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Forty-Ninth Annual Report
Receipts and Expenditures
City OF Manchester
NEW HAMPSHIRE
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31, 1894
TOGETHER WITH
OTHER ANNUAL REPORTS AND PAPERS RELATING
TO THE AFFAIRS OF THE CITY
MANCHESTER, N. H.
PRINTED BY THE JOHN B. CLARKE COMPANY.
1895.
35c
City of Manchester.
In Board of Common Council.
AN ORDER to print the Forty-ninth 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-ninth 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, police commissioners, overseers of
the poor, trustees, librarian, and treasurer of the city library, committee on cem-
eteries, joint standing committee on city farm, city physician, city solicitor, city
engineer, street and park commissioners, 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 stationei-y.
In Board of Common Council. March 5, 1895.
Passed.
JOHN T. GOTT, President.
In Board of Mayor and Aldermen. March 5, 1S95.
Passed in concurrence.
WILLIAM C. CLARKE, Mayor.
MANCHESTER
CITY GOVERNMENT.
1894.
Mayor.
EDGAR J. KNOWLTON* . . . Office, City Hall
DAVID B. VARNEY j . . . . Office, City Hall
BYRON WORTHEN + . . . . Office, City Hall
Chosen at biennial election in November, 1890, and re-elected in November,
1892. Salary, ^1,800 per annum, payable quarterly. (Act of June, 1848, sec-
tion i. Chapter 223, Laws of 1883. PubHc Statutes, chapter 47.) Telephone
at house and office.
Aldermen.
Act of June, 1848, section i. Public Statutes, chapter 48.
Ward I. Sam C. Lowell, 50 M. S. block, Mechanic street.
Ward 2. Alfred D. Maxwell, Goffstown road near Front street,
Amoskeag.
Ward 3. George W. Reed, 483 Chestnut street.
Ward 4. John P. Cronin, 260 Manchester street.
Ward 5. Richard J. Barry, 232 Lake avenue.
Ward 6. Byron Worthen, 524 Lake avenue.
* Resigned May 10, 1894.
t Elected by board of aldermen May 10, iSg4, and election declared illegal by court, July
10, 1894.
t Elected chairman board of aldermen May 10, 1894 ; qualified as mayor July 10, 1894.
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Ward 7. James Lightbody, 61 Amoskeag Corporation, West
Merrimack street.
Ward 8. Christian L. Wolff, 36 Clinton street.
.• Ward 9. William Marcotte, 506 Beauport street.
President of the Common Council.
Fred T. Dunlap, 107 Russell street.
Members of the Common Council.
Act of June, 1848, section i. Public Statutes, chapter 48.
Ward i.
Joseph Tait, 4 Boyden street.
John G. Rylander, 63 Stark Corporation, Canal street.
Frank X. Foster, 1382 Elm street.
Ward 2.
Fred T. Dunlap, 107 Russell street.
George E. Heath, River road north, at Hooksett litie.
Charles R. Holbrook, 1966 Elm street.
Ward 3.
Joseph O. Tremblay, 18 Wilson road.
Charles H. Harvey, 507 Maple street.
David H. Burbank, 77 Ash street.
Ward 4.
Howard C. Holt, 411 Amherst street.
Bradley B. Aldrich, 337 Chestnut street.
Ludger E. Desrochers, 359 Amherst street.
LIST OF OFFICERS.
Ward 5.
Daniel A. Murphy, 105 East Spruce street.
John J. Twomey, 91 Cedar street.
Edward F. Murray, 194 Lake avenue.
Ward 6.
Frank H. Libbey, 23 Elm street.
George B. Rogers, 277 Laurel street.
William G. Landry, 390 Cedar street.
Ward 7.
Willie D. Wheeler, 25 Grove street.
Levi K. Snow, 86 Canal street.
J. Adam Graf, 10 Middle street.
Ward 8.
Edward F. Scheer, 135 Milford street.
Alexander J. McDonnell, 56 Dover street.
Ward 9.
John Gildard, 646 Main street.
Joseph Dana, 672 Main street.
Oscar Knoettner, 326 Main street.
Clerk of Common Council.
George L. Stearns, 58 Myrtle street.
Salary, $200. (General Laws, chapter 46, sections 7-9. City Laws and
Ordinances, page 33, chapter 6, section 11.)
City Clerl<.
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
6 MANCHESTER CITY GOVERNMENT.
of mortgages on personal property, of attachments of real estate, of partnerships
and assignments, and for recording various other legal papers. He also receives
fees for issuing dog licenses, billiard and bowling alley licenses, for certifying
records, and for various other matters.
These fees are established by the state legislature under various laws, and
are estimated to be between ;^2,ioo and $2,500 per annum. Chosen in con-
vention of City Councils in January, annually. (Charter, section 22. Public
Statutes, chapter 50. Act of 184^. City Laws and Ordinances, pages 42,
43, 68, 72, 73, 84, 86, 89, 114, 122, 123, 124, 166, 189.) Residence, 313
Manchester street.
City Auditor.
James E. Dodge ..... Ofifice, City Hall
Salary, ;$ 1,000. Appointed by Mayor, and approved by Board of Aldermen,
in January, annually. (Laws of 18S9, chapter 287. City Ordinances, pages
44, 71, 83-8S, 173.) Residence, River road north.
Auditor's Clerk.
Lizzie M. Cogswell . . . Auditor's Office, City Hall
Salary, ^600. Residence, 1589 Elm street.
City Treasurer.
Sylvanus B. Putnam Office, City Hall
Salary, ;^i,200. Elected in convention of City Councils in January, annu-
ally. (Charter, section 23. Act of 1856, section 4. General Lavi^s, chapter
48, sections 3, 4. Act of 1859, section 4. City Laws and Ordinances, pages
36, 86-89, 170, 172.) Residence, 437 Amherst street.
Treasurer's Clerk.
Blanche E. Bullock . . . Treasurer's Office, City Hall
LIST OF OFFICERS. 7
Collector of Taxes.
George E. Morrill Office, City Hall
Salary, $1,650 and fees. Elected by Mayor and Aldermen before May i,
annually. (Act of July, 1851. Act of June, 1859, section 6. Public Statutes,
chapter 43. City Laws and Ordinances, chapter 33.) Residence, 740 Chest-
nut street.
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 23> section 3.) Residence,
416 Central street..
City Solicitor.
Edwin F. Jones . . Office, Patten's Block. 936 Elm street
Salary, $800. Elected in convention of City Councils, in January, annually.
(City Laws and Ordinances, chapters 4, 6, pages 70, 72.) Residence, 15 High
street.
City Messenger.
John A. Barker Office, City Hall
Salary, $700. Elected in convention of City Councils in January, annually.
(City Laws and Ordinances, chapters 4, 6.) Residence, 49 Appleton street.
Joint Standing Committees.
On Finance. — The Mayor and Alderman Lowell; Council-
men Holbrook, Holt, and Rogers.
On Accounts. — Aldermen Lowell and Worthen ; Councilmen
Graf, Libbey, and Murray. (Meet Wednesday succeeding the
24th of each month. All bills must be left at the city auditor's
office, properly approved, not later than the 20th of each month.)
8 MANCHESTER CITY GOVERNMENT.
On Claims. — Aldermen Reed and Maxwell ; Councilmen
Harvey, Twomey, and Gildard. (Meet third Friday in each
month.)
On Sfreets. — Aldermen Worthen and Lowell ; Councilmen
Holt, Harvey, and Heath.
On Sewers and Drains. — Aldermen Wolff and Cronin ; Coun-
cilmen Heath, Landry, and Burbank.
On Lighting Streets. — Aldermen Marcotte and "Wolff; Coun-
cilmen Snow, Libbey, and Holt.
On Lands and Buildings. — Aldermen Barry and Lightbody ;
Councilmen Foster, Aldrich, and Dana.
On Fire Department. — Aldermen Cronin and Lowell ; Coun-
cilmen Rogers, Tremblay, and Snow.
On Commons and Cemeteries. — Aldermen Lightbody and
Barry; Councilmen Tait, Fellows, and Desrochers.
On Public Instruction. — Aldermen Maxwell and Reed ; Coun-
cilmen Wheeler, McDonnell, and Knoettner.
On Water-Works. — Aldermen Lightbody and Marcotte;
Councilmen Twomey, Dana, and Scheer.
On City Farm. — Aldermen Maxwell and Reed; Councilmen
Rylander, Wheeler, and Murphy.
On House of Correction. — Aldermen Reed and Maxwell ;
Councilmen Desrochers, McDonnell, and Murphy.
On Military Affairs. — Aldermen Reed and Wolff: Council-
men Murray, Knoettner, and Burbank.
On Public Health. — Aldermen Maxwell and Marcotte ; Coun-
cilmen Libbev, Aldrich, and Gildard.
Standing Committees.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
On Enrollment. — Aldermen Barry and Reed.
On Bills on Second Reading. — Aldermen Wolff and Lowell.
On Market. — Aldermen Maxwell and Reed.
On Marshal's Accounts. — Aldermen Cronin and Barrv.
LIST OF OFFICERS. 9
On Licenses. — Aldermen Worthen and Marcotte.
On Setting Trees. — Aldermen Worthen and Lowell.
On Special Police. — Aldermen Lightbody and Marcotte.
COMMON COUNCIL.
On Election Returns. — Councilmen Tremblay, Rylander,
and Scheer.
On Bills on Second Reading. — Councilmen Holbrook, Tait,
and Rogers.
On Enrollment. — Councilmen Foster, Aldrich, and Murphy.
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.)
Residence, 490 Lake avenue.
» City Engineer.
Winfred H. Bennett Office, City Hall
Salary, ^1,200. Chosen by City Councils in convention in January, annu-
ally. (City Ordinances, chapter 6, sections 33. 34.)
Water Commissioners.
(Chapter 70, Laws of 1S71. City Ordinances, chapter 36, and Laws of
1 89 1, chapter 26, page 319, act approved March 31, 1891. Chapter 183, Laws
of 1893.") One commissioner elected annually by Mayor and, Aldermen, in
the month of September, for a term of six years. Office at Court House, cor-
ner Franklin and West Merrimack streets. Telephone at office, and at pump-
ing station.
The Mayor, ex officio.
Charles H. Manning, term expires January, 1895.
Andrew C. Wallace, term expires January, 1900.
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Alpheus Gay, term expires January, 1899.
Henry Chandler, term expires January, 1898.
James A, Weston, term expires January, 1897.
Charles T. Means, term expires January, 1896.
Alpheus Gay, chairman.
James A. Weston, clerk. Salary, $100. Chosen by the board
of commissioners.
Superintendent of Water-Works.
Charles K. Walker . Office, Court House, Franklin street
Salary, $2,000. 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, $1,500. Chosen by water commissioners annually. Residence, 421
■Hanover street.
Engineer at Old Pumping Station.
Josiah Laselle. Salary, $700, rent, fuel, and use of land.
Chosen by water commissioners annually.
Engineer at New Pumping Station.
Henry A. Donaway. Salary, $2.50 per day, rent, and fuel.
Justice of the Police Court.
Nathan P. Hunt, court room at Police Station, corner Man-
chester and Chestnut streets.
.Salary, $1,500. Appointed by the Governor, with the advice of the Council.
(General Laws, chapter 215; chapter 163, sections 17, 18, 19, of the Laws of
1878, as amended by chapter 236, Laws of 1881. Public Statutes, chapter
211.) Residence, 747 Union street.
LIST OF OFFICERS. 11
Associate Justice of the Police Court.
Isaac L. Heath .... Salary, $300 per annum
Appointed by the Governor, with advice of the Council. (Chapter 215,
General Laws, sections 2-14. Public Statutes, chapter 211. Chapter 296,
Laws of 1893.)
Clerk of the Police Court.
John C. Bickford ...... Salary, $600
Appointed by the justice of the police court. (Chapter 163, sections I7-I9>
General Laws, amended by chapter 236, Laws of 18S1. PubHc Statutes,
chapter 211.) Residence, 15 Ash street.
Police.
The members of the police force are appointed by the Police Commission-
ers, and hold their commission during good behavior. They are, by virtue of
their appointment, coiistables and conservators of the peace, and their jurisdic-
tion extends throughout the city. (Chapter 253, section 5, General Laws;
chapter 303, Laws of 1887; chapter 202, Laws of 1893.) Police station, at
the corner of Chestnut and Manchester streets.
Police Commissioners.*
Isaac L. Heath, f term expires January, 1900.
Noah S. Clark, I term expires January, 1898.
Frank P. Carpenter, term expires January, 1896.
Chief of Police.
Michael J. Healy .... Office at Police Station
Salary, $900. Residence, 304 Central street. Telephone at house and
office.
■ See chapter 202, Laws 1893. t Chairman. t Clerk.
12 MANCHESTER CITY GOVERNMENT,
Deputy Chief of Police.
John F. Cassidy .... Office at Police Station
Salary, ^Soo. Residence, 415 Manchester street.
Captain of the Watch.
Lafayette Tebbetts. Salary, $2.50 per day. Residence, 222
Laurel street.
Sergeant.
Henry McAllister. Salary, $2.50 per day. Residence, 852
Elm street, room 18.
Day Police.
SALARY, $2.25 PER DAY.
Randall W. Bean, 77 Ash street.
Frank E. Bourassa, 552 Lincoln street.
Levi J. Proctor, Candia road, corner Massabesic street.
Lucius M. Rollins, 437 Laurel street.
Olaf Ring, 29 Upton's block, Elm street.
Benjamin F. Lake, 496 Chestnut street.
John T. O'Dowd, Laurel street.
Florence Sullivan, 213 Cedar street.
Night Patrol.
SALARY, $2.25 PER DAY.
Henry A. Burns, 451 Manchester street.
Theodore Flodin, 232 East High street.
George A. Lovejoy, 99 Orange street.
John D. Healy, 129 East Spruce street.
Frank W. Warden, 400 Belmont street.
LIST OP OFFICERS. 13
Oscar R. Poehlman, 386 Dubuque street.
Horace L. Robbins, 539 Chestnut street.
Albert Russell, ;^6 School street.
Thomas E. Steele, 116 Pearl street.
Fred A. Stockwell, 300 Lowell street.
Leon E. Magoon, 355 East Spruce street.
Edgar A. Young, 371 Merrimack street.
Joseph Archambeault, 38 2 Cedar, corner Maple street.
James S. Butler, 41 Cedar street.
John C. Badger, 325 Amherst street.
Peter Callaghan, 122 Jewett street.
John J. Connor, 155 Pine street.
John T. Foley, 224 Shasta street.
Elmer A. Gibbs, 300 Lowell street.
Kenneth McDonald, 305 Chestnut street.
Frank P. Moore, 47 Elm street.
William Steel, 116 Pearl street.
Francois Reinville, 140 Kelley street. West Manchester.
Edwin A. Hutchins, 11 Mill street, Amoskeag.
Gilbert A. Sackett, 784 Chestnut street.
John T. Welch, 1263 Elm street.
Janitor of Station,
Frank P. Wiggin. $1.75 per day. Residence, 21 Laurel
avenue.
Matron.
Miss A. B. Brown. ^415 per annum. Residence, 329 Chest-
nut street.
School Committee.
Chosen at the biennial election in November, 1892; Mayor and president of
the Common Council members ex officio. The board of school committee
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choose the clerk of the board, the superhitendent of pubUc instruction, the
truant officer, and the teachers in the public schools, and determine their
salaries. They have charge of the repairs of schoolhouses, to a limited ex-
tent, and the purchase of free text-books, and other supplies, and are limited
by the appropriation of the City Councils. The salary of the committee is $io
each.
Ward i.
Charles D. Sumner, 22 Stark street.
Walter H. Lewis, 32 Stark street.
Ward 2.
George H. Stearns, 1934 Elm street.
Alvin T. Thoits, 63 Harrison street.
Ward 3.
George D. Towne, 170 Lowell street.
Louis E. Phelps, 103 Walnut street.
Ward 4.
Stephen B. Stearns, 464 Amherst street.
Edwin L. Richardson,* 304 Manchester street.
John W. Mears. f
Ward 5.
James P. Slattery, 217 Central street.
William J. Sughrue, 5 1 Spruce street.
Ward 6.
Frank T. E. Richardson, 481 Lincoln street.
George W. Dearborn, 131 Massabesic street.
Ward 7.
Marshall P. Hall, 26 Market street.
* Edward B. Woodbury, i Pleasant street.
* Died, t Elected to fill vacancy.
LIST OF OFFICERS. 1,5
Ward 8.
Luther C. Baldwin, 157 Milford street.
Josiah G. Dearborn, 157 Milford street.
Ward 9.
Edward J. Doherty, 336 Beauport street.
Scott E. Sanborn, 46 Sullivan street.
Fred T. Dunlap, ex officio, 107 Russell street.
Edgar J. Knowlton,-'- chairman, 533 Lake avenue. Office,
City Hall.
David B. Varney.
Byron Worthen.
Edward B.Woodbury, clerk ; salary, ;^i5o ; i Manchester Cor-
poration, Pleasant street.
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
William E. Buck Office, City Hall
Salary, ^2,300. Residence, 324 Myrtle street.
Superintendent's Clerk.
Fannie L. Sanborn . . . Residence, 161 Hanover street
Salary, $500.
Truant Officer.
Samuel Brooks f ..... Office, City Hall
Curtis W. Davis Office, City Hall
Salary, $750. Residence, 849 Cliestnut street.
* Resigned, t Died.
16 MANCHESTER CITY GOVERNMENT.
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 48, section i; chapter 50, section 4; chapter 49, sections 10, li, 12.
City Ordinances, chapter 6, section 26.) Assistant assessors, not exceeding
six, chosen by 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. George F. Sheehan, 85 Cedar street.
Ward 6. George H. Dudley, 159 Laurel street.
Ward 7. V/illiam T. Rowell, 14 Manchester Corporation.
Ward 8. Frank N. Daniels, 137 Milford street.
Ward 9. Lawrence F. Bradley, 568 Main street.
CHAIRMAN OF ASSESSORS.
David O. Furnald Office, City Hall
CLERK OF ASSESSORS.
, George H. Dudley ..... Office, City Hall
Inspectors of Check-Lists.
One in each ward, chosen at the biennial election in November. Compen-
sation, ^^2.25 per day for each day actually employed. Office, City Hall.
(Laws of 1878, chapter 163, sections 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, and
City Ordinances, chapter 14, section 9.)
Ward I. George C. Kemp, 40 Machine Shop block.
Ward 2. Charles B. Tucker, 777 Union street.
Ward 3. David O. Furnald, 384 Lowell street.
Ward 4. Harrison D. Lord, 387 Hanover street.
Ward 5. John F. Quinn, 190 Chestnut street.
Ward 6. Albert J. Peaslee, Cohas avenue, near Water- Works.
Ward 7. Joseph A. Foster, 42 Amoskeag Corporation.
Ward 8. Charles C. Tinkham, 9 Parker avenue.
Ward 9. John B. Bourque, 22 Wayne street.
LIST OF OFFICERS. 17
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, $100 per annum, determined by City Ordinances, chapter 14, section 18,
as amended by Ordinance of August 5, iSgo. Meet third Wednesday of each
month in City Hall building.
Ward I. William H. Maxwell, clerk, 20 Anioskeag Corpora-
tion, Stark street.
Ward 2. Thoiiias L. Quimby, railroad station, foot^West Sal-
mon street.
Ward 3. Benjamin F. Garland, 28 Linden street.
Ward 4. George S. Holmes, 296 Hanover street.
Ward 5. Patrick Costello, 106 East Spruce street.
Ward 6. Charles Francis, Candia road, East Manchester.
Ward 7. William Marshall, 72 Amoskeag Corporation, West
Merrimack street.
Ward 8. Charles S. McKean, 495 Granite street.
Ward 9. Frank I. Lessard, 362 Dubuque street.
Ed^^ar J. Knowlton, ex officio^ office, City Hall.
David B. Varney, ex officio^ office. City Hall.
Byron Worthen, 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. Office, Couit
House, West Merrimack, corner of Franklin street.
Clarence W. Downing, M. D. Term expires first Monday in
February, 1896.
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, 1897.
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Herbert S. Clough, sanitary inspector, Hanover-street road.
Office, Court House, Merrimack, corner of Franklin street.
John F. Looney, sanitary inspector, 164 Auburn street. Office,
Court House, Merrimack, corner of Franklin street.
Richard J. Barry, sanitary inspector. Office, Court House,
Merrimack, corner Franklin street.
Fire Department.
The chief 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 $1,300 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
call members of the several hook-and-Iadder, hose, steam fire engine, and
chemical engine companies is as follows : Foremen, each ;5Si 15 ; assistant fore-
men, each $110 ; clerks, each $110; engineers, each $135; assistant engi-
neers, each $105; all other members, each $100; payable in equal semi-
annual payments, on the first of January and July. (Laws of 1870, chapter
99. General Laws, chapter 106. City Ordinances, chapters 6 and 12.)
Five members are permanently employed as engineers at $76.25 per month
each, and nineteen as drivers at $68.33^ per month each, and receive no
compensation as call members. Members of the companies are appointed by
Board of Mayor and Aldermen in the month of February, 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. Lane . . Office, Central Station, Vine street
Residence, 1937 Elm street Telephone at house and office.
Fred S. Bean, clerk, 102 Orange street.
Ruel G. Manning, 52 Douglas street, West Manchester.
Eugene S. Whitney, River road north, corner West street.
Clarence D. Palmer, 366 Lake avenue.
For further information see chief engineer's report.
LIST OF OFFICERS. 19
Trustees of City Library.
(Laws of 1854, chapter 1588. See contract with Manchester Atheneum,
printed on pages 107 and 108 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 service,
seven years ; no salary. Two additional trustees. Mayor, and president of Com-
mon Council, c'x officio.
Lucien B. Clough, term expires October i, 1895, ^^^ Walnut
street.
Nathan P. Hunt,* term expires October i, 1894. 774 Union
street.
- Herman F. Straw, term expires October i, 1900, 607 Chestnut
street.
Walter M. Parker, term expires October i, 1899, West Web-
ster street, corner Elm.
Isaac W. Smith, term expires October i, 1898, 1855 Elm
street.
Moody Currier, term expires October i, 1897, Ash street, cor-
ner Myrtle.
C. D. McDuffie, term expires October i, 1896, Ash street, cor-
ner Myrtle.
Edgar J. Knovvlton, ex officio, 533 Lake avenue.
David B. Varney, ex officio.
Byron Worthen, ex officio.
Fred T. Dunlap, ex officio., 107 Russell street.
Board of Street and Park Commissioners.
The City Councils in joint convention, biennially, elect one member of said
board for a term of six years. Not more than two members can be of the
same political party. Said board, consisting of three members, has full charge,
management, and control of the building, constructing, repairing, and main-
taining of all the streets, highways, lanes, sidewalks, bridges, and public sewers
ard drains, and public parks and commons. (See Laws of 1893, chapter 264.)
Office, City Hall building. Open from 8 to 12 A. M., 2 to 5 P. M. Regular
* Re-elected for seven years.
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meeting of the board at 2 o'clock r. m., each day. Salary of each member,
$600 per year, payable quarterly, and each are allowed ;?l5o annually for horse
hire.
George H. Stearns, chairman, term expires 1898.
Leonard P. Reynolds, term expires 1896.
Horace P. Simpson, "-J^ term expires 1894.
Clerk.
Appointed by commissioners. Salary, ^75 monthly.
Allan E. Herrick, 91 Russell street, corner of Prospect.
Assistant Clerk, Julia F. Stearns.
CityjWeigher.
Elected annually in convention of City Councils'. Salary, I400 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.
Elected annually in January 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.
* Re-elected for six years.
LIST OF OFFICERS. 21
Samuel S. James, 1S4 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.
William H. Huse, Mammoth road, term expires 1895.
John L. Sanborn, 25 Market street, term expires 1898.
Bushrod W. Hill, 299 Hanover street, term expires 1898.
Stillman P. Cannon, 43 Elm street, term expires 1897.
James E. Bailey, Goffstown road near Front street, term ex-
pires 1897.
Charles H. Bartlett, 25 High street, term expires January,
1896.
John P. Young, 346 Merrirnack street, term expires January,
1896.
S. B. Putnam, clerk and treasurer, 437 Amherst street.
Sub-Trustees of Cemeteries.
VALLEY CEMETERY.
Alderman Richard J. Barry, 232 Lake avenue.
Councilman Ludger E. Desrochers, 359 Amherst street.
John L. Sanborn, 25 Market street.
Bushrod W. Hill, 299 Hanover street.
Stillman P. Cannon, 43 Elm street.
PINE GROVE CEMETERY.
Alderman James Lightbody, 61 Amoskeag Corporation, West
Merrimack street.
22 MANCHESTER CITY GOVERNMENT.
Councilman Joseph Tait, 4 Boyden street.
George W. Bacon, 66 Stark Corporation, Canal street.
John P. Young, 346 Merrimack street.
Charles H. Bartlett, 25 High street.
AMOSKEAG CEMETERY.
Councilman J, Adam Graf, 10 Middle street.
James E. Bailey, Goffstown road near Front street.
William H. Huse, Mammoth road; East Manchester.
SUPERINTENDENT OF PINE GROVE CEMETERY.
Byron A. Stearns. Office and residence at the 'cemetery.
Telephone.
SUPERINTENDENT OF VALLEY CEMETERY.
Charles H. G. Foss. Office at the cemetery; residence, 267
Lake avenue.
TRUSTEES OF CEMETERY FUNDS.
James A. Weston, chairman, 621 Maple street.
Person C. Cheney, Harrison street, corner Elm.
Edgar J. Knowlton, ex officio, 533 Lake avenue.
Byron Worthen, ex officio, 424 Lake avenue.
Inspector of Milk.
H. F. W. Little . . . Office, rear of 13 Lowell street
Residence, 385 Lowell street. Term expires February i, annually. (Pub-
lic Statutes, chapter 127.) Appointed by Mayor and Aldermen. Salary, ^300
per annum.
Inspector of Buildings.
Thomas W. Lane . . . Office at Central Fire Station
Residence, 1937 Elm street. Appointed by Board of Mayor and Aldermen,
biennially, in February. Salary, ;^ioo per annum. (City Ordinances, chapter
15. Laws of 1883, chapter 94. Public Statutes, page 170.) Telephone at
house and office.
LIST OF OFFICERS.
23
Inspectors of Oil.
Joseph B. Baril
John Cayzer
99 Bridge street
383 Granite street
(Public Statutes, chapter 126, sections 25-34. City Ordinances, chapter 25.)
Paid by fees, j{ of i per cent per gallon.
Moderators.
Elected biennially. (General Laws, chapter 31, sections 3,9; chapter 36,
section 9; chapter 44, section 7. City Ordinances, page 18. See Public Stat-
utes relating to towns and cities.).
Ward I. Abial W. Eastman, 24 Amoskeag Corporation, Stark
Street.
Ward 2. William M. Butterfield, 142 Sagamore street.
Ward 3. Charles L. Harmon, 312 Pearl street.
George H. Warren, 461 Hanover street.
Emmett DufEe, 207 Central street.
Herbert S. Clough, 45 Middle street.
Frank A. Dockham, iS Pleasant street.
Ward 8. Charles G. Ranno, 63 Parker street, West Manches-
ter.
Ward 9. John T. Hanigan, 159 Cartier street.
Ward 4.
Ward 5.
Ward 6.
Ward 7.
Ward Clerks.
Elected biennially. (General Laws, chapter 44, sections 10, 12.
dinances, page 18. Public Statutes relating to towns and cities.)
City Or-
Ward
Ward
Ward
Ward
Ward
Ward
Ward
Frank X. Foster, 1382 Elm street.
Wilson F. Higgins, 573 Pine street.
Frank O. Moulton, 211 Bridge street.
George H. Phinney, 133 Hanover street.
John A. Whalen.
Harry I. Dodge, Goffe's Falls.
Charles E. Bartlett, 68 West Merrimack street.
Ward 8. Maurice S. Lamprey, Rockland avenue.
Ward 9. Jean B. B. Beliveau, 5 Monmouth street.
24 MANCHESTER CITY GOVERNMENT.
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.)
Ward i .
John H. Wales, Jr., 19 Machine Shop block, Water street.
Henry S. Perry, 24 Stark Corporation, Mechanic street.
Theophile G. Biron, 29 Arkvvright street.
Ward 2.
Daniel G. Andrews, 777 Union street.
Jesse B. Nourse, 868 Union street.
Nathaniel Doane, Jr., 103 Brook street. I
Ward 3.
John Cronin, 284 Bridge street.
.Samuel C. Kennard, 609 Beech street.
John A. Sargent, 69 Wilson road.
Ward 4.
Charles H. Uhlig, 94 Laurel street.
Frank E. Farrell, 550 Lincoln street.
Charles F. Nallgey, 234 Manchester street.
Ward 5.
Arthur Allen, 74 Auburn street.
Charles J. Woods, 217 Central street.
Jeremiah Teehan, 224 Lake avenue.
Ward 6.
John N. Auger, Nutt road near Pine street.
Edward P. Cogswell, 409 Cedar street.
Harrison P. Heselton, 261 Laurel street.
LIST OF OFFICERS. 25
Ward 7.
Hanson R. Armstrong, 58 Amoskeag Corporation, West Mer-
rimack street.
Robert Leggett, 50 Amoskeag Corporation, Canal street.
Robert Morrow, 66 Amoskeag Corporation, West Merrimack
street. %
Ward 8.
George B. Barnes, 170 Walker street.
Auguste Filion, 72 Second street.
Benjamin J. Mack, 145 Boynton street.
Ward 9.
Gideon Belisle, 335 Dubuque street.
Oswald Paris, Amory, corner Morgan street.
Martin J. Rafferty, 450 Beauport street.
VALEDICTORY ADDRESSES.
VALEDICTORY ADDRESSES.
MAYOR KNOWLTON'S ADDRESS.
Gentlemen of the City Councils :
Having been named for a high position within the gift of the
national government, it becomes my duty at this hour to take
leave from you who have been my companions in a long and
arduous labor. I will say as one other has said before me, that
''the one who is bidden away from such a fellowship of dutiful
toil goes forth companionless, and whether the days darken
around him or brighten, and whether the first or last 'well done '
is sounding in his ears from those whom, with his uttermost
strength, he has labored to serve, he goes forth companionless,
among new men, strange faces, other minds."
Whatever fortune betides me in the years to come, I shall never
permit myself to forget your fidelity in our joint and common
toil for the public weal, and shall ever hold in high regard my
association with you in municipal government.
The fourth year of my administration is now well advanced,
and I feel that I shall be pardoned if I at this time briefly touch
upon some of the most important events and accomplishments
which have taken place during ray term as mayor. If my memory
serves me correctly, there are eight members here in convention
who have been continually associated with me since I began my
connection with the city government four years ago, viz.: Alder-
men Worthen, Maxwell, Reed, Cronin, Barry, and Wolff, and
Councilmen Dunlap and Snow. The first-named has served con-
tinuously in the board of mayor and aldermen, Councilmen Dun-
lap and Snow continuously in the more popular branch of the
30 MANCHESTER CITY GOVERNMENT.
city government, and Aldermen Cronin, Reed, Barry, Maxwell,
and Wolff served first in the council and won their promotion to
the upper branch. But whether members of the past or the pres-
ent city government, I desire at this time to bear pleasing testi-
mony to the order, business methods, and close attention which
have characterized all of our deliberations, and to publicly
acknowledge the never-failing courtesy, kindness, and hearty
support which have ever been accorded me by both past and
present associates.
The duties of mayor are oftentimes peculiarly perplexing and
annoying, and in such measure as his co-laborers in the city
government sympathize and share with him the burdens of mu-
nicipal management is he enabled to serve the people.
Ours has been an active and progressive administration, and
the years of 1891, 1892, and 1893, stand as the high water mark
in the progress and prosperous development of our queenly city.
Numerous changes have taken place during the years of our stew-
ardship. We have seen the streets, sewers, and parks placed in
the hands of a competent board of commissioners elected by the
city councils ; and the police department has been made perma-
nent, and its government lodged under the control of three com-
missioners appointed by the governor and council. Land has
been purchased for the enlargement of the central police station,
and to provide facilities for the introduction of the police signal
system. The city has also had a serviceable and well-equipped
ambulance constructed and placed in commission, which has
already demonstrated its usefulness.
FINANCIAL.
Manchester's valuation has increased from $24,207,740 in 1890
to ^27,439,742 in 1893, ^^d *^^ work of the assessors, to be made
public this month, will show a still further gratifying increase in
valuation, and a reduction in the tax rate.
Financially the city was never stronger than today. We have
refunded $100,000 of water bonds at 4 per cent, which were
bearing 6 per cent interest, liquidated $70,000 of city bonds of
VALEDICTORY ADDRESSES. 31
the war period, have the money on hand to wipe out ^50,000
more of these bonds which fall due July i, 1894; also the money
on hand to cancel the ^25,000 loan which becomes due in De-
cember, and which was made to carry on city work late in the
fall of 1893, in order to give employment to the many, worthy
laboring people who were then out of work. We have, further-
more, a balance of ^25,000 to assist in liquidating ^100,000 of
bonded indebtedness, which falls due July i, 1895. The money
for these purposes was obtained at the low rate of 2^ per cent,
and by making the bank negotiating the loan the depository of
the city's money.
We have issued ^100,000 of permanent improvement bonds
bearing interest at 4 per cent, and ^200,000 of water bonds,
$100,000 of which bear interest at 4^ per cent, and the remain-
ing $100,000 are a 5 per cent issue ; but in assuming this indebt-
edness we have provided a way for its payment by annually
setting aside a sum of money as a sinking fund, which sum will,
at the maturity of the bonds, be sufficient to cancel them.
Never was the splendid credit of our city shown to better ad-
vantage than during the severe financial panic in the summer of
1893. In the midst of those days and weeks of financial fear,
when other municipalities were stopping work because of their
inability to procure the money necessary to meet the pay-roll of
their laborers, our city not only made a satisfactory loan of $100,-
000, but floated two sets of bonds of $roo,ooo each.
SCHOOLS.
This is a department to which we can invite public attention
with feelings of genuine satisfaction and pride. New school-
houses have been erected at Hallsville and on Pearl street ; the
latter school building is being duplicated in McGregorville ; two
large wings have been added to the Webster-street schoolhouse,
one wing to the Trainmg school, and another to the Goffe's Falls
school building, and the preliminary steps are under way for
another large schoolhouse in the southeastern section of the city.
Without reference to the latter, building accommodations have
32 MANCHESTER CITY GOVERNMENT.
.been provided for more than i,ooo pupils in the public schools,
a record so luminous with good as to call forth many commend-
atory congratulations.
WATER-WORKS.
This magnificent plant, owned by the city, has been made in-
trinsically more valuable by the introduction of the high pres-
sure service, which not only re-inforces the older system but car-
ries our unrivaled water supply to heights of land which formerly
could not be reached. The new service, with all of its benefi-
cent advantages, will be in operation within a few months.
During my term as mayor, twenty-two miles of iron water
pipe have been laid, five miles of cement water pipe replaced by
iron, and today we have fifty-five miles of iron pipe in ser-
vice and nineteen miles of cement pipe. There has been an in-
crease of 760 meters, 790 fixed rate additions, and 107 fire
hydrants. Water' rates to consumers have been reduced and yet
the annual income from the works exceeds $100,000 per annum.
The commissioners are making progress towards securing the
ownership of all the land along the shores of Lake Massabesic.
STREET AND SEWER DEPARTMENT.
There have been laid out 26^^ miles of new streets, macada-
mizing to the extent of 2 miles has been put in, an area of 9^
miles of streets has received a topdressing of stone, 27^ miles
of streets have been graveled, and 39 miles of highways have
been turnpiked. ' In concreting, 44,301 yards have been laid in
street crossings, sidewalks, and roadways, 14,798 feet of new edge
stone set, 3,367 feet of edge stone reset. 16,650 square yards of
cobble gutter paving laid, and 20,476 feet of paving relaid.
Grading for concrete to the extent of 43^955 feet has been put
in, 7,256 feet of cobble edging set, more than gjA miles of new
sewers built, 558 Y's for house connections put in, 266 cesspools
built, and 200 cesspools repaired. Elm street at Ray brook has
been widened and its appearance thereby greatly improved.
Chestnut street, from a point north of the government building
VALEDICTORY ADDRESSES. 33
to Amherst street, has also been broadened and the improvement
is a most noticeable one. Large stone culverts have been put in
on Maple, Lincoln, Walnut, Wilson, and Sagamore streets.
ELECTRIC LIGHTING.
One of the most important and satisfactory measures in the
interest of the city which it has been our privilege to consum-
mate was the abrogation of the contract between the munici-
pality and the Manchester Electric Light Company, under which
the streets were lighted from dark to daylight, and the making of
a new one, which, on the basis of the number of lights in use
during the last six months, makes an annual saving to the city of
57,282. By the new contract the cost of each light was reduced
$22. Nor was this all. In the contract was inserted a clause
which read as follows : " If there is during the term of this con-
tract any radical change in the manner of generating electricity,
whereby the cost of producing the current is materially lessened,
then an adequate reduction in the price of the electric lighting
service shall be made."
With an annual saving to the city of more than $7,000, and
the interests of the municipality protected for the future by the
terms of the contract, the members of the city government can
point to their action on this matter with pride and congratula-
tion, assured that the verdict of the taxpayers is overwhelmingly
in accord with them.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
This branch of the municipal service will compare favorably
with any city of equal size in the country, and is justly the
pride of our citizens. It contains a membership of 145 experi-
enced fire fighters. Its facilities have been increased by the ad-
dition of the Walter M. Fulton engine house and its equipment,
'the first-class steam fire engine N. S. Bean, an aerial truck of a
high grade of manufacture, one new hose wagon, 8,000 feet of
the best knit jacket hose, one new exercise wagon, and the con-
3
34 MANCHESTER CITY GOVERNMENT.
tract has been awarded for the building of two others, and four
three-horse hitches have been substituted for double ones. An
important change for the good of the department was the di-
vorcement of fire teams from subserviency to the street depart-
ment, so that the fire department is now in readiness at the first
note of an alarm to put forth its utmost strength for the suppres-
sion of a fire. The most apparent need of the department is in
the line of ladder service, it being almost a necessity for addi-
tional men to be permanently attached to both of the hook-and-
ladder trucks.
A new hosehouse is being built in South Manchester, which,
when equipped, will afford the protection needed in the southern
section of the city.
BRIDGES.
Among the permanent improvements which we have accom-
plished none are superior to the bridge constructed over the Pis-
cataquog river in two spans at Second street last year. It cost
^49,057.37, and in beauty, substantiality, and skill in construc-
tion it is without a rival in the state. It affords the only avenue
of reaching the south bank of the river without crossing a rail-
road track at grade, and will stand for scores of years as a testi-
monial to the business ability, wisdom, and foresight of the pres-
ent city government.
Arrangements have already been perfected for the construc-
tion of a handsome, double-arch stone bridge at South Main
street, which will cost $28,000. Both the Second street and
South Main street bridges are of a most durable and permanent
character, and if properly cared for should be serviceable and in
every way sufficient to meet the wants of the city a century
hence. We can safely trust the verdict of the future in these
enterprises.
PARKS, COMMONS, AND CEMETERIES.
A systematic effort has been inaugurated for the development
of both Stark and Derryfield parks in accordance with plans
VALEDICTORY ADDRESSES. 35
which have met with the approval of the city councils, and by
means of the appropriations that are annually made these parks
will soon be fashioned into resorts of great attractiveness and
beauty. Stark park was dedicated on the 17th of June, 1893,
and the time is believed to be not far distant when an equestrian
statue will be erected thereon to the memory of him who is
Manchester's most illustrious hero.
The commons have been well cared for and have afforded an
attractive resting place to thousands of weary toilers throughout
the summer evenings. In winter they have been converted into
skating places for the use of the youth of the city, thereby
affording recreation and enjoyment without the risk incident to
river and lake.
Both the Valley and Pine Grove cemeteries have been greatly
beautified and improved, and the territory of the latter largely
increased by the purchase of adjoining land.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The city almshouse and house of correction buildings have
been enlarged and greatly improved, thereby providing better
facilities and many additional conveniences, which were sorely
needed for the care of the inmates. The Elliot and Sacred
Heart hospitals have been opened, and the Women's Aid Hos-
pital has taken a more commodious home. In all of these in-
stitutions the city has an interest and it is an annual contributor
to their maintenance. The poor have been well cared for by the-
interested and capable board of overseers of the poor.
The health of the city has been excellent. The Manchester
board of health has been unwearying in its efforts to this end,
and the cleanliness of the city last season was a source of favora-
ble comment. Through the efforts of the health board the shores
of Lake Massabesic were faithfully patrolled last summer as a
precautionary measure, and this patrol should be continued when-
ever there are any number of people gathered about the lake.
The foundation has been put in for a brick ward room build-
ing oh Lake avenue for the accommodation of the voters of ward
36 MANCHESTER CITY GOVERNMENT.
five, and there is an unexpended balance of ^4,000 towards the
completion of the structure.
The city library building has undergone extensive improve-
ments, and the number of books upon the shelves has been
largely increased.
The doing away with discount on taxes has resulted in an
annual saving to the city of from ^5,000 to ^6,000.
The capacity of the city stable building has been increased,
and the street department has created a repair shop which makes
a substantial saving in expense.
CONCLUSION.
Surrounded by desirable physical advantages, possessing excel-
lent sanitary conditions, an unsurpassed supply of pure drinking
water, and many other blessings, together with both the oppor-
tunity and tendency to grow, the future of our city is radiant
with promise. The ownership of homes, an unfailing criterion
of individual prosperity, is as well established as in any other city
of equal population in New England, and there is nothing, I
earnestly believe, better calculated to insure good government,
aside from public educational advantages, than the encourage-
ment of home building on the part of the people. Our city is
strong mentally and morally, and holds out equal advantages to
rich and poor alike. I believe that it is right and proper that we
should enthuse over the blessings which we are privileged to en-
joy, and I think it our duty to magnify and emphasize the fair
name and fame of our city, and as loyal citizens ever consider
her interests as first, and give to the claims of corporate interests
and individuals a secondary place. You, fellow associates in the
city government, can do no more than to continue in your stead-
fast fidelity to the trust which has been confided to your keeping,
and in the performance of this duty I now bid you God-speed
and farewell.
Gentlemen, I, at this time, tender you my resignation as mayor.
Respectfully,
E. J. KNOWLTON,
Mayor.
VALEDICTORY ADDRESSES. 37
MAYOR WORTHEN'S ADDRESS.
Gentlemen of the Board of Aldermen :
In closing my official duties it seems proper to make a brief
statement concerning the business which has been transacted
during the short time I have been mayor, and give the public a
summary of receipts and expenditures, so far as is practicable,
during the year 1894.
I assumed the duties of this office July 10, 1894 ; but very lit-
tle business having been transacted in the ten days previous, my
administration practically covers the last half of the year.
The following statement shows substantially the condition of
affairs July i, 1894 :
The reserve fund appropriation made January i, 1894, was
^20,000 ; the balance unexpended July i, was 1^3,780. The ap-
propriation for incidental expenses was $12,000; there had been
transferred May 18, from the reserved fund appropriation to the
incidental expense fund, ;^io,ooo, making a total of $22,000;
the balance unexpended July i was $2,022.63. The appropria-
tion for printing and stationery was $2,000, the amount left
unexpended July i was $16.13. The appropriation for city hall
expenses was $2,700; the amount unexpended July i was $1,-
244.78. The appropriation for repairs of buildings was $4,000 ;
this sum had all been expended, and there was an overdraft on
that account of $65.58. Contracts had been made relating to
the Pearl-street schoolhouse which gave an overdraft of $2,835.-
25 ; similar contracts relating to the Webster-street schoolhouse,
which gave an overdraft of $845.13, and relating to the Rinimon
schoolhouse which gave an overdraft of $88.24. No provision
had been made for furnishing the rooms, or grading and fencing
the last-named school building lot. There was also an overdraft
of about $200 in the South Manchester hosehouse ; contract for
this had been made before July i.
A temporary loan of $25,000 was made, date 1893, in antici-
pation of the taxes of 1894, which fell due and was paid Decem-
ber I, 1894. No appropriation, however, was made from the
38 MANCHESTER CITY GOVERNMENT.
ordinary receipts for the payment of this loan ; but it was, in
fact, extended by another loan in the following manner :
In January, 1894, a vote was passed providing for a loan of
^100,000 to be applied : ^50,000 to pay so much of the funded
debt falling due July i, 1894,; ^25,000 to pay the temporary
loan of 1893, December i ; and $25,000 to pay so much of the
funded debt which falls due July i, 1895.
One of the provisions of the vote referred to was that the bank
which took this loan should have the deposits of the moneys col-
lected by the treasurer and collector, and it was to be taken by
the lowest bidder. The rate, as I am informed, was two and one
half per cent. This loan began to draw interest March i, 1894,
but the city received its first instalment of $50,000 July i, its
second of $25,000 December i, and will receive its last of $25,-
000 next July. It will thus be seen that the indebtedness of the
city is not lessened, but only extended by changing its form,
and that the bank making this loan really receives a greater rate
of interest than the contract specifies, besides having the benefit
of all the deposits carried by the city.
If the temporary loan of $25,000 had not been effected, a de-
ficit would have come over from 1893, as will be seen by the
following statement which I have received from the auditor :
Net cash in hands of treasurer January i, 1893 . $96,477.18
Total ordinary receipts during the year 1893 . . 516,370.09
Received from the state 120,228.74
Improvement bonds sold $100,000.00
Temporary loan in anticipation of tax of 1894 . 25,000.00
Premium on bonds ...... 6,090.00
Cemetery bonds sold 6,000.00
$870,166.01
The annual appropriation for 1893 was . . . $733)9°i-55
Total expenditure 848,432.76
Cash December 31, 1893 21,733.25
VALEDICTORY ADDRESSES.
39
This statement of the receipts and expenditures is independent
of the water-works account, which is kept separate and under the
control of the board of water commissioners. Besides this the
auditor informs me that bills amounting to several thousand dol-
lars were kept back and brought into this year's accounts.
Cash on hand January i, 1894 .
Total ordinary receipts during year
Improvement bonds sold
Cemetery bonds sold .
Premium on bonds sold
P^eceived from the state
Security note or bond
Annual appropriations for 1S94
Total expenditures for year
Cash, December 31, 1894 .
. $21,733.25
556,101.75
100,000.00
5,000.00
7,576.00
1^^,532.59
100,000.00
$900,943.59
$735>935-37
843,221.90
57>72i.69
This statement is also independent of the water-works ac-
count. There was no appropriation for election expenses.
The Howlett place has been bought for the Pine Grove ceme-
tery, price, $4,400; $1,000 to be paid down and the rest in
April, 1895, but as a matter of fact all bills that were due have
been paid, and this has been done without making any loan.
The following is a statement of the city debt :
Water bonds
City bonds
Cemetery bonds
Security loan
State receipts, 1893
State receipts, 1S94
$850,000.00
415,000.00
32,000.00
100,000.00
$1,397,000.00
$120,228.74
110,532.59
Deficit
$9,696.15
40 MANCHESTER CITY GOVERNMENT.
The high pressure water supply which was projected in 1890
has been completed and is now in full operation. The work was
delayed by lack of authority on the part of the city. The leg-
islature of 1892 passed the necessary act and since then the
undertaking has been carried forward as rapidly as was judicious.
It makes our water supply one of the best in the country.
There is always opportunity for improvement in the means of
prosperity in any town or city, and of course there are many
things to be done in Manchester for the public benefit. I will
only mention such as seem particularly important.
It is apparent that a new high school building should be pro-
vided at an early day. Just what is the best plan in this respect
I am not prepared to say, but the subject should receive the care-
ful and earnest consideration of the city government. The
health and comfort, as well as reasonable facilities for school
purposes, of pupils of the High school demand attention to the
matter. Its importance can hardly be appreciated, and I com-
mend it to the government and the people of the city.
The subject of the city hall has received some attention and
various suggestions have been made. It is evident that some re-
pairs and alterations in the present building should be made.
The roof is in bad condition, but a new one of a different char-
acter can take its place and the interior be remodeled for a com-
paratively smill sum. Those portions now occupied by tenants
should be appropriated to public use, and thus the building
serve every needed purpose for many years. The city would in
that way save expending a very large sum and would for the
present, at least, avoid the schemes and jobs of speculators
which, according to experience of most places similarly situated,
are pretty sure to fasten themselves upon important public
undertakings.
In closing this review of the city's fiscal year, I tender to each
and every one my sincere thanks for their uniform courtesy and
cordial support.
Very respectfully,
BYRON WORTHEN,
Mayor.
REPORT
OF THE
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
BOARD OF Water Commissioners.
1894.
BYRON WORTHEN,* Mayor, ex officio.
Alpheus Gay, term expires January, 1899.
Andrew C. Wallace, term expires January, 1900.
James A. Weston, term expires January, 1897.
Henry Chandler, term expires January, 1898.
Charles H. Manning, term expires January, 1901.
Charles T. Means, term expires January, 1896.
Officers.
Alpheus Gay, President.
James A. Weston, Clerk.
Charles K. Walker, Superintendent.
Arthur E. Stearns, Registrar.
Josiah Laselle. Engineer at Low Service Pumping Station.
H. A. Donaway, Engineer at High Sei'vice Pumping Station.
* Hon. Edgar J. Knowlton and Hon. David B. Varney each served a portion of the year.
REPORT
BOARD OF WATER .COMMISSIONERS,
To the City Councils of tlic City of Manchester :
Gentlemen, — The Board of Water Commissioners have the
honor to submit herewith their twenty-third annual report for
the year ending December 31, 1894, together with the report of
the superintendent covering the same period of time, to which
reference is made for the details of the service connected with
this department. The final report of the engineers of the high
service system, and also their report and estimates for laying pipes
in the thickly settled portions of the city, to be connected with
the high service reservoir, for fire protection, are appended
hereto, to which attention is directed for the details relating to
those subjects.
The receipts and expenditures for the year have been as fol-
lows :
Balance unexpended December 31, 1893
Receipts from water rentals and miscellaneous
Received for bonds sold ....
Received for premium on same
Total receipts .....
595,144.16
110,210.29
50,000.00
S255>354-45
44 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Paid interest on water bonds . ;^38, 399.00
current expenses and repairs 24,909.86
construction ." . . 159,289.07
hydrant rentals set aside for
sinking fund . . . 13,925.00
Total expenditures ..... $236,522.93
Balance unexpended . . . . . $18,831.52
Early in the year 1891 the city councils passed an ordinance
by the terms of which all moneys received by the water depart-
ment, together with the balance then on hand, were turned into
the city treasury for general city purposes, and the funds neces-
sary for the maintenance of the water-works were appropriated
by the city councils. This law was in force for two years, when
the original plan of keeping the earnings, expenses, and funds of
this department separate and distinct from the other departments
of the city was returned to by an act of the legislature. During
these two years, the sum of $57,920.91 was taken from the net
earnings of the water-works and applied to the general purposes
of the city. In adjusting this matter so as to make the accounts
of the commissioners agree with the statements made by the city
auditor, the amount claimed as standing to the credit of the
water-works has been reduced the above amount. The balance
unexpended one year ago was given as $153,065.07. The bal-
ance brought forward to the account of 1894 is stated to be $95,-
144.16, showing a loss to the water-works account of $57,920.91,
as above stated.
By an oversight, or some unexplained cause, the premium re-
ceived by the city on the $250,000 water bonds sold the past
two years, amounting to $8,845, has not been credited to the
water-works account. When this is done, the balance unex-
pended December 31, 1894, will be $27,316.52 instead of $18,-
831.52, as shown in the above statement.
The high service system of water-works, commenced in 1893,
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS. 45
is now practically completed, a few minor matters of incon-
siderable amount only remaining for attention the coming year.
The cost of this important undertaking has not exceeded the ex-
pectations of the commissioners as foreshadowed in former re-
ports, while the value to the city in having virtually a double
system, one operated by water power and the other by steam
power, is beyond any possible comparison that can be made,
based on the money required to acquire it. It is doubtful if any
city in the country has a more complete system of water-works,
when the elementary advantages and the possibilities of further
improvements are considered.
The elevated lands of the eastern section of the city, so long
deprived of the advantages of water-works, are now well supplied
and a petition is now before the board asking for an extension
of the high service pipes to the high lands in the northern por-
tion of the city. It is a part of the plan to furnish water to the
inhabitants living on the territory last named, and it will be car-
ried out as rapidly as circumstances shall reasonably demand.
The cost of the high service system, to the present time, is
^195,110.39, the details of which will be found in the accom-
panying report of the superintendent.
In addition to the final report of the engineers on the high
service water-works, appended hereto, will be found a supple-
m.entary report of a plan and probable cost of an independent
system of water pipes, designed especially for fire protection,
which it is proposed to connect with the high service reservoir.
The territory embraced in the report is bounded on the west by
Elm street, on the east by Union street, on the north by Orange
street, and on the south by Auburn street ; the pipe in Elm street
extending as far north as Brook street. The engineer proposes
to set four way-post hydrants every 300 feet on Elm street, and
every 400 feet on the other streets, and estimates a pressure rang-
ing from no to 130 pounds per square inch.
The system outlined could be put in in sections and increased
at pleasure, as might be deemed advisable or desirable. To
carry out the plan suggested would require an outlay of about
46 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
^100,000. This subject is introduced at this time to show the
feasibility of the project and the approxuiiate cost. Whether
the advantages that would be derived are such as would warrant
the expenditure of so large a sum of money is a question that
has not been considered by the board sufficiently to enable
it to make an intelligent recommendation on the subject.
Your commissioners have been purchasing land bordering on
Massabesic lake, from time to time, until the city now owns
nearly one half the shore line, which has been paid for out of
the net earnings of the water-works. In this matter the commis-
sioners have long been of the opinion that it was only a question
of time when it would be necessary to acquire the entire lake
front in order to enable the city to exercise such reasonable con-
trol over the waters of the lake as a due regard for the lives,
health, and comfort of the citizens demanded. With this object
in view they have proceeded as fast as a proper regard to econ-
omy and the public sentiment on the subject would warrant.
Recently, however, a feeling has developed in the public mind
that the welfare of the people demanded more active measures to
bring about this result. This feeling being in accord with the
views of the commissioners, proceedings have been commenced
to take the remaining land in Hillsborough county by condem-
nation under the authority conferred by the legislature. It is
expected that the proceedings will be concluded and the matter
adjusted during the coming year.
About a year ago the Devonshire Mills, located at Goffe's
Falls, brought a suit in the United States court against the city,
alleging damages by reason of diverting the water from Cohas
brook, the outlet of Massabesic lake, on which their mills arf'
situated. As the termination of this suit would only settle past
claims, leaving the future open to further litigation, it was deemed
desirable by both parties in interest to have a final adjustment
of all questions that might arise, at the present time. Arrange-
ments have accordingly been made to submit the matter to im-
partial referees, who are to fix the sum to be paid by the city for
all past, present, and future damages, which sum the city is to
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS. 47
pay upon receiving a deed from the Mills relinquishing all its
claims against the city. It is expected that a settlement can be
effected early the coming summer.
Respectfully submitted.
Alpheus Gay,
Andrew C. Wallace,
James A. Weston,
Henry Chandler,
Charles T. Means,
Charles H. Manning,
Byron Worth en.
Water Commissioners.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
To the Honorable Board of Water Commissioners of the City of
Manchester :
The following is the report of the superintendent for the year
1894, which is respectfully submitted :
MASSABESIC LAKE.
Very low water will describe the condition of Lake Massabesic
the past season. The lake froze over lower than last year, and
if the channel had not been lowered we should have been with-
out water power at the old pumping station a portion of the time
last year and this. The water stands today thirty inches below
the dam, one inch lower than the year 1880, when the channel
was lowered. No repairs of any account were made from the
lake to the city of anything connected with the pumps, pipe line,
or reservoir. Repairs were made on the outside and inside of
the pumping station to the amount of about $450. The follow-
ing is the amount pumped :
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STATEMENT OF WORK DONE BY WORTHINGTON PUMPS, HIGH SER-
VICE, TO DECEMBER 31, 1S94.
MONTHS.
Time.
No. of
Gallons
Pounds of
coal
used in
pumping.
Bank-
ing and
heating.
Hrs.
Min.
strokes.
pumped.
0!
June )
10,000,000
18,645,552
11,878,164
8,669,484
5,482,666
35,000
61,792
40,998
28,612
17,285
264 ft.
July )
Sept.lOtoOct. 11
Oct. 11 to 31
November
December
153
93
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43
30
2.5
30
35
345,288
219,966
160,546
99,679
264 "
264 "
4,382
9,303
269"
273"
Total
825,479
44,675,866
183,687 13,685
Work was commenced in the month of April to lay the pipe
for distributing the water over Wilson Hill from the high service
reservoir. A twelve-inch pipe was laid from the Mammoth road
to Ashland street, and the old cement pipe was taken out from
Lowell street south on Ashland and Wilson streets to Lake ave-
nue, and the low and high service separated on these two streets.
The people take water at the present time off the high service
system from Spruce street to Pearl, east of Wilson street, except-
ing Lake avenue, which has high service from Hall street
east to Canton street. Water was let into the high service sys-
tem September 21, and the water takers who live east of Wilson
and Ashland streets have been supplied from the new reservoir
most of the time since.
The contractors who laid the pipe and built the new reservoir
have done their work in a good, substantial manner. The chief
engineer and his assistant, Carleton E. Davis, have looked care-
fully after the work, and the result is we have one of the best high-
service systems in the country. It is connected with the low
service, and so constructed that the water can be pumped into
the old reservoir direct, or the city can be supplied from the
reservoir by opening the twenty-inch gate at Hallsville fourteen
BOARD OF AVATER COMMISSIONERS. 51
to eighteen turns, the old one acting as a relief valve. Cost of
high service to date, ^195,110.39.
The high service will eventually run down Bridge street to
Maple street, up Maple street to Brook street, down Brook street
to Elm street, and north from Brook street up onto the hill.
That will put all north of Bridge and east of Maple to Brook,
also north of Brook street on the east side of Elm street, onto
the high service, and on the west side from Clark street north.
This will require a new line of pipe on Maple street, but for the
present the pipe could be connected on Belmont street from
Pearl to Prospect streets, and should be at any rate to make circu-
lation ; and then the water from the high service could run down
Myrtle and Prospect streets to Beech street, up Beech street to
Brook street, and up onto the hill.
The report of Dean & Main, mechanical engineers, of Boston,
who tested the pumping machinery and boilers, will be annexed
to this report.
The new pumping station having been built in the woods, it
required a great deal of work to clear up the land and do the
little grading done about the pump house and the other build-
ings. This work will be continued next year, as there is quite
an amount to be done to get the grounds in proper shape.
A road has been built from old Bridge street up the hill as far
as the new reservoir. Two thirds of the way it has been graveled
and finished, makmg a good roadbed. It was culculated to build
the road up to the summit north of the reservoir, but the ground
being frozen it was thought best to stop work till next spring.
We have laid about seven miles of distribution pipe the past
year, and the largest portion has been in hard digging. Ledge
has been encountered in Lowell and Hanover streets, and Can-
dia road at Youngsville. Ten men have worked at blasting every
day since the first of April. Good digging for laying new pipe
has gone by in Manchester, and as the city spreads out we find
more rocks and ledge cutting, and a harder soil to lay pipe in.
Pipes have been extended in Ash, Amory, Byron, Belmont,
Bridge, Bismarck, Boynton, Concord, Charleston, Conant, Cass,
52 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Dearborn, Elm, East High, Frederick streets, Glenwood avenue,
Green, Hayward, Hanover, Hall streets. Highland avenue,
Hevey, Jewett, Joliette, Kelley, Kearsarge, Lowell, Laval,
Laurel, Mead streets, Mast road. Mammoth road, Merrimack,
Marion, McGregor, Main, Orange, Page, Pearl streets, Rockland
avenue, Sullivan street, Shirley Hill road, Somerville, Second,
Taylor, Walnut streets, Wilson road, Woodland avenue. Union
street, Candia road, and Young street, making fifty-two streets,
at an expense of about $33,200. We have now eighty miles of
distribution pipe; about seventeen and three fourths is cement
lined.
During the past year pipe was relaid in Amherst, Ashland,
Hanover, Central, Laurel, Mechanic, Milford, Merrimack, Man-
chester, Main streets, Mast road. Market, Walnut, Washington,
Water streets, and Wilson road, — 7,664^ feet, at an expense of
$8,000. The contract price for pipe delivered in May and June
about was $23 per ton ; 2,240 pounds furnished by McNiel Pipe
Co.
There have been about the same number of leaks as usual.
The ground did not freeze very deep last winter and the hy-
drants did not trouble us much. Service pipes did not have to
be thawed out, but some had to be dug up on account of eels
getting in and stopping the water. This is something new. We
have never been troubled with eels in service pipes before, but
have had some trouble with small fish. For these things there is
no remedy for they grow in the pipes and, as a rule, we have to
dig down to the main, whether there is four feet of frost or not
any, in order to get them out.
There have been about 291 new services put in this year, and
65 new hydrants set, making 632 public hydrants in the city.
It is the unanimous opinion of the New England Water-Works
Association that hydrants should not be opened in cold weather
unless for fire purposes. Now it seems to the superintendent if
we are going to continue to pump water for skating on the com-
mons that they should be piped and not use the hydrants for
flooding the grounds to make ice.
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
53
The following table shows the rainfall at high service pump-
ing station to December 31, 1894.
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Commenced to keep the rainfall Ma)^ 29, 1894.
54
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
The following streets are where cement-lined pipe was taken
up and cast iron laid.
Streets.
Amherst
Amherst
Ashland
Central
Central
Central
Chestnut
Hanover
Hanover
Laurel
Main, South.
Manchester..
Market
Mast road
Mechanic. . . .
Merrimack..,
Milford
Walnut
Washington.
Water
Wilson
Length in FEEt.
10 in. 8 in. 6 in. 4 in
334i
102i
246
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Central street, 6 to 8 in
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39
42
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407
740
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570
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Location.
Ashland.
Pine to Beecli.
Hanover to Amherst.
Elm to Pine.
Pine to Union .
Wilson.
Brook to Blodget.
Wilson to Ashland.
Pine to Union.
Wilson.
Winter to south of Log.
Wilson.
West of Elm.
West of Main.
Canal to Elm.
Wilson.
East of Tilton.
North of Amherst.
On Elm.
Canal to Kennard block.
Hanover to Lake avenue.
Total feetrelaid, 7,764!.
One 4-inch gate on Washington, corner Elm, was taken out.
BOARD OF AVATER COMMISSIONERS.
55
Location.
Corner Beech.
Opposite No. 21.
Corner Jvearsarge.
North of Brook.
Corner Amherst.
Corner Conant.
Bridi'e to Pearl.
South Of East High.
North to Charleston.
To Glenwood.
To Belmont.
Old Mammoth to new Mamm'th
Brown avenue to Marshall.
Fletcher Crossing to Proctor's.
Central to Laurel.
Corner Elm.
To Bismarck.
Corner Myrtle.
Oniinsiti' ^r^. Bird's.
Main to Beauport.
Belmont to Beacon.
East to Taylor.
Belmont to Beacon.
Clark to Thayer.
East of Second.
West of Woodland.
East of Union.
North of Bridge.
Beacon to Highland.
S. M. Page's to G. S. Smith's.
Belmont to Taylor.
North of Conant.
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Corner Amlierst.
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LOCATION OF HYDRANTS SET, 1 894.
Amory, opposite No. 21.
Amory, corner Kearsarge.
Belmont, corner Mead.
Bismarck, corner Charleston.
Boynton, corner Glenwood,
Bridge, corner Belmont.
Byron, opposite Varney's house.
Byron, corner Marshall.
Candia road, opposite Cram's residence.
Candia road, opposite Farmer's residence.
Candia road, opposite Proctor's residence.
Candia Coad, 35 feet east of C lough's.
Central, corner Elm.
Cohas, opposite Mr. Bird's residence.
Conant, corner Hevey.
Concord, corner Beacon.
Dearborn, 150 feet west of Taylor.
Elm, near Thayer.
Frederick, corner Second.
Glenwood, corner Highland.
Hall, corner Mead.
Hanover, corner Hubbard.
Hanover, corner Highland.
Hanover road, opposite S. T. Page's residence.
Hanover road, opposite Mrs. Brown's residence.
Hayward, near No. 746.
High, corner Beacon.
Highland, corner Oakland.
High service reservoir, 100 feet from gate house.
Jewett, corner Clay.
Joliette, corner Amory.
Kelley, corner Joliette.
Kelley, corner Kearsarge.
Lowell, corner Belmont.
Lowell, corner Beacon.
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Lowell, corner Hall.
Lowell, corner Highland.
Lowell, corner Weston.
Mammoth road, corner Old Bridge.
Marion, corner North Main.
Mast, Shirley Hill road.
Mast, near Mr. Blackstock's.
Mast, corner Highland.
McGregor, opposite No. 44.
North Main, opposite No. 428.
Orange, corner Belmont.
Page, corner Candia road.
Page, corner Hanover.
Page, opposite shoe shop.
Page, 200 feet south of railroad.
Pearl, corner Belmont.
Rockland avenue, corner Grove.
Rockland avenue, corner Shirley Hill road.
Second, corner Schiller.
Somerville, corner Jewett.
Sullivan, corner North Main.
Valley, corner Pine.
Valley, corner Union.
Walnut, corner North.
Walnut, corner Salmon.
Woodland, corner Candia road.
Woodland, corner Oakland.
Woodland, corner Glenwood.
Young road, corner Cypress.
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DISTRIBUTION PIPES AND GATES LAID TO DECEMBER 31, 1S94.
Size.
Cemen t-lined pipe.
Cast-iron pipe.
Gates.
20-incli diameter
20,500.00 feet.
24,480 feet.
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14-mcli diameter
6,125.00 "
8,710 "
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12-ineh diameter
7,444.00 "
19,775 "
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21,251 "
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17,277 "
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93,723.50 feet.
328,725 feet.
691
Cement-lined pipe in use
Cast-iron pipe in use .
Total pipe
632 hydrants.
691 gates.
13 air valves.
17.750 miles.
62.259 "
80.009 miles.
METERS.
The number ofmieters set during the year has been three hun-
dred and five (305).
Total number of meters now in use, twenty-one hundred and
eighty- two (2,182).
The number of applications for water has been two hundred
and ninety-seven (297).
Total number of applications to date, 4,630.
SERVICE PIPES.
Twol hundred and ninety-one service pipes have been laid
this year, as follows :
288 I inch diameter ...... 7,334.7 feet.
11^ inch diameter . . . . . 45.0 "
I 4 inch diameter . . for fire sprinklers.
I 6 inch diameter . . for fire sprinklers.
7,379.7 feet.
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
73
SERVICE PIPES RELAID.
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56.0 -
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451.8
498.8 feet
Forty-four hundred and sixty (4,460) service pipes have
laid to date, as follows :
722.6
44,628.7
65,918-5
893-5
719.2
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Number of miles of service pipe, 21.836.
feet,
been
feet.
115,294.5
feet.
COST OF HIGH SERVICE TO DECEMBER 31, 1 894.
Reservoir
Gatehouse
I>and .
Fence
Road.
j3,o9i.87
2,442.60
9,112.86
301-75
1,245.12
$56,194.20
74
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Force main ....
.
$73^203.56
Land
.
375-00
Pumping station ..."
^24,174.69
Pumping machinery and boilers
32,626.07
Traveling crane
643.40
Grading .....
878.15
Stone masonry, bank wall .
706.50
Engineer and team .
1,256.96
Testing pumps ....
600.00
Dwelling and barn . . . .
4,451.86
^65,337.63
$195,110.39
The income from sale of water for 1894 has been as follows :
. for hydrant rent .
$13,925.00
for water by rate .
32,176.28
for water by meter
62,501.35
for building purposes .
697.80
from fines ....
227.40
for labor and pipe sold
35-86
for 4 inch pipe laid to Ken-
nard block
30.00
for 3 inch pipe laid to Cil-
ley block
22.90
for pipe and castings, J. A.
Weston ....
109.90
for pipe and castings, Amos-
keag corporation
46.16
of G. G. Griffin, lease .
1. 00
of F. Brown, lease
1. 00
for old house, S. G. Prescott
100.00
from rent of store, S. G. Pres-
cott ....
90.00
from rent of hall. Grange .
50.00
from rent of Cochran build-
ing, W. G. Brown .
36.00
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS. 75
ceived for rent from E. C. Camfield
^36.00
of Charles Reed for grass
3-39
of C. F. Whittemore, for
grass on Mills land .
4.00
of A. D. Savory for grass on
Smith land
5.00
of Bartholomew for grass on
Reed and Neal land
7.00
of J. T. Gott for grass at res-
ervoir ....
8.00
for apples ....
3.00
of Sarah Gilbert for grass on
Brown land
3-25
for old cement pipe
90.00
$110,210.29
Abatements, $477.66.
Amount on hand Dec. 31, 1893 . . $95,144.16
received for water bonds, 1894 50,000.00
received for water rents, etc.,
1894 .... 96,285.29
received for hydrant rentals,
1894 .... 13,925.00
Total receipts, 1894 .... $255,354.45
Amount paid for current expenses . $24,909.86
construction expenses 159,289.07
liydrant rentals set aside for sinking
fund ...... 13,925.00
Interest on bonds, 1894 . . . 38,399.00
Total expenditures, 1894 . . . $236,522.9-
Balance on hand December 31, 1894 . $18,831.52
The premium on water bonds sold in
1893, amount $200,000, was ..... $6,090.00
1894, amount 50,000, was ..... 2.395.00
Total $8,485.00
76
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
These amounts have not been credited to the water-works ac-
counts as they should have been.
CLASSIFICATION OF ACCOUNTS FOR 1 894.
Superintendence, repairs, renewals . $16,945.61
Stationery and printing . . . 293.69
Ofiface and incidental expenses . . 2,589.20
Pumping expenses, low service . . 1,831.89
Pumping expenses, high service . . 2,595.37
Repairs to dam, canal, and reservoir . 202.69
Repairs to buildings .... 451-41
Total current expenses for 1894
Service pipes ....
Distribution pipes
Fire hydrants and valves .
Meters and fixtures . . .
Lands .....
Pumping machinery and buildings
Reservoir and fence .
Road to reservoir
$3,997.88
33'25i-43
3,809.31
3,922.67
27,662.86
45,429-35
39,970-45
1,245.12
$24,909.86
Total construction expenses for 1894
Sinking fund
Total
$159,289.07
$184,198.93
13,925.00
$198,123.93
Co?istruciion Expenses.
Land and water rights . . . $90,837.00
Dam, canal, penstock, and races . 101,399.16
Pumping machinery, pump houses and
buildings . . . . '. 173,242.16
Distribution reservoirs . . . 117,378.58
Force and supply main . . . 88,769.02
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
77
Distribution pipes
Fire hydrants and valves
Meters and fixtures .
Service pipes
Grading and fencing
Tools and fixtures
Boarding and store houses
Roads and culverts .
Supplies .
Engineering
Livery and traveling expenses
Legal expenses .
;25, 202.36
54,008 29
42,256.68
60,743.80
13,588.26
10,649.35
919.36
550-39
22,176.19
2,856.64
56379
Total construction to December 31, 1894 . $1,309,579.64
Current Expenses.
Superintendence, collecting, repairs $227,763.90
Stationery and printing
Office and incidental expenses .
Pumping expenses at low service
Pumping expenses at high service
Repair of buildings .
Repair of dam, canal, races, reservoir
6,411.48
23,401.68
46,956.68
2.595-37
2,819.36
4,809.49
Total current expenses to December 31, '94
Interest .• . . . . . $40,678.51
Highway expenditures . . . 14,000.53
114,757-96
$54,679.04
Total amount of bills approved to date
Interest, discount, and labor performed
on highways, transfers, and tools and
materials sold .... $63,994.54
Current expenses to Dec. 31, 1894 . 314,757.96
$1,679,016.64
Total cost, exclusive of interest
and current expenses
^378,752.50
51,300,264.14
78
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Interest and discount to Dec. 31, 1893 $720,435.51
Interest for 1894 . . . . 38,399.00
Total interest and discount to
Dec. 31, 1894
Amount paid toward interest to Dec.
31, 1893 .... $578,237.00
Amount paid toward interest in 1894 . 38,399.00
^758-834-Si
$616,636.00
AMOUNT OF WATER BONDS ISSUED TO DECEMBER 3 1, 1 894.
Issued July i, 1872, rate 6 per cent, principal due
July I, 1895 ....... $100,000
Issued January i, 1872, rate 6 per cent, principal due
January 1,1897 ....... 100,000
Issued January i, 1872, rate 6 per cent, principal due
January i, 1902 ....... 100,000
Issued January i, 1887, rate 4 per cent, principal due
January i, 1907 ....... 100,000
Issued July i. 1890, rate 4 per cent, principal due
July I, 1910 ....... 100,000
Issued January i, 1892, rate 4 per cent, principal due
January i, 1910 ....... 100,000
Issued August i, 1893, rate 5 per cent, principal due
August 1,1913. . . . . . . 100,000
Issued November i, 1893, rate 4! per cent, principal
due November i, 1913 . . . . . 100.000
Issued October i, 1894, rate 4 per cent, principal
due October i, 1914 ...... 50,000
Total
$850,000
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
79
STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS.
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2,097.60
32,154.07
27,119.15
38,879.47
43,823.30
48,874.26
53,143.17
57,655.25
60,215.62
67,630.13
73,458.20
75,580.08
80,404.12
75,129.99
S0,.518.17
85,643.82
86,700.46
90,463.37
76,605.23
83,474.79
104,170.08
110,210.29
$573.61
200.07
1S73
$1,692.69
7,987.27
10,292.13
16,192.03
18,064.51
20,255.97
21,610.13
23,795.96
25,336.18
26,803.06
28,838.24
31,724.07
33,597.02
33,062.11
33,497.21
33,864.78
34,140.99
32,431.10
30,588.79
31,344.24
32,603.59
32,176.28
$190.84
1,436.56
3,348.11
6,305.81
7,783.09
10.090.25
12,732.93
14,794.34
15,554.98
19,898.69
23,431.20
21,329.75
27,425.35
21,573.45
25,277.09
29,838.82
33,,596.05
37,009.80
40,479.25
46,139.35
58,103.20
62,501.35
"$11 9.10
122.13
72.32
136.10
83.60
81.60
79..50
105.60
146.65
314.65
195.10
102.50
287.40
351.70
543 80
361.95
649.90
494.80
416.00
1,033.75
697.80
$14.00
104.18
120.59
180.16
233.04
232.82
240.64
210.39
223.99
197.49
208.04
231.96
186.80
130.80
119.20
149.80
153.20
151.80
160.40
168.40
159.60
227.40
8
1874
1875
1876
1877
1878
187it
ISSO
1881
1882
1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890
1891
1892
1893
1894
$22,425.00
13,095.00
1(;.3'20.00
17,475.00
17,970.00
18,165.00
18,300.00
18,780.00
20,130.00
20,520.00
21,350.00
18,900.00
19,750.00
20,437.50
21,000.00
18,240.00
19,880.00
4,590.00
5,000.00
12,750.00
13,925.00
699.85
2,245.64
249.55
131.56
241.62
303.87
465.06
203.87
443.24
125.07
738.20
181.45
320.23
819.47
243.62
205.27
298.77
200.99
139. SO
339.38
334.82
$10.66
11.00
11.00
21.00
11.00
11.00
6.00
16.00
3.00
53.00
42.00
91.00
267.00
180.56
347.64
98
160
166
202
226
251
280
310
371
404
446
486
613
739
842
9.51
1,135
1,313
1,608
1,895
2,182
1878, meter rate was changed. 1884, hydrant rates reduced. 1886, meter
and other rates reduced. 1889, hydrant rates reduced. 1891 and 1892, re-
ceived only p.irt of hydrant rent, and nothing from water-troughs or street
sprinklers. 1893, hydrant rent and water-closets rate reduced.
The following amounts have been paid over to the city treas-
urer, and credited to the water-works :
1872, supplies and materials sold . . . $S73-6i
1873, supplies and materials sold • • • i77'07
accrued interest on water bonds sold . . i93'26
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
80
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
1874, water and hydrant rent, etc.
December 29, interest transferred
1875, December 18, one anvil sold
September 25, engine, crusher, and material
sold- ....
water and hydrant rent, etc.
1876, May 20, derrick sold
May 20, rent of derrick
water and hydrant rent, etc.
1877, water and hydrant rent, etc.
1878, water and hydrant rent, etc.
old plow sold .
1879, derrick sold
May 20, water and hydrant rent, etc.
1880, water and hydrant rent, etc.
sale of grass
level, transit, etc.
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
5305233-54
4.566.25
15.00
2,089.45
27,119-55
125.00
24.00
38,879.47
435823.30
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
73'437-2o
1. 00
5.00
10.00
616.20
74,947.88
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
81
1885, received 4^rom G. G. Grififin
of B. P. Kimball, for grass
for labor and pipe sold
for water and hydrant rent
1886, received from G. G. Griffin
of B. P. Kimball, for grass
for wood
for labor and pipe
for water and hydrant rent
1887, received for labor and pipe
of G. G. Grififin .
of C. C. Cole
of B. P. Kimball, for grass
of A. J. Crombie, for grass
of A. Goodwin, for poles
1887, received of W. G.Brown .
of T. H. Risdon & Co., for freight
for water and hydrant rent
1 888, received for labor and pipe
of G. G. Grififin .
of George P. Clark
ofR. D. Wood & Co., gear
for water and hydrant rent
1889, received for labor and pipe
ofG.G. Grififin .
of B. P. Kimball, for grass
of W. G. Brown, for rent
of James Baldwm, for pipe
of Mr. Clement, for pipe
for water and hydrant rent
1890, received of G. G. Grififin, lease .
of Fletcher Brown, lease
of George P. Clark, lease
of B. P. Kimball, for grass
of W. G. Brown, for rent
of N. W. Ellis & Co., for pipe
$1.00
10.00
^3-45
80,379.67
1. 00
5.00
37.80
282.43
74,803.76
768.86
1. 00
•50
10.00
5.00
10.00
25.00
15. II
79,682.70
227.33
1. 00
2.00
16.29
85,397-20
89.77
1. 00
2.00
50.00
65.00
•50
86,492.19
1. 00
1. 00
2.00
2.00
36.00
153-00
82
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
1890, received of J. H. Dearborn, for pipe . . $35-4o
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 . . . J. 00
of Fletcher Brown, lease . . i.oo
of W. G. Brown, rent . . . 21.00
of Mr. Prescott, rent . . . 50.00
William Bryant, rent . . . 8.00
of B. P. Kimball, grass . . 2.00
of G. W. Reed, grass . . . 5.00
of C. H. Patten, grass . . . 3.00
1892, received for water and hydrant rent . . 83,067.99
for labor and pipe sold . . 45-55
of T. C. Pratt, for house . . 100.00
for cement-lined pipe . . . 94-25
of Grange, for rent . . . 50.00
of William Prescott, for barn . i5-oo
for potatoes .... - 4.00
for cutting ice . . . . 10.00
of W. G. Brown, rent . . . 21.00
of G. G. Griffin, lease . . . i.oo
of F. Brown, lease . . . i.oo
of H. N. Hall, use of pasture . 20.00
of C. F. Whittemore, grass . . 4.00
of Charles Reed, grass . . . 4.00
of G. S. Patten, grass ... " 7.00
of G. G. Prescott, rent . . 30.00
1893, received from water rents . . . 90,900.14
for labor and pipe sold . . 72.88
for old cement pipe . . . 73-5°
from Queen City Co., laying 6-inch
pipe 35-°°
from Elliott Mfg. Co., laying 6inch
pipe ..... 50.00
from Kimball Carriage Co., laying
6-inch pipe .... 51-00
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
83
1893, received from Dana & Provost, laying 4-
inch pipe ....
from E. C. Blanchard, repairing
hydrant ....
from G. G. Griffin, lease
. from F. Brown, lease .
for grass on Smith land
for grass on Neal land .
for grass on Mills land
for molasses ....
for use of hall by Grange
from W. G. Brown, house rent
from S. G. Prescott, house rent
for cutting ice on lane .
1894, received from water rents .
for labor and pipe sold
for old cement pipe
for laying 4-inch main to Ken
nard block
for laying 3-inch main to Cilley
block ....
for pipe and castings from J. A
Weston ....
for pipe and castings from Amos
keag corporation
of G. G. Griffin, lease .
of F. Brown, lease
of S. G. Prescott, for old house
of S. G. Prescott, rent of store
of Grange, for hall
of W. G. Brown, rent of Cochran
residence ....
of E. C. Camfield, rent
of Charles Read, for grass
of C. F. Whittemore, for grass on
Mills land ....
25.00
1. 00
1. 00
5.00
3.00
4.00
16.56
50.00
30.00
60.00
10.00
95,602.83
35-86
90.00
30.00
22.90
109.90
46.16
1. 00
1. 00
100.00
90.00
50.00
36.00
36.00
3-39
4.00
84 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
1S94, received of A. D. Savory, for grass on Smith
land ^5-°°
of Bartholomew, for grass on Neal
land 7'Oo
of J. T. Gott, for grass at reservoir 8.00
for apples ...... 3.00
of Sarah Gilbert, for grass on Brown
land 3-25
Total received for water to date . . ^1,482,405.07
Amount appropriated to date .... 890,000.00
$2,372,405.07
Amount of bills approved to date . . . 1.679,016.64
$693,388.43
Amount paid toward interest .... 616,636.00
Amount on hand December 31, 1894 . $76,75243
CHARLES K. WALKER,
Superintendent.
Uses for which Water is Supplied.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
I Jail. 4 Cemeteries.
26 Churches. i Orphanage.
1 Court house. , i Postoffice.
9 Hose companies. i City library.
5 Fire engines. 6 Banks.
2 Hook-and-ladder. 9 Hotels.
2 Opera houses. i Masonic Hall.
3 Convents. i Odd Fellows' Hall.
4 City hospitals. 3 Halls.
2 Old Ladies' Homes. 30 Schoolhouses.
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
85
I Soldiers' monument.
1 Turner Hall.
4 Fountains.
2 Trust companies.
I City farm.
3 Depots.
I Battery building.
I Skating-rink.
I Kitchen.
I Wardroom.
I Gymnasium.
MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS,
I Hosiery mill.
1 Silver-plating.
2 Iron foundries.
2 Dyehouses.
5 Machine shops.
6 Clothing manufactories.
8 Harness shops.
I Cornice works.
I Brush shop.
9 Carriage shops.
1 2 Cigar factories.
I Brass and copper foundry.
I Locomotive works.
I Gristmill.
I Silk-mill.
3 Granite works.
2 Electric light stations.
4 Sash and blind shops.
I Brewery.
4 Shoeshops.
I Gas-works.
4 Slaughter houses.
I Soap factory.
4 Needle manufactories.
6 Beer-bottling.
3 Book-binderies.
1 Paper-mill.
2 Box makers.
I Paper box manufactory,
6 Fish.
1 2 Meat and fish.
21 Livery.
I Horse railroad.
1 8 Dentists.
I Telephone.
1 Telegraph.
2 Express.
]\IARK.ETS.
3 Meat (wholesale).
STABLES.
98S Private.
OFFICES.
14 Printing.
I Gas.
17 Coal.
86
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
SHOPS.
50 Barber.
9 Wheelwright.
18 Blacksmith.
8 Carpenter.
2 Tinsmith.
I Copper.
4 Auction.
32 Drug.
22 Jewelry.
I Fur.
3 House-furnishing goods.
20 Fancy goods.
I Wholesale paper.
5 Wholesale produce.
24 Dry goods.
12 Candy.
I Cloak.
16 Millinery.
3 Tea.
9 Furniture.
I Wholesale grocer.
3 Currying.
19 Plumber and gas and water
pipe.
14 Paint.
3 Gunsmith.
STORES.
97 Grocery.
6 Meal.
3 Hardware.
34 Boot and shoe.
II Stove.
1 7 Gents' furnishing goods.
7 Book.
I Leather and Shoe-finders.
3 Music.
3 Upholstery.
9 Undertakers.
5 Sewing-machine.
I Feather-cleaner.
I Rubber.
16 Dining.
7 Billiard.
6 ClulDrooms.
2 Bleacheries.
23 Laundries.
4 Icehouses.
12 Photographers.
SALOONS.
98 Liquor.
MISCELLANEOUS.
9 Greenhouses.
2 Band rooms.
21 Bakeries.
2 Waste.
I Business college.
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS,
87
WATER FIXTURES, ETC.
10,311 Families.
141 Boarding-houses.
13,108 Faucets.
2,871 Wasli-bowls.
7,118 Water-closets.
447 Wash-tubs.
1,878 Bath-tubs.
194 Urinals.
2,701 Sill-cocks.
632 Fire-hydrants.
39 Stand-pipes.
27 Watering- troughs.
5 Drinking-fountains.
2,361 Horses.
94 Cattle.
I Public urinal.
6 hydrants.
8,300 feet 20 inch.
3,500 feet 14 inch.
1,176 feet 12 inch.
2,820 feet 10 inch.
Materials on Hand.
PIPE.
4,1 16 feet 8 inch.
1,000 feet 6 inch.
1,140 feet 4 inch.
WHOLE SLEEVES.
2 20 inch.
I 14 inch.
512 inch.
4 10 inch.
3 double 6 on 20.
4 double 6 on 12.
2 double 8 on 12.
12 double 6 on 10.
7 double 8 on 8.
13 double 6 on 8.
2 double 4 on 8.
9 double 6 on 6.
BRANCHES.
128 inch.
276 inch.
22 4 inch.
1 single 6 on 20.
2 single 10 on 20.
I single 12 on 14.
I single 6 on 14.
12 single 6 on 10.
I single 8 on 8.
1 1 single 6 on 8.
20 single 6 on 6.
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
4 double 4 on 6. i single 10 on 10.
2 single 4 on 6.
I lo-inch Y.
■ 3 20-inch Y's.
TURNS.
I 20 inch 1-16. 2 8 inch 1-4.
3 10 inch 1-4. 4 6 inch 1-4.
GATES.
112 inch. 15 6 inch.
2 10 inch. 5 4 inch.
4 8 inch.
HIGH SERVICE WATER-WORKS.
To the Board of Water CojiiDiissioners^ Manchester^ N. H. :
Gentlemen, — The following is a descriptive report of the
High Service System of Water- Works for your city.
DATUM.
All the elevations are referred to city base, which is 16 feet
below low water of Merrimack river at Granite bridge, or
10S.363 feet below the granite step at the City hall. The city
base is 110.83 ^^^^ above tide water at Portsmouth, N. H.
SOURCE OF SUPPLY.
The pumping station is located on the west shore of the west-
erly part of Lake Massabesic and near the northerly end of the
lake, and is a little less than two miles north of the outlet
which supplies water to the low service pumping station. The
intake pipe is cast iron, twenty-four inches in diameter, and ex-
tends into the lake 255 feet from the shore wall. The end is
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS. 89
covered with a heavy brass screen of three quarter inch mesh,
and is eight feet below the top of the dam. The elevation of
top of dam is 147 feet. (For details see Water Board Report
of 1893.)
PUMPING STATION.
The building consists of engine, boiler, and coal houses, all
connected, and the walls are built of common bricks laid in
red lime mortar, having granite underpinning, window and
door sills.
The underpinning is laid in horizontal courses and the height
varies from four to five and one half feet. The brick masonry
was finished about the middle of January, 18.94. The roofs over
the engine and coal houses are supported by wooden trusses and
covered with slate. The roof over the boiler house is flat and
constructed of large southern pine beams and two-inch spruce
plank covered with tarred paper and gravel. The flat portion of
the engine house also has a graveled roof. The cornices are
made of galvanized iron, and the finials, hip and ridge rolls are
copper. The engine room floor is made of two-inch spruce
plank covered with southern pine one and one fourth inches
thick.
The floor in the boiler room is tar concrete and brick, and in
the coal room is tar concrete. The elevation of the engine house
floor is 158.5 feet and the boiler room floor is two feet and eight
inches lower. The chimney is circular in plan and 100 feet and
9 inches in height above the foundation, and built of common
bricks laid in red lime mortar, with an addition of about one
third cement. The first seven feet were laid in cement mortar.
The base of the chimney is eleven feet in diameter and at the
smaller section near the top it is seven feet three inches in diam-
eter. The cap is cast iron, made in eight sections and bolted
togetljer with composition bolts, and weighs three and four tenths
tons.
The chimney has an inner shaft four feet inside diameter which
extends to the top, and the smoke flue enters the chimney eigh-
teen feet above the boiler room floor. The foundation is nine-
90 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
teen feet square and starts on a layer of compact gravel seven
feet below the surface of the ground. There is an opening at
the base of the chimney for taking out the soot.
The pump well is located at the east side of the engine room
cellar and the east wall is also a portion of the engine house foun-
dation. The well is ten feet eight inches wide by twenty-one
feet eight inches long, and the elevation of the bottom is 136.5
feet. The sides are built of cement rubble masonry, and the in-
side of the well is lined with bricks four and eight inches in
thickness, and the bottom is cement concrete and bricks, and is
water tight. The screen chamber is located at the southeast cor-
ner of the well, and there are two sets of copper wire screens of
one fourth inch me3h. At the end of the 24-inch intake pipe
there is a sluice gate to shut off the water from the well when
necessary. Scales have been built into the floor of the boiler
house for weighing all the coal used in the boilers.
At the rear of the pumping station a retaining wall 17S feet in
length has been built of dry rubble along the lake and the
grounds graded and sown with grass seed.
During the fall a dwelling house and stable have been built
near the pumping station for the use of the engineer. All the
work was done under contract by the Head & Dowst Co. of this
city.
ENGINES AND BOILERS.
As soon as the engine room was covered, work was commenced
on the foundations for the engines (Jan. 24, 1894) and finished
February 2. The bottom is built of granite about one foot thick,
and the upper part of the foundations is built of bricks laid in
cement mortar, excepting the top, which is finished with fine cut
granite.
There are two Worthington high duty pumping engines, each
having two high pressure cylinders 30 inches diameter, and two
double-acting water plungers is^^^ inches diameter. The en-
gines will deliver 51.62 gallons per revolution when making the
stipulated stroke of 18 inches, after making a deduction of 5 per
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS. 91
cent for slip. Each engine was guaranteed to deliver into tlie
reservoir 3,000,000 gallons in twenty-four hours against a dy-
namic head of 254 feet. The static head is about 250 feet.
On June 26 the engines commenced to deliver water into the
low service reservoir and pumped for seven days, and the pumps
at the old pumping station were idle four days. Pumping into
the high service reservoir was commenced September 19.
There are two vertical Manning boilers six feet in diameter,
each containing iSo tubes 2}^ inches in diameter and 15 feet in
length. There is room in the boiler house for two additional
boilers.
FORCE MAIN.
The force main is cast iron and 20 inches in diameter and was
laid during the fall of 1893, excepting a short piece at the reser-
voir which is 24 inches in diameter. There are two classes of
pipe : Class B varies in weight from 2,400 to 2,464 pounds, and
class A from 1,980 to 2,080 pounds per lengths of 12.46 feet.
Class B is laid from the engine house to Mr. C. H. Bartlett's
meadow, and from this point to the reservoir is of class A.
There are 7 gates, 13 hydrants, 6 air valves, 2 lo-inch and 5
6-inch blow-offs located along the force main. From the engine
room cellar to the gate chamber at the reservoir there are 19,076
feet of 20-inch and 80 feet of 24-inch pipe, making a total dis-
tance of 3.63 miles.
Water was let into the force main from the low service reser-
voir April 10.
RESERVOIR.
Work of excavating the ledge was continued during the win-
ter and was practically finished April 23. On April 19 the con-
tractors commenced to lay cement on the bottom, and the wall
was started at the northeast corner on the 24th. Many of the
depressions in the bottom were filled to subgrade with the best
puddling material found on the work, which was thoroughly
wetted and afterwards- made compact by constant teaming over
the bottom. There were several fissures in the ledge along the
92 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
south side which were filled with cement grout. The bottom is
covered with cement concrete, having an average thickness of
ten inches, including a layer of cement mortar about three fourths
of an inch thick. The face of the ledge on the north, east, and
west sides is covered with concrete to the top, which varies in
thickness from six inches to three feet, and the average thick-
ness is about one foot. The excavation did not furnish suitable
stone for the face of the wall. The face stone and coping came
from Bodwell's quarry and the back of the wall came from the
excavation. The wall is laid in cement mortar having a batter
on the face of three inches to the foot and is thirty inches
wide at the top under the coping. The coping is the full width
of the wall, one foot thick, and the end joints are filled with
Portland cement.
All the corners of the reservoir are circular in shape excepting
the one at the southeast which is cut off at an angle of forty -five
degrees, so as to form the front wall of the gate chamber and to
give more embankment, thus strengthening the reservoir at this
place.
The bottom of the reservoir is not a uniform plane, as the sur-
face was governed largely by the way in which the excavation
could be made. The wall at the northeast corner is nineteen
feet and at the southwest corner twenty-two feet high.
The bottom has a slope towards the drainpipe at the gate
chamber, excepting a small portion at the southwest corner, which
is nearly two feet below the drainpipe. At this place the rock
was very rotten, being mostly composed of mica, and it was con-
sidered advisable to take out this objectionable material even if
there was a small portion below the grade originally intended.
To have filled it to grade with concrete would have incurred
quite a large expense without giving sufficient benefit, but the
depression will form a place for the deposit of mud, which is de-
sirable.
Six springs were found along the north side and three near the
southwest corner. Small iron pipes were built into the masonry
at these places. At the time the reservoir was filled only two
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS. 93
were draining a very small (quantity of water into the reservoir.
The top of the embankment is lo feet wide, including the ma-
sonry, and has an outward slope of two to one, and was made
in horizontal layers of the excavated earth, thoroughly wetted
and made solid by constantly teaming over it and by ramming
the portions nearest the wall. The outside was covered with
loam found on the work and sown with rye and grass seed. The
elevation of the top of the embankment is 401 feet and high
water is 3 feet lower.
The inside of the gate chamber is 15 feet wide by 15 feet 6
inches long and 20 feet deep. It is divided into two compart-
ments, one for the weir and the other for the screens. There
are four 20-inch sluice gates ; two of them are located 8 feet
apart vertically, so that water can be drawn from two levels.
When the reservoir is full it would be better to draw through the
upper gate, for should an accident happen to the force main,
there would be less liability of a large quantity of water being
drawn off. A permanent weir of southern pine, having its edges
of steel, is built into the masonry. The elevation of the crest
is 397.29 feet.
The inside of the reservoir was finished August 21. On
September 19 water was pumped into the reservoir by the Worth-
ington engine, and on the 21st water was let into a portion of
the low service pipe system. Since filling the reservoir the gates
have been closed and tests have been made. No leakage was
discovered and the reservoir is believed to be tight. The reser-
voir contains 4,000,000 gallons above the bottom of the outlet
pipe. The work was done under contract by Trumbull &
Ryan, contractors, of Boston, Mass. The cement used was
from F, O. Norton Cement Co., New York.
GATE HOUSE.
The exterior walls are composed of stone having quarry faces,
which came from the reservoir excavation, care being taken to
select those having the most color, and the trimmings are granite
94 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
from Bodwell's quarry. The interior walls were built of the best
face-brick laid in red lime and cement mortar.
The floor is supported by brick arches and the top will be cov-
ered with Portland cement mortar. Care should be taken not
to have the floor come in contact with the channel beams which
support the sluice-gate standards so as to prevent the floor from
being cracked.
The ceiling is Georgia pine, nailed to the rafters, and will
have two coats of hard oil finish.
The gate house is nineteen feet ten inches square and has a
hip roof covered with red slates and terra cotta hip rolls. The
work remaining to be done is cementing the floor, painting the
woodwork, and pointing the joints of the exterior walls with
Portland cement, colored red. In time it is probable that the
reservoir grounds will form an addition to the Derry field park,
of which the gate house will be a prominent feature. This work
was done by the city, and Mr. Edward House was the foreman
in charge. A circuitous driveway has been nearly completed
from Old Bridge street to a point north of the reservoir. This
affords an easy way of reaching the summit and obtaining an
excellent view of the city and surrounding country.
DISTRIBUTION.
The low service has been connected to the high service force
main by laying a 12-inch cast-iron pipe in Lowell street, from
Mammoth road to Ashland street. This work was done by the
superintendent, Charles K. Walker. The upper portion of the
low service is now supplied from Oak Hill reservoir and the
northerly portion of the city can be supplied with water by lay-
ing a lo-inch cast-iron pipe from Ashland street, in Pearl west
to Maple street, in Maple to Brook street, and in Brook street to
Union street. From Brook street the pipes can be extended
into this northerly district, giving it the advantages of the high
pressure.
At your request we have made an approximate estimate of the
cost of a high pressure water-supply for fire service in the cen-
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS. 95
tral portion of the city, which will give pressures varying from
no to 130 pounds per square inch, and hydrant streams varying
in distance from 170 to 200 feet.
It is proposed to locate four-way post hydrants with indepen-
dent valves for each line of hose, not over 300 feet apart on
Elm street and 400 feet on the streets between Elm and Union
streets. The hydrants on the low service pipes generally have
steamer connections and would furnish an additional supply of
nearly the same pressure by attaching the steamers to them if
necessary.
It is proposed to lay a 16-inch cast-iron pipe from the 20-inch
pipe in Mammoth road, in Massabesic street to Valley, and in
Valley street to Elm street, and in Elm street to Brook street ;
and also to lay a 12-inch pipe in Union street from Auburn to
Orange street.
There would be 8-inch pipes laid in Auburn and Cedar
streets, Lake avenue. Central, Merrimack, Manchester, Hanover,
Amherst, Concord, Lowell, Bridge, Pearl, and Orange streets,
connecting the 16 and 12-inch pipes in Elm and Union streets.
The upper portion of the system at Brook street would be sup-
plied by the 12-inch pipe in Lowell street, thus giving two lines
of supply pipes, which is necessary to prevent the supply from be-
ing cut off in case an accident should happen to the Valley-
street pipe, if only one connection was made with the high ser-
vice system.
The hydrants are to be connected to the mains with 6-inch
pipe, each having a gate to shut off the hydrant, if necessary,
for repairs.
The following is the approximate estimate of the above sys-
tem :
8,570 feet 16-inch iron pipe. Valley and Massabesic
streets, at ^2.75 $23,567.50
6,700 feet 16-inch iron pipe, Elm street, from Val-
ley to Brook, at ^3.00 ..... 20,100.00
4,380 feet 12-inch iron pipe, Union, from Orange
to Auburn, at $1.90 . . . . . . 8.3 2 2. 00
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19,500 feet 8-inch iron pipe, from Elm to Union
street, in Orange, Pearl, Bridge, Lowell, Concord,
Amherst, Hanover, Manchester, Merrimack, Cen-
tral streets. Lake avenue, Cedar, and Auburn
streets, at ^1.30 $25,350.00
7 16-inch gates, including brick wells, at ^145.00 . 1,015.00
2 12-inch gates, including gate boxes, at $44.50 . 89.00
26 8-inch gates, including gate boxes, at $23.50 . 611.00
84 4-nozzle hydrants with independent valves, in-
cluding 6-inch pipe and gates from. main, at $107 8,988.00
Connection with 20-inch pipe, Massabesic street and
Mammoth road, at $100 ..... 100.00
$88,142.50
Contingencies ....... 8,817.50
$96,960.00
In closing, we wish to express our thanks to the board, super-
intendent, and water registrar for their constant co-operation
and many acts of kindness.
Respectfully submitted.
GEORGE S. RICE & GEORGE E. EVANS,
Civil Engineers.
Boston, Mass., Janua:ry i, 1895.
REPORT ON TEST OF BOILERS AND PUMPS.
office of
Dean & Main, Mechanical and Mill Engineers,
Exchange Building,
53 State Street, Rooms 1027 and 1028.
Boston, December 14, 1894.
To the Water Board, Manchester, N. H. :
Gentlemen, — On October 11, 1894, I made a duty trial and
capacity test of the Worthington High Duty Pumping Engine
No. 834, at your water-works, and on November 2, 1894, a sim-
ilar trial of the engine No. 835 at the same place.
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS. 97
The following extract from the contract shows the guarantees
and determinations to be made :
" The party of the first part guarantees that when properly
supplied with steam, and the water free from air, each of these
engines will be capable of delivering three million (3,000,000)
United States gallons of water in twenty-four (24) hours, when
running at a piston speed of one hundred and twenty (120J feet
per minute, when furnished with an effective steam pressure of
not less than one hundred and fifty (150) pounds per square inch
at the engine, and will deliver this qua;ntity against a total head
of two hundred and fifty-four (254) feet, including friction ir^
twenty thousand (20,000) feet of twenty (20) inch main, or a
total load on the plungers (including suction) not exceeding one
hundred and twenty (120) pounds per square inch.
" The party of the first part further agrees that when the en-
gines are running at the above-mentioned piston speed, against
the above-mentioned load, and supplied with dry steam at not
less than the above-mentioned effective pressure, they will be
capable of developing a duty of one hundred and five million
(105,000,000) foot-pounds with each one hundred (100) pounds
of coal consumed, based upon a boiler evaporation of ten (10)
pounds of water per pound of coal from the temperature of the
water of the air pump delivery."
" The duration of the tests shall not exceed twelve (12) hours
and they may be waived altogether by mutual agreement."
The wording of this contract is somewhat ambiguous, but I
have interpreted it to mean that the engine is to receive benefit
from the steam exhausted by the various auxiliary pumps, of
which there are four, and that the duty is to be computed on
plunger displacement.
In accordance with this interpretation a preliminary trial was
run with each engine, in order to determine the temperature at
which the feed water would enter the boiler when utilizing the
exhaust steam referred to and also the jacket and separator drains,
as it is impracticable to utilize hot fluids when weighing the feed
7
98 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
water. In computing the various items herewith given, allow-
ance was made for any difterences that existed between the tem-
perature of the air pump discharge during the preliminary and
final trials. Furthermore, the effect of returning the jacket water,
on feed temperature, was computed from the jacket condensation
as actually weighed by special means during the final trials, and
from its temperature as taken at its discharge.
The temperatures and items dependent thereon, as given in
this report, are therefore those that would have been realized if
the engines had been run during the duty trials under the every-
day conditions of operation.
The results of the boiler trials are, however, reported as actu-
ally obtained, as the efficiency of the boiler is not affected by
temperatures different from those generally existing, to any im-
portant extent.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PLANT.
There are two vertical Manning boilers, each of which is of
sufficient capacity to run one pumping engine. These boilers
were built by the Atlantic Works of East Boston, Mass. The
boiler farthest from the engines was used on both trials.
The engines are of the Duplex Wofthington High Duty type,
having, as usual, two high and two low pressure cylinders, the
high duty compensating cylinders being at the outboard ends of
the pumps.
There are two direct acting feed pumps in the boiler room,
two direct acting pumps for charging the air vessels and accum-
ulators of the engines, and a jacket return pump for each engine.
Each engine requires the use of four of these pumps when in op-
eration.
METHOD OF CONDUCTING THE TRIALS.
The boiler and engine in each trial were operated some two
hours before the boiler trial began, and while in their regular
working condition, with steam at full pressure and the engine
making the proper speed, the engine was stopped. The fire was
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS. 99
then drawn and a new one started with a weighed quantity of
wood. As soon as steam was being freely made, the engine was
started and run one half hour before the engine trial was consid-
ered to have begun. The feed water used by the engine from
this time on until the engine trial stopped, which was some time
before the boiler trial ended, was obtained. The engine was
kept running until the coal in the boiler was burned out as much
as possible, consistent with ending the boiler trial with the same
pressure and height of water as those existing at the beginning.
It is apparent from this that the boiler trial was of longer du-
ration than the engine trial.
The coal, feed water, and jacket and separator drains were
weighed on correct scales. The strokes of the water plungers
were obtained by observations taken every five minutes, and in-
dicator diagrams were taken every half hour. The head of water
against which the plungers worked was obtained by reading a re-
fined pressure gauge attached to the discharge pipe of each en-
gine, and the distance of this gauge above the water in the suc-
tion well, as shown by a graduated float rod.
The steam pressures at the engine and boiler, the temperatures
of the feed water, steam at boiler and engine, and of the air
pump and jacket discharges were taken at regular intervals.
During the trial of Engine No. 834 the temperatures were such
that the duty, according to the contract conditions, was com-
puted with an actual evaporation of 10.90 lbs. of water per pound
of coal, and of Engine No. 835 an actual evaporation of 10.87
lbs. of water per pound of coal.
The pressures, heads, and plunger speeds differ somewhat from
those specified in the contract, but were accepted by the con-
tractor's representative present.
The indicator springs were tested under steam by the writer.
The following are the leading dimensions of the boiler and
engines, and the results of the trials .-,
BOILERS.
1. Type, Manning Vertical.
2, Inside diameter of shell, 60 inches.
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3. Inside diameter of fire-box, 72 inches.
4. Outside diameter of fire-box, 79^ inches.
5. Distance from grate to crown sheet, 42 inches.
6. Clear length of tubes, 14 feet 11 inches.
7. Outside diameter of tubes, 2)^ inches.
8. Number of tubes, 182.
9. Grate surface, 28.27 square feet.
10. Water-heating surface, 1,387.65 square feet.
11. Superheating surface, 481.72 square feet.
12. Ratio of grate to water-heating surface, i to 49.08.
13. Ratio of grate to total heating surface, i to 66.11.
14. Number of boilers in use^ i.
ENGINES.
15. Type, Worthington horizontal high duty duplex compound.
16. Diameter of high pressure cylinders, 15 inches.
17. Diameter of low pressure cylinders, 30 inches.
18. Diameter of high pressure piston rods, 3^ inches.
19. Diameter of low pressure piston rods, 3? inches.
20. Diameter of plunger rods, 3 inches and 35 inches.
21. Diameter of plungers, 15^ inches.
22. Nominal stroke of pistons and plungers, 18 inches.
Results of Boiler Trials Oct. ii and Nov. 2, i
Oct. II. Nov. 2.
23. Duration of trial, hours . . i3'i5 ^S-i?
AVERAGE PRESSURES.
24. Steam pressure in boiler by gauge,
pounds ..... 140.00 142-30
25. Atmospheric pressure by barom-
eter, pounds .... 14.61 14*79
26. Absolute steam pressure^ pounds . 154-61 157-09
27. Force of draught of water, inches . 1-4 5-16
BOARD OF WATKR COMMISSIONERS. 101
AVERAGE TEMPERATURES.
Oct. II. Nov. 2.
28. Of external air, degrees ... 54 54
29. Of fire room, degrees .... 66 72
30. Of steam, degrees ..... 393 392
31. Of escaping gases, degrees . . • * 397 * 380
32. Of feed water on entering boiler, degrees 60 54
FUEL.
;^^. Total moist coal consumed, pounds 4,747.0 4,089.0
34. Moisture in coal, per cent . . 2.1 2.5
35. Wood consumed, pounds . . 162.0 286.0
36. Dry coal consumed, plus coal equiv-
alent of wood, pounds . . 4,712.0 4,101.0
37. Total weight of refuse, pounds . 502.0 354-°
38. Total percentage of refuse . . 10.7 8.6
39. Total combustible, pounds . . 4,210.0 3,747.0
40. Dry coal consumed per hour,
pounds ..... 358.0 3ii'0
41. Heat value of i pound of coal by calorimeter,
British thermal units ..... ^3,4^3
42. Heat value of i pound of coal by analysis,
British thermal units ..... i4)24i
42-A Heat value of i pound of combustible, by
analysis, British thermal units . .. . 15,260
QUALITY OF STEAM.
43. Number of degrees superheated • • 33 30
WATER.
44. Total water pumped into boiler,
pounds 38,296 36,392
45. Water evaporated, corrected for
quality of steam, pounds . . 38,818 36.841
•These temperatures are too low on account of air leakage into the flue.
102 ANNUAL OFFICIAL. REPORTS.
Oct. II. Nov. 2.
46. Equivalent water evaporated into •
dry steam from and at 212° Faren-
heit, pounds . . . . 46,775 445651
47. Equivalent water evaporated into
dry steam from and at 212°, per
hour, pounds . . . . 3,558 ^^^^3
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE.
48. Water evaporated per pound of dry
coal, including superheating,
pounds ..... 8.24 8.98
49. Equivalent water evaporated per
pound of dry coal from and at
212°, pounds .... 9.92 10.89
50. Equivalent per pound of combusti-
ble from and at 212°, pounds . 11. 11 11.92
51. Total heat derived from a pound of
dry coal, British thermal units . 9,590.00 10,517.00
52. Total heat derived from a pound of
combustible, British thermal units 10,731.00 11,482.00
53. Efficiency of boiler based on coal by item 42,
per cent ....... 73-8o
54. Efficiency of boiler based on combustible, per
cent ........ 75-24
RATE OF COMBUSTION.
55. Dry coal actually burnt per square
foot of grate, per hour, pounds 12.64 11.00
RATE OF EVAPORATION.
56. Water evaporated from and at 212°
per square foot of heating surface,
per hour, pounds . . . 2.56 2.44
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS. 103
COMMERCIAL HORSE POWER.
Oct. II. Nov. 2.
57. On basis of 34^ pounds of water
evaporated per hour from and at
212°, H. P 103 98
ANALYSIS OF COAL USED ON NOV. 2, GEORGES CREEK CUMBERLAND.
Moisture, .60 per cent; carbon, 80.15 per cent; hydrogen,
4.94 percent; nitrogen, i per cent; oxygen, 5.76 percent;
ash, 6.68 per cent; volatile sulphur, .87 per cent. Total, 100
per cent.
Results of Engine Trials Oct. ii and Nov. 2.
58. Number of engine
59. Duration of trial, hours
60. Total number of double strokes
61. Average length of stroke, right
plunger, feet ....
62. Average length of stroke, left plun-
ger, feet .....
63. Piston and plunger speed per min-
ute, right, feet ....
64. Piston and plunger speed per min-
ute, left, feet ....
average temperatures
65. Of engine room, degrees
66. Of external air, degrees
67. Of main feed water (air pump dis-
charge), degrees .... 76.9 79.4
68. Of main feed water, after passing
heater, degrees .... i47-o i47'3
69. Of jacket, etc., drain, degrees . 346.3 348.0
70. Of mixture of feed waters at boiler,
degrees . . . . . 171.0 171.1
Oct. II.
Nov. 2.
834
835
12
I I
27)925
26,537
1-578
1-556
1-575
1.568
122.400
125.120
122.170
126.090
76.9
77.0
55-0
57-0
Oct. II.
Nov. 2.
60.0
54-0
384.0
23-4
14.61
14.79
140.00
142.30
154.61
157-09
139.40
139.80
154.01
154-59
26.75
27.40
116.92
117-37
270.08
271.14
104 ANNUAL OFFICIAL KEPORTS.
71. Of water in pump well, degrees
72. Of steam near engine, degrees
73. Superheat of steam near engine
AVERAGE PRESSURES.
74. Of atmosphere by barometer, pounds
75. Of steam at boiler by gauge, pounds
76. Of steam at boiler, absolute, pounds
77. Of steam at engine by gauge,
pounds .....
78. Of steam at engine, absolute, pounds
79. Vacuum by gauge, inches
80. Total water pressure, pounds .
81. Equivalent head, feet
STEAM USED BY ENGINE AND AUXILIARIES.
82. Dry steam (cor. for superheat)
charged to cylinders, pounds . 31,579.00 29,677.00
8^. Dry steam used by jackets, etc.,
pounds ..... 4,357.00 4,029.00
84. Dry steam used by plant, pounds . 35,936100 33,706.00
85. Percentage of dry steam used by
jackets, etc. . . . . 12.12 ii-93
86. Dry steam used per hour per I. H.
P., pounds ..... 18.86 18.30
S7. Dry steam used per hour per pump,
H. P 19.84 19.68
BRITISH THERMAL UNITS USED BY ENGINE AND AUXILIARIES.
88. Per pound of dry steam used by
cylinders and pumps, B. T. U. 1,076.50 1,076.31
89. Per pound of dry steam used by
jackets, etc., B. T. U. . . 874.30 872.61
90. Heat passing through cylinders
and pumps, B. T. U. . .33,994,795.0031,941,639.00
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS. 105
Oct. II. Nov. 2.
91. Heat passing through jackets,
etc., B. T. U 3,809,325.00 3,515,746.30
92. Total used by plant during
trial, B.T.U. . . .37,804,120.0035,457,381.00
93. Used by plant per minute per
I. H. P 330.00 321.00
94. Thermodynamic efficiency of
plant, per cent . . . 12.85 13-21
AVERAGE POWERS, ETC.
Average number of " revolutions " per
minute ......
