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Forty-Seventh Annual Report
Receipts and Expenditures
City OF Manchester
NEW HAMPSHIRE
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31, 1892
TOGETHEK WITy
OTHER ANNUAL REPORTS AND PAPERS RELATING TO
THE AFFAIRS OF THE CITY
MANCHESTER:
PRINTED BY THE JOHN B. CLARKE COMPANY
1893
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City of Manchester.
In Board of Common Council.
AN ORDER to print the Forty-seventh Annual Report of the Receipts and
Expenditures of the City of Manchester.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur, that the joint stand-
ing 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-seventh Annual Re-
port of the Receipts and Expenditures of the City of Manchester, including 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 marshal, 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 7, 1893.
Passed.
FRED T. DUNLAP, President.
In Board of Mayor and Aldermen. February 7, 1893.
Passed in concurrence.
E. J. KNOWLTON, Mayor.
MANCHESTER
CITY GOVERNMENT.
1892.
Mayor.
EDGAR J. KNOWLTON .... Office, City Hall
Chosen at biennial election in November, 1S90. Salary, $1,800 per annum,
payable quarterly. (Act of June, 1S48, section i. Chapter 2^3, Laws of 1883.
Public Statutes, chapter 47.) Residence, 533 Lake avenue. Telephone at
house and office.
Aldermen.
Act of June, 1848, section i. Public Statutes, chapter 48.
Ward I. 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, 218 Central street.
Ward 6. Byron Worthen, 5_'4 Lake avenue.
Ward 7. * Andrew J. Dickey, 9 Manchester Corporation, West
Merrimack street.
Ward 8. Walter M. Ftilton, 664 Main street, West Manchester.
* Deceased December 12, 1S92.
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 i. Public Statutes, chapter 48.
Ward i.
John P. Mullen, Amoskeag Corporation, 12 Whitney street.
Oliver J. Butman, 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 Nearbonne, 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 Coinmon Council.
George L. Stearns, 58 Myrtle street.
Salarj', ^200. (General Laws, chapter 46, sections 7-9. City Laws and
Ordinances, page ;^2> chapter 6, section 11.)
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, aiKi
are estimated to be between $2,100 and $2,500 per annum. Chosen inconven-
* Deceased Octobers, 1892.
6 MANCHESTER CITY GOVERNMENT.
tion of City Councils in January, annually. (Charter, section 22. Public Stat-
utes, chapter 50. Act of 1849. City Laws and Ordinances, pages 42, 43, 68,
72, 73, 84, 86, 89, 114, 122, 123, 124, 166, 189.) Residence, 313 Manchester.
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 Ordinances, pages 44,
71, 83-88, 173.) Residence, 593 Union street.
Auditor's Clerk.
L. M. Cogswell . . . Auditor's Office, City Hall
Salary, $600. Residence, 645 Union street.
City Treasurer.
Sylvanus B. Ptitnam ..... 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
36, 86-89, 170, 172.) Residence, 437 Amherst street.
Collector of Taxes.
George E. Morrill ■ . . ' . . . Office, City Hall
Salary, ;^i,65o and fees. Elected by Mayor and Aldermen before May i,
annually. (Act of July, 185 1. Act of June, 1859, section 6. Public Statutes,
chapter 43. City Laws and Ordinances, chapter 33.) Residence, 740 Chest-
nut street.
LIST OF OFFICERS.
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 t,;^, section 3.) Residence,
416 Central street.
City Solicitor.
Edwin F. Jones . . Office, Patten's Blocl:, 936 Elm street.
Salary, $Soo. Elected in conven'.ion of City Councils in January, annually.
(City Laws and Ordinances, chapters 4, 6, pages 70, 72 ) Residence, 15 High
street.
City Messenger.
Jolin A. Barker Office, City Hall
Salary, ^700. Elected in convention of City Councils in January, annually.
(City Laws and Ordinances, chapters 4, 6.) Residence, 49 Appleton street.
Joint Standing Committees.
0/i 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 sacceeding the
twenty-fourth of each month. All bills must be left at the city
auditor's office, properly approved, not later than the twentietli
of each montli.)
On Claims. — Aldermen Stearns and Green; Councilmen
Chapman, Reed, and Barry. (Meet third Friday of each month.)
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.
8 MANCHESTER CITY GOVERNMENT.
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 Nearbonne.
On Commons and Cemeteries. — Aldermen Sanborn and Hol-
land ; Councilmen Bean, Snow, and Wolff.
On Public Lnstruction. — Aldermen Stearns and Sanborn;
Councilmen Schimmel, Ahern, and Robitaille.
On Water-Works. — Aldermen Holland and Sanborn; Coun-
cilmen Mullen, Barry, and Nearbonne.
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 Enrollment. — Aldermen Green and Holland.
On Bills on Second Reading. — Aldermen Holland and Fulton.
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.
COMMON COUNCIL.
On Flection Returns. — Councilmen Cox, Bartlett, and
Walker, Jr.
On Bills on Second Reading. — Councilmen Clark, Dunlap,
and Snow.
LIST OF OFFICERS. 9
On Enrollment. — Couiicilmen Chapman, Wilkinson, and
Barrv.
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 6, sections 29, 30.) Res-
idence, 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 6, sections t,t„ 34.)
Water Commissioners.
(Chapter 70, Laws of 187 1. City Ordinances, chapter 36, and Laws of 1891,
chapter 26, page 319, 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 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, 1899.
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, C/(f/'/^. Salary, ^100. Chosen by the board
of commissioners.
10 MANCHESTER CITY GOVERNMENT.
Superintendent of Water-Works.
Charles K. Walker . Office, Court House, Franklin street
Salary, ^i,6oo. Chosen by water commissioners annually. 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.
Josiah Laselle. Salary, $700, rent, fuel, and use of land.
Chosen by water commissioners annually.
Justice of tine 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
1S78, as amended by chapter 236, Laws of 18S1. Public Statutes, chapter 211.)
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 21 15, Gen-
eral Laws, sections 2-14. Public Statutes, chapter 211.) Residence, 16 High
street.
LIST OF OFFICERS. 11
Clerk of the Police Court.
John C. Bicktbrd ...... Salary, ^600
Appointed by the justice of the police court. (Chapter 163, sections 17-19,
General Laws, amended by chapter 236, Laws of 1881. Public Statutes, chap-
ter 211.) Residence, 15 Ash street.
Police.
The members of the police force are appointed by the Mayor and Aldermen,
in January of alternate years, for a term of two years, unless sooner removed 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 vacancy, 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, pages 30, 34, 35, 37, 53, 54, 76,
102, 103, 107, 164.) Police station at the corner of Chestnut and Manchester
streets.
City Marshal.
Michael J. Healy .... Office at Police Station
Salary, ;^900. Residence, 551 Granite si reet. West Manchester. 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.
12 MANCHESTER CITY GOVERNMENT.
Day Police.
SALARY, $2.25 PER DAY.
Randall W. Bean, 77 Ash street.
Edgar Farrar, 74 Penacook street.
Ira P. Fellows, 82 A street, West Manchester.
Edwin A. Hutchins, 11 Mill street, Amoskeag.
Henry McAllister, 852 Elm street, room 18.
John T. O'Dowd, corner Pine and Laurel streets.
Florence Sullivan, 21^ Cedar street.
Night Patrol.
SALARY, $2.25 PER DAY.
* Jonathan E. Floyd, 823 Union street.
Halbert A. Bond, 136 Concord street.
Henry A. Burns, 505 Maple street.
Ira F. Davis, 38 Stark street.
Norbert Decoteau, 302 Cartier street, West Manchester.
James F. Dunn, 237 Elm street.
Lowell O. Fowler, 141 7 Elm street.
John Hartnett, 206 Cedar street.
John J. Hurley, 270 Auburn street.
Benjamin F. Lake, 732 Elm street.
George A. Lovejoy, 99 Orange street.
Augustus C. Martin, 46 Parker street, West Manchester.
Henry Masse, 332 Beauport street, West Manchester.
Kenneth McDonald, 305 Chestnut street.
Samuel L. Mitchell, 430 Manchester street.
Frank P. Moore, 411 Belmont street.
John F. O'Malley, 130 Merrimack street.
Wallace Parmenter, 32 Arkwright street.
Francois Reinville, 410 Dubuque street, West Manchester.
* Resigned in November.
LIST OF OFFICERS. 13
Philip Reischer, 292 Main street, West Manchester.
Olat'Ring, 8 Dean street, room 18.
Lyman Roby, 403 Lake avenue.
Gilbert A. Sackett, 589 North Main street, West Manchester.
Timothy P. Shea, 213 Auburn street.
John T. Welch, 1263 Elm street.
Charles W. Stevens, 9 Russell street.
* Theodore Floden, 852 Elm street.
Janitor of Station.
Peter Larabee. ^1.75 per day. Residence, 124 Willow street.
Matron.
Miss A. B. Brown. ^415 per annum. Residence, 329 Chestnut
street.
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 pubhc 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.
f Charles S. Murkland, 906 Chestnut street, above Clark street.
\ William H. Morrison, 82 Prospect street.
George H. Stearns, 1934 Elm street.
* Elected to fill vacancy.
t Chosen to fill unexpired term September 6, 1892.
X Moved out of the ward ; resigned September 6, 1892.
14 MANCHESTER CITY GOVERNMENT.
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.
Ward 7.
Marshall P. Hall, 26 Amoskeag Corporation, Market street.
Edward B. Woodbury, i 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, i Manchester Cor-
poration, Pleasant street.
LIST OF OFFICERS. 15
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. Public Statutes,
chapter 4S, section i ; chapter 50, section 4; chapter 49, sections 10, 11, 12.
City Ordinances, chapter 6, section 26.) Assistant assessors, not exceeding
six, chosen Ijy the City Councils.
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, 22S 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
16 MANCHESTER CITY GOVERNMENT.
Inspectors of Check-Lists.
One in each ward, chosen at the biennial election in Novembei. 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, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, and
City Ordinances, chapter 14, section 9.)
Ward I. George C. Kemp, 40 Machine Shop block.
Ward 2. * Benjamin L. Hartshorn, 28 Blodget street.
Ward 2. t Charles B. Tucker, 777 Union 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.
Ward 9. Williarn K. Robbins, 290 McGregor street.
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,
$75 per annum, determined by City Ordinances, chapter 14, section 18, as
amended by Ordinance of August 5, 1890. Meet third Wednesday of each
month in City Hall Building.
Ward I. William H. Maxwell, clerk, 20 Amoskeag Corpora-
tion, 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.
W^ard 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.
* Deceased April 2, 1892. t Chosen September 6, 1892, for unexpired term.
LIST OF OFFICERS. 17
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 18S7, chapter 227; Public Statutes, chapters 108, 109, no.)
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., 11 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, 1895.
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.
f Melvin J. Jenkins, sanitary inspector, 31 Nashua street.
Office 926 Elm street.
Herbert S. Clough, sanitary inspector, Hanover-street road.
Office City Hall.
John F. Looney, sanitary mspector, 164 Auburn street. Office
City Hall.
Fire Department.
The chiel engineer and four assistant engineers are chosen annually in the
month of January, by a majority 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
* Retired April i, 1892.
t Retired February i, 1892.
18 MANCHESTER CITY GOVERNMENT.
^iio; clerks, each $iio; engineers, each ^135; assistant engineers, each
^105; ail other members, each ^loo; payable in equal seVni-annual payments,
on the first of January and July. (Laws of 1870, chapter 99. General Laws,
chapter 106. City Ordinances, chapters 6 and 12.) Nineteen members are
steadily employed as teamsters and engineers, etc. : Two at ^62.50 per
month, each ; eleven at ^55 P*^"" mf^nth, 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 F"ebruary, annually, on list
presented by the board of engineers. The officers of each company are ap-
pointed by the board of engineers.
Chief Engineer.
Thomas W. I.ane . . 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, io8 of City Report for fiscal year ending January 31,
1855. '> Board of seven trustees, one of whom is elected by Aldermen and
board of trustees, in joint convention, in September annually. Term of ser-
vice, seven years ; no salary. Two additional trustees. Mayor, and president of
Common Council, ex ojjicio.
Lucien B. Clough, term expires October i, 1895, 181 Walnut
street.
Nathan P. Hunt, term expires October i, 1894, 747 Union
street.
Herman F. Straw, term expires October i, 1893, ^°7 Chest-
nut street.
Walter M. Parker, term expires October i, 1S99, West Web-
ster street, corner Elm.
LIST OF OFFICERS. 19
Isaac VV. Smith, term expires October i, 1898, 1855 Elm
street.
Moody Currier, term expires October i, 1897, Ash street, cor-
ner Myrtle.
* Benjamin C. Dean, term expires October i, 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 in City Councils in January.
District No. i. Raymond P. Campbell, Union street, north.
Salary, $2 per day.
District No. 2. William Sanborn, 89 Pennacook street. Sal-
ary, $1,200 per annum.
District No. 3. Eben Carr, Union street, north. Salar\-, %2
per day.
District No. 4. Byron E. Moore, Goffe's Falls. Salary, $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-
chester. Salary, $2 per day.
District No. 8. George H. Penniman, Hanover street, corner
of Mammoth road. Salary, $2 per day.
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. Sal-
ary, %2 per day.
* Resigned. C. D. McDuffie elected March 12, 1892, for balance of term.
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District No. 12. Leroy M. Streeter, Mammoth road, city
farm. 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 ...... Ofifice, city scales.
Residence, 74 Main street, West Manchester.
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Albert T. Barr, 257 Merrimack street.
Elected annually in Janizary by City Councils in convention. Paid by fees.
(Section 25, chapter 43, Public Statutes, and chapter 125, Public Statutes.)
Fish and Game Wardens.
(Public Statutes, chapter 130.) 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.
C. R. Hodge, 574 Hall street.
Trustees of Cemeteries.
(City Ordinances, chapter 39, sections i, 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.
George W. Bacon, 65 Stark Corporation, Canal street, term
expires January, 1895.
LIST OF OFFICERS. 21
V/illiam H. Hiise, Mammoth road, term expires 1895.
Nathan P. Hunt, Union street nearBlodget, term expires 1894.
Bushrod W. Hill, 299 Hanover street, term expires 1894.
John M. Kendall, 311 Central street, term expires 1893.
Hiram Stearns, east side of Front street, Amoskeag, term ex-
pires 1893.
Charles H. Bartlett, 25 High street, term expires January, 1896.
John P. Young, 346 Merrimack street, term expires January,
i;
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, 25 High street.
AMOSKEAG CEMETERY.
Councilman Chris. L. Wolff, 36 Clinton street. West Man-
chester.
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.
22 MANCHESTER CITY GOVERNMENT.
SUPERINTENDENT OF VALLEY CEMETERY.
Charles H. G. Foss. Office at the cemetery ; residence, 267
Lake avenue.
TRUSTEES OF CEMETERY FUNDS.
James A. Weston, chairinan^ 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 i, 1893. (Public
Statutes, chapter 127.) Appointed by Mayor and Aldermen. Salary, $2s'^<y
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. Salaiy, 5 100 per annum. (City Ordinances, chapter
15. Laws of 1883, chapter 94. PubHc Statutes, page 170) Telephone at
house and office.
Inspectors of Oil.
William Bailey , ' . . 74 Main street, West Manchester
Joseph B. Baril ...... 28 Hanover street
, (Public Statutes, chapter 126, sections 25-34. City Ordinances, chapter 25.)
Paid by fees, ^ of I per cent per gallon.
LIST OF OFFICERS. 23
Moderators.
Elected biennially. (General Laws, chapter 31, sections 3,9; chapter 36,
section 9 ; chapter 44, section 7. City Ordinances, page 1 8.) See Public Stat-
utes relating to towns and cities.
Ward I. Abial W. Eastman, 24 Anioskeag Corporation, Stark
street.
Ward 2. Nicholas Nichols, 587 Chestnut street.
Ward 3. E. R. Robinson, 517 Chestnut street, north.
Ward 4. George C. Gilmore, 323 Manchester street.
Ward 5. William Howe, 64 Auburn street.
Ward 6. Henry B. Fairbanks, 303 Central street.
Ward 7. Frank A. Dockham, 18 Pleasant street.
Ward 8. Charles G. Ranno, 63 Parker street. West Manchester.
Ward 9. Horace P. Simpson, corner McGregor and Amory.
Ward Clerks.
Elected biennially. (General Laws, chapter 44, sections 10, 12. City Ordi-
nances, page 18. Public Statutes relating to towns and cities.)
Ward I. Frank X. Foster, 1382 Elm street.
Ward 2. Daniel C. Smith, 1855 ^Im street. (Removed to
Lawrence.)
Ward 3. Samuel C. Kennard, 609 Beech street.
Ward 4. Harrie M. Young, ;^;^ Button street.
Ward 5. Timothy F. Lynch, 25 Spruce street.
Ward 6. George B. Rogers, 277 Laurel street.
Ward 7. Charles A. Foster, 44 Amoskeag Corporation, West
Merrimack street.
Ward 8. Frank O. Clement, 47 Dover street.
Ward 9. Israel W. Dickey, 258 McGregor 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 I. City Ordinances, page 18. Public Statutes relating to towns and
cities.)
24 MANCHESTER CITY GOVERNMENT.
Ward i.
John H. Wales, Jr., 19 Machine Shop Block, Water street.
Joseph Tait.
John F. Reardon, 12 Arkwright street.
Wakd 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.
T. P. Heath, 280 Pearl 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.
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.
Sumner D. Claflin, 32 Pleasant street.
LIST OF OFFICERS. 25
John F. Mellady, 53 Amoskeag Corporation, West Merrimack
street.
Ward 8.
George E. Fellows, 316 Milford street, West Manchester.
Frank St. John, 5 Barr street, West Manchester.
Odilon Doucet, 126 McGregor street.
Ward 9.
William J. Price, 178 Main street, West Manchester.
Oswald Paris, corner Dubuque and Wayne street.
Edward P. French, 338 McGregor street.
REPORT
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
Board of Water Commissioners.
1892.
E. J. KNOWLTON, Mayor, ex officio.
Alpheus Gay, term expires January, 1899.
Andrew C. Wallace, term expires January, 1894.
James A. Weston, term expires January, 1897.
Henry Chandler, term expires January, 1898.
Charles H. Manning, term expires January, 1895.
Charles T. Means, term expires January, 1896.
Officers.
Alpheus Gay, President.
James A. Weston, Clerk.
Charles K. Wai,ker, 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 twenty-first annual report for the
year ending December 31, 1892, 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 de-
partment.
The receipts and expenditures for the year have been as fol-
lows :
Balance unexpended December 31, 1891 . . . ^55,460.47
Receipts from all sources in 1892 . . . . 83,474.79
Interest on water bonds .
Current expenses
Repairs and renewals
Construction
Total expenditures
^138,935-26
$31,069.00
4,778.00
I5J56-42
29,410.93
$81,014.35
Balance unexpended ...... $57,920.91
The increase in gross receipts over the year 1891 is $6,869.56,
and the increase of receipts over expenditures is $2,460.44.
As predicted in the last annual report, it has required substan-
tially the entire earnings of this department to meet the ordinary
30 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
expenses, to keep up the renewals of pipes, and to make such
outlays for extensions as the rapid expanse of the city limits de-
mands. Nor is it probable that these conditions will be im-
proved in the immediate future. On the other hand, the exten-
sive renewal of pipes that must be provided for to keep the ser-
vice in a reasonably safe and reliable condition will require a sum
very much in excess of what has heretofore been expended for
this purpose. As an example, the superintendent reports that
the 20 inch force main has given some trouble and a great deal
of anxiety the past year. This is the main artery of the system,
and any accident to this pipe that would require much lime to
repair would leave the whole city destitute of water.
This force main has been laid more than eighteen years, and
has rendered excellent service, but the date of its failure no one
can foretell. Nor is this the only place that requires attention
to insure the efficiency of the works, as has been pointed out in
previous reports. In a matter so important the city cannot af-
ford to take chances, and your commissioners desire to urge in
the most positive manner the necessity of an appropriation suffi-
cient to re-lay the force main with cast-iron pipe and to do such
other work as may be necessary to properly guard against a ca-
lamity that would be sure to follow the failure of our water sup-
ply.
The construction of the high-service system of water-works has
been delayed for reasons that are well understood. Time serves
to show the needs of this addition to our general system to be
more emphatic. The commissioners therefore desire to renew
their recommendation under this head as expressed in their last
annual report.
Respectfully submitted.
ALPHEUS GAY,
ANDREW C. WALLACE,
JAMES A. WESTON,
HENRY CHANDLER,
CHARLES H. MANNING,
CHARLES T. MEANS,
January 2, 1893. Water Coinuiissioncrs,
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
To the Honorable Board of Water Cojnnn'ssioners of the City
of ^Manchester :
The report of the superintendent of water-works for the year
ending December 31, 1892, is respectfully submitted.
MASSABESIC LAKE.
The water in the lake has been well up to the mark this sea-
son. Last year the water at one time was 18}^ inches below the
dam ; this year the lowest point reached was 7^^ inches above,
making 26 inches more water during the dryest time this season
than the lowest point reached last year. While in some portions
of New England there has been a scarcity of water, and a water
famine threatened, our supply has been ample and the lake
higher than it has been on the average in the summer months.
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 1892 :
January
3.46 inches.
February .
2.18
March
2.29 "
April
.69 inch.
May
5.42 inches.
June
4.68
July
1.72 "
August
6.43 "
September
1.39
October
1. 01
November
3.89 -
December
.86 inch.
Total for the ye
ar 18
92, ZA
.02.
32 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Land has been bought of the heirs of James M. Webster,
which includes two houses and two barns, situated south of the
canal and north of the highway, also another piece of land bor-
dering on the old mill-pond, with one house standing on the
premises, about eleven acres in all. This gives the city a strip of
land 600 feet wide and 1,050 feet long, bordering on the canal.
PUMPING STATION.
Few repairs have been made on the machinery, which is in good
order today. You will notice by this report and the others that
have been written since the Davidson pump was put in, that the
figures show more water pumped by this pun'p than by the R.
D. Wood. I suppose the reason is that the men in charge can
get a quarter of a million gallons more water into the reservoir
in ten hours by running the Davidson than by running the
R. D. Wood pump.
A water-closet and a bath-tub have been added to the water
fixtures in the dwelling part, and new timbers put under the
lower floor. These timbers were very rotten, caused by no cir-
culation of air underneath. Two windows were put in to
remedy this defect.
The following is the amount of water pumped :
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1,786,263
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1,952,516
1,919,284
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58,575,480
50,497,824
62,275,312
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There has been quite an amount of repairs made on the force
main, principally on the portion lying in the Dickey swamp.
A small gang of men worked most of the time in the month of
January repairing leaks on this line. The leaks were not large
and were in the joints, but in order to put a sleeve on each
joint had to have more or less sheet piling in order to get around
it. This pipe may last a number of years by patching up, but
it would be well to get pipe enough to renew it. We have
enough 20-inch pipe in the pipe-yard to lay over about half the
distance from the pumping station to the reservoir. On the sup-
ply main only two leaks have been repaired this last year, and
that is all the trouble we have had with the supply main.
The superintendent will say in this connection that when the
repairs on the supply main are being made, this side of the
Hallsville schoolhouse, the water is brought to the city by the
way of Valley street, but with four to seven pounds less pressure,
which means ten to fifteen feet less head. This route has mor
turns and the water has farther to go before it is distributed into
the main part of the city, and consequently there is more fric-
tion. Twelve-inch pipe laid on Beech street from Auburn to
Valley, and lo-inch on Wilson from Spruce to Valley would
help keep up the common prtfssure of sixty-two pounds on Elm
street. When the pressure is reduced four pounds by letting the
water run on lawns and commons or by repairing leaks, we hear
complaints from the residents on Wilson Hill where the water
runs only into the first story with full pressure.
RESERVOIR.
January i anchor ice broke the screens and ran into the pipe
chamber at the intake and shut off the water almost entirely. This
was discovered in the morning, and it was two o'clock p. m. be-
fore the ice was removed so that all the city would be supplied.
This is the first time that anchor ice has given us any trouble.
The putting in of new screens is all the repairs made about the
reservoir.
Pipes have been extended nearly five miles, making about six-
ty-three miles of distribution pipe now in the city. Pipes were
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS. 35
extended in Amory, Ash, Adams, Bismark, Brook, Beech, Boyn-
ton road, Chestnut, Cartier, Clark, East High, George, Gore,
Grove, Harvard, Huntress, Liberty, Laurel, Maple, McDuffie,
North, North River road, Pine, Prospect, Prince, Pearl, Prout's
avenue, Silver, Webster, Wilson, Wilson road, Wilkins, Union,
Young, making thirty-four different streets, at an expense of
$194,850.
During the past year 5,027 feet of cement pipe was taken out
and cast iron substituted ; last season, 9,973 feet were laid over,
more than twice as much as this year. We have laid nearly
two miles more of extensions. The cost of relaying pipe this
season has been about $4,000. Bought five hundred tons of pipe
from McNiel Co., Burlington, New Jersey, at $26.65 P^'" ^o" ^f
2,240 pounds, delivered on the cars in this city. This is the
loAvest price ever paid.
We have had very little trouble with the pipes this season ; two
bursts are all that did any damage to private property. Relay-
ing pipe has not been done as fast as it should be, but as fast as
the city councils will allow the means with which to do the work.
It is necessary to have a small sum on hand in case of accident.
We have had from twelve to fifteen men at work laying exten-
sions, taking out pipe, and making repairs. The fact stands be-
fore us that we have over twenty-one miles of old cement pipe to
take out and many new streets to put the water in, so it looks to
the superintendent as though all the money collected for water
rates and the $60,000 credited to us January i, 1890, is needed
in order to keep up the plant.
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Totals 1,369 2,960
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Total feet relaid, 5,027.
BOAKD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS. 39
LOCATION OF HYDRANTS SET, 1 892.
Amory, corner Hevey ; Amory, corner Montgomery ; Amory,
corner Lafayette ; x\mory, corner Morgan.
Boynton road, 300 feet south of Hartshorn's j Boynton road,
east of Colley pond ; Boynton road, corner of Grant street.
Chestnut street, near Henry Chandler's.
Clark, corner Union ; Clark, corner Adams.
East High, corner Hall ; East High, corner Belmont.
George, corner
Gore, corner Maple ; Gore, corner Ash.
Harvard, corner Lincoln.
Laurel, corner Chestnut ; Laurel, near Tierney residence.
McDufifie, corner Boynton road ; McDufifie, corner B street.
Prince, corner B; Prince, corner Boynton road.
Prospect, corner Hall.
River road, corner Clark street.
Sagamore, corner Pine.
Silver, corner Lincoln ; Silver, corner Wilson.
Somerville, corner Beech ; Somerville, corner Maple.
Summer.
Webster, corner Walnut ; Webster, near railway station.
Wilkins, near Carswell residence.
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ANNUAL OFFICIAL KEPORTS.
DISTRIBUTION PIPES AND GATES LAID TO DECEMBER 31, 1892.
Size.
Cement-lined pipe.
Cast-iron pipe.
Gates.
20 inch diameter
20,560.00 feet.
5,146.00 feet.
9
14incli diameter
6,125.00 "
8,298.00 "
11
12 inch diameter
7,444.00 "
14,263.00 "
21
10 inch diamej.er
3,474.75 "
12,303.00 "
16
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6,946.00 "
31,652.00 "
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6 inch diameter
62,515.50 "
133,840.00 "
356
4 inch diameter
4,369.00 "
14,423.00 "
50
111,434.25 feet.
219,925.00 feet.
521
Cement-lined pipe
Cast-iron pipe .
Total pipe
521 gates.
510 hydrants.
7 air valves.
21.105 iiiilcs
. 41-652 "
62.757 miles
SERVICE PIPES.
Two hundred and thirty-four service pipes have been laid this
year as follows :
234 I inch diameter ..... 5,843.3 feet
SERVICE PIPES RELAID.
I ^ inch diameter, 17.0 feet to ^ inch diameter 15.0 feet
I j4 " " 36.4 " to I " " 34.0 "
6 2^" " 152.0 " to I " " 152.0 "
II" " 17.0 •■' to 2 " " 17.0 "
I i}( " " 400.0 " to 4 "
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
51
Thirt)^-eight hundred and fifty-nine (3,859) service pipes have
been laid to date, as follows :
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inch diameter
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Total length of service pipe
Number of miles of service pipe, 19
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feet
46,020.6
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552-3
1,921.9
57-0
16.8
233-0
100,801.3 feet
091.
METERS.
The number of meters set during the year was two hundred
and ninety-five (295).
Total number of meters now in use, sixteen hundred and eight
(1608).
The number of applications for water to date has been forty
hundred and twenty-two (4,022).
The income from the sale of water for 1892 has been as fol-
lows :
Received for water by rate . . . ^36,344.24
for water by meter . . 46,139.35
for water for building purposes 416.00
from fines
for labor and pipes sold .
of G. G. Grififin (lease) .
of Fletcher Brown (lease)
of T. C. Pratt, for house
of William Prescott, for barn
of G. G. Prescott, rent .
of William G. Brown, rent
of Auburn Grange, rent .
168.40
45-55
1. 00
1. 00
100.00
15.00
30. oc
21.00
50.00
52
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Received of G. S. Patten, grass . . $7-do
of C. F. Whittemore, grass . 4.00
of Charles Reed, grass . . 4.00
of Nason Hall, use of pasture . 20.00
of DeCourcy, Holland & Co.,
ice ..... 10.00
for potatoes .... 4.00
for old cement pipe . 94' 25
Abatements, ^116.19.
Current expenses for 1892
Repairs for 1892 .
Construction for 1892 .
, M,778-oo
• i5'756-42
• 29,410.93
Total
Interest for 1892 .
• $49>94.S-35
31,069.00
Receipts over expenditures . . . .
CLASSIFICATION OF ACCOUNTS FOR 1 89 2.
Superintendence, repairs, and renewals
Stationery and printing
Office and incidental expenses
Pumping expenses
Repairs to dam, canal, and reservoir
Repairs to buildings
Current expenses for 1892 .
Service pipes
Distribution pipes
Fire hydrants and valves
Meters and fixtures
Pump house and buildings
Land ....
Construction expenses for 1892
Total ....
,474-79
81,014.35
$2,460.44
117,139.02
167.91
537-05
2,071.03
125-59
493.82
$20,534.42
$3,109.44
14,463.88
3,036.08
5'493-54
307.99
3,000.00
29,410.93
$49>945-35
BOARD OF WATEK COMMISSIONERS.
53
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, 1892
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 ......
Total current expenses to Dec.
31, 1892 ....
Interest ......
Highway expenditures
Total amount of bills approved
to date ....
^62,799.14
101,399.16
107,904.53
7i»542.36
89,769.02
397>5o7-47
46,145-97
10,649.35
919.36
2,193.49
550-39
22,176.19
2,856.64
563-79
13,588.26
52,808.66
34,258.97
$1,017,632.75
ii8i,535.86
5,849-57
19,389.84
43,239.62
2,258.27
3.956.84
$40,678.51
14,000.53
$256,230.00
$54,679.04
$1,328,541-79
54 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Interest, discount,and labor performed
on highways, transfers, and tools
and materials sold . . . ;g62,792.i4
Current expenses to Dec. 31, 1892 . 256,230.00
^319,022.14
Total cost, exclusive of interest
and current expenses . . ^1,009,519.65
Interest and discount to Dec. 31, 1891 $659,264.51
Interest for 1892 .... 31,069.00
Total interest and discount to
Dec. 31, 1892 . . . ;?69o,333.5i
Amount paid toward interest to Dec.
31. 1S91 $517,168.00
Amount paid toward interest, 1892 . 31,069.00
,237.00
The following amounts have been paid over to the city treas-
urer, and credited to the water-works :
1872, supplies and materials sold . . . $573-6i
1873, supplies and materials sold • • • i77-o7
accrued interest on water bonds sold . . 193.26
accrued interest on state bonds sold . . 146.00
water rents ...... 1^920.53
1874, supplies and materials sold . . . 607.89
'* March 12, highway expenditures, transferred
from water account .... 14,000.53
March 17, interest and discount transferred
from water account .... 12,347.25
September i, interest and discount trans-
ferred from water account . . . 22,361.74
water and hydrant rent, etc. . . . 30,233.54
December 29, interest transferred . . 4,566.25
1875, December 18, one anvil sold . . . 15-00
September 25, engine, crusher, and material
sold ....... 2,089.45
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
55
1875, 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.
1881, 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 .
of James Baldwin & Co.
from the sale of grass .
from Goodhue & Birnie
for old plank
for use of derrick
1883, received of G. G. Griffin .
from sale of grass .
for water and hydrant rent, etc.
1884, received of G. G. Griffin .
for stone
from sale of grass .
from pipe sold and labor
for water and hydrant rent
1885, received from G. G. Griffin
B. P. Kimball, for grass
labor and pipe sold
for water and hydrant rent
1886, received from G. G. Griffin
B. P. Kimball, for srass
$27,119-55
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
1. 00
175.00
10.00
24-37
1. 00
15.00
1. 00
20.00
73,437-20
1. 00
5.00
10.00
616.20
74,947.88
1. 00
10.00
13-45
80,379.67
1. 00
5.00
56
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
1886, received for wood ..... $37-8o
for labor and pipe . . . . 282.43
water and hydrant rent . . . 74,803.76
1887, received for labor and pipe .... 768.86
of G. G. Griffin .... i.oo
of C. C. Cole .... .50
of B. P. Kimball, for grass . . 10.00
of A. J. Crombie, for grass . . 5.00
A. Goodwin, for poles . . , ' 10.00
of W. G. Brown .... 25.00
of T. H. Risdon & Co., for freight 15-11
for water and hydrant rent . . 79,682.70
1888, received for labor and pipe .... 227.33
of G. G. Griffin .... i.oo
of George P. Clark . . . 2.00
of R. D. Wood & Co. (gear) . 16.29
for water and hydrant rent . . 85,397.20
1889, received for labor and pipe . . . 89.77
ofG.G. Griffin .... i.oo
of B. P. Kimball, for grass . . 2.00
ofW. G. Brown, for rent . . 50.00
of James Baldwin, for pipe . . 65.00
of Mr. Clement for pipe . . .50
for water and hydrant rent . . 86,492.19
1890, received of G. G. Griffin (lease) . . i.oo
of Fletcher Brown (lease) . . i.oo
of George P. Clark (lease) . . 2.00
of B. P. Kimball, for grass . . 2.00
of AV. G. Brown, for rent . .. 36.00
of N. W. Ellis & Co., for pipe . i53-oo
of J. H. Dearborn, for pipe . . 35-4°
for water and hydrant rent . . 99,232.97
1891, received for water and hydrant rent . . 76,313.24
for labor and pipe sold . . . 200.99
of G. G. Griffin (lease) . . i.oo
of Fletcher Brown (lease) . . i.oo
oi W. G. Brown (rent) . . 21.00
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS
1 89 1, received of Mr. Prescott (rent) .
of William Bryant (rent)
of B. P. Kimball (grass)
of G. W. Reed (grass) .
of C. H. Patten (grass)
1892, received for water and hydrant rent
for labor and pipe sold
of T. C. Pratt, for house
for cement-lined pipe
of grange, for rent
of William Prescott, for barn
for potatoes .
for cutting ice
of W. G. Brown, rent
of G. G. Griffin (lease)
of F. Brown (lease)
of H. N. Hall (use of pasture)
of C. F. Whittemore (grass)
of Charles Reed (grass)
of G. S. Patten (grass) .
of G. G. Prescott (rent)
Total received for water, etc.
Amount appropriated to date
Amount of bills approved to date
Amount transferred toward interest
Amount on hand December 31, 1892 .
57
$50.00.
8.00
2.00
5.00
3,00
83,067.99
45-55
100.00
94-25
50.00
15.00
4.00
10.00
21.00
1. 00
1. 00
20.00
4.00
4.00
7.00
51,294,699.70
640,000.00
^1,934,699. 70
i,.'?28,54i.79
$606,157.91
548,237.00
$57,920.91
Uses for which Water is Supplied.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
I Jail.
2 2 Churches.
4 Cemeteries.
I Orphanage.
58
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
I Court house.
I Post-office.
7 Hose companies.
I City library.
5 Fire-engines.
7 Banks.
2 Hook-and-ladder.
9 Hotels.
2 Opera houses.
I Masonic Hall.
I Convent.
I Odd Fellows' Hall
3 City hospitals.
I Holly Tree Inn.
2 Old Ladies' Homes.
3 Halls.
I Soldiers' monument.
25 Schoolhouses.
I Turner Hall.
I Battery building.
4 Fountains.
I Skating-rink.
2 Trust companies.
MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS.
I Hosiery mill.
1 Silver-plating.
2 Iron foundries.
2 Dyehouses.
4 Machine-shops.
6 Clothing manufactories.
8 Harness-shops.
I Brush-shop.
9 Carriage-shops.
1 2 Cigar factories.
I Brass and copper foundry.
I Locomotive works.
I Grist-mill.
2 Granite works.
2 Electric light stations.
3 Sash and blind shops.
I Brewery.
3 Shoe-shops.
I Gas-works.
4 Slaughter-houses.
I Soap manufactory.
4 Needle manufactories.
4 Beer-bottling.
3 Book-binderies.
1 Paper-mill.
2 Box makers.
6 Fish.
12 Meat and fish.
MARKETS.
3 Meat (wholesale).
19 Livery.
I Horse-railroad.
STABLES.
892 Private.
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
59
OFFICES.
15 Dentists.
14 Printing.
I Telephone.
I Gas.
2 Telegraph.
9 Coal.
3 Express.
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39 Barber.
2 Currying.
9 Wheelwright.
6 Plumber and gas and water
12 Blacksmith.
pipe.
7 Carpenter.
10 Paint.
I Tinsmith.
I Gunsmith.
STORES.
4 Auction.
32 Drug.
14 Jewelry.
I Fur.
3 House-furnishing goods.
20 Fancy goods.
I Wholesale paper.
5 Wholesale produce.
21 Dry goods.
12 Candy.
1 Cloak.
15 Millinery.
2 Tea.
9 Furniture,
I Wholesale grocer.
91 Grocery.
5 Meal.
3 Hardware.
30 Boot and shoe.
8 Stove.
17 Gents' furnishing goods.
7 Book.
I Leather and shoe-finders.
3 Music.
3 Upholstery.
8 Undertakers.
5 Sewing-machine.
I Feather-cleaner.
I Rubber.
II Dining.
6 Billiard.
SALOONS.
93 Liquor.
60
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
6 Club-rooms.
2 Bleacheries.
21 Laundries.
3 Icehouses.
lo Photographers.
7 Greenhouses.
2 Band rooms.
1 8 Bakeries.
2 Waste.
I Business college.
WATER FIXTURES, ETC.
8,848 Families.
130 Boarding-houses.
11,090 Faucets.
1,983 Wash-bowls.
4,392 Water-closets.
284 Wash-tubs.
1,126 Bath-tubs.
148 Urinals.
2,743 Sill-cocks.
510 Fire-hydrants.
35 Stand-pipes.
22 Watering-troughs.
5 Drinking-fountains.
2,090 Horses.
107 Cattle.
I Public urinal.
3,700 feet 20 in.
4,500 feet 14 in.
2,440 feet 12 in.
3,900 feet 10 in.
Material on hand.
PIPE.
1,940 feet 8 in.
5,800 feet 6 in.
3,480 feet 4 in.
GATES.
3 20 m.
4 12 in.
3 10 in.
8 double 6 on 12.
I double 6 on 10.
8 8 in.
17 6 in.
13 4 in.
BRANCHES.
2 single
10
on
10,
3 single
6
on
10,
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
61
22 double 6 on 8
2 double 8 on 8
3 double 4 on 8
2 double 4 on 6
7 double 6 on 6
5 double 4 on 4
1 single 12 on 14
2 single 6 on 14.
1 single 8 on 10.
21 single 6 on 8.
2 single 8 on 6.
1 7 single 6 on 6.
2 single 8 on 8.
2 single 6 on 12.
I single 6 on 20.
I single 20 on 20.
SERVICE PIPE.
2 inch 450 feet.
lyi inch 200 feet.
13^ inch 300 feet.
I 10 inch 1-8.
1 14 inch 1-8.
7 6 inch 1-8.
2 8 inch 1-8.
6 20 in.
4 14 in.
I 12 in.
20 8 in.
2 14 in.
112 in.
7 8 in.
I inch 400 feet.
^ inch 500 feet.
BENDS.
I 6 inch 1-4.
7 8 inch 1-4.
112 inch 1-8.
CLAMP SLEEVES.
19 10 in.
60 6 in.
12 4 in.
PLUGS.
14 6 in.
8 4 in.
WHOLE SLEEVES.
1 20 in.
2 14 in.
3 12 in.
II 6 in.
15 8 in.
6 10 in.
21 4 in.
62 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
I 14 to 12.
10 8 to 6.
3 10 to 6.
3 8 to 6. 5 8 to 10.
3 8 to
4-
6 6 to
4^
2 12 to
6,
REPORT
OF THE
CHIEF ENGINEER OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
REPORT
CHIEF ENGINEER OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Engineers' Office, No. S Vine Street,
Manchester. N. H., Dec. 31, 1892.
, To His Ho7ior the Mayor and Gentlemen of the City Councils :
In compliance with the laws and ordinances of the city, I
herewith submit my fourteenth annual report (it being the forty-
seventh of this department) giving a complete record of the op-
erations of the department for the year ending December 31,
1892, 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 endan-
gered, 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.
There have been loi alarms during the year of 1892,
divided as follows : 39 bell alarms and 62 still alarms, which
have been responded to by different portions of the depart-
ment. The " stills " have been conveyed to the several stations
either by messenger or telephone, in most cases by the latter, and
while a majority of these have been harmless chimney fires, some,
if immediate attention had not been given, might have proved
66 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
disastrous fires. One bell alarm February i8 from box 53 was
for the burning of the Catholic college in Goffstown ; and one
" still," December 6, was for a fire in Raymond, to which we
sent one steamer and a hose wagon.
The amount of insurance carried upon property where fires
have occurred is $246,075 ; the amount of damage as assessed,
^116,210.05 ; and the insurance paid on losses, $94,124.05 ; mak-
ing the net loss uncovered by insurance, $22,086. This year
have occurred the greatest losses since the " noted fire of 1870,"
and while the aggregate loss is greatly in excess of any year since
then, the net loss to the insured is only $5,771 more than during
the year 1891.
The Varick fire of February 7 was the occasion of the greatest
loss, and while considerable comment has been made on this fire,
not a word of explanation has ever been given why it was not
discovered before it gained such headway, in a locality where so
many officers are on duty at or in close vicinity.
A second alarm and telephone summoned the entire depart-
ment, and the steamer belonging to the Amoskeag Manufactur-
ing Company was tendered and brought into service, for which I
desire to return thanks.
THE FORCE
consists of twenty-one permanent and one hundred and three
call men, divided as follows :
1 chief engineer.
4 assistant engineers — call.
5 steamer companies of 14 men each — 14 permanent and 56
call.
2 hose companies of 12 men each — 2 permanent and 22 call.
I hook-and-ladder company of 20 men — 2 permanent and 18
call.
I chemical, 5 men — 2 permanent and 3 call, one of whom is
detailed as driver of supply wagon.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 67
THE BUILDINGS
that are occupied by the department are in a pretty fair condi-
tion and will not require any extraordinary repairs, except the
quarters of the N. S. Bean Steamer Company, which will require
alterations to adapt it to the new first size Amoskeag steamer,
with a three-horse hitch, which is soon to take the place of the
engine now in the service of this company, and that engine to be
transferred to the new fire station just completed in McGregor-
ville ; also changes in the quarters of the Excelsior Hook-and-
Ladder Company to adapt it to the new aerial truck when that
arrives.
There seems to be some difficulty in the draft to the chimney
at the Lake avenue station. With a strong westerly wind it is
almost impossible to make the fire burn, and the entire building
will be filled with coal gas. I have several times called the
attention of committees to this matter, apid it seems as though
some means might be devised to remedy the evil.
THE APPARATUS
as at present located consists of —
2 steam fire-engines at Central station, with horse hose wagons.
I steam fire-engine with two-horse hose wagon and hook-and-
ladder combination, North Main street.
I steam fire-engine and hose carriage, at corner of Lake ave-
nue and Massabesic street.
I steam fire-engine and two-horse hose carriage and hook-and-
ladder combination, at corner of Webster and Chestnut streets.
I horse hose carriage at Central station.
I horse hose carriage, corner Maple and East High streets.
I hook-and-ladder truck at Central station.
I hook-and-ladder truck (old) at Lake avenue station.
I double tank (60 gallons each) chemical engine at Central
station.
I supply wagon at Central fire station.
68 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
I Steam fire-engine (reserve) at old engine-house, Clinton
street, of but little use for fire purposes.
I hand hose carriage at junction of Old Falls road and Front
street, Amoskeag.
I two-wheeled hose carriage, Devonshire Mills, Goffe's Falls.
I exercise wagon (with pole, shafts, and three-horse hitch) at
Central station.
I horse hose carriage in the shops of the Manchester Locomo-
tive Works, being repainted and undergoing repairs to put it in
first-class serviceable condition, to be placed in the new station
at McGregorville.
Additional apparatus ordered and soon to be delivered, is one
first-class Amoskeag steamer, one Babcock aerial truck, both
pieces expected the last of February or early in March, and
one hook-and-ladder truck from the Abbott-Downing Co., of
Concord, for McGregorville, expected about the first of July.
The new steamer is to take the name and place of the present
Steamer No. 4, and that engine to be changed to Fulton Steamer
No. 6, and placed in the new station at McGregorville.
The aerial truck is to be placed in the house of the present
Excelsior Hook-and-Ladder truck, and it is proposed to put the
latter one into Steamer Three's house on Lake avenue, — although
I think it would be better to put a lighter truck there and keep
the old one still on duty at the Central station, and both run by
the same company ; but as a matter of economy to the city it
was thought best to make the above-mentioned transfer.
Three-horse hitch attachments have been placed on Steamers
Nos. I and 2, and the Hook-and-Ladder truck, which will facili-
tate reaching the scene of fire with the heavy pieces of apparatus.
THE HORSES.
There are at present twenty-seven horses on duty and one spare,
which is also oil duty the majority of the time. During the year
we have lost two by death, — one of the grays of Steamer No. i,
and the. black oneof the hose wagon of same company. Eight
horses have been purchased, — three for the Hook-and-Ladder
three for Steamer No. i, one for Steamer No. 2, and one for
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 69
Hose No. I, and the bay horse of Steamer No. 5 exchanged for
another. The horses purchased are not of that quality they
should be for the prices paid, which has »been enough in each
•case to get the very best the market affords for fire department
use, particularly the one for Hose No. i. While all the horses
were "on trial " before they were bought, this one was paid for
before it ever had a "fire run," and the first one it had fully
showed his entire unfitness for the position.
Horses should be selected for adaptability as well as soundness,
for the positions they are to fill ; and a horse may be sound and
wholly unfit for fire department service, and should possess a little
more than the ordinary " horse-sense " to fit him for such a place,
and be capable of much endurance.
The exercising of horses on horseback has been agitated, and
I believe it impracticable, as we do not have fire duty enough to
keep their muscles hard ; and in my opinion they should be ex-
ercised daily with loads behind them, so that when the alarm
comes, the}' may know the use of the collar and harness. If our
alarms were as numerous as in Boston, where the service gives them
work enough to keep them in condition, it would be different.
Two of the horses formerly in use by the Hook-and-Ladder
truck have been transferred to the street department in District
No. 2, and one to District No. 10, which should appear to the
credit of this department's expenses, as well as the one sold from
the Pennacook Hose Company.
THE FIRE-ALARM TELEGRAPH.
This branch of the service has been called upon to give thirt)--
nine alarms and one second alarm, and has performed its work in
a satisfactory manner.
We have had the customary annoyance of cutting wires and
opening circuits for moving buildings to contend with, thus leav-
ing sections of the city unprotected in case of fire.
Quite a number of changes have been made by removal and
transfer of wires during the year.
The main line circuits at the South End, through the Eddy
from Amoskeag to McGregorville, and on Amherst street, east
70 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
end, have been changed to new poles, taking them out of the trees
in each case, thus insuring better efificiency and less liability of
breaking. New poles have also been set on Jane street, and the
line across McGregor bridge has been rebuilt.
June 14 the lightning burned out the main line at box 6i and
two instruments on the " tapper " circuits, and June 1 7 burned out
the lighting instrument at Lake avenue engine house and five
places on the tapper circuits.
One box, No. 82, has been placed upon the police station at
the corner of Manchester and Chestnut streets, which for good
reasons will probably be put in the place of box 7 and the latter
take the place of box 82.
There are now about thirty-one miles of mainline wires divid-
ed into seven circuits, and thirty-two miles of tapper lines divid-
ed intcw four circuits, requiring the services of four hundred and
eleven jars of gravity battery.
THE ANNUAL PARADE.
The thirteenth annual parade occurred on Thursday, October
13, during Merchants' Week, and formed one of the leading at-
tractions for that week, as was evident by the crowds upon our
streets that witnessed it.
CASUALTIES.
Death has entered our ranks the first time for nine years, and
taken our comrade,
HIRAM PERKINS YOUNG,
Born in Barrington, N. H.,
March 29, 1835.
DIED AT
Manchester, N. H., June 12, 1892.
Aged jy years, 2 months, 14. days.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 71
He was an active member of the Excelsior Hook-and-Ladder
Company for upwards of twenty-seven years. His funeral was
attended by the entire department on Wednesday, June 15.
In his death the department loses an active and zealous fire-
man, his family a kind and loving husband and father, and the
city a just, upright, and honest man. Outside of his family none
will miss him more than those of the department who have been
associated with him officially and socially during these years.
At the Varick fire February 7, James Orrill, of the Hook-and-
Ladder Company, shattered the bones of his ankle while lower-
ing a ladder, confining him to his house five weeks.
April II, Thomas J. Wyatt, of Steamer No. i, ruptured the
muscles of the leg while responding to an alarm from box 51, con-
fining him to the house several weeks.
Wednesday evening, June 15, while Mrs. Marguerita Eismann
was carrying a lighted lamp she fell, shattering the lamp, and
was so severely burned that she died in a few hours.
Sunday morning, July 24, at the " laundry fire," No. 412 Bel-
mont street, Mrs. Nancy Sargent was so overcome by heat and
smoke that she fell back into the flames just as a ladder was
raised to the roof of the piazza where she was standing.
At this fire Mr. L. M. Rollins, of Steamer No. i, sustained in-
juries to his back that confined him to his house one week, and
December 5, while at the Raymond fire, he stepped upon a nail,
the result of which confined him two weeks.
THE firemen's RELIEF ASSOCIATION.
Organized in 1873, i^ ^^^ received donations yearly through
the generosity of some of our citizens, as will be seen by the fol-
lowing list, for which I desire to return the thanks of the associ-
ation.
treasurer's account.
Cash on hand at tlie annual meeting of February 9, 1892 — $2,887.01
Interest on deposits 127.07
Membership fee 1.00
Frank P. Kimball, donation 100.00
Family of the late Hiram P. Young 25.00
Col. W. S.Pillsbury, Derry 25.00
72 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
A. P. Olzeudam & Sons $25.00
The People's Insurance Co 25.00 '
Merchants' Week Commitlee 25.00
Mrs. Hannah F. Straw 15.00
Hon. Moody Currier 10.00
The P. C. Cheney Co 10.00
Rt. Rev. Bishop Bradley 10.00
G. B. and H. Chandler 10.00
Hon. E. J. Knowlton 10.00
A Friend 10.00
L.B. Bodwell & Co 10.00
Major Lewis Simons 10.00
Frank W. Fitts 10.00
Hon. H. D. Upton 10.00
Partridge Bros 10.00
Hon. D. B. Varnej'^ 5.00
Michael McCabe 5.00
Hon. L. P. Reynolds 5.00
Hon. Freeman Higgins 5.00
Charles L. Richardson 5.00
$3,390.08
Contra.
Paid J. E. :Merrill, secretary $25.00
J. E. Merrill, postals and printing 4.20
H. P. Young, funeral benefit 50.00
Lucius M. Rollins, two benefits 21.00
James Orrill, benefit 43.25
$143.45
Balance in treasury $3,246.63
RECOMMENDATIONS.
I would recommend the purchase of 4,000 feet of rubber-lined
fabric hose, as it will require 2,000 feet to equip the new Fulton
Steamer Co. No. 6, and the balance should be in reserve.
I would recommend the selling or exchanging of the carts novv
belonging to the department and procuring supply wagons that
can be used to exercise the horses with, as I do not consider it
gives them proper exercise by riding them horseback, as previ-
ously referred to in this report.
The increasing tendency of erecting high buildings calls for
some new methods of fire-fighting, and I would recommend to
all putting up such structures that they supply each floor with
stand-pipes and also have them upon the roofs. Waiting for a
fire to burn down within reach of our apparatus is dangerous busi-
ness.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 73
There should be a supply wagon for exercising at the houses of
Steamers Nos. 2, 3, and 5, and a lighter one at Hose No. 2. The
one for Steamer No. 2 could be used in common with Steamer
No. 6 and thus save our supply wagon from crossing the river on
first alarm.
I would recommend the appointment of four call men for the
hose carriage at Amoskeag, and with such volunteers as they now
have they could do better service for that section, and keep the
house and apparatus in better condition.
I would recommend the purchase of light, high-running hose
pungs for use of each steamer and hose company during the deep
snows in the winter.
I have several times called attention to the benefits of a protec-
tive department carrying blankets for covering goods to prevent
damage by water, and I can see no reason, if sufficient encour-
agement be given our insurance underwriters, why we cannot
maintain an insurance patrol or protective department, as in larger
cities, thus saving them in many cases much damage by water.
With the few blankets carried by our department, several in-
stances have occurred where, if a properly trained protective
patrol had been present in the early stages of the fire, a large
portion of the expense of maintaining such a company would
have been saved.
I would recommend the appointment of an additional perma-
nent man on the aerial truck. This seems a necessity as it can
leave the house with no less than two men, the driver and tiller-
man, and some provision must be made for their meal hours.
PERSONAL.
By courtesy of the city councils I attended the convention of
the National Association of Fire Engineers, at Louisville, Ky.,
October 4-7.
This meeting was quite fully attended, and the exhibits above
the average. Papers upon important topics pertaining to the
fire service were read and ably discussed by the leading fire and
insurance men of the country, and the benefits derived from
these meetings are many and varied.
74 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Comment is often made and comparisons cited as to the ex-
penses of our fire department of today and years gone by which
are unfair unless the expense is compared with the percentage of
population and valuation of then and now. We cannot expect
to have all the appliances of a modern fire department without
paying for it, nor keep up with the line of progression without
cost, and the saying that " Expensive things are usually good,
and good things are expensive," well applies to fire apparatus.
During the time I have held the position of chief engineer,
I have endeavored to conduct the affairs in as ieconomical a
manner as the efficiency of the department would warrant, but
when expenses are incurred by others over which I have no con-
trol, and if prices are paid which seem exorbitant, the board of
engineers ought not to take the blame.
There has been a growing tendency for larger and heavier ap-
paratus, — that means slower getting to a fire, — and much of
our success in the past has been due to getting on to a fire in its
earliest stages. While heavy apparatus is a good thing in its
place, we should not be deprived of all our lighter apparatus
that we can handle easily and quickly, even in the business sec-
tions of our city where most of our fires are likely to occur.
I hope that feature in the past, of combining fire stations with
ward-rooms, has had its day, and we shall not see any more such
in the future. I firmly believe it is detrimental to the depart-
ment and not at all beneficial or pleasant to the voters.
In concluding, I desire to extend my thanks to his Honor
Mayor Knowlton, to the members of the city councils, partic-
ularly to the committee on fire department, for the interest they
have manifested in the welfare of the department and their ex-
ertions to promote its welfare, to my associate engineers and offi-
cers and men in the department for their faithfulness to duty and
the promptness and obedience with which they have responded
to every call. .
The thanks of the department are tendered to Gen. Charles
Williams for the continuous supply of coffee at fires.
Respectfully submitted.
THOMAS W. LANE,
Chief Engineer Fire Department,
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 75
List of Fires and Alarms Responded to During 1892,
witli Losses and Insurance.
Still. Tuesday, January 12, 6.45 p. m. Chimney fire at
No. 164 Douglas street. Members of Steamer 2 responded.
No damage.
Box 71. Saturday, January 16, 5.20 a. m. A needless alarm
given for a burning chimney at No. 136 Lake avenue. No dam-
age. Box pulled by police officer. Companies responding,
Steamers i and 3, Hose i, Hook-and-Ladder i, and Chemical.
Box 71. Sunday, January 17, 6.05 a. m. Two-story dwell-
ing house, No. 168 East Spruce street, owned by Mrs. Bridget
Donovan, of Concord, and occupied by A. Du-Grenier and
Joseph B. Monette. Caused by thawing out water with burning
paper which ignited the sawdust packing. Box pulled by citi-
zen. Companies responding: Steamers 3 and 4, Hose i, Chem-
ical and Hook-and-Ladder i. Damage to building, ^1,600.
Insurance, ^2,400. Insurance paid, ^1,600. Damage to con-
tents, ^200. No insurance.
Still. Tuesday, January 26, 2.40 p.m. Chimney fire, No.
27 Hollis street. No damage. Used " pony " extinguisher.
Still. Tuesday, January 26, 5.45 p. m. Chimney fire in
Fremont block, No. 239 Manchester street. No damage. Used
''pony" extinguisher.
Still. Tuesday, January 26, 8.55 p. m. Chimney fire in
block owned by Joseph B. Clark estate, No. 25 Orange street.
No damage. Used " pony " extinguisher.
Still. Tuesday, January 26, 9.50 p. m. Chimney fire at
No. 44 Church street. No damage. Used "pony" extin-
guisher.
Box 5. Sunday, February 7, 2.51 a. m. Second alarm
pulled immediately. Two-story block, Nos. 809-813 Elm street,
owned by John B. Varick and Mrs. Georgietta Chamberlin, and
occupied by John B. Varick Co. as hardware store. Several
causes are assigned as the origin of the fire, such as defective
flue, spontaneous combustion, etc., but I am of the opinion that
electric wires are responsible. Damage to building, $6,800.
76 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Insurance, $6,800. Damage to Varick's stock, $48,000. Insur-
ance, $36,000. Insurance paid, $36,000.
Mitchell & Truesdale's block adjoining. Damaged $2,437.50.
Insurance, $5,000. Insurance paid, $2,437.50. Truesdale's
damage to stock, $3,525. Insurance, $8,000. Insurance paid,
$3,525. A. & W. S. Heath's stock damaged $3,900. Insur-
ance, $4,500. Insurance paid, $3,900. George Benoir and
boarders, damage, $1,000. No insurance.
Straw block, owned by Mrs. Hannah F. Straw. Damage to
building, $1,000. Insurance, $15,000. Insurance paid, $1-
000, Manchester One Price Clothing Co. Damage to stock,
by water, $8,000. Insurance, $40,000. Insurance paid,
$5,700. W. H. Mara, clothing store. Damage to stock, by
water, $1,150. Insurance, $3,000. Insurance' paid, $1,150.
Other tenants of block, damage, $500. Insurance, $3,000. In-
surance paid, $200.
Granite block, owned by John Cleworth, Damage to build-
ing, $2,850. Insurance, $15,000. Insurance paid, $2,850.
J. F. Dignam & Co.'s drugstore. Stock damaged $1,900.
Insurance, $2,500. Insurance paid, $1,250. Robert E. Mc-
Kean, clothing store. Stock damaged, $4,000. Insurance,
$6,000. Insurance paid, $3,000.
Roger G. Sullivan, cigars and tobacco. Stock damaged,
$9,000. Insurance, $15,000. Insurance paid, $9,000.
Catholic Total Abstinence Society Hall. Damage to contents
(by water), $740. Insurance, $800. Insurance paid, $520.
Pembroke Block, Weston & Hill Company, dry goods and
carpets. Stock damaged (by water in basement), $3,000. In-
surance, $40,000. Insurance ])aid, $2,800. Total damage,
$100,377.50. Insurance, $196,125. Insurance paid, $80,432.50.
Box 81. Saturday, February 13, 5.22 a. m. Chimney fire at
No. 448 Chestnut street. No damage. Box pulled by officer.
Companies responding, Steamer No. 4, Hose No. i, Hook-and-
Ladder No. i, and Chemical.
Still. Wednesday, February 17, 4.30 A. m. Chimney fire
rear of No. no Amherst street. Chemical responded with " po-
ny" extinguisher. No damage.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 77
Box 53. Thursday, February 18, 8.13 p. m. This box was
pulled by a citizen of Ward 8 for a fire in Goffstown, — the burn-
ing of the Benedictine College, in process of building. Being
within the limits of Goffstown no damage is given.
Still. Monday, February 29, 3.05 p. j\l Rekindling in the
rubbish of the Varick fire of the 7th instant. No damage.
Chemical responded.
Still. Saturday, March 5, 11.55 a. m. Kettle of lard caught
fire in W. D. Ladd & Co.'s bakery. No. 1208 Elm street. Chem-
ical called. Fire extinguished before their arrival. No damage.
Still. Monday, March 14, 12.37 p. m. Chimney fire No.
186 Manchester street. Used "pony" extinguisher. No dam-
age.
Still. Monday, March 14, 3.55 p. m. Fire in rubbish of the
Varick fire. Chemical responded. No damage.
Still. Tuesday, March 15, i.io a. m. Grass fire at foot of
Pennacook street on railroad banking. Set by sparks from loco-
motive. Chemical responded. No damage.
Box 8. Tuesday, March 22, 7.26 a. m. Two-story wooden
tenement house Nos. 3 and 4 Elm east back street, owned by
George H. Dorr, and occupied by F. F. Parker. Cause, sparks
ignited shingles on roof, doing slight damage. Box pulled by
citizen. Companies responding : Steamers Nos. i, 4, and 5,
Hose Nos. I and 2, Hook-and-Ladder No. i, and Chemical.
Damage to building, $2.25. Insurance, $600. Insurance paid,
^2.25. No damage to contents.
Box 61. Sunday, April 3, 11.40 a. m. Grass fire on tannery
lot in Bakersville, owned by Waterman Smith. No damage. Box
pulled by citizen.
Box 21. Sunday, April 3, 1.33 p. m. Chimney fire in Wig-
gin Block, corner of Pine street and Lake avenue, owned by Mrs.
John Kearns. No. damage. Box pulled by citizen. ,
Still. Friday, April 8, 3 p.m. Brush fire in Riddle's Grove,
'Squog. No damage. Responded to by hose wagon of Steamer
No. 2.
Box 7. Friday," April 8, 9.16 p. m. Two-story wooden tene-
ment block, No. 16 Church street, owned by John Cleworth and
78 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
occupied by Joseph Blanchard and others. The fire started in a
closet in Blanchard's tenement. Probable cause, rats and
matches. Extinguished by Chemical engine. Companies re-
sponding: Steamers Nos. i, 4, and 5, Hose Nos. i and 2, Hook-
and-Ladder, and Chemical. Box pulled by citizen. Damage to
building, $20. Insurance, $500. Insurance paid, $20. No
damage to contents.
Box 4. Saturday, April 9, 11.28 a. m. Three and a half
story wooden tenement block, No. 180 Chestnut street, owned
by Job W. Hill and occupied by several families. Fire caught
on roof from sparks from chimney. Companies responding :
Steamers Nos. 3 and 4, Hose No. i, Hook-and-Ladder No. i,
Chemical engine. Damage to building, $8. Insurance, $1,500.
Insurance paid, $8. Contents uninjured. Box pulled by officer.
Box 71. Sunday, April 10, 12.24 p. m. Cottage house No.
124 Auburn street, owned and occupied by Patrick Brannan.
Slight fire in cellar, extinguished before arrival of department
without damage. Companies responding : Steamers Nos. i and
3, Hose No. I, Hook and Ladder No. i, and Chemical engine.
Box pulled by citizen.
Still. Sunday, April 10, 7.30 p. m. Chimney fire at No. 30
Washington street. Chemical responded. No damage.
Box 51. Monday, April 11,9.25 A. m. Woodshed, rear of
block Nos. 190 and 192 Second street, owned by Joseph Burk-
hardt. Cause, children playing with matches. Companies re-
sponding: Steamers Nos. i and 2, Hose No. i, Hook-and-Lad-
der No. I, and Chemical. Damage to building, $125. Damage to
contents, $25. No insurance on either. Box pulled by citizen.
Still. Monday, April 11, 1.45 p. m. Brush fire on Bedford
road. Hose wagon of Steamer No. 2 responded. No damage.
Box 4. Wednesday, April 13, 1.50 a. m. Four-story brick
block Nq. 631 Elm street, owned by Daniel Connor and occu-
pied by Joseph Murray as boot and shoe store. Cause of fire
unknown. Companies responding : Steamers No. 3 and 4, Hose
No. I, Hook-and-Ladder No. i, and Chemical. Box pulled by
officer. Damage to building, $100. No insurance. Damage
to stock, $925. Insurance, $2,000. Insurance paid, $925.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 79
Still, Sunday, April 17, 2.15 p. m. Brush fire on McGregor
hill. Responded to by Steamer Co. No. 2 with hose wagon.
No damage.
Box 56. Monday, April 18, 9.09 P. m. Brush fire on Mast
road near Goffstown line. Needless alarm. Box pulled by
watchman at Baldwin's bobbin shop.
Still. Saturday, April 23, 4.07 p. m. Burning chimney at
No. 286 Pine street, in block owned by Thomas Corcoran. No
damage. Used "pony" extinguisher.
Stili . Saturday, April 23, 7.25 p. M. Dime Museum in
Stark Block, No. loio Elm street. Kerosene lamp overturned.
Damage, ^10. No insurance. Chemical responded.
Still. Sunday, April 24, 1.15 p. m. Three-story wooden
tenement block No. 611 Elm street, owned by Daniel Connor.'
Overheated chimney ignited woodwork, causing slight damage.
Damage, $6. No insurance. Chemical responded.
Still. Tuesday, April 26, 2.40 p. m. Brush fire north Union
street and Hooksett road. Chemical responded.
Box 112. Tuesday, April 26, 4.15 P. M. While the chemical
engine was at a hydrant filling its tanks after about an hour and
a half's work on the brush fire mentioned above, the " Tilton
cottage" owned by Weston, Harvey & Upton, that had been
moved to the eastern part of the Tilton field, on Walnut street
extension, took fire from the burning grass, and was nearly de-
stroyed. It was unoccupied. Damage to building, $800. In-
surance, ^500. Insurance paid, ^500. Companies responding:
Steamers Nos. i and 5. Hose Nos. i and 2, Hook-and-Ladder,
and Chemical. Box pulled by citizen.
Still. Wednesday, April 27, 10.45 ^- ^^- Brush fire on Smyth
road. No damage. Chemical responded.
Still. Wednesday, April 27, 12.50 p. m. Chimney fire at
No. 73 Amherst street. No damage. Chemical responded.
Still. Thursday. April 28, 1.45 P. M. Burning chimney at
No. 3S0 Granite street. Responded to by members of Steamer
No. 2, No damage. Used two charges of " pony " extinguisher.
Still. Saturday, April 30, 10.20 a. m. Burning chimney at
No. 52 Lake avenue. No damage. Used " pony " extinguisher.
80 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Box 71. Tuesday, May 10, 2.32 p. u. Three-story tenement
block, No. 180 Chestnut street, owned by Grififin Bros, and oc-
cupied by several families. Fire was discovered in one of the
tenements on third floor. Cause unknown. Damage to build-
ing, $14. Insurance, $i,Soo. Insurance paid, $14. Damage to
contents, $15. No insurance. Companies responding : Steam-
ers Nos. I and 3, Hose i, Hook-and-Ladder, and Chemical. Box
pulled by citizen.
Still. Friday, May 13, i.io p. i\l Burning chimney at No.
156 East Spruce street. Chemical responded. Used " pony " ex-
tinguisher. No damage.
Still. Saturday, May 14, 2.02 p. m. Two-story wooden
block. No. 16 Church street, owned by John Cleworth and oc-
cupied by Joseph Blanchard. Boy set fire to some rags in a
closet. Chemical responded. Fire extinguished before arrival
of engine. No damage.
Still. Wednesday, May 18, 10.48 a. m. In railroad yard
below gas works. Fire in a pile of ties used for filling over
a culvert. Pennacook hose carriage with detail of men laid 1,050
feet of hose, and after about two hours of work fire was extin-
guished without any material damage, as the ties were uninjured
for the purposes used.
Still. Wednesday, May 18, 12 m. Burning chimney at
Nos. II and 12 Pearl street. Used "pony" extinguisher. No
damage.
Box 8. Sunday, May 29, 8.42 p. m. Two-and-one-half-story
house. No. 30 Orange street, occupied by James D. Sullivan.
Feather-bed fire. No damage. Box pulled by citizen.
Box 21. Monday, May 30, 8.05 p. m. Three-story brick
block, No. 1 01 Manchester street, owned by Catherine Kerin
and occupied by Robitaille Bros, as a grocery store. Cause,
lamp explosion in basement, where fire was wholly confined, but
stock in store above was somewhat damaged by smoke. Dam-
age to building,' ^87.50. Insurance, $3,000. Insurance paid,
$87.50. Damage to contents, $329.50. Insurance, $800. In-
surance paid, $329.50. Box pulled by officer.
Still. Wednesday, June i, 12.20 p. m. Burning chimney
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 81
at No. 190 Lake avenue. Chemical responded. No damage.
Used "pony" extinguisher.
Box 7. Saturday, June 4, 8.14 p. .m. Three-story brick block,.
Nos. 1105-1107 Elm street, owned by E. K. Rowell and occu-
pied by Alfred De Moulpied as a furniture store. The iire orig-
inated in a closet under the roof from some unknown cause, and
was confined to that locality. Extinguished with chemical en-
gine. Companies responding: Steamers Nos. 1, 4, and 5, Hose
Nos. I and 2, Hook-and-Ladder, and Chemical. Damage to
building, $300. No msurance. Damage to contents, 5439-10.
Insurance, 53,600. Insurance paid, $439.10. Box pulled by citizen.
Still. Sunday, June 5, 3.30 a. .m. Chemical called to Moul-
pied's store, as above, for slight fire smoldering in roof timbers.
Extinguished without further damage.
Box 212. Monday, June 6, 1.5 1 a. ^l Two-and- one-half-
story dwelling. No. 236 Jewett street, owned .by P. O. Wood-
man and occupied by Mrs. W. E. Richardson. Fire originated
from some unknown cause in some excelsior packing in base-
ment, and was extinguished without any material damage. Box
pulled by citizen.
Still. Saturday, June 11, 12.35 ^- ^^- False alarm from
Kimball Bros.' shoe-shop caused by unadjusted thermostat. Re-
sponded to by hose carriage of Steamer No. 3.
Box 21. Saturday, June 11, 8.15 p. yi. While filling a light-
ed kerosene lamp in tenement of Henri Millot, rear of S;^ Man-
chester street, the oil ignited causing alarm. No damage. Com-
panies responding : Steamers Nos. 3 and 4, Hose No. i, Hook-
and-Ladder, and Chemical. Box pulled by citizen.
Still. Sunday, June 12, 11.20 a. m. False alarm from Kim-
ball Bros.' shoe-shop, caused by an unadjusted thermostat. Hose
carriage of Steamer No. 3 responded.
Box 51. Wednesday, June 15, 8.47 p. m. Breaking of kero-
sene lamp in the hands of Mrs. Marguerita Eismann burned her
in such a manner that death resulted in a few hours. No dam-
age to the building. Companies responding : Steamer No. 2,
Hose No. I, Hook-and-Ladder, and Chemical. Box pulled by
citizen.
6
82 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Box i8. Saturday, June i8, 8.58 a. m. Two-and-one-half-
story dwelling at No. 310 Central street, owned by D. M. K.
Phillips and occupied by him and Frank B. Stevens. Cause, ex-
plosion of oil stove. Damage to building, $275. Insurance,
$4,000. Insurance paid, $:i75. Damage to contents, $70. In-
surance, $500. Insurance paid, $75. Box pulled by citizen.
Box 5. Friday, June 24, 3.01 p. m. Three-story brick Mock,
No. 820 Elm street, owned by Mrs. Herman Foster and occupied
by Charles A. Hoitt & Co. as furniture store. The fire originat-
ed in a closet among some excelsior packing, probably by lighted
match being thrown in from sidewalk. No material damage.
Companies responding : Steamers Nos. i and 3, Hose No. i,
Hook-and-Ladder, and Chemical. Box pulled by citizen.
Still. Wednesday, June 29, g.15 p. m. Engine building for
hoisting-engine, belonging to Head & Dowst Co., at corner
of Elm and Mechanic street'^. Cause, spontaneous combustion
from oily waste. Damage, $10. No insurance. Extinguished
by Chemical engine.
Still. Monday, July 4, 11. 10 a. m. While Mrs. Everett L.
Caswell, at 397 Manchester street, was filling gasoline stove the
oil ignited burning her hands quite severely. No other damage.
Hose carriage from Steamer No. 3 responded.
Still. Monday, July 4, 12.03 ^- ^^' A firecracker on the
roof of F. P. Danforth's buildings at No. 549 Lake avenue caused
a slight fire. Hose carriage of Steamer No. 3 responded.
Still. Sunday, July 10, 11. oS a. m. False alarm from Kim-
ball Bros.' shoe-shop caused by an unadjusted thermostat. Hose
carriage from Steamer No. 3 responded.
Box 21. Tuesday, July 12, 5.25 p. m. Lumber shed at cor-
ner of Merrimack and Union streets, owned and occupied by
John H. Maynard. Cause, children playing with matches. Dam-
age to contents, $5. No insurance. Box pulled by citizen.
Box 45. Tuesday, July 19, 4.35 p. m. One-story wooden
building, corner Franklin and West Auburn streets, owned by
S. C. Forsaith Machine Co. and occupied by L. H. Josselyn &
Co. as a furniture manufactory. Cause, drunken visitor throw-
ing lighted match into varnish. A line of hose from the S. C.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 83
Forsaith Co., before the arrival of the department, did good ser-
vice and prevented much damage. Damage to building, ^200.
Insurance, $i,e^oo. Insurance paid, ^200. Damage to contents,
$294.39. Insurance, ^4,500. Insurance paid, $294.39. Box
pulled by citizen.
Box 26. Friday, July 22, 9.55 a. m. Explosion of kerosene
stove in tenement No. 85 Arlington street occupied by Mrs. De-
mers, caused an alarm, without any damage. Box pulled by cit-
izen.
Box .24. Sunday, July 24, 8.25 a. m. Three-story wooden
building, No. 412 Belmont street, owned by Melvin Badger and
occupied by Charles W. Goodwin as residence and laundry.
Cause, Alice Hazen filling a gasoline stove while burning, fol-
lowed by an explosion of can of gasoline near by. The flames
spread so rapidly as to prevent the removal of any contents of
the building. The occupants, except Mrs. Nancy Sargent, es-
caped. She was so overcome with heat and smoke that, as a lad-
der was raised to her assistance, she fell back into the flames.
The cottage house a few feet south, owned and occupied by Mrs.
Philena Merrill, was somewhat damaged by fire and water. Dam-
age to Badger's house, $3,000. Insurance, $2,700. Insurance
paid, $2,700. Damage to contents, $600. No insurance. Dam-
age to Mrs. Merrill's house, $250. Insurance, $1,100. Insur-
rance paid, $250. No damage to contents. Box pulled by a
member of the department.
Still. Sunday, July 24, 11. 10 a. m. Brush fire, rear of Aus-
tin, Flint & Day Co.'s works. No damage. Hose carriage of
Steamer No. 3 responded.
Still. Saturday, July 30, 9.43 a. m. Stable in rear of No.
203 Merrimack street, owned by John H. Maynard. Chemical
responded. Extinguished without damage before arrival of en-
gine.
Still. Thursday, August 4, 9.45 p. m. Two-and-one-half-
story house, No. 530 Maple street, owned and occupied by James
K. Goodwin. The fire originated from some unknown cause in
the L part. Damage to building, $15. Insurance, $2,500. In-
surance paid, $15. Responded to by Hose No. 2.
84 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Box. 5. Thursday, August 11, 3.40 a. m. The Elm House^
No. 742 Ehn street, owned by Dr. J. F. Brown and D. F. Straw,
occupied by M. S. Chamberlin. Cause, mattress on the roof of
the L part caught, probably from a cigar stub. Used," pony "
extinguisher. No damage. Companies responding : Steamers
Nos. I, 3, 4, Hose No. i, Hook-and-Ladder, with three-horse
hitch for first time, and Chemical engine. Box pulled by Officer
Lovejoy.
Box 81. Tuesday, August 16, 11.40 a. m. Two-and-half-
story tenement block, Nos. 65-69 Amherst street, owned by
William T. Stevens and Mrs. Frank E. Boyd, and occupied by
several families. Cause, overheated chimney. Damage to Ste-
vens building, I27.11. Insurance, $800. Insurance paid,
$27.11. Companies responding: Steamers Nos. i and 4, Hose
No. I, Hook-and-Ladder, and Chemical. Box pulled by member
of department.
Box 4. Saturday, September 3, 10.55 ^- ^^- Burning chim-
ney rear of No. 46 Auburn street. No damage. Needless
alarm. Box pulled by citizen.
Box 7. Tuesday, September 6, 7.58 p. m. Barn in rear of
No. 27 Birch street, owned by William M. Lane, and occupied
by Michael Labreche. Cause, overturned lantern. Companies
responding: Steamers Nos. i, 4, 5, Hose Nos. i, 2, Hook-and
Ladder, and Chemical. Damage to building, $200. Insurance,
$200. Insurance paid, $200. Damage to contents, ^75. In-
surance, $500. Insurance paid, $75. Box pulled by citizen.
Still. Friday, September 16, 5.04 p. m. Smoking chimney
at Stickney's. leather store, 1064-1068 Elm street, caused needless
alarm. Chemical responded.
Still. Thursday, September 29, 12.45 •■^- ^^- ^^ small one-
story building, corner South Main and Log streets, owned by
Walter Tirrell and occupied by Albert E. Abel & Co. as boot
and shoe store. Cause, carelessness from overheated stove.
Damage to building, $75. No insurance. Damage to stock,
$600. Insurance, $900. Insurance paid, $600. Responded to
by Assistant Engineer Manning and members of Steamer No. 2
with hose wagon.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 85
Still. Tuesday, October 4, 9.10 p. m. Bake shop of Man-
chester Tea Store, rear of 39 Amherst street. Cause, hot baking
tins ignited paper. No damage. Chemical responded.
Box 7. Friday, October 7, 10.45 p- ^i- Rubbish in rear of
No. 1073 Ehai street. No damage. Needless alarm. Com-
panies responding : Steamers Nos. i, 4, 5, Hose Nos. i, 2,
Hook-and-Ladder, and Chemical. Box pulled by citizen.
Box 315. Tuesday, October 11, 10.15 P- ^^- Two-story
wooden building, Nos. 156-162 Front street, Amoskeag, owned
and occupied by James R. Ferson as a carriage manufactory.
Cause supposed to be from spontaneous combustion. Damage
to building, $200. Insurance, $1,500. Insurance paid, $200.
Damage to contents, $250. Insurance, $1,000. Insurance paid,
$250. Companies responding : Steamer No. 5, Hose No. i,
Hook-and-Ladder, and Chemical. Box pulled by citizen.
Still. Sunday, October 23, 9.07 p. m. Burning chimney
in Riddle building, No. 885 Elm street. Chemical responded.
No damage. Used "pony" extinguisher.
Box 21. Tuesda}^, October 25, 7.50 p. m. Three-story
wooden tenement block, No. 334 Pine street, owned by Storer
Nason and occupied by W. E. Woodward. Cause, overheated
stove set fire to paper. Damage to building, $16.70. Insur-
ance, $800. Insurance paid, $16.70. No damage to contents.
Companies responding: Steamers Nos. 3, 4, Hose No. i, Hook-
and-Ladder, and Chemical. Box pulled by citizen.
Still. Wednesday, October 26, 1.50 p. m. Slight fire in
Thorp's block, corner Granite and West streets. No damage.
Hose carriage of Steamer No. 2 responded.
Box 8. Tuesday, November i, 10.31 a. ri. Two-story
wooden tenement block, No. 67 Kidder street, owned by Amos-
keag Corporation and occupied by Dennis Magner. Cause,
children playing with matches. Barrel shavings consumed. No
other damage. Companies responding : Steamers Nos. i, 4, 5,
Hose Nos. I, 2, Hook-and-Ladder, and Chemical. Box pulled
by citizen.
Still. Wednesday, November 2, 12.25 P- ^^- Burning chim-
ney in residence of Gov. J. A. Weston, No. 621 Maple street.
86 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
No damage. Chemical responded. Used three charges with
" pony " extinguisher.
Still. Saturday, November 5, 8.35 p. m. Burning chimney
at No. 124 Central street. No damage. Used "pony " extin-
guisher.
Still. Saturday, November 5, 9.10 p. m. Burning chimney
at No. 210 Lake avenue. No damage. Used "pony" extin-
guisher.
Still. Sunday, November 13, 6 p. m. Four-story brick
block, owned by Johnson heirs. Cause, lamp explosion in room
16, occupied by D. S. Cotting. Chemical responded but fire
extinguished with slight damage before arrival of engine.
Box 314. Sunday, November 13, 6,54 p. m. Cottage house,
No. 2 Mill street, Amoskeag, leased by the P. C. Cheney Co.
and occupied by John Lane. Cause, overturned kerosene lamp.
Damage to building, ^50. No insurance. No damage to con-
tents.
Box 52. Thursday, November 24, 10.35 P- ^^- Three-story
wooden building, Nos. 17-21 South Main street, owned by Dan-
iel and Michael Connor and occupied by Moulton & Lamprey as
Hotel Merrimack. A drunken guest set fire to a bed in room
No. I, and came near losing his life thereby. Damage to build-
ing estimated at $200. No insurance. Damage to Moulton &
Lamprey's contents, ^200. No insurance. Damage to Henry
Herbert's barber shop, ^65. Insurance, ^200. Insurance paid,
^65. Box pulled by officer.
Still. Monday, November 28, 12.43 p- ^^- Chimney fire at
L. W. Ray's, No. 212 LaKe avenue. No damage. LTsed
"pony'' extinguisher.
Box 82. Saturday, December 3, 1.13 a. m. Two two-story
wooden buildings owned by Hiram Hill and Dodge heirs, occu-
pied by the Novelty Advertising Company and the Hanover
Street Laundry. The fire started in rear part of basement of
Novelty Co., probably from defective chimney. Damage to
Hill's building, ^500. Insurance, ^500. Insurance paid, $500.
Damage to Dodge's building, $800. Insurance, ^2,200. Insur-
ance paid, ^800. Damage to Novelty Co., $2,813. Insurance,.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 87
^3,000. Insurance paid, $2,813. Damage to Laundry Co.,
$300. Insurance, $375. Insurance paid, $200. Box pulled by
officer.
Still. Tuesday, December 6 (Raymond). A fire broke out
in Raymond last evening, and a little past twelve this morning
word was telephoned for help. Took Steamer No. i with hose
wagnn and twenty-five men and went by special train, and ren-
dered material aid, which was appreciated by the New Hamp-
shire Insurance Co. of this city by their sending check of $5 to
each member of this department that went down.
Still. Saturday, December 10, 2.45 p. m. Slight fire in
People's Market, No. 335 Granite street. Steamer Co. No. 2 re-
sponded with "pony" extinguisher.
Still. Tuesday, December 13, 11.30 p. m. Word was tele-
phoned from Goffe's Falls of fire in James Cheney's barn, about
five and a half miles from City Hall. Took Steamer No. 4
with hose wagon and delegation of men. The barn and con-
tents were entirely consumed. Damage to barn, ;^4oo. Insur-
ance, ;^ioo. Insurance paid, $ioo. Damage to contents, $700.
Insurance, $100. Insurance paid, $100.
Still. Wednesday, December 21, 4.02 p. m. Kimball Bros.'
Shoeshop, Hallsville. Cause, pail of cement accidentally
caught fire. Steamer No. 3 and hose carriage responded. Ex-
tinguished before arrival of steamer. No damage.
Still. Wednesday, December 21, 6.04 p. m. Burning chim-
ney at No. 127 Merrimack street. No damage. Used " pony "
extinguisher.
Still. Saturday, December 24, 5.40 a. m. Burning chim-
ney at No. 170 Lake avenue. No damage. Chemical called.
Still. Saturday, December 24, 4.40 p. m. Burning chimney
at No. 107 Amherst street. No damage. Chemical responded.
Still. Saturday, December 24, 5.35 p. m. Burning chimney
at No. 61 Cedar street. No damage. Used "pony" extin-
guisher.
Still. Saturday, December 24, 9.45 p. m. Burning chimney
at James B. Scott's, No. 554 Lake avenue. Hose carriage of
Steamer No. 3 resoonded. No damage.
«« ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Still. INIonday, December 26, 5.45 p. M. Burning chimney
at No. 341 Chestnut street. No damage. Used "pony" ex-
tinguisher.
Still. Tuesday, December 27, 7.05 a. m. Three-story tene-
ment house No. 207 Cedar street, owned by Mary Flynn and
occupied by Hannah Flynn. Cause, overheated chimney set
fire to '"header" near chimney. Damage to building, ^15. In-
surance, $2,500. Insurance paid, $15.
Still. Tuesday, December 27, 6.40 p. m. Burning chimney
at No. 60 Cedar street. No damage. Used "pony" extin-
guisher.
Still Tuesday, December 27, 7.55 p. m. Burning chimney
at No. 169 Laurel street, Clark M. Bailey's. No damage. Used
" pony " extinguisher.
Still. Tuesday, December 27, 10.50 p. m. Bake-shop of
Manchester Tea Store, rear of 39 Amherst street. Slight fire
under sink. No damage. Chemical responded.
Number of bell alarms ..... . '39
Number of still alarms ..... . .62
Total ....... . loi
Aggregate losses for 1892 . . . . . $116,210.05
Amount of insurance paid ..... 94,124.05
Net loss above amount paid . . . $22,086.00
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER.
89
TABLE
SHOWING THE APPARATUS CALLED TO DIFFEP.ENT BOXES ON FIRST, SEC-
OND, AND THIRD ALARMS.
Boxes.
9.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
21.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
31.
32.
34.
35.
36.
41.
42.
43.
45.
51.
52.
53.
54.
56.
61.
62.
71.
72.
73.
81.
82.
112.
113.
114.
212.
213.
312.
313.
314.
315.
321.
511.
513.
2
1
3
3
3
3*
3*
2*
2*
•On first alarm, the horses of second-run engine will double on engine of first run.
90 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
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 Ox-
ford, L. B. Bodwell & Co.'s, Palmer & Garmon's, Horse Rail-
road 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 Thurston's drug-
stores, and J. A. Riddle's office.
No. 7. Police station, corner of Manchester and Chestnut
streets. Keys at city marshal's office, and with all police officers.
No. 8. Corner Elm and Hollis streets. Keys at Smith & Co.'s
and Colby's drug stores, Partridge Bros.' grain store, and E. V.
Rowe's residence, 1261 Elm street.
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 residences
of William C. Clarke, George Emerson, and Walter A. Green.
No. 13. Corner of Brook and Chestnut streets. Keys at resi-
dences of Welcome Jencks and Lewis Simons, and No. i Senter's
block.
No. 14. Corner of Prospect and Union streets. Keys at resi-
dences of Mrs. W. Ireland, Mrs. N. L. Hardy, Mrs. George W.
Riddle, 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. iS. Corner of Manchester and Maple streets. Keys at
residences of the late H. E. Stevens, A. N. Baker, and Mrs. "Wil-
liam Perkins.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 91
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, Amory Mills, Langdon Mills watch-rooms.
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 vdepot
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 store, Merrimack House, and Steamer No. 2
house.
92 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
No. 53. Wallace's steam mill. Keys at the office and I. R.
Dewey's tenement block.
No. 54. Corner of A and Bowman streets. Keys at residences
of Lord sisters and Neil Fullerton.
No. 56.' Baldwin's bobbin shop. Keys at Baldwin's office
and residences of J- C. Smith, E. P. Littlefield, and with watch-
man at works.
No. 61. Corner of River road and Hancock street, Bakers-
ville. Keys at Mary Stack's saloon. True W. Jones Co.'s brew-
ery, 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. 82. Old City Hotel, corner Lowell and Elm east back
streets. Keys at Higgins Bros. Co.'s, Lowell-street stable,
Nichols's stable, and Eames Bros.' drug store.
No. 112. Corner of Sagamore and Union streets. Keys at
residences of W. T. Stevens, W. A. Clarkson, and Charles F.
Chase.
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. Olzendam, 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, junction
of Portsmouth Railroad. Keys at office of Austin, Flint & Day.
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93
No. 312. Corner of Putnam, Main, and McGregor streets.
Keys at residences of James Spence (309 Main street), Thomas
Bolton, and gate of No. 11 mill.
No. 313. Corner of Amory and Main streets. Keys at resi-
dences of Allen Dean and Lawrence M. Connor, Bouthillier &
Gingras's drug store, Miville & Co.'s drug store, and gate of No.
II mill.
No. 314. P. C. Cheney Company's paper-mill. Keys at office,
Randall & Co.'s store, and Independent Hose house.
No. 315. Old Brick Store at 'Skeag. Keys at Flanders's store,
Randall & Co.'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 Amelia Davis, William A. Tufts, and James Kearnes.
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 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 V/hitney's residence
Assistant Engineer Whitney's office
Fire King Steamer No. 2 .
Merrimack Steamer No. 3 .
General Stark Steamer No. 5
Massabesic Hose No. 2 . . .
64-3
64-4
34-4
39-3
59-3
140-3
64-6
1 16-4
94 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Instructions to Key-holders and Citizens.
1. Upon the discovery of a fire, notice sliould be immediately
communicated to the nearest alarm-box, the keys to which are in
the hands of all regular police, and generally of persons at the
corner or nearest house.
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. Jf 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 requested to inform
themselves of the location of alarm-boxes near their property,
also all places where the keys are kept. Be sure the alarm is
promptly and properly given.
7. Alarms will be sounded upon all the fire bells in the city,
and the number of the box will be given thus : Box 6, six blows,
2\ seconds apart, repeated three times. Box 212, two blows,
pause of 6i seconds, one blow, same pause, and two blows,
2 — I — 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.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 95
SCHOOL SIGNAL.
Two Strokes, with fifteen seconds between them, close the pri-
mary and middle schools ; and to close all the schools, two imme-
diate strokes, and after a lapse of fifteen seconds two more imme-
diate 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. i. Hook-and-Ladder Co No. i,
and Chemical Engine Co. No. i will report for duty to all bo.xes
on first alarm.
2. Amoskeag Steamer Co. No. i will report for duty on days
of its first run, on first alarm to all boxes except 9, 12, 51, 54,
56, 315, 513, 511 ; on second alarm, to all other boxes.
Second Run. On first alarm, to boxes 6, 8, 15, 34, 35, T^d,
41, 42, 45, 81, 82 ; on second alarm, to boxes 3, 4, 5, 7, 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 ; on third alarju, 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 alar JH, 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, 7, 16,17, iS- 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27,41, 42,
43' 45' 61, 62, 71, 72, 73, 212, 213 ; on second alarm, to boxes
6, 8, 15, 31, 34, 35, 36, 51, 52, 53, 56, 81, 82 ; on third alann,
to all other boxes.
96 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
5. N. S. Bean Steamer Co. No. 4 will report for duty, on days
of its first run, on first aia?'in to all box':es except 9, 12, 51, 54, 56^
315 ; on second alarm, to all other boxes.
Second Run. On first alarm, to boxes 6, 8, 15, 34, 35.
36, 41, 42, 45, 81, 82 ; on second alarm, to boxes 3, 4, 5, 7, 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 ; on third alarm, to
all other boxes.
6. Gen. Stark Steamer Co. No. 5 will report for duty on first
alarm to boxes 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 31, 32, 34, 35, 41, 82, 112,
113, 114, 314, 315 ; on secofid alartn, 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
first alartn, to boxes 6, 8, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 24, 25, 26, 27,
34, 35, 36, 41, 42, 82, 112, 113, 114; on second alarm, to box-
es 4, 5, 7, 9, 12, 21, 23, 31, 32, 43, 45, 71, 72, 73, Si, 314; on
third alartn, 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 tjme when an alarm of fire is given, tlie 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 OK 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
alarm will prepare for a start, and hold themselves in readiness
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 97
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. Engineers of steamers will not run over eighty-pound
water-pressure^ except when orders are received from a member
of the board of engineers or the officer in command of the com-
pany.
14. Two strokes on the bells will be a signal for those at a fire
to limber up.
WHISTLE SIGNALS.
The following code of signals will be observed by members of
the department :
For captaii^, or officer in command of company, one long
whistle.
For coal, two long whistles followed by as many short whis-
tles as indicate the number of the engine.
To LIMBER UP, three long whistles.
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98
ANNUAL OFFICIAL KEPORTS.
ESTIMATED VALUE OF PROPERTY.
Amoskeag Steam Fire-Engine Company No. 1
LOCATED ON VINE STREET.
I extra first-size Amoskeag steamer .
I one-horse hose-wagon
3 gray horses for steamer
I gray horse for hose- wagon
4 swinging harnesses
I pair double harnesses (for street work)
I single harness (for street work)
2,ooo feet fabric hose ....
loo feet three-inch leather hose .
I double cart .....
I single cart .....
I sled ......
Stable fixtures, blankets, etc.
Tools, furniture, and fixtures
Firemen's suits and badges
Total amount ....
1,4,000.00
400.00
685.00
225.00
200.00
50.00
40.00
1,200 00
50.00
75.00
75.00
40.00
60.00
200.00
200.00
$7,500.00
Fire King Steam Fire-Engine Company No. 2.
LOCATED AT NORTH MAIN STREET, 'SQUOG.
I second-size Amoskeag steamer
I combination hose-wagon
3 bay horses for steamer .
I pair gray horses for combination .
3 street harnesses, 2 at $40, i at $20
5 swinging harnesses
I single cart .
I two-horse cart , .
I double sled .
I single sled
^,000.00
600.00
617.00
534- 00
100.00
250.00
75.00
60.00
60.00
40.00
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99
2,500 feet fabric hose
Stable fixtures and blankets
Furniture, fixtures, carpets, etc.
Firemen's suits and badges
Total amount
11,500.00
60.00
466.00
150.00
58,512.00
Merrimack Steam Fire-Engine Company No. 3.
LOCATED ON LAKE AVENUE, CORNER MASSABESIC STREET.
I second-size Amoskeag steamer
I pair black horses ....
I single horse ....
3 street harnesses, 2 at ^50, i at $40
3 swinging harnesses
I four-wheeled Amoskeag hose-carriage
I double cart . ,
■ I single cart .
I single sled .
2,500 feet fabric hose
Stable fixtures, blankets, etc. ,
Beds, bedding, carpets, hall furniture, etc.
Total amount
$3,500.00
417.00
150.00
140.00
150.00
600.00
125.00
40.00
40.00
1,500.00
50.00
575-00
$7,287.00
N. S. Bean Steam Fire-Engine Company No. 4.
LOCATED ON VINE STREET.
I second -size Amoskeag steamer
I hose-wagon ....
I pair bay horses for steamer .
I horse for hose-wagon
1 pair street harnesses
3 swinging harnesses
$3,500.00
400.00
266.00
133.00
40.00
150.00
100 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
1,550 feet fabric hose . . . . .
Hall furniture, beds, bedding, etc. .
Stable fixtures and blankets
Firemen's suits and badges
Total amount
3 1, 000.0c
275.00
75.0c
150.00
$5>989-cc
General Stark Steam Fire-Engine Company No. 5.
LOCATED ON WEBSTER STREET, CORNER CHESTNUT
I third-size Arnoskeag steamer
I combination hose reel and ladder
I pair bay horses
1 pair gray liorses .
2 double carts .
2 double sleds .
2 pairs swinging harnesses
2 pairs street harnesses
,500 fett fabric hose
Furniture, fixtures, tools, etc
Stable fixtures and blankets
Firemen's suits, badges, etc.
Total amount
$3,600.00
1,000.00
534-oc
400.00
150.00
100.00
200. cc
150.00
1,500.00
175.00
80.00
150.00
$8,039.00
E. W. Harrington Steam Fire-Engine.
LOCATED AT OLD ENCINE-HOUSE, CLINTON STUEET.
Old U tank .\moskeag engine .... S500.0C
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101
Pennacook Hose Company No. 1
LOCATED ON VINE STREET.
1 rour-wneeied Amoskeag hose-carnage .
$600.00
2 horses
534- 00
2 single harnesses .....
70.00
I single cart . . .
40.00
I single sled ......
40.00
I hose sled
20.00
2,500 feet fabric hose .....
1,500.00
1,000 feet leather hose .....
500.00
Furniture and fixtures ....
200.00
Stable fixtures and blankets
50.00
Firemen's suits and badges
175.00
Total amount ....
$3,729.00
Massabesic Hose Company No. 2.
LOCATED ON MAPLE STREET, CORNER EAST HIGH.
1 four-wheeled Amoskeag hose carriage .
$600.00
I bay horse ......
150.00
I street harness .....
30.00
I swinging harness .....
50.00
I single cart
50.00
I single sled . . . . .
30.00
2,000 feet fabric hose
1,200.00
^,000 feet leather hose .....
800.00
Furniture and fixtures . . . . .
100.00
Firemen's suits and badges
175.00
Total amount
$3,185.00
102
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Excelsior Hook-and-Ladder Company No. 1.
LOCATED ON VINE STREET.
I hook-and-ladder truck
I reserve truck at Lake avenue station
3 horses .....
1 pair exercise harnesses
3 swinging harnesses
2 extra Bangor extension ladders .
7 rubber blanket covers
Furniture and fixtures .
Bed, bedding, and furniture .
Stable fixtures and blankets .
Firemen's suits and badges .
Total amount
^1,700.00
200.00
800.00
30.00
150.00
360.00
168.00
200.00
40.00
50.00
280.00
$3,978.00
Chemical Engine Company No. 1.
LOCATED ON VINE STREET.
I double tank (60 gallons each) engine
I pair black horses
I pair exercise harnesses
I pair swinging harnesses
Furniture and fixtures .
Stable fixtures and blankets
Firemen's suits and badges
Total amount
$2,250
00
534.
00
50
00
100
00
75
00
50
00
35
00
$3,094.00
Supply Wagon.
I supply wagon, with boxes and engineers' lanterns $250.00
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Spare Hose.
AT CENTRAL STATION, VINE STREET.
Soo feet leather hose ...... $400.00
600 feet fabric hose ...... 375-oo
Total amount ...... $775.00
Exercise Wagon.
CENTRAL STATION, VINE STREET.
I four-wheeled exercise wagon with pole, shafts,
three-horse hitch, and coal boxes . . . $350.00
Engineers' Department.
5 fire hats . . . . . . . . $10.00
5 engineer's white rubber coats . . . . 37-5°
Furniture and fixtures . . . . . . i75-oo
Total amount ...... $222.50
Independent Hose Company No. 5.
LOCATED AT CORNER OF OLD FALLS ROAD AND FRONT STREET.
1 four-wheeled hand hose- carriage
800 feet leather hose
2 hose-pipes, spanners, etc.
Furniture and fixtures .
Total amount
$400.00
300.00
40.00
10.00
$750.00
104
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Goffe's Falls Hose-Carriage.
LOCATED AT DEVONSHIRE MILLS.
1 two-wheeled hose-carriage
300 feet fabric hose
2 hose-pipes
Total amount
Sleeping-Hall.
AT CENTRAL STATION, VINE STREET.
7 beds, bedding, wardrobes, etc. .
Spare Hose-Carriage.
I four-wheeled Amoskeag hose-carriage (being re-
paired for Steamer No. 6) .
Extra Horses.
I horse at Central station for spare duty
Fire-Alarm Telegraph.
^30.00
100.00
10.00
$140.00
$275.00
$200.00
At cost (including additions
previous to 1885)
$21,625.00
Remodeling in 1885
6,000.00
Additions in 1886
775-"°
in 1887
.
375-00
in 1888
575-00
in 1889
430.00
in 1890
300.00
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105
Additions in 189 1
in 1 89 2
" Individual Tapper " system
Wire, ladders, arms, brackets, etc.
Total ....
$280.00
150.00
3,000.00
125.00
53'635-oo
Recapitulation.
Amoskeag Steam Fire-Engine Co. No i
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. i .
Massabesic Hose Co. No. 2 .
Excelsior Hook-and-Ladder Co. No. i
Chemical Engine Co. No
Supply wagon
Spare hose .
Exercise wagon
Engineers' department
Independent Hose Co. No. 5
Goffe's Falls Hose-Carriage .
Sleeping-Hall (Central Station)
Spare Hose-Carriage
Fire- Alarm Telegraph .
Extra horse ....
Total . ...
$7,500.00
8,51 2.00
7,287.00
5,989.00
8,039.00
500.00
3,729.00
3,185.00
3,978.00
3,094.00
250.00
775.00
350.00
222.50
750.00
140.00
275.00
600.00
33'635-oo
200.00
^89,010.50
106
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPOKTS.
Names and Residences of the Members of the Fire
Department.
BOARD OF ENGINEERS.
Name.
1 : Thomas VV. Lane ..
2 Fied S. Bean
3 I Ruel G. Manning.. .
4 j Eugene S. Whitney
5 i Clarence R. Merrill
Rank.
Chief
Asst. and clerk
Assistant
Occupation.
Residence.
1937 Elm.
Machinist i 102 Orange.
Carpenter 52 Douglas.
Supt. ElectricL't River road, N.
Grain dealer 414 Merrimack
AMOSKEAG STEAM FIRE-ENGINE COMPANY NO. 1.
House No. 28 Vine Street.
11
Name.
Rank.
Occupation.
Residence.
7
Charles F. McCoy...
Foreman ?
