000.00
2,800.00
500.00
500.00
PATRIOTIC, CHARITABLE, AND PHILANTHROPIC.
Paupers off the farm
City farm
$4,500.00
6,500.00
APPROPRIATIONS.
645
Indigent soldiers ....
$1,500.00
Women's Aid and Relief Hospital
400.00'
Free beds, Elliot Hospital
600.00
Decoration of soldiers' graves
300.00
Militia
900.00
TAXES.
Abatement of taxes ...... $3,000.00
State taxes . . . . . . . . 63,435.00
County tax .
46,032.47
$635,217.47
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS.
Amount to be raised by tax . . . . . $440,042.47
3,700.00
Railroad tax ....
21,000.00
Savings bank tax .
68,000.00
Literary fund
4,000.00
Water-works
72,000.00
City hall ....
2,400.00
City teams .....
2,500.00
Tuition .....
350.00
Fire department .
4,500.00
Police Department
6,900.00
Pine Grove cemetery .
4,200.00
Valley cemetery ....
1,100.00
County of Hillsborough
2,200.00
City farm .....
2,000.00
Interest on taxes ....
325.00
$635,217.47
February 10, 1891,
646
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VALUATION AND TAXES.
647
Assessors' Oath.
We, the Assessors of the City of Manchester, do solemnly
swear that in making the invoice for the purpose of assessing the
foregoing taxes, we appraised all taxable property at its full
value, and as we would appraise the same in payment of a just
debt due from a solvent debtor. So help us God.
Valuation and Taxes.
The amount of taxes assessed on the polls and on the real and
personal estate, within the city of Manchester, N. H., for the year
1 89 1, was as follows:
Valuation.
^ate per $1,000.
Tax.
Real estate
• $20,557,146
#17.80
#365,917.20
Personal property
3,278,646
17. So
5^359-89
Overlay .
•4i
No. of polls, 10,367
$23,835,792
1,036,700
17.80
Totals . . $24,872,492
Special tax on 713 male dogs, at $1
Special tax on 49 female dogs, at $2
Total
The share distributed to Manchester of the
amount of the tax assessed, as per returns made
by the corporations to state treasu
On railroads ....
On savings banks
On insurance companies .
On literary fund . .
Grand tax total
#424,277.50
18,453-26
$442,730.76
713.00
98.00
$443,541-76
#22,059.03
73,275-55
3,920.25
5,287.50
$548,084.09
648
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Appropriated and assessed in 1891, for city ap-
propriation $427,275.00
Appropriated and assessed in 1891, for state tax 63,435.00
Appropriated and assessed in 1891, for county
tax 46,032.47
Overlay* 11,341-62
Grand tax total $548,084.09
For further information in relation to taxes collected by the
state, see State Treasurer's Report of June 1, 1891.
TABLE OF TAXES DUE AND UNCOLLECTED.
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1,397.21
1,208.13
1,266.47
1,172.44
1,602.52
1,566.28
367.89 1
19.79S.71 1
443,541.76
§1,170.10
1,397.21
$1.63
1.62
6.80
15.99
153.70
16,394.92
41S,5S7.59
1,206.50
Taxes of 1886
1,264.85
1,165.64
1,586.53
1,412.58
1,953.97
568.70
1,817.71
Taxes of 1891
24,385.47
$473,091.51
$2,522.67
$435,162.25
$35,406.59
*This overlay consists of $Sn special dog taxes, $2,688.29 assessed by the local assessors,
under the provisions of General Laws, chapter 57, section 4, and the sum of $7,842.33 in the
amount received from railroads, banks, insurance companies, and literary fund above the
amount estimated by the city councils.
TAX VALUATIONS.
649
Tax Valuations, Etc., from 1846 to 1891, Inclusive.
Year.
Valuation.
Taxes.
No. Polls.
Poll Tax.
Val.of poll.
1846 . .
$3,187,726
$22,005.95
1,808
$2.10
$300
1847 . .
4,488,550
24,953.54
2,056
1.68
300
1848 . .
4,664,957
39,712.53
2,688
2.58
300
1849 . .
5,500,049
44,979.92
2,518
2.47
300
1850 . .
5,832,080
48,974.23
2,820
2.37
300
1851 . .
6,906,462
51,798.47
2,910
2.25
300
1852 . .
6,795,682
54,379.45
2,745
1.92
240
1853 . .
6,995,528
61,545.81
2,907
1.82
240
1854 . .
8,237,617
62,022.44
2,814
1.80
240
1855 . .
8,833,248
71,952.09
3,725
1.94
240
1856 . .
9,244,062
114,214.88
3,760
2.96
240
1857 . .
9,983,862
84,862.98
3,695
2.04
240
1858 . .
10,259,080
78,210.85
3,695
1.83
240
1859 . .
9,853,310
81,368.01
3,495
1.92
240
1860 . .
9,644,<.:>::;7
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
312,835.05
6,219
2.46
100
1875 . .
14,195,102
315,131.29
6,227
2.22
100
1876 . .
15,309,348
248,900.93
6,295
1.62
100
1877 . .
15,605,918
246,573.46
6,341
1.58
100
1878 . .
15,912,234
276,873.32
6,477
1.74
100
1879 . .
17,482,132
264,406.73
6,633
1.50
100
1880 . .
17,735,990
263,812.17
7,219
1.48
100
1881 . .
17,943,308
316,462.26
7,574
1.76
100
1882 . .
19,175,408
312,673.82
7,831
1.62
100
1883 . .
20,055,986
332,741.72
7,944
1.65
100
1884 . .
20,613,032
361,401.61
8,143
1.75
100
1885 . .
21,137.464
345,260.15
8,157
1.63
100
1886 . .
21,379,384
347,009.31
8,602
1.62
100
1887 . .
21,905,476
373,138.96
8,996
1.70
100
1888 . .
22,162,928
432,914.45
9,344
1.95
100
1889 . .
22,962,790
437,092.69
9,527
1.90
100
1890 . .
24,207,740
462,869.17
9,723
1.91
100
1891 . .
24,872,492
443,541.76
10,367
1.78
100
650
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Settlement of the Account of Ceorge E. Morrill, Col-
lector of Taxes, June 1 , 1 89 1 .
Amount out-
standing, June
1, 1890.
Amount
collected.
Balance out-
standing, June
1, 1891.
Tax list, 1885
$1,208.13
#I-63
$1,206.50
1886
1,266.47
I.62
1,264.85
1887
1,172.44
6.80
1,165.64
1888
1,602.52
15-99
1,586.53
1889
1,566.28
*53-7°
1,412.58
Cr. by receipt of treasurer, No. 81
Interest collected, 1885
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890
Cr. by receipt of treasurer, No. 81
$179-74
179-74
$0.89
.72
2.06
3-29
17.99
387.01
$411.96
411.96
Dr.
1890.
To resident list
$461,290.59
non-resident list
i,578.53
voluntary taxes .
367-89
$463,237.06
Cr.
By cash paid city treasurer,
per receipts .
$401,167.54
cash paid as per county
treasurer's receipt .
46,032.47
discounts .
11,265.25
abatements
2,954.09
unpaid taxes, June 1, 1891 .
1,817.71
$463,237.06
EXEMPTIONS FROM TAXATION. 651
City of Manchester to George E. Morrill.
Dr.
To salary for the year ending June i,
1891 $1,650.00
commissions on old taxes . . 10.28
$i,66o.2<
Cr.
By cash paid by treasurer, on account
of salary $800.00
balance paid by treasurer, as per
bill 860.28
1,660.28
Manchester, N. H., July 9, 1891.
I hereby certify that I have examined the account of George
E. Morrill, tax collector of said Manchester, and find the same
correct, as above stated.
JAMES B. STRAW,
City Auditor.
Some Laws and Decisions Relating to Exemptions
from Taxation.
Constitution of New Hampshire, Article 82, Page 38, Public Stat-
ENCOURAGEMENT OF LITERATURE, ETC.
Article 82. " Knowledge and learning generally diffused
through a community being essential to the preservation of a
free government, and spreading the opportunities and advantages
of education through the various parts of the country being highly
conducive to promote this end, it shall be the duty of the legis-
652 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
lators and magistrates, in all future periods of this government,
to cherish the interest of literature and the sciences, and all sem-
inaries and public schools ; to encourage private and public
institutions, rewards and immunities for the promotion of agri-
culture, arts, sciences, commerce, trades, manufactures, and nat-
ural history of the country ; to countenance and inculcate the
principles of humanity and general benevolence, public and pri-
vate charity, industry and economy, honesty and punctuality,
sincerity, sobriety, and all social affections and generous senti-
ments among the people ; provided, nevertheless, that no money
raised by taxation shall ever be granted or applied for the use of
the schools or institutions of any religious sect or denomination."
Public Statutes, chapter 55, section 2 :
Section 2. "Real estate, whether improved or unimproved,
and whether owned by residents or others, is liable to be
taxed, except houses of public worship, twenty-five hundred dol-
lars of the value of parsonages owned by religious societies and
occupied by their pastors, schoolhouses, seminaries of learning,
real estate of the United States, state, or town used for public
purposes, and almshouses on county farms."
Section ii. "Towns may by vote exempt from taxation for
a term not exceeding ten years any manufacturing establishment
proposed to be erected or put in operation therein, and the capi-
tal to be used in operating the same, unless such establishment
has been previously exempted from taxation by some town."
OPINION OF THE SUPREME COURT.
58 N. H. Rep. page 623. "The exemption in each case is
limited to ten years. A perpetual alienation of the whole power
of taxation would be the destruction of government ; and the
dangerous tendency of legislation suspending any part of that
power, for any period, is manifest. P. Bank v. Billings, 4 Pet.
514, 561. So long as the existing laws remain unrepealed, and
the constitutional construction heretofore adopted remains un-
changed, contracts hereafter made under those laws and that
construction will be valid. If the legislature for any reason wish
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to prevent the making of any more such contracts, their object
can be accomplished by a repeal of the laws authorizing them."
Hospitals, etc., are exempt from taxation in their respective
charters as " being of the nature of a public charity," as follows :
Gale Home for Aged and Destitute Women, N. H. Laws of
1889, chapter 199.
Elliot Hospital, N. H. Laws of 18S1, chapter 178.
Manchester Women's Aid and Relief Society, organized in
January, 1875 ; N. H. Laws, 1S91, chapter 283.
Orphanage and Home for Old Ladies (Catholic) on Hanover
street, N H. Laws, 18S3, chapter 56.
Memoranda.
An extension, to the east, of St. Joseph's cathedral and a
chapel, both in process of building, will soon occupy the two
lots between the cathedral and the bishop's residence on Lowell
street.
The house formerly on these two lots has been moved to the
lot of the "Old Ladies' Home," and is being converted into a
hospital fronting on Amherst street. The city council have
voted to sell the Park-street schoolhouse for parochial school
purposes.
St. Mary's French catholic church is not yet completed.
When finished, it will cost, with land, about $100,000.
St. George's French catholic church is not yet completed.
When finisded, it will cost, with land, about $75,000.
The Second Advent church building and lot have been sold to
the Swedish Baptist society.
The South Manchester union chapel is in process of building.
It is probable that a lot will be purchased during the coming
year, and a building erected for the " Gale Home." The real
estate and personal property in the hands of trustees will now
exceed in value $120,000.
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TABULAR STATEMENT OF BONDED DEBT, CITY OF MAN-
CHESTER, N. H., FROM JANUARY 1, TO DECEMBER 31.
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$200,000
$13,850
$120,000
$60,000
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200,000
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120,000
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$948,S50
$99,900*
$100,000
$948,850
$100
155,000
953,850
100
953.850
Remarks. — The city guarantees the perpetual care of lots in
the cemeteries of the city to parties who pay $ioo and upward.
There are $18,850 in cemetery bonds, so called, in the hands of
the city treasurer, which are not included in the $935,000.
Total amount of bonded debt, including cem-
etery bonds ...... $953,850.00
Net indebtedness for water purposes . . . 600,000.00
Net debt after deducting water debt
$353^5°-°°
* $400,000, water bonds, issued January 1, 1872;" $100,000 of these bonds re-
funded January 1, 1887.
t $200,000, water bonds, issued July 1, 1874; $100,000 of these bonds re-funded
July 1, 1890.
I $2,200, cemetery bonds, issued in 1884, and other additional bonds each year.
The city guarantees the perpetual care of lots in the cemeteries. Bonds
payable July 1, 1913.
BONDED DEBT.
657
As shown in the assessors' books for the year
1S91 :
The assessed value of personal property, includ-
ing poll tax $4,315,346.00
The assessed value of real estate . . . 20,557,146.00
Total value for taxation .
Tax rate 1.7S per cent on a hundred.
Per cent of net indebtedness (excluding debt fo:
water purposes) to assessed valuation
Per cent of net indebtedness (including debt fo
water purposes) to assessed valuation
Population, census of 1890
Population, census of 1880
. $24,872,492.00
1.422
3-834
43>9§3
325458
Increase of population in ten years . . 1 1,525
Increase of population in 1891 (estimated at) . i>5oo
No issue of bonds has ever been contested.