Average piston speed, feet per minute
Average mean effective pressure, high
pressure cylinder, pounds .
Average mean effective pressure, low
pressure cylinder, pounds .
Horse power developed by high pressure
cylinders ......
Horse power developed by low pressure
cylinders ......
Horse power developed by both cylin-
ders .......
Percentage of power developed by high
pressure cylinder ....
Percentage of power developed by low
pressure cylinder
Horse power of plungers
Friction horse power ....
Friction of mechanism, per cent .
Efficiency of mechanism, per cent
COAL.
Coal used, per indicated horse power,
per hour, pounds .... 2.070 1.840
38.785
40.208
122.290
125.120
5I450
■ 50-950
18.290
19.180
63.720
64.800
95.180
102.540
158.900
167.340
40.100
38-730
59.900
61.280
151.050
155-720
7.850
11.620
4.940
6.930
95.060
93-070
106 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
CAPACITIES.
Oct. II. Nov. 2.
Water displaced by plungers in 24
hours, gallons 3>i89>io5 Z^^1S6^S
Water delivered over weir in 24 hours,
galloi'is 3,029,650 3,097,320
Slip of plungers, percent ... 5 5.44
DUTIES.
On contract basis by plunger displace-
ment, foot-pounds .... 108,852,782 109,381,000
On contract basis by weir measure-
ment, foot-pounds .... 103,490,857 103,517,500
Per 1,000,000 heat units by plunger
displacement, foot-pounds . . 94)933)739 95,665,111
Per 1,000,000 heat units by weir meas-
urement, foot-pound^ . . . 90,257,458 90,537,666
Per 100 pounds of coal by plunger dis-
placement, foot-pounds . . . 89,409,000 100,088,456
Per 100 pounds of coal by weir meas-
urement, foot-pounds . . . 86,272,882 94,725,391
Per 1,000 pounds of dry steam by
plunger displacement, foot-pounds 99,868,535 100,634,849
Per 1,000 pounds of dry steam by weir
measurement, foot-pounds . . 94,949,000 95,240,622
Excess of capacity over contract re-
quirement, per cent . . . 6.30 9.20
Excess of duty over contract require-
ment, per cent .... 8.48 8.93
The amount of the friction of the mechanism will decrease as
the engines are subjected to more service. The large amount of
the friction of engine No. 835 is partly attributable to a dry and
hot trunnion bearing, and to having been used less than engine
No. 834.
Respectfully submitted.
F. W. DEAN.
REPORT
OF THE
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION.
REPORT OF THE STREET AND PARK
COMMISSION
For the year 1894.
To the City Councils of the City of Manchester :
According to instruction, last clause of section i, ''Act estab-
lishing a Board of Street and Park Commissioners for the City of
Manchester," the commissioners have the honor to make a de-
tailed report to the city councils of the doings of said board for
the year ending December 31, 1894.
Rules and Regulations.
The Board of Street and Park Commissioners have full charge
and management and control of the building, constructing,
repairing, and maintaining of the streets, highways, lanes, side-
walks, bridges, public sewers and drains, and of the public parks
and commons, in the city of Manchester.
They have the expenditure of all the appropriations which the
city councils vote for such purposes from year to year. All bills
for expenditures from such appropriations are to be approved by
said board before the same are paid by the city treasurer. The
board has for such yjurposes all the powers now by law vested in
the board of mayor and aldermen, city councils, and the high-
way surveyors of the various districts of said city. They appoint
all subordinate officers, agents, and other persons to carry out
the provisions of the act by which the street commissioners are
created, and to fix their compensation.
110 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
They can make such rules and regulations for their own gov-
ernment and for the conduct of all such subordinate officers,
agents, and other persons, and for the control and management
of the horses, wagons, tools, buildings, and other property pro-
vided by the city of Manchester for the performing of the afore-
said works as they may deem expedient.
They also have the power to regulate the placing of encum-
brances in the streets, and the moving of buildings through the
streets and highways of the said city, and the construction and
maintenance in, over, and along the highways of said city of all
wires, pipes, and other structures belonging to private corpora-
tions or individuals, which now or hereafter may be permitted,
by vote of the mayor and aldermen, to be placed in, over, and
along said highways.
They shall adopt plans for the development and improvement
of the public parks and commons, and shall make such rules and
regulations for the care thereof as they shall deem expedient.
The board of commissioners is authorized to provide for the
performance of any of said works by contract, and in so doing
to call for proposals for doing such work, and to make a contract
therefor, in the name and behalf of the city, with the lowest re-
sponsible bidder who shall furnish proper security for the faith-
ful performance of his contract. But no such contract shall pro-
vide for the expenditure of any sum of money greater than the
amount appropriated for such purposes by the city councils.
The important duties conferred upon the board of street and
park commissioners by law, the many persons to be affected,
and the large expenditures thereby placed in their control and
supervision, render it necessary that some specific rules should be
issued for the guidance of the public and the employees of the
city.
The rules hereby formulated will be altered, amended, or
added to from time to time, as the board of commissioners may
think it necessary.
Rule i. No new highways can be built by the street commis-
sioners until the same have been legally laid out by the board of
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION. Ill
mayor and aldermen and the construction of the same ordered
by them, and a sum of money sufficient for their completion ap-
propriated.
Rule 2. No new sewers can be built until the same have been
laid out and an appropriation for the construction thereof pro-
vided by the city.
Rule 3. The ordinary care and repairing of sewers will be
maintained by the commissioners to the extent of the appro-
priations.
Rule 4. The commissioners can enter into no contract with
any member of either branch of the city councils to furnish sup-
plies to or do any work for the city, or with any firm of which
any member of the city councils is a partner.
Rule 5. The board of commissioners can enter into no con-
tract with any member of their own board, or with any firm in
which a member of their own board is a partner.
The following rules have been adopted by the board :
1. Any person damaging any fence erected by the city for the
protection of the highway or inclosing city lands under the
charge of or in use by the city commission, or damaging any
building in their charge, will be prosecuted to the full extent of
the law, and city employees are required to be vigilant in bring-
ing to the notice of the commission any injury so inflicted.
2. All repairs inside of buildings will be made under the au-
thority of the street commission ; outside repairs will be referred
by the commission to the city councils.
3. Before the commencement of any new sewers or new high-
ways, by order of the commission, the city engineer will be re-
quired to make a careful estimate of the cost of the work to be
commenced, and all the grades must be established, and land
damages, if any, to parties abutting thereon, awarded by the
board of mayor and aldermen.
4. Whenever the sum appropriated by the city councils is
nearly exhausted and there remains more work to be done on
jobs already commenced, the cost of which will exceed the bal-
112 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPOKTS.
ance of the unexpended appropriation, application will be made
to the city councils for more money, and the work suspended un-
til said application is granted.
5. All contracts and agreements made by the street commis-
sioners shall be in writing and signed by the parties thereto, and
a certified copy of the same furnished to the city auditor and
city clerk, if requested.
6. A record of all bids made by contractors shall be kept by
the clerk of the board and open to examination by any city of-
ficial.
7. No sale of public property in charge of the street commis-
sion shall be made by any employee, unless so authorized by the
street commission in writing, and a return of the articles sold,
with the amount received, shall be made to the clerk of the
board and by him paid to the city treasurer. Any violation of
this rule will be the cause for immediate dismissal.
8. In all contracts or agreements made by the street commis-
sion there should be inserted an expressed condition that no
member of the city councils, or officials, or employee of the city
in any of its departments, shall be admitted to any share or part
of such contract or agreement. The payments will be made
weekly on rolls prepared and approved by the commission and
the city auditor.
9. No payment for the fraction of a week will be made in ad-
vance of the regular payment.
10. No employee shall leave his work without reporting to
the foreman.
11. All employees will be required to give strict attention to
their work during the hours of labor.
12. Any employee found intoxicated on the work or having
liquor in his possession will be promptly discharged.
13. No smoking will be allowed in the buildings or shops.
14. Foremen of the different gangs will be held responsible
for the tools and materials used under their charge, and neither
materials nor tools shall be loaned or given away under any cir-
cumstances.
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION. 113
15. Positively no admittance, except on business, to the city-
yard, the city stables, or any other inclosures or buildings under
the care of this commission.
16. All employees under the street and park commission are
absolutely prohibited from having any interest, direct or in-
direct, in any contract for the supply of materials or labor, or in
the hire of any vehicle or team, or in any moneyed account
whatsoever, other than their daily wages, in connection with the
street, sewer, and park business of the city.
17. A violation of any of the foregoing rules will be consid-
ered sufhcient cause for the discharge of any employee.
18. The office of the street and park commission will be open
from 8 to 12 A. m., and from 2 to 5 p. m. A daily meeting of
the commissioners will be held at 2 o'clock p. m. , except when
otherwise employed.
STREET AND PARK COIMMISSION DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATIONS.
Repairs of highways, new highways, watering streets, paving
streets, macadamizing streets, grading for concrete, scavenger
teams, street sweeping, bridges, city teams, sewers repaired, new
sewers, commons, Stark and Derryfield parks, snow and ice.
The attention of all persons dealing with the street and park
commission is called to the following :
All orders for supplies purchased by the commission or their
agents will be written by the clerk, and all persons furnishing
said supplies are to fill in the official blank on back of written
order, giving prices of supplies in detail.
These order blanks are to be returned to the clerk by the' per-
son presenting the order. In addition, the person furnishing
supplies is to make out a regular monthly bill on blanks supplied
by the commissioners, and all persons are to send said monthly
bills on or by the i8th of each month to the office of the com-
mission.
Per order of street and park commission.
ANNUAL STATEMENT.
The duties of the street and park commission, set forth in the
s
114 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
act of legislature passed March 29, 1893, cover a very important
department of municipal government, and one in which our
citizens justly take pride and interest. Each year brings a
greater demand for extension of streets and building of new
highways, a greater outlay of materials for the construction of
sewers and drains, a careful consideration of ways and means for
enlarging and improving our parks and commons, and a general
oversight of methods adopted by other cities in caring for the
welfare of their citizens, and an economical expenditure of
funds allotted for this department. The commissioners, aware
of the importance of their trust,- have thoroughly planned the
work and conscientiously carried it out during the last year, and
they submit their report herewith with the feeling that much has
been accomplished, but still there remains much to be done, and
it is certain that the best class of our community will be willing
and ready to uphold all honestly directed efforts for a better
order of things, and a more business-like method of conducting
this branch of municipal affairs.
Very early in the season the board began preparations for the
season's work by asking for bids for sewer pipe and brick. Bids
for furnishing sewer pipe were received from the following :
George D. Goodrich, Boston, Mass. ; Waldo Bros., Boston,
Mass. ; Portland Stoneware Co., Boston, Mass. ; Pike & Heald
Co., and Thos. A. Lane Co., Manchester. The contract was
awarded to George D. Goodrich for Akron pipe, he being the
lowest bidder.
Bids to furnish brick for the sewers were received from the fol-
lowing : W. F. Head & Son, Hooksett, N. H. ; H. T. Simpson,
Suncook, N. H. ; F. C. Towle, Hooksett, N. H. ; Granite State
Co., Epping, N. H. ; Mead & Mason Co. and S. C. Forsaith
Co., Manchester. The contract was awarded to W. F. Head &
Son, they being the lowest bidders.
The commissioners next called for bids for castings, cement,
corner, cesspool, and curb stone, and lumber. Bids to furnish cast-
ings were sent in by the Manchester Iron Foundry, Manchester
Locomotive works, C. H. Hutchinson Co., S. C. Forsaith Ma-
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION. 115
chine Co. The C. H. Hutchinson Co. were awarded the con-
tract, their terms being more favorable to the city.
Bids on cement were made by Freeman & Merrill, Adams &
Tasker, Henry W. Parker, Dunlap & Wason Co., Clarence R.
Merrill, DeCourcy, Holland & Marshall, all of Manchester.
Contract awarded Dunlap & Wason Co., lowest bidders.
On corner, cesspool, and curb stone, the following bid : War-
ren Harvey, Manchester, and Charles A. Bailey, Suncook, N. H.
The bids were divided and Warren Harvey was given contract to
furnish curbing and Charles A. Bailey contract to furnish circles.
In nearly all cases rates were obtained lower than the preceding
year.
Favorable rates were obtained on bids to furnish bridge plank
and sewer plank from A. C. Wallace and S. C Forsaith Machine
Co., both of Manchester. Contract awarded A. C. Wallace.
The contracts made during the year show the increased
amount of work, notwithstanding a general business depres-
sion, and are given herewith in tabular form, in the order in
which they were made.
116
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Date.
Contract, Material, or Location.
Awarded to or agree-
ment with.
Jan.
27.
George D. Goodrich.
Mar.
20.
24.
Dunlap & Wason Co.
Charles A. Bailey.
April
6.
To furnish culvert stone, Wilson St.. .
16,
To furnish material and move crusher
S. C. Forsaith Co.
23.
To furnish culvert stone, Cohas Ave.
D. H. Dickey.
24.
To furnish culvert stone, Sagamore St
Charles A. Bailey.
27.
Charles A. Bailey.
Warren Harvey.
Kittredge & Son.
27.
May
10.
To build South Main-street bridge ....
12.
To remove old and build new wall.. . .
A. C. Wallace.
14.
W. F. Head & Son.
28.
To furnish steel tubing for sewers....
Amoskeag Mfg. Co.
.June
9.
To furnish 50,000 feet bridge plank ....
A. C. Wallace.
11.
To funish 40,420 feet sewer plank
Bartlett & Gay.
Aug.
31.
To lay underground wires
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
Sept.
21.
To furnish carload lumber
A. C. Wallace.
29.
To furnish iron fence for bridge
Pike & Heald Co.
Oct.
18.
To furnish sewer trench cableway
Carson Trench Co.
20.
To build Page street
John H. Proctor.
In nearly all cases bids were called for and contract awarded
lowest bidders.
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION.
PERMITS TO ENCUMBElt.*
117
Given to
Location.
Date.
Head & Dowst Co
Mead & Mason Co
Elm and Manchester streets
Elm and Washington streets
Feb.
14
1
S. T. Wortlieu
10
10
John Fullerton
23 Rnssell street
George Holbrook
67-71 Hanover street
"4
D. H. Young
Elm east back, between Orange
and Pearl
26
E. J. Hardy
Head & Dowst Co. .
John J. Bennett
Head & Dowst Co . .
L.M. Aldrich
J. D. Donovan
John McCormick
S. T. Worthen
S.T. Worthen
George S. Clough. .
C. A. &M. L.Hoitt.
J. D. Donovan
A. L. Bixby
D. A. Sliannahan
James A. Brigham.
J. Eaton
Frank N. Daniels
A. C. Flanders
Patrick Harrington
Clark B. Hall
Joseph A. Jackson.
Charles T. Whedon.
S. T. Worthen
A. G. Stevens
W. H. Carpenter. . .
D. B. Sanborn
Theodore Miller. ..
M. J. Sullivan
Mead & iNIason Co.. .
J. F. Seaward
F. M. Hoyt
Dana & Provost
James Kandlett
Andrew G. Hood
E. P. Desrocher
Bean & Carpenter i Elm and Dean streets.
H. I. Faucher j Pearl, between Orange and Pine
L. B. Bodwell & Co — Union and Manchester back
Ash and Bridge . .
Between Elm and Elm west back
Ash and Bridge
Amherst, opposite hospital
South Elm and Shasta
Pine and Hanover, to Central back. . . .
Pine and Hanover, Summer, south
Belmont and Concord
Prospect and Union
Appleton and Union
Chester street
Central back sti'eet
Belmont and Valley
40 Lake avenue
Hanover back
6G.5 Pine street
Schiller, between Second and Turner.
Lake avenue and Lake avenue back. .
l>ake avenue, near Elm
Chester street
North Main street
Spruce and Wilson
Pearl, near Russell
Beech, near Merrimack
Bald Hill
Laurel street
Walker street
Laurel street
Towne's block, Amherst street
Chestnut and Lowell
Elm east back street
189 Lake avenue
5S4 Maple and 211 Bridge
Oak and Pearl
12.5 Orange street
April
A. D. Richards j Ash and Lowell.
Peter Rogers ' IMerrimack south back.
E. V. Turcotte I Hanover south back. . .
William Carr ] Concord and Hall
F. N. Daniels & Co ' Auburn and Pine
J. H. Mendell Ash, near Lowell
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
10
11
l.i
16
21
4
S
14
11
17
1
2
17
30
31
7
8
12
21
27
5
11
11
16
15
15
* A bond of $500 being filed with the city clerk in each case, when permit is
granted. t
118
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
OFFICE.
The work of the office has been an important one. The time
of all working under the charge of the commissioners is now
kept here, and this change from the old method of timekeepers
has many advantages. The pay of two men is saved, the men
are under the immediate charge of the commissioners, all weekly
pay-rolls and monthly division of labor sheets are made up in the
office, and all orders for supplies used at the city stables, for tools,
etc., necessary to the work on streets, sewers, and city ledge, are
procured from the office. This method has proved most satisfac-
tory, and is certainly more economic in a business point of view.
Over 1,040 orders have been given the last year for supplies,
an average of twenty per week ; 168 pay-rolls and 24 division of
labor sheets made out ; a record of over 300 daily business meet-
ings kept; 323 letters, notices, etc., typewritten and sent out.
Monthly returns of all sewers, streets, cesspools completed, edge
stone set and re-set; brick, stone, castings, pipe, etc., deliv-
ered, received, and tabulated ; 50 permits to encumber while
building, with bonds made out ; a record of the receipts and
expenditures kept, and balance sheet giving amount on hand of
each appropriation submitted each month ; all bills approved
by the commissioners each month, typewritten and filed ; all
orders, resolutions, ordinances, etc., relating to the street and
park commission copied on typewriter and filed ; 90 orders to
concrete crossings, roadways, etc., made out ; requests and ci -m-
plaints kept and submitted daily.
The following is a list of receipts and expenditures for the last
year :
RECEIPTS.
Pipe
Stone
Chopping blocks
Old plank
Castings .
Loam
$45-1°
44.00
7-79
15-07
6.60
6.00
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Health department .
^33-37
Underground wires
18.33
Derry field Park
. . . 4.50
Sundries ....
12.5s
Cash on hand .
1. 00
^194-31
Less cash paid for express
.... 2.62
Deposited with city treasurer .
EXPENDITURES.
Commissioners' salaries
Clerical services
Ofifice supplies .
Blank books
Stationery
Carriage hire .
Incidentals
Total .
$191.69
UjSoo.oo
1,363-50
18.25
43-15
12.05
502.50
44.20
53,783-65
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CITY STABLES.
Many persons in going to the railroad station pass a brick
building just west of the city scales, and perhaps wonder what it
is used for. They may catch a glimpse through the gate of sewer
pipe in orderly stacks, or piles of cobble stone dumped on the
ground. Well, this is the city stables and yard, where the city
teams and horses, sprinklers, etc., are kept, and where the shoe-
ing and general blacksmithing is done. It is always a busy place,
for here the supply teams come to deliver orders, and to take
away sharpened drills and picks, to carry away pipe, brick, and
cement to the various sewers and cesspools, to deliver and carry
away traps and grates and castings of many kinds. Here, also,
the brick, pipe, Salem stone, castings, and supplies of all kinds
are stored, filling over nineteen sheds.
A visit to the city yard is interesting, as everything is kept in
good order. As one steps into the brick stable he is struck with
the neatness displayed, from the carefully swept floor, which is
washed out once a week in summer, to the clean windows and
the handsome well-groomed horses standing in their ample stalls,
contentedly considering their morning's meal. There are fifteen
draft horses, two driving horses; average weight of draft horses,
1,510 pounds; average age, la.years; one horse, 24 years old.
There are eighteen stalls, but no box stalls. In case of a sick
horse, a box stall is needed. There is also need of cribs for feed-
ing, and a larger water tank. Hay loft will hold about ten tons
loose hay, fifteen tons baled.
Since the removal of the crusher and boiler to the city ledge,
the engine house has been used as a repair shop, and this place
is a busy one, as the wear and tear on the carts and tools call for
frequent repairs. Tool boxes, snow plows, etc., are made here,
and all the painting necessary on dump-carts, sleds, sprinklers,
snow plows, etc., is done here.
The blacksmith shop has proved to be a valuable acquisition
to the street department. All repairs calling for iron work on
wagons, dumpcarts, sleds, and snow plows, all sharpening neces-
sary for tools used on the street and ledge, all sharpening and
122 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
shoeing of horses, all tools to be made, bolts, braces, iron bars,
etc., are furnished from this shop, resulting in a great saving of
money for the city.
The city owns 8 one-horse scavenger sleds, 5 two-horse scav-
enger sleds, over 20 snowplows, 2 two-horse snowplows, calling
for continual repair by the blacksmith. During the last year a
Sampson upsetter has been purchased for the blacksmith shop.
This machine is an ingenious contrivance for contracting an iron
tire to fit a loose wheel. Also a drilling machine has been pro-
cured and screw plates. There is need of a power lathe for mak-
ing drills, and turning iron and wood, and for making bolts,
etc., for the road roller and crusher.
CITY YARD, WEST MANCHESTER.
Within the last year much has been done to improve the fa-
cilities for storage and accommodation of teams and horses at
the yard in the rear of the Fire King engine house. An office
and stable are now provided, two horses are kept in the stable
and used on scavenger work. Here also are kept all tools, carts,
and sleds for scavenger service, one road machine, horse scrapers,
pumps, one sprinkler, etc. Sheds are provided for storage of
brick, cement, sand, etc. One sj^rinkler is kept at the Clinton-
street engine house.
The hay, shorts, cracked corn, and oats necessary for feed for
both stables has been bought by the carload or in bulk at a very
reasonable rate. Liniments, axle grease, and repairs of harnesses,
blankets, new harnesses, disinfectants, and other sundries have
all been carefully purchased, and at an advantage to the city,
all such supplies being ordered by application to the office of the
commission, and subject to their approval.
NEW SOUTH MAIN-STREET BRIDGE.
Early in the year 1893 a proposal was made to erect a bridge
over the Piscataquog river at South Main street. West Manches-
ter, to replace the wooden structure then standing, and the mat-
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION. 123
ter took definite shape in the form of " an order to procure plans
and specifications and build South Main-street bridge," which
was presented to the city councils for action. Upon the passage
of this order active measures were taken by the commissioners
to gain information regarding the best methods of obtaining
plans and specifications. Plans of location, estimates of material,
sewer, gas, and water connections were considered with the city
engineer. Twenty different bridge building firms were sent type-
written letters, stating that blue prints giving profile of location
of the proposed bridge would be forwarded and information re-
garding method of bidding furnished to those desiring to bid, all
designs to be submitted at the expense of the parties making pro-
posals on or by the first of April. According to agreement, on
Monday, April 2, at 2 o'clock p. m., the following bridge com-
panies submitted designs and estimates:
Wrought Iron Bridge Co., Canton, Ohio.
R. F. Hawkins Co., Springfield, Mass.
Trumbull & Ryan, Boston, Mass.
Groton Bridge Co., Groton, New York.
L. F. Kittredge & Son, Lowell, Mass.
Dean & Westbrook, New York.
Martin Fitzgerald, Manchester, N. H.
Winfred H. Bennett, city engineer,.
Toledo Bridge Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Columbus Bridge Co., Columbus, Ohio.
Massillon Bridge Co., Kane, Penn.
Berlin Bridge Co., East Berlin, Conn.
Boston Bridge Co., Boston, Mass.
Vermont Construction Co., St. Albans, Vermont.
No action was taken at this conference, as it was necessary to
thoroughly consider each design and estimate before agreeing
upon choice of design. After careful consideration of each de-
sign and estimate, and understanding the desire for a stone
bridge, the commissioners decided to send notice to all bridge
companies that proposals for a stone bridge would be considered
124 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
by the board. On April i6, designs and bids for a stone bridge
to be erected at South Main street were received from the follow-
ing parties:
L. F. Kittredge & Son, Lowell, Mass.
Trumbull & Ryan, Boston, Mass.
'Dean & Westbrook, New York.
Martin Fitzgerald, Manchester.
Winfred H. Bennett, city engineer.
April 17, the commissioners met and voted to award contract,
if approved by city councils, to L. F. Kittredge & Son, Lowell,
Mass., to build a double arched cut-stone bridge over the Piscat-
aquog river at South Main street, according to plans and specifi-
cations submitted by them, for the sum of $27,975.
In accordance with this vote a report was drawn up of the pro-
ceedings of the board and a copy forwarded to His Honor the
Mayor to be presented to the city councils at a special meeting
to be held Thursday evening, April 19, at which time the city
councils passed the following order :
Ordered, That the city clerk be and is hereby authorized to
make a transfer of seven thousand and nine hundred and seventy-
five dollars ($7,975) from the reserve fund to the appropriation
for South Main street bridge.
Upon the passage of this order Messrs. Kittredge were notified
to proceed to the erection of the bridge. A contract was made
by the commissioners and signed by Kittredge & Son, with a
bond attached of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for the princi-
pal and two thousand five hundred ($2,500) for each of the sure-
ties. All preliminaries being settled, work was commenced on
or about May 25. Two large steam derricks were set up, and the
stone in old abutments removed, the granite for the new bridge
being furnished by Charles A. Bailey., of Suncook, N. H.
The work on the bridge progressed rapidly through June,
July, August, and September. October 1 7, the bridge was de-
clared finished by the contractors, and was formally accepted by
the commissioners in behalf of the city, and opened for public
travel.
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION. 125
ITEMS.
Under this head are collected short notes on various subjects
or departments of work connected with the street and park com-
mission. We think this departure from the regular tabulated
annual report will be appreciated. A scrap-book has been kept
during the last year and all items of interest or of valuable, sug-
gestion have been filed for reference. We submit the following :
The first sewer opened up was the Elm west back, running
from West Merrimack to Spring street, April ii. It was relaid
and deepened. The Prospect sewer, North River road, Hall
street, North Main street, and Hancock street ran through ledges.
The cost of the steel riveted sewer pipe, 48 inches by 6;^ inches,
furnished by the Amoskeag Manufacturing Co. for sewer at
South Main street, was ^408.81 ; this included painting and
paint stock. The average weight of grates, season of 1894, for
cesspools was 103 lbs., for traps 76 lbs., manhole castings 350
lbs. each. Ten lengths of 2^-inch standard hose were pur-
chased of the Samuel Eastman Co., Concord, N. H., to supply a
long-felt need in flushing out sewers, cesspools, etc. Seventy-
four carloads of brick have been purchased of William F. Head
& Son, Hooksett, N. H., containing 516,469 brick, cost of
freight ^414.40, cost of brick ^2,901.50, total cost of freight and
brick $3,315.90 ; 42 cars were unloaded in West Manchester and
32 cars were unloaded at city yard.
Thirty-nine cars loaded with 18,861 feet of Akron pipe and
Y branches have been used, at a net cost of $3,313.58.
Bought Carson trench machine, cableway, engine, frame, and
eight tubs, 4^ cubic yards each and 4}^. cubic yards each, sav-
ing to the city 50 per cent in item of labor; cost of machine
complete, $3,45°-
Damages in case of Patrick Kendrigan, $186.60, for injuries
received while working on sewer. Damages in case of A. Nou-
lette, injury to arm while working on sewer, $46 ; recovered.
Damages, F. E. Webster, injury to wagon caused by road roller
frightening horse, $19.50.
126 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
The curbstone furnished this year was seven feet long, eight
inches top, and circles three feet radius, for streets and cesspools.
Twenty-five loads of good paving stone were taken from South
Main street old bridge abutments and used on the streets, 50
loads of gravel put on the streets in West Manchester, and 160
loads of gravel in Amoskeag during the month of June, and
1,200 loads of gravel put on as topdressing on the principal
streets in Division 2, in the same month. Average of 30 loads
of sand distributed each day in business portion of the city in
January.
Hanover street was widened from Elm to Elm east back, 195
feet, by setting in the edge stone one foot on the south side. Im-
portant improvements were made at the corner of Elm and Han-
over streets by repaving the street with new granite block paving,
with pitched joints, concreting the north crossing on Elm street,
building three new cesspools, setting back the letter box, etc.;
curved edge stones were put in at the corners.
The first of the summer the S. C. Forsaith Machine Co. was
given contract to erect crusher plant ; amount of contract, ^i,-
642, ^475 for changes to screen, etc.; 3,882 loads of stone were
crushed at the city ledge during the season, equal to 5,176 cubic
yards. Of this number of loads 2,190 were used in general re-
pairing of roads and streets in Divisions 2 and 10 ; 1,692 loads
were used on new macadamizing.
Sixty-five carloads of fine and medium Salem stone, equal to
1,288 tons, at a cost of ^1,803.20, were purchased of the Massa-
chusetts Broken Stone Co. The steam road roller weighs 18 tons
and costs $8 per day to run with four men and fuel.
Cost of whitewashing tree boxes this year was, supplies and in-
cidentals, $51.17; cost of labor, $96.87; total, $148.04. This
covered full length of Elm street and part of Franklin.
Capacity of street sprinklers is about 600 gallons each ; cost,
$450 each; repairs on sprinklers during the year, $113.90 ; 6
sprinklers used in Division 2 ; 76 miles per day sprinkled. Each
team covers 13 miles each day; territory covered, about ij^
miles north, east, south, and west. Two nights per week sprink-
ler is used during warm season.
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION. 127
During Merchants' week the city engineer showed attractive
designs in his window reading as follows : " Manchester contains
4^:4 miles of macadam, 134 miles of walks, 175 miles of streets
and roads, 8 miles of avenues, 50 miles of sewers."
A 50-foot street takes an 8-foot sidewalk.
A 45-foot street takes a 7-foot sidewalk.
A 40-foot street takes a 6-foot sidewalk.
Manchester contains over 21,700 acres and over 90 miles of
shade trees ; 42 elm trees were set out on Park common this sea-
son by Superintendent Fullerton.
Return cards have been printed by order of the commission for
all employees unloading pipe, stone, brick, etc., to return to of-
fice amount received of said materials ; also cards giving differ-
ent routes of scavenger teams, and time of visiting the several lo-
calities.
A substantial foot bridge was built by A. C. Wallace across
the Piscataquog river at Log street to accommodate pedestrians,
at a cost of $31.87 for labor, while the new South Main street
bridge was in progress.
Average number of men employed in Division 2 during sum-
mer months, 250; Division 10, 85 ; commons, 35.
Pay-day for Division 2, Wednesday each week.
Pay-day for Division 10, Tuesday each week.
Pay-day for commons, Tuesday each week.
The assistant clerk has gone out with Mr. Maxfield, second
hand under Street Superintendent Cheney, and pay clerk, or city
treasurer, each payment, and every name was checked when pay
envelope was taken. Thus a complete record is kept of amounts
paid each man at the office of the commission. The pay-rolls
for all employed under the street and park commission deparf-
ment are made out at the office, and handed the city treasurer,
who copies the total of each pay-roll in his cash book and puts
the money in the pay envelopes, numbering each to correspond
with a number opposite each name on the pay-roll. During the
winter months payments are made at the treasurer's office ; 168
pay-rolls have been made out and 24 division of labor sheets.
128
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Inventory of City Property.
Commissioners' office, including typewriter, desks,
blank books, etc. ...... $372.40
Division No. 2, including 16 horses, dumpcarts,
sprinklers, snowplows, road machine, stone
crusher, Carson trench machine, etc. . . 17,263.17
City buildings, Franklin street .... 12,300.00
Lot of land, Franklin street .... 89,312.00
Valuation of pipe on hand, city yard . . . 924.49
Division No. 5 ...... . 20.70
Division No. 6 . . . . . . . 13-10
Division No. 7 ...... . 68.30
Division No. 8 ...... . 28.90
Division No. 9 . . . . . . . 18.30
Division No. 10, including horses, dumpcarts,
sprinklers, road machine, etc. .... 2,112.45
Stable and lot, Division No. 10 . . . . 1,200.00
Valuation of pipe on hand, Division No. 10 . 124.71
Division No. 11 . . . . . . 9.60
Commons, including horse lawn mowers, swings,
seals, etc. ....... 882.10
Total . . . . . . . $124,650.22
Orders Received from City Government, with Date of
Passage. 1 894.
ORDERS TO BUILD CERTAIN STREETS.
Chestnut to Union street through Livermore land, 810 feet.
Adams street from above sewer north to Clark, 240 feet.
Rimmon east back, 750 feet.
Pine street from Auburn southerly, 1,066 feet.
Green street, 300 feet ; Grove street, 300 feet.
Belmont, present sewer south to culvert, 230 feet.
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION. 129
Wilson, Spruce to Valley, i,8oo feet.
Pine east back from Amherst northerly, 150 feet.
Mast to Amherst road, thence south to Milford, 1,840 feet.
Passed April 3.
Union from line of proposed sewer across Livermore land
northerly to Clark.
Union east back, Webster southerly, 100 feet.
Hale street and northerly and easterly to Merrimack river,
1,200 feet.
Malvern street, present sewer southerly, 100 feet.
Elm west back, from north of Dean, 185 feet.
Passed May i.
Bridge, Hall to Belmont, 350 feet.
Pearl, Russell easterly, 125 feet.
Wilson, Valley to Somerville, 1,800 feet.
Passed August 7.
Plevey east back, Kelley southerly to Wayne, 1,200 feet.
Manchester, Milton to Beacon, 300 feet.
Clinton, Main to West street, 520 feet.
Dover, Clinton northerly, 160 feet.
West, Clinton northerly, 250 feet.
Passed September 4.
Prospect street, from Russell westerly, 125 feet.
Passed October 2.
Grove street, present sewer easterly, 150 feet.
Spruce street, present sewer easterly, 8co feet.
Canton, Spruce easterly, 500 feet.
Auburn, Canton easterly, 600 feet.
Pearl, Hall westerly, 130 feet.
Hall, Mead southerly, 200 feet.
Liberty east back, Salmon southerly, 150 feet.
Hall, Schiller southerly, 450 feet.
Harvell, Hale westerly, 700 feet.
Passed November 9.
130 ANNUAL OFFICIAL KEPORTS.
An order to erect watering-trough, corner Valley and Union
streets.
Passed September 4.
ORDERS TO BUILD CERTAIN STREETS.
Harrison, Russell easterly to Belmont.
Kennedy, Brown avenue westerly to Josselyn.
Passed June 5.
Wentworth, from West Hancock southerly about 1,500 feet.
Salmon, Walnut to Beech.
Bartlett, Putnam southerly about 400 feet.
Beech, Salmon to Gore.
Passed July 3.
Mystic avenue, Oakland avenue to Glenwood avenue.
Bartlett, Putnam to Sullivan.
Passed August 7.
Somerville, Pine to Union.
Sagamore, Walnut to Oak.
Passed November 9.
The above orders in detail are on file at the commissioners'
office.
Scavenger Service.
Statement for i 893-1 894.
CARE perishable WASTES.
The contract to remove all perishable waste throughout the
city was made by the board of street and park commissioners
with the joint standing committee on city farm, on June 9,
1893, for one year. This brings part of the year's service into
1894. The amount to be allowed the commiteee on city farm
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION.
131
for the year's service was $2,500. On account of the necessity
of building suitable wagons the actual service was not com-
menced until the 23d of June, and W. H. Carpenter and F. X.
Chenette were hired to remove the perishable waste during this
time.
The following amounts were allowed for this service during
the year,
1893.
Balance due in June
Draft for July, W. H. Carpenter .
^24.00
F. X. Chenette
108.00
city farm
42.63
August, city farm
208.33
September, city farm
208.33
October, city farm .
208.33
November, city farm
416.66
December, city farm
208.34
1894.
Draft for January, city farm .
$208.33
February, city farm ,
208.33
March, city farm
208.33
April, city farm
208.33
May, city farm
208.33
$1,424.62
- 11,041.65
$2,466.27
33-73
$2,500.00
CARE IMPERISHABLE WASTES.
"The ashes, earth, brick, lime, rubbish, and other innoxious
and imperishable wastes shall be collected, and when so collected
may be used for filling new streets or low ground." Chapter 9,
section 3, Laws and Ordinances.
132 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
The regular scavenger teams attend to the removal of the
foregoing imperishable wastes, while the city farm teams remove
the perishable wastes only.
Section 4 of this same chapter provides that, " Every person
owning, occupying, or having the care of any building or prem-
ises, or business located in the compact part of the city in which
any perishable or burnable waste, whether of vegetable or ani-
mal origin, is produced shall provide and keep a suitable vessel
in which all such wastes shall be deposited, and no water, earth,
ashes, stones^ or brick shall be mingled therewith."
It still further provides that, "All ashes and other imperish-
. able wastes, which may properly be removed by the scavenger
department, shall be placed in a separate receptacle, and no per-
ishable or burnable wastes shall be deposited therewith."
And lastly, '' Each of said receptacles with its contents shall
be set out upon the back street or upon the edge of the side-
walk in the morning of the day on which the scavenger teams
are to pass through the street for the removal of that kind of
wastes. ' '
If the above is strictly complied with there can be very little
cause of complaint.
The commissioners, early in the season, issued cards for dis-
tribution giving the days on which the scavenger teams passed,
and very few complaints have been made since that time.
Let it be distinctly understood that the city farm teams re-
move the perishable and burnable wastes only ; the city teams
the ashes, earth, stones, and brick.
The commissioners voted, however, that " No person shall
encumber the streets and lanes by throwing out any dirt or sand
from cellars and excavations, or by placing other obstructions of
any kind upon said streets and lanes, without a special permit
from the said board."
It goes without saying that all should assist in the preservation
of the good health and cleanliness of our city by heartily com-
plying with the foregoing ordinance.
The following give the section of the city and time of collec-
tion of both perishable and imperishable wastes.
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION. 133
TEAM NO. I.
Elm west side front and back streets. — Monday, Wednesday,
and Friday : From Langdon street to city Viall. Tuesday, Thurs-
day, and Saturday : From city hall to Auburn street, passenger
and freight depots, and Franklin street.
TEAM NO. 2.
Monday : From Bridge to Orange and east side of Union.
Elm back and front from Concord to Orange.
Tuesday and Friday : From Bridge to Orange, and from Elm
to Union.
Wednesday and Saturday : From Bridge to Concord, and
from Elm to Union.
Thursday : From Bridge to Concord, and east of Maple.
TEAM NO. 3.
Monday and Friday : From corner of Hanover and Wilson
streets south, to south side of Lake avenue, up Lake avenue to top
of Wilson hill, north to Hanover, down south side of Hanover
to Lincoln.
Tuesday : Manchester south back, Laurel, Central, Merrimack,
Lake avenue, Spruce, Cedar, and Auburn back streets, between
Wilson and Beech streets.
Wednesday : South of Spruce and east of Wilson, known as
East Manchester.
Thursday : Manchester House and Pembroke block and the
four back streets running north and south between Concord and
Bridge, Union and Ash.
Saturday : All south of Auburn street, known as south Man-
chester.
TEAM NO. 4.
Monday and Thursday : Elm street both sides from Blodget
to Clark ; Chestnut and Pme the same ; Webster and Appleton
streets from Elm to Hooksett road ; Liberty, Clark, Ray, Adams,
134 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS,
and Monroe the entire length ; River road from Amoskeag
bridge to north side of Clark ; Brook and Blodget from Elm to
Union ; also Hazel street.
Tuesday and Friday : Elm back street Harrison to Orange ;
Orange, Myrtle, and Blodget back streets from Elm to Walnut,
the Dow and Abbott blocks included.
Wednesday and Saturday : Pennacook, Sagamore, and Salmon
streets from Pine to Union ; Union, Walnut, Beech, and Ash
from Harrison to North ; Orange, Myrtle, Prospect, and Harri-
son from Walnut to Hall.
TEAM NO. 5.
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday : Elm street, east side, from Con-
cord to Manchester.
Monday and Thursday : Beacon street to Union from north
side of Hanover to south side of Concord.
Tuesday and Friday : From Concord to Manchester, from Elm
back street to Pine street.
Wednesday and Saturday : From Union to Elm back street,
and from Concord to Manchester.
TEAM NO. 6.
Monday and Thursday : From Lake avenue to Auburn, from
Elm to Beech street.
Tuesday and Friday : From south side of Manchester to south
side of Laurel from Elm to Beech.
Wednesday and Saturday : From north side of Lake avenue to
south side of Laurel, from Elm to Beech.
Scavenger.
COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF GARBAGE.
The subject of the disposal of garbage is one that is being dis-
cussed by the large cities, and various methods are being tried
with greater or less success. The rapid growth of our city calls
for a consideration of this subject. To sum up the different
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION. 135
methods, we may say that one of three ways of disposal seems to
be adopted, viz.: The common method of conveying to the
dump and contract to dispose of unburnable wastes ; cremation
of everything ; or reduction by different methods to two products,
i. e., grease and dry fertilizer. The latter method seems to have
some advantages, and is said to pay a fair margin over and above
expenses. A brief description of this method will be of interest
to our citizens. This system is known as the Merz process.
■' The garbage is delivered at the plant in wagon loads as fast
as collected, and immediately goes to a draining machine, where,
with the aid of steam, a great deal of moisture is drained off.
At this point a separation of extraneous substances, such as tin
cans, bottles, shoes, baskets, and all non-vegetable and non-ani-
mal matter, from the garbage or kitchen refuse must be made.
This separation is necessary, and should be made at the houses
before the garbage is collected. The public is gradually coming
to understand this new departure in city life, and as time goes
on the amount of separation at the works will be smaller. The
extraneous matter is at the disposal of any one who cares to use
it for filling or other purposes. After the separation the garbage
is. fed into a long boiler-shaped tank which has an inner and
outer shell, between which are .coils of pipe filled with steam.
The center of this double tank contains a revolving, rakelike
apparatus, which has the appearance of a long shaft with iron
prods or spokes inserted into it. The garbage is fed into the hot
tank, and is constantly kept moving about by the revolving rake,
and very soon all the moisture is evaporated, the garbage torn to
pieces and reduced to a dark-colored substance something simi-
lar to dry corn silks, or dirty sawdust. There is little or no
odor, for in addition to evaporation by drainage and application
of heat, the matter is treated while in the drying tanks to a con-
stant supply of fresh air driven in by fans.
"Mixed in with garbage in the summer time there will be
found, when it leaves the drying tank, a quantity of corn cobs.
These are removed and sent to the boiler room as fuel. The
dried garbage is then placed in another tank, treated to a bath
136 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
of naphtha, hermetically sealed up in this bath-tub in which steam
is used to heat the naphtha. The heat thus applied dissolves the
grease, which, being attractable to naphtha, is separated from
the garbage, or, as it is technically termed, tankage. Thus is the
garbage divided into two separate products, viz.: grease and
tankage.
" By simple mechanical means the grease and naphtha are carried
off to be afterward separated, and the tankage is further manipu-
lated. It is milled and screened, and in a very short time takes
the form of a marketable fertilizer. In this shape it is unobjec-
tionable to the senses, and is an easily handled commodity. The
grease is sent to the refineries, and there transformed uito glycer-
ine, stearic acid, red oil, and other lye-products. And so what
was originally an unsightly, unmanageable white elephant, goes
through a process of cleansing and purification which effects a
complete regeneration. The application of this process to any
city is possible, but its availability or desirability as compared
to other systems, can be determined only when considered in
connection with local conditions and requirements. That it is a
logical and economical disposition of garbage seems to be evi-
dent." (Copied from "The Municipality and County.")
Streets.
CRUSHER PLANT.
Early in the month of April the commissioners considered the
advisability of removing the stone crushing plant from the city
yard to the ledge on Wilson Hill, near Lowell street, and called
for bids to erect a suitable plant at said location. S. C. Forsaith
Co. being the lowest bidders were awarded the contract to erect
the plant ; the plant consisting of an elevator building 50 feet
high, with elevator and buckets ; screen for three sizes stone, 3-
inch, I ^ -inch, and i4-inch; suitable bins to hold 25 tons stone,
with driveway underneath ; also an engine house with connec-
tions for water supply, etc.
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION. 137
The excavating was done by the city and the foundation
erected ready for the superstructure, the city engineer looking
after all surveys necessary, under direction of the commission.
On or about the last of June the plant was put in running order,
and the stone was used as fast as crushed for filling low places in
the streets and for macadamizing. Work was kept up to the last
of October. About 50 loads, or 100 tons, of stone were crushed
per day, the average haul being a mile,
STREETS WHERE LEDGESTONE HAS BEEN USED.
Hanover, Chestnut to Union ; Pine, Hanover to Merrimack ;
Pine, Merrimack to Lake avenue ; Granite, Franklin to Elm ;
Franklin, Depot to Merrimack ; Franklin, Merrimack to Mar-
ket ; Chestnut, Concord to Lowell ; Concord, Vine to Pine ;
Stark, Elm to Elm west back ; Mechanic, Elm to Elm west back ;
AVater, Elm to Elm west back ; Chestnut, Merrimack to Central ;
Hanover, Beech to Maple ; Amherst, Chestnut to Vine ; Merri-
mack, Union to Beech ; Chestnut, Brook to Blodget.
MACADAMIZING.
This method of preparing street surface has always been a prac-
tical and favorite one, our streets treated in this way showing
great durability, and when well topdressed with fine crushed
stone almost a perfect roadway results.
Since the removal of the crusher to the ledge this season, and
the erection of the elevator and screens with bins for holding the
various sizes of stone, many of our streets have been improved
by a topdressing of crushed stone, and in some cases by a thor-
ough treatment, by removal of old roadbed and then building a
new bed from foundation up of layers of different sizes of ledge-
stone, with binder course of fine Salem stone. We give herewith
a detailed account of this department of work :
138
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Location.
Length
in
feet.
Square
yards.
Crushed
stone.
Salem
stone.
Labor.
900
600
850
300
300
300
325
700
110
110
110
450
650
300
550
300
3,400
2,400
3,212
2,000
1,200
1,200
1,084
2,800
612
612
612
1,800
2,600
1,267
2,139
1,356
60
30
60
52
30
20
55
35
54
41
$152.49
Pine, Hanover to Merrimack
Pine, Merrimack to Lake avenue. .
50
200
150
15
15
75
90
50
55
40
110
210
240
220
200
1,720
247.40
349.50
300.25
Franklin, Depot to Merrimack. —
Franklin, Merrimack to Market —
Chestnut, Concord to Lowell
40.00
50.00
208.00
212.50
Stark, Elm to Elm west back
Mechanic, Elm to Elm west back..
Water, Elm to Elm west back
Chestnut, Merrimack to Central
102.00
106.00
86.25
253.00
.596.70
703.40
Merrimack, Union to Beech
Chestnut,* Brook to Blodget
670.96
626.50
6,855
28,294
437
$4,704.95
* Eleven carloads granite chips used.
Average width, 39 feet.
SUMMARY.
Cost of Salem stone
Cost of granite chips
Cost of lumber
Incidentals .
Crushing plant
Labor on streets .
Labor at ledge
Concrete
Total
^^,432.85
85.68
41.98
1,158.07
2,117.00
4>7o4-95
2,379-95
1,441-53
$13,362.01
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION.
139
EDGE STONES SET.
There has been a great call for edge stones the last season.
Our citizens are learning that a well-laid concrete walk, with
stone curbing, makes a neat permanent finish in front of a resi-
dence, a comfort to all pedestrians and a source of pride to the
real estate owner. The city encourages all efforts in this direc-
tion and, therefore, all property owners who will purchase edge
stones can have them set in front of their property free of charge.
Concrete crossings and corner stones or circles are laid and fur-
nished by the city where there seems to be a demand for the
same by the traveling public. All of these improvements are
controlled by the appropriations, however. The following list
of locations where edge stones have been set will give an idea of
the extent of this department of work.
Union and Sagamore
Webster and Bay .
North and Bay
Pine and High
Elm and Appleton
Merrimack and Belmont
Concord and Belmont
Elm and Sagamore
Pearl and Linden .
Brook and Ash
Pearl and Linden .
Chestnut near Ray brook
Liberty and Webster
Massabesic and Summer
Webster, Children's Home
Salmon and Union
Warren and Arlington .
Pearl and Linden .
Spruce and Hall .
Feet.
48
7
28
100
29
47
16
28
36
233
116
100
33
129
66
38
20
20
56
140
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Streets.
Pine and Cedar
Union and Appleton
Kidder
Pine and Central .
Elm back
Laurel .
Webster and Adams
Elm and West Appleton
Elm and Pearl
Elm and East Appleton
Pine between Central and Laurel
Pine between Hanover and Amherst
Chestnut, between Bridge and Pearl
Amherst and Ashland
Prescott and Wilson
Merrimack^ between Union and Beech
Pearl and Russell .
Concord and Belmont .
Spruce and Massabesic .
Lake avenue and Maple
Elm and Webster .
Elm and Myrtle .
Union and Salmon
Cedar and Chestnut
Chestnut, between Brook and Blodget
Amherst and Porter
Massabesic and Hall
Arlington and Linden .
Bridge and Ashland
Lincoln and Manchester
Arlington and Maple
Beech and Lake avenue
Central and Hall .
Pennacook and Pine
Prospect and Linden
Feet.
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION.
141
Spruce and Chestnut
Chestnut, south of Spruce
Lake avenue, near Elm .
Prospect and Linden
Myrtle and Linden
Pearl and Arlington
Central and Wilson
Cedar and Chestnut
Lake avenue and Chestnut
Pine and North
Liberty and North
Gore and Walnut
Pearl and Nashua .
Nashua and Arlington .
Brook and Chestnut
Cedar and Maple .
Union, north of Valley
Amherst, between Pine and Union
Amherst and Ashland .
Total
EDGE STONES RESET.
Streets.
Elm, front Thayer's store
Church . . . . .
Chestnut, north of Appleton .
Elm back, between Amherst and Hanover
Hanover, between Elm and Chestnut
Spruce and Chestnut ....
Hanover and Elm ....
Total .....
Feet.
i6
ICO
390
16
32
16
32
32
16
16
66
16
16
16
170
225
16
400
16
5>549
Feet.
50
26
100
40
50
1 10
Total number of feet of edge stones set or reset, 6, 1 20.
Total cost of foregoing work, $758.94; an average cost of
$0,124 per foot.
142
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
NEW STONE CULVERTS.
Streets.
Length
in feet.
Width
in feet.
Cost
stone.
Cost
labor.
Inciden-
tals.
Total
cost.
112
180
462
18
12
$339.00
136.27
32.37
$889.90
574.09
16.74
$23.97
17.75
$1,252.87
728.11
Colias avenue t
49 11
*This culvert was 6 feet cleep; walls, 5 feet thick; covering stone, 10 feet
long.
t This culvert was 4 feet deep; walls, 4 feet thick; covering stone, 5% feet
long.
X This culvert was 1 foot deep; walls, 11/2 feet thick.
The commissioners heretofore contracted large stone culverts,
but this year they bought the stone for Wilson and Sagamore
streets and Cohas avenue, and the city help laid the culverts, ex-
cept on Cohas avenue, the city engineer furnishing all necessary
plans.
CULVERTS REPAIRED.
South Manchester, near Patrick Harrington's, cost of labor
^2.75 ; old pipe used.
Beech street, south of Young street, length 14 feet, cost of
labor ^14.
Wilson street, near Bodwell's, cost of labor $15.50; this cul-
vert raised i foot ; cost of lumber $7.75, total cost $23.25.
River road north, 100 perch of stone used, cost of labor $94.
Chestnut street at Ray brook, cost of labor $35.
Falls road, below Pine Grove cemetery, cost of labor $11.50.
Pearl street, east end near Hall, two culverts repaired and
raised ; length 338 feet, cost of labor $560.37.
Harrison street, east end, two culverts repaired and raised ;
length 55 feet, cost material $72, labor $49.25, total cost
$121.25.
Myrtle street, length of culvert 55 feet, cost of labor $57.
In case of Harrison-street culvert the stone was bought of
STREEr AND PARK COMMISSION.
143
Warren Harvey. All the other culverts were built of stone
taken from the sewers and streets.
STREETS GRAVELED.
The following streets have been topdressed with stone, gravel,
or cinders. In most cases the streets have been turnpiked with
the road machine and then stone put on with gravel or cinders
as a binder course. This gives a good crown and throws the
water into the gutters. Our citizens have expressed themselves
as well pleased with this work, as the principal streets have been
treated this way to the great improvement of public travel.
streets.
Central, Wilson to Maple
Cedar, Lincoln to Pine
Beech, Cedar to Auburn
Union, Cedar to Auburn
Hanover, from top of hill to Hall
Lake avenue, Elm to Wilson
Orange, Elm to Ash .
Myrtle, Elm to Ash
Prospect, Elm to Union
Beech, Hanover to Bridge
Bridge, Ash to Hall .
Malvern, Concord to Bridge
Lowell, Maple to Hall
Brook, Elm to Pine
Webster, Union to Beech
Concord, Pine to Ashland
Pearl, Chestnut to Union
Pearl, Russell to Ashland
Pine, Harrison to North
Union, Bridge to North
Cedar, Chestnut to Pine
Smith road .
East High, Malvern to Ashland
road
Feet.
1,200
2,400
300
300
2,400
3,800
2,200
2,200
1,400
2,200
1,050
1,800
1,400
450
2,900
800
700
2,400
5,000
1,500
500
144
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Streets.
Maple, Cedar to Lowell
Lincoln, Spruce to Merrimack
Amherst, Beech to Maple .
Russell, Harrison to Orange
Chestnut, Blodget to Pennacook
Pine, Cedar to Clay
Linden, Arlington to Orange
Cass, Lake avenue to Central
Concord, east of Hall .
Harrison, Walnut to Beech .
Wilson, Hanover to Manchester
Merrimack, Pine to Union .
Laurel, Chestnut to Union .
Laurel, Hall to Beacon
Manchester, Hall to Milton
Jane, Nashua to Lowell
Arlington, Cross to Ashland
Appleton, Elm east
River road, North street north
East Spruce, Maple to Lincoln
Union, Auburn to Valley
Total
MATERIAL USED.
Loads of gravel
Loads of stone .......
Loads of cinders .......
Total number of loads ....
STREETS TURNPIKED WITH ROAD MACHINE.
Streets.
Elm, south end . . . . •
Elm, north end
Nutt road from Elm
Feet.
2,800
1,000
600
800
220
3,600
600
220
150
250
250
450
800
850
650
800
900
1,500
700
650
1,400
57;99o
5.520
210
100
5.830
Feet.
1,100
1,308
1,700
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION.
145
streets.
East Spruce, Pine
Valley
Auburn
Cedar .
Central
Lake avenue
Cass .
Laurel .
Merrimack
Manchester
Amherst
Hanover
Concord
Lowell
Bridge
Pearl .
East High
Orange
Myrtle
Prospect
Harrison
Brook .
Blodget
Gore .
Pennacook
Sagamore
Salmon
North .
Webster
River road
Clark .
Appleton
Bay .
Chestnut
Pine .
10
east
Feet.
2,393
■ 957
2,596
2.563
4,983
858
1,016
4,576
3)630
2,024
3>i63
308
3»774
6,380
4,675
4,996
2,830
3,300
3^740
2,838
2,915
1,947
1,408
308
1,408
638
2,120
2,541
i,.S97
1,614
440
1)353
440
3)044
5)945
146
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Streets.
Adams
Ray .
Union
Walnut
Beech .
Ash .
Maple
Nashua
Oak .
Russell
Warren
Linden
Ashland
Lincoln
Button
Derry
Malvern
Jane .
Arlington
Burnside
Old Bridge
Beacon
Milton
Belmont
Hall.
Wilson
Feet.
55°
500
5.291
3>597
1.859
3>234
3.377
396
792
1,430
495
495
2,245
2,013
385
100
726
495
1,100
262
2,685
2,871
1,243
2,871
2,871
1,487
Total
136,594
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION.
NEW STREETS GRADED.
147
Street.
J2 *^
bus;
<o C
-3"-'
Cut or
fill.
Inciden-
tals.
Labor.
Entire
cost.
Walnut, Salmon to Webster *.
1,134
Both..
$38.69
$1,286.49
$1,325.18
Union, Auburn to Silver
3,000
Cut...
26.09
1,146.13
1,172.22
Cass, Central to Laurel
250
100
Both..
5.07)
2.03
150.88
157.98
300
Cut. . .
16.09
283 50
299.59
130
Both .
2.64
135 00
137 64
75
1 69
45 00
46.69
Linden, Prospect to Harrisonf
245
Fill...
4.97
89.25
94.22
Harrison, Hall to Linden t • • • ■
300
Both..
16.10
41.50
57.60
Beacon, from Lake avenue*..
150
Cut...
27.99
128.00
155.99
450
,,
9 15
194.00
203 15
Belmont, Old Bridge north t • •
484
Both..
10.83
101.00
111.83
Merrimack, Beacon east *
500
"
45.67
535.00
580.67
200
500
"
4.06
20.15
117.00
326.00
121 06
Silver street
346.15
300
„
16 10
41 50
57 60
Dump, Pine, Green north
Dump, Auburn, Maple west...
50
50
Fill...
60
,,
Dump, Lincoln, south Auburn
100
100
60
'■
Dump, Liberty, north Salmon
Highland, Bridge south
390
Cut...
17.91
310.00
327.91
Bridge, Highland east & west.
550
"
20.00
543.75
563.75
Hal], Bridge north
750
Both .
25.25
590.00
615.25
1 3.50
183 00
183 00
2,145
"
380.00
380 00
Totals
13,723
$310.48
$6,627.00
$6,937.48
Average width of street, 50 feet.
* These streets were blasted through rock. f These streets not built
up to grade.
Labor charged to scavenger service in all cases where its cost is not
given.
148
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
GRADING FOR CONCRETE.
Location.
Wilson, Spruce to Valley /
Wilson, Spruce to Valley
Sagamore and Union
Pine, North of North
Amherst, near Ashland
Elm and Appleton
Walnut, near Webster
Union, north of Sagamore
Ashland and Arlington
East High
Belmont and Merrimack
Pearl, Women's Aid Home
Elm, between Myrtle and Prospect.. . .
Elm, front Weston block
Near North End Railway Station
Lowell, near Belmont
Central, east of Hall
Elm and Appleton
Beacon, south of Laurel
Central, east of Beacon
Laurel, east of Beacon
Laurel, east of Beacon
Amherst, Pine to Union *
Salmon and Union
Salmon and Union
Everett, Clark south
Pearl and Mori'ison
Ash, between Brook and Gore
Prospect and Linden
Russell and Prospect
Elm and Myrtle ..
Hall, near Lowell
Salmon, Liberty to VValnut
Gore, Walnut easterly
Myrtle and Russell
Spruce and Beacon
North River road
North and Pine
Pine and Salmon
Between Salmon and Sagamore
Beacon and Lake avenue t
Union and Salmon
Shasta
Calef road
Merrimack, east Beacon
Totals.
Length
In
feet.
400
450
300
85
350
160
60
50
150
100
225
725
75
100
225
75
100
200
250
185
100
100
300
200
50
200
50
300
120
150
75
50
400
150
125
50
100
300
300
500
400
Width
in
feet.
Cut or [ Labor,
fill.
Cut..
Fill..
Cut..
Fill..
Cut..
Both.
Cut..
Both.
Fill..
Cut..
Fill..
Cut.
Fill..
Cut . .
Fill!!
Both!
Fill..
Cut..
Fill..
Cut..
Fill..
Cut.
Fill!
$86.56
38.25
20.50
20.75
4.50
17.25
10.06
22.80
7.00
20.63
58.00
8.25
17.75
5.50
20.75
5.75
19.50
10.50
8.00
35.75
103.50
45.00
27.00
23.75
11.75
25.00
9.75
34.00
25.25
31.75
19.75
14.75
8.15
16.00
5.50
6.50
4.75
170.50
19.50
15.50
35.50
16.50
$1,107.70
♦Sidewalk cut down about three feet in front of the Gymnasium and
Towne property.
t Cut through solid ledge.
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION.
COBBLE GUTTER PAVING.
149
Streets.
Merrimack, Belmont east . . .
Belmont, Merrimack north...
Arlington, east of Warren
Water and Mechanic, Elm to
back street
Pearl, Linden to Russell
Sagamore
Arlington, Linden to Ashland
Hall, Manchester to Hanover
Elm, corner Webster
Lincoln
Around standpipes
Amherst, Vine to Union
Merrimack, Union to Beech .
Chestnut, Brook to Blodget..
Webster, at Children's Home
Brook, corner Ash
Spruce, Wilson to Hall
Elm, between Myrtle and
Prospect
Arlington and Linden
Hall, Spruce, and Massabesic
Maple and Brook
Concord, Ashland to Belmont
North, Pine to Bay
Hanover back*
Elm, corner Hanover t
East High
Laurel and Belmont
Central, between Pine and
Union
Maple, Bridge and East High
North and Union
Totals.
Sq. yds.
144
102
72
114
516
200
78
39
55
11
147
856
389
171
78
40
466
66
312
122
112
505
448
200
200
185
29
5,685
No. loads,
115
50
22
10
8
65
4
40
23
11
85
59
19
673
Cost per
load.
$1.75
Cost of
stone.
$24.50
22.75
10.50
22.75
91.00
61.25
17.50
8.75
8.75
1.75
201.25
87.50
38.50
17.50
14.00
113.75
7.00
70.00
40.25
19.25
148.75
103.25
115.75
33.25
8.75
1.75
1.75
1.75
Cost of
labor.
$30.24
21.44
13.00
28.25
113.40
48.60
20.25
19.20
12 80
2.00
24.40
214.00
83.50
34.50
19.20
8.25
71.72
12.96
45.36
29.16
35.50
108.30
69.50
39.50
59.75
41.12
8.75
2.50
2.50
4.25
$1,293.50 $1,223.90
* Old paving taken up from Elm, corner Hanover.
t Three carloads of granite block paving.
Total cost of the foregoing work, ^2,517.40 ; an average cost
of $0,442 per square yard.
150
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
PAVING RELAID.
Streets.
Canal, near station
Elm, sundry places .
Elm, from Weston block
Hanover, Beech to Maple
Elm back, near Vine
Webster, west of Elm
Lake avenue, between Elm and Chestnut
Central and Franklin
Merrimack, between Pine and Union
Manchester, between Elm and Chestnut
Elm, between Pearl and Orange
Spruce, between Elm and Chestnut
Granite, near station
Sq. yds.
1 60
2,075
60
533
240
66
100
16
33
89
20
7
54
Total 3,453
Total cost of the foregoing work, ^400.30 ; an average cost of
$0,115 per square yard.
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION.
NEW CESSPOOLS.
351
LOCATION.
MeiTimack and Belmont
Pearl and RusseH
Linden and Prospect
Linden and Pearl
Water and Elm west back
Mechanic and Elm west back
Brown avenue 'and Elm west back
Webster and Union
Chestnut and Ray brook
Arlington and Warren
Webster and Beech
Appleton and Adams
Union and Salmon
Amherst and Union
Appleton and Union
Appleton and Elm
River road and North
North and Chandler
Union and Merrimack
Monroe...
Brook and Chestnut
Webster and River road
Walnut and Webster
Wilson and Concord
Myrtle and Elm
Prospect and Elm
Concord and A shland
Bridge and A shland
Spruce, east of Lincoln.
Spruce and Hall
Linden and Arlington
Warren and Arlington
Pine and Sagamore
Elm and Hanover
Back street between Sagamore and Salmon.
Back street between Ash and Beech
Bay and North
Pine and North
Chestnut and North
Malvern and High
Malvern and Bridge
Liberty back
Bridge and Warren
Spioice and Chestnut
Russell and Prospect
Malvern and East High
River road near A. Elliott's
Pine between Brook and Blodget
Manchester, near Battery building
Auburn and Pine
Gore and Union
Prospect, near Linden
Hall and Lowell
Hanover back, between Union and Beech —
Hall and Spruce
Elm east back, Ijetween Pearl and Orange —
Lake ave., back st. bet. Spruce & Lake ave.
Central, near Cass
Gore, near Pine
Cost of
material.
Totals
$35.72
16.26
16.26
77.25
57.46
Cost of
labor.
$30.78
9.75
9.75
53.75
48.05
31. a5
1 16.00
14.30
' 8.75
16.03
8.75
17.83
10.25
14.80
10.00
14.61
7.50
14.04
10.25
14.34
8.75
13.37
10.25
15 85
8.00
20.53
17.25
26.18
12.96
32.32
13.75
29.45
17.20
15.44
7.20
15.44
7.20
16.28
8.00
14.84
10.50
15.26
8.00
33 97
14.25
16.07
7.25
18.08
7.25
68.04
15.50
48.55
27.80
17.49
8.00
18. .50
12.00
51 . 52
24.00
17.20
7.75
12.44
7.50
51.93
30.50
60.15
33.50
17.27
8.00
17.56
9.75
18.75
10.50
21.88
8.00
16.66
9.50
72.95
35.50
32.21
24.00
16.28
9.50
6.40
7.00
15.47
7.50
16.09
8.75
105.28
81.00
66.67
37.50
32.19
17.25
16.50
7.50
18.00
6.5a
13.11
7.00
18.80
6.50
17.82
6.50
12.65
6.50
17.09
6.50
$1,539.88
$868.6»
152
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
REPAIRED CESSPOOLS.
Location.
West Cedar, below Franklin
Canal and Depot
Elm and Hanover
Elm and Amherst
Depot and Canal.
Hanover back, near F. X. Cheuette's
Auburn and Franklin
Elm, south of Bridge
East High and South
Pine, between Lake avenue and Central . . .
Myrtle and Elm
Amherst, near Lincoln
Wilson, between Lake avenue and Central
Elm and Hanover
Central and Pine
Lake avenue, between Pine and Union —
Totals
No.
Cost of
material.
Cost of
labor.
$1.53
$6.00
1.22
2.00
2.65
2.25
3.. 56
3.7S
1.55
3.00
.1.55
2.50
. 14.00
7.50
.21
3.. 50
.92
2.00
1.85
3.00
6.32
9.00
8.43
3.50
9.06
4.50
2.16
2.00
.63
1.50
10.41
3.75
$66.05
$59.78
Cleaned out cesspools three times from December 28, 1893,
to December 28, 1894, at a cost of $635.70.
REPAIRED SEWERS.
Location.
Spruce back, Elm to Chestnut
Elm back, between Merrimack and Dean Ave.
Laurel, east of Beacon
Chestnut and Pennacook
Chestnut and Central
Maple, near Lowell
Back street between Lake avenue and Central
Spruce back, east of Union
Derry and Concord
Malvern and Concord
Manchester back, between Pine and Chestnut.
Birch, near Bridge
Totals
Cost material.
$4.66
1.36
.16
6.66
6.78
15.68
15.68
16.94
19.32
$87.24
Cost labor.
$25 00
33. .50
3.50
5.50
11.00
. 40.25
30.75
17..50
6.50
6.75
10.25
7.50
199.00
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION.
153
STONE.
Paid Charles A. Bailey, for covering stone, etc
Warren Harvey, for covering stone, etc.
William H. Coburn, cobble stone .
D. H. Dickey, for covering stone .
F. S. Bodwell, for cesspool stone .
Total
i2, 401.00
953-73
686.00
32-39
167.25
14,240.37
SNOW AND ICE.
At the beginning of the year an especial appropriation to
cover the expenses incidental to the removal of snow and ice
from the streets and walks, and sanding the sidewalks, was made,
and ^4,000 was set aside for this purpose. The following will
give an idea of the expenditures under this appropriation :
Pay-roll, January draft .... $1,238.82
February draft
March draft ,
Bills for sand, etc.
Total
Appropriation for snow and ice
Transferred from repairs of highways
FENCING. ■
3'i34-95
907.61
53-64
• ^5.335-o2
54,000.00
1^335-02
;5335-o2
400 feet
80 "
100 "
600 "
North River road ......
Green street .......
Union street north .....
Union street south .....
Total 1,180 feet
Forty-nine orders have been given Charles H. Robie Co., and
forty-one orders to J. T. Underbill Co., for concreting street
crossings, sidewalks, roadways, and driveways, measurements of
the same being taken by the city engineer. All bills have been
certified by said measurements.
154
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
CONCRETE WORK. CHARLES H. ROBIE CO.
STREET CROSSINGS.
Location.
Amory and Beanport
Cartier east back and Amory
Dubuque and south side Aniory. .
Kelley an<l Beaupoi't
Webster and Bay
North and Bay east back
Adams an<l Appleton (2)
Union and WelSster . .
Webster and Liberty east back. .
Beech and Gore (2)
Union and Sagamore
Nashua and East High
Wayne and Dubuque (3)
Wayne and Dnbuque east back . .
Wayne and Rimmon east back (2
Wayne and Rimmon
Chestnut and Pearl soutli back..
Union and Sagamore
Union and Sagamore noi'tli back.
Pine and Central south back
Pine and Central
Pine and Laurel (2)
Dean avenue
Blaine, Winter and Main
Valley and Jewett (2)
Arlington and Maple
Myrtle and Russell
Prospect and Russell
Sagamore and Union
Liberty east back and Salmon.. . .
Blodget and Cliestnut
Brook and Chestnut
Hanover and Elm
Sagamore, west of Union
Totals
Square
Price
yards.
pr. yd.
30.13
$0.75
18. S9
.75
29.78
.75
29 60
.75
.30.22
.75
13.33
.75
ns.ii
.75
30.22
•"^^r
17.77
.if
G1.77
.75
30.58
.75
11. U
.75
90.53
.75
17.78
.75
26.67
.75
30.13
.75
20.. W
.75
33 42
.75
17.78
.75
17.66
.75
31.11
.75
45.15
.75
28.37
.75
48.27
.75
49.15
.75
30.94
.75
28. SO
.75
55.38
.75
59.73
.75
13.33
.75
67.73
.75
27.38
.75
47.78
.75
30.67
.35
1,180.40
Total
cost.
$22.60
14.16
22.34
22.20
22.67
10.00
44.06
22.67
13.33
46.33
22.93
8 33
67.90
13.34
20.00
22 60
15.37
25.06
13.34
13.24
23.33
33.86
21.27
36.20
36.86
23.20
21.60
41.53
44.80
10.00
50.80
20.54
35.84
10.73
$873.03
SIDEWALKS.
Location.
Amherst and Pine east back
Amherst and Pine east back, near Union
South Main-street bridge
Totals — .'
Square
yards.
43.27
253.00
133.70
429.97
Price
pr. yd,
$0.30
.30
.45
Total
cost.
$12.93
75.90
60.16
$149.04
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION.
ROADWAYS.
155
Location.
Amount
material
Price.
Total
cost.
Cliestnut street, Concord common, recovered
1,271.99
sq. yds.
22 J loads
412 gals,
pitch
$0.45
15.00
.15
$572.39
337 50
Union, Lowell to Concord, repaired )
61 SO
Total
$971.69
CROSSINGS AND WALKS REPAIRED.
Location.
Chestnut and Orange .
31errimack and Union
Dean avenue
Arlington and Maple..
Prospect and Russell. .
Blodget and Chestnut.
Totals
Square
yards.
Price
pr. yd,
35.49
20.72
12.34
24.47
27.73
15.06
$135.81
$0.37
.45
.45
.45
.37
.45
Total
cost.
$13.13
9 32
5.55
11.01
10.26
6.77
$56.04
156
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
CONCRETE WORK. — J. T. UNDERHILL & CO.
STREET CROSSINGS.
Location.
Walnut and Webster
Beech and Lowell (2)
Linden and Pearl
Belmont and Merrimack (2)
Union and Appleton
Elm and Webster
West Appleton and Elm (3)
Dubuque and Wayne
Pearl and Linden (3)
Lake avenue south back and Hall .
Spruce and Hall
Lake avenue and Pine
Merrimack and Pine
Concord and Belmont
Elm and "\^'ebster
Main and Aniory (4)
Merrimack and Beech
Monroe street, at Willand's
Kimmon east back, at Kellej'
Chestnut and Cedar
Chestnut south back and Wilson (2)
Union and Lowell
Pearl and Ashland
Linden and Myrtle
Linden and Prospect (2)
Linden and Arlington (4)
Totals
Square
yards.
30.
66
25.
52^
29.
19
127
30.
79
17
30
28
31
20
45
123
19
11
15
37
53
27
29
'-'9
58
107
Price
pr. yd,
1,147.55
$0.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
Total
cost.
$22.67
49.66
19.33
39.19
22.13
14.33
95.33
22.80
59.94
13.13
22.66
21.67
23.55
15.60
33.82
92.81
14.46
8.70
11.83
27.86
40.46
20.33
22.33
22.00
43.66
80.35
$860.60
SIDEWALKS.
Location.
Dubuque and Wayne
Beauport at Thomas Bolton's
Total
Square
yards.
6.57
34.67
Price
per yd,
$0.45
.45
Total
cost.
$2.96
15.00
$18.58
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION.
157
ROADWAYS.
Location.
Square
yards.
Price
per yd.
Total
cost.
Bridge st. at east end McGregor bi-idge, recovered
Elm, at T. W. Lane's
390.45
15.32
S0.37
.75
#144.47
11.49
Total
405.77
$155.96
CROSSINGS AND WALKS REPAIRED.
Location.
Walnut and Webster
Pearl and Warren
Beech and Lowell (3)
Linden and Pearl
Belmont and Merrimack
Union and Appleton
McGregor and Bridge
McGregor and Amorj'^ . . .
Monroe at Bartlett's
Linden and Myrtle
Main and Amory
Total 263 . 06
Square
yards.
2.52
7.87
82.34
13.78
3.08
10.30
17.17
20.85
68.61
4.56
31.98
Price
per yd.
Total
Cost.
$0.45
.37
.37
.37
.37
.45
.45
.37
.35
.45
.45
$1.13
2.91
30.46
5.10
1.40
4.63
7.72
7.71
24.01
2.05
14.39
$101.51
SUMMARY.
Concrete Laid hy Charles H. Rohie Co., Street and Parh Commission Department.
New crossings
Recovered crossings.
Recovered roadways.
New sidewalks
Total.
Square
yards.
1,149.73
135.81
429.97
1,715.51
Total cost.
$873.03
56.04
971.69
149.04
$2,049.80
Concrete Laid by .J. T. UnderJiill Co., Street and Parle Commission Department.
New crossings
Recovered crossings.
Roadways
New sidewalks
Recovered sidewalks
Total
Square
yards.
1,857.62
Total cost.
1,147.55
$860.60
175.07
69.87
405.77
155.96
41.24
18.56
87.99
31.64
f 1,136. 63
158 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPOKTS.
UNDERGROUND WIRES.
The New England Telegraph and Telephone Company, having
a branch office in Manchester, appeared before the board of
mayor and aldermen July 3, and obtained a permit to lay and
maintain underground conduits, cables, wires, and manholes under
the surface of the streets of Manchester. On September 20 the
company petitioned the street and park commissioners for a lay-
out of streets in which they desired to place their conduits. The
petition was granted, and the city engineer instructed to furnish
said lay-out, the commission approving the same. A bond of
^10,000 was required of the company, with American Surety
Company, of New York, as surety, in order to indemnify and
save the city of Manchester harmless from all loss, costs, damage,
or expense in any way arising from or growing out of the work
to be undertaken. Work was commenced at once, after the
necessary legal documents were passed, and conduits put in along
west side of Elm street^ ten feet north of the south line of Bridge
street, ten feet away from the west curbstone of Elm street, to a
point five feet northerly of the south curb line of Granite street
produced into Elm street, and also on Hanover street, from Elm
to Chestnut and the back streets adjoining. Other streets will
be entered, as per the lay-out granted, as business demands.
SALEM STONE.
Many inquiries having been made about the Salem stone .used
extensively this last season, we give a few items concerning the
nature of the stone, and method of obtaining it for macadamiz-
ing purposes. It is a bluish trap rock, having a fine, close for-
mation which gives an excellent wearing quality under the fric-
tion of travel; while having no "rift" or grain, its irregular
form of fracture renders it most desirable for packing into a com-
pact mass. The Salem stone was not used to any great extent
until i8go, being first utilized by the city of Salem, with excel-
lent results as to wear on their streets. The stone is taken
from Castle Hill quarry, Salem, Mass. About 12,000 tons a
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION. 159
month are turned out of the quarry during the summer months.
The stone is broken into four sizes ; No. i size passed a yi inch
circular hole in the screen, and is used for binding the surfaces
of roads and sidewalks ; No. 2 size passed a i-inch hole, No. 3 a
2-inch hole, and No. 4 a 4-inch hole. The second size is used
for patching roads and filling holes or ruts. The dust or tailings
are valuable for binding, or for finish, having remarkable cement-
ing qualities. This stone weighs after screening about 1]^ tons
to the cubic yard, that is, 27 cubic feet will weigh 2,500 pounds.
This gives 4 square yards of street surface, 3 inches thick, to 2,500
pounds. Or, the amount of street surface i ton of each size will
cover is as follows: No. 3, or 2-inch stone, measures 2 if cubic
feet to each ton, and will cover to the depth of i inch yyyf square
feet. The No. 2, or i-inch size, measures 22)^ cubic feet, and
will cover to a depth of i inch 810 square feet; while the No. i,
or dust, measures 20 10-13 cubic feet per ton, and will cover 748
square feet of road surface to the depth of i inch. About 20 per
cent should be allowed for rolling. The commissioners have
used large quantities of this stone on some of the streets where
there is heavy travel, with satisfactory results, notably Hanover
street from Chestnut to Union, Pine from Beech to Maple, Mer-
rimack to Hanover; Merrimack, Union to Beech; Granite,
Franklin to Elm ; and Chestnut, Brook to Blodget ; Stark park
driveways were also top-dressed with Salem stone; 1,288 tons
were used on the streets and Stark park at a cost of $1,803.20.
Sewers.
No subject is of greater importance to a large and growing
city with extensive manufacturing and commercial interests than
that of sewerage. In our city the demand for drainage is imper-
ative, and during the last few years much has been done to relieve
this demand. The last year a large amount of work has been
accomplished, though many ledges have been found that have
increased the expense and retarded progress-. Many sewers need
relaying where cement pipe has been used in past years. Some
160 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
sewers need deepening, and some larger pipe. Then there is the
constant, ever-increasing demand for new sewers, as new streets
are built, and houses or blocks erected.
To many the process of the construction of a sewer is but partly-
understood, and as all are interested in the health of the city,
and the means used to provide for effective sanitary conditions,
we give a detailed account of the building of one of the sewers
that was blasted nearly all the way through a ledge of rock. We
refer to the sewer running from manhole, corner Russell and
Prospect streets, to corner of Prospect and Hall streets, about
1,250 feet. Upon petition of property-holders at said location,
the mayor and joint standing committee on sewers recommended
the passage of an order to build this sewer, said order being
passed by the city councils, December 6, 1892, expense of same
to be charged to the appropriation for new sewers. After the
passage of this order no active measures were taken until May
5, 1894, when the city engineer laid out the center of sewer
and grade, and drove stakes for the batters, which were about
50 feet apart, and marked to excavate about 14 feet on an av-
erage, allowing for a gradual pitch towards the Russell-street
sewer. Forty-five men were at once set to work along tlie south
side of Prospect street, commencing at Russell, under, the di-
rection of the commissioners, with George M. Hobbs as fore-
man.
It was soon found that a ledge extended along the route,
and the steam drill and portable engine and boiler were called
into use.
The steam drill is a wonderful contrivance and does its work
rapidly by means of steam generated by the boiler, and conveyed
to the drill by flexible steel tubes. Holes to the depth of one to
seven feet are drilled in the ledge and filled \<fith a dynamite
cartridge to which a connecting wire with platinum fuse is at-
tached, and then fired by an electric battery by the following
method : The dynamite cartridges, composed of nitro-glycer-
ine, sawdust, etc., covered with oiled paper, are opened on one
side by the foreman, with a knife, and the cap inserted, then a
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION. 161
half hitch of connecting wire is made about the cartridge, leav-
ing two ends up to connect with the battery wires. The car-
tridges are then lowered into the holes and carefully covered with
earth well tamped down, and then with heavy sleepers or large
beams of wood, on top of which is placed brush, then large and
heavy rope mats come next, weighing five or six hundred pounds
each ; finally, more railroad sleepers are piled on, connection is
made with the battery wire, and the battery wire connected with
the battery. When all is ready and the men at a safe distance,
the foreman gives the word to fire, and a handle in the battery is
pulled up and immediately pushed down, thus producing a cur-
rent of electricity which heats the platinum fuse red hot and ex-
plodes the cap in the dynamite. About five holes are drilled for
a blast. There were about five blasts a day while constructing
this sewer.
To give a correct idea of the stock of tools necessary to build
a sewer the following list, actually taken at the time, will shovv
the labor involved . 1 2 pair rubber boots, 2 saws, 49 shovels, all
kinds, 6 striking hammers, 44 picks, 8 iron bars, 3 handled axes,
2 sets of hand drills, 36 plug drills, 5 plug drill hammers, 3 chains,
used for pulling up large stone from the ditch, 6 stone hammers
for breaking stone,. 2 sets of falls for laying pipe, 6 grub hoes, 3
water pails, ineck yoke, 4 tug ropes for lowering pipe, 7 wedges,
2 Edison pumps, i steam drill, battery, coils of wire, dynamite
cartridges, i plumb bob, pipe of various sizes, hand dippers, suc-
tion hose, and tool boxes, iron pipe and pipe for steam drill,
portable engine and boiler, 14 lanterns. All this stock is in
charge of one man, who serves out the tools, etc., and collects
them at night and locks them up. The portable boiler requires
one man permanently, and at night a watchman cares for the
same.
The explosives used for the sewer cost ^230.44, the incidentals,
supplies, repairs, etc., amounted to ^445.30; the labor of men
and teams, ^3,834.31. The watchman was on duty 23 nights,
and the engineer 30 days. One and one half gallons of kero-
sene oil were used every week to keep the red lanterns burning
11
162 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
all night. Steam drill was run 26}^ days. Two Edison pumps
were kept running most of the time to pump out water through
suction hose from the sewer in order to lay pipe. The matter of
laying the pipe is interesting. Each length of pipe (24-inch in
this case) is rolled to the edge of the ditch, the tag rope attached
and the pipe swung over the trench by means of the falls and
carefully lowered to the bottom, where it is connected to the pre-
ceding piece, gently tamped until true to grade, then earth is
placed around the bottom and joints cemented. A grade pole
is constantly used to test the accuracy of the grade or depth ;
the correct centers are obtained by the plumb bob. Norton ce-
ment is used and the sand is screened on the spot and mixed with
the cement. To show the amount of this large pipe laid each
day we give the following, a correct record kept at the time. May
15 commenced to lay 24-inch pipe ; laid 12-foot length iron pipe
across culvert, and 22 feet of Akron pipe. May 16, laid 50 feet ;
May 17, laid 44 feet ; May 22, 44 feet ; May 23, 26 feet ; May
24, 46 feet ; May 25, 68 feet. This gives 312 feet laid in 7 days,
or an average of about 44 feet in a day. When it is taken into
account that an average of five blasts was made each day, this
average seems to be good.
This sewer was commenced May 5 and completed August i.
Daily visits were made by the commission, and the city engineer
and his assistants gave their careful attention to the progress of
the work. A manhole at the junction of Linden and Prospect
streets was put in at a depth of 17 feet. Connections were made
with this sewer, and great satisfaction was felt at the successful
completion of this long desired work. This sewer is only a sam-
ple of other sewers put in, notably at North River road, Hall
street, and Hancock street, all of which were blasted through
ledges; 29 sewers were voted in but not built at the beginning
of the year, and 7 asked for but not voted, or a to^al of 43,265
feet or 8.18 miles, at an estimated cost of ^198,230.
The following table shows how th^ cost for new sewers has
been divided :
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Length of sewers, West side
Length of sewers, East side
Length of brick sewers .
Length of steel pipe sewers
Length of iron pipe
Length of Akron pipe
Length of Portland pipe
Cost of sewers. West side
Cost of sewers, East side
Total ....
Average cost per foot, West side
Average cost per foot, East side
Average total cost per foot
6,172
feet
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19,612
feet
1,850
feet
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feet
$14,096.71
32,01
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283
2
382
52.351
BRIDGES.
The following table gives the dimensions, material, and num-
ber of spans of the various bridges within the city limits.
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION.
167
Location.
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 road. Black brook
Elm street, at railroad
Front street, Black brook
Granite street, at canal
Granite street, at river . .
Harvey road, at Great Cohas
Island Pond road, outlet to lake
Mammoth 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
Second-street bridge
Second-street bridge
South Main street
Length
in
feet,
765.5
57
1,085
36
38
20
21
25
89
16.5
56.3
465.7
32
41
38
14
59
53
30
16
6
12
100
6
62
127
180
Width
of
roadway
20
22.5
24
30.5
20
17
20.5
17.5
29.5
33
37.3
26
21
16.7
18
20
20.5
24
30
20
16
22
17.5
16
32.5
32.5
34
No. of
walks.
Width I Arch-
of Material, es or
walks, i spans.
5.5
7
Wood.
Iron.
Stone.
Wood.
Iron.
Wood.
Iron.
Wood.
Steel.
Stone bridges, 2 ; iron, 4; wood, 19; steel, 2; total, 27.
168 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
West Manchester.
GENERAL REPAIRS, DIVISIONS lO AND II.
Graveled A to McDuffie street, 290 feet in length.
Graveled Cleveland street, 50 feet in length.
" Parker " 75 "
" Second " 700 "
Patched North Main street with 30 loads gravel from South
Main street sewer.
Patched Parker street with 20 loads gravel from South Main
street sewer.
Patched Sullivan street with 10 loads gravel from South Main
street sewer.
Patched Granite street with 25 loads gravel from South Main
street sewer.
Patched Front street with 25 loads gravel from South Main
street sewer.
Patched South Main street with 20 loads gravel from South
Main street sewer.
Patched North Main street with 10 loads crushed stone.
North Main street filled to a depth of one foot 35c feet in
length.
Graded Third street 200 feet in length at a cost of ^20.
Dunbarton road filled and graveled 500 feet in length ; labor,
^160.54.
Filled sidewalk in Amoskeag 800 feet in length.
" " Front street, 300 " "
" " Farmer road, too " "
Jones hill repaired with 35 loads gravel ; 700 feet sidewalk
built ; labor, ^66.50.
Bushes cut on Railroad street, Hooksett road, Farmer road,
Hackett hill road, Dunbarton road.
Crossings scraped, gutters cleaned out, stones picked up, streets
patched, etc., through both divisions ; labor, ^646.24, charged
to the appropriation for the repairs of highways.
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION.
169
FENCING.
Douglas, Cleveland, Parker, and Second streets, gravel bank
near Emerson's, Dunbarton road, corner Milford and Bowman,
corner Granite and Turner, head of Sullivan, Bedford road. Mast
road, and Hooksett road. Division ii.
Total number of feet, 1,814; labor, etc., $56.33.
STREETS TOPDRESSED.
Streets.
Amory
South Main, Log to Hancock
South Main, Log to Hancock
Blaine
Winter .
Amoi'y
Riddle, sidewalks
Riddle
Milford
Milford
School
Bartlett
Granite
Totals
Length
in
feet.
320
300
300
300
75
320
1,100
S.W
850
850
1,900
200
250
7,115
Width
in
feet.
26
26
10
34
12
10
27
25
26
26
26
10
24
Material
used.
Clay.
Ashes.
Gravel.
Ashes.
Clay.
Ashes.
Gravel.
Clay.
Ashes.
Gravel.
Stone.
Gravel.
Clay.
Total cost of foregoing work, $647.
170
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
GRADING FOR CONCRETE, DIVISION 10.
Location.
Bath, east of Second
Beauport, north of Amory. ..
Beaupoi't, nortli of Amory. ..
Amorj', west of Cartier
Kelley, west of Beauport —
B, west of A
Cartier, north of Putnam
Beauport, north of Schuyler.
Beaupoi't, north of Schuyler.
B, south of ftlilf ord
C
Conant
Cartier
Douglas
Third, Walker south
Third, Walker south
Adams
Rimmon
Wayne
Dubuque
Riddle
Riddle
Mast I'oad
North Main
Blaine .--
Parker
Riddle
Riddle
North Main
Beauport
School
Main-street extension
Rimmon
Wilton
Cartier
Dartmouth
Dartmouth
Rimmon
Blaine
Length | Width
feet.
Totals.
100
375
375
600
250
250
250
250
250
300
100
200
100
100
100
100
275
200
420
100
150
150
290
60
450
120
300
88
400
110
100
650
200
50
600
400
400
]50
50
9,413
feet.
Feet
cut.
3
1
1
3
Feet
mi.
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5-6
1
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Labor.
$8.00
30.00
25.00
13.00
10.00
10.00
15.00
10.00
5.00
15.00
9.00
8.00
17.00
15.00
35.00
,20.00
15.00
10.00
30.00
10.00
5.00
5.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
5.00
20.00
10.00
5.00
20.00
20.00
15.00
$445.00
BRIDGES AND CULVERTS.
Bridges Repaired. — Parker-street bridge replanked ; cost of
material $5, labor ^9.50. Black brook bridge repaired.
New Culverts. — Mast road, one wooden culvert at a cost of
$4. Bedford road, one wooden culvert at a cost of ^4. Front
street, Amoskeag, one wooden culvert 34 feet long at a cost for
material of ^5 ; labor, $5.
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION.
171
Culverts Relaid. — Bartlett street, one pipe culvert 50 feet in
length, using 15-inch pipe; cost of pipe, $14.07; labor, ;^i3.
Mast road, one wooden culvert relaid at a cost of $4. Division
II, one pipe culvert 9 feet long, using 20-inch pipe; old pipe
and labor, $5. At Jones hill, Amoskeag, one wooden culvert
at a cost of $6. Pipe culvert, Goffstown road, 30 feet of old
lo-inch pipe, at a cost of $5.90. Pipe culvert on Railroad
street, 20 feet old lo-inch water pipe, at a cost of $5.
COBBLE GUTTER PAVING, DIVISION 10.
Streets.
Beauport and Amoiy
Marion
B, southerly
An: cry
Kelley
Standpipe on Amory street. .
Green
Walker, northerly
B, northerly
Second, northerly
Winter, driveway
Granite, driveway
Wayne
Cartier
Dubuque
Riddle
Milford, driveway
South Main, driveway
Bowman, driveways (2)
North Main, south of Amory.
A and B
Winter and Main
Dover, driveway
Totals
Length
in
feet.
660
88
425
1,000
225
8
120
550
425
125
12
13
566
53
300
800
20
10
16
220
20
84
12
5,751
Cost of
stone.
$57.04
10.26
15.86
94. 50
24.70
5.00
S.OO
40.00
39.00
25.00
S.40
2.22
43.50
10.50
1^380.98
Labor.
$50.00
9.00
15.00
77.04
21.22
6.55
16.00
100.00
54.00
25.00
7.00
2.00
100.00
10.00
75.00
125.00
10 00
5.00
10.00
39.63
5.00
15.00
7.00
$784.44
In all cases where there is no cost of stone given, stone was taken
from city bank.
Total cost of foregoing work, $1,168.42; average cost per
foot, $0,203.
172
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
PAVING RELAID.
Beauport, south of Putnam
25 fee
Clinton ......
8 "
Dover ....
8 "
B street ....
100 "
South Main
25 "
Forrest ....
20 "
Main, driveway
10 "
North Main
185 "
North Main, at J. D. Dana's .
10 "
Amory, driveway
20 "
Amory .....
30 "
Wayne, two driveways
40 "
School, driveway
20 "
Amory, driveway
15 "
Kelley back
16 ''
532 feet
Labor, ^110.38.
South Main-street bridge, 227 yards block paving, 759 yards
cobble paving. Labor for same, ^200.
REPAIRS OF SEWERS, DIVISION ID.
South end Cartier street, flushed out sewer.
North Main street, flushed out sewer.
Baldwin's yard, flushed out sewer.
End McGregor bridge, flushed out sewer.
North Main street, flushed out sewer.
A. C. Wallace's yard, flushed out sewer.
West street, flushed out sewer.
Douglas street, flushed out sewer.
Turner street, flushed out sewer.
South of Granite street, flushed out sewer.
A and B streets, flushed out sewer.
North end of Cartier street, flushed out sewer.
Beauport street, flushed out sewer.
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION.
173
Conant and Rimmon streets, lowered manhole.
Conant, between Barr and Montgomery streets, lowered three
man-holes.
Rimmon street, raised manhole.
Dubuque street, raised two manholes.
Division lo, July, August, September, October, cleaned out
cesspools.
Cost of material for foregoing work, ^17.67; cost of labor,
$230.68; total cost, $248.35.
STREETS GRADED.
* These streets not built up to grade.
t Labor charged to scavenger service.
Average width of street, 50 feet.
Location.
Length
in feet.
Cut or
fill.
Inciden-
tals.
Labor.
cEntire
cost.
Joliette, north of Amory
Dubuque, nortli of Wayne —
Cartier, north of Kelley*
Alsace, north of Amory
Wayne, Dubuque to Rimmon.
Rimmon. nortli of Conant —
Conant, Barr to Rimmon
540
575
325
540
320
330
250
325
325
350
350
675
140
140
50
550
150
Cut...
Cut...
Fill..
Cut...
Cut..
Fill...
Cut...
Cut...
Cut...
Fill...
Cut...
Cut...
Cut...
Cut...
Cut...
Fill...
Fill...
$11.83
11.53
6.53
11.83
4.41
6.62
5.01
6.53
4.53
5.01
7.03
13.54
3.80
3.80
1.00
13.08
$334.75
793.00
75.00
680.52
165 60
100.00
$346.58
804.53
81.53
692.35
170.01
106.62
Conant, Barr to Cartier
Bai-r, Douglas to Conant
Gates, Dubuque west*
125.00
71.00
50.00
346.48
3.50.00
30.00
33.00
15.00
227.00
136.. 53
75.53
55.01
353.. 50
363.54
33.80
35.80
16 00
239.08
Dubuque, north of Amory —
Dubuque, nortli of Amory b'k
Kelley north
Rimmon, south Kelley
Dubuque, Conant northerly..
Colby street dump f
Totals
5,635
$113.05
$3,396.35
$13,509.40
MACADAMIZING, DIVISION ID.
Square, corner Amory and Main, 2,007 square yards.
Labor crushing stone ......
Salem stone ........
Concrete .......
$388.80
295-58
174
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Labor on street
Cost of stone chips
Incidentals
Total .
^853-55
168.75
16.00
$1,803.98
KEW CESSPOOLS, DIVISION 10.
Location.
Amory and Beauport
Kelley and Beauport
Clinton and Dover
Wayne and Dubuque
Second street
Blaine street
Marion and Main
Mear North Weare Railroad track
Winter and Main
Schiller and Hill
Ends of South Main street bridge
Totals
No.
Cost of
material.
$20.51
20.53
25.80
19.92
13.21
16.03
15.47
10.20
14.81
10.97
69.47
$236.92
Cost of
labor.
$13.00
14.00
17.00
18 50
18.00
15.00
18.00
20.00
18.00
18.00
125.00
$294.50
REPAIRED CESSPOOLS.
Location.
Amory and Beauport.
Kelley and Cartier —
B street, west of A
Granite and Barr
South end Turner
South of Blue Store . . .
B and A
Putnam and Dubuque
Winter
South Main street
Main and Wayne
Barr and Douglas
Wayne and Marion
Granite and West
South Main
Mast road
Totals
No.
Cost of
material.
$1.85
1.85
1.85
7.11
2.92
1.24
6.71
.21
3.04
2.98
1.24
2.98
2.44
2.06
.21
$38.69
Cost of
labor.
$2.00
2.00
4.00
10.00
5.00
3.00
2.00
25.00
3.50
2 00
2.00
2.00
5.00
1.00
2.00
$70.50
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION. ■ 175
REPORTS FROM HIGHWAY DIVISIONS.
Division No. 1 .
John C. Ray, Agent.
The entire length of the River road, commencing at Clark
street and running to the Hooksett line, has been repaired by
the road machine ; several culverts have been built, and stones
removed.
North Union street, from Clark street to Hooksett line, and
Elm street, from Clark to north line of Elm street, have been
turnpiked and topdressed with gravel the entire length, more
than loo rods. Average width of topdressing, 25 feet.
Sidewalk on Elm street, near Clark street, built. The roads
have been broken out after snowstorms, and general repairs
throughout the district attended to.
Division No. 4.
Byron E. Moore, Agent.
Clayed and graveled on River road, north of Gofife's Falls
village, about 100 rods, and south of the village about 10 rods.
Turnpiked and graveled what is known as Webster's Hill, at the
north end of the district. Average width of turnpiking, 14 feet.
Built 1,980 feet of fencing on the River road east of Clough's
farm, and widened said road about 10 feet for a length of about 2,-
000 feet ; cost of widening road and putting up railing, ^i 70. The
timber having been cut off along the road, it became necessary
to put a fence up, and this highway being the principal carriage
route to Nashua, widening has greatly improved the road for
travel.
Lengthened culvert opposite the Clough place, 10 feet. The
road was widened 6 feet and about 200 feet of fencing put up.
Bridge over Cohas brook taken up and relaid, using same tim-
ber and plank. Bushes have been cut throughout the district,
176
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
stones removed from the surface of the roads, large stone dug
out, water bars repaired, mud holes filled, and general repairs
looked after from May to November. All roads broken out after
snowstorms.
Division No. 5.
Mark E. Harvey,' Agent.
ROADS GRAVELED.
Feet in length.
Londonderry,
new road
• 1.535
Londonderry,
old road
• 1,175
Nutt road
. 1,450
Weston road
• • • 835
South road .
650
Center road
370
Total
. 6,015
Average width, 15 feet.
Aven-age depth.
6 inches.
TURNPIKED.
Feet.
Londonderry,
new road
200
Londonderry,
old road
.
225
South road .
'.
265
Weston road
.
300
Center road
•
■.
490
Total
. 1,480
Average width of turnpiking, 25^feet.
New railing built, Weston road, 75 feet ; Mill road, 125 feet.
Graded by cut on Londonderry new road, 44 cubic yards, and
on Dickey road 195 cubic yards. The hill near William C. Blodg-
ett's has been cut i^ feet, or 168 cubic yards, which has been
used as a fill at the foot of the hill, making the grade much easier ;
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION.
177
the road at this place has been widened 3 feet, for a distance of
225 feet.
Five large stones have been blasted and twelve boulders have
been removed from Londonderry new road. Bushes have been
cut along the principal roads (6,335 ^^^0 ; no repairs on bridges
have been made. Loose stones have been removed twice a month
from all the roads from April to November, water bars repaired,
etc.
Snow has been removed and the roads broken out after all
storms.
Division No. 6.
I. T. Webster, Agent.
The principal roads in this division are much traveled on ac-
count of the beautiful drives about Massabesic lake, and con-
sequently great care is needed to keep them in suitable condi-
tion. The Lake Shore road, the Island Pond road, and Cohas
avenue have all been topdressed, low places filled, and culverts
rebuilt.
graveled.
Feet.
Lake Shore road .
462
Dickey road
. 1,188
Island Pond road
• 5.032
Cohas avenue
• 3.135
Total
• 9,817
Island Pond road : Corey hill cut, 420 feet long, ;^;^ feet wide,
2 feet deep. Fencing, 112 feet; stonework, wing or retaining
walls to hold fills, 12 perch. This road is very ledgy and is dif-
ficult to keep in good condition. The bridge near the Mill Dam
House will soon need to be replanked and the fencing near the
bridge should be repaired another season. The cut on Corey
178
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
hill was mostly through stone, and the material taken out was
used to widen the road.
Cohas avenue roadbed was underlaid with stone 136 feet, 10
feet wide, railing 264 feet in length. Retaining walls to hold
fills, 38 perch. A good clay bed on this avenue has been util-
ized for topdressing. Three culverts have been built on this av-
enue and two driveways put in.
Bushes have been cut all over the district, both sides of the
road, about six miles. General repairs have been attended to,
and the roads have been plowed out during the winter.
Division No. 7.
Charles Francis, Agent.
This district is rapidly becoming thickly settled, and the call
for new streets and sewers has become pressing. During the last
year a number of new highways have been built, and three sewers
have been put in ; edge stones set, culverts and cesspools built,
and the road machine used on the outside roads. The following
will give the wor-k in detail :
NEW STREETS GRADED.
Location.
Hayward, Cypress to Belmont *
Hayward, Porter to Mammoth road
Dearborn street
Auburn street ....
Taylor, Cilley road to Vinton f
Somerville, Jewett to Young f .
Lake avenue, at Old Falls road .
Totals .
* Including two culverts.
Length in, feet.
1,250
500
575
525
4,050
Labor.
$55o-oo
250.00
200.00
45.00
61.00
20.00
85.00
;i,2i 1. 00
t Turnpiked.
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION.
179
STREETS GRAVELED.
Massabesic, Candia road to railroad
Spruce, Wilson to Massabesic
Hall, Spruce to Massabesic .
Auburn, Belmont west .
Taylor, Young road south
Total
Average, 28 feet in width.
Feet.
2,300
625
150
160
500
3J35
CULVERTS.
Hay ward street, near Taylor, 100 feet x 2 feet x 2 feet.
Hay ward street between Taylor and Cypress, 50 feet x i foot
X 6 inches.
GUTTERS PAVED.
Auburn street, 300 feet x 3 feet.
Cypress street, 50 feet by 3 feet.
Stone for East Spruce street, 40 loads.
Stone for Hall street, 10 loads.
CESSPOOL.
Corner Massabesic and Spruce, materials, $11.11 ; labor, $1^;
total cost, ^24.11.
SEWERS.
Cypress street, 130 feet lo-inch pipe, 22 feet 8-inch pipe.
Cost of material, ^22.44 ; cost of labor, ^59.
Dearborn street, 116 feet lo-inch pipe. Cost of material,
$18.16 ; cost of labor, $63.
Grove street, 49 feet lo-inch pipe, 10 feet 8-inch pipe. Cost
of material, $8.19 ; cost of labor, $30.
(See Sewer table.)
180 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
CURB AND EDGE STONE SET.
Jewett and Valley streets, one 4-foot curb, 1 6 feet edge stone.
Belmont and Hayward streets, one 3-foot curb, 12 feet edge
stone.
Cypress and Valley streets, one 4- foot curb, 16 feet edge stone.
Massabesic and Spruce streets, 72 feet edge stone.
GRADE FOR CONCRETE.
Jewett street, 200 feet, cut and fill; labor, ^20.
Prescott and Wilson, 350 feet, cut and fill ; labor, ^40.
Wilson street, 625 feet, cut and fill; labor, $6;^.
ROAD MACHINE USED.
On Candia road, division line to Mammoth road.
On Mammoth road, Candia road to Hanover street.
On Hall, Massabesic to Hanover street.
On Mammoth road, from the reservoir to the division line.
On Jewett street, from Young to Cilley road.
Over 5,500 feet of sidewalks have been built ; Auburn, East
Spruce, and Belmont streets have been greatly improved by grad-
ing. This division is fortunate in having a good gravel bank of
about an acre. The lot has been leased by the city for twenty
years. During the summer eighteen teams have been employed
hauling gravel to different sections.
There is need of a sprinkler for this part of the city, as the
streets are very sandy ; there is also a call for more watering-
troughs. There should be gates at the junction of Massabesic
street and the Portsmouth Railroad.
The general work in the district has been covered, bushes cut,
and stone removed from the roads leading to the city. The
highways have been made suitable for travel after snowstorms.
Division No. 8.
John H. Proctor, Agent.
There has always been a call for good roads, carefully kept, in
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION.
181
this district, for through it runs the direct route to Lake Massa-
besic, Auburn, Candia, Raymond, and other towns, and conse-
quently the travel is heavy, especially during the summer. For
the better accommodation of the public, these highways have
been widened, topdressed, and kept in repair during the last sea-
son, in detail as follows :
ROADS TURNPIKED.
Hanover street
Candia road
Proctor road
Old turnpike road
Lake Shore road .
Lake avenue
Total
9,900
feet
7.590
( I
1,650
((
825
I (
4,950
a
825
a
25,740 feet
ROADS WIDENED.
Hanover, between Mammoth road and junction of Lake ave-
nue, 150 feet in length, width 12 feet, cut 4 feet.
The same, at same place, length 500 feet, width 10 feet, cut
2^ feet.
Candia road, length 600 feet, width 11 feet^ cut 2 feet.
Lake Shore road, length 700 feet, width 9 feet, cut i}^ feet.
Bridge street, length 200 feet, width 1 2 feet, cut i foot.
ROADS GRAVELED.
Hanover street
Lake avenue
Candia road
Lake Shore .
Bridge street
Proctor road
500 feet
200 "
400 "
300 "
200 "
100 ''
Total 1,700 feet
Average width of graveling, 24 feet ; average depth, 6 inches.
182 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Widened out three culverts on Hanover street, each 12 feet;
two culverts on Bridge street, 8 feet each ; one culvert on Can-
dia road, 12 feet ; two culverts on Lake shore road, 8 feet each;
two culverts on Candia road were relaid ; 200 feet of railing was
put up on Hanover street, between Mammoth road and Lake
avenue; sidewalk filled 150 feet in front of Robert Stevens's
place, 7 feet wide and 1% feet deep; ten large stones were
blasted out on Lake Shore road and Bridge street ; bushes cut
throughout the district for a distance of eight miles ; all roads
broken out after snowstorms, and all necessary repairs made.
Division No. 9.
Lester C. Paige, Agent.
Number of feet of road turnpiked, 825. .
Number of feet of road graveled, 5,247.
Loads of gravel used, 401.
Took up, cleaned, and relaid one culvert; put up 174 feet of
railing, and cut bushes throughout the entire district. During
the winter months the roads were broken out. Repaired water-
bars, removed stone from the roads, and attended to all general
repairs.
Division No. 12.
Eugene G. Libbey, Agent.
The road machine has been used to great advantage through-
out the division ; 200 loads of gravel have been drawn to the
different hills, and all washouts and water-bars repaired; 1,000
feet of substantial railing has been put up near embankments ;
Mammoth road has been widened between John Gott's and J. L.
Fogg's residences, and culverts built over.
A culvert 80 feet long has been built over Old Bridge street
near the Mammoth road ; the bushes have been cut throughout
STREET AND PAKE COMMISSION. 183
the district where they interfered with travel ; the roads have
been broken out during the winter, and all general repairs made.
SCAVENGER SERVICE.
This department of work has been faithfully done. From Jan-
uary I, 1894, to January i, 1895, 1,800 loads of perishable gar-
bage were collected and carried to the city farm and utilized for
fertilizing purposes. Three single teams have been employed all
the time collecting. Very few complaints have been made. In
most cases it has been found that the complaints arise from the
practice of permitting farmers to take the garbage away, and
when, for any reason, this service ceased, the garbage would ac-
cumulate and complaint would be made. Suitable cards have
been provided whereby all can ascertain the time of removal of
perishable matter, so there can be no excuse for want of infor-
mation. All complaints have been attended to promptly.
Commons.
All the commons have received their usual care during the last
season, under the direction of the commissioners and superin-
tendence of Mr. John FuUerton.
Early in the year the commons were drained and the walks
cleaned of sand as soon as skating was finished, and then all the
grass surface was raked over, the trees trimmed, forty-two elms
set out on Park common, the covers removed from the fountains
and the same examined for repairs, cleaned, and painted. A
dressing of ashes was next put on. All flower beds were pre-
pared for flowers, suitable fences erected for their protection, the
walks kept carefully swept, the seats repaired, painted, and set
upon the commons. All this labor conspired to make these
public squares what they have been rightly termed by our appre-
ciative citizens, bits of country in the heart of the city.
Manchester is waking up to the necessity and the beauty of
these breathing places, and many good suggestions have been
184 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
made for their improvement. To keep these commons neat and
attractive in appearance has been the aim of the commissioners,
and to introduce improvements as far as possible with the means
at hand.
Much faithful work has been done. Twice a week the walks
have been swept on each common ; all paper and refuse picked
up each morning. All seats have been examined and repaired
when necessary. Every other day the beds of flowers and dry
places on the lawns have been wet down during the dry season.
The grass on all the squares has been cut eight times. In Octo-
ber the leaves were raked up.
In November the fountains were covered for winter and seats
taken up and housed. Early in December the grounds were
flowed for skating, and this sport was indulged in until some
time in March.
Thus it will be seen that this department under the care of the
commissioners is an important one, and brings an ample return
for the money expended in the moral and physical wellbeing of
our citizens. More money is needed to facilitate the placing of
flowering shrubs and suitable trees upon our commons. There
should be a special appropriation to cover skating and water
privileges.
The public appreciate and enjoy the band concerts, and it
seems certainly wise to set apart a suitable sum for this purpose.
All electric lighting should be charged to lighting streets.
The city ought to own a two-horse scraper to remove the snow
from the overflowed places so the skaters may constantly enjoy
themselves. No heavy teams should be allowed upon the lawns,
and if these suggestions could be followed during the coming
year our citizens would then take even greater pride than they do
now in these healthful and beautiful resorts.
A summary of the work done on commons is given herewith,
and the cost of the same :
Tools and supplies ...... $84.84
Repairs, fountains, etc. ...... 76.40
Water 700.00
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION.
185
Flowers
Grass seed and dressing
Trees and shrubbery
Light .
Skating
Seats .
Painting
Carriage hire
Labor, per pay-roll
Total .
^202.17
232.09
61.80
36.00
454.33
39.82
15-79
44.00
1,556.22
The above items include ^196 for wood ashes for dressing;
;^7oo paid the board of water commissioners; $186 paid local
florists for flowers ; expenses of skating from December to
March.
STARK PARK.
This park is a favorite resort of our best citizens ; the views
to be obtained up and down the Merrimack are truly most
charming. This park will always have a place in the hearts of
our patriotic citizens on account of its being the burial place of
the Revolutionary hero, John Stark, and much has been done to
beautify this riverside resting place during the last year.
The first work was commenced in January, when a stone wall
was removed that separated the park land from that of the State
Industrial School. This was accomplished by the means of drags
on the snow, and the stone piled up along the route of the drive-
way to be built. In April the cemetery grounds were cleaned,
and also in May before Decoration Day. In June, sixty trees
were removed from the Industrial School land, mostly spruces,
having an average of thirty-five feet in height, and a diameter of
trunk of six inches to a foot. These trees were set out on the
north and south sides of the park, and all lived but four. These
trees added much to the beauty of the landscape. In July
twenty acres of brush and weeds were mowed and cleaned up,
and grading commenced for roadbed of southern driveway.
186 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
During July and August grading was finished and the founda-
tion of stone put in. One hundred forty feet of drain was also
completed and cesspools built. Gutters were paved on both
sides of the driveway eighteen inches wide, extending the entire
length of 656 feet. The foundation of driveway was composed
of large stone which was broken with stone hammers, the stone
coming from the wall, eighty-five loads from North River road
sewer, and over 100 loads from Dodge's ledge close by the park
grounds. After the foundation was prepared a heavy horse road-
roller was hauled over it until the stone was thoroughly bedded.
Over sixty loads of crushed stone were next put on, and finally
the roadbed was served with a binder course of fine Salem stone
and the eighteen-ton road roller used, producing a road that will
last and is a pleasure to drive or walk over, consequently one
that well repays the expense and labor put upon it.
After the driveway was finished, the west slope bordering on
the same was graded with loam taken from the excavated road-
bed, making a very short haul. Ninety dollars worth of ashes
was used on this slope ; it was also seeded down, brushed and
rolled by horse roller. Six iron seats were placed where the
view was best. Ten acres of woodland were cleared and trees
trimmed, all drains cleaned out and fences repaired.
The appropriation should be larger for Stark and Derryfield
parks to enable the commissioners to carry out the plan for im-
proving these locations. Stark park needs more shrubbery ; more
fertilizer is also required. A low stone wall on the east side,
running along the River road, with entrance gates and shelters
for people built out of the same material as the wall,, with tile
roof, about thirty feet long and eight feet wide, similar to those
in Franklin park in Boston, would be a great addition. These
shelters should face the west and be furnished with abundant
seating capacity, thus giving the spectator one of the finest river
views in Manchester.
Much can be done with a little money, and there can be no
doubt that within a few years, if a wise expenditure of the means
appropriated is followed, Stark park will be the pride of our citi-
zens and an ornament to the city.
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION. 187
SUMMARY.
Tools and supplies ....... ^35.00
Stone ......... 204.09
Explosives ........ 25.80
Labor 1,567.84
Total $1,832.73
DERRYFIELD PARK.
Within the past three years the section of land north of Bridge
street, west of Mammoth road, east of Belmont street, and run-
ning north to the Amoskeag Company's land, known as Derry-
field park, has become a very popular resort on account of its ac-
cessibility, its rustic beauty, its high and commanding situation,
and the recent improvements completed under the direction of
the street and park commissioners.
Nowhere has the work of the board been better appreciated
than at Derryfield park. The rapid advance of real estate in the
neighborhood and the erection of many houses has proved the
wisdom of securing this land for park purposes, and more espe-
cially since the building of the high service reservoir, this section
has attracted the attention of our citizens, and the beauties of
the park have become well known and acknowledged.
