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Fiftieth Annual Report
Receipts and Expenditures
City OF Manchester
NEW HAMPSHIRE
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31, 1895
TOGETHER WITH
OTHER ANNUAL REPORTS AND PAPERS RELATING
TO THE AFFAIRS OF THE CITY.
MANCHESTER :
PRINTED BY THE JOHN B. CLARKE CO.
1896.
CITY OF Manchester.
In Board of Common Council.
AN ORDER to print the Fiftieth Annual Report of the Receipts and Expen-
ditures 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 Fiftieth Annual Report 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 waterworks, water commis-
sioners, engineer of fire department, police commissioners, overseers of the
poor, trustees, librarian, and treasurer of the cily library, committee on ceme-
teries, 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 stationery.
In Board of Common Council. February 4, 1896.
Passed.
JOHN T. GOTT, President.
In Board of Mayor and Aldermen. February 4, 1S96.
Passed in concurrence.
WILLIAM C. CLARKE, Mayor.
MANCHESTER
CITY GOVERNMENT.
189J.
Mayor.
WILLIAM C. CLARKE
Office, City Hall
Chosen at biennial election in November, 1894. Salary, ^1,800 per annum,
payable quarterly. (Act of June, 1848, section i. Chapter 223, Laws of
1883. Public Statutes, chapter 47.) Telephone at house and office.
Aldermen.
Act
Ward I.
street.
Ward 2.
Ward 3.
Ward 4.
Ward 5.
Ward 6.
Ward 7.
Ward 8.
Ward 9.
of June, 1848, section i. Public Statutes, chapter 48.
Gardner K. Browning, 55 Stark Corporation, Canal
George E. Heath, River road north, at Hooksett line.
George W. Reed, 483 Chestnut street.
Howard C. Holt, 41 1 Amherst street.
Richard J. Barry, 240 Lake avenue.
Frank H. Libbey, Nutt road.
Johann A. Graf, 10 Middle street.
Christian L. Wolf, 36 Clinton street.
Frank T. Provost, 21 Amory street.
President of the Common Council
John T. Gott,'_Mammoth road.
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MANCHESTER CITY GOVERNMENT.
Members of the Common Council.
Act of June, 1848, section i. Public Statutes, chapter 48.
Ward i.
Charles E. Blanchard, 53 Market street.
William Watts, 31 Stark Corporation, Mechanic street.
Carl E. Rydin, 28 Stark Corporation, Mechanic street.
Ward 2.
Eben Carr, Union, near River road north.
Ossian D. Knox, 757 Chestnut street.
John A. Lindquist, 48 Blodget street.
Ward 3.
Fred L. Allen,* 6 Linden street.
Clarence E. Rose, 337 Pearl street.
Joseph O. Tremblay, iS Malvern street.
William F. Elliott, f 194 Concord street.
Ward 4.
George H. Phinney, 133 Hanover street.
George E. Richards, 12 Ash street.
Jules Deschenes, 323 Concord street.
Ward 5.
William J. Allen, 181 Lake avenue.
Michael R. Sullivan, 296 Pine street.
Daniel A. Murphy, 103 East Spruce street.
* Elected city treasurer. t Special election.
LIST OF OFFICERS. 5
Ward 6.
John T. Gott, Mammoth road.
Charles Hazen, 436 Central street.
Fred S. Sloan,* 132 Massabesic street.
B, Frank Welch,t 14 Elm street.
Ward 7.
Norris P.° Colby, 1 7 Middle street.
Samuel F. Davis, 57 West Merrimack street.
Robert Morrow, 66 Amoskeag Corporation, West Merrimack
street.
Ward 8.
Edward F. Scheer, 135 Milford street.
John W. Wilson, 215 Turner street.
William R. Blakely, 162 Blaine street.
Ward 9.
John Gildard, 646 Main street.
Stephen P. Martel, Stark Mills.
Richard F. Schindler, 294 Beauport 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 ;^2' chapter 6, section 11.)
* Resigned. t Special election.
6 MANCHESTER CITY GOVERNMENT.
City Clerk.
Nathan P. Kidder Office, City Hall
Salary, ^900. The city clerk, in addition -to his salary, is in receipt of fees
as registrar of births, marriages, and deaths, and as a recording officer for rec-
ord of mortgages on personal property, of attachments of real estate, of partner-
ships and assignments, and for recording various other legal papers. He also
receives fees for issuing dog licenses, billiard and bowling alley licenses, for
certifying records, and for various other matters.
These fees are established by the state legislature under various laws, and
are estimated to be between ^2,100 and ^2,500 per annum. Chosen in con-
vention of City Councils in January, annually. (Charter, section 22. Public
Statutes, chapter 50. Act of 1849. City Laws and Ordinances, pages 42, 43^
68, 72, 73, 84, 86, 89, 114, 122, 123, 124, 166, 189.) Residence, 313 Man-
chester street.
City Auditor.
James E. Dodge Office, City Hall
Salary, $1,000. Appointed by Mayor and approved by Board of Aldermen,
in January, annually. (Laws of 1889, chapter 287. City Ordinances, pages
44, 71, 83-88, 173.) Residence, River road north.
Auditor's Clerk.
Lizzie M. Cogswell . . . Auditor's Office, City Hall
ResideDCe, 1589 Elm street.
City Treasurer.
Sylvanus B. Putnam * Office, City Hall
Fred L. Allen.
Salary, $1,200. Elected in convention of City Councils in January, annu-
ally. (Charter, section 23. Act of 1856, section 4. General Laws, chapter
48, sections 3, 4. Act of 1859, section 4. City Laws and Ordinances, pages.
36, 86-89, 170. 172-)
* Died December, 1895, and Fred L. Allen elected.
LIST OF OFFICERS. 7
Treasurer's Clerk.
Blanche E. Bullock . . . Treasurer's Ofifice, City Hall
Collector of Taxes.
George E. Morrill Office, City Hall
Salary, 5 1 1650 and fees. Elected by Mayor and Aldermen before May i,
annually. (Act of July, 185 1. Act of June, 1859, section 6. Public Statutes,
chapter 43. City laws and ordinances, chapter 23-) 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 33, 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 Graf; Councilmen
Knox, Colby, and Hazen.
8 MANCHESTER CITY GOVERNMENT.
On Accounts. — Aldermen Browning and Provost; Coun-
cilmen Watts, Blakely, and W, J. Allen. (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.)
On Claims. — Aldermen Libbey and Reed ; Councilmen Rose,
Martei and Wilson. (Meets third Friday in each month.)
On Streets. — Aldermen Reed and Heath ; Councilmen Trem-
blay, Scheer, and Hazen.
On Sewers and Drains. — Aldermen Wolf and Heath ; Coun-
cilmen Phinney, Sullivan, and Lindquist.
On Lighting Streets. — Aldermen Browning and Wolf; Coun-
cilmen Deschenes, Carr, and Murphy.
On Lands and Buildings. — Aldermen Graf and Barry ; Coun-
cilmen Sloan, Welch, Davis, and Richards.
Ofi Fire Department. — Aldermen Libbey and Holt; Council-
men Tremblay, Blanchard, Sloan, and Welch.
On Commons and Cemeteries. — Aldermen Graf and Holt ;
Councilmen Blanchard, Gildard, and Carr.
On Public Lnstruction. — Aldermen Heath and Provost ;
Councilmen Lindquist, W. J. Allen, and Morrow,
On Water Works. — Aldermen Reed and Holt ; Councilmen
Wilson, Watts, and Davis.
On City Farm. — Aldermen Barry and Reed ; Councilmen
Allen, Rydin, and Gildard.
On House of Correction. — Aldermen Reed and Barry ; Coun-
cilmen Murphy, W. J. Allen, and Schindler.
On Military Affairs. — Aldermen Provost and Browning ;
Councilmen Rose, Scheer, and M. R. Sullivan.
On Public Health. — Aldermen Holt and Wolf; Councilmen
Martei, Richards, and Colby.
Standing Committees.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
On Enrollment. — Aldermen Reed and Barry,
On Bills on Second Reading. — Aldermen Browning and Wolf.
LIST OF OFFICERS.
On Market. — Aldermen Holt and Libbey.
On Marshafs Accounts. — Aldermen Heath and Proves:.
On Licenses. — Aldermen Provost and Graf.
On Setting Trees. — Aldermen Libbey and Barry.
On Special Police. — Aldermen Holt and Browning.
COMMON COUNCIL.
On Election Returns. — Councilmen Phinney, Watts, and
Murphy.
On Bills on Second Reading. — Councilmen Knox, F. Allen,*
Elliott, and Hazen.
On Enrollment. — Councilmen Rydin, Carr, and Deschenes.
City Physician.
Frederick Perkins .... Office,' 895 Elm street
Salary, ^600. Elected by City Councils in convention in January, annually.
(Laws of 1S70, chapter 99. City Ordinances, chapter 9, sections 29, 30.)
Residence, Clark street, corner Chestnut.
City Engineer.
Winfred H. Bennett Office, City Hail
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 1871. City Ordinances, chapter 36, and Laws of
1S91, 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.
* Elected City Treasurer.
10 MANCHESTER CITY GOVERNMENT.
The Mayor, ex officio.
Charles H. Manning, term expires January, 1901.
Andrew C. Wallace, term expires January, 1900.
Alpheus Gay, term expires January, 1899.
Henry Chandler, term expires January, 1898.
James A. Weston,* term expires January, 1897.
Harry E. Parker,f term expires January, 1897.
Charles T, Means, term expires January, 1902.
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.
^Died May 8, 1895. t Elected to vacancy.
LIST. OF OFFICERS. 11
Justice of the Police Court.
Nathan P. Hunt.* Isaac L. Heath, court room at Police Sta-
tion, corner Manchester 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.)
Associate Justice of the Police Court.
Isaac L. Heath. f Salary, $300 per annum.
George W. Prescott.
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 17-19,
General Laws, amended by chapter 236, Laws of 1881. Public Statutes, chap-
ter 211.) Residence, 15 Ash street.
Police.
The members of the police are appointed by the Police Commissioners, and
hold their commissions during good behavior. They are, by virtue of their ap-
pointment, constables and conservators of the peace, and their jurisdiction ex-
tends 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.
* Resigned, and Heath appointed successor.
t Appointed judge, and Prescott appointed successor.
12 MANCHESTER CITY GOVERNMENT.
Police Commissioners.*
Isaac L. Heath, f term expires January, 1900.
Noah S. Clark,! term expires January, 1898.
Frank P. Carpenter, term expires January, 1896.
David Perkins,! term expires January, 1900.
Harry E. Loveren,§ term expires January, 1900.
Cliief of Police.
Michael J. Healy Office at Police Station
Salary, ^900. Residence, 304 Central street. Telephone at house and
office.
Deputy Chief of Police.
John F. Cassidy ..... Office at Police Station
Salary, $800. Residence, 415 Manchester street.
Captain of the Watch.
Lafayette Tebbetts. Salary, $2.50 per day.
Levi J. Proctor. Salary, ^2.50 per day. Residence, Candia
road corner Massabesic.
Sergeant.
Henry McAllister, died May 21, 1895.
Thomas E. Steele. Salary ^2.50 per day. Residence, 56
Nashua street.
■ See chapter 202, Laws 1893. t Chairman, resigned, t Clerk. § Present chairman.
LIST OF OFFICERS. 13
Patrolmen.
SALARY, ^2.25 PER DAY.
Randall W. Bean, 77 Ash street.
Frank E. Bourrassa, 552 Lincoln 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.
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. Harden, 400 Belmont street.
Oscar R. Poehlman, 386 Dubuque street.
Albert Russell, 36 School street.
Leon E. Magoon, 355 East Spruce street.
Joseph Archambeault, 382 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.
Frank P. Moore, 47 Elm street.
William Steele, 115 Pearl street.
Edwin A. Hutchins, 11 Mill street, Amoskeag.
John T. Welch, 1263 Elm street.
William M. Caldwell, 269 Merrimack street.
John T. Nixon, 121 Hanover street.
Elmer E. Somers, 336 Lake avenue.
Janitor of Station.
Frank P. Wiggin. $1.75 per day. Residence, 21 Laurel
avenue.
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Miss A. B. Brown,
nut street.
Matron.
^15 per annum. Residence, 329 Chest-
School Committee.
Chosen at the biennial election in November, 1894 ; Mayor and president of
the Common Council members ex officio. The board of school committee
choose the clerk of the board, the superintendent of public instruction, the
truant officer, and the teachers in the public schools, and determine their sal-
aries. They have charge of the repairs of schoolhouses, to a limited extent,
and the purchase of free text-books and other supplies, and are limited by the
appropriation of the City Councils. The salary of the committee is ^10 each.
Walter B. Heath.
Augustus P. Home.
George D. Towne.
Charles M. Floyd.
James P. Slattery.
Harry I. Dodge.
Marshall P. Hall.
Ward i.
Walter H. Lewis.*
Elliott C. Lambert.
Ward 2.
Charles H. Manning.
Ward 3.
Louis E. Phelps.
Ward 4.
Nathaniel L. Colby.
Ward 5.
William J. Sughrue.*
Harry J. Woods.
Ward 6.
Herbert E. Richardson.
Ward 7.
Edward B. Woodbury.
* Resigned.
LIST OF OFFICERS. 15
Ward 8.
Luther C. Baldwin. Josiah G. Dearborn.
Ward 9.
Robert E. Walsh. Jeremiah Sullivan.
William C. Clarke, ex officio chairman.
John T. Gott, ex officio.
Marshall P. Hall, vice-chairman.
Edward B. Woodbury, clerk.
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.
Curtis W. Davis Office, City Hall
Salary, $750. Residence, 849 Chestnut street.
Assessors.
One assessor from each ward chosen at the biennial election in November.
Paid $2.50 each for each day while employed in the assessment and abate-
ment of taxes. Office, City Hall. (Charter, section 25. Public Statutes,
chapter 48, section i ; chapter 50, section 4; chapter 49, sections 10, 11, 12.
City Ordinances, chapter 6, section 26.) Assistant assessors, not exceeding
six, chosen by the City Councils.
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MANCHESTER CITY GOVERNMENT.
Ward I.
Ward 2.
Ward 3.
Ward 4.
Ward 5.
Ward 6.
Ward 7.
Ward 8.
Ward 9.
Henry Lewis, 32 Amoskeag Corporation.
John E. Stearns, 58 Myrtle street.
David O. Furnald, 384 Lowell street.
Harrison D. Lord, 387 Hanover street.
George F. Sheehan, 85 Cedar street.
George H. Dudley, 159 Laurel street.
William T. Rowell, 14 Manchester Corporation.
Frank N. Daniels, 137 Milford street.
Lawrence F. Bradley,* 568 Main street.
Julius Wiesner,f 16 Rimmon.
CHAIRMAN OF ASSESSORS.
David O. Furnald ..... Office, City Halt
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, r6, and
City Ordinances, chapter 14, section 9.)
Ward I. George C. Kemp, 40 Machine Shop block.
Charles B. Tucker, 777 Union street.
William B. Corey, 88 Pearl street.
Samuel J. Lord, 387 Hanover street.
Patrick Daley.
Albert J. Peaslee, Cohas avenue, near Water Works.
Joseph A. Foster, 42 Amoskeag Corporation.
Charles C. Tinkham, 9 Parker avenue.
John B. Bourque, 22 Wayne street.
Ward
2.
Ward
3-
Ward
4.
Ward
5-
Ward
6.
Ward
7-
Ward
8,
Ward
9-
Resigned. t Elected to vacancy by city councils.
LIST OF OFFICERS. IT
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, 1890. Meet third Wednesday of each
month in City Hall building.
Ward I. William H. Maxwell, clerk, 20 Amoskeag Corpora-
tion, Stark street.
Ward 2. Thomas L. Quimby, railroad station, foot West Sal-
mon street.
Ward 3. Benjamin F. Garland, 28 Linden street.
Ward 4. George S. Holmes, 296 Hanover street.
Ward 5. Patrick Costello, 106 East Spruce street.
Ward 6. Charles Francis, Candia road, East Manchester.
Ward 7. William Marshall, 72 Amoskeag Corporation, West
Manchester.
Ward 8. Charles S. McKean, 495 Granite street.
Ward 9. Moise Bessette, 322 Rimmon street.
William G. Clarke, ex officio, office, City Hall.
Board of Health.
(City Ordinances, chapter 14, section 10, as amended. Laws of 1885, chap-
ter 165 ; Laws of 1887, chapter 227 ; 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, Court House,.
West Merrimack, corner of Franklin street.
Clarence W. Downing, M. D. Term expires first Monday \\\
February, 1896.
Joseph B. Sawyer, clerk, civil engineer, 356 Hanover street.
Term expires first Monday in February, 1895.
William K. Robbins, 290 McGregor. Term expires first Mon-
day in February, 1898.
Cornelius F. Starr, M. D., 49 Manchester street. Term expires
first Monday in February, 1897.
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18 MANCHESTER CITY GOVERNMENT.
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 sal-
ary 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 fire-
wards. The said engineers constitute the board of engineers, and elect a clerk
whose compensation is ^25 a year. The annual compensation of the call mem-
bers of the several hook-and-ladder, hose, steam fire erxgine, and chemical
engine companies is as follows: Foremen, each ^115; assistant foremen, each
$110; clerks, each $110; engineers, each $135; assistant engineers, each
$10^ ; all other members, each $100 ; payable in equal semi-annual payments,
on the first of January and July. (Laws of 1S70, chapter 99. General Laws,
chapter 106. City Ordinances, chapters 6 and 12.) Five members are per-
manently employed as engineers at ;Si76.25 per month each, and nineteen as
drivers at $68.33^^ per month each, and receive no compensation as call mem-
bers. Members of the companies are appointed by Board of Mayor and Alder-
men in the month of February, annually, on list presented by the board of
engineers. The officers of each company are appointed by the board of engi-
neers.
Chief Engineer.
Thomas W. Lane . . Office, Central Station, Vine street
Residence, 1937 Elm street. Telephone at house and oftice.
Fred S. Bean, clerk, 102 Orange street.
Ruel G. Manning, 52 Douglas street. West Manchester.
Eugene S. Whitney, River road north, corner West North
street.
Clarence R. Merrill, 418 Merrimack street.
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
Common Council, ex officio.
Lucien B. Clough,* term expires October i, 1895, 181 Walnut
street.
Frank P. Carpenter, term expires October i, 1902, Elm, cor-
ner West North.
Nathan P. Hunt, term expires October i, 1901, 774 Union
street.
Herman F. Straw, term expires October i, 1900, 607 Chest-
nut street.
Walter M. Parker, term expires October i, 1899, ^Vest 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,
corner Myrtle.
William C. Clarke, ex officio.
John T. Gott, ex officio.
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, man-
agement, and control of the building, constructing, repairing, and maintaining
of all the streets, highways, lanes, sidewalks, bridges, and public sewers and
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
* Died July 28, 1895.
20 MANCHESTER CITY GOVERNMENT.
meeting of the board at 2 o'clock p. M., each day. Salary of each member,
^600 per year, payable quarterly, and each are allowed ^150 annually for horse
hire.
George H. Stearns, chairman, term expires 1898.
Leonard P. Reynolds, term expires 1896.
Horace P. Simpson, term expires 1900.
Clerk.
Appointed by commissioners. Salary, ^75 monthly.
Allan E. Herrick, 91 Russell street, corner of Prospect.
Assistant Clerk, Julia F. Stearns.
City Weigher.
Elected annually in convention of City Councils. Salary, ^400 per annum ;
all fees for weighing returned monthly to city treasurer with sworn statement.
Stationed at city scales on Franklin street.
Asa B. Eaton . . . ... . Office, city scales
Residence, 23 Appleton street.
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Harry C. Blanchard.
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.
Robert Snyder.
Harry P. Ray, River road north.
C. R. Hodge, 574 Hall street.
Henry C. Wallace, 64 Hanover street.
LIST OF OFFICERS. 21
Trustees of Cemeteries.
(City Ordinances, chapter 39, sections i, 2, 3, 4.) Two trustees elected by
City Councils in convention in Januarj', 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, 1899.
William H, Huse, Mammoth road, term expires 1899.
John L. Sanborn, 25 Market street, term expires 1898.
Bushrod W. Hill, 299 Hanover street, term expires 1898.
Stillman P. Cannon, 43 Elm street, terra 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 Merrimack street, term expires January,
iJ
S. B., Putnam,* clerk and treasurer, 437 Amherst street.
Fred L. Allen, clerk and treasurer, 6 Linden street.
Sub-Trustees of Cemeteries.
VALLEY CEMETERY.
Alderman Howard C. Holt, 41 1 Amherst street.
Councilman John Gildard, 646 Main street.
John L. Sanborn, 25 Market street.
Bushrod W. Hill, 299 Hanover street.
Stillman P. Cannon, 43 Elm street.
PINE GROVE CEMETERY.
Alderman J. Adam Graf, 10 Middle street.
Councilman Charles E. Blanchard, 53 Market street.
George W. Bacon, 66 Stark Corporation, Canal street.
John P. Young, 346 Merrimack street.
Charles H. Bartlett, 25 High street.
• Deceased.
22 MANCHESTER CITY GOVERNMENT.
AMOSKEAG CEMETERY.
Councilman Eben Carr, North Union 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. Westbn,* chairman, 621 Maple street.
Charles H. Bartlett,t 25 High street.
Person C. Cheney,;}; Harrison street, corner Elm.
Otis Barton,"}" 122 Orange street.
William C. Clarke, ex officio.
Inspector of Milk.
Edward C. Smith Office, 1277 Elm street
Residence, 97 Sagamore street. Term expires February i, annually. (Pub-
lic Statutes, chapter 127.) Appomted by Mayor and Aldermen. Salary, $300
per annum.
Inspector of Buildings.
Thomas W. Lane . . Office at Central Fire Station
Residence, 1937 Elm stieet. Appointed by Board of Mayor and Aldermen,
biennially, in February. Salary, ;$ioo per annum. (City Ordinances, chapter
15. Laws of 1883, chapter 94. Public Statutes, page 170.) Telephone at
house and office.
* Died May 8, 1895. t Appointed to vacancy. \ Resigned.
LIST OF OFFICERS.
23
Joseph B. Baril
John Cayzer
Inspectors of Oil.
99 Bridge street
583 Granite street
(Public Statutes, chapter 129, sections 25-34. City Ordinances, chapter 25.
Paid by fees, ^ of i per cent per gallon.
9 ; chapter 36,
See Public Stat-
Moderators.
Elected biennially. (General Laws, chapter 31, sections
section 9; chapter 44, section 7. City Ordinances, page iS.
utes relating to towns and cities.)
Ward I. Abial W. Eastman, 24 Amoskeag Corporation, Stark
street.
Ward 2. Lyman W. Colby, 753 Chestnut street.
Ward
Ward
Ward
Ward
Ward
Ward
Ward
Arthurs. Bunton, 27 Walnut street.
George H. Warren, 461 Hanover street.
John B. Rodgers, 240 Lake avenue.
Herbert S. Clough, 45 Middle street.
Frank A. Dockham, 18 Pleasant street.
Robert E. McKean, 50 Main street.
John T. Hannigan, 159 Cartier street.
Ward Clerks.
Elected biennially. (General Laws, chapter 44, sections 10, 12. City Or-
dinances, page 18. Public Statutes relating to towns and cities.)
Ward I. Frank X. Foster, 1382 Elm street.
Ward 2. Charles A. Allen, 68 Liberty street.
Ward 3. John H. Hayes, 106 Arlington street.
Ward 4. Joseph W. Abbott, 256 Manchester street.
Ward 5. Martin J. Whalen.
Ward 6. Arthur B. Dickey.
Ward 7. Charles E. Bartlett, 68 West Merrimack street.
Ward 8. Fred L. Hodgman, 363 South Main street.
Ward 9. Frank I. Lessard, 320 Dubuque street.
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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.
Olaf H. Nyberg, 27 Machine Shop block, Canal street.
Alexander Hanna, 22 Boyden street.
Ward 2.
Daniel G. Andrews, 777 Union street.
William H. Maxwell, Goffstown road.
Fred K. Ramsey, Webster, corner River road.
Ward 3.
George N. Baker, 78 Ashland street.
John Cronin, 284 Bridge street.
Edward C. Smith, 97 Salmon street.
Ward 4.
Charles H. Bartlett, 251 Concord street.
Wilfred Beauchemin, 525 Beech street.
Charles B. Clarkson, 249 Concord street.
Ward 5.
Thomas A. Foley, 156 East Spruce street.
Patrick Maloney, 177 East Spruce street.
Robert F. Murray, 176 East Spruce street.
LIST OF OFFICERS. 25
Ward 6.
George M. Bean, Massabesic road.
Harrison W. Haselton, 261 Laurel street.
Edward P. Cogswell, Candia Road.
Ward 7.
Hanson R. Armstrong, 58 Amoskeag Corporation, West Mer-
rimack street.
Melvin M. Halen, Hall road.
Robert Leggett, 50 Amoskeag Corporation, Canal street.
Ward 8.
William H. Marshall, 265 Douglas street.
Hervey Stratton, 32 Quincy street.
George W. Flint, loi Milford street.
Ward 9.
Albert Oliver, 309 Bartlett street.
Martin J. Rafferty, 450 Beauport street.
Joseph Trahan, 508 Dubuque street.
INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
Gentlemen of the City Councils :
A time-honored custom requires the mayor of Manchester to
begin his official action by delivering an address containing aii
exhibit of the condition of the several departments and an out-
line of his views in regard to them. In trying to discharge this
duty I am impressed with the belief that it would be better if the
unwritten law relieved me of it and imposed it upon the out-go-
ing mayor, whose familiarity with the needs of the city and whose
experience in the administration of its affairs must qualify him
to speak much more authoritatively than a new man, who has
had no sources of information other than those that are open to
all citizens, and whose opinions must be given subject to the
probability that they must be changed as he proceeds, can do.
In the nature of things we who are entirely new to the posi-
tions we occupy, as most of us are, can today start with little
more than an honest and fixed purpose to justify the confidence
which our fellow citizens have imposed on us by so conducting
ourselves that our action will always promote their welfare and
contribute to the progress of the city in which their interests are
centered and of which they are so justly proud. We must hold
ourselves in readiness to learn by the light of experience, and
walk in the path to which our best judgment points us, as we go
along. To provide what revenues are actually needed by the
city by methods which tax as lightly as possible the property of
the present and future, and to so disburse them that the public
may receive a full equivalent, are in general the tasks we have
assumed, and in performing them I know of no better rule than
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30 MANCHESTER CITY GOVERNMENT.
this: Do the city business as an intelligent, broad-minded, and
progressive man would do it if he and his family owned all the
property, paid all the taxes, and received all the benefits from
city expenditures.
Manchester has not escaped the financial convulsions and in-
dustrial storms which wrecked business during the years 1893-94,
but she has suffered less than almost any other city of her size.'
Her manufacturers were so strong in material resources and rep-
utation that they were able, except for brief periods, to keep their
machinery running and furnish employment to their operatives
when others were forced to suspend ; her merchants were so en-
terprising and so strong financially that they were able to com-
mand trade when others could not ; her working people were so
thrifty and so honest that they could endure a season of enforced
idleness without severe suffering, when a similar affliction else-
where produced privation and want.
Many new industries have been established here during the
last two years, our population has largely increased, and building
has been more extensive than at any other period in our history.
The boundaries of the city proper have been constantly enlarged,
and streets, dwellings, and business blocks now occupy a large
territory which was field and pasture. This rapid expansion has
created a pressing demand for public improvements. With such
a suburban development as our city has enjoyed, new streets,
bridges, sewers, schools, street lights, and commons, and increased
water, fire, and police service, are needed much faster than they
can possibly be supplied, and in addition to this the growth of
population and business renders inadequate some of the public
institutions in the central part of the town. In the effort to
supply the demands of a growing city a large amount of money
has been spent, and more must be provided for the same purpose
in the immediate future. The times are not propitious for un-
dertaking public enterprises which can well be postponed. Our
debt is large and burdensome. Our expenses, with the best of
management and the most scrupulous honesty, must be very
heavy. Our tax rate is as high as it can be made without causing
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distress, until business has fully recovered and incomes are re-
stored to their former proportion.
THE CITY DEBT.
For many years Manchester has had the reputation of owing
very little money compared with other cities of its size, and this
fact has carried great weight with prudent men who were seeking
locations for their business and homes, and who are now among
our best and most useful citizens. Our debt is not now so large
as to destroy this reputation and turn away population and busi-
ness, but it has been nearly doubled in a very brief time. I find
upon investigation that it is now $1,397,000, and that that sum
will be increased in the near future at least $350,000 without
further legislative action. If we do not spend a cent for im-
provements other than those already authorized, we shall soon
have a debt of a million and three quarters, and if, as appears
absolutely necessary, we must add to this the cost of a new high
school building, we shall ere long be dangerously near the two
million dollar mark, which is about 7 per cent of our assessed val-
uation.
January i, 1893, the following was the city's bonded indebt-
edness :
Amount of bonded indebtedness January i, 1892
Amount of cemetery bonds issued in 1S92 .
Accrued interest on bonded debt ....
Today it is $1,397,000, divided as follows :
Water bonds
City bonds
Bridge bonds
Improvement bonds
Cemetery bonds
Security bonds .
Total .
^953.850
1,150
21,050
$976,050
$850,000
155,000
60,000
200,000
32,000
100,000
$1,397,000
t semi annual
There is now due, or will be due, on the occasion of the nex
payment, $25,000 of interest on the above bonds, to be provided for by appro
priation.
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This includes ^100,000 security bonds which were sold to the
Second National Bank last year with an agreement that interest
should commence to run from the date of their issue, but that
they should not be paid for until May i, 1896. The city re-
ceived ^50,000 of this July I, 1894; $25,000 December i, 1894;
and the remaining $25,000 will be paid July i, 1895. The city
is, however, paying interest on the whole $100,000, and is giv-
ing the bank the use of our deposits free. In addition to the
above there will soon be $300,000 of improvement bonds and
$50,000 of water bonds that have already been authorized but
not issued, making a total of $1,747,000 or of $1,897,000, if
provision is made for a new high school house.
With these facts confronting us, it behooves us to exercise
every prudence in the administration of the great trust placed in
our hands. Expenditures which would be warranted under
other circumstances should be avoided for the present as far as
possible, and our motto during the next two years should be re-
trenchment and reform.
By the act establishing the board of street and park commis-
sioners it is made obligatory upon the city to set aside a sinking
fund to redeem the permanent improvement bonds of which
$500,000 have already been authorized. This sinking fund
must be at least five per cent of the gross amount issued, making
an appropriation necessary of $25,000 a year when the bonds
have all been put upon the market. The idea is an excellent
one, and I believe similar provision should be made for all the
city's outstanding indebtedness in order that, in twenty years or
sooner, the present debt may be wiped out.
THE STREET COMMISSION.
By an act approved March 29, 1893, a street commission was
created for Manchester, and was given full charge, management,
and control of the building, constructing, repairing and main-
taining of all streets, highways, lanes, sidewalks, and bridges,
public sewers and drains, and of the public parks and commons in
Manchester, and intrusted with the expenditure of all appropri-
INAUGURAL ADDRESS. 33
ations which the city councils should from year to year vote for
such purposes. All bills for expenditures from the appropria-
tions voted from year to year by the city councils for such pur-
poses are approved by the board. In brief, this board has for such
purposes all the powers formerly vested in the board of mayor
and aldermen, the city councils, and the highway surveyors of
the city, except ihe laying out of streets. The commission also
has the power to authorize the obstruction of streets for certain
purposes, and to regulate the stringing of wires and the laying of
pipes through the streets. In the same act the city was author-
ized to borrow $500,000 for use in making permanent improve-
ments. Two hundred thousand of this amount has already been
borrowed, and the city is empowered to borrow $300,000 more.
Under the provisions of the act the commission is given prac-
tically autocratic power in its department. Duties that were
formerly discharged by the entire city government have now
been turned over to three men, and the only check that the city
government can exert on the commission after streets are laid
out is in the matter of appropriation.
THE POLICE COMMISSION.
Another important department has been taken from the con-
trol of the city council by the act creating a police commission
of three members, who are appointed by the governor and coun-
cil. In the selection, organization, discipline, and direction of
the police force we have no responsibilities and no powers.
When we have voted the money necessary to support it our
duty is discharged.
THE WATER-WORKS.
Manchester is exceptionally fortunate in having an abundant
supply of pure water and a system of water-works which dis-
tributes that supply in every direction of the city. Our water
system has cost a large amount, but it is doubtful if we get so
satisfactory return from any other outlay, and its market value is
34 MANCHESTER CITY GOVERNMENT.
probably enough to cancel the entire city debt. In one sense it
has been self supporting from the beginning, the net receipts
having been sufficient to meet the interest on the cost and pro-
vide for the payment of the debt representing it, if they had
been applied for that purpose. A considerable share of those
receipts, however, have been paid from the city treasury. Prac-
tically the water-works and all that pertain to them are outside
the province of the city council, their control, financial and
otherwise, being vested in a board of water commissioners.
The city is the real party in interest, but it has delegated its
authority to agents, reserving to itself little more than buying
the water which :t needs for hydrant purposes and guaranteeing
the contracts made by the commissioners, an arrangement which
has thus far proved very satisfactory. During the past year a
high-service system has been added to the one which was laid
from the outlet of Lake Massabesic twenty years ago. It in-
cludes a new pumping station at the lake, a large and most sub-
stantial reservoir on Oak Hill, and all necessary mains, and is so
arranged that it can be used to supplement or take the place of
the old one in all parts of the city. The growth of the city in
elevated sections, which could not be supplied with water from
the old reservoir, created an imperative necessity for a high-ser-
vice system, and it was judged best in satisfying this to provide
against the possibility — perhaps the probability — that the
breaking of the machinery or the bursting of pipes used in the
Cohas system might leave us without water and subject to the
horrors of fire and drouth. To meet the expense of the high
service and protect the water supply, an issue of bonds to the
amount of $300,000 was authorized by the legislature, and
$25o,ooo'worth have been sold and the proceeds handed to the
commissioners.
The substitution of iron mains for the cement pipes which
■were laid originally has been going on slowly for some time. It
will probably have to be pushed more rapidly hereafter, as every
year weakens the old pipe. With an abundant water supply
assured, it remains to do whatever is necessary to keep it pure.
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Public sentiment in this respect has been steadily rising dur-
ing the past few years until it has reached a point where there is
an absolute demand that a strip of land of necessary width
around the entire shore of Massabesic lake, the source of our
water supply, shall be condemned and set apart forever as public
property upon which no buildings shall be erected and which
shall separate the water itself from cottages, boat houses, and
other structures. The commissioners have been engaged for
several years in buying up the land along the shore of the lake
by piecemeal and have very quietly acquired nearly two fifths of
the entire shore of the lake. In answer to an aroused public
sentiment it has now been decided to condemn all the remainder
of the land about the lake front for a safe distance back from
the shore, and the work of appraising this land by the Hills-
borough county commissioners is now going forward.
Another matter, which is of interest in this connection and
which will probably be settled during our term of office, is the
suit for ^50,000 brought by the Devonshire Mills against the
city of Manchester for diverting the water from Cohas brook.
The proprietors of the mills and the commissioners have already
had two meetings and- agreed to refer the whole matter to a
board of referees.
How much it will cost to adjust this matter and to secure that
portion of the lake front now owned by others can only be con-
jectured, but it will certainly be much in excess of the §50,000
which can be made available by the sale of the bonds not yet
issued and another large sum will have to be provided soon.
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Next to the public health our public schools are the most im-
portant subjects that require our attention. Whatever may be
omitted or neglected, they must be provided for. Commodious,
well-located, and healthy schoolhouses must be had, cost what
they may. Many of our schools are so crowded as to impair
their efficiency and deprive scholars of advantages which no
community can afford not to furnish. The high school has out-
36 MANCHESTER CITY GOVERNMENT.
grown the building which was erected for it in 1866 at a cost of
$40,000, exclusive of the land. At that time our population was
less than one half what it is now, and the edifice has long been
unfit and inadequate for the purpose for which it was intended.
It is my opinion, and I think it is shared by all of our citizens
who have investigated the situation, that we should at once select
a new site and erect a structure thereon which will meet the re-
quirements not only of the present but of the future, so far as we
are able to foresee them. If this is done the old building can be
used for new grammar and primary schools, of which there is
pressing need in that vicinity. The expense will probably not
be less than $150,000, and if, as appears, this is too large an
amount to be added to the tax levy in one or two years, a por-
tion, if not all of it, will have to be secured by an issue of bonds,
authority for which must be obtained from the legislature, and
should be asked for immediately.
In the last report made by Principal Somes of the high school
to the superintendent of schools, he says :
" Each year the number of pupils in the high school has in-
creased until this year we have 266. With this number the
building is very much crowded and every available room has to
be used for a recitation room. With insufficient light in the
study room,, no system of ventilation, and a heating apparatus
which does not heat the building on cold days, our schoolhouse
is not only inconvenient but uncomfortable. I earnestly call
the attention of the school board to the condition of our build-
ing."
This being true, it would be little less than criminal to allow
such a condition of things to continue. Investigation further
shows that not only is a new high school demanded to supplant
and replace the present building, but it is also demanded in order
that the present structure may provide facilities for children in
the primary and grammar grades, who are now packed into the
overcrowded school buildings we already possess. If the high
school is removed from the present building, and the edifice is
given up to primary and grammar grades, it will relieve the pres-
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sure in the Lincoln school, the Ash-street school, the training
school, and the Lowell-street school, and will enable us to do
away with the proposed Wilson Hill school on Manchester street,
which cannot be erected at a cost less than ^25,000. By reliev-
ing the Lowell-street school and the training school we shall be
able also to provide suitable quarters for the manual training
school and the evening drawing school, and we shall obtain a
new primary division at the Lowell-street school.
Of course if the high school building is unfit for use as a high
school it must be unfit as it stands for schools of lower grade,
but by an expenditure of from $5,000 to $10,000 it can probably
be put in shape so that it can be used for many years for the pur-
poses of a grammar and primary school, and I believe such alter-
ations should be made, thus avoiding the necessity of the erection
of another schoolhouse in the eastern section of the city of the
grammar grade. With the erection of a new high school and the
■construction of a new primary school at South Main street, which
is called for, and the estimated cost of which is about $20,000,
the city will be in shape to care for the rising generation, as far
as educational facilities are concerned, for the present.
The total enrollment of pupils in our public schools for the
year ending December 15, 1894, was 4,975, and they were ac-
commodated in twenty-four buildings. It is evident that the
number will rise above 5,000 the present year. The finance
committee of the board of education has determined to ask for
$100,500 for its appropriation for 1895.
THE CITY LIBRARY.
The city library, under the progressive administration of Miss
Sanborn, has apparently entered a new era of usefulness. She
has inaugurated many reforms, none of them, perhaps, being bet-
ter appreciated than the purchase of books monthly, instead of
quarterly or semi-annually, as heretofore. By this innovation the
popular books are on the shelves of the library ready for circula-
tion almost as quickly as they are found on the counters of the
booksellers themselves. The library now contains 38,351 vol-
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umes, there having been added during the year 1,147 ^^^^^ books.
Miss Sanborn has just issued a fiction catalogue containing the
names of between six and seven thousand volumes, and for the
tabulation of which there was a pressing demand, and is now
engaged in preparing a general catalogue of all the books in the
library. The latter work is of a monumental character, and will
be several years in completion. The demands of the general
public will, however, be subserved, it is believed, by the fiction
catalogue, supplemented by the general card catalogue, which is,
under her careful supervision, being brought down thoroughly to
date. An innovation which, it is expected, will be of great in-
terest to the public schools, is the issuance of a teacher's card,
allowing the latter to take out six books at a time, to be used as
supplementary reading for the scholars in the schoolroom or
otherwise, as they may see fit, the idea being to create in the
young people in our schools a taste for a better class of reading.
This plan has been tried with signal success in other cities and
will be introduced here at once.
The library building itself needs to be repaired, and if the
structure is to remain where it is there should be a reading room
added to it in order to popularize it. The facilities of the library
should be more generally enjoyed by our people. Few cities of
the size of Manchester possess a better equipped institution of its
kind.
OUR STREETS.
Our streets are costing us a very large sum. . The street and
park commissioners had $200,000 in round figures to spend in
their department in 1894, and they have asked for as much more
in 1895. A large portion of this money goes to the building of
new streets and repairing old ones. Up to the year 1890 the
length of new highways yearly laid out in this city was compara-
tively small. In 1886 it was a mile and a quarter ; in 1887 not
quite a mile; in 1888 a mile and a quarter ; and in 1889 a mile
and a half. But in 1890 it jumped to four miles and a half; in
1 89 1 it was almost eight miles, and in 1892 it had increased to
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twelve miles; in 1893 ^^ ^^^ seven miles, and in 1894 two and
one half miles. During the past five years there have been laid
out thirty-four miles of new streets.
At the present time there are not less than twenty-five miles of
streets that have been laid out and never built, some of them dat-
ing back to 1889, and fifty-one miles now that have been but
partially built. As the street commission reports the average-
cost of building streets last year at ^2,619.97 per mile, we are
warranted in estimating the cost of completing those already laid
out at more than $100,000. It is to be borne in mind that when
streets are laid out, and damage awarded for the land taken, the
owner can collect the amount, and that when the city neglects to
build a street for two years after it is laid out, it maybe indicted
and punished. I am informed that considerable amounts have
recently been recovered by land owners to whom damages have
been awarded for streets laid out long ago upon tracts of territory
upon which there has never been a building erected, and that
legal proceedings are threatened in many cases where streets have
not been built. With such a legacy it certainly behooves us to
be very conservative in laying out new streets, especially those
which so far as appears are needed only for the convenience of
imaginary citizens who are expected to buy house lots.
In general, I believe we should complete the streets already
laid out, and improve those already built, instead of laying out
more for which there is not immediate need.
GRANITE STREET.
Travel is more congested upon that section of Granite street
between Canal and Turner than in any other portion of the city,
and how to relieve this thoroughfare is one of our most serious
problems. Granite bridge, which was built when there was only
a small settlement on the west side of the Merrimack, is narrow,
old, and somewhat out of repair. If there were no street-car
tracks upon it it would not accommodate the business that rolls
over it in constantly increasing voluime, and as it is, travel is
crowded and choked upon it.
40 MANCHESTER CITY GOVERNMENT.
When an electric road occupies three feet and four inches
more of its width than is now taken by the horse cars, the
trouble will be greatly aggravated, and something must be done
to prevent the bridge from becoming impassable. The Granite-
street crossing over the Concord & Montreal railroad is another
fruitful source of annoyance, danger, and damage, to the removal
of which our people have looked forward so long that hope de-
ferred has made them heartily sick and well-nigh discouraged.
What can be done to improve the situation upon the bridge
and at the crossing I am not experienced and wise enough to
say, but the subject clearly demands our earnest attention and
prompt action as soon as we can satisfy ourselves as to what is
practicable.
PARKS AND COMMONS.
Manchester's system of parks and commons comprises some
beautiful territory, which has been still further adorned by a
judicious outlay on the part of the city itself. Stark park has
had a plan made for it which calls for the ultimate outlay of
about ^100,000, and if the resolution calling for the appropria-
tion of $50,000 to build an equestrian statue of General Stark,
which is now before congress, passes that body, we shall have
one park which will compare favorably with those of more met-
ropolitan cities. Derryfield park is also a delightful tract of land,
with great capabilities as a pleasure resort, and in a few years,
when our people become better acquainted with its attractions,
it will be largely frequented. Both the commons and parks of
tne city show the excellent care that is bestowed upon them by
Superintendent Fullerton, and in appearance and attractiveness
have improved wonderfully during the past few years. The cus-
tom of constructing flower plats upon the various squares during
the summer months is an excellent one, and I believe might be
further extended and elaborated.
CEMETERIES,
Manchester has, like most New England cities, a large number
of small and two large cemeteries. These cities of the dead,
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where many of us have laid all that is mortal of those near and
dear to us, should be sacredly preserved and not allowed under
any circumstances to fall into decay or neglect.
Valley cemetery has nearly reached the point where it must
cease to receive the bodies of the dead, and Pine Grove must
hereafter, more and more, come to be our common burying
ground. The system of bonding the lots in this cemetery in
order to insure their perpetual care seems to be an excellent one,
and I wish such action might be extended so as to become the
universal custom. While the original cost to the lot owner may
be a little greater, the resultant effect is certainly most gratifying,
and with such a rule in general operation the cemetery would
present an appearance of beauty and care which it can never bear
while parts of the lots receive, as at present, the intermittent at-
tention of individuals.
SEWERS.
Manchester's sewerage facilities are generally very good and
quite adequate. The city has today some fifty-two miles of sew-
ers, an increase for the year of almost three miles. There are six
miles that have been ordered but not yet built.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
The fire department of Manchester is a source of pride to all
her citizens. It ranks among the very best in the world. The
department is now well housed and generally well provided with
the most modern apparatus, and I do not see why there should
be a further call for special expenditures of any consequence in
this department during the next two years, aside from the equip-
ment of the new hose house at South Manchester.
STREET LIGHTS.
Our street lights cost ^41,223.92 last year, and they will not
cost less until the ten-year contract executed in 1893 is abrogated
or expires by limitation. Our control of the matter is limited
to the location of new lights and the appropriation of money
with which to pay the bills.
42 MANCHESTER CITY GOVERNMENT.
BUILDING INSPECTOR.
There appears to be need of a building inspector who will give
his entire time to that most important duty. He needs to be not
only a practical builder and artisan, but a man of great force of
character and absolutely incorruptible. Such a man would be
invaluable.
AN EMERGENCY WARD.
The need of some form of an emergency ward where victir^s
of accident or sudden illness on our streets may receive prompt
and suitable care and treatment has increased with the steady
growth of the city. The choice of a proper location, the cost of
equipment and maintenance constitute a problem which might
not be altogether easy of solution in the immediate future, be-
cause of other pressing demands upon the city treasury. Fortu-
nately, however, the generosity of a well-known lady, now de-
ceased, and the enthusiasm of other ladies who appreciate the
value of such a ward in serving the interests of a common human-
ity, have solved the problem.
An emergency ward is to be established in the best possible
location, in the heart of the city and near the police station, fully
equipped for surgical work and the care of patients, and open day
and night throughout the year. In view of the unquestioned
value that such an enterprise will be to the city of Manchester,
I would suggest that the city councils consider the propriety of
a small appropriation toward defraying the running expenses of
the proposed ward, on the reasonable condition, which I am sure
will be complied with, that the ward be open at all times to any
victim of accident or sudden illness upon our streets, without re-
gard to nationality, religious belief, or other circumstances, save
only that there is need of immediate assistance.
CITY HALL.
I trust the city hall can be made to serve the purposes for
which it was designed until a relief from the pressure in other
directions enables us to erect a hew one which will correspond
INAUGURAL ADDRESS. 43
to the size of the city and gratify the pride, as well as satisfy the
needs, of its people, but I believe that while we have the old one
it should be utilized as far as possible for public purposes. It is
conveniently located, it contains room enough for the public
offices, and if it is safe it can be endured for a time. It will be
much more endurable if the city retires from the landlord busi-
ness and appropriates to its own use some of the space now occu-
pied by tenants. The city clerk's office should be moved to the
ground floor, where it would be easily accessible, and the closet
in which he is now forced to perform his duties converted into a
private office for the mayor.
APPROPRIATIONS.
A careful study of the needs of each department should pre-
cede the appropriations, and when they are made expenditures
should be restricted to them, and they should be so apportioned
as to last through the year, or until the object for which they
are voted is accomplished. I apprehend that one of our most
difficult tasks will be to avoid overdrawing appropriations or ex-
hausting them so early in the year that work which is necessary
later cannot be performed, but we have no clearer duty than
this.
CONCLUSION.
Other matters will demand our attention from time to time,
but I do not deem it profitable to discuss them here, because I
have no fixed opinion in regard to them. We cannot safely lay
down today many rigid rules. We must learn as rapidly and do
as well as we can. I believe the people, whose servants and agents
we are, demand of us an economical administration. They do
not want a niggardly and parsimonious government, for they
feel that they can afford and should pay for what is necessary for
the prosperity and progress of Manchester ; but they reasonably
object to extravagance or profuseness.
We must complete what has been begun, prepare to meet obli-
gations already contracted, which will mature during our term of
44 MANCHESTER CITY GOVERNMENT.
office, maintain the efficiency of the departments supported at
the public expense for the public good, and inaugurate such im-
provements as cannot wisely be postponed ; but beyond this we
need not and should not go.
I trust our relations may be pleasant, and that we may so con-
duct ourselves and administer the affairs of the city as to prove
worthy of the confidence bestowed npon us. Looking to the
author of all good governments for His guidance and blessing, I
pledge you, members of the city councils and fellow citizens, my
untiring devotion to the high office which has been conferred
upon me, and trust you will extend to me your sympathy and
support in the administration.
Respectfully,
WILLIAM C. CLARKE,
Mayor.
REPORT
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
Board of Water Commissioners,
1895.
WILLIAM C. CLARKE, Mayor, ex officio.
Alpheus Gay, term expires January, 1899.
Andrew C. Wallace, term expires January, 1900.
Harry E. Parker,* terra expires January, 1897.
Henry Chandler, term expires January, 1898.
Charles H. Manning, term expires January, 1901.
Charles T. Means, term expires January, 1902.
Officers.
Alpheus Gay, President.
Henry Chandler, Clerk.
Charles K. Walker, Superintendent.
Arthur E. Stearns, Registrar.
Josiah Laselle, Engineer at Low Service Pumping Station.
H. A. Donaway, Engineer at High Service Pumping Station.
* Ex-Gov. James A. Weston died in May, 1S95, and Harry E. Parker was elected to fill
the vacancy.
46
MANCHESTER WATER BOARD.
MAYORS, ex officio.
James A. Weston, 1871, 1874.
P. C. Cheney, 1872.
Charles H. Bartlett, John P. Newell, 1873.
Alpheus Gay, 1875.
Ira Cross, 1876-77.
John L. Kelley, 1877-80.
H. B. Putnam, 1881-84.
George H. Stearns, 1885-86.
John Hosley, 1887-88.
D. B. Varney, 1889-90, 1894.
E. J. Knowlton, 1891-94.
Byron Worthen, 1894.
William C. Clarke, 1895-96,
COMMISSIONERS ELECTED BY ALDERMEN.
E. A. Straw, 1871-75, died October 23, 1882.
William P. Newell, 1871-85, died October 11, 1885.
Aretas Blood, 1871-80.
Alpheus Gay, 1871.
Andrew C. Wallace, 187 1.
E. W. Harrington, 1871-76, died July 11, 1876.
James A. Weston, 1875-95, died May 8, 1895.
J. Q. A. Sargent, 1876-80.
Eben T. James, 1880-86.
Edward H. Hobbs, 1880-90, died November 26, 1890.
47
48 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Joseph F. Kennard, 1885-92, died November 7, 1892.
Henry Chandler, 1886.
Charles H. Manning, 1890.
Charles T. Means, 1892.
Harry E. Parker, 1895.
PRESIDENTS OF THE BOARD,
E. A. Straw, 1871-75.
Alpheus Gay, December 9, :i876, to date.
CLERKS OF THE BOARD.
Samuel N. Bell, 1871 to October 25, 1877.
James A. Weston, 1877 to May, 1895.
Henry Chandler, 1895 to date.
Water Board elected by Mayor and Aldermen, August i, 1871.
Water Board organized August 7, 1871.
First meeting, E. A. Straw elected president, Samuel N. Bell»
clerk.
FIRST WATER BOARD.
E. A. Straw, President.
Samuel N. Bell, Clerk.
James A. Weston, Mayor, ex officio.
AVilliam P. Newell, Aretas Blood,
Alpheus Gay, Andrew C. Wallace,
E. W. Harrington.
REPORT
OF THE
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS
To the City Councils of the City of Manchester :
Gentlemen, — The Board of Water Commissioners herewith
submit their twenty-fourth annual report to your honorable body
for the year ending December 31, 1895, with the report of the
superintendent during the same period of time, to which refer-
ence is made for the details of the service connected with this
department.
The receipts and expenditures for the year have been as fol-
lows :
Balance unexpended December 31, 1894 . . 118,831.52
Received from water rentals and miscellaneous . 118,374.50
Received from bonds sold ..... 50,000.00
Total . • $187,206.02
Paid interest on water bonds . . ^42,620.00
current expenses and repairs . 35-5°^-93
construction .... 50,565.08
hydrant rentals set aside for
sinking fund . . . 15,800.00
Total expenditures .... $144,486.01
Balance unexpended ...... $42,720.01
The premium received by the city on $150,000 of water bonds
sold in 1895, amounting to $9,867.56, has not been credited to
the Water-Works department.
49
50 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
The late James A. Weston, whose death occurred May 8, 1896,
who was an active and esteemed member of this board for more
than twenty years, and who also realized the needs of a high ser-
vice system, made a provision in his will bequeathing to the city
the sum of ;^5,ooo, to be used in the construction of an ob-
servatory on the summit of Oak Hill, to be called " The
Weston Observatory," provided the city shall lay out said sum-
mit of Oak Hill as a public park and comply with certain other
provisions in his will, within three years after his decease.
This location is near the site of the high service reservoir, and
is also one of the most commanding in the city.
Nearly one year having passed since his demise, we deem it
not improper to call your attention to this matter and trust your
honorable bodies will take such action as will secure for our citi-
zens the benefits of this generous bequest.
Acquiring possession of lands bordering on the shores of the
5ake has been continued and about 6,200 lineal feet were secured
during the year.
Negotiations having failed in a few instances with landholders
'in Hillsborough county, the city, under authority of law granted
by the legislature, proceeded to condemn the land desired and
called upon the county commissioners to assess the damage to
landholders.
The amount returned by them seemed so excessive that your
■water commissioners rejected the awards.
In the suit of the Devonshire Mills against the city, the parties
have not yet agreed upon the referees to arbitrate the case.
Respectfully submitted.
William C. Clarke, ex officio,
Alpheus Gay,
Henry Chandler,
Andrew C. Wallace,
Charles H. Manning,
Charles T. Means,
Harry E. Parker,
Water Commissioners.
January i, 1896.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
To the Hono7-able Board of Water Commissioners of the City of
Manchester :
The report of the superintendent for the year ending Decem-
ber 31, 1895, is herewith respectfully submitted :
LAKE MASSABESIC.
In the early part of the year, the water was very low, being 30
inches below the dam January i.
On February 22 it was 30^ inches belOw, which was the low-
est point reached. The water in the old reservoir was so low
that on January i the steam pumps began supplying water to the
low service reservoir, by letting it run from the high service
through the gate at the intersection of the Massabesic and Can-
dia roads.
February 27 we began pumping direct into the low service res-
ervoir, the water being so low that the old pumps could not run
more than seven hours out of the twenty-four. This was contin-
ued until March 23, which was the last day that water was pumped
by steam into the old reservoir. Today the water stands 20
inches above the dam, 4 feet and 11 inches higher than last year
at this time.
The steam pumps saved a water famine to the city, which
would have resulted last winter had not the steam pumps been in
operation to assist the water power pumps.
The pumps at the old station are working well. They have
been painted and varnished, a new disc wheel put on the David-
son pump, the old one having become disabled. The new wheel
51
52 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
was made in Brooklyn, N. Y., and was fitted to the shaft by ma-
chinists from the Amoskeag corporation. The heating boiler
was repaired and moved back from the wall, in order to more
readily get at the flues when repairs are needed. The woodwork
in the pump room has been shellaced; which while improving
its appearance, preserves the wood.
No repairs have been necessary at or about the old reservoir.
The force and supply main appear to be in good condition ;
still accidents may occur at any time.
The following is the amount pumped at the old station :
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
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THE NEW PUMPING STATION.
The condition of the interior of the pump house receives favor-
able commendation from all visitors. The pumps are doing their
arduous work with apparent ease, and all the machinery is kept
clean and shows attentive care.
It was found that the barn which was first built was too
small and a larger one has been constructed, sufficient in capac-
ity to store the crops, tools, and other necessary paraphernalia
which are required about the station. There has also been built
a shed for the storage of wood and other purposes.
A large amount of work has been done outside of the station
in cutting the wood, removing the stumps, fertilizing the land
and getting it in condition for garden and lawn purposes. Fruit
trees have been set, ditches dug, stone walls built, and the fields,
sub-divided by a wood fence.
This pumping station is in a very desirable location, and when
the grounds are properly graded and seeded down, a labor which
will be performed by the engineer and his assistant when the
pumps are idle, will be one of the most attractive pumping sta-
tions in New England.
Mr. H. A. Donaway, the engineer who has charge of the
pumps and grounds, gives satisfaction and is to be commended
for the efficient manner in which he is executing the work neces-
sary to be performed there.
The amount pumped by steam for the year 1895 is 214,271,720.
gallons, as will be seen by the following table :
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
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THE NEW RESERVOIR.
The Weston reservoir seems to be perfectly water-tight and
proves to be of first class construction. As a rule, reservoirs
built in a ledge are quite likely to leak, but this shows no sign
of water waste.
A fence has been built around the reservoir as a safeguard
against accidents as well as to prevent intrusion by animals.
Loam has been put upon the ground inside this fence but none
upon the slopes. It is important that something should be done
in the spring to prevent the washing of the slopes, either by sod-
ding or seeding.
A driveway has been finished from Bridge street to the west
side of the reservoir and a temporary road built to the top of the
hill at the proposed site of the Weston tower. The gate house
is built from stone taken from the excavation for the reservoir,
with the exception of the trimmings, which are of cut granite
from the Bodwell ledge.
This structure is pronounced by good judges of this class of
work to be the best of its kind outside of Boston.
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
57
The following table shows the rainfall at high service pumping
station for 1895.
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Total rainfall, 1895,. 42.06 inches.
58 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
DISTRIBUTION PIPE.
There have been about 44 miles of extension laid and 3 miles
of cement pipe taken out and relaid with cast iron.
A lo-inch pipe was laid in Maple street, from Bridge street
north to Harrison street.
This is on the high service system and supplies water on this
street and all other streets east of Maple and north of Bridge.
The high service runs down Myrtle to Beech, thence up Beech
to Sagamore. It runs down to Walnut on Gore and Sagamore,
and up Walnut to Webster, down Webster to Union, up Union
to Appleton and Clarke, and from there to Elrn on both these
streets. At the intersection of Elm and Appleton streets there is
a gate on line with the south side of Appleton.
The high service has also been extended north on Union to
Carpenter street and south on Wilson and Taylor streets to Vin-
ton street.
A 14-inch pipe has been extended on Elm street 106 feet
north of Thayer street, where we encountered a ledge. By the
experience we have had on Sagamore street, where blasting was
done in solid ledge for the sewer extension, it does not seem de-
sirable to lay water pipe further north on Elm street, where it is
all ledge cutting, until the sewer trench is cut through. Some
arrangement should be made with the sewer department,
whereby one ditch could be so constructed as to accommodate
both the sewer and the water pipes.
There have been a few bad breaks in the old cement pipe, but
not much damage resulted. The cast iron pipes have leaked
more than usual, on account of the pressure from the high ser-
vice, where they did not leak under the low service pressure.
Pipes have been extended on Auburn, Amherst, Bridge, Beech,
Boynton road. Bell, Beacon, Byron, Belmont, Candia road,
Clay, Concord, Dubuque, Elm, Grove, Green, Hosley, Green-
wood avenue, Hall, Hay ward, Josselyn, Jones, Malvern, Maple,
Manchester, Nelson, Putnam, Redmond, Ray, Schiller, Second,
Stevens, Silver, Sagamore, Sullivan, Spruce, Summer, Somer-
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS. 59
ville, Thornton, Taylor, Union, Vinton, Wilson, Weston, Went-
worth, and Woodbine avenue, — 48 streets, about 4:]- miles, —
the expense being $23,767.
Pipes have been relaid in A street, Amherst, Arlington, Ash,
Brook, Blodget, Birch, Chestnut, Concord, Depot, Granite,
Main, Manchester, Maple, Myrtle, Mast, Milford, Pleasant, Pine,
and Pearl, — about 3 miles, — at a cost of $13,618.
Pipe lowered on account of grade, 394 feet on Baker street,
272 feet on Gore street, 362 on Prospect, 200 on Milford, 260
on Green, 125 on Carroll, 325 on Morrison, and 150 feet on
Dubuque, 2,088 in all.
HYDRANTS.
We have set 40 new hydrants and taken out 10 old ones and
replaced them with a better pattern. They required constant
care last winter, the ground being frozen so deep. In some
localities service pipes were frozen where laid five feet under
ground.
There have been laid 299 service pipes during the year, and a
number of old ones taken out and relaid with new. We found
old pipes filled with rust and in some instances rusted through.
Experience proves that 25 years is as long as wrought iron ser-
vice pipes will last in this city-
There are now nearly 85 miles of pipe to be looked after and
cared for, and about 15 miles of this is cement. This will have
to be taken out by degrees and cast iron substituted in its place.
We had at one time 27 miles of wrought iron and cement pipe,
but by taking out a Ijttle every year it has been reduced to 15
miles.
The water takers have become so large in number that the old
office was not of sufficient capacity to accommodate those people
who waited until the last day of grace, the 20th of the month
before paying their water bills. It was, therefore, deemed advis-
able to enlarge the office by removing the partition and taking
in the room west of it, giving two entrances, so that customers
can come in at one door and go out at the other withQut discom-
moding them as under the old arrangement.
60 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
It also gives access to the fire proof safe, where are stored the
books and papers which are valuable and it is necessary to
preserve.
In concluding this report, the superintendent will state that
the works have been run with as little trouble or friction as in
any year since he took charge* of the same. There has been
very little damage resulting from water breaks, and no serious
accident has occurred to the working force of the system,
although a large amount of labor has been performed during the
year.
The income from sale of water for 1895 has been as follows:
Received for water by rate . . ^32,903.99
for water by meter . . 67,465.90
for building purposes . . 808.20
from fines .... 300.40
$101,478.49
Received for hydrant rent .... . $15,800.00
Received for old cement pipe . . $106.00
for labor and pipe sold . 104.87
from Rimmon Manufactur-
ing Co., 6-inch pipe . 37'25
from Redman & Eaton Man-
ufacturing Co., 6-inch pipe 143-45
from South Manchester Man-
ufacturing Co., 6-inch pipe 69.35
from Eaton Heights Shoe
Co., 4-inch gate . . 15-00
from J. A. Weston, 6-inch
pipe .... 60.47
from Sacred Heart Hospital,
4-inch pipe . . . 30-30
from J. B. McCrillis & Son,
4-inch pipe . . . 53' 10
BOARD OF AVATER COMMISSIONERS. 61
Received from St. George's church, for
2-inch pipe . . . $19-5 7
from city, for 2-inch pipe
and valves . . . 128.81
17
from Chas. Spofford, for hay ^40.00
from Chas. Spofford, for rent
(Camfield building) . 12.00
from W. G. Brown, rent on
Cochrane building . . 30.00
from grange, for rent of hall 50.00
from G. G. Griffin, for lease i.oo
from Fletcher Brown, for
lease .... i.oo
from Evans & Rice, for test-
ing machine . . . 75 00
from Annis Grain Co., for
lumber .... 58.84
from S. G. Prescott, for rent 60.00
;27.84
Total receipts . ... . . $118,374.50
Abatements, $517.37.
Amount on hand Dec. 31, 1894. . $18,831.52
received from water bonds . 50,000.00
rents . 102,574.50
hydrant rentals 15,800.00
Total receipts, 1895 .... $187,206.02
Amount paid for current expenses . $35,500.93
construction expenses 50,565.08
Interest on bonds, 1895 . . . 42,620.00
Hydrant rentals set aside for sinking
fund 15,800.00
Total expenditures, 1895 .... $144,486.01
Balance on hand December 3:, 1895 • $42,720.01
62
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
The premium on water bonds sold in
1893, amount ^200,000, was .... ^6,090.00
1894, amount, $50,000, was .... 2,395.00
July, 1895, amount $100,000, was . . . 6,265.00
December, 1895, amount $50,000, was . . 3,602.56
Total $18,352.56
This amount has not been credited to the water-works depart-
ment as it should have been, but has been used by the city for
other purposes.
CLASSIFICATION OF ACCOUNTS FOR 1 895.
Superintendence, repairs, and renewals, $24,018.93
Stationery and printing
297.28
Office and incidental expenses .
4,676.01
Pumping expenses, — low service
2,548.36
high service
3>593-95
Repairs to canal, dam, and reservoirs .
15-03
Repairs to buildings .
895
351-37
Total current expenses for i
^35.500.93
Service pipes ....
$4,282.55
Distribution pipes
22,592.69
Fire hydrants and valves .
2,265.78
Meters .....
4,579-04
Lands .....
12,372.00
Pumping machinery and buildings
1,552.61
Reservoir .....
319-32
Road to reservoir
966.59
Grading and fencing
1,634.50
Total construction expenses
for
1895
$50,565.08
Total expenses
$86,066.01
Sinking fund ....
•
•
15,800.00
Total ....
$101, 866. 01
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
63
Construction Expenses.
Land and water rights . . ;g 103,209.00
Dam, canal, penstock, and races
Pumping machinery, pump houses, and
buildings
Distribution reservoir
Force and supply main
Distribution pipes
Fire hydrants and valves
Meters and fixtures
Service pipes
Grading and fencing
Tools and fixtures
Boarding and storehouses
Roads and culverts .
Supplies
Engineering
Livery and traveling expenses
Legal expenses .
101,399.16
174,794-77
117,697.90
89,769.02
547,795-05
56,274.07
46,835.72
65,026.35
15,222.76
10,649.35
919.36
4,405.20
550-39
22,176.19
2,856.64
563-79
Total construction to Dec. 31, 1895 • • ^^,360,144.72
Cuj'rent Expenses.
Superintendence, collecting, repairs, ^251,782.83
Stationery and printing
Office and incidental expenses .
Pumping expenses at low service
high service
Repairs to buildings .
Repairs to dam, canal, races, and res
ervoir .....
6,708.76
28,077.69
49-505-04
6,189.32
3.170-73
4,824.52
Total current expenses to Dec. 31, 1895
Interest ...... ^40,678.51
Highway expenditures . . . 14,000.53
5350,258.89
$54,679.04
Total amount of bills approved to date . $1,765,082.65
64
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Interest, discount, and labor performed
on highways, transfers, and tools and
materials sold .... $65,090.55
Current expenses to Dec. 31, 1895 . 350,258.89
^I5)349•44
Total cost, exclusive of interest and current
expenses ^1,349,733.21
Interest and discount to Dec. 31, 1894, $758,834.5 1
for 1895 .... 42,620.00
Total interest and discount to Dec. 31, '95 $801,454.51
Amount paid toward interest to Dec.
31, 1894 .... $616,636.00
Amount paid toward interest in 1895 . 42,620.00
), 256.00.
100,000'
100,000
100,00a
100,000
100,000
100,000-
100,00a
50,00a
100,000
AMOUNT OF WATER BONDS ISSUED TO DECEMBER 3I, 1895.
Issued January i, 1872, rate 6 per cent, due January
I, 1897
Issued January i, 1872, rate 6 per cent, due January
I, 1902 ........
Issued January i, 1887, rate 4 per cent, due January
I, 1907
Issued July i, 1890, rate 4 per cent, due July i, 1910
Issued January i, 1892, rate 4 per cent, due January
I, 191°
Issued August i, 1893, rate 5 per cent, due August
I, 1913
Issued November i, 1893, rate 4^ per cent, due No-
vember I, 1913 .......
Issued October i, 1894, rate 4 per cent, due October
1, 1914
Issued July i, 1895, rate 4 per cent, due July i, 1915
Issued December 16, 1895, rate 4 per cent, due De-
cember 16, 1915
50,000
Total .
)oo,ooa
BOARD OF AVATER COMMISSIONERS.
STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS.
65
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1872
.$573.61
2,097.60
32,154.07
$573.61
200.07
699.85
1873
i
$l",692.'69
7,987.27
' '$190.84
1,436.56
'$14.66
104.18
8
98
1874
( $22,425 00
'$ii9.io
1875
27,119.15
13,095.00
10,292.13
3,348.11
122.13
120.59
2,245.64
160
1876
38,879.47
16,320.00
16,192.03
6,305.81
72.32
180.16
249.55
166
1877
43,823.30
17,475.00
18,064.51
7,783.09
136.10
233.04
131.56
202
1878
48,874.26
17,970.00
20,255.97
10,090.25
83.60
232.82
241.62
226
1879
53,143.17
18,165.00
21,610.13
12,732.93
81.60
240.64
303.87
251
1880
57,655.25
18,300.00
23,795.96
14,794.34
79.50
210.39
465.06
'$10.66
280
1881
60,215 62
18,780.00
25,336.18
15,554.98
105.60
223.99
203.87
11.00
SIO'
1882
67,630 13
20,130.00
26,803.06
19,898.69
146.65
197.49
443.24
11.00
371
1888
73,458.20
20,520.00
28,838.24
23,431.20
314.65
208.04
125.07
21.00
404
1884
75,.5S0.08
21,350.(10
31,724.07
21,329.75
195.10
231.96
738.20
11.00
446
1885
80,404.12
18,900.00
33,597.02
27,425.35
102.50
186.80
181.45
11.00
486
1886
75,129.99
19,750.00
33,062.11
21,573.45
287.40
130.80
320.23
6.00
613
1887
S0,.518.17
20,437.50
33,497.21
25,277.09
351.70
119.20
819.47
16.00
739
1888
85,643.82
21,000.00
33,864.78
29,8.38.82
543.80
149.80
243.62
3.00
842
1889
86,700.46
18,240.00
34,140.99
33,596.05
361.95
153.20
205.27
53.00
951
1890
90,463.37
19,880.00
32,431.10
37,009.80
649.90
151.80
298.77
42.00
1,135
1891
76,605.23
4,590.00
30,588.79
40,479.25
494.80
160.40
200.99
91.00
1,313
1892
83,474.79
5,000.00
31,344.24
46,139.35
416.00
168.40
139.80
267.00
1,608
1893
104,170.08
12,750.00
32,60359
.58,103.20
1,033.75
159.60
339.38
180.56
1,89.5
1894
110,210 29
13,925.00
32,176.28
62,.501.35
697.80
227.40
334.82
347.64
2,182
1895
118,374.50
15,800.00
32,90399
67,465.90
808.20
300.40
768.17
154.00
2,520
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 part 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 . . . ^573-6i
1873, supplies and materials sold ■ • • i77-o7
accrued interest on water bonds sold . . 193-26
accrued interest on state bonds sold . . 146.00
water rents ...... 1,920.53
1874, supplies and materials sold ... 607.89
March 12, highway expenditures, transferred
from water account .... 14,000.55
March 17, interest and discount transferred
from water account .... 12,347.25
m
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
1874, September i, interest and discount trans
far red from water account
water and hydrant rent, etc.
December 29, interest transferred
1S75, 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.
1875, water and hydrant rent, etc.
old plow sold .
1879, derrick sold
May 29, water and hydrant rent, etc.
1S80, water and hydrant rent, etc.
sale of grass
level, transit, etc.
e88i, 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 & C
for the sale of grass
from Goodhue & Birnie
for old plank
for use of derrick
1883, received of G. G. Griffin .
for sale of grass .
for water and hydrant rent, etc.
1884, received of G. G. Griffin .
for stone
from sale of grass
522,361.74
30=233.54
4.566.25
15.C0
2,089.45
27,119.15
125.00
24.00
38^879.47
43)823.30
48,873.26
I. GO
75.00
53,068.17
57»395-25
10.00
250.00
60,154.62
10.00
50.00
1. 00
67,403.76
1. 00
175.00
10.00
24.37
1. 00
15.00
1. 00
20.00
73>437-20
1. 00
5.00
10.00
BOARD OF AVATER COMMISSIONERS.
67
1884, received from pipe sold and labor
for water and hydrant rent
1885, received from G. G. 'Griffin
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 labpr and pipe
of G. G. Griffin .
C. C. Cole .
of B. P. Kimball, for grass
of A. J. Crombie, for grass
of A. Goodwin, for poles
of W. G. Brown .
of T. H. Risdon & Co., for freight
for water and hydrant rent
1888, received for labor and pipe
of G. G. Griffin .
of George P. Clark
of R. D. Wood & Co., gear
for water and hydrant rent
1889, received for labor and pipe
of G. G. Griffin .
of B. P. Kimball, for grass
of W. G. Brown, for rent
of James Baldwin, for pipe
of Mr. Clement, for pipe
for water and hydrant rent
1890, received of G. G. Griffin, lease.
of Fletcher Brown, lease
of George P. Clark, lease
of B. P. Kimball, for grass
$616.20
74,947-88
1. 00
10.00
13-45
80,379.67
I CO
5.00
37.80
282.43
74,803.76
768.86
I. CO
•50
10.00
5.00
10. CO
25 CO
15. II
79,682.70
227.33
I. CO
2.00
16.29
85,397-20
89.77
1. 00
2.00
50.00
65. CO
•50
86,492.19
I. CO
1. 00
2. CO
2.00
68
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
1890, received of W. G. Brown, for rent .
of N. W. Ellis & Co., for pipe
of J. H. Dearborn, for pipe
for water and hydrant rent .
1 89 1, received for water and hydrant rent
for labor and pipe sold
of G. G. Griffin, lease .
of Fletcher Brown, lease
of W. G. Brown, rent .
of Mr. Prescott, rent .
of William Bryant, rent
of B. P. Kimball, grass
of G. W. Reed, grass .
of C. H. Patten, grass .
1892, received for water and hydrant rent
for labor and pipe sold
of T. C. Pratt, for house
for cement-lined pipe .
of Grange, for rent
of William Prescott, for bar
for potatoes
tor cutting ice
of W. G. Brown, rent.
of G. G. Griffin, lease
of F. Brown, lease
of H. N. Hall, use of pasture
of C. F. Whittemore, grass
of Charles Reed, grass
of G. S. Patten, grass .
of G. G. Prescott, rent
1893, received from water rents .
for labor and pipe sold
for old cement pipe
from Queen City Co., laying
pipe
from Elliott Mfg. Co., laying
pipe
6-inch
6-inch
^36.00
i53-oc>
3540
90,232.97
76,313-24
200.99
I.OO
1. 00
21.00
50.00
8.00
2.00
5.00
3.00
83,067.99
45-55
100.00
94-25
50.00
15.00
4.00
10.00
21.00
I.OO
I.OO
20.00
4.00
4.00
7.00
30.00
90,900.14
72.88
73-50
35-00
50.00
BOAKD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
69
1893, ref^eived from Kimball Carriage Co., laying
6-inch pipe
from Dana & Provost, laying i
inch pipe ....
from E. C. Blanchard, repairin
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 ,
1894, received from water rents .
for labor and pipe sold
for old cement pipe
for laying 4-inch main to Kennard
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 ball
of W. G. Brown, rent of Cochran
residence ....
of E. C. Camfield, rent
of Charles Read, for grass
^51.00
32.00
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
70
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
1894, received of C. F. Whittemore, for grass on
Mills land ....
of A. D. Savory, for grass on Smith
land .....
of Bartholomew, for grass on Neal
land .....
of J. T. Gott, for grass at reservoir
for apples .....
of Sarah Gilbert, for grass on
Brown land ....
1895, received from water rents • • • •
for labor and pipe sold
for old cement pipe
of Rimmon Mfg. Co., 6-inch pipe .
of Redman Eaton Co., 6-inch pipe
of So. Manchester Co., 6-inch pipe
of Eaton Heights Co., 4 gates
of J. A. Weston, 6-inch pipe
of Sacred Heart Hospital, 4-inch
pipe ....
of J. B. McCrillis & Son, 4-inch
pipe . . .
of St. George's church, 2-inch pipe
of city, 2-inch pipe
of S. G. Prescott, rent .
of Auburn Grange, rent
of Charles Spofford, rent (Camfield)
of Charles Spofford, hay
of Annis Grain Co., lumber .
of F. Brown, lease
of G. G. Griffin, lease .
of Rice & Evans, testing machine
of W. G. Brown, rent (Cochran)
Total received for water to date
^4-00
5.00
7.00
S.oo
3.00
3-25
101,478.49
104.87
106.00
37-25
143-45
69-35
15.00
60.47
3o-3<>
53-1^
19-57
128.81
60. OO'
50.00
12.00
40.00
58.84
1. 00
1.00
75.0Q
30.00
$1,584,979.57
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS. 71
$940,000.00
Amount appropriated to date
Amount of bills approved to date
Amount paid toward interest
Amount on hand December 31, i;
SERVICE PIPES.
$2,524,979.57
1,765,082.65
§759,896.92-
659,256.00.
$100,640.92:
Forty-seven hundred and fifty-nine (4,759) service pipes have
been laid to date, as follows :
32 ^-inch diameter
1,666 ^-inch diameter
2,929 i-inch diameter
22 i^^-inch diameter
24 I ^ -inch diameter
64 2-inch diameter
I 2^ -inch diameter
5 3-inch diameter
10 4-inch diameter
6 6-inch pipe .
Total length of service pipe
Number miles service pipe, 23.19.
METERS. '
The number of meters set during the year has been three hun-
dred and forty (340).
Total number of meters now in use, twenty-five hundred and
twenty (2,520).
The number of applications for water has been three hundred
and five (305).
Total number of applications to date, 4,935.
Two hundred and ninety-nine (299) service pipes have been
laid this year, as follows :
7 1 1.6 feet
43-573-S
73.973-6
893-5
736.2
2,136.7
57-0
89.8
269.5
122,441.7
feet.
72 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
289 i-inch diameter ...... 7,103.6 feet
I ii/^-inch diameter . . . . . 17.0 "
9 2-mch diameter ...... 108.0 "
1 4-inch diameter, for fire sprinklers.
2 6-inch diameter, for fire sprinklers.
SERVICE PIPES RELAID.
I i4-inch diameter ii.o feet to i -inch diameter
39 ^ " " 1,021.2 " to I " "
I ^4 " '* 33-7 " to 2 "
91" " 276.0 " to I " "
1. 341. 9 feet
14 *' " changed to 6-inch cast iron.
14" " " to 4 " ''
7:
,228.6 feet
II.O
feet
995-3
11
330
(I
221.2
(<
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,260.5
feet
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
73
The following streets are where cement-lined pipe was taken
up ?nd r?st-iron laid.
Streets.
Length
IN Feet.
Location.
14 in
10 in.
8 in.
6 in.
jV
61
290
1402
50
44
1481
2894
927
14S1
150
61
1205
9C0
23
Corner Main.
Elm to Vine (to 8 in.).
Corner Vine
Maple to Ashland.
Corner Bridge.
Ash
Blodget
Elm to Union.
Elm to Pine (to 8 in.).
Elm to Union.
Chestnut
North of Lowell.
Corner Bridge.
480
1
Turner to Main (to 10 in.).
West side of Main
729
t")
152
360
316
38i
580"
202
638
63
690
"'28'
59
Lincoln to Wilson
Pine eastward.
Chestnut to Pine cto 8 in.).
Bridge to Pearl (to 10 in.).
Mast • • ■ •
Bowman to Mrs Head's
Milf oi-d
j
Beech to Maple.
Corner Maple.
Canal to Franklin.
Pearl
1
1
Pine
60
Corner Bridge.
Corner Main,
Corner Elm.
4S0
729
60
1577
14765J
1577
Oranite and Maple 6 to
10 inch
480
729
1216
1637
131S8J
1216
480
1945
1637
11972J
Total feet relaid, 16,0345, or 3.36S miles.
6-inch gate on west side of Main, corner Granite, taken out.
6-inch gate on east side of Main, corner Granite, taken out.
6-inch gate on Maple, corner Bridge, taken out.
6-inch gate on Maple, corner Pearl, taken out.
74
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North of Grove.
East of .Jewett.
North of Nelson.
South of Byron.
Corner Granite.
South of Bridge.
Ea.st of Milton.
Corner Lincoln.
Pearl to Harrison.
Corner Maple.
West of Alanimoth road.
Corner Maple.
Corner Maple.
Corner Bridge.
Corner Franklin.
Corner Maple.
West of Main.
South of Clark.
North of Kelly.
East of Walnut.
Second to Wentworth.
South of Schiller.
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East of Canton.
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West of Thornton.
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South of Sullivan.
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LOCATION OF HYDRANTS SET IN 1 895.
Amherst, corner Beacon and corner Elm.
Auburn, corner Hall and corner Wilson.
Bell, corner Wilson.
Boynton, near Bedford line.
Bridge, corner Elm, corner Beacon, corner Weston, and cor-
ner Highland.
Clay, corner Wilson and corner Hall.
Concord, corner Ash and opposite No. 276.
Depot, west of Franklin.
Granite, at Barr & Clapp block.
Hayward, east of schoolhouse.
Josselyn, near Josselyn shop.
Manchester, corner Milton.
Nelson, corner Hall road and corner Jones.
Ray, corner Clark and near O. Green's residence.
Sagamore, corner Beech, corner Ash, corner Maple, and cor-
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Second, corner Harvel.
Silver, corner Hall.
Sullivan, corner Whipple.
Summer, corner Wilson.
Taylor, opposite Quincy Young's residence and corner Vinton.
Union, opposite E. A. Jones's residence, opposite Mrs. Camp-
bell's residence, and near Dr. Campbell's residence.
Vinton, opposite R. P. Stevens's residence.
Wentworth, corner Bell.
Woodbine, corner Longwood.
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DISTRIBUTION PIPES AND GATES LAID TO DECEMBER 31, 1895.
Size.
Cement-lined pipe.
1 Cast-iron pipe.
Gates-
20-incli diameter
20,560 feet.
24,486 feet.
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14-inch diameter
5,645 "
9,296 "
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20,496 "
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20,207 "
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49,587 "
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17,537 "
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369,550 feet.
705
Cement-lined pipe in use .
Cast-iron pipe in use .
Total pipe
672 hydrants.
765 gates.
13 air valves.
14.713 miles.
69.990 "
84. 703 miles.
CHARLES K. WALKER,
Superintendetii.
Uses for which Water is Supplied.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
I Jail.
27 Churches.
1 Court house.
9 Hose companies.
6 Fire engines.
2 Hook-and-ladder.
2 Opera houses.
3 Convents.
4 City hospitals.
4 Cemeteries.
I Orphanage. '
I Postoffice.
I City library.
6 Banks.
9 Hotels.
I Masonic Hall.
I Odd Fellows' Hall.
7, Halls.
BOAKD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
91
2 Old Ladies' Homes.
I Soldiers' monument.
1 Turner Hall.
4 Fountains.
2 Trust companies.
I City farm.
3 Depots.
32 Schoolhouses.
I Battery building.
I Skating-rink.
I Kitchen.
I Wardroom.
1 Gymnasium.
2 Police stations.
MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS.
I Hosiery mill.
1 Silver-plating.
2 Iron foundries.
2 Dyehouses.
t; Machine shops.
6 Clothing manufactories.
8 Harness shops.
I Cornice works.
I Brush shop.
9 Carriage shops.
12 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.
6 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,
MARKETS.
6 Fish.
12 Meat and fish.
21 Livery.
I Electric railroad.
18 Dentists.
I Telephone.
1 Telegraph.
2 Express.
Meat (wholesale).
STABLES.
1,065 Private.
OFFICES.
14 Printing.
I Gas.
17 Coal.
92
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
SHOPS.
50 Barber.
9 Wheelwright.
18 Blacksmith.
8 Carpenter.
2 Tinsmith.
I Copper.
4 Auction.
34 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.
107 Grocery.
6 Meal.
3 Hardware.
34 Boot and Shoe.
1 1 Stove.
17 Gents' furnishing goods.
7 Book.
I Leather and shoe-finders.
3 Music.
3 Upholstery.
9 Undertakers.
5 Sewing-machine.
I Feather-cleaner.
I Rubber.
18 Dining.
7 Billiard.
6 Clubrooms.
3 Bleacheries.
23 Laundries.
4 Icehouses.
13 Photographers.
SALOONS.
65 Liquor.
MISCELLANEOUS.
9 Greenhouses.
2 Band rooms.
25 Bakeries.
2 Waste.
I Business college.
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
93
WATER FIXTURES, ETC.
10,813 Families.
145 Boarding-houses.
14,403 Faucets.
3,272 Wash-bowls.
8,495 Water-closets.
493 Wash-tubs.
2,346 Bath-tubs.
191 Urinals.
3,114 Sill-cocks.
672 Fire-hydrants.
48 Stand-pipes.
28 Watering-troughs.
7 Drinking-fountains.
2,407 Horses.
134 Cattle.
I Public urinal.
Materials on Hand.
8,300 feet 20 inch.
3,400 feet 14 inch.
2,950 feet 12 inch,
720 feet 10 inch.
2 double 6 on 20.
4 double 6 on 12.
2 double 8 on 12.
I double 6 on 10.
I double 6 on 14.
1 double 4 on 4.
2 double 4 on 6.
2 20 inch.
114 inch.
112 inch.
510 inch.
BRANCHES.
5,000 feet 8 inch.
8,500 feet 6 inch.
550 feet 4 inch.
1 single 6 on 20.
2 single 10 on 20.
I single 12 on 14.
3 single 6 on 10.
1 single 8 on 8.
17 single 6 on 6.
7 single 6 on 12.
2 single 10 on 10.
I single 4 on 6.
3 20-inch Y's.
WHOLE SLEEVES.
5 8 inch.
8 6 inch.
22 4 inch.
94 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
4 8 inch.
Four hydrants.
REDUCERS.
9 8 inch to 6 inch. 310 inch to 6 inch.
5 10 inch to 8 inch. i 6 inch to 4 inch.
TURNS.
1 20 inch 1-16. 2 8 inch 1-4.
2 ID inch 1-4. 4 6 inch 1-4.
2 10 inch 1-8, 7 6 inch 1-8.
RISERS.
2 10 inch. 2 8 inch.
4 6 inch.
tiATES.
1 12 inch. 10 6 inch.
2 10 inch. 2 4 inch.
REPORT
STREET AND PARK COMMISSIONERS.
THIRD ANNUAL REPORT
STREET AND PARK COMMISSIONERS.
To His Honor the Afayor and City Councils of the City of
Manchester :
Gentlemen, — In accordance with the requirements of the
last clause of section i, " Act establishing a Board of Street and
Park Commissioners for the City of Manchester," that body sub-
mits herewith its third annual report, comprising the transac-
tions of the board for the year 1895.
OFFICE.
The last year has brought the usual amount of work, and the
methods previously employed for tabulating work completed
have been continued with satisfactory results. The facilities for
clerical work have been greatly increased by the changes made
in the city hall building, and the commission have two commo-
dious offices well equipped for needs of the department.
The time of all employed by the commissioners has been
copied from the foreman's books each week and pay-rolls made
up for the treasurer's use. One hundred ninety-two pay-rolls
have been written during the year, for divisions 2, 10, and 7, in-
cluding monthly pay-rolls for the outside divisions. Twenty-
four divisions-of-labor sheets have been made out for use of city
97
.98
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
auditor, besides a typewritten summary of each monthly draft,
which is carefully filed for reference. Over three hundred let-
ters, statements, notices, orders, etc., have been typewritten and
placed on file. Over nine hundred orders for supplies were
issued to local dealers, and forty-seven orders given for concret-
ing street crossings, etc. Forty-six permits to encumber were
granted to contractors and others. Ten bonds were filled out
and signed by those engaged on special contracts. A balance
sheet .of appropriations was submitted each month and cash ac-
count kept. Returns of all work done on sewers and streets,
cesspools built, edge stone set or reset, arrival and delivery of all
stock, srxh as brick, stone, sewer pipe, lumber, castings, were
recorded and tabulated for the annual report. All requests and
complaints received were recorded and reported, and the report
of the work for the entire year compiled according to the city
ordinance.
The following gives the receipts and expenditures of the office
for the past year :
EXPENDITURES
Commissioners'
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salaries .
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^1,800.00
Clerical services
1,399-50
Carriage allowance
450.00
Office supplies
131-73
Blank books .
41.48
Telephone
20.00
Incidentals
71-45
Total .
^3,914.16
RECEIPTS.
Pipe
Stone
Old iron
$88.Si
5.00
10.13
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION.
99
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Old plank ....
Less cash paid out for express, etc.
Peposited with city treasurer .
$75.00
6.00
$184.94
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$177.24
Inventory of City Property.
'Commissioners' ofifice, including typewriter, furni-
ture, ofifice supplies ...... $394.66
Division No. 2, including 16 horses, dump carts,
sprinklers, snow plows, road-machine, tools,
Carson trench machine complete, etc. . . 18,813.83
City stable, storage shed, blacksmith shop, carpen-
ter shop ........ 15,950.00
Lot of land on Franklin street .... 89,312.0c
Valuation of pipe on hand, city yard . . . 1,238.69
Division No. i ...... . 7.00
Division No, 4 ...... . 2.00
Division No. 5 ...... . 36.07
Division No. 6 ...... . 23.25
Division No. 7 ...... . 72-30
Division No. 8 ...... . 34-oo
Division No. 9 . . . . . . . 22.00
Division No. 10, including horses, road-machine,
dump-carts, etc. ...... 1,466.20
Stable and lot, division No. 10 . . . . 1.200.00
Valuation of pipe on hand, division No. 10 . . 45-22
•Commons, including horse lawn-mower, swings,
seats, etc. ....... 32997
Total ........ $128,947.19
100 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Orders Received from City Government, with Date
of Passage, 1895.
ORDERS TO BUILD CERTAIN SEWERS.