The interest on the debt has always been promptly paid at
maturity.
None of the bonds are stated specifically as being payable in
gold.
None of the bonds can be called for redemption.
The power of the city to borrow money in relation to the
water-works is limited to the sum of $600,000 by section 6, chap-
ter 70, New Hampshire Laws of 187 1, entitled "An act to enable
the city of Manchester to establish water-works."
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658
REPORT OF THE GITY AUDITOR.
STATEMENT OF THE ANNUAL INTEREST CHARGE ON THE BONDED
DEBT.
Year.
* Six per
cent
water
bonds.
t Four
per cent
water
bonds.
Five per
cent
ceme-
tery
bonds.
Six per
cent to
fund
debts.
Four per
cent to
build
Mc-
Gregor
bridge.
Four per
cent to
fund
debts.
Total of
annual in-
terest.
1S90
1891
$27,000
24,000
$6,000
8,000
$623.75
813.92
$7,200
7,200
$2,400
2,400
$6,200
6,200
$49,423.75
48,613.92
SUMMARY OF CITY DEBT.
Amount of bonded debt January i,
1S91 $948,850.00
Amount of cemetery bonds issued in
1891 5,000.00
Temporary loan ; note due Decem-
ber 1, 1892 .... 30,000.00
Accrued interest on temporary loan 125.00
Accrued interest on bonded debt . 21,392.26
Total indebtedness Jan. 1, 1892
AVAILABLE ASSETS.
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Net cash on hand January 1, 1
Taxes uncollected, list of 1891
Stock of Suncook Valley Railroad
estimated value .
$93,190.14
24»385-47
14,000.00
1,005,367.26
— $131,575-61
* $400,000, water bonds, issued January 1, 1872 ; $100,000 re-funded at 4 per
cent, January 1, 18S7.
t $200,000, water bonds, issued July 1, 1874; $100,000 re-funded at 4 per cent,
July 1, 1890.
$60,000, bridge bonds, issued July 1, 1881, at 4 per cent.
$155,(100. bonds issued April 1, 1885, at 4 per cent.
s* 70,000, bonds to fund debts, issued October 1, 1863, and are due November 1,
1893.
$50,000, bonds to fund debts, issued July 1, 1864, and are due July 1, 1894.
$2,200, cemetery bonds, issued in 1884, and other additional bonds, each suc-
ceeding year. The city guarantees the perpetual care of lots in the ceme-
teries.
Bonds pavable July, 1913, to the trustees of cemetery funds; not negotiable.
Amount that can be issued limited to the sum of $20,000.
BONDED DEBT. 659
Total net indebtedness January
h 1892 $873,791.65
Total net indebtedness January
i, 1891 858,376.77
Increase .... . . $15,414.88
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REAL ESTATE OWNED BY THE CITY.
663
Real Estate Owned by the City.
SCHOOLHOUSES.
High school house and lot .
Franklin-street schoolhouse and lot
Spring-street schoolhouse and lot
Lincoln-street schoolhouse and lot
Ash-street schoolhouse and lot
Main-street schoolhouse and lot .
Webster-street schoolhouse and lot
Blodget-street schoolhouse and lot
Bridge-street schoolhouse and lot
Lowell-street schoolhouse and lot
Merrimack-street schoolhouse and lot
Wilson Hill schoolhouse and lot .
School-street schoolhouse and lot
South Main -street schoolhouse and lot
Bakersville schoolhouse and lot .
Stark district schoolhouse and lot
Amoskeag schoolhouse and lot .
Goffe's Falls schoolhouse and lot
Harvey district schoolhouse and lot
Webster's Mills schoolhouse and lot
Hallsville schoolhouse and lot (old)
Youngsville schoolhouse and lot .
Mosquito Pond schoolhouse and lot
Park-street schoolhouse and lot .
Varney schoolhouse and lot
Hallsville schoolhouse and lot (new) *
$50,000.00
20,000.00
16,000.00
50,000.00
58,000.00
23,000.00
22,639.00
3,500.00
4,000.00
7,000.00
15,985.00
3,300.00
5,000.00
2,800.00
15,000.00
3,000.00
3,700.00
3,600.00
2,500.00
600.00
3,500.00
1,400.00
1,200.00
8,500.00
50,000.00
20,759.00
ENGINE-HOUSES.
$394,983-°°
Engine-house, stable and land, Vine street .
Main street, West Manchester
$47,000.00
20,000.00
> Amount expended in
664
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Engine-house, cottage and lot, Lake avenue, cor-
ner of Massabesic street . . $19,371.00
and lot, Webster street, corner Chest-
nut ...... 13,000.00
Clinton street, West Manchester . 2,500.00
Hose-house, cottage and lot corner Maple and
E. High ........ 5,000.00
$106,871.00
OTHER PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND LOTS.
City library, building and lot . . . . $41,000.00
City hall, building and lot . . . . . 60,000.00
City farm and permanent improvements . . 34,000.00
Court-house and lot ...... 51,000.00
Battery building on Manchester street . . . 18,000.00
Police station on Manchester street . . . 43,300.00
City stables and city yard ..... 36,000.00
Gravel lots, 2 acres, Goffstown .... 400.00
Gravel lots, Bakersville ..... 700.00
Gravel, district No. 10, Brooks & Brock . . 500.00
Land bought of A. D. Gooden .... 345 .00
$285,245.00
PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CITY.
Property in care city engineer .... $848.24
in care chief engineer of fire department 93,303.00
in care superintendent highway district
No. 2 ..... . 26,698.00
in care superintendent highway district
No. 10 666.85
in care superintendent of schools . . 36,235.00
in care city messenger .... 2,759.00
in care city marshal and janitor . . 1,970.25
in care superintendent of city farm . 11,287.57
in care trustees of city library . . 28.332.90
REAL ESTATE OWNED BY THE CITY.
665
Property in care superintendent of Pine Grove
cemetery ......
in care superintendent Valley cemetery
Stock in Suncook Valley R. R., in care city treas.
Personal property in care city weigher
Uncollected taxes in 1890 .
Uncollected taxes in 1891 .
Net cash in the treasury, December 31.
1890
$248.35
106.00
50,000.00
1,000.00
$253,455-16
$i,8i7-7i
24,3s5-47
93,190.14
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OTHER REAL AND PERSONAL ESTATE OWNED BY CITY.
Soldiers' monument .....
Permanent inclosure of commons
Amoskeag bridge over Merrimack river
Fountains and water troughs on streets and com
mons .......
Two city tombs ......
McGregor bridge .....
Granite bridge . . . .
South Main-street bridge, over Piscataquog river
Print-Works bridge, on Granite, over lower canal
Two bridges in highway district No. 9
One bridge at Goffe's Falls
Expended on construction of sewers .
$25,000.00
10,200.00
25,000.00
3,500.00
10,000.00
90,000.00
25,000.00
10,000.00
5,000.00
2,000.00
1,000.00
294,470.00
$501,170.00
PARKS AND CEMETERIES
Valley cemetery, 19.7 acres
Pine Grove cemetery, about 80 acres
Amoskeag cemetery, 1.05 acres .
Stark park, 28 acres
Derryfield park, 76 acres
Concord common, 4.48 acres
$200,000.00
40,000.00
4,000.00
9,000.00
25,000.00
200,000.00
666
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Tremont common, 2.25 acres
Hanover common, 3 acres .
Park common, 3.49 acres
Merrimack common, 5.89 acres
$40,000.00
100,000.00
60,000.00
200,000.00
000.00
WATER- WORKS.
Real estate and personal property of water-works,
at cost price .......
RECAPITULATION.
Real estate owned by the city, schoolhouses
Real estate owned by the city
Real estate owned by the city, engine-houses
Water-works at cost price .
Personal property owned by the city
Uncollected taxes and cash
Other real and personal property
Parks and cemeteries .
$394,983-00
285,245.00
106,871.00
988,221.82
• 253,455.16
ii9,393-32
501,170.00
878,000.00
$3,527,339-3°
PROPERTY ACCOUNT.
Inventory of assets, December 31, 1891 . . $3,527,339.30
Inventory of assets, December 31, 1890 . . 3,395,387.00
Gain in valuation ..... $131,952.30
The increase in the valuation as above stated results from the
amount expended in 1891, on :
Sewers and drains ...... $50,000.00
Hallsville schoolhouse ..... 20,759.00
Addition to Webster-street schoolhouse . . 5,139.00
Gravel lot, bought of Brooks & Brock . . 500.00
Land bought of A. D. Gooden . . . 345.00
Increase in property value of fire department . 2,207.00
REAL ESTATE OWNED BY THE CITY.
667
Increase in district No. 2
Increase in school department
Increase in city farm
Increase in city library .
Increase in uncollected taxes
Increase in net cash on hand
Increase in value of water-works
Deduct value of land sold on Belmont
street ...... $1, 200. 00
Deduct value of land sold Brooks &
Brock ...... 150.00
$1,698.09
1,948.00
1,148.17
1,000.00
4,838.19
13,638.12
30,081.73
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$1,350.00
Total net gain ..... $131,952.30
Details of inventory are on file in the auditor's office. The
city-hall building, valued at $60,000, is considered by good
judges of real estate as worth on the market $150,000, while the
water-works would sell readily at $1,500,000.
668
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Among the assets of the city of Manchester is a certificate for
five hundred (500) shares of the Suncook Valley Railroad as
follows :
SUNCOOK VALLEY RAILROAD.
One Hundred Dollars
per Share.
5c. Revenue
Stamp can-
celled.
500 Shares.
" Be It Known, That the City of Manchester is proprietor
of five hundred shares in the capital stock of the Suncook
Valley Railroad, of the par value of one hundred dollars per
share, subject to the provisions of the charter, and the by-laws of
the corporation, and to the conditions hereon expressed, the
same being transferable by an assignment in the books of said
corporation ; or by a conveyance, in writing recorded in said
books. And when .a transfer shall be made or recorded in the
books of the corporation, and this certificate surrendered, a new
certificate or new certificates will be issued."
Dated this 9th day of April, 1S70.
S. N. BELL,
President.
25c. Rev- fE.W.H-) E.W.HARRINGTON,
enue Stamp <
cancelled.
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The following is printed in red ink across the face of the cer-
tificate : "No dividends, income, or profits are to be paid to
or received by the holders of these shares of stock in said rail-
road, their successors or assigns, during the term of forty-two
years from January 1, 1870, the same being in accordance with
the original subscription therefor, and the holder thereof takes
said shares of stock subject to said condition, and his agreement
and consent to said condition is expressed by his signature here-
to, this day of 18 ."
auditor's office. 669
Had this $50,000 been invested by the city at 6 per cent,
compound interest, for forty-two years, it would in that time
amount to $577,851.75, a sum sufficient to pay more than one
half of the present bonded debt of the city. Soon after this
investment in railroad stock bearing no dividends, the people of
the state of New Hampshire amended their constitution by
adopting the following : " Provided, That the general court
shall not authorize any town to loan or give its money or credit,
directly or indirectly, for the benefit of any corporation, having
for its object a dividend of profits, or in any way aid the same
by taking its stocks or bonds."
This conservative action of the state has thus far saved her
towns and cities from many extravagant and unprofitable invest-
ments, and kept them in sound financial conditions.
Auditor's Office.
City Hall building. Open from 8 to 12 a. m. ; 2 to 5 p. m.
7 to 9 p. M. on Thursday and Saturday.
In every bill presented to the city auditor for his approval, the
following points will be considered and passed upon :
1. Is the subject-matter of the bill under examination within
the scope of the powers conferred by the legislature on the city
government?
2. Is the bill certified by the party legally authorized to make
the contract, or cause the 'expenditure to be made ?
3. Has any appropriation been made to meet the expenditure,
and is there a balance unexpended sufficient to pay this bill ?
4. Are the number of articles in the bill, or the measurements
either of dimensions, quantities, or weights correctly and fully
stated, and is the proof of the delivery to the city of the whole
amount charged sufficient ?
5. Is the price charged a fair market price, or is it so largely
in excess as to require the attention of the city councils to be
called to the same?
6. Is the bill written in a fair, legible hand, correctly cast,
670 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
and on paper of sufficient length and width to admit of its
proper backing and filing ?
7. If the bill is in part payment of a contract, the date and
the total amount of the contract, the amount already paid, the
amount of the work not yet completed, and the per cent re-
tained, if any, should be stated on the bill.
8. Any other inquiries in matters of law and fact which affect
the question of indebtedness before the auditor.
9. Approval, rejection, or suspension for further information
or correction as the circumstances of each case may require.
COURT DECISIONS, LEGAL POINTS AND RULES, RELATING TO THE
APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL OF CLAIMS AGAINST THE CITY.
No bill or account shall be paid by the city treasurer until the
auditor has approved it as correct.