Machinist
5M. S. B.
S
Frank E. Stearns
Asst. foreman
Paper-hanger . .
389 Lake ave.
17
Henry C. Parsons
Clerk
Auctioneer
28 Vine.
6
Charles F. Hall
Engineer
Machinist
28 Vine.
13
Joseph H. Gould
Asst. engineer.
1087 Elm.
11
Charles H. Rogers ....
Driver steamer
Teamster
28 Vine.
12
Artemas C. Barker . . .
Driver of hose.
28 Vine.
15
Thomas J. Wyatt
Hoseman
Carpenter
44 Middle.
16
Frank B. Marston
"
11 M. S. B.
19
Henry A. Boone
Machinist. .
24 M. S. B.
9
Lewis G. Bryant
"
Carpenter
31 M. S. B.
18
James L. Brock
,,
Tinsmith
21 Market.
14
Edgar A. Young
Clerk
371 Merrimack
10
Lucius M. Rollins —
'
Molder
174 Concord.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER.
107
FIRE KING STEAM FIRE-ENGINE COMPANY NO. 2.
House on North Main Street, 'Squog.
Name.
Rank.
Occupation.
Residence.
67
David G. Mills
Foreman
Contractor
607 Granite ex.
71
Charles G Ranno
Asst. foreman.
Harness-maker..
63 Parker.
fiS
John Martin
Clerk
Machinist
624 N. Main.
120
Harry C. Morrill
Engineer
Engineer
Engine-house.
119
Stephen Thomes
Asst. engineer.
Carpenter
55 Douglas.
76
Jeremiah Lane
Driver steamer
Teamster
Engine-house.
69
Arthur W. Whitcomb.
Driver of hose.
Engine-house.
19.
Samuel A. Hill
Hoseman
Janitor
86 School.
75
Robert J. Hill
Carpenter
Machinist
86 School. ,
77
Daniel B. Emery '.
Williams.
73
Charles S. Cousins...
Harness-maker..
53 Douglas.
74
Thomas C. Foote
Wool sorter
56 N. Main.
66
Joseph H. Alsop
Wool waste sort'r
34 Douglas.
70
Chas. M. Tewksbury..
Freight handler.
86 School.
MERRIMACK STEAM FIRE-ENGINE COMPANY NO. 3.
House on Lake Avenue, corner Massabesic.
Name.
Rank.
Occupation.
Residence.
86
Frank F. Porter
Foreman
Manufacturer . . .
330 Spruce.
79
Louis N. Dufrain
Asst. foreman.
Plumber
3:3 Hall.
83
Ernest E. Hubbell ...
Clerk
Carpenter
417 Central.
121
George B. Forsaith. ..
Engineer
Machinist
Engine-house.
122
Edwin E. Weeks
Asst. engineer.
255 Lake ave.
87
George H. Wheeler...
Driver steamer
Teamster
Engine-house.
81
William S. McLeod...
Driver of hose.
Engine-house.
SS
80
Ernest L. George
Clerk
366 Lake ave.
84
Charles H. Colburn ...
Carpenter
294 Laurel.
85
Will P. Emerson
294 Laurel.
89
Parker R. Brown
Clerk
422 Merrimack
78
George Dunnington..
Harness-maker .
510 Wilson.
8-^
Lyman W. Piper . .
464 Central.
108
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
N. S. BEAN HTEAM FIRE-ENGINE COMPANY NO. 4.
House on Vine street.
r; 0
Name.
Rank.
Occupation.
Residence.
26
Lorenzo J. Chandler. .
Foreman
Clerk
123 Orange.
23
George A. Cann
Asst. foreman.
Watchman
27 Middle.
20
Lucius B. Snelling
Clerk
Pharmacist
269 Hanover.
21
Edgar G. Abbott
Engineer
Machinist
20 Vine.
32
Benj. R. Richardson..
Asst. Engineer
12 Mechanic.
31
Frank J. Dnstin
Driver steamer
Teamster
20 Vine.
29
Alphouso E. Foster. . .
Driver of hose.
20 Vine.
28
Willie H. Dodge
Hoseman
Railroad flrem'n
530 Chestnut.
30
Ellsworth V. Rowe. . . .
"
Section hand —
1261 Elm.
22
Walter A. Clarkson. . .
"
Carpenter
98 Sagamore.
25
Frank B. Stevens
"
Clerk
310 Central.
27
Edwartl Sargent
"
Machinist
954 Elm.
24
Edward C. Gould
"
Clerk
26 Mechanic.
33
Thomas W. Lane. Jr. .
"
Electrician
1937 Eln..
GENERAL STARK STEAM FIRE-ENGINE COMPANY NO. 5.
House No. 44 Webster Street.
j
Name. '
Rank.
Occupation.
Residence.
49
Charles W. Brown —
Foreman
Clerk
16 Hazel.
123
George R. Simmons . . .
Asst. foreman.
Machinist
82 Pennacook.
46
42
Woodbury Davison . . .
Daniel VV. aiorse
Clerk
Carpenter
Engineer
817 Union.
Engineer
1419 Elm.
102
W alter Morse
Asst. engineer.
Machinist
831 Union.
125
EmilH. Smith
Driver steamer
Teamster
44 Webster.
124
101
47
95
I,
44 Webster.
Milo B Wilson
48 Blodget.
Russell L.Cilley
Edward H. Clough ...
Clerk
860 Chestnut.
8.59 Chestnut.
41
Arthur A. Smith
,,
Blacksmith
11 W. Applefn
12(i
Al vin McLane
Carpenter
15 Liberty.
99
Joseph I. Risvold
Machinist
130 Myrtle.
108
Edwin L. Towle
Clerk
62 Webster.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER.
109
PENNACOOK HOSE COMPANY N(^. 1.
House No. 26 Vine Street.
'Z O;
Name.
Occupation.
Albert lla.xlieUl. j Foreman I5flt maker.
Jcsepli K. Merrill Asst. foreman. Currier.
Frank D. Burleigb Clerk Carpenter.. .
Waller L. Blenus Driver Teamster...
George PI. Porter..
Albert A. Putrer...
Charles B. Frencli.
John E. Sanborn..
Samuel \V. Patten .
George I. Ayer
Edwin VV. Merrill .
Henry Gray
Hosuman Carpenter
" Kailr'd employee
" ■ . ■ . Carpenter
Belt maker
Electrician.
Clerk
Macliinist ..
Residence.
9S Liberty.
21 Asb.
(j M. S. B.
■2G Vine.
27'J Laurel.
499 Beecb.
39 M. S. B.
■274 Laurel.
3 M. S. B.
28 M. S. IJ.
21 Ash.
7 .•\L S. 15.
MASSABESIC HOSE COMPANY NO. 2.
House on Jfajjle Street, come)' East High.
zP 6
Namk.
Rank.
Occupation.
Residence.
John F. Seaward Foreman Caipenter 27 W'arieii.
Revilo G. Houghton.. Asst. foreman. Gas litter 288 Bridge.
Ilenrj' G. Seaman — Clerk Carpenter \ 14 South.
Walter Seaward Driver Teamster I ,t21 Maple.
Jos. W. Batcbelder . . . Hosen\;in ' Cai'penter j 467 Maple.
Albert E. Batcbelder.
Fred S. Lewis
Julien B. Huntley
Charles W. Powell
Addison Seaward
Arthur B. Merrill
.Tames A. Rogers
i 4G7 :\[aple.
Plumber i 27 South.
'■ :J6 Dutton.
Carpenter 540 Maple.
2,J0East High.
I
C02 Hall.
I
•' I 70 Beech.
110
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
CHEMICAL ENGINE COMPANY NO. 1.
House No. 8 Vine Street.
o
so .
1^
Name.
Rank.
Occupation.
Residence.
116
George N. Burpee
Foreman
Electrician
19 Ash.
117
"Warren F. Wheeler ..
Clerk & driver
Teamster
8 Vine.
lis Frank A. Pherson
Pipeman
^Machinist
8 Vine.
115 Jesse W. Truell
Fireman
Hackman
153 Hanover.
44 Frank H. Harvey*....
Teamster
546 Chestnut.
* Detailed as driver of supply wagon.
EXCELSIOR HOOK-AND-LADDER COMPANY NO. 1.
House No. IS Vine Street.
o
1= NAME.
Rank. Occupation.
Residence.
91 Jerome J. Lovering . .
Foreman ; Carpenter
300 Pine.
46 Stark Corp.
20 M. S. B.
90 Henry Johnson
Clerk
Piper
94 Charles iM. Denyou . . .
Teamster
18 Vine.
100 Blodget.
268 Bridge.
98 John N. Chase
Overseer
92 Oscar P. Stone
.<
Clerk
312 Manchest'r
114 John Wilson
„
Carpenter
19 Warren.
103 Luther J. Flint
4 Button.
104 Harrison H. Cole
45 M. S. B.
109 George >I. Jones
Gardener
558 Chestnut.
110 Pharis E. Rogers
97 Charles W. Bailey...
„
135 Orange.
"
Carriage maker
Linden.
107 Wf»nri7 TTpiin
„
Manufacturer . . .
4 Whitney.
113
Charles H. Laxon
"
Carpenter
27 Middle.
106
Charles Edgar
"
16 M. S. B.
105
JohnT.Gott
" Teamster
301 E. Spruce.
112
Henrj' C. Crosby
"
234 Lake ave.
93
Charles H. Gile
" Carpenter
56 Stark Corp.
100
Frank M. Frisselle. ...
Reporter '
Hanover.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. Ill
Location of Hydrants.
The following locations of hydrants are as furnished by the
water- works office in 1891.
I applied to the office for those set during the year and could
not obtain them, the clerk refusing to furnish the list.
Amherst, northwest corner of Vine.
Amherst, southwest corner of Chestnut.
Amherst, northwest corner of Pine.
Amherst, northwest corner of Union.
Amherst, northwest corner of Walnut.
Amherst, northwest corner of Beech.
Amherst, northwest corner of Maple.
Amherst, northwest corner of Lincoln.
Amherst, northwest corner of Ashland.
Amherst, northwest corner of Hall.
Amherst, northwest corner of Belmont.
Appleton, northwest corner of Elm.
Appleton, northwest corner of Chestnut.
Appleton, northwest corner of Pine.
Appleton, northwest corner of Union.
Arlington, northwest corner of Cross.
Arlington, northwest corner of Warren.
Arlington, northwest corner of Ashland.
Ash, front of No. 32.
Auburn, corner of Franklin.
Auburn, northeast corner of Elm.
Auburn, front of No. 40.
Auburn, northwest corner of Chestnut.
Auburn, northwest corner of Adams.
Auburn, northwest corner of Union.
Auburn, northwest corner of Beech.
Auburn, northwest corner of Maple.
Baker, corner of Ehn.
Baker, corner of River road.
Baker, corner of Calef road.
112 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Baker, corner of Nutt road.
Bay, corner of Salmon.
Bedford, northwest corner of Granite.
Bedford, near No. 36 M. P. W. corporation.
Bedford, northwest corner of Central.
Beech, northwest corner of Park.
Beech, front of No. 584.
Behnont, near No. 345.
Belmont, corner Young.
Belmont, near Coffin residence.
Birch, northwest corner of Lowell.
Birch, northwest corner of Washington.
Blodget, front of primary school house,
Blodget, northwest corner of Chestnut.
Blodget, northwest corner of Pine.
Blodget, northwest corner of Union.
Bridge, front of No 26.
Bridge, northwest corner of Chestnut.
Bridge, northwest corner of Union.
Bridge, northwest corner of Walnut.
Bridge, northwest corner of Beech.
Bridge, northwest corner of Ash.
Bridge, northwest corner of Maple.
Bridge, near No. 242.
Bridge, northwest corner oT Russell.
Bridge, northwest corner of Linden.
Bridge, corner of Ashland.
Bridge, corner of Hall.
Brook, northwest corner of 1'. Adams's lot.
Brook, northwest corner of Chestnut.
Brook, northwest corner of Pine.
Brook, northwest corner of Union.
Brook, northwest corner of Beech.
Brook, northwest corner of Ash.
Calef road, near Patrick Harrington's.
Calef road, near D. T. Smith's house.
Canal, near east corner of Depot.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 113
Canal, near office door M. L. W.
Cedar, corner of Elm.
Cedar, front of No. 36.
Cedar, northwest corner of Chestnut.
Cedar, northwest corner of Pine.
Cedar, northwest corner of Union.
Cedar, northwest corner of Beech.
Cedar, northwest corner of Maple.
Cedar, northwest corner of Lincoln.
Central, northwest corner of Chestnut.
Central, northwest corner of Pine.
Central, northwest corner of Union.
Central, near gate, Merrimack square.
Central, northwest corner of Beech.
Central, northwest corner of Maple.
Central, northwest corner of Lincoln.
Central, front of No. 374.
Central, northwest corner of Wilson.
Central, northwest corner of Hall.
Central, corner of Cass.
Chestnut, northwest corner of Lowell.
Chestnut, opposite High.
Chestnut, northwest corner of Pearl.
Chestnut, northwest corner of Orange.
Chestnut, northwest corner of Myrtle.
Chestnut, northwest corner of Prospect.
Chestnut, northwest corner of Salmon.
Clarke, northwest corner of Elm.
Clarke, northwest corner of Union.
Concord, corner Elm.
Concord, opposite Vine.
Concord, northwest corner Chestnut.
Concord, northwest corner of Union.
Concord, northwest corner of Walnut.
Concord, northwest corner of Beech.
Concord, northwest corner of Maple.
114 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Concord, northwest corner of old Amherst.
Concord, northwest corner of Ashland.
Concord, northwest corner of Hall.
Concord, northwest corner of Belmont.
Cypress, south end of street.
Cypress, at Manchester shoeshop.
Dean, northeast corner of Canal.
Dean, northwest corner of Elm.
Depot, northeast corner of Elm.
Elm, opposite foot of Manchester.
Elm, northwest corner of Salmon.
Elm, northwest corner of Cove.
Franklin, opposite Middle.
Gore, corner of Beech.
Granite, northwest corner of Elm.
Granite, near Franklin.
Granite, northeast corner of Canal.
Granite, east end of Granite bridge.
Grove, corner of Elm.
Grove, in East Manchester.
Hancock.
Hancock, near shoeshop.
Hancock, northwest corner River road.
Hancock, near brewery.
Hanover, corner of Elm.
Hanover, front of Opera House.
Hanover, northwest corner of Chestnut.
Hanover, northwest corner of Pine.
Hanover, northwest corner of Union.
Hanover, northwest corner of Beech.
Hanover, northwest corner of Maple.
Hanover, northwest corner of Lincoln.
Hanover, northwest corner of Ashland.
Hanover, northwest corner of Hall.
Hanover, northwest corner of Belmont.
Harrison, opposite No. 15.
Harrison, northwest corner of Chestnut.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 115
Harrison, northwest corner of Pine.
Harrison, northwest corner of Union.
Harrison, northwest corner of Beech.
Harrison, northwest corner of Maple.
Harrison, northwest corner of Oak.
Harrison, northwest corner of Russell.
High, corner of Ashland.
High, corner of South.
High, fifty feet east of Wilson road.
Hollis, northeast corner of Canal.
Hollis, northeast corner of Hobbs.
Hollis, northwest corner of Elm.
Jewett, corner of Massabesic.
Kidder, northeast corner of Canal.
Kidder, northeast corner of Hobbs.
Kidder, northwest corner of Elm.
Kidder's court, northwest corner of Elm.
Lake avenue, near No. 36.
Lake avenue, northwest corner of Chestnut.
Lake avenue, northwest corner of Union.
Lake avenue, northwest corner of Maple.
Lake avenue, northwest corner of Lincoln.
Lake avenue, northwest corner of Wilson.
Lake avenue, corner of Cass.
Lake avenue, east end, near Hastings residence.
Langdon, northwest corner of Elm.
Langdon, northeast corner of Canal.
Laurel, northwest corner of Pine.
Laurel, northwest corner of Union.
Laurel, northwest corner of Beech.
Laurel, northwest corner of Maple.
Laurel, northwest corner of Lincoln.
Laurel, near No. 244.
Laurel, northwest corner of Wilson.
Laurel, near Belmont.
Laurel, northwest corner of Milton.
Laurel, northwest corner of Beacon.
116 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Lowell, northwest corner of Beech.
Lowell, northwest corner of Ash.
Lowell, northwest corner of South.
Lowell, front of No. 276.
Lowell, northwest corner of Wilson road.
Lowell, northwest corner of Ashland.
Mammoth road.
Manchester, corner of Elm.
Manchester, front of James Bros.' stable.
Manchester, northwest corner of Central.
Manchester, northwest corner of Pine.
Manchester, northwest corner of Union.
Manchester, northwest corner of Beech.
Manchester, northwest corner of Maple.
Manchester, northwest corner of Lincoln.
Manchester, northwest corner of Wilson.
Manchester, northwest corner of Hall.
Manchester, northwest corner of Belmont.
Maple, northwest corner of Lowell.
Maple, front of No. 350.
Market, near Canal.
Market, near second back street west of Elm.
Market, northwest corner of Elm.
Massabesic, northwest corner of Old Falls road.
Massabesic, southeast corner of Taylor.
Massabesic avenue.
Massabesic, near Mammoth road.
Mechanic, northeast corner of Canal.
Mechanic, near second back street west of Ehn.
Mechanic, northwest corner of Elm.
Merrimack, corner of Elm.
Merrimack, opposite gate, Merrimack square.
Merrimack, northwest corner of Chestnut.
Merrimack, northwest corner of Pine.
Merrimack, northwest corner of Union.
Merrimack, northwest corner of Beech.
Merrimack, northwest corner of Maple.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 117
Merrimack, northwest corner of Lincoln.
Merrimack, near No. 362.
Merrimack, northwest corner of Wilson.
Merrimack, northwest corner of Hall.
Merrimack; near Belmont.
Merrimack, northeast corner of Beacon.
Middle, northeast corner of Canal.
Middle, near No. 67 Amoskeag corporation.
Monroe, northwest corner of Elm.
Myrtle, opposite No. 33.
Myrtle, northwest corner of Pine.
Myrtle, northwest corner of Union.
Myrtle, northwest corner of Walnut.
Myrtle, northwest corner of Beech.
Myrtle, northwest corner of Ash.
Myrtle, northwest corner of Maple.
Myrtle, northwest corner of Oak.
Myrtle, northwest corner of Russell.
North, northwest corner of Bay.
North, northwest corner of Chestnut.
North, northwest corner of Pine.
North, corner of Liberty.
Orange, opposite Clark's avenue.
Orange, northwest corner of Pine.
Orange, northwest corner of Union.
Orange, northwest corner of Walnut.
Orange, northwest corner of Beech.
Orange, corner of Ash.
Orange, corner of Maple.
Orange, corner of Oak.
Orange, corner of Russell.
Orange, corner of Linden.
Orange, corner of Hall.
Pearl, northwest corner of Elm.
Pearl, northwest corner of Clark's avenue.
Pearl, northwest corner of Pine.
Pearl, northwest corner of Union.
118 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Pearl, corner of Beech.
Pearl, corner of Walnut.
Pearl, northwest corner of Ash.
Pearl, northwest corner of Maple.
Pearl, northwest corner of Oak.
Pearl, northwest corner of Russell,
Pearl, northwest corner of Linden.
Pearl, northwest corner of Ashland.
Pearl, northwest corner of Morrison.
Pennacook, northwest corner of Chestnut.
Pennacook, northwest corner of Pine.
Pennacook, northwest corner of Union.
Pine, near Road House.
Pine, northwest corner of Lake avenue.
Pine, northwest corner of Concord.
Pine, northwest corner of Lowell.
Pine, northwest corner of High.
Pine, northwest corner of Bridge.
Pleasant, northeast corner of Canal.
Pleasant, near No. 35 Manchester corporation.
Pleasant, northwest corner of Franklin.
Pleasant, northwest corner of Elm.
Prospect, between Elm and Chestnut.
Prospect, northwest corner of Chestnut.
Prospect, northwest corner of Pine.
Prospect, northwest corner of Union.
Prospect, northwest corner of Walnut.
Prospect, northwest corner of Beech.
Prospect, northwest corner of Ash.
Prospect, northwest corner of Maple.
Prospect, northwest corner of Oak.
Prospect, northwest corner of Russell.
Prospect, corner of Linden.
Reservoir, on force main.
River road (north), north of Webster.
River road (north), near Mrs. John Kelly's.
River road (north), near J. Otis Clark's.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 119
River road (south), near gate of tannery.
Sagamore, corner of Union.
Salmon, corner of Union.
Shasta, corner of Elm.
Shasta, corner of River road.
Shasta, corner of Beech.
Silver, corner of Union.
Silver, corner of Beech.
Somerville, corner of Union.
Spring, northeast corner of Canal.
Spring, northwest corner of Charles.
Spring, northwest corner of Elm.
Spring, corner of EMm.
Spruce, northwest corner of Chestnut.
Spruce, northwest corner of Pine back.
Spruce, northwest corner of Union.
Spruce, between Chestnut and Elm.
Spruce, northwest corner of Beech.
Spruce, northwest corner of Maple.
Spruce, northwest corner of Lincoln.
Spruce, northwest corner of Wilson.
Spruce, northwest corner of Belmont.
Spruce, near T. J. Perry's house.
Stark, northeast corner of Canal.
Stark, near No. 13 Stark corporation.
Stark, northwest corner of Elm.
State, northwest corner of Granite.
State, opposite No. 57 Manchester corporation.
State, opposite No. 13 Manchester corporation,
State, corner of West Central.
Summer, corner of Elm.
Taylor, corner of Young road.
Union, northwest corner of Lowell.
Union, northwest corner of High.
Valley, northwest corner of Elm.
Valley, northwest corner of Willow.
Valley, northwest corner of Beech.
120 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Valley, northwest corner of Wilson.
Valley, northwest corner of Belmont.
Valley, northwest corner of Taylor.
Valley, northwest corner of Cypress.
Valley, northwest corner of Jewett.
Valley, 150 feet east of J. L. Woodman's.
Vine, opposite Central station.
Walnut, northwest corner of Lowell-
Walnut, opposite No. 79.
Walnut, northwest corner of Sagamore.
Water, near No. $8 Amoskeag corporation.
Water, northwest corner of Elm.
Webster, northwest corner of Chestnut.
Webster, corner of Adams. *
Webster, northwest corner of Union.
West Auburn, northeast corner of Canal.
West Bridge, northeast corner of Canal.
West Bridge, northeast corner of Hobbs.
West Bridge, northwest corner of Elm.
West Brook, northeast corner of Canal.
West Brook, northwest corner of Elm.
West Cedar, northeast corner of Canal.
West Cedar, northwest corner of Elm.
West Central, northeast corner of Canal.
West Central, corner of Franklin.
West Central, northwest corner of Elm.
West Merrimack, northeast corner of Canal.
West Merrimack, near in Amoskeag corporation.
West Merrimack, northwest corner of Franklin.
West Merrimack, northwest corner of Elm.
West Pennacook, northwest corner of Elm.
West Webster, northwest corner of Elm.
West Webster, northeast corner of River road.
Wilson, corner of Lake avenue.
Young, corner of Elm.
Young, northwest corner of Beech.
Young, corner of Maple.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 121
Young, 96 feet east of R. N. Batchelder's.
Young, corner of Jewett.
Young road.
PISCATAQUOG AND IMCGREGORVILLE.
A, corner of South Main.
A, near No. 73.
A, northwest corner of B.
Adams, corner of Main.
Adams, corner of Beauport.
Amory, corner of Beauport.
Amory, near Dubuque.
Amory, corner of Rimmon.
Bath, corner of River,
Bath, corner of Shirley.
Bedford road, near Huntress's.
Bennington, corner of Main.
Blaine, corner of Wayne.
Blaine, corner of Cleveland.
Blaine, east end of street.
Bowman, opposite cemetery.
C, corner of Bedford road.
Cartier, corner of Sullivan.
Cartier, corner of Putnam.
Carroll.
Cleveland, northwest corner of Second.
Clinton, corner of Dover.
Clinton, corner of South Main.
Conant, corner of Cartier.
Conant, corner of Dubuque.
Conant, corner of Rimmon.
Dartmouth, corner of O'Neil.
Douglas, corner of Quincy.
Douglas, corner of Green.
Douglas, corner of Barr.
Douglas, corner of West.
Douglas, corner of Main.
Douglas, east of Main.
122 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Ferry, corner of Main.
Granite, corner of Quincy.
Granite, corner of Green.*
Granite, corner of Barr.
Granite, corner of West. .
Granite, corner of Dover.
Granite, corner of Main.
Granite, corner of Shirley.
Granite, corner of River.
Highland, between Wilkins and Mast.
Kelley, corner of Beauport.
Kelley, corner of Cartier.
Kelley, corner of Dubuque.
Main, near Milford.
Marion, corner of McGregor.
Mast, corner of South Main.
jNIast, corner of Bowman.
Mast, between Bowman and South Main.
Mast, opposite J. C. Smith's house.
Mast, 400 feet west of Charles Hoitt's house.
Mast, near J. P. Brock's.
Mast, near the J. N. Prescott house.
McGregor, near Johnson block.
McGregor, opposite "Reed " house.
Milford, southwest corner of South Main.
Milford, southeast corner of Bowman.
Milford, corner of old Bedford road.
Milford, corner of Bismark.
Patten, corner of Ferry.
Putnam, corner of Main.
Putnam, corner of Beauport.
Putnam, corner of Dubuque.
Riddle, near Mast.
School, corner of South Main.
School, opposite schoolhouse.
School, corner of River.
Shirley, northv/est corner of Walker.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 123
Shirley, southwest corner of Ferry.
Sullivan, corner of Main.
Sullivan, corner of Beauport.
Temple, corner of Main.
Walker, corner of River.
Walker, corner of Patten.
Walker, corner of Parker.
Walker, near corner of South Main.
Wayne, near G. Belisle's house.
Wayne, near corner of Beauport.
Wayne, near corner of Main.
Wilkins, northwest corner of Highland.
Wilkins, northwest corner of Mast.
Wilkins, opposite Tirrell residence.
Winter, corner of South Main.
AMOSKEAG.
Dunbarton road, corner of Front.
Dunbarton road, near L. D. Colby's.
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.
Varnum, corner of Main.
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, 477.
REPORT
CITY ENGINEER
City Engineer's Department.
1892.
City Engineer.
WINFRED H. BENNETT
Assistants.
Harrie M. Young.
George W. Wales.
Harry J. Briggs.
Edgar E. Farmer.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
To His Honor the Mayor, and Gentlemen of the City Councils :
Sirs, — I have the honor of presenting my seventh annual re-
port, being the fourteenth annual report of the work in the city
engineer's department and the several highway districts of the
city of Manchester, for the year ending December 31, 1892 :
Expenses of the department for the year 1892 :
For salary of city engineer ....
$1,200.00
salary of assistants .....
2,202.80
supplies for the office ....
107.86
additions to office furniture . . .
58.43
new team ......
302.86
stakes .......
45.00
horse-shoeing and repairs of wagon and harnes
3 13-15
street-car fares . . . .
.90
printing reports .....
28.00
express and postage ....
5-34
repairing ......
14.00
expenses ......
8.92
books and folios .....
43-3°
drawing paper ......
96-35
printing .......
7-5°
rent of telephone
25-50
incidentals .......
.70
Total .......
$4,160.61
Appropriation . .
4,000.00
Amount overdrawn . . . . .
$160.61
128 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
The items for salaries may be divided as follows :
For giving lines and grades for the extension and
% construction of streets and sidewalks . . $303.26
plans and profiles relating to the construction
of streets and sidewalks .... 253.50
surveys and levels for the construction of streets
and sewers ....... 2S2 62
giving lines and grades for and superintending
the construction of sewers . . ... 188.50
plans and profiles relating to the construction
of sewers ....... 176.30
surveys, measurements, and plans for the assign-
ment of street numbers .... 265.74
making plans for improvements other than
those mentioned in this account . . . 133.60
surveys, levels, and plans, also lines and grades
given for improvements in Pine Grove ceme-
tery 88.75
surveys, levels, and plans, aiso lines and grades
given for improvements in Valley cemetery . ii-55
surveys, levels, and plans, also lines and grades
given for repairing and extending the street
railway ....... 32.40
collecting data, classifying accounts, and other
work in relation to office report . . . 84.98
plans, notes, etc., relating to Stark park . . 46.30
survey of Piscataquog river .... i5-02
ward nine engine-house, plans, specifications,
and superintendence ..... m-35
Vine street engine-house, plans, specifications,
and measurements . . . . . 42.00
copying records of highways and of streets laid
0"t 25.75
indexing plans and notes .... 59 20
copying index to transit and level books . . 108.94
checking notes, figures, etc. . . . . 27.51
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 129
For making plans of streets in city clerk's book of
records ....... ;g43.42
plotting sewers in sewer book and on map . 29.40
locating and putting up street signs . . 57-oo
preparing and mounting drawing paper for of-
fice use ....... 29.73
locating and setting stone bounds . . . 38.86
office work, preparing notes, data, records, etc. 248.47
measuring various bridges . . . . 5.40
plotting sectional maps of city . . . 61.50
procuring abuttors' names .... 57-o8
lettering and finishing plans . . . . 70.50
locating cesspools, manholes, etc. . . . 35-25
office work, information given engineers and
others regarding lines, grades, sewers, etc. . 248.02
notes in relation to Putnam street for county
commissioners ...... 8.00
computing areas of land taken for new streets . 60.00
plans for and attendance upon board of alder-
men at street hearings .... 32.00
city farm, measuring well, to verify bill for city
auditor ....... 2.90
orders and petitions written for presentation
to the city government . . . . 16.00
attendance upon meetings of the committee on
streets and plans pertaining thereto . . 64.00
investigating and reporting cases to committee
on claims . . . . . . . 10.00
attendance upon meetings of the committee on
sewers and drains, clerical work, including or-
ders written ...... 28.00
Total ^3,402.80
The following bills, charged to other appropriations, have been
certified to by this department :
Balance of G. W. Whitford's bill of 1890 . . ^201.04
130 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Temple & Farrington Co., blank book for commit-
tee on sewers and drains
T. H. Tuson, printing for same committee
Union Manufacturing Co., street numbers
Flint & Little, putting up street signs
Frank Cummings, painting steeet signs .
Warren Harvey, Maple-street culvert
$12.25
5-35
68.49-
22.95
76.00
3»333-oo
S3, 719. 08
Total
Amount of concrete laid for the city by Charles H. Robie, the
Charles H. Robie Company, and George F. Higgins, as meas-
ured by this department, 13,052.38 square yards.
Expenses for soldiers' monument :
For water ........ $200.00
For gas ......... .14
Total ........ $200.14
The amount of work done by this department during the year
is as follows :
Number of orders for surveys, street lines, and grades 897
for sewer grades .... 99
for paving grades ... 55
for street railway grades . . 3
for profile levels .... 55
Total number of orders . . . . 11 09
Levels for profiles for establishing grades, 54,730 feet, equal to
10.36 miles. These profiles, having three lines of levels on each
street, make a total distance actually leveled of 164.190 feet.
Levels for sewer profiles . . . . . 31584 feet,
for other center profiles . ' . . . 10,719 "
in Pine Grove cemetery .... 200 "
Other levels 7,476 "
Total levels taken . . . . .186,169 f^^t-
Equal to 35.26 miles.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
131
Surveys of streets and street lines
in Pine Grove cemetery
in Valley cemetery .
for street numbers .
Other surveys
Total surveys made ....
Equal to 45.69 miles.
Street lines marked on ground
Lines of lots and avenues, Pine Grove cemetery
of lots and avenues, Valley cemetery
for street centers
for gutters
for curb
for sewers .
for street railway
Other lines ....
Total length of lines marked on ground
Equal to 24.69 miles.
Grades set for sidewalks
for centers .
for gutters .
for curb
for sewers .
for street railway tracks
for building streets
in Pine Grove cemetery
in Valley cemetery
Other grades ....
Total length of grades set
Equal to 18.88 miles.
Profile measurements made .
Equal to 2.45 miles.
Lot owners looked up
Equal to 13.18 miles.
115,516 fe
et
11,410 "
1,500 "
34,055 "
78,790 ''
241,271 feet.
56,200 feet.
12,700 '
900 '
10,179 '
14,431 '
4,541 '
16,782 '
9,200 '
5,450 '
130,383 feet.
25,317 feet.
'1,779 '
14,431 '
4,541 '
16,782 '
1,803 '
28,655 '
4,463 '
464 '
1,451 '
99,686 fe(
it.
12,935 feet.
71,620 feet.
132
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
BATTERS SET.
McGregorville, Fulton engine house.
Maple street, culvert.
Old lots relaid in Valley cemetery .
in Pine Grove cemetery .
New lots laid out in Pine Grove cemetery
Total cemetery lots laid out
Street numbers assigned and put on
replaced
changed
assigned but not put on
Total
Street signs put on, east side .
put on, west side
to be put on, east side
to be put on, west side
Total ....
Number sewer permits granted
This year, as in previous years, the city engineer has
5
28
117
175
512
280
92
66
950
74*
109
78
i8i
1,009
214
investi-
gated all cases where suits were liable to be brought against the
city, and reported to the committee on claims.
PLANS AND PROFILES MADE FOR SIDEWALK GRADES.
B, from Prince to Milford.
Calef road, from Elm to Webster. Nine plans.
Canton, from Lake avenue to Auburn.
Cleveland, from Blaine to Merrimack river.
Dearborn, from Summer to Taylor.
Elm east back, from Hanover to Concord.
Jewett, from Massabesic to Cilley road. Two plans.
Merrimack, from Beacon to Hanover.
North, from Elm to River road.
REPOKT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 133
Second, from Cleveland to Bell. Three plans.
Wilson road, from Concord to Bridge.
Woodbury, from Hill to South Main.
Total plans and profiles, 23.
SEWER PLANS AND PROFILES.
A, from Boynton to B.
Amory, from Beauport to Bennett boulevard.
Ashland, from Amherst to Concord.
Barr, from Granite to Conant.
Bowman, from Mast to A.
Boynton, from A to McDuffie.
C, from Boynton to B.
Carroll, from Milford to Amherst road/
Cartier, from Wayne to south of Sullivan.
Cartier east back, from Amory to Kelley.
Chandler, from West North to West North north back.
Chestnut, from Manchester to Amherst.
Chestnut east back, from Salmon to north of North.
Conant, from Cartier to west of Quincy.
Coolidge avenue, from Amory to Kelley.
Dubuque, from Amory to Putnam.
Dubuque east back, from Amory to Kelley.
East High, from Wilson road to Hall.
Elm west back, from West North north back to Webster.
Front, from Goffstown road to north of Dunbarton road. Two
plans.
Granite, from Green to Winter.
Green, from Granite to Conant.
Grove, from Belmont to Taylor.
Jewett, from Massabesic to Young road.
Kelley, from Coolidge avenue westerly.
Lake avenue, from Beacon to Canton.
Laurel, from Lincoln to Belmont.
Linden, from Bridge to Pearl.
Mast, from Bowman to Mast road.
Morrison, from Pearl to Arlington.
134 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Orange, from Russell to Belmont.
Parker, from Winter to M. & N. W. R. R.
Quincy, from Granite to Conant.
Riddle, from Milford to Mast.
Sullivan, from Main to Beauport.
Third, from School to Blaine.
Union, from Cedar to Summer.
Webster, from Union to east of Oak.
West, from Parker to Conant.
Weston, from Spruce to Lake avenue.
West North, from River road to Elm.
West North north back, from Chandler to Elm west back.
Wilson road, from Bridge to East High.
Wilson road, from Bridge to Concord.
Total sewer plans and profiles, 45.
NUMBERING PLANS.
Amory, Dubuque to Bennett boulevard. Two plans.
B, Prince to Milford.
Barr, Conant southerly.
Bell, Second to South Main. Two plans.
Belmont, Young to Cilley. Three plans.
Belmont, Bridge to Harrison. Three plans.
Bridge, Hall to Mammoth road. Three plans.
Brown avenue, Elm southerly. Four plans.
Cedar, Lincoln to Spruce. Two plans.
Cheney place, Elm to Brown avenue.
Clay, Elm to Porter. Nine plans.
Colby, West Hancock to Log.
Conant, Dubuque to Quincy.
Cypress, Massabesic to Cilley. Four plans.
Dartmouth, Log to south of Wingate. Three plans.
Dickey, West- Hancock to South Main.
Dinsmoor, West Hancock to Piscataquog river.
Foster avenue. Valley to Young.
Frederick, Wentworth to South Main. Two plans.
Front, Mill to Dunbarton road.
REPOKT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 135
Garland avenue, Taylor to Cypress.
Gilman, Wentworth to Second.
Green, Conant southerly.
Green, Canal to Belmont. Six plans.
Grove, Canal to Belmont. Six plans.
Hale, Frederick to Wingate. Two plans.
Hall, Lake avenue to Cilley. Six plans.
Hall, Bridge to Harrison. Three plans.
Harrison, Russell to Belmont. Two plans.
Harvey, West Hancock to Piscataquog river.
Harvard, Elm to Porter. Six plans.
Hevey, Conant to Kelley. Five plans.
Hill, Frederick to south of Gilman. Two plans.
Jewett, Massabesic to Cilley. Four plans.
Kelley, Beauport to M. & N. W. R. R. Seven plans.
Lincoln, Auburn to Cilley. Five plans.
Linden, Orange to Gore. Two plans.
Main, Granite to A.
Marlborough, Bowman westerly.
Massabesic, Lake avenue to Mammoth road. Six plans.
McDuffie, Boynton to Huntress.
McNeil, West Hancock to Dartmouth.
Mead, Hall to Belmont.
Merrill, Elm to Porter. Nine plans.
Mill, Front easterly.
Myrtle, Linden to Belmont. Two plans.
Old Falls road, Belmont to Massabesic. Two plans.
Orange, Linden to Belmont. Two plans.
Pearl, Linden to Belmont. Two plans.
Prescott, Elm to Belmont. Six plans.
Prince, Boynton to Huntress.
Prospect, Linden to Belmont.
Quincy, Conant southerly.
Second, Mill northerly.
Second, Cleveland to Bell. Three plans.
Shasta, Elm to Porter. Ten plans.
Short, Elm to Belmont. Five plans.
136 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Silver, Elm to Porter. Nine plans.
Somerville, Elm to Porter. Nine plans.
Summer, Canal to Massabesic. Six plans.
Taylor, Massabesic to Cilley. Five plans.
Third, Mill to West Salmon.
Valley, Elm to Massabesic. Nine plans.
Wayne, Dubuque to Hevey.
Wentworth, West Hancock to Oilman. Two plans.
Wheelock, West Hancock to Belknap. Three plans.
Wilson, Cedar to Cilley. Seven plans.
Woodbury, Hill to South Main. Two plans.
Young, Elm to Massabesic. Ten plans.
, Front easterly.
Numbering sheets made for new book, 199.
Total numbering plans made, 427.
MISCELLANEOUS PLANS.
Adams, Ray, Union, and Chestnut streets, Phinehas Adams's
farm. Copy.
Amory, Essex, and Columbus streets, land owned by J. A.
Sheehan & Co. Copy.
Amory, Essex, Congress, and Monitor streets, plan of D. C.
Whittemore's lots. Copy.
Amory, Kelley, and Joliet streets, land of J. McGovern, Copy.
B street, land bought of Fairbanks and Fisher by E. E. Bul-
lard. Copy.
Bartlett, Thornton, and Whipple streets, plan of D. C. Whit-
temore's lots. Copy.
Boynton street, plan of " Glen wood." Copy.
Central street, Lake avenue, and James Hall road, land of
Frederick Allen. Copy.
Jewett and Cypress streets, land of H. H. Young. Copy.
Kelley street, plan of Bowman land. Copy.
Kelley, Amory, Joliet, and Lafayette streets, land owned by
Sullivan and Sheehan. Copy.
Lake avenue, Lincoln, Belmont, and Young streets, land of
Amoskeag company. Copy.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER, * 137
Mast street, plan of the Head estate. Copy.
Morgan, Moore, Kimball, and other streets, plan of William
B. Morgan's lots. Copy.
Pine Grove cemetery, lots and avenues in northwest corner.
Sagamore street, land of Upton, Harvey, and Weston. Copy.
Spring, Bridge, Elm, and Canal streets, Amoskeag company's
lots. Copy.
Trenton street. Miss Elizabeth B. Stark's farm. Copy.
Wilkins street, land of U. A. and E. G. Carswell. Copy.
Total miscellaneous plans, 19.
WORKING PLANS.
Adams, Webster to Clarke. Profile.
Amory, Main to Coolidge avenue. Center profile.
Amory, Beauport to edge of bluff. Profile.
Amory extension, Amory to Bartlett. Profile.
Amory, Ward 9 engine-house. Thirteen plans.
Amory, Ward 9 engine-house, detail of date stone.
Auburn, Elm to Pine east back. Sewer profile.
Auburn, Pine to Pine east back. Sewer profile.
Auburn south back, Pine east back to Beech. Two sewer pro-
files.
Auburn, Wilson to Belmont. Profile.
Bartlett, Amory extension to south of Sullivan. Profile.
Bay east back. Sketch showing sewer.
Beech, Cedar to Nutt road. Profile.
Bell, Wilson to Belmcnt. Profile.
Cedar, Wilson to Belmont. Profile.
Cheney place. Elm to Brown avenue. Profile.
Chestnut, Appleton to Clarke. Center profile for water-works.
Concord and Nashua. Plan for curbing at William Corey's.
Coolidge avenue, Amory to Kelley. Center profile.
Details for curbs for superintendent of streets.
Dubuque, Amory to Kelley. Profile.
Dubuque east back, Amory to Kelley. Sewer profile.
Elm, Manchester to Hanover. Profile.
Elm, Bridge to Market. Profile.
138 ' ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Elm, Concord to Lowell. Profile for grades.
Elm, Stark block section. Plan and grades.
Franklin, Granite to Auburn. Profile.
George, Milford northerly. Profile.
Green, Wilson to Belmont. Profile.
Grove, Wilson to Belmont. Profile.
Hall, Lake avenue to Young. Profile.
Hall, Young to Clay. Profile.
Harrison, Russell to Belmont. Profile.
Harvard, Pine to Belmont. Profile.
Hevey, Bennett boulevard to Coolidge avenue. Profile.
High, Ashland to Belmont. Center profile fi^r water-works.
Jewett, Valley to Cilley road. Plan for locating line.
Kelley, Beauport to M. & N. W. R. R. Profile.
Kelley, Coolidge avenue to Dubuque east back. Center profile.
Lincoln, Lake avenue to Cilley road. Profile.
Lowell, Wilson road to Belmont. Profile.
Main, Sullivan to Wayne. Sewer profile.
Maple, Hanover to Cilley road. Profile.
Maple street culvert. Plan and sections.
Mead, Hall to Belmont. Profile.
Merrill, Wilson to Belmont. Profile.
Pine, Cedar to Auburn. Sewer profile.
Pine east back. Auburn to Auburn south back. Two sewer
profiles.
Pine Grove cemetery. Plan of J. L. Stevens's lot.
Prospect, Russell to east of Belmont. Profile.
Prospect, Linden to Derry old line. Center profile for water-
works.
Putnam-, Main to west of M. & N. W. R. R. Profile.
Ray, Webster to Clarke. Profile.
Silver, Pine to Belmont. Profile.
Stark park, location of trees for landscape gardeners.
Summer, Wilson to Belmont. Profile.
Three-horse hitch. Plans and sections.
Union, Young to Auburn. Profile.
Valley cemetery, plan of Olzendam's lot for F. S. Bodwell.
KEPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 139
Valley, Elm to Massabesic. Center profile.
Wilson, Young to Clay. Profile.
Wilson road. Bridge to East High. Sewer profile.
Young, Wilson to Belmont. Profile.
Total working plans, 77.
TRACINGS.
Amory, Ward 9 engine-house. Thirteen plans.
Amory, Ward 9 engine-house. Part of basement.
Auburn, Canton to James Hall road. For road hearing.
Belmont, Lincoln, Shasta, and Valley. Square showing lots.
Belmont and Summer. Dr. Parsons's lot.
Boynton, " Glenwood " section.
Bremer. Amoskeag Company's profile.
Brown avenue, Baker southerly.
Cemetery brook. Pine to Beech. For Inspector O'Dowd.
Central, James Hall road and Lake avenue. Land of Freder-
ick Allen.
Coolidge avenue, west of Amoskeag Company's lots.
Elm, Stark block section. Plan and grades for architect.
Jewett and Young. Schoolhouse lot, location of trees.
Kelley, Amory, Joliet, and Lafayette. Land of Sullivan and
Sheehan.
Lincoln, Belmont, Lake avenue and Young. Land of Elliot
Manufacturing Company.
Maple street culvert. Plan and section.
Mitchell, Calef to River road. For road hearing.
New Hampshire Improvement Company's land, showing
grades.
Pine Grove cemetery. Heath lot curbing.
Pine Grove cemetery, plan of J. L. Stevens's lot.
Pine Grove cemetery, part of Landscape lawn.
Pine Grove cemetery, Swedish section. Three plans.
Pine Grove cemetery, section north of Swede lot. Three
plans.
Second, at Piscataquog river.
Second, Cleveland to West Hancock.
140 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Stark park, location of trees.
Stevens, Baker southerly. For road hearing.
Three-horse hitch. Plans and sections.
Trenton, farm of Miss Elizabeth B. Stark.
Ward 5, location of.
Ward 9, location of.
West Manchester, Amoskeag Company's plan.
Wilkins, land of U. A. and E. G. Carswell.
Total tracings, 50.
BLUE PRINTS.
Amory, Ward 9 engine-house. Twenty-six plans.
Canal, Granite to Pleasant. Location.
Hall, Lake avenue to Central. Street railway tracks.
Massabesic, street railway turnout.
Milford, land of Brooks, Brock, and Brooks.
Second, Cleveland to West Hancock. Two plans.
Second, M. & N. W. R. R. to West Hancock. Two plans.
Second, at Piscataquog river.
Three-horse hitcli. Two plans.
Trenton, land of Miss Elizabeth B. Stark.
Ward 5, location of.
Total blue prints, 39.
MAPS.
McGregorville, showing lots from Merrimack river to town
line and from Wayne street to Goffstown road.'
West Manchester, property map, including section from Mer-
rimack river to town line and from Mast to Adams street.
West Manchester, sewer map, additional sections and changes.
Total maps, 3.
Forty-three plans of streets laid out have been copied in the
city clerk's book of records.
Total of all plans made, 726.
Twelve plans are under way which will be completed during
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 141
the year. Twenty-three miscellaneous plans have been lettered
and finished.
Plans made for the establishment of grade on laid oi:t streets,
62,763 feet.
Plans made for the establishment of grade on streets not laid
out, 18,704 feet.
Total, 81,467 feet, equal to 15.43 miles.
142
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
SEWERS BUILT
Adams
Amherst
Amherst
Ashland
Belmont
Bridge
Wilson road
Wilson road
Central
Central
Central
Elm west back
Grove
Hall
Central
High, East
High, East
Jewett
Lake ave
Lake ave
Laurel
Linden
Lowell south back.
Massabesic
Morrison
Morrison
Orange.
Pearl
Webster
Webster
Wilson road
Totals.
Location.
•From Appleton northerlv
West of Union westerly
West of Union westerly
From Concord southerly
From south of Lowell to High.
Easterly to Wilson road
Bridge to East High
Bridge to East High
From Franklin easterly
From Franklin easterly
From Franklin easterly
From Bridge southerly
From Belmont easterl j'
Spruce to Central
From Hall east and west
Wilson i-oad to Ashland
Wilson road to Ashland
Massabesic southerly
Hall to Belmont
Hall to Belmont ,
West of Wilson westerly
From Arlington northerly
From Chestnut easterly
Cypress to Jewett
Pearl to Arlington
Pearl to Arlington
East of Linden ,
Easterly to Morrison
Union to Walnut ,
Union to Walnut
From Lowell southerly
Material.
Portland
Akron —
Portland
Akron. . . .
Brick . . . .
Portland .
Iron
Akron....
Portland
Akron.
Portland
Akron.. .
Portland
Akron —
Portland
Akron
Portland
Akron.
Portland
Aliron.. ..
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
IN 1892. — EAST SIDE.
143
Size in
inches.
Length in
feet, new.
Length in
ft., relaid.
Man-
holes.
Lamp-
holes.
Y
branches.
Total cost.
Cost
per ft.
10
213
80
6
200
548
I
1
'S
3
$379.59
1 100.37
24S.30
809.11
1
1
y 1,475.28
1
J
1
}■ 1,025.50
1
J
374.49
440.94
1 1,432 42
1 599.76
1,450.94
1 396.78
214.86
228.24
74.51
3,676 35
1 375.67
202.86
395.70
( 430.01
157.62
$1,782
10
10
1.167
10
2
32
2
2
1
1
7
22
1.242
1.471
10
24x36
1
15
373
12
........
13
3.538
14
20
4
198
16
2
20
11
4.704
16
165
491
538 .
12
2
1
2
7
19
15
2.269
12
.898
24
10
55
2.662
12
200
304
650
293
61
255
167
44
483
108
202
153
222
64
291
99
1
11
20
10
2
12
6
1
13
3
7-
4
9
2
6
5
10
1.190
15
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2.232
12
12
1.121
8
.843
10
10
1.366
1.693
20
2
7.611
10
10
10
1
1
1.211
1 326
10
1
1.783
15
15
1
1
1
1.211
10
1.592
6,222
307
26
6
323
$14,489.30
144
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
SEWERS BUILT
Street.
A
Amory. ...
Amory
Bath
Beauport .
Blaine
Blaine —
Bowman.
Caitier
Caitier
Cartier
Putnam
Cartier east back...
Cooiitlge avenue —
Coolidge avenue —
Kelley
Dubuque east back .
Gi'anite
Main
Main
Main
Main
Main
Boynton
Sullivan ,
Third
Third
Third
Third
Totals
Location.
Main to B
Main to B
Main to B
Main to Coolidge avenue
Dubuque to Rimmon
From Second westerly
From Schuyler northerly
Third to Cleveland
Third to Cleveland
A to Milford
Boynton to B
Boynton to B
Boynton to B
Wayne to south of Sullivan
Wayne to south of Sullivan
Wayne to south of Sullivan
From Cartier westerly
From Kelley southerly
From Amory northerly
Northerly to Kelley
Beauport to Dubuque east back.
From Kelley southerly
From Winter northerly
Sullivan to Wayne
Sullivan to Wayne
Wayne to Amory
South of Milford to A
South of Milford to A
A to C
From Main westerly
Piscataquog river to Cleveland.
Piscataqnog river to Cleveland.
Cleveland to Blaine
Ferry to.Ferry south back
Material.
Altron . . .
Portland .
Akron
Portland.
Akron....
Portland .
Akron —
Portland .
Brick . . . .
Portland.
Akron —
Portland .
Akron.. ..
Portland.
Iron
Portland.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
145
IN 1892. — WEST SIDE.
Size in
inches.
Lengtli in
feet, new.
Length in
ft., relaid.
Man-
holes.
Lamp-
holes.
Y
branches.
Total cost.
Cost
per ft.
12
112
29
666
135
270
137
332
435
200
545
540
48
39
740
60
430
31
.548
575
160
414
557
174
3
y $929.65
281, 8U
394.69
129.09
293.45
1 1,460.53
490.05
648.83
J- 1,633.49
1
J •
801.11
416.89
1 1,491.48
839.12
116.45
}■ 6,937.26
J
1
;■ 1, .556. 07
J
249.38
y 702.94
166.47
12
1
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
1
$1,152
10
33
20
2.088
1.461
.942
.884
2.300
12
1
1
6
6
12
16
6
23
24
10
10
12
10
10
1.899
12
12
1.035
10
1
3
3
30
12
12
10
1
1
17
2
20
1.328
12
10
]
2
1
2
1
1
1.462
7*^5
20
20
20
9
21
10
33
21
2.598
10
1 603
10
.669
24x36
Ill
877
486
24
4
2
4.706
24
15
40
623
381
207
80
12
243
175
15
2
2
1
1
27
14
6
15
10
1.204
15
12
2 098
12
2
1
9
4
10
.951
8,938
1,474
40
5
359
$19,592.75
10
146 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
PIPE REMOVED WHERE NEW SEWERS HAVE BEEN BUILT.
Street.
Location.
Material
Size in Length
inclies. | in feet
From Wilson road westerly.
From Franklin easterly
At Hall
Akron .
10 S'>
15
10
15
12
202
Central
55
Sullivan to Putnam
430
Main
Putnam to Amory..*
1,044
1 76.3
SUMMARY OF SEWERS BUILT IN 1 89 2.
Total 24x36 inches, brick .
24-inch Portland pipe
20-inch Akron pipe .
20-inch Portland pipe
1 5 -inch Akron pipe .
1 5 -inch Portland pipe
14-inch iron pipe
12-inch Akron pipe .
12-inch Portland pipe
1 2 -inch iron pipe
J 10-inch Akron pipe .
lo-inch Portland pipe
S-inch Portland pipe .
1 5 -inch pipe, cesspools, and connections
12-inch pipe, cesspools, and connections
lo-inch pipe, cesspools and connections
8-inch pipe, cesspools, and connections
143 feet
1,901
4
1.965
687
1,831
12
1,684
2,034
12
1,612
4,799
255
40
140
978
1,521
19,618 feet.
Total sewers built in 1892
Equal to 3.71 miles.
Following is the total amount of sewerage in the city January
I, 1892 :
8-inch Akron pipe ...... 7,113 feet.
10-inch Akron pipe ...... 43,943 "
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
147
1 2-inch Akron pipe
15-inch Akron pipe
18-inch Akron pipe
20-inch Akron pipe
24-inch Akron pipe
Total Akron pipe
Equal to 26.548 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.
lo-inch Portland pipe, new .
12-inch Portland pipe, new.
15-inch Portland pipe, new.
20-inch Portland pipe, new .
24-inch Portland pipe, new .
Total Portland pipe, new
Equal to 2.956 miles.
9-inch cement pipe .
12-inch cement pipe .
15-inch cement pipe .
18-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.
60,350
feet
i5>562
iC
3.652
((
6,007
ii
3>548
a
140,175
feet
90
feet
3^990
n
770
i i
4,850 feet.
6,043
feet
2,174
((
1,831
a
2,300
i {
3,264
(C
15,612
feet
15,861
feet
21,629
IS
490
it
860
it
735
ft
1,697
it
41,272
feet
1,175
feet
2,545
(C
3,720 feet.
148
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
1 8-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, l^rick sewers
26 X 39 inches, brick sewers
2914^ 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 6.962 miles.
12-inch
14-inch iron pipe
iron pipe
20-inch
24-inch
ron pipe
ron pipe
5,725 feet
3,187
1,600
545
446
1,195
1,400
1,506
1,197
387
9,097
514
4,53°
1,360
3,279
790
36,758
feet
24
feet
24
iC
62
il
12
u
277>^
11
36-inch iron pipe
Total iron pipe ..... 399/'2 feeL
Equal to 0.075 I'^^iles.
48-inch steel pipe . . . . . . 312 feeL
Equal to 0.052 miles.
Total in all sewers ...... 243,108^ feet.
Equal to 46.043 miles.
The following shows the amount of concrete laid for the city
in 1892, by Charles H. Robie and the Charles H. Robie Com-
pany. The measurements relating thereto have been made bj
this department and rendered as vouchers for the same.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
149
STREET CROSSINGS,
Sq. j'ds. Price pr. yd.
Total cost.
Amory, at Main, 2 .
56.80 ^0
•75
^42.60
Arlington, at Russell
29.77
•75
22.33
Blodget, at Chestnut, 2
64.00
75
48.00
Blodget, at Pine, 3 .
85.77
75
64.32
Blodget, at Union
32.00
•75
24.00
Blodget south back, at Union
17.77
75
^3-33
Central, at Franklin, 2
63.00
75
47-2$
Concord, at Maple, 4
105.28
75
78.96
Depot, near city yard
21.00
•37
7-77
Douglas, at West
21.30
75
15.98
Elm west back, at Pleasant
17.77
37
6-57
Ferry, at Second
44.40
75
33-33
Granite, south of city yard
32.90
37
12.17
Hanover, at Hall
39.10
75
29.32
Lake avenue, at Elm east back
17.77
37
6.55
Lake avenue, at Wilson
52-44
75
33'33
Lowell, at Union east back
15-50
37>^
5.81
Manchester, at Hall, 2
30.00
75
22.50
Marion, at Main
28.40
75
21.30
Marion, at Main
28.40
37
10.50
McGregor west back, at Marion
17-50
75
13.12
Merrimack, at Wilson
21-33
75
16.00
North, at Pme east back .
^3-33
75
10.00
Orange, at Linden .
30.22
75
22.66
Pennacook, at Pine .
17.77
75
13-32
Pleasant, at Franklin
25.70
37
9-51
School, at Third
31.10
75
23-32
Valley, at Cypress, 3
92.88
75
69.66
Walnut, at Gore
32.00
75
24.00
Wayne, at Main, 2 .
57.60
37
21.30
Webster, at Bay
30.22
75
22.66
Totals . . . .
1,172.95
$791-47
150 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
SIDEWALKS.
Sq. yds. Price pr. yd. Total cost.
Depot, at city yard . . . $64.22 $0.25 $16.05
Dover, at Granite . . . 70.70 .35 24.74
Elm, north of Concord . . 33-33 -45 i4'99
Franklin and Merrimack . . 543-00 .25 ^35-75
Granite, at city yard . . 187.50 .25 46.88
Hanover and Union, ^ of bill . 188.65 .25 23.58
Hanover and Union, ^ of bill . 309.83 .45 69.71
Hanover square . . . 166.20 .45 74-79
Lake avenue, at schoolhouse . 84.35 -25 21.09
Merrimack, at Perry A. Eaton's 28.00 .45 12.60
Nashua, at No. 28, ^ of bill . 31-00 .30 4.65
Nashua and Maple, at hose-house 277.55 -^5 69.38
Pine, at Pennacook, Mr. Brooks 73- 16 .45 32.92
Pine, at Blodget, Mr. Cheney's 71.33 -45 32.10
South Main, at Gordon Wood-
bury's 73.90 .50 36.95
Totals .... 2,202.72 $616.18
ROADWAYS.
Sq. yds. Price per yd. Total cost.
Hanover, Union to Beech . 1,409.90 $0.75 $1,057.43
Main, at Granite . . . 28.10 .37 10.40
Maple, Merrimack to Central . 1,788.40 .75 1,341.30
South Elm, at railroad bridge . 150.66 .50 75-33
Union, Hanover to Amherst . 946.51 .75 709.88
Union, Amherst to Concord . 1,170.17 i.oo 1,170.17
West, Douglas northerly . . 331.44 -75 248.58
Totals .... 5,825.18 $4,613.09
MISCELLANEOUS.
Sq. yds. Price pr. yd. Total cost.
Belmont, driveway at Geo. W.
Rief's 8.66 $0.37 $3.20
Lake ave., at engine-house . 99.00 .45 44-55
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
151
Lake ave., at ward-room .
Maple and Myrtle, gutters at J.
A. Weston's, one half of bill
Maple, at hose-house
Pine Grove cemetery, roadway
Tremont square
Union, at Mrs. Wallace's
Webster street, schoolhouse
Webster street, schoolhouse
Totals ....
Sq. yds. Price pr. yd. Total cost.
18.33 ^o-45 ^8.25
I97-50
75
74.09
132.20
•25
33-05
1,117.20
•65
726.18
3°-33
45
13-65
12.33
•45
5-55
339-92
45
152.96
76.48
25
19.12
2,031.95
$i,oSo.6o
The following table shows the amount of concrete laid for the
city in 1892 by George F. Higgins. The measurements relat-
ing thereto have been made by this department and rendered as
vouchers for the same. •
STREET CROSSINGS.
Sq. yds.
Price pr. yd.
Total cost.
Amory, at Cartier .
33-77
^0.75
$25.33
Cartier east back, at Amory
17.77
•75
^3-33
Central, at Milton .
26.66
•75
20.00
Central, at Hall
33-77
•75
25-33
Chestnut, at Lowell south bad
'- 17-77
•75
^3-33
Chestnut, at North .
38.33
-75
28.75
Chestnut east back, at North .
18.22
•75
13.67
Elm, north of Washington, 2
75-50
1.50
113.24
Elm, south of Bridge
75-50
•75
56.62
Elm, at North, 2
16S.60
•75
127.99
Elm east back, at Pearl .
17.77
•75
13^33
Elm west back, at Bridge .
26.60
-75
19^95
Elm avenue, at Elm
25-50
•75
19. T2
Kidder court, at Elm
35-97
•75
26.98
Lake ave., at Chestnut west bad
: 24.44
-75 •
18.33
Lowell south back, at Pine
20.00
•75
15.00
Maple, at Amherst, 2
72.47
•75
54-36
Orange, at Elm east back .
26.66
-75
20.00
152 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Sq. yds. Price pr. yd. Total cost.
Pearl, at Russell, 4 . . . 141-15 ^o-75 $105-86
Pleasant, at Franklin, 2 . . 83.10 .75 62.32
Sagamore, at Pine, 4
.
163.31
•75
122.48
Sullivan, at Beauport
33-7°
•75
25.26
Union, at Pennacook
.
30.20
•75
22.65
Totals .
1,206.76
$9^3-23
MISCELLANEOUS.
Sq. yds.
Price pr. yd.
Total cost.
Franklin street, schoolhouse
283.52
$0.33
$93-56
Main street, schoolhouse .
136.61
•45
61.47
North, at Elm
4.20
•45
1.89
Pearl, at Nos. 28-42,
72 of bill
45-63
•45
10.26
South Manchester, schoolhouse
69.36
•45
31.21
West Webster, at new
depot
73-5°
•75
55-12
Totals .... 612.82 $253.51
SUMMARY.
Concrete laid by Chas H. Robie and the Chas. H. Robie Co.
Crossings .... 1,172.95
Sidewalks . . . . 2,202.72
Roadways .... 5,825.18
Miscellaneous . . . 2,031.95
q.
yds.
$791-47
u
a
616.18
u
CI
4,613.09
u
u
1,080.60
Totals . . . 11,232.80 sq. yds. ^7,101.34
Concrete laid by Geo. F. Higgitis.
Crossings .... 1,206.76 sq. yds. ^963.23
Miscellaneous . . . 612.82 " " 253.51
Totals . • . . 1,819.58 sq. yds. $1,216.74
Total concrete laid by the city, 13,052.38 sq. yds., $8,318.08.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENtJINEER.
153
BRIDGES.
The following table gives the dimensions, material, and num-
ber of spans of the various bridges within the city limits.
Amoskeag
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 read, Black brook
Elm street, at railroad
Front street, Black br ^ok
Granite street, at canal
Granite street, at river
Harvey road, at Great Cohas
Island Pond road, outlet to lake
Main street, at Piscataquog river
Mammotli road, at Great Cohas
Mammoth road, near town line
Mill road, at Harvey's mill
Parker street, at railroad
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
Length
in
feet.
Width
of
roadway
No. of
walks.
7C5.5
57
1,085
36
38
20
21
25
89
16.5
56.3
465.7
32
41
70 5
38
14
59
53
30
16
6
12
100
20
22.5
24
30.5
20
17
20.5
17.5
29.5
33
37.3
26
21
16.7
20.8
IS
20
20.5
24
30
20
16
22
17.5
16
Width
of Material,
walks. ;
5.5
4.5
1
2
Wood.
Iron.
Stone.
Wood.
Iron.
Wood.
Iron.
Wood.
Arch-
es or
spans.
3
1
3
Stone bridges, 1 ; iron, 4; wood, 20; total, 25.
154
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
NEW HIGHWAYS LAID OUT IN 1892.
Street.
Location.
Aclains . .
Amory extension
Auburn j
Auburn '
B
B
Bartlett...
Bell
Bennett boul
Blaine
Brown ave* i
Brown ave* . . . .
Campbell
Canal
Canton
Cedar
Central
Central so'th back
Cbestnut*
Cleveland
Conant
Cypress
Dearborn
Dubuque
Gilman
Gllman
Glenwood ave —
Hall
Hall
Hampton
Hampton
Hampton
Harrison
Harvard
Hevey '.
Highi'ndPark ave
Liberty
Lincoln
Linden
Longwood ave...
Mitchell
Mystic ave
Oakland ave
Orchard ave
Revere ave
Riramon
Silver
Somei'ville
Stevens
Summer
Summer
Trenton
Union
Walnut
Wayland ave —
Wilkins ;....
Wilson
Woodbine ave . . .
Woodland ave . . .
Young
Young
Appleton to Clarke
Amory to Bartlett
Wilson easterly
Belmont westerly
Prince to C
A to Milford
Amory extension to Putnam
Wilson easterly
Cartier to Amory
Second to Hiram ;
Baker to Hancock
Baker southerly
Union to Ash
82 ft. north of Pleasant to Granite.
Spruce to Auburn
Wilson to east of Hall
James Hall road westerly
AVilsonto Hall
Hanover to Amherst
Blaine to Merrimack river
West to Dubuque
Lake avenue to Auburn
Summer to Taylor
Conant northerly
Wilson to east of Hall
Belmont westerly
Mammoth road to J. Cronin's
Spruce to Bell
Young street to Young road
Wilson to east of Hall
Belmont westerly
Taylor westerlj'
Russell to Belmont
Union to Maple
Kelley to Bennett boulevard
Candia i-oad to Glenwood ave
North, southerly
Cedar to Shasta
Prospect to Harrison
Mammoth road to Woodbine ave.
Brown ave. to Calef road
Candia road northerly
A. W. Palmer's to J. Cronin's .
Candia road to C. & P. R. R
Candia road to C. & P. R. R
310 ft. north of Wayne to 210 ft
south of Wayne
Union to Maple
Union to Hall
Baker southerly
Wilson easterly
Belmont westerly
Elm to Union
Auburn to Nutt road
Salmon to Webster
Mammoth road to Revere ave
Rockland ave. to Bedford line
North line of C. & P. R. R. to Clay.
Candia road to C. & P. R. R
C. & P. R. R. to James Dearborn's
Wilson to Hall
Mason to Mammoth road
Central to Pleasant
When
laid out.
July 26.
July 26.
Aug. 15.
Aug. 15.
Jan. 15.
Jan. 15
July 26.
Aug. 15.
Jlay 20.
May 20.
June 27.
July 6.
Sept. 26.
Jan. 15.
Oct. 25.
Aug. 15.
July 6.
June 7.
July ' 5.
May 20.
Oct. 25.
Dec. '28.
May 20.
May 20.
Aug. 15.
Sept. 9.
Dec. 28.
Aug. 15.
July 6.
Aug. 15.
Sept. 9.
Dec. 28.
Oct. 25.
June 7.
July 6.
Dec. 28.
April 26.
May 20,
Oct. 25.
Dec. 28.
Nov. 28.
Dec. 28.
Dec. 28.
Dec. 28.
Dec. 28.
Sept. 26.
June 7.
May 20.
Nov. 28.
Aug. 15.
Sept. 9.
May 20.
Oct. 25.
May. 20.
Dec. 28.
July 6.
July 26.
Dec. 28.
Dec. 28.
July 6.
May 20.
June 7.
Width
in feet.
50
50
50
50
40
40
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
40
50
40
20
&3
40
50
50
40
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
46
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
40
50
50
40
50
50
50
* Widening.
t Distances as given on petition.
KEPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 155
SUBURBAN HIGHWAYS.
The matter of defining and establishing the boundary lines of
the suburban highways still remains unsettled. Each succeeding
year is making it more difficult to retrace and relocate old points,
and it is but a question of tniie when they will be entirely de-
stroyed, and the correct lines become a doubtful quantity. On
many of the roads the abuttors are constantly encroaching upon
city land, thoughtlessly, perhaps, but still with each successive
improvement taking in more and more of the highway. Jt has
been the aim of this department to secure what data could be
had in relation to these roads, and mark the lines as fast as pos-
sible, but regular work has prevented any systematic attempt to
straighten matters out. This is a very important item, and should
receive immediate attention by providing means for a complete
survey of all the outlying roads while the points still remain.
It hardly seems good judgment, in view of the rapid growth of
the city and the constantly increasing traffic, to narrow a four-
rod road to a fifty foot street whenever the bounds are estab-
lished. This has been done in the past, but should not be the
future policy.
STREETS.
The same may be said this year as has been said in previous
reports in regard to laying out streets twenty-five, thirty, or thir-
ty-five feet wide. This evil still exists, and will continue to exist
so long as there are land-owners who care for nothing but to sell
every inch of land possible, regardless of whether the adjoining
streets are of sufficient width to accommodate traffic or not. We
have streets in the city dignified by the name of avenues where
it is impossible to turn a truck team or dray without running
upon the sidewalks. This method of dividing land is advanta-
geous to property owners, but scarcely in keeping with modern
ideas.
There are those, however, who keep abreast of the times, and
recognizing the necessity of broad thoroughfares, have divided
their property accordingly. It would be better for the appear-
ance of the city if there were more of them.
156 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
There is an urgent need of some action being taken looking to
regularity in setting apart land for streets, either by an ordinance
or by the appointment of a commission for that purpose. As it
is now, each land-owner can put a street where he pleases, re--
gardless of how it compares with those adjoining as to direction
or distance therefrom. By preparing a plan showing the loca-
tion of proposed streets, and compelling land-owners to adhere
to it, the city would be rid of the interminable jumble of streets,
lanes, and alleys running in all directions, confusing to a stranger
and detracting greatly from the beauty of the city and the effi-
ciency of the highways as means of communication.
It is time this matter received serious attention, as each year
sees a material growth of the city in the outlying districts, and a
consequent addition of numerous narrow, crooked, and almost
useless highways, called by the high-sounding name of avenues,
which are but monuments to some one's cupidity and avarice.
Building new streets that have been laid out is quite an impor-
tant matter, and one requiring the exercise of good judgment.
The idea is not how many yards can be built, but how much can
be built to last. It may not show up so well to an unthinking
person, but it is more than folly to half do the work, and then
have to go over it the next year and each succeeding year. Far
better build one yard that will stand than ten that it is impossi-
ble to haul a heavy load over.
The practice in many cities is for the property owner who de-
sires a street through his land, to build it to an established grade
before the city will accept it. They also require the land to be
given to, instead of being purchased by, the city, sometimes at
exorbitant rates. They argue that as the owner derives the ben-
efit through the increased valuation of his land, it is for his inter-
est to do so.
Manchester is considerably behind the times in these two im-
portant features of economical city administration.
SEWERS.
Under the present system it is impossible to construct all the
sewers asked for each year, and the committee have followed out
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 157
the policy of building those there seemed to be the greatest need
of. Under their direction considerable progress has been made
along the line of improvement. As soon as the right can be ac-
quired from the legislature to issue bonds, the extensions will be
pushed more rapidly.
The new ordinances adopted by the city councils relating to
sewers and sewer entering, have worked satisfactorily, the plumb-
ers readily falling into the, new order of things. Entrances
are now required to be made by a Y branch, and breaking into
a piece of pipe is strictly prohibited. The city furnishes the Y
branch free of charge, and the plumber is required to remove a
length of pipe to admit it. That part of the ordinance requiring
a return to be made to this department of all connections made
has not been wholly lived up to, as out of 214 sewer permits
issued but 89 returns have been received.
A detailed statement of the work done during the year is given
in the following report, prepared by the city engineer, as clerk
of the committee on sewers and drains :
Manchester, N. H., December 30, 1892.
Gentlemen of the City Councils :
The committee appointed by your honorable board to super-
intend the construction and repairs of sewers and drains would
submit the following report of their doings for the present year.
At the opening of the season there were twenty-seven orders
for sewers, already voted in but not built ; of these, fifteen have
been completed. During the year thirty-three orders have re-
ceived favorable action, and out of this number, eighteen sewers
have been built. At the present time there are orders for twenty-
seven sewers which have passed your board but which have not
been constructed.
The committee has held nine meetings and considered for-
ty-eight petitions. Of this number, thirty-three have been act-
ed favorably upon, and the report and an order recommending
their construction have been presented your board. The remain-
ing fifteen were given leave to withdraw.
The most important sewer constructed during the year on this
side of the river has been the Massabesic-street main. Consider-
158 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
able talk has been indulged in by residents of that locality and
others as to the reason for laying the pipe to such a depth.
This sewer is designed to be the main for that section and,
when completed, will extend to the Mammoth road, draining
about three hundred acres east of Jewett street. The major por-
tion of this is very low and flat, particularly so along Porter
street, where a sub-main is designed to be laid. In order to ob-
tain the necessary grade and still be low enough to properly drain
the entire section, the depth aforesaid was a necessity. As there
are but few houses at present east of Jewett street the committee
deemed it advisable to raise the grade so as to clear the ledge
and lay a temporary sewer to care for the houses on Jewett street.
On the west side, the South Main-street main has been com-
pleted to C street, with laterals on A and C streets. The North
Main-street main has been relaid to Amory street, with sub-mains
on Amory street, Coolidge avenue, and Kelley street, draining
that section of McGregorville.
By an arrangement with the Amoskeag Manufacturing Com-
pany the excavating and back filling were done by their work-
men, the only expense to the city being the cost of the pipe and
laying, and the services of the engineer.
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 in District No. 2 has been ^2.22,
while that in District No. 10 has been but ^1.88. This differ-
ence is due to the nature of the soil on the west side. The great-
er part of the sewer excavation was through sand, easily worked
but still firm enough to stand with but slight bracing. On this
side nearly all the sewers were laid through a kind of clayey
gravel, quite difficult to remove without considerable exertion.
The average cost per foot in 1891 was ^2.50.
In the 16,941 feet of sewers there were built 66 manholes and
1 1 lampholes ; 74 cesspool connections were put in besides the
Y branches for 508 house connections.
There have been loi cesspools built, at a cost of ^2,806, and
60 repaired, at a cost of $387.43.
The cost of repairs on sewers has been $229.82.
THE REPORT OF CITY ENGINEER.
159
From the monthly pay-roll the following shows how the cost
has been divided :
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The stock on band is as follows :
Brick in District No. 2, 5,300, valued at
Pipe on hand, 820 feet, valued at .
Branches on hand, 182 pieces, valued at
Bends on hand, 74 pieces, valued at
Total
Appropriation for 1892 .
Transfer , . .
Total
Total expenses for the year .
Overdraft ......
^36-57
212.65
157-84
61.02
$468.08
$30,000.00
2,293.26
$32,293.26
^39>724.65
7.421.39
Two hundred and fourteen sewer permits have been granted
during the year and returns made by plumbers of 89 house con-
nections.
It is with much sadness that your committee refers to the one
break in our ranks during our term of office, this being occa-
sioned by the death of Alderman Andrew J. Dickey, who died
suddenly on the morning of December 12, from an apoplectic
shock from which he suffered the preceding day.
The city government never contained a more tireless or zeal-
ous worker for the good of the community than Alderman Dickey.
Prompt in his attendance upon meetings, considerate of the
wants of all, fair minded, and impartial. We pay this deserved
tribute to the memory of one who was our worthy associate, our
adviser, our counselor, and our friend.
Respectfully submitted.
. JOHN J. HOLLAND,
A. D. MAXWELL,
GEORGE M. CLARK,
A. J. PEASLEE,
Committee on Sewer's and Drains.
W. H. BENNETT,
Clei'k of Committee,
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 161
PUBLIC PARKS.
A costly plan of Stark park has been received from the office
of Morton and Quimby, landscape gardeners of Boston, showing
the design to be followed in laying out the grounds. Nothing
has been done as yet except cut the grass and trim the trees.
In Derryfield park the grove has been cleaned up, and seats
added. It is already becoming a popular resort during the warm
summer days.
Mr. John Fullerton has had charge of the work in the various
parks and squares, and under his careful eye everything has been
well attended to.
STREET LINES AND GRADES.
With the rapid extension of the city the calls for lines and
grades increase, and this department is taxed to its utmost to
attend to them all. Oftentimes persons are compelled to build
hap-hazard, as n© time can be spared to prepare plans of the
street. This brings up the method previously spoken of, that is,
of requiring the streets to be built to grade before being accepted
by the city ; also a point advocated in former reports, that a
complete plan of the street should be prepared, showing the lines
and grades, the same to be presented for consideration at the
time the street is laid out. With these done the department
could work to better advantage, and possibly silence those who
make it a point to find fault because their wants are not attended
to immediately, regardless of the fact that the department has no
data for the work.
INDEXING.
In the matter of indexing plans, notes, and records, great im-
provements have been made. The card index of plans has been
in use for two years, and has more than paid its cost in the time
saved in looking up a plan. The old field book indices, not be-
ing large enough to properly enter the various items, were en-
tirely overhauled. Larger books were made, the work recopied,
and provisions made for years to come. Each street has a por-
11
162 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
tion of the book to itself instead of being mixed up with other
streets beginning with the same letter.
Small plan indices have also been prepared of the laid-out
streets, improved streets, plans and profiles, sewer plans, and
numbering plans.
All the indices have been reduced to a system, and greatly
enhance the efficiency of the office.
SUGGESTIONS.
The finance committee, grasping the situation as outlined in
the last report, made provisions for the employment of an addi-
tional assistant by an increased appropriation. This gave an op-
portunity to keep one man in the office all of the time, and
proved of great convenience to persons having business with this
department.
The coming season promises to be an active one in every line,
and the necessity of an increase in the force is apparent. The
rapid extension of streets, and consequent increase in building
operations, call for more work than the present force can attend
to, and still keep up the regular routine work. If the appropria-
tion could be made large enough, another party would be put
into the field, and the work kept well in hand.
Aside from this comes up the matter of compensation. It is
an acknowledged fact that this city pays ridiculously low salaries
as compared to other places of like size and importance. It is
out of the question to think of keeping a man, skilled in the pro-
fession and understanding the details of city work, while other
places are holding out inducements greatly .in advance of Man-
chester. It would seem good policy to keep such a man here
ratlier than handicap the efficiency of the department by employ-
ing those unfamiliar with the work just because the city will not
pay what he is worth. It is hoped the incoming city council will
view the matter in its proper light, and make provisions accord-
ingly.
COMMITTEE WORK.
At the first meetings held by the committees on streets and on
sewers and drains, the city engineer was elected clerk, as in pre-
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 163
vious years, and in that capacity has attended each meeting,
keeping a complete record of the proceedings, which are on file
in this office.
In addition, meetings have been attended of the city govern-
ment, committees on the Amoskeag cemetery, Valley cemetery,
Pine Grove cemetery, city farm, finance, lands and buildings,
claims, commons, parks, and the board of aldermen.
Besides 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, 1893.
REPORTS OF DISTRICT SURVEYORS.
Report of the work done in the various highway districts dur-
ing the year 1S92 :
No report.
District No. 1.
District No. 2.
William Sanborn, Superintendent.
COBBLE GUTTER PAVING.
Arlington and Linden
Belmont, Manchester to Hanover
Chestnut and Central
Chestnut and Pennacook
Concord and Maple
Derry
Franklin, Granite to Auburn
Hall
Hanover and Hall
Lake avenue and Canton
Laurel and Hall
Lowell and Ashland
Maple and Lake avenue
Merrimack, Beech to Maple
CO
167
147
34
94
17
225
150
150
35
110
141
278
1241
400
22
17
4
12
2
20
35
32
5
13
11
34
28
36
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$1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70
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$37.40
28.90
6.80
20.40
3.40
34.00
59.50
54.40
8.50
22.10
18.70
57.80
47.60
61.20
o .^
$38.41
33.81
7.82
21.62
3.91
51.75
34.5e
34.50
8.05
25.30
32.40
63.94
55.43
92.00
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
165
COBBLE GUTTER PAVING.— Continued.
Street.
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183
469
418
161
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88
11
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4
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58
54
16
6
9
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$1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70
$18.70
56.10
17.00
3.40
6.80
37.40
98.60
91.80
27.20
10.20
15 30
15.30
$21.16
63.94
Pearl and Russell
19.09
3.91
River road near Mrs. Eastman's
7.59
42.09
107.87
Spmce, Lincoln to Wil son
96.14
Union, Hanover to Amherst
37.03
Union and Concord
11.50
Union and Pearl
16.79
Union and Brook, twice
20.24
4,134
505
$858.50
$950.79
Total cost of the foregoing work, $1,809.29 ; an average cost
of §0.437 per square yard.
EDGE STONES SET
Arlington and Ashland
Arlington and Linden
Auburn, near Union
Beech
Beech and Hanover
Beech and Concord, set twice
Blodget and Pine .
Bridge and Ashland
Bridge and Russell .
Brook and Hazel
Cedar and Union .
30
16
102
60
54
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34
21
16
18
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166
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Central, between Elm and Chestnut
Central and Pine
Chestnut and Concord .
Chestnut and North
Concord,' Union east back to Walnut
Concord and Maple
Elm, Kidder to Bridge .
Elm, near Bridge
Elm and Webster
Elm west back and West Central
Elm west back, near Bridge
Franklin, near Granite .
Franklin and Central
Franklin and Pleasant
Gore and Walnut .
Hanover, near Pine
Hanover and Union
Hanover and Hall .
Lowell, near Elm .
Lake avenue and Chestnut
Lake avenue and Hall
Lake avenue and Canton
Linden and Arlington
Manchester and Hall
Maple, Merrimack to Lake avenue
Maple and Amherst
Merrimack, west of Union, set three times
Merrimack and Wilson
Nashua and Concord
North and Elm
Oak and Myrtle
Orange and Elm
Orange and Linden, set twice
Pearl, Elm east back and Pearl south back
Pearl and Russell .....
Pennacook and Union ....
Pine and Lake avenue ....
98 feet,
252
19
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100
492
76
54
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217
20
62
30
75
36
56
350
24
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40
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19
120
21
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21
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255
21
240
74
17
75
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
167
Pine and Laurel .
Pine and Salmon .
Sagamore and Pine
Salmon and Chestnut .
Spruce, Pine and Pine east back
Union, Hanover to Amherst .
Union and Brook .
Webster and Bay .
Webster and Chestnut .
Welch avenue
Wilson and Lake Avenue
Total ....
Total cost of the foregoing work
$o. ii6 per foot.
1 68 feet.
19
77
20
228
656
98
20
157
50
28
5,959 feet.
^692.84, an average cost of
EDGE STONES RESET.
Amherst, near Union .
25 feet
Blodget and Union . . . '
75 '
Bridge, near Union
. .. 14 '
Canal, Granite to Depot
300 '
Central, west of Elm .
75 '
Chestnut and Central .
100 '
Elm, near Hanover
50 '
Elm, near Bridge
140 '
East High, near Ashland
20 '
Granite, between Franklin and Canal
200 '
Lowell, near Elm
44 '
Total
. 1,043 fe
et
Total cost of the foregoing work, ^110.66, an average cost of
$0,106 per foot.
In setting edge stones, there were used 27 six-foot, 35 four-
foot, and 15 three-foot circular corner stones.
168
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
PAVING RELAID.
Auburn and Franklin . . . . .
50 sq
Bridge and Elm ......
65
Canal and Depot . . . . . . .
220
Concord and Maple . . . . .
58
Elm,
2,820
Granite, near bridge ....
266
Hanover, Union to Beech, twice
340
Lake avenue and Hall . .
33
Merrimack and Hall ....
128
Nashua and Concord ....
90
Pearl avenue ......
14
Total
Total cost of the foregoing work,
50.182 per square yard.
yds.
4,084 sq. yds.
29, an average cost ot
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2,133
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SUMMARY.
Sq. yds.
Loads stone. Total cost.
Macadamizing
10,816.00
2,135
^5,469.70
Top-dressing
• 24,835.00
790
1,314.24
General repairs
850
1,463.44
Concreting .
• 5>3i4-98
556
6,555-24
Crushed stone on hand
60
118.77
Totals
. 40,965.98
4,391
$14,921.39
STREETS GRADED.
Labor of
Street.
Cut or
Cubic
men and
Inciden-
Total
fill.
yards.
teams.
tals.
cost.
Belmont, south of Manchest'r
Cut...
346
$100.38
$3.46
$103.84
Fill...
Cut...
336
311
67.20
35.88
5.19
3.11
72.39
Cedar, west of Lincoln
38 99
Both..
518
48.00
5.18
53 18
Chestnut, north of Aiipleton..
3,000
573.75
*64 60
638.25
"
2 222
250.00
35.00
66.00
56.80
22.22
20.00
1.84
2.78
272.22
55.00
Hall, north of Orange
Fill...
Both..
184
278
67.84
Liberty, soutli of Salmon
59.58
Lincoln, south of Young
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3,S.i8
474.60
38.58
513.18
Lincoln, north of Cedar
Cut...
126
16.20
^ 1.26
17.46
Maple, at culvert
Fill....
14,475
2,364.60
t963.00
3,327.60
Myrtle, east of Linden
Both..
2,197
312.00
21.97
333.97
Old Bridge
"
580
116.00
5.80
121.80
Cut...
378
945
378
47.50
62.73
125.84
3.78
9.45
3.78
51.28
73.18
Sagamore, •west of Union
139.63
Sagamore, east of LTnion
Both..
163
65.00
1.63
66.63
Salmon, east of Union
"
3,648
333.30
36.48
369.78
Silver, Beech to C. & P. R. R..
Cut...
310
32.40
3.10
35.50
Spruce, east of Beech
»*
126
29.52
1.26
30.78
Union, north of Salmon
Both..
800
322.00
8.00
330.00
Union, north of Appleton
"Fni....
201
96.00
2.01
98.01
Union east back, near Webst'r
"
92
52.00
.92
52.92
Valley, east of Elm
Both .
252
57.60
2.52
60.12
Cut...
1,027
102.40
10.27
112.67
Valley, west of Wilson
Fill....
333
11.10
3.33
14.43
Walnut, north of Gore
Both .
1,448
628.00
14.48
642 48
Walnut, north of Salmon
Fill....
2,422
642.82
24.22
667.04
Webster, west of River road..
Both.
1,185
192.00
11.85
203.85
Webster, east of Union
Cut...
277
39.40
2.77
42.17
Wilson, south of Valley... ...
"
252
8.40
2.52
10.92
Wilson road, near Lowell
Fill....
222>
43.20
2.22
45.42
Young . .
Both .
3,370'
45,260
333.40
23.70
357.10
Totals
$7,741.02
$1,327.18
$9,068.20
♦Including $34.50 paid Horace Holbrook for gravel.
t Including $818,25 paid Head & Dowst Co. for 3,273 loads.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
173
STREETS GRAVELED.
Amherst, east of Ash
Ashland
Auburn
Baker .
Beech
Calef road .
Central
Cheney place
Concord
Derry
Button
Laurel
Lincoln
Manchester
Maple
Merrimack
Mitchell
Nutt road .
Pearl .
Pine .
Sagamore .
South Elm .
Spruce
Union
Valley, west of Wilson
Walnut
Webster
Young
Total
1,200
feet
700
100
500
750
850
400
450
1,000
350
450
500
200
750
500
2,200
500
Soo
300
1,220
300
i>930
350
2,425
3:-o
200
320
550
20,145 feet.
STREETS TURNPIKED WITH ROAD-MACHINE.
Arlington 1,110 feet.
Ash 1,445 "
Beech . . . . . . . . . 9,141 **
174
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Blodget
Bridge
Brook .
Calef road
Central
Chestnut
Cilley .
Gore .
Hall .
Harrison
Hazel .
Lake avenue
Liberty
Lincoln
Linden
Lowell
Maple .
Myrtle
Nashua
North
Oak .
Orange
Pearl
Pennacook
Pine .
Prospect
River road
Russell
Sagamore
Salmon
Silver
Spruce
Union
Walnut
Warren
Webster
Wilson
Total
1,428 feet
1,676
a
1.497
i i
4,630
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2,083
a
1,022
a
2,242
li
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223
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2,505
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2,885
"
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ii
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a
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2,233
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3,869
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1,768
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3,105
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1,428
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2,726
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1,120
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2,240
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1,800
a
1.385
a
446
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2,090
It
480
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80,185 feet.
REPOKT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
175
GRADING FOR CONCRETE.
Street.
Arlington, east of Linden
Arlington, west of Linclen
Ash
Ash, north of Harrison
Ashland, north of Lowell
Ashland, Bridge northerly
Baker
Bay, north of North
Belmont, north of Merrimack
Blodget, west of Union
Brown avenue, south of Hancock...
Brown avenue, south of Hancock. . .
Canton, Lake avenue southerly
Central, hetw'n Franklin and Canal.
Cheney place
Chestnut, north of Appleton
Derry
EltQ, north of railroad bridge
Elm, Kidder court northerly
Hall, south of Merrimack
Hamilton, west of Brown avenue
Hanover, west of Union
Lake avenue, east of Hall
Lake avenue, Canton westerly
Laurel, east of Hall
Laurel, west of Hall
Laurel, east of Milton
Lincoln, south of Amherst
Lowell, east of Ashland ;...
Milton, Merrim'k to Laurel, blasting
Milton, north of Laurel
Nashua
Orange
Orange, near Hall '.
Pearl
Pearl, east of A.shland
Pearl, west of Russell
Pine
Pine, north of Sagamore
Prospect, east of Russell
Prospect, east of Linden
River road
Russell, north of Bridge
Russell, north of Pearl
Russell, north of Pearl
Russell and Prospect
Sagamore, west of Pine
Sagamore, east of Pine
South Elm
Spruce, west of Maple
Union, south of Blodget
Union and Sagamore, blasting
Walnut, soutli of Gore
Walimt, south of Webster
Welch avenue
Wilson road, north of Lowell
Length Width
Totals.
feet.
150
360
25
50
100
150
237
100
150
50
150
.525
75
100
65
150
100
640
100
220
l.oO
100
1.50
200
300
100
50
100
175
100
150
270
100
300
450
50
50
100
1.50
75
500
220
100
150
200
150
100
160
200
200
200
50
40
300
9,187
feet.
Feet
cut.
Feet
fill.
1.5
3
1.5
0.5
2^75
0.5
1
1
1.5
0.5
6
1
0.5
0.5
0.5
1
1
1
1.5
1.5
0.5
1.5
1
0.5
1
3
2
0.6
2
Cost.
817.21
81.85
9.80
11.47
17.21
51.59
46.66
22.95
17.21
2.68
63.87
163.73
8.61
17.22
14.92
20.25
9.95
36.35
17.21
24.86
25.63
6.88
63.87
22.95
34.43
6.12
5.79
11.47
19.90
14.00
45.52
13.47
9.62
17.22
30.30
153.09
5.35
10.30
22.57
34.43
12.25
35.55
25.63
11.09
34.43
24.95
16.83
11.47
40.52
10.90
22.57
56.23
67.88
11.47
1.91
67.88
$1660.07
176
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
SANDING.
Paid Mary A. Hartshorn, for 658 loads sand
George F. Higgins, for 44 loads sand
Pettee & Adams, for salt
labor of men and teams
Total
$65.80
4.40
5.10
1,424.22
$1,499.52
FENCE BUILT.
Brook, near Ash . . . .
Manchester, west of Beacon .
Merrimack, east of Beacon
Total
The above was built at a cost of $46.23.
225 feet.
225 "
100 "
550 feet.
STONE.
Paid Frank S. Bodwell for stone
Charles A. Bailey, for stone
Total ....
^339-19
513-82
$853.01
SEWERS AND DRAINS.
24 X 36 inches, brick
24-inch Portland pipe .
20-inch Akron pipe, relaid
20-inch Portland pipe .
20-inch Portland pipe, relaid
15-inch Akron pipe
15-inch Portland pipe .
15-inch Portland pipe, relaid
14-inch iron pipe .
12-inch Akron pipe
12-inch Portland pipe .
1 0-inch Ak'ron pipe
32 feet.
538
4
483
198
64
1,314
16
12
261
949
1.405
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
177
lo-inch Akron pipe, relaid
lo-inch Portland pipe .
lo-inch Portland pipe, relaid
8-inch Portland pipe
Total 6,529 feet.
Manholes, 26 ; lampholes, 6 ; Y branches, 223.
The foregoing sewers were constructed at a cost of ^14,489.30.
2
feet.
941
a
55
(C
255
a
CESSPOOLS AND CONNECTIONS.
1 5 -inch pipe .
12-inch pipe .
12-inch pipe, repairing
lo-inch pipe .
1 0-inch pipe, repairing
8-inch pipe .
8-inch pipe, repairing
Total
SEWERS REPAIRED
1 2-inch pipe .
lo-inch pipe .
8-inch pipe .
Total
Total pipe laid
Equal to 1.565 miles.
12
40 feet
6
134
436
178
614
8
1,416 feet.
134
feet.
178
cc
8
a
320
feet
,265
feet
178
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
NEW CESSPOOLS.
Street.
No.
Cost of
material.
Cost of
labor.
Ash, between Harrison and Brook
Blodget south back, between Pine and Union
Chestnut and Clarke
Elm, corner of Hanover
Elm, cor aer of Water
Elm west back, between Central and Depot..
Franklin
Gore, between Walnut and Beech
Hall, coi'ner of Lake avenue
Lake avenue and Hall
Lake ave. south back, betw'n Lincohi and Wilson
Laurel south back and Maple
Maple, corner of Laui-el
Maple, between Merrimack and Central
Maple, corner of Concord ,
Massabesic, between Cypress and Jewett
Merrimack and Beacon
Pine, north of Sagamore
Sagamore, corner of Bay
South, between Lowell and East High
Spruce, corner of Lincoln
Union, corner of Hanover
Union east back, near Brook
Union east back, between Brook and Sagamore . .
Walnut east back, between Harrison and Brook .
Webster, corner of River road ,
Webster, corner of Bay
Totals
$14.29
13.87
38.20
12.40
18.22
16.55
51.99
14.08
65.90
22.41
14.29
12.70
10.15
83.50
16.03
15.64
19.88
17.83
38.96
23.90
41.77
30.66
18.04
28.16
14.20
43.79
18.66
$716.15
$7.80
9.62
24.76
19.00
22.80
18.90
21.75
10.50
35.62
25.00
8.75
11.20
5.50
60.24
8.50
21.40
12.00
11.62
27.45
12.40
28.50
14.75
9.74
20.82
9.21
50.75
13.87
$522.45
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
179
CESSPOOLS REPAIRED.
Street.
Amherst, corner of Union
Ash east back, between Brook and Harrison
Cass, corner of Lake avenue
Central south back, between Beech and Maple. .
Cedar, corner of Pine
Cedar, between Union and Beech
Cedar south back and Elm east back
Chestnut, between Pearl and Orange
Button and Amherst
Elm, corner of Central
Elm, south of Myrtle
Elm, comer of Harrison
Elm east back, between Cedar and Spruce
Hanover, corner of Union
Lake avenue, near Hall
Laurel, corner of Hall
Lowell and Elm
Manchester south back betw'n Elm and Chestnut
Maple.
No.
Maple, corner of Central
North north back, near Chandler
Orange, corner of Elm
Pearl, corner of Chestnut
Pearl, corner of Russell
Pennacook, corner of Elm
Pine, south of Auburn
Pine, between Central and Laurel
Russell and Pearl
Spruce, corner of INIaple
Spruce south back, near Elm east back.
Union, including repairs on manhole . . .
Union, corner of Cedar
Union, corner of Cedar
Union, near Brook
Washington, corner of Birch
Webster, corner of Chestnut
Miscellaneous, grates only
Totals.
55
Cost of
material.
$1.98
1.21
3.45
1.04
2.03
2.04
1.26
2.24
1.94
7.40
1.79
2.07
2.24
7!o4
1.38
2.41
9.44
3.96
2.07
1.21
1.94
4.14
2.25
L38
1.98
12.08
1.3S
6.38
2.07
1.97
4.48
2.24
1.26
L9S
2.07
2.25
17.46
Cost of
labor.
$125.13
$1.33
1.46
3.00
3.00
5.58
5.59
2.79
4.60
1.00
12.50
10.00
2.25
4.60
10.50
2.75
3.93
J 0.50
2.68
3.75
1.46
1.00
5.50
4.60
1.75
1.33
28.00
1.83
4.00
4.76
1.33
5.00
4.60
2.79
1.33
4.00
4.60
30.80
$197.66
REPAIRING SEWERS.
Street.
Cost of
material.
Cost of
labor.
Elm east back, between Prospect and Harrison
Myrtle south back, west of Chestnut
$29.51
.78
40.05
$38.00
Pearl, between Pine and Union
42.75
Totals .
$70.34
$85.75
180
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
All of the cesspools in the city have been cleaned out three
times during the summer, and the sewers flushed when necessary.
The cost of the same, labor of men and teams, was ^1,850.62.
PIPE CULVERTS.
Street.
Elm, corner of Salmon
Hanover and Beacon
Maple and Gore
Maple and Gore
Mitchell, near Calef road. . . .
One culvert
Orange, east of Russell
Prospect, east of Linden. ...
Webster, west of Elra, two.
Totals.
Size in
inches.
Length
in feet.
24
10
72
44
102
10
11
18
36
327
Cost of
material.
$2 48
1.50
19.24
82.88
1.04
1.64
1.86
7.04
$117.68
Cost of
labor.
$4.75
3.00
39.90
2.76
3.00
6.00
».60
$69.01
Connections were made for the fountain, corner of Lake ave-
nue and Hall street, using 52 feet of 8-inch pipe. Cost of mate-
rial, $5.64; cost of labor, $20.50.
STONE CULVERTS.
Street.
Jane, north of East High
Union, south of North
Walnut
Wilson road, north of East High.
Totals'.
Size in
inches.
30x36
36x48
Length
in feet.
35
20
70
120
Cost.
$87.50
52.50
143.13
35.00
$31S.12
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
181
$16.41
I-35
.69
2.00
The following material has been delivered to plumbers and
others according to the city ordinance :
FOR JANE-STREET SEWER.
Lewis and Pattee, 8-inch pipe, 154 feet
lo-inch pipe, 4 feet
Vz barrel cement ....
team ......
$20.45
William F. Hubbard, 8-inch pipe, 128 feet . . $13-51
Ira F. Sturtevant, lo-inch pipe, 118 feet . . 17-97
• Fairbanks and Hutchinson, Beacon street, 12-inch pipe, 335
feet and 3 8 on 1 2 Y branches.
Y branches: 6 on 10, 22 ; 6 on 12, 22 ; 6 on 15, i ; 8 on 10,
22 ; 8 on 12, 47 ; 8 on 15, 12 ; 8 on 18, i ; 8 on 20, 4 ; 8 on
24, I. Total, 132.
ON HAND AT CITY YARD.
24-inch pipe .......
18 feet
18-inch pipe
28 "
15-inch pipe
186 "
1 2-inch pipe
33 "
lo-inch pipe
166 »
8-inch pipe
112 "
Total . . ■
543 feet
3 Y branches, 8 on 24 inches.
3 Y branches, 8 on 20 inches.
2 Y branches, 8 on 18 inches.
22 Y branches, 8 on 15 inches.
18 Y branches, 8 on 12 inches.
28 Y branches, 8 on 10 inches.
39 Y branches, 8 on 8 inches.
4 Y branches, 6 on 8 inches.
17 1-8 bends, 15-inch.
182 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
10 1-8 bends, 1 2-inch.
6 1-8 bends, lo-inch.
2 1-8 bends, 8-inch.
6 i5-inch quarter turns.
2o 1 2-inch quarter turns.
2 lo-inch quarter turns.
8 8-inch quarter turns.
5,300 brick.
1 1 barrels cement.
2 cesspool grates.
II 18-inch old style cesspool grates.
3 14-inch old style cesspool grates.
5 open manhole covers.
5 closed manhole covers.
3 12-inch lamphole covers.
2 ID-inch lamphole covers.
3 Concord grates and traps.
5 upright cesspool grates. '
7 cesspool stones.
District No. 3.
Eben Carr, Surveyor.
Macadamized on Union street seventeen rods, using 200 loads
of gravel. Charged to another appropriation.
Graveled Union street from Clarke street to Willey's ledge,
2,300 feet, using 200 loads of gravel.
Removed all the large boulders and smaller stones from Union
street hill.
Laid over three stone culverts, 20 feet long by 18 inches
square, and built one new culvert of 12-inch pipe, 15 feet long.
General repairs made where needed.
KEPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 183
District No. 4.
Byron E. Moore, Surveyor.
Repaired and widened the road on Derry liill and also the
road near Little Cohas brook bridge, using about 200 loads of
clay and gravel. Laid a side open culvert, 20 rods long, on
Derry hill.
Graded and graveled about 34 rods on Fox's hill, using 125
loads of clay and gravel ; also graded and graveled near Great
Cohas brook about 122 rods of road, using 25 loads of clay and
gravel. Repaired about 50 rods of sidewalk.
Graded and graveled road from Devonshire Mills to depot,
about one half mile, using 500 loads of clay and gravel.
Graded and repaired road at north end of district, about 270
rods, using 350 loads of clay and gravel.
Made general repairs on about one mile of the River road and
on other roads in district as needed.
District No. 5.
Mark E. Harvey, Surveyor.
Graveled ........ 5,135 feet.
Turnpiked ........ 1,300 "
Average width of graveling, 13 feet ; average depth, 7 inches.
Graded by cut on Weston road . . . 296 cu. yds.
Graded by fill on Weston road . . . 259 "
Graded by fill on Nutt road .... 40.5 "
Built 300 feet of railing on Goffe's Falls and Center road.
Cut bushes on three fourths of a mile of road.
Removed stones from roads once a month from May to Octo-
ber, and made all general repairs throughout the district.
Amount of appropriation, $800. Balance, $25.54.
184
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
District No. 6.
Greenleaf C. Coleman, Surveyor.
Turnpiked
Graveled
238 rods.
Built one stone culvert on Cohas avenue, 25' X 2' X 2'.
Repaired two culverts.
Rebuilt the bridge over the dam, this being charged to
another appropriation.
Removed stones from road and made all necessary repairs.
District No. 7.
Charles Francis, Surveyor.
GUTTERS.
Belmont street
Cypress street
Spruce street
Valley street
Total
2, 000. ft., 3 ft. wide.