Sagamore, Walnut to Oak.
Hevey, Conant street northerly, 300 feet.
Boynton, present sewer southerly to McDuffie.
Prince, Boynton to Huntress.
McDufifie, Boynton to Huntress.
Passed May 7.
Elm, Monroe south l;)ack to Thayer.
Alsace, Kelly to Columbus avenue.
Joliette, Kelly to Amory.
Amory, Joliette to Essex.
Tilton, Milford to Bowman avenue.
Mast, near Bowman, westerly.
Christian brook, from Canal and Pennacook, easterly.
Passed June 4.
Union, from Clark to Trenton.
Cedar, Maple easterly, 300 feet.
Jewett, to Somerville, 900 feet.
Somerville, Jewett westerly, 400 feet.
Silver, Elm to Valley, to Lincoln and Silver.
Passed July 2.
Union east back street. Christian brook northerly, 500 feet.
Union east back street. Christian brook southerly, 400 feet.
Jewett, Somerville to Clay.
Lowell, Belmont to Beacon.
Beech, Sagamore north^ 175 feet.
Prospect, Hall easterly, 100 feet.
Hayward, Jewett easterly, 300 feel.
Hall, Concord northerly, 180 feet.
Union, Silver to Plumnier.
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION. 101
Wilton, Main westerly, 150 feet.
Valley, Jewett easterly, 300 feet.
Passed September 3.
Wentworth, Schiller northerly, 400 feet.
Merrimack, Beacon easterly, no feet.
Beacon, Merrimack northerly, 60 feet.
Second, Schiller northerly, 300 feet.
Passed November 5.
Cedar, Wilson easterly, 212 feet.
Cedar south back street easterly to Hall.
Ray, present sewer northerly, 325 feet.
Second, Schiller to Harvell.
Belmont, Bridge southerly, 200 feet.
Mead, Hall to Belmont.
Putnam, Beauport to Cartier.
Cartier east back street, Putnam northerly, 400 feet.
Cartier east back street, Putnam southerly, 400 feet.
Passed December 3.
ORDERS TO BUILD CERTAIN STREETS.
Cartier, from Putnam to Wayne.
Putnam, from Cartier to Dubuque.
Hall, Myrtle to Prospect.
Vinton, Jewett to Taylor.
Passed May 7.
Hevey, Amory to Wayne.
Passed September 3.
Wilson, Spruce to Valley.
Passed November 5.
MISCELLANEOUS ORDERS.
Order to erect watering-trough, Hanover street, west side ot
Candia road.
Passed May 7.
102
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Macadamize Elm street from street crossing north intersection'
Brown avenue, southerly to Baker.
Passed August 6.
Order to erect watering-trough on North Union street between
Arah and River road.
Passed October i.
Date.
Contract, Materia], or liocation.
Awarded to or agree-
ment with.
Feb.
6
To furnish sewer pipe
George D. Goodrich.
21
Nichols & Allen.
March
1
To furnish No. 1 clipped oats
Partridge Bros.
1
To furnish castings
Hutchinson Co.
1-2.
To furnish shrubs for commons. . .
H. Gurney.
15
To furnish brick
AV. F. Head & Son.
15
To furnish cement
Adams & Tasker.
19
To furnish trees for parks
Orison Hardy.
29
To furnish lumber
Head & Dowst Co.
30
To furnish cesspool stone
NA'^arren Harvey.
April
S
To build storage shed at city yard.
Head & Dowst Co-
'
"i?
To concrete Merrimack street —
J. T. Underbill Co.
C. H. Robie Co.
May
30
Building bank wall, Mast street...
William G. Landry.
20
Building culvert, Second street. . .
Warren Harvey.
20
Head & Dowst Co.
10
John Proctor.
July
30
Building culverts, " Eddy road ". .
Warren Harvey.
Aug.
16
Concreting Amherst street
J.T. Underbill Co.
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION.
PERMITS TO ENCUMBER.
103
L. E. Desrocher.
S. T. Worthen...
Heail & Dowst Co..
Mead, Mason & Co.
Owen Kenney
Ed. Madden
E. P. Desrocher . . .
Timothy Sliea
Head & Dowst Co..
Jos. A. Jackson —
J. H. Mendell
A. L. Bixby
Brown & Straw . . .
Alpheus Gay
J. H. Mendel)
Head & Dowst Co.
D. G. Mills
A. L. Bi.Kby
J. T. Moore
Herman Fisher
Mead, Mason & Co.
Ella J. iMai-tin
E. P. Desrocher....
C. J. Brown
Charles Colburn . . .
S. T. Worthen
G. A. Plamondon ..
S. L. HiKgins
Patrick Kearns —
Head & Dowst Co . .
E. P. Desrocher
E. A. Randall
Timothy Shea
Head & Dowst Co..
A. \V. Prescott
J. H. Mendel 1
William Carr.
A. M. Smith . .
365 Amherst street | Jan.
Hanover and Chestnut i
Prospect above Linden
Wilson street
Pleasant street (Public Market)
" The Keimard," Elm street
7'2 Lake avenue
190 Lake avenue
125 Orange street
Chestnut and Lowell
Lowell street (Calumet Club)
203 Merrimack
Union and Lake avenue
234 Lake avenue
Wilson and Merrimack
Elm and West Merrimack
Amherst (Hospital)
fi2 Laurel street
Laurel (Convent)
1st lot Clapp's corner
]9(> Merrimack street
318 Lake avenue
31.T Lake avenue
201 Hanover
Conant street
Merrimack street (church)
Amherst and Button
Union and Lake avenue
Prince near Boynton . .
AVilson and East Spruce
Orange and Pine
113 Central street
Manchester near Lincoln
Church and Bridge
Beech, between Concord and Lowell
Pine and Orange
Front street, A moskeag
Union and Bridge
Elm, near Amherst
171-173 Manchester street
Bridge and Church
Pearl back, near church
.394 Concoril street
278-280 Lowell street
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19
22
24
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24
25
25
30
30
May
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STREET AND PARK COMMISSION. 105
CITY YARD IMPROVEMENTS.
The growth of work on streets and sewers, the ever increasing
-demand for scavenger service and removal of ice and snow, has
created a demand for greater space for storage supplies, suitable
facilities for repairing, painting, and blacksmith work at the city
yard. This demand has been provided for by building a large
-and commodious storage building on Granite street. This build-
ing is 84 feet in length, 78 feet wide, and has a height in the
center of 13 feet 3 inches, and outside of 12 feet, with flat gravel
roof, and is so constructed that the sprinklers and large dump
carts can be housed for protection during the winter months, or
when not in use.
A special storage room has been partitioned off in the storage
barn where the portable boiler and special tools can be locked
up. This building has also a large roomy cellar or basement
where snow plows and sleds can be kept, and has a space sepa-
rated where sand is stored for sanding streets.
This building has proved to be just what is wanted, and was
built by contract with the Head & Dowst Co., at a cost of
^3,000, the expense being met by a special appropriation.
An addition connecting the blacksmith shop, built last year,
with the storage barn has just been completed and is 73 feet long
by 20 feet wide with a height of 12 feet in the center. The
building is erected on substantial brick piers, and on the west
side there is a faced stone wall 3 feet high. This addition was
built by the Head & Dowst Co., at a cost of $648.63, and
will be used for repairing and painting carts, sprinklers, etc.,
and is partitioned off for tool room at southern portion. This
arrangement brings all repairing on iron work done by the black-
smith under one roof.
SCAVENGER SERVICE.
The contract to remove all perishable waste throughout the
■city, made by the street and park commissioners with the joint
standing committee on city farm, for the yearly payment of $2,-
500, has been satisfactorily carried out during the last year.
106 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Three scavenger teams especially built for this service have
been employed, with three drivers. The central portion of the
city has been visited daily, and all perishable garbage collected
and carried to the city farm, where it is used as a fertilizer. Over
2,070 loads have been taken to the farm this season. The driv-
ers call about the same time and on the same days that the city
men call for the ashes and non-perishable garbage.
The growth of the city will soon oblige an extension of routes.
All citizens can materially assist the scavenger department by
carefully and regularly placing all perishable waste in one recep-
tacle, and the non-perishable waste in another receptacle, always
separating the perishable from the non-perishable, and also by
placing all cans, barrels, or other receptacles in plain view on
the sidewalk or near by where the teamsters can readily reach
them on the days to call. (See City Ordinances, chapter 19,
sections 7 and 30.)
MACADAMIZING.
It is a well established fact that there is a growing interest int
the construction and maintenance of our streets and highways.
The practical question, therefore, arises, How shall we obtain
good roads that shall answer all the demands of public travel ;
what is the best and most feasible means of reaching this stand-
ard ?
Three things are certainly necessary; namely, money, meiJiod,
and material. Our leading municipalities are considering this
subject, and many experiments are being tried with greater or less
success, but after all the question is a local one. What facilities
have we as a city, for road building and maintenance ?
It may be safely stated that if our city had a ledge of stone
especially adapted to road building, or gravel banks near enough
to be of practical service, much more might be done. The de-
mand for new highways is so great, and the growth of the city
so extended, that better facilities for road making become im-
perative. A new and larger crusher is needed at the city ledge
to meet the call for crushed stone. A crusher for the West Side
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION. 107
could be used to great advantage, and a larger appropriation for
new highways and macadamizing would materially assist in im-
proving the condition of the streets and thoroughfares of the
city. When it is considered that a large share of the appropri-
ations have been unexpectedly called upon to cover amounts
necessary to repair damages to streets and bridges, it may be
truthfully affirmed that all has been done that could be done
with the funds at the disposal of the commissioners.
About 22,335 feet of new streets graded have been built this
year in District 2 alone, against a total of 19,358 feet of new
streets graded last year. Thus it will be seen that although the
commission have been handicapped they have built more streets
than last year. Many of these streets were difficult to construct
and had to be cut through ledges or expensive fills made.
The highway leading to Massabesic lake along the route of
the electric road was greatly narrovved by the laying of double
tracks, and immediate relief became a necessity to enable car-
riages to pass on either side. To remedy this the commissioners
at once began to widen Lake avenue and Hanover street along
the electric roadbed, 13,200 feet in length, or about 2j^ miles.
On Manchester street a large amount of work was called for
on account of widening the street to allow the electric road
room for tracks. One thousand two hundred thirty-six feet of
paving was done from Elm to Union streets, part of which was
28 feet wide, at a cost of ^239.05. Edgestone along the same
street was reset 2,400 feet in length, at a cost of $;iig-4S} mak-
ing a total of $558.50.
Elm street, from Langdon to Webster, was left in bad condi-
tion from tearing up of the street for the purpose of laying
tracks for electric road. This condition was remedied by care-
fully grading and topdressing with crushed ledge stone, 830
loads being used and a length of 2,600 feet covered.
At Bridge street, east of Belmont, a fill of three feet 300 feet
long was made, at a cost of $390.65 for labor of men and teams,
on account of raising tracks for electric road.
At many places along the route grade was raised and paving
108 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
relaid. The "Eddy road" was an outcome of the spring
freshet. One thousand four hundred seventy-five feet of graded
roadbed was built, 50 feet wide, at a cost of $2,228.90 for labor
and teams, with an additional cost of $833 for two stone cul-
verts across the roadbed, making a total cost of $3,061.90.
The eastern abutment of the Amoskeag bridge was entirely
carried away by the force of the water during the freshet and the
bridge was rendered unsafe for travel. Consequently the com-
missioners commenced repairs as soon as possible and a solid
stone abutment was completed by the Head & Dowst Co. at a
cost of $3,851. About $22,000 were spent for repairs caused
by the freshet and the electric road.
In pursuance of their plan of last year, the commissioners
have extended the repairs on the principally traveled streets
leading off from Elm street, as far as the funds would allow.
Central street from Elm to Union was greatly improved by
picking up, topdressing with 600 loads of crushed stone and 150
loads of Salem stone. Also the same street topdressed from Elm
west to Canal, 400 loads of crushed stone and 50 loads of Salem
stone being used, total length topdressed, 2,350 feet, at a total
cost, for labor and teams, of $2,073.40.
Hanover street from Hall to Milton was improved by a dress-
ing of 370 loads of crushed stone, costing $872.29.
Amherst street from Chestnut to Union was thoroughly mac-
adamized 900 feet in length, 620 loads of crushed stone being
used, costing $1,342.65, and from Union to Beech this same
street was concreted on macadam foundation, producing a fine
roadway beside Hanover common, at a cost of $951.64 for mac-
adamizing and $1,551.80 for concreting.
Lowell street from Elm to Nashua, a distance of 2,500 feet, was
picked up and rolled and covered with 705 loads of crushed
stone from the ledge, rolled down by steam road roller, with a
binder course of 159 loads of Salem stone, costing for labor and
teams $1,291.58.
Franklin street from Granite to Merrimack is one of our busy
streets and was in bad condition on account of holes. A great
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION. 109
improvement was made in the roadbed by picking up and top-
dressing with crushed stone, at a cost of $992.60 for labor
and teams.
Chestnut street from Central to Lake avenue called for mac-
adamizing, using 230 loads of crushed stone and 30 loads of
Salem stone for finish, costing $575 for labor and teams.
In West Manchester, besides the "Eddy road" already re-
ferred to, Turner street from Granite to School was thoroughly
macadamized, 435 feet in length. Crushed stone was first laid
in the excavated roadbed, 139 loads being used, then stone
chips well pounded in, 17 carloads used, and finally 45 loads of
Salem stone rolled down as binder.
North Main street from Fire King engine-house to Adams
street was thoroughly repaired and graded up by the use of 147
loads of crushed stone, and rolled down by road roller at a cost
of ^256.38.
Eight other streets on this side have been treated to topdress-
ing of clay or gravel on roadbed, to distances of from 260 to
600 feet.
The wants of the heavy teams in the business section shoul
have attention, and call for streets paved with granite on a suita-
ble foundation. The bicyclist desires a smooth, well-beaten
track, free from sharp cutting stones, and all fully appreciate a
good macadamized or concrete road surface. Therefore, if proper
facilities for good roadraaking can be had, with a suitable ex-
penditure of money, the people of Manchester may expect, and
surely will have, excellent streets and highways.
The following is a summary of the work for the last year.
110
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
MACADAMIZING.
Location.
I.ength
Square; Cruslied
feet. J'^'^'i^-i stone.
Amherst, Chestnut to Union
900
3,40C
500
2 000
Chestnut, Central to Lake avenue. .
■225
900
l,4.i0
5,S00
4,000
t)00
2,000
3,467
3,778
Franklin, Granite to Merrimack....
1,000
Hanover, Hall to Milton
Lowell, Elm to Nashua 2,500' 10,000
Total
620
220
230
600
400
830
510
370
705
Salem
stone.
10,725 36,956
4,485
Labor.
30
1.50
50
20
159
$1,342.65
951.64
,i75.00
1,296.00
777.40
* 413.82
992 60
872.29
1,291.58
S8,512.98
SUMMARY
Cost Salem stone .
Cost coal and coke
Cost lumber ....
Incidentals ....
Labor on streets and at city ledge
Concrete ....
Forcite powder
Total ....
NOTES.
51,101.63
132.75
433-60
651.90
8,512.98
2,783.86
289.51
^13,906.23
Average number of days crusher was run, 16S, from March 25
to November 2.
Average cost labor of men per day, $30.
Average cost labor of teams per day, ^4.25.
Average number loads stone crushed each day, 51.
Number of loads used for macadamizing, 5,030.
Number of loads used for patching, 3,425.
* Balance cost of labor charged to repairs of highways.
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION.
Ill
NEW STREETS GRADED.
Location .
Length
in feet.
Asliland, between Arlington unil Pearl .
Asl), south of Gore
Beech, north of Gore
Bridge, east of Belmont
Bell, Pine to Union ]
Baker, Elm to Caief road i
Campbell street
Elm, north of Ray brook
East High, Malvern to Ashland I
Green, Elm east '
Grove, Union east !
Grove, Pine to Union |
Hall, south of Prospect
Hall, south of East High
Harvard, Beech east
Morrison, Pearl south
Manchester. Beacon east
Prospect, east of Russell
Pleasant, Franklin west
Russell, Harrison north
Ray, north of Appleton
Road to Massabesic lake
Sagamore, east of Walnut
Shasta, Beech west
.Stevens, Baker south
Salmon, east of Walnut
Wilson, west of schoolhouse
Walnut, south of Sagamore
Titus avenue from Beech
200
200
COO
300
2.i0
300
800
1,100
4.'J0
250
500
2.50
300
(iOO
375
300
375
120
175
13,200
1,150
.500
200
100
640
100
.500
Cut or
All.
Labor.
Cut..
Fill...
Both.
Fill..,
Cut..
Fill.
Both..
Cut..,
Both.
Fill...
Cut. . .
Both.
Cut. . .
Fill.
Cut.
Both.
Total 23,335
Fill.
Cut.
Both.
$190.75
230.00
696.00
390.65
250.00
350.00
150.00
246.00
138.00
261.50
250.00
300.00
277.00
298.00
382 00
262.50
308.67
31.50
459.85
22.50
125.00
1,805.00
1,311.00
1,040.50
175.00
32.40
689.85
115.00
70.00
$10,858.67
NOTE.
The scavenger teams have contributed 3,500 loads of material
from back streets to the various dumps and other places where
new streets will be built. Twenty-five hundred loads of road
material from miscellaneous sources were used for the same pur-
pose.
SUMMARY.
Total cost for labor for new highways and new cul-
Covering stone for culverts
• ^
2,219.47
Lumber used . . . .
32-45
Hardware ....
147-2S
Fencing ....
III. 71
672 loads filling at 25c per load
168.00
General incidentals
99-43
Total ....
■ $
21,273-39
112
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
CONCRETE WORK. — CHARLES H. ROBIE CO.
STREET CROSSINGS.
Location.
Square
yards.
Beauport and Adams
Beauport and Putnam south back
Beaui)0]'t and Putnam south back
Chestnut and Central south back.
Chestnut and Lake avenue
Chestnut and Lowell
Chestnut and Lowell north back. .
Douglas and North Main
Lowell and Chestnut
McGregor at mill entrance
Milton at D. Perkins's
Massabesic and Spruce
Massabesic and Summer
Pine and High south back
Pine and Lowell south back
I'utnam and McGregor.
Putnam and Main
Pine and Lowell south back
Russell and Prospect
Ray and Appleton
Sullivan and Beauport
School and Turner
School and Turner south back
Sagamore and Elm
Total
119
36
18
16
•i8
30
13
•24
30
18
15
49
43
8
33
33
29
33
.54
33
29
30
18
782.21
Price
per j'd.
0.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.50
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
Total
cost.
$89.67
27.30
14 1&
12.53
21.33
22.66
10.00
18.66
22.65
14.00
7.55
37.00
33.99
6.02
25.35
25.00
22.33
25.33
40.87
23.32
22.27
22 06
13.66
26.00
$584.31
SIDEWALKS.
Location.
C and B streets, M. Kearns..
Lowell and Cliestnut ,
Main at A. C. Wallace's
Main at Ranno's shop
No. 274 Merrimack
Merrimack at Bodwell's —
Pine and Lowell south back
Total
Square
yards.
48.67
S.7o
34.58
16.97
52.03
58.05
4.40
223.45
Price
pr. yd.
$0.45
.45
.45
.45
.45
.45
.45
Total
cost.
$21.90
3.93
15.56
7.64
23.41
26.13
1.98
$100.54
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION.
CROSSINGS AND WALKS REPAIRED.
113
Location.
Chestnut and Lake avenue...
Massiibesic and Spruce
McGregor at mill entrance . .
Pine ai:d Lowell south back.
Putnam and McGregor
School and Turner
Tremont and Granite
Square
yards.
Total.
19.33
3.33
5.56
3 5
13 ii
21.00
15.89
81.05
Price,
per yd
$0.30
.45
.45
.45
.45
.45
.37
Total
cost.
$5.80
1.50
2.50
1.57
5.59
9.45
5.88
$32.29
ROADWAYS.
LOCATION.
Chestnut, Merrimack to Manchester
Chestnut, Meri'imack to Manchester
Merrimack street
Total
Square Price
yards, iper yd.
1,086.78
18.66
1,175.63
2,281.06
$0.50
.75
.50
Total
cost.
$543 39
13.99'
587.81
$1,145.19
114
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
CONCRETE WORK. J. T. UNDERHILL CO.
STREET CROSSIXGS.
Location.
Aclams, corner of Clark
Adams and Main
Adams and Alain
Amherst, corner Walnut
Bridge and Ash
Beauport and Schuyler
Brook and Beech east back
Brook and Ash
Biook and Ash east back
Bridge and Nashua
Bridge and Malvern
Central and Chestnut
Central and Chestnut
City yard
Elm and Monroe
Elm and Monroe south back
Elm arid Monroe
Franklin and Depot
■Gates and Dubuque east back
■Gates and Dubuque
Oates and Cartier
Morrison and Pearl
Main and Sullivan
Main and Putnam
Orange and Pine
Pearl and Union
Rimmon east back and Amory —
Rimmon and Amory
Spruce and Barry avenue
Salmon and Union
JSagamore and Union east back (2)
Wilson and Spruce
Total . ..
Square
Price
Total
yards.
per yd.
cost.
30.20
$0.75
$22.65
18.89
. lO
14.17
7.50
.75
5.62
58.25
.75
43.68
29.80
.75
22.35
17.78
.75
13.33
16.89
.75
12.66
60.00
.75
45.00
17.78
.75
13.33
69.44
.75
52.08
56.89
.75
42.66
30.20
.75
11.17
58.05
.75
43.54
39.18
.75
17.63
26.67
.75
20 00
23.61
.75
17.70
16.50
.75
12.37
29.24
.75
21.93
35.56
.75
26.67
61.36
.75
46.02
29.96
.75
22.47
17.15
.75
12.86
29.87
.75
22.40
31.09
.75
23.32
28.27
.75
21. 2U
.SO 20
.75
11.17
20.00
.75
15.00
30.20
.75
22.65
12.40
.75
9.30
30.22
.75
22.66
35.55
.75
26.55
60.40
.75
45.30
1,059.10
$759.44
SIDEWALKS.
Location.
Amherst and Walnut east back
Bridge and Ashland
Central and Chestnut
Derryfield park
Merrimack common
Main and Putnam
Orange and Pine ■. .
Spruce and Barry avenue
Wilson and Spruce
Total
Square
yards.
.50.05
26 80
12.00
67. 14
244.85
10 40
12.83
4.44
17.41
Price
per yd.
445.92
$0.45
.45
.25
.45
.45
.45
.45
.45
.45
Total
cost.
12.06
3 00
30.21
110.18
4 68
5.77
2.00
7.83
$198.45
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION.
CROSSINGS AND WALKS REPAIRED.
115
Location.
Adams and Clark
Bridge and Nashua
Elm and Bridge
Elm and Monroe, at Holbrook's
Elm and Monroe
Lowell and Pine
Merrimack common
Manchestt^r street, 21/2 days and stock .
Main and Marion
Main and \V ayne
Total
Square [ Price
yards, per yd
5.50
2.67
70.00
158.92
1.33
21.33
U7.40
60.90
60.44
528.49
$0.45
.45
.37
.35
.45
.37
.37
.37
.37
Total
cost.
$2.47
1.20
25.90
55.62
.59
7.89
54.54
1.50.00
23.53
22.36
$344.10
ROADWAYS.
Location.
Amherst, Union to Beech (new).
Merrimack and Elm
Merrimack street
Union and Laurel
West Merrimack (patching)
Square
yards.
Price
per yd
1,485.40 I $1.00
414.69 .50
Total 3,015.62
1,102 20
13.33
.50
.75
Total
cost.
$1,485.40
207.35
551.10
10.00
40.00
$2,293.85
SUMMARY.
Concrete Work by Charles H. Itobie Co., Street and Park Commission Department.
New crossings
Re-covered crossings.
Re-covered roadways
New sidewalks
Total
Square
yards.
782.21
81.05
2,281.06
223.45
3,367.77
Total cost.
$584.31
32.29
1,145.19
100.54
$1,862.33
116 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Concrete Work by J. T. Underhill Co., Street and Park Commission Department.
New crossings
Re-covered crossings
New roadways
Re-covered roadways
New sidewalks
Total
Square
yards.
1,059.10
528.49
1,485.40
1,530.22
445.92
5,049.13
Total cost.
$759.44
344.10
1,485.40
808.45
198.45
$3,595.84
STREETS TURNPIKED WITH ROAD MACHINE.
Streets.
No. feet.
Appleton 1,648
Adams ....
682
Amherst .
900
Ash . . .
500
Alfred .
400
Auburn .
3.000
Bridge .
4,900
Brook
2,200
Blodget .
800
Beech
6,000
Belmont
1,000
Baker .
500
Brown avenue
5,000
Chestnut
4,500
Concord
3,000
Central .
1,500
Cedar .
• 3)000
Elm
1,112
East High
500
Gore
735
Harrison
2,200
High . .
600
Hall
1,600
Hanover
• 3,575
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION.
117
Highland
2,000
Jane
200
Liberty .
800
Lowell .
I,OCO
Lincoln .
1,000
Laurel .
. 3.000
Lake avenue
2,000
Myrtle .
• ^>352
Maple .
• 3-500
Milton .
500
Merrimack
500
North .
. 2,680
Nashua .
1,000
Orange .
2.687
Pearl
2,687
Prospect
1,648
Pennacook
800
Pine
6,500
Ray
800
Russell .
500
Sagamore
400
Sahnon .
900
South
200
Spruce .
3,000
Union .
4,500
Webster .
2,000
Walnut .
2,000
Wilson .
800
Total .
Qg,8o6
99,806 or 18.91 miles.
118
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
GRADING FOR CONCRETE.
Location.
Ashland, between Arlington and Pearl
Ash and Orange
Adams and Clark
Arlington and Nashua
Beech, Gore north
Beech, north of Sagamore
Bridge, east of Belmont
Bell, Pine to Union
Baker, Elm to Calef road
Brown avenue, Byron north
Beacon, north of "Merrimack
Clark, south of Adams
Clark and Cliestnut
Calef road, Baker south
Everett, south of Clark
East High, east of Malvern
Elm, near Ray brook
Elm, Baker north
Elm, Baker south
Green, Pine east ,
Grove, Union east
Grove, Pine to Union
Hancock
Harrison and Russell
Hall, south of Prospect
Hall, south of East High
Hall, between Bridge and Pearl
Harvard, Beech easterly
Hall, between Bridge and Pearl
Lowell and Belmont
Linden, Orange north
Myrtle, east of Russell
Merrimack, west of Beacon
Morrison, Pearl south
Manchester, Beacon west
North Elm, Clark north
Orange, between Pine and Union
Orange, east of Hall
Orange and Hall
Prospect, west of Russell
Prospect, east of Linden
Pennacook, west of Walnut
Prospect, east of Linden
Prospect, east of Russell
Russell, south of Harrison
Sagamore, east of Walnut
Salmon, Walnut east
Union, Green south
Walnut, south of Sagamore
Total
Length
in feet.
300
150
200
125
800
350
400
500
600
100
70
50
200
2,000
300
1,050
200
275
SOD
900
500
500
525
300
250
500
400
1,200
400
30
150
110
65
700
300
400
250
150
375
100
150
50
750
400
100
2,300
200
250
150
20,425
Width
in
feet.
Cut or
fill.
Labor.
Both.
Fill..
Both.
Cut.
Both.
Cut..
Fill. .
Cut..
Both.
Fill..
Both.
Fill . .
Cut..
Both.
Fill...
Both..
Cut...
Both..
Cut...
Fill!!!
Cut...
Fill...
Both.,
Fill...
Both..
Cut...
Fill...
Cut'. '. '.
Fin'.'.'.
Cut'.!!
Fill...
Cut...
Fill...
Both.
Fill..
Cut...
Both.
Cut.'!!
$40.00-
47.00
7.oa
4.50
40.50
28.66
37.50
30.00
36.00>
23.00
20.50
19.00
28.00-
120.00
64.00
39.75
50.00
48.36
24 00
71.00
30.00
50.00
42.00
15.00
23.33
36.66
80.00
63.30
24.00
10.75
22.00
28.50
23.00
55.00
18.00
34.62
17.50
18.00
20.50
8.50
14.75
3.25
70.00
32.50
17.34
126.60
25.50
33.50
15.34
1,738.21
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION.
1J9
EDGE STONES SET.
Ash and Bridge
Amherst and Beech .
Amherst, between Walnut and Beech
Amherst near Walnut
Auburn, between Union and Beech
Bay and Appleton
Beech and Sagamore .
Brook and Ash ....
Beech and Amherst .
Back street, between Amherst and Beech
Back street, between East Spruce and Pine
Beech and Gore
Belmont and Lowell .
Brook and Union
Brook, between Beech and Ash
Beacon and Manchester
Bridge, between Elm and Chestnut .
Chestnut, between Lake avenue and Spruce
Central, near Elm ....
Clark and Adams ....
Cedar, near Lincoln ....
Chestnut and Laurel ....
Central, near Chestnut
Central and Wilson ....
Chestnut and Lowell ....
Chestnut, between Merrimack and Elm
Central and Chestnut
Concord and Hall ....
Clark avenue, between Pearl and Orange
Elm and West Pennacook .
East High and Ashland
Elm and Monroe ....
East High and Buzzell
Feet.
32 ■
16
13.
16
32
314
124
32
13
27
16
r8
18
18
60
20
137
14
32
80
300
50
16
300
36
25
16
118
24
16
80
16
120
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Franklin and Depot . . . ,
32
Granite, near city stable
24
Harrison and Russell
32
Hall and Pearl ....
16
Hall and East High . . . .
16
Laurel and Milton . . . .
32
Laurel and Lincoln .
24
Laurel and Belmont . . . .
16
Laurel, between Pine and Union
21
Lincoln and Merrimack
24
Lake avenue and Chestnut .
32
Merrimack, between Beech and Mapl(
120
Massabesic and Spruce
26
Milton and Manchester
36
Merrimack-street Baptist church
75
Merrimack and Beacon
16
Merrimack, between Pine and Union
28
Milton and Manchester
16
Manchester and Wilson
16
Malvern near Lowell ,
83
North near Elm
16
Nashua and Arlington
16
Nashua and Bridge .
58
Orange and Pine .
16
Pearl and Russell
16
Pine and Auburn
180
Prospect and Russell .
350
Pine and Orange
1 20
Pine near cathedral .
32
Pearl near Elm ....
35
Pearl and Walnut
32
Pine and Orange
32
Pearl and Beech ...
16
Russell and Union . ...
20
Russell and Harrison
no
Spruce and Union
16
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION
Spruce and Wilson ,
Spruce and Wilson .
Sagamore and Beech .
Spruce and Chestnut .
Sagamore, No. 165
Sagamore, east of Union
Salmon and Union .
Salmon and Union .
Union and Cedar
Union, between Brook and
Wilson and Spruce .
Wilson and Spruce .
Wilson-street schoolhouse
Walnut and Amherst
Total .
Harrison
121
160
16
32
65
16
16
16
16
100
75
2
720
32
5'i65
EDGE STONES RESET.
Location.
Central, west of Elm .
East High, east of Pine
Manchester and Milton
Manchester, between Elm and Union
Union, south of Manchester
Union and Cedar ....
Total
Feet.
56
200
20
2,400
40
2,779
Total number of feet of edge stones set or reset, 7,944.
Total cost for labor of foregoing work, $598.25 , an average
cost of ^0.076 per foot.
122
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
COBBLE GUTTER PAVING.
Streets.
Amherst, between Union and
Beech
Auburn, east of Pine
Belmont, between Lake ave-
nue and Central
Brook, between Beech and
Maple
Belmo't, Lowell and Chestnut
Cedar and Maple
Chestnut and Lowell
Chestn't, Salmon and Webster
Chestnut, between Central
and Cedar
East High, Malvern east
East Spruce, between Pine
and Union
Elm, near ilay brook
Elm, between Appleton and
Clark
Elm, between Pen'acook and
Salmon
Hanover, west of Chestnut ..
Laurel, Belmont east
Lake avenue and Milton
Manchester and Milton
Milton street
Monroe, west of Elm
Pleasant, Franklin west
Pine and Salmon
Prospect, between Oak and
Russell
Russell, between Prospect
and Hai-rison
Russell, between Orange and
Myi-tle
Russell and Harrison
Union, north of Clark
Total
Sq. yds.
No.
loads.
379
39
22
2
60
6
117
15
111
12
67
8
67
8
750 ■
35
550
55
393
101
350
36
Gil
70
340
35
87
9
64
9
78
10
39
4
20
2
20
2
136
14
291
30
68
8
171
10
172
10
88
9
78
8
14
1
5,143
548
Cost per
load.
$1.75
Cost of
stone.
$68.25
3.50
10.50
26.25
21.00
14.00
14.00
61.25
96.25
176.75
63.00
122.50
61.25
15.75
15.75
17.50
7.00
3.50
3..'i0
24.50
52.50
14.00
17.60
17.50
15.75
14.00
1.75
$959.00
Cost of
labor.
^112.50-
3.00
8.00
32.00
31.00
11. oa
6.50
131.20
88 60
94.00
59.00
132.50
88.40
43.60
23.00'
70.50
22.00
3.0O
3.00
10.00
150.00
12.96
37_.62
37.84
19.36
17.16
3.00
$1,259.74
Total cost of foregoing work, ^2,218.74; an average cost of
$0,431 per square yard.
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION.
128
PAVING RELAID.
Street. Sq. yds.
Chestnut to Union, Manchester street .... 256
Concord, Belmont to Maple , . . . . .100
Elm, near Cilley building ...... 45
Elm, near Dean street ....... 400
Elm, north of Bridge ....... 700
Granite, between Canal and Granite bridge . . . 249
Granite, between Bridge and Canal bridge . . . 1,005
Granite street bridge, easterly . . . . .510
Laurel, Belmont to Hall ...... 39
Lake avenue and Beech ...... 78
Manchester, between Elm and Chestnut . . . 1,456
Pine, between Concord and Lowell .... 69
Total . . . . , . . . . 4,907
Total cost of foregoing work, $987.90.
CULVERTS.
Location.
Length
in feet.
"Width
in feet.
Stone.
Labor.
Inci-
dentals.
Total
cost.
75
300
.........
2*
16
10
12
6
$40.00
623.00
$40.00
1,024.86
Beech, over Cemetery
brook (2) .'.
$382.56
$19.30
200
106.40
272.96
219.25
656.00
2.50
328.15
Lincoln, over Cemetery
928.96
Total
663
$761.92
$1,538.25
$21.80
$2,321.97
Two culverts repaired, Bridge street near Hall, and Hanover
street near G. H. Hubbard's. Cost for labor, $18.
124
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
STONE.
Paid F. S. Bodvvell, for covering stone
Charles A. Bailey, for block paving
Wm. H. Coburn, for cobble stone .
Warren Harvey, for circles, cesspool stone, etc
Warren Harvey, for covering stones
George F. Higgins, cobble-stone .
Total
^770.92
249-75
761.25
1,365-34
1,383.00
11.00
t,54i.26
SNOW AND ICE.
Receipts.
Appropriation . . . . .
$4,000.00
Transferred from repairs of Fligh .
1,271.38
$5»27i.38
•
Expenditures.
Labor, January draft . . . .
$1,907.69
February draft . . . .
2,510.00
March draft . . . .
661.22
Bills for sand and supplies .
77-47
Paid for snow-roller and snow-plows
115.00
^5^271.38
FENCING. .
Beech and Valley ....
. 100 feet
Green, east of Pine ....
. 100 "
Prospect, east of Russell .
• 250 ''
Total
450 feet
Fencing repaired on Pine street near Auburn, Lake avenue
near Hall, and Elm street near Pennacook.
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION.
NEW CESSPOOLS.
125
Location.
Aslilancl and East High
Amherst and Beacon
Amher&t and Belmont
Amherst, between Union and Beech
Ashland and Arlington
Buzzell and East High
Buzzell and East High
Back street, between Merrimack and Manchester
Brook, between Beech and Ash
Brook and Union
Brook, between Ash iftid Maple .'
Chestnut, between North and Webster
Chestiuit east back, between North and Webster..
Chestnut, between Cedar and Central
Concord and Belmont
Cedar and Ijincoln
Cedar and Wilson
East Spruce, between Pine and Union
Elm, near Valley
Elm, between Welch avenue and Shasta
Granite, near Canal
Granite, near Print Works
Gore, Pine back
Hall and Pearl
Hall, near Pearl
Laurel, east of Beacon
Laurel, between Pine and Union
Lowell and Belmont
Lowell and Hall
Laurel and Belmont
Manchester and Milton
Manchester, between Elm and Chestnut
Manchester and Milton
Merrimack and Hall
Monroe and Elm
Oak, between Harrison and Prospect
Prospect and Russell
Pine,-between Central and Laurel
Pine and Silver
Prospect and Li nden
Prospect, between Linden and Russell
Pearl and Morrison
Pearl and Belmont
Russell and Harrison
Ray and Appleton
Salmon and Pine
Union , between Brook and Prospect
Union, between Sagamore and Pennacook
Union and Silver
Welch avenue, near Elm
Walnut and Sagamore
Wilson and Auburn
Cost of
material.
Total.
$50.59
31 27
35.. i3
47.98
33.48
15.66
32.64
12.61
20.40
45.81
21.66
63. ,58
13.39
94.12
15.19
28.44
25.. 52
46.44
15.24
65.33
17.38
12.67
14.65
13 93
33.32
25.37
14.89
60.40
43.96
13.35
12.49
25.69
10.16
12 29
.52.88
13.19
28 57
12.97
25.29
61.02
13.19
13.19
13.37
15.96
15.78
13.39
S5.21
.36.36
.55.46
31.61
39.46
15.37
Labor.
$34.50
22.50
8.00
25.75
24.. 50
6.75
18.75
6.25
17.88
29.00
18.75
35.00
8.25
58.90
5.00
14.50
25.00
20.25
6.00
41.92
7.50
5.00
6 50
8.50
15.50
19.00
5.. 50
29.92
22.00
6.25
17.00
8.50
8.. 50
7.75
30.50
10.25
16.50
5.00
14.50
39.00
10.25
13.50
12.50
8.50
6.50
10.50
39.50
27.90
32.00
16.50
27.80
12 50
$930.57
126
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
REPAIRED CESSPOOLS.
Location.
Amherst, between Beech and Union
Ash back street, between HaiTlson and Brook
Bridge and Russell
Chestnut and Manchester
Chestnut, north of Salmon
Chestnut, between Lake avenue and Cedar
Elm back, near "The Kennard"
Elm and Pearl
Elm, between Welch avenue and Shasta
Franklin and Granite
Granite, near the bridge
Laurel, between Beech and Maple
Lake avenue and Union
Lowell and Ashland
Malvern and Lowell
Fennacook and Elm
Prospect, between Pine and Union
Pine and Manchester
Prospect, between Linden and Hall
Spruce, between Pine and Union
Union and Bridge
Union, between Harrison and Brook
Total
No.
30
Cost of
material.
$7.45
..TO
4.97
15. U
2.84
3.91
4.95
1.72
2.30
11 98
5.38
1.41
.29
4.94
4.94
6.00
3.28
11.42
10.64
2.91
1.00
.36
$107.42
Labor.
$5.50
2.50
2.00
10.50
2.00
3.50
2.00
3.75
2.00
S.OO
4.50
4.00
2.00
3.50
3.50
6.00
5.75
10.. 50
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3.50
1.00
2.00
$94.50
REPAIRED SEWERS.
Location.
Ash, between Amherst and Concord
Auburn back, between Union and Beech.
Blodget, west of Chestnut
Elm, near city hall
Elm back, near Electric Light station. .
Elm, between Welch avenue and Shasta .
Hanover back, west of Pine
Hanover and Pine
Maple, between Concord and Lowell
Ray brook
Thawed out cessijools
Total .
Cost of
material.
$2.32
13.76
14.60
5.46
2.30
14.35
11.83
16.34
$80.96
Labor.
$6.00
5.50
15.00
12.75
2.00
2.00
20.50
10.00
8.00
12.00
164.45
$258.20
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION. 127
TRENCH MACHINE.
The Carson trench machine, used on West Manchester sewers
this last season, is a patented apparatus by which four, or any
other, number, of loaded tubs are hoisted from a trench or pit,
moved horizontally as far as desirable, and dumped. The tubs
are then returned, lowered to the place from which they were
first hoisted, and the process repeated by substituting tubs vvhich
have been filled while the others were being handled.
The same power which hoists the tubs also moves them back-
ward and forward to and from the dumping place without dis-
connecting them from the ropes by which they were hoisted.
The foregoing gives a general idea of the principle of working.
The machine, which was purchased by the commissioners over a
year ago, has two uprights or towers, which are generally placed
from 295 to 300 feet apart. Thrown over these uprights is a two-
inch wire guy cable, which is drawn tight and led to anchors
buried six feet deep in the ground at each end. This not only
supports the uprights but serves as a trolley line for a sheave to
ride upon connected with two wire cables. One of these cables
being endless, revolves over a drum attached to the engine in the
boiler house, furnishing the necessary power to run the tub in
which the soil is along the wire cable to where it is to be dumped.
The second cable attached to the sheave is for the purpose of
controlling the raising and lowering of the tub into or out of the
trench, and is connected to another drum on the engine. Thus
the engineer controls the movements of the bucket or tub directed
by a signal man who stands beside the trench, and who also usu-
ally dumps the loaded bucket by disconnecting an automatic
dumping arrangement on the side of the bucket. The rapidity
with which a trench can be excavated by the aid of this machine
is wonderful, and should be seen to be appreciated.
Five sewers in West Manchester were excavated by means of
the trench machine, viz.: Kelly street from Hevey east back to
Alsace, a distance of 1,540 feet, over 20 feet deep, through sandy
soil; Hevey east back to Kelly southerly a distance of 652 feet,
14 feet deep; Schiller, Hill westerly 493 feet in length, iS feet
128 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
deep; Joliette south of Kelly, a distance of 518 feet, 12 feet
deep ; and Alsace south of Kelly, 345 feet in length, 12 feet deep.
To illustrate the economy in sewer excavation by the use of
this machine, it can be stated that only an average of twenty-
three men were employed on any of the sewers mentioned, di-
vided in regard to service as follows : Seven men to construct
bracing and staging, two men to lower pipe, two men to lay pipe,
one man to mix mortar, one signal man, one water boy, one fore-
man, and eight shovelers. If the machine were not used these
sewers would take a gang of from sixty to seventy men to cover
the work. Besides, the soil is removed away from the edge of
the trench when machine is used, thus preventing accidents or
caving in of back filling. Generally three stagings are used in a
sewer 20 feet deep, as a man cannot shovel higher than his head
to advantage. All this is done away with in case of the trench
machine. The commissioners are well pleased with its work
during the last season, and there is no doubt that it has saved
more than fifty per cent in the cost of labor.
STEEET AND PARK COMMISSION.
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Length of sewers, West Side, division No. lo . 6,129 feet
Length of sewers. East Side, division No. 7 . . 1,458 "
Length of sewers, East Side, division No. 2 . . 15,565 "
Total .23,152 feet.
Cost of sewers, West Side, division No. 10 . . ^12,259.45
Cost of sewers, East Side, division No. 7 . . 8,254.17
Cost of sewers, EastSide, division No. 2 . . 51,437.14
Total $71,950.76
Average cost per foot, West Side, division No. 10 . $2.00
Average cost per foot, East Side, division No. 7 . 5.66
Average cost per foot. East Side, division No. 2 . 3.30
Average total cost per foot, $3,064.
The following table shows how the cost for new sewers, in-
cluding Silver street and Christian brook sewers, has been
divided :
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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.
^moskeag 7G5.5
Bridge street, at canal 57
Bridge st., jNIcGregor and approaches 1,085
Cohas avenue, at Great Cohas 36
Derry road, at Great Cohas 3S
Derry road, near Cohas avenue 20
Derry road, near town line 21
Dunbarton road, Black brook 25
Elm street, at railroad 89
Front street, at Black brook 16.5
Granite street, at canal 56.3
Granite street, at river , .. 465.7
Harvey road, at Great Cohas 32
island Pond road, outlet to lake 41
Main street, at 'Squog river ISO
Mammoth road, at Great Cohas 38
Mammoth road, near town line 14
Mill road, at Harvey's mill 59
Parker street, at railroad ...... 1 53
River road, at Little Cohas 16
River road, below James Cheney's. . . 6
Kiver road, at Goffe's Falls 30
Second street, at 'Squog river 62
Second street, at 'Squog river 127
South road jo
^Febster road, at water-works dam.. . 100
Weston road, east of D . Connor's | 6
Width
of
roadway
20
22.5
24
30.5
20
17
20.5
17.5
29 5
33
37.3
26
21
1G.7
34
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20
20.5
24
20
16
30
32.5
32 5
22
17.5
16
No. of
walks.
Width j
of I Material,
walks.
5.5
7
6
8.75
8.75
Wood.
Iron.
Stone.
Wood .
Iron.
Wood.
Stone.
Wood.
Iron.
Wood.
Steel.
Wood.
Arch-
es or
spans.
Stone bridges, 2 ; steel, 2; iron, 4; wood, 19; total, 27.
134 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
GENERAL REPAIRS.
Patched Amory street from Main to Beauport with ashes and
clay ; labor ^15.
Graveled Second street from Hancock to Blaine; labor $10.
Patched Hooksett road; labor ^20.
Graveled Second street, Blaine to School ; labor $15.
One hundred loads of gravel put down throughout division ;
labor ^64.
Graveled Front street, Amoskeag ; labor ^40.
Repaired Mast street, near Baldwin's; labor ^200.
Repaired Cartier street, north of Amory ; labor ^50.
Repaired Rimmon back street, north of Amory; labor $75.
Patched Gates street with clay ; labor $10.
Patched Beauport street with clay ; labor ^2.50.
Bushes cut throughout both divisions; cost for labor $']^.
Road-machine used on roads throughout both divisions ;
labor $200.
Tree boxes whitewashed ; labor ^15.
Gutters cleaned out, crossings scraped, stones picked up,
streets patched, gravel screened, etc.; labor ^1,004.36.
Total cost of the above work, ^1,795.86; charged to the
appropriation for Repairs of Highway's.
FENCING.
Railroad street, Second street at culvert, Second street, south
of Hancock, Eddy road. Farmer road, Amoskeag, old back road
south of ice houses.
Total number of feet fencing, 1,667 ; labor, etc., ^97.19.
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION.
NEW STREETS GRADED.
Location.
Amory, west of Bartlett >..
Amory, west of Bartlett
Alsace, betweeen Amory and Kelly.
Boutelle, west of .Joliette
Cohimbus avenue, west of Boutelle.
Cartier, south of Sullivan
Dubuque, Amory to Kelly
Eddy road
Prince, west of Boynton
Railroad, near AVliittemore's
Second, from Schiller
Wentworth, south of Hancock
Total ,
Length
in feet.
,645
,270
,520
75
43
825
660
475
525
,095
,405
20
10,558
Cut or
mi.
Labor.
Cut...
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100.00
Both..
3('8.00
Fill...
40.00
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25.00
Cut...
100.00
Fill...
158.75
Both..
2,228.90
Fill...
20.00
Both..
113.98
"
810.00
Fill...
23.50
$4,541.63
Note. — In some cases the above streets were only turnpiked
with road-machine.
For incidentals see summary of new streets graded in report
of division No. 2.
STREETS TOPDRESSED.
Location.
Length
in feet.
Adams, Main to Cartier
Amoskeag, west of bridge
Beauport, Adams to Milton . . .
Beauport, Sullivan to Putnam
Bowman, south of Mast road .
Conant ■.
Front street, Amoskeag
Forrest, extension of Milford.
McGregor and Main
McDufiie, west of Boynton
North Main
Old Mast road
Second .street
Turner street
Total
400
350
260
450
300
225
850
300
550
150
725
600
325
350
5,835
Width
in feet.
Labor.
$150.00
75.00
75.00
200.00
25.00
15.00
200.00
150,00
40.00
15.00
256.38
.50.00
35.00
40.00
$1,326.38
136
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
MACADAMIZING.
Turner street, Granite to School, 1,354 square yards.
Cost Salem stone ....... ^122.36
Cost granite chips . . . • . . . 204.00
Incidentals ........ 325.65
Labor . . . . . . . . . 491.13
Total ^1,143.14
GRADING FOR CONCRETE.
Location.
Adams
Amory, between Rimmon and Hevey.
Amoi-y, north of Rimmon
Beauport
Bowman
Beauport, north of Adams
Bath, east of Second
Barr, south of Conant
Conant
Cartier
Conant, west of Dubuque
Cartier, north of Gates
Conant, west of West
Clinton, east of Dover
Gates and Cartier
Kelly, west of Beauport
McGregor
Main and McGregor
McGregor, north of Putnam
Putnam street extension
Putnam, west of Main
Prince, west of Boynton
Rimmon and Amory
South Main-street bridge
South Main, south of Boynton
Tliird, between Walker and Ferry
Walker, east of JSIain
Wilton, west of Main
Total
Length
in feet.
192
120
150
275
400
100
200
100
100
150
220
200
200
100
240
100
545
80
350
350
82
450
75
350
200
350
100
5,779
Width
in feet.
Cut or
fill.
Both. .
Cut...
Fill.
Cut.
Fill.
Cut.
Fill.
Cut.
Fill..
Cut.
¥in'.
Labor.
$10.00
10.00
18.00
10.00
15.00
5.00
10.00
4.50
10.00
12.00
15.00
15.00
5.50
S.iiO
20.00
9. CO
15.00
6.80
15.00
10.00
3.00
12.00
10.00
5.63
11.25
15.01)
12.00
5.00
$295.18
EDGE STONES SET,
Location.
Amory and Rimmon
Adams and Beauport ,
Amory and Dubuque
Feet.
54
32
16
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION.
137
Amory and Rimmon .
Blaine, west of Third
Beauport and Adams .
Back street, between Beauport and Main
Beauport and Sullivan
Beauport back, between Putnanj and Sullivan
Beauport back, west of Adams .
Beauport back, north of Adams .
Bath back, south of School
Conant and Barr
Cartier .....
Cartier, between Kelly and Amory
Cartier back, near Dubuque
Cartier back, near Rimmon
Douglas and Main
Douglas, west of West
Gates, corner Cartier
Gates, corner Dubuque
Main and Adams
Main and McGregor
McGregor, north of Putnam
North Main, No. 406
North Main, north of Putnam .
North Main and Putnam .
Putnam and Main
Rimmon and Amory .
Rimmon back, between Rimmon and Heve
Schuyler and Beauport
Schuyler back, between Schuyler and Adams
Third and Walker
Turner and School ,
Total ....
150
72
32
32
32
32
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16
16
16
50
50
32
16
16
50
32
48
16
32
24
49
50
32
8
32
8
16
16
16
1,141
Total number of feet of edge stones set, 1,141 ; cost for labor,
$255.50 ; average cost per foot for setting, $0,223.
138
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
COBBLE GUTTER PAVING.
Location.
Adams
Adams
Beauport
Bowman
Beauport, iiortli of Sullivan
Beauport, south of Adams
Barr, Conant to Douglas
Conant, west of West
Cartier, north of Conant
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Cartier, soutli of Amory
Cartier, north of Conant
Conant
Dubuque, north of Amory
Douglas, east of Barr
Dubuque, north of Gates
Gates, between Cartier and Dubuque
Milf ord, west of Carroll
Milford, east of Riddle
McGregor
Milford, west Bowman
Mai-ion, between Main and McGregor
North Main, near McGregor
North Main
" 'Skeag Eddy "
Turner, Granite to Bath
W^est
Walker, west of Third
Total
Square
No.
yards.
loads.
'r85
13
210
25
122
13
204
18
311
35
101
12
88
7
168
15
155
18
2
<>
169
20
66
10
109
12
88
13
58
9
23
3
132
14
3
1
3
1
242
31
85
9
34
3
135
16
210
35
190
12
556
.52
72
10
23
3
3,644
411
Labor.
$40.00
75.00
40.00
75.00
112.00
74.00
25.00
45.00
50.00
1.75
95.00
60.00
65.00
35 00
25.00
20.00
45.00
2.00
1.00
100.00
44.00
13.50
44.00
110.00
75.00
200.00
40.00
13.00
$1,524.75.
PAVING RELAID.
Beauport, north of Adams ....
Clinton, east of Dover .....
Granite street, from Bridge to Main
Main street, from stone bridge to Granite street
Total
Total cost for labor, ^1,059.38.
75 feet
100 "
1,135 ''
1,000 "
2,'::io feet
STKEET AND PARK COMMISSION.
NEW CESSPOOLS.
139
Location.
Adams and Main
Amory and Dubuque
Beauport and Wilton
Beauport and Adams
Beauport and Sullivan
Cartier and Conant
Conant and West
Douglas, east of Barr
Gates and Cartier
McGregor and North Amory
McGregor and Nortli Main
Mcgregor back and North Amory.
McGregor back and North Main. . .
Sullivan and Main
Turner and Bath
Turner and School
West and Granite
Total
21
Cost of
material.
$13.15
29.79
12.43
15.69
8.74
14.41
12.43
8.64
44.49
11.44
15.35
11.63
18.55
12.61
12.09
24.68
13.96
$280.08
Labor.
$15.00
33.00
15.00
25.00
15.00
10.00
15.00
9. CO
62.00
10.00
20.00
20.00
30.00
15.00
10.00
30.00
20.00
$354.00
REPAIRED CESSPOOLS.
Location.
Adams and Beauport
Amory and Main
Barr and Douglas
Granite, between Second and Turner
McGregor and Wayne.
Main
North Main near Amory
North Main and Wayne
Putnam and Main
Putnam and Beauport
Sullivan and Beaupoi't ,
Soutli Main street bridge
Turner and Bath
West and Douglas
Winter
West and Granite
Wayne and Main
Total
Cost of
material.
$9.06
2.28
1.71
.55
2.28
.85
.84
4.78
4.49
1.18
3.15
13.71
2 83
.85
2.55
.85
2.28
$54.24
Labor.
$8.00
2.50
4.0O
3.00
3.00
2.00
4.00
3.50
4.00
4.00
8.00
30,00
5.-00
2.00
8.00
2.. 50
2.50
$96.00
Cleaned out cesspools throughout division lo in January, Feb-
ruary, March, May, June, July, September, October, at a total
cost of $787.18.
140
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
• REPAIRED SEWERS.
Location.
Amoskeag, thawed out culverts
North Main, flushed out sewer
Walker, flushed out sewer
Adams and west Beauport
Adams and Beauport
€artier, south end
McGregor bridge underneath bridge
Granite, near North Weare railroad, manholes.
Dubuque back
Baldwin's yard
Wayne, cleaned out cesspools
South Main
Turner aud Bath
Beauport and Adams
Total.
Cost of
material.
$0.85
2.02
1.71
1.71
3.43
.85
1.07
1.80
4.78
2.03
$20.25
Labor.
$10.00
5.00
4.00
2.00
2.50
5.00
10.00
10.00
3.00
15.00
31.00
3.50
5.00
G.OO
$109.00
For new sewers built in division No. lo, see table " New
Sewers."
COMMONS.
Public opinion in our city has for some years been in favor of
a system of parks, and securing for the same special sections
which shall contain all the beauties of natural forest, meadow,
and stream, to be within the city limits, for the promotion of
the health, pleasure, and recreation of our citizens.
Manchester is indeed fortunate in possessing abundant means
of supplying these demands, and already much has been done to
secure an extensive park system.
We have now six small parks or commons scattered through-
out the thickly settled portion of our city, containing x9.11
acres, with two larger parks in the north and eastern parts, con-
taining in all 98 acres.
Our city is thus provided with a total of 11 7. 11 acres of park
lands. Springfield, Mass., has twenty-two parks, large and
small, amounting to 445.16 acres; Boston, ten parks, with a
total of 1,888 acres; Baltimore, nine parks, total, 861 acres ; St.
Louis, twenty-one parks, 2,180 acres; Chicago, twenty-one
parks, 2,594 acres; Minneapolis, forty-three parks, with a total
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of 1,552 acres. In comparison with other cities, Manchester
has only made a beginning. With but little trouble and expen-
diture, as compared with other cities, our city could secure a
section of land in West Manchester, which should take in Rock
Rimmon and vicinity, and with a section in South Manchester
would complete an extensive circular system of parks.
It is to be hoped that such a system may be developed in the
coming years for the future benefit of our citizens.
During the last year many improvements and changes have
been made on our commons under the direction of the commis-
sion.
After the skating season was over in March, the commons were
carefully drained and cleaned up, the seats repaired and painted
ready to set. In April, the holes and bad places in the lawns-
were filled up, regraded,and sown down with grass seed. A ton
of phosphate with a large amount of wood ashes and other dress-
ing was spread over all the lawns and grass plots.
A broad new pathway was built and graded, extending from
the north side of Merrimack common to the soldiers' monument^
and concreted. Eleven maples, comprising six varieties, were
set out on either side of the walk, adding greatly to the appear-
ance of the common. During April the commissioners purchased
three hundred shrubs and ornamentals, which were carefully set
out in well chosen localities on all the commons, where they
would add to the general effect of ornamentation and would
please the public eye. Nearly all these trees and shrubs have
lived and have shown a vigorous, healthy growth during the last
season, and abundantly repay the cost by their attractive appear-
ance. Eight different beds of flowers were located on Merri-
mack common, four beds on Park common, four beds on Con-
cord common, three beds on Tremont common, and three beds
on Hanover common. These beds were filled with geraniums
and other bright blooming flowering plants. All the ornamental
trees, shrubs, and beds were properly fenced with wire fencing
and protected with strong stakes and posts, the same being neatly-
painted in harmonious colors.
142 ANNUAL OFFICIAL EEPORTS.
During the summer months the grass was cut eight times on
all the commons, and each common was thoroughly inspected
every day, all paper, stones, or rubbish carefully picked up and
carted away. Twice every week the walks on the commons were
swept, and also after all public gatherings. All shrubs and beds
of flowers were watered when necessary and fences and seats re-
paired.
Eight band concerts were held on the commons or in their
vicinity^ one being held on Merrimack common when a portable
band stand was used, erected by Superintendent Fullerton and
his men. Three concerts were held on Concord common where
the regular stand was used, one concert on Park common, one
on Hanover common, one at School street, West Manchester,
and one on McGregorville common. The superintendent and
his men have provided the stands, chairs, etc., and have looked
after the protection of trees, shrubs, and flower beds. During
Memorial day. Fourth of July, and Merchants' Week the com-
mons were used, and all plants and trees liable to injury carefully
protected by boardmg, fences, etc.
During the first part of August attention was called to the tus-
sock moth, which had appeared in large quantities on the trees
of the commons. Measures were immediately taken to destroy
the moths, and Superintendent Fullerton and his men were
directed by the commission to gather the cocoons and burn
them. This was done on all the commons at a cost of $io6.
The moths were also removed from other locations at a cost of
In September and October all cesspools and drains were cleaned
out, leaves raked up and the fountains covered for winter.
In November preparations were made for skating. All cess-
pools were closed up where overflows were to be made, and all
trees and shrubs protected by boarding, etc.
The remark has often been heard this season that "our com-
mons never looked better." This has been true because the
commission has endeavored to have them carefully and system-
atically attended to. The season was a good one for growth of
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143
grass and flowers, and our citizens have as a general rule endeav-
ored to second the commissioners in their efforts.
Some complaints have been made on account of thoughtless
boys playing football on the lawns, or cutting the shrubs to ob-
tain wood for whistles, or dashing down the concrete walks in
wagons to the damage of pedestrians ; but on the whole Man-
chester has reason to be well satisfied with the condition of the
commons.
There should be separate appropriations for water and light,
and one for skating , the actual appropriation for commons could
then be used directly for repairs and improvements.
The following is a tabular statement of the expenditures on
commons :
CARE OF COMMONS.
App.
'opriation.
Appropriation for commons .
$4,000.00
Extra appropriation
200.00
Transferred from reserved fund
15.02
Expenditures.
Labor, including skating
$2,484.51
Water-works
720.00
Trees, shrubbery, flowers
353-82
Concreting .
164.72
Incidentals, repairs, etc.
101.32
Tools and supplies
59.62
Grass seed and dressing
230.78
Seats ....
33-8o
Painting
30-45
Lights ....
36.00
Total
^,215.02
$4,215.02
144 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
STARK PARK.
Work was commenced early in April on Stark park, cleaning
up and repairing all washouts preparatory to improvements for
the season.
Early in the winter Mrs. Arthur M. Eastman, of this city,
made a generous gift of a large handsome vase to be placed on
the lawn at Stark park. Accordingly it was transferred, as soon
as the ground was in suitable condition, to an elevated spot on
the lawn near the River road. A base was prepared of granite,
three feet square, and the foundation carefully ironed. Later in
the season the bowl of the vase was filled with earth, and flowers
were set out. It is a great addition to the beauty of the park.
Af'ter repairs were made, caused by heavy rains in the fall and
early spring, the lawns were regraded and dressed with fifteen
loads of wood ashes besides phosphate and dressing. Eighty
trees, consisting of maples, tamaracks, balsams, spruces, and
elms, were set out on the north line of the park. Thirty-eight
trees, nearly all cedars, were placed on the south line, and twelve
trees put in the grove, all sugar maples, the twelve maples being
a gift from Miss Lizzie Stark, of this city ; also four lilac shrubs
and two flowering trees were given by this lady, and were set out
in line with the cemetery fence. One hundred and fifty-five
trees in all were set out in Stark park. The locations of all
shrubs and trees were selected with reference to the accepted
plan for laying out the park, and were not allowed to interfere
with proposed roadways or paths.
The special work this season has been the building of the
north road, leading from the north entrance at the River road to
the grove.
After the route and grade was given the subsoil was removed
to a depth of two feet and carried a short distance to the grove
to fill up the ravine where the road would eventually pass. Four
hundred and eighty feet of drain pipe were laid across the lawn
before it was graded, to take the wash from the road and from
the junction with the central road. The foundation of roadbed
consisted of stone broken with the hammer, crushed ledge stone
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION. 145
being placed on top of this and evenly rolled in courses, and
fine Salem stone rolled wet, used for final dressing. The length
of the road was 874 feet, width 18 feet, with 14-inch paved gut-
ters on both sides. A short piece of road was added to complete
the plan of road service of the eastern part of the park, and was
236 feet in length, 18 feet wide, with 14-inch paved gutters, mak-
ing a total length of 1,110 feet built this season. Cesspools
have been put in at the junction of these new roads and all other
places where surface drainage was needed.
All the roads in the park when completed will probably receive
names from the famous battlefields of the old hero Gen. John
Stark, whose remains are buried in the cemetery in the park.
Much important work has been done in the way of draining.
A deep ditch has been dug along the eastern front of the park ta
keep the surface water from injuring the park land. A covered
drain has also been built from the large spring in the ravine
about 66 feet in length with manhole, 8-inch pipe being laid,
without cement, and covered with broken stone.
The lower part of the park is seamed with ravines or gullies,
and the surface is of a rolling nature, forming many water sheds,
which force the water down the numerous brooks toward the low
land next the railroad. Here it is proposed to form a double
pond connected by a bridge for skating and ornamental pur-
poses. It has been the purpose of the commission to so drain
all roads, when built, that the flow of water would be down these
ravines to the pond. There are twelve different springs in this
section of the park, consequently there will always be an abun-
dant supply of water.
Seven acres were plowed, graded, and grass seed sown mixed
with winter rye, which should produce a fine lawn next season.
The grass and weeds have been cut twice. — in June and August.
The underbrush in the grove down to the railroad was cut to pre-
vent bush fires starting from sparks from locomotives.
A very decided improvement has been made in the burial lot,,
the old headstones being removed from the section where menir
146 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
bers of the Stark family have been buried, the plain granite shaft
erected to the memory of Gen. John Stark alone remaining. A
handsome memorial monument of Troy granite has been erected,
consisting of an urn and cap, die, plinth, and base, the whole
combining to make a beautiful memorial, standing six feet high.
The names of those buried in this part of the lot have been put
upon three sides of the die, which is polished. The name Stark
appears on the front in large raised letters handsomely polished ;
the rest of the monument is fine hammered work. This memo-
rial has been placed in the burial lot by Miss Lizzie and Augus-
tus Stark, grandchildren of the famous general. The original
■shaft still remaining was erected to the memory of Stark in the
year 1829 by his eldest son, Caleb Stark of Dunbarton. The
burial place of the old hero has always been held in respect by
our citizens as marking the spot where the warrior sleeps, and it
wall be very satisfactory to the public to know that further im-
provements will probably be made another season.
(For summary of expenditures see Derryfield park.)
DERRYFIELD PARK.
The first work on this park was the cleaning up, grading, and
'filling caused by the heavy spring rains. Early in March the
-commissioners ordered 108 choice selected trees for the parks
and commons. The following list was purchased : Sixty-five
American Elms, 75 rock maples, 6 silver- leaved maples, 6 purple-
leaved beeches, 6 Kilmarnock willlows, 6 ash-leaved maples, 6
weir-cut-leaved maples, 10 horse chestnuts. Out of this variety
46 maples and horse chestnuts were set out, 40 feet apart, on
the south side of the park, along the line of Bridge street. These
trees were strengthened and protected by stakes.
All the trees have lived and in a few years will add their
beauty to that of the shrubbery. Forty-six elms, maples, and
horse-chestnuts were also planted, forty feet apart, around the
circular driveway, all showing thrifty growth, and will soon give
delightful shade to this favorite carriage drive and bicycle track.
Upon the extension of the electric road a culvert was built at
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION. 147
the extreme southwest corner, on Bridge street, and a wide, well-
graded walk was made extending along the south side, parallel
with Bridge street, leading to the upper Bridge-street entrance, a
distance of one thousand six hundred feet. The banking along
this walk was turfed and graded four hundred feet. Connection
was made with the water main on Bridge street, and pipe laid to
the park, where two small drinking fountains were attached, one
in the grove and one half way down the western slope. This
walk was completed and water-supply put in before the Fourth
of July celebration, and added greatly to the comfort and con-
venience of the ten thousand people who visited the ])lace at
that time. Two electric lights, on poles, have been erected, one
^t the upper Bridge-street entrance and one in the grove near
the junction of the circular driveway with the road through the
grove. This improvement has been appreciated by all patrons,
■especially the bicycle riders. The trees were trimmed, under-
brush, grass, and weeds cut twice, in June and August. A large
number of stone posts will soon be placed in the grove for the
•convenience of carriage owners. All the fountains and pump in
the grove have been protected with concrete. The chief work
this season was the preparatory grading of the roadbed, as laid
out in the accepted plan, of driveway extending from the north-,
em entrance to the grove, on old Bridge-street road, along the
southern side of Oak Hill, winding around until it joins the old
Bridge-street road again near the southwestern entrance. Soon
after commencing this w'ork it was found that an extensive ledge
extended across part of the proposed route, and that numerous
springs interfered with the grading. These difficulties were
overcome by digging a deep drain on both sides of the road, one
thousand five hundred two feet in length, and laying drain pipe
covered with broken stone obtained by blasting the ledge.
Seven cesspools and one manhole were built to take away sur-
face water.
About five hundred feet of the roadbed were cut from five to
seven feet and four hundred feet were filled from two to seven
feet ; the rest of the roadway was both filled and cut. Over two
148 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
thousand loads of coarse broken stone, from the stone dump on
the park, were placed on the roadbed for foundation. . The-
entire -length of road prepared for macadamizing was one thou-
sand five hundred feet, with a width of thirty feet. This road-
way will be completed next year.
Derryfield park is fortunate in possessing an abundant water-
supply and abounds in springs. It is the plan of the commis-
sion to utilize these natural water courses by directing all drains
down to the location of the large pond, as shown on the plan.
As there was considerable standing water in this section a,
drain ten feet deep was extended from the drains beside the road-
bed, already alluded to, eight hundred feet, to the end of the
Pearl-street sewer, where a trap and manhole were put in. This,
plan of drainage seems to work satisfactorily.
Various conveniences for the public have been built this sea-
son and new seats supplied. The usual number of swings have
been used by the children and have greatly added to their
pleasure.
It is intended to provide a playground inside of the circular
driveway, and a coasting way will sometime probably be built on^
the side of Oak Hill.
It is interesting to note the variety of trees, birds, plants,
ferns, mosses, etc., that are found within the limits of the park.
On Oak Hill red and white oak is growing in picturesque clumps
mingled with white and hard pine. The large grove used for
picnics and out-of-door meetings contains old-growth white pine,
interspersed with white and black or silver birch and some alder.
In the northwest portion of the park there are some fine speci-
mens of white and hard pine. All the native. birds inhabit the
groves, and flocks of quail are often seen near the high-service
reservoir. Red and gray squirrels are found and the striped,
squirrel. Along the damp places and in the groves a great va-
riety of beautiful ferns adorn the banks, while ground pine,,
mountain laurel, juniper, and meadow pinks abound.
A number of rhododendrons have been planted in favorable-
places and seem to flourish, and other flowering shrubs are being
introduced.
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION. 149
The plan laid out by the city government, and followed by
the commissioners, calls for a great variety of walks and road-
ways, and when completed will produce an artistic arrangement
of lawn, foliage, plants, and shrubs that together will combine
to make a beautiful retreat.
It is needless to state that one of the best and most extended
views of our beautiful city is that from the top of Oak Hill.
This site is being improved every year, and a good road leads to
that locality. The land around the high-service reservoir has
been graded, and it is expected that a handsome stone observ-
atory will soon be built at this spot, to commemorate the gen-
erosity of the late James A. Weston.
All these improvements call for additional means to keep
everything in good order.
A portable crusher and road-roller, especially for the parks,
would greatly assist in caring for the roads, and a storage barn
and shelter for this park would enable the superintendent to keep
necessary tools for immediate use. The growth of the city and
the popularity of this section, combined, call for extra care, as
thousands visit the park every day during the summer months.
It will be necessary soon to provide rules and regulations, and
also to establish regular park police, to protect the shrubs and
trees and to stop would-be hunters from shooting birds and
squirrels. Two men have been detailed each Sunday this last
season who have done police duty and who report that, owing to
the consideration of most of the patrons, their duties, for the
most part, have been light.
The following is a summary of expenses attending the season's
work :
Appropriation for Stark and Derryfield parks . . ^5,000.00
EXPENDITURES.
Stark Park.
Labor . 12,029.98
Stone 218.84
150
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPOKTS.
Trees and shrubbery
Tools and supplies
Ashes .
Painting
Incidentals, repairs, etc
Total expenditures
Transferred to reserved fund
^148.00
64.76
70.25
14.02
17.40
Derryfield
Park.
Labor ....... $1,268.01
Stone ....
31-35
Incidentals, repairs, etc.
35-78
Tools, supplies
13.64
Pipe . . , .
22.17
Lumber
26.46
Painting
18.99
Concreting .
30.21
$2,56^
$2,436.61
$4,999.86.
.14
$5,000.00.
REPORTS FROM HIGHWAY DIVISIONS.
INTRODUCTION.
As the city extends its growth, the demand for additional
streets running through the suburbs and connecting with the
main thoroughfares leading to business centers, keeps pace with
the growth ; consequently each year brings the outside divisions
somewhat into the city proper, and causes a greater outlay of
labor and materials for construction and maintenance of new
highways, sewers, and repairs.
To give an idea of the territory covered by the outside divi-
sions the number of miles of traveled roads is given, and the
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION. 151
length of highways broken out after snowstorms. When it is
considered that all these roads have to be kept in repair, stones
removed, bushes cut, culverts built, cleaned, and repaired, and
in some divisions near the city sidewalks and streets graded,
sewers and cesspools built, etc., it will be seen that much care
and time must be expended to keep everything as near as possi-
ble to the public requirements for safe and comfortable travel.
The following reports will speak for themselves regarding the
improvements made and care taken of the outside divisions :
Division No. 1 .
John C. Ray, Agent.
Number miles traveled road in this division, about 5. Over
2 miles of the division have been repaired by use of the road-
machine during the year, and ten old culverts repaired.
Number of feet of road graveled, 825. Number of feet of roads
widened, 1,237. Number of cubic yards filled, 200.
Bushes cut on River road from Clarke street to Hooksett line,.
Elm street from Clark street to Industrial School, Union from
Clark to junction of Hooksett road and North River road.
The roads have been broken out after snowstorms, and all gen-
eral repairs throughout the division attended to.
Division No. 4.
Byron E. Moore, Agent.
There are over 5 miles of traveled roads in this division, with
an average width of 40 feet.
Number of feet of new roads built this year, 1,000. Number
of feet in length of roads turnpiked, 2,175. Number of feet in
length of roads graveled, 1,200. Number of feet in length of
roads widened, 1,000. Number of feet in length of railing built,.
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350. Number of feet in length of fencing built, 1,000. Num-
ber of cubic yards filled, 500. Number of bridges repaired 2.
Four new culverts have been built and one repaired.
Bushes have been cut both sides of the roads throughout the
division, and all roads broken out after snowstorms.
Division No. 5.
Mark E. Harvey, Agent.
Number of miles of traveled road in this division, 14, with an
average width of 22 feet.
Nutt road graveled for a length of 1,425 feet. All other roads
graveled for a length of about 1,560 feet.
Goffe's Falls road and Center road turnpiked with road-ma-
chine.
Nutt road graded 361 cubic yards.
Seventy-five feet of new railing built.
Bushes cut and loose stones removed from all roads in the divi-
sion twice a month from April to November. All roads plowed
out after snowstorms.
Division No. 6.
Daniel H. Dickey, Agent.
The roads in this division are too narrow for public travel, the
average width being 12 feet. There are 6^ miles of traveled
roads.
Number of cubic yards filled, 566. One bridge repaired with
400 feet new plank ; two culverts built, — one stone and one iron.
Road-machine has been used on all roads throughout the en-
tire division, and bushes cut on both sides of road for about 3
miles. General repairs attended to, and roads broken out after
storms.
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION.
Division No. 7.
Charles Francis, Agent.
streets graded.
153
Clay, Jevvett to Cypress
Hall street ....
Vinton street ....
Wilson street, line of electric road
Length in feet.
Labor.
35°
$265.00
35°
125.00
I,200
140.00
6oo
200.00
Totals
2,500
STREETS GRAVELED.
;73o.oo
»
Feet.
Mammoth road
1,500
Candia road .......
850
Hayward street .......
800
Valley street .......
400
Total
3>55o
GRADE FOR CONCRETE.
Feet.
Dearborn
335
Summer street .......
50
Hosley street .......
100
Grove street .......
178
Wilson street .......
75
Cypress street .......
150
Summer and Hosley streets ....
50
Total
938
EDGE STONE SET.
Feet.
Dearborn street ......
335
Summer and Hosley streets ....
150
Summer street .......
50
154
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Valley and Cypress streets .
Cypress and Hayward streets
Spruce and Belmont streets
Spruce street and Falls road
Total .
Cypress street
Dearborn street
Spruce street
Belmont street
Total
GUTTERS PAVED.
i6
i6
i6
i6
599
Feet.
150
335
I5C>
100
735
ROAD MACHINE USED.
The road-machine was used on Paige, Taylor, Jewett, and
Spruce streets, and Mammoth road.
NEW CESSPOOLS BUILT.
Two, corner Spruce and Belmont; materials, ^32.97 ; labor,
$40 ; total cost, ^72.97.
Corner Valley and Belmont; materials, ^6.64; labor, $10;
total cost, ^16.64.
NEW SEWERS BUILT.
Dearborn street, 380 feet lo-inch pipe. Cost of materials,.
$86.36 ; labor, $160 ; total cost, $246.36.
Jewett street, 1,158 feet 15-inch pipe. Cost of materials,
$1,256.73; labor, $6,665.82 ; total cost, $7,922.55. (This sewer
was built through solid ledge.)
(For further details see sewer table.)
One new culvert has been built on Platts avenue, size 20 feet
X i^ feet X i^ feet.
There are over fourteen miles of streets and roads in this divis-
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ion, all of which have to be broken out after snowstorms. Gen-
eral repairs have been attended to, bushes cut, stones removed
from roads, etc.
Division No. 8.
John H. Proctor, Agent.
Hanover street widened 500 rods in length, 20 feet in width j
also two culverts 4 feet in length, 2 feet in width ; three culverts
10 feet in length, 2 feet in width.
Lake avenue widened 18 rods in length, 8 feet in width, one
fill made of 100 feet in length, 20 feet in width, i^ feet in
depth, one wall built 150 feet in length 4 feet in height.
Candia road widened 80 rods in length, 20 feet in width, and
a large amount of blasting done, another piece widened 300 feet
in length, 25 feet in width, 6 feet in depth, with a large amount
of blasting done. One culvert lengthened out 15 feet 4x4, an-
other culvert lengthened out 15 feet, 2x2, two other culverts
lengthened out 4 feet i x i.
Bridge street widened out 100 feet in length, 8 feet in width,
and culvert built 50 feet long.
Lake Shore road blasted and widened 300 feet in length,. 8
feet in width.
About three miles of road turnpiked with road-machine, and
three hundred loads of gravel used in patching. Bushes have
been cut, roads plowed out after snowstorms, and all other neces-
sary work attended to. There are over eight miles of traveled
road in this division.
Division No. 9.
Lester C. Paige, Agent.
This division contains eleven miles of traveled road, the greater
portion of which is sand and requires a large amount of gravel to
156 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
keep it in repair. The bank on Cohas avenue, which has furnished
gravel for the past fifteen years, is completely exhausted and some
provision for obtaining gravel will have to be made before an-
other season. If two or more banks could be purchased in differ-
ent parts of the division it would be a great saving in the cost of
teaming.
Number of loads of gravel used this year, 370. Number of
feet in length roads turnpiked, 544. Number of feet in length
roads graveled, 4,000. Number of feet in length railing built,
So. Number of miles of bushes cut, 5.
One bridge on Mammoth road near Londonderry line was
newly planked, using 760 feet of plank. Three stone culverts
were taken up, cleaned and relaid, and two lengthened. Also
one half of the large stone culvert over Hall brook was taken up
•and relaid and a retaining wall built on the north side, using
five perch of stone. The average width of the roads in this divis-
ion is about three rods.
ROAD MACHINE USED.
On Mammoth road, from division line to Londonderry line.
On South road, from Mammoth road to division line.
On Dickey road, from Derry road to division line.
On Mooreville road, from Mammoth road to division line.
On Paige road, from Mammoth road to Londonderry line.
On Webster road, from Derry road to division line.
On Cohas avenue, from Derry road to division line.
On Derry road about one half mile in length.
Small stones were removed from the roads several times during
the summer season. All roads throughout the division were
broken out after snowstorms and kept in a passable condition
during the winter months.
Division No. 12.
Eugene G. Libbey, Agent.
This division covers about five miles of traveled roads, some
of them quite hilly and hard to keep in good condition. Many
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION. 15T
are too narrow, and the rapid growth of the city in the direction
of Mammoth road calls for more care each year on the roads
and highways.
During the last year Mammoth road has been widened 700
feet in length and made 8 to 10 feet wider near the city farm
where there is large travel. Also this road, which is the most
traveled in this division, has been widened 6 to 8 feet, 400 feet
in length, south of the Kennard road junction, and patched with
gravel 700 feet in length, filling about a foot on an average.
Considerable work has been done on old Bridge street extension
near junction with Mammoth road. Two hundred feet of this
road was graded and filled from 6 to 8 inches.
On the Bald Hill road repairs have been made. Three hun-
dred feet of this highway from junction with Mammoth road
have been widened to 40 feet, giving a good road at the junction
of the Bell road. Bald Hill road, and Mammoth road. The Bell
road has also received attention and is now widened to 40 feet,
100 feet from junction with Bald Hill road. Bushes have been
cut^and all roads broken out after snowstorms and other neces-
sary repairs made throughout the division.
ITEMS.
Under this head we sum up items of general interest which
cannot be gathered under any special account.
The supplies for the city stables, stock and tools have been
purchased at low rates. Hay and oats have been bought by the
carload, and pipe, brick, cement, and castings obtained at un-
usually low prices.
During the last year 46 cars of Akron pipe have been received
containing 27,858 feet of pipe. Of this amount 18,146 feet has
been used on the sewers. There has been very little breakage
in shipment and no unnecessary delay in transportation ; entire
cost of pipe $5,992.78. Two large brick sewers have been built
this season, Silyer street and Christian brook, including a length
of 4,694 feet all of brick. The size of Silver-street sewer was
3 feet 2 inches by 4 feet 9 inches ; 588,000 of brick were used
and 1,032 casks of cement. Christian brook sewer was 3 feet
6 inches by 5 feet 3 inches, 503,473 bricks were used and 1,040.
158 ANNUAL OFFICIAL KEPORTS.
barrels of cement. The details of sewers are given in tabular
statement. One hundred eighty-three cars of brick were deliv-
ered; total cost of brick ^6,597.15 and of freight $929.60.
Twenty-three cars of cement containing 2,465 casks have been
used, at a cost of $2,634.59. The details of castings used on
sewers will be found in the sewer table.'
At the opening of the season, April 8, a new Ingersoll-Sergeant
steam drill was purchased, with tripod, complete set of tools, one
set li shank swedges and 75 feet 5-ply hose and couplings, at a
cost of $329.69. Another steam drill with 50 feet of steam
hose and drill steel was purchased August 17, at a cost of
$321.90. May 17, a drinking fountain for people, horses, and
dogs was bought, according to order passed May 7, at a cost of
$110, and placed in front of Pike «& Heald Co.'s store on Elm
street, and the stone trough that was at this location was trans-
ferred to the junction of Candia road and Hanover street.
Extensive repairs have been made on McGregor, Amoskeag,
and Granite bridges. McGregor bridge has been thoroughly
inspected by an expert and all iron work scraped and tested.
The upper and lower decks have been replanked and the whole
bridge put in good condition for public travel. All decayed
plank on Granite and Amoskeag bridges has been removed and
replaced with new bridge plank and new stringers put in where
necessary.
The building of the electric road caused much extra work
that was not calculated for and thus much time and money was
expended that would otherwise have been utilized in other
directions. The building of new schoolhouses has called for
outlay of material and labor in grading. So each year has its
special demands sometimes not previously arranged for.
The year's labor on the whole has been satisfactory and the
annual report is submitted with the feeling that conscientious
work has been done.
Respectfully submitted.
GEORGE H. STEARNS,
LEONARD P. REYNOLDS, •
HORACE P. SIMPSON,
Street and Park Commission.
REPORT
CITY EiNGINEER.
City Engineer's Department
1895.
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.
ASSISTANTS.
GEORGE M. CURRIER, Jan. 14 to July 16, Sept. 7 to. Nov. 5.
HERBERT L. WATSON, Mar. 23 to Aug. 24.
ALFRED T DODGE, April 22 to Nov. 5.
160
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
To His Honor the Mayor and Gentlemen of the City Councils :
Sirs, — I have the honor of presenting my tenth annual report,
being the seventeenth annual report of the work of the city
engineer's department, for the year ending December 31, 1895.
Expenses of the department for the year 1895, per monthly
draft :
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Total
Appropriation
Amount overdrawn
Amount charged to other appropriations
Actual amount overdrawn .
;^327.2S
291.39
523.20
479.76
349-94
632.04
436.81
296.45
561.24
.^31-25
145-79
39 2.1 c-
^4,767-25
4,500.00
^267.25
2^ I. CO
25
161
162
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Itemized account of expenses for the year :
Tor salary of city engineer .
salary of assistants .
salary of assistants charged to other appropri
ations
supplies for office .
additions to office furniture
stakes and lumber .
horse shoeing and repairs of wagon and harness
street-car fares
•express and JDOstage
repairing
books and folios
printing
telephone
liorse hire
typewriter supplies
typewriter clerk
•street numbers
painting rods .
-extra work
expenses
reports ....
Total.
The items for salaries may be divided as follows
Tor 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 .......
$1,200.00
2,801.86
231.00
138.20
14.32
63-55
1.70
30.10
4.00
II. 15
29-45
18.00
36-25
68.00
8.50
205.50
2.02
2.50
91.88
11.62
28.65
$4,998.25
$685.07
225-37
262.53
282.97
244.23
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
163
For surveys, measurements, and plans for the assign-
ment of street numbers ....
making plans for improvements other than those
mentioned in this account ....
surveys, levels, and plans, also lines and grades
given for improvements in Pine Grove cem-
etery .......
surveys, levels, and plans, also lines and grades
given for improvements in Valley cemetery
making plans and new maps of Pine Grove
cemetery . .
making map of Pine Grove cemetery for city
treasurer .......
■surveys, levels, and plans, also lines and grades
given for repairing and extending the street
railway .......
collecting data, classifying accounts, and other
work in relation to office report .
lines, grades, and superintendence given for the
construction of avenues in Stark park .
lines, grades, and superintendence given for the
construction of avenues in Derryfield park
locating position of trees in Simpson square
indexing plans and notes
■checking notes, figures, etc.
new sewer map of city-
new sewer book
measuring and figuring concrete laid for the city
-attendance upon meetings of the street and park
commissioners, and data furnished them
•soundings and plans in reference to proposed
bridge across Merrimack river at Granite street
■surveys and plans for determining line between
city farm property and adjoining land owners
plans, lines, and grades given for the construc-
tion of bank wall on Mast road at J. Baldwin
Company's land ......
$102.30
241.12
67.18
68.00
33-50
105-25
167.05
63.10
27-35
32.82
8.50
34-17
23.12
5.00
224.04
27.67
166.00
50-50
57-05
4I-I5
164
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
For notes in reference to grade crossing at Granite
street $20.00
making plans of streets laid out and sewers con-
structed in city clerk's record book . . 29.90
record of streets laid out, office use . . . 20.10
locating and putting up street signs and guide-
boards ....... 12.67
locating and setting stone bounds . . . 10.17
office work, preparing notes, data, records, etc. 169.76
Pine Grove cemetery book, list of owners . 10-25
new sewer license book ..... 10.00
procuring abutters' names .... 28.06
lettering and finishing plans .... 40.00
information given engineers and others regard-
ing lines, grades, sewers, etc. . . . 240.00-
researches of deeds for property lines and own-
ership ....... 20.00
plans for and attendance upon board of alder-
men at street hearings .... 58.00
attendance upon meetings of the committee on
streets, and plans pertaining thereto . . 54-oa
attendance upon meetings of the committee on
sewers and drains, clerical work, including
orders written ...... 59-oo
attendance upon meetings of the committee on
lands and buildings, and plans pertaining
thereto ....... 50.00
list of streets laid out, for tables . . . 6.69
list of sewers, for tables ..... ^4'33
street petitions ...... 20.00
sewer petitions ...... 10.00
addition to contour maps .... 14.89
sewer sheet tables ...... 10.00
sewer licenses and permits . . . . 50-25
attendance upon meetings of special committee,
and plans pertaining thereto . . . 40.00
Total
$4,232.86
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 165
The following bills, charged to other appropriations, have
been certified to by this department :
BOOKS.
Temple & Farrington Co., blank books . . . ^14.00
STREET SIGNS AND GUIDE-BOARDS.
George B. Cressey, to painting 2 guide-boards, 55c.
to painting 5 guide-boards, 45c.
to 15 pounds paint, loc. .
to 2^2, days' labor, $2.50 .
to painting 65 street signs, 20c.
STONEWORK.
%^-
.10
2,
•25
I
•50
6.
■25
13'
,00
;24.io
F. S. Bodwell, covering stone for Hall street culvert,
26.6 perch, $4 . . . . $106.40
covering stone for Lincoln street cul-
vert, 68.24 perch, $4 . . . 272.96
GRANITE BRIDGE.
T. A. Lane Co., appliances for sounding . . ^8.53
G. W. Wales, H. J. Briggs, H. L. Watson, labor . 34.05
STREET NUMBERS.
Union Manufacturing Co., 1,000 street numbers . 45-oo
CONCRETE.
John T. Underhill & Co., 8,366.86 square yards . $4,843.79
Charles H. Robie Co., 4,973.57 square yards . . 2,438.41
Vouchers for the amount of material called for in the following
bills are on file in this office from measurements made by the
department.
STONEWORK.
Pine Grove cemetery, 26.5 perch of stone sold for cellar on
Stevens street.
William G. Landry, Mast street bank wall, 1,163.19 perch.
166
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
F. S. Bodwell, covering stone for Beech street culvert exten-
sion, 9 perch lo feet long, 86.64 perch 8 feet long.
LAND DAMAGES.
Manley E. Clough, Auburn street, 17,132.20 square feet.
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 profile levels .
Total number of orders
1^035
119
63
33
16
52
1,318.
Levels for profiles for establishing grades, 18,425 feet, equal
to 3.49 miles. These profiles have three lines of levels on each
street, making a total distance actually leveled of 55,275 feet.
Levels for sewer profiles .
for center profiles .
in Derryfield park
in Stark park
Other levels ....
Total levels taken .
Equal to 29.18 miles.
Levels for cross section .
Surveys of streets and street lines
in Pine Grove cemetery
in Valley cemetery
in Derryfield park
Feet.
15,900
43)5S2
4,650
75
34,588
154,070.
Sq.Feet.
16,600
Feet.
63,300
3>40O
5^300
3,000
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
167
Surveys for street numbers
Other surveys .
Total surveys made
Equal to 26.17 niiles.
Equal to 32.78 miles.
Lot owners looked up
Equal to 2.96 miles.
22,800
40,400
138,200.
Feet.
Street lines marked on ground
34,70c
Lines of lots and avenues, Pine Grove cemetery
5,200.
of lots and avenues, Valley ce
of avenues, Stark park .
of avenues, Derr)'.field park
for gutters . . _ .
for curbs
meter
y
300
4,164
3,ioc.