Work began in February, when the trees that had been blown
down during the winter were removed and cut up and carried to
the city ledge, where they were used in firing up the crusher en-
gine. In April the trees were cut in the grove where it was pro-
posed to build a large circular driveway. Twelve thousand feet
of lumber was sawed from the trees and used for park purposes,
the refuse being hauled to the city ledge. In May the grove was
cleaned up, seats erected, four swings set up, and grading for the
half-mile circular track commenced ; thirty-six men and four
teams were employed. A cut of five feet average was made at
the entrance at Bridge street, and gravel of first quality was taken
out and used to fill the low places and for topdressing. One
188 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
thousand loads of stone from the dump of the high service reser-
voir were used as a foundation course on the east side of the cir-
cle where the land was heavy, this section being filled with stone
to a depth of four feet and to a length of 700 feet. A ditch was
also run under a portion of the roadbed, to drain low places, 500
feet in length. Two cesspools were built where the circle joined
the east road through the grove.
The width of this circle is 34-feet center track, with an 8-foot
width of turfed space, and inside all a lo-foot track for bicycles.
The center is well topdressed with fine white gravel, the bicycle
track topdressed with stone dust from the ledge. The banks on
both sides the circle were turfed, seeded down, and topdressed
with ashes from the city ledge near by. Twenty acres of weeds
and brush were cut and four more swings set up, making eight
swings in all in the park aside from the rope swings. These
wooden swings have been filled every day and added much to
the enjoyment of the children. It can be truthfully affirmed that
during the last summer hundreds have visited this park each day,
and our citizens who know a good horse and love to handle the
reins, and who desire a chance to enjoy a fine drive, can be seen
driving slowly around the circle at this park, while the number
that used the bicycle track cannot be estimated.
Improvements are necessarily the order of the day when there
is such a demand, and much can be done the next season if
the appropriation will allow. A wide speedway has been sug-
gested on Belmont street on the western side of the park, which
should be one hundred feet wide at least, and immediate steps
should be taken to secure this. A drain is needed from Pearl
street to the park land to remove standing water, as the water is
killing out the trees.
A pavilion or large shelter would be a great improvement in
the southern part of the large grove to accommodate the people
in case of rain ; also in case of outdoor meetings, several of
which have been held the past season. Very few of our citizens
are aware of the extensive view of Manchester and the surround-
ing country at the elevation of the high service reservoir, and we
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION,
189
can announce with great satisfaction that a fine macadamized
road is being built by the water commissioners up the hill to the
reservoir, and it is intended to build this road to the extension
of Myrtle or Prospect street, so that a beautiful drive can be
taken over the hill that will overlook the reservoir and the entire
city. An outlook near the reservoir would add still more to the
charm of this locality, and we expect to see one of the finest
parks in New Hampshire within a few years if wise and generous
city governments take this view of the possibilities of Derryfield
park.
The following gives a summary of the cost of work done :
Tools and supplies
Explosives
Signs
Swings .
Labor
Total
33-65
9-75
55-95
3>i27.63
53,326.00
Respectfully submitted.
G. H. STEARNS,
L. P. REYNOLDS,
H. P. SIMPSON,
Street and Park Commission,
REPORT
OF THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
REPORT
OF THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
To the City Councils, the School Board, and Citizens :
Being required in my official capacity as Superintendent of
Public Instruction to report upon public school affairs in the city
of Manchester for the year 1894, I respectfully present the fol-
lowing for such consideration as you may deem the subject and
my treatment of it worthy.
PROSPERITY OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
It gives me pleasure to call your attention to the prosperity of
the public schools. They have been steadily increasing their
pupilage since 1886; and this year, notwithstanding that an un-
usual number of tenements have been vacated on account of the
universal business depression, there has been a larger enrollment
than ever before. The whole number of different pupils in the
public schools of Manchester for 1894 has been 4,975, a gain of
200 pupils over the number enrolled last year. In no previous
year have so' many pupils been entitled to admission to the High
school from the grammar schools. The number was 162 ; and
112 of these entered the High school at the opening of the fall
term, which is a larger number by 29 than ever before entered
this school during any one year.
The phenomenal increase in the enrollment of all the schools
last year, the gain being 477, necessitated the erection of more
schoolhouses ; and the city government provided a substantial
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and commodious, as well as a tasty and unique, schoolhouse,*
containing four rooms, on Pearl street near the corner of Linden
street. This house was first occupied last April, by two primary
schools which were then transferred from the Ash-street house.
The latter house, however, has had its eight rooms completely
filled throughout the rest of the year; and its primary schools,
as well as the lower primary school in the Pearl-street house,
have been so crowded that it is evident there will be need of
opening another school in the Pearl-street house early in 1895,
both to relieve the Ash-street house and to meet the needs of its
own rapidly growing district.
A duplicate of the Pearl-street schoolhouse has also been built
this year by the city government for the benefit of the people in
ward nine. This house is on Rimmon street, at its junction with
Amory street. Two schools were opened in the Rimmon house
at the beginning of the fall term. About 50 pupils were then
transferred to this house from the Main-street school, which was
itself immediately refilled by necessary transfers from the Varney
school and by beginners from its own district ; and the Rimmon
schools were also increased by over 30 other pupils. Some of
these were beginners awaiting the establishment of this school,
while the others came from the parochial schools. Another
school will be opened in the Rimmon schoolhouse at the begin-
ning of next term, and there may be need of still another school
in this same house early in 1895.
HOUSING THE SCHOOLS.
One of the most important matters with which those in author-
ity over the schools have to do, is to secure proper locations and
suitable buildings for housing the schools. To require children
to go an unreasonable distance to school, and then to oblige them
for nine months in the year to occupy buildings which are ill
constructed in respect to light, heat, ventilation, and other sani-
tary arrangements, is substantially to render null and void nearly
all the essentials for which children are schooled ; because a pri-
* Floor plans designed by Supt. Wm. E. Buck. Architect, Wm. M. Butterfield.
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. 195
mary condition to one's attainment of a noble character, and
even moderate success in life, is that he shall be physically unim-
paired, have good health ; in brief, have " a sound mind in a
sound body."
In order to secure the most desirable locations for schoolhouses,
lots should be purchased in advance of their needs, and as soon
as it is reasonably well settled that a given section of the city is
about to take on a much larger growth. In case any lot should
prove not to be needed, such could doubtless be sold later
for more than enough to cancel its cost and all loss of inter-
est. Recent experience proves the utility of the policy advo-
cated. Call to mind the fine lot, and the desirable location of
it, secured for the Pearl-street school ; then think of the diffi-
culty, the expense, and fruitless efforts made this year to relieve
the overcrowded condition of the Lincoln-street, Wilson Hill,
and Training schools, the failure being chiefly due to the impos-
sibility of finding a lot so suitable that all concerned could
agree upon one.
THE SCHOOL BOARD AN INDEPENDENT BODY.
By these considerations, I am reminded that a large majority
of the members of every one of our school boards for at least the
past fifteen years has felt the propriety and desirability of having
such matters as the selection and purchase of schoolhouse lots,
the adoption of plans for schoolhouses, as well as the construc-
tion of them, and the selection and purchase of furniture for the
schools, as well as of all other school appliances, left wholly to
the school board. And w^hy not .'' If there is propriety in hav-
ing those persons who may be selected as water commissioners
given full control of the city water department, is there not equal
propriety in having all affairs pertaining to the school depart-
ment wholly in the hands of those selected for its special care?
Are not those men selected on account of their fitness to care for
the moral and intellectual interests of children at school equally
competent to care for their physical environments ? And is
there consistency or reasonableness in holding a school board
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responsible for the condition of such environments when the
board has no power to command the funds necessary to make
them right ?
In short, ought not all things pertaining to the management
of the schools to be entirely under the control of the board chosen
to give them special care ? Have not the fifteen or twenty men
upon the school boards in past years shown themselves as compe-
tent and worthy to be wholly entrusted with the care of their one
department as have the thirty-five or forty men who have for the
same years been elected to membership in the city councils and
therein exercised absolute control over many, great, and diversi-
fied interests? It will be readily conceded by all, I think, that
the school board would manage the schools as wisely, economi-
cally, more opportunely, and with greater efficiency, if wholly
responsible for all the affairs of the department and given full
powers for its proper conduct. May it not, therefore, be expected
that every city official, as well as all good citizens, will be suffi-
ciently interested to make' an effort to have the school board
given exclusive authority over all matters pertaining to the man-
agement of the public schools ?
It gives me pleasure in this connection to testify to the hearty
interest and efficient action of Mayors Knowlton and Worthen,
as chairmen of the school board for the periods during which
they have respectively served, in materially aiding the board to
promote the general efficiency of the schools ; particularly in
securing the two new and much needed schoolhouses on Pearl
and Rimmon streets.
His Honor, the incoming mayor, will also have ample oppor-
tunity to exercise his ability in aiding the board to solve even
more complex problems now confronting the city for the relief
of overcrowded schools ; and it may be well here to set forth
somewhat at length the need of a new high school building, and
of other school accommodations.
There has for several years been need of better High school ac-
commodations ; and now, it seems to me, the need is both im-
perative and immediate. I quote upon this subject from the
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. 197
School Report of 1S90 as follows : " The High school needs an
addition of four recitation rooms, which would allow the two on
the west of the assembly room to be added to that room, making
it a fairly well lighted one and of sufficient size for the present
needs of the school. As at present arranged, the assembly room
is dark, gloomy, and poorly ventilated. Under the new recita-
tion rooms should be a gymnasium and a drill hall for the use of
both boys and girls. A much better scheme would be to build
a new High school house on a suitable lot nearer the center of
the city and use the present High school house instead of erect-
ing a new building on the Bridge-street lot." *
Only about a month ago I received the following note from
the principal of the High school :
High School, November 23, 1894.
IVm. E. Buck, Superintendent of Schools :
Dear Sir, — Our study room has been so dark today that at
the end of the fourth period I dismissed those who had no more
recitations.
We shall have some new gas burners soon and then we shall be
able to study by gaslight when necessary.
Respectfully,
ALBERT SOMES.
Comment upon this note hardly seems necessary, when it is
borne in mind that the High school closes all its exercises daily
at one o'clock in the afternoon. But it is an unpleasant fact, of
which I am personally cognizant, that many pupils who were not
aware they had any eye trouble before their attendance upon the
High school have been obliged to make permanent use of glasses
not long after entering this school ; and I am of the opinion that
any competent board of oculists, called upon to examine and re-
port the conditions for study in the assembly room of our High
school house, would declare the lack of sufficient light there
highly injurious to the eyesight of pupils, and promptly condemn
the use of the room for the purpose to which it is put.
* By Charles H. Manning, for the School Board.
198 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
The High school has been so crowded for the past four years, at
least, that its efficiency has been impaired for lack of the two ad-
ditional recitation rooms that were needed in 1890, when the
matter of the quotation above given from the report for that year
was presented to the city councils. At the present time the needs
of the High school are much greater ; and I here present its case
and the needed relief that might be, afforded the Lincoln-street,
Wilson Hill, Training, Ash-street, and Lowell-street schools, by
using the present High school building for grammar and lower
grade schools and constructing a new building for the High
school. The following is a copy of my report upon this subject
as presented to the school board at its regular meeting in Novem-
ber :
" The High school has 266 pupils. The assembly room seats
but 187 pupils. The freshman class is so large (112) that it
should be divided for recitation purposes into five divisions, in-
stead of four as at present. This would necessitate the employ-
ment of another teacher, for whom no recitation room is availa-
ble. Indeed, under existing conditions, the room fitted up for
the exclusive use of instruction in drawing, as well as a small
room fit only for a library or a supply room, have now to be
used at great inconvenience for recitation purposes.
" For the good of the schools and the credit of the city alike,
there should be procured at the earliest possible moment far su-
perior accommodations for the use of our city High school ; so
also for the manual training school and the evening drawing
school. The needed accommodations could all be provided in
one building, erected especially for the purposes named.
" Moreover, the rooms now occupied by the manual training and
the evening drawing schools are greatly needed for other school
purposes. The room on Lowell street, occupied by the manual
training school, is sorely needed f<:>r another day school, to re-
lieve the already overcrowded primary schools in the same build-
ing ; and the rooms on Spring street, occupied by the evening
drawing schools, are needed for the use of the girls' evening
schools for instruction in the common English branches. The
REPORT OP THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. 199
young ladies attending these schools are obliged, under present
arrangements, to occupy, much to their discomfort, school desks
designed for the use of lower grammar and middle school pupils.
" Again, the unfitness of accommodations for school purposes at
the Wilson Hill schoolhouse, as well as the unfitness of the two
rooms occupied by schools on the third floor of the Lincoln-
street schoolhouse, the overcrowded condition of the Training
school, and another threatened overcrowded condition of some
rooms in the Ash-street schoolhouse, all conspire to suggest a
suitable and economical use of the present High school build-
ing for schools below the High school grade. If the present
High school building were now available for the use of other
schools, there could doubtless be made such a selection -of pupils
from the Wilson Hill and Lincoln-street schools as would per-
mit of the organization of four or more schools, whose pupils
would be well accommodated in the present High school build-
ing, with opportunity for the transfer of the remaining Wilson
Hill pupils to the Lincoln-street house, thus doing entirely away
with the need of the Wilson Hill house. Another school could
also now be organized in the present High school building from
the surplus of pupils in the Training and Ash-street schools.
These changes might postpone (perhaps, indeed, for many years)
the otherwise needed early supply of two schoolhouses whose erec-
tion has recently been urged, one in the Lincoln-street district
and one at the corner of Bridge and Union streets, because of
failure to secure from the city government, when attempted a few
years since, the action necessary for the early materialization of
a new and suitable building for the High school, so sadly needed
today.
'• I call the attention of the board to these matters at this time
because, first, they need early and prompt attention ; second,
due consideration given this matter now may in the end save the
city many dollars ; and, third, the people want, and can now
best co-operate to secure, those arrangements for the housing of
their children at school which are wisest and most economical.
The time, too, has now come when it should be decided whether
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the present High school building shall be made over or a new
one built ; for it must be evident to all who will examine the
facts of increased attendance upon every grade of our schools,
and the unfitness of many rooms for school purposes, that greatly
improved accommodations are absolutely and immediately needed
for the use of the High and other schools ; and that unless they
are furnished by the erection of a new house for the High school,
other school houses for other grades will need to be erected be-
fore next September, and the needs of the High school would
still remain unsupplied.
" Permit me to advi:e the reference of the foregoing suggestions
and the whole matter of better school accommodations, to the
High school sub-committee for report at the next meeting of the
board, in order that the board may, at the opening of the year,
ask the new city government for such additional and improved
arrangements for the housing of the schools as may after careful
consideration be deemed necessary and best ; for the city gov-
ernment can early in the year most conveniently arrange for suf-
ficient appropriations and other necessities for speedily building
new schoolhouses.*"
Since the foregoing was presented, I have investigated the
number of pupils who have their residences in such places as
would enable them conveniently to attend school in the present
High-school building, including only those pupils who belong
to the fourth division grammar, the middle, and the primary
grades in the Ash-street, Lincoln-street, Wilson Hill, and Train-
ing-school buildings. The results of this investigation make it
evident that, if the proposed plan of using the present High-
school building for lower grade schools were made effective, the
schoolhouse lot at the corner of Bridge and Union streets would
not be needed for many years, perhaps never; and it also ap-
pears without doubt that the Wilson Hill school could be dis-
continued and its pupils all transferred to either the Lincoln-
street or the present High school building, and that theLincoln-
* This matter lias since been referred to the city councils, with request for a supply
of needed accommodations.
REPORT or THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. 201
Street school could have so many of its pupils transferred to the
present High school building and to the Training school as
would relieve it of the two small schools now upon its third
floor, and also be relieved of enough pupils in its other rooms to
enable it to receive its quota from the Wilson Hill house.
Another section of the city that will soon be demanding more
and better schoolroom accommodations is that known as the
South Main-street district. The present schoolhouse (like that
at Wilson Hill) is old, narrow, lacking proper ventilation, and
insufficient in floor space. The two rooms in this house cannot
each well accommodate more than 42 pupils, and during the
spring term there were 62 pupils in the lower primary room.
An extra teacher was then hired to take charge of 15 to 20
pupils in an entry way hardly large enough to contain them, be-
cause there was no other place available for their care. Notwith-
standing an entire class was promoted from this lower primary
room at the close of the spring term, 65 pupils sought admission
to it at the opening of the fall term. To relieve this room, 20
pupils were transfen-ed to the Varney house, from which 20 were
forced to the North Main-street house, and from there 50 to the
new Rimmon school, — all of those whose residence would rea-
sonably permit of such transfer. The rooms of the Varney
schoolhouse are full, the South Main-street section is becoming
more and more densely populated, and a new schoolhouse in this
locality as large as the Rimmon house would not be greater by
more than one room (to provide for future growth) than the
needs of the South Main-street district would demand by the
time a suitable house could be provided, even though prepara-
tions for it should be commenced at once.
ORGANIZATION.
The average number of schools for the entire year has been
100, as follows : The equivalent of 8 in the High school build-
ing; 26 grammar-school divisions; 20 middle schools, another
also for one term (two more than last year) ; 39 primary schools
(two more than last year) ; 2 partially graded schools, and 5 un-
graded or suburban.
202 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
This shows a gain of four schools over the number of last
year. The new ones are a primary at Hallsville,* another (one
of the two transferred from the Ash-street house in April) at the
Pearl-street house, one at the Lowell-street house for two terms
and another at the new Rimmon house for one term (the two
last named being equivalent to one school for the entire year) ;
also a middle school at Hallsville, another in the new Rimmon
house (for one term), and one at the Webster-street house which
was a primary last year. Hence the primaries are increased by
two schools instead of three as might at first appear.
The four additional schools for the entire year, and another
for one term, have been necessitated by the annual increase in
the pupilage of the schools. The gain for the year in the ele-
mentary schools has been i8i, or an average of 42 pupils for
each one of the new schools during the time of its existence.
Four rooms in the Training school for teachers have been cared
for by the principal and her assistant f; and hence the 100
schools have had for the entire year 98 teachers plus the number
of masters' assistants, or 6, | and 3 special teachers, — i each in
music, drawing, and manual training. There have, therefore,
been employed the equivalent of 107 teachers for the year.
THIS year's improvements.
The salaries of the lady teachers in the grammar grades have
this year been justly increased, and it is therefore hoped that
our more worthy teachers of this class, at least, will not hence-
forth be so readily hired to go elsewhere.
It gives me pleasure also to note that, by a pending amend-
ment to the rules of the board, it is proposed to make alike the
salaries of all lady teachers below the grade of master's assistant.
This is right, for the responsibilities, duties, anxieties, and labors
* In existence but one term last year, as was another at Webster street, and also the one
transferred from the Ash street to Pearl street. The three were therefore then reckoned as
equivalent to but one school for the entire year.
t Assisted by the youi:g ladies constituting the sub-teachers' classes.
t The one at Hallsville for only one term, with the middle-school teacher for one term at
the Rimmon schoolhouse, makes the equivalent of one teacher for two terms.
KEPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. 203
of the lower primary grade teachers are not second even to those
of a master's assistant. Nor could it be expected that teachers
of the lower grades, though perhaps conscious of their ability to
do their best work in those grades, would therein long remain
content when equally conscious of ability properly to teach a
grammar grade, and the importance of the latter is magnified by
a discrimination in the amount of the salary thereto affixed.
The work of our schools during the past year has been im-
proved all along the line of their studies, under the direction of
both regular and special teachers, particularly by an effort so to
correlate all studies that whatever might be done for each study
should result, to a greater or less degree, in promoting a better
understanding of every one of all the other studies; as, for in-
stance, the mutually reciprocal relations of geography and his-
tory would be properly treated while either subject might be the
main topic of recitation, and at the same time instruction in
language would be incidentally given by insistence upon a proper
use of it in every recitation.
Greatest improvement has perhaps been made manifest in the
extent and character of the instruction given in nature studies,
plant life predominating. The exhibits made in the schools last
June of what the pupils had learned and done in this matter
were surprising revelations of what can be accomplished in odd
moments, as it were, when children are given a subject that in-
tensely interests them. The improved treatment of nature
studies and their voluntary consideration in all the schools were
doubtless largely due to the supply of helpful text-books fur-
nished teachers early in the year, as follows :
Pratt's Fairyland of Flowers. — One copy for the two primary
teachers in each building ; one for the two middle-school teach-
ers ; one for the third and fourth division grammar-school
teachers.
Spalding's Introduction to Botany. — One copy for the first
and second division grammar-school teachers.
Newell's Seed to Leaf. — One copy for the two middle-school
teachers ; one for the third and fourth division grammar-school
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teachers ; one for the first and second division grammar-school
teachers.
Newell's Flower and Fruit. — Assignment the same as for
" Seed to Leaf."
Newell's Botany Reader, Part I. — Three copies for second
division grammar grade.
Newell's Botany Reader, Part II. — Three copies for the first
division grammar grade.
All of Newell's books, in any building, are understood to be
accessible to every teacher for purposes of consultation or refer-
ence ; and three of a kind may occasionally be borrowed for a
reading lesson, by the class, of matter found adapted and desir-
able for such use.
The relation of language to the observations made and the facts
discovered in the pursuit of nature studies causes so frequent and
necessary exercises in language, by way of definitions, descrip-
tions, etc, that the perfect naturalness and the great utility of the
correlation of studies is here highly manifest. It may be also
said that because teachers have come to realize that no Slovenish
work should be allowed in the use of language, whatever be the
occasion of its use, the schools have for this reason made great
advances the past two years in the character and efficiency of the
instruction afforded in the study of language.
The board has this year also enlarged the supply of another
means of training and culture that will forever prove a great
blessing to all the children in our public schools. I refer to the
books purchased as supplementary readers. These consist of
geographical and historical readers, and still more valuable works
containing in part the writings of such eminent authors as Hans
Andersen, Scudder, Hawthorne, Irving, Scott, Dickens, Lowell,
Longfellow, Whittier, Holmes, Emerson, Webster, Everett, and
others of our more eminent statesmen. This supply, compared
to the field it is designed to cover, is quite limited ; and we nat-
urally recur for help to the source availed of for several years by
many other cities, to find the more extended aid felt necessary
for the formation of right habits in reading among the members
of the rising generation. This involves a consideration of the
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. 205
RELATIONS OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Remembering that some men have appeared to become emi-
nent as a consequence of reading a meager amount of choice
books, many times over, there may be those who would say that
children of the present day read too much, that we should curb
rather than encourage extensive reading upon the part of chil-
dren. In reply, it must be said that conditions have so changed
that the extent of children's reading is beyond the control not
only of school boards but also of parents, in general. It is well
known, too, that nearly all children who can read at all fluently
do read quite extendedly. It is not, therefore, a question whether
children shall read much, or not, but whether we should in this
very important matter try to train them, as in other matters of
importance, for their highest good.
There is a difference in the general intelligence of pupils in
similar grades of school not farther apart than dissimilar locali-
ties of the same city, so manifest that even a casual visitor might
discern it, which intellectual difference, if investigated for its
cause, would be found to lie most largely in the different quality
of, the private reading matter of pupils. It has become a matter
of common recognition that most youthful criminals have become
such through the influence of vicious reading, and it is equally
well known that in general those old in crime began their down-
ward careers early in life. Is it not then quite probable that by
the training of children to right habits in reading some would be
saved from prison, or the gallows, and nearly all be led to a high
appreciation of the communion that may be had through the
silent page with the best thoughts of the best minds that the
world has produced ? Experience has shown that even children
whose taste for good reading has been properly cultivated will
eschew that which is unworthy of their time and attention. Be-
cause of this, leading educators have sought means for the gen-
eral establishment of right reading habits in children. The
school reader being insufficient, supplementary reading matter
containing more extended selections from best authors was
brought into the schools. This proved the utility of what was
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being attempted ; children were delighted, but their needs de-
manded so much more similar material that the thousands in the
schools could not be furnished through the school department
alone, and hence extensive use has been made of the public
library in all parts of the country. In 1886, and once previ-
ously, an attempt was here made sufficiently to supply the public
schools with books from the public library ; but failure was the
result, chiefly because of the lack of a modern system of handling
the books at the library.
The vice-chairman of the school board, a gentleman always
deeply interested in this subject and quick to recognize the recent
highly improved facilities for the distribution of books at the
public library, a few weeks since called attention to the import-
ance of this matter and urged a renewed attempt to secure the
co-operation of the authorities over our public library in behalf
of our schools, assuring us of the cordial and enthusiastic aid of
the librarian. Miss Kate E. Sanborn.
Acting under your instructions, the vice-chairman, greatly
aided by the librarian, has nearly perfected a plan for a proper
utilization of the public library by the older pupils in our schools.
The object is two-fold ; for it contemplates both the establish-
ment of an intellectual relish, or taste, for reading matter of the
right character and likewise such training as will cause pupils to
appreciate the value of a good library, as well as such instruction
as will enable them to know how to use it. It is expected that
the plan for a distribution of public-library books through the
aid of the public school teachers to their pupils will be put in
active operation early in 1895.
CONCLUSION.
Thanking the members of the school board and of the city
councils, as well as many citizens and all teachers of our pub-
lic schools, for encouraging words, good advice, efficient aid,
and kindly consideration, I submit the foregoing as my report
upon the public schools of the city for the last twelve months.
WILLIAM E. BUCK,
Superintendent.
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. 207
Report of Miss Caroline E. Wing, Principal of City
Training School for Teachers.
In accordance with the request of William E. Buck, superin-
tendent of schools, I respectfully submit the following report :
It is now generally recognized that the profession of teaching
requires for its pursuit, proper and adequate training. We are
working with boys and girls who are to be the men and women
of the future. Through the teacher the general culture and
knowledge of the present is transmitted to the future. If we are
performing the work in its highest sense, it must necessarily mean
a constant growth on the part of the teacher, as well as of the
child. Education does not mean pouring so much knowledge
into a child, or covering the ground laid down by the course of
study. It is to so develop and train the child that he may be
able to do the most for himself and for others in the best way.
These results are better obtained if the teacher has had some pre-
vious preparation for the work.
The object of the Training school is not to furnish employment
to all those who may desire. It is to select from the applicants
those who after a trial of six months have best proved to us that
they have the ability to teach others. By so doing we insure for
the schools of the city those who have been trained and are able
to make progress for themselves and direct and control others in
acquiring knowledge.
Although it is not possible to warrant the success of each indi-
vidual as the vender does his wares upon the street, at the same
time we may feel reasonably sure of the success of each. As a
general thing after leaving the school the growth of the young
teachers has been continuous.
The general conditions and regulations of the school remain
unchanged. Since January i, 1894, substitutes have been fur-
nished for two hundred and eighty-one sessions of school.
The greater amount of work accomplished the past year I deem
due to the help given me by the assistant principal, Miss Annie
W. Cofran, and to the more suitable accommodations fur-
208 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
nished by the board. The young ladies generally have been
willing, faithful, and enthusiastic, securing for themselves good
results and seeking to raise the standard of the school.
Fully appreciating the kindness of the committee and superin-
tendent in granting my many requests, I still think that the work
of the school is very much hampered by the lack of room for the
Training class, as well as more apparatus and additional grades
of school.
It is not reasonable or just to expect a young teacher to at-
tain as good results in teaching a grammar or middle school,
when she has never had training in those grades, as one who has
had such training. I strongly advise that the Training school
be put into a building where there are middle as well as primary
grades. More room for the special use of the Training class
and more apparatus are also needed.
CAROLINE E. WING,
0 Principal of the Training School.
Report of Mr. Fred E. Browne, Principal of the Man-
ual Training School.
In compliance with your request I submit the following report
of the manual training school for the past year :
The interest in this line of our school work is still very mani-
fest, and, as one might say, " at high tide."
I have had under my instruction in this department the past
year 259 different pupils. The work as a whole has been very
good, some excellent ; but we are still aiming for something
higher.
We are laboring under difficulties to some extent, owing to
lack of room and equipment.
The course of study for the year has been the same as for last
year with the addition of advanced study for the second year's
course, consisting in part of dovetailing, making small boxes
(dovetailed together), and making working drawings from models.
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. 209
The second year's course is very much crippled from lack of
power and lathes. The variety and attractiveness of the work
under more favorable conditions could be very much increased.
The desire which is expressed by pupils to make something use-
ful or ornamental should be encouraged, but from lack of room
and equipment we can not do this as we would like. Brackets,
book cabinets, corner cabinets, wall pockets, and many other ar-
ticles would be more attractive and beneficial, thereby putting
into practice features which have been impressed on the mind
and the application of certain features to actual work.
If not out of place, I would like to give a few points open for
improvement as seen from the standpoint of an instructor.
First, a location as nearly central as can be, that pupils from
the several schools may all receive instruction at the same place,
by which means far better results can be reached. This is true
to a larger extent than an outside party would at first suppose.
The school at present is divided into three sections, and suffers
in consequence for many reasons I will not lake space to men-
tion. The fact remains that better results can be reached if all
classes attend the same place.
Secondly, let the room be fitted up with about twenty-two
benches, two or three ten or twelve inch lathes, and a small jig or
band saw, with power. This provides for classes of about twenty-
five pupils each. Each class should have at least two hours for
each lesson, the time to be divided between drawing, lathes, and
bench work, at discretion of the instructor.
The time now given each class is too short in which to reach
the best results. The pupil gets thoroughly interested in his
work and is called upon to stop. One half hour now is worth
more to the pupil than three fourths or even an hour in some
cases in the beginning of the lesson. This has been proven to
be true repeatedly when I have allowed pupils to remain after
school hours, or time of closing. The requests for permission to
remain after school are numerous; and I have granted them as
far as I have been able, though not as much as I should like, be-
cause of other work which has required my attention.
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210 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
The arguments in favor of a two hour session are many. I
only mention one or two. The sessions of the several classes
should be of equal duration. At present a portion of the classes
get only one and one half hours, while others get one and three
fourths and two hours. If the length of sessions be equalized the
number of sessions would have to be decreased from fourteen or
fifteen per week to ten per week, members in each class necessa-
rily increased. The only drawback I can see to the above plan
is the probable call for an assistant teacher on account of large
numbers in classes, and the variety of work being done ; but
would not the plain results justify the outlay in this instance ^
Let us look to it that this school be made a success and no back-
ward steps be taken.
A few words from others who are interested :
From Minneapolis : " Manual training helps to hold pupils in
school. It has already had its effect with us. . . . The manual
training has reacted upon the intellectual training. The mind
once aroused to take an intelligent interest in one thing quickly
extends that interest to other things."
From Philadelphia : "Judging from the experience of the past
three years we have no doubt that in June next two hundred or
more properly qualified applicants will be turned away for the
lack of accommodations." The above was written in 1888 or
1889.
From New York : '' Manual training does not mean merely the
training of the hand ; it means the training of every faculty. . . .
We aim at no specialty of any kind ; no carpentry, no particu-
lar art in designing or modeling, cooking, sewing, geometry, or
mechanical drawing as such ; they aim simply at a rational means
to obtain and transmit useful knowledge."
From " Self Help," by Samuel Smiles : " The use of early la-
bor in self-imposed mechanical employments is curiously illus-
trated by the boyhood of Sir Isaac Newton, Though a compar-
atively dull scholar, he was most assiduous in the use of his saw,
hammer, and hatchet — knocking and hammering in his lodging
room, — making models of windmills, carriages, and machines of
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. 211
all sorts. Smeaton, Watt, and Stephenson were equally handy
with tools when mere boys, and but for such kind of self-culture
in their youth it is doubtful whether they would have accom-
plished so much in their manhood."
I would like to take this opportunity to thank all with whom
I have had to do for all kind words and co-operation ; also to ask
parents and citizens to come in and see what "our boys " are
doing.
Respectfully submitted.
FRED E. BROWNE.
Report of Miss C. J. Emmins, Special Teacher of
Drawing.
Looking backward at the year's work in drawing, I take pleas-
ure in reporting a thoroughly satisfactory rate of progress.
Never before in the many years of my supervising and teaching
drawing have I been so delighted with the work of pupils as
during the opening months of the fall term. The long summer
vacation seemed as if it had never been ; if anything the pupils
seemed to do even better when school began than toward the
close in June. No better test could be given of the lasting
effects of the principles taught and that the proper free handling
of pencil was indeed a habit. The quality of line, soft and
gray, was general, and some very beautiful Avork was done.
In one school, the experiment was tried of allowing the pupils
of the highest grammar class to make drawings of some difficult
casts which were loaned from the High school. The experiment
was highly successful. I hoped to introduce casts in all the
higher grades but there came a temporary interruption to all
school work and this advance was deferred till next year.
Drawing in general is taught as outlined in last year's work.
The work in the High school is especially good in water-color.
The September entering class has worked in crayon light and
shade instead of charcoal. But one lesson a week has been
212 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
given each class since September, instead of two as heretofore.
Many classes and limited time necessitated. A number of pupils
in the higher classes have taken up drawing this year who are
looking forward to being teachers. In the near future, this will
probably lessen the time which now has to be given to the prac-
tice, in the training school, and allow more for theory of teach-
ing.
Drawing was introduced into the suburban schools the past
year. The teachers met me at the High school, one afternoon
each month, for instruction and brought the work of pupils for
inspection. Although this has been a part of the regular course
in these schools for so short a time, the work done will compare
very favorably with that of the city schools. Great interest in
the study is reported by the teachers.
The masters' assistants in five buildings were dismissed for
several Friday afternoons in the early part of the year, to meet
me at the High school drawing room, for instruction in advanced
drawing and practice in light and shade (charcoal). This has
been very helpful to the work not only of the highest grammar
classes but to others in the respective buildings. I hope more
such opportunities will be given to increase the capacity for ad-
vanced work. Teachers' meetings held between 4.30 and 6
p. M., when there are no facilities for actual practice in drawing
and when the energies are jaded from the day's exhaustive effort,
however willing the spirit, limit the advance to a certain point.
Two hours of daylight would be worth much more.
The use of drawing as an aid to other studies is gaining, but
not yet carried as far as its value as a means of expressing
thought would warrant. Perhaps if teachers in general had a
little more themselves of the confidence that would come from
practice in sketching and so could offer suggestions to pupils,
the advance would be more rapid. A small class of teachers has
met me once a week for this purpose for the last few months.
In one building time is set apart for sketching, and two teachers
give lessons in other rooms than their own. This is a movement
in the right direction that I wish might spread.
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. 213
The decoration of schoolrooms with reproductions of works of
art goes steadily onward. This movement seems to me the most
important of all in the school of today. That the thousands of
children in the public schools should sit, for the forming years of
their lives, in rooms where there hang around them reproduc-
tions of the noble works of art of the centuries — this in itself
is a great thing. It is also a great thing that the small number
of pupils who have been gifted with the divine power which
makes a great artist should be encouraged in the development
of this power. But to reach the ideal and give the children
surroundings that shall lead them to a better understanding and
enjoyment of their environment — both in Nature and in Art —
and awaken in them the slumbering consciousness that they, too,
may learn to create things of use and beauty for the help and
happiness of their fellows, this is most of all a great thing.
This question comes to us all at some time or other, ' ' What
does today's civilization amount to and what are we all working
for? " For the large majority there seems to be little in life ex-
cept to earn a bare subsistence, and this labor is directed almost
exclusively to the mere satisfaction of the animal needs of the
race, — food, shelter, and clothing. A glutted labor market and
starvation in the midst of earth's plentiful material resources
periodically results.
The trouble is that the capacity for productive work is not be-
ing half exercised. There is need for work broader in scope
and appealing to the best in man, to the instinctive desire for
unselfish production and to do something which shall be the ex-
pression of some spiritual need or desire.
" The public schools do not exist to make specialists in any
branches of labor. But they should exist to reveal to the child
the powers of his being, opening the doors of earth's treasure-
house, showing him the ways, that at least he may choose which
path he will."
Let us teach the children a love for the beautiful as seen in
picture, building, statue, and book — the "infinite riches in a
little room." Let us make a concerted effort to have our school-
214 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
room walls decorated with reproductions of the wealth of the , J
world in the form of beautiful temples, paintings and statues 1
which are so easily obtained and so inexpensive.
In the words of Morris, "What I want to do is to put defi-
nitely before you a cause for which to strive. That cause is the
democracy of art, the ennobling of daily and common work,
which will one day put hope and pleasure in the place of fear
and pain as the forces which move men to labor and keep the
world a-going."
In conclusion I wish to give thanks to the teachers for their
most earnest co-operation, and to the superintendent for uplift-
ing counsel, and to the members of the school board for their
kind support.
Respectfully submitted.
CHARLOTTE J. EMMINS.
APPENDIX.
I. Population, etc.
II. SCHOOLHOUSES.
III. Schools.
IV. Teachers.
V. Pupils.
VI. Truancy.
VII. Finance.
VIII. School Year, 1894.
IX. High School Graduating Class.
X. Winners of Clarke Prizes.
XI. Organization of Committees, 1895.
XII. List of Teachers, 1895.
XIII. School Year, 1895.
APPENDIX.
STATISTICS.
I.— Population.
Population of the city by last census, 1S90 . . 43)98:
Legal school age, 5 to 21.
II.— Schoolhouses.
Number of schoolhouses in use ...... 24
Number of schoolhouses not in use .._.,. i
(Old house in Hallsville.)
Number of schoolrooms used for day schools* . . . 102
(Five of the same, and two others, used for evening schools. Rooms unoc-
cupied by city for day schools are two at Spring-street hotise, and four at the
School-street house.)
Number of rooms used for High-school classes . ■ . .8
Number of rooms used for Grammar schools . . .26
Number of rooms used for Middle schools "^^ . . .21
Number of rooms used for Primary schools * . . .40
Number of rooms used for Partially Graded schools . .2
Number of rooms used for Ungraded schools ... 5
III.— Schools.
(All for both sexes.)
Number of High schools (buildings) .
)None exclusively Grammar.)
* Some of them for a single term, only.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. 217
Number of combined Grammar and lower grade (Middle
and Primary) schools . . . . . . .10
Number of combined Middle and Primary schools . .■ 3
Number of schools all Primary grade ..... 5
Number of Ungraded schools ...... 5
IV.— Teachers.
Male teachers in the High school
Female teachers in the High school .
Male teachers in the Grammar schools
Female teachers in the Grammar schools * .
Female teachers in the Middle schools*
Female teachers in the Primary schools f .
Female teachers in the partially graded schools
Female teachers in the Ungraded schools .
Special teachers .....
Average number of male teachers X .
Average number of female teachers J §
Male teachers in the evening schools .
Female teachers in the evening schools
Averag^e number of male teachers in the evening schools
Average number of female teachers in the evening schools
Male teachers in the evening Drawing schools .
Average number of male teachers in the evening Drawing
schools ......... 2
* Six of the 26 are masters' assistants, and i of the 22 is assistant to the principal of the
Training school.
t Three of the 39 primaries were in the Training school. They had no regular teachers,
being taught by sub-teachers under the direction of the principal, who, for convenience, is
reckoned among the middle-school teachers.
t Exclusive of special teachers.
§<)ne of the masters' assistants and one of the middle-school teachers were employed for
only one term each.
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QAY SCHOOLS.
Summary of attendance upon the several grades of public day-
schools for the year 1894 :
High
Grammar
Middle
Primary
Partially graded..
Ungraded
Totals, 1894
Totals, 1893
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3,425
3,111
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EVENING SCHOOLS.
Summary of attendance upon the several grades of public
evening schools for the year 1894:
City hall
Spring street.
School street.
Drawing schools
r Mechanical .. .
( Architectural .
Totals, 1894.
Totals, 1893..
Whole number
different pupils.
Boys. Girls.
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690
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Evening School I'eachers.
Charles E. Cochran, principal of City Hall school, for boys.
Assistants — Arthur W, Morgan, William J. Mooar, Honorie
J. Crough, Gertrude A. Burns, and Mary A. Walker.
Etta F. Boardman, principal of Spring-street school, for girls.
Assistants — Lizzie D. Hartford, Maggie Linen, and Hattie S.
Tuttle.
L. H. Carpenter, principal of School-street school, for both
sexes.
Assistants — Isabel Esty and Lottie M. Clement.
Evening Drawing-School Teachers.
John M. Kendall and Henry W. Allen.
(I)
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
225
GENERAL SUMMARY.
The following table presents the main features of interest per-
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3,632
3,670
3,712
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2,445
2,533
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1,820
1,853
1,906
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3,425
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98
116
177
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166
174
194
153
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120
116
l'^9
175
89
71
95
80
96
114
101
103
127
162
71
53
61
58
73
83
69
67
78
112
35
42
42
45
55
33
26
42
41
63
72
74
76
76
75
75
82
87
99
104
*In comparing the pupilage and cost of the schools for any year since 1877 with any
year prior to 1S78, the following facts should receive full consideration : In the reports issued
prior to i86g, so also in the report for 187(1, no care was taken to exclude duplicate enrollments;
and, as a consequence, the number of different pupils represented in the schools for each of the
years prior to 1S69, as well as for the year 1876, is very erroneous. From certain data at hand,
it is likely that the number given for each of the years in question is about i ,000 too large. It is
perfectly evident, from the statistical tables in the reports for the years named, that duplicate
enrollments were not excluded. As a result of the failure to exclude such enrollments, all
pupils enrolled in any grade of school at the opening of the year and p'assing by promotion
to a higher grade before the close of the year would be doubly reported. And as whole
classes, substantially, from every grade in every part of the city become doubly enrolled at the
time of the mid-year promotions, likewise most pupils who change their residence, it is readily
seen how largely erroneous the reports must be that do not provide for the exclusion of all
re-enrollments.
For many years this matter, and the importance of it, has been well understood; and its
failure to receive attention in 1S76 was doubtless accidental. See footnotes on page 51 of
the Report for 1S73, prepared by Superintendent Edgerly ; likewise page 45 of the Report for
1875, prepared by Superintendent Dearborn; and, also, pages so and 51 of the Report for
1877. In consequence of the change mentioned in the last-named report, the only item of
attendance records reported for the years prior to 187S which can with reliability be com-
pared with those reported since 1S77 is the " Average Daily Attendance," and this item is
evidently far from right (as given in the report) for 1866. Since 1877, all of the several
items of attendance record have been based upon uniform data.
t Including grammar classes in suburban schools.
+ Exclusive of special teachers.
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226
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
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 112. Their
respective positions may be learned from the attendance tables on
pages C, D, E, F, G, and H of the Appendix, but the various
changes made within the year can be more readily understood by
an inspection of the following:
Teachers.
Mary E. Bunton.
Lillian Little.
Guy W. Cox.
Edith L. Turner.
At Lowell-street school
At Lowell-street school
At Bakersville school
At Main-street school
At Rimmon school
Date of effect of
resignation.
Mar
Date of begin-
ning service.
Teachers.
23. Eliza P. Dougherty. April
Aug. I. Rosabelle M. Franklin. Sept. 10.
" Harry N. McLaren. " '<
" '^ Clydie M. Flanders. " "
Mary A. Fay. April 9.
Mabel M. Stevens. Sept. 10.
Cora M. Farmer. " "
Hellen Morison. " "
Marcia M. Moore. " "
'94.
Sub-teachers.
Mary A. Fay. Jan. 26
Bertha L. Kemp. " "
Nellie C. Parker. "
Nellie M. Smith.
Cora M. Farmer. June 22, '94.
Clydie M. Flanders. "
Emma B. Abbott. Jan. 25, '95.
Lenora J. Clough. " •'
Marcia M. Moore. " "
Hellen Morison. " "
Maud L. Smith. " "
Hattie S. Tuttle. "
TRAINING SCHOOL.
Graduated. Sub-teachers. Entered.
Mabel L. Howe,* Jan. 29, '94.
Amy K. Northrup. " "
Lizabell Savory. " "
Helen E. True.
Hattie S. Tuttle.
Hattie O. Willand.
Florence L. Abbott. Sept. 10, '94.
Blanche L. Bachelder. " ''
Maude L. Lamprey. " "
Margaret C. Lane. " "
Harriet H. Richardson. " "
Katie E. Bacheller. Dec. 31, '94.
Blanche E. Hicken. " "
Minnie M. Phillips. " "
Dora B. Tuson. " "
* Withdrew, on account of poor health.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. 227
VI — Work of Truant Officer.
January.. .
February .
March
April
May
June . . . . .
September
October . . .
November
December .
Totals
Absentees
reported
from
37
28
34
50
63
19
T4
57
81
25
158
Mo
33
24
15
25
27
17
6
7
31
8
No. volun-
tarily re-
turned to
46
Jlo
32
No. reported
caused to
attend
203
139
75
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6 =«■
iz;
^v.
■ ^"3
10
13
7
24
14
2
10
4
19
7
100
22
Date.
January...
February . .
March
April
May
June
September
October . . .
November..
December .
Totals..
40
23
3
4
3
59
47
21
7
207
No. truants
caused
to attend
92 116
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109
81
69
52
54
21
156
153
184
72
951
85
62
48
94
70
39
94
117
136
45
790
•2 aj'5
P S
38
26
47
16
110
26
43
49
365
228
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
VII.— Finances.— 1 894.
Items of Account.
Salaries of teachers
Books and 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 . . .
Manual Training
Totals
Resources from
appropriations and
transfers.
Expenditures, 1894 .
$63,151.03
$63,151.03
55.92
55.92
4,484.36
4,484.36
58.69
58.69
4,964.67
4,964.67
4,449.15
4,449.15
5,224.27
5,224.27
312.08
312.08
1,530.40
1,530.40
935.61
935.61
442.40
442.40
1,447.54
1,447.54
$87,056.12
$87,056.12
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
Net amount raised by taxation
* See foot-note marked * on page J of this appendix.
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!87,o56.i2
$200.00
200.00
2,300.00
625.00
^90,381. 12
^7,252.97
483.65
229.79
^7,966.41
582,414.71
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. 229
The city valuation for 1894 is $28,391,710; and hence the
rate of school tax for the year is ^82,414.71 ^- $28,391,710, or
.00290 +. Last year the rate was .00220 -\-.
VIII.— School Year.
Winter term of twelve weeks opened January i ; closed March
23. Vacation of two weeks.
Spring term of eleven weeks opened April g; closed June 22.
Vacation of eleven weeks.
Fall term of fourteen weeks opened September 10; closed De-
cember 14. 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, 175.
(Being closed several holidays, days o£ " Teachers' Institutes," and half days on account
of bad weather or insufficient heat.)
IX.— High School Graduation.
Program.
"Gipsy Chorus," from "Bohemian Girl" . . Ba/fe
The Class of '94.
Salutatory, with Essay, "Economy of Time"
Bertha Mae Pattee
"Graduation Galop ". . . . Charles G. Dunnington
'94 Banjo Club.
Ralph W. Fracker. Fred Addison Foster.
Charles G. Dunnington. Frederick Erskine McLaren.
Argyle Thomas Johnson. Walter Taylor Sumner.
Class History .... Theodosia Grant Sargeant
Fantasie for Violin H. Leonara
George Albert Fracker.
Accompaniment by Miss Mamie Fitts, class pianist.
Class Poem, " The Rivalry of Ajax and Ulysses "
Anson G. Osgood
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230 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Chorus, "Anchored" M. Watson
Class of '94.
With solos by Mr. Foster and Miss Bertha Pearl Palmer.
Class Prophecy .... Robert Philbrick Johnston
Pianoforte Solo, Caprice, " Recollections of Home " . Mills
Walter Taylor Sumner.
Class Oration, "The Progress of Education "
William Alfred Phinney
Duet for Banjos Klange
Messrs. Dunnington and Johnson.
Valedictory, with Essay, " Self Reliance "
Clinton Harvey Currier
Chorus, ' ' The Red Scarf " . . . . Theo. Bonheur
The Class, with solo by Mr. Sumner.
Award of Diplomas .... Rev. T. Eaton Clapp
Class Ode.
Graduates.
CLASS
Arthur Jackson^Abbott.
Florence Abbott.
Katie E. Batchelder.
Irving Bodwell.
Eugene Freeman Clough.
Bessie Allan Cochran.
Clinton Harvey Currier.
Grace Evangeline Downer.
Ella Mabel Dowst.
Charles G. Dunnington.
Helen Maud Eddy.
Raymond L. Everett.
E. Irving Farrington.
Isaac Byron Fellows.
James Briggs Fitch.
Mamie Fitts.
OF 94.
Harry B. Marshall.
Oriola Eleanor Martin.
Belle McCrillis.
Fred Erskine McLaren.
Myra Moore.
Anson G. Osgood.
Bertha Pearl Palmer.
Bertha Mae Pattee.
Grace Mabel Perkins.
Grace Alice Phillips.
William Alfred Phinney.
Franklin Pierce Plummer.
Benjamin Price.
Florence Richardson.
Charles Augustus Robie.
Mabel Florence Robinson.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. 231
Bernice Neil Fletcher.
Blanche May Folsoni.
Mae Belle Ford.
Fred Addison Foster.
George Albert Fracker.
Ralph W. Fracker.
Maude Margaret Greaney.
Amy Florence Heath.
Mary Lydia Heath.
Etta Blanche Holt.
Eva Ellen Jackson.
Argyle Thomas Johnson.
Robert Philbrick Johnston.
Lena Marston Josselyn.
Edwin Scott Lane.
Alice Gertrude Lovering.
Ernest Clinton Rowell.
Theodosia Grant Sargeant.
Clinton Homer Scovell.
Woodbury John Scribner.
Maggie Shay.
Frank Herman Shilvock.
Mark Herbert Simpkins.
Natt Head Smith.
Walter Taylor Sumner.
Dora Belle Tuson.
Lula Agnes Wasley.
Herbert Leslie Watson.
George Clarence Wilkins.
Almond DeForest Woodman.
Annie Morrill Vose.
HONOR SCHOLARS.
Classical Course
(^ollege Course
Four Years' English Course
Three Years' English Course
Scientific Course
Clinton Harvey Currier
Theodosia Grant Sargeant
Maggie Shay
Bertha Mae Pattee
. E. Irving Farrington
X. — Winners of Clarke Prizes.
FOR EXCELLENCE IN ELOCUTION AT CONTEST, JANUARY 26, 1 894.
Maud M. Davis, ^16.
Lynn B. Hammond, ^14.
Mamie A. Murphy, $10.
Gladys M. Baker, ^8.
Anson G. Osgood, $t
Grace L. Morrison, $
Emily M. Corey, $2.
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232 ANNUAL OFFICIAL KEPORTS.
XI. — Organization, 1895.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
WILLIAM C. CLARKE, Mayor, 711 Pine street,
Chairman ex officio.
JOHN T. GOTT, Mammoth road,
President of Common Council, ex officio.
Ward I. Waher H. Lewis, 32 Stark.
Walter B. Heath, 1 7 Stark.
Ward 2. Charles H. Manning, 1838 Elm.
Augustus P. Home, 62 Liberty.
Ward 3. George D. Towne, 170 Lowell.
Louis E. Phelps, 103 Walnut.
Ward 4. Nathaniel L. Colby, 348 Manchester.
Charles M. Floyd, 324 Hanover.
Ward 5. James P. Slattery, 217 Central.
William J. Sughrue, 61 Spruce.
Ward 6. Harry I. Dodge, Goffe's Falls.
Herbert E. Richardson, 382 Central.
Ward 7. Marshall P. Hall, 26 Market.
Edward B. Woodbury, i Pleasant.
Ward 8. Luther C. Baldwin, 157 Milford.
Josiah G. Dearborn, 157 Milford.
Ward 9. R. Emmet Walsh, 166 Main.
Jeremiah J. Sullivan, 35 Amory.
VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD.
MARSHATX P. HALL.
CLERK OF THE BOARD.
EDWARD B. WOODBURY.
• SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
WILLIAM E. BUCK.
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EEPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. 233
superintendent's clerk.
FANNIE L. SANBORN.
TRUANT OFFICER.
CURTIS W. DAVIS.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Fina7ice. Mayor Clarke and Messrs. Gott, Hall, Woodbury,
and Richardson.
Salaries. Messrs. Woodbury, Slattery, Heath.
Text-Books. Messrs. Hall, Baldwin, and Dearborn.
Music. Messrs. Lewis, Phelps, Walsh.
Draiving. Messrs. Baldwin, Hall, Slattery.
Manual Training. Messrs. Hall, Baldwin, Floyd.
Examitiation of Teachers. Messrs. Towne, Dearborn, Colby.
Fuel and JIeati?ig. Mr. Phelps, Mayor Clarke, Messrs. Gott,
Manning, Home.
Repaii's. Messrs. Manning, Baldwin, Phelps.
Attendance. Messrs. Sughrue, Lewis, Richardson.
Health. Messrs. Towne, Dodge, Sullivan.
SUB-COMMITTEES.
High School. Messrs. Manning, Hall, Towne, Phelps, Slattery,
Dearborn, Baldwin.
Franklin-street. Messrs. Woodbury, Lewis, Richardson.
Spring-street and Lowell-street. Messrs. Lewis, - Slattery,
Home.
Lincoln-street. Messrs. Floyd, Colby, Woodbury,
Ash-street and Pearl-street. Messrs. Phelps, Towne, Hall.
Webster-street and Blodget-street. Messrs. Towne, Manning,
Home.
Bakersville. ISEessrs. Slattery, Richardson, Dodge.
Varney School. Messrs. Baldwin, Dearborn, Colby.
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234 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Training School. Messrs. Hall, Phelps, Baldwin.
Wilson Hill School. Messrs. Sughrue, Floyd, Sullivan.
Main-street and South 'Main-street. Messrs. Dearborn, Sulli-
van, Lewis.
Rimmon School. Messrs. Home, Walsh, Heath.
Amoskeag and Stark District. Messrs. Heath, Slattery,
Walsh.
Hallsville and Youngsville. Messrs. Richardson, Sughrue,
Floyd.
Gaffe's Falls and Harvey District. Messrs. Dodge, Sughrue,
Heath.
Webster's Mills and Mosquito Fond. Messrs. Walsh, Dodge,
Sullivan.
Evening Schools. Messrs. Colby, Manning, Woodbury.
XII.— List of Teachers.
HIGH SCHOOL. — BEECH STREET.
Master. Albert Somes.
Sub-Master. George I. Hopkins.
Assistants. Harry N. McLaren.
Mary Stanton.
Nellie Pickering.
Mary H. Cutler.
Camille Benson.
Theresa B. Stanton.
FRANKLIN-STREET SCHOOL.
Second Floor. — Grammar Grades.
Master. Charles W. Bickford.
Master's Assistant, Nellie M. Smith.
Assistants. Carrie E. Hoit.
L. May Choate.
Carrie E. Head.
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REPORT OP THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. 235
First Floor. — Lower Grades.
Higher Middle. Nellie C. Parker.
Lower Middle. Hattie G. Flanders.
Higher Primary. Nellie M. James.
Lower Primary. Susie L. Dodge.
SPRING-STREET SCHOOL.
Second Floor. — Mixed Grades.
Principal. Lizzie P. Gove. (Fourth Division.)
Higher Middle. Emma L. McLaren.
First Floor. — Lozver Grades.
Lower Middle. Fannie D. Moulton.
Higher Primary. Nellie I. Sanderson.
Lower Primary. Maud L. Smith.
Lower Primary. Florence M. Grififin.
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. Nettie B. Fogg.
Lower Middle. Issa May Tuttle.
Higher Primary. Cora B. Gilford.
Mixed Primary. Theodora Richardson.
♦Third floor.
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236 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
ASH-STREET SCHOOL.
Second Floor. — Grammar Grades.
Master. Albert F. King.
Master's Assistant. Mary Hickey Dowd.
Assistants. Eliza P. Dougherty.
Mabel Ruth Brown.
Edith S. Dole.
First Floor. — Lower Graaes.
Higher Middle. Emma J. Cooper.
Lower Middle. Kittie J. Ferren.
Higher Primary. May F. Nutt.
Lower Primary. Bertha A. Young.
WEBSTER-STREET SCHOOL.
Second Floor. — Gra?fitnar Grades.
Master. B. S. Andrew.
Master's Assistant. Abbie E. Wilson.
Assistants. Helen E. Frost.
Alta C. Willand.
First Floor. — Lower Grades.
Higher Middle. Eva F. Tuson.
Lower Middle. Edith L. Hammond.
Higher Primary. Jean Gillan.
Lower Primary. Mary E. Murphy.
BAKERSVILLE SCHOOL.
Second Floor. — Mixed Grades.
Principal. Lizzie A. Burns. (Grammar Grades.)
Assistant.* Lelia A. Brooks.
Mixed Middle.* Cora M. Farmer.
Higher Primary. Augusta S. Downs.
* Third floor.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. 237
First Floor. — Lower Grades.
Lower Primary. S. Izetta Locke.
Lower Primary. Annie Brigham.
VARNEY SCHOOL.
Second Floor. — Grai?imar Grades.
Master. George Winch.
Master's Assistant. Barbara B. Joy.
Assistant. Rosabelle M. Franklin.
First Floor. — Mixed Grades.
Assistants. E. Maria Dickey.
Ellen E. McKean.
Millie S. Morse.
Higher Middle. Mary E. Moulton.
Lower Middle. Mary A. Seavey.
Higher Primary. Mary J. Walsh.
HALLSVILLE SCHOOL.
Second Floor. — Mixed Grades.
Master. William H. Huse.
Master's Assistant. Ella F. Barker.
Assistant. Olive A. Rowe.
Higher Middle. Susie G. Woodman.
First Floor. — Lower Grades.
Lower Middle. Mary L. Ayer.
Higher Primary. Bertha L. Kemp.
Lower Primary. E. Alfreda Hall.
Lower Primary. Annie R. Corson.
238 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
RIMMON SCHOOL.
Seco7id Floor.
Principal. Mary E. Brophy. (Grammar Grades.)
Mixed Middle. Marcia M. Moore.
First Floor.
Higher Primary. Lenora J. Clough.
Lower Primary. Emma B. Abbott.
TRAINING SCHOOL.
(Merrimack street, corner Union.)
Principal. Caroline E. Wing.
Head Assistant. Annie W. Cofran.
The principal is also assisted by the sub-teachers, i. e., mem-
bers of the training class. The school embraces the first four
years of school work, in the following grades : Lower Primary,
Higher Primary, and Lower Middle. There are four rooms, two
of lower-primary grade.
MAIN-STREET SCHOOL.
Second Floor. — Mixed Grades.
Principal. Mary W. Mitchell.
Lower Middle. Gertrude A. Burns.
Higher Primary. Hellen Morison.
Higher Primary. • Lottie M. Clement.
First Floor. — Primary Grades.
Higher Primary. Mary A. Clement.
Lower Primary, M. Minnie Sturtevant.
Lower Primary. Kate T. Clarke.
Lower Primary. Gertrude L. Southard.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. 239
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.
Lower Primary. Mabel M. Stevens.
First Floor.
Higher Primary. Helen M. Morrill.
PEARL- STREET SCHOOL.
Higher Primary. Mary G. Tynan.
Lower Primary. M. Clara Hawks.
WILSON HILL SCHOOL.
Lower Primary. Huldah C. Graupner.
Lower Pqmary. Ella Hope.
SOUTH MAIN-STREET SCHOOL.
Lower Primary. Delle E. Haines.
Lower Primary. Georgia M. Cheney.
PARTIALLY GRADED SCHOOLS.
Amoskeag. Lettie M. Smith.
Mixed Primary. Clydie M. Flanders.
Goffe's Falls.* Georgia Kendrick.
Mixed Primary. Bessie E. Dodge.
* Suburban.
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240 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
No. I
2
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4
5
UNGRADED SCHOOLS.*
Stark. Inez M. Warren.
Harvey. Emma J. Ela.
Youngsville. Louis H. Bailey.
Webster's Mills. Josephine L. Riddle.
Mosquito Pond. Nellie M. Atwood.
SPECIAL TEACHERS.
Music. J. J. Kimball.
Drawing. Charlotte J. Emmins,
Manual Training. Fred E. Browne.
EVENING SCHOOLS.
(Open from October to March, five evenings each week.)
City Hall Building.
One school for boys.
Spring-Street Building.
Two schools for girls.
School- Street Building.
Two schools, one for each sex.
Rinimon School.
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.
• Suburban.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. 241
JANITORS.
High School and Ash-Street School.
John S. Avery.
Lincoln-Street and Wilson Hill Schools.
William Stevens.
Webster- Street and Blodget-Street Schools.
Charles F. Jack.
Spring-Street and Lowell-Street Schools.
William H. Morrill.
Training School and Franklin-Street School.
Edward P. Cogswell.
Varney and South Main-Street School.
H. G. Batchelder.
Main-Street and Rimmon Schools.
William F. Conner.
Bakersville School.
H. C. Dickey.
Hallsville and Pearl-Street Schools,
William H. Newry.
Amoskeag School.
James E. Bailey.
Xlll.— School Year, 1895.
Winter term of twelve weeks opens December 31, 1894, closes
March 22, 1895. Vacation of two weeks.
Spring term of eleven weeks opens April 8, closes June 21.
Vacation of eleven weeks.
Fall term of fourteen weeks opens September 9, closes Decem-
ber 13.
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ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPOKTS.
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REPORT
OF THE
CHIEF ENGINEER OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
REPORT
CHIEF ENGINEER OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
Engineer's Office, No. 8 Vine Street,
Manchester, N. H., Dec. 31, 1894.
To His Honor the Mayor and Gentlemen of the City Councils :
In compliance with section 5, chapter 12 of the Laws and
Ordinances of the city, I herewith submit my sixteenth annual
report (it being the forty-ninth of this department) for the year
ending December 31, 1894, together with a statement of the
alarms and fires that have been attended to by portions of the
department and cause of the fires as far as could be ascertained,
with the value of property endangered, the amount of insurance
carried, the loss, and the amount of insurance paid.
It has been diflBcult in some cases to get the value of property
endangered, the owners refusing to give such information as will
enable me to make the returns to the insurance commissioner
of the state as he desires.
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 location of keys to the
same, etc., and right here let me urge upon the property holders
and residents the necessity of informing themselves of the loca-
tion of the fire-alarm box nearest their residence or pl^ce of busi-
ness, and where the keys are kept, — all of which can be learned
by consulting this report on some of the following pages.
248 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
No fire has occurred during the year that has required the
entire force of the department to extinguish, and the second
alarm has been pulled only twice.
There have been 65 bell alarms, two of which were second
alarms for same fires, and 71 "stills," making a total of 136, the
largest number recorded in any year.
The property endangered (not including the alarms where no
damage has been done), as far as could be ascertained, is valued
at ^390,673.52 ; insurance has been carried on same to the
amount of ^213,511.25 ; the losses, as adjusted, have been 542,-
581.15, and there has been paid insurance ^32,312.71, leaving a
net loss, uncovered by insurance, of ^11,268.44.
THE MANUAL FORCE
consists of one hundred and forty-five men, of whom twenty-
eight are on permanent duty and one hundred and seventeen are
'■'■ on call," divided into companies, as follows:
1 chief engineer.
4 assistant engineers — call.
4 steamer companies of 14 men each — 11 permanent and 45
call — 56.
2 steamer and truck companies, 20 men each — 9 permanent,
31 call — 40.
1 aerial truck company, 15 men — 3 permanent and 12 call —
2 hose companies of 12 men each — 2 permanent and 22 call
— 24.
I chemical, 5 men — 2 permanent and 3 call — 5 — one of
whom is detailed as driver of supply wagon.
Making a total of 145 men.
THE BUILDINGS.
The new liosehouse in Bakersville is said to be completed, at
least it has been accepted as such, and yet before it can be used
to any advantage, and without risk of injury to horses, the stalls
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 249
should be set over and the entire stable be remodeled. The lat-
tice-work in the hose tower should be removed and closed up so
that in cold weather heat can be let into it to dry the hose and
prevent its freezing while hanging there to dry. The cellar
should also be cemented or concreted.
1 would recommend the putting in of double doors in place of
single ones in front of the horses at Engine No. 6 station in Mc-
Gregorville ; also the building of some shelter for the exercise
wagon, which has been out doors, exposed to all kinds of
weather, so that the cost of repairs necessitated by such exposure
would more than compensate for the shed asked for after the
wagon went into service.
A suitable shed ought to be built at station of Engine No. 5,
on Webster street, for housing of carts and sleds.
The station of Engine No. 2 should be painted outside and
eavespouts put on to prevent the water from the roof running
into the cellar, thus causing a dampness to the house nearly the
entire season. A coat of varnish and some papering at this sta-
tion would be beneficial.
The roof of the Central station ought to have a thorough ren-
ovation. It leaks in many places and has been continually
"patched" for years, and I think it economy to relay the
gravel.
The station of Engine-and-Ladder No. 3 ought to be var-
nished in the apparatus room and some of the rooms upstairs
papered.
THE APPARATUS
In actual service consists of 6 Amoskeag steam fire-engines, 3
hose wagons, 3 hose carriages, i aerial truck (with ladders), 2
ladder trucks, i Chemical engine, i old steam fire-engine, out of
service, 2 hose carriages in the outlying districts (without com-
panies), I supply wagon and 4 exercise wagons, which are located
as follows :
2 steam fire-engines, with three-horse hitch, at Central station,
each with one-horse hose wagon attached.
250 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
I Steam fire-engine, three-horse hitch, with i two-horse hose
wagon, North Main street.
I steam fire-engine and i one-horse hose carriage, at corner
Lake avenue and Massabesic street.
I two-horse ladder truck at same station.
I steam fire-engine and two-horse hose carriage (with hook-
and-ladder combination) at corner of Webster and Chestnut
streets.
I steam fire-engine and one-horse hose carriage^ on Rimmon
street, corner of Amory street.
I two-horse ladder truck at same station.
I one-horse hose carriage at Central station.
I one-horse hose carriage, corner Maple and East High streets.
I aerial hook-and-ladder truck at Central station (three-horse
hitch).
I double tank (60 gallons each) chemical engine at Central
station.
I supply wagon at Central fire station.
I steam fire-engine (reserve) at old engine-house, Clinton
street, of but little use for fire purposes.
4 exercise wagons, one at Central fire station, one at Engine
No. 2, one at Engine and Ladder No. 3, one at Engine and
Ladder No. 6.
I hand hose carriage at junction of Old Falls road and Front
street, Amoskeag.
I two-wheeled hose carriage, Devonshire Mills, Goffe's Falls.
THE HORSES.
There are at present thirty-eight horses owned by this depart-
ment, two of which, although condemned as unfit for service,
have been on duty most of the time during the fall and winter,
owing to the inability of some of the recently purchased ones
to perform the duty required of them. •
During the past two years it has h&tn pretended that all horses
purchased were on trial before a sale was made, which in a meas-
ure was a perfect farce, for whenever the " dictator of the com-
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 251
mittee " saw fit, he approved the bills, and in two or three
instances the horses were paid for before he took the trouble to
find out whether they were in any way suited for the positions
required, and the last pair was paid for before they ever saw a
day of fire duty, and even after one of them was reported wholly
unfit, being incapacitated by a weakness on account of which
he will never be able to fill the requirements of afire department.
With such methods of doing business we have paid pretty good
prices for some pretty /(?^r horses during the past year.
The excitement of a three-horse-hitch seemed too much for the
gray horse " Prince " of Ladder Truck No. i, and we are trying
him singly on the hose wagon of Engine No. 4, and he appears
to do better in this position. This necessitates the purchase of
another horse for Ladder No. i.
Two horses have died during the year, — " Stub," for a num-
ber of years attacjied to Engine No. 4, but recently of Truck No.
6, died of inflammation March 2. There was an insurance of
;^ioo. April 27 the black horse "Frank," of Engine No. 3,
died. He was insured for ^200. The insurance has been re-
ceived by the city, and the amount should be credited to the
account of this department.
April 21 a pair of bay horses was purchased for Truck No. 6
for ;^4oo, and September 5 a pair of blacks was purchased for the
Chemical engine. This pair was purchased under protest of the
chief engineer, as being unfit for fire service, and the oft-repeated
trials of them has fully verified the fact that they were. '
This is another evidence of where the department has to take
the blame of the cranky whims of committees.
THE FIRE-ALARM TELEGRAPH
has rendered efficient service during the past year, and has been
increased by the addition of two fire-alarm boxes, — No. 261 at
the new grammar school on Pearl street, and No. 323 at the cor-
ner of Putnam and Bartlett streets. We have set 26 poles, 2 box
poles, reset 16 old poles, put up 105 two-pin arms, 5 four-pin
arms, 27 single extensions. 25 two-pin extensions, 2 four-pin ex-
252 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
tensions, changed i8 tappers and put in 21 tappers, mended 18
breaks on main line, and 12 on tapper lines. There are about
thirty-five miles of main line wire and thirty-two miles of tapper
lines, requiring four hundred and twenty jars of gravity battery.
THE FIFTEENTH ANNUAL PARADE.
No appropriation having been made by the city councils for
an annual parade, the fifteenth was held during '• Merchants'
Week," Tuesday, October 9, the expenses being defrayed mostly
by Acting Mayor Worthen and the Board of Trade, and partly
by individual contributions from members of the department.
THE firemen's RELIEF ASSOCIATION.
More calls have been made upon this association during the
past year than during any year of its existence, owing to an un-
usual number of accidents ; but by the liberality of our citizens
the amount in the treasury has not been reduced from last year's
balance. The following is the financial standing :
Receipts.
Balance in treasuryFebruary 13, 1894
$3'493-02
Received for membership
21.00
from dividends on deposits
209.21
donations, William F. Hubbard
25.00
Peter Riley
20.00
« J.B.McCrillis&Son
25.00
Brown, Straw &;
Brown
25.00
Major Lewis Simons
5.00
N. H. Insurance Co.
50.00
Chandler Bros.
10.00
Rt. Rev. Bishop
Bradley
10.00
A. P. Olzendam &
Sons .
25.00
Frank W. Leeman .
15.00
5»933-23
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER.
253
Expenditures.
id Julian B. Huntley, injuries at fire
I7.00
Thomas J. Wyatt
44.00
George Dunnington
21.50
Artemas C. Barker .
14.00
Alphonzo E. Foster
46.00
Walter L. Blenus .
61.00
Charles Edgar
65-50
Samuel W. Patten .
36.00
Clarence R. Merrill
61.00
Joseph R. Merrill, secrete
iry's
salary
25.00
Leaving a balance in the treasury of
5.552-23
CONCLUSION.
We have had no extensive conflagrations during the past year,
although the fire at Nos. 37-43 Manchester street, October 2,
came near proving serious to some of our firemen and police offi-
cers. In the early stages of the fire a hot-air explosion occurred,
throwing three firemen and one police officer down a flight of
stairs, burning them severely about the hands and face, although
all have recovered without any serious results.
This demonstrates the fact that something ought to be done
by our city councils for the relief of our "call members" who
are injured in the performance of their duties.
I would renew my recommendation of last year for a double-
tank Chemical engine to be placed in the station of Engine No.
2 on the West Side. Of the four exercise wagons asked for last
year, two were furnished and placed with Engine and Ladder
companies Nos. 3 and 6. I would recommend that two more be
purchased for the use of Engine No. 5 and Hose No. 2.
I desire again to present the needs of more ladder service, par-
ticularly in the northern and northeastern sections of the city,
and urgently recommend the purchase of a light truck similar to
Ladder No. 6 of McGregorville,
25i ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS;
I hope the incoming city government will favorably consider
my recommendation of last year to increase the salary paid the
assistant engineers.
In closing, I wish to express my thanks to His Honor Mayor
Knowlton, Acting Mayor Worthen, members of the city coun-
cils, Chief of Police Healy and his officers for their co-operation
at fires, to the assistant engineers, and last but not least to "the
backbone" of the department, the officers and men each and
every one, for their faithful performance of their duties.
Respectfully submitted.
THOMAS W. LANE,
Chief of Fire Department.
List of Fires and Alarms Responded to During 1 894,
with Losses and Insurance.
Still. Wednesday. January 3, 8 a. m. Burning chimney in
house of ex-Gov. James A. Weston, 621 Maple street. Re-
sponded with pony. No damage.
Still. Saturday, January 6, 7 A. m. Burning chimney in
house of Michael Lane, 23 Washington street. Responded with
pony. No damage.
Box 321. Wednesday, January 10, 9.57 A. m. St. Mary's
School, Wayne street, McGregorville. Gasoline stove explosion.
Extinguished by Brothers in charge of school, before the arrival
of the department. Damage slight. Companies responding : En-
gines 2, 4, and 6, Hose i, Trucks i and 6. Box pulled by citi-
zen.
Still. Friday, January 12, 6.45 p. m. Burning chimney at
44 Church street. Responded with pony. No damage.
Still. Friday, January 12, 8.27 p. M. Burning chimney at
61 Amherst street. No damage.
Still. Friday, January 12, 11.30 p. m. A telephone message
received that a chimney was burning in room 29, Webster block.
No fire was discovered.
KEPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 255
Still. Saturday, January 13, 5.30 p. m. Burning chimney at
13 Pearl street. Responded with pony. No damage.
Box 4. Saturday, January 20, 11,18 p. m. Three-story wood-
en building at 671 Elm street, owned by Aimer D. Gooden, and
occupied by William Goldman as a clothing store. The fire
originated on a table from some unknown cause and was ex-
tinguished by Chemical engine. Damage to building, $1.25 ;
insurance, $1,500; insurance paid, $1.25. Damage to contents,
$525; insurance, $6,250 ; insurance paid, $525. Companies re-
sponding : Engines 3 and 4, Hose i, Truck i, and Chemical i.
Box pulled by citizen.
Still. Monday, January 22, 7.30 P. m. Burning chimney at
246 Douglas street. Block owned by Frank P. Johnson, and oc-
cupied by several families. Members of Engine 2 responded. No
damage.
Still. Tuesday, January 23, 5.15 p. m. Two-story tenement
at 73 Amherst street, owned by Michael McCabe, and occupied
by William Valle'. The fire originated in a closet from some un-
known cause. Responded with Chemical and pony. Damage
to building, $25 ; no insurance. Damage to contents, $35 ; no
insurance.
Box 82. Thursday, January 25, 4.27 a m. Three-story brick
house at 78 Lowell street, owned by A. H. Weston, and occupied
by Mrs. Phineas Sears, as a boarding house. The fire originated
in a closet on the first floor, from some unknown cause. Dam-
age to building, $100 ; insurance, $1,500; insurance paid, $100.
Damage to contents, $62 ; insurance, $600 ; insurance paid, $50.
Companies responding: Engines i, 4, and 5, Hose i and 2,
Truck I, and Chemical. Box pulled by citizen.
Box 4. Thursday, January 25, 6. 11 a. m. Burning chimney
at corner of Elm and Auburn streets. No damage. Companies
responding: Engines 3and 4, Hose i, Truck i, and Chemical i.
Needless alarm. Box pulled by citizen.
Still. Saturday, January 27, 9.15 p. m. Two-and-one-half-
story four-tenement block at 211 Pine street. Overturning of
kerosene lamp caused slight damage. Chemical engine called.
Extinguished before arrival of engine.
256 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Still. Sunday, January 28, 4.10 p. m. Too much smoke
from a well-filled stove caused an alarm among the Salvation
Army from under their barracks on Spring street. Chemical re-
sponded, but services not needed.
Still. Monday, January 29, 11.15 P- ^- Burning chimney
at 24 Whitney street. Responded with pony. No damage.
Still. Saturday, February 10, 10.27 a. ^^- Two-and-one-half-
story house, 85 Amherst street, owned by Lawrence Dowd, and
occupied by John Fitzgerald. The fire originated from defec-
tive flue. Responded with pony.
Still. Wednesday, February 14, 8.05 a. m. Burning chim-
ney in Towne's block, corner Elm and Amherst streets. Re-
sponded with pony. No damage.
Still. Saturday, February 24, 4.17 p. M. Burning chimney
at 129 Manchester street. Responded with pony. No damage.
Box 71. Saturday, February 24, 4.43 p. m. Burning chim-
ney at 112 Auburn street. No damage. Companies respond-
ing : Engines i and 3, Hose i. Truck 3, and Chemical. Box
pulled by citizen.
Still. Tuesday, February 27, 5.25 a. m. Burning chimney
at rear of 22 Wayne street. No damage. Responded to by de-
tail from Engine 6. Used pony.
Box 4. Sunday, March 4, 4.52 a. m. Four-story brick block,
621 Elm street, owned by Daniel Connor, and occupied by Wm.
McPherson as a saloon and cafe. The fire originated in a
wooden spittoon filled with sawdust. It burned through the floor
into the cellar, doing no damage to cellar but burning the bar
and fixtures. Damage to building, ^50; no insurance. Damage
tocontents, $175; insurance, ^300; insurance paid, $125. Com-
panies responding : Engines 3 and 4, Hose i. Trucks i and 3,
and Chemical. Box pulled by citizen.
Box 212. Monday, March 5, 11.53 p. m. Cottage house in
process of erection on Jewett street, belonging to John McTier-
nan. The fire started from some unknown cause near a pile of
finish boards on first floor. There was a builders' insurance of
;^5oo. Damage, ^132. 75 ; insurance paid, $132.75.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 257
Still. Thursday, March 15, 9.10 p. m. Burning chimney at
5 1 Hanover street in brick block owned by Johnson heirs. ■ No
damage. Responded with pony.
Box 213. Tuesday, March 20, 2.10 p. m. A story-and-half
L on Silver street, owned by J. V. Kelley of Derry, and occupied
by Gustave Billett. The fire originated from burning grass in
rear of the house. The shed was nearly consumed and the upper
story of the house badly used up. Damage to building, $100 ;^
insurance, $200; insurance paid, ^100. Damage to contents,
;^2o j no insurance. Box pulled by citizen.
Still. Wednesday, March 21, 11.30 a. m. Fire on roof of
city farm dwelling. Caught from sparks from chimney and small
hole burned through the boards and shingles. Damage to build-
ings, ^4.50 ; insurance, ^900. No damage to contents. Chemical
engine responded, but fire was extinguished before its arrival.
Still. Monday, March 26, 11.20 a. m. Three-story wooden
tenement block at 102 McGregor street, owned by Ed. M. James,
and occupied by Mr. Frank Parrott as a saloon. The fire was
caused by a defective chimney. Damage to building, ^25 ; in-
surance, $6,000 ; insurance paid, $25. No damage to contents.
Members of Engine 6 responded with hose carriage. Extin-
guished with pony.
Still. Tuesday, March 27, 9.15 a. m. Burning chimney at
123 Hanover street. No damage. Used pony.
Box 5. Wednesday, March 28, 9.54 a. m. Three-story
wooden block, 9, 11, and 13 Central street, owned by John
Sweeney, and occupied by William McLaughlin in No. 9 for a
cobbler's shop, in whose place it started from a defective flue.
Most of the damage was in the second story. Damage to build-
ing, $300; insurance, $1,800; insurance paid, $300. Damage
to contents, $20; no insurance. Companies responding: En-
gines I, 2, 3, 4, and Chemical, Hose i, Trucks i and 3. Box
pulled by Officer Bourassau.
Still. Wednesday, March 28, 6.35 p. m. Two-story house
on Turner street, owned by Merrill Farmer, and occupied by
several families. Caused by an overheated chimney. Slight
damage to woodwork. Engine 2 responded with pony.
258 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Box 45. Friday, March 30, 12.30 a.m. Three-story brick
block, owned by the S. C. Forsaith Co. as a machine shop. The
fire originated in the boiler room. Damage to building, ^252,20 ;
insurance, ^20,000; insurance paid, ^252.50. Loss on contents
covered by " blanket " policy. Companies responding : Engines
I, 2, 3, 4, and Chemical, Hose i, Trucks i and 3. Box pulled
by citizen.
Still. Monday, April 2, 11.24 a. m. Grass fire at Alonzo
Elliott's, Ray brook. Engine No. 5 responded with hose car-
riage.
Still. Tuesday, April 4, 12.24 p- m. Brush fire on Dow's
Hill, Hooksett road. Responded with detail of men. Out four
hours.
Box 114. Tuesday, April 4, 3.02 p. m. Burning leaves in
barn cellar of D. B. Varney. No damage. Companies respond-
ing, Engines i, 5, and Chemical, Hose i and 2, Truck 3. Ex-
tinguished before arrival of department. Box pulled by cit-
izen.
Still. Tuesday, April 4, 8.40 p. m. Rekindling of brush
fire in Dow's woods. Took delegation of men. Out five
hours.
Still. Saturday, April 7, 11 a. m. Burning chimney at 528
Chestnut street. Responded with pony. No damage.
Still. Monday, April 8, 12.25 p* ^^- Two-story wooden
block, 510 Chestnut street, owned by heirs of Joseph A. Haines.
Fire in partition caught from defective chimney. Damage
slight. Chemical responded. Extinguished before their arrival.
Box 26. Saturday, April 14, 3.17 p. m. Barn rear of 18
South street, owned by James Barnes and occupied by Girardin
Bros., dealers in hay and straw. The fire originated in the hay
loft, probably caused by carelessness in smoking. The L attached
to the barn was slightly damaged. Damage to building, $500 ;
insurance, ^2,500; insurance paid, $375. Damage to contents,
$100 ; no insurance.
Still. Sunday, April 15, 12.55 p- ^- Brush fire near John
McQuesten's on river road, near Bedford line. Engine 2 re-
sponded with hose wagon. No damage.
REPOKT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 259
Still. Sunday. April 15, 8.20 p. m. Brush fire on Bedford
road near Robie's tar sheds. Land owned by Hartshorn heirs.
Engine 2 responded with hose wagon, but could find no fire
near sheds on their arrival.
Box 213. Monday, April 16, 12.55 ^- ^- One-story cottage
on Maple street, near Shasta, owned and occupied by Frank
Rankin. Fire originated from defective chimney, and burned
through the roof. Damage to building, $87; insurance, ^300;
insurance paid, $87. Damage to contents, $43 ; insurance, ^100 ;
insurance paid, $43. Companies responding : Engines i, 3, and
Chemical, Hose 2, Truck 3. Box pulled by night watchman
at Austin, Flint & Day's works.
Box 27. Monday, April 16, 9.46 a. m. Cottage house 471
Manchester street, owned by Mrs. Margaret E. Amsden and oc-
cupied by her and Charles A. Williams. The fire was in a
lounge near stove. Cause unknown. Damage to building $20;
insurance, ^1,500; insurance paid, $20. Damage to contents,
;^2o; insurance, ^200; insurance paid, ^20. Companies re-
sponding : Engines 3, 4, and Chemical, Hose 2, and Truck 3.
Box pulled by Assistant Chief of Police Cassidy.
Box 54. Tuesday, April 17, 2.27 p. m. Brush fire on Bed-
ford road, near Bedford line. No damage. Needless alarm.
Companies responding : Engines 2, 6, and Chemical, Truck 3.
Box pulled by citizen.
Still. Wednesday, April 18, 6.35 p. m. Burning chimney
in rear of 178 Manchester street. Chemical responded. Used
pony. No damage.
Box 4. Friday, April 20, 4.34 p. m. Three-and-one-half-
story wooden block, 66 Lake avenue, owned by W. E. Prescott and
occupied by Joseph Dufrain and others. The fire originated in a
bed from some unknown cause, but was extinguished by Chemical
engine. Damage to building, $10; insurance, $1,500; insur-
ance paid, $10. Damage to contents, $10; no insurance. Com-
panies responding: Engines 2,3, 4, and Chemical, Hose i,
Trucks I and 3. Box pulled by Assistant Engineer Palmer.
Box 313. Sunday, April 22, 10.32 a. m. Two-story wooden
260 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
building on Joliette street, owned by Frank I. Lessard and oc-
cupied by Alsace Demers as dwelling and bake shop. The fire
caught from coals from the oven and burned a little loose wood
in the room. Damage to building, ^6 ; covered by insurance.
Companies responding: Engines 2, 4, and 6, Hose i, Truck 6,
and Chemical. Box pulled by citizen.
Box 6. Sunday, April 22, 8.06 p. m. Room 23, Smyth's
block, occupied by Charles H. Gilbert. A lace curtain caught
from a kerosene lamp but was pulled down and extinguished with-
out further damage. Companies responding: Engines i, 4, and
Chemical, Hose i and 2, Trucks i and 3. Box pulled by Officer
William Steele.
Still. Wednesday, April 25, 11.45 ^- ^^- Burning chimney
in Martin's block, corner Elm and Lowell streets. Used pony.
No damage.
Box 21. Monday, April 30, 12.55 ^- ^^- Four-story brick
block, 177 Manchester street, owned by Frederick Smyth, and
occupied on first floor by Joseph Belmore & Son, where the fire
started from some unknown cause, and extended by the partitions
to the second story. Several of the inmates of the tenements
above the store were rescued by the members of the department
by ladders from the truck. Cause of the fire unknown. No
damage to building. Damage to contents, $350; insurance,
^750; insurance paid, ^350. Companies responding: Engines
I, 3, and Chemical, Hose i, Trucks i and 3. Box pulled by
Officer O'Malley.
Box 15. Friday, May 4, 12.19 p. m. Three-and-one-half-
story wooden tenement block, 63 Pearl street, owned by Mary
Platts's heirs, and occupied by several families. Sparks from
chimney ignited the shingles. Damage to building ^10; insur-
ance, ; insurance paid, $10. No damage to contents. Com-
panies responding: Engines i, 4, 5, 6, and Chemical, Hose i
and 2, Truck i. Box pulled by citizen.
Box 4. Tuesday, May 8, 11.02 a. m. Three-story wooden
building, 53 Lake avenue, owned by Thomas Stewart and occu-
pied by Mrs. Hannah McQuade as a saloon. The fire started
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 261
from some unknown cause in the basement. Damage to build-
ing, ^50; insurance, ^2,000; insurance paid^ ^50. No damage
to contents. Companies responding: Engines i, 2, 3, and
Chemical, Hose i, and Truck i. Truck 3, meeting with acci-
dent that broke the pole, could not respond. Box pulled by cit-
izen.
Still. Wednesday, May 9, 9.35 p. m. Burning chimney at
213 Cedar street, in house owned by John Morrison and occu-
pied by Florence Sullivan. Used pony. No damage.
Still. Friday, May 11, 12.25 ^- ^^' Burning chimney at 53
Amherst street. Chemical responded with pony. No damage.
Still. Saturday, May 12, 7.50 p. m. Smoking stove caused
a little excitement at 35 Market street, Amoskeag Corporation.
Chemical responded. No damage.
Still. Sunday, May 13, 9 a. ini. A candle burning at the
casket of a dead child tipped over and ignited drapery. The
Chemical responded but the fire was extinguished before it
arrived.
Out of town call, 2-2-2. Tuesday, May 15, 2.35 p. m. A
telephone message was received of a forest fire between the Mas-
sabesic and Bald Hill roads. Detail of men responded, but, as
there was no danger from the fire, returned without performing
any work.
Still. Tuesday, May 15, 3.40 p. M. Burning chimney at 65
Amherst street. Chemical responded. Used pony. No dam-
age.
Still. Monday, May 21, 9.40 a. m. An oil stove in store
occupied by Mrs. J. D. Lafond, at 1015 Elm street, set fire to
some paper, and the Chemical was called, but the fire was extin-
guished before the arrival of the engine. No damage.
Box 52. Thursday, June 7, 6.16 p. m. Burning chimney at
415 Main street. No damage.
Box 6. Thursday, June 7, 11.57 p.m. One-story brick block
on Elm street, owned by The Head & Dowst Co., and occupied
by Charles Noll as a box factory, was well under way when the
fire was seen from City Hall square, and the box was pulled by
262 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Ofificer William Steele. The cause of the fire was evidently
an overheated flue about the boiler. Damage to building, ^i,-
450; insurance, $2,500; insurance paid, $1,450. Damage to
contents, $9,476.57; insurance, $5,000; insurance paid, $4,300,
Companies responding : Engines i, 4, and Chemical, Hose i and
2, Truck I and 3.
Box 4. Friday, June 8, 12.05 p. m. Three-story tenement
house, 64 Cedar street, owned and occupied by Hugh Keiley.
Sparks from the chimney caused a lively blaze on the roof. Ex-
tinguished by Chemical. Damage to building, $28 ; insurance,
$1,100; insurance paid, $28. No damage to contents. Com-
panies responding : Engines i, 2, 3, and Chemical, Hose i,
Trucks I and 3. Box pulled by citizen.
Box 71. Sunday, June 17, 7.55 a. m. Burning chimney in
rear of 71 Cedar street. Needless alarm. Extinguished with
pony. Companies responding • Engines 3, 4, and Chemical,
Hose I, Truck 3. Box pulled by Officer Sullivan.
Still. Sunday, June 17, 3.03 p. m. Unadjusted thermostat
in fourth story of Crafts & Green's shoe shop, West Hancock
street. Hose from Engine 2 responded. No damage.
Box 8. Tuesday, July 3, 12.56 p. m. Four story brick block,
9 Hollis street, owned by Charles F. Morrill and occupied by
several families. The fire originated from some unknown cause
in a closet in the tenement occupied by Homer Cote. Damage
to building, $100; insurance, $6,000; insurance paid, $100.
Damage to contents, $10 ; no insurance. Companies respond-
ing: Engines I, 4, 5, and Chemical, Hose I and 2, Truck I. Box
pulled by citizen.
Box 15. Wednesday, July 4, 9.32 p. m. Three-story block,
2 Pearl street, owned by Hoyt and Simonds, and occupied by
several families. Sparks from fire-works ignited a bed in the
room occupied by Archibald Boulanger. The bed was thrown
from the window, and the services of the department were not
needed. Damage to contents, $6 ; no insurance. Companies
responding : Engines i, 4, 5, and Chemical, Hose i and 2, Truck
1. Box pulled by citizen.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 263
Still. Monday, July 9, 10.58 p. i\l Three-story wooden
block, 243 East High street, owned by Sanborn T. Worthen,
and occupied by several families. Caused by lamp explosion.
Damage slight. Hose 2 responded.
Still. Tuesday, July 10, 1.25 p. m. Tenement house owned
by John T. Moore, 221 Hanover street, and occupied by John Mc-
Elroy. The fire started in a closet from some unknown cause.
Damage slight. Chemical engine responded and extinguished
the fire with pony.
Still. Wednesday, July 11, 4.40 p. m. Peat fire in bog on
Whittemore flats. Engine 6 responded with engine. No dam-
age.
Box 26. Thursday, July 12, 4.08 a. m. Three-story wooden
carriage-house at the corner of Bridge and Malvern streets, owned
and occupied by J. B. McCrillis & Son, carriage manufacturers.
The cause is unknown. Companies responding : Engines 3 and
4, Hose I and 2, Truck 3, and Chemical. Box pulled by citizen.
Box 26. Thursday, July 12, 7.28 p. m. Same as above. Saw-
dust and shaft hanger. No damage, and extinguished without
the aid of the department. Companies responding : Engines
I, 3, and Chemical, Hose i and 2, Truck 3. Box pulled by
citizen.
Box 26. Saturday, July 14, 6.25 A. M. Same as above.
Sawdust packing between sheathing. Companies responding :
Engines i, 3, and Chemical, Hose i and 2, Truck 3. Damage
to building, ^2,000; insurance, $1,400; insurance paid, $1,400.
Damage to contents, $6,134.37; insurance, $4,350; insurance
paid, $4,350. Box pulled by citizen.
Still. Sunday, July 15, 1.38 p. m. Brush and stump fire at
Derryfield park, near pest-house. Chemical engine was called,
and stayed until the danger was over. Services not required.
Still. Tuesday, July 17, 6.42 p. m. Burning chimney at 174
Chestnut street in Chestnut block, owned by Griffin Bros., and
occupied by Rhoda Carroll. Chemical responded. No damage.
Box 82. Thursday, July 19, 4.22 p. M. Night lunch cart sta-
tioned in wood-yard at the corner of Lowell and Chestnut streets.
264 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Owned and occupied by R. Wood. Fire caught from an oil
stove and destroyed the "body " and a portion of the fixtures.
Damage, $275 ; insurance, ^250; insurance paid, ^100. Com-
panies responding: Engines i, 4, 5, and Chemical, Hose i and
2, Truck I. Box pulled by citizen.
Box 52. Friday, July 27, 12,20 a. m. A small barn situated
in the rear of 29 Winter street, owned and occupied by J. C.
Starr. The fire was undoubtedly caused by tramps. Damage to
building, $200 ; insurance, $200 ; insurance paid, $200. Dam-
age to contents, ^30 ; no insurance.
Still. Saturday, July 28, 2.50 p. m. Unadjusted thermostat
causes a false alarm from Crafts & Green's shoe shop, West Han-
cock street. Responded to by hose wagon of Engine 2. No
damage.
Box 32. Sunday, July 29, 3.38 p. m. One-story brick build-
ing owned and occupied by Langdon Manufacturing Co. as a
waste store-room. Spontaneous combustion among the waste
was the cause. Damage to contents, $30. Companies respond-
ing: Engines 4, 5, and Chemical, Hose i, Truck i. Box pulled
by citizen.
Box 212. Sunday, July 29, 4.30 p. m. Woodpile in grove of
Elliot Hospital grounds. Set by boys. No damage. Compa-
nies responding : Engines 3, 4, and Chemical, Hose 2, Truck 3.
Box 13. Sunday, July 29, 4.45 p. m. Two-story-and-a-half
dwelling, corner of Brook and Chestnut streets, owned and occu-
pied by Lewis Simons. Caused by lightning. This alarm came
in before all of the apparatus answering to Box 212 had returned
to quarters. Damage to building, ^19.50; insurance, $2,500;
insurance paid, $19.50. Damage to contents, $27 ; insurance,
$2,700; insurance paid, $27. Companies responding: Engines
I, 4, 5, and Chemical, Hose i and 2, Truck i. Box pulled by
citizen.
Box 8. Friday, August 3, 10.18 p. m. Three-story wooden
building situated on Winter Place, owned and occupied by W.
F. Hubbard as a sash and blind factory. The fire caught in the
boiler-room from a defective flue, and soon spread through each
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 265
story to the roof. Damage to building, ^400 ; no insurance.
Damage to contents, $400 ; no insurance. Companies respond-
ing : Engines i, 4, 5, and Chemical, Hose i and 2, Truck i.
Box pulled by citizen.
Box 21. Saturday, August 4, 9.02 a. m. Three-story tene-
ment block, 142 Merrimack street, owned by A. L. and F. G.
Walker, and occupied by several families. Fire started in the
tenement occupied by George Marsh by up-setting an oil stove.
Damage to building, ^140; insurance, ^2,000; insurance paid,
^140. Damage to contents, ^100; no insurance. Companies
responding; Engines 3, 4, and Chemical, Hose i, Trucks i and
3. Box pulled by citizen.
Box 8. Saturday, August 4, 11.20 p. m. Three-story brick
block, corner of Elm and Spring streets, known as Wells block,
owned by heirs of Dr. A. B. Story, and occupied as stores and
tenements. The fire started in rear part of store, 1062 Elm street,
occupied by Andrew C. Brember as a bakery, and extended to
I. L. Stickney's leather store. Cause unknown. Damage to
building, $562 ; insurance, $6,000; insurance paid, $562. Dam-
age to Brember's contents, $850; insurance, $2,000; insurance
paid, $850. Damage to Stickney's contents, $184.40; insur-
ance, $16,450; insurance paid, $184.40. Companies respond-
ing : Engines i, 4, 5, and Chemical, Hose i and 2, Truck i.
Box pulled by officer.
Box 82. Sunday, August 6, 1.03 a. m. Rekindling of the
Brember fire. Extinguished by Chemical without additional
loss. Companies responding : Engines i, 4, 5, Hose i and 2,
Truck I. Box pulled by citizen!
Still. Friday, August 17, 7.40 p, m. Brush fire on land
owned by John C. Ray near Pine Grove cemetery. Chemical
responded, but rendered no service. Fire out before their ar-
rival.
Still. Saturday, August 18, 8.50 p. m. A pile of sleepers on
railroad track above electric light station. Chemical responded.
Extinguished with hydrant stream.
Box 4. Monday, August 20, 7.17 p. m. Burning chimney at
266 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS,
corner of Chestnut and Cedar streets. Needless alarm. Com
panies responding: Engines 2, 3, 4, Chemical, Hose i, Trucks i
and 3. Box pulled by citizen.
Box 212. Friday, August 24, 4.02 p. m. One-story wooden
building at corner of Grove and Taylor streets, owned by W. G.
Westover, and occupied by Westover & Gould for the manufac-
ture of stair rails, etc. The cause of the fire was probably
sparks from the boiler. Damage to building, ;^i,ooo; insurance,
;^i,ooo; insurance paid, $1,000. Damage to contents, $2,500 ;
insurance, $1,500; insurance paid, $1,500. Companies respond-
ing : Engines 3, 4, and Chemical, Hose 2, and Truck 3. Box
pulled by citizen.
Still. Monday, August 27, 7.20 a. m. Burning chimney at
31 Bridge street. Chemical responded. No damage.
Box 71. Friday, August 31, 8.55 p. m. Four-story tenement
block, 180 Chestnut street, owned by Griffin Brothers, and occu-
pied by several families. In the tenement occupied by Richard
M. Cann a person lighting paper from a gas jet to light a pipe
dropped a spark in a child's crib. Extinguished before arrival
of department. No damage. Companies responding : Engines
I, 3, and Chemical, Hose i, Truck 3. Box pulled by citizen.
Box 21. Tuesday, September 4, 2.07 p. m. Loose paper in
an unoccupied shed at rear of 88 Merrimack street. Extin-
guished with two pails of water before arrival of the department.
No damage. Companies responding: Engines i, 3, and Chemical,
Hose I, Trucks i and 3. Box pulled by citizen.
Still. Tuesday, September 4, 5.03 p. m. Brush fire on Mam-
moth road near V. W. Fairbanks's. Took two-horse team and
men, but services not needed.
Box 21. Saturday, September 8, 7.56 a. m. Tar kettle in
rear of J. N. Foss's stable, 148 Merrimack street, boiled over.
Damage to building, $26; insurance, $3,700; insurance paid,
$26. No damage to contents. Companies responding : Engines
I, 3, and Chemical, Hose i, Trucks i and 3. Box pulled by
citizen.
Box 5. Monday, September 10, 10.10 A. M. Four-story brick
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 267
block, corner of Elm and Central streets, owned by Brown, Straw
& Brown, and occupied by George R. Taftas a hotel. The fire
originated in a dark storeroom from filling lamps on the third
floor, and communicated to the roof through a light shaft. Most
of the damage was confined to the third story. Damage to build-
ing, ^480.50 ; insurance, $20,000 ; insurance paid, $480.50. Dam-
age to contents, $300; insurance, $2,100 ; insurance paid, $191.
Companies responding: Engines i, 2, 3, and Chemical, Hose i.
Trucks I and 3. Box pulled by citizen.
Still. Monday, September 24, 2.25 p. m. Burning chimney
in block owned by Adolph Becker, no West street, and occu-
pied by Charles Lange. No damage.
Still. Saturday, September 29, 12 m. Slight fire at 58
Spring street, in a mattress. Extinguished with a pail of water.
Box 6. Tuesday, October 2, 1.18 a. m. Four-story brick
block, 37 and 43 Manchester street, owned by Edward Wagner,
and occupied by George Connor (37) and W. H. Hurd (43) as
saloons, and by Albina Kneifel as a boarding house. The fire
originated from some unknown cause in an arched partition over
Connor's saloon- and extended to the tenement upstairs. In the
early part of the fire an explosion of hot air or gas occurred, burn-
ing Driver Blenus and Hoseman Patten of Hose i and Ladder-
man Edgar of Truck i quite seriously about the face and hands ;
also Officer Hutchins of the police force. Damage to building,
$500; insurance, $6,000; insurance paid, $395. Damage to
Connor's contents, $800; insurance, $1,300; insurance paid,
$800. Damage to Kurd's contents, $100 ; insurance, $2,000;
insurance paid, $55. Damage to Kneifel's contents, $50; no in-
surance. Companies responding : Engines i, 4, and Chemical,
Hose I and 2, Trucks i and 3. Box pulled by Officer Hutchins.
Still. Tuesday, October 2, 5.10 p. m. Burning chimney at
30 Clark avenue. Pearl street, in tenement block owned by heirs
of Joseph B. Clark. Sheathing about the chimney burned a lit-
tle. Damage to building, $4.73 ; insurance, $2,000; insurance
paid, $4.73. No damage to contents. Chemical responded.
Still. Friday, October 12, 3.15 p. m. A smoking chimney
268 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
in a room in second story of Ray's block, corner of Elm and
Kidder streets. Called the Chemical. No damage.
Box 214, 6.40 p. M. Box 215, 6.50 p. M. Sunday, October
14. A barn and hen-pen attached, corner Wilson and Young
streets, owned by Alvina Chabotte, and occupied by Albert
Lamy. Cause unknown. Damage to building, ^150 ; insurance,
^150 ; insurance paid, ^150. Damage to contents, ^100; insur-
ance, ^100; insurance paid, ;^ I GO. Companies responding : En-
gines I, 3, 4, and Chemical, Hose i and 2, Trucks i and 3.
Box 7. Tuesday, October 16,9.55 p. m. One-story wooden
building,. 370 Chestnut street, owned by Mrs. Natt. Head, and
occupied by W. H. Adams as a harness shop. The fire was
caused by spontaneous combustion and did but little damage to
building. Extinguished by Chemical. Damage to contents,
;^i6o ; insurance, $400 ; insurance paid, $160. Companies re-
sponding : Engines i, 3, and Chemical, Hose i. Trucks i and 3.
Box pulled by Officer Burns.
Box 212. Wednesday, October 17, 2.49 a. m. Three-story
tenement block, Oakland and Highland Park avenues, owned
and occupied by Ernest Boisvert. The cause of the fire is unex-
plained. It started in the center of the building, and on account
of the distance from a box and delay in communicating informa-
tion of the fire, it gained considerable headway before the arri-
val of the department. Damage to building, ^1,200 ; insurance,
;^2,8oo; insurance paid, ^1,200. Damage to contents, $500;
insurance, ^600 ; insurance paid, $500. Box pulled by citizen.
Companies responding: Engines i, 3, and Chemical, Hose 2,
Truck 3. Box pulled by member of Engine Co. 3.
Still. Thursday, October 18, 11.26 A. m. Brush fire on
Kelley street, McGregorville. Members of Engine 6 responded
with ponies. No damage.
Box 321. Friday, October 19, 8.46 A. m. Cottage house at
294 Dubuque street, owned and occupied by Joseph Huard.
Clothes in a closet discovered on fire, presumably from matches.
Damage to contents, $10; no insurance. Companies respond-
ing: Engines 2, 6, and Chemical, Hose i, Truck 6. Box pulled
by citizen.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 269
Box 45. Monday, November 5, 3.04 a. m. Freight car of
Boston & Maine with thirteen bales of cotton for Amory Mills.
Three other cars damaged. Damage to cars, $275; damage to
cotton, ^355.65 ; insured in " blanket " insurance for $461.25 ;
insurance paid, $355.65. Companies responding: Engines i,
2, 3, 4, and Chemical, Hose i, Trucks i and 3.
Still. Tuesday, November 6, 8.45 a. m. Cottage house,
236 Amherst street, owned and occupied by Mrs. B. P. Cilley.
Burning chimney ignited the woodwork, and Chemical engine
responded. Damage to building, $20.43; insurance, $2,500;
insurance paid, $20.43. ^^ damage to contents.
Box 6. Wednesday, November 7, 9.53 a. m. Four-story
brick building, 22-24 Hanover street, owned by Harrington
heirs and occupied by E. C. Wescott as dry and fancy goods
store. One of the clerks with lighted match accidentally set fire
to cotton batting. Damage to contents, $114; insurance,
$10,000; insurance paid, $114. Companies responding: En-
gines I, 4, and Chemical, Hose i and 2, Trucks i and 3. Box
pulled by citizen.
Still. Friday, November 9, 8.20 p. m. Four-story brick
block, Prout's block, 696 Elm street. Broken lamp. No dam-
age. Chemical responded.
Box 315. Wednesday, November 14, 4.47 a. m. Two-story
wooden building, 156 Front street, 'Skeag, owned by Tom ,W.
Robinson and occupied by Edward Diipont as blacksmith shop.
The fire caught from the forge. Damage to building, $100 ; in-
surance, $400 ; insurance paid, $100. Damage to contents, $10;
• insurance, $100 ; insurance paid, $10. Companies responding:
Engines 5, 6, and Chemical, Ladder 6. Box pulled by citizen.
Still. Wednesday, November 14, 11.30 p. m. Burning
chimney at 43 Winter street, owned by L. H. Loughlin and oc-
cupied by three families. Members of Engine 2 responded.
Used pony. No damage.
Still. Thursday, November 15, 2.10 p. m. Rubbish in cel-
lar of Thomas Sullivan's cigar store, 984 Elm street. Members
of Chemical responded. No damage.
270 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Still. Sunday, November i8, 9.50 p. m. Burning chimney
in Smyth's block. Members of Chemical responded. Used
pony. No damage.
Box 18. Tuesday, November 20, 6.39 p. m. Three-story
wooden block at 515 Lincoln street, owned by Mrs. Mary A.
Whittier and occupied by several families. The fire originated in
the tenement occupied by H. F. Hunt. Caused by sparks from
stove catching on a rug and communicating to the partition.
Damage to building, $35 ; insurance, ^3,000 ; insurance paid,
$^^. Damage to Hunt's contents, $100; insurance, S500 ; in-
surance paid, $100. Companies responding: Engines 3, 4, and
Chemical, Hose i and 2, Truck 3. Box pulled by citizen.
Box 52. Thursday, November 22, 10.49 ^' ^^' ^ small horse-
shed in rear of 472 Granite street, ' owned and occupied by
Joseph Gare, caught fire from some unknown cause. A horse
inside was so badly burned that it was shot. Damage to build-
ing, $5 ; to contents, $50 ; no insurance. Companies respond-
ing : Engines 2, 6, and Chemical, Hose i. Ladder 6. Box
pulled by citizen.
Box 7. Monday, November 26, 9.33 a. m. Tar kettle boiled
over in rear of 196 Manchester street, E. Turcotte's stable.
Companies responding : Engines 3, 4, and Chemical, Hose i.
Ladders i and 3. No damage. Box pulled by citizen.
Still. Monday, November 26, 6.50 p. m. Burning chim-
ney at 51 Cedar street. Responded to by members of Chem-
ical Engine Co. Used pony.
Still. Wednesday, November 28, 9.10 A. m. Brush fire on
North Weare Railroad, on land owned by Manchester Beef Co.
Members of Engine 2 responded with hose wagon. No damage.
Still. Monday, November 26, 10.10 A. m. Grass fire on
Taylor street, near Westover and Gould's. Engine 3 responded
with apparatus. No damage.
Still. Monday, November 26, 6.05 p. m. Burning chimney
at 1235 Elm street. Members of Chemical responded. Used
pony.
Still. Monday, November 26, 7.15 p. m. Burning chimney
KEPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 271
at 133 Central street. Members of Chemical responded. Used
pony.
Still. Monday, November 26, 7.40 p. m. Burning chimney
at 180 Chestnut street. Chemical responded. No damage.
Box 21. Thursday, November 29, 1.43 a. m. Second alarm
pulled immediately. Four-and-one-half-story wooden tenement
building at 195 Hanover street, owned by Frederick Smyth, Ken-
dall heirs, and Ambrose Pairie, and occupied by several families
The fire was caused by a defective flue in the rear tenement, and
gained considerable headway in the partition before it was dis-
covered. Damage to building, $1,075 ; insurance, $4,150; in-
surance paid, $1,075. Damage to contents, $155 ; insurance,
$500; insurance paid, $155. Companies responding: Engines
I, 2, 3, 4, Chemical, Hose i and 2, Trucks i and 3. Box pulled
by officer.
Box 17. Monday, December 3, 7.21 a. m. Three-story
double tenement, corner Maple and Concord streets. Loose ex-
celsior in basement ignited from some unknown cause and was
extinguished before the arrival of the department. No damage.
Companies responding : Engines i, 3, and Chemical, Hose i
and 2, Truck 3. Box pulled by citizen.
Box 5. Thursday, December 6, 5.31 p. m. Breaking a kero-
sene lamp in Palmer House, corner of Elm and Pleasant streets,
caused an alarm. No damage. Companies responding : En-
gines 2, 3, 4, Chemical, Hose i, Trucks i and 3. Box pulled
by citizen.
Box 8. Monday, December 10, 11.55 P- ^^- Four- story
brick block, 11 48 Elm street, owned by Hiram D. Upton and
occupied for stores, tenements, and offices. The fire started from
some unknown cause in the basement of millinery store of
Archambeault & Co., destroying nearly all their stock and dam-
aging others by smoke. Damage to building, $1,550; insur-
ance, $40,000 ; insurance paid, $1,550. Damage to Archam-
beault's contents, $1,300 ; insurance, $1,500; insurance paid,
$1,300. Damage to F. H. Auger's contents, $100 ; insurance,
$2,300; insurance paid, $100. Damage to Brault Medicine Co.,
272 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
$23 ; insurance, ^200 ; insurance paid, ;^23. Damage to A. G.
Grenier's contents, $100; insurance, |2,ooo ; insurance paid,
$100. Damage to Hub Clothing Co., ^125; insurance, $5,000;
insurance paid, ^125. Damage to O. C. McColley's contents,
^325; insurance, ^500; insurance paid, $325. Companies re-
sponding: Engines i, 4, 5, Chemical, Hose i, 2, Truck i. Box
pulled by Officer Badger.
Still. Tuesday, December 11, 10.45 ^- ^^' Slight fire in
the rubbish in cellar of Amoskeag Clothing Co., at 1045 Elm
street. Members of Chemical responded. No damage.
Still. Friday, December 14, 7.55 p. m. Burning chimney
in house owned and occupied by Adolph Becker, 115 West
street. West Manchester. Members of Engine 2 responded with
pony. No damage.
Still. Saturday, December 15, 1.54 p. m. Tar kettle on
Spring street tipped over and tar caught fire. Chemical re-
sponded. Used pony.
Box 9. Tuesday, December 18, 1.05 a. m. Sparks from a
locomotive on Concord & Montreal Railroad set fire to grass in
field of George E. Hall, corner of Webster street and North
River road. No damage. Companies responding : Engines
1,5, and Chemical, Hose i, Truck i. Box pulled by Officer
Burns.
Still. Tuesday, December 18,7.35 A- ^^- Burning chimney
at 350 Chestnut street. No damage. Chemical engine re-
sponded. Used pony.
Still. Saturday, December 22, 4.05 p. m. Burning chimney
at 388 Cartier street, owned by Dr. Sturtevant, and occupied by
Frank Daniel. Members of Engine 6 responded with pony. No
damage.
Box 212. Sunday, December 23, 1.05 p. m. Two-and-a-half-
story brick house on Mooresville road, three and a half miles
from Central station, owned and occupied by Mrs. Susan C.
Blodgett. The fire originated from the same defective flue as the
one of March 16, 1889, and destoyed the most of the inside of
the main house, particularly the west end, but was kept entirely
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER.
273
from the L adjoining the east end. Most of the furniture .was
removed. Water was taken from Cohas brook by Engine i,
pumped through 1,050 feet of hose, into Engine 3, which pumped
through 1,300 feet of hose to fire. Damage to building, $3,000 ;
insurance, $3,500 ; insurance paid, $2,675. Damage to con^
tents, $400; insurance, $500; insurance paid, $310. Compa-
nies responding: Engines i, 3, and Chemical, Hose 2, Truck 3.
Box pulled by citizen.
Still. Sunday, December 23, 7.10 p. m. Burning chimney
at 133 Amherst street. No damage. Chemical Company re-
sponded. Used pony.
Still. Monday, December 24, 6.05 p. m. Smyth's block.
Slight fire in floor timbers over the Opera House. Cause un-
known. No damage. Chemical Company responded.
Still. Saturday, December 29, 7.30 p. m. Burning chimney
in Washington block, Pearl street. Members of Chemical Com-
pany responded. Used pony. No damage.
Still. Monday, December 31, 6.55 p. m. Cottage house 78
West street, West Manchester, owned by Mrs. E. B. Freschl, and
occupied by George W. Pierce. A child's crib caught fire from
a stove. Members of Engine 2 responded with hose carriage
and ponies. Used ponies. Damage to contents, $25 ; no insur-
ance.
Number of bell alarms .
Number of still alarms .
Total ....
Valuation of property endangered
Insurance on property endangered
Aggregate losses for 1893
Amount of insurance paid
65
71
136
$390,673-52
2i3'5ii-25
$42,581.15
3i>3i2.7i
$11,268.44
Net loss not covered by insurance
The several companies have responded to alarms as follows :
Engine Co. No. i — 36 times.
Engine Co. No. 2 — 29 times.
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274 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Engine and Ladder Co. No. 3 — 37 times.