300 " 3 " "
150 " 3 " "
800 " 3 " "
3,250 ft.
GRADING FOR CONCRETE.
Belmont street, by cut, 600 feet long, 8 feet wide.
Cypress street, by cut, 150 feet long, 8 feet wide.
Taylor street, by cut and fill, 600 feet long, 8 feet wide.
Valley street, by cut and fill, 950 feet long, 8 feet wide.
Total, 2,300 feet.
STONE WORK.
Massabesic street. Culvert 115 feet long, 4.5 feet wide, and
5 feet high.
Massabesic street. Culvert lengthened 25 feet, 4 feet wide,
and 5 feet high.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 185
Porter street. Culvert lengthened 12 feet, 4 feet wide, and 4
feet high.
Belmont street. Culvert 42 feet long, 1.5 feet wide, and 2
feet high.
Spruce street. Retaining wall 67 feet long, 6 feet high, and 2
feet thick.
GRADING AND GRAVELING.
Belmont street has been graded and graveled for 1,400 feet,
and the extension south turnpiked for 82 rods.
Page street has been partially graded.
Summer street has been graded sufficiently to allow of water-
pipes being laid.
One cesspool has been built on Cypress street and one on
Spruce street.
Three concrete crossings have been laid at Cypress and Valley
streets, containing 92.88 square yards, costing $69.66.
General repairs were made where needed.
District No. 8.
George H. Penniman, Surveyor.
borough road.
Repaired road where needed from Hanover street road to
Thomas Stearns's old place, and turnpiked 25 rods.
Rebuilt two stone culverts.
Lengthened culvert at Slager brook 10 feet and widened road
to correspond.
Cut bushes, cleaned out gutter^, and made general repairs.
BRIDGE STREET.
Removed large boulders by blasting.
Built one culvert, cleaned and repaired gutters, and made
other general repairs where needed.
186 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
JAMES HALL ROAD.
Graveled the road between Lake avenue and Hanover street,
using 50 loads of material.
MAMMOTH ROAD.
Graveled the road, using 25 loads of material.
PROCTOR ROAD.
Turnpiked 3 rods and filled mud holes.
Lengthened culvert and widened road to correspond around
bend by Dr. Canney's land.
HANOVER STREET.
Graded 24 rods between Hall road and Lake avenue, and
turnpiked 8 rods.
Lengthened culvert 8 feet and widened road by filling with
stone, 6 rods in length, 6 feet wide.
HANOVER STREET ROAD.
Widened road east of brook by Samuel T. Page's cottage by
building blind ditch 10 feet wide, 2 feet deep, and 15 rods long,
covering this with gravel.
Made fill of 8 rods between Rand's and Smith's, and repaired
one culvert.
Filled dangerous place at Bodwell's and built one cesspool
opposite, at McGregor's.
Cleaned and relaid one stone culvert 75 feet long around
Smith's corner, also repaired culvert at James H. Cram's.
Two hundred and fifty loads of gravel were taken from the
cut on Proctor road and used in making general repairs from
Smith's to Reed's.
Graded the sidewalk and made driveways at Benson's and
Fox's.
Built stone culvert 50 feet long at Harvey's store and did
what filling was necessary.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 187
A large amount of work has been done on this road at Page's
hill, by which the road has been built to its proper width and
the grade of the hill reduced. A detailed statement follows :
Built 73.5 rods of face wall an average height of 5 feet.
Made fill next to Sargent's, at brook, 29 rods long, one rod
wide, and 3 feet deep.
Made stone fill 10 rods long, 2 rods wide, and i foot deep,
also dirt fill 10 rods long, 4 rods wide, and i foot deep.
Made stone fill at Chenette's and Stevens's 20 rods long, 2
rods wide, and 4 feet deep. Graded for sidewalk and paved gutter
on same.
Graded the road from Morgan's to Rand's, a distance of one
half mile.
Built culvert, 32' X 2' X i' ; culvert over brook, 20' X 3' X
4' ; culvert for R. I. Stevens, 20' X 2' X i' ; culvert at A. G.
Fairbanks's, 33' X 2' X i'-
In removing the 1,500 perch of stone on the hill, 1,600 feet
of one and one half inch holes were hand-drilled, and 800
charges of blasting material used.
District No. 9.
Alphonso N. Boyce, Surveyor.
No report.
District No. 10.
Charles O. Phelps, Superintendent.
COBBLE paving.
Beauport, Adams to Sullivan .
Beauport, Adams to Sullivan, relaid
Bridge, McGregor to bridge .
Feet.
Sq. yds.
t,340
596
700
311
725
242
188
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Douglas, Barr to Green .
Dubuque, Amory southerly .
Ferry, Second westerly .
Granite, Main easterly, relaid
Putnam street, relaid
Totals
Feet.
Sq. yds.
532
177
400
^33
100
33
100
22
150
67
4,047
1,581
COBBLE EDGING.
Beauport, Adams to Sullivan .
Beauport, Adams to Sullivan, relaid
Douglas, Barr to Green .
Dubuque, Amory southerly
Ferry, Second westerly .
Main, Monmouth northerly
Second, Ferry northerly
Totals
1,340
feet
500
450
350
100
350
50
3,140 feet.
EDGE STONES.
Bridge, McGregor to bridge
Douglas, West westerly .
Granite, Main easterly, reset
Main, Conant northerly, reset
West ....
West, Douglas northerly
Totals
725
feet
50
125
10
44
180
1,134 feet.
STREETS GRAVELED.
A, Main westerly ,
Amherst road
Bowman, A northerly .
Boynton, Main southerly
Forest . ' .
Length.
Width.
Cu. yds.
210
8
31
200
16
59
1 80
6
19
330
8
49
600
33
183
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
189
Length. Width. Cn. yds.
Main, Milford to Boynton
Mast ....
Mast road, near Brock's
Milford, at cemetery-
River, Walker northerly
Rockland avenue .
Walker, River westerly .
Totals
720
6
80
2,100
20
778
300
24
200
1,000
20
617
700
15
259
240
25
III
700
15
259
6,680
2,449
STREETS GRADED.
Length. Width.
Amory, Rimmon westerly, cut . .1,150 34
Amory extension, cut . . . . 768 50
Bartlett, Amory extension southerly, fill 1,150 34
Bennett boulevard, Amory westerly, cut, 1,600 10
Dubuque street, Amory southerly, cut . 400 34
Totals
5,068
Cu. yds.
3,620
4,267
3,620
^,778
^00
5,785
WOODEN RAILING.
New Mast 895 feet.
On Beauport street, between Schuyler and Sullivan streets, a
large amount of clay was taken out and a fill made with sand.
Coal cinders have been used to a great extent in grading side-
walks.
SEWERS AND DRAINS.
24 x 36 inches, brick, relaid
24-inch Portland pipe, relaid
20-inch Portland pipe
15-inch Akron pipe
15-inch Portland pipe
12-inch Akron pipe
12-inch Portland pipe
III feet.
1,363 "
1,284 "
623 "
501 "
1,423 "
1,085 '*
190 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
1 2-inch iron pipe . . . . . . . 12 feet.
lo-inch Akron pipe . . . . . • . 207 "
lo-inch Portland pipe ...... 3,803 "
Total. ...... 10,412 feet.
The foregoing sewers were constructed at a cost of ^19,592.75.
CESSPOOLS AND CONNECTIONS.
lo-inch pipe . . . . . . ... 364 feet.
8-inch pipe ........ 899 "
Total ........ 1,263 feet.
Total pipe laid, 11,675 feet, equal to 2.21 miles.
Manholes built, 40 ; lampholes, 5 ; Y branches, 359.
REPOKT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
191
NEW CESSPOOLS.
Street.
A, Main to B
Batli, corner of Second
Beauport, corner of Amory
Beauport, corner of Amory ,
Bowman, A to Milford
Bridge, at west end of bridge
Bridge, at west end of bridge
C, Boynton to B
Cartier
Cartier, Wayne to Sullivan ,
Conant, corner of West
Douglas, corner of Green
Kelley, Coolidge avenue, westerly
Main, near Mast
Marion, corner of McGregor
Monmouth
Nortli Main ,
River
South Main and Boynton
Sullivan, corner of Beauport
Third, Ferry southerly
Third, corner of Bath
Wilton, corner of Beauport
Totals
No.
59
Cost of
material.
$111.13
95.49
15.66
18.05
56.71
8.04
18.94
69.63
14.11
63.03
9.75
27.03
37.61
16.77
10.95
15.56
15.01
14.26
182.14
44.27
28.10
12.16
17.45
$901.85
Cost of
labor.
$56.00
78.51
13.65
16.09
32.00
12.13
20.31
42.50
12.57
64.00
12.00
16.25
11.38
30.50
18.75
19.01
13.65
14.25
93.50
48.00
17.00
8.50
15.00
$665.55
192
AI^NUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
CESSPOOLS REPAIRED.
Street.
Cartier, north of Wayne
James Baldwin Co.'s yard. ..
Parker
Sullivan, corner of Beauport
Third, corner of Walker
Totals
No.
Cost of
material.
$1.10
1.15
6.77
2.06
$11.08
Cost of
labor.
$18.00
2.56
6.00
20.00
7.00
$53.56
SEWERS REPAIRED.
Street.
Cost of
material.
Cost of
labor.
Amory, east of Main
Douglas, east of Barr
Totals
$0.68
.68
$1.36
$49.62
16.75
J66.37
One manhole was repaired at a cost of $6.
PIPE CULVERTS.
Bartlett street, 20-inch pipe .
Milford street, 8-inch pipe
Total
50 feet.
65 feet.
ON HAND AT YARD.
24-inch pipe
20-inch pipe
1 5 -inch pipe
12-inch pipe
lo-inch pipe
66 feet.
2 "
22 "
121 "
24 '^
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 193
8-inch pipe 22 feet.
6-inch pipe, old 20 "
Total 277 feet.
1 Y branch, 8 on 24 inches.
26 Y branches, 8 on 12 inches.
2 Y branches, 6 on 12 inches.
27 Y branches, 6 on 10 inches.
8 Y branches, 8 on 10 inches.
2 Y branches, 6 on 15 inches.
I T branch, 10 on 15 inches.
1 T branch, 10 on 12 inches.
2 15-inch ys bends.
I lo-inch quarter turn.
100 15-inch rings.
40 12-inch rings.
I barrel cement.
I manhole casting.
6 old cesspool grates.
6 cesspool stones.
District No. 1 1.
Frank D. Hanscom, Surveyor.
Graveled 640 rods in length, 15 feet in width.
Laid 151 yards of paving on Eddy hill and graveled the same.
Turnpiked and graveled the hill at south end of district.
Raised Black brook bridge fourteen inches, put in six new
stringers, replanked it, and built new railing.
Built 40 rods of railing on the Goffstown road.
Cut bushes on sides of roads for 350 rods, fixed culverts, and
made all necessary repairs.
13
194 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
District No. 12.
Lerov M. Streeter, Surveyor.
Bald hill road has been repaired from Bridge street to the top
of the hill east of the woods. The road -machine was used nearly
the entire distance. Many large stones were blasted and re-
moved and a good passable road has been made.
The most extensive repairs were made on Bridge street by wid-
ening it nearly its entire length in the district. Bushes have
been cut, stumps and stones removed, and other repairs made on
the street.
Mammoth road, north of Hanover street, has been made wider
and graveled on the sand hill, improving the road for heavy traf-
fic.
All other necessary repairs have been made throughout the
district.
REPORT
OF THE
TRUSTEES OF THE CITY LIBRARY.
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-ninth annual report of the affairs of the library, and
with the same the report made to them by the treasurer of the
board, containing a statement of the sums received and the ex-
penditures made by him in behalf of the board from the funds in
their possession and under their control, and also the report of
the librarian, giving in detail the statistics of the operation of the
library during the past year and its condition at the close of the
year.
The treasurer's report shows that during the year the sum of
four hundred and fifty-eight dollars and ninety-one cents has
been expended for the purchase of books, and the sum of one
hundred and seventy-three dollars and sixty-five cents for the pur-
chase of periodicals, making a total expenditure for both these
purposes of six hundred and thirty-two dollars and fifty-six cents.
Of the amount expended for the purchase of books the sum of one
hundred and forty-seven dollars and eighty-nine cents was used
for the purchase of books to replace those worn out and with-
drawn from circulation, and the sum of five dollars and fifty cents
was taken from the income of the Dean fund and used for the
purchase of books for that department of the library. Excluding
these two amounts the sum expended for the purchase of new
books was three hundred and five dollars and fifty-two cents,
leaving a balance in the hands of the treasurer at the close of the
198 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
year of the amounts appropriated by the city councils for the pur-
chase of books of eleven hundred and sixty-eight dollars and for-
ty cents.
The balance of the accumulated income of the Dean fund at
the end of the year was five thousand eight hundred and three
dollars and twenty-seven cents. Only the sum of five dollars
and fifty cents was expended from this fund during the year.
The accumulated income of the Mary E. Elliot fund at the
close of the year was seven hundred and fifty-four dollars and
ninety-four cents.
A less number of new books than usual were purchased during
the year, as the trustees did not deem it advisable to make
large accessions of books during the compilation of the new cat-
alogue, the completion of which has already been too long de-
layed.
The incidental expenses of the library for the past year have
been three thousand eight hundred and sixty-four dollars and
forty-nine cents, which amount includes the sum of one thou-
sand four hundred and ninety dollars and fifteen cents, expended
for the preparation of the new catalogue. The items of these ex-
penditures may be found in detail in the annual report 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.
In the early part of the year Mr. Wilberforce Ireland, adminis-
trator of the estate of Mrs. Eliza Eaton, the residue of whose es-
tate after the payment of debts and legacies was bequeathed to
the city for the benefit of the library, notified the trustees that he
was ready to render an account of his administration in the pro-
bate court, and upon settlement of his account to pay over the
amount for which' he might be found chargeable. The death of
Mr. Ireland shortly after the filing of his account in the probate
court occasioned some delay in the final settlement of the estate,
but in July last the administratrix of Mr. Ireland paid over to the
treasurer of the board the sum of two thousand eight hundred and
eighty-seven dollars and eighty cents, being the balance of the es-
tate of Mrs. Eajton found by the probate court remaining in the
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE CITY LIBRARY, 199
hands of her administrator on final settlement of his account. The
sum of nine dollars and fifty-five cents has since been received
for interest on funds deposited in savings banks, making the
total amount of this fund in the hands of the treasurer at the end
of the year, two thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven dol-
lars and thirty-five cents.
The librarian reports that the library has been open for the
delivery of books three hundred and four days, during which
time the number of books delivered for home use was fifty-five
thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, being an average of
about one hundred and eighty-four per day. In addition to this
number delivered for general circulation, seven thousand eight
hundred and forty-six books were delivered for use in the read-
ing-room at the library, an average of about twenty-six per day.
The total number of books delivered during the year for both
these purposes was* sixty-three thousand seven hundred and
twenty, an average of almost two hundred and ten per day. As
compared with the year preceding, the circulation for home use
and for use at the reading-room both show a slight decrease, but
is above the average for the past few years.
Seventy-six different periodicals have been regularly received
at the library, — fifty-five by purchase and twenty-one by dona-
tion — and at the completion of the several volumes they have
been bound and placed upon the shelves for general circulation.
The number of volumes withdrawn from circulation during
the year on account of their worn and defaced condition was
one hundred and ten. Of this number, and of others retired
from circulation in previous years for the same reason, one hun-
dred and six volumes have been replaced at a cost of one hun-
dred and forty-seven dollars and eighty-nine cents. Many of
the books purchased during the early years of the library have
become badly worn and defaced from long and constant use and
must soon be replaced by new editions, the expense of which
will be no inconsiderable item for several years. In this connec-
tion the trustees respectfully renew the recommendation made
two years ago, that a special appropriation should be made by
the city councils to cover the expense of purchasing books to
200 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
replace those worn out, so that the usual annual appropriation
may be used, as no doubt intended in the original contract with
the city, for the increase of the library by the purchase of new
books and periodicals rather than for the replacing those books
which have become worn out.
The number of volumes in the library at the date of the last
report, including one thousand nine hundred and ninety pam-
phlets and sixteen maps, was thirty-four thousand nine hundred
and twenty-nine. During the year there have been added by pur-
chase one hundred and fifty-two volumes, by donation seven
hundred and nineteen volumes, and one hundred and seven vol-
umes of periodicals have been bound. In addition, twelve hun-
dred and eighty-eight of the pamphlets in the library have been
systematically arranged and bound into one hundred and sixty-
one volumes, making the total number of bound volumes in the
library at the close of the year, thirty-five thousand three hun-
dred and fifty, and the total number, including sixteen maps and
seven hundred and two pamphlets remaining unbound, thirty-
six thousand and sixty-eight.
Following the report of the librarian will be found a list of
the books presented to the library during the year, with the
names of the persons presenting them. To all those who have
thus contributed to the increase of the library, the trustees have
caused due acknowledgment to be made.
At the date of the last report, the trustees were assured by Mr.
Charles A. Durfee, the compiler of the new catalogue, that the
work upon which he had been engaged during the two preced-
ing years would be finished in a few months. Much to the dis-
appointment uf the trustees the compilation was not completed
during the year just closed. In February last, however, Mr.
Durfee notified the trustees that he had completed the compil-
ation of the manuscript of the catalogue. Before accepting the
manuscript it was thought advisable to have the work of Mr.
Durfee examined by some person familiar with the preparation
of catalogues for libraries who would report to the trustees
whether the compilation was properly prepared. Should this re-
port be favorable, the trustees expect that the public can have
the benefit of the catalogue within a short time.
KEPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE CITY LIBRARY. 201
Mrs. E. A. H. Piper has continued to be en^ployed at the li-
brary during the year, part of the time as an assistant to Mr.
Durfee in his work, but devoting as much of her time as possible
to copying for the card catalogue. In the early part of the year
the catalogue of the works of fiction and juvenile books was
completed and arranged for use, much to the satisfaction of the
patrons of the library. The work of copying the rest of the
catalogue is well advanced, and as fast as completed will be ar-
ranged for consultation of the public at the library.
The duties of librarian have been discharged by Mrs. M. J.
Buncher with the same conscientious fidelity to the public as
heretofore, and to the satisfaction of the trustees.
The trustees desire to renew their acknowledgments to the
members of the city councils for the courtesy and consideration
with which their suggestions relating to the library have been re-
ceived and carried out.
March 13, 1893.
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 :
1892.
Dr.
Jan. I.
To balance of appropriation .
Mrs. M. J. Buncher, bal-
^709.23
ance of fines
66.88
Mrs. M. J. Buncher, cata-
logues sold .
14.40
Mrs. M. J. Buncher, for
book lost
I-9S
Mrs. M. J. Buncher, gift
3.00
appropriation for 1892, for
books ....
1,000.00
Jan. I .
To balance of income of Dean .
fund ....
^5
^3^3-^3
income of Dean fund
153-00
April I.
income of Dean fund
16.88
July I.
income of Dean fund
interest on accumulation
108.00
of income .
217.26
Jan. I. To Mary E. Elliot fund . . $2,000.00
balance of interest on Mary
E. Elliot fund . . 636.32
$1,795-46
$5,808.77
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE CITY LIBRARY. 203
April I. To interest on Mary E. Elliot
fund .... ^90.00
interest on accumulation of
income . . . 28.62
July 7. To Eliza A. Eaton fund . ^2,887.80
Aug. I. interest on Eliza A. Eaton
fund .... 9.55
1892.
Jan.
Feb.
6.
8.
19.
22.
25-
25-
2.
3-
4-
4-
4-
4-
4-
10.
II.
IS-
18.
24.
March i .
2.
22,
23-
Paid New England News Co.. periodicals
Boston Book Co., periodicals
Little, Brown & Co., books .
Little, Brown & Co., books .
The History Co., books
The History Co., books .
George H. Policy & Co., periodicals
New England News Co., periodicals
J. H. Hickcox, periodicals .
Sampson, Murdock & Co., books
Frank B. Webster Co., periodicals
Boston Public Library, periodicals
American Microscopical Journal, pe
riodicals ....
John N. McClintock, books .
Little, Brown & Co., books .
W. B. Clarke & Co;, books .
W. B. Clarke & Co., books .
D. Appleton & Co., books
Central Law Journal Co., period!
cals .....
The History Co., books
New England News Co., periodicals
W. B. Clarke & Co., books .
Geo. A. Blanchard, books
^2,754-94
^2,897.35
513^256.52
Cr.
$10.21
5.00
3-5C
20.00
18.00
4-So
6.00
16.16
5.00
2.00
1. 00
I.OO
2.00
2.00
2.00
82.16
10.85
9.00
5.00
4-SO
11-43
32-77
4-5°
204
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
April 4.
5'
8.
18.
19.
19.
26.
2.
4-
7-
May
21.
21.
2.
29.
June
July
27.
Aug. 5.
Sept. 3.
15-
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
19.
5-
^3-
3-
19.
22.
6.
19.
20.
SI-
SI-
SI-
Paid Y. W. C. A., books
New England News Co., periodicals
Little, Brown & Co., books .'
W. B. Clarke & Co., books .
W. B. Clarke & Co., books .
W. B. Clarke & Co., books .
W. B. Clarke & Co., books .
The History Co., books .
Moses G. Shirley, books
New England News Co., periodicals
Lawyers' Co-operative Publishing
Co., books ....
D. Appleton & Co., books
W. B. Clarke & Co., books .
New England News Co., periodicals
Little, Brown & Co., books .
New England News Co., periodicals
The History Co., books
New England News Co., periodicals
New England News Co., periodicals
Chas. Scribner's Sons, (Dean fund)
books .....
Little, Brown & Co., books
New England News Co., periodicals
D. H. Hurd & Co., books
New England News Co. , periodicals
Geo. E. Littlefield, books
Geo. E. Littlefield, books
New England News Co., periodicals
Little, Brown & Co., books .
books ......
balance of appropriation
balance of Dean fund
Mary E. Elliot fund and interest
Eliza A. Eaton fund and interest .
^20.00
12.82
S-75
25-23
15-55
31-51
54-25
4.50
1. 00
16.04
5.00
5.00
48.34
11.36
2.00
11.94
4-50
11.51
13.66
5-50
3-50
10.86
15.00
11.89
11.25
1. 00
10.77
4-25
2.00
1,168.40
5»8o3-27
2,754-94
2,897.35
^i3>256.52
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE CITY LIBRARY. 205
The expenditures for the incidental expenses of the library,
inchiding the amounts paid on account for the preparation of
the new catalogue, for the year ending December 31, 1892, the
bills for which were paid by the city treasurer, upon the approval
of the committee on accounts of the board of trustees, and the
items of which may be found in the annual report of the city,
have been as follows :
Services of librarian
Services of assistant librarian
Gas
Binding
Rebinding .
Fuel
Insurance
Supplies
Incidentals .
Water .
Newspapers .
Printing trustees' report
Catalogue . ' .
Total
RECAPITULATION
Balance of appropriation Dec. 31, 1892 .
Balance of appropriation for catalogue,
Dec. 31, 1892 .
Appropriation for 1892
Paid trustees for purchase of books
Paid incidental expenses and catalogue .
Balance of appropriation Dec. 31, 1892
Balance of appropriation for catalogue,
Dec. 31, 1892 . . . . .
$3,097.62
2,260.32
3,800.00
^1,000.00
3,864.49
3;523-28
770.17
gooo.oo
382.50
227.50
318.93
175.28
248.58
125.00
26.90
36-65
16.00
6.00
11.00
1,490.15
$3,864.49
^9,157-94
), ^57-94
Respectfully submitted.
NATHAN P. HUNT,
Treasurer of the Trustees of the City Library^
206 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
December 31, 1892.
We have examined the foregoing report and find the same cor-
rectly cast and properly vouched.
E. J. KNOWLTON,
L. B. CLOUGH,
Committee on Accounts of City Library.
December 31, 1892.
I certify that I have examined the several items of receipts and
expenditures embraced in the foregoing report of the treasurer 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 respectfully submit to you my fifteenth yearly report, being
the thirty-ninth annual report of the city library :
Whole number of accessions December 31, 1 89 1 . 34)929
Added during the year :
By purchase . . ' . . . 152
Donated ...... 719
Periodicals and papers bound . . 107
Volumes of pamphlets bound . . 161
Whole number at present :
Maps
Pamphlets
Bound volumes
16
702
35.350
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 any one day, — March 19
Largest number any one month, — March
Smallest number any one month, — July .
Number delivered in the reading-room .
Average per day .....
1)139
36,068
55
21
304
55*874
184
438
5.636
4,140
7,846
26
208
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Number of guarantees received for new cards .
Whole number received since the new registration
Number of cards used on deposit .
Number returned to the library
Postals sent to delinquents ....
Number of volumes removed from circulation, worn
out ......••
Volumes replaced during the year .
Number lost or injured and paid for
Number of volumes missing at close of the year
Number repaired and rebound at the bindery .
Number repaired and recovered at the library
Balance of cash on hand December 31, 189 1 .
Amount received from Jan. i, to Dec. 31, 1892 :
For fines $126.57
For finding lists, 56 at loc. . . 5.60
Books lost or injured, and paid for . 3.42
Paid N. P. Hunt, treasurer
Paid for expressage and incidental expenses
39&
8,595
7
54
350
no
106
4
5
741
6,496
$86.23
|i35-59
$221.82
86.23
$135-59
52.61
Total cash on hand $82.98
The work of the year just closed has been one of the most
laborious of the present administration. The re-classification
and re-arranging of so large a number of books has brought a
greater increase of labor than could be anticipated. A detailed
account cannot be given, but we trust the improved condition of
the library will fully repay for the time and work given. The
general work of the library varies but little, if any, from the
preceding years.
The addition to the library by gift has been unusually large,
including a valuable collection of medical works from our local
physicians ; a large number of municipal, educational, and vari-
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE CITY LIBRARY. 209
ous Other reports to fill the incomplete sets before the closing of
the new catalogue. The departments at Washington have
favored us, as usual, in supplying our deficiencies. We returned
to them fifty-eight volumes of duplicates for the use of other
libraries.
The circulation shows some decrease from last year. It is by
no means as large as it ought to be, and it is to be hoped that
when the knowledge of the real contents of the library is given
to the public in the new catalogues, that the circulation will
show by its increase the appreciation it deserves.
The number of new cards issued is smaller than in any year
since the new registration, a fact of which no satisfactory expla-
nation can be given. About the same number are in constant use,
and less have been returned.
The service of the library to the public schools seems greatly
increased, particularly on the part of the teachers. There has
been a greater demand for books, and they have received every
privilege possible in connection with their school work. It
would be well if we had the same plan adopted by some other
libraries, of providing a larger number of copies for the use of
pupils, giving them an opportunity of using the same book under
the guidance of their teachers. It is always a source of disap-
pointment when they are sent to the library for certain books,
and find the only copy already taken by the teacher.
The statistics of the reading-room is not a fair estimate of the
year's attendance. Having such limited arrangements for con-
sulting reference books, the interior of the circulating depart-
ment has accommodated a larger number of visitors than ever
before, not only for educational research connected with schools,
but of those connected with the various literary clubs of our city,
and in the formation of a new historical social club, viz., "The
Daughters of the Revolution," the draft upon the historical
and genealogical department has been very great. If to this
large number of visitors were added those consulting the "Pa-
tent Office Gazette" and law reports, the figures would be
greatly increased. The suggestion of the mayor in his last inau-
gural was a timely one. We do need a large and pleasant read-
210 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
ing-room, and other accommodations for our patrons, whether
they come for recreation or useful information. There is a con-
stant desire expressed by the public for that improvement in our
library.
At the close of our last examination quite a number of books
were missing. This was not unexpected after the changes made
in the location of so many books ; but they have gradually re -ap-
peared, and at the present time only five are unaccounted for,
none of special value.
There has been over one hundred volumes replaced, but many
more are waiting to be removed for better copies. The wear and
tear increases yearly, and the repairing and re-covering requires
no inconsiderable part of the time on general work.
In closing the record of the last year we desire to express a
hope and belief that the one we have entered upon will, with its
improved facilities for obtaining the knowledge of the contents
of our library, bring a wider usefulness to our city.
Respectfully,
Mrs. M. J. BUNCHER,
Librarian.
DONATIONS TO THE CITY LIBRARY.
1892.
Secretary of State of New Hampshire.
Public Statutes of New Hampshire. 1891. 8vo.
Journal of the New Hampshire Senate and House. 1891.
8vo.
New Hampshire Laws. 1891. 8vo.
History of the Sixth New Hampshire Volunteers in the War
for the Union. By Capt. Lyman Jackson. 8vo.
History of the Eleventh New Hampshire Regiment. By
L. W. Cogswell. 1889. 8vo.
History of the Thirteenth New Hampshire Regiment of Vol-
unteers. By S. M. Thompson. 1888. 8vo. 6 vols.
Hon. E. S. Stearns, Secretary of State.
Laws of New Hampshire for 1874. 8vo.
Journals of the Senate and House for 1842. 8vo.
Rev. C. L. Tappan, Librarian Historical Society of New Hamp-
shire.
Public Laws of New Hampshire for the years 181 1, '20, '23,
'58, '64, '68, and '76. 7 vols.
Arthur R. Kimball, State Librarian.
Reports of the State Library for 1 891, 1892. 2 vols.
Hon. J. W. Patterson, Superintendent Public Instruction of
New Hampshire.
Five volumes of reports, from 1886 to 1891. 8vo.
Hon. J. C. Linehan, N. H. Insurance Commissioner.
212 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS,
Annual reports of the New Hampshire Insurance Commis-
sion for 1890, 1 89 1. 2 vols. 8vo.
Irving A. Watson, M. D., Secretary.
Tenth Annual Report of the State Board of Health of New-
Hampshire. 1891. 8vo.
Heirs of John B. Clarke, Manchester.
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. 51
vols.
Fifty-two volumes on Agriculture and other miscellaneous
subjects.
Dr. Wm. W. Wilkins's Estate, Manchester.
Ninety bound volumes of Medical Works, including " Zims-
sen's Encyclopedia of the Practice of Medicine," 17 vols;
''The Medical Times and Gazette," 10 vols. (London
edition), and a large number unbound.
Dr. Henry de Carvelle, Manchester.
Thirty-two bound volumes of Medical^Works, including 13
volumes of the " Boston Medical and Surgical Journal."
Twelve volumes of the " Medical Record " and many un-
bound numbers and medical pamphlets.
Dr. Albert Pick, Manchester.
Eighty-six bound volumes of Medical Works, including 20
volumes of the medical publications of the Sydenham So-
ciety, London, and various other publications in the En-
glish and French languages.
Rev. G. L. Demarest, Manchester.
The Forum. For the year 1892. 2 vols.
Popular Science Monthly. 1892. 2 vols.
North American Review. 1892. 2 vols.
Review of Reviews. 1891. i vol. 7 vols.
Mrs. B. p. Cilley, Manchester.
Six volumes of the United States Statistics.
Two volumes of the Scientific American. 1851, 1852.
Miscellaneous books and pamphlets. ♦
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE CITY LIBRARY. 213
George C. Gilmore, Esq., Manchester.
The Library Journal. 1891. i vol.
The Literary News. 1891. i vol.
The Sons of the American Revolution, i pamphlet.
S. C. Gould, Manchester.
Notes and Queries for the year 1892. 8vo. i vol.
Report of the Odd Fellows' Mutual Relief Association. 1892.
Dedication of Masonic Hall, Manchester, October, 1890.
Societas Rosicruciana Catechesis Archani. A paper read
before the Massachusetts College, Boston, January, 1892.
3 pamphlets.
W. C. T. U., Manchester.
The Temperance Journal for the year 1892.
A complete set of the reports of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union of New Hampshire to 1892.
Charles F. Livingston, Manchester.
The Printer's Text-Book. By J. Wesley Barker. 4to.
The United States Type Foundry. 4to.
Judge David Cross, Manchester.
History of American Currency. By Wm. G. Summers.
i2mo.
Southern New Hampshire Press Association. 1892. Pam-
phlet.
Rev. Thomas A. Dorion, Manchester.
Bibliotheque du Fidele Messager. Vol. i. 1892. i2mo.
James A. Fracker, Esq., Manchester.
History of Ridgely Lodge No. 74, I. O. O. F., and original
poem by James A. Fracker. 8vo. i vol.
N. P. Kidder, City Clerk.
Laws of the State of New Hampshire, passed June, 1872,
i873> 1875- 3 pamphlets.
H. W. Eastman, Secretary.
The Board of Trade Journal. 1891, 1892. 4to.
214 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Thomas W. Lane, Chief Engineer.
Annual Report of the Fire Department of Manchester for
the year 1891. Pamphlet.
C. H. Kimball, Esq., Manchester.
Three cases of miscellaneous periodicals and newspapers, un-
bound.
George P. Clews, Esq., Concord, N. H.
Journal of Proceedings of the M. W. Grand Lodge of Ma-
sons, State of New Hampshire, for the years 1873, '75) '78,
'82, '8^, '89. 6 pamphlets.
Proceedings of the Grand Commandery of Knights Tem-
plar of New Hampshire for 1877, 1891. 2 vols. 8vo.
Massachusetts General Hospital.
Reports from 1876 to 1891, inclusive. 16 pamphlets.
Morris R. Hamilton, Esq., State Librarian.
New Jersev Archives. Volumes 15 and 16. 2 vols. 8vo.
Charles L. Brace, Secretary.
Annual reports of the Children's Aid Society of New York
from 1882 to 1 89 1, inclusive. 9 pamphlets.
Gordon, H. L., Chicago.
" The Feast of the Virgin and Other Poems." 189 1. i2mo.
Joseph W. Errant, Secretary.
" The Echoes of the Sunset Club." 1891. Chicago. i2mo.
John R. Ham, M. D.
Bibliography of Dover, N. H. 1892.
Dover, N. H., in the United States Navy during the Civil
War. 1892. 2 pamphlets.
Henry E. Waite, Esq.
The Origin of the American Navy. 1890. 4to.
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Success in Life. A Present to Youths and Young Men. 2
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Nicaragua Canal, The Gateway of the Pacific. 4to.
James R. Carnahan's reply to Dr. John A. Wyeth, on The
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Fitz Public Library. Pamphlet.
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1891.
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years 1891, 1892. Two pamphlets.
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1892. Pamphlet.
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1-12. Vol. 5. 1892. 4to.
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Building. 1892. Pamphlet.
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1892. Folio.
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the Manchester High School. Vol. 3. 1892. 4to.
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rence, Mass. For the year 1892. Folio.
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min Lenthier, proprietor. (French daily.)
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For 1892. 8vo.
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publisher, Manchester, N. H. Folio.
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mouth, N. H. i85'2. Folio.
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publisher. New York. For 1892. 4to.
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Manchester, N. H. For 1892. Folio.
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nails, publishers. New York. For 1892. Folio.
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Report of the cholera in Europe and India. By Edward O.
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Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey for 1890.
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Modern Lighthouse Service. By,, Arnold B. Johnson, chief
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First report of the United States Board of Geographic
Names. 1890, 1891. 8vo.
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Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies.
From Vol. 38 to 40, with parts. 9 vols.
Alphabetical List of additions to the War Department Li-
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REPORT
TRUSTEES OF THE CEMETERY FUNDS.
REPORT
TRUSTEES OF THE CEMETERY FUNDS.
To the City Councils of the City of Manchester :
Gentlemen, — The Trustees of the Cemetery Funds have the
honor to present herewitb their thirteenth annual report, embrac-
ing the report of their treasurer, which exhibits the financial
operations for the year ending December 31, 1892, and the con-
dition of the fund at the present time.
All endowed lots have received the usual care and attention
since our last annual report. Special and somewhat extensive
improvements have been made at the tomb erected by the late
Col. George W. Bailey, by the erection of a substantial bank
wall in place of a more temporary structure, to hold the earth in
place. It was a work that had long been needed, but was de-
layed to allow the fund to accumulate to an extent that would
warrant the outlay.
The trustees have referred more than once in former reports to
the inadequate sums that have, in some cases, been left for the
care of lots ; and they have in several instances been compelled
to decline to receive the sums so left, in justice to those who had
provided more liberal amounts. Under these circumstances it
seemed desirable that a minimum sum should be fixed for tire
care of isolated lots; and after mature consideration the trustees
have decided in no case to accept less than seventy-five cents per
square foot. Where expensive structures are upon lots, especially
if the material used is marble, a larger sum should be deposited,
15
226 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
in order that the income may be sufficient to meet the demands
that are sure to come, in time, to all work constructed of this
material.
Respectfully submitted.
E. J. KNOWLTON, Mayor,
P. C. CHENEY,
JAMES A. WESTON,
Trustees of Cemetery Funds.
January 2, 1893.
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,
1892 :
Pine Grove Cemetery.
Number of deeds delivered during the year, seventy-seven.
To cash received for the same . . ^2,691.16
interest ...... 5.74
cash received from superintendent . 2,011.68
Cr.
By treasurer's receipt .... ;g2, 696.90
superintendent's receipts . . . 2,011.68
$4,708-58
^708.58
Valley Cemetery.
To cash received from superintendent . . . $1,800.00
By treasurer's receipts ...... 1,800.00
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 thirty deeds ready for delivery, which, with a few ex-
ceptions, will be taken in a few weeks. There are one or two
which I doubt if ever the contract will be completed. Such
cases should receive your earliest attention.
Most respectfully submitted,
SYLVANUS B. PUTNAM,
Treasurer.
228 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
I hereby certify that I have examined the accounts of Sylvanus
B. Putnam, treasurer of the trustees of cemeteries, and find the
same correctly cast and properly vouched for.
JAMES B. STRAW,
January 2, 1893. City Auditor.
REPORT
TRUSTEES OF CEMETERIES.
Pine Grove Cemetery.
The sub-trustees of the Pine Grove Cemetery have the honor
to submit the following report :
The past year has witnessed very satisfactory and marked im-
provement in the development of this cemetery.
More than a thousand yards of concrete have been laid and
the iron fence has been removed from the north end of the lot
and placed upon the east side against the highway. This should
be extended to the south end of the cemetery at no distant day.
Many monuments have been erected and quite a number of
beautiful and elegant design. Very few spots can be found in
any cemetery anywhere, excelling or equaling in beauty and at-
tractiveness Hillside lawn in this cemetery. Its lots are now
all sold and nearly all to some extent occupied.
Surveying the cemetery from the elevation at this point one
can but feel that it would have been wise, in the first instance, to
have placed the whole cemetery under conditions of perpetual
care, but if this would have made the lots too expensive for per-
sons of limited means, in every deed of sale there could have
been inserted a condition of care on the part of the owner, and
in case of neglect, the city to have power to supply the same and
the cost to be a lien upon the lot, enforceable by forfeiture of
title.
230
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
A neglected grave is not only repulsive and unsightly in itself,
but it is a blotch upon the locality that mars the beauty of its
surroundings. The few hours of labor and the trifling expense
required to keep a lot in at least a presentable condition are too
trifling to seriously burden any lot owner, and the neglect now
painfully apparent in too many cases must be attributed to want
of appreciation and sensibility rather than to poverty.
The completion of Riverside lawn, with its 126 lots now ready
for sale and occupancy, will for the present meet the demand for
perpetual-care lots, but at the present rate of sale this source of
supply cannot be relied upon for many years. In fact, the pres-
ent rate of sale will exhaust the supply of all lots in this cemetery
in from six to eight years.
This fact most emphatically emphasizes the importance of ear-
ly securing additional grounds for cemetery purposes adjoining
the present lot if that locality is to be looked to to supply the fu-
ture demands of our population in this direction.
GEORGE W. BACON.
JOHN P. YOUNG.
C. H. BARTLETT.
Superintendent's Account.
RECEIPTS.
The following are the receipts of the Superintendent of Pine
Grove Cemetery from Januaay i to December 31, 1892 :
Received as part payment on lots sold
for interments
for removals .
for water rents
for labor on lots
for wood and logs .
MISCELLANEOUS.
Number of interments
removals
022.00
507-50
57-50
596,00
793-05
55-63
^2,631.68
171
18
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF CEMETERIES.
231
Number of restricted lots sold .
restricted lots unsold
Ordinary lots sold ....
Ordinary lots unsold
Lots sold on Hillside lawn
(Lots on Hillside lawn are now all
Lots sold on Riverside lawn
Lots unsold on Riverside lawn
Number of loads of loam used .
clay used .
gravel used
sand removed .
feet of 3-inch water pipe laid
hydrants put in
yards of concrete put down
sold.)
21
112
31
II
II
I
126
354
300
324
465
7
Valley Cemetery.
The sub-trustees of the cemetery known as the Valley respect-
fully submit the following report :
During the year, in addition to the ordinary amount of labor
expended in keeping the grounds in proper condition, the iron
and wooden fences about the cemetery have been repaired, the
former at an expense of one hundred and ten dollars, and the lat-
ter at an expense of twelve dollars. The fence was also painted
at a cost of one hundred and seventy dollars. The bank wall on
Pine street, near the brook, which had been undermined and
damaged by surface water from the street, has been repaired at
a cost of fifty dollars. The work of paving the bottom and edg-
es of the brook, which had been carried on for several years, was
finished the past year to the west line of the cemetery. Stone
steps have also been placed in the path leading up the eastern side
of the valley at a cost of seventy dollars.
The roof of the tomb, which has never been water tight since
it was built, has been thoroughly repaired during the year at an
expense of about three hundred dollars, and the trustees believe
that no further trouble will be experienced therefrom.
232
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
The trustees are pleased to report that during the year greater
interest than ever before has been taken in the affairs of the cem-
etery by the owners of lots therein, and a larger number of the
lots have been improved and beautified during the last year than
in previous years.
During the year monuments have been erected on the follow--
ing lots : Nathaniel Baker, Edward P. Johnson, David Thayer,
Joseph P. Felt, Miss Lucretia E. Manahan, Sewell L. Fogg,
Frank B. Eaton, Russell, and Demay.
There have been eighty-six interments in the cemetery during
the year, six removals of bodies, and forty-five bodies have been
placed in the tomb.
The following is the account of the receipts and expenditures
as reported to the committee by the superintendent :
Superintendent's Account,
receipts.
Appropriation ....
Tomb fees
Graves and removals
$3,000.00
158.50
245.00
Care and water ....
Labor and materials
850.00
546.50
$4,800.00
EXPENDITURES.
Pay-Roll.
Paid C. H. G. Foss, superintendent
C. H. Griffin, labor
L. Leavitt, labor .
James Hannan, labor
Jacques Bilodeau, labor .
J. Concannon, labor
H. Read, labor
$728.00
341.24
332-25
209.72
212.25
27.69
7-65
$1,858.80
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF CEMETERIES,
233
MISCELLANEOUS.
Paid F. G. Riddle, printing ....
53-25
J. H. Rand, ashes
30-58
AVilliam Sutcliffe
.90
Manchester Hardware Co., hardware
1.70
Michael Murray, manure
15.00
B. F. Bascomb, teaming
62.40
P. 0. Woodman, turf and loam
26.75
J. B. Varick Co., hardware and seed
55-96
J. Francis, plants and labor .
56.82
J. Hodge, lumber
•45
F. M. Barnard, teaming
16.00
H. M. Whiting, shrubs ....
1.25
M. Haley, loam
28.00
Hartley Vaughan, manure
5.00
T. A. Lane, pipe and hose
22.26
Manchester Water-works
45-45
F. L. Bodwell, labor and stone ' .
117-37
Patrick Knee, labor . . . . .
5.00
L. M. Aldrich, lumber and labor .
11. 97
M. S. & R. Co., phosphate .
6.00
Ray Brook Garden Co., plants
62.23
J. Brown, loam and labor
159-65
H. H. Huntress, plants ....
3.00
Temple & Farrington Co
1. 10
S. C. Forsaith Co., repairing fence
105.28
Pike & Heald, pipe and labor
84.86
Jones & Co., painting fence .
179.00
George Dodge, rubber boots .
2.25
H. E. Babcock, shrubs ....
2.00
S. S. Piper, stamps ....
2.18
F. X.. Chenette, sand, etc.
9-^3
Palmer & Garmon . . . .
•45
L. L. Aldrich, labor ....
.81
52,982.85
Paid S. B. Putnam, city treasurer .
^1,800.00
Balance
17-15
^4,800.00
234 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
REPAIRS ON CITY TOMB.
Appropriation ^350.00
Paid Head & Dowst .... ^290.22
F. Bodwell 5.00
$295.22
Balance . . . . . : • ■ 54- 7^
The duties of superintendent have been discharged during the
year by Mr. Charles H. G. Foss with the same fidelity as in past
years, and to the entire satisfaction of the committee.
JOHN J. HOLLAND,
LEVI K. SNOW,
N. P. HUNT,
J. M. KENDALL,
Sub- Trustees of the Valley -Cemetery.
REPORT
OF THE
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
REPORT
OF THE
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
To the Mayor ^ Aldermen^ and Common Council of the City of
Manchester:
In compliance with the ordinance of said city the Overseers of
the Poor herewith present their annual report for the year 1892 :
The whole number of families that have received more or less
assistance off the farm during the year has been seventy, consist-
ing of two hundred and thirty-four persons, all of whom have a
settlement in this city. Four of this number died during the
year. The whole number of paupers supported at the city farm
during the year has been three more or less of the whole time.
The overseers of the poor recommend that the poor people
sent to the city farm be kept exclusively from the prisoners sent
to that institution, which is not the case at the present time ; also
that the poor people be supplied with reading matter in the shape
of books and newspapers containing the news of the day, and that
a proper room be set apart where the poor shall be allowed to
go and read such books and papers, and that all profanity of
whatever description shall be forbidden by the superintendent
and his assistants when indulged in by any of the city poor ;
also that the superintendent be forbidden to punish any poor per-
son under his charge at the city farm.
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 two, at a cost of two dollars per week
for each person.
238
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
The overseers of the poor have given and allowed five hun-
dred and eighty orders to the city poor during the year, consist-
ing chiefly of groceries, fuel, medicine, board, clothing, and
emergencies.
The amount allowed to the several wards is as follows :
Ward I
Ward 2
Ward 3
Ward 4
Ward 5
Ward 6
Ward 8
$S2
50
2l6
13
334
15
594-
88
1,914
66
392.
12
737.09
^J26I.53
MISCELLANEOUS BILLS ALLOWED.
State Industrial School, board of inmates ^1,171.08
Town of Lebanon, support of Dinnis Sul-
livan . . . . . . . 164.21
Books and stationery . . . . 19-37
Total cost .....
Cash received from county of Hillsborough
^1,354.66
^5,616.19
1,171.08
^4,445-"
Total expense ......
All of which is respectfully submitted.
William H. Maxwell,
Thomas L, Quimby,
Benjamin F. Garland,
George S. Holmes,
Patrick Costello,
^ Charles Francis,
William Marshall,
William Weber,
Overseers of the Poor for the City of Manchester.
A true copy. Attest :
WILLIAM H. MAXWELL,
Clerk.
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR. 239
To the May or ^ Aldermen^ aud Common Council of the City of
Manchester :
In compliance with chapter 8i, sections i and 2, Laws of the
State of New Hampshire, passed at the June session, 1889, the
Overseers of the Poor herewith present their annual report under
the head of "Aid to Dependent Soldiers and their Families."
The whole number of indigent soldiers who have received
more or less aid during the year has been sixteen, consisting of
ten families, all of whom have a settlement in this city, at a cost
of two hundred eighty-one dollars and twenty-six cents.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
WiLLiAJi H. Maxwell,
Thomas L. Quimby,
Benjamin F. Garland,
George S. Holmes,
Patrick Costello,
Charles Francis,
William Marshall,
Willlam Weber,
Overseers of the Poor for the City of Manchester.
A true copy. Attest :
WILLIAM H. MAXWELL,
Clerk.
REPORT
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON
CITY FARM.
16
REPORT
OF THE
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON CITY
FARM.
To His HoJior the Mayor and City Councils of the City oj
Manchester :
Gentlemen, — The Joint Standing Committee on City Farm
hereby submit to you their annual report for the year ending
December 31, 1892.
Having fairly and impartially appraised all personal property
at the farm, we find the summary as follows :
Live stock ........ ^2,293.00
Wagons, carts, and team furnishings . . . 1,091.70
Farming implements ...... 1,208.00
Hay, grain, and produce ..... 3,223.12
Household furniture ...... 2,693.99
Provisions and fuel ...... 1,379.80
^11,889.61
Statement of accounts for the year 1892 :
Dr.
To appropriation . . . . . $
overdraft ......
7,500.00
759-17
$8,259.17
244 ANNUAL OFFICIAL
REPORTS.
Cr.
By cash receipts of th'e farm .
. $2,458.11
increase in stock
602.04
permanent improvements .
2,029.36
bills receivable
19-35
Balancce
• 3. 150-31
i,529.i7
Cash paid city treasurer, $2,458.11.
Total number of weeks board, 2,645.
Average cost of board per week for each person, $1.19.
Following is a list of crops harvested the past season, not in-
cluding the amount used through the summer and fall :
Corn ........ 1,000 bushels.
Potatoes .
Carrots .
Mangold beets
Blood beets
Turnips
Onions
Popcorn
Beans
Parsnips
Cider
Apples
Hay .
Corn fodder
Meadow hay
Cabbage
Squash
Celery
Pork
Beef
Among the permanent improvements at the farm was the
drilling of a new well which, with the piping and a new pump,
400
i i
616
a
800
a
142
i i
75
a
60
a
10
i i
12
a
10
le
30
casks.
80
barrels.
100
tons.
25
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2
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1,000
bunches
5,587 pounds.
1,120
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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CITY FARM. 245
cost about twelve hundred and fifty dollars. The sewerage in
the cellar has all been remodeled, and iron pipe hung through
the cellar in place of akron pipe, and all the under-ground
steam pipes have been replaced with new pipe. The large arch
in the wash-room has been laid new and new kettles set, the arch
in the kitchen has also been rebuilt.
Quite a large job of ditching has been commenced in the field
between Lowell and Bridge streets, west of the Mammoth road ;
some of it is now quite near completion.
The old blind ditch put in years ago from Bridge to Lowell
streets was quite a large part of it Akron pipe, laid with cement,
which gave the water no chance whatever to drain off. If the
new ditch is completed as intended to be, and as some of it is
nearly finished now, it will make a great improvement to the farm,
for a part of the field is nearly worthless to cultivate as it has
been years past.
We have been this year, as last, unable to realize what we ought
from the labor of the prisoners, who might be used to good ad-
vantage on the streets. As a class they are able bodied and
should be made to sweat the rum out of themselves to some pur-
pose and profit, instead of being hived up in idleness in a sweat-
box known as a prison. To the knowledge of your committee
no prisoner has escaped during the year, which speaks volumes
in favor of its claim as a popular resort. Long after seashore and
mountain boarders are gone its patrons linger. But, in all seri-
ousness, the city should no longer be a party to this farce of sup-
posed punishment. It has a duty to perform. The prisoners are
subjects of its care, and, while they may be deprived of their lib-
erty, ought not to be confined in unhealthy quarters. Nor should
the moral atmosphere be such, from necessarily close contact
that all alike become hardened criminals.
A suitable prison building is imperatively needed, so that a
classification can be made and a stricter discipline enforced ; a
bill of fare should be established embracing only the necessaries,
and it be made in fact a correctional institution.
Your committee have overcome a difficulty which has come up
periodically for years, the scarcity of water.
246 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Last year an artesian well was sunk in the well near the house.
About the time it was completed the ordinary supply from the
other well being forthcoming, nothing further was done until the
drouth of the past summer, when your committee, using their
best judgment, put in a hand or brake pump. While its cheap-
ness was a consideration, the utilizing of prison labor was the de-
sideratum.
A test was made. Four men very lazily raised the water in the
reservoir one and five eighths inches in fifteen minutes, which
would give nearly fifteen barrels per hour, or one barrel more
than stipulated. This can be increased very readily twenty per
cent, so that your committee are very much pleased with their
much criticised venture.
The appointment of the same aldermen on the city farm and
house of correction committees is a move in the right direction,
as much better results can be attained by placing the responsibil-
ity on one committee.
In this connection we would tender our hearty thanks to the
committee on house of correction for the considerate and gentle-
manly manner in which we were met at all times.
The hampered condition of the buildings is such as to very ma-
terially handicap the superintendent and his efficient matron from
obtaining the best results, yet an examination of the foregoing
statements will contrast favorably with former years.
Respectfully submitted.
WALTER M. FULTON,
BYRON WORTHEN,
ALBERT J. PEASLEE,
D. J. AHERN,
Joint Standing Committee on City Farm.
REPORT OF THE CITY SOLICITOR.
REPORT OV CITY SOLICITOR.
To the City Councils :
Gentlemen, — I hereby submit my report for the year 1892
■as City Solicitor.
Following the views expressed in my last report as to the expe-
diency of settling suits to which the city is a party when it can
be done on a reasonable basis, the following named cases, which
were upon the docket of the supreme court January i, 1892, were
disposed of by his Honor the Mayor and myself, under authority
from the city councils, without trial, and, in my judgment, in a
manner beneficial to the city, viz.: Lee Big \. Manchester^ Ed-
win Branch v. Manchester, Honora Russell v. ^Manchester, Ed-
ward Wyman v. Manchester^ all suits for damages for personal in-
juries resulting from alleged defective highways ; Manchester v.
Weston and others, to recover damages paid by the city on the
verdict in action Mary Kildea v. Manchester; Manchester v. John
Fergicson, to recover damages paid by the city on the verdict in
action Margaret Kelley v. Manchester. Also the following suits,
begun during the year, were disposed of in the same manner, viz.:
Michael Collins v. Manchester, Bridget Hodgkins v. Manchester,
Emerance Desilets v. Manchester, being all suits for damages for
personal injuries, the first received while working in one of the
city sewer trenches, the others received in the use of alleged de-
fective highways.
The cases of T. S. Colby v. Manchester and M. Colby v. Man-
chester, pending January i, were withdrawn by the plaintiffs after
being in court nearly three years.
The cases of Celia Clark v. Manchester, Inez Tirrell v. Man-
chester, R. N. Whittemore v. Manchester, Thomas Lane v. Man-
250 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Chester, and Sarah E. Mayheio v. Manchester^ at the March term
of the court were tried by jury and resulted, the first three in ver-
dicts against the city, while the jury rendered verdicts in favor
of the city in the last two.
The case of William M. Parsons v. MancJiester, which was
tried by jury in 1891 and taken to the law term by the city, was
decided in favor of the plaintiff and judgment ordered on the
verdict.
The appeal of Campbell 6^ Maxiuell v. Alanchester was before
the law term and a decision rendered in favor of the city, but an
amendment to the case was allowed and it is still pending in
court.
The cases of the City v. M. J. Jenkins and Ids boiidsmen^ pend-
ing January i, have been referred to Thos. D. Luce, Esq., and
will be pushed to trial as soon as possible.
The case of Charles S. Cousins, pending January i, was taken
to the law term on an agreed case, and judgment rendered in fa-
vor of the plaintiff.
The cases of Augusta Currin v. Manchester and Catherine
McCarthy v. Manchester are still pending on the docket.
During the year the following cases were begun against the
city and are now pending in court .
Mary Dickey v. Manchester and D. H. Dickey v, Man-
chester,
Being suits for damages to land owned by the plaintiffs by the
overflow of water from the city reservoir.
C. H. Bodwell v. Manchester,
A suit for damages for personal injuries received by being thrown
from his carriage owing to an alleged defect in Nutt road.
T. E. McDerby v. Manchester.
Brought to recover damages caused by water flooding the cel-
lar of the plaintiff's store on corner of Pine and Laurel streets,
by the bursting of a city water pipe.
REPORT OF THE CITY SOLICITOR. 251
Michael Williams v. Manciiester.
An action for personal injuries caused by an icicle dropping
from the roof of the court house on plaintiff's head.
Janet B. White v. Manchester.
A suit for damages for personal injuries caused by falling on
South Main street, owing to an alleged icy condition thereof.
S. Woodman v. Manchester.
A suit to recover the damages allowed by the board of mayor
and aldermen for land taken for a new highway, but disallowed
by the city auditor, on the ground that the plaintiff, or her grant-
or, had laid the street out on a plan, and sold lots by the plan.
A question of law only is involved in this case.
Manchester v. Warren & Beede.
■ Brought to recover the damages the city paid on the verdict
in the case of R. N. Whittemore v. Manchester.
The city recovered about ^800 in an action with the estate of
John R. Hanson, on a note and mortgage over twenty years old,
after a trial before Judge Clark.
The case of J. O. Burbank to recover ^64 damages caused by
lowering the grade of Massabesic street was tried before Judge
Clark, and judgment rendered in favor of the plaintiff.
The petition of D. C. Whittemore and others for the extension
of Putnam street was tried before the county commissioners, and
the petition dismissed, the city agreeing to build a substitute
therefor.
The petition of the city for the discontinuance of a portion of
old Bridge street road was tried before the county commission-
ers, and the petition was denied.
The petition of P. C. Cheney and others for a new highway
from Manchester to Goffstown is still pending, but has never
been pushed for hearing by the petitioners, and will probably be
dropped during the coming year.
252 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPOKTS.
Two matters in which the city of Manchester is a party are
pending in court, which arise from the controversy over a site for
a new railroad station, viz., the petition of Manchester for the
discontinuance of a portion of Canal and Central streets, and the
appeal of the Boston & Maine Railroad from the decision of the
mayor and aldermen in widening and straightening Canal street.
The Kimball Carriage Co. has an appeal from the tax imposed
by the assessors in 1891, pending on the docket.
The following cases are on the session's docket, all being ap-
peals from the award for damages made by the mayor and alder-
men for land taken for new highways, viz., Batchelder &= Clai-k
V. Manchester; Executrix of John S. Woodman v. Matichester ;
A. Elliott V. Manchester ; and Abbie M. Sawtelle v. Manchester.
The foregoing is a summary of the matters which during the
past year have been before the supreme court. I have the pleas-
ure of announcing that not for a number of years has the docket,
of cases against the city contained so few and so unimportant
actions. The old and vexatious cases have been disposed of,
and those which remain are not what are usually considered bad
ones. But, as I have stated in former reports, the business
in court is but a small part of the solicitor's duties. The other
duties of the office have all received my attention and my best
efforts. Many claims have been investigated, legal conundrums
answered, many.meetings of the mayor and aldermen and of com-
mittees have been attended, legal documents drawn, and all city
officials advised to the best of my ability. To the various city
officers I am indebted for assistance and courtesy, and to His
Honor the Mayor especially I would express my hearty apprecia-
tion of his uniform kindness and apparent confidence.
Respectfully submitted.
EDWIN F. JONES,
City Solicitor.
REPORT OF THE CITY PHYSICIAN.
REPORT OF CITY PHYSICIAN.
To His Honor the Mayor and Ge?iflemen of the City Councils :
I herewith submit my report for the year 1892 :
Total number of patients, 98.
Total number of visits made, 872.
Diseases treated : Bronchitis, acute, 4 ; bronchitis, chronic, 2 ;
phthisis pulmonalis, 9 ; acute indigestion, 3 ; rheumatic arthritis,
5 ; chronic constipation, 4; locomotor ataxia, i ; varicose veins,
4; folicular tonsilitis, 5 ; miscarriage, i ; peritonitis, i ; cerebro-
spinal meningitis, i ; delirium tremens, 12 ; syphilis, 2 ; cholera
morbus, 4 ; urethral stricture, 2 ; cystitis, chronic, 2 ; insanity,
8 ; cases requiring surgical treatment, 28.
I would respectfully call the attention of your honorable body
to the urgent and immediate necessity of an emergency hospital.
The rapid growth of the city has made the need the more press-
ing. Manchester is destitute of a place to care for insane, de-
lirium tremens, or confinement cases. None of the hospitals of
the city will receive persons suffering from insanity or delirium
tremens. The Mercy Home is the only place where confinement
cases are received, and the great distance of the latter institution
from the center of the city renders it useless in cases of emer-
gency.
There have been many persons suffering from contagious dis-
eases the past year, and the city and the county have been to
great expense in caring for such patients at the pest-house, where
the necessary facilities for proper care are entirely wanting.
I have had cases of delirium tremens where the victim was
compelled to stay in one of the cells at police headquarters for
256 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
three or four days, his condition being aggravated by his drunk-
en neighbors, and his recovery retarded.
One of the chief needs of a hospital is the great number of
surgical cases, now increasing, that are coming into police head-
quarters. The chances for successful operations are very small
when the surroundings and conveniences are taken into account.
Loss of life will be the inevitable result, unless some means are
provided for their care.
FREDERICK PERKINS, M. D.,
City Physicia7i..
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 1892 :
The method of inspection of the samples gathered and of
those submitted by private parties during the year is exactly the
same as for the past two years, all samples being first tried by in-
struments to ascertain if they were up to the required per cent
of solids, and are not submitted to chemical analysis unless
found below the standard by the instruments, unless they are
submitted for the purpose of finding coloring matter, conserra-
line, or preventive. The time best suited for gathering sam-
ples is from i o'clock to 6 o'clock a. m., as nearly every milk
route in the city supplies its customers between these hours dur-
ing the summer months, while in cold weather they do not de-
liver the milk until after daylight.
The samples taken during this year have been much better
than a year ago, and the shortage during the summer months
was much less, besides, dealers have made better arrangements
for obtaining supplies than formerly, in order to guard against
any drouth or long dry season whereby the supply would be di-
minished.
The milk supply of the city has been somewhat augmented by
the fact that the Messrs. Hood & Sons, of Derry, during the
past year have taken a license and have set off milk from their
cars to those who wished it, and the Messrs. Whiting & Sons,
of Wilton, have done the same. These two firms have each two
milk cars passing through the city daily for the Boston market,
the cars of one firm going by the way of Nashua while the
260 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Others go' over the Lawrence road. The samples taken frora
the milk set off from these cars have proved of good quality. It
is only a matter of time when a full car of milk will have to be
left at our station in addition to the supply brought to the city
by teams.
At the March term of the supreme court eight indictments
were found against as many dealers, all the complaints but one
having been made in the latter part of 1891, subsequent to the
September term of court, and could not be brought before
grand jury unlil the March term of 1892. The committee on
revision of statutes in the legislature had in the meantime
changed the law regarding the evidence required for conviction,
and when the cases were brought to trial the court ruled that
they must be tried under the revised law, and the cases were nol
prosed as it entirely dispensed with the evidence found from
chemical analysis. A bill has been introduced in the present
legislature to so amend the law as to make it available in pro-
tecting the people of our city against " extended " and adulter-
ated milk. There is no reason why we should not have a good,
pure milk sold in our city, and that it should be of a good mer-
chantable standard, and the law protecting the quality cannot be
too severe.
There has been an increase of small routes during the year,
some only carrying one or two cans, the cans holding eight and
one half quarts each.
There are now 104 milk routes which deliver daily within the
city limits, 17,374 quarts of new milk and 1,485 quarts of
skimmed milk. Estimated number of cows to produce the daily
supply of milk for the city, 2,693. Nearly all the milk pro-
duced within a radius of eight or nine miles of the city is used
within the city limits, and a prolonged drouth of a few weeks in
the summer season creates a shortage which has caused at times
in the past much inconvenience to those depending largely
upon milk as an article of food.
The number of licenses issued during the year was 133,
amounting to $66.50.
REPORT OF THE MILK INSPECTOR. 261
No cases of tuberculosis have been reported to the office dur-
ing the year.
Seventeen complaints regarding milk were made during the
year to this office, and were at once attended to.
The ruling price per quart has been five cents, although many
put up the price to six cents during the winter months, but the
larger part of the milk men kept the old price and sold for five
cents.
With the license at fifty cents, there is very little protection
to the business of selling milk, yet the milkman who pays that
attention to his busmess which it deserves has invariably a better
route and is always in demand with his customers.
Very respectfully,
H. F. W. LITTLE,
Milk Inspector.
REPORT OF THE CITY MARSHAL.
REPORT OF THE CITY MARSHAL.
Manchester, N. H., December 31, 1892.
To the Honorable May 07' and Board of Aldermen :
Gentlemen, — I have the honor to submit to you the annual
report of the police department for the year ending December
31, 1892, showing the strength and condition of the department.
At the date of making this report the department consists of
one city marshal, one assistant city marshal, one captain of the
night patrol, and thirty-three patrolmen. One of the patrolmen
was detailed by your honorable boar(^ to act as sergeant of the
night patrol, and another of them was detailed by myself to act
as inspector. During the year two patrolmen who were acting
as sergeant resigned, viz. : Melvni J. Jenkins and Jonathan E.
Floyd, and the vacancy was filled by the election of Charles W.
Stevens and Theodore Floden. Henry A. Burns was selected
to act as sergeant and has done so satisfactorily.
discipline.
It has been my design since taking charge of the department
to place the force on as good a footing as possible for one of its
size, to have discipline and to require the men to perform their
duties according to the rules and regulations of the department,
and in consequence thereof the force, in my opinion, has been
improved and brought to a better standard of discipline, and in
the diligent discharge of its duty fully merits the confidence of
the people of this city. The officers, wdth a few exceptions,
have shown a disposition to do their duty faithfully and impar-
tially. Four officers have been suspended by me during the
266 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
year for misconduct, two of whom resigned, one suspended
without pay for twenty days, and the other I allowed to return
to duty after a few days' absence, on promise of better behavior.
DETECTIVE DEPARTMENT.
During the last nine months of the year I have, with the con-
sent and approval of his Honor the Mayor, detailed ofificer John
T. O'Dowd to act as inspector and look after the detective work
of the department, which he has done with skill and energy,
working night as well as day when required. Neither time nor
distance has prevented the pursuit of criminals. Several have
been overtaken and brought back from other cities and states
and punished for their offenses. The wisdom of having an in-
spector is shown by the good work done by the department dur-
ing the past year in recovering lost and stolen property. Lost
property to the amount of three thousand five hundred and
fifty-three dollars and eighty-five cents, and stolen property to
the amount of three thousand eleven dollars and fifteen cents
has been recovered and returned to the owners thereof. Among
the list of stolen property recovered are several teams, and in
every instance but one the thief has been captured and punished,
and he is now serving a sentence for horse stealing in a Massa-
chusetts house of correction.
MATRON.
This department has been looked after very efficiently by the
present matron, Miss A. Burnett Brown, who takes great interest
in her work, in providing for and attending to the wants of all
unfortunate women who are arrested and brought to the station-
house, and to all others who need her assistance. I would rec-
ommend that a portion of the prison be set aside for the exclu-
sive use of females, and that a room be provided somewhere in
the building for the use of the matron.
MORALE OF THE CITY.
There has been an increase of arrests over last year, but the
city as a whole has been remarkable for its good order and free-
REPORT OF THE CITY MARSHAL. 267
dom from what is considered the heavier class of crime. This
was particularly noticeable last summer and fall, when we had
several large celebrations, such as circus processions, torchlight
processions, etc., which called out a large number of our people.
There have been more gatherings of this nature during the past
year than any preceding year to my knowledge.
POLICEMEN.
The police business, from its nature, is liable to make enemies,
for the officer who, in performance of his duty, conscientiously
shows no favors is liable to run against the sharp corners of men,
and test the peculiarities of human nature, for seldom is a man
arrested who has not sympathizing friends who are ready to be-
lieve the officer has exceeded his authority. So long as it is ne-
cessary to arrest annually several hundreds of persons, so long
will there be a considerable number of people who are not
friendly towards the police, and who will criticise it and mag-
nify its shortcomings whenever an opportunity offers.
The officer who is a good fellow is liable to be a bad officer.
The duties of the police are of such a character that it is abso-
lutely impossible for a conscientious officer to pander in the
smallest degree to the wishes of the disorderly element. Again,
respectable business men fail to comply with or wilfully violate
certain ordinances. It is the sworn duty of the officer to bring
this good citizen into court. He discharges that duty promptly
and gets the lasting enmity of not only the respectable busi-
ness man but of all the large circle of friends of the said business
man.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
I would recommend that something be done towards establish-
ing an emergency hospital in or near the station. It seems to
me that in a city of this size, where large manufactories are lo-
cated, accidents are liable to occur any time, and the injured
should have hospital treatment at once. That we have been slow
in this matter is a fact that cannot be disputed.
I earnestly recommend to your favorable consideration the
matter of establishing the police telegraph system in this city.
268 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Although we have the full complement of men allowed by the
ordinance, viz., thirt3'-six men, there is a constant demand for
more police protection. I desire earnestly but respectfully to
call your attention to the fact that there are a number of streets
that are never visited by any member of the police force unless
an officer is especially summoned. I would therefore recom-
mend that the ordinance be amended so as to provide for an in-
crease of the force at an early date.
In accordance with the requirements of the city ordinance I
would submit the following report of all cases which have been
brought before the police court, and their results, during the year
1892:
Assault, 145; aggravated assault, 4 ; assault on officer, 5 ;
abortion, i ; adultery, 3 ; begging, 5 ; breaking and entering, 27 ;
bigamy, i ; breaking glass, 5 ; bound over to keep the peace, 2 ;
building privy vault, i ; common street walkers, 2 ; drunk,
1,546; driving team on sidewalk, i ; distributing handbills, 4;
driving over hose at fires, i ; evading car-fare, 2 ; exposure of
person, 4 ; embezzlement, 7 ; felonious assault, i ; fornication,
16 ; fast driving, 17 ; idle person, i ; gambling, 2 ; injury to per-
sonal property, i ; keeping spirituous liquor for sale, 43 ; keeping
malt liquor for sale, second offense, 19 ; keeping malt liquor for
sale, 113; keeping spirituous liquor for sale, second offense, i ;
keeping open Sunday, 22 ; keeping dog without license, 37 ; lar-
cen}' from person, 4; larceny, 112 ; manslaughter, i ; non-sup-
port, 2 ; noise and brawl, 57 ; obscene and profane language, 8 ;
obtaining goods by false pretences, i ; obstructing officer, i ; per-
mitting gambling, i ; playing ball in streets, 3 ; rape, i ; receiv-
ing stolen goods, 3 ; running away from house of correction, 7 ;
stealing a ride, 3 ; selling liquor, 2 ; stubborn child, 3 ; truants,
4 ; throwing snowballs, 2 ; vagabond, 6 ; vagrant, i ; total,
2,264.
The foregoing cases were disposed of as follows :
Gave bail to keep the peace, i ; nol pros'd, 35 ; paid fine im-
posed, 794 ; committed to the house of correction for non-payment
of fines, 760 ; committed to the house of correction on sentence,
69 ; committed to jail for non-payment of fine, 65 ; committed
REPORT OF THE CITY MARSHAL. 269^
to jail on a sentence, 2 ; committed to the state reform school, 8;
bound over for their appearance at the supreme court, 96 ; com-
mitted to jail, bail not furnished, 78 ; committed to the county
house of correction at Wilton, 55 ; committed to the county
house of correction at the jail, 2 ; sentence suspended, 158; ap-
pealed, 20; nol pros'd, paid costs, 10; discharged, 36; contin-
ued for sentence. 34; whole number arrests, 2,683 5 whole num-
ber females, 340 ; whole number males, 2,343 : on file, 40; whole
number admitted for lodging, 1,207 ! accidents reported, 14 ; as-
sisted out-of-town officers, 58 ; buildings found open and secured,
415 ; cases investigated, 569 ; cases cruelty to animals investi-
gated, 40; defective streets and sidewalks reported, 173; distur-
bances suppressed, 531 ; dogs killed, 41 ; dogs lost and found,
18; dangerous dogs, notice served to owners, 30; fires discov-
ered and alarms given, 20 ; fires extinguished without an alarm,
38 ; injured and sick persons assisted, 49 ; intoxicated persons
taken home, 308; lights extinguished in buildings, 74 ; lights
furnished for dangerous places, 173; lost children restored to
their parents, 99 ; money or other stolen property recovered,
;g3,oii.i5; money or other lost property recovered, $3,553-85;
nuisances abated, 48; search warrants for liquor served, none
found, 6 ; stray teams put up, 48 ; street obstructions removed,
366.
The following amount has been received for fines and costs im-
posed by the police court from December 31, 1891, to Derember
31, 1892, $8,304.25. It has been paid over to the city treasurer.
In closing my report I would tender my thanks to his Honor
the Mayor for the advice I have received at his hands, to the
city council for the courteous treatment and cordial sup-
port I have received from them. I also extend my thanks to
Judge Hunt, Clerk Bickford, and City Solicitor Jones for their
advice and support. I would also remember the members of the
police department for their efficient aid in the discharge of their
duties.
Respectfully submitted.
M. J. HEALY,
Ci'fy Marshal.
REPORT
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Manchester, New Hampshire,
December 28, 1892.
To the Honorable City Councils :
The forty-sixth annual report of the School Committee of the
city of Manchester, and the final report of the present board, is
respectfully submitted to you and to the citizens of Manchester.
In submitting this report the committee desires to acknowledge
the courtesies it has received from your honorable bodies. This
is the more necessary because of the anomalous position in which
the school committee is placed. Elected by direct popular vote,
and being, therefore, primarily responsible to the people, this com-
mittee has not even concurrent voice in determining the amount
of appropriations for school use or in deciding what accommo-
dations shall be provided for the increasing number of children
of school age. The committee having presented its recommend-
ations becomes thereupon a pensioner upon your bounty. Con-
fusion of responsibility is inevitable. The school committee
might be justified if it were to feel itself discharged of all finan-
cial obligation to the citizens save that involved in the judicious
expenditure of the whole amount placed at its disposal.
Year after year, the appropriations granted by the city coun-
cils have been appreciably less than the amounts asked for by
the successive school committees. And the actual expenditures
have been faithfully kept within the amounts of the appropria-
tions. This committee has followed the same course during the
past year, thought not withou: sacrificing something of efficiency
in the schools. In view of these facts, it seems to us either that
the fuil amounts asked for, as given in the report of the sub-
committee on finance, be set aside for school use ; or, that the
274 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
proper steps be taken to so amend the charter of the city that
the school committee, itself a popular and representative assembly,
shall have power to originate measures involving the expenditure
of money for educational purposes, and to act thereupon in con-
currence with the city council and the board of aldermen. And
this matter is respectfully submitted to you for your earnest con-
sideration.
At a special meeting of this committee, held December 30,
1891, it was voted, upon recommendation of a committee ap-
pointed to consider the matter in all its bearings, that " the city
councils be requested to appropriate ^1,500 to enable the board
to establish a course of manual training in connection with the
grammar schools during the (then) coming year." This request
seems never to have had full discussion. The pressure of other
demands may, very likely, have made it appear wise for your
honorable bodies to ignore this communication. More prob-
ably, the antique position which our schools are compelled to
take in this respect is the result of erroneous impressions as to
the purpose and scope of the request. A full discussion of the
system of manual training is not possible within the limits of
this report. Fortunately, the ground has been admirably cov-
ered in previous reports. The question, /. <?., that of the ad-
visability of introducing manual training into the common school
course, is no longer debatable. Manual training, not technical
training, designed not to fit pupils for different trades, but to
develop their resources and qualify them with power, with quick-
ness and precision in apprehension and with facility in execution,
is an admitted necessity to the best modern common school edu-
cation. It is of immediate importance, therefore^ that the
request of this committee be no longer disregarded, and that
suitable provision be made for the preliminary steps leading to
the full development of this system in our public schools. For
that purpose the amount indicated in the recommendation of this
board is less than might profitably be used.
There is urgent need of more school room. Aside from the
districts where new schoolhouses have recently been erected, the
demand is universal. Ward nine has no provision made for the
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 275
children who do not attend the parochial schools, or who would
not attend them if there were another school accessible. The
Lincoln-street building is overcrowded. The Webster-street
school, if not over full, imperatively needs more room for the
proper grading of classes. The Ash-street school would overflow
if there were an}^ other place for the superabundant pupils. At
the first meeting in the year, January i, 1892-, it was voted that
the city government be requested to erect a building to accom-
modate at least two schools, on the city's lot at the corner of
Bridge and Union streets. At the meeting of the board held
April 1, 1892, it was voted in response to a communication from
the city councils, that it was advisable to sell the Lake avenue
school building, and to erect, from the proceeds of the sale, a
suitable school building upon the site mentioned above. The
Lake avenue building was sold ; the lot at the corner of Bridge
and Union streets is still vacant.
If the necessity of erecting a building for school use upon this
lot be questioned, there can be no question as to the necessity of
providing more school room somewhere in the northeastern part
of the city. A communication from this board, by vote passed
at the regular meeting of October 7, 1892, has been presented to
you, suggesting the advisability of providing new accommoda-
tions within the present Ash-street district, preferably somewhere
in the vicinity of Orange and Linden streets. This matter can-
not be much longer delayed. Already the children in that dis-
trict are put to serious inconvenience, and the usefulness of the
Ash-street school is impaired by lack of room.^
In the Webster-street school also, the accommodations are
inadequate. In this case the difficulty is two-fold, — the pressure
of numbers, and the need of better grading. With a very few
scholars, a teacher may successfully care for classes in six or seven
different grades. On the other hand, with but one grade or per-
haps two, a teacher need have no great difficulty in caring for as
many scholars as the room can be made to hold ; but no teacher
can do justice to a room full of scholars representing halfa-dozen
different grades. And there is, moreover, a deplorable nervous
exhaustion manifest in the young children who must be present
* Since this report was presented some steps liave been taken towards
providing a new school on Pearl and Linden streets.
276 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
while recitations are being conducted by many classes with differ-
ent lessons.
In a short time the Children's Home will be brought within
this district, and provision must be made for this sudden increase
in the lower primary school. The recommendation submitted
by vote of this board will be at best but a temporary measure.
In ward nine there are some children attending the parochial
school who would, if they could, attend the public school. It is
the opinion of this board that the education made possible by
the public schools is far better than that which can be afforded
by any private enterprise. Whether this opinion is justified or
not, it is the duty of the city government to provide suitable
accommodations for every child who wishes to avail himself of
this common-school education. If there are very few such chil-
dren, it may be best to provide free transportation to the nearest
public school. On the other hand, if establishing a public school
in this vicinity would tend to draw pupils to that school be-
cause of its inherent superiority, the expenditure would be jus-
tified if there should be but two or three scholars registered at
the first. The fact must be emphasized that our common duty is
not only to provide such accommodations as are definitely de-
manded, but also to stimulate the demand tor such education as
our common schools afford, and to increase their constituency
by their manifest superiority and by their ready availability. It
was in view of these facts that the recommendation was presented
to you, suggesting that a school building be erected in this dis-
trict providing two rooms, and so constructed that the number
of rooms may be increased with slight expense whenever it may
seem expedient.*
No definite recommendation has been submitted to your hon-
orable bodies relative to the need of more room in the Lincoln-
street district. There is some difficulty in deciding upon the
best plan for relieving the extreme pressure now felt in this
school, but there is no difficulty in perceiving that some provi-
sion must be made, at no distant day, for the demand thus in-
dicated.
*This recommendation also has been acted upon by the city councils.
(April, 1893.)
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 277
In view of these considerations, this committee would respect-
fully request that a joint commission be appointed, including one
member of the school committee from each ward, one member
of the city councils from each ward, and his Honor the Mayor,
ex officio ; and that this commission be given full power to take
such action as it may find expedient regarding the increase of
school accommodations in the city ; and it is recommended
that this be made a standing commission.
Aside from the matter of accommodations, the buildings
under our care are turned over to our successors in as good con-
dition as is possible in view of the limited amount placed at our
disposal. Some of them should be repaired, some should be
replaced ; very few are satisfactory. This committee, while in-
sisting that its responsibility is limited by the restrictions im-
posed by the cutting down of its estimates, feels that it has not
done all that the best interests of the city have demanded. It
has only done what was possible to it. Either the appropriations
must be increased, or there will soon come an immediate and
urgent demand for an expenditure far exceeding the sum of the
amounts supposed to be saved yearly by trimming down the esti-
mates of successive committees. In educational matters, above
all else, the wisest expenditure is the truest economy. The
economy is in the use rather than in the amount. If there is a
prospect that the city may issue bonds for internal improve-
ments, special provision should be made in the enabling measure
setting aside at least eight per cent of the face of the bonds for
school purposes. In any event, this whole item of schoolhouses
could with profit be permanently referred to such a commission
as is recommended above.
During the year six new rooms have been opened : two in the
Varney school, and one each in the Goffe's Falls, South Man-
chester, East Manchester, and Ash-street sohools.
Upon recommendation of a committee appointed to consider
the request of the principals of the Varney and Ash-street schools,
the school hours were so changed at these schools as to do away
with the afternoon recess. At the Ash-street school this arrange-
ment is still continued, and seems to give general satisfaction.
278 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
At the regular meeting of June 3, 1892, Mr. William E.
Buck was unanimously re-elected superintendent of public
schools. We heartily commend his faithful and efficient admin-
istration of the affairs entrusted to him. He has been in the
service of the city in this capacity for fifteen years, and during
that time our schools have made great progress in all respects.
We forward his detailed report to you, in full, and commend to
your consideration the recommendations therein embodied, with
our unanimous approval.
At the meeting held September 3, 1892, Mr. Samuel Brooks
was unanimously re-elected truant officer. His report may be
found with the statistics in the Appendix. In this connection,
attention should again be called to the fact that there is no ade-
quate provision made for an accurate school census. Under the
present arrangement the assessors are supposed to report the num-
ber of children of school age in the city. For some reason, the
number thus reported has repeatedly been found less than the
number of scholars actually attending the public and parochial
schools. A census of this kind is worse than useless, it is mis-
leading. It is the opinion of this committee that provision
should be made for a special school census, to be taken yearly
under the direction of the school committee and by an officer
appointed for that purpose. The work of the assessors being
thus reduced, it would be possible to carry out this plan with lit-
tle if any extra expense.
From the report of the truant officer it appears that 445 em-
ployment certificates have been granted, the average age of the
children receiving them being approximately fourteen and one
half years. Of these 445, all but 79 were of foreign birth or
parentage. ^ Two hundred and sixteen, or a little more than
forty-eight per cent of the whole number, were of French extrac-
tion, and of these children only 72, exactly one third, were re-
ported as able to read in the English language. It is unfortunate
that more than sixteen per cent of all the children granted em-
ployment certificates should pass out from the schools in the city
with no apparent familiarity with the common tongue of the
land. Some of these 144 children will, undoubtedly, acquire.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 279
if they have not already acquired, a speaking knowledge of
English. Nevertheless, this is evident : the requirements of
American citizenship demand that the law as it now stands upon
the statute books should be so amended that its original inten-
tion may be carried out and the English language be legally
established as the only one in which anv official test of ele-
mentary learning may be given. And this case is respectfully
commended to the consideration of the people, and of their
representatives in the legislature.
The evening schools opened last winter as hitherto reported,
completed the full term, and the sub- committee having them in
charge reported a good attendance and satisfactory progress on
the part of the pupils. The session of this winter began No-
vember 14, and continues with similar results.
Too much cannot be said in favor of these schools, or in com-
mendation of the evening drawing schools. The value of the
latter is shown not only by the drawings produced but also by the
general improvement in the workmanship of those to whom this
practice in drawing has given deftness and skill. As is the case
in all branches of manual training, the benefit is more than the
mere acquirement of a new accomplishment. It is found in the
greater accuracy of perception, the increased mechanical skill
and understanding, and the general ability to unite thought and
act.
It has not been thought best to prepare any exhibit for the
World's Fair. This committee shares the common regret that
the excellent work done in our schools will thus be deprived of
a possible international recognition, but the decision was rather
one of necessity than one of choice. While there was yet time
to prepare an exhibit that would be fairly representative, it ap-
peared that no sufficient floor space would be afforded by the
commissioners. When it transpired that room could be secured
in the New Hampshire building, it was too late to prepare a sat-
isfactory exhibit. And this committee was unanimously of the
opinion that it would be better to have no showing at all than to
have one hastily prepared and sure only to misrt] resent the work
of our schools.
280 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
One teacher, loved and respected by all, has been removed by
death, Miss Lucretia E. Manahan.
At the meeting of this committee, held February 5, 1892, the
following resolutions were unanimously adopted by a rising vote :
Whereas, God in His wisdom has removed from our midst Miss Lucretia
E. Manahan, for many years a teacher in the High School ;
Resolved, That her zeal and devotion to her duties and her untiring energy
have earned our deepest respect, and that we feel that our school has met with
a serious loss.
Resolved, That, as a token of our respect, these resolutions be entered in the
minutes of the board, and that a copy be sent to her mother.
It was also voted that, in view of the extra services of Miss
Manahan, her salary be continued through the month of Jan-
uary.
It is hardly possible that any two minds would agree as to the
best course of study to be followed in our schools from the low-
est to the highest. Probably no member of this committee
is entirely satisfied, so far as his individual opinion is concerned,
with the present curriculum. It must be understood that here,
as everywhere else where the. needs and opinions of many peo-
ple are to be considered, it is only by general compromise that
any approximately satisfactory results are secured. Moreover,
it is a well established fact that the character of the schools at
large is determined from the highest down, not from the lowest up.
The college or the university gives its tone to the high school,
the high school acts upon the intermediate schools, and so on.
This is a truth which does not at all depend upon the wishes of
school boards or upon the opinions of individuals. The com-
mon characteristics of the lower schools, and the ordinary courses
of study to be pursued in them, were practically determined
for this country when Harvard College was established in 1636.
The limits circumscribing such a report as this preclude the pos-
sibility of verifying these statements at length. And, indeed,
they may be easily verified by a little reflection. But there are
implied some things which may be here touched upon.
Where a- large percentage of the pupils look forward to the
highest education, the difficulty of determining the courses of
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 281
Study in the lower and preparatory schools is reduced to a mini-
mum. Where, on the other hand, but few of the pupils are so
inclined or so directed, the difficulty is at the greatest. There is
no sign more encouraging to those who have the welfare of our
schools at heart than the fact that more and more of our children
of both sexes are seeking for the higher education. It should
never be forgotten that every pupil in our common schools who
prepares for college not only adds to the general culture by the
amount of his attainment and by the contagion of his purpose,
but also exerts a reflex beneficial effect upon the schools. The
colleges in this country are tending always to elevate the stand-
ard of scholarship and at the same time to get into closer touch
with modern life. These institutions are more sensitive to the
needs of the people than are our high and grammar schools, and
the demands they make upon the lower schools are imperative.
Where the higher institutions have little contact with the pub-
lic schools, there the courses of study are most completely at the
mercy of caprice and passing whims. Parents and voluntary
spokesmen find it comparatively easy to insist upon such measures
as are likely to result in the most brilliant immediate showing,
and to demand that the children be filled with knowledge rather
than that they be developed in power. Our schools are not en-
tirely free from the effect of such conditions.
The growing sentiment throughout the country seems to ap-
prove the declaration of President Eliot to the effect that years
are wasted in the preparatory schools through faulty direction,
and that, as compared with those of Germany, the schools of
America are inferior in respect of economy in time and effort.
This is not to be charged to deficiency on the part of school
boards, much less to any failing on the part of the executive of-
ficers who are but the representatives of those boards. It is rath-
er to be considered an expression of an uijdeveloped public sen-
timent. The remedy will come unless the signs that are in the
air all fail ; first, through the changed demands made by the
higher institutions, and then, as an indirect consequence, through
the developed sentiment of the people.
It may be frankly stated that the courses of study followed in our
282 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
schools, and the methods employed, are not ideal. There are some
changes that will not be long deferred. Already from one col-
lege and another comes a demand for better equipment in the un-
derstanding and use of the English language. It is coming to
be seen that life itself calls for power and facility of mind, rather
than for variety and extent of information. And our schools
will respond. But it is the conviction of this committee that in
these respects, as in others, our schools are not inferior to those
of any other city in the land where no better facilities are af-
forded. We are proud of our public schools ; so proud of them
that we are eager for such public aid, through suggestion and sup-
port, as will make even the appearance of rivalry with them im-
possible. To that end we urge upon your honorable bodies, and
upon the citizens at large, the necessity of a deeper concern in all
matters pertaining to public instruction, and a more generous con-
sideration of these supremely important items in the public ex-
penditure.
To that end, also, we urge upon the parents of the scholars in
our schools the duty of closer identification with the schools by
personal visiting, by constant interest in the work of the scholars,
by more thoughtful regard for the purpose of all true education,
and by insistence upon the methods which shall secure the high-
est, broadest, deepest culture for their children.
Respectfully submitted.
CHARLES S. MURKLAND,
For the Committee.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
To the Manchester School Board :
Gentlemen, — The following is presented as the Annual Re-
port of the Superintendent of Public Instruction for the year
1892 :
ORGANIZATION AND ATTENDANCE.
The high school has this year been more liberally supplied
with teachers than ever before, and much to its advantage. It
has had seven teachers throughout the year, another also during
the fall term. The average number of pupils belonging to the
school has been nine greater than last year ; but the additional
teacher has been needed on account of the increased number of
classes rather than because of the slight increase in the attend-
ance.
There have been twenty-four grammar-school divisions during
the entire year, also two others for two terms each — one on the
third floor of the Lincoln-street house and one on the third floor
of the Ash-street house, where the second division of that school
has been, continuously, for two years or more. In all, there
have been two more grammar divisions than last year * — one
organized at Hallsville, the other in the Varney house. Besides
these grammar school changes, one of the divisions at the Web-
ster-street house has been discontinued ; and the mixed grammar
and middle school in the Lincoln-street house has become a
school of middle grade. But the loss of these two divisions is
offset by the organization of grammar divisions on third floofs,
one each at the Lincoln-street and Ash-street houses for two
terms, and one for the year at Bakersville.
* Reckoning the two schools for partial time equivalent to one for the year.
284 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
There have been seventeen middle schools throughout the year
— a gain of one over last year, which was organized at Halls-
ville. The apparent increase by the addition to the middle-
school list of the heretofore mixed grammar and middle school
in the Lincoln-street house is offset by the change of another
school in that house from middle to primary grade.
There have been thirty-one primary schools during the entire
year, also another for two terms and still two others for one term
each. This makes an equivalent in all for the year of at least
thirty-two primary schools. Last year there were twenty-nine ;
hence there has been a gain of three primary schools — one at
the Lincoln-street house, as before mentioned, one at the Main-
street house, one at the Lowell-street house for two terms, also
one at Hallsville and one at Goffe's Falls for one term each.
These changes have resulted in transferring the Goffe's Falls
school from the list "of- ungraded schools to the partially graded,
and the Hallsville school from the list of partially graded to that
of the graded schools.
Besides the special teacher of drawing, the additional teacher
in the high school for one term, and three masters' assistants in
the grammar schools during the fall term, there has been em-
ployed in the day schools for the year an equivalent of three
teachers more than last year, also the same as two others for one
term each. The equivalent of four new teachers has therefore
been employed on account of the increase in the enrollment over
last year, an increase of 227 pupils in the aggregate.
For five years prior to 1886, the period during which the
French parochial schools v/ere being organized, our city schools
suffered an average annual decrease of 121 pupils. For the next
five years, the city schools made an average annual gain of 88
pupils. Last year the gain was 257, and this year the gain is 227
over last year's total.
Great improvement has been made in the organization of
the* schools both at Hallsville and at Goffe's Falls. At
Hallsville there are now four schools, and should be another,
where last year there were but two schools — one in Foster's
Hall. The number of different pupils in the new Hallsville
REPOKT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 285
house has this year been 175; and there will doubtless be 40
pupils more before July, but the classification of those now in
attendance is such that another teacher should be supplied the
school as early as February.
The school at Goffe's Falls has been resolved into two schools,
a mixed primary school and a mixed grammar and middle
school, much to the advantage of the pupils in attendance.
The attendance upon respective schools may be seen by an in-
spection of the statistical tables to be found in the appendix to
this report, — pages C, D, E, and F.
MORE SCHOOLROOMS NEEDED.
For fully three years the Ash-street schoolhouse has been insuf-
ficient for the proper accommodation of the school children liv-
ing in its district ; and those living in its northwestern quarter
have, as largely as possible, been sent to the Webster-street house,
where there have this fall been 23 of these, also to the Blodget-
street house where there have been 4. Four (4) others have been
to the Wilson Hill school, and still others have been to the
Lincoln-street school, which has returned, in exchange, pupils
of other grades for the Ash-street grades not so crowded as cor-
responding ones at the Lincoln-street house. In fact, the Ash-
street, Lincoln-street, and Wilson Hill schoolhouses, combined,
are utterly inadequate for the proper accommodation of the chil-
dren who must attend in the immediate vicinity of these houses.
In spite of all the changing about, to secure any accommodations
in appropriate grades at these three houses this fall, the seven
rooms at the Ash-street house, below the second division grade,
have respectively enrolled 50, 51, 53, 52, 56, 53, and 61 pupils ;
at the Lincoln-street house, in the six rooms below the second
division there have been enrolled in respective schools 52, 55,
54, 54, 47, and 51 pupils; and in the lowest grade at Wilson
Hill, 53 pupils. In these fourteen rooms, where there are, regu-
larly, only 661 pupils' sittings, there have this fall been enrolled
742 pupils. An excess of 81 pupils, enough for two schools, has
therefore had to be accommodated by placing the necessary
number of extra desks in the aisles of the fourteen rooms named.
286 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
What shall be done, at the opening of the spring term in April,
with the 30 or more beginners almost certain then to knock at
the doors of the lower primaries at Ash-street and Wilson Hill?
The best course of procedure, in my judgment, for the relief
of the three schools in question, is first to secure a two-rooni
building for primary schools on Pearl street east of Linden, but
not far from the latter street. This would partially relieve the
Ash-6treet school, and also the one at Wilson Hill. Between
this latter school and the location which I have suggested for a
new house on Pearl street, and from the houses now in easy sight
and but a short distance to the north of this location, are pupils
now attending the Ash-street and Wilson Hill schools sufficient
to fill the house proposed, and that, too, Avith children who would
not have to go so far to school as they now do. Relief at Wilson
Hill will avoid in part, at least, the pressure upon the Lincoln-
street school.
Second, for full relief of the Ash-street school, two more
schoolrooms should be secured on the vacant city lot at the cor-
ner of Bridge and Union streets. In order to remove schools
from, and keep them off, the third floor of the Ash-street house,
and not allow the other floors of this house to be overcrowded,
the two schoolhouses indicated should both be had at the earliest
moment possible ; and first, perhaps, the one which can be
quickest obtained.
By the opening of the fall term, next year, more schoolrooms
will also be desired at the Hallsville and Webster-street houses,
either on account of the anticipated increase in the number of
pupils or in order that the schools in these buildings may be
properly classified. A new schoolhouse should also be provided
in ward nine, early in the coming year.
BREVITY OF PUPILAGE.
Greatest hindrance to the attainment of the end for which our
schools are maintained is brevity of pupilage. The course of
study for the various grades below the high school covers a period
of nine years'; and the average term of pupilage for this period
is only four years and a sixth, ascertained from a compilation of
our school statistics for the last eight years, (1884 to 1891, inclu-
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 287
sive), the school reports for previous years not giving sufficient
details for making desired calculations.
It has been the purpose of my investigations to ascertain the
times and causes of the more marked instances of permanent de-
crease in the pupilage of the schools, with the view of diminish-
ing the causes as much as possible. The revelations of the figures
are so interesting and convincing that I present them for inspec-
tion. It may be well, however, for the benefit of the casual
reader, first to explain why I have used the "Average number of
pupils belonging" as the basis of my computations. This term
indicates the average membership of a school, as may be seen
from the following simple illustration : If it should be found that
40 pupils had been enrolled in a school for any year and that 5
of these had not attended the school during any part of the first
half of the year, while another 5 had not attended during any
part of the last half of the year, it would be evident that 35
would be the average membership, or average number of pupils
belonging. Hence is seen the propriety of basing calculations
upon the average number of pupils belonging, instead of upon
the entire enrollment, in determining the duration of the average
period of pupilage. I therefore present these averages, as follows :
Averages for Eight Years, 1884 to i8g2.
Grades of Schools.
Lower Primary
Higher Primary
Lower Middle .
Higher Middle . ' .
Fourth Division, Grammar
Third Division
Second Division
First Division .
Below Grammar Grades .
Grammar Grades
High School .
AJinual Av'ge
Years at
of the Av'ge
Per cent of
End of Res-
No. of Pupils
Total Xo.
pective
Belonging.
Grades.
675
26
^%
467
18
3
316
12
4
249
9><
5
225
W2
6
179
7
7
160
6>^
8
143
S%
9
1,707
65><
5
707
273^
9
181
7
13
Totals . . . 2,595
288 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Average number graduated from grammar schools, 99.*
Average number admitted to high school, 90 *
Average number entered the high school, 65.*
Average number graduated from the high school, 40.
The average term of
pupi
lage is
computed
from
data found in
the foregoing
table, as
follows :
675
X
1/2'
=
1013
467
X
3
=
I401
316
X
4
=
1264
249
X
5
=
1245
225
X
6
=
1350
179
X *
7
=r
1253
160
X
8
=
1280.
M3
X
9
=
1272
2414 . 10,078
10078 —- 2414 = 4.17
The average term of pupilage in our grades below the high
school is 4! years, nearly.
It may be observed that the two partially graded and the
suburban schools are left out of the account, because I desire at
this time to present the facts of attendance pertaining to the
graded schools only.
From the foregoing table it is apparent that of those pupils
who enter the lower primary schools, which include the yfrj/
year and a /la// o( school work, nearly one third of the entire
number closes public school life in or with this grade ; for it is
seen that only about two thirds of the number appear in the next
grade, the higher primary.
What thus early becomes of a third of all who begin the pub-
lic school course ? The greater part, doubtless, enter the parochial
schools, from which they have previously been withheld, accord-
ing to the testimony of parents, on account of the distance
of such schools from the homes of this portion of youngest
pupils. A similar depletion again occurs in or at the close of the
*The variations from year to year may be seen on page I of the appendix.^
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 289
higher primary course, or second year and a half of school life.
What becomes of nearly a third of this grade? The higher
primary pupils who withdraw from school secure employment;
and, for the most part, in the mills, the required literary qualifi-
cation being by this time attained. This class of pupils, how-
ever, intermittently return to school, as required by law ; but only
the lesser portion of them get beyond the lower middle grade
before they attain the age of sixteen, when they altogether cease
attending the day schools. These pupils constitute the bulk of
that fifth part of the lower middle schools which closes its school
life by the end of the fourth year of the course. The pupils re-
ferred to as withdrawing from the higher primary schools and be-
coming employed in the mills, or elsewhere, are those who con-
stitute the older and overgrown portion of the higher primary
grades ; and, for the most part, they are pupils from eight to four-
teen years of age who enter our primaries from other places,
with little or no schooling.
A further inspection of the statistics submitted will show that
the annual depletion between the grades of school above the
lower middle school is conipai-atively small, and not very marked
till the interval between the first grammar division and the high
school is reached. And between the grammar schools and the
high school the loss is not so great as at first appears ; for the
first grammar divisions average a graduation of 99 out of 143,
the 44 remaining in the second class* being required to return
to the grammar school for another year.f Hence the number of
* There are graduated from the second class only those who do its work
suflSclently well to insure proper progress in the high school, without re-
viewing the work of the second class.
t Nearly all so return, and the number of them who do not is offset by the
number of graduates who enter advanced schools other than our high school;
so my statistical comparisons are not vitiated by the failure of a few to re-
turn.
Those who return are not, however, kept reviewing the entire year, as may
be seen from our course of study. It may also be said in passing, for the ben-
efit of those not acquainted with our form of school organization, that there
are two classes (doing different grades of work) in each of the schools abov
the primary; and in each of the primary schools there are three such classes.
The classes all through the schools, below the high school, are therefore but
five months apart in their work. Hence the ease with which individual pro-
motions may be made at irregular times and the readiness with which the
work of certain classes may he skipped, the result of which is that the
school course is much shortened by a considerable number of the more cap.
able pupils.
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pupils completing their school life at the end of the grammar
school course is represented by the difference between the 99
graduates and the 65 who enter the high school, or 34 ; and this
loss is but little greater, proportionally, than the loss between the
two grades of middle school, and much less than the loss between
the primaries or between the primaries and the middle schools,—
three stages early in the course at which so great losses are much
the more regretable. It is clearly in evidence that two thirds of
our pupils leave school before sufficiently advanced to enter the
lowest grammar grade ; for the eight years' averages, as presented,
show 675 pupils in the lower primary schools, and just one third
of this number, or 225, to have continued long enough in school
to enter the 'fourth or lowest division of the grammar schools.
Thus it appears that two thirds of our pupils get all their school-
ing in the primary and middle grades only, and that one third
of all who enter the lower primary schools do not attend the
public schools longer than a year and a half ; and by far the
greater portion of such appear to be withdrawn for the purpose
of enrolling them in denominational schools, because their par-
ents prefer they shall attend such schools, as soon as large
.enough to travel the necessary distance, merely because they are
schools of their own denomination. This is a right which we
must all concede, however much the withdrawals on this account
may be regretted. A third of those who remain to enter our
higher primary grades leave school altogether by the end of the
fourth or fifth year of the public school course ; and, as I have
previously indicated, these are the ones who largely represent
our floating population, which comes and goes as the demand
for labor is good or poor. The services of the children of this
class of our people are largely demanded, often with apparent ne-
cessity.
It must therefore be evident that to suggest an effectual rem-
edy for preventing the large withdrawals from the lower grade
schools is not easy, since the causes seem to lie wholly outside of
and beyond the authority or power of the board. If there are
adequate \vays of overcoming the losses, I must for the present,
at least, leave the invention and announcement of them to those
able to devise the remedies.
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It does seem, however, that there must be some effectual means
for much lessening the decrease of pupilage within the grammar
schools, whose rate of decrease is more than one half the enor-
mous rate of loss below the grammar schools. Below these
schools the losses have been shown to be 66|- per cent of the
number entering the lower primaries, and within the grammar
schools the loss is 2^^ per cent of the number entering the fourth
or lowest grammar division ; for the statistical table, showing av-
erages for eight years, indicates 225 in the fourth division grade
and only 143 in the first division.