23,464
8,018.
for sewers . . ' .
for street railway .
Other lines ....
24,404
65,432-
17,200.
Total length of lines marked on the ground
• 185,982
Equal to 35.22 miles.
Feet.
Grades set for sidewalks ......
31)444
for gutters
for curbs
23,464
8,018.
for sewers
for street railway tracks
for building streets .
24,404
44,232-
33,887
in Pine Grove cemetery
in Stark park .
in Derryfield park .
Other grades
1,074
2,164
3,100
1,316
Total length of grades set
173,10^
Feet.
15,620
168
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
BATTERS SET.
Beech street, culvert at Cemetery brook.
Calef road, cemetery fence-
Eddy road, 2 culverts.
Elm street, retaining wall at hosehouse.
Elm street, culvert at Ray brook.
Hall street, culvert at Cemetery brook.
Lincoln street, culvert at Cemetery brook.
Mast street, bank wall.
Second street, culvert at McQuesten place.
Old lots restaked in Pine Grove ceme1?ery
New lots 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
19
58
77
327
44
55
6
432
PLANS AND PROFILES MADE FOR SIDEWALK GRADES.
Dubuque, Bremer to Putnam. Two plans.
Lowell, Elm to Ashland. Four plans.
Montgomery, Conant northerly.
Nashua, Concord to Bridge.
Rimmon, Kelley to south of Wayne.
Total plans and profiles, 9.
SEWER PLANS AND PROFILES.
Alsace, Amory to north of Bremer.
Amherst, Elm to Union.
Amherst, Belmont to Beacon.
Amory, west of Montgomery to Kimball.
Auburn, Elm to Pine.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 169
Beacon, Spruce to Bridge. Two plans.
Canton, Lake avenue to Auburn.
Cartier east back, Sullivan to Wayne.
Christian brook and surrounding streets, Canal and Penna-
cook to Maple and Webster.
Clinton, Main to West.
Conant south back, Main westerly.
Dearborn, Summer to Taylor.
Dickey, West Hancock to Main.
Green, Pine to Pine east back.
Green south back. Pine east back to Union.
Grove south back. Pine east back to Union.
Hall, Spruce south back to Bridge.
Hevey, Conant northerly.
Hevey east back, Amory to Kelley.
Hill, Gilman to Wolf & Wagner's south line.
Joliette, Amory to north of Bremer.
K,elley, west of Montgomery to Morgan.
Lake avenue. Elm to Chestnut.
Laurel, Union easterly.
Laurel, Belmont to Beacon.
Liberty east" back, Salmon to Salmon south back.
Liberty east back, Webster southerly.
Manchester, Belmont to Beacon.
Manchester south back. Elm east back to Union.
Montgomery, Conant northerly.
Montgomery east back, Kelley to Amory.
North, Elm to Pine.
Pearl, Russell easterly.
Pine, Auburn to Green.
Pine east back. Green to Valley.
Pine east back, Amherst to Concord.
Putnam, Beauport to Cartier.
Rimmon, Amory to south of Wayne.
Sagamore, Walnut to Oak.
Schiller, Merrimack river to Hale.
170 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Second, Bell to south of Harvell.
Spruce south back, Elm east back to Chestnut west back^
Union east back, Webster southerly.
Wilson, Lake avenue south back to Hayward.
Total sewer plans, 45.
NUMBERING PLANS.
Byron, Brown avenue to Josselyn. Two plans.
Kennedy, Brown avenue to Josselyn. Two plans.
River road, Salmon to Rowell. Six plans.
Total numbering plans, 10.
MISCELLANEOUS PLANS.
Allen, Boynton to South Main, showing lots. Copy.
Bald Hill and Mammoth roads, land of J. L. Fogg. Copy.
City farm land, east of Mammoth road.
Concord railroad and Union street, land of State Industrial
school. Copy,
Dunbarton road. Front westerly. Location.
Eddy road. Main to Front. Location.
Elm, land of Eliza Creighton at Ray brook. Copy.
Granite, Canal to Main. Proposed widening and bridge loca-
tion.
Mammoth and Hooksett roads at town line, land of Col. John
Ray. Copy.
Rimmon park, proposed laying out.
Section south of Granite and west of Elm.
South Manchester, land of Edwin Kennedy. Copy.
Valley cemetery. Plan of part of.
Total miscellaneous plans, 13.
WORKING PLANS.
Amoskeag bridge. Sketch of abutment.
Bridge, Russell to Belmont. Profile.
Brook, location of Electric Light Company's buildings.
Carpenter, Elm to Union. Profile.
Cemetery brook, Wilson to Maple. Location.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 171
Christian brook, Canal to Chestnut. Sewer profile.
Corner curbstones. Details for contractors.
Depot, plan and location of street railway car-house and sheds.
Dubuque and Amory, schoolhouse and lot.
Eddy road, sketch of culverts. Two plans.
Elrn, at hose house. Sketch of bank wall.
Elm, at Ray brook. Sketch of culvert.
Forest, Milford to Rockland avenue. Profile.
Hall, at Cemetery brook. Sketch of culvert.
Lincoln, school lot. Profile of curbing.
Lincoln, at Cemetery brook. Sketch of culvert.
Mast, at Baldwin's land. Sketch of retaining wall.
Milford, Carroll to Amherst road. Profile.
Nutt road, Valley to Silver. Sewer profile.
Pennacook street and Christian brook, Canal to Walnut. Two
sewer profiles.
Pine Grove cemetery, Demerett lot for Palmer & Garmon.
Pleasant, Elm to Canal. Profile.
Railroad station. Proposed grade of surrounding streets.
Second, at McQuesten's land. Sketch of culvert.
Shasta, Nutt road to Beech. Profile.
Silver, Merrimack river to Lincoln. Sewer profile.
Somerville, Union to Maple. Profile.
Straw schoolhouse. Sketch of walks.
Taylor, Grove to Young. Profile.
Turner, Granite to Bath. Profile.
Valley, Elm to Lincoln. Sewer profile.
Vinton, Taylor to Jewett. Profile.
Wilson schoolhouse. Sketch of walks.
Total working plans, 35.
TRACINGS.
Amoskeag bridge. Sketch of abutments.
Arab, Union easterly. Land of A. W. Prescott.
Brook. Location of Electric Light Company's buildings.
Candia road, Mammoth to Proctor road. Street railway loca-
tion.
172 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Candia road, Hanover to Lake Massabesic. Street railway-
location.
Cilley road. Part of Maynard land.
City hall. Old plan.
Concord railroad land, right of way. Southern section.
Depot. Street railway car sheds, showing grade.
Dunbarton road, Front westerly. Original layout.
Elm, at Ray brook. Proposed widening.
Elm, at Ray brook. Sketch of culvert.
Elm, Clarke, Trenton, and Walnut. Square bounded by.
Granite, Canal to Main. Proposed widening and bridge lo-
cation.
Hall at Cemetery brook. Sketch of culvert.
Hanover, Lake avenue to Proctor road. Street railway loca-
tion.
High school lots, proposed locations. Six plans.
Lake avenue, Hall to Hanover. Street railway location.
Lincoln, at Cemetery brook. Sketch of culvert.
Lincoln, at schoolhouse lot. Sketch of curbing.
Mast, at Baldwin's land. Sketch of retaining wall.
Pine Grove cemetery. Section east of Pine lawn.
Porter. Land adjoining land of George Porter.
Railroad station. Surrounding streets.
River road and Union. Land of Otis Clark heirs.
Road around Eddy, from Amoskeag Company's plans.
Second, at McQuesten's land. Sketch of culvert.
Silver-street sewer. Sectional plan for drainage. Two plans.
Union, Palmer and Whitford. Land of Bond & Dodge.
Valley cemetery. Plan of part of.
West Manchester. Section of for sewerage.
Total tracings, 37.
BLUE PRINTS.
Granite, Canal to Main. Proposed widening and bridge lo-
cation. Three plans.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 173
Pine Grove cemetery. Section east of Pine Lawn. Two
plans.
Total blue prints, 5.
MAPS.
City of Manchester, East Side, showing sewers. Two blue
prints.
City of Manchester, West Side, showing sewers. Blue print.
Southern section of city. Contour map tracing.
Towlesville, showing lots as originally laid out.
Total maps, 5.
Eight plans of lots in the Pine Grove cemetery have been
made in the new book of the city treasurer, and seventy-one
sheets of plans in the sewer book,
Seventy-two plans have been made in city clerk's book of
streets laid out.
Total of all plans made, 501.
Five plans are under way which will be completed during the
year.
Plans made over in sewer book, 5.
Sewer plans brought up to date, 30.
Numbering sheets brought up to date, 32.
Plans lettered and finished, 12.
Plans made for establishment of grade on laid-out streets, 15,-
700 feet.
Plans made for the establishment of grade on streets not laid
out, 5,200 feet.
Total, 20,900 feet, equal to 3.96 miles.
174
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
SEWERS BUILT
Street.
Adams
Amherst
Beacon
Belmont
Cass
Cedar south back
Central
Chestnut (private land) .
Christian brook
Dearborn
Elm
Hall
High south back
Jewett
Jewett
Laurel
Laurel
Laurel
Liv^ermore land
Livermore land
Lowell south back
Lowell south back
Manchester
Manchester south back..
Manchester south back..
Merrimack
Merrimack
Nutt road
Location.
Ray brook to Clarke Akron
Belmont to Beacon
From Merrimack northerly
From Bridge southerly
Central to Laurel
From Maple easterly
Fi-om west of Cass westerly
Chestnut to Chestnut east back . .
From east of Canal to E. of Liberty. 'Brick..
From Taylor northwesterly . . . .
Valley to Hay ward
From Concord northerly
From Pine easterlj'
Valley to north of Young
Valley to north of Young
From Cass westei'ly
Hall to Beacon
From Union easterly
Chestnut to Union
Chestnut to Union
Chestnut to Pine
At Pine
From west of Milton to Beacon.
Chestnut to west of Union
Chestnut to west of Union
From east of Beacon easterly . .
From Beacon easterly
Elm to Silver
Akron .
Brick. .
Akron .
Portland
Akron .
Portland
Akron .
Iron. .
Akron
)5rick. . ,
10
12
10
10
10
10
10
8
42x63
10
38x57
10
12
15
15
10
10
12
12
12
12
12
10
12
12
10
10
38x57
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
J 75
IN 1S95.-EAST SIDE.
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66
352
200
39
234
335
20
$466.11 $0,932
1.474
1.229
765.62
95.90
298.411 1.492
I
48S.0S 1.976
I
291 S8j 0.829
392.38' 1.971
I
119.21 0.685
13,297.00 6.3.50
331.62 1.105
3,959.6r 6.7226
171.51 1.043
2.0814
732.67
7,922.55
648.26
2,649.60
♦159.77
958.61
697.28
41.63
t801.44
1,079.92
151.95
122.90
7,421.73
6.841
2.165
3.080
0.682
1.184
2.0814
2.0814
2.671
1.411
2.11
1.229
Apr. 17
Apr. 22
June 1
June 8
Nov. 13
Nov. 16
" 16
" 22
Apr. .30
May 28
Sept. 17
Sept.21
May 1
May 20
.Tunc 24
June 26
Oct. 17
Dec. 21
Apr. 19
Apr. 26
July 25
Oct. 22
Sept. 23
Sept .25
July 5
July 27
July 12
Dec. 27
May 2
May 31
" 24
July 22
Sept. 23
Sept. 24
Apr. 11
May 7
July 5
July 27
5
" 27
Apr. 28
May 29
Sept. 30
Oct. 10
May 21
May 28
Nov. 13
Nov. 16
July 25
Oct. 22
*Part of excavation done by Head & Dowst.
fTlie actual cost was $1,701.44. Tlie water-works paid
John Kelley.
George Prescott.
John Kelley.
Joseph Ashland.
John Kelley.
Charles Francis.
John Kelley.
John Connor.
John Kelley.
Charles Francis.
John Kelley.
Nelson Wheelock
Timothy Clifford.
John Kelley.
Nelson Wheelock.
John Connor.
John Kelley.
George Prescott.
John Kelley.
5900 of this.
176
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
SEWERS BUILT IN 1895.
Street.
Location.
"3
S
N
Iron
Akron ..
Brick....
Akron ..
Iron
Akron ..
10
10
15
From Lowell so. b'k to High so", b'k.
12
12
38x57
10
Wilson Hill
15
Wilson Hill
12
Wilson
20
20>
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
177
— EAST SIDE.— Concluded.
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2
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$266.08
783.02
720.18
2,410.42
6,097.37
565.50
1,043.11
3,648.37
$1,695
1.695
2.0814
7.048
6.7226
1.020
1.949
1.903
.June 6
June 6
July 5
Oct. 30
July 25
April 22
April 29
June 13
June 17
June 17
July 25
Dec. 23
Oct. 22
April 27
May 29
Aug. 3
John Kelley.
Daniel Cronin.
John Kelley.
145)
462
211
342
907
554
278
257
36 1
1,854)
135
1
1
3
2
1
1
7
63
14,877
2,146
$59,599.69
Average cost of sewers, East Side, $3.50 per foot.
Average cost of sewers, both sides of river, I3.103 per foot.
12
178
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
SEWERS BUILT IN
Street.
Location.
Alsace
Amory
Cartier east back
Dickej'
Hevey
Ifevey east back.
Joliette
Jollette
Joliette
Kelley
Putnam
Schiller
Second
Wilton
From Kelley southerly
Joliette to Essex
From Putnam northerly
West Hancock to Main
From Conant northerly
Kelley to A mory
From Kelley northerly
Kelley to Amory
Kelley to Amory
Hevey east back to Joliette. .
Beauport to Cartier east back
Hill to Hale
From Schiller northerly
From Main westerly
Akron ..
12
" ..
10
" ..
S
" ..
10
" ..
10
" ..
1-2
" ..
10
" ..
12
Portland
12
Akron ..
20
" ..
10
" ..
15
" ..
10
10
fla
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
179
1895 — WEST SIDE.
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■532
2
19
2
$683.54
$1,285
June 20
Oct. 7
Frank Bennett.
327
1
10
1
416.19
1.273
Sept. 9
Oct. 7
"
224
2*
1
....
2
373.34
1.666
Dee. 3
Dec. 13
<i i<
782
2
1
29
5
1,222.20
1.563
April 15
June 20
"
500
1
10
2
454.78
1.516
Oct. 28
Nov. 2
703
2
25
1
1,128.62
1.605
June 23
July 13
250
7
166.72
924.05
0 666
Sept. 9
Sept. 9
Oct. 7
IC «.
5.121
20 )
2
20
2
1.644
Oct. 7
1,472
6
28
6
3,919.24
2.662
April 15
June 20
.
130
1
1
2
200.49
1.542
Dec. 3
Dec. 13
"
465
2
11
2,181.23
4.690
July .16
Sept. 7
"
236
1
10
2
429.00
1.817
Nov. 8
Nov. 18
"'
146
1
23
1
4
5
174
2
27
160.27
1.098
Oct. 7
Oct. 9
11 c<
<6,119
$12,259 67
* Cesspool manholes.
Average cost of sewers, West Side, per foot, $2.
Average cost of sewers, both sides of river, per foot,
.103.
180
ANNUAL OFFICIAL KEPORTS.
PIPE KEMOVED WHERE NEW SEWERS HAVE BEEN BUILT.
Street.
Cedar south back —
High south back
Jewett
Laurel
Lowell south back...
Manchester S. back.
Manchester S. back..
Pine
Location.
Total .
Maple easterly
Pine to Union
Valley southerly
Union easterly
Chestnut to Pine
Chestnut to west of Union. .
Chestnut to west of Union. .
Lowell to High south back .
Material.
Akron
Cement..
Portland,
Cement. .
Akron —
Cement...
03
S 01
S d
1-5 -'
8
66
9
353
15
2S&
9
334
33S
342
423
135
2,126
SUMMARY OF SEWERS BUILT IN 1 895.
Total 42 X 63 inches, brick
38 X 57 inches, brick
20-inch Akron pipe
20-inch iron pipe .
15-inch Akron pipe
15-inch Portland pipe
12-inch Akron pipe
12-inch Portland pipe
12-inch iron pipe .
lo-inch Akron pipe
1 0-inch iron pipe .
8-inch Akron pipe
Total .
Feet.
2,094
2,600
36
2,163
200
5)729
36
12
6,54^
12
398
23)152
REPOET OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
181
Following is the total amount of sewerage in the city, Jan-
uary I, 1896 :
Total 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 34.908 miles.
8-inch Portland pipe, old
12-inch Portland pipe, old
1 8-inch Portland pipe, old
Total Portland pipe, old
Equal to 0.919 miles.
■lo-inch Portland pipe, new .
12-inch Portland pipe, new .
15-inch Portland pipe, new ,
18-inch Portland pipe, new .
20-inch Portland pipe, new .
-24-inch Portland pipe, new .
Total Portland pipe, new
Equal to 4.483 miles.
•
9-inch cement pipe
12-inch cement pipe
15-inch cement pipe
18-inch cement pipe
Feet.
8,394
61,904
73.069
21,505
3,964
10,236
5,256
184,328
Feet.
90
3,990
770
4,850
Feet.
7,605
4,526
4,518
395
3,345
3,284
23,673
Feet.
11,658
21,040
490
860
182
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
24-inch cement pipe
16 X 24 inches, cement pipe.
Total cement pipe .
E(|ual to 6.91 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
36-inch brick sewers
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 36 inches, brick sewers
26 X 39 inches, brick sewers
29 i X 44 inches, brick sewers
30 X 46 inches, brick sewers
32 X 48 inches, brick sewers
36 X 54 inches, brick sewers
38 X 57 inches, brick sewers
40 X 44 inches, brick sewers
42 X 63 inches, brick sewers
50 X 75 inches, brick sewers
Total brick sewers .
Equal to 8.14 miles.
735
1,697
36,480
Feet.
1,175
2,545
3'720
Feet.
5.532
2,060
1,600
545
446
i>i95
1,400
285
1,506
1,197
387
9,880.
514
4,530
1,360
3,279
1,067
2,600
790
2,094
712
42,979
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
183
8-inch iron pipe
lo-inch iron pipe
1 2 -inch iron pipe
1 4- inch iron pipe
20-inch iron pipe
24-inch iron pipe
36-inch iron pipe
Total iron pipe
Equal to 0.096 miles.
24-inch steel pipe .
48-inch steel pipe .
Total steel pipe ......
Equal to 0.076 miles.
Total in all sewers, 296,9371^ feet, equal to 56.236 miles.
Feet.
24
li
24
24
122
24
Feet.
28
400
184
ANNUAL OFFICIAL^REPORTS.
STREET GRADES ESTABLISHED IX 1895.
No.
of
plan.
57
4161
788
4131
4177
797
779
661
87]
168
169
4177
179
179
146
4040
4119
1057
4174
4109
1064
Street.
Location.
Length
in feet.
Main .
Belmont .
Bridge.. .
Elm
Everett...
Forest —
Hancock.
Laurel . . .
Manchester
Laurel to Merrimack, east side, changed
Hall to Belmont
Elm avenue to Shasta, center, changed
Clarke to Waldo
Milf ord northerly
Brown avenue to Concord Railroad —
Belmont to Beacon
Sullivan to Putnam, changed
West side of Union to 300 feet east ol
Beech, center, changed
Milford Forest to Old Amherst road
jUiHon Laurel to Merrimack, east side,chang'd
Milton Laurel to Merrimack, we.st side,chang'd
Nashua Bridge to Pearl
Prospect Russell to Linden, changed .
Shasta Union to Lincoln
Union Harrison to Brook, east side
Vinton Jewett to Taylor
Wentworth ... West Hancock to Harvell's line
Woodbine ave Candia road to C. & P. R. R
210
309
500
325
235
1,200
493
412
890
524
211
125
375
400
1,800
380
1,200
1,570
1,333
Order
passed.
12,492
Nov.
Oct.
May
Nov.
Aug.
Nov.
May 7
Nov. 5
" 5
5
5
Aug. 6
Nov, 5
5
June 4
Nov. 5
" 5
Equal to 2.366 miles.
On some of the plans both sides of the street are shown, mak-
ing the actual distance of grade established 22,668 feet or 4.293
miles.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
185
The following shows the amount of concrete laid for the city
in 1895 by John T. Underhill & Co., under the direction of the
street and park commissioners. The measurements relating
thereto have been made by this department and rendered as
vouchers for the same :
STREET CROSSINGS.
Location.
Adams at Main we.9t back
Adams at Main
Amory at Riramoneast back
Bridge at Ash
Bridge at Nashua (2)
Bridge at Malvern
Beauport at Schuyler south back
Brook at Beech east back
Brook at Asli ('2)
Brook at Ash east back
■Chestnut at Central (2)
■Chestnut at Central
Clarke at Adams
Elm at city hall
Elm at Monroe, at Holbrook's —
Elm at Monroe
Elm at Monroe south back
Franklin at Depot
Gates at Carlier
Gates at Dubuque (2)
Gates at Dubuque east back
Laurel at Union
Lowell at Pine
Main at M arion (2)
Main at Putnam
Main at Sullivan.
Main at Wayne (2)
Morrison at Pearl south back
Orange at Pine
Pearl at Union
Pine at North
Rimmon at Amory
Sagamore at Union east back (2;.
Salmon at Union
Spruce at Barry avenue
Spruce at Wilson (2)
Total
Square
yards.
Price
per yd,
1,191.67
$0.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.37
.75
.37
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.37
.37
.75
.75
.37'
.75
.75
.37
.75
.75
.75
Total
cost.
$14.17
5.62
15.00
22.35
52.08
42.66
13.33
12.66
45.00
13.33
43.53
11.17
22.65
25.90
12.37
20.00
17.70
21.93
22.47
46.02
26.67
10.00
7.89
23 53
23.32
22.40
22.36
12 80
21.20
11.17
3.00
22.65
26.55
22.66
9.30
45.30
$790.80
186
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
SIDEWALKS.
Location.
Amherst, at Union and Beech
Ashland at Bridge
Bridge at Nashua
Chestnut at Central
Clarke at Adams
Derryfleld park
Elm and Monroe at Holbrook's and Hewlett
Elm, at Monroe south back
Main, at Putnam
Merrimack square, re-covered
Merrimack square walk, new
Orange at Pine
Pine at Nortli —
Spruce at Barry avenue
Spruce at Wilson
Total
Square
yards.
.50.50
26.80
2.67
12.00
5.. 50
67.14
158.92
1.33
10.40
147.40
244.85
12.83
14.05
4.44
17.41
776.24
Price
per yd
0.45
.45
.45
.25
.45
.45
.35
.45
.45
.25
.45
.45
.45
.45
.45
Total
cost.
$22.72
12.06
1.20
3.00
2.47
30.21
55.62
.59
4.68
36.85
110.18
5.77
6.32
2.00
7.83
$301 .50
ROADWAYS.
Location.
Amherst, Union to Beech
Amherst, Union to Beech
Merrimack, Elm to Chestnut
Merrimack west, P^lm to Franklin.
Merrimack and Elm, junction
Total.
Square I Price
yards, per yd,
1,485.40
58.25
1,102.20
414.69
3,060.54
$1.00
.75
.50
.50
Total
cost.
$1,485.40
43.68
551.10
40.00
207.35
$2,327.53
REPORT OP THE CITY ENGINEER.
187
The following shows the amount of concrete laid for the city,
in 1S95, by John T. Underhill & Co., under the direction of
the committee on lands and buildings and the cemetery trustees :
Location.
City yard, eaves gutters
Clinton street, sub-police station, driveway.
Clinton street, sub-police station, walks
Lake-avenue engine-house, patching
Rimnion schoolhouse, walks
Rimnion schoolhouse, driveway
Straw school house, walks
Straw schoolhouse, driveway
Straw schoolhouse, re-covered
Valley cemetery, walks
Ward 5 ward-room, walks and cellar
Ward 5 Avard-room, eaves gutters
Wilson schoolhouse, walks
Wilson schoolliouse, driveway
Square
yards.
39.18
94.10
184.79
368.. 5.5
151.80
208.59
3-24.47
20-2.30
271.41
301.50
41.00
874.28
276.44
Total 3,338.41
Price
per yd.
.45
.75
.45
.60
.25
.45
.35
.45
.35
.45
Total
cost.
$17.03
42.35
64.68
4.00
165.85
113.85
93.86
194.68
.50.57
122.12
105.52
18.45
.306.00
124.40
$1,423.96
The following shows the amount of concrete laid for the city
in 1S95 by the Charles H. Robie Co., under the direction of the
street and park commissioners. The measurements relating
thereto have been made by this department, and rendered as
vouchers for the same :
STREET CROSSINGS.
L0C.\.T10N.
Appleton at Ray
Beauport at Adams (4)
Beauport at Putnam south back (3) .
Beauport at Sullivan
Chestnut at Lake avenue
Chestnut at Central south back
Cliestnut at ^lanchester south back
Chestnut at Lowell (2)
Chestnut at Lowell north back
Douglas at North Main
Elm at Sagamore
Massabesic at Summer . .
McGregor at mill entrance
Milton, gutter at D. Perkins's
Pine at High south back
Pine at Lowell south back (4)
Putnam at Main
Putnam at McGregor
Russell at Prospect (2)
Spruce at Massabesic
Tremont at Granite
Turner at School
Turner at School south back
Total
Square
yards.
31
119,
55,
29.
28,
16,
18,
60,
13.
24
34,
45,
18,
15,
8
67,
29,
33.
54.
49.
15.
30.
18.
Price
per yd.
818.76
$0.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.50
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.37
.75
.75
Total
cost.
$23.32
89.67
41.46
22.27
21.33
12.53
13.99
45.31
10.00
18.66
26.00
33.99
14.00
7.55
6.02
.50.68
22.33
25.00
40.87
37.00
5.88
22.66
13.66
$604.18
188
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
SIDEWALKS.
Location.
B and C at T. Kearns's
Chestnut at Lake avenue
Chestnut at Lowell
Main at A. C. Wallace's mill..
Main at Ranno's store
McGregor at mill entrance. . .
Merrimack at Davis's, No. 274
Merrimack at C. H.Bodwell's
Pine at Lowell south back —
Putnam at McGregor
School at Turner
Spruce at Massabesic
Total
Square
yards.
48.67
19.33
8.73
34.58
16.97
5.56
52.03
58.05
7.90
12.44
21.00
3.33
288.61
Price
per yd.
$0.45
.30
.45
.45
.45
.45
.45
.45
.45
.45
.45
.45
Total
cost.
$21.90
5.80
3.93
15.56
7.64
2.50
23.41
26.12
3.55
5.59
9.45
1.50
$126.95
ROADWAYS.
Location.
•Chestnut, Merrimack to Manchester
Merrimack, Chestnut to Elm
Total
Square i Price
yards, per yd,
1,086.78 $0.50
1,175.62 .50
2,262.40
Total
cost.
$543.39
587.81
$1,131.20
The following shows the amount of concrete laid for the city,
in 1895, by the Charles H. Robie Co., under the direction of
the committee on lands and buildings :
Location.
Square
yards.
Price,
per yd.
Total
cost.
117.89
fto.sn
$35.36
33.44 .45
296.15 : .25
293.39 -.S5
15.05
Lincoln-street schoolhouse, walks topdressed
74.03
102.68
19.11
540.34
303.48
.25
.30
.60
4.77
Webster-street engine-house, walks topdressed...
J62.10
182.09
Total
1
1 603.80
$576.08
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
189
SUMMARY.
Concrete Laid by John T. UnderMll <b Co.
Crossings
Sidewalks
Roadways
Miscellaneous.
Total
Square
yards.
1,191.67
776.24
3,060.54
3,338.41
8,366.86
Total cost.
$790.80
301.50
2,327.53
1,423.96
$4,843.79
Concrete Laid by (he Charles H. Rohie Co.
Crossings
Sidewalks
Roadways
Miscellaneous.
Total
Square
yards.
818.76
288.61
2,262.40
1,608.80
4,973.57
Total cost.
$604.18
126.95
1,131.20
576.08
$2,438.41
Total concrete laid for the city, 13,340.43 square yards, at a
cost of S7,282.20.
190
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
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
spans
765.5
57
1,085
36
38
20
21
25
89
16.5
56.3
465.7
32
41
90
38
14
59
53
16
6
30
62
127
12
100
6
20
22.5
24
30.5
20
17
20.5
17.5
29.5
33
37.3
26
21
1G.7
34
18
20
20.5
24
20
16
30
32.5
32.5
22
17.5
16
1
2
2
5.5
7
6
Wood.
Iron.
Stone.
Wood.
Iron.
Wood.
Stone.
Iron.
Wood.
Steel.
Wood.
3
1
Bridge St., McGregor and approaches
3
9
Derry road, near Cohas avenue
1
4.5
2
2
6
5
Granite street, at river
2
6.5
2
6
River road, at Little Cohas
River road, below James Cheney's. . .
River road, at Goffe's Falls
Second street, at 'Squog river
Second street, at 'Squog river
South road
2
2
8.75
8.75
5
Webster road, at water-worlcs dam.. .
Weston road, east of D . Connor's
1
Stone bridges, 2 ; steel, 2; iron, 4; wood, 19; total, 27.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
KEW HIGHWAYS LAID OUT IX 1895.
191
Streets.
Location.
When
laid out.
Width
in feet.
Length
in feet.
Arab
Union to Hooksett line
Coolldge avenue to Riminon
July 31
fin
3,162
400
2,900
3,515
490
305
Bremer
Campbell
Eddy road
Foster avenue. .
Oct. 23' 50
Sept. 20 ^
Main to Amoskeag bridge road . . .
Vallej' to Hayward
July 17
31
June 12
June 12
50
30
46
56
Pleasant
69S
11,490
Equaling 2.17 miles.
192
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
The following table shows the streets laid out to date which
have not been built. Many of these are in passable condition,
but have not been brought to grade, nor have the gutters or
sidewalks been constructed. Those marked (*) in most cases
have not been opened, and are impassable with a few exceptions.
It will necessitate the expenditure of a considerable amount of
money to properly build them to grade.
STREETS LAID OUT TO DATE BUT NOT BUILT.
Streets.
Adams, Appleton to Clarke
Ainsworth avenue, Haywavd to Young
Alfred, Hanover to Amherst
Allen, Main to Boynton
Alsace, sovith of Kelley northerly *
Amory , to Kimball
Amory extension to Bartlett
Arah, Union to Hooksett line
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 <31ay
Belmont, Bridge to Pearl
Benton, Jones to James Hall road
Blaine, Second to Hiram
Boutwell, Amory northerly*
Bremer. Coolidge avenue to Rimmon
Byron, Brown avenue to Josselyn
Campbell, Union to Ash
Campbell, Ash to Hooksett Road
Canal, 82 feet north of Pleasant to Granite
Canton, Spruce to Auburn
Carpenter, Elm to Union *
Cedar, Wilson easterly
Central, James Hall road westerly*
Clay, Jewett to Cypress
Cleveland, Blaine to Merrimack i-iver
Colby, West Hancock to Log
Columbus avenue, Cartier to Amory* —
Conant, to Montgomery
Cypress, Lake avenue to Massabesic
Dartmouth, West Hancock to Frederick
Dickey, Main to West Hancock
Dubuque, north of Conant northerly
Eddy road. Main to Amoskeag bridge road
Erie, South Main westerly
Essex, Amory southerly
Forest, Milf oi-d to Old Mast road
Foster avenue, Valley to Hay ward
Glenwood avenue, Mammoth road to J.Cronin's*
Grant, Hanover to Mammotli road* ;
Length
in feet.
925
499
212
700
1,160
2,800
735
3,162
590
600
809
967
2.58
1,800
220
287
1,176
636
1,395
717
240
395
1,693
400
998
860
2,900
1,023
550
1,350
665
304
387
1,487
220
3,110
470
1,300
636
857
50
3,515
470
575
1,460
490
2,085
1,008
When laid out.
( June 27, 1889.
I July 26, 1892.
Augusts], 1893.
July 19, 1893.
Julv 24, 1891.
May 26, 1893.
November 17, 1891..
June 26, 1892.
July 31, 1895.
June 9, 1893.
July 28, 1891.
August 15, 1892-.
June 9, 1893.
January 15, 1892.
Julv 26, 1892.
June 9, 1893.
June 27, 1894.
November 29, 1893.
August 15, 1892.
September 1, 1891.
June 27, 1894.
August 31, 1893.
May 20, 1892.
May 26, 1893.
October 23, 1895.
October 3, 1893.
September 26, 1892.
September 20, 1895.
January 15, 1892.
August"2, 1892.
December 19, 1894.
August 15. 1892.
July 6, 1892.
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.
July 17, 1895.
June 20. 1893.
November 20, 1893.
December 16, 1890.
July 31, 1895.
December 28, 1892.
October 20, 1893.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 193
STREETS LAID OUT TO DATE BUT NOT BUILT.— Continued.
Streets.
Green, Douglas northerly
Green, Pine to Beech
Green, Wilson to Belmont
Grove, Pine to Beech
Grove, Wilson to Belmont*
Grove, Taj'lor westerly
Hale, across Wolf & Wagner land
Hall, Haywarcl to Young
Hall, Lake avenue to Bell
Hall, Pearl to north side of Prospect *
HatTison, Russell to Hall
Harrison, Hall to Belmont
Harvard, Union to Maple
Harvell, Main to Second
Hayes avenue, Massabesic to Chase avenue
Hay ward, Beech to Mammoth road
Hevey, Conant northerly
Hevey, Kelley to Columbus avenue
Highland Park avenue, Candia road to Glen
wood avenue
Hosley, Green to Summer
Huntress, Bank to north of Prince
Jewett, Cilley road to Weston road* ..;...
Joliette, south of Kellej' northerly
Jones, Nelson to R. 1. Stevens's land
Josselyn, Hyron to Varney
Kelley, to M. &N.W. R. R ,
Kennedy, Brown avenue to Josselyn
Knowllon, Hay ward southerly
Lafayette, Amory northerly *
Laval, Araorj' northerly *
Liberty, North southerly ,
Liberty, south of North to Salmon ,
Lincoln, Cedar to Shasta*
Longwood ave.. Mammoth rd. to Woodbine ave
Maple, Gore northerly*
McUuffie, Boynton to Huntress
McKinnon, Central to Pleasant*
McNeil, Second to West Hancock
Mead, Hall to Belmont
Merrimack, east of Beacon to Hanover
Miliord, 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. Hay ward 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
13
Length
in feet.
96
990
809
990
809
757
.SOD
125
1,890
716
1,218
365
1,190
1,060
471
6,000
300
1,165
1,007
490
648
3,650
1,150
562
161
652
922
487
1,690
1,698
150
325
4,321
1,100
600
455
192
299
312
1,000
517
3,000
400
6.50
1,200
509
600
l,.50O
1,337
2,500
200
1,0.52
520
325
500
300
96
666
1,200
158
When laid out.
July 28, 1891.
August 31, 1893.
August 15, 1892.
July 19, 1893.
September 9, 1892.
December 28, 1892.
July 2.5, 1894.
July 6, 1892.
June 23, 1893.
June 12, 1891.
October 25, 1892.
May 21, 1894.
November 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, ls91.
May 26, 1893.
May 26, 1893.
April 26, 1892.
June 12, 1895.
May 20, 1892.
December 28, 1892.
June 9, 1893.
September 18, 1891.
June 7,1892.
August 28, 1891.
June 27, 1894.
Julv 28. 1891.
December 16, 1890.
( October 28, 1890.
I 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 6, 1893.
June 5, 1888.
July 28, 1891.
May 21, 1894.
December 28. 1892.
October 27, 1891.
194 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
STREETS LAID OUT TO DATE BUT NOT BUILT.— Continued.
Streets.
Rimnion, to south of Wayne
Sagamore, Union to Walnut
Sagamore, Walnut to Oak
Salmon, Pine to Walnut
Salmon, Walnut to Beecli*
Schiller, Hale to AVentworth
Schiller, Wentworth to Merrimack river .
Second, Blaine to Main
Silver, Union to Maple
Somerville, Union to Hall
Stevens, Baker southerly
Summer, Wilson to Massabesic
Titus avenue, Union to Beech
Union, A uburn to Nutt road
Yarney, .losselyn to west of C. & M. R. R.*
Vinton, Taylor to .lewett
Wallace, W'inter southwesterly*
Wayland avenue, Massabesic to Mammoth road
Wayne, west of Dubuque westerly
"Wentworth, West Hancock southerly*
"West Hancock, Merrimack river westerly
Wilkins, Rockland avenue to Bedford line
Willow, Hay ward to Nutt road*
Wilson, north line of C. & P. R. R to Clay
AVilton, Main to Cartier
Woodbine avenue, Candia road to C. & P. R. R...
Woodland avenue, C. & P. R. R. to James Dear-
born's
Woodland avenue, Jas. Dearborn's to Candia r'd
Length
in feet.
735
270
1,112
764
270
855
218
5,528
690
2,925
300
1,480
540
4,175
290
1,256
165
134
150
1,546
700
595
292
1,800
575
1,290
770
426
When laid out.
September 26, 1892.
August 28, 1891.
October 19, 1894.
June 12, 1891.
June 27, 1894.
July 25, 1894.
Julv 25, 1894.
Sep'tember 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 0, 1892.
June 23, 1893.
June 26, 1892.
June 26, 1893.
December 28, 1892.
December 28, 1892.
November 23, 1894.
Equaling 27.30 miles.
Tabulated Statement of Work Done and Present
Standing Relative to Streets and Sewers, Janu-
ary 1, 1896.
New streets laid out in 1893 36,666.00 ft., equal to 6.940 miles
" " 1S95
New streets built in 1893
" 1894 .
" 1895 •
Sewers built in 1893 .
" 1894 .
" " 1895 •
T3>325-oo " " 2.330
12,090.00 " " 2.290 "
15,840.00 ft., equal to 3.000 miles
18,513.00" " 3.506 "
16,943.00 " " 3.220 "
21,716.00 ft., equal to 4.1 10 miles
19,612.00 " " 3-714 "
23,152.00 " " 4-383 "
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 195
Sewers voted in 1893 . . 34,007.00 ft., equal to 6.440 miles
" " 1894 . . 18,366.00 " " 3.480 "
" 1895 . . 24,136.50 " " 4.569 "
Streets laid out but not
built to January i, 1896 144,761.00 ft., equal to 27.420 miles
Sewers ordered in but not
built to January I, 1896 29,648.00" '•' 5-6i5 "
Total amount of sewers January i, 1895, equal to 52.256 miles
Actual increase in 1895 equal to . . . 3-980 "
Total amount of sewers January 1, 1896 . 56.236 miles
Length of streets open for
travel .... 577,087.00 ft., equal to 109.297 miles
Length of streets planned
for on ground . . 91,905.00 " " 17-234 "
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 '• " 3-074 "
1,052,768.00 ft., equal to 199.388 miles
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 128.953 ™iles
'Cobblestone paving 2,720.00 ft., equal to 0.515 miles
Block '• " 9,890.00 " " 1.873 "
Coal tar concrete 9,346.00 " " i-77o "
ways, j Macadam . . 25,867.00 " " 4.899 "
1 Telford . . 26,497.00 " " 5-oi8 "
Road-
Total length of improved
streets . . . 74,320.00 ft., equal to 14-075 miles
196
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Streets, roads, and avenues open for travel January i, 1896,,
944,629.00 ft., equal to 177.013 miles.
Area of city, 21,700 acres, or 33.906 square miles.
Area of Derryfield park
Oak Hill reservoir park
Stark park
Concord square
Hanover square
Merrimack square
Park square
Simpson square
Tremont square
Total area of parks
squares . '
68.00 acres
25-65
30.00
4.48
3.00
5-89
3-49
0.56
2.25
123-65
19.67
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
197
SUMMARY OF SEWERAGE SYSTEM SINCE 1880.
Tear.
1880.
1881.
1882.
1883.
1884.
1885.
1886.
1887.
1888.
1889.
1890.
1891.
1892.
1893.
1894.
1895.
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si
t< to
S2I
1.62
2. IS
3.37
2.54
1.73
1.56
2.15
18.66
20.84
24.21
26.75
28.48
30.04
33.19
1.44
33.63
1.73
2.66
35.36
38.02
2,003
1.81
39.83
64
2,067
3.08
42.91
153
2,220
3.13
46.04
214
2,434
3.31
49.35
191
2,625
2.91
52.26
258
2,883
3.98
56.24
255
3,138
$19,919.40
23,895.12
24,148.13
21,452.05
21,548.60
28,122.84
44,479.15
19,593.92
31,154.19
27,513.73
39,297.97
55,409.73
39,724.65
51.392.15
46,116.01
71,859.36
$12,295.92
10,961.06
7,165.65
8,445.69
12,455.84
18,027.46
20,687.97
13,815.22
18,008.20
10,343.51
21,711.58
17,990.17
12,691.58
15,526.33
15,847.42
18,055.11
Total cost for 16 years, $565,927.00.
In the year 1888 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 1888 there have been 20.88 miles built, at a cost of ^331,-
313.60, at an average cost of $15,867.51 per mile.
198 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Orders.
The following orders have been written by this department for
the various committees.
An Order to Appropriate Money.
Ordered^ If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur, that the
joint standing committee on finance be and are hereby author-
ized to set apart in the annual appropriation the sum of twenty-
five hundred dollars to be used in widening Elm street on the
west side at Ray brook.
Recommended by the committee on streets February 15, 1895.
An Order to establish Certain Grades.
Ordered^ If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur, that
the grades as shown on the following plans," No. 66 and No. 87
of North Main street from Sullivan to Putnam, that the grade as
shown on said plans be changed to the blue lines on said plans.
On plans No. 168 and No. 169 of Manchester street, that the
center grade of said street be changed from the west side of
Union street to about 300 feet east of Beech street, as shown by
blue lines. On plan No. 788 of Elm street, that the center grade
of said street be changed to conform to the blue lines of said
plan.
The lines above described and shown on said plans to be and
are hereby made the established grade of said streets.
Recommended by the committee on streets April 4, 1895.
An Order to establish the Grade of Vinton Street.
Ordered^ If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur, that
the grade as shown on plan of Vinton street from Jewett street
to Taylor street on file in the city engineer's department, be and
is hereby made the established grade of said street.
Recommended by the committee on streets May 3, 1895.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 199
An Order to build Certain Sewers.
Ordered^ If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur, that
the board of street and park commissioners be and are hereby
authorized to build certain sewers as follows :
In Sagamore street, from Walnut to Oak street.
In Hevey street from Conant street northerly about 300 feet.
In Boynton street, from present sewer southerly to McDufifie
street.
In Prince street from Boynton street to Huntress street.
In McDufifie street, from Boynton street to Huntress street.
And the expense thereof to be charged to the appropriation
for sewers and drains.
Recommended by the committee on sewers and drains April
30> 1895-
An Order to build Certain Streets.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur, that
the board of street and park commissioners be and are hereby
authorized to build the following streets to the grade as estab-
lished by the city :
Cartier west back from Putnam to Wayne street.
Putnam street from Cartier to Dubuque street.
Hall street from Myrtle to Prospect street.
Vinton street from Jewett to Taylor street.
And the expense thereof to be charged to the appropriation
for new streets.
Recommended by the committee on streets May 3, 1895.
An Order to transfer Money.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur, that
the amount of fifteen thousand dollars be transterred from the
200 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
appropriation for Pennacook-street sewer to the appropriation
for Christian brook sewer.
Recommended by the committee on sewers and drains May
29, 1895.
An Order to build Certain Sewers.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor *and Aldermen concur, that
the board of street and park commissioners be and are hereby
authorized to build certain sewers as follows :
In Elm street from Monroe south back to Thayer street.
In Alsace street from Kelley to Columbus avenue.
In Joliette street from Kelley to Amory street.
In Amory street from Joliette to Essex street.
In Tilton street from Milford to Bowman avenue.
In Mast street from near Bowman westerly.
And the expense thereof to, be charged to the appropriation
for new sewers.
Recommended by the committee on sewers and drains May
28, 1895.
An Order to build Christian Brook Sewer.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur, that
the board of street and park commissioners be and are hereby
authorized to build Christian brook sewer from Canal to Penna-
cook street easterly, as shown by plans in the city engineer's de-
partment, to Walnut and North streets, and the expense thereof
be charged to the appropriation for Christian brook sewer.
Recommended by the committee on sewers and drains May
29j 1895.
An Order to build Certain Sewers.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur, that
the board of street and park commissioners be and are hereby
authorized to build certain sewers, as follows :
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 201
In Union street from Clarke northerly to Trenton, about 1,700
feet.
In Cedar south back street from Maple easterly, about 300
feet.
In Jewett street to Somerville, about 900 feet.
In Somerville street, Jewett westerly, about 400 feet.
And the expense thereof be charged to the appropriation for
new sewers.
Recommended by the committee on sewers and drains June
28, 1895.
An Order to build Silver-Street Sewer.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur, that
the board of street and park commissioners be and are hereby
authorized to build the Silver-street sewer from Elm and Valley
streets to Lincoln and Silver streets, as shown by the plans in the
city engineer's department, and the expense thereof be charged
to the appropriation for Valley-street sewer.
Recommended by committee on sewers and drains July 2,
1895.
An Order to transfer Money.
Ordered^ If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur, that
the amount of fifteen thousand dollars be transferred from the
appropriation for the Valley-street sewer to the appropriation for
the Silver-street sewer.
Recommended by the committee on sewers and drains July 2,
1895.
An Order to build Certain Sewers.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur, that
the board of street and park commissioners be and are hereby
authorized to build certain sewers, as follows:
202 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
In Union east back from Christian brook northerly, about 500.
feet.
In Union east back from Christian brook southerly, about 400
feet.
In Jevvett street from Somerville to Clay street.
In Lowell street from Belmont to Beacon.
In Beech street from Sagamore northerly, about 175 feet.
And the expense thereof to be charged to the appropriation*
for new sewers.
Recommended by the committee on sewers and drains August
2, 1895.
An Order to macadamize Elm Street.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur, that
the board of street and park commissioners be and are hereby
authorized to macadamize Elm street, from the street crossing
north of the intersection of Brown avenue, thence southerly to
Baker street, and the expense thereof to be charged to the
appropriation for macadamizing.
Recommended by Alderman Libbey August 6, 1895. ,
An Order to establish the Grade of Hancock Street.
Ordered^ If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur, that
the grade as shown on plan No. 797 of Hancock street, from
Brown avenue to the Concord Railroad track, and dated August
2, 1895, be and is hereby made the established grade of said
street.
Recommended by the committee on streets August 6, 1895.
An Order to change the Grade of Prospect Street.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur, that
the grade as shown on plan No. 4040 of Prospect street, frona
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 203
Russell to Linden street, be and is hereby changed to the grade
as established in 1892, to the red lines as shown on said plan.
Recommended by the committee on streets August 6, 1895.
An Order to build Certain Sewers. '
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur, that
the board of street and park commissioners be and are hereby
authorized to build certain sewers, as follows :
In Prospect street from Hall street easterly about 100 feet.
In Hayward street from Jewett street easterly about 300 feet.
In Hall street from Concord street northerly about 180 feet.
In Union street from Silver street southerly to Plummer street.
In Wilton street from Main street westerly about 150 feet.
And the expense thereof to be charged to the appropriation
for new sewers.
Recommended by the committee on sewers and drains August
3°^ 1895-
An Order to build Hevey Street.
Ordered^ If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur, that
the board of street and park commissioners be and are hereby
authorized to build Hevey street to the grade as established from
Amory to Wayne streets in said city, and the expense thereof to
be charged to the appropriation for new streets.
Recommended by the committee on streets August 19, 1895.
An Order to erect a Watering-trough on North Union Street.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur, that
the board of street and park commissioners be and are hereby
authorized to erect and supply a watering-trough on North
204 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Union street between Arah street and the River road, and the
expense thereof to be charged to the appropriation for incidental
expenses.
Recommended by the committee on streets September 19, 1895.
An Order to establish the Grade of Bridge Street.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur, that
the grade of Bridge street be established as follows :
The elevation at the southeast corner of Bridge and Hall
streets shall be 228, and thence in an easterly direction on the
south line of Bridge street about 309 feet to the corner of Bel-
mont street, and the corner of Belmont street shall be 239.60,
making a straight grade of 309 feet at 3.75 per 100. The north
side of said street shall be as follows :
The northeast corner of Bridge and Hall streets to be 226.50.
Fifty feet east of Hall street is to be 228.85.
One hundred feet east of Hall street is to be 231.20.
One hundred and fifty feet east of Hall street is to be 233.30.
Two hundred feet east of Hall street is to be 235.25.
Two hundred and fifty feet east of Hall street is to be 237.
Three hundred and nine feet east of Hall street is to be 238.75.
And the same shall be and is hereby made the established
grade of said street, reference being made to the plan No. 41 61
in the city engineer's department.
Recommended by the committee on streets October i, 1895.
An Order to establish the Grade of Woodbine Avenue.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur, that
the grade of Woodbine avenue be established as follows:
Beginning at the north line of the Candia road and on the
west line of Woodbine avenue at elevation 219.40, and thence
in a northerly direction about 1006 feet, the grade to drop at the
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 205
rate of 0.30 per 100 feet to elevation 216.38; thence northerly
about 47 feet to the south line of Glenwood avenue, the grade
to be 215.85 ; thence northerly about 50 feet across Glenwood
avenue, grade to be 215 ; thence northerly 50 feet, grade to be
214; thence northerly 50 feet, grade to be 212.60; thence
northerly 50 feet, grade to be 211.40; thence northerly 5a
feet, grade to be 210.65; thence about 30 feet to the cen-
ter of the Concord & Portsmouth right of way, grade to be
210.25 ; on the east side elevation to be 221.30 for the north-
east corner of Candia road; thence 995 feet at 0.40 per 100 to
elevation 217.32; thence about 50 feet to elevation 216.85;
thence about 50 feet to elevation 216.10; thence 50 feet to ele-
vation 215; thence 50 feet to elevation 213.5c; thence 50 feet
to elevation 212.25 ; thence 50 feet to elevation 211.40; thence
about 32 feet to elevation 211, the center of the railroad, and
the same shall be and is hereby made the established grade of
said avenue, reference being made to plan No. 1064, city engi-
neer's department.
Recommended by the committee on streets October i, 1895.
An Order to establish the Grade of Everett street.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur, that
the grade of Everett street be established as follows :
Beginning at the south side of Clarke street and the east side
of Everett street at elevation 150.50, thence southerly 100 feet
level at 150.50, thence southerly 200 feet at 0.25 per 100 feet, mak-
ing that end at 150 on the west side of Everett street, the
grade to be 150.25 at the corner of Clarke street; at 50 feet
south of Clarke, the grade to be 150.45 ; at 100 feet south of
Clarke, the grade to be 150.50 ; thence southerly 250 feet at
0.20 per 100 feet, making the grade 156, and the same shall be
and is hereby made the established grade of said Everett street,
reference being made to plan No. 4131 in the city engineer's
department.
Recommended by the committee on streets October i, 1895.
206 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
An Order to build a Sewer in Valley Street.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur, that
the board of street and park commissioners be and are hereby
authorized to build a sewer in Valley street from Jewett street
easterly 300 feet, and the expense thereof be charged to the ap-
propriation for new sewers.
Recommended by the committee on sewers and drains Octo-
ber I, 1895.
An Order to sell Land on Spruce Street.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur, that
the mayor and joint standing committee on lands and buildings
be and are hereby authorized to sell the land on Spruce street
east of Beacon, consisting of 250 feet in length on Spruce street
and 115 feet deep.
Recommended by the joint standing committee on lands and
buildings October, 1895.
An Order to build Certain Sewers.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur, that
the board of street and park commissioners be and are hereby
authorized to build certain sewers as follows :
In Wentworth street, from Schiller northerly about 400 feet.
In Merrimack street, from Beacon easterly about no feet.
In Beacon street, from Merrimack northerly about 60 feet.
In Second street, from Schiller northerly about 300 feet.
And the expense thereof to be charged to the appropriation
for new sewers.
Recommended by the joint standing committee on sewers and
drains October 22, 1895.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 207
An Order to establish the Grade of Nashua Street.
Ordered. If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur, that
the grade of Nashua street between Bridge and Pearl streets be
-and is hereby made the established grade as follows :
The northwest corner of Bridge and Nashua streets shall be
153.15, thence northerly on the east side of Nashua street about
170 feet, the grade to rise 4.535 per 100 feet to the southeast
corner of Arlington street, grade to be 160.86, the northeast cor-
ner of Nashua and Arlington to be 162.50, thence the grade to
rise 4.062 per 100 feet to the southeast corner of Pearl street,
grade to be 169. On the west side the grade of Bridge and
Nashua to be 153-50, then the grade to rise at the rate of 4.21
per 100 feet for about 375 feet to the corner of Pearl street, there
the grade to be 169.30. The grade is the same as the concrete
now in, and the street to be cut down to correspond with this
grade, reference being made to plan No. 146 in the city engineer's
department.
Recommended by the board of aldermen October 30, 1895.
An Order to establish the Grade of Union Street.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur, that
the grade of Union street on the east side from Harrison to
Brook street be and is hereby established as follows :
At the northeast corner of Harrison and Union streets, grade
elevation to be 153.64.
At 100 feet northerly from said corner, grade to be 154.65.
At 180 feet northerly from said corner, grade to be 155.13.
At 280 feet northerly from said corner, grade to be 155.75.
At 380 feet northerly from said corner, grade to be 157.44.
Which is the southeast corner of Brook and Union streets, ref-
erence being made to notebook 102, page 45, city engineer's
department.
Recommended by the board of aldermen October 30, 1S95.
208 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
An Order to establish the Grade of Milford Street.
Ordered, if the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur, that
the grade of Milford street from Forest street to old Amherst
road be established as follows :
On the north side of Milford street at the intersection with
Forest street, the grade to be 105.50, thence easterly 514 feet,
the grade drops 1.361 per 100 feet to elevation 98.50 at the old
Amherst road. On the south side at the intersection of Forest
street and Milford street, grade to be 105.50, thence easterly
about 535 feet, the grade drops 1.308 per 100 feet to elevation
98.50, reference being made to plan No. 4177 on file in the city-
engineer's department.
Recommended by the board of mayor and aldermen October
30, 1S95.
An Order to change the Grade of Belmont Street.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur, that
the grade of Belmont street between Laurel and Merrimack streets
be changed as follows :
The northeast corner of Laurel and Belmont streets to be
190.50, thence 105 feet, the grade to rise 8.66 feet per 100 feet,
making the elevation 199.60 ; at 155 feet grade to be 203.55, at
210 feet on the corner of Merrimack street to be 206, and the
grade as changed is hereby made the established grade of said
street, reference being made to plan No. 57 in the city engineer's
department.
Recommended by the board of aldermen October 30, 1895.
An Order to build Wilson Street to Grade,
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur, that
the board of street and park commissioners be and are hereby
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 209
authorized to build to grade Wilson street from Spruce to Valley-
street, provided the Elliott Manufacturing Company put in con-
crete sidewalks adjoining their property.
Recommended by the board of aldermen October 30, 1895.
An Order to establish the Grade of Wentworth Street.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur, that
the grade of Wentworth street between West Hancock and the
Harvell estate be established as follows :
The southwest corner of West Hancock and Wentworth streets
to be 35.28. The northwest corner of Frederick and Wentworth
to be 33.25, the southwest corner of Frederick street to be 33, at
270 feet south of Frederick street on the west side grade to be
30, then 200 feet level at 30, then 220 feet to the north side of
Gilman street the grade to be 31. The south sides of Oilman
and Wentworth streets to be 31, then the grade to rise about 685
feet at the rate of 0.16 per 100 feet to the Harvell land, there
grade to be 32.10.
On the east side, grade to the southeast corner of West Han-
cock and Wentworth to be 34.75, at the northeast corner of
Frederick to be 33.25, at the southeast corner grade to be 33,
from here southerly the grade to be level with the grade on the
west side of said Wentworth street, reference being made to plan.
No. 4109 in the city engineer's department.
Recommended by the board of aldermen October 30, 1895.
An Order to establish the Grade of Forest Street.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur, that
the grade of Forest street, from Milford street northerly, be es-
tablished as follows :
210 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
On the westerly side of Forest street at its intersection with
Milford street the grade elevation shall be 105.50.
At 50 feet north of the intersection, grade shall be 105.60.
At 100 feet north of the intersection, grade shall be 106.25.
At 150 feet north of the intersection, grade shall be 107.60.
At 200 feet north of the intersection grade shall be 109.50.
At 250 feet north of the intersection, grade shall be 112.25.
On the easterly side, the grade elevation at the intersection
shall be 105.50.
At 20 feet northerly of the intersection, grade to be 105.60.
At 70 feet northerly of the intersection, grade to be 106.25.
At 120 feet northerly of the intersection, grade to be 107.60.
At 170 feet northerly of the intersection, grade to be 109.50.
At 220 feet northerly of the intersection, grade to be 112.25.
Reference being made to the plan and profile of Forest street,
on file in the city engineer's department.
Recommended by the board of aldermen October 30, 1S95.
An Order to establish the Grade of Laurel Street.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur, that
the grade of Laurel street, on the north side, from Belmont to
Beacon, be and is hereby established as follows :
The northeast corner of Belmont and Laurel street shall be
graded 190.50; thence 200 feet easterly, grade to rise 7.25 feet
per 100, making the corner of Milton street 215 on the west
side of Milton street, and grade 218 on the east side of Milton
street.
At 50 feet east of Milton, grade to be 220.25.
At 100 feet east of Milton, grade to be 220.
At 150 feet east of Milton, grade to be 223.30.
Then 103 feet the grade to rise 2.62 per hundred feet, making
ihe corner of Beacon street 226. The grade on the south side
to be 1.50 feet below and parallel to the grade on the north side.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 211
Reference being made to plan No. 779 in the city engineer's
department.
Recommended by the board of aldermen October 30, 1895.
An Order to establish the Grade of Shasta Street.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur, that
the grade be established as follows :
At the northwest corner of Shasta and Union, grade to be
128; at the northeast corner, 128.85; thence easterly on the
north side at 48 feet from Union, grade to be 129.80; at 76
feet from Union, grade to be 130.40 ; at 126 feet from Union,
grade to be 131. 10; at 176. feet from Union, grade to be 131.50;
at 226 feet from Union, grade to be 131.70; then 265 feet to
Beech-street level, at elevation 131.70; then 50 feet across Beech
street the grade is at an elevation of 131.70; then 450 feet from
Beech street grade is at an elevation of 135.40; then 500 feet
from Beech street grade is at an elevation of 136 ; then 550 feet
from Beech street grade is at an elevation of 136.65 ; then 600
feet from Beech street grade is at an elevation of 137.50 on the
west side of Maple street; then 650 feet from Beech street the
^rade is at an elevation of 138.50 on the east side of Maple
street ; then 700 feet from Beech street the grade is at an eleva-
tion of 139.70 ; then 750 feet from Beech the grade is at an ele-
vation of 141 ; then 800 feet from Beech street the grade is at
an elevation of 142.40; then 850 feet from Beech street the
grade is at an elevation of 144; then 1,050 feet from Beech
street the grade is at an elevation of 151. 10; then 1,100 feet
from Beech street the grade is at an elevation of 153 ; then
1,150 feet from Beech street the grade is at an elevation of 154.60;
then 1,200 feet from Beech street the grade is at an elevation of
156. Beginning at Union and Shasta on the south side, grade
at the southwest corner is 128.10; at the southeast corner the
grade is 129.50.
212 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
At 48 feet east of Union street, south side grade to be 130.40.
At 75 feet east of Union street, south side grade to be 130.80..
At 125 feet east of Union street, south side grade to be
131.40.
At 175 feet east of Union street, south side grade to be
I3I-55-
At 225 feet east of Union street, south side grade to be
131.60.
From here grade is level to Beech street at 131.60 ; from Beech
street to Lincoln street the grade on the south side is level with
the north side, reference being made to plan No. 41 19 in the
city engineer's department.
Recommended by the board of aldermen October 30, 1895.
An Order to change the Grade of Milton Street.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur, that
the grade of Milton street, between Laurel and Merrimack streets,,
be changed as follows :
The grade at the northwest corner of Milton and Laurel to be
215 on the west side.
At 25 feet north of Laurel street, grade to be 218.45.
At 50 feet north of Laurel street, grade to be 221.40.
At 75 feet north of Laurel street, grade to be 223.45.
At 100 feet north of Laurel street, grade to be 225.80.
At 125 feet north of Laurel street, grade to be 227.50.
On the east side, grade at the corner of Laurel to be 218 ; 25
feet north of Laurel, to be 220.90 ; 50 feet north of Laurel, to
be 223.40; 75 feet north of Laurel, to be 225.65; 100 feet
north of Laurel, to be 227.60; 125 feet north of Laurel, to be
229.35 ; 150 feet north of Laurel, to be 230.65 ; 175 feet north
of Laurel, to be 231.80 ; 200 feet north of Laurel, to be 232.80 ;
211 feet north of Laurel, to be 233, and the grade as changed be
and is hereby made the established grade, reference being made
to plan No. 179 in city engineer's department.
Recommended by the board of mayor and aldermen October
30, 1895.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 213
An Order to establish the Grade of Sah-non Street, from Wal-
nut to Beech Street.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur, that
the grade of Salmon street, from Walnut to Beech street, be and
is hereby established as follows :
The southeast corner of Walnut and Salmon street shall be at
-an elevation of 167.60; thence easterly on the south side of
Salmon street at 50 feet east of Walnut, the grade to be 169.75.
At 100 feet east of Walnut, the grade to be 172.80.
At 120 feet east of Walnut, the grade to be 173.85.
At 170 feet east of Walnut, the grade to be 176.10.
At 220 feet east of Walnut, the grade to be 177.40.
The last station being on the west line of Beech street. The
.■grade on the north side of said Salmon street to be parallel and
0.60 lower than the south side of said street, reference being
made to the plan and profile of Salmon street on file in the city
■engineer's deparment.
Recommended by the board of mayor and aldermen Novem-
tber 22, 1895.
An Order to build Certain Sewers.
Ordered^ If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur, that
the board of street and park commissioners be and are hereby
authorized to build certain sewers, as follows :
In Cedar street from Wilson easterly about 212 feet, thence
southerly to Cedar south back, thence easterly in Cedar south
^back to Hall street.
In Ray street from the present sewer northerly about 325 feet.
In Second street from Schiller to Harvell street.
In Belmont street from Bridge southerly about 200 feet.
In Mead street from Hall to Belmont street.
In Putnam street from Beauport to Cartier east back.
In Cartier east back from Putnam street 400 feet northerly.
In Cartier east back from Putnam street 400 feet southerly.
214 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
A-nd the expense thereof to be charged to the appropriation
ior new sewers.
Recommended by the committee on sewers and drains No-
vember 29, 1895.
An Order to build Wentworth Street to Grade.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur, that
the board of street and park commissioners be and are hereby
authorized to build Wentworth street from West Hancock street,
thence southerly to a stake at the southerly end of said street to
land of the late Charles Harvell.
And the expense thereof to be charged to the appropriation
for new streets.
Recommended by the joint standing committee on streets
December 16, 1895.
An Order to build Certain Sewers.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur, 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 Amory to Wayne street.
In Auburn south back street from Wilson to 150 feet east of
Hall.
In Belmont street from Mead to Bridge street.
In Spruce street from Canton street easterly 250 feet.
And the expense thereof to be charged to the appropriation
for new sewers.
Recommended by the committee on sewers and drains De-
cember 26, 1895.
An Order to appropriate money to build Public Bath-houses.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur, that
the joint standing committee on finance be and are hereby au-
REPORT or THE CITY ENGINEER. 215
thorized to appropriate the sum of five thousand dollars in the
appropriations for 1896, for the purpose of building and main-
taining, for one year, two public bath-houses, — one to be located
near the foot of Webster street in the Merrimack river, the other
in said river near the foot of Ferry street.
Recommended by the special committee on public bath-
houses December 30, 1895.
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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, 1895.
Gentlemen 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 first in their term of office.
At the opening of the season there were thirty-five orders for
sewers voted in but not built. The following list gives the
street, location, date of order, and length.
Street.
Location.
Length
in feet.
Date
ordered.
540
2,600
1,230
600
352
200
250
850
160
2,800
101
700
450
1,500
1,200
1,500
800
810
blO
200
300
200
3,000
250
130
684
400
565
600
4,900
226
1,800
1,800
550
Apr. 3, 1894
May 2, 1893
Apr. 3, 1894
Nov. 9, 1894
Nov. 9, 1894
Sept. 6. 1887
July 10, 1893
Dickey
West Hancock to South Main. .
July 10, 18'.3
Sept. 4, 1894
Front
Sept. 5, 1S93
Grove
Harvell
Present sewer easterly
Hale to South Main
Nov. 9, 1894
Nov. 9, 1894
Hale
Nov. 9, 1894
Hevej' east back
Kelley to Columbus avenue
July 10, 1893
July 10,1893
July 10, 1893
Nov. 7, 1893
Apr. 3, 1894
jMast . ...
Extension westerly
Apr. 3, 1894
Oct. 6, 1891
Sept. 4, 1894
May 2, 1893
Canal to Union east back
Nov. 7, 1893
Porter
May 2, 1893
Pearl
Nov. 9, 1894
River road
Monroe to Clarke
July 10, 1893
July 5, 1892
Schiller
Hill to Hale
Nov. 9, 1894
Union
May 1,1894
Valley
Nov. 7, 1893
West
Sept. 4, 1894
Spruce to Valley
Apr. 3, 1894
Aug. 7, 1894
Wilson Hill
Central to Merrimack
Sept. 21,1893
Total
32,858
Equaling 6.223 miles.
223
224 ANNUAL OFFICIAL KEPORTS.
Of these the following have been built during the year
Street.
Adams
Dearborn
Dickey
Hevey east back.
Jewett
Kelley
Laurel
Livermore land..
Manchester
Pearl
Schiller
Union
Wilson
Wilson Hill
Total
Location.
Clarke southerly
Extension to Taylor
West Hancock to South Main.
Kelley to Amorj'
Extension to Young
Extension to Joliette
Hall to Beacon
Chestnut to Union
Extension to Beacon
Hall westerly
Hill to Hale
Ray brook to Clarke
Spruce to Valley
Central to Merrimack
Length
in feet.
5oa
300
782
703
1,15S
1,472
860
809
300
157
465
554
1,890
535^
10,485-
Leaving 22,383 feet of sewers voted in previous to January i,
1895.
Of the above amount appropriations were made for a part of
the Pennacook street and Valley street mains, but upon recom-
mendations made by the committee both appropriations were
transferred to new locations for both sewers, the Valley street to
Silver street, and Pennacook street to Christian brook sewer.
The original estimate of the Pennacook street sewer was about
$30,000, and by the change the distance was shortened, and
2,094 feet have been built at an average cost of about $6.35 per
foot; and as there is still a balance of $1,703 on this sewer, to
reach the terminus at Walnut and North streets. There remains
only 523 feet to be built, which at the same cost would necessi-
tate about $2,618 to complete, or about $12,382 less than it
would have cost by following the city streets.
The Silver-street sewer has been completed to Union street^
but as this sewer was voted to Lincoln and Silver streets there is.
yet to be built about i,Soo feet. This is the main sewer to drain
the section between Elm and Jewett streets and Valley street
and Cilley road, a territory of about five hundred acres. As soon
as this main is completed, numerous calls will be made for lateral
sewers to accommodate this rapidly-growing section. Another
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 225
section which has been brought to the committee's attention,
and which could not be acted upon on account of the pressing
needs in other directions, is the Whittemore section, for which
several parties have been given leave to withdraw. Before sew-
ers can be granted here it will be necessary for the city to get a
right of way to the Piscataquog river. This can be done by pur-
chase if necessary, and then using the low ground for a dump,
and when the section is brought to the required grade, the same
could be sold for building purposes.
Two petitions for sewers which would drain into the Mast
street main, were given leave to withdraw. This main has been
voted in a distance of i,8oo feet, but owing to more pressing
demands has not been built. Sewers were voted in in Elm street
from Monroe south back to Thayer street, and in Union street
from Clarke to Trenton street. Neither of these should be built
until there is a main sewer in Clarke street. This Clarke-street
main will connect with the River road sewer, which is voted in
to Clarke and built as far as Ray brook.
Many other sections have been called to the committee's atten-
tion by owners and prospective builders, and the committee have
examined carefully all the locations called for in the petitions
referred to them.
During the year 42 orders for sewers have received favorable
action ; of these, 14 have been built. At the present time there
are orders for 51 sewers which have passed your honorable board
but which have not been constructed, and 4 which have been par-
tially built.
The committee has held eight meetings, as follows : April 30,.
May 29, June 28, August 2, August 30, October 22, December
26, December 29.
The total number of petitions presented to your committee has
been 41. Eight reports were sent in to the city councils, rec-
ommending 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. Orders recommended,
31. Leave to withdraw, 5. Reports to other committee, i.
15
226 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Petitions.
The following is a list of the petitions referred to the commit-
tee, and the action taken upon them. The date of the passage
of the order to build the same will be found in the engineer's
report of orders written for presentation to the city councils.
MiLFORD, Old Amherst Road, Mast Street, commencing
at the intersection of Milford with Forest street, thence running
east on Milford street to Old Amherst road, and thence in a
northerly direction to Mast street, and then to connect with the
sewer now built.
F. Tersa.
Committee voted leave to withdraw until the sewer in Mast
street and Amherst road, already voted in, had been built, Octo-
ber 22.
Joliette AND Amory STREETS, commencing at Kelley and
Joliette streets, thence southerly to Amory street through Joliette
street, and thence in a westerly direction about 200 feet to Essex
and Amory.
Sullivan & Sheehan.
Committee voted to prepare an order as asked for, May 29.
Carroll, Old Amherst Road, Mast Street, commencing
at the northerly end of the sewer at the top of hill midway on
Carroll street, and thence in a northwesterly direction to Old
Amherst road, thence northerly to Mast street, thence connecting
with sewer now partially completed.
C. A. Brooks.
Committee voted leave to withdraw until the sewer in Mast
street and Amherst road, already voted in, had been built, Octo-
ber 22.
BoYNTON, Prince, McDuffie, Huntress Streets, commenc-
ing at the corner of Boynton and C streets, and running 1,700
feet south on Boynton street, also westerly from Boynton street
through Prince and McDuffie streets to Huntress street, a distance
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 227
of 600 feet and 500 feet respectively, thence through Huntress
street from corner of Prince street southerly, a distance of 400
feet.
H. H. Huntress.
Committee voted to build Boynton street to McDufifie street,
to build Prince street from Boynton to Huntress, to build Mc-
Dufifie street from Boynton to Huntress, April 30.
Orange Street, commencing at the Union-street intersection
of Orange street and thence in a westerly direction to Pine street
on Orange street.
Mrs. Henry A. Gage.
Committee voted to refer the matter to the board of street
commissioners, as it was in the nature of repairs, August 30.
Elm Street, commencing at or near Thayer street on North
Elm street, and thence in a southerly direction, to connect with
Elm street or Clarke street sewer.
A. Z. Jenkins.
Committee voted to prepare an order to build sewer as asked
for to connect with Elm-street sewer. May 29.
Hevey Street, commencing at Conant and Hevey streets,
and thence in a northerly direction in Hevey street about 300
feet.
Ernst Schmittchen.
Committee voted an order to build, April 30.
Hall Street, commencing with the present sewer in Concord
street at Hall and thence in a northerly direction in Hall street
about 180 feet.
William Carr.
Committee voted to recommend an order to build, August 30.
Alsace Street, commencing at Columbus avenue and Alsace
street in Alsace street, and thence in a northerly direction to
Kelley street, a distance of about 400 feet.
Eugene Quirin.
Committee voted to prepare an order to build as asked for.
May 29.
228 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Belmont Street, commencing at Valley and Belmont streets^
and thence in a southerly direction to Clay street.
E. L, Corey. '
Committee voted leave to withdraw, October 22.
Sagamore Street. Commencing at Walnut and Sagamore
streets, and thence in an easterly direction to Oak street in Saga-
more street.
Warren Harvey.
Committee voted to prepare an order to build, April 30.
Mast Street. Commencing at present sewer in Mast street^
opposite land of James Baldwin Co., and thence in an easterly
direction to Bowman street.
Eugene W. Brigham.
Committee voted to recommend to build the sewer 200 feet
easterly, May 29.
Beaufort West Back Street. Commencing in Beauport
west back street from Wayne-street sewer, and thence in a south-
erly direction to Sullivan street.
Louis Schindler.
Committee voted to recommend a sewer from Beauport west-
erly in Putnam street with cesspools to connect with same on
the north and south sides of Putnam street, May 29.
TiLTON Street. Commencing at Milford street, and thence
in a northerly direction to Bowman avenue, a distance of about
450 feet.
Andrew Netsch.
Committee voted to prepare an order to build the sewer,
May 29.
Jewett and Somerville Streets. Commencing at the
present sewer in Jewett street, including the 500 feet now
granted, and thence in a southerly direction to Somerville
street, and thence westerly in Somerville street about 400 feet.
A. H. Gladden.
Committee voted to prepare an order to build the sewer as
asked for, June 28.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 229
Wilton Street. Commencing at the present sewer in Main
street at Wilton street, and thence in a westerly direction about
150 feet in Wilton street.
Mary A. Leacock.
Committee voted to recommend an order to build the same,
August 30.
Union Street. Commencing at the corner of Union and
Clarke streets, and thence in a northerly direction to the corner
of Union and Trenton streets.
Charles S. Kidder.
Committee voted to prepare an order to build the sewer,
June 28.
Bartlett and Putnam Streets. Commencing at Bartlett
and Wayne streets, thence southerly in Bartlett street to Sullivan
street. Also from Bartlett and Putnam streets, thence westerly
to the Piscataquog river.
Albert Oliver.
Committee voted leave to withdraw, as there was no city street
in which to build the sewer, June 28.
Cedar South Back Street. Commencing at the present
sewer in Cedar south back street at Maple street, and thence in
an easterly direction to Lincoln street.
Jerry Sullivan.
Committee voted to put in an order to build sewer 300 feet,
as the grade of the street will not permit any further extension,
June 28.
Pine and Sagamore Streets. Cesspools at the northeast
corner of Pine and Sagamore and at the southeast corner of Pine
and Sagamore streets.
J. A. Nelson.
Committee voted to put in the two cesspools as asked for,
August 2.
Lowell Street. Commencing at Belmont and Lowell
streets, and thence in an easterly direction.
R. P. Silver.
230 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Committee voted to build sewer as asked for from Belmont tO'
Beacon street, August 2.
Jewett Street. Commencing at Somerville street on Jewett
street, and thence in a southerly direction to Clay street.
J. J. McTiernan.
Committee voted to build sewer as asked for to Clay street^
August 2.
Union East Back Street. Commencing at North and
Union east back street, and thence in a southerly direction about
400 feet in Union east back street according to the city's plans
of sewers.
Robert R. Chase.
Committee voted to prepare an order, August 2,
Union Street. Commencing at Union east back street and
the Christian brook sewer near North street, and thence in a nor-
therly direction about 500 feet toward Webster street, according
to the city's plan of sewerage.
H. H. Cole.
Committee voted to prepare an order to build the sewer,
August 2.
Union Street. Commencing at the corner of Union and
Silver streets, and thence in a southerly direction to Plummer
street.
G. H. Hastings.
Committee voted that an order be prepared to put in the
sewer as asked for, August 30.
Prospect Street. Commencing at the present sewer in
Prospect street at Hall street, and thence in an easterly direction
about 100 feet.
James E. Charnley.
Committee voted that an order to build the sewer be prepared
August 30.
Valley Street. Commencing at the corner of Jewett and
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 231
Valley streets, and thence in an easterly direction to a point 300
feet on Valley street.
Walter M. Morgan.
Committee voted to recommend an order to build the sewer
and signed the order without a meeting.
Hayward Street. Commencing at Jewett and Hayward
streets, and thence in an easterly direction 300 feet on said Hay-
ward street.
Charles F. Cram.
Committee voted to prepare an order to build the sewer as
asked for, August 30.
Cedar South Back Street. Commencing at the proposed
Wilson-street sewer at Cedar south back street, and thence in an.
easterly direction to Hall street about 461 feet.
J. L. T. Brown.
Committee voted to defer action, October 22,
Hevey East Back Street. Commencing at the present
sewer in Hevey east back street, near Amory street, thence in a
southerly direction to Wayne street.
Joseph Caron.
Committee voted an order to build, December 26.
Putnam and Cartier East Back Streets. Commencing
at the sewer at the corner of Putnam and Beauport streets, and
thence in a westerly direction to Cartier east back street, and
thence north and south in said back street about 400 feet each
way.
Peter Fleming.
Committee voted to report an order to build, November 29.
Wentworth Street. Commencing at the sewer in Schiller
street, and thence in a northerly direction about 400 feet in
• Wentworth street.
Henry Newmann.
Committee voted to recommend an order to build, October 22.
232 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Mead Street. Commencing at the present sewer in Hall street
at Mead street, and thence in an easterly direction in Mead
street to Belmont street.
Mead, Mason & Co.
Committee voted to recommend an order to build, Novem-
ber 2g.
Merrimack and Beacon Streets. Commencing at the pres-
ent sewer in Merrimack street east of Beacon street, and thence
in a westerly direction to Beacon street, and thence northerly in
Beacon street about 60 feet.
W. H. Carpenter.
Committee voted to recommend an order to build as asked
for, October 22.
Maple Street. Commencing at the sewer in Silver street, and
thence in a northerly direction to Harvard street in Maple street.
Alonzo Elliott.
Committee voted to give leave to withdraw, October 22.
Ray Street. Commencing at the Ray brook sewer where it
crosses Ray street, and thence in a northerly direction about
325 feet.
Oliver B. Green.
Committee voted to recommend an order to build from pres-
ent sewer northerly 325 feet, November 29.
Belmont Street. Commencing at the present sewer in Bridge
street at Belmont street, and thence in a southerly direction in
Belmont street about 200 feet.
John P. Newell.
Committee voted to recommend an order to build from Bridge
street southerly 200 feet, November 29.
Second Street. Commencing at Second and Schiller streets
at the sewer already in, and thence in a southerly direction to.
Harvell street, according to the city's plan of sewers.
C. A. Prasse.
Committee voted to prepare an order for the same, Novem-
ber 29.
REPOKT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 233
Spruce Street. Commencing at the sewer in Canton street
at Spruce street, and thence in an easterly direction 600 feet on
Spruce street.
George L. Anderson.
Committee voted to prepare an order to build 250 feet, De-
cember 26.
Mead and Belmont Streets. Commencing at Mead and
Hall streets, and thence in an easterly direction to Belmont
street in Mead street, thence southerly in Belmont street to
Bridge street, according to the city's plans.
W. H. Wright.
Committee voted to prepare an order to build, December 26.
Auburn South Back Street. Commencing at the corner of
Wilson and Auburn south back streets at the manhole now in,
and thence in an easterly direction in Auburn south back street
to 150 feet east of Hall street.
A. H. Merrill.
Committee voted an order to build, December 26.
234
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
SEWERS ORDERED BUILT IN 1895.
Alsace
Aiiioiy
Beacon
Beech
Belmont
Boynton
Cartier east back
Cartier east back
Cedar
East of Wilson . . .
Cedar south back
Cedar south back
Christian brook..
Elm
Hall
Hay ward
Hevey
Jewett
Jewett
Joliette
Lowell
Mast
Mead
McDuflBe
Merrimack
Prince
Prospect
Putnam
Ray
Sagamore
Second
Second
Silver
Somerville
Tilton
Union
Union
Union east back .
Union east back .
Valley
Wentworth
Wilton
Location.
Kelley to Amory
Joliette to Essex
Merrimack northerly
Sagamore northerly
Bridge southerly
C to McDuffle
Putnam northerly
Putnam southerly
Wilson easterly
Cedar to Cedar south back
East of Wilson to Hall
Maple easterly
Canal and Pennacook to Walnut
and North
Monroe south back to Thayer
Concord northerly
Jewett easterly
Conant northerly
To Somerville .."
Somerville to Clay
Kelley to Amory
Belmont to Beacon
Near Bowman westerly
Hall to Belmont
Boynton to Huntress
Beacon easterly
Boynton to Huntress
Hall easterly
Beauport to" Cartier east back
Ray brook northerly
Walnut to Oak
Schiller northerly
Schiller to Harvell
Elm and Valley to Lincoln and Sil-
ver
.Tewett westerly
Mil ford to Bowman avenue
Clarke to Trenton
Silver toPlummer
Christian brook northerly
Christian brook southerly
•Jewett easterly
Schiller northerly
Main easterly
Date or-
dered.
Length.
June 4
527
4
325
Nov. 5
60
Aug. 6
175
Dec. 3
200
May 27
572
Dec. 3
400
" 3
400
" 3
212
" 3
126
" 3
299
July 2
300
June 4
2,900
" 4
1,313
Sept. 3
180
" 3
300
May 27
300
July 2
900
Aug. 6
330
June 4
561V».
Aug. 6
500"
June 4
200
Dec. 3
362
May 27
507
Nov. 9
110
May 27
583
Sept. 3
100
Dec. 3
126
" 3
325
May 27
1,103
Nov. 5
300
Dec. 3
450
July 2
4,320
" 2
400
June 4
510
July 2
1,700
Sept. 3
350
Aug. 6
500
" 6
400
Oct. 1
300
Nov. 5
400
Sept. 3
150
24,1361/2
Equaling 4.569 miles.
KEPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 235
SEWERS ORDERED BUT NOT BUILT, TO JANUARY 1, 1896.
Street.
Amherst
Amherst road
Auburn
Blaine
Beech.
Boynton
Canton
Concord
Cai'tier east back . .
Cedar
East of Wilson
Cedar south back..
Christian brook....
Dover
Elm
Elm
Front
Grove
Hale
Harvell
Hay ward
Hevey east back .. .
Jewett
Jewett
Lowell
Mast
Mast
Mead
Merrimack
McDuffie
Myrtle
Porter
Trince
Prospect
Ray
River road
Sagamore
Second
Second
Somerville
Silver
Tilton
Union
Union
Union east back . . .
Union east back . . .
Valley
Valley
West
Wentworth
Wilson
Location.
Union to Ashland
Mast southerly
Canton easterly
Second to Hiram
Sagamore northerly
C to McDuffle
Auburn northerly
Hall easterly
Putnam southerly
Wilson easterly
Cedar to Cedar south back
East of Wilson to Hall
East of Liberty to Walnut
Clinton northerly
Monroe south back to Thayer..
Shasta to Baker
Railroad bridge to Elm avenue
Eddy to north of hotel
Present sewer easterly
Schiller southerly
Hale to South Main
Jewett easterly
Amory to Columbus avenue .. .
To Somerville
To Clay
Belmont to Beacon
Near Bowman westerly
Extension westerly
Hall lo Belmont
Belmont to Milton
Boynton to Huntress
Hall westerly
Amherst northerly
Boynton to Huntress
Hall easterly
Raj' brook northerly
Monroe to Clarke
Beech to Oak
Blaine to Hiram
Schiller to Harvell
Jewett westerly
Union to Lincoln
JNIilford to Bowman avenue . . .
Clarke to Trenton
Silver to Plummer
Christian brook northerly ....
Christian brook southerly
Elm to Belmont
Jewett easterly ..'
Clinton northerly
Schiller southerly
Valley to Somerville
Length.
2,600
1,230
600
400
175
572
353
200
400
212
126
299
523
160
1,313
332
1,373
2,800
101
450
700
300
800
.550
330
500
200
610
362
200
507
200
250
583
100
325
684
803
400
450
_, 400
1,790
, 510
1,700
350
500
, 400
4,900
300
226
400
1,800
Date
ordered.
29,648
May
April
Nov.
July
Aug.
May
Nov.
Sept.
Dec.
June
Sept.
June
May
Sept.
Nov.
Sept.
July
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July
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Equaling 5.615 miles.
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This comprises all the work that has come within the province
of the committee on sewers and drains, and is respectfully sub-
mitted.
C. L. Wolf, Chairman^
George E. Heath,
George .H. Phinney,
John A. Lindquist,
Michael R. Sullivan,
Committee on Servers and Drains.
W. H. Bennett,
Clerk of Committee.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON STREETS.
The third annual report of the committee on streets, prepared
by the city engineer as clerk of the committee, is herewith pre-
sented :
Manchester, N. H., December 30, 1895.
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 seventeen meetings, as follows : Feb-
ruary 4, February 15, March i, March 19, April 4, April 17,
May 3, May 23, May 28, June 18, July 26, July 30, August 19,
September 10, September ig, October 29, December 16.
Number of petitions received, 50 ; laid over to May, 1896, 2 ;
referred to city engineer to fix grade, 2 ; referred to street and
park commissioners, 2 ; where orders to build streets were rec-
ommended, 6 ; where orders to establish grade were recom-
mended, 2 ; recommended leave to withdraw, 13 ; recommended
to a hearing, 23 ; total, 50.
The committee have twice examined the territory on the west
of Derryfield park where the proposed speedway has been recom-
mended, but definite action has been postponed. The petition
for the extension of Kelley street was signed by a hundred and
thirty-four persons, and after examining the premises the commit-
tee was of the opinion, with so large a representative population
signing the same, that they should be given a hearing, especially
as a part of the road has been built at the westerly end by the
owners of the property. Many sections have been visited to ex-
amine in reference to grades and new streets so as to be more
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conversant with the same when petitions for the actual work
came before them. Beech street extension southerly was brought
up, but upon* examination it was found that the street had been
laid out and only remained to be built. Chestnut street from
near Clarke to Trenton, which has been before the committee
previously and given leave to withdraw, has been recommended
to a hearing, as all the parties at interest have waived damages and
the owners are anxious to have the same laid out.
In the building of the Christian brook sewer it has done away
with all the culverts built to get the streets through. Could the
sewer be voted in for another block to the east it would be cheaper
to build than a culvert, and as the length of the culvert needed
at Christian brook would be about 200 feet, the extension of the
sewer would be more economical than a culvert.
Petitions.
The following is a list of the petitions referred to the commit-
tee, and the action taken upon them :
DiNSMORE Street. For a new highway in said city, beginning
at a stake on the north side of West Hancock street, and 320 feet
east of the east line of Second street, said stake being on the west-
erly line of Dinsmore street, and thence in a northeasterly direc-
tion about 250 feet to a stake on the bank of the Piscataquog
river, as shown on the plans of the New Hampshire Improvement
Company's land, known as No. 589 in the city engineer's de-
partment.
George P. Crafts and others.
May 3, committee voted that a hearing be granted.
North Street. For a new highway in said city, beginning
at a stake in the center of Union and North streets, and thence
in an easterly direction to a stake at the center of Walnut and
North streets, according to the city's plan of streets.
J. E. Floyd and others.
May 3, committee voted to recommend that a hearing be
granted.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 239
Alfred Street. For a new highway in said city, beginning
at Hanover street, being an extension of Alfred street, running
south to Merrimack street.
F. B. Balch and others.
May 3, committee voted to grant a hearing.
Liberty Street. For a new highway in said city, beginning
at a stake south of North street, and in the center of Liberty
street, being the southern terminus of Liberty street as laid out,
and thence in a southerly direction to a stake on the north line
of Salmon street as shown by the Amoskeag Manufacturing Com-
pany's plan, being an extension of Liberty street to Salmon
street.
Henry A. Smith and others.
May 3, committee voted to grant a hearing.
Belmont Street. For a new highway in said city, begin-
ning at the intersection of the center line of Belmont street with
the center line of Pearl street as now laid out, and thence in a
northerly direction to a point in the center line of Harrison
street, or Harrison street produced, 339-65 feet east of the east-
erly line of Hall street.
Nicholas J. Whalen and others.
November 18, given leave to withdraw until the Boulevard
question is settled.
Christopher Street. For a new highway in said city, be-
ginning at a" stake in the land of John H. Groux, and thence in
an easterly direction to a stake in the westerly line of Railroad
street.
John H. Groux and others.
May 3, committee voted to recommend that a hearing be
granted.
Porter Street. For a new highway in said city, beginning
at a stake in the center of Porter street opposite the land of S. S.
Piper, and thence in an easterly direction to a stake on the west
line of Ashland street.
S. S. Piper and others.
October 29, action deferred to May meeting in 1896.
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SoMERViLLE STREET. For a ncw highway in said city, begin-
ning at a stake in the center of Hall and Somerville streets laid
out by the board of mayor and aldermen June 7, 1892, and
thence in an easterly direction to a stake in the center of Jewett
and Somerville streets, being an extension of Somerville street.
H. H. Young and others.
May 3, committee voted to recommend that a hearing be
granted.
Somerville Street. For a new highway in said city, begin-
ning at a stake in the center of Somerville and Jewett streets and
thence in a westerly direction to a stake 415 feet west of the cen-
ter of Jewett street and in the center of Somerville street, as
shown by a plan of said section known as plan No. 69, Hillsbor-
ough county records.
Levi W. Page and others.
May 3, committee voted to recommend that a hearing be
granted.
Somerville Street. For a new highway in said city, begin-
ning at a stake in the center of Hall and Somerville streets, and
thence in an easterly direction to a stake in the center of Bel-
mont street and on the center line of Somerville street produced
easterly, being an extension of Somerville street from Hall to
Belmont street.