Engine Co. No. 4 — 35 times.
Engine Co. No. 5 — 15 times.
Engine and Ladder Co. No. 6 — 12 times.
Hose Co. No. i — 50 times.
Hose Co. No. 2 — 30 times.
Ladder Truck No. i — 37 times.
Chemical — 93 times.
Number and Location of Alarm-Boxes and Keys.
No. 3. Blood's lower shop. Keys at offices of gas-works,
county jail, DeCourcy & Holland, 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 drugstores, and Manchester House.
No. 6. City Hall. Keys at Holland's and Thurston's drug-
stores, J. A. Riddle's office, and residence of J. L. Brock, 21
Amoskeag Corporation.
No. 7. Police station, corner of Manchester and Chestnut
streets. Keys at chief of police's office, and with all police
officers.
No. 8. Corner Elm and Hollis streets. Keys at Smith & Co.'s
and Colby's drugstores. 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, Dr. E. Fritz,
and station of Engine No. 6.
No. 12. Corner of North and Pine streets. Keys at residences
of John Mooar, George Emerson, Walter A. Green, and O. D.
Knox.
No. 13. Corner of Brook and Chestnut streets. Keys at resi-
KEPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 275
dences of Welcome Jencks and Lewis Simons, No. i Senter's
block, and Chase & Gate's grocery store.
No. 14. Corner of Prospect and Union streets. Keys at resi-
dences of Mrs. W. Ireland, Mrs. George W. Riddle, D. J. Adams,
E. L. Bryant, A. H. Olzendam, and Mrs. Thomas Morgan.
No. 15. Corner of Pearl and Chestnut streets. Keys at resi-
dences of William B. Corey, Henry W. Shannon, and J. Fred
Chalker.
No. 16. Corner of Lowell and Union streets. Keys at resi-
dences of Rt. Rev. Bishop Bradley and R. R. Hassam.
No. 17. Corner of Amherst and Beech streets. Keys at resi-
dences of Mrs. H. P. Watts and Michael Connor.
No. 18. Corner of Manchester and Maple streets. Keys at
residences of the late H. E. Stevens, A. N. Baker, and Mrs.
William Perkins.
No. 21. Corner of Merrimack and Pine streets. Keys at A. D.
Smith's drugstore, 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. Engine and Ladder Co. No. 3 house, corner of Mas-
sabesic street and Lake avenue. Keys at residence of D. M.
Goodwin and station of Engine and Ladder No. 3.
No. 25. Corner of Hanover and Ashland streets. Keys at
residences of George F. Lincoln, A. D. Gooden, Horace Stearns,
the late Horace Gordon, and James R. Straw.
No. 26. Corner of Bridge and Russell streets. Keys at Mc-
Crillis's carriage shop, John N. Foss'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, 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 watchrooms.
No. 32. Langdon Mills block, corner of Canal and Brook
streets. Keys at the Amoskeag Paper Company's mill, Langdon
watchroom, and Electric Light station.
276 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
No. 34. Jefferson Mill. Keys at watchrooin and pumping
station.
No. 35. Stark Mills. Keys at watchroom.
No. ^6. Amory Mills. Keys at watchroom.
No. 39. Hillsborough county jail. Keys at office.
No. 41. Amoskeag Mills. Keys at watchroom.
No. 42. Manchester Mills. Keys at watchroom.
No. 43. Olzendam's Mill. Keys at watchroom.
No. 45. The S. C. Forsaith Co. 's shops. Keys at freight depot
and S. C- Forsaith Co.'s office.
No. 51. Corner ofWalker and Second streets. Keys at stores
of F. Riedel and William Weber.
No. 52. Barr's brick block, West Manchester. Keys at Fradd
& Co.'s and A. N. Clapp's stores, Merrimack House, and Engine
No. 2 house.
No. 53. Wallace's steam mill. Keys at Wallace's office, I. R.
Dewey's tenement block, and Ranno Harness Co.'s store.
No. 54. Corner of A and Bowman streets. Keys at residences
of Lord sisters, Neil Fullerton, and ''George W. Davis's store.
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, Bakersville.
Keys at Mary Stack's saloon, True W. Jones Co.'s brewery, resi-
dence of H. F. Dillingham, and store of John A. Kane.
No.. 62. Gerrish Wool and Leather Co.'s, River road. Keys
at tannery and Edwin Kennedy house.
No. 71. Corner of Cedar and Pine streets. Keys at residences
of T. Collins, Daniel Sheehan, Thomas J. Smith, Simon Mc-
Carthy, and store of J. J. Toomey.
No 72. Corner of Lake avenue and Lincoln street. Keys at
residences of the late Austin Jenkins, James Briggs, and Clar-
ence 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.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 277
No. 82. Old City Hotel, corner Lowell and Church streets.
Keys at Syndicate Furniture Co.'s, Lowell-street stable, Nichols's
stable, and Eames Bros.' drugstore.
No. 112. Corner of Sagamore and Union streets. Keys at
residences of W. T. Stevens, W. A. Clarkson, M. D. Johnson,
Charles F. Chase, and William H. Drury.
No. 113. Corner of Oak and Prospect streets. Keys at resi-
dences of Mrs. William B. Abbott, W. N. Johnson, and E. M.
Topliff.
No. 114. Corner of Pearl and Ash streets. Keys at residences
of i\.. P. Olzendam, G. A. Olzendam, W. S. Shannon, and John
J. Bennett.
No. 212. Shoeshop, Hallsville. Keys at the office of the shoe
factory and residences of Charles C. Chase, G. W. Dearborn,
Mrs. Milton A. Abbott, M. V. B. Garland, and Walter Cody's
block.
No. 2 13. Sash and blind factory, South Beech street, junction
of Portsmouth Railroad. Keys at offices of Austin, Fint & Day
and Dana & Provost.
No. 214. Elliott silk mill, corner of Wilson and Valley streets.
Keys at office and watchroom of mill and at foundry opposite.
No. 215. Hoyt & Co.'s shoeshop, corner of Lincoln and Som-
erville streets. Keys at offices of shoeshop and Kimball Car-
riage Co. and residence of Mrs. A. B. Johnson.
No. 261. Pearl-street grammar school. Keys at schoolroom
and residences of Henry H. Everett, C. E. Rose, S. W. Bascom,
and Charles W. Cheney, Jr.
No. 312. Corner of Putnam, Main, and McGregor streets.
Keys at residences of James Spence (309 Main street), Thomas
Bolton, gate of No. 11 mill, and station of Engine and Ladder
No. 6.
No. 313. Corner of Amory and Main streets. Keys at resi-
dences of Allen Dean and Lawrence M. Connor, Bouthillier &
Gingras's drugstore, Miville & Go's drugstore, gate of No. 11
mill, and station of Engine and Ladder No. 6.
No. 314. P. C. Cheney Co.'s paper mill. Keys at office,
Annis's branch grain store, and Independent Hose house.
278
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
No. 315. Old Brick Store at 'Skeag. Keys at Flanders's store,
Independent Hose house, and D. L. 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. 323. Corner of Putnam and Bartlett streets. Keys at Al-
bert Oliver's store, P. J. Archambeault's bakery, and residence
of Officer Lewis Clement.
No. 511. Corner of Douglas and Green streets. Keys at resi-
dences of Amelia Davis, William A. Tufts, and James Kearns.
No. 513. Corner of Milford and Carroll streets. Keys at res-
idences 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.
Chemical Engine, Central station
Chief Engineer's office
Chief Engineer's residence
Assistant Engineer Whitney's residence
Assistant Engineer Whitney's office .
Assistant Engineer Merrill's residence
Assistant Engineer Merrill's store
Engine No. 2 .
Engine and Ladder No. 3
Engine No. 5
Engine and Ladder No. 6
Hose No. 2
64-3
64-3
64-4
34-4
73-3
206-3
55-4
64-2
64-5
64-6
64-7
1 16-4
Instructions to Key-holders and Citizens.
I. Upon the discovery of a fire, notice should be immediately
communicated to the nearest alarm-box, the keys to which are in
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 279
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. If you change your residence or place
of business, where the keys are kept^ return the keys to the same
officer.
6. Owners and occupants of buildings are 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 6}l 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.
280
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
TABLE
SHOWING THE APPARATUS CALLED TO DIFFERENT BOXES ON FIRST, SEC-
OND, AND THIRD ALARMS.
Boxes.
3
4
5
6....
7
8
9
12
13
14
15
16
17....
18
21
23
24
25
26
27
31....
32
34
35
36
39
41
42
43
45
51
52
53
54
56
61
62
71
72
73
81
82
112
113
114
212
213
214
215
261 ....
312
313
314
315....
321
323
511
513
FiEST Alarm.
Engine.
1st R. 3
Ist R. 2-3
1st R. 2-3
Ist & 2d R.
1st R. 3
1st & 2d R. 5
1st R. 5
5
1st R. 5
1st R. 5
1st & 2d R. 5
1st R. 5
1st R. 3
1st R. 3
IstR. 3
1st K. 3
Ist R. 3
1st R. 3
1st R. 3
1st R. 3
1st R. 6
1st R. 5
1st & 2d R. 5-6
1st &2dR. 5-6
1st & 2d R. 5-6
1st R. 3
1st & 2d R. 2-3
1st & 2d R. 2-3
1st R. 2-3
Ist & 2d R. 2-3
2-6
2-6
2-6
2-6
2-6
1st R. 3
1st R. 3
1st R. 3
1st R. 3
1st R. 3
1st & 2d R.
1st & 2d R.
1st R. 5
1st R. 5
1st R. 5
1st R. 3
1st R. 3
1st R. 3
1st R. 3
Ist R. 3
1st R. 2-6
1st R. 2-6
5-6
5-6
2-6
2-6
2-6
2-6
C. 1
1-3
1-3
1-3
1-3
1-3
1
1
1
1
3
1
1
3
3
1-3
3
3
3
3
3
-3
-3
-3
3
1-3
6
6
6
6
6
3
3
3
3
3
1
1
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
6
6
Second Alabm.
2dR.2
2dR.
2dR.
2-3
2dR.
3
2dR.
IstR.
2d R
2dR. 3
3
2dR. 3
2d R.5
2dR.
2d R. 2
2dR.
2dR.
2dR.
2d R. 5
2dR.
2d R. 5
2dR. 6
2-3
2-3
2-3
2dR. 2
5-6
5-6
2dR. 6
5
1st R.3
1st R.3
1st R.3
IstR.
Ift R.3
2dR.2
2d R. 2
2d R.
2dR.
2dR.
5
5-6
2dR.
2dR.
2d R.3
2dR.
2d R.
2d R.
2dR.
2d R.5
2d R.5
2d R.5
1st R.2
IstR.
1st R.5
1st R.5
IstR.
IstR.
w
w
2
2
2
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
6
6
3-6
3-6
3-6
Third Alarm.
1
1
1
1
3
1
5-6
5-6
5-6
5-6
2-5-6
2-6
2-3-6
2d R.2-3-6
2d R.2-3-6
2-6
2-6
2-6
2-6
2-5-6
5-6
2-5-6
2-5-6
2-5-6
2-6
2-5-6
2-3
2-3
5
6
2d R. 5
2d R. 5
2dR. 5
2d R. 3-5
2dR. 5
5-6
5-6
2-5-6
2-5-6
2-5-6
2-6
2
2-3-6
2-3-6
2-6
2-5-6
2-5-6
2-5-6
2-5-6
2-6
3
3
2dR. 3
2d R. 2-3
2d R. 3
2dR. 3
2d R. 3-5
2d R. 3-5
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 281
Rules and Regulations in Regard to Responding to
Fires and Alarms.
The following rules have been adopted by the board of engi-
neers, and the fire department will strictly comply until other-
wise ordered„and will attend alarms of fire as per running card.
RUNNING RULES.
Whenever an alarm is sounded, the members of all companies
not called to that box will report to their respective company
quarters, and there remain until dismissed by the signal on the
bells or by an engineer in charge.
In case companies on their first run have responded to an
alarm, companies on their second run to the box from which the
alarm has been sounded will answer all first-run boxes of the
absent companies ; and in case engines are out that would re-
spond to another box, then third-alarm companies will respond.
In case of an alarm from a box that does not call for a third
alarm, companies on their second run will then answer to all
other boxes.
Whenever two trucks answer to first alarm, the other truck
will answer to all other boxes.
At any time when an alarm of fire is given, the engine, hose
carriage, or truck that leaves the house first will have the right to
lead to the fire. Whenever a horse lags or gives out, drivers
should then give others the right of way, so as not to delay the
rest of the apparatus. No running by will be allowed, ex-
cept IN CASE OF accident, UNDER PENALTY OF DISMISSAL OF
THE DRIVER FROM THE DEPARTMENT.
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.
Engineers of steamers will not run over eighty (So) pounds
water pressure, except when orders are received from a member
of the board of engineers or of the officer in command of the
company.
282
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
WHISTLE SIGNALS.
The following code of signals will be observed by members of
the department :
For CAPTAIN, 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.
THIRD alarm.
On THIRD ALARM all apparatus will respond.
GENERAL ALARM.
In the event of a fire of such magnitude that second and third
alarms are needed, a general alarm will be given by striking ten
BLOWS, in which case all companies will respond.
SPECIAL CALLS ON FIRE ALARM.
When more apjDaratus is wanted without giving a second or
third alarm, the following special calls will be given :
2 — I for Engine i. i — i — i for Aerial Truck.
2 — 2
2—3
2—4
2—5
3 — 3 for Truck 3.
2,-6 " " 6.
4 — I for Hose i.
4 — 2 " " 2.
4—3 " " 3-
Companies answering "special calls" will wait thirty seconds
before leaving quarters to prevent mistakes.
OUT OF TOWN CALLS.
For a fire out of the city 2 — 2 — 2, in which case all companies
will assemble at their respective quarters and await orders.
ALL OUT SIGNAL.
Two blows on the bells, which dismisses all members at com-
pany quarters.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 283
TEST SIGNAL,
One blow at 12.30 noon.
SCHOOL SIGNALS.
I — I with fifteen seconds between blows closes primary and
middle schools.
2 — 2 with fifteen seconds between the 2's closes all the schools.
Time for giving same, 7.45 a. m., 11.30 a. m., or 1.15 p. m.
MILITARY CALL.
1 2 blows twice.
Rules for Exercising Horses.
It shall be the duty of the drivers of engines, hose carriages,
hose wagons, hook-and-ladder trucks, and all other apparatus
connected with this department, to exercise their horses every
day, weather permitting, except Sunday, with the exception of
engines having "first" and "second runs," and in such cases
must exercise on days of "second run," the same to be done
within the following limits :
CENTRAL STATION.
North to Pearl street. East to Union street.
South to Merrimack street. West to Elm street.
NORTH MAIN STREET STATION.
North to Adams street. East to Main street.
South to Granite street. West to Dubuque street.
LAKE AVENUE STATION.
North to Manchester street. East to Belmont street.
South to Summer street. West to Maple street.
MAPLE-STREET STATION.
North to Myrtle street. East to Linden street.
South to Hanover street. West to Union street.
284 ANNUAL OFFICIAL "REPORTS.
WEBSTER-STREET STATION.
North to Clarke street. East to Union street.
South to Pennacook street. West to Beauport street.
RIMMON- STREET STATION (mCGREGORVILLE).
North to Kelley street. East to Beauport street.
South to Wayne street. West to Rimmon street.
Drivers must confine themselves to the above, and in no case
take their horses beyond the prescribed limits, except for shoeing
and in case of fire, without permission from the (?hief or an as-
sistant engineer.
In exercising, care must be taken to avoid colliding with other
teams. In approaching corners, crossings, horsecar tracks, and
in going down grades the speed of the horses must be checked.
In case of an alarm use gong freely while returning to quar-
ters.
Any driver violating these rules will be liable to suspension or
discharge.
The Sleeping Apartments.
The permanent men shall exercise a careful supervision over
the sleeping apartments, see that the rooms are put in order and
the beds made as early as ii o'clock a. m., and that the bedding
is changed at suitable intervals. The occupants of each bed will
be held responsible for the cleanliness of the same, and held
strictly accountable for any damage to either bed or bed clothing
through carelessness. After lo o'clock p. m. occupants shall re-
frain from loud talking or in any manner disturbing the rest of
any who have retired.
Absence from Station.
No permanent member shall leave his station to visit any sec-
tion of the city without permission of the chief or an assistant
engineer, or leave the city, or be granted leave of absence, with-
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER.
285
out notifying the chief engineer and procuring a substitute to his
acceptance, and the substitute shall be on duty before the appli-
cant leaves his post.
Atiy call member' expecting to be absent from the city shall
notify the captain of his co7Jipany, and before leaving the city shall
procure a substitute satisfactory to said captain.
Any member of the department not complying with the above
rules shall be liable to suspension or expulsion from the depart-
ment.
Entering Buildings with Line of Hose.
All hose companies are instructed not to enter any building
with a line of hose unless the stop nozzle is closed, except in
cases where they can see the fire, and when their streams will
reach it without damage to other property.
Steamer companies are not to enter a building with a line of
hose without orders unless fire can be seen.
Captains of the several companies will be expected to report
any violation of the foregoing rules to the board of engineers.
ESTIMATED VALUE OF PROPERTY.
Engine No. 1 .
LOCATED ON VINE STREET.
I 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 exercise harnesses
I single exercise harness .
2,250 feet fabric hose
Stable fixtures, blankets, etc.
,4,000.00
400.00
685.00
225.00
200.00
50.00
40.00
1,320.00
60.00
286
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Tools, furniture, and fixtures
Firemen's suits and badges
Total amount
Engine No. 2.
LOCATED AT NORTH MAIN STREET, 'SQUOG.
I second size Amoskeag steamer
I hose wagon ....
I exercise wagon, poles, shafts, and 3
3 bay horses for steamer .
I pair gray horses for hose wagon
3 exercise harnesses, 2 at $40, i at ^2
5 swinging harnesses .
I double sled ....
3,300 feet fabric hose
Stable fixtures and blankets
Furniture, fixtures, carpets, etc.
Firemen's suits and badges
Total amount
horse
hitch
$200.00
200.00
7,410.00
$4,000.00
600.00
340.00
617,00
450.00
100.00
250.00
60.00
1,980.00
94.00
466.00
150.00
$9,107.00
Engine and Ladder Co. No. 3.
LOCATED ON LAKE AVENUE, CORNER MASSABESIC STREET.
I second-size Amoskeag steamer
I two-horse truck and equipments
I three-horse hitch attachment (extra)
I i)air black horses for steamer .
I pair bay horses for truck
I single horse for hose carriage .
3 exercise harnesses, 2 at $50, i at $40
5 swinging harnesses
I four-wheeled Amoskeag hose-carriage
13,500.00
1,700.00
200.00
417.00
400.00
150.00
140.00
250.00
600.00
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287
I double cart .....
I single sled .....
2,700 feet fabric hose ....
Stable fixtures, blankets, etc.
Beds, bedding, carpets, hall furniture, etc.
I exercise wagon . .
Total amount ....
$125.00
40.00
1,620.00
50.00
575-00
292.50
;io, 101.50
Engine No. 4.
LOCATED ON VINE STREET.
I first-size Amoskeag steamer .
I hose wagon ....
3 horses for steamer .
I horse for hose wagon
3 exercise harnesses .
4 swinging harnesses .
2,300 feet fabric hose
Hall furniture, beds, bedding, etc.
Stable fixtures and blankets
Firemen's suits and badges
Total amount
4,200.00
400.00
600.00
200.00
60.00
200.00
1,380.00
275.00
75.00
150.00
;7,54o.oo
Engine No. 5.
LOCATED ON WEBSTER STREET, CORNER CHESTNUT
I third-size Amoskeag steamer .
^3,600.00
I combination hose reel and ladder .
1,000.00
I pair bay horses
534-00
I pair gray horses
400.00
I double cart
75.00
I double sled
50.00
2 pairs swinging harnesses
200.00
288
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS
2 pairs exercise harnesses .
2,500 feet fabric ho.se
Furniture, fixtures, tools, etc.
Stable fixtures and blankets
Firemen's suits, badges, etc.
Total amount
$150.00
1,500.00
175.00
80.00
150.00
$7,914.00
E. W. Harrington Steam Fire Engine.
STORED AT CLINTON-STREET ENGINE HOUSE.
Old U tank Amoskeag engine (may be worth for ex-
change) ........
Engine and Ladder No. 6.
LOCATED AT CORNER AMORY AND RIMMON STREETS.
I second-size Amoskeag steamer
I hook-and-ladder truck (with Bangor extension)
1 one-horse carriage ....
2 gray horses for steamer .
2 bay horses for truck
I gray horse for hose carriage .
5 swinging harnesses ....
2,000 feet fabric hose ....
Hall furniture, carpets, beds, bedding, etc.
Stable fixtures, blankets, etc.
Firemen's suits and badges
I exercise wagon ....
Total amount ....
$3,500.00
1,680.00
600.00
400.00
267.00
200.00
250.00
1,200.00
375-00
85.00
187.00
290.50
Hose No. 1.
LOCATED ON VINE STREET.
1 four-wheeled Amoskeag hose carriage
2 horses ......
5600.00
534-00
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289
2 single harnesses
I single cart
I single sled
I hose sled
2,150 feet fabric hose
500 feet leather hose
Furniture and fixtures
Stable fixtures and blankets
Firemen's suits and badges
Total amount
gyo.oo
40.00
40.00
20.00
1,290.00
250.00
200.00
50.00
175.00
^3,269.00
Hose No. 2.
LOCATED ON MAPLE STREET, CORNER EAST HIGH.
I four-wheeled Amoskeag hose carriage
I bay horse
I exercise harness
I swinging harness
I single cart
2,000 feet fabric hose
2.000 feet leather hose
Furniture and fixtures
Firemen's suits and badges
Total amount
Hook-and-Ladder No. 1.
LOCATED ON VINE STREET.
I aerial hook-and-ladder truck
3 horses .....
1 pair exercise harnesses .
3 swinging harnesses
2 extra Bangor extension ladders
19
$000.00
100.00
30.00
50.00
50.00
1,200.00
800.00
100.00
175.00
53,105.00
,200.00
Soo.oo
30.00
150.00
•?6o.oo
290
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
7 rubber blanket covers .
Furniture and fixtures
Bed, bedding, and furniture
Stable fixtures and blankets
Firemen's suits and badges
Total amount
Chemical Engine No. 1
LOCATED ON VINE STREET.
I double tank (6o 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
Supply Wagon.
I supply wagon, with boxes and engineers' lanterns
Spare Hose.
AT CENTRAL STATION, VINE STREET.
8oo feet leather hose .....
650 feet fabric hose .... . .
Total amount .....
Exercise Wagon.
CENTRAL STATION, VINE STREET.
I four-wheeled exercise wagon with pole, shafts, three-
horse hitch, and coal boxes . . . . .
$168.00
200.00
40.00
60.00
280.00
6,288.00
$2,250.00
400.00
50.00
100.00
75.00
50.00
35-00
$2,960.00
)250.00
S400.00
390.00
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER.
Engineers' Department.
5 fire hats . . . .
5 engineers' white rubber coats
Furniture and fixtures
Total amount
291
^lO.OO
37-5°
175.00
^222. 50
Independent Hose Company No. 5.
LOCATED AT CORNER OF OLD FALLS ROAD AND FRONT STREET.
1 four-wheeled hose carriage ..... ^400.00
800 feet leather hose
2 hose-pipes, spanners, etc. ..
Furniture and fixtures
Total amount
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.
Extra Horses.
I horse at Central station for spare duty
I black horse off duty ...
I bay horse off duty
Total amount
300.00
40.00
10.00
Svqo.oo
I30.00
100.00
10.00
^140.00
S275.00
5200.00
100.00
100.00
.00
292
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Fire Alarm Telegraph.
At cost, including additions previous to 1885
Remodeling in 1885
Additions in 1886
in 1887
in 1888
in 1889
in 1890
in 1891
in 1892
in 1893
in 1894
''Individual Tapper" system
Wire, ladders, arms, brackets, etc.
Total ....
^21,625.00
6,000.00
775.00
375-00
S75-00
430.00
300.00
280.00
150.00
500.00
250.00
3,000.00
125.00
Recapitulation.
Engine No. i ...
. ^7,410.00
Engine No. 2 ...
9,107.00
Engine and Ladder No. 3
10,101.50
Engine No. 4 . . .
7,540.00
Engine No. 5 ...
7,914.00
Engine and Ladder No. 6
9,035-50
Harrington Engine fold)
500.00
Hose No. I . . . .
3,269.00
Hose No. 2 . . . .
3,105.00
Hook-and-Ladder No. i .
6,288.00
Chemical Engine No. i .
2,960.00
Supply wagon ....
250.00
Spare hose ....
790.00
Exercise wagon (Central station)
350.00
Engineers' department
222.50
Independent Hose No. 5
750.00
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER.
293
Goffe's Falls Hose-Carriage
Sleeping Hall (Central station)
Extra horses ....
Fire-Alarm Telegraph
Total ....
^140.00
275.00
400.00
34,385.00
iio4,795-5o
Names and Residences of the Members of the Fire
Department.
BOARD OF ENGINEERS.
■o o
Name.
Thomas W. Lane . .
Fred S. Bean
Ruel G. Manning . .
Eugene S. Whitney
Clarence R. Merrill
Rank.
Chief
Asst. and clerk
Assistant
Occupation.
Machinist
Carpenter
Supt. Elec. Light
Grain dealer —
Residence.
1937 Elm.
102 Orange.
55 Douglas.
N. River road.
414 MeiTimack
294
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
ENGINE COMPANY NO. 1.
House, 28 Vine Street.
to
bo .
-c o
Name.
Rank.
Occupation.
Residence.
7
Charles P. McCoy
Captain
Machinist
50 M. S. B.
8
Frank E. Stearns
Lieutenant
Paper hanger . . .
389 Lake ave.
18
James L. Brock
Clerk
Tinsmith
21 Market.
6
Charles F. Hall
Engineer
Engineer
28 Vine.
13
Joseph H. GouUl.......
Asst. Engineer
Machinist
8 Prospect.
11
Charles H. Rogers —
Driver engine,.
Teamster
28 Vine.
12
Artemas C. Barker....
Driver hose
28 Vine.
43
Frank B. Marston
Hoseman
Carpenter
14M. S. B.
17
Henry C. Parsons
Auctioneer
6 Prospect.
15
Thomas J. Wyatt
Carpenter
973 Elm.
19
George E. Badger
Steam -fitter
Upper Canal.
9
Lewis G. Bi-yant
Carpenter ^.
1451 Elm.
10
Fred A. Lang....
Machinist
28 Vine.
14
Nelson C. Whitney ...
Gas-fitter
1269 Elm.
ENGINE COMPANY NO. 2.
House on North Main Street, 'Squog.
Mo
C3
Name.
Rank.
Occupation.
Residence.
67
David G. Mills
Charles G. Ranno
Contractor
Harness-maker..
607 Granite.
71
Lieutenant —
63 Parker.
76
120
Jeremiah Lane
Harry C. Morrill
Clerk and dri-
ver engine . .
Engineer
Teamster
Engineer
210 No. Main.
226 No. Main.
119
Stephen Thomes
Asst. engineer.
Carpenter
55 Douglas.
69
A.rthur W. Whitcomb.
Driver of hose.
Teamster
151 Douglas.
72
Samuel A. Hill
Hoseman
Carpenter
86 School.
75
Robert J. Hill
Carpenter
86 School.
77
Daniel B. Emery
"
Machinist
Williams.
73
Charles S. Cousins —
Harness-maker..
323 Douglas.
74
Thomas C. Foote
Wool sorter
56 No. Main.
66
Joseph H. Alsop
Wool waste sort'r
54 Douglas.
70
Chas. M. Tewksbury . .
Asst.YardMast'r.
113 Parker.
68
George P. Ames
"
Supt. Streets —
226 No. Main.
KEPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEKR.
295
ENGINE AND LADDER COMPANY NO. 3.
House on Lake Avenue, corner Massabesic.
Name.
Rank.
Occupation.
Residence.
86
Frank F. Porter
Captain
Manufacturer . . .
330 Spruce.
82
Lvmnn "W. Piner
Lieut, engine .
Dresser
9S .Tnhn TSr r!lin«f>
268 Bridge.
417 Ceutrai.
Engine house.
83
Ernest E. Hubbell
Clerk
Clerk
121
George B. Forsaitb
Engineer
Engineer
122 John P.Walker
Asst. engineer
Machinist
352 Lake ave.
87
George H. Wheeler . . .
Driver engine..
Teamster
Engine house.
81
William S. McLeod...
Driver hose...
"
80
Ernest L. George
Driver truck...
"
79
Louis N. Duf rain
Fireman
173 Hall.
H9
Clerk
78
George Dunnington.. .
Harness-maker .
510 Wilson.
88
Fred S. Sloan
,,
132Massabesic.
19 Wairen.
532 Lincoln
114
^j
Carpenter
Cldrk
no
Albert W. Smith
Orriu S . Coburn
Carl K. Beadle
"
148
383 Central.
105
■'
380 Spruce.
97
Edwin C.Paul '
<i
Collector
372 Lake ave.
S.-)
John W.Finn
,,
Painter
317 Cedar.
S4
Walter M. Moulton . . .
"
307 Amherst.
296
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
ENGINE COMPANY NO. 4.
House, No. 20 Vine street.
Name.
Rank.
Occupation.
Residence.
20
Lucius B. Snelling
Captain
Pharmacist
103 Walnut.
28
John H. Wales, Jr
Lieutenant
Brick mason
19 M. S. B.
33
Thomas W. Lane, Jr..
Clerk
Electrician
1937 Elm.
21
Edgar G. Abbott
Engineer
Engineer
20 Vine.
32
Benj. R, Richardson..
Asst. Engineer
Machinist
12 M. S. B.
31
Frank J. Dustin
Driver engine..
Teamster
20 Vine.
29
Ellsworth V. Howe. . . .
Driver of hose.
Manufacturer . . .
20 Vine.
22
Walter A. Clarkson. . .
Hoseman
Carpenter
98 Sagamore.
25
Frank B. Stevens
„
Clerk
20 Gore.
27
Edward Sargent
<'
Machinist
20 Vine.
04
Edward C. Gould
,1
Clerk
258 East High
26
Irving S. Bryant
"
Manufacturer . . .
582 Chestnut.
"3
George Thompson —
Frank Sargent
,,
Clerk
85 Walnut.
30
"
Steam fitter
56 Water.
ENGINE COMPANY NO. 5.
House, No. 44 Webster Street.
11
Name.
Rank.
Occupation.
Residence.
49
Charles W. Brown
Captain
Clerk
16 Hazel.
101
Milo B. Wilson
Woodbury Davison . . .
Daniel W. Morse
Lieutenant —
Clerk
48 Blodget.
46
Carpenter
Engineer
817 Union.
42
Engineer
1419 Elm.
103
Asst. engineer.
Driver engine.
831 Union.
125
EmilH. Smith
Teamster
44 Webster.
124
Henry S. Reed
It
44 Webster.
47
Russell L. Cilley
Edward H. Clough ....
Arthur A . Smith
Clerk
863 Chestnut.
95
859 Chestnut.
41
Blacksmith
llW.Applet'n
126
Alvin McLane
,<
Carpenter
15 Liberty.
108
Edwin L. Towle
"
Clerk
62 Webster.
123
Charles H. Gile
Carpenter
896 Union.
W
Will G. Eraser
Lithographer . . .
54 Pennacook.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER.
297
ENGINE AND LADDER COMPANY NO. G.
House on Amory and Riminon Streets.
Name.
Rank.
Occupation.
Residence.
128
George A. Wliitney. . .
Captain
Manufacturer —
79 Conant.
129
130
624 Main.
Thomas E. Gorman...
Lieut, truck...
Section hand —
169 Cartier.
131
Clerlr
Clerk
239 Beauport.
Rimmon,
132
Edwin E. Weeks
Engineer
Engineer
133
Alciae Provencher . . .
Asst. engineer.
Machinist
1275 Elm.
134
Alphonso E. Foster.. .
Driver engine.
Carpenter
Rimmon.
135
136
Henry C. Crosby
Driver truck..
Teamster
Rimmon.
137
Fred S.Morrill
Hoseman
Belt-maker
58 Douglas.
138
,1
Painter
258 Beauport.
114 School.
139
Artliur A. Lamoreaux
Grocer
140
Frank W.Tibbetts....
Section-hand
312 Cartier.
141
John J. Conroy
Blacksmith
2G8 Beauport.
142
Frank St. John
Marble finisher..
5 Bail-.
M^
,,
Hevey.
516 Beauport.
144
Arthur Provost
Wool sorter
146
Heber C. Sleeper
Machinist
4 Monmouth.
147
James A. Parley
385 Dubuque.
145
John E. Herring
"
Mechanic
164 Beauport.
298
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
HOSE COMPANY NO. 1.
House, No. 26 Vine Street.
Name.
Rank.
Occupation.
Residence.
52
Charles B. French
Captain
Carpenter
39 M. S. B.
3fi
Joseph E. Merrill
Frank D. Burleigh
Walter L. Blenus
Lieutenant
Clerk
21 Ash.
50
Carpenter
1405 Elm
V
Driver
26 Vine
38
George H. Porter
Hoseman
Carpenter
279 Laurel.
48
Albert A. Puflfer
Railr'd employee
499 Beech.
53
JohnE. Sanborn
Carpenter
274 Laurel.
35
Samuel W. Patten
Belt maker
3M. S.B.
45
George I. Ayer
Electrician
28 M. S. B.
51
Edwin W. Merrill
Clerk
21 Ash.
34
39
Charles J.Wiley
Asa W. Gape
'•
Mechanic
Electrician
Elliot & Means
block.
239 Beauport.
HOSE COMPANY NO. 2.
House on Maple Street, corner East High.
1^
Name.
Rank.
Occupation.
Residence.
54
JohnF. Seaward
Captain
Carpenter
27 Warren.
55
Revilo G. Houghton..
Lieutenant
Gas fitter;
288 Bridge.
5S
Henry G. Seaman ....
Walter Seaward
Clerk
Carpenter
Teamster
14 South.
57
Driver
521 Maple.
59
Jos. W. Batchelder . . .
Hoseman
Carpenter
521 Maple.
64
Frank 0. Moulton
Clerk
211 Bridge.
6-?
Julien B. Huntley
Plumber
35 Dutton.
60
Charles W. Powell ....
Carpenter
540 Maple.
61
Addison Seaward
255 Bridge.
56
Arthur B. Merrill
62 Lake ave.
63
James A. Rogers
761 Beech.
65
John M. Emerson.
Plumber.
29 Dutton.
KEPORT OP THE FIRE ENGINEER.
299
CHEMICAL ENGINE COMPANY NO. 1.
House, No. 8 Vine Street.
CQ
Name.
Rank.
Occupation.
Residence.
116
George N. Burpee
Captain
Electrician
19 Ash.
117
Warren F. Wheeler. . .
Clerk & driver
Teamster
8 Vine.
lis
Frank H. Harvey
Pipeman
546 Chestnut.
116
Edward A. Sears
Fireman
Electrician
r. 247 Concord.
44
Benjamin C. Cann*. . .
Teamster
542 Chestnut.
HOOK-AND-LADDER COMPANY NO. 1.
House, iVo. IS Vine Street.
Name.
Rank.
Occupation .
Residence.
91
Jerome J. Loverlng . .
Captain
Carpenter
300 Pine.
111
90
46 Stark.
Henry Johnson
Clerk
Steam-fitter
298 Hanover.
Driver
18 Vine.
%
James Orrill
Fireman
Barber
100 Blodget.
op
Oscar P. Stone
Clerk
312 Manchest'r
104
Harrison H. Cole
Carpenter
45 M. S. B.
109
George M. Jones
Gardener
25 Prospect.
107
Manuf actui'er . . .
38 Vine.
113
Charles H. Laxon
"
Carpenter
20 M. S. B.
106
Charles Edgar
16 M. S. B.
100
Frank M. Frisselle
478 Beech.
112
Charles A. Buttei-fleld
Carpenter
951 Elm, R. 18.
118
Frank A. Pherson
Machinist
18 Vine.
9*?
Fred W. Bond
Loom fixer
54 Stark.
* Detailed as driver of supply wagon.
REPORTS
TRUSTEES OF CEMETERIES
CEMETERY FUNDS.
REPORT
OF THE
TRUSTEES OF THE CEMETERY FUND.
To the City Cotcncih of the City of Manchester :
Gentlemen, — The Trustees of the Cemetery Fund have the
honor to present their fifteenth annual report, embracing there-
port of their treasurer, which shows in detail the financial oper-
ations for the year ending December 31, 1894, as well as the
condition of the fund at present. There has been very little
work done the past year beyond the care of the lots endowed in
perpetuity. The income has been sufficient to do this and leave
some in the hands of the treasurer, which will be seen by his
report. It has been the policy of the trustees to allow this to
accumulate in order that they may be prepared to meet any
emergency that may suddenly arise, and to improve and beautify
the grounds to such a degree as the funds will allow, and as
time moves on the funds will naturally increase in amount and it
is hoped to such an extent that the trustees will not lack for
means to keep the lots in a condition that will be most gratify-
ing to their owners and representatives.
Respectfully submitted.
BYRON WORTH EN, Mayor, ex officio,
P. C. CHENEY,
Trustees of Cemetery Fund.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
To the Trustees of the Cemetery Fund :
Gentlemen, — I herewith transmit to you the twelfth annual
report of the funds received and expenses paid to December 31,
1894.
Pine Grove Cemetery.
Amount of permanent fund on hand January i, 1894 $19,651.01
Received during the year :
From Edward Wagner .
^391.00
Horace Pettee
9.00
Mrs. Frances B. Pettee .
9.00
Moses N. Smith .
141.25
Henry W. Boutwell
187.50
George A. Hackett
104.75
Marcellus Gould .
180.00
Lucien B. Clough
97.46
Henry W. Boutwell
75.00
J. H. Parmerton .
162.00
Mary A. Smith estate .
200.00
Hattie A. Corey .
82.95
Thorndike P. Heath
146.20
Ephraim K. Rowell
499-88
H. H. Dustin
180.00
Mrs. George P. and Frank A.
James 150.00
Edwin P. Richardson
161.77
Samuel H. Mead .
180.00
Erastus M. Kellog
94.50
George Bisco
300.00
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF CEMETERY FUNDS, 305
From Samuel Brooks estate
^150.00
Samuel S. Raymond
150.00
Mary J. James
99-95
Eliza A. Schofield
82.13
J. A. Rogers ....
332.81
Betsey M. Harmaford estate .
230.84
T. Frank Dickey .
180.00
^4,577-99
iber 31, 1894 .
Total permanent fund Decern
^24,229.00
Income on hand January i, 1894 .
. ^1,078.68
Income received during the year .
1,006.45
$2,085.13
Expenses paid during the year :
E. T. James
^8.13
S. A. Blood
4-75
J. B. Varick Co
10.00
B. A. Stearns, superintendent
521.50
Cash on hand ....
• 1,540.75
$2,085.13
Valley Cemetery.
Amount of permanent fund on hand January i, 1894
Received during the year:
From Harriet M. A. Foster estate .
Charles Hutchinson estate
John P. Ankarloo estate
,944-23
;3oo.oo
180.00
225.00
$705.00
Total permanent fund December 31, 1894. $7,649.23
Income on hand January i, 1894 . . $463.02
Income received during the year
Total income December 31, 189^
377-83
$840.85
20
306 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Expenses paid during the year :
C. H. G. Foss, superintendent . . ^193-96
Cash on hand ..... 646.89
^840.85
Piscataquog Cemetery.
Amount of permanent fund on hand January i, 1894 ^300.00
Amount of permanent fund on hand December 31,
1894 300.00
Income on hand January i, 1894 . . ^46.08
Income received during the year . . 15-00
Total income on hand December 31, 1894 . $61.08
Merrill Cemetery.
Amount of permanent fund on hand January i, 1894 ^200.00
Amount of permanent fund on hand December 31,
1894 ........ . 200.00
Income on hand January i, 1S94 . . ^24.00 .
Income received during the year . . 10.00
Total income on hand December 31, 1894 . $34-oo
Expenses paid during the year:
B. A. Stearns, superintendent, for grading
lots ^13-25
Cash on hand . . . . • . 20.75
$34.00
SYLVANUS B. PUTNAM,
Treasurer of the Cemetery Fund.
This is to certify that I have examined the books of accounts
of Sylvanus B. Putnam, treasurer of the trustees of the cemetery
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF CEMETERY FUNDS. 307
fund, embracing the receipts and expenditures for the year 1894,
and I find the same correct and properly vouched. I have also
examined the securities in which said fund is invested, and find
as follows :
PINE GROVE CEMETERY.
Bonds of the city of Manchester, N. H.
5 per cent, 1913 . . . . . $14,700.00
5 per cent, 1943 ..... 9,000.00
Cash on hand ..... 529.00 '
Total amount of bonds and cash . ^24,229.00
Total amount of permanent fund .... $24,229.00
VALLEY CEMETERY.
Bonds of the city of Manchester, N. H.
5 per cent, 1913 ..... $4,800 00
5 per cent, 1943 ..... 2,000.00
Cash on hand ..... 849.23
Total amount of bonds and cash . $7,649.23
Total amount of permanent fund .... $7,649.23
PISCATAQUOG CEMETERY,
Bonds of the city of Manchester, N. H.
5 per cent, 1913 ..... $300.00
Total amount of permanent fund ....
MERRILL CEMETERY.
Bonds of the city of Manchester, N. H.
5 per cent, 1913 ..... $200.00
Total amount of permanent fund .... $200.00
JAMES E. DODGE,
City Auditor.
REPORT
OF THE
TRUSTEES OF CEMETERIES.
Pine Grove Cemetery.
The sub-committee of the trustees of the Pine Grove ceme-
tery submit the following report :
During the past year the cemetery grounds have been enlarged
by the addition of the Hewlett lot on the north, containing ten
acres, purchased at the cost of ^4,400. The buildings have been
repaired at an expense of ^645, and are occupied by the superin-
tendent of the grounds at a rental of ^11 per month. Iron-
frame settees have been placed upon the grounds, costing about
^100. Two hundred feet of fence have been built upon the east
side of the grounds, and no less amount should be constructed
each year until the whole is inclosed.
Substantial progress has been made in the development of
Chapel Tawn, on which eight lots have been graded and sold.
Landscape Lawn having been entirely sold, a rapid sale of the
lots upon this beautiful elevation may be expected until this new
source of supply is exhausted. Riverside Lawn and Pine Lawn,
also under perpetual care, will supply the demand in the south-
erly section of the grounds for a considerable time to come.
The extensions of the Pine Grove cemetery north and north
by the purchase of the Webster and Howlett places, while not
affording all the area that may some day be needed, yet will sup-
ply the demand for many years to come.
There is still due upon the Howlett purchase ^3,400, which
should be provided for by a special appropriation.
C. H. BARTLETT,
For the Committee.
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF CEMETERIES.
309
Valley Cemetery.
The sub-trustees of the Valley cemetery respectfully submit the
following report for the year 1894:
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation
Tomb fees
Interments .
Removals
Care and water
Labor and materia
EXPENDITURES.
Paid labor of men as per pay-roll ....
B. B. Bascomb, team, loam, sand, and manure
S. S. Piper, postage
E. J. Knowlton, postage
Temple & Farrington Co., book and stationery
Manchester Hardware Co.
C. E. Forbes, ladder
H. M. Hall, loam ....
Pike & Heald Co., piping, etc.
S. Lovejoy .....
A. L. Aldrich ....
M. S. & R. Co., phosphate .
P. O. Woodman, loam and turf
J. Hodge, lumber ....
J. B. Varick Co., hardware .
telephone .....
Neil Fullerton, team and loam
A. L. Bixby, labor and lumber
W. H. Tibbetts, painting
J. Francis, plants ....
H. H. Huntress, plants .
13,000.00
213.00
159.00
21.00
1,061.65
359-99
4,814.64
Si,947.i6
191.03
1.09
2.43
11.50
12-35
2.00
15-50
87.04
1. 00
.20
7-5°
11-45
1.46
23-44
26.60
12.52
60.17
127.71
53-So
14-95
310
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Paid Manchester Water-Works
A. G. Hood, plants and loam
T. Foley, labor on tomb
William Berwick, team .
Wadleigh Hardware Co., hardware
A. E. Osgood, manure .
J. T. Underhill, concrete
J. E. Larkin, piping
F. X. Chenette, team
J. J. Abbott, glass
Amount transferred to reserved fund
Paid S. B. Putnam, city treasurer
^125.70
32.28
12.00
12.30
7-35
12.00
64.49
93-35
2.00
•95
^2,973.02
26.98
^3,000.00
1,814.64
$4,814.64
At a meeting of the trustees in the spring, the superintendent
was instructed to have the buildings and bridges painted, which
was done early in the season. The tomb has-been whitewashed
inside and the racks, doors, and fence in front have been
painted.
On examination it was found that one of the foot-bridges was
so far decayed that it could not be repaired, and a new one was
erected to take its place.
About 350 feet of 2-inch and 50 feet of i i^-inch pipe have
been laid and water has been carried to six lots. Meadow path
from the Valley to Pine avenue, and Dell path from Valley to Pine
path have been concreted. Grading has been continued on the
south bank of the valley west of the Gillis tomb — 325 loads of
sand, 102 loads of loam used. It will require about 50 loads
more to complete the bank.
On account of the springs in the bank, we had to lay 75 feet
of 6-inch pipe to drain the water. The old 8-inch pipe running
down past the tombs became filled with willow roots so that no
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water would go through. Forty feet have been taken up and re-
laid with 1 2-inch pipe.
The grass has been cut twice, which adds somewhat to the ex-
pense but is a decided improvement to the looks of the ceme-
tery.
There have been 62 interments, 12 removals, and 52 placed in
the tomb. Several beautiful and costly monuments have been
erected.
The grounds have been kept in the usual good condition
under the care of C. H. G. Foss, who this year completes his
tenth year as superintendent.
R. J. BARRY,
BUSHROD W. HILL,
Sub-Tritstees of Valley Cemetery.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
To the Trustees of Cemeteries :
Gentlemen, — I herewith present to you my annual report of
the money received by me during the year ending December 31,
1894:
Pine Grove Cemetery.
Number of deeds delivered during the year, eighty.
To cash received for the same . . ^3,461.00
interest ...... 24.01
cash received from superintendent . 2,396.97
$5,881.98
Cr.
By treasurer's receipts .... $3,485.01
superintendent's receipts . . . 2,396.97
Valley Cemetery.
To cash received from superintendent . . . $1,814.64
Cr.
By treasurer's receipts ...... $1,814.64
All money received by me has been turned into the city
treasury, and a detailed account of the expenditure of the same
will be found elsewhere.
I have in my possession thirty-six deeds ready for delivery, all
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF CEMETERIES. 313
of which will soon be taken with a few rare exceptions, and
these cases will undoubtedly have to receive the especial action
of your successors next year or at some future time, for occasion-
ally one is not able to complete the contract, or will not, as
sometimes is the case.
Most respectfully submitted.
SYLVANUS B. PUTNAM,
Treasurer.
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 E. DODGE,
City Auditor.
REPORT
OF THE
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
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REPORT
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
1894. The whole number of families that has received more
or less assistance off the farm during the year has been ninety,
consisting of four hundred and fifty persons, all of whom have
a settlement in this city. Six 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 time. The
whole number of paupers supported at the county farm during
the year has been five, at a cost of two dollars per week for each
person.
The whole number of persons supported at the State Industrial
School during the year has been six, at a cost of one dollar and
fifty cents per week for each person.
The whole number of paupers supported at the St. Patrick's
Orphans' Home has been two, at a cost of one dollar and twenty-
five cents per week for each person.
318
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
The whole number of paupers supported at the St. Patrick's
Old Ladies' Home has been one, at a cost of two dollars per
week.
The whole number of paupers supported at the Orphans' Home,
Franklin, has been one, at a cost of one dollar per week, cloth-
ing included.
The Overseers of the Poor have given and allowed nine hun-
dred and four orders to the paupers off the farm during the year,
the largest number in the history of the city. Said orders con-
sisted chiefly of orders for groceries, fuel, medicine, board and
care, clothing, and emergencies.
The whole amount allowed to the several persons who applied
for assistance from time to time from the several wards of the
city during the year was as follows :
Ward I
Ward 2
Ward 3
Ward 4
Ward 5
Ward 6
Ward 7
Ward 8
Ward 9
^142.75
252.63
478.29
985.41
2,454.66
606.52
229.58
i)057-39
690.40
^6,897.63
MISCELLANEOUS BILLS ALLOWED.
State Industrial School, board of inmates ^2,964.44
Books and stationery .... 29.46
$2,993.90
Total cost
11-53
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Cash received from the county of Hillsborough for
board of inmates of State Industrial School and
paid to the city treasurer $2,730.44
Total expense to the city .... $7,161.09
All of which is respectfully submitted.
William H . Maxwell, Ward i , Clerk of Board,
Thomas L. Quimby, Ward 2,
Benj. F. Garland, Ward 3,
G. S. Holmes, Ward 4,
Patrick Costello, Ward 5,
(Charles Francis, Ward ,6,
William Marshall, Ward 7,
Charles S. McKean, Ward S,
Overseers of the Poor for the City of Mandiester.
A true copy. Attest :
William H. Maxwell,
Clerk of the Board.
To the Mayor, Aldei-inen, and Cojumou Comicil of the city of
Manchester :
In compliance with chapter 81, sections i and 2, Laws of the
state of New Hampshire, passed at the June session, 1881, the
Overseers of the Poor herewith present their annual report under
the head of '' Aid to soldiers and sailors and their dependent
families," for the year 1894.
The whole number of indigent soldiers and sailors who have
had more or less aid during the year has been ten, consisting of
320 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
four families, all of whom have a settlement in this city, at a to-
tal cost of ^274.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
William H. Maxwell, Ward i, Clerk of Board,
Thomas L. Quimby, Ward 2,
Benj. F. Garland, Ward 3,
George S. Holmes, Ward 4,
Patrick Costello, Ward 5,
Charles Francis, Ward 6,
William Marshall, Ward 7,
Charles S. McKean, Ward 8,
Frank I. Lessard, Ward 9,
Overseers of tlie Poor.
A true copy. Attest :
William H. Maxwell,
Clerk.
REPORT
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE
ON CITY FARM.
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON CITY
FARM.
To His Honor the Mayor and City Councils of the City of
Manchester :
Gentlemen, — The Joint Standing Committee on City Farm
hereby submit to you their annual report for the year ending
December 31, 1894.
Having fairly and impartially appraised all personal property
at the farm, we find the summary as follows :
Live stock $2,627.00
Wagons, carts, and team furnishings
Farming implements
Hay, grain, and produce
Household furniture
Provisions and fuel
^12,072.37
Following is a list of the crops the past season, not including
the amount used through the summer and fall
Second crop hay
No. I English hay
Meadow hay
Cow fodder
Oat straw
Celery .
Corn
1,381.00
817.00
4,174-30
2,414.72
658.35
I ton.
62 tons.
10 "
25 -
16 "
600 bunches.
1,025 bushels.
324
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Oats .
200 bushels.
Blood beets .
80 "
Mangold beets
Cabbage
Carrots
1,000 "
10 tons.
175 bushels.
Turnips
Onions .
156 "
30 "
Potatoes
500 "
Parsnips
Squashes
Popcorn
Sweet corn .
5 "
I ton.
19 bushels.
20 "
Seed potatoes
Apples .
10 "
50 barrels.
Among the permanent improvements at the farm we have put
city water in the house for use when the well gives out. We
have built a large shed, 20 x 40 feet, for wagons, and also a house
for a hose carriage, with 500 feet of new hose and a reel from
the Central Fire Station placed there in case of fire. In the
house we have placed the Emergency Fire Extinguisher, and we
are now well equipped in case of fire.
We have got 2^2, acres of pasture into grass this fall, and
worked about 4 acres more of the pasture, pulled the stumps and
blasted the large stone, which will be put in good shape another
year.
Another ditch has been put in the field west of Mammoth
road, from Bridge to Lowell streets.
The lumber on the Young road, which was decaying from the
effects of fire running through it, has been cut off. This was
sawed on the lot and sold, to be paid for in 1895.
The garbage collected is fed, the best of it, as last year, and
the remainder is used for dressing the land. We have collected
nearly 1,800 loads the last year, which requires three teams.
With the high pressure water service, and a hydrant within
150 feet of the buildings, the committee thinks that the rate of
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CITY FARM. 325
insurance should be reduced. We are thankful to Mrs. Dunlap,
Mrs. Kinsley, and others of the W. C. T. U., for the large
amount of reading matter furnished the prisoners. They have
also held two Sunday services and furnished each prisoner with
flowers.
Alfred D. Maxwell,
George W. Reed,
D. A, Murphy,
W. D Wheeler,
John J. Rylander,
Joint Standing Committee on City Farm*
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REPORT OF THE CITY SOLICITOR.
REPORT OF THE CITY SOLICITOR.
Gentlemen of the City Councils :
The following is the report of the doings of the city solicitor's
office for '189 4:
The actions Aliee Chamberla7id v. Manchester and Carl C.
Koehler v. Manchester were tried by jury, and verdicts rendered
in favor of the city. In /a?nes A. Neal v. Manchester the plain-
tiff withdrew after the trial of the foregoing cases.
The cases Executrix of H. C. Canney v. Manchester, S. H.
Dunbar v. Ma7tchester, Augusta Currifi v. Manchester, C. H.
Bodwell v. Manchester, T. E. Mc Derby v. Manchester^ Janet B.
H'hite V. Manchester, S. S. James and others v. Manchester,
Hannah E. Welch and others v. Manchester, and D. W. Perkins
v. Manchester^ were disposed of out of court by agreement with
the plaintiffs.
The cases of Sarah B. Woodman v. Manchester and J. T.
Donahoe v. Manchester were decided in favor of the plaintiffs by
the court upon agreed statements of facts, there being no dispute
as to amount due, in either case, if anything could be recovered.
The appeals from awards of damages by the mayor and alder- .
men made by Edwidge Eno, Louis St. John, Joseph Trudeau,
Qeorge R. Vance, Charles P. Still, and Flora A. Woodman, execu-
trix, were tried by the county commissioners and the amounts of
their a\vards paid. William E. Moore withdrew his appeal. The
appeal of A. Sevigny was tried by the commissioners, but their
decision has not yet been filed.
330 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
The following cases previously reported are still pending in
court :
Campbell e^ Maxwell v. Manchester, A. Blood and others v.
Manchester and the Manchester Electric Light Co., Manchester v.
Jenkins and bondsmen, D. H. Dickey v. Manchester, Mary
Dickey v. Manchester, Manchester v. Warren &^ Beede, Elvira
Severance v. Manchester, Mary E. Reed v. Manchester, Charles
Williams v. Manchester, W. E. Dunbar v. Manchester, G. H.
Dunbar v. Manchester, Mary G. Carvelle v. Manchester, Re-
becca Gartnon v. Manchester, Lucie A. Clough v. Manchester,
Batchelder 6^ Clarks v. Manchester, Matters arising from contro-
versy over new passenger railroad station, and D. C. Whittemore
and others v. Manchester. With the exception of the first two
cases, all these in which city is defendant are for damages by the
water-works or by land taken for new highways.
The following new cases were begun during the year:
Seth T. Hill v. Manchester, to recover balance claimed to be
due on settlement of account as collector of taxes.
• W. W. Owen v. Manchester and Sarah E. Biitterfield v. Man-
chester, for damages occasioned to property of plaintiffs by the
alleged overflowing or backing up of city sewers.
Patrick Kendrigan v. Manchester, for damages for injuries
received by caving in of a sewer trench in which plaintiff was
employed.
The petition of George A. Farwell aiid others for a new high-
way in Manchester and Auburn.
And Devotishire Mills v. Manchester, for damages for diverting
water of Cohas brook by the city water- works.
Samuel T. Page, The Elliot Hospital, and Lucie A. Clough
have also filed appeals from awards of damages by the mayor and
aldermen for land taken for new highways.
The city, through its board of water commissioners, have begun
proceedings to condemn all the land bordering Lake Massabesic
in Hillsborough county, not already owned by the city, and
these proceedings are pending before the county commissioners.
As stated in my last report, the two principal causes of all
REPORT OF THE CITY SOLICITOR. 331
existing litigation are claims for damage by flowage and other
diversions of the water of Lake Massabesic and Cohas brook by
the water-works system of the city, and appeals from awards for
damages to land by the laying out of new streets or the changing
of grades of existing highways. The matter of damages by the
water-works system must be faced, and while the amount of
money involved may be large, the matter in controversy is of so
great importance, involving the control of the water of the lake
and brook, and the preservation of the purity of the water for
the uses of our whole population, that few, if any, will complain
of the money expended ; and the other class of cases simply
shows the need of greater care by boards of mayor and alder-
men in laying out and changing highways.
Respectfully submitted.
EDWIN F. JONES,
City Solicitor.
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REPORT OF THE CITY PHYSICIAN.
REPORT OF CITY PHYSICIAN.
To His Honor the Mayor and Gentlemen of the City Councils :
I herewith submit my report of such of the city poor as came
under my care for the year ending December 31, 1894 :
Number of cases treated, 121; number of calls made, 1,511.
Diseases treated : Alcoholism, i ; blood poisoning, i ; bron-
chitis, acute, 2 ; bronchitis, chronic, 2 ; cerebral hemorrhage,
1 ; croup, 2 ; cholera morbus, 4 ; concussion of brain, i ; delir-
ium tremens, 15; diphtheria, i; heart disease, 2 ; housemaid's
knee, i ; insane, i ; neuralgia, i ; laryngitis, i ; measles, i ;
marasmus, 2 ; la grippe, 12; miscarriage, i ; pneumonia, croup-
ous, I ; pneumonia, broncho, i; pneumonia, hypostatic, i ;
phthisis pulmonalis, 7 ; pleuritis, 3 ; pertussis, 2 ; poisoning,
morphine, i ; poisoning, arsenic, i ; paraphimosis, i ; rheuma-
tism, acute articular, 3 ; rheumatism, muscular, i ; stoppage, 3 ;
syphilis, 2 ; sciatica, i ; tonsilitis, i ; typhoid, i ; urethral stric-
ture, 2 ; varicose ulcers, i.
Cases requiring surgical treatment, 36 : Fracture of jaw, i ;
fracture of arm, i ; fracture of both bones of leg, 2 ; fracture of
toe, I ; fracture of elbow, i ; fracture of thigh, i ; fracture of ribs,
2 3 dislocated shoulder, 2 ; dislocated thumb, i ; sprained ankle,
I ; incised wound of wrist, i ; incised wound of foot, i ; lacer-
ated wound of wrist, i ; lacerated wounds of face, 7 ; lacerated
wounds of scalp, 7, lacerated wound of nose, i ; lacerated wound
of finger, 2 : gunshot wound, i ; amputation of finger, i ; pow-
der in face, i.
Number of deaths, 17: Cerebral hemorrhage, i; diphtheria,
336 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
I ; phthisis pulmonalis, 5 ; poisoning by arsenic, i ; bronchitis,
acute, I ; broncho-pneumonia, i ; death by drowning, 2 ; maras-
mus, I ; found dead, 4, cause unknown, autopsy not thought
necessary by city officials.
I would recommend that a stretcher be substituted for the bas-
ket now in use in the city ambulance, the basket not answering
at all the object for which it is intended, being too large, un-
wieldy, and heavy to be carried up and down stairs; in fact,
when the ambulance is used, the basket has to be left on the
street, and the patient, with much unnecessary suffering, brought
down in some one's arms.
FREDERICK PERKINS, M. D.
City Physician.
REPORT OF THE MILK INSPECTOR.
REPORT OF MILK INSPECTOR.
To His Honor the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City
of Manchester.
I herewith submit a report for the year ending January 31,
1895.
The method of obtaining samples of milk has been the same
as that pursued during previous years, each sample being tested
for the pupose of ascertaining its average quality, and in some
cases being chemically tested for the purpose of discovering the
presence of coloring matter, which would necessarily be added
where milk had been " extended.''
In testing for butter fat, in addition to the usual method here-
tofore used, the Babcock method was largely used where the sam-
ples appeared at all doubtful, and the instrument proved satisfac-
torily correct in all cases.
The supply was found to be short during most of the year, not
owing to a larger consumption, but due largely to an extended
drouth and the consequent drying up of the pasture feed, and to
general "running out" of the land devoted to pasturage in
the towns where the milk is raised for supplying the city. These
pastures are generally the poorer part of the farming lands, and
are often so rough and rocky that it is impossible to plow them
and seed them down, and as they are nearly always overstocked
with cattle, the feed is found to be insufficient even in years
when no drouth exists, and nearly every farmer who keeps a herd
of cows is obliged to feed from other sources each day, and each
year the pasture lands seem poorer, and are fast becoming only
340 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
large yards where the cows can procure drinking water from
the springs or brooks that are found in them, and places for ex-
ercise. If there was any way in which these old, worn-out pas-
tures could be renovated, it would undoubtedly make a differ-
ence in the quality of milk during the summer months and would
perceptibly increase the quantity. One great difficulty in try-
ing to obtain a supply at such times from the milk cars which
run through the city to Boston, Mass., is that at just those times
there is always the same proportionate shortage in that city, and
the milk cannot be sold at that time unless at an advanced price.
There has been a gradual decrease in the number of routes
during the year, some of the smaller routes being bought and
merged with the larger ones, as the drivers of the very small
routes find it unprofitable at the present prices.
Very few complaints have been made by customers during the
year, and these were promptly attended to and the cause at once
remedied ; and there was a general tendency among all milk-
men to pay more attention to their supply from raisers, especially
regarding quality.
No cases of tuberculosis were reported within the limits of the
territory from which the city is supplied, but in towns farther
away, and in that portion of the state of Massachusetts bordering
upon New Hampshire, many cases were reported and much
trouble was experienced on that account.
The number of licenses issued during the year has been 126,
which amounted to ^63, and the tendency will be to reduce the
number somewhat during the next few years, especially as regards
routes.
The number of quarts of milk distributed daily by dealers dur-
ing the year has averaged 20,115, and 3,785 quarts of skimmed
milk, and the estimated number of cows to produce this quantity
of milk is 3,352.
The state law regulating the sale of milk should be changed or
amended, making it the same standard as that in the state of
Massachusetts, and the penalties should be the same, for what is
good law for those engaged in this traffic in the cities of that
REPORT OF THE MILK INSPECTOR. 341
state, or for the people who are consumers, is good law for the
people of our state of New Hampshire.
No final decision having been rendered in the oleomargarine
test case, which, as I am informed, has been carried to the United
States Supreme Court, no change has been made in that traffic,
and oleomargarine has been sold and will continue to be sold in
our city, as has heretofore been done, pending the above de-
cision.
Very respectfully,
H. F. W. LITTLE,
Milk Inspector.
REPORT
OP THE
BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS.
REPORT
BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS.
To the Board of Mayor and Aldermen for the City of Man-
chester ;
The report of the Board of Police Commissioners for Man-
chester for the quarter ending December 31, 1894, is hereby sub-
mitted. As the present board of mayor and aldermen has been
elected since any report has been made, the commissioners have
thought best to give in this report a general review of the year
during which they have had charge of the police department.
As the term of office of the board did not commence until Jan-
uary I, 1894, and the warrants of the entire police force expired
on the 2d, a large amount of preliminary work was done before
the commission was in existence. Application blanks were pre-
pared and furnished to any person applying for a position upon
the force ; more than one hundred applications were filed and
on Monday, January i, the board met and organized by choos-
ing a clerk, and examined every applicant personally and by
himself alone, in addition to the sworn statements contained in
the applications. Thirty-eight appointments were made, twenty
being from the old officers and eighteen, with one exception,
being from inexperienced men. In selecting from the old offi-
cers fifty years was made the age limit, and thirty-five years the
limit for new men. Before the issuing of the warrants to the
346 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS,
men appointed, on January 2, evidence was presented to the
board of misstatements in the applications of two men and their
appointments were at once revoked. One man appointed de-
clined to accept and the three vacancies thus created were after-
wards filled. Some changes have been made during the year ;
one officer has been dismissed and four have resigned, their res-
ignations being handed to the board prior to investigations about
to be entered upon. These vacancies have been filled and the
force now consists of the chief of police, deputy chief, captain,
sergeant, and thirty-four patrolmen ; in addition, there are
eighteen special officers, some of whom are occasionally em-
ployed during the absence or sickness of a regular officer, or
when extra services are required, receiving pay only when on
duty. In discipline the force has greatly improved and we be-
lieve that its efficiency is also greater than in the past, but in
both respects a perfectly satisfactory standard has not been
reached. The board will not rest satisfied until further improve-
ment is shown. Complaints against officers have been filed by
citizens in only three cases, all for violence in making arrests or
after the arrest was made. In one case the officer was repri-
manded, in one suspended for a short term, and in the other the
charge was dismissed. The board has held thirty-two meetings
during the year in addition to the several meetings required be-
fore January i, 1894.
Great interest was manifested by the public in the beginning
of the year to see how the commission would treat the liquor
question. The subject was carefully considered and what has
been done is in brief as follows :
On the first of January, 1894, there were in Manchester over
three hundred and fifty places where intoxicating liquors were
sold, in many of them at all hours of the day and night, and for
seven days m the week. There was a regulation or understand-
ing established by some former board of mayor and aldermen
that all should close at 10 o'clock at night and should be closed
on Sunday, but it was more honored in the breach than in the
observance. We believe that for a long time no places have
REPORT OF THE POLICE COMMISSIONERS. 347
been open after lo o'clock or on Sunday for the sale of intoxi-
cating liquors, with the exception of some so-called drugstores.
No new places have been allowed to open, and of the three hun-
dred and fifty places above mentioned one hundred and fifty-
five have been closed and are out of the business. Every known
dealer in intoxicating liquors has been before the court and paid
a fine for violating the law. The number of arrests for drunken-
ness has slightly decreased and the police report the condition of
the streets after lo o'clock to be greatly improved as to quiet-
ness and good order. In 1893 the city received for fines and
costs, $6,88;^. 06. In 1894 the amount was $12,802.54. The
pay-roll for 1893, for pay of officers, not including marshal and
assistant marshal, was ;^3i, 652. 65 ; for 1894 it was $29,413.72,
more than $2,200 less than the previous year.
Many of the beats now covered by the officers are of great
extent and far removed from the police station, the city having
largely extended in three or four directions during the last few
years. In the northeast, Derryfield park and vicinity require
some attention, particularly in the summer; in the southeast,
shoeshops and other industries have greatly increased the neces-
sity for police protection ; on the west side of the river, in the
vicinity of the Rimmon shoeshop, and farther south, there is a
demand for the services of an officer. These demands will un-
doubtedly require the appointment of two or three additional
officers during the year. With so large a territory to cover, a
signal system will soon be a necessity.
ISAAC L. HEATH,
N. S. CLARK,
FRANK P. CARPENTER,
Board of Police Commissioners.
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REPORT
OF THE
BOARD OF HEALTH.
REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.
To His Honor the 3 fay or :
The Board of Health submits the following report for the year
1894:
Neil F, Starr, M. D. was reappointed to the board, and at its
meeting in February was re-elected chairman. Mr. Joseph B.
Sawyer was re-elected clerk, the personnel of the board remain-
ing the same as during 1893.
EXPENDITURES.
Salaries .
Labor
Street-car fares
Teams
Legal expenses
Postage and envelopes
Sundries
Stationery and printing
Disinfectants .
Pest house, board, fuel, etc
Advertising
Analysis of water
Furniture and tools
Railroad fares
Street department, cleaning cellars
^500.00
2,399-38
70.65
67-35
18.77
65-05
24.04
144.86
2.23
30.72
■ 41-53
22.70
45.00
3-40
33-25
$3,468.93
352 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
The account should be credited with the ^33.25 which is
charged as expended in cleaning cellars, as the amount was col-
lected from the parties for whom the work was done, and was
given to the street commission, and we have their receipt for the
same.
INSPECTORS.
The same inspectors were retained as last season, with the ad-
dition of Richard J. Barry, who commenced his labors May i.
Their work is given in detail in their report and we believe they
have been active and efficient in the discharge of their duties.
The positions call for the exercise of considerable discretion and
patience, and we are satisfied that they have got along with as
little friction as could be expected considering the people and
conditions with which they have to contend.
PRIVY VAULTS.
The fact that 663 water closets have replaced vaults in various
parts of the city during the past year is conclusive evidence that
the board has not changed its opinion as to the desirability of
abolishing the privy vault. Work will continue on that line as
fast as conditions and circumstances will permit. The excavator
process of cleaning privy vaults has been continued during the
year. We know it is far from being perfect, but we believe it to
be the best in use, and as such will be used until something bet-
ter is found, or until that happy time arrives when there will be
no privy vault left to clean.
SEWERS.
The board has nothing new to add to what has been said in
previous reports as to the sewers, or lack of them, which prevails
in many of the newer parts of our city. We hope to see all
streets provided as soon as possible. Until that time comes,
sink-water nuisances will occur and be abated by this depart-
ment with a great deal of regularity. The board has been in-
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. 353
strumental during the past season in causing quite a number of
people to enter sewers on streets in which sewers were already
constructed.
DISPOSAL OF WASTES.
Very few complaints have come to this office during the past
year as to the collection of the swill by the city farm teams, and
no complaint at all as to the way it is disposed of at that institu-
tion. It is of little consequence how such matter is destroyed so
long as its destruction is efficiently accomplished without mak-
ing a nuisance or endangering the health of the public. The
earth into which it is plowed at the city farm seems to be as ef-
fectual in rendering it harmless as cremation by a furnace, al-
though of course it takes much longer to accomplish the same
end. The disposal of the matter taken to the dumps is, how-
ever, a much more serious question just at present. Years of ex-
perience have demonstrated that it is impossible to collect the
imperishable waste without getting more or less swill and other
undesirable matter mixed with it, and with the best of care the
city dumps are very near, if not quite, a nuisance at all times.
We are pleased to note that the street and park commission is
considering the necessity of some means of its disposal. Some
progress has been made by this department towards a more care-
ful handling of swill by private parties who collect it to feed to
swine, and it is probable that such parties will, within a short
time, have to be licensed by and do their work under regulations
formulated by the board.
PLUMBING.
The plumbing regulations have been in force since May i.
Their framing and adoption by the board took much time.
While they were being considered the board met a delegation or
committee from the journeymen plumbers and the master
plumbers in a body. At each of these meetings the regulations
were considered one by one, and thoroughly discussed. The
science of sanitary plumbing is comparatively new, but there
23
354 ANNUAL OFFICIAL KEPORTS.
are old principles of ventilation and traps which time and expe-
rience have proved to be correct. The board endeavored to
embrace in its rules only such things as seemed absolutely neces-
sary, and rejected much that was brought to its notice with an
idea of "making a dollar for somebody." Any suggestion
which was necessary for the safety of the public was adopted.
With these ideas in view a set of regulations was produced which
was published by, and met the approval of, some of the best san-
itary papers in the country. They have worked to the satisfac-
tion of all parties concerned who care to be honest and work-
manlike in their dealings. Circumstances and conditions, un-
foreseen when the rules were adopted, have arisen and it will be
necessary to make some slight changes, but we believe the city is
to be congratulated on having so plain, business-like, and safe a
set of regulations. Their need has been amply proved since
their adoption. At least fifty per cent of the lines of main pipe
have shown leaks when submitted to the water test, and the
plumbers have been obliged to make the joints tight in the pres-
ence of the inspector. If work which was put together with the
understanding it must stand test fails to do so, what can be ex-
pected of that which has been thrown together with a knowl-
edge that it never would be tested ? There is no doubt that
much of the work done before the plumbing regulations were
adopted is faulty in the extreme. Men may be honest but care-
less. Some are dishonest as well as careless, and when either of
these conditions occur, or when cheapness has been the only end
sought by the landlord, the result must be deplorable to the
tenant or occupant of a building so plumbed. Some old blocks
have been examined by this board and measures taken towards
the improvement of the plumbing. We are in hopes in time to
remedy the careless or criminal work which was put in before
the rules were adopted. The board would advise that in all
buildings being erected, whether on sewered streets or not, pro-
visions be made for the plumbing which must in time be put in,
as it is much cheaper and better to have such arrangements made
when the house is erected, and often prevents much costly tearing
out and rebuilding.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. 355
WATER SUPPLY.
The shore of Lake Massabesic was watched by an inspector
during the summer and early fall. That such a measure is a wise
one the inspector's report amply shows. The amount of matter
removed from the lake and its shores was not probably enough
to so pollute the water as to cause sickness, but it is certainly a
source of satisfaction to most of us to know that the water is be-
ing kept clean as well as free from actual disease germs. The
board caused a sample of water to be taken from the fountain
near the railroad, on Canal street, and sent to a chemist for
analysis. The statement was as follows :
SANITARY ANALYSIS OF WATER. SAMPLE NO. 2.
To the Board of Health, Manchester^ N. H. :
Odorless.
Color, yellowish.
Evaporation, some foamy.
Residue, yellowish and some circles.
Ignition of residue, it blackens.
Solids, grains per gallon, 2.4.
Loss, grains per gallon, i.
Hardness, degree, i.
Alkalinity, degree, 0.5.
Chlorine, grains per gallon, o.i.
Free ammonia, parts per million, trace.
Albuminoid ammonia, parts per million, 0.095.
Nitric acid, none.
Nitrous afid, none.
Poisonous metals, none.
Iron, trace.
Sediment, little.
Microscopic examination shows a few infusoria.
Oxygen for oxidation, grains per gallon, 0.3.
This is good water.
EDMUND R. ANGELL.
Derry, N. H., August 9, 1894.
356 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
March 21, 1888, the Board of Health then in office caused a
sample of water to be taken from the fountain situated at the cor-
ner of Elm and Myrtle streets and sent to the same chemist.
The statement he then made follows :
Odor, slight.
Color, marked yellowish brown.
Evaporation, somewhat foamy.
Residue, in circles and patches brownish.
Total solids, grains per gallon, 2.8.
Residue darkens decidedly on ignition.
Volatile and combustible matter, .5.
Hardness, equivalent to grains of CaCOa, 2.
Alkalinity, equivalent to grains of CaCOg, i.
Chlorine, grains per gallon, i.
Free ammonia, parts per million, .025.
Albuminoid ammonia, parts per million, .13.
Nitric acid, slight trace.
Nitrous acid, none.
Lead, none.
Iron, grains per gallon, about .01.
Sediment, none.
Microscopic examination shows nothing significant.
The first portion of condensed steam from this water has a
slight odor, which reminds one of decayed wood. The color ap-
pears to be due to dissolved organic matter, because the residue
becomes colorless on ignition, but it would remain brown if the
color was owing to iron. The total solids are very small in
amount and the hardness shows that the larger part of them con-
sists of earthy salts.
The amount of albuminoid ammonia shows that the quantity
of dissolved organic matter is rather more than desirable though
it is low for river or pond water.
EDMUND R. ANGELL.
Derry, N. H., March 23, 1S88.
By a comparison of these two statements it will be seen that
the sample taken last year is a trifle better than the sample taken
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. 357
in 1 888. This may be due to the fact that the sample of that
year was taken in the spring when the water was liable to be high
from the rains and melted snow of the preceding winter. It is
safe to say, however, that the water has not deteriorated, and the
citizens can be assured that the source of our water supply still
remains one of the best in the world.
The movement of the water commissioners to take the land a
reasonable distance from the shores of the lake should be com-
mended by every good citizen. Money used to protect and keep
pure our water supply must be a profitable investment.
At the same time the sample of Massabesic water was sent, a
sample of the water which comes from the spring in Hanover
square and supplies so many of the drinking fountains in our
streets, was also sent. The statement is given below :
SANITARY ANALYSIS OF WATER. SAMPLE NO. I.
Board of Health, Manchester, N. H. :
Odorless.
Colorless.
Evaporation, quiet.
Residue, uniform and white.
Ignition of residue, it does not darken.
Solids, grains per gallon, 17.8.
Loss on ignition, grains per gallon, Tf^.
Hardness, degrees, 4.5.
Alkalinity, degrees, .5.
Chlorine, grains per gallon, 2.6.
Free ammonia, part per million, .01.
Albuminoid ammonia, part per million, .02.
Nitric acid, considerable.
Nitrous acid, none.
Lead, none.
Iron, trace.
Sediment, scarcely any.
Microscopic examination shows a few mineral particles.
Oxygen for oxidation, grains per gallon, .029.
358 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
The unfavorable features of this water are excess of chlorine
and excess of nitric acid. The water contains filtered sewage.
Although it is very free from organic matter, the surroundings
are somewhat unfavorable and the water is not above suspicion.
EDMUND R. ANGELL.
Derry, August 9, 1894.
This water was also analyzed in 18S8. At that time the total
solids, grains per gallon, was given as 12.2 ; chlorine, grains per
gallon, 1.7 ; free ammonia, parts per million, none ; albuminoid
ammonia, parts per million, .03 ; nitric acid, some ; nitrous acid,
none.
The professor also said :
Chlorine and nitric acid are in excess. They have filtered
through the soil, while the organic matter with which they are
associated was retained. There is an unusually small amount of
ammonia. This fact in connection with the slight darkening of
the residue during ignition shows that there is no appreciable
amount of organic matter in the water at present. How long it
may remain so can best be estimated by examination of the sur-
roundings, but the fact that so much chlorine is present shows
some unfavorable connection with the water, and if organic
matter itself, in dangerous amount, is not brought into it there
would, nevertheless, be liability of disease germs entering should
they be present in sources of pollution about the premises. Al-
though the present condition of the water does not appear to be
prejudicial to health, for reasons given above it must be denomi-
nated suspicious water, unless the excess of chlorine and nitric
acid can be satisfactorily accounted for in a way other than to
attribute them to some sources of filth. The earthy salts are sul-
phates mostly.
EDMUND R. ANGELL.
Derry, N. H., March 19, 188S.
By a comparison O'f the two statements it will be seen that the
chlorine has increased over fifty per cent, and the nitric acid has
also increased. This is in line with the professor's prediction.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
359
While he does not actually say the water is bad, he does give the
idea that it is very near being dangerous. The board proposes to
have tests made often hereafter, and if at any time the analysis
shows the water to be unfit for domestic purposes, measures will
be at once taken to have the supply cut off.
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
The following table shows the number of contagious diseases
reported during each month of the year and the deaths resulting
therefrom :
January —
February ..
March
April
May '
June
July
August
September.
October —
Xovember .
December .
Total
Membra-
nous
croup.
43
Diph-
Typhoid
theria.
fever.
m
33
a
fl
<B
t
«
"S
(£
03
o
P
O
M
Measles.
73
<o
e3
O
55
65
65
26
9
21 223
Scarlet
fever.
Total.
63
91
95
31
20
9
6
11
20
38
28
16
55
360
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
The table following, which contains the number of cases of
contagious diseases and the deaths resulting therefrom during the
past ten years, is put in for the purpose of comparison.
Mem-
branous
croup.
Diphthe-
ria.
Typhoid
fever.
Scarlet
fever.
Measles.
Totals.
Years.
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1885
*
*
*
18
*
20
*
5
*
79
1886
#
*
*
9
*
12
*
*
5
*
26
1887
«
*
73
17
28
18
94
4
«
9
*
48
1888
*
*
126
30
35
12
44
1
187
9
392
52
1889
*
*
79
23
30
16
259
5
54
4
428
48
1890
*
*
41
9
36
17
63
3
298
6
438
35
1891
*
#
21
2
76
18
25
89
2
211
22
1892
*
*
26
5
33
11
44
2
451
11
554
29
1893
*
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7
1
79
15
110
5
212
2
408
23
1894
12
12
42
11
74
21
67
3
223
8
418
55
* No returas made during this year.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
361
TABLE
SHOWING THE MORTALITV OP THE CITY BY DISEASES AND BY
MONTHS FOR THE YEAR 1894, COMPILED FROM
THE RECORDS OF THE CITY REGISTRAR.
Causes of Death.
1-5
Pi
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u
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6
5
1-1
3
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0
0
0
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0
0
3
0
1
1
1
1
"2"
1
1
1
1
1
" fall
2
" fract're of skull
1
11
" gunshot wound
" sepsis
1
" injury to head
1
1
" railroad
1
1
" run over by
1
" scald :.
■■
1
" suffocation
Anaemia
1
" and debility .
" and rheum'tism
of heart
1
1
Aortic stenosis
1
2
Apoplexy
1
2
"l"
2
1
1
" meningeal
1
App'ndicitis sup'urative
1
Asphyxia
Asthenia
1
Astfcma
1
Blood poisoning
"i'
]
Bowels, inflamination of
" inflammation of
and jaundice..
" obstruction of . .
1
2
Brain, congestion of
1
1
2
2
"i
1
1
" congestion of and
dentition
" disease of
1
1
4
1
1
"5'
1
1
"V
"3
1
1
6
6
28
6
1
1
13
1
1
1
1
Bright's disease
2
1
2
3
1
2
" acute
" " & asthma
" acute & men-
ingitis
1
3
" capillary
2
2
2
1
1
1
" capillary and
whoop ing.
cough
" chronic
1
" " & old age
" and broncho-
pneumonia.
1
1
362
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
TABLE. — Continued.
Causes of Death.
S
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3
3
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O
O
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3
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Bronchitis and grip
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
"i'
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
Childbirth. .
1
1
1
Cholera infantum
** ** and ange-
1
6
58
43
21 10
1
1
'* *' and men-
1
1
1
9
Complication of diseases. .
1
1
"i'
"i'
1
16
2
3
2
1
1
2
2
1
1
..
1
4
2
1
2
i
3
"5"
1
1
*' membranous
1
1
2
2
2
** '* and men-
ingitis.
Debility
1
G
3
1
1
1
3
2
4
3
31
" old age, and bron-
chitis —
1
1
13
1
Dentition
2
8
1
2
1
1
•■J
2
g
1
1
11
1
2
1
5
1
1
2
1
5
1
1
2
1
X
'* & rheumat'm
1
2
1
"i
1
1
1
1
4
2
1
1
2
1
3
1
1
1
1
)
2
" grip, & oid age
1
1
1
" from cerebral
tumor
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1
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. 363
TABLE.— Co7iii?med.
Causes of Death.
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5
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1
"i
1
2
1
" typhoid
3
2
1
2
1
6
1
2
2
1
3
21
I
1
1
1
3
r
1
1
Grip .... ....
3
1
1
" and pneumonia
1
"l
1
5
1
1
2
5
3
2
1
1
3
1
4
1
29
" " and bron-
1
1
" " and disease
1
1
" " and pneu-
1
1
" aortic regurgitation
1
1
" mitral insufficiency,
1
1
" mitral regurgita-
" neuralgia and paral-
1
1
1
1
... .
..
2
2
1
2
"i'
8
" valvular disease of,
and exhaustion. . .
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
S
1
Hepatitis
1
1
2
1
1
1
o
I
1
8
Hyperasmia, passive cere-
bra], and exhaustion. ..
1
1
1
5
2
1
9
Influenza and pneumonia.
1
1
1
Influenza and passive con-
gestion of liver, and hy-
postatic pneumonia
1
1
Jaundice
1
1
Laryngitis
1
\
" tubercular
1
1
Laryngismus stridulus . . .
1
. .. .
1
364
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
TABLE. — Continued.
Causes of Death.
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a
1-5
0
1
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Liver, chronic inflamma
1
1
Liver, clrrliosis of.
2
1
" disease of
2
1
3
2
Lungs, congestion of
1
2
1
1
1
....
Mastoiditis
1
1
3
2
Marasmus
"3'
3
2
1
5
1
"3'
1
1
1
3
1
4
2
1
1
1
Ji
Measles
Meningitis
5
5
3
1
1
i
2
1
1
34
1
2
1
1
1
]
1
1
1
1
1
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J
Myocarditis
1
1
J
1
1
1
g
" " and preg-
nancy.
1
1
1
2
" " intersti-
tial
1
1
Nervous prostration and
1
14
1
11
1
5
3
3
33
Old age
1
1
3
2
"i'
3
2
14
Paralysis ...
1
1
2
2
"i'
1
2
1
1
13
" of spine, and de-
bility
1
1
1
12
1
1
1
76
1
2
1
59
" and Inflamma-
1
1
1
4
1
"i'
1
1
2
2
1
"
1
6
Phtbisis, pulmonary
Pleurisy
7
1
2
9
3
10
7
8
8
6
5
5
1
1
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1
5
13
1
11
3
4
1
8
3
1
1
3
2
5
3
1
]
5
2
1
4
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
" hypostatic
1
1
2
1
" and blood poi-
1
1
1
" and malignant
jaundice
1
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. 365
TABLE.-!- ConLiniicd,
Causes of Death.
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spine and side
" bronclio, and
asthma
" and lieart dis-
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
1
•2
2
1
1
12
1
1
1
1
2
Rlieumatism and pericar-
ditis
" & heart disease
Septicaemia, puerperal —
Scrofula and exhaustion . .
Spine disease and debility
" Potts's disease of . . .
1
1
1
\
1
1
1
1
1
1
5
2
1
Still-born
3
3
9
6
4
7
!
3
7
6i
Stomach, disease of
" inflammation of.
1
1
1
1
.::;.:;.
1
Strangulated hernia
1
1....
1
1
t>
1
1
1
2
1
1
" hereditary'.
2
1
1
1
2
8
'i
2
" of bowels
" intestinal
" of lungs and
brain
" mesenteric...
" pulmonary &
renal
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
[
1
3
'
2
1
3
4
70
13
1
90
98
1
58
■>
99
76
83
70
86
67
137
112
1046
366
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. 367
Our city has again been fortunate in the matter of contagious
diseases. In many of our sister cities it has been necessary to
close public and private schools, and prevent any public gather-
ing of children. No such comprehensive measures have been
necessary to prevent the spread of disease in our city. We be-
lieve that this is due, in part at least, to the prompt and effective
measures that have been taken to isolate every case as soon as it
was reported to this office. It has been necessary twice during
the. year to move people to the city hospital for contagious dis-
eases. An attempt was made by the board during the past year
to secure money enough to erect a suitable hospital in place of
the pest house. It was not successful. We are hopeful that in
time a community which is liberal enough to spend nearly
^100,000 per year to save property and human life from fire, will
be led to see the necessity that exists for some proper hospital,
which we believe would save many more lives, and as much in
the value of time lost to those who are sick, as any fire depart-
ment in the world.
The cause of a disease is one of the things which the inspec-
tors endeavor to discover, but which, owing to various reasons,
they are not always able to trace. It was noticed once this year
that several cases of typhoid fever occurred among the customers
of a certain milkman. An examination of the premises of the man
and the people who sold him milk, showed a well dangerously
near a sink pipe, and an analysis of the water showed pollution.
The well was cleaned, and during the process it was said the
stones in the well showed discoloration from the sink water.
The board would not say that the milk was watered, but in some
way, perhaps from the washing of cans, it seems- reasonable to
suppose the milk became contaminated. As the germs will mul-
tiply at an almost^incredible rate in milk, it seems also reasonable
to suppose that the cause of several cases of typhoid fever was
that polluted well situated in another town.
A case of membranous croup was reported. The inspector
could not in any way by questions to the members of the family
find any connection with any previous case. He finally noticed
368 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
that the paper on the wall of one of the rooms looked new, and
on inquiry found that the old paper had been removed and new
paper put on two days before the sick child began to show symp-
toms of the disease. He also found there had been a case of
malignant diphtheria in the tenement five years before, and that
the place had not been fumigated after the death of the patient
sick at that time. The walls had been repapered some time after
this first case occurred, but when it was done the old paper had
not all been removed. It seems probable that when the paper
was taken off the last time preparatory to repapering, that some
of the germs of the first case of diphtheria that had been confined
on the walls were released, and the little one being already sick
with tonsilitis, was in such a condition physically that some of
the germs propagated the disease in her system. It is needless
to state that after the termination of the last sickness the place
was thoroughly fumigated. By these two cases it will be readily
seen that the cause is sometimes so far removed from the time or
place of the sickness itself, that it is small wonder it is not dis-
covered.
There are some physicians who have considered that the board
has gone too far in its attempts to isolate cases of contagious
diseases, and have seemed to take oifense at the measures adopted.
The board does not intend to interfere in the conduct of any
case which it becomes its duty to isolate. It prefers to work in
harmony with the physicians. It must, however, do its duty,
and when some inconvenience is caused to the individual it is
done only that the great public as a whole may be protected.
DEATH RETURNS.
In the table included in this report the total number of deaths
and their causes are given. It will be seen that it is an improve-
ment on those issued in former years, from the fact that the num- .
ber that died without the cause being given has been very much
reduced. During the latter part of the year no such returns were
rendered. This is due to an ordinance passed by the city gov-
ernment, and for which this board tenders its thanks. There are
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. 369
Still many imperfections due to the carelessness of physicians. If
each one who reports a death would only use a little care this
table might be of much use instead of being, as it sometimes is,
an object of ridicule to the very men who have by their careless-
ness or willfulness made it what it is.
It will be seen that in the table of comparisons the population
is fixed at 55,000. The board arrives at this conclusion in the
following manner : The total number of taxable polls returned
by the assessors for the year 1894 was 12,103. It is a good rule
of statistics that the ratio of the taxable polls is to the population
as I is to 4.54. Allowing that to be true, we have in this city a
population of 54,949, or near enough to call it 55,000 for all
practical purposes.
The board thanks Your Honor and all officials and citizens
who have aided it in the work it is frying to do.
CORNELIUS F. STARR, M. D.,
JOSEPH B. SAWYER,
C. W. DOWNING, M. D.,
Board of Health of Manchester.
INSPECTORS' REPORT.
Gentlemen of the Board of Health :
We beg leave to submit the following as the report of the in-
spectors for the year 1893 :
Vaults and privies inspected ..... 3,988
Vaults inspected after cleaning ..... 1,029
Water-closets inspected ...... 1,255
Yards and alleys inspected ...... 2,421
Cellars inspected ....... 1,677
Barns and outbuildings inspected .... 909
Tenements inspected ....... 861
Barn cellars inspected . . . . . 1,535
Latrines inspected ....... 30
Teams and riggings of excavators inspected ... 41
Soaperies, slaughter-houses, etc., inspected . . . 22
Cleaning or repairs were ordered as follows :
Vaults cleaned 389
Yards and alleys cleaned . . . . , . 170
Cellars cleaned 359
Barn cellars cleaned ....... %t^
Barns, etc., cleaned 6
Tenements cleaned ....... 44
Privies cleaned ........ 42
Latrines cleaned . 8
Water-closets cleaned or repaired .... 205
Vault covers repaired 76
Leaky drainpipes repaired ...... 59
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. 371
Three hundred and sixty-four complaints have been investi-
gated and in 254 cases a remedy was provided. In no cases
there was no cause or the cause was of such a nature as to be be-
yond our control
Openings other than leaks in the drainage system were found
at 95 places, and three openings were ordered closed. Seventy-
seven sinks were provided with traps.
Sewage was found running on the surface of the ground in 58
places. The owners of the premises were made to care for the
same either by entering the sewer or providing proper cesspools.
It has been necessary to write 825 letters and make 2,894 calls
in doing the work of the department.
Twenty-four dead animals were buried or otherwise disposed
of.
One hundred and eight hens and small animals that were being
kept in the cellars of dwellings were ordered removed.
The people living in 61 tenement blocks were warned to stop
throwing swill and slops into the yard or street.
Three cases of overcrowding were discovered and the people
were made to live in a more sanitary manner.
The city dumps were inspected twenty times, and once the
street department was asked to discontinue using one place on
account of sickness near by. This request was immediately com-
plied with.
An attempt was made to make the people who collect swill be
neater and more careful in their work, and twenty notices and
several warnings were given them.
Thirty-three permits were granted to householders for the clean-
ing of their own privy vaults.
By direction of the board samples of water from seven sus-
pected wells were sent away for analysis. In four cases the water
was pronounced bad and other water was provided.
One hundred and fifty-nine legal notices were served and the
proper returns made. By order of the board two cases were pros-
ecuted in the police court.
Ten complaints against the scavenger service have been re-
372 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
ceived. In each case the proper parties were notified and relief
was given.
Twenty catch-basins were complained of and were repaired or
flushed by the street department at the request of the inspectors.
Nuisances to the number of seventy-one, not classified in the
above, have been abated.
One hundred and forty-four swine and eight cows were discov-
ered being kept within the sanitary limits and were ordered re-
moved.
A statement of mortality was compiled each month and sent to
215 different boards of health, physicians, etc.
Weekly reports of contagious and infectious diseases have been
sent to the State Board of Health at Concord and to the Marine
Hospital Service at Washington, D. C.
Contagious or infectious diseases have been reported as follows :
Measles, 223 ; scarlet fever, 67 ; typhoid fever, 73; diphtheria,
43; membranous croup, 12; total, 418. Of these cases 363
were reported by physicians, 22 by householders, and ^^ were dis-
covered by the inspectors.
The inspectors were unable to find the cause of the disease in
247 cases. In 155 cases the connection with some previous case
was clearly traceable. Ten people contracted the disease outside
the city limits, and bad drainage was the probable cause in six
cases.
At 86 dwellings it was necessary to order isolation and disin-
fection, and in nearly all these cases the inspectors were obliged
to give instructions as to the steps to be taken.
Sixty children who were attending school and 56 people who
were working and resided in houses where contagious diseases ex-
isted were restrained from further attendance at school or employ-
ment until all danger from contagion had passed.
Twenty-four rooms or tenements were fumigated, and ten
funerals were attended to see that the remains were not exposed.
Two people sick with scarlet fever were removed to the city
hospital for contagious diseases.
Two hundred and forty-five houses have been placarded, and
the placards removed at the termination of the sickness.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
373
About 1,300 pamphlets issued by the State Board of HeaUh
have been distributed in localities where contagious diseases
existed.
Water-closets have been substituted for vaults, or barn cellars,
used as vaults, on the following streets :
A .
Alfred .
Amherst
Amory .
Appleton
Ash
Ashland
Auburn .
Beauport
Beech
Belmont
Blaine .
Blodget .
Bowman
Bridge .
Brook .
Brown avenue
Cartier .
Cedar .
Central .
Chestnut
Concord
Douglas .
Dubuque
Dutton .
Elm
Elm avenue
Frederick
Granite .
Hanover
Hancock
3
16
3
2
6
3
12
4
3
4
2
I
4
9
4
3
5
19
44
13
3
2
5
2
7
I
2
I
9
2
374
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Howard .
Harrison
Hayward
High .
Lake avenue
Laurel .
Lowell .
Main
Manchester
Market .
Mast
Merrimack
Mil ford .
Morrison
Munroe .
Myrtle .
Nashua .
Orange .
Parker .
Pearl
Pennacook
Pine
Prospect
Riddle .
Rimmon
Second .
Spruce .
Third .
Turner .
Union .
Valley .
Walker .
Walnut .
Webster
West
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
375
Willow
Winter
663
Charles Langmaid was employed loi days as sanitary patrol-
man at Lake Massabesic. On Sundays and such days as large
crowds were expected he was aided by the sanitary inspectors,
they serving sixteen days in all.
The work done was as follows :
Houses, buildings, and surroundings inspected
They were distant from the lake as follows :
159
Touchmg water or shore at high-water mark
• 57
Ten feet or less back ......
. 46
Between 10 and 20 feet back .....
• 32
" 20 " 50 "
15
50 '•' 100 "
7
Over 100 feet back .......
2
Privies connected with them were located as follows :
Touching the water
I
18 feet from shore
2
25 " "
3
50 " " '
6
Between 50 and 100 feet
6
100 feet from shore ......
• 29
Over 100 feet from shore .....
. 92
No privy
20
The sink water was cared for as follows :
10 feet or less back .......
2
Between 10 and 25 feet back .....
6
'' 25 " 50 "
. 6S
" 50 " 100 "
. 16
Over 100 feet back .
29
No sink or dry sink ......
• 38
376 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Ill cases where there is no sink the people said they threw the
slops more than loo feet from the water.
Well water was used at 37 cottages. Lake water was used by
the others.
The yards at ten places were found to contain some rubbish
and dirt, and in a few places the swill was thrown from the win-
dows or doors.
Forty-four stables were found situated as follows.
3 feet from the water . . . . . . .1
75 " " " 5
100 """....... 17
150 i. a a ^ j2
200 u 4; II ....... 9
Eight boat-houses are standing over or in the water. A brook
emptying into the lake runs under two houses.
Sink water was found on the surface of the ground in four
places, and the nuisance abated.
Three hundred and fourteen dead fish were removed from the
lake or shore.
A dead bird and one dead snake were cared for.
Swill and garbage, including old clothes, etc., were removed
at 191 places.
Thirty-one picnics were attended.
A privy was ordered cleaned.
Twenty-six persons who were bathing were driven out and sev-
eral were stopped before entering the water.
People were warned not to pollute the water of the lake seventy-
five times.
The privy spoken of as touching the water is provided with a
water-tight vault. It is not used, being owned by the water-works
department.
Mr. Richard J. Barry has been employed since May i and has
been specially detailed to attend to the enforcement of the
plumbing rules. The work done in that direction is as follows :
Number of jobs reported . . . . • • 511
REPORT OF The board of health.
3-77
Number of water tests made .....
smoke tests made ....
inspections .....
old blocks inspected ....
Work was found defective at sixty-one places. In all such
cases the defective work was removed and proper work substituted
therefor.
375
13
i>3i5
20
The fixtures put in since May i are as follows
Water-closets with tanks
Water-closets, pressure direct
Sinks .
Bath-tubs
Wash-bowls
Wash-trays .
Urinals
Slop hoppers
Shower baths
735
230
557
240
192
34
22
7
4
2,021
Four hundred and fifty-one stacks were tested.
There were twenty-seven rain-water leaders put in and ten
fresh-air inlets.
There are twenty-three firms doing business as plumbers in this
city at the present time.
The inspectors thank the board and each and every one to
whom it is indebted for many favors granted during the year.
HERBERT S. CLOUGH.
JOHN F. LOONEY.
R. J. BARRY.
REPORT
OF THE
CITY ENGINEER.
CITY ENGINEER'S DEPARTMENT.
1894.
CITY ENGINEER.
WINFRED H. BENNETT.
FIRST ASSISTANT ENGINEER, FIELD AND OFFICE.
HARRIE M. YOUNG.
SECOND ASSISTANT ENGINEER, DRAUGHTING.
GEORGE W. WALES.
THIRD ASSISTANT ENGINEER, FIELD AND OFFICE.
HARRY J. BRIGGS.
ASSISTANT DRAUGHTSMAN.
A. H. SANBORN, Jan. 29 to Mar. 14.
ASSISTANTS.
GEORGE M. CURRIER, To Aug. 4.
HERBERT L. WATSON, Mar. 16 to Apr. 7, July 5 to Aug. 4.
J. EDWARD BAKER, Apr. 6 to Aug. 4-
TYPEWRITER AND CLERK.
ANNA GERTRUDE BENNETT.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
To His Honor the Mayor and Gentlemen of the City Coitncils :
Sirs, — I have the honor of presenting my ninth annual report,
being the sixteenth annual report of the work in the city engi-
neer's department, for the year ending December 31, 1894.
Expenses of the department for the year 1894, per monthly
draft :
January .
^414.34
February
361.48
March .
747-91
April
397.22
May
512.69
June
692.48
July .
329-55
August .
322.75
September
507.48
October .
293.88
November
239-75
December
553-44
Total
^5.372.97
Appropriation
. 4,300.00
Amount overdrawn
$1,072.97
Average month
ly draft
^447-75
882
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Itemized account of expenses for the year :
For salary of city engineer . , .
salary of assistants .....
supplies for office .....
additions to office furniture
stakes and lumber ....'.
horse shoeing and repairs of wagon and harness
street-car fares ......
express and postage .....
repairing .......
books and folios .....
printing .
telephone ......
horse hire ......
new instruments .....
typewriter supplies .....
typewriter clerk .....
street numbers ......
photographs . . . ...
painting rods, signs, etc. ....
The items for salaries may be divided as follows :
For giving lines and grades for the extension and
construction of streets and sidewalks
plans and profiles relating to the construction of
streets and sidewalks .....
surveys and levels for the construction of streets
and sewers .......
giving lines and grades for, and superintending
the construction of, sewers ....
plans and profiles relating to the construction
of sewers .......
U, 200.00
3.035-25
276.32
25.81
75-11
79-75
20.00
6.45
24-57
63.60
2.75
36.20
42.25
70.81
2.00
355-5°
45.00
-50
11.00
?5j372-97
;^543-89
180.56
331-38
258.05
192.69
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 383
For surveys, measurements, and plans for the assign-
ment of street numbers .... ^231.22
making plans for improvements other than those
mentioned in this account .... 210.98
surveys, levels, and plans, also lines and grades
given for improvements in Pine Grove ceme-
tery . 135-32
surveys, levels, and plans, also lines and grades
given for improvements in Valley cemetery i5-oo
making plans and new maps of Pine Grove cem-
etery 115-53
making map of Pine Grove cemetery for city
treasurer ....... 184.55
making map for superintendent of cemetery . 82.67
surveys, levels, and plans, also lines and grades
given for repairing and extending the street
railway ....... 16.39
collecting data, classifying accounts, and other
work in relation to office report . . . 131-92
lines, grades, and superintendence given for the
construction of avenues in Stark park . . 29.83
lines, grades, and superintendence given for the
construction of avenues in Derryfield park . 87.36
Excelsior hook-and-ladder house, plans, specifi-
cations, and measurements .... 16.50
Fire King engine house, change in storehouses,
plan and specifications .... 18.50
indexing plans and notes .... 38-15
checking notes, figures, etc. .... 24.03
surveys, levels, etc., at Main-street bridge . 66.66
map of city . ...... 29.75
new sewer map of city, and sewer book . . 58.85
measuring and figuring concrete laid for the city 3^-^3
attendance upon meetings of the street and park
commission, and data furnished them . . 155-23
384
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
For locating and putting up street signs and guide
boards ........
locating and setting stone bounds .
office work, preparing notes, data, records, etc.
Pine Grove cemetery book, list of owners
new sewer license book .....
procuring abutters' names ....
lettering and finishing plans ....
information given engineers and others regard-
ing lines, grades, sewers, etc.
computing areas of land taken for new streets .
researches of deeds for property lines and own-
ership .......
plans for and attendance upon board of alder-
men at street hearings ....
attendance upon meetings of the committee on
streets, and plans pertaining thereto
attendance upon meetings of the committee on
sewers and drains, clerical work, including
orders written .....
inventory of office .....
list of streets laid out, for tables
list of sewers, for tables ....
street petitions .....
sewer petitions .....
additions to contour maps
new sewer book .....
tracing of sewer maps for street commissioners
sewer sheet tables .....
sewer licenses and permits
Total
$23.63
63.65
190.13
10.25
56.00
42.13
47-25
221.13
2-33
69.18
•;6.oo
30.00
19.25
36.08
6-57
23-50
15-56
7-50
11.00
46.50
8-35
54-62
,235-25
The following bills, charged to other appropriations, have
been certified to by this department :
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 385
LAND DAMAGES.
A. S. Lamb, Hayward, 30,132 square feet, at 4 cts. ^1,205.28
Susan Prescott, Cass, 141.37 square feet, at 7 cts. . 9.89
Emma F. Brown, Cass, 1,478.52 square feet, at 7 cts. io3-49
John Mulligan, Cass, 1,298.5 square feet, at 7 cts. . 90.89
Sydney A. Blood, Dearborn, award by board of
aldermen ........ 20.00
Sydney A. Blood, Dearborn, additional award . 80.00
M. Prout, Hayward, 23,732.54 square feet, at 4 cts. 949-30
STREET SIGNS AND GUIDE BOARDS.
vV. B. Abbott (heirs of), to painting and lettering
635 street signs, at 16 cts. ..... $101.60
STONEWORK.
F. S. Bodwell, to 81 stone bounds for new streets, at
$1.25 ........ $101.25
PRINTING.
W. E. Moore, to printing copies of chapter 18, City
Ordinances . . . . . . . $5-75
F. H. Challis, to printing 1,000 blank sewer permits 6.85
" " to printing 400 card records . . 4.25
STREET NUMBERS.
Union Manufacturing Co., 1,000 street numbers . $45.00
CONCRETE.
Charles H. Robie Co., 3,109.62 square yards. . $1,691.63
Contract for repairing certain streets . . . 337-50
$2,029.13
John T. Underbill & Co., 3,353.91 square yards . $1,838.97
25
386
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
The amount of work done by this department during the year
is as follows :
Number of orders for surveys, street lines, and grades
for sewer grades
for paving grades
for street railway grades
for Pine Grove cemetery grades
for Valley cemetery grades
for profile levels
Total number of orders
1,044
120
59
I
31
3
47
i>30S
Levels for profiles for establishing grades, 39,657 feet, equal to
7.51 miles. These profiles, having three lines of levels on each
street, make a total distance actually leveled of 118,971 feet.
Feet.
13,683
3^460
Levels for sewer profiles
for other center profiles
in Pine Grove cemetery
in Valley cemetery .
in Derryfield park .
Other levels
Total levels taken .
Equal to 7.51 miles.
Levels for cross-section
Surveys of streets and street lines
in Pine Grove cemetery
in Valley cemetery
in Derryfield park .
for street numbers .
Other surveys .
Total surveys made
Equal to 33.97 miles.
^5°
245
4,643
17,478
39,659
Sq. Feet.
315,000
Feet.
95,680
11,700
150
5,280
38,190
18,400
179,400
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
387
Feet
Street lines marked on ground . . . . .
47,606
Lines of lots and avenues, Pine Grove cemetery .
15.580
of lots and avenues, Valley cemetery .
150
of avenues, Stark park
2,220
of avenues, Derryfield park
11,000
for gutters
20,108
for curbs ....
5>545
for sewers ....
20,534
for street railway
6,000
Other lines ....
15,800
Total length of lines marked on ground .
144,543
Equal to 27.86 miles.
Feet.
Grades set for sidewalks
26,603
for gutters
20,108
for curbs .
5>S45
for sewers
20,534
for street railway tracks
^50
for building streets .
36,724
in Pine Grove cemetery
3.477
in Valley cemetery .
228
in Stark park
1.950
in Derryfield park
6,076
Other grades
2,089
Total length of grades set . . .
123,484
Equal to 23.39 miles.
Feet.
Lot owners looked up
.
. 37.863
Equal to 7.17 miles.
BATTERS SET.
Calef road, cemetery fence.
Hall street, culvert.
Harrison street, two culverts.
388
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Myrtle street, culvert.
River road, bank wall.
City ledge, crusher plant.
Old lots restaked in Pine Grove cemetery
New lots laid out in Pine Grove cemeterv
Public ranges laid out in Pine Grove cemetery
Total cemetery lots laid out .
Street numbers assigned and put on
replaced .
assigned but not put on
changed .
Total
30
156
13-
199
422
61
37
15
535
PLANS AND PROFILES MADE FOR SIDEWALK GRADES.
Amherst, Elm to Maple. Two plans.
Amherst, Ashland to Beacon.
Chase avenue, Hospital road to brook.
Chestnut, Merrimack to Pearl. Three plans.
Glenwood avenue, Mammoth road to Woodland avenue. Two
plans.
Harrison, Maple to Belmont. Two plans.
Hayes avenue. Old Falls road to Chase avenue.
Hayward, Wilson to Taylor. Two plans.
Highland Park avenue, Candia road to Concord & Portsmouth
Railroad.
Lake avenue, Hall road to Hanover.
Longwood avenue. Mammoth road to Woodbine avenue.
Mystic avenue, Candia road to Concord & Portsmouth Rail-
road.
Oakland avenue, Woodland avenue to Revere avenue.
Orchard avenue, Candia road to Concord & Portsmouth Rail-
road.
Prospect, Russell to Belmont. Two plans.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENaiNEER. 389
Revere avenue, Candia road to Concord & Portsmouth Rail-
road.
Union, Auburn to Webster. Six plans.
Wayland avenue, Mammoth road to Revere avenue.
Woodbine avenue, Candia road to Concord & Portsmouth
Railroad.
Woodland avenue, Candia road to Concord & Portsmouth
Railroad.
Total plans and profiles, 32.
SEWER PLANS AND PROFILES.
Elm west back, Auburn to Spring. Three plans.
Hanover south back, Union to east of Maple.
Hanover, Lincoln to Wilson.
Hanover, Wilson to Beacon.
Manchester south back, Union to Maple.
Monroe, Elm to River road.
Prospect, Russell to Hall.
Ray, Adams, Union, and Ray brook section. Four plans.
River road, Webster to Clarke.
Russell, Myrtle to Gore.
Schuyler, Main to Cartier east back.
South Main, Granite to Milford. Two plans.
Total sewer plans, 18.
NUMBERING PLANS.
Coolidge avenue, Amory to Goffstown road. Seven plans.
Hancock, Brown avenue to Concord & Montreal Railroad.
Hiram, Blaine to Cleveland.
Nutt road, Elm to Beech. Five plans.
Plummer, Pine to Union. Two plans.
Total numbering plans, 16.
MISCELLANEOUS PLANS.
Beech and Cilley road, lots owned by Weston, Shirley & Bell.
Copy.
390 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Cilley road, Union and Shasta streets, land owned by Water-
man Smith. Copy.
East Manchester schoolhouse, showing walks.
Elm, South Manchester hose house. Plan of land taking.
Hayward, land of S. G. Fletcher. Copy.
Jewett, Mason, and Young, land of H. H. Young. Copy.
Main to Merrimack river, land of Wolf & Wagner. Copy.
Nutt road, Union and Shasta, land of Waterman Smith. Copy.
Nutt road, plan of Brown heirs' land. Copy.
Porter, Huse, Cilley, and Mammoth roads, and Maynard
avenue. Plan of Maynard land.
Vinton street, Taylor to Jewett, land of Brown and Stevens.
Copy.
Total miscellaneous plans, ii.
WORKING PLANS.
Beech, Gore to Clark. Profile.
Bridge, Hall to Mammoth road. Profile.
Bridge street extension. Mammoth road to Candia road. Lo-
cation of.
Derryfield park. Profile of circle.
East Manchester schoolhouse, showing walks.
Elm, Elm east back, and Elm west back, from Bridge to Au-
burn.
Front, eddy to Black brook. Center profile.
Hanover, Beech to Maple. Gutter profile.
Liberty east back. North to Webster. Sewer profile.
Lowell and Bridge. Location of stone bounds.
Pearl street, schoolhouse. Location and plan of lot.
Pennacook, North, Walnut, and Canal. Section plan.
Pine Grove cemetery extension. Land of C. C. Webster.
Pine Grove cemetery. Chapel lawn.
Pine Grove cemetery. Swedish lawn.
Plummer, Nutt road to Union. Plummer land. South Man-
chester.
Sagamore, sketch of culvert.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER, 391
Shasta, Beech to Lincoln. Profile.
Spruce south back, Elm east back to Chestnut west back.
Sewer profile.
Wilson street. Plan of culvert.
Total working plans, 20.
TRACINGS.
Beech, Salmon to Amoskeag Co.'s line.
Belmont, Pearl to Old Bridge street.
Cilley road, Beech to Maple. Land of James A. Weston.
Profile.
Derryfield park, cross section of a part of.
Elm, South Manchester hose house. Plan of land taking.
Hayward, Hall to Belmont.
Mason, Hayward to Somerville.
Mead, Belmont to Hall.
New Hampshire Improvement Co.'s and Wolf & Wagner's
land.
Pearl street, schoolhouse lot.
Pine Grove cemetery. Chapel lawn.
Pine Grove cemetery. Chapel lawn. Lots for treasurer.
Pine Grove cemetery. Part of Chapel lawn.
Pine Grove cemetery. Riverside lawn.
Pine Grove cemetery. Swedish lawn. Two plans.
Pine Grove cemetery. Lots between Oxel and Locust avenues,
Plummer, Nutt road to Union.
Sagamore. Sketch of culvert.
Salmon, Walnut to Beech.
Second street extension, to Bedford line.
Webster, schoolhouse addition. Two plans.
Winter, land of Baldwin and Wallace.
Total tracings, 24.
BLUE PRINTS.
City of Manchester, showing east side sewers. Two plans.
City of Manchester, showing west side sewers. Four plans.
392 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Pearl street, schoolhouse fence.
Pine Grove cemetery. Chapel lawn. Seven plans.
Pine Grove cemetery. Part of Chapel lawn.
Pine Grove cemetery. Riverside lawn. Four plans.
Pine Grove cemetery. Swedish lawn. Four plans.
Pine Grove cemetery. Section east of Pine lawn. Two plans.
Plummer. Plan of Plummer land.
Second street extension, to Bedford line.
South Main. Profile for bridge. Eighteen plans.
Total blue prints, 45.
MAPS.