Public trusts or powers devolved by law or charter on the city
councils cannot be delegated to others. Dillon 's Municipal Cor-
porations, section 96, volume 1.
No member of either branch [of the city councils], except the
mayor, shall receive any compensation for his services, or shall
hold any office or agency created during his continuance in
office. General Laws, chapter 46, section 13.
The executive powers of the city and the administration of
police, except where vested in the mayor, shall be exercised by
the mayor and aldermen. General Laws, chapter 46, section
14.
The mayor and aldermen have all the powers and authority
of selectmen of towns, unless it is otherwise provided by law.
General Laws, chapter 46, section 14.
Joint standing committees have advisory powers only, they
cannot legally be endowed with executive or legislative powers
by ordinance or resolution of the city councils, as no by-law or
ordinance shall be repugnant to the constitution or laws of the
state.
No member of either branch of the city councils can enter
into any verbal or written contract to furnish supplies to, or do
auditor's office. 671
any work for the city. Any firm of which a member is also a
member of the city councils is included in this prohibition.
No city official, or department, or board of officials having
legal power to expend money for the benefit of the city, can pur-
chase of or contract with themselves, with any one of the board,
or with any firm of which one of said officials is a member.
Dillon' 's Municipal Corporations, volume i, page 436, section 444.
Every bill against the city shall specify the particular appro-
priation to which the same should be charged, and the moneys
paid will be charged to such appropriations only.
He who is intrusted with the business of others cannot be al-
lowed to make such business a source of profit to himself.
All orders passed by the city councils authorizing a ministerial
act to be performed by its agent or agents must be strictly con-
strued, and the act to be done must be specifically stated.
The board of engineers have the authority of firewards. (Gen-
eral Laws, chapter 106, section n.) They have no power con-
ferred upon them by law or ordinance to purchase new apparatus
of any kind.
The joint standing committee on fire department have advis-
ory powers only.
The laws and ordinances require the city auditor to withhold
his signature from all bills against any appropriation where the
amount of the appropriation is expended, until the city council
shall have provided the means of paying the same. Section 4,
chapter 3 of the City Ordinances, and section 4, ordinances re-
lating to duties of the city auditor, approved January 7, 1890.
The power of towns to raise and appropriate money is derived
solely from statutory provisions, which restrict the power to cer-
tain specified objects and other necessary charges.
Votes to raise or pay money for purposes other than those pre-
scribed by statute are void, and towns cannot be compelled and
generally will not be permitted, to carry such votes into effect.
It is not left to the unrestricted and irresponsible discretion of
towns to vote gifts or to select donees ; their charity is a duty
defined, commanded, enforced, and regulated, and .the objects
of it are designated by law.
672 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
A majority cannot dispose of the property of a minority in an
unlimited manner. Gove v. Epping, 41 N. H. 539.
The following parties are authorized by law or ordinance to
make expenditures, within the scope of their powers, for their
respective departments. For fire department and fire-alarm tele-
graph, the chief engineer, to be submitted monthly to the ap-
proval of the board of engineers ; for police department, city
marshal ; for police court, police judge ; for water-works depart-
ment, superintendent, subject to the rules of the board of com-
missioners and the ordinances relating thereto ; for city farm,
superintendent ; for overseers of the poor, each overseer, subject
to the rules of the board of overseers, and their monthly review
and approval ; for schools, superintendent, or such person as the
board of school committee may designate, bills to be approved
by the board monthly ; for streets, sewers, and other work under
these departments, superintendent of each district, under control
of mayor and board of mayor and aldermen ; for city clerk's
office, treasurer's office, tax collector's office, assessors' office,
auditor's office, incidental expenditures, city physician, city
messenger, city solicitor, city engineer, — mayor ; for cemeteries,
superintendents, subject to board of trustees (to consist of citi-
zens not members of the city councils) ; for health department,
board of health, subject to approval of mayor; city library,
board of trustees, or person designated by them. It may be
stated as a general rule, that all subordinate officials are under
the supervision and control of the mayor, subject to such limita-
tions and restrictions as the board of aldermen, acting as a
board, may require.
FORM OF BLANK.
673
The following form of blank is used in payment of ordinary
bills for supplies or services, and can be obtained at the city au-
ditor's office :
The Citv of Mknchester, IS. M.
To Dr.
Date.
Description of purchase.
Amount.
...
1 "
Received of the city treasurer 189, the sum of
$ in full payment of the above account.
Signed
Fold on this line.
Make all monthly bills in this form, and in a legi-
ble handwriting.
Blank bills can be obtained at the city auditor's
office.
Do not write on the back of this bill; that is re-
served for official purposes. In no case must any
voucher include items pertaining to two separate
appropriations.
«S= All monthly bills must be presented on or be-
fore the 20th day of each month.
$
Appropriation For
I hereby certify that the articles
herein mentioned have been re-
ceived and services performed, that
they were necessary for, and have
been, or will be, applied to the work
covered by the appropriation above
mentioned, and the prices charged
are just and reasonable.
Approved.
Mayor.
Approved.
Chairman Committee on
674 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Communications of City Auditor to the City Councils.
To his Honor the Mayor and Board of Aldermen :
Gentlemen, — Peter Larrabee presents a bill against the city
for killing thirteen dogs, at one dollar each (thirteen dollars),
from May 15 to June 23, 1 891, inclusive. This bill the auditor de-
clines to certify for payment for the following reasons :
Section 1 1 of an act passed by the last legislature, entitled
" An act to prevent the destruction of sheep, and other damages
by dogs," which took effect May n, reads as follows:
"Section ii. The mayor of each city and the selectmen of
each town shall unnually, within ten days from the first day of
May, issue a warrant to one or more police officers or constables,
directing them to proceed forthwith either to kill, or cause to be
killed, all dogs within such city or town not licensed and col-
lared according to the provisions of this chapter, and to enter
complaint against the owners or keepers thereof; and any per-
son may, and every police officer and constable shall, kill or
cause to be killed all such dogs whenever and wherever found.
Such officers, other than those employed under regular pay, shall
receive one dollar for each dog so destroyed from the treasurers
of their respective cities or towns. All bills for such services
shall be approved by the Mayor of the city or the selectmen of
the town in which said dogs are destroyed, and shall be paid
from moneys received under the provisions of this chapter."
Mr. Larrabee is employed as special police officer and janitor
at the police station, at one dollar and seventy-five cents per
day, and, being regular pay, he is not entitled to the sum
claimed. If it be said that he is paid simply as a janitor and
not as a police officer, then, not being commissioned as a " dog
killer," he has no claim for compensation under the law. His
time is at the service of the city as an employee.
Chapter 17 of the city ordinances is superseded by the state
law. Mr. Larrabee desires the auditor to place this matter be-
fore your honorable board.
Respectfully submitted.
JAMES B. STRAW,
City Auditor.
Manchester, N. H., July 7, 1891.
COMMUNICATIONS TO CITY COUNCILS. 675
To the City Councils of Manchester, N. H. :
Gentlemen, — The firm of Robitaille Bros, presents to the
city auditor a bill for crackers, milk, etc., furnished to the police
station during the months of March, April, May, and June,
amounting to the sum of $14.76. This bill is rejected by the
city auditor under the rule that " no member of either branch of
the city councils can enter into any verbal or written contract to
furnish supplies to, or do any work for the city."
" Any firm of which a member is also a member of the city
councils is included in this prohibition." (See pages 610 and
611 of the City Report of 1S90.)
The senior member of the firm of- Robitaille Bros, is at this
time a member of the common council from ward 8.
Respectfully submitted.
JAMES B. STRAW,
City Auditor.
August 4, 1 89 1.
To the City Councils, Manchester, N. H.:
Gentlemen, — In reply to the resolution of the city council,
passed August 4, 1891, " instructing the city auditor to furnish
information at its next regular meeting as to the amount of sal-
ary and extra compensation received by the city physician each
year for the last five years," the following statements, taken
from the published city reports, are respectfully submitted :
Medicines.
Extra services.
Salary.
In the year 1886, paid,
$279.97
$43.00
$200.00
In the year 1887, paid,
357-So
II.OO
200.00
In the year 1888, paid,
121. 15
IIO.OO
200.00
In the year 1889, paid,
176.60
I37.OO
I98.9I
In the year 1890, paid,
47.OO
J35-25
200.00
Total for five years,
$982.52
$436-25
$998.91
Average for each year,
196.50
87-25
199.78
676
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Of the cost of medicines furnished above, a large part is for
disinfectants used about the police station, city farm, etc., and
also some medicines for cattle at the farm.
The auditor is of the opinion that an average of $75 per an-
num will pay for all medicines furnished on the order of the city
physician.
During the years above stated the following sums have been
paid to other than the regular city physician :
In the year 1886 .
£114.50
In the year 1887 .
58.00
In the year 1888 .
167.00
In the year 1889 .
217.00
In the year 1890 .
28.25
Total for five years
$584.75
Average for each year .
116.95
JAMES B. STRAW,
City Auditor.
Manchester, N. H.,
September 1, 1891.
Communications from the Mayor.
Office of the Mayor,
Manchester, N. H., July 9, 1891.
To the County Solicitor, Hillsborough County :
Sir, — I, Edgar J. Knowlton, mayor of the city of Manches-
ter, in said county, do hereby certify that within ten days after
the 1st day of May, 1891, I issued a warrant to H. W. Longa,
city marshal, directing him to proceed in accordance with the
provisions of the law passed at the January session, 1S91, enti-
tled, " An act to prevent the destruction of sheep and other dam-
ages by dogs "; and on the 1st day of July said Longa reported
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that he had attended to his duties and that there were not, to the
best of his knowledge and belief, any unlicensed dogs in the city
of Manchester.
E. J. KNOWLTON,
Mayor.
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Hillsborough ss.
Personally appeared Edgar J. Knowlton, mayor, and made
oath to the above certificate by him subscribed.
Before me.
JAMES B. STRAW,
Justice of the Peace.
Manchester, N. H., July 10, 1891.
Re-funding of Water Bonds.
CIRCULAR LETTER.
Manchester, N. H., November 9, 1891.
Dear Sir, — Inclosed I send you a statement of the bonded
debt of the city of Manchester, N. H. The following notice will
be published by the city, and we would like to receive a bid
from you within the time mentioned.
Yours respectfully,
EDGAR J. KNOWLTON,
Mayor.
Office of Mayor,
Manchester, N. H., December 2, 1891.
In accordance with a resolution passed by the city councils,
October 6, 1891, under authority conferred by section 16, chap-
ter 37, and section 1. chapter 48, of the General Laws of New
678
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Hampshire, the city of Manchester, N. H., will re-fund one hun-
dred thousand dollars of water bonds due January i, 1892.
The new loan will consist of 100 bonds of $1,000 each, in all
$100,000 ; they will be dated January 1, 1892, and will be pay-
able January 1, 191 2, at the treasurer's office in Manchester, and
will bear interest at the rate of 4 per cent, coupons payable in
July and January at the Suffolk National Bank in Boston, Mass.
Sealed proposals for the purchase of whole amount of bonds will
be received at the mayor's office, in said Manchester, until the
15th day of December, 1891, at 7.30 p. m., the city reserving
the right to reject any and all bids.
EDGAR J. KNOWLTON,
Mayor.
Office of the Mayor,
Manchester, N. H., December 16, 1S91.
Adams, Blodgett 6° Co., 20 Congress St., Boston, Mass. :
Gentlemen, — Your bid for issue of $100,000 city of Man-
chester water four per cent re-funding bonds of $102,178 is ac-
cepted.
Please acknowledge, either by person or by letter, the accep-
tance. Below we give you list of the bids.
N. W. Harris & Co $101,530
R. L. Day 102.050
100.760
101.810
102.178
100.340
101.290
101.035
101.810
Blake Brothers & Co.
Brewer, Cobb & Estabrook
Adams, Blodgett & Co. .
George A. Fernald & Co.
Gay & Stanwood
G. B. Chandler
Kidder, Peabody & Co. .
Very respectfully,
THOMAS WALKER, JR.,
Chairman Finance Committee.
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Boston, Mass.. Dec. 17, 1891. .
Thomas Walker, Jr., Esq., Chairman Finance Committee, Man-
chester, JV. H. :
Dear Sir, — We have your favor of the 16th inst., and we
beg to confirm purchase of you of $100,000 city of Manchester
four per cent water re-funding bonds dated January 1, 1892, due
January 1, 191 2, at $102,178 and accrued interest.
Please forward us at your earliest convenience full papers evi-
dencing legality of the issue.
We thank you for giving us full list of the bids and bidders,
and awaiting your favors, beg to remain
Yours very truly,
ADAMS & BLODGETT.
Manchester, N. H., Dec. 21, 1891.