John Muir and others.
May 3, committee voted to recommend a hearing.
Putnam Street. For grading of the highway in said city,
beginning at Cartier and Putnam, and thence in a westerly
direction to Putnam and Dubuque streets.
Louis Beaudoin and others.
April 17, committee voted to recommend an order to build.
Hall Street. For building the highway in said city, begin-
ning at Hall and Myrtle streets, and thence in a northerly direc-
tion to Hall and Prospect streets over Hall street.
Ed P. Donnelly and others.
May 3, committee voted to recommend an order to build.
REPORT OP THE CITY ENGINEER. 241
Putnam Street. For a new highway in said city, beginning
at a stake in the center of Putnam and Dubuque streets, being
the westerly terminus of Putnam street as laid out June 5, 1888,
and thence in a westerly direction to a stake at Putnam and
Bartlett streets, being an extension of Putnam street.
Albert Oliver and others.
April 17, committee voted to give leave to withdraw.
Cartier West Back Street. For grading of the highway
in said city, beginning at Putnam and Cartier west back streets,
and then in a northerly direction in Cartier west back street to.
Wayne street.
Louis Beaudoin and others.
April 17, committee voted to recommend an order to build.
New Street. For a new highway in said city, beginning at
a stake on the west side of Old Mast road and on the north line
of the land now owned by the city of Manchester, being used as
a driveway to the city's gravel bank, and thence in a westerly
direction to a stake on the Goffstown town line and on the nor-
therly line of said city's land.
William F. Alger and others.
May 25, committee voted leave to withdraw.
Vinton Street. For establishing the grade of highway in
said city, beginning at Taylor and Vinton streets, and thence in
an easterly direction to Jewett and Vinton streets.
R, P. Stevens and others.
Mav 3, committee voted that the grade be established.
Vinton Street. For building the highway in said city, be-
ginning at Taylor and Vinton streets, and thence in an easterly
direction to Vinton and Jewett streets.
R. P. Stevens and others.
May 3, committee voted to recommend an order to build the
same.
Hayward Street. For the extension of Hayward street,
from Hall to Belmont streets.
C. H. Durgin and others.
May 28, committee voted leave to withdraw.
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Whitford Street. For a new highway in said city, begin-
ning at a stake on the east line of Union street, about 150 feet
south of the division line between the land of Dodge & Bond
and the Fellows land, and thence in an easterly direction to the
Hooksett town line, said line to be parallel to the division line
of said property and to be known as Whitford street.
C. M. Dodge and others, with waiver of notice and damage.
June 18, committee voted to grant a hearing.
Prescott Street. For a highway in said city, beginning at
a stake in the center of Maple and Prescott streets, and thence
in an easterly direction to a stake in the center of Prescott and
Lincoln streets.
A. Elliott and others.
July 30, committee voted leave to withdraw.
Bremer Street. For a new highway in said city, beginning
at a stake on the westerly line of Coolidge avenue, so called,
and on the southerly line of the proposed Bremer street, and
said stake is about 689.5 ^'^^^ northerly, measuring on the west-
•erly line of said Coolidge avenue, from the northerly line of
Kelley street, at its intersection with the westerly line of Cool-
idge avenue, and thence in a westerly direction about 400 feet
to a stake at the intersection of the easterly line of Rimmon
street produced northerly, and the south line of Bremer street
produced westerly, being the laying out of Bremer street from
Coolidge avenue to Rimmon street, according to the Amoskeag
Manufacturing Company's plan.
T. J. Howard and others.
June 18, committee voted to recommend that a hearing be
granted.
Maynard Avenue. For a new highway in said city, begin-
ning at a stake on the west line of the Huse road, and in the
center of Maynard avenue, and thence in a westerly direction
to a stake on the easterly line of Porter street and in the center
of Maynard avenue.
John H. Maynard and others.
June 18, committee voted to recommend that a hearing be
granted.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 243
New Street. For a new highway in said city, beginning at
a. stake in front of the house owned by Napoleon Daigle on the
old Fogg land (now owned by Daigle, on the Bald Hill road),
■and thence in a northerly direction to a stake on the north line
of the Bald Hill road.
Napoleon Daigle and others.
July 26, committee voted to defer action until next meeting
on account of time.
September 10, committee voted leave to withdraw.
North Street. For a new highway in said city, beginning
at Union street and continue North street, so called, through to
Walnut street, and grade sidewalk, also grade sidewalk on the
west side of Walnut street from North street to Webster street.
We that are abutters on North street agree to accept grade as
•established by city engineer.
James M. Hart and others.
July 30, committee voted leave to withdraw.
Putnam Street. For an extension of highway in said city,
beginning at a stake in the center of Putnam and Dubuque
streets, being the westerly terminus of Putnam street as laid off
June 5, 1888, and thence in a westerly direction to a stake at
Putnam and Bartlett streets, being an extension of Putnam
street.
Johann Hammer and others.
June 18, committee voted leave to withdraw.
Dunbarton Road. For straightening and locating the high-
way in said city, beginning at a stake on the westerly line of the
River road, and on the south line of the Dunbarton road, so
called, and thence in a northwesterly direction to a post about
20 rods west of the River road and on the south side of the
Dunbarton road.
George H. Colby and others.
August 19, committee voted to recommend that a hearing be
granted-
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Clay Street. For a new highway in said city, beginning
at the intersection of Union and Clay streets, and thence in an
easterly direction to Beech street, being an extension of Clay
street from Union street to Beech street.
Joseph Vaccarest and others.
July 30, committee voted leave to withdraw.
Glenwood Avenue. For a new highway in said city, begin-
ning at a stake set on the center of Glenwood avenue at the
southeast line of Daniel Cronan's lot, on land contributed by
Walter Cody for a public highway,' and thence in an easterly
direction about 200 feet from and parallel with the Portsmouth
branch of the Concord & Montreal railroad, to a stake on the
land of James A. Colby, the same being an extension of Glen-
wood avenue.
David Lovering and others.
November 18, committee voted to recommend that a hearing
be granted.
Putnam Street. For a new highway in said city, beginning
at the stake m the center of Putnam and Dubuque streets, being
the westerly terminus of Putnam street as laid out June 5, 1888,
and thence in a westerly direction to a stake at Putnam and Bart-
lett streets, being an extension of Putnam street.
L. Martineau and others.
July 26, committee voted leave to withdraw, as it conflicted
with the city's agreement with the Amoskeag Manufacturing
Company.
Watering-Trough. For a watering-trough at the corner of
Amory street and Columbus avenue.
F. I. Lessard and others.
July 26, committee voted leave to withdraw, as there was no
chance to drain the same.
Mammoth Road. For locating the highway in said city, begin-
ning at the stake in the center of the Mammoth road at the
Hooksett town line, and thence in a southerly direction to a
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stake in the center line of Hanover street road and the center
line of the Mammoth road as shown by plan No. 4127 in the city
engineer's department.
B. W. Hill and others.
September 10, committee voted to grant a hearing.
Pearl Street. For grading the highway in said city, begin-
ning at Morrison street on Pearl street, and thence in a westerly
direction toward Ashland street on Pearl street.
Alex Dahlberg and others.
September 10, committee voted to refer the matter to the street
and park commissioners.
Lake Shore Road. For locating the highway in said city,
beginning at a stake on the south line of Candia road and on the
west line of the present Lake Shore road or Borough road, and
thence in a southerly direction to a stake on the center line of
the Lake Shore road and on the north line of the Concord &
Portsmouth right of way.
R. Schaarschmidt and others.
October 29, committee voted to grant a hearing.
Hevey Street. For grading the highway in said city, begin-
ning at Hevey street and Amory street on Hevey street, and
thence in a southerly direction to Wayne street on Hevey street.
E. Leamerises and others.
August 19, committee voted to build the street to grade.
Hevey Street. For establishing the grade of the highway in
said city, beginning at Conant and Hevey streets, and thence in
a northerly direction in Hevey street about 300 feet.
Joseph H. Terrell and others.
September 19, committee voted to recommend an order to
establish the grade of Hevey street.
Putnam South Back Street. For a back street in said city,
beginning at a point on the east line of Beauport street, no feet
south of the south line of Putnam street, and thence in an east-
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erly direction 191 feet to a point in the center of Main west back
street no feet south of the south Une of Putnam street.
Arthur T. Beaumier and others.
September 19, committee voted to give leave to withdraw.
Montgomery Street. For a highway in said city, beginning
at the stake in the center of Columbus avenue and Montgomery
street, and thence in a northerly direction to a stake in the cen-
ter of Kelley and Montgomery streets, according to the plan of
said section made by the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company.
S. Roberge and others.
September 19, committee voted to recommend a hearing.
Isabella Street. For a highway in said city, beginning at
a stake on or near the westerly line of Railroad street and 168.8
feet southerly from the southwesterly corner of the house of Cath-
erine Gemmel and thence in a southerly direction and across the
Piscataquog river to a stake on the easterly line of Centennial
street at a point 18 feet south of the north line of Isabella street
as laid out on land of John H. Groux.
John H. Groux and others.
September 19, committee voted that a hearing be granted.
Watering Trough. For a watering-trough in said city, on
Union street between River road and Arah street.
Luther Campbell and others.
September 10, committee voted that an order be given for the
street and park commissioners to put in the trough as asked for.
North Street. For a highway in said city, beginning at the
intersection of Union and North streets at a stake, and thence
in an easterly direction to a stake at the intersection of Walnut
and North streets, according to the Amoskeag Manufacturing
Company's plan of lots.
George L. Kibbee and others.
September 10, voted to grant a hearing.
New Street. For a new highway in said city, beginning at
a stake on the east side of Porter street between Concord and
Amherst streets. Said stake is about six feet southerly of the
KEPORT OP THE CITY ENGINEER. 247
northwest corner of land of J. N. Lacourse, and thence in an
easterly direction and parallel to Amherst street to the lot line
of Curtis J. Holt to a stake on said line.
W. B. Sanford and others.
October 29, committee voted to defer action to May meeting
in 1896.
Wentworth Street. For building to grade the highway in
said city, beginning at Wentworth and West Hancock streets,,
and thence in a southerly direction to a stake at the southerly
end of said Wentworth street at land of the late Charles Harvell.
Marie Fellbaum and others.
December 16, committee voted to recommend an order tO'
build the street.
Glenwood Avenue. For a new highway in said city, begin-
ning at Page street and 200 feet south of Concord & Montreal
railroad right of way, and thence in an easterly direction about
900 feet across the land of George Richardson and David P.
Lovering to a stake 200 feet south of the Concord & Montreal
railroad right of way, to a stake on the east line of Page street.
George F. Laird and others.
November 18, committee voted to recommend that a hearing
be granted.
Montgomery Street. For establishing the grade and laying
out of the highway in said city, beginning at a stake in the cen-
ter of Montgomery and Amory streets, and thence in a northerly
direction to Kelley street on Montgomery, to a stake set at the
intersection of said streets as shown by the Amoskeag Manufac-
furing Company's plans.
D. C. Beauchesne and others.
December 16, committee voted to refer to city engineer, he
to fix grade and report at next meeting of the committee.
Plummer Street. For a new highway in said city, beginning
at a stake on the east line of Pine street. Said stake is about
1,855 f^^t south of south line of Valley street and on the north
line of Plummer street, so called, and thence in an easterly
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direction to a stake on the west line of Union street. Said stake
is about 1,762 feet south of the south line of Valley street, and
on the north line of Plummer street.
Thomas Stewart and others.
November 18, committee voted to recommend that a hearing
be granted.
Carpenter Street. For establishing grade of street in said
city, beginning at Elm and Carpenter streets in said city, and
thence in an easterly direction on Carpenter street to Union.
C. M. Dodge and others.
December 16, committee voted to refer to city engineer, he to
fix grade and report at the next meeting of the committee.
Merrill Street. For a new highway in said city, beginning
at a stake on the east line of Jewett street and 220 feet south of
the south line of Valley street measuring from the stone bound
at the southeast corner, and thence in an easterly direction 350
feet to a stake 220 feet south of the south line of Valley street,
and on the west line of the land of Flora A. Woodman and
shown on plan of lots of P. O. Woodman as Merrill street.
Peter O. Woodman and others.
November 18, committee voted to grant a hearing.
Kelley Street. For a highway in said cit}', beginning at a
stake at the present terminus of Kelley street on the westerly
line of the Manchester & North Weare Railroad, and thence in
a westerly direction about 1,700 feet to a stake on the town line
between Manchester and Goffstown.
Joseph Dana and others.
December 16, committee voted that a hearing be granted.
Chestnut Street. For extension of highway in said city,
beginning at a stake in the center of Chestnut street. Said stake
is 356 feet northerly of the north line of Clarke street, and
thence in a northerly direction to a stake in the center of Tren-
ton and Chestnut streets,
Josiah Carpenter and others.
December 16, committee voted that a hearing be granted.
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER. 249
This committee also met three times with a special committee
in reference to the grade crossing at Granite street, and also in
reference to a new granite bridge to replace the present wooden
bridge over the Merrimack river.
This comprises all the work that has come within the province
of the committee on streets, and is respectfully submitted.
George W. Reed, Chairman,
George E. Heath,
Joseph O. Tremblay,
Edward F. Scheer,
Charles Hazen,
Committee on Streets.
W. H. Bennett,
Clerk of Committee.
It may not be out of place at this time to once more call
attention to the pressing need of a larger appropriation for this
department. The greatly increasing call for work, year by year,
has necessitated the employment of additional assistants.
Whereas a few years ago three men could attend to the work,
it now requires double the force. The appropriation has not
been increased in proportion, and in the fall it has been neces-
sary to discharge several of the men. This has been disadvan-
tageous to the city in many ways. At that season of the year,
outside surveying can be done cheaper on account of the
absence of leaves, and, as it is impossible to attend to it in sum-
mer during the rush of the regular work, it is left until that time.
With the decreased force little time can be used in getting out-
side surveys, as the regular city work usually keeps three men
busy until snow flies. At that time the department is engaged
in completing the plans and notes of work done during the year,
and preparing the data for the various departments for their
reports to the city councils, and has no time to devote to the out-
side work, even should the weather prove suitable.
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An increased appropriation that would allow of one party-
being kept in the field as long as practicable would be of advan-
tage to the city. It has been spoken of so many times in former
reports, of the necessity of procuring surveys of all the outlying
roads, that a repetition at this time seems hardly necessary. For
the benefit of those who may be unfamiliar with the situation,
however, it will be briefly stated. Years ago, when the outlying
roads were accepted by the city or town, they were not suitably
marked, and little care was exercised in properly building them.
The description often reads "As near thereto as good ground
will allow," which is decidedly indefinite, and apt to result in
confusion by attempting to mark the lines for an individual
without the data for the whole road. Whenever it has become
necessary to so mark the lines, a survey and plan of the entire
road has to be made, and the lines fixed on it from the most
authentic information obtainable. Oftentimes weeks of labor
must be expended before the line is satisfactorily established.
Sometimes old points will be found and the work thereby les-
sened. It is with special reference to this latter idea that this
article is written, and a word or two will explain it fully.
Year by year, through the ravages of time and the elements,,
or carelessness on the part of the land owners, these points are
becoming destroyed, and thus gradually every means of deter-
mining the exact lines are becoming effaced and the work of
relocating the lines made correspondingly difficult. The sooner
the surveys are made and on file in the department the cheaper
and easier the work can be done.
Streets.
With the rapid extension of the city in all directions comes a
corresponding lack of unanimity in the location of streets. In
most cities throughout the country, one finds the older portions
badly laid out, while the new additions are just the opposite.
In this city the conditions are reversed ; the streets of the older
portions, laid out by the Amoskeag Company, are at right angles
to each other, almost regular distances apart, and having back
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Streets in each block. The newer portions, except those laid out
by the same company and by one or two private individuals, a^,e
run regardless of the existing streets, and at various widths and
distances as best suited the property to be divided. Back streets
are rarely mtroduced, the idea seeming to be to sell every foot
of land possible. This state of affairs is deplorable in more
ways than one, and a few of the objections may be stated.
First. Back streets are the proper place for sewer, water, and
gas pipes, as the necessity for frequently digging them up for
repairs, or connections, keeps the city constantly torn up and,
besides interfering with traffic, spoils the thoroughfares for
driving.
Second. All the poles and wires for telephone, telegraphy
electric lights, etc., should be put in the back streets as a matter
of appearance. An unsightly pole in the main thoroughfare does
not add to the beauty of the city.
Third. Coal, wood, ice, groceries, ashes, and the like can be
better taken care of in the rear of the lots. Nothing looks more
out of place than to see a garbage wagon backed up to the front ■
door of a nice residence, or the coal men tramping over a well-
kept lawn delivering their commodities.
Fourth. The ease with which a fire may be subdued when
access can be had to both sides of the building is a strong argu-
ment in favor of the back streets. Boston furnishes a notable
example of the lack of such places, and her large fires are due,
in a great measure, to the impossibility of reaching the rear
of the building.
It is time that something should be done to remedy this state
of affairs. Probably nothing can be done with those sections
already laid out, but by preparing an ordinance covering the
essential parts, such as width of street, direction, minimum and
maximum distance apart, and providing for the introduction of
back streets in each block, the evil may be remedied. This mat-
ter has been brought to the attention of the landowners by this
department frequently, and in some cases the benefits of the idea
have manifested themselves to the parties. In many instances
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the innate desire to get every dollar possible out of the land, has
caused the advances to meet with rebuffs, and a statement that
the individual "would do nothing of the kind." The attention
of the city councils is called to this matter as one that should
receive immediate and serious attention. ,
Granite Street.
When the question of constructing a new bridge over the river
and abolishing the grade crossing at the depot was brought up,
this department was instructed to prepare data in reference to
the proposed change. Considerable time was devoted to this.
Plans were made showing the situation at the passenger station,
and the location of the fences and buildings the entire length of
Granite street. Soundings to determine the character of the
subsoil under the bed of the river were also taken. In company
with Mr. E. K. Turner, the expert engineer called in by the city
on the question, the city engineer went over the ground thor-
oughly, and secured a volume of information which would be of
value should the city decide to make the improvement.
Candia Road.
The most important piece of work in the outlying districts the
past year has been the widening of Candia road from its junction
with the Hanover-street road nearly to the Londonderry turn-
pike.
When it was decided to build the street railway line to the
lake it was thought that by laying the rails within eighteen feet
of the south line all necessity for widening the road would be
obviated. This was true until the double track project material-
ized, when it was found that the rails encroached on the roadway
so much that widening became necessary. The work has been
well done; perhaps not quite as thoroughly as could be desired
had there been more money to work with, but still making a
road that is considerable wider and better than ever before.
The principal changes are where the Bridge-street extension
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Strikes the highway, and opposite the swamp east of the Lake
Shore road. At the former place the hollow has been filled four
feet with a solid foundation of stone. Opposite the swamp the
high land has been cut back to line nearly its entire distance.
Nearly all the way fences or walls that encroached on the high-
way were set back, and the general appearance of the road much
improved. If the city and private individuals along the high-
way would set out ornamental trees, in a few years an exceed-
ingly pleasant drive would result. Several years ago Gen. Charles
Williams offered to give the city enough trees for this purpose,
provided the authorities would set them out and grade the road
its full width. His generous offer was not accepted at the time,
but it would seem good policy, provided the offer still holds
good, to accept it and start the improvement the coming season.
In time to come this would make one of the pleasantest drives
leading out of the city, and one that citizens would show with
pride to visitors.
Mammoth Road.
Two or three years ago steps were taken towards locating the
lines of Mammoth road. Surveys and plans were made showing
existing state of affairs from the Hooksett town line to several
hundred feet south of the reservoir. When an attempt was made
to make the original layout agree with the existing walls and
fences, it was found a practical impossibility. In no case did
they agree, and in several instances the walls were thirty or forty
feet from their supposed location. A new line was then pro-
jected and marked on the ground a portion of the distance.
This will be covered by a petition to establish the lines which
will come up for action the coming year. It is hoped that the
roadway can be widened for the convenience and safety of those
using it.
The expense would be greatly lessened as plenty of good gravel
can be obtained in the banks along the sides.
Dunbarton Road.
In response to a petition to determine the line of the Dunbar-
ton road, a survey was made of a portion beginning at Front
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street, and extending to the top of the hill. When an attempt
was made to fit the original layout to the plan, trouble was expe-
rienced immediately, as the abutting fences projected into the
street on both sides. Considerable contention was raised be-
tween the property owners, each claiming his line was correct,
and the outcome of the affair was that the matter was dropped
for the time. Before anything like a correct line can be estab-
lished it will be necessary to survey the entire road, and then
decide upon a line that will be mutually agreeable to the abut-
ters.
Other Roads.
Lines have been called for on the Lake Shore road, and a sur-
vey from the Candia road to the Island Pond road should be
made before they can be properly marked.
That portion of the North River road lying between the Row-
€ll estate and Union street will have to be surveyed shortly, as
extensive land deals in that portion of the city are in progress,
and it is necessary to complete our plans of that section in order
to properly mark the lines of the city streets.
Public Bath-houses.
During the latter part of the year the question of public bath-
houses, that was agitated several years ago, was brought up.
Under the championship of Alderman Wolf a committee was
appointed consisting of Aldermen Wolf and Graf and Council-
men Murphy, Wilson, and Watts, with instructions to investigate
the subject and report to the full board. Under their direction
the city engineer obtained from the Board of Health of Boston,
sketches of their bath-houses and a copy of their rules and regu-
lations. These were laid before the committee, and after thor-
oughly investigating the subject, the following report was pre-
pared :
To the City Councils :
Gentlemen, — The special committee, to whom was referred
the question of public bath-houses, having duly considered the
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matter and examined several locations suggested, would recom-
tnend that two bath-houses be constructed and located as follows :
One in the Merrimack river near the foot of Webster street,
and the other in said river at the foot of Ferry street. The
committee also examined the plans and rules in vogue in other
places in reference to the cost of the houses and the use of the
same, and would recommend the passage of the accompanying
-order authorizing the finance committee to appropriate the sum
of ;g5,ooo for building and maintaining the bath-houses for one
year.
Respectfully submitted.
Alderman C. L. Wolf,
Alderman J. Adam Graf,
Councilman Daniel J. Murphy,
Councilman John W. Wilson,
Councilman William • Watts,
Cotnmittee.
Manchester, N. H., December 30, 1895.
Accompanying the report was the following order :
To appropriate Money to Build Public Bath-Houses.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur, that
the joint standing committee on finance be and are hereby
authorized to appropriate the sum of ^5,000 in the appropria-
tion of 1896 for the purpose of building and maintaining for
one year, two public bath-houses, one to be located in the Mer-
rimack river near the foot of Webster street, and the other in
said river near the foot of Ferry street.
Recommended by the special committee on public bath-houses,
December 30, 1895.
Both the report and the accompanying order will be presented
to the city councils at an early meeting, and the indications are
that Manchester will have what she has so long needed before
summer passes.
256 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Following are the rules governing such institutions, as revised
to meet the requirements of the proposed structures :
Baths will be open daily from June i to October i as follows :
Men. — Week days, 5 a. m. to 9 p. m. ; Sundays, 5 a. m. to 12
M.
Women. — Week days, 6 a. m. to 8 p. m. ; Sundays, 6 A. m. to
9.30 A. M.
Superintendents in charge will see that adults remain in the
water not longer than twenty minutes, and children under twelve
not longer than fifteen minutes.
Bathers will be expected to provide their own towels ; female
bathers will be required to furnish suitable bathing dresses.
Those desiring towels can obtain them of the superintendent
in charge at three cents each.
Boys and girls under fifteen years of age will not be permitted
in the bath-houses. after 7 o'clock p. m., and the decision of the
superintendent in charge against admission will be final.
Each superintendent in charge will have full charge of his
premises and authority to withhold the facilities from all not con-
forming to the rules, and will be required to render every rea-
sonable assistance to the applicants for baths.
No smoking, profanity, or noisy conversation will be allowed
on the premises, and any person guilty of defacing the dressing-
rooms, fences, or tanks by writing, marking, or cutting, or any
other misconduct, will be excluded from the baths or arrested,
according to the offense.
All questions as to priority in bathing or in the use of the
dressing-rooms must be referred to the superintendent in charge,
whose decision will be final.
A police officer will be in constant attendance for the purpose
of preserving order and enforcing the rules and regulations in
concurrence with the superintendent in charge.
Street Railway.
The introduction of the electric street railway threw a large
amount of extra work on the department that ordinarily it would
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not be called upon to do. Early in the season, when it was de-
cided to construct the road, an examination of the streets over
which the track was to run, disclosed the fact that in many of
the streets the old track was not laid to grade. Accordingly
levels were taken over the entire system, plans made, and a grade
fixed thereon.
In the right of way given the road by the mayor and alder,
men, it is expressly stated that the company shall follow the es-
tablished grade of the streets through which the road passes.
Chapter 6, section ^^, of the city laws and ordinances provides
that the city engineer shall furnish information regarding lines,
grades, etc., when called for, and in pursuance of this as a mat-
ter of economy the data were given on the ground.
On account of the pressure of other work and the hindrance
of the street traffic during the day this was done in the early
morning, beginning as soon as it was light enough to see dis-
tinctly.
Considerable talk has been made by individuals not familiar
with the situation on account of the expense to the city for grad-
ing the streets when the road was built. It must be remembered
that the old road, especially that portion constructed years ago,
was not laid to grade in all cases, and as it was not the policy to
lay the new track other than at grade, the street had to be cut
or filled to correspond. The only streets where the track was
not laid to grade were Valley street, Wilson street from Valley
to the railroad, and on the lake line. These streets being sparsely
settled and not having been improved to any great extent it was
not deemed advisable to expend any money on them at present.
On Elm and Granite streets the paving was so uneven that it
needed relaying, and that it had to be done cannot be charged
to the railroad. In point of fact, the introduction of the wide
guage system was a positive benefit to the city's streets.
Sewers.
Sewer work has progressed this year under difficulties, many of
the sewers having been constructed through ledges. Jewett street
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was one of the most marked, and throughout its entire length of
1,158 feet all but 200 feet was through solid ledge, the cut vary-
ing from four to fourteen feet. The sewers in Sagamore street,
Manchester street and Laurel street were also built through
ledges.
Upon examination of the route of the proposed Pennacook
street sewer, it was decided to abandon the first project and fol-
low the ravine through which Christian brook runs, thereby
effecting a considerable saving in distance and in money. With
the exception of where the sewer crosses Elm, Sagamore, Chest-
nut, Salmon, and Pine streets the cut averaged about four feet.
The original order was to build the sewer as far east as Walnut
street, but on account of the lateness of the season it was only
built to Liberty east back street. The valley of the brook being
the natural avenue for draining the section around Webster street,
it would seem good policy to extend the sewer easterly to Maple
street through the valley and then run to Webster street, bring-
ing the laterals across the latter street from the north. By doing
this a considerable amount of digging would be avoided, and
advantage taken of the natural slope of the ground.
The Silver-street sewer, as it is called, ha^^ been built as far east
as Union street. It was at first proposed to run this sewer directly
into the river through Silver street. Upon examination of the
territory a ledge of considerable extent was discovered just east
of the railroad track, where the deepest cut was to be made.
It was also reported that the ledge extended under the railroad
track and for quite a distance westerly. As the appropriation
would not warrant any extra outlay for ledge work, a change was
made in the plans and the sewer built through Nutt road and
Elm street, connecting with the main sewer in Valley street.
This sewer is designed to drain the entire southern section and
will eventually be built to Lincoln street.
On the west side, the principal sewer constructed was the Kel-
ley street main, which was extended to Joliette street, with later-
als in Hevey east back, Alsace and Joliette streets.
The average cost per foot in district No. 2 has been $3.50 and
that in district No. 10 has been $2.
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In the 23,152 feet of sewers there were built 86 manholes and
II lampholes ; 89 cesspool connections were put in besides the
Y branches for 688 house connections.
The number of cesspools built and repaired, their cost and the
cost of repairs on sewers, together with other details regarding
sewer work, will be found in the report of the street and park
commission.
Parks.
Little work has been done by this department in the parks the
past year. In Derryfield park, lines and grades were given for
the continuation of the main avenue already built through the
grove.
In Stark park, lines and grades were given for the construction
of one of the main avenues. The location of one of the ave-
nues through the woods was also marked. Sketches were made
and suggestions given regarding the curbing to be placed around
the General Stark burial lot.
Cemeteries.
In the Valley cemetery surveys and plans have been made
along the valley, showing the bank on the west side and the ad-
joining lots.
This section is designed for tomb locations and will be laid
out with this end in view.
In Pine Grove cemetery part of the new section east of Pine
Lawn has been staked out into lots, and grades given for that
and adjoining avenues.
City Farm.
Surveys and plans of a portion of the farm east of the Mam-
moth road have been made for the purpose of establishing the
line between the city and the various abutters. The work was
accomplished under difficulties, as the old deeds and plans would
not agree with the situation on the ground. It is believed that
the line as fixed, however, will be satisfactory to all parties.
260 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Committee Work.
The city engineer, as clerk of the committee on streets and
on sewers and drains, has attended each meeting, keeping a
complete record of the proceedings, which are on file in this
office.
In addition, meetings of the city government, committees on
Valley cemetery, Pine Grove cemetery, city farm, lands and
buildings, claims, commons and parks, the street and park com-
mission, and the board of aldermen have been attended.
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 vari-
ous heads of departments, and the co-operation of the assistants
of this department.
Respectfully submitted.
WINFRED H. BENNETT,
City Eitgineer.
January i, 1896.
REPORT
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
REPORT
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
I'o the School Board and by said Board to the City Councils :
Called upon for the third time to prepare my annual report,
with reference to its fitness for adoption by the school board as
its report of the public schools to the city councils, I present the
following as the forty-ninth annual report of the public schools
of the city of Manchester, and the final report of the superin-
tendent for the year 1895.
SCHOOLHOUSES.
There are twenty-seven schoolhouses belonging to the city, of
which the old Hallsville and the School-street houses were years
ago abandoned for day school purposes. Of the remaining
twenty-five schoolhouses, two have been built this year and re-
spectively named the Straw school and the Wilson school ; but
the latter, as yet unseated and lacking in minor details of com-
pletion, has not been placed at the disposal of the board.
The Straw school was entirely built between June 20 and
September 20, of the present year, and by the city councils it
was at once entrusted to the school board. Thereupon the high-
school furniture, pupils, and teachers were transferred to the
Straw school, for temporary occupancy while a new high-school
building shall be erected upon the site of the former high-school
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house on Beech street. To make room for the new building
upon this site, the old house there was torn down immediately
after the transfer of the school to the Straw schoolhouse. The
foundation for the new high school is substantially complete,
and the erection of its walls is fairly started. A fine large house,
containing more than two millions of brick, is promised ; and its
completion is expected before the close of the coming year,
when a description of its arrangements and conveniences can
be fully given.
The new Straw school is delightfully situated at the corner of
Harrison and Chestnut streets ; and, upon removal of the high-
school pupils therefrom, it is designed to use this schoolhouse for
occupancy by the two primary schools in the Blodget-street
schoolhouse and by other pupils of primary and middle-school
grades from the surplus at the Ash-street, Lowell-street, Spring-
Street, and Webster-street houses, — where there are more pupils
in these grades than can be properly accommodated. The Straw
school is admirably located for the purposes named, and a few
years hence some of its rooms will doubtless be needed, also, for
the accommodation of third and fourth grammar-school divi-
sions.
The Straw schoolhouse is a nearly square building, attractive
and an ornament to the section of the city in which it stands.
It contains eight fine, airy, well-lighted, spacious schoolrooms;
also convenient teachers' rooms and commodious basement
apartments. The general internal arrangements are much like
those of the new Hallsville schoolhouse, which has proved quite
satisfactory. Because of the location of the new schoolhouse
upon the Straw estate, at the corner of Harrison and Chestnut
streets, the house has been appropriately named the Straw school,
quite fittingly also in honor of ex-Gov. E. A. Straw, on
account of the great interest which he took in effectively exer-
cising his distinguished abilities for the promotion of the growth
and prosperity of Manchester.
The new Wilson schoolhouse, named in honor of Hon. Henry
Wilson — one of the most eminent statesmen to whom New
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Hampshire has given birth — is located at the corner of Wilson
and Auburn streets. It is an oblong building, and not so attrac-
tive externally as is the Straw school, but it is imposing and sub-
stantial, and built upon a popular modern plan. This plan, in
brief, provides a wide corridor upon nearly the entire length of
the colder side of the house and the arrangement of its rooms
^upon the sunny side, whereby it is claimed not only that the
schoolrooms are made lighter and pleasanter, but that better
ventilation is secured at a smaller cost for fuel. This house also
-contains eight fine schoolrooms, convenient teachers' rooms, and
commodious basement apartments. It will be ready for use
early in the coming year.
The new Wilson school is not placed in the locality which the
school authorities thought most desirable ; but there was diffi-
culty about obtaining a suitable lot where the board wanted the
house located, and the city councils, — having .the power of de-
termination,— seemed to think the present location quite as
likely yet to prove the center of population which would most
need accommodation. In regard to this difference of opinion,
time alone can fully determine which is correct.
The board a year ago suggested what was believed an econom-
ical way of providing temporary relief for the overcrowded con-
dition of the schools east of Union street, by the use of the old
high school building on Beech street for lower grade schools and
the erection of a new high-school building elsewhere, etc. This
was suggested in the fear and belief that otherwise there would
be an attempt made to remodel the Beech-street house for high-
school purposes, but the city councils have taken a more satisfac-
tory course and pursued what will doubtless in the end prove a
wiser and more economical policy ; because the carrying out of
the suggestion of last year would only have postponed for a few
years the erection of two new schoolhouses in localities near
those occupied by the new Straw and Wilson schools, while
these two houses now at hand, together with the new high-school
building promised complete before the close of another year,
will doubtless suffice the eastern part of the city for many years
to come.
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The section of our city next in most urgent need of greater
and better schoolroom accommodation is in the vicinity of the
present South-Main-street school, and in its place there is need
of a building similar to the Rimmon schooihouse. The need,,
too, is immediate and imperative ; for the lower grades in the-
Varney school are more overcrowded than ever, and there is ab-
solutely no room whatever at the South-Main-street house for the
accommodation of the 15 to 25 beginners sure to apply for ad-
mission there at the opening of next spring term. For an
account of the distress endured at this house last year, I refer to-
page II of the school report of 1894.
REPAIRS OF SCHOOLHOUSES.
The committee on repairs had granted for their use, this year^.
an appropriation of only ^4,000. Last year the appropriation
for repairs of schoolhouses was $5,000. This was overdrawn by
about $1,000, which was paid out of the $4,000 allotted for this
year's use. From the $3,000 remaining, the committee felt
obliged to expend over $500 on the water-closet extension at the
Bakersville school.
Hence there was left less than $2,500 with which to make only
those more necessary repairs that could not be avoided upon the
24 schoolhouses in the hands of the board, of which the 14 larger
houses contain 96 schoolrooms. Though the other 10 houses,
aggregate but 15 schoolrooms, they have desks, other furniture,.
and heating apparatus, some of which (in one school or an-
other) are in need of almost constant attention, to say nothing
of the general repairs found necessary every summer vacation.
An inspection of the detailed list of minor repairs, made upon
our schoolhouses this year, indicates that what has been done
could have been accomplished only under the direction of expert
supervision. This list reveals heavy expenditures for repairs
upon the heating apparatus at both the Webster and Franklin
street schools, as well as numerous small jobs of plumbing at
various schoolhouses. Repairs of fences, roofs, floors, doors,
windows, window blinds and cords, thresholds, blackboards,
(some new slate ones being put in at the Ash-street and Harvey
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district schools), repairs also of desks, chairs, and settees, — be-
sides the construction of new book closets and platforms, and the
conversion in several rooms of pupils' double desks into single
ones (so that now there are none of the former kind in our
schools), — comprise the greater part of the carpenter and plumb-
ing work done upon the schoolhouses this year.
There are, moreover, other equally long lists of repairs made
by painters and masons. The Webster's Mills schoolhouse has
been repainted ; and still much greater expense has been incurred
for painting fences, covings, all new woodwork, and the scraping
and varnishing of pupils' desks in various schools. Some plas-
tering and much whitewashing and tinting of walls has also been
well done.
More than a hundred dollars' expense was incurred in mov-
ing furniture, apparatus, libraries, etc., from the high school
house to the Straw school, together with the basement fittings at
the latter house for pupils' lunch counters, which was also charged
to the account of repairs of schoolhouses.
It might seem, in view of all this, that the committee on re-
pairs should feel satisfied with the result of their efforts, — as,
indeed, they well may, in consideration of the means at their
disposal ; but the regret comes in the knowledge that the mate-
rial condition of the schoolhouses has deteriorated rather than
improved, notwithstanding all their efforts. There are many
houses to be cared for, the major part of them are large, and a
still greater number of them are the worse because of the ravages
of time. One who is most conversant with the condition and
needs of our schoolhouses, and fully competent to judge, assures
me that upon a conservative estimate your board should have an
annual appropriation of at least $6,000, in order to keep the
school buildings in proper repair, and in this matter best con-
serve the interests of the city.
DIET KITCHEN.
As I have made mention of the lunch counters in the basement
of the Straw school, which is occupied by the high school, it may
not be improper in this place to express our appreciation of the
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kindly offices of the promoters of the diet kitchen, who daily offer
healthful lunches at a minimum price to pupils during the mid-
day recess.
ORGANIZATION OF THE DAY SCHOOLS.
By an amendment to the public statutes of this state, made by
its last legislature, the school year for all public schools tlirough-
out the state was made to comprise the months between two suc-
cessive Augusts. The State Superintendent of Public Instruction
accordingly required that our annual school statistics for 1895
should be compiled and returned to him by August of this year,
and that they represent the results for the year preceding.
The following, therefore, shows the organization of our public
schools from August, 1894, to August, 1895 :
The average number of schools for the entire year was 105
(also an additional school in the Pearl-street house for one term),
reckoned as follows : The equivalent of 8 rooms of high-school
grade; 27 grammar-school divisions, one more than last year;
21 middle schools, i more than last year; 41 primary schools,
2 more than last year (also the one in the Pearl-street house
already named as in existence but one term) ; 2 partially graded
schools; 5 ungraded suburban schools; and i manual training
school.
It thus appears that there has been a gain of four schools over
the number of last year, the four in the Rimmon schoolhouse.
The gain in enrollment of pupils over the number of last year has
been 231. The total enrollment in all the schools, from August,
1894, to August, 1895, was 5,206. This number is greater by
231 pupils than was ever before enrolled in any one year in the
public schools of Manchester.
There were employed for the care of the 105 day schools
throughout the year: Seven male principals of large schools; a
lady principal and a general assistant (2)* for the care of the
training school for teachers ; 100 class-room teachers, f of whom
* Aided by the young ladies constituting the sub-teachers' classes, who had charge of the
several class-rooms.
t Of these loo, two are males, — the teacher at Youngsville and the teacher of the man-
ual training school.
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II ladies were also principals of schools containing two or more
rooms ; and 2 special teachers of music and drawing, or in all,
III teachers for the entire year, and another one also for one
term.
THE PUBLIC EVENING SCHOOLS.
The evening school for instruction in mechanical and archi-
tectural drawing, taught for several years from October to March
by Mr. John M. Kendall and Mr. Henry W. Allen, is an alto-
gether good and profitable school, and as satisfactory as may
be properly expected from the accommodations of space and
equipment afforded.
But the evening schools designed to give instruction in the
common English branches, I am sorry to say, are far from being
satisfactory or anything like as profitable as they should or might
be. Their shortcomings are chiefly due to brevity of member-
ship and irregularity of attendance. An average of results for
the past five years shows that the evening average attendance
upon these schools has been only 17.5 per cent (or but little
more than one sixth) of the whole number of pupils enrolled.
Upon the opening of these schools this fall, accommodations
were provided for seating the usual large influx of pupils at the
opening of the term, and during the first month there were en-
rolled 465 different pupils. For their care and instruction there
were provided 17 teachers, but before the close of the third week
of the term 195 pupils had dropped out of the schools and 4 of
the teachers were excused from further service. These teachers
had cost the city ^36 for temporary services, and the expense was
practically thrown away, because the 195 pupils who had occa-
sioned the employment of these extra teachers were not mate-
rially profited by an attendance of less than three weeks.
Similar conditions have prevailed for many years, and I feel it
again my duty to remind you of the propriety of making an
effort to overcome or at least to improve them.
A very large majority of the pupils who attend the evening
schools for affording instruction in the common English branches
are foreigners desirous of learning our language, a most merito-
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rious and praiseworthy object ; but as pupils under sixteen years
of age are not admitted to these schools, such being required to
attend the day schools, it would seem that those who are ad-
mitted to the evening schools, at the advanced age required for
admission, should know at the beginning of a term whether or
not they care enough for the advantages of the schools to attend
somewhat regularly. But, though the majority of these pupils
appear to be more than twenty years of age, they drop out of the
evening schools annually upon the first occurrence of a " fair "
gotten up by people of their own nationality ; also more or less
of them upon the appearance in town of inferior and cheap shows.
Some one of these fairs usually occurs by the second or third
week of the term, a large delegation of pupils withdraws from
school, and this so demoralizes others that they rapidly drop out
individually. Doubtless the majority expect they will soon re-
turn to school, but by the time attendance upon a three days'
fair has been accomplished. Thanksgiving week, other attractions,
and the near approach of the Christmas holidays combine to
cause these souls so indifferent about learning the English lan-
guage to forget all about the evening schools till they see them
advertised in the following fall.
It is this element which I have described that causes our even-
ing schools to be so unnecessarily expensive and otherwise aftects
them injuriously. Such persons, therefore, as are not materially
profited by only a brief attendance upon the evening schools,
and yet unduly increase the cost of them, should be so condi-
tioned that they will be caused to keep away from them alto-
gether, or else to pay a fine (or fines) for an absence, after regis-
tration, of more than thirty per cent of the whole number of
evenings in a term, in order that they may justly be compelled
to bear at least a part of the extra and unnecessary expense
which they occasion without profit to themselves and with harm
to the schools.
Years ago, in several of the manufacturing cities of Massachu-
setts, also somewhat recently in Nashua of our own state, the idea
of causing those who needlessly increase the cost of the evening
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schools to bear a portion of such cost was put into practical ope-
ration, and with the general effect of improving the schools, ac-
cording to the reports of school superintendents in said cities.
^' The plan, in brief, requires that pupils upon registration shall
deposit one dollar as a guaranty of good faith in their intention
to attend regularly enough to make their course one of reasonable
profit. The dollar is paid back to those who may have been in
attendance seventy per cent of the term, and by the others the
dollar is forfeited to the evening school fund." In 1888 I rec-
ommended atrial here of the plan presented, but the board hesi-
tated to adopt it because some one suggested it might keep out
of the evening schools worthy persons who could not deposit a
dollar, notwithstanding they might procure its return by attend-
ance seven tenths of the term. To obviate this objection in my
annual report of that year I presented the following plan : " Let
those who may wish to attend the evening schools each deposit
with the principal at the time of registration twenty-five cents,
with the understanding that the money shall be forfeited to the
evening school fund, first, if the pupil fails to enter the school
within a week after registration or withdraws therefrom at any
time except at the close of a school month ; second, whenever a
pupil has been five times absent or ten times tardy, for other rea-
sons than providential detention, the same to be settled to the
satisfaction of the principal. Forfeiture of the deposit should
constitute forfeiture of membership in the school, and no rein-
statement of a pupil who has forfeited his membership shall be
allowed to occur unless he shall first make another similar de-
posit subject to like conditions." Such small fines may appear
trivial, but it is desired only to correct the prevailing evil relat-
ing to attendance upon the evening schools. Without some
effectual plan for approximately determining early in the fall the
number that will be in attendance upon the evening schools for
the term, the city is likely to continue being put to much unnec-
essary expense in providing for many who will attend only a few
evenings or but two or three weeks at most. If there be a ques-
tion about the fitness of any person over sixteen years of age for
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attendance upon the evening schools who cannot honorably se-
cure a dollar to deposit upon registration, there can certainly be
no question about the unfitness of one who cannot properly ob-
tain twenty-five cents for such a purpose.
Notwithstanding what has been said about the undesirability
of the attendance upon the evening schools, at their opening and
only for a brief period, of many who do not first seriously deter-
mine that they particularly care for the instruction offered, the
evening schools afford, nevertheless, valuable instruction to all
who attend them with a fair degree of constancy; and since 1891
the evening attendance upon these schools has averaged about
eighty per cent of the average number belonging, which is quite
creditable and found to be highly profitable.
TEACHERS.
Changes in the corps of teachers, of which the particulars
may be learned upon page K of the appendix, have this year
been uncommonly few, but the withdrawal of three by death
in one year is not only very uncommon but extremely sad.
Obituaries.
Prof. Jason J. Kimball, special director and instructor of
music in the public schools of this city since 1871, suddenly
died of heart disease Friday evening, September 27, 1895, at
the close of a musical rehearsal at his residence and while in a
highly enjoyable performance upon the violin.
During his nearly twenty-four years of service in our schools,.
Mr. Kimball proved himself a thoroughly honest, conscientious
man, faithful to the performance of the duties devolving upon
him, generous of his time and labor in rendering extra services,
and gentlemanly and kind in his consideration of the feelings
of others. As a musical instructor, Mr. Kimball was highly
competent; and he wrought a good work in our schools, which
for years has been markedly shown by the improvement made in
the study of music throughout the public schools of our city.
Appropriate resolutions were passed and spread upon the rec-
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. 273
ords of the school board upon the death of Mr. Kimball, as well
as upon the deaths of Miss Edith S. Dole, Miss Hattie G. Flan-
ders, and Janitor Henry C. Dickey.
Miss Dole died June 30, 1895, during the summer vacation.
She ranked high among the excellent ones of the younger por-
tion of our corps of teachers. Miss Dole was teacher of the
fourth division of the Ash-street grammar school, and the teach-
ers and pupils of that school will ever hold her memory in lov-
ing remembrance.
Miss Hattie G. Flanders died October 19, 1895, after a brief
illness. Her death occurring quite unexpectedly greatly shocked
both pupils and teachers of the Franklin-street school, where she
had been teacher of the lower-middle grade about thirty-five
years. Miss Flanders was an earnest, faithful teacher, and a
musician of no mean order.
Mr. Henry C. Dickey, janitor of the Bakersville school, died
October 21, 1895, ^^^^^ prolonged illness. Mr. Dickey was a
good janitor, and by his generous, cheerful, and helpful ways he
had endeared himself to both teachers and pupils of the Bakers-
ville school, who sincerely mourn his loss.
RECENT LEGISLATION.
Our state legislature, in 1893 and again in 1895, enacted and
amended laws pertaining to public schools, some of which I
think should appear where they may be readily accessible to all
in authority over our city schools; and I, therefore, insert the
following in this report :
An Act requiring truant officers, or agents appointed by the
school boards of cities and towns, to make an annual enumer-
ation of children between the ages of five and sixteen years.
£e it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Court convened :
Section i. Truant officers or agents appointed by school
boards of cities and towns, shall annually, m the month of
IS
274 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
April, make an enumeration of the children of each sex, between
the ages of five and sixteen years, in their town or city, giving
such items in regard to each child as may be required by the
school board or the state superintendent of public instruction,
and shall make a report to the school board thereof within fif-
teen days after the completion.
Section 2. Section 14, chapter 43, Public Statutes, and any
other acts inconsistent with this act, are hereby repealed.
Section 3. This act to take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 19, 1895.
There appears to be no penalty attached for neglect to comply
with the provisions of the foregoing law, nor were they complied
with last spring in this city, because it was held that the truant
officer could not make the required census in the month of April
and no funds were available for the employment of other agents.
No accurate census of the school population has been
ascertained since 1880, when such census was tabulated (by spe-
cial permission and at considerable expense) from the results of
the United States agents who canvassed the city for the decen-
nial census required by the general government for that year.
The present vice-chairman of your board well said in the school
report of 1880: " We spend large sums of money in the edu-
cation of such scholars as attend school, but the best test of
progress in public education is found in success in reaching the
masses, not in great expenditures for the few. The increase in
our population is largely of foreigners who do not appreciate
the advantages of an education for their children. But this
does not lessen the responsibility of the city. If the new-come
citizens do not send their children to school willingly, then they
must be compelled. It is the dictate alike of justice and polit-
ical wisdom to give their children the benefit of the public
school. The parents have not much in conmion with us; they
will not readily adopt our institutions; many of them will
return to their old homes. But thousands of their children have
come to stay. They soon forget their birthplace. They rapidly
learn our language and customs and will soon become citizens."
This department is surprised and shocked nearly every year to
learn that some child has " never attended school in the States,"
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. 275
though claimed to be lo or 12 years of age and to have resided
in our city several years. A school census will prove a most
efificient aid to the truant ofificer throughout the year, and I rec-
ommend that the school board seek an appropriation for the
employment of agents to assist him to make the census next
April as required by law.
II.
An Act to amend section 6 of chapter 92 of the Public Statutes
relating to the study of physiology and hygiene, having spe-
cial reference to the effects of alcoholic stimulants and narcot-
ics upon the human system.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
in General Court convened:
Section i. They (school board) shall prescribe in all mixed
schools, and in all graded schools above primary, the studies of
physiology and hygiene, having special reference to the effects of
alcoholic stimulants and narcotics upon the human system, and
shall see that the studies so prescribed are thoroughly taught in
said schools and that well-approved text-books upon these sub-
jects are furnished to teachers and scholars, and may permit or
prescribe the study of algebra, geometry, surveying, bookkeep-
ing, philosophy, chemistry, and natural history, or any of them,
and other suitable studies.
Section 2. If any member of the school board shall neglect
or refuse to comply with the provisions of the preceding section,
he shall forfeit the sum of two hundred dollars.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 13, 1895.
The foregoing is presented for the purpose of calling your at-
tention to the requirement of the law in regard to furnishing
text-books upon physiology and hygiene to pupils, as well as to
teachers, of high, grammar, and middle-school grades ; also to
the heavy penalty imposed upon members of school boards for
refusal or neglect to comply with the above amendment.
Section 6 of chapter 92 is further amended as follows :
School boards shall, annually, in the month of June or July,
and at such other times as they deem best, hold an examination
of candidates for certificates of qualification to teach in the pub-
276 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
lie schools. Candidates shall be examined in the studies pre-
scribed by law, or by the school board in accordance with law.
Such candidates as pass an examination satisfactory to the school
board and present satisfactory evidence of good moral character
and capacity for government, shall receive certificates of qualifi-
cation signed by the school board, to continue in force not more
than one year from the date thereof.
The literal significance of the above amendment would seem
to indicate that all public school teachers of this state should be
required to pass a formal examination every year, without regard
to a prior certificate of ample qualification or possibly many
years of eminently successful service in the profession. Such a
requirement would be as absurd as to demand that all clergymen,
physicians, and lawyers should annually pass a formal examina-
tion as a condition of continuance in their several professions;
and I note with pleasure the sensible and liberal interpretation
which our State Superintendent of Public Instruction has put
upon this law, as follows: " It is unfortunate that the meaning
of the term examination has been restricted in educational affairs
to a formal oral or written test in certain branches of study.
The scope of the word is much broader than this. The funda-
mental meaning involves the idea of accurate weighing, and just
this idea should predominate in the determination of a teacher's
qualifications for the performance of his functions. Scholarship,
moral character, capacity for government, are important attri-
butes of a suitable and competent teacher. Just as in our best
schools instructors no longer depend solely upon formal written
tests, given at stated tunes, for determining the promotion of
pupils from class to class, but judge merit in a larger, broader,
truer way; just as college presidents accept statements from prin-
cipals of approved schools regarding the ability of students to
enter their institutions, so school officers judge teachers by wiser
and more satisfactory methods. Under the present law, school
boards may demand that teachers, regardless of length and effi-
ciency of service, in spite of intimate acquaintanceship on the
part of those in authority, shall take an annual written examina-
tion. This is wholly unnecessary, if not unwise. Frequent visi-
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. 277
Nation of the teacher in the schoolroom, a study of the work of
the teacher and the pupils, a careful inspection of the results
secured, a thoughtful study of the teacher in his entirety, are
better bases for sound judgment in the issuance of certificates
than any other test, oral or written. An examination of this sort
is sufficient. In the case of new or untried teachers, a test, oral
or written, or both, seems to be a necessity. While scholarship,
and not always that, may be somewhat fairly judged by the
results of a written examination, something more is desirable,
and school officers must ever be good judges of human nature.
Without further detail, it may be said that for teachers already
in the corps, an examination, a weighing of results, of the school
generally is best ; for those unknown, untried, or doubtful, who
seek admission to the force, a test oral or written, preferably
both, should be applied. By this mode of procedure the spirit
of the law will be kept."
Chapter 92 is also still further amended, so that the following
sections now read as presented below :
III.
Section 7. They (school board) shall purchase at the expense
of the city or town in which the district is situated, text-books
and other supplies required for use in the public schools; and
shall loan the same to the pupils of such schools free of charge,
subject to such regulations for their care and custody as the school
board may prescribe. They shall make provision for the sale of
such books at cost to pupils of the school wishing to purchase
them for their own use.
Section 8. No book shall be introduced into the public
schools calculated to favor any particular religious sect or politi-
cal party.
Section 12. School boards shall, on or before the first day of
August in each year, send to the superintendent of public instruc-
tion copies of their annual reports and answers to the questions
proposed by him, relating to the schools in their district ; the
school year shall begin with the fall term.
Section 13. Any member of a school board who shall neglect
or refuse to comply with the provisions of the preceding section
shall be fined not exceeding fifty dollars.
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The foregoing do not need comment, nor does the following
new law :
IV.
An Act providing that certain sessions of the Public Schools
shall be devoted to exercises of a Patriotic Nature.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Gen-
eral Court convened :
Section i. In all the public schools of the state the last reg-
ular session prior to Memorial Day, or a portion thereof, shall
be devoted to exercises of a patriotic nature.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 21, 1895.
In accordance with the preceding act, the following order was
duly sent all our public school teachers ; but I may properly add
that for several years previous exercises similar to these under
consideration had been encouraged in our schools, and a large
portion of our teachers had voluntaril}' superintended their per-
formance.
Office of Superintendent of
Public Instruction,
Manchester, N. H., May 25, 1895.
To Principals and all their Associate Teachers :
By a recent enactment of our state legislature, all public school
teachers are required to devote the school session, or a part of it,
next preceding Memorial Day to exercises of a patriotic nature.
You will please observe this requirement, in so far at least as to
have your school salute the flag and sing appropriate songs, —
which exercises may be supplemented by the reading or telling
of interesting historical events by either yourself or your pupils;
also by other appropriate exercises, at your discretion.
Very respectfully yours,
William E. Buck,
Superintendent,
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. 279
Another amendment to our state school laws was made by the
legislature of 1895, which is more far-reaching in its scope and
by far more effective for the general good than any other modi-
fications of our school laws that have been made in many years.
It is the addition of section 20 to chapter 93, and it reads as
follows :
V.
Section 20. No certificate as provided in the foregoing sec-
tions shall be issued for attendance at any private school, unless-
such school shall have previously been approved by the school
board of the district in which it is situated as furnishing instruc-
tion in the English language in all the studies required by law
equal to that given in the public schools of said district, and
unless the record of attendance shall be kept in the form required
by the public schools and be open to the inspection of the school
board of the district at all times.
Among the sections above referred to by the words, "as pro-
vided in the foregoing sections," is the following section :
Section ii. No child under the age of sixteen years who can-
not read and write shall be employed in any manufacturing
establishment during the time the public schools in the district
in which he resides are in session.
The common sense interpretation of this latter section is, of
course, that the required reading and writing should be in the
language of the country where the law was enacted, — our coun-
try, and in our language, the English. How else, indeed, can
the foreign youth in our midst be properly trained for American
citizenship than in the language of our common schools ? It is
in the common schools that the masses are educated. They are
freely open to all and they are as good as the best, certainly of
any considerable number in our country, that provide for an
elementary education. Section 20 is not therefore designed to-
discriminate against private schools, but to put them upon the
same footing as the public schools ; and this the school board
has done for the private schools of this city, in so far, at least, as.
the laws which affect the employment of children in manufac-
turing establishments are concerned, by adopting the report
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made by a special committee appointed by the board to con-
sider this matter, which report was as follows :
" Your committee report that we approve of the private schools
only so far as pupils coming from those schools and applying for
certificates shall pass a satisfactory examination in the English
language in all the studies required by law."
Now, as it happens that section ii contains the only scholastic
requirement imposed by the statutes upon the children who
would work in manufacturing establishments, no children should
be required to pass examination for purposes of such employ-
ment in any other studies than in reading and writing ; for sec-
tion 20 does not modify the conditions of employment of public
school children, and the provisions of section 11 therefore con-
tinue to apply to them ; so, unless section 20 can be shown as
designed to discriminate against children in private schools, they
cannot properly be required to pass examination in other studies
(for purposes of employment) than in reading and writing, as
provided in section 11.
Hence, so far as the special committee's report is applicable, it
simply makes clear that the requirements of section 11 are de-
signedly interpreted by section 20 to mean that the reading and
writing specified in section 1 1 was intended to be in the English
language, and that all children, of whatever nationality they may
be or from whatever schools they may come, are subject alike to
a proper interpretation of the laws regulating the employment of
children in manufacturing establishments, and your honorable
board, by adoption of the special committee's report, has recog-
nized this construction of the laws in question. Our truant offi-
cer is accordingly applying said laws impartially to all concerned.
Moreover, this application of the law is giving very general
satisfaction. The more intelligent of foreign birth unite with
all native Americans in pronouncing the provisions of section 20
as eminently wise and right. The mill agents and superintend-
ents of other manufacturing establishments have also cordially
united with our efforts to secure a just and proper enforcement
of all laws that affect children of school a^e.
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. 281
FREE TEXT-BOOKS.
Text-books and other free supplies were first furnished our
schools in January, 1890. Then, and until the law was repealed
by our last legislature, the public statutes required that text-books
once introduced in the public schools of this state should con-
tinue in use for a period of five years. The time of limitation
having expired this year, the board has taken advantage of the
opportunity to exchange many badly and altogether worn-out
books for other new and" in every way more desirable ones upon
the subjects of arithmetic, grammar, and geography ; whereby
considerable expense has been saved the city in consequence of
the allowance granted for the old books given in exchange for
the new ones adopted. Use of the new books during the fall
term has also demonstrated their superiority over the former
ones.
GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS.
The condition of our schools in general is good, and many of
them are excellent. The progress they have made during the
year is the result of such healthful growth as comes from a faith-
ful discharge of daily duties well performed, and is consequent
upon the conscientious and painstaking efforts of a corps of
teachers of which any city might be justly proud. Schools can-
not be discussed apart from their teachers,' for the saying that
*'as is the teacher so is the school," is as true today as at the
time of its original assertion.
Teachers have ceased to be mere hearers of recitations, for
they have largely become teachers in fact as well as in name.
There is a fuller application of object teaching than formerly,
greater inculcation of principles, more natural methods of teach-
ing. It is of the highest importance that knowledge shall be
gained in such a way that the capacity of attainment shall be en-
larged and the faculties stimulated and quickened. Useful as is
a reasonable culture of the memory, remembering is not the high-
est power of the human mind. How to think is vastly more
important ; and in view of the fact that our youth are not long
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to be held in leading strings, it is of first importance that teach-
ers should instruct their pupils how to investigate and acquire
knowledge for themselves. Hence it follows that of all things
which school boards can do most highly to promote the interests
of their schools, the greatest is to procure the best teacher possi-
ble for every school.
Among the things that should ere long receive the attention
of the board are the establishment of kindergarten schools and
the compulsory requirement of military drill in the high and
grammar schools.
Lack of sufficient schoolrooms may unavoidably postpone for
awhile the opening of kindergarten schools in our midst, but
aside from the utility of these schools for the children of all
classes, they would prove such an inestimable blessing to those
whose parents are obliged, through the necessities of living, to
neglect their little ones, that kindergarten schools should be a
part of our school system, and of the school system of all large
manufacturing cities.
In regard to military drill I cannot do better than quote the
remarks or ex-President Harrison upon this subject, reported in
the " Century Magazine " a year or two ago, as follows :
" Military drill is good in every aspect of it — good for the
boys, good for the schools, and good for the country. A free,
erect, graceful carriage of the body is an acquisition and a de-
light. It has a value in commerce as well as in war. Arms and
legs are distressing appendages to a boy under observation until
he has been taught the use of them in repose. The chin is too
neighborly with the chest, and the eyes find the floor too soon ;
they need to have the fifteen paces marked off. The sluggish
need to be quickened and the quick taught to stand, the wilful
to have no will and all to observe quickly. The disputatious
need to learn that there are conditions where debate is inadmis-
sible ; the power and beauty there is in a company — moved by
one man and as one man.
"Military drill develops the whole man, head, chest, arms, and
legs proportionately , and so promotes symmetry and corrects
KEPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. 283
the excesses of other forms of exercise. It teaches quickness of
eye and ear, hand and foot ; qualifies men to step and act in un-
ison ; teaches subordination ; and, best of all, qualifies a man to
serve his country. The flag now generally floats above the
schoolhouse, and what more appropriate than that the boys
should be instructed in the defense of it ?
*' Under our system of government we shall never have a large
standing army, and our strength and safety are in a general dis-
semination of military knowledge and training among the peo-
ple. What the man and citizen ought to know in order fully to
discharge his duty to his country should be imparted to
the boy. Nothing will so much aid to enlarge our state militia,
and to give it efficiency and character, as the plan proposed.
The military taste and training acquired in the school will carry
our best young men into the military organizations, and make
those organizations reliable conservators of public order, and
ready and competent defenders of the national honor."
For the information of the more recent members of the board
who may care to know my views upon such topics as school gov-
ernment, the kind of treatment that should be given the various
subjects taught, and some other matters pertaining to the inter-
nal affairs of schools, I here append references to former reports
in which I have written upon the subjects in question, — as a
course more likely to be satisfactory than the prolongation of
this report for the purpose of setting forth my ideas anew.
Teachers. 1877, p. 33; 18S1, p. 27; 1882, p. 30; 1889, p.
25-
School government. 1887, p. 21,
Reading. 1879, P- 4^ '> 1S80, p. 30 j 1886, p. 42; present
Course of Study, p. 7.
Penmanship. 1879, P- 47 ' Course of Study, p. 16.
Spelling. 1879, P- 4S ; Course of Study, p. 9.
Arithmetic. 1879, P- 48 ; 1884, p. 22 ; 1887, p. 32. Course
of Study, p. 10.
Language. 1879, P- 5^ ; 1883, p. 31 ; Course of Study, p. 11.
284 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Geography and history. 1879, P- 5°j Course of Study, pp.
12 and 15.
Nature studies. 1893, p. 18 ; 1894, p. 13.
Written reviews and promotions. 1877, p. 4^ ; 1887, p. 25;
1888, p. 19.
Exhibitions. 1877, p. 45.
Admissions to high school. 1877, P- 44; 1881, p. 40; 1883,
P- 35-
High school. 1878, p. 43 ; 1884, p. 23 ; 1891, p. 16.
Brevity of pupilage. 1888, p. 13; 1892, p. 16.
Music. 1879, p. 52 ; 1883, p. 51.
Drawing and manual training. 1891, p. 23; 1892, p. 27;
1873, P- 16.
Supplementary reading. 1878, p. 51 ; 1882, p. 38.
Relation of public library to the public schools. "1894, p. 15.
Selection and examination of teachers. 1877, p. 37; 1879,
p. 31 ; 1881, p. 36; 1882, p. 44.
Supervising principals. 1880, p. 39; 1883, p. 36; 1892, p.
25 ; 1^93' P- 21.
Elementary schools. 1884, p. 20 ; 1885, p. 34; 1887, p. 32.
Evening schools. 1885, p. 28; 1888, p. 35.
Training school. 1880, p. 41; 1S86, p. ;^^ ; 1891, p. 19.
School flag. 1889, p. 36 ; 1S90, p. 19.
Parental duties. 1877, P- 37-
Historical. 1886, p. 24.
General considerations. 1S80, p. 45 ; 1887, p. 31 ; 1895, p.
281.
CONCLUSION.
That I may not transgress my intention to bring this report to
a speedy close, I will merely add that I most cordially thank the
several members of your honorable board, all teachers of our
schools, and many good citizens for continued co-operation,
friendly encouragement, and much valuable advice.
Respectfully submitted.
WILLIAM E. BUCK,
Superintendent.
December 27, 1895.
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. 285
OBITUARY.
Marshall P. Hall, a prominent member of the Manchester School
Board for nearly a quarter of a century, died February 12, 1S96, since
the foregoing report was written ; but it is fitting that an obituary notice
should appear in the School Report for 1S95, near the close of which
year Mr. Hall was obliged to forego all active service.
In the death of Marshall P. Hall, Manchester was called upon to
mourn the loss of one of her most loyal citizens, a man of high principle
and unusual worth, who leaves behind him a record which deserves and
receives the respect and admiration of all. The good which he has
done is spoken of on every hand, while no shadow of evil can be
brought to mind. It may well be said that there was no man in Man-
chester who stood higher in the estimation of those who knew him. He
lived a straightforward, honest, upright, and helpful life, and was a man
of highest honor and integrity.
In his long term of service upon the school board of this city, Mr.
Hall devoted much intelligent labor as well as much of his time to the
upbuilding of Manchester's public schools. A man of keen and broad
intelligence himself, he kept constantly in touch with latest thought on
educational subjects, and his loss will be a distinct one to the school in-
terests. He had been clerk and vice-chairman of the board and also
served upon many important committees.
March 6, 1896, the School Board by a rising vote unanimously
adopted the following resolutions :
Resolved, That in the death of Marshall P. Hall the school com-
mittee of Manchester loses the valuable services of a man of marked
ability, of exalted character, and of cheerful and constant devotion to
the performance of all the duties that devolved upon him as a member of
this board ; that the public schools of the city lose an active and faith-
ful friend who was always interested in every movement which looked
to their greatest efficiency and a higher standard of e.xcellence ; and
that the city itself suffers the irreparable loss of a respected and
honorable citizen.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be spread upon the
records of the Manchester School Board, that they be published in the
city papers, and that a copy be sent to the family of our dear brother.
APPENDIX.
I. Population, etc.
II SCHOOLHOUSES.
III. Schools.
IV. Teachers.
V. Pupils.
VI. Truancy.
VII. Finance.
VIII. School Year, 1895.
IX. High School Graduating Class.
X. Winners of Clarke Prizes.
XI. Organization of Committees, 1896.
XII. List of Teachers, 1896.
XIII. School Year, 1896.
287
APPENDIX.
STATISTICS.
I.— Population.
Population of the city by last census, 1890 . . 43,983
Legal school age, 5 to 21.
II.— Schoolhouses.
Number of schoolhouses in use ...... 24
Number of schoolhouses not in use ..... 2
(Old house in Hallsville and School-street house.)
Number of schoolrooms used for day schools . . .106
(Five of the same, and two others, used for evening schools. Rooms unoc-
cupied by city for day schools are one at Hallsville, two at the Spring-street
house, and four at the School-street house.)
Number of rooms used for High-school classes .
Number of rooms used for Grammar schools
Number of rooms used for Middle schools .
Number of rooms used for Primary schools
Number of rooms used for Partially Graded schools
Number of rooms used for Ungraded schools
Number of rooms used for Manual Training schools
27
21
42
2
5
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(AH for both .sexes.)
Number of High schools (buildings) .
None exclusively Grammar.)
(A)
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
289
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 ^
Average number of female teachers | .
Male teachers in the evening schools
Female teachers in the evening schools
Average number of male teachers in the evening schools
Average number of female teachers in the evening schools
Male teachers in the evening Drawing schools .
Average number of male teachers in the evening Drawing
schools .........
3
5
6
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22
38
2
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3
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t Three of the 41 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.
(B)
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DAY SCHOOLS.
Summary of attendance upon the several grades of public day
schools for the year 1894- 1895 :
High
Grammar
Middle
Primary
Partially graded..
Ungraded
Totals, 1895
Totals, 1894
Whole number
different pupils.
Boys. Girls.
130
542
497
1,359
44
55
147
596
463
1,294
32
47
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2,533 I 2,442
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3,662
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69
62
3,499
3,336
95.1
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91.1
EVENING SCHOOLS.
Summary of attendance upon the several grades of public
evening schools for the year 1894- 1895 -
City hall
Spring street .
Bimmon
School street.
Drawing schools
f Mechanical .. .
( Architectural .
Totals, 1895.
Totals, 1894..
Whole number
different pupils.
Boys.
130
165
111
34
34
474
484
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84
128
30
1
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177
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32
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22
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188
37
21
110
29
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19
238
153
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90.6
78.6
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296 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Evening School Teachers.
Charles E. Cochran, principal of City Hall school, for boys.
Assistants — Honorie J. Crough, Gertrude A. Burns, and
Mary A. Walker.
Etta F. Boardman, principal of Spring-street school, for girls.
Assistants — Maggie Linen and Hattie S. Tuttle.
L, H. Carpenter, principal of Spring-street school, for both
sexes.
Assistant — Lottie M. Clement.
Arthur W. Morgan, principal of Rimmon school, for both
sexes.
Assistants — William J. Mooar, Isabel Esty, Margaret C.
Lane, Lenora J. Clough, and Harriet H. Richardson.
JSvening Drawing- School Teachers.
John M. Kendall and Henry W. Allen.
CI)
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
291
GENERAL SUMMARY.
The following table presents the main features of interest per-
taining to the attendance upon the public schools for the last ten
years :
Date.
Whole No.
belougiug.*
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1886
3,632
1887
3,670
1888
3,712
1889
3,787
1890
3,814
1891
4,071
1892
4,298
1893
4,775
1894
4,975
1895
5,206
Boys.
1,812
1,817
1,806
1,862
1,881
2,003
2,181
2,445
3,5a3
2,627
Girls.
1,820
1,853
1,906
1,025
1,933
2,068
2,117
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2,475
2,711
2,468
2,768
2,500
2,801
2,581
2,795
2,536
2,940
2,689
3,130
2,837
3,425
3,111
3,662
3,336
3,817
3,499
91.9 79
90.8 98
00.3 116
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166
174
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91.1 153
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* In comparing the pupilage and cost of the schools for any year since 1877 with any
year prior to 1878, the following facts should receive full consideration : In the reports issued
prior to 1869, so also in the report for 1876, 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 1869, 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 1,000 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 passing 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 changed 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 1873, prepared by Superintendent Edgerly; likewise page 45 of the Report for
1S75, prepared by Superintendent Dearborn; and, also, pages so an i 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 1S7S 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.
Including grammar classes in suburban schools.
t Exclusive of special teachers.
(J)
298
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 no. 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 :
Date of begin-
ning service.
Dec, '94.
Jan., '95-
April, '95.
Teachers.
Date of effect of
resignation.
Teachers'
Dec.
Mary G. Worthen.
At Rimmon school.
At Franklin-street school.
94. Mary L. Ayer.
Lenora J. Clough.
Alice C. Taggart.
TRAINING SCHOOL.
Sub-teachers. Graduated.
Emma B. Abbott, Jan. 25, '95.
Lenora J. Clough. " "
Marcia M. Moore. " "
Hellen Morison.
Maud L. Smith.
Hattie S. Tuttle.
Amy K. Northrup, June 21, '95.
Lizabell Savory.
Helen E. True.
Hattie O. Willand.
Flore'ce L. Abbott. Jan. 24/96.
Blanche L. Bachelder.
Alice M. Lamprey.
Margaret C. Lane.
Ha'ri't H. Richardson.
Sub-teachers. Entered.
Katie E. Bacheller. Dec. 31,' 94.
Blanche E. Hicken.
Minnie M. Phillips.
Dora B. Tuson.
Bessie Cochran. Sept. 9, '95.
Maude M. Greaney.
Mary L. Heath.
Mabel F. Robinson.
M. Frances Abbott. Jan. 24, '96.
Mary A. Cotter.
Katharine Frain.
Lura B. Gage.
(K;
KEPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
299
VI.— Work of Truant Officer.
Date.
January. . .
February .,
March . . . . .
April
May
June
September .
October —
November .
December . .
Totals .
Absentees
No. volun-
No. re
ported
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27
19
11
31
6
15
19
82
16
9
3
55
16
4
9
6
78
13
4
5
38
9
15
20
69
13
9
3
43
13
2
1
9
178
21
23
12
92
16
9
19
25
50
8
2
2
32
8
3
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8
64
14
4
3
25
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5
22
89
27
5
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35
36
12
14
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26
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20
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174
84
48
412
159
45
93
133
Date.
January..
February.
March.. . .
April
May
June
September
October . .
November.
December
Totals.
2-0 -g
9= »
41
32
19
45
61
64
46
43
4
No. truants
caused
to attend
! 2*
26
24
! 31
I 2
! 29
! 30
[ 20
! 2
196
17
6
11
21
29
35
16
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136
82
135
120
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118
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217
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117
63
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119
208
81
118
216
79
1
1,145
1,310
8
46
39
64
89
66
33
41
39
32
58
507
(L)
300
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
VII.— Finances.— 1 895.
Items of Account.
Resources from
appropriations and Expenditures, 1895.
transfers.
Salaries of teachers
Books aud stationery
Free text-books and supplies
Furniture and supplies
Repairs
Care of rooms
Fuel
Printing and advertising. . . .
Contingent expenses
Evening common schools . . .
Evening drawing schools. . . .
Manual Training
Totals •
«68
4
1
4
4
5
1
1
1
,499.21
67.25
,915.35
,027.23
358.00
728.82
,718.06
358.23
,520 07
456.93
436.00
,349.10
$94,434.25
$68,499.21
67.25
4,915.35
1,027.23
4,358.00
4,728 82
5,718.06
358.23
1,520.07
1,456.93
436.00
1,349.10
$94,434.25
COST OF CITY SCHOOLS.*
Expenditures, as above specified
Sala7-ies.
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 f . . . . .
Sale of text-books ......
Total
Net amount raised by taxation
* See foot-note marked* on page J of this Appendix.
1 Tax from Londonderry included, J42.06.
(M)
b434-25
$196.67
150.00
2,300.00
750.00
17,830.92
$4,760.28
412,96
202.66
>5'375-9o
)2,455.o2
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. 301
The city valuation for 1S95 is $28,861,122; and hence the
rate of school tax for the year is $92,455.02 -;- $28,861,122, or
.0032 -f-. Last year the rate was .00290 -{-.
VIII. — School Year, 1894- 1895.
Fall term of fourteen weeks opened September 10, 1894;
closed .December 14. Vacation of two weeks.
Winter term of twelve weeks opened December 31, 1894;
closed March 22, 1895. Vacation of two weeks.
Spring term of eleven weeks opened April 8, 1895; closed
June 21, 1895. Vacation of eleven 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 of " Teachers' Institutes,'' and half-days on account
of bad weather or insufficient heat.)
IX.— High School Graduation.
Program.
Chorus. "Happy Land."
Salutatory. " The Social Effect of Higher Education."
Mabelle Elvira Porter.
Chorus. " The Woodman."
Address and Award of Diplomas. " The Art of Study."
William DeWitt Hyde, D. D., Pres. of Bowdoin College.
Chorus. '"TisMorn."
Valedictory Jennie Flanders Currier
The Class Ode. Words by Arthur Warren Hopkins.
Music by Annie M. C. Boire.
(N)
302
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Graduates. — Class of '95.
FOUR YEARS ENGLISH COURSE.
Grace Perry Adams.
Fred B. Preston.
Lura Blanche Gage.
John Freeman Woodman.
THREE YEARS ENGLISH COURSE.
Roy Vincent Baketel.
Alice Gertrude Colby.
W. Robert Forsaith.
Mabel Mae Potter.
Effie Susie Wilbur.
Florence Alma Caldwell.
George Arthur Dewey.
Florence Humphrey Moore.
Elizabeth Frances Walsh.
Charlotte Blanche Bolton.
CLASSICAL COURSE.
May Frances Abbott.
Louise Campbell.
Alice Josephine Edgerly
Edith Adele Fogg.
Mary Gertrude Kane.
Mae Leonora Lovejoy.
Clinton Phelps.
Carlena Augusta Savory.
Annie M. C. Boire.
Lillian Frances Crowther.
Stella A. Emery.
Carrie Forsaith.
Bertha Louise Hill.
Mendon Preston Moore.
Mabel Elvira Porter.
Lyman Willard Walker.
COLLEGE COURSE.
May Gertrude Benson.
Jennie Flanders Currier.
Helen Hall.
David Woodbury Parker.
M. Motley Sargeant.
Blanche Emeline Clough.
Ora Emily Goodwin.
Arthur Warren Hopkins.
Jennie Edith Patch.
Harry Arthur Weeks.
Gertrude Hurd.
James Sullivan.
TWO YEARS CERTIFICATE.
Robert A. Leckie.
SPECIAL SCHOLAR.
Florence Pearl Garland.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
303
HONOR SCHOLARS.
English Course
Classical Course
College Course
John Freeman Woodman
Mabelle Elvira Porter
Jennie Flanders Currier
X.— Winners of Clarke Prizes
FOR EXCELLENCE IN ELOCUTION AT CONTEST, JANUARY 28, 1 895.
Emily M. Corey, $t
Irma B. True, ^4.
Nora A. Quirin, $2.
Florence G. Barr, ^16.
Charlotte B. Bolton, $14.
Harry Noyes, ^10.
Blanche P. Varnum, ^8.
XI.— Organization, 1896.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
WILLIAM C. CLARKE, Mayor, Chairman ex officio.
JOHN T. GOTT, President of Common Council^ ex officio.
Ward I. Elliott C. Lambert.
Walter B. Heath.
Ward 2. Charles H. Manning.
Augustus P. Home.
Ward 3. George D. Towne.
Louis E. Phelps.
Ward 4. Nathaniel L. Colby.
Charles M. Floyd.
Ward 5. James P. Slattery.
Harry J. Woods.
Ward 6. Harry I. Dodge.
Herbert E. Richardson.
Ward 7. Fred W. Pillsbury.
Edward B. Woodbury.
Ward 8. Luther C. Baldwin.
Josiah G. Dearborn.
Ward 9. R. Emmet Walsh.
Jeremiah J. Sullivan.
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304 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD.
GEORGE D. TOWNE.
CLERK OF THE BOARD.
EDWARD B. WOODBURY.
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
WILLIAM E. BUCK.
superintendent's CLERK.
FANNIE .L. SANBORN.
TRUANT OFFICER.
CURTIS W. DAVIS.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Finance. Mayor Clarke and Messrs. Gott, Pillsbury, Wood-
bury, and Richardson.
Salaries. Messrs. Woodbury, Slattery, Heath.
Text-Books. Messrs. Baldwin, Dearborn. Pillsbury,
Music. Messrs. Lambert, Phelps, Walsh.
Drawing. Messrs. Baldwin, Pillsbury, Slattery.
Manual Training. Messrs. Baldwin, Floyd, Pillsbury.
Examination of Teachers. Messrs. Towne, Dearborn, Colby.
Fuel and Heating. Mr. Phelps, Mayor Clarke, Messrs. Gott,
Manning, Home.
Repairs. Messrs. Manning, Baldwin, Phelps.
Attendance. Messrs. Woods, Lambert, Richardson.
Health. Messrs. Towne, Dodge, Sullivan.
SUB-COMMITTEES.
High School. Messrs. Manning, Pillsbury, Towne, Phelps,
Slattery, Dearborn, Baldwin.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. 305
Franklin-street. Messrs. Woodbury, Lambert, Richardson.
Spring-street and Lowell-street. Messrs. Lambert, Slattery,
Home.
Lincoln-street. Messrs. Floyd, Colby, Woodbury.
Ash-street and Pearl-Street. Messrs. Phelps, Towne, Pills-
bury.
Webster-street and Blodgei-street. Messrs. Towne, Manning,
Home.
Bakersville. Messrs. Slattery, Richardson, Dodge.
Varney School. Messrs. Baldwin, Dearborn, Colby.
Training School. Messrs. Phelps, Baldwin, Pillsbury.
Wilson Hill School. Messrs. Woods, Floyd, Sullivan.
Main-street and South Main- street. Messrs. Dearborn, Sulli-
van, Lambert.
Riminon School. Messrs. Home, Walsh, Heath.
Amoskeag atid Stark District. Messrs. Heath, Slattery, Walsh.
LLallsville and Youngsville. Messrs. Richardson, Woods,
Floyd.
Goffe's Falls and LLarvey District. Messrs. Dodge, Woods,.
Heath.
Webster's Mills and Mosquito Fond. Messrs. Walsh, Dodge,
Sullivan.
Evening Schools. Messrs. Colby, Manning, Woodbury.
List of Teachers.
HIGH SCHOOL. — BEECH STREET.
Master. Albert Somes.
Sub-Master. George L Hopkins.
Assistants. Harry N. McLaren.
Nellie Pickering.
Camille Benson.
Theresa B. Stanton.
Mary J. Wellington.
Sara Hunt.
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306 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
FRANKLIN-STREET SCHOOL.
Second Floor. — Grammar Grades.
Master. Fred L. V. Spaulding.
Master's Assistant. Alice C. Taggart.
Assistants. Carrie E. Holt.
L. May Choate.
Carrie E. Head.
First Floor. — Loiuer Grades.
Higher Middle. Nellie C. Parker.
Lower Middle. Amy K. Northrup.
Higher Primary. Nellie M. James.
Lower Primary. Susie L. Dodge.
SPRING-STREET SCHOOL.
Secojul Floor. — Mixed Grades.
Principal. Lizzie P. Gove.
Higher Middle. Emma L, McLaren.
First Floor. — Lower 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.
Nettie B. Fogg.
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EEPOKT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. 307
First Floor. — Lower Grades.
Higher Middle. Hellen Morison.
Lower Middle. Bessie E. Dodge.
Higher Primary. Cora B. Gilford.
Mixed Primary. Theodora Richardson.
ASH-STREET SCHOOL.
Second Floor. — Grammar Grades.
Master. Charles W. Bickford.
Master's Assistant. Mary Hickey Dowd.
Assistants. Vacancy (2d division).
Mabel Ruth Brown.
Amelia L. Graupner.
Fh'st Floor. — Lower Grades.
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. — Gra7nmar 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 Primar- . Mary E. Murphey.
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308 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
BAKERSVILLE SCHOOL.
Second Floor. — Mixed Grades.
Principal. Lizzie A. Burns.
Assistant. Lelia A. Brooks.
Mixed Middle. Cora M. Farmer.
Higher Primary. Augusta S. Downs.
First Floor. — Lower Grades.
Lower Primary. S. Izetta Locke.
Lower Primary. Annie Brigham.
VARNEY SCHOOL.
Second Floor. — Gra^nmar Grades.
Master. George Winch.
Master's Assistant. Barbara B. Joy.
Assistant. Rosabelle M. Franklin.
Higher Middle. Mary E. Moulton.
First Floor. — Alixed Grades.
Assistants. Esther M. Dickey.
Ellen E. McKean.
Millie S. Morse.
Mixed Middle. Blanche L. Batchelder.
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.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. 309
First Floor. — Lower Grades.
Lower Middle. Mary L. Ayer.
Higher Primary. Bertha L. Kemp.
Lower Primary. E. Alfreda Hall.
Lower Primary. Annie R. Corson.
RIMMON SCHOOL.
Second Floor.
Principal. Mary E. Brophy.
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. Mary A. Clement.
Higher Primary. Lottie M. Clement.
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310 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
First Floor. — Primary Grades.
Higher Primary. M. Minnie Sturtevant.
Lower Primary. Hattie O. Willand.
Lower Primary. Kate T. Clarke.
Lower Primary. Gertrude L. Southard.
BLODGET- STREET SCHOOL.
Second Floor.
Higher Primary. Gertrude H. Brooks.
First Floor.
Lower Primary. Edith M. Stebbins.
LOWELL-STREET SCHOOL.
Second Floor.
Lower Primary. Mary S. Richardson.
Lower Primary. Mabel M. Stevens.
First Floor.
Higher Primary. Helen M. Morrill.
PEARL-STREET SCHOOL,
Lower Middle. Mary G. Tynan.
Higher Primary. Nellie M. Smith.
Lower Primary. Ella Hope.
WILSON HILL SCHOOL.
Lower Primary. Huldah C. Graupner.
Lower Primary. M. Clara Hawks.
SOUTH MAIN-STREET SCHOOL.
Lower Primary. Delle E. Haines.
Lower Primary. Georgia M. Cheney.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. 311
PARTIALLY GRADED SCHOOLS.
Amoskeag. Lettie M. Smith.
Mixed Primary. Clydie M. Flanders.
Goffe's Falls.* Georgie Kendrick.
Mixed Primary. Blanche M. Folsom.
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.
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SPECIAL TEACHERS.
Music. Fred B. Bowers.
Florence Dow.
Drawing. Charlotte J. Emmins.
Manual Training. Fred E. Browne.
EVENING COMMON 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.
Rimmon School.
Two schools, one for each sex.
EVENING DRAWING SCHOOL.
(Open from October to March.)
Suburban.
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312 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Spring-Street Building.
Machine-drawing classes meet on Monday and Thursday-
evenings.
Architectural-drawing classes meet on Tuesday and Friday
evenings.
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.
Varnum H. Hill.
Varney and South Main-Street Schools.
H. G. Batchelder.
Main-Street and Rimmon Schools.
William F. Conner.
Bakersville School.
Eben Paul.
Hallsville and Pearl-Street Schools.
William H. Newry.
Afnoskeag School.
James E. Bailey.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. 313
XIII.— School Year, 1895-1896.
Fall term of fourteen weeks opens September 9, 1895 ; closes
December 13, 1895. Vacation of two Weeks.
Winter term of twelve weeks opens December 30, 1895;
closes March 20, 1896. Vacation of three weeks.
Spring term of eleven weeks opens April 13, 1896; closes
June 26, 1896. Vacation of eleven weeks.
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REPORT
CHIEF ENGINEER OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
REPORT
CHIEF ENGINEER OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Engineer's Office, No. 8 Vine Street,
Manchester, N. H., Dec. 31, 1895.
To His Honor, William C. Clarke, Mayor, and Ge?itleinen
of the City Councils :
In compliance with section 5, chapter 12 of the Laws and
Ordinances of the city, I herewith submit my seventeenth
annual report (it being the fiftieth of this department) for the
year ending December 31, 1895, together with a statement of
the alarms and fires that have been attended to by this depart-
ment and cause of the fires as far as could be ascertained, with
the value of property endangered, the amount of insurance car-
ried, the loss, and the amount of insurance paid.
It is somewhat singular that, while the state statutes require a
return of the value of property endangered by fire to be made
by the heads of fire departmejits to the insurance commissioners
of the state, property holders in many instances hesitate, and in
some refuse to give the value of their property, thus making it a
difficult task to obtain reliable information.
The report will also contain a complete list of the working
force of the department, giving their rank, occupation, resi-
dence, etc., a list of the fire alarm stations and location of keys
to the same.
319
320 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
There have been fifty-one (51) bell alarms and fifty-seven (57)
still alarms, making a total of one hundred eight (108), two of
which were the " out of town " calls of 2-2-2.
The year has been a fortunate one as regards fire losses, as will
be seen by the following figures :
Value of buildings endangered by fires . . $254,051.80
Value of contents endangered by fires . . . 74,610.62
$328,662.42
Insurance on buildings endangered by fire . . $127,495.00
Insurance on contents endangered by fire . . 59:5°3-33
$186,998.33
Damage to buildings endangered by fire . • $10,013.93
Damage to contents endangered by fire . . 29,483.74
^39'497-67
Insurance paid on buildings endangered by fire . $8,710.14
Insurance paid on contents endangered by fire . 28,275.23
$3^>9^5-37
The above figures do not include the value of property where
still-alarms have occurred, where no losses were sustained.
THE MANUAL FORCE
of the department consists of one hundred sixty (160) men,
thirty-three (33) of whom are on permanent duty, and one hun-
dred twenty-seven (127) are "call" members, divided as fol-
lows :
I chief engineer.
4 assistant engineers — call.
Engine Co. No. i — 14 men — 3 permanent and 11 call.
Engine Co. No. 2 — 14 men — 3 permanent and 11 call.
Engine and ladder Co. No. 3 — 20 men — 5 permanent and
15 call.
Engine Co. No. 4 — 14 men — 3 permanent and 11 call.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 321
Engine and ladder Co. No. 5 — 20 men — 4 permanent and
16 call.
Engine and ladder Co. No. 6 — 20 men — 4 permanent and
16 call.
Hose Co. No. i — 12 men — i permanent and 11 call.
Hose Co. No. 2 — 12 men — i permanent and 11 call.
Hose Co. No. 3 — 8 men — 2 permanent and 6 call.
Aerial truck No. i — 15 men — 3 permanent and 12 call.
Chemical Co. No. i — 5 men — 2 permanent and 3 call.
Spare driver — i man.
Hose Company No. 3 on South Elm street went into com-
mission August I with two permanent and six call men. No-
vember I Ladder No. 5 was attached to Engine Company No, 5
at Webster street and five call and one permanent man added to
the combined company, thus giving us a much needed additional
ladder service in the northern and northeastern section of the
city, and relieving our heavy aerial truck of some long runs.
April 24 one permanent man was elected to act as substitute
driver and engineer for the " day off" granted by the passage of
an ordinance granting the permanent men that privilege, mak-
ing in all an increase of fifteen men to the force.
THE BUILDINGS.
The addition of Ladder No. 5 necessitated enlarging the sta-
ble for room for an additional stall and the apparatus room " re-
cessed " back to admit the ladders.