These are unpleasant revelations, but it is better that they
should be faced ; and the actual conditions are indeed improv-
ing, as might be seen by a study of the school statistics of the more
recent years. But the improvement has not been sufficiently rapid
or sufficiently great, and yet the grammar divisions are excellent
schools, among our best, and apparently as good as those elsewhere
inspected. It is for this reason, and the further fact that they are
composed of the better part of the material from the lower
schools, that it seems it should not be difficult to hold their pupil-
age. I fear we have failed to realize the magnitude of the loss
in the grammar schools, because the average rate of decrease
from grade to grade has been so much smaller than that between
the lower schools — 12 J per cent, as against about 28 per cent.
I surmise that the failure of one pupil in eight of every gram-
mar division to pass on to the next higher division is largely the
result of thoughtlessness on the part of both pupil and parent. It
is so common for parents to extol the scholastic attainments of
their children, and compare them with the meagerness of their
own school results, that it can hardly be held as a matter of
great surprise that when pupils who have been thus extolled take
the notion that they wish to leave school and go to work,
tempted perhaps by the glitter of earnings they see made by
others of their own age, they are not greatly troubled to obtain
the consent of parents not highly appreciative of a more ex-
tended education. Doubtless some grammar school pupils with-
draw before completing the course on account of forced neces-
sities, greatly to the regret of both parent and pupil ; but this
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would not be largely inferred by any one frequenting these
grades of school. There may, however, be other reasons than
the glitter of a youth's wages why some are ready to go out
into life with less than a full grammar-school education ; and it
may be profitable to consider the more natural ones, in order
the more easily to determine what remedies to apply.
Among these reasons may be named insufficiency of the course
of study to meet the pupil's wants, neglect of the teacher to be
properly interested in the pupil, dislike to a change of teachers,
lack of comfortable environment on account of advancement in
years or size, and loss of promotion.
If there is anything about the course of study that fails to
meet the desires of the dissatisfied grammar school pupil, I think
it may be safely assumed to be his feeling that it does not par-
ticularly prepare him for the duties of active life ; and it is not
surprising that so young persons should fail to see the bearing of
the ordinary common-school course for this purpose. Hence, in
part, the advocacy of the introduction of manual training as a
portion of the school course, which was extendedly discussed in
my annual report to the board last year.
Neglect of the teacher to become duly interested in the dissat-
isfied pupil is much more likely to occur in large schools where
the over-weighted teacher has to husband her resources in order
to continue in the service. The restless pupil is by such a teacher
too frequently regarded as an annoyance ; and the temptation,
under the circumstances, is at least to refrain from making an ef-
fort to prevent any anticipated withdrawal. The remedy is in
smaller schools where more individual work caij be done ; or, in
case of necessity for large schools, the remedy is in the employ-
ment therefor of teachers of unusual powers and skill.
Many pupils are so sensitive that, if left to their own choice,
they would quit school altogether rather than make the acquain-
tance of another teacher ; and other pupils, left free to decide
for themselves, would withdraw from school rather than make the
acquaintance of the teacher in the next higher grade, simply be-
cause of prejudice against her, probably derived from acquain-
tances under her charge who do not enjoy themselves on account
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of the treatment felt necessary by the teacher in consequence of
their ill disposed inclinations ; or possibly, in exceptional cases,
the prejudice may arise from the general dissatisfaction with
which pupils regard a particular teacher. The remedy against
so frequently requiring pupils to make a change of teachers may
be found in a plan that I advocated several years ago,* as fol-
lows :
First. At the close of the spring term, advance to the room
of next higher grade both classes in every school between the
primary and the high, and from each primary school then advance
the first and second classes to the next higher room.
Second. At the end of the first four weeks of the winter term
(about the first of February), again make promotions, but with-
out then changing the classes to other rooms.
Third. Annually, at the close of the spring term, change the
position of all teachers between the lower primary grade and the
highest-division grammar, so that the higher-primary and the
middle school teachers shall go round with their pupils from
school to school, starting with the higher primary and ending
with the higher middle ; and so, likewise, have the grammar-
school grade assistants perform the circuit of the three lower di-
visions of the grammar school with their pupils.
Under the present arrangement there is not, for several weeks
after a pupil comes under the tuition of a new teacher, a realiza-
tion of the outmost limit, and just that, of the knowledge from
which the pupil is actually prepared to advance or an understand-
ing of his abilities or power to accomplish results, to say nothing
of that acquaintance with the disposition necessary to obtain the
best results in the most agreeable manner.
On the other hand, the pupil not infrequently suffers in the
mean time because of the feeling that he is not appreciated ; and,
in consequence, his confidence, co-operation, and love are tar-
dily won. The changes I have suggested would produce such
conditions that pupils would, during their elementary course of in-
struction, have but four different teachers where they now have
eight ; and I believe better results would thereby be attained with
* See Annual Report for 1885, page 35.
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less friction, for reasons already suggested, and the additional one
that the teacher would be led better to see the relation of the work
as comprised in the several grades and to treat it more harmoni-
ously as a whole, thus becoming broader herself and less likely to
"get into ruts."
Whenever reviews are taken of work done in prior grades, '
there is a frequent feeling upon the part of the teacher that the
work therein must have been faulty, because of the apparent pov-
erty of results found at the later date ; but I think the difficulty
most largely lies in the fact that teachers do not sufficiently fa-
miliarize themselves with the work done by their pupils when in
lower classes and that they do not therefore keep them fresh in
the essentials of that w^ork, — as they might easily, and naturally
would, do, if they were fully familiar with it. The plan above
outlined for the rotation of teachers would dispose of this omis-
sion more effectually than any other which I can suggest. By
the plan suggested no principle for securing best results through
a division of labor would be violated, for the character of the
work throughout each circuit named for the rotation of the
teacher is not unlike that required in any grade of the same cir-
cuit. By this plan, the teacher of the lower primary school would
continue therein as heretofore. This is deemed advisable, be-
cause of the special qualifications essential for the exceptional
character of the work done during the first year and a half. Dur-
ing this period, too, there is less danger of a teacher's performing
merely routine work. For the next three years and a half, pu-
pils would enjoy the advantages derived from being under the
same instructor, and, likewise, under but one other teacher dur-
ing the three years covered by the course in the three lower di-
visions of the grammar grade.
Pupils unduly advanced in years and size, as compared with
their classmates, and who on this account feel uncomfortable in
our schools, are pupils who for the. most part have not had the
advantages in early youth which their new found classmates have
enjoyed; for such pupils chiefly come here from towns where
their environment did not reveal to them the backwardness of
their schooling. Pupils of this class would find their embarrass-
■REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 295
ment much relieved by opportunities afforded in a course of
manual training, for in this at least they could show their class-
mates that pupils from the back towns would not be found in-
ferior ; and thereby they would soon command admiration from
their mates instead of being regarded as the dullards of their
class, and in consequence of this difference in their status they
would not feel so uncomfortable in their environment as to med-
itate speedy withdrawal from school.
The number of pupils who withdraw from school in conse-
quence of loss of promotion is believed to be extremely small,
smaller than for any other reason ; because I can recall no in-
stance in which a parent has expressed dissatisfaction to me in
consequence of such loss who has therefor withdrawn his child
from school. On the other hand, parents in such instances have,
upon investigation, almost uniformly become satisfied with the
judgment of the teacher and that their children had been given
due consideration and proper treatment.
In any effort that may be made greatly to reduce the number
of withdrawals from school, the one agency to which we must
look with greatest expectations of success is the personal interest
and influence of teachers. Without this, all other means must
fall short of great results ; but I feel sure that with the facts and
figures before them, which I have herewith presented, our teach-
ers will promptly examine themselves for any signs of neglect, so
earnestly desirous are they to exert proper influences and in ev-
ery way to render best services. Small, I trust, will be the num-
ber of teachers obliged to reflect that schools theirs for any con-
siderable time have been sufficiently full only for brief periods
after semi-annual promotions.
SUPERVISORY PRINCIPALS.
Much help in checking withdrawals from school will, I am
sure, be found to have been afforded by the appointment of the
grammar masters as supervisory principals. They now come in
much closer contact with all the pupils in their buildings than
was ever before possible. This new relation has existed only
since the opening of.the fall term, but it is already apparent that
296 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
the establishment of it will work more for the ultimate good of
the schools than any other single step taken by the board for
many years. The masters are earnestly studying the relations of
the work required in the various grades, by personally conduct-
ing class exercises therein, with the view of enabling themselves
to determine how best to aid their assistants in operating the
course of study as a harmonious whole, and to secure chief atten-
tion to emphasizing essentials.
As I have before intimated, the grade teacher is apt to do the
work assigned to her own classes, year after year, without thought
of its relation to the work done by her pupils while in lower
classes sufficient to cause her to keep in due repair the various
links of the educational chain ; nor is she apt to consider what
her pupils will be expected to do in subsequent classes enough to
cause her to put other links, in advance of her grade, even in a
formative process. If, therefore, a bright pupil much leads the
first class of such a teacher, she dares not recommend him for
double promotion because she does not well enough understand
the work beyond to feel sure he can do it properly. Hence
bright pupils have doubtless failed to gain time which they might
have better utilized. The teacher should be the best judge of
her pupils' ability to do the work of a higher grade ; and another
who does not come in quite frequent contact with her classes
cannot safely select pupils for double promotion, or for advance-
ment at irregular intervals. This is an important office which
the grammar masters, with the opportunities now at their disposal,
can safely perform ; and I have called their attention to those
stages in the course of study at which pupils may with most ease
be doubly pronioted. We may therefore reasonably expect that
in future many pupils will annually be doubly promoted, in place
of the few heretofore so honored and encouraged.
By properly looking after the interests of every pupil, so far as
to secure for him all the advancement to which his merits at any
time entitle him, and by exerting that influence which present '
opportunities afford the grammar masters for keeping pupils in
the schools as long as possible, in addition to the other work
naturally theirs, the grammar masters will render services far
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 297
more valuable than the additional expense found necessary to
constitute them supervisory principals.
DRAWING.
Another important act of the board, this year, has been the
appointment of Miss C. J. Emmins, a graduate of the Massachu-
setts Normal Art School, as special instructor in drawing for full
time. Miss Emmins became acquainted with the needs of our
schools through her employment here last year, two days a week.
She entered heartily upon the work in September, last, with
the evident determination to do all possible for our schools ;
and, if she fails to accomplish much for the improvement of
drawing here, it will be no fault of hers. She is highly compe-
tent, has excellent judgment about the application of her work,
and is herself an enthusiastic and » indefatigable worker. The
city is fortunate in having secured her services.
EVENING SCHOOLS.
Our evening drawing school, taught during the fall and winter
months, continues to prosper. It is highly appreciated by those
in attendance ; and its graduates have been able, in consequence
of their course of instruction at this school, to take a higher stand,
or become leaders, in their various vocations. It is a most help-
ful institution to the young mechanics of the city ; and to this
they themselves attest, by good attendance and unqualified words
of praise.
The evening schools in which tlie common English branches
are taught are largely but very irregularly attended. They,
doubtless, do enough good to compensate for their cost ; but
nothing in comparison to what they might do, if regularity of
attendance could be secured. In former reports I have discussed
these schools at length, and suggested ways for improving them.
I cannot now offer anything more helpful than again to com-
mend a trial of the plan adopted by several cities in Massachu-
setts, and this w^inter by Nashua, for securing greater regularity
of attendance upon evening schools. This plan, in brief, re-
quires pupils upon registration to deposit one dollar as a guaranty
298 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
of good faith in their intention to attend regularly enough to
make their course one of reasonable profit. The dollar is paid
back to those who may have been in attendance seventy per cent
of a term, and by the others the dollar is forfeited to the evening
school fund. The plan, wherever tried, is said to have effected
great improvements.
DAY SCHOOLS.
The high school has continued to do "sound, solid, and sub-
stantial" work throughout the year. It has been improved by the
addition of one to its corps of teachers, there being seven during
the winter and spring terms and eight during the fall terra. In
consequence of this increase in the number of teachers, it has
been possible this fall to organize and prosecute the instruction
given in this school, more fully than ever before, upon the
departmental plan ; and, also, to arrange the classes in smaller
divisions, thus providing for more attention to the individual.
These interests have been further promoted by having the draw-
ing taught in this school by another than a member of its regular
corps of teachers, that is, by the special teacher of drawing. This
arrangement has had the effect of adding still another teacher
to the corps of high school teachers for two fifths of the time.
The school would be further and greatly helped by the employ-
ment of one who could well teach both elocution and English
literature.
No students are admitted, except by examination, to Harvard,
Yale, or Bowdoin ; but all the other leading eastern colleges re-
ceive'students from our high school upon the mere certificate of
its teachers. This concession, however, was not accorded till
after due investigation had been made. I may also add that the
principal of the high school has several very complimentary let-
ters from professors in the colleges which our pupils have entered
by certificate, in regard to the character and thoroughness of
their preparation for college work. Other graduates of the high
school reflect equal credit upon the school, and upon themselves,
in the various walks of life.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 299
Surely no other city of the size and enterprise of ours, in most
things, requires 245 * pupils belonging to its most advanced
school to seek accommodation at only 187 desks in its assembly
room, or to be cramped as is our high school for sufficient recita-
tion-room accommodations. Nor should Manchester longer
allow its high school to suffer for lack of usual school conven-
iences. A school doing work so good and well that such col-
leges as Dartmouth, Amherst, Brown, Williams, Smith, Vassar,
and Wellesley fling wide open their doors at sight of students
bearing the certificate of our high school should have granted it
facilities for doing its work with at least ordinary comfort.
The following changes in the high school corps of teachers
have occurred within the year : Withdrawn, Miss Lucretia E.
Manahan, and Mr. William T. Abbott, who for two years had
rendered excellent service; entered, Miss Camille Benson and
Mr. Willis B. Moore.
OBITUARY.
Miss Lucretia E. Manahan died January 29, 1892. She was
an excellent woman and a person of unusual strength of charac-
ter. She was an enthusiastic, energetic, devoted, and thorough
teacher. She expected and required much of her pupils ; but
not more than she believed within the bounds of accomplish-
ment by reasonable effort, ror more than appeared right for a
proper utilization of the time at the disposal of her pupils.
During more than a score of years of service in our schools, she
taught in various grades, but always with distinguished success.
Her pupils will ever remember her for those traits of character
and training that she was largely instrumental in forming which
have given them greatest powers for winning success in life.
Another of our important schools, the City Training School
for Teachers, is also unduly cramped for want of room ; but it
is hoped that the recent application of the Board to the City
Councils for an enlargement of the training-school building will
meet with a favorable and prompt response.
* The number enrolled in the fall. ,..,j
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The training school has done its work not only more easily
but better than last year. In 1891 the school was crippled for
lack of a sufficient number of sub-teachers. After January there
were but five sub-teachers, when there should have been twelve.
Of these five, one graduated at the end of the spring term, and
two of the others then withdrew. To the two remaining there
were added, at the opening of the fall term, eleven others, all
fresh graduates of the high school. Fortunately, fully half of
these were better fitted, both by nature and education, to do pre-
paratory work in the training school than the average of those
who have entered the school for several years. Consequently,
by the opening of the present year, the class large and strong,
as a whole, has rendered the principal more assistance than re-
cent former classes ; and the school has therefore done go'od
work throughout the year. It is too much to expect that the
principal of this school can keep it in excellent condition with-
out a fully trained and experienced assistant, unless aided by a
sub-teachers' class of proper size and good material.
The training school, as I have several times before said,
might be much improved and render a great deal more efficient
service in the preparation of young ladies for teachers' positions,
if it were accorded the opportunities granted similar schools in
other cities, — better house accommodations, other and higher-
grade classes, and one or more regular and right assistant teach-
ers. These conditions might all be available without additional
cost, if the first requisite, a suitable house, were at hand ; for
the other expenses would be offset by a discontinuance of teach-
ers' salaries for other and higher grade classes that should be
put into the training school when properly housed, enlarged,
and improved.
The other day schools have industriously applied themselves,
throughout the year, to a proper performance of the work as-
signed thera. They have in general done that work well; and
many of them have done in a very thorough and most excellent
manner not only the specific assignments required by the course
of study, but much more also in the way of general culture and
ethical training, as designed by the spirit of the course. Each
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 301
school has attained results commensurate with the competency of
its teacher. So must it ever be ; and I therefore repeat, what I
have reiterated in former reports as most essential to the highest
interests of the schools, that there is no service which the mem-
bers of the school board can render that is more important or
vital than that they see to it that every vacancy in the corps of
teachers be filled by the best fitted available teacher, without re-
gard to other considerations. It gives me pleasure to add, also,
that I think this has uniformly been your earnest and praise-
worthy endeavor.
It is proposed during the coming year, if approved by the
board, so to modify the course of study that more attention shall
be given to instruction in the use of the English language in all
grades ; to extend the instruction in nature studies, in primary
and middle grades, as a fit preparation for the introduction of a
brief course in elementary science in the grammar grades. Civ-
ics has this year been restored to a place for study in the first
division grammar grade, and with good results.
I recommend that one year's study of French be added to the
college division of the high-school course. It is conceded that
the work of the senior class is easier than that of any other in
this school, and the opinion of the high-school master and my-
self is that French may well be taken as a fourth study during
the senior year. The graduates of our High School who enter
college are, in general, acknowledged to be well fitted in those
studies which they have taken ; but in the study of French,
which is required during the first year of college work, our stu-
dents find themselves at great disadvantage, because their class-
mates from most other schools take at least a year of French in
their preparatory course. The college professors upon learning
this set the pace for their freshman class at such a rate that it
requires extraordinary efforts upon the part of our students to
maintain even a fair standing in this study ; and, thus crippled,,
it is much more difficult for them to attain a high average during
their first year in college. Besides, those colleges which do not
now require preparation in French, as a condition of entrance
upon their courses, intimate that they will do so ere long. I
302 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
commend my recommendation in tliis matter to the early consid-
eration of the board.
COLUMBUS DAY.
In common with the schools throughout the country, our city
schools duly observed " Columbus Day " by carrying out the of-
ficial program, prepared by the "Youth's Companion" for all
schools, with such additions for each school as to the teacher
seemed advisable. The exercises were highly interesting and
impressive ; in some schools quite elaborate, and in all heartily
entered upon and well performed. The lessons of that day must
be indelibly impressed upon many hearts, and it is fondly hoped
they will be sufficiently effective forever to restrain every parti-
cipant from any act of disloyalty to our common country.
CONCLUSION.
Once again I extend thanks to you, as members of the school
board, for your cordial support, friendly advice, and right courses
of procedure in the interests of the schools. I sincerely regret the
withdrawal of each of the three members of the board whose
term of service will expire by limitation af'the close of the pres-
ent year. I should do violence to my own feelings, and I be-
lieve also to yours, if I did not here remind the city govern-
ment in particular and our citizens in general of the exception-
ally valuable services of that withdrawing member of the board
who for nine consecutive years has devoted much time and thought,
with rare equipment for the purpose, to the improvement of our
schoolhouses and other school property ; and who, likewise, as
member of the high-schoc>l sub-committee, has done as much as
any member towards securing the present high standing of our
city high school.
My thanks are also due and heartily extended to our corps of
teachers, for generous co-operation and united efforts in second-
ing my labors for the prosperity and success of our schools.
Respectfully submitted.
WM. E. BUCK,
Superintendent.
APPENDIX.
I. Population, etc.
II. SCHOOLHOUSES.
III, Schools.
IV, Teachers.
V. Pupils.
VI. Truancy.
VII. Finance.
VIII. School Year, 1892.
IX. High School Graduating Class.
X. Winners of Clarke Prizes.
XI. Organization of Committees, 1893.
XII. List of Teachers, 1893.
XIII. School Year, 1893.
APPENDIX.
STATISTICS.
1.— Population.
Population of the city by last census, 1890 . . 43, 98^.
Legal school age, 5 to 21.
II. — Schoolhouses.
Number of schoolhouses in use ...... 22
Number of schoolhouses not in use ..... r
(Old house in Hallsville.)
Number of schoolrooms used for day schools . . .89
(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, and three at the
Lowell-street house.)
Number of rooms used for High-school classes . . . *y
Nimiber of rooms used for Grammar schools . . . *25
Number of rooms used for Middle schools .
Number of rooms used for Primary schools
Number of rooms used for Partially Graded schools
Number of rooms used for Ungraded schools ... 5
III. — Schools.
(All for both sexes.)
Number of High Schools . . . . . . . i;
(A)
*Another, also, for one term.
17
*32
2
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305
Number of combined Grammar and lower grade (Middle
and Primary) schools .......
Number of combined Middle and Primary schools
Number of schools all Primary grade .....
Number of Ungraded schools ......
lO
2
4
5
IV. —Teachers.
Male teachers in the High school . . . . .3
Female teachers in the High school . . . . • *4
Male teachers in the Grammar schools .... 6
Female teachers in the Grammar schools . . . . ^19
Female teachers in the Middle schools . . . -17
Female teachers in the Primary schools .... ^29
Female teachers in the Partially Graded schools . . 2
Female teachers in the Ungraded schools .... 5
Special teachers ........ 2
Average number of male teachers f . . . . -9
Average number of female teachers . . . . -77
Male teachers in the evening schools .... 7
Female teachers in the evening schools .... 9
Average number of male teachers in the evening schools . 5
Average number of female teachers in the evening schools . 5
Male teachers in the evening Drawing schools ... 3
Average number of male teachers in the evening Drawing
schools ......... 3
*Anotber, also, for one term. Three of the thirty-two primaries were in
the Training Scliool. They had no regular teachers, being taught by sub-
teachers nnder the direction of the principal, who, for convenience, is reck-
oned among the middle-school teachers.
t Exclusive of special teachers.
(B)
20
306
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DAY SCHOOLS.
Summary of the attendance upon the several grades of
day schools for the year 1892 :
public
Grades.
High
Grammar
Middle
Primai-y
Partially graded .
Ungraded
Totals, 1892
Totals, 1891
Whole number
different pupils.
Boys. Girls.
108
471
388
1,101
53
60
2,181
2,003
129
524
371
1,004
53
36
2,117
2,068
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attendance.
226
217
852
787
603
546
1,301
1,158
74
64
74
65
3,130
2,837
2,940
2,689
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91.5
EVENING SCHOOLS.
Summary of the attendance upon the several grades of
evening schools for the year 1892 :
public
Schools.
Lowell street.
Spring street
School street.
Drawing schools
( Mechanical . . .
I Architectural .
Totals, 1892 .
Totals, 1891 .
Whole number
different pupils.
Boys. Girls.
334
117
79
44
574
455
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137
57
194
320
213
219
174
166
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75.8
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 311
Evening School Teachers.
Charles E. Cochran, principal of Lowell street school, for
boys.
Assistants — David Eckvall, Arthur W. Morgan, John J. Shea,
Fannie L, Sanborn, Gertrude A. Burns, and Honora J. Crough.
William J. Mooar (Winter), and Louis H. Bailey (Fall), prin-
cipals of Spring-street school, for girls.
Assistants — Lizzie D. Hartford, Maggie Linen, Alice H.
Boyd, and Annie Brigham.
L. H. Carpenter, principal of School-street school, for both
sexes.
Assistants — Mary A. Clement and Attie S. Marshall.
Evening Drawing-School Teachers.
John M. Kendall, Henry W. Allen, and Alphonzo H. Sanborn.
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812
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
GENERAL SUMMARY.
The following table presents the main features of interest per-
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years.
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1886
1887
1888
1889
1890
1891
1892
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3,918
3,806
3,632
3,670
3,712
3,787
3,814
4,071
4,298
2,061
1,924
1,891
1,812
1,817
1,806
1,862
1,881
2,003
2,181
2,001
1,994
1,915
1,820
1,853
1,906
1,925
1,933
2,068
2,117
2,848
2,872
2,7-25
2,698
2,711
2,768
2,801
2,795
2,940
3,130'
2,612
2,645
2,430
2,475
2,468
2,500
2,581
2,536
2,689
2,837
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92.1
90.6
91.9
90.8
90.3
92.2
90.7
91.5
90.6
103
95
96
79
98
116
177
141
166
174
97
85
98
78
98
88
101
121
120
116
75
71
89
71
95
80
96
114
101
103
66
49
71
53
61
58
73
83
69
67
27
38
35
42
42
45
55
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72
72
74
76
76
75
75
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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 94. 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 inspection of the following :
* Including grammar classes in suburban schools.
t Usually some pupils have annually entered from other schools. This j-ear
six have so entered.
X There being three grammar master's assistants, each for one term, or an
average of one for the year ; hence 86 others.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
313
Teachers.
Wm. B. Abbott.
Georgiana Dow.
Gertrude F. How.
Alice P. Cumniings.
Date of effect Dateofbegin-
of resignation. Teachers. ning service.
June 24. Willis B. Moore. Sept. 12.
June 24. Cora F. Sanborn. Sept. 12.
June 24. Viola E. McClure. Sept. 12.
June 24. Amelia L. Graupner. Sept. 12.
Carrie E. Hoit. Sept. 12.
Edith L. Hammond. Sept. 12.
E. Alfreda Hall. Sept. 12.
Mertie C. Hawks. Sept. 26.
Lucy M. Choate. Oct. 3.
TRAINING SCHOOL.
Sub-teachers.
Graduated.
Mary W. Allen.
June
24,
'92
Issa M. Tuttle.
June
24,
'92.
Mabel R. Brown.
Jan.
27.
'93
Lucy M. Choate.
Jan.
27,
'93
Mary J. Corcoran.
Jan.
27>
'93-
Annie R. Corson.
Jan.
27,
'93-
Alfreda Hall.
Jan.
27.
'93-
Mertie C. Hawks.
Jan.
27,
'93
Carrie E. Head.
Jan.
27,
'93
Mary S.Richardson
. Jan.
27»
'93
Entered.
Sept. 12
Sept. 12
Sept. 12
Oct. —
Sub-teachers.
Bertha L. Kemp.
Nellie C. Parker.
Nellie M. Smith.
Bessie E. Dodge.
Josie L. Riddle. Jan. 27, '93
M. Min. Sturtev'nt. Jan.27,'93
Perley E. Higgins. Withdrew
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314
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
VI.— Work of Truant Officer.
reported
from
January. . . .
February ..
March
April
May
June
September .
October —
November .
December . .
9
13
16
15
21
14
11
8
18
12
Totals 137
U
35
26
36
55
16
13
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138
44
19
January . .
February .
March . . .
April ....
May
June
September
October . .
November
December
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80
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64
96
53
97
64
75
65
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62
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111
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REPOKT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
VII.— Finance.— 1892.
315
Items of Accottkt.
Salaries of teachers
Books aud stationery
Free text-books and supplies
Furniture and supplies
Repairs
Care of rooms
Fuel
Printing and advertising
Contingent expenses
Evening common schools . . .
Evening drawing schools. . . .
Totals
Resources from
appropriations and
transfers.
Expenditures, 1892.
§56,000.00
$54,660.36
300.00
299.73
3.500.00
3,489.31
800.00
634 57
5,000.00
4,952.26
4,050.77
4,050.77
4,500.00
4,297.40
400.00
333.75
1,2-27 99
1,227.99
1,200.00
973.93
COO. 00
405.15
$77,578.76
$75,325.22
COST OF CITY SCHOOLS.
Expenditures, as above specified
Salaries.
Members of the school board
Clerk of the board
Superintendent of schools
Truant officer
Total .
Receipts on Account of Schools.
Literary fund
Non-resident tuition
Sale of text-books .
Total .
*InclncUng $32.77 received from Londonderry.
t Including $11.95 refunded the city on account of overdraft.
(L)
S75)325-22
180.00
100.00
2,000.00
750.00
o55-22
. $6,010.88
* 414.22
1 162.54
. $6,587.64
316 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Net amount raised by taxation .... $71,767.58
The city valuation for 1892 is $25,932,044; and hence the
rate of school tax for the year is $71,767.58 -^- $25,932,044, or
.00276 -(-.
VIII.— School Year.
Winter term of twelve weeks opened January 4 ; closed March
25. Vacation of two weeks.
Spring term of eleven weeks opened April 1 1 ; closed June 24.
Vacation of eleven weeks.
Fall term of fourteen weeks opened September 1 2 ; closed De-
cember 16. 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, 173.
(Being closed several holidays, days of " Teachers' Institutes," and halt
tJays on account of bad weather or insufficient heat.)
IX.— High School Graduation.
Program.
Salutatory, with Essay . . . Blanche Laura Bachelder
Chorus, " On Life's Journey " ..... Veazie
History ....... Morton Julius Fitch
Violin Duet ...... Krommer, Opus 33
Annie Florence Abbott. Barton P. Bachelder.
Class Oration, " For Commerce or Life " George Kendrick Buck
Double Quartet.
Minnie Willemine Orrill. Louis Sherburne Cox.
Florence Barnard. Orien Brown Dodge.
Annie Florence Abbott. Charlie Brooks Bodwell.
Julia Frances Stearns. George Henry Abbott.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
317
Class Poem, " What I have Wrought, I am.
Galop, Banjo and Guitar Quartet.
James Dunnington.
French Campbell.
Prophecies ....
Chorus, " Song of the Triton "
Valedictory, with Essay .
Presentation of Diplomas .
Singing of the Ode.
Lillian Angela McAUester.
Louis Sherburne Cox.
Morton Julius Fitch.
Mabelle Ethelyn Bosher
Molloy
Florence Barnard
. Rev. W. C. McAUester
Graduates.
FOUR YEARS CLASSICAL COURSE.
Annie Florence Abbott.
Barton P. Bachelder.
Blanche Laura Bachelder.
Florence Barnard.
Charlie Brooks Bodwell.
Mabelle Ethelyn Bosher.
French Campbell.
Annie Wainwright Colby.
Walter Edward Currier.
Orien Brown Dodge.
William Rodney Eaton.
Elsie Daniels Fairbanks.
Morton Julius Fitch.
Ethelyn Louise Marshall.
Lillian Angela McAUester.
Minnie Willemine Orrill.
Joseph Louis Poor.
Nellie May Smith.
Mabel Marion Stevens.
Leon Luther Sweet.
FOUR YEARS COLLEGE COURSE.
George Kendrick Buck.
Louis Sherburne Cox.
Henry Hadley Stark.
William Williamson.
FOUR YEARS ENGLISH COURSE.
Leonard D. Dickinson.
Bessie Eleanor Dodge.
Albert Clark Frost.
Ethel Lunette George.
Stephen James Putnam.
Nellie Frances Smith.
Julia Frances Stearns.
Leon Clark Wheeler.
Bertha Leona Kemp.
(N)
318 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
THREE YEARS SCIENTIFIC COURSE.
Charles M. Baker. James Dunnington.
Charles B. Manning.
THREE YEARS ENGLISH COURSE.
George Henry Abbott. Rowena Louise Walker.
Herman Hunter Dinsmore. John Mason Boutwell.
Fannie Esther Ramsey. M. Lizzie Dealey.
SPECIAL STUDENTS.
Edward Winslow Cross, in College Course.
Flora Belle Patch, in English Course.
HONOR SCHOLARS.
Determined by rank in scholarship and deportment.
Classical Course ..... Florence Barnard
College Course ...... Henry Hadley Stark
English Course .... Leonard D. Dickinson
Scientific Course ..... James Dunnington
X. Winners of Clarke Prizes.
FOR EXCELLENCE IN ELOCUTION AT CONTEST, JANUARY 26, 1 89 2.
EffieS. Wilbur, $i6. Alice E. Balch, ^6.
Grettie E. Canney, $12. J. Etta Doherty, ^4.
Anson G. Osgood, ^10. Alice G. Colby, $2.*
Sadie Stewart, $8. Florence Caldwell, ^2.^
XI. Organization, 1893.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
EDGAR J. KNOWLTON, Mayor, ex officio, Chairman.
FRED T. DUNLAP,
President of the Common Council, ex officio.
* A school prize, awarded the better of the two from each school not win-
ning one of the six prizes offered those most meritorious.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
319
Ward I. Charles D. Sumner.
Walter H. Lewis.
Ward 2. George H. Stearns.
Charles S. Murkland.
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.
Ward 7. Marshall P. Hall.
Edward B. Woodbury.
Ward 8. Luther C. Baldwin.
Josiah G. Dearborn.
Ward 9. Edward J. Doherty.
Scott E. Sanborn,
VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD.
MARSHALL P. HALL.
CLERK OF THE BOARD.
EDWARD B. WOODBURY.
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
WILLIAM E. BUCK.
superintendent's clerk.
FANNIE L. SANBORN.
TRUANT OFFICER.
SAMUEL BROOKS.
(P)
320 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Finajice. The Mayor, Messrs. Dunlap, Hall, Woodbury, F. T.
E. Richardson.
Salaries. Messrs. Woodbury, Slattery, Sumner.
Repairs, Furniture, and Supplies. Messrs. S. B. Stearns, Sum-
ner, Baldwin.
Text-Books., Apparatus, and Studies. Messrs. Hall, Baldwin,
G. H. Stearns.
Drawing. Messrs. Baldwin, Hall, J. G. Dearborn.
Music. Messrs. F. T. E. Richardson, Phelps, Lewis.
Fuel and Heating. Mr. G. H. Stearns, the Mayor, Messrs.
Dunlap, G. W. Dearborn, Phelps.
Examination of Teachers. Messrs. Towne, Murkland, J. G.
Dearborn.
Attendance. Messrs. E. L. Richardson, Doherty, Sughrue.
Health. Messrs. Towne, Slattery, Sanborn.
. SUB -COMMITTEES.
High School. Messrs. Murkland, Hall, S. B. Stearns, Towne,
Phelps, Slattery, J. G. Dearborn.
Franklin-street School. Messrs. Woodbury, Sumner, Baldwin.
Spring-street and Lowell-street Schools. Messrs. Towne, Slat-
tery, Sughrue.
Lincoln- street School. Messrs. S. B. Stearns, F. T. E. Rich-
ardson, E. L. Richardson.
Ash-street School. * Messrs. Phelps, Towne, Hall.
Webster-street and LUodget-street Schools. Messrs. G. H.
Stearns, Murkland, Slattery.
Bakersville School. Messrs. Sumner, F. T. E. Richardson,
Lewis.
Varney School. Messrs. Baldwin, J. G. Dearborn, Murkland.
Training School. Messrs. Hall, Phelps, G. H. Stearns.
Wilson Hill School. Messrs. Lewis, Sanborn, E. L. Richard-
son.
Main-street and South Main-street Schools. Messrs. J. G.
Dearborn, Baldwin, Sanborn.
* Also of any others that may be organized on Bridge street.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 321
Ainoskeag and Stark ScJwols. Messrs. Slattery, G. W. Dear-
born, Doherty.
Hallsville and Youngsville Schools. Messrs. G. W. Dearborn,
E. L. Richardson, Sughrue.
Goffe's Falls and Harvey Schools. Messrs. Sughrue, Lewis,
Doherty.
IVebsler' s Mills and Mosquito Pond Schools. Messrs. E. L.
Richardson, Sughrue, Woodbury.
Evening Schools. Messrs. F. T. E. Richardson, G. H. Stearns,
Suinner.
XII. — List of Teachers.
HIGH SCHOOL. — BEECH STREET.
Master. Albert Somes.
Sub-Master. George I. Hopkins.
Assistants. Willis B. Moore.
Mary Stanton.
Nellie Pickering.
Mary H. Cutler.
Camille Benson.
Mary A. Hawley.
FRANKLIN-STREET SCHOOL.
Second Floor. — Grammar Grades.
Master. Charles W. Bickford.
Master's Assistant. Amelia L. Graupner.
Assistants. Annie O. Heath. (Leave of absence granted.)
Carrie E. Hoit in charge.
L. Mary Choate.
Carrie E. Head.
First Floor. — Lower Grades.
Higher Middle. C. Augusta Abbott.
Lower Middle. Hattie G. Flanders.
Higher Primary. Nellie M. James.
Lower Primary. Susie L. Dodge.
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SPRING-STREET SCHOOL.
Second Floor. — Mixed Grades.
Principal. Lizzie P. Gove. (Grammar classes.)
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.
LINCOLN-STREET SCHOOL.
Second Floor. — Grammar Grades.
Master. Frank S. Sutcliffe.
Master's Assistant. Annie W. Patten.
Assistants. Isabelle R. Daniels.
Mabel J. Brickett.
Mary F. Barnes.
■ Mary J- Corcoran. *
Josephine A. Mitchell. *
First Floor. — Lower Grades.
Higher Middle. Annie ISL Sleeper.
Lower Middle. Susie G. Woodman.
Higher Primary. Cora B. Gilford.
Mixed Primary. Theodora Richardson.
ASH-STREET SCHOOL.
Second Floor. — Grammar Grades.
Master. Fred C. Baldwin.
Masteris Assistant. Mary E. Bunton.
Assistants." Mary Hickey Dowd.*
* Third floor.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 323
Jennie M. Chandler.
Edith S. Dole.
Mabel R. Brown.*
First Floor. — Lower Grades.
Higher Middle. Emma J. Cooper.
Lower Middle. Kittie J. Ferren.
Higher Primar}-. May F. Nutt.
Lower Primary. Annie B. Goodwin.
Lower Primary. Bertha A. Young.
WEBSTER-STREET SCHOOL.
Second Floor. — Graynmar Grades.
Master. B. S. Andrew.
Master's Assistant. Cora F. Sanborn.
Assistants. Rose Dearborn.
Alta C. Willand.
First Floor. — Lower Grades.
Mixed Middle. Eva F. Tuson.
Higher Primary. Lettie M. Smith.
Lower Primary. Edith L. Hammond.
BAKERSVILLE SCHOOL.
Secotid Floor. — Mixed G?-ades.
Principal. Lizzie A. Burns.
Assistant.* Lelia A. Brooks.
Higher Middle.* Issa May Tuttle.
Lower Middle. Augusta S. Downs.
First Floor. — Lower Grades.
Higher Primary. S. Izetta Locke.
Lower Primary. Annie Brigham.
* Third floor.
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324 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
VARNEY SCHOOL.
Second Floor. — Grammar Grades.
Master. George Winch.
Master's Assistant. Barbara B. Joy.
Assistant. Viola E. McClure.
First Floor. — Mixed Grades.
Assistants. Lillian Little.
E. Maria Dickey.
Ellen E. McKean.
Higher Middle. Mary E. Moulto.n.
Lower Middle. Nettie C. Woodman.
HALLSVILLE SCHOOL.
Master. William H. Huse.
Mixed Middle. Ella F. Barker.
Assistant. Mary G. Worthen (Lower classes from each of above
rooms).
Mixed Primary. Olive A. Rowe.
Lower Primary. E. Alfreda Hall.
TRAINING SCHOOL.
(Merrimack Street, corner 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 the training
class.
MAIN-STREET SCHOOL.
Second Floor. — Mixed Grades.
Principal. Mary W. Mitchell (Higher Middle).
Lower Middle. Millie S. Morse,
Higher Primary. Mary E. Brophy.
Mixed Primary. Mary J. Walsh.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 325
First Floor. — Primary Grades.
Mixed Primary. Mary A. Clement.
Lower 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. Edith M. Stebbins.
LOWELL-STREET SCHOOL.
Second Floor.
Lower Primary. Mary S. Richardson.
First Floor.
Higher Primary. Helen M. Morrill.
WILSON HILL SCHOOL.
Lower Primary. Hulda 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 (Grammar and middle-school
classes).
Mixed Primary. Mary G. Tynan.
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326 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
GoflFe's Falls.* Georgie Kendrick (Grammar and middle-school
classes).
Mixed Primary. Mertie C. Hawks.
UNGRADED SCHOOLS.*
No. I. Stark. Inez M. Warren.
2. Harvey. Emma J. Ela.
3. Youngsville. Mary A. Seavey.
4. Webster's Mills. Josephine L, Riddle.
5. Mosquito Pond. Nellie M. Atwood.
SPECIAL TEACHERS.
Music. J. J. Kimball.
Drawing. C. J. Emmins.
EVENING SCHOOLS.
(Open from October to March, five evenings each week.)
Low ell- street Building.
Three schools for boys.
I Spring-street Building.
Two schools for girls.
School-street Building.
Two schools, one for each sex.
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.
JANITORS.
High School and Ash-street School.
John S. Avery, 404 Merrimack. ^600.
* Suburban .
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 327
Lincoln-street and Wilson Hill Schools.
William Stevens, 418 Central. $450.
Webster-street a?id Blodget-street Schools.
Michael Finley, Pearl, near Chestnut. $425.
Spring-street and Lowell-street Schools.
William H. Morrill, 45 Pennacook. $350.
Training School and Fratiklin-street School.
Edward P. Cogswell, 409 Cedar. $475.
Varney and South Main-street Schools.
H. G. Batchelder, 123 Carroll. $450.
Main-street School,
J. C. Blaine, 58 School. $350.
Bakersville School.
H. C. Dickey, Bakersville. $300.
LLallsville School.
William H. Newry, corner Beacon and Laurel. $300.
Amoskeag School.
James E. Bailey. $170.
XIII. — School Year, 1893.
Winter term of twelve weeks opens January 2, closes March 24.
Vacation of two weeks.
Spring term of eleven weeks opens April 10, closes June 23.
Vacation of eleven weeks.
Fall term of fourteen weeks opens September 11, closes De-
cember 15.
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REPORT
OF THE
BOARD OF HEALTH.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
To his Honor the Mayor :
The Board of Health submits its report for the year 1892 :
At the beginning of the year the board consisted of Dr. George
C. Hoitt, chairman, Joseph B. Sawyer, clerk, and Dr. Neil F.
Starr. The term of Mr. Sawyer expired on the first Monday in
February, and he was reappointed by the Mayor. On the same
day the board was organized by the re-election of the officers of
the preceding year, and it has since remained unchanged.
EXPENDITURES.
Clerk hire .......
$25.00
Pay of inspectors .......
1,422.50
Salaries of the members of the board
600.00
Printing, stationery, etc. ....
113.18
Legal expenses ......
67-55
Street-car fares ......
52-59
Postage stamps and envelopes ....
30-43
Furniture .......
44.90
Carriage hire . . .
27.25
Board of persons committed to city hospital
26.00
Sundries ........
14.61
$2,424.01
INSPECTORS AND THEIR WORK.
Mr. Herbert S. Clough and Mr. John Looney have been in
the employ of the board as inspectors from the first of March to
the end of the year, the former at three dollars per day and the
334 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
latter at two dollars. They have been faithful and efficient and
have discharged their duties to the satisfaction of the board.
Their report, submitted herewith, gives the details of their work.
In prosecuting that work it has been the rule that on finding any
nuisance or unsanitary thing they are to call the attention of the
owner or person in charge of the premises to it in a personal in-
terview, or by a courteous note sent through the post-office. In
the majority of cases this secures the abatement of the nuisance.
In the cases where it does not suffice, the board visits the premises,
makes an examination of the thing complained of, and, if neces-
sary, issues a notice to the responsible person requiring the re-
moval or abatement of the nuisance. These notices are served
by the inspector, and the proper return is made. The inspect-
ors' report shows that two hundred and fifty-nine such notices
have been issued and served during the year. Such a document,
indicating as it does the probability of further legal proceedings,
is usually heeded by the delinquent. In only four instances has
it been found necessary to enter complaints in police court, and
in all these the requirements of the notice were complied with
immediately thereafter.
A HOUSE-TO-HOUSE INSPECTION.
Under an order of the board, a house-to-house inspection of
the compactly built portions of the city was begun in August
last. This work was commenced at Auburn street and had been
extended northerly to Bridge street when it was stopped by the
advent of winter. It is the intention of the board to resume it
again with the opening of spring, and to continue it until all
parts of the city are put in a good sanitary condition. Some of
the results of this inspection are given in the inspectors' report.
VAULT CLEANING.
The board licensed three parties to clean privy vaults the past
season, viz. : J. T. Gott, Timothy McKenna, and Thomas
Welch. The last-named sold his teams and apparatus to Gott
after continuing in business but a short time. The number of
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. 335
vaults cleaned by each is given in the report of the inspectors.
It was found necessary to suspend McKenna's license twice, once
for dumping too near dwelling houses, and once on account of
the bad condition of his apparatus.
Several complaints have come to the office that the night-soil
had been dumped in such places, or left in such a condition, as
to be a nuisance. A few of these complaints were perhaps need-
less, but all were attended to by the inspectors, and the nuisances
were abated.
Notwithstanding these occasional complaints it was the con-
viction of the board that the excavator service, under the vigi-
lant care of the inspectors, has been a success. It is true that
it has not been strictly odorless, but, considering the vile nature
of the stuff to be dealt with, it is not probable that any plan
strictly without offensive smell, and yet economically workable,
will soon be devised. As long as vaults exist and have to be
emptied, they will cause constant, or at least occasional, annoy-
ance.
THE ABOLISHMENT OF VAULTS.
This work, entered upon two years since, has been pursued as
fast as possible, but considering the large number of vaults built
appurtenant to new houses on unsewered streets, it is doubtful
whether the total number of these structures has been at all di-
minished. The unusual activity in all building trades has some-
times made it impossible to secure the services of joiners and
plumbers to do the work promptly when changes have been or-
dered.
The board has been reasonable, however, and in all cases
where the owner or agent showed an honest endeavor to comply
with their requirements no prosecution has been commenced.
The board has sought to do the greatest good to the greatest
number by confining the work to the most crowded parts of the
city. In a few instances where the conditions were especially
bad, it was necessary to order changes in property in other loca-
tions.
336 ANNUAL OFFICIAL KEPORTS.
PLUMBING AND DRAINAGE.
Attention is invited to that part of the inspectors' report which
touches upon this subject. The board has long been aware of
the existence of the evils complained of, but lack of means for
the employment of a suitable man for an inspector, together with
the lack of appreciation of the necessity and value of good plumb-
ing, on the part of the general public, has heretofore delayed
action, but it is hoped that the appropriation for the health de-
partment for the current year will be sufficient to allow the em-
ployment of a suitable inspector in this line of sanitary work,
and a code of plumbing rules is now being framed.
SEWERS.
The rapid growth of the city and the inability of the city gov-
ernment to promptly provide sewers for the new streets which
are constantly being opened, has made the disposal of the house
drainage one of the troublesome questions which our inspectors
have had to deal with. In McGregorville, in the early summer,
they found more than forty kitchen sinks pouring their sewage
into the streets, or upon the surface of the ground about the
houses. All the householders professed a willingness to enter
sewers as soon as the city would provide them, but very generally
they demurred at the idea of caring for their sewage in a lawful
manner until that time. Legal notices, however, had the desired
effect, and means of conveying the sewage away under ground in
a manner not to be offensive were provided. These unsanitary
conditions will continue to be found so long as thickly built
streets are left without sewers.
There is a great deal of misapprehension on the part of many
householders as to the respective duties of the city and themselves
in this matter. The law requires every man to keep his premises
free from nuisances to his neighbors and the public. By the
same rule that he must care for his privy-vault and his pig-sty, he
must also care for his sink-water ; and this he must do even when
there is no sewer near his premises. The city is under obligation
to build sewers for the public good. It has no right to build,
them for the convenience or profit of an individual.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. 337
The Hall street sewer, built many years ago to discharge the
storm water from a very sparsely built territory, was allowed to
discharge its water into Cemetery brook. As the territory had
gradually become thickly built, the sewage at the outlet had be-
come correspondingly objectionable, and at times of low water
in the brook was bad in the extreme. This nuisance had been
spoken of in a previous report of this board, and had otherwise
been urged upon the attention of previous city governments.
We are happy to say that this year his Honor the Mayor and the
committee on sewers promptly remedied the trouble when it was
called to their attention by extending the sewer and connecting
it with another.
THE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF WASTES.
So long as the swill is collected by a contractor who does busi-
ness for the making of money, so long will the service be unsat-
isfactory ali^ce to the citizens, the public, and the health depart-
ment. Deluded with the idea that the perishable wastes of the
city contain much valuable food for domestic animals, bidders
have lowered the price of the work until, as we believe, there is
not a living profit in the job. The consequence is that boys or
cheap irresponsible men are employed as collectors. They are
more anxious to do their work quickly than to do it well. In
making their rounds places are omitted, frequently to the great
annoyance and discomfort of the householder ; and although
when their delinquencies are reported the swill is promptly
removed, yet it is probable that many citizens suffer in silence.
With a contract which requires only the collection of perishable
matters put in proper and separate receptacles, and which custom
has interpreted to include only swill and things which are sup-
posed to have some value as food for animals, and which thus
excludes ashes, waste paper, dung, and carcasses of small dead
animals, they have no difficulty in leaving all these things to the
city scavenger carts, and even in frequently leaving the swill it-
self, when it is mingled with them. The city men have orders
to take nothing perishable to the dumping-places, and so the
noxious mass remains on the premises of the householder until he
338 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
complains to the health department, or else gets unreasonably
vexed at a state of things for which he himself is primarily re-
sponsible, and dumps the vile stuff into the street. Imperfect as
the scavenger service under its present organization is admitted
to be, we believe that most of the inconvenience and annoyance
to householders is caused by their own carelessness in neglecting
to comply with the ordinance requiring them to keep the differ-
ent classes of wastes separate, to keep them in suitable recepta-
cles, and to set them out upon the back street at the right time
for their removal. There is no better way of getting one's self
properly served by others than to be scrupulous in the discharge
of our own duties towards them.
In some parts of the city the people are too ignorant or too
untrained in habits of neatness and order to take any care of
their wastes, and the back street is used as a dumping ground for
everything, no matter how offensive, which they have occasion
to get rid of. Here again the same thing occurs. * Neither set
of men takes the offensive mixture, and the back street is in a
chronic state of filthiness and neglect.
The swill collected must be carried a long distance out of the
city, and even then it is liable to become a nuisance unless im-
mediately buried or fed to animals. In the latter case the beef,
milk, or pork which comes from animals fed upon it, is anything
but desirable for food. Swill milk, in particular, has long and
deservedly been under the ban of all physicians and other intel-
ligent persons whose attention has been called to the subject.
As a way of remedying these evils we would suggest the follow
ing measures, all of which we believe to be in the line of neces-
sary improvements :
1. To consolidate the two branches of the scavenger service,
and to put the whole work into the care of the health depart-
ment. It is understood that an ordinance making this change is
already before the city councils.
2. To abolish the contract system of collecting and removing
swill. It is submitted that there is no more propriety in getting
this work done by contract than there would be in getting the
business of the fire department or the school department so done.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
339
3. To dispose of the swill and all other burnable wastes, ex-
cepting, perhaps, night-soil, by cremation. It will cost some-
thing to run a furnace for that purpose, but the expense will be
largely offset by the lessened cost of attending to the city dump,
where nothing but such things as ashes, brickbats, and lime rub-
bish would then be deposited ; and it would be further and more
largely offset by the shorter haul which would be made practica-
ble. A furnace may be run in any neighborhood where ordinary
mechanical business is carried on, without creating the least nui-
sance or cause of reasonable complaint. The swill is now carried
more than two miles out of town, and even there it is the subject
of some complaint.
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
An epidemic of measles began in November, 1891, and con-
tinued until the summer of 1892. With this exception, conta-
gious diseases have dealt very lightly with the people of Man-
chester. Typhoid fever has caused a smaller number of deaths
than in any year since the beginning of 1885, when our records
commence. Deaths from diphtheria have been less numerous
than in any year excepting the one immediately preceding.
The following table shows the number of cases of the principal
contagious diseases reported to the board in each month of the
year, together with the number of deaths from each disease, as
taken from the books of the city registrar:
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which occurred at the Catholic Children's Home on Hanover
340
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Street, during the epidemic, and which were all reported at one
time, making the total for measles four hundred and fifty-one.
The following table gives the number of cases of contagious
diseases reported for the last six years, together with the number
of deaths from those diseases in the past eight years :
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1888
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1890
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89
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392
428
438
211
554
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PRECAUTIONS AGAINST SMALL-POX.
In June last the board received a communication from Dr.
Watson, secretary of the state board of health, giving the names
of four immigrants from Europe who had crossed the ocean on
the steamer iVmerica, a vessel on which this disease had broken
out, and who were probably then in this city. Our inspectors
promptly located the four men, and as a precautionary measure
they and their baggage were taken to the city hospital for conta-
gious diseases, and there detained in isolation until the period of
incubation of the disease had passed.
PRECAUTIONS AGAINST CHOLERA.
During the summer this disease was brought into the harbor of
New York from Europe, and a very general state of apprehension
existed that it would pass the quarantine and become epidemic
in this country.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. 341
In view of this danger the board redoubled its exertions to
make and to keep the city clean, and at once instituted the visi-
tation and inspection already spoken of. They also prepared a
circular of information, which was printed in English, French,
and German, and freely distributed among the people, and which
was also published in the daily papers. The work of the board
in the direction of cleaning the city was ably and zealously
seconded by Superintendent Sanborn, of the highway depart-
ment, of whose work the scavenger service is now a branch.
In common with the country at large we were happily spared
a visitation of the disease ; but the danger, in abeyance through
the winter, is not yet passed, and vigorous measures for the fur-
ther cleaning of the city will be resumed at the earliest moment
after the snow and ice have left the yards and alleys. Other
preparations putting the board in readiness for instantly dealing
properly with the first and every succeeding case of the disease
will be made at an early day. The scourge may not reach us ;
let us hope that it will not. but scores of other forms of sickness
are sure to be here, and against them all cleanliness is a defense
more reliable than prayers or medicine.
342 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
TABLE
SHOWING THE MORTALITY OF THE CITY BY DISEASES AND BY
MONTHS FOR THE YEAR 1 89 2, COMPILED FROM
THE RECORDS OF THE CITY REGISTRAR.
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4
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1
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4
1
5
3
1
4
1
2
1
1
3
1
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1
1
2
1
2
1
1
s
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9
1
1
1
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1
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1
3
1
1
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0
2
^
1
1
1
1
fi
1
1
1
1
1
1
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1
1
44' 'di'
2 1
22
1
1
Cholera infantum
2
1
6
3
2
103
s
1
T
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Convulsions
"3'
1
i
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ii
0
1
1
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1
1
1
1
1
28
Debility, general
2
2
6
4
4
4
1
2
2
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. 343
TABLE. — Continued.
Causes of Death.
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1
2
1
6
5
5
1
3
2
3
1
1
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1
1
1
1
1
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1
1
I
1
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1
1
....
1
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1 i....
1
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• . . .
1
2
1
3
2
1
11
4
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1
1
1
" rheumatic...
1
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1
2
1
1
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. . . .
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1
....
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2 1....
1
1
1
i'
3
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1
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1
1 ....
i
1
1
1
16
1
29
1
2
1
1
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1
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9
1
1
1
1
4
1
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3
1
3
7
4
1
1
4
... 1 3
3
" " organic
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1
" apoplexy
1
" paralysis
1
" failure
1
1
" neuralgia
1
1
9
" valvular disease. ..
3
1
"i
2
1
1
1
" rheumatism
1
0
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1
1
3
1
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2
1
1
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" cerebral
!
1
1
3
3
1
6
4
1
" postpartum..
i
1
1
1
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1
1
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1
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2
3
2
1
1
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1
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1
1
' ' hemorrhagic
1
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1
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I
1
2
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1
" croupous
1
1
3
2
Liver disease
1
2
" " obstructive..
1
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1
1
1
1 ....
3
1
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1
1
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I
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1
1
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1
1
1
3
1
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1
1
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Marasmus
1
1
2
3
1
j2
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1
2
Metritis |
1
2
1
4
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ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
TABLE. — Continued.
1
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1
1
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1
1
1
1
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1
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1
1
1
1
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1
1
1
1
5
1
4
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1
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1
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1
1
1
3
1
1
1
1
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1
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1
2
1
1
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3
2
1
2
11
1
1
1
2
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1
6
2
1
12
5
1
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9
14
4
3
7
2
1
6
2
12
6
1
6
6
11
5
4
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31
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
5
1
1
1
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1
1
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1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
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1
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2
2
6
2
8
11
6
3
7
3
1
5
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1
1
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1
1
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1
3
1
1
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1
1
1
1
1
1
1
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6
16
1
1
1
10
1
23
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9
1
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20
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17
176
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1
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2
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1
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58
1
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77
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. 345
The foregoing table has been compiled from the city regis-
trar's books by Inspector Clough. There is no reason to doubt
that the undertakers' returns in the hands of the registrar afford
a practically correct basis for the enumeration of the deaths in
each month and of the total for the year, but a large part of
them are very defective in other respects. In this connection
attention is invited to the last eight items, which have purposely
been grouped in the table. Here are 215 deaths, more than one
fifth of the whole number, the causes of which are tiot returned in
any proper or lawful manner. These omissions impair very seri-
ously the value, for statistical purposes, of the whole registration.
For instance, we cannot say that there were only eleven deaths
from typhoid fever or only one hundred and three from cholera
infantum. In all probability a good registration would have
shown that there were not less than two hundred victims of this
.last-named disease. There are many other serious defects, but the
returns seem to have been accepted, recorded, and paid for as if
they had been made in conformity to the statute. Inquiry at the
city auditor's office brings out the fact that the returns and registra-
tion of vital statistics for the year cost $996.95. If the record were
as complete as the law requires, it would be worth all it cost.
For some other aspects of this subject, reference may be made
to the vigorous words of the inspectors' report. As a ^mrtial
remedy for some of the evils complained of the board would re-
spectfully suggest the passage by the city councils of an ordi-
nance providing that in all cases where a person dies having had
no attending physician, and where the friends are unable or un-
willing to employ a reputable physician for the service, it shall
be the duty of the undertaker to procure from the city physi-
cian, or some other practitioner appointed for that purpose, a
certificate of the probable cause of death as it shall appear after
■^iewing the remains of the deceased, and after a careful and suf-
ficient inquiry into the history and circumstances of the sick-
ness and death, and fixing a proper compensation to the exam-
ining physician, to be paid out of the city treasury. It is be-
lieved that this arrangement, if faithfully carried into practice,
would render it materially more difficult to conceal crime, and it
would certainly greatly increase the scientific value of the regis-
tration records.
346
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. 347
The estimate of population is for the middle of the year 1892,
and is made on the best procurable data. It is believed to be
very nearly correct.
The death rate still continues to be about twenty per thou-
sand. This, though higher than it ought to be, compares well
with that of the county and of the state. In 1890, the last year
for which the statistics are at hand, the death rate for Hillsbor-
ough county was 21.14, ^.nd that for the whole state was 19.56.
Manchester's rate for that year was 20.40. Our death rate is
made higher than it otherwise would be by our excessive infant
mortality. Five hundred children less than five years of age
died in this city last year. This is more than half of the whole
number of deaths. The number occurring in each month is as
follows: January, 46; February, 34; March, 32; April, 29;
May, 21; June, 46; July, 104; August, 66 ; September, 47;
October, 32; November, 18 ; December, 25. One hundred and
three of these are returned as due to cholera infantum ; twenty-
one deaths were caused by measles, diphtheria, croup, and scarlet
fever, but only a part of these were of persons under five.
Nearly all of the 176 deaths for which no cause is given, the 14
for which headache is assigned, and the 17 with "cause un-
known " are of this class. The remainder of the 500 are mostly
due to those diseases which afflict persons of all ages. If the
proportion of infantile deaths could be reduced so as to be like
that of the whole state, that is to say, to about one fourth of the
total number of all ages, 350 lives would be saved annually, and
the death rate would be reduced to about 13, which is as low as
that of Coos, the most healthful county in the state.
The returns of places of interment indicate that a very large
majority of the deaths occur in the families of the foreign-born
element of our population. Ignorance on the part of the parents of
the way of properly caring for their children, inability through
poverty to so care for them, and, in too many cases, that neglect
which is caused by intemperance and vice and by the low value
set upon the lives and health of the little ones, are the prime
causes of this wholesale destruction of infant life. How best to
dispel, or at least to mitigate, the effects of this ignorance, pov-
348 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS,
erty, and vice is a question pressing alike upon the health officer,
the citizen, and the Christian. One measure towards which we
look forward, and which only lack of the necessary funds pre-
vents us from immediately adopting, is the establishment of a
daily medical visitation of these families during the two or three
warm months when this mortality chiefly occurs. Such a patrol
wisely conducted would speedily vindicate itself as one of our
most beneficent public charities.
The increase in the death rate of this class from 8.64, in 1891,
to 10.42, in 1 89 2, shows that some unfavorable influence was present
during the year. If the rate had remained as in the preceding year,
eighty-five infants now dead would have remained alive. The
change of the statute regulating the sale of milk, made in the
general revision of the statutes, which came into effect on the first
day of the year and which made it much more difficult to se-
cure the conviction and punishment of dealers in poor milk, is
the only adverse influence known to the board ; and this increase
in the infantile mortality is precisely the result which was fore-
seen by physicians and others when in the early part of the year
it became generally known that such a change had been made
by the revisers.
The board has been in existence eight years. As in previous
annual reports, we again have occasion to congratulate our citi-
zens on the steady growth of the public interest insanitary work.
While year by year we find the expectations of our people as to
the duties and powers of the department, and the calls upon us
for service, growing more numerous, more urgent, and more in-
telligent, we observe also abundant evidence of a better concep-
tion in the minds of the people of their own rights and respon-
sibilities in this direction. We note with especial gratification
the changed attitude of the public mind in regard to the exist-
ence of privy vaults, and as to the manner and time of cleaning
them ; the impropriety of using garbage for filling streets and
lots ; the impropriety of keeping swine and fowls ; the better
ideas as to the contagious and preventable nature of certain dis-
eases, and as to the duty of the board to isolate persons who are
suffering from them. We remember also the abolishment of the
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. 349
filthy ponds in our public squares, a change in favor of which
the board contributed its whole influence. It is worth some-
thing, too, that in spite of our great influx of foreigners, British-
Americans, Europeans, and Asiatics, our death rate has not in-
creased. These are some of the results thus far secured, but
there remains much ground yet to be occupied. The establish-
ment of a medical patrol for the treatment of cholera infantum,
of a well-appointed house of isolation for contagious diseases,
and of a garbage crematory, the weekly removal of the dung
from stables, are some of the points yet to be gained.
To be the faithful servants of the people, and yet to be their
leaders in these and all other sanitary reforms, is the duty of this
board, and we hope to see the time when the amount expended
by the city for the protection of health will bear some just re-
lation to that expended for the protection of our buildings and
of the public peace.
We thank your Honor for your unflagging interest and for
many courtesies and helpful suggestions in the discharge of our
duties.
GEORGE C. HOITT,
JOSEPH B. SAWYER,
NEIL F. STARR,
Board of Health of Manchester.
March 15, 1893.
INSPECTORS' REPORT.
Gentlemen of the Board of Health :
The undersigned beg leave to submit the following report of
the work done in the inspectors' department for the past year.
The present inspectors commenced their work March i, from
which time a daily record of the work has been kept, and with
the exception of the contagious diseases reported in January and
February, all the work has been done since that date :
Inspections were made as follows :
Vaults and privies before cleaning'
Vaults and privies after cleaning
Cellars
Water-closets
Alleys and yards
Tenements and blocks
Stables
Latrines
Teams and rigging of excavators
Soaperies, slaughter-houses, etc. .
New blocks ....
Cleaning or repairs were ordered in the following cases, and in
nearly all cases the orders were complied with :
1,650
1,701
1,310
716
629
74
54
35
54
12
15
Cellars
387
Vaults
314
Alleys and yards .....
* 159
Privies .......
65
Water-closets ......
98
Tenements and blocks ....
10
Vault'covers ......
109
Leaky sink pipes .....
73
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH, 351
Sink water was discovered running on the surface of the ground
in 117 places, and in all cases where the sewer was within the
legal distance, entries were ordered. In cases where there was
no sewer it was cared for in a manner not to be offensive. Com-
plaints to the number of 360 have come to the office. In 163
cases the complaint was without cause or of such a nature that
there was no remedy. In the remaining 197 cases the nuisances
were abated.
Thirty complaints have been entered against the scaveng-er ser-
vice. The contractor was notified, and relief promptly given in
all cases.
Eighteen catch basins were complained of, and were repaired
or flushed by the superintendent of streets at the request of the
inspector.
Fifty-two dead animals were buried.
In seventeen cases the inspectors went through large blocks
and warned the inmates to stop throwing swill and slops from
the windows.
By direction of the board samples of water from two suspected
wells were sent to Prof. Angell, of Derry, for analysis. In both
cases he pronounced the water good.
Seven permits were granted to householders for the cleaning
of their own vaults.
Ten animals were found being kept in cellars of dwellings,
and were ordered removed.
Nuisances were abated in fifty-five cases not covered in the
above list.
One hundred and thirty hogs were discovered in the compact
part of the city, and ordered removed.
Monthly reports were made to the State Board of Health, and
weekly reports to the U. S. Marine Hospital service at Washing-
ton, D. C.
Early in the spring a few house drains were found emptying
into Mile brook. A warning to the delinquent parties was found
sufficient, however, and an inspection in the summer failed to
show any contamination of the brook by sewage.
Five hundred and fifty-four contagious diseases were reported ;
352
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
485 houses were placarded, and the cards removed at the termi-
nation of the sickness; 104 sanitary surveys were made of houses
in which contagious diseases existed. In fifteen cases it was
found disinfectants were not being used, and they were ordered
and in some cases furnished. Forty-three children living in
houses in which contagious diseases existed were kept from at-
tending school. In three cases fumigation was made by the
inspectors after the termination of the disease.
In addition to the above, 2,645 <^^^^s were made, and 429 let-
ters written in pushing the work of the department. Two hun-
dred and fifty-nine legal notices have been made out and served,
and the proper returns made.
Changes have been made in the sanitary arrangements, water-
closets being substituted for vaults and barn cellars, as follows:
A . . . .
Adams
1
2
Amherst
32
Amoskeag Manufacturing C
3., north of Brid
ge .
112
Amory
6
Appleton
I
Auburn
2
Beauport
6
Birch ....
16
Blaine
4
Blodget
2
Bowman
I
Boynton
4
Bridge
47
Brown avenue
I
Brook ....
I
Cedar . . .
».
3
Central
27
Chestnut . . . .
25
Church
4
Concord . • .
2
Dover . . .
I
Douglas
20
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
353
Elm .
Ferry .
Granite
Grove
Hanover
High .
Hollis
Jane .
Lake avenue
Laurel
Liberty
Lowell
^lain .
Manchester
Maple
Mast .
McGregor
Merrimack
Milford
Munroe
Myrtle
Nashua
Orange
Pearl .
Pennacook
Pine .
Prospect
Russell
Sagamore
Stark
School
Second
Spruce
Union
Wavne
Walnut
corporation
172
2
24
2
59
5
5
I
18
8
I
10
34
29
3
I
22
8
2
I
2
5
35
94
5
19
3
5
I
8
I
3
10
5
3
3
23
354 ANNUAL OFFICIAL KEPORTS.
West . 3
Washington ........ 7
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Winter ......... i
94-1
Six latrines have been substituted for privy vaults containing
61 closets, or what is equivalent to 1,002 water-closets.
VAULTS.
The number of vaults cleaned by the three licensed cleaners
was as follows: John T. Gott, 1,012 ; T. McKenna, 657; Thom-
as Welch, 81, making a total of 1,750, being a gain of 373 over
last year. The inspectors have examined nearly all of them
directly after cleaning, and but rarely has it been necessary to
send back the cleaners to remove any matter left in the vault,
the work having been generally well done. The class of men
which the cleaners must of necessity employ, renders it hard to
have the work done with the neatness and dispatch which is de-
sirable. The inspectors have kept constant watch, however, and
have insisted on the teams and rigging being kept clean and in a
good state of repair. The inspectors have made earnest endeav-
ors to find something which would kill the stench arising during
the progress of the work. Correspondence with other cities and
with firms engaged in the manufacture and sale of disinfectants
and deodorizers has failed to produce anything of practical value.
Of the vaults themselves nothing that is good can be said.
Many are without bottom except mother earth, and the liquid
filth thrown into them is almost entirely absorbed. In most
cases where vaults have been removed the past summer, the in-
spectors have noticed that even when the bottoms were supposed
to be tight, the matter managed in some way to leach through,
and the earth was filthy in the immediate vicinity.
Four cases have been brought to the police court of parties
who were dilatory or obstinate in the matter of making changes.
One escaped through a technicality, one settled before the case
came to trial, and two were bound over to the supreme court.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. 355
One of these settled, and the trial of the other will probably take
place in this city in March.
WATER-CLOSETS.
The substitution of water-closets for privy vaults in so many
places is good only where good closets are provided. Cheapness,
not perfection, has been the aim of some of the property owners
who have been obliged to make changes the past summer. Some
closets have been put in that the inspector^ have reason to be-
lieve are no better, if as good, as the privy vault. Lack of
proper traps and lack of ventilation of the house drain and soil
pipe, and an insufficient water supply, are some of the glaring de-
fects. The day of pressure closets has gone by. In most cities
nothing but a tank flush is allowed. The experience of others
should be our gain. In the absence of plumbing rules, and ow-
ing to a lack of knowledge of the business, the inspectors have
hesitated to interfere in cases where perhaps those of more expe-
rience would have found some remedy. The inspectors would
strongly recommend that a set of plumbing rules be adopted, and
if possible an experienced plumber be secured as an inspector.
OVERCROWDING.
Some cases have been discovered the past year, and the trouble
remedied. Where the landlord is at fault this can be easily ar-
ranged. Most of the trouble is due to the fact that poor people
in large families secure small tenements for cheap rent. Some
sublet rooms, and even parts of rooms, or take boarders. In
case the inspectors discover indications of overcrowding, the peo-
ple at fault lie most vigorously in the matter, so that it is hard to
secure good evidence. The law provides no punishment for the
offense. But little can be done in the matter until the statutes
define what overcrowding is, and provide a penalty for the
offense. Families cannot very well be separated, and in the
other cases the people when driven out of one place simply herd
together in another in a manner fully as bad.
356 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
HOUSE TO HOUSE INSPECTION.
A systematic house to house inspection of the thickly settled
pant of the city was begun the latter part of August. The results
were gratifying in the extreme. Cellars, yards, vaults, alleys,
water-closets, and drain pipes received a thorough examination,
and when it was necessary were ordered cleaned or repaired.
Barn cellars containing piles of manure which had been, m some
cases, two or more years in accumulating ; house cellars which
probably had never been cleaned since the buildings over them
were erected ; and vaults which, although not full, in some cases
had not been cleaned for three years, were all put in proper sani-
tary condition. In one case eight loads of filth were taken from
a small cellar under part of a tenement block. Investigation
showed that this cellar had been used as a sty for swine some
years before, and the filth was the manure which had never been
removed. The fear of a cholera epidemic helped much to stir
the delinquent ones to an effort to reform in sanitary matters ;
and the inspectors are also indebted to members of the Catholic
clergy, who gave much good advice to their parishioners at this
time. Nearly everybody complied with the requests of the in-
spectors or orders of the board. In two cases it became neces-
sary to employ men and have the v/ork done under the supervision
of the inspectors. In both cases the owners were obliged to set-
tle for the work done and costs accruing. •
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
The city has continued to be fortunate the past year in the
matter of dangerous contagious diseases. While there is but
little doubt in the minds of the inspectors that some cases are
never reported, yet they also believe that most of our physicians
endeavor to do their duty in this matter. The inspectors can
most heartily endorse what has been heretofore recommended in
the matter of changing the law so that householders would be
held equally responsible with the physician in the matter of re-
porting. Cases sometimes occur where the disease is in so mild
a form that no physician is called, and no report comes to the
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. 357
board. Thus no efforts are made to prevent its spread. As a
person can catch a disease in a malignant form from one who is
only slightly sick, it can readily be seen that great damage is
liable to be done even with the best of intentions, and all attempts
to prevent the spread of a disease may be frustrated by some
careless person who is only slightly affected.
MEASLES.
Measles, which assumed an epidemic form in December of last
year, continued to rage until about June i. All but 12 of the 451
cases occurred before that time. The disease evidently stopped
for lack of material to feed upon, as the measures taken to pre-
vent its spread proved ineffectual. This was due in a great meas-
ure to the fact that many persons seemed to have no fear of the
disease, and took no pains to avoid the contagion. In some
cases parents exposed their children so that they might have the
disease while young and at home. Many cases occurred where
no physician was employed, and they were never reported to the
board.
The returns sent to the city clerk show that 11 deaths occurred.
Only one of these fatal cases was reported to the board. In most
of the other cases no physician was employed, so that there may
be some doubt as to the cause of death. The undertakers, by
whom the returns were made, knowing that measles was the pre-
vailing disease, evidently considered it as good a cause for death
as anything else, and so reported.
SCARLET FEVER.
Scarlet fever, although visiting several neighboring cities, failed
to appear here to any extent until December, ten of the forty-
four cases being reported in that month. Four of these cases oc-
curred in a tenement block on Birch street, all being members of
one family. The cases were not reported until one child had
died, no physician having been called in until just as death oc-
curred. Prompt and energetic measures were taken by the board
and inspectors. The family Avas removed to the hospital for
358 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
contagious diseases, and the tenement and furniture thoroughly
disinfected. Immediately afterwards two. other persons who had
boarded in the family were taken sick and they were removed to
the same place. These cases have all recovered. While no epi-
demic has as yet appeared, there are more cases at present in the
city than is desirable. Extra exertions are being made to keep
every case isolated and the inspectors are hopeful that an epi-
demic may be averted. Only two deaths occurred from this dis-
ease during the year.
DIPHTHERIA.
Twenty-seven cases of this disease have been reported the past
year, five of them proving fatal. In this as in the other conta-
gious diseases the inspectors have not always been able to trace
the cause of the disease, some cases occurring in houses where the
sanitary surroundings were as good as possible. The failure of
people to heed the warning of the board of health to keep en-
tirely away from a person sick with this disease was the cause of
at least five cases and two deaths. The circumstances were as
follows :
April 19 the board of health received notice of a case of diph-
theria on the corporation, in the person of Mrs. A. The house
in which she lived was a boarding house, and Mrs. A the land-
lady. The inspector immediately placarded the house and made
a sanitary inspection. The sinks were all trapped. The cellar
had a concreted bottom and no vegetable refuse or other objec-
tionable matter was found in it. The privy was situated in the
shed, which is some thirty feet from the house, and underneath
it was a common vault which a few days before had overflowed
into the back street. It was cleaned nearly as soon as discov-
ered and chloride of lime had been freely used before the clean-
ing and other disinfectants when the cleaning was done. The
yard was neat and clean and no refuse matter of any kind was
lying about. In the yard was a slop hopper which had the ap-
pearance of being unused and no smell proceeded from it. The
sanitary surroundings were marked by the inspector as first-class.
The lady in charge of the house stated that Mrs. A was thor-
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. 359
oughly isolated and that only the nurse was allowed to enter the
room. Disinfectants w§re also being used, and the inspector left,
feeling that the disease would be properly looked after and would
not spread.
May 4 two cases of diphtheria were reported from Granite
street, West Manchester, in the persons of a little girl and her
grandmother. The house was also a boarding house and the
sanitary examination revealed a state of things which alarmed the
inspector. The owner of the place went to work very promptly,
however, and by noon everything had been put in good condi-
tion. The health officer found on inquiry that the little girl,
who was visiting at the place and who belonged in Massachu-
setts, was taken sick April 30, and previous to that time had been
much at the boarding house of Mrs. A on the corporation.
The grandmother was taken sick May 2. The little girl was
very sick and died within twenty-four hours of the inspector's
visit. The grandmother recovered from the diphtheria but re-
mained in a weak state and finally contracted another disease
which proved fatal.
May 10 a case of diphtheria was reported from Dover street,
just around the corner from the case on Granite street. On in-
quiry it was found to be a little girl who had been playing with
the children living at the infected house on Granite street. She
recovered.
May 13 another case was reported from Mrs. A's house on the
corporation and the patient died.
May 20 a case was reported from another corporation board-
ing house. Inquiry revealed the fact that this person had also
been visiting at Mrs. A's house. Luckily the ladies in charge at
the last place were intelligent and willing to do any and every
thing possible to isolate the patient, and no more cases resulted.
These facts go to show that if complete isolation is required it
cannnot be obtained in tenement blocks and boarding houses
unless officers are stationed in every house where these diseases
occur, with the most stringent orders to prevent all contact with
the sick one or the infected room. Boards of health and sanita-
rians all over the country are asking for contagious disease ho.s-
360 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
pitals. Had Mrs. A, who was only mildly sick, been immedi-
ately removed and the house thoroughly^ disinfected, it is fair to
presume that the succeeding cases and deaths would not have oc-
curred.
DEATH RETURNS.
The returns from which the table of mortality was compiled
continue to be as unsatisfactory as in former years. Cough and
headache still figure as a cause for death. Were the question any
less serious it would be farcical. The worst feature of the case is
the fact that 176 of the returns have no stated cause for death and
evidently no attempt was made to find what the disease might
have been. The number of such returns has been increasing
from year to year until the total is something appalling. One
hundred and seventy-six babies, for they were mostly children
under one year of age, were sick and died in this city the past
year and no physician was summoned in an attempt to save their
lives. Truly, human life is dirt cheap when parents allow their
children to die like beasts. Animals of any value receive better
treatment. But there is another side more horrible still. How
many of those little ones died of disease and how many were
murdered ? That is a hard word to use but who can say it is not
a just one ? The looseness in this matter certainly leaves the door
open for a wholesale slaughter of the innocents. And the crimi-
nal records are full of casQs where men and women have sacri-
ficed their children for their own convenience or selfishness. The
inspectors strongly recommend a reform in this matter. If it is
the fault of the law let sume amendment be added so that it shall
be the duty of some person to inquire into each case so reported
and let no person be buried the cause of whose death can be
considered at all suspicious. Let the community feel sure that
each death was caused by natural causes and that crime, if it oc-
curs, is justly punished.
CONCLUSION.
In conclusion, the inspectors would say that while their efforts
in some cases have fallen short of what they hoped to attain, yet
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. 361
they feel that there has been a decided improvement in the san-
itary condition of the city. Places exist which are far from san-
itary in their condition, but in a city with a population drawn
from nearly all the countries on the globe it is not strange that
perfection -is not found. _ Many of these people are ignorant of
the commonest sanitary laws, and many more are too indolent
when the necessary information is imparted to them to care to
take advantage of it for their own and the public good. Should
they be finally aroused to a sense of what is proper, new arrivals
come who render it necessary to go over the same ground again,
and until they, too, are instructed the trouble continues.
The inspectors desire to thank each and every one who has
helped them in their work, and especially his Honor Mayor
Knowlton and the heads of the different departments, who have
been ready at all times to forward the work of the department.
HERBERT S. CLOUGH.
JOHN F. LOONEY.
362 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
The Path of the Pestilence.
Over the waters there comes a cry :
" Cholera stalks the world once more ! "
And the wandering wind, as it whistles by,
Bears the fell echoes from shore to shore.
Silent and sure, in the track of doom.
The Reaper is swinging his fatal steel :
And the winter hoar and the springtide bloom
Alike the edge of his cold blade feel.
Nor clime nor creed doth the Pestilence spare :
The northern frosts and the southern heats.
The pagan's howl and the Christian's prayer.
In his deadly march alike he greets.
He breathes awhile through the palace gates :
A wail goes forth for the mighty dead !
By the cabin door he grimly waits :
The angels weep round a lowly bed !
A thousand leagues he has still to go —
A thousand leagues o'er the billowy main,
Ere his awful breath the fiend shall blow
O'er the summer bloom of this land again.
There is time to arm for the deadly strife,
With the only weapons shall keep us whole :
The burnished shield of a virtuous life
And the trenchant sword of a fearless soul !
These, with an earnest faith in God,
The pestilence, haply, shall turn aside ;
But he that is bound to the reeking sod
With the shackles of vice — oh, woe betide !
— N ev) York Ledger.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS, GAS LIGHTS, ETC.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS, GAS LIGHTS, AND
OIL LAMPS.
Electric Lights in Use.
No. I. Cypress and Massabesic, arm
2. Massabesic-street watering-trough, pole
3. Park and Beacon, arm
4. Central and Hall,
5. Lake avenue and Massabesic,
6. Wilson and Laurel,
7. Merrimack and Hall,
8. Manchester and Hall,
9. Manchester and Wilson,
10. Hanover and Ashland,
11. Hanover and Hall,
12. Hanover and Beacon,
13. Concord and Ashland,
14. Bridge and Hall,
15. Myrtle and Russell,
16. Pearl and Linden,
17. Pearl and Russell,
18. Bridge and Nashua,
19. Nashua and High,
20. Concord and Button,
21. Amherst and Porter,
22. Hanover and Lincoln,
23. Manchester and Lincoln,
24. Merrimack and Lincoln,
25. Laurel and Lincoln,
366 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
No. 26. Central and Lincoln, arm.
27. Lake avenue and Lincoln, "
28. Spruce and Lincoln, "
29. Spruce and Maple, "
30. Lake avenue and Maple, "
31. Central and Maple, '"
. 32. Merrimack and Maple, "
33. Manchester and Maple, "
34. Hanover and Maple, "
35. Amherst and Maple, "
36. Concord and Maple, "
37. Lowell and Nashua, "
38. Bridge and Maple, "
39. Myrtle and Maple, "
40. Orange and Ash, "
41. Harrison and Beech, "
42. Myrtle and Beech, "
43. Pearl and Beech, "
44. Bridge and Beech, "
45. Lowell and Ash, "
46. Amherst and Ash, "
47. Lowell and Beech, "
48. Concord and Walnut, "
49. Amherst and Beech, "
50. Hanover and Beech, "
51. Hanover Square, pole.
52. 'Manchester and Beech, arm.
53. Merrimack and Beech, "
54. Laurel and Beech, "
55. Central and Beech, "
56. Lake avenue and Beecji, "
57. Spruce and Beech, "
58. Cedar and Union, "
59. Lake avenue and Union, "
60. Central and Union, "
61. Laurel and Union, "
62. Merrimack and Union, "
ELECTRIC LIGHTS, GAS LIGHTS, AND OIL LAMPS. 867
No. 6
64.
65-
66.
67.
68.
69.
70.
71-
72.
73-
74-
75-
76.
77-
78.
79-
80.
81.
82.
83-
84.
85
86.
87.
88.
89.
90.
91.
92.
93-
94.
95-
96.
97-
98.
99.
Manchester and Union,
Hanover and Union,
Amherst and Union,
Concord and Union,
Lowell and Walnut,
Lowell and Union,
High and Union,
Bridge and Union,
Bridge and Walnut,
Orange and Union,
Prospect and Union,
Brook and Union,
Pennacook and Union,
Webster and Pine,
North and Pine,
Sagamore and Pine,
Blodget and Pine,
Harrison and Hazel,
Prospect and Pine,
Myrtle and Pine,
Orange and Pine,
Pearl and Pine,
Bridge and Pine,
Tremont Square,
High and Pine,
Lowell and Pine,
Concord and Pine,
Amherst and Pine,
Hanover and Pine,
Manchester and Pine,
Merrim.ack and Pine,
Laurel and Pine,
Central and Pine,
Lake avenue and Pine,
Cedar and Pine,
Auburn and Pine,
Cedar and Chestnut,
pole,
arm.
pole,
arm.
368 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
No.
oo. Park square, pole,
oi. Lake avenue and Chestnut, arm.
02. Central and Chestnut, "
03. Merrimack square, pole.
04. Merrimack and Chestnut, arm.
05. Manchester and Chestnut, "
06. Hanover and Chestnut, "
07. Concord square, east, pole.
08. Concord square, west, "
09. Chestnut and Concord back, arm.
10. Chestnut and High, "
11. Chestnut and Bridge, "
12. Chestnut and Pearl, "
13. Chestnut and Myrtle, "
14. Chestnut and Harrison, "
15. Chestnut and Brook, *'
16. Pennacook and Chestnut, pole.
17. Salmon and Chestnut, "
18. Webster and Chestnut, arm.
19. Clarke and Elm, "
20. Webster and Elm, "
21. North and Elm, "
22. Salmon and Elm, "
23. Pennacook and Elm, ■ ''
24. Brook and Elm, "
25. Harrison and Elm, "
26. Langdon, pole.
27. Dean and Elm, arm.
28. Prospect and Chestnut, "
29. Orange and Elm, "
30. Kidder and Elm, "
31. Elm east back, on Pearl, "
32. Bridge and Elm, "
33. Washington and Church, "
34. Birch and Lowell, "
35. Lowell and Elm, "
36. Elm east back,, between Lowell and Concord, "
ELECTRIC LIGHTS, GAS LIGHTS, AND OIL LAMPS. 369
No.
137-
Water and Elm,
arm
138.
Vine and Concord,
<<
139-
Vine and Amherst,
((
140.
Amherst and Ehn,
<c
141.
Spring and Ehn west back,
(t
142.
Stark,
((
143-
Market and FrankHn,
a
144.
Market and Ehn,
(C
145-
Hanover and Ehn east back,
le
146.
Ehn and Manchester,
ii
147.
Dean avenue and Ehn west back.
11
148.
Elm and Merrimack,
<(
149.
Merrimack and Franklin,
((
150.
Middle,
a
151-
Merrimack square, west,
pole
152.
Elm and Central,
arm
153-
Elm and Lake avenue,
a
154.
Elm and Spruce,
le
155-
Beech and Cedar,
pole
156.
Elm and Cedar,
arm
157-
Franklin and Granite,
ce
158.
Elm and Auburn,
<(
159-
Elm and Green,
(C
160.
Elm and Valley,
( I
161;
Bakersvilje watering-trough,
((
162.
Summer and State,
pole.
163.
Granite and State,
arm.
164.
Granite bridge, east,
pole.
165.
Bedford and Granite,
<(
166.
Canal and Granite,
a
167.
Depot and Canal,
le
168.
Central between Franklin and Canal,
(t
169.
Bedford and Central,
arm.
170.
Canal and Merrimack,
a
171.
Canal and Middle,
it
172.
Canal and Stark,
.(
370
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
No. 173.
Canal and Mechanic,
174.
Canal and Spring,
175-
Canal and Bridge,
176.
McGregor bridge, east,
177.
Canal and Hollis,
178.
Canal and Dean,
179.
Canal and Langdon,
180.
River road and North,
181.
Amoskeag bridge, east.
182.
Amoskeag bridge, west,
18.3.
Amoskeag watering-trough
184.
Amoskeag brick store,
185.
McGregor and Main,
186.
McGregor and Bridge,
187.
McGregor bridge, west.
188.
Amory and Main,
189.
Amory and Beauport,
190.
Wayne and Beauport,
191.
Marion and Main,
192.
McGregor and Wayne,
193-
McGregor and Putnam,
194.
Sullivan and Main,
195-
Beauport and Sullivan,
196.
Main and Schuyler,
197.
Wilton and Main,
198.
Douglas and Main,
199.
Douglas and Barr,
200.
Granite and Green,
201.
West and Granite,
202.
Granite and Main,
203.
Granite and Second,
204.
Granite bridge, west.
205.
School and Turner,
206.
School and Third,
207.
Second and Bath,
208.
Ferry and Turner,
209.
Ferry and Third,
pole.
pole.
arm.
pole.
pole,
arm.
pole,
arm.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS, GAS LIGHTS, AND OIL LAMPS. 371
No. 2IO
. Walker and Second,
arm.
211.
Blaine and third,
({
212.
Clinton and Main,
C(
213.
Walker and Main,
> it
214.
Parker and West,
11
215.
Winter and Parker,
ei
216.
Main and Mast,
pole.
217.
Main and Milford,
arm.
218.
Main and A,
((
219.
Carroll and Milford,
((
220.
Old Mast road and Mast,
((
221.
Hall and Amherst,
e<
222.
Laurel and Maple,
ti
223.
Central and Wilson,
tt
224.
Harrison and Pine,
11
225.
Massabesic and Belmont,
pole.
226.
Union and Appleton,
arm.
227.
Elm and railroad crossing,
pole.
228.
Franklin and Pleasant,
arm.
229.
Elm and Appleton,
It
230.
Milford and Riddle,
11
231.
Nutt road and Portsmouth railroad,
pole.
232.
Lake avenue and Canton,
((
233-
Laurel and Hall,
arm.
234-
Beech and Brook,
<<
235-
Kidder and Boyden,
pole.
236.
Myrtle and Walnut,
arm.
237-
Bridge and Linden,
11
238.
Lowell and Ashland,
It
239-
Lowell and Belmont,
ti
240.
Pearl and Union,
It
241.
Salmon and Union,
pole.
242.
Water,
arm.
243-
Arlington and Ashland,
tt
244.
Orange and Oak,
tt
245-
Prospect and Oak,
t(
246.
Arlington and Russell,
tt
372
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
No. 247. Gore and Walnut,
248. Laurel and Milton, ,
249. Massabesic — Hospital,
250. Lake avenue and Wilson,
251. Bridge and Ash,
252. Hanover and Highland,
253. Franklin and Depot,
254. Spruce and Union,
255. East High and Malvern,
256. Beech and Auburn,
257. Kidder and Whitney,
258. Valley and Jevvett,
259. Concord and Derry,
260. Auburn and Union,
261. Harrison and Walnut,
262. West Hancock and Second,
263. Douglas and West,
264. Hooksett road, Amoskeag,
265. Prospect and Ash,
266. Salmon and Canal,
267. Harrison and Russell,
268. Gates and Dubuque,
269. Parker and Elm,
270. Auburn and Maple,
271. Salmon and Pine,
272. Appleton and Adams,
273. Clark and River road,
274. Amoskeag eddy, south,
275. Elm east back, between^Spruce and Cedar,
276. Cass and Lake avenue,
277. Riddle and Mast,
278. Brown avenue and Baker,
279. Brown avenue and Hancock,
280. Clark and Union,
281. Prospect and Linden,
282. Bro'ok and Maple,
2S3. Brook and Hazel,
arm.
II
pole.
arm.
(I
pole,
arm.
pole.
arm.
pole.
arm.
pole.
arm.
pole.
arm.
pole,
arm.
pole.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS, GAS LIGHTS, AND OIL LAMPS. 373
No. 284. Webster and Walnut,
285. Chestnut and Ray brook,
286. Webster and River road,
287. Market and Canal,
288. Concord and Beech,
289. Pearl and Morrison,
290. Concord and Hall,
291. Merrimack and Belmont,
292. Spruce and Beacon,
293. Belmont and Grove,
294. Bowman,
295. Amory and Rimmon,
296. Manchester and Milton,
297. Valley and Pine,
298. Mammoth and Candia roads,
pole.
pole,
arm.
pole.
SERIES INCANDESCENT LAMPS.
299. Walker and Third,
300. Winter,
301. East High and Jane,
pole.
Gas-Lights in Use.
Clarke and Chestnut.
Clarke and River road.
Elm, near Ray brook.
Monroe.
Appleton, west end.
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.
Orange and Chestnut.
374 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Orange, between Chestnut and Elm.
Bridge, between Chestnut and Ehii.
Pearl and Walnut.
Orange and Walnut.
Orange and Beech.
Pearl and Maple.
Arlington and Maple.
East High and Maple.
Lowell and South.
Lowell and Jane.
Amherst and Ashland.
Lowell and Hall.
Concord and Belmont.
Amherst and Belmont.
Amherst and Beacon.
Lowell and Beacon.
East High and Belmont.
Harrison and Oak.
Harrison and Maple.
Harrison and Ash.
Belmont and Central.
Maple and Cedar.
Willow and Merrill.
Two lights on South Elm.
Auburn and Franklin.
Three lights on State.
River, near Turner Hall.
Milford and Bowman.
Milford and B.
River and Douglas.
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.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS, GAS LIGHTS, AND OIL LAMPS. 375
Merrimack common.
Two lights on Mechanic.
Spring street.
Manchester and Behiiont.
Hanover and Milton.
One light on River road, corner Shasta.
Hanover and Belmont.
Oil Lights in Use.
Clarke and Adams.
Concord and Beacon.
East High and Hall.
Pearl and Linden.
Canal, near Amoskeag bridge.
Merrimack and Beacon.
Hanover and Mammoth road.
Lake avenue and Hall road.
Elm and Shasta.
Elm and Baker.
One light on Baker.
Douglas and West.
Douglas and Quincy.
Granite and Quincy.
Mast road and Riddle.
Carroll street.
Bowman street.
A and B streets.
Light near the Huntress gardens.
Mammoth road and Cohas avenue.
" '* and Island Pond road.
'' " and Cilley.
" " and Young.
Massabesic and Hall road.
Massabesic and Taylor.
Belmont and Green.
376 ANNUAL OFFICIAL KEPORTS.
Valley and Taylor.
Valley and Cypress.
Cypress and Prout avenue.
Jewett and Young.
Young and Taylor.
Three lights on River road south of Blue store.
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 of Lake avenue and Hanover.
One light on Island Pond road, Mill-Dam House.
One light at junction Ainsworth avenue and Young road.
One light at junction Ainsworth avenue and Young street.
One light On Taylor, near Byron Stearns's house.
One light on Taylor, near Gilmore's house.
One light on Valley, near Eastman's store.
One light on Candia road, at P. Rogers's.
One light on Candia road, at Dan Cronin's.
One light on Candia road, at G. Bean's.
One light on Candia road, at C. Francis's.
One light on Candia road, at S. Mead's.
One light on Candia road, at Claflin's.
One light on Hanover, at Sam Page's.
One light at junction of Hanover and Page.
One light at Brown's.
One light at Junction of Hanover and Proctor.
One light at junction of Hanover and Candia road.
One light at junction of Proctor and Candia roads.
ELECTRIC STREET LIGHTING IN AMERI-
CAN CITIES.
BY ROBERT J. FINLEV,
Although it has been less than six years since the field of elec-
tric lighting was first entered by the municipality, more than one
hundred and twenty-five cities in the United States now own and
operate plants. The movement has not been a local one. It
has extended across the country from Bangor, Me., to Galveston,
Tex. So far this movement has been confined chiefly to the
smaller cities, but the larger cities are beginning to discover that
the element of size is not necessarily a bar to their entrance upon
the same course. Chicago at a very recent date was operating
successfully seven hundred and twenty-five arc lights, and the
sphere of its operations in this field has been growing rapidly. The
mayors of New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Atlanta,
and other of the larger cities have discussed in their messages
the advisability of the assumption by the municipal government
of these quasi-public works.
COST OF MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC LIGHTING.
The Statistics and information relating to municipal ownership,
given in this article, have been obtained by direct inquiry, and
are based upon official and authoritative statements coming from
the various cities owning electric-lighting plants. They are tak-
en as the result of many facts secured, as to cost and full capacity
of city plant, value of property occupied, number and candle
power of arc lights, and number of lights burned and cost of each
378 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
to the city. Of seventy-five cities from which data were gath-
ered, only twenty-three furnish facts from which the cost of oper-
ation and the value of the plants and buildings can be deter-
mined, and for these it has been found necessary, for purposes of
completeness and accuracy, to tabulate the operations of the
plants for the fiscal year 1889-90. The returns for the succeed-'
ing years show, so far as they are conclusive, that the cities
have been able to reduce the cost much below the average given
in Table I.
From this table it is seen that the average cost of each arc
light owned and directly operated by twenty-five cities is $53.04
a year. In the case of only three or four of the cities does it
appear that interest on the investment has been included. Ob-
viously, account should be taken of both interest and deprecia-
tion of property, which items, computed at twelve per cent of the
total value of the twenty-three plants and buildings, would add
$33.60 to the first cost, making the average final cost to the
twenty-three cities operating electric lighting plants $86.64 per
arc light per year.
CONTRACT PRICES CHARGED BY PRIVATE COMPANIES.
Table II. gives the contract prices paid by twenty-nine cities to
private electric lighting companies during the same period cov-
ered by Table I. It is compiled from a government report on
gas and electric lighting, published as " Senate Miscellaneous
Document No. 56, Fifty-first Congress, Second Session," and
the aim in its preparation has been to select from the parts of the
country in which the twenty-three municipal works are situated
private plants having the same arc light capacity. For instance,
Peoria, 111., vvith a capacity of two hundred and thirty-three arc
lights is set over against Bloomington, 111., with two hundred
and forty arcs. Twenty-nine cities rather than twenty-three
have been taken, for the reason that in six of the cities most
nearly fulfilling the conditions upon which the selections were
based, the cost appears to be abnormally high. The average
yearly price charged for each of the arc lights by the twenty-nine
private companies is shown to be $106.01, or nearly $20 a lamp
ELECTRIC STREET LIGHTING IN AMERICAN CITIES. 379
more than it costs the twenty-three cities to supply themselves
with this service. This price is only $2.79 greater than the av-
erage charged by * all the private companies, large and small, in
the twelve states covered by the tables, and cannot be regarded
as due to exceptional conditions. Most of the contract prices
given for the private lamps still obtain, and therefore the two
tables fairly represent the present relative costs under municipal
and private control. The number of hours each plant was oper-
ated is given in the tables for the benefit of those who care to
make a more detailed comparison.
COMPARISON OF THE PRICES CHARGED FOR THE SAME SERVICE.
This comparison of city and private plants of equal arc light
capacity is the fairest that can be made, excepting, perhaps, that
between the cost of the same light under the two systems. For-
tunately, even this test can be applied, as several of the cities
now owning works vvcre, previously to assuming control, furnished
with light by private corporations. Until March, 1889, the city
of Elgin, 111., paid local companies at the rate of $266.66 per
arc light per year for service with which it now supplies itself for
less than one quarter of this sum. Municipal electric lighting
costs Lewiston, Me., only one third, and Galveston, Tex., one
half the contract prices these cities formerly gave to private com-
panies. Bangor, Me., saves $100 per light by the change, and
so on. If the reports of the mayors of various cities having had
such an experience are to be believed, the change has in every
instance brought more efficient service, with one or two excep-
tions due to special and temporary causes.
WHY MUNICIPALITIES FURNISH LIGHT MORE CHEAPLY THAN COM-
PANIES.
Many of the municipal electric lighting plants are operated in
connection with municipal water-works, and this is one of the
chief reasons why cities furnish themselves with light more
cheaply than private companies perform this service. By unit-
* The list given in tbe government report on gas and electric lighting was
taken at the basis of calculation.
380 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
ing these two services the running expenses of the plant are
made comparatively light. One building often suffices for both
water and lighting plants, and the same power is utilized. Sev-
eral cities have found it necessary to add only two or three em-
ployees to the water-works force.
Then, too, the municipal plant is not operated for profit, while
the prices of the private companies are regulated to yield a re-
turn on the investment. Often the item of profits represents the
only difference between the cost of municipal and private elec-
tric lighting.
But even if companies could do the lighting as cheaply as
municipalities, it is a doubtful question whether or not they
would. Electric lighting is one of the services the rates of
which are practically precluded from the regulating influence of
competition. On account of the limited number of companies
that can operate in the same territory at the same time, free and
natural competition is made impossible. Rival companies
occupying the same field may induce a temporary lowering of
the price, but the causes which render competition inoperative
make easily possible a combination of the one, two, or three
companies, and no one needs to be told that in the end, if not
at the time, the consumer pays for the multiplication of engines,
dynamos, lines, and linemen.
The facts and statistics presented in this paper do not intro-
duce any new principle for municipal action. They only em-
phasize what has already been demonstrated a hundred times by
experiment, — that pursuits which from their very nature are
natural monopolies cannot be so economically administered by
private corporations as by the government.
ELECTRIC STREET LIGHTING IN AMERICAN CITIES. 381
TABLE I.
Cities operating elec-
tric lighting plants.
Little Rock, Ark
Aurora, 111
Bloomingtoii, 111
Decatur, 111
Elgin, 111
Moliue.Ill
Paris, 111
Madison, Ind
Topeka, Kan
Bowling Green, Ky
Bangor, Me
Le wiston, Me
Bay City, Mich
Ypsilanti, Mich
St. Joseph, Mo
Gallon, Ohio
Marietta, Ohio
Chambersburg, Penn . .
Easton, Penn
Meaclville, Penn
Titusville, Penn
Galveston, Tex
Staunton, V a. (1,200
candle power.)
Number of
arc lights,
2,000 can-
dle power.
Ill
81
240
61
80
80
60
85
184
60
140
100
143
80
208
73
65
62
82
74
60
175
50
Period of illumi-
nation.
Cost per
arc light
per jear..
Eight hours
Seven h. 36 min.
All night
Dark nights
Ten hours
All night
Seven hours
Moon, all night..
All night
Moon, all night..
All night
Moon, all night..
Moon, all night..
Moon, to 1 A. M..
Eight hours
Moon, all night..
Dark to mid night
Six hours
All dark nights .
Seven hours
Ten hours
Seven hours. ...
Ten hours
24.00
Average cost per light per year of arcs operated by
twenty-three cities ....... $53-04
Interest and depreciation at 12 per cent total cost of
plant and buildings of twenty-three city owned elec-
tric lighting works, per light ..... 33-60
Total average cost per light .... $86.64
382
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
TABLE II.
Cities supplied by pri-
vate companies.
Texarkana, Ai-k
Danville, 111
Jacksonville, 111
Joliet, III
Peoria, 111
Springfield, 111
Streator, 111
Kokomo, Ind
Logansport, Ind
Arkansas City, Kan
Fort Scott, Kan
Owensborougli, Ky
Augusta, IMe
Bath, Me
Grand Rapids, Mich".
Lansing, Mich
Kansas City, Mo
Sedalia, Mo
Springfield, Mo
Bellaire, Ohio
Tremont, Ohio
Hillsborough, Ohio
Allentown, Penn
Lebanon, Penn
Newcastle, Penn
South Bethlehem, Penn. .
Dallas, Tex
Houston, Tex
Parkersburg, -Va
Number of Contract
arc lights, „.,,.,, . ^. < price per
2.000 can- 1 Period of illummation. ^rc light
die power. [ per jear.
31
SO
"I
121
233
130
60
56
85
35
75
32
68
31
120
100
128
92
.t4
52
70
63
98
60
50
55
165
92
58
All night
As ordered
Moon, all night
All night
Moon, all night
Moon, all night
All night ,
All night
Moon, all night
To 12 p. M ,
Moon schedule to 1 a. m
Moon schedule to 1 A. M
Nine hours
To 1 A. M
All night
Moon, all night
All night
Moon, all night
Moon, all night
Moon, all night
All night
Moon, all night
All dark nights
To 12 p. M
All night
Moon to 12 p. M
All night
All night
All night
$160.00
80.00
96.00
124.00
145.00
137.00
96.00
100.00
100 00
72 00
80.00
110.00
76.33
125.00
109.50
100.00
200.75
87.00
136.00
90 00
90.00
70.00
100.00
80.00
80.00
81.82
95.85
150.00
102.00
Average cost per light per year of arcs operated by twenty-
nine private companies, $io6.oi.