Adams, Blodgett & Co., 20 Congress St., Boston, Mass. :
Gentlemen, — At a meeting of the finance committee of the
city of Manchester, a quorum being present, the bids were opened
for the one hundred thousand dollars four per cent twenty-year
water-works bonds, said bonds were awarded to Adams, Blodgett
& Co., of Boston, for one hundred and two thousand one hun-
dred and seventy-eight dollars ($102,178), and same is hereby
confirmed.
Edgar J. Knowlton, Mayor,
Thomas Walker, Jr., Chairman,
W. Byron Stearns,
Charles E. Cox,
Fred T. Dunlap,
Joint Standing Committee on Finance.
680 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
City of Manchester.
in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.
Resolution relative to water bonds.
Resolved, by the mayor, aldermen, and common council of the
city of Manchester, in city council assembled, as follows :
That for the purpose of re-funding the water bonds, due January
i, 1892, the mayor and joint standing committee on finance be and
are hereby authorized and empowered to issue water bonds to the
amount of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), payable
January 1, 1912, and bearing interest at a rate not exceeding
four per cent, and the mayor and city treasurer are hereby
authorized to sign said bonds for and in behalf of the city.
In board of Common Council. October 6, 1891.
Passed.
Edson S. Heath, President.
In board of Mayor and Aldermen. October 6, 1891.
Passed.
E. J. Knowlton, Mayor.
A true copy. Attest.
From the General Laws of New Hampshire.
CHAPTER 37.
Section 16. Any town may fund its debt by vote of any
legal meeting, and any such indebtedness may include the bounty
of the general government to volunteers, conscripts, or substi-
tutes which such town has assumed and paid for the purpose of
filling its quota. And any town that may have funded its debt,
or any part thereof, may at any legal meeting ratify and confirm
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the same, and may issue bonds payable at such time and place as
they may by vote authorize, with coupons for interest, payable
annually or semi-annually, in gold or other lawful currency, at a
rate not exceeding 6 per cent.
chapter 44.
Section i. All cities now or hereafter incorporated shall
have, exercise, and enjoy all the rights, immunities, and privi-
leges, and shall be subject to all the duties incumbent upon or
appertaining to the town corporations to which they succeed.
chapter 48.
Section i. All the powers vested by law in towns, or the in-
habitants thereof, shall be exercised by the city councils by con-
current vote, each board having a negative upon the other
chapter 70.
An Act to enable the city of Manchester to establish water-
works.
Section 6. Said city is authorized to levy taxes to defray the
expense of such water-works, and to borrow money therefor, not
exceeding in the whole the sum of six hundred thousand dollars,
and to issue the notes, bonds, or obligations of said city therefor,
payable at such time and at such rate of interest as the city coun-
cils of said city shall determine ; and such notes, bonds, and ob-
ligations shall be legal and binding on said city. — Laws 0/1871.
ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS.
ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS
PASSED IN 1 89 1.
City of Manchester.
in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.
An Ordinance in amendment of section 4, chapter 40 of the
Laws and Ordinances.
That section 4, chapter 40 of the Ordinances in relation to
cemeteries be amended to read as follows : " Section 4. The pro-
ceeds of the sales of lots in said cemeteries shall be paid into the
city treasury, and a receipt taken for the same, and shall be sub-
ject to the appropriations of the city councils, for any legal mu-
nicipal expenditure."
Passed to be ordained April 7, 1891.
City of Manchester.
in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.
An Ordinance in amendment of chapter 7, section 1, of the
Laws and Ordinances.
That section 1 of chapter 7 of the Laws and Ordinances of the
city of Manchester, N. H., be amended after the word "license"
in the last line, as follows: "Whosoever intends to erect or to
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make alterations in the external walls of a building of any de-
scription, shall fifteen days at least before he proceeds to build or
erect the same, or to lay the foundation thereof, or to make the
said alterations, or to do any act for carrying into execution his
intention to do such things, give to the inspector of buildings
notice in writing of his intention, with the dimensions of the
structure proposed, the materials to be used, the number on the
street or the precise location, and the name of the owner or own-
ers of the land, in order that any encroachment or other injury
or inconvenience to the public streets which might otherwise
happen, may be thereby prevented ; and in default thereof the
city shall be discharged from all damages of any nature whatso-
ever resulting from the failure to give notice as above ; provided
particularly from all such damages or expenses as have been en-
hanced or occasioned by reason of anything done previously to
or without such notice.
The penalty for non-compliance with the provisions of this
section will be the same as stated in section 28.
Passed to be ordained May 5, 1891.
City of Manchester.
in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.
An Ordinance in amendment of section 22, chapter 14 of the
Laws and Ordinances.
That section 22 of chapter 14 of the Ordinances of the city of
Manchester be amended by striking out the words "one thou-
sand," in the eighth line, and inserting in place thereof the words
*( thirteen hundred."
Passed to be ordained, October 6, 1891.
ORDINANCES. 687
City of Manchester.
in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.
An Ordinance relating to building and rebuilding privy vaults.
No privy vault shall, after the passage of this ordinance, be
constructed or placed within one hundred feet of any public
sewer, nor shall any privy vault be constructed as an appurte-
nance to or be used in connection with any building which is
within one hundred feet of any public sewer.
Nor shall any privy vault now existing within one hundred
feet of any public sewer, or used in connection with any build-
ing which is within one hundred feet of any public sewer, be re-
built after the passage of this ordinance.
Any person who shall build or rebuild any privy vault in vio-
lation of the provisions of this ordinance shall be punished by a
fine not exceeding twenty dollars, and all ordinances and parts
of ordinances inconsistent with the provisions of this ordinance
are hereby repealed, and this ordinance shall take effect on its
passage.
Passed to be ordained, November 3, 1891.
City of Manchester.
in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.
An Ordinance in amendment of section 5, chapter 12, Laws
and Ordinances.
That section 5, chapter 12, Laws and Ordinances, be amend-
ed by adding after the word " same," in the eighth line of said
section, the following words : " Before any license can be grant-
ed by the city clerk for a connection with any public sewer or
any house drainage put in or repairs made on them, a permit
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must first be obtained of the city engineer, stating the frontage
of the lot and the location of the same, with the plan proposed
approved by him for the committee on sewers and drains, said
permit to be made upon such forms as approved by the commit-
tee on sewers and drains ; and all connections with the city's
sewers shall be made with Y branches," so that section 5, chap-
ter 12, as amended, will read as follows :
" No person shall enter any drain or pipe into any of the sew-
ers constructed by the city without first obtaining a license
therefor, and any person violating the provisions of this section
shall be fined not less than one nor more than ten dollars, and a
like penalty for every day he shall suffer such drain or pipe to
continue so entered, after notice from the city clerk to discon-
nect the same. Before any license can be granted by the city
clerk for a connection with a public sewer or any house drain-
age put in or repairs made on them, a permit must be first ob-
tained of the city engineer, stating the frontage of the lot and
the location of the same, with the plan proposed approved by him
for the committee on sewers and drains, such permit to be made
upon such forms as approved by the committee on sewers and
drains ; and all connections with the city's sewers shall be made
with Y branches."
Passed to be ordained, November 3, 1891.
Citv of Manchester.
in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.
Resolution constituting a Special Committee to secure legisla-
tion enabling the City of Manchester to raise by the issue of
bonds the money necessary to defray the expense of Perma-
nent Municipal Improvement.
Resolved by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the
City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as follows :
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That a special committee,consisting of his Honor, one alderman,
and one member of the common council be appointed, and said
committee is hereby authorized to take the necessary steps to pro-
cure from the New Hampshire legislature, now in session at Con-
cord, if possible, the passage of an act which shall enable the city
of Manchester to raise money by the issue of bonds to defray the
expense of permanent municipal improvement, when deemed ad-
visable by the city councils ; provided, that the sum total of said
bonds shall not exceed three hundred thousand dollars ($300,-
000), and said bonds to be issued at such time or times, for such
specified objects and in such quantities, the sum total not to ex-
ceed the amount of issue, as the city councils may direct, and
furthermore that said bonds run for such a period and become
redeemable at such time as the city councils shall determine at
the time of issue.
Passed January 16, 1891.
City of Manchester.
in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.
Resolution in regard to Additional Legislation.
Resolvedly the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the
City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as follows :
That a special committee, consisting of his Honor the Mayor,
one alderman, and one councilman be appointed to consider
whether any further legislation is required in order to guard the
public health against impurities in the city's source of water sup-
ply, and also in other matters pertaining to the interests of the
city ; and that said committee is hereby authorized to bring all
such matters before the legislature if they deem it advisable.
Passed February 3, 1891.
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City of Manchester.
in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.
Resolution confirming contract made with the Concord &
Montreal Railroad.
Resolved by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the
City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as follows :
That the agreement made on the 9th day of May, 1S91, by and
between the Concord & Montreal Railroad and the city of Man-
chester, by the mayor represented, relative to an underpass
through the embankment and under the track of the Manchester
& North Weare Railroad, be and hereby is ratified and confirmed.
Passed June 2, 1891.
City of Manchester.
in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.
Resolution confirming the contract relating to the New School
Building in East Manchester, N. H.
Resolved by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the
City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as follows :
That the agreement relating to the new school building in
East Manchester made on the 4th day of May, 1891, between
Head & Dowst of the first part and the city of Manchester, as
represented by the mayor and joint standing committee on lands
and buildings, of the second part, be and hereby is ratified and
confirmed.
Passed June 2, 1891.
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City of Manchester.
in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.
Resolution confirming Contract relating to the addition to
Webster-street schoolhouse.
Resolved by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the
City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as follows :
That the agreement relating to the addition to the Webster-
street schoolhouse, made on the eighth day of April, 1891, be-
tween Mead, Mason & Co., of the first part, and the Mayor and
joint standing committee on lands and buildings as representa-
tives of the city of Manchester, N. H., of the second part, be
and is hereby ratified and confirmed.
Passed June 2, 1891.
City of Manchester.
IN the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.
Resolution relating to public park.
Resolved by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the
City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as follows :
That a committee of five, consisting of two aldermen and
three councilmen, be appointed for the purpose of making in-
quiry and investigation as to the necessity and desirability of a
public park in the southern section of the city.
Passed July 7, 1891.
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City of Manchester,
in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.
Resolution discontinuing a highway.
Resolved by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the
City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as follows :
That the following highway, situated in said city, be and is
hereby discontinued, to wit: Beginning at a stake on the east
side of Boynton street, on the land of Henry E. Hoyt, and then
in an easterly direction to a stake on the west side of South
Main street on land of Walter B. Balch.
Passed July 7, 1891.
City of Manchester.
in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.
Resolution for the discontinuance of a part of the highway
known as " Old Bridge Street Road."
Resolved by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the
City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as follows :
That so much of that highway known as " Old Bridge Street
Road," as lies between the intersection of said road with the
northerly line of Bridge street and a point in said old Bridge
street road where the westerly line of Belmont street extended in
a northerly direction intersects with said road, be and the same
hereby is discontinued, and that application be made to the
supreme court to secure its consent to said discontinuance.
Passed August 4, 1891.
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City of Manchester,
in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety -one.
Resolution relative to the legacy of Eliza A. Eaton to the city
of Manchester.
Resolved by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the
City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as follows :
That the treasurer of the trustees of the city library be author-
ized to receive from the administrator of the estate of Eliza A.
Eaton the legacy bequeathed to the city of Manchester in her
last will and testament and to sign and execute in behalf of the
city any receipt or other voucher that may be necessary, and
that the trustees of the city library be authorized to invest the
money received from the said administrator, and apply the in-
come thereof for the purpose indicated in said last will.
November 3, 1891.
City of Manchester.
in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.
Resolution relating to Exempting from Taxation, The Queen
City Manufacturing Company.
Resolved by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the
City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as follows :
That whereas, the Queen City Manufacturing Company, a
corporation established by law with a capital of fifty thousand
dollars, desire to locate their factory and to carry on their busi-
ness in said city of Manchester, providing sufficient induce-
ments are given the corporation by the city government ; there-
fore,
Resolved, That the capital of the Queen City Manufacturing
Company aforesaid, and its machinery, raw materials, and other
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property necessary in conducting its manufacturing business, and
the land and the buildings used and occupied by said corporation
in its business, shall be exempt from all taxation for a period of
ten years from October 6, 1891.
Passed October 13, 1891.
City of Manchester.
in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.
Resolution relative to plan for Stark Park.
Resolved by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the
City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as follows :
That the Mayor and joint standing committee on commons
be authorized to procure plans for Stark park. The expense
thereof to be charged to the appropriation for Stark park.
Passed December 1, 1891.
City of Manchester.
in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.
Resolution relative to Engine-House and Ward-room in
Ward 9.
Resolved by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the
City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as follows :
That the Mayor and joint standing committee on lands and
buildings be authorized to procure plans and receive proposals for
building a new engine-house and ward-room in ward 9. The ex-
pense thereof not to exceed the sum of ten thousand dollars.
Passed December 1, 1891.
RESOLUTIONS. 695
City of Manchester.
in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.