Extensive alterations had to be made in the stable and appa-
ratus room in the new house for Hose Company No. 3 before it
was suitable for occupancy.
Convenient and serviceable wagon sheds have been constructed
at Hose No. 2, Engine and Ladder Companies Nos. 5 and 6, to
shelter the exercise wagons at these stations.
A similar shed ought to be erected for the storage of the exer-
cise wagon at the station of Engine and Ladder No. 3. It is now
housed in the basement under the stable, and is rather inconven-
ient getting out and in as well as blockading the cellar for other
use.
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322 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
The stable of Engine and Ladder No. 6 should be enlarged so
as to contain a box stall. This can be done by an addition to
the northeast corner of the building.
THE APPARATUS
Belonging to this department consists of 6 Amoskeag steam fire
engines in first class condition, 5 hose wagons, 4 hose carriages,
I aerial ladder truck (with other ladders), 3 ladder trucks, 2 hose
carriages in the outlying districts without companies attached, i
with independent company, i supply wagon, 6 exercise wagons,
located as follows :
2 steam fire-engines, with three-horse hitch, at Central station,
each with one-horse hose wagon attached.
I steam fire-engine, three-horse hitch, with i two-horse hose
wagon. North Main street.
I steam fire-engire and i two-horse hose wagon, at corner
Lake avenue and Massabesic street.
I two-horse ladder truck at same station.
I steam fire-engine and one-horse hose carriage, at corner of
Webster and Chestnut streets.
I two-horse ladder truck at same station.
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 two-horse combination hose wagon, South Elm street. (Ba-
kersville.)
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 Creserve) at station of Engine No. 2. (of
but little use for fire purposes).
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6 exercise wagons, one at Central fire station, one at Engine
No. 2, one at Engine and Ladder No. 3, one at Engine and Lad-
der No. 5, one at Engine and Ladder No. 6, one at Hose Com-
pany No. 2.
I four-wheeled hand hose carriage at junction of Old Falls road
and Front street, Amoskeag.
I two-wheeled hose carriage, Devonshire Mills, Goffe's Falls.
I two-wheeled hose carriage at W. P. Farmer's at junction of
Candia road and Hanover street.
Several additions and transfers have been made in the appa-
ratus.
One new Gleason & Bailey steel frame ladder truck, equipped,
placed in station of Engine No. 5, one two-horse hose wagon in
station of Engine and Ladder No. 3, and the one-horse hose
carriage transferred to Engine and Ladder No. 5, the combina-
tion hose carriage of Engine No. 5 remodeled into a combination
hose wagon and placed in station of Hose Company No. 3, and
two new exercise wagons, one for Engine and Ladder No. 5 and
one for Hose No. 2.
The department is pretty well equipped at present, but its
efficiency can be considerably increased by a chemical engine at
station of Engine No. 2.
In the near future additional protection should be given to
that section west of Derryfield park, which should be done by
locating a light steamer there and transferring Hose No. 2 to
run in connection with said steamer. It would thus afford pro-
tection to property on the highlands and be "down grade" to
all property this side.
THE HORSES.
There are forty horses in constant service in this department,
with one " spare," too old to be of much service on any of our
apparatus, which should be exchanged for one suitable to do the
spare work often required by some of the horses being on the
sick list.
The putting into service of new apparatus necessitated the
purchase of three new horses, and two on account of horses dy-
ing.
324 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPOKTS.
The spare horse " Barney " dropped dead of heart disease at
station of Engine and Ladder No. 6 while on duty there August
24 ; one of the blacks of Truck No. 3 dropped dead on the way
to an alarm from Box 6, September 6, and " Don," of Engine
No. 4, died December 3.
FIRE ALARM TELEGRAPH.
During the past year the service of this branch of the depart-
ment has been prompt and reliable, and the construction has
been improved gradually as time would permit, by changing the
wires to more permanent structures, removing them in some in-
stances from buildings and out from among trees, and the run-
ning of some insulated wires where changes could not be made
to take them wholly out of the trees. There have been 9 poles
set, 83 two-pin arms and 8 four-pin arms put up, 9 two-pin ex-
tensions and 1 1 single extensions put up, ;^6 tappers taken out
and put in.
Two new fire alarm boxes, one (216) at Jewett and Silver
streets, and another (324) at Aniory and Laval streets, have been
added to the system, and about four miles of new wire run.
There are now about thirty-seven miles of main line and thirty-
four miles of "tapper " line, requiring the use of four hundred
fifty-two jars of gravity battery.
During the year a circular box, designed by Charles F. Hall,
engineer of engine No. i, has been attached to all the boxes. It
contains the key to the fire-alarm box, which can be obtained by
breaking the glass. This arrangement facilitates the giving an
alarm.
Owing to the "don't care" manner in which the feeder and
trolley wires for the street railroad were "put up, we have received
considerable trouble from these wires, at one time having three
instruments burned out and at another two, and in the first in-
stance came very near setting fire to a tenement block on Chest-
nut street by contact with their wires.
Considering the calls there will be made upon the city for
more tower strikers and tappers, I would urgently recommend
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 325
putting in a large steam gong, and the making arrangements
either with the Electric Light Company or the Amoskeag Manu-
facturing Co., for steam to work such a gong. I mention these
two companies as being the only places I know of carrying steam
day and night the entire year, sufficient to blow such a whistle.
Such an instrument could be heard in all sections of the city,
and probably fill the want of additional fire-alarm instruments
for some time to come.
THE SIXTEENTH ANNUAL PARADE.
No provision being made by an appropriation, this parade was
held Wednesday, October 1 6, during "Merchants Week," the
expenses being paid partly by the Board of Trade and partly by
assessments of the individual companies of the department.
CASUALTIES.
Only two slight accidents have occurred to members during
the year. March ii, Frank W. Tebbetts of Engine-and-Ladder
No. 6, while responding to an alarm from Box 56, received in-
jury to his hand ; and May 3, Fred S. Sloan, then of Engine-and-
Ladder No. 3, while working at fire of Frank I. Paige's house,
No. 261 Cypress street, had wrist cut with glass.
Death entered our ranks and took while in the prime of man-
hood,
HENRY SYLVESTER REED,
Born in Auburn, N. H.,
. October 12, 1845,
DIED AT
Manchester, N. H., April ii, 1895,
Aged 49 Years, 5 Months, 29 Days.
He was driver of Hose for Engine Co. No. 5 from October
29, 1 89 1, and for a number of years previous was driver of supply
wagon.
326
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
His funeral occurred at the station, where he resided, Sunday^
April 14, and was attended by the entire department.
THE firemen's RELIEF ASSOCIATION.
Owing to good fortune the drafts upon this association have
been very light, and the donations from liberal citizens, with
the interest on deposits, have swelled the balance ^153.16 from
last year.
The following is the statement of the financial standing to
date :
Receipts.
Balance in treasury February 13, 1895
Received for membership
donations, A. P. Olzendam &
Sons .
The Head & Dowst
Co. .
Board of Trade
Barton & Co.
Hon. D. A. Taggart
G. B. and Henry
Chandler
Michael McCabe
Dividend on deposits
Expenditures.
Paid funeral benefit Henry S. Reed
Frank W. Tebbetts, injuries at fire
Fred S. Sloan, injuries at fire .
Joseph R. Merrill, secretary .
postage and printing
Balance now in treasury
)549-53
17.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
15.00
15.00
10.00
5.00
107.51
550. 00
6.00
6.00
25.00
4-35
5,794.04
11-35
5,702.69
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENaiNEER. 327
THE DANGEROUS TROLLEY WIRES.
In addition to the danger to life and property by telephone,
telegraph, and fire-alarm wires becoming crossed with the trolley
wires, there are other dangers of a serious nature to be feared by
the overhead trolley, as will be seen by the following report of
electrical experts as submitted to the International Association
of Fire Engineers, at Augusta, Ga., October 7-10, 1895 •
To the International Association of Fire Engineers :
Gentlemen, — Your committee, to whom was referred the subject of elec-
trolysis, and the rapid corrosion of gas, water, and other pipes, and the lead
covering of underground electric wires and cables, due to the escape of cur-
rent from the rails and supplementary wires of street railways using the
overhead single trolley system, respectfully submit the following report :
It is the unanimous opinion of this committee that the method of distribut-
ing electric currents to street car motors by means of the overhead single
trolley and feed wires, track and supplementary wire and ground, is a men-
ace to the water and gas systems of every town and city where such trolley
systems are in operation.
We believe that the trolley, guard, and span wires are also a serious and
dangerous obstruction to all Are departments in the performance of their
duty, often causing serious delays, as they render it next to impossible to
elevate ladders and water towers until they have been removed. When cut
or broken, to penidt tlie free and unobstructed use of such apparatus, the
span and guard wires often become as dangerous as the ti'olley and feed wires
themselves, by being crossed and mixed up one with the other.
While the shock received from wives conveying current at a pressure of
550 volts will not in all cases cause the death of a strong, healthy man, yet
severe injuries due to burns and shocks have been, and are, very frequent,
and produce a very demoralizing effect on the members of all flre depart-
ments.
While several remedies have been proposed for preventing the rapid de-
struction of gas and water pipes, we believe that there is but one that will in
the end prove effective, viz. : To discontinue the use of the rail and ground
as a part of the electric circuit, and substitute therefor an entirely metallic
circuit with no ground connections.
While the overhead double trolley may be permitted on i-ailroad lines rryi-
ning through rural districts, and possibly in the sparselj' populated portions
of towns and cities, no overhead system should be tolerated in the mercan-
tile, manufacturing, or densely populateil sections of the latter.
It can no longer be said that street railroads cannot be constructed and
successfully operated in any other manner than by means of the overhead
single trolley system, as electric railways have been built, and are in success-
ful operation, in which the feed and trolley wires or bars are beneath the
surface of the street, and no part of the rails or earth is used as a portion of
the circuit, thus effectually preventing the escape of current, with its attend-
ant dangers, and removing a serious and unsightly obstruction from the
streets.
But we have the overhead single trolley system in a great many of our
towns and cities, with all its attendant evils, and if not entirely removed, how
can these evils be even slightly remedied ?
The first step to be taken is to employ some competent electrical engineer
to ascertain the amount of current that escapes to the earth, anil the effect of
the same on the gas and water pipes. If it is excessive in amount, immedi-
ate steps should be taken to reduce the resistance of the rails, by re-bonding
the joints and adding return feeders of low resistance.
The corrosion of metal pipes, due to that action of the electric current,
takes place only at the points wliere the current leaves them and seeks the
earth, no evil effects being visible at the points where the current flows to
the pipe. For this reason, metallic connections of low resistance should be
provided between the pipes and the negative side of the dynamos at the
power-generating station.
328 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
There are two or more methods of conducting the cui-rent that seeks the
pipes back to the genei-ators ; but they are not a perlect remedy for the rapid
corrosion of water and gas pipes, except In the immediate vicinity of the
generating station, where, it is true, this corrosion is most rapid and destruc-
tive. They do not prevent corrosion at the pipe joints, where a greater
amount of resistance to tlie passage of the current is offered than at any
other place, either in the pipe or surrounding earth.
Your committee would most earnestly impress on the mind, of every fire
department chief the immediate necessity of prompt action on the part of
town and city authorities in this all-important matter, and of directing their
attention to the following points:
First. Have determined at once whether the rapid corrosion of the water
pipe is going on, due to this cause, and to what extent.
Second. To take immediate steps to stay its progress.
Third. Use all your influence in preventing companies and individuals
from procuiing a hanchise to build and operate electric roads equipped with
the overhead single trollej' system.
Fourth. Serve the community, and protect yourselves, by warning those
in authority that the water system may fail you at a most critical moment
and completely paralyze your efiforts to stay the progress of the flames.
Fifth. That gas pipes may become so weak from this cause that they will
pour their contents into the soil, dwellings, stores, warehouses, and facto-
ries, to such an extent as to endanger these structures and the lives of the
inmates as well.
Having done all this, you will have performed your whole duty; and if
your note of warning is not heeded, the responsibility for possible future
disaster will rest on the shoulders of those who blindly invited it.
Caft. William Bropht, Boston, Mass.,
John P. Bakrett, Chicago, 111.,
>iOKRis W. Mead, Pittsburg, Pa.,
B. S. Flanders, Boston, Mass.,
Covimittee.
The foregoing report received the unanimous endorsement of
the convention.
CONCLUSION.
Owing to what appeared suspicious circumstances about the
ojigin of a fire that occurred in the Moison block, 274 West
Hancock street, April 11, 1895, at 12.4c a. m., an investigation
as to its cause was held by the board of engineers at the office of
City Solicitor Jones on the 29th of April, 1895.
Col. John C. Linehan, insurance commissioner for this state,
was also present.
While nothing was brought out in the evidence presented at
this hearing to convict any one, the board are of the unanimous
opinion that the fire was of an incendiary origin. The report
of the investigation has been filed with the insurance commis-
sioner.
This instance and others which have occurred during the year
is a strong argument in favor of a state fire marshal, similar to
one in Massachusetts, whose entire duty it is to investigate allsus-
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 329
picious fires. Such an officer in that state has aheady reduced
the number of incendiary fires, and I trust insurance underwriters
and property-holders in this state will take steps to secure the
passage of a law at our next session of the legislature for the ap-
pointment of a similar officer in New Hampshire.
Walter L. Blenus, who for a number of years was a faithful
driver of Hose No. i, as well as a courageous fireman, resigned
his position on account of injuries received while in the dis-
charge of his duties at a fire, October 2, 1894, from which inju-
ries he has been unable to perform any labor since, and it is
feared he will never fully recover therefrom. Such cases and
where injuries are received by firemen in the discharge of their
duties, and where from long service their health becomes im-
paired, should be rewarded by being placed on the retired list at
half pay, as in many states is now the case. This would not be
charity, but a duty communities owe to faithful servants.
In closing I desire to express my appreciation to the assistant
engineers, the officers and men comprising the several companies,
for their fidelity in the discharge of their duties, to His Honor
Mayor Clarke and members of the city councils for the interest at
all times manifested in the department, and to the chief of police
and the officers of his force for their co-operation and assistance
at fires.
Respectfully submitted.
THOMAS W. LANE,
Chief of Fire iJepartment .
List of Fires and Alarms Responded to During 1895,
with Losses and Insurance.
Still. Friday, January 4, 8.45 p. m. Smoke in house and
cellar in block, corner of Auburn and Chestnut streets. Chem-
ical responded but could find no fire.
Box 17. Sunday, January 6, 3.23 p. m. Two story wooden
house (four tenements), 305, 307 Amherst street, owned by Mrs.
830 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
H. P. Watts and occupied by C. H. Scobey, M. P. Moulton, R.
A. Dow, and W. F. Bailey. The fire started in the cellar from
the furnace being too near the woodwork and went up through
the partitions to the roof. Box pulled by citizen. Companies
responding : Engines i and 3, Chemical, Hose i ahd 2, Truck
3. Value of buildings, ^4,500; damage, $900; insurance,
$4,000; insurance paid, $900. Value of contents, $1,600; dam-
age, $75 ; no insurance.
Still. Friday, January 11, 6.45 p. m. Goodman's book-
store, 41 Hanover street. Paper in window caught fire from gas
jet. Chemical responded. Extinguished before its arrival.
Box 4. Wednesday, January 16, 9.32 p. M. Chimney fire
in Prout's block, corner of Elm and Central streets. Needless
alarm. No damage. Box pulled by citizen. Companies re-
sponding. Engines i, 2, 3, and Chemical, Hose i, Trucks i and
3. Extinguished with stream from Chemical.
Still. Saturday, January 19, 12.15 P- ^^- Burning chimney
in cottage house of F. L. Gray, 143 Pearl street. The roof about
the chimney ignited, but slight damage was done. Chemical en-
gine and Truck i responded. Value of building, $3,000 ; dam-
age, $14.21; insurance, $2,500; insurance paid, $14.21. No
damage to contents.
Still. Sunday, January 20, 9.30 a. m. Cottage house, 45
Lake avenue, owned by Patrick Harrington and occupied by
Joseph Leroy. Burning chimney ignited woodwork of the roof.
Extinguished with Chemical engine. Chemical and Truck i
responded. Value of building, $1,500. Damage, $50; insur-
ance, $1,200; insurance paid, $50. No damage to contents.
Box 8. Sunday, January 20, 10.30 p. m. Two-story wooden
block, 1 281 Elm street, owned by Gordon Woodbury and occu-
pied by Isaac Siegel as a fruit and confectionery store. The fire
originated in the basement from a gas jet left burning. There
was but little damage by fire, but mostly by smoke. Box pulled
by officer. Companies responding : Engines 1,4, 5, and Chem-
ical, Hose I and 2, Truck i. Value of building, $5,000. Dam-
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age, ^lo; insurance, ^4,000; insurance paid, $10. Value of
contents, ^500. Damage, ^212.50; insurance, ^450; insurance
paid, $212.50.
Still. Sunday, January 27, 8.44 a. m. Chimney fire at 452
Chestnut street. Used Pony. No damage.
Box 82. Sunday, January 27, 3.25 p. m. Three-and-a-half-
story wooden block (Lowell-street house) 43 Lowell street, owned
by Aretas Blood and occupied by Mrs. C. E. Cobb as boarding
and lodging house. The fire originated in the "blind" attic of
the L, and extended through to the main part of the building,
and was confined entirely to the upper story. Cause unknown.
Box pulled by Officer Rollins. Companies responding : Engines
1, 4, 5, and Chemical, Hose i and 2, Truck i. Value of build-
ing, $7,000. Damage, $1,000; insurance, $4,000; insurance
paid, $1,000. Value of contents, $5,000. Damage, $1,000 ; in-
surance, $2,500; insurance paid, $1,000.
Still. ^ Monday, January 28, 5.50 p. m. Chimney fire at 144
Manchester street. Responded with Pony. No damage.
Still. Tuesday, January 29, 9 a. m. Steam mistaken for
smoke at Mrs. C. E. Cobb's. 43 Lowell street. Responded with
Pony.
Box 15. Thursday, January 31, 8.48 p. m. Three-story
wooden tenement block, Pearl street, owned by David H. Young.
The fire originated from some unknown cause about a lounge on
first floor, and burned through the base-board into partition, and
from there into the second story. Box pulled by citizen. Com-
panies responding: Engines i, 4, 5, and Chemical, Hose i and
2, Truck I. Value of building, $25,000. Damage, $140; in-
surance, $3,000; insurance paid, $140. Value of contents,
$1,500. ■ Damage, $40. No insurance.
Box 8. Friday, February i, 2.59 a. m. Four story brick
block at 1 286-1 288 Elm street, owned by Morrill, Simons & Si-
mons, and occupied by A. ^. Gadbois as grocery store and meat
market. The fire originated from some unknown cause among
some friction matches, but was discovered in season to prevent
any serious damage. Box pulled by citizen. Companies re-
382 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
spending : Engines i, 4, 5, and Chemical, Hose i and 2,
Truck I. Value of buildings, ^35,000. Damage, $60; insur-
ance, ^40,000; insurance paid, ^60. Value of contents, ^4,000.
Damage, $300 ; insurance, ^2,600; insurance paid, ^200.
Still. Friday, February i, 5.06 p. m. Chimney fire at 405
North Main street, in house owned by P. D. Lynch and occupied
by Andrew Hurd. Members of Engine 6 responded with Pony.
No damage.
Box 7. Sunday, February 3, 5.29 a. m. Four story brick
block, No. 37 Manchester street, owned by Edward Wagner and
occupied by George Connor as a saloon. Soot in the chimney
took fire and fell to the basement to some rubbish, causing con-
siderable smoke but little damage by fire.. Extinguished with
Chemical engine. Box pulled by officer. Companies respond-
ing : Engines i and 3 and Chemical, Hose i, Trucks i and 3.
Value of building, $20,000. No damage to building. Value of
contents, $1,500 ; damage, $100; insurance, $1,000; insurance
paid, $100.
Still. Tuesday, February 5, 12.50 p. m. Chimney fire in
Perham's block, corner of East High and Malvern streets. Mem-
bers of Hose 2 responded. No damage.
Still. Tuesday, February 5, 1.55 p. m. Chimney fire at
No. 57 Central street. Members of Chemical responded with
Pony. No damage.
Still. Tuesday, February 5, 7.25 p. m. Steam issuing from
the Weston block, corner of Lowell and Chestnut streets, was
mistaken for smoke. Chemical engine responded with Pony.
Still. Wednesday, February 6. Thawing water pipes with
paper in rear of 48 Amherst street set fire to woodwork. Mem-
bers of Chemical company responded. No damage.
Still. Friday, February 8, 7.25 p. m. Chimney fire at 102
Lake avenue. No damage. Members of Chemical responded.
Still. Saturday, February 9, 9.05 A. m. Wooden "ten-
footers," 309 Concord street, owned and occupied by Julian B.
Huntley as plumber's shop. Spark from a parlor match set fire
to oakum. Members of Hose 2 responded. Damage slight.
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Value of building, ^150. No damage. Value of contents, ;^30o ;
damage, 1^5.70; insurance, ^100; insurance paid, ^5.70.
Still. Tuesday, February 12, 7.10 a. m. Two-story dwelling
at No. 29 Wayne street, owned by Mrs. CoUity. In thawing
water pipes set fire to sawdust packing. Members of Engine and
Ladder 6 responded with hose carriage. Used Pony. Damage
slight.
Still. Sunday, February 17, 11.08 a. m. Smoke issuing
from the foundry, corner Wilson and Valley streets, was taken
for a fire. Members of Engine and Ladder No 3 responded.
No damage.
Box 4. Sunday, February 17, 7.17 p. m. Curtain caught fire
in Griffin's block on Chestnut street, causing an unnecessary
alarm. No damage. Box pulled by citizen. Companies re-
sponding: Engines i, 2, and 3, Chemical, Hose i, Trucks i
and 3.
Still. Saturday, February 23, 10.20 p. m. Chimney fire at
115 West street, in tenement of Adolph Becker. Members of
Engine 2 responded. Used Pony. No damage.
Still. Saturday, March 2, 11.45 ?• ^^- Smoke in Martin's
block discovered by police. Members of Chemical responded.
No fire discovered.
Box 82. Monday, March 4, 7.01 p. m. Three-story brick
block, 1083 Elm street, known as Martin's block, owned by A.
F. Perry and "The Gale Home." The fire originated froni
some unexplained cause in the store of 1083 Elm street, occupied
by Miss S. Coricke-Messier as a millinery store. Box pulled by
citizen. Companies responding : Engines i, 4, 5, and Chem-
ical, Hose I and 2, Truck i. Value of building, ;^35,ooo; dam-
age, $225; insurance, $18,000; insurance paid, $225. Value
of contents, $2,100 ; damage, $1,087.28 ; insurance, $2,000 ; in-
surance paid, $1,087.28.
Still. Tuesday, March 5, 5.31 a. m. Chimney fire at 21
Amherst street. No damage. Members of Chemical responded
with Pony.
S34 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Box 73. Friday, March 8, 6.20 p. m. Three-story brick
schoolhouse, corner of East Spruce and Beech streets, owned and
occupied by the St. Augustine (French Catholic) society. The
fire originated in a waste paper box in the cellar, probably from
carelessness with matches, and was confined mostly to the cellar,
the smoke damaging the rooms above. Box pulled by citizen.
Companies responding: Engines 3, 4, and Chemical, Hose i,
Ladder 3. Value of building, ^12,000; damage, ^190; insur-
ance, ^4,000 ; insurance paid, $190. No damage to contents.
Box 315. Saturday, March 9, 2.53 A. m. Two-story wooden
building at 162 Front street, 'Skeag, owned by Tom W. Robin-
son, occupied by Cloeph Cote as carriage shop and Augustus H.
Stark for carriage and sign painting. Cause of fire unknown.
Box pulled by citizen. Companies responding: Engines 5,
6, and Chemical, and Ladder 6. Value of building, $1,400;
damage, $530; insurance, $800; insurance paid, ;^53o. Value
of Cote's contents, $800 ; damage, $731 ; insurance, ;^8oo ; in-
surance paid, $731. Value of Stark's contents, $450; damage,
I154.25 ; insurance, $300 ; insurance paid, $154.25.
Box 56. Monday, March 11, 1.57 A. m. Cottage house,
shed, and barn on Goffstown road about two miles from the city,
owned and occupied by Thomas G. Blackstock. The fire is sup-
posed to have caught from a defective chimney. Owing to the
distance from the city and delay in giving the alarm, the build-
ings and most of their contents were entirely destroyed. Box
pulled by Officer Caldwell. Companies responding : Engines 2,
6, and Chemical, Hose i. Ladder 6. Value of building, $1,500;
damage, $1,000; insurance paid, $1,000. Value of contents,
$900 ; damage, $361 ; insurance, $500 ; insurance paid, $361.
Still. Friday, March 15, 12.45 p- ^^* Rubbish in basement
of No. 1 1 Washington street caught fire from some unexplained
cause. Chemical engine called, but fire extinguished by Officer
Ring before its arrival. No damage.
Still. Monday, March 18, 8 p. m. Chimney fire at No. 72
Winter street, in tenement owned by A. C. Wallace and occu-
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 335
pied by William Ashford. No damage. Members of Engine 2
responded. Used Pony.
Box 82. Sunday, March 24, 10.31 p. m. Two-and-a-half
story dwelling, No. 25 Birch street, owned by estate of George
Whitford and occupied by several families. Cause, careless con-
struction of stovepipe and poor connection with the chimney.
Box pulled by citizen. Companies responding : Engines i, 4,
5, and Chemical, Hose i and 2, Truck i. Value of building,
^2,000; damage, $15.15; insurance, $1,500; insurance paid,
^15.15. No damage to contents.
Still. Monday, March 25, 9.10 a. m. Smoky stove caused
excitement enough to call the Chemical engine to 374 Chestnut
street. No damage. No fire.
Box 13. Monday, March 25, 3.17 p. m. Two-and-a-half
story wooden house. No. 667 Chestnut street, known as the old
Soapery. The fire started in a shed adjoining the house, caused
by children playing with matches. The building is leased by
Charles Williams, and occupied by Frank Kelley, Samuel Gag-
non, George Grow, and S. Costello. Box pulled by citizen.
Companies responding: Engines i, 5, and Chemical, Hose i,
Truck I. Value of buildings, $1,000; damage, $425 ; insurance,
^625 ; insurance paid, $425. Value of contents, $600 ; damage
to contents, $40. No insurance.
Still. Thursday, March 28, 9.30 p. m. Chimney fire in
Washington block, Pearl street. Members of Chemical responded
with Pony. All out on their arrival.
Box 315. Friday, March 29, 9.56 a. m. Ice-house, situated
on Black brook, Amoskeag, owned and occupied by Charles E.
Stearns. Sparks from a portable steam sawmill set fire to the
sawdust packing. Box pulled by citizen. Companies respond-
ing: Engines 5, 6, and Chemical, Ladder 6, and Riverside
Hose No. 5. All-out signal at 12 o'clock m. Value of build-
ing, $200; damage, $20; insurance, $100; insurance paid, $20.
Value of contents, $200 ; no damage.
Still. March 31, 11.04 a. m- Chimney fire at No. 61 Pearl
street. Sparks from chimney set fire to a few shingles, which
336 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
was extinguished with Pon3^ Members of Chemical responded.
Box 4. Thursday, April 4, 10.18 A. m. Four-story brick
block at corner of Elm and Spruce streets, owned by Daniel
Connor, and occupied by Mrs. Benjamin Contine and others.
Fire was discovered in the attic, and was caused by rats and
matches. Box pulled by Officer Proctor. Companies respond-
ing: Engines i, 2, 3, and Chemical, Hose i, Trucks i and 3.
Value of building, $20,000. Damage, $20; no insurance. No
damage to contents.
Box 12. Sunday, April 7, 10.35 p- ^i- Cottage house at 735.
Pine street, owned and occupied by Irving L. Stickney. The
fire originated from some unknown cause in a closet upstairs,
and communicated to the roof. Box pulled by citizen. Com-
panies responding: Engine 5, Chemical, Hose i, Truck i. Value
of building, $1,400. Damage, $200; insurance, $1,000 ; insur-
ance paid, $200. Value of contents, $1,000. Damage, $475 ;
insurance, $1,000; insurance paid, $475-
Box 15. Monday, April 8, 7.30 p. m. Small barn at corner
of Elm east back and Pearl street, owned and occupied by Joseph
Dubois. Fire originated from some unknown cause, and spread
so rapidly that two horses were burned to death. Box pulled by
citizen. Companies responding: Engines i, 3, 5, and Chemical,
Hose I and 2, Truck i. Value of building, $75. Damage, $50 ;
insurance, $50; insurance paid, $50. Value of contents, $150.
Damage, $100; insurance, $100; insurance paid, $100.
Still. Wednesday, April 10, 1.20 P. M. Chimney fire in
Wheat's block, 244 Chestnut street. No damage. Members
of Chemical responded. Used Pony.
Still. Wednesday, April 10, 9.03 p. m. Chimney fire in
Connor's block, 611 Elm street. No damage. Chemical engine
responded.
Box 53. Thursday, April 11, 12.39 A. m. Three-story tene-
ment block, 274-6-8 West Hancock street, owned by Mrs. W.
H. Moison, and occupied by Joseph Blais as tenement and car-
penter's shop. Most of the building was unoccupied. The
fire started in the cellar, under the stairway, and shavings
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 337
saturated with kerosene were found in the cellar after the fire.
Box pulled by Officer Caldwell. Companies responding: En-
gines 2 and 6, Chemical, Hose i, Truck 6. Value of building,
;^3,ooo. Damage, ;^775 ; insurance, 52,500; insurance paid,
$TTS' Insurance on contents, $1,000. Investigation as to
cause held April 29.
Still. Thursday, April 11, 11.40 a. m. Chimney fire at Dr.
J. L. Golden's, ;^86 Merrimack street. Members of Engine and
Ladder 3 responded. No damage. Used Pony.
Still. Saturday, April 20, 5.40 a. m. Chimney fire in Web-
ster block, Elm street. Members of Chemical responded. No
damage.
Box 4. Saturday, April 20, 10.05 p- ^^- False alarm. Steam
was seen issuing from the waste pipes of Hodge's shop, 485 Elm
street, and some excited individual pulled the alarm. Compa-
nies responding : Engines i, 2, and 3, Chemical, Hose i, Trucks
I and 3.
Still. Sunday, April 21, 1.20 p. m. Brush fire in woods
south of Nutt's pond. Word was telephoned, and Chemical
responded. The fire doing no damage, nor endangering houses,
in that vicinity, engine returned without doing service.
Still. Wednesday, April 24, 2.04 p. m. Grass fire in field
of A. G. Fairbanks, Eaton Heights, Pond road. Responded
with men and supply wagon. No damage.
Still. Friday, April 26, 5.45 p. m. Tvvo-and-a-half-story
wooden dwelling, owned and occupied by Rev. Fr. Hevey at
367 Beauport street. Cause, overheated furnace, causing slight
fire in partition. Responded to by members of Engine and Lad-
der Co. No. 6. Value of building, $4,500. Damage, $11.42 ;
insurance, $3,500 ; insurance paid, $11.42. No damage to con-
tents.
Still. Thursday, May 2, 1.50 p. u. Smoky chimney in
Mirror office. Members of Chemical responded. No damage.
Box 212. Friday, May 3, 12.50 a. m. Cottage house at 261
Cypress street, owned and occupied by Frank I. Paige. Fire
originated in a closet from spontaneous combustion of oily
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S38 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
waste. Box pulled by citizen. Companies responding : Engines
I, 3, and Cliemical, Hose 2, Track3. Value of buildings, ^4,000.
Danfiage, ^1,500; insurance, ^2,700; insurance paid, $1,500.
Value of contents, $1,500. Damage, $800; insurance, $300;
insurance paid, $300.
Box 21. Monday, May 6, 5.59 a. m. Chimney fire at 31
Laurel street. Needless alarm. No damage. Box pulled by
citizen. Companies responding : Engines 3, 4, and Chemical,
Hose I, Trucks i and 3.
Box 21. Friday, May 10, 6.53 p. m. Three-story wooden
block, 126 Central street. Match thrown from an adjoining
block on the shingles caused slight fire, which was extinguished
with a dipper of water. No damage. Box pulled by citizen.
Companies responding: Engines i, 3, and Chemical, Hose i,
Trucks I and 3.
2-2-2. Saturday, May 11, 2.55 p. m. Brush fire on Hooksett
road near town line. Chemical engine and detail of men from
Central station, and Engine 5 with company. The fire was on a
cleared lot near house of Joseph Goodwin. Cordwood on
the lot, which was fully insured, was consumed. Steamer re-
iiiained until 10 o'clock, and Chemical three hours.
Still. Saturday, May 11, 8.35 P. M. Lunch cart.
Still. Sunday, May 12, 10.35 a. m. Chimney fire at 83
Amherst street. Responded to by members of Chemical Co.
No damage.
Still. Monday, May 20, 2.08 p. m. Brush fire on Webster
street near Hooksett road. Engine 5 with detail of men re-
sponded. No damage.
Still. Tuesday, May 21, 9.45 a. m. Brush fire on Webster
street corner of Hooksett road. Engine 5 with detail of men
responded. No damage.
Still. Sunday, June 2, 12.45 p. m. Brush fire at head of
Prospect street near Derryfield pai-k. Responded with Chemical.
Services not needed. No damage.
Still. Sunday, June 2, 4.53 p. m. Chimney fire at corner of
Pine and Laurel streets. Members of Chemical responded. No
damage.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 339
Box 21. Wednesday, June 5, 10.12 a. m. Two-and-a-half
story house at 121 Central street, owned by Thomas Corcoran
and occupied by Robert McVicker. Pot of meat boiled dry and
meat burned, filling the house with a dense smoke. Box pulled
by Officer Rainville. No damage. Companies responding:
Engines i, 3, and Chemical, Hose i, Trucks i and 3.
Still. Monday, June 10, 7.10 p. m. Burning chimney at
Straw estate between Elm and Chestnut and Harrison and Brook
streets, occupied by Mayor William C. Clarke. Responded to
by members of Chemical. Used Pony. No damage.
Still. Sunday, June 16, 11. 31 a. m. Sparks on roof of
cobbler's shop in shed rear of J. E. Merrill & Co.'s currying
works, 646 Elm street. Extinguished with pails of water.
Chemical responded. No damage.
Box 4. Friday, June 28, 7,09 p. m. Chimney fire, rear of
642 Elm street. No damage. Box pulled by Officer Welch.
Companies responding : Engines 2, 3, 4, and Chemical, Hose
I, Trucks I and 3.
Box 8. Monday, July i, 9.38 a. m. Two-story tenement
block at No. 8^ Orange street, owned and occupied by Mrs.
Sarah E. Fisk. The fire originated in a back entry from a leaky
gasoline stove, doing but little damage to the house but burning
Mrs. Fisk so that she died in the afternoon. Box pulled by citi-
zen. Companies responding: Engines i, 4, 5, and Chemical,
Hose I and 2, Truck i. Fire extinguished before department
arrived. Value of building, ^1,500; damage, $10 j insurance,
^1,000. No damage to contents.
Box 5. Tuesday, July 2, 6.15 a. m. One-story wooden build-
ing on corners of Franklin, Pleasant, and West Central streets,
owned and occupied by the Public Market and Packing Com-
pany as a market. The fire was caused by an electric light wire
coming in contact with roof of building. Box pulled by Officer
Steele. Companies responding : Engines i, 2, 3, and Chemical,
Hose I, Trucks i and 3. Extinguished by Chemical. Value of
building, $3,500 ; damage, $50 ; insurance, $3,000 ; insurance
paid, $50.
340 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Box 8. Wednesday, July 3, 11.47 p- ^i- Three-story wooden
block, No. 1277 Elm street, owned by David H, Young and oc-
cupied by E. C. Smith & Co. as a drug store. Some careless
person threw a firecracker down the bulkhead of the cellar, caus-
ing a slight fire which was quickly extinguished. Damage slight.
Box pulled by citizen. Companies responding : Engines i, 4,
5, and Chemical, Hose i and 2, Truck i. Value of building,
^6,000; damage, ;^5 ; insurance, $5,000; insurance paid, $5.
No damage to contents.
Box 82. Thursday, July 4, 12.47 a. m. A firecracker thrown
into a tub of clothes in rear of tenement No. 31 Bridge street,
occupied by Joseph Dubois. Fire extinguished with but little
damage before the arrival of the department. Box pulled by
citizen. Companies responding: Engines i, 4, 5, and Chemi-
cal, Hose I and 2, Truck i.
Still. Thursday, July 4, 7.51 p. m. Firecracker in roof of
boarding block, corner of Vine and Concord streets. No dam-
age. Responded to by members at Central station.
Box 17. Thursday, July 4, 8.06 p. m. Two-and-a-half story
wooden house. No. 310 Hanover street, owned and occupied by
Walter Neal. The fire was caused by a rocket exploding on the
roof which burned the roof slightly. Box pulled by citizen.
Companies responding: Engines 3, 4, and Chemical, Hose i
and 2y and Truck 3. Value of buildings, $4,500 ; damage,
$18.25; insurance, $4,000 ; insurance paid, $18.25.
Still. Friday, July 12, 10.59 ^* ^i- Wooden tenement block
at No. 436 Granite street, owned by Thomas L. Thorpe and oc-
cupied by several families. Children playing with matches set
fire to rubbish in cellar. No damage. Members of Engine 2
responded with Pony.
Still. Monday, August 5, 9.45 a. m. Chimney fire at 48
Dover street, in house owned by A. N. Clapp and occupied by
John T. G. Dinsmore. Members of Engine 2 responded. No
damage.
Box 314. Tuesday, August 20, 8.39 a. m. Wooden store-
house at Amoskeag, owned and occupied by the P. C. Cheney Co.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 341
as a waste house. The fire was caused by spontaneous combus-
tion. Box pulled by citizen. Companies responding : Engines
5, 6, and Chemical, Hose i, Truck 6. Value of buildings,
^526.80; damage, $300; insurance, ^320; insurance paid,
^276.21. Value of contents, $1,510.62 ; damage, $959.01 ; in-
surance, $853.33; insurance paid, $825.50.
Still. Saturday, August 24, 8.30 a. m. Four-story brick
block, 1 1 28 to IT 38 Elm street, owned by Clough & Hall and
occupied by Fred Cotton as New City hotel. The fire originated
from the cooking range to woodwork. Chemical responded.
Value of building, $6,000; damage, $37.15 ; insurance, $4,000 ;
insurance paid, $37.15. Value of contents, $3,500; damage,
$6 ; insurance, $3,000 ; insurance paid, $6.
Box 213. Friday, August 30, 4.41 p. m. Small cottage house
situated on Maple street near Shasta, owned by Frank Rankin
and unoccupied. Cause unknown. Box pulled by citizen.
Companies responding: Engines i, 3, and Chemical, Hose 2,
Truck 3. Value of building, $500 ; damage, $150. Insurance
canceled by house being unoccupied.
Box 21. Monday, September 2, 1.15 p. m. Chimney fire
rear of iSo Central street, in cottage house owned by Thomas
O'Donald and occupied by Mrs. Long. Box pulled by citizen.
Companies responding: Engines 3, 4, and Chemical, Hose i,
Trucks I and 3. Value of building, $2,500: damage, $15 ;
insurance, $2,500; insurance paid, $15. No damage to con-
tents.
Box 6. Friday, September 6, 9.27 p. m. Four-story brick
block known as Merchants Exchange, corner Elm and Man-
chester streets, owned by Harrington, Lane, & Barton and occu-
pied by Merchants National Bank, who sub-let the basement
where the fire originated to James Watts as an eating saloon.
The fire originated near the range, and was caused by that being
too near the woodwork. Box pulled by citizen. Companies
responding : Engines i, 2, 3, 4, and Chemical, Hose i and 2,
Trucks I and 3. Value of building, $20,000; damage, $180;
insurance, $iS,ooo; insurance paid, $180. Value of Watts's
342 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
contents, $300; damage, $200; insurance, ^300; insurance
paid, $200. Damage to bank contents, ^330 ; insurance, $1,700 ^
insurance paid, $330.
Box 6. Friday, September 6, 10.38 p, m. Needless alarm on
account of steam and smoke from above fire. Box pulled by
Officer Hutchinson. Companies responding : Engines i, 3,
4, and Chemical, Hose i and 2, Trucks i and 3.
Still. Saturday, September 14, 7.45 a. m. Chimney fire at
95 Amherst street. Used Pony. No damage. Members of
Chemical responded.
Box 53. Tuesday, September 24, 4.20 a. m. One-story
wooden milk-shed on South Main street near the Bedford road,
owned by William Esty. Cause unknown. Box pulled by citi-
zen. Companies responding : Engines 2, 6, and Chemical, Hose
1, Truck 6. Value of building, $200; damage, $100. No in-
surance.
Box 213. Friday, September 27, 7.35 p. M. Cottage house
on Shasta street, owned by Charles Robitaille and occupied by
Julius Reuben. The fire was caused by carelessly leaving a lighted
candle in house while occupants were away. Box pulled by cit-
izen. Companies responding : Engines i, 3, and Chemical, Hose
2, Truck 6. Value of building, $600 ; damage, $318, insurance,
^500; insurance paid, $318. Value of contents, $500; damage,
$100; insurance, $500 ; insurance paid, $100.
Box 7. Friday, October 4, 12.49 ^- ^^- One-story wooden
stable in rear of 40 Merrimack street, owned by K. of P. Asso-
ciation and occupied by E. L. Carswell. Cause of fire, breaking
of lantern. Box pulled by officer. Companies responding :
Engines i, 3, and Chemical, Hose i, Trucks i and 3. Value of
building, $200; damage, ^too ; insurance, $100; insurance
paid, ;^ 1 00. Value of contents, $500 ; damage, $87 ; insurance,
^400; insurance paid, $87.
Still. Saturday, October 5, 7 A. m. Chimney fire rear of
66 Concord street. No damage. Members of Chemical re-
sponded. Used Pony.
2-2-2. Out of town call. Sunday, October 27, 6.20 p. m.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 343
Brush fire near Cedar swamp, outside the city limits. Responded
to by Assistant Engineer Merrill with Engine 5 and a detail of
men from other companies.
Still. Wednesday, October 30, 5.30 p. m. Chimney fire at
70 Cedar street. Responded to by Chemical Engine Co. No
damage. Used Pony.
Box 15. Monday, November 4, 10.58 p. m. , Four-story
wooden block, 61 Pearl street. Slight fire in woodbox caused
by children playing with matches. Extinguished before arrival
of department. No damage. Companies responding : Engines.
I. 4, 5, and Chemical, Hose i and 2, Trucks i and 5.
Still. Sunday, November 10, 8.23 p. m. Slight fire in a
woodbox in a house owned and occupied by Edward Wyman at
100 West street. Members of Engine 2 responded. Used Pony.
Box 4. Thursday, November 14, 6.37 p. m. Burning chim-
ney, 55 Spruf-e street. No damage. Box pulled by citizen.
Companies responding: Engines i, 2, 3, and Chemical, Hose
I, Trucks !• and 3.
Box 212. Monday, November 18, 6.16 a. m. Burning chim-
ney at 585 Valley street. Needless alarm. Companies respond-
ing : Engines 3, 4, and Chemical, Hose 2, Truck 3. No damage.
Box pulled by citizen. Used Pony.
Box 45. Thursday, November 21, 10.24 a. m. Two-story
brick block, 385 to 397 Elm street, owned by the Head & Dowst
Co., and occupied by The Daniels-Cornell Co. as wholesale gro-
cers. The fire originated in the rear part of the main store on
first floor, from some unknown cause, and spread so rapidly that
on arrival of department the entire store was filled with such
dense smoke it was hard to reach the seat of fire. Companies
responding: Engines i, 2, 3, 4, and Chemical, Hose i, Trucks.
I and 3. Box pulled by citizen. Value of building, $12,000.
Damage, $i.,5oo; insurance, $7,500; insurance paid, $1,500.
Value of Daniels-Cornell Co. contents, $4,000. Damage, $21,-
500; insurance, $36,000; insurance paid, $21,500. Value of
Charles A. Hoitt & Co.'s contents, $6,000. Damage, $750; in-
surance, $3,500; insurance paid, $500.
344 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Still. Friday, November 22, 10.20 p. m. Slight fire at
Mechanics hall, probably caused by cigar stub. Chemical engine '
called by telephone, but the fire was extinguished by Officer
Burns before their arrival. No damage.
Box 7. Saturday, November 23, 5.34 p. m. Two-story
wooden block owned by Mrs. J. M. Knowles, and occupied by
several families, at 331 Chestnut street. In the tenement occu-
pied by Mrs. McCauley a picture fell upon a stove, causing an
alarm to be pulled by Deputy Chief of Police Cassidy. No dam-
age. Companies responding : Engines 3, 4, and Chemical, Hose
I, Trucks I and 3.
Box 71. Sunday, November 24, 12.15 p- ^^- Smoke was seen
issuing from F. X. Chenette's blacksmith shop, corner of Pine
and Cedar streets, and some excited individual pulled in a need-
less alarm. Companies responding: Engines i, 3, and Chemical,
Hose I, Trucks i and 3. No damage. Box pulled by citizen.
Still. Saturday, November 30, 1.30 p. m. Burning chimney
in Smyth «Sc Carpenters' block, 1224 Elm street. No damage.
Responded to by members of Chemical. Used Pony.
Box 82. Saturday, November 30, 7,07 p. m. Four-story
brick block, 1061 Elm street, owned by Weston, Hill & Fitts.
The fire was in room 41, occupied by Bertha Foster, and was
caused by a cigarette being thrown on lounge, causing damage
to lounge only, and none to building. No hose wet. Fire ex-
tinguished by officers with pails of water. Standpipes inside
building would not work. Companies responding: Engines i,
4, 5, and Chemical, Trucks i and 5, Hose i and 2.
Still. Friday, December 13, 11.25 p. m. Burning chimney
in Merchants Exchange building, corner of Elm and Manchester
streets. Chemical engine responded. Used Pony. No damage.
Still. Saturday, December 14, 5.15 a. m. Three-story
wooden flour and grain mill, 120 South Main street, owned by
Adams & Tasker, and occupied by Clarence R. Merrill. The
fire was caused by burglars blowing open the safe. The wood-
work about the office was somewhat burned, and "lights of glass
broken from windows. Responded to by members of Engine 2.
Damage, $25. Insured.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 345
Still. Saturday, December 14, 10.08 p. m. Burning chim-
ney at 8 Clark avenue. Pearl street. No damage. Used Pony.
Still. Monday, December 16, 10.38 p. m. One-story
wooden building at 672 Elm street, occupied by Howe & Streeter
as bottlers. Room found full of smoke by Officer Magoon.
Investigation showed that scraps of meat had been thrown into
stove when filling it with coal for the night. Chemical engine
responded. No damage.
Still. Tuesday, December 17, 2.45 p. m. Four-story brick
block, owned by Clark & Congdon, 891 Elm street. Rubbish
in a club-room caught from some unknown cause, filling room
with smoke but doing slight damage. Chemical engine re-
sponded. Extinguished before their arrival.
Box 6. Tuesday, December 17, 6.47 p. M. Boiling over of
a kettle of fat at 61 Hanover street, Standard Bread Co.'s bake
shop, caused some "crazy" individual to pull in an alarm. No
damage. Companies responding: Engines i, 4, and Chemical,
Hose I and 2, Trucks i and 3.
Box 82. Saturday, December 21, 6.57 p. m. Lunch cart rear
77 Lowell street, owned by Smith, and occupied by Thomas
Cromie. Cause, gasoline stove. Box pulled by officer. Com-
panies responding: Engines i, 4, 5, and Chemical, Hose i and
2, Trucks I and 5. Value of'contents, ^75. Damage ^50. No
insurance.
Box 62. Thursday, December 26, 11.57 p. m. Two-story
wooden house, Essex street, near the tannery in Bakersville,
owned by Mrs. Mary P. Gauthier, and occupied by her and
several other families, with one tenement vacant. The fire was
set in closet in unoccupied tenement down stairs, and in one
room on second floor, and in two rooms in attic. Box pulled
by citizen. Companies responding: Engines i, 3, and Chemi-
cal, Hose I, Truck 3. Value of building, ^800. (?) Damage, $59.-
75; insurance, $1,000; insurance paid, §59. 75. Value of
contents, $200. Damage, $20; insurance, $600 ; insurance un-
paid.
Still. Saturday, December 28, 243 p. m. Four-story brick
block, 1 137 Elm street, owned by John Young. Cause, over-
346
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
heated chimney. Members of Chemical responded. Used
Pony. Value of building, ^8,000. Damage, ^10; insurance,
;g6,ooo; insurance paid, $10. No damage to contents.
Box 82. Saturday, December 28, 7.15 p. m. Chimney fire at
16 Church street, in block owned by Higgins Bros., and occupied
by Louis Burton and John Valliere. No damage. Box pulled
by Officer Butler. Companies responding: Engines i, 4, 5, and
Chemical, Hose i and 2, Trucks i and 3.
Still. Tuesday, December 31, 10.24 a. m. Chimney fire irv
brick cottage, 143 Pearl street, owned and occupied by F. L.
Gray. No damage. Responded to by members of Chemical.
Used Pony.
Number of bell alarms .
Number of still alarms .
Total
Valuation of property endangered
Insurance on property endangered
Aggregate losses for 1895
Amount of insurance paid
51
57
108
^328,662.42
186,998.33
36,985-37
Net loss not covered by insurance . . ^2,512.30
The several companies have responded to alarms as follows :
Engine No. i — 35 times.
Engine No. 2 — 17 times.
Engine No. 3 — 29 times.
Engine No. 4 — 24 times.
Engine No. 5 — 23 times.
Engine No. 6 — 9 times.
Chemical — 85 times.
Hose No. I — 43 times.
Hose No. 2 — 25 times.
Hose No. 3 — 2 times.
Truck No. i — 38 times.
Truck No. 3 — 28 times.
Truck No. 5 — 4 times.
Truck No. 6 — 9 times.
Number and Location of Fire Alarm Boxes and
Keys.
A KEY IS ATTACHED TO Each Box and Can be had by breaking
the glass.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 347
No. 3. Blood's lower shop. Keys at offices of gas-works,
county jail, Manchester Coal and Ice Co.'s sheds, and Charles
H. Hutchinson's shop.
No. 4. Corner Spruce and Elm streets. Keys at Hotel Ox-
ford, L. B. Bodwell & Co.'s, Palmer & Garmon's, Street Rail-
way 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 offi-
cers.
No. 8. Corner Elm and Hollis streets. Keys at Edward C.
Smith's and Colby's drugstores, and Partridge Bros.' grain store.
No. 9. Corner of Elm and Webster streets. Keys at resi-
dences of Mrs. H. D. Corliss, J. Freeman Clough, Dr. E. Fritz,
and station of Engine No. 5.
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 res-
idences of Welcome Jencks and Mrs. Lewis Simons, No. i Sen-
ter's block, and Gate's grocery store.
No. 14. Corner of Prospect and Union streets. Keys at res-
idences 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
348 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
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, the late 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.
No. 34. Jefferson Mill. Keys at watchroom and pumping
Stark Mills. Keys at watchroom.
Amory Mills. Keys at watchroom.
Hillsborough county jail. Keys at office.
Amoskeag Mills. Keys at watchroom.
Manchester Mills. Keys at watchroom.
Olzendam's Mill. Keys at watchroom.
The S. C. Forsaith Co. 's shops. Keys at freight depot
C. Forsaith Co.'s office.
Corner of Walker and Second streets. Keys at stores
of F. Riedel and William Weber.
station
No.
35'
No.
36.
No.
39-
No.
41-
No.
42,
No.
43
No.
45
and S.
C.
No.
51
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 349
No. 52. Barr's brick block, West Manchester. KeysatFradd
& 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, Bakers-
ville. Keys at Mary Stack's saloon, True W. Jones Co.'s brew-
ery, store of John A. Kane, and Hose 3.
No. 62. Gerrish Wool & Leather Co.'s, River road. Keys at
tannery, the Edwin Kennedy house, and Hose 3.
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.
No. 82. Old City Hotel, corner Lowell and Church streets.
Keys at Syndicate Furniture Co.'s, Lowell-street stable, Nichols's
stable, and Fames 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 A. P. Olzendara, G. A. Olzendam, W. S. Shannon, and John
J. Bennett.
350 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
No. 212. Shoeshop, Ilallsville. 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. 213. Sash and blind factory, south Beech street, junction
of Portsmouth Railroad. Keys at offices of Austin, Flint &
Day and Dana & Provost.
No. 214. Elliott silk mill, corner of Wilson and Valley
streets. Keys at office and watchroom of mill.
No. 215. Hoyt & Co.'s shoeshop, corner of Lincoln and Sil-
ver streets. Keys at offices of shoeshop and Kimball Carriage
Co. and residence of Mrs. A. B. Johnson.
No. 216. Jewett and Somerville streets. Keys at residences
of G. H. Hill, 140 Jewett street, and W. B. Brown, 128 Jewett
street.
No. 261. Pearl-street grammar school. Keys at schoolroom
and residences of 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 No. 11 Mill.
No. 313. Corner of Amory and Main streets. Keys at resi-
dences of Allen Dean and Lawrence M. Connor, Bouthillier &
Gingras's drugstore, Miville & Co.'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 and
Riverside Hose house.
No. 315. Old Brick Store at 'Skeag. Keys at Flanders's
store, Riverside 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
Albert Oliver's store, P. J. Archambeault's bakery, and residence
of Officer Lewis Clement.
No. 324. Amory and Laval streets. Key at residence of
Desire Martin, No. 494 Amory street.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER.
351
No. 511. Corner of Douglas and Green streets. Keys at res-
idences of Amelia Davis, William A. Tufts, and James Kearns.
No. 513. Corner of Milford and Carroll streets. Keys at
residences of J. W. Abell, James Ward, and Mrs. Elizabeth
Ward.
Also, keys will be found in the hands of all regular police.
The true time will be given at precisely 12.30 p. m. from
Charles A. Trefethen's jewelry store, and will be denoted by one
stroke of the fire bells.
Telephone Galls.
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 and Ladder No. 5
Engine and Ladder No. 6
Hose No. 2
Hose No. 3
64-3
64-3
64-4
34-4
73-3
206-3
55-4
64-2
64-5
64-6
64-7
1 1 6-4
25-2
Instructions to Key-holders and Citizens.
1. Upon the discovery of a fire, notice should be immediately
communicated to the nearest alarm box, the keys to which are in
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.
352 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
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
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 yoii change your residetice or place
of business^ where the keys are kept, return the keys to the same
office.
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 J seconds apart, repeated three times. Box 212, two blows,
pause of .6t seconds, one blow, same pause, and two blows,
2 — I — 2, repeated three times.
8. The engineers reserve the right to give one stroke of the
bells at any time ; and in case of testing the boxes, each test will
be preceded by one stroke of the bells.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER.
353
TABLE
SHOWING THE APPARATUS CALLED TO DIFFERENT BOXES ON FIRST, SEC-
OND. AND THIRD ALARMS.
Boxes.
FiBSX Alabm.
Engine.
Ist R
Ist R,
1st R,
lst&
1st R
lst&
1st R,
5
IstR,
1st R,
lst&
IstR.
IstR,
IstR.
IstR,
1st K,
IstR,
IstR.
IstR.
IstR,
IstR,
1st R,
1st &
1st &
lst&
l.st R.
lst&
1st &
IstR.
Ist &
2-6
2-6
2-6
2-6
2-6
IstR.
IstR.
IstR.
IstR.
IstR.
1st &
l8t&
IstR.
IstR.
IstR.
1st R.
IstR.
IstR.
Ist R.
IstR.
IstR.
IstR.
IstR.
5-6
5-6
2-6
2-6
2-6
2-6
2-6
,3
2-3
2-3
2dR.
,3
2dR. 5
5
5
,5
2dR. 5
5
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
6
5
2d R. 5-6
2d R. 5-6
2d R. 5-6
2d R. 2-3
2d R. 2-3
2-3
2d R. 2-3
3
3
3
3
3
2dR.
2dR.
, 5
5
5
3
3
3
3
3
3
2-6
2-6
C. 1
1-3
1-3
1
1-2
1
1-2
1
1
1-2
1-2
1-2
1-2
1-2
1-2
1
1-2
1-2
1-2
1-2
2
1
1
1-2
1
1
1-3
1
1
1
1
1
1-3
1-3
1
1
1
1
1-2
2
2
1-2
2
2-3
2-3
2-3
2
2
1-3
1-3
1-3
1-3
1-3
1-5
5
5
5
5
1-5
1-5
3
3
1-3
3
3
3
5
3
1-5
1-5
1-5
1-5
1-5
1-3
1-3
1-3
3
1-3
6
6
6
6
6
3
3
3
3
3
1
1-5
5
5
5
3
3
3
3
3
5
6
6
5
5
6
6
6
6
6
Second Alabm.
2dR.2
2dR.
2dR.
2-3
2dR.
3
2d R.
1st R.
2d R
2dR. 3
3
2dR. 3
2dR.5
2dR.
2d R. 2
2dR.
2dR.
2dR.
2dR.5
2dR.
2dR.5
2dR. 6
2-3
2-3
2-3
2d R. 2
5-6
5-6
2d R. 6 J3-2
5 '3-2
1st R.3 1
1st R.3
1st R.3
IstR.
let R.3
2dR.2
2dR.2
2d R.
2dR.
2dR.
5-6
2dR.
2d R.
2d R.3
2dR.
2dR.
2d K.
2dR.
2dR.
2dR.5
2dR.5
2dR.5
l.st R 2
IstR.
1st R.5
IstR. 5
1st R.5
IstR.
IstR.
5
5
5
5
3
1
1
1
1
3
3
1
1
5
1
1
1
3
1
6
6
3-6
3-6
3-6
5
5-6
6-5
1
1
1
1
3-5
3-6
1
3
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
6
6
1
1
5
3
TmBD Alabu.
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
5
6
2d R. 5
2dR. 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-G
2-5-6
2-5-6
2-6
3
3
2dR. 3
2dR. 2-3
2d R. 3
2dR. 3
2d R. 3
2d R. 3-5
2d R. 3-5
5-&
6
6
6
6
6
3-6
3-6
6-3
6-3
6
6
e-s
6-5
6
6-5
6-5
6-5
6-1
6-5
3
3
6-5
6
1-5
1-5
1-5
1-3-5
1-5
1-6-5
6-5
6-5
6-5
6-5
6
6-3
6-1
6-1
6-5
5-6
6-5
6-5
5-6
6-3
3-5
3-5
1-3
1-3
3-5
3-5
1-3
1-5
1-3-5
23
354 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
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 " official
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.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 355
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 apparatus is wanted without giving a second or
third alarm, the following special calls will be given :
I — T — I for Aerial Truck.
3 — 3 for Truck 3.
3-5 " " 5-
3_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 CALL.
For a fire out of the city 2 — 2 — 2, in which case all companies
will assemble at their respective quarters and await orders.
2 — I for Engine
I.
2 — 2 " "
2.
2—3 "
3-
2-4 '' ''
4-
2-5 '' "
5-
2—6 "
6,
356 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
ALL OUT SIGNAL.
Two blows on the bells, which dismisses all members at com-
pany quarters.
This signal will be given after companies working at a fire
have returned to quarters, "made up," and are ready to respond
to another alarm, and captains should report to headquarters, per-
sonally or by telephone, as soon as their respective companies,
are ready.
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.
12 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.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 357
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.
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 Kelly street. East to Beauport street.
South to Wayne street. West to Rimmon street.
BAKERSVILLE STATION.
North to bridge over B. & M. East to Calef road.
R. R. West to Brown avenue.
South to Baker 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 chief or an as-
sistant engineer.
In exercising, care must be taken to avoid colliding with other
teams. In approaching corners, crossings, street-car 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.
Stations and Sleeping Rooms.
All stations of this department will be open from 7 a. m. until
9 p. M., and the members at the several stations will receive vis-
358 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
itors and citizens courteously, answer all questions in a gentle-
manly manner, and give any proper information.
Gambling of any kind shall not be done or permitted in or
about any of the houses or premises occupied by the department.
Stations to be closed at lo o'clock p. m.
All games must cease at lo o'clock p. m. and the stations be
closed at that hour, to permit the permanent men and those
detailed to sleep in the station, to retire undisturbed.
None of the stations will be open after the above hour (except-
ing in case of an alarm of fire) without permission of the chief
or board of engineers.
Stations may be kept open Saturday evenings until ii o'clock.
No spirituous or malt liquors shall be allowed in or about any
of the fire stations, and any member of the fire department seen
intoxicated at any fire or alarm of fire, or who shall be known to
frequent places where liquors are sold, during the progress of a
fire, or whenever in uniform, shall be subject to reprimand, or
dismissal, as the board of engineers may determine.
Any permanent member visiting any liquor saloon in uniform,^
except in the performance of his duty as a member of the fire
department, or who is intoxicated or visits places where intoxi-
cating liquors are sold, while on duty, shall be suspended, or
discharged, as the board of engineers may determine.
Commanding officers of companies, having knowledge of the
violation of the foregoing rules, will suspend the offender and
report the same to the chief, or board of engineers.
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 cloth-
ing through carelessness. After lo p. m. occupants shall refrain
from loud talking or in any manner disturbing the rest of any
who have retired.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER. 359
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-
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.
Afiy call trieniber expecting to be absent from the city shall tiotify
the captain of his compa?iy, and before leaving the city shall pro^
cure 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.
An Ordinance Passed March 5, 1895.
RELATING TO PERMANENT MEMBERS OF THE FIRE I>EPARTMENT.
Each permament member of the fire department shall be allowed one
whole day leave of absence in each month, in addition to two weeks vacation
in each year, without loss of pay; but the chief engineer shall determine
what days the leave of absence shall be granted.
Permanent men out of the city on any such day shall be accounted present,
at roll-call and not be subject to a fine for absence. No leave of absence
SHALL EVER BE GRANTED ANY MEMBER OF THE DEPARTMENT ON THE FOURTH
DAV OF JULY of any year, and all members absent on leave shall report at
their company quarters at 8 o'clock in the evening of July 3 of each year.
All ordinances inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.
360
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
The " days off" shall be as follows :
Name.
Company.
Name.
Company.
1
Hall
Engine 1.
1.
1.
Hose 1.
Engine 4.
4.
" 4.
Truck 1.
" 1.
" 1.
Chemical 1.
" 1.
Engine & Ladders.
" 3.
" 3.
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
George
Seaward
Morse
Smith
Eng. & Ladder 3.
Hose 2.
Eng. & Ladder 5.
" 5.*
" " 5
2
3
4
Harvey
Barker
Parsons*
Abbott
Dustin
Rowe
6
7
Hubbell.'
Morrill
" 5.
Engine 2.
" 2.
9
10
11
1?
Denyou
Pherson
Wheeler
Richardson..
rorsaith
Piper
Wheeler
McLeod
Whitcomb ...
Weeks
Foster
" 2.
Eng. & Ladder 6.
6.
" " 6
13
14
15
16
Crosby*
Rogers*
Sloan*
" " 6.
Hose 3.
" 3.
*NOTE.— In February Crosby will take the 16th, and Rogers the 26th ; in July
Parsons will take the 14th; and in February. April, June, September, and
November, Sloan will take the 27th.
The hour of leaving will be 7 o'clock a. m., and members
will not leave their station until the arrival of the spare driver.
They must report J>romJ>f/y at 7 0' clock the following morning for
duty.
Those whose breakfast hour is 6 o'clock will remain at sta-
tion until 7 o'clock on the date of their "day off."
Should a fire be in progress at the hour of changes, men will
remain on duty until the "all out" is given, except permission
is obtained of the chief, or engineer in charge of fire, to retire.
Should a "general " or third alarm be rung in while members
are in town, they will be expected to report for duty.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER.
361
On the ''day off" of the engineer of a steamer, the assistant
shall, on his arrival at the fire, act as engineer.
The time of change from first and second run will be made at
7 o'clock A. M., on and after May i, 1895.
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.
ESTIMATED VALUE OF PROPERTY.
Engine No. 1.
LOCATED ON VINE STREET.
I first-size Amoskeag steamer
I one-horse wagon .
3 gray horses for steamer .
I gray horse for hose wagon
4 swinging harnesses
I pair double exercise harnesses
I single exercise harness .
2,350 feet fabric hose
Stable fixtures, blankets, etc.
Tools, furniture, and fixtures
Firemen's suits and badges
Total amount
,4,000.00
400.00
685.00
225.00
200.00
50.00
40.00
1,292.50
80.00
200.00
200.00
17,402.50
3()2
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Engine No. 2.
LOCATED AT NORTH MAIN STREET, 'SQUOG
I second size Amoskeag steamer
I hose wagon ....
I exercise wagon, poles, shafts, and 3-horse hitch
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 ....
3,200 feet fabric hose
Stable fixtures and blankets
Furniture, fixtures, carpets, etc.
Firemen's suits and badges
Total amount
i4,ooo.oo
600.00
340.00
617.00
450.00
100.00
250.00
60.00
1,760.00
94.00
466.00
150.00
Engine and Ladder No. 3.
LOCATED ON LAKE AVENUE, CORNER MASSABESIC STREET.
I second-size Amoskeag steamer
I two-horse hose wagon .
I two-horse truck and equipments
I three-horse hitch attachment (extra)
I pair black horses for steamer .
T pair bay horses for hose wagon
I pair bay horses for truck
3 exercise harnesses, 2 at ;^5o, i at ;^4o
6 swinging harnesses
,200 feet fabric hose
Stable fixtures, blankets, etc.
Beds, bedding, carpets, hall furniture, etc.
Firemen's suits and badges
I exercise wagon
Total amount
^3,500.00
400.00
1,700.00
200.00
417.00
400.00
400.00
140.00
300.00
1,760.00
80.00
575-0O
200.00
292.50
^10,364.50
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER.
363
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
2,2oo 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
1,210.00
275.00
75.00
150.00
!7,37o.oo
Engine and Ladder No. 5.
LOCATED ON WEBSTER STREET, CORNER
I third-size Amoskeag steamer .
I two-wheeled Amoskeag hose carriage
I steel frame ladder truck
I pair bay horses for steamer
I pair bay horses for truck
I bay horse for hose carriage
I exercise wagon
1 double sled .
5 swinging harnesses
2 pairs exercise harnesses
2,500 feet fabric hose
Bedding, furniture, tools, etc
Stable fixtures, blankets, etc.
Firemen's suits, badges, etc.
CHESTNUT.
^3,600.00
60c .00
1,650 00
500.00
400.00
200.00
325.00
50.00
250.00
100.00
247.00
90.00
200.00
Total amount
$9,587.00
364
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
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, coo 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
1,100.00
375-00
85.00
187.00
290.50
S8,935-5o
Hose No. 1,
LOCATED ON VINE STREET.
I four-wheeled Amoskeag hose carriage
^600.00
2 horses ......
500.00
2 single harnesses
70.00
I single cart ....
40.00
I single sled ....
40.00
I hose sled ....
20.00
2,000 feet fabric hose
1,100.00
500 feet leather hose .
250.00
Furniture and fixtures
200.00
Beds, bedding, etc. .
60.00
Stable fixtures and blankets
50.00
Firemen's suits and badges
120.00
Total amount
,050.00
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER.
365
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 exercise wagon ......
1,900 feet fabric hose .....
1,100 feet leather hose .....
Furniture and fixtures .....
Firemen's suits and badges
^000.00
100.00
30.00
50.00
325.00
1,045.00
440.00
100.00
120.00
Total amount
^2,790.00
Hose No. 3.
LOCATED ON SOUTH ELM STREET, BAKERSVILLE.
I combination hose wagon (with ladders) . . ^1,000.00
I pair gray horses ...... 400.00
I pair swinging harnesses ..... 100.00
I pair exercise harnesses ..... 50.00
I double cart ....... 50.00
2,000 feet fabric hose . , . . . . . 1,100.00
Furniture, fixtures, bedding, etc. . . . ■ 85.00
Stable fixtures, blankets, etc. .... 65.00
Firemen's suits and badges .... 80.00
Total amount
$2,930.00
Hook-and-Ladder No. 1.
LOCATED ON VINE STREET.
I aerial hook-and-ladder truck
3 horses ....
,200.00
800.00
366
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
3 exercise harnesses
3 swinging harnesses
2 extra Bangor extension ladders
7 rubber blanket covers .
Furniture and fixtures
Beds, bedding, and furniture .
Stable fixtures and blankets
Firemen's suits and badges
Total amount
Chemical Engine No. 1
LOCATED ON VINE STREET.
1 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
^50.00
150.00
360.00
168.00
200.00
75.00
60.00
150.00
5,153.00
^2,250.00
400.00
50.00
100.00
75.00
50.00
35-00
$2,960.00
Supply Wagon.
I supply wagon, with boxes and engineers' lanterns
Spare Hose.
AT CENTRAL STATION, VINE STREET.
Soo feet leather hose
1,700 feet fabric hose .....
Total amount .....
5250.00
3400.00
935-00
$1)335-00
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER.
367
Exercise Wagon.
CENTRAL STATION, VINE STREET.
I four-wheeled exercise wagon with pole^ shafts,
three-horse hitch, and coal boxes
E. W. Harrington Steam Fire Engine.
STORED AT CLINTON-STREET ENGINE HOUSE.
Old U tank Amoskeag engine (may be worth for ex-
change) $250.00
Engineers' Department
5 fire hats ....
5 engineers' white rubber coats
Furniture and fixtures .
Total amount . . .
j^IO.OO
37.50
175.00
$222.50
Riverside Hose Co. No. 5.
LOCATED AT CORNER OF OLD FALLS ROAD AND FRONT STREET.
1 four-wheeled hose carriage
800 feet leather hose
2 hose-pipes, spanners, etc.
Furniture and fixtures
Total amount
3400.00
300.00
40.00
10.00
$750.00
368
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Goffe's Falls Hose Carriage.
LOCATED AT DEVONSHIRE MILLS.
1 two-wheeled hose-carriage
300 feet fabric hose
2 hose pipes
Total amount
^30.00
100.00
10.00
1^140.00
Pond Road Hose Carriage.
LOCATED IN BASEMENT OF W. P. FARMER'S BARN.
I two-wheeled hose-carriage . . , . ^30.00
500 feet leather hose ...... 150.00
Total amount
Sleeping-Hall.
AT CENTRAL STATION, VINE STREET.
6 beds, bedding, wardrobes, etc.
Extra Horse.
I bay horse off duty
^180.00
^260.00
Fire Alarm Telegraph.
At cost, including additions previous to 1885
Remodeling in 1885
Additions in 1886 .
in 1887 .
in 1888 .
in i88q .
^21,625.00
6,000.00
775.00
375-00
575-00
430.00
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER.
^369
Aaauions in 1590 .
^300.00
in 1891 .
280.00
in 1892 .
150.00
in 1893 •
500.00
in 1894 .
250.00
in 1895 . . .
500.00
" Individual Tapper" system
3,000.00
Wire, ladders, arms, brackets, etc.
125.00
Total ....
. ^34,885.00
Recapitulation.
Engine No. i
. $7>402.5o
Engine No. 2 . . . .
8,887.00
Engine and Ladder No. 3
10,364.50
Engine No. 4 . . . .
7,370.00
Engine and Ladder No. 5
9,587.00
Engine and Ladder No. 6
8,935-50
Harrington Engine (old)
250.00
Hose No. I .
3,050.00
Hose No. 2
2,790.00
Hose No. 3 .
2,930.00
Hook-and-Ladder No. i
6,153.00
Chemical Engine No. i
2,960.00
Supply wagon ....
250.00
Spare hose .....
i,335-oo
Exercise wagon (Central station)
350.00
Engineer's department .
222.50
Riverside Hose No. 5 .
750.00
Hose Carriage on Pond Road
180.00
Goffe's Falls Hose carriage
140.00
Sleeping Hall (Central station)
260.00
Extra horse
50.00
Fire-Alarm Telegraph .
34,885.00
Total
^109,102.00
24
370
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
BOARD OF ENGINEERS.
60 .
•c o
Name.
Rank.
Occupation.
Residence.
1
Thomas W.Lane
Fred S. Bean
Chief
1937 Elm.
o
Asst. and clerk
Assistant
Machinist
Carpenter
Supt. Elec. Light
Grain dealer
3
4
5
Ruel G. Manning
Eugene S. Whitney
Clarence R. Merrill. ..
55 Douglas.
N. River road.
414 Merrimack
ENGINE COMPANY NO. 1.
House, 28 Vine Street.
60 .
»o o
P5
Name.
Rank.
Occupation.
Residence.
7
Charles P. McCoy
Captain
Machinist
50 Mechanic.
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
JoseiDhH. Gould
Asst. Engineer
Machinist
78 Lowell.
11
Frank H. Harvej'
Driver engine..
Teamster
28 Vine.
12
Artemas C. Barker
Driver hose
28 Vine.
43
Frank B. Marston
Hoseman
Carpenter
14 Mechanic.
15
Thomas J. Wyatt
26 Mechanic.
9
Lewis G. Bryant
«<
1451 Elm.
10
,1
Machinist
Gas-fitter
43 Nashua.
14
Nelson C. Whitney . . .
74 Lowell.
17
Mel vin Walker
Carpenter
6 Water.
19
Charles H. Eraser
"
"
9 Mechanic.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENaiNEER.
371
ENGINE COMPANY NO. 2.
Hotise on Nwtli Main Street, 'Squog.
Mo
PQ
Name.
Rank.
Occupation.
Residence.
67
David G. Mills
Carpenter
Harness-maker. .
607 Granite.
71
Charles G. Ranno
Lieutenant —
63 Parker.
76
120
Jeremiah Lane
Harry C. Morrill
Clerk and dri-
ver engine . .
Engineer
Teamster
Engineer
210 No. Main.
53 Beauport.
119
Stephen Thomes
Asst. engineer.
Carpenter
55 Douglas.
69
Arthur W. Whitcomb.
Driver of hose.
Teamster
151 Douglas.
72
Samuel A. Hill
Hoseman
Carpenter
86 School.
75
Robert J. Hill
,,
Carpenter
Machinist
86 School.
77
Daniel B. Emery
Williams.
73
Charles S. Cousius
Harness-maker..
323 Douglas.
74
Tliomas C. Foote
«
Wool sorter
56 No. Main.
66
Joseph H. Alsop
Wool waste sort'r
54 Douglas.
70
Chas. M. Tewksbury..
Clerk.B & M R.R.
113 Parker.
68
George P. Ames
"
Supt. Streets . . . .
226 No. Main.
372
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
ENGINE AND LADDER COMPANY NO. 3.
House on Lake Avenue, corner Massabesic.
<0
Name.
Rank.
Occupation.
Residence.
86
Frank F. Porter
Captain
Manufacturer —
330 E. Spruce.
97
98
89
Edwin C. Paul
Lieut, engine .
268 Bridge.
Clerk
Clerk
121
George B. Forsaith.. . .
John P. Walker
Engineer
Asst. engineer
122
Machinist
352 Lake ave.
87
George H. Wheeler . . .
Driver engine..
Teamster
384 E. Spruce.
81
William S. McLeod. . .
Driver hose...
Teamster
Engine house.
82
Lyman W. Piper
Dresser
398 Merrimack
114
Carpenter
Clerk
no
Albert W. Smith
534 Lincoln.
84
Walter M. Moulton . . .
,,
367 Hanover.
80
Clarence Hackett
"
Laundryman —
401 Central.
153
Charles P Tuxhury... .
Carriage trim' er
422 Merrimack
85
John W. Finn
t(
501 Wilson.
88
George Taylor
'<
Mechanic
382 Lake ave.
78
George Dunnington.. .
Harness-maker. .
510 Wilson.
105
Carl K. Beadle
II
Clerk
125 Belmont.
79
II
373 Hall.
148
Orren S. Coburn
"
Clerk
386 Central.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER.
373
ENGINE COMPANY NO. 4.
House, No. 20 Vine street.
<0
Name.
Rank.
Occupation.
Residence.
20
JLucius B. Snelling. . . .
Captain
Pharmacist
103 Walnut.
28
John H. Wales, Jr
Lieutenant ....
Brick mason —
19,M. S. B.
V,
Thomas W. Lane, Jr. .
Clerk
Electrician
1937 Elm.
21
Edgar G. Abbott
Engineer
Machinist
12 Linden.
27
Edward Sargent
Asst. Engineer
Machinist
20 Vine.
31
Frank J. Dustin
Driver engine..
Teamster
20 Vine.
29
Ellsworth V. Rowe. . . .
Driver of hose.
Teamster
20 Vine.
22
Walter A. Clarkson. . .
Hoseman
Carpenter
Walnut.
25
Frank B. Stevens
«
Clerk
20 Gore.
?S
George Thompson
Harvey E. Harris
II
Clerk
85 Walnut.
21 South.
24
••
Laundryman
32
Luther A. Knight
"
Engineer
78 Lowell.
30
James C. Newton
"
Machinist
20 Vine.
26
Alfred Gustaf son
"
Machinist
20 Vine.
374
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
ENGINE AND LADDER COMPANY NO. 5.
House, No. 44 Webster Street.
<0
pa
Name.
Ranli.
Occupation.
Residence.
■It
Charles W. Brown —
Milo B. Wilson
George N. Burpee
Captain
Lieutenant
Clerk
16 Hazel.
101
44 Blodget.
162
Electrician
136 Sagamore.
46
Woodbury Davison . . .
Walter Morse
Clerl£
Carpenter
Machinist
817 Union.
10?
Engineer
61 Pennacook.
42
Daniel W. Morse
Asst. engineer.
Engineer
1419 Elm.
195
ErailH. Smith
Driver engine.
Teamster
44 Webster.
124
Benjamin C. Cann
Driver truck..
44 Webster.
83
Ernest E. Hubbell ....
Driver hose . . .
44 Webster.
47
Hoseman
Clerk
863 Chestnut.
95
Edward H. Clough ....
Alvin McLane
859 Chestnut.
T>6
,,
Carpenter
Clerk
15 Liberty.
108
Edward L. Towle
72 N. Adams.
123
Charles H. Gile
11
Carpenter
896 Union.
99
Will G. Eraser
,.
54 Pennacook.
41
Frank A. Kinne
Machinist
75 Sagamore.
160
George E. Badger
Steam -fitter
46 Upper Canal
161
Irving S. Bryant
Second-hand
15 Bay.
168
Andrew S. Fantom . . .
Cigar-maker
1440 Elm.
159
Clerk
31 N. Adams.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER.
375
ENGINE AND LADDER COMPANY NO. 6.
House on Amory and Eimmon Streets.
a.
Name.
Rank.
Occupation.
Residence.
140
rrank W. Tlbbetts....
Captain
Loom-fixer
312 Cartler.
147
James A. Farley
Lieut, engine..
Machinist
385 Dubuque.^
130
Thomas E. Gorman...
Lieut, truck...
Loom-fixer
356 Rimmon.
1?9
Clerk. .
Machinist
Engineer
624 N. Main.
Engine-house-
132
Edwin E. Weeks
Engineer
133
Alcide Provenclier . . .
Asst. engineer.
Machinist
516 Beauport.
134
Alphonso E. Foster. . .
Driver engine.
Carpenter
Engine-house.
135
George A. Cann
Driver hose . . .
Steam-fitter
"
136
Henry C. Crosby
Driver truck..
Teamster
"
138
Tlios. F. Fitzsimmons
Hoseman
258 Beauport.
268 Beauport.
141
John J. Conroy
Blacksmith
142
Frank St. Jobn
Marble finisher..
5 Barr.
143
(1
467 Hevey.
516 Beauport.
144
Arthur Provost
»<
Wool sorter
145
John E. Herring
Loom-fixer
402 Rimmon.
131
John C. Gemmell.
William H.Marshall..
.,
Laborer
137
266 Douglas.
1W
John H. McCabe
Gideon Belisle
II
Clerk
310 N. Main.
K<^
335 Dubuque.
460 N. Main.
146
Richard F. Galway
"
Cigar -maker
376
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
HOSE COMPANY NO. 1.
House, Ko. 26 Vine Street.
to
Name.
Rank.
Occupation.
Kesidence.
36
33
48
37
52
53
35
45
31
34
50
39
Joseph E. Merrill
George H. Porter
Albert A. Puffer
Henry C . Parsons
Charles B. French
John E. Sanborn
Samuel W. Patten
George I. Ayer
Edwin W. Merrill
Charles J.Wiley
Andrew S. Heath
Geox-ge W. Snadden.. .
Captain
Lieutenant —
Clerk
21 Ash.
Carpenter
Teamster
Carpenter
Belt maker
Electrician
Clerk
279 Laurel.
499 Beech
16 Prospect.
39 M. S. B,
274 Laurel.
3M. S. B.
28 M. S. B.
21 Ash
Hoseman
Mechanic
Clerk
482 Chestnut.
283 East High.
373 Brid°'e
HOSE COMPANY NO. 2.
House on Maple Street, cornier East High.
IS
'O o
Name.
Rank.
Occupation.
Residence.
54
John F. Seaward
Captain
Carpenter
27 Warren.
55
Revilo G. Houghton..
Lieutenant —
Gas fitter
288 Bridge.
59
57
€2
60
Clerk
Carpenter
521 Maple.
521 Maple.
35 Dutton.
Julien B. Huntley
Charles W.Powell....
Carpenter
540 Maple.
61
Addison Seaward
255 Bridge.
56
Arthur B. Merrill
425 Lake ave.
63
James A. Rogers
(t
761 Beech.
65
John M. Emerson
Plumber
245 LoweU.
58
Thomas Smith
If
Carpenter
24 South.
64
Mclviu W. Worthen ..
"
"
260 E. High.
REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEER.
377
HOSE COMPANY NO. 3.
House, South Elm Street.
■c o
Name.
Rank.
Occupation.
Residence.
150
FredS. Sloan
Captain
Fireman
23 Elm.
151
Elmer R. Laing
Clerk
Teamster
34 Brown Ave.
152
Charles H. Rogers —
Driver
21 Elm.
153
James H. McKenzie . .
Hoseman
Sash-maker
Elm.
154
William P. Hall
"
128 Calef road.
155
Henry O. Follansbee..
Gas-maker
205 Elm.
15fi
William E. Pierson. ..
«
Foreman
122 Willow.
157
Frank D. Hardy
»
Yard brakeman.
20 Cheney pic.
CHEMICAL ENGINE COMPANY NO. 1.'
House, No. 8 Vine Street.
Name.
Rank.
Occupation.
Residence.
115
Edward A. Sears
Captain
Electrician
247 Concord.
117
Warren F. Wheeler ..
Clerk & driver
Teamster
8 Vine.
103
Benj. R. Richardson. .
Pipeman
Machinist
12 Mechanic.
116
Clarence D. Palmer . .
Fireman
Marble dealer. ..
366 Lake Ave.
41
Asa W. Gage *
Lineman
239 Beauport.
378
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
HOOK- AND-L ADDER COMPANY NO. 1.
House, No. 18 Vine Street.
«
M
Name.
Bank.
Occupation.
Residence.
91
Jerome J. Lovering . .
Captain
Carpenter
175 Hanover.
111
90
94
96
92
Lieutenant. . . .
46 Stark.
Henry Johnson
Charles M. Denyou . . .
Clerk
73 Ash.
18 Vine.
Fir eTn an
100 Blodget.
Oscar P. Stone
Clerk
312 Manchest'r
104
Harrison H. Cole
Carpenter
45 M. S. B.
109
George M. Jones
Gardener
25 Prospect.
107
113
Manufacturer . . .
JSVine.
Charles H. Laxon
Carpenter
20 M. S. B.
106
Charles Edgar
16 M. S. B.
100
112
Frank M. Frisselle
Reporter
478 Beech.
Charles A. Butterfleld
Carpenter
26 Vine.
118
Frank A. Pherson
Machinist
18 Vine.
93
Fred W. Bond
Loom-flser
]
54 Stark.
* Detailed as driver of supply wagon.
REPORT
TRUSTEES OF THE CITY LIBRARY.
REPORT
OF THE
TRUSTEES OF THE CITY LIBRARY.
To the City Councils of the City of Manchester :
The Trustees of the City Library respectfully submit their
forty-second annual report of the affairs of the library, and ac-
companying the same the report made to them by the treasurer
of the board, containing an account of the sums received and
the expenditures made by him in behalf of the board from the
funds in their possession and under their control ; and also the
report of the librarian made to the board, giving in detail the
statistics of the operation of the library for the past year and its
condition at the close of the year.
From the librarian's report it appears that the library has been
open for the delivery of books the same number of days as the
year previous, namely three hundred and six days, during which
period fifty-nine thousand four hundred and ninety-five books
were delivered for home use, an average of about one hundred
and ninety-five per day. In addition to the above number deliv-
ered for general circulation, ten thousand nine hundred and thirty-
four books were delivered for use in the reading room at the li-
brary, being an average of a little less than thirty-six per day. The
total number of books delivered for general circulation and for
use in the reading-room was seventy thousand four hundred and
twenty-nine, an average of over two hundred and thirty per day.
As compared with the year preceding the circulation for home use
shows an increase of four thousand four hundred and forty-one,
381
382 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPOKTS.
and the number delivered for use at the reading-room an increase
of one thousand and sixty-one. The total circulation was five
thousand five hundred and two greater than the previous year,
and the largest since the library was established. The libra-
rian has compiled and included in her report a tabic showing
the variation in the circulation of books, both for home and for
library use, for the years 1879 to 1896 inclusive.
The number of periodicals regularly received at the library
during the year was seventy-five — fifty-seven by purchase and
eighteen by gift — and on the completion of the several volumes
they have been bound and placed upon the shelves for general
circulation. As opportuniiy has occurred during the year the
trustees have purchased the early volumes of the series of the
periodicals in the library to make the sets as complete as possi-
ble. It will be remembered that the library lost nearly all its
books by fire in 1856.
The number of volumes withdrawn from circulation during
the year from worn and defaced condition was one hundred
and twenty-five. Of these and of others retired from circulation
for the same reason in previous years, one hundred and sixty-
four volumes have been replaced at a cost of one hundred fifteen
dollars and sixty-one cents.
The number of volumes in the library at the date of the last
report, including maps and pamphlets, was thirty-eight thousand
three hundred and fifty-one. During the year there have been
added seven hundred and thirty volumes by purchase, two hun-
dred and eighty-one volumes by donation, and eighty- seven
volumes of periodicals have been bound, a total of one thousand
and ninety-eight volumes, making the number of bound volumes
in the library at the close of the year thirty-eight thousand
seven hundred and thirty-one, and the total library, including
sixteen maps and seven hundred and two pamphlets, thirty-nine
thousand four hundred and forty-nine.
The work of reclassifying and recataloguing the library, which
was commenced the year previous, has been continued during
the past year, and the librarian reports that the three largest sec-
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE CITY LIBRARY. 383
tions, fiction, biography, and history, are now finished, and the
fourth, geography and travels, nearly completed. The librarian
estimates that nearly one third of the books in the library are
now reclassified on the shelves according to subjects, and prop-
erly catalogued.
The plan outlined in the last report of the librarian of bring-
ing the library and the public schools into closer relations was
the past year put into practical operation, and the result has been
a marked success. During the year one thousand and thirty
volumes were issued on teachers' cards for use in the schools.
A large number of the teachers in the public schools have taken
advantage of the aid rendered to their work by this new feat-
ure, and cordially assisted to make it of the most practical use
to the pupils.
In December last the trustees decided as an experiment to
change the hours during which the library should be open to the
public. Hitherto the library has been open eight hours each
day, viz. : from 9 o'clock a. m. to 12 m. ; from 2 to 5 o'clock p.
M., and 7 to 9 o'clock each evening week days excepting Wed-
nesday. By the new arrangement the library is to be open ten
hours continuously, viz. : from 10 o'clock a. m. to 8 o'clock p.
M. The result has been so far that the delivery of books has
been more evenly distributed, more expeditious service, and ac-
commodation of many patrons who could better come at the
noon or evening hours.
Accompanying the report of the librarian will be found the
names of the persons who have made donations of books to the
library during the year, with the number presented by each.
The trustees have caused due acknowledgment of these dona-
tions to be given to all who have in this manner shown their in-
terest in the library.
The treasurer reports that during the year the sum of eleven
hundred eighty-two dollars and eighty-two cents has been ex-
pended for the purchase of books and the sum of one hundred
eighty-one dollars and twenty-two cents for periodicals, making
a total expenditure for both these purposes of thirteen hundred
384 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
sixty-four dollars and four cents. Of the amount expended for
the purchase of books, the sum of one hundred fifteen dollars
and sixty-one cents was used for the purchase of books to replace
those worn out and withdrawn from circulation. Exclusive of
this amount, the sum expended for the purchase of new books
was one thousand sixty-seven dollars and twenty-one cents, leav-
ing a balance in the hands of the treasurer at the close of the
year of four hundred seventy-two dollars and fifty-seven cents.
The balances of the accumulated income, at the close of the
year, of the several funds under the control of the trustees, were
as follows :
Dean fund ........ ^7,286.95.
Mary E. Elliot fund 1,130.45,
Eliza A. Eaton fund ...... 249. 9&
No expenditures were made from any of these funds during
the past year on account of the work of reclassifying the
library. It is proposed, however, to make large purchases from
the Dean fund in the near future, as the reclassification of that
section will soon be taken up.