City of Manchester, east side, showing sewers. Tracing.
City of Manchester, west side, showing sewers. Two tracings.
Pine Grove cemetery. Lots and avenues.
Pine Grove cemetery. Lots and avenues. Two tracings.
Total maps, 7.
Fifty-seven plans of lots in Pine Grove cemetery have been
made in the new book for the city treasurer ; and 10 sheets of
plans in the sewer book.
Total of all plans made, 240.
Seven plans are under way which will be completed during
the year.
Plans made over in sewer book, 10.
Sewer plans brought up to date, 65.-
Numbering sheets brought up to date, 67.
Plans lettered and finished, 15.
Plans made for the establishment of grade on laid-out streets,
40,051 feet.
Plans made for the establishment of grade on streets not laid
out, 3,301 feet.
Total, 43,352 feet, equal to 8.21 miles.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
393
STREET GRADES ESTABLISHED IN 1894.
No.
of
Plan
Street.
9
Amherst —
9S4
B
129
Beauport —
40S3
Beech
7S4
earlier
SS7
Cartier
413.T
Cilley road..
4047
Dubuque ....
1071 J
1072 j
Harrison
40S9
Kelley
963
Merrimack .
988
Page
4008
Rimmon —
4130
Sagamoi-e...
Roll
Union
62
Valley
64
Valley
Location.
Pine to Union
Milford to south of A .
Kelley southerly
Cedar to Valley
Kelley to Amory
Sullivan southerly
Beech to Wilson
Amory to Kelley
Maple to Belmont
Cartier to Lorraine
Beacon to Hanover
Hanover to Candia road
Amory to Kelley
Walnut to Oak
Clarke to 300 feet north of Trenlon .
Belmont easterly
Jewett easterly
Length
in ft.
457
455
350
1,620
6.50
335
1,900
650
2,382
1,600
1,492
1,640
650
1,105
2,045
647
570
*18,548
Order
passed.
May
June
May
July
June
Sept.
May
Sept. 26
Sept. 10
Sept. 26
July 3
Sept. 10
Sept. 26
Nov. 9
Oct. 2
June 5
Sept. 4
* Equal to 3.512 miles.
As both sides of the street are shown by the plans, this makes
37,096 feet of grade established, or 7.025 miles.
394
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
SEWERS BUILT
Street.
Location.
Amherst
Belmont
Belmont
Bridge
Bridge
Bridge
Bridge
Bridge
Bridge
Canton
Chestnut west back.
Cypress
Dearborn
Elm west back
Elm west back
Elm west back
Elm west back
Elm west back
Green
Green south back...
Green south back . . .
Grove
Grove south back . . .
Grove south back . . .
Gore
Hall
Hall
Hall
Hall
Chestnut to Pine.
From Valley northerly.
From Lake avenue northerly
Russell to Warren .
Russell to Warren
Warren to Ashland.
Warren to Ashland.
Hall to Belmont .
At Hall.
From Spruce southerly
From Spruce northerly
From Hay ward southerly
From south of Summer southerly.
Merrimack to Market
Menlmack to Market
Market to Stark
Stark to Spring
From Dean northerly
Pine to Pine east back
From Pine east back easterly
From Pine east back easterly
From Watson easterly
From Pine east back easterly
From Pine east back easterly
Ash east back to Maple
Mead to Pearl
Pearl to Orange
Orange to M j'rtle
From Mead southerly
Akron .
Portland
Akron ..
Portland
Akron
Portland
Akron &|
Portland
Akron . .
Portland
Akron . .
Portland
Akron ..I
3fl
12
10
8
24
24
20
20
12
10
12
12
10
10
12
12
15
15
12
20
12
12
10
12
12
12
24
18
15
10
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
395
IN 1894.— EAST SIDE.
CI '3
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317
2
11
2
1
4
4
1
4
8
2
1891
20)
1
3631
42)
1
18
3
16
I
14
6
8
5
1
3
It
5
4
31
306
1
18
3)
248
1
11
M
657
4
28
3
4
8i
1
1
12
1
1
1
1
12
9
10
2
1
13
1
10
2
1
7
2
$293.82
87.76
44.19
530.84
928.90
471.99
10.40
213.79
13.84
93.47
93.59
423.88
1,315.38
107.15
616.31
890.05
42.11
922.76
195.66
899.07
1,313.12
1,119.24
191 15
$0,927
.344
.237
2.540
2.293
1.300
1.300
1.438
1.537
.708
.793
1.258
1.453
1.530
4.891
3.244
.859
3.107
1.428
3.293
4.209
4.145
Sept. 18
July 25
July 25
Sept. 10
Sept. 14
Aug. 14
Aug. 14
Dec. 19
Sept. 27
Oct. 17
Nov. 7
April 11
April 11
June 8
Nov.
Nov. 5
Nov. 20
Dec. 1
May 10
Aug. 7
Aug. 13
Aug. 28
Sept. 22
July 28
July 25
Sept. 14
Sept. 26
Foreman.
Pat Murphy.
Tim Clifford.*
George M. Hobbs.
John Kelley.
Aug. 20 " "
Aug. 20 " "
Dec. 22' " "
Oct. 1 " "
Oct. 2O1 Charles Francis.
Nov. 13
1.006 Nov.
April 16
April 26
June 9
Nov. 13
Nov. 26
Nov. 22
Dec. 7
May 16
Aug. 13
Aug. 28
Oct. 11
Nov. 13
John Kelley.
Charles Fi ancis.
George M. Hobbs.
John Kelley.
* Excavating done by private individuals,
t Connected with private drain.
396
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
SEWERS BUILT IN 1894.
Street.
Hall.
Location.
Spruce to Spruce south back
Lake avenue From Elm easterly
Lake avenue
Liberty east back
Liberty east back
Malvern . .
Mile brook
Munroe
Munroe
Munroe
Myrtle
North
Orange
Pearl
Pine
Pine
Pine ,
Pine east back
Pine east back ,
Prospect
Prospect
Prospect
Prospect
Prospect
Prospect
Kiver road
Russell
Sagamore south back. .
Salmon
Spruce
From Elm easterly
From Salmon soutlierl j-
From Webster southerly
From south of Lowell southerly.
Bridge to Hall
From River road easterly
From River road easterly
From River road easterly
From Hall easterly
Bay to Bay east back
From Hall westerly
From Russell easterly
From Amherst northerly
Auburn to Green
Auburn to Green
Green to Grove south back
From Amherst noi-therly
From Russell westerly
From Russell westerly
Russell to Linden
Russell to Linden
Linden to west of Hall
From Hall westerly
Webster to Munroe
From Harrison southerly
From Union westerly
Union east back to Walnut
From Chestnut westerly
Akron
Portland
Akron
Portland
Akron
Portland
Akron
Iron...
Akron
Portland
Brick .
Akron
c»
10
15
12
10
10
10
24
12
10
10
10
10
10
10
12
20
20
15
10
10
10
24
24
12
12
24x36
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
397
■ EAST SIDE.— Continued.
a o
44
174
9
1 10
1 3
18
$76j49
261.883
202.23
164.78
84.22
2,692.94
552.73
587.09
159.181
515.91
105.21
1 41.38
],587.86
1,465.85
188.07
169.79
2,058.96
3,092.44
3,863.76
90.40
398.12
246.78
181.65
:i
1.271 June 4
1.532 Nov. 28
.713 April 30
.915| May 21
3.3371 July 18
1.083J July 11
3.621 Oct. 11
.829 Sept. 8
1.969 Sept. 1
.762 Aug. 10
.947 Sept. 22
Oct. 12
3.646
1.074
Nov. 5
July 14
1.369 Oct. 15
4.565i May 5
3.994
6.272
1.370
2.288
1.990
1.651
May
July 11
Oct. 17
Aug. 24
Aug. 21
Sept. 27
C.S
Aug. 27
June 8
Dec. 3
May 5
May 22
Aug. 7
Aug. 2
Oct. 26
Sept. 12
Sept. 10
Aug. 14
Sept. 22
Nov. 1
Dec. 5
July 17
Oct. IS
Aug. 1
Aug. 1
Aug. 2
Oct. IS
Sept. 3
Aug. 27
Oct. 1
Foreman.
John Connor.
John Kelley.
George M. Hobbs.
John Kelley.
Jolin Connor.
John Kelley.
Pat Murphy.
George M. Hobbs.
John Kelley.
George M. Hobbs.
( Burton Elliott.
John Kelley.
398
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
SEWERS BUILT IN 1894.
Spruce
Spruce
Spruce
Spruce
Spruce
Spruce south back
Spruce south back
Union east back...
Webster
Webster
Weston to Canton
Weston to Canton
Weston to Canton
Weston to Canton
Weston to Canton
Elm east back to Chestnut west back
Elm east back to Chestnut west back
From Webster southei'ly
Walnut to Beech
Walnut to Beech
Akron ..
20
Iron
20
Akron ..
15
" ..
12
Portland
12
Akron ..
12
•' ..
10
Portland
10
Akron . .
15
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
399
— EAST SIDE.— Concluded.
si's
CO
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95
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1-5
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0
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When fin-
ished.
Foreman.
46
2
4
18
2
17
14
4
7
5
377
••■
.. .
3
••.
1
1
$1,191.62
455.16
125.93
640.40
$1,508
1.300
1.259
2.521
Dec. 7
Sept. 27
May 3
April 25
Dec. 19
Oct. 5
May 5
May 5
12
77
567
88
100
195
59
200
150
1
2
1
1
1
40
1
1
19
.John Kelley.
George M. Hobbs.
82
$31858.144
-
10,667
2,773
400
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
SEWERS BUILT IN
Street.
Clinton
Clinton
Conant
Dubuque
Ferry
Hill
Main
Main
Main
Main
Montgomery
Rimmon
Schiller. .'. ,
Schiller
South of Schiller
Wayne...
West
West Hancock...
West Hancock ..
Location.
From Main westerly
From west of Main lo West
Rimmon to Montgomery
Wayne to Putnam
From Main easterly
From Schiller southerly
Piscataquog river to Winter
Winter to Granite
Piscataquog river to Mast
Piscataquog river to Mast
From Conant northerly
Amory to south of Wayne
Merrimack river to west of Hill
Merrimack river to west of Hill
From Hill easterly
From Dubuque easterly
From Clinton northerly
Dickey to Wheelock
From Wheelock westerly
Akron ..
10
" ..
10
" ..
15
" ..
12
" ..
10
" ..
10
Steel
48
Brick....
36x54
Steel....
24
Brick....
24x36
Portland
12
Akron ..
10
Ir3n
20
Akron ..
15
10
12
10
12
10
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
401
1894.— WEST SIDE.
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Foreman.
50
473
2
2
4
$86.29
858.89
634.18
458.03
90.70
112.12
673.28
7,586.53
743.49
509.12
387.48
386.764
29.43
73.985
43.58
1,422.85
$1,725
1.816
1.165
.859
.672
.3407
11.221
7.112
3.812
1.129
.573
.611
.403
1.042
1.816
1.647
Aug. 24
Dec. 6
June 1
May 16
June 28
Aug. 13
June 28
July 2
Aug. 24
June 1
June 18
Aug. 13
Sept. 9
May 16
Dec. 20
Oct. 8
Aug. 25
Dec. 22
June 16
May 26
June 30
Sept. 10
July 2
Oct. 6
544
533
135
3
2
2
19
15
19
329
60
1,067
28
167
1
1
5
1
1
1
2
11
JolinLabonta.t
42
12
1
1
1
4
18
28
si
2
IC (1
451
676
12
June 16
June 22
Sept. 10
Sept. 10
May 26
Dec. 22
Nov. 21
..
621
73
71
8
2
*1
1
14
1
J
John Labouta.f
16
K «
678
180
3
1
27
2
19
7
.1
U 1(
4,319
1,853
197
34
$13992.339
* Cesspool manhole.
t Excavating done by private individuals.
26
402
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
DETAIL COST OF SEWERS
Street.
Amherst.
Belmont .
Bridge .
Canton
Cbestn't W. B.
Cypress
Dearborn
Elm westb'ck
Green ,
Grove .
s'th b'k
Gore
Hall .
s'th b'k
Lake avenue..
Liberty E. b'k
Malvern . . .
Mile brook.
Monroe
Myrtle
North
Orange
Pearl ,
Pine
" east b'ck
Prospect
River road .
Russell
Sagamore S. B
Salmon ....
Spruce
Location.
" s'th b'k
Union east b'k
Webster
Totals
Chestnut to Piiie
From Valley northerly
" Lake avenue northerly
Russell to Warren
Warren to Ashland
Hall to Belmont
At Hall
From Spruce southerly
" " northerly
" Hayward southerly
" south of Summer southerly
Merrimack to Market
Market to Spring
From Dean northerly
Pine to Pine east back
From Pine east back easterly
" Watson easterly
Pine east back easterly
A sh east back to Maple
Mead to Pearl
Pearl to Orange
Orange to Myrtle
From Mead "southerly
Spruce to Spruce south back
From Elm easterly
" Salmon southerly
" Webster southerly
" south of Lowell southerly..
Bridge to Hall
From River road easterly
" Hall easterly
Bf»y to Bay east back
From Hali westerly
" Russell easterly
" Amherst northerly
Auburn to Green
Green to Grove south back
From Amherst northerly
" Russell westerly
Russell to Linden
Linden to Hall
Webster to Monroe
Fi-om Harrison southerly
" Union westerly
Union east back to Walnut
From Chestnut westerly
Weston to Canton
Elm east b'ck to Chestnut w'st bk
From Webster southerly
Walnut to Beech
Began.
317Sept.
255 July
186 "
209 Sept.
405 "
363 Aug.
8' "
148 Dec.
9'Sept.
1320ct.
llSNov.
337' April
905; "
70 June
12C,Nov.
2741 •'
491 »
2071 Dec.
137|May
273 Aug.
312i "
270 "
190 Nov.
162! Aug.
206|June
132 Nov.
231 April
92 May
807July
510: "
224iOct.
192
262
138
44
540
402
175
124
451
774
616
66
174
124
110
790
350
100
254
Sept.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
July
Oct.
May
July
Oct.
Aug.
Sept.
Dec.
Sept.
May
April
13,440
Sept.
July
Sept.
Dec.
Oct.
Nov.
April
June
9 Nov.
5 "
Dec.
May
Aug.
Oct.
Nov.
Aug.
June
Dec.
May
Oct.
Sept.
Aug.
Sept.
Nov.
Dec.
July
Oct.
Ang.
Oct.
: Sept.
Aug.
27 Oct.
7Dec.
27 Oct.
31 May
25 "
$3,798.68
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
403
IN 1894.— EAST SIDE.
Cost of Stock.
Cement Brick. § c
Inci- Inci-
d'ntals Id'iitals
applied] Prop.
Total.
$5.95
2.38
1.19
9.52
9.52
5.95
.10
1.19
.30
1.19
1.19
14.28
34.58
1.19|
22.61|
2.38
.50!
2.38
1.19
7.14
7.141
5.95
2.38i
1.19'
5.951
4.76:
5.951
1.19'
17.85
11.90
3.57
1.19
3.54
1.19
.60'
23.801
26.18
3.57
1.19
13.09
11.90
185.64
1.19
7.14
5.95
4.76
22.61
11.90
3.571
2.38
$17.95
13.29
13.29
8.19
$14.20
.20! ,
.20|
7.00!
7.00
7.20
.33
9.70
9.45
9.45
.20j
14.00
7.OOI
7.00!
.20.
8.37i
6.93
8.45
.32
29.10
11.34
9.45
5.67
9.06
7.20
7.00
.20
21.00
14.20!
.201
7.00
7.00!
.20
14.80
34.65
5.67
6.30
22.68;
409.94
13.. 54
8.19
5.67
37.80
13.86
8.45
7.00
14.00
7.20
.20
7.20
7.20
14.40
.20!
14.00;
7.001
7.00
21.00|
14.00'
7.20
.20
$13.00
26.00
13.24
.20
5.46
3.46
3.75
28.10
158.11
.50
70.07
18.00
ii. 70
57.52
7.00
35.00
21.10
7.00
.20
.20
.20
7.47
28.91
33.04
28.59
23
1.45
25.00
73.04
12.70
3.15
248.05
428.14
310.89
.63
16.13
190.85
$523.95 $833.15 $314.86 $1,834.68
$21 .30
17.13
12.50
14.04
27.20
24.39
.53
9.93
.60
8.87
7.!i3
22.58
60.60
4.70
8.46
18.41
3.29
19.96
9.10
18.34
20.97
18.14
12.76
10.89
13.84
8.87
15.42
6.18
54.23
34.27
15.05
6.18
17.61
9.2'
2.96
36.28
27.01
11.76
8.33
30.30
.52.01
41.39
4.43
11.69
8.33
7.39
53.09
23.52
6.72
13.10
$891.85
$123.54
60.26
32.19
213.41
294.03
112.49
1.70
46.55
2.4
34.47
30.59
162.45
618.58
19.90
193.81
95.18
12.11
88.01
40.66
276.63
200 48
147.59
44.35
34.99
78.49
48.23
71.16
22.72
741! 95
125.24
75.79
52.18
99.26
30.71
11.66
414.36
229.75
59.07
31.29
643.43
673.66
969.64
13.15
74.12
55.78
42.62
301.62
136.66
40.93
267.26
Cost of Labor.
Men. Teams. Total
$158.28
20.50
9.00
310.43
620.87
339.00
8.00
162.74
11.00
56.00
60.00
251.43
675.30
80.25
405.00
778.50
28.00
811.50
151.50
600.44
1,102.14
965.65
133.80
38 00
179.89
147.00
90.62
58.00
1,912.99
408.24
500.80
93.00
392.15
71.00
27.72
1,135.00
1,210.60
115.00
135.00
1,384.73
2,365.88
2,785.62
75.75
310.00
178.50
132.03
870.00
301.00
81.50
355.64
$12.00
7.00
3.00
7.00
.14.00
20.50
.10
4.50
.37
3.00
3.00
10.00
21.50
7.00
17.50
16.3
2.00
23.25
3.50
22.00
10.50
6.00
13.00
3.50
3.50
7.00!
3.00
3.50
38.00
19.25
10.50
14.00
24.50
3 501
2.00!
38.501
25.501
14.00
3.50
30.80,
52.90
108.50
I.50I
14.00'
r2.50|
7.00
20.00
17.50
3.50
17.50
$170.28
27.50
12.00
317.43
634.87
359.50
8.10
167.24
11.37
59 00
63.00
261.43
696.80
87.25
422.50
794-87
30.0V.
834.75
155.00,
622.44'
1,112,641
971.65
146.80
41.50
183 39
154.00
93.62
61.50
1,950.99
427.49
511.30
107.00
416.65
74.. 50
29.72
1,173.50
1,236.10
129.00
138.50
1,415. .53
2,418.78
2,894.12
77.25
324.00
191.00
139.03
890.00
.318.50
85.00
373.14
$8,197.17 $23,094.99 $727.14 $23,822.13
$293.82
87.76
44.19
530.84,
928.90;
471.99
10.40
213.79
13.84
93.47
93.59
423.88
1,315.38
107.15
616.31
890.05
42.11
922 76
195.66
899.07
1,313.12
1,119.24
191.15
76.491
261.88
202.23
164.78
84.22
2,692.94
552.73
587.09
159.18
515.91
105.21
41.38
1,587.86
1,465 85
188.07
169.79
2,058.96
3,092.44
3,863.76
90.40
398.12
246.78
181.65
1,191.62
455.16
125.93
640.40
$32,019.30
$0,927
0.344
0.237
2.540
2.293
1.300
1.300
1.438
1.537
0.708
0.793
1.258
1.453
1.530
4.891
3.244
0.859
3.107
1.428
3.293
4.209
4.145
1.006
0.472
1.271
1.532
0.713
0.915
3.337
1.083
2.620
0.829
1.969
0.762
0.940
2.944
3.646
1.074
1.359
4.565
3.994
6-272
1-370
2-288
1-990
1-651
1-508
1-300
1-259
2.521
404
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
DETAIL COST OF SEWERS IN
Street.
Clinton
Conant .
Dubuque .
Ferry
Hill
Main
Montgomery..
Kimmon
Schiller
So. of Scbiller
Wayne
West
West Hancock
Location.
From Main westerly
From west of Main to West
Rimmon to Montgomery
Wayne to Putnam
From Main easterly
From Schiller southerly
Piscataquog river to Winter
Winter to Granite
Piscataquog river to Mast
From Conant northerly
Amory to south of Wayne
Merrimack river to west of Hill.
From Hill easterly
From Dubuque easterly
From Clinton nortlierly
Dickey to west of Wheelock
Total length
Total cost of sewers, East Side. .
Total cost of sewers, West Side.
Total cost cf all sewers
50 Aug.
473 Dec.
544 June
533 May
135June
329 Aug.
60'june
l,067IJuly
195Aug.
451 'June
676 "
633Aug.
73 Sept.
25
Aug.
Dec.
June 16
May
28 .June 30
13 Sept. 10
July
Oct.
26|
28
71
24
858
6,172
May
Dec.
Oct.
June 16
" 22
Sept. 10
May
Dec.
Nov. 21
$7.33
74.63
150.39
101.19
19.18
47., 50
408.81
51.43
128.81
86.90
100.40
169.54
. 10.06
12.37
2.13
154.54
$3,798.68
1,525.21
$5,323.89
KEPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
405
1894.— WEST SIDE.
Cost of Stock.
Cost of Labor.
o
o
C
Cement! Brick.
^ CD
Inci-
d'ntals
applied
Inci-
d'ntals
Prop.
$3.. 36
31.79
36.56
35.82
9.07
22.11
4.03
71.70
13.10
16.33
51.00
42.54
4.90
4.77
1.62
57.66
Total.
Men.
Teams.
Total.
P.
0
0
$0.60
$11.29
2.38.30
234.18
180.90
30.70
90.12
445.88
2,134.83
316.83
130.48
187.48
264.44
19.93
33.73
4.25
358.01
$71.50
570.59
370.00
2.52.13
58.00
22.00
227.40
5,251.70
416.66
358.64
190.00
122.32
7.50
36.75
37.75
1,014.84
$3.50
50.00
30.00
25.00
2.00
$75.00
620.59
400.00
277.13
60.00
22.00
227.40
5,451.70
426.66
378.64
200.00
122.32
9.50
40.25
39.33
1,064.84
$86.29
858.89
634.18
458.03
90.70
112.12
673.28
7,586.53
743.49
509.12
387.48
.386.76
29 43
$1,725
1.816
1.165
0 859
17.85' $26.46
11.90 20.48
13.09 16.80
$21.00
14.00
14.00
$66.57
.85
1.19 1.26
0.672
5.95 7.56
7.00
7.00
14.00
14.00
10.00
17.60
14.00
'
0.340
7.14 18.90
11.221
392. 70; 1,419.77
39.27' 121.65
185.23
200.00
10.00
20.00
10.00
7.112
3.812
6.54 10.71
1 129
7.14 11.34
0 573
11.90' 26.46
0 611
1.19 3.78
2.00
3.50
1.58
50.00
$407.58
727.14
n ^ns
1.19 8.40
7.00
73.98 1.042
.50
43 58' 1-Slfi
21.42 30.24
28.00
66.15
1,422.85
1.647
$539.57 $1,723.81
523.95 833.15
$167.60
314.86
$318.80
1,&34.68
$406.36
891.85
$4,681.35
8,197.17
$9,007.78
23,094.99
$9,415.36
23,822.13
$14,096.71
32,019.30
$1,063.52 $2,556.96
$482.46 $2,153.48
$1,298.21
$12,878.52
$32,102.77
$1,134.72
$33,237.49
$46,116.01
406
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
PIPE REMOVED WHERE NEW SEWERS HAVE BEEN BUILT.
Street.
Amberst .
Bridare ...
Clinton
Elm west back.
Lake avenue .
Main
Pine
Sagamore south b'ck
Spruce soutli back. .
West
Total ,
Chestnut to Pine
Russell to Ashland
At Hall
Main to West
Merrimack to Market
Market to Spring
East of Elm east back
Granite to Piscataquog river.
Piscataquog river to Mast
Amherst northerly
From Union westerly
Elm east back to Chestnut west b'k
At Clinton
Material .
ajo
Cement
Akron ..
Cement
Akron
Brick . .
Cement
Akron .
Cement
317
614
24
52.^
337
905
8
1,127
150
43
44
174
330
S
4,604
REPOKT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
407
SUMMARY OF SEWERS BUILT IN 1 894.
Total 36 X 54 inches, brick .
24x36 inches, brick .
48-inch steel pipe
24-inch steel pipe
24-inch Akron pipe .
24-inch Portland pipe
24-inch iron pipe
20-inch Akron pipe .
20-inch Portland pipe
20-in'ch iron pipe
18-inch Akron pipe .
15-inch Akron pipe .
15-inch Portland pipe
12-inch Akron pipe .
12-inch Portland pipe
lo-inch Akron pipe .
lo-inch Portland pipe
8-inch Akron pipe .
Feet.
1,067
783
60
28
1,708
20
12
903
214
24
312
2,912
124
4,795
1,245
4,876
218
311
Following
I, 1895
19,612
ing is the total amount of sewerage in the city, January
Feet.
8,062
55,700
67,763
19,342
3,964
6,910
5,256
8-inch Akron pipe .
lo-inch Akron pipe .
12-inch Akron pipe .
15-inch Akron pipe .
18-inch Akron pipe .
20-inch Akron pipe .
24-inch Akron pipe .-
Total Akron pipe
Equal to 31.628 miles.
166,997
408
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
8-inch Portland pipe, old .
1 2-inch Portland pipe, old .
1 8-inch Portland pipe, old.
Total Portland pipe, old .
Equal to 0.919 miles.
1 0-inch Portland pipe, new
12-inch Portland pipe, new
1 5 -inch Portland pipe, new
18-inch Portland pipe, new
20-inch Portland pipe, new
24-inch Portland pipe, new
Total Portland pipe, new
Equal to 4.482 miles.
9-inch cement pipe .
12-inch cement pipe .
1 5 -inch cement pipe .
18-inch cement pipe .
24-inch cement pipe .
16 X 24 inches cement pipe
Total cement pipe
Equal to 7. 11 miles.
lo-inch earthen pipe .
12-inch earthen pipe .
Total earthen pipe
Equal to 0.704 miles.
18-inch brick sewers .
24-inch brick sewers .
29-inch brick sewers .
^6-inch brick sewers .
Feet.
90
3>99o
770
4,850
Feet.
7,605
4,478
4,557
395
3,345
3,284
23,664
Feet.
12,579
21,175
490
860
735
1,697
37,536
Feet.
1,175
2,545
3,720
Feet.
5,532
2,060
1,600
545
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
409
42 -inch brick sewers .
44-inch brick sewers .
57-inch brick sewers .
60-inch brick sewers .
17 X 26 inches, brick sewers
20 X 30 inches, brick sewers
22 X 33 inches, brick sewers
24 X ^6 inches, brick sewers
26 X 39 inches, brick sewers
29^ X 44 inches, brick sewers
30 X 46 inches, brick sewers
32 X 48 inches, brick sewers
36x54 inches, brick sewers
40 X 44 inches, brick sewers
50 x 75 inches, brick sewers
Total brick sewers .
Equal to 7.25 miles.
8-inch iron pipe
12-inch iron pipe
14-inch iron pipe
20-inch iron pipe
24-inch iron pipe
36-inch iron pipe
Total iron pipe
Equal to 0.087 niiles.
24-inch steel pipe
48-inch steel pipe
Total ....
Equal to 0.076 miles.
Total in all sewers, 275,911^ feet.
Equal to 52.256 miles.
Feet.
446
i>i95
1,400
285
1,506
i>i97
387
9,880
514
4,530
1,360
3,279
1,067
790
712
38,285
Feet.
24
24
24
86
24
277^
459>^
Feet.
28
372
400
410
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
The following shows the amount of concrete laid for the city
in 1894, by the Charles H. Robie Company, under the direction
of the street and park commission. The measurements relating
thereto have been made by this department, and rendered as
vouchers for the same.
STREET CROSSINGS.
Location.
Adams at Appleton
Adams at Appleton
Amory at Beauport
Arlington at Maple
Beech at Gore
Beech at Gore
Blaine and Winter at Main
Blodget at Chestnut
Brook at Chestnut
Cartier east back at Amorj'
Dean avenue
Dubuque at Amory
Hanover at Elm
Kellej' at Beauport
Liberty ea«t back at Salmon
Myrtle at Russell
Nashua at East High
Noi'th at Bay east back
Orange south back at Chestnut ..
Pearl south back at Chestnut...
Pine at Central south back
Pine at Central
Pine at Laurel
Pine at Laurel south back
Prospect at Russell
Prospect at Russell . . .'
Salmon at Union
Union at Webster . .
Union at Sagamore
Union at Sagamore.. ..
Union at Salmon south back
Valley at Je wett
Valley at Jewett east .back
Wayne at Dubuque (3)
Wayne at Dubuque east back . .
Wayne at Rinimon east back (2)
Wayne at Rimmon
Webster at Bay
Webster at Liberty east back. . .
Totals
Square
Price i
yards.
pr. yd.t
29.50
$0.75
29.24
.75
30.13
.75
30.94
.75
30.93
.75
30.84
.75
48.27
.75
67.73
.75
27.38
.75
18.89
.75
28.37
.75 1
29.78
.75
47.78
.75 1
29 60
.75
13.33
.75 i
28.80
.75 :
11.11
.75
13.33
.75
35.41
.37 1
20.50
.75 1
17.66
.75
31.11
.75
28.62
.75
16.58
.75
55.38
.75
27.73
.37
59.73
.75
30.22
.75
33.42
.75
30.58
.75
17.78
.75
29.95
.75
19 20
.75
90.53
.75
17.78
.75
26.67
.75
30.13
.75
30.22
.75
17.77
.75
1,213.00
Total
cost.
$42.80
21.93
22,60
23.20
23.20
23.13
.36.20
50.80
20.54
14.16
21.27
22.34
35.84
22,20
10.00
21.60
8 33
10.00
13.13
15.37
13.24
23.33
21.46
12.40
41.53
10.26
44.80
22.67
25.06
22.93
13.34
22.46
14.40
67.90
13,34
20.00
22.60
22.67
13.33
$885.69
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
SIDEWALKS.
Location.
Amherst street, Pine to Pine east back
Amherst, from Pine east back to near Union.
Arlington, at Maple
Blodget, at Chestnut
Dean avenue, at Elm west back
Main, at Briilge
Merrimack, at Union
Sagamore, west of Union (Bradbui-y's)
Totals .
Square
yards.
43.27
253.00
24.47
151.06
12.34
133.70
20.72
30.67
533.23
411
Price
Total
pr. yd.
cost.
$0.30
$12.93
.30
75.90
.45
11.01
.45
6.77
.45
5.55
.45
00.16
.45
9 32
.35
10.73
$192.42
ROADWAYS.
Location.
Chestnut, Amherst to Concord, recovered .
To patching and repairing :
Chestnut, Meriimack to Amherst
Merrimack, Elm to Chestnut ,
Union, Lowell to Concord
Amount
materia)
Total $909.89 •
1,271.99
sq. yds.
22 J loails
Price.
$0.45
Total
cost.
$572.39
337.50
The following shows the amount of concrete laid for the city
in 1894 by the Charles H. Robie Co., under the direction of the
cemetery trustees :
LOC.\.TION.
Square
yards.
Price
per yd.
Total
cost.
Pine Grove cemetery, at superintendent's house..
91.40
50.45
$41.13
412
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
The following shows the amount of concrete laid for the city
in 1894 by Johii T. Underhill & Co., under the direction of the
street and park commission. The measurements relating thereto
have been made by this department and rendered as vouchers for
the same :
STREET CROSSINGS.
Location.
Appleton at Elm (3)
Beech at Lowell
Beech at Lowell
Beech east back at Lowell
Belmont at Merrimack
Central south back at Wilson
Central south back at Wilson
Cliestnut at Cedar
Concord at Belmont
Dubuque at Wayne..
Elm at Webster north back
Elm at T. W. Lane's, gutters and driveways
Elm at Webster
Lake avenue south back at Hall
Lake avenue at Pine
Linden at Arlington (4)
Linden at Myrtle
Linden at Prospect (2)
Linden at Pearl
Linden at Pearl
Main at Amory (4)
McGregor Bridge east end
McGregor west back at Amory
Merrimack at Beech
Merrimack at Pine
Monroe, at Bartlett's and Willand's
Pearl at Linden (3)
Pearl at Ashhmd
Pearl at Warren
Rimmon east back at Kelley
Spruce at Hall
Union at Appleton
Union at Lowell
Walnut at Webster
Totals
Square
Price
yards.
pr. yd.
127.11
$0.75
66.22
.75
66.40
.37
15.94
.37
52.28
.75
17.78
.75
36.18
.75
37.15
.75
20.08
.75
30.04
.75
19.11
.75
15.32
.75
45.09
.75
17.51
.75
28.89
.75
107.13
.75
'.i9.33
.75
58.22
.75
13.78
.37
25.78
.75
123.75
.75
390.45
.37
20.85
.37
19.28
.75
31.40
.75
11.61
.75
79.91
.75
29.78
.75
7.87
.37
15.78
.75
30.22
.75
29.51
.75
37.11
.75
30.22
.75
1,677.08
Total
cost.
$95.33
49.66
24.57
5.89
39.19
13.33
27.13
27.86
15.60
22.80
14.33
11.49
33.82
13.13
21.67
80.35
22.00
43.66
5.10
11.33
92.81
144.47
7.71
14.46
23.55
8.70
59.94
22.33
2.91
11.83
22.66
22.13
20.33
22.67
$1,054.74
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
SIDEWALKS.
413
Location.
Beauport, at Thomas Bolton's
Belmont, at Merrimack.
Dubuque, at Wayne
Linden, at Myrtle
Main, at Amory
McGregor, at Bridge
Monroe, at Bartlett's and Willand's
Union, at Appleton
Walnut, at Webster
Totals
Square
Price
yards.
per yd.
34.67
$0.45
3.80
.37
6.57
.45
4.56
.45
31.98
.45
17.17
.45
68.61
.35
10.30
.45
2.52
.45
180.18
Total
cost.
$15.60
1.40
2.96
2.05
14.39
7.72
25.01
4.63
1.13
$74.89
The following shows the amount of concrete laid for the city
in 1894 by John T. Underhill & Co., under the direction of the
committee on lands and buildings and the cemetery trustees :
Location.
Harvey District scboolhouse sidewallcs.
Main-street sclioolhouse walks.
Main
Main
Pearl
Pearl
street sclioolhouse driveways
street schoolhouse basements
street schoolhouse ciriveways
street schoolhouse sidewalks
Webster-sti'eet schoolhouse driveways. ,
Webster-street schoolhouse sidewalks.,
Webster-street schooUiouse driveways ,
Valley cemetery walks
Totals
Square
Price
yards.
per yd.
99.58
$0.50
160.31
.45
66.98
.37
59.20
.45
277.76
.43
262.05
.34 J
43.28
.37
147.35
.45
238.92
.75
143.22
.45
1,498.65
Total
Cost.
$49.79
72.14
24.78
26.64
119.44
90.58
16.01
66.30
179.19
64.49
S 709.34
414
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS,
SUMMARY.
Concrete Laid by the Charles H. Bobie Co.
Crossings
Sidewalks
Roadways
Miscellaneous
Totals.
Square
yards.
1,213.00
533.23
1,271.99
91.40
3,109.62
Total cost.
192.42
909.89 *
41.13
$2,029.13
* Includes contract price for patching.
Concrete Laid by John T. Underhill <& Co.
Square
yards.
Total cost.
Crossings
Sidewalks
Miscellaneous.
1,677.08
180.18
1,498.65
$1,054.74
74.89
709.34
Totals
3,355.81
$1,838.97
Total concrete laid by the city, 6,465.43 square yards, at a
cost of $3,868.10.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
415
BRIDGES,
The following table gives the dimensions, material, and num-
ber of spans of the various bridges within the city limits :
Location,
Length
in
feet.
Width
of
roadway
No. of
walks.
Width
of
walks.
Material.
Arch.
es or
spang
765.5
20
1
5.5
Wood.
3
Bridge street, at canal
57
22.5
2
7
Iron.
1
Bridge st., INIcGregor and approaches
1,085
24
2
6 1
"
3
Cohas avenue, at Great Cohas
36
30.5
Stone.
2
38
20
Wood.
Derry road, near Cohas avenue
20
21
17
20.5
Dunbarton road, Black brook
Elm street, at railro.ad
25
89
17.5
29.5
1
4.5
"
Front street at Black br ok
Granite street, at canal
16.5
56.3
33
37.3
2
6
Iron.
Granite street, at river
465.7
32
26
21
2
5
Wood.
Island Pond road, outlet to lake
41
16.7
90
34
2
6.5
Stone.
Mammoth road, at Great Cohas
Mammoth road, near town line
38
18
14
20
59
20.5
„
53
24
2
6
Iron.
River road, at Little Cohas
16
20
Wood.
River road, below James Cheney's. . .
6
16
30
30
.,
Second street, at 'Squog river
62
32.5
2
8.75
Steel.
Second street, at 'Squog river
127
32 5
2
8.75
"
12
100
6
22
17.5
16
Wood.
5
Weston road, east of D. Connor's
1
Stone bridges, 2 ; steel, 2; iron, 4; wood, 19; total, 27.
416
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
NEW HIGHWxlYS LAID OUT IN 1894.
Streets.
Beech
Belmont
Candia road*...
Carpenter . . .
Glenwood ave..
Hale
Harrison
Harvell
Hayes avenue..
Hevey
Lake avenue*..
Massabesic
Mead
Platts avenue..
Ray
Sagamore
Salmon
Schiller
Schiller
Titus avenue...
Wallace
Wayland ave. ..
Woodland ave..
Location.
Salmon southerly
Bridge to Pearl
At Mammoth road
Elm to Union
Bedel to Griffin
Across Wolf & Wagner land
Belmont to Hall
Main to Second
Massabesic to Chase avenue
Conant northerly
Hall to Belmont
Lake avenue to Spruce
Hall to Belmont
Candia road to C. & P. R. R
Ray brook to Clarke
Walnut to Oak
Walnut to Beech
Wentworth to Merrimack river. . .
Hale to Wentworth
Union to Beech
Winter southwesterly
Mammoth road to Massabesic
S. of Oakland ave. to Candia road
When
laid out.
June 27.
June 27.
Sept. 21.
Dec. 19.
July 25.
July 25.
May 21.
July 25.
Oct. 19.
July 25.
May 21.
Dec. 19.
June 27.
Aug. 24.
May 21.
Oct. IJ.
June 27.
July 25.
July 25.
May 21.!
Nov. 23.
Aug. 24.
Nov. 23.
Width
in feet.
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
30
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
30
50
50
30
50
40
Length
in feet.
287
717
134
1,350
1,450
800
365
1,060
471
300
257
384
312
1,052
666
1,112
270
218
855
540
165
134
426
13,325
* Widening.
Equaling 2.334 miles.
REPOKT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
417
The following streets have been laid out by the city, the date
of the same, with the length, being given in the following table.
Some of them are passable to drive upon, but they are not built
to grade, and will necessitate a large amount of money to build
them properly. Those marked thus * in most cases have not
been even opened, and are impassable with few exceptions, al-
though some are passable for a short distance.
STREETS LAID OUT TO DATE BUT NOT BUILT.
Streets.
Adams, Appleton to Clarke
Ainsworth avenue, Hay ward to Young
Alfred, Hanover to Aniherst
Allen, Main to Boynton
Alsace, south of Kelley northerly *
Amory, to Kimball
Amory extension to Bartlett
Ash, Gore northerly*
Auburn, Maple to Lincoln*
Auburn, Wilson to Belmont. ..
Auburn, Cypress to Platts avenue *
B, Prince to C
Bartlett, Amory extension southerly
Beech, north of Gore.. .
Beech, Salmon southerly *
Beech, Webster to Clarke *
Bell, Wilson easterly
Belmont, Young to Clay
Belmont, Bridge to Pearl
Benton, Jones to James Hall road
Blaine, Second to Hiram
Bout well, Amory northerly*
Byron, Brown avenue to Josselyn
Campbell, Union to Ash*
Canal, 82 feet north of Pleasant to Granite
Canton, Spruce to Auburn
Carpenter, Elm to Union *
Cedar, Wilsoii easterly
Central, James Hall road westerly *
Central south back, Wilson to Hall
Clay, Jewett to Cypress
Cleveland, Blaine to IMei-rimack river
Colby, West Hancock to Log
Columbus avenue, Cartier to Amory *
Conant, to Montgomerj-
Cypress, Lake avenue to Massabesic
Dartmouth, West Hancock to Frederick
Dickey, Main to West Hancock
Dubuque, north of Conant northerly
Erie, South Main westerly
Esses, Amory southerly
Forest, Milford to Old Mast road
Glenwood avenue.Mammoth road to J.Cronin's*
Grant, Hanover to ^Mammoth road *
Green, Douglas northerly
Green, Pine to Beech
Green, Wilson to Belmont * '. " '
Grove, Pine to Beech
Length
in feet.
925
499
212
700
1,160
2,800
735
590
600
809
967
258
1,800
220
287
1,176
636
1,395
717
240
395
1,693
998
860
1,023
550
1,350
665
304
471
387
1,487
220
3,110
470
1,300
636
857
50
470
575
1,460
2,085
1,008
96
990
809
990
When laid out.
( June 27, 1889.
I July 26, 1S9Q.
August 31, 1S93.
July 19, 1893.
Julv 24, 1891.
May 26, 1893.
November 17, 1891.
July -26, 1892.
June 9, 1893.
July 28, 1891.
August 15, 1892.
June 9, 1893.
January 15, 1892.
July 26, 1892.
June 9, 1893.
June 27, 1894.
November 29. 1893.
August 15, 1S92.
September 1, 1891.
June 27, 1894.
August 31, 1893.
May 20, 1892.
May 26, 1893.
October 3, 1893.
September 26, 1892.
January 15, 1892.
August 2, 1892.
December 19, 1894.
August 15, 1892.
July 6, 1892.
June 7, 1891.
August 31, 1893.
May 20, 1892.
November 16, 1893.
May 20, 1892.
June 26, 1893.
December 28, 1892.
August 28, 1891.
August 28, 1891.
May 20, 1892.
J une 20, 1893.
November 20, 1893.
December 16, 1890.
December 28, 1892.
October 20, 1893.
July 28, 1891.
August 31, 1893.
August 15, 1892.
July 19, 1893.
418
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
STREETS LAID OUT TO DATE BUT NOT BUILT.— Continued.
Streets.
Length I
in feet
When laid out.
Grove, Wilson to Belmont *
Gi-ove, Taylor westerly
Hale, across Wolf and Wagner land
Hall, Hay ward to Young
Hall, Lake avenue to Bell
Hall, Pearl to north side of Prospect *
Hai'rison, Hussell to Hall
Harrison, Hall to Belmont
Harvard, Union to Maple
HarveU, Main to Second
Hayes avenue, Massabesic to Chase avenue
Hay ward, Beech to Mammoth roaiL
Hevey, Conant northerly
Hevey, Kelley to Columbus avenue
Highland Park avenue, Candia road to Glen-
wood avenue
Hosley, Green to Summer
Huntress, Albert to north of Prince
Je wett, Cilley road to Weston road *
Joliette, south of Kelley northerly
Jones, Nelson to 11. 1. Stevens' land
Josselyn, Byron to Varney
Kelley, to M. &N.W.R. R
Kennedy, Brown avenue to Josselyn
Knowlton, Hayward southerly
Lafayette, Amory northerly *
Laval, Amory northerly*
Liberty, North southerly
Lincoln, Cedar to Shasta *
Longwood ave.. Mammoth rd. to Woodbine ave
Maple. Gore northerly*
Massabesic, Lake avenue to Spruce
Mc Duffle, Boynton to Huntress
McKinnon, Central to Pleasant*
McNeil, Second to West Hancock
Mead, Hall to Belmont
Merrimack, east of Beacon to Hanover
Milford, Amherst road westerly
Mitchell, Beech to Brown avenue *
Montgomery, Conant northerly
Morgan, Amory to Kelley
Mystic avenue, Candia road northerly
Nelson, James Hall road to Mammoth road
Oak, Gore northerly *
Oakland avenue, A. W. Palmer's to J. Cronin's.
Orchard avenue, Candia road to C. & P. R. R —
Page, Hanover to Bridge
Passageway, Elm to Everett
Platts avenue, Candia road to C. & P. R. R
Prince, Boynton to Huntress
Prospect, Derry old line to Hall
Prout avenue, Hayward southerly
PutnAm, to Dubuque —
Quincy, Douglas northerly . .
Ray, Ray bi ook to Clarke *
Revere avenue, Candia road to C. & P. R. R
Rimmon, north of Conant to Gates
Rimmon, to south of Wayne
Sagamore, Union to Walnut
Sagamore, Walnut to Oak *
Salmon, Pine to AValnut
Salmon, Walnut to Beech *
S09
757
800
1-25
1,890
716
1,218
365
1,190
1,060
471
6,000
300
1,165
1,007
490
648
3,6.50
1,150
563
161
65-2
922
487
1,690
1,698
150
4,321
1,100
600
384
455
192
299
312
1,000
517
3,000
400
650
1,200
509
600
1,.500
1,337
2,.500
200
1,0.52
520
325
500
300
96
666
1,200
158
735
270
1,112
764
270
September 9, 1892.
December 28, 1892.
July 25, 1894.
July 6, 1892.
June 23, 1893.
June 12, 1891.
October 25, 1892.
May 21, 1894.
xNovember 18, 1892.
July 25, 1894.
October 19, 1894.
September 21, 1893.
July 25, 1894.
July 6, 1892.
December 28, 1892.
November 16, 1893.
September 18, 1891.
November 27, 1891.
May 26, 1893.
August 31, 1893.
October 3, 1893.
June 23, 1891.
September 21, 1891.
November 27, 1S91.
May 26, 1893.
May 26, 1893.
April 26, 1892.
May 20, 1892.
December. 28, 1892.
June 9, 1893.
December 19, 1894.
September 18, 1891.
June 7, 1892.
August 28, 1891.
June 27, 1894.
Julv 28. 1891.
December 16, 1890.
( October 28, 1890.
1 November 29, 1892.
May 26, 1893.
May 26, 1893.
December 28, 1893.
August 21, 1893.
June 9, 1893.
December 28, 1892.
December 28,1892.
June 19, 1889.
August 15, 1893.
August 24, 1894.
September 18, 1891.
May 29, 1889.
June ^, 1893.
June 5, 1888.
July 28, 1891.
May 21, 1894.
December 28, 1892.
October 27, 1891.
September 26, 1892.
August 28, 1891.
October 19, 1894.
June 12, 1891.
June 27, 1894.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 419
STREETS LAID OUT TO DATE BUT NOT BUILT.— Concluded.
Streets.
Length
in feet.
Schiller, Hale to Wentworth
Schiller, Wenfworth to Merrimack river
Second, Blaine to Main*
Silver, Union to Maple
Somerville, Union to Hall
Stevens, Baker southerlj'*
Summer, Wilson to Massabesic
Titus avenue. Union to Beech
Union, Auburn to Nutt road
Varney, Josselyn to west of C. & M. R. R *
Vinton, Taylor to Jewett *
Wallace, Winter southwesterly *
Wayland avenue, Massabesic to Mammoth road
Wayne, West of Dubuque westerly
Wentworth, West Hancock southerly*
West ifancock, Merrimack river westerly*
Wilkins, Rockland ave. to Bedford line
Willow, Hay wai'd to Nutt road *
Wilson, North line of C. & P. R. R. to Clay
Wilton, Main to Cartier
Woodbine avenue, Candia road to C. & P. R. R..
Woodland ave., C. & P. R. R. to Jas. Dearborn's.
Woodland ave., Jas. Dearborn's to Candia road.
855
318
5,528
690
2,925
300
1,480
540
4,175
290
1,256
165
1.34
150
1,546
700
595
292
1,800
575
1,290
770
42C
134,224
When laid out.
July 25, 1894.
July 25, 1894.
September 18,1891.
June 7, 1892.
June 7, 1892.
November 29, 1892.
September 22, 1891.
May 21, 1894.
October 25, 1892.
October 3, 1893.
August 31, 1893.
November 23, 1894.
August 24, 1894. .
June 23, 1893.
September 21, 1893.
November 28, 1890.
July 6, 1892.
June 23, 1893.
July 26, 1892.
June 26, 1893.
December 28, 1892.
December 28, 1892.
November 23, 1894.
Equaling 25.42 miles.
420
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Tabulated Statement of Work Done and Present
Standing Relative to Streets and Sewers, Janu-
ary 1, 1895.
New streets laid out in 1893 36,666.00 ft., equal to 6.940 miles
2.330 "
New streets built in 1893
" 1894
Sewers built in 1893
" " 1894
Sewers voted in 1893
1894
1894 i3'325-oo "
Total
15,840.00 ft., equal
18,513.00"
Total
21,716.00 ft., equal
19,612.00 " '
9.270 miles
to 3.000 miles
3.506 "
6.506 miles
to 4.110 miles
3-714 "
Total . 7.824 miles
34,007.00 ft., equal to 6.440 miles
18,366.00 " " 3.480 "
Total . 9.920 miles
Streets laid out but not
built to January i, 1895 134,224.00 ft., equal to 25.420 miles
Sewers ordered in but not
built to January i, 1895 32,858 00 " " 6.223 "
Total amount of sewers January i, 1894, equal to 49-350 miles
Actual increase in 1894 equal to . . . 2.910 "
Total amount of sewers January i, 1895 . 52.260 miles
Length of streets open for
travel .... 564,154.28 ft., equal to 106.847 iiiiles
Length of streets planned
for on ground . . 82,805.00 " " 15.682 "
Length of roads opened
for travel . . . 323,400.00 " " 61.250 "
Length of avenues opened
for travel . . . 44,142.00 " " 8.360 "
Length of avenues planned
for on ground . . 16,234.00" " 3-o74 "
1,030,735.28 ft., equal to 195.213 mile
KEPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
421
Length of walks on streets 642,978.00 ft., equal to 121.776 miles
Length of walks on roads 4,740.00 " '' 0.897 "
Length of walks on avenues 33,158.00" " 6.280 "
680,876.00 ft., equal to i
( Cobblestone paving 2,720.00 ft., equal to
Road-
ways.
Block "
' Coal tar concrete
I McAdam
t Telford .
9,890.00 "
8,856.00 "
24,837.00 "
26,497.00 "
28.953 miles
0.515 miles
1.873 '•'
1.676 "
4.703 "
5.018 "
Total length of improved
streets . . . 72,800.00 ft., equal to
Streets, roads, and ave-
nues open for travel
January i, 1895 . . 931,696.28 ft., equal to i
Streets and avenues planned
for on ground and not
opened January i, 1895 99>039-oo " "
Area of city, 21,700 acres, or 33.906 square miles.
Area of Derryfield park
Stark park
Concord square
Hanover square
Merrimack square
Park square
Tremont square
Total areas of parks .
squares
13.784 miles
76.457 miles
18.756 "
68.00 acres
30.00 "
4.48 "
3.00 "
5-89 "
3-49 "
2.25 "
98.00 "
19.11 "
422
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
SUMMARY OF SEWERAGE SYSTEM SINCE 18S0.
Year.
1880 .
1881 .
1882 ,
18S3 .
1884 .
1885 .
1886
18S7 ,
1888
1889 ,
1890
1891
1892
1893
1894
o oi
1*
o
3
4.9 •
7J CD
O ^
CO 0
1®
1.62
18.66
2.18
3.37
20.84
24.21
2.54
26.75
1.73
28.48
1.56
30.04
2.15
32.19
1.44
33.63
1.73
35.36
2.66
38.02
1.81
39.83
3.08
42.91
3.13
46.04
3.31
49.35
2.91
52.26
6'°
g o ee
o o a>
64
153
214
191
258
2,003
2,067
2,220
2,434
2,625
2,883
$19,919.40
23,895.12
24,148.13
21,452.05
21,548.60
28,122.84
44,479.15
19,893.92
31,154.19
27,513.73
39,297.97
55,409.73
39,724.65
51.392.15
46,116.01
Total cost of sewers for 15 years, $494,067.64.
In the year i888 a plan was made by the present city engineer
for a system of sewerage embracing the entire city, this being the
first comprehensive plan ever compiled for that purpose. Since
its adoption the majority of the sewers constructed have followed
this plan ; those that have not are only temporary, and will have
to be relaid when the growth of the city demands it. Since i888
there have been 16.90 miles built, at a cost of $259,454.24; at
an average cost of $15,322.14 per mile.
Orders.
The following orders have been written by this department for
the various committees.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 423
An Order to build Certain Sewers.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur, that the
street commissioners be and are hereby authorized to build cer-
tain sewers, as follows :
From Chestnut to Union street through the Livermore land as
follows : Beginning at the public sewer in Chestnut street about
1 6 feet west of the east line of Chestnut street, and about 2)^
feet south of the north line of lot No. 13 on the Livermore plan
of land ; thence easterly to Union street over the right^of way
deeded to the city by T. L. Livermore, by deed dated January
31, 1894, a distance of about 810 feet. In Adams street
from the above sewer northerly to Clarke street, a distance
of about 240 feet. In Rimmon east back street, from Amory
street sewer southerly to a point in Rimmon east back 200
feet south of Wayne street, a distance of 750 feet. In Pine
street from Auburn street southerly, 540 feet to Green street ;
thence easterly in Green street 126 feet to Pine east back;
thence southerly in Pine east back, 400 feet to Grove south
back. In Green south back, from Pine east back to Union
street, about 300 feet. In Grove south back, from Pine east
back to Union street, about 300 feet. In Belmont street from
present sewer southerly to the culvert at Belmont and Valley
streets, a distance of about 230 feet. In Wilson street from
Spruce southerly to Valley street, a distance of about 1,800 feet.
In Pine east back street from Amherst street northerly, a distance
of 150 feet. In Mast street from present sewer westerly, 6io feet
to the Amherst road, thence southerly in the Amherst road about
1,230 feet to Milford street. And the expense thereof be charged
to the appropriation for new sewers.
Recommended by the committee on sewers and drains March
30, 1894.
An Order to establish Certain Grades.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur, that the
grade, as shown on plan No. 4,135, of Cilley road from Beech
424 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Street to Wilson street, a distance of about 1,900 feet; on Beau-
port street, as shown on plan No. 129, from Kelley street south-
■erly about 350 feet ; on Amherst street to fix the grade as shown
on plan No 9, from Pine street to Union street ; and the same, as
shown on said plans, be and hereby is made the established
grades of said streets.
Recommended by the committee on streets April 10, 1894.
An Order to build Certain Sewers.
Ordered, That the board of street and park commissioners be
and are authorized to build certain sewers, as follows :
In Union street from the line of the proposed sewer across the
Livermore land near Ray brook, and thence northerly to Clarke
street.
In Union east back street from Webster street southerly about
100 feet.
In Hill street and thence northerly and easterly to the Merri-
mack river, a distance of about 1,200 feet.
In Malvern street, to extend the present sewer southerly about
100 feet between Lowell and Concord streets.
In Elm west back street from north of Dean street northerly
about 70 feet.
And the expense thereof be charged to the appropriation for
new sewers.
Submitted by the committee on sewers and drains April 27,
1894.
An Order to build Certain Streets.
Ordered, That the board of street and park conimissioners be
and are hereby authorized to build certain streets as follows :
Harrison street, from Russell street easterly to Belmont street.
Kennedy street, from Brown avenue westerly to Josselyn street.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 425
And the expense be charged to the appropriation for new high-
ways.
Recommended by the committee on streets June 4, 1894.
An Order to establish Certain Grades.
Ordered, That the grade as shown on plan 7, of B street from
A street southerly, as established September 6, 1 881, be changed
by raising the grade twelve inches at the north line of the Ord-
way lot, and three inches at the south line of said Ordway lot ;
and the grade, as shown on plan 62, of Valley street from Bel-
mont street east be changed as shown by blue lines on said plan.
The grade of this plan was established December 5, 1892. Signed
by George H. Allen as city engineer. And the grade of Cartier
street from Kelley southerly, as shown on plan No. 784.
And that the new grades, as shown on said plans, be and are
hereby made the established grades of said streets.
Recommenced by the committee on streets June 4, 1894.
An Order to build Wentworth Street.
Ordered, That the board of street and park commissioners be
and are hereby authorized to build Wentworth street from West
Hancock street southerly to the south end of said street, as laid
out, a distance of about 1,500 feet, and the expense thereof be
charged to the appropriation for new streets.
An Order to establish Certain Grades.
Ordered, That the grade, as shown on plan 4,083, of Beech
street from Cedar to Valley street, and on plan 963, of Merri-
mack street from Beacon to Hanover street, be and are hereby
made the established grade of said streets, said plans being on
file in the city engineer's department.
Recommended by the committee on streets July 2, 1894.
426 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
An Order to build Certain Streets.
Ordered, That the board of street and park commissioners be
and are hereby authorized to build Wentworth street from West
Hancock street southerly to south end of said street, as laid out,
a distance of about 1,500 feet ; Salmon street, as laid out, from
Walnut to Beech, a distance of about 220 feet; Bartlett street
from Putnam street southerly a distance of about 400 feet ; and
the expense thereof be charged to the appropriation for new
, streets.
Recommended by the committee on streets July 2, 1894.
An Order to build Certain Streets.
Ordered, That the board of street and park commissioners be
and are hereby authorized to build Mystic avenue from Oakland
avenue to Glen wood avenue, a distance of about 320 feet ; also
to build Bartlett street from Putnam to Sullivan street, a dis-
tance of about 415^ feet ; and the expense be charged to the
appropriation for new streets.
Recommended by the committee on streets August 3, 1894.
An Order to build Certain Sewers.
Ordered, That the board of street and park commissioners be
and are hereby authorized to build certain sewers, as follows :
In Bridge street from Hall to Belmont, a distance of 350 feet,
to the east side of Belmont street.
In Pearl street from Russell street easterly about 125 feet.
In Wilson street from Valley to Somerville street, a distance of
about 1,800 feet.
And the expense be charged to the appropriation for sewers
and drains.
Recommended by the committee on sewers and drains, August
3, 1894.
EEPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 427
An Order to change the Grade of Cartier Street.
Ordered, That the grade, as shown on plan 887 and established
November 28, 1890, by the board of aldermen, be changed to
conform to the new lines on said plan, and the new lines be and
are hereby made the established grade of said street.
Recommended by the committee on streets August 3, 1894.
An Order to build Certain Sewers.
Ordered, That the board of street and park commissioners be
and are hereby authorized to build certain sewers, as follows :
In Hevey east back street from Kelley street southerly to
Wayne street, a distance of about 1,200 feet.
In Manchester street from present sewer near Milton street,
thence easterly 300 feet to Beacon street.
In Clinton street, from Main to West, a distance of 520 feet.
In Dover street from Clinton northerly, a distance of 160 feet.
In West street from Clinton northerly, a distance of 250 feet.
And the expense be charged to the appropriation for sewers.
Recommended by the committee on sewers August 28, 1894.
An Order to change Grade of Valley Street.
Ordered, That the grade as shown on plan 64 by red lines, and
dated December 5, 1882, signed by George H. Allen, be changed
to conform to the blue lines as shown on said plans and dated
September 4, 1894.
Recommended by Mayor Worthen September 4, 1894.
An Order to establish the Grade of Harrison Street.
Ordered, That the grade, as shown on plans No. 1,071 and
1,072 of Harrison street from Maple to Belmont street, and
428 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
marked on said plans by red lines and figures, and dated Sep-
tember lo, 1894^ be and is hereby made the established grade of
said street, said plans being on file in the city engineer's office.
Recommended by the city engineer September 10, 1894.
An Order to establish the Grade of Page Street.
Ordered^ That the grade as shown on plan No. 988 of Page
street from Hanover street road to Candia road, and marked on
said plans by red lines and figures, and dated September 10,
1894, be and is hereby made the established grade of said street,
said plan being on file in the city engineer's department.
Recommended by the city engineer September 10, 1894.
An Order to establish the Grade of Kelley, Rimmon, and
Dubuque Streets.
Ordered, That the grade, as shown on plan No. 4,089 of Kel-
ley street from Cartier to Lorraine street, also on plan No. 4,015
of Dubuque street, and plan 4,008 of Rimmon street, be and is
hereby made the established grades of said streets.
Recommended by the city engineer September 26, 1894.
An Order to build a Sewer in Prospect Street.
Ordered^ That the board of street and park commissioners be
and are hereby authorized to build a sewer in Prospect street from
the present sewer in Russell street, thence westerly about 125 feet
in Prospect street, and the expense thereof be charged to the ap-
propriation for new sewers.
Recommended by the committee on sewers and drains Octo-
ber 2, 1894.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 429
An. Order to establish the Grade of Union Street.
Ordered, That the grade, as shown on a plan of Union street,
from Clarke street northerly to a point 300 feet northerly of the
north line of Trenton street, and the grade as shown on said
plan is hereby made the established grade of said Union street.
Recommended by the committee on streets October 2, 1894.
An Order to build Certain Streets.
Ordered^ That the board of street and park commissioners be
and are hereby authorized to build Somerville street from Pine
to Union street, also Sagamore street from Walnut to Oak street,
as laid out by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen, and the ex-
pense thereof be charged to the appropriation for new streets.
Recommended by the committee on streets November i, 1894.
An Order to establish the Grade of Sagamore Street.
Ordered^ That the grade as shown on the plan of Sagamore
street, known as No. 4,130, in the city engineer's office, be and is
hereby made the established grade of said street from Walnut
street to the west line of Oak street, as laid out by the Board of
Mayor and Aldermen.
Recommended by the committee on streets November i, 1894.
An Order to build Certain Sewers.
Ordered, That the board of street and park commissioners be
and are hereby authorized to build certain sewers, as follows :
In Grove street from present sewer easterly 150 feet.
In Spruce street to Canton about 800 feet.
In Canton strfeet from Spruce southerly about 500 feet.
430 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
In Auburn street from Canton easterly about 600 feet.
In Pearl street from Hall westerly about 130 feet.
In Hall street from Mead southerly about 200 feet.
In Liberty east back street from Salmon southerly about 150
feet.
In Hill street from Schiller southerly 450 feet.
In Harvell street from Hale westerly 700 feet.
The expense thereof to be charged to the appropriation for
new sewers.
Recommended by the committee on sewers and drains Novem-
ber 2, 1894.
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 re-trace and re-locate old
points, and it is but a question of time when they will be entirely
destroyed 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. It 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
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 431
thirty-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 ad-
joining streets are of sufificient width to accommodate trafiic or
not. We have streets in the city, dignified by the name of ave-
nues, where it is impossible to turn a truck team or dray without
running upon the sidewalks. This method of dividing land is
advantageous to the owners, but scarcely in keeping with mod-
ern 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.
There is an urgent need of some action being taken looking
to regularity in setting apart land for streets, either by 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 im-
portant matter, and one requiring the exercise of good judg-
ment. The idea is not how many yards can be built, but how
many can be built to last. It may not show up so well to an un-
thinking person, but it is more than folly to half do the work
and then have to go over it the next year and every succeeding
year. Far better to build one yard that will stand than ten that
it is impossible to haul a heavy load over.
432 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
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 in-
terest to do so.
Manchester is considerably behind the times in these two im-
portant features of economical city administration.
SEWERS.
The sewers constructed this year have been under the direc-
tion of the street and park commission. The methods followed
have in the main been the same as in previous years, those whose
needs were most pressing being accommodated first.
As the plumbers and citizens in general become more familiar
with the revised ordinances relating to sewer entering, less
trouble is experienced. An improvement is also noted in the
number of returns made by plumbers. Last year out of 191
permits issued, 145 returns were made. This year 257 per-
mits were granted and returns made of 185 connections.
It would be good policy for the city to employ a competent
sewer inspector, whose duty should be to examine all connec-
tions as they are made with the city sewers, and keep a record of
the same. He should also require the owners to show their per-
mit and license before allowing any work to be done. Many
connections are now made without permission or without paying
the entrance fee, and the city is a loser thereby. It is the inten-
tion of this department the coming season to see that the ordi-
nances are complied with in this respect.
The average cost per foot in district No. 2 has been ^2.37,
and that in district No. 10 has been ^2.26.
In the 19,612 feet of sewers there were built 69 manholes and
21 lampholes; 116 cesspool connections were put in, besides the
Y branches, for 574 house connections.
The number of cesspools built and repaired, their cost, and
REPORT OP THE CITY ENGINEER.
43a
the cost of repairs on sewers, together with other details regard-
ing sewer work, will be found in the report of the street and
park commission.
The following sewers have been ordered in by vote of the city-
councils, but have not been constructed :
Street.
Adams —
Amherst
Amherst road —
Auburn
Canton
Concord
Dearborn
Dickey
Dover
Front
Grove
Harvell
Hale
Hevey east back.
Jewett
Kelley
Laurel
Livermore land..
Mast
Merrimack
Manchester
Myrtle
Pennacook
Porter
Pearl
River road
Second
Schiller
Union
Valley
West
Wilson
Wilson
"Wilson Hill
Total .
Location.
Clarke southerly
Union to Ashland
Mast southerly
Canton easterly
Spruce to Auburn
Hall easterly
Extension to Taylor
West Hancock to South Main.
Clinton northei'ly
Eddy to north of hotel
Present sewer easterly
Hale to South Main
Schiller southerly
Kelley to Columbus avenue. .
Extension to Young
Extension to Joliette
Hall to Beacon
Chestnut to Union
Extension westerly
Belmont to Milton
Extension to Beacon
Hall westerly
Canal to Union east back
Amherst northerly
Hall westerly.. .."
Monroe to Clarke
Blaine to Hiram
Hill to Hale
Ray brook to Clarke
Elm to Belmont
Clinton northerly
Spruce to Valley
Valley to Somerville
Central to Merrimack
Length
in feet.
540
2,600
1,2.30
600
352
200
250
850
160
2,800
101
700
450
1,500
1,200
1,500
800
810
610
200
300
200
3,000
250
130
684
400
565
600
4,900
226
1,800
1,800
550
32,858
Date ordered-
April 3, 1894.
May 2, 1893.
April 3, 1894.
Nov. 9, 1894.
Nov. 9, 1894.
Sept. 6, 1887.
July 10, 1893,
July 10, 1893.
Sept. 4, 1894,
Sept. 5, 1893.
Nov. 9, 1894.
Nov. 9, 1894.
Nov. 9, 1894.
Julv 10, 1893,
July 10, 1893.
July 10, 1893.
Nov. 7, 1893.
April 3, 1894.
April 3, 1894.
Oct. 6, 1891.
Sept. 4, 1894,
May 2, 1893.
Nov. 7, 1893.
May 2, 189i.
Nov. 9, 1894.
July 10, 1893,
July 5, 1892.
Nov. 9, 1894.
May 1, 1894.
Nov. 7, 1893.
Sept. 4, 1894.
April 3, 1894.
Aug. 7, 1894,
Sept. 21, 1893.
Equaling 6.223 miles.
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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON SEWERS AND DRAINS.
Following is the report of the committee on sewers and
drains, prepared by the city engineer as clerk of the committee :
Manchester, N. H., December 30, 1894.
Gentlemefi of the City Councils :
The committee appointed by your honorable board to act as
the joint standing committee on sewers and drains would sub-
mit the following report of the work done by them the present
year, and the second in their term of office.
At the opening of the season there were twenty-eight orders
for sewers voted in but not built. The following list gives the
street, location, date of order, and length :
Street.
Location.
Date ordered.
Length
in feet.
May 2, 1893.
July 5, 18!I2.
Sept. 5,1893.
Sept. 6. 1887.
July 10, 1893.
Sept. 5, 1893.
May 2, 1893.
July 10, 1893.
July 10, 1893.
July 10, 1893.
June 6, 18P3.
Nov. 7, 1893.
Nov. 7, 1893.
May. 2, 1893.
Sept. 5, 1893.
Oct. 6, 1891.
July 10, 1893.
Sept. 5, 1893.
May 2, 1893.
Nov. 7, 1893.
May 2,1893.
July 5, 1892.
July 10, 1893.
Nov. 7, 1893.
July 5, 1892.
July 0, 1892.
Sept. 21, 1893.
2,600
Blaine. . .
400
E.xtension to Montgomery
600
200
West Hancock to South Main. .
850
Front
2,800
HaU
Through ravine
Hevey east back
Myrtle to Mead )
Hall and Mead to Bridge ( —
Kelley to Columbus avenue
2,050
1,500
1,200
1,500
Elm easterly
150
800
Liberty east back ....
Main
225
Granite to Piscataquog river..
1,100
Mast
200
200
Monroe
River road to Elm
500
Montgomery
Myrtle
200
600
Canal to Union east back
3,000
Porter
250
Prospect
Russell to Hall
1,2.50
1,300
Valley
4,900
270
1,000
Wilson Hill
Central to Merrimack
550
Total
30,195
442 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Of these, eleven have been completed, as follow :
Conant, Hall, through ravine, Lake avenue, Liberty east back,
Main, Monroe, Montgomery, Prospect, Webster, and West Han-
cock.
Two, Myrtle and River road, have been partially completed.
The total length of the above was 8,185 feet, leaving 22,010
feet of sewers voted in previous to 1894, not completed.
During the year thirty-two orders for sewers have received
favorable action, and of these twenty-one have been built. At
the present time there are orders for thirty-four sewers which
have passed your honorable board but which have not been con-
structed and four which have been partially built.
The committee have held seven meetings, as follows : March
30, April 27, June 30, August 3, August 28, October 2, Novem-
ber 2.
The total number of petitions presented to the committee
has been twenty-five. Seven reports were sent in to the city
councils, recommending the passage of orders authorizing the
building of certain sewers. These orders will be found in the
list of orders written by the city engineer's department.
The following is a list of the petitions referred to the commit-
tee and the action taken on them. The dates of the passage of
the orders to build the same will be found in the engineer's re-
port of orders written for presentation to the city councils :
Adams street, commencing at the proposed sewer through the
Livermore land, and thence northerly in Adams to Clarke. W.
C. Wilson. Committee voted to submit an order to build,
March 30.
Auburn street, commencing at the easterly end of Auburn, as
lately laid out, thence in a westerly direction to Canton, and
thence to connect with the city sewers. Eugene E. Mann.
Committee voted to submit an order to build, November 2.
Hevey east back street, commencing at a point 200 feet south
of Wayne. M. Bessette. Committee voted to submit an order
to build, August 28.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 443
Rimmon east back street, commencing at a point 200 feet
south of Wayne, and thence in a northerly direction to connect
with the present sewer in Amory. Gazaille & Call. Commit-
tee voted to submit on order to build, March 30.
Pine, Grove, Green south back, and Grove south back streets,
commencing at Pine and Auburn, thence southerly in Pine to
Grove, thence easterly in Grove to Pine east back, and thence
southerly in Pine east back to connect with laterals in Green south
back and Grove south back. T. F. Glancy. Committee voted
to submit an order to build, March 30.
Auburn south back street, commencing at the easterly end of
Auburn south back near Belmont, and thence in a westerly
direction to connect with a proposed sewer in Wilson. A. H.
Merrill. Committee voted to recommend that it be laid over
until the Wilson-street sewer is built, June 30.
Union street, commencing at the intersection of the projected
sewer across the Livermore land and the sewer line of Union,
and thence in a northerly direction to Clarke, according to the
city's plan of sewers. James H. Harrington. Committee voted
to submit an order to build, April 27.
Cedar south back street, commencing at the intersection of
the east line of the Elliott Manufacturing Company's land and
Cedar south back about 151 feet east of Hall, and thence west-
erly to the projected sewer in Wilson, according to the city's
plan of sewers. J. L. T. Brown. Committee voted to recom-
mend that it be laid over until the Wilson-street sewer is built,
June 30.
Union east back street, commencing at Webster, thence in a
southerly direction about 100 feet. E. W. Perkins. Committee
voted to submit an order to build, April 27.
Elm west back street, commencing at the northerly terminus
of the Elm west back sewer, and thence in a northerly direction
about 70 feet. N. S. Bean. Committee voted to submit an
order to build, April 27.
444 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Old Bridge street road, commencing at the east line of Hall
at Bridge, and thence northeasterly in Old Bridge about 140 feet.
W. H. Emerson. Committee voted to recommend that the peti-
tioners be given leave to withdraw.
Joliette street, commencing at Kelley, and thence in a south-
erly direction to Amory through Joliette. A. T. Beaumier.
Committee voted to recommend that it be laid over for the
present, June 30.
Hayward street, commencing at a point in Hayward near
Cypress, thence westerly in Hayward to Taylor, thence northerly
in Taylor to Valley, thence to connect with the city sewers when
built. S. G. Fletcher. Committee voted to recommend that
the petitioners be given leave to withdraw until the Valley-street
sewer is built, June 30.
Kelley street, commencing at the terminus of the sewer as
now built, and thence westerly to Joliette. The Rimmon Man-
ufacturing Company. Committee voted that no action be taken
as the sewer had already been voted in, June 30.
Bridge street, commencing at Hall, and thence easterly to the
east line of Belmont. C. H. Tarbell. Committee voted to sub-
mit an order to build, August 3.
Bartlett street, commencing at Wayne, and thence southerly
to the south end of Bartlett. Albert Oliver. Committee voted
to recommend that petitioners be given leave to withdraw until a
suitable outlet is provided through a highway, November 2.
Wilson street, commencing at the terminus of the present
sewer in Wilson, and thence in a southerly direction to Somer-
ville. William B. Burpee. Committee voted to submit an order
to build from Valley to Somerville, August 3.
Pearl street, commencing at the sewer in Russell, and thence
in an easterly direction about 125 feet. John A. Bartlett. Com-
mittee voted to submit an order to build, August 3.
Manchester street, commencing at the present terminus of the
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 445
sewer near Milton, and thence in an easterly direction to Bea-
con. George A. Clark. Committee voted to submit an order
to build, August 28.
Prospect street, commencing at the present sewer in Russell,
and thence in a westerly direction about 125 feet. Sarah C.
Branch. Committee voted to submit an order to build, Octo-
ber 2.
Liberty east back street, commencing at the present sewer in
Salmon, and thence in a southerly direction about 150 feet.
Silas R. Wallace. Committee voted to submit an order to build,
November 2.
Hale and Harvell streets, commencing at Main and Harvell,
thence in an easterly direction to Hale, and thence in a north-
erly direction 450 feet to connect with the city sewers. George
H. Wilson. Committee voted to submit an order to build, No-
vember 2.
Pearl street, commencing at the present sewer in Hall, and
thence in a westerly direction about 130 feet. W. E. Drew.
Committee voted to submit an order to build, November 2.
Grove street, commencing at the terminus of the present sewer
east of Belmont, and thence in an easterly direction about 150
feet. William G. Westover. Committee voted to submit an
order to build, November 2.
446
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
SEWERS VOTED IN DURING THE YEAR.
Street.
Adams
Amherst road
Auburn
Belmont
Bridge
Canton
Clinton
Dover
Elm west back —
Green
" south back.
Grove
" south back.
Hale
Hall
Harvell
Hevey east back . .
Hill
Schiller
Liberty east back.
Liveriiiore land ...
Malvern
Manchester
.Mast
Pearl
Pine east back .
Prospect
Rimmon east back
Spruce
Union
" east back —
West
Wilson
Location.
Chestnut to Union
Mast to Milf ord
Canton easterly
Valley northerly
Hall to Belmont
Spruce to Auburn
Main to West
Clinton northerly
Extension near Dean
Pine to Pine east back
Pine east back to Union
Extension easterly
Pine east back to Union ,
Schiller southerly
Mead southerly
Hale to South Main
Kellev southerly
To Schiller |
Hill to Merrimack river )
Salmon southerly
Chestnut to Union
Extension sotitlierly
Near Milton to Beacon
Extension westerly
Russell eastei'ly
Hall westerly
Green southerly
Auburn southerly
Amherst northerly
Russell westerly
Amory southerly
To Canton .
Ray brook to Clarke
Webster southerly
Clinton northerly
Spruce to Valley
Valley to Somerville
Total 18,366
Feet.
540
1,2.30
600
230
350
500
520
160
70
126
300
150
300
200
700
1,200
1,200
150
810
100
300
610
610
130
400
540
150
125
750
800
600
100
250
1,800
1,800
Of the above sewers 6,733 feet have been constructed.
This comprises all that has come within the province of the
committee on sewers and drains, and is respectfully submitted.
Alderman Christian L. Wolf, Chairman,
Alderman John P. Cronin,
Councilman George E. Heath,
Councilman David H. Burbank,
Councilman William G. Landry,
Committee on Sewers and Drains.
W. H. Bennett,
Clerk of Committee.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON STREETS.
The second annual report of the committee on streets, pre-
pared by the city engineer as clerk of the committee, is herewith
presented :
Manchester, N. PL, December 30, 1894.
Gentlemen of the City Councils :
The committee appointed by your honorable board to act as
the joint standing committee on streets would submit the follow-
ing report of the work done by them and under their direction
the present year :
The committee has held eight meetings, as follows: April 10,
June 4, July 2, August 3, September 26, October 2, November i.
Number of petitions received, 32 ; granted a hearing, 25 ;
given leave to withdraw, 6.
Petitions.
The following is a list of the petitions referred to the commit-
tee, and the action taken on them :
CiLLEY Road. For building to grade Cilley road from Beech
street, and thence in an easterly direction to top of hill or about
the line of Wilson street produced.
Thomas Chilcott.
April 10, committee voted to recommend grade as shown by
city engineer on plan of Cilley road from Beech to Wilson street.
Auger Avenue. For a new highway in said city, beginning
at a stake on the west line of Nutt road in South Manchester,
448 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
and thence in a westerly direction to the easterly line of Calef
road.
Daniel Connor.
April lo, committee voted to recommend that a hearing be
granted.
Plummer Street. For a new highway in said city, beginning
at the east line of Pine street, and thence in an easterly direction
to the westerly line of Union street, known as Plummer street.
Thomas Stewart.
April lo, committee voted to recommend that a hearing be
granted.
Shasta Street. For a new highway in said city, beginning
at a point on the easterly side of Elm street, where the center
line of Shasta street, produced easterly, intersects the easterly line
of Elm street, and thence in an easterly direction to the Calef
road.
F. E. Gilford.
April lo, committee voted to recommend that the petitioners
be given leave to withdraw.
Ray Street. For a new highway in said city, beginning at
a stake at Ray brook, said stake being at the terminus of Ray
street, as laid out by the board of aldermen August i8, 1892,
thence in a northerly direction to a stake on the south line of
Clarke street, according to a plan of said section known as the
Livermore plan of the Adams land.
Thomas L. Livermore.
April 10, committee voted to recommend that a hearing be
granted.
Foster Avenue. For a new highway in said city, beginning
at a stake on the southerly line of a highway called Valley street,
217.25 feet from the westerly line of a highway called Jewett
street, and on the center line of Foster avenue, as proposed, and
thence in a southerly direction to a stake on the northerly line
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 449
of a highway called Hayward street, 269.02 feet westerly from
a stone bound on the easterly line of said Jewett street.
John A. Dunlap.
April 10, committee voted to recommend that a hearing be
granted.
Titus Avenue. For a new highway in said city, beginning at
a stake on the west line of Beech street ; said stake is about 343.-
25 feet northerly of a stone bound which is the division line be-
tween the J. B. Titus land and the northerly line of the Young
land, known as Titus avenue, and thence in a westerly direction
about 540 feet to a stake on the westerly line of Union street, as
staked out and shown on a plan of said land known as the J. B.
Titus plan,
Luther E. Carswell.
April 10, committee voted to recommend that a hearing be
granted.
Second Street. For a new highway in said city, beginning
at a stake on the River road near the northwest corner of Warren
G. Currier's house, and thence in a northerly direction to a stake
at the Manchester line in said city.
R. M. Rollins.
April 10, committee voted to recommend that a hearing be
granted.
Wallace Street. For a new highway in said city, beginning
at a stake standing on the southerly side of Winter street, and
about no feet westerly from the angle in said street, and running
thence in a southerly direction 52^^ feet to a stake, thence wes-
terly about 290 feet to a stake standing 15 feet southerly from
the southerly corner of a lot now or formerly owned by Emma
E. Hatch.
The James Baldwin Company.
June 4, committee voted to recommend that a hearing be
granted.
Hayward Street. For a new highway in said city, begin-
ning at a stake on the west line of Belmont street, and on the
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450 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
line of Hayward street projected, and thence in a westerly direc-
tion to a stake on the easterly line of Hall street, being an ex-
tension of Hayward street, from Hall to Belmont.
J. K. Mitchell.
June 4, committee voted to recommend that a hearing be
-granted.
Mason Street. For a new highway in said city, beginning
at a stake on the south side of Hayward street, being the west
side of the proposed Mason street, and thence in a southerly di-
rection to a stake on the north side of Young street, or Young
road, being the extension of Mason street.
Isaac Huse.
June 4, committee voted to recommend that a hearing be
•granted.
Dickey Street. That the name of Dickey street be changed
to Goffe street.
Fred G. Stark, for New Hampshire Improvement Company.
No action taken.
Belmont Street. For a new highway in said city, beginning
at a stake on the north line of Old Bridge street road, and in the
center line of Belmont street, and thence in a northerly direc-
tion to a stake standing in the center of Belmont and Pearl
streets, being an extension of Belmont street, as shown on the
plan of said section made for Mead, Mason & Co.
Mead, Mason & Co.
June 4, committee voted to recommend that a hearing be
granted.
Mead Street. For a new highway in said city, beginning at
a stake on the east line of Hall street and on the south line of
Mead street, and thence in an easterly direction to a stake on
the west line of Belmont street, the above line being the south
line of Mead street, as shown on a plan known as the Mead,
Mason & Co.'s plan of land in said section.
Mead, Mason & Co.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 451
June 4, committee voted to recommend that a hearing be
granted,
Salmon Street. For a new highway in said city, beginning
at the westerly line of Walnut street and in the center of Salmon
street, and thence in an easterly direction to Beech street, said
street to be the continuation of Salmon street.
Charles W. Eager.
June 4, committee voted to recommend that a hearing be
granted.
Glenwood Avenue. For a new highway in said city, begin-
ning at Bedel street, shown on the plan of Glenwood avenue,
West Manchester, and thence in a southerly direction to the
south line of Griffin street, as shown on said plan of Glenwood
avenue.
Augustine Denis.
July 2, committee voted to recommend that a hearing be
granted.
( There is no claim for damages to be made in this case. I
hereby waive all notices and forms and ask an early considera-
tion. R. D. W. McKay.)
Cody Street. For a new highway in said city, beginning at
a stake standing on the private way known as Cody street, at a
point on the south side of the Concord & Montreal Railroad
known as the Portsmouth branch, and thence in a southerly di-
rection to a stake standing on the southerly line of the old range-
way.
M. V. B. Garland.
July 2, committee voted to recommend that a hearing be
granted.
Button Street. For a new highway in said city, beginning
at a stake on the north line of Amherst street, in the center of
Button street, thence in a northeasterly direction to a stake on
the south side of Lowell street, in the center line of Button
street.
Mrs. Elizabeth S. Jackson.
452 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
July 2, committee voted to recommend that petitioners be
given leave to withdraw.
Welch Avenue. For a new highway in said city, beginning
at the easterly terminus of Welch avenue, thence in a northeas-
terly direction to Nutt road.
George H. Dunbar.
July 2, committee voted to recommend that petitioners be
given leave to withdraw.
Clay Street. For a new highway in said city, beginning at
a stone monument on the easterly side of Taylor street, thence
in a westerly direction to a stone monument on the westerly side
of Cypress street ; the line above described to be the northerly
side of the highway, being a part of Clay street, shown on a plan
of the southern portion of the city of Manchester adopted by res-
olution of the city councils July 15, 1873.
Mrs. Celia Cotter.
July 2, committee voted to recommend that petitioners be
given leave to withdraw.
Mystic Avenue. For building Mystic avenue from Oakland
avenue to Glenwood avenue, a distance of about 200 feet.
Freeman G. Riddle.
August 3, committee voted to recommend an order to build
the same.
Putnam Street. For a new 'highway from the intersection
of Dubuque and Putnam streets, thence in a westerly direction
to the intersection of Putnam and Bartlett streets, being an ex-
tension of Putnam street.
Albert Oliver.
November i, committee voted to recommend that the peti-
tioners be given leave to withdraw.
Oakland Avenue. For a new highway in said city, begin-
ning at a stake in the center line of Oakland avenue, on the eas-
terly end of said Oakland avenue as now laid out, thence in an
easterly direction to the west side of Paige street, a continuance
or extension of Oakland avenue.
F. A. Platts.
KEPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 453
August 3, committee voted to recommend that a hearing be
granted.
Bartlett Street. For building Bartlett street southerly to
Sullivan street, according to the grade as established by the city.
Johann Hammer.
August 3, committee voted to recommend an order to build.
Wayland Avenue. For a new highway in said city, begin-
ning at the junction of Mammoth road and Wayland avenue,
and thence in a westerly direction to Massabesic street, so called,
the above lay-out to be an extension of Wayland avenue.
Charles D. Gadbois.
August 3, committee voted to recommend that a hearing be
granted.
Platts Avenue. For a new highway in said city, begin-
ning at a stake on the southerly side of the Portsmouth branch
of the Concord & Montreal Railroad, standing in the center of
Platts avenue, so called ; (said street being already built, there
are to be no land damages ;) and thence in a southerly direction
to a stake on the northerly side of the Candia road.
F. A. Platts.
August 3, committee voted to recommend that a hearing be
granted.
Oakland Avenue. For a new highway in said city, begin-
ning at a stake on the westerly side of Revere avenue, in the cen-
ter line of Oakland avenue, and thence in a westerly direction
to a stake on the east side of the Mammoth road, said street be-
ing a continuance of Oakland avenue.
F. A. Platts.
August 3, committee voted to recommend that a hearing be
granted.
Glenwood Avenue. For a new highway in said city, begin-
ning at a stake in the center line of Glenwood avenue, as already
laid out, and thence in an easterly direction to a stake standing
454 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
on the westerly line of the land of James A. Colby, said street
to be an extension of Glenvvood avenue.
F. A. Platts.
August 8, committee voted to recommend that a hearing be
granted.
Welch Avenue. For a new highway from the intersection
of Welch avenue and Calef road, thence in a northeasterly direc-
tion to Nutt road, being an extension of Welch avenue.
George H. Dunbar.
November i, committee voted to recommend that the peti-
tioners be given leave to withdraw.
Woodland Avenue. For a new highway in said city, begin-
ning at a stake in the center line of Woodland avenue, and thence
in a southerly direction about 425^ feet, to the north line of
the Candia road in said city.
(We hereby acknowledge due and sufficient notice of the within
petition and this order thereon, and agree to take no exception
as to time or manner of calling hearing upon the same, and
waive all claims for damages. Alfred J. Sanborn.)
November i, committee voted to recommend that a hearing
be granted.
Sagamore Street. For a new highway in said city, begin-
ning at a stake on the east side of Walnut street and on the south
line of Sagamore street; said stake is 441.4 feet north of the
north line of Gore street ; thence in an easterly direction about
1,112.26 feet to a stake on the west line of Oak street and 481.14
feet north of the north line of Gore street, said line being the
south line of Sagamore street, as shown on plan 1,042 in the city
engineer's department.
(We hereby acknowledge due and sufficient notice of the within
petition and this order thereon, and agree to take no exception
as to time or manner of calling hearing upon the same, and
waive all claims for damages, provided the street is laid out in
accordance with the plan of said street. W. M. Butterfield.)
October 4, committee voted to recommend that a hearing be
granted.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 455
SoMERviLLE STREET. For building the highway known as
Somerville street from Union street to Beech street.
Alexis Leclerc.
November i, committee voted to recommend an order to
build.
This comprises all the work that has come within the province
of the committee on streets, and is respectfully submitted.
Alderman Byron Worthen, Chairman,
Alderman Sam C. Lowell,
Councilman George E. Heath,
Councilman Charles H. Harvey,
Councilman Howard C. Holt,
Committee oti Streets.
W. H. Bennett,
Clerk of Committee.
streets.
Manchester is lamentably behind in one point of municipal
administration in comparison with other places, that of allowing
lot owners to occupy the highways with fences and buildings.
The city has an ordinance which is rigorously enforced enjoining
abuttors from building beyond their street line, but thus far lit-
tle has been done toward compelling the removal of those fences
and buildings which were constructed years ago and which pro-
ject from a foot to several feet into the street.
A notable example of this occurs on Derry street. On the
north side of this thoroughfare every fence projects from six to
fifteen feet into the street, the bay window of one house is over
the line and eight feet of another house will have to be removed.
Recent builders have conformed in a measure to the correct line.
On portions of the Candia road the same state of affairs exists,
the stone walls being from two to twenty feet into the street.
456 ANNUAL OFFICIAL EEPORTS.
As this road has been marked by stone bounds nearly its entire
distance, no excuse can be given by the abutters for not con-
forming to the lines.
Throughout the city there is noticed a tendency to occupy
city land, oftentimes to the detriment of the appearance of the
streets. The lukewarm policy pursued by the city in the past
ought to give way to a policy that would compel a proper observ-
ance of the laws in this respect.
LAYING OUT STREETS.
One of the most important things to be considered in street
extensions is the cost of constructing them when laid out. It is
a very simple matter to go through the formalities required by
law and declare the street legally laid out. Then comes the
question of building. If the route is rough and uneven, ledgy
or swampy, the city must be put to considerable expense to
build what will for years be a subject for outlay rather than a
source of revenue. If the city refuses to or delays in building
the street, then the abuttors petition the court, and the city is
compelled to build.
If the custom in vogue in other cities could be followed here
it would result in saving thousands of dollars in this direction.
It is the law or custom in those places to compel the persons de-
siring a street to build it to the established grade before the city
will lay it out ; as the land owners are the ones directly benefitted
by the street it would seem but fair that they do the building.
At any rate it would have a tendency to keep down the too rapid
growth of the city beyond its ability to properly provide sewers,
water, and lights.
BUILDING STREETS.
It has always been a question whether or not it was policy to
build outlying roads to their full width, and the arguments have
nearly always been against such a practice. In discussing this
question one important factor, as far as Manchester roads are
concerned, has been overlooked. The supply of good gravel for
KEPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 457
use on the streets is somewhat limited unless hauled for a long
distance. This is one of the principal causes that has operated
against building and keeping in repair the suburban roads.
These thoroughfares, besides being used by residents, are in a
great measure frequented by pleasure drivers, and the city owes
to them the duty of providing a highway in at least semi-decent
repair. It may not be generally known, but on each side of the
numerous highways a good quality of gravel can be obtained
suitable for top-dressing the roads, at the same time improving
the appearance of them by removing the unsightly bushes, rocks,
and hillocks that line either side.
One of the most pronounced cases of this kind occurs on the
Bridge-street extension, where for nearly the whole distance the
road is scarcely wide enough for two teams to pass. This is one
of the most frequented routes to the lake and would be a good
place to make a beginning in this direction. Mammoth road.
Proctor road, and the Lake Shore road are notable instances in
this line.
STREET LINES AND GRADES.
The calls upon this department for street lines arid grades have
been numerous. As each year rolls by the city's growth extends,
and our work, instead of being confined within easy reach of the
office, is now from one to three miles out in any direction. It
has been the aim of this department to attend to the work as
promptly as possible, and in the order received. Considerable
trouble is occasioned by unreasonable persons who have an idea
that they have but to give an order to have it attended to imme-
diately. Oftentimes it is a week before it can be reached, and
in the meantime they besiege the office, and even carry their
complaints to the mayor that they cannot get their work done.
His Honor has invariably explained the situation to them and
referred them back to this office.
This brings up a point advocated in former reports, that a
complete plan of a street should be prepared, showing the lines
and grades, the same to be presented for consideration at the
458 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
time the street is laid out. With this done the department could
work to better advantage, and possibly silence those who make it
a point to find fault becaase their wants are not attended to im-
mediately, regardless of the fact that the department has no data
for the work. To obviate this trouble as much as possible, extra
assistants have been employed during the summer season, and
the work kept better in hand than ever before.
PARKS.
In Stark park lines and grades were given for the construction
of an avenue at the southern end of the park.
In Derry field park lines and grades were given for the con-
struction of the circular driveway.
In addition to this, sketches have been made from time to
time and instructions given the superintendent regarding the
work in hand.
PINE GROVE CEMETERY.
During the early spring the remaining section left from the
previous year was surveyed and plotted on the plans, completing
the work in this direction. A tracing of the large office plan
has been made for the use of the superintendent.
There has been made for the treasurer a portfolio containing
the plan in sections, one on a sheet, reserving the opposite sheet
for the areas, owners' names, and such transfers as may be made.
The section south of the cemetery, purchased of C. C. Web-
ster, has been surveyed, the lines established and marked by stone
bounds, and a plan made showing a partial lotting.
Several new sections in the cemetery have been staked out
into lots as called for, and the regular work kept well in hand.
MAIN-STREET BRIDGE.
This department has had general oversight over the lines and
grades during the construction of this bridge, and in this capac-
ity made daily visits during the progress of the work. Plans
KEPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 459
were made for the street commissioners, showing the surround-
ings, also a design for the bridge which, with some modifications,
was used as the basis of the present structure.
STONE BOUNDS.
It has been the policy of this department to mark with sub-
stantial stone bounds, as far as possible, all new lines established.
The past year has seen a considerable advance in this direction,
notably in the Pine Grove cemetery extension and on Candia
road, the former having every angle but one so marked, and the
latter being marked from the Mammoth road to the three-mile
post. Numerous other points, both in the city and the suburbs,
have been definitely located and secured by this means from
loss. It is the intention of this department to continue the
work as fast as time will allow.
SEWER BOOK.
The rapid growth of the city in the suburbs and the conse-
quent addition of new streets and sewers has rendered the
bound volume of sewer sheets in the office inadequate to provide
for the additions. To remedy this defect, and at the same time
allow for future additions, a new book is in process of construc-
tion on a larger scale than the former, and designed to show in
addition to the sewers, the water and gas mains, house numbers,
lot numbers, numbers of sev/er licenses, and frontage of lots.
When the book is completed it will be possible to tell at a
glance the exact status of any lot in reference to its sewerage
facilities, and it will more than pay for itself in the saving of time.
COMMITTEE WORK.
The city engineer, as clerk of the committees on streets and on
sewers and drains, has attended each meeting, keeping a com-
plete record of the proceedings, which are on file in this office.
In addition meetings have been attended of the city govern-
ment, committees on Valley cemetery, Pine Grove cemetery,
460 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
city farm, lands and buildings, claims, commons and parks, the
street and park commission, 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 council for the
support which they have given.
I also wish 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, 1895.
REPORT
OF THE
TRUSTEES OF THE CITY LIBRARY.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
William C. Clarke, Mayor, ) ,^.^_^,,-^,
John T. Gott, Pres. Com. Council, J
Isaac W. Smith.
Nathan P. Hunt.
Moody Currier.
LuciEN B. Clough.
Herman F. Straw.
Walter M. Parker.
Charles D. McDuffie.
Officers.
President, ex-officio.
William C. Clarke.
Clerk and Treasurer.
Nathan P. Hunt.
Librarian.
Kate E. Sanborn.
REPORT
OF THE
TRUSTEES OF THE CITY LIBRARY.
To the City Councils of the City of Alatichester :
The Trustees of the City Library respectfully submit their
forty-first annual report of the affairs of the library, and with the
same the report made to them by the treasurer of the board, con-
taining an account of the sums received and the expenditures
made by him in behalf of the board from the funds in their pos-
session and under their control ; and also the report of the libra-
rian made to the board, giving in detail the statistics of the
operation of the library during the past year, and its condition at
the close of the year.
From the treasurer's report it appears that during the year the
sum of one thousand and twenty-six dollars and eighty-one cents
has been expended for the purchase of books, and the sum of one
hundred and seventy-nine dollars and seventy-four cents for the
purchase of periodicals, making a total expenditure for both these
purposes of twelve hundred and six dollars and fifty-five cents.
Of the amount expended for the purchase of books the sum of
one hundred and ten dollars and thirty-seven cents was used for
the purchase of books to replace those worn out and withdrawn
from circulation ; and the sum of twelve dollars and sixty-two
cents was taken from the income of the Dean fund and used for
the purchase of books for that department of the library. Ex-
cluding these two amounts the sum expended for the purchase of
464 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS,
new books was nine hundred and three dollars and eighty-two
cents, leaving a balance in the hands of the treasurer at the close
of the year of seven hundred and fifty-six dollars and sixty-six
cents.
The balance of the accumulated income of the Dean fund at
the end of the year was six thousand eight hundred and three
dollars and twenty-four cents. Only the sum of twelve dollars
and sixty-two cents was expended from the income of this fund
during the year.
The accumulated income of the Mary E. Elliot fund at the
close of the year was one thousand and thirty-nine dollars and
twenty-eight cents.
The amount of the Eliza Eaton fund, with interest, December
31, 1893, was twenty-nine hundred and seventy-four dollars and
fifty-nine cents. During the year 1 894 there was received for inter-
est on this fund and its accumulations the sum of one hundred and
eighty dollars and seventy-six cents. In accordance with a vote
of the trustees, one hundred and twelve dollars and twenty cents
of the amount received for interest has been added to the prin-
cipal of fund ($2,887.80). making the same three thousand dol-
lars, leaving a balance of interest of one hundred and fifty-five
dollars and thirty-five cents to be used hereafter for the pur-
chase of books.
The incidental expenses of the library for the past year have
been three thousand two hundred and seventy-four dollars and
six cents, which amount includes the sum of four hundred and
thirty dollars and three cents expended for reclassification of the
library and preparation of card catalogue, and the sum of four
hundred and twenty-four dollars and seventy-three cents paid for
printing the new fiction catalogue compiled during the year by
the librarian. The items of these expenditures may be found in
detail in the annual report of the city, the bills for the same hav-
ing been paid by the city treasurer upon their approval by the
trustees, from the sum appropriated by the city councils for the
library.
The librarian reports that the library has been open for the
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE CITY LIBRARY. 465
delivery of books three hundred and six days, during which
period the number of books delivered for home use was fifty-five
thousand and fifty-four, an average of about one hundred and
seventy-nine per day. In addition to this number delivered for
general circulation nine thousand eight hundred and seventy-
three books were delivered for use at the reading-room at the
library, an average of about thirty-two per day. The total num-
ber of books delivered during the year for both these purposes
was sixty-four thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, an aver-
age of about two hundred and twelve per day. As compared
with the year preceding, the circulation for home use shows a de-
crease of two hundred and forty-one volumes, while the number
delivered for use at the library shows an increase of sixteen
hundred and seventy. The total circulation is fourteen hundred
and twenty-nine greater than the year preceding.
Seventy-four different periodicals have been regularly received
at the library ^uring the year, — fifty-seven by purchase and sev-
enteen by donation, — and at the completion of the several vol-
umes 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 fifty-six. Of this number and of others retired
from circulation in previous years for like reason, seventy-eight
volumes have been replaced at a cost of one hundred and ten
dollars and thirty-seven cents.
The number of volumes in the library at the date of the last
report, including maps and pamphlets, was thirty-seven thousand
two hundred and four.
During the year there have been added by purchase seven hun-
dred and forty-seven volumes; by donation, three hundred and
twenty-six volumes ; and seventy-four volumes of periodicals
have been bound, — a total of eleven hundred and forty-seven vol-
umes, making the number of bound volumes in the library at the
end of the year thirty-seven thousand six hundred and thirty-
three, and the total number, including sixteen maps and seven
30
466 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
hundred and two pamphlets, thirty-eight thousand three hundred
and fifty-one.
Following the report of the librarian will be found the names
of persons donating books to the library during the year, with
the number presented by each person. It has been thought best
to omit the titles of the books presented on account of the
expense attending the printing of the same in connection with
the report of the trustees. To all who have in this manner con-
tributed to the increase of the library, the trustees have caused
due acknowledgment to be made.
Doubts were expressed in the last report of the trustees regard-
ing the advisability of printing the new catalogue from the man-
uscript as then arranged, and its publication was postponed until
the new librarian could have an opportunity to examine the work.
Further examination of the manuscript in the early part of the
year by a committee of the trustees, acting with the librarian,
convinced the board that the manuscript should not be printed
until radically revised and reclassified.
Under the circumstances it was thought best to still further
postpone the publication of a complete catalogue and to have
prepared and published as soon as possible a catalogue of the fic-
tion contained in the library, which seemed most needed. This
work was undertaken at once by Miss Sanborn, and in addition
to her duties as librarian she has during the year prepared and
published a catalogue of all the fiction in the library at the close
of the year. Great credit is due Miss Sanborn for her conscien-
tious work upon this catalogue and her efforts for the better ac-
commodation of the patrons of the library. Since the publica-
tion of the catalogue many flattering and appreciative notices of
its merits have been received from librarians in different parts of
the country. The whole library is now being reclassified under
the direction of Miss Sanborn according to the Cutter expansive
system, and a new card catalogue is being made at the same time.
When this work is finished it will be possible to publish a com-
plete catalogue of the library if thought desirable.
The duties of librarian have been discharged by Miss Sanborn
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE CITY LIBRARY. 467
with fidelity and earnest effort to make the library of the most
possible advantage to the public. The trustees consider the city
fortunate to be able to secure the services of so competent and
progressive a librarian.
In closing, the trustees desire to renew their acknowledgments
to the members of the city councils for the courtesy and con-
sideration with which their suggestions relating to the library
have been received and carried out.
April 8, 1895.
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.
N. P. HUNT,
Clerk.
Wm. C. Clarke,
Mayor.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
To the Board of Trustees of the City Library :
The treasurer of the board submits the following account of
the receipts and expenditures by the board of the funds received
on account of the library :
1894.
Dr.
Jan. I.
To
balance of appropriation,
etc. ....
$890.39
Feb. 6.
Mrs. M. J. Buncher, fines,
catalogues, etc.
60.20
Oct 12.
appropriation for books for
To
1894 ....
balance of income of Dean
1,000.00
Jan, I.
fund ....
$6,314.57
income of Dean fund
108.00
April 2.
income of Dean fund
interest on accumulation of
60.00
income
3-04
July I.
income of Dean fund
interest on accumulation of
108.00
income
189.45
Oct. 18.
income of Dean fund
interest on accumulation of
30.06
income
2.80
$1,950.59
),8i5.86
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE CITY LIBRARY, 469
Jan. I. To Mary E. Elliot fund . ^2,000.00
balance of interest on Mary
E. Elliot fund . . 865.10
April 2. interest on Mary E. Elliot
fund .... 80.00
interest on accumulation of
income . . . 34-60
Oct. 18. interest on Mary E. Elliot
fund .... 40.00
interest on accumulation of
income . . . 19-58
Jan. I. To Eliza A. Eaton fund . . ;^2,887.8o
balance of interest on Eliza
A. Eaton fund . . 86.79
April 2. interest on Eliza A. Eaton
fund .... 115.48
interest on accumulation of
income . . . 3.44
Oct. 18. interest on Eliza A. Eaton
fund .... 57.74
interest on accumulation of
income ... 4.10
5,039.28
$3>i55-35
5814,961.08
1894. Cr.
Jan. 6. Paid New England News Co., periodicals ;gi4.82
10. Little, Brown & Co., books . . ii.75
10. Little, Brown & Co. (Dean fund),
books ..... 5.87
16. George H. Polley & Co., periodicals 6.00
24. Boston Book Co., periodicals , 5.00
Feb. 3. New England News Co., periodicals 9.77
6. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., books . 6.00
470
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Feb. 6.
6.
6.
March 2.
12.
April 3.
5-
6.
May
June
24.
7-
15-
16.
22.
22.
9-
9-
12.
12.
14.
July 7-
18.
18.
21.
21.
26.
Aug. 6.
6.
7-
I.
I.
I.
7-
24.
Sept.
Paid Little, Brown & Co. (Dean fund),
books .....
Frank B. Webster Co., periodicals .
Sampson, Murdock & Co., books .
New England News Co., periodicals
Central Law Journal Co., periodicals
New England News Co., periodicals
Little, Brown & Co., books .
Lawyers' Co-operative Publishing
Co., books ....
W. B. Clarke & Co., books .
George E. Littlefield, books .
New England News Co., periodicals
Little, Brown & Co., books .
James H. Lamb, books .
Houghton, Miflflin & Co., books
Publishers' Weekly, periodicals
Publishers' Weekly, books
New England News Co., periodicals
W. B. Clarke & Co., books .
Boston Book Co., books
New England News Co., periodicals
Catholic Publishing Society Co
books ....
Granite Monthly Co., books .
W. B. Clarke & Co., books .
D. Appleton & Co., books
W. B. Clarke & Co., books .
New England News Co., periodicals
Edwin J. Bartlett, books
Little, Brown & Co., books .
Boston Book Co., books
W. B. Clarke & Co., books .
W. B. Clarke & Co., replaced books
New England News Co., periodicals
Granite Monthly Co., books .
$6-75
1. 00
2.00
1 3. 1 1
5.00
15-25
2.00
5.00
181.63
4-50
I I. ID
3-5°
5.00
5.00
5.00
29.16
12.01
53-04
9.00
13.61
67.30
1.25
28.76
10.00
17.41
12.91
2.70
2.00
2.58
5-59
48.05
17-37
2.00
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE CITY LIBRARY. 471
Sept
25-
Oct.
6.
6.
12.
12.
IS-
IS-
22.
22.
24.
Nov.
5-
5-
10.
10.
10.
14.
IS-
IS-
24.
28.
Dec.
6.
8.
13-
31-
Paid Library Bureau, books .
W. B. Clarke & Co., replaced books
W. B. Clarke & Co., books .
Charles L. Woodward, books .
New England News Co., periodical
W. B. Clarke & Co., books .
W. B. Clarke & Co., replaced books
.Boston Athenaeum, books
George E. Littlefield, books
Lawyers' Co-operative Publishing
Co., books
New England News Co., periodicals
W. B. Clarke & Co., books .
Little, Brown & Co., books .
W. B. Clarke & Co., books .
W. B. Clarke & Co., replaced book
David Cross, books
Little, Brown & Co
W. B. Clarke & Co .
L. A. Morrison, books .
Sampson, Murdock & Co., books
New England News Co., periodicals
Hubbard Publishing Co., books
W. B. Clarke & Co., books .
By balance of appropriation .
balance of Dean fund
Mary E. Elliot fund, and interest
Eliza A. Eaton fund, and interest
$1.00
16.54
102.23
2.22
13-23
8.19
2.62
20.00
1-35
5.00
11.07
60.98
4-25
17-52
43-i6
6.00
3-75
60.65
2.25
2.00
10.91
20.00
131.84
756.66
6,803.24
3,309.28
3,155-35
$14,961.08
The expenditures for the incidental expenses of the library,
for the year ending December 31, 1893, the bills for which have
been paid by the city treasurer upon the approval of the com-
mittee on accounts of the board of trustees, the items of which
may be found in the annual report of the city, are as follows :
Services of librarian ...... $912.48
Services of assistants to librarian .... 596.75
books
books
472
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Fuel
$17-50
Gas ....
230.30
Insurance
125.00
Binding ....
142.77
Rebinding ....
153-27
Supplies ....
195.08
Newspapers
6.00
Water ....
16.00
Catalogue and card catalogue
430.03
Printing catalogue .
424.73
Printing trustees' report .
11.00
Incidentals
13-15
$3,274.06
RECAPITULATION.
Balance December 31, 1893 •
$3y^43-^3
Appropriation for 1894 .
4,500.00
Paid trustees for purchase of books . $1,000.00
Paid incidental expenses . . . 3,274.06
Balance of appropriation Dec. 31, 1894 3,869.77
$8,143.83
Respectfully submitted.
N. P. HUNT,
Treasurer of Trustees of City Library.
December 31, 1894.
We have examined the foregoing report, and find the same
correctly cast and properly vouched.
BYRON WORTHEN,
L. B. CLOUGH,
Coniinittee on Accounts of City Libraty.
report of the trustees of the city library. 473
December 31, 1894.
I certify that I have examined the several items of receipts
and expenditures embraced in the foregoing report of the treas-
urer of the trustees of the city library, and find the same cor-
rectly cast and properly vouched.
JAMES E. DODGE,
City Auditor.
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
To the Board of Trustees of the Manchester City Library :
Gentlemen, — I herewith submit the forty-first annual report
of the city library :
Whole number of accessions December 31, 1893 . 37,204
Added during the year 1894:
By purchase ...... 747
By gift 326
Periodicals bound .... 74
1,147
Whole number at present ..... 38,35 1
Including :
Maps 16
Pamphlets ..... 702
Bound volumes .... 37,633
38,351
Number of periodicals regularly received :
By purchase ....... 57
By gift 17
Number of days the library was open for reading
and distribution of books ..... 306
Number of volumes delivered for home use . . 555054
Average per day ....... 179
Largest number any one day, February 17 . . 540
Largest number any one month, March . . . 6,618
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE CITY LIBRARY. 475
Smallest number any one month, September .
Number of volumes delivered in the reading room
Average per day .....
Number of cards used on deposit
Number of cards issued duriqg the year .
Whole number issued since new registration
Number of cards relinquished during the year
Postals sent to delinquents
Worn-out books removed from circulation
Number of volumes replaced .
Number of books lost and paid for .
Number of volumes repaired at the bindery
Number repaired and covered at the library
Balance of cash in hands of Mrs. Buncher, the former
librarian, December 31, 1893
Paid by Mrs. Buncher to N. P. Hunt, treasurer, Feb-
ruary 6, 1894 .......
3-520
9^873
32
4
576
9,660
73
283
156
78
4
448
6,700
$60.20
60.20
Amount received from Jan. i to Dec. 31, 1894 :
For fines ...... ^143.63
finding lists, 23 at loc. . . . 2.30
fiction catalogues, 23 at 30c. . . 6.90
books lost and paid for . . . 3.34
I156.17
78.56
Paid for expressage and incidentals .
Total cash on hand ..... l77-6i
While the circulation of books for home use shows a very
slight decrease from the preceding year, it is gratifying to note
that eighty-eight more cards were issued to borrowers, and that
the number of books used in the library shows an increase of over
sixteen hundred volumes. The statistics of this use in the library
do not give us an accurate record. As we have no reference
room and no quiet room for study, persons who are investigating
a subject for which they need many books are invited to make
476 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
use of the tables in the book room, and are allowed free access
to the shelves. Of the books consulted in this way no account
can be kept, but the most valuable work of the library in aiding
study and research is done in this manner.
The new and popular books of tke year have been added to
the library as soon as published ; many books of reference, es-
pecially in the departments of bibliography, history, and gen-
ealogy have been bought ; and an effort has been made to assist
people connected with various clubs in the city by purchasing
occasional books for which they had immediate need. The
daily "Mirror" and "Union" have kindly published for us
each month the lists of new books received, and these have
been greatly appreciated by the people. A copy of the last list
is kept upon the bulletin board at the desk, and a scrap-book
containing all the lists is often consulted by those who wish to
see at a glance what books have been purchased during the past
few months.
Perhaps the most noteworthy achievement of the year has been
the publication of the fiction catalogue, — a complete list of all
English prose fiction contained in the library to December i,
1894. The committee appointed by the trustees to consider the
advisability of printing the catalogue which had been in course
of preparation during the past few years, met early in the year,
and decided that since the compilation proved to be not entirely
satisfactory, it would be best to delay still longer the printing of
a complete catalogue, and to publish as soon as possible a fiction
list, which was much needed. This was prepared during the
year, and was ready for the public December 27.
A new card catalogue is being gradually made. Each book in
the library will be recatalogued, the new cards being inserted in
the drawers and the old ones withdrawn, without causing any
confusion to the consulter. When this is finished the library
will possess a carefully prepared dictionary catalogue, which may
be printed at any time the trustees so direct.
Simultaneously with the cataloguing another important work
is being carried on, — that of classifying, or rearranging the books
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE CITY LIBRARY. 477
upon the shelves. The placing together of books treating of the
same subject is of the greatest aid to people using the library as
well as to the librarian and assistants. To quote the words of
Mr. Cutter : "If the library tries to supply, not merely entertain-
ment, but instruction ; if the librarian gives out, not merely
books over a counter, but advice in reading and assistance in
investigation, he must have his library so arranged that he can
lay his hand on his materials at once. It is not enough that, with
the aid of the catalogue, he can get any one book, but he must
know where to go for each subject ; he must (so far as possible)
find there whatever the library has on that subject. And he
wants to do this quickly. When inquiries are pouring in upon
him he must not be obliged to waste time in searching. The
quicker he can get together the books that will answer one ques-
tion, the quicker he can turn to the next applicant." With the
rapid growth of the library the old S3'stem of shelving has become
unwieldy and inadequate to our needs. The system now being
put into operation is the Cutter Expansive Classification. The
books relating to one subject are shelved together, arranged
alphabetically by the authors' names. The numbers given to
them are permanent, and would require no change were the en-
tire library to be moved to another building ; they serve to keep
the books in their proper order on the shelves; and to keep the
record of the books in circulation. They admit of infinite inter-
polation, new books added to the library falling naturally into
their places in the classes to which they belong. All English
fiction has been changed to the new system, and biography is
nearly finished. The assistants in the issue department find the
method very helpful and time-saving. The classifying and cata-
loguing are being done with no withdrawal of books from circu-
lation, and with no inconvenience to the users of the library.