Note. — All night, 10y4 hours. Moon, all night, 6 hours. Till 12 o'clock, 51/8
hours.
QUOTATIONS
MISCELLANEOUS SOURCES.
QUOTATIONS FROM MISCELLANEOUS
SOURCES.
A Warning.
Out of the office the man was thrown,
And down a couple of flights of stairs;
■ He had no business of his own,
And he would'nt let others attend to theirs.
— Neiu York Press.
I would again renew last year's recommendation relative to
procuring maps of the whole city, so that the work of the
assessors' department may be done more accurately. I believe
that in case maps were made, the returns to the city would more
than offset the outlay, as is exemplified in cities where they are
in use. By means of maps a great amount of property may be
discovered which for years has escaped taxation.
I again recommend that industrial education or manual train-
ing be made a part of the school system to a greater extent than it
is now. The character of our industries, the trend and necessi-
ties of our times, make this requirement obligatory. This kind
of an education is now given in our high school, but it should be
extended to the grammar grade also. The larger number of
scholars never reach the high school, yet it is essential that they
should enjoy the benefits of manual training, especially as so
many of them will devote their energy, in the future, to indus-
trial pursuits. — Fro?n City Report of Fall River, Mass., for 1891.
The actual needs of a rapidly increasing community like
ours, which every one will acknowledge to be pressing, far exceed
our ability to pay for them. It sounds v^^ell to talk of less ex-
penses and lower taxes, but the problem in city governments is
not to expend less money for the public welfare, protection, and
improvement, but how to raise more revenue with which to con-
duct the public business without imposing additional burdens
upon the taxpayers or increasing the municipal debt. City debts
386 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
and expenses are increasing rapidly and constantly all over the
world. In fifteen years, taking fourteen of the largest cities in
the United States, city expenses in them average to increase 363
per cent, while the population averaged to increase only 70 per
cent. The population in Lynn since 1855 has increased nearly
four times, while the city expenditures are more than twenty-
three times as much. In ten years the expenses of Vienna have
doubled, in Florence trebled, and m Paris city expenses increased
from S^ to 196 million francs. It is evident, from their con-
stantly accumulating debts, that the present revenue system in
use in cities is inadequate to meet the demands that are being
made upon it. Our system of municipal taxation, devised in all
its essential features three centuries ago, has not been changed,
while nearly every department that depends for development and
support upon this system of taxation has undergone very import-
ant changes.
City expenditures are more liable to increase than decrease ;
indeed, this must be the tendency. We all desire better schools,
better roads and sidewalks, to take better care of our poor and
unfortunate, to be more reasonable and liberal in our treatment
of the insane, to establish a better condition of public health,
and to advance in the ways of civilization. All this requires
money. The question is, how to get it.
There is no political side to the great problem of municipal
revenue. It is a matter of business, and has an important eco-
nomic aspect which presents one of the most difficult public
questions of our time.
It is true that the municipal water debts are very large indeed.
Fully 39 per cent of the municipal indebtedness in Massachusetts
is for water loans ; but indebtedness is not a source of anxiety
providing the income derived from the money borrowed when
invested will yield a greater income than the rate of interest paid.
This is true of public or private business. I am of the opinion
that the general policy pursued in the management of public
water supplies might be profitably extended to other municipal
departments.
The present method of buying supplies for the city appears
defective. While I am uQable to find any legal authority em-
powering committees to purchase supplies without the direct
authority of the city council, it has generally been the custom,
and there is practically no check upon the contraction of bills
against the city. It is true that bills contracted by committees
mav not be approved, or the mayor may refuse to draw a warrant
on the city treasurer for their payment, but this power can only
QUOTATIONS FROM MISCELLANEOUS SOURCES. 387
be exercised after the bills have been contracted, and it would
be a question for the courts to determine whether or not parties
selling to the city could not recover the amount of their bills,
even in case of the refusal referred to. No private corporation,
however limited its business, would allow bills to be contracted
against it in this indiscriminate manner. It is estimated that
the supplies for the city of Lynn cost annually ^250,000. I rec-
ommend the election of a purchasing agent by the city councils,
who shall be placed under suitable bonds. The purchasing agent
shall not purchase supplies without the contract or bargain there-
for being approved by the committee on finance of the city coun-
cil, and said committee shall approve all bills contracted by him.
This recommendation may be carried into effect in other and
better ways perhaps, but everyone must see that it would save
delays and money to have some system and checks in the buying
of city supplies.
Industry and attention count for as much in public life as
elsewhere. We owe it to those who have elected us, we owe it
to the city, and we owe it to ourselves, to discharge our duties
with dignity and diligence, being swerved neither by hope of
applause or the fear of criticism from that which in our judgment
is the plain line of public duty. — Fro7n City Report of Lynn,
Mass., for 1891.
The tenure of office of our police commissioners begins to-
day. In my opinion Gov. Tuttle and his council are entitled to
great credit for their selection of this board. The gentlemen
appointed are all men of high character, and of experience which
particularly fits them for these difficult positions ; without reflec-
tion on other candidates for commissioners, I think their appoint-
ment meets the general approbation of our best citizens. Their
duties are the most difficult of any part of our public service.
To appoint a police force satisfactory to every citizen is an im-
possibility ; it never has been and never will be done. The
main object of the police commission bill is to divorce this de-
partment from politics, to select the officers with reference to
ability, and to maintain a tenure of office that will attract to this
service good men and keep them there. Rules for the proper
government of such a body are necessarily strict, and of a mili-
tary character. Such rules were impossible to frame under our
old system of appointments. Hence by no possibility could any
police force of the past attain the efficiency which I confidently
expect under the new order of things.
In this connection it is necessary for us to understand that it
is a financial impossibility for this or any other city to lay out
388 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
and grade new streets in all directions, many of them to develop
private property, and have money left to properly maintain and
beautify the highways we already have. In my opinion, now is
the time, and this board of aldermen is the body, to call a halt
in unnecessary street grading. By the above term, I mean all
streets not clearly for the benefit of the general public should be
graded at the expense of the individuals through whose land they
run, and not by the tax-payers in general.
A street for the " benefit of the public " should be one laid out
and graded for the benefit of the whole public, not for the im-
mediate abuttors or a very few persons residing in the immedi-
ate vicinity.
The great argument in favor of laying out and grading all
streets petitioned for has been, " Lots are sold, houses are built,
and they are taxable property brought into existence."
I fail to see how this argument has further force. Plenty of
streets are now opened so that a person wishing a house lot can
procure one in any direction. In fact, I think the streets already
laid out afe sufficient for a city of 30,000 inhabitants or more.
Private land should be developed at the expense of the owners,
and when the street is graded, or nearly so, it is time to ask the
city to accept it.
It is hard to overestimate the importance of good streets
and roads, well cared for and kept in good condition. With a
view to improvement I am of the opinion that much more
crushed stone should be used than in the past, not only on our
streets but on our country roads. Nashua has grown and is now
growing very rapidly. That growth should be encouraged, and
especially should an effort be made to make our city a larger bus-
iness center for the surrounding country. I know of few better
ways to do this than to give the people surrounding us easy ac-
cess to our city by first-class roads.
Quite a radical change took place in this department last
year. In place of the election of a so-called superintendent of
sewers by the political party in power at the time, and who often
has been a man unfamiliar with this most difficult work, the work
on sewers has all been done under contract, and I think, all
things considered, in a mo«t satisfactory manner. By restricting
the bidders to citizens of Nashua, and placing the minimum lim-
it of wages at a fair figure for those employed in the work, mon-
ey has been kept at home, and the city has had the benefit of
every dollar expended, while the contractor has made a profit.
The work done under the supervision of the city engineer has
been first-class and of a permanent character.
QUOTATIONS FROM MISCELLAXEOUS SOURCES. 389
Not the least feature in this method of sewer construction is
the immunity of the city from risk of accident, a bond being
given by the contractor to assume all liability in such cases.
The engineering department may well be spoken of in con-
nection with the streets and sewers.
I consider this one of the most important offices in the gift
of the city, and one that should forever be kept out of politics,
as it has been in the past. More money can either be saved or
lost through the capabilities of the city engineer than through
the ability of any other city official. Early in 1891 a proposi-
tion was made to the city councils to adopt a set of assessors'
maps, their advantage being conceded by all. Engineers from
another city estimated the cost at about $10,000, and the time
three years for completion. At the suggestion of our city engi-
neer the work was undertaken by the city, and under his direc-
tion with this result : April i, 1892, will see nearly half, and the
worst half, of our city on paper, and in shape for the assessors.
Mr. Burley estimates that the maps can be completed by April,
1893, at a cost of $4,500, which sum includes all notes made,
which was not the case with the $10,000 estimate. I urge upon
you the importance of continuing the work on the same lines and
of retaining our present city engineer. — From City Report of
Nashua^ N. H.^for 1891.
As one most important duty will be to watch the details of ex-
penditures so as to reduce taxation, and at the same time see
that appropriations are so applied as to obtain the most benefit,
I would call your attention to what I have deemed a valuable
suggestion from prominent tax-payers looking to a consolida-
tion of the offices of civil engineer and the street commissioner,
abolishing the latter and placing it under the control of the civil
engineer. The reasons for this proposed change will in due time
be laid before you or the proper committees. — From City Report
of Portland^ Me., for 1S91.
I am firmly of the opinion that a great improvement in the
form of our city government and the election of its members
could be made, and one that will save to the city several thou-
sands of dollars every year,_and I will offer it as a suggestion for
you to consider, of the advisability of asking of the next legisla-
ture the right to change our form of city government to one of
one board only, which shall be composed of three members from
each ward, or twenty-one in all, who shall be elected to serve
three years, electing one third of that board, or one from each
ward, each year.
390 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORT.
You will readily see that you would then have a majority of
the city government at all times who would be experienced in
the city affairs, and as a large part of the important business for
the year is done at the very first meetings of the new city gov-
ernment, you can easily see how important it is to have experi-
enced men in the board. I believe the work could be done much
more expeditiously and at a great saving of expense in running
the city, and I believe it would place the city affairs far above
the influence of private parties, and instead of the city govern-
ment being a schoolroom, so to speak, or the stepping-stone to
men's political ambition, it would be more of a business institu-
tion, and run more closely upon business principles. — From City
Report of Bangor, Me. , for 1 89 1 .
In presenting to you a proposition to reorganize the legisla-
tive branches of the city government by placing the administra-
tion of the municipal affairs in one board, I anticipate that my
recommendation will meet with opposition. This opposition
will arise mainly from those who object to so radical a change
from long established usage, and also from others who seek polit-
ical preferment and position without due regard for the duties
which that position in the city government imposes.
The prevailing idea that a dual legislative body is necessary
for the proper administration of the fiscal, prudential, and muni-
cipal affairs of a city, with the conduct and government thereof,
has existed so long that it is hard for many to believe that they
can be vested in one legislative body and better results obtained.
From a personal experience in the common council, and after
careful observation and thoughtful consideration of the subject in
all its different phases, I am unqualifiedly of the opinion that that
branch of the city government can be done away with and the
legislative authority vested in one body.
I have frequently expressed my conviction of the desirability
of abolishing the common council as a co-ordinate branch of the
city council, deeming it entirely unnecessary and not in accord
with the principles recognized by business men in the control
and management of private corporations.
The government of the ijiunicipality should assimilate, as near
as possible, to that of a well organized private corporation, and
its affairs should be conducted upon the same general principles.
No well organized private corporation, however large, is man-
aged by dual boards of direction, and no one thinks that an or-
ganization ujDon such a plan would be either beneficial, econom-
QUOTATIONS FROM MISCELLANEOUS SOURCES. 391
ical, or necessary. Why, then, should it be thought necessary in
the management of a municipal corporation ?
I am informed that a few eastern cities, and many in the more
progressive West, have but a single legislative body for the ad-
ministration of their fiscal, prudential, and municipal affairs, and
the good reports from these fully justify the wisdom of such an
organization. The problem of how best to conduct a municipal
government is one which requires broad and comprehensive con-
sideration, and one of the ways to aid in the solution of that
problem, in order to obtain the best results, is to divorce the leg-
islative body from political affiliations and place its management
upon a business basis.
I therefore recommend that you make an application to the
general assembly which shall so amend the charter of the city as
to provide for the abolishment of the common council, and also
for biennial elections for the mayor and the members of the legis-
lative branch which with him will compose the city council.
When that is done, the mayor should be given broader execu-
tive powers and authority than is possible under the present
organization of the government, and the council which is associ-
ated with him be made more of a board of direction.
There is a widespread feeling that the city of Providence has
entered upon an era of great industrial progress and commercial
activity which will result in a large increase in wealth and popu-
lation. It is my belief that if our business men and legislators
will each do their part to assist the onward movement, the census
of 1900 will show this city to be in the first rank of American
municipalities. Whatever will tend to promote its growth and
prosperity should be urged forward, and undue conservatism in
the management of municipal affairs ought not to be permitted.
Questions involving the improvement of commercial relations,
the furnishing of better means for more rapid transit, the security
of health and property, and the extension of educational benefits,
should be met and discussed with comprehensive views. Petty
and selfish interests ought not to be allowed to interfere with the
determination of questions which have for their purpose the ben-
efit of all the people alike, if this city is to prosper in the future.
Progress should be the watchword of a city which already pos-
sesses the advantages of a beautiful situation, a temperate climate,
a water supply pure and abundant, well-kept highways having a
reputation extending far beyond the borders of New England ;
private and public schools unrivalled, where the poor man's son
can traverse the several grades, even beyond the high school and
into one of the first universities in the land, and at a nominal
392 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
expense ; industries flourishing and diversified, where the most
famous steam engines, the best locomotives, and the finest ma-
chines and machine tools are made ; a city Avithin which and its
environs are located many of the largest and most successful cot-
ton and woolen mills in the country, the most extensive jewelry
manufactories, and the largest silverware plant in the world.
These are some of the advantages which should make our city a
favorite place for investment and residence. Just how far the
city council can properly go in the direction of making the city
better known abroad along the above lines, and seeking to attract
new enterprises hither, after the manner of progressive cities of
the great West, is a question worthy of your consideration, and
one in which you should not allow traditional conservatism to clog
the wheels of legitimate progress. — From City Report of Provi-
dence^ R. I.^for 1 89 1.
FIRE DEPARTMENT AND FIRE LOSSES.
Before the joint special committee of the city council of Bos-
ton, Mass., Mr. Atkinson entered into a very comprehensive dis-
cussion of the fire department of Boston, and the question of fire
losses generally.
As president of a factory mutual insurance company carrying
risks of over gioo, 000,000, with but four risks in Boston, he con-
sidered that he dealt with the commercial part of the city from
an impartial standpoint in what he might have to say.
The fire losses of the present year, he said, were likely to
amount to ^150,000,000 in the United States, and the cost of
sustaining the insurande companies will not be less than ^65,-
000,000, and fire departments an additional ^35,000,000, or a
total fire tax of ^250,000,000 a year. In other words, the fire tax
was equal to between 10 and 20 per cent of the net profits of the
whole nation in a prosperous year.
He did not consider the business section of the city rightly
guarded and protected by the city government, and the fire de-
partment was not as efficient as it should be, nor as well organ-
ized.
The great majority of the buildings, he said, were not properly
constructed with a view to the hazard of fire, the owners not do-
ing what they should do for themselves.
The area of the fire district of Boston is comprised in 145
acres, with |ioo,ooo,ooo of property in its limits, the insurable
value standing at about that figure. During the past ten years
the losses have been ^10,000,000.
QUOTATIONS FROM MISCELLANEOUS SOURCES. ' 393
It follows, therefore, that the average rate of insurance on
property within that district should have been throughout that
period at least i]4. per cent, or $1,500,000 a year, to cover losses
and expenses, even without profits.
While not intending to criticise the fire department, Mr. At-
kinson said that the whole service of the city of Boston is one of
the most complete examples of how not to do the work effectually
that could possibly have been invented.
Any great business enterprise undertaken on such a disorgan-
ized system would fail once a year.
The fire commission hold a position that should be held by
one strong, comprehensive man, capable of supervising the whole
work and enforcing its right execution. I would choose a man,
he said, who by natural aptitude and capability of directing other
men, would become a major-general in the army in a very short
period. Only such a man is fit for the service. In my judg-
ment the chief of the fire department should be the inspector of
buildings, because it is with a view of safety from fire and to the
saving of life that the inspector is required.
Every district or assistant chief should be qualified to act as an
inspector of buildings in his district. The Dunne fire escape is
an example of the inefficiency of the fire service. I myself
pointed out the worthlessness of this device on the school build-
ing to the mayor of the city, and it was referred to him by the
inspector of buildings. Why has it not been remedied ? The
lives- of the school children to-day are at a hazard on account of
the criminal negligence of some of the city officers, unless a rem-
edy has been very recently applied.
Mr. Atkinson criticised the handling of the Webster fire on
Summer street, where, he said, nine streams of water were wasted
because the fire was in the rear instead of the front, where the
engines were directing the water.
He said, in speaking of the Brown, Durrell & Co. building
that it was fitted throughout the upper stories with fire shutters.
The big windows in the lower story were not protected. For
some inscrutable and unknown reason, the building act does not
require shutter protection on the lower story, and the owners take
advantage of the act without regard to their own responsibility.
The fire did not pass into the Brown, Durrell & Co. building,
however, through those lower windows. It did pass through
windows above, the shutters of which were not closed. One of
my employees saw it and timed it.
Had the Boston fire department been organized according to
what I should deem a suitable manner, the first duty of a dele-
394 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
gated body of the firemen who reached the building would have
been to enter it and close those shutters, in which case the build-
ing would probably have been saved.
Had that building been a factory, under the factory mutual
supervision, the employees would themselves have been organized
for that purpose.
In a Lynn factory, the great Lynn fire was stopped at a build-
ing in which the shutters were closed by the employees, who then
kept them cool and prevented the fire from coming through the
cracks with buckets of water and brooms.
No one doubts the individual capacity and bravery of the fire
department. Witness Assistant Engineer Egan's experience on
the roof of the Brown-Durrell building.
I observed that in dealing with other witnesses you called for
statements that the witnesses had derived from other persons. It
happens that several of our most experienced men were present at
this last fire, and they concur with me in the judgment of an ap-
parent lack of habit on the part of the men in working under
definite direction.
My observation of that fire is this : The general directions
given by Acting Chief Reagan for the disposition of the appara-
tus must have been excellent. The lack of organization was in-
dicated by the apparent want of method and previous instruction
and discipline ; and that, I think, is the sum and substance of
the objection to the present fire organization.
The most terrible element of hazard in these Boston buildings,
in my judgment, is to be found in the great open stairways and
open areas in buildings that are filled with combustible mer-
chandise. There are buildings in this city of many stories in
height which I have charged my family not to enter above the
lower stor)^, because although nominally even fireproof, the smoke
and heat of a fire originating in the lower stories may at any time
cause a fearful disaster to the crowd in the upper stories, so rapid
might be the upward extension of the heat and flame generated
by the mere combustion of the contents of such buildings. — Bos-
ton Herald.
A SIGNIFICANT COMPARISON.
An insurance expert in England has been recently making a
careful examination into the average rates of premium paid in
the different countries in which the English fire insurance com-
panies do .business, with results that have an interest to us in Bos-
ton, in view of our recent experiences and the apparent unwil-
lingness of fire insurance organizations to take large risks even
QUOTATIONS FROM MISCELLANEOUS SOURCES.
395
at what seem to be high rates. This expert, after a careful exam-
ination, states that the average rates on all classes of risks in the
several countries referred to are as follows, the amounts given re-
presenting payment for $ioo of insurance protection :
France .
Germany
England
Australia
Austria .
Russia .
The United States
8 cents.
15 "
25 "
36 "
38 "
61 "
100 "
We have no means of determining the accuracy of these sta-
tistics, except the experience of the United States, and here we
should say that the rate has been slightly under rather than
over estimated. In Boston there is about $330,000,000 of in-
sured property, and the annual premium receipts are not far
from $3,000,000, which would imply an average rate of a little
less than $1 per hundred. But it is generally understood that
the rates in Boston have been lower than in a great many other
parts of the country, and if that is the case the estimate of the
English expert may be a little under the mark.
But what is of especial interest to us is the regular rate at
which property is insured in different countries of Europe, where
the profits of insurance are quite as great as they are in America.
In France this average rate of eight cents, which includes what
is paid by manufacturers of all classes, is far below what is con-
sidered prudent to charge for the very best risks in this country.
It is said that with us certain brick dwelling-houses have been
insured at as low a price as eight cents per annum, but it is an
exceedingly exceptional event, and is about one half the usual
charge, and would imply that in France the liabilities to loss by
fire in dwelling-house risks must be exceedingly slight, for in
order to get the average they must be written at hardly more
than two or three cents per annum per $100.
This result is attained in France largely by approved construc-
tion, for there, at least, the clinaate does not differ materially
from our own. In England, where the rates of insurance are
about one quarter of what they are here, the diminution in loss
may be partly due to the dampness of the atmosphere and the
little use in winter of those means of heating the interior of
houses, which with us have the effect of drying woodwork so
as to make it exceedingly inflammable. Building construction
in England is not much better than it is in this country ; but
396 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
the interiors of the buildings in the English cities are much
more moist than they are here, and furnish very much less op-
portunity for a speedy extension of flames.
In Germany and Austria, and presumably in Australia, the
conditions of climate are not widely different from those as we
find them ; hence their relatively small fire losses must be due to
the greater precaution taken in so constructing their buildings
that a fire occurring within one of them does not extend readily
to other parts of the same structure or permit of an extension to
adjoining buildings.
Perhaps no better illustration than this can be given of the
immense advantage to be derived by carefully prepared and
thoroughly enforced building regulations. The amount of pre-
mium paid to the fire insurance companies in the United States
for protection against loss is certainly not less than $200,000,000
a year. Now the same amount of protection could be obtained
at the premium rates charged in France for $16,000,000 a year,
which would constitute a saving to the community of $184,000,-
000 per annum. That this saving is made is due simply to the
fact that fires do not occur. In France this may be partly occa-
sioned by the restrictive laws which make a property owner or
his tenant personally responsible if a fire upon his premises in-
jures the property of another. This leads to the introduction of
many safeguards, and an amount of prudence which would not
be thought of here. But all this constitutes a saving of created
wealth, by means of which the community is made better and
more prosperous. If our country were not as wealthy as it is, if
it did not possess its great natural resources, and if our people
were not so energetic and hard-working, the drain that we now
impose upon ourselves, which is more than equal to the tax of the
standing armies and navies of any of the great military nations
of Europe, would inevitably tell severely upon our national wel-
fare. — Bosfoti Herald.
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
True democracy means, as Abraham Lincoln expressed it,
" Government of the people, by the people, and for the people."
Public ofiite, bestowed either by the people directly or through
their chosen servants is, therefore, necessarily a " public trust."
It is instituted not for the benefit of the office-holder, nor for the
benefit of his party, but for the benefit of the people. The people
are evidently entitled to the best service they can get, and those
who are intrusted with the power of appointing officers are, there-
QUOTATIONS FROM MISCELLANEOUS SOURCES. 397
fore, in duty bound to appoint only persons fit to give the people
the best possible service. They can discharge this duty only by
selecting persons for office according to their fitness for the ser-
vice to be rendered. The most faithful observance of this prin-
ciple will also secure to every man aspiring to public employ-
ment his rightful chance, for every man will have a chance ac-
cording to his merit, and not according to his " pull." This is
genuine democratic doctrine.
In fact, nothing more undemocratic can be imagined than a
system of appointment to office by favor. It rules out the good
citizen who is poor and without friends, however great his personal
merit may be. It yields a decisive advantage to him who has power
at his back. It takes from office the character of duty and gives it
the character of reward. It bestows this reward not for services
rendered to the people, but for services rendered to a political
party or to some influential politician. It thus transforms political
contests that should turn upon questions of public interest into
scrambles for plunder. It enables politicians to sustain themselves
in public life by building up an influence through the organization
of place-hunters. It thus fills legislative halls and executive posi-
tions with small selfish schemers and drives away from public life
men of conviction, of the pride of ability, and of high aims.
It degrades the character of the office-holder, for it makes him a
dependent on the favor of an influential patron instead of a man
standing upon his own merit as a servant of the people. It pro-
motes in politics a vulgar aristocracy of influence and an irre-
sponsible despotism of bosses and machines.
It is true, the belief that the distribution of offices as rewards
is necessary to hold political parties together is still entertained
by many. It is a humiliating belief, for it is based upon the
assumption that the American people would cease to take an in-
terest in their own interests if they were not stimulated by the
expectation of individu:il pay for their zeal. It is a demoraliz-
ing belief, for it brings forth appeals to the lowest order of mo-
tives. Fortunately it is an unfounded belief. We do not deny
that there are many mercenary persons engaged in American pol-
itics, but we do deny that there would be an end of American
politics if the greed of these mercenary persons were systemati-
cally disappointed. The gaps caused by their disappearance
from the field would quickly be filled by men whom their prom-
inence had driven away in disgust. It is a notorious fact that
the larger the number of offices grows the less they are an ele-
ment of strength to a political party. And the more the party
in power treats the offices as spoils, the greater an element of
weakness they become.
398 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
A journal in the West wisely remarks, " If Congressmen from
the different states openly organize themselves into patronage
boards, they will probably be convinced of their mistake by the
returns of the next congressional election." He is the best cit-
izen who is the most strenuous opponent of the aristocracy of
' influence, and the most earnest advocate of an equal chance for
all, according to merit. And this mean? civil service reform. —
Harper' s Weekly.
THE MAIN BUSINESS OF A CHURCH.
I believe that it is the primary duty of churches and ministers to
apply themselves to the problems of practical morals that con-
front them in society to-day. The main business of a church is
to build up pure and noble manhood and womanhood ; to pu-
rify society ; to show up vice in all its hideous deformity ; to un-
mask its covert forms ; to make men hate it, so that they shall
wage a perpetual war against it in all its phases. — Rev. W. H.
Ramsay.
THE PROHIBITORY LAW, LICENSE SYSTEM, POLICE COMMISSION,
AND LIQUOR TRAFFIC.
To begin with, we have the farce of state prohibition. I fear
I shall hurt the feelings of my prohibitionist friends, but I can't
help that. I respect the convictions of the genuine, sincere pro-
hibitionist, who is bravely fighting for a principle, the applica-
tion of which he believes is going to regenerate the world. I
shall not discuss the abstract principle of prohibition now ; it is
a matter upon which honest people differ widely. But apart
entirely from its theoretical aspect it has not been successful in
large cities anywhere, so far as I can learn \ quite the contrary.
The prohibitionists are simply playing into the hands of the li-
quor dealers ; their pretended friends have no faith in the move-
ment and simply adopt their method because it serves their own
ends more effectually. The prohibitionist in New Hampshire is
the unwilling dupe and ally of the liquor dealer. Both of them
are agreed that there sh^l be no license — the one sincerely and
from conviction, the other because it is money in his pocket.
Nevertheless, I am fully convinced that the most effective meth-
od of dealing with the evils arising out of the drink business in
a city like Manchester, with its promiscuous population, com-
posed so largely of foreign elements, uneducated in our more en-
lightened American ideas about the use of intoxicants, is a sys-
QUOTATIONS FROM MISCELLANEOUS SOURCES. 399
tern of high license, just as high as it can be put, this side of pro-
hibition.
This method would serve several good ends : First, it would
compel the liquor dealer to pay his legitimate share of the taxes
which his traffic entails ; secondly, it would, I believe, secure
decenter and better kept saloons, where the concomitants of
gambling and prostitution would be shut out j and, thirdly, it
would close up the hundreds of miserable rumholes that now
flourish in kitchens and cellars and bogus groceries all over the
city, because those who paid a high fee for the privilege of sell-
ing liquor would see to it that their business was not infringed
upon by illicit dealers. In connection with this, I would advo-
cate the centralizing of the entire business withm a short radius
from the police station, where it would be under the supervision
and control of the police. It has been argued that while good
for cities and large towns such a system would be demoralizing
to country villages. By no means. The law should be permis-
sive. Local option would provide for places where the sentiment
is now strong enough to shut out saloons. Where such senti-
ment does not exist those who wish for liquor can always obtain
all they want.
But even as the law stands to-day it is absolutely certain that
we could have a vastly better condition of things but for the in-
efficiency of our present control. This is due, in great measure,
to the influence of party politicians and others, who are interested
in keeping things as they are. This kind of influence and inter-
ference is an incidental evil growing out of the mistaken princi-
ple upon which city charters were framed in the past. Professor
Bryce makes this fact very clear in his magnificent work on the
" American Commonwealth." " Charters were framed," he
says, "as though cities were little states. Many of the mistakes
which have marked the progress of American cities up to this
point have sprung from that defective conception. The aim de-
liberately was to make a city government where no officer by
himself should have power to do much harm. The natural re-
sult was to create a situation where no officer had power to do
much good. Meanwhile bad men united for corrupt purposes,
and the whole organization of the city government aided such
in throwing the responsibility from one to another." We are
only learning now, after years of bitter experience, that cities are
not so mijch little states as large corporations.
In all our great business enterprises we are shrewd enough to
understand that, for their effective management, power and re-
sponsibility must go together. All effective reforms in munici-
400 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
pal government that have taken place in this country have pro-
ceeded upon this principle. I can but hail the recent decision
by our state legislatute to put the appointment and government
of the police in this city into the hands of a board of commis-
sioners as a step in the right direction. The success of the move-
ment will, of course, depend entirely upon the character of the
men who are appointed. But it will have this good effect, any
way : It will free the city marshal and police from the control of
local political bosses and corrupt politicians, who have hitherto
hindered all efforts towards a proper control of the saloon busi-
ness.
The city directory gives us a list of about sixty saloons. As a
matter of fact there are nearly four hundred places where liquor
is known to be sold, besides a host of kitchens and cellars where
the most disreputable kind of business is carried on.
Another obstacle in the way of reform in our city is the fact
that many of the buildings in which the worst business is carried
on are owned by men and women to whom the evil is a source of
large revenue and who have not moral grit enough to do their
duty. In some cases they are, possibly, ignorant of the facts.
However this may be, the evils of this drink business, as it is
conducted now, are appalling.
Last year there were 2,264 arrests, and out of these nearly
1,600 were what are vulgarly known as " drunks." Seven hun-
dred of those paid the regulation fine of $7.62, making a total of
^6,000 in round numbers. This money came from those who
could least afford to pay it. For the families of those men it
meant greater poverty, thinner clothes, thinner blankets, and a
diminishment of the necessaries of life. Besides this misery that
has come to the surface in the police court, there is a vast amount
of demoralization and vice that is eating at the heart of hundreds
of homes.
What is needed greatly in our city to-day is a higher and bet-
ter tone in the general public sentiment on this question. If
those who believe in reform, in decency, and public morality
will only unite their forces an immense deal can be done towards
abating these evils.
Nothing ever comes right of itself, either in politics or morals,
or social economy. If an evil exists anywhere it can only be
righted by a return to the principles of right behavior. The
evils of dirt and bad ventilation will, if left alone, scourge a city
with small-pox, and typhus, and cholera. Human society is an
organism, 'bound together by a network of the most delicate re-
lations. Touch one part of it and you touch it all. The atmos-
QUOTATIONS FROM MISCELLANEOUS SOURCES. 401
phere of a vile cesspool will pollute a whole city, and send its
deadly vapors into all homes, without respect of persons. So
will a moral cesspool. The atmosphere of an impure or vicious
man or woman infects and curses the life of a community. '' No
man liveth unto himself and no man dieth unto himself." The
only way to deal with any evil that infects the world is bravely
to attack it, wrestle with it, and strangle it. — Rev. W. H. Ram-
say.
26
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REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
REPORT OF CITY AUDITOR.
To the City Councils :
Gentlemen, — The Auditor herewith submits to your honora-
ble body his third 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 examination
of accounts of superintendents of Pine Grove and Valley ceme-
teries, and of the treasurer of the cemeteries, annual examination
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- an-
nual examination of the account of the clerk of the police court.
Five thousand two hundred and seventy-six bills against the
city have been examined and certified as " correct." All the
pay-rolls for the twelve highway districts, for the schools, for the
fire department, the water-works, the police department, the cem-
eteries, and the city officials have been examined and certified to.
Twelve monthly drafts, amounting in the aggregate to ^981,-
174.81, have been drawn on the city treasury.
Accounts have been kept with all the appropriations, with the
treasurer, and the tax collector.
Eight recommendations, fourteen ordinances and resolutions,
and fifteen orders have been typewritten in this office for use of
406 "REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
committees, etc. ; also forty-three letters, one message (three
copies), one communication to city government, thirty-two cir-
culars and other papers for the Mayor ; fifteen and one half
hours' work for the city engineer, and four hundred and twenty-
four letters, communications, and miscellaneous papers for the
auditor. The City Report for 1892 is compiled by the auditor-
as required by the ordinance.
Mr. Allan E. Herrick left the employment of the city as audi-
tor's clerk, after a service of two years and five months, to ac-
cept a situation in the counting room of the Amoskeag Manu-
facturing Company, at an increase of salary. Miss Lizzie M.
Cogswell of this city is employed as his successor.
FINANCIAL.
Quite a large saving has been effected by the city during the
last two years by the repeal of the ordinance allowing a discount
to tax-payers. This discount (which was at the annual rate of
six per cent on taxes paid in advance of December i, when ten
per cent interest could be legally charged) resulted in giving to
the city a large sum in advance of their immediate wants, and
this large balance remained on deposit in sundry banks, the city
receiving no interest whatever on it.
During the year 1890, the total of discounts and money paid
on temporary loans was $11,820.82. In 1891, the amount paid
in lieu of discounts on temporary loans was $4,459.34. In
1892, it was $3,772.14, which on the same valuation and rate of
tax as in the year 1890 has made a saving to the city of
$15,410.16 in their interest account during the two past years.
Should the city adopt the plan of placing its money in that
bank which will pay the highest interest on its average deposits,
a still further deduction in its interest account would be man-
ifest.
The amount paid to the People's Gas-Light Company, for gas
consumed by the police department in 1890, was $742.60. In
April, 1 89 1, the Electric Company contracted with the city to
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR. 407
furnish twenty-eight electric lights at the police station for
twenty-eight dollars per month. The financial result was as
follows :
Paid in 1891, People's Gas-Light Company . . $280.98
Electric Company . . . . 216.57
Total $497-55
Paid in 1S92, People's Gas-Light Company . . $61.18
Electric Company . . . . 354.67
Total $415-85
Showing a reduction in expense, in 1891, of $245.05, and in
1892, of $326.55 as compared with the expense of lighting in
1890. The same economy exercised in relation to the lighting
of the engine-houses and other public buildings would produce
a desirable shrinkage in the expense.
EXPENDITURES.
The amount of the appropriation for auditor's de-
partment was ...... . $2,000.00
There was expended for salary of auditor $1,000.00
There was expended for salary of clerks 711.90
There was expended for supplies . . 218.17
Balance ...... 69.93
$2,000.00
The auditor returns his thanks to the Mayor and the city
councils and heads of departments for their uniform courtesy
and kindness.
Respectfully submitted.
JAMES B. STRAW,
City Auditor.
408
REPORT OF THE 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, 1892,
and find proper vouchers for all payments, and all receipts are
duly accounted for.
The net cash on hand January i, 1892, was . $93,190.14
Receipts during the year ..... 984,461.85
Amount of drafts during the year
Net cash on hand December 31, 1892 .
The cash balance taken December
follows :
$1,077,651.99
. $981,174-81
96,477.18
$1,077,651.99
)2, I find to be as
Deposited in Suffolk National Bank
First National Bank
Second National Bank
Manchester National Bank
Amoskeag National Bank
Merchants National Bank
National Bank of the Commonwealth
Granite State Trust Company .
office safe ....
Gross amount of cash on hand .
Deduct amount of bills unpaid .
Net cash on hand December 31, 1892
$8,070.00
202.56
11,600.25
20,285.07
21,891.30
14,212.66
24,372.91
68.02
23,872.76
^124,575-53
28,098.35
$96,477.18
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, of the 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
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR. 409
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 account?.
Respectfully submitted.
JAMES B. STRAW,
City Auditor.
410
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Dr. Sylvamis B. Putnam, Treasurer, in accotint zuith the
To cash on hand January i, 1892
bonds sold Adams, Blodget & Co. .
premium on bonds sold ....
temporary loan .....
city hall, rents .....
John B. Clarke Co., overdraft
one half costs and fines in seven milk cases
C. W. Strain estate, land sold
J. R. Hanson estate, land sold
E. F. Jones, costs in Lavantine case
Kimball Carriage Co. ....
J. A. Weston and others, settlement of suit
John Ferguson, settlement of suit .
Marion J. Parsons, land sold .
William Stearns, overdraft
F. X. Chenette, old building .
E. F. Jones, City v. Dowd, settlement of suit
F. C. Dow, use of road roller .
Solon A. Carter, diseased cattle
Freeman Higgins, settlement of suit
Herbert S. Clough, for Hobbs and Maynard
Allen Chisholm, overdraft
John J. Lyons, Lake avenue schoolhouse
Patrick Finn, overdraft .
Timothy Sullivan, overdraft
Lewis Baker, overdraft .
M. Noland, overdraft
Edward Foster, overdraft
Wadleigh Flardware Co., overdraft
Sanborn Carriage Co., overdraft
Head & Dowst Co., crushed stone
John N. Chase, chopping block
Frank A. Dockham, lamp post
Amount carried forward .
• ^i30)033-09
100,000.00
2,178.00
150^000.00
2,556.00
2.00
350.00
446.53
7S6.62
16.00
12.48
400.00
200.00
377.00
3.00
12.00
26.05
18.50
4.00
10.50
22.38
9.00
2,800.00
2.62
2.25
5-25
1.88
S.63
24.88
3.00
90.00
12.00
10.00
• $3905423.66
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
411
City of Manchester, year ending December 31, 1892.
Cr.
By unpaid bills January i, 1892 . . . . • $36,842.95
interest on temporary loans
3>772-i4
on water bonds .
31,069.00
on city bonds .
15,929.00
on cemetery bonds
9.25.48
payment funded debt
99,900.00
temporary loan
180,000.00
city hall
2,193.60
printing and stationery .
2,239.62
incidental expenses
29.753-76
mayor's incidentals
221.80
city officers' salaries
17,154.18
city auditor's department
1,930.07
highway district No. i .
620.50
" 2 .
ii>925-39
" 3 •
361.24
" 4 .
485.32
" 5 •
774.46
" 6 .
484.46
" 7 .
1,515-61
(
" 8 .
991.16
" 9 .
491.83
' " " 10 .
4,460.46
" II .
1,368.28
." 12 .
497-12
new highways
24,038.08
land taken for new highways
11,601.73
watering streets
3,988.43
paving ....
7,540.11
macadamizing
16,083.83
grading for concrete
,
5,564-90
scavenger teams
15,555-31
street sweeping
1,293-79
Amount carried forward .
^531,573-61
412
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Dr.
Sylvaiiiis B. Putnam, Treasurer, in account with the
'* Amount brought forward .
To F. H. Webster, sewer pipe
J. P. Russell, sewer-pipe .
P. O. Woodman, sewer pipe
Oliver B. Green, sewer pipe
A. G. Savory, sewer pipe
Gordon Woodbury, sewer pipe
T. A. Lane Co., sewer connections .
Head & Dowst Co., one grate
William Corey, labor entering sewer
Bartlett, Gay& Young .
Boston & Maine R. R., overdraft .
Portland Stone Ware Co., rebate on freight
sewer licenses
Ginn & Co., overdraft .
W. E. Buck, text-books sold
Henry S. Reed, overdraft
Stark Mills, overdraft
New England Telephone and Telegraph Co.
moving poles ....
H. W. Longa, police department .
Michael J. Healy, police department
John C. Bickford, police department
B. D. Luce, overdraft
rent of tenements ....
water-works, receipts
B. A. Stearns, superintendent Pine Grove cem
etery ......
S. B. Putnam, lots sold, Pine Grove cemetery
C. H. G. Foss, superintendent Valley cemetery
board of paupers off, the farm .
Dodge & Straw, overdraft
L. M. Streeter, superintendent city farm
Amoujzt carried forward .
$390>423-66
23.40
20.00
2.85
6.4S
1.94
36.oo\
25.40
2.46
14.50
100.00
.60
20.40
3,126.05
11-95
150.59
8.34
1. 00
4.00
90.97
8,206.90
1,415.70
2.00
574-97
83>474-79
2,011.68
2,696.90
i,8co.oo
1,192.93
1.60
2,458.11
^497,906.17
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
418
City of Manchester^ year ending December 31, 1892.
Cr.
' Amount brought foimiard
By lighting streets
bridges .
city teams
sewers and drains .
engineers' department
health department .
repairs of schoolhouses
fuel
furniture and supplies
books and stationery
printing and advertising
contingent expenses
care of rooms
evening schools
teachers' salaries .
mechanical drawing school
free text-books
city library .
fire department
fire-alarm telegraph
firemen's parade
police department .
repairs of buildings
new schoolhouse, Hallsville
addition to Goffe's Falls schoolhouse
engine house and ward room, ward 9
water-works, construction
water-works, repairs
water-works, current expenses
commons ....
Stark park ....
Pine Grove cemetery
Amount carried forward .
38,746.31
3^133-68
6,129.08
39>724-65
4,160.61
2,424.01
4,952.26
4,297.40
634.57
299.73
333-75
1,227.99
4,050.77
973-93
54,660.36
405.15
3^489.31
4.86S.44
42,262.88
1,269.62
441-55
40,405.28
2,892,75
8,845-61
2,000.00
870.00
29,410.93
15,756.42
4,778.00
3,726.64
1,500.25
7,361.26
$867,606.80
414
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Dr.
Sylvanus B. Putnam^ Treasurer, in account with the
Amount brought forivard
To insurance tax
railroad tax .
savings bank tax
literary fund .
city scales
tuition .
milk licenses .
Jeremiah Sullivan, overdraft
Joseph Bushey, overdraft
cemetery bonds sold
show licenses
dog licenses .
billiard table licenses
interest on taxes
taxes for the year 1885
1890
1891
i8q2
Unpaid bills January i, 1893
,906.17
4,199.25
25^849.65
78,101.94
6,010.88
521.12
414.22
66.50
9.00
1,150.00
266.00
2,060.97
400.00
514-13
•79
1.70
3-9°
9-85
98.31
22,583.91
474,325-52
51,114,494.94
28,098.35
^15142,593-29
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
415
City of Mancheste7-, year ending Decejuber 31, 1892.
Amount brought forzvard .
. ^867,606.80
By Valley cemetery ....
2,982.85
receiving tomb ....
295.22
Derryfield park ....
500.05
East Manchester cemetery
99-35
Amoskeag cemetery
178.09
paupers ofif tlie farm . ' .
5,726.94
city farm
8,259.17
indigent soldiers ....
261.46
Women's Aid Hospital . . . .
500.00
Elliot Hospital, free beds
900.00
decoration of soldiers' graves .
321-75
militia ......
900.00
abatement of taxes ....
2,794.53
state tax
65,615.00
county tax .... .
61,076.55
$1,018,017.76
Cash on hand January i, 1893
• 124,575.53
?i;M2,593.29
416
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
STATEMENT OF THE RECEIPTS AND EXPENDI-
TURES OFTHE CITY OF MANCHESTER, N. H.,
FOR THE YEAR 1892.
Receipts.
CENTRAL DEPARTMENT.
Received from :
Direct city taxes .... $435,947.43
Cost and interest on taxes . . 5^4-^3
Licenses to enter sewer . . . $3,126.05
Licenses to keep dog . . . 2,060.97
Licenses to sell milk . . . 66.50
Licenses to keep billiard table . 400.00
Licenses to shows and exhibitions . 266.00
Rents ...... • •
$436,461.56
STREET AND SEWER DEPARTMENT.
Received from city scales . . . . .
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Received from text-books and tuition .
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Received from court fines and costs .
5>9i9-52
3>i30-97
$445,512.05
$576.76
)^7i5-57
PUBLIC PLACES.
Received from :
Pine Grove cemetery
Valley cemetery
$4,708.58
1,800.00
$6,508.58
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.- 417
WATER-WORKS.
Gross receipts ..... . . 1^83,474.79
CHARITABLE, PATRIOTIC, AND PHILANTHROPIC.
Received from :
City farm ..... $2,458.11
Hillsborough county, boarding pau-
pers 1,192-93
$3,651-04
MISCELLANEOUS.
Received from :
Judgments recovered • • . $950.00
Premium on bonds sold . . . 2,178.00
Land sold . . . . . 1,610.15
Sale of Park-street schoolhouse and
lot . . . . . . 2,800.00
Other miscellaneous sources . . 575-52
5,113.67
Total ordinary receipts during the year 1892 $558,073. 5S
TEMPORARY LOAN.
Received from loans in anticipation of tax of 1S92 $150,000.00
STATE.
Received from :
Insurance taxes . . . • . $4,199.25
Railroad taxes .... 25,849.65
Savings bank taxes . . . 78,101.94
Literary fund .... 6,010.88
$114,161.72
COUNTY.
Received from direct tax on city property . . $61,076.55
37
418 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
BONDED DEBT.
Received from :
Water bonds sold .... ;^ioo,ooo.oo
Cemetery bonds sold . . . 1,150.00
^101,150.00
Gross receipts .... . . ^984,461.85
Net cash on hand January i, 1892 . . 93,190.14
^1,077,651.99
Expenditures.
♦Salaries of superintendent, school committee, and truant officer trans-
ferred from city officers' salaries and carried to school department.
t Transf eiTed from incidental expenses to the following : Watering streets ;
$563.86; highway districts, $671.42; schoolhouse lot, West Manchester, $2,490;
hose house, South Manchester, $684.48; furniture and supplies, $172.20; school-
house repairs, $42. 75.
CENTRAL DEPARTMENT.
Interest.
Paid interest on water bonds . . ^31,069.00
interest on city bonds . . 15,929.00
interest on cemetery bonds . 925.48
interest on temporary loan, anti-
cipation tax, 1892 . . 3,772.14
Paid city hall ..... $2,193.60
printing and stationery . . 2,239.62
incidental expenses* . . 25,129.05
mayor's incidentals . . . 221.80
city ofificers' salaries f . . 14,124.18
city auditor's depaj-tment . . 1,930.07
$51,695.62
$45)838-32
STREET AND SEWER DEPARTMENT.
Paid highway district No. i . . $620.50
highway district No. 2 . . 11,925.39
highway district No. 3 . . 361.24
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
419
W
Paid highway district No.
4
^485.32
highway district No.
5
774.46
highway district No.
6
484.46
highway district No.
7
1,515.61
highway district No.
8
991.16
highway district No.
9
491.83
highway district No.
lO
4,460.46
highway district No.
II
1,368.28
highway district No.
12
497.12
incidental expenses ^
671.42
new highways
24,038.08
land taken fot highw
'ays
11,601.73
watering streets *
.
4,552-29
paving streets
.
7.540.1 1
macadamizing .
.
. 16,083.83
grading for concrete
•
5,564.90
scavenger teams .
i5>555-3i
street sweeping .
•
^293.79
lighting streets .
■ 38,746.31
bridges
•
3-I33-58
city teams .
.
6,129.08
sewers and drains
•
39,724-65
^198,611.01
ENGINEER S DEPARTMENT.
Paid engineer's department
$4,160.61
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
Paid health department
•
$2,424.01
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Paid repairs of schoolhouses*
$4,995.01
fuel
4,297.40
furniture and supplies
S06.77
books and stationery .
299.73
printing and advertising
333-75
contingent expenses .
1,227.99
420 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid care of rooms .... ^4,050.77
evening schools .... 973-93
teachers' salaries . . . 54,660.36
salaries school committee, clerk,
truant officer f . . . 1,030.00
salary of superintendent f . . 2,000.00
evening school mechanical draw-
ing 405-15
free textbooks .... 3,489.31
^7»,57o-i7
CITY LIBRARY.
Paid city library .... . . $4,868.44
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Paid fire department .... $42,262.88
fire-alarm telegraph , . . 1,269.62
firemen's parade . . . 441-55
^43^974-05
POLICE.
Paid police department ..... $40,405.28
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Paid repairs of buildings . . . $2,892.75
addition Goffe's Falls schoolhouse 2,000.00
new schoolhouse, Hallsville . 8,845.61:
engine-house and ward-room,
ward 9 . . . . . 870.00
schoolhouse lot, West Manches-
ter * . . . . . 2,490.00
hose house lot, South Manches-
ter* $684.48
$17,782.84
WATER-WORKS.
Paid water-works, construction . . $29,410.93
repairs . . . 15,756.42
current expenses . 4,778.00
;?49j945-35
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
421
PUBLIC PLACES.
Paid commons
$3,726.64
Stark park .....
1,500.25
Derryfield park ....
500.05
Pine Grove ceijietery .
7,361.26
Valley cemetery
2,982.85
receiving tomb ....
295.22
East Manchester cemetery .
99-35
Amoskeag cemetery .
178.09
$16,643.71
PATRIOTIC, CHARITABLE, AND PHILANTHROPIC.
Paid paupers off the farm . . . $5,726.94
city farm ..... 8,259.17
indigent soldiers . . . 261.46
Women's Aid and Relief Hospi-
tal . . . . .
free beds, Elliot Hospital .
decoration soldiers' graves .
militia .....
500.00
900.00
321-75
900.00
ABATEMENTS.
Paid abatement of taxes ...
Total of ordinary municipal expenditures
TEMPORARY LOAN.
Paid loan made in anticipation of tax for 1892
BONDED DEBT.
Paid water loan (re-funded)
STATE AND COUNTY TAXES.
Paid state tax
county tax
$65,615.00
61,076.55
Grand total of expenditures during the
year .....
$16,869.32
^2,794-53
^574,583-26
$180,000.00
$99,900.00
$126,691.55
!i, 1 74.81
422
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Cash on hand December 31, 1892 . $124,575.53
Less unpaid bills .... 28,098.35
Net cash on hand . . .
Interest.
,47 7-1 S'-
$1,077,651.99;
Appropriation
Transferred from reserved fund
;i,5co.oo
195.62
;i,695.6z
EXPENDITURES.
Paid National Bank of the Common-
wealth, discount on two notes of
$25,000 each, six months twenty-
six days, at 31^^- per cent . . $925.27
National Bank of the Common-
wealth, discount on two notes of
$50,000 each, six months three
days, at 2| per cent . . . 1,334-37
Granite State Trust Co., one year
three days' interest on note of
$30,000 due December i, 1892,
at 5 per cent .... 1,512.50
coupons on water bonds . . 31,069.00
coupons on city bonds . . . 15,929.00
coupons on cemetery bonds . . 925.48
,695.62
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REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
423
Payment of Funded Debt.
RECEIPTS.
Received from sale of bonds, refunded . . ;$ 100,000.00
EXPENDITURES.
Paid water bonds, redeemed .
bond outstanding (carried to new
account) .....
,900.00
-$100,000.00
Reserved Fund.
RECEIPTS.
To appropriation ....
. $20,000.00
transfers from the following accounts
Mayor's incidentals
$78.20
Auditor's department .
69.93
Highway district No. 2
74.61
" " " 4 . .
14.68
" " 5 • •
25-54
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15-54
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8.84
" " 9
8.17
Macadamizing streets .
1,916.17
Grading for concrete
500.00
Lighting streets . . . .
1,253.69
Bridges . . . . .
500.00
Health department
75-99
Repairs of schoolhouses .
47-74
Fuel
202.60
Furniture and supplies .
165.43
424
KEPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOK.
Books and stationery
$0.27
Printing and advertising
66.25
Evening schools .
226.07
Teachers' salaries .
1,339-64
Evening schools, mechanical draw
ing
194.85
Free text-books .
10.69
Fire-alarm telegraph
130-38
Firemen's parade .
58.45
Water-works, construction .
589.07
" repairs
1,243.58
" current expenses
222.00
Valley cemetery .
17-15
East Manchester cemetery
•65
Receiving tomb, repairs
54-78
Goffe's Falls cemetery .
100.00
Indigent soldiers . . . .
73S.54
Cash on hand not otherwise specifi
cally appropriated
38.598-34
^48,547.84
^68,547.84
EXPENDITURES.
By transfers to the following accounts :
Interest .
City hall
Printing and stationery
Incidental expenses .
City officers' salaries
Highway District No. i
3
li le
" 7
li a
" 10
i( a
" II
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'' 12
New highways .
^195.62
93.60
39.62
14,753-76
1,454.18
320.50
161.24
15.61
460.46
368.28
197.12
14,038.08
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
425
Damage for land taken for liighways
. $2,601.73
Watering streets
988.43
Paving streets ....
2,040.11
Grading for concrete
1,064.90
Scavenger service .
4,555-31
Street sweeping
93-79
Bridges
1,133.68
City teams ....
1,129.08
Sewers and drains »
9,724.65
Engineer's department
160.61
Contingent expenses
27.99
Care of rooms ....
50-77
Fire department . . .
3,262.88
Police department .
3,105.28
Repairs of buildings
392-75
New schoolhouse, Hallsville
743.66
Commons ....
726.64
Stark park ....
•25
Pine Grove cemetery
761.26
Amoskeag cemetery
78.09
Derryfield park . . . .
•05
Paupers off the farm
726.94
City farm ....
75917
Elliot Hospital, free beds
300.00
Addition to Goffe's Falls schoolhouse
2,000.00
Decoration of soldiers' graves .
21-75
5,547-84
426
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Temporary Loan.
Receipts.
To appropriation .....
Received from National Bank of the
Commonwealth, on two notes
dated May 5, 1892, due De-
cember I, 1892 . . . $\
from National Bank of the
Commonwealth, on two notes
dated June i, 1892, due De-
cember I, i8q2 .
100,000.00
150,000.00
5180,000.00
Expenditures.
Paid Granite State Trust Co., note dated
Sept. I, 1891, due Dec. i, 1892 ^SOjOoo-oo
National Bank of the Common-
wealth, two notes dated May 5,
1892 ...... 50,000.00
National Bank of the Common-
wealth, two notes dated June i,
1892 ...... 100,000.00
Appropriation
Transferred from reserved fund
Paid Head & Dowst Co., materials and
labor
$ 1 80,000.00
City Hall.
.
^2,100.00
ed fund
93.60
p2,i93.uo
Expenditures.
PUBLIC COMFORT.
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR. 42if
Paid M. J. Coleman, materials and labor $139.51
Sargent & Corson, materials and
labor ..... 25.79
C. E. Lord, masonwork and stock 1.95
Manchester Heating & Lighting
Co., 15 lbs. mop waste ' . . 3.75
FUEL AND LIGHTS.
Paid L. B. Bodwell & Co., 37,840 lbs.
egg coal $118.25
L. B. Bodwell & Co., l4 cord hard
wood ..... 2.50
Dunlap & Wason Coal Co., 87,580
lbs. egg coal .... 260.55
Moore & Preston, }4 cord slabs . 2.25
J. G. Jones, three barrels and saw-
dust 1.20
People's Gas-Light Co., for gas . 302.12
The Electric Company, electric
lights ..... 38.60
Manchester Electric Light Co.,
16,000 watts at 22 cents . . 3.20
LABOR.
TELEPHONE.
SUNDRIES.
Paid George H. Richter & Co., 2 dozen
long document files, for city
clerk's office .... $24.75
;245.2i
$728.67
Paid labor men and teams, as per pay-roll, district
No. 2 $5.38
Paid New England Telegraph and Telephone Co.,
use of telephones .... . $75'96
428 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid J. H. Wiggin, y^ gross matches . ^0.12
The John B. Clarke Co., printing
22,000 receipt blanks . . 22.00
Manchester Hardware Co., toilet
paper ..... .10
Weston & Hill Co., matting and
zincing ends for city clerk's office 4,01
John A. Barker, extra night ser-
vices ..... 20.00
Mary Shiney, 550^ hours' labor,
at 20 cents per hour . . . no. 15
M. P. Barker, making awning for
city treasurer's office . . . 10.00
Peter Harris, i key and repairing
lock . . . . . . 1.25
A. M. Eastman, soap, matches,
brooms, etc. .... 4.36
J. K. Rhodes, services as city mes-
senger one week . . . 12.25
Manchester Heating & Lighting
Co., 15 lbs. mop waste . . 2.25
L. M. Aldrich, labor and materials 4.77
The Kitchen, 2 tumblers for col-
lector's office . . . . .16
J. S. Holt, 10 gallons soap . . 1.25
E. H. Currier, 203 lbs. Babbitt's
potash ..... .40
John J. Holland, allowance on bill
for painting and decorating drug-
store in 1891 .... 90.00
Pike & Heald, ash hod and pail . 2.65
Pike & Heald, repairs on roof . 234.37
Pike & Heald, plumbing . . 23.28
Head & Dowst Co., labor and ma-
terials, sundry repairs . . 38-99
,C. H. Wood, painting 3 tin signs,
ladies' toilet .... 1.50
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR. 429"
Paid S. C. Austin, repairing rods on
building ..... $10.00
J. Y. McQueston, i No. 7 glass,
20 X 12 . . . . . 2.00
James R. Carr, 19 lights glass and
setting same .... 4.75
D. J. Adams, fitting 4 keys . . .50
Thomas A. Lane :
labor and materials, gas-pipe in
hall 2.80
6 Beacon shades in treasurer's
office ..... 2.10
50 ft. hose, I hose nozzle, and
2 sets couplings . . . 6.15
material and labor on water-
closets . . . ... 2.98
material and labor on boiler . 11.29
material and labor in treasurer's
and assessor's office . . 8.79
material and labor, various offices i8.o6-
Sanborn Carriage Co., blade on
slice bar ..... 2.00
Whitten & Fifield, teams for city
messenger .... 8.00
John K. Wilson, shelves and door
in city engineer's office . . 7.00"
The John B. Varick Co., glue,
snow scraper, twine, rope, dust-
ers, brooms, hose, toilet paper,
waste basket, etc. . . . 19-37
M. J. Coleman, material and labor,
repairs on pipes . . . 43-27
Water-works, use of water to Oct.
I, 1892 354-3°
Charles A. Hoitt & Co., 4 chairs
for rooms of aldermen and coun-
cilman ..... 20.00'
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Charles A. Hoitt & Co., re-seat-
ing chairs . . . . $1.20
Charles A, Hoitt Sj Co., re-caning
5 chairs ..... 4.50
J. G. Jones, freight and cartage
on document files . . . .80
•
i»l,iJO.^/
Total expenditures
$2,193.60
Printing and Stationery,
Appropriation .....
^2,200.00
Transferred from reserved fund
39.62
$2,239.62
Expenditures.
ASSESSORS.
Paid The John B. Clarke Co., advertis-
ing annual meeting of assessors .
$12.33
The John B. Clarke Co., printing
200 half-note circulars
4-50
Temple & Farrington Co., 26 blank
books
100.50
Temple & Farrington Co., enve-
lopes, pens, ink ....
10.42
Temple & Farrington Co., station-
* ery
8.99
Temple & Farrington Co., 60 pos-
tal cards
1. 10
<#T ^ ►, 0 ^
TAX COLLECTOR.
Paid The John B. Clarke Co., advertis-
ing non-resident land sale . . $29.70
The John B. Clarke Co., printing
5,000 receipt blanks . . . 7.00
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
431
Paid Novelty Advertising
Co., printing
5,000 notices to tax-payers
$7-5°
Paid Temple & Farrington
Co.:
12 pencils .
.40
I quire foolscap paper
•25
McGill's fasteners
•25
8 pass-books
.40
I gross rubber bands .
.70
I index book
.38
6 pencils .
.25
I blank
.25
Blotting paper and penholders .
.80
Paid Charles C. Clark, 6 b
lanks
ITV CLERK.
.50
c
$48.38
Paid J. Arthur Williams :
Printing 300 blanks, petitions for high-
ways . . . . .
" 2,000 blanks, return of deaths
" 1,000 blanks, dog licenses
" 300 rosters .
" 200 burial permits
" 300 petitions
" 300 envelopes, 2-cent stamp
" 500 marriage certificates
'' 1,400 dog licenses, burial per
mits ....
" 2,700 notices to jurors, etc.
" 500 letter heads
" 500 election certificates
" 200 resolutions
Paid Temple & Farrington Co.:
I blank book ....
I canvas cover ....
I blank book . ^ . .
^3.00
5-75
6.50
15.00
1. 10
3.00
7-50
4.00
8.25
8.75
2.25
3-25
4.00
12.00
1.25
4.40
432 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Envelopes, ink, mucilage, rubber bands,
seals, pens, blotting paper, lettering
Public Statutes, postals, printing,
and stationery .... ^24.03-,
Paid N. P. Kidder, cash paid for ink
well ....... 1. 00
CITY AUDITOR.
CITY TREASURER.
Paid Temple & Farrington Co.:
I receipt book ..... ^lo.oo'
1 account book ..... 10.00
2 canvas covers . . . . . 2.50
52 pay-roll sheets .... 5.45
10.000 pay envelopes . , . 7.50
6 binding cases ..... 2.52
I cash book ..... 6.00
I canvas cover ..... i.oo
Mucilage, envelopes, ink, pencils, etc. 24.99
Paid The John B. Clarke Co., printing
pay-roll blanks .... 4.50
The John B. Clarke Co., printing
86 cemetery bonds, etc. . . 23.50
J. Arthur Williams, printing 2,000
order blanks .... 4.00
J. Arthur Williams, 2,000 receipts
and note circulars . . . 5.00
J. Arthur Williams, 300 postal
cards and printing . . . 3.90
S. S. Piper, 100 2-cent postage
stamps ..... 2.00
Novelty Advertising (^o., set of
bands for Atlas dater ... .30
Paid American Express Co., express on
reports ..... $22.01
SII5-03-.
$113.16=
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR. 43S
Paid Manchester post-office, postage . $13-50
Temple & Farrington Co., 500 en-
velopes ..... 2.50
Temple & Farrington Co., 100 pay-
roll sheets . . . . . 8.15
Temple & Farrington Co., paste . .10
The John B. Clarke Co., printing
500 billheads .... 5.50
The John B. Clarke Co., binding 2
volumes Census Bulletin . . 2.00
The John B. Clarke Co., printing
800 billheads .... 9.00
Manchester Hardware Co., i ball
twine . . . . . .15
CITY ENGINEER.
Paid A. S. Campbell & Co., printmg 300
orders for supplies . . . $i-75
Temple & Farrington Co., i blank
book ..... 12.25
Thomas H. Tuson, 300 postal cards
and printing same '. . . 5.35
SUNDRIES.
Paid American Express Co., express on
electrotypes .... ;$o-5o
J. G. Jones, 4 hours' work deliver-
ing city reports . . . 2.00
J. G. Ellinwood, photographs for
city report of 1 89 1 . . . 63.25
H. W. Herrick, services and ex-
penses for city report . . 33-3^
Kilburn & Cross, engravings and
electrotypes for annual report of
1891 324-75
28
)2.91
SI9-35
434 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid H. C. Whitcomb& Co., electrotype
of Derryfield park . . . ^i-i5
W. P. Goodman, i box pens, may-
or's office ..... .40
William E. Moore, printing 1,000
letter and note heads for mayor . 6.00
William E. Moore, letter heads, en-
velopes, etc., for mayor . . 9.50
Novelty Advertising Co., 200 letter
blanks for clerk of common coun-
cil ..... . 1.50
John B. Clarke Co., printing 1,500
copies city report for 1 891, as per
contract ..... 1,092.25
John B. Clarke Co., advertising pe-
tition for discontinuance of high-
way and order of court thereon . 8.25
John B. Clarke Co., binding 150
reports, full sheep . . . 172.50
Manchester post-office, 300 2-cent
stamps for mayor's office . . 6.00
Thomas H. Tuson, printing 100
postal cards for mayor's office . 1.60
Thomas H. Tuson, 300 notices . 2.00
Temple & Farrington Co., 6 weigh-
er's books for city scales . . 18.00
$1,742.95
Total expenditures .... . $2,239.62
Incidental Expenses.
Appropriation ..... $15,000.00
Transferred from reserved fund . . 14,753.76
$29,753.76
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
435
Expenditures.
LABOR.
labor of men and teams, as per pay-rolls, in
district No. 2 :
January
February
March .
^21.00
45-75
21.00
April .
May
77-13
86.25
June
142.62
July . .
August .
145-37
181.48
September
October
102.40
171.00
November
174.13
December
73-40
^1,24153
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-rolls, in
district No. 7 :
January . . . . , ^7'00
August 34-00
^41-00
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.
id 0. D. Abbott
$11.00
D. S. Adams .
4.75
E. Bernier
13-25
Charles E. Dodge .
17-50
Clarence M. Dodge
9.00
C. W. Downing .
4-50
E. B. Dunbar
5.00
Charles Corey
-50
N. L. Colby .
25.00
J. A. Chevalier
44-5°
E. B. Eddy .
6.00
436
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid J. G. Fortier
• ^28.25
George Frechette .
10.25
Eugene Fugiere
24.00
C. F. Flanders
34.00
L. M. French
11.50
John Ferguson
40.75
William Holland .
•50
Charles D. Hills .
10.00
J. A. Jackson
11.50
M. E. Kean .
15-50
N. G. Laberge
21.75
J. E. A. Lanouette
44-50
J. G. Lemaitre
23.00
J. D. Lemay
.31-50
J. W. D. McDonald
12.00
A. D. Mackey
26.75
W. H. Morrison .
11.50
Frederick Perkins
5.00
W. H. Pattee
3.00
J. L. Robinson
16.25
J. E. Roy .
6.50
Neil F. Starr
2.00
C. B. Sturtevant .
6.75
Gillis Stark .
3.00
E. Sylvain .
51-25
G. D. Towne
3-50
W. F. Templeton .
r
7.25
Thomas Wheat
6.75
N. P. Kidder, fees for 985 births .
147-75
N. P. Kidder, fees for 549 marriages S2.35
N. P. Kidder, fees for i
049 c
ieaths
157.35
$996-95
DAMAGES AND JUDGMENTS.
Paid D'. S. Adams, surgical attendance
on C. B. Clarkson
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR. 437
Paid Burnham, Brown & Warren, at-
torneys, in settlement of Lee Big
V. Manchester and Edwin Branch
V. Manchester, personal damages $1,400.00
Wm. T. Bass, personal damages,
falling on sidewalk on the south
side of Hanover street between
Beech and Maple streets , . 25.00
Joseph Cram, injury to horse, wag-
on, and harness on Shirley Hill
road, and in full for all claims . 50.00
Hattie D. Cram, personal injury
on Shirley Hill road, and for all
damages ..... 925.00
Michael Collins, settlement of suit,
personal injury .... 700.00
Celia Clark, on execution, personal
injury 2,355.44
C. M. Dodge, damage to team . 25.00
"G. H. Ellinwood, injury to horse
on Merrimack street . . . 25.00
Hannah Connor, suit settled by
agreement .... 850.00
J. Mary Gendrou, suit settled by
agreement .... 300.00
Bridget Hodgkins, suit settled by
agreement . . . . 350.00
John J. Jones, damage to person on
Laurel street . . . . 50.00
Nancy B. Morse, damage to person
on Hanover street . . . 224.00
Philomene Morin, personal injuries 375-oo
William M. Parsons, on execution,
personal injury .... 4,303-37
Honora Russell, personal injury,
suit settled .... 350.00
438 EEPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Mrs. Hiram Simons, damage to
sleigh $25.00
Hiram Turner, damage to dog . 10.00
Inez Tirrell, personal injury, on ex-
ecution ..... 2,071.08
Edward Wyman, personal injury,
suit settled • . . . . 350.00
Rodney Whittemore, personal in-
jury, on execution . . . 2,568.35
Elliot Hospital, board and nursing
of Patrick Ford . . . 8.00
Harper & Nichols, damage to wag-
on of Joseph Brooks . . . 5.65
Mary Bouchard, damage to person
on Park common '. . . 175-00
Mrs. D. H. Dickey, personal in-
jury ...... 30.00
H. M. Clough, appraised value of
horse killed by order of State
Board of Cattle Commissioners . 5.00
$17,650.89
LEGAL EXPENSES.
Paid D. S. Adams :
Examination and services in case of
Celia Clark ..... $45.00
Examination and services in case of R.
N. Whittemore . . . . 45- 00
Examination and services in case of
Inez Tirrell . . . . . 35 -oo
Examination and services in case of
Michael Collins .... 25.00
Paid Walter E. Abbott, witness fee, Lane
V. Manchester . . . . 1.37
Charles E. Cheney, witness fee, R.
N. Whittemore z^. city . . 2.50
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR. 439
Paid A. M. Corning, witness fees and
summoning in case of R. Whitte-
more v. city .... ^41.94
John F. Cassidy, sundry witness
fees and travel in case of R. Whit-
temore . . . . . 25.72
J. G. Ellinwood, photographs for
use in case of R. Whittemore . 4.00
A. M. Foster, M. D., services in case
of Mayhew z/. city . . . 10.00
L. B. How, M. D., examination as
medical expert in case of Tirrell
V. city ..... 40.00
Paid Charles H. Hodgman :
Serving notices in case of Clark v. city 1.62
Witness fees, travel, etc., for sundry
persons in case of R. Whittemore v.
city 17.15
In case of Inez Tirrell z/. city . . 9.18
In case of Lane v. city . . . 6.36
Paid E. F. Jones, paid T. D. Luce, trans-
ferring and printing case. Parsons
V. city ... . . . 22.00
E. F. Jones, paid J. B. Swift for
serving notice, etc., in case of R.
Whittemore v. city . . . 1.5a
E. T. James, for team, county com-
missioners' hearing on Goffstown
road ..... 5.00
E. T. James, for team for J. F. Cas-
sidy ...... 2.50
H. E. Loverin, services in case of
Clark V. city .... 15-00
H. E. Loverin, summoning witness-
es in case of Whittemore v. city 9.90
440 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid H. E. Loverin, fees and travel paid
witnesses in case of Whittemore
V. city $35-49
C. H. Little, services taking testi-
mony at trial of Inez Tirrell v.
city ...... 5.00
Manchester Street Railway, use of
barge for jury in case of Whitte-
more V. city .... 6.00
J. T. O'Dowd, expenses to^ Lowell
and Edgeville in case of McCar-
thy V. city .... 6.65
Oscar Perkins, fees and services in
sundry cases . . . . 5.00
Frederick Perkins, medical expert
testimony in cases Clark v. city,
Tirrell v. city .... 75 -oo
Daniel L. Stevens, serving notices »
in case of Lane v. city, Mayhew
V. city ..... 6.48
William Stearns, services in case of
Nancy B. Morse v. city . . 6.00
Whitten & Fifield, team to Goffe's
Falls for city solicitor . . 2.50
George D. Towne, medical expert
testimony in case of Collins v.
city ...... 25.00
H. E. Loverin, services in case of
Lane v. city .... 10.00
E. F. McQuesten, examination, tes-
timony, and expenses in case of
Whittemore v. citTy . . . 100.00
John A. Bruce, services in case of
Whittemore v. city . . . 5.00
Paid T. D. Luce, clerk of supreme court :
Costs Manchester petition to discon-
tinue . ..... 2.00
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR, 441
Costs transfer and printing case Man-
chester petition .... $12.50
Costs in case of Manchester v. Jenkins 3.25
Costs entry case of Manchester v. War-
ren & Beede ..... 1.20
Paid Burnham, Brown & Warren, retain-
er in case of Mayhew v. city . 25.00
D. A. Taggart, services and expens-
es in case of Whittemore v. city 66.77 '
Kimball Carriage Co., repairs on
wagon of E. O. Murphy . . 4.00
county commissioners of Hillsbor-
ough county, fees and expenses
in hearing in relation to old
Bridge street .... 40.30
J. H. Melton, fees as witness in the
case of Clark, Tirrell, Mayhew v.
City, $1.37 each ... 4-11
$812.99
CITY COUNCIL AND COMMITTEES.
Paid Union Publishing Co. :
Advertising proposals for sewer pipe, 2
squares, six times .... $7'Oo
Advertising proposals for engine-house,
3 squares, eleven times . . . 13- 75
Advertising dog licenses. 4 squares . 26.00
Advertising proposals for collecting
garbage, 3^ squares, six times . i3-i2
Advertising proposals for stone culvert,
23^ inches, every other day, six times 9.60
Paid John B. Clarke Co., advertising:
Proposals for engine-house, 2 inches,
ten times ..... 12.32
Proposals for collecting garbage, 5
squares, five times .... 10.50
442 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Proposals for furnishing sewer pipe, 2
inches, six times .... $9.00
Proposals for stone culvert, 2^ inches,
five times ..... 9.50
Proposals for coal, 2^ inches, six
times ...... 12.38
Notice relating to dog licenses, 2}4
inches, three weeks . . . 21.25
Paid A. R. Ingham, twelve suppers for
board of aldermen, laying out
road ..... 9.00
Jesse W. Truell, use of hacks for
committees .... 35-oo
E. T. James, use of carriages for
committees .... 69.50
Edson C. Eastman, four copies Pub-
lic Statutes of New Hampshire . 12.00
W. J. Freeman, use of hacks . 104.00
Benjamin Lenthier, advertising
licenses "pour les chiens" . . 10.00
J. C. Nichols & Son, use of hacks 64.00
Robert J. Peaslee, services revising
the City Ordinances . . . 200.00
John B. Clarke Co., printing 500
copies City Ordinances . . 503'37
A. L. Jenness & Son, use of hacks,
etc. ...... 30-50
Novelty Advertising Co., one
Champion dater for clerk of com-
mon council .... 2.25
Union Publishing Co., advertising
proposals for coal^ 4 squares, six
times ..... 14.00
Paid Press Printing & Publishing Co. :
Proposals for wood and coal, '2^^
inches, five times . . . . 6.13
Proposals for collecting garbage . . 5.62
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR. 443
Proposals for building stone culvert . ^5-83
Proposals for building engine-house,
ward 9 . . . . . . 9.00
Notice, " License your Dog " . . 15-87
Paid Whitten & Fifield, use of teams for
committee .... 24.00
Whitten & Fifield, use of teams for
city messenger .... 3.00
John A. Barker, horse car fares . 2.00
"New Hampshire Post," advertis-
ing dog licenses . . . 4.50
William E. Moore, postal cards and
printing (death of Schimmel) . 1.50
William E. Moore, postal cards and
printing (Columbus Day) , . 1.50
William E. Moore, printing 1,000
note heads for Mayor . . 4.50
$1,281.49
CITY LIBRARY.
Paid John A. Barker, care of boiler, etc. $133.50
Robert Clark, work do,ne in and
around the city library building,
cutting lawn, cleaning sidewalks,
washing windows, etc. . . 56.70
Head & Dowst Co., 4 feet half-inch
pine, 4 feet half-inch whitewood .26
Thomas A. Lane, repairing hose . .20
Thomas A. Lane, labor on boiler . 5.00
$195.66
DISEASED CATTLE.
Paid A. L. Dodge, examination of glan-
dered horse (Bascomb) . . $4-oo
A. L. Dodge, examination of glan- '
dered horse (Dowd) . . . 4.00
H. Fox Davis, killing and burying
horse of Fred Berry . . . 3.00
444 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
CITY SCALES.
Paid L. B. Bodwell & Co., 500 lbs. stove
coal $1.87
L. B. Bodwell, 2 ft. mixed wood . "2.00
L. B. Bodwell, 3,000 lbs. coal . 11-25
A. T. Barr, testing and sealing
scales ..... .75
John B. Varick Co., 2 dozen brass
hooks ..... .20
MILK INSPECTOR.
Paid John B. Clarke Co., advertising
notice under section 11, chapter
42, Laws of 1883 . . . $4-75
John B. Clarke Co., advertising
notice of election, etc., 2 in., one
time. ..... 3.00
Daily Press Publishing Co., adver-
tising notice of election, etc., 2
inches, one time . . . 1.50
Daily Press Publishing Co., adver-
tising notice under section 11,
chapter 42, Laws of 1883 . . 3.00
J. Arthur Williams, printing letter-
heads, postal cards, tags . . 6.40
H. F. W. Little, cash paid for one
copy of Public Statutes . . 3.25
H. F. W. Little, cash paid for re-
pairing lactometers, etc. . . 3.60
RELATING TO THE STREETS.
Paid James M. Crombie, for trees in com-
mons and school yards . . $40.00
Head & Dowst Co., lumber and la-
bor, boxing trees . . . 46.11
$16.07
$25.50
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR. 445
Paid Head & Dowst Co., lumber and la-
bor, sidewalk, Pembroke block . ^2.88
Merrill & Freeman, 2 bbls. lime, i
bag salt, whitewashing tree boxes 2.52
F. S. Sloan, 9 hitching posts for
Hallsville schoolhouse . . 8.00
Dana W. King, recording deeds
and postage .... 3.09
Geo. Holbrook, labor, etc., on trees 77-85
Geo. Kolbrook, clearing snow from
buildings ..... 21.50
H. W. Clapp, 3 fountains . . 300.00
Concord & Montreal R. R., freight
on fountains .... 2.83
Pike & Heald, labor on fountain in
West Manchester . . . 129.27
Pike & Heald, labor on fountain at
corner of Lake avenue and Elm
street . . . . . 131-76
D. C. Whittemore, use of land for
road for the year ending April,
1892 ..... 20.00
Thomas A. Lane Co., labor lower-
ing water-pipes .... 2.89
John Maynard, repairs on Paige and
Fairbanks houses, damaged by
blasting ..... 16.87
Manchester Hardware Co., 21 lbs.
manilla rope .... 2.73
M. E. Kean, pumping out water in
barn cellar ..... 3.00
S. C. Forsaith Machine Co., lum-
ber, etc. . . . . . 8.53
Simon Dodge, guide boards . . 2.50
Flint & Little, labor and materials
for sign boards .... 22.95
$845.28
446 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
ASSESSORS.
Paid Union Publishing Co., advertising
notice, 3 squares, eleven times . ^13- 75
S. S. Piper, postmaster, 100 2-cent
stamps ..... 2.00
Benj. Robinson, use of horse one day 1.50
H. D. Lord, furnishing transfers of
real estate for one year . . 12.00
TAX COLLECTOR.
Paid Republican Press Association, adver-
tising non-resident tax, 4^^^
squares ..... $6.45
J. C. Nichols & Son, use of team . 7.50
George E. Morrill, collector, taxes
sold and purchased as agent for
the city ..... 643.19
George E. Morrill, three months'
labor as acting city treasurer (Feb-
ruary, March, and April, 1892) . 200.00
David W. Craig, agent, one No. 45
Diebold safe .... 325.00
J. W. Wilson, moving safe into office 8.00
Concord & Montreal R. R., freight
on safe ..... 3.60
George E. Morrill, expense of self
and committee purchasing safe in
Boston ..... 11.62
George E. Morrill, expense distrib-
uting tax bills . '^ . . . 74*49
Head & Dowst Co., labor in office 2.90
Pike & Heald, 2 tin cases . . 1.40
$29.25
$1,284.15
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
447
POLITICAL EXPENSES.
Paid Manchester Heating and Lighting
Co., lo hand lamps for ward i .
David Thayer, labor arranging hall,
etc., ward 3 . . . .
Chas. A. Hoitt & Co., i table for
ward 4 .... .
J. Y. McQueston & Co., 4 tables, 9
chestnut chairs, i light tepoy for
ward 5 . . . .
John Stewart, cleaning ward 5 ward
room .....
The Electric Company, running
lights, ward 9 ward room .
G. H. Dudley, labor, etc., ward 2 .
Paid Head & Dowst Co., material and labor
Ward I
2
3
4
5
6
7
City hall stand
Paid John B
check
Clarke Co., printing 690
lists . . . . .
John B. Clarke Co., printing addi-
tions to check-lists
Oscar Perkins, cleaning court room,
ward 7 . ...
Temple & Farrington, 13 indexes
Temple «S: Farrington, 18 blank
books ....
Temple & Farrington, legal cap
7.00
2.25
13.40
5.00
3.00
3-25
17.77
19.08
19-57
30-35
45-45
24.60
IO-53
18.25
31-41
13-41
312.75
27.00
5-50
3-38
9.00
1. 10
448 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Timothy F. Lynch, ink, envelopes,
and stamps, ward 5 . . . $0.49
C. H. Clark, 20 lamps, 2 qts. oil, i
2-quart oil-can, ward 4 . . 5.85,
Isaac Whittemore, use of horse and
carriage as inspector . . . 10.00
Aretas Blood, use of Mechanics
Hall November 8, 9, and 10 . 90.00
John Driscoll, 2 large ash barrels . 9.00
D. G. Andrews, labor and supplies
for ward room No. 2 . . . 13-75
Paid L. M. Aldrich :
69 ft. stair rail, ward 6 . . . 6.21
16 stair rail brackets, ward 6 . . 2.00
12^ hours' labor, ward 6 . . . 3.13
2 hours' labor and screws, ward 4 . .55
Paid C. H. Simpson, use of hack in put-
ting up check-lists . . . 5.00
Clement Beaudet, wood and coal
for ward room No. 9 . . . 4.50
D. E. Guiney, gas-piping ward 6
ward room . . . . 22.53
RELATING TO SCHOOLS.
Paid John H. Proctor, grading Youngs-
ville schoolhouse yard . . $42.75
Grand Rapids School Furniture Co.,
seats and desks for Varney school i55-o7
J. G. Jones, freight on furniture . 17-13
Allen Chisholm, land for school-
house. West Manchester, deed
dated March 6, 1892 . . 900.00
error, overdraft . . . . 9.00
James T. Donahoe, land for school-
house, West Manchester, deed
dated March 5, 1892 . . 1,590.00
$798.06
$2,713.95
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
U9
SUNDRIES.
Paid Jones's Baggage Express, 5^/^ hours
delivering reports
Hill & Co., express on packages to
New York city ....
Novelty Advertising Co., 24 Midg-
et stamps .....
H. Eunice Kidder, services as clerk
for the year 1892
Albert Blood, land for hose house
in South Manchester, deed dated
May 26, 1S92 ....
estate of Wilberforce Ireland, claim
for labor on Webster-street en-
gine-house ....
Chas. A. Hoitt & Co., repairing
chair .....
Manchester post-office, postage
stanfps and postals
Frederick Perkins, sewing up wound,
etc., on Pat Williams
Frederick Perkins, setting broken
arm of Mike Collins, etc. .
Frederick Perkins, sewing wound
and attendance on Barney Luney
Paid D. A. Simons, bedding for pest-house
6 mattresses
6 comforters
6 pillows .
2 mattresses, soft top
3 hand lamps
3 comforters
4 pillows .
Screen cloth
Paid estate of John B. Clarke, rebate of
amount paid for entering sewer .
$2-7S
1-57
10.80
275.00
684.48
376.67
•25
29.25
5.00
8.00
12.00
10.50
4-50
6.00
.90
5-25
3.00
.40
15.00
450 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid town of Goffstown, taxes on land . $1-45
D. Barker, 7 days' services as city
messenger . . . . . 12.25
H. P. Mulloney, examination of
glandered horse (White) . . 5.00
H. P. Mulloney, examination of
glandered horse (of J. Bourque) 5.00
First N. H. Battery, powder, pri-
mers, cartridges, and firing salute
of 50 guns July 4, 1892 . . 42.00
Charles H. Wood, painting sign . 2.00
Pike & Heald, 6 cash boxes for
treasurer's office . . . 1.98
S. J. Putnam, labor in treasurer's
office 132 days .... 132.00
Manchester Hardware Co., one ball
twine ..... .10
D. W. King, copies of deeds . 10.26
D. W. King, recording deeds . .81
Charles E. Lord, mason work at
pest-house . . . . 20.15
James P. Finn, painting at pest-
house .....
Flint & Little, jury-box for ward 9
Sampson, Murdock & Co., 25 city
directories ....
Sampson, Murdock & Co., 24 maps
32
.92
I
•75
50.00
6.
00
$1,809.99
Total expenditures ..... $29,753.76
Mayor's Incidentals.
Appropriation $300.00
Expenditures.
Paid E. J. Knowlton, entertainment of
R. A. Quimby, of Boston, Mass.,
designer of Stark park . . $3-00
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR. 451
Paid A. M. Winchester, dinners . . ^9«o5
Frank W. Elliott, dinners for guests
from Boston fire department and
members of city government . 38.50
J. W. Truell, four hacks May 12
and 13 for guests from Boston . 27.00
Western Union Telegraph Co., tel-
egram .25
E. J. Knowlton, expense of com-
mittee on commons to Boston to
inspect plan of Stark park . . 11.00
E. J. Knowlton, allowance for hire
of teams ..... 133-00
Total expenditure . . , . . ^221.80
Transferred to reserved fund .... . 78.20
City Officers' Salaries.
Appropriation ..... ^15,700.00
Transferred from reserved fund . . 1,454.18
^I7,i54-i<
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 com-
mon council .... 200.00
Thomas W. Lane, inspector of
buildings . . . . . 100.00
H. F. W. Little, milk inspector . 300.00
452
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid William Bailey, weigher at city
scales from Dec. i, 1891, to Dec.
3I' 1892 $413-78
Frank H. Crawford, weigher at city
scales ..... 30.00
John A. Barker, city messenger . 700.00
John A. Barker, extra time . . 2.00
$6,445-7S
CITY PHYSICIAN AND OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Paid Frederick Perkins, city physician .
E. J. Knowlfon, chairman, ex officio,
overseers poor .
William H. Maxwell, ward i
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
William H. Maxwell, clerk of board
Judith Sherer, matron at pest-house
$200.00
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 .....
Samuel Brooks, truant officer
E. J. Knowlton, chairman, ex officio
Edward B. Woodbury, clerk of
board .....
Edson S. Heath, president common
council, ex officio
C. H. Manning, ward i
C. D. Sumner, ward i .
$2,000.00
750.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
453
Paid William H. Morrison, ward 2
Charles S. Murkland, ward 2 .
George H. Stearns, ward 2
George D. Towne, ward 3 .
Louis E. Phelps, ward 3
Stephen B. Stearns, ward 4 .
Edwin 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
E. B. Woodbury, ward 7
Luther C. Baldwin, ward 8 .
William K. Robbins, ward 8 .
$6.67
3-33
10.00
10.00
10.00
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 i, assessor
John E. Stearns, ward 2, assessor
D. O. Furnald, ward 3, assessor
H. D. Lord, ward 4, assessor
John Ryan, ward 5, assessor .
George H. Dudley, ward 6, assessor
William T. Rowell, ward 7, assessor
Frank T. Provost, ward 8, assessor
E. W. Brigham, assistant assessor .
Nicholas Nichols, assistant assessor
Hiram Forsaith, assistant assessor .
Isaac Whittemore, assistant assessor
John Cayzer, assistant assessor
Henry F. Stone, assistant assessor .
Harry T. Lord, clerk
Jabez Adams, interpreter
Louis Cormier, interpreter .
5150.00
171.25
782.50
237-50
142.50
432-50
150.00
166.25
257-50
302.50
55-00
66.25
42.50
45.00
67.50
30.00
52-50
,151-25
454
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
CITY TAX COLLECTOR.
Paid George E. Morrill :
Quarter ending February 29, 1892 . $200.00
Quarter ending May 31, 1892 . . 200.00
Balance of salary for the year ending
June I, 1892 ..... 850.00
Commission on old taxes . . . 6.53
Salary, quarter ending August 31, 1892 200.00
Quarter ending November 30, 1892 . 200.00
$1,656.53
MODERATORS, 1 89 1 AND 1 892.
Paid Abial W. Eastman, ward i
Nicholas Nichols, ward 2
E. R, Robinson, ward 3
George C. Gilmore, ward 4
William Howe, ward 5 .
Henry B. Fairbanks, ward 6
Frank A. Dockham, ward 7
Chas. G. Ranno, ward 8
Horace P. Simpson, ward 9
510.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
$90.00
WARD CLERKS, 1 89 1 AND 1 892.
Paid Frank X. Foster, ward i
Daniel C. Smith, ward 2
Samuel C. Kennard, ward 3
Harrie M. Young, ward 4
Timothy F. Lynch,'' ward 5
George B. Rogers, ward 6
Charles A. Foster, ward 7
Frank O. Clement, ward 8
Israel W. Dickey, ward 9
510.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
;^90.oo
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR. 455
INSPECTORS OF CHECK-LIST, 1 89 1 and 1 89 2.
Paid Geo. C. Kemp, ward i, 40 days at
$2.25
§90.00
Chas. B. Tucker, ward 2, 40 days
at $2.25
90.00
David 0. Furnald, ward 3, 14 days
at $2.25
31-50
Harrison D. Lord, ward 4, 60 days
at §2.25
135-00
Patrick E. Daily, ward 5, 43 days
at $2.25
96-75
Isaac Whittemore, ward 6, 54 days
at $2.25
121.50
Joseph A. Foster, ward 7, 36 days
at $2.25 .....
81.00
Chas. C. Tinkham, ward 8, 43^
days at $2.25 ....
97.87
Wm. K. Robbins, ward 9, 38 days
at $2.25
85-50
Frank Bourassa, as interpreter, 10
days at §2.25 ....
22.50
W. G. Fernald, as. clerk, 22 days
at $2.25
49-50
H. D. Lord, as clerk
22.50
SUPERVISORS, 1 89 1 AND 1 892.
Paid W. B. Stearns, ward i, 8 days at
§1.75 . . . . . §14.00
S. L. Farnham, ward i, 8 days at
§1-75 14-00
Fred C. Hale, ward 2, 8 days at § i . 75 1 4.00
Chas. S. Partridge, ward 2, 8 days
at §1.75 14-00
H. F. W. Little, ward 3, 8 days at
$1-75 14-00
§923.62
456
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid David H. Young, ward 3, 4 days at
$1-75 $7-°°
Chas. Uhlig, ward 4, 1 1 days at $1.75 19-25
P. Fahey, ward 4, 11 days at $1.75 19-25
David Reardon, ward 5, 10 days at
^1-75 17-50
John Conway, ward 5, 10 days at
^1-75 17-50
William C. Blodgett, ward 6, 14
days at $1.75 .... 24.50
Edward P. Cogswell, ward 6, 14
days at ^1.75 .... 24.50
William T. Payne, ward 7, 6 days
at $1.75 10.50
John W. Davis, ward 7, 6 days at
^1-75 10-50
Fred R. Stark, ward 8,11 days at
$1-75 ^9-25
Charles H. Hodgman, ward 8, 11
days at $1.75 .... 19.25
Eugene Quirin, ward 9, 8 days at
$1-75 14-00
Thomas C. Martin, ward 9, 8 days
at $1.75 14.00
$287.00
SELECTMEN, 1 89 1 and 1892.
John H. Wales, Jr., wa
rd I
$10.00
Joseph Tait, '
' I
10.00
John F. Reardon, '
' I
10.00
Daniel G. Andrews, '
' 2
10.00
Harry P. Ray, ^ '
' 2
10.00
David Thayer, '
' 3
10.00
John Cronin, '
' 3
10.00
T. P. Heath,
' 3
10.00
John k. Currier, '
' 4
10.00
Jeff. T. Perry,
' 4
10.00
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
457
Paid Charles H. Bodwell, ward
Lawrence F. Mahoney, "
John B. LaForest, "
Arthur Allen, "
George F. Sargent, "
John T. Gott,
Peter D. St. Germain, "
William D. Wheeler,
Sumner D. Claflin, "
John F. Mallady,
George E. Fellows, "
Frank St. John,
Odilon Doucet, "
William J. Price,
Oswald Paris, "
Edward P. French, "
4
^lO.OO
5
lO.OO
5
lO.OO
5
lO.OO
6
lO.OO
6
lO.OO
6
lO.OO
7
lO.OO
7
lO.OO
7
lO.OO
8
lO.OO
8
lO.OO
8
lO.OO
9
lO.OO
9
lO.OO
9
lO.OO
$260.00
BALLOT INSPECTORS, 1 89 2.
id Silas C. Stetson,
ware
I
$10.00
Hiram Wingate,
I
10.00
William F. Graner,
I
10.00
Zepherine Cote,
I
10.00
Harry C Andrews,
2
10.00
John W, Center,
2
10.00
AVm. M. Butterfield,
2
10.00
Walter M. Morgan,
2
10.00
C. H. Little,
3
10.00
J. W. Fellows,
3
10.00
Frank M. Forsaith,
3
10.00
Cyrille Lebrun,
3
10.00
Harry T. Lord,
4
10.00
Frank H. Lussier,
4
10.00
Frank Bourassa,
4
10.00
John P. Broderick,
4
10.00
Michael Hawkins,
5
10.00
William \N. Boisvert,
5
10.00
458
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid John J. McAllister, wa
John J. Minturn, '
William Burpee, '
rd5
' 5
' 6
$io.oo
lO.OO
lO.OO
Peter Farrell, '
' 6
lO.OO
John M. Kendall,
' 6
lO.OO
Charles Robitaille, '
' 6
lO.OO
William T. Rowell,
' 7
lO.OO
William D. Ladd,
' 7
lO.OO
William Marshall, '
' 7
lO.OO
Edward J. Sheehan, '
Edward Scheer, '
' 7-
' 8
lO.OO
lO.OO
John McDonough, '
Arthur Moquin, '
Edward Bunker, '
' 8
' 8
' 8
lO.OO
lO.OO
lO.OO
Frank E. Putney, '
Oliver H. Granger, '
, John Montplaisir, '
John B. Bourque, '
' 9
' 9
' 9
' 9
lO.OO
lO.OO
lO.OO
lO.OO
^360.00
. $^
Total expenditures
7,154.18
Auditor's Department.
Appropriation
52, 000. co-
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid James B. Straw, auditor, salary for
the year 1892 . '' . . . ^1,000.00
A. E. Herrick, clerk, salary from
Jan. I to August, 1892 . . 501.90
Lizzie M. Cogswell, clerk, from
Aug. 26 to Dec. 31, 1892 . . 210.00
$1,711.90
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR. 459
SUPPLIES.
Paid A. E. Herrick, cash paid for express
on electrotypes. . . . |i.oo
A. E. Herrick, expenses to Con-
cord twice and return . . 1.74
J. B. Straw, cash paid for express . 3.10
J. W. Wilson, freight and truckage
on desks ..... 1.34
Manchester post-office, postage . 2.00
Peter Harris, one key ... .25
George H. Richter & Co., i white
enameled cloth bath . . . 5.25
George H. Richter & Co., i box
Havelock fasteners ... .75
H. C. Dimond & Co., i pad and
bottle red ink .... .50
H. C. Dimond & Co., i 4-wheel
Monarch hand stamp . . 14.00
J. Stickney, i rubber mat for type-
writer ..... .75
Paid The Hammond Typewriter Co.:
Balance due on exchange of type-
writer ...... 30.00
Express and repairs on typewriter . 2.75
1 ream No. 28 paper .... 2.00
2 typewriter desks .... 50.00
Paid Novelty Advertising Co., 30 Midg-
et stamps . . , . . 17-85
Paid National Typewriter Co.:
I blue record ribbon .... .60
1 long-handled brush . . . .20
Balance due on typewriter No. 2635 . 13.00
4 copying ribbons .... 2.85
Express to Philadelphia and return . 2.15
460 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Manchester Hardware Co., twine . $0.15
Manchester Hardware Co., glue . .20
J. W. Robinson, interest tables, etc. 7.00
Daniels & Downs, 12 sheets carbon .50
Daniels & Downs, i ream No. 8
ruled paper . . . . 2.10
Daniels & Downs, i box carbon . 3,00
Pike & Heald, 2 tin trunks . . 7,76
Head & Dowst Co., labor and lum-
ber for stamp case . . . 4.35
W, E. Moore, 500 2-cent envelopes
and printing same . . . 12.50
Paid Temple & Farrington Co.:
4 gross rubber bands .... 3.60
I bottle ink ..... .75
2jboxes McGill fasteners ... .90
130 sheets carbon paper . . . 5.25
I record book and i brush ... .65
Paste, ink, etc. ..... 3,28
Paid Moores & Martin, labor, etc., pack-
ing desk ..... 1.75
John^B. Varick Co., i waste basket 1.25
John B. Varick Co., i brush . . .10
John][B. Clarke Co., printing blanks 9.00
E. T. James, use of team . . 2.00
$218.17
Total expenditures ..... $1,930.07
Amount transferred to reserved fund . . . 69.93
Highway District No. 1.
Appropriation ..... $300.00
Amount transferred from reserved fund . 320.50
)20.50
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
461
Expenditures.
Paid labor, as per pay-rolls :
February $16.00
March .
18.50
April
78.25
May
120.00
June
181.75
July . . .
46.75
August .
54.00
November
40.00
December
2 7-7.S
LUMBER, PIPE, ETC.
Paid Head & Dowst Co., 210 feet 2 by 6
spruce .....
Head & Dowst Co., 10 chestnut
posts .....
Pike & Heald, 6 feet 3-inch iron
pipe . . . . .
Pike & Heald, i foot 3-inch elbow
William Campbell, 67 loads gravel
E. Dodge, 157 loads gravel .
TOOLS.
Paid Killey & Wadleigh :
2 round-point shovels
2 picks ......
1 steel hoe .....
2 pick handles .....
Paid Wadleigh Hardware Co., i square-
point shovel ....
Wadleigh Hardware Co., 20 lbs. 60-
penny wire nails
John B. Varick Co., 20 lbs. wire
nails .....
$3-3^
1. 60
•39
.20
6.70
15-70
$1-30
2.00
•50
.40
.65
.60
.60
$583-00
$27.95
$6.05
462
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
BLACKSMITHING.
Paid J. P. Fellows & Co., sharpening tools, etc. . $3.50
Total expenditures ..... ^620.50
Highway District No. 2.
Appropriation
•
•
. $12,000.00
Expenditures.
Paid labor as per pay-rolls :
"
January ....
$650.83
February
800.38
March .
664.90
April
735-76
May
939-73
June
1,233.21
July . .
.
1,072.47
August .
944.72
September
799.10
October
1,329.78
November
872.84
December
1,294.15
di' -F 'W ^ ^ ^ 0 tm
p^^^2)Zi'°i
Paid City Farm for labor in breaking re
)ads in Feb-
ruary and March
$11.50
TOOLS AND HARDW7>
lRE.
Paid Riehle Bros., i five-ton Robie jack
No. 7 . . . . .
$19.00
Head & Dowst Co., 116 feet drag
plank
.
.
4.64
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
463
Paid Manchester Hardware Co. :
6 canal barrows .
12 sledge-hammer handles .
3 level glasses
I Little Gem nickel lantern
1 2 Ames shovels .
12 picks and handles .
I twelve-inch blind wrench
Other hardware .
Paid John B. Varick Co., round-point
shovels, Norway iron, man ilia
rope, plo\v points, shovels, octa-
gon steel, pick handles, han^mers,
hammer handles, and other hard-
ware . . .
Killey & Wadleigh, rule, tape meas-
ure, hoes, brooms, pick handles,
shovels, snow shovels, and other
hardware .....
Wadleigh Hardware Co., 12 round-
point shovels ....
Wadleigh Hardware Co., i feather
duster .....
Wadleigh Hardware Co., 12 square-
point shovels ....
C. C. Harriraan, 2 wheel-barrows .
C. C. Harriman, 20 pick handles .
J. Stickney, 5 lbs. belt seat .
J. Stickney, 4 doz. gilt tacks
$10.00
i'75
.21
1. 00
11.00
15.00
•75
11.80
137.72
55-30
11.00
•75
10.50
2.00
3.00
1.38
.20
TELEPHONE, GAS, STATIONERY.
Paid New .England Telegraph & Tele-
phone Co., use of telephone . ^36.75
Paid Temple & Farrington Co. :
24 blank-books ..... 10.00
12 memorandum books . . . .96
$297.00
464
KEPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Mucilage, pencils, paper . . . $i'23
Ink, stamped envelopes and other sta-
tionery ....... 7.30
Paid Nate Kellogg, 500 blank bills . 2.25
•49
BLACKSMITHING AND REPAIRS.
Paid Thomas A. Lane, gas pipe, railing,
etc. ...... $10.67
John T. Beach, sharpening tools,
etc 15.15
J. O. Tremblay, repairing tools,
etc. ...... 1.50
L. M. x\ldrich, filing saws, etc. . 6.85
•17
MATERIALS.
Paid C. H. Hoyt, 102 loads gravel . $10.20
Vacuum Oil Co., one half barrel . i.oo
Vacuum Oil Co., 28 gallons oil . 18.20
E. Gratz, lumber and labor . . 1.35
Thomas A. Lane, material and
labor ..... 2.34
Head & Dowst Co., 3 loads filling .75
Manchester Provision Co., i hogs-
head ..... 1.25
Addison Gray, 1 2 loads stone . 3.00
Addison Gray, 377 loads gravel . 3 7- 70
D. M. Poore & Son, 13 bu. old salt 2.60
James Briggs, galvanized pipe and
elbow ..... 1.24
James Briggs, galvanized pipe, etc.,
at sand shed . . . . 6.2^
$85.86
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
465
SUNDRIES.
Paid Boston & Maine R. R., freight on
jack ......
E. T. James, use of carriages
Whitten & Fifield, use of teams .
M. E. Kean, medical attendance
on John Kelly for injured wrist .
Total expenditures
Amount transferred to reserved fund
$0.50
85.00
12.00
3.00
$100.50
^iT>925-39
74.61
$12,000.00
Highway District No. 3.
Appropriation
$200.00
Transferred from reserved fund
161.24
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor as per ]
)ay-roIls :
March .
$11.13
May .
8.75
Tune
34.88
July . .
27.25
August .
23-13
September
92-75
November
120.36
December
8.62
District No. 2, labor in month 0
f
July, as per
pay-roll .
3.00
$361.24
30
^329.-87
466
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
GRAVEL.