Resolution relative to the discontinuance of a portion of Canal
street in Manchester, so called, and a portion of Pleasant street,
so called, in Manchester.
Resolved 'by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the
City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as follows :
That so much of said Canal street, and so much of said Pleas-
ant street as is contained within the following descriptions
respectively, to wit : Commencing at a point where the north-
erly line of Merrimack street intersects the westerly line of Canal,
street, marked A ; thence southerly by the westerly line of said
Canal street about 503 feet to the northerly side of the Central
street "ramp" marked B, as shown upon the plan hereinafter
designated ; thence easterly on said northerly line of said
"ramp," about 44 feet to a point marked C ; thence northerly
at right angles about 25 feet to the east line of Canal street,
marked D ; thence northerly by said line of said Canal street
about 165 feet to the southerly line of Pleasant street, marked
E ; thence easterly by said line of said Pleasant street about 32
feet to the bank wall shown upon the plan marked F ; thence
northerly by said bank wall as shown upon said plan to the place
of beginning.
Also commencing at a point on the westerly side of Canal
street 84 feet southerly from the southerly line of said Central
street " ramp," at a point marked G ; thence southerly by said
line of said Canal street about 307 feet to a point marked H ;
thence easterly on a line at right angles to the main track of the
Concord & Montreal Railroad, in the passenger station, about 32
feet to point marked I ; thence northerly parallel to said tracks
about 130 feet to a point marked J ; thence easterly at right an-
gles 25 feet to a point marked K; thence northerly at right an-
gles 71 feet to a point marked L ; thence westerly at right angles
25 feet to a point marked M ; thence northerly at right angles
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106 feet to a point marked N ; thence westerly at right angles
about 43 feet to the place of beginning ; all of the foregoing be-
ing shown by lines and limitations denoted and delineated by
red lines and letters, upon a certain plan marked and designated,
as follows, to wit, Union passenger station, Manchester, N. H.,
dated August, 1891, filed with the city records of said Manches-
ter, and made a part thereof, November 19, 1891, and the same
is discontinued, and that the mayor in the name of the city be
authorized to apply to the supreme court for its consent and
approval and the discontinuance aforesaid.
Passed December 9, 1891.
City of Manchester.
An Order to print Mayor Knowlton's Inaugural Address.
Ordered, if the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and joint standing committee on finance cause to be
printed three hundred copies of Mayor Knowlton's inaugural ad-
dress ; the expense thereof to be charged to the appropriation for
printing and stationery.
Passed January 6, 1891.
City of Manchester.
An Order relative to Addition to Webster-street School Build-
ing.
Ordered, if the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and joint standing committee on lands and buildings
be authorized to receive proposals for and construct two addi-
tional rooms at Webster-street school building ; the expense
thereof to be charged to the appropriation for addition to Web-
ster-street school building.
Passed March 3, 1891.
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City of Manchester.
An Order to Purchase Land in Hallsville, etc.
Ordered, if the Beard of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and joint standing committee on lands and buildings
be authorized to purchase land in Hallsville for a new school-
house, and they hereby are empowered to receive proposals and
erect a schoolhouse upon said lot ; the expense thereof to be
charged to the appropriation for new schoolhouse, Hallsville.
Passed March 3, 1891.
City of Manchester.
An Order to buy a Dump-cart for use at City Farm.
Ordered, if the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the joint standing committee on city farm be authorized to pur-
chase a dump-cart for use at city farm ; the expense thereof to
be charged to the appropriation for city farm.
Passed March 3, 1891.
City of Manchester.
An Order to Purchase a Steam Boiler and Pump for the Sewer
Department.
Ordered, if the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and joint standing committee on sewers and drains
purchase a 12-horse-power boiler and pump combined, for use in
pumping out sewer trenches, and the boiler to be arranged to
run the steam drill ; and that the expense of the same be charged
to the appropriation for sewers and drains.
Passed March 3, 1891.
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City of Manchester.
An Order relative to Sewer Pipe.
Ordered, if the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and joint standing committee on sewers and drains be
and they hereby are authorized to contract for such quantities of
sewer pipe as in their judgment the city may require for this
year's use ; the expense thereof to be charged to the appropria-
tion for sewers and drains.
Passed March ■z, i8qi.
City of Manchester.
An Order authorizing the Board of Water Commissioners to
Purchase Land.
Ordered, if the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the board of water commissioners be and hereby are authorized
in behalf of the city of Manchester, to purchase of Mary E. and
Joseph B. Young a lot of land measuring ten acres and thirty-
two square rods, more or less, and situate in said Manchester, for
the sum of three hundred and thirty-seven dollars ($337); also
of Lizzie J. Richardson and others, seven (7) acres and twenty-
seven (27) square rods of land situate in said Manchester, for
the sum of two hundred and fifteen dollars (#215) ; and that the
expenditure for the same be charged to water-works construction
appropriation.
Passed April 7, 1891.
City of Manchester.
An Order Relating to the Purchase of three Horses for Fire
Department.
Ordered, if the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and joint standing committee on fire department are
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hereby authorized to purchase three horses for the said depart-
ment, and that the expense of the same be charged to the appro-
priation for the fire department.
Passed April 7, 1891.
City of Manchester.
An Order to Erect an Electric Light.
Ordered, if the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the joint standing committee on lighting streets cause to be
erected an electric light at the corner of Beech and Auburn
streets.
May 5, 1 89 1.
City of Manchester.
orders to build certain sewers.
Passed May 5, 1891.
Beginning at the south side of Massabesic street at Cypress,
thence southerly to Young street.
From the back street in Fourth street south of School street,
thence southerly to Ferry street, and through Ferry street to
Third street.
From the corner of Myrtle and Russell streets easterly through
Myrtle street to Linden street.
From a point east of Main street in Blaine street ; thence
through Blaine and Third streets to the Piscataquog river, ac-
cording to the city's plan of sewerage.
Beginning at Massabesic and Belmont streets, thence south-
erly to the Portsmouth Railroad crossing.
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Beginning at the junction of the back streets, between Cen-
tral and Depot streets and the back street west of Franklin
street ; thence to Canal street and through Canal street to the
Granite-street sewer.
Upon petition of Charles Davis and others, from present ter-
minus of Spruce-street sewer at Belmont street; thence easterly
to the proposed Weston street ; thence easterly in Lake avenue
to Canton street, also westerly to Beacon street.
Passed June 2, 1891.
On Beauport street ; from Adams northerly on Beauport street
to the foot of the bluff, about 200 feet.
Maple-street sewer, from Russell and Myrtle easterly through
Myrtle street to its intersection with Ashland street produced.
From Walker street southerly to the New Hampshire Central
Railroad land on Fourth street.
Passed August 4, 1891.
On North Main street, from Conant street northerly to Amory
street. This is occasioned by the continual trouble with the
present sewers in this section, they being too small and poorly
constructed, the proposed changes to be in accordance with the
improved sewerage plan for this section on file in city engineer's
office.
Passed August 22, 1891.
In West street, from near the Head property ; thence westerly
about 600 feet ; thence about 200 feet across the Baldwin land
to Piscataquog river.
Passed September 1, 1891.
On Second street, from Piscataquog river to about 150 feet
south of West Hancock street.
On Wilson road, from Bridge street to East High, and on
East High street from Jane to Ashland street. On Massabesic
street from Cypress to Jewett street, and on Jewett street from
Massabesic street to new schoolhouse.
Passed October 6, 1891.
In Pearl street from present terminus of Pearl street, thence
easterly about 100 feet toward Morrison street. In Bay east back
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street, from North street northerly about 300 feet. In Amory
street, from Dubuque street westerly to Rimmon street, about
270 feet.
Passed December 1, 1891.
In Merrimack street, from Belmont to Milton, about 200 feet
in length.
In Main street, from present terminus to C street, and in C
street to B street.
In Sullivan street, from sewer in Main street to Beauport,
about 200 feet.
In Carroll street, from Milford northerly, about 400 feet.
In Amherst street, from Belmont to Beacon, about 400 feet.
In Harrison street, from Oak street to Russell, about 400 feet.
Also for building certain cesspools on Cedar street and North
street, four in number.
Passed July 7, 1891.
On Orange street, from Russell to a point about 250 feet east
c f Linden street. On Manchester street, from present terminus
to Milton street. In Harrison south back street, from Union to
Walnut street. In Cartier street, from Amory to Kelly street.
Prom Kelly and Beauport streets to Amory and Main streets.
Passed August 4, 1891.
In Parker street, from Winter street northerly about 100 feet.
And the expense thereof (of all the above orders) to be charged
to the appropriation for sewers and drains.
City of Manchester.
An Order to Purchase Land in West Manchester.
Ordered, if the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and joint standing committee on lands and buildings
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be authorized to purchase land in McGregorville, on which to
build a hose-house and ward-room for ward 9.
The expense thereof to be charged to the appropriation for
reserved fund.
Passed May 5, 1891.
City of Manchester.
An Order Relating to the Building of the Extension of Web-
ster street.
Ordered, if the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
Webster street, from the River road to the Concord Railroad
land, as laid out October 28, 1890, by board of mayor and
aldermen, be built to grade, with suitable gutters, as shall be
established by the board of mayor and aldermen.
And the expense thereof be charged to the appropriation
for new highways.
City of Manchester.
An Order authorizing the Mayor to execute a quitclaim deed to
D. C. Whittemore.
Be it Ordered by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen, the
Common Council concurring : That His Honor the Mayor be
and hereby is authorized to execute for and in the name of the
city of Manchester to David C. Whittemore, a quitclaim deed
of the property described in the deed of Henry R. Chamberlain
of May 20, 1879, in which he quitclaimed to the city of Man-
chester all the right, title, and interest in certain land of said
Whittemore's which he received in a tax deed dated May 5,
1879, fr°m John Hosley, collector of taxes, the property being
sold for unpaid taxes in 1875, trie taxes having been afterwards
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paid and accepted by the city and the property taxed ever since
to said Whittemore.
Passed July 7, 1891.
City of Manchester.
An Order to Macadamize.
Ordered, if the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and joint standing committee on streets be authorized
to macadamize Bridge street from the west end of McGregor
bridge to McGregor street, a distance of about four hundred
feet. The expense of the same to be charged to appropriation
for macadamizing.
Passed July 7, 1891.
An Order to concrete Nashua street from Lowell to Concord
street, the expense of the same to be charged to appropriation
for macadamizing.
Passed July 7, 1891.
City of Manchester.
An Order to Concrete.
Ordered, if the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and joint standing committee on streets repair the
concrete roadway on Concord street from the east line of Elm
street, passing to the east line of Vine street, and supply neces-
sary flagging and corner curbing.
Passed July 7, 1891.
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To concrete the roadway on Merrimack street from Elm to
Franklin streets, and supply necessary flagging and corner curb-
ing.
Passed July 7, 1S91.
To concrete Chestnut street from the north line of Hanover
street to the south line of Merrimack street, and supply neces-
sary flagging and corner curbing.
Passed July 7, 1891.
To concrete Union street from Lowell to Concord street, and
furnish necessary flagging and curbstones.
Passed July 7, 1891.
To concrete the roadway on Union street from the north line
of Laurel street to the south line of Lake avenue, and supply
necessary flagging and corner curbing.
Passed August 4, 1891.
The expense of all of the same to be charged to the appro-
priation for macadamizing.
City of Manchester.
An Order to build certain Streets.
Ordered, if the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and joint standing committee on streets build Walnut
street from Gore street northerly to Salmon street, and Salmon
street from Pine street easterly to Walnut street, as shown on the
plans of said streets on file in engineer's department.
Passed August 4, 1891.
To build Allen street from Main to Boynton street.
Passed August 4, 1891.
ORDERS. 705
To build Rimmon street from Amory to Kelly street.
Passed August 4, 1891.
To build Cartier street from Amory to Kelly, as shown by
plans in the city engineer's office.
Passed August 4, 1891.
To build Kelly street from a point at west end of old laying
out to the North Weare Railroad track as recently laid out, the
expense of the same to be charged to appropriation for new
highways.
Passed August 4, 1891.
City of Manchester.
An Order to establish Grades.
Ordered, if the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the following grades are established as shown on their several
plans.
Adams street, Webster street to the Adams land, plan 147.
Beauport street, Amory to Kelly, plan 129.
Hall street, Bridge to Prospect, plan 888.
West Webster street, River road to Concord Railroad land,
plan 707.
Morrison street, Pearl to Arlington, plan 708.
West Hancock street, Main to Wentworth.
Passed July 7, 1891.
City of Manchester.
An Order to build a Bank Wall.
Ordered, if the Mayor and Board of Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and joint standing committee on streets build a bank
45
706 ORDERS.
wall on the north line of Bridge street, west of McGregor
bridge. The building of this wall is necessary in order to build
the street the full width, and the expense thereof is to be
charged to the appropriation for incidental expenses.
Passed July 7, 1891.
City of Manchester.
An Order relating to the purchase of a new Boiler for the
Police Station.