That this work will require two or three years for completion,
can be readily understood by one who considers for a moment
the magnitude of the labor involved ; but that the time is well
spent will be proved by the greater facilities for serving our read-
ers with quickness and thoroughness.
478 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Preparations are made for trying the experiment of issuing to
teachers in the public schools an extra number of books for the
use of the pupils. Believing it to be the function of the public
library not only to provide books for those who have already a
taste for reading, but also to create and nourish such taste, the
library aims to begin at the fountain head by interesting the chil-
dren in good books. This can best be done with the co-opera-
tion of the teachers. The plan as at present outlined is to per-
mit the teachers in the grammar grades to take out six books
at one time, to be retained one month. These will be usually
of such character as to aid the teacher, supplementing the school
text-books in such studies as science, geography, history, and
literature. The board of education has purchased for each gram-
mar school in the city a copy of Sargent's "Reading for the
Young," an excellent classified and annotated list of books
adapted to youthful readers. In each copy have been written
the call-numbers of those books which are contained in the
library ; thus the teachers will be enabled to send for the
books they wish to use without the necessity of coming to the
library to consult the catalogue. If the scheme works well it
may be extended to the lower grades. So great has been the
success achieved in other cities where efforts have been made to
bring into closer relation the public library and the public schools,
that we are justified in looking for good results from our first
attempts here.
In closing this record of my first year's work, I desire to ex-
press my appreciation of the ready courtesy with which the trus-
tees have assented to the several changes I have wished to make,
and to note my satisfaction in the quality of the work done by
my assistants, without whose faithful and efficient service the
results of the year could not have been attained.
Respectfully submitted.
KATE E. SANBORN,
Librarian.
DONATIONS TO THE CITY LIBRARY.
Aguilar Free Library, New York City
Amherst College Library .
Ankarloo, Mrs. John P.
Bell, Mrs. J. J
Bigelow Free Public Library, Clinton, Mass.
Birmingham, Eng. — Free Libraries Committee
Boston, Mass. — Public Library .
Boylston, Edward D. .
Bridgeport, Conn. — Public Library
Brookline, Mass. — Public Library
Brooklyn, N. Y. — Brooklyn Library
Carvelle, Dr. H. D. W. .
Chandler, William E.
Chicago, 111. — Public Library .
Chicago, University of
Christophe, Miss
Cincinnati, Ohio. — Public Library
Clarke, The John B. Co. .
Cleaves, George P. . . .
Clough, Albert L. . . .
Cobden Club ....
Concord, N. H. — Public Library
Daniels, Miss Isabelle R. .
Detroit, Mich. — Public Library .
Dodge, J. E,, City Auditor
Dodge, Thomas E. .
Dover, N. H. — Public Library .
Books. Pamph's
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480
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Ewing, T. .
Fall River, Mass. — Public Library .
Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, Vt.
Gould, S. C
Grand Rapids, Mich. — Public Library
Hapgood, Warren .....
Harvard University .....
Helena, Montana. — Public Library .
Holland, Denis A. .... .
Home Market Club, Boston
Huse, I. . . . . . .
Indian Rights Association
Indiana. — Department of Statistics .
Jones, Edwin F. . . . . .
Kidder, N. P., City Clerk
Lawrence, Mass. — Public Library
Lenox Library, New York City
Leyton, Eng. — Public Library .
Livermore, C. W. .
Lynn, Mass. — Public Library .
Maimonides Library, New York City
Maiden, Mass. — Public Library
Manchester, Eng. — Public Free Libraries .
Manchester, N. H. — Chief Engineer Fire Depart
ment .......
Manchester, N. H. — Mayor's Office .
Massachusetts. — Bureau of Statistics of Labor
Melrose, Mass. — Public Library
Minneapolis, Minn. — Public Library
Morse Institute, Natick, Mass. .
Nashua, N. H
Nashua, N. H. — Public Library
New England Conference Educational Workers
New Hampshire. — Department Public Instruction
" " Insurance Commission .
" " Railroad Commission
Books. Pamph's
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15
I
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13
30
2
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE CITY LIBRARY. 481
New Hampshire. — Secretary of State .
" " .State Board of Health .
New Haven, Conn. — Free Public Library .
New Jersey. — State Library
Newton, Mass. — Public Library .
Nickerson, S. D.
Peabody Institute, Baltimore, Md.
Philadelphia, Pa. — Apprentices' Library .
" " Free Library
" " Friends' Library .
" " Library Company
Providence, R. I. — Public Library .
Pullman Palace Car Co. ....
Ramsay, Rev. W. H. .
St. Louis, Mo. — Mercantile Library Association
Salem, Mass. — Public Library .
San Francisco, Cal. — Mercantile Library Associ
ation .......
Scranton, Pa. — Public Library .
Southampton, Eng. — Library Committee .
Spofford, C. B. .
United States. — Agricultural Department .
" " Bureau of American Republics
" " Bureau of Education
" " Civil Service Commission
" " Fish Commission
" " Interior Department
" " Labor Department .
*' Senate ....
" " Smithsonian Institution
" " State Department
" " Treasury Department
" " War Department
Webster, Prentiss .....
Woburn, Mass. — Public Library
Worcester, Mass. — Public Library
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Books. Pamph's
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134
2
3
355
5
4
71
3
7
2
3
7
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482 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Periodicals Presented by the Publisliers.
Advertiser, Manchester.
Catholic Recorder, Manchester.
Echo (High School), Manchester.
Emerald, Manchester.
Le Rdveil, Manchester.
Massabesic Gem, Manchester.
Notes and Queries, Manchester.
Telegram, Manchester.
Union, Manchester.
Home Market Bulletin, Boston, Mass.
Jersey City Library Record.
Manifesto, Canterbury, N, H.
Official Gazette of the Patent Office, U. S. Government.
Plymouth Record, Plymouth, N. H.
Springfield Library Bulletin.
Travellers' Record, Hartford, Conn.
Veterans' Advocate, Concord, N. H.
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,
ID. Hanover and Ashland,
11. Hanover and Hall,
12. Hanover and Beacon,
13. Concord and Ashland,
14. Bridge and Hall, »
15. Myrtle and Russell,
91. 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,
486 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
No. 25. Laurel and Lincoln, arm.
26. Central and Lincoln, "
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, "
^6. 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 Beech, "
57. Spruce and Beech, "
58. Cedar and Union, "
59. Lake avenue and Union, "
60. Central and Union, "
ELECTRIC LIGHTS, GAS LIGHTS, AND OIL LAMPS. 487
No. 6i. Laurel and Union, arm.
62. Merrimack and Union, "
6^. Manchester and Union, . '<
64. Hanover and Union, "
65. Amherst and Union, <«
66. Concord and Union, <«
67. Lowell and Walnut, "
68. Lowell and Union, '<
69. High and Union, "
70. Bridge and Union, ««
71. Bridge and Walnut, «<
72. Orange and Union, <<
73. Prospect and Union, '<
74. Brook and Union, <«
75. Pennacook and Union, '«
76. Webster and Pine, "
77. North and Pine, pole.
78. Sagamore and Pine, arm.
79. Blodget and Pine, "
80. Harrison and Hazel, "
81. Prospect and Pine, "
82. Myrtle and Pine, '<
83. Orange and Pine, "
84. Pearl and Pine, "
85. Bridge and Pine, "
86. Tremont square, ■ pole.
87. Pine and High, arm.
88. Lowell and Pine, "
89. Concord and Pine, "
90. Amherst and Pine, "
91. Hanover and Pine, '<
92. Manchester and Pine, "
93. Merrimack and Pine, '<
94. Laurel and Pine, "
95. Central and Pine, "
96. Lake avenue and Pine, "
488 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
No. 97. Cedar and Pine, arm.
98. Auburn and Pine, *'
99. Cedar and Chestnut, "
[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.
:io. Chestnut and High, "
;ii. Chestnut and Bridge, ' "
:i2. Chestnut and Pearl, "
13. Chestnut and Myrtle, <«
:i4. Chestnut and Harrison, "
15. Chestnut and Brook, "
:i6. Pennacook and Chestnut, pole.
ij. Salmon and Chestnut, "
18. Webster and Chestnut, arm.
ig. Clarke and Elm, *'
:2o. Webster and Elm, "
:2i. North and Elm, "
:22. Salmon and Elm, "
23. Pennacook and Elm, "
:24. Brook and Elm, "
:25. Harrison and Elm, "
.26. Langdon, pole.
:2 7. 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, "
ELECTRIC LIGHTS, GAS LIGHTS, AND OIL LAMPS. 489
No. 133. Washington and Church, • arm.
134. Birch and Lowell, "
135. Lowell and Elm, "
136. Elm east back, between Lowell and Concord, "
137. Water and Elm, '<
138. Vine and Concord, '*
139. Vine and Amherst, "
140. Amherst and Elm, '<
141. Spring and Elm west back, *•'
142. Stark, "
143. Market and Franklin, "
144. Market and Elm, "
145. Hanover and Elm east back, "
146. Elm and Manchester, "
147. Dean avenue and Elm west back, "
148. Elm and Merrimack, "
149. Merrimack and Franklin, "
150. Middle, "
151. Merrimack square, west, pole.
152. Elm and Central, arm.
153. Elm and Lake avenue, "
154. Elm and Spruce, "
155. Beech and Cedar, pole.
156. Elm and Cedar, arm.
157. Franklin and Granite, "
158. Elm and Auburn, "
159. Elm and Green, <'
160. Elm and Valley, "
161. Bakersville 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, "
167. Depot and Canal, "
168. Central, between Franklin and Canal, "
490 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
No. 169. Bedford and Central, arm.
170. Canal and Merrimack, "
171. Canal and Middle, "
172. Canal and Stark, "
173. Canal and Mechanic, "
174. Canal and Spring, "
175. Canal and Bridge, "
176. McGregor bridge, east, pole.
177. Canal and Hollis, "
178. Canal and Dean, "
179. Canal and Langdon, arm.
180. River road and North, "
181. Amoskeag bridge, east, **
182. Amoskeag bridge, west, "
183. Amoskeag watering-trough, pole.
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, arm.
194. Sullivan and Main, pole.
195. Beauport and Sullivan, "
196. Main and Schuyler, "
197. Wilton and Main, "
198. Douglas and Main, arm.
199. Douglas and Barr, "
200. Granite and Green, "
201. West and Granite, "
202. Granite and Main, "
203. Granite and Second, "
204. Granite bridge, west, pole.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS, GAS LIGHTS, AND OIL LAMPS. 491
No. 205. School and Turner, arm.
206. School and Third, "
207. Second and Bath, pole.
208. Ferry and Turner, arm.
209. Ferry and Third, "
210. Walker and Second, "
211. Blaine and Third, "
212. Clinton and Main, "
213. Walker and Main, "
214. Parker and West, "
215. Winter and Parker, "
216. Main and Mast, pole.
217. Main and Milford, arm.
2i8. Main and A, "
219. Carroll and Milford, ''
220. Old Mast road and Mast, "
221. Hall and Amherst, "
222. Laurel and Maple, "
223. Central and Wilson, "
224. Harrison and Pine, *'
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, "
230. Milford and Riddle, " "
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, "
238. Lowell and Ashland, "
239. Lowell and Belmont, "
240. Pearl and Union, "
492 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
No.
241.
Salmon and Union,
pole
242.
Water,
arm.
243-
Arlington and Ashland,
cc
244.
Orange and Oak,
((
245-
Prospect and Oak,
11
246.
Arlington and Russell,
((
247.
Gore and Walnut,
CI
248.
Laurel and Milton,
t(
249.
Massabesic — Hospital,
pole.
250.
Lake avenue and Wilson,
arm.
251.
Bridge and Ash,
cc
252.
Hanover and Highland,
pole.
253-
Franklin and Depot,
arm.
254.
Spruce and Union,
((
255-
East High and Malvern,
((
256.
Beech and Auburn,
pole.
257-
Kidder and Whitney,
((
258.
Valley and Jewett,
'C
259-
Concord and Derry,
K
260.
Auburn and Union,
(C
261.
Harrison and Walnut,
arm.
262.
West Hancock and Second,
pole,
263.
Douglas and West,
((
264.
Hooksett road, Amoskeag,
((
265.
Prospect and Ash,
arm,
266.
Salmon and Canal,
pole.
267.
Harrison and Russell,
((
268.
Gates and Dubuque,
(C
269.
Parker and Elm,
((
270.
Auburn and Maple,
((
271.
Salmon and Pine,
ec
272.
Appleton and Adams,
cc
2 73-
Clark and River road.
arm
274.
Amoskeag eddy, south.
pole
275-
Elm east back, between Spruce and Cedar,
cc
276.
Cass and Lake avenue,
cc
ELECTRIC LIGHTS, GAS LIGHTS, AND OIL LAMPS. 493
No.
277.
Riddle and Mast,
pole.
27S.
Brown avenue and Baker,
arm.
279.
Brown avenue and Hancock,
pole.
280.
Clark and Union,
arm.
281.
Prospect and Linden,
pole.
282.
Brook and Maple,
((
283.
Brook and Hazel,
u
284.
Webster and Walnut^
((
285.
Chestnut and Ray brook,
u
286.
Webster and River road,
a
287.
Market and Canal,
arm.
288.
Concord and Beech,
a
289.
Pearl and Morrison,
pole.
290.
Concord and Hall,
arm.
291.
Merrimack and Belmont,
u
292.
Spruce and Beacon,
(C
293-
Belmont and Grove,
(C
294.
Bowman,
((
295-
Amory and Rimmon,
pole.
296.
Manchester and Milton,
((
297.
Valley and Pine,
((
298.
Mammoth and Candia roads,
i(
299.
Cypress and Hayward,
a
300.
Conant and Rimmon,
u
301.
Cartier and Kelley,
i(
302.
Monmouth and McGregor back.
u
303-
Calef road and Welch avenue.
([
304-
Valley and Taylor,
arm.
305-
Pine and Brook,
(C
306.
Conant and Beauport,
u
307-
Douglas and North Weare Railroad,
pole.
308.
Orange and Hall,
a
309-
Wayne and Dubuque,
arm.
310.
Putnam and Cartier,
u
311-
Hall road and Lake avenue,
pole.
312.
Walker and Fourth,
arm.
494 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
No.
313-
Winter, near Main,
arm,
314-
Walker and Turner,
pole.
315-
Ainsworth avenue and Young street,
arm.
316.
Valley and Belmont,
a
317-
Pine and Grove,
((
318.
Blaine and Second,
((
319-
Amory and Morgan,
u
320.
Amory and Alsace,
(f
321.
East High and South,
((
322.
Blaine and Main,
u
323-
Dover and Clinton,
l(
324-
Elm back street on Blodget,
((
325-
B and C,
pole,
326.
Milford and Bismarck,
u
327-
Merrimack and Wilson,
arm.
328.
Pennacook and Canal,
pole.
329-
Adams and Cartier,
ii
330-
Amherst and Ashland,
arm.
331-
Putnam and Bartlett,
pole,
332.
Auburn and Chestnut,
arm.
333-
Laurel avenue and Laurel,
u
334-
Hanover and Belmont,
((
335-
Lowell and Malvern,
i(
336-
Adams and Wilson,
l(
337-
Lincoln and Silver,
a
338.
Somerville and Jewett,
11
339-
Elm and Ray brook,
11
340-
Amory and Bartlett,
C(
341-
West Hancock and Dartmouth,
(C
342.
Monroe and River road,
((
343-
Marion and McGregor,
((
344-
South Main and Harvell,
(C
345-
South Main and Hancock,
«
346.
Boynton,
11
347-
Mast road and Forest,
it
348. North and Union,
ELECTRIC LIGHTS, GAS LIGHTS, AND OIL LAMPS. 495
No. 349. Kelley and Rimmon, arm.
350. Coolidge avenue, near Keliey, "
351. Buzzell and East High, "
352. Mechanic and Elm back, "
353. Harrison and Maple, "
354. North and Bay, "
355. Front and Dunbarton, "
356. Orange and Linden, "
357. Myrtle near Belmont, "
358. Taylor and Young road, "
359. Nutt road and Auger avenue, "
360. Union and Grove, "
361. Kelley and Alsace, "
362. Main and Wayne, "
363. East Spruce and Barry avenue, "
364. Lowell and Hall, "
Gas Lights in Use.
Clarke and Chestnut.
Clarke and River road.
Appleton, west end.
Salmon, between Elm and Canal.
Canal, near paper-mill.
Blodget and Chestnut.
Prospect, between Elm and Chestnut.
Myrtle, between Elm and Chestnut
Orange and Chestnut.
Orange, between Chestnut and Elm.
Bridge, between Chestnut and Elm.
Pearl and Walnut.
Orange and Walnut.
Orange and Beech.
Pearl and Maple.
Arlington and Maple.
East High and Maple.
496 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Lowell and South.
Lowell and Jane.
Concord and Belmont.
Amherst and Belmont.
Amherst and Beacon.
Lowell and Beacon,
East High and Belmont.
Harrison and Oak.
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.
Two lights on Mechanic.
Spring.
Manchester and Belmont.
Hanover and Milton.
One light on River road, corner Shasta.
Oil Lights in Use.
Clarke and Adams.
Concord and Beacon.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS, GAS LIGHTS, AND OIL LAMPS. 497
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.
Bowman.
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.
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 Gofife'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.
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498 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
One 1
One 1
One 1
One 1
One 1
One 1
Onel
One 1
One 1
Onel
One 1
One 1
One 1
One 1
Onel
Onel
One 1
ght at junction Ainsworth avenue and Young road.
ght at junction Ainsworth avenue and Young street.
ght on Taylor, near Byron Stearns's house.
ght on Taylor, near Gilmore's house.
ght on Valley, near Eastman's store.
ght on Candia road, at P. Rogers's.
ght on Candia road, at Dan Cronin's.
ght on Candia road, at G. Bean's.
ght on Candia road, at C. Francis's.
ght on Candia road, at S. Mead's.
ght on Candia road, at Claflin's.
ght on Hanover, at Sam Page's.
ght at junction of Hanover and Page.
ght at Brown's.
ght at junction of Hanover and Proctor.
ght at junction of Hanover and Candia road.
ght at junction of Proctor and Candia roads.
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
REPORT OF CITY AUDITOR.
To the City Councils:
Gentlemen, — The Auditor herewith submits ' to your honor-
able body his 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 col-
lector, annual examination of water-works 'accounts, annual ex-
amination of accounts of superintendents of Pine Grove and
Valley cemeteries 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-annual examination of the account of the clerk of
the police court, annual examination of the accounts of the
superintendent of public instruction ; completed the annual ex-
aminations of accounts for the year 1893 for the late auditor,
and compiled and superintended the publication of the annual
report for the same year.
Six thousand four hundred six bills against the city have been
examined and certified as correct. All the pay-rolls for the
street and park commission, for the schools, for the fire depart-
ment, the water-works, the police department, the cemeteries,
and the city officials have been examined and certified to.
Twelve monthly drafts, amounting in the aggregate to $1,329,-
683.19, have been drawn on the city treasury.
502
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Accounts have been kept with all the appropriations, with the
treasurer, and the tax collector.
A large number of circulars concerning the city's debt and
bonds were sent to bankers and brokers, besides the general
correspondence of the office, and reports, orders, and resolutions
typewritten for various joint standing committees.
At the request of the joint standing committee on finance,
the auditor has procured the printing of the bonds sold during
the year and furnished certified copies of orders, resolutions, and
laws showing the legality of the issue of said bonds to the bank-
ers, brokers, and firms bidding for the purchase of the same.
EXPENDITURES.
The amount of the appropriation for auditor's de-
partment was ....... ^2,000.00
Expended for salary of auditor, James B.
Straw $83.33
Expended for salary of auditor, James E.
Dodge 927-77
Expended for salary of clerks . . . 621.15
Expended for supplies .... 135-81
Balance 231.94
The auditor returns his thanks to Mayors Knowlton, Varney,
and Worthen, the city councils, the committee on accounts, and
the heads of departments for their uniform courtesy and kind-
ness.
Respectfully submitted.
JAMES E. DODGE,
City Auditor.
REPORT OF CITY TREASURER.
To improvement bonds
premium on improvement bonds
Dr.
^100,000.00
5,170.00
REPORT OF CITY TREASURER.
503
To accrued interest from June i
security bonds
water bonds .
premium on water bonds
accrued interest
temporary loan
premium on temporary loan
city hall, rents
M. J. Healy, police department
J. C. Bickford, police department .
water-works, receipts ....
B. A. Stearns, Pine Grove cemetery, receipts
S. B. Putnam, treasurer, lots sold .
C. H. G. Foss, Valley cemetery, receipts
board of paupers off the farm .
E. G. Libbey, city farm ....
milk licenses ......
city scales, receipts ....
cemetery fund, bonds sold
William E. Buck, tuition
William E. Buck, free text-books sold
rent of tenements .....
show licenses ......
sewer licenses ......
town of Walpole, paupers off the farm .
A. C. Wallace, Second-street bridge, overdraft
S. Levanson, peddler's license
Solomon Levenstain, peddler's license
Solon A. Carter, state treasurer, bounty on
hawks, 1893 .....
N. P. Kidder, billiard table licenses, 1893
Security Live Stock Insurance Co., loss o
horse, "Stub"
Maurice Custen, peddler's license .
C. R. Crossett, incidental expenses, overdraft
J. Schwartz, peddler's license
$77-78
100,000.00
50,000.00
2,395.00
22.22
250,000.00
11.00
2,072.50
12,802.54
2,294.84
110,210.29
2,396.97
3)485.oi
1,814.64
3,252.70
3,977.08:
69.5a
459.46
5,000.00
483-65
229.79
889.52
583.00
4,120.55
7.00
13.80
20. OO'
20.00
2.50
520.00
100.00
20. oo.
•75
20.0QJ
604
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
To P. Gravilon, fire department, dump-cart sold . $75-oo
Herbert S. Clough, cost in Higgins suit . . 3.00
Dunbar, land damage, overdraft . . 5.57
A. N. Clapp, city teams, overdraft ... 3.75
Ralph C. Mitchell^ fire department, overdraft 9.00
H. E. Loveren, attorney, labor done on
Knowles property . . . . . 33-37
M. Rosenblum, peddler's license . . . 20.00
J. G. Jones, contingent expenses, overdraft . .42
Charles S. Bailey, peddler's license . . 20.00
S. Harrison, peddler's license . . . 20.00
J. B. Varick, Derryfield park and commons,
overdraft ....... 36.00
Israel Saidel, peddler's license . . . 20.00
Barrett Custen, peddler's license . . . 20.00
M. Kortz, peddler's license .... 20.00
Samuel Lishtensztain, peddler's license . . 20.00
Solon A. Carter, insurance tax ■ . . . 2,598.75
" " railroad tax .... 28,301.40
" " savings bank tax . . . 72,379.38
" " literary fund . . . 7,252.97
" " bounty on hawks . . . 1.50
Bernard Taffe, peddler's license . . . 20.00
C. F. Garland, city officers' salaries, overdraft 5.00
street and park commissioners, money received
from sundry persons . . . . . 158.32
George E, Morrill, collector, redemption of
land sold for taxes . . . . . 2,541.70
N. P. Kidder, dog licenses . . . . 1,721.29
Security Live-Stock Insurance Co. . . . 200.00
George E. Morrill, interest on taxes . . 954-36
" " taxes for the year 1890 . 5.73
" " " " 1S91 . 103.35
" " " " 1892 . 412.67
• " " 1893 . 43-668.13
" " " " 1894 . 466,447.79
Total receipts . ..... ^1,289,620.63
REPORT OF CITY TREASURER.
Cash on hand January i, 1894
Unpaid bills January i, 1895
505
$i5o>573-75
45)524-40
$1,485,718.78
Cr.
By unpaid bills
January
I, 1894
l33i798-29
January draft, 1894, No. i
$72,614.38
February
11 a
2
41,229.06
March
3
52,671.96
April
4
61,983.24
May
5
77>955-o9
June
6
92,359-04
July
7 •
112,741.24
August
8
86,378.95
September
9
68,431.86
October
10
69,149.29
November
II
49,946.71
December
ifts
12
544,222.37
Total dr
• $1,329,683.19
Total drafts and unpaid bi
lis . . . $1,363,481.48
Cash on hand January i,
1895
122,237.30
$1,485, 7r8.78
SYLVANUS B. PUTNAM,
Ci/y Treasurer.
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, 1894,
and find proper vouchers for all payments, and all receipts duly
accounted for.
The net cash on hand January i, 1894, was . . $116,775.46
Receipts during the year . . . . . 1,289,620.63
Total ....... $1,406,396.09
506 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Amount of drafts during the year . . .^1,329,683.19
Net cash on hand December 31, 1894 . . . 76,712.90
Total ....... ^1,406,396.09
The cash balance taken December 31, 1894, I find to be as
follows :
Deposited in Suffolk National Bank
Second National Bank
$16,675.00
67,S93-S9
National Bank of the Commonwealth 2,344.68
office safe ..... 351623.73
$122,237.30
45»5 24-40
$76,712.90
Gross amount of cash on hand .
Deduct amount of bills unpaid .
Net cash on hand December 31, 1894
Respectfully submitted.
JAMES E. DODGE,
City Auditor.
STATEMENT OF THE RECEIPTS AND EXPENDI-
TURES OF THE CITY OF MANCHESTER
FOR THE YEAR 1894.
Receipts.
CENTRAL DEPARTMENT.
Received from :
Direct city taxes .
Cost and interest on taxes .
Licenses to enter sewer
Licenses to keep dog .
Licenses to sell milk
Licenses to keep billiard table
$510,637.67
1,930.82
^4,120.55
1,721.29
69.50
520.00
; 1 2,568.49
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES. 5 07
Licenses to shows and exhibitions ^583.00
Licenses to peddle . . . 240.00
S7'254-34
Rents ...... . . 2,962.02
122,784.85
STREET AND SEWER DEPARTMENT.
Received from :
City scales ..... ^459.46
Miscellaneous sources . . . 347-9S
507.44
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Received from text-books and tuition . . ^713.44
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Received from court lines and costs . . . $15,097.38
PUBLIC PLACES.
Received from :
Pine Grove cemetery . . . $5,881.98
Valley cemetery .... 1,814.64
$7,696.62
WATER-WORKS.
Gross receipts . .... . . $110,210.29
CHARITABLE, PATRIOTIC, AND PHILANTHROPIC.
Received from :
City farm ..... $3,977-o8
Hillsborough county, boarding pau-
pers and Industrial School in-
mates ..... 3,259.70
$7,236.78
508
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Received from :
Premium on water bonds sold . ^2,395.00
Premium on improvement bonds
sold ..... 5,170.00
Land redeemed from tax sale . 1,565.24
Other miscellaneous sources . . 411.00
,541-24
Total ordinary receipts during the year 1894 ^674,088.04
TEMPORARY LOAN.
Received from loans in anticipation of tax of 1894 $250,000.00
STATE.
Received from :
Insurance taxes .
Railroad taxes
Savings bank taxes
Literary fund
$2,598.75
28,301.49
72,379-38
7,252.97
^110,532.59
BONDED DEBT.
Received from :
Improvement bonds sold
Water bonds sold
Cemetery bonds sold .
Security bonds sold
Gross receipts
Net cash on hand .
5100,000.00
50,000.00
5,000.00
100,000.00
- $255,000.00
. $1,289,620.63
116,775.46
$1,406,396.09
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
509
Expenditures.
CENTRAL DEPARTMENT.
Paid interest on water bonds . . ^38,399.00
interest on city bonds . . 16,815.00
interest on cemetery bonds . 1,295.83
interest on temporary loan, an-
ticipation tax, 1894 . . 3,312.72
Paid city hall ..... ^2,548.84
printing and stationery . . 2,012.61
incidental expenses . . . 24,065.75
mayor's incidentals . . . 163.30
city officers' salaries . . . 15)438.37
city auditor's department . . 1,768.06
sinking fund trustees . . 5,000.00
,822.5s
^50,996.93
STREET AND SEWER DEPARTMENT.
Paid Street and park commission
repairs of highways
incidental expenses
new highways .
land taken for highways
watering streets
paving streets .
macadamizing streets
grading for concrete
scavenger service
street sweeping
lighting streets
bridges .
city teams
repairs of sewers
new sewers
^3>783-65
22,435-31
549.82
i9>892.35
16,430.71
3,984.08
5,966.02
i5>i65.99
3,960.23
14,880.56
1,122.75
41,223.92
2,900.32
6,998.40
5,201.61
52,970.91
510
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid South Main-street bridge . . ^28,450.00
snow and ice . . . . 55 335-°2
engineer's department.
Paid engineer's department
health department. ^
Paid health department . ' .
SCHOOL department.
^251,251.65
^5,016.72
^3>468.93
Paid repairs of schoolhouses
fuel
furniture and supplies
books and stationery
printing and advertising .
contingent expenses
care of rooms .
evening schools
teachers' salaries
salaries school committee, clerk
truant officer
salary of superintendent .
evening school of mechanical
drawing
free text-books
manual training
^4,964.67
5,224.27
873.21
55-92
312.08
i,53o-4o
4,449-15
935-61
63»i5i-o3
1,025.00
2,300.00
442.40
4,484.36
1,447-54
CITY LIBRARY.
Paid city library
FIRE department.
Paid fire department
fire-alarm telegraph
hydrant service
^53,539-72
1,933-88
13,925.00
^91,195.64
$4,283.31
$69,398.60
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
511
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Paid police department
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Paid repairs of buildings .
ward-room, ward 5 .
Pearl-street schoolhouse .
new schoolhouse, ward 9 .
new schoolhouse, Hallsville
addition Webster-street school-
house ....
Fulton engine-house
repairs, Vine-street hook-and
ladder ....
South Manchester hosehouse
WATER-WORKS.
Paid water-works
water-works, sinking fund .
15,085.04
1,622.05
2,666.20
;7,oo2.99
382.83
6,270.13
1,002.71
445.00
4,203.24
^184,198.93
13,925.00
PUBLIC PLACES.
Paid commons ....
Stark and Derrylield parks
Pine Grove cemetery
Valley cemetery
Amoskeag cemetery
$48,680.19
)i23.93
5)158-73
9'73o-93
2,973.02
154.24
$21,520.38
PATRIOTIC, CHARITABLE, AND PHILANTHROPIC.
Paid paupers off the farm . . $9,866.88
city farm ..... 8,486.35
indigent soldiers . . . 292.00
Women's Aid and Relief Hos-
pital ..... 600.00
512 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid free beds, Elliot Hospital . . ^600.00
decoration of soldiers' graves . 350.00
militia ..... 900.00
Sacred Heart Hospital . . 600.00
^21,695.23
ABATEMENTS.
Paid abatement of taxes .... . ;^4,9i8.76
Total of ordinary municipal expenditures . $870,572.82
TEMPORARY LOAN.
Paid loan made in anticipation of tax for 1894 . $275,000.00
BONDED DEBT.
Paid city and water bonds . . . • . $54,600.00
STATE AND COUNTY TAXES.
Paid state tax $65,615.00
county tax ... . 63,895.37
$129,510.37
Grand total.of expenditures during the year $1,329,683.19
Cash on hand December 31, 1894 . $122,237.30
Less unpaid bills .... 45,524.40
Net cash on hand . .... 76,712.90
$1,406,396.09
Interest.
Appropriation . . . . . ;?24,5oo.oo
Transferred from water-works . . 38,399.00
$62,899.00
RECEIPTS.
January 1.
Kalaiicfl
ou band.
Direct city
Costs and
LICENSES.
aents.
City farm.
Hillsboro'
county,
board of
paupers
and Indus-
trial soliool
inmates.
Land sold.
Unclaimed
bills
covered
into the
treasury.
Judg.
covered.
Land
redeemed.
Miscclln-
Uridges.
City ncales.
Fire de-
partment
Street de-
partment
$2,700.69
3,047.58
YEAB.
To enter
To keep
dog.
To sell
milk.
To keep
table.
peddlers,
exbibltions
T
1
1890
1891
1S92
$79,849.33
79,552.02
93,190.14
96,477.18
116.776.46
$409,601.92
391,652.45
435,947.43
425,538.75
510,037.67
$342.44
411.96
514.13
628.33
1,930.82
$1,013.40
2,103.50
3,126.05
1,700.00
4,120.55
$1,361.16
2,155.58
2,060.97
1,874.79
1,721.29
$49.60
66.50
66.50
112.00
69.50
$37.50
315.00
400.00
60.00
620.00
$190.60
169.00
266.00
157.50
823.00
$2,871.63
2,887.29
3,130.97
2,696.23
2,962.02
$2,462.32
1,783.72
2,458.11
2,927.06
3,977.08
$2,201.57
1,789.10
1,192.93
1,612.36
3,269.70
$1,747.50
1,926.96
4,410.15
$5,670.00
2,178.00
6,090.00
7,676.00
S678.95
$2,600.00
950.00 ;
$374.60
1,998.41
1,664.24
S383..S0
961.74
.575..'i2
7511.19
747.98
fHUM
4.46
$487.46
415.67
621.12
606.35
459.46
$4,699.47
4.920.60
i
1
EXPENDITURES.
,»TEnK.T.
ss
P
1
r
1
If
i STEEET A»I, SEWEK DEfARTMEKT.
vm.
On water
bond!.
On city
bonds.
On
cemetery
bonds.
On tempora-
ry loan.
S . 1
a) a Street and
.s| parkcom-
o 2 mission.
Repairs of
snoi^aiuric;
Now
liigbwuys.
rain^iuS.
Land
damages.
Sprinkling.
Paving.
Macadnmiz.
ing.
Giading
for
Scavenger
street
sweeping.
Llgbtiug
Bridges,
tunance.
Second.street
and South
Main-street
bridges.
City
1890. .
1891..
mi..
1893..
1894..
»34,177.0D
32,093.00
31,069.00
30,102.00
88,399.00
$15,771.00
15,584.00
16,929.00
16,826.00
16,816.00
$667.60
729.36
926.48
1,041.66
1,295.83
$11,820.82
4.659.34
3,772.14
7,.573.22
3.312.72
$2,068.18
2,.304.62
2,239.62
1,960.48
2,012.61
$17,380.91»
16,639.62
26,129.05
20,638.99
24,616..57
$188.00
234.46
221.80
144.90
163.30
$13,489.41t
11,708.45
14,124.18
13,849.93
16,438.37
$2,741.79
1,380.37
2,193.60
2,164.08
2,548.84
$1,699.61
1,9.30.07
1,954.60
1.708.06
$37,096.16 !
37,937.07
40,406.28
42,643.74 i
40,200.00 $3,783.66
$21,046 45
22,850.29
24,647.26
25,804.30
27,770.33§
$9,076.61
14,448.09
24,038.08
17,149.71
19,892.36
$3,274.33
88.58.16
6,704.45
11.601.73
16,182.41
16,430.71
$7,693.00
5,364,26
4,652.29
5,3,98.14
3,984.08
$6,633.76
6,611,80
7,640,11
9,847,87
6,966,02
$20,926,62
19,616.23
16,083.83
21,205.13
15,106.09
$6,089.86
6,632.84
5, .66 4, 90
6,-440.90
3,960,23
$16,958.46
18,892.25
16,.5a6.3I
19,000.88
14,880.56
$1,237.08
1,198.31
1 ,293.79
1,430,76
1,123,75
$41,099,64
42,908.78
38,746.31
40,517,97
41,223,92
$3,879.68
2,672.25
3,133.68
4,463.73
2,900.32
$52,036.06
28,460.44
$5,
6,
6.
9,'
6,8
■960^iftkoD from incidental oxjigiiscs iind cnrrieil to AmoHkcftgccmetory.
1(1 superintcnUent taken from city officers' salaries and carried to school department. J Includoa coiistruotlon.
EXPENDITURES. -c
,NT,NUED,
„eedepah™ek..
WATEE-WOEKS,
PtlELIOP^OE,.
YEAB,
in
-1
it
E2
I's
il
i
11
2g-5
lii
nil
III
n
ill
?2l
ft
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|l|
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1
lltif
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1
EAEES.
Il
3
i
Stark.
Dei'iyfiold.
1890
141.409.53
40,641.04
42,262.88
60,135.41
63,639.72
$1,686.43
1,154,66
1,269.62
1,813.26
1,933.88
$18,080.00
6.000.00
$4,443,87
2.456,96
2,892.76
6.850.74
5.086.04
$6,994.02
$33,403.69
49,625.65
49,945.35
166,276,82
184,198.93
$4,214.03
2,406.76
3.726,64
4,638.43
3,603.06
$8,060.76
$5,017.54
6,941..34
6,840.97
7,883.45
7,730.93
$620.29
1,000.00
2,000.00
$2,789.86
2.794.79
2,982.85
3,079.50
2.973.02
1891
$768,32
441,66
500,00
$6,138.80
$20,769.25
8.845.61
3.796.84
382.83
1892
$2,000.00
$870.00
21.755.23
1,002,71
$2,490,00t
100.00
17,002.99
$684.48
4,203.24
1893
12,760.00
13.926.00
1.163.69
$445.00
2,676.00
0,270.13
$2,598.83
,$8,879,06
12,666.20
$726,37
1,622.05
$12,760,00
13,925.00
4.0.54,28 1 1.162.86
1894
1.832.73
• 180.35 taken from Uicldontal expenses and caiTlt
) Amoskeag oemetery
T Taken from 1:
RECEIPTS.
•38S.80
951.71
S7S.S2
T.iii.r.i
11484.09 t4S7.4f.
41.'j.G7
:)21.12
600.:
pnvtnioDt I purl
*4,G0!I.47 ' $2,700.60
4,1120,60 3.047.SS
$428.76
4,W.4o
i7G.7G
7.'i2.O0
713.44
I
, . ruoulpta Ou
$G,!l.'i'J.67 $4.42,1.37 «1 .300.00
7,9G2.04 4,.593.77 L.'iOO.Od
0,715.67 ' 4,708.68 l.SOO.OO
i
8,360.74 I 3,779.62 ' 2,000..16
15,007.38 6,881.98 | 1,814.64
$90,4G3.37 I $642,987.96
7G,G05.23 ] 606.095.11
83,474.70 558,073.68
104,170.08
110,210.29
665,653.67
674,088.04
$100,000.00
210,000.00
160,000.00
$102,000.00 $46,032.47 $3,762.25 $21,443.7:
6,000.00 46,032.47 3,920.25
101,160.00 61,076.56 4,109.26
226,000.00 1 306.000.00 61,076.55 I 4,900.50
22,059.03
26,849.66
26,743.06
250,000.00 265,000.00
2,598.76 28,301.49
$68,392.94
73,275.65
78,101,94
82,644.77
72,370,38
ftina.
$4,504,70
6,287.60
6,010.88
6,940.42
7,252.07
$347,026.08
365,674.80
426,388.27
712,306.29
615,632.89
Gmiul tolal
cuali on hand.
$969,863.36
961,221.93
1,077,651.99
1,374,336.14
1,406,396.09
EXPENDITURES.
K,.*„™«,T.
Englnoor'a
UcpMvl-
nonlth
dopiirt-
.CU0OLBKr*KTMB«T.
CVUBK^HT.
ngor
street
awoepInK.
$1,237.08
1,198.31
1,293.70
1,430.76
1,122.75
Llsliling
atioeU.
$41,090.64
42,908.78
38,746.31
40,517.97
41,223.92
Bi-iases,
tunanoo.
Socon(l.i)treot
tlnd SoiUll
Mntn-stroot
IjrIilKes.
City tcainu.
Uepali's of
Bewei-a tind
dniina.
Now sowers.
Eiinking
Itepairs of
sidiool.
lioiisos.
Pool.
Fitrnlturo
and
supplioa.
Books
and sta.
Uonory.
I'l-iutlng
mid ailvor.
tising.
Contin.
gont ex.
pcnsos.
Care of
Evening
schools.
Teachers'
Salai'lQS ot
school eom.
and trnant
ofltcor.
$l,020.00t
1,0.30.00
1,030.00
1,050.00
1,026.00
Salary of su-
perintendent
of schools.
Evening
schools,
lueohanloal
drawing.
Free text-
books.
Manual
training.
Malnle-
Books.
D8.-1C
92.25
56.31
00.88
80.5G
$3,879.68
2,672.25
3,133.68
4,453.73
2,900.32
$52,030.06
28,460.44
$6,240.10
5,290.73
0,120.08
9,733.48
6,908.40
$39,297.97t
66.400.73t
30,724.06t
8,294.16
6,201.01
$43,097,80
62,970,91
$5,000.00
5,000.09
$3,221.89
3,499.90
4,160.61
6,048.84
6,01G.72
$1,657.38
1,964.00
2,424.01
3,263.13
3,468.93
$4,119.70
4,044.86
4,996.01
5,263.08
4,964.07
$3,703.32
4,073.64
4,297.40
6,180.15
5,224.27
$576.16
746.4G
806.77
026.27
873.21
$141.35
62.60
299.73
71.93
.56.92
$389.06
396.10
333.75
411.80
312.08
$830.10
931.92
1,299,99
2,137.21
1,. 530.40
$3,376.76
3,715.76
4,050.77
4,136.69
4,449.16
$1,264.81
1,064.53
973.93
1,267.20
935.01
$45,404.87
49,398..52
54,660.30
,'59,437.05
03,161.03
$2,000.00t
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,160.00
2,300.00
$694.89
662.71
406.15
632.37
442.40
$9,005.11
3,210.73
3,489.31
4,456.68
4,484.36
$1,091.66
1,447.64
$3,239.88
3,626.73
3,868.44
4,149.62
3,283.31
$1,000.00
1.000.00
1,000.00
1.000.00
1.000.00
EXPENDITURES.-coNTiNtraD.
ritBLtCPLAOB,. 1 CAmTV, P.™OT„>,, ..,„t..NT„..OfV.
Tax ubatc-
Total of ordi-
nary niuulelpal
expenditures.
Funded deljt.
Temporary
Statetax.
County tax.
Total of loon
debt and
state and ooun-
tj' tax ex.
pendlture.
Grand total of
expenditures.
PABtU,.
I
1
ll
II
1
.|ls |5
g
S
Indigent
soldiers.
Decoration
of soldiers'
graves.
3
C<KK
III
111
III
Cash on
haml.
Stark.
Deri-yflold.
$8,060.76
$5,017.54
6,041,34
6,840.07
7.883.45
7,730.93
$620.29
1,000,00
2,000.00
$2,789.86
2,794.79
2.982.85
3,079..W
2.973.02
$620.00
295.22
$G0,3.i»
178.09
602.97
154.24
1 $4,330.46
4,928.24
$09.36 , 5,726.94
; 7,545.03
1 9,866.88
1
$7,467.30
6,612.89
8,2.i9 17
9,023.37
8,486.36
$737.82
906.40
201.40
24G.26
292.00
$374.27
3.')3..54
321.76
342.08
360.00
$876.00
900.00
900.00
000.00
$400.00
400.00
600.00
000.00
000.00
$600.00
000.00
ooo.oo
600.00
000.00
$500.00
$2,090.39
2,567.24
2,794.53
3,146.10
4,918.70
$580,943.87
568,464.32
674,683.26
866,400.13
870,672.82
$'.■0,900.00
100.00
99,900.00
65.400.00
54,000.00
$100,000.00
180.000.00
180.000.00
200.000.00
275.000.00
$03,436.00
63,438.00
65,616.00
66,616.00
66,615.00
$46,032.47
46,032.47
61,076.55
61,076.66
63,896.37
$309,307.47
289,567.47
406,691.65
392,091.65
459.110.37
$890,311.34
868,031.79
981,174.81
1,267,660.68
1,329.683.19
$79,652.02
.371.81
$200.00
600.00
93.190.14
1.500.26
4.0.')4.28
1,832.73
500.05
1,162.86
3.326.00
96,477.18
116.775.46
76.712.90
.Tror.of?
fO«l
PAYMENT OF FUNDED DEBT. 513
Expenditures.
Paid Brewster, Cobb & Estabrook,
discount on one note, tempo-
rary loan, of ^50,000, six
months ten days, at 2^ per
cent 1659.75
R. L. Day & Co., discount on
one note of ^50,000, two
months, at 2 5-8 per cent . 218.75
A. J. Lane Co., discount on two
notes of $25,000 each, four
months ten days, at 2^^ per
" cent . . . . . 451-40
Second National Bank, discount
on one note of $100,000, eight
months three days, at 2 15-16
per cent .... 1,982.82
coupons on water bonds . . 38.399.00
coupons on improvement bonds 3,960.00
coupons on city bonds . •. 11,605.00
coupons on security bonds . 1,250.00
coupons on cemetery bonds . 1,295.83
Total expenditures . . $59,822.55
Transferred to reserved fund . . 3,076.45
Payment of Funded Debt.
Balance from old account . . $4,600.00
Amount provided by resolution, Jan-
uary 26, 1894 .... 50,000.00
Expenditures.
Paid city bonds, issued Oct. 31, 1863, and
payable Oct. 31, 1893 . . $4,500.00
33
)2,899.oo
$54,600.00
514
EEPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid water bond, issued Jan i, 1872,
and payable Jan. i, 1892 . $100.00
city bonds, issued July i, 1864,
and payable July i, 1894 . 50,000.00
Sinking Fund.
Appropriation .....
Expenditures.
Paid treasurer of sinking fund.
Reserved Fund
Appropriation . . . . . $:
20,000.00
Premium on improvement bonds (Res-
olution June 5, 1894) .
2,370.00
Transferred from the following accounts :
Interest .....
.35076-45
City hall
151. 16
Mayor's incidentals
136.70
Auditor's department .
231.94
Repairs of highways
70.94
Watering streets ....
15.92
Paving streets ....
33-98
Grading for concrete
39-77
Scavenger service ....
1,119.44
Street sweeping ....
77-25
Lighting streets ....
1,776.08
Bridges .....
99.68
Repairs of sewers ....
798.39
Health department
31.07
Fuel
275-73
Books and stationery .
144.08
Printing and advertising
37-92
$54,600.00
;,ooo.oo
5,000.00
RESERVED FUND. 515
Contingent expenses
^69.60
Evening schools ....
264.39
Evening school, mechanical draw-
ing
107.60
Free text-books ....
15.64
Manual training ....
52.46
Police department
200.00
Addition Webster-street schoolhouse
152.16
Valley cemetery ....
26.98
Free cash in treasury not otherwise
appropriated ....
38'304-97
Expenditures.
By transfers to the following accounts :
Repairs Vine-street Hook-and-Lad-
der house ..... ^445.00
South Main-street bridge . . 7,975.00
Incidental expenses . . . 11,615.57
Fulton engine house . . . 2.71
Land taken for highways . . 8,430.71
Repairs of buildings . . . 764.71
Addition Webster-street schoolhouse 997-29
Printing and stationery . . 12.61
City officers' salaries . . . 2,125.01
Street and park commission . . 33'^5
New highways . . . . 367-35
Macadamizing streets . . . 165.99
City teams ..... 698.40
Engineer's department . . . 716.72
Repairs of schoolhouses . . . 464.67
Furniture and supplies . . . i73-2i
Care of rooms .... 49-15
Teachers' salaries .... 151-03
Fire department .... 3j539-72
Fire-alarm telegraph . . • 533-S8
50.30
516
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Schoolhouse, ward 9
Pearl-street schoolhouse
South Manchester hosehouse
Commons
Pine Grove cemetery
Amoskeag cemetery
Paupers off the farm
City farm
Indigent soldiers .
Abatement of taxes
Applied to deficit between cash and
balance in appropriation for 1893
Balance to new account
$419-79
562.05
203.24
3-46
730-93
4.24
2,866.88
486.35
42.00
1,415-63
639-95
23,043-40
Temporary Loan.
Receipts.
Balance from old account . . . $25,000.00
Received from Brewster, Cobb & Esta-
brook, on one note of $50,-
000, dated June i, 1894, and
payable December 7, 1894,
at Suffolk National Bank,
Boston, Mass. . . . 50,000.00
from R. L. Day & Co., on
one note of $50,000, dated
October 10, 1894, and pay-
able December 7, 1894, at
Suffolk National Bank, Bos-
ton, Mass. . . . 50,000.00
from A. J. Lane Co., on two
notes of $25, 000 each, dated
August I, 1894, and payable
December 7, 1894, at Suf-
folk National Bank, Boston,
Mass 50,000.00
^,680.30
CITY HALL. 517
Received from Second National Bank,
on one note of $100,000,
dated April 2, 1894, and
payable December 2, 1894,
at Second National Bank . $100,000.00
-1275,000.00
Expenditures.
Paid Brewster, Cobb & Estabrook, one
note of $50,000, dated June i,
1894, and payable December 7,
1894 ..... $50,000.00
R. L. Day & Co., two notes of
$25,000 each, dated August i,
1894, and payable December 7,
1894; four notes of $5,000 each,
and five notes of $1,000 each, all
dated October 2, 1893, and pay-
able December i, 1894; and one
note of $50,000, dated October
10, 1894, and payable Decem-
ber 7, 1894 .... 125,000.00
Second National Bank, one note of
$100,000, dated April 2, 1894,
and payable December 2, 1894 100,000.00
-$275,000.00
City Hall.
Appropriation .... . . . $2,700.00
Expenditures.
fuel and lights.
Paid Manchester Electric Light Co.,
electric lights .... $76.80
People's Gas-Light Co., gas . 260.26
The Electric Co., electric lights . 89. 80
518 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Union Electric Co., electric lights $113.50
Paid L. B. Bodvvell & Co.:
12 tons coal ..... 78.00
^ cord pine slabs .... 3.00
Hardwood ..... 4.00
25 lbs. ice daily from May 7 to Sep-
tember 29 .... . I3'20
Paid DeCourcy, Holland & Marshall, i
cord slabs .... 6.00
Dunlap & Wason Coal Co., 76
tons and 1,010 lbs. coal . . 441.02
WATER AND TELEPHONE,
Paid New England Telephone & Tele-
graph Co., use of telephones . $78.52
Water-works, use of water to Oc-
tober I, 1894 .... 634.35
SUNDRIES.
Paid L. M. Aldrich :
Labor repairing lock, etc. . . $2.82
Fixing screens, etc. .... ii'33
Labor on desk . . . . 2.48
Sash cord ..... .60
Paid Dana & Provost, lumber and labor 9.62
A. M. Eastman, soap, brooms,
matches ..... 4.50
J. S. Holt, 42 gallons soap . . 5.25
Manchester Heating & Lighting
Co., 25 yards mop waste . . 5.00
Pike & Heald Co., plumbing ma-
terial and labor . . . 39-72
C. H. Robie Concrete Co., patch-
ing concrete rear city hall . .50
$1,085.58
$712.87
CITY HALL.
519
Paid Mary Shiney, labor cleaning of-
fices ....
Ann Fox, labor cleaning offices
Mary Higgins, labor cleaning of
fices ....
W. P. Goodman, i quart ink
Peter Harris, keys
India Alkali Works, 2 kegs Savo
gran ....
Paid T. A. Lane Co.:
Electric supplies, shades, holders, etc.
mayor's office
Electric supplies, shades, holders, etc.
engineer's department .
Electric supplies, shade, holder, etc
messenger's office .
Electric supplies, shade, holder, etc
city clerk's office .
Electric fan, etc.
Labor wiring boiler room
Rubber hose, self-closing bibb, and
labor putting on same .
Hose bands, splicers, globes
tapers, etc. .
Paid John B. Varick Co.:
Floor brush, rope, sponges, potash,
soap ......
Wire, twine, ostrich dusters .
Carpet sweeper, clothes line, wire,
rings, etc. .....
I water cooler .....
Keys . . . • .
Paid James R. Carr & Co., 7 lights of
glass, and setting same
Lovejoy & Stratton, i clock
511.20
60.00
44.20
•65
3-5°
8.45
IO-35
30.18
5-3°
5.20
26.08
12.83
7-65
2.83
6.16
4.10
3-53
6.00
.90
1.60
5.00
520
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Mrs. John A. Barker, making 3
awnings ..... ^24.00
Sanborn Carriage Co., mending fire
rake . . . . . . .15
James P. Finn, labor and paint . 1,63
A. Render & Co., cleansing carpets,
auditor's, street commission, su-
perintendent schools, and may-
or's offices, 216 yards at 8c. . 17.28
The Kitchen, mops, mop waste,
mirror, etc. .... 3.35
Paid Weston & Hill Co.:
Soap and crash . . . . . 1.78
3 awnings, auditor's office . . 14-55
3 awnings, mayor's office . . . 14-55
Paid C. H.Wood, painting i water-tank i.oo
J. G. Jones, 2 barrels sawdust . .65
D. A. Simons, 3 chair seats . . 1.25
The John B. Clarke Co., printing
2 placards .... .30
I. L. Stickney, rubber tubing, en-
amel cloth, etc. . . . 1.87
John H. Cole, services as city mes-
• senger two weeks . . . 24.00
Union Oil Co.,i gallon naptholeum 1.50
J. J. Holland, borax ... .25
Garrett W. Cotter, labor on water-
pipe 78.49
J. Hodge, lumber and labor . .50
Clark M. Bailey, toilet paper . 4.50
W. M. Darrah & Co., repairing
slate roof . . . ... 40.27
Paid Head & Dowst Co. :
Labor and material changing win-
dows in assessors' office . . 50-55
PRINTING AND STATIONERY.
Labor and material on drug-store, 1892 $ 1 30.44
Total expenditures
Transferred to reserved fund .
Printing and Stationery.
Appropriation
Transferred from reserved fund
Expenditures.
ASSESSORS.
Paid Temple & Farrington Co.:
12 rubber penholders .
Yz ream letter paper .
Ink, paper, pens, erasers
27 blank books .
Other stationery
Paid The John B. Clarke Co., advertising
notice, i}^ inches, 10 times
Union Publishing Co., advertising
assessors' notice, i^ inches, 11
times . . . , . .
TAX COLLECTOR.
Paid Novelty Advertising Co., rubber
stamp pad and ink
Temple & Farrington Co., blank
books, etc. ....
Paid The John B. Clarke Co.:
Advertising tax sale, 62 lines, 3 times .
;2,ooo.oo
12.61
$2.00
1-75
4.68
100.00
14.23
9-25
9-85
$0.90
6.84
39-33
521
S750-39
$2,548.84
151. 16
$2,700.00
12, 012. 61
$141.76
522
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Printing 4,000 receipts . . . ^5-oo
5,000 half-note heads . . 8.50
25,000 blank bills . . . 25.00
Paid Republican Press Association, adver-
tising tax list, 5 inches, 3 times . 7.50
Manchester post-office, 1,500 2-cent
envelopes ..... 33-oo
CITY CLERK.
Paid Temple & Farrington Co.:
Blank book and canvas cover . . ^13.10
Rubber bands, blank books . . 33-75
Paper, envelopes, pens, etc. . . ii-93
Leather and canvas covers . . . 3.25
Paid T, Lyle, 4 boxes stub pens . . 3.00
Paid J. Arthur Williams :
Printing 100 hackney carriage licenses 1.75
1,000 marriage certificates . 6.50
2,800 burial permits . . 9.90
640 postals .... 8.40
1,000 dog licenses . . 6.50
300 ordinance blanks . .. 4.25
300 rosters .... 19-50
2,000 return of death blanks . 5.75
500 notices of hearing . . 3.00
300 2-cent envelopes . . ^ 7.50
1,000 blanks .... 9.50
1,000 letter heads, receipts,etc. 6.25
CITY TREASURER.
Paid Temple & Farrington Co.:
86 police pay-rolls. No. 4373 . . ^9-5o
Blank books and covers . . . 21.00
Stationery ...... 1.60
Paid J. Arthur Williams, printing 200
pay-roll blanks . . . . . 2,25
$126.07
^i53-S3
$34-35
PRINTING AND STATIONERY. 523
CITY AUDITOR.
Paid The John B. Clarke Co.:
Printing 800 billheads . . . $9.00
400 statements of bonded debt 9.60
200 blanks .... 6,00
1,000 slips .... 1.50
1,000 annual reports . . 1,244.94
Binding 150 annual reports, full sheep 150.00
50 annual reports lettered . . . 5.00
100 annual reports stamped with seal . i.oo
CITY ENGINEER.
Paid W. E. Moore, printing sewer regu-
lations $5.75
Paid Frank H. Challis :
Printing 1,000 blanks . . . 6.85
400 card records . . . 4.25
^1,427.04
CITY COUNCIL AND COMMITTEES.
Paid The John B. Clarke Co.:
Publishing ordinances . . . |4o-3o
Printing 25 briefs .... 8.00
150 certificates of lots . . . 4.00
Paid Union Publishing Co., publishing
ordinances . . . . . 29.14
Paid Thomas H. Tuson :
Printing 500 blanks .... 2.30
Printing 500 notices .... 2.30
Paid W. E. Moore :
Printing 75 cards .... 2.00
Printing 1,000 circulars . . . 3.00
Paid Temple & Farrington Co., blank
books, pens, paper, mucilage, etc. . 3.37
$16.85
;?94-4i
624
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
SUNDRIES.
Paid Frank H. Challis :
Printing 300 4-page circulars
Printing 5,000 receipts
Paid The John B. Clarke Co., 2;ibs. paper
W. P. Goodman, i box McGill's
fasteners .....
Hopkins & Holbrook, printing 1,000
letter headings ....
W. E. Moore, printing 1,000 letter
headings .....
Temple & Farrington Co., 8 sheets
carbon paper ....
Total expenditures
53-50
6.00
2.00
6.00
.40
$18.30
S2,OI2.6l
Incidental Expenses.
Appropriation ..... $12, 000. 00
Transferred from reserved fund . . 11,615.57
Transferred from appropriation for Lin-
coln school curbing .... 1,000.00
^24,615.57
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-rolls, in di-
vision No. 2 :
January ....
$30.00
February
26.00
March ....
24.00
April ....
24.00
May ....
30.00
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
525
June
July . •
August .
September
October
November
December
$24.00
102.00
7650
64.38
74.19
50-75
24.00
VACCINATION.
id H. J. Achard .... $25.90
J. L. Burnham
62.30
I. L. Carpenter
22.40
E. Fortier
54T.IO
E. N. Fugere
440.65
P. G. Laberge
133-70
J. E. A. Lanouette
535-50
W. H. Lyons
22.05
Frederick Perkins .
344-75
Gillis Stark .
9-45
C. F. Starr .
273.00
$549-82
$2,410.80
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.
Paid 0. D. Abbott
59-25
H. J. Achard
18.25
D. S. Adams .
6-75
N. A. Avery .
2.50
A. A. E. Brien
12.25
E. Bernier
1.50
John L. Burnham
9.00
L. D. Bragg .
1.25
J. A. Chevalier
21.00
N. L. Colby .
11.00
C. R. Crossett
1.50
Mary S. Danforth
7.00
526
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid C. E. Dodge
$12.00
C. M. Dodge
3-75
C. W. Downing .
6.00
E. B. Dunbar
7.00
J. E. Emerson
18.75
John Ferguson
37.00
George Frechette .
21-75
L. M. French
10.50
E. N. Fugere
38.00
Charles F. Flanders
41.00
J. E. Fortier
41.25
F. M. Garland .
2-75
C. D. Hills .
12.00
C. Houle
1.50
J. A. Jackson
18.00
N. P. Kidder
583-15
M. E. Kean .
14.50
A. Lessard
11-75
J. J. Lyons .
11.25
P. G. Laberge
23-75
J. E. Lemaitre
12.50
J. D. Lemay .
20.25
J. E. A. Lanouette
27.75
W. C. McAllester .
5-25
J. W. D. McDonald
S.oo
Jacob W. Mooar .
1. 00
Frederick Perkins .
15.00
J. F. Robinson
8.50
J. E. E. Roy
5-5°
W. H. Ramsay
2.50
C. B. Sturtevant .
9.25
E. Sylvain .
22.75
C. F. Starr .
3,00
Z. L. Straw .
3.00
A. G. Straw .
3-25
F. C. Stoekle
7-25
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES. 527
Paid R. S. True ^5.75
Thomas Wheat . . . . 2.25
Florian Widman .... 2.00
N. G. Johnson .... 3.25
^1,184.90
DAMAGES AND JUDGMENTS.
Paid Ellen M. Canney, executrix, on ex-
ecution, personal damages, H. C.
Canney ..... ^4,900.00
Curtis A. Chamberlain, damage to
chickens by dogs . . . 12.00
Loren E. Charles, settlement of claim
for damages to milk wagon . . 37-5o
James T. Donahoe, settlement of
suit 79.5s
Samuel W. Dunbar, settlement of
suit for trespass to real estate . 47-44
Michael Heaney, settlement of suit 20.95
Mary J. James, settlement of suit,
widening Manchester street . 450.17
Frank Moreau, injury to person on
Amoskeag bridge . . . 125.00
Paid Frederick Perkins :
Reducing compound fracture of leg
and subsequent dressings, Abra-
ham Parent ..... 72.00
Dressings by Dr. C. F. Starr . . 48.00
Paid Abraham Parent, settlement for dam-
age, injury to person on Bald Hill
road ...... 85.00
Tom W. Robinson, damages for
death of horse, killed by falling
off embankment on " Eddy " road 1 10.00
Joseph Simard, personal injuries, fall-
ing on McGregor bridge . . 225.00
528 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid J. Shea, damages to sleigh . . 1 21.00
Janet B. White, personal damages,
falling on sidewalk on South
Main street .... 2,200.00
Rufus Wilkinson, damage to sleigh,
harness, etc. .... 25.75
LEGAL EXPENSES.
Paid O. E. Branch :
Costs agreed upon in action Currin v.
Manchester ..... $35.00
Services, Kennard v. Assessors . . 100.00
Paid Burnham, Brown & Warren, costs
agreed upon in action of Bodwell v.
City 35.00
Charles E. Cochran, services Cham-
berlain V. City .... 15-00
A. S. Campbell & Co., printing
brief, Attorney General v. Mayor 9.00
The John B. Clarke Co., printing
25 briefs, Kennard v. City . . 3.50
Paid C. B. Hildreth :
Services investigating Dr. Canney case i.S-oo
Services investigating sawdust case,
Auburn ...... 20.00
Paid Herrick, Brown & Ramsdell, ser-
vices in case of Woodman and six
others v. City . . . . 73-20
T. J. Howard, services in claim of
Parent v. City .... 10.00
Paid Edwin F. Jones :
Expenses attending supreme court,
Portsmouth and Exeter . . . 8.60
Quo warranto cases, etc. . . . 3502
Paid John Kennard, costs in suit for
abatement of taxes . . . 41. n
^8,459-36
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES. 529
Paid Thomas D. Luce, certifying Horan
appeal ...... ^§0.50
Paid Arthur W. Morgan :
Cash paid witnesses and for team for
solicitor ..... 3.37
Services looking up witnesses, Koehler
V. City ..... 5.00
Cash paid witnesses and summoning
same, Chamberland v. Manchester . 10.36
Services summoning witnesses . . 6.43
Paid F. T. E. Richardson, summoning
witnesses and fees, case J. A. Neal
V. City ...... 1.74
$427.83
CITY COUNCIL AND COMMITTEES.
Paid American Bank Note Co., printing
100 $1,000 improvement bonds . $75-oo
George W. Bailey, hacks . . 33 '75
C. W. Babbitt & Co., hacks . . 10.00
Boyd Brothers, hack . . . 5.00
Boston Bank Note & Lithographing
Co., printing 50 bonds . . 80.00
John A. Barker, cash paid for car-
fares ...... 3.65
Frank Chenette, 2 barouches , . 10.00
Paid The John B. Clarke Co. :
Publishing dog licenses, 2^ inches, 6
weeks ...... 30.00
Advertising proposals for school build-
ing 11.25
Paid James E. Dodge :
Expenses to Boston to negotiate for
and deliver bonds . . . . 6.10
Expenses to and at Boston, with city
seal, putting same on improvement
bonds ...... 2.65
34
530 REPORT OP THE CITY AUDITOR.
Expenses of self and mayor to Boston
making contract to print water bonds $5-95
Paid W. J. Freeman, hacks . . . 197-50
E. T. James, hacks . . . 19.00
Kean & Doyle, hacks . . 100.00
J. C. Nichols & Son, hacks . . 20.00
Paid S. B. Putnam :
Expenses to Boston to deliver improve-
ment bonds ..... 3.10
Expenses to Boston twice to deliver
bonds and notes . . . . 7.10
Paid C. H. Simpson, hacks . . . 97.00
A. W. & E. Spanhoofd, printing
dog licenses .... 3.00
Paid Union Publishing Co. :
Publishing dog licenses, 2^^ inches,
36 times 43-50
Publishing proposals for fuel, 2j^
inches, 7 times . . . . 9.20
Publishing proposals for school build-
ing ...... 16.91
Paid George E. Wheeler, hacks . . 30.00
Paid Byron Worthen :
Expenses to Boston .... 2.60
Cash paid for express . . . . .35
Paid Western Union Telegraph Co., tele-
grams . . . . . 1.97
Whitten & Fifield, use of team . 3.00
CITY LIBRARY.
Paid John A. Barker, care of boiler, etc. ^127.00
Henry E. Shea, work done in and
around building . . . . 18.75
!27.58
^145-75
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES. 531
CITY SCALES.
Paid A. T. Barr, testing weights,
meas-
ures, etc. ....
$3.80
Paid L. B. Bodwell & Co. :
Yz ton stove coal
3-50
3,005 pounds stove coal
•
9.02
MILK INSPECTOR.
Paid The John B. Clarke Co., advertising
notice 2 inches 2 times . . . ^4-5o
Paid H. F. W. Little, cash paid for :
Postage ...... .54
I lactoscope ....". 3.50
Acids, rings, jars, etc. ... .80
RELATING TO STREETS.
Paid W. B. Abbott, painting and letter-
ing 635 street signs at i6c . . $101.60
Sargent & Harden, 60 maple trees . 60.00
D. C. Whittemore, right of way from
April I, 1893, to April i, 1S94 . 20.00
MAYOR.
Paid R. Bechard :
Printing letter heads .... $3-75
Envelopes and printing . . . 2.75
Paid Bessie P. Conner, services as clerk . 303.00
Paid Daniels & Downs :
I Bar-Lock typewriter . . . 100.00
I roll-top desk ..... 50.00
I typewriter ribbon .... .75
Paid W. P. Goodman •
I diary .65
$16.
•34
$181.60
532 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Typewriter paper, etc. . . . ^o-95
I Webster's Unabridged Dictionary,
indexed ...... 10.50
Paid Chas. A. Hoitt & Co.:
I office chair ..... 6.00
I No. 2 oak desk . . . . 45 -oo
Paid E. J. Knowlton, postmaster, 1,525
2-cent stamped envelopes . . 34-58
Manchester Postoffice, 250 2-cent
stamps ..... 5.00
E. E. Sealer Co., i sealer . . .50
Weston & Hill Co., i}{ yds. carpet .Si
George P. Wallace, i ream No. i
wove paper . • . . . .80
Paid Temple & Farrington Co.:
I bottle paste ..... .25
250 envelopes . . . . . 1.37
Paid John B. Varick Co., 2 key rings . .15
Ella Barker, services as typewriter . 7.50
ASSESSORS.
Paid H. D. Lord, transfers of real estate
one year, to April i, 1894 . . $12.00
B. W, Robinson, horse-hire deliver-
ing inventory blanks . . . 2.00
TAX COLLECTOR.
Paid John H. Colburn, James O. Web-
ster's tax sold and refunded . $10.82
A. B. Campbell, 2 fountain ink stop-
pers . . .... .60
E. R. Coburn Co., i frame . . 1.60
Paid Daniels & Downs :
Typewriting list of tax sale . . . 3.50
;74-3i
$14.00
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES. 533
5 ink erasers ..... ^0.25
Paid Peter Harris, grinding shears . . .10
Chas. A. Hoitt & Co., repairing
chair ...... .50
J. A. Jackson, Mary Burke's and
Wm. Currier's tax sold and re-
funded ..... 30.41
Paid George E. Morrill .
Taxes of 1893 sold May 2, 1894, and
purchased by city .... 5,942.74
Distributing tax notices, 1894 . . 87.63
Paid Manchester Hardware Co., ball twine .10
Francis Pratt, Jr., pens . . . 3.00
F. H. Thurston, soap and sponges . .50
^6,081.75
CITY CLERK.
Paid Florence M. Kidder, services as clerk $384.00
J. Arthur Williams, printing 1,500
blanks ..... 4.50
$388.50
CITY TREASURER.
Paid L. M. Aldrich, repairing chair . $0.75
Blanche E. Bullock, services as clerk 432.00
A. A. & E. W. Bunton, cane-seating
office chair . ' . . . i.oo
E. R. Coburn Co., i quart ink . .65
T. Lyons, 4 gross pens . . . 5.50
Lyons & Patterson, pens . . 3.00
Manchester Hardware Co., sponges .30
Francis Pratt, Jr., 2 gross pens and
penholders .... 4.00
Paid Temple & Farrington Co.:
20 M pay envelopes . . . . i.S-oo
2 gross rubber bands .... .60
534 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
49 blank books ..... $24.25
Canvas cover ..... i.oo
Other stationery .... 5.50
Paid John B. Varick Co., toilet paper . .50
Western Union Telegraph Co., tele-
gram, Boston, bond business . .29
COURT HOUSE.
Paid DcCourcy, Holland & Marshall, 31,-
365 lbs. egg coal .... $101.94
Paid county of Hillsborough :
One 'half expense running boiler to
January 20, 1894 .... 24.00
One half expense of coal, 78.1 tons . 234.77
Paid Manchester Hardware Co., i 16-
inch lawn mower . . . 5.50
Pike & Heaid Co., i ash hod . 3.00
Timothy P. Shea, services as janitor 479-27
Paid John B. Varick Co.:
Brooms, sponges, mops, pails, dustpan,
etc. 11.87
200 lbs. Coe's fertilizer . . . 3.50
Lawn rake, rubber hose . . . 5.40
ELECTION EXPENSES.
Paid Daniel G. Andrews :
Labor and supplies for wardroom No. 2 $9- 7°
I table, damaged .... i.oo
Paid George W. Bailey, use of hack . 10.00
Aretas Blood, use of Mechanics hall 100.00
Edward P. Cogswell, cartitig sawdust 1.50
Frank H. Challis,printing 250 blanks 4.25
$494-34
$869.25
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES. 535
Paid The John B. Clarke Co.:
Printing 632 check-lists . . . ^314.95
30 additional check-lists . 27.50
Paid George H. Dudley, 2 days' labor,
ward 2 .... . 5.00
Dunlap & Wason Coal Co., i ton egg
coal, ward 5 . . . . 5.75
M. Dana, removal and storing ward
3 voting booths .... 2.50
Flint & Little, 2 desk tops for check-
lists . . . . . . 2.15
S. C. Forsaith Machine Co., 10 bar-
rels sawdust, wards 2 and 5 . 1.45
Peter Harris, repairing ballot-box . i.oo
The Head & Dowst Co., niaterial
and labor in different wards . 40.26
C. F. Jack, cleaning Blodget-street
schoolhouse after election . . 2.00
Pike & Heald Co., use of stove,
ward 5 .... . 2.00
People's Gas-Light Co., gas, ward
5 wardroom .... 5.04
Thomas Stewart, trucking tables,
chairs, and voting apparatus from
West Manchester to ward 5 ward-
room and return . . . 1.50
Paid Temple & Farrington Co.:
25 sheets linen folio .... .50
Pencils ...... 7.04
Paid Charles H. Simpson, hacks . . 10.00
Paid J. Arthur Williams :
Printing 125 ballot inspector certificates 1.75
] 00 supervisor certificates . 1.50
Paid York Market Co., oil, oil-can, chim-
neys, etc., ward 4 . . . . 1.22
^559-56
536 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
SUNDRIES.
Paid George W. Bailey :
Storage and care of ambulance . . $6.00
Use of horse and driver . . . 7.00
Use of team ..... i.oo
Paid Concord & Montreal R. R., tickets
to Concord and Boston . . 4. 11
Anne Fox, 98^ hours cleaning
offices ..... 19-65
George Holbrook, clearing snow off
roof of city hall and library . 39-50
Dana W. King, examining records
and certifying deed . . . 5.72
David Lamprey, bounty on hawk . .25
Frank Roby, bounty on 5 hawks . 1.25
Saturday Telegram Co., postage
stamps ..... 100.00
C. H. Simpson, use of hack to Elliot
Hospital . . . . . 2.50
American Express Co., express on
city reports . . . . 5.07
town of Goffstown, taxes on gravel
lot 1.38
H. W. Herrick, portrait of ex-Mayor
Knowlton . . . . . 8.00
J. G. Jones, delivering city reports .50
Charles F. Lambert, 3 lambs killed
by dogs . . . . . 15-00
First Light Battery, powder, etc., and
firing national salute July 4, 1894 42.00
Paid Nate Kellogg :
Printing 500 blank bills . . . 6.75
106 letter circulars . . 3.75
Reprinting bond statements . . 1.75
Paid W. E. Moore, postal cards and print-
ing ...... 2.00
mayor's incidentals. 537
Paid C. T. & R. D. McFarland, for plans
and specifications for new school-
house, in full for all plans, advice,
and services for work against the
city to Oct. I, 1894, in accord-
ance with resolution passed by-
city councils Oct. 2, 1894 . . $600.00
Manchester City Band, 3 concerts . 150.00
Concord Foundry Co., i drinking
fountain ..... 95-oo
First Regiment Band, concerts . 150.00
Manchester Water-works, use of
water, ward 5 wardroom . . 2.63
Paid A, J. Lane Co.:
Drawing bonds ..... 3.00
Services securing options of land of
Briggs, Rowe, and Eastman . . 50.00
Paid Henry C. Dickey, work on pipes at
hosehouse . . . . . i-75
Sampson, Murdock & Co., 25 direc-
tories ..... 50.00
Union Manufacturing Co., 1,000
house numbers .... 45.00
$1,420.56
Total expenditures ..... $24,615.57
Mayor's Incidentals.
Appropriation ......
Expenditures.
Paid W. J. Freeman, horse hire . . $12.50
E. J. Knowlton, allowance for hire
of teams, to May 10 inclusive . 48.00
E. H. Stowe, 16 dinners, and horses
fed ...... 12.00
538
KEPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Hotel Windsor, board, Mayor
Knowlton and party (visiting fire-
men) . . . . ^ .
Paid Byron Worthen :
Cash paid for expenses to Providence .
Dinners at Mill-Dam house, board of
aldermen
Firemen's dinners
Cash paid for teams .
Total expenditures
Transferred to reserved fund
20.60
16.70
34.00
15.00
$163.30
136.70
City Officers' Salaries.
Appropriation
116,700.00
Transferred from reserved fund
2,125.01
Expenditures.
CENTRAL DEPARTMENT.
Paid E. J. Knowlton, Mayor .
$650.00
David B. Varney, mayor
300.00
Byron Worthen, mayor .
850.00
Nathan P. Kidder, city cler'K .
900.00
Sylvanus B. Putnam, city treasurer .
1,200.00
Edwin F. Jones, city solicitor
800.00
George L. Stearns, clerk common
council . . . . .
200.00
Thomas W. Lane, inspector of build-
ings
100.00
H. F. W. Little, milk inspector
300.00
William Bailey, city weigher .
400.00
John A. Barker, city messenger
700.00
$18,825.01
,400.00
CITY OFFICERS SALARIES.
539
CITV PHYSICIAN AND OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Paid Frederick Perkins, city physician
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
Charles S. McKean, ward 8 .
Frank I. Lessard, ward 9
Paid Edgar J. Knowlton :
Chairman ex officio, overseers poor, 1893
To May 10, 1894 . . . .
Paid David B. Varney, chairman ex officio,
overseers poor, to July 10, 1894 .
Byron Worthen, chairman ex officio,
overseers poor, balance of year .
William H. Maxwell, clerk of board
Judith Sherer, matron of pest-house
>200.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
8.32
4.86
11.82
100.00
360.00
SCHOOL OFFICERS AND BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Paid William E. Buck, superintendent of
schools ^2,300.00
Samuel Brooks, truant officer . . 375-oo
Curtis W. Davis, truant officer . 250.00
E. J. Knowlton, chairman ex officio 3.32
David B. Varney, chairman ex offi-
cio ....- . 1.68
Byron Worthen, chairman ex officio 5.00
Paid Edward B. Woodbury :
Clerk of board, balance salary, 1893 . 50.00
Salary, 1894 ..... 150.00
Paid Fred T. Dunlap, president common
council, ex officio . . . 10.00
640
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Charles D. Sumner, ward i
Walter H. Lewis, ward i
George H. Stearns, ward 2
Alvin T. Thoits, ward 2 .
George D. Towne, ward 3
Louis E. Phelps, ward 3 .
Stephen B. Stearns, ward 4
Edwin L. Richardson, ward 4
John W. Mears, ward 4 .
James P. Slattery, ward 5
William J. Sughrue, ward 5
Frank T. E. Richardson, ward 6
George W. Dearborn, ward 6
Marshall P. Hall, ward 7
Edward B. Woodbury, ward 7
Luther C. Baldwin, ward 8
Josiah G. Dearborn, ward 8
Edward J. Doherty, ward 9
Scott E. Sanborn, ward 9
iio.oo
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
5.00
5.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
5,325-00
BOARD OF ASSESSORS.
Paid Henry Lewis, ward i
John E. Stearns, ward 2
David O. Fernald, ward 3
Harrison D. Lord, ward 4
George F. Sheehan, ward 5
George H. Dudley, ward 6
William T. Rowell, ward 7
Frank N. Daniels, ward 8
Lawrence F. Bradley, ward 9
E. W. Brigham, assistant
Harvey L. Currier, assistant
John Cayzer, assistant
Hiram Forsaith, assistant
N. Nichols, assistant
$150.00
165.00
822.50
225.63
142.50
465.00
152-50
95.00
162.50
295.00
227.50
70.00
72.50
300.00
CITY OFFICERS SALARIES.
541
"Paid Henry F. Stone, assistant
Isaac Whittemore, assistant
J. H. Collette, interpreter
Louis Comeau, interpreter
A. G. Monette, interpreter
Jean B. Rejimbal, interpreter
H. D. Lord, clerical services
TAX COLLECTOR.
Paid George E. Morrill :
Salary, quarter ending February 28,
1894
Salary, quarter ending May 31, 1894 .
Salary, balance due for 1893-94 .
Commission on old taxes .
Salary, quarter ending August 31, 1894
Salary, quarter ending November 30,
1894
570.00
86.25
17-50
65-50
25.00
40.00
22.50
5200.00
200.00
850.00
29.85
200.00
MODERATORS, 1 893 AND 1 894.
Paid Abial W. Eastman, ward i
William M. Butterfieid, ward 2
Charles L. Harmon, ward 3
George H. Warren, ward 4
Emmett Duffee, ward 5 .
Herbert S. Clough, ward 6
Frank A. Dockham, ward 7
Charles G. Ranno, ward 8
John T. Hannigan, ward 9
§15. 00
15.00
23.00
15.00
17-50
25.00
15.00
12.50
17-50
WARD CLERKS, 1 893 AND 1 894.
Paid Frank X. Foster, ward i
Wilson F. Higgins, ward 2
^26.00
25.00
^3)672.38
^1,679.85
$155-50
542
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Frank O. Moulton, ward 3
George H. Phinney, ward 4
John A. Whalen, ward 5
Harry I. Dodge, ward 6
Cha.rles E. Bartlett, ward 7
Maurice Lamprey, ward 8
Jean B. B. Beliveau, ward 9
Alfred Eaton, ward 3, special
tion ....
elec-
i25.00
25.00
28.50
36.00
26.00
23-50
28.50
5.00
INSPECTORS OF CHECK-LIST, 1 893 AND 1 894.
Paid George C. Kemp, ward i, 41^ days
Charles B. Tucker, ward 2, 49^
days ......
David O. Fernald, ward 3, 35 days
Harrison D. Lord, ward 4, 60 days
John F. Quinn, ward '5, 44 days
Albert J. Peaslee, ward 6, 46 days .
Joseph A. Foster, ward 7, 38^ days
Charles C. Tinkham, ward 8, 62 days
John B. Bourque, ward 9, 45 days .
Samuel J. Lord, assistant, 12 days .
Isaac Whitteniore, assistant, 28 days
George H. Dudley, assistant, 20 days
Albert J. Peaslee, use of team
SELECTMEN, 1 893 AND 1 894.
Paid J. H. Wales, Jr., ward i .
Theophile G. Biron, ward i
Henry S. Perry, ward i .
Jesse B. Nourse, ward 2 .
William Danforth, ward 2
Daniel G. Andrews, ward 2
Nathaniel Doane, Jr., ward 2
John A. Sargent, ward 3
^93-37
lit. 38
78.75
135-00
99.00
103.50
86.63
139-50
101.25
27.00
63.00
45.00
8.75
515-50
^5-50
15-50
11.50
1.50
15-50
15-50
19.00
$248.50
;i,o92.i3
CITY OFFICERS SALARIES.
543
Paid John Cronin, ward 3
Samuel C. Kennard, ward 3
Charles F. Nallgey, ward 4
Charles H. Uhlig, ward 4
Frank E. Farrell, ward 4
Arthur Allen, ward 5
Charles J. Woods, ward 5
Jeremiah F. Tehan, ward 5
Edward P. Cogswell, ward 6
Harrison M. Heselton, ward
Joseph N. Auger, ward 6
Robert Leggett, ward 7 .
Hanson R. Armstrong, ward 7
Robert Morrow, ward 7 .
George B. Barnes, ward 8
Auguste Filion, ward 8 .
Benjamin Mack, ward 8 .
Oswald Paris, ward 9
Gideon Belisle, ward 9 .
Martin J. Rafferty, ward 9
^19.00
19.00
15-50
15-50
15-50
17-25
17-25
17-25
22.50
22.50
22.50
15-50
15-50
15-50
13-75
13-75
13-75
12.75
17-25
17-25
SUPERVISORS, 1893 ^ND 1 894.
Paid William B. Stearns, ward i
William F. Graner, ward i
Fred C. Hale, ward 2
Frank A. Gay, ward 2
H. F. W. Little, ward 3
David H. Young, ward 3
Eugene B. Worthen, ward 4
Patrick Fahey, ward 4 .
Patrick E. Daly, ward 5
Thomas F. Riordan, ward 5
Chester Demick, ward 6
Michael F. Burke, ward 6
W. T. Payne, ward 7
John W. Davis, ward 7 .
,19.25
19.25
22.75
22.75
19.25
14.00
21.00
21. oc
24.50
24.50
29-75
29-75
15-75
15-75
$448.25
544
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Charles H. Hodgman, ward 8
Josiah G. Dearborn, ward 8
Albert Montgomery, ward 9
Emile H. Tardivel, ward 9
BALLOT INSPECTORS.
Paid Charles Edgar, ward i .
A. W. Patch, Avard i
Paul H. Boire, ward i .
Benjamin F. Crudden, ward
Henry P. Priest, ward 2
Harry E. Andrews, ward 2
Walter M. Morgan, ward 2
John W. Center, ward 2
Cyrus H. Little, ward 3
George E. Prime, ward 3
Samuel J. Laflamme, ward 3
Allison L. Partridge, ward 3
Harry T. Lord, ward 4 .
Frank H. Lussier, ward 4
L. E. Desrochers, ward 4
John P. Broderick, ward 4
Thomas F. Slattery, ward 5
Harry T. Lemay, ward 5
James Orr, ward 5
John H. Slater, ward 5 .
Charles Lucier, ward 6 .
Joseph P. Chatel, ward 6
B. Frank Welch, ward 6
Richard J. Brickley, ward 6
E. S. Stratton, ward 7 .
James H. Haughey, ward 7
N. P. Colby, ward 7
Arthur J. McDerby, ward 7
Frank O. Clement, ward 8
Edward F. Scheer, ward 8
!i7-5o
17-50
23-63
23-63
0.50
0.50
0.50
0.50
0.50
0.50
0.50
0.50
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
0.50
0.50
0.50
0.50
2.25
2.25
2.25
2.25
7-50
7-5°
7-5°
7-50
0.50
0.50
8.75
10.50
8-75
8.75
ii.Si
AUDITOR S DEPARTMENT.
545
Paid Theodore Graf, ward 8 .
Henry Lien, ward 8
Louis Pare, ward g
John Montplaisir, ward 9
Henry R. Fontain, ward 9
Scott E. Sanborn, ward 9
Total expenditures
Balance to new account .
Appropriation
Auditor's Department.
Expenditures.
8.75
12.25
12.25
12.25
12.25
^425.25
^18,763.37
61.64
$18,825.01
".
52,000.00
LABOR.
Paid James B. Straw, salary as auditor for
January, 1894 .... $83.33
James E. Dodge, salary as auditor,
balance of 1894 . . . . 927.77
Paid Lizzie M. Cogswell :
Services as clerk .... 600.00
Extra work evenings . . . . 21.15
SUPPLIES, ETC.
Paid the American Book Co., i Web-
ster's dictionary, and express on
same ...... $8.70
A. A. Bunton, reseating office chair .75
Paid E. R. Coburn Co.:
Invoice book . . . . '. 1.75
16 pounds paper .... 1.60
Paid Lizzie M. Cogswell :
Cash paid for horse-car fares . . .20
Cash paid for chamois skins . . .30
Paid The John B. Clarke Co. :
3 pounds paper ..... 0.30
35
51,632.25
546
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Printing loo postal notices
12,500 billheads .
Paid James E. Dodge :
Cash paid for express .
two fountain ink-stoppers
Paid Daniels & Downs, 6 reams paper
Paid W. P. Goodman :
1 dictionary holder
Ink, pencils, mucilage, paste, inkstand
pens, and stationery
Paid Hopkins & Holbrook, 500 stamped
envelopes, and printing return
notice . . . . .
The Hammond Typewriter Co., car-
bon paper . . . . .
Peter Harris, 3 erasers sharpened
The Thomas A. Lane Co., supplies,
electric portable lamp and labor
on same . . . . .
J. B. McCrillis, typewriter ribbons .
A. J. Smith, carbon paper
Smith Premier Typewriter Co., i
copying ribbon . . . .
Irving L. Stickney, rubber bands .
Albert Render, i dozen elastic ink-
holders . . . . .
Paid Temple & Farrington Co. :
3 blank books. No. 4215
2 blank books. No. 4284, 4285 .
Paste, cord ......
Paid John B. Varick Co., i oil-stone
George Wallace, typewriter ribbon
J. Arthur Williams, rubber stamp .
Total expenditures
Transferred to reserved fund .
^2.00
47-50
•15
.60
6.00
8.70
11.50
•25
4-9.S
2.00
7.00
1. 00
•75-
•25
6.00
6.00
.51
•50
•75
.60
$135-81
.
$1,768.06
•
231.94
$2, 000.00
STKEET AND PARK COMMISSION. 547
Street and Park Commission.
Appropriation ..... ^3,750.00
Transferred from reserved fund . . 33-65
CLERICAL SERVICES.
Expenditures.
salaries.
Paid George H. Stearns, chairman . . ^600.00
L. P. Reynolds .... 600.00
H. P. Simpson .... 600.00
Paid Allan E. Herrick, clerk of street and
park commission .... ^900.00
Julia F. Stearns, clerk in office of
street and park commission . 463.50
CARRIAGE HIRE.
Paid George H. Stearns .... ^167.50
L. P. Reynolds . . , . 167.50
H. P. Simpson .... 167.50
OFFICE SUPPLIES.
Paid E. R. Coburn Co. :
1 ream legal cap ..... ^4.75
9 quires legal cap, numbered * . . 3.75
Paid A. S. Campbell & Co. :
2 books, 175 pages each . . . 5.50
400 return cards ..... 3.50
Paid W. P. Goodman, i quart ink . . .55
A. J. Smith, 2 dozen pencils . . i.oo
T. H. Tuson, 300 sheets paper . . 1.50
5,783-65
^1,800.00
^1,363-50
502.50
548
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Temple & Farrington Co. :
McGill fasteners, rubber bands, paste,
blank books, etc. . .
175 catalogue envelopes
Paid George P. Wallace, 2 typewriter rib
bons ......
Paid Samuel Ward Company :
3 order books ....
3 time books ....
1 book .....
Paid T. Arthur Williams :
2 self-inking rubber stamps .
1 stamp on old frame .
Printing 2,000 letter heads .
Printing 350 billheads .
2 rubber stamps ....
;i8.6o
1.40
2.00
10.00
IO-75
1.20
•25
3-50
2.25
•85
$73-45
SUNDRIES.
Paid The John B. Clarke Co., printing
200 reports, 70 pages and cover . . $27.00
Paid Allan E. Herrick :
Cash paid for express .... .60
Cash paid for postage . . . . 1.75
Cash paid J. A. Wheeler for harness
polish -50
Paid Peter Harris, repairs on desk . . .35
L. P. Reynolds, cash paid for ex-
penses to Rochester . . . 2.50
George H. Stearns, cash paid for ex-
penses to Boston, September 25 10.50
C. H. Wood, painting tin sign . i.oo
Total expenditures
$3)783-65
REPAIRS OF HIGHWAYS.
549
Repairs of Highways.
Appropriation
. $24,000.00
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men
and teams, as per pay-roll, divi-
sion No. I :
February .
^64.65
April
56.15
May
121.25
June
. . 152-85
August
66.20
September
37.00
October .
13.00
November
103.00
tff-f\-r A x r\
Paid labor of men
and teams, as per pay-roll, divi-
sion No. 2 :
January .
^644.93
February .
3-50
March
399-35
April
877.04
May
• 1,390-83
■ June
. 1,464-85
July
1,612.01
August
. 1,249.01
September
1,924.22
October .
. 1,214.49
November
144.60
December
20.37
iP^^jy^i'^'^
Paid labor of men
and teams, as per pay-roll, divi-
sion No. 4 :
April
;^37-5o
May
.
68.75
550
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
June
$105.75
August . . . . .
29.00
September .....
70.50
October ......
42.75
November
42.50
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll, divi-
sion No. 5 :
March $8.12
April
64.25
May
148.71
June ......
58.65
July
1-75
August .....
144.37
September ....
115.87
November ....
12.62
December . . ...
3-75
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pa
y-roll, divi-
sion No. 6 :
March ^3-87
May
74.40
June
430.18
July
32.60
August
218.50
September ....
227.92
October
55-50
December ....
5-25
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pa
y-roll, divi-
sion No. 7 :
March ^98-75
April 194-25
May 483.51
June .■ .
196.25
$396.75
$558.09
^1,048.22
REPAIRS OF HIGHWAYS.
551
July . . . .
giio.75
August . . . .
180.25
September
590.75
October . . . .
104.25
November
82.01
December
24.75
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll, divi-
sion No. 8 :
March .
^8.00
April
148.13
May
333-45
June
120.00
July . .
34-75
August .
97-36
September
66.61
October .
83.09
November
16.50
December
20.00
labor of men and teams, as per pa
y-roll, divi-
sion No. 9 :
May |i7-5o
June 238.50
September 95'00
October .
•
•
•
•
15.00
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll, divi-
sion No. 10 :
January .....
^118.90
January (Overdraft)
9-75
February
6.12
March
173-87
April
244.70
May
408.41
$2,065.52
127.
$366.00
552
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
June
^344-99
July . . .
501.24
August .
330.61
September
720.10
October .
393-19
November
241.92
December
68.00
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll, divi-
sion No. 12 :
March .
May
November
December
$2-37
24.62
319-44
32.00
Paid A. C. Wallace, labor building foot-bridge, as
per agreement ......
LUMBER AND OTHER MATERIAL.
Paid James Benson, 60 feet pine plank .
^1.20
Oilman Clough, lumber .
54-23
Paid S. 0. Forsaith Machine Co. :
203 tree-box pickets ....
6.09
Spruce lumber and labor . . .
34-35
Paid The Head & Dowst Co.:
600 feet 1x6 spruce ....
9.00
400 feet 2x3 spruce . „ . .
6.20
Sawing, planing, and working
2.00
250 chestnut posts ....
38.00
Paid Alcide Pellerin, 50 chestnut posts .
5.00
E. B. Veasey, lumber, nails, molding,
labor. .....
27.65
Paid A. C. Wallace :
5 oak posts .....
3-75
26 old posts .....
1.56
214 chestnut posts
34-72
,561.80
^378.43
REPAIRS OF HIGHWAYS.
553
3,68 1 feet spruce fence boards
260 feet rough hemlock boards .
Other lumber ....
Spikes, nails, etc., used in building foot
bridge .....
Pickets, etc. ....
Paid I. T. Webster, boards and posts
David Wells, 38 chestnut posts
TOOLS AND HARDWARE.
555-30
2.60
1.50
1.87
1.06
II. 16
5-70
502.94
Paid Manchester Hardware Co.:
Spikes, wire, nails, mattock
$4.53
4 garden barrows
10.00
27 picks . . . . .
27.00
32 pick handles . . . .
9.16
3 plow points
2.01
Steel wedges, street hoe
1-39
Other hardware .
.96
Paid John B. Varick Co.:
Plow points, plow beam
4-85
Picks and handles
4-75
Shovels ....
13-74
Axes and handles
18.65
Hoes, wrenches .
2.20
Spikes, bolts, nails
7-95
Powder and fuse
2.25
Other hardware .
32.97
Paid Wadleigh Hardware Co.:
Powder, fuse, etc.
8.08
Spikes and nails .
2.20
Steel wedges
.88
Paid Allen N. Clapp :
Nails and spikes
1-35
Oil, seeds, twine
6.85
Hammer, wicks, pails, etc. .
3.21
^164.98
554
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
BLACKSMITHING AND REPAIRS.
Paid L, M. Aldrich, repairing levels, fil-
ing saw ..... ^1-30
James Benson, sharpening tools . 2.05
John Bryson, paint, sandpaper, and
labor on drinking fountains . ^3-49
J. M. Brouillette, sharpening pick . .50
N. Decoteau, repairing picks . . i.oo
R. W. Flanders, sharpening picks,
repairing chains, etc. . . . 6.40
Paid John Hadlock :
Repairing road machine . . . 58.00
Bolts, castings, etc. .... 17.00
Paid James Morison, sharpening picks . 1.75
Paid J. B. McCrillis &;Son :
Mending chain ..... .15
Repairing road scraper . . . 1.58
STONE, GRAVEL, CLAY, ETC.
Paid Boyce & Merrill, 17 loads gravel . ^i-7o
William Campbell, 50 loads gravel 5.00
I. R. Dewey, 132 loads gravel . 26.40
Paid Edwards O. Dodge :
3 loads stone ..... 3.00
139 loads gravel . , . . 13-90
Paid Mrs. A. G. Gray, 73 loads gravel . 7.30
Mrs. Mary Hartshorn, 93 loads sand 9.30
Addison Gray, 83 loads gravel . 8.30
Paid W. G. Landry :
40 loads sand . . . . . 12.00
113 loads dirt ..... 28.25
Paid John Loveren, 80 loads gravel . 8.00
Ida Libbey, 264 loads gravel . . 26.40
Byron E. Moore, 105 loads clay . 6.30
John Parmenter, 119 loads gravel . 11.90
;io3.22
REPAIRS OF HIGHWAYS. 555
Paid Frank Preston, 50 loads gravel . ^5-°°
Paid C. C. Webster :
60 loads clay 3- 60
Stone for widening culvert . . 4- 00
Paid Thomas Walker, Jr., 20 loads gravel 1.20
MISCELLANEOUS.
Paid Boston & Maine Railroad, freight on
bolts, wheels, and axle . . $1-04
E. R. Coburn Co., blank books and
pencils ..... 3.27
Concord & Montreal Railroad,
freight on hose and bolts . . 1.29
Alfred T, Dodge, use of team to
November 28, 1893 . . . 39- 00
F. L. Downs, 2 pairs men's rubber
boots 5.75
Eager & Rand, salt . . . .60
H. Leibing, paint, glass, etc. . 5.64
Paid The Thomas A. Lane Co. :
I 8-inch Akron elbow ... .63
Plugs, caps, pipe, and labor . . .55
Paid Clarence R. Merrill, 3 barrels lime 2.85
Frederick Perkins, attendance on
Michael Rainey . . . 8.00
Paid Luther S. Proctor :
I drag 3.50
1 lot railing poles .... 3.00
Paid Charles H. Robie Co., concreting
sundry crossings, etc. . . . 447.12
Paid People's Gas-Light Co. :
Gas from February i, 1894, to March
I, 1894, Fire King engine-house . .84
2 chaldrons coke .... 8.00
Paid D. L. Robinson, i drag chain . 2.00
^181.55
556 REPORT OP THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Sanborn Carriage Co., i iron grate $0.50
Paid L. and W. T. Seiberlich :
2 whitewash brushes . . . . 1.50
Setting glass ..... .50
Paid Temple & Farrington Co. :
Ledgers and pencils .... 2.50
Paper, mucilage, ink, pens, blank books 13-71
Paid J. T. Underbill & Co., concreting
sundry crossings . . . 238.83
^790.62
Total expenditures ..... $22,435.31
Transferred to snow and ice appropriation . . 1,335.02
Transferred to Stark and Derryfield parks appropri-
ation . . . , . . . . 158-73
Transferred to reserved fund ..... 7o-94
)24,000.00
Snow and Ice.
Appropriation ..... $4,000.00
Transferred from repairs of highways ap-
propriation ..... 1,335.02
i,335-o2
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll, divi-
sion No. I :
February ...... . $22.25
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll, divi-
sion No. 2 :
January ...... $624.03
February ..... 1,980.34
March 591-58
^3.195-95
SNOW AND ICE. 557
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll, divi-
sion No. 4:
January ...... $^-2S
February 48.75
$57-oo
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll, divi-
sion No. 5 :
January ^8.75
February . . . . . 83.74
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll, divi-
sion No. 6 :
January ...... ^4-82
February ..... 34-99
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll, divi-
sion No. 7 :
January $57-25
February ..... 136.51
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll, divi-
sion No. 8 :
January $5.75
February ..... 47*25
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll, divi-
sion No. 9 :
January ...... $16.50
February . . . . . 70.12
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll, divi-
sion No. ID :
January ;?5 13-47
February ..... 708.00
March ...... 266.91
12.49
$193-76
$S3-°o
$86.62
$1,488.38
558
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll, divi-
sion No. 12 :
February ..... ^3-oo
March . . . . . . 49.12
SAND AND SALT.
Paid Eager & Rand, salt
H. Fradd & Co., salt .
Austin Goings, 20 loads sand
Mary Hartshorn, 195 loads sand
$6.45
4.40
4.00
19.50
SUPPLIES AND MISCELLANEOUS.
Paid A. N. Clapp, 6 shovels . . . ^3-90
H. Fradd & Co., shovels . . 2.50
The Head & Dowst Co., one half
window to replace one broken by
snow and ice . . . . .65
Paid Manchester Hardware Co.:
I pair brackets ..... .35
I dozen pick handles .... 2.50
Pulley and sash weights ... .35
Paid John B. Varick Co.:
Barbed wire staples .... .04
20 square feet sand screening . . 4.40
I sidewalk cleaner .... • .60
Shovels ...... 4.00
Total expenditures
$34.35
$19.29
55335-02
New Highways.
Appropriation
Transferred from reserved fund
. $20,000.00
367-35
$20,367.35
NEW HIGHWAYS.
Expenditures.
559
LABOR.
Paid men, as per pay-ro
June
July . .
Paid men, as per pay-ro
January .
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
Paid men, as per pay-ro
May
June
July .
August .
September
Paid men, as per pay-ro
April
May
June
July
August
September
, in division No. i
5200.00
358-25
$558-25
, in division No. 2
^45.00
36.00
109.76
1,080.57
2,781.31
1,406.82
1,011.20
1.589.52
445-79
1,909.26
681.68
^11,096.91
, in division No. 7
$320.75
661.00
202.75
340.00
30.00
, in division No. 10 :
^378.61
1,149.89
$1,554-50
866
576
75
346
37
91
61
560
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
October
November
I667.05
70-93
Paid D. H. Dickey, work on culvert, Cohas avenue :
9 days' labor .....
Laying 462 feet stone
Paid H, Haibert, building bank wall from
Wayne street to Amory street on
Main back street
O. E. Kimball, one half cost build-
ing and painting picket fence at
South Manchester
John F. Larkin, contract for setting
fence rails, Second-street bridge .
Paid Moore & Preston :
Building Trenton street
Teaming 32 loads sand
Paid John H. Proctor, building Page
street, as per contract
TOOLS AND HARDWARE.
^16.74
32-37
755-00
35
78
148
00
175
00
8
00
380
00
Paid Manchester Hardware Co.:
Pick handles . . . . .
$11-25
. Steel bar
4-39
6 Ames shovels . . . . .
5-25
30 picks
30.00
Plow points . . . . .
8.64
Other hardware . . . . .
1. 61
Paid John B. Varick Co.:
Plow points ....
51.98
I Doe plow with wheel and cutter
17.00
Shovels
46.00
Rope
5-7°
Lanterns
14.00
Street hoes, mattocks .
8.40
^,131-85
$1,550.89
NEW HIGHWAYS. 5t)l
Steel crowbars, ax . . .
$4.67
Padlocks, lath yarn
1.72
Other hardware ....
53-08
Paid The Wadleigh Hardware Co.:
I water yoke ....
1.25
Powder, fuse, etc.
60.49
STONE, LUMBER, AND OTHER MATERIALS.
Paid Charles A. Bailey :
561^ perch covering stone, East Man-
chester culvert .... ^339.00
391^ perch covering stone. Sagamore-
street culvert . . . . . 136.27
Paid F. S. Bodwell, 81 posts for marking
new streets . . . . 101.25
Warren Harvey, 9 loads covering
stone ..... 27.00
Paid The Head & Dowst Co.:
1,217 fs^t spruce . . . . 18.26
142 feet drag plank .... 5.68
Ironwork, etc., on drags . . . 2.71
Labor, etc. . . . . . 4.58
Paid Jesse Tirrell, 6 loads cobblestones . 5.40
A. C. Wallace, 656 feet spruce fence •
boards 9.84
Adams & Tasker, i barrel lime . .95
SUNDRIES.
Paid James Briggs, tin dippers, oil can ^0.55
The Thomas A. Lane Co., i 1x6
nipple, I ell for steam drill . .19
Moore & Preston, 2,325 pounds of
Cumberland coal . . . 6.39
Star Stamp Co., 6 brass checks . 1.20
36
;25-43
^650.94
562 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid John E. Towle & Co., 5 pork barrels ^2.50
Wingate & Gould, 4 pairs rubber
boots ..... 12.75
^23.58
Total expenditures ..... ^19,892.35
Transferred to appropriation for South Main street
bridge . . . . . . . . 475.00
^20,367.35
Damage of Land Taken for Highways.
Appropriation ..... $8,000.00
Transferred from reserved fund . , 8,430.71
$16,430.71
Expenditures.
damages awarded by mayor and aldermen.
Paid Mrs. EmmaF. Brown, land damage,
extension of Cass street . . $103.49
Sydney A. Blood, land damage.
Dearborn street .... 100.00
Lawrence Dowd, extension of Ma-
ple street ..... 475.00
Mrs. Ed\^idge Eno, land damage,
execution ..... 94.26
George H. Elliott, land damage,
building street .... 500.00
S. G. Fletcher, land damage and
moving buildings, Hayward street 1,800.00
Charles G. Hastings, land damage,
extension Cypress street . . 1,100.00
John T. Hanigan, land damage,
Cartier street .... 700.00
Horace I. Johnson, et al., judgment
recovered 1,999.51
AVATERING STREETS. 563
Paid A. S. Lamb, land damage, Hayward
street $1,205.28
John Mulligan, land damage, Cass
street 90.89
Patrick O'Neil, land damage, Cartier
street ..... 450.00
M. Prout, land damage. Young and
Hayward streets . . . 949-30
Mrs. Susan Prescott, land damage,
Cass street .... 9.89
Louis St. John, land damage, exe-
cution ..... 70-87
Chas. P. Still, land damage, execution 461.31
Joseph Trudeau, land damage, exe-
cution ..... 104.76
Theophile Trottier, land damage,
Cartier street . . ... 800.00
John T. Underhill, land damage,
building sewer .... 500.00
George R. Vance, land damage, exe-
cution ..... 326.62
Flora A. Woodman, executrix, land
damage, execution . . . 1,065.55
Sarah B. Woodman, land damage,
judgment recovered . . . 751-98
Hannah Welch, et al, land damage,
execution ..... 300.00
D. C. Whittemore, land damage,
Bartlett street .... 2,472.00
$16,430.71
Watering Streets.
Appropriation • $4,000.00
564
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men, as per pay-r
oil, in
division No. 2 :
January ....
^33-25
March .
129.69
April -.
141.05
May
334-45
June
461.64
July . .
597-31
August .
564.98
September
366.59
October .
289.00
December
14.12
Paid labor of men, as per pay-roll, in
division No. 10 :
March ^4.50
April
14-37
May
123.37
June
III. 75
July . .
168.13
August ,
147-87
September
97.25
October .
. . 62.50
REPAIRS
.
Paid The Head & Dowst Co.:
50 feet oak ^1.75
72 feet chestnut, and
labor
2.41
Paid John T. Beach, repairing sprinkler
wheels ...... 13-65
Paid The Thomas A. Lane Co..-
Material and labor on troughs and foun-
tains 95.75
^2,932.08
^29.74
WATERING STREETS.
565
Material and labor on standpipes
Repairs on fountains, shutting off water
and turning on same for painters, etc
Paid Frank I. Lessard & Co.:
Material and labor on fountains .
Repairing street pipe, junction of Main
and McGregor streets
Repairing standpipe, Turner street
Paid George W. Rief:
Labor on trough
Repairs on sprinkler .
Paid A. Filion, repairing sprinklers
Paid Pike & Heald Co. :
Repairing pipe to troughs .
Labor on fountains, etc.
Material and labor on sprinklers .
Dippers, chains, etc. .
Paid S. C. Forsaith Machine Co., repairs
on axle
Paid John B. Varick Co. :
600 bolts .
4 drills
1^2 pounds oakum
Steel and iron .
Paint, varnish, brushes, etc
Other hardware .
Paid Adams & Tasker, i 5-inch bend
John Driscoll, 3 dozen dippers
John Bryson, paint and labor
$9.70
17.46
50-30
2.51
1-95
1.60
2.68
12.30
5.81
5-30
37-29
5-63
6.15
10.15
3-45
•75
3-67
20.09
5-09
•56
5-40
.66
122.26
Total expenditures
Transferred to reserved fund
,984.08
15.92
566
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Appropriation
Paving Streets.
Expenditures.
),000.00
LABOR.
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll, divi-
sion No. 2 :
March $19-13
April
72.26
May
271.50
June
344.25
July . . .
388.50
August .
382.99
September
310-95
October .
305- 2. S
November
59.00
Paid labor of men andf teams, as per pay-roll, divi-
sion No. 7 :
August $55-oo
September ..... 20.00
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll, divi-
sion No. 10 :
April $136-37
May ....
279.14
June ....
226.00
July ....
319.99
August ....
127.34
September
12.38
October ....
68.43
TOOLS AND HARDWARE.
Paid Manchester Hardware Co. :
I 50-foot tape-line ....
$2,153.83
$75.00
- $i!i69.65
$0.30
PAVING STREETS. 567
I fibre pail ..... ;^o.45
Paid John B. Varick Co. :
Hammers and handles . . . 1.70
23 pounds steel ..... ' 2.99
64 pounds Norway iron . . . 2.24
Other hardware ..... 2.75
Paid Wadleigh Hardware Co., 6 rules . 1.50
PAVING STONE AND GRAVEL.
Paid W. H. Colburn, 392 loads paving
stone .....
Mrs. Mary Hartshorn, 24 loads pav-
ing stone ..... 30.00
Joseph Peltier, 8 loads paving stone 14.00
Charles A. Bailey, 4,686 paving
blocks ..... 220.66
CONCRETE CROSSINGS.
Paid C. H. Robie Co. :
Concrete, sundry places . . . $826.91
412 gallons pitch .... 61. So
Paid J. T. Underbill & Co., concrete,
sundry places 581.48
MISCELLANEOUS.
Paid George W. Rief, lumber and labor . 15-76
Paid Charles A. Bailey:
3 cesspool stones . .
36 circles ......
30 feet curbing .....
Total expenditures
Transferred to reserved fund
$950.66
>i, 470-19
9.00
108.00
12.00
^134-76
.
$5,966.02
33-9^
$6,000.00
568
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Macadamizing Streets.
Appropriation
Transferred from reserved fund
^15,000.00
165.99
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men,
as per pay-roll, division No. 2 :
March
$52-50
April
99.00
May
534-84
June
584.81
July
1,809.69
August
2,211.08
September
i,To8.73
October .
1,073.05
$15,165.99
Paid labor of men, as per pay-roll, division No. 10:
August ........
FUEL, FREIGHT, AND WATER.
Paid L. B. Bodwell & Co., 3 tons Cum-
berland coal ....
Dunlap & Wason Coal Co., 3 tons
Cumberland coal
D. M. Poore, i ton Cumberland
coal ......
People's Gas-Light Co., 22 chal-
drons coke .....
Boston & Maine Railroad, freight
on oil, castings, powder
Concord & Montreal Railroad,
freight on gravel
board of water commissioners, use
of water ...
518.00
18.00
6.00
88.00
6.40
4.00
15.00
57.473-70
$853-55
$155-40
MACADAMIZING STREETS.
569
TOOLS AND HARDWARE.
Paid Champion Flue Scraper Co., 2 scra-
pers .......
Paid Manchester Hardware Co.:
1 2 canal barrow trays .
10.00
7 dozen sledge handles
11.40
91 pounds drills ....
13-65
Lath yarn and twine .
.60
Other hardware ....
33-50
Paid John B. Varick Co.:
Rubber packing ....
3-70
Oil and oilers ....
2.68
Cotton waste ....
12.50
Steel and iron ....
16.14
Emery cloth, snips, white lead .
2.56
Hammers .....
33-15
Trowels
2.20
Files
2.99
Rivets, bolts, hinges, screws
3-42
Other hardware ....
51-32
Paid The Wadleigh Hardware Co.:
Ratchet, rotating bar .
11.88
Pawl, springs, buffers, nuts, etc. .
11.05
Nails, padlock .
2.05
Forcite, fuse, powder, etc. .
365-47
Tallow
6.10
Other hardware ....
8.75
LUMBER, CASTINGS, AND REPAIRS.
Paid S. C. Forsaith Machine Co.:
Material and labor on road roller . $14.66
Material and labor on crusher . . 87.33
Material and labor .... 58.87
Labor putting teeth into gear . . i.oo
New parts to crusher and moving same 170.00
570 REPORT OP THE CITY AUDITOR.
New and complete building for engine,
crusher, etc. ..... $1,472.00
Repairs ...... 1.65
Erection of crusher plant, and putting
same in running order . . . 475.00
Paid Joseph Huneau, repairs -on crusher
and pump ..... 9.97
C. H. Hutchinson Foundry and Ma-
chine Works, castings for crusher 16.12
The Head & Dovvst Co., lumber . 16.44
The Thomas A. Lane Co., coup-
lings, packing, pipe, labor . . 43-6i
Swan & Finch Co., 50 gallons ma-
chinery oil .... I5-00
The Farrell Foundry & Machine
Co., plates, bearings, etc. . . 50-38
Vacuum Oil Co., 50 ^^ gallons ma-
chinery oil .... 34-33
F. E. Webster, repairing and paint-
ing wagon ..... 19-50
A. C. Wallace, lumber . . . 25.54
STONE.
CONCRETE.
Paid George F. Higgins, repairing road-
way, Merrimack street . . $25.00
C. H. Robie Co., concrete, sundry
places 1,181.51
J. T. Underhill & Co., concrete,
sundry places .... 316.32
Paid Charles A. Bailey, 34 carloads stone
chips and freight on same . . $254.43
Massachusetts Broken Stone Co., 2,-
469,100 pounds broken stone . 1,728.43
52,511.40
$1,522.83
$1,982.86
GRADING FOR CONCRETE.
571
SUNDRIES.
Paid Eager & Rand, 4 hogsheads .
L, M. Aldrich, filing two saws
James Briggs, i tunnel, 4 sheets tin
Bartlett & Thompson, 40^ lbs. suet
H. I. Faucher, i hogshead
Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection &
Insurance Co., insurance for one
year. May 21, 1895 .