Paid J. H. Campbell, loi loads gravel . ^15-70
J. H. Campbell, 20 loads stone . 5.00
Arthur Campbell, 42 loads gravel . 4.55
Sarah E. Robie, 14 loads stone . 3.50
HARDWARE.
Paid John B. Varick Co., i ruby lantern
BLACKSMITHING.
Paid J. P. Fellows & Co., sharpening picks, etc.
Total expenditures ....
$28.75
^0-33
$2.29
$361.24
Appropriation
Highway District No. 4.
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-rolls :
January
$7-45
March .
20.25
June
133-25
August .
69.50
October
88.50
November
131.62
TOOCS.
Paid Wadleigh Hardware Co., 2 Ames
round-point shovels . . . $1.80
Wadleigh Hardware Co., i Hodg-
den round-point shovel . . .65
.^453-57
$2.45
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
467
MATERIALS.
Paid Byron E. Moore, cash paid Reu-
ben Flanders for sharpening tools
Byron E. Moore, 65 loads clay
C. C. Webster, 380 loads clay and
gravel .....
Thomas Walker, Jr. , 60 loads gravel
Mrs. Fox, 25 loads gravel
Total expenditures
Amount transferred to reserved fund
^0.50
3-9°
22.80
3.60
1.50
332-30
^485.32
14.68
Highway District No. 5.
$500.00
Appropriation
$800.00
Expenditures.
LABOR.
id labor of men
and teams,
as per pay
-rolls :
February
March .
$24.12
4-88
Ma}' .
62.99
June
July .
August .
September
October
124.25
20.25
18.75
186.87
90.62
November
112.49
December
18.75
$663.97
468
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
MATERIALS.
Paid Libbey Bros., 484 loads gravel
Mark E. Harvey, 28 loads'gravel
Charles Wheeler, 35 loads gravel
John Parmeuter, 50 loads gravel
estate of Mary Golden, gravel
Paid Head & Dowst Co. :
657 ft. 3-inch hemlock plank
675 ft. 3x5 spruce .
20 ft. chestnut ....
15 chestnut posts
Paid Wallace & Pierce, 66 loads loam
$48.40
2.80
. 3-5°
5.00
3.00
9.20
10.00
3.20
2.40
6.60
$94.10
BLACKSMITHING.
Paid R. W. Flanders, sharpening tools ,
;i2.o5
TOOLS.
Paid John B. Varick Co.
6 pick handles .
3 square-point shovels
I round-point pick .
I E No. 3 plow point
13 lbs. nails
Total expenditures
Amount transferred to reserved fund
$0.85
1.50
1. 00
.60
•39
$4-34
• •
$774-46
.
25-54
500.00
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
469
Highway District No. 6.
Appropriation
•
•
.
•
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men
and teams, as per pay
rolls
February
.
$21.00
March .
.
15-75
May
.
40.00
June
.
158-50
September
.
121. 51
October
.
97.00
December
•
24.00
;oo.oo
$477-76
TOOLS.
Paid John B. Varick Co., i doz. No. 3
cutter point . . . . $0.75
John B. Varick Co., i doz. No. 4
cutter poin't .... .80
Sanborn Carriage Co., i plow beam 3- 00
M.55
BLACKSMITHING.
Paid James Morrison, repairing chains and sharpen-
ing tools .......
i2.i5
Total expenditures .
Amount transferred to reserved fund
$484.46
15-54
$500.00
470
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Highway District No. 7.
Appropriation $1,500.00
Amount transferred from reserved fund . 15 •61
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-rolls :
January $55-25
February ..... 83.92
March ...... 26.50
April ...... 292.47
May 249.33
June ...... 237.48
July ...... 104.62
August ..... 93-6i
September . . . . . 74- 50
October ..... 157-75
November ..... 32.62
TOOLS.
Paid John B. Varick Co.:
I mattock ....
$1.00
6 contractors' picks .
6-39
28 lbs. steel drills
3.92
2 No. 104 scoops
2.00
6 pick handles ....
1-13
6 pick handles ....
1-13
I stone-hammer and handle
•75
2 36-inch sledge-hamma: handles
.40
6 round-point shovels . .
4-25
2 plow points and bolt
1.60
8 lbs. 6o-penny nails
.24
Paid Manchester Hardware Co., 3^ lbs
shims and wedges
•49
$1,515-61
$1,408.05
$23.30
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR. 471
MATERIALS.
Paid Head & Dowst Co., 50 feet drag
plank ..... g2.oo
Head &: Dowst Co., 50 chestnut
posts ..... 9.00
Head & Dowst Co., 467 feet i by 7
spruce ..... 7.47
Warren Harvey, 2 loads stone . 5.00
Warren Harvey, i load covering
stone ..... 3.00
Charles Dudley, 12 loads paving
stone . ._ . . . 18.00
Alvin G. Bean, 6 loads paving stone 9.00
Chas. P. Still, 4 loads paving stone 5.00
BLACKSMITHING.
Paid James Morrison, sharpening tools . $4-oo
Welcome & Son, sharpening drills,
picks, etc. .... 10.58
WATERING-TROUGHS, ETC.
Paid Thomas A. Lane, material and labor S7-o4
Thos. A. Lane, i lo-inch Akron Y 1.17
John F. Larkin, disconnecting pipe
to lamp posts .... 3.00
$58.47
$14-58
$11.21
Total expenditures ..... $1,515.61
472
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Highway District No. 8.
Appropriation . . . . .
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay
■rolls
February .....
521.00
March . . . . .
315-37
May . . ' .
218.62
June . . . . . <•.
44-05
July ■ .
232.50
October . . . . .
34.13
November . . . . .
94.26
$1,000.00
^959-93
TOOLS.
Paid John B. Varick Co.:
2 round-point Ames shovels
I pick handle .
1 32-inch sledge handle
2 shovels .
62 lbs. drill steel
9^ lbs. wood washers
I 7-lb. striking-hammer and handle
Paid Head & Dowst Co., 76 feet drag
plank .....
R. I. Stevens, i stoi\e drag
Killey & Wadleigh, i}4 lbs. shims
51.50
.20
.20
1.50
5-27
•95
1.04
3-04
5.00
$19.00
BLACKSMITHING.
Paid H. F. Thompson, sharpening tools
;2.oo
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
473
MATERIALS.
Paid John B. Varick Co., 5 lbs. wire
spikes ..... $0-15
Frank S. Bodwell, 10 feet covering
stone ..... 5.00
Geo. H. Penniman, cash paid for 4
gallons of oil . . . . .50
Geo. H. Penniman, 2 pails . . .70
Geo. H. Penniman, 2 dippers . ' .30
EXPLOSIVES.
Paid Killey & Wadleigh :
-
10 feet cotton fuse ....
$0.06
i^ lbs. forcite ....
.61
I doz. blasting caps ....
.24
5 lbs. No. I forcite . . . • .
1.80
50 feet W. P. fuse . . . " .
•25
SUNDRIES.
Paid Temple & Farrington Co., i time book
Total expenditures
Amount transferred to reserved fund
■65
$2.96
^0.62
$991.16
8.84
$1,000.00
Appropriation
Highway District No. 9.
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-rolls :
May $61.50
June 135.75
$500.00
474
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
August .
September
October .
December
TOOLS.
Paid John B. Varick Co., 2 shovels, i ax
BLACKSMITHING.
Paid R. W. Flanders, sharpening tools .
MATERIALS.
Paid Oliver Merrill, 113 loads gravel
Total expenditures
Amount transferred to reserved fund
$i2i.S6
31.00
85.00
-.8.62
Highway District No. 10.
Appropriation ..... $4,000.00
Amount transferred from reserved fund . 460.46
S473-73
S2.25
54-55
Sii.30
$491-83
S.17
$500.00
S4.460.46
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-rolls :
January _ $213.38
February ..... 260.50
March . . . . . 252.25
April 543-00
May . . . . . . 614.78
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
475
June ....
5295-50
July ....
901.13
August . . • .
45-75
September
131.70
October ....
324.63
November
211.88
December
271.86
§4,066.36
TOOLS AND HARDWARE.
Paid J. Hadlock, 2 sets American Cham-
pion sections .... $16.00
J. Hadlock, 12 bolts and 4 castings 1.60
John B. Varick Co., plow points, 5
pick handles, and other hardware 5.17
Killey & Wadleigh, 2 cross-cut saws,
files, 10 coal scoops, i padlock . 11.61
Manchester Hardware Co., bolts,
washers, padlock, callipers, ruby
lanterns, pails, shovels, Norway
iron, etc 34.50
Joseph Demers, 2 lbs. spikes . . .70
Joseph Demers, 4 lbs. nails . . .20
$69.78
BLACKSMITHING.
Paid D. F. Cressey, sharpening and repairing tools .
MATERIALS.
Paid Allen N. Clapp, nails and screws . $iO'56
L. & W. T. Seiberlich, oil, paint,
brush, setting glass, etc. . . 6.88
Head & Dowst Co., 46 ft. Michigan
pine ...... 2.30
James Baldwin Co., no ft. maple
plank ..... 4.40
$14-79
476 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid A. C. Wallace, i,i86 ft. spruce . ^18.75
A. C. Wallace, 108 ft. pine boards 1.94
Paid S. C. Forsaith Machine Co. :
4 grates for boiler .... 8.00
Labor on drills and clamps . . 6.60
Labor on boiler ..... .60
Bolts and iron . . . . . .18
Paid F. M. Barnard, 215 chestnut posts 32-25
A. & D. M. Poore, 2 barrels Cum-
berland coal .... 2.50
William Scheer, 9,860 lbs. coal . 33-24
;i25.2o
SUNDRIES.
Paid Temple & Farrington Co., 24 time-
books ..... $i7'76
Temple & Farrington Co., ink,
inkstand, pencils, paper, pass-
books, and other stationery . 11.42
L. M. Aldrich, filing saw . . .35
P. Duval, filing saws . . . 1.80
Charles O. Phelps, keeping of horse
one year ..... 150.00
$181.33
Total expenditures ..... $4,460.46
Highway District No. 11.
Appropriation ..... $1,000.00
Amount transferred from reserved fund . 368.28
$1,368.28
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-rolls :
February ..... $403.13
March ...... 36.75
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
477
April
May
June
July
August
340.25
74.00
254-25
217.50
236.50
$1,262.38
MATERIALS.
Paid Charles Shirley, 3 perch stone for
bridge . . '" .
Wadleigh Hardware Co., 70 lbs.
wire nails .....
Amoskeag Mfg. Co., 59 loads stone
Geo. Colby, 105 loads gravel
David Wells, 40 posts for fence on
Goffstown road
Lizzie Farmer, 127 loads gravel
$6.00
2
10
59
00
10
50
6
00
12
70
$96.30
TOOLS.
Paid Wadleigh Hardware Co. :
2o|^ lbs. stone-hammers
2 sledge handles
3 bush scythes .
3 bush scythe snaths .
53-71
•30
1-95
2.25
EXPLOSIVES.
Paid Wadleigh Hardware Co., 2^ lbs.
forcite . . . . .
Wadleigh Hardware Co., 25 ft.
cotton fuse ....
Wadleigh Hardware Co., 8 blast-
ing caps . . . . .
il.IO
•13
.16
$1-39
Total expenditures
$1,368.28
478 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Highway District No. 12.
Appropriation ..... $300.00
Amount transferred from reserved fund . 197.12
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid city farm in February
March
April
May .
June .
November
^25.75
3-87
9.00
44.00
297.00
105.00
Paid Melvin Hall, 2 days' labor . . $4-5o
S. H. Smith, 2 days' labor, self
and team . . . . . , 8.00
$497.12
$484.62
;i2.5o
Total expenditures ..... $497.12
New Highways.
Appropriation ..... $10,000.00
Amount transferred from reserved fund . 14,038.08
$24,038.08
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men and 'teams, as per pay-roll, in dis-
trict No. 2 :
January $7.50
April ...... 696.40
May . . ^ . . . . 735-54
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
479
June
• ^1,537-97
July . . .
1,200.91
August .
1,612.69
September
233.87
October
715.96
November
648.23
December
225.97
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll, in dis-
trict No. 7 :
May ....
^300.00
June . . . .•
600.00
July ....
250.00
August ....
500.00
September
31-50
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll, in dis-
trict No. 8 :
June .
July •
August
October
$653.29
948.78
1,234.63
54-69
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll, in dis-
trict No. 10:
May ....
$206.73
June ....
1,053.87
July ....
352.63
August
1,015.77
September .
713.70
October
534-87
November .
1,006.92
December .
157-75
$7,615.04
$1,681.50
$2,891.39
;,o42.24
480
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Geo. Whitford, removing
4,123! yards of earth on
Beauport street, at 17
cents per yard, as per
contract . . $701.04
credit by cash in 1890 . 500.00
Balance ..... $201.04
Concord & Montreal R. R., bal-
ance due for masonry underpass
on Second street . . . 31-20
Dodge & Webster, building Mitch-
ell street 100 rods at $3 per rod 300.00
Mills & Sturtevant, moving and
repairing house of Hannah Ste-
vens ..... 99-69
A. & E. Reed, repairs on Samuel
Page's house, damaged by blast-
ing 3-00
$634-93
TOOLS.
Paid Manchester Hardware Co. :
12 Ames round-point shovels, district 2 $11.00
12 railroad picks, district 10 . . 12.00
12 pick handles, district 10 . . 3.00
12 ruby globes, district 10 . . 3.50
2 axes, district 10 . . . . 1.50
2 ax handles, district 10 . . . .50
107 lbs. steel bar .... 5.89
Other hardware .... 6.75
Paid John B. Varick Cq,:
3 lbs. 5-16 cable chains, district 2 . .21
12 lbs. 32-inch sledge handles, district
2 . . . . . . . 2.00
32 lbs. "Norway iron, district 2 . . 1.20
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR. 481
6 lbs. Michigan steel, district 2 . $0.18
12 tubular lanterns, district 2 . . 4.50
12 ruby globes, district 2 . . . 5.50
I No. 8 lock cutter for Doe plow, dis-
trict 2 . . . . . . 3.25
I No. 8 Doe plow clevis, district 2 . .75
6 lbs. Norway iron . . . . .23
36 lbs. ^-inch cable chain, district 2 1.98
Other hardware, district 2 . . 45-28
Steel wedges and shims, 2 hammers, 3
handles, crowbar, etc., district 8 . 14.8c
Other hardware, district 8 . . 33-oo
Hardware ..... 4.34
Paid J. Hadlock, sundry pieces for road
machine . . . . . i7'75
Wadleigh Hardware Co., i ball
marline, district 8 . . . .15
Wadleigh Hardware Co., 4 steel
crowbars, 40 lbs., district 8 . 2.40
Wadleigh Hardware Co., other.
hardware, district 8 . . . .64
Sanborn Carnage Co., i plow beam 3.00
$185.30
EXPLOSIVES.
Paid John B. Varick Co.:
F. G. powder, district 2 . . . $0.68
100 feet double tape fuse, district 2 . .60
31^ lbs. dynamite, district 7 . . 1.12
100 dynamite caps, district 7 . . 1.25
Cotton fuse, district 7 . . . .40
ij^ lbs. No. 2 ^-inch cartridges, dis-
trict 8 .38
No. I forcite, caps and fuse, district 8 108.65
20 lbs. blasting powder, district 8 . 3.00
Forcite, caps and fuse, district 2 . 3.20
31
482
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Killey &Wadleigh, loo feet double
tape fuse, district 2 .
Killey & Wadleigh, i box blasting
caps, district 2 ...
Paid Wadleigh Hardware Co :
10 lbs. No. I forcite, district 2 .
14^ lbs. No. I forcite, district 8
500 feet cotton fuse ....
2 boxes caps .....
413^ lbs. No. I forcite
4^ lbs. powder . . . .
$0.60
1.50
4.00
5-90
2.00
3.00
16.60
.68
— ^153-56
BLACKSMITHING.
Paid D. F. Cressey, sharpening picks,
etc., district 10 ... $1-24
H. F. Thompson, sharpening drills,
etc., district 8 . . . . 50.65
Welcome & Son, sharpening tools,
etc., to July 29, 1892 . . 47-99
STONE, LUMBER, AND OTHER MATERIAL.
Paid Head & Dowst Co.:
- 65 loads filling ..... $16.25
710 loads filling, Maple street . . i77-5o
43 loads filling, Maple street . . 10.75
1,773 loads filling, Maple street . 443-25
211 loads gravel, Lincoln street . 16S.80
1,184 loads filling, Maple street . 296.00
8 loads sand, Beech street . . . 4.00
Paid Frank S. Bodwell :
19 stone, 149 feet, sundry streets . 59«6o
8 circles, 24 feet, sundry streets . 43-oo
40 feet covering stone at McCrillis's
shop 20.00
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
483
Stone and labor on Central-street cul-
vert ......
58 perch of stone, bank wall on Ash-
land street .....
272 feet mortar wall, Milford street .
5 circles, city yard ....
18 feet edgestones, city yard
28 feet edgestones, Wagner's block .
I circle ......
1 load rimmers, Milford street .
75 bound posts . . . . .
90 feet* edgestones at Judge Hunt's .
Paid Frank S. Bodwell, 62 feet edge-
stones, city yard
Chas. A. Bailey, 948^ feet curb-
stone at 45 cents a foot
Chas. A. Bailey, 3 circles, 4 feet
radius . . . . .
Chas. A. Bailey, 21 circles, 3 feet
radius .....
Warren Harvey, contract for Ma-
ple-street culvert
Dean & Provost, 127 loads dirt .
Paid Head & Dowst Co.:
Moving stone at Bakersville
52 feet drag plank . . . .
9 feet oak .....
ID hours' labor building drag for Page
hill
Paid D. E. Guiney :
Drilling 14 2-inch holes, 6 inches deep
270 feet I ^ -inch pipe
3 feet 154^-inch railing ell .
14 I ^ -inch tees
14 I ^ -inch crosses .
Brimstone and wedges
174.00
108.80
17-50
7.20
11.20
3-50
4.00
75.00
18.00
24.80
426.82
13-50
73-50
3>333-oo
19.05
19-39
2.08
.27
2.25
9-50
21.60
-75
3-50
3-55
.40
484
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Labor of 2 men 6 days
§36.00
Labor of i man i day
4.0c
Putting in iron fence railing on East
Spruce street to above Belmont
street ......
Paid Addison Gray, 113 loads gravel .
11.30
Joseph Poor, 31 loads gravel
3.1C
Allen N. Clapp, 52^ gallons oil .
3-94
Paid S. C. Forsaith Machine Co.:
160 feet fence boards
2.06
14 chestnut posts ....
2.24
9 round posts .....
1.44 •
5 square posts .....
1.50
336 feet fence boards
5-37
17 chestnut posts ....
2.72
360 feet spruce .....
5-76
Paid Horace Holbrook, 115 leads gravel
34.50
?>5)734-24
Total expenditures
$24,038.08
Damage of Land Taken for Highways.
Appropriation ....
Amount transferred from reserved fund
i9, 000.00
2,601.73
$11,601.73
Expenditures.
DAMAGES AWARDED BY MAYOR AND ALDERMEN.
Paid Clara A. Fogg, ecjgestone, River
road, Amoskeag . . . .l3-5o
E. M. Slayton, land damage, River
road north .... 40.00
H. K. Slayton, land damage. River
road north .... 20.00
ii
i
REPOKT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
485
Paid John J. McGovern, additional land
damage, Amory street
Richard Evans, damage to shade
trees, Spruce street .
William E. Moore, land damage on
Grove street
A. L. Walker & Son, land damage
on Grove street
A. L. Walker & Son, additional
land damage on Grove street
Sidney A. Blood, land damage on
Grove street
Austin Goings, land damage on
Summer street .
John A. Kane, land damage, Che
ney place ....
A. A. Ainsworth, land damage
Young street ...
A. A. Ainsworth, additional land
damage, Young street
John C. Ferguson, land damage
Elm street south
John Muir, land damage, Belmon
« street ....
Joseph Quirin, land damage, Bel
niont street
P. McGranigan, land damage, Bel
mont street ...
William L. Riley, land damage
Belmont street .
W. J. Poirier, land -damage, Bel
mont street
G. C. O'Malley, land damage, Bel
mont street
P. H. O'Malley, land damage, Bel
mont street
J. Mitchell, land damage, Belmont
street ....
^160.00
25.00
485-79
359-97
143-99
502.54
1,366.44
153-43
291.00
291.00
75.00
162.82
280.71
117.00
149.90
134.11
263.28
154.12
261.96
486
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid George Gouthier, land damage, Bel-
mont street
Emma C. Barlow, land damage, Bel
mont street
Dunbar, land damage, Bel
mont street
Margaret C. Golden, land damage
Belmont street .
John Golden, land damage, Bel
mont street
Lydia M. Webster, land damage
Cheney place .
John M. Stanton, land damage
Elm street south
James A. McKenzie, land damage
Elm street south
Fred A. Platts, land damage
Young street
J. L. Woodman, land damage
Young street
George Theobald, moving house
and barn on B street
Louisa M. Prince, land damage, B
street
Abbie M. Sawtelle, land damage
Brown avenue .
Adelaide E. Smith, land damage
Brown avenue .
Wheeler & Sloan, land damage
Auburn street west
Emma C. Barlow, land damage
Summer street .'^
Alonzo Elliott, land damage, Som
erville street
Lucia A. Clough, land damage
C. W. Noyes, land damage, B
street . . .
$129.96
496.94
5-57
16.68
158.47
240.07
246.81
82.40
18.15
300.00
167.18
700.71
768.97
665.00
515-38
69.32
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
487
Paid Daniel L. Ordway, land damage, B
street.. ^5.11
G. W. Platts & Son, land damage,
Canton street .... 484.62
Hannah Stevens, land damage, B
♦street 589-97
George B. Wheeler, land damage.
Auburn street, west of Belmont
street ..... 42.46
Total expenditures ..... $11,601.73
Watering Streets.
Appropriation ..... $3,000.00
Amount transferred from reserved fund . 988.43
$3,988.43
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-rolls, in
district No. 2 :
January
$48.62
February
48.87
March .
49.24
April
241.55
May
253-75
June
533-65
July . .
484-37
August .
587.28
September
173-50
October
92.17
November
23-99
December
35-12
$2,572.09
i88
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll, in dis
trict No. lo :
March
April .
May .
June .
July .
August
September
October
November
December
REPAIRS.
Paid John T. Beach, repairs on sprink-
lers ......
A. Filion, spider chain and neck
yoke .....
Paid D. F. Cressey :
I water-wrench . . ' .
Repairing 2 water-wrenches
I pair leaf springs ....
4 bolts and labor ....
Repairs on water-cart
Paid Killey & Wadleigh, varnish, paint,
turpentine, lampblack, brushes .
Paid Thomas A. Lane :
Material and labor on watering-trough
Material and labor on fountains and
stand-pipes .....
23 2-inch Chapman valves
at ^4.17 . . . $95-91
Labor on valves . . 20.15
Cr. by 157 lbs. old brass .
$116.06
9.42
g2I.OO
76.00
94.40
133.00
125.00
191.00
125.50
12.00
106.89
12.01
510.05
6.00
1.50
•75
2.50
.40
3-59
17.61
13.00
87.87
$896.80
106.64
REPORT .OF THE CITY AUDITOR. 489
Labor and material on troughs and
fountains . . . . . ^13-82
Paid Chapman Valve Mfg. Co., i 2-inch
drip valve .... 5.38
Manchester Hardware Co., paints
and varnish, district 10 . . 9.19
A. H. Stark, paint and labor on
.sprinklers .... 3.25
H. C. Ranno & Son, 2 quarts axle
grease ..... .40
Pike & Heald, dippers, chains, and
other materials and labor on
fountains . . . . . 181.69
Paid J. B. McCrillis & Son :
I whiffletree . . . . . 1.25
New whiffletree hooks, eye bolts, links,
repairing springs and collars, 5 lbs.
Norway iron
Painting water-cart .
Lettering water-cart .
Repairing water-cart
Paid John T. Beach, repairing springs
on sprinkler .... 4.75
6-45
40.00
1-75
1.70
$519-54
Total expenditures ..... ^3,988.43
Paving Streets.
Appropriation ..... ^5,500.00
Amount transferred from reserved fund . 2,040.11
$7,540.11
Expe:nditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll, district
No. 2 :
January $3.50
March ..-.., 10.50
490
REPORT OF THE CITY -AUDITOR.
April
529.87
May .....
40S.67
June .....
404.41
July
526.30
August ....
606.17
September ....
180.99
October ....
227.42
November ....
93.18
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll, district
' No. 7 :
May .
June .
July .
August
$150.00
150.00
100.00
16.00
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll, district
No. 10 :
May .
. . . $86.40
June .
217.73
July . . .
119.63
August
722.76
September .
140.50
October
175.69
November .
21.84
December .
4.50
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-rolls, in dis-
trict No. 1 1 :
October
TOOLS AND HARDWARE.
Paid John B. Varick Co., 2 66-foot tape
measures .....
Killey Sc Wadleig}i, i ball mason,
twine . .....
|i.oo
.42
52,491.01
$416.00
51,489.05
^254-75
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
491
Paid Wadleigh Hardware Co., i stone-
haramer and handle . . . ^i-37
I mattock hoe and handle . . .95
^3-74
PAVING STONE AND GRAVEL.
Paid W. H. Coburn, 24 loads stone
Cavanaugh Bros., 6 loads stone
H. C. Cunningham, 88 loads stone
H. Faucher, 9 loads stone
G. W. Higgins, 76 loads stone
Charles P. Still, 10 loads stone
Joseph Quirin, 20 loads stone
H. M. Clough, 3 loads stone
J. P. Brock, 8 loads stone
Joseph Brown, 9 loads stone
F. C. Campbell, 2 loads stone
John Gott, 23 loads stone
S. M. Hazelton, 9 loads stone
E, C. Hoyt, 49 loads stone .
C. H. Robie Co., 71 loads stone
George Whitford, 7 loads stone
A. J. Wilkinson, 1 7 loads stone
J. L. Fogg, 18 loads stone .
C. A. Brooks, 17 loads stone
Alvin G. Bean, 25 loads stone
John Proctor, 6 loads stone .
Addison Gray, 258 loads gravel
Mrs. A. M. Lewis, i load cobble
stones and labor stoning gutter
Paid Charles A. Bailey :
425 cubic feet covering stone
153 feet 9-inch curbing
7 circles, 4 ft. radius
15 circles, 3 ft. radius
9 feet 4- inch curbing
$40.80
10.20
44.00
15-30
129.20
15.00
30.00
5.10
13.60
15-30
3-40
39.10
15-3.0
83-30
120.70
11.90
28.90
30.60
28.90
37-50
10.20
28.60
2.50
68.00
76.87
31-50
52-50
3-73
)2.00
492
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
CONCRETE CROSSINGS AND OTHER WORK.
Paid estate of C. H. Robie
Webster and Bay
North and Pine east back
Pennacook south back and Pine
Blodget and Pine
Blodget and Pine
Blodget and Pine
Blodget and Chestnut
Blodget and Chestnut
Walnut and Gove
Lake avenue and Wilson
Lake avenue and Wilson
Concord and Maple .
Concord and Maple .
Concord and Maple .
Concord and Maple .
Blodget south back and Union
Blodget and Union .
448.58 yards at 75c. .
Lake avenue engine-house, 99 yards
Massabesic hose house, 409.75 yards .
Pine-street walks for Mr. Brooks, 73.16
yards at 45c. . . . .
Pine-street walks for Mr. Cheney, 71.33
yards at 45c. ....
Paid George F. Higgins :
Kidder court and Elm, 35.576 yards
Chestnut east back and North, 18.22
yards ......
Chestnut and North, 38.33 yards
Pearl and Russell, 39.73 yards .
Pearl and Russell, 35.88 yards .
30.22
yards.
13-33
a
17.77
i(
28.00
i c
30.22
a
27-55
it
32.00
it
32.00
i(
32.00
ti
29-33
(C
23.11
((
30.22
a
30.22
a
21-33
1 1
21.51
a
17.77
ti
32.00
a
448.58 yards.
$336-44
44-55
102.43
32.92
32.09
26.98
13.67
28.75
29.80
26.91
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR. 49S
Pearl and Russell, 27.77 yards • • $20.83
Pearl and Russell, 37.77 yards . . 28.33
Maple and Amherst, 30.33 yards . 22.75
Maple and Amherst, 42.139 yards . 31-60
Araory and Cartier east back, 17.77
yards 13.33
Cartier and Amory, south side, 33.77
yards 25.33
Orange and Elm east back, 26.66
yards ...... 20.00
Sagamore and Pine, 44.44 yards . 33-33
Sagamore and Pine, 36.66 yards . 27.55
Sagamore and Pine, 44.44 yards . 33-33
Sagamore and Pine, 37.77 yards . 28.33
Chestnut and Lowell south back, 17.77
• yards 13.33
Pearl and Ehn east back, north side,
17.77 yards 13.33
Central and Milton, 26.66 yards . 20.00
Central and Hall, 33.77 yards . . 25.33
Lake avenue and Chestnut west back,
24.44 yards 18.33
Pearl, No. ^8 to No. 42, one half of
bill for 45.633 yards at 45c., $20.53 10.26
Paid estate of C. H. Robie :
543.027 yards at court-house, at 25c. . i35'75
17.77 yards crossing, Elm west back
and Pleasant, at 37c. . . . 6.57
25.7 yards crossing. Pleasant and
Franklin, at 37c. . . . 9.51
30 yards crossing, Central and Frank-
lin, at 75c. ..... 22.50
33 yards crossing, Central and Frank-
lin, at 75c. . . . . . 24.75
187.5 yards on Granite south of city
yard, at 25c. ..... 46.87
494 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
32.9 yards on Granite south of city
yard, at 37c. .... $12.18
21 yards on Depot, north of city yard,
at 37c 7.77
64.22 yards on Depot, north of city
yard; at 25c. .... 16.05
44.4 yards crossing, Ferry and Sec-
ond, at 75c 33.30
28.1 yards crossing, Main and Gran-
ite, at 37c. ..... 10.40
70.7 yards sidewalk repairs, Dover and
Granite, at 35c. .... 24.74
One half of 197.588 yards at James A.
Weston's, at 75c., $148.19 . . 74-io
30.22 yards crossing. Orange and Lin-
den, at 75c. ..... 22.66
One half of 31 yards at No. 28 Nashua
street, at 30c., $9.30 . . . 4.65
39.1 yards crossing, Hanover and Hall 29.32
28 yards walk, P. Eaton's, Merrimack
street ...... 12.60
Paid C. H. Robie Co. :
One half of 224.016 yards sidewalk
on Hanover street, north side, front
of First Congregational church, at
45c., $100.80 .... 50.40
15.5 yards crossing, Lowell and Union
east back, south side, at 37^0. . 5.81
30.33 on Tremont square , . . ^3-^5
29.99 yards, two crossings, Manchester
and Hall ..... 22.50
8.66 yards driveway SX G. W. Rief's
on Belmont street .... 3.20
92.88 yards crossing, Valley and Cy-
press ...... 69.66
21.33 yards crossing, Merrimack and
Wilson . . . . . . 16.00
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
^8.25
75-33
495
18.33 yards at ward 5 ward-room
150.66 yards on south Elm street
bridge ......
33.33 yards sidewalk on Elm, near
Concord . . . . .
73.9 yards on South Main, near Piscat-
aquog river bridge . . . .
3 1. 1 j^ards crossing, School and Third,
at 50c. ......
Total expenditures
14.99
36-95
23-32
$1,893.56
^540. 1 1
Appropriation
Macadamizing.
Expenditures.
LABOR.
$18,000.00
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-rolls, in dis-
trict No. 2 :
March ....
$37.00
April
330.82
May
1,254.75
June
1,508.38
July
995-91
August ....
1,291.81
September ....
1,401.16
October . . .
241.00
November ....
182.68
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-rolls, in dis-
trict No. 10:
April
May
^iS.oo
56-05
)243-5i
496
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
June .
.
^90.03
July .
140.75
August
I50-50
September .
118.00
October
19.50
November .
11.00
December ,
2.48
STONE.
$606.31
Paid John Alston, 19,620 lbs. stone
D. W. Atwood, 517,915 lbs. stone
Frank Bodwell, 116 loads stone
A. Boyce, 21,395 lt)s. stone.
L. W. Bartlett, 23,250 lbs. stone
J. A. Brown, 395,370 lbs. stone
Daniel Butterfield, 332,810 lbs
stone ....
S. A. Blood, 18,470 lbs. stone
Geo. Butterfield, 335,560 lbs. stone
N. Bournival, 379,915 lbs. stone
C. E. Bursiel, 448,885 lbs. stone
H. C. Cunningham, 3,310 lbs. stone
Wm. H. Colburn, 14,640 lbs. stone
Louis Cyr, 10,210 lbs. stone
J. G. EUinwood, 31,300 lbs. stone
E. Emerson, 214,805 lbs. stone
F. R. French, 493,370 lbs. stone .
James Fullerton, 732,740 lbs. stone
J. L. Fogg, 66,710 lbs. stone
J. J. Faucher, 131,215 lbs. stone .
H. Faucher, 797,410 lbs. stone
Head & Dowst Co., 83,245 lbs.
stone .....
C. N.. Harvey, 31,800 lbs. stone .
Geo. F. Higgins, 739,82olbs. stone
$4-89
129.46
29.00
5-34
5.81
98.80
83-17
4.61
83.87
94.96
112. ig
.82
3.66
2-54
7.82
53-69
123.32
183.16
16.67
32-79
199-33
20.80
7-94
184.95
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
497
Paid Hadley F. Higgins, 23,930 lbs.
stone . . . . .
H. L. Kimball, 397,495 lbs. stone
Joseph King, 50,875 lbs. stone
Wm. G. Landry, 124,550 lbs. stone
Ira McDougall, 10,270 lbs. stone .
C. Manseau, 68,940 lbs. stone
Hugo Paff, 248,440 lbs. stone
Palmer & Garmon, 16 loads stone
chips .....
Wm. Berwick, 38,090 lbs. stone .
John H. Proctor, 3,965 lbs. stone
C. H. Robie, 332,950 lbs. stone .
Horace Willey, 389,955 lbs. stone
George Whitford, 72,255 lbs. stone
Willey &: Rowe, 201 loads stone .
Philip White, 64,900 lbs. stone
F. B. Worthley, 469,265 lbs. stone
C. H. Robie Co., 12,305 lbs. stone
C. H. Tyrrell, 530,835 lbs. stone
Horace Holbrook, 102,890 lbs
stone ....
John P. Brock, 98,965 lbs. stone
John C. Ray, 20,500 lbs. stone
Dennis Morgan, 10,800 lbs. stone
P. Sway, 121,135 lbs. stone .
Joseph Tirrell, 120,365 lbs. stone
C. A. Brooks, 33,220 lbs. stone
E. W. Butterfield, 83,630 lbs. stone
Fred Campbell, 81,090 lbs. stone
Adam Dickey, 190,150 lbs. stone
E. C. Hoytt, 54,145 lbs. stone
S. M. Hazelton, 87,330 lbs. stone
Wm. Morgan, 133,075 lbs. stone
Timothy Shea, 35,925 lbs. stone
G. O. Spencer, 25,630 lbs. stone
32
^5-98
99-35
12.71
31-13
2.56
17.22
62.09
12.00
9-52
•99
83-25
97.48
1S.05
50-25
16.22
117.28
3.07
132.69
25.72
24-73
5.12
2.70
30.27
30.08
8.30
20.90
20.26
47-52
13-52
21.82
33-26
8.98
6.40
498
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Dr. Sturtevant, 59,680 lbs. stone . $14-91
F. H. Taylor, 113,690 lbs. stone . 28.41
J. W. Tyrrell, 140,675 lbs. stone . 35-i6
A. J. Wilkinson, 81,580 lbs. stone 20.39
Warren Harvey, 7 feet 2 -inch curb-
stone ..... 2.87
Warren Harvey, 2 corner circles . 15-62
Warren Harvey, 20 feet edgestones 8.00
W. T. Morgan, 15 loads stone chips 11-25
$2,697.60
GAS, FUEL, FREIGHT, AND WATER.
Paid People's Gas-Light Co., 13 chald-
rons coke ....
Dunlap &: Wason Coal Co., J ton
Cumberland coal
Concord & Montreal R. R., freight
on oil .... .
Water-Works, use of water, engine,
and stone-crusher to January i,
1893
People's Gas-Light Co., gas .
552.00
3-25
2.68
30.00
.14
.07
TOOLS AND HARDWARE.
Paid Killey & Wadleigh, 2 padlocks and
I 5-inch bit ... .
Killey & Wadleigh, 200 bolts
Paid John B. Varick Co. :
Sperm oil, cast steel, wicking, wire
nails, butts and screws, flax packing
wood wedges, cylinder oil, wrench
pick handles, lacing, belt punch
files, bolt clipper, two-bushel basket
and other hardware
12 wheelbarrow trays
;i.27
1. 16
37-84
1052
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
499
1,230 elevator bolts, i x i){
^24.60
179 lbs. band iron .
5-37
120 lbs. hoop iron .
4.38
151^ feet suction hose
25.16
I Edison diaphragm pump
26.00
2 couplings
9.00
I strainer ....
4.00
2 spanners
1-75
26 lbs. tallow .
2.08
Express ....
1.50
12 Lansing barrows .
24.00
Paid Manchester Hardware Co.,
I 12
-
inch R. B. file .
.20
SI78.83
LUMBER, CASTINGS, AND REPAIRS.
Paid L. M. Aldrich, filing saws
L. M. Aldrich, setting level vials .
E. Gatz, lumber and labor at city
yard ......
Paid J. Stickney :
34^ feet 14-inch double leather belt-
ing
Putting on double belt
10 lbs. belt dressing .
42^ feet 6-inch double leather belt
ing
6 yards f English duck
i)^ lbs. rubber packing
Paid Farrell Foundry & Machine Co., i
pair 15x9 plates, 680 lbs., at
3^c
planing . . . . .
Paid Thomas A. Lane :
20 feet I -inch hose . . . .
2 patented bands . . . .
$0.85
•75
5.28
59.66
1.50
2.50
30.69
2.40
■3S
23.80
3.00
4.00
•30
500
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Labor ......
I 3 L. Nip
Paid James Briggs, lo tin boxes for
crusher . . . .
James Briggs, i tin boiler
Head & Dowst Co., 2 feet 5x6
spruce, and planing .
Farrell Foundry & Machine Co., i
set 15x9 steel bearings
Paid C. H. Hutchinson :
146 hours' labor on patterns, fitting
scoop and iron, repairing crusher,
fitting pulley and roller links, etc
637 lbs. castings^ pulleys, etc.
Steel
5 lbs. babbitt .
Iron and rivets .
Lumber .
I steam gauge .
182 lbs. castings for crusher
Paid S. C. Forsaith Machine Co. :
96 feet spruce, city yard
1,007 f'Set fence boards, city yard
45 feet pine 1)^ x^, city yard .
100 chestnut posts
5 feet hard wood on crusher
I I hours' labor on crusher
9 lbs. brass gibbs
14^ hours' labor on gibbs and pattern
5 hours' labor on crusher apron .
I new No. 6 crank shaft for crusher
21 hours' labor on same
Freight on same
Paid Thomas L. Thorpe, 50 lbs. cop
waste . . . . .
Concord & Montreal R. R., freight
$0.20
.48
3.00
1-75
•47
12.70
58.70
19.71
.08
1.25
•17
4.00
6.00
5-46
1.54
1 6. 1 1
20.00
•25
4.40
3-15
5.80
2.00
55-00
8.40
2.50
5.00
1.94
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR. 501
Paid Vacuum Oil Co., 27 gallons oil and
barrel ^18.55
Farrell Foundry & Machine Co., i
pair 15x9 plates, 680 lbs., at 3^c. 23.80
Farrell Foundry & Machine Co.,
planing 3.00
CONCRETE.
Paid estate of Charles H. Robie, con-
crete work on Union, from Con-
cord to Amherst, 1,170.17 yards
at$i ^1,170.17
12.33 yards , at 45c. • • • 5-55
Paid C. H. Robie Co. :
Concreting Amherst to Hanover,
946.51 yards, at 75c. . . . 709.88
Concreting on Hanover, 1,409.9 j^ards,
at 75c 1,057.43
166.2 yards, at 45c 74-79
Concrete work on Union street side
of Hanover-street church property,
188.65 yards, at 25c., ^47.16 ; 85.82
yards, at 45c., ^38.61 ; total, ^85.77.
One half paid by city . . . 42.88
Concreting roadway on West, north
of Douglas, 331.44 yards . . 248.58
Concreting roadway on Maple, 1,788.4
yards 1,341.30
Concreting walks, Lake-avenue school-
house, 84.35 yards . . s. . 21.09
Concreting crossing, Elm east back . 6.55
Concreting crossing, Douglas and
West, 21.3 yards .... i5'97
Concreting crossing, Wayne to Main,
59.6 yards 21.32
$421.65
502
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Concreting crossing, Marion and Main,
28.4 yards ....
Concreting crossing, Marion and Main,
28.4 yards ....
Concreting crossing, Amory and Main
56.8 yards ....
Concreting crossing, Marion and Mc
Gregor west back, 1 7.5 yards .
Concreting crossing, Arlington and
Russell, 29.77 yards
$10.50
21.30
42.60
13.12
$4,825.36
SUNDRIES.
Paid Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection
and Insurance Co., policy No.
18,647, for one year .
Total expenditures .
Amount transferred to reserved fund
$22.50
$16,083.83
1,916.87
$18,000.00
Grading for Concrete.
Appropriation ..... $5,000.00
Amount transferred from reserved fund . 1,064.90
5,064.90
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-rolls, dis-
trict No. 2 :
January .
February
March .
$324.38
486.23
306.63
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
503
April
. $187.72
May
152.48
June
166.82
July . . .
. '. . 118.38
August .
184.94
September . ' .
. . 302.39
October .
317.01
November
163.63
December
278.28
$2,988.89
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-rolls, dis-
trict No. 7 :
May .
July .
September
December
$50.00
25.00
175.00
12.25
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-rolls, dis-
trict No. 10 :
January ....
$119.50
February ....
242.75
March ....
94.50
April .....
115-50
May . . . .
59-56
June .....
195-55
July
182.13
August ....
158.96
September ....
235-25
October ....
64.62
November ....
177.09
December . * .
335-30
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-rolls, dis-
trict No. 1 1 :
$262.25
$1,980.71
December
S140.25
504
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
SAND AND GRAVEL.
Paid Mary A. Hartshorn, 399 loads sand
George Higgins, 88 loads sand
C. B. Sturtevant, 97 loads gravel .
SUNDRIES.
Paid Pettee & Adams, 6 bags salt .
S. C. Forsaith Machine Co., 3 78
feet spruce ....
STONE.
Paid Frank S. Bodwell :
44J feet edgestone at 40c. .
10 4-foot circles at $6.00 .
7 3-foot circles at ^3.50
16 feet edgestone at 40c. .
Total expenditures
Amount transferred to reserved fund
$39-90
8.80
24.25
6.05
^17.80
60.00
24.50
6.40
Scavenger Teams.
Appropriation . . . . . ^11,000.00
Amount transferred from reserved fund . 4)555-3i
'2-95
ill. 15
$108.70
5)564-9o
500.00
6,064.90
$i5>555-3i
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-rolls, dis-
trict No. 2 :
January
February
5625.26
906.79
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
505
March
April .
May .
June .
$698.52
838.44
819.51
1,068.87
July .
August
September
October
977.07
1,309.10
1,277.84
1,252.10
November
December
1,235.34
997-93
$12,006.77
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-rolls, dis-
trict No. 10 ;
January
$108.00
February
134-25
March .
109.50
April .
171-75
May .
170.62
June
135-00
July .
133.00
August .
135-32
September .
241-75
October
196.50
November
137.00
December
119.44
!i, 792-13
ON CONTRACT AS SCAVENGER.
Paid H. E. Vaughan, as contractor from
January i to June 9, 1892, inclu-
sive $839-19
Paid William H. Carpenter, as contract-
or from June 9 to June 30, 1892 . 93-32
July ^33-33
August 133.33
September i33-33
506
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
October .
November
December
TOOLS.
Paid Killey & Wadleigh, 2 4-tine forks
Paid Manchester Hardware Co. :
2 steel rakes, 14-tooth
2 mattocks and handles
4 steel rakes, i6-tooth
I 4-tined manure fork
1 2 ruby lanterns
3 files
I saw
Other hardware
Paid John B. Varick Co., i shovel
John B. Varick Co., i fork
H. C. Ranno & Son, repairs on
harnesses, etc. . . . .
Total expenditures
5133-33
133-33
^33-33
.90
2.00
2.40
•50
7.00
•38
1-75
2.09
.60
•65
4-65
$1,732-49
$23.92
$15,555-31
Street-Sweeping.
Appropriation ..... ^1,200.00
Amount transferred from reserved fund . 93-79
$1,293.79,
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-rolls, in dis-
trict No. 2 :
April $88.25
May ' 101.90
June ...... 103.50
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
507
July .
.
^153-68
August
192.43
September
74.74
October
129.12
November
in and teams
as per pay
199.80
Paid labor of me
rolls, in dis-
trict No.
lo :
April .
.
.
$42.00
June
\
.
27.10
July .
40.00
November
36.00
SUNDRIES.
$1,043.42
SI45.IO
Paid James Briggs, repairs on sweeper .
C. H. Hutchinson, 86^ hours' la-
bor, repairs on sweeper
C. H. Hutchinson, 18 lbs. old iron
John B. Varick Co., i reflector lan-
tern .....
S. C. Forsaith Machine Co., 4
hours' labor on sweeper .
S. A. Felton & Son, i street sweep-
er refilled .....
S. A. Felton & Son, i street sweep-
er refilled ....
34
.70
•54
75
I
.60
32
00
32
.00
$105.27
Total expenditures
$1,293.79
508
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Lighting Streets.
Appropriation
Expenditures,
electric lights.
Paid Manchester Electric Light Co.:
Charges.
Discounts.
January
. ^2,476.50
^1-13
February
2,992.28
8.13
March .
• 2,823.15
2-59
April •
. 3»oi7-85
1. 12
May .
. 2,920.50
4.78
June
3,026.10
3.00
July . .
• 2,945.57
1.66
August .
. 3,147-88
3-57
September .
• 3.158.05
5-36
October
• 3.077-37
2.81
November
- 3.191-24
5-30
December
• 3.084.95
^35,861.44
4-50
;^43-95
Total discount
s de-
ducted .
43-95
3,000.00
$35,817-49
GAS.
Paid People's Gas-light Co.:
January . . .
^103.74
February . . ^-^ .
97.02
March .....
82.04
April .....
79.66
May .....
70.28
June ■ .
64.68
July
56.28
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
509
August
^54-74
September
60.06
October
64.12
November
79-IO
December
79.66
SSgi-sa
CARE OF GAS AND OIL LIGHTS.
Paid People's Gas
-light Co.,
for lighting, extinguish-
ing, and care of gas and oil street lights :
January $140.81
February
133-37
March .
150.62
April .
123.50
May
167.17
June
118.75
July .
162.37
• August .
137-75
September .
112.00
October
166.50
f
November
147-35
December
139.92
$1,700.11
SUNDRIES.
Paid People's Gas-light Co.:
1 7 barrels kerosene oil . . . $7i'59
7 barrels kerosene oil
27.42
9 barrels kerosene oil
36-15
2 gallons whisky
4-5°
Matches (of Eager & Rand)
2.98
2 gallons sperm oil .
2.00
2 gallons sperm oil .
2.00
I 6-quart oil can
1-15
T 4-quart oil can
.84
I glass cutter .
.
•15
610
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
I can
$0.25
I box glass, lo X 12 .
2.38
2 boxes glass, 12 x 14
5-85
2 boxes glass, 12x14
• .
5-40
I box glass, 12x12 .
.
2.25
Soap and glycerine .
4-30
lid Clark M. Bailey, c
himneys, burn-
ers, wicks
.
165.65
C. H. Hutchinson,
repairing torch,
three times
.
1.87
Pike & Heald, i oi
1 can
.60
Total expenditures
Amount transferred to reserved fund
>337-33
$38,746.31
1.253.69
$40,000.00
Bridges.
Appropriation ....
Amount transferred from reserved fund
$2,500.00
1,133.68
^35633-68
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-rolls, dis-
trict No. 2 :
January ....
$112.19
February ....
III. 30
March . . . '^ .
31.06
April
96.49
May
135-38
June .....
12.87
July ■
65.81
August . . .
47-38
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR. 511
September . . . . . $36.63
October 68.66
November 201.88
December ..... 76-39
$996.04
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-rolls, dis-
trict No. 6 :
August $76-25
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-rolls, dis-
trict No. 9 :
June . . . $15.00
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-rolls, dis-
trict No. 10 :
April $4.50
June 36.85
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-rolls, dis-
trict No. II :
$41.35
May $68.25
LUMBER.
Paid Head & Dowst Co. :
13,516 feet hemlock, at $14, districts
2 and II .... . $179.59
4,201 feet spruce at ^16, districts 2 and
II ...... 67.21
300 feet Georgia pine, districts 2 and 11 1 1 .40
417 feet 10 X 10 chestnut, at $25, dis-
trict 9 . . . . . . 10.43
175 feet 10 X 10 hemlock, at ^14, dis-
trict 9 ..... . 2.49
620 feet 3-inch spruce at $16, district 2 9.92
Lumber for bridge, district 8 . . 230.90
384 feet 3 X 12 spruce, McGregor
bridge 6.14
512
REPORT OF THeTcITY AUDITOR.
534 feet 10 X 10 spruce
Paid Oilman Clough, 39,489 feet plank
L. A. Clough, 41,919
feet hemlock plank . $503.02
less freight . . 3 7- 60
Paid S. C. Forsaith Machine Co. :
1,000 feet i}{ hard pine, Granite bridge
500 feet hard pine .
413 feet hard pine
1,017 f'^^t spruce plank
2,842 feet spruce plank
594 feet 8x10 spruce
Paid A. C. Wallace, 9,908 feet 3-inch
hemlock plank ....
David Wells, 5 stringers 12 x 14 x
24 feet, at $5, for bridge over
Black brook, district 11.
$8.54
552.84
465.42
25.00
12.50
IO-33
16.27
48.38
9-50
12S.80
2i:;.oo
$1,820.66.
HARDWARE.
Paid Killey & Wadleigh, i cask 6-inch
wire spikes ....
Killey & Wadleigh, i cask 6- inch
wire spikes ....
Killey & Wadleigh, 2 handled axes
Manchester Hardware Co., i hand
ax .
Manchester Hardware Co., nails .
Paid John B. Varick Co. :
6 casks 7-inch wire spikes .
4 casks 6-penny wire spikes
25 lbs. 7-penny wire nails .
23 lbs. lo-penny wire nails
I ii^-lb. hammer .
I ax
$2.75
2-75
2.00
•85
3.10
13-50
9.00
■^3
•63
•50
.90
BRIDGES.
I ax handle .....
^0.25
2 files ......
1. 00
I cask 6o-penny wire nails
2.00
i^ kegs wire spikes and nails, district 6
3.85
4 lanterns and ruby globes, district 6 .
2.60
15 lbs. wire nails ....
•45
2 kegs 60-penny wire nails
4.00
I ax ......
•75
Other hardware ....
4.19
Paid A. N. Clapp, 25 lbs. spikes .
•75
A. N. Clapp, I keg spikes
2.25
A. N. Clapp, 90 lbs. nails
2.03
Wadleigh Hardware Co., 6 casks
60-penny nails ....
12.30
BLACKSMITHING.
Paid James Morrison, fixing staples, dis-
trict 6
^1-25
James Morrison, 20 new irons, dis-
trict 6
4.00
James Morrison, fixing bolts, dis-
trict 6
•25
FREIGHT.
Paid Boston & Maine Railroad, fi-eight
on lumber ....
$16.00
Concord & Montreal Railroad,
freight on lumber
21.60
513
Total expenditures
Amount transferred to reserved fund
$73-03
$5.50
537.60
$3>i33-68
500.00
33
53^633.68
614
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
City Teams.
Appropriation ..... $5,000.00
Amount transferred from reserved fund . 1,129.08
$6,129.08
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-rolls, dis-
trict No. 2 :
January
February
March .
April .
May .
June
July .
August .
September
October
November
December
$127.87
143-99
121.37
118.88
121.75
157-40
137-38
157-67
140.51
135-96
179.64
163.18
$1,705.60
OATS, CORN, FEED, HAY, AND STRAW.
Paid Adams & Tasker :
Oats
S207.50
Corn
66.01
Feed
38.40
Hay
55.85
Straw
60.29
Bran . .
11.90
Salt .
7.89
CITY TEAMS.
Paid H. H. Freeman :
Rye straw ....
$37-9°
Oats
18.40
Feed
6.30
Shorts
1.90
Paid Merrill & Freeman :
Oats
202.15
Corn . . . .
59.20
Bran .....
II. II
Feed
30.48
Rye straw ....
46.22
Paid Henry W. Parker :
Oats
152.80
Corn .....
34.00
Meal
2.88
Feed
21.15
Salt
•15
Bran .....
3-85
Paid Partridge Brothers :
Oats
243.00
Corn .....
72.30
Feed
22.80
Shorts
6.20
Hay
80.43
Paid Pettee & Adams, oats .
19.00
Pettee &: Adams, feed .
8.40
Pettee & Adams, bran .
2.40
George Butterfield, hay
84.57
Paid Clarence R. Merrill :
Corn
2.30
Oats
23.50
Feed . . . . .
7-35
Bran , . . . .
2.00
Paid A. Emery, hay
8.03
A. L. Hadley, hay
142.30
H. A. Horton, carrots .
9.26
515
516
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid H. S. Plummer, hay .
$156.00
George M. Bean, carrots
18.02
Leonard Shelters, hay .
26.77
B. E. Thompson, hay
85-53
E. W. Stevens, hay
22.10
Isaac Whittemore, hay
27.77
C. D. Welch, hay
113.71
B. W. Hill, straw .
29.07
D. H. Dickey, straw
19.68
City farm, hay
76.31
D. H. Young, hay
29.87
Thomas Burns, hay
21.40
0. C. Lord, hay .
12.45
BLACKSMITHING
Paid D. F. Cressey, horseshoeing .
59.00
Conner & Grossman, horseshoeing
137.40
Thomas Hickey, horseshoeing
271.50
Mahaney & McSweeney, horseshoe
-
ing .
50.90
$2,448.85
$468.80
HARNESSES AND REPAIRS.
Paid Frederick Allen :
2 horse blankets ....
1 team collar .....
2 stable blankets . .
Blacking and harness dye .
Paid F. N. McLaren, i pair ij^-inch
hame sockets . . . . .
Paid Thomas P. Riley :
Repairing harnesses ....
2 pairs reins . .
2 pairs reins .....
Bells
513.00
4-50
6.00
1.50
59-37
7-5°
8.00
.^.00
CITY TEAMS.
I pair reins
I halter .
$3-5°
2.25
Bit .
1. 00
1 pair reins
Bells
Blankets .
3-5°
1-75
2.25
Brushes .
5.00
Horse cover
3-50
Horse brush
3.00
1 pair traces
2 bridles .
16.00
13-50
2 pair side straps
Other articles .
8.00
72.25
Paid Kimball Carriage Co., i blanket .
7.00
Kimball Carriage Co., i leather
blanket .....
3.00
Kimball Carriage Co., i collar
12.00
Paid N. J. Whalen :
I heavy horse cover ....
8 letters for bridle ....
4-50
1. 00
I pair team harnesses
75.00
Repairing and oiling harnesses .
12.10
Paid The Ranno Harness Co., repairing
harnesses .
,
.
2.8=;
517
REPAIRS ON CARRIAGES AND NEW CARRIAGES.
Paid Sanborn Carriage Co., repairs on
whiffletree ....
^1.20
John T. Beach, repairs on carts, etc.
166.15
John T. Beach, i horse dump cart
110.00
Paid J. B. McCriUis :
I dump cart .....
110.00
Patent gear
12.00
New tires .....
6.00
Other work
15.80
518 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid A. Filion, new tail board for cart . $2.25
A. Filion, new shaft for cart . 2.15
HARDWARE.
Paid Killey & Wadleigh, turpentine,
paint, and varnish . . . $ 14-45
Killey & Wadleigh, i coil spring . .25
Killey & Wadleigh, 14 bolts . . .62
Manchester Hardware Co., 50 feet
^-inch hose .... 4.50
Manchester Hardware Co., 25 feet
^-inch hose .... 2.25
Manchester Hardware Co., other
hardware ..... 20.41
Clark M. Bailey, 6 rattan filled
brooms ..... 3.00
Pike &: Heald, 6 lantern globes . .72
Pike & Heald, i coffee boiler . 6.50
Pike & Heald, pipe, coupling, etc. 2.74
John B. Varick Co., stable brooms,
saw handles, soap, wire nails,
screws, bolts, Norway iron, 2
whips, axle grease, plow points,
sponge, padlock, hinges, etc. . 68.82
Wadleigh Hardware Co., 2 fibre
pails, I chamois skin . . . 1.25
MEDICINES AND MEDICAL SERVICES.
Paid A. W. Baker, dentistry work on
nine horses .... ^18.00
E. H. Currier, 6 large bottles Wil-
liams's Sure Cure . . . 3.50
J. L. Golden, services at sundry
times as veterinary surgeon . 166.45
^25•55
$125.51
CITY TEAMS. 519
Paid Pulsifer Chemical Co., 3 gallons
Positive Healer . . . . $12.25
Smith & Goold, i^ dozen Gray's
Lotion ..... 9.00
Z. Foster Campbell, medicine . 1.90
WATER, GAS, TELEPHONE, FUEL.
Paid New England Telegraph & Tele-
phone Co., use of telephone . $36.00
People's Gas-Light Co., gas at sta-
bles and office .... 100.94
Water-Works, use of water at sta-
bles . . . . . . 45.00
L. B. Bodwell & Co., 10,070 lbs.
egg coal 31.46
L. B. Bodwell & Co., 6,245 ^^s.
egg coal 19.49
Dunlap & Wason Coal Co., 10,160
lbs. Lehigh coal .. . . 30-23
SUNDRIES.
Paid Head & Dowst Co. :
Lumber at city yard ....
Pine sheathing for door
5 hours' labor .....
Lumber and labor ....
Paid E. T. James, horse and buggy to
Pembroke .....
E. T. James, horse and buggy
around town ....
Mrs. E. G. McKean, rent of stable
from April i, 1892, to January i,
1893
Thomas A. Lane, 12 lava tips
$7-47
•56
1.25
5-89
3-50
47.00
18.00
.10
$263.12
520 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Thomas A. Lane, 2 )^x}i pen-
dant cocks . . . . . $0.68
Thjomas A. Lane, 6 }( x }i pen-
dant cocks ..... 1.80
McQuade Bros., 2 gallons vinegar. .40
McQuade Bros., soap and salt . 2.65
Manchester Street Railway, tickets 9.00
Whitten & Fifield, use of team . 1.50
Allen N. Clapp, 51 gallons kero-
sene ...... 4.08
John Driscoll, galvanized pan, etc. 4.75
Adams & Tasker, j4 cask lime . .48
G. W. Hamlin, setting glass . . 3.72
John Bryson, setting glass . . i.oo
Henry W. Parker, 2 casks lime . 2.00
Pike & Heald, putty, copper wire,
and labor ..... 1.35
Pike & Heald, i water pot . . i.oo
Pike & Heald, brick for stove, etc. 2.25
S. C. Forsaith Machine Co., 95 feet
oak and sawing .... 3.05
Concord & Montreal R. R., freight
on oil . . . . . .25
'
^123.73
Total expenditures ..... $6,129.08
Sewers and Drains.
Appropriation ..... $30,000.00
Transferred from reserved fund . . 9,724.65
$39>724.^
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-rolls, dis-
trict No. 2 :
January . . . . . . $178.58
February ..... 277.30
SEWERS AND DRAINS.
521
March
April
May-
June
July
August
September
October .
November
December
$271.34
204.03
751-69
2,510.41
2,158.92
2,542.11
2,287.81
1,360.96
571-91
291.66
labor of men and
teams, as
per pay-rolls, dis-
trict No. 10:
January $5 5 -5°
February
76.75
March .
39-5°
April
38.25
May
748.20
June
3.178.99
July . .
2,224.34
August .
3^434.58
September
2,957.26
October
2,733-40
November
1,027.10
December
200.38
^13,406.72
$16,714.25
TOOLS.
Paid George Ames, 2 16-foot ladders at
I2>^C
W. P. Farmer, 8 pairs rubber boots
Paid J. Stickney :
3 pairs rubber boots ....
3 oil suits ......
3 hats ......
2 oil suits ......
$4.00
24.00
8.50
6.75
1.50
5.00
522
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Clark M. Bailey, 2 doz. lanterns
and red globes .... 520.00
Clark M. Bailey, lanterns, globes,
oil cans, pails . . . . i5-i5
Paid John B. Varick Co. :
I No. 3 steel scraper with runners, dis-
trict 2 .
12 picks and 12 handles, district 2
I No. 3 steel road scraper, district 10
3 long mattocks, district 10
Repairs on battery, and express, dis
trict 10 .
I No. 52 bulldog vise, district 10
12 plug drills, 23 lbs., district 10
4 trays for canal barrows, district 10
I forge, district 10 .
I anvil, 156 lbs., district 10
1 Edson diaphragm pump, district 10
27 feet suction hose, 'district 10 .
2 sets couplings, district 10
I brass strainer, district 10
23 lbs. plug drills, district 2
^^ lbs. manilla rope, district 2 .
12 L. H. round-point shovels, district 2
1 2 L. H. square-point shoveb, district 2
Cast steel, Norway iron, cut nails, files,
gimlets, tape measures, manilla rope
Sledge handles, shovels,' tongs, chisels
Wrenches, rivets, iron jack chains
pulley block and other hardware . 84.51
Paid Killey & Wadleigh, 6 cesspool
scoops . . " . . . 4.50
Killey & Wadleigh, 2 long-handled
spades ..... 1.30
Killey & Wadleigh, 36 ruby globes »2.oo
Paid Wadleigh Hardware Co. :
1 2 fibre water pails .... 2.38
9.00
9-75
7-50
1.80
4-75
6.00
4.14
4.00
18.00
16.38
26.00
44-55
9.00
4.00
4.14
4.12
8.50
8.50
44-85
63-73
43.22
SEWERS AND DRAINS.
523
12 H. pick handles .
8 lbs. ^-inch manilla rope
12 shovels ....
6 scoop handles
2 pair steam drills
1 8 round-point shovels
Paid Manchester Hardware Co. :
12 Harvey picks, district lo
24 hickory handles, district 10
12 lanterns with red globes, district 10
I '2-foot rule, district 10
6 street brooms, district 10
2 rattan stable brooms, district 10
I hand saw, district 10
12 round-point shovels, district 10
Bit brace and 2 sets bits, district 10
12 round-point shovels, district 10
1 2 hickory pick handles, district 1 2
Other hardware, district 10
Paid Pike & Heald, 6 vault scoops
^llen N. Clapp, oil, nails, wicks,
matches, ax, tallow, soap, etc. .
G. W. Dodge, 3 pairs rubber boots
George L. Robinson, i pair rub-
ber boots . . . . .
George L. Robinson, 2 pairs rub-
ber boots . . . . .
$2.00
1. 00
10.50
1.80
8.50
16.50
12.00
6.00
9.00
1. 00
4.00
.90
1.50
11.00
4-5°
7-5°
3.00
44-89
7.80
60.58
6.75
3-25
6.00
$761.49
EXPLOSIVES.
Paid Wadleigh Hardware Co. :
150 lbs. No, I forcite, district 10
150 plat, fuse, district 10 .
200 feet common wire, district 10
Powder, fuse, forcite, etc., district 2
50 plat, fuse ....
I56.00
5-51
1. 00
39-39
1.88
524
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Forcite, fuse, etc., district lo
Paid Manchester Heating and Lighting
Co., 2^ lbs. wire for blasting .
$42.26
51.66
30.68
1.60
$229:98
SEWER PIPE.
Paid Portland Stone Ware Co., sewer pipe, per con-
tract . . . . . . . . .
MATERIALS, LABOR, ETC.
Paid C. H. Hutchinson :
12 grates, 1,162 lbs., at 3c. . . $34-86
I lantern hole and cover, 1 70 lbs., at 3c. 5.10
2}^ hours repairing steam pump . .90
3 lantern holes and covers, 538 lbs. . 16.14
II hours' labor on drills and staples . 4.40
1 hour's labor ..... .20
4 lbs. iron . . . . . .12
2 lantern holes, 338 lbs., at 3c. . . 10.14
Paid Manchester Locomotive Works :
12 traps . . . 936 lbs.
16 flat grates . . 1,576 "
I manhole and cover. 590 "
I manhole and cover . 144 "
3,246 lbs., at 3c.
97-38
12 hooks to pattern, 16 lbs.
.48
24 brass rivets, 8 lbs.
2.40
I day's labor
4.00
12 manholes and centers, 5 grates,
6,070 lbs., at 2fc.
144.16
12 hooks, 15 lbs. refined iron .
•45
1 1 hours' labor .....
4.40
5,781 lbs. castings, manholes, covers,
traps ......
158.64
$3,588.63
SEWERS AND DKAINS.
525
4 lbs. brass castings ....
$r.oo
4,969 lbs. manholes, covers, traps.
grates ......
118. 01
9,625 lbs. manholes, covers, traps,
grates
228.59
3,518 lbs. manholes, covers, traps.
grates . . ....
83.55
12 hoods, 15 lbs. refined iron .
•45
12 hours' labor on hoods .
4.80
907 lbs. traps and grates at 2^ cents .
21.54
Paid Concord Foundry Co.:
6 manhole castings ....
48.00
6 manhole castings . . . ~ .
48.00
6 manhole castings ....
48.00
6 No. 18 base and grate .
30.00
6 No. 18 traps .....
15-75
6 No. 16 base and grate .
6.00
I No. 16 trap .....
1.88
Paid Thomas A. Lane :
Repairing steam pump
.40
I i-inch heavy hose band .
.40
9 feet 2-inch pipe ....
1-35
I piece for Edson pump
2.25
Labor on Edson pump
1.20
I 8-inch Akron Y . . . .
.81
I 1)4^ -inch hose band
.20
Labor
.10
Glass and labor on street lantern
1-55
Labor of 2 men 4 hours on steam drill
2.40
Material and labor,Hallsville sewer,etc.
14.32
48 feet 8-inch Akron pipe, district 10
8.64
2 3-inch suction hose, 12-
foot lengths . . . 548.00
2 set 3-inch hose coupling . 7.00
I 8-inch Akron Y . . 2.02
6 8-inch Akron curves . 10.80
526
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
20 feet steam hose, wound,
district 10 . . .
50 feet ^-inch hose .
3 8-inch Akron curves
Other work
60 per cent of $18.23
$20.88
7.00
5-40
2.59
$103.69
10.93
Paid S. C. Forsaith Machine Co.:
Repairing steam pump
Packing, bolt, water glass, nipple
I padlock, rivets, and Norway iron
23 hours' labor on sewer cover .
I 1 1 -pound gear
3^ hours' labor
134 feet white oak
Paid A. Filion, iron, wood, etc., for tool
house ....
A. Filion, drilling casting
P. Duval, filing saws
J. T. Beach, repairing sewer trap
Allen N. Clapp, oil, etc.
J. B. McCrillis & Son, i pair 31^
cart-wheel drags
J. B. McCrillis & Son, other work
Palmer & Garmon, 15 hours' labor
Thos. A. Lane Co., pipe, hose, fit-
tings, etc., for boiler
Thos. A. Lane Co.,steam gauges,etc.
Thos. A. Lane, new glass in 3 lan-
terns, and repairiryg same .
H. C. Ranno & Son, pump washers
and repairing tape
Adams & Tasker, 4 lbs. marline .
McQuade Brothers, 2 pails .
McQuade Brothers, tallow .
$92.76
6.40
1-13
1.42
9.20
•39
1.40
5-36
6.45
.20
7-50
.60
18.60
58.96
16.90
6-75
20.81
6.19
4.00
•25
.12
.90
•77
SEWERS AND DRAINS.
527
Paid T. L. Thorpe, 16 lbs. waste .
Albert Moulton, water barrels for
blacksmith shop
$1.60
1-95
$1,443-57
BLACKSMITHING.
Paid D. F. Cressey, iron work and shar-
pening tools .... $13-84
Connor & Grossman, sharpening
picks ..... 4.50
CEMENT, BRICK, STONE, LUMBER.
Paid Merrill & Freeman, 355 barrels ce-
ment, district 10 . . • . $493.09
Merrill & Freeman, 199 barrels ce-
ment, district 2 . . . 271.39
Adams & Tasker, 94 barrels cement 131-11
Adams & Tasker, 3 barrels lime . 2.80
W. F. Head & Son, 140,000 brick
at $6 . . . . . 840.00
Pike & Heald, 26 feet Akron pipe,
8-inch . . . . . 4,16
Frank S. Bod well, 64 cesspool
stones ..... 188.00
Frank S. Bodwell, 2 ft. edgestones 11.20
Frank S. Bodwell, 2 3-foot circles 9.00
Paid Head & Dowst Co.:
184 feet spruce ...... 2.95
2 level glasses ..... .20
35 feet Michigan pine " . . , 1.75
5,200 brick ..... 44.20
8,940 feet spruce a.t $16 . . . 143-04
4,426 feet spruce at $16, district 10 . 70.82
1,200 U. D. brick, district 10 . . 8.00
300 hemlock boards at $14, district 2 4.20
$18.34
528
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
loo laths ....
Labor on steam drill, district 2
13,263 feet spruce boards, plank, and
joist, district 2
3,323 feet spruce, district 2
2,400 brick
4,800 brick
Paid S. C. Forsaith Machine Co.:
2,018 feet spruce plank, Bridge and
Wilson
2,004 feet spruce plank. Bridge and
Wilson
1,000 feet spruce plank, shoe-shof
sewer ....
1,093 f^^^ spruce
Paid A. C. Wallace :
9,562 feet spruceat ^16
184 feet pine at $24 .
Sawing hard wood .
1,020 feet spruce plank
8 feet Michigan pine
1,548 feet spruce
Paid Amoskeag Manufacturing Co., 50
feet Georgia pine, district 10
James Baldwin Co., 74 feet rock
maple plank at ^40 .
A. J. Sawyer, 1,494 feet spruce
Martin Fitzgerald, cutting stone at
city yard ....
Palmer & Garmon, 40^ hours' la
bor cutting stone on car .
FREIGHT.
$0.28
10.00
212.21
53-17
20.40
34.00
32.-29
32.06
16.00
17.49
152.99
4.42
•75
16.32
.28
24.71
1.50
2.96
23.90
3-15
18.33
$2,903.12
Paid Concord & Montreal R. R. :
Freight on 42,000 brick
Freight on castings from Boston
$33-6o
1.66
SEWERS AND DRAINS.
529
Freight on castings from Concord
Freight on 49,000 brick .
Freight on 14,000 brick
Freight on castings from Concord
Freight on 18,000 brick .
Freight on 35,000 brick
Paid Pierce F. Lanergan, four-horse team
hauling 24-inch pipe from Al-
bany street to depot .
Boston & Maine R. R., freight on
pipe
J. W. Wilson, freight and trucking
castings .....
SUNDRIES.
Paid William E. Williams, repairing roof
C. C. Rowe's house .
E- P. Johnson Co., i^ tons Cum-
berland coal ....
A. & D. M. Poore, y^ ton Cumber-
land coal .
H. Fradd & Co., 16 lbs. tallow
H. Fradd & Co., pail .
J. F. Wyman, 14,435 ^^s. Cumber-
land coal .....
Dunlap & Wason Coal Co., 10,750
lbs. Cumberland coal
Fred G. Stark, 2^4 loads bundle
brush .....
James Briggs, 2 dippers
Dr. Carpenter, repairing wagon
Manchester Horse Railway, car-
fare . . . ...
Adams & Tasker, 4 lbs. string
Total expenditures
34
^1.44
39.20
11.20
1.38
16.80
28.00
399.00
5.16
$2.05
8.50
3.20
•74
•45
40.25
35-04
5.00
.90
2.50
10.90
$549-44
;io9.ii
^39)724-65
530
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Second Street Bridge.
Appropriation
),000.00
Expenditures.
Balance transferred to new account
),000.00
Engineer's Department.
Appropriation ....
Amount transferred from reserved fund
Expenditures.
l-jOOO.OO
I60.6I
,160.61
LABOR.
Paid W. H. Bennett, services as engineer $1,200.00
Harry J. Briggs, 306 days' labor,
assisting engineer . . . 612.00
Edgar E. Farmer, 196 days' labor,
assisting engineer . . . 196.00
John M. Kendall, 4 days' labor,
assisting engineer . . . 12.00
John M. Kendall, 24 days' labor
on plans for ward 9 engine-house
and ward room . . . 42.00
George W. Wales, 317 1\ days'
labor, assisting engineer . . 634.80
Harrie M. Young, 312 days' labor,
assisting engineer . . . 702.00
Carrie H. Bennett, 4 days' labor in
engineer's office . . . 4.00
,402.80
ENGINEER S DEPARTMENT.
531
TEAM AND TEAM EXPENSES.
Paid Charles Williams, i gray horse
called Dick ....
$190.00
Paid Kimball Carriage Co. :
I wagon ......
75.00
I harness ......
25.00
I stable blanket ....
2.50
I street blanket ....
6.50
I halter ......
1.50
I surcingle .....
.60
Paid Connor & Grossman, shoeing horse
10.45
George W. Wales, horse-car fares .
•50
John T. Beach, carriage work
2.70
TELEPHONE.
114.75
Paid New England Telegraph and Telephone Co.,
use of telephone ....
525-50
SUPPLIES AND OFFICE EXPENSES.
Paid Harrie M. Young, cash paid sundr>
small items . . . .
$0.85
George W. Wales, i box pearline
•25
George W. Wales, twine
•50
Paid W. H. Bennett :
Expenses to Boston in reference to
Stark park . . . . .
3.60
Postage stamps . . . . .
4.00
Drawing point for office
2.25
Expenses to Nashua .
.72
Expenses to Boston with instruments
4.60
Blotter bath for copying press .
3-5°
Repairs on tape
•45
Dustpan
•25
Express
1-34
532
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Otis Barton, 105 yards cotton cloth
at 8j^c
Paid Buff & Berger :
I tripod head for transit, without bolts
I transit foot plate ....
1 packing piece for transit
2 plumb bobs .....
Repairing transit, 6}^ hours' labor
Paid A. V. Benoit, 20 yards plans
mounted on cloth
A. V. Benoit, i roll drawing paper
Paid E. R. Coburn & Co. :
3 quires Imp. drawing paper
2 rolls Paragon drawing paper
2 quires bond T. paper
2 quires drawing paper
I quire Imp. paper .
Index
Rubber bands and paper
Triangle .
3 rolls blue print paper
I roll tracing cloth .
Paid W. P. Farmer, i pair rubber boots
Head & Dowst Co., brass butts,
screws, labor, and lumber .
Paid Jere. Hodge :
3,000 pine grade stakes
Labor on drafting boards
205 feet 2j^-inch Michigan pine
25^ hours' labor
Shellac, alcohol, and oil
2,000 pine grade stakes
Paid Thomas A. Lane :
I crown burner
Labor
I Argand chimney .
$8.93
4.00
3.00
1.50
5.00
3-9°
15.00
15.00
7.00
24.00
•4.80
9.00
2-35
.30
•85
•75
3-75
9-45
3-25
11.90
27.00
1.50
14-35
10.20
•85
18.00
•75
•25
.10
engineer's department.
633
I torch and tapers ....
^I.OO
Labor i hour on safe
.40
Paid William E. INfoore, i nickel-plated
numbering machine .
18.00
Novelty Advertising Co., i font
type with 12 holders
5.00
Paid John B. Varick Co. :
6 No. 7 brooms . . . .
1.88
I 50-foot steel tape ....
6.00
I 100-foot steel tape ....
10.25
2 Yale padlocks ....
1.76
100 yards silk line ....
1.50
36 Ven. red French crayons
1.05
2 plumb bobs .....
4.00
I lb. powdered emery
.10
I nickel-plated cup turn .
.40
I hand saw .....
1.25
5 lbs. nails .....
•15
15 feet level chain ....
1.20
I hammer .....
•50
Paid Charles H. Woods, painting rods .
3-50
Charles H. Woods, repairing in-
strument boxes, etc. .
1.50
The John B. Clarke Co., printing
50 cards, Derryfield park .
1.80
The John B. Clarke Co., printing
15,0 reports with covers
28.00
Press Printing & Publishing Co.,
printing 200 blank contracts
5-25
Paid Temple & Farrington Co. :
12 maps of Manchester
3.00
I blank book, No. 3370 .
8.50
I blank book. No. 3371
8.50
I blank book, No. 3447 .
6.60
Shades and fixtures ....
13.90
Ink wells, rubber bands, ink, and sta-
tionery ......
9.80
534 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
2 index books ..... ;^i.oo
Stationery, etc. . . . . 13-15
Paid T. H. Tuson, printing 100 cards
for index case .... .45
D. H. Hurd & Co., i copy town
and city atlas, state of New
Hampshire .... 15-00
E. E. Taylor, i set scales . . 7.68
E. E. Taylor, i cell straight edge 1.75
Walter Blenus, repairing tapes . 4.65
$417-56
Total expenditures ..... $4,160.61
Health Department.
Appropriation . $2,500.00
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid Geo. C. Hoitt, salafy as health offi-
cer for year ending Feb. i, 1893 $200.00
Neil F. Starr, salary as health officer
for year ending Feb. i, 1893 • 200.00
Jos. B. Sawyer, salary as health offi-
cer for year ending Feb. i, 1893 200.00
Harry E. French, 12 days' labor
as inspector .... 18.00
M. J. Jenkins, 10 clays' labor as in-
spector ..... 22.50
Russell White, 49^ days' labor as
inspector ..... 99.00
H. S. Clough, 257 days' labor as
inspector ..... 771.00
HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 535
Paid John F. Looney, 256 days' labor
as inspector .... $512.00
Sarah G. Sawyer, making out
monthly bulletin and table of
mortality for 189 1 . . . 25.00
$2,047.50
PRINTING AND STATIONERY.
Paid John B. Clarke Co., printing 150
reports, 16 pages and cover
John B. Clarke Co., 100 J^^ -sheet
posters, notice ....
John B. Clarke Co., 500 ^ letter
notices .....
Paid Press Printing and Publishing Co. :
1,500 notices .....
500 notices .....
1,000 regulations for restriction of
pestilential diseases
Publishing regulations, 5^ inches, 3
times ......
Paid A. S. Campbell & Co., printing :
500 blanks, 100 placards, 500 postals.
500 note heads .....
500 2-cent stamped envelopes .
2,000 copies, 9 page circular (cholera) .
500 notices and duplicates to swine
owners ......
1,000 note heads in 8 tablets
1,000 2-cent stamped envelopes and
envelopes ..... 23.50
Paid Temple & Farrington Co., record
book, inkstand, penholder, ink,
pens, and paper . . . 3.60
Temple & Farrington Co., i blank
book ..... 5.50
2.25
3.00
4-50
2.50
4-25
10.45
11-35
1-95
11-75
7-50
4.25
3-50
536 "REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid " N. H. Post," printing i,ooo chol-
era pamphlets (German) . . $10.50
Joseph B. Sawyer, ledger paper and
postage stamps .... 1.40
H. S. Clough, 30 Spencerian pens .25
Nate M. Kellogg, printing and
binding 1,000 vault notices . 3.50
Le Progres Co., printing 2,000
cholera pamphlets (French) . 14.00
TEAMS.
Paid F. X. Chenette, use of team . . $i-75
J. G. Ellinwood, use of team . 1.75
W. J. Freeman, use of hacks and
teams ..... 19-50
W. B. Corey & Co., trucking from
pest house .... i.oo
John Looney, horse-car fares . 11.80
H. S. Clough, horse-car fares . 25.32
Russell White, horse-car fares . 8.35
M. J. Jenkins, horse-car fares . .40
Harry E. French, horse-car fares . 1.75
Paid H. S. Clough :
Railroad fare to Lawrence and return 1.30
Railroad fare to Massabesic and return .20
Job team to remove swill ... .55
Team ...... .50
Fare to Concord and return . . .72
,Paid John Looney, fare to Massabesic
and return . "^ . . . .20
John Looney, horse-car fares . 2.55
John Looney, book and oil . . .10
$138-50
$77-74
HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 537
SUNDRIES.
Paid H. S. Clough :
Cash paid for basket . . . $0.60
Tacks and envelopes . . ^ . .18
Postage stamps, disinfectants, etc. . 5.54
Postage stamps .... 2.50
Recovering keys .... .25
Fixing knob on door . . . .20
Paid John Looney, tacks and chloride of
lime ..... .10
Joseph B. Sawyer, 2 tack hammers
and screw driver ... .40
E. J. Doherty, labor ... i.oo
D. J. Adams, i mail box, 2 drawer
locks, and labor on the same . 4.15
Frank P. Colby, posting 100 quar-
ter sheets ..... i.oo
Frank P. Colby, distributing 5,000
cholera pamphlets . . . 6.25
Higgins Bros., i oak desk . . 40.00
John B. Varick Co., lantern, sperm
oil, tape measure ... 1.05
Burnham, Brown & Warren, ser-
vices, counsel, and advice in sun-
dry cases ..... 41-50
Manchester Hardware Co., lantern .50
George W. Prescott, legal services
and expenses in State v. Lawrence
Dowd ..... 26.05
John T. Gott, burying dead animals 3.00
Judith Sherer, boarding 4 men 13
days at 50 cents each, German
immigrants exposed to small-pox 26.00
^160.27
Total expenditures ..... ^2,424.01
Amount transferred to reserved fund . . . 75-99
^2,500.00
5^8
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Appropriation
Repairs of Schoolhouses.
Expenditures,
mason work.
Paid B. W. Robinson, repairing plaster-
ing at Bakersville schoolhouse .
B. W. Robinson, whitewashing, kal-
somining, etc., sundry school-
houses . . . . .
Paid W. M. Darrah&Co.:
Slater and tender 33^ hours
26 slates .....
3 lbs. sheet zinc (Spring street)
Labor .....
Paid Chas. E. Lord, mason work, white
washing, etc., sundry schoolhouses
PAINTING AND GLAZING.
Paid K. G. Batchelder, setting glass in
Varney and South-Main-street
schoolhouses ....
J. S. Avery, setting glass at High
and Ash-street schoolhouses
Paid John A. Sargent :
18 lights glass and setting same at
Spring-street schoolhouse
4 lights glass and setting same at Low-
ell-street schoolhouse
15 yards blackboard slating at Ash-
street schoolhouse
Painting
$2.50
109.05
1-75
1.04
.21
8.23
127.82
$2.00
3.60
4-55
3-75
7.66
;,ooo.oo.
$250.60
REPAIRS OF SCHOOLHOUSES. 539
Paid Sargent & Corson, paint, painting
and glazing at High school, Lin-
coln-street, North-Main-Street,
Ash-street,and other schoolhouses $ 1 63.45
Paid Henry McEhvin, repairing black-
boards as follows :
1,850 sq. ft. paper at 8c. at Lincoln-
street schoolhouse . . . 148.00
8^8 sq. ft. repairs at 5c., Lincoln-street
schoolhouse ..... 41.90
1,318 sq. ft. repairs at 5c., North-Main-
street schoolhouse .... 65.90
991 sq. ft. repairs at 5c., Spring-street
schoolhouse ..... 49'55
848 sq. ft. repairs at 5c., Bakersville
schoolhouse . . . . . ^2.40
Paid J. A. Svvasey, 420 sq. ft.
paper blackboard, 8c. ^33-6o
J. A. Swasey, 35 sq. ft.
slating old black-
boards . . . 1.75
$35-35
Discount . . . 4.00
Paid J. A. Swasey, 141 sq. ft. blackboard
surface .....
J. J. Abbott, stock and labor at
sundry schoolhouses .
John Bryson, painting and grain-
ing strips .....
George S. Perry & Co., 147 feet
8}^-inch blackboard
CLEANING VAULTS.
31-35
14.10
208.25
•75
35-44
^23.65
Paid Timothy McKenna, cleaning vaults at 9 school-
houses ........ $24.75
540 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
CONCRETING.
Paid estate C. H. Robie, 33,992 yards at
45 c., Webster-street schoolhouse ^152.96
estate C. H. Robie, 7,648 yards at
25c., Webster-street schoolhouse 19.12
estate C. H. Robie, grading, Web-
ster-street schoolhouse . . i35'75
WOODWORK.
Paid Geo. H. Dudley, labor^ lumber, and
hardware ^890.76
J. Hodge, 504 feet 13^ -inch pic-
ture molding . . . . 5.67
Paid Head & Dowst :
Lumber and labor on Stark district
schoolhouse ..... 34-65
Lumber and labor on old High school
house ......
9 flagpoles .....
Repairs on Goffe's Falls schoolhouse .
Paid S. C. Forsaith Machine Co.:
819 feet pine boards, planed and sawed
202 feet fence capping
297 slats ......
North River road schoolhouse .
Paid Amoskeag Manufacturing Co., la-
bor finishing and setting 11 flag-
poles ..... 1 15-65
Amoskeag Manufacturing Co., la-
bor on desk legs, braces, etc. . 28.35
103.
.78
72.
.00
158.
,00
15
•56
5'
•05
8,
.91
PLUMBING AND IRONWORK.
Paid H. G. Batchelder, repairing heater
in Varney schoolhouse . . $2.00
$3°7-^3
$1,438.38
REPAIRS OF SCHOOLHOUSES. 541
Paid Amoskeag Manufacturing Co., 6
days' labor covering steam pipe
at Ash-street schoolhouse . . $12.00
Amoskeag Manufacturing Co., 2
brass plugs and labor . . 3.60
Amoskeag Manufacturing Co., i
valve wrench . . . . i.to
Thomas A. Lane, materials and
labor in plumbing, piping, etc.,
, in schoolhouses . . . 398.42
Manchester Heating & Lighting
Co., 4 gongs at Hallsville school 36.00
Manchester Heating & Lighting
Co., electric work on schoolhouse
as per contract .... 254.00
Mahurin Lightning-Rod Co., re-
pairing rod on Webster-street
schoolhouse .... 3.50
Mahurin Lightning-Rod Co., re-
pairing rod on Bakersville school-
house ..... i3'5o
Pike & Heald, steam heating Spring-
street schoolhouse, as per contract 86 7.00
Pike & Heald, plumbing, materials,
pipe, and labor at Bakersville,
Blodget street, etc. . . . 74-42
Pike & Heald, tin, solder, roofing
cement, and labor . . . 1 16.51
John B. Varick Co., bolts, screws,
brass locks, etc. . . . 18.10
Wadleigh Hardware Co., i step-
ladder 1.25
Amoskeag Manufacturing Co., 6
galvanized ash cans . . . 14.40
Amoskeag Manufacturing Co., 442
hours' labor grading, Webster-
street schoolhouse . . . 91-27
Amoskeag Manufacturing Co., i
valve wrench . . . . i.io
^1,908.17
542
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
SUNDRIES.
Paid John B. Varick, loo lbs. phosphate $i'75
John B. Varick Co., i coil ^\ ma-
nilla rope . . . . . 5.70
Weston & Hill Co., 10 flags . 45-00
J. C. Blair, locks, screws, etc. . 1.31
Edward Sears, putting flag rope
through sheave of flag pole, Var-
ney school .... i.oo
Pay-roll, district No. 10, grading for
concrete at Varney school . . 110.50
Albert Somes, expense to Boston
and return, to buy dynamo . 2.12
Alphonso Boyce, labor of men and
teams, grading schoolhouse yard
in district No. 9 . . . 31-50
Total expenditures . . . . .
Amount transferred to reserved fund
$198.88
4,952.26
47-74
Fuel.
;, 000.00
Appropriation
^,500.00
Expenditures.
COAL.
Paid L. B. Bodwell & C©., 151,908 lbs.
egg coal, at $6.25 . . . $474-7i
L. B. Bodwell & Co., 966,090 lbs.
egg coal, at ^5.95 . . . 2,874.11
DeCoiircy, Holland & Marshall,
20,300 lbs. egg coal, at $6.25 . 63.44
FUEL. 543
Paid Moore & Preston, 42,000 lbs. Le-
high egg coal, at $6.25 . . $131.25
A. & D. M. Poore, 72,355 lbs. Le-
high egg coal, at ;^6. 25 . . 226.12
^3>769-63
WOOD.
Paid L. B. Bodwell & Co., 2 cords slabs $11.00
Moore & Preston, 4 cords of pine
wood, sawed, at $5.25 . . 21.00
Moore & Preston, 2 cords beech
and maple, sawed . . . i5'Oo
Moore &: Preston, 2 cords pine
wood, at $4- 75 • • • • 9-5o
Paid A. & D. M. Poore :
2 cords hard wood, sawed . . . 16.00
I cord hard wood .... 8.00
I cord, 3^ hard wood and ^ pine . 7.50
I cord, Yz hard wood and ^ pine . 7.00
5 barrels charcoal .... 2.00
i^ cords wood, sawed and split . ii'25
Paid J. Hodge, kindlings . . . 2.00
William H. Newry, cutting wood
at Hallsville school . . . 4.25
J. P. Russell & Co., 52)^ cords of
wood, at $5.75 .... 301.87
J. P. Russell & Co., surveying . .90
J. P. Russell & Co., moving and
sawing wood .... 2.00
Dennis Murphy, 2 days' labor saw-
ing wood at Webster-street school-
house . . . . . 3.00
Luther S. Proctor, 22 cords pine,
sawed and delivered at 22 school-
houses . . . . . 88.00
;io.27
544
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
SUNDRIES.
Paid John B. Varick Co. :
2 wheelbarrows .
.
^6.00
I No. 8 scoop .
1.25
50 feet hose
.
5.00
I ash barrel
3-25
Small shovel, hose nozzle,
2 thermom-
eters, i coal hod .
2.00
$17-50
Total expenditures
Amount transferred to reserved fund
,297.40
202.60
Furniture and Supplies
Appropriation
•
Expenditures.
HARDWARE.
Paid Manchester Hardware Co., 2^8 lbs.
twine .....
$0.48
Killey & Wadleigh, floor brushes,
snow shovel ....
7.40
John B. Varick Co., 2 No. 20 feather
dusters .....
4.00
John B. Varick Co., 2 No. 14 floor
brushes .....
4-50
Paid John B. Varick Co. :
1 2 No. 3 counter dusters .
2.50
12 No. 7 brooms ....
3.00
5 18 X 30 wire mats ....
8.75
2 wire mats .....
5-25
2 galvanized coal hods
1.30
3 waste baskets ....
3-75
,500.00
FURNITURE AND SUPPLIES.
545
Bolts, pail, and other hardware for
Hallsville school .
$1-56
4 waste baskets
4.48
i6 i8 X 30 wire mats
24.00
2 No. 14 floor brushes
4-5^
I No. 18 ostrich duster
1-75
12 No. 12 turkey dusters
4-5°
12 ash barrels .
39.00
Other supplies .
41-73
48 doz. Jap. pocket scissors
24.00
Paid Wadleigh Hardware Co.:
2 floor brushes .
3-50
I feather duster
2.00
I floor brush
1-75
Other hardware
3.85
BOOKS AND STATIONERY.
Paid Boston School Supply Co., 6 cop-
per ink fillers .... $7-5°
Boston School Supply Co., i chart 7.15
Ginn & Co., music chart and easel 8.58
Ginn & Co., 2 easels and 155 coda 5.29
Paid J. L. Hammett :
14x5 blackboard and stand . . 12.00
21 Stanford's maps . . . . 78-75
2 Rand & McNally and N. E. . . 4.50
7 Stanford's maps . . . . 26.25
I case crayons , . ' . . . 6.75
I set model relief maps . . . 2.40
Paid Silver, Burdett & Co., maps and
charts ..... 20.80
Temple & Farrington Co., 105 tags .20
Temple & Farrington Co., curtains,
fixtures, and hanging . . 16.53
Temple & Farrington Co. , 6 sheets
cardboard .... .46
3.5
^'^igy-ss
$197.16
546 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
FURNITURE.
Paid Charles A. Hoitt & Co., 14 chairs
for sundry schools . . . ^iS-So
Charles A. Hoitt & Co., 4 high
cane-seated chairs . . . 7.00
Paid C. A. Trefethen :
2 clocks, Bakersville .... 7.50
2 clocks ...... 8.00
Repairing clocks, Webster-street and
Amoskeag ..... 2.00
Repairing clocks, and 2 clocks . . 8.50
Paid Jos. Lewis, repairing i ofifice chair .60
George S. Perry & Co., 17 doz.
ink-wells . . . . . 34.55
Head & Dowst Co., lumber and la-
bor on footrests for various
schools ..... 10.00
R. D. Gay, shades and fixtures for
schools ..... 18.05
J. J. Abbott, repairing i desk . 2.00
J. J. Abbott, finishing i desk , . 1.50
L. P. LaBonte, draperies and cur-
tains for Bakersville school . i.oo
Vermont School Seat
Co., 3 teachers' desks ^37-50
Less freight and repairs 3.35
34-15
Winchester Furniture Co., i No. 20
teacher's desk .... 17.00
D. M. Poore & Son, 3 gallons kero-
sene oil . ^ . . . .45
R. McQuarry, i granite wash basin .40
SUNDRIES.
Paid Barton & Co., drapery and sash rods ^6.37
J. Henry Ling, 12 pitch pipes . 1.56
FURNITURE AND SUPPLIES. 547
Paid W. O. Davidson, 83^ hours' truck-
ing and storing old furniture
from Bridge-street schoolhouse . ^4-37
Alfred Mudge & Son, i Elect, music 3.25
H. J. Holmes, i 3-gallon oil can . 1.20
H. J. Holmes, 3 gallons oil . . .39
J. Stickney, 2 pecks shoe pegs . .50
The Holtzer-Cabot Electric Co., i
■1- H. P. 12 volt motor with pul-
ley, No. 225 D., speed 3,000 . 32.00
W. A. Choate & Co., Johnston
map of So. America on rollers . 3.00
Public school celebration, 200 offi-
cial programs, Columbus Day . 2.00
Allen N. Clapp, 4 papers gold dust i.oo
A. M. Eastman, 4 gallons oil . .60
A. M. Eastman, 4 packages ivorine .48
Novelty Advertising Co., card-
board, etc. .... 3.38
Manchester Heating and Lighting
Co., 12 hose menders . . .55
Manchester Heating and Lighting
Co., telegraph machine, etc., for
high school .... 7.96
Manchester Heating and Lighting
Co., 4 battery cells . . . 2.40
Tebbetts & Soule, 4^ doz. corks . .65
S71.66
Total expenditures .... . . ^634.57
Amount transferred to reserved fund . . . 165.43
548 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Books and Stationery.
Appropriation ..... . . ^300.00
Expenditures.
sundries.
Paid American Book Co., 3 Webster's
dictionaries .... $25.75
B. A. Fowler & Co., 7 sets Inter-
national Cyclopedia, exchanged
for others for High, Lincoln,
Franklin, Ash, Webster, Train-
ing, and Varney schools . . 200 00
W. P. Goodman, record book, en-
velopes, note paper, inkstand,
and stationery . . . . 27.19
Paid Hammond Typewriter Co. :
I ream No. 11 letter paper . . 1,20
3 dozen carbon .... 1.12
3 dozen blue carbon .... 1.50
Paid G. F. King & Merrill, 5 gross pens 23.25
Temple & Farrington Co., 2 gross
rubber bands .... .34
Smith & White, stationery . . 6.72
A. S. Barnes & Co., Popular His-
tory ...... 2.68
George F. Cram, atlas . . . 3.75 ,-
Ginn & Co., Our World . . 1.40
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., HTstory
of Our Country .... 3.48
Daniels & Downs, i ream paper . 1,35
5299-73
Total expenditure ..... $299. 73
Transferred to reserved fund .... . .27
^300.00
PRINTING AND ADVERTISING. 549
Printing and Advertising.
Appropriation ...... . $400.00
"Expenditures,
sundries.
Paid John B. Clarke Co. :
Printing 500 reports, 66 pages and
cover ...... $41-25
Advertising examination of teachers . 7.25
Printing blanks, examination papers,
note heads, circulars, coupon sheets,
labels for school books, mill blanks,
and various other blanks in use by
superintendent, truant officer, and
teachers . . . . . 155-00
Tickets, programs, etc., for graduation 69.25
12,000 programs, Columbus Day . 25.00
1,000 blanks ..... 7.00
100 half-note circulars . . . 1.50
1,100 blanks ..... io-5o
Paid Daily Press Publishing Co., adver-
tising teachers' examination . 3.00
Union Publishing Co., advertising
examination of teachers, 4 squares,
daily 4 times and weekly i time 14.00
^333-75
Total expenditures ..... $333-75
Amount transferred to reserved fund . . . 66.25
550 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Contingent Expenses.
Appropriation ..... ^1,200.00
Transferred from reserved fund . . 27.99
^1,227.99
Expenditures,
freight and cartage.
Paid J. G. Jones, freight and cartage . ;^37'26
J. B. Lippincott Co., express on
encyclopaedia, returned . . 1.45
G. E. Fellows, carting 3 loads
chairs ..... 2.00
L. Rowe, moving books, furniture,
and seats ..... 2.00
Hartley E. Vaughan, moving seats,
Columbus Day .... 5.00
WATER AND GAS.
Paid People's Gas-Light Co., gas . . $186.90
Water-Works, water for July, Au-
gust and September . . . 103.95
ANNUAL GRADUATION.
Paid R. W. Bean, services at Opera
House ..... $2.25
W. Heron, Jr., 170 diplomas . 29.55
Manchester Opera^ House Co., use
of Opera House, June 22, 1892 40.00
Arthur Stockin, 300 diplomas,
parchment . . . . 68.50
Arthur Stockin, lithograph stone
with engraving . . . . 10.00
M7-7I
$290.85
I
CONTINGENT EXPENSES. 551
Paid Weston & Hill Co., i8 rolls ribbon $20.79
Clark & Estey, ribbon . . . 2.80
F. P. Colby, moving piano to and
from Opera House . . . 6.00
Higgins Bros., use of 245 chairs at
Opera House . , . . 14-70
$194-59
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT AND SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Paid Manchester post-office, postage
stamps ..... $20.00
E. I. Woodbury, postage . . 2.50
H. C. Dimond & Co., 2 Midget
stamps ..... 2.00
W. P. Goodman, rubber bands,
inkstand, envelopes . . . 2.27
M. P. Hall, expense visiting schools
in Boston, Cambridge, Waltham,
Mass., and Concord, N. H. . 3.92
C. H. Manning, expense visiting
schools as above . . . 3.20
L. C. Baldwin, expense visiting
schools, as above . . . 3.20
J. B. McCrillis «&: Son, i typewriter
ribbon ..... i.oo
J. B. Sanborn, 3 copies school laws 2.25
William Buck, for carriage hire,
visiting schools, to Dec. 31, 1892 94-50
S. S. Piper, postmaster, postage . 10.00
$144-84
CHEMICAL APPARATUS FOR HIGH SCHOOL.
Paid Tebbetts & Soule, chemical supplies . . $34-94
SUNDRIES.
Paid J. S. Avery, glass and setting same
at Ash-street schoolhouse . . $2.00
552 ■ REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid D. J. Adams, repairing pencil
sharpener, fitting keys, etc. . $3-65
The American Book Co., Gray's
microscope, 2 lenses . . . i4-55
Boston School Supply Co., i Mon-
roe's Primary Reading Chart . 7.75
John B. Clarke Co., binding i vol-
ume school register ... .50
Joel Daniels & Co., setting 4 lights
glass, Webster-street school . 1.40
Joel Daniels & Co., paint and labor.
Spring-street school . . . 2.84
W. P. Goodman, inkstands, muci-
lage, rubber bands, blotting pa-
per, and stationery . . . 12.14
Charles A. Hoitt & Co., 3 chairs . 11.00
Charles A. Hoitt & Co., reseating
2 chairs ..... .50
Novelty Advertising Co., 1,512
sheets cardboard, and cutting . 15-69
Novelty Advertising Co., 250 col-
ored envelopes . . . 1.25
New England Publishing Co., sub-
scription for " Journal of Educa-
tion " three years ending Janu-
ary, 1893, and subscription for
" American Teacher " three years
ending January, 1893 . . 9.00
Educational Publishing Co., two
years subscription to " Popular
Educator, ' ' from November,
1891, to November, 1893 . • 2.00
John H. Proctor, cleaning vault 2
times ..... 5.00
L. C. Paige, 4 lights glass and set-
ting ..... .90
CONTINGENT EXPENSES. 553
Paid Pike & Heald, grates, mops, dust-
pans, etc. .... $20.84
George S. Perry, 10 gallons black
ink ...... 6.40
L. & W. T. Seiberlich, glass and
putty .48
Albert Somes, expenses to Boston
and return .... 3.50
Weston & Hill Co., 8 mats for
Spring-street school . . . 5.36
Weston & Hill Co., zincing 4
ends, Spring-street school . . 2.25
Wyckoff, Seamans & Benedict, 2
Paragon ribbons . . . 2.00
Killey & Wadleigh, 4 floor brushes 7.00
Manchester Hardware Co., hard-
ware . . . . . 6.27
Wadleigh Hardware Co., 3 floor
brushes . . . . . 5.25
Wadleigh Hardware Co., i feather
duster ..... 2.25
John B. Varick Co., brushes, sta-
ples, butts, wire nails, locks,
mops, etc. . . . . 35-14
Frank P. Colby, moving piano,
Hallsville school . . . 2.00
Wm. H. Elliott & Son, pitch pipes 2.50
Silver, Burdett & Co., 210 music 8. 82
Ginn & Co., 1,855 niusic books . 32.91
A. A. Jenkins, tuning pianos . . 16.00
C. A. Trefethen, repairing clocks 10.00
Allen N. Clapp, 2 gals, oil, oil can .73
R. McQuarry, 12 wash basins . i.oo
Henry Gorman, 6 gals, oil, Web-
ster-street school . . . .90
Oliver Ditson Co., music . . 13.02
Ginn & Co., music . . . 17.01
554 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
laid Water-works, use of water from
January to July . . . $210.60
Barton & Co., 36 yards cambric
for drawing exhibit, Ash-street
school ..... 2.16
Edward J. Boyle, six days' service
as special police officer, securing
truants ..... 10.50
515.06
Total expenditures ..... $1,227.99
Care of Rooms.