The incidental expenses of the library for the past year have
been three thousand seven hundred forty dollars and sixty-five
cents, included in which amount is the sum of five hundred sev-
enty-nine dollars and ninety cents expended on account of re-
classification of the library and additions to the card catalogue.
The items of these expenditures, the bills for which have been
paid by the city treasurer, upon approval by the trustees, from
the sum appropriated by the city councils, may be found in
detail in the annual report of the city.
The librarian. Miss Kate E. Sanborn, has conducted the duties
of her position with the same conscientious effort and fidelity as
in the past, and to the entire satisfaction of the trustees and
patrons of the library.
The trustees return their acknowledgments to the members of
the city councils, and particularly to the committee on lands
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE CITY LIBRARY. 385
and buildings, for the courtesy and consideration with which
their suggestions relating to the library have been received and
carried out.
March 17, 1896.
In board of trustees read and approved, and ordered to be
transmitted to the city councils.
WM. C. CLARKE,
3Iayor.
N. P. Hunt,
Clerk.
25
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.
1895.
. To balance of appropriation .
Kate E. Sanborn, fines,
catalogues, etc.
appropriation for books for
1895 ....
Jan.
Feb.
5-
July 17.
Jan.
July
Oct.
Jan. 7.
Oct.
Dr.
$756.66
77.61
1,000.00
To balance of income of Dean
fund ....
$6,803.24
income of Dean fund
loS.oo
income of Dean fund
loS.oo
interest on accumulation of
income ....
217.60
income of Dean fund
45.00
interest on accumulation of
income ....
5-II
To Mary E. Elliot fund .
$2,000.00
balance of mterest on Mary
E. Elliot fund
1,039.28
interest on Mary E, Elliot
fund ....
60.00
interest on accumulation of
incom? ....
31-17
$1,834.27
$7,286.95
$3>i30-45
386
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE CITY LIBRARY.
Jan.
Oct.
1895.
Jan. 15.
IS-
iS-
16.
16.
Feb. 5.
6.
6.
6.
March 14.
14.
14.
April 13.
IS-
IS-
May
June
22.
6.
17-
17-
iS.
4-
12.
13-
To Eliza A. Eaton fund . ^3,000.00
balance of interest on Eliza
A. Eaton fund . . iSS-SS
interest on Eliza A. Eaton
fund .... 88.30
interest on accumulation of
income .... 6.^;^
^3,249.98
;^iS»Soi-65
Cr.
Paid New England News Co., periodicals
^i4.S3
Little, Brown & Co., books .
2.00
VV. B. Clarke & Co., books .
81.47
Boston Book Co., periodicals
5.00
Publishers' Weekly, periodicals
8.00
Granite Monthly Co., books .-
1.25
Geo. H. Polley & Co., periodicals
6.00
New England News Co., periodicals
10.05
Little, Brown & Co., books .
3-So
W. B. Clarke & Co., books .
103.46
New England News Co., periodicals
12.41
Publishers' AVeekly, books
3-So
W. B. Clarke & Co., books .
65.78
New England News Co., periodicals
iS-94
W. B. Clarke & Co., books .
96.97
W. B. Clarke & Co., books (re-
placed)
41.98
T. P. W. Rogers, books
20.00
New England News Co., periodicals
10.19
W. B. Clarke & Co., books .
183.14
J. H. Lamb, books
5.00
Publishers' weekly, books
3-66
New England News Co., periodicals
14.91
Microscopical Publishing Co., peri-
odicals
4-50
W. B. Clarke & Co., books .
97.01
388
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
6. Paid New England News Co., periodicals
1 8. Boston Book Co., books (replaced)
1 8. John Sheldon, Treas. , books.
19. Little, Brown & Co., books .
19. Granite Monthly Co., books .
1. New England News Co., periodicals
4. Library Bureau, books .
5. New England News Co., periodicals
12. W. B. Clarke & Co., books (re-
placed)
13. W. B. Clarke & Co., books
3. New England News Co., periodicals
10. W. B. Clarke & Co., books .
10. W. B. Clarke & Co., books (re
placed)
2. Boston Book Co., books (replaced)
2. George C. Gilmore, books
4. Lawyers' Co-op. Pub. Co., books
5. New England News Co., periodicals
6. W. B. Clarke & Co., books
iS. Little, Brown & Co., books
23. George E. Littlefield, books
25. . Little, Brown & Co., books
25. Library Bureau, books .
25. A. G. Whittemore, books
27. Sampson, Murdock & Co., books
4. New England News Co., periodicals
11. W. B. Clarke & Co., books
16. Little, Brown «Sr Co., books
16. W. B. Clarke & Co., books
31. By balance of appropriation .
balance of accumulation of Dean fund
Mary E. Elliot fund and interest
Eliza A. Eaton fund and interest
$14.49
98.00
4.20
2.00
1.25
10.63
2.00
17.66
36-39
84.10
8.82
94-79
2.74
34.50
2.00
5.00
II. 17
39-37
2.00
.90
3-75
1. 00
2.60
2.00
16.92
40.24
4-25
8.68
472.57
7,286.95
3>i3o-45
3,249.98
$15. =501.65
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE CITY LIBRARY. 389
The expenditures for the incidental expenses of the library for
the year ending December 31, 1895, the bills for which have
been paid through the office of the city treasurer upon the ap-
proval of the committee on accounts of the board of trustees, the
items of which will be found in the annual report of the city, are
as follows :
Services of librarian
$900.00
Services of assistants to librarian
766.45
Fuel (two years) ....
629.68
Gas and electricity ....
285.63
Insurance
125.00
Binding .......
118.29
Rebinding .....
143.60
Reclassification and cataloguing
579.90
Supplies ......
99.40
Printing
33-30
Water
16.00
Newspapers
6.00
Incidentals
37-40
,740.65
RECAPITULATION.
Balance December 31, 1894
Appropriation for 1895 •
S3.869.77
4,500.00
$8,369.77
Paid trustees for purchase of books . . $1,000.00
incidental expenses . . . 3,740.65
Balance of appropriation Dec, 31, 1895 . 3,629.12
5,369-77
Respectfully submitted.
N. P. HUNT,
Treasurer of Tmstees of City Library.
890 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
December 31, 1895.
We have examined the foregoing report, and find the same
correctly cast and properly vouched.
WILLIAM C. CLARKE,
WALTER M. PARKER,
Committee on Accoiints of City Library.
December 31, 1895.
I certify that I have examined the several items of receipts and
expenditures embraced in the foregoing report of the treasurer
of the trustees of the city library, and find the same correctly
cast and properly vouched.
JAMES E. DODGE,
City Auditor.
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
To the Board of Tnisteis of the Manchester City Library :
Gentlemen, — I herewith submit the forty-second annual re-
port of the city library :
Whole number of accessions December 31, 1894 . 38,355
Added during the year 1895 :
By purchase 730
By gift 281
Periodicals bound .... 87
1,09s
Whole number at present
Including :
Maps
Pamphlets
Bound volumes
Number of periodicals regularly received :
By purchase .....
By gift
Number of days the library was open for reading and
distribution of books ....
Number of volumes delivered for home use
Average per day .....
Largest number any one day, February 23
Largest number any one month, March .
Smallest number any one month, September
Number of volumes delivered in the reading room
391
39)449
i6
702
38,731
39>449
57
18.
ing and
306
59:495
194
512
6,309
4,217
room .
10,934
392
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS
Average per day .....
Number of cards used on deposit
Number of cards issued during 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 or injured and paid for
Number of volumes repaired at the bindery
Number repaired and covered at the library
Cash on hand January i, 1895
Amount received from Jan. i to Dec. 31, 1895 •
For fines ^209.46
catalogues, 181 at 30c. . . 54-30
books lost and paid for . . 8.85
Paid to N. P. Hunt, treasurer, February 5,
1895
Paid for expressage and incidentals .
Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1895
ACCESSIONS.
577-61
86.29
36
3
659
10,319
235
164
8
525
10,330
^77.61
^272.61
$350.22
$163.90
$186.32
Of the seven hundred and thirty volumes purchased during
the year, the usual number were the new and popular books de-
manded by our readers, but a large proportion were books of
permanent value needed to round out certain sections of the
library, especially those of biography and history. In arranging
the library by classes it is easily seen what important books are
lacking in each class, and these it is our intention to buy so far
as the sum of money at our disposal will permit.
Several magazines often called for have been added to our pe-'
riodical list — The Review of Reviews, New England Magazine,
Nation, and Electrical World.
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE CITY LIBRARY. 393
CIRCULATION.
The following table shows the variation in the circulation of
books both for home and library use for the past seventeen years :
Year.
1879.
18S0
1881.
1SS2
1883
1884.
1885
1S86.
1887.
1888.
1889.
1890
1891.
1892.
1893
1894
1895
Home
issue.
53,558
45,109
38,12-2
41,788
53,948
50,914
5.5,142
54,037
50,335
50,417
49,187
51,498
56,265
55,874
55,295
55,054
59.495
Library
issue.
10,861
7,128
4,916
4,770
4,380
5,848
5,156
5,540
5,665
6,031
9,383
10,015
8,270
7,846
8,203
9,873
10,9.34
Total.
64,419
52,237
43,038
46,558
58,328
56,762
60,298
59,577
56,000
56,448
58,570
61,513
64,535
63,720
63,498
64,927
70,429
It will be seen that the issue for 1895 was the largest in the
history of the library, the home issue alone being 4,441 in excess
of that of the preceding year.
This gain is the more gratifying because for several years the
home issue had been slowly but steadily decreasing. There has
also been a gain in the library issue, although, as usual, the fig-
ures given do not fairly represent the total number of volumes
consulted, an exact account of which it is not possible to keep.
A larger number of cards has been given to borrowers than in
any other year, and an increase of eighty-three over 1894.
394 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS,
CLASSIFICATION AND CATALOGUE.
The labor of reclassifying and recataloguing the library has
gone on steadily during the year, being interrupted only by the
summer vacations. The three largest sections are now done,
namely — Fiction, Biography, and History, and the fourth,.
Geography and Travels, is nearly completed.
We estimate that nearly one third of the books contained in
the library are now classified on the shelves according to their
subjects, and are properly catalogued.
The advantages of these new methods are becoming more and
more understood and appreciated by our readers. The card
catalogue has grown in favor and is in constant use, and the new
arrangement of the books on the shelves is found to be most help-
ful both to the people seeking information and to the librarian
and assistants endeavoring to supply it.
The fiction catalogue, published in December, 1894, has had
a good sale, and has undoubtedly contributed very largely to the
increased circulation.
SCHOOL WORK.
In my report of last year I outlined briefly the plan adopted
for introducing books into the public schools. This has been
carried out with marked success. The first teacher's card was
issued January 15, and forty teachers of our grammar schools
have made use of these cards, to draw six books at a time for
the use of their pupils. Through the year 1,039 volumes were
issued in this way. The books taken have all been of a high
character. By far the largest draft has been made upon the de-
partment of travels, though many volumes of history, especially
of United States history, have been used, and science and gen-
eral literature have by no means been neglected. Bound vol-
umes of St. Nicholas and Harper's Young People have
been in great demand. The books are used in various ways.
Some teachers permit pupils to take them home, keeping, of
couise, a careful record of them ; others employ them mainly in
reference work at school, but in all cases the children are en-
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE CITY LIBRARY. 395.
couraged to read them and taught the value and use of them.
No books have been lost or injured. The teachers all speak in
highest praise of this privilege granted by the library ; of the
aid it gives them in their work; and many have reported a man-
ifest improvement in the quality of reading chosen by the chil-
dren since this plan was carried into effect. Perhaps in no
branch of library work is it more difficult to make figuies tell
the whole story. Indeed, the whole story they cannot tell. We
may report that forty teachers have taken out in one year a
thousand books which their pupils have read or consulted ; but
how many children have learned that there are scores of books
on the subject they are studying besides the text-book in hand,
and will in future turn to the public library for information of
all kinds ; how many have been aroused to an interest in some
subject uncared for before ; how many have been stimulated to
read a higher class of literature, — all this figures cannot tell. But
if it be the aim of education to make honest, enlightened, and
useful citizens, we may feel that the library has rendered a great
service to the city by this particular line of work undertaken in
the past year.
CHANGES.
Two changes made by the trustees are worthy to be chronicled^
the first being in direct line with the foregoing subject. It was
voted at the April meeting to lower the age limit at which a per-
son could hold a card in his own name from sixteen to twelve
years. Since April 15, there have been issued sixty cards to
children between the ages of twelve and sixteen. This shows
that a step has been taken in the right direction, and the good
resulting from it will be more and more recognized each year.
The second important change is in the library hours.
Previous to December i, 1895, the library had been kept
open eight hours a day (six on Wednesdays), having been
closed two hours at noon and two hours at tea time.
This probably answered very well until recent years when the
growth of the city, and the varying interests of its people, de-
396 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
manded a greater hospitality of the public library. Many found
its doors closed just when it was most convenient for them to
visit it, and readers had often to be turned out at its closing
hours. Now the library is open ten hours of each week day,
from lo A. M. to 8 P. m. There has been less inconvenience
caused by its opening an hour later in the morning and closing
an hour earlier in the evening than might have been antici-
pated, and this has been more than compensated for by the
greater advantage of being open continuously. Many have ex-
pressed themselves as thoroughly pleased with the innovation,
and greatly accommodated by it. It is found that there is an
increasing number who visit the library at the time during which
it used to be closed, and that the giving out of books is more
evenly distributed through the day. The result of this is that
the demand upon the assistants at the issue desk is less severe at
certain hours, and that the people are more expeditiously served.
Although this arrangement has been of the nature of an experi-
ment and in operation only one month, it is safe to say that no
one will wish to return to the old custom.
BUILDING.
The repairs made by the land and buildings committee have
greatly increased the comfort and convenience of both patrons
and employees of the library. The electric lights give great
satisfaction, and the building is now for the first time adequately
lighted. All had suffered from the insufficient lighting by gas,
and the books themselves were not the least sufferers, gas being
one of the most effective agents in destroying bindings, and our
building is so shaded that artificial light is required much of the
time. Not less appreciated are the smaller but quite as necessary
improvements made, such as refurnishing the dressing room,
mending furniture, and providing us with convenient drawers at
the desk. The linoleum carpet placed upon the floor of the
book room has added materially to the comfort of everyone, the
much worn floor being thus covered, and the sound of footsteps
considerably deadened. It is to be hoped that the committee
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE CITY LIBRARY. 397
will give US more carpeting this year. Some of the aisles and
alcoves need it badly; the noise of the scraping of the step-
ladders on the floor is very annoying, and at times almost un-
bearable.
It is to be regretted that we have not a large reading-
room. The space designated by that name is occupied
mainly by people consulting catalogues, and is not suitable
for a reading-room, which should be kept always quiet.
The going in and out of the delivery room, the necessary talk-
ing by those inquiring for books, the unavoidable noise made
by the boys in getting books, running up and down the step-
ladders, etc., is disturbing to one who wishes to read or study.
But this is perhaps not more desirable than an entire new build-
ing. We need to be provided with a large, pleasant, well-lighted
room, where magazines and newspapers could be displayed and
made attractive in order to entice to the library the many peo-
ple of the city who never enter it ; also with a study room where
cyclopedias, dictionaries, and the most used reference books
could be freely consulted ; a book room furnished with stacks
not so high as to require ladders such as are now in use, and
many other modern equipments. The library cannot be made
to reach out to all classes of people and to be the power for
good in the community that it should be, nor to take a high
rank among the libraries of New England until it is given a
building which can make possible various lines of work utterly
useless to attempt in its present quarters.
RECAPITULATION.
In reconsidering briefly the results of the year's work, — an
increased circulation ; the advancement made upon the rear-
rangement of the books and the structure of a more comprehen-
sible catalogue ; the success of the experiment of introducing
books into the public schools ; the lowering of the age limit ;
the opening of the library during the entire day, and the ira-
S98 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
proved condition of the building, — I think we may be justified
in feeling that the library has gone forward in its career of ser-
vice to the public, and in looking forward to a still greater de-
gree of usefulness in the future.
Respectfully submitted.
KATE E. SANBORN,
Librarian.
DONATIONS TO THE CITY LIBRARY.
Aguilar Free Library, New York City
Baillie's Inst. Free Library, Glasgow
Balch, E. S
Bartlett, C. H
Bigelow Free Public Library, Clinton
Blair, H. W
Boston, Mass. — City Auditor .
Boston, Mass. — Public Library .
Bridgeport, Conn. — Public Library
Brookline, Mass. — Public Library
Brooklyn, N. Y. — Library
Bronson Library, Waterbury, Conn.
Cardiff, Wales. — Free Libraries
Cary Library, Lexington, Mass.
Challis, F. H
Chicago, Fil. — Public Library .
Children's Aid Society, New York
Cincinnati, Ohio. — Public Library
Civil Service Reform Association
Clark, H. S
Clarke, J. B. Co. . . .
Cleaves, G. P. .
Cleveland, Ohio. — Public Library
Cobden Club ....
College of New Jersey, Princeton, N
Concord, N. H.— Mayor .
Detroit, Mich. — Public*Library
Dover, N. H. — Public Library .
Emerson, James
399 *
Mass
Books. Pamph's.
• I
I
IS
i8i
5
400
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, Md
Fall River, Mass. — Public Library
Fellows, J. W
Field Columbian Museum, Chicago, 111.
Fitz Public Library, Chelsea, Mass.
Fitchburg, Mass. — Public Library
Fitzgerald, D. .
Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, Vt.
Friends' Free Library, Germantovvn, Pa.
Gould, S. C
Grand Rapids, Mich. — Public Library
Hartford, Conn. — Public Library
Harvard College ....
Huse, W. H
Illinois. — Bureau of Labor Statistics ,
Indian Rights x\ssociation
Jersey City, N. J. — Free Public Library
Lancaster, Mass. — Town Library
Lenox Library, New York City .
Library Co. of Philadelphia
Lord, Miss M. A
Lynn, Mass. — Public Library .
Macullar, Parker & Co.
Maimonides Free Library, New York City
Maiden, Mass. — Public Library
Manchester, N. H. — Chief Engineer Fire Depart
ment
'• " City Auditor
" • City Clerk .
" Eng. — Public Free Libraries
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Medford, Mass. — Public Library
Melrose, Mass. — Public Library
Milwaukee, Wis. — Public Library . ,
Minneapolis, Minn. — Public Library
Mitchell, Mrs. W. H. . . .
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE CITY LIBRARY. 401
Morse Institute, Natick, Mass. ,
Mount Holyoke College ....
Nashua, N. H. — Mayor ....
New Hampshire. — Insurance Commissioner
" " Secretary of State .
" " State Library
New Hampshire Woman's Christian Temperance
Union .......
New Haven, Conn. — Public Library .
New Jersey. — State Library
Nesmith, Miss A
Newark, N. J. — Public Library .
Newberry Library, Chicago, 111.
Newton, Mass. — Free Library .
Nickerson, S. D.
Pawtucket, R. I. — Free Public Library
Peabody Institute, Baltimore, Md.
Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery
Peoria, 111. — Public Library
Portland, Oregon. — Library Association .
Providence, R. I. — Public Library
Reynolds Library, Rochester, N. Y. .
Robbins Library, Arlington, Mass.
Rochester, N. H. — Public Library
St. Louis, Mo. — Mercantile Library .
" " Public Free Library
Salem, Mass. — Public Library .
San Francisco, Cal. — Mercantile Library Associ
ation .......
Sanborn Seminary, Kingston, N. H. .
Scranton. Pa. — Public Library .
Somerville, Mass. — Public Library
Springfield, Mass. — City Library Association
Staples, C. J. .
United States. — Agricultural Department .
" " Bureau of Education
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114.
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402
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
United States.-
— Civil Service Commission
I
2
<
Coast Survey . . . .
2
4
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Commissioner of Patents .
Fish Commission
2
2
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Interior Department
140
55
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Labor Department .
2
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Smithsonian Institution .
2
15
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State Department
Treasury Department
I
4
I
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War Department
2
2
University of Pennsylvania
I
" of Tennessee ....
I
Unknown
2
2
Utica, N. Y.—
Public Library .
I
Whittier, J. H.
I
Woburn, Mass
— Public Library
I
Woodward, C
M
2
Worcester, Mass. — Public Library
I
Periodicals Presented.
•Catalogue of United States Public Documents.
■Christian Science Journal.
Home Market Bulletin.
Jersey City Library Record.
Manchester. — Advertiser.
" Echo (High School).
" Emerald.
" Union.
.Manifesto.
Monthly Bulletin Bureau of American Republics.
Notes and Queries.
'Official Gazette of United States Patent Office.
Plymouth Record.
Reveil, Le.
-Salem Public Library Bulletin.
Tennessee University Magazine.
Travelers Record.
Veterans' Advocate.
REPORT
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
REPORT
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
To His Honor the Mayor and Gentlemen of the City Councils :
In compliance with the ordinance of said city the Overseers of
the Poor herewith present their annual report for the year 1895 :
The whole number of families that have received more or less
assistance off the farm during the year has been eighty, consist-
ing of four hundred persons, all of whom have a settlement in
this city. Five of this number died during the year.
The whole number of paupers supported at the city farm dur-
ing 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 six, at a cost of two dollars per week
for each pauper.
The whole number of minor children 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 minor child.
In compliance with sections i and 2, chapter 116, Laws of the
state of New Hampshire, passed at the January session, 1895, in
relation to dependent minor children having a settlement in
cities and towns, said dependent minor children having a settle-
ment in this city are supported as follows :
At St. Patrick's Orphans' Home, Hanover street, four, at a cost
of one dollar and twenty-five cents per week for each minor
child.
At Notre Dame de Lourdes Home, in charge of the Gray
Nuns, West Manchester, four minor children, at a cost of seventy-
five cents per week for each minor child.
405
406
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
At the Orphans' Home, Franklin, one minor, at a cost of one
dollar per week.
At the residence of William Whelpley, 401 Cedar street, three
minor children, at a cost of eighty-three cents per week for each
minor child.
At the residence of Agnes Masse, on Winter street, one minor
child, at a cost of two dollars per week.
At the residence of D. L. Robinson, Amoskeag, one minor
child at a cost of one dollar and twenty-five cents per week.
All of the said minor children have educational advantages.
The whole number of paupers supported at the Old Ladies'
Home, Hanover street, was two, at a cost of two dollars per
week for each pauper.
The overseers of the poor have given and allowed eight hun-
dred and seventy-five orders to the paupers off the farm during
the year. Said orders consisted chiefly of orders for groceries,
fuel, medicine, board, and clothing, care, 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
2 .
Ward
Ward
Ward
Ward
Ward
Ward
Ward
Ward
I244.50
203.50
453-70
880.36
2,540.90
634.28
211.09
776.52
690.00
,634-85
MISCELLANEOUS ' BILLS ALLOWED.
State Industrial school, board of inmates
Books and stationery
,720.01
37-87
>757-
Total cost
^10,392.73
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OP THE POOR. 40T
Cash received from the county of Hillsborough for
board of inmates of State Industrial School and
paid to the city treasurer . . . . • $2,3 77.5 r
Total expense to the city .... $8,015.22:
And there are uncollected bills due the city amounting to.
eight hundred and fifty-seven dollars and fourteen cents-
All of which is respectfully submitted.
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,
MoiSE Bessette, Ward 9,
Overseas of the Poor for the City of Manchester^
A true copy. Attest :
William H. Maxwell,
Clerk.
Aid to Soldiers, Sailors, and their Dependent
Families.
To the Mayor and Gentlemen of the City Councils:
In compliance with sections i and 2, chapter 81, Laws of the
state of New Hampshire, passed at the June session, 1S81, in*
relation to indigent soldiers and sailors of the War of the Rebel-
lion, 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 1895.
408 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
The whole number of indigent soldiers and sailors who have
had more or less assistance during the year has been four, con-
sisting of four families, all of whom have a settlement in this
•.city, at a total cost of ^421,
All of which is respectfully submitted.
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,
MoiSE Bessette, Ward 9,
Overseers of the Poor for the City of Manchester.
A true copy. Attest :
William H. Maxwell,
Clerk.
REPORT OF THE MILK INSPECTOR.
REPORT OF MILK INSPECTOR,
Office of Inspection of Milk, No. 1277 Elm Street.
To His Honor the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of
Manchester, N. H. :
Gentlemen, — I have the honor to submit the following re-
port for the department of inspection of milk and butter for the
year 1895.
The result of the inspection of milk for the 5^ear ending Jan-
uary 31, 1896, has on the whole been satisfactory. It has given
the department a good understanding of how the work should
be conducted, and the result of the inspections for the coming
year will be as good as the present law will allow.
On the first o'f every month the tests of the preceding month
will be published in the city papers, giving the citizens a chance
to see just what the character of the milk is the dealers bring
into the city.
During the year four dealers were brought before the court for
not marking their vehicles as required by law, and fined, and this
section will be strictly enforced the coming year.
Upon entering upon the duties of this office, I found that the
city owned only one whole instrument with which to test milk,
but through the approval of the mayor, the necessary apparatus
was purchased, and the property of the city held by this depart-
ment at present is as follows :
City records, milk grip, 10 pint cans, 5 evaporating dishes, i
case containing lactoscope, thermometer, glass cylinder for cream
test, etc., 2 packages filter paper, and 3 odd pieces of chemical
apparatus.
411
412 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
LICENSES.
The state law requires that every person who conveys milk in
carriages or otherwise, for the purpose of selling the same, within
the limits of the city, shall be licensed annually by the inspector
of milk, and shall pay fifty cents each to the use of the city.
Every person selling milk or offering it for sale in a store, booth,
stand, or market place, shall pay fifty cents, which fee is paid but
once, by the dealer in milk, and is not transferable. Each
license records the name, residence, place of business, number of
carriages or other vehicles used, the name and residence of every
driver or other person engaged in carrying or selling, and the
number of the license. The licensee is required to cause his
name, the number of his license, and his place of business to be
legibly placed on each outer side of all carriages or vehicles
used by him in the sale of milk, and to report to the inspector
any change of driver or other person employed by him which
may occur during the term of the license.
The provision that requires the name, place of business, and
number of the license to be legibly placed on the outer side of
all carriages or vehicles is very essential in establishing the own-
ership of routes in case of sales or failure in taking out a license.
By neglecting to do so the city secures a sure case against the
evader for conveying milk without marking the vehicle with
name, license, or place of business, or for carrying milk without
a license, or both. The number of licenses issued during the
year has decreased from the usual number, the tendency being
for the larger routes to purchase the smaller ones and combine
them.
Number of licenses issued to dealers conveying milk by
carriages or otherwise for purposes of sale . . . loo
Number of new registration of storekeepers engaged in the
sale of milk . . . . . . . .12
Total number of licenses and registrations . .112
Amount of money received for the same and turned over to
the city treasurer, ^56.
REPORT OF THE MILK INSPECTOR. 413
THE MILK STANDARD.
The state has fixed the standard of milk to prevent the adul-
teration of the same, and it requires that to be of good standard
quality milk must yield on analysis not more than eighty-seven
per cent of watery fluid, nor less than thirteen per cent of milk
solids. By many this standard is considered unnecessarily high,
because many cows yield milk which falls below this limit. Cows
of the Holstein breed, and others of no particular breed at all,
yield milk wherein quality is sacrificed to quantity, but the mixed
milk of the herd will almost invariably prove to be above the
standard. The value of milk as a food is dependent on the
amount of solid matter which it contains, and its quality in this
respect is of very great importance in the rearing of infants and
in help of invalids.
The public has a right to demand that the milk supplied to
them shall be of good average quality, and it is asserted that the
present standard in New Hampshire is precisely this and no
more.
INSPECTION.
Collections of samples for inspection are made on week days
and frequently on Sundays. The time varies according to cir-
cumstances, but most of them are made in the early morning and
forenoon. The usual method of collecting samples is as follows :
The inspector goes to the part of the city which he has selected
the previous day and begins his work very early in the morning,
usually about two or three o'clock. He carries a grip in which
are sample cans each containing one pint, and at the time makes
a series of memoranda as follows : The name on the wagon,
license number, and the name of the driver in charge. As soon
as he has collected a sufficient number of samples he proceeds to
his office, where the necessary examination and analysis are made.
SKIMMED MILK.
No dealer in milk and no servant or agent of a dealer shall
sell, exchange, or deliver, or have in his custody or possession
414 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
with intent to sell, exchange, or deliver milk from which the
cream or any part thereof has been removed, imless in a conspic-
uous place above the center upon the outside of every vessel, can,
or package from or in which such milk is sold, the words
"skimmed milk" are distinctly marked in letters not less than
one inch in length. There are few, if any, such marked cans in
use in this city, and the opportunities for fraud in the sale of
skimmed milk are considerable. The cost of marking cans as
required by law is estimated not to exceed ten cents per can.
This law has never been required to be fulfilled, and the dealers
feel that if they put a sign upon the outside of the vehicle carry-
ing the same, designating the character of the milk carried, they
are fulfilling all that ought to be required of them. This may be
true if only one kind of milk is carried, but where both are con-
veyed together, I am of the opinion that the law should be ful-
filled. I submit this important question to your consideration.
TUBERCULOSIS.
There was only one complaint from tuberculous cows, and it
received prompt attention from this office. Through the advice
of the mayor a veterinary surgeon was taken to Bedford, and
after a thorough examination he pronounced the complaint erro-
neous and substituted one of starvation, the owner giving as his
reason that spring was near and he was feeding as lightly as pos-
sible, as he did not propose to buy any more hay.
The case was promptly dropped, as it was only a question
which would give out first, the hay or the cows.
OLEOMARGARINE.
Under the present law where no license is required, it is almost
impossible to detect the fraudulent sales of this article. Only
one sale was contested, and after much controversy it was deemed
best to drop the case.
EDWARD C. SMITH,
Inspector of Milk,
REPORT OF THE CITY PHYSICIAN.
REPORT OF THE 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 as city physician for the year ending December
3^> 1895.
Number of calls made, 893 ; number of cases treated, 88.
Diseases treated : Aortic regurgitation, i ; anaemia, pernicious,
I ; alcoholism, 5 ; bronchitis, chronic, 2 ; bronchitis, acute, 3 ;
constipation, chronic, 5 ; confinement, i ; delirium tremens, 7 ;
diphtheria, 2 ; dysmenorrhoea, 4 ; epilepsy^ 4 ; erysipelas, i ; in-
sane, 3; la grippe, 4; indigestion, acute, 2; noma, i; phthisis
pulmonalis, 7 ; pneumonia, 2 ; rheumatism, acute articular, 8 ;
scarlet fever, 5 ; tabis dorcilis, i ; syphilis, 3.
Cases requiring surgical treatment, 16: Incised wound of
head, i ; incised wound of eyebrow, i ; incised wound of fin-
ger, I ; incised wound of foot, i ; lacerated contused wound of
head, 2 ; lacerated wound of head, 2; contused wound of eye,
I ; compound comminuted fracture of both bones of nose, i ;
fracture of lower jaw, i ; fracture of bones of foot, i ; dislo-
cated shoulder, i ; caries of thigh bone, i ; cut throat, i ; ab-
cess of foot, I.
Twelve children were vaccinated.
Number of deaths, 2 : Aortic regurgitation, i ; noma, i.
FREDERICK PERKINS, M. D.,
City Physician.
417
REPORT OF THE CITY SOLICITOR.
REPORT OF THE CITY SOLICITOR,
Getitlemen of the City Councils :
The City Solicitor reports as follows for the year 1895 :
Of the cases pending in court January i, 1895, the following
were disposed of during the year, viz.: Campbell &= Maxwell y.
Manchester and Whittemo7-e and others v. Manchester, dismissed
by the court ; W. E. Dunbar v. Alanchester, tried by jury, with
a verdict in favor of the defendant ; Manchester v. Warren &=
Beede, Clough v. Manchester, Auburn street case, Batchelder &=
Clark v. Manchester, Butterfield v. Manchester, Page v. Man-
chester, The Elliot Hospital v. Manchester, and Sevigny v.
Manchester having been aajusted out of court. The other cases
still stand upon the various dockets.
During the year, at the request of.the city, the court approved
the discontinuance of the Old Falls road between Belmont and
East Spruce streets; and the following cases were begun or en-
tered in the supreme court for Hillsborough county during the
year, viz.: Maurice Grcaney v. Matichester, an action for dam-
ages for injuries received while working as an employee in a sewer
trench ; Julia Bresnahan v. Manchester, a suit for damages for
injuries alleged to have been occasioned by improper blasting for a
sewer trench; E. M. Boire, administrator of Joseph Desivchers v.
Manchester, iox damages for injuries resulting in the death of
Desrochers while employed at the city stone crusher. Frances
B. Home filed a petition for leave to bring a claim for dam-
ages for personal injuries, alleged to have been caused by a de-
fective condition of Union street. Joseph Wilkins filed a peti-
tion for leave to take an appeal from the award of damages
made to him by the mayor and aldermen for land taken in lay-
421
422 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
ing out Cypress street, the statutory time having expired.
During the year many claims have been investigated and ad-
justed in connection with the committee on claims or the
mayor.
The work of this office is of a very varied nature and grows
in volume from year to year. The solicitor has endeavored, to
the best of his ability, to respond to the many demands upon him
made by the city councils, or either branch, by committees and
city officials, the details of which it would be impossible to re-
port, and which, if reported, would be of little interest to any-
one. With the expression of thanks to all city officials for their
courteous treatment during the past year, this report is
Respectfully submitted.
EDWIN F. JONES,
City Solicitor.
REPORTS
TRUSTEES OF CEMETERIES
CEMETERY FUND.
REPORT
OP 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 grounds have been well cared for,
substantial improvements made in many directions, and the gen-
eral appearance of the cemetery greatly improved.
The iron fence on the east side has been extended in accord-
ance with the plan heretofore adopted, of constructing not less
than two hundred feet annually until the whole is inclosed.
Landscape Lawn having all been sold, the demand for perpet-
ual care lots in that vicinity now falls on Chapel Lawn, which
will supply the call for this class of lots for some considerable
time, while Riverside Lawn is already attracting attention in
another part of the cemetery.
The wisdom of providing lots of this character is already
manifest in the splendid exhibit made by them, and it is a mat-
ter of regret that other portions of the cemetery were not early
placed under like restrictions.
Special attention has been given to the " G. A. R. " lot and
great improvement made in its appearance.
The practice of selling lots in advance of grading has been
discontinued, and none are now sold until prepared for occu-
pancy.
425
426 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
The "Field of Monesquo," the slumber ground of all who
have no other provision for their final rest, has received special
attention, and it is contemplated to make this locality bear tes-
timony to the affection and regard in which we hold the dead,
whatever of inequality may exist in life.
C. H. BARTLETT,
For the Committee.
Valley Cemetery.
The sub-trustees of the Valley cemetery respectfully submit
the following report for the year 1895 •
During the year, Mr. C. H. G. Foss, the superintendent, has,
under the direction of the trustees, made the following improve-
ments :
The office and chapel have been painted two coats inside;
two new water-closets have been put in to comply with the regu-
lations ; the small water pipe on Pine avenue has been replaced
by four hundred feet of two-inch and w^ater has been taken to
five lots ; two flights of steps, extending from the valley to Pine
path, have been reset and concreted between the steps ; the grad-
ing on the south bank of the valley has been completed ; a stone
gutter has been built from the bridge, up the hill, on the Chest-
nut-street side.
The sub-trustees have held three regular meetings during the
year. They believe the work of the superintendent and his em-
ployees has been faithfully and well performed, and they espe-
cially commend Mr. Foss for his fidelity, his courtesy, and his
ability.
There have been Si burials ; placed in tomb, 80.
MATERIAL USED.
Loads loam ........ 102
Loads sand ........ 150
Feet turf ........ 2,250
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF CEMETERIES.
427
Cords manure ....... 4
Yards concrete laid ...... 234
Feet 2-inch pipe laid ...... 400
The following amount was collected and paid to the city
treasurer
For water
$317-5"
Care of lots .
653.48
Sundries
340.26
Tomb fees
291.50
Interments
205.00
Removals
6.50
gi, 814.24
•
Respectfully submitted.
S. P. CANNON,
BUSHROD W. HILL,
JOHN L. SANBORN,
Sub- Trustees of Valley Cemetery.
Amoskeag Cemetery.
The sub-trustees of the Amoskeag Cemetery respectfully sub-
mit the following report :
With the small appropriation annually given to this cemetery,
but little can be done except to keep it mown and presentable.
During the year one hundred and fifty loads of gravel have been
drawn for paths without cost to the city except for the labor of
hauling. The fence has been kept in repair except a piece about
one hundred and forty feet in length where a new fence is needed
at once. It has been thought advisable to make a beginning at
this point for an iron fence. This recommendation would be
respectfully made by the sub-trustees. Another need of the cem-
etery is an extension of the water pipe to the center of the
428 ANNUAL OFFICIAL EEPORTS.
grounds, a distance of about two hundred and twenty feet. At
present the end of the pipe is on one side.
The lots have been mown three times during the season and
paths raked and kept clean.
There have been ten burials in this cemetery during the year
1895.
EBEN CARR,
JAMES E. BAILEY,
WILLIAM H. HUSE,
Sub- Trustees of Amoskeag Cemetery.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
To the Trustees of Cemeteries :
Gentlemen, — I herewith present to you the annual report of
the money received during the year ending December 31, 1895 :
Pine Grove Cemetery.
Number of deeds delivered during the year, sixty-two.
To cash received for the same . . $2,848.12
interest " t: n _ _ 30.19
cash received from superintendent . 2,321.05
$5>i99-36
Cr.
By treasurer's receipts, S. B. Putnam . $2,000.00
" " F. L. Allen . 878.31
superintendent's receipts . . . 2,321.05
$5>i99-36
Valley Cemetery.
To cash received from superintendent . $1,814.24
cash received from F. L. Allen, treas-
urer ...... 19.00
^i>S33.24
429
430 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Cr.
By superintendent's receipts . . . ^1,814.24
treasurer's receipts .... 19.00
^1,833-24
Respectfully submitted.
FRED L. ALLEN,
Treasiirer.
I hereby certify that I have examined the accounts of Fred L.
Allen, treasurer of the trustees of cemeteries, and find the same
correctly cast and properly vouched for.
JAMES E. DODGE,
Auditor.
REPORT
TRUSTEES OF THE CEMETERY FUND.
To the City Councils of the City of Manchester :
Gentlemen, — The Trustees of the Cemetery Fund present
their sixteenth annual report, including the report of the treas-
urer, showing in detail the administration of the fund for the
year ending December 31, 1895.
The amount held for the benefit of lots in the respective ceme-
teries will be found therein stated, as well as the increase of the
fmid during the past year, which is highly gratifying.
The trustees have established the price requisite for the proper
care of lots at forty cents per foot ; the minimum, however, to be
jgioo for any lot.
The price is fixed at this low figure in order that persons of
limited means, as well as the rich, may avail themselves of the
privilege of the perpetual care of the last and final resting place
of all mankind, but the committee believe that this sum wisely
and economically administered, will satisfactorily answer the pur-
pose intended.
Respectfully submitted.
WILLIAM C. CLARKE,
OTIS BARTON,
CHARLES H. BARTLETT,
Trustees of Ccinetery Fund.
431
TREASURER'S REPORT.
To the Trustees of the Cemetery Fund:
Gentlemen, — I herewith submit to you the thirteenth annual
report of the funds received and expenses paid to December 31,
1895 :
Pine Grove Cemetery.
Amount of permanent fund on hand January i, 1895, ^24,229 00
Receipts during the year :
A. D. Buzzell
$164.70
Eunice J. Willand
198.00
Mrs. C. M. Prout .
J0S.75
Moses French
342.94
Mary Parrett
75.00
Sadie Harley
75.00
Jennie C. Thompson and Katie
Den-
your .....
127.60
John M. Johnson .
140.25
Rufus K. Pike estate
334-78
Mrs. Myra D. Whittemore
97.70
John Milligan
119.62
Louisa D. Glines .
127.60
Claris Hadley
179.S9
George W. Haselton
68.44
Louise S. Paradise
125-75
Isaac W. Smith
296.16
Edward Wagner .
53°-44
Sarah B. Carley estate .
150.00
REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF CEMETERY FUND.
48a
From Mrs. Nancy P. Nichols
Joseph Beddows .
Stephen and Thomas Wiggin
Martha J. Emery estate
F. M. Hoyt .
$70.70
340.22
131.96
147.80
379-59
$4,332-89.
Total permanent fund December 31, 1895 • $28,561.89.
Income on hand January i, 1895
Income during the year .
Expenses paid during the year :
Balch & Austin
J. B. Varick Co. .
Stark Mills ....
B. A. Stearns, superintendent
Cash on hand
$1,540.75
1,238.48
$25.00
22.60
12.3s
615.00
2,104.28
$2,779-23-.
!2;779-23;
Valley Cemetery.
Amount of permanent fund on hand January i, 1895, $7,649.23,
Received during the year :
From Oliver T. Richardson estate
Frederick Smyth .
Mrs. Maria A. Fogg
S. W. and J. E. Parsons
$200.00
1,000.00
300.00
300.00
128.00
400.00
Total permanent fund December 31, 1895 .
Income on hand January i, 1895 . . $646.89
Income received during the year . . 393-96
$2,328.00-
),977-2S
$1,040.85
434 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Expenses paid during the year :
Palmer & Garmon
$6.25
R. P. Stevens ....
12.00
C. H. G. Foss, superintendent
164.37
Cash on hand ....
858.23
^1,040.85
Piscataquog Cemetery.
Amount of permanent fund on hand January 31, 1895 ^300.00
Income on hand January i, 1895 . . ^61.08
Income received during the year . . 15-00
^76.08
Total permanent fund December 31, 1895 . ^376.08
Expenses paid during the year :
C. A. Rowell ^4.00
<' <' 7.00
" " ..... 7.00
Cash on hand ..... 58.08
^76.08
Merrill Cemetery.
Amount of permanent fund on hand January i, 1895 ^200.00
Received during the year :
From Cleaves N. Hardy, treasurer .... ^287.89
Income on hand January i, 1895 . . ^20.75
Income during the year . . . . 12.08
^487.89
^32-83
FRED L. ALLEN,
Treasurer Cejuetery Fund.
REPORT OP TRUSTEES OF CEMETERY FUND. 435
This is to certify that I have examined the books of accounts
of Fred L. Allen, treasurer of the trustees of the cemetery fund,
embracing the receipts and expenditures for the year 1895, and
I find the same correct and properly vouched. I have also ex-
amined the securities in which said fund is invested, and find as
follows r
PINE GROVE CEMETERY.
Bonds of the city of Manchester, N. H.
5 per cent, 1913 . . . . . $14,700.00
5 per cent, 1942 ..... 12,000.00
Cash on hand ..... 1,861.89
Total amount of bonds and cash . . . ^28,561.89
VALLEY CEMETERY.
Bonds of the city of Manchester, N. H.
5 per cent, 1913 ..... $4,800.00
5 per cent, 1942 ..... 4,000.00
Cash on hand ..... 1,177.23
Total amount of bonds and cash . . . $9,977-23
PISCATAQUOG CEMETERY.
Bonds of the city of Manchester, N. H.
5 per cent, 1913 . . . . . $300.00
Cash on hand ..... 76.08
Total amount of bonds and cash . . . $376.08
.MERRILL CEMETERY.
Bonds of the city of Manchester, N. H.
5 per cent, 1913 $200.00
5 per cent, 1942 ..... 250.00
Cash on hand ..... 37-89
Total amount of bonds and cash . . . $487.89
JAMES E. DODGE,
Auditor.
REPORT
TRUSTEES OF THE SINKING FUND.
REPORT
TRUSTEES OF THE SINKING FUND.
To the Trustees of the Sinking Fund :
Gentlemen, — I herewith transmit to you the third annual
report of the receipts of this board for the year ending December
3i> iS95-
Total amount of fund Jan. i, 1895, ^^^
the payment of improvement bonds . ^5,202.00
Appropriation for 1894 . . . . 5,000.00
Income received during the year . . 402.50
Expenses during the year :
^1<J,UU^.5V^
Bonds on hand January i, 1895
. ^5,000.00
Bonds bought during the year
5,000.00
Premium on bonds
381.85
Cash on hand ....
222.65
$10,604.50
Total amount of fund January i, 1895,
for the payment of water bonds . . $13,145.15
Water-works, hydrant service, 1894 . 13,925.00
Income received during the year . . 1,127.10
$28,197.25
439
440 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Expenses during the year :
^Bonds on hand January i, 1895 . . ^8,000.00
^Bonds bought during the year . . 18,000.00
Premium on bonds . . ... 1,374.66
■Cash on hand ..... 822.59
^28,197.25
FRED L. ALLEN,
Treasurer Sinking Fu7id.
This is to certify that I have examined the books of accounts
■of Fred L. Allen, treasurer of the trustees of the sinking fund,
■embracing the receipts and expenditures for the year ending
December 31, 1895, and find the same correct and properly
vouched. I have also examined the securities in which said
fund is invested, and find as follows :
For the payment of improvement bonds.
Bonds of the city of Manchester, N. H. :
4 per cent 1913 bonds .... $5,000.00
4 per cent 19 14 bonds .... 5,000.00
'Cash on hand December 31, 1895 • • 222.65
110,222.65
For the payment of water bonds.
Bonds of the city of Manchester, N. H. :
4 per cent 1913 bonds .... $8,000.00
-4 per cent 191 4 bonds .... 18,000.00
Cash on hand December 31, 1895 . . 822.59
$26,822.59
Total amount of sinking fund, December 31, 1895 . $37,045.24
JAMES E. DODGE,
Auditor.
REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE.
To the Honorable Board of Police Commissioners :
In accordance with the requirements of the city ordinances, I
would respectfully submit the following report of all cases which
have been brought before the police court, and their results,
from January i, 1895, to January i, 1896
Assault .......... 83
Aiding boy to escape from Industrial School . . i
Assault on officer ....... 3
A.ssault with intent to kill ..... i
Adultery ......... 14
Admitting minors into saloon ..... i
Assault with intent to rape ..... 3
Breaking and entering ...... 29
Begging 4
Breaking glass ........ 6
Common seller of spirituous liquor
Cruelty to animals .
Drunk ....
Disorderly conduct .
Defacing buildings .
Disorderly house
Driving over hose at fires .
Discharging firearms in street
Evading carfare
Exposure of person .
Embezzlement
Forgery ....
3
>557
II
4
7
I
I
I
I
2
443
444
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Fornication
Fast driving
Gambling
Idle person
Impersonating an ofificer
Incest
Injuring personal property
Keeping malt, liquor for sale
Keeping malt liquor for sale, second offense
Keeping liquor for sale .
Keeping liquor for sale, second offense
Keeping open on Sunday
Keeping gambling house .
Keeping dogs unmuzzled .
Larceny from the person .
Larceny . . . . ".
Murder
Malicious injury ....
Non-support .....
Noise and brawl ....
No name or number on milk team .
Obstructing an officer
Over-driving .....
Obscene and profane language .
Obtaining goods by false pretenses .
Obstructing sidewalk
Obtaining money under false pretenses
Offering tainted meat for sale .
Putting salt on horse railroad track .
Peddling without a license
Playing ball in streets
Passing a forged order
Permitting gambling
Present when gambling .
Riding bicycle on sidewalk
Rescue of prisoner ....
REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE.
445
Receiving stolen goods .
Running away from house of c
Selling malt liquor .
Stealing a ride
orrect
ion
4
lO
15
I
Selling liquor .
Selling leased property
Stubborn child
13
I
3
Selling cigarettes to minors
Tramps ....
Throwing garbage in street
Violating fish and game laws
15
17
4
Total . . . .
^,018
The foregoing cases were disposed of as follows :
Paid fine imposed . . . . . . . 1,544
Committed to the house of correction for non-pay-
ment of fines ....... 789
Committed to the house of correction on sentence . 116
Committed to jail for non-payment of fine . . 72
Committed to jail on sentence ..... 7
Committed to the State Industrial School ... 8
Bound over for their appearance at the supreme court 47
Committed to jail, bail not furnished . . . 130
Committed to the county house of correction at Goffs-
town ......... 50
Continued for sentence ...... 15
Sentence suspended . ...... 113,
Appealed 55
Nol pressed . . . . . . . . 32
Discharged ........ 35
Committed to jail, no bail ..... i
Paid fine, costs remitted ...... i
Whole number arrests ...... 3,736
Whole number females ...... 336
Whole number males ...... 3,400
Nol pressed on payment of costs .... i
446
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Paid costs .....
Whole number admitted for lodging
Accidents reported ....
Assisted out-of-town officers
Buildings found open, and secured .
Cases investigated ....
Cases cruelty to animals investigated
Defective streets and sidewalks reported
Disturbances suppressed .
Dogs killed . . .
Dogs lost and found
Dangerous dogs, notice served to owners
Fires discovered and alarms given .
Fires extinguished without an alarm .
Injured and sick persons assisted
Intoxicated persons taken home
Lights extinguished in buildings
Lights furnished for dangerous places
Lost children returned to their parents
Money or other stolen property recovered
Money or other lost property recovered
Nuisances abated ....
Search warrants for liquor served, none found
Search warrants for stolen goods served
Stray teams put up .
Street obstructions removed
5
1^389
29
73
665
1,310
23
100
620
25
16
14
12
27
245
So
81
112
$9,861.52
^1,171-95
43
30
12
128
169
The following amount has been received for fines and costs
imposed by the police court from January i, 1895, to January
I, 1896, $62,008.88.
Respectfully submitted.
M. J. HEALY,
C/u'e/ of Police.
REPORT
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE
ON CITY FARM.
REPORT
OF THE
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON CITY
FARM.
To his Honor the Mayor and City Councils of the City of Man-
chester :
Gentlemen, — The Joint Standing Committee on City Farm
hereby submit to you their annual rej^ort for the year ending
December 31, 1895 :
Having fairly and impartially appraised all personal properly
at the farm, we find the summary as follows :
Live stock . . . . .
Wagons, carts, and team furnishings
Hay, grain, and produce
Household furniture
Provisions and fuel ....
Farming implements
Total .
By cash received from farm
permanent improvements
increase in stock
Total number weeks board
Average cost per week
Total number prisoners .
29
Cr.
^2,484.00
1,420.00
4.056.00
2,592.02
665.00
957.75
;^i2, 174.77
^4,658.02
1,000.00
102.40
$5,760.42
3,014 4-17
;^o.79 7-10
905
449
450
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Following is a list of crops harvested the past season, not in-
cluding the amount used during the summer and fall:
Squash
Cabbage .
Meadow hay
Straw
Field corn
Hay
Pop corn
Sweet corn
Oats
Potatoes .
Corn on cob
Beans
Parsnips .
Blood beets
Turnips .
Carrots .
Mangold wurtzels
The labor done which constitutes the permanent improve-
ment outside, this year, is as follows :
Removing stone walls, clearing of pasture and sprout lands,
filling and grading in and outside of highways, setting of trees,
digging and carting away stone, digging stumps, etc.
Removing stone wall south of building in the orchard, (i8o
feet long, 2 feet thick, and 35 feet high).
Removing a double wall running north and south from the
buildings to Bridge street (a distance of 800 feet).
These stones were buried and graded over with gravel, thus
making a nice sidewalk and adding to the beauty of the fields
on both sides of the road.
The lands which have been put into better condition are :
Twenty acres of land west of the Mammoth road.
2 tons
10 "
12 "
15 "
35 "
100 "
25
bushels
ICO
((
236
((
700
((
1,400
a
3
barrels
25
<(
4,000
pounds
20,000
((
20,000
iC
23,000
((
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CITY FARM. 451
Four acres of pasture land has been broken up and sowed with
corn.
Six acres of sprout land on the north side of Bridge-street ex-
tension, planted with potatoes.
Stone buried south of barn and grading the side sloping to
the highway.
The larger stones which accumulated were given to cellar
contractors for removal, as the city farm had no place or use for
them.
The sanitary arrangements have been greatly improved. Three
water-closets have been put in in the house in place of the old
vaults, as the latter were deemed a nuisance by the committee-
The wash-tubs have all been piped with city water.
A sewer put in the barn cellar 200 feet in length. Another
to drain the barnyard 150 feet in length, and run across the
Mammoth road into the field.
During the past year the barn has been twice thoroughly white-
washed, the roof of the ice-house patched, a new floor put in the
boiler room, the kitchen painted and store-room papered, new
floors in the halls and the house whitewashed throughout.
SCAVENGER SERVICE.
The scavenger service requires three single teams with an aver-
age of almost two loads a day per team.
The best of the garbage is used as food for pigs, and the re-
mainder is put upon the fields as a fertilizer.
Few complaints have reached the committee the past year,
and all complaints have received prompt attention from Super-
intendent Libby.
Respectfully submitted.
R. J. Barry, Chairman,
George W. Reed,
William F. Elliott,
John Gildard,
Carl E. Rydin, Clerk^
Joint Standing Committee on City Farm.
REPORT
OF THE
BOARD OF HEALTH.
REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.
To His Honor the Mayor :
The following is submitted by the Board of Health as its re-
port for the year 1895 :
Mr. William K. Robbins was appointed to the board, and
began his duties February i, taking the place of Mr. Joseph B.
Sawyer, whose term of office expired at that date. The board
was organized with Neil F. Starr, M. D., as chairman, and Wil-
liam K. Robbins, M. Sc, as clerk. Very soon after its organiza-
tion it caused the following letter, signed by each member of the
board, to be sent to Mr. Sawyer and published in th^ daily pa-
pers :
" Mr. Joseph B. Sawyer having served the city of Manchester
for the past ten years as a member of the board of health, we, its
present members, desire to give expression to the esteem and good
will in which we hold him, and our appreciation of the valuable
services he has rendered the public during these years. For the
entire time he has been the efficient clerk of the board, and its
records have been scrupulously "kept. He, with Dr. Hoitt and
the late Dr. Webster, constituted Manchester's first health offi-
cials. Having faithfully served the board through its darkest
days, when public opinion was somewhat averse to the introduc-
tion of sanitary methods, too high an estimate of his conscien-
tious work cannot be made. All his services have been charac-
terized by an impartiality and fearlessness in right doing which
has won our highest esteem, and we unite our heartiest good
wishes that long years of future usefulness and happiness may be
his. It will be a pleasure to put this expression on our records
and forward Mr. Sawyer a copy."
455
456
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
EXPENDITURES.
The expenditures have been as follows
Salaries ......
Labor ......
Printing and advertising .
Postage and envelopes
Street-car fares ....
Teams ......
Pest-house, board, fuel, etc.
Board of horse ....
Telephone service ....
Office expenses
Legal expenses ....
Contagious diseases (outside of pest-house)
Disinfectants .....
Annual inspection Lake Massabesic .
Sundries .....
gooo.oo
2,653.00
226.71
122.50
71.00
70.00
55-84
54.86
33-3°
35-05
17.04
21.19
11.85
12.00
12.42
Total $3)996-76
This leaves a balance of $3.24 of the appropriation unex-
■pended.
MEETINGS.
The increasing amount of work coming under the direction of
the department has made frequent meetings and inspections
necessary, and early in the summer it was decided that a weekly
meeting should be held. Since that time the board has been at
the office every Wednesday evening, with one or two exceptions,
for the transaction of such business as came to its attention.
The usual number of special meetings have been held, and fre-
quent trips or inspection tours have been taken.
INSPECTORS.
The same inspectors have been retained as during last year.
Owing to the change in the law by which burial permits are
granted by the board of health, it has been necessary to keep Mr.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. 457
Clough in the office eight hours per day, thus throwing a larger
proportion of the outside work into Mr. Looney's care. Mr.
Barry is still specially detailed to attend to the enforcement of
the plumbing regulations.
ABATEMENT OF NUISANCES.
The work of cleaning and removing privy-vaults, caring for
sink-water, and abating other nuisances has been surrounded by
the same conditions as in previous years, and the manner of pro-
cedure in such cases has not been materially changed. As in
former years, the substitution of water-closets for privy-vaults has
been pushed as fast as conditions would warrant. The more
densely populated portion of the city is now almost free from
privy -vaults, and the work in the residential portion has made
good progress.
SEWERS.
The board would be pleased to see every street in the city
supplied with a sewer, but it realizes the immensity of the under-
taking, and it is much gratified with the progress now being
made. The board would, however, earnestly recommend that
the collection of a fee for entering sewers be abolished. Many
people feel it an injustice to be compelled to pay for entering a
sewer that their property has already been taxed to help con-
struct. The cost of putting in a plumbing system is no light
burden to many householders, and when this improvement is
forced upon them by the action of the board the increase in ex-
pense due to the fee often puts the citizen to so much trouble as
to cause what was intended as a benefit to become a hardship.
This fee has been used several times as an excuse that action be
deferred until the householder becomes better able financially to
bear the expense, and in many cases it has operated to the detri-
ment and delay of needed improvements.
PLUMBING.
Another year's experience with the plumbing regulations has
confirmed our belief in their usefulness and necessity. The pre-
458 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
ceding year's experience and observation had taught us that some
changes were necessary, and such changes were put in force early
in the season. The results have been satisfactory. Several citi-
zens have asked to be allowed to infringe upon the regulations,
alleging as an excuse that the substances to be thrown into the
fixtures were only clean water or something equally harmless.
Such people have been instructed that the danger from defective
plumbing is not in the matter that goes into the drains, but from
the gas that is generated in and rises from the pipes and sewers.
The men engaged in the business are, as a rule, self-respecting
and honest, and their work is a credit to the trade. The law as
at present construed allows any one who registers at the office of
the board of health to engage in the business, and occasionally
someone who is incompetent from lack of knowledge and expe-
rience, attempts to pursue the occupation. The work done by
such "plumbers" is far from satisfactory. There are others,
happily few in number, who understand their business and are
fairly good workmen, but who are dishonest and endeavor to
defraud their customers with work or material not up to the
standard. The board hopes in time to have the advantage of
such measures as will enable them to determine the fitness of an
applicant for registration, and also to weed out the dishonest
and incompetent already engaged in the business.
TENEMENT BLOCKS.
The most difficult and unsatisfactory work of the board of
health relates to tenement blocks. Such blocks are usually built
so as to secure the greatest number of rooms on the land occu-
pied. The plumbing and ventilation are of secondary consider-
ation. Bedrooms not directly connected with the outer atmo-
sphere but whose light and air must come through other rooms
are a common occurrence. Plumbing fixtures are designed to
occupy dark corners or out-of-the-way places where the room
cannot be conveniently utilized in any other way. Water-clos-
ets especially are liable to become nuisances if not well lighted
and ventilated. This bad arrangement is not the result of acci-
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. 459
dent but the plans are drawn and accepted, showing conclusively
that it is the intention of the builder to so construct the block.
The board has vigorously protested during the past season
against such a manifest disregard of sanitary laws, but its power
is limited in the matter and at best it can only enforce such few
suggestions as slightly improve but do not remedy the evil. We
would therefore earnestly recommend that there should be some
authority to pass upon the plans of such buildmgs before their
construction is commenced, and insist that such important mat-
ters as sanitation and ventilation be properly arranged for.
Eleven old blocks or buildings have been ordered put into
sanitary condition during the past year. The board has met
with considerable opposition in its efforts in this direction.
Many of the tenement blocks were erected before sanitary
plumbing had become so important a factor in the arrangement
of our dwelling places, and such blocks are not constructed so as
to properly protect traps, etc., from frost when they are pro-
vided. While the board realizes this to be partly true it cannot,
in justice to itself and the occupants of tenements of such
blocks, allow such occupation of tenements it believes to be un-
sanitary. It will therefore continue its present policy in such
matters.
DISPOSAL OF WASTES.
The city dumps have been inspected several times and the
board fully Realizes that a proper disposal of a city's waste is a
problem that requires much patient effort to solve. At present
the material sent to the dump consists mostly of ashes, old plas-
ter, leaves, grass, limbs of trees, old wooden and paper boxes,
and papers mixed with such swill and other perishable matter as
finds its way into the scavenger's cart. This is dumped into some
ravine at a point where a street is to be built and a thin layer of
soil spread on top. The mass, consisting as it does of matter
that is in part perishable, in time decomposes and a gas is gen-
erated that finds its way out through the sides which are not cov-
ered. This gas is, we believe, unwholesome and it is certainly
460 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
unpleasant to the sense of smell. The mass also settles as it de-
composes and in time the roadway sinks and holes are formed
that have to be filled with soil or road material. The board be-
lieves that the same labor that is expended in caring for the
dump would be better engaged in separating the wood, grass,
paper, and in fact any combustible perishable matter from the
ashes and miperishable matter and in burning the former. The
ashes resulting from such burning could be thrown in with the
imperishable wastes and the result would be a mass of material
that would not cause offense by decomposing nor would the
roadway thus made need more than the ordinary repair.
The city farm teams have continued to collect the swill, etc.
Part of it is fed to swine and the rest is plowed into the soil for
manure. Both the collection and disposal have been done in a
satisfactory manner. A considerable amount of swill is collected
by private parties, and many of them do their work in a fairly
neat and creditable way. There are some, however, who arrange
to go ahead of the city teams and cull over the swill in the
buckets, transferring the better part of it to their wagons. This
is unfair to the city farm. That of course is a small matter, but
many of the drivers facilitate their selection by turning the swill
in the receptacle onto the ground, and do not properly clean up
the same before they leave. This swill left on the ground cre-
ates a nuisance that is finally removed by the scavenger service
cart, which takes it to the dump there to become a source of
offense to the residents in the immediate vicinity. It would be
well if some means were devised to place the private swill gath-
erers under better control, and an ordinance to that effect would
be appreciated by the board.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
461
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
The following table shows the number of contagious diseases
reported during each month of the year and the deaths result-
ing therefrom :
Months.
January ...
February ..
March
April
May
June
July
August
September.
October....
November.
December..
Total.
Membra-
neous
croup.
06
<u
eS
a
0
o
U
Diph-
theria.
Typhoid
fever.
in
.a
d
eS
0
«
0
Measles.
Scarlet
fever.
Totals,
O
22
13
4
15
42
15
28
23
37
26
. 20
15
260
462
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
The table following, which contains the number of cases of
contagious diseases and the deaths resulting therefrom during the
past eleven years, is put in for the purpose of comparison.
Mem-
braneous
croup.
Diphthe-
ria.
Typhoid
fever.
Scarlet
fever.
Measles.
Totals.
Years.
CO
0)
CD
<v
O
C3
O
R
to
®
to
d
O
(0
Q
to
to
d
a;
Q
m
d
O
to
ft
in
a}
to
d
O
to
d
P
1885
*
*
*
18
*
20
*
5
*
36
*
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
36
16
259
5
54
4
428
48
1890
*
*
41
9
36
17
63
3
298
6
438
35
1891
*
«t
21
2
76
18
25
■89
2
211
22
]8»2
*
*
26
5
33
11
44
2
451
11
554
29
1893
*
«
7 1 1
79
15
110
5
212
2
408
23
1894
12
12
42
11
74
21
67
3
223
8
418
55
1895
17
11
47
n
73
21
55 4
68
1
260
48
*No returns made during this year.
By a glance at the above tables, it will be seen that the num-
ber of cases of contagious and infectious diseases was less during
the year than for any of the three preceding years. It will also
be noticed that the decrease is due to the falling off in the num-
ber of cases of measles rather than to a diminished number of
the more dangerous contagious and infectious diseases. The
number of cases of diphtheria, scarlet fever, and typhoid fever,
and the deaths therefrom, have been normal. The regulations
for the restriction and prevention of such diseases have been
amended so as to be more effective and the inspectors have been
ordered to be particularly efficient in their enforcement. Such
an enforcement is sometimes the cause of considerable inconven-
ience to people living in houses where such diseases exist. The
department has seen to it, however, that all such people were
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. 463
supplied with the actual necessities of life. The expense in-
curred, when small, has been paid for from the appropriation for
this department. When the amount called for was too large to
warrant its being so disposed of the cases were referred to the
overseers of the poor. This latter disposition of such cases has
been unsatisfactory and unjust because the recipient of such help
becomes, in the legal sense, a pauper and, if a citizen, is de-
prived of his right to vote. Through the recommendation of
this board the city councils have increased the appropriation at
the disposal of the department for 1896, and it is probable that
in future all such cases can be attended to in a manner that will
cause no hardship to result therefrom.
464
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
DEATH EETURNS.
TABLE SHOWING THE MORTALITY OF THE CITY BY DISEASES
AND BY MONTHS FOR THE YEAR 1895.
Causes of Death.
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3
1^
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0)
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3
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03
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CI
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S5
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0
i
o
1
I
2
1
1
I
1
Abscesses and perit'nitis
1
3
3
** comp'und frac-
I
1
crusliing of ab-
1
"i'
....
1
I
2
** fracture neck
1
1
fract're of skull
" killed by cars..
" poisoninjr
" rupture j'jun'm
" sh'ck from el'c-
1
I
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
3
I
1
1
1
Albuminuria from preg-
I
I
1
1
2
I
4
1
1
1
2
2
2
Ifi
1
Aorta, spleen & kidney,
1
2
2
1
Apoplexy
I
2 "V
. . . .
2
I
1
3
2
1
I
15
It
1
1
"i'
1
1
1
S
" and influenza..
Bladder, ulceration of...
Bowels, dyspepsia of...
1
1
1
1
1
1
" inflammation of
1
I
I
3
1
I
1
Brain, congestion of
2
4
I
1
I
1
....
9
3
1
1
1
I
7
3
5
1
I
1
1
I
I
1
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I
s
" acute
2
2
2
1
1
n
1
1
4
I
5
2
4
7
4
5
I
1
2
1
3
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5
3
43
2
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'< chronic
3
2
2
1
I
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I
....
4
1
1
1
1
">,
I
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2
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1
1
3
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH,
TABLE. — Cotiti?iued.
465
Causes of Death.
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Cancer, ovarian
1
" of rectum
3
1
1
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
4
iJ7
56
2
32
11
3
1
Complication of diseases
1
1
1
2
1
"i
2
1
1
2
1
Croup, membraneous —
3
1
1
1
"i'
1
3
1
"i'
1
....
1
" clironic
1
1
5
1
Debility
2
3
1
2
1
2
1
3
2
1
1
1 1 1
1
2
1
1
Diarrhea
" acute dyspeptic
1
1
1
1
1
1
...
1
3
2
4
1
1
1
2
" & pneumonia
Dropsy
Dysentery
2
....
3
2
1
Eclampsia puerperal. . . .
1
1
Enceplialitis
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
Entero colitis
2
Epilepsy
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
" septic
2
1
i'
J
1
1
1
3
5
5
2
2
1
" diphtheritic...
1
Gastritis
1
1
1
1
4
1
2
" and cerebral men-
1
1
" and heart disease..
1
1
1
1
" and typhoid fever..
1
1
Harelip and cleft palate.
Head, malformation of..
1
Heart, fatty degenei-a-
tion of
1
1
1
12
3-
1
146
2
2-
1
12
1
11
3
2
1
I
16
15
2
1
1
1
2
1
3
1(V
1
1
7
1
30
466
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
TABLE.— Continued.
Causes of Death.
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1
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8
4
1
4
1
2
3
1
2
2
4
4
11
6
50
& Bright's
9
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
i
3
4
3
2
4
IS
1
" & ulceration
1
" bronchopul-
monary. ..
1
\
2
3
** post part*m
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
1
1
2
2
1
5
1
1
1
I
1
1
3
4
4
2
3
3
3
1
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Inflammation of large
1
2
1
3
*' and pneumonia
" acute and cere-
bral hyper-
1
1
X
1
1
1
ijaryngismus stridulus,
opium poisoning
....
1
1
1
2
** acute catar'al
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
£>
2
1
i
1
4
2
2
2
2
1
4
1
1
1
3
1
4
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<>
" hemorrhage of ..
1
1
1
1
2
"2'
2
2
1
3
2
IS
1
1
Melanosis, mesenteric...
1
4
1
1
3
1
2
1
2
1
3
6
1
1
3
1
3
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1
35
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0
1
1
I
3
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1
2
2
1
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2
2
1
2
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2
3
1
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
TABLE. — Continued.
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12
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. 469
The table of deaths given shows the death rate to have been a
little less than the average for the past ten years. The number
of deaths of children under five years of age is still alarmingly
large. We are in hopes that in time some way may be found to
take better care of the little ones. Certain it is that we cannot
hope for much of a reduction in our death rate while 53 per cent
of the total number of deaths are of children under five years of
age. In some of the larger cities the mortality among children
has been much reduced by the introduction and use of sterilized
milk. It is probable an attempt will be made in that direction
the coming summer in this city.
The granting of burial permits has been in charge of the
board for a part of the year. This change will, we hope, in
time lead to more accurate statements as to the causes of death,
and thus make the statistics published by the board of more
value for scientific purposes. In this connection we would earn-
estly request the physicians to aid us as much as possible by tak-
ing extra pains to be definite and accurate in all returns with
which they have to do. It will be noticed that the term " cause
not stated " has been eliminated from the table and that the
number in which the cause is given as unknown is not so large
as to cause comment.
The thanks of this board are hereby extended to all who have
aided in the work, and most particularly to your Honor for the
benefit we have received from your advice and support.
NEIL F. STARR, M. D.,
C. W. DOWNING, M. D.,
WILLIAM K. ROBBINS, M. Sc,
Board of Health of Manchester.
INSPECTORS' REPORT.
Gentlemen of the Board of Health :
We beg leave to submit the following as the report of
itary inspectors for the year 1895
Vaults and privies inspected
Vaults inspected after cleaning
Water-closets inspected
Yards and alleys inspected .
Cellars inspected
Barns and outbuildings inspected
Tenements inspected .
Barn cellars inspected .
Latrines inspected
Teams and riggings of excavators inspected
Soaperies, slaughter-houses, etc., inspected
Cleaning or repairs were ordered as follows :
Vaults cleaned .
Yards and alleys cleaned
Cellars cleaned .
Barn cellars cleaned
Barns, etc., cleaned
Tenements cleaned
Privies cleaned .
Latrines cleaned .
Water-closets cleaned or repaired
Vault covers repaired .
Leaky drainpipes repaired .
470
the san-
1,274
782
1,005
1,320
954
239
813
314
25
47
23
138
214
31S
17
26
27
27
2
262
62
33
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH, 471
Complaints to the number of 443 have been investigated-
Relief has been given in 318 cases and in 125 cases it was found
that no cause existed, or the same was beyond the control of the
department.
Openings other than leaks in the drainage system were found!
in 66 places and the same were closed by order of the depart-
ment. One thousand two hundred sixty sinks have been exam-
ined and traps were provided upon 645.
Sewage was found running on the surface of the ground in
loS places and such nuisances were abated either by entering
the sewer or by carrying away in some manner not offensive.
It has been necessary to make 2,786 calls and write 1,192 let-
ters in doing the work of the department.
Forty-one dead animals have been properly disposed of.
One hundred nineteen hens and small animals have beenn
ordered removed from cellars.
The people in loi tenement blocks have been warned against
throwing garbage into the street.
The city dumps have been inspected 25 times and nuisances
there to the number of 5 abated by the street department.
Private swill collectors have been notified 37 times to be
neater in their work.
Householders have been given 34 permits to clean their owrt
vaults.
Two hundred ninety-seven notices have been prepared and
served and proper returns made.
Eight samples of water from wells about the city have been
sent away for analysis.
Eleven complaints have been made against the scavenger ser-
vice. In each case the proper parties were notified and relief
afforded.
Twenty-two catch-basins or street cesspools were flushed or re-
paired by the street department at the request of the inspectors..
Seventy-one nuisances not otherwise classified have beei'h
abated through the efforts of this department.
One hundred thirteen swine and 13 cows were discovered be-
472 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
ing kept within the sanitary limits without licenses. The same
were removed or licenses procured.
In two places, where no privy accommodations had been pro-
vided, the owners were ordered to provide water-closets.
An entire circus train was inspected on complaint that some
of the employees were suffering from smallpox.
Leaky drains to the number of 33 were ordered repaired.
Eleven blocks were ordered put into sanitary condition, in-
cluding the plumbing therein.
Permits to the number of 788 were granted for the removal of
dead bodies, and the returns forwarded to the city registrar.
Weekly reports of contagious and infectious diseases have
been sent to the state board of health, Concord, and the United
States Marine Hospital service, Washington, D. C.
Contagious and infectious diseases have been reported as fol-
lows : Measles, 68 ; diphtheria, 47 ; scarlet fever, 55 ; membra-
neous croup, 17; typhoid fever, 73; total, 260.
Two hundred thirty-two of the cases were reported by physi-
cians and 28 by householders or discovered by the inspectors.
The inspectors were unable to trace the cause of the disease in
136 cases. In 95 cases the connection with some previous case
was clearly traceable. Six people contracted the disease outside
the city, and in 13 cases it was reasonable to attribute the cause
to unsanitary surroundings.
In 96 cases disinfectants were being used. The inspectors
ordered their use in 1 64 places. At most of these latter places
instructions were given as to their use and in many of them the
department furnished the disinfectants.
At 5 1 dwellings it was necessary for the inspectors to order
isolation. In nearly all these cases the inspectors were obliged
to give instructions as to the steps to be taken.
Fourteen houses were watched to see that the rules of isolation
were complied with, and 16 funerals were attended to prevent a
too public observance of the same.
Eighteen tenements where disease had existed were fumigated
by the inspectors.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. 473
Thirty-eight children who were attending school and forty
people who were working and resided in houses where conta-
gious diseases existed were restrained from attendance at school
or employment until all danger from contagion had passed.
Two cases have been cared for at the contagious disease hos-
pital during the past year.
One hundred and fifty houses have been placarded and the
placards removed at the termination of the sickness.
About I, GOG pamphlets issued by the state board of health have
been distributed in localities where contagious diseases existed.
A monthly statement of mortality has been prepared and copies
sent to over 2gg other towns and cities and to local physicians,
€tc.
Addison Streeter was employed as sanitary patrolman at Lake
Massabesic 73 days. He was aided by the sanitary inspectors 20
Sundays and holidays.
There has been no material change in the number of buildings
during the past season except the addition of four new buildings
there, and the old buildings were inspected frequently and the
following other work done :
Bathers to the number of 99 were ordered from the water and
warned not to enter it again.
Five hundred and fifteen dead fish were removed from the
lake or its shore and buried. Two dead snakes, two dead tur-
tles, and a dead frog were also cared for.
At 12 places it was necessary to order swill and slops deposited
farther away from the water.
Several picnics were visited and the managers warned to pre-
vent the careless disposal of waste and rubbish.
A party was caught washing clothes and another was caught
washing dishes in the lake. Both were reprimanded and warned.
Twenty-one parties were warned as to the disposal of sink-
water, swill, etc.
Nuisances to the number of seven not otherwise classified were
abated.
Rags, papers, tin cans, and rubbish of all sorts has been re-
moved whenever found.
474
ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
The inspection of plumbing has as last year been attended to
by Richard J. Barry with the following results
Number of jobs reported
tank water-closets .
pressure closets
Kelley & Genesee closets
sinks ....
bath-tubs
wash-bowls .
wash-trays
slop-hoppers .
urinals ....
8io
1,175
17a
19
870.
422
370
61
9
Total number fixtures put in . .• . . .3,122
The pipe put in was tested with water at 773 places.
At 21 places where water was not accessible the smoke test was
used instead of water.
A total of 1,775 inspections were made of the work during its
progress and after completion.
Defective work was found as follows :
Lines of pipe leaking . . . . . . .213;
Split pipe 34
Ventilation defective ....... 41
At 127 places defective work was found that is not otherwise
classified.
Several plumbers were caught trying to deceive the inspector
by using black wax and resin on joints that .should have been
made tight with molten lead. In one case a cotton batting
blanket had been wound around the soil pipe at a point where it
would be likely to escape the notice of the inspector, and it was
absorbing the water that came from several small leaks above.
Perhaps the most flagrant case was one where the plumber put a
plug in a four-inch pipe about a foot from the top and poured a
couple of pails of water on top of it. This trick was discovered
and the plug removed by the inspector, who saw that the pipe
was properly filled and tested.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
475
The inspector has been to some trouble to secure from his re-
ports the following statistics as to new buildings, which he thinks
may be interesting :
Total number reported, 232.
Single tenement buildings . . . .. . . 126
Two " " 51
Three " " 50
Four " " 3
Five '' " I
Six " " 5
One each of twelve, eight, sixteen, twenty, and twenty-two
tenements.
New schoolhouses, 2 ; churches, including one rebuilt, 3 ; shoe
shop, I ; large livery stable, i ; sub-police station, i. The Sa-
cred Heart hospital was rebuilt, also an emergency ward for the
Elliot hospital.
The total value according to his best judgment was ^585,000.
There have been 28 firms, employing 185 men, engaged in the
plumbing business during the past year.
The inspectors hereby extend their sincere and heartfelt thanks
to all who have aided them in the work of the department, and
most especially to the members of the board of health, who have
so ably directed their efforts.
HERBERT S. CLOUGH.
JOHN F. LOONEY.
RICHARD J. BARRY.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS, GAS LIGHTS, ETC.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS, GAS LIGHTS, AND OIL
LAMPS.
Electric Lights in Use.
No. I. Cypress and Massabesic, arm.
2. Massabesic and Old Falls road, pole.
3. Lake avenue and Beacon, arm.
4. Central and Hall, "
5. Lake avenue and Massabesic, <«
6. Wilson and Laurel, "
7. Merrimack and Hall, "
8. Manchester and Hall, "
9. Manchester and Wilson, "
10. Hanover and Ashland, "
11. Hanover and Hall, «'
12. Hanover and Beacon, "
13. Concord and Ashland, "
14. Bridge and Hall, "
15. Myrtle and Russell, "
16. Pearl and Linden, '<
17. Pearl and Russell, "
18. Bridge and Nashua, "
19. Nashua and High, "
20. Concord and Button, "
21. Amherst and Lincoln, "
22. Hanover and Lincoln, "
2*3. Manchester and Lincoln, "
24. Merrimack and Lincoln, "
25. Laurel and Lincoln, "
479
480 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
No. 26. Central and Lincoln, arm.
27. Lake avenue and Lincoln,
28. Spruce and Lincoln,
29. Spruce and Maple,
30. Lake avenue and Maple,
31. Central and Maple,
32. Merrimack and Maple,
33. Manchester and Maple,
34. Hanover and Maple,
35. Amherst and Maple,
36. Concord and Maple,
37. Lowell and Nashua,
38. Bridge and Maple,
39. Myrtle and Maple,
40. Orange and Ash,
41. Harrison and Beech,
42. Myrtle and Beech,
43. Pearl and Beech,
44. Bridge and Beech,
45. Lowell and Ash,
46. Amherst and Ash,
47. Lowell and Beech,
48. Concord and Walnut,
49. Amherst and Beech,
50. Hanover and Beech,
51. Hanover square, pole.
52. Manchester and Beech, arm.
53. Merrimack and Beech,
54. Laurel and Beech,
55. Central and Beech,
56. Lake avenue and Beech,
57. Spruce and Beech,
58. Cedar and Union,
59. Lake avenue and Union,
60. Central and Union,
61. Laurel and Union,
ELECTRIC LIGHTS, GAS LIGHTS, AND OIL LAMPS. 481
No. 62. Merrimack and Union,
62,. 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,
78. Sagamore and Pine,
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,
87. High and Pine,
2>2>. 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
97. Cedar and Pine,
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pole,
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pole.
arm.
31
482 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
No. 98. Auburn and Pine, arm.
99. Cedar and Chestnut, "
[oo. Park square, pole.
[Qi. Lake avenue and Chestnut, arm.
. Central and Chestnut, "
[03. Merrimack square, east, pole.
[04. Merrimack and Chestnut, arm.
[05. Manchester and Chestnut, "
[06. Hanover and Chestnut, "
[07. Concord square, east, pole.
[08. Concord square, west, "
[09. Chestnut and Concord back, arm.
10. Chestnut and High, "
11. Chestnut and Bridge, **
:i2. Chestnut and Pearl, "
13. Chestnut and Myrtle, "
14. Chestnut and Harrison, "
15. Chestnut and Brook, "
16. Pennacook and Chestnut, pole.
;i7. Salmon and Chestnut, "
:i8. Webster and Chestnut, arm.
19. Clark and Elm, "
:20. Webster and Elm, "
:2i. North and Elm, "
:22. Salmon and Elm, "
23. Pennacook and Elm, "
24. Brook and Elm, "
125. Harrison and Elm, "
26. Langdon street, ' pole.
■.2"]. Dean and Elm, arm.
:28. Prospect and Chestnut,
20. Orange and Elm,
[30. Kidder and Elm,
[31. Elm east back, on Pearl,
[32. Bridge and Elm,
:33. Washington and Church,
ELECTRIC LIGHTS, GAS LIGHTS, AND OIL LAMPS. 483
No. 134. Birch and Lowell, arm.
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 street, **
142. Stark street, *'
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. Franklin and Merrimack, "
150. Middle street, "
151. Merrimack square, west, pole.
152. Elm and Central, arm.
153. Elm and Lake avenue, "
154. Elm and Spruce, "
155. Elm east back between Spruce 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. Elm and Brown avenue,
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, "
169. Bedford and Central, arm.
484 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
No. 170. Canal and Merrimack, arm.
71. Canal and Middle, "
72. Canal and Stark, '*
73. Canal and Mechanic, "
74. Canal and Spring, "
75. Canal and Bridge, "
76. McGregor bridge, east, pole.
77. Canal and Hollis, "
78. Canal and Dean, ''
79. Canal and Langdon, arm.
80. River road and North, "
81. Amoskeag bridge, east, o
82. Amoskeag bridge, west, o
83. Amoskeag watering-trough, pole.
84. Amoskeag brick store,
85. McGregor and Main,
86. McGregor and Bridge,
87. McGregor bridge, west,
88. Amory and Main,
89. Amory and Beauport,
90. Wayne and Beauport,
91. Marion and Main,
92. McGregor and Wayne,
93. McGregor and Putnam, arm.
94. Sullivan and Main, pole.
95. Beauport and Sullivan, "
96. Main and Schuyler, "
97. Wilton and Main, ' arm.
98. Douglas and Main, "
99. Douglas and Barr, "
200. Granite and Green, **
201. West and Granite, '*
202. Granite and Main, *'
203. Granite and Second, "
204. Granite bridge, west, pole.
205. School and Turner, - arm.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS, GAS LIGHTS, AND OIL LAMPS. 485
No. 206. School and Third, arm.
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.
218. 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 Young, , pole.
228. Franklin and Pleasant, arm.
229. Ehn 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, "
241. Salem and Union, pole.
486 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
No. 242. Water street, arm.
243. Arlington and Ashland, . **
244. Orange and Oak, "
245. Prospect and Oak, "
246. Arlington and Russell, *'
247. Walnut and Gore, **
248. Laurel and Milton, "
249. Massabesic and Hospital road, pole.
250. Lake avenue and Wilson, arm.
251. Bridge and Ash, • "
252. Franklin and Depot, **
253. Spruce and Union, **
254. Malvern and East High, pole.
255. Hanover and Highland, **
256. Auburn and Beech, "
257. Kidder and Whitney, "
258. Valley and Jewett, "
259. Concord and Derry, ' "
260. Auburn and Union, "
261. Harrison and Walnut, arm.
262. West Hancock and Second, pole.
263. Douglas and West, "
264. Hooksett road, Amoskeag, . "
265. Ash and Prospect, arm.
266. Canal and Salmon, pole.
267. Harrison and Russell, arm.
268. Gates and Dubuque, pole.
269. Baker and Elm, "
270. Auburn and Maple, **
271. Pine and Salmon, "
272. Adams and Appleton, **
273. Clark and River road, arm.
274. North Main and Bremer, pole.
275. Beech and Cedar, "
276. Cass and Lake avenue, **
277. Mast and Riddle, "
ELECTRIC LIGHTS, GAS LIGHTS, AND OIL LAMPS. 487
No. 278. Brown avenue and Baker, arm.
279. Brown avenue and Hancock, pole.
280. Clark and Union, arm.
281. Brook and Maple, pole.
282. Market and Canal, arm.
283. Brook and Hazel, pole.
284. Webster and River road, "
285. Webster and Walnut, "
286. Chestnut, near Ray Brook, **
287. Concord and Beech, arm.
288. Prospect and Linden, pole.
289. Pearl and Morrison, "'
290. Concord and Hall, arm.
291. Merrimack and Belmont, "
292. Spruce and Beacon, "
293. Belmont and Grove, "
294. Bowman, near Milford, **
295. Amory and Rimmon, pole.
296. Pine and Valley, "
297. Manchester and Milton, "
298. Mammoth and Candia road, "
299. Cypress and Hayward, "
300. Conant and Rimmon, "
301. Cartier and Kelley, "
302. Monmouth and McGregor back, "
303. Calef road and Welch avenue, **
304. Valley and Taylor, arm.
305. Pine and Brook, "
306. Conant and Beauport, "
307. Douglas and North Weare Railroad, pole.
308. Orange and Hall, "
309. Wayne and Dubuque, arm.
310. Putnam and Cartier, "
311. Hall road and Lake avenue, pole.
312. Walker and Fourth, arm.
313. Winter, near Main, "
488 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
No. 314. Walker and Turner, pole.
315. Ainsworth avenue and Young, arm.
316. Valley and Belmont, "
317. Pine and Grove, *'
318. Blaine and Second, "
319. Amory and Morgan, "
320. Amory and Alsace, *'
321. East High and South, "
322. Blaine and Main, "
323. Dover and Clinton, "
324. Elm back street on Blodget, *'
325. B and C, pole.
326. Milford and Bismarck, "
327. Merrimack and Wilson, arm.
32S. Pennacook and Canal, pole.
329. Adams and Cartier^ "
330. Amherst and Ashland, arm.
331. Putnam and Bartlett, pole.
332. Auburn and Chestnut, arm.
333. Laurel and Laurel avenue, "
334. Hanover and Belmont, "
335. Lowell and Malvern, "
336. Wilson and Adams, "
337. Lincoln and Silver, *'
:^;^8. Somerville and Jewett, ''
339. Elm and Ray brook, "
340. Amory and Bartlett, "
341. West Hancock and Dartmouth, "
342. Monroe and River road, "
343. Marion and McGregor, "
344. South Main and Harvell, "
345. South Main and Hancock, "
346. Boynton street, "
347. Mast road and Forest, "
348. North and Union, "
349. Kelly and Rimmon, "
ELECTRIC LIGHTS, GAS LIGHTS, AND OIL LAMPS. 489
No. 350. Cooledge, near Kelly, arm.
351. Buzzell and East High,
352. Mechanic and Elm south 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. Kelly and Alsace,
362. Main and Wayne,
363. Spruce and Barry avenue,
364. Lowell and Hall,
365. Central and Canal,
366. Myrtle and Elm back,
367. Wilson and Silver,
368. Beech and Young,
369. Beech and Lawrence Railroad,
370. Lincoln and Cedar,
371. Wilson and Spruce,
372. Laurel and Beacon,
373. Harrison and Oak,
374. Pearl and Oak,
375. Liberty and Webster,
376. Wentworth and Bell,
377. Montgomery and Conant,
378. Massabesic and Hall road,
379. Summer and Hall,
380. Harrison and Ash,
381. Bridge and Highland,
382. Lowell and Chestnut,
383. Spruce and Chestnut west back,
384. Tilton and Bowman avenue,
385. Prince and Boynton,
490 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
No. 386. Carroll and Charlestown avenue,
387. Beech and Silver,
388. Beech and Portsmouth railroad,
389. Merrimack and Franklin west back,
390. Prospect and Elm back,
391. Pine and Pennacook, •
392. Sagamore and Walnut,
393. Bridge and Belmont,
394. Cypress and Valley,
395. Carpenter and Union,
396. North River road and Rowell,
397. North River road and Stark park,
398. Hanover and Grant,
399. Page and Portsmouth railroad,
400. Central and Cass,
401. Second and Schiller,
402. Mast and Bowman,
403. North and Union,
404. Gore and Ash,
405. South Elm street,
406. Beech and Nutt road,
407. Ashland and East High,
408. Laurel and Belmont,
409. Lake avenue and Beacon,
410. Pine and Green,
411. Hanover and Page,
412. Beech and Green,
413. New Mast road and Wilkins,
414. Derry field park,
415. Charles street,
416. State, near Granite,
417. Union and Valley,
418. Union and Silver,
419. Valley and Wilson,
420. Auburn and Wilson,
421. Cedar near Maple,
ELECTRIC LIGHTS, GAS LIGHTS, AND OIL LAMPS. 491
No. 422. Thornton and Sullivan, arm.
423. New Mast and D, "
424. Pearl and Belmont, "
Gas Lights in Use.
Clarke and Chestnut.
Appleton, west end.
Salmon, between Elm and Canal.
Blodget 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.
Lowell and South.
Concord and Belmont.
Amherst and Belmont.
Concord and Beacon.
Lowell and Beacon.
East High and Belmont.
East High and Hall.
Belmont and Central.
Maple and Cedar.
Willow and Merrill.
Auburn and Franklin.
Three lights on State.
River, near Turner Hall.
Milford and Bowman.
Milford and B.
River and Douglas.
Dover and Granite.
492 ANNUAL OFFICIAL REPORTS.
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.
Monroe, west of Elm.
Oil Lights in Use.
Clarke and Adams.
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.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS, GAS LIGHTS, AND OIL LAMPS. 493
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 Goffe's Falls.
Three lights in Youngsville.
One light on Candia road, near Noah Reed's.
One light on Candia road, near Walter Cody's house.
One light at junction of Lake avenue and Hanover.
One light on Island Pond road, Mill-Dam House.
Amherst and Beacon.