Paid Pike & Heald Co.:
I dipper ......
Labor and material, stone crusher
Paid People's Gas-Light Co., 400 cubic
feet gas, city crusher .
George W. Rief, i gallon belt dress-
ing
Sacred Heart Hospital, care and at-
tendance, case Michael Murphy .
Total expenditures
14.00
.40
•85
1.62
1. 00
22.50
.10
5.61
•56
2.50
15.00
$i5'i65.99
Appropriation
Grading for Concrete.
Expenditures.
1-, 000.00
LABOR.
Paid labor of men, as per pay-roll, in division No. 2
March
j.*xan-ii ....
April ....
202.49
May ....
167.76
June ....
227.75
July ....
226.62
August ....
326.73
572
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
September
October
November
December
^247.38
5.87
43-5°
5.12
^1^539-23
Paid labor of men, as per pay-roll, in division No. 7 :
August ...... 163.00
September . . . . . 35 -oo
December ..... 8.00
Paid labor of men, as per pay-roll, in division No. 10
April
May.
June
July
August
September
Paid Charles A. Bailey :
Curbstone .
141 circles
58 cesspool stones
Paid Warren Harvey :
1,205}^ feet curbstone
Covering stone .
$12.75
119.88
68.24
156.25
79.06
20.12
STONE.
^628.64
519.00
174.00
482.20
53-6o
TOOLS AND HARDWARE.
Paid The Wadleigh Hardware Co., powder and fuse
Total expenditures .....
Transferred to reserved fund . . . . .
^106.00
$456.30
$1,857.44
$1.26
$3,960.23
39-77
SCAVENGER SERVICE.
573
Scavenger Service.
Appropriation
. $16,000.00
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men, as per pay-roll, division No. 2 :
January .
• ^933-45
February .
.
735-98
March
.
i»35i-33
April
.
760.70
May
.
814-35
June
729.69
July . . .
•
612.92
August
773-19
September
698.96
October .
.
932.64
November
.
894.70
December
775-73
p,.^,WL^.yj^
Paid labor of men, as pei
pay-roll, division No. 10 :
January .
^170.20
February .
142.14
March
297-75
April
298.63
May
275.93
June
125.94
July . .
201.63
August
179.62
September
104.63
October ,
188.31
November
128.37
December
118.73
ON CONTRACT,
Paid city farm, scavenger service one year to Janu-
uary i, 1895
$2,499.96
574
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
TOOLS AND HARDWARE.
Paid Manchester Hardware Co., 6 steel
rakes
$2.00
Pike & Heald Co., 6 scoops .
3.60
Paid John B. Varick Co. :
Forks and handles ....
2.00
6 rakes
2.25
13 rattan brooms ....
7.04
Other hardware
44.20
$61.09
SUNDRIES.
Paid The Fred Allen Co., 8 storm horse
covers .....
$30.00
The John B. Clarke Co., printing
3,100 scavenger cards .
10.00
The Head & Dowst Co., lumber
4.04
. Kimball Carriage Co., horse covers
16.50
M. Prout, I gallon alcohol
2-75
George W. Rief, lumber and labor.
repairing sleds ....
10.70
$73-99
Total expenditures
.
$14,880.56
Transferred to reserved fund .
1,119-44
$16,000.00
Street Sweeping.
Appropriation
•
$1,200.00
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men, as per pay-roll, division No. 2 :
April $119-75
May 196.61
BRIDGES.
575
June
July .
August .
September
October .
173-59
171.98
106.25
159-39
Paid labor of men, as per pay-roll, division No. 10 :
August .
September
HARDWARE.
Paid Manchester Hardware Co.
I pair pliers
I 1 2 -inch wrench
REPAIRS.
Paid Abbott-Downing Co., sprinkler gears
S. A. Felton & Son Co., street
sweepers refilled
I. L. Stickney, 4 yards enameled
cloth
SUNDRIES.
Paid D. H. Maxfield, cash paid for express
Total expenditures
Transferred to reserved fund .
$7-50
19.00
^0-75
.65
$7.00
64.00
1.40
!i,o2i.45
$26.50
$1.40
$72.40
$1.00
$1,122.75
77-25
$1,200.00
Bridges.
Appropriation
5,000.00
576
KEPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men, as per pay-roll, division No. 2 :
January ...... $67.86
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October .
November
December
27.99
7.88
41.25
81.14
162.50
173-57
147-31
118.50
165.14
50.69
102.30
Paid labor of men, as per pay-roll, division No. 9 :
October .......
Paid labor of men, as per pay-roll, division No. 10 :
March ^9-13
May 61.00
June ...... 3.06
August ...... 9.50
Paid John F. Larkin, labor on fence rails.
Second-street bridge .
S. F. Patterson, labor on Amoskeag
bridge .....
LUMBER.
Paid S. C. Forsaith Machine Co., lumber,
Granite bridge ....
The Head & Dowst Co., lumber, re-
, pairs on different bridges
$8.00
38.00
^329-95
352-94
[46.13
514.25
52.69
SOUTH MAIN-STREET BRIDGE.
577
Paid S. F. Patterson, lumber, etc. .
A. C. Wallace, 72,249 feet 3-inch
hemlock plank, per contract
HARDWARE.
Paid Manchester Hardware Co., nails,
spikes, files, etc. ....
Paid John B. Varick Co.:
Nails, spikes, screws ....
Auger bit, hammer, turpentine, pencils
Iron, paint, brushes ....
Other hardware .....
Paid The Wadleigh Hardware Co., spikes
SUNDRIES,
Paid C. H. Hutchinson Foundry and Ma-
chine Works, material and repairs
on patterns, level, etc.
Pike & Heald Co., railing, South
Main-street bridge, per contract,
^58; less charge to George East-
man, $2.97 ....
Total expenditures
Transferred to reserved fund .
$16.69
787-53
$30.60
22.91
6-75
4.68
•93
1.84
;i.4o
55-03
$1,487.11
$67.71
^56-43
$2,900.32
99.68
$3,000.00
South Main-Street Bridge.
Appropriation ..... $20,000.00
Transferred from reserved fund . . 7!975-oo
Transferred from new highway appropri-
ation ....... 475-00
37
$28,450.00
578 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Expenditures,
contract.
Paid L. F. Kittredge & Son ....
City Teams.
Appropriation
Transferred from reserved fund
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men, as per pay-roll, division No. 2 :
January .... . $357.48
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
Paid labor of men, as per pay-roll, division No. 10 :
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
$28,450.00
,300.00
698.40
220.37
120.64
166.30
156-51
135-81
145-43
175-50
204.43
$26.49
15.24
8.50
12.25
17.12
21.00
17-25
20.44
27-37
5,998.40
$1,682.47
$165.66
CITY TEAMS.
579
OATS, CORN, FEED, HAY, AND STRAW.
Paid Adams & Tasker .
^201.76
Annis Flour & Grain Co.
400.76
F. H. Brown . . . .
14.04
George Butterfield
90.86
D. Butterfield
19.26
W. Currier
39.20
Henry Chandler .
5.60
Freeman & Merrill
95.20
A. G. Fairbanks
64.08
Gage & McDougall
711-34
J. P. Griffin .
7-58
Frank D, Hanscom
25.42
Clarence R. Merrill
416.83
Peter Parker .
45.22
Partridge Brothers .
161. 15
Michill Parault
226.88
H. C. Smith .
8.30
Frederick Smyth .
85.00
C. D. Welch .
160.62
BLACKSMITHING.
Paid Connor & Grossman, horseshoeing .
HARNESSES AND REPAIRS.
^2,779.10
)IO.OO
Paid Kimball Carriage Co.:
Oil, soap, sponges ....
$6.12
4 blankets, lettered ....
29.00
Paid Ranno Harness Co.:
Repairing harnesses ....
"•75
Storm covers .....
9-25
Bit, crupper, strap, whips .
3-85
Calking boot, snaps, surcingle, etc.
9-35
New harness
42.00
Currycombs, sponges, reins .
4-05
580
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Thomas P. Riley, repairing har-
nesses, etc. ..... ^93'7S
N. J. Whalen, whips, straps, collars,
etc 13.25
;^222.37
REPAIRS ON CARRIAGES AND NEW CARRIAGES.
Paid John T. Beach, repairs, etc. .
^62.90
Paid A. Filion :
New wheels, ironed ....
29,00
5 pair cart wheels, and painted .
29.00
Repairs ......
10.00
Paid J. B. McCrillis & Son :
Repairs, etc
33-65
I 2-horse sled
75.00
2 i-horse sleds .....
120.00
Paid Sanborn Carriage Co., i shaft and
bolts
2.25
HARDWARE.
Paid J. H. Farnham, files and rasps . ^10.81
H. Leibing, paint, brushes, sandpaper 5.83
Paid Manchester Hardware Co.:
Axle grease . . . . ! 3.50
1 2 barrow trays ..... 10.00
Bolts, bits ...... 3.21
Paint, varnish, etc. .... 19-99
Other hardware . . . . . 10.15
Paid John B. Varick Co.:
Steel and iron 78.99
Horseshoes ...... 34-04
Bits, files, nails, rivets .... 29.27
Cherry welding compound . . . 2.90
Bolts and screws . .... 11.30
Turpentine, paint, oil, etc. . . . 17.06
^361.80
CITY TEAMS.
Nuts, washers, wrenches, drills .
^17-34
Sponges, soap ....
.
17.69
Other hardware ....
62.50
lid Wadleigh Hardware Co.:
Harness hooks ....
.90
Axle grease, shears, brooms, wicks,
rope,
tarred paper ....
•
9-74
581
;^345-22
MEDICAL SERVICES AND INSURANCE.
Paid A. W. Baker, dentistry work on
horses' teeth ..... ^20.00
Paid Z, Foster Campbell :
5 gallons Pulsifer's Healer . . . 20.00
Sweet spirits nitre .... 3.99
Camphoria, witch hazel . . . 1.22
Paid J. A. Charest, V. S.:
Medicine ...... 2.00
Filing teeth ..... i.oo
Paid Edward H. Currier, i can Sure Cure 2.50
J. L. Golden, medical services,
medicine ..... 27.45
John F. Kerwin, 600 lbs. Peel's
Food ...... 36.00
W. B. Mitchell, medicine . . 1.05
Security Live Stock Insurance Co.,
fees and assessments on policies . 241.84
^357-05
STOCK.
Paid Cavanaugh Brothers, gray mare
WATER, GAS, TELEPHONE, FUEL.
Paid Water-works, use of water to Janu-
ary I, 1895 .... $61.00
People's Gas-Light Co., gas at stable 157-64
582 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid New England Telephone & Tele-
graph Co., use of telephone . $72.90
L. B. Bodwell & Co., 13 tons egg
coal ...... 77.00
Dunlap & Wason Coal Co., 4 tons
Cumberland coal . . . 24.50
Moore & Preston, 2 tons Cumber-
land coal ..... 11.00
People's Gas- Light Co., 3 chaldrons
of coke ..... I2.00
J. F. Wyman, 2 tons egg coal . 12.50
REPAIRS ON blacksmith's SHOP AND
CITY STA]
Paid John Driscoll :
12 joints pipe
^4.20
I elbow
•35
Labor
•75
Paid The Head & Dowst Co., lumber
and labor
39-05
The Thomas A. Lane Co., i ^^-inch
cock
■49
Pike & Heald Co., plumbing mate-
rial and labor ....
170.00
George W. Rief, lumber and labor .
8.24
A. C. Wallace, lumber .
17-13
William E. Williams, repairs on
blacksmith's shop
12.36
HORSE HIRE.
Paid Clarence B. Danforth, use of horse .
$3.00
W. J. Freeman, use of team .
1. 00
E. T. James, use of teams
49-5°
Lamoreaux Brothers, use of team .
1.50
C. H. Simpson, use of teams .
56-50
Whitten & Fifield, use of team
2.00
[28.S4
$252.57
SII3-50
REPAIRS OF SEWERS. 583
MISCELLANEOUS.
Paid F. S. Bodwell, stone for setting tires ^25.00
A. N. Clapp, oil, brooms, nails, salt,
hinges ..... 9.29
Concord & Montreal Railroad,
freight on snow plow . . .33.
John Driscoll, galvanized iron pipe 3.25
Eager & Rand, soap and matches . 1.55
C. H. Hutchinson Foundry & Ma-
chine Works, 2 stamps . . 2.0a
Chas. A. Hoitt & Co., 4 shades . 1.72
T. F. Hannaford, 12 brooms . . 6.50
A. & W. S. Heath, pair rubber boots 3.50
The Thomas A. Lane Co., i hose
nozzle ..... .40
Clarence R. Merrill, i barrel lime . .95
E. D. Rogers, 12 pails axle paste . 6.00
L. & W. T. Seiberlich, glass and
setting . . , . . 1. 10
Irving L. Stickney, 29^ pounds
leather . . . . . 12.28
Union Oil Co., 5 gallons naptholeum 6.25
Total expenditures ^6,998.40
Repairs of Sewers.
Appropriation .......
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men, as per pay-roll, division No. 2 :
January ^83.23
February ..... 29.00
584
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
March . . . .
^216.86
April . . . .
34-63
May . . . .
419.36
June
247.88
July . . .
199.93
August .
624.64
September
435-57
October .
540.14
November
276.10
December
46.81
Paid labor of men, as per pay
-roll, division No. 10 :
January .
^6.41
March .
6.12
April
41.06
May
174.25
June
55-19
July . . ■ ..
54.26
August .
91.12
September
109.12
October .
231.99
November
30.87
December
1.75
$3>i54.i5
>02.I4
HARDWARE.
Paid John B. Varick Co., 28 cesspool dipper handles
MATERIAL, LABOR, ETC.
Paid M. J. Coleman, plumbing repairs,
Mrs. E. H. Collins . . . ^i4-75
Samuel Eastman & Co., 500 feet
leather hose .... 500.00
W. P. Farmer, i pair rubber hip
boots 4.00
Gatz & Graupner, lumber and labor 9.50
$11.67
NEW SEWERS.
585
Paid The Thomas A. Lane Co., piping
material and labor . . . ^115.78
Pike & Heald Co., 2 dippers . . 1.74
George L. Robinson, 2 pairs rubber
boots ...... 7.50
Paid Irving L. Stickney :
5 oil suits ...... 1 1-25
2 hats ....... 1. 00
Paid Palmer & Garmon, cutting cesspool
stone ....... 16.45
CEMENT, BRICK, STONE, LUMBER.
Paid F. S. Bodwell, 24 cesspool stones . $66.00
W. F. Head & Son, 7 M. brick . 42.00
The Head & Dowst Co., 500 feet
lox 10 spruce . . . . 7.75
Clarence Merrill, 4 barrels cement . 5.40
Warren Harvey, edge stone, steps,
flagging, etc
MISCELLANEOUS.
Paid Concord & Montreal Railroad,
freight on brick ....
John B. Hall, labor cleaning three
cellars, Cilley block .
Manchester Heating & Lighting
Co., repairs on blasting battery .
Total expenditures
Transferred to reserved fund .
New Sewers.
390-93
$28.00
10.00
1.60
;i.97
; 1 2.08
$39.60
$5,201.61
798-39
$6,000.00
Appropriation
586
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men, as per pay-roll, division
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Paid labor of men, as per pay-roll, division
October .....
November .....
December .....
No. 2 :
^785.06
2,294.30
2,931-50
2,930.91
3,628.17
2,852.51
3,618.44
2,597.46
2,640.05
No. 7 :
$33-°o
102.01
30.00
$24,278.40
id labor of men,
as per pay
-roll,
division
No. 10 :
May
$317-38
June
1,096.64
July .
1,409.86
August .
2,130.36
September
1,841.87
October .
1,873.59
November
819.68
December
661.42
HARDWARE.
Paid A. N. Clapp, nails, saw blade, pow-
der $3.25
Paid Manchester Hardware Co. :
12 picks and handles . . . . 14-50
Lanterns, fibre pails, axes . . . 7.25
Tapes and rules, cords, rope . g.46
$165.01
$10,150.80
NEW SEWERS.
Spikes, nails ....
^9.85
Shovels
15-75
Other hardware ....
10.03
Paid John B. Varick Co.:
Picks and handles
32.00
Shovels
36.80
4 dozen ruby globes .
11.98
Steel and iron ....
72.98
Nails, dipper handles, hammers .
16.17
Barrows
10.50
Rope, twine ....
17-59
Other hardware . . . . .
72.88
Paid The Wadleigh Hardware Co.:
Forcite, fuse, wire
619.00
Pick handles, picks, shovels
26.50
Other hardware
38.33
SEWER PIPE.
Paid Amoskeag Manufacturing Co.
^522.04
George D. Goodrich
5»36i-46
587
^1,024.82
^5»883-5o
MATERIAL, LABOR, ETC.
Paid Amoskeag Manufacturing Co., labor
painting and paint stock
Bartlett & Gay, i steam drill and
fittings complete
L. B. Bodwell & Co., 3 tons Cum
berland coal
James Briggs, dippers .
Paid Carson Trench Machine Co.:
I trench machine, complete
4 54 -yard tubs ....
Paid Dunlap & Wason Coal Co., 27 tons
coal ......
d
$13.06
225.00
18.00
.60
3,250.00
200.00
161.25
588 . REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Dodge & Straw, 4 pairs rubber boots ^12.00
W. P. Farmer, 6 pairs rubber boots 19-25
Paid S. C. Forsaith Machine Co.:
Labor on bolts and drills . . . 12.30
Repairs on steam pump . . . 2.50
Paid Lowell O. Fowler, 3 pairs rubber boots 7.50
J. Hodge, lumber and labor . . 7.33
C. H. Hutchinson Foundry & Ma-
chine Works, cesspool traps, cast-
ings, grates, repairs, etc. . . 1,016.21
A. H. Kittredge, dualin and fuse . 168.30
Frank I. Lessard & Co., material . 1.16
The Thomas A. Lane Co., Akron
pipe, packing, labor, etc. . . 1 15-34
Manchester Locomotive Works,
grates and castings . . . 43.20
Paid Manchester Heating & Lighting Co.;
Repairing battery .... 3.85
2 dippers ...... .50
Paid Moore & Preston, 2 tons Cumber-
land coal ..... 11.00
Pike & Heald, Akron pipe . . 8.95
D. M. Poore, 1,970 pounds of Cum-
berland coal ....
George L. Robinson, i pair rubber
boots .....
Ranno Harness Co., pump washers,
snaps, manilla rope, labor . . 2.12
Paid C. H. Thayer :
7 pairs rubber boots . . . . 19-25
Cork sole . . . . . . .10
Paid Wingate & Gould, 8 pairs rubber
boots ...... 26.00
5-91
3-75
CEMENT, BRICK, STONE, LUMBER.
Paid Adams & Tasker, 5 barrels cement . $13-75
Bartlett & Gay, 22,124 feet plank . 160.09
)354-43
NEW SEWERS.
589
Paid Dunlap & Wason Coal Co.:
1,038 barrels cement .
. ^1,264.12
118 barrels cement
^138-85
Less 230 empty sacks re-
turned ....
28.75
1 10. 10
52 barrels cement
Less 59 empty sacks returned
$59.80
7-37
Paid W. F. Head & Son, 5 1 1 M brick .
Paid The Head & Dowst Co.:
2,830 feet spruce ....
Lumber and labor ....
Paid Clarence R. Merrill, 48 bbls. cement
George Rief, lumber and labor
A. C. Wallace, lumber and labor .
FREIGHT.
Paid Boston & Maine Railroad
Concord & Montreal Railroad
52-43
2,859.50
42.45
16.90
64.60
10.00
378.26
^39-50
398.38
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL.
Paid D. S. Adams, M. D., services attend-
ing Patrick Kendrigan, account of
claim for damages . . . $28.00
I. L. Carpenter, M. D., attendance
on Patrick Kendrigan, settlement
of claim ..... 5.00
E. H. Currier, medicines furnished
Patrick Kendrigan, settlement of
claim . . . . . 8.60
Paid J. A. Jackson, M. D.:
Examination, Patrick Kendrigan . 5.00
Attendance on Patrick Kendrigan, set-
tlement of claim .... 10.00
$4,972.20
^37-88
590 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid M. E. Kean, M. D.:
Surgical consultation, case of Patrick
Kendrigan ..... ^5-oo
Attendance on Patrick Kendrigan, set-
tlement of claim . . . . 125.00
Paid Frederick Perkins, M. D., surgical
treatment, case of Augustin Nolette 40.00
C. F. Starr, M. D., surgical consul-
tations, case of Nolette . . 6. do
G. L, Wakefield, M. D., dressing and
treatment of Hugh Conroy's hand 5.00
$0.60
5-15
195.00
2.00
28.61
6.25
3-73
SUNDRIES.
Paid Adams & Tasker, 6 bag strings
L. M. Aldrich, filing saws
Harry J. Briggs, 78 days services, as-
sistant, engineer's office
Clark M. Bailey, 20 lbs. wiping waste
Paid A. N. Clapp :
408 gallons oil
115 pounds oatmeal ....
Matches, wicks, twine, etc. .
Paid The John B. Clarke Co., advertising
proposals for sewer pipe . . 8.50
Frank H. Challis, advertising pro-
posals for sewer pipe . . . 3.90
J. Choate & Co., repairing damages
on E. H. Chadbourne's house,
caused by blasting . . . 1.55
James R. Carr & Co., glass and set-
ting 3.25
P. Duval, filing saws . . . 6.40
Lowell O. Fowler, repairing 6 pairs
rubber boots .... 5.00
^237.60
LIGHTING STREETS.
591
Paid A. M. Finney, cleaning and laying
carpets damaged by blasting Wal-
nut-street sewer ....
Leonard Mudgett, oatmeal
Henry W. Parker, 2' barrel oatmeal
C. H. Simpson, use of teams .
H. Stratton, repairs on pump .
Union Publishing Co., advertising
proposals for sewer pipe
George W. Wales, 30 days' services,
assistant, city engineer's depart-
ment ......
York Market Co., suet .
Harrie M. Young, 30 days' services,
assistant, city engineer's depart-
ment ......
15-39
3-50
6.00
•50
9.60
75.00
•36
82.50
$466.27
Total expenditures
Transferred to reserved fund
$52,970.91
2,029.09
$55,000.00
Appropriation
Lighting Streets.
. $43,000.00
Expenditures.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS.
Paid Manchester Electric Light Co.:
Charges.
Discounts
January . . . $3,150.44
$4.16
February . . . 3,172.08
12.28
March. . . . 3,172.08
10.40
April .... 3,172.08
7-56
May .... 3,172.08
8.82
592
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Char
ges.
Discounts
June .... ^3,172.08
$7-87
July .... 3,172.08
6-93
August . . . 3,223.74
5-67
September . . . 3,241.06
15-75
October . . . 3,292.93
7-56
November . , , 3,342.60
14.80
December .
3.439-30
10.40
^38,722.55
^112.20
Total discounts deducted
112.20
GAS.
id People's Gas-Light Co.:
January .....
$75.88
February
73-92
March .
60.76
April
56.84
May
58.10
June
49.28
July .
43-96
August .
45.78
September
48.02
October .
S3-20
November
63.42
December
66.78
CARE OF GAS AND OIL LAMPS.
Paid People's Gas-Light Co., for lighting, extin-
guishing, and care of gas and oil street lights :
January ...... $140.10
February
March
April
May
June
142.35
126.80
135-10
144.02
142.10
5,610.35
^695.94
ENGINEER S DEPARTMENT.
593
July . .
^144.27
August
142.10
September
142.10
October .
137-95
November
142.80
December
SUNDRIES.
137.70
Paid Clark M. Bailey :
72 dozen chimneys ....
7 dozen burners .....
5j^ dozen B. founts . . . .
wicks, etc. . . . ...
Paid F. W. Elliott, oil and lighting street
lamp from July 19, 1893, to De-
cember 31, 1894 ....
W. J. Freeman, hacks
C. H. Hutchinson Foundry & Ma-
chine Co., repairing lamplighter .
Paid People's Gas-Light Co.:
21 barrels kerosene oil
7 boxes glass .....
1 gallon whiskey .....
2 gross matches .....
Sperm oil, glass cutters, etc.
Paid Mary Reed, lighting lamp at Massa-
besic from Dec. i, 1893, to Aug. i, 1894
72.00
11.00
9.00
2-75
22.35
15.00
75-71
17.77
2.25
1.78
2.63
6.00
$1,677.39
$240.24
Total expenditures
Transferred to reserved fund
^i, 223.92
1,776.08
Engineer's Department.
Appropriation
Transferred from reserved fund
38
[,300.00
716.72
$5,016.72
594 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid W. H. Bennett, services as engineer ^1,200.00
Mrs. A. G. Bennett, 237 days' labor,
clerk 355-50
J. Edward Baker, 104 da3's' labor,
assistant ..... 182.00
Harry J. Briggs, 248^ days' labor,
assistant . . . . . 621.25
George M. Currier, 209^ days'
labor, assistant .... 261.88
A. H. Sanborn, 39 days' labor, as-
sistant ..... 97'5o
Herbert L. Watson, 69^ days'
labor, assistant . . . . 86.87
George W. Wales, 277 days' labor,
assistant ..... 692.50
Harrie M. Young, 268 days' labor,
assistant ..... 737'00
^j234.5o
TEAM AND TEAM EXPENSES.
Paid Frederick Allen :
I saddle pad ...... $0.50
I bit . . .■ . . . . 2.50
I blanket ....... 7.00
Lettering blanket .... 2.50
Paid John T. Beach, carriage repairs . 30.40
Connor & Grossman, shoeing horse 1.25
W. J. Freeman, use of teams . . 16.25
Kimball Carriage Co, 2 whips . 2.00
Manchester Street Railway, car
tickets . • . . . . 20.00
J. B. McCrillis & Son, carriage re-
pairs ...... 33'6o
engineer's department.
595
Paid C. H. Simpson, use of teams .
Whitten & Fifield, use of teams
TELEPHONE.
$3-5°
22.50
$142.00
Paid New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., use
of telephone .......
SUPPLIES AND OFFICE EXPENSES.
Paid W. H. Bennett :
Cash paid for hooks, brush broom
Cash paid for postage .
Cash paid for i Challenge eyelet press
and eyelets ....
Paid Mrs. A. G. Bennett, cash paid for
express ....
Walter Blenus, repairs on tapes
Barton & Co., 5 yards flannel
Paid Buff" & Berger :
2 Boston rods ....
Repairing instruments, etc.
Paid The John B. Clarke Co. :
Making 2 small portfolios .
2 cases for books
Binding report ....
Paid E. R. Coburn Co. :
I letter copy book
I cloth bath ....
I No. 5 letter press . . $6.00
Less I No. 4 press returned 2.25
Pens, ink, blotting paper
Paper, envelopes, blank-books, pencils
I basket ......
Other stationery ....
Paid P. C. Cheney Co., i piece jacketing
4.00
3.00
•45
6.65
1.25
30.00
11.70
4.00
•50
•25
2.00
3-25
3-75
10.68
8.15
•75
.60
$3^-3°
596
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid G. B. Cressey :
Carting guide boards .
Painting signs ....
Paid J. G. Ellinwood, i photograph
Second-street bridge .
Paid Frost & Adams :
I roll blue print ....
Paper, cloth, curves, etc.
Paid C. A. Hoitt & Co., 2 stools .
Paid J. Hodge :
2,000 pine stakes
1,000 chestnut hubs .
720 feet 2 -inch spruce
1 2 hours' labor on same
I drafting board
Paid J. J. Holland, 2 pounds chlorid
lime .....
The Nate Kellogg Co., i M work
blanks ....
Lovejoy & Stratton, i clock .
Paid The Thomas A. Lane Co. :
I self-lighting burner .
Labor putting on same
Paid Morgan, Grossman & Co. :
I Bates numbering machine
3 stamps .....
Paid J. B. McCrillis 81 Son, i typewriter
ribbon .....
Thomas H. McCollin & Co., i
curve pen, ^-inch wheel opis-
ometer .....
E. G. Soltmann, paper and[rubbers
Irving L. Stickney, i rubber mat .
Joseph St. Laurent, 2,150 grade
pickets . . . . .
The Head & Dowst Co., 18 hours'
labor, office ....
^2.00
4.00
•50
4.5 a
216.84
6.00
18.00
20.00
12.96
4.80
7.66
•30
2-75
5.00
•75
•25.
16.00
2. So
3.86
7-3°
2.09
19-35
5.04
HEALTH DEPARTMENT, 597
Paid Temple & Farrington Co. :
2 blank books ..... ^22.00
260 sheets parchment paper . . 23.00
200 sheets No, 4421 paper . . . 6.75
Pens, cord, erasers, paste, scrap-books 6.87
Ink, record books, wax, etc. . . 8.63
Paid Union Manufacturing Co., 1,000
I ^ -inch house numbers . . . 45 -oo
Paid John B. Varick Co. :
Twine, emery cloth, rules .
Crayons, floor brush, steel, axes, etc. .
I pair field glasses ....
Other hardware .....
Paid C. H. Wood :
Painting rods, pins, targets . . ' .
I office sign .....
Paid George P, Wallace, i Remington
typewriter ribbon . . . i.oo
Harrie M. Young, cash paid for
postage ..... 2.00
$603.92
Total expenditures . . . . . $5,016.72
2.64
6.15
15.00
3-58
3-50
1.50
Health Department.
Appropriation ....... $3,500.00
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid C. W. Downing, M. D., salary as
member of board of health for 6
months ending February i, 1894 $100.00
Joseph B. Sawyer, salary as member
of board of health, for year end-
ing February i, 1894. . . 200.00
598 KEPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid C. F. Starr, M. D., salary as member
board of health for year ending
February i, 1894 . . . $200.00
Richard J. Barry, 203 days' services
as plumbing inspector , . 507-50
Herbert S. Clough, 329 days' labor
as health inspector . . . 987.00
John F. Looney, 31654 days' labor
as health inspector . . . 702.88
Charles Langmaid, loi days' labor 202.00
Paid labor, as per pay-roll, in division
No. 2 :
July 11.50
August ^. 21.75
PRINTING AND STATIONERY.
Paid Frank H. Challis, printing and bind-
ing certificates, notices, blanks, etc. . $16.00
Paid The John B. Clarke Co.:
Printing 3,850 bulletins . . . 36.75
1,000 postals, both sides . 13-00
300 reports, 28 pages and cover 14.00
3,000 cards, blanks, etc. . 53-25
autograph on photograph of
Dr. Crosby . . . .50
Paid E. R. Coburn Co., paper, envelopes,
ink, blank books . . . 6.13
Hopkins & Co., 1,000 letter heads,
and printing . . . . 2.75
Paid Wallace G. Stone :
2,000 stamped envelopes, and printing 36.00
Printing and binding 1,500 notices and
blanks ...... 6.50
Printing 250 circulars . . . 1.25
$2,932.63
$186.13
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
599
TEAMS.
Paid R. J. Barry, horsecar fares
F. X. Chenette, use of teams .
Paid Herbert S. Clough, cash paid :
Teams .....
Horsecar fares ....
Carfare, to Massabesic
Boat at lake ....
Labor burying horse, moving boat, etc
Paid W. J. Freeman, use of team .
John F. Looney, horsecar fares
Whitten & Fifield, use of teams
HOUSE OF ISOLATION.
Paid Judith Sherer, matron, 7 4-7 weeks'
board of patients
building steps, and lumber for same .
OFFICE EXPENSES.
Paid H. S. Clough :
Postage and envelopes
Cuspidor, matches, ink, express, etc.
Paid Charles A. Hoitt & Co., i desk
John F. Looney, blank books
People's Gas-Light Co., gas .
George Whitford, i cord hardwood
SUNDRIES.
Paid J. J. Abbott, paint
Edmund R. Angell, analysis of water
Bailey, Farrell Manufacturing Co.,
I smoke test machine
H. B. Burnham, M. D., services case
French family, McGregorville .
529.00
31.00
1.25
25.70
3-40
3.00
1.85
2.00
15-95
31.00
)22.72
2.00
^23.05
1.56
30.00
•15
2.38
6.00
^2.98
22.70
15.00
$144-15
i24.72
$63.14
600 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Burnham, Brown & Warren, legal
services .....
^18.00
C. W. Colby, moving bed, etc., 41
Orange street ....
1.00
Paid Herbert S. Clough :
Alcohol, sulphur, lime
.78
Bluing, disinfectants ....
•45
Witness fee, paid N. P. Kidder .
•77
Freight on smoke test machine .
•50
Paid The John B. Clarke Co., advertis-
ing, I column 4 times
35-00
John F. Looney, alcohol, disinfect-
ants, etc
1.25
Manchester Hardware Co., i pair
oar locks
•50
E. H. Stowe, 8 dinners, 4 horses fed
6.00
Paid W. H. Tibbetts :
1 1 lbs. paint for boat ....
1.32
One half day's labor ....
1-13
Paid Union Publishing Co., advertising.
314^ inches 3 times ....
6-53
Paid John B..Varick Co.:
25 pounds sulphur ....
•75
Padlock, chain, staple
•75
I pair oars
•75
^118.16
Total expenditures
^3>468.93
Transferred to reserved fund .
•
31.07
5,500.00
Repairs of Schoolhouses.
Appropriation ..... ^5,000.00
Transferred from reserved fund . . 464.67
^5)464-67
REPAIRS OF SCHOOLHOUSES. 601
Expenditures,
masonwork.
Paid B. W. Robinson :
Plastering, kalsomining, whitewashing,
sundry schoolhouses . . . $217.49
Repairing boiler, etc., sundry school-
houses ...... 124.67
Paid Warren Harvey, 5 loads stone, labor,
use of tools ..... 37-00
-^ $379-i6
PAINTING AND GLAZING.
Paid J. J. Abbott, painting and glazing,
sundry schoolhouses . . . $219.65
T. S. Avery, setting glass . . 7.35
Paid J. Choate & Co.:
Glass, and labor setting same . . 12.93
Paper ...... 6.75
Paid William H. Huse, cash paid for
painting lines on blackboards . 2.50
C. F. Jack, 15 lights glass, putty,
and setting same . . . 2.86
W. H. Newry, glass and setting same 3.80
John A. Sargent, painting and glaz-
ing, sundry schoolhouses . . 284.31
CONCRETING.
Paid George F, Higgins, patching, re-
pairing, and new concrete, Goffe's
Falls $60.00
C. H. Robie Concrete Co., concret-
ing, Amoskeag, Lowell street . 23.11
J. T. Underbill & Co., concreting,
Harvey district, Main street . . 173-35
5540.15
$256.46
602
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
WOODWORK.
Paid Bobrick School Furniture Co.:
48 sets No. I castings ....
$141.60
48 sets No. 2 castings ....
146.40
Paid G. H. Dudley, lumber, hardware,
labor
747-25
The Head & Dowst Co., lumber,
labor, etc
461.41
Manchester Hardware Co., i 7-foot
pump
3.00
Horace Stearns, lumber and labor,
on fence
3-5°
$1,503.16
PLUMBING AND IRONWORK.
Paid S. C. Austin & Co.:
118 feet lightning rod, i point, addi-
tion Webster-street .... $49-20
Material and labor repairing rods, sun-
dry schoolhouses . . . . 40.45
Paid F. W. Blood, material and labor re-
pairing roo.^s, sundry schoolhouses 322.33
Henry A. Boone, repairing pump,
Harvey district . . . . 1.50
Paid E. M. Bryant & Co :
Labor repairing bells, Webster-street . 4.20
Labor and material . . . . 5.10
Paid Cressey & Colby, repairing irons for
furnace . . . . . 1.25
Peter Harris, repairing locks . • .25
The Thomas A. Lane Co., material
and labor, plumbing, piping, etc.,
sundry schoolhouses . . . 868.90
Clemens Langer, material and labor,
plumbing at Main -street . . 10.15
EEPAIRS OF SCHOOLIIOUSES. 603
Paid Manchester Heating and Lighting Co.:
Labor changing wires, Bakersville . $i,oo
Plumbing material and labor, Training
school ...... 74-96
Labor and material, sundry school -
houses ...... 335-30
Paid J. B. McCrillis & Son, i fire iron . .40
Pike & Heald Co., labor on furnace,
changing radiators, cleaning stove-
pipes, etc. ..... 298.27
$2,013.26
MISCELLANEOUS.
Paid C. W. Anderson & Co., repairing
clocks . . . . . $9-75
D. J. Adams, repairing pencil sharp-
eners, etc. ..... 6.05
George W, Bailey, use of teams . ii-5o
Charles F. Cram, building 120 feet
fence between residence and
Hallsville schoolhouse . . 16.38
Robert Clark, labor on lawn, Web-
ster street ..... 10.00
Emergency Hand Fire Extinguisher
Co., extinguishers . . . 125.00
John T. Gott, cleaning vault . . 5.00
E. T. James, use of teams . . 6,00
Hiram W. Moulton, grading Halls-
ville schoolhouse lot . . . 15-00
Palmer & Garmon , material and labor 1 9.05
Edward Sears, putting up and tak-
ing down flags .... 8.00
James P. Slattery, repairing clocks . 3.85
C. A. Trefethen, repairing clocks . 18.50
Gordon Woodbury, 10 loads loam . 13-00
604
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid P. O. Woodman, 540 feet sod, Halls-
ville ......
.40
Total expenditures ....
Transferred to contingent expenses appropriation
$272.48
$4,964.67
500.00
$5,464.67
Fuel.
Appropriation ....
Expenditures.
COAL.
Paid L. B. Bodwell & Co.:
116 tons egg coal .... $754.00
41,100 pounds egg coal . . . 1 33-5 7
Paid Dunlap & Wason Coal Co.:
556 9-50 tons egg coal . . . 2,910.08
35 tons 1,990 pounds stove coal . . 210.93
Paid Moore & Preston, 23 tons egg coal . 149-50
D. M. Poore, 47 15-16 tons coal . 3ii-o9
WOOD.
Paid L. B. Bodwell & Co.:
2^ cords pine wood, sawed and split . $14-50
I cord hard wood, sawed and split . 9.25
Paid Oilman Clough :
64J cords hard wood .... 338.62
41 cords pine wood .... 153-75
Paid Dunlap & Wason Coal Co., i* cords
pine wood, sawed and split . 9.25
J. Hodge, 2 loads kindlings . . 3.50
Moore & Preston , 4 cords wood , sawed 24.50
D. M. Poore, 3 J cords pine, cut . i9-5o
,500.00
$4,469.17
FURNITURE AND SUPPLIES. 605
Paid Luther S. Proctor :
1 6 cords pine wood .... ^64.00
9 cords hard wood .... 53-io
$689.97
SUNDRIES.
Paid Gary F. Abbott, 8 ash sifters . . $54-oo
The John B. Clarke Co., advertising
proposals for fuel, 2} inches, 6
times . . . . . iO'i3
M. Dana, teaming wood from Low-
ell street to Spring street . . i.oo
Furniture and Supplies.
Appropriation ..... $700.00
Transferred from reserved fund . . 173-21
Expenditures.
■13
Total expenditures ..... $5,224.27
Transferred to reserved fund . . . . . 275.73
;,5oo.oo
$873.21
PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL APPARATUS, SUPPLIES, ETC.
Paid E. S. Ritchie & Sons, i gyroscope,
etc. ...... $23.18
Tebbetts & Soule, chemical supplies, 74-65
597-83
HARDWARE.
Paid Manchester Hardware Co., hose,
screw hooks, screws, lawn seed,
etc $4.56
606 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Pike & Heald Co., brooms, coal
hods, brush, shovels, drinking
cups, dustpans, etc. . . . ^19.30
Wadleigh Hardware Co., 5 floor
brushes ..... 8.49
John B. Varick Co., lawn mowers,
hose, ostrich dusters, wire mats,
ash barrels, brooms, baskets, coal
hods, etc 329.46
BOOKS AND STATIONERY.
Paid Henr)' W. Allen, i leveling rod,
surveying chain .... $10.00
Boston School Supply Co., 2 Mon-
roe's reading charts . . . 14.20
E. R. Coburn Co., cardboard,
splints, kindergarten supplies . 5.08
Educational Publishing Co., i sub-
scription Primary Education from
January i, 1894 ... . . i.oo
W. P. Goodman, rubber bands, mu-
cilage, envelopes, ink stands, etc. 6.85
Ginn & Co., 3 charts and easels . 25.45
Paid J. L. Hammett :
Carmine ink . . . . . 9.75
2 rolls, 5x3 feet, blackboards . . 7.07
Tablets, etc 2.58
Paid Kasson & Palmer :
3 years' subscription for "Education,"
to January i, 1895 . • • • 9'00
5 copies " Education," back numbers
for completing volume . . . 1.75
Paid E. L. Kellogg Si Co., subscription
to " Teachers' Institute " . . . i.oo
Paid Novelty Advertising Co. :
5 M book loan slips .... 5.00
1:361.81
FURNITURE AND SUPPLIES. 607
5 M cards, assorted colors . . . $6.25
1 rubber stamp ..... i.oo
Paid New England Publishing Co. :
2 years' subscription for " American
Teacher," to January, 1895 • • ^-^^
I year's subscription for "Journal of
Education," to January, 1894 . 2.50
Paid George S. Perry :
9 dozen Star ink-wells . . . 18.25
I Gem chuck and holder . . . 1.35
Paid Irving L. Stickney, 2 pecks pegs . .50
Temple & Farrington Co., card-
board, cutting tape, etc. . . 6.79
Paid George P. Wallace :
1 Remington ribbon ....
Oil, carbon paper, paper
Paid G. F. King & Merrill, i globe
Prang Educational Co., models, i set
solids, express on same
$15547
FURNITURE.
Paid C. W. Anderson & Co., clocks . ^17.00
William H. Elliott & Son, i piano
cover .....
Paid Charles A. Hoitt & Co. :
3 bent wood chairs . . .
Express (Goffe's Falls)
31 chairs . . . . . .
Paid L. H. Josselyn & Co. :
2 tables, with drawers
2 oak chairs .....
2 tables ......
Paid J. Y. McQueston Co., i oak teach-
er's desk . . . . . . 11-50
•75
2.15
•94
15.26
2.50
4.50
•25
31-95
5.00
2.50
5.00
608 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid New Hampshire Furniture Co.:
25/4 yards tapestry carpet . . . ^21.68
I roll-top desk ..... 25.00
Paid Syndicate Furniture Co., making 6
shades ..... 3.50
Temple & Farrington Co., 6 shades
and making ....
Paid United States Furniture Co. :
1 desk .... ^17.00
Less freight and cartage . .96
2 desks .... $22.00
Less freight and cartage . 1.34
20.66
2 No. 77 desks . . . $22.00
Less freight . . . .92
21.08
Paid Weston & Hill Co., carpet made,
laid-, etc. ...... 7.95
3-3°
16.04
SUNDRIES.
Paid Barton & Co., 10 lbs. wrapping paper $0.80
Frank Fitts, braid, whisk broom . .65
Paid Tilton F. Fifield :
Soap ....... 2.91
Oil, oil tanks ..... 2.99
Paid J. J. Holland, chloride of lime, sal
ammoniac ..... .45
H. J. Holmes, soap and oil . . .80
A. A. Jenkins, tuning pianos and
repairs ..... io-5o
John A. Kane, oil, soap, ammonia . 1.7 1
Joseph Lewis, reseating chairs . 2.75
The Thomas A. Lane Co., i electric
portable lamp, green shade, hold-
er, etc. ..... 5.20
R. McQuarry, 24 wash basins . . 1.67
$199.41
BOOKS AND STATIONERY. 609
Paid F. E. Nelson :
3 1-6 dozen stone jars . . . ^7-60
Tooth picks, oilcloth, scissors . . 1.75
Paid The Head & Dowst Co., lumber and
labor ..... 17-83
York Market Co., 6 gallon jugs . 1.08
Total expenditures
^58.69
Books and Stationery.
Appropriation ....... ^200.00
Expenditures.
sundries.
Paid The John B, Clarke Co., 2^ reams
paper ...... $4-oo
Paid E. R. Coburn Co.:
Paper, cardboard . . . . 1.50
41 note books, other stationery . . 4.61
Paid Daniels & Downs, i ream No. 416
paper 1.55
Paid W. P. Goodman :
Ink and ink-stands .... 3.95
Paper and envelopes . .• . . 7.53
Rubber bands, other stationery . . 5.29
Paid S. S. Piper, postmaster, postage and
postal cards .... 10.00
Smith & White Manufacturing Co.,
8 M envelopes .... 6.99
Temple & Farrington Co., i blank
book, canvas cover . . . 10.50
^55-92
Total expenditures ^55-92
Transferred to reserved fund 144.08
^200.00
610 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Printing and Advertising.
Appropriation $350.00
Expenditures,
sundries.
Paid The John B. Clarlie Co., printing:
400 reports, 80 pages and cover . . ^41.50
High school graduation tickets . . 4.50
Report cards, circulars, blanks, exami-
nation papers, orders, etc. . . 245.18
Binding 18 volumes .... 20.05
Paid A. S. Campbell & Co., printing 115
note circulars ..... .85
$Z12.o8
Total expenditures I312.08
Transferred to reserved fund ..... 37-92
$350.00
Contingent Expenses.
Appropriation ..... $1,100.00
Transferred from repairs of schoolhouses
appropriation . . . • . . 500.00
$1,600.00
Expenditures.
freight and cartage.
Paid Frank P. Colby, moving High school
grand piano to and from Opera
House ..... $6.00
J. G. Jones, freight and truckage,
school furniture, chairs, text-
books, etc. .... 63.11
Benjamin Plumer, cartage of settees .50
).6i
CONTINGENT EXPENSES. 611
WATER, GAS, AND ELECTRIC LIGHTS.
Paid board of water commissioners, use of
water ..... $509.40
Manchester Electric Light Co., elec-
tric lights ..... 9.80
The Electric Co., electric lights . 24.00
Union Electric Co., electric lights . 18.85
People's Gas-Light Co., gas . . 230.02
12.07
ANNUAL GRADUATION.
Paid Barton & Co.:
427^ yards cambric .... $i7'ii
Thread ...... .06
Paid Frank W. Fitls, 57^ yards ribbon . 4.03
E. W. Harrington, rent of Opera
House ..... 50.00
Wm. Heron, Jr., writing diplomas . 44-05
John Robbie Co., ribbon for di-
plomas . . . . . 13-24
$128.49
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT AND SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Paid S. S. Piper, postmaster, postage stamps . . $10.00
SUNDRIES.
Paid W. E. Buck :
Freight, telegrams, etc. . . , $26.21
Carriage hire, visiting schools . . 76.00
Paid Sam N. Boyce, clearing school yard,
Harvey district .... 1.50
Robert Clark, 12 hours' labor on
lawn ...... 1.80
Paid Emma J. Ela, cash paid :
For carrying water 12 weeks . . iS-oo
612
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
For putting in wood, etc. . . . |0'75
Paid John T. Gott, cleaning vaults . 44.00
Ginn & Co., 75 coda . . . 1.35
Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection &
Insurance Co., insurance policies 320.00
A. A. Jenkins, tuning pianos . 18.00
Chas. A. Hoitt & Co., use of chairs 4.00
N. W. Lafiotte, posting cards . 2.00
pay-roll, division No. 2 . . . 21.62
;30.23
Total expenditures
Transferred to reserved fund
^1,530.40
69.60
^1,600.00
Care of Rooms
.
Appropriation ^4,400.00
Transferred from reserved fund
Expenditures.
49-iS
JANITORS OF SCHOOLHOUSES.
Paid J. S. Avery ^600.00
H. G. Batchelder .
450.00
James E, Bailey .
170.04
E. P. Cogswell
487.52
William F. Conner
412.51
Merton Coleman .
39.00
Henry C. Dickey .
300.00
D. S. Dunbar
29.50
Henry P. Dobbins
30-50
Emma J. Ela
46.12
Charles F. Jack
312.48
William H. Morrill
362.51
William H. Newry
506.22
b449-i5
EVENING SCHOOLS.
613
Paid Almon Proctor .... ^30- 75
John O. H. Smith ... 1 7-oo
William Stevens .... 450.00
Inez M. Warren . . . . 40.25
C. M. Whiting .... 150.00
Paid Robert Clark, labor 2 men, i^
days, Webster street . . . $6.00
Mrs. Herbert and Anne Fox, clean-
ing schoolhouses . . . 3-75
Mrs. B. Firkinwort, cleaning Goffe's
Falls schoolhouse . . . 5-oo
Total expenditures
Evening Schools.
Appropriation ....
•
Expenditures.
SALARIES.
Paid Etta F. Boardman, 67 evenings
$134.00
Gertrude A. Burns, 27 evenings
24.30
Honorie J. Crough, 70 evenings
70.00
L. H. Carpenter, 70 evenings
154.00
Charles E. Cochran, 70 evenings .
154.00
Lottie M. Clement, 28 evenings
25.20
Mary A. Clement, 8 evenings
7.20
Isabel Esty, 47 evenings
54.00
Lizzie D. Hartford, 35 evenings
35-00
Maggie G. Linen, 57 evenings
51-30
Arthur W. Morgan, 5 2 evenings
70.00
William J. Mooar, 42 evenings
42.00
Annie R. Morison, 3 evenings
2.70
Hattie S. Tuttle, 25 evenings .
22.50
Mary A. Walker, 18 evenings
16.20
$4,434-40
$14.75
,449-15
$862.40
614
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid William F. Conner .
William H. Morrill
JANITORS.
SUNDRIES.
$24.00
18.40
Paid The John B. Clarke Co., printing
100 placards ....
J. G. Jones, carting tables and chairs
Clemens Langer, stovepipe, labor .
Pike & Heald Co., gas-pipe and la-
bor, city hall ....
B. W. Robinson, stock and labor re-
pairing plastering, city hall
Total expenditures
Transferred to reserved fund .
^2.4o
3-50
2.50
17.94
3-37
^30.81
$935-6i
264.39
$1,200.00
Appropriation
Transferred from reserved fund
Teachers' Salaries.
. $63,000.00
151-03
Expenditures.
Paid teachers, as per pay-rolls :
January .....
$5,939-61
February
6,223.85
March .
6,13402
April
6,158.45
May
6,185.48
June
6,267.27
September
6,439-36
October .
6,542.62
November
6,793-59
December
6,466.78
$63,151.03
$63, 151. OJ
FREE TEXT-BOOKS.
615
Evening School of Mechanical Drawing.
Appropriation . . . . .
Expenditures.
SALARIES.
Paid Henry W. Allen, services
§190.00
John M. Kendall, services
190.00
JANITOR.
Paid William H. Morrill, services .
SUNDRIES.
Paid E. R. Coburn Co.:
15 T squares ....
2 reams drawing paper
Total expenditures
Transferred to reserved fund .
Free Text-Book
s.
App
ropriat
on . . .
Expenditures.
FREE text-books AND SUPPLIES.
Paid
AUyn
& Bacon
§26.65
American Book Co.
748.92
Boston School Supply Co.
12.70
T. H.
Castor & Co.
54.41
W. G
Colesworthy
10.25
P. P.
Caproni & Brother
8.44
DeWolfe, Fiske & Co. .
2.00
§550.00
5380.00
;i9.2o
§7.20
36.00
§43.20
§442.40
107.60
§550.00
,500.00
616
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Educational Publishing Co. .
$87.67
Estes & Lauriat
10.20
Ginn & Co •
499.60
Greenough, Adams & Gushing
•25
Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
197.41
J. L. Hammett
164.40
The Holden Patent Book Cover Co
49.00
D. C. Heath & Co.
66.43
William R. Jenkins
8.00
G. F. King & Merrill .
440.26
C. H. Kimball
5.60
Lee & Shepard
65.27
Longmans, Green & Co.
15.12
Leach, Shewell & Sanborn
3-75
Library Bureau
7-75
Maynard, Merrill & Co.
29.38
Mead, Dodge & Co.
4-65
Alfred Mudge & Son
18.00
The Prang Educational Co. .
. 509-83
George S. Perry & Co. .
214.98
Silver, Burdett & Co. .
24.35
Smith & White Manufacturing Co
284-57
Thompson, Brown & Co.
42.00
The Werner Co
3.20
University Publishing Co.
20.00
William Ware & Co.
357-82
^3,992.8-6
LABOR.
Paid Fannie L. Sanborn, services as clerk in superin-
' tendent's office ......
)i.5o
Total expenditures
Transferred to reserved fund
^4,484.36
15.64
^,500.00
CITY LIBRARY.
617
Manual Training.
Appropriation ......
Expenditures.
Paid Fred E. Browne, services as teacher ^1,075.60
Eixby & Wilson, 9 drafting boards 2.52
Concord Foundry Co., 10 iron cast-
ings 1.35
Concord Machine Co., labor on
levers .....
•65
E. R. Coburn Co., i roll blue print
1-75
Paid Head & Dowst Co. :
7 carpenters' benches,
70.00
Lumber and labor ....
15^-15
Hanover-street Laundry, laundry
work ......
1.25
Manchester Electric Light Co., elec-
tric lights .....
3.20
D. A. Simons, i table .
2.50
Paid Temple & Farrington Co.:
I roll blue print .....
1-75
50 sheets cardboard ....
2.25
cutting paper .....
1.25
one half gross tacks ....
1-13
Paid John E. Varick Co.:
17 Bailey planes ....
iS.oo
2 1 saws ......
23.71
Rules
20,70
Chisels, hammers, bits, bevels, etc.
68.78
Total expenditures
Transferred to reserved fund
^1,500.00
$1,447-54
$1,447-54
52.46
City Library.
Balance from last year unexpended . $3,244.38
Appropriation ..... 4,500.00
$1,500.00
$7,744-38
618 REPORT OP THE CITY AUDITOR.
Expenditures,
librarian and assistants.
Paid Mrs. M. J. Buncher, librarian, to
April I, 1894 .... $199.98
Kate E. Sanborn, librarian, from
March 25, 1894 .... 712.50
James A. Buncher, assisting librarian 81.25
John H. Colby, assistant . . 3.40
George R. Fletcher, assistant . . 342.00
A. C. Fitzpatrick, assistant . . 39- 10
Fred A. Foster, assistant . . 104.30
Leonard A. Kebbon, assistant . 23.05
C. W. McCoy, assistant . . . 3.65
CATALOGUE AND CATALOGUE SUPPLIES.
Paid C. A. Cutter :
I Ex. classification .... $4.00
I Cutter order table .... 1.25
I Sanborn order table .... i.oo
Postage .63
Paid The John B. Clarke Co., printing
1,000 catalogues, covers, etc. . . 424.73
Paid Library Bureau :
Index cards ..... 51-90
15 tray slip cases .... 23.00
Shelf sheets, etc. ..... 27.30
Paid Louise E. Newell, copyist . . 179-33
Emma A. H. Piper, assisting on
card catalogue .... 12.80
Edith O. Simmons, copyist . . 237.90
Temple & Farrington Co., slips,
blanks, cards, etc. . . . 63.95
^1,509-23
$1,027.79
BINDING, REBINDING, AND RESEWING.
Paid Temple & Farrington Co. .... $296.04
CITY LIBRARY. 619
NEW BOOKS.
Paid trustees of city library ..... ^1,000.00
WATER, GAS, FUEL, INSURANCE.
Paid Water-Works, use of water . . $16.00
People's Gas-Light Co., gas . . 230.30
Paid L. B. Bodwell & Co.:
A cord pine slabs .... 2.50
3 cords hard wood .... 22.50
Paid Clough & Twombly, premium on
$10,000 insurance on contents of
library, ^tna and N. H. Insurance
Co. ....... 125.00
NEWSPAPERS.
Paid The John B. Clarke Co., for " Daily Mirror and
American" to April i, 1894 . . . .
SUNDRIES.
Paid L. B. Bodwell & Co., 10 pounds
ice daily, May 3 to Oct. 31 . $7- 15
The John B. Clarke Co., printing
200 reports .... 11.00
Paid The Thomas A. Lane Co :
Labor on frozen water pipes . . 2.10
Burner, shade, chimney, etc. . . 2.40
Paid Charles F. Livingston, printing 1 2,-
000 covers ...... 12.00
Paid Temple & Farrington Co. :
500 postals and printing
Envelopes and paper ....
Hanging pictures, cord, and wire
Paid U. D. Tenney, varnishing portraits
Total expenditures
Balance transferred to new account
$396.30
6.50
2.15
1.65
3.00
$47-95
$4,283.31
3,461.07
^744•38
620
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Fire Department.
Appropriation . . , . . ^50,000.00
Transferred from reserved fund . . 3,539.72
Expenditures.
services.
Paid Thomas W. Lane, chief engineer . ;^i, 300.00
Fred S. Bean, assistant engineer . 125.00
Ruel G. Manning, assistant engineer 125.00
Eugene S. Whitney, assistant engi-
neer ...... 125.00
Clarence D. Pahner, assistant engi-
neer 125.00
Fred S. Bean, clerk . . . 25.00
^53.539-72
teamsters and engineers,
as per pay-rolls :
January .
• ^1.959-95
February
1,920.68
March .
1,900.14
April
• 1,893.43
May
. 1,906.93
June
• 1,893-87
July . . . .
. 1,949-69
August .
• 1,969-94
September
2,002.12
October .
1,980.19
November
. 1,989.19
December
. 1,954-87
CALL MEMBERS.
Paid Amoskeag Steam Fire Engine Co. :
For year 1894 ..... ^1,150.00
Extra labor ..... 10.00
Paid N. S. Bean Steam Fire Engine Co. :
For year 1894 ..... 1,150.00
^1,825.00
,23,321.00
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
621
Extra labor
^10.00
Paid Chemical Engine Co. :
For year 1894 .....
325.00
Paid Excelsior Hook-and-Ladder Co. :
For year 1894 .....
1,268.31
Extra labor
10.00
Paid Fire King Steam Fire Engine Co. :
For year 1894 .....
1,140.00
Extra labor
10.00
Paid Fulton Engine and Ladder Co. :
For year 1894
1,660.00
Extra labor
10.00
Paid Massabesic Hose Co. :
For year 1894
1,145.00
Extra labor .....
10.00
Paid Merrimack Steam Fire Engine Co. :
For year 1894 .....
i>543-03
Extra labor
10.00
Paid Pennacook Hose Co. :
For year 1894 .....
1,145.00
Extra labor .....
8.00
Paid General Stark Steam Fire Engine Co.
For year 1894. ....
1,276.66
Extra labor '
10.00
,891.00
Pll
OTHER LABOR.
Paid J. Newell Brown, 72 days' labor
$162.00
Cavanaugh Brothers, use of horses
for Ladder No. 6
94-5°
John Martin, error in Co. No. 2
pay-roll .....
2.16
Paid Ralph C. Mitchell:
21 days' labor as driver
31-50
5 nights' care sick horse
7-5°
622
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Frank O. Moulton, fourteen days'
labor as driver ....
Alcide Provencher, 4 days' labor .
E. V. Rowe, 6 days' labor
Benjamin Richardson, 28 days' la-
bor as driver ....
Paid Edward Sargent :
14 days' labor as driver
Labor as machinist to September 4
Paid Frank W. Tibbetts, 68 days' labor
as driver .....
Charles Woods, 14 days' labor as
driver ..'..'.
Charles J. Wiley, 17 days' labor as
driver .....
Paid labor, as per pay-roll, division No. 2 :
January ......
February .....
March
^21.00
9.00
10.50
42.00
21.00
2.05
102.00
21.00
25-50
LAUNDRY.
Paid Mrs. Richard Gal way
Mrs. G. M. Goodwin
Mrs. M. H. Hulme
Margaret Powers .
Mrs. C. C. Tinkham
Mrs. W. F. Wheeler
$12.00
18.00
3.00
^38.05
43-50
84.40
17-50
23.46
13-35
FURNITURE, ETC.
Paid Charles A. Hoitt & Co. :
6 comforters
3 pairs pillows
8 chairs . . . .
3 mattresses . . . .
$9.00
4-50
14.80
7-50
^551-71
$33-oo
$220.26
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
623
3 beds and bureaus
3 springs
Paid J. Y. McQueston Co. :
2 wardrobes ....
4 chairs .....
2 springs .....
5 bureaus, beveled glass
Quilts, pillows, mattresses, bed^, bu
reaus, etc. .....
Paid D. A. Simons :
8 cuspidors . . . . • .
Mugs, stools ....
Paid Temple & Farrington Co., window
curtains, fixtures, and hanging same
Paid Weston & Hill Co.:
3 spreads ....
3.28
3 dozen cases
7.08
7 dozen sheets .
15.00
130 yards crash . . • .
16.25
5 yards silesia .
r.25
5!/^ yards matting and ends
4.72
12 towels ....
1.50
5 rugs ....
9.05
$34-50
8.25
26.00
4.00
5.00
42.50
52-25
6.00
.81
16.10
PRINTING AND STATIONERY.
Paid The John B. Clarke Co., printing
400 reports, 62 pages and cover . . $37-oo
Paid Nate Kellogg :
325 postals and printing
200 running cards
1,500 official running cards, bound
Rosters, note circulars, blank returns, etc
Paid W. E. Moore, printing circulars
C. P. Trickey, ink and stationery
Paid Temple & Farrington Co.:
3 dozen pencils ..... 1.50
6.25
2.75
65.5c
c. 25.50
3.00
5-53
$289.34
624
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
I gross rubber bands
Other stationery
$0.19
Paid Water-works, use of water
People's Gas-Light Co., gas .
The Electric Co., electric lights,
Fulton engine house .
Union Electric Co., electric lights,
Fulton engine house .
N. E. Telephone & Telegraph Co.,
use of telephones
FUEL.
Paid L. B. Bodwell & Co.:
15 tons cannel coal
25 tons egg coal
6 cords pine slabs, sawed .
Paid Dunlap & Wason Coal Co., i45^f-§-
tons egg coal
Stephen Gardner, splitting wood
Lester Hall, 9^ cords pine wood
S. S. Young, sawing and splitting
wood .....
$506.04
1,044.96
28.40
23-30
255-96
$240.00
162.50
33-00
775-37
10.00
42.75
12.00
FREIGHT AND TRUCKAGE.
Paid Concord & Montreal R. R.
James Reid, truckage
John W. Wilson, truckage
freight
SUPPLIES.
Paid Clark M. Bailey :
3 cases toilet paper .
I bale waste ....
Paid Cavanaugh Brothers, 6 horses .
52.73
1. 00
4-65
$30.00
72. So
1,200.00
$148.10
WATER, GAS, ELECTRIC LIGHTS, TELEPHONE.
$1,858.66
$1,275.62
5.38
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
625
Paid A. V. Chase & Co., 12 " Burni-
shine" ......
$7-34
Paid Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co.
3 mats
22.50
9 suction hose washers
2.25
Paid C. G. Braxmar, 20 nickel badges .
12.00
Boston Belting Co., 10 pure rings .
1. 18
J. A. & W. Bird, i barrel bicarbon-
ate of soda ....
15.68
The Champion Flue Scraper Co., i
scraper .....
4.50
Paid Cornelius Callahan Co.:
Repairing hose, pony nozzle
2.50
2 Hale collars and hames
S5-00
2 Regan hooks and poles
20.00
12 cotton H. and L. straps .
12.00
I Chemical hose nozzle
2.75
Paid Combination Ladder Co., i pair of
safety locks ....
25.00
A. N. Clapp, oil, etc.
5-33
Eureka Fire Hose Co., 2,000 feel
2^ -inch Surprise hose
1,260.00
Tilton F. Fifield, 3 gross matches
1-95
Fire Extinguisher Manufacturing
Co., 3 rubber valves .
•33
D. M. Goodwin, 24 stable brooms .
9-50
Paid S. F. Hayward & Co.:
3 white rubber coats .
20.25
I gross pony bottles .
9.00
I pony
4-45
Paid A. S. Jackson :
1 2 hose suspenders
6.00
6 squilgees
7-50
Paid Kimball Carriage Co.:
2 exercise wagons
560.00
2 fire gongs ....
25.00
40
626 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid The Thomas A. Lane Co. :
Hose bands, couplings, etc. . . $7.38
2 gas stoves ..... 1.74
Paid Andrew J. Morse &: Son, i double
hydrant gate .... 22.50
New England Gamewell Co., i 6-
inch gong ..... 30.00
Paid Plumer & Holton :
18 reefers . . . . . . i57'5o
26 pairs overalls ..... 39'Oo
Paid Pike & Heald Co., lantern globes . 1.57
L. L. Reilly, 20 hat badges . . 13-00
I. L. Stickney, rubber cloth . . 1.08
Talbot Dyewood & Chemical Co.,
848 lbs. bicarbonate soda . . 30. So
Union Oil Co., i gallon chloro-
naphtholeum . . . . 1.50
J. H. Wiggin & Co., ammonia, su-
gar, etc. ..... 7.70
PLUMBING, REPAIRS, ETC.
Paid L. M. Aldrich, lumber and labor . ^1.14
Blanchet & Co., lo^^ lbs. paint . 1.34
Boston Belting Co., repairing suc-
tion hose ..... 5.95
Paid James R. Carr & Co.:
Glass and setting . . . . 2.30
Paint, brushes, etc. .... 16.87
Paid S. C. Forsaith Machine Co., 2 bar-
rels sawdust . . . . .20
A. M. Finney, cleaning and laying
carpets . . . . . 7.15
The Head & Dowst Co., lumber
and labor ..... 43-03
J. Hodge, lumber and labor, sundry
engine houses .... 29.91
,708.5!
FIRE DEPARTMENT. 627
Paid C, H. Hutchinson Foundry & Ma-
chine Co.:
230 pounds castings .... ^8.05
Eye bolts and pattern ... .75
Paid Thomas A. Lane Co., material and
labor . . . . . . . 52.72
Paid Manchester Locomotive Works :
1 steel gong bell .... 5.50
2 brass pole covers .... 2.00
I horse pole ..... 7.50
I single pressure gauge stand . . i.oo
Repairs, etc 102.58
Paid Pike and Heald Co., material and
labor ..... 10.65
George W. Reed, repairing suction
hose ...... 2.50
Truax & Truax, 8 iron castings . 6.96
C. A. Trefethen, repairing clocks . 1.75
A. C. Wallace, lumber, Fire King
engine house . . . . 11. 10
John K. Wilson, labor on closet . 1.50
HARDWARE.
Paid Manchester Hardware Co. . . $61.03
John B. Varick Co. . - . 109.16
Wadleigh Hardware Co. . . 160.85
MEDICAL, SURGICAL, INSURANCE.
Paid A. W. Baker, dentistry, 19 horses . $38.00
J. A. Charest, V. S., visits and med-
icine 53.25
Z. Foster Campbell, medicines . 13-45
N. Chandler, 12 cans hoof ointment 9.00
E. H. Currier, 12 boxes Williams's
Sure Cure ..... 7.00
$322.45
;i.04
628
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid J. L. Golden, V. S.:
Medicine ......
Boarding horses .....
Paid John F. Kerwin, i barrel Peel's food
W. B. Mitchell, ^ dozen witch hazel
tonic .....
Snelling & Woods, medicine .
S. M. Worthley, vinegar, salt, mus-
tard, ginger, etc.
Security Live Stock Insurance Co.,
fees and assessments on policies .
^40.97
16.00
7-5°
1-75
23-55
615.89
^828.58
CARRIAGE WORK AND REPAIRS.
Paid Couch & McDonald, carriage hard-
ware $27.65
A, Filion, repairing carriage . . 58. 00
I. Grant, repairing pung sleigh . 5.00
S. S. Joy, 2 wagon jacks . . 5.50
J. B. McCrillis & Son, carriage re-
pairs 452.70
Sanborn Carriage Co., carriage re-
pairs 51-28
BLACKSMITHING.
Paid Joseph Breault . . . .
$67.85
J. M. Brouillette . , . .
146.35
D. F. Cressey . . . .
136.58
Cressey & Colby .
6.25
John E. Davis
65.80
Davis & Thompson
•75
Thomas Hickey
33-50
Mahaney & McSweeney
458.25
D. B. Thompson .
.75
300.13
116.08
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
629
tlAV, Lt
Paid Adams & Tasker
KAliN ,
CH^.
$255-35
Joel F. Austin
35-91
William Clark
214.39
Mrs. Carrie F. Corliss .
9.20
P. Doyle
32.98
Milton Flint .
17-34
J. L. Fogg .
23.59
Gage & McDougall
883.06
H. R. Hall .
53-49
Melvin Hall .
42.94
J. B. Huse
14.77
Clarence R. Merrill
. 2,171.67
H. F. Miller .
28.00
Henry W. Parker .
253.28
Partridge Brothers .
.
536-74
J. N, Vasseur .
•
116.82
$4,689.53
HARNESSES AND HARNESS REPAIRS. -
Paid W. H. Adams, harnesses and repairs ^245.15
Frederick Allen Co., repairs, etc. . 35-95
W. E. Greeley, repairing bridles,
etc .75
Paid Kimball Carriage Co. :
I nose and jaw strap . . . . 1.75
I head check ..... 2.00
I leather cushion . .... 5.00
Paid C. N. Perkins, 6 No. 4 snaps . . 9.00
Paid Ranno Harness Co. :
I pair swing harnesses .... 100.00
Blankets and hoods .... 44.00
Repairs, etc. . . . . . 162.57
Paid Underhay Oil Co., 5 gallons har-
ness oil ..... . 6.00
)I2.I7
630 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
SUNDRIES.
Paid The t)aniels-Cornell Co., 5 boxes
soapine $16.25
Flint & Little, filing and setting
saws ...... .30
Peter Harris, keys and filing saw . .75
Paid Thomas W. Lane :
Expenses to Montreal to attend Na-
tional Association of Fire Engineers 36.25
Postage on annual reports . . . 4.00
Express on supplies . . . . 11. 19
Paid F. W. Leeman, 3 lights glass and
sash, broken by hook-and-ladder 13-00
Paige & Myrick, rubber stamp for
linen ...... .50
G. W. Reed, pasturing horse 7
weeks ..... 7.00
George E. Richards, i gallon alco-
hol . * 2.85
Hartley E. Vaughan, burying 2
horses ..... 8.00
^100.09
Total expenditures ..... $53,530.72
Ralph Mitchell, services as driver, bill disallowed,
money turned into treasury .... 9.00
! 3)539-72
Fire-Alarm Telegraph.
Appropriation ..... $1,400.00
Transferred from reserved fund . . 533-88
$1,933-88
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men, as per pay-roll :
January $78.00
FIRE-ALARM TELEGRAPH.
631
February
^62.00
March .
April
65.00
82.50
May
78.00
June
70.25
July . .
74-75
August .
76-75
September
52-50
October .
54-25
November
50-75
December
49.00
Paid W. B. Corey & Co., labor on wire
and poles ...... $46.50
Paid Flint & Little :.
Filing saw ...... .35
Putting on Yale lock .... .38
Paid E. A. Sears, labor on fire-alarm . 5.00
John K. Wilson, labor on fire-alarm
standures ..... 1.50
SUPPLIES.
Paid Amoskeag Manufacturing Co.:
I standure for electric wire . . . $7-25
Labor ....... .60
Paid American Electrical Works :
502 feet Americanite .... 10.05
Spools wound and repaired . . . 2.40
Paid The James Baldwin Co., 300 plain
pins 3.00
Paid J. H. Bunnell & Co.:
50 jars 8.33
51^ pounds tape 3.47
Insulators, buttons, etc. . . . 24.15
Paid James R. Carr & Co.:
I tin sign ...... .50
^793-75
$53-73
632
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paint and brush .
Glass and setting
Paid The Electric Gas-Lighting Co
2 extension bells .
I receiver, and box
Paid W. A. Heselton, 25 telegraph poles
J. Hodge, lumber and labor .
Morgan, Grossman & Company, ;
rubber stamps
The Thomas A. Lane Co., pipe
Paid New England Gamewell Co.:
I standard galvanometer
1 indicator, with 15 -inch gong com
bined .....
2 automatic signal boxes
Repairing fire-alarm boxes .
Paid J. B. Prescott & Son, 150 standard
zincs .....
Pike & Heald Co., tin, copper, etc
Talbot Dyewood & Chemical Co., 6
barrels blue vitriol
John B*. Varick Co., hardware
D. B. Varney, zinc castings
Wadlelgh Hardware Co., brush
stake chains, washers, etc.
Washburn & Moen Manufacturing
Co., wire .
FREIGHT AND TRUCKAGE.
$3-34
•75
7.00
1-35
6S.75
15.20
2.25
5-5°
250.00
250.00
14-45
35-45
1-75
106.43
10.50
198.10
1-55
35-53
^1,079.65
Paid W. B. Corey & Co., trucking chairs,
etc. ......
Concord & Montreal R. R., freight
•25
•50
•75
Total expenditures
^1.933-88
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Hydrant Service.
Appropriation .....
Expenditures.
Paid Water-Works, rent of 557 hydrants .
Police Departm
ent.
Appropriation ....
Expenditures
•
SERVICES.
Paid N. P. Hunt, police justice
^1,500.00
Isaac L. Heath, associate justice
375-00
John C. Bickford, clerk .
600.00
Michael J. Healy, chief of police
900.00
John F. Cassidy, deputy chief
of
police ....
800.00
regular patrol
27,542.16
extra time of regular patrol
i,575-io
special patrol
784.05
C. B. Hildreth, private detective
322.00
Frank P. Wiggin, janitor
638.75
Miss A. B. Brown, matron
414.00
638
;i3.925.oo
$13,925.00
1.0,400.00
WATER, GAS, ELECTRIC LIGHTS, FUEL.
Paid Water- Works, use of water at station,
Clinton-street, and Slayton house $183.87
People's Gas-Light Co., gas . . 73-92
The Electric Company, electric
lights ..... 180.00
Union Electric Company, electric
lights ..... 187.40
Paid L. B. Bodwell& Co.:
3 tons egg coal . . . . . 18.75
;,45i.o6
634
REPORT OP THE CITY AUDITOR.
y^, cord wood .....
^4.00
Paid DcCourcy, Holland & Marshall :
74,965 pounds egg coal
243-63
3 tons egg coal .....
19.50
ii^ cords pine wood, cut .
9.00
Paid DeCourcy & Holland :
10,090 pounds coal . . . .
32-79
3 tons egg coal . . . . .
19.50
I ^ cords wood .....
10.00
Paid Dunlap & Wason Coal Co.:
29,640 pounds egg coal
77-51
47 tons 600 pounds egg coal
247.38
$1,307-25
TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH.
Paid New England Telephone & Tele-
graph Co., use of telephones
Western Union Telegraph Co., tele-
TEAMS
Paid G. W. Bailey
Boyd Brothers
Joseph Breault
W. J. Freeman
E. T. James .
J. C. Nichols & Son
C. H. Simpson
$211.38
9-51
$2.50
2.00
1.50
237-25
165.00
1. 00
2.00
FEEDING AND CONVEYING PRISONERS.
Paid Daniel Davis, rations furnished to
December 20, 1894 . . . $290.55
W. D. Ladd & Co., 766 lbs. crackers 38.18
Healy & Cassidy, conveyance of
prisoners . . . . . 1,010.00
$220.89
$411-25
$1,338.73
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
635
PRINTING, ADVERTISING, AND STATIONERY.
Paid A. S. Campbell & Co., printing :
Civil dockets .....
$60.50
3,000 writs .....
48.50
2,500 liquor warrants ....
25.00
1,300 copies " record of judgments " .
6.00
Envelopes, etc. .....
20.25
Paid Frank H. Challis :
Printing 500 application blanks .
10.25
Advertising Fourth of July .
2.00
Paid The John B. Clarke Co., printing:
Blank book .....
12.50
Civil docket, court record .
24.00
130 certificates .....
10.50
1,500 letter heads ....
6.00
Blanks, etc. .....
18.25
Paid W. P. Goodman :
Record books
5-89
Diaries and pencils ....
25-50
I time book, to order ....
5-50
Waste basket .....
.63
Envelopes, ink, etc. ....
5-85
Paid Star Stamp Co., i handled stamp
and pad .....
2.00
Temple & Farrington Co., ink, mu-
cilage, penholders, blocks, etc. .
16.96
MEDICAL, SURGICAL, AND SANITARY.
Paid G. W. Bailey :
Use of horse and driver for ambulance
Storage and care of ambulance .
Paid F. X. Chenette, burying horse
I. L. Carpenter, M. D., surgical and
medical treatment of sundry per-
sons ......
$8.25
12.00
5.00
$306.08
636
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid J. J. Holland :
1 carboy aqua ammonia
Cotton, carbolic oil .
Paid M. E. Kean, M. D., professional
services .....
C. W. Lerned & Co., disinfectants .
Frederick Perkins, M. D., surgical
and medical treatment, sundry
persons .....
C. F. Starr, M. D., surgical treat-
ment, sundry persons .
F. H. Thurston, medicines .
Hartley Vaughan, burying 2 horses
LAUNDRY, ETC.
Paid Clark M. Bailey :
ID gross matches ....
2 cases toilet paper ....
Paid Napoleon Daigle, soap, etc.
The Daniels-Cornell Co., soap
Mrs. Filbert, washing floors and
windows .....
Mrs. Glacken, cleaning paint, etc. .
Mrs. A. M. George, cleaning paint,
etc. ......
J. N. Lacourse & Co., soap .
Patrick Ryan, soap
John B. Varick Co., mop waste,
brooms, duster, sponges
Mrs. J. F. Wiggin, washing towels,
blankets, etc. ....
rogues' gallery.
Paid L. W. Colby, photographing crimi-
nals ......
J. G. Ellinwood, photographing
criminals .....
;io.32
8.17
1.50
14-95
I53-00
15.00
3-45
7.00
$7.00
20.00
2.97
4-75
4.00
20.50
96.30
.60
6.18
65.00
^36-50
6.00
$250.64
— ^228.42
^2.50
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
637
REPAIRS, ETC.
Paid L. M. Aldrich, labor
^0.38
Combination Ladder Co,,, i Detroit
door opener ....
20.00
Paid Peter Harris :
Keys . . . . ■ .
2.00
Repairing cell .....
2.50
Unlocking trunks ....
•50
Paid Charles A. Hoitt & Co.:
I desk
35-00
I table
7.00
I chair . . . _ .
5-50
4 shades, made and hung .
2.72
Paid The Thomas A. Lane Co., labor on
boiler grate ....
29.41
Manchester Heating 8z Lighting
Co., I shade and ring
•50
E. H. McQuade, electric bell
1.65
Henry McQuade, electric bells, la-
bor on same ....
14.90
Paid Pike & Heald Co. :
Repairing waste pipe
7.8s
Repairing dippers ....
•95
Paid Leander Pope, repairing bunks, etc.
3.80
John B. Varick Co., lanterns, hose
menders, globes, etc. .
10.98
SUNDRIES.
Paid C. F. Abbott, i Abbott ash sifter .
Adams & Tasker, 50 lbs. lime and
salt
L. B. Bodwell & Co., 20 lbs. ice daily
from May 1 6 to November 6
Miss A. B. Brown, rent of matron's
room ......
^6.75
.70
10.01
75.00
$i-:5.64
638 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Champion Flue Scraper Co., i flue
scraper ..... $A-5°
Paid John Driscoll :
6 brooms ......
25 lbs. mop waste ....
Paid M. J. Healy, cash paid, witness fees
and other expenses
B, A. Moody, caring for lost children
Paid Charles Noll :
104 letter file boxes ....
103 box covers .....
Paid D. F. O'Connor, services defending
minor . . . . ■ .
A. C. Osgood, services defending
minor .....
Paige & Myrick, police badges
James P. Slattery, repairing clocks .
Frank P. Wiggin, killing dogs
Total expenditures
Transferred to reserved fund .
^•75
3-75
307-53
4.90
41.60
10.30
2.00
5.00
2-75
19.00
$497-.S4
$40,200.00
•
200.00
$40,400.00
Repairs of Buildings.
Appropriation ..... $4,000.00
Transferred from appropriation for Halls-
ville schoolhouse .... 320.3*3
Transferred from reserved fund . . 764.71
^5jo8.S-o4
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-rolls, in di-
vision No. 2 :
January ...... $30.00
February ..... 24.00
REPAIRS OF BUILDINGS.
639
March .
$24.00
April
May
24.00
30.00
June
24.00
July .
August .
September
October
24.00
30.00
24.00
30.00
November
24.00
December
24.00
Paid Lovejoy & Stratton, labor and care
of clocks on schoolhouses and other
public buildings, from Dec. 22, 1892,
to Dec. 31, 1893 ....
CITY HALL.
Paid L. M. Aldrich :
Repairing chairs .... $0.85
Lumber and labor on floor . . . 4.00
Lumber and labor, messenger's and
street commissioners' offices . . 6.98
Paid John Bryson, labor and paint, engi-
neer's office .... 24.13
Baker & O'Brien, paint and labor . 2.20
C. H. Hutchinson Foundry & Ma-
chine Works, 295 pounds grate
castings . . . . . 16.23
Head & Dowst Co. , lumber and labor 1.25
Daniel McAuliffe, repairing and kal-
somining city treasurer's office . 16.20
Pike & Heald Co., plumbing mate-
rial and labor .... 65.75
Joseph St. Laurent, lumber and labor 67.66
CITY LIBRARY.
Paid Baker & O'Brien, paint and labor . $146.84
$397-50
$205.25
640
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid The Head & Dowst Co.:
Material and labor .... ^33- 15
Material and labor, per contract . . 155-00
Paid The Thomas A. Lane Co., plumbing
material and labor . . . 83.55
B. F. McDonnell, painting and dec-
orating section of library, as per
contract ..... 475 -oo
Daniel McAuliffe, kalsomining . 20.97
Pike & Heald Co., plumbing mate-
rial, etc. ..... 37-49
Joseph St. Laurent, material and
labor. ..... 105.37
Shirley & Stuart, mason work . 5.55
Wm. E. Williams, repairing slate roof 1 8. 1 6
POLICE STATION.
Paid L. M. Aldrich, material and labor . ^175.19
J. J. Abbott, material and labor . 191-33
John Driscoll, material and labor,
Clinton-street station . . . 24.25
Eastman & Martin, repairs on boiler 12.75
Larkin & Connors, repairs on water-
closet, Clinton street . . . 1.80
Pike & Heald Co., plumbing mate-
rial and labor .... 101.30
Shirley & Stuart, mason-work . 6.75
ENGINE HOUSES.
Paid L. M. Aldrich, lumber and labor :
Chemical house ..... $2.70
General Stark house . . . . 27.76
Merrimack house . . . . 151.20
Massabesic hosehouse . . . . 23.25
Vine-street house .... 23S.37
$1,081.08
$513-37
REPAIRS OF BUILDINGS.
641
Paid Baker & O'Brien, paint and labor
Merrimack house
Pennacook hosehouse
Vine-street house
Chemical house .
General Stark house
Fulton house
Fire King house
Paid John Bryson, paint and labor
General Stark house
Fulton house
Fire King house .
Paid F. W. Blood & Co., material and
labor, repairing roof. Vine street
M. J. Coleman, plumbing material
and labor. General Stark house .
Dana & Provost, material and labor,
fixing windows ....
Joel Daniels & Co., paint, glass, etc.
Wm. E. Goodwin, bracket, globe,
gas burner, etc.. Chemical house
Paid The Head & Dowst Co. :
Lumber and labor, Vine street
•Plastering, Merrimack house
Lumber and labor, Merrimack house .
Bill for slate roof, Merrimack house
Paid Larkin & Connors, plumbing repairs
Frank L Lessard & Co., plumbing
material and labor, Fulton house
The Thomas A. Lane Co., plumbing
material and labor. Vine-street
house . . . . .
Mills & Sturtevant, repairs, Fire
King
P. J. McGrangahan, washing and
kalsomining ceiling, Chemical
41
^12.85
15-07
207.95
32-45
2.63
1.42
1. 21
207.42
27.65
8-73
42.39
78.03
13.10
3-67
3-5Q
26.20
6.16
44.88
8.99
46.82
33-94
12.93
141-54
5.00
642
KEPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Pike & Heald Co. , plumbing mate-
rial and labor :
Vine-street house
Fire King house
Fulton house
Massabesic house
General Stark house .
Merrimack house
South Manchester hosehouse
Paid Joseph St. Laurent :
Repairing stalls, Merrimack house
Repairing roof, etc., Fulton house
3 airing traps, Fire King house .
Paid Shirley & Stuart, mason-work, Ful-
ton ......
William E. Williams, material and
labor, putting snow guards on
Merrimack house
Wadleigh Hardware Co., hardware,
etc. ......
BATTERY BUILDING.
;3i6.47
3-35
24.94
3-35
27.14
125-58
10.60
2-95
136.82
4-5°
8.30
12.69
26.57
52,131.07
Paid L. M. Aldrich, material and labor . ^12.04
J. Choate & Co., setting glass . 9.81
Pike and Heald Co., plumbing and
labor 85.24
COURT HOUSE.
$107.09
Paid L. M. Aldrich, repairing lock . $0.73
F. W. Blood & Co., repairs on roof 16.62
Kirby Floral Co., plants . . 36.15
The Thomas A. Lane Co., labor on
waste pipe .... 3.07
WARD 5 WARDROOM. 643
Paid Larkin & Connors, plumbing re-
pairs ^i7-o5
Pike & Heald Co., repairs on steam
and water pipe .... 8.42
SCHOOLS.
Paid Pike & Heald Co., material and labor :
Webster-street ^43-oi
Bakersville ...... 1.50
Paid The Head & Dowst Co., lumber
and labor, Webster-street . . . 111.17
SUNDRIES.
Paid D. Barker, i office desk . . . ^5 -00
C. H. Hutchinson Foundry & Ma-
chine Co., brass fittings . . i.oo
Paid Head & Dowst Co. :
Labor and material . . . . 15- 75
Removing voting booths . . . 3.50
Paid Warren Harvey, removing loam and
grading lot, Union and Bridge streets 30-45
Paid Larkin & Connors :
Repairs, public comfort . . . 20.00
Ward 8 wardroom .... 11-56
Paid Clemens Langer, plumbing material 10.90
Pike & Heald Co., labor cleaning
waste pipe ..... 1.80
)2.04
$155.68
$99.96
Total expenditures ..... $5,085.04
Ward 5 Wardroom.
Balance from last year, unexpended . $2,274.63
Appropriation 3,000.00
;>274.63
644
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Expenditures.
ARCHITECTS.
Paid Chickering & O'Connell :
Details and superintendence of base
ment, and general drawings
Details and superintendence of first
floor .....
, General drawings and specifications
two-story wardroom building .
Altering drawings of one-story building
Altering specifications
Details of one-story building
Supervision of construction of ward
room, ij4, per cent .
Paid Francois Gallipeau, on account
foundation .....
Paid Maurice & Dufresne :
Covering in wardroom, on account
Final payment, first floor .
Total expenditures
Amount transferred to new account
$66.50
51-30
167.50
36.00
10.00
45.00
67.50
665.25
17T.00
342.00
Pearl-Street Schoolhouse.
Balance from last year, unexpended . $1,120.95
Appropriation ..... 8,500.00
Appropriation (resolution, June 5, 1894) 2,800.00
Transferred from reserved fund . . 562.05
$1,622.05
$1,622.05
3*652. 58
$5)274-63
$12,983.00
Expenditures.
BUILDING.
Paid W. M. Butterfield, balance due on contract
PEARL-STREET SCHOOLHOUSE. 645
CONTRACTS.
Paid Mead, Mason & Co., balance due
for erection of school building , $10,000.00
Smead Warming & Ventilating Co.,
second payment on heating appa-
ratus ...... 812.50
Underbill Warming & Ventilating
Co., Assignee of Smead Warming
and Ventilating Co., final pay-
ment on heating apparatus . 406.25
$11,218.75
FURNITURE.
Paid the Bobrick School Furniture Co.:
48 sets, at $3.25 .... $156.00
48 sets, at $3.50 .... 168.00
Paid The Head & Dowst Co., labor plac-
ing seats 9.35
J. G. Jones, trucking castings and
desks ..... 3.50
^336.85
EXTRAS.
Paid E. M. Bryant & Co., electrical work $174.37
S. W. Bascomb, labor grading
schoolhouse lot . . . . 13S.15
Joseph Langley, labor grading
schoolhouse lot . . . . 89.40
Pike & Heald Co., 691 feet gas pip-
ing 55-28
Dennis Sullivan, labor grading
schoolhouse lot . . . . 65.40
Timothy Sullivan, labor grading
schoolhouse lot .
J. T. Underbill & Co., concreting
driveway and walks
13-50
646 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Wadleigh Hardware Co., 30 pounds
grass seed ..... $4-5 o
S750.60
Total expenditures $12,666.20
Amount transferred to new account . . . 316.80
$12,983.00
New Schoolhouse, Ward 9.
Balance from last year, unexpended . $4,900.00
Appropriation ..... 12,000.00
Transferred from reserved fund . . 41 9- 79
$i7>3^9-79
Expenditures.
contract.
Paid The Head & Dowst Co. . . $13,250.00
Warren Harvey, foundation . . i, 337-5°
Underbill Warming & Ventilating
Co., heating and ventilating . 1,625.00
$16,212.50
ARCHITECT.
Paid W. M. Butterfield
EXTRAS.
Paid E. M. Bryant & Co., material and la-
bor $170-55
Head & Dowst Co., material and la-
bor 107.74
Pike & Heald Co., 696 feet gas
piping 52-20
50.49
Total expenditures $175002.99
Amount transferred to new account . . • 316.80
$i7>3i9-79
ADDITION TO AVEBSTER-STREET SCHOOLHOUSE. 647
New Schoolhouse, Hallsville.
Balance from last year, unexpended . . . $703.16
Expenditures.
furniture.
Paid Concord & Montreal Railroad,
freight on school desks . . $48.45
Manitowoc Seating Co., desks . 268.38
Winchester Furniture Co., 4 No. ^20
teachers' desks .... 66.00
$382.83
Total expenditures ..... $382.83
Transferred to appropriation for repairs of buildings 320.33
$703.16
Addition to Webster-street Sciioolliouse.
Balance from last year, unexpended . $2,425.00
Appropriation ..... 3,000.00
Transferred from reserved fund . . 997-29
),422.29
Expenditures.
contract.
Paid The Head & Dowst Co., balance
contract ..... $4,285.00
Smead Warming & Ventilating Co.,
first payment on heating apparatus 597'5o
G. H. Underbill, assignee Smead
Warming & Ventilating Co., final
payment on heating apparatus . 597'5o
$5,480.00
648 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
CONCRETE.
Paid J. T. Underbill & Co ^261.50
EXTRAS.
Paid Head & Dowst Co.:
Material and labor .... ^385.40
96 sets school furniture . . . 106.60
Paid Pike & Heald Co., plumbing mate-
rial and labor ..... 36.63
^528.63
Total expenditures $6,270.13
Transferred to reserved fund . • . . , 152.16
,422.29
Lincoln School Curbing.
Appropriation $1,000.00
Expenditures.
Amount transferred to appropriation for incidental
expenses $1,000.00
Fulton Engine House.
Appropriation ..... $1,000.00
Transferred from reserved fund . . 2.71
$1,002.71
Expenditures.
building.
Paid Mead, Mason & Co., balance of contract . $585.00
HOSEHOUSE, SOUTH MANCHESTER. 649
EXTRAS.
Paid John Bryson, paper and hanging . $46.63
Dana & Provost, material and labor 10.68
Frank I. Lessard «& Co., 7 lbs. lead .32
Paid Mead, Mason & Co.:
Changing stalls, floors, etc. . . 250.00
2 brass slide poles .... 22.00
Cutting through and putting door in
wardroom ..... 13-00
Iron grating, etc. .... 13-90
Screen frames and covering . 12.75
Paid Temple & Farrington Co., paper and
molding ...... 48.43
$417-71
Total expenditures . . . . . $1,002.71
Repairs Vine-street Hook-and-Ladder House.
Amount transferred from reserved fund by resolution,
March 6, 1S94 ...... . $445.00
Expenditures.
contract.
Paid L. M. Aldrich, finishing rooms, as per contract $445.00
Hosehouse, South Manchester.
Balance from last year, unexpended . $2,500.00
Appropriation ..... 1,500.00
Transferred from reserved fund . . 203.24
54,203.24
Expenditures.
contract. •
Paid L. M. Aldrich .... $3,800.00
Chickering & O'Connell, services as
architects ..... 190.00
,990.00
650
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
EXTRAS.
Paid L. M. Aldrich :
Changing doors and partition . . $44.50
2^ hours' labor .... .63
Paid The Thomas A. Lane Co., material
and labor ..... loS.ii
C. H. McKenney & Co., electric
fixtures ..... 60.00
Total expenditures
;2i3.24
$4,203.24
Water-Works.
Balance from last year, unexpended . $95,144.16
. 110,210.29
. 50,000.00
Cash received for water rents, etc. .
Amount received from bonds issued
Expenditures.
4
LABOR.
Paid labor of men,
as per pay-roll :
January .
.
$1,730.70
February .
1,015.04
March
1,092.05
April
1,988.95
May
3jI95-oi
June
2,464.39
July
2,586.87
August
. 3'344.86
September
2,734-85
October .
3,428.56
November
2,745-54
December
•
. 2,614.87
$255,354-45
$28,941.69
WATER-WORKS.
651
Paid E. A. G. Holmes :
Labor and lumber, bench . . . ^61.92
Labor, lumber, and hardvvare, houses
on Hanover and Belmont streets,
damaged by blasting . . . i4-7o
Lumber and labor . . . '. 183.21
Paid J. H. Proctor, labor of men and
teams ..... 645.84
Wm. Shretski, 2^ days' labor, dig-
ging sidewalk .... 8.00
A. D. Sherer, labor at reservoir . 5.60
GENERAL EXPENSE.
119.27
Paid Charles K. Walker :
Salary as superintendent . . . ^1,999.92
Gas ....... 20.04
Postage stamps . . . . . 28.50
Express ...... 26.44
Amos Webster . . . . . 5.00
Car-fare, pens, recording deeds, soap,
etc. ...... 4.62
Wire, glue, lamp chimney . . . .95
Drills and tape ..... 1.87
Mr. Austin, plans of gate chamber . iS-oo
Book, job team, blue print . . . 2.20
Incidentals ..... 20.10
Eaton place sale .... 5.00
Paid A. R. Ingham, 5 dinners, water
commissioners . . . . 3.75
Frank W. Elliott, dinners, board
water commissioners and guests . 42.25
Henry Chandler, 35 meetings of
board . . . . . 140.00
Alpheus Gay, 40 meetings of board 160.00
E.J. Knowlton, 7 meetings of board 28.00
652
REPORT OF THf; CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Chas. T. Means, 21 meetings of board
C. H. Manning, 25 meetings of board
Byron Worthen, 13 meetings of board
D. B. Varney, 2 meetings of board
A. C. Wallace, 35 meetings of board
Jas. A. Weston, 40 meetings of board
James A. Weston, clerk .
N. E. Confectionery Co., for lunch
served at engine test .
A. M. Winchester, 16 lunches with
coffee and cocoa for men testing
engines .....
E. H. Stowe, dinners for county
commissioners ....
$84.00
100.00
52.00
8.00
140.00
160.00
2.32
5.00
10.25
$3^165.21
PRINTING AND STATIONERY.
Paid A. S. Campbell & Co.:
Printing 16,000 water notices . . $22.40
1,000 postals and printing . . . n-So
Printing 2,500 4-page meter pamphlets 7.50
Paid The John B. Clarke Co., printing:
1,500 postals ..... 20.50
17,150 water bills .... 35-75
600 reports ..... 37-50
2,400 note heads . . . . 9.00
235 blanks ...... 22.00
500 postal notices .... 6.50
100 half-letter heads .... 2.25
Paid The John B. Clarke Co., advertising:
Petition, 23 inches, 3 times . . 46.23
One line, 27 times . . . . 6.75
Printing blank book with sheets . . 16.75
Paid E. R. Coburn Co., stationery . 42.61
Exeter Gazette, publishing petition
in regard to flowage rights . . 3 7- 50
WATER-WORKS. 653
Paid Republican Press Association, pub-
lishing petition and order . . ^36.00
Union Publishing Co., advertising
water bills . . . . . 6.45
$367-19
ENGINEERING SERVICES.
Paid George S. Rice and George E. Evans :
16854 days' services .... $2,022.00
Typewriter's services . . . . 20. 28
Paid Joseph B. Sawyer, services of self
and men ...... 1,054.13
TEAMS, TELEPHONE, FUEL.
Paid George W. Bailey, use of teams . ^50.00
E. T. James, use of teams . 240.50
Whitten & Fifield, use of teams . 248.00
New England Telephone & Tele-
graph Co., use of telephones . 138.00
James Baldwin Co., i load shavings .75
Paid L. B. Bod well & Co.:
Egg coal 233.69
I ton stove coal .... 7.50
Paid Dunlap & Wason Coal Co., 4^ tons
Cumberland coal . . . 29.00
Moore & Preston, 4 tons Cumber-
land coal ..... 26.00
John D. Robmson, sawing and split-
ting wood . . . . . 25.50
Paid J. Albert Walker :
83 1-28 tons Cumberland coal . . 314-27
38 tons 280 pounds Cumberland coal . 127.72
Paid J. A. & A. W. Walker, 131 tons 660
pounds Cumberland coal . . 459-54
George Whitford, hard wood . 9.00
J. F. Wyman, ^ cord wood . . 4.00
G. W. Flint, Yn cord wood . . 1.75
5,096.41
$1,915.22
654
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
LAND.
Paid Amoskeag Manufacturing Co., as
per deed ..... $5,676.00
Cora K. Bell, self and guardian, as
per deed ..... 3,436,86
Elizabeth C. Canfield, as per deed 1,750.00
A. N. Clapp, as per deed . . 3,500.00
Benjamin Eaton, trustee, as per deed 950.00
Mrs. Lucy A. FoUansbee, as per
deed ...... 1,500.00
Cleaves N. Harvey, as per deed . 1,600.00
Sallie S. Harvey, as per deed. . 1,000.00
N. P. Kidder, as per deed . . 3,600.00
David W. Perkins, as per deed . 3,650.00
Susan G. Prescott, as per deed . 1,000.00
LEGAL SERVICES.
Paid Drury & Peaslee, services in saw-
dust, Devonshire Mills, and flow-
age cases ..... $221.94
Dana W. King, recording deposi-
tions ...... 50.00
William Morrill, recording deposi-
tions ...... 50.00
H. W. Moore, services taking depo-
sitions, sundry cases . . . 101.28
James P. Tuttle, services taking
depositions .... 167.00
Samuel Webber, services in claim of
Devonshire Mills v. City . . 50.00
$27,662.86
DAMAGES.
Paid M. D. Johnson :
Breaking 2 squares of glass
$1.00
Damage to ceiling ....
•.SO
WATER-WORKS. 655
Paid C. M. Rowell, damages to cellar by
water $37-5°
J. O. Turcotte, damage to goods in
cellar by water from main pipe in
Elm street .'.... 150.00
FURNITURE.
Paid J. Y. McQueston Co.:
I flat-top desk .....
$15.00
7 chairs ......
14.00
6 spittoons .....
4-5°
Leather seating 2 chairs
4.50
CONTRACTS.
Paid Bartlett, Gay & Young :
Balance due on contract .
$2,216.25
5 per cent interest, 9 months 8 days .
85-57
Paid Frank S. Bodvvell :
Furnishing cut stones for gate house .
350-50
14 stone monuments . . . .
10.50
Paid Head & Dowst Co.:
Balance due on contract No. 3, engine
house foundation and intake pipe
2,548.58
Balance due on contract No. 4, engine
house and chimney
6,650.00
157 cubic yards dry rubble masonry,
laid in rear of pumping station, high
service supply ....
706.50
Contract for building barn .
1,300.00
Contract for building dwelling .
3,000.00
Lumber and labor . .
1,065.77
Paid Moore & Co.:
Balance due on contract
i,545-6i
5 per cent interest, 9 months 8 days .
59.68
656 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Trumbull & Ryan :
On account, contract No. 5,
reservoir . . . ^34,089.77
Less bill for laying pipes,
and pump . . . 392.04
^33^697.73
Labor and material grouting ledge . 15-62
Labor on 24-inch gates and setting bolts 20.18
Extra work and tools .... 80.30
Pumping ...... 13-87
6 hours' pointing bottom reservoir . 1.32
Freight, cartage, repairs, etc. . . 130.93
$53A9^-9^
HARDWARE, BLACKSMITHING, FREIGHT,
Paid Manchester Hardware Co., shovels,
picks, pick handles, etc. . . $110.25
John B. Varick Co., hardware, all
kinds ..... 730.58
Wadleigh Hardware Co., powder,
fuse, hammers, etc. . . . 196.41
D. F. Cressey, sharpening tools, etc. 367.57
Cressey & Colby, sharpening tools . 26.30
A. Filion, setting tire . . . 2.00
F. H. Senter, sharpening tools . 23.05
Boston & Maine Railroad, freight on
hydrants, pipe, etc. . . . 1,761.86
Concord & Montreal Railroad,
freight on hydrants, coal, pipe, etc. 779-17
P. W. Dickey, carting oil . . 1.50
SUPPLIES.
Paid Adams & Tasker :
16 casks cement .... $23.05
1)4 bushels summer rye, and bag . 1.65
$3,998.69
WATER-WORKS. 657
Paid American Supply Co., 20 coils pack-
ing, less freight .... $96.05
Paid Amoskeag Manufacturing Co.:
Elbows, safety valves, bolts, labor . 474-31
Angle irons, straps, hinges, etc. . . 67.36
Paid Atlantic Works, 2 61-inch Manning
boilers, as per contract, less freight 2,068.00
C. G. H. Bennink, 35 rubber washers 3.50
Boston Belting Co., hose and coup-
lings ...... 68.00
Builders' Iron Foundry, sleeves,
branches, bends, etc. . . . 452.00
Paid Chadwick Lead Works :
Pipe, solder, and tin . . . . 83.25
600 pigs lead ..... 1,953.28
Paid Chapman Valve Manufacturing Co.:
I 20-inch Bell light water gate . . 94.88
10 water gates ..... 136.20
Hydrants, etc. ..... 345.14
Paid P. C. Cheney Co., 100 pounds wip-
ing waste ...... 9.00
Paid Allen N. Clapp :
357 gallons kerosene oil . . . 26.06
Barrels ...... 4.5 a
Paid M. T. Davidson, repairing engine . 16.50
Paid Dunlap & Wason Coal Co.:
II barrels cement .... 14-35
12 barrels lime ..... 12.60
Paid Edson Manufacturing Co., i No. 3
pump head ..... 3.61
Paid Garlock Packing Co.:
13^ lbs. ring packing . . . 12.26
i^ lbs. flax packing .... i.i^
1171^ trappers flax .... 76-38
Paid Hays Manufacturing Co.:
300 No. 3 stop boxes .... 265.71
668
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
51 i-inch curb cocks
50 No. 3 curb boxes
Less freight
^40.80
45.00
^85.80
3.02
Paid J. Hodge :
300 meter boxes
Material and labor
Paid Holyoke Hydrant & Iron Works, hy
drants, jackets, hydrant heads, etc
Joel Knapp & Son, 64 stone bolts
Paid The Thomas A. Lane Co.:
Material and labor
Labor on pump at pipe yard
Chisels, valves, plugs, etc. .
Paid Leonard & Ellis, machinery and cyl
inder oil .
Paid Ludlow Valve Manufacturing Co.:
4 sluice gates . . . $
4 standards, special compo-
sition . . • • 1 1 1. 60
20
Less bolts and nuts
^585.80
11.20
$82.78
90.00
156.48
1,184.00
5-3°
324-34
1.65
6-39
30S.48
574-6o
Paid Manchester Locomotive Works, cov-
ers, domes, iron, etc., repairs . 1,548.01
McNeal Pipe &: Foundry Co., pipe 14,307.96
Mills & Sturtevant, lumber and labor 242.05
Paid National Meter Co.:
Meters 2,305.85
Repairing meters, etc. . . . 36.50
Paid N. E. Water Pipe Co., pipe and
coupling 940-57
Paid S. C. Nightingale & Childs :
Magnabestos plastic covering to fire
boxes of two boilers . . . 53.65
AVATER-WORKS.
659
Carting material to station .
$3.00
Paid E. P. Noll & Co.:
Cherry cornice for map
9-50
Express on map
1-15
Paid Peet Valve Co., 79 water gates
1,199.42
Perrin, Seamans & Co., 3 ladles
5-5°
Pike & Heald Co., material and la-
bor ......
23.27
Orrin D. Person, curve tile, etc.
41.44
Pratt & Cady Co., hydrants .
964.78
Luther S. Proctor, 22 poles and set-
ting same .....
30.00
Ranno Harness Co., tool bag .
2.00
Rice & Co., 16 copper screens
220.00
Sewall & Day Cordage Co., 5 coils
jute packing ....
32.64
J. Schultzbach, standard rain gauge
4.00
J. B. Smith, material and labor
3-85
Paid I. L. Stickney :
Rubber valves and packing
12.13
Belt leather
•75
25 gaskets, cut to order
3.00
11^ pounds packing leather
2.25
Paid G. G. Stillman, damper regulator,
complete ......
119.50
Paid Taunton Locomotive Works:
Lead melting furnace ....
20.00
I grate ......
2.01
Paid Truax & Truax :
735 pounds plugs ....
22.05
60 pounds washers ....
1.80
1,653 pounds iron castings .
49-59
Paid Thomson Meter Co.:
20 Thomson meters ....
200.00
Couplings ......
11.00
Repairs on meters ....
5.00
660
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Union Brass Co.:
300 i-inch nipples .... $31-25
i8}4 dozen curb stops . . . 194-25
Curb cocks 193-83
Paid Union Water Meter Co., meters
and repairing meters .... 1,636.11
Paid G. R. Vance :
12 galvanized iron pails . . . 12.00
Oil cans, dippers . . . . 1.45
Paid D. B. Varney, 32 pieces brass, cut
to order ...... 3.00
Paid Waldo Brothers :
I tub clay ...... .50
5 barrels clay ..... 7.50
Paid Warren Foundry & Machine Co., 75
pieces 6-inch pipe . . . 33S.27
R. M. West, 2 ladders . . . 10.04
Paid Henry R. Worthington :
Engines Nos. 834, 835, delivered, as per
agreement, May 25, 1893 • ■ 8,000.00
Due on pumping engines Nos. 834, 835,
ready for steam .... 8,000.00
Balance ...... 7,000.00
Machinist's time and expenses, running
engines Nos. 834 and 835 . . 84.86
Paid George Woodman Co.:
20 7-12 feet 3-inch pipe . ... 8.44
810 nipples, all sizes . . . . 45- 16
Paid Yale & Towne Manufacturing Co., 3-
ton pulley block traveler . . . 550.00
SUNDRIES.
Paid town of Auburn, taxes on land . $76.74
Paid J. J. Abbott :
47 rolls paper 6.20
37 yards border . .... 2.22
;7,583-67
WATER-WORKS. 661
Paid A. T. Barr :
Testing 4 set scales .... ^2.00
Team ...... i.oo
Paid M. Badger, paint, paper, labor . 43.12
Wm. M. Butterfield, general draw-
ings and details for pumping sta-
tion, 25 per cent cost . . . 236.25
Paid J. Choate & Co.:
Painting crane ..... 3.75
Painting roof over portico . . . 1.50
Paid W. M. Darrah & Co., slating gate- .
house at high service reservoir . 155-33
Dean & Main, to making duty tri-
als of two pumping engines and
boilers, and making report thereon 600.00
A. D. Emery, services from Jan. 24,
1891, to Nov. I, 1894
James P. Finn, paint and labor
Paid R. D. Gay :
104 rolls paper .....
182 yards border
Paid Hill-Spaulding Harness Co., strap-
ping 1.00
H. J. Lawson, iron, solder, wire,
and labor ..... 45-07
Merrill & Laird, repairing chimneys
and stone work at pumping station 146.60
W. H. Noiseaux, 200 loads loam . 50.00
C. H. Robie Concrete Co., concret-
ing at new station . . . 335-65
F. M. Smith, rent of land to Oct. i,
1894 ...... 100.00
treasurer of sinking fund, amount of
hydrant tax for 1894 . . . 13,925.00
G. W. Wales, making map of city . 145-00
45'
.00
152
.22
15
,10
10.
86
662
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Wm. E. Williams, repairing slate
roof at pumping station
Total expenditures
Transferred to interest appropriation
Transferred to new account .
- ^16,107.59
$198,123.93
• 38>399-oo
. 18,831.52
^255,354.45
Commons.
Appropriation ..... $3,500.00
Transferred from reserved fund
Expenditures.
3-46
LABOR.
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll :
January ^250.50
February
194.88
March .
172.00
April
161.00
May
159.00
June
183.25
July .
III. 74
August .
193-39
September
180.62
October .
207.25
November
90.10
■ December
92.87
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll, divi-
sion No. 2 :
December
h5°3-46
$1,996.60
COMMONS.
663
PLANTS, LOAM, TREES, ETC.
Paid A. G. Hood, plants . . . $60.00
H. H. Huntress, plants . . . 68.00
The Kirby Floral Co., plants . . 26.00
Ray Brook Garden Co., plants . 32.00
J. S. Holt& Co., 1,568 bushels ashes 196.00
J. A. Chamberlen, 57 trees . . 57-oo
John Perham, 12 maple trees . . 4.80
WATER AND ELECTRIC LIGHTS.
Paid Water Commissioners, use of water .
The Electric Co., running lights at
Merrimack-street public comfort .
Union Electric Co., electric lights
$700.00
18.00
18.00
REPAIRS AND GENERAL EXPENSES.
Paid Adams & Tasker, i bushel salt
J. J. Abbott, paint for painting seats
on commons
Paid L. M. Aldrich :
Filing saws ....
Lumber and labor
Paid John Bryson, paint and labor .
Paid Flint & Little :
Re-cutting 12 large files
Filing saws ....
Paid John N. Foss, use of teams
John Fullerton, 2 keys .
C. H. Hutchinson Foundry & Ma
chine Co., material and repairs
A. & W. S. Heath, 4 pairs rubber
boots .....
The Thomas A. Lane Co., hose, la
bor on fountains, etc. .
People's Gas-Light Co., i chaldron
coke .....
^0.35
11.83
•95
5.60
14.99
2.18
•15
44.00
1. 00
26.25
19-35
4-50
$443-8o
$736.00
664
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Pike & Heald Co.:
Cleaning waste pipe ....
Repairs ......
Paid Leander Pope, sharpening tools, etc.
John B. Varick Co., tools, hard-
ware, etc. .....
Parnell Brothers, 6 barrels
I. L. Stickney, 4 pairs rubber mittens
Wingate & Gould, 4 pairs rubber
boots .....
Total expenditures
^0.50
1. 10
31.90
136.11
2.10
4.00
13.00
Stark and Derryfield Parks.
Appropriation ..... ^5,000.00
Transferred from appropriation for repairs
of highways ..... 158.73
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll, com
mons :
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
g32.oo
12.50
11.50
40.25
1,257.88
i>254.75
1,140.62
705-97
240.00
$322.06
^5.158.73
$4,695.47
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll, division
No. 2 :
September .......
:ii5-7S
PINE GROVE CEMETERY.
665
TOOLS, HARDWARE, AND REPAIRS
Paid L. M. Aldfich, lumber and labor . $
J. J. Abbott, painting signs .
Adams & Tasker, barrel cement
Edwards O. Dodge, 54 loads stone
J. G. Ellinwood, i tintype, Stark
park plan .....
Gage & Adams, sawing 11^ thou-
sand feet lumber
A. E. Herrick, cash paid, expenses
to Boston and return ,
Kilburn & Cross, i electrotype of
plan of Stark park
J. B. McCrillis & Son, repairs
Massachusetts Broken Stone Co.,
broken stone ....
Trumbull & Ryan, sharpening tools
John B. Varick Co., tools, hard-
ware, etc. .....
p.71
7.29
2-75
13-50
•50
23'5o
3.00
6.00
6-95
74.84
12.90
187-57
Total expenditures
^347-51
$5>i5S.73
Pine Grove Cemetery.
Appropriation
Transferred from reserved fund
J, 000.00
730-93
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll :
January ^184.25
179-25
February
March .
April
158.50
257-45
>. 730-93
666
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
May
;^547-i4
June
July .
577-95
608.48
August .
602.46
September
October .
November
375-47
394-38
172.03
December
140.18
LAND.
Paid E. C. Howlett, land for addition to
cemetery $1,000.00
C. C. Webster, balance due on land 1,000.00
PLANTS, LOAM, ETC.
Paid Sidney A. Blood, drawing 65 loads
loam ......
Crafts & Green, 244 loads loam
A. G. Hood, plants
H. H. Huntress, plants .
C. C. Webster, 178 loads clay
$05.00
122.00
50-23
39.68
178.00
WATER, TELEPHONE, INSURANCE, FUEL.