Appropriation . . . ... $4,000.00
Amount transferred from reserved fund . 50-77
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid John S. Avery, janitor High and
Ash-street schoolhouses . . $600.00
Edward P. Cogswell, janitor Frank-
lin and Training school houses . 475.00
Wm. Stevens, janitor Lincoln-street
and Wilson hill schoolhouses . 450.00
H. G. Batchelder, janitor Varney
and Piscataquog schoolhouses . 450.00
Michael Finley, Webster-street and
Blodget-street schoolhouses . 341-64
Wm. H. Morrill, janitor Spring-
street and Lowell-street school-
houses ..... 350.04
Joseph- C. Blaine, janitor North-
Main-street schoolhouse . . 350.04
^,050.77
CARE OF ROOMS. 555
Paid Henry C. Dickey, janitor Bakers-
ville schoolhouse . . . $300.00
Wm. H. Newry, janitor Hallsville
» schoolhouse .... 274.98
James E. Bailey, janitor Amoskeag
schoolhouse .... 170.04
D. S. Dunbar, janitor Mosquito
Pond schoolhouse . . . 19-50
Andrew J. Dobbin, janitor Goffe's
Falls schoolhouse . . . 3.3-5°
Frank French, janitor Harvey Dis-
trict schoolhouse . . . 12.00
Etta B. Proctor, janitor Youngs-
ville schoolhouse . . . 29.75
Inez M. Warren, janitor Stark Dis-
trict schoolhouse . . . 41-25
M. G. Worthen, janitor Webster's
Mills schoolhouse . . . 40.00
M. G. Worthen, piling wood and
cleaning house ... 2.75
C. M. Whiting, care of Webster-
street and Blodget-street school-
houses, as substitute for janitor . 70-83
Margaret Flynn, cleaning Goffe's
Falls schoolhouse . , . 5.00
Samuel N. Boyce, janitor Harvey
District schoolhouse . . 11.00
Emma J. Ela, services as janitor . 21.00
Emma J. Ela, putting wood in shed 1.75
Emma J. Ela, setting glass, etc. . .70
^4,050.77
Total expenditures ..... ;^4,o5o.77
550
EEPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Evening Schools.
Appropriation ....
•
Expenditures
SALARIES.
Paid Alice H. Boyd, 37 evenings
$3500
Mabel J. Brickett, 7 evenings
6.30
Gertrude A. Burns, 35 evenings
31-50
L. H. Carpenter, 71 evenings
154.00
Mary A. Clement, 54 evenings
50.60
Chas. E. Cochran, 70 evenings
154.00
Lizzie D. Hartford, 38 evenings
38.00
David P. Ekvall, 44 evenings
39.60
Maggie G. Linen, 35 evenings
66.50
Arthur W. Morgan, 64 evenings
64.00
William J. Mooar, 36 evenings
33-50
John J. Shea, 10 evenings
9.00
H. J. Crough, 35 evenings .
31-50
Attie S. Marshall, 30 evenings
30.00
Fannie L. Sanborn, 22 evenings
19.80
Louis H. Bailey, 35 evenings
77.00
Annie Brigham, 24 evenings .
2I.6o
SUPPLIES.
Paid Edward E. Babb & Co., 72 Franklin and Pro-
gressive readers .....
$1,200.00
I
(1.90
S25.63
JANITORS.
Paid J. C. Blaine, services as janitor
Wm. H. Morrill, services as janitor
Total expenditures
Amount transferred to reserved fund
^26,00
60.40
$86.40
^973-93
226.07
$1,200.00
EVENING SCHOOL MECHANICAL DRAWING.
557
Teachers' Salaries.
Appropriation
EXPENDITURES.
Paid teachers, as per pay-rolls :
January
^4,869.99
February
5,666.24
March
55344-24
April
5,188.05
May
5^79-38
June
5)344-34
September
5,687.91
October
5)847-99
November
• 5)675-95
December
•
5)656.27
Total expenditures
• ^54,660.36
Amount transferred to reserved fund
1,339-64
•
$56,000.00
Evening Scliool IVIechanical Drawing.
Appropriation
$600.00
Expenditures.
SALARIES.
Paid Henry W. Allen, for services .
John M. Kendall, for services
A. H. Sanborn, for services .
SUPPLIES.
Paid Temple & Farrington Co., 800
sheets ruled in checks
John B. Varick Co., 18 doz. thumb
tacks .....
^159-75
120.00
77.00
$5-75
2.25
^356-7;
558
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid S. C. Forsaith Machine Co., i con-
necting rod, I valve, i eccentric
strap .....
$20.00
JANITOR.
Paid William H. Morrill, for services as janitor
Total expenditures ....
Amount transferred to reserved fund
$28.40
^405.15
194.85
$600.00
Free Text-Books.
Appropriation
Expenditures.
FREE TEXT-BOOKS AND
SUPPLIES.
Paid American Book Co.
$686.45
W. P. Adams
21.67
F. M. Ambrose
6.00
Boston School Supply Co.
12.75
D. C. Colesworthy
27.50
Effingham, Maynard & Co. .
41.14
Frost (Sc Adams
11.56
Joseph Gillott & Sons .
43-28
W. P. Goodman .
3-36
Ginn & Co
414.16
William H. Huse .
6.12
D. C. Heath & Co. " .
46.44
J. L. Hammett
117.05
Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
7.78
King.& Merrill . . . .
174.98
Lee & Shepard
125.39
j,5oo.oo
CITY LIBRARY
•
Paid Mills & Thompson
$336
Novelty Advertising Co.
2-75
George S. Perry & Co.
306.09
Prang Educational Co. .
229.96
Willard Small
10.65
Silver, Burdett & Co. .
105.24
Smith & White .
30.91
Thorpe &: Adams Manufacturing Co
51.00
Thompson, Brown & Co.
18.97
Temple &: Farring'on Co.
1.80
University Publishing Co.
130.06
William Ware & Co. .
325-71
E. R. Coburn & Co. .
37-64
Eagle Pencil Co. . . . .
14.25
Mead, Dodge & Co. .
7.80
Carl Schoenhof
59-59
P. P. Caproni & Brother
7-65
Greenough, Adams & Gushing
13-75
McMillan & Co. .
7.00
Holden Patent Book Cover Co.
125.00
559
S3)234-8i
LABOR.
Paid Fannie L. Sanborn, services as clerk
Total expenditures . .
Amount transferred to reserved fund
$254-50
$3,489-31
10.69
$3,500.00
City Library.
Balance from last year unexpended . $5,162.44
Appropriation ..... 3,800.00
5,962.44
560 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Expenditures,
librarian and assistant.
Paid Mrs. M. J. Buncher, librarian . $800.00
A. F. Payne, assistant librarian . 382.50
$1,182.50
CATALOGUE.
Paid Charles A. Durfee . . ■•■. $m-S°
Emma A. H. Piper, assistant in cat-
aloguing 447-05
Paid Library Bureau :
2 card catalogue cases and fittings . 100.00
21,000 catalogue cards . . . ■ 56.70
2 card catalogue cases . . . 85.00
10,000 catalogue cards . . . 27.00
Paid Head & Dowst Co., lumber and la-
bor for card catalogue ... .85
$1,494.10
BINDING, REBINDING, AND RESEWING.
Paid Temple & Farrington Co. .... $494.31
NEW BOOKS.
Paid trustees of city library ..... $1,000.00
WATER, GAS, FUEL, AND INSURANCE.
Paid Water-works, use of water for 1892 $16.00
People's Gas-light Co., for gas . 227.50
L. B. Bodwell & Co., i>4 cords of
pine slabs .... 6.75
L. B. Bodwell & Co., 80,530 lbs.
egg coal, at $5.95 . . . 239.58
L.B.' Bodwell & Co., 15 lbs. ice
daily from June 13 to Sept. 13 . 3.75
4
CITY LIBRARY. 561
Paid Moore & Preston, ^ cord slabs . $2.25
L. B. Clough, agent, premium on
$10,000 insurance on contents of
library, JEtua. and N. H. Insur-
ance Cos. .... 125.00
$620.83
NEWSPAPERS.
Paid John B. Clarke Co., for " Daily Mirror and
American" to April i, 1892 .... $6.00
SUNDRIES.
Paid John B. Clarke Co., printing 200
reports . . . . . $11.00
John B. Clarke Co., ruling paper
and paper .... .60
Paid Temple & Farrington Co.:
I ream packet note .... 3.50
45,500 slips 9.00
Repairing and regilding portrait frames 23.80
Cord and hanging same . . " . i.oo
24,000 slips ..... 4.80
I blank book ..... 4.50
Paid Thos. A. Lane Co., repairing gas
leaks ..... 3.00
Library Bureau, i dating stamp . 5.00
N. P. Hunt, cash paid for postage,
etc., for 1891 .... 2.40
N. P. Hunt, cash paid for postage,
etc., for 1892 .... 2.10
$70.70
Total expenditures ..... $4,868.44
Balance transferred to new account . . . 4,094.00
$8.96-'. 44
562
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Fire Department.
Appropriation ..... ^39,000.00
Transferred from reserved fund . . 3,262.88
Expenditures.
SERVICES.
Paid Thos. W. Lane, chief engineer
Fred S. Bean, assistant engineer .
Ruel G. Manning, assistant en-
gineer .....
Eugene S. Whitney, assistant en-
gineer .....
Clarence R. Merrill, assistant en-
gineer .....
Fred S. Bean, clerk
$1,300.00
125.00
125.00
125.00
125.00
25.00
teamsters anc
engineers,
as per pay-rolls :
January ..... $1,015.50
February
1,020.00
March .
i,oiS.oo
April
1,013.00
May
969.50
Tune
944.00
July .
1,020.00
August .
1,023.00
September
1,174.00
October
1,181.50
November
1,183.00
December
1,181.50
CALL MEMBERS.
Paid Amoskeag Steam Fire Engine Co.,
for the year 1892
Amoskeag Steam Fire Engine Co.,
extra labor July 3 and 4 .
$1,485.00
8.00
1-2, 262. J
$1,825.00
$12,743.00
FIRE DEPARTMENT. 563
Paid Fire King Steam Fire Engine Co..
for the year 1S92 . . . $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 1892 . . . 1,485.00
N. S. Bean Steam Fire Engine Co.,
extra labor July 3 and 4 . . 8.00
Merrimack Steam Fire Engine Co.,
for the year 1892 . . . 1,485.00
Merrimack Steam Fire Engine Co..
extra labor July 3 and 4 . . 8.00
General Stark Steam Fire Engine
Co., for the year 1892 . . 1,485.00
General Stark Steam Fire Engine
Co., extra labor July 3 and 4 . 8.00
Chemical Engine Co., for the .year
1892 535-00
Massabesic Hose Co., for the year
1892 . . . . . 1,245.00
Massabesic Hose Co., extra labor
July 3 and 4 . . . . 8.00
Pennacook Hose Co., for the year
1892 ..... 1,245.00
Pennacook Hose Co., extra labor
July 3 and 4 . . . . 8.00
Excelsior Hook & Ladder Co., for
the year 1892 .... 2,045.00
Excelsior Hook & Ladder Co., ex-
tra labor July 3 and 4 . . 8.00
$12,559.00
OTHER LABOR.
Paid Manley S. Adams, 130 days' la-
bor as teamster . . . $195.00
George Ames, 12 days' labor, driv-
ing steamer .... t8.oo
564 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid John Burke, driving supply wagon,
5 alarms ..... $5-oo
J. Newell Brown, lof weeks' ser-
vices as engineer Steamer No. 2 ^S^-'^S
J. Newell Brown, 14 daj-s' services
as engineer Steamer No. 3 . 24.50
Stephen Thomes, 13 days' services
as engineer Steamer No. 2 . 22.75
Thomas Brown, 14 days driver of
Steamer No. 5 . . . . 21.00
Ralph C. Mitchell, 28 days driver
of Steamer No. 3 . . . 42.00
Chas. Wiiley, care of horse, 4 nights 6.00
~ Chas. Wiiley, driving horse. 2 days 3.00
Thomas F. Dodge, engineer Steam-
er No. 2, 5 days . . . 11.80
George W. Bacon, services as fire-
man for the year 1890 . . 31-45
Charles S. Cousins, services as fire-
man for the year 1890
Charles S. Cousins, costs
Roscoe Dyer, services as fireman
for the year 1890
Clarence R. Merrill, services as
fireman for the year 1890 .
LAUNDRY.
Paid Mrs. George B. Forsaith, laundry
work, etc. .... $19-25
[Mrs. M. H. Hulme, laundry work,
etc. . . " . . . 43-65
Mrs. C. C. Tinkham, laundry
work, etc. .... 26.02
: . Mrs. W. F. Wheeler, laundry work,
etc. . . . 38,45
III.
.10
23.41
122.
.21
28.
.00
$796-47
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
565
Mrs. George M. Goodwin, laundry
work, etc. .... $10.65
Mrs. F. J. Dustin, laundry work,
etc. 5-40
FURNITURE, ETC.
Paid Weston & Hill Co. :
50 yards crash at 12 i^c. . . . $6.25
8^ yards matting at Sjj^c. . . 5-49
Ironing ends ..... 1.75
40 yards matting at 671^0. . . 27.00
Ironing ends ..... 3.50
12 pillow slips ..... 2.50
28 yds. matting, Hook-and-Ladder Co. 18.70
Ironing ends ..... 2.25
12 pillow slips, Fire King Co. . . 3.00
12 sheets, Fire King Co. . . . 11.04
26 yds. matting, Pennacook Hose Co. 17-56
Ironing ends, Pennacook Hose Co. . 2.*5o
^yi, yards matting, Fire King Co. . 5.33
Ironing ends, Fire King Co. . . 1.50
12 sheets, Vine street engine-house , 11.04
4 spreads, Vine street engine-house . 5.00
2 yds. silesia, Vine street engine-house .30
151/5 yards matting. Vine street en-
gine-house . . . . . 10.27
Ironing ends ..... i.oo
Paid D. A. Simons, 10 arm office chairs i7-5o
D. A. Simons, i 2-gallon jar . .50
Paid Charles A. Hoitt & Co. :
2 chamber sets, etc., for Hook-and-
Ladder No. I and Amoskeag Steam-
er No. i 80.88
I comforter . ... . . 1.50
I wardrobe ..... ^3-5°
1 spring ...... 4.00
$143-42
566
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Weston & Hill Co., it}( yards
matting, Central Fire Station . $11-56
Weston & Hill Co., ironing ends . 3.60
Weston & Hill Co., 12 sheets, 12
pillow slips, 6 towels . . 14.29
$283.31
PRINTING AND STATIONERY.
raia j. wscar isuruanK, printing i
culars
00 cir-
$2.50
Paid John B. Clarke Co. :
Printing 500 envelopes
12.25
Printing 200 blanks, report fees
2-75
Printing 200 lists
4-50
Printing 150 envelopes
•25
Printing 400 reports, 58 pages
35-00
Printing 400 comp. slips .
1.25
Paid Nate Kellogg :
4 blank order books
4.40
125 postal cards and printing
2-75
150 half- note circulars
2.50
150 half-note circulars
2.25
125 letter slips .
1. 00
Paid C. P. Trickey, i blank book
1.50
C. P. Trickey, 2 sheets blotti
ng pa-
per, 3 pass books
•35
C. P. Trickey, envelopes,
mucil-
age, etc. .
5.00
Temple & Farrington Co.,
I box
envelopes .
•50
Temple & Farrington Co.,
I box
elastic bands
.14
$78.89
WATER, GAS, AND TELEPHONE.
Paid Water- Works, use of water to Sep-
tember I, 1892 ,
$731-35
FIRE DEPARTMENT. 567
Paid People's Gas-Light Co., for gas . ^903.84
New England Telegraph & Tele-
phone Co., use of telephones . 220.36
$1,855.55
FUEL.
Paid L. B. Bodwell & Co. :
48,240 lbs. egg coal, at $6.25 . . $150-75
50,000 lbs. cannel coal, at $16 . . 400.00
2 barrels charcoal .... i.oo
I cord pine slabs, sawed . . . 4.50
Paid J. E. French, 12 feet pine wood . 7.50
Stephen Gardiner, sawing and split-
ting 2 cords kindling wood . 5.00
Stanislaus Lavie, 4 cords wood, 2
cords sawed and split . . 20.40
Dunlap & Wason Coal Co., 347,-
195 lbs. egg coal, at $5.95 . . 1,032.91
Moore & Preston, 3 cords slabs,
sawed ..... 16.00
FREIGHT AND TRUCKAGE.
Paid Boston. & Maine R. R., freight on
2 barrels soda .... $0.72
Concord & Montreal R. R., freight .75
John W. Wilson, truckage . . 5.09
SUPPLIES.
Paid J. A. & W. Bird, 2 barrels, 896
lbs., soda . . . . . $31-36
J. A. &. W. Bird, truckage . . .25
Boston Belting Co., 4 clamps to
fit 4j4-inch hose . . . 3-20
$1,638.06
$6.56
568
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Boston Woven Hose ^: Rubber
Co., 50 ft. chemical hose .
S14.80
Clark M. Bailey, 12 barn brooms .
5-50
Clark M. Bailey, 10 reams tissue
paper .....
5.00
Paid Cavanaugh Bros. :
I gray horse .....
300.00
I gray horse .....
325-00
I gray horse .....
350.00
I bay horse, Pennacook
350.00
I bay horse, Fire King
2S0.20
I gray horse, Amoskeag engine .
350.00
Paid Cornelius Callahan Co. :
I Boston pipe .....
15. CO
I extra pipe
1.50
I Perry Halloway Extinguisher .
30.00
2 dozen Regan rim snaps .
24.00
Paid P. C. Cheney Co., i horse in ex-
change
250.00
DeVoursney Bros., i Neptune lan-
tern Xo. 5
3-75
Paid A. S. Jackson :
I gong
12.00
I strike bar . . . . . •
5.00
6 hose brushes, long handles
7-50
2 Boston pipes .....
30.00
Paid Dennis Kerwin, i box Welcome
soap
4.25
Dennis Kerwin, 2 boxes Soapine .
8.00
Cavanaugh Bros., use of horse
36.00
Plumer & Holton,^^5 pairs heavy
overalls
37-50
Plumer & Holton. 15 reefers for
Hook-and-Ladder Co.
131-25
Plumer & Holton, 16 reefers, at
S8.75
140.00
FIRE DEPARTMENT. 569
Paid L. (Sc W. T. Seiberlich, small can
linseed oil . . . . . So.iS
Stark Mills, 14 yards No. 12 duck . 1.99
J. H. Wiggin &: Co., i dozen am-
monia ..... 3.00
J. H. Wiggin, 4 lbs. sugar . . .28
J. H. Wiggin, 3 gross matches, etc. 1.93
D. Milton Goodwin, 12 heavy
brooms ..... 4.75
Daniels Cornell Co., soap and soap-
ine ...... 8.15
Talbot Dyewood & Chemical Co.,
I barrel Bicarb, soda, 400 lbs.,
at 3^c 13.00
Clark M. Bailey, 440 lbs. waste . 44.00
Ford Rubber Co., 4 5^ x i^ rub-
ber wheel hub rings . . . 2.40
S. F. Haywood & Co., i gross
pony bottles and corks . . 9.00
Pike & Heald, lantern globes, tin
dippers, tin pails, chimneys, etc. 3.65
Samuel Eastman <S: Co., 12 hook
and ladder straps . . . 12.00
Ellis Lubricator Co., 5 i-pint cyl-
inder lubricators . . . 25.00
Daniels Cornell Co., i box soapine 3.60
$2,883.99
PLUMBING AND REPAIRS.
Paid L. M. Aldrich, lumber, screws, and
labor . . . . . 53-42
Flint & Little, repairing hooks, lad-
ders, etc. ..... 4.10
E. L. Gaouette, repairing 14 chairs . 4.00
J. Hodge, materials and labor,
Vine street . ... 6.57
570 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Peter Harris, making keys, repair-
ing locks, repairing engine . . $3.20
Head & Dowst Co., lumber and
labor, various engine-houses . 34-25
Kimball Carriage Co., i splasher
for Steamer No. 3 . . . 5.00
H. Leibing, i gallon turpentine . .60
Thomas A. Lane, plumbing mate-
rial and labor .... i5i'36^
Paid Manchester Locomotive Works :
2 5-10 days' labor repairing hose car-
riage 10.00
4 lantern springs, special size . , 2.00
Metallic packing for 2 rod boxes . 2.00
5-10 day's labor .... 2.00
Alteration of gong striking gear for
supply wagon ..... 10.80
Repairs on hose carriage . . . 4.5a
2}4 days' labor ..... 10.00
Paid Pike & Heald, repairing oil can and
lantern, 6 lantern globes for
Chemical, repairing lantern for
Chemical . . . . . 16.37
Fred S. Sloan, painting run board
for Chemical No. i .
C. A. Trefethen, 6 bottles clock oil
C. A. Trefethen, repairing clock .
D. B. Varney, repairing side sheet
for engine .....
D. B. Varney, 204 lbs. brass cast-
ings
S. F. Flay wood & Go., i 6o-gallon
acid jar .... .
C. H. Hutchinson, i weight, 47 lbs.
C. H. Hutchinson, 7 lbs. iron
Paid C. H. Hutchinson :
143 hours' labor fitting brass casting 57-20
II
.00
2
.oa
•SO
•50
71'
.40.
15
.00
I
.41
.21
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
571
174^ hours' labor fitting brass casting
11^ feet wire screening .
Screws, 44 lbs. castings
Paid James R. Carr & Co. , i light glass
and setting, Gen. Stark engine
house .....
James R. Carr & Co., glass and
setting same, Gen. Stark engine
house .....
James R. Carr & Co., glass and
setting, Massabesic Hose Co.
house .....
J. J. Abbott, ^ lb. red paint
Scrannage Bros., making acid jar
Paid Manchester Locomotive Co.:
I 3-horse hitch attached to Hook-and
Ladder truck
Repairs o;i bar handle spring .
Setting tires on hose wagon
1 side piece of grate .
6 suction hose gaskets
2 hours' labor ....
Repairs of Gen. Stark Combination :
24 carriage wheel spokes
9^ lbs. brass castings .
4j^ days' labor
For Fire King Steamer No. 2 :
I Amoskeag 3-horse hitch attached
I rear steam gauge
Paid Mills & Sturtevant, materials and
labor on Fire King engine house
Mills & Sturtevant, materials and
labor on Vine-street station
Scollay & Rich, 6 qts. polish
$69.80
6. OCT
1-37
1.25
8.62
2-35
•13
8.00
160.00
1. 00
S.50
1.60
1.02
.80
2.88
2.85
18.00
160.00
15.00
58.46
13.72
3-25
^973-99
73-52
29.29
|22.30
28.00
672 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
HARDWARE.
Paid Killey & Wadleigh, hardware, etc. $17.01
Manchester Hardware Co., hard-
ware, etc. . . . . 139-37
Wadleigh Hardware Co., hardware,
etc. ......
John B. Varick Co., hardware, etc.
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL.
Paid J. Alexander, visits and medicine .
A. W. Baker, dentistry on 14 horses
J. A. Charest, visits and medicine 225.00
E. H. Currier, 12 bottles Williams'
Sure Cure • . . . 7.00
N. Chandler, 12 cans hoof oint-
ment ..... 9.00
E. B. Dunbar, Condition Powders .50
A. L. Dodge, visits, naedicine, and
adjusting teeth . . . . 28.25
Pulsifer Chemical Co., i galvan-
ized heater .... 4.00
A. D, Smith, medicines and disin-
fectants ..... 9.66
Snelling & Woods, medicines . 47.74
Z. F. Campbell, medicines . . ^^'33
CARRIAGE WORK AND CARRIAGE REPAIRS.
Paid A. Filion, labor on cart seat . . $1.00
A. Filion, rivets and bolt . . . .25
A. Filion, labor on hose wagon . i.oo
J. B. McCrillis & Son, labor and
materials on new carts and on
repairs . . . . . 471.80
Sanborn Carriage Co., labor and
material on carts, engines, etc. . 7i-i5
$259.19
192.78
$545-2o
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
573
BLACKSMITHING.
Paid D. F. Cressey ....
$88.33
Thomas Hickey ....
72.25
James Morrison ....
1.60
Mahaney & McSweeney
462.50
J. 0. Tremblay ....
116. 15
\Yelcome & Son, repairs
6.25
$747-oS
HAY, GRAIN, ETC.
Paid Adams & Tasker, oats, straw, hay
corn, etc.
H. J. Cilley, 9,190 lbs. hay .
Wm. Clark, 25,378 lbs. hay .
H. R. Hall, 5,610 lbs. hay .
L. Shelters, 20,357 lbs. hay .
C. M. Wheeler, 10,125 lbs. hay
Chas. D. Welch, 10,625 lbs. hay
J. B. Huse, 1,540 lbs. hay .
Gage & McDougall, 17,550 lbs. hay
Cavanaugh Bros., 15,720 lbs. hay
A. B.. Chase, 1,030 lbs. hay .
A. F. Davis, 1,575 lbs. hay .
H. A. Horton, 2,210 lbs. hay
Drake & Parker, oats, meal, shorts
etc. .....
Henry W. Parker, oats, shorts
bran, etc. ...
Partridge Bros., oats, straw, hay
shorts, etc.
Pettee & Adams, meal, corn, oats
etc. .....
Stearns & Co., oats
C. M. Watts, 5,292 lbs. straw
P. Doyle, 2,500 lbs. straw .
J. F. Moore, 1,510 lbs. straw
$427-25
91.90
250-73
56.10
224.59
104.24
109.46
16.94
162.32
157.20
10.30
14.18
19.S9
175-76
542.56
1,007.75
54.56
29.25
47-63
22.50
13-59
574
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Melvin Hall, pasturing 2 horses 10
weeks ..... $10.00
city farm, 7,000 lbs. carrots . . 63.00
HARNESS AND HARNESS REPAIRS.
Paid Fred Allen :
7^ gals, harness dressing . . . $9-3°
2 pairs rim holders and splices . . 2.75
1 lo-fcot lash ..... ■ 1. 00
Other repairs ..... 17-50
Paid N. J. Whalen, harness dressing . .50
W. H. Adams, harness, repairs, etc. 205.95
Paid Chas. E. Berry :
12 rein snaps ..... 10.00
2 pair harnesses .... 40.00
2 collars ...... 12.00
I pair harnesses .... 20.00
II collars ..... 6.00
Paid H. C. Ranno & Son :
I pair woolen blankets, 90 x 96 . . 14-50
Leathering ..... 2.50
I stable blanket, extra large . . 4.25
I pair heavy double reins . . . 4.00
I team collar ..... 4.50
I stable blanket . . . . 3.00
1 halter bit .... . 4.25
6 Dandy brushes .... 2.50
2 seat cushions ..... 2.00
Repairing harnesses . . . . 1.75
6 flail whips ..... 12.00
Tool case ....... 2.50
Exercise bridle ..... 6.50
Repairing and altering Hook-and-Lad-
der harness . . . . . 48.50
Collar ....... 3.00
Other articles .... 75-7o
$3,611.70
$516.45
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
575
]
.ABOR
id labor of men and teams, as per pay-rolls, in
district No. 2 :
January $12.12
February
70.63
March .
6.13
April .
13.88
May
7-75
June
17-75
July . .
16.13
August .
38.88
September
34.12
October
32-63
November
1.63
December
11.56
SUNDRIES.
Paid John T. Gott, cleaning vaults at
Massabesic hose-house . . $5-oo
S. A. Garland, 14 quarts beans (Var-
ick fire) ..... 2.10
S. A. Garland, 4 loaves bread (Var-
ick fire) ..... .40
E. J. Knowlton, cash paid, ex-
penses of committee to Boston
and return, examination of aerial
truck ..... 30.40
Mrs. E. G. McKean, rent of stable
from December i, 1891, to April
I, 1892 ..... 8.00
Charles H. Rogers, expenses to and
from Guildhall, Vt., relating to
purchase of horses . . . 6.42
H. E. Vaughan, burying dead
horses ..... 6.00
$263 21
576
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Thomas W. Lane :
Cash paid for express
Cash paid for carting poles and hose .
Cash paid for express
Expenses to National Association of
Fire Engineers, Louisville, Ky.
Paid A. J. Dickey, expenses incurred by
visit of fire department commit-
tee and fire engineers to Concord,
to place an order for a hook-and-
ladder truck ....
$3-85
1-55
3-65
68.25
4.41
5140.03
Total expenditures
$42,262.88
Fire-Alarm Telegraph.
Appropriation
$ 1, 400.0a
Expenditures
LABOR.
id Thomas W.
Lane, Jr., labor, as per pay-rolls :
January
$45-50
February
43-75
March .
47-25
April .
47-25
May .
47-25
June
42.75
July .
52.50
August
^*
49.00
September .
48.25
October
47-25
November
45-50
Decem-ber
49.00
$565-25
FIRE-ALARM TELEGRAPH.
577
Paid M. S. Adams, 4814 days' labor
Charles Kean, labor moving wires
in railroad yard
Napoleon Lemay, 4 days' labor
George N. 3urpee, labor on fire-
alarm telegraph
72.13
2.50
5.00
6.00
>.63
SUPPLIES.
Paid American Electrical Works, 44
2
feet rubber
$8.84
Paid Eastern Electrical Supply Co. :
I vise and drill ....
1.00
100 rubber hooks
8.00
100 2-inch wood cleats
.40
2 lbs. E. tacks ....
.40
24 rubbers ....
• .48
. 24 prisms .....
6.24
I pair 8-inch Hub pliers and box
1.25
100 I2X 12 connectors
6.30
I pair 5-inch Kent pliers .
•75
I Compound Electric vise .
2.10
3 lbs, E. tacks ....
■38
I pair Weldon chambers without strap
s 2.50
Repairing i chamber
1. 00
3 lbs. wire tape
1.80
Paid Electric Gas-Lighting Co., No. ]
Lamson battery .
15.12
J. Hodge, 425 feet spruce lumber
8.24
J. Hodge, 12^ hours' labor .
5.10
0. S. Janney & Co., 3,526 lbs.
blue stone . . . .
132.23
'0. S. Janney & Co., cartage
1-^5
Manchester Hardware Co., 4 5 x 5/g
bolts
.12
578
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid New England Gamewell Co. :
1 Non-Interfering fire-alarm box
Labor and expense repairing striker
and 2 gongs . . . .
6 springs for repeater
3 lightning arresters .
2 signal boxes ....
3 plug cutouts ....
I iron case with door and plate for gas
box ......
Paid E. S. Greeley & Co., 26 binding
posts, 24 double connections
D. B. Varney, 201 zincs, $70.35,
less old junk and copper, $59.60
D. B. Varney, 338 zinc castings
Washburn & Moen Manufacturing
Co., 282)4 lbs. copper wire
James R. Carr, paint and labor
Talbot Dyewood & Chemical Co., 2
barrels vitriol, 905 lbs.
Manchester Locomotive works, i
turned stud . . . .
Pike & Heald, 5 lbs. copper .
The Electric Co., 3 poles
;i25.oo
17.17
•75
. 3-00
6.00
.90
5-31
10.73
118.30
40.60
14-25
32.81
1.60
1.20
10.50
)oi.62 ;
FREIGHT AND TRUCKAGE.
Paid_,Concord & Montreal R. R., freight
on wire and vitriol .
John W. Wilson, truckage .
W. B. Corey, truckage, tools, and
poles . .^ . . .
Total expenditures .
Amount transferred to reserved fund
$4.62
1
2.25
1
10.25
$17
1
1 2
•
^I
,269
7. 1
•
130
38 ^
$1,400.00
POLICE DEPARTMENT. 579
Firemen's Parade.
Appropriation ..... . . $500.00
Expenditures.
sundries.
Paid J. K. Moore, collation .
West Side Drum Corps, services .
First Regiment Military Band, ser-
vices .....
F. H. Pike, services as drum major
Nate Kellogg, printing invitations,
circulars, and programs
Thomas W. Lane, postage .
Total expenditures
Amount transferred to reserved fund
$500.00
^359-io
10.00
52.00
3.00
14.25
3.20
;^44i-55
.
^441-55
•
58.45
Police Department.
Appropriation . . . . .
$37,300.00
Transferred from reserved fund
3,105.28
S>40)405'2o
Expenditures.
SERVICES.
Paid N. P. Hunt, police justice .
$1,500.00
Isaac L. Heath, associate justice .
98.00
Geo. W. Prescott, associate justice
2.12
J. C. Bickford, clerk . .
600.00
H. W. Longa, marshal
12.50
580
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Michael J. Healy, marshal
J. F. Cassidy, assistant marshal
night patrol
day patrol .
extra time of regular patrol
extra time of special patrol
Peter Larrabee, as janitor
Miss A. B. Brown, as matron
Myra W. Spalding, as matron
C. B. Hildreth, 7 days' police ser
vice .....
I900.00
800.00
21,626.2.6
5)637-39
2,141.02
1,521.6s
642.25
412 00
10.00
25.00
$35,928.22
GAS, ELECTRIC LIGHTS, AND FUEL.
Paid People's Gas-Light Co., for gas . $61
Electric Company, 28 electric
lights from Dec. i, 1891, to Dec.
3i» 1S92
DeCourcy, Holland & Marshall,
104,955 lbs, egg coal at $6.25 .
E. P Johnson Co., 12,875 ^^s. L.
broken coal at $6.25 .
Dunlap & Wason Coal Co., 35,590
lbs. egg coal at $5.95
354-67
327.98
40.23
105.88
5889.94
WATER, TELEPHONE, AND TELEGRAPH.
Paid Water- Works, use of water from
April I to December 31 . . $207.90
New England Telephone & Tele-
graph Co., use ©.f telephones . 169.85
J. Dana & Son, use of telephone at
McGregorville .... 4.00
Western Union Telegraph Co., for
telegrams. . . . . 33.51
$415.26
POLICE DEPARTMENT. 681
TEAMS.
Paid W. J. Freeman, use of teams . . ^103.50
C. H. Simpson, use of team . . 9.00
E. T. James, use of teams . . 164.75
H. W. Longa, use of horse and
wagon from August i, 1889, to
January i, 1892 . . . 125.00
J. C. Nichols & Son, use of teams 11.00
A. L. Jenness & Son, use of team . i.oo
Whitten & Fifield, use of team . 1.50
G. H. Nichols & Co., use of team i.oo
$416.75
FEEDING AND CONVEYING PRISONERS.
Paid Mrs. Thomas Francoeur, board and
care of lost children . . . ^22.00
Daniel Davis, rations furnished at
police station from January 4,
1891, to December 30, 1891 204.75
Daniel Davis, rations furnished from
January i to December 13, 1892 203.61
Robitaille Bros., groceries . . i9-39
W. D. Ladd & Co., 48 lbs. com-
mon crackers . . . . 2.55
McQuade Bros., 87 lbs. crackers . 5.00
Carl E. York, 47 lbs. crackers . 2.39
Longa & Cassidy, conveying pris-
oners to House of Correction,
from December 22, 1891, to
January 5, 1892 ... 21.00
Healy and Cassidy, conveying pris-
oners to House of Correction, etc. 848.00
M. J. Healy, conveying Joseph
Devine to insane asylum . . 3.80
officers Fowler and Welch, convey-
ing Joseph Devine to insane asy-
lum ...... 4.50
$i>336-99
582
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
PRINTING AND STATIONERY.
Paid John B. Clarke Co., printing :
800 blank warrants for court
2,050 letter headings, postals, envel
opes, and quarterly reports .
Roll-call, blank book
1,300 slips and envelopes
300 half-note circulars
400 blank writs
750 notices
4,600 cards, envelopes, letter head
ings, and other blanks
3,000 writs
400 circulars
450 blanks
Advertising Fourth of July notice
Paid A. S. Campbell & Co., printing
civil dockets for police court
A. S. Campbell & Co., printing
blanks for court
A. S. Campbell & Co., printing
1,100 mittimuses
Paid W. P. Goodman :
1 scrap-book ....
36 standard diaries .
6 blotting sheets
2 record books ....
I quart Carter's ink .
Paid Temple & Farrington Co.:
I Public Statutes for police court
Ink, paper, and pens for police court
I cash book ....
I journal .....
I Public Statutes . .
Blank books and other stationery
Paid Union Publishing Co., publishing
notice, fireworks, 3 squares 2 times .
$16.00
9-5°
4.00
3-75
2.50
6.00
3.00
33-00
13.00
1-75
10.00
3.00
44.00
12
25
7
.00
I
•50
21
00
33
I
75
60
3
00
3
27
2
25
2
25
3
00
16
78
4-5°
$228.98
POLICE DEPARTMENT. 583
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL.
Paid Dr. I. L. Carpenter :
Ether to James Thompson . . $3-oo
Attending one Greenwood, found on
railroad . . . . . 1.50
Attending one Dickinson, 4 Canal
street ...... 1.50
Attending one Flanders, insane, night
call ...... 2.50
Paid L. K. Mead :
82 bottles ammonia .... 10.66
6 sponges ..... .75
Prescriptions ..... 3.55
Oil of cedar and roach exterminator . .65
Paid Dr. Frederick Perkins :
Dressing gunshot wound in arm of
Jerry Cronin, Jr., 10 times . . 10.00
Treatment of broken jaw of Patrick
Dillon ...... 15-00
Sewing up wounds around left eye,
Kane ...... 3.00
Setting dislocated shoulder for Mary
Clark ...... 5.00
Sewing up scalp wound and ear for
Clovis Goodreau .... 5.00
Scalp wound and fracture of shoulder
blade, Jerry Burke . . . 5.00
Sewing up wound in wrist of Martin
Brown ..... 3.00
Sewing up scalp wound extending
across the forehead from outside of
one eye to outside of the other for
Mrs. Davis, and subsequent care . 10.00
Wound of Daniel Long, bitten by dog 2.00
Dressing wound on back, John Ken-
nedy, bitten by a dog . . . 3.00
584 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Sewing scalp wound for John Wells . $3-00
Dressing two wounds over eye and one
on nose for Michael Godfrey . . 5.00
Sewing scalp wound on back of head
for Antoine Ready . . . 3.00
Sewing wound under the chin for An-
toine Therrien .... 3.00
Dressing scalp woilnd three inches long
on back of head for Kate Chadwick 5.00
Dressing hand of Patrick Connor, cut
in five places .... 5.00
Sewing up eight large scalp wounds
and several small ones for Maurice
Houlihan, and nine subsequent
visits ...... 15-00
Attendance on James Thompson at
police station sewing upper lip,
which was cut from the right angle
of the mouth by the left nostril ; sew-
ing wound under left eye ; sewing
wound on forehead and setting frac-
tured nose . . . . . 15-00
Dressing incised wound over eye for
William Warren . . . . 3.00
Dressing scalp wound on back of head
three inches long for John Doyle . 5.00
Attendance on James Quinn, broken
ankle, plaster bandage . . . 5.00
Dressing lacerated wound under left
eye for Lucy Colville . . . 3.00
Attendance on one Gevorge, stoppage,
catheterization . ^ . . 3.00
Sewing up hand of one Houlihan . 5.00
Paid F. H. Thurston, prescriptions . 3.30
F. H. Thurston, 102 lbs. ammonia 12.24
Dr. M. E. Kean, services in case of
Chas. D. Magoon, suicide . 1.50
POLICE DEPARTMENT. 585
Paid Dr. M. E. Kean, sewing wounds of
scalp and lower lip and after treat-
ment of Mark Carr . . . $5'Oo
Dr. M. E. Kean, treatment, Mrs.
Wm. Patnaude . . . . 4.50
Dr. D. S. Adams, surgical attend-
ance on Frank Tucker . . 10.00
$199.65
REPAIRS.
Paid L. M. Aldrich, materials and labor $85.77
Jas. R. Carr & Co., paint and labor 11.27
Aloysius Eastman, brick, cement,
and labor resetting locks on cell
doors ..... 2.96
R. D. Gay, repairing flag . . .50
R. D. Gay, shades and pulleys . 2.85
Peter Harris, repairing cell and safe
locks, hinge, and door shutter . 6.25
John Smiley, repairing bunks . i.oo
N. J. Whalen, repairing police belts 3.25
Manchester Heating and Lighting
Co., electric materials and labor 3.90
M. J. Coleman, repairs on water-
closets, etc. .... 94-85
R. D. Martin, re-nickeling and re-
forming No. 24 police badge . .75
C. W. Anderson & Co., repairing
clock, city marshal's office . i.oo
C. W. Anderson & Co., repairing
clock, Judge Hunt's office . i.co
J. J. Abbott, painting, glazing, etc. 9.26
L. & W. T, Seiberlich, 4 lights
glass and setting . . . 1.20
$225.81
586 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR*.
SUNDRIES.
Paid Concord & Montreal R. R., freight $0.25
Miss A, B. Brown, furnishing room
for matron .... 75-oc>
John Driscoll, mop waste . . 1.95
E. H. McQuade, 2 electric batter-
ies . . . . . . 1.40
E. H. McQuade, 3 hours' labor . 1.20
J. G. Brown, 1 office chair . . 5.50
L. W. Colby, photographing pris-
oners ..... 32.00
J. T. Langley, 6 card photographs
of Chas. Smith . . . i.oo
West Side Steam Laundry, laundry
work on blankets . . . 1.60
Mrs. Filbert, washing blankets, tow-
els, and cleaning and scrubbing 87.90
Gazaille &: Co., 40 yards crash . 4.80
Gazaille «Sr Co., 6 towels . . 1.50
Dennis Kerwin, soapine . . 8.00
Manchester Hardware Co., ;^}4 oz.
sponge ..... .70
J. B. Varick Co., 6 brooms, i os-
trich duster, i pail, i lock, i
mop-stick, window and scrub
brushes, and other hardware . 16.88
Paid Clark M. Bailey :
2 cases toilet paper ....
500 I -pound bags . ...
5 gross Portland matches .
I case toilet paper
Paid Thomas D. Luce, certifying sundry
appeals to police court
H. W. Longa, cash paid out in
sundry cases ....
20.00
.60
2.50
10.00
7.00
21.25
REPAIRS OF BUILDINGS. 587
Paid M. J. Healy, cash paid witness fees
and other expenses . . . $439.25
W. H. Drury, services for two mi-
nors under the age of sixteen
years ..... 2.00
J. G. Ellinwood, i^ doz. photo-
graphs ..... 3.00
L. B. Bodwell & Co., 20 lbs. ice
daily . . . . . 8.40
Clement Langers, i stove, station,
West Manchester . . . 10.00
S763.68
Total expenditures ..... $40,405.28
Repairs of Buildings.
Appropriation ..... $2,500.00
Amount transferred from reserved fund . 392.75
^ $2,892.75
EXPENDITURES.
Paid Lovejoy & Stratton, labor and care of clocks on
schoolhouses and other public buildings, from Jan-
uary 5, 1891, to December 31, 1S91 . . . $301.75
CITY HALL.
Paid William E. Williams, slate, zinc, and labor re-
pairing roof ..... . . $27.99
WARD ROO.M, LAKE AVENUE.
Paid Head & Dowst Co., lumber and labor . . $24.30
CITY LIBRARY.
Paid L. M. Aldrich, lumber and labor . $12.59
Thomas A. Lane, 1 1 feet portable
tubing ..... 2.75
588 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Thomas A. Lane, labor on gas . $0.53
Thomas A. Lane, materials and la-
bor on gutter, etc. . . . 14-85
Head & Dowst Co., i hour's labor .28
W. M. Darrah, labor and materials,
slating, including bill of Head
& Dowst Co., of ^5.73 . . 13-91
Charles E. Lord, mason work and
stock . . . . . 4.12
BATTERY BUILDING.
Paid Thomas A. Lane, labor on sink,
gas, etc. ..... ^2.67
Wm. H. Sullivan, tinting ceiling in
Emmet Guards hall in water col-
ors, and battery hall ceiling in
oil colors .....
Jones & Co., painting cannon
room as per contract
Head & Dowst Co , lumber and
labor .....
L. M. Aldrich, lumber and labor .
CITY YARD, STOREHOUSE, AND STABLE.
Paid Head & Dowst Co., lumber, labor,
etc ^174.14
Head & Dowst Co., 558 feet grav-
el roof ..... 25.11
G. W. Hamlin, paints and labor
on storehouse . ^ . . . 12.04
115.00
80.00
29.50
3-44
ENGINE HOUSES.
Paid L. M. Aldrich, lumber, labor, and
hardware at Massabesic Hose
house $29.87
$49-03
$230.61
;2ii.29
REPAIRS OF BUILDINGS. 589
Paid John Bryson, paints and painting
Vine-street engine-house . . 546.50
M. J. Coleman, plumbing material
and labor, Vine-street engine-
house 319-00
W. M. Darrah & Co., material and
labor on roof, Vine-street en-
gine-house .... 4.61
Joel Daniels & Co., painting and
papering tenements, Vine-street
engine-house .... 42.93
John Driscoll, labor and material
tinning roof, Vine-street engine-
house . . . . . 15-25
John Driscoll, labor and material on
roof, Webster-street engine-house 48-50
James P. Finn, stock and painting
on Central fire station, and Mer-
rimack engine-house . . . 166.91
Paid Head & Dowst Co., labor, lumber,
hardware :
Vine-street engine-house . , . 519-43
Merrimack engine-house . . . 65.44
Clinton-street engine-house . . 9.84
Webster-street engine-house . . 28.56
Massabesic Hose house . . . 9.26
Stone work on Lake-avenue engine-
house ...... 26.94
Paid Jones & Co., stock and labor paint-
ing and papering Webster-street
engine-house .... 16.80
Jones & Co., stock and labor paint-
ing and papering Massabesic
Hose house .... 29.85
Thomas A. Lane, labor and plumb-
ing materials at Massabesic Hose
house . . . . . 104.78
590 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Thomas A. Lane, i Sheffield grate $32 00
John F. Larkin, repairs on waste
pipe and bath tub, Webster-street
engine-house .... 6.00
Chas. E. Lord, mason work at Vine-
street engine-house, and Massa-
besic Hose house . . . 28.05
Mills & Sturtevant, lumber, hard-
ware, labor on Fire King engine-
house ..... 87.05
Mills & Sturtevant, paper, and hang-
ing same, and whitewashing two
halls 36.55
Pike & Heald, stable drain, etc., at
Webster-street engine-house . 24.65
Pike & Heald, piping , . . 14.00
Pike & Heald, repairing water pipe.
Vine-street engine-house . . 1.80
Manchester Hardware Co., 2 floor
lights, B. E. wrought door . 21.00
William E. Williams, repairing
gravel roof around ventilators,
and roofing ventilators, Vine-
street engine-house . . . 26.96
COURT-HOUSE.
Paid J. J. Abbott, 12 lights glass and
setting $8.20
James R. Carr & Co., 2 lights glass
and setting .... 1.43
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-rolls, dis-
trict No. 2 :
January ..... $26.49
February ..... 25.50
March ...... 21.00
$i>762.53
$9-63
NEW SCHOOLHOUSE, HALLSVILLE.
591
April .
$21.00
May
21.00
June
28.63
July :
21.00
August
25-50
September
21.00
October
21.00
November
25-50
December
18.00
Total expenditures
$275.62
$2,892.75
New Schoolhouse, Hallsville.
Balance from old account
Appropriation ....
Amount transferred from reserved fund
Expenditures.
$101.95
8,000.00
743.66
5,845.61
ARCHITECTS COMPENSATION.
Paid McFarland, Goodrich »S: McFarland, balance
due for services .....
$303.00
ON CONTRACT.
Paid Head & Dowst Co., final payment on contract $5,560.00
ON FURNITURE.
Paid Head & Dowst Co. :
I No. 25 teacher's desk
I No. 20 teacher's desk
Freight and teaming desks
School furniture
$24.00
34.00
1-34
545-58
504.92
592
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
EXTRAS ON BUILDING.
Paid Head & Dovvst Co. :
I No. I striking town clock, 4 dials
I bell, 1,519 lbs.
1 set No. I hangings .
900 lbs. clock weights
282 hours' labor of men .
Lumber, bolts, screws, hinges, team
ing, freight, iron, etc.
Grading, extra ....
2 6-inch beams, change over front en
trance .....
5 galvanized screens and screws .
Lathing and plastering ceiling in base
ment .....
Blacksmith work on vane .
Lumber, basement, tower, and walk
Hardware, window weights, nails
screws, windows in second story
Labor on all above, blinds and walks
Painting tower and blinds .
Inside blinds ....
Slating, change from shingles
Plumbing in basement, sinks, etc.
Tinning scuttle, tower changed on ac
count of bell ....
Gas piping, tower to clock
Electric and tube work, additional
Paid John B. Varick Co., i weather vane
$407.00
326.59
48.30
22.50.
73-57
45.66
271.07
13.90
22.01
132.80
1. 00
48.91
71.40
89.61
88.50
184.06
394.64
53-15
9.00
35-50
36.00
$2,377.69
Total expenditures
5,845.61
WATER-WORKS, CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNT. 593
Engine-House and Ward Room, Ward 9.
Appropriation ..... . • $10,000.00
Expenditures.
LAND.
Paid Edmond St. John and Amoskeag
Manufacturing Co., lot No. 2,987
in McGregorville, 6,090 sq. ft., at
i4^c
Total expenditures
Amount transferred to new account
$870.00
$■-
$870.00
$870.00
9,130.00
ro,ooo.oo
Addition to Goffe's Falls Schoolhouse.
Amount transferred from reserved fund . . . $2,000.00
Expenditures.
Paid Head & Dowst Co., building addition as per
contract ...... . $2,000.00
Water-Works, Construction Account.
Appropriation .... .$25,000.00
Amount transferred from Water-Works,
repairs ...... 5,000.00
-Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid men, as per pay-roll :
April . . . . . . $200.00
May .'..... 630.00
3S
594
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
June ......
$400.00
July
450.00
August ......
550.00
September .....
550.00
October .....
635.00
November . . . . .
610.00
December .....
600.00'
SUPPLIES.
Paid Boston Belting Co.:
300 feet linen hose ....
$90.00
2 sets 2^ -inch coupling .
5.00
I 2^-inch nozzle ....
4.00
Express ......
•15
Paid Builders' Iron Foundry, 125 branches
647.72
Chad wick Lead Works, 1,291^ lbs.
3-lb. pipe
69.86
Chadwick Lead Works, 23,132 lbs.
pig lead .....
969.90
Chadwick Lead Works, 100 lbs.
solder .....
15.00
Paid Chapman Valve Co.:
10 5 -foot hydrants ....
343-54
4 lo-inch water gates
123.12
15 8-inch water gates
303-15
4 12-inch water gates
167.04
3 20-inch water gates
372.33
Paid F. R. French, 60 chestnut posts at
I2C.
7.20
Hersey Mfg. Co., 6 ^g brass meters
82.80
Hersey Mfg. Cot, 6 set couplings .
4-5°
Hersey Mfg. Co., boxing
1.50
New England Water Pipe Co.,
.3,150 feet i-inch pipe at 15c.
472.46
New England Water Pipe Co., 547
feet pipe
54-79
WATER-WORKS, CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNT. 595
Paid New England Water Pipe Co.,
2,045 ^^^^ 2-inch pipe at 15c. . $306.77
Holyoke Hydrant & Iron Works,
10 double and steamer hydrants,
51^ feet long ....
Holyoke Hydrant & Iron Works,
200 No. 3 service boxes .
Paid National Meter Co.:
325 Crown Comp. meters .
7 ^-inch Crown Comp. meters
2 I -inch Crown Comp. meters .
38 glasses .....
Paid Pratt & Cady Co., 20 5 and 5^'-
foot hydrants ....
Peet Valve Co., 9 4-inch H. E.
gates .....
Peet Valve Co., 45 6-inch H. E.
gates .....
Peet Valve Co-., 2 2-inch brass
valves .....
Smith & Anthony Stove Co., 2 14-
inch S. A. bands, i cocks
Smith & Anthony Stove Co., 3 6-
inch S. A. bands, ^ cocks
Sewall & Day Cordage Co., 12 coils,
1,288 lbs., jute packing
Union Brass Co., curb stops, corp.
cocks, etc. . . .
Paid Geo. Woodman & Co.:
1,059^ feet i-inch E. pipe
200 Clo. nips .....
11814 lbs. E. mall ....
50 i^-inch En. coupling .
Barrel and bag
Paid Adams & Tasker, 4 barrels cement
McNeil Pipe and Foundry Co.,
cast-iron pipe .... 7,845.34
342
■50
180.
50
,143-75
177
.00
70
.00
.41
640
.00
72.
,00
540
.00
6
.00
7.20
83.72
580.71
95-89
6.00
16.36
1.50
•35
5.80
596 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Chas. K. Walker, cash paid for ex-
press . . . . . $3.30
Manchester Locomotive
Works, 2,833 ^bs. cast-
ings, domes, covers,
plugs, sleeves, at 3c. . ^84.99
Cr. 2,580 lbs. old iron . 15-48
Paid Manchester Locomotive Works, 5
hours' labor drilling, etc. . . . 2.00
69.51
$19,941.68
HARDWARE, BLACKSMITHING, FREIGHT.
Paid Boston & Maine R. R., freight on ^
pipe, etc $65.30
Concord & Montreal R. R., freight
on pipe, etc. .... 1,402.15
D. F. Cressey, sharpening and re-
pairing tools, etc. . . . 49.18
James Morrison, sharpening and re-
pairing tools, etc. . . . 45-07
Killey & Wadleigh, i doz. round-
point shovels .... 10-50
Killey & Wadleigh, i doz. pick
handles ..... 2.00
Killey & Wadleigh, 15 lbs. boat
pitch ...... .75
Wadleigh Hardware Co., 2 kegs
blasting powder . . . 5.50
John B. Varick Co., hardware . 48.76
$1,629,211
LAND.
Paid Jas. M. Webster heirs, land as per deed . . $3,000.00
SUNDRIES.
Paid J. J. Abbott, paints, painting, pa-
per, and hanging same . . $33.84
J. Hodge, 30 feet 13^ -inch birch . 1.20
WATER-WORKS, REPAIRS.
597
Paid J. Hodge, 12^ hours' labor • .
Thos. A. Lane, plumbing materials
and labor on bathroom at station,
etc. ......
Total expenditures
Amount transferred to reserved fund
175.00
Appropriation
Water-Works, Repairs.
Expenditures.
$215.04
$29,410.93
589.07
$30,000.00
$22,000.00
LABOR.
Paid labor of men, as per pay-rolls :
January $704-32
February
749.03
March .
777.40
April .
587.20
May
284.79
June
769-87
July .
502.14
August .
670.72
September
393-77
October
321.28
November
552.08
December
389.90
IRON PIPE, CASTINGS, LEAD, ETC.
Paid Builders Iron Foundry, 30 branches
and bends . .... $124.90
Chadwick Lead Works, 100 lbs.
solder 1500
$6,702.50
598
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid ^hadwick Lead Works, 12,097 lbs.
pig lead .....
Holyoke Hydrant & Iron Works,
repairing hydrant
Holyoke Hydrant & Iron Works, i
new chest, complete, for 4-inch
hydrant . . . . .
McNeil Pipe Sz Foundry Co., pipe,
less freight . . . .
Paid Manchester Locomotive Works :
7,414 lbs. castings, j)lugs, sleeves,
domes, covers, at 3c.
3^ hours' labor, drilling cocks ,
5 hours' labor on chuck
171^ hours' labor
I crank pin, 128 lbs., blown steel
Washer and nut, 19 lbs., forged iron
Teaming, four trips .
74^ hours' labor . . $29.80
196 lbs. blown steel . . 7.84
100 4^2 X ^ 6-sq. head bolts,
100 lbs. nuts . . . 8.00
Cr. by 760 lbs. old iron
$45-64
6.08
1,371 lbs. castings, plugs, sleeves, etc.
Paid Pratt & Cady Co., i 5}^ x 5 hydrant
Peet Valve Co., 6 4-inch water gates
Thompson Meter Co.. repairing 2
I -inch meters ....
Union Water Meter Co., repairing
water meters ....
Henry R. Worthington, repairing 3
meters .....
National Meter Co., repairing
meters .....
$524-17
10.14
20.00
5,000.00
222.42
1.40
2.00
68.60
6.40
•57
5.00
39-56
41-13
32.00
48.00
224.81
19-57
24.25
WATER-WORKS, REPAIRS.
599
Paid J. Hodge, 275 boxes . . . $82.50
J. Hodge, I case .... 6.50
J. Hodge, cutting down desk . .50
Sumner & Goodwin, 100 No. 28
stop boxes .... 90.00
Sumner & Goodwin, cartage . i.oo
D. B. Varney, ^ lb. castings . .22
),62o.64
OIL, BELTING, PACKING, AND OTHER SUPPLIES.
Paid Edson Manufacturing Co., 16 feet
suction hose .... $25.08
Edson Manufacturing Co., set of
couplings ..... 3.56
Edson Manufacturing Co., i G lobe
strainer ..... 3.80
J. Stickney, i pair 5^ long heavy
mitts 1.75
J. Stickney, 25 rubber gaskets . 2.50
J. Stickney, i pair heavy mitts . 1.75
Eager & Rand, oil, soap, etc. . 23.18
George Woodman & Co., plumbing
materials, nipples, etc. . . 127.24
Thomas A. Lane, plumbing mate-
rials, etc. ..... 109-53
John T. Beach, work on pole . .75
Paid L. B. Bodwell & Co. :
91,645 lbs. B. M. egg coal, at $7.00 . 320.76
2 barrels charcoal . • . . . .90
5 tons egg coal ..... 36.25
}4 ton stove coal .... 3.50
163^ feet wood, sawed and split . . i9-34
Paid E. C. Haskell, load of wood . . 2.50
P. C. Cheney Co., 50 lbs. waste . 4.00
William P. Miller & Co., keg lu-
bricant, 115 lbs., at i8c. . . 20.70
600 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid A. M. Eastman, 75 gallons oil . $12.75
Dennis Kervvin, 157 lbs. tallow at
6c. ..... . 9.42
Pettee & Adams, 8 barrels cement . 13-15
Adams & Tasker, 18 barrels cement 27.65
Adams & Tasker, 126 lbs. oatmeal .88
Leonard & Ellis, 208}^ gallons oil 145-50
George R. Vance, 12 galvanized
pails ..... 12.00
Paid E. A. G. Holmes :
100 hours' labor at reservoir . . 28.50
298 feet Georgia pine at reservoir . ii-52
23 days' labor on gear teeth at station 65.50
Lumber, sawing and planing, teaming,
station . . . . . . 21.90
Paid repairs at pumping station :
88 days' labor ..... 227.00
Mason labor . . . . . 12.75
Trucking ...... 4.00
Lumber, mortar, repairing slate . . 76.62
Screen door, door frame, sash, molding 5.88
Labor at office . • . . . . .60
8 days' labor at I3.00 ; 9 days' labor at
$2.50 ; lumber, building boat . . 86.09
Paid Charles E. Lord, 2 casks lime, at
station ..... 2.00
Shirley & Smith, materials and ma-
son labor at station . . . 9.00
Head & Dowst Co., lumber and
labor on derrick . . . 9.08
John Driscoll, dippers, gallon meas-
sures, etc. . . -^ . . . 4.45
$15493-33
WATER-WORKS, REPAIRS. 601
BLACKSMITHING, HARDWARE, FREIGHT.
Paid C. H. Hutchinson, 37^ hours'
labor, making and finishing rods,
forging, making washers, etc. . ^19.47
C. H. Hutchinson, 127 lbs. iron . 3.96
S. C. Forsaith Machine Co., 20 lbs.
boiler plate . . . . 1.20
S. C. Forsaith Machine Co., 24
No. 20 machine screws . . .15
S. C. Forsaith Machine Co., 17
hours' labor .... 6.80
D. F. Cressey, sharpening tools, etc. 49-3 1
Manchester Hardware Co., hard-
ware, all kinds .... 8.70
John B. Varick Co., hardware . 178.36
Boston &: Maine R. R., freight on
pipe, etc 33.69
Concord & Montreal R. R., freight
on pipe, etc. . . . . 9.23
$310.87
DAMAGES.
Paid Thomas E. McDerby, goods dam-
aged by water .... $274.82
John J. Hersey, personal damages . 100.00
Charles H. Robie estate, 32 yards
concrete on Manchester street . 16.00
Charles H. Robie estate, 757^ yards
concrete on Laurel and Pine . 37'82
Charles H. Robie estate, 38^ yards
concrete, Pleasant street . . 19.16
Charles H. Robie, 51^ yards con-
crete, repairing Chestnut street,
corner Amherst . . . 20.60
602 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Charles H. Robie, 51 yards con-
crete, repairing at Head & Dowst
Co.'s ofifice .... ^20.40
C. H. Robie, 214 yards concrete,
repairing Vine street . . 82.60
C. B. Littlefield, hooks, lumber,
glass, putty, and labor at corner
Pine and Laurel streets . . 1.08
Mrs. Charles Clough, damage to
house and cellar. Pearl street . 25.00
^597-48
SUNDRIES.
Paid E. T. James, hack and carriage hire $31.00
C. G. H. Bennink, 12 |^-band
rubbers ..... .60
$31.60
Total expenditures . . . • . . $15,756.42
Amount transferred to water-works, construction ac-
count ...... . . 5,000.00
Amount transferred to reserved fund . . . 1,243.58
$22,000.00
Water-Works, Current Expenses.
Appropriation ..... . . $5,000.00
EXPENDITURES.
Paid Charles K. Walker, salary as super-
intendent ....
$1,600.05
for gas ....
16.66
express and telegrams .
2.23
2 inkstands and postage stamps
22.15
sundries
2.44
James A. Weston, services as clerk
of water board . . . .
100.00
$1,743-53
WATER-WORKS,
CURRENT
EXPENSES.
lid labor, as per pay-rolls :
January ....
$203.33
February
207.33
March .
203.33
April .
203.33
May
203.33
June
203.33
July .
203.33
August .
203.33
September
203.33
October
203.33
November
203.33
December * .
203.34
id E. T. James, use of teams and hacks
$37-50
F. H. Partelow, use of steamboat
7-50
F. H. Partek
)w, re
freshr
nents
3.00
603
F. W. Elliot, dinner for commis-
sioners .....
F. W. Elliot, dinner for water
board, annual inspection .
Joseph B. Sawyer, services of self
and assistants making sundry sur-
veys, plans, recording deeds, etc.,
from December 19, 1891, to No-
vember 22, 1892
New England Telephone and Tele-
graph Co., use of 3 telephones .
Paid John B. Clarke Co., printing:
15,000 bills .....
500 reports, 32 pages, and cover
1,200 blanks of various kinds .
Advertising i line at sundry times ■ .
Paid Union Publishing Co., advertising
sundry notices ....
Paid A. S. Campbell & Co., printing:
2,000 postals and printing
5.00
166.85
34
00
31
00
6
75
8
50
8
25
24.
25
$2,443-97
C04
KEPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
1,500 note heads in blocks
13,700 water notices
500 postals and printing .
1,700 bill heads . . . .
Paid N. P. Hunt, services in drawing lease
N. P. Hunt, services in Brown deed
N. P. Hunt, services in Webster
deed . . . . .
Oilman B. Hoyt, recording deeds
Paid town of Auburn :
Tax on J. P. Chase land, 1892
Tax on store land, 1892
Grififin & Chase land, 1892
G. & G. W. Reed land, 1892
Neal land, 1892
Page land, 1892
Woodbury & Brown land, 1892
Whittemore land, 1892
Paid John Bryson, painting 3 signs
E. R. Coburn & Co., rubber bands,
envelopes, paper, and other sta-
tionery . . . . .
Moore & Preston, 5 tons egg coal
^5-5°
20.10
6.00
9-5°
2.00
2.00
2.00
•77
1. 10
12.04
2.49
6-33
2.49
•57
4-3^
6-57
2.50
14.06
37-50
590.50
Total expenditures
Amount transferred to reserved fund
^, 7 78.00
222.00
Commons.
;,ooo.oo
Appropriation
Transferred from reserved fund
5,oco.oo
726.64
5,726.64
COMMONS.
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-rolls :
January ..... $6.50
February
42.50
April .
199-75
May
234-50
June
305-50
July . .
180.25
August
140.75
September
156.75
October
183-75
November
94.00
December
55-25
Paid as per pay-roll, district No. 2 :
January ^io-34
February
.
.
71.48
March .
6.25
May
.
1-75
June
9-93
605
Si, 599-50
J>99-75
REPAIRS AND GENERAL EXPENSES.
Paid L. M. Aldrich, repairing fence, etc. $2.63
L. M. Aldrich, filing saws, etc. . 2.00
S. C. Dwinnells, 6 rakes and re-
pairing 5 rakes .... 4.60
F. S. Bodwell, labor repairing fence
on Merrimack square . . 25.75
Paid S. C. Forsaith Machine Co.:
Repairs on lawn mower . . . i.oo
1,580 feet chestnut, Merrimack com-
mon 39.50
606 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
112 feet spruce, Merrimack common . $2.24
10 hours' labor, Merrimack common 4.00
Paid Water- Works, use of water . . 600.00
Paid Flint &: Little :
Making i new and repairing .1 old
ladder ......
Filing saws, etc. ....
Labor, lumber, and hardware on band
stands . . . ' .
45 hours' labor on tree boxes .
Paid Head & Dowst Co., 152 feet i by
6 spruce, Merrimack common .
Higgins Bros. Co., 100 settees, as
per contract . . > .
Paid C. H. Hutchinson :
Sharpening and repairing lawn mowers
17 hours' labor, repairs on fence
2 lbs. iron .....
I grate, 197 lbs. ....
Screws ......
Paid Peter Harris, sharpening lawn
mowers ...... 3.00
Paid H. Leibing :
Painting iron fence on Merrimack
common . .. . . . 135 00
Painting fence around monument .• 13-05
Painting fountains, fences, and urinal 29.17
Painting band stand. Concord com-
mon . . . . . . 22.12
Paid Thos. A. Lane, labor and materials,
Hanover spring and fountain . 8.25
Thos. A. Lane, dippers, sheet cop-
per, and labor on fountains . 26.58
J. B. McCrillis, repairing mowing
machine ..... 1.65
J. B. McCrillis, repairing horse rake 1.25
6-33
2.04
43-71
11.25
2.43
437-5°
32.29
6.80
.06
2.91
•15
COMMONS.
607
Paid David Thayer, stove and stovepipe ^2.50
L. Pope, making 26 irons for seats 3.00
L. Pope, iron for gate . . . .50
L. Pope, sharpening picks and drills 4.90
Paid Pike &: Heald, for band stand.
Concord common :
^296 lbs. galvanized iron . . . 22.20
25 lbs. solder ..... 5.00
5 lbs. nails . . . . • . .50
26 hours' labor .... 12.60
Paid A. & D. M. Poore, i^ ton Cum-
berland coal .... 3.25
A. & D. M. Poore, wood . . .50
Carl E. York, 6 barrels . . 3.00
Sargent &: Corson, 19 lbs. Mars
green 3.42
Sargent & Corson, y^ gal. spirits .25
John B. Varick Co., garden rakes,
wire, pails, brooms, rifles, wire
nails, weeding hooks, staples, oil,
chains, screws, lantern globe, etc. 68.39
Adams & Tasker, 2 casks N. ce-
ment ..... 2.70
John J. Bennett, 230 brick and %
day's labor .... 2.47
A. J. Sawyer, 4,139 feet planks
and boards . . . . 66.22
$1,668.66
FLOWERS, LOAM, ETC.
Paid J. N. Auger, 316 bushels leached
ashes $36.48
H. H. Huntress, plants for Merri-
mack common .... 49*25
J. S. Holt & Co., 8 cords, 60 bush-
els, leached ashes . . . 1 07*50
608 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Manchester Slaughtering & Ren-
dering Co., 1,000 lbs. fertilizer
stock ..... $10.00
Ray Brook Gardens, plants for
Hanover common . . . 20.00
John B. Varick Co., redtop, white
clover, and other seeds . . 29.50
D. H. Young, 8 feet manure . 4.00
Frank Fitts, plants for Hanover
common ..... 20.00
A. G. Hood, filling 3 flower beds
on Tremont common . . 60.00
H. E. Babcock, 1,100 tulips . . 22.00
$358-73
Total expenditures .... . $3,726.64
Stark Park.
Appropriation ..... $1,500.00
Amount transferred from reserved fund. .25
$1,500.25.
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid men and teams, as per pay-roll, commons :
June ...... $18.00
September ..... 153-50
October ..... 242.50
November . . . . . 5i-75
$465.75
ENGINEERING SERVICES.
Paid Morton. & Quimby, furnishing design for Stark
park garden $1,000.00
I
PINE GROVE CEMETERY.
609
TOOLS.
Paid A. & W. S. Heath, 5 pairs rubber
boots .....
;?i4-75
Paid John B. Varick Co. :
I Clipper scythe ....
.60
I ash snath . . . .
•50
I 3-horse Yankee plow
14.50
I 2-horse Yankee plow point
•65
4 bolts and 2 pick handles
.60
BLACKSMITHING.
Paid Leander Pope, sharpening tools
Total expenditures
— $31-60
$2.90
$1,500.25
Pine Grove Cemetery.
Appropriation ..... $6,600.00
Amount transferred from reserved fund . 761.26
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-rolls
January
. $186.38
February
201.95
March .
149.61
April .
241.49
May . . .
361.89
June
517.65
July . . .
404.85
$7,361.26
3i)
610
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
August ....
^591.87
September
512.70
October
440.85
November
256.10
December
156.00
$4,021.34
LAND.
Paid Harriet James for land, deed dated
June 28, 1892 .... $260.15
John" C. Ray, land, deed dated
June 28, 1892 ..... 260.14
$520.26
PLANTS, TREES, LOAM, CLAY, ETC.
Paid H. H. Huntress, plants of all kinds $51-10
J. L. Golden, 7 loads loam . . 3.50
Joseph Quirin, 36 loads loam . 54-00
Waterman Smith, 250 feet turf . 5.00
Gordon Woodbury, 225 loads loam 281.25
C. C. Webster, 354 loads clay . 354-00
Crafts & Green, 88 loads loam . 44.00
John Muir, 15 loads loam . . 7.50
John B. Varick Co., grass seed, etc. 19.10
>i9-4S
WATER, TELEPHONE, FUEL.
Paid Water- Works, 332,000 cubic feet
water at 15c. . . . . $498.00
New England Telegraph & Tele-
phone Co., use of telephone,
cemetery, and house of superin-
tendent ..... 84.00
E. P. Johnson Co., 4 tons egg coal 28.50
)io.5o
PINE GROVE CEMETERY. 611
BOOKS AND STATIONERY.
Paid William E. Moore :
Printing and binding i blank book . ^4.00
Printing and binding interment book 4.00
500 note heads, blocked . . . 2.50
Postals and printing .... 3.00
50 blank bills with stub . . . 2.00
Other printing . , . . . 5.00
Paid John B. Clarke Co., printing 200-
page blank book ... 6.25
John B. Clarke Co., advertising
water bills, 4 lines, 3 times . 2.40
Temple & Farrington Co., ink,
paper, penholder, pencils, etc. . 4.76
Temple «Sr Farrington Co., other
stationery . . . ... 3.87
• $37-78
REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS.
Paid Bartlett, Gay & Young, 3 y^-wash
hydrants $i5-7S
Bartlett, Gay & Young, 2 No. 18
grates ..... 10.67
John T. Beach, carriage repairs . 19-65
S. C. Forsaith Machine Co., 300
stakes and trucking . . . 5.75
S. C. Forsaith Machine Co., 216
hours' labor on fence . . 86.40
John T. Gott, cleaning one vault . 4.00
Paid C. H. Hutchinson, repairs on fence:
57 lbs. iron at 3c. . . . . 1.71
8 lbs. babbitt 2.00
38^ hours' labor ... . i5'3o
Repairs on lawn mower ... .70
Paid Thomas A. Laqe :
41 2 J/^ feet 3-inch T. pipe . . . 87.83
612
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
6 3 X I T. cross .
123x1 tees
13x1 cross
2 3 inch plugs .
Trucking and freight
Materials and labor .
Paid James Morrison, sharpening and re
pairing picks
L. M. Aldrich, filing 2 saws .
Pike & Heald, damper,, mica, col
lar, etc., for stove
Pike & Heald, plumbing materials
and labor ....
B. A. Stearns, cash paid F. L. Wal
lace & Co., for one casket bar
Paid John B. Varick Co. :
2 lawn mower^ . . .
650 lbs. barbless wire
300 feet 5-inch hose .
100 feet f-inch hose .
2 brass padlocks
2 dump wheelbarrows
2 steel scythes ....
Other hardware ....
Paid Head «S: Dowst Co., 140 chestnut
posts .
Head & Dowst Co., 1,636 ft. spruce
joists
Estate Charles H. Robie, 11 17.2
sq. yards concrete
J. J. Abbott, paint and labor
sewers and drains, EHstrict No.
I grate ....
sewers and drains. District No.
500 brick at 69c. per hundred
sewers and drains. District No.
barrel cement .
$12.78
17.16
2.13
1.00
3-74
13-34
2.10
.40
96.88
2.25
6.00
22.75
22.50
9.00
1.50
4-5°
1-35
19.62
26.18
726.18
' 9.61
1.94
3-45
1.38
$1,288.60
VALLEY CEMETERY.
613
SUNDRIES.
Paid B. A. Stearns, cash paid for clean-
ing house $3-8o
Whitten & Fifield, use of teams by
committee .... 53-5°
John Driscoll, water filter . . i.^o
John Driscoll, 6 large sprinklers . 4.50
Total expenditures .....
$63.30
$7,361.26
Appropriation
Valley Cemetery.
Expenditures.
LABOR.
$3,000.00
Paid labor of men
and team?
, as per pay-rolls :
January
February
March
$72-31
81.36
66.34
April .
May .
141-73
199.00
June .
July .
August
September .
October
>
275-50
215-13
257-49
180.54
150.80
November
158.85
December
59-75
Paid B. F. Bascomb, 13^4 days' labor of
team ..... $51-00
F. M. Barnard, 4 days' labor of
team ..... 16.00
$1,858.80
614 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
I'aid ratrick Kane, labor
^5.00
Joseph Brown, team 6g}4 hours .
27.80
F. X. Chenette, team .
4.00
di- -r ^ ^ Oy*
JSIO3.OO
WATER.
Paid Water-Works, use of water
^45-45
TURF, LOAM, PLANTS,
ETC.
Paid Joseph Brown, 98 loads loam
$126.60
J. Francis, plants
56.82
H. H. Huntress, wintering plants
3.00
M. Haley, 28 loads loam
28.00
Michael Murray, 3 cords manure .
15.00
Manchester Slaughtering & Ren-
dering Co., 600 lbs. fertilizer .
6.00
J. W. Rand, 5,560 lbs. wood ashes
30-58
Ray Brook Garden, plants .
62.23
John B. Varick Co., grass seed.
etc. .....
21.95
H. Vaughan, manure .
5.00
H. M. Whitney, i Japan snowball
1.25
Peter 0. Woodman, 26 loads loam
13.00
Peter 0. Woodman, 850 feet turf .
10.25
Peter 0. Woodman, 7 loads loam .
3-5°
B. F. Bascomb, 3 loads loam
3-9°
H. E. Babcock & Co., plants
2.00
F. X. Chenette, 27 loads sand
5-13
PRINTING AND STATIONERY.
Paid Temple & Farrington Co., paper, ^
pencils, mucilag?, pens, and
other stationery . . . $i-io
F. G. Riddle, printing blanks . 3.25
S. S. Piper, postmaster, 100
stamped envelopes . . . 2.18
•53
VALLEY CEMETERY.
615
REPAIRS, TOOLS, AND IMPROVEMENTS.
Paid L. M. Aldrich, lumber, hardware,
and labor ....
Paid F. S. Bodwell :
Labor, 4 men, 42 days
I load stone ....
4* days' use of derrick
10 stone steps ....
Paid J. Hodge, 14 ft. 2-inch sapling
J. Hodge, T hour's labor
Thomas A. Lane, oval bowl, putty
200 hose washers, and labor
Thomas A. Lane, 56 hose bands
Thomas A. Lane, plumbing mate
rials and labor .
Manchester Hardware Co., 2 steel
rakes ....
Manchester Hardware Co., 2 wood
en rakes ....
William Sutcliffe, sharpening and
repairing picks
Paid John B. Varick Co. :
Brooms, shovels, grass hooks, scythe
stones, wire nails, and other hard
ware .....
150 feet rubber hose . _ .
I lawn mower .
Wedges and twine .
Paid J. Brown, 3 loads stone
B. F. Bascomb, 5 loads stone
Paid S. C. Forsaith Machine Co. :
221^ hours' labor . . ^88.60
556 lbs. castings . . 19.46
124 lbs. iron . . . 3.72
^12.78
40.50
3-5°
3-37
70.00
•35
.10
5.10
2.24
14.92
.90
.80
.90
13.84
13-50
6.00
.67
5-25
7-50
Less 2,100 lbs. old iron
;iii.78
10.50
101. 2e
616 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
2 2-inch pine boxes, 94 X 40 X 12 , $4.00
Paid Jones & Co., painting fence as per
contract ..... 179.00
Pike & Heald, plumbing materials
and labor . . . . 84.86
Palmer (S; Garmon, labor on Sewall
Fogg's lot ... . .45
Receiving Tomb.
Appropriation ......
Expenditures.
Paid Head & Dowst Co., materials and
labor ..... $290.22
Frank S. Bodwell, 3 men, 3 hours,
resetting steps ....
Frank S. Bodwell, i load stone
Total expenditures .
Amount transferred to reserved fund
Derryfield Park.
Appropriation ..... $500.00
Amount transferred from reserved fund . .05
171-81
SUNDRIES.
Paid G. W. Dodge, i pair rubber boots . . $2.25
Total expenditures . . . . . $2,982.85
Amount transferred to reserved fund . . . 17-15
2.00
3.00
$295.22
.
$295.22
54-78
$350.00
$500.05
EAST MANCHESTER CEMETERY.
617
* Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men and teams, as per commons pay-
roll :
July .
August
September
October
November
goo. GO
229.25
1 1 1. GO
61.75
I. GO
BLACKSMITHING AND HARDWARE.
Paid Leander Pope, sharpening drills ,
John B. Varick Co., 2 manure
forks .....
John B. Varick Co., axes, ax han-
dle, saws, mattocks, stone wedg-
es, shims, drill hammers and
handles, dynamite and fuse, and
other hardware . . .
L. M. Aldrich, spruce lumiber, la-
bor, etc. .....
J. J.Abbott, painting and letter-
ing 12 sig.13
Total expenditures
^1-55
1.5G
18.19
3.81
6.00
$469.00
$31-05
500-05
Appropriation
East Manchester Cemetery.
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid George Drennells, 4 days' labor
H. C. Dickey, 6 days' labor .
$b.GO
10.50
$IOG.OO
618 KEPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Wm. Hardy, 33^ days' labor . $5-25
J. M. Hall, 6 days' labor . . 9.00
Charles Palmer, 6 days' labor » . 9.00
C. P. Still, 6 days' labor with team 24.00
Chas. Shannessey, 2 days' labor . 3.00
Alvin G. Bean, 6 days' labor with
team ..... 22.00
R. P. Stevens & Co., man and
team one day .... 4.00
R. P. Stevens & Co., 100 lbs. lead
at 45C. .....
John B. Varick Co., 6 lbs. powder
John B. Varick Co., 50 feet fuse .
John B. Varick Co., i mattock
Total expenditures
Amount transferred to reserved fund
4-5°
.90
.20
1. 00
$99-35
.
$99-35
•
■65
$100.00
Goffe's Falls Cemetery.
Appropriation . ;^ 100.00
Expenditures.
Amount transferred to reserved fund . . . $100.00
Amoskeag Cemetery.
Appropriation ..... $100.00
Amount transferred from reserved fund . 78.09
$178.09
PAUPERS OFF THE FARM.
619
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid Jas. E. Bailey, 41 days' labor
$73-64
Jas. E. Bailey, labor of team, 3 J
days .....
5-25
Jas. E. Bailey, labor of A. McGaff-
ney, 4 days ....
6.00
$84.89
WATER.
Paid Water- Works, use of water, season 1892
;i2.oo
SUNDRIES.
Paid James E. Bailey :
40 loads gravel ....
§2.00
31 posts ......
4.65
62 lbs. nails .....
2.17
16 days' labor, self ....
28.00
5 days' labor, Jos. Hamilton
7-5°
eyz days' labor, F. D. Heath .
11.38
3 days' labor, A. McGaffney
4-5°
Paid Head & Dowst Co., lumber for
fence ......
21.00
S81.20
Total expenditures
$178-09
Paupers off the Farm.
Appropriation ..... $5,000.00
Amount transferred from reserved fund . 726.94
$5,726.94
620
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Expenditures.
GROCERIES.
Paid G. W. Adams .... $67.00
Bartlett & Thompson
85.00
John Cashman
87.85
Eager & Rand
65.00
H. I. Faucher
20.00
T. F. Fifield
245.00
Griffin Brothers
937-50
H. J. Holmes
10.66
0. D. Knox & Co.
66.00
George C. Lord .
10.00
Lacourse & Laneville
57-92
McQuade Brothers
72.00
Thomas H. Mahoney .
242.05
D. M. Poore
40.00
E. W. Perkins .
46.00
Joseph Quirin
, 74-84
D. A. Shanahan .
144.00
Henry Weber
247-35
S. M. Worthley .
8.00
Carl E. York
57.00
^2,583.17
FUEL.
Paid L. B. Bodwell & Co. .
$15.12
F. X. Chenette .
16.80
DeCourcy, Holland & Marshall
45.00
Dunlap & Wason Coal Co. .
46.51
S. L. Flanders . '^ .
36.00
E. P. Johnson Co.
49.14
Charles Lessard .
-50
Moore & Preston .
9-37
August Schink
18.30
PAUPERS OFF THE FARM.
621
Paid J. P. Russell & Co.
I36.00
John Perham
3.00
W. E. Prescott .
3-25
$278.99
BOAR!
) AND CARE.
Paid J. S. Bodkins
$21.00
Mrs. William Chase
40.00
Charles H. Giles .
101.50
A. D. Hatch
120.00
Carrie E. Jackson
123.30
William Larkin
3-5°
Charles Lowe
91.26
W. B. Linehan .
3.00
H. P. Marshall .
. 4.50
Christina Maycock
125.90
Mrs. Agnes Masse
96.00
N. H. Asylum for Insai
le . . 39.7S
State Industrial school
1,171.08
Daniel Stevens
96.00
William H. Gilmore
29.31
St. Patrick's Orphan H
ome . . 70.00
town of Lebanon .
164.21
John D. Welcome
20.00
county of Hillsborough
126.68
William Whelpley
52.00
Bridget McLane .
18.00
$2,517.02
CI
.OTHING.
Paid James T. Donahoe
$5.00
Dodge & Straw
4.45
Joseph Murray
10.65
M. A. McDonough
5.00
Michael F. 0 'Toole
1.50
E. F. Scheer
1.25
Weston & Martin .
5.90
<-2?.7C
622 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
MEDICINES, MEDICAL SERVICES, FUNERAL EXPENSES.
Paid Lewis K. Mead, prescriptions and
medicines . . . . . $79' 15
F. H. Thurston, medicines . . So-^S
Dr. I. L. Carpenter, certificate of
insanity, Florence Sullivan . 3.00
Paid Dr. Fred Perkins :
Certificate of insanity, Lucius Colby . 3.00
Certificate of insanity, Florence Sulli-
van ...... 3.00
Certificate of insanity, Ludger Garvis 3.00
Services in case of E. C. Miller . . 13-00
Certificate of insanity . . . 3.00
Paid J. Frank Robinson, .certificate of
insanity, Lucius Colby . . 3.00
Amos G. Straw, certificate of in-
sanity, Ludger Garvis . . 3.00
F. X. Chenette, funeral expenses of
Rene Tousignant . . . 10.00
Paid Kean & Sheehan, funeral expenses :
Child of George P. Hastings . . 15-00
Joseph Cardinal .... 25.00
Patrick Ford ..... 25.00
Mrs. Patrick Donnelly . . . 40.00
SUNDRIES.
Paid John B. Clarke Co., printing 500
blanks $2.25
Temple & Farrington Co., 8 direc-
tories ..... 16.00
Temple & Farrington Co., i al-
manac ..... .08
Temple & Farrington Co., ink,
rubber bands, etc. . . . i.io
^278.98
CITY FARM.
623
Paid Whitten & Fifield, use of team to
city farm .....
B. F. Lake, _ expense conveying
Ludger Garvis and Florence Sul-
livan to insane asylum
W. J. Freeman, -hack to city farm .
Total expenditures
12. lO
1.50
$35-03
$5,726.94
City Farm.
Appropriation ....
Amount transferred from reserved fund
$7,500.00
759-17
$8,259.
17
Expenditures.
HOUSE AND FARM LABOR.
Paid L. M. Streeter, superintendent
$500.00
Mary E. Streeter, matron
300.00
Emma M. Streeter
13436
Thomas Burke
146.25
Ann Cunningham
17-57
Jane Carpenter
F. W. Clark
2.15
23.00
Mrs. C. A. Goddard
27.65
Charles A. Goddard
40.98
Daniel Grant
142.20
Hannah Hackett .
67-56
John Murray
J. T. Murphy
E. S. Merrill
4.00
60.65
12.86
Maria Nichols
16.29
James Powers
L. J. Proctor
Herbert Quimby .
15-33
350-55
76.65
624
•REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
id Mrs. Herbert Quimby .
$49.29
Fred Sanborn
242.60
W. K. Stockdale . . . .
4-5°
Mrs. Charles Thompson
23-35.
Charles Thompson
43-65
E. S. Young
• * 3-00
Mary Maloney
14.14
Henry Swain
44.72
Mary McGuire ....
17.36
Mary Smith
3.00
Nellie Pingree
17.50
John McNally . . . .
7-99
Mrs. D. B. Hutchins .
7.00
Rose Fisk ....
3.86
Mary Eagan
6.00
Annie Cook
1.50
Kate Rogers
4.08
Susan Taylor
9.00
$2,440.59.
FUEL.
Paid A. & D. M. Poore, 54^095 lbs. egg
and broken coal . . . $158.75
A. & D. M. Poore, 2 barrels Cum-
berland coal .... 2.00
A. & D. M. Poore, i bbl. charcoal .40
Moore & Preston, 22,820 lbs. stove
coal 79-83
$240.98-
CLOTHING AND DRY GOODS.
Paid George Blanchet, cotton, print,
cambric, etc. .... $34-62
Barton & Co., print, flannel, crash,
napkins, batting, cambric, etc. . 161.83
Cushmah & Hardy, jumpers, over-
alls, suspenders, pants, hats, etc. 18.55
CITY FARM.
625.
Paid Clark & Estey, hose, socks, under-
vests, rubbers, fine combs, elas-
tic, etc $28.54
G. W. Dodge, boots, shoes, and
rubbers from Sept. 3 to Dec. 28,
1 89 1, and from January to May
II, 1892 55.94
Paid Fred. C. Dow :
3 pairs gum boots
I pair strap shoes
I pair glove congress
Other boots and shoes
Paid James A. Folsom, pants and vests
A. & W. S. Heath, 16 pairs shoes
H. M. Moody, coats, vests, pants,
hats, neckties, etc. . . . 149-73
Weston & Hill Co., print and bat-
ting 3-76
Wingate & Gould, boots and shoes 11-85
7-50
1. 00
1.25
9.50
6.50
s 16.40
^506.97
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS.
Paid Bartlett & Thompson, beef, pork,
etc $48.43
Allen N. Clapp, 2 barrels kerosene
oil, 100^ gallons, at 8^c. . 8.54
Dodge & Laing, beans, beef, tur-
keys, etc. ..... 96.38
A. G. Grenier, coffee, peas, etc. . 66.11
Hardy & Co., coffee, tea, yeast, etc. 21.05
Geo. H. Hubbard, 171 lbs. tobacco 47-46
Daniel Johnson, 162 lbs. sausage . 17-64
Daniel Johnson, 2 lbs. sage . . .50
W. D. Ladd& Co., 4 bbls. crackers 10.20
McQuade Brothers, i box tobacco,
34 lbs 8.50
626
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid McQuade Brothers, 55 lbs. tobacco §i3-75
McQuade Brothers, groceries . 180.17
Manchester Provision Co., 11 lbs.
bologna ..... .66
Merrill & Freeman, 12 barrels Pills-
bury's flour .... 68.10
E. S. Newton, boneless cod and
other fish 74-78
New York Market, meats, etc. . 73-42
Henry W. Parker, 47 barrels Pills-
bury's flour .... 267.50
Henry W. Parker, 5 barrels Mill-
wood flour .... 23.25
Henry W. Parker, 3 barrels St.
Louis flour .... 13-00
Public Market, meats and other
provisions. .... 220.87
Jos. Quirin, 91 J lbs. tobacco . 22.98
Jos. Quirin, molasses and other gro-
ceries ..... 261.04
H. N. Robbins, soap and horse-
radish ..... 1.30
C. W. Stevens, 206 lbs. tea . . 43-oo
S. M. Swett, groceries . . . 12.54
J. H. Wiggin & Co., groceries . 28.45
Carl E. York, groceries . . 69.72
Clarence R. Merrill, 8 barrels Pills-
bury's flour .... 40.00
$i-739-34
FURNITURE AND COOKING UTENSILS.
Paid Clark M. Bailey, 24 Tto-quart milk-
Fans $3.50
Clark M. Bailey, 3 milk-pans . 2.00
Clark M. Bailey, drip-pan, knife,
tray, brooms, etc. . . . 16.94
CITY FARM. 627
Paid Wm. H. Elliott, i piano box . $2.00
" The Kitchen," 6 lamps, 2 cad-
dies, sieves, scoops, stone jar, etc. 13-42
R. McQuarry, i 6-gallon jar . i.oo
Manchester Heating & Lighting
Co., I short center No. to Pal-
ace R .85
Manchester Heating and Lighting
Co., 2 grates for range . . 3.00
F. E. Nelson, dippers, strainers,
pie-plates, coffee, pots, nappies,
chimneys, dishes, etc.
Darwin A. Simons, 12 chairs
Darwin A. Simons, 12 chairs
Darwin A. Simons, rent on chairs
and crockery . . . ;
C. A. Trefethen, i alarm clock
G. R. Vance, 2 5-gallon cream
pails .....
G. R. Vance, i strainer
D. B. Varney, copper boiler
L. M. Streeter, 2 bedsteads, com-
mode, set of springs . . . 6.00
Pike & Heald, coal hod, sad irons,
etc 5.38
■ — ^170.
75-71
8.50
7.80
1.72
1.00
2.00
1.00
18.70
MEDICAL SERVICES AND MEDICINE.
Paid I. L. Carpenter, M. D., consulta-
tion on L. Colby as to insanity $3-oo
L. K. Mead, medicines . . .''6.05
W. F. Childs, services as dentist
from March 12, 1S91, to April
7, 1892 3.25
Z. F. Campbell, medicines . . 3.05
A. J. Rotchford, hoof ointment . 1.70
$67-05
628 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
FERTILIZERS, SEEDS, ETC.
Paid Mrs. J. Ahern, ;^^}^ ft. manure . $16.62
Thomas Frain, ly's cords manure . 4.00
James J. H. Gregory, garden seeds 9.95
E. T. James, 12 cords, 73 feet, ma-
nure ..... 50.28
Merrill & Freeman, 2,000 lbs.
Reese fertilizer . . . 33'00
Merrill & Freeman, 25 bushels seed
oats ..... 11.88
S. B. Putnam, 3 loads manure . 5.00
H. E. Vaughan, 5 36-128 cords of
manure . . . . . 18.48
John B. Varick Co., 104 lbs. timo-
thy seed . . . . . 4.42
J. J. Sullivan, 2 loads manure . 3.00
HARDWARE.
Paid Killey & Wadleigh, hone, screw-
driver, four rim locks, tacks, cat-
tle cards, sponges, currycombs,
and other hardware . . . $12.35
Manchester Hardware Co., harrow 25.00
Manchester Hardware Co.,hardware 77-56
John B. Varick Co., i creamer . 48.00
John B. Varick Co., 2 butter-
workers ..... .24
Jol n B. Varick Co., wire nails, fuse,
locks, knobs, and other hardware 10.84
Wadleigh Hardware Co., 6 scythe
stones, casting, and other hard-
ware ..... 56.65
$156.63
^230. 64
CITY FARM.
6^9
HAY, GRAIN, AND OTHER FEED.
Paid Adams & Tasker, bran, oats, wheat,
etc. ...... $115.61
McDougall Brothers, threshing 168
bushels oats at 6c. . . . 10.08
Merrill & Freeman, bran, mid-
dlings, salt .... 21.30
Merrill & Freeman, oats and grind-
ing corn . . . . . 364.32
Pettee & Adams, grinding . . 8.79
Clarence R. Merrill, bran, etc. . 97'33
REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS.
Paid James R. Carr &: Co., paints, oil,
etc. ...... $36.80
James R. Carr & Co., 20 days'
labor ..... 45-00
D. E. Guiney, repairs on steam
pipe and packing 20 steam valves 4.25
Paid Head & Dowst Co. :
700 chimney brick .... 4.55
200 feet 12-inch spruce boards . . 3.20
Repairing pump . . .' . 1.50
444 feet spruce . . . . 7.10
100 feet barn boards . . . 2.30
716 feet hemlock boards . . . 10.02
214 feet spruce .... 6.17
1,000 cedar shingles . . . . 31-76
56 feet drag plank . . . . ' 2.24
Paid Peter Harris, making six keys . i.oo
Paid C. H. Hutchinson, iron and lum-
ber ...... .17
2634^ hours' labor on windmill, repair-
ing shackles ..... 10.50
$617.43
6B0 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Boiler repairs , . . . . $7' 15
Labor and material making scrapers . 3.34
Paid Kimball Carriage Co., repairs on
sleigh 43-5°
Thomas A. Lane, labor and mate-
rial for pump .... 205.59
Mahurin Lightning-Rod Co., la-
bor and rods .... 64.50
Manchester Locomotive Works, 45
lbs. steel plate . . . . 1.80
L. M. Aldrich, 5 hours' labor . 1.25
Pike & Heald, repairing windmill
pump ..... 6.92
Pike & Heald, materials and labor
on various things . . . 13-86
R. M. Rollins & Son, knives, Pit-
man rod, box tedder forks, etc.,
for machine . . . . 16.55
Smith & Winchester, 128 ft. 6 in.
artesian well .... 1,024.00
J. H. Wales, i^ days' mason work 6.13
J. H. Wales, cement . . . .15
L. N. Westover, 10^ hours labor 4.30
L. N. Westover, 11 feet white oak .66
L. N. Westover, 6 maple table legs 1.20
Adams & Tasker, i cask lime . .95
J. J. Abbott, ^2 gallon varnish . 1.50
J. J. Abbott, cherry stain . . .50
E. Gatz, 7^ hours' work . . 2.90
E. Gatz, 4 feet pine . . . .10
J. B. McCrillis & Son, repairing
wagons, etc. . . '' . . 47.86
Peter Harris, keys ... -3°
BLACKSMITHING, HARNESSES, ETC.
Paid Amos Dow, shoeing horses . . $8.65
J. O. Tremblay, shoeing horses . 83.00
^1,621.57
CITY FARM. 631
Paid F. N. McLaren, repairing harnesses,
etc. ...... $i.oo
Hill, Spaulding & Co., lap robe,
etc 4.15
N. J. Whalen, whips, chamois, axle
grease, etc. .... 25.90
Thomas P. Riley, robe, brush, etc. 9.75
INSURANCE.
Paid John Dowst, agent, insurance on
city farm buildings, in the Cap-
itol Fire Insurance Co., policy
18,856 ..... $20.00
C. M. Edgerly, insurance in the
Peoples Fire Insurance Co., pol-
icy No. 100,943 . . . 40.00
A. Elliott & Co., insurance in the
Granite State Insurance Co., pol-
icy No. 43,316 .... 40.00
A. Elliott & Co., insurance in the
Northern Insurance Co., policy
No. 10,124 .... 40.00
E. P. Richardson, agent, insurance
in the N. H. Fire Insurance Co. 60.00
TELEPHONE AND STATIONERY.
Paid New England Telegraph & Tele-
phone Co., use of telephones . $42.00
Temple & Farrington Co., blank
books, paper, mucilage, etc. . 12.25
J. O. Burbank, printing postals,
bill-heads ..... 6.00
Nate Kellogg, 100 postals . . i.oo
Nate Kellogg, printing and sta-
tionery ..... 5.00
$132.45
$66.25
632
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
SUNDRIES.
Paid Clark M. Bailey, 2 dozen brooms . $7-5o
J. Hayes & Co., 14 barrels . . 14-25
J. Hayes & Co., i half-barrel . 1.50
" New England Homestead," from
March i, 1892,10 March 1,1893 ^-5°
L. M. Streeter, postofifice box rent,
quarter ending March i, 1892 . .75
L. M. Streeter, expenses to Groton
and Wentworth, after help . 6.50
Union Publishing Co., "Daily
Union " to Jan. i, 1892 . . 6.00
Union Publishing Co., advertis-
ing wants . . . . . 1.75
E. C. Tilton, cutting ice . . 7.50
Charles C. Chase, castrating pigs . 3.00
Samuel Richardson, grinding 395
bushels of apples . . . 18.50
$68.75
Total expenditures
>259-i7
Indigent Soldiers.
Appropriation .....
Expenditures.
GROCERIES.
Paid G. W. Adams ....
$38.00
A. M. Eastman .
10.01
Griffin Brothers .
20.00
George C. Lord .
6.00
E. W. Perkins
16.00
Thomas H. Mahoney
12.00
Eager & Rand .
6.00
0. D. Knox & Co.
16.00
$1,000.00
; 1 24.0 1
FREE BEDS, ELLIOT HOSPITAL. 633
FUEL.
Paid Decourcy & Holland
Moore & Preston .
J. Masse
BOARD AND CARE.
Paid Bridget Milene
Mary McCook
John Flynn .
Paid L. K. Mead
F. H. Thurston
MEDICINES.
$2.00
3-75
7-5°
$13-25
^68.00
38.00
10.00
$116.00
$6.70
1.50
S8.20
Total expenditures ..... $261.46
Amount transferred to reserved fund . . . 738.54
$1,000.00
Women's Aid and Relief Hospital.
Appropriation ...... . . $500.00
EXPENDITURES.
Paid Women's Aid and Relief Hospital . . $500.00
Free Beds, Elliot Hospital.
Appropriation ..... $600.00
Amount transferred from reserved fund . 300.00
$900.00
EXPENDITURES.
Paid Elliot Hospital, amount for 3 free beds . . $900.00
034 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Decoration of Soldiers' Graves.
Appropriation . . . . . $300.00
Transferred from reserved fund . . 21.75
Expenditures.
Paid to A. D. Scovell, commander of Louis Bell Post
No. 3, G. A. R., bills paid sundry persons for ex-
penditures incurred on Memorial Day, May 30,
1891:
PRINTING.
Paid Press Printing and Publishing Co.,
50 general orders . . . $o-75
John B. Clarke Co., 100 half-note
circulars . . . . . i.oo
John B. Clarke Co., 420 postals . 1.75
John B. Clarke Co., 1,000 programs 4.00
Temple & Farrington Co., 50 blanks .87
CARRIAGE HIRE.
Paid C. H. Simpson, use of hack . . $4-oo
E. T. James, use of landau . . ,4-oo
G. W. Reed, use of hack . . 4.00
Felch's stable, use of hack . . 4.00
E. V. Turcotte, use of hack and
barge ..... 9.00
A. L. Jenness & Son, use of carry-
all 1.50
A. L. Jenness & Son, use of landau 4.00
J. C. Nichols & Son, use of hack . 4.00
Whitten & Fifield, ust of hack . 4.00
F. X. Chenette, use of hack . . 4.00
W. J. Freeman, use of hack . . 4.00
Geo. E. Wheeler, use of barouche 4.00
George E. Wheeler, use of carryall
and driver .... 3.00
;2i-75
•37
DECORATION OP SOLDIERS' GRAVES.
635
Paid C. C. Webster, use of barge
J. W. Truell, use of hack
4.00
MUSIC AND SINGING.
Paid West Manchester Drum Corps . $10.00
Manchester Drum Corps . . 10.00
Manchester Military (First Regi-
ment) band . . . . 75 -oo
Apollo Club .... 10.00
SUNDRIES.
Paid Palmer & Garmon, 50 stone mark-
ers . . . . . . $22.50
John B. Varick Co., 4 hammers
and tacks ..... .72
First N. H. Battery, powder, etc. . 10.25
J. H. Wiggin & Co., 7 doz. lem-
ons, 10 lbs. sugar . . . 2.25
Jas. W. Wilson, flowers and plants i.6o
E. R. Coburn & Co., i flag . . 3.25
Hartley E. Vaughan, labor and
teams . . . . . 12.10
J. Shine, for team . . . i.oo
D. H. Morgan, use of team to get
flowers ..... 4.00
Clark Waters, services . . . 2.00
A. D. Scovell, use of team . . 2.00
A. D. Scovell, postal cards and sun-
dries . . . . . • 5.70
Louis Bell Post No. 3, 543 flags . 54-3o
Head & Dowst Co., labor and lum-
ber, stand on common . . 23.71
$105.00
$145-38
Total expenditures
;2i.75
636
EEPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOK.
Militia.