One light at junction Ainsworth avenue and Young road.
One light at junction Ainsworth avenue and Young street.
One light on Taylor, near Byron Stearns's house.
One light on Taylor, near Gilmore's house.
One light on Valley, near Eastman's store.
One light on Candia road, at P. Rogers's.
One light on Candia road, at Dan Cronin's.
One light on Candia road, at G. Bean's.
One light on Candia road, at C. Francis's.
One light on Candia road, at S. Mead's.
One light on Candia road, at Claflin's.
One light on Hanover, at Sam Page's.
One light at junction of Hanover and Page.
One light at Brown's.
One light at junction of Hanover and Proctor.
One light at junction of Hanover and Candia roads.
One light at junction of Proctor and Candia roads.
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
REPORT OF CITY AUDITOR.
To the City Comicils :
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 collector,
annual examination of water-works accounts, annual examination
of accounts of superintendents of Pine Grove and Valley ceme-
teries and of the treasurer of the cemeteries, annual examination
of the accounts of the superintendent of the city farm, monthly
examination of the accounts of the weigher at the city scales,
quarterly examinations of the accounts of chief of police, semi-
annual examination of the account of the clerk of the police
court, annual examination of the accounts of the superintendent
of public instruction ; and compiled and superintended the pub-
lication of the annual report.
Five thousand nine hundred twenty-two 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
department, the water-works, the police department, the ceme-
teries, the city farm, and the city officials have been examined
and certified to.
Twelve monthly drafts, amounting in the aggregate to ^1,320, -
564.72 have been drawn on the city treasury.
Accounts have been kept with all the appropriations, with the
treasurer, and the tax collector.
497
33
498 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
A large number of circulars concerning the city's debt and
bonds were sent to bankers and brokers, besides the general cor-
respondence 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 depart-
ment was ........ $2,000.00
Expended for salaries .... $1,683.41
Expended for supplies .... 267.66
Balance transferred to reserved fund . 4S.93
2,000.00
The auditor especially desires to call the attention of the vari-
ous standing committees to the law in regard to contracting bills
in behalf of the city.
" Standing committees have advisory powers only." That is,
they can recommend to the city councils the making of contracts.
" They cannot legally be endowed with executive or legislative
powers by ordinance or resolution of the city councils." That
is, they cannot be authorized to purchase anything in behalf of
the city. For instance : If the committee on fire department
desire to purchase a hose wagon for the fire department, said
committee should present to the city councils an order like this,
to wit :
" An Order to purchase a Hose Wagon for the Fire Department.
'■'■ Ordered, tic. ^ That the city purchase of . . . a two- horse hose
wagon for use of the fire department, at a cost of ... , the ex
pense thereof to be charged to the appropriation for fire depart-
ment, and the mayor and joint standing committee on fire
department are authorized to execute a contract for the same."
REPORT OF CITY TREASURER.
499
Several of the committees have been very lax in this respect
during the past year, and have attempted to make contracts with-
out the least semblance of authority from the city councils, which
has put the parties contracted with to great annoyance and
trouble in getting their bills approved, having to wait sometimes
months for the necessary ratification by the city councils. Clerks
of all committees should be requested by the chairman, when an
expenditure of money is deemed necessary, to prepare an order
and present to the councils for legal authority before proceeding
to make any contract.
The auditor returns his thanks to Mayor Clarke, the city coun-
cils, the committee on accounts, the street and park commission,
and the heads of departments for their uniform courtesy and
kindness.
Respectfully submitted.
JAMES E. DODGE,
City Auditor.
STATEMENT OF THE ACCOUNTS OF THE LATE
SYLVANUS B. PUTNAM, CITY TREASURER.
To improvement bonds
premium on improvement bonds
accrued interest
schoolhouse bonds
premium on schoolhouse bonds
accrued interest
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
Dr.
^100,000.00
5,639.00
idd.e^
70,000.00
1,001.00
528.89
200,000.00
515-00
37,926.61
()(>e.iz
116,249.63
^, receipts
1,765.80
.
2,000.00
500
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
To C. H. G. Foss, Valley cemetery, receipts
board of paupers off the farm .
E. G. Libbey, city farm
milk licenses, H. F. W. Little
milk licenses, E. C. Smith
William Bailey, city scales, receipts
A. B. Eaton, city scales, receipts
cemetery funds, bonds sold .
William E. Buck, tuition
■ L. O. Shedd, peddler's license
town of Londonderry, school tax for 1894
Joseph T. Soley, peddler's license
Solomon Caplan, peddler's license
Simon Levenstain, peddler's license
Isaac Gordon, peddler's license
S. Levanson, peddler's license
A. H. Weinstein, peddler's license
James Irvine, peddler's license
Mary S. Danforth, M. D., incidental expenses
overdraft ....
Ephraim Booth, peddler's license
William C. Clarke, difference in typewriter
William H. Darling, old copper and zinc
William C. Clarke, sale of Lake avenue steamer
horse "Dolly" ....
E. H. Rollins & Son, water bonds sold
E. H. Rollins & Son, premium on water bonds
Abram Alfert, peddler's license
Max Rosengood, peddler's license .
Timothy Shea, for land
Curtis & Motley, premium on notes
S. C. Forsaith Machine Co., repairs of high
ways, overdraft .
I. Schwartz, peddler's license
S. Morrisin, peddler's license
Joseph D. Sweet, peddler's license
^1,200.00
2,377-51
3,681.1 1
4-50
44-5»
33-92
306.06
5,250.00
205.80
20. oo
42.06
20.00
20.00
20.00
20.00
20. oo.
20.00
20.00
8.7s
20.00
37-5°
■ 5-55
85.00
100,000.00
6,265.00
20.00
20.00
500.00
i3-5c>
•30
20.00
20.00
20.00
REPORT OF CITY TREASURER.
501
To Abraham Shapiro, peddler's license
John Robbie Co., furniture and supplies, over-
draft
street and park commissioners
George E. Morrill, collector, redemption of
land sold for taxes .....
George E. Morrill, collector, taxes for year
1894
George E. Morrill, collector, taxes for year
1895
N. P. Kidder, sewer licenses ....
Cash on hand January i, 1895 .
Unpaid bills November 15, 1895
$20.00
15-32
107.27
2,467.39
28,615.99
88,450.18
2,531-55
$779,507.74
122,237.30
12,424.44
;9i4,i69.48
Cr.
By January draft, 1895, No. i
February
((
u
2
28,429.43
March
a
(C
3
. 38,576.84
April
u
u
4 •
54,568.15
May
(1
u
5 •
56,533-72
June
11
((
6 .
84,969.07
July
((
u
7 •
109,529.45
August
c(
a
8 .
76,376.31
September
((
u
9 •
76,895.10
October
u
u
10 .
188,582.54
November
u
<(
II (special
) 83,379.12
^831,875-38
paid bills.
January
I,
1895 .
.
45,524-40
$34,035.65
Total drafts and unpaid bills
Cash on hand November 15, 1895
$877,399-78
36,769.70
114,169.48
502
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
REPORT OF CITY TREASURER.
To schoolhouse bonds ....
premium on schoolhouse bonds
accrued interest on schoolhouse bonds .
water bonds ......
premium on water bonds
accrued interest on water bonds
J. C. Bickford, police department .
M. J. Healy, police department
water-works ......
F. L. Allen, treasurer, lots sold, Pine Grove
cemetery ......
F. L. Allen, treasurer, lots sold. Valley cem
etery, 1892 .....
B. A. Stearns, Pine Grove cemetery, receipts
C. H. G. Foss, Vafley cemetery, receipts
E. G. Libbey, city farm
A. B. Eaton, city scales ....
William E. Buck, tuition
William E. Buck, free text-books .
N. P. Kidder, rent of tenements .
** " dog licenses
" " billiard table licenses
" " show licenses .
" " sewer licenses .
" " city hall rents .
George E. Morrill, taxes, 1894
" " abatement taxes, 1894
" " old taxes .
" " interest on taxes, 1894
" " taxes, 1895
" " abatement taxes, 1895
Nathan Abrams, peddler's license .
J. R. Laflamme <& Co., city farm, overdraft
Dr.
$50,000.00
1,260.00
750.00
50,000.00
3,602.56
16.67
718.25
20,000.00
3'524-87
878.31
19.00
555-25
614.24
208.33
67.91
165.1a
202.66
517-04
1,729.76
610.00
448.50.
321-45
18.00
5,789.66
1,798.44
467.18
845.94
371,051-50
631.28
20.00
3.9a
REPORT OF CITY TREASURER.
503
To C. W. Boynton, land sold, Spruce street
S. Lichtenstein, peddler's license .
George E. Morrill, redemption of land sold
for taxes .......
County of Hillsborough, coal delivered at
court house ......
H. B- Fairbanks, sale of land, Spruce street .
Solon A. Carter, insurance tax
" " railroad tax
" " savings bank tax .
"■ " literary fund
Herbert A. Woodbury, sale of land. Spruce
street .......
street and park commissioners, money from
sundry persons ......
Charles A. Flint, sale of land, Spruce street .
Angie Tapley, city farm, overdraft .
S. H. Watts, division No. lo, pay-roll, over-
draft
George W. Whitford, fuel, overdraft
Cash on hand November 27, 1S95
Unpaid bills January i, 1896 ....
By unpaid bills, November 27, 1895
November draft, 1895, No. 11
December draft, 1895, ^o* ^^
Total drafts and unpaid bills
Cash on hand January i, 1896 .
^346.26
20.00
581.20
40.65
500.00
2,613.75
28,357-49
52,472.63
4,760.28
475.00
69.97
353-45
1.50
3.00
2.00
^607,432.98
34,425.02
66,831.82
;^7o8,689.82
Cr.
$12,424.44
162,756.65
425,932.69
$488,689.34
• $501. 113-78
207,576.04
$708,689.82
FRED L. ALLEN,
City Treasurer.
504 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
To the City Councils of the City of Mafichester, N. H. :
Gentlemen, — I have examined the accounts of the late Syl-
vanus B. Putnam and of Fred L. Allen, city treasurers, for the
year ending December 31, 1895, ^^'^ ^^^ proper vouchers for all
payments and all receipts duly accounted for.
The net cash on hand January i, 1895, was . . ^76,712.90
Receipts during the year 1,386,940.72
Total ^1,463,653.62
Amount of drafts during the year . . .$1,320,564.72
Net cash on hand December 31, 1895 • • • 143,088.90
Total $1,463,653.62
The cash balance taken December 31, 1895, ^ ^^^ ^^ ^e as
follows :
Deposited in Suffolk National Bank . . . $13,157.00
Second National Bank . . . 120,738.64
ofifice safe ..... 73,680.40
National Bank of the Commonwealth
in the late Treasurer Putnam's name 2,344.68
Gross amount of cash on hand . . . $209,920.72
Deduct amount of bills unpaid .... 66,831.82
Net cash on hand December 31, 1895 • ^i43)088.9o
Respectfully submitted, together with a tabular statement of
the receipts and expenditures of the city for the year 1895.
JAMES E. DODGE,
City Aui/itor.
RECEIPTS.
505
STATEMENT OF THE RECEIPTS AND EXPENDI-
TURES OF THE CITY OF MANCHESTER
FOR THE YEAR 1 895.
Receipts.
CENTRAL DEPARTMENT.
Received from :
Direct city taxes ....
Cost and interest on taxes
$496,804.23
845.94
$497,650.17
Licenses to enter sewer
$2,853.00
Licenses to keep dog .
Licenses to sell milk
1,729.76
49.00
Licenses to keep billiard table
Licenses to shows and exhibitions
610.00
448-50
Licenses to peddle
340.00
$6,030.26
1,050.04
Rents
•
SUNDRIES.
^5^4,730-47
Received from :
City scales .....
Miscellaneous sources .
$407.89
332.22 ,
$740.11
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Received from text -books and tuition
^573-56
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Received from fines and costs .
$59,611.24
PUBLIC PLACES.
Received from :
Pine Grove cemetery
Valley cemetery .
• $5»i99-36
1,833.24
$7,032.60
500 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
WATER-WORKS.
Gross receipts ..... . $119,774.50
CHARITABLE, PATRIOTIC, AND PHILANTHROPIC.
Received from :
City farm . . . . . ;^3,889.44
Hillsborough county, boarding pau-
pers and Industrial School in-
mates ..... 2,377.51
3,266.95
MISCELLANEOUS,
Received from :
Premium on bonds and notes sold . $17,781.06
Accrued interest on bonds .
Land redeemed from tax sale
Other miscellaneous sources .
Land sold ....
1,662.23
3'048.59
90-55
2,174.71
S24,757-i4
Total ordinary receipts during the year 1895 $723,486.57
TEMPORARY LOAN.
Received from loans in anticipation of tax of 1895 $200,000.00
STATE.
Received from :
Insurance taxes .... $2,613.75
Railroad taxes .... 28,357.49
Savings bank taxes . . . 52,472.63
Literary fund . . . • 4,760,28
,204.15
BONDED DEBT.
Received from :
Improvement bonds sold . . $100,000.00
Water bonds sold . . . 150,000.00
Cemetery bonds sold . . . 5,250.00
Schoolhouse bonds sold . . 120,000.00
$375>25o-oc>
EXPENDITURES.
607
Gross receipts .
Net cash on hand
$1,386,940.72
76,712.90
^1,463,653.62
Expenditures.
CENTRAL DEPARTMENT.
Paid interest on water bonds .
interest on city bonds
interest on cemetery bonds
interest on temporary loan, an-
ticipation tax, 1895
Paid city hall .
printing and stationery
incidental expenses .
mayor's incidentals .
city officers' salaries
city auditor's department
sinking fund trustees
STREET AND SEWER DEPARTMENT.
Paid street and park commission
repairs of highways .
snow and ice .
new highways .
land taken for highways
watering streets
paving streets .
macadamizing streets
grading for concrete
scavenger service
$3,914.16
23>349-95
5,658.54
21,273-39
5,995-oo
3,999-76
6,381.51
15,201.40
4,543-05
14,759-77
$69,634.56
142,620 00
21,499.00
1,557-23
3,958-33
$5,919.01
1,955-80
13,551-12
277.10
12,872.72
1,951.07
10,000.00
$46,526.82
508
KEPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid street sweeping
. ^1,323-55
lighting streets .
46,800.71
bridges .
8,327.72
city teams
6,021.26
repairs of sewers
4,803.19
new sewers
■ 44,112.55
Silver-street sewer .
17,478.71
■
Christian brook sewer
13,297.00
widening Mast street
3,874.96
widening Elm street
2,499.02
storage shed, city yards
3,000.00
^256,615.20
engineer's
DEPARTMENT.
Paid engineer's department
.
^4,767.25
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
Paid health department .
.
$3,996.76
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Paid repairs of schoolhouses
^4,358.00
fuel
5,718.06
furniture and supplies
1,027.23
books and stationery
67.25
printing and advertising
358.23
contingent expenses .
1,520.07
care of rooms .
4,728.82
evening schools
1,456.93
teachers' salaries
68,499.21
salaries school committee
, clerk.
truant officer
1,096.67
salary of superintendent
2,300.00
evening school of mec
lanical
drawing
436-00
free text-books
4,915-35
manual training
1,349.10
$97,830.92
EXPENDITURES. 509
CITY LIBRARY.
Paid city library .... . . $4,740.65
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Paid fire department . . . ;^S 6,346. 73
fire-alarm telegraph . , . 1,932.09
hydrant service . . . 15,800.00
South Manchester hose-house . 1,785.29
$75,864.11
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Paid police department .... . ^41,157.28
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Paid repair of buildings .
^5=741-69
ward room, ward 5 .
4,705-07
Pearl-street schoolhouse .
316.80
new schoolhouse, ward 9 .
316.80
addition to Bakersville school-
house .....
1,200.00
sub-poiice station, ward 8
3,843.82
city hall repairs
18,516.77
new schoolhouses
101,153-39
Lincoln-street school, curbing .
1,142.65
^136,936-99
WATER-WORKS.
Paid water-works ....
$87,466.01
water-works, sinking fiand
15,800.00
$103,266.01
PUBLIC PLACES.
Paid commons
$4,215.02
Stark and Derryfield parks
4,999.86
Pine Grove cemetery
10,825.20
Valley cemetery
2,982.49
Amoskeag cemetery .
150.00
$23,172.57
510
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
PATRIOTIC, CHARITABLE, AND PHILANTHROPIC.
Paid paupers off the farm .
^10,450.84
city farm ....
8,165.68
indigent soldiers
277.00
Women's Aid and Relief Hos-
pital
600.00
celebration, Fourth of July
1,000.00
Emergency ward, Elliot Hospital
300.00
free beds, Elliot Hospital .
600.00
decoration of soldiers' graves .
361-93
militia .....
700.00
Sacred Heart Hospital
600.00
police matron ....
100.00
band concerts ....
300.00
$23,455-45
ABATEMENTS.
Paid abatement of taxes .
$2,989.78
Total of ordinary municipal expenditures .
^890,954.35
te:mporary loan.
Paid loan made in anticipation of tax for 1S94
$200,000.00
BONDED DEBT
Paid water bonds ....
$100, IOC. 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 $1,320,564.72
Cash on hand December 31, 1895 • $209,920.72
Less unpaid bills .... 66,831.82
Net cash on hand .
$143,088.90
$1,463,653.62
RECEIPTS.
1891
1892
1S93
189+
1895
$79,5 )2.02
93,1 JO.li
96,4|!'7.18 ■ 425,538.75 628.33
I
116.7ff5.JG , 510,637.67 \ 1,930.82
2.90 496,801.23 845.94
1891..
1892..
$32,09,^.00
31,069.00
1893.. 30,102.00
1894. . 38,399.00
1895.. 42,620.00
$15,584.00
15,929.00 I
15,826.00 i
16,815.00
21.499.00 I
$729.35
925.48
1,041.66
1,295.83
1,557.23
$4,659.34 I $2,804.62 $16,630.62
3,772.14 2,239.62 1 25,129.05
7,573.22 1,960.48 20,638.99
3,312.72 2,012.61 24,615.57
3,958.33 1,955.80 13, .551. 12
• Salaries of truant officer, committees, and superiillendunt take
J391,652.45 j $411.96 $2,103.30 | $2,155.58
435,947.43 i 614.13 ! 3,126.05 j 2,060.97
1,700.00 j 1,874.79
4,120.56 1 1,721.29
2,853.00 1,729.76
66.50
62.00
69.50
49.00
table.
xhibitionij.
$316.00 I $169.00 $2,887.29
400.00 266.00 3,130.97
."jO.OO 167.50 j 2,696.23
520.00 823.00 | 2,962.02
610.00 788..50 ' 1,050.04
trial ScUnuI
$1,783.72
2,458.11
2,927.06
3,977.08
3,889.44
$1,789.10
1,192.93
1,512.36
3,269.70
2,377.61
$1,926.96
4,410.16
2,174.71
$2,178.00
6,090.00
7,.576.00
17,781.06
I $374,50 1 $951,74 1 $4.45 $415,67 1$
$960.00' 575.52 \ 521.12!..
1,998.41
1,564.24
3,048.69
759.19
747.98
422.77
459.46
407.89
EXPENDITU
$234.46
221.80
144.90
163.30
277.10
$11,768.45*
14,124.18
13,849.93
15,438.37
12,872.72
$1,380.37
2,193.60
2,164.08
2.548.84
5,919.01
$1,699.51
1,930.07
1,9.54.50
1,768.06
1,951.07
$37,937.07
40,406.28
42,643.74
40,200.00
41,1.57.28
> 9EWCK DEPARTMENT.
$3,783.65
3,914.16
i' and ice.
$22,850.29
24,647.25
25,804.30
27,770.33t
29,008.49§
$14,448.09
24,038.08
17,149.71
19,892.36
21,273.39
Widening
Elm
street.
3,274.33
$3,847.96
I $5,704.46
I 11,601.73
16,182.41
16,430.71
5,995.00
$5,364.26
4,552.29
6,338.14
3,984.08
3,999.76
56,511.80 $19,616.23 '$5,532.84 $18,892.25
I I
7,540.11 ! 16.083.83 5,564.90 t 15,555.31
9,847.87 I 21,266.13
6,966.02 16,165.99
6,381.51 15,201.40
6,440.90 \ 19,000.88
3,960.23 1 14,880.56
4,643.05 14,759.77
I
$1,198.31 $42,908
1,293.79
1,430.76
1,122.75
1,323.55
38,746
40,517
41,223
46.800
city officers' salt ries and carried to gcliool department.
t Includes constructiou.
EXPENDITl
: DEI'ABTMENT.
1891.. $40,641.04
1892.. I 42,262.88
50,135.41
1894..
1895..
$1,164.66
1,269.62
1,813.25
12,760.00
63,539.72 I 1,933.88 13,925.00
56,346.73 1 1,932.09 15,800.00
$755.32
441.55
500.00
$2,456.96
2,892.75
5,866.74
5,085.04
30,761.73
$1,163.69 |....l....
I .$445.00
3,000.00]
Additions I New schnol-
to Wi-bstr-r houses, lands
St scltool- bulldinjfs. am
liout,e. I fiirnilure.
Ilallsville toilvTan,
»'=''"""'°"=«--- I buying"
A<ldition8 lEnglne.lious
to Goire'3 I and ward-
Falls school room for
2,575.00
6,270.i:;
$101,153.39
$20,759.25
8,845.61
3,796.84
382.83
$2,000.00 ' $870.00
' 21,7.55.23
1,002.71
Schoolhoui
and lot ii
West Man
Chester.
$2,490.00* $684.48
100.00
17,002.99 4,203.24
1,785.29
Pearl street
scliool
house.
$8,879.05
12,606.20
316.80
1,622.05
4,705.07
WATER-WOKKS.
pense
$49,626.66
49,945.35
166.275.82 j $12,750.00
184,198.93 j 13,925.00
87.406.01 I 15,800.00
L'BLIC PLACES.
Stark. Dorrj-fleld.
$2,406.76
3,726.64
4.638.43
3,503.06
4,215.02
$371.81
1,.500.25 I $500.05
4,0.54.28 ' 1,162.86
1,832.73 3,326.00
2,563.25 2,436.61
$6,941.34
6,840.97 j $520.29
7,883.45 1,000.00
7.730.93 2,000.00
10,825.20
$2.79.
2.98:
3,07!
2.97;
•Taken from iuciUentdil expenses.
RECEIPTS.
11.74
'5.52 I
i9.19
17.98
!2.77
$415.67
521.12
500.35
469.46
407.89
'Tolal ordwiaryl
$3,047.58 $459.45. $7,902.04 I $4,593.77 I $1,600.00 $70,605.23 $50l),095.11 | $210,000.00
576.70
752.0(1
713.44
573.6G
9.7I5..'i7
8,350.74
16,097.38
59,611.24
4,708.68 I 1,800.00
3,779.52
5,881.98
5,199.36
2,000.36
1,814.64
1,833.24
83,474.79 i 558,073.58
I
104,170.08 ' 505,553.67
110,210.29
119,774.50
074,088.04
723,486.57
150,000.00
226,000.00
250,000.00
200,000.00
Boniletl. ,
$5,000.00 I $46,032.47
101,150.00 I 61,076.55
300,000.00 j 01,076.55 | 4,900.50
255,000.00 |....
375,250.00 1
$3,920.25
4,199.25
$22,059.03 I $73,275.55
25,849.65 78,101.94
25,743.05 82,044.77
379.38
2,598.75 28,301.49
2,613.75 28,357.49
52,472.63
$5,287.50
6,010.88
6,940.42
7,252.97
4,700.28
and stiite ta.xos
$305,574.80
420,388.27
712,:'05.29
615,532.59
1,386,940.72
iiiK the yyiiv,
inclutnng
cash on liand.
$951,221.93
1,077,651.99
1,374,336.14
1,400,396.09
1,463,053.02
EXPENDITURES.
S,892.25
5,555.31
9,000.88
4,880.56
4,759.77
$1,198.31
1,293.79
1,430.70
1,122.75
1,323.66
8ocond.8trt'ut
I uiKl South
Malii-tttt'uul
bl-lflguH.
$42,908.78 $2,072.25
38,746.31 3,133.fi«i
40,517.97 , 4,453.73 j $.52,030.00
41,223.92 I 2,900.32 I 28,450.44
40.8OO.7I I 8,327.72
$5,290.73
0.129.08
9,733.48
0,998.40
0,021.20
$55,409.73t
3U,724.65t
8,291.15
5,201.01
4,803.19
Now scwefS.
$43,097.80
52,970.91
74,888.20
EnKlnoer*
depart.
Sinking mum.
$6,000.00
6,000.00
10,000.00
i $3,499.90
! 4,100.01
i
5,048.84
5,010.72
4,767.25
$1,904.00
2,424.01
3,253.13
3,468.93
$4,044.86
4,995.01
5,263.08
4,964.67
3,996.76 1 4,358.00
5,718.06 1,027.23
Books Printing
and tttQ. and udvtir
tlonery. tislng.
$62.60 $396.10
299.73 i 333.76
71.93 ' 411.80
55.92 I 312.08
07.25 ' .358-23
Contin-
gent ex-
penses.
Evening Teachers' sal'
$931.92
1,229.99
2,137.21
1,530.40
1,520.07
$3,715.75
4,060.77
4,135.09
4,449.16
4,728.82
$1,004.53
973.93
1,257.20
935.01
$49,398.52
54,600.36
59,4.S7.65
03,151.03
1,450.93 08,499.21
inlttees
and truant
officers.
fl,030.00'
1,030.00
1,050.00
1,025.00
1,090.07
of schools.
$2,OC0.0Ol
2,O00.W
2,150.00
2,300.00
2,300.00
$552.71
405.15
632.37
442.40
436.00
$3,210.73
3,489.31
4,456.68
4,484.36
4,915.35
$1,091.50
1,447.54
1,349.10
$3,525.73 , $1,000.00
3,808.44 ' 1.000.00
4,149.02 1,000.00
3,283.31 I 1,000.00
I
3.740.05 , I,0U0.00
EXPENDITURES.-coNTiNUKD.
.■unucrt.A«cs.
CUAUITV, PATRIOTISM, PHILANTlinOfV. '
Funded debt.
Temporary
loan.
Total of loan
debt and
state and eoun.
ty tax ex.
pcndlturo.
$289,567.47
406,591.55
392,091.65
459,110.37
429,610.33
Grand total of
expenditures.
$858,031.79
981,174.81
1,257,660.68
1,329,683.19
1,320,664.72
- Pine Gi-ove
comotei7.
Land.
Valley com-
otery.
Receiving
loinh.
$520.00
295.22
Anioitkcng
cemetery.
K. Man.
Chester
lery.
Paupers oir
the farm.
City farm. ,P»|U,».
Indigent
auldlers.
• . ' i
Decoration „.„^ i *a?.i"„",V,'i' Celehration, Five beds,
of soldiers' „°';2,. JJllltla. „',V^i^ Fonrth of 1 Elliot
graves. 'JOnoe™- Hospital. -""J • """Pltal.
soered „y ward, ' menls.
Heart i-niiothos.
Hospital. pitai
Tolul of ordl.
nuiy municipal
expenditures.
state lax.
County tax.
Cash on
Imnd.
$5,941.34
6,840.97
$2,794.79
$520.29 2,982.85
$4,928.24
5,726.94
7,545.63
9,866.88
10,450.84
$6,612.89
8,259.17
$900.40
201.40
' ' $2,567.24
2,794..53
1
$260.00 , 3,145.10
600.00 4,918.76
600.00 1 $300.00 2,989.78
$508,404.32
574,.i83.26
805,469.13
870,572.82
890,954.35
$100.00 1 $180,000.00
99,900.00 i 180,000.00
65,400.00 i 200,000.00
$63,435.00
66,615.00
65,615.00
65,615.00
65,615.00
$46,032.47
61,076.55
61,076.55
63,896.37
63,895.37
$93,190.14
$178.09
602.97
154.24
$99.36
321.76
900.00
500.00 ' ' 900 00
96,477.18
7,883.45 1,000.00 i 3,079.60
1
7,730.93 2,000.00 1 2,973.02
9,023.37
8,486.35
246.25
292.00
277.00
342.98
360 DO
900.00
900.00
700.00
600.00 i • 600.00
116,775.46
76,712.90
10,825.20
2,982.49
150.00
8,165.68 1 $100.00
361.93 $300.00
600.00 $1,000.00 j 600.00
100.100.00
200,000.00
143,088.90
PAYMENT OF FUNDED DEBT. 511
Interest.
Appropriation ..... ^25,000.00
Transferred from water-works . , 42,620.00
Transferred from reserved fund . . 2,014.56
Expenditures.
Paid R. L. Day & Co., discount on
one note of $100,000, eight
months twenty days, at 3 9-10
per cent .... $2,816.66
Manchester National Bank, in-
terest coupon No. 46 from
bond No. 32 . . . 30.00
Curtis «& Motley, discount on
four notes of $25,000 each,
four months nineteen days,
at 3 per cent . . . 1,141.67
coupons on cemetery bonds . 1,557.23
coupons on security bonds . 2,500.00
coupons on city bonds . . 8,615.00
coupons on improvement bonds 10,334.00
coupons on water bonds . . 42,594.00
coupons on water bonds . . 26.00
coupons on bridge bonds . . 20.00
$69,634.56
Total expenditures .... $69,634.56
Payment of Funded Debt.
Cash received for water bonds sold . $100,000.00
Transferred from reserved fund . 100.00
$100,100.00
512
report of the city auditor.
Expenditures.
Paid city bond No. 8, dated October
31, 1S63, and payable Novem-
ber I, 1893 • • • •
water bonds, due July i, 1895
$100.00
100,000.00
$100,100.00
Appropriation .
Sinking Fund.
Expenditures.
;io,ooo.oo
Paid commissioners of sinking fund, sinking fund
for improvement bonds .... $10,000.00
Reserved Fund.
Balance from old account . • ^23
043.40
Appropriation . . . -5
,000.00
Transferred from the following accounts :
Printing and stationery
544.20
Mayor's incidentals
22.90
City officers' salaries .
492.25
Auditor's department .
48.93
Street and park commission .
85-84
Watering streets ....
.24
Scavenger service ....
240.23
Street sweeping ....
176-45
Lighting streets ....
199.29
Repairs of sewers ....
196.81
Widening Elm street .
.98
Health department
3-24
Books and stationery .
132-75
RESERVED FUND,
513
Contingent expenses .
^79-93
Evening school, mechanical draw-
ing
114.00
Free text-books .
84.65
Manual training .
150.90
Fire-alarm telegraph
67.91
Police commission
3,079.21
Ward 5 ward -room
47-51
Valley cemetery . . . .
17-51
Indigent soldiers .
23.00
Decoration of soldiers' graves
38.07
Abatement of taxes
10.22
Free cash in treasury in excess o
f
appropriations .
14,644.96
EXPENDITUI
lES.
By transfers to the following account
s:
Interest ....
$2,014.56
City hall ....
3,219.01
Incidental expenses
1,551-12
Repairs of highways
5»i2i.33
Snow and ice . . .
387.16
New highways
i>273.39
Land taken for highways
995.00
Paving streets
381.51
Macadamizing streets .
201.40
Grading for concrete .
543-05
Bridges ....
5)327-72
City teams ....
21.26
Engineer's department .
267.25
Repairs of schoolhouses
358.00
Fuel
218.06
Furniture and supplies .
227.23
Printing and advertising
8.23
33
5,545-38
514
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Care of rooms . . . .
$28.82
Evening schools . . . .
156.93
Teachers' salaries .
1,499.21
Fire department .
6,346.73
Police court
1,154.14
Police station
382-35
Sub-police station, ward 8
843.82
Repairs of buildings .
741.69
Lincoln school curbing
142.65
Repairs of city hall
11,016.77
Commons ....
215.02
Pine Grove cemetery .
825.20
Paupers off the farm
450.84
City farm ....
165.68
Addition Bakersville schoolhouse
1,200.00
Widening Mast street .
874-96
Payment of funded debt
100.00
South Manchester hosehouse
285.29
^48,545-38
Temporary Loan.
Receipts.
Received from Curtis & Motley, on
four notes of $25,000
each, dated July 27, 1895,
and payable December
15, 1895
from R. L. Day & Co., on
three notes of $25,000
each, and two notes of
$10,000 each, and one
note of $5,000, all dated
March 15, 1895^ and
payable December 5,
189s ....
$100,000.00
100,000.00
$200,000.00
CITY HALL. 515
Expenditures.
Paid Curtis & Motley, four notes of
;g25,ooo each, dated July 27,
1895, and payable December
15, 1895 .... ^100,000.00
R. L. Day & Co., three notes of
^25,000 each, two notes of
;$io,ooo each, and one note of
55,000, all dated March 15,
1895, and payable December
5, 1895 .... 100,000.00
5200,000.00
City Hall.
Appropriation ..... $2,700.00
Transferred from reserved fund . . 3,219.01
,919.01
Expenditures.
FUEL AND LIGHTS.
Paid Manchester Electric Light Co.,
electric lights .... $121-60
People's Gas-Light Co., gas . . 266.14
Union Electric Co., electric lights 284.11
L. B. Bodwell & Co., 90,780 lbs.
egg coal ..... 260.99
Dunlap & Wason Coal Co., 15 tons
broken coal .... i4.3'75
Paid Moore & Preston :
I cord sawed wood .... 6.50
20 i-io tons broken coal . . . 1^5-5 7
Paid D. M. Poore, 2 cords slabs . . 8.00
51,216.66
516 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
WATER AND TELEPHONE.
Paid New England Telephone & Tele-
graph Co., use of telephones . $83.81
Manchester Water-Works, use of
water ..... 480.00
CLEANING OFFICES, LAUNDRY WORK, ETC.
Paid Clark M. Bailey, brooms, mops,
toilet paper, etc. . . . $18.71
T. F. Fifield, matches, soap . . 1.58
Mrs. Mary Higgins, cleaning offices 6.20
J. J. Holland, soap, chamois, etc. 5.10
J. S. Holt & Co., 70 gallons soap 8.74
R. K. Home, pans, brushes, mop
waste ..... I. ID
India Alkali Works, i keg Savogran 8.58
Florence Marston, cleaning offices 24.00
Ida McPherson, cleaning offices . 1,20
Mary Nolan, cleaning offices and
care ladies' toilet . . . 232.40
Mrs. Hannah Quinn, cleaning halls 5.60
John B. Varick Co., brooms, dust-
ers, keys, waste baskets, chamois,
brushes, etc. . . . . 24.78
INCIDENTAL REPAIRS.
Paid J. J. Abbott, paint and labor . $4-04
D. J. Adams, fitting keys, repair-
ing locks 9.55
Paid L. M. Aldrich :
Repairing locks, etc. . . . 2.23
8 keys . , ' . . . . . 2.00
$563-81
$337-99
CITY HALL. 517
Paid A. A. & E. W, Bunton, reseating
chairs ..... $4-25
James R. Carr & Co., paint, glass,
labor ..... 1.92
Joel Daniels & Co., changing glass
in window .... 2.00
W. E. Goodwin, repairs, public
comfort ..... .70
Peter Harris, repairing lock, key . i.oo
The Head & Dowst Co., labor . 1.30
C. A. Hoitt & Co., repairing chair .25
Paid George Holbrook :
Material and labor on windows and
doors ...... 6.80
Clearing snow off roof . . . 17.00
Paid Frank I. Lessard & Co. :
Filter, hose nipple, labor on same . 1.50
Covering steam pipes . . . 75-00
Paid T. A. Lane Co. :
Pipe, labor on gas pipes, electric
lights, boiler, water-closets, etc. . 122.68
Labor on telephone .... 82.60
Labor on gas pipes and wires in tower 30.77
Paid Daniel Mahoney, labor putting up
awnings ...... 2.25
Paid Pike & Heald Co. :
Ash cans, globes, repairs . . . 6.00
Material and labor, engineer's office . 24.50
Paid Sanborn Carriage Co., repairing
furnace tools . . . . . 1.70
FURNITURE, FIXTURES, OFFICE SUPPLIES.
Paid E. M. Bryant & Co., wiring and
fixtures for electric lights . . $549.01
1.00.04
518
REPORT OP THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid W. C. Clarke, i leather couch, 2
willow chairs, for office . . $76.75
Derby Desk Co., i desk, 11 chairs,
I inkstand, mayor's office . 200.00
Paid R. D. Gay :
Large and small awnings . . . 348-39
50 shades ..... 72.26
Making over burnt awning . . 4.00
6 hooks ...... .30
Paid Hey wood Bros. & Co., 12 arm-
chairs, aldermen's room . . . 42.00
Paid C. A. Hoitt & Co. :
I office table ..... 6.00
T oak table, mayor's office . . 9.00
I hall seat, mayor's office . . . 9.50
1 jardiniere stand, mayor's office . 3.00
I oak mirror stand, mayor's office . 7.50
I umbrella stand, mayor's office . 1.50
6 tumblers, mayor's office . . . -^3
13 i/^ dozen chairs, city hall . . 60.00
12 cuspidors ..... 7.20
I chair cushion, city messenger. . i.co
I mattress, janitor .... 2.50
I table, overseers poor . ^ . 7.50
I umbrella stand, clerk . . . 1.50
Paid R. K. Home :
6 cuspidors ..... 3.00
Flower-pot saucers, towel rack, soap
dish, mayor's office ... i.oo
Paid Manchester Locomotive Works, i
horizontal tubular boiler . . 700.00
Manchester Hardware Co., rope,
sash cord, wire, bolts, etc. . 6.14
C. H. McKenney & Co., chande-
liers, gas and electric fixtures . 263.50
CITY HALL.
519
Paid J. B. McCrillis &: Son :
I No. 6 Remington type-writer, city
clerk $97-5°
I roll-top desk, city clerk . . . 45-oo
Paper, carbon, ribbon, etc., city clerk 7.65
Paid J. Y. McQueston Co., i roll-top
desk, overseers poor .... 32.00
Paid N. H. Furniture Co.:
I bookcase and drapery, city clerk . '4-75
1 flat table desk, city clerk . . 40.00
2 office chairs, city clerk . . . 8.00
I office chair, mayor . . . 4.00
Paid D. A. Simons :
I desk, street and park commission . 25.00
13 chairs, overseers poor . . . ip-S^
Paid James P. Slattery :
I cuckoo clock, mayor's office . . 15-00
I Dutch clock, mayor's office . . 10.00
Paid I. L. Stickney :
Rubber hose . . . . . 9.15
.2 rubber mats, mayor . . . 3.50
10 yards enameled cloth, assessors , 3.50
10 yards green muslin ... .30
Paid Syndicate Furniture Co.:
I roll-top desk, assessors . .' . 25.00
1 flat desk, assessors .... 13-00
10 office chairs, assessors . . . 37-50
Paid C. P. Trickey, i copy-holder, clerk 1.50
Union Electric Co., furniture, fix-
tures, superintendent's office . 150.00
George P. Wallace, i ribbon and
carbon paper, mayor . . 1.25
Paid Weston & Hill Co.:
2 new awnings, hanging 2 old awnings 6.50
520 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
68 yards linoleum and laying, asses-
sors $72.08
39 yards linoleum and laying, clerk . 27.69
I mat, superintendent schools . . 15-85
12 towels, soap, crash, mayor . . 3.16
Paid C. H. Wood, painting 5 tin signs 10.00
$3,081.26
SUNDRIES.
Paid L. B. Bodwell, ice daily from May
9, 1895, to August I, 1S95 . . $5.60
Paid A. Elliott & Co. :
Policy No. 415,416, on plate glass . 25.00
Policy on building .... 30.00
Paid C. M. Edgerly, premium on policy
No. 587, on building . . 50.00
Emergency Hand Fire Extin-
guisher Co., 20 large extinguish-
ers . . . . • • 40.00
Charles L. Harmon, premium on
insurance policy, on building . 30.00
J. G. Jones, freight and truckage 6.23
Paige & Myrick, steel stamp . 2.40
pay-roll, division 2, December . 3.00
Richardson & Goggin, premium on
policy No. 5603 . . . 25.00
S. B. Stearns, premium on policy
No. 46,397 .... 50.00
Stark & Blanchet, premium on pol-
icy No. 5284 .... 30.00
Paid Wadleigh Hardware Co. :
I iron wheelbarrow . . . . 12.25
Pulley block, wrench, etc. . . 2.72
Paid J. H. Wiggin & Co., fly paper . .30
PRINTING AND STATIONERY.
521
Paid Weston & Hill Co., use of flag for
mayor's office, July 4 ' .
John W. Wilson, trucking safe,
chairs, couch, etc.
Total expenditures
5-75
ii9-2.S
1,919.01
Printing and Stationery.
Appropriation
•
Expenditures.
ASSESSORS.
Paid The John B. Clarke Co. :
Advertising notice 7 times
^7-87
Printing 20 additions to ward 6 list .
3-5°
Paid Temple & Farrington Co. :
33 blank books, 3 canvas covers
S3.62
150 postals and printing .
2.50
Ink, pens, pencils, blocks, inkstands,
blotting paper, penholders
^3-3^
Paid Union Publishing Co., advertising
notice 7 times .....
5-46
^2,500.00
TAX COLLECTOR.
Paid The John B. Clarke Co., printing
25,000 blank bills . . . $25.00
E. J. Knowlton, postmaster, 1,500
envelopes . . . . 32.70
Paid Temple & Farrington Co. :
I canvas cover ..... i.oo
Pencils, blank books, etc. . . . 3.65
$116.28
>2-35
522
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
CITY CLERK.
Paid The John B. Clarke Co., printing:
i,ooo license blanks ....
700 blanks .....
Paid The Nate Kellogg Co., printing
500 blanks ....
Temple & Farrington Co., ink,
blocks, envelopes, rubber bands
^6.80
9.00
2.25
14.61
$32.66
CITY TREASURER.
Paid The Nate Kellogg Co., printing
1,000 blanks ....
Temple & Farrington Co., paper,
envelopes, rubber bands, etc.
Thomas H. Tuson, printing 600
receipts
21.44
CITY AUDITOR.
Paid The John B. Clarke Co., printing :
350 tabular statements
$9-1S
400 note circulars ....
14.00
800 annual reports ....
1,136-53
300 billheads .....
4.00
200 postals .....
2.00
Binding 155 reports ....
155-00
55 reports lettered ....
5-5°
95 reports stamped with seal
•95
Labels, etc. .....
3-05
Paid Temple & Farrington Co., 8 blank
books, city scales ....
26.34
$27.64
^1,357-12
PRINTING AND STATIONERY.
523
CITY COUNCIL AND COMMITTEES.
Paid American Bank Note Co., engrav-
ing and printing school loan
bonds ....
Frank H. Challis, 500 blanks
Paid The John B. Clarke Co., printing
1,450 envelopes
4,000 note headings .
3,800 blanks ....
400 roll cards, 12 ward lists
300 pamphlets, inaugural address
300 manilla envelopes
Binding laws ....
Stamping name on books .
Paid The Nate Kellogg Co. :
300 rosters ....
1,000 certificates
Reprinting 200 petitions .
Paid Temple & Farrington Co. :
Mucilage, envelopes, letter heads,
mayor's office ....
Blank book and cover
Paid Union Publishing Co., advertising
Dog licenses, 18 times
Proposals for sub-police station .
Paid J. Arthur Williams, postals, labels,
blanks . . • .
1165.00
4.00
9-50
13.00
33-00
8.00
26.00
1. 00
1.25
•75
22.50
5-25
1. 00
S-iS
9.00
22.50
11.26
9.60
5347-76
SUNDRIES.
Paid E. R. Coburn Co., typewriter pa-
per, mayor . . . .
.14
524
KEPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Temple & Farrington Co., letter
heads, note books, envelopes,
ink, paper, etc.
Total expenditures
Transferred to reserved fund .
5.85
$11.99
544.20
Incidental Expenses.
i2,5O0.O0
Appropriation
Transferred from reserved fund
$12,000.00
1,551-12
Expenditures.
LABOR.
id labor of men and teams, as per pay-rolls :
January
$30.00
February
24.00
March .
24.00
April .
30.00
May
24.00
June
36.76
July .
30.00
August .
24.00
September .
24.00
October
30.00
November
24.00
December
24.00
!i3, 551-12
$324.76
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
525
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, DEATHS.
Paid 0. D. Abbott
$5.00
H. J. Achard
11.50
D. S. Adams
6.25
A. A. E. Brien .
62.75
John L. Burnham
8.25
I. L. Carpenter .
16.75
J. A. Chevalier .
19-75
Charles Corey
•25
N. L. Colby
9-75
Henry E. Cooke .
4.00
Mary L. Dan forth
20.75
C. W. Downing .
12.25
Charles E. Dodge
15-75
Clarence M. Dodge
11-75
E. B. Dunbar
14.25
L. M. French
22.50
George Frechette
19.50
E. N. Fugere
72.50
J. E. Fortier
35-75
C. F. Flanders .
53-75
Moise Guerin
46.50
F. M. Garland .
2.00
P. Hevey .
8.75
J. A. Jackson
15-50
M. E. Kean • .
24-75
N. P. Kidder
513-20
P. G. Laberge
25-25
J. E. A. Lanouette
29-75
J. D. Lemay
37-25
Urban Lemay
6.50
J. E. Lemaitre . • .
26.25
J. W. D. McDonald .
30.50
Jacob W. Mooar .
5.00
G. B. Morey
12.50
526
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid W. H. Morrison .
$6.50
C. S. Murkland .
3-75
W. H. Pattee .
7-75
Frederick Perkins
12.25
J. E. E. Roy
8.50
Gillis Stark .
30-25
A. G. Straw
4.00
C. B. Sturtevant .
10.00
E. Sylvain .
18.75
R. L. True .
3-75
E. C. Tremblay .
1. 00
L. Tremblay
4-5°
Florian Widman .
4-75
G. L. Wakefield .
4.25
A. F. Wheat
6.00
$1,332-70
DAMAGES AND JUDGMENTS.
Paid Seth C. Austin, damages to horse,
harness, and wagon . . . $20.00
Benjamin F. Batchelder, damages
to premises by water . . 15-00
Lydia M. Beckwith, damages to
carpet by water . . . 5.00
Sarah E. Butterfield, settlement of
suit ...... 400.00
George W. Dearborn, damage to
real estate . . . . 22.00
A. P. French, damage to real estate 11.00
C. 11. Hutchinson, damage to poul-
try by dogs .... 15-00
Andrew Leckie, damage to real
estate ..... 40.00
S. H. Mead, settlement of suit . 125.00
W. H. H. Perkins, settlement of
damages for injury to horse . 60.00
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES. 527
Paid Adlaid Sevigny, damages caused
by changing grade of street . $250.17
Mrs. Luvillo Smith, damage to
poultry by dogs . . . 3.00
C. F. & M. A. Willey, personal
damages . . . . ■ . 70.00
Wm. Woodbury, settlement of dam-
ages to real estate . . . 11.00
LEGAL EXPENSES.
Paid W. C. Clarke, council fees incurred
legislative session, 1895 . . . $100.00
Paid county commissioners :
Case, Sevigny v. city . . . 27.60
Case, Moore v. city .... 38.60
Paid Alpheus Gay, services as referee . 10.00
Warren Harvey, estimating dam-
ages, Dow case . . . 10.00
Thomas Hobbs, summoning wit-
nesses ..... 4.00
E. F. Jones, services before legis-
lative committees, etc. . . 296.17
Thomas D. Luce, certifying ap-
peals, etc. .... 3.20
W. H. Orrill, services case Canney
v. city ..... 4.00
R. J. Peaslee, opinion, matter of
teachers' salaries . . . 5.00
F, T. E. Richardson, procuring
waivers, Silver-street sewer . 10.00
Paid W. J. Starr :
Summoning witnesses . . . 1.74
Services procuring waivers for dam-
ages from abutters on Candia road 33-oo
Paid Ezra S. Stearns :
Engrossing acts .... 4.50
Certified copies .... 2.00
;i,o47.i7
$549.81
528
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
CITY COUNCILS AND COMMITTEES.
Paid American Bank Note Co. :
Engraving alterations, and furnishing
loo improvement bonds
Engraving text and printing loo water
bonds ......
Paid Fred L. Allen :
Expenses to Boston and return .
Expenses to Concord and return
Woodcut of signature
Paid John A. Barker, cash paid for car
fares .....
G. W. Bailey, hacks and carriages
Paid L. A. Biron & Co., advertising :
Dog licenses three weeks .
Proposals for fuel
Proposals for addition to Bakersville
schoolhouse ....
Funeral notice ....
Paid Boston Bank Note and Lithograph
ing Co., 50 water loan bonds
Boyd Brothers, hacks .
Paid The John B. Clarke Co., publishin
Dog licenses six weeks
Proposals for fuel ...
Proposals for annex, Bakersville school
house .....
Printing 100 slips
Paid Concord & Montreal R. R., freight
on chairs
N. P. Colby, expense preparing
list of annual appropriations
F. X. Chenette, use of barouche
J. H. Dearborn, hacks .
;67.oo
75.00
5-75
.72
2.00
9-30
82.00
6.00
5.00
4.00
3.00
75.00
10.00
30.00
15-50
16.18
•75
•25
13-54
5.00
10.00
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
529
Paid Deutsche Post, advertising :
Dog licenses
$9.00
Proposals for fuel ....
1.50
Paid James E. Dodge :
Expenses to Concord
1.25
Expenses to Boston ....
12.80
Cash paid for telegrams, express, etc.
1.60
Paid P. Donovan, Jr., hacks
70.00
W. J. Freeman, hacks .
40.00
E. T. James, hacks
86.00
Kean & Doyle, hacks , . :
80.00
E. J. Knowlton, P. M., stamps
30.00
Paid L'Avenir National, advertising :
Dog licenses
6.00
Proposals for fuel ....
3.00
Proposals for annex to Bakersville
schoolhouse .....
3-5^
Paid Manchester Street Railway, use three
barges
15.00
N. E. Telephone & Telegraph Co.,
use of telephone, city solicitor .
32-25
J. C. Nichols & Son, hacks .
10.00
Plummer & Brown, use of carriages
10.00
Paid S. B. Putnam :
Expenses to Concord and Boston
4.07
Expenses to Boston to deliver bonds .
13.20
Paid 0. G. Reed, hacks
i79-5»
Paid C. H. Simpson :
Hacks
30.00
Use of team .....
3.00
Paid Union Publishing Co., advertising:
Proposals for annex,Bakersville school-
house ......
10.76
Proposals for fuel ....
15-37
Paid Upton's N. H. Furniture Store, i
oak table, i office chair .
23-50
Whitten & Fifield, hacks
10.00
;i, 137.29
34
530 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
CITY LIBRARY.
Paid L. M. Aldrich, sharpening lawn
mower ..... $o-2^
John A. Barker, care of boiler . 133-00
Boston & Maine Railroad, freight
on plaster casts . . . 9.44
Geo. Holbrook, lumber and labor
on Lincoln statue . . . 14.90
John Rogers, expenses from New
Canaan, Conn., to city in rela-
tion to Lincoln statue . . 20.00
CITY SCALES.
Paid H. E. Blanchard, testing and seal-
ing scales ....
$r.5o
L. B. Bodwell & Co., >4 cord hard
wood .....
4-5°
Clark M. Bailey, brooms, duster.
etc.
3.20
E. R. Coburn Co., tablets, pen-
cils, etc. .....
1.61
Paid John Driscoll :
Revolving smoke-jack, iron, labor
13.00
Stove, pipe, zinc, and labor
19-45
Paid Asa B. Eaton, cash paid for repairs
on lock .....
•15
The Fairbanks Co., examining and
adjusting hay scale .
6.75
Paid D. M. Poore :
2 tons coal
12-75
^ cord hard wood ....
6.00
Paid The Head & Dowst Co., lumber
and labor .....
.68
$177-59
$69.59
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
531
MILK INSPECTOR.
Paid The John B. Clarke Co., advertising notice two
weeks $5.25
RELATING TO STREETS.
Paid George B. Cressey, painting and
lettering street signs
John Moss, expense repairing road
leading from Bald Hill road to
house .....
C. H. Sargent & Co., 140 shade
^24.10
trees
140. CO
Union Manufacturing Co., 1,000
plated house numbers
45.00
MAYOR.
Paid W. C. Clarke, services of type-
writer . . . .
^6.75
Grace E. Downer, services as clerk
329-75
Paid Daniels & Downs :
Typewriter supplies ....
3-70
Stenographer's services
9-85
Paid Edson C. Eastman :
I copy laws, 'gi and '93 .
2.00
I copy Statutes of New Hampshire .
10.00
Paid W. P. Goodman
I copy Reed's rules ....
•75
24 pencils
1. 00
34 copies directory ....
68.00
Pencils and diary ....
1.90
Paid Kirby Floral Co., i palm
10.00
Florence M. Kidder, 1 7 hours cler-
ical services ....
4-25
;2i9.io
532
REPORT OF THE CITI AUDITOR.
Paid Temple & Farrington Co :
I inkstand .....
^2.00
I dictionary stand ....
3.00
I Bible , .
3.00
Record books, etc
3-91
Paid George P. Wallace :
I Smith Premier typewriter, without
baseboard and cover
95.00
I typewriter ribbon ....
1. 00
Paid Belle Wilson, services as stenog-
rapher .....
20.25
John B. Varick Co., hooks, cast-
ings, etc. ....
1. 00
;77-ri
ASSESSORS.
Paid B. W. Robinson, horse hire, deliv-
ering inventory blanks
Paid Temple & Farrington Co. :
I copy Laws ....
Rebinding Public Statutes
TAX COLLECTOR
Paid Amoskeag Manufacturing Co., du
plicate tax, Frank L. Griffin
Burton W. Buck, 2^4 days labor
Concord Evening Monitor, adver
tising tax-list .
The John B. Clarke Co., advertis
ing sale non-resident taxes
H. E. Daniels, typewriting three
copies tax-list .
E. J. Knowlton, P. M., 1,000
cent stamped envelopes
Manchester Hardware Co., 6 hooks
;i-25
1. 00
•75
$7-67
5.00
7-50
36.98
3.00
21.80
•OS
?.oo
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES. 533
Paid G. E. Morrill :
Over-payment on account non-resi-
dent tax, 1893 .... $3^-45
Taxes of 1894 sold and purchased by
city 4,405.80
Delivering tax bills .... 93-88
Paid Novelty Advertising Co., i set dates i.io
Francis Pratt, Jr., 3 gross pens . 4.50
Paid Temple & Farrington Co. :
I tax-book ..... 10-50
Blotting paper, blank books . . 1.99
- $4,631.22
CITY CLERK.
Paid J. D. Bartley, 6 book-holders . $0.75
E. R. Coburn Co., 6 blank books 60.00
J. J. Holland, chamois . . .40
J. G. Jones, freight and cartage,
desk ..... 3.65
Florence M. Kidder, services as
clerk ..... 468.00
Pike & Heald Co., 4 tin boxes . 7.72
Sampson, Murdock & Co., i Bos-
ton Register and Directory . 2.00
Temple & Farrington Co., envel-
opes, inky inkstand, etc. . . 6.06
Union Publishing Co., i N. H.
Directory .... 2.00
C. H. Wood, lettering 4 tin boxes .85
$55^-43
CITY TREASURER.
Paid L. M. Aldrich, lumber and labor . $0.66
Amoskeag National Bank, use of
safe in bank vault one year . 25.00
Blanche E. Bullock, services as
clerk 512.00
534
REPORT OF TEE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid W. p. Goodman :
Inkstands ....
I Shannon file . . ...
Paid T. Lyons, 2 gross pens
Pike & Heald Co., 4 tin boxes
Paid Temple & Farrington Co. :
Paper and twine
20 document boxes .
1 blank book and canvas cover
7 M pay envelopes .
2 pieces board .
Paid Win gate & Gould, i satchel
^i.oo
1.50
4.00
1. 12
1-55
1.60
11.25
5-25
•25
2-35
^567-53
COURT HOUSE.
Paid D. J. Adams, repairing lawn mower ^2.00
Clark M. Bailey, broom and mop .75
Paid Pike & Heald Co. :
I ash can . . . . . . 1.75
Hose splicers, bands, and labor . .50
Paid D. M. Poore, 22 tons 995 lbs. coal 129.36
Timothy P. Shea, services as janitor 521.67
Paid John B. Varick Co. :
Phosphate and lawn seed . . . 12.60
Sponges, brooms, nails, duster . . 2.66
GRANITE BRIDGE.
'1. 29
Paid Harry J. Briggs, 3 days' labor and
carfare . . . . . $1-1^
Thomas A. Lane Co., material and
labor 18.53
E. K. Turner, services as consulting
engineer on grade crossings and
Granite bridge, and expenses . 320.00
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES. 535
Paid G. W. Wales, 6i days' labor and
carfare ..... ^16.45
H. L. Watson, 62 days' labor and
carfare ..... 9.90
^372.58
SUNDRIES.
Paid American Express Co., express on
reports ..... $7-25
George W. Bailey, use of horse and
driver for ambulance . . 2.00
J. L. Burnham, M. D., services,
Huntress case .... 3.00
Charles M. Bailey, examining two
horses ..... 4.00
Bobrick School Furniture Co., 4
teachers' desks .... 44.00
John Bickford, services as coroner 3.00
Jerry Burke, 2 nights stoker of en-
gine at Amoskeag ledge . . 3.00
Concord Foundry Co., i fountain
and stand .... 110.00
Concord & Montreal R. R., freight
on fountain and stand . . 1.50
I. L. Carpenter, M. D., 4 visits,
Mr. Sallsville .... 6.00
W. H. Carpenter, burying horse . 4.50
Dunlap & Wason Coal Co., i ton
coal 5.75
A. L. Dodge, examining glandered
horse ..... 7.00
estate D. C. Whittemore, right, of
way, April i, 1894, to July i, 1895 25.00
Frank A. Emerson, grading Rim-
mon school yard . . . 300.00
H. B. Fairbanks, services and ad-
vertising real estate . . . i5o-5o
636 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid First Light Battery, powder, pri-
mers, cartridges, and firing na-
tional salute, July 4 . . . $42.00
J. L. Golden, examining horse . 2.00
Hale & Whittemore, i gold frame
for ex-Mayor Worthen's portrait 3.50
H. W. Herrick, water color por-
trait ex-Mayor Worthen . . 8.00
J. G. Jones, delivering city reports 1.50
E. J. Knowlton, postmaster, postage 107.00
Carl Koehler & Son, lunch fur-
nished men while pumping at
Amoskeag ledge . . . 6.71
N. H. Furniture Co., i roll-top
desk, police commission . . 33-oo
Paid Frederick Perkins, M. D. :
Treatment of Jeremiah Cronin . . 3.00
Vaccination of Ola Wooden . . i.oo
Paid Pike & Heald Co., labor at pest
house ..... 1.66
Thomas Stewart, teaming sawdust
for ward 5 ward-room, election
day, 1894 .... 1.50
R. P. Stevens & Co., 2 tablets,
Rimmon and Pearl-street school-
houses ..... 32.00
Sulpho Napthol Co., 50 gallons
sulpho napthol .... 100.00
town of Goffstown, taxes on gravel
lot . . . . . . 1.98
F. H. Thurston, 7 vaccine points . i.oo
John T. Underbill & Co., concrete
work at Rimmon school . . 254,70
C. C. Webster, watering-trough and
maintaining same on River road
south from 1888 to 1895 . . 21.00
CITY OFFICEKS' SALARIES. 537
Paid J. H. Wiggin & Co., matches . $0.15
John W. Wilson, trucking 11 cases,
library . . . . . 2.00
C. H. Wood, painting signs . 4.75
^i;304-95
Total expenditures .... . ^13,542-37
Dr. Mary Danforth, duplicate bill, money turned
into treasury ..... . . 8.75
City Officers' Salaries.
Balance from old account . . . $61.64
Appropriation ..... 16,700.00
Expenditures.
CENTRAL DEPARTMENT.
ii3,55i-i2
§16,761.64
Paid William C. Clarke, mayor . . ^i, 80c. 00
Sylvanus B. Putnam, treasurer . 1,050.00
Fred L. Allen, treasurer . . 125.00
Nathan P. Kidder, city clerk . 900.00
Edwin F. Jones, city solicitor . 800,00
George L. Stearns, clerk common
council ..... 200.00
Thomas W. Lane, inspector of
buildings ..... 100.00
H. F. W. Little, milk inspector . 25.00
Edward C. Smith, milk inspector . 275.00
William Bailey, city weigher . 38.89
Asa B. Eaton, city weigher . . 363.33
John A. Barker, messenger . . 699.96
J. K. Rhodes, messenger, two weeks 24.00
5,401. 18
538
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
CITY 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
Moise Bessette, ward 9
William C. Clarke, chairman ex
officio, overseers poor, 1895
William H. Maxwell, clerk of board
Judith Sherer, matron of pest-house
$400.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
100.00
360.00
SCHOOL OFFICERS AND BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Paid William E. Buck, superintendent
of schools
Curtis W. Davis, truant officer
William C. Clarke, chairman ex
officio ....
E. B. Woodbury, clerk of board
John T. Gott, president of common
council ex officio
Walter B. Heath, ward i
Walter H. Lewis, ward i
Elliot C. Lambert, ward i
A. P. Home, ward 2 .
Charles H. Manning, ward 2
George D. Towne, ward 3
Louis E. Phelps, ward 3
Charles M. Floyd, ward 4
N. L. Colby, ward 4 .
James P. Slattery, ward 5
52,300.00
750.00
10.00
150.00
10.00
10.00
6.67
2.50
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
CITY OFFICERS SALARIES.
539
Paid W. H. Sughrue, ward 5
Harry I. Dodge, ward 6
Herbert E. Richardson, ward
Marshall P. Hall, ward 7
E. B. Woodbury, ward 7
Luther C. Baldwin, ward 8
Josiah G. Dearborn, ward S
Robert E. Walsh, ward 9
Jeremiah Sullivan, ward 9
^7-5°
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
^3)396-67
BOARD OF ASSESSORS.
Paid Henry Lewis, ward i . . . ^142.50
John E. Stearns, ward 2 . . 166.00
D. O. Fernald, ward 3 . . 815.00
Harrison D. Lord, ward 4 . . 267.00
George F. Sheehan, ward 5 . . 132.50
George H. Dudley, ward 6 . . 467.50
William T. Rowell, ward 7 . . 140.00
Eugene W. Brigham, ward 8 . 403.00
Lawrence F. Bradley, ward 9 . 120.00
Julius Weisner, ward 9 . . i7'5o
Hiram Forsaith, assistant . . 77'5o
N. Nichols, assistant . . . 312.50
John Cayzer, assistant . . . 42.50
S. J. Lord, assistant . . . 90.00
Henry F. Stone, assistant . . 62.50
Isaac Whittemore, assistant . . 106.00
H. L. Currier, clerical services . 155-00
Louis Comeau, interpreter . . 55'Oo
J. H. Collette, interpreter . . 22.50
Jean B. Rejimbal, interpreter . 55-oo
Paid A. S. Peaslee :
Work on checklists 16 days . . 36.00
Use of team, special election, ward 6 1.25
^3,686.75
540
EEPORT OF TUE CITY AUDITOR.
TAX COLLECTOR.
Paid George E. Morrill :
Salary .
$1,650.00
Commission on old taxes .
24.79
jl)i,u/4./y
Total expenditures
. $16,269.39
Transferred to reserved fund
492.25
$16,761.64
Auditor's Department.
Appropriation
. $2,000.00
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid James E. Dodge, salary as auditor
$1,016.67
Paid Lizzie M. Cogswell :
Services as clerk ....
660.00
Extra work December, 1894
6.74
dfj <Q^ ^T
j,i,uo3.4i
SUPPLIES, ETC.
Paid J. J. Abbott, painting and paper-
ing office ....
^37-48
Clark M. Bailey, 23 lbs. manilla
paper .....
1.38
J. J, Boyer, cleaning typewriter.
supplies .....
6.00
Paid Lizzie M. Cogswell, cash paid :
Hammer ......
.10
Washing towels ....
1.50
Typewriting supplies
1.05
Express, soap, etc. ....
1.60
auditor's department.
541
Paid The John B. Clarke Co. :
Printing letter heads and envelopes
Binding i vol. Laws, manilla paper
Paid E. R. Coburn Co. :
Blotting paper, wire, etc. .
I picture .....
Paid James E. Dodge, cash paid for tel
egrams ....
W. P. Goodman, envelopes, ink
mucilage, etc. .
Hale & Whittemore, pictures
Hardy & Folsom, i mat
Paid C. A. Hoitt & Co. :
3 chairs .....
I Brussels art square
Paid G. F. King & Merrill, 6 bottles
paste ....
The Kitchen, waste basket, basin
soap-dish ....
L. P. LaBonte, silk and cotton bat
ting ....
Lovejoy & Stratton, cleaning clock
T. Lyons, i gross pens
Paid J. B. McCrillis & Son :
Balance due on typewriter
I ribbon, 2 rubbers . . . .
Paid C. S. McKean, i black walnut case
Manchester Hardware Co., 2 balls
twine . . . . .
Niagara Publishing Co., i subscrip-
tion " Municipality and Coun-
ty"
Charles Noll, 70 document boxes .
John Robbie Co., cheese cloth,
cotton . . . . .
D. A. Simons, i jardiniere .
510.75
1.80
1.25
2.50
•25
7-25
8.00
•50
17.00
15.00
.63
2.17
2.03
1.50
2.00
57-5°
1.03
32.86
.20
2.00
14.00
•55
1.25
642
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid I. L. Stickney, 3 yards enameled
cloth ^1.20
A. J. Smith, I black record ribbon,
$1 ; less 2 spools returned, 50c. .50
Paid Temple & Farrington Co. :
Desk-pads, crayon .... 1.40
I blank book and cover . . . 11.25
Paid Upton's N. H. Furniture Co., i oak
table 1.75
John B. Varick Co., tacks and brush .43
Weston & Hill Co., 4 rugs . . 20.00
Total expenditures ....
Transferred to reserved fund
^267. 66
48.93
$2,000.00
Mayor's Incidentals.
Appropriation
EXPENDITURES.
Paid W. C. Clarke :
Team hire .....
^179-75
2 trips to Concord, 3 to Boston
12.40
I stamp and pad ....
2.50
Telegrams .....
5.80
Extra stenographic labor .
2.20
Express ......
1. 10
Incidentals
10.85
Paid Herbert W. Eastman, one half ex-
pense entertaining visiting dele-
gation from Kansas City .
55-00
W. J. Freeman, horse hire .
7-50
Total expenditures
.
$277.10
Transferred to reserved fund
22.90
$300.00
STREET AND PARK COMMISSION.
543
Street and Park Commission.
Appropriation
Expenditures.
SALARIES.
Paid George H. Stearns, chairman
L. P. Reynolds ....
H. P. Simpson ....
CLERICAL SERVICES.
Paid Allan E. Herrick, clerk
Julia F. Stearns, clerk .
CARRIAGE HIRE.
Paid George H. Stearns
L. P. Reynolds .
H. P. Simpson
^600.00
600.00
600.00
$1,800.00
■)9oo.oo
499.50
$150.00
150.00
150.00
^1-399-50
;o.oo
OFFICE SUPPLIES AND FURNITURE.
Paid D. J. Adams, keys
^o-75
J. J. Boyer, cleaning typewriter .
4.00
Paid The John B. Clarke Co. :
Printing 2oo]reports ....
34.00
Binding 25 pamphlets, cloth
7-50
Die
1.65
Paid E. R. Coburn Co., i ream paper .
4-50
W. P. Goodman, i Shannon file .
.20
Paid C. A. Hoitt & Co. :
14 chairs
28.50
I cuspidor, i mirror ....
1-75
4 rugs
20.50
3 cushions
3-75
Repairing chairs ....
6.50
544
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid E. J. Knowlton,P. M., i,ooo envel-
opes
The Lyon Platinum Pen Co., 3
gross pens
Morgan, Grossman & Co., i lb
rubber bands ...
Pike & Heald Co., 9 tin boxes
A. J. Smith, 12 pencils
Paid Temple & Farrington Co. :
Blank books, letter heads, envelopes
Ink, inkstand, deskpads, etc.
I letter book ....
Paid George P. Wallace :
4 reams paper ....
I ribbon .....
Paid Weston & Hill Co., i drapery,
poles, etc. ....
J. A. Williams, 2,000 blank orders
SUNDRIES.
5-50
2.25
1.80
•SO
49.28
4.58
2.50
9.60
1. 00
4-95
3-75
Paid L. M. Aldrich, sash cord and labor
Paid Kilburn & Cross :
Half tone plate, view So. Main-street
bridge ......
Half tone plate, view park
Paid N. E. Telephone and Telegraph Co.,
use of telephone
G. H. Stearns, expenses to Boston
October 5 . . . .
Total expenditures
Transferred to reserved fund
9.85
9-85
20.00
3-5°
^43-55
5,914.16
85.84
|., 000.00
REPAIRS OF HIGHWAYS.
545
Repairs of Highways.
Appropriation
Transferred from reserved fund
^19,500.00
5^121.33
$24,621.33
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll, divi-
sion No I :
May
June .
October
;gi46.oo
4.20
41.25
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll, divi-
sion No. 2 :
January
$17.88
February
55-31
March .
441.69
April .
769.02
May
405.80
June
1,084.04
July .
2,623.45
August .
3>35o-i8
September ,
2,964.09
October
462.51
November
242.44
December
64.79
Paid labor of men and teams, as per j
)ay-roll, divi-
sion No. 4 :
May $Z°'?,1
June
184.99
■ July . .
62.75
August .
43.00
October
.
110.00
^191-45
;i2,48l.20
il.II
35
546
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll, divi-
sion No.
S:
April .
^2.50
May .
140.62
June
. •. . . . 283.84
August .
24.63
September
14-25
October
26.50
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll, divi-
sion No. 6
April .
^17.41
May
103.62
June
25-50
July . .
28. So
August .
36-77
September
36.00
October
ay
4.00
id labor of mer
1 and team
s, as per p
■roll, divi-
sion No. "
J :
April .
^141.13
May
288.70
June
603.96
July .
344-3°
August .
60.00
September .
101.00
October
III. 00
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll, divi-
sion No. 8 :
April
May
June
^32.75
139-35
96-75
12.34
5252. 10
^1,650.09
REPAIRS OF HIGHWAYS.
547
July .
August .
September
November
^83-75
86.22
401.71
113. 14
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll, divi-
sion No. 9 .•
April $15-38
June .
August .
September
November
31 1. 00
74.00
26.25
33-°°
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll, divi-
sion No. 10 :
January
$56.25
March .
81-75
April .
378.75
May
410.48
June
589.24
July .
591-37
August .
802.96
September .
421.61
October
1,047.05
November
260.78
December
49.64
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll, divi-
sion No. 1 2 :
June .
October
^104.68
143.00
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll, com-
mons :
$953-67
$459-63
$4,689.88
$247.68
September .
$14-50
548
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR,
Paid John H. Proctor, labor grading
Candia road .... ^400.00
Robert I. Stevens, building bank
wall on Lake avenue . . 20.00
LUMBER AND OTHER MATERIAL.
Paid The Head & Dowst Co.:
836 feet spruce plank
^12.54
Lumber and labor ....
40.54
Paid George Holbrook, labor, lumber,
nails
4.50
Paid A. C. Wallace :
1,674 feet spruce ....
25.11
1,057 feet spruce fence boards, labor .
20.86
72 chestnut posts ....
13-30
^116.85
TOOLS AND HARDWARE.
Paid Manchester Hardware Co.:
Hoes, wire nails ....
^3-oi
I horse scraper ....
6.00
Other hardware ....
.40
Paid John B. Varick Co. :
24 hoes
10.00
Snow-shovels . . . . .
112.40
Nails, brads, bolts, rope, chain .
11-73
Picks and handles . . . .
1.80
Hammers and handles
2.60
Powder and fuse
4.60
Other hardware
35-62
Paid Wadleigh Hardware Co., bolts, Ian
tern globes, etc.
1.82
$189.98
REPAIRS OF HIGHWAYS. 549
BLACKSMITHING AND REPAIRS.
Paid John Bryson, paint and labor on
fountains
^2.60
James Benson, sharpening tools .
12.13
G. A. Farwell, bushings and coup-
lings
.26
R. W. Flanders, sharpening tools
4.40
Forsaith Machine Co., 6 pieces
spruce .....
•30
J. Hadlock, repairs on road-ma-
chine .....
43-75
Paid T. A. Lane Co. :
Material and labor on troughs and
fountains
59.12
Repairing street lantern .
3-40
Repairs at city yard
8.91
Paid Frank I. Lessard & Co., material
and labor on fountains
19.65
H. F. W. Little, repairing hand-saw
•45
Paid J. B. McCrillis & Son :
Repairs on road-machine .
4.75
Sharpening drills, etc.
1.60
Paid Pike & Heald Co., material and
labor on fountains .
13-32
George W. Rief, lumber and labor
3-04
J. T. Underbill & Co., labor and
stock, concreting Manchester
street, city stables, Merrimack
street
190.00
STONE, GRAVEL, CLAY, ETC.
Paid C. A. Brooks, 5 loads pavers . ^8.75
Paid E. O. Dodge :
659 loads gravel .... 65.90
147 loads stone chips . . . 29.40
^367.68
550 REPOKT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid M. E. Dickey, 31 loads gravel . ^3-io
Addison Grey, 991 loads gravel . 99.10
Austin Goings, 25 loads sand . 4.17
John Lovering, 81 loads gravel . 8.10
Ida Libbey, 413 loads gravel . 41-30
Merrill & Boyce, 137 loads gravel 13-70
Paid Byron E. Moore :
100 loads clay ..... 6.00
100 loads gra-vel .... 6.00
Paid L. C. Paige, 35 loads gravel . . 3.50
SUNDRIES.
Paid Adams & Tasker, lime and cement ^3-93
Boston & Maine Railroad, freight
on wheels .... .30
C. H. Bodwell, grading and turfing,
264 Merrimack street . . 10.00
George M. Currier, one half day
locating street mark . . . .88
A. N. Clapp, 50 gallons oil . . 5.50
Paid John Driscoll :
112 dippers ..... "^S-S^
4 tunnels . . . . . . ^ .20
Paid Eager & Rand, salt ... 1.30
S. L. Flanders, 15 gallons oil . 1.95
W. G. Landry, steps for Holbrook
house ..... 2.00
Clarence R. Merrill, 3 barrels lime 2.85
People's Gas Light Co., 7 chaldrons
coke ..... 28.00
Paid Temple & Farrington Co. :
24 time books ..... 9.36
Account books, blocks, blotting paper .62
Directory, pencils .... 3.00
Paid R. M. West, 2 ladders . . . 3.50
^289.02
$86.77
Total expenditures ... . . $23,333.95
SNOW AND ICE, 551
Transferred from water-works account, charged by
mistake ........ $16.00
Transferred to snow and ice account . . . 1,271.38
;g24,62i.33
Snow and Ice.
Appropriation ..... $4,000.00
Transferred from repairs of highways
account ...... 1,271.38
Transferred from reserved fund . . 387.16
^5)658.54
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men and. teams, as per pay-roll, divi-
sion No. I :
March ........ $39-2$
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll, divi-
sion No. 2 : .
January $1,214.23
February ..... 1,390.43
March ..... 327.41
December ..... 312.33
1,244.40
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll, divi-
sion No. 4 :
January ..... ^9-63
February 34.37
552 KEPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll, divi-
sion No. 5 :
January ^5.25
February ..... 69.98
March 7.00
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll, divi-
sion No. 6 :
January ..... ^11.50
February ... . . . 32-55
March ..... 29.80
December . . . . . 13-51
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll, divi-
sion No. 7 :
January $56-63
February 148.75
xMarch 119.88
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll, divi-
sion No. 8 :
January .....
February .....
March
December .....
^20.76
18.75
6.63
2.00
>2.23
$87-36
125.26
.14
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll, divi-
sion No. 9 :
February ..... . . $7o-95
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll^ divi-
sion No. 10 :
January ..... ^542.82
February 655.79
SNOW AND ICE.
653
March .
December
$131-25
34.16
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll, divi-
sion No. 12 :
February .....
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll, com-
mons :
January
February
I46.87
, 42.50
$1,364.02
$45-93
SAND AND SALT.
Paid A. N. Clapp, 2 bags salt . . $i'5o
Mary L. Hartshorn, 117 loads sand 11.70
Clarence R. Merrill, 8 bags salt . 3.60
SUNDRIES.
Paid A. B. Black, i snow plow . . $40.00
Concord & Montreal R. R., freight 2.96
S. C. Forsaith Machine Co., lum-
ber for snow plows . . . 16.16
C. H. Leighton, i snow roller . 75 -oo
H. C. Ranno & Son, repairing har-
nesses ..... 3.85
Paid John B. Varick Co.:
Shovels ...... 7.15
■ Brooms, bolts, iron, paint, chain . 39-83
Iron and paint, repairing tree-boxes
damaged by snow plows . . 9.63
Paid J. F. Wyman, i ton coal . . 6.25
$16.80
$200.83
Total expenditures
$5'658.54
554
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
New Highways.
Appropriation
Transferred from reserved fund
^20,000.00
1,^73-39
$21,273.39
Paid men, as per pay-ro
January .
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November,
December
Paid men, as per pay-ro
May
June
July .
September
October
Paid men, as per pay-ro
October .
Paid men, as per pay-ro
April
May
Expenditures.
LABOR.
, in division No. 2
$45.00
39-25
78.01
575-63
1,586.95
1,498.31
1,598-39
1,940.92
962.36
2,753-03
517-54
407.38
in division No. 7 :
i39o.oo
20.00
70.00
20.00
107.00
., in division No. 8 :
, in division No. 10
$364-25
791.12
512,002.77
307.00
^36-13
NEW HIGHWAYS.
555
June $19-50
July 1,375-38
August 1,223.07
September 1,050.83
October 303-25
November ..... 101.75
Paid Moore & Preston, building Camp-
bell street .... ^150.00
Jerome Titus, building highway . 70.00
,229.15
TOOLS AND HARDWARE,
Paid Allen N. Clapp, powder, fuse, nails,
etc. .......
Paid Manchester Hardware Co. :
46 pounds chain ....
Picks, axes, lanterns, etc. .
Paid John B. Varick Co.:
Shovels ......
Plow points, handles, etc.
Bolts, nails, hasps, hinges
Other hardware ....
Paid Wadleigh Hardware Co., powder .
115. 41
2.30
10.50
101.40
25-50
7-93
9.29
2.75
$175-08
STONE, LUMBER, AND OTHER MATERIALS.
Paid William Blaisdell, 300 posts .
F. S. Bodwell, covering stone
Paid S. C. Forsaith Machine Co.:
Oak and labor ....
I ash pole to order .
Paid Warren Harvey :
I load stone and teaming .
Building culverts, " Eddy " road
Building culverts, Second street
^39.00
770.92
-75
2.25
3-50
833.00
550.00
556 REPOKT 01 THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Head & Dowst Co. :
Lumber and labor ....
^91.05
672 loads filling ....
168.00
Paid Soule, Dillingham & Co., i Ames
plow
26.67
George W. Rief, lumber and labor
1.70
A. C. Wallace, lumber, etc. .
48.86
SUNDRIES.
Paid James Briggs & Son, i oil can
^o-75
L. A. Biron & Co., advertising pro-
posals .....
3-5°
TheJJohn B. Clarke Co., advertising
proposals
15-13
Concord & Montreal R. R., freight
•39
^2,535.70
Dunlap &|Wason Coal Co., 2 1 tons
Cumberland coal . . . i4-i3
S. L. Flanders, 25 gallons kerosene
oil 3-25
T. A. Lane Co., plugs, L's, etc. . .61
Union Publishing Co., advertising
proposals 12 times . . . 29.80
^67.56
Total expenditures ..... ^21,273.39
Damage of Land Taken for Highways.
Appropriation ..... ^5.000.00
Transferred from reserved fund . . 995 00
^5>995-oo
Expenditures.
Paid Lucie A. Clough, settlement of
suit. Auburn street . . . ^1,850.00
WATERING STREETS.
567
Paid Fred M. Dow, settlement of claim,
changing grade, Prospect street |!955.oo
Lawrence F. Bradley, settlement of
claim, changing grade . . 400.00
Elliot Hospital, settlement of suit,
Cypress and Auburn streets . 2,500.00
F. A. Platts, land damage, Foster
avenue ..... 30.00
James P. Tuttle, costs, two actions 100.00
William Walker, land damage,
changing grade . . . 160.00
Appropriation
Watering Streets.
Expenditures.
LABOR.
,995.00
^,ooo.oo
Paid labor of men, as per pay-roll, in division No. 2 :
January . . . . . ^21.87
February
March .
April .
May .
June
July .
August .
September
October
19.00
16.75
IS3-I3
505-45
495-5°
429.37
541-13
454-50
169.62
^2,836.32
558
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid labor of men, as per pay-roll, in division No. lo
January
February
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
^3-25
6.50
25.24
167.00
143.12
118.50
iiS.oo
159.00
77-50
REPAIRS.
Paid John Bryson, paint and labor . $16.83
James Briggs & Son, fixing chain . .50
John T. Beach, spokes and felloes 2.50
J, W. Fiske, vase, brackets, for
fountain ..... 8. 25
The Head & Dowst Co., lumber
and labor .... 17.18
Joseph Huneau & Son, material
and labor on watering-trough . 1.90
The Thomas A. Lane Co., material
and labor on troughs and foun-
tains ..... 27.41
F. I. Lessard, material and labor
on fountains .... 5.95
Manchester Hardware Co., iron,
screws, cement, etc. . . . 1.28
Manchester Heating & Lighting
Co., 10 sprinkler standpipes . 85.00
Manchester water-works, laying
pipe, labor and material . . 128.81
Pike & Heald Co., material and
labor ..... 2.95
PAVING STREETS.
559
Paid George W. Rief, lumber and labor
John B. Varick Co., paint, varnish,
etc. .....
SUNDRIES.
Paid Boston & Maine R. R., freight on
castings .....
John Driscoll, dippers and agate
drinking cups ....
Total expenditures .
Transferred to reserved fund
^9-45
30-32
^0.25
6-75
$33^-33
^3>999-76
.24
^4,000.00
Paving Streets.
Appropriation ^6,000.00
Transferred from reserved fund . . 381.51
$6,381.51
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll, divi-
sion No. 2 :
April $20.50
May . . . . . . 295. Si
June 355-OI
July 439-24
August ..... 366.74
September ..... 143-74
October 346-59
$1,967.63
5(J0
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll, divi-
sion No. 7 :
June
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll, divi-
sion lo :
January . . . . . $28.75
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
12.75
12.00
15-63
513-01
384.06
357-61
80.12
119.36
328.51
$40.00
$1,851.80
TOOLS AND HARDWARE.
Paid Manchester Hardware Co., 2 pav-
ing hammers ....
John B. Varick Co., tools
$2.50
2.09
$4-59
PAVING STONE AND GRAVEL.
Paid Charles A. Bailey, 5,550 paving
blocks ..... $249.75
W. H. Coburn, 435 loads paving
stone 761.25
Warren Harvey, curbstones, circles,
etc 189.87
Mary L. Hartshorn, 20 loads sand 2.00
George F. Higgins, 22 loads pavers 11.00
$1,213.87
MACADAMIZING STREETS.
561
CONCRETE CROSSINGS ANQ OTHER WORK.
Paid C. H. Robie Co. .
John T. Underbill & Co.
Total expenditures .
$547-65
755-97
$1,303.62
$6,381.51
Macadamizing Streets.
Appropriation
$15,000.00
Transferred from reserved fund
201.40
^^15,201.40
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men, as per pay-roll, in di
vision No. 2 :
March
$11.12
April .
646.64
May .
1,927.90
June
1,810.45
July .
1,550-64
August .
152-03
September
135-50
October
1,864.89
November
241.92
Deceniber
323.92
Paid labor of men, as per pay-roll, division No. 10 :
September $215.13
October ..... 276.00
$49i-iS
36
562
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
FUEL, FREIGHT, WATER.
Paid L. B. Bod well & Co., 2 tons coal . ^11.00
Oilman Clough, 7 cords wood . 19-25
Dunlap & Wason Coal Co., 2 tons
coal ..... 12.00
S. C. Forsaith Machine Co., i load
cut wood . . . . . 1.75
Moore «Sc Preston, 2,100 lbs. coal . 5.75
Perham & Mead, 29 11-16 cords
wood ..... 103-91
A. J. Lane, 17 J cords wood . 43-75
People's Gas-Light Co., 26 chal-
drons coke .... 104.00
Boston & Maine R. R., freight on
castings, powder, etc. . . 11-03
Concord & Montreal R. R., freight
on oil, hose, powder, etc. . . 7.04
Water Commissioners, use of water 30.00
^349-48
TOOLS AND HARDWARE.
Paid Manchester Hardware Co., pack-
ing, putty, nails . . . $14.18
The B. H. Piper Co., 72 sledge
handles . . . . . 9.18
Paid John B. Varick Co. :
300 feet hose ..... 36.00
Hammers and handles, paint . . 36.46
Drills, files, rasps, chisels . . . 4i-95
Iron, steel, and other hardware . . . 61. 86
Paid The Wadleigh Hardware Co. :
2 rockers ...... 8.00
6 rocker pins ..... 6.00
2 sets piston rings, 2 rubber cushions 8.00
Porcite, fuse, wire, caps, etc. . . 131-35
^352.98
MACADAMIZING STREETS. 563
LUMBER, CASTINGS, AND REPAIRS.
Paid Amoskeag Manufacturing Co., re-
pairs on boiler, stone crusher . ^38.66
George A. Farwell, material and
repairs on steam roller . . 95'ii
Paid Farrell Foundry & Machine Co. :
4 15 X 9 steel bearings . . . 10.00
2 pair 15x9 plates .... 54-oo
Boxing ...... .25
Paid S. C. Forsaith Machine Co., labor
on gears . . . . . 10.70
Hutchinson Foundry & Machine
Works, labor and material on
crusher ..... 83.96
Paid The Head & Dowst Co.:
LumbeT and labor, erection addition
crusher plant, city ledge . , 431 -99
107 feet spruce boards . . . 1.61
Paid T. A. Lane Co.:
Labor on pipe, steam roller . . 1.46
Packing, pipe, iron, labor . . . 8.28
Paid Manchester Locomotive Works, re-
pairs on crusher . . . 1.60
Pike & Heald Co., iron and labor i.io
Paid George W. Rief :
Lumber and labor .... 4.54
1 gallon belt dressing . . . 2.50
Paid Taylor Iron and Steel Co., 154
pounds steel cheeks .... 18.48
Paid Vacuum Oil Co.:
2 barrels cylinder oil ... 43-33
I 6o-gallon tank . . . . 2.25
STONE.
Paid Charles A. Bailey, 17 carloads
broken granite .... ^204.00
^809.82
564 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Massachusetts Broken Stone Co.,
i>748,5oo pounds broken stone . ^1,223.99
CONCRETE.
Paid C. H. Robie Co., repairing road-
ways ..... ^621.80
John T. Underbill & Co., repair-
ing roadways .... 2,162.06
SUNDRIES.
Paid Emergency Hand Fire Extinguisher
Co., 6 small extinguishers . . ^6.00
Eager & Rand, barrel salt . . i.oo
Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection
and Insurance Co., insurance
three years from May 20 and 21,
on policies 23,309, 23,318 . 100.00
A. H. Kittredge, dualin and fuse . 202.45
J. L. Fogg, damage to house by
explosion at ledge . . . 8.93
D. G. Mills, 6 signs " No trespass-
ing " 1-50
I. L. Stickney, 100 feet 2-inch lacing 1.25
^1,427.99
^2,783.86
Total expenditures ..... ^15,201.40
Grading for Concrete.
Appropriation ^4,000.00
Transferred from reserved fund . . 543-o5
$4,543-°S
GRADING FOR CONCRETE.
565
Paid labor of men, as per pay-roll,
January .
April
May
June
July , .
August .
September
October
November
December
Paid labor of men, as per pay-roll,
June ....
November
Expenditures.
LABOR.
in division No. 2
Paid labor of men, as per pay-roll, in division No. 10 :
April ^9.63
May ...... 150.62
June ...... 214.05
July 177-87
August . ... . . . 60.62
September 23.87
October 57-75
91.74
159.18
315-94
348.08
210.76
208.88
281.99
68.76
50-78.
in division No. 7 :
$25.00
20.00
Paid labor of men, as per pay-roll, commons^:
May
STONE.
Paid Warren Harvey, edgestones, circles, etc. .
$1,779.24
;.oo
$694.41
;^4S-25
^984-39
566
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
CONCRETE,
Paid C. H. Robie Co., crossings, patch-
ing ^692.
John T. Underhill & Co., crossings
and patching .... 292.
SUNDRIES.
Paid M. E. Bradley :
One half expense damage to sidewalk
Labor on curbing ....
55.00
4.C0
^985.76
Total expenditures
^543-05
Scavenger Service.
Appropriation
115,000.00
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men, as per pay-roll, in division No. 2 :
January
^724.14
February
509.24
March .
875-31
April .
1,042.85
May .
696.07
June
645.68
July .
863.79
August .
746.75
September .
675-91
October
832.62
November
652.39
December
607.50
5,872.25
SCAVENGER SERVICE.
567
-*aid labor of men
as pe
r pay-
roll, i
n division No. lo :
January
^172.49
February
146.99
March .
270.25
April .
39S.96
May
155.00
June
178.99
July .