Ordered, if the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the committee on lands and buildings be and are hereby author-
ized to contract for a new boiler for the police station, with
power to dispose of the old one now in there, the expense of the
same to be charged to the appropriation for police department.
July 7, 1891.
City of Manchester.
An Order to purchase Gravel and sell lot of Land in West
Manchester.
Ordered, if the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and joint standing committee on streets be authorized
to purchase five hundred dollars' worth of gravel of Charles
Brooks, also to sell to said Charles Brooks a lot of land in West
Manchester of about one half an acre in extent, the expense for
gravel to be charged to the appropriation for district No. 10.
Passed July 7, 1891.
707
City of Manchester.
An Order to receive proposals for and contract for the building
of Retaining Wall on Bowman street, West Manchester.
Ordered, if the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and joint standing committee on streets be authorized
to receive proposals for and contract for the building of a retain-
ing wall on the east side of Bowman street adjoining the Piscat-
aquog cemetery ; the expense thereof to be charged to the appro-
priation for incidental expenses.
Passed July 7, 1S91.
City of Manchester.
An Order authorizing a temporary loan for purposes of Sewers
and Drains.
Be it ordered by the Common Council of the City of Man-
chester, the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concurring : That
his Honor the Mayor and the city treasurer be and they hereby
are authorized to borrow for and in the name of the city of Man-
chester the sum of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000), to be used
in the construction of sewers and drains, and to be placed in the
treasury to the credit of the account for sewers and drains ; the
note or notes for said sum to be signed by the mayor, counter-
signed by the city treasurer, and payable December 1, 1892.
Passed July 7, 1891.
City of Manchester.
An Order to purchase and locate a Drinking Fountain.
Ordered, if the board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and joint standing committee on streets be and here-
708 ORDERS.
by are authorized to purchase a drinking fountain and place the
same on the northeast corner of Granite and Main streets, the
cost not to exceed $100; the expense to be charged to the appro-
priation for watering streets.
Passed July 7, 1891.
City of Manchester.
An Order relating to the purchase of hose for the Fire Depart-
ment.
Ordered, if the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and joint standing committee on fire department be
and are hereby authorized to purchase three thousand (3,000)
feet of hose for the use of the fire department, and that the ex-
pense of the same be charged to the appropriation for the fire de-
partment.
Passed July 7, 1S91.
City of Manchester.
An Order to purchase land for the extension of Amoskeag
Cemetery.
Ordered, if the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and committee on the Amoskeag cemetery be author-
ized to purchase a piece of land of F. D. Hanscom twenty feet
wide and the length of the cemetery, starting from the highway,
for the purpose of laying a water pipe and constructing a drive-
way and properly inclosing the grounds, and the expense thereof
be charged to the reserved fund.
Passed May 5, 1891.
ORDERS. 709
City of Manchester.
An Order to establish certain Grades.
Ordered, if the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the grades on Putnam street, as shown on plans in city engineer's
office, Cartier to Dubuque street, be established.
Passed October 4, 1891.
City of Manchester.
An Order to establish Grades.
Ordered, if the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the grades, as shown on the following plans in the city engineer's
department, be established : Rimmon street, Amory to Kelly ;
Salmon, Pine to Walnut.
Passed August 4, 1891.
City of Manchester.
An Order to change the grade of certain Streets.
Ordered, if the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the grades of certain streets be changed as follows : Concord
street at Hall, plan No. 161 ; Milton street, Manchester to Han-
over, plan No. 178; Hall street at Concord, plan No. 161 ; as
shown on file drawing in city engineer's department.
Passed August 4, 1891.
710 ORDERS.
City of Manchester.
An Order to erect an Electric Light.
Ordered, if the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the joint standing committee on lighting streets cause to be
erected an electric light at the corner of Valley and Jewett
streets ; the expense thereof to be charged to the appropriation
for lighting streets.
Passed August 4, 1891.
City of Manchester.
An Order authorizing the Mayor to purchase a lot of land of
A. D. Gooden.
Ordered, if the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor be authorized to purchase a lot of land on Spruce
street containing 5,750 square feet (adjoining land of the city of
Manchester) of A. D. Gooden for six cents per square foot ; the
expense thereof to be charged to the appropriation for inciden-
tal expenses.
Passed August 4, 1891.
City of Manchester.
An Order to buy Wheel Scrapers.
Ordered, if the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and joint standing committee on streets be authorized
to purchase three wheel scrapers to be used in street work for
grading purposes, the same not to cost over $100, and the ex-
pense thereof be charged to the appropriation for incidental ex-
penses.
Passed August 4, 1891.
ORDERS. 711
City of Manchester.
An Order to Repair Spruce Street.
Ordered, if the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and joint standing committee on streets repair Spruce
street with crushed stone and build gutters on the same from Elm
to Chestnut at an expense not exceeding $300 ; and the expense
thereof be charged to appropriation for macadamizing.
Passed August 4, 1891.
City of Manchester.
An Order relative to Proposals for Electric Lighting.
Ordered, if the Board of Common Council concur : That the
joint standing committee on lighting streets be authorized to
receive proposals for lighting the streets of Manchester with elec-
tric lights for the term of three years commencing December 26,
189 1, and report the same to the city government at its regular
meeting October 6, 1891.
Passed September 1, 1891.
City of Manchester.
An Order relating to Purchase of lot of Land in McGregorville
for School Purposes.
Ordered, if the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and joint standing committee on lands and buildings
be and hereby are authorized to purchase a lot of land at the
northwest corner of Amory and Dubuque streets, containing fif-
teen thousand nine hundred (15,900) square feet, at not more
712 ORDERS.
than fifteen cents (15c.) per foot. Purchase to be made early in
the year 1892; expense of the same to be charged to the appro-
priation for incidental expenses.
Passed December 1, 1891.
City of Manchester.
An Order relating to Furnishing of Room for the Matron of
Police Station.
Ordered, if the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and joint standing committee on lands and buildings
be and are hereby authorized to hire and furnish a suitable room
as an office for Miss A. B. Brown, for the purpose of facilitating
her work as matron of the police station ; the expense of the
same not to exceed seventy-five ($75) dollars per annum, and
this sum to be charged to the appropriation for police depart-
ment.
Passed December 1, 1801.
City of Manchester.
An Order relating to Appointment of Consulting Engineer by
Board of Water Commissioners.
Ordered, if the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the board of water commissioners be and are hereby authorized
to procure the services of a consulting engineer relative to the
best plan of establishing a high pressure service.
Passed December 9, 1891.
STREET LIGHTING. 713
City of Manchester.
An Order to Furnish an Additional Room at the Varney
School.
Ordered, if the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur: That
the mayor and joint standing committee on lands and buildings
be authorized to procure furniture for furnishing an additional
room at the Varney school building ; and that the expense be
charged to the appropriation for incidental expenses.
Passed January 2, 1892.
Street Lighting.
PROPOSALS FOR LIGHTING THE CITY OF MANCHESTER WITH ELEC-
TRICITY,
Two hundred or more arc lights of 2,000 candle power each
being required, will be received by the joint standing com-
mittee on lighting streets at the office of the city clerk until
7.30 o'clock p. m., September 19, 1891. The lights will be re-
quired to run from twilight to twilight, and the system to be
used must be the Thomson-Houston, or one equally good. Any
contract when made must go into effect December 26, 189 1, and
to expire December 26, 1894.
The lighting company is to assume all claims for damages that
may arise fiom poles, wires, lamps, dynamos, or other causes in
such service. All bids to be accompanied by an acceptable bond
of $20,000 guaranteeing the execution of contract. The city
reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids.
OLIVER B. GREEN,
Chairman Com. on Lighting Streets.
Manchester, N. H., Sept. 4, 1891.
714 STREET LIGHTING.
Manchester, N. H., Sept. 25, 1891.
Committee on Lighting Streets, Oliver B. Green, Chairman :
Gentlemen, — The Manchester Electric Light Company re-
spectfully submit the following bid of 37}^ cents per night for
lights on mast arms, and 34^ cents per night for lights on poles,
in response to your advertisement for proposals, dated September
4, 1891.
Signed,
ALONZO ELLIOTT,
J. C. MOORE,
H. E. PARKER,
Committee duly authorized by the
Manchester Electric Light Co.
articles of agreement.
The Manchester Electric Light Company, a corporation duly
established by law, and doing business in Manchester, in the
county of Hillsborough and state of New Hampshire, and the
city of Manchester, a municipal corporation in said county and
state, hereby agree as follows, to wit :
The said company, for the consideration hereinafter men-
tioned, agrees for itself, its successors and assigns, at its own ex-
pense, to provide and maintain as the same are now established,
two hundred and fifty (250) electric lights, to be of the standard
of two thousand candle power arc lamps ; to keep the same lighted
from twilight to twilight upon every night of the year, in accord-
ance with the requirements of the joint standing committee on
lighting streets, and to use in the maintenance of said lights the
Thomson-Houston system of electric lighting, or a system equally
as good.
The said city agrees to pay monthly for said two hundred and
fifty lights herein provided for and maintained as they are now
STREET LIGHTING. 715
established, the sum of 34^ cents per night each for all lamps
on posts, and the sum of 37^ cents per night each for all lamps
placed on mast arms; but in case any lamps, for any cause, shall
fail to be lighted, upon such nights or parts of nights as they
shall be unlighted a proportionate reduction in price shall be
made.
The said city further agrees that said company may maintain
its present lines through and over the streets of said city, and
erect such new lines as may be required, and any additional con-
struction shall be as good as that now in use, and erected under
the same conditions, and the lights located as hereinafter pro-
vided.
The said city is hereby authorized to use the topmost arm on
such poles or posts as said company has erected, or may hereaf-
ter erect, for its system of fire-alarm telegraph.
It is hereby understood and mutually agreed that all damages
or injuries to said lights or lines arising from fire or other una-
voidable casualty shall be repaired by said company with reason-
able diligence, and shall not vitiate this contract, and that all
damages to any person or property, caused by the poles, lamps,
wires, or other apparatus used by said company, or by the use of
same, occasioned by the negligence or want of care of said com-
pany, or its servants or agents, shall be borne by said company ;
that all liability because of damages from the maintenance of the
system of electric lighting used by said company shall rest upon
said company ; that this contract shall terminate in three years
from December 26, 1891.
At the termination of this contract all property used by said
company under the same shall remain the property of said com-
pany, its successors or assigns.
If during the period for which this contract shall remain in
force said city shall desire more electric lights, said company
agrees to furnish the same at a price not exceeding the price fixed
for the two hundred and fifty lights herein provided for, and the
joint standing committee on lighting streets shall fix the location
of said lamps, but within a radius of one and one quarter miles
from the city hall.
716 STREET LIGHTING.
In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals
this the seventeenth day of November, 1891.
CITY OF MANCHESTER,
By E. J. Knowlton, Mayor.
THE MANCHESTER ELECTRIC LIGHT CO.,
[Seal.] By A. Elliott, President,
Walter G. Africa, Treasurer.
Know all men by these presents, that we, The Manchester
Electric Light Co., J. C. Moore, Frank Dowst, and Alonzo El-
liott, are held and firmly bound to the city of Manchester in the
sum of fifteen thousand dollars, to be paid to said city of Man-
chester, and to the payment whereof we bind ourselves, our suc-
cessors, and our heirs, firmly by these presents.
Sealed with our seal and dated the 25th day of September, A.
D. 1891.
The condition of this obligation is, that whereas The Man-
chester Electric Light Co., a corporation duly established by law,
has made to the city of Manchester a proposition for lighting the
streets of said city by electricity, for the term of three years, from
December 26, 1891, to December 26, 1894;
Now if said contract is awarded to said Manchester Electric
Light Co. by said city, and said electric light company shall
faithfully perform and fulfil all the conditions and requirements
of said contract as set forth therein, and shall not default them,
this obligation shall be void.
MANCHESTER ELECTRIC LIGHT CO.,
[Seal] By A. Elliott, President.
J. C. Moore. [Seal.]
Signed, sealed, and delivered
in the presence of
Charles S. Stevens,
Ned T. Wallace.
Frank Dowst. [Seal.]
Alonzo Elliott. [Seal.]
ADDITION TO WEBSTER-STREET SCHOOLHOUSE. 717
House and Bridge at Valley Cemetery.
Manchester, N. H., May 7, 1891.
John J. Holland :
Dear Sir, — We will build the house and bridge at Valley
cemetery, according to plans by W. H. Bennett, for the sum of
two hundred and seventy-five dollars ($275).
Yours truly,
THE HEAD & DOWST CO.
Addition to Webster-street Schoolhouse.
CONTRACT.
An agreement of two parts made this eighth day of April, A.
D. 1891, between Mead, Mason & Co., party of the first part,
and the committee on lands and buildings of the city govern-
ment of the city of Manchester, party of the second part.