Appropriation
S900.00
Expenditures.
Paid the following parties for maintenance of ar-
mories from Feb. 12, 1S92, to Feb. 12, 1893 :
Amoskeag Veterans
5100.00
City Guards ....
.
100.00
First Regiment, N. H. X. G. (band)
100.00
First Regiment Headquarters, X.
H.
X. G
100.00
Lafayette Guards .
100.00
^Manchester Cadets
100.00
Manchester War Veterans
100.00
Sheridan Guards .
100.00
Upton Light Infantry .
100.00
Total expenditures
$900.00
$900.00
Abatement of Taxes.
Appropriation
Balance from old account
S3;Ooo.oo
442.76
$3^442.76
EXPEN'DITURES.
Paid sundr}' persons on taxes abated . $2,794.53
Balance transferred to new account . 648.23
$3,442.76
APPROPRIATIONS. 637
State Tax.
Appropriation ..... . . $65,615.00
Expenditures.
Paid Solon A. Carter, state treasurer . . . 565.615.00
County Tax.
Appropriation $61,076.55
Expenditures.
Paid Edwin F. Jones, county treasurer . . . $61,076.55
Resolution Raising Money and Making Appropria-
tions for the Year 1 S92.
Resolved by the Mayor, AiJcrmen, and Common Council of the
City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as follon'S :
That the sum of four hundred and ninety-eight thousand live
hundred and ninety-one and iifty-five hundredths dollars ($498.-
591.55) be raised for the use of the city for the year 1892 by tax
on the polls and estates liable to be taxed therein, which, to-
gether with such unappropriated money as may be now in the
city treasury, or may hereafter come into it, shall be appropri-
ated as follows :
central department.
Interest ........ ^51.500.00
Reserved fund ....... 20.000.00
Temporary loan ....... 30,000.00
City hall 2,100.00
eas
KEPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Printing and stationery
Incidental expenses
Mayor's incidentals
City officers' salaries
City auditor's department
$2,200.00
15,000.00
300.00
15,700.00
2,000.00
STREET AND SEWER DEPARTMENT.
Highway District No. i
Nos. 2 and -z
No
• 4
5
6
7
8
9
10
II
12
" 13
New highways
Land taken for highways
Watering streets .
Paving
Macadamizing
Grading for concrete
Scavenger teams .
Street sweeping .
Lighting streets .
Bridges
City teams .
Sewers and drains
Second-street bridge
Engineer's Department
Health Department .
$300.00
12,000.00
500.00
800.00
500.00
1,500.00
1,000.00
500.00
4,000.00
1,000.00
300.00
200.00
10,000.00
9,000.00
3.000.00
5,500.00
iS,ooo.oo
5,000.00
1 1,000.00
1,200.00
40,000.00
2,500.00
5,000.00
30,000.00
6,000.00
4,000.00
2,500.00
APPROPRIATIONS.
639
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Repairs of schoolhouses
Fuel ....
Furniture and supplies .
Books and stationery
Printing and advertising
Contingent expenses
Care of rooms
Evening schools .
Teachers' salaries .
Evening school, mechanical drawing
Free text-books and supplies .
CiTV Library ....
FIRE.
Fire department .
Fire-alarm telegraph
Firemen's parade .
Police department
POLICE.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Repairs of buildings
New schoolhouse, Hallsville .
Engine-house and ward room No. 9
WATER-WORKS.
Construction
Repairs
Current expenses
Commons
Stark park .
Derryfield park
Pine Grove cemetery
PUBLIC PLACES.
$5,000.00
4,500.00
800.00
300.00
400.00
1,200.00
4,000.00
1,200.00
56,000.00
600.00
3,500.00
3,800.00
$39,000.00
1,400.00
500.00
$37)300-00
$2,500.00
8,000.00
10,000.00
525,000.00
22,000.00
5,000.00
53,000.00
1.500.00
500.00
6,6co.oo
640
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Valley cemetery .
East Manchester cemetery
Goffe's Falls cemetery .
Amoskeag cemetery
Receiving tomb, Valley cemetery
PATRIOTIC, CHARITABLE,
Paupers off the farm
City farm ....
Indigent soldiers .
Women's Aid and Relief Hospital
Free beds, Elliot Hospital
Decoration of soldiers' graves
Militia ....
AND PHILANTHROPIC.
§3,000.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
350.00
$5,000.00
7,500.00
1,000.00
500.00
600.00
300.00
900.00
TAXES.
Abatement of taxes
State taxes .
County tax .
§3,000.00
65,615.00
61,076.55
§706,941.55
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS FOR THE VEAR 1 89 2.
Amount to be raised by
Insurance tax
Railroad tax
Savings bank tax .
Literary fund
Water-W-orks
City hall
Tuition . . .
Police department
Pine Grove cemetery
Valley cemetery .
County of Hillsborough
City farm
Interest on taxes .
$498091-55
3,800.00
21,500.00
74,000.00
4,500.00
85,000.00
2,500.00
400.00
7,500.00
4,400.00
1,100.00
1,600.00
1,700.00
350.00
.^7o6.94T.5^5
APPROPRIATIONS.
641
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642
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
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
personal estate, within the city of Manchester, N.
year 1892, was as follows :
Real estate
Personal property
Overlay
No. of polls, 10,673
Valuation.
$21,559,978
3,304,766
$24,864,744
1,067,300
Rate per Sl.OOO.
$19.50
19.50
19.50
Totals . . $25,932,044
Special tax on 700 male dogs, at $1 .
Special tax on 43 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 treasurer :
On railroads . . *■ .
On savings banks .
On insurance companies .
On literary fund
Grand tax total .
the real and
H., for the
Tax.
$420,419.57
64,442.94
4-31
$484,866.82
20,812.35
$505,679.17
700.00
86.00
$506,465.17
$25,849.65
78,101.94
4,199.25
6,010.88
$620,626.89
VALUATION AND TAXES.
643
Appropriated and assessed in 1892, for city' ap-
propriation ....... ^475,700.00
Appropriated and assessed in 1892, for state tax 65,615.00
Appropriated and assessed in 1892, for county
tax 61,076.55
Overlay* . . . . . . . 18,235.34
Grand tax total ..... §620,626.89
For further information in relation to taxes collected by the
state, see State Treasurer's Report.
TABLE OF TAXES DUE AND UNCOLLECTED.
Year.
Due June 1, 1892;
assessed in 1892.
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$1,206.50
1,264.85
1,165.64
1,586.53
1,412.58
1,817.71
24,.385.47 )
$0.79
$1,205.71
1,264.85
1,163.94
1,582.63
1,402.73
1,719.40
Taxes of 18S6
Taxes of 1887
1.70
3.90
9.85
98.31
20,694:60
473,302.14
Taxes of 1888.
Taxes of 1889
Taxes of 1890.'
Taxag of 1891
Ta:^s of 1891
435.27 } »l.S»y-31
506 465.17 l.n2S..'?8
2,236.83
Taxes of 189'' ..
32,139.65
Totals
$539,739.72
$2,912.69
$494,111.29
$42,715.74
♦This overlay consists of $786, special clog tax; $7,087.62, assessed by the
local assessors under the provisions of General Laws, chapter 57, section 4 ;
and the sum of $10,361.72, in the amount received from railroads, banks, in-
surance companies, and literary fund above the amount estimated by the
city councils.
644
REPORT 0-F THE CITY AUDITOR.
Tax Valuations, etc., from 1890 to 1892, Inclusive.
Year.
Valuation.
Taxes.
No. polls.
Poll tax.
Val.ofpoll
1890
S24,207,740
24,872,492
25 932,044
$462,869.17
443,541.76
9,723
10,367
10,673
$1.91
1.7S
1.95
100
1891
100
1892
100
For years prior to 1890, see reports of iSgo^and 1891.
Settlement of the Account of George E. Morrill, Tax
Collector for City of Manchester, N. H., June 1 , 1 892.
Amount out-. Balance out-
standing, June Collected, standing, June
1, 1S91.
1, 1892.
Tax list, 1S85
$1,206.50
$0.79
$1,205.71
1S86
1,264.85
1,264.85
1887
1,165.64
1.70
1,163.94
1888
1,586.53
3-9°
1,582.63
1889
1,412.58
9-85
1,402.73
1890
1,817.71
98.31
1,719.40
June 3, 1892, credited by receipt of
treasurer, No. 72
§114-55
1M.55
St collected, 1885
$ioi
1886
1887 . •
.60
1 888^
1.27
1889
. • 1.46
1890
10.52
1891
. 498-77
$514-13
ACCOUNT OF GEORGE E. MORRILL, COLLECTOR. 645
June 3, 1892, by receipt of treasurer,
No. 71 $510-03
July 7, 1892, by receipt of treasurer,
No. 97 . • • • • • 4- 10
$514-13
1 89 1. To resident list, including
dog tax . . . $442,252.77
non-resident list . . 1,288.99
voluntary taxes . . 435-2 7
$443j977-o3
Cr.
1 89 1. By cash paid city treasurer,
per receipts . . $393,249.72
cash paid as per county
treasurer's receipts . 46,032.47
abatements . . . 2,458.01
unpaid taxes, June i,
1892 .... 2,236.83
$443,977-03
City of Manchester to George E. Morrill.
Dr.
To salary for the year ending June
I, 1892 ..... $1,650.00
commission on old taxes . . 6.53
$1,656.53
Cr.
By cash paid by treasurer, on account
salary ..... $800.00
balance paid by treasurer, as per
bill 856.53
$1,656.53
646 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Manchester, N. H., July 7, 1892.
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 t^Z,
Public Statutes.
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
legislators and magistrates, in all future periods of this govern-
ment, to cherish the interest of literature and the sciences, and
all seminaries and public schools ; to encourage private and pub-
lic institutions, rewards, and immunities for the promotion of
agriculture, arts, sciences, commerce, trades, manufactures, and
natural history of the country ; to countenance and inculcate
the principles of humanity and general benevolence, public and
private 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 denomina-
tion."
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
EXEMPTIONS FROM TAXATION, 647
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
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 1881, chapter 178.
Manchester Women's Aid and Relief Society, organized in
January, 1875 j N- H. Laws, 1891, chapter 283.
Orphanage and Home for Old Ladies (Catholic) on Hanover
street, N. H. Laws, 1883, chapter 56.
648 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Schedule of Property used for Religious, Charitable
and Educational Purposes, and Exempt from Tax-
ation by Law, not including that Owned by the City
of Manchester.
98. Convent, Sisters Jesus Mary, French Catholic ;
East Spruce street, near Beech .
Building ..... $10,000.00
13,000 square feet of land . . 2,600.00
$12,600.00
108. Convent, Sisters of Mercy, Catholic; 415 Un-
ion street, corner Laurel :
Building ..... $30,000.00
12,600 square feet of land . . 6,300.00
$36,300.00
96. Mount St. Mary's Academy, Catholic; from
ccnvent lot east to Beech street :
Building ..... $25,000.00
31,500 square feet of land . . 9,450.00
$34,450.00
Lot south side Laurel street, corner Union street, un-
occupied. Catholic :
10,800 square feet of land . . $5,400.00 Taxable.
107. Hospital of the Sacred Heart and Old Ladies'
Home, Catholic ; Amherst and Hanover streets :
Building ..... $8,000.00
40,500 square feet of land . . 30,375.00
^38,375-00
106. St. Patrick's Orphan ^Asylums, Catholic ; 184
Hanover street :
Building ..... $35,000.00
40,500 square feet of land . . 40,500.00
$75,500.00
PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION. 649
105. St. Joseph's High School, Catholic ; Lowell
street, corner of Birch :
Building ..... $12,000.00
8,000 square feet of land . . 8,000.00
$20,000.00
15. Lake avenue school, Catholic ; Lake avenue, near
Elm street :
Building ..... $2,800.00
10,500 square feet of land . . 15,750.00
■ — $18,550.00
97. Union-street school. Catholic; corner Union
and Laurel streets :
Building ..... $4,000.00
5,000 square feet of land . . 2,500.00
$6,500.00
109. St. Agnes' school. Catholic ; corner Cedar and
Pine streets :
Building ..... $12,000.00
20,000 square feet of land . . 3,200.00
$15,200.00
103. St. Joseph's school for girls, Catholic ; corner
Pine and Lowell streets :
Building ..... $10,000.00
Land included in cathedral lot . $10,000.00
99. Convent of the Holy Angels, French Catholic ;
Beauport street, corner Wayne, West Manchester :
Building . . ... . $15,000.00
22,500 square feet of land . . 4,500.00
$i9.5oo-oo
Open square bounded by Beauport, Wayne, and Put-
nam streets ; French Catholic :
90,50c square feet of land . . $18,100.00 Taxable.
100. St. Augustine's academy, French Catholic;
corner Beech and Spruce streets :
Building ..... $8,000.00
15,000 square feet of land . . 4.500.00
$12,500,00
650 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
loi. St, Mary's parochial school, French Catholic;
corner Wayne and Cartier streets :
Building ..... ^12,000.00
25,000 square feet of land . . 2,000.00
^14,000.00
114. Residence priest St. Augustine's church, French
Catholic ; No. 383 Beech street :
Building ..... |6,ooo.oo
7,500 square feet of land . . 1,875.00
$7,875.00 $2,500.00
113. Residence priest St. Anne's church. Catholic;
No. 231 Merrimack street :
Building ..... $5,000.00
8,820 square feet of land . . 2,646.00
$7,646.00 $2,500.00
III. Residence Catholic bishop; No. 145 Lowell
street :
Building ..... $40,000.00
24,000 square feet of land . . 12,000.00
;2,ooo.oo $2,500.00
115. Residence priest St. George's church, French
Catholic ; Orange street, corner Pine :
Building ..... $2,500.00
10,000 square feet of land . . 4,000.00
,500.00 $2,500.00
112. Residence priest St. Mary's church, French
Catholic; 376 Beauport stre"fet, West Manchester :
Building ..... $2,500.00
5,000 square feet of land . . 1,000.00
5,500.00 $2,500.00
PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION. 651
92. St. Anne's church, Catholic ; Union street, cor-
ner Merrimack :
Building ..... $30,000.00
10, 180 square feet of land . . 5,090.00
$35,090.00
no. St. Augustine's church, French Catholic ; Beech
street, corner East Spruce :
' Building ..... $28,000.00
13,000 square feet of land . . 3,250.00
$31)250.00
91. St. Joseph's cathedral and chapel, Catholic;
Pine street, corner Lowell :
Building . . . . . $70,000.00
40,000 square feet of land . . 30,375.00
$100,375.00
93. St. Mary's church, French Catholic ; Beauport
street, corner Wayne, West Manchester :
Building ..... $25,000.00
70,000 square feet of land . . 14,000.00
$39,000.00
. 102. St. Raphael's church and school, German Cath-
olic ; Third street, corner Ferry, West Manchester ;
Building ..... $35,000.00
8,000 square feet of land . . 3,400.00
5,400.00
94. St. George's church, French Catholic; Pine
street, corner Orange :
Building ..... $75,000.00
18,690 square feet of land . . 7,614.00
)2,6i4.oo
95. St. Patrick's church and school. Catholic ; Kel-
ley street, Cartier street, and Cooledge avenue :
School building . . . . $2o,ooq.co
56,281 square feet of land . . 4,502.00
$24,502.00
652 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
60. First Baptist church ; Union street, corner Con-
cord :
Building $28,000.00
11,250 square feet of land . . 6,750.00
^34,750-00
62. First Freewill Baptist church ; Merrimack street,
corner Chestnut :
Building $12,400.00 *
12,600 square feet of land . . 12,600.00
$25,000.00
61. Second Baptist church ; Merrimack street near
Pine :
Building $9,000.00
9,450 square feet of land . . 3,780.00
$12,780.00
6^. People's Baptist church ; Chestnut street, cor-
ner Concord :
Building $8,000.00
3,200 square feet of land . . 2,000.00
$10,000.00
67. First Congregational church ; Hanover street,
corner Union :
Building $30,000.00
43,200 square feet of land . ; 34,560.00
t,56o.oo
68. Second Congregational church ; Market street,
corner Franklin :
Building $25,000.00
19,000 square feet of land . . 19,000.00
$44,000.00
66. Third Congregational church ; South Main street,
corner Milford, West Manchester :
Building $8,000.00
23,000 square feet of land . . 3,000.00
$11,000.00
PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION. 653
74. First M. E. church : Valley street, corner Jew-
ett:
Building is8,ooo.oo
11,400 square feet of land . . 1,000.00
$9,000.00
72. St. Paul's M. E. church ; Union street, corner
Amherst :
Building ..... ^25,000.00
10,010 square feet of land . . 6,000.00
$31,000.00
73. St. James M. E. church ; Pennacook street, cor-
ner Pine :
Building ..... $9,000.00
11,000 square feet of land . . 2,200.00
Si 1,200.00
86. Grace church, Episcopal ; Lowell street, corner
Pine :
Building ..... $20,000.00
9,300 square feet of land . . 6,975.00
— ' $26,975.00
85. First Unitarian church ; Concord street, corner
Beech :
Building ..... $24,000.00
13,500 square feet of land . . 6,000.00.
$30,000.00
87. First Universalist church; Lowell street, near
Elm:
Building $17,000.00
10,000 square feet of land . . 15,000.00
$32,000.00
64. Christian church, Protestant ; Pine street, cor-
ner Merrimack :
Building ..... $6,000.00
9,000 square feet of land . . 6,700.00
$12,700.00
654 REPORT OP THE CITY AUDITOR.
8i. First Presbyterian church, German; Second
street, corner Bath, West Manchester :
Building ..... $3,000.00
10,000 square feet of land . . 2,500.00
,500.00
79. Swedish Lutheran church, Protestant ; Saga-
more street, corner Pine :
Building ..... $7,500.00
10,950 square feet of land . . 2,000.00
$9,500.00
82. Swedish Baptist church ; Arlington street, near
Maple :
Building ..... $5,000.00
4,432 square feet of land . . 1,100.00
), 100.00
Second Advent church ; Amherst street, between
Pine and Union :
Building ..... $5,100.00
4,500 square feet of land . . 3)375-oo
5,475.00
65. City Mission chapel, Protestant; Merrimack
street, corner of Beech :
Building ..... $7,000.00
12,600 square feet of land . . 6,000.00
$13,000.00
80. Westminster Presbyterian church ; Brook street,
corner Hazel :
Building ..... $15,000.00
10,000 square feet of land . . 2,500.00
$17,500.00
70. South Manchester Union chapel, Protestant ;
Elm street, south :
Building $2,500.00
10,747 square feet of land . . 1,000.00
$3,500.00
PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION. 665
Episcopal Mission church ; North Main street, cor-
ner School, West Manchester :
Building ..... $3,500.00
19,412 square feet of land . . 4,000.00
$7,500.00
76. Residence pastor St, Paul's M. E. church ;
Union street, near Amherst :
Building $3,000.00
$2,500.00
71. Residence pastor First Congregational church ;
No. 590 Beech street, near Bridge :
Building . , . . . $5,000.00
8,100 square feet of land . . 2,400.00
. $2,500.00
$7,400.00
88. Residence pastor Grace Episcopal church ; cor-
ner Harrison and Union streets :
Building ..... $6,000.00
15,000 square feet of land . . 3,750.00
$2,500.00
$9,750.00
German School Society; Third, Bath, and Ferry
streets :
Building $4,500.00
10,187 square feet of land . . 2,500.00
$7,000.00
89. Elliot Hospital, Protestant ; East Manchester :
Building $23,000.00
Land ...... 7,000.00
$30,000.00
Elliot Hospital lot ; Hanover street, corner Chest-
nut :
Building $3,000.00
Land ...... 13,000.00
$16,000.00
656 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
84. W. G. T. U. Mercy Home ; Mammoth road,
East Manchester :
Building ..... ^3,000.00
Land ...... 3,700.00
), 700.00
90. Women's Aid and Relief Hospital; Pearl street,
corner Beech :
Building 515,000.00
57,530 square feet of land . . 10,000.00
$25,000.00
116. Manchester Children's Home ; Webster street :
Building $20,000.00
55,000 square feet of land . . 2,500.00
$22,500.00
117. Residence pastor Swedish Lutheran church;
Sagamore f,treet, corner Pine :
Building $3,000.00
10,200 square feet of land . . 1,020.00
$2,500.00
$4,020.00
Gale Home :
One half Manchester Bank block,
Elm street ..... $38,000.00
One half Martin's block, Elm street 25,000.00
$63,000.00
Hospital St. Vincent de" Paul, French Gatholic ;
Lake avenue and Beech streets :
Hospital ..... $3,000.00
Land . . . . ' . . 4,000.00
Taxable.
o $7,000.00
RECAPITULATION. 657
Recapitulation.
EXEMPT FROM TAXATION.
Church property, Catholic . . $351,231.00
Convent property, Catholic . . 68,400.00
Parochial residences. Catholic . 12,500.00
Parochial schools. Catholic . . 131,200.00
Hospitals and other charitable in-
stitutions ..... 113,8715.00
5677,206.00
Church property, Protestant . . $426,040.00
Parochial residences, Protestant . 10,000.00
Private school property, Protestant 7,000.00
Hospitals and other charitable insti-
tutions ..... 156,500.00
^599>54o.oo
TAXABLE.
Land and buildings, Catholic . $95,521.00
Land and buildings, Protestant . 14,170.00
Mercy Home, W. C. T. U. . . 6,700.00
$116,391.00
$i)393>T37-oo
MEMORANDA.
St. Patrick's church and school, church building not yet
erected.
St. George's church, in process of building.
St. Mary's church, in process of building.
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Remarks. — The city guarantees the perpetual care of lots in
the cemeteries of the city to parties who pay gioo and upward.
There are $20,000 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 ceme-
tery bonds $955,000.00
Net indebtedness for water purposes . . . 600,000.00
Net debt after deducting water debt
'$400,000 water bonds, issued January I, 1S72; $100,000 of these bonds re-
funded January 1, 1887; $100,000 re-funded January 1, 1892.
t $200,000, water bonds, issued July 1, 1874; $100,000 of these bonds re-funded
July 1, 1890.
' t $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, 191.3.
660
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
As shown in the assessors' books for the year 1892 :
The assessed value of personal property, includ-
ing poll tax .......
The assessed value of real estate
Total value for taxation ....
Tax rate, 1.95 per cent on a hundred.
Per cent of net indebtedness (excluding debt for
water purposes) to assessed valuation
Per cent of net indebtedness (including debt for
water purposes) to assessed valuation
Population, census of 1890
Population, census of 1880
$4,372,066.00
2i,559'978-oo
$25,932,044.0,0
1.369
3.682
43^983
32,458
11,525
1,500
2,517
Increase of population in ten years
Increase of population in 1891 (estimated at)
Increase of population in 1892 (estimated at)
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 1871, entitled "An act to ena-
ble the city of Manchester to establish water-works," except as
further extended by
Laws of New Hampshire, 1891.
^CHAPTER 26.
An Act to Preserve the Purity of the Water Supply of the city
of Manchester.
Section -2. The board of water commissioners of the city of
Manchester is hereby authorized to purchase for and in the name
LAWS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, 1891. 661
of said city of Manchester, such land surrounding Lake Massabe-
sic, and along any stream tributary thereto, as said board shall
deem necessary for the preservation of the purity of the water of
said Lake Massabesic, from which the water supply of said city
of Manchester for domestic purposes is taken ; and the action of
said board in making any such purchase shall be binding upon
said city of Manchester ; and in case said board shall not be
able to secure, on satisfactory terms, by purchase, such land as
said board deems necessary for the purpose aforesaid, said board
may, in the name of said city of Manchester, apply to the county
commissioners of the county in which such land is situated, to
assess the damages to the owner of such land as said board de-
sires to acquire for the purpose aforesaid ; and said county com-
missioners shall proceed in the same manner as in the assessment
of damages for lands taken for public highways, and upon pay-
ment or tender to the owner of the sum assessed by said county
commissioners, the title to said land shall vest in said city of
Manchester ; and the same right of appeal from such award of
the county commissioners shall exist as in the case of lands taken
for highways by the action of said commissioners.
662
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STATEMENT OF THE ANNUAL INTEREST CHARGE ON THE BONDED
DEBT.
Year.
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1890
1891
1893
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24,000
18,000
$6,000
8,000
12,000
$623.75
813.92
1,000.00
$7,200
7,200
7,200
$2,400
• 2,400
2,400
$6,200
6,200
6,200
$49,433.75
48,613.92
46,800.00
SUMMARY OF CITY DEBT
Amount of bonded debt January i, 1892
Amount of cemetery bonds issued in 1892
Accrued interest on bonded debt
Total indebtedness January i, 1893
AVAILABLE ASSETS.
Net cash on hand January i, 1893
Taxes uncollected, list of 1892 ....
Stock of Suncook Valley Railroad, estimated value
BONDED DEBT.
Total net indebtedness January i, 1892
Total net indebtedness January i, 1893
Decrease .......
$953'85o.oo
1,150.00
21,050.00
$976,050.00
$96,477.18
32,139-65
14,500.00
$143,116.83
$873,791.65
332,933-17
$40,858.48
* $400,000 water bonds, issued .Januarj' 1, 1873; $100,000 re-funded at 4 per
cent, January 1, 1887; and $100,000 re-funded at 4 per cent, January 1, 1S92.
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.
S155,000, bonds issued April 1, 1885, at 4 per cent.
$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 payable July, 1913, to the trustees of cemetery funds; not negotiable.
Amount that can be issued limited to the sum of $70,000.
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VALUATION OF REAL ESTATE OWNED BY THE CITY. 667
Valuation of Real Estate Owned by the City.
High School, Beech street, corner Lowell :
Building ..... ^40,000.00
59,400 square feet of land . . 17,820.00
^57,820.00
Franklin-street school, Franklin street, corner
* Pleasant : ,
Building ..... $16,000.00
19,200 square feet of land . . 19,200.00
$35,200.00
Spring-street school, Spring street :
Building ..... $13,000.00
13,600 square feet of land . . 13,600.00
$26,600.00
Lincoln-street school, Lincoln street, corner Merri-
mack :
Building . . . ' . . $45,000.00
40,000 square feet of land . . . 8,000.00
$53,000.00
Ash-street school. Ash street, corner Bridge :
Building ..... $50,000.00
57^537 square feet of land . . 17,262.00
$67,562.00
Main-street school. North Main street. West Man-
chester :
Building $6,000.00
40,293.4 square feet of land . . 10,073.00
$16,073.00
Webster-street school, Webster street :
Building $30,000.00
55, 7 1 43<^ square feet of land . 13,928.00
$43,928.00
668 REPORT OP THE CITY AUDITOR.
Blodget-street school, Blodget street :
Building ..... $1,500.00
9,000 square feet of land . . 3,600.00
$5,100.00
Schoolhouse lot, Bridge street, corner Union :
10,000 square feet of land .... $5,000.00
Lowell-street school, Lowell street, corner Chest-
nut :
Building ..... $1,000.00
9,000 square feet of land . . 9,000.00
$10,000.00
Merrimack-street school, Merrimack street, corner
Union :
tuilding . " . . . . $15,000.00
12,600 square feet of land . . 6,300.00
$21,300.00
Wilson Hill school, Manchester street, corner Wil-
son :
Building ..... $500.00
15,850 square feet of land . . 1,902.00
$2,402.00
School-street school. School street. West Manchester
Building ..... $1,000.00
12,176 square feet of land . . 3,044.00
$4,044.00
South Main-street school, South Main street. West
Manchester :
Building ..... $500.00
13,650 square feet of land . . 2,047.00
$2,547.00
Bakersville school. Elm street, south :
Building . . . . . . $10,000.00
24, 184 square feet of land . . 3,628.00 $13,628.00
VALUATION OF REAL ESTATE OWNED BY THE CITY. 669
Stark District school, River road, north :
Building ..... $1,000.00
43,560 square feet of land . . 100.00
Amoskeag school, Front street, Amoskeag :
Building ..... $1,500.00
6,000 square feet of land . . 1,000.00
Harvey District school, Nutt road :
Building ..... $2,000.00
21,780 square feet of land . . 100.00
Webster Mills school, Webster Mills :
Building ..... $400.00
5,445 square feet of land . . 100. co
Old Hallsville school. East Manchester :
Building ..... $500.00
30,075 square feet of land . . 3,008.00
Youngsville school, Youngsville :
Building ..... $500.00
51,228 square feet of land . . ico.oo
Mosquito Pond school, Mosquito Pond :
Building ..... $400.00
10,890 square feet of land . . 100.00
$1,100.00
$2,500.00
Lot, corner Amory and Dubuque streets, fur school
purposes :
16,600 square feet of land .... $2,490.00
Goffe's Falls school, Goffe's Falls :
Building ..... $4,000.00
47,916 square feet of land . . 250.00
$4,250.00
$2,100.00
$500.00
$3,508.00
670 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Park-street school,* Lake avenue :
Building ..... $2,800.00
10,500 square feet of land . . 15,750.00
$18,550.00
Varney school, Bowman street, corner Mast, West
Manchester :
Building $43,750.00
Land ...... 6,700.00
$50,450.00
New Hallsville school, Jewett street, corner Young,
East Manchester :
Building ..... $26,300.00
44,000 square feet of land . . 3,300.00
$29,600.00
$480,052.00
ENGINE-HOUSES.
Engine-house and stable. Central station. Vine
street :
Building ..... $30,000.00
12,718.86 square feet of land . 25,438.00
$55)43S-oo
Clinton-street engine-house, Clinton street. West
Manchester :
Building . . . . . $1,000.00
3,790 square feet of land . . 1,000.00
52, 000. 00
North-Main-Street engir^e-house. North Main street,
West Manchester :
Building ..... $18,000.00
11,819 square feet of land . . 2,955.00
$20,955.00
Webster-street engine-house, Webster street, corner
Chestnut :
Building ..... $12,000.00
8,510 square feet of land . . 2,180.00
$14,180.00
& * Sold to Rev. J. J. Lyons by vote of the city councils.
VALUATION OF KEAL ESTATE OWNED BY THE CITY. 671
Merrimack engine-house, Lake avenue :
Building ..... $15,000.00
10,000 square feet of land . . 3,000.00
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Hose house and cottage, Maple street, corner East
High:
Building ..... $3,000.00
18,330 square feet of land . . 3,666.00
$6,666.00
Engine-house and ward room, ward 9, Rimmon and
Amory streets, West Manchester :
Building . . (In process of erection.)
6,000 square feet of land . . $870.00 $870.00
Lot for hose house. South Manchester :
4,278 square feet of land . . $684.48 $684.48
$119,793.48
OTHER PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND LOTS.
City library, Dean avenue, corner Franklin street :
Building . . . . • . $35,000.00
15,000 square feet of land . . 30,000.00
$65,000.00
City Hall, Elm street, c®rner Market :
Building ..... $10,000.00
100,000 square feet of land . . 150,000.00
$160,000.00
City farm. Mammoth road :
Buildings ..... $5,000.00
46.66 acres, west Mammoth road 70,000.00
81.55 acres, east Mammoth road . 65,240.00
$140,240.00
Court house, Franklin street, corner West Merri-
mack :
Building ..... $20,000.00
19,000 square feet of land . . 57,000.00
$77,000.00
672 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Battery building, Manchester street :
Building ..... $13,000.00
3,400 square feet of land . . 5,100.00
$18,100.00
Police station, Manchester street, corner Chestnut :
Building ..... $40,000.00
7,500 square feet of land . . 15,000.00
$55)Ooo-oo
City stable and other buildings, Franklin street :
Buildings ..... $12,000.00
44,656 square feet of land . . 89,312.00
$101,312.00
City scales, Franklin street :
Building ...... . $300.00
Gravel lots, Goffstown :
2 acres ...... . $400.00
Gravel lots, Bakersville, South Manchester . . $700.00
Gravel lot, district No. 10, bought of Brooks &
Brock (city has right to femove gravel until Au-
gust 25, 1903) :
13/3 acres ....... $500.00
Land bought of A. D. Gooden :
28,750 square feet of land . .... $1,351.00
»i9,903.oo
PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED PA' THE CITY.
Property in care city engineer .... $1,149.00
in care chief engineer fire department . 89,010.00
in care superintendent highway district
No. 2 ..... . 27,000.00
in care superintendent highway district
No. 10 ..... . 2,365.00
in care superintendent of schools . . 36,755.00-
VALUATION OF REAL ESTATE OWNED BY THE CITY, 673
Property in care city messenger ....
in care city marshal and janitor
in care superintendent of city farm
in care trustees of city library
in care superintendent of Pine Grove
cemetery .......
in care superintendent Valley cemetery .
Stock in Suncook Valley R. R., in care of city
treasurer ........
Personal property in care city weigher .
Uncollected taxes in 189 1 .
Uncollected taxes in 1S92 .
Net cash in the treasury, December 3]
1892
;^2,759.oo
1,971.00
11,889.61
29)333-00
248.35
106.00
50,000.00
1,000.00
S253.5S5-96
$2,236.83
32,139-65
96,477.18
5130,853.66
OTHER REAL AND PERSONAL ESTATE OWNED BY THE 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
PARKS AND CEMETERIES.
Valley cemetery, 19.7 acres
Pine Grove cemetery, about 80 acres .
43
$25,000.00
JO, 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
334,194.00
$540,894.00
$200,000.00
40,000.00
C74
KEPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Amoskeag cemetery, 1.05 acres
Stark park, 28 acres .
Derryfield park, 76 acres
Concord common, 4.48 acres
Tremont common, 2.25 acres
Hanover comijTion, 3 acres .
Park common, 3.49 acres .
Merrimack common, 5.89 acres
$4,000.00
9,000.00
25,000.00
200,000.00
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
• $1,009,519.65
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 c£meteries ...
$461,502.00
619,903.00
119,793.48
1,009,519.65
253,585-96
i3o>853-66
540,894.00
878,000.00
;4,oi4,o5i.75
PROPERTY ACCOUNT.
Inventory of assets, December 31, 1892
Inventory of assets, December 31, 1891
;4,oi4,o5i.75
3,527, 339-3°
Gain in valuation *"..... §486,712.45
The increase in the valuation as above stated results from the
amount expended in 1892, on :
$39,724-00
Sewers and drains
Hallsville schoolhouse
8,845-61
VALUATION OF REAL ESTATE OWNED BY THE CITY. 675
Goffe's Falls schoolhouse ..... $2,000.00
Engine-house and ward room, ward 9 . . 870.00
Water-works, construction .... 21,297.83
Land corner Amory and Dubuque streets for
schoolhoyse ....... 2,490.00
Lot for hose house. South Manchester . . 684.48
Increased by re-valuation on schoolhouses and
lots, net 71.733-39
Increased by re-valuation, engine-houses and
lots, net . . . . . . ■ . 11,368.00
Increased by re-valuation, other public build-
ings and land, net ..... 334,658.00
Increased by re-valuation, personal property
owned by the city ..... 130.80
Increase in uncollected taxes .... 8,173.30
Increase in net cash in treasury . . . 3,287.04
505,262.45
Deduct Park-street schoolhouse and lot, sold to
Rev. J. J. Lyons by vote of the mayor, alder-
men, and common council for $2,800.00 . . $18,550.00
Total net gain ...... $486,712.45
Details of inventory are on file in the auditor's office. The
water-works would sell readily for $1,750,000, and are growing
yearly more valuable to the city. The large increase in the re-
valuation of the public buildings and lands owned by the city is
fully warranted by the opening and improvement of Derryfield
park in the vicinity of the city farm lands, the high pressure ser-
vice about to be introduced under the management of the water-
works, the facilities for travel furnished by the street railway,
and the rapid increase in our population and industries.
J. B. S.
676 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
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 bis 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,
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.
auditor's office. 677
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 i.
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
tt^ 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
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.
DilloJi' 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.
678 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
The board of engineers have the authority of firewards. (Gen-
eral Laws, chapter io6, section ii.) 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, i8go.
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 necesgary 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.
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
auditor's office. 679
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.
680
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
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 CITY OF MANCHESTER, N. H.
To
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Date.
Description of purchase.
Amount.
Received of the city treasurer 189 , the sum of
$., in full payment of the above account.
Signed
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Appropriation For
I hereby certifj' that the articles
herein mentioned have been re-
ceived and services perf ormed,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.
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ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS.
ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS
PASSED IN 1892.
City of Manchester.
An O^der for an Artesian Well.
Ordered^ That the mayor and joint standing committee on
city farm be authorized to contract for the boring of an artesian
well at the city farm, and that the expense thereof be charged
to the appropriation for city farm.
Passed January 2, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order relating to Purchase of Land in South Manchester,
on which to erect a Hose House.
Ordered, That the mayor and joint standing committee on
lands and buildings be and are hereby authorized to purchase a
lot of land in South Manchester, on which to erect a hose house,
the expense thereof to be charged to the appropriation for inci-
dental expenses.
Passed January 5, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order to build Patrol and Ambulance Wagon.
Ordered, That a sum not exceeding seven hundred dollars
700) be appropriated for combined patrol and ambulance
684 ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS.
wagon and swing harness, the same to be charged to reserved
fund.
Passed January 5, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order to purchase a Horse for use in Fire Department.
Ordered, That the mayor and joint standing committee on
fire department be authorized to purchase a horse for use in the
fire department, the expense thereof to be charged to the ap-
propriation for fire department.
Passed January 23, 1892.
CiTV OF Manchester.
An Order to purchase a Horse and Wagon.
Ordered, That the mayor and city engineer be authorized to
purchase a horse, wagon, and necessary fittings for the use of the
city engineer's department, and the expense thereof be charged
to the appropriation for engineer's department.
Passed February 2, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order relative to Contract for an Ambulance and Patrol
Wagon.
Ordered, That the mayor and joint special committee on am-
bulance and patrol wagon be authorized to contract for an ambu-
lance and patrol wagon, the expense thereof to be charged to
the appropriation for reserved fund.
Passed February 2, 1892.
ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS. 685
City of Manchester.
An Order to erect certain Lamp Posts.
Ordered, That the joint standing committee on lighting
streets be authorized to erect certain lamp posts as follows : At
Amoskeag Village, corner of Douglas and West streets ; corner
of Union and Auburn streets ; corner of Harrison and Walnut
streets; corner of Derry and Concord streets; corner of West
Hancock and Second streets, — the expense thereof to be charged
to the appropriation for lighting streets.
Passed February 2, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order to assign Street Numbers.
Ordered^ That the city engineer be authorized to prepare
plans and assign the numbers for the new streets and extensions
not already provided for, subject to chapter 36 of the City Or-
dinances, under the direction of the mayor, and the expense
thereof be charged to the appropriation for city engineer's de-
partment.
Passed February 2, 1S92.
City of Manchester.
An Order to erect a Fountain at corner of Lake Avenue and
Elm Street.
Ordered, That the joint standing committee on commons be
authorized to purchase and erect a fountain at the corner of Lake
avenue and Elm street, the expense thereof not to exceed one
hundred dollars, and to be charged to the appropriation for inci-
dental expenses.
Passed February 4, 1892.
686 ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS.
City of Manchester.
An Order relative to City Treasurer Sylvanus B. Putnam.
Ordered, That in consideration of the long and faithful ser-
vice of Sylvanus B. Putnam, the city treasurer, and of his pres-
ent serious illness, that said city treasurer be granted a leave of
absence, and that he be empowered to appoint a deputy to per-
form the duties of his office during his illness.
Passed February 17, 1892.
City of Manchester. ^
An Order.
Ordered, That the city marshal be given authority to detail
an officer to act as houseman, and that the officer under detail
receive extra compensation in return for such services.
Passed March i, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order relative to the Names of Schoolhouses.
Ordered, That the names of schoolhouses be hereafter known
as follows :
Ash-street schoolhouse.
Amoskeag District schoolhouse.
Bakersville schoolhouse.
Blodget-street schoolhouse^
Franklin-street schoolhouse.
Goffe's Falls schoolhouse.
Hallsville schoolhouse.
High schoolhouse.
Harvey District schoolhouse.
ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS. 687
Lincoln-Street schoolhouse.
Lowell-street schoolhouse.
Main-street schoolhouse.
Merrimacic -street schoolhouse.
Mosquito Pond schoolhouse.
Park-street schoolhouse.
School-street schoolhouse.
South Main-street schoolhouse.
Spring-street schoolhouse.
Stark District schoolhouse.
Varney schoolhouse, West Manchester.
Webster-street schoolhouse.
Webster's Mills schoolhouse.
Wilson Hill schoolhouse.
Youngsville schoolhouse.
Passed March i, 1892.
City of Manchester.
in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.
Resolution for the discontinuance of a part of the Old Falls
Road.
Resolved by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the
City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as follows :
That so much of the highway in said city of Manchester,
known as the Old Falls road, as lies between the intersection of
said Old Falls road with the south line of Lake avenue, so called,
and the intersection of said Ol'd Falls road with the north line
of East Sprucg street, so called, be and the same is hereby dis-
continued ; and resolved further that application be made to the
supreme court for its consent to said discontinuance.
Passed March i, 1892.
688 ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS.
City of Manchester.
in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.
Resolution to make a Temporary Loan of ;5i5o,ooo.
Resolved hy the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the
City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as follows :
That for the purpose of paying such claims against the city
as may fall due before the first day of December, 1892, the
mayor be authorized to make a temporary loan for the use of the
city of a sum not exceeding one hundred and fifty thousand dol-
lars (^150,000), giving for the same the notes of the city, signed
by the mayor and countersigned by the city treasurer.
Passed May 3, 1892.
City of Manchester.
in THE year one THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND NINETY-TWO-.
Resolution relating to Exemption from Taxation the Elliott
Manufacturing Co.
Resolved by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the
City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as follows :
That whereas the Elliott Manufacturing Company, a corpora-
tion established b)' law, with a capital of one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars (^150,000), desires to locate their factory and
to carry on their business of manufacture and sale of their
own products of knit or woven fabrics, made from cotton, silk,
or wool, in said city of Manchester, providing sufficient induce- _
ments are given said corporation by the city government ; there-
fore,
Resolved, That the capital of the Elliott Manufacturing Com-
pany aforesaid, and its machinery, raw materials, and other
ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS. 689
property necessary in conducting its business of manufacturing
fabrics aforesaid, and the land and buildings used and occupied
by said corporation in its said business, shall be exempt from all
taxation for a period of ten years from April 5, 1892.
Passed April 5, i8q2.
City of Manchester.
in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.
Resolution to adopt a Plan for Streets at the West Side.
Hesolvedhy the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the
City of Manchester, in City Councils assembled, as follows :
Whereas, The interests of the city require that the streets
hereafter to be laid out in the city should be in continuation of
those already constructed, or parallel to them, so that they may
intersect at right angles, and that a systematic plan be adopted
for that purpose ; and,
Whereas, it is essential in order to avoid future complica-
tions and unnecessary expense that such plan as may be adopted
by the city council should be made public for the information of
all parties interested ; therefore,
Resolvedly the mayor, aldermen, and city council of the city
of Manchester in city council assembled, as follows : That the
plan presented to the city councils for the laying out of streets
on the West Side by the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company,
and No. 42,124 in city engineer's office, be adopted as the guide
for future construction of streets in the system embraced in said
plan, and that hereafter when new streets shall be required there,
they be laid out in accordance with such plan, and not other-
wise.
Passed April 5, 1892.
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690 ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS.
City of Manchester.
in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.
Resolution for discontinuing part of the Highway known as
Cartier Street.
Resolved by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the
City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as follows:
That so much of Cartier street, situated in said city, be and is
hereby discontinued, to wit : Beginning at a stake in the center
of Cartier street, and about seventy-five feet north of north line
of Adams street, at the foot of the bluff; thence in a northerly
direction, about 275 feet, to a stake on the top of said bluff, as
shown by the accompanying plan.
Passed April 5, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order to establish Certain Grades.
Ordered^ That the grades upon the following streets be estab-
lished as shown upon the several plans :
Sullivan street from Beauport to Cartier, as shown On plan
No. 112.
Beauport street from Amory to Kelley, as shown on plan
No. 129.
Manchester street from Milton to Beacon, as shown on plan
No. 142.
North street from Pine east back to Union, as shown on plan
No. 145-
Nashua street from Bridge to Pearl, as shown on plan No. 146.
Adams street from Webster to P. Adams land, as shown on
plan No. 147.
Adams street from Clark northerly 363 feet, as shown on plan
No. 148.
ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS. 691
Spruce back street from Lincoln to Wilson, as shown on plan
No. 149.
McGregor west back street from Marion to Wayne, as shown
on plan No. 150.
Elm avenue from Elm to Calef road, as shown on plan No. 701.
Chestnut street from Clarke northerly 356 feet, as shown on
plan No. 702.
East High street from Jane to Wilson road, as shown on plan
No. 703.
Central street from Beacon to Cass, as shown on plan No. 704.
Second street from North Weare Railroad to river, as shown
on plan No. 705.
West Hancock street from Dartmouth to River, as shown on
plan No. 706.
West Webster street from River road to railroad track, as
shown on plan No. 707.
Morrison street from Pearl to Arlington, as shown on plan
No. 708.
Summer street from Belmont to Massabesic, as shown on plan
No. 714.
Central street from Chestnut to Union, as shown on plan
No. 757.
Lake avenue from Old Falls road to Mammoth road, as shown
on plans No. 792, 793, and 794.
AVilson street from Lake avenue to Hanover, as shown on plan
No. 796.
Bowman street from Mast to A, as shown on plan No. 800.
Merrimack street from Elm to Wilson, as shown on plans Nos.
851, 852, 853, and 854.
Front street from brick store to Black brook, as shown on
plans Nos. 857, 858, 859.
Massabesic street from Cypress to Mammoth road, as shown
on plans Nos. 860 and 861.
Hanover street from Elm to Wilson, as shown on plans Nos.
952, 953. 954, 955^ 95^, 957-
Hall street from Bridge to Prospect, as shown on plan No. 888.
Belmont street from Valley to Clay, as shown on plan No. 889.
692 ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS.
Young street from A. A. Ainsworth's land to Mason, as shown
on plans Nos. 890 and 891.
Walnut street from Gore to Salmon, as shown on plan No. S92.
Passed April 5, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order for plans and estimates of Bridges.
Ordered, That the mayor and joint standing committee on
streets be authorized to procure plans and estimates for a bridge
at Second street in West Man'chester, and report upon the same
to the city government, the expense thereof to be charged to the
appropriation for Second-street bridge.
Pa.ssed April 5, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order relative to purchase of Settees for use on Public
Commons.
Ordered, That the mayor and joint standing committee on
commons be authorized to purchase 100 settees for use on the
public commons, the expense thereof to be charged to the ap-
propriation for commons.
Passed April 5, 1892. »
CiTy OF Manchester.
An Order to build Grove Street.
Ordered^ That the mayor and joint standing committee on
streets be authorized to build Grove street from Belmont street
ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS. 693
easterly 500 feet, and the expense thereof be charged to the ap-
propriation for new highways.
Passed April 5, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order relating to visit of Committee on Fire Department
to Boston.
Ordered, That the mayor and joint standing committee on
fire department, and the chief engineer, be and hereby are au-
thorized to visit the city of Boston, to investigate the merits of
the aerial ladder trucks, the expense thereof to be charged to the
appropriation for fire department.
Passed April 5, 1892.
City of Manchester. .
An Order to build Belmont Street.
Ordered, That the mayor and joint standing committee on
streets be authorized to build Belmont street from Young road
to Clay street, and the expense thereof to be charged to the ap-
propriation for new^highways.
Passed April 5, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order relating to the purchase of an Aerial Ladder Truck.
Ordered, That the mayor and joint standing committee on
fire department purchase an aerial ladder truck, and the same to
be charged to the appropriation for the fire department.
Passed April 5, 1892.
694 ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS.
City of Manchester,
, An Order to build Bay Street.
Ordered, That the mayor and joint standing committee on
streets be and hereby are authorized to build Bay street, and the'
expense thereof be charged to the appropriation for new high-
ways.
Passed April 5, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order relative to Shade Trees.
Ordered, That the mayor and committee on setting trees be
authorized to purchase and set all the shade trees required by the
city for the year 1892, the expense thereof to be charged to the
appropriation for incidental expenses.
Passed April 5, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order relative to Sewer Pipe.
Ordered, That the mayor and joint standing committee on
sewers and drains be and they are hereby authorized to contract
for such quantities of sewer pipe as in their judgment the city
may require for this year, and the expense thereof be charged to
the appropriation for sewers and drains.
Passed April 5, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order to revise and print City Ordinances.
Ordered, That the mayor be authorized to employ some suita-
ble person to revise the City Ordinances, and cause to be printed
ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS. 695
500 copies of such revised ordinances, for the use of the city, the
expense thereof to be charged to the appropriation for incidental
expenses.
Passed April 5, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order to build Salmon Street,
Ordered^ That the mayor and joint standing committee
on streets be authorized to build Salmon street from Pine to
Walnut street, and the expense thereof to be charged to the ap-
propriation for new highways.
Passed April 5, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order for two Carts.
Ordered^ That the mayor and joint standing committee on
streets be authorized to procure two carts for the use of district
No. 2, street department, and the expense thereof be charged to
the appropriation for city teams.
Passed April 5, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order to build Summer Street.
Ordered, That the mayor and joint standing committee on
streets be authorized to build Summer street from Belmont to
Massabesic street, and the expense thereof be charged to the
appropriation for new highways.
Passed April 5, 1892.
696 ORDERS AKD RESOLUTIONS.
City of Manchester.
An Order to build a Culvert.
Ordered^ That the mayor and joint standing committee on
streets be authorized to build a culvert on Cemetery brook at
Maple street, and the expense thereof be charged to the appro-
priation for new highways.
Passed April 5, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order to build Hall Street.
Ordered, That the mayor and joint standing committee on
streets be authorized to build Hall street from Central street
southerly to Lake avenue, a distance of 220 feet, and the expense
thereof be charged to the appropriation for new highways.
Passed April 5, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order relating to retaining Horses at three Fire Engine
Stations.
Ordered, That the chief of the fire department be and hereby
is authorized to retain horses at the following fire engine houses,
viz., at the Merrimack fire engine house, Lake avenue ; the Gen-
eral Stark fire engine house, JVebster street ; the Fire King en-
gine-house, Main street ; and Massabesic hose house, the expense
of the same to be charged to the appropriation for fire depart-
ment.
Passed May '3, 1S92.
ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS. 697
City of Manchester.
An Order to build Elm Street.
Ordered, That the mayor and joint standing committee on
streets be and are hereby authorized to build Elm street from
Baker street southerly as laid out, and the expense thereof be
charged to the appropriation for new highways.
Passed May 3, 1S92.
City of Manchester.
An Order to care for Team of Superintendent of District No. 10.
Ordered, That the city take care of the team of superintendent
of streets in district No. 10, in a sum not exceeding one hundred
and fifty dollars per year, the expense thereof to be charged to
the appropriation for district No. 10.
Passed May 3, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order to erect a Watering-Trough.
Ordered, That the mayor and joint standing committee on
streets be authorized to erect a watering-trough at the corner of
Second and Walker streets, supplied with city water and the over-
flow connected with the city's sewers, and the expense thereof be
charged to the appropriation for incidental expenses.
Passed May 3, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order to build Cartier Street.
Ordered, That the mayor and joint standing committee on
streets be authorized to build Cartier street from Wayne street
698 ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS.
southerly to the top of the bluff, and the expense thereof be
charged to the appropriation for new highways.
Passed May 3, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order to Concrete.
Ordered. That the mayor and joint standing committee on
streets be and are hereby authorized to concrete Union street
from the south side of Concord street lo the south side of Hano-
ver street, and the expense thereof be charged to the appropria-
tion for macadamizing.
Passed May 3, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order to build Green Street.
Ordered, That the mayor and joint standing committee on
streets be and are hereby authorized to build Green street from
Douglas street northerly about one hundred feet, and the expense
thereof be charged to the appropriation for new highways.
Passed May 3, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order relative to Electric Lights.
Ordered, That the joint standing committee on lighting streets
cause to be erected certain electric lights as follows : East side
of Elm back street between Spruce and Cedar streets ; corner of
Salmon street and Falls road ; corner of Gates and Dubuque
ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS. 699
streets ; corner of Appleton and Adams streets ; lower end of
Elm street ; corner of Prospect and Ash streets ; corner of Ma-
ple and Auburn streets ; corner of Cass street and Lake avenue ;
corner of Harrison and Russell streets ; the expense thereof to
be charged to the appropriation for lighting streets.
Passed May 3, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order to build Certain Streets.
Ordered, That the mayor and joint standing committee on
streets be authorized to build :
Chestnut street from Appleton to Clarke street.
Amory street from Beaumont to Kimball street.
Lincoln street from Young to Silver street.
Myrtle street, from Linden to Belmont street.
Mitchell street from Calef road to Beech street.
B street from Milford to Prince street.
The expense thereof to be charged to appropriation for new
highways.
Passed June 7, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order relating to the Purchase of Horses for Fire Depart-
ment.
Ordered, That the mayor and joint standing committee on
fire department be and hereby are authorized to purchase three
(3) horses for the use of the fire department, the expense of the
same to be charged to the appropriation for fire department.
Passed June 7, 1892.
700 ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS.
City of Manchester.
An Order to establish Certain Grades.
Ordered, That the grades as shown on plan 784 of Cartier
street from Amory to Kelley, and dated June 7, 1892, be estab-
lished, and that the grade on the west side of Maple street from
Amherst to Concord, as shown on plan No. 71, established
March 6, 1883, signed by George H. Allen, city engineer, be
changed to grade as shown on said plan of date June 7, 1892.
Passed June 7, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order to Macadamize.
Ordered^ That the mayor and joint standing committee on
streets be and are hereby authorized to macadamize Maple street
from Lake avenue to Merrimack street, and the expense thereof
be charged to the appropriation for macadamizing.
Passed June 7, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order to purchase a Transit.
Ordered^ That the mayor and city engineer be authorized to
purchase a transit instrument for the city engineer's department,
the expense thereof to be charged to appropriation for the en-
gineer's department.
Passed June 7, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order to pave Certain Streets.
Ordered^ That the mayor and joint standing committee on
streets be and are hereby authorized to pave Granite street from
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the river bridge to the canal bridge, and the expense thereof be
charged to the appropriation for paving.
Passed June 7, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order to Concrete certain Streets.
Ordered^ That the mayor and joint standing committee on
streets be and are hereby authorized to concrete Pine street from
Lake avenue to Cedar street, and the expense thereof be charged
to the appropriation for macadamizing.
Passed June 7, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order to erect certain Lamp Posts.
Ordered, That the joint standing committee on lighting cause
to be erected certain lamp posts, as follows :
Oil light at the corner of Cohas avenue and Dickey road.
Electric lights at the corner of North River road and Clark
street ; at the corner of Elm and Baker streets ; at the terminus
of horse car railway, south, — the expense thereof to be charged
to the appropriation for lighting streets.
Passed June 7, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order to build a portion of Page Street, so called.
Ordered, That the highway surveyor in district No. 7 be di-
rected to build a portion of highway known as Page street, ly-
ing between Hanover street and Candia road, so called, suitable
702 ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS.
for public travel, the expense thereof to be charged to the ap-
propriation for new highways.
Passed June 7, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order to build certain Sewers.
Ordered, That the mayor and joint standing committee of
sewers and drains,be authorized to build certain sewers, as fol-
lows :
In Elm west back Bridge street, southerly about 200 feet.
In Adams street, from Appleton northerly about 200 feet.
In Ashland street, from Concord to Amherst streets.
In Webster street, from Union to Walnut streets.
In Cheney place, from Brown avenue to Elm street.
In Cartier street, from Wayne to Putnam.
In Pearl street, easterly about 100 feet (near Morrison).
In Belmont, from present sewer northerly to East High.
In Wilson road, from Lowell to Concord street.
In Grove street, from Belmont street easterly about 500 feet.
In Linden street, to Arlington northerly about 100 feet.
In Morrison street, from Pearl southerly about 200 feet.
And the expense thereof to be charged to the appropriation
for sewers and drains.
Passed June 7, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order to build certain Sewers.
Ordered, That the mayor and joint standing committee on
sewers and drains be authorized to build certain sewers as fol-
lows :
From a point in Auburn south back street at Beech street ;
thence westerly, in Auburn south back street, to Pine east back
ORDERS 'AND RESOLUTIOXS. 703
Street ; thence northerly, in Pine east back street, to Auburn
street ; thence westerly in Auburn street to Elm-street sewer,
according to the city's plan of sewers, and the expense thereof
be charged to appropriation for sewers and drains.
Passed June 7, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order for the purchase of Land for an Addition to Pine
Grove Cemetery.
Ordered, That the mayor and trustees of Pine Grove cemetery
be authorized to purchase for and in behalf 'of the city of Man-
chester, from John C. Ray and Mrs. Jacob F. James, three
acres of land, more or less, being a certain lot which adjoins
land now owned by the city, for an addition to Pine Grove cem-
etery, at a price not to exceed five hundred and thirty dollars
for the whole of said land, the cost of the same to be charged
to the appropriation for Pine Grove cemetery.
Passed June 7, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order in relation to the Motive Power of the Manchester
Street Railway.
Ordered by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen : That the
Manchester Street Railway be and it is hereby authorized and
empowered to use upon its Massabesic extension as now laid out,
and upon any of its other extensions, any motive power, and
the same form and manner of application, that said road is or
may be authorized to use upon its main line in said city.
Passed July 5, 1892.
704 ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS.
City of Manchester.
An Order to build certain Streets.
Ordered^ That the mayor and joint standing committee on
streets be and are hereby authorized to build certain streets, as
follows :
Dickey street, from West Hancock to Main street.
Prince street, from Boynton to Huntress street.
McDuffie street, from Boynton to Huntress street.
Hall street, from Bridge to Prospect street.
To widen and straighten Brown avenue, from Hancock to
Baker street.
And the expense tljereof be charged to the appropriation for
new highways.
Passed July 5, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order making transfer of Appropriation.
Ordered^ That the city clerk be authorized to transfer two
thousand dollars ($2,000) from tl:e reserved fund for the purpose
of building an addition to the Goffe's Falls schoolhouse.
Passed July 5, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order for the Purchase of a Safe.
Ordered, That the mayor and city tax collector be authorized
to purchase a safe for the use of the city treasurer and city tax
collector, at an expense not exceeding $375, and that the same
be charged to the appropriation for incidental expenses.
Passed July 5, 1892.
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City of Manchester.
An Order to erect an Electric Light.
Ordered, That the mayor cause to be erected an electric light
on the road near the Eddy, as called for by the petition of Den-
nis Haggerty et al., the expense thereof to be charged to the
appropriation for lighting streets.
Passed July 5, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order to build certain Sewers.
Ordered, That the mayor and joint standing committee on
sewers and drains be authorized to build certain sewers as fol-
lows :
In Salmon street, from Pine to Union east back.
In Amherst street, from present end easterly seventy-five feet
towards Union street.
In Young street, from Cypress to Jewett street.
To build a cesspool corner of Third and Blaine streets.
And the expense thereof be charged to the appropriation for
sewers and drains.
Passed July 5, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order for the erection of certain Electric Lights.
Ordered^ That the joint standing committee on lighting streets
be authorized to erect electric light poles at the following places :
At corner of Pine and Sagamore streets.
At corner of Merrimack and Wilson streets.
706 ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS.
At corner of Fourth and Walker streets.
On Winter between Main and Parker streets.
On Bowman between Milford and A streets.
The expense of which is to be charged to the appropriation for
lighting streets.
Passed July 5, 1892.
City of Manchester.
in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.
Resolution authorizing the issue of Bonds to the Trustees of the
Cemetery Funds.
Resolved by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the
City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as follows :
That the mayor be authorized to issue bonds of the city of
Manchester, N. H., to the trustees of the cemetery fund in such
sums as they may require from time to time (the amount not to
exceed fifty thousand [^50,000] dollars), for the investment of
the money left in trust for the care of lots and grounds in the
cemeteries of said city ; the rate of interest not to exceed five
per cent, payable annually on the first day of July each year,
said bonds to be signed by the mayor, countersigned by the city
treasurer, and not negotiable.
Passed July 7, 1892.
City of Manchester.
IN THE year one THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND NINETY-TWO.
Resolution relative to plan of Stark Park.
Resolved by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the
City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as follows :
That the plan of Stark park submitted by the joint standing
committee on commons, and made by Messrs. Morton and
Quimby, of Boston, Mass., be and the same is hereby adopted.
Passed July 5, 1892.
ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS. 707
City of Manchester.
in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.
Resolution for the discontinuance of a part of the Highway
known as the " Old Falls Road."
Resolvedhy 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 the " Old Falls road "
as lies between the intersection of said road with the easterly line
of Nashua street, and a point in the northerly line of Concord
street where the center of the "Old Falls road " intersects with
the north line of Concord street, be and the same is hereby dis-
continued, and that application be tnade to the supreme court to
secure its consent to said discontinuance.
Passed July 6, 1892.
City of Manchester. .
in the YEAR ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND NINETY-ONE.
Resolution relating to Mast Street.
Resolved by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the
City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as follows :
Whereas Mast street is unsafe and unsightly by reason of the
bend in the same opposite the mills of the Baldwin Co., that the
joint standing committee on streets ascertain the probable cost
of straightening said street and making it safe for public travel.
Passed August 2, 1892.
708 ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS.
City of Manchester.
in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.
Resolution relating to Manchester Steam Company.
Resolved by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the
City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as follows:
That the right and permission is hereby granted to The Man-
chester Steam Company, their successors and assigns, to enter
upon and construct, lay, operate, and maintain in the public
streets of the city of Manchester, a system of pipes with all neces-
sary branches, cutoffs, and manholes for conveying steam to pub-
lic or private consumers within said city, for heating or power
purposes, and to enter upon the same from time to time, as may
be necessary for its maintenance, operation, repairs, and renew-
als of said system or any portion of the same.
Provided, however, that when said parties shall enter upon any
streets for the purpose of constructing or repairing any portion
of said system, they shall prosecute their work with due diligence,
and shall close all trenches and holes as soon as possible as the
work progresses, leaving said streets in as good condition as they
found them at the time of entry \ and provided, further, that said
parties shall be liable to said city of Manchester, and to private
persons for all damages and injury caused by or arising from the
use or occupancy of any of the streets by them, for the purpose
aforesaid, and said parties shall at all times hold said city harm-
less of and from all claims for damages arising from or by reason
of the entry or occupancy of said streets, shall defend all suits
brought for the enforcement of such claims, and pay all judg-
ments obtained as a result of said suits.
Passed September 6, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order to concrete Maple Street.
Ordered, That the mayor and joint standing committee on
streets be and are hereby authorized to concrete Maple street
ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS. 709
from Lake avenue to Merrimack street, instead of macadamizing
as previously ordered, and the expense thereof to be charged to
the appropriation for macadamizing.
Passed August 2, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order to build Certain Streets.
Ordei-ed^ That the mayor and joint standing committee on
streets be and are hereby authorized to build the following streets:
Hevey street from Kelly street southerly to the Boulevard, a
distance of 1,150 feet.
Rimmon street from Amory street southerly to the Boulevard,
a distance of about 950 feet.
Amory-street extension and Bartlett street from Hevey street
to Putnam street.
The expense thereof to be charged to the appropriation for
new highways.
Passed August 2, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order making a transfer of an Appropriation.
Ordered, That the city clerk be authorized to transfer three
hundred dollars (^300) from reserved fund to free beds at Elliot
Hospital.
Passed August 2, .1892.
City of Manchester.'
An Order relative to Addition to Goffe's Falls Schoolhouse.
Ordered, That the joint standing committee on lands and
buildings be authorized to build the addition to the Goffe's Falls
710 ORDEKS AND RESOLUTIONS.
schoolhouse, the expense thereof to be charged to the appropri-
ation for addition to Goffe's Falls schoolhouse.
Passed July i8, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order to Concrete Certain Streets.
Ordered, That the mayor and joint standing committee on
streets be and are hereby authorized to concrete certain streets,
as follows :
On INIerrimack street from Beech to Maple street.
On Hanover street from Union to Beech street.
On West street from Douglas northerly about 122 feet.
And the expense thereof to be charged to the. appropriation
for macadamizing.
Passed August 2, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order to purchase pump for- artesian ^vell at City Farm.
Ordered^ That the joint standing committee on city farm be
authorized to purchase a pump for artesian well at city farm, the
expense thereof to be charged to the appropriation for city farm.
Passed August 2, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order to purchase stone for Macadamizing.
Ordered, That the mayor and joint standing committee on
streets be and are hereby authorized to purchase Salem ground-
stone to topdress Bridge street from the bridge to McGregor
ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS. 711
Street, and the expense thereof be charged to the appropriation
for macadamizing.
Passed August 2, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order to remove trees in Massabesic street.
Ordered, That the mayor and joint standing committee on
streets be authorized to remove the obstructions, otherwise known
as trees, on Massabesic street, in front of land of Peter O. Wood-
man, the expense thereof to be charged to the appropriation for
incidental expenses.
Passed July 20, 1892.
City of Manchester,
An Order to purchase horse for Pennacook Hose Co.
Ordered, That the joint standing committee on fire depart-
ment be authorized to dispose of one horse and purchase another
for Pennacook Hose Co., the expense thereof to be charged to
the appropriation for fire department.
Passed August 2, 1802.
City of Manchester.
An Order to purchase Watering-Troughs.
Ordered, That the mayor and joint standing committee on
streets be and are hereby authorized to purchase and set in posi-
tion, with necessary connections, two combination drinking foun-
tains for man and beast, to be located as follows : One at Mc-
Gregor and Bridge streets and one at Lake avenue and Hall
712 ORDERS AXD RESOLUTIONS.
Street, and the expense thereof be charged to appropriation for
incidental expenses.
Passed August 2, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order to macadamize certain Streets.
Ordered, That the mayor and joint standing committee on
streets be and are hereby authorized to macadamize Central street
from ^Nlaple to Wilson street, and the expense thereof be charged
to the appropriation for macadamizing.
Passed August 2, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order to build a Se^ve^.
Ordered, if the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
a sewer be built commencing at Douglas street on Barr street,
and extending north to Conant, then west to Rimmon street,
then north on Rimmon street about 200 feet.
Passed September 6, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order for Street Signs.
Ordered, if the Board of Common Council concur : That the
mayor and joint standing committee on streets be and are hereby
authorized to procure street signs for the several streets, and
place the same in position, the expense thereof to be charged to
the appropriation for incidental expenses.
Passed September 9, 1892.
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City of Manchester.
An Order to purchase three horses for use in Fire Department.
Ordered^ if the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the joint standing committee on fire department purchase three
horses, one for use in Fire King Engine Co., and the others for
use in Amoskeag Fire Engine Co., the expense thereof to be
charged to the appropriation for fire department.
Passed September 6, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order to build certain Sewers.
Ordered, if the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and joint standing committee on sewers and drains be
and are hereby authorized to build certain sewers as follows :
' In Elm street from Sagamore 300 feet northerly.
In Hanover street from Milton street easterly to Beacon street.
In Beacon street from Hanover street northerly about 100 feet.
In Bowman street from A street northerly to Milford street.
The expense thereof to be charged to the appropriation for
sewers and drains.
Passed September 6, 1892.
City of Manchester.
• An Order to sell schoolhouse on Lake Avenue.
Ordered, if the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and joint standing committee on lands and buildings
be authorized to sell the schoolhouse on Lake avenue.
Passed September 6, 1892.
714 ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS.
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 be and are
hereby authorized to build Young street from Beech to Hall
street as already laid out, the expense thereof to be charged to
the appropriation for new highways.
Passed September 6, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order to concrete Main Street.
Ordered^ if the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and joint standing committee on streets be and are
hereby authorized to concrete Main street from Amory to Put-
nam street, the expense thereof to be charged to the appropria-
tion for macadamizing.
Passed September 6, 1892.
City of Manchester.
x\n Order relative to Land and Buildings on Park Street.
Ordered^ if the Board of Common Council concur : That
whereas the city of Manchester, N. H., having sold the buildings
and lot of land belonging to it known as the Park-street school
house, situate on Lake averme, be it ordered that the mayor,
Edgar J. Knowlton, be and is hereby appointed agent to make
conveyance in the name of the city, and to execute the deed of
said property in accordance with said sale-
Passed October 4, 1S92.
ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS. 715
City of Manchester.
An Order to establish certain Grades.
Ordered, if the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the grades as shown on certain plans, as follows, be and are here-
by established as the grades for such streets :
Boynton street from A southerly, about 1,940 feet. Plans Nos.
958 and 959.
Prince street from Boynton to Huntress street, 550 feet. Plan
No. 710.
McDuffie street from Boynton to Huntress street, 475 feet.
Plan No. 711.
Passed October 4, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order to build certain Sewers.
Ordered, if the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and joint standing committee on sewers be and are
hereby authorized to build the following sewers : *
On Granite street from Winter, northerly about 150 feet.
On Third street from Ferry, southerly about 150 feet.
On Orange street from present sewer, easterly about 60 feet.
The expense thereof to be charged to the appropriation for
sewers and drains.
Passed October 4, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order to erect certain Electric Lights.
Ordered, if the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the joint standing committee on lighting streets be authorized to
erect certain electric lights :
On Chestnnt, between Appleton and Clarke.
On Union, corner of Clarke.
716 ORDERS AXD RESOLUTIONS.
On Brook, corner of Maple.
On Concord, corner of Beech.
On Prospect, corner of Linden.
On Belmont, corner of Gove.
On Hall, corner of Concord.
On corner of Cheney place and River road.
The same to be charged to the appropriation for lighting
streets.
Passed October 4, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order relative to Ward Rooms for Wards i, 2, 3, and 7.
Ordered, if the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
until otherwise established ward rooms, for the purpose of hold-
ing elections in wards i, 2, 3, and 7, be established as follows:
Ward No. i, the City Hall.
Ward No. 2, Blodget-street schoolhouse.
Ward No. 3, Mechanics' Hall.
Ward No. 7, court house.
Passed October 4, 1S92.
City of Manchester.
An Order to establish Grades.
Ordered^ if the Board of Conimon Council concur: That
the grades as shown on the following plans in the city engi-
neer's department be established :
Amory, from Beauport to Kimball.
Hall, from Lake avenue to Bell.
Hall, from Young to Young road.
Wilson, from Young to Clay.
Bartlett, from Amory to Putnam.
Silver, from Lincoln to Hall.
ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS. 717
Candia road, from Mammoth road to Londonderry turnpike.
Plans Nos. 862 to 876.
Lowell, from Wilson to Belmont.
Boynton, from South Main to Allen. Plans Nos. 958 and
959-
Adams, from Appleton to Clarke.
Jewett, from Massabesic to Cilley road. 2 plans.
Massabesic, from Cypress to Mammoth road. Plans Nos. 860
and 861.
Young, from A. A. Ainsworth's land to Mammoth road.
Plans Nos. 890 and 891.
Frederick, from Second easterly about 300 feet. Plan No.
898.
Second, from Piscataquog river to Bell. Plans No. 965 and
966.
McNeil, from West Hancock to Second. Plan No. 713.
Dickey, from South Main to West Hancock. Plan No. 897.
Dartmouth, from West Hancock to Frederick. Plan No. 900.
Cheney place, from Elm to Brown avenue.
Cedar, from Wilson to Elliott Manufacturing Co.'s east line.
Bell, from Wilson to Elliott Manufacturing Co.'s east line.
Auburn, from Wilson to Belmont.
Summer, from Wilson to Belmont.
Hampton, from Wilson to Belmont.
Oilman, from Wilson to Belmont.
Young, from Wilson to Hall.
Russell, from Orange to Harrison.
Belmont, from Valley to Clay. Plan No. 889.
Prospect, from Russell to Linden.
And the grades on the following streets changed :
Prospect, from Belmont westerly.
Hall, from Prospect to Myrtle.
Chestnut, from Appleton to Clarke.
Passed November i, 1892.
718 ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS.
City of Manchester.
An Order to remove Watering-Trough at corner of Hanover
and Hall Streets.
Ordered, if the Board of Common Council concur : That the
mayor and joint standing committee on streets be authorized to
remove the watering-trough at the corner of Hanover and Hall
streets.
Passed November i, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order to concrete certain Streets.
Ordered, if the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and joint standing committee on streets be and are
hereby authorized to concrete Granite street roadway on one
side from car track to gutter, from Granite bridge to Main street,
the expense thereof to be charged to the appropriation for
macadamizing.
Passed November i, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order to change the Grade df Riddle Street.
Ordered, if the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the grade on Riddle street, West Manchester, be changed to
conform to the grade as shown on plan No. 769, in the city engi-
neer's department.
Passed November i, 1892.
ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS. 719
City of Manchester.
An Order to purchase an Extra First Size Steam Fire Engine,
and one Combination Chemical Engine.
Ordered, if the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and joint standing committee on fire department be
authorized to purchase an extra first size steam fire engine and
one combination chemical engine for use in the fire department,
the expense thereof to be charged to the appropriation for West
Side engine-house for 1893.
Passed November i, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order to build certain Sewers.
Ordered^ if the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and joint standing committee on sewers and drains be
authorized to build certain sewers as follows :
In Webster street from Walnut street easterly about 300 feet.
In Jane street from Nashua street easterly about 150 feet.
In Prospect street from Russell easterly to Hall street.
In Blaine street from Second street easterly to Hiram street.
In West Hancock street from South Main street easterly to
Merrimack river.
In Welch avenue from Elm street easterly to Calef road.
In Elm avenue from Elm street easterly to Calef road.
The expense thereof to be charged to appropriation for sewers
and drains.
Passed December 6, 1892.
720 OKDEKS AND RESOLUTIONS.
City of Manchester,
An Order to erect certain Electric Lights.
Ordered^ if the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the joint standing committee on lighting streets be authorized
to erect certain lamp-poles, as follows :
Corner Market and Canal streets.
Corner Brook and Hazel streets.
Corner Belmont and Merrimack streets.
Corner Pine and Valley streets.
Corner South Jane and High streets.
Corner Spruce and Beacon streets.
Corner Pearl and Morrison streets.
Corner Milton and Manchester streets.
Corner Webster and Walnut streets.
Corner Rimmon and Amory streets.
The same to be charged to the appropriation for lighting
streets.
Passed December 6, 1892.
City of Manchester.
An Order providing for the pay of the Election Officers at the
late Election.
Ordered^ if the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the moderators, selectmen, and inspectors of elections of the
several wards of the city, who acted in said capacities at the elec-
tion just past in November ,''be paid for all services in connec-
tion with elections the sum of ten dollars each, the same to be
inclusive of all pay for such services now provided for by ordi-
nance.
Passed December 6, 1892.
ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS. 721
City of Manchester.
in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.
Resolution relating to exemption of Kennedy Land Company.
Resolved^ by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the
City of Manchester, in City Councils assembled, as follows :
That whereas the Kennedy Land Co., a corporation duly es-
tablished by law, propose to erect buildings and lease the same,
with a tract of land not exceeding one acre, to Josselyn & Sea-
vey for the manufacture of furniture, upon the land south of the
brewery, on the line of the Concord & Montreal Railroad, pro-
vided sufficient inducements be given by the city ; therefore,
Resolved, That the buildings erected upon said premises for
the use of Josselyn & Seavey, or whoever else may occupy the
same for manufacturing purposes, with land used by them in said
business, not exceeding one acre, shall be exempt from taxation
for and during the term often years from December 12, 1892.
Passed December 17, 1892.
City of Manchester.
in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninetv-two.
Resolution relating to exemption from Taxation of Josselyn &
Seavey.
Resolved^ by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the
City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as follows:
Whereas, Lewis H. Josselyn, of Manchester, and Edward J.
Seavey, of Goffstown, partners under the firm of Josselyn &
Seavey, propose to engage extensively in the manufacture of
furniture in buildings to be erected by the Kennedy Land Com-
pany upon the land of the said company adjoining the Concord
722 ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS.
& Montreal Railroad south of the brewery, provided the city will
give sufficient encouragement in exemption from taxation ; there-
fore
Resolved, That the machinery, stock, and tools of said Josselyn
& Seavey upon the aforesaid premises used in manufacturing, and
the furniture manufactured and in process while upon said prem-
ises, be exempted from taxation for and during ten years from
December 6, 1892.
Passed December, 1892.
City of Manchester.
in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.
Resolution of the Common Council on the death of John
Henry Schimmel.
Whereas, God in His Divine Providence has seen fit to re-
move from our number one in active life, John Henry Schimmel,
our associate in the Common Council of the City of Manchester,
recognizing the frailty of earthly existence, and our dependence
upon a power higher than ours, we desire to express our feelings
of sorrow and loss, therefore
Resolved, That in John Henry Schimmel we lost one 'active,
fearless, and sincere in his dealings with men, who took great
interest in the prosperity of our city, and an open advocate of
all measures which he considered in the interest of the people.
Resolved, That we tender our heartfelt sympathy to his family
in this their bereavement.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to his fam-
ily and placed upon the records of the council.
FRED T. DUNLAP,
JOHN P. MULLEN,
THOS. WILKINSON,
Committee on Resolutions.
Passed in Common Council, December 6, 1892.
CONTRACT. 723
City of Manchester.
in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety^- wo.
: ' ■- , ,-:■'■
Resolution of the Board of Aldermen on the death of Andrew
J. Dickey.
Whereas, in the dispensation of Divine Providence, Andrew
Tackson Dickey, one of our associates in the board of aldermen
of Manchester, has been suddenly taken from our number, thus
reminding us of the uncertainty of human life, and desiring to
express our feelings of regret and sorrow at our loss, therefore
Resolved^ That in Andrew Jackson Dickey we have lost an
honest and earnest worker for the best interests of the city, one
who was careful and considerate in all matters relating to its
prosperity, fearless and outspoken against all measures detri-
mental to its present or future welfare. t^"'-^ ff'*^'
Resolved^ That we extend our heartfelt sympathy to his family
and friends in their great and unexpected bereavement.
Resolved^ That a copy of these resolutions be sent to his family
and placed upon the records of the board of aldermen.
.-.Ian. , m;. ■ ^■^- STEARNS, •
''"''' JOHN L. SANBORN,
\., Committee on Resolutions.
Passed in Board of Aldermen, December 17, 1893.
Contract.
City of Manchester, N. H., by S. ' F.^cjEiay^^rafd & Cortipiny.
■ Dated, September 6, 1892. ^i loornoJ l;
September' '6; ' iB^^r
To the Fire Committee, Maiichester, N. H.: i •;'-c- ' ■ - ,1 -■
■;'J'!ff:Oj llO jg3d t)f[j
; Gentlemen, — The Fire Extinguisher Manufacturing Com-
pany, S. F. Hay ward & Co., general eastern agents, will build
[for the city of Manchester the following apparatus, to wit;
One Babcock aerial turn-table hook-and-ladder truck, as per
*Steck's patent of November 11, 1884; July 7, 1885 ; September
724 CONTRACT.
7, 1886; March 13, 1888, and April 10, 1888, with all the latest
improvements and as per the following specifications, to wit :
One main or aerial ladder to be trussed, making it very rigid,
impossible for it to bend under regular, ordinary use, impossible
for it to break.
One extension or fly ladder, the two when raised and extended '
to reach eighty-five feet from the ground. The fly ladder to
have a 2-foot iron splice on end. (Our patent.)
The main aerial ladder to be trussed both ways and to be
raised by two vertical screws, operated by cranks in the hands of
men standing on the ground. These screws to work at right
angles with the ladder, forming a brace as same is being raised.
There is no lost power in raising the ladder because we have no
longitudinal strain.
The ladder is additionally braced by phosphor bronze cable,
reaching from end to end. By our process of raising the ladder
the strain is not at the raising point but from end of the ladder,
consequently can be raised with less men and easier than any
other known truck.
The truck is not to be over six feet high from the ground to
the top of the ladder as it lies horizontally on the frame.
The fly ladder is operated by men by metal cranks, standing
on the ground and not on the turn-table. Nor is it necessary to
send a man up the aerial ladder to loosen the dogs to allow the
fly ladder to come down, as this is controlled by men with
cranks, there being automatic dogs and hooks.
One steel turn-table over front gear, made of three parts, to
turn aerial ladder in any position.
Frame of truck to be of channel steel.
Axles to be of best Lomoor iron and to have solid collars and
round shoulders.
Springs, platform, threc-front and three rear, constructed of
the best oil- tempered Swede steel.
Wheels, Archibald patent, with brass closed end hub caps and
round edge steel tires.
Platform at sides of truck covered with rubber matting and
corrugated brass strips.
CONTRACT. 725
Seats, one driver's seat with cushion and whip socket ; one
steersman's seat with cushion, wheel, and shaft. This seat is made
to throw over and when in position to have bayonet lock attach-
ment.
The steersman is over all ladders and has as clear a view of all
that is before him as has the driver.
One three-horse hitch complete.
Brake, Steck's patent quick acting, by which means brake
chains work through hollow king bolt, so that wheels can be
locked by a man from driver's seat in any position.
Ladders, which are as follows, are made of the best clear sea-
soned Oregon pine with Ash rounds.
Two 35-foot single ladders.
Two 30-foot single ladders.
Two 25 -foot single ladders, to be carried at sides of truck.
One 20-foot single ladder.
One 16-foot single ladder.
One 16-foot roof ladder.
One 12-foot roof ladder.
Truck to be fitted for one 60-foot Bangor ladder, which you
are to furnish.
Ladders carried on rubber covered rollers, and have number
of feet marked on ends so that any particular ladder can quickly
be gotten off of truck. These ladders or the lengths of same
can be changed about to suit your wishes.
Pike poles, ten assorted lengths, from six to ten feet.
Extinguishers, two pony Babcock, with charges for same.
Axes, six pick back.
Door openers, one Detroit. (Our patent.)
Crowbars, one steel.
Pitchforks, four.
Shovels, two.
Sledge, one.
Lanterns, four eclypse. (Our patent.)
Wrenches, one each, monkey and hub.
Wire baskets, one under frame.
Tool box, one.
726 scavenger's contract.
Buckets, four rubber.
Gong, one 15 -inch.
All tools attached by proper holders and scabbards.
Painted as desired.
Lettered as desired.
We hereby agree that the workmanship and materials shall be
of the best quality and all parts to work in a manner satisfactory
to your board. And further agree that any part breaking or
giving out inside of one year from date of going into service,
attributable to any fault of ours as manufacturers, vye agree to
make good without cost to your city.
The above described apparatus and equipments shall be built
and delivered to your board within ninety days from the date of
the acceptance of this bid, delivered freight prepaid in the city
of Manchester, for the sum of thirty-five hundred dollars
($3'5oo)-
We further agree to furnish one 12-foot Pompier ladder and
one 14-foot Pompier ladder, with proper attachments for carry-
ing on truck, for the sum of forty dollars and fifty cents (^40. 50)
extra.
Respectfully submitted.
FIRE EXTINGUISHER MFG. CO.,
S. F. Hay ward (S^ Co., General Eastern Agents.
Scavenger's Contract.
THIS AGREEMENT,
Made and executed this 8th day of June, 1892, by and between
William H. Carpenter, of Manchester, in the county of Hills-
borough and state of New Hampshire, and the city of Manches-
ter, a municipal corporation in said county and state, acting by
E. J. Knowlton, mayor, specially authorized thereto by vote of
the city councils,
WITNESSETH : That for and in consideration of the mutual
promises and agreements hereinafter set forth, said parties do
scavenger's bond. 727
hereby contract and agree together as 'follows, to wit : Said
William H. Carpenter 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, estab-
lishing a scavenger service, passed May 6, iSgo, for the term of
one year from the 9th day of June, 1892, for the sum of one
thousand six hundred dollars (^1,600), 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 suitable man-
ner, 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
said Carpenter, upon the satisfactory performance of his con-
tract, the sum of one thousand six hundred dollars ($1,600), in
monthly payments.
E. J. KNOWLTON, Mayor.
W. H. CARPENTER, Contractor.
Witness : N. P. Kidder.
Scavenger's Bond.
Know all men by these presents, that we, William H. Carpen-
ter, as principal, and Alfred G. Fairbanks and James F. Cava-
naugh, us sureties, all of Manchester, in the county of Hillsbor-
ough and state of New Hampshire, are held and firmly bound to
the city of Manchester, a municipal corporation in said county
and state, in the sum of sixteen hundred dollars ($1,600), to be
paid to said city of Manchester, to the payment whereof we
jointly and severally bind ourselves and our heirs firmly by these
presents.
728 CONTRACT.
Sealed with our seals and dated the eighth day of June, A. D.
1892. The condition of this obligation is, That whereas the
above-named William H. Carpenter has this day entered into a
contract with the said city of Manchester to do scavenger work
in accordance with the ordinances of said city, now if the said
William H. Carpenter shall well and truly perform all the ser-
vices, duties, and conditions of said contract, and by it imposed
upon him, then this obligation shall be void.
W. H. CARPENTER, [l. s.]
ALFRED G. FAIRBANKS, [l. s.]
JAMES F. CAVANAUGH. [l. s.]
Signed, sealed, and delivered
in the presence of
F, L. Wallace.
C. H. BUTMAN.
Contract
Between the Head & Dowst Co., of the first part, and the
City of Manchester of the second part. Dated October 6, 1892.
THIS AGREEMENT
Made and entered into this 6th day of October, in the year one
thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, by and between The
Head & Dowst Co., of the city of Manchester, county of Hills-
borough, and state of New Hampshire, of the first part, contract-
ors ; and the city of Manchester, a municipal corporation in the
county of Hillsborough, and state of New Hampshire, of the sec-
ond part :
WITNESSETH : First. The said first party do hereby, for their
heirs, executors, administrators, or assigns, covenant, promise,
and agree to and with the said second party, its successors or
assigns, that they the said first party, their heirs, executors, ad-
ministrators, or assigns, shall and will, for the consideration here-
nafter mentioned, on or before the ist day of October, in the
COXTRACT. 729
year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, well and suffi-
•ciently erect, finish, and deliver in a true and thoroughly work-
manlike manner, all the several specified works required in the
erection and completion of an addition 28' 6" X 36' 4" to
schoolhouse at Goffe's Falls for the said second party, on ground
situated in the city of Manchester, county of Hillsborough, and
state of New Hampshire, agreeably to the plans and drawings
prepared for the said works by The Head & Dowst Co., and un-
der the direction and personal supervision of the committee on
lands and buildings, and will find and provide such good, proper,
and sufficient materials, of all kinds whatsoever, as shall be proper
and sufficient for the completing and finishing, in a proper man-
ner, all the works mentioned in the specifications, or set forth
by the plans and details for the said works within the time afore-
said, for the sum of two thousand dollars.
In consideration of the prompt and faithful performance of the
foregoing terms and covenants by the said first party, the said
second party agrees and hereby binds itself, its successors, or
assigns, to pay or cause to be paid unto the said first party, or
unto their heirs, executors, administrators, or assigns, the sum of
two thousand dollars, lawful money of the United States of
America.
AND IT IS HEREBY FURTHER AGREED, BY AND BETWEEN THE
SAID PARTIES.
First. That the specifications and drawings are intended to
■co-operate, so that any works exhibited in the drawings, and not
mentioned in the specifications, or vice versa, are to be executed
the same as if mentioned in the specifications and set forth by
the drawings, to the true intent and meaning of the said draw-
ings and specifications.
Second. The contractors, at their own proper cost and charges,
are to provide all manner of labor, materials, apparatus, scaffold-
ing, utensils, and cartage of every description, needful for the
due performance of the several works ; must produce, whenever
required by the city, all vouchers showing the quality of goods
and materials used ; and render all due and sufficient facilities to
730 CONTRACT.
the city or its agent for the proper inspection of the works and
materials, and wjiich are to be under their control ; and the city
may require the contractor to dismiss any workman or workmen
who they may think incompetent or improper to be employed.
The contractor shall deliver up the works to the city in perfect
repair and in good condition when complete. The contractor
shall not sub-let any of the works, without consent of the city.
Third. Should the city, at any time during the progress of
the said works, require any alterations of, additions to, or omis-
sions in the specifications or plans, it shall have the right or
power to make such change or changes and the same shall in no
way injuriously affect or make void the contract ; but the differ-
ence for work omitted shall be deducted from the amount of the
contract, by a fair and reasonable valuation ; and for additional
work required in alterations, the amount shall be agreed upon in
writing, and such agreement shall state also the extension of
time (if any) which is to be granted by reason thereof.
Fourth. Should the contractor, at any time during the prog-
ress of the said works, become bankrupt, refuse or neglect ta
supply a sufficiency of material or of workmen, or cause any un-
reasonable neglect or suspension of work, or fail or refuse to
follow the drawings and specifications, or comply with any of
the articles of agreement, the city or its agent shall have the
right and power to enter upon and take possession of the prem-
ises, and may at once terminate the contract, whereupon all claim
of the contractor, their heirs, executors, administrators, or as-
signs shall cease, and the city may provide materials and work-
men sufficient to complete the said works, after giving forty-eight
hours' notice in writing, directed and delivered to the contrac-
tor, or residence or his place of business ; and the expense of
the notice and the completing of the various works will be de-
ducted from the amount of contract, or any part of it due, or to
become due, to the contractor ; and in such case no scaffolding
or fixed tackle of any kind, belonging to such contractor, shall
be removed so long as the same is wanted for the work. But if
any balance on the amount of this contract remains after com-
pletion in respect of work done during the time of the default-
CONTRACT. 731
ing contractor, the same shall belong to the persons legally rep-
resenting them, but the city shall not be liable or accountable to
them in any way for the manner in which it may have gotten
the work completed.
Fifth. Should any dispute arise respecting the true construc-
tion or meaning of drawings or specifications, or as to what is
extra work outside of contract, the same shall be decided by the
, and his decision shall be final and conclusive; but
should any dispute arise respecting the true value of any works
omitted by the contractor, the same shall be valued by two com-
petent persons, one employed by the city and the other by the
contractor, and these two shall have the power to name an um-
pire whose decision shall be binding on all parties.
Sixth. The city will not, in any manner, be answerable or ac-
countable for any loss or damage that shall or may happen to the
said works, or any part or parts thereof respectively, or for any
of the materials or other things used and employed in finishing
and completing the said works ; or for injury to any person or
persons, either workman or the public, or damage to the ad-
joining property, from any cause which might have been pre-
vented by the contractor or his workmen, or any one em-
ployed by him against all which injuries and damages to
persons and property, the contractor having control over such
work must properly guard against, and must make good all damage
from whatever cause, being strictly responsible for the same.
Seventh. The contractor will insure the building to cover his
interest in the same from time to time, as required, and for
any loss of the contractor by fire the city will not under any cir-
cumstances be answerable or accountable, but the city may pro-
tect itself by insurance to cover its interest when payments have
been made to contractor.
Eighth. All works and materials, as delivered on the premises
to form a part of the works, are to be considered the property of
the city and are not to be removed without its consent ; but the
contractor shall have the right to remove all surplus materials
after his completing the works.
732 CONTRACT.
Ninth. Should the contractor fail to finish the work at or be-
fore the time agreed upon, shall pay to or allow the city, by
way of liquidated damages, the sum of dollars per diem, for
each and every day thereafter the said works shall remain incom-
plete.
In witness whereof We have hereunto affixed our signatures
and seals, the day and year above written. Signed and sealed
in presence of
THE HEAD & DOWST CO., [l. s.]
By F. DowsT, President.
Witness :
John Dowst.
Frank A. Cadwell.
THE CITY OF MANCHESTER, [l. s.]
By E. J. Knowlton.
Witness :
M. J. Healy.
INDEX,
INDEX.
PAGE
Advertising and printing 549
Abatement ou taxes 636
Assets, statement and inventory of 667-675
Annual interest cliarge on bonded debt 663
Auditor, city, report of 405
Appropriations for 1S92 by city councils 637
Auditor's department 458-676
Appendix, school 304
Addition to Goffe's Falls schoolliouse 593
Amoskeag cemetery 618
B
Bridges 510
Books and stationery 548
Buildings, repaii's of. 587
Board of water commissioners, organization of 9-10-28
report of 29
liealth, report of 333
Bonded debt 659-663
tabular statement of 659
detailed statement of for 1892 662
Buildings, public, occupied by private parties 661-666
Bonded debt, annual interest charge 663
Bridge, Second-street 530
c
Churches, etc., valuation of, exempt from tax 648
City Hall 426
City oflScers' salaries 451
City teams 514
Contingent expenses 550
Care of rooms 554
City library 559
Commons 60-t
736 I^^I)EX.
Cemetery, Pine Grove 609
Valley 613
East Manchester 617
Goffe's Falls 618
Amoskeag 618
City farm 623
County tax 637
City officials, list of 3-25
engineer, report of. 127
engineer's department, organization of 126
library, report of trustees of 197
treasurer's report 202
librarian's report. 207
donations to 211
Cemeteries, report of sub-trustees of Valley 231
Pine Grove 229
treasurer 227
fund of, report of trustees 225
City farm, report of joint standing committee 243
solicitor, report of 249
marshal , report of ■. 265
Committee, school, report of 273
City auditor's report 405
treasurer's report 410
councils, resolutions and orders 683
physician , r-eport of , 255
auditor's department 458-676
Contracts 723-732
Contract with S. F. Hay ward & Co., aerial ladder truck 723
"ST. H. Carpenter, scavenger service 726
Head & Dowst Co , Goffe's Falls sclioolhouse 728
D
Debt, payment of funded 423
Decoration of soldiers' graves 634
Debt, bonded, statement of 659-662
tabular statement of 659
detailed statement of , for 1892 662
Derryfleld park 616
E ,
Engine-house and ward room, ward 9 593
Engineer's department 530
Expenses, incidental 434
mayor's 450
contingent 550
East Manchester cemetery 617
Evening schools 556
school, mechanical tlrawing 557
Electric lights, location of 365, 373
Elliot Hospital...-. ., 633
Exempted from tax, property 646-657
Electric street lighting in American cities 37T
INDEX. 737
F
Fund, reserved 423
Fuel ■ • 542
Furniture and supplies 544
Free text-books 558
Fire department 562
Fire-alarm telegraph 576
Firemen's parade 579
Farm, paupers off 619
Free beds, Elliot Hospital 633
Fire department, i-eport of chief engineer 65
value of personal property 98-105
names and residences of members 106-110
location of hydrants 111-123
Fai'm, city 623
G
Grading for concrete 502
Graves, decoration of soldiers' 634
Gas-lights, location of 373-375
Goffe's Falls cemetery 618
H
Highway district No. 1 460
2 463
3 465
4 466
5 467
6 469
7 470
S 472
9 473
10 474
11 476
12 478
Highways, new 47S
land taken for 484
watering 487
paving 489
macadamizing 495
grading for concrete on 502
scavenger teams 504
sweeping 506
lighting 508
bridges 510
city teams 514
sewers and drains 520
Health department 534
Hospital, Women's Aid and Relief 633
Elliot, free beds 633
47
.738 INDEX.
Highway districts, reports of surveyors 164-194
Hydrants, location of 111-12S
Health, board of, report of 333
Hallsville schoolhouse ■. 591
Hospitals, churches, etc., exempt from taxation 646-657
I
Interest 422
Incidental expenses 434
Indigent soldiers 632
Inspector, milk, report of 257
Inventory of assets 667-675
Interest, annual charge, bonded debt 663
Loan, temporarj- 426
Land taken for highways 484
Lighting streets 508
Library, city 559
Location of electric lights 365-373
of gas-lights 373-375
of oil lamps 375-376
List of churches, etc., exempt from tax 648
of city officials 3-25
M
Mayor's incidentals 450
Macadamizing streets 495
Militia .- 636
Milk inspector, report of 257
Marshal, city, report of 265
Municipal receipts and expenditures 416-422
Manufacturing property exempt from, taxation 653
N
New highways 478
schoolhouse, Hallsville 591
O
Officials, city, salaries of 451
Order to print forty-seventh annual report 2
Organization ot board of water commissioners 28-9-10
Overseers of the poor, report of 247
Oil lamps, location of 373
INDEX. 739
Organizatiou of school board for 1892 13-318
Orders and resolutions 683
Order for an artesian well 683
to purchase land for a hose-house in South Manchester 683
relating to patrol and ambulance ■wagon 683, 684
to purchase horse for the fire department 684, 699, 711, 713
to purchase horse, wagon, and necessary fittings for engineer's
department 684
to erect lamp posts 685
to assign street numbers 685
to erect fountain. Lake avenue and Elm street 685
relating to appointment of deputy treasurer 686
authorizing detail of an officer as houseman 686
relative to names of schoolhouses 686
establishing gi-ades 690, 700, 715, 716
relating to plans and estimates for Second-street bridge 692
to purchase settees for commons 692
to build Grove street 692
relating to visit of fire department committee to Boston 693
to build Belmont street 693
to build Bay street 694
to purchase aerial ladder truck 693
relative to purchase of shade trees 694
relative to contract for sewer pipe 694
to revise and print city ordinances ^ . . 694
to build Salmon street 695
to purchase two carts for st reet department 695
to build Summer street. 695
to build culvert on Cemetery brook 696
to build Hall street 696
to build Elm street from Baker street southerly 697
relating to retaining horses at fire stations 696
relating to care of superintendent's team, district No. 10 697
to erect watering-trough . 697
to build Cartier street 697
to build Green street 698
to concrete Union street, south side Concord street to south side
Hanover street 698
to erect electric lights 698, 705, 715, 720
to build certain streets 699,704,709,714
to macadamize Maple street from Lake avenue to Merrimack
street 700
to purchase transit for engineer's department 700
to pave Granite street from river bridge to canal bridge 700
to concrete Pine street from Lake avenue to Cedar street 701
to erect lamp posts and electric lights 701
to build Page street 701
to build certain sewers 702, 705, 712, 713, 715,719
to purchase additional land for Pine Grove cemetery 703
relating to motive power of the Manchester Street Kailway 703
relating to addition to Goffe's Falls schoolhouse 704-709
to purchase safe for tax collector and treasurer 704
relating to Elliot hospital 709
740 INDEX.
Order to concrete certain streets 708, 710, 714, 71S
to purchase pumps for artesian well at city farm 710
to purchase stone for macadamizing 710
to remove trees in Massahesic street 711
to purchase two drinking fountains 711
to macadamize Central street 712
for street signs 712
I'elating to sale of Park-street schoolhouse 713-714
establishing ward-rooms 716
to remove watering-trough at corner of Hanover and Hall streets 718
to change the grade of Riddle street 71S
to purchase steam lire engine and combination chemical engine 719
relating to pay of election officers 720
P
Payment of funded debt .' 423
Printing and stationery 430
Paving streets 489
Printing and advertisuig 549
Police department 579
Pine Grove cemetery 609
Paupers oflfthe farm 619
Property account, real and personal 667-675
Public buildings occupied by private parties 664-666
Park, Derryfield 616
Stark 608
Parsonages, valuation of, exempt from taxation? 646-657
Q
Quotations from miscellaneous sources 385-401
R
Reserved fund 423
Repairs of schoolhouses 538
Rooms, care of 554
Receiving tomb 616
Report of Board of ^yater Commissioners 29
Superintendent of Water-Works 31
City Engineer 127
Highway District Surveyors 164-194
Chief Engineer Fire Department 65
Trustees of City Library 197
Sub-Trustees of Tallej"^ Cemetei-y 231
Pine Grove Cemetery 229
Treasurer of Cemeteries 227
Trustees of Cemetery Fund 225
Overseers of tlie Poor 237
•Toint Standing Committee on City Farm 243
INDEX.
741
Heport of City Solicitor 249
Milk Inspector 257
City Marshal 265
School Committee 273
Superintendent 383
Board of Health 333
Repairs of iDuildings 587
Real estate owned by the city 667-675
Real property, exempt from taxation, other than public property 646-657
Rules, etc., relating to hills against the city (auditor's department) . . . .676-679
Receipts and expenditures, 1890, 1891, and 1892 422
Report of citj' auditor 405
treasurer 410
Receipts and expenditures, municipal, for 1892 416
Report of city physician 255
Resolutions and orders of the city councils 683
raising money and making appropriations for 1892 637
Resolution relating to discontinuance of a part of Old Falls road 687-707
relating to temporary loan 688
exempting Elliott Manufacturing Co. from taxation 688
adopting a plan for streets at West Side 689
discontinuing part of Cartier street 690
relating to increase in amount of cemetery bonds 706
relative to plan of Stark park , 706
relating to JNIast street 707
relating to Manchester Steam Company 708
relating to exemption of Kennedy Land Co. from taxation 721
relating to exemption from taxation of Josselyn & Seavey. 721
relating to death of John Henry Schimmel 722
relating to death of Andrew J. Dickey 723
S
Second-street bridge 580
Salaries of city oflBcials 451
Scavenger teams 504
Street sweeping 506
Sewers and drains 520
School department 318
Schoolhouses, repairs of 538
Supplies and furniture 544
Stationery and books 548
Salaries, teachers' 557
School, evening, mechanical drawing 557
Stark park 608
Soldiers, indigent 632
* State tax 637
Solicitor, city, report of 249
School committee, report of 273
superintendent's report 383
Statement of bonded debt 662
total taxation for 1892 • 642
public buildings occupied by private parties 664-666
742 INDEX.
School statistics 30i
attendance 307
SchoolhoiTse, Hallsville 591
acMition to Goffe's Falls 593
Schoolhouses, parochial, and seminaries of learning . 648
Summary of city debt 663
Street lighting, electric, in American cities 377
T
Temporary loans 426
Text-hooks, free 558
Teachers' salaries 557
Tomb, receiving 616
Taxes, abatement of 636
Tax, state 637
county 637
Treasiirer, city, report of 410
Taxation 637-658
appropriations for 1892 637
exemption 646-657
by board of assessors 641
statement of total 647
table of taxes due and uncollected 643
valuations from 1846 to 1892, inclusive 644
settlement of tax collector's account to June 1, 1892 644
Teams, city 514
Tabular statement of receipts and expenditures 422
The Path of the Pestilence 362
V
VSllley cemetery 613
Valuation and taxes 642
w
Watering streets 487
Women's Aid and Relief Hospital 633
Water-works, superintendent's report 31
commissioners' report 29
construction account 593
repairs account 597
current expenses v 602
Ward room and engine-house (ward 9) 593.
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