^34-50
Paid Dunlap & Wason Coal Co., 5 tons
stove coal .....
Everett & Smith, premium on pol-
icy No. 733,882, N. H. Insur-
ance Co. (Howlett house) . . 15.00
A. Elliott & Co., premium on pol-
icy No. 738,741 (Howlett house) 5.00
N. E. Telephone & Telegraph Co.,
use of telephones . . . 86.85
Water Commissioners, use of water . 756.00
t,i97-54
$2,000.00
$454-91
$897-35
PINE GROVE CEMETERY. 667
PRINTING AND STATIONERY.
Paid The John B. Clarke Co., printing
receipt book ..... $2.25
Paid W. P. Goodman :
I quart ink ..... .75
I index journal ..... 1.09
Paid W. E. Moore :
Printing, binding, and lettering i inter-
ment book, and one water rent book 9.50
Printing lot blanks with stubs . . 2.00
Paid B. A. Stearns, 300 stamped envelopes 6.54
Paid Temple & Farrington Co.:
3 blocks ...... .21
Paper ...... .25
REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS.
Paid F. Allen, repairing grave straps . $0.30
John T. Beach, i one-horse sled . 45.00
J. Hodge, 400 chestnut hubs . . 8.00
The Head & Dowst Co., lumber and
labor ...... 6.74
Paid Charles A. Hoitt & Co.:
Re-caning 4 chairs .... 4.00
I cushion ...... 2.00
Paid C. H. Hutchinson Foundry & Ma-
chine Co., 15 pounds castings . .53
The Thomas A. Lane Co., material
and labor on fountain and water
pipe ...... 267.92
Paid Palmer & Garmon :
Setting over Kimball monument, put-
ting in foundation . . . . 6.70
8 bound posts ..... 14.00
Paid Joseph St. Laurent, glass, putty,
knobs, screws . ... . 7.30
522.59
668 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid A. J. Sawyer, lumber
.
$66.80
C. E. Lord, mason -work
17.30
Truax & Truax, 205
feet iron fence,
as per contract
.
.
440.75
Paid John B. Varick Co.:
Grass seed .
52.04
6 7-foot settees .
36.00
12 5 -foot settees .
52.80
150 feet hose
13-50
Hardware .
19-13
Lawn sprinklers .
4.76
I lawn mower
6.50
Paid N. J. Whalen, i pair
straps and
re-
pairs ....
•
2.00
REPAIRS ON HOWLETT HOUSE.
Paid J. J. Abbott, paper, paper hanging,
paint $27.53
Adams & Tasker, 2 casks lime . 1.90
Paid L. M. Aldrich :
Contract for remodeling and repairs . 677.00
Material and labor .... 30.70
Paid J. Choate & Co., graining, varnish-
ing, paint, paper, etc. . . 9.52
Charles A. Hoitt & Co., 156 feet
molding ..... 5.64
C. H. Robie Concrete Co., 91.4
square yards concreting . . 41-13
A. J. Sawyer, lumber . . . 37-64
John B. Varick Co., door stops, glass,
putty, brackets, locks, nails, etc. . 9.31
SUNDRIES.
Paid L. M. Aldrich, filing saws . . $0.80
Chas. H. Bartlett, services as clerk
of trustees of Pine Grove cemetery
for 1891, 1892, and 1893 . . 75'Oo
51,074.07
$840.37
VALLEY CEMETERY.
669
Paid L. B. Clougb, lot of land in ceme-
tery, No. 1724 . . . . $40.00
D. N. Gove, use of team . . 1.50
Paid Pike& Heald Co.:
6 stoppers . . . . * . . .60
Labor repairing stove . . . . 5.70
Paid B. A. Stearns, expenses of trustees to
Forest Hills and other cemeteries
in Massachusetts . . . 70.00
C. H. Simpson, use of teams . . 26.00
J. C. Nichols & Son, use of teams . ix.oo
Whitten & Fifield, use of teams . 13-50
1244.10
Total expenditures
)730-93
Valley Cemetery.
Appropriation
•
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll :
January
577-50
February .
62.75
March
64.63
April
141.20
May
275.08
June
225.08
July
217.24
August
265.91
September
201.91
October .
214.61
November
124.77
December
76.48
5,000.00
$1,947.16
670
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid B. F. Bascomb :
13 1-5 days' team labor
^56.80
Drawing 45 loads loam
43-25
342 loads sand
68.40
2^ cords manure
9-33
Breaking roads
13-25
Paid William Berwick, team labor .
12.30
WATER AND TELEPHONE.
Paid Water Commissioners, use of water . ^125.70
New England Telephone & Tele-
graph Co., use of telephone
26.60
TURF, LOAM, PLANTS, ETC.
Paid J. Francis, plants ....
^53-5°
Paid Neil Fullerton :
7 loads loam .....
8.75
177 feet turf ......
1.77
Team ......
2.00
Paid Henry W. Hall, 31 loads loam
15-50
Paid A. G. Hood :
Plants
17.28
30 loads loam .....
15.00
Paid H. H. Huntress, plants .
14-95
Manchester Slaughtering & Render-
ing Co., 400 pounds fertilizer
7-50
Paid Manchester Hardware Co.:
Grass seed ......
3.00
100 pounds top dressing
2.00
Paid A. C. Osgood, 3 cords manure
12.00
John B. Varick Co., grass seed
17.62
Wadleigh Hardware Co., grass seed
1.50
Paid P. 0. Woodman :
10 loads loam .....
5.00
645 feet turf .....
6-45
$203.33
;i52.3o
$183.82
VALLEY CEMETERY. 671
PRINTING AND STATIONERY.
Paid E. J. Knovvlton, postmaster, enve-
lopes and postal cards
$2.43
S. S. Piper, postmaster, 50 2-cent
stamped envelopes
1.09
Paid Temple & Farrington :
2 receipt books
4.00
I blank book .....
5-75
200 billheads .....
I. GO
Other stationery ....
•75
$15.02
REPAIRS, TOOLS, AND IMPROVEMENTS.
Paid L. M. Aldrich, filing saws
$0.20
J. J. Abbott, paint and glass .
•95
A. L. Bixby, lumber and labor
60.17
Frank X. Chenette, use of team
2.00
Timothy Foley, 4 days' labor white-
washing tomb ....
12.00
C. E. Forbes, i 20-foot ladder
2.00
J. Hodge, lumber, etc. .
1.46
John F. Larkin, material and labor
on water pipe ....
93-35
Lovejoy & Stratton, cleaning clock
1. 00
Manchester Hardware Co., tools
7.35
Pike & Heald Co., pipe, hose, noz-
zles, etc. .....
87.04
W. H. Tibbetts, paint and labor .
127.71
J. T. Underbill & Co., 143.32 yards
concrete .....
64.49
John B. Varick Co., tools, etc.
5.82
Wadleigh Hardware Co., tools
5-85
5471-39
Total expenditures
12,973.02
Transferred to reserved fund .
26.98
5,000.00
672
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Amoskeag Cemetery.
Appropriation
Transferred from reserved fund
5150.00
4.24
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid James E. Bailey, labor ....
HARDWARE.
Paid Wadleigh Hardware Co., paint and brushes
SUNDRIES.
Paid Water Commissioners, use of water
Total expenditures ....
Pau
pers off the Farm.
Appropriation
Transferred from reserv
ed fund
Expenditures.
. ^7,000.00
. 2,866.88
GROCERIES.
Paid Annis & Co. .
H. H. Alton .
^15.98
6.00
E. R. Barry .
Bartlett & Thompson
A. N. Clapp .
Eager & Rand
H. Fradd & Co. .
3.00
96.00
9.00
69.00
212.00
T. F. Fifield .
621.00
Fred Fifield .
2.00
A. G. Grenier
118.00
Griffin Brothers
Joseph Huard
1,194.56
180.00
5154-24
ii35-5i
•73
1154.24
^9,866.88
PAUPERS OFF. THE FARM.
673
Paid 0. D. Knox & Co.
^148.00
Lamoureaux Brothers
215.50
C. S. Magoon & Co.
16.00
Thomas H. Mahoney
344.00
Edward Marchand
372.55
McQuade Brothers
36.00
Parnell Brothers .
4.00
E. W. Perkins
236.73
D. M. Poore & Son
62.00
Joseph Quirin
210.00
Eugene Quirin
16.00
D. A. Shanahan
144.00
Schricker Brothers
16.00
Scheer & Renker .
3.00
J. 0. Turcotte
46.00
H. A. Tirrell
85.00
Joseph Trehan & Co.
6.12
Calixte Vigneault .
27.00
M. Verrette, Jr.
8.00
Henry Weber
48.00
Carl E. York
11.00
FUEL.
Paid Clement Beaudett .... ^37.60
DeCourcy, Holland & Marshall
•50
DeCourcy & Holland
10.25
Dunlap & Wason Coal Co.
16.01
S. L. Flanders
39.00
Moore & Preston .
29.63
John Perham
10.00
C. E. Pollard
3.00
D. M. Poore & Son
20.38
J. P. Russell & Co.
49-5^
E. V. Turcotte
72.50
J. T, Wyman
59-14
43
,581.44
674
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Oscar M. Titus . , . .
^6.00
Joseph Masse . . . .
1. 00
BOARD AND CARE, AND
RENT.
Paid A. A. Lamprey . . . .
$2.00
county of Hillsborough .
492.00
Daniel Davis . . . .
•50
John Ferguson . . . .
20.00
W. H. Gilmore . . . .
130-57
A. D. Hatch . . . .
30.00
Carrie E. Jackson
74.48
W. M. Kendall . . . .
12.00
Mrs. Horace P. Marshall
3-25
Christina Maycook
I31.0S
Mary McLowe . . . .
22.00
Agnes Massey . . . .
96.00
N. H. Orphans' Home .
46.00
Mary Nadeau
27.00
Mrs. Margaret O'Brien .
15.00
Clara H. Pressey . . . .
57.77
John Reynolds . . . .
5.00
D. L. Robinson .
94.00
St. Patrick's Old Ladies' Home
98.00
St. Patrick's Orphans' Home .
120.00
Sacred Heart Hospital .
25.00
State Industrial School .
. 2,964.44
William Whelpley .
120.00
CLOTHING.
Paid Beauchemin & Beaumier
$1.50
Lightbody & Burbank .
24.45
M. A. McDonough
1. 00
M. F. O'Toole .
9-75
Parent & Trudeau
1.25
G. L. Robinson .
7.00
$354-5^
^4,596.09
PAUPERS OFF THE FARM. 675
Paid p. F. Toole ^3-5o
Weston & Martin .... i.oo
Wingate & Gould .... 3.50
^52.95
MEDICINES, MEDICAL SERVICES, FUNERAL EXPENSES.
Paid Mrs. Anna Brooks, nurse services . $2.00
I. L. Carpenter, M. D., medical ex-
amination ..... 3.00
J. J. Holland, medicine . . .80
John B. Hall, medicines . . 7.80
Frederick Perkins, M. D., medical
attendance .... I3'00
F. H. Thurston, medicine . . . 42.24
county of Hillsborough, burial ex-
penses, Christian Eberle . . 10.00
T. F. Collins, burial expenses, John
Kenney ..... 25.00
T. F. Collins, burial expenses, John
Dowd's son .... 25.00
F. X. Chenette, burial expenses, Jo-
seph Davis ..... 25.00
Kean & Sheehan, burial expenses,
child of Mary Shea . . . 10.00
E. V. Turcotte, burial expenses,
Mrs. Allison . . . . 25.00
E. V. Turcotte, burial expenses,
D. Allison ..... 25.00
^213.84
SUNDRIES.
Paid Officer J. J. Connor, conveying
Theophile Lemire to asylum . $1.12
John B. Clarke Co., printing 700
billheads ..... 6.50
A. G. Grenier, railroad tickets, F.
Marcotte and wife . . . 15.00
676
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid W. P. Goodman, stationery .
E. T. James, use of hacks
Paid W. H. Maxwell :
Expense conveying T. Lemire to asylum
Expense conveying Mary A. Cook to
asylum .....
Paid Paige & Myrick, i hand stamp
E. V. Turcotte, removing Mrs. E
Masson to Elliot Hospital .
Whitten & Fifield, use of teams
Total expenditures
S22.69
2.00
5-05
8.44
1.25
2.00
4.00
$68.05
.
$9,866.88
City Farm.
Appropriation $8,000.00
Transferred from reserved fund
Expenditures.
486.35
HOUSE AND FARM LABOR.
Paid Zebina Annis .... $1-50
Bertha Bagley
114.86
Lester Brooks
44.73
William Burke
177.67
Sarah Cahill .
182.00
Donat Duval
21.63
Charles Fuller
266.88
Daniel Griffin
150-53
Daniel Grant
69.65
Hannah Hackett
108.71
Chauncy Hazen
242.60
Fred Krause .
68.93
John Kelly .
104.85
E. G. Libbey
500.00
Annie Libbey
300.0Q
;^8,486.35
CITY FARM.
Paid Joseph Murphy
^168.67
Christina McDonald
41.00
John L. Proctor
84.32
Kate Pendergast .
50.00
Levi J. Proctor
10.00
Martha Raycraft .
10.72
James Rourke
43.62
William Thompson
187.29
677
Paid Adams & Tasker, grinding corn . ^15-62
Paid Gage & Adams :
Labor sawing 156.8 feet lumber . . 313-60
Moving mill from Dunbarton . . 12.00
Paid V. B, Martin, threshing oats . . 12.00
Edward Merrill, grinding corn . 23.05
Paid Samuel Richardson :
Grinding apples .... 5.08
Sawing lumber ..... 3.83
FUEL.
Paid L. B. Bodwell & Co., 25,455 lbs.
egg coal ......
^79-55
Paid Dunlap & Wason Coal Co.:
Egg coal
84.7s
Stove coal
13-50
Paid S. C. Forsaith Machine Co., kind-
ling wood .....
1.50
Moore & Preston, stove coal .
77.70
D. M. Poore, ^ ton Cumberland
coal . .
2.50
CLOTHING AND DRY GOODS.
Paid Burke Brothers, shoes . . . ^1.25
Barton & Co., cotton, crash, hose,
etc. . . . . . . 38.28
^2,950.16
^259.50
678
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR,
Paid George Blanchet, cotton, crash, etc. ^4.62
Cushman & Hardy, jumpers, shirts,
overalls, etc. .... 38.30
Clark & Estey, rubbers, buttons,
hose, etc. ..... 9.07
W. P. Farmer, boots and shoes . 9.90
Stanley E. Gould, boots and shoes . 86.89
Frank P. Kimball, clothing . . 49-56
F. W. Leeman, drilling . . . 5.63
Manchester One Price Clothing Co.,
clothing ..... 46.44
John Robbie Co., table linen, cot-
ton, etc 12.24
P. H. Tierney, shirts and drawers . 9.60
Weston & Hill Co., dry goods . 104.27
Wingate & Gould, boots and shoes 20.90
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS.
Paid Annis Flour & Grain Co.
F. J. Bixby .
Bartlett & Thompson
Barlow & Nye
Clough & Co.
C. E. Cox .
E. P. Desrochers .
Daniels-Cornell Co.
Doane & Welch .
Dodge & Laing .
Eager & Rand
A. M. Eastman
H. B. Fairbanks .
Flanders & Martin
Granite State Grocery Co.
A. L. Gadbois
A. G. Grenier
Hubbell & Goings
460.04
77-95
18.54
3-92
7.70
27.21
5-8o
130.77
55-89
63.16
16.38
14.03
2.09
3.00
5-59
4-85
47-97
1-54
^436-95
CITY
FARM.
Paid J. S. Holt & Co. .
^12.00
Daniel Johnson
2.00
Horace Marshall .
4.08
Manchester Provision Co
126.29
Manchester Beef Co.
15.96
Manchester Slaughtering
& Render
ing Co.
8.05
McQuade Brothers
.
78.77
E. S. Newton
81.28
New York Market .
14.14
Henry W. Parker .
114.41
Phoenix Market
16.22
J. B. Pickard
.
1.94
W. E. Prescott
.80
D. M. Poore & Son
.
19.25
Parnell Brothers^ .
.
142.08
Public Market & Packing
Co.
57-07
E. W. Perkins
16.32
Queen City Market
4-3S
Joseph Quirin
.
209.97
Fred Ray
.
12.25
Tom W. Robinson
.
39-72
Summer Street Market .
3.21
E. M. Slayton
17.86
South Manchester Union
Society .
1-25
Sawyer & Clay
.
5-07
J. H. Wiggin & Co.
.
37-84
York Market Co. .
.
19.24
T. E. McDerby .
•
5.66
679
^2,013.54
FURNITURE AND KITCHEN UTENSILS.
Paid Clark M. Bailey, brooms, chimneys,
baskets, lanterns, etc. . . $30.03
John Driscoll, wicks, copper bot-
tom on boiler, etc. . . . 1.85
680
KEPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid R. K. Home, plates, pans, pails,
tumblers, dippers, mops, wicks,
etc. ...... ^14-99
Charles A. Hoitt & Co., lamps,
pitchers ..... 2.30
F. E. Nelson, sponges, dippers, cups
and saucers, tinware, etc. . . 9.32
Pike & Heald Co., dippers . . i.oo
D. A. Simops, crockery, etc. . . 3.78
R. M. West, ironing board . . 1.25
$64.52
MEDICINE, MEDICAL SERVICES, LIVE STOCK INSURANCE.
Paid A. L. Dodge, D. V. S., services as
veterinary surgeon . . . $9-75
J. L. Golden, medicine . . . 4.15
J. J. Holland, medicine . . • 3.35
George E. Richards, medicine . 2.40
C. E. Silver, medicine . . . 1.25
F. H. Thurston, medicine . . 14.40
Security Live Stock Insurance Co.,
fees and assessments . . . 88. 85
LIVE STOCK.
Paid John N. Foss, clipping horses . $2.50
Irving R. French, balance due on
trade ..... 10.00
Welch & Hall, i horse . . . 125.00
BLACKSMITHING, HARNESSES, ETC
Paid The Fred Allen Co., blankets, lin-
ing and lettering same, etc.
J. M. Brouillette, shoeing horses
H. A. Green, shoeing oxen .
Manchester Horse Shoeing Co.,
shoeing horse ....
N. J. Whalen, harness repairs, etc.
$14.60
116.57
6.00
1.25
102.80
$124.15
$137-50
;241.22
CITY FARM.
681
CARRIAGES, AND CARRIAGE REPAIRS.
Paid Couch & McDonald, repairing car-
i-iages ^i4.55
Dennis Clifford, i log sled . . 3.50
Paid A. Filion :
New shafts . . . . . . 1.75
Setting axle ..... i.oo
Paid S. A. Garland, repairing wheel . 5.75
Paid Kimball Carriage Co.:
Painting wagon ..... 12.00
Repairs on carriages . . . , 13- 85
Paid J. B. McCrillis & Son :
Ironwork, bar, setting box . . . 1.75
Repairs on carriages .... iO'95
Paid F. H. Senter, splicing shaft . . .75
Timothy Shea, i sled . . . 35- 00
HAY, GRAIN, AND OTHER FEED.
Paid Annis Flour & Grain Co. . . ^82.30
Freeman & Merrill
John F. Kerwin .
Clarence R. Merrill
Partridge Brothers .
9-50
6.00
459-47
■40.25
HARDWARE, FERTILIZERS, SEEDS, ETC.
Paid Dr. Collity, i load manure
Jas. J. H. Gregory, seeds, all kinds
John B. Varick Co., paint, brushes,
seeds, hardware . . . .
Wadleigh. Hardware Co., powder,
fuse, locks, etc. ....
^I.OO
9.60
242.36
5-56
INSURANCE,
Paid John Dowst, agent, Capitol Fire In-
surance Co., policy No. 26,134 .
$100.85
;97-52
;^258.52
682 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid A. Elliott & Co.:
Policy No. 10,292, Northern Insurance
Co. ...... ^40.00
Policy No. 92,003, Granite State Insur-
ance Co. ..... 40.00
Paid Richardson & Goggin, policy No.
44,025, N. H. Fire Insurance Co. 60.00
John A. Sheehan, policy No. loi,-
039, Imperial Insurance Co. . 40.00
TELEPHONE AND STATIONERY.
Paid N. E. Telephone & Telegraph Co.,
use of telephone . . . ^44-55
E. R. Coburn Co., stationery . 4.91
W. P. Goodman, stationery . . 2.30
Novelty Advertising Co., stamps . .70
Paid Temple & Farrington Co.:
I clock ...... 1. 00
Stationery ...... 2.87
REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS.
Paid J. J. Abbott, paint, paper, etc. . ;^5'23
L. M. Aldrich, filing saws . . 1.20
Bert Barlow, electrical supplies . 7.36
Frank Brendle, repairs on floor, roof,
etc. ...... 13-60
Thomas Coughlin, i day building
chimney ..... 3.00
Dana & Provost, lumber and labor . 2.90
Freeman & Merrill, lime and hair . 2.84
A. E. Gage, labor and timber for
moving buildings . . . i5-oo
William E. Goodwin, plumbing ma-
terial and labor . . . . 32.81
R. D. Gay, paper and border . . 2.70
$200.00
^56.33
CITY FARM.
Paid The Head & Dowst Co., labor and
lumber .....
$52.92
Peter Harris, repairs and fitting keys
2-55
Paid The S. M. Howes Co.:
I Jewett range, etc
138.70
I 40-gallon boiler ....
24.00
Paid Charles A. Hoitt & Co., paper and
border
3-96
J. Hodge, lumber ....
33-30
Paid C, Langer:
Labor connecting range with boiler
6.00
2 sheets zinc .....
2.50
2 large oven pans . ." . .
1.50
copper teakettle, re-bottomed
1.25
Paid The Thomas A. Lane Co., pipe,
coupling, etc
2.90
Pike & Heald Co., plumbing mate-
rial
6.21
George W. Rief, i pump handle
.90
Irving L. Stickney, rubber cement .
.40
Joseph St. Laurent, lumber
18.26
683
^381.99
SUNDRIES.
Paid American Express Co., express on
castings and seeds
Concord & Montreal Railroad,
freight on soap and horses .
Frank H. Challis, 25 copies rules
and regulations ....
Emergency Hand Fire Extinguisher
Co., 12 small extinguishers .
Wm. Hayes, 6 cider barrels .
George Hook, castrating pigs
Frank R. Hazelton, 500 feet hose .
O. Hardy, i pruner
7.58
12.00
6.00
2.00
175.00
1. 00
684 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid E. G. Libbey, cash paid :
I pair horse clippers .... $2.00
Expenses to Laconia for J. O'Brien, es-
caped prisoner .... 6.69
Expenses to Boston (2 men), for return
of James Quinn, runaway . . 9.25
Expenses to Lowell, return of Henry
Rivers
"Daily Union," 1894 .
Postage stamps
Postoffice box rent
Paid James Morse, running boiler . . 10.00
Edward Merrill, scraping snow and
cutting ice . . . . . 11.00
Sampson, Murdock Sz Co., i direc-
tory ...... 2.00
"The New England Homestead," i
subscription to May i, 1895 . 1.50
Paid J. Arthur Williams, printing :
TOO invitations ..... .75
125 bills of fare ..... i.oo
Paid Mark A. Torrey Co., soap and soap
stock . . . ... . . 12.15
2.78
6.00
.60
3.00
^278.42
Total expenditures ..... ^8,486.35
Indigent Soldiers.
Appropriation .....
$250.00
Transferred from reserved fund . .
42.00
$292.00
Expenditures.
GROCERIES.
Paid S. L. Flanders . . . .
$8.00
Griffin Brothers ....
70.00
SACRED HEART HOSPITAL. 685
^176.00
Paid 0. D. Knox & Co.
Thomas H. Mahoney
D. M. Poore & Son
^24.00
12.00
62.00
FUEL.
Paid Dunlap & Wason Coal Co.
C. E. Pollard
;^6.oo
6.00
BOARD AND CARE.
Paid Ellen McGrath
SUNDRIES.
Paid Frederick Perkins, M. D., medical examinations
Total expenditures .....
Free Beds, Elliot Hospital.
Appropriation ......
EXPENDITURES.
Paid Elliot Hospital, amount appropriated for free
beds .........
$12.00
Women's Aid & Relief Hospital.
Appropriation ....... ^600.00
Expenditures.
Paid Women's Aid and Relief Hospital, amount ap-
propriated for hospital purposes .... ^600.00
Sacred Heart Hospital.
Appropriation ....... ^600.00
expenditures.
Paid Sacred Heart Hospital, amount appropriated
for hospital purposes . . . . ... ^600,00
686
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Decoration of Sold
iers'
Graves.
Appropriation ....
•
^350.00
EXPENDITURES.
Paid Louis Bell Post No. 3, G. A. R.
^296.95
The Head & Dowst Co.
53-05
^350.00
Militia.
Appropriation ....
.
$900.00
EXPENDITURES.
Paid Amoskeag Veterans
^100.00
Brigade Headquarters .
50.00
First Regiment Band
100.00
Lafayette Guards .
100.00
Manchester Cadets
100.00
Manchester War Veterans
100.00
Regimental Headquarters
50.00
Scammon Rifles
100.00
Sheridan Guards .
100.00
Upton Light Infantry .
100.00
Total expenditures
es.
$900.00
Abatement of Tax
Appropriation ....
^3,000.00
Balance old account
503-13
Transferred from reserved fund
1,415-63
$4,918.76
EXPENDITURES.
Paid sundry persons on taxes abated
• . •
$4,918.76
State Tax.
Appropriation ....
.
$65,615.00
EXPENDITURES.
Paid Solon A. Carter, state treasun
;r
.
$65,615.00
APPROPRIATIONS. 687
County Tax.
Appropriation $63,895.37
EXPENDITURES.
Paid Edwin F. Jones, county treasurer . . . $63,895.37
Resolution Raising Money and Making Appropria-
tions for the Year 1 894.
Resolved by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the
City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as follows :
That the sum of one hundred thousand dollars (;^ioo,ooo) be
borrowed for the use of the city for the following permanent mu-
nicipal improvements, viz.:
Fifty-five thousand dollars ($55,000) for new sewers ; twenty
thousand dollars ($20,000) for new highways; twenty thousand
dollars ($20,000) for South Main street bridge; and five thou-
sand dollars ($5,000) for the development and improvement
of Derryfield and Stark parks ; and that the joint standing com-
mittee on finance are hereby authorized to issue bonds of the
city for said amount of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000)
payable April i, 1914, with interest coupons attached, for the
payment of interest semi-annually at four per cent ; said bonds
to be signed by the city treasurer and countersigned by the
mayor ; said bonds to be sold to the highest responsible bidder,
upon a call issued by the joint standing committee on finance for
bids.
Resolved, further, That the sum of five hundred and one
thousand one hundred and thirty-five and thirty-seven one hun-
dredths dollars ($501,135.37) be raised for the use of the city
for the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four (1894)
by tax on the polls and estates liable to be taxed thereon, which
sum, together with the one hundred thousand dollars to be bor-
rowed as above provided, and with such unappropriated money
as may be now in the city treasury, or may hereafter come into
it, shall be appropriated as follows, viz.:
688
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
CENTRAL DEPARTMENT.
Interest
Reserved fund
City hall
Printing and stationery
Incidental expenses
Mayor's incidentals
City officers' salaries .
Sinking fund
Auditor's department .
STREET AND SEWER DEPARTMENT.
Street and park commission
Repairs of highways
South Main-street bridge
New highways
Land taken for highways
Watering streets
Paving streets
Macadamizing streets
Grading for concrete
Scavenger teams .
Street sweeping
Lighting streets
Bridges ....
City teams
Sewers and drains .
Other new sewers .
Snow and ice .
Engineer's Department
Health Department .
SCHOOL department.
Repairs of schoolhouses
Fuel ....
524,500.00
20,000.00
2,700.00
2,000.00
12,000.00
300.00
16,700.00
5,000.00
2,000.00
24,000.00
20,000.00
20,000.00
8,000.00
4,000.00
6,000.00
15,000.00
4,000.00
1 6, 000. CO
1,200.00
43,000.00
3,000.00
6,300.00
6,000.00
55,000.00
4,000.00
;^4,3oo.oo
^3,500.00
^5,000.00
5,500.00
APPROPRIATIONS.
689
Furniture and supplies .
Books and stationery .
Printing and advertising
Contingent expenses
Care of rooms
Evening schools .
Teachers' salaries
Evening schools, mechanical
Free text-books .
Manual training .
Pearl-street schoolhouse
McGregorville schoolhouse
Webster-street schoolhouse
City Library
Fire department .
Fire-alarm telegraph
Hydrant service .
South Manchester hosehouse
Fulton engine house
draw
FIRE,
Police
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Repairs of buildings
Ward 5 wardroom ....
Lincoln school curbing .
PUBLIC PLACES.
Commons
Stark and Derryfield parks
Pine Grove cemetery
Valley cemetery
Amoskeag cemetery
;g7oo.oo
200.00
350.00,
1,100.00,
4,400.00
1,200.00
63,000.00
550.00
4,500.00
1,500.00
8,500.00
12,000.00
3,000.00
$4,500.00
$50,000.00
1,400.00
13,925.00
1,500.00
1,000.00
$40,400.00
$4,000.00
3,000.00
1,000.00
$3,500.00
5, 000. CO
9,000.00
3,000.00
150.00
PATRIOTIC, CHARITABLE, AND PHILANTHROPIC.
Paupers off the farm .......
City farm
;7,ooo.oo
8,000.00
690
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR,
Indigent soldiers . . . .
Women's Aid and Relief Hospital
Free beds, Elliot Hospital
Decoration of soldiers' graves
Militia
Sacred Heart Hospital .
TAXES,
Abatement of taxes
State taxes ,
County tax .
$250.00
600.00
600,00
350.00
900.00
600.00
$3,000,00
65,615.00
63.895.37
^735)935-37
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS FOR THE YEAR.
Amount to be raised by tax $5°^^'^35-37
Insurance tax
4,300.00
Railroad tax .
25,000.00
Savings bank tax .
77, 000. 00
Literary fund
6,000.00
City hall
■ ,
2,000.00
Tuition . , , .
500.00
Police department ,
9,000.00
Pine Grove cemetery
4,000.00
Valley cemetery .
1,500.00
County of Hillsborough
1.500.00
City farm
3,500.00
Interest on taxes .
500.00
Bonds ....
100,000.00
^735>935-37
VALUATION AND TAXES.
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692 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 the real and
personal estate, within the city of Manchester, N. H., for the
year 1894, was as follows :
Valuation. Rate per $1,000. Tax.
Real estate . . $23,719,120 $17-80 $422,200.34
Personal property . 3,462,290 61,628.76
$27,181,410 $483,829.10
No. of polls, 12,103. 1,210,300 $17.80 21,543.34
Totals . . $28,391,710 $505,372.44
The share distributed to Manchester of the
amount of the tax assessed, as per returns made
by the corporations to state treasurer :
On railroads $28,301.49
On savings banks ...... 72,379-38
On insurance companies 2,598.75
On literary fund 7,252.97
Grand tax total $615,905.03
Appropriated and assessed in 1894 for city ap-
propriation ....... $483,925.00
Appropriated and assessed in 1894, for state tax 65,615.00
VALUATION AND TAXES.
693
Appropriated and assessed in 1894, for county
tax $63,895.37
Overlay^ ........ 2,469.66
Grand tax total ..... ^615,905.03
For further information in relation to taxes collected by the
state, see State Treasurer's Report.
TABLE OF TAXES DUE AND UNCOLLECTED.
Year.
Is
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to
Q
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.2d
Collected in 1894.
CO
£
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Taxes of 1SS5
$1,205.71
1,264.85
1,163.94
1,580.13
1,397.03
1,692.81
2,075.32
3,032.82
( 51,056.45
} 1,443.76
505,372.44
$1,205.71
Taxes of 18S6
1,264.85
1,163.94
1,580.13
1,397.03
1 687 08
Taxes of 1887
Taxes of 1889
Taxes of 1890
$5.73
103.35
379.14
45,829.30
463,609.07
Taxes of 1891
1,971.97
2 620 15
Taxes of 1892
$33.53
6,098.31
2,778.72
Taxes of 1893
4,572.60
38,924.65
Taxes of 1894
Totals
$571,285.26
$4,910.56
$509,986.59
$56,388.11
* This overlay consists of $4,237.07, assessed by the local assessors under
the provisions of General Laws, chapter 57, section 4; less $1,767.41 received
from railroads, banks, insurance companies, and literarj^ fund below tlie
amount estimated by the city councils.
694 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
TAX VALUATIONS, ETC., FROM 1890 TO 1894, INCLUSIVE.
Year.
Valuation.
Taxes.
No. polls.
Poll tax.
Val.ofpoll.
1890
$24,207,740
24,872,492
25,932,044
27,439,742
28,391,710
$462,869.17
443,541.76
506,465.17
507,640.68
505,372.44
9,723
10,367
10,673
11,835
12,103
$1.91
1.78
1.95
1.85
1.78
$100
1891
100
1892
100
1893
100
1894
100
For years prior to 1890, see reports of 1890 and 1891.
Abated.
Settlement of Account of George E. Morrill, Tax Col-
lector for City of Manchester, N. H., June 1 , 1 894.
Balance out-
standing June
1, 1894.
$1,205.71
1,264.85
1,163.94
1,580.13
i>397-03
1,687.08
1,971.97
2,620.15
Amount collected
Credited by cash, as per treas-
urer's receipts Nos. 72, 73, 74
Amount out-
Standing June
Collected.
1, 1893.
Tax list, 1885
$1,205.71
1S86
1,264.85
1887
1,163.94
1888
1,580.13
1889
15397-03
1890
1,692.81
$5-73
1891
2,075-32
103-35
1892
3,032.82
379-M
$33-53
Interest collected, 1890
.
$1.86
1S91
.
20.92
1892
.
34.62
1893
■ ■
896.96
$95436
Credited by cash, as per
treas-
urers receipts Nos. 69,
70
$954-36
ACCOUNT OF GEORGE E. MORRILL, COLLECTOR. 695
Dr.
189,:;.
To resident list . ■ .
$506,486.72
non-resident list
1.153-96
voluntary taxes
1,409.90
cash overpaid treasurer
Cr.
33.86
IS9I.
By cash paid city treasurer, as
;o9,o84.44
per receipts . . . $496,866.76
abatements . . . 3,045.60
unpaid taxes, June i, 1894 4,572.60
cash on deposit, N. H.
Trust Co. . . . 3,834.48
Cash on deposit, Com-
monwealth Bank . . 765.00
$509,084.44
City of Manchester to George E. Morrill.
Dr.
To salary for year ending June i, 1894 $1,650.00
commission on old taxes . . 29.85
$1,679.85
Cr.
By cash paid by treasurer, on account
of salary ..... $800.00
balance paid by treasurer, as per
bill 879.85
$1,679.85
Manchester, N. H., November 20, 1894.
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 E. DODGE,
City Auditor.
696 . REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Some Laws and Decisions relating to Exemptions
from Taxation.
Constitution of New Hampshire, Article 82, Page 38,
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 legisla-
tors and magistrates, in all future periods of this government, to
cherish the interest of literature and the sciences, and all semina-
ries and public schools ; to encourage private and public institu-
tions, rewards, and immunities for the promotion of agriculture,
arts, sciences, commerce, trades, manufactures, and natural his-
tory 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, sobri-
ety, and all social affections and generous sentiments among the
people ; provided, nevertheless^ that no money raised by taxation
shall ever be granted or applied for the use of the schools or in-
stitutions of any religious sect or denomination."
Public Statutes, chapter 55, section 2.
Section 2. " Real estate, whether improved or unimproved,
and whether owned by residents or others, is liable to be taxed,
except houses of public worship, twenty-five hundred dollars 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."
EXEMPTIONS FROM TAXATION. 697
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. Ba7ik 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 con-
struction 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 188 1, chapter 178.
Manchester Women's Aid & Relief Society, organized in Jan-
uary, 1875 ') N- ^- Laws, 1891, chapter 283.
Orphanage and Home for Old Ladies (Catholic) on Hanover
street, N. H. Laws, 1883, chapter 56.
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.
Convent, Sisters Jesus Mary, French Catliolic ; East
Spruce street, near Beech :
Building ^10,000.00
13,000 square feet of land . . 2,600.00
$12,600.00
Convent, Sisters of Mercy, Catholic; 415 Union
street, corner Laurel :
Building $30,000.00
698 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
12,600 square feet of land . . $6,300.00
$36,300.00
Mount St, Mary's Academy, Catholic ; from convent
lot east to Beech street :
Building $25,000.00
31,500 square feet of land . . 9,450.00
^34,45o-oo
Lot south side Laurel street, corner Union street,
Catholic ; McDonald school :
Building ..... $35,000.00
10,800 square feet of land . . 5,000.00
$40,000.00
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
$3S..S75-oo
St. Patrick's Orphan Asylums, Catholic ; 1S4 Han-
over street :
Building ..... $35,000.00
' 40,500 square feet of land . . 40,500.00
,500.00
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
Union-street school, Catholic ; corner Union and
Laurel streets :
Building ..... $4,000.00
5,000 square feet of land . . 2,500.00
,500.00
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
PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION. 699
St. Joseph's school for girls, Catholic ; corner Pine
and Lowell streets :
Building $10,000.00
Land included in cathedral lot. $10,000.00
Convent of the Holy Angels, French Catholic ; Beau-
port street, corner Wayne, West Manchester :
Building $15,000.00
22,500 square feet of land . . 4,500.00
Orphanage school, Beauport, Wayne, and Putnam
streets ; French Catholic :
Building ..... $25,000.00
30,000 square feet of land . . 6,000.00
St. Augustine's academy, French Catholic ; corner
Beech and Spruce streets :
Building ..... $8,000.00
15,000 square feet of land . . 4,500.00
St. Mary's parochial school, French Catholic ; cor-
ner Wayne and Cartier streets :
Building ..... $12,000.00
25,000 square feet of land . . 2,000.00
Residence priest St. Augustine's church, French
Catholic ; No. 383 Beech street :
Building ..... $6,000.00
7,500 square feet of land . . 1,875.00
$7,875.00
Orphan children's school, parish St. Augustine; 251,
253 Lake avenue :
Building ..... $12,000.00
10,000 square feet of land . . 5.000.00
119,500.00
112,500,00
$14,000.00
)2,500.00
$17,000.00
700 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
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
Residence Catholic bishop ; No. 145 Lowell street :
Building ..... ^40,000.00
24,000 square feet of land . . 12,000.00
^52,000.00
Residence priest St. George's church, French Cath-
olic ; Orange street, corner Pine :
Building ..... ^2,500.00
10,000 square feet of land . . 4,000.00
^6,500.00
Residence priest St. Mary's church, French Cath-
olic ; 376 Beauport street. West Manchester:
Building ..... ^2,500.00
5,000 square feet of land . . 1,000.00
$3,500.00
St. Anne's church. Catholic ; Union street, corner
Merrimack :
Building ..... $30,000.00
10,180 square feet of land . . 5,090.00
$2,500.00
$2,500.00
$2,500.00
$35,090.00
St. Augustine's church, French Catholic ; Beech
street, corner East Spruce :
Building ..... $28,000.00
13,000 square feet of land . '. 3,250.00
11,250.00
St. Joseph's cathedral and chapel, Catholic; Pine
street, corner Lowell :
Building ..... $70,000.00
40,000 square feet of land . . 30)375-oo
-^100,375-00
PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION. 701
St. Mary's church, French Catholic; Bea'hport street,
corner Wayne, West Manchester :
Building $25,000.00
70,000 square feet land . . 14,000.00
St. Raphael's church and school, German Catholic ;
Third street, corner Ferry, West Manchester :
Building $35,000.00
8,000 square feet of land . . 3,400.00
,400.00
St. George's church, French Catholic ; Pine street,
corner Orange :
Building $75,000.00
18,690 square feet of land . . 7,614.00
)2,6r4.oo
, St. Patrick's church and school, Catholic ; Kelley
street, Cartier street, and Cooledge avenue :
School building .... $20,000.00
56,281 square feet of land . . 4,502.00
$24,502.00
First Baptist church ; Union street, corner Concord :
Building . . . . ■ . $28,000.00
11,250 square feet of land - . 6,750.00
$34,75°-°°
First Freewill Baptist church ; Merrimack street, cor-
ner Chestnut :
Building ..... $12,400.00
12,600 square feet of land . . 12,600.00
$25,000.00
Second Baptist church ; Merrimack street, near
Pine :
Building ..... $9,000.00
9,450 square feet of land . . 3,780.00
$12,780.00
702 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
People's Baptist church ; Chestnut street, corner
Concord :
Building ..... $8,000.00
3,200 square feet of land . . 2,000.00
$10,000.00
First Congregational chruch ; Hanover street, cor-
ner Union :
Building ..... $30,000.00
43,200 square feet of land . . 34,560.00
$64,560.00
Second Congregational church ; Market street, cor-
ner Franklin :
Building ..... $25,000.00
19,000 square feet of land . . 19,000.00
Third Congregational church ; South Main street,
corner Mil ford, West Manchester:
Building ..... $8,000.00
23,000 square feet of land . . 3,000.00
$11,000.00
First M. E. Church ; Valley street, corner Jewett :
Building . . " . . . $8,000.00
11,400 square feet of land . . 1,000.00
$9,000.00
St. Paul's M. E. church ; Union street, corner Am-
herst :
Building ..... $25,000.00
10,010 square feet of land . . 6,000.00
$31,000.00
St. James M. E. church ; Pennacook street, corner
Pine :
Building ..... $9,000.00
11,000 square feet of land . . 2,200.00
$11,200.00
PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION. 703
Grace church, Episcopal; Lowell street, corner
Pine :
Building ..... $20,000.00
9,300 square feet of land . . 6,975.00
$26,975.00
First Unitarian church ; Concord street, corner
Beech :
Building ..... $24,000.00
13,500 square feet of land . . 6,000.00
$30,000.00
First Universalist church ; Lowell street, near Elm :
Building ..... $17,000.00
10,000 square feet of land . . 15,000.00
$32,000.00
Christian church, Protestant ; Pine street, corner
Merrimack :
Building ..... $6,000.00
9,000 square feet of land . . 6,700.00
,12,700.00
First Presbyterian church, German ; Second street,
corner Bath, West Manchester:
Building ..... $3,000.00
10,000 square feet of land . . 2,500.00
$5,500.00
Swedish Lutheran church, Protestant ; Sagamore
street, corner Pine :
Building $7,500.00
10,950 square feet of land . . 2,000.00
,500.00
Swedish Baptist church ; Arlington street, near ^[a-
ple :
Building $5,000.00
4,432 square feet of land . . 1,100.00
704 REPORT OP THE CITY AUDITOR.
Second Advent church ; Amherst street, between
Pine and Union :
Building ..... 5^5,100.00
4,500 square feet of land . . 3?375-oo
City Mission chapel, Protestant ; Merrimack street,
corner of Beech :
Building ..... ^7,000.00
12,600 square feet of land . . 6,000.00
5,475.00
$13,000.00
Westminster Presbyterian church ; Brook street, cor-
ner Hazel :
Building ..... $15,000.00
10,000 square feet of land . . 2,500.00
$17,500.00
South Manchester Union chapel, Protestant; Elm
street, south :
Building $2,500.00
10,747 square feet of land . . 1,000.00
,500.00
Episcopal Mission church ; North Main street, cor-
ner School, West Manchester :
Building $3,500.00
19,412 square feet of land . . 4,000.00
,500.00
Residence pastor St. Paul's M. E. church ; Union
street, near Amherst :
Building $3,000.00
$2,500.00
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
PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION. 705
Residence pastor Grace Episcopal cliurch ; corner of
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
Elliot Hospital, Protestant ; East Manchester :
Building ..... $23,000.00
Land ...... 7,000.00
^,000.00
$30,000.00
Elliot Hospital lot ; Hanover street, corner Chestnut :
Building ..... $3,000.00
Land . . . . . . 13,000.00
$16,000.00
Elliot Hospital .-
Land and buildings. Main street . $4,000.00
Land and building, Quincy street 2,500.00
,500.00
Women's Aid and Relief Hospital ; Pearl street, cor-
ner Beech :
Building ..... $15,000.00
57,530 square feet of land . . 10,000.00
Manchester Children's Home ; Webster street :
Building ..... $20,000.00
55,000 square feet of land . . 2,500.00
Residence pastor Swedish Lutheran church ; Saga-
more street, corner Pine :
Building ..... $3,000.00
10,200 square feet of land . . 1,020.00
) 2 5, 000.0c
>22,500.00
$2,500.00
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REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Gale Home :
One half Manchester Bank block,
Elm street .... $38,000.00
One half Martin's block, Elm street 25,000.00
Land and building, Pearl street,
corner Ash .... 25.000.00
$88,000.00
Recapitulation.
EXEMPT FROM TAXATION.
Church property, Catholic
Convent property, Catholic
Parochial residences, Catholic .
Parochial schools, Catholic
Hospitals and other charitable insti-
tutions .....
Church property, Protestant
Parochial residences, Protestant
Private school property, Protestant .
Hospitals and other charitable institu-
tions ......
TAXABLE.
Land and buildings, Catholic .
Land and buildings, Protestant
Total exempt and taxable
$356,729.00
68,400.00
12,500.00
195,152.00
113,875.00
$426,040.00
10,000.00
7,000.00
188,000.00
;65,o2i.oo
14,170.00
$746,656.00
11,040.00
$79,191.00
$1,456,887.00
PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION.
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$70,000 isaued Oct.
31, 1863. $50,000
issued July 1,
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to fund debts.
Issued Julyl, 1881,
four per cent, to
build McGregor
bridge.
1890
$400,000
400,000
300,000
300,000
30O,C00
$200,000
200,000
300,000
300,000
350,000
$13,850
18,850
20,000
26,000
31,000
$120,000
120,000
120,000
120,000
50,000
$60,000
1891 . .
60,000
60.000
60,000
60,000
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1893
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100,000
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Total amount of
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Amount of 6 per
cent city bonds
on which inter-
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not yet present-
ed for payment.
Amount of 6 per
cent water bonds
on which inter-
est has ceased,
not yet present-
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$155,000
155 000
$948,850
953,850
955,000
1,261,100
$99,900t
100
99,900
65,500
50,000
$100,000
$948,850
953,850
955,000
1,195,600
1,296,000
$100
155,000
155,000
155 000
100,000
100
$100,000
200,000
$4,500
100
Remarks. — The city guarantees the perpetual care of lots in
the cemeteries of the city to parties who pay $ioo and upward.
There are $31,000 in cemetery bonds, so called, not negotiable,
in the hands of the city treasurer, which are included in the
$1,296,000.
♦$70,000, issued October 31, 1863, are paid ; $100,000 issued July 1, 1893, im-
provement bonds, 4 per cent; $100,000 issued June 1, 1894, improvement
bonds, 4 per cent; $100,000 issued August 1, 1893, water bonds, 5 per cent; $100,-
000 issued November 1, 1893, water bonds, il4 per cent; $50,000 issued October
1, 1894, water bonds, 4 per cent.
t $400,000 water bonds, issued January 1, 1872; $100,000 of these bonds re-fund
ed 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-fu nded
July 1, 1890.
§ $2,200 cemetery bonds, issued in 1884, and other additional bonds each year.
The city guarantees the perpetual care of lots in the cemeteries. Bonds
payable July 1, 1913.
BONDED DEBT. 709
Total amount of bonded debt, including ceme-
tery bonds ....... $1,296,000.00
Net indebtedness for water purposes . . . 850,000.00
Net debt after deducting water debt
As shown in the assessors' books for the year 1894:
The assessed value of personal property, includ-
ing poll tax $4,735,368.00
The assessed value of real estate . . . 23,656,342.00
Total value for taxation . . . $28,391,710.00
Tax rate, 1.78 per cent on a hundred.
Per cent of net indebtedness (excluding debt for •
water purposes) to assessed valuation . . 1.57
Per cent of net indebtedness (including debt for
water purposes) to assessed valuation . . 4-565
Population, census of 1890 .... 435983
Population, census of 1880 .... 32,458
Increase of population in ten years . iIj525
Increase of population since 1890 (estimated) . 5,000
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.
A sinking fund was established in 1893.
The power of the city to borrow money in relation to the
water-works is limited to the sura 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, an amount of $300,000, by laws of 1891, chap-
ter 26.
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STATEMENT OF THE ANNUAL INTEREST CHARGE ON THE BONDED
DEBT.
Year.
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1S92
1893
1894
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24,000
18,000
18,000
18,000
$6,000
8,000
12,000
12,000
14,000
19,500
$623.75
813.92
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1,041.66
1,550.00
$7,200
7,200
7,200
7,200
$2,400
2,400
2,400
2,400
2,400
$6,200
6,200
6,200
6,200
6,200
$8,000
$49,423.75
48,613.92
46,800.00
46,841.66
59,650.00
SUMMARY OF CITY DEBT.
Amount of bonded debt January i, 1894
Amount of cemetery bonds issued in 1894 .
Amount of water bonds issued in 1894
Amount of improvement bonds issued in 1894
Accrued interest on bonded debt
Amount of bonds paid in 1894 . . . .
'^Amount of security note or bond
Total indebtedness January i, 1895 .
AVAILABLE ASSETS.
Net cash on hand January i, 1895
Taxes uncollected, list of 1894 ....
Stock of Suncook Valley Railroad, estimated value
BONDED DEBT.
Total net indebtedness January i, 1895
Total net indebtedness January i, 1894
Increase ......
51,191,000.00
5,000.00
50,000.00
100,000.00
25,100.00
$1,371,100.00
50,000.00
Si, 321, 100. 00
100,000.00
Si, 421, 100. 00
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38,924.65
14,500.00
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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
;7,82o.oo
Franklin-street school, Franklin street, corner
Pleasant :
Building ..... $16,000.00
19,200 square feet of land . . 19,200.00
Spring-street school, Spring street :
Building ..... $13,000.00
13,600 square feet of land . . 13,600.00
$35,200.00
$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
$67,262.00
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 ..... $39,000.00
55,7143^ square feet of land . 13,928.00
Blodget-street school, Blodget street :
Building ..... $1,500.00
9,000 square feet of land . . 3,600.00
$52,928.00
VALUATION OF REAL ESTATE OWNED BY THE CITY. 715
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 :
Building ..... $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
School-street school. School street. West Manchester :
Building ..... $1,000.00
12,176 square feet of land . . 3,044.00
)2,402.00
^,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
Stark District school, River road, north :
Building $1,000.00
43,560 square feet of land . . 100.00
$1,100.00
716 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Amoskeag school, Front street, Amoskeag :
Building $1,500.00
6,000 square feet of land . . 1,000.00
$2,500.00
Rimmon school, corner Aniory and Dubuque streets:
Building $17,400.00
16,600 square feet of land . . 2,490.00
$19,890.00
Goffe's Falls School, Goffe's Falls :
Building $4,000.00
47,916 square feet of land . . 250.00
$4,250.00
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 . . 100.00
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 . . 100.00
Mosquito Pond school, Mosquito Pond :
Building ."...- $400.00
10,890 square feet of land . . 100.00
$2,100.00
$500.00
$3,508.00
$600.00
$500.00
Pearl-street school :
Building $18,700.00
Land 3,200.00
$21,900.00
VALUATION OF REAL ESTATE OWNED BY THE CITY. 717
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 ..... $29,800.00
44,000 square feet of land . . 3,300.00
$33,100.00
ii3,302.oo
ENGINE HOUSES.
Engine house and stable, Central station, Vine
street :
Building ..... $31,800.00
21,718.86 square feet of land . 25,438.00
17,238.00
Clinton-street engine house, Clinton street, West
Manchester :
Building ..... $1,000.00
3,790 square feet of land . . 1,000.00
North Main-street engine 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
Merrimack engine house. Lake avenue :
Building $15,000.00
10,000 square feet of land . . 3,000.00
$18,000.00
718 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Hosehouse and cottage, Maple street, corner East
High:
Building $3,000.00
18,330 square feet of land . . 3,666.00
Engine house and ward room, ward 9, Rimmon and
Amory streets, West Manchester :
Building $22,755.00
6,000 square feet of land . . 870.00
South Manchester hosehouse :
Building . . . ' . . $4,200.00
4,278 square feet of land . . 684.48
,666.00
$23,625.00
$4,884.48
$147,548.48
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
1,000.00
City hall. Elm street, corner Market :
Building ..... $10,000.00
100,000 square feet of land . . 150,000.00
— $160,000.00
City farm, Mammoth road :
Building $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
VALUATION OF REAL ESTATE OAYNED BY THE CITY. 719
Battery Building, Manchester street :
Building Si3?ooo.oo
3,400 square feet of land . . 5,100.00
Police station, Manchester street, corner Chestnut :
Building ..... ^40,000.00
7,500 square feet of land . . 15,000.00
Slayton lot, Manchester street :
Building
2,908 square feet of land
^300. 00
4,700.00
$18,100.00
$55,000.00
;,ooo.oo
City stable and other buildings, Franklin street :
Building
44,656 square feet of land
$12,300.00
89,312.00
$101,612.00
City stable, district No. 10 .
City scales, Franklin street :
Building ......
Gravel lots, Goffstown :
2 acres ......
Gravel lot, Bakersville, South Manchester
Gravel lot, district No. 10, bought of Brooks &
Brock (city has right to remove gravel until Au-
gust 25, 1903):
I Vs acres ......
;i, 200.00
$300.00
$400.00
$700.00
Land bought of A. D. Gooden :
28,750 square feet of land .
.
$i;35i-oo
Ward 5 wardroom. Lake avenue :
Building ....
. $4,500.00
Land .....
1,000.00
$5,500.00
;i,903.oo
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REPORT OP THE CITY AUDITOR.
PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CITY.
Property in care city engineer ... . ^1,149.00
in care chief engineer iire department . 105,497.50
in care street and park coromission . . 21,838.22
in care superintendent of schools . . 36,755.00
in care city messenger .... 2,759.00
in care city marshal and janitor . . 1,971.00
in care superintendent of city farm . 11,889.61
in care trustees city library . . . 29,333.00
in care superintendent of Pine Grove
cemetery ...... 248.35
in care superintendent Valley cemetery . 106.00
Stock in Suncook Valley Railroad, in care of city
treasurer ....... 50,000.00
Personal property in care city weigher . . 1,000.00
;^262,546.68
Uncollected taxes in 1893 ..'... ^4,572.60
Uncollected taxes in 1894 ..... 38,924.65
Net cash in the treasury, December 31, 1894 . 76,712.90
^120,210.15
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
Second-street bridge, over Piscataquog river
Print- Works bridge, on Granite, over lower canal
Two bridges in highway district No. 9
525.000.00
10,200.00
25,000.00
3,600.00
10,000.00
90,000.00
25,000.00
28,450.00
52,036.06
5,000.00
2,000.00
VALUATION OF REAL ESTATE OWNED BY THE CITY. 721
One bridge at Goffe's Falls
Expended on construction of sewers
PARKS AND CEMETERIES
Valley cemetery, 19.7 acres
Pine Grove cemetery, about 96 acres
Amoskeag cemetery, 1.23 acres .
Stark park, 28 aci;es .
Derryfield park, 76 acres
Concord common, 4.48 acres
Tremont common, 2.25
Hanover common, 3 acres .
Park common, 3.49 acres .
Merrimack common, 5.89 acres .
WATER-WORKS.
Real estate and personal property of water-works,
at cost price .......
RECAPITULATION.
Real estate owned by the city, schoolhouses .
Real estate owned by the city
Real estate owned by the city, engine houses
Water-works at cost price .
Personal property owned by the city
Uncollected taxes and cash
Other real and personal property
Parks and cemeteries .
$1,000.00
438,586.15
$715,872.21
5200,000.00
46,700.00
4,340.00
9,000.00
25,000.00
200,000.00
40,000.00
100,000.00
60,000.00
200,000.00
,040.00
$1,300,264.14
PROPERTY ACCOUNT.
Inventory of assets, December 31, 1894
Inventory of assets, December 31, 1893
Gain in valuation
^5i3'302.oo
63i)903-oo
147,548.48
1,300,264.14
262,546.68
120,210.15
715,872.21
885,040.00
$4,576,686.66
$4,576,686.66
4,334.551-41
$242,135.25
722
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR,
The increase in valuation as above stated
amount expended in 1894 on :
Sewers and drains
Rimmon schoolhouse .
South Main-street bridge
Land purchased for cemeteries
Pearl-street schoolhouse
Engine-house and wardroom, ward 9
South Manchester hosehouse
Water-works, construction .
Webster-street schoolhouse .
City stable, district No. 10
Ward 5 wardroom
Personal property, fire department
Street and park commission
results from the
$53,000 00
18,450.00
17,400.00
4,400.00
18,700.00
1,000.00
4,200.00
158,606.61
6,500.00
200.00
4,500.00
1,600.00
4,233.22
$292,789.83
Deduct decrease of uncollected taxes and net cash
in the treasury ...... 50,654.58
Total net gain ...... $242,135.25
Details of inventory are on file in the auditor's office. The
water-works would sell readily for $2,000,000, 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 Derryfieid
park in the vicinity of the city farm lands, the high pressure
service now 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.
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.
In every bill presented to the city auditor for his approval, the
following points will be considered and passed upon :
I. Is the subject matter of the bill under examination within
auditor's office. 723
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.
Public trusts or powers devolved by law or charter on the city
councils cannot be delegated to others. Dillon'' s. Municipal Cor-
po7-ations, 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.
724 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
The executive powers of the city, except where vested in the
mayor, shall be exercised by the mayor and aldermen. General
Laws, chapter 46, section 14.
The mayor and aldermen have all the powers and authority of
selectmen of towns unless it is otherwise provided by law. Gen-
eral 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. Dil-
lon'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
allowed to make such business a source of profit to himself.
All orders passed by the city councils authorizing a ministerial
act to be performed by its agent or agents must be strictly con-
strued, and the act to be done must be specifically stated.
The board of engineers have the authority of firewards. (^Gen-
eral Laws, chapter 106, section 11.) 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
auditor's office. 725
amount of the appropriation is expended, until the city council
shall have provided the means of paying the same. Section 4,
chapter 3 of the City Ordinances, and section 4, ordinances re-
lating to duties of the city auditor, approved January 7, 1890.
The power of towns to raise and appropriate money is derived
solely from statutory provisions, which restrict the power to cer-
tain specified objects and other necessary charges.
Votes to raise or pay money for purposes other than those pre-
scribed by statute are void, and towns cannot be compelled, and
generally will not be permitted, to carry such votes into effect.
It is not left to the unrestricted and irresponsible discretion of
towns to vote gifts or to select donees ; their charity is a duty
defined, commanded, enforced, and regulated, and the objects of
it are designated by law.
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 j for police department, mayor
and police commission ; for police court, police judge ; for
water-works department, superintendent, subject to the rules of
the board of commissioners and the ordinances relating thereto ;
for city farm, superintendent ; for overseers of the poor, each
overseer, subject to the rules of the board of overseers, and their
monthly review and approval ; for schools, superintendent, or
such person as the board of school committee may designate,
bills to be approved by the board monthly; for streets, sewers,
. and other work under these departments, street and park com-
missioners ; 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 citizens not members of the city councils) ;
for health department, board of health, subject to approval of
726 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
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 limitations and restrictions as the board of alder-
men, acting as a board, may require.
REPORT
OF THE
TREASURER OF SINKING FUND.
REPORT
OF THE
TREASURER OF SINKING FUND.
To the Trustees of the Sinking Fund :
Gentlemen, — I herewith transmit to you the second annual
report of the receipts of this board for the year ending Decem-
ber 31, 1894:
Total amount of fund January i, 1894, for the pay-
ment of improvement bonds .... ^5,000.00
Income received during the year .... 202.00
Total amount of fund December 31, 1894 . ^5,202.00
Total amount of fund January i, 1894, for the pay-
ment of water bonds ...... ^12,750.00
Income received during the year .... 395-15
Total amount of fund December 31, 1894 . ^13,145.15
Most respectfully submitted.
SYLVANUS B. PUTNAM,
Treasurer of the Trustees of Sinking Fund.
This is to certify that I have examined the books of accounts
of Sylvanus B. Putnam, treasurer of the trustees of the sinking
fund, embracing the receipts for the year ending December 31,
1894, and find the same correct and properly vouched.
730 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
I have also examined the securities in which said fund is in-
vested and find as follows :
FOR THE PAYMENT OF IMPROVEMENT BONDS.
Bonds of the city of Manchester, N. H., 4 per cent,
1913 • • • ^S,ooo.oo
Cash on hand ....... 202.00
Total amount of fund December 31, 1894 . $5,202.00
FOR THE PAYMENT OF WATER BONDS.
Bonds of the city of Manchester, N. H., 4 per cent,
1913
Cash on hand
Total amount of fund December 31, 1894
Total amount of improvement fund
Total amount of water-works fund .
$5,202.00
I3'i45-i5
Total amount of sinking fund Dec. 31, 1894 $18,347.15
JAMES E. DODGE,
City Atiditor.
RESOLUTIONS, ORDERS, ORDI-
NANCES.
RESOLUTIONS, ORDERS, ORDINANCES
PASSED IN 1894.
City of Manchester.
Resolution providing for the issue of One Hundred Thousand
Dollars in Bonds.
Resolved^ by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the
City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as follows :
That for the purpose of paying certain indebtedness of the city
now outstanding, and providing for a secured depository of the
moneys and funds of the city, the bonds of the city be issued to
the amount of one hundred thousand dollars (^100,000) payable
in two years from the date of issue ; that said bonds be offered to
the national banks located in Manchester for purchase, and sold
to that one of said banks which shall offer to purchase the same
at the lowest rate of interest ; and to bear the rate of interest so
bid, and to be in denominations satisfactory to said purchasing
bank. Said bonds to be non -negotiable, payable only to the
purchasing bank and to be sold on the condition that, upon their
issue, they shall forthwith be by said purchasing bank deposited
with the city treasurer to secure all deposits which shall be made
in said bank by the city treasurer or collector of taxes of the
money? or funds of the city ; and in case of any loss of any o
said moneys or funds by any act, neglect, or failure of said bank,
said bonds to be offset against said loss.
Resolved, further, that all moneys or funds collected and held
734 RESOLUTIONS, ORDERS, ORDINANCES.
either by the city treasurer or collector of taxes after the sale of
said bonds and their deposit with the city treasurer, shall be de-
posited in said purchasing bank; and said treasurer and collector
of taxes are hereby instructed after such issue and deposit of said
bonds, to make a deposit of the moneys and funds of the city in
no other bank except said purchasing bank, and in case of loss
of any of said funds or moneys by the failure or other inability
of said purchasing bank to pay on demand said funds and
moneys, said treasurer and collector of taxes shall be relieved
from all responsibility for the moneys and funds so deposited in
said purchasing bank, and that, as a further consideration for the
purchase of said bonds, no interest shall be charged upon any of
the deposits so made in the purchasing bank.
Resolved further, that said bonds be signed by the mayor and
countersigned by the city treasurer, that the mayor and joint
standing committee on finance are hereby authorized to call for
bids for the purchase of said bonds from the national banks lo-
cated in Manchester, to issue said bonds, and to make all neces-
sary contracts with the purchasing bank regarding the deposits
and the lodging of the bonds as collateral security therefor, for
two years from the date of issue of said bonds.
Resolvediv^x\}cvtx, that the money received from the sale of said
bonds be applied to the payment of fifty thousand dollars
(^50,000) of the funded debt, due July i, 1894; of twenty-five
thousand dollars (^25,000) of temporary loan due December i,
1894; and of twenty-five thousand dollars (^25,000) of the
funded debt due July i, 1895, ^^^ f^'' ^o other purpose.
Resolved further, that this resolution shall take effect upon its
passage.
Passed January 26, 1894.
RESOLUTIONS, ORDERS, ORDINANCES. 785
City of Manchester.
Resolutions on the death of City Auditor James B. Straw.
The committee appointed to prepare resolutions on the death
of City Auditor James B. Straw submit the following :
Resolved, That by the death of Mr. Straw the city loses one
of its most efficient officers, one peculiarly fitted for the duties
of the office which he held.
The strength and moral wealth of the community is main-
tained largely by its office holders who, without seeking pub-
licity, do their duty, uphold the highest standard of character,
and give courage and support to those about them. Such a man
was James B. Straw. Possessing by nature a strong and well-
balanced mind, he had by thought and readnig made himself
familiar with the underlying principles of state and municipal
affairs, so that when he was appointed to the responsible office of
city auditor he brought to the discharge of its duty unusual
qualifications.
As a public officer he consulted neither his fears nor his self-
interest ; his high sense of justice and right compelled the re-
spect of every one and made his office impregnable to fraud.
He devoted himself unreservedly to the interests of the city and,
like his distinguished brother whose far-reaching sagacity laid
the foundation of the remarkable prosperity which this city has
enjoyed, he has left behind him an honorable and upright career
which attests his ability and worth as a citizen and a man.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be placed upon our
records, and another sent to the family of the deceased, to
whom we respectfully tender our sympathy.
A. D. Maxwell,
James Lightbody,
B. B. Aldrich,
John J. Twomey,
George B. Rogers.
736 RESOLUTIONS, ORDERS, ORDINANCES.
City of Manchester.
Resolution relating to the Manchester Street Railway.
Resolved by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen of the City of
Manchester :
That the Manchester Street Railway be and hereby is author-
ized to use in furnishing electrical motive power upon its road,
as now laid out, the system known as the single trolley system,
if its directors deem the same expedient or necessary in order
to equip the road as an electric road ; provided, that if the rail -
way complete the electric system by June i, 1895, the request
of the Manchester Horse Railway be granted.
Passed May i, 1894.
City of Manchester.
Resolution to make a temporary loan of One Hundred Thou-
sand Dollars.
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 tenth day of December, 1894, the mayor
be and hereby is authorized to make a temporary loan, for the
use of the city, of a sum not exceeding one hundred thousand
dollars (^100,000), being in anticipation of the taxes of the
present year, giving for the same the notes of the city signed by
the mayor and countersigned by the city treasurer.
Passed May 18, 1894.
City of Manchester.
Resolution exempting from taxation the Eaton Heights Shoe
Company.
Resolved by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the
City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as follows :
That the corporation known as the Eaton Heights Shoe Com-
RESOLUTIONS, ORDERS, ORDINANCES. 737
pany, a corporation duly established under the laws of the state
of New Hampshire, who propose to erect a brick building and
put in operation in said city of Manchester an establishment for
the manufacture of boots and shoes and represent that the cap-
ital used in operating the same, including plant, is twenty thou-
sand dollars ($20,000), be it hereby
Resolved, That said company be exempt from taxation for a
term of ten years ; provided, a brick building is built for said
purpose.
Passed June 5, 1894.
City of Manchester.
Resolution making a temporary loan of One Hundred Thou-
sand Dollars.
Resolved by 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 fifteenth day of December, 1S94, the
mayor be and hereby is authorized to make a temporary loan for
the use of the city of a sum not exceeding one hundred thousand
dollars ($100,000) being in anticipation of the taxes of the pres-
ent year, giving for the same the notes of the city signed by the
mayor and countersigned by the city treasurer.
Passed August 7, 1894.
City of Manchester.
Resolution providing for the borrowing of Fifty Thousand Dol-
lars for Water- Works purposes.
Resolved, by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the
City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as follows:
That for the purpose of constructing a high service system of
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738 RESOLUTIONS, ORDERS, ORDINANCES.
water-works, and of maintaining and extending the present sys-
tem of water-works in this city in accordance with the authority
granted in the act passed by the legislature of New Hampshire at
the January session, 1893, entitled : "An act in amendment of
the act passed June session, 1871, entitled: 'An act to enable
the city of Manchester to establish water-works,' and in amend-
ment of all acts passed subsequently thereto relating to said wat-
er-works," and approved February 28, 1893, the mayor and the
joint standing committee on finance are hereby authorized to
borrow the sum of fifty thousand dollars (^50,000) in the name
and behalf of the city of Manchester, and to issue therefor the
bonds of the city payable in twenty (20) years from the date of
their issue, signed by the city treasurer and countersigned by the
mayor, with coupons annexed for the payment of the interest
annually at four (4) per cent, and in denominations of one thou-
sand dollars (^1,000) each ; said money to be borrowed and said
bonds to be issued as the progress of the work aforesaid shall
require, and upon the written demand for said money by the
board of water commissioners. And the mayor and the joint
committee on finance are authorized hereby to do all things
necessary and proper to borrow said sum of fifty thousand dollars
(^50,000) and issue said bonds.
And this resolution shall take effect upon its passage.
Passed September 4, 1894.
City of Manchester.
Resolution in relation to the issue of Water Loan Bonds, pro-
viding for the payment of the interest semi-annually.
Resolved, by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the
City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as follows:
That the interest upon the issue of fifty thousand dollars (^50,-
000) of bonds authorized by vote of the city councils September
4, 1894, be and the same is hereby made payable semi-annually
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on the first day of April and October of each year ; and that so
much of the resolution passed September 4, 1894, as is inconsist-
ent herewith be and the same is hereby repealed.
Resolved, further, that the action of the mayor and the joint
standing committee on finance in calling for proposals and pre-
paring bonds with interest payable semi-annually as aforesaid, be
and the same is hereby ratified, confirmed, and approved.
Passed October 2, 1894.
City of Manchester.
Resolution discontinuing a portion of Ainsworth Avenue.
Resolved, by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the
City of Manchester^ in City Council assembled, as follows :
That five feet on the west side of Ainsworth avenue as laid out
by the board of mayor and aldermen, be and the same is hereby
discontinued, so that said Ainsworth avenue shall be twenty-five
feet in width.
Passed October 2, 1894.
City of Manchester.
Resolution relating to Exemption from Taxation the South
Manchester Building Association.
Resolved^ by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the
City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as follows:
That, whereas the South Manchester Building Association, for
the purpose of establishing a new industry in the city of Man-
chester, propose to erect a brick factory, and equip the same, in
which to carry on the business of manufacturing shoes and other
articles, on a tract of land containing about 75,000 feet situate
southwest corner of Lincoln and Silver streets in Manchester,
N. H., marked " F " on plan made by J. B. Sawyer ; therefore
740 RESOLUTIONS, ORDERS, ORDINANCES.
Resolved, That said land, the brick building erected thereon,
the equipment of the same, and the capital stock and other prop-
erty of said company, be exempt from taxation for a term of ten
years from the first day of January, 1895, A. D., providing the
amount invested in said plant shall not be less than $30,000.
Passed November 9, 1894.
City of Manchester.
Resolution relating to Exemption from Taxation the Eureka
Shoe Company.
Resolved, by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the
City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as follov^s :
Whereas, the Eureka Shoe Company, a corporation estab-
lished by law, with a capital stock of $50,000, desires to locate
their business, and carry on the manufacture and sale of their
own product of shoes and other articles in the city of Manches-
ter, providing sufficient inducements are given said company by
said city of Manchester ; therefore
Resolved, That the capital of the Eureka Shoe Company afore-
said, its machinery, materials, raw and in process of manufacture,
and other property necessary in conducting its business, shall be
exempt from all taxation for a period of ten years from the first
day of January, 1895, A. D.
Passed November 9, 1894.
Ci;rY OF Manchester.
Resolution for a Joint Special Committee.
Resolved^ by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the
City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as follows:
That a joint committee of three, consisting of one alderman
and two menders of the common council, be appointed to con-
RESOLUTIONS, ORDERS, ORDINANCES. 741
fer with the agent of the Amoskeag Manufacturing Co., to ascer-
tain at what terms the city could procure the land bordering on
Christian brook, so called, between Union and Elm streets, for
the use of said city as a public park.
Passed July 3, 1894.
City of Manchester.
Resolution exempting from Taxation the Redman & Eaton
Shoe Company.
Resolved, by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the
City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as follows :
That whereas the Redman &: Eaton Shoe Company, a corpo-
ration duly established under the laws of the state of New Hamp-
shire, proposes to erect a brick building and put in operation in
said city of Manchester an establishment for the purpose of man-
ufacturing, buying, selling, disposing of, and dealing in boots,
shoes, rubbers, and leather, and represents that the capital to be
used in operating the same, including plant, is thirty-five thou-
sand dollars ; therefore,
Resolved, that said establishment, and the capital to be used in
operating the same, be and the same are hereby exempt from tax-
ation for a term of ten years, providea a brick building is built
for said purpose.
Passed December 4, 1894.
City of Manchester.
An Order to print the Forty-eighth Annual Report of the Re-
ceipts and Expenditures of the City of Manchester.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the joint standing committee on finance be and they hereby are
authorized to procure for the use of the inhabitants of said city
742 RESOLUTIONS, ORDERS, ORDINANCES.
the printing of the Forty-eighth Annual Report of the Receipts
and Expenditures of the City of Manchester, including the re-
ports of the joint standing committee on finance, the city audi-
tor, the school board and superintendent of schools, superinten-
dent of water-works, water commissioners, engineer of fire de-
partment, city marshal, overseers of the jDoor, trustees, librarian,
and treasurer of the city library, committee on cemeteries, joint
standing committee on city farm, city physician, city solicitor,
city engineer, street and park commissioners, and such other
matters relating to city affairs as said finance committee may di-
rect, the expense thereof to be charged to the appropriation for
printing and stationery.
Passed January 26, 1S94.
City of Manchester.
An Order fixing the Pay of Street and Park Commissioners for
Team Hire.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the street and park commissioners be allowed the sum of one
hundred and fifty dollars ($150) each, and no more, per annum,
for team hire for themselves in the performance of their duty.
Passed February 6, 1894.
City of Manchester.
An Order authorizing an Appropriation of Two Thousand Dol-
lars (^2,000) for Improved Wardroom and Police Station Fa-
cilities in West Manchester.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the joint standing committee on finance be authorized to report
an appropriation of two thousand dollars (^2,000) for repairs
upon the Clinton-street engine house, so called, in order that the
same may be improved as a wardroom and sub police-station.
Passed February 6, 1894.
RESOLUTIONS, ORDERS, ORDINANCES. 743
City of Manchester.
An Order to purchase a Desk for use of Police Commissioners.
Ordered^ If the Board of Mayor ana Aldermen concur : That
the joint standing committee on lands and buildings be author-
ized to purchase a desk for the use of the police commissioners,
the expense thereof to be charged to the appropriation for police
department.
Passed February 6, 1894.
City of Manchester
An Order relative to the South Manchester Hosehouse.
Ordered^ If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and joint standing committee on lands and buildings
be authorized to receive proposals for building the South Man-
chester hosehouse, the expense thereof to be charged to the ap-
propriation for that building.
March 6, 1894, passed.
City of Manchester.
An Order relative to Clinton-street Wardroom.
Ordered^ If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the joint standing committee on lands and buildings be and are
hereby authorized and requested to procure estimates of the ex-
pense necessary to fit up the Clinton-street wardroom building so
that the same shall be suitable for wardroom and police station
purposes, and report the result of their inquiries to the city coun-
cils.
Passed March 6, 1894.
744 RESOLUTIONS, ORDERS, ORDINANCES.
City of Manchester.
An Order to make Purchases for the City Farm.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and joint standing committee on city farm be and
hereby are authorized to purchase a cooking range and boiler,
and a carpet, the latter to be placed in the sitting-room, for use
at the city farm ; the expense thereof to be charged to the appro-
priation for city farm.
Passed March 6, 1894.
City of Manchester.
An Order relative to the McGregorville Schoolhouse.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and joint standing committee on lands and buildings
be authorized to receive proposals for building the McGregor-
ville schoolhouse, the expense thereof to be charged to the appro-
priation for that building.
Passed March 6, 1S94.
City of Manchester.
An Order relative to Ward 5 Wardroom.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and joint standing committee on lands and buildings
be authorized to receive proposals for the building of ward 5
wardroom, the expense thereof to be charged to the appropria-
tion for that building.
Passed March 6, 1894.
RESOLUTIONS, ORDERS, ORDINANCES. 745
City of Manchester.
An Order relative to Ward 2 Wardroom.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the joint standing committee on lands and buildings be and
hereby are authorized to purchase a suitable lot of land for a
wardroom for said ward, 2, and procure plans and proposals for
the building of a wardroom. The total expenses of land and
building not to exceed the sum of three thousand dollars, the
expense thereof to be charged to the appropriation for inci-
dental expenses.
Passed March 6, 1894.
City of Manchester.
An Order making a transfer of Money.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the city clerk be and hereby is authorized to transfer from the
reserved fund the sum of four hundred and forty-five dollars
($445), and converting the same into a special account, from
which the cost of finishing additional rooms at the Excelsior
hook-and-ladder truck company's headquarters shall be paid.
Passed March 6, 1894.
City of Manchester.
An Order transferring one thousand three hundred thirty-five
dollars and two cents ($1,335.02) from the appropriation for
Repairs of Highways to the appropriation for Snow and Ice.
Ordered, If the board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the city clerk be authorized to transfer the sum of thirteen
hundred thirty-five dollars and two cents ($1,335.02) from the
appropriation for repairs of highways to the appropriation for
snow and ice.
Passed April 3, 1894.
746 RESOLUTIONS, ORDERS, ORDINANCES.
City of Manchester.
An Order relative to changes in City Hall Building.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
inasmuch as the premises heretofore occupied by the New Hamp-
shire Trust Company in the city hall building have been va-
cated, the mayor and joint standing committee on lands and
buildings be and hereby are authorized to fit up the same for
the use of the city clerk, and the quarters at present occupied
by that official be converted into a private office for the' mayor ;
the expense necessitated by these changes to be charged to the
appropriation for city hall.
Passed April 3, 1894.
City of Manchester.
An Order relative to Matron at Police Station.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and chief of police be authorized to employ some
suitable woman to perform the duties of matron at police sta-
tion, the expense thereof to be charged to the appropriation for
police department.
Passed April 19, 1894.
City of Manchester.
An Order relative to Supply Wagons for the Fire Department.
Ordered^ If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and joint standing committee on fire department be
and hereby are authorized to receive proposals for purchasing
two supply wagons for the use of the fire department, and report
the same to the city councils.
Passed x\pril 19, 1894.
RESOLUTIONS, ORDERS, ORDINANCES. 747
City of Manchester.
An Order making a transfer of Money.
Ordered^ If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the city clerk be and hereby is authorized to make a transfer of
seven thousand nine hundred and seventy-five dollars (^7,975)
from the reserved fund to the appropriation for South Main-
street bridge.
Passed April 19, 1894.
City of Manchester.
An Order to purchase Horses for the Fire Department.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and joint standing committee on fire department be
and hereby are authorized to purchase a pair of horses for use on
the Walter M. Fulton company apparatus, the expense thereof to
be charged to the appropriation for the fire department.
Passed May i, 1894.
City of Manchester.
An Order to purchase land for the Pine Grove Cemetery.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and committee on Pine Grove cemetery be and here-
by are authorized to purchase the Hewlett property, containing
ten acres, more or less, and buildings situated thereon, the pur-
chase price being four thousand four hundred dollars. One
thousand dollars of this amount to be paid on delivery of deed,
the balance in April, 1895, the expense to be charged to the ap-
propriation for Pine Grove cemetery.
Passed May i, 1894.
748 RESOLUTIONS, ORDERS, ORDINANCES.
City of Manchester.
An Order to purchase Supply Wagons.
Of-dered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and joint standing committee on fire department be
authorized to purchase two supply wagons of the Kimball Car-
riage Co., and the expense of five hundred and sixty dollars be
charged to the appropriation for fire department.
Passed May lo, 1894.
City of Manchester.
An Order to Appropriate Money for Open-air Band Concerts.
Ordered, If the Board of Common Council concur : That the
board of mayor and aldermen be and are hereby authorized, act-
ing under the statutes passed by the New Hampshire legislature
at the January session, 1893, to expend the sum of three hundred
dollars for open-air band concerts ; the expense thereof to be
charged to the appropriation for incidental expenses.
Passed May 10, 1894.
City of Manchester.
An Order making a Transfer of Money.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the city clerk be and hereby is authorized to make a transfer of
ten thousand dollars (^10,000) from the reserved fund to the
appropriation for incidental expenses.
Passed May 18, 1894.
^ City of Manchester.
An Order in relation to the Premium received for the Improve-
ment Bonds, Series B.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the premium received for the improvement bonds be applied and
RESOLUTIONS, ORDERS, ORDINANCES. 749
appropriated as follows : The sum of twenty-eight hundred dol-
lars ($2,800) be applied to the appropriation for the Pearl-street
schoolhouse, and the balance to the reserved fund ; and that the
city clerk be and hereby is authorized' to make the entries as
above directed.
Passed June 5, 1894.
City of Manchester.
An Order to put Curbing around Lincoln-street Schoolhouse.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the joint standing committee on lands and buildings be author-
ized to curb the grounds at Lincoln-street schoolhouse, the ex-
pense thereof to be charged to the appropriation for curbing
Lincoln-street schoolhouse, and that the joint standing commit-
tee on lands and buildings cease work as soon as the appropria-
tion is expended.
Passed July 3, 1894.
City of Manchester.
An Order making a transfer of Money.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the sum of two and seventy-one one hundredths dollars ($2.71)
be transferred from reserved fund to the appropriation for engine
house and wardroom in ward 9 ; that the "sum of three hun-
hundred twenty and thirty-three one hundredths dollars (^320.-
33) be transferred from appropriation for Hallsville schoolhouse
to the appropriation for repairs of buildings ; that the sum of
eighteen hundred thirty-three and four one hundredths dollars
$1,833.04) be transferred from reserved fund to the appropriation
for land taken for highways ; and that the city clerk be and
hereby is authorized to make the entries as above directed.
Passed July 3, 1894.
750 - RESOLUTIONS, ORDERS, ORDINANCES.
City of Manchester.
An Order making a transfer of Money.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the city clerk be and hereby is authorized to make a transfer of
nine hundred and ninety-seven and twenty-nine one hundredths
dollars (I997.29) from reserved fund to the appropriation for
addition to Webster-street schoolhouse.
Passed July 3, 1894.
City of Manchester.
An Order to erect certain Lamp-posts.
Ordered^ If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
an electric light be erected at the corner of Hanover and Bel-
mont, Elm back and Mechanic, Wilson and Prescott, Silver and
Lincoln, Somerville and Jewett, Laurel and Laurel avenue, Wil-
son road and Lowell, Chestnut and Auburn \ Prout's avenue, oil
lamp ; Jewett and Cilley, oil lamp.
Passed July 3, 1894.
City of Manchester.
An Order in relation to the appropriation for Decoration of
Soldiers' Graves.
Ordered^ If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the bill of The Head «& Dowst Co., amounting to ^53.05 for
erecting a stand on Merrimack common, be paid out of the ap-
propriation for decoration of soldiers' graves, and that the bal-
ance of the appropriation, amounting to ^296.95 be paid Louis
Bell Post No. 3, G. A. R., to go towards defraying their expenses
on that day.
Passed July 3, 1S94.
RESOLUTIONS, ORDERS, ORDINANCES. 751
City of Manchester.
An Order for the erecting of Electric Lights.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
an electric light be erected at the corner of Harrison and Maple,
Union and North, on Elm between Appleton and Clarke, Mun-
roe street and River road, Front street and Dunbarton road,
Marion street and McGregor, Amory street and Bartlett, South
Main and Harvell, Hancock and Dartmouth \ George street, an
oil lamp.
Passed August 7, 1894.
City of Manchester.
On Order relative to House Pay of Members of the Police
Force.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the house pay of members of the police force be paid regularly
each month, the expense thereof to be charged to the appropria-
tion for police department.
Passed August 7, 1894.
City of Manchester.
An Order to erect Watering-trough.
Ordered, If the Board of Common Council concur : That the
board of street and park commissioners be and hereby are au-
thorized to erect a watering-trough at the corner of Valley and
Union streets, the expense to be charged to incidentals.
Passed September 4, 1894.
752 RESOLUTIONS, ORDERS, ORDINANCES.
City of Manchester.
An Order making a Transfer of Money.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the appropriation for curbing around the Lincoln-street school
be transferred to fund for incidental expenses.
Passed September 4, 1894.
City of Manchester.
An Order making a Transfer of Money.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the city clerk be and hereby is authorized to make a transfer of
five hundred dollars (^500) from the appropriation for repairs of
schoolhouses to the appropriation for contingent expenses.
Passed September 4, 1894.
City of Manchester.
An Order relating to Pay of the Militia.
Ordered^ If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the sum of ^100 be paid to the Sheridan Guards, Upton Light
Infantry, Scammon Rifles, Lafayette Guards, Manchester Cadets,
Manchester War Veterans, Amoskeag Veterans, First Regiment
Band ; and fifty dollars (^50) to the Brigade Headquarters and
Regimental Headquarters.
Passed September 4, 1894.
City of Manchester.
An Order to purchase a Pair of Horses.
Ordered, If the Board of Common Council concur : That the
horses now on trial at Vine-street station be purchased ; price
not to exceed $400 for the pair.
Passed September 4, 1894.
RESOLUTIONS, ORDERS, ORDINANCES. 753
City of Manchester.
An Order to pay Police for House Pay.
Ordered, If the Board of Common Council concur : That the
patrolmen be paid for house duty from January i, 1894.
Passed September 4, 1894.
City of Manchester.
An Order for the Erection of Electric Lights.
Ordered, If the Board of Common Council concur : That an
electric light be erected at the corner of North and Bay, Orange
and Linden, High and Buzzell, Kelley and Rimmon, Kelleyand
Coolidge avenue, South Main and West Hancock, Mast road and
Forest, Nutt road and Auger avenue (proposed), Union and
Grove, Young road and Taylor, and Boynton.
Passed October 2, 1894.
City of Manchester.
An Order to meet Expense for Proposed New Schoolhouse.
Ordered, If the Board of Common Council concur : That the
sum of six hundred and eighty-two dollars and forty-three one
hundredths ($682.43) be paid for expens6 in proposed new school,
the same to be paid from appropriation for incidental expenses
to the following : The John B. Clarke Publishing Co., Union
Publishing Co., T. & R. D. McFarland for one set of plans,
American Express Co., A. J. Lane, securing option of land;
providing, that the payment to C. T. & R. D. McFarland for
one set of plans be in full payment for all services for work, ad-
vice, and plans against the city to October i, 1894.
Passed October 2, 1894,
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754 RESOLUTIONS, ORDERS, ORDINANCES.
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 cause to be
erected electric lights as follows :
Corner of Spruce street and Barry avenue, corner of Hall
street and Summer street, corner of Lincoln and Cedar streets,
corner of Massabesic street and Hall road, the expense thereof
to be charged to the appropriation for lighting streets.
Passed November 9, 1894.
City of Manchester.
An Order to furnish Two Additional Rooms at the Pearl-
street School.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and joint standing committee on lands and buildings
be authorized to furnish two additional rooms at the Pearl-street
school, the expense thereof to be charged to the appropriation for
Pearl-street school.
Passed November 9, 1894.
City of Manchester.
An Order to purchase 500 feet of Hose for use at the City
Farm.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur: That
the mayor and joint standing committee on city farm be author-
ized to purchase 500 feet of hose for use at the city farm, ex-
penses to be charged to the appropriation for city farm.
Passed November 9, 1894.
RESOLUTIONS, ORDERS, ORDINANCES. 755
City of Manchester.
An Order to furnish Two Additional Rooms at Rimmon
School.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and joint standing committee on lands and buildings
be authorized to furnish two additional rooms at Rimmon school
the expense thereof to be charged to the appropriation for Rim-
ifion school.
Passed November 9, 1894.
City of Manchester.
An Order making a transfer of Money.
Ordered^ If the board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the city clerk be and is hereby authorized to make the following
transfers :
From appropriation for repairs of highways to appropriation
for Stark and Derryfield parks, ^158.73.
From appropriation for new highways to appropriation for
South Main-street bridge, ^475.
From reserved fund to appropriation for repairs of buildings,
Passed November 9, 1894.
City of Manchester.
An Order relating to the Merrill Cemetery, so-called.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the city of Manchester accept from the trustees and owners of
the Merrill cemetery, so-called, situated at the junction of the
Nutt and Merrill roads, a proper deed in trust, together with the
transfer of such trust funds as are in the hands of the trustees,
756 RESOLUTIONS, ORDERS, ORDINANCES.
and that said cemetery be, after the delivery of such deed and
funds, managed and controlled by the board of trustees of
cemeteries, subject to all the provisions of the laws and ordi-
nances so far as the same may be applicable under the deed of
trust. And the joint standing committee on commons and cem-
eteries is authorized to accept such deed to the city from the
trustees and owners as may be proper to carry into effect the
provisions of this order.
Passed December 4, 1894.
City of Manchester.
An Order to erect certain Electric Lights.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and joint standing committee on lighting streets
cause to be erected certain electric lights, as follows :
At the corner of Main and Wayne, Kelley and Alsace, Myrtle
and Elm back street, Pearl and Oak, Harrison and Ash, Hall
and Lowell, Laurel and Beacon, Liberty between North and
Webster, East Spruce and Wilson, crossing Lawrence Railroad
and Beech street, Montgomery and Conant, Wentworth and
Bell, Silver and Wilson, Central and Canal, Beech and Young,
the expense thereof to be charged to the appropriation for light-
ing streets.
Passed December 4, 1894.
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 of the several wards of the city, who acted in said
capacity at the election just past in November, be paid for all
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services in connection with elections the sum of five dollars per
day for each day's service of eight hours per diem, the same to
be inclusive of all pay for such services now provided for by
ordinance.
That the ward clerks of the several wards, who acted as such
at said election, be paid the sum of five dollars per day for each
day's service of eight hours per diem, and the selectmen of the
several wards be paid the sum of three dollars and fifty cents per
day for each day's service of eight hours per diem, the same to
be in addition to what is now provided by ordinance.
That all other election officers, who acted in said capacity at
said election, be paid the sum of three dollars and fifty cents per
day for each day's service of eight hours each, spent at the poll-
ing places in the several wards, the same to be inclusive of all
pay for such services at such election now provided by ordinance
or statute.
Passed December 4, 1894.
City of Manchester.
An Order making a transfer of Money.
Ordered^ If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the city clerk be and hereby is authorized to make the following
transfers, to wit :
From reserved fund to Pearl-street schoolhouse . . ^,316.80
From reserved fund to ward 9 schoolhouse . . 316.80
Total ^633.60
Passed December 31, 1894.
City of Manchester.
An Order relating to the Final Transfers for the Year 1894.
Orde?'ed, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
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the City clerk be and hereby rs authorized to make the following
transfers, to wit :
To reserved fund :
interest . . .' .
$3P1^-45
city hall .......
151.16
mayor's incidentals . . . . .
136.70
auditor's department . . . . .
231.94
repairs of highways . . , . .
70.94
watering streets .....
15.92
paving streets .....
33.98
grading for concrete . . ...
39-77
scavenger service ....
1,119.44
street sweeping .....
77-25
lighting streets .....
1,776.08
bridges ......
99.68
repairs of sewers ....
798.39
health department ....
31.07
fuel . . . .
275.73
books and stationery ....
144.08
printing and advertising .
37-92
contingent expenses ....
69.60
evening schools .....
264.39
evening school, mechanical drawing .
107.60
free text-books .....
15.64
manual training ....
52.46
police department ....
200.00
addition Webster-street schoolhouse .
152.16
Valley cemetery ....
26.98
other free cash in treasury not already appro
priated ......
■ 38,304.97
Total ....
From reserved fund :
To printing and stationery .
incidental expenses
^7>3io.3o
^12.61
1,615.57
RESOLUTIONS, ORDERS, ORDINANCES.
759
To city officers' salaries
$2,125.01
street and park commission
33-65
new highways
367-35
land taken for highways
6,597-67
macadamizing streets
165.99
city teams
698.40
engineer's department .
716.72
repairs of schoolhouses .
464.67
furniture and supplies
173.21
care of rooms
49-15
teachers' salaries .
151-03
fire department
3'539-72
fire-alarm telegraph
533-88
repairs of buildings
614.71
schoolhouse, ward 9
102.99
Pearl-street schoolhouse .
245-25
hosehouse, South Manchester
203.24
commons
3-46
Pine Grove cemetery
730-93
Amoskeag cemetery
4.24
paupers off the farm
2,866.88
city farm
4S6.35
indigent soldiers .
42.00
abatement of taxes
•
1,415-63
Total ....
^2^, 960.^1
Passed December 31, 1894.
City of Manchester.
IN THE YEAR ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND NINETY- FOUR.
An Ordinance in amendment of chapter 31, sections 3 and 10,
of the City Ordinances.
Be it ordained hy the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council
760 RESOLUTIONS, ORDERS, ORDINANCES.
of the City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as fol-
lows :
That chapter 31, section 3, of the City Ordinances relating to
"Regulating hackney carriages, etc.," be amended by striking
out the words "and driver" in the fifth line, so that the section
as amended shall read :
" Section 3. Every carriage licensed as aforesaid shall be
conspicuously marked with the number assigned to it by the
mayor and aldermen, in metallic figures not less than one and a
half inches long, and the name of the owner, the number of the
carriage, and the rates of fare duly established, shall be conspic-
uously posted on a printed card in every such carriage."
And section 10 shall be amended by inserting the words at the
beginning of the section " Every owner of carriages licensed as
aforesaid shall be responsible for the acts of the driver thereof,
and," so that the section shall read :
" Section 10. Every owner of carriages licensed as aforesaid
shall be responsible for the acts of the driver thereof, and any
persons licensed as aforesaid who shall violate any of the provi-
sions of this ordinance, or any person who shall set up, employ,
or use hackney carriages for the conveyance of persons for hire,
from place to place within the limits of the city, without license,
shall be fined not exceeding twenty dollars, or be imprisoned
not exceeding thirty days."
Passed to be ordained February 6, 1894.
City of Manchester.
in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.
An Ordinance establishing the Compensation of the Members
of the Board of Police Commissioners.
Be it ordained by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council
of the City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as fol-
lows :
That the members of the board of police commissioners ere-
RESOLUTIONS, ORDERS, ORDINANCES. 761
•
ated by the legislature at the January session, 1893, ^^''^.U receive
the following compensation, viz.: The chairman the sum of one
hundred and fifty dollars. (;^ 150) ; the other members the sum of
one hundred dollars (gioo) each, all payable annually in the
month of December.
Passed to be ordained February 6, 1894.
City of Manchester.
*
IN THE YEAR ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND NINETY-FOUR.
An Ordinance to change section ^^, chapter 6.
Be it ordained \iy 'C^t Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council
of the City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as fol-
lows :
That section 33, chapter 6, be amended by inserting the words
"street and park commissioners" after the words "or either
board thereof" in tl\e eleventh line of said section, so that said
section shall read as follows :
"Section 33. The civil engineer of the city shall have his
office in the city hall ; he shall, under the direction of the mayor
and board of aldermen, have charge of all plans of public
grounds, streets, sewers, and main drains belonging to the city.
He shall, by himself or his assistant, for whom he shall be respon-
sible, make all such surveys, estimates, admeasurements, and lev-
els, and perform such other duties as may be required of him by
the mayor, board of aldermen, or any committee of the city
councils, or either board thereof, or the street and park commis-
sioners. He shall make, collect, and file in his office, for the
city, accurate plans of all public grounds, streets, sewers, and main
drains, showing all entrances thereto and all estates abutting
thereon, with their frontage and owners' names. He shall make
or cause to be made complete and accurate plans of all public
grounds, at present existing or that may hereafter be laid out ;
also complete and accurate plans of all changes and improve-
762 RESOLUTIONS, ORDERS, ORDINANCES.
ments that may be made thereon, and keep said plans in his
office. He shall also make or cause to be made, complete and
accurate profiles of all public streets at present existing or that
may hereafter be laid out, and shall draw on said profiles, lines
to represent the proposed grade of sidewalks, on each side of said
streets, and said proposed grade, when approved by the city
councils, shall become the established grade of said streets, and
said grade shall not be changed except by the city councils, and
hereafter all abuttors making improvements or building sidewalks
within the limits of said street shall cau§e the same to conform to
said established grade. All books and papers containing files,
notes, and other memoranda shall be the property of the city."
Passed to be ordained March 6, 1894.
City of Manchester,
in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.
An Ordinance in amendment of section 20, chapter 6, of the
Laws and Ordinances of the City of Manchester.
Be it ordained by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council
of the City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as fol-
lows :
That section 20, chapter 6, be amended as follows : By strik-
ing out the words "seventy-five" in the twelfth line thereof
and inserting the words "one hundred," so that said section
shall read as follows :
"The board of overseers shall appoint one of their number
clerk of the board, whose duty it shall be to record all the
proceedings of the board, to make a record of all bills passed
by the board, to notify all towns which may have paupers assisted
by the city, to collect all bills due from such towns to the city,
to arrange the county pauper bills, with a catalogue of the same,
to be presented to the judges of the court at each term, and to
RESOLUTIONS, ORDERS, ORDINANCES. 763
make a copy of such catalogue, to be kept with the records of
the board. He shall receive in full for his services the sum of
one hundred dollars per annum, to be paid in equal semi-annual
payments."
Passed to be ordained April 3, 1894.
City of Manchester.
in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.
An Ordinance in amendment of chapter 38, City Ordinances.
Be it ordained by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council
of the City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as fol-
lows :
That sections i and 3, chapter 38 of the City Ordinances, be
amended as follows :
Add to section i : "And said registrar shall not grant to any
undertaker any permit to bury the body of any person who shall
die within the limits of the city until said registrar shall be fur-
nished a certificate of some physician who shall have viewed the
dead body, setting forth as nearly as he can the cause of death
and the time of death. If the deceased person shall have been a
county or a city charge, and no physician attended such person
during the last illness of such person, then it shall be the duty of
the city physician or of one of the physicians who may be a mem-
ber of the board of health, at the request of the registrar, to view
said dead body and make such certificate. And if there be any
circumstance to arouse his suspicion that the death of such per-
son has been caused by foul means, to report the facts to the
mayor, that an inquest may be had." So that said section shall
read as follows :
" Section i. The city clerk shall be a registrar, whose duty it
shall be, in addition to those now imposed by law, to receive, re-
cord, and index the following facts concerning the deaths in the
city of Manchester, separately numbering and recording the same
764 RESOLUTIONS, ORDERS, ORDINANCES.
in the order in which he receives them, designating in separate
cokuims the date of death, name, sex, color, condition, whether
single, widowed, or married, age, residence, occupation, place of
birth, names and places of the birth of parents, cause of death
and place of burial of the deceased, and date of record. And
said registrar shall not grant to any undertaker any permit to
bury the body of any person who shall die within the limits of
this city until said registrar shall be furnished a certificate of some
physician who shall have viewed the dead body, setting forth as
nearly as he can the cause of d^ath and time of death. If the de-
ceased person shall have been a county or city charge, and no
physician attended such person during the last illness of such per-
son, then it shall be the duty of the city physician, or of one of the
physicians who may be a member of the board of health, at the re-
quest of the registrar, to view said dead body and make such certif-
icate. And if there be any circumstance to arouse his suspicion
that the. death of such person has been caused by foul means, to
report the facts to the mayor, that an inquest may be had."
Section 3 shall be amended by striking out the words " twenty-
five dollars " and inserting the words " twenty dollars," so that
said section 3 shall read as follows :
" Section 3. The registrar is authorized to give permission
for the burial and for the removal of dead bodies from the city,
and no person shall bury or inter, or cause to be buried or in-
terred or disinterred, entombed or disentombed, or shall have
charge of the obsequies or funeral rites preliminary to the inter-
ment of a human body, or assist in the removal of a dead body
for interment, without first having obtained permission to do so
from the registrar ; and any person who shall violate this section,
or the terms of the permit given by the registrar, shall be fined
not more than twenty dollars nor less than five dollars."
Passed to be ordained April 3, 1894.
RESOLUTIONS, ORDERS, ORDINANCES. 76o
City of Manchester.
in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.
An Ordinance to regulate the Sale of Merchandise, Fruit, and
Other Goods.
Be it ordained by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council
-of the City of Manchester, in City Councils assembled, as fol-
lows :
That no person shall cry fruit, vegetables, or other goods for
the purpose of selling or offering for sale such merchandise on
any square, street, alley, lane, or avenue of the city.
Any person convicted of such offense shall pay a fine not ex-
ceeding twenty dollars.
Passed to be ordained April 3, 1894.
City of Manchester.
IN THE year one THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND NINETY-FOUR.
An Ordinance in amendment of chapter 6, section 14, of the
Cit) Ordinances.
Be it ordained \)y the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council
of the City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as fol-
lows :
That chapter 6, section 14, of the City Ordinances relating to
the "duties and compensation of city officers " shall be amended
by inserting the words " and sergeants " after the word " watch "
in the first line, and changing the word "his " to "their " in
the second line, so that the section as amended shall read ae fol-
lows :
" Section 14. The captain of the watch and sergeants shall
receive in full for their services two dollars and fifty cents per
day."
Passed to be ordained April 3, 1894.
766 RESOLUTIONS, ORDERS, ORDINAXCES.
City of Manchester.
in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.
An Ordinance relating to Bicycles.
Be it ordai?iedhy the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council
of the City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as fol-
lows :
Section i. Whoever, without the permit provided for in sec-
tion 3 of this ordinance, rides in a public highway, street,
square, or park a bicycle at a rate of speed exceeding eight miles
an hour, or rides such machine on a sidewalk, or rides such ma-
chine in the streets, squares, or parks of the city when the same
is not provided with a suitable alarm bell adapted for use by the
rider, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding ten dollars for
each offense, and shall be further liable for all damages occa-
sioned to any person by such unlawful act.
Sect. 2. The term sidewalk, as used in this ordinance, shall
mean any sidewalk laid out by the city in the city limits, and
any walk in the city which is reserved by custom for the use of
pedestrians, or which has been specially prepared for their use.
It shall not include cross-walks, nor shall it include footpaths on
portions of public ways lying outside the thickly settled parts of
the city which are worn only by travel and are not improved by
the city or the abutters.
Sect. 3. The mayor of the city or the park and street com-
missioners may, in their discretion, upon any special occasion
grant permits to any person or persons to ride such machines dur-
ing a specified time, upon specified portions of the public ways
of the city, at any rate of speed, and may annex such other rea-
sonable conditions to such permits as they shall deem proper.
This is meant to include the use of bicycles by members of
the fire department or in case of emergency.
This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage.
Passed to be ordained October 2, 1894.
RESOLUTIONS, ORDERS, ORDINANCES. 767
CiTV oi'' Manchester.
IN THE YEAR ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND NINETY-FOUR.
An Ordinance in amendment of section 5, chapter iS, of the
City Ordinances.
Be it ordained by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Coun-
cil of the City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as
follows :
That section 5, chapter 18, be amended by inserting after the
word " branches," in the last line of said section, " The board
of street and park commissioners shall, upon receipt of notice
from the city engineer that the license has been obtained, cause
to be laid the Y branch in the city sewer and see that the con-
nection is properly made, the owner of the abutting property to
do all the work of excavation and furnish all labor with the ex-
ception of furnishing the Y branch and the placing the same in
position. A location of the same shall be filed with the city
engineer and recorded on the city's sewer plans," so that said sec-
tion 5, chapter 18, shall read as follows :
" No person shall enter any drain or pipe into any of the
sewers constructed by the city, without first obtaining a license
therefor, and any person violating the provisions of this section
shall be fined not less than one nor more than ten dollars, and a
like penalty for every day he shall suffer such drain or pipe to
continue so entered, after notice from the city clerk to discon-
nect the same. Before any license can be granted by the city
clerk for a connection with a public sewer, or any house drain-
age put in or repairs made on them, a permit must be obtained
of the city engineer, stating the frontage of the lot and the lo-
cation of the same, with the plan proposed approved by him for
the committee on sewers and drains. Such permit shall be
made upon forms appioved by the committee on sewers and
drains and all connections with the city's sewers shall be made
with Y branches. The board of street and park commissioners
shall, upon receipt of notice from the city engineer that the
768 RESOLUTIONS, ORDERS, ORDINANCES.
license has been obtained, cause to be laid the Y branch in the
city sewer and see that the connection is properly made, the
owner of the abutting property to do all the work of excavation
and furnish all the labor with the exception of furnishing the Y
branch and the placing the same in position. A location of the
same shall be filed with the city engineer and recorded on the
city's sewer plans."
Passed to be ordained November 9, 1894.
INDEX.
INDEX.
Page
Abatement on taxes 686
Assets, statement and inventory of 714
Annual interest charge on bonded debt 711
Auditor, city, report of 501
Auditor's department 545
Appropriations for 1894 by city councils 687
Appendix, school 216
Amoskeag cemetery 672
B
Bridges 575
Books and stationery 609
Buildings, repairs of 638
public, occupied by private parties 712
Board of water commissioners, organization of 42
report of 43
health, report of 351
Bonded debt 708, 710
tabular statement of 708
detailed statement of for 1894 710
annual interest charge 711
c
Churches, etc., valuation of, exempt from tax 697
City Hall 517
officers' salaries 538
teams 578
officials, list of 3
engineei', report of 379
engineer's department, organization of 380
solicitor, report of 329
City auditor's report 501
treasurer's report 502
councils, orders and ordinances 731
772 INDEX.
City physician, report of 335
auditor's department 545
farm 676
report of joint standing committee 323
librai-y 617
report of trustees of 461
treasurer's report 468
librarian's report 474
donations to 479
Contingent expenses 610
Care of rooms 612
Commons 662
Cemetery, Pine Grove 665
Valley 669
Amoskeag 672
Cemeteries, report of sub-trustees of Valley 309
Pine Grove 308
treasurer of 312
treasurer of fund 304
reportof trustees of fund 303
County tax 687
D
Debt, payment of funded 513
bonded, statement of 708-712
Decoration of soldiers' graves 686
Derryfield and Stark parks 664
E
Engine house and wardroom, ward 9 648
Engineer's department 593
Expenses, incidental 524
mayor's 537
contingent 610
Evening schools 613
school, mechanical drawing 615
Electric lights, location of. 485
Elliot Hospital 685
Exempted from tax, property 697
Eaton Heights Shoe Company, resolution in relation to 736
Eureka Shoe Company, resolution in relation to 740
F
Fund, reserved 514
Fuel 604
Furniture and supplies 605
F ree text-books 615
beds, Elliot Hospital 685
INDEX. 773
Fire department 620
report of chief engineer 247
value of personal property 285
names and residences of members 293
location fire-alarm boxes 274
Fire-alarm telegraph 630
Farm, paupers off 672
Farm, city 676
G
Grading for concrete 571
Graves, decoration of soldiers' 6S6
Gas-lights, location of 495
H
Highways, new 558
land taken for 562
watering 563
paving 566
macadamizing 568
grading for concrete on 571
scavenger service 573
sweeping 574
lighting 591
bridges 575
city teams 57S
repairs of 549
Health department 597
board of, report of 351
Hospital, Women's Aid and Relief 685
Elliot, free beds 685
Sacred Heart 685
Hosehouse, South Manchester 649
Hydrant service 633
Hallsville schoolhouse 647
I
Interest 512
annual charge, bonded debt 711
Incidental expenses 524
Indigent soldiers 6S4
Inspector, milk, report of 339
Inventory of assets 714
Laws relating to exemptions 696
Loans, temporary 736,737
Land taken for highways 562
Lighting streets 591
Library, city 617
Lincoln school curbing 648
774 INDEX.
M
Manual training 617
Ma3'or's incidentals 537
Macadamizing streets 568
Militia 686
Milk inspectoi-, report of 339
Municipal receipts and expenditures 506
Manufacturing property exempt from taxation 707
N
New highways 558
0
Overseers of the poor, report of 317
Oil lamps, location of 496
Organization of school board for 1S95 232
Ordinances and orders 731
Order relative to appropriation for decoration of soldiers' graves 750
to purchase horses for fire department 747, 752
to build certain sewers 423, 421, 426, 427, 428, 429
to build certain streets 424, 426, 429
to erect -watering-trough 751
to establish certain grades 423, 425
to change grade of Cartier street 427
to change grade of Valley street 427
to establish the grade of Harrison street 427
to establish the grade of Page, Kelley, Kimmon, and Dubuque
streets 428
to establish the grade of Union and Sagamore streets 429
to meet expense for proposed schoolhouse 753
relating to South Manchester hosehouse 743
to print forty-ninth report '. 2, 741
to purchase supply wagons 746, 748
relative to curbing at Lincoln school 749
to purchase hose 754
relative to changes in city hall 746
to make purchases at city farm 744
to erect certain electric lights 751, 753, 754, 756
to erect certain lamp posts 750
relating to wardroom and police station, West Manchester 742,743
relating to team hire, sti-eet and park commission 742
for band concerts 748
providing pay for election oflScers 756
making transfer of money 745, 747, 748, 749, 750, 752, 755, 757
to pvirchaseiand for Pine Grove cemetery 747
to build Wentworth street 425
relating to ward 5 wardroom 744
to ward 2 wardroom 745
to premium on bonds 748
INDEX. 775
Order relating to pay of militia 752
to police matron 746
to Pearl-street school 754
to McGregorville scboolhouse 744, 755
to pay of police force 751, 753
to Merrill cemetery 755
Ordinance relating to bicycles 766
amending section 20, chapter 6 762
amending section 33, cliapter 6 761
amending section 3, chapter 31 759
amending chapter IS, section 5 767
amending chapter 38 763
amending chapter 6, section 14 765
establishing pay of police commissioners 760
regulating sale of merchandise 765
P
Payment of funded debt ' 513
Printing and stationery 521
and advertising 610
Paving streets 566
Police department 633
Pine Grove cemetery 665
Paupers off the farm 672
Property account, real and personal 714
Public buildings occupied by private parties 712
Park, Derryfleld 664
Stark 664
Pai-sonages, valuation of, exempt from taxation 697
Pearl-street schoolhouse 644
Police commissioners, report of 345
R
Reserved fund 514
Repairs of schoolhouses 600
of buildings 638
Rooms, care of 612
Repairs of highways 549
of Vine-street hook-and-ladder house 649
Resolutions, orders, and ordinances 731
on death of Auditor James B. Straw 735
relating to street railway 736
to bonds 733
to, water bonds 737, 738
to A ins worth avenue 739
for a joint special committee 740
in relation to South Manchester Building Association 739
in relation to Redman & Eaton Shoe Co 741
raising money and making appropriations for 1894 687
776 INDEX.
Report of Boai'd of Water Commissioners , 43
Superintendent of Waterworks 48
City Engineer 379
Chief Engineer Fire Department 247
Trustees of City Library 461
Sub-Trustees of Valley cemetery 309
Pine Grove cemetery 308
Treasurer of Cemeteries 312
Treasurer;of Cemetery Fund 304
Trustees of Cemetery Fund 303
Treasurer of Sinking Fund 727
Overseers of the Poor 317
Joint Standing Committee on City Farm 323
Street and Park Commission 107
• Committee on Sewers and Drains 441
Committee on Streets 447
City Solicitor 329
Milk Inspector 339
School Committee 191
Superintendent 191
Board of Health 351
City Auditor 501
City Physician 335
City Treasurer 502
Police Commissioners! 345
Real and personal estate owned by the city 714
property, exempt from taxation, other than public property 697
Rules, etc., relating to bills against the city (auditor's department) 722
Receipts and expenditures, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894 512
municipal, for 1894 506
s
Salaries of city officials 53S
Scavenger service 573
Street sweeping 574
Street and park commission, report of 107
Sewers, repairs of 583
new 585
School department, organization of 232
evening, mechanical drawing 615
committee, report of 191
superintendent's report 191
Schoolhouse, Hallsville 647
ward 9 646
Webster-sti-eet, addition to 647
Schoolhouses, parochial, and seminaries of learning 697
repairs of 600
Salaries, teachers' 614
Street and park commission 547
Snow and ice 556
INDEX. 777
South Main -street bridge 577
Stark and Derryfleld parlis 604
Soldiers, indigent 684
State tax 686
Solicitor, city, report of 329
Statement of bonded debt 710
public buildings occupied by private parties 712
Sinking fund 514
treasurer's report 727
Sacred Heart Hospital 685
Summary of city debt 708,712
T
Temporary loan 516
Text-books, free 615
Teachers' salaries 614
Taxes, abatement of 686
Tax, state 686
countj' 687
Treasurer, city, report of 502
Taxation, appropriations for 1894 687
exemption 697
by board of assessors 691
statement of total 692
table of taxes due and uncollected 693
valuations from 1S90 to 1894, inclusive 694
settlement of tax collector's account to June 1, 1894 694
Teams, city 578
Tabular statement of receipts and expenditures 512
Training, manual 617
V
Valley cemetery 669
Valuation and taxes 691
Valedictory address. Mayor Knowlton 29
Mayor Worthen 37
w
Watering streets 563
Women's Aid and Relief Hospital 685
Water-woi'ks, superintendent's report 43
commissioners' report 41^3
expenses 650
Wardroom and engine house, ward 9 648
Ward 5 wardroom 643
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