The said party of the first part, in consideration of the sum of
money to be paid by the said party of the second part, as herein-
after mentioned, and the covenants and agreements hereinafter
recited to be kept and performed by the said party of the second
part, do for themselves, their heirs and assigns, covenant, prom-
ise, and agree to and with the said party of the second part, that
the said party of the first part shall and will, in a good workman-
like manner, and according to the best of their ability, build ac-
cording to the plans and specifications here annexed, and pro-
vide all specified materials for the same. And the said party of
the first part further agrees that the work shall be commenced
and constantly prosecuted, and that the material shall be prompt-
ly furnished.
It is agreed by and between the parties to this agreement as
follows :
1. That the said party of the first part shall make no charge
of any kind to the said party of the second part beyond the sum
718 ADDITION TO WEBSTER-STREET SCHOOLHOUSE.
of the original contract unless the said party of the second part
alters the plans and specifications, in which case the value of
such alterations shall be added to the amount to be paid, or de-
ducted from the amount as the case may be. It is to be under-
stood that no alterations are to be made except authorized by the
party of the second part or representatives.
2. It is agreed that insurance shall be effected on the building
as soon as the roof is put on and covered. The amount to be
determined upon by said party of the second part, and it is to
be increased as mutually understood by parties to the agreement,
the policy to be made payable to the party of the second part,
as their interest may appear, and each party to pay one half of
the cost of the insurance.
3. That each and every person employed by sub-contract by
said party of the first part shall be a suitable, competent, and sat-
isfactory person to do the work.
4. The said party of the first part shall provide during the
progress of the work a suitable foreman whose duty it shall be to
attend to the work of the framing, laying out all measurements
upon the works hereby agreed upon, in conformity with said
plans and specifications furnished.
5. If at any time the party of the second part shall find that
said work is not carried forward with sufficient rapidity, or ma-
terials are not furnished as fast as required, he shall give notice of
insufficiency to the party of the first part, or his foreman, and if
within five days the defects are not remedied in a satisfactory
manner, the said party shall hire men or furnish material and the
expense of the same be charged to the party of the first part,
and will be deducted from the original sum.
6. The said party of the first part shall be responsible for any
injury received by any person or persons during the progress of
the work, and the said party shall furnish all necessary protection
to the public during the progress of the work.
7. It is understood by the party of the first part that all works
described or referred to in the annexed specifications are to be
executed by the said party of the first part, whether or not the
works are illustrated by the plans or working drawings, and is to
- ADDITION TO WEBSTER-STREET SCHOOLHOUSE. 719
execute all work on plans and working drawings, whether or not
they are described and referred to in the specifications and com-
pleted ready for the occupancy by said committee on or before
the 29th day of August, 1891.
8. If any discrepancy shall be found to exist between the
plans, working drawings, and specifications, the decision as to
the fair construction of the true intent and meaning of the plans
and working drawings and specifications shall be made by
W. H. Bennett, city engineer, and the said party of the first
part will execute the work in accordance with this decision.
9. Should any misunderstanding arise as to addition to or
omission from the contract, caused by alteration, the said party
of the second part shall have power to employ such means as shall
be justifiable to obtain the true value of such alterations, the ex-
pense thereof to be equally divided between the parties to this
agreement, and the above decision, when given, to be accepted
by both parties.
The said party of the second part does for legal repre-
sentatives, in consideratiou of the materials being provided as
herein required by the said party of the first part, covenant,
promise, and agree to and with the said party of the first part, that
they will well and truly pay, or cause to be paid the party of the
first part the sum of four thousand nine hundred and eighty-
seven dollars ($4,987).
Mead, Mason & Co.
First Party.
E. J. Knowlton, Mayor,
Byron Worthen,
Walter M Fulton,
Thomas Wilkinson,
John P. Cronin,
Charles E. Chapman,
Second Party.
Winfred H. Bennett,
Witness.
This contract ratified and confirmed by vote of the city coun-
cils June 2, 1 89 1.
720 HALLSVILLE SCHOOLHOUSE.
Hallsville Schoolhouse.
This memorandum of an agreement made and executed this 4th
day of May, 1891, by and between William F. Head and Frank
Dowst, partners and contractors under the firm name of Head
& Dowst, and the city of Manchester Witnesseth, that for and
in consideration of the mutual promises and agreements herein-
after set forth, said parties do contract and agree together as
follows :
Said firm of Head & Dowst hereby contracts and agrees to
furnish all materials and build and complete for said city a school
building in East Manchester, in accordance with the plans and
specifications prepared by McFarland, Goodrich & McFarland,
architects, which plans and specifications are hereby made a part
of this contract, and to furnish and complete in said building a
heating and ventilating system and sanitary closets in accordance
with the proposals of the Fuller & Warren W. and V. Co., which
are hereby made a part of this contract, for the sum of twenty-
two thousand and sixty dollars ($22,060), all of said materials
to be in accordance with said specifications, and the work is to
be done in a thorough and workmanlike manner, and the whole
building to be completed on or before the 20th day of Decem-
ber, 1 89 1, all of said work to be subject to the acceptance of the
committee on lands and buildings of the city councils. Said
city of Manchester hereby agrees to pay to said firm of Head &
Dowst said sum of twenty-two thousand and sixty dollars ($22,-
060) in monthly payments ; no such monthly payment to ex-
ceed 80 per cent of the amount of materials and labor furnished
by said firm of Head & Dowst to the date of the payment, and
upon the completion and acceptance of the said school building
to pay the balance until the whole sum of twenty-two thousand
and sixty dollars shall be paid.
RAILROAD OVER SECOND STREET. 721
In witness whereof the parties have hereunto affixed their
hands this day and year above named.
HEAD & DOWST.
THE CITY OF MANCHESTER,
By E. J. Knowlton,
Byron Worthen,
Thomas Wilkinson,
Walter M. Fulton,
Joint Standing Committee on Lands and Buildings.
This contract ratified and confirmed by vote of city councils,
June 6, 1 89 1.
Railroad over Second Street.
Memorandum of an agreement made this ninth day of May,
1 89 1, by and between the Concord & Montreal Railroad and
the city of Manchester, for the construction of an underpass
through the embankment and under the track of the Manchester
& North Weare Railroad, for the purpose and convenience of
said city, extending Second street, so called, at West Man-
chester,
Witnesseth : Said city of Manchester is to pay to said Con-
cord & Montreal Railroad all cost or expense of excavating for
said underpass, including the trenches for abutments ; the cost
of the abutments complete, including expenses of material and
labor, and the cost of putting on the false work for carrying the
track and trains during the progress of the work.
Said railroad is to furnish timber for the false work free of
charge, and is to assume expense of the superstructure only.
722 SCAVENGER SERVICE.
All work is to be done under the direction, and to the sat-
isfaction, of the chief engineer of said railroad.
CITY OF MANCHESTER,
Per E. J. Knowlton, Mayor.
W. A. STOWELL,
Superintendent of Cotistruction, Concord 6° Montreal Railroad.
This contract ratified and confirmed by vote of the city coun-
cils, June 6, 1 89 1.
New Boiler at Police Station.
July 16, 1891.
To the Committee on Lands and Buildings, Byron Worthen
Chairman :
Gentlemen, — My estimate for putting in a steel boiler and
taking out the old boiler at police station, as follows :
Steel boiler, 12 feet long, 42 inches diameter, 52 2^-inch tubes,
including front and grate set up and connected to the pipes now
in, ready to fire up, is four hundred and forty-five dollars
($445), first class in every respect. The city to cut the hole
through the wall and replace where the boiler is to go out.
Yours truly,
THOS. A. LANE.
Scavenger Service.
This agreement, made and executed this sixth day of June,
1 89 1, by and between Hartley E. Vaughn, of Manchester, in
the county of Hillsborough and state of New Hampshire, and
the city of Manchester, a municipal corporation in said county
and state, acting by Edgar J. Knowlton, mayor, specially
authorized thereto by vote of the city councils,
SCAVENGER SERVICE. 723
Witnesseth : That for and in consideration of the mutual
promises and agreements hereinafter set forth, said parties do
hereby contract and agree together as follows, to wit : Said
Hartley E. Vaughn hereby contracts and agrees to remove all
perishable matter from the limits fixed and bounded in the com-
pact part of said city of Manchester, as shown upon the map of
said city in the office of the city engineer, in accordance with
the provisions of the ordinance of said city of Manchester,
establishing a scavenger service, passed May 6, 1890, for the
term of one year from the ninth day of June, 1891, for the sum
of one thousand, nine hundred dollars ($1,900), to be paid by
said city.
And he further agrees and contracts to use good horses and
wagons, and a sufficient number for the suitable performance of
the work, and to remove all of said matter at least two miles
from the city limits and at least one fourth of a mile distant
from any house, and to do all of said work in a proper and suit-
able manner, in all respects in accordance with the aforesaid
ordinance, and to the satisfaction of the board of mayor and
aldermen. And said city of Manchester hereby contracts and
agrees to pay to said Hartley E. Vaughn, upon the satisfactory
performance of his contract, the sum of one thousand nine hun-
dred dollars ($1,900), in monthly payments.
EDGAR J. KNOWLTON, Mayor.
HARTLEY E. VAUGHN, Contractor.
LIST OF ENGRAVINGS.
SCHOOLHOUSES.
PAGE
1. Ash-street schoolhouse 343
2. Amoskeag district schoolhouse . . 343
3. Bakersville schoolhouse 319
4. Bloclget-street schoolhouse 343
5. Franklin-street schoolhouse 319
6. Goffe's Falls schoolhouse 329
7. Hallsville schoolhouse (old) 313
8. High school house 319
9. Harvey district school house 329
10. Lincoln-street schoolhouse 329
11. Lowell -street schoolhouse 343
12. Main-street schoolhouse 313
13. Merrirnack-street schoolhouse 343
14. Mosquito Pond schoolhouse 329
15. Park-street schoolhouse 319
16. School-street schoolhouse 313
17. South Main-street schoolhouse 319
18. Spring-street schoolhouse 313
19. Stark district schoolhouse 343
20. Varney schoolhouse, West Manchester 313
21. Webster's Mills schoolhouse 329
22. Webster-street schoolhouse — 319
23. Wilson Hill schoolhouse 313
24. Youngsville schoolhouse 329
45. Hallsville school (new) 373
ENGINE-HOUSES.
25. Central fire station, Vine street 1G3
26. Clinton-street station 163
27. Fire King station, North Main street 163
28. General Stark station, Webster street 223
29. Independent hose house, Amoskeag 163
30. Merrimack engine-house, Lake avenue 223
31. Massabesic hose, Maple street 223
726 LIST OF ENGRAVINGS.
OTHER CITY AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
32. Battery building, Manchester street 223
33. City farm buildings, Mammoth road 3
34. City Hall building, Elm street 3
35. County jail, Willow street 3
36. Court-house, Franklin street 223
37. Government building, post-office, etc., Hanover street 29
38. City stables and city scales, Franklin street 461
39. Police station, Manchester street 3
40. Pumping station, Cohas avenue 3
41. Soldiers' monument, Merrimack square 3
42. State industrial school, river road north 461
0. City library, Franklin street 223
44. Derryflekl park 103
CHURCHES, CONVENTS, PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, ETC.
60. First Baptist church, Union corner Concord street 2S9
61. Second Baptist church, Merrimack east of Pine street 289
62. Freewill Baptist church, Merrimack corner Chestnut street 289
63. People's Baptist church, Concord corner Chestnut street 289
64. Christian church, Pine corner Merrimack street 289
65. City Mission chapel, Merrimack corner Beech street 289
66. South-Main-street Congregational church, South-Main corner Mil-
ford street 303
67. Hanover-street Congregational church, Hanover corner Union street . 303
68. Franklin-street Congregational church, Franklin cor. Market street. 303
69. Goffe's Falls Congregational church, Goffe's Falls 303
70. Union Chapel, Elm street, South Manchester 303
71. Parsonage, Hanover-street Congregational, 590 Beech street 303
72. St. Paul's M. E. church, Union corner Amherst street 309
73. St. James M. E. church, Pennacook corner Pine street 309
74. First M. E. church, Valley street corner Jewett 309
75. Massabesic chapel, M. E., Candia road near Massabesic Lake 309
76. Parsonage, St. Paul's, 528 Union street 309
77. Parsonage, St. James, Pennacook street 309
78. Parsonage, First M. E., 782 Valley street 309
79. Swedish Lutheran church, Sagamore street 391
80. Westminster Presbyterian church, Hazel corner Brook 391
81. German Presbyterian church, Second corner Bath street 391
82. Advent chapel, Arlington street 391
83. Parsonage, Advent chapel, Pearl street 391
84. W. C. T. U. Mercy Home, Mammoth road 391
85. First Unitarian church, Concord corner Beech street 405
86. Grace Episcopal church, Pine corner Lowell street 405
87. First Universalist church, Lowell near Elm street . 405
88. Rectory, Grace Episcopal church, Harrison corner Union 405
89. Elliot Hospital, East Manchester 405
90. Women's Aid Hospital, 180 Pearl street 405
91. St. Joseph (Catholic) cathedral, Pine corner Lowell 635
92. St. Anne's (Catholic) church, Union corner Merrimack street 635
93. St. Mary's (French Catholic) church, Beauport corner Wayne street. 635
LIST OF ENGKAVINGS. 727
94. St. George's (French Catholic) church, Pine corner Orange street. . . 635
95. St. Patrick's school (Catholic), Beauport street 635
96. Mt. St. Mary's academy, Laurel corner Beech street 651
97. Union-street school (Catholic), Union corner Laurel street 651
98. Convent of Jesus Mary (French Catholic) E. Spruce n'r Beech street 651
99. Convent of the Holy Angels (French Catholic), Beauport corner
Wayne street 651
100. St. Augustine's academy (French Catholic), 259 Lake avenue 651
101. St. Mary's school (French Catholic), Wayne street, W. M 651
102. St. Raphael's school (German Catholic), Third corner Ferry street.. 651
103. St. Joseph's school, girls' (Catholic) , Pine corner Lowell street 279
104. St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum (Catholic), Pine corner Amherst street. 279
105. St. Joseph's high school, hoys' (Catholic) Lowell corner Birch street. 279
106. St. Patrick's Orphan Asylum (Catholic), 184 Hanover street 279
107. Old Ladies' Home (Catholic) , 222 Hanover street 279
108. Convent, Mt. St. Mary's (Catholic), Union corner Laurel street 279
109. St. Agnes' school (Catholic), Cedar corner of Union street 279
110. St. Augustine's church (French Catholic), Beech cor. E. Spruce street 429
111. Residence Catholic bishop, 145 Lowell corner Union street 429
112. Residence priest of St. Mary's (French Catholic), 376 Beauport street 429
113. Residence priest of St. Anne's (Catholic), 231 Merrimack street 429
114. Residence priest of St. Augustine's (French Cath.), 383 Beech street. 429
115. Residence priest of St. George's (French Catholic), 114 Orange street 429
116. Children's Home (Protestant), Webster street 373
117. Parsonage, Swedish Lutheran church (Prot.), 68 Sagamore street ... 373
118. Proposed depot, Concord & Montreal Railroad 639
119. Proposed depot, Boston & Maine Railroad 297
120. Plan of improved sewerage system 105
INDEX
INDEX.
PAGE
Advertising and printing 548
Abatement on taxes
Address, Mayor Knowlton
Assets, statement and inventory of
Annual interest charge on bonded debt .
Auditor, city, report of
Appropriations for 1891 by city councils .
Auditor, communications of
Auditor's department
Addition to Webster-street schoolhouse.
405
642
.674-676
.459-669
B
Bridges 509
Books and stationery 547
Buildings, repairs of 58S
Board of water commissioners, organization of 9-10-52
report of 53
health, report of 375
Bonded debt 654
tabular statement of 656
detailed statement of, for 1S91 654
Buildings, public, occupied by private parties
Bonds re-funded, letters, etc., relating thereto
Bonded debt, annual interest charge
Certificate of mayor relating to dog law
Churches, etc., valuation of, exempt from tax
City hall
City officers' salaries *56
City teams 5U
Contingent expenses 549
Care of rooms 553
City Library 56°
Commons 6°8
Cemetery. Pine Grove ---^ 612
Valley 615
732 INDEX.
City farm 623
County tax 638
City officials, list of 3-2S
engineer, report of 105
engineer's department, organization of 103
library, report of trustees of 223
treasurer's report 228
librarian's report 233
donations to 237
Cemeteries, report of sub-trustees of Valley 260
Pine Grove 258
treasurer 254
fund of, report of trustees 253
City farm, report of joint standing committee 275
solicitor, report of 291
marshal, report of 309
Committee, school, report of 313
Contract with and bond of Manchester Electric Light Co 714-716
City auditor's report 405
treasurer's report 410
Communications of city auditor 674-676
City ordinances and amendments 6S3
councils, resolutions and orders 688-713
physician, report of 299
auditor's department 459-669
Contracts 714-723
Contract with Manchester Electric Light Co 714
Head & Dowst Co., house and bridge at Valley cemetery 717
Mead, Mason & Co., addition to Webster-street school-
house 717
Head & Dowst Co., Hallsville schoolhouse 720
Concord & Montreal R. R., underpass on Second street . . 721
Thomas A. Lane, new boiler at police station 722
Hartley E. Vaughn, scavenger service 722
D
Debt, payment of funded 429
Decoration of soldiers' graves 635
Debt, bonded, statement of 654-656
tabular statement of 656
detailed statement of, for 1S91 654
Defective classes, the 279
Derryfleld park 619
Depot, new, Concord & Montreal R. R 639
Dog law, certificate of mayor 676
E
Engineer's department 533
Expenses, incidental 441
mayor's 455
contingent 549
INDEX. 733
Evening schools 556
school, mechanical drawing 557
Electric lights, location of 391
Light Company, contract with, bond of 714-716
Engravings of public buildings, list of 725-727
Elliot hospital 635
Exempted from tax, property 651-653
F
Fund, reserved 429
Fuel 542
Furniture and supplies 544
Free text-books 559
Fire department 562
Fire-alarm telegraph 577
Firemen's parade „ 580
Farm, paupers off 620
Free beds, Elliot Hospital 635
Fire department, report of chief engineer 165
value of personal property 190-198
names and residences of members 198-206
location of hydrants 206-219
Farm, city 623
G
Grading for concrete 501
Graves, decoration of soldiers' 635
Gas-lights, location of 398
H
Highway district No. 1 461
2 and 3 462
4 467
5 468
6 470
7 471
8 472
9 474
10 475
11 477
12 479
13 479
Highways, new 480
land taken for 486
watering 486
paving 489
macadamizing 494
grading for concrete on 501
scavenger teams 503
734 INDEX.
Highways, sweeping 506
lighting 507
bridges 509
city teams 514
sewers and drains 520
Health department 536
Hydrant service 580
Hospital, Women's Aid and Relief 634
Elliot, free beds 635
Highway districts, reports of surveyors 139
Hydrants, location of 206-219
Health, hoard of, report of 375
Hallsville schoolhouse 594
Hospitals, churches, etc., exempt from taxation 652
I
Interest 428
Incidental expenses 441
Indigent soldiers 633
Inspector, milk, report of 303
Inventory of assets 663-669
Interest, annual charge, bonded debt 658
Inaugural address, Mayor Knowlton's 31
L
Loan, temporary 431
Land taken for highways 4S6
Lighting streets 507
Library, city 560
Location of electric lights 391
of gas lights 398
of oil lamps 400
List of engravings 725-727
of churches, etc., exempt from tax 652
M
Mayor's incidentals 455
Macadamizing streets 494
Militia 63?
Milk inspector, report of 303
Marshal, city, report of 309
Manchester Electric Light Co., contract with and bond of 714-716
Municipal receipts and expenditures 416-421, 422-427
Manufacturing property exempt from taxation 652
N
New highways 480
New.schoolhouse, West Manchester 592
735
New schoolhouse, Hallsville
addition to Webster-street
New depot, Concord & Montreal Railroad
O
Officials, city, salaries of 456
Order to print f ort y -sixth annual report 2
Organization of board of water commissioners 53-59
Overseers of the poor, report of 269
Oil lamps, location of 400
Ordinances, city, amendments of 683
Organization of school board for 1891 14-15
Ordinance amending section 4, chapter 40 of the ordinances relating to
cemeteries 685
amending section 1, chapter 7, in relation to the erection of
buildings 685
amending section 22, chapter 14, increasing salary of chief
engineer of fire department 686
relating to privy vaults 687
amending section 5, chapter 12, relating to sewers 687
Order to print Mayor Knowlton's inaugural address 6G6
relative to Webster-street school building 696
to purchase land for Hallsville schoolhouse 697
to buy dump-cart for city farm 697
to buy steam boiler and pump for sewer department 697
relative to purchase of sewer pipe 698
authorizing water commissioners to buy land 698
to buy three horses for fire department 698
to erect electric light 699, 710, 711
to build certain sewers 699-701
to buy land for hose-house and ward -room, ward 9 701
to extend Webster street 702
relating to quitclaim deed to D. C. Whittemore 702
to macadamize Bridge street, West Manchester 703
to macadamize Nashua street, Lowell to Concord street 703
relative to concreting sundry streets 703, 704
to build certain streets 704, 705
to establish the grades of certain streets 705
to build bank wall on Bridge street, West Manchester 705
to change the grade of certain streets 709
relative to new boiler for police station 706
to buy gravel and sell land 706
to contract for building retaining wall on Bowman street 707
authorizing temporary loan for sewers 707
to buy and locate fountain 707
to buy hose for fire department 70S
to buy land for extension of Amoskeag cemetery 70S
to buy land of A. D. Gooden 710
to buy wheel scrapers 710
to repair Spruce street 711
to buy land in McGregorville for school purposes 711
736 INDEX.
Order to furnish room for matron at police station 712
to appoint consulting engineer by water commissioners 712
to furnish additional room at Vamey school building. 713
P
Payment of funded debt 429
Printing and stationery 436
Paving streets 489
Printing and advertising 548
Police department 582
Pine Grove cemetery 612
Paupers off the farm 620
Property account, real and personal 663-669
Public buildings occupied by private parties 660-662
Public buildings, list of engravings of 725-727
Park, Derryfield 619
Stark 610
Parsonages, valuation of, exempt from taxation 652
R
Reservedfund 429
Repairs of schoolhouses 539
Rooms, care of 553
Receiving tomb 619
Report of Board of Water Commissioners 53
Superintendent of Water-Works 58
City Engineer 105
Highway District Surveyors 139-161
Chief Engineer Fire Department 165
Trustees of City Library 223
Committees on Cemeteries 253
Sub-Trustees of Valley Cemetery 260
Pine Grove Cemetery 258
Treasurer of Cemeteries 254
Trustees of Cemetery Fund 253
Overseers of the Poor 269
Joint Standing Committee on City Farm ... 275
City Solicitor 291
Milk Inspector 303
City Marshal 309
School Committee 313
Superintendent 319
Board of Health 375
Repairs of buildings 588
Real estate owned by the city 663-669
Real property, exempt from taxation, other than public property 662
Rules, etc., relating to bills against the city (auditor's department) . . . .669-673
Receipts and expenditures, 1890 and 1891 422-427
Report of city auditor 405
treasurer 410
INDEX. 737
Receipts and expenditures, municipal, for 1891 416
Report of M. M. Tidd on high-pressure water service 82
of city physician 299
on the defective classes 279
Resolutions and orders of the city councils 688
raising money and making appropriations for 1891 642
Resolution relative to the issue of bonds for permanent improvements 688
relative to guarding public health against impurities in
water 689
confirming contract with Concord & Montreal Railroad 690
relating to IJallsville schoolhouse 690
addition to Webster-street
schoolhouse 691
relating to public park 691
discontinuing highway 692
part of old Bridge-street road 692
relative to legacy of Eliza A. Eaton 693
exempting Queen City Manufacturing Co 693
relating to plan of Stark park 694
engine house and ward room, ward 9 694
relative to a discontinuance of a portion of Canal street and
a portion of Pleasant street 695
Salaries of city officials 456
Scavenger teams 503
Street sweeping 506
Sewers and drains 520
School department 360
Schoolhouses, repairs of 539
Supplies and furniture 544
Stationery and books 547
Salaries, teachers' 558
School, evening, mechanical drawing 557
Stark park 610
Soldiers, indigent 633
State tax 638
Solicitor, city, report of 291
School committee, report of 313
superintendent's report 319
Statement of bonded debt 656
total taxation for 1891 647
public buildings occupied by private parties 660
School statistics 343
attendance 319
Schoolhouse, Hallsville 594
addition to Webster-street 593
West Manchester, Varney 592
German School Society 652
Schoolhouses, parochial, and seminaries of learning 652
Summary of city debt 658
47
738
Temporary loans 431
Text-books, free 559
Teachers' salaries 55S
Tomb, receiving 619
Taxes, abatement of 638
Tax, state 638
county 638
Treasurer, city, report of 410
Taxation 646-653
appropriations for 1891 642
exemption 651-653
by board of assessors 646
statement of total 647
table of taxes due and uncollected 648
valuations from 1846 to 1891, inclusive 649
settlement of tax collector's account to June 1, 1891 650
Teams, city 514
The Defective Classes 279
Tabular statement of receipts and expenditures 422-427
churches, hospitals, etc., exempt from taxation. . 652
u
Union passenger station , 639
V
Varney schoolhouse 592
"Valley cemetery 615
Valuation and taxes 647
w
Watering streets 486
Women's Aid and Relief Hospital 634
Water bonds, re-funding of 677-681
Water-works, superintendent's report 58
commissioner's report 53
high-pressure service 82
construction account 596
repairs account 599
current expenses 605
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