294.51
August
1S7.02
September
151.87
October
249.13
November
205. 87
December
147.31
ON
::oNTE
.ACT.
^2,558.39
Paid city farm, scavenger service one year to January
I, 1896 ....... . ^2,499.96
TOOLS AND HARDWARE.
Paid Manchester Hardware Co.,naiIs, etc
Paid John B. Varick Co. :
Iron, hinges, steel, bolts .
Shovels, axle grease .
Oil, soap, sponges, scoop .
I tire bender .
I horse-clipper, screws, rivets
Shoes, calks, nails
Drills and other hardware
$^•55
116.02
7-95
12.36
22.75
3-94
19.47
17-51
5201.55
SUNDRIES.
Paid Boston & Maine R. R., freight on
carts ......
$2.74
668
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid John T. Beach :
Labor on dump-cart
I shaft ......
Paid W. H. Carpenter, burying horses .
E. H. Currier, witch hazel, alcohol
A. N. Clapp, glass, sandpaper
The Chapman Manufacturing Co.,
2 Eureka carts ....
Dunlap & Wason Coal Co., i ton
coal .....
Eager & Co., soap, ginger, mustard
A. Filion, carriage repairs
Dr. J. L. Golden, veterinary services
The Head & Dowst Co., lumber
and labor ....
Holt Bros. Manufacturing Co., i
set wheels, ironed, i axle, i axle
bed
Hutchinson Foundry & Machine
Works, castings and labor
John F. Kerwin, harness supplies .
Paid Kimball Carriage Co. :
I collar pad . . . . .
Curry comb, blankets, and leathering,
^24.95 ; credit by 400 loads filling,
$20
Paid D. G. Mills, paint and oil .
P. F. McDonald, 2 patent hand
push carts
Partridge Bros., hay
Ranno Harness Co., repairing har
ness ....
J. A. Ried, 2,180 lbs. hay
Geo. W. Rief, lumber and labor
L. & W. T. Seiberlich, paint and
varnish . . . . .
^4.35
i.6s
7.00
2.00
.18
50.00
5-5°
3-90
3-95
120.70
7.86
60.00
22.31
33-63
•75
4-95
1.66
65-75
184.29
1-75
19.63
13-03
5-69
STREET SWEEPING.
Paid A. C. Wallace, lumber .
Total expenditures .
Transferred to reserved fund
^4-35
569
$627.62
^14,759-77
240.23
$15,000.00
Street Sweeping.
Appropriation ..... . . $1,500.00
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men, as per pay-roll, division No. 2 :
May . .
119.63
June ....
167.57
July ....
60.51
August
. . 76.56
September .
232.32
October
183.74
November .
173-13
$1,094.96
Paid labor of men, as per pay-roll, division No. 10 :
August
September
October
November
$6.50
44-63
4-75
78.99
HARDWARE.
Paid Manchester Hardware Co., 24 rat-
tan brooms ....
John B, Varick Co., 24 rattan
brooms .....
$10.00
$i34-87
$20.00
570
EEPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
REPAIRS.
Paid S. A. Felton & Son Co., refilling
sweepers . . . . .
C. H. Hutchinson Foundry & Ma-
chine Co., repairing sweeper
Total expenditures .
Transferred to reserved fund
$64.00
9.72
^73-72
^15323-55
176.45
ii,5oo.oo
Bridges.
Appropriation
Transferred from reserved fund
;3,ooo.oo
5)327-72
$8,327.72
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men, as per pay-roll, division No. 2 :
January
^35-94
February
6.88
March
31-50
April ....
214.63
May ....
284.76
June
73.00
July
166.69
August
98.07
September .
340.74
October
237.40
November .
459-87
$1,949.48
BRIDGES.
571
Paid labor of men, as per pay-roll, division No. 5 :
July
Paid labor of men, as per pay-roll, division No. 10 :
March . . . . . . $i-75
April 32.13
June ...... 3.00
October ..... 4.00
$5.88
10.88
LUMBER AND STONE.
Paid Charles W. Farmer, 11,245 ^^^^
lumber ..... ^140.56
G. A. Farmer, lumber . . . 4.00
Warren Harvey, i load stone . 5.50
Paid The Head & Dowst Co, :
1 1,020 feet plank .... 120.87
Other lumber and labor ... 1 7.41
Paid G. W. Rief, lumber and labor . 2.86
Paid A. C. Wallace :
5,693 feet pine timber . . . 11 3. 86
34,957 feet lumber .... 382.42
HARDWARE.
Paid Manchester Hardware Co., screws,
spikes, nails ..... $37-58
Paid John B. Varick Co. :
Bolts, nails, spikes .... 145. 24
Hammers, saws, rope, brooms, etc. . 15-64
Paid The Wadleigh Hardware Co., 8
kegs wire spikes .... 26.00
REPAIRS.
Paid Amoskeag Manufacturing Co., re-
pairs on McGregor bridge
$23.30
$224.46
572 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid James Briggs, 9 pounds lead . ^0*36
W. M. Darrah & Co., material and
labor, McGregor bridge . . 45'5o
G. A. Far^ell, drilling sockets . 1.40
Paid The Head & Dowst Co. :
Repairs on Amoskeag bridge . . 3,851.87
Material and labor, Granite bridge . 96.06
Material and labor, McGregor bridge 1,215.90
Paid Hutchinson Foundry & Machine
Works, labor on castings . . . 1.15
SUNDRIES.
Paid The John B. Clarke Co., advertis-
ing proposals, 2 inches, 6 times ^9.00
L'Etoile, advertising proposals for
painting McGregor bridge . 3.00
L' Avenir National, advertising pro-
posals for painting McGregor
bridge . . . . . 3.00
New City Hotel, ii^ days' board 14-38
Paid C. H. Perkins :
Board H. T. Hauser, 34 days . . 42.50
Moving baggage .... .25
Paid Union Publishing Co., advertising
proposals for painting McGregor
bridge 7.87
C. H. Wood, painting 2 signs . 4.00
City Teams.
Appropriation $6,000.00
Transferred from reserved fund . . 21.26
55'235-54
.00
Total expenditures ..... $8,327.72
),021.26
CITY TEAMS.
573
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men, as per pay-roll, division No. 2 :
January $236.38
February 165.06
March . . . . . . 157-56
Paid labor of men, as per pay-roll, division No. 10 :
January ...... $45.88
February ..... 20.63
March ...... 2^.62
OATS, CORN, FEED, HAY, STRAW.
Paid Adams & Tasker .
$106.40
J. F. Austin .
9.86
George W. Butterfield
36.3^
H. J. Cilley
7-5°
Freeman & Merrill
42.94
Gage & McDougall
37-3°
Clarence R. Merrill
355-38
Nichols & Allen .
304-53
Partridge Brothers
1,214.86
Henry W. Parker .
170.25
C. D. Welch
112. 13
HARNESSES AND REPAIRS.
Paid G. H. Graffam & Co., 3 gallons
harness blacking . . . $3-00
John F. Kerwin, harness repairs
and supplies .... 137-90
Kimball Carriage Co., harness re-
pairs and supplies . . . 131.62
159.00
$90.13
$2,397-51
574 REPORT or THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Ranno Harness Co., repairing
harnesses ..... ^i9'33
Thomas P. Riley, repairing har-
nesses ..... 13-60
REPAIRS ON CARRIAGES.
Paid A. Filion, repairing wagon . . ^6.00
Paid Kimball Carriage Co. :
I pair wheels ..... 14.00
Painting and repairing wagon . . 10.00
HARDWARE.
Paid A. N. Clapp, sandpaper, nails,
hinges ..... go. 64
J. H. Farnham, files and rasps . 5.45
Manchester Hardware Co., horse-
shoes, rivets, iron , . . 3.80
Paid John B. Varick Co.:
Nuts and washers .... 2.56
Steel and iron ..... 95-28
Nails, rivets, screws, bolts . . 33-29
Horseshoes 34-50
I anvil ...... 15-84
I Burk's foot vise .... 12.00
Other hardware .... 44-32
MEDICAL SERVICES AND INSURANCE.
Paid A. W. Baker, dentistry work, 1 1
horses $22.00
E. H. Currier, medicine . . 14-95
J. L. Golden, V. S., medicine and
visits ..... 80.15
John F. Kerwin, 2 bags Peel's food 2.75
$305-45
$247.68
CITY TEAMS. 575
Paid W. B. Mitchell, witch hazel and
alcohol . . . . . $i.oo
Security Live Stock Insurance Co.,
assessments on policies . . 114.60
LIVE STOCK.
Paid Cavanaugh Bros., pair brown mares ^325.00
Welch & Hall, 3 horses . . 430.00
WATER, GAS, TELEPHONE, FUEL.
Paid Water-works, use of water to Jan-
uary I, 1896 .... ^66.00
People's Gas-Light Co., gas at sta-
bles ...... 132.02
N. E. Telephone & Telegraph Co.,
use of telephones . . . 7245
L. B. Bodwell & Co., 27,830 lbs.
coal ..... 77-OI
Paid Dunlap & Wason Coal Co.:
2 tons 180 lbs. Cumberland coal . ii-45
2 tons egg coal .... 12.50
Paid People's Gas-Light Co., i chaldron
coke ..... 4.00
J. F. Wyman, 2 tons egg coal . 12.00
LUMBER, REPAIRS, ETC.
Paid G. A. Farwell, threading nut . ^0.80
Paid The Head & Dowst Co.:
Lumber and labor, city yard . . 436.55
Lumber and labor, stables . . . 321.19
Lumber and labor .... 15-23
Paid The T. A. Lane Co., material and
labor on soil and gas pipes . 48.22
H. Leibing, paints, oil, putty, etc. 6.74
$235.45
15-00
$387-43
576
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid D. G. Mills, 2 lights glass set
G. W. Rief, lumber and labor
L. & W. T. Seiberlich, setting glass
A. C. Wallace, lumber .
HORSE HIRE.
Paid Clarence B. Danforth .
E. T. James ....
C. H. Simpson ....
keeping 5 horses one day
^i.oo
26.94
1. 00
6.12
513-50
40.50
22.00
S.oo
^863.79
MISCELLANEOUS.
Paid Amoskeag Manufacturing Co., 100
second quality bags, used un
loading oats
Clark M. Bailey, pails, matches
L. B. Bddwell & Co., freight on 3
horses ....
Paid A. N. Clapp :
52 gallons kerosene oil
Water pail, glass, putty
Paid Eager & Rand :
Soap, ginger ....
Mustard
Paid Emergency Hand Fire Extinguisher
Co., 12 small extinguishers
S. S. Joy, 2 wagon jacks
Thomas A. Lane Co., i bracket
cock ....
Paige & Myrick, i stencil
E. D. Rogers, axle grease
G. H. Stearns, expense of commis
sion to Boston .
$10.00
1.83
5.28
3-77
•65
4.20
1. 00
12.00
6.00
.64
2.50
7.00
10.95
$65.82
Total expenditures
$6,021.26
REPAIRS OF SEWERS.
577
Appropriation
Repairs of Sewers.
;,ooo.oo
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men, as per pay-roll, division No. 2 :
January ^45-74
44.50
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
201.39
213-25
192.76
215-97
492.28
272.64
360.95
301-75
366.89
176.56
Paid labor of men, as per pay-roll, division No. 7 :
June ...... ^60. CO
August ...... ^5.00
Paid labor of men, as per pay-roll, division No. 10:
January ...... $8.80
February
March .
April
May
June
July .
August .
34.88
1 1 1.06
134.87
129.88
86.69
198.38
44.50
^2,884.68
c.oo
678 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
September $71 -5°
October 149-75
November . . . . . 73- 18
$1,043.49
HARDWARE.
Paid John B. Varick Co., trowel, hammer, cesspool-
dipper handles, etc. .... . . $24.47
MATERIAL. LABOR, ETC.
Paid Amoskeao; Manufacturing Co. :
4 steel wedges, forged
Cutting sewer pipe, etc. .
Paid John DriscoU, 6 scoops
Dodge & Straw, i pair rubber boots
Paid Hutchinson Foundry & Machine Works
12 cesspool grates ....
Traps, manholes, covers, etc. .
Paid Thomas A. Lane Co., piping mate-
rial and labor ....
Pike & Heald Co., cesspool scoops
I. L. Stickney, i oil suit
$12.00
11.56
7-.SO
3-25
23.18
69-54
15-78
10.32
2.25
CEMENT, BRICK, STONE, LUMBER.
Paid Adams & Tasker, 100 casks cement $106.88
Warren Harvey, cesspool stone . 207.35
W. F. Head & Son, 42 M brick . 216.30
Clarence R. Merrill, 4 barrels ce-
ment ..... 5 00
Palmer & Garmon, cutting cesspool
stone ..... 24.61
SUNDRIES.
Paid Adams & Tasker, Akron pipe . $2.68
Boston & Maine R. R., freight on
brick ..... 33-6o
$155-38
$560.14
NEW SEWERS.
579
Paid A. N. Clapp, i bag salt . . $0.75
Dunlap & Wason Coal Co., i ton
Cumberland coal, used thawing
cesspools ..... 6.00
Samuel Eastman & Co., material
and three days' labor repairing
old hose ..... 17.00
Total expenditures .
Transferred to reserved fund
• §4,803.19
196.81
; ,000.00
New Sewers.
Balance from last year unexpended . $2,029.09
Appropriation ..... 45,000.00
§47,029.09
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men, as per pay-roll, division No. 2
May ....
^!>^,w33-4<-'
2,651.43
June ....
2,199.19
July ....
3,721.77
September .
144.12
October
885.05
November .
i>335-99
December .
945-05
$13,516.00
Paid labor of men, as per pay-roll, division No. 7 :
May ...... $160.00
July 407.24
580
REPORT OF TEE CITY AUDITOR.
August
. ^1,314.60
September .
1,151-95
October
1,844.26
November .
293.71
December .
791.46
id labor of men, as per pay-roll, division No. lo:
April ,
^502.37
May .
1,204.34
June .
1,867.67
July ....
1,217.03
August
1,045.16
September ,
1,055.64
October
946.03
November .
1,156.31
December .
387.41
Paid Harry J. Briggs, 34 days' labor lo-
cating sewers ....
Alfred T. Dodge, i day's labor
laying out sewer work
George W. Wales, 4^ days' labor
laying out sewer work
$85
.00
I
75
II
25
;,963.22
,381.96
HARDWARE.
Paid A.N. Clapp, 125 lbs. spikes .
Paid Manchester Hardware Co. :
Picks and handles
Iron, steel, lanterns, and globes
Other hardware
Paid John B. Varick Co. :
Paint, varnish, etc. .
Cherry welding
I triplex hoist ....
Drills, rope ....
35-75
21.13
39-57
16.54
8.40
52.50
60.49
NEW SEWERS.
Pails, barrows, mattocks, shovels
$90.51
Steel, iron, files ....
200.51
Lanterns, globes, dynamite
55-12
Other hardware ....
96.66
lid The Wadleigh Hardware Co. :
135 shovels
114.00
Picks and handles ....
7.00
Forcite, wire, etc. ....
90.79
Other hardware ....
66.28
SEWER PIPE.
581
Paid George D. Goodrich .....
MATERIAL, LABOR, ETC.
Paid Amory Manufacturing Co., 820 lbs.
sacking ...... $4.80
Paid Amoskeag Manufacturing Co. :
Material and labor on sewer engine . 7.44
Welding and setting cart axle . . 2.25
Paid L. B. Bodwell & Co., 26 tons, 2,096
lbs. Cumberland coal . . 121.95
James Briggs & Son, i oil can . .75
Clark M. Bailey, lanterns, globes,
pails, etc. .... 19.40
Paid A. N. Clapp :
460^ gallons oil . . . . 50-61
Oatmeal, matches, wicks . . . 8.98
Paid Carson Trench Machine Co., top
sheaves, bolts,and express on same 9.25
G.W.Dodge, 12 pairs rubber boots 33-oo
F. C. Dow, 12 pairs rubber boots . 36.00
Dodge & Straw, 8 pairs rubber boots 20.71
Dunlap& Wason Coal Co., 67 tons,
4,370 lbs. Cumberland coal . 329.39
Edson Manufacturing Co., i Edson
, pump, hose, etc. . . . 169.00
^959-43
1,992.78
582 REPOUT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Lowell O. Fowler, repairing 13
pairs rubber boots . . . $16.25
S. C. Forsaith Machine Co., labor
on steam drill .... 1.06
W. P. Farmer, rubber boots . . 23.55
G. A. Farwell, material, repairs on
steam drill .... 12.85
Hutchinson Foundry & Machine
Works, manholes, cesspool grates,
castings, repairs, etc. . . 1,225.44
Paid Ingersoll-Sergeant Drill Co. :
2 drills, tools, swedges, complete . 600.00
Hose 45.43
Piston bushings, bolts, etc. . . 35'23
Feed nuts, drill steel . . . 28.16
Paid A. H. Kittredge, dualin, fuse, etc. 1,727.19
Lightbody & Burbank, 27 pairs
rubber boots .... 79-8 1
The Thomas A. Lane Co., Akron
pipe, packing, labor . . . 64.40
F. I. Lessard & Co., galvanized
iron, etc. ..... ,96
Manchester Locomotive Works,
pump leathers and washers . 2.50
Montplaisir& Fowler, 10 pairs rub-
ber boots ..... 30.00
Moore «&: Preston, 26 tons, 1,190
lbs. Cumberland coal . . 209.30
H. W. Parker, i barrel oatmeal . 5.50
Paid B. H. Piper :
72 sledge handles .... 8.42
24 pick handles .... 2.70
Paid Ranno Harness Co., snaps, rope,
axle grease . . . . 1.75
G. W. Rief, lumber and labor . 1.70
G. L. Robinson, i pair rubber boots 3.50
NEW SEWERS. 583'
Paid C. H. Simpson, express wagon . $87.76
G. H. Sampson, feed screws, piston
rings, chuckings, bushings, etc.
I. L. Stickney, 3 oil suits
R. M. West, I 35-foot ladder
Wilson & Asselin, files .
Wingate & Gould, 26 pairs rubber
boots .....
33-25
6-75
5-25
•50
67.50
CEMENT, BRICK, STONE, LUMBER.
Paid Adams & Tasker, 481 casks cement $514.06
W. F. Head & Son, 140 M brick . 721.00
Paid Head & Dowst Co. :
800 brick ..... 5.60
99 days' use derrick, engines, en-
gineer ...... 390.40
Spruce lumber and labor . . . 1,159.43
Paid J. Hodge, lumber and labor . . ^3-95
Clarence R. Merrill, 5 barrels cem-
ent ...... 6.25
A. C. Wallace, spruce fence boards,
post 23.56
FREIGHT.
SUNDRIES.
Paid Boston & Maine R. R., freight on
brick, pipe, pump . . . $40.67
Concord & Montreal R. R.,
freight on brick . . . 67.20
Paid Adams & Tasker, 5 lbs. bag string $0.46
L. M. Aldrich, filing saws . . 6.70
;,i4c.24
$2,834.25
$107.87
584 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid John N. Chase, cash paid for ex-
press ..... ^0.20
Peter Duval, filing saws, etc. . 12.00
D. M. Guerin, M. D., medical ser-
vices, case Ernest Souse . . 11.00
The Head & Dowst Co., repairing
iron-work on dump box . . 46.44
C. A. Marland, damages caused by
blasting ..... 2.00
L. P. Reynolds, expenses to Boston 3.50
Gillis Stark, M. D., attendance on
George Gingras and Charles
Coakley ..... 36-50
$118.80
Total expenditures . . . . . $44,112.55
Transferred to Silver-street sewer account . . 2,478.71
Balance to new account ..... 437-83
^47,029.09
Silver-Street Sewer.
Appropriation ..... $15,000.00
Transferred from new sewers account . 2,478.71
$17,478-71
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men, as per pay-roll, division No. 2 :
August $4,090.53
September ..... 4,351.14
October 3,994.12
$12,435.79
CHRISTIAN BROOK SEWEK. 585
HARDWARE.
Paid John B. Varick Co., spikes, ax, rope, nails, oil,
etc $12.56
CEMENT, BRICK, STONE, LUMBER.
Paid Adams & Tasker, 934 casks cement |i,ooi.62
W. F. Head & Son, 588 M brick 3,028.20
The Head & Dowst Co., lumber
and labor ....
J. Hodge, lumber and labor
T. A. Lane Co., pipe, etc. .
Clarence R. Merrill, 98 barrels
cement .....
A. C. Wallace, lumber .
$4,570-48
FREIGHT.
Paid Boston & Maine R. R., freight on brick . . $459.20
SUNDRIES.
Paid John Driscoll, 2 dippers . . $o.t8
G. R. Vance, i large tunnel . .50
$0.68
376.99
20.68
.65
107.80
34-54
Total expenditures ..... $17,478.71
Christian Brook Sewer.
Appropriation ....... $15,000.00
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men, as per pay-roll, division No. 2 :
October $1,181.53
586
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
November
December
$4,775-62
3,087.70
Paid Harrie M. Young, 36 days' labor on sewers
HARDWARE.
Paid John B. Varick Co., nails, rope, twine, etc.
CE^IENT, BRICK, LUMBER.
Paid Adams & Tasker, 700 casks cement $748.16
Adams Brothers, 340 casks cement 363-39
W. F. Head & Son, 518 M brick . 2,631.65
G. W. Rief, lumber and labor . 2.46
FREIGHT.
Paid Boston & Maine R. R., freight on brick
SUNDRIES.
Paid The Head & Dowst Co.:
I brick hod .....
I mortar hod .....
Paid Moses G. Lane, 2 lights glass and
setting, damage caused by blasting
Moore & Preston, 31-10 tons coal
Total expenditures
Balance transferred to new account
),o44.85
$99.00
$22.69
$3,745-66
$364.00
^1.25
1.50
1. 00
17-05
$20.80
$13,297.00
1,703.00
ii5,ooo.oo
Storage Shed, City Yard.
Appropriation
5,000.00
WIDENING ELM STREET. 587
Expenditures.
contract.
Paid The Head & Dowst Co. .... $3,000.00
Widening Mast Street.
Appropriation ..... ^3,000.00
Transferred from reserved fund . . 874.96
EXPENDITURES.
Paid W. G. Landry, labor and material ^3,865.26
J. B. Sawyer, professional services . 2.50
A. C. Wallace, 450 ft. spruce plank 7.20
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll, divi-
sion No. 2 :
July . $676.37
August ...... 182.82
September ..... 200.00
December ..... 122.75
MATERIAL.
Paid Mrs. Otis Clark, 1,836 loads filling $146.88
The Head & Dowst Co., building
culvert as per contract . . 1,135 00
5,874-96
;, 874-96
Widening Elm Street.
Appropriation ...... . 1 2,500.00
;i,i8i.94
588
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid John C. Ray, 280 loads filling
Horace Willey, 50 loads stone chips
Total expenditures
Transferred to reserved fund
$25.20
10.00
$1,317.08
$2,499.02
.98
$2,500.00
Appropriation
Lighting Streets.
Expenditures.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS.
Paid Manchester Electric Light Co.
Charges.
Discounts.
January . . . $3,495-3^
$14.49
February
3,620.21
16.70
March .
3'635-23
7-25
April .
3,641.67
5-99
May .
3,641.67
3-78
June .
3,641.67
4.41
July .
• 3>6s7-73
28.35
August .
■ 3.681.76
6.30
September
3>703-S2
October
3,816.79
47-49
November
3,842.91
7-25
December
• 3>857-54
8.19
$44,236.31
$150.20
Less discount . . . 150.20
$44,086.11
LIGHTING STREETS.
589
GAS.
id People's Gas-Light Co.:
January
$68.04
February
65.66
March .
52-36
April .
51-38
May
45.64
June
41.58
July .
37-38
August .
38.78
September
41.86
October
45-64
November
55-16
December
58.10
CARE OF GAS AND OIL LAMPS.
Paid People's Gas-Light Co., for lighting, extinguish-
ing, and care of gas and oil street lights :
January
.
$142.80
February
142.80
March .
.
127.50
April .
142.10
May
137.02
June
142.10
July .
137.02
August .
142.60
September
142.10
October
137.02
November
.
142.10
December
-
136-35
SUNDRIES.
M. H. Allen
, haclf
: and team
$7.00
Clark M. Be
liley,
chimneys, burn-
ers, wicks
etc.
64.83
501.58
^1,671.51
590
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Frank W. Elliott, oil and lighting
street lamp from January i, 1895,
to January i, 1896 .
Globe Gas-Light Co., burners, fix-
tures^ naphtha, etc. .
Kean & Doyle, use of teams
Paid People's Gas-Light Co. :
27 barrels oil .
Matches .
3 boxes glass .
3 gallons whiskey
Glass cutters, sperm oil
Paid Mary E- Reed, lighting lamp at
Massabesic from August i, 1894,
to May I, 1895
O. G. Reed, hack and teams
C. H. Simpson, use of hacks
Paid John B. Varick Co. :
1 dark lantern .....
2 boxes glass .....
Paid Whitten & Fifield, use of teams .
Total expenditures .
Transferred to reserved fund
;i5-39
123.13
7-50
125.76
14.10
6.30
6.00
1.25
6.75
21.00
10.00
•75
4-25
27.50
$441-51
.
$46,800.71
199.29
$47,000.00
Engineer's Department.
Appropriation
Transferred from reserved fund
},5oo.oo
267.25
1,767-25
engineer's department.
591
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid W. H. Bennett, services as engineer $1,200.00
Mrs. A. G. Bennett, services as
clerk ..... 240.00
Harry J. Briggs, assistant . . 627.50
George M. Currier, assistant . . 379-75
Alfred Dodge, assistant . . 275.63
George W. Wales, assistant . . 712.50
Herbert L. Watson, assistant . 216.25
Harrie M. Young, assistant . . 647.61
$4,299.24
TEAM AND TEAM EXPENSES.
Paid Fred Allen Co. :
I hitch rope, i weight strap . . $i-45
Repairing strap ..... .25
Paid Kean & Doyle, use of teams . 13- 75
Paid Manchester Street Railway :
Tickets ...... 30.00
Use of horse ..... 2.25
Paid O. G. Reed, use of teams . . 25.00
C. H. Simpson, use of wagon 26
days ..... 1300
Whitten & Fifield, teams . . 14.00
Harrie M. Young, carfare . . .10
TELEPHONE.
$99.80
Paid N. E. Telephone & Telegraph Co., use of tele-
phone ......
SUPPLIES AND OFFICE EXPENSES.
Paid Walter Blenus, repairing tapes . $6 40
$36.25
592
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid W. H. Bennett :
Expenses to Boston, Nashua
Expenses with Mr. Tanner, 2 dinners
Postage stamps
Paid A. V. Benoit, engineer's supplies
J. J. Boyer, cleaning and readjust
ing typewriter .
Paid The John B. Clarke Co., printing
950 blanks ....
Cards, slips, envelopes
200 reports, 82 pages and cover
Binding, leather, i book .
Canvas cover on 5 blank books
Paid E. R. Coburn Co. :
Pencils, paper, ink .
Blank-books, index, frames, etc.
Blue print, copy book
Paid George M. Currier :
Cash paid for keys .
Repairs on instrument
Paid Dodge & Straw, i pair rubber boots
F. J. Dustin, repairing tapes
Joseph Dana, i whitewood chest
Frost & Adams, paper, cloth
Paid The Head & Dowst Co. :
I light plate ....
Labor .....
Paid J. J. Holland, soap, fly paper
Paid J. Hodge :
4,700 pine and spruce stakes
Lumber .....
Paid C. A. Hoitt & Co. :
I stool .....
I oak mirror ....
I door mat ....
$10.12
T.50
4.00
10.00
5.00
8.75
3-50
28.00
.65
4.25
9-25
12.50
3-75
.90
•15
3-40
4.60
7.00
38.9s
8.50
.62
1-45
48.60
14-95
3.00
6.00
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
593
Paid The Nate Kellogg Co.
I M letter-heads ....
^5-75
2 blank books
8.00
Paid Keystone Blue Paper Co., paper,
ink .......
3-98
Paid The Thomas A. Lane Co. :
Tin, solder, pipe, labor .
10.71
Labor, electric work
4-32
Paid J. B. McCrillis & Son :
2 leather cushions ....
13.00
I typewriter ribbon . . .
I. GO
Paid Temple «S>: Farrington Co. :
Scrap books, paste ....
2.10
12 blank books ....
6.60
Cord, pulleys, etc. ....
2.26
Paid John B. Varick Co. :
1 dozen rules .....
13.00
Nails, twine, screws, plumb bobs, etc.
7.18
Paid George P. Wallace :
Typewriter ribbon ....
1. 00
I copy holder
1.50
Paid C. H. Wood, painting rods, etc. .
4.52
Harrie M. Young, cash paid for nails
•25
^33i-9&
Total expenditures
t,767-25
Health Department.
Appropriation
|., 000.00
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid C. W. Downing, M. D., salary as
member of board of health for
year ending February i, 1895 .
38
5200.00
594
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Joseph B. Sawyer, salary as member
of board of health for year end-
ing February i, 1895 . . $200.00
C. F. Starr, M. D., salary as mem-
ber of board of health for year
ending February i, 1895 . . 200.00
R. J. Barry, 312 days' services as
plumbing inspector . . . 780.00
Herbert S. Clough, 326 days' ser- ■
vices as health inspector . . 978.00
John F. Looney, 319 days' services
as health inspector . . . 717-75
J. J. Hampston, 4 days' labor . 7.00
E. D. Johnson, 11 days' labor . 19-25
Addison Streeter, 73 days' labor . 146.00
Albert W. Tucker, i day's labor . 1.75
,249-75
PRINTING AND STATIONERY.
Paid The John B. Clarke Co.
printing :
Bulletins ....
^43-55
300 reports
14.00
Circulars, note headings .
8.75
Envelopes
70.50
500 plumbing regulations .
15.00
Other printing .
33-75
Advertising 16^ inches, 3
times
26.50
Binding 25 pamphlets
3-75
Paid A. S. Campbell & Co., printing 500
cards ....
.
2.50
Paid E. R. Coburn Co. :
Frames, paper, pencils, ink
.
7-55
Blank books
4-35
Paid F. H. Challis, printing permits, re-
turns, blanks, note heads .
.
47-25
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
595
Paid Union Publishing Co. :
Advertising .....
Signatures, Geo. A. Crosby, William
Webster .....
HOUSE OF ISOLATION.
Paid Manchester Hardware Co., i wringer
Paid Judith Sherer, board :
Bussiere family, two weeks
Mandeville family ....
Tatro family, 24 days
Paid John B. Varick Co., i step ladder
OFFICE EXPENSES.
Paid H. S. Clough, envelopes, stamps .
L. W. Colby, I photograph Dr.
Webster
$31.66
1.50
TEAMS.
Paid R. J. Barry :
Carfares
$30-25
Job team
•25
Paid H. S. Clough :
Carfares
20.80
Railroad fares,. Massabesic
.80
Teams, sundry places
17-50
Paid F. X. Chenette, teams .
16.25
W. J. Freeman, teams, board of
horse .....
54.86
Kean & Doyle, team .
1. 00
Paid John F. Looney :
Carfares ......
19-45
Railroad fares, Massabesic ; job team
.70
Paid Whitten & Fifield, teams
34.00
$3-50
24.00
1. 71
10.72
1-75
$52.00
3.00
$310.61
$195.86
$41.68
596 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Dunlap & Wason Coal Co., 2 tons
egg coal ^12.50
Hale & Whittemore, 4 oak frames,
etc . . 3.90
C. A. Hoitt & Co., I iron cuspidor .75
J. T. Langley, i platinotype print,
Dr. G. A. Crosby ... 2.00
John F. Looney, books . . .10
N. E. Telephone & Telegraph Co.,
use of telephone . . . 33-3°
Paid People's Gas-Light Co. :
Gas 2.52
2 Welsbach lamps .... 4.50
Paid Pike & Heald Co., labor on stove ].66
John B. Varick Co., i letter press . 7.00
SUNDRIES.
Paid J. J. Abbott, changing door numbers $0.50
D. S. Adams, M. D., examination
of Alma Bussiere after death . 10.00
Paid R. J. Barry, cash paid :
For digging ditch .... .50
For Mandeville family ... .30
Paid Burnham, Brown & Warren, legal
services ...... 14.00
Paid II. S. Clough :
Express, soap, disinfectants . . 10.42
Disinfecting hack .... 2.25
Witness fees, etc 3.04
Paid officer to watch house . . 2.00
Paid board of Bussiere children . 3.25
Paid M. E. Kean, M. D., i visit to as-
certain cause of death of Maho-
ney child .... 1.50
A. Laberge, wood delivered De-
mers family .... 4.50
,123.23
REPAIRS OF SCHOOLHOUSES. 597
Paid J. F. Looney, disinfectants, tacks ^4«38
Star Stamp Co., 5 badges . . 3.75
E. H. Stowe, entertainment of
board at outing, including boat 12.00
Addison Streeter, cash paid for tacks . i o
Eugene Quirin, groceries for Israel
Demers , . . . . 3.14
$75-63
Total expenditures ..... $3,996.76
Transferred to reserved fund .... 3.24
Repairs of Schoolhouses.
Appropriation .....
$4,000.00
Transferred from reserved fund
358.00
Expenditures.
MASONWORK.
Paid Charles E. Lord ....
$110.77
. B. W. Robinson ....
213-52
PAINTING AND GLAZING.
Paid J. S. Avery, setting glass . .
$4-25
Paid J. J. Abbott :
Material and labor, Webster's Mills .
39-3°
Glass and setting same, sundry school-
houses ......
23-55
Paid J. Choate & Co., 17 lights glass
and setting ....
5.62
C. F. Jack, glass and setting same
4-25
John A. Sargent, painting and glaz-
ing
408.44
UOOO.OO
$4,358.00
$324.29
$485.41
598 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
CONCRETING.
Paid C. H. Robie Co $55.18
WOODWORK.
Paid L. M. Aldrich :
Building annex, Bakersville . . $485.00
Plastering, painting, etc. . . . 11.00
Paid G. H. Dudley, lumber, hardware,
labor ...... 783.23
Paid Head & Dowst Co.:
Lumber & labor, basement Straw school 83.58
Teaming seats and labor . . . 85.86
Paid Manchester Hardware Co., i lock 1.75
$1,450-42
PLUMBING AND IRONWORK.
Paid D. J. Adams, repairing locks, fit-
ting keys ...... $8.70
Paid Amoskeag Manufacturing Co.:
84 desk legs ..... 27.95
Boiler fronts, door grates, repairs . 128.89
Paid A. A. Amlaw, plumbing material
and labor .... 2.63
A. L. Belanger, filter, cement, labor 9.60
F. W. Blood «Sc Co., material and
labor, repairing roofs of sundry
schoolhouses . . . . 59'55
E. M. Bryant & Co., repairing bells 7.50
Peter Harris, repairing locks, fit-
ting keys 3.25
The T. A. Lane Co., material and
labor, plumbing, piping, etc.,
sundry schoolhouses . . . 703-92
Manchester Heating & Lighting
Co., electric fixtures, lamps,
shades, etc. .... 604.47
REPAIRS OF SCHOOLHOUSES.
599
Paid Pike & Heald Co., labor cleaning
stovepipes, plumbing, etc.
Harvey Stratton, material and la-
bor putting up pipes
Scannel & Wholey, 162 lbs. mouth-
pieces .....
$186.32
IO-7S
6.48
$1,760.01
MISCELLANEOUS.
Paid Carl W. Anderson «Sr Co., repair-
ing clocks .... $3-oo
O. D. Case & Co., slate blackboards 78-83
Charles F. Cram, painting one-half
fence, Hallsville . . . 6.60
C. E. Clough, cartage . . . 16.00
W. M. Darrah & Co., slates and
labor . . . . . 14-23
Fuller Warming & Ventilating Co.,
2 fireplace grates . . . 10.00
Hutchinson Foundry & Machine
Works, repairing pencil sharpener .60
S. B. Hope, teaming desks . . 6.00
S. J. Russell, cleaning vaults . 45-00
E. A. Sears, putting ropes on flag-
staffs 3-50
J. P. Slattery, repaining clocks . 46-50
C. A. Trefethen, repairing clocks . 17-50
Paid G. H. Underbill Co.:
'4 lower back linings . . . 19.68
Superintendent's time and expenses . 5.25
Paid W. C. Richardson, cartage . . 10.00
$282.69
Total expenditures
$4,358.00
600 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Fuel.
Appropriation ^5,500.00
Transferred from reserved fund . • 218.06
Expenditures.
COAL.
Paid L. B. Bodwell & Co., 244 12-100
tons egg coal $1,403.69
Paid Dunlap & Wason Coal Co.:
213 tons 130 pounds egg coal ,
92 tons 1,300 pounds stove coal
Paid Moore & Preston, 89 tons 1,250
pounds egg coal
E. W. Poore, 74 tons 225 pounds
egg coal .....
D. M. Poore, 89 tons 685 pounds
egg coal .....
J. P. Russell & Co., 265 tons egg
coal .....
E. V. Turcotte, 33 tons 1,825
pounds egg coal
J. F. Wyman, 100 tons 120 pounds
egg coal . . . . f .
WOOD.
Paid L. B. Bodwell & Co., i cord hard
wood ^8.50
Dunlap & Wason Coal Co., 4*
cords wood .... 28.15
J. Hodge, 2 loads kindling . . 3.50
Joseph Lanier, 2 cord pine wood . 1.50
1,225.12
555-90
515-32
426.15
513-71
152-38
195.00
575-34
,718.06
5,562.61
FURNITURE AND SUPPLIES. 601
Paid D. M. Poore :
4 cords pine wood .... ^25.25
I cord hard wood .... 6.75
Paid G. W. Whitford, pine wood, sun-
dry schools ..... 74-55
$148,20
SUNDRIES.
Paid Dunlap & Wason Coal Co., mov-
ing coal from high school to
Straw school .... ^5-oo
Georgie Kendrick, paid for sawing
wood ..... .25
5-25
Total expenditures ..... $5,716.06
Overdraft, George Whitford's bill, money turned
into treasury ..... . . 2.00
$5,718.06
Furniture and Supplies.
Appropriation ..... $800.00
Transferred from reserved fund . . 227.23
$1,027.23
Expenditures.
chemical supplies.
Paid Tebbetts & Soule . . . . . $204.11
HARDWARE.
Paid Amoskeag Manufacturing Co., 24
desk legs . . . . . $13-20
602 REPORT OP THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid A. A. & E. W. Bunton, ^4 baskets . $3-4°
Manchester Hardware Co., twine,
screws, call bells, hooks, faucets 4.17
John B. Varick Co., mats, brooms,
dusters, baskets, shovels, locks,
wrenches, etc. .... 269.00
Wadleigh Hardware Co., floor
brushes, brooms, etc. . . i4-59
BOOKS AND STATIONERY.
Paid Boston School Supply Co., maps,
reading charts .... $35'i5
Milton Bradley Co., kindergarten
supplies ..... 7.35
Oliver Ditson Co., musical mer-
chandise ..... 6.75
Educational Publishing Co., i
year's subscription " Primary
Education" to January i, 1896
Frost & Adams, drawing materials
Paid J. L. Hammett :
16 maps ......
Globes
Paid Manchester Novelty Co. :
80 gallons ink .....
Cards and envelopes
Paid Prang Educational Co., 2 sets sol-
ids, and express . . . 29.80
Temple & Farrington Co., pen-
holder and ink . . . .60
Paid U. S. School Furniture Co. :
Maps 2.00
2 No. 77 desks, less freight . . 33-5 S
Paid George P. Wallace, typewriter rib-
bons, paper, oil .... 6.05
1. 00
1.92
60.00
15.00
49-5°
1.30
$304-36
^250.00
FURNITURE AND SUPPLIES.
603
FURNITURE.
Paid Barton & (]o., shades, making and
hanging SS-^S
Cressey & Colby, 2 large steel
pokers ..... 4-co
R. D. Gay, making and repairing
shades ..... 42.40
W. G. Hallock, counter and floor
brushes ..... 12.90
T. F. Hannaford, 24 brooms . 6.00
Paid C. A. Hoitt & Co. :
7 chairs ...... 12.95
2 tables . .' . . . . 6.75
18 chestnut chairs .... 9.00
36 chairs, evening school . . . i3-5o
2 arm chairs ..... 7.50
Paid L. H. Josselyn, i table, Rimmon
school ..... 2.50
Josselyn & Read, i table . . 2.50
R. McQuarry, 24 basins . . 1.68
G. S. Perry & Co., inkwells . . i3-4S
Paid Pike & Heald Co, :
48 drinking cups .... 3.74
Dustpans, brushes, etc. ... 7.51
Paid Weston & Hill Co., mats, matting,
curtai'n poles ..... 16.62
$166.28
SUNDRIES.
Paid Barton & Co., cambric
E. M. Bryant & Co., i No. 2
tery carbon
Eager & Rand, 6 stone jugs
Tilton F. Fifield, soap, oil .
H. J. Holmes, 3 gallons oil
bat-
$4.84
.60
1.20
5-14
•45
604 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid C. A. Hoitt & Co. :
Use of chairs and table . . . • ^7.10
151 pounds excelsior ... 1.5 1
Paid The Head & Dowst Co., 105 feet
lumber . . . . . 5.25
Manchester Hardware Co., 4 call-
bells ..... 2.00
L. Mudgett, 4 gallons kerosene . .40
Albert Moulton, 20 barrels . . 3.40
F. E. Nelson, toothpicks, scissors,
paint brushes . . . . 2.15
Charles Noll, 60 boxes . . 4.C0
Pike & Heald Co., labor, cleaning
chimney ..... i.oo
People's Gas-Light Co., i 3-burner
' gas stove, etc. .... 3.60
John Robbie Co., 198 yards rib-
bon, for diplomas
D. A. Simons, rent 75 chairs
Albert Somes, services ten assist-
ants, moving books, etc., from
high to Straw school .
Weston & Hill Co., 2 flags .
Total expenditures
John Robbie Co., duplicate bill, money turned into
treasury ......
15-32
2.25
17.20
9-75
$87.16
$1,011.9.1
i into
•
15-32
$1,027.23
Books and Stationery.
Appropriation ..... . . $200.00
PRINTING AND ADVERTISING, 605
Expenditures,
sundries.
Paid American Book Co., i dictionary l9-5o
A. S. Campbell & Co., 300 postals
and printing .... 3.75
E. R. Coburn Co., blotting paper,
paper ..... 1.49
Daniels & Downs, ^ ream paper . 1.50
W. P. Goodman, inkstand, rubber
bands, cards, Bibles, books, etc. 20.21
E. J. Knowlton, P. M., postage
stamps ..... 13-00
Novelty Advertising Co., 3 M en-
velopes .....
Library Bureau, 6 books
Temple & Farrington Co., blank
book .....
E. B. Woodbury, postage
Total expenditures
Transferred to reserved fund
2.70
5.10
5.00
5.00
$67.25
,'
$67.25
•
132-75
$200.00
Printing and Advertising.
Appropriation ..... $350.00
Transferred from reserved fund . . 8.23
Expenditures,
sundries.
^358-23
Paid A. S. Campbell & Co., printing
blanks, postals, etc. ....
606
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid The John B. Clarke Co., printing
Cards, circulars, blanks, postals .
400 reports, 54 pages and cover
500 pamphlets, bound
3 reams newspaper cut
Music, bound, 40 books .
Programs and tickets
Total expenditures
$241.83
36.00
42.25
4-75
7.00
20.25
^358-23
$358.23
• Contingent Expenses.
Appropriation .....
Expenditures,
freight and cartage.
Paid J. G. Jones, freight and truckage, school furni-
ture, chairs, text-books, etc. ....
WATER, GAS, ELECTRIC LIGHTS.
Paid Board of Water Commissioners,
use of water .... $666.25
People's Gas-Light Co., gas . . 268.24
Manchester Electric Light Co.,
electric lights .... 34-oo
Union Electric Co., electric lights 90.07
ANNUAL GRADUATION.
Paid F. P. Colby, moving piano .
R. W. Bean, services at Opera House
W. Heron, Jr., writing diplomas .
Manchester Opera House Co., rent
of house .....
$9.00
1.50
38.15
50.00
$1,600.00
$74.35
$1,058.56
$98.65
CONTINGENT EXPENSES.
607
SUNDRIES.
Paid L. M. Aldrich, clearing off snow.
Franklin-street schoolhouse
Paid W. E. Buck :
Use of team ....
Paid for freight and express
Paid C. W. Davis, use of team
William J. Dinsmore Co., i flag
Paid E. J. Ela, cash paid :
For carrying water .
Piling wood in shed .
Paid Andrew Fox, cleaning Youngsville
schoolhouse
A. A. Jenkins, tuning pianos
Kasson & Palmer, i subscription
"Education" to Jaii. i, 1896 .
E. L. Kellogg & Co., i subscrip-
tion "Teacher's Institute" to
March, 1896 . . . .
Paid J. J. Kimball :
Hektograph and paper
Expenses to Boston for music .
Paid E. C. Lambert, expenses to Hart-
ford, Conn., looking up music
teacher . . . . .
Amelia Martsch, cleaning Goffe's
Falls schoolhouse
Byron Moore, furnishing water 6
months, Goffe's Falls
Pay-roll, division No. 2
Total expenditures
Transferred to reserved fund
^0.75
78.00
13.60
105.00
6.15
15.00
- 1-25
5.00
14.00
3.00
1. 00
6.75
3.00
10.52
5.00
3.00
17.49
^288.51
^1,520.07
79-93
$1,600.00
608
EEPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Care of Rooms.
Appropriation .....
Transferred from reserved fund
^4,700.00
28.82
$4,728.82
Expenditures.
JANITORS OF SCHOOLHOUSES.
Paid John S. Avery
$600.00
James E. Bailey .
170.04
H. G. Batchelder
J
475.02
E. P. Cogswell .
291.69
W. F. Conner
545-80
Merton C. Coleman
37.00
H. C. Dickey
250.00
D. S. Dunbar
29.25
Emma J. Ela
52.60
V. H. Hill .
208.35
C. F. Jack .
487.50
W. H. Morrill .
399.96
W. H. Newry .
549.96
Almon Proctor
30-75
Fred Perron
17.00
J. 0. H. Smith .
31.00
William Stevens .
450.00
R. D. Sleeper
50.00
Inez M, Warren .
40.25
$4,716.17
Paid Susan A. Barker, cleaning windows,
Straw school .... $10.65
M. C. Colman, cleaning schoolhouse 2.00
$12.65
Total expenditures
•
$4,728.82
EVENING SCHOOLS.
609
Evening Schools.
Appropriation
^1,300.00
Transferred from reserved fund
Expenditures.
156.93
SALARIES.
Paid Florence L. Abbott . . . $3-^o
Mrs. W. S. Adams
8.10
Etta F. Boardman
88.00
Gertrude A. Burns
II 70
Mary A. Buzzell .
6.30
L. H. Carpenter .
169.40
Lenora J. Clough
11.70
Honorie J. Crough
77.00
C. E. Cochran
169.40
H. E. Daniels
2.70
Isabel Esty .
62.00
W. W. Forbes .
30.00
Lizzie D. Hartford
3-75
Lillian C. Hall .
33-00
Myrtie Hatch
14-95
Margaret C. Lane
29.70
Maggie G. Linen
69.30
Carrie G. Mason .
29.70
Annie R. Morison
32.40
W. J. Mooar
115.60
A. W. Morgan
129.80
Josephine A. Mitchell
66.00
Florence Richardson
21.60
Harriet Richardson
2.70
Lizabell Savory .
35-IO
Hattie S. Tuttle .
36.90
Hattie 0. Willand
29.70
Mary A. Walker .
29.70
E. F. Walsh
23.40
^1,456.93
39
;^i,343.2o
610
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
JANITORS.
Paid John H. Cole
W. F. Conner
SUNDRIES.
Paid American Book Co., 70 arithmetics
J. F. Burton, mason work
Henry S. Clark, rent of hall, No-
vember and December
Dunlap & Wason Coal Co., 2 tons
coal .....
S. L. Derick, moving table and
chairs .....
Manchester Hardware Co.,i hatchet
Total expenditures
51S.00
19.00
$36.90
^■33
26.00
11.50
•50
•50
$37.00
^76.73
^i>456.93
Teachers'
Salaries.
Appropriation
.
.
$67,000.00
Transferred from i
reserved fund
•
1,499.21
EXPENDITURES.
Paid teachers, as per pay-roll :
January
$6,562.96
February
7,088.83
March
6,741.46
April .
6,762.18
May .
6,853.71
June .
6,718.61
September
6,944.53
October
6,982.75
,499.21
FREE TEXT-BOOKS. 611
November . ... . . ^6,874.83
December . ... . . 6,969.35
$68,499.21
Total expenditures ..... ;^68,499.2i
Eveni
ng School of Mechanical
Drawing
Appi
•opriation
•
Expenditures.
•
$550.00
SALARIES.
Paid
Henry W. Allen ,
John M. Kendall
.
$199.50
199.50
$399.00
SUNDRIES.
Paid E. R. Coburn Co., 2 reams paper . $36.00
John B. Varick Co., i hammer, i
wrench . . . . . i.oo
Total expenditures ., . . . . $436.00
Transferred to reserved fund . ... . . 114.00
;5o.oo
Free Text-Books.
Appropriation ...... . $5,000.00
Expenditures.
text-books and supplies.
Paid American Book Co. . . . $985-30
Allyn & Bacon .... 32.05
Boston School Supply Co. . . ^0.95
E. E. Babb & Co. . . . 103.75
612
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Miss M. P. Beane
^18.00
W. G. Colesworthy
6.75
E. R. Coburn Co.
II. 14
Eagle Pencil Co. .
98.10
Educational Publishing Co. .
10.30
Ginn & Co.
507-75
J, L. Hammett .
243-75
D. C. Heath & Co. .
147.20
Henry Holt & Co.
4.20
Holden Patent Book Cover Co.
35-60
Hegewald & Rodelsperger .
143.00
G. F. King & Merrill .
678.41
C. H. Kimball . .
.22
King, Richardson & Co.
225.90
Lee & Shepard .
18.48
Leach, Shewell & Sanborn .
59.82
Longmans, Green & Co.
15.96
Maynard, Merrill & Co.
8.48
Meade, Dodge & Co. .
1-55
Manchester Novelty Co.
.60
G. S. Perry & Co.
208.12
The Prang Educational Co. .
454.64
Thompson, Brown & Co.
32.62
University Publishing Co. .
50.42
William Ware & Co. .
210.41
LABOR.
Paid Fannie L. Sanborn, services as clerk in superin-
tendent's office ....
^323-47
;oo.oo
SUNDRIES.
Paid The John B. Clarke Co., printing 242 blank-
books ..... . . $91.88
Total expenditures . . . ■ . . $4,915.35
Transferred to reserved fund .... 84.65
; ,000.00
CITY LIBRARY. 613
Manual Training.
Appropriation ...... . ^1,500.00
Expenditures.
Paid Fred E. Browne, services as teacher ^1,199.91
E. R. Coburn Co., i roll blue print 1.50
J. L. Hammett, i gross pencils . 2.50
Hanover-street Laundry, washing •
and repairing aprons . . 2.50
W. F. Hubbard, lumber, and labor
sawing and planing same . . 5.92
Paid Head & Dowst Co. :
1,303 feet lumber ....
Lumber and labor ....
Paid Palmer, Parker & Co., lumber
John B. Varick. Co., tacks, locks,
butts, saws, glue
Total expenditures .
Transferred to reserved fund
65-
15
47-
15
9-
.86
14,
,61
$1
>349-
$^
:349'
.10
150.
90
$1
,500.00
City Library.
Balance from last year unexpended . $3,461.07
Appropriation ..... 4,500.00
$7,961.07
Expenditures.
librarian and assistants.
Paid Kate E. Sanborn, librarian . .' $900.00
George R. Fletcher, assistant . 3S9.75
Fred A. Foster, assistant . . 122.50
614
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid A. C. Fitzpatrick, assistant .
Arthur H. Fletcher, assistant
L. B. Hammond, assistant
Bertram James, assistant
C. W. McCoy, assistant
G. W. Swallow, assistant
A. N. Tasker, assistant .
$32.40
162.50
2.80
11.65
4-25
18.75
21.85
CATALOGUE AND CATALOGUE SUPPLIES.
Paid Library Bureau :
100 shelf-holders
.
$7.40
8 M index cards
.
23.10
Labels
.30
Paid Louise E. Newell,
copyist
205.65
Edith 0. Simmons, copyist .
374.25
Jl, 666.45
$610.70
BINDING, REBINDING, AND RESEWING.
Paid Temple & Farrington Co. ....
NEW BOOKS.
Paid trustees of city library . . . . . $■
WATER, GAS, FUEL, INSURANCE, ELECTRIC LIGHTS
$261.89
Paid L. B. Bodwell & Co., 119,615 lbs.
coal .....
Clough & Twombly, premium on
$10,000, insurance on contents
of library ....
Dunlap & Wason Coal Co., 54
tons 1,290 lbs. coal .
People's Gas-Light Co., gas .
Union Electric Co., electric lights
Water- Works, use of water .
^343-89
125.00
285.79
114.80
185.83
16.00
51,071.31
FIRE DEPARTMENT. 615'
NEWSPAPERS.
Paid The John B. Clarke Co., "Mirror" one year,
to April I, 1895 ....
SUNDRIES.
Paid The John B. Clarke Co., printing :
Placards, reports, labels . . . $15-2 S
Advertising 4-line local 4 times . 4.80
Paid N. P. Hunt, postage ... 2.74
George Holbrook, labor and mate-
rial, drawers and cases . . 34-66
C. F. Livingston, printing covers . 1 4.00
Neilson Manufacturing Co., 6 Neil-
son binders .... 8.75
Paid Temple & Farrington Co.:
Envelopes and printing
Blank books, slips, etc.
Paper ......
Paid Union Publishing Co., advertising
notice, 4 lines, 5 times
Total expenditures
Balance transferred to new account
3-75
29-35
6-75
4.25
^124.30
^4,740.65
3,220.42
•
$7,961.07
Fire Department.
Appropriation . . ' . . . ;^5o,ooo.oo
Transferred from reserved fund . . 6.346. 7 j
^56,346.73
Expenditures.
SERVICES.
Paid Thomas W. Lane, chief engineer . $1,300.00
Fred S. Bean, assistant engineer . 125.00
616
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Ruel G. Manning,assistant engineer
Eugene S. Whitney, assistant engi-
neer .....
Clarence R. Merrill, assistant engi-
neer .....
Fred S. Bean, clerk
5125.00
125.00
125.00
25.00
"teamsters and engineers
as per pay-roll :
January
$2,018.19
February
2,002.19
March . . . .
1,984.12
April . . . .
2,035.06
May . . . .
2,041.19
June . . . .
2,036.37
July . . . .
2,040.19
August . . . .
2,199.10
September .
2,263.14
October
2,196.85
November
2,262.93
December . . .
2,241.54
$1,825.00
$25,320.87
CALL MEMEERS.
Paid Amoskeag Steam Fire Engine Co.:
For year 1895 . . . . . $1,150.00
Extra labor ..... 8.00
Paid N. S. Bean Steam Fire Engine Co.:
For year 1895 • • • • • 1,150.00
Extra labor ..... 8.00
Paid Chemical Engine Co., for year 1895 325.00
Paid Excelsior Hook-and-Ladder Co.:
For year 1S95 ..... 1,226.66
Extra labor ..... 8.00
Paid Fire King Steam Fire Engine Co.:
For year 1895 ..... 1,140.00
Extra labor ..... 8.00
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
617
Paid Fulton Engine and Ladder Co.:
For year 1895 .
Extra labor
•
^1,651.67
8.00
Paid Massabesic Hose Co.:
For year 1895 .
Extra labor
.
1,145.00
S.oo
Paid Merrimack Steam Fire
Engine Co.:
For year 1895 .
Extra labor
•
1,503.28
8.00
Paid Pennacook Hose Co.:
For year 1895 .
Extra labor
•
1,145.00
8.00
Paid Gen. Stark Steam Fire 1
i^ngine Co.:
For year 1895 .
Extra labor
•
1,271.72
8.00
Paid Hose Co. No. 3, for
from August i .
year 1895,
259.18
039-51
2^12
OTHER LABOR.
Paid John N. Brown, labor as spare
driver .....
Walter Blenus, 5 days' labor as
$195-75
driver .....
11-33
Charles Edgar, 12 days' services as
driver .....
I S.oo
Asa W. Gage, 13 days' labor as
driver
22.75
R. J. Galway, 6 days' labor as pipe
man of Chemical
9.00
E. E. Hubbell, 28 days' labor as
driver .....
<2 00
Herbert Jenney, 97 day's labor as
driver .....
W. L. Lang, 2 days' labor .
Edward Sargent, 44 days' labor as
145-50
3.00
driver
66.00
618
ilEPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Frank W. Tebbetts, 48 days' labor
as driver .....
John P. Walker, 13 days' services
as engineer ....
C. J. Willey, 50 days' labor as driver
Melvin Worthen, 14 days' labor as
driver .....
LAUNDRY.
Paid J. E. Cheney
Mrs. Richard Galway
Mrs. G. M. Goodwin
Mrs. M. H. Hulme
Mrs. W. Morse .
Mrs. Margaret Powers
Mrs. Susie E. Reed
L. A. Sanger
Mrs. C. C. Tinkham
Mrs. W. F. Wheeler
J. H. Wiggin & Co., soap
FURNITURE, ETC.
Paid C. A. Hoitt & Co.:
4 beds
4 mattresses
4 springs .
10 chairs ,
3 bureaus and glasses
Pillows, comforters .
Paid N. H. Furniture Co., bedstead,
bureau, mattress, pillows, etc.
John Robbie Co., 18 pillow cases,
6 sheets .....
Temple & Farrington Co., window
shades, fixtures, etc. ,
29.25
75.00
^2.60
33-95
54-35
56.70
IO-55
5S.35
6.00
1-95
23-75
8.50
1. 00
19.50
12.00
10.00
6.90
24.00
22.50
19-75
5-70
5-85
^710.58
5257-70
FIRE DEPARTMENT. 619
Paid Weston & Hill Co. :
Matting, iron ends, etc. . . . $6.49
120 yards cotton .... 20.85
Pillowcases, crash, spreads, satteen, etc. 21.67
^175.21
PRINTING AND STATIONERY.
Paid The John B. Clarke Co., printing :
1,000 envelopes .... $24.25
400 reports ..... 35-oo
Paid The Nate Kellogg Co., printing :
5 order books ..... 5.50
Rosters, postals, ordinances and orders,
slips, note heads, cards, etc. . . 30-9°
Paid C. P. Trickey :
I blank book .....
Mucilage, paper, ink
WATER, ELECTRIC LIGHTS, GAS, TELEPHONE.
Paid Water-Works, use of water .
Union Electric Co., electric lights
People's Gas-Light Co., gas .
N. E, Telephone & Telegraph Co.,
use of telephones
FUEL.
Paid L. B. Bodwell & Co. :
59 tons, 7S0 lbs. egg coal . . . ;^34i.49
Pine wood, sawed . . . . 41-25
Paid Dunlap & Wason Coal Co., 4 tons
coal ..... 24.00
Stephen Gardner, splitting wood . 3.00
Moore & Preston, 15 tons Lehigh
coal ..... 86.25
E. W. Poore, 30 tons, 610 lbs. coal 174-25
1.50
2.16
:lephone
$518.85
49-45
949.76
279.06
$99-3^
;i,797.i2
620 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid D. M. Poore, 9 tons, 1890 lbs. egg
coal . . . . . ^5 7- 1 8
Petterson & Lindquist, 17 tons,
1,920 pounds broken coal . . 103.00
Paid J. P. Russell & Co. :
25 tons bKoken coal ....
41 tons egg coal ....
I load wood .....
FREIGHT AND TRUCKAGE.
Paid Concord & Montreal R. R., freight
on zinc, vitriol, etc. .
$5.26
W. B. Corey, truckage
8.75
John W. Wilson, truckage
23.10
SUPPLIES.
Paid Clark M. Bailey :
1 2 quarts axle grease
^i.6c
541 pounds waste ....
54.10
Toilet paper .....
10.00
Paid J. A. & W. Bird & Co., bicarbonate
of soda .....
35-28
Boston Belting Co., hose, etc.
51.26
Cavanaugh Brothers, 5 horses
1,040,00
Couch & McDonald, i hose wagon
450.00
Paid Cornelius Callahan Co. :
Repairing hose ....
171.00
Binders, ferrules, gong
25-25
390 feet hose .....
97.50
2 collars ......
50.00
Paid The Daniels-Cornell Co., 6 boxes
soap .....
24.00
Eureka Fire Hose Co., 1,500 feet
hose
900.00
T. F. Fifield, matches, sugar
4.85
il,2I2.67
17.11
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
621
Paid A. Filion, 2 exercise wagons . $650.00
Gleason & Bailey Manufacturing
Co., I special hook-and-ladder
truck 1,650.00
D. M. Goodwin, 24 heavy brooms 9.25
Paid S. F. Hay ward & Co. :
I Pony extinguisher, etc. . . . 34- 13
I Pony extinguisher cup . . . 4.13
I rubber coat ..... 6.75
150 feet Chemical hose, coupled . 59-75
I play pipe 10.00
Repairs on extinguisher head . . 2.25
Paid C. T. HoUoway :
I gross Pony bottles .... 8.00
1 Pony extinguisher head, complete . 5.00
Paid A. W. Harris Oil Co., valve oil and
can ...... 8.05
Paid A. S. Jackson :
2 Boston pipes ..... 29.00
Hose and supplies .... 29.50
Paid T. A. Lane Co. :
250 feet 3^ inch hose . . . 24.80
2 gas stoves ..... 2.00
Paid Merrimack Chemical Co., vitriol . 14.16
Paid Manchester Locomotive Works :
I hose hook ..... i.oo
I set grates ..... 4.50
I gong hammer and spring . . 4.25
I special brake block . . . 1.50
Valves, springs, castings, screws, labor 66.52
Paid People's Gas-Light Co. :
I stove, tubing 2.72
I Welsbach lamp .... 2.50
Paid Pike & Heald Co. :
Coalhod, ash barrel .... 4.10
Lantern, burners, cans, etc. . . i4-55
622
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid B. H. Piper Co., 12 ax handles
Plumer & Holton, 10 reefers
Paid I. L. Stickney :
I pair rubber gloves .
15 feet rubber tubing
Paid Stark Mills, duck .
Edward Sears, i automatic switch
and weight
H. Thompson, 12 rattan brooms
Union Manufacturing Co., nickel
plating three pairs pliers .
^2.25
87.50
1.25
1.50
2.09
5-5°
5.00
•95
1,669.29
PLUMBING, REPAIRS, ETC.
Paid Amoskeag Manufacturing Co., box
corners ...... $2.50
Paid Henry K. Barnes :
Washers for suction hose . . . 1.18
3^ feet hose coupled . . . 2.10
Paid J. R. Carr & Co. :
Glass and setting same ... 1.05
Paint, painting .... 4.04
Paid J. Hodge, lumber and labor . . .84
C. H. Hutchinson Foundry & Ma-
chine Works, castings and labor io-79
The Head & Dowst Co., material
and labor on coal boxes . . 32.47
T. A. Lane Co., material and labor 85.24
F. I. Lessard & Co., lining 2 meal
boxes ..... 1.40
Pike & Heald Co., material and
labor 17.42
George W. Rief, lumber and labor 1.50
^160.53
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
623
HARDWARE.
Paid Manchester Hardware Co.
John B. Varick Co.
The Wadleigh Hardware Co.
$3885
129.79
1 1 1. 61
MEDICAL, SURGICAL, INSURANCE.
Paid A. F. Abbott, V. S., visits and med-
icine . . . . .
A. W. Baker, dentistry work on 16
horses ....
P. H. Boire, medicines
N. Chandler, hoof ointment
Z. Foster Campbell, medicine
E. H. Currier, medicine
A. L. Dodge, V. S., visits and
medicine ....
E. B. Dunbar, medicine
J. L. Golden, V. S., visits and
medicine ....
John F. Kerwin, Peel's food
W. B. Mitchell, liniment
Rief & Silver, medicine
A. D. Smith, medicine
C. E. Silver, condition powders
Snelling «Sc Woods, medicine
Security Live Stock Insurance Co.,
fees and assessments on policies
S127.25
32.00
9-35
4-5°
6-95
10.50
4-5°
3-40
71-50
5-50
1.90
2.08
7-65
2.50
11-55
283.19
CARRIAGE WORK AND REPAIRS.
Paid Couch & McDonald, repairs on
carriages .....
M. W, Ford, Jr., rubber wheel
hub bands ....
^16.74
4.00
)28o.25
$584.32
624
EEPOKT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid J. B. McCrillis & Son, carriage
repairs .....
Sanborn Carriage Co., carriage re-
pairs .....
D. B. Varney, repairing hose car-
riage .....
Paid Manchester Locomotive Works :
Material and repairs on rear spring.
Engine No. 3 . . . .
Repairing hose carriage .
$438.86
28.40
2.50
31-75
6.00
BLACKSMITHING.
Paid Joseph Breauit ....
$50-33
J. M. Brouillette ....
237-50
Cressey & Colby ....
104.00
Thomas Hickey ....
74.00
A. Lemire .....
49-35
Mahaney & McSweeney
382.50
128.25
$897.68
HAY, GRAIN, ETC.
Paid Adams & Tasker .
•
$63-25
Annis Flour &: Grain Co.
193-44
Henry A. Boone .
5-00
F. Brown
11.05
William Clark .
23-50
G. E. Fellows
1.20
Gage & McDougall
723.48
Clarence R. Merrill
1,126.22
Nichols & Allen .
1,265.11
Henry W. Parker
351-66
. Partridge Brothers
360.62
^,124.53
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
625
HARNESSES AND HARNESS REPAIRS.
Paid The Fred Allen Co. :
Repairs and supplies .... $64.70
I pair harnesses .... 100,00
Paid W. H. Adams, repairs, supplies . 106.35
Charles E. Berry, collars and
hames ..... 40-50
F. J. Dustin, 12 collar rolls . . 4,80
Paid H. A. Glazier :
Harness hanger .... 6.00
12 links ...... 5.00
Paid W. E. Greeley, repairing harnesses 2.70
C. N. Perkins, 4 No. 4 snaps . 6.00
Paid Ranno Harness Co. :
Whips ...... 32-65
Blankets, collars, brushes, repairs . 146.69
Paid N. J. Whalen, harness dressing . i.oo
SUNDRIES.
Paid L. B. Bodwell & Co., ice from July
10 to October 24 . . . |4>64
Joseph Breault, burying horse . 5.00
C. G. Braxmar, 12 nickel badges . 7.20
W. H. Carpenter, burying horse . 3.50
F. X. Chenette, burying horse . 5.00
Daniels & Downs, stenographic
services ..... g.oo
P. Donovan, Jr., use of hacks . 10.00
W. J. Freeman, baiting horses , 1.00
S. C. Forsaith Machine Co., 2
pieces pine .... .50
John C. Gold, i pair climbing
spurs ..... 2.90
Hale & Whittemore, framing 2
cards . . . ... i.oo
40
;i6.39
626
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Kean & Doyle, use of hack . . ^5-oo
Thomas W. Lane, postage, express,
telegrams. . . . . 15-67
F. T. E. Richardson, sheriff's ser-
vices, investigating fire in Moi-
son's block .... 7.20
Mrs. Susie Reed, making 14 sheets
and whitening same . . . 2.80
Paid George W. Reed :
Pasturing 3 horses . . . . 15-00
Repairing 3 rubber coats . . . 1.50
Paid C. A. Trefethen, repairing clocks,
etc 3.50
G. H. Wheeler, use of horse 10
days . . • . . . 10.00
;iio.4i
Total expenditures
i6,346.73
Fire-Alarm Telegraph
,
Appropriation . . • .
•
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men, as per pay-roll :
January
$49.00
February ....
45-5°
March
47-25
April
49.00
May
50-75
June . . . ' .
47-25
July
49-75
August
47-75
September ....
49.00
$2,000.00
FIRE-ALARM TELEGRAPH. 627
$51.25
October .....
November ..... 49.00
December ..... 47-25
SUPPLIES.
Paid American Electrical Works, wire . ^31.60
Paid J. H. Bunnell & Co.:
85 jars 14.16
Switches, staples, bells, etc. . . 35-1°
Paid The James Baldwin Co.:
325 plain pins 3.25
175 brackets ..... 1.75
Paid James R. Carr & Co., paint, oil,
brushes, etc. . . . . • 15-68
M. J. Coleman, material and labor 1.55
Paid The Edes Manufacturing Co.:
200 zincs ...... 45«oo
50 cylinder zincs .... 3.25
Paid William Forsyth, i set pullers . 4.54
William A. Hazelton, 15 poles . 37-5°
Jeremiah Hodge, lumber and labor 29.93
T. A. Lane Co., pipe, melting-pot,
ladle 2.1 1
H. J. Lawson, 66 pounds copper,
and labor . . . . i5«57
J. B. McCrillis & Son, lumber and
labor ..... 31-70
Paid N. E. Gamewell Co.:
100 battery zincs .... 30.00
100 zinc screw caps .... 8.00
75 keys to signal boxes . . . 18.75
2 signal boxes ..... 250.00
Springs, copper wire, etc. . . . 3i'03
Paid Pike & Heald Co., copper, tin . 1.13
52.75
628 REPOllT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Sanborn Carriage Co.:
Steeling tongs ..... ;^o.25
Roof bracket standard . . . i.oo
Hooks, rings, staples . . . .80
Paid Talbot Dyewood & Chemical Co.,
12 barrels vitriol . . . 208.63
D. B. Varney, 450 zinc castings, etc. 284.16
John B. Varick Co., cord, rope,
screws, etc. .... 20.58
Washburn & Moen Manufacturing
Co., wire ..... 192.86
The Wadleigh Hardware Co., wire,
rings, etc. .... 3.61
A. C. Wallace, lumber and labor . 18.78
^1,342.27
FREIGHT AND TRUCKAGE.
Paid Boston & Maine R. R., freight . $1.19
Concord & Montreal R. R., freight 2.76
John W. Wilson, truckage . . 3.12
.07
Total expenditures ... . . $1,932.09
Transferred to reserved fund . . . . 67.91
;^2, 000.00
Hydrant Service.
Appropriation . ;^i5, 800.00
Expenditures.
Paid Water-works, rent of 632 hydrants . . . $15,800.00
POLICE STATION.
629
Police Department.— Station.
Appropriation
^2,500.00
Transferred from reserved fund
382.35
Expenditures.
SERVICES.
Paid Miss A. B. Brown, matron .
^407.00
Frank P. Wiggin, janitor
640.50
52,882.35
$1,047.50
WATER, GAS, ELECTRIC LIGHTS, FUEL.
Paid Water-works, use of water at station,
Clinton-street, and Slayton house $153-32
People's Gas-Light Co., gas . . 79.1°
Union Electric Company, electric
lights ..... 384.00
Paid L. B. Bodwell & Co.:
3)4 tons egg coal .... 21.50
Hard and pine wood . . . 11.25
Paid DeCourcy & Holland, 41,025 lbs.
egg coal 117-97
J. H. DeCourcy, 10 tons egg coal . 57-5o
Dunlap & Wason Coal Co., i cord
wood ..... 6.00
D. M. Poore, i cord pine wood . 4.50
E. V. Turcotte, 68 tons 1,690 lbs.
egg coal 395.81
J. F. Wyman, ^ ton egg coal . 3.13
LAUNDRY, ETC.
Paid Clark M. Bailey, toilet paper,
brooms, etc. .... $24.58
The Daniels-Cornell Co., soap,
matches, toilet paper . . 14.43
11,234.08
630
KEPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Mrs. A. M. George, cleaning paint,
etc. ...... ^100.52
C. W. Lerned & Co., disinfectants,
insect powder .... 23.55
Mrs. J. F. Wiggin, washing blan-
kets, towels, etc. . . . 55-88
York Market Co., soap . . 9.44
)228.40
MEDICAL, SURGICAL, SANITARY.
Paid J. J. Holland, ammonia . . ^11-52
M. E. Kean, M. D., surgical and
medical treatment, sundry persons 21.50
Frederick Perkins, M. D., surgical
and medical treatment, sundry-
persons ..... 71.00
F. H. Thurston, medicines . . 3.80
George D. Towne, M. D., profes-
sional services .... 1.50
REPAIRS, ETC.
Paid L. M. Aldrich, 4 windows and labor
J. J. Abbott, glass and setting same
Paid George Holbrook :
Work on window
Lumber and labor
Paid Peter Harris, repairing locks
Paid The T. A. Lane Co. :
500 feet hose ....
Material and labor, plumbing .
I ruby lamp ....
Paid The Manchester Hardware Co., i
rat-trap
Leander Pope, repairs on bunk
chains, etc.
^109.32
^7.80
6.62
4.00
8.75
4.00
5-5°
12.71
.60
3-55
POLICE COURT.
631
Paid John Robbie Co., ticking, cotton,
towels .....
Paid The John B. Varick Co. :
500 paper bags ....
Duster, brooms, rope, snow-shovels, etc.
SUNDRIES.
Paid C. A. Hoitt & Co. :
6 oak arm chairs
I desk .....
Paid Manchester Coal & Ice Co., ice
daily from May 10 to November i
Paid J. B. McCrillis & Son :
I four-drawer desk .
I Remington typewriter and cover
Paid Edward Sears, putting rope in flag
pole ....
Frank P. Wiggin, killing dogs
Total expenditures
•32
10.90
^69.75
$15.00
20.00
10.80
25.00
98.50
3.00
21.00
^193-30
. $2,882.35
Police Department. — Court.
Appropriation ..... $2,700.00
Transferred from reserved fund
1,15414
Expenditures.
SERVICES.
Paid N. P. Hunt, police justice
$590.42
Isaac L. Heath, police justice
867.50
Isaac L. Heath, associate justice .
161.27
George Prescott, associate justice .
175.00
John C. Bickford, clerk
600.00
John H. Andrews, holding court
one day .....
2.12
l3>S54-i4
^2,396.31
()32 REPORT OP THE CITY AUDITOR.
CONVEYING PRISONERS.
Paid Healy and Cassidy ..... $891.00
PRINTING, ADVERTISING, STATIONERY.
Paid A. S. Campbell «Sc Co., printing :
300 dockets ..... $67.50
Warrants, writs, slips, envelopes . 86.90
Paid The John B. Clarke Co., printing :
Criminal dockets .... 12.75
Binding one docket .... .75
Paid W. P. Goodman, record books, ink-
stands ...... 2.80
Paid Temple & Farrington Co. :
2 dockets ..... 1. 00
Ink, paper ..... 2.64
^174-34
SUNDRIES.
Paid M. J. Healy, cash paid for witness
fees and other expenses . . $386.49
J. E. Lemaitre, M. D., examination
Alexander Martin for insanity . 3.00
J. W. D. McDonald, M. D., exam- ■
ination Alexander Martin for in-
sanity ..... 3.00
^392.49
Total expenditures ..... $3,854.14
Police Department. — Commission.
Appropriation . . , . . . . . $37,500.00
POLICE COMMISSION.
633
Expenditures.
SERVICES.
Paid Michael J. Healy, chief of police . $900.00
John F. Cassidy, deputy chief . 800.00
Paid Isaac L. Heath, chairman commission :
Salary for 1894 . . . ' . 150.00
ii^ quarter, 1895 .... 56.25
Paid David Perkins,chairman commission
from May 15 to Oct. 22, 1895 • 65'5°
Harry Loveren, chairman commis-
sion from Oct. 22 to Jan. i, 1896 27.75
N. S. Clark, commissioner, salary,
1894 and 1895 . . . 200.00
F. P. Carpenter, commissioner, sal-
ary, 1894 and 1895 ' • • 200.00
C. B. Hildreth, private detective . 163.50
Regular patrol .... 26,395.27
Extra time of regular patrol . . 1,482.81
Special patrol .... 2,481.32
John Fullerton, 3^/^ days' special
patrol .....
$32,928.52
TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH.
Paid N. E. Telephone & Telegraph Co.,
use of telephones
$306.71
Western Union Telegraph Co., tel-
egrams .....
31.81
TEAMS.
Paid George W. Bailey
$24.75
Boyd Brothers ....
4.00
F. X. Chenette ....
6.00
W. J. Freeman ....
181.50
E. T. Jam.es ....
36.00
^338.52
634
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
A. N. Nettle
J. C. Nichols & Son
C. H. Simpson
G. E. Wheeler .
51-50
3.00
9.00
3-50
FEEDING PRISONERS.
Paid Daniel Davis
W. D. Ladd & Co.
533-IO
32-65
PRINTING, STATIONERY, ADVERTISING.
Paid L. A. Biron & Co., advertising
Fourth of July notice . . $2.00
J. E. Bernier, advertising Fourth
of July notice .... 3.00
Paid John B. Clarke Co., printing :
Circulars, quarterly reports . . 4.00
3,000 letter-heads .... 12.25
1,000 envelopes . . . . 2.25
225 rules ...... 68.84
Binding 225 rules . . . . 56-25
Advertising Fourth of July notice . 8.50
Paid W. P. Goodman :
84 diaries ..... 49.00
Envelopes, books, pencils, ink . . 7.90
Paid Temple & Farrington Co., blocks
and pens ..... 6.75
Union Publishing Co., advertising
Fourth of July notice . . 5.46
SUNDRIES.
Paid G. W. Bailey, storage of ambu-
lance . . . . . $12.00
L. W. Colby, photographing crim-
inals . . . . . 44*50
$269.25
^365-75
$226.20
REPAIRS OF BUILDINGS. 635
Paid J. C. Ellinwood, photographing
criminals ..... $8.00
Isaac L. Heath, drawing rules and
regulations, correcting proof,
etc. ...... 1 25.00
Paid C. A. Hoitt & Co. :
I 7-foot table ..... 36.00
6 chairs ...... 39-oo
Paid A. J. Lane Co., typewriting reports .90
Lovejoy & Stratton, 5 badges . 19-50
B. E. Moore, conveyance of
George Swallow from Goffe's
Falls to police station . . 2.00
Stephen Piper, photographing crim-
inals ..... 4.00
Upton's N. H. Furniture Store, i
lock, etc. ....
N. J. Whalen, repairing bolts
•65
1. 00
J5292.55
Total expenditures .
Transferred to reserved fund
. $34,420.79
3,079.21
$37,500.00
Police Matron.
Appropriation ..... . . $100.00
Expenditures.
Paid A. B. Brown, office rent
Repairs of Buildings.
Appropriation ..... $5,000.00
Transferred from reserved fund . . 741-69
$5'74i-69
636
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men and teams, as
per pay-roll, divi-
sion No. 2 :
January
February
March .
$30.00
24.00
24.00
April .
May .
30.00
24.00
June .
24.00
July .
August .
September
October
30.00
24.00
24.00
30.00
November
24.00
December
24.00
5312.00
Paid Lovejoy & Stratton, labor and care
of clocks on schoolhouses from
December 31, 1893, to Decem-
ber 30, 1894 . . " . . $377-75
to December 18, 1895 . . . 383-50
M. Connolly, labor at South Man-
chester hosehouse . . . 4.80
$766.05
CITY LIBRARY,
Paid J. J. Abbott, paint and labor . $i3-75
W. E. Goodwin, plumbing mate-
rial and labor . . . . 53-76
Paid C. A. Hoitt & Co.:
I couch ...... 9.00
I mirror ...... 5-°°
132 yards linoleum .... 99.00
REPAIRS OF BUILDINGS. 637
Paid George Holbrook, material and
labor ..... $29.60
L. H. Josselyn & Co., i table . 7.00
Thomas A. Lane Co., plumbing
material and labor . . . 47-54
Pike & Heald Co., plumbing mate-
rial and labor .... i3-66
B. W. Robinson, material and ma-
son work ..... i9'87
M. B. Wilson, cement and labor . ii-75
POLICE STATION.
Paid L. M. Aldrich : .
Contract work ..... ;^32.oo
Material and labor .... 4.84
Paid Connor Brothers, repairing water-
closets ..... 5.67
W. E. Goodwin, plumbing mate-
rial and labor . . . . 1320
The Head & Dowst Co., cement,
brick, labor . . . . 4.12
Thomas A. Lane Co., plumbing
material and labor . . . 5.38
D. G. Mills, repairs on School-
street schoolhouse, used for po-
lice purposes .... 43-12
ENGINE-HOUSES.
Paid F. C. Atwood, material and labor,
Merrimack house .... $35-5o
Paid L. M. Aldrich, material and labor :
Fire King house .... 4.90
Pennacook hosehouse . . . 3.33
509-93
:^io8.33
638
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid J. J. Abbott, paint and labor, sun-
dry engine-houses ....
Paid Baker & O'Brien, paint and labor
Amoskeag hosehouse ...
South Manchester hosehouse
Fulton engine-house .
Paid C. H. Brown, repairing roofs
Blanchet & Co., i light glass, Ful
ton engine-house
E. M. Bryant & Co., electrical sup
plies, labor. South Manchester
hosehouse .....
Connor Brothers, plumbing, South
Manchester hosehouse
James R. Carr & Co., paint and
labor, Massabesic hosehouse
Paid Joel Daniels & Co.:
Setting glass . . . . .
Paint and labor, Vine-street
Paid Joseph Dana :
Building carriage-house, Fulton house
Painting same . . . . .
Material and labor, Gen. Stark house
Paid The Head &: Dowst Co., lumber
and labor :
Vine-street house . . . .
General Stark house . . . .
Massabesic hosehouse
South Manchester hosehouse
Paid J. B. Huntley, plumbing material
and labor, sundry houses .
J. Hodge, I sash . . . .
Paid Geo. Holbrook, lumber and labor :
Amoskeag hosehouse
Vine-street house . . . .
Paid F. I. Lessard &i Co., plumbing, etc.
$18.39
5.81
41-93
7.00
106.39
7.00
39-98
13.90
•75
37.86
175.00
10.00
831.07
94.81
1.81
4.88
65.07
•75
28.25
94.69
41. II
REPAIRS OF BUILDINGS. 639
Paid Thomas A. Lane Co., plumbing
material and labor :
Lake avenue engine-house . . $8.29
Vine-street house .... 8.08
Fire King house .... 25.00
South Manchester house . . . 39-44
Paid Larkin & Connors, repairs on water-
closet, General Stark house . 3.00
}{. Leibing, painting, Amoskeag
hosehouse .... 64.50
Herman Maynard, paper, paper
hanging, whitewashing Vine-street
house ..... 12.60
U. G. Mills, material and labor,
sundry houses .... 524.92
Charles Newell, paint and labor,
Lake avenue house . . . 35 -oo
Paid Pike &: Heald Co., plumbing mate-
rial and labor :
Vine-street house ....
General Stark house ....
Lake avenue house ....
Paid The C. H. Robie Co., concrete
work, General Stark house
Patrick Ryan, labor at South Man-
chester hosehouse
Sanborn Carriage Co., material and
labor ..... 4.36
Paid J. T. Underbill & Co., concreting :
Lake avenue house .... 4.00
South Manchester hosehouse . . 136.13
Paid John B. Varick Co., rope, Fire
King house .... .55
Weston & Hill Co., 19 shades . 16. 11
$3,052.66
59-70
57.00
2.50
•
344.19
4.80
640
REPOKT OF THE CITY AUDITOR,
BATTERY BUILDING.
Paid D. G. Mills, laying floor . . ;^i5o.oo
Pike & Heald Co., plumbing mate-
rial and labor . . . , 31-69
COURT HOUSE,
Paid L. M. Aldrich, material and labor ^2.37
Paid Baker & O'Brien, material and
labor :
Health office 45-48
Graining front doors . . . . 10.00
Paid W. E. Goodwin, plumbing mate-
rial and labor . , . . 152,67
Kirby Floral Co,, plants . . 15-00
Larkin & Connors, repairs on steam
and water pipes ... 9.0c
T. A. Lane Co., material and labor
on boiler ..... i7-35
D. G. Mills, lumber and labor . 45-04
B. W. Robinson, repairs on boiler i4'87
Paid John B, Vatick Co.:
I brass faucet ..... .75
12 quart cans, 12 corks . . . 1.87
SCHOOLS,
Paid Warren Harvey, resetting curbing,
Lincoln street .... ;^S-5o
T. A. Lane Co,, plumbing mate-
rial and labor, North Main-street 238.02
S. J, Russell, cleaning vaults , 12,00
J. T, Underbill & Co., concrete
work, Rimmon , , , . 25,00
John B. Varick Co., 300 pounds
phosphate ..... 5.10
^181.69
114.40
^288.62
REPAIRS OF BUILDINGS. 641
SUNDRIES.
Paid M. H. Allen, use of hacks . . ^lo.oo
Amoskeag Manufacturing Co., in-
specting boilers . . . 13-25
Baker & O'Brien, glass and setting
same 2.25
John Bryson, paint and labor, city
scales ..... 14.21
John Cronin, 16 extinguishers . 32.00
Connor Brothers, repairing waste
pipes, pesthouse . . . 4.77
Joel Daniels & Co., plate glass,
mayor's office .... 4.00
Emergency Hand Fire Extinguish-
er Co., 24 extinguishers, sundry
buildings 48.0a
The Head & Dowst Co., flag poles,
rope, labor .... 68.49
Hutchinson Foundry and Machine
Works, 3 grates . . . 20.00
Kean & Doyle, hack . . . 5.00
Larkin & Connors, material and
labor on gas pipes . . . 16.47
C. H. Simpson, use of hacks . 15.00
Temple & Farrington Co., curtains
and fixtures . . . . iO'93
John T. Underbill & Co., concrete
work, ward 5 wardroom . . 123.97
Whitten & Fifield, use of hack . 5.00
John K. Wilson, repairing bell
tower, Prospect street , . 14-67
I40S.01
Total expenditures ..... ^5,741 6a
41
642 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR,
Ward 5 Ward Room.
Balance from last year unexpended . ^3,652.58
Appropriation ..... 1,100.00
$4,752-58
Expenditures,
contract.
Paid John Drlscoll, furnace, complete . ^150.00
Mead, Mason & Co. . . . 4,547.07
$4,697.07
FURNITURE.
Paid Charles A. Hoitt & Co., table and chairs . $8 00
Total expenditures . , . . . ^4,705.07
Transferred to reserved fund .... 47-5 1
$4,752.58
Pearl-Street Schoolhouse.
Balance from last year unexpended . . . ^316.80
Expenditures.
furniture.
Paid Bobrick School Furniture Co. . . . $216.80
New Schoolhouse, Ward 9.
Balance from last year unexpended . . . ^316.80
Expenditures.
furniture.
Paid Bobrick School Furniture Co. . . . g^i6.8o
NEW SCHOOLHOUSES. 643
Addition to Bakersville Schoolhouse.
Transferred from reserved fund .... 1 1,200.00
» EXPENDITURES.
Paid L. M. Aldrich, building annex . . . ^1,200.00
New Schoolhouses.
Received from sale of bonds . . ;^i 20,000.00
Cash on account, sale of Bridge-street lot 500.00
-^120,500,00
Expenditures.
high school.
Architect.
Paid W. M. Butterfield, professional ser-
vices, on account . . . $3,300.00
Chickering & O'Connell, making
competitive sketches . . 100.00
Hartwell, Richardson & Driver,
making competitive sketches . 100.00
$3,500.00
Contract.
Paid The Head & Dowst Co., on account . . $25,800.00
Advertising.
Paid L. A. Biron & Co. . . . $12.50
The John B. Clarke Co. . . 35.17
L'Avenir National . . . 9.00
Union Publishing Co. . . . 57-35
$114.02
644 EEPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
STRAW SCHOOL.
Land.
Paid heirs of E. A. Straw, 32,400 feet land . . ^16,200.00
Architect. ,
Paid Chickering & O'Connell, drawings and specifi-
cations $1,453-05
Contract.
Paid The Head & Dowst Co.
^25,785.00
Extras
935-46
Fuller & Warren Warming & Ven-
tilating Co., on account .
2,080.00
Burlington Venetian Blind Co., 74
Venetian blinds
276.36
$29,076.82
Sundries.
Paid L. A. Biron & Co., advertising
proposals ..... ;^4.oo
The John B. Clarke Co., advertising
proposals . . . . . 14-14
The Head & Dowst Co., flagpole
and labor on same . . . 61,92
Thos. A. Lane Co., electric lamps,
globe?, etc 85'65
L' Avenir National, advertising pro-
posals ..... 4.00
John T. Underhill & Co., concrete
work ..... 339- 1 1
Union Publishing Co., advertising
proposals ..... 12.30
WILSON SCHOOL.
Land.
Paid Elliott Manufacturing Co., 40,000 square feet
land
LINCOLN SCHOOL CURBING. 645
Architect.
Paid W. M. Butterfield, professional services, on ac-
count . $950.00
Contract.
Paid The Head & Dowst Co., on account $16,000.00
G. H. Underbill & Co., heating and
ventilation, on account . . 1,792.50
$17,792.50
Advertising Proposals.
Paid L. A. Biron & Co, . . . $4-00
The John B. Clarke Co. . . 13-12
L'Avenir National . . . 4.00
Union Publishing Co. , . . 12.30
^33-42
Sundries.
Paid Warren Harvey, curbing . . $207.75
The Head & Dowst Co., flagpole
and labor on same . . . 61.91
John T. Underbill & Co., concrete
work ..... 430.40
The John B. Varick Co., 8 hitch
posts ..... 12.40
$712.46
Total expenditures .... $101,153.39
Balance to new account ..... 19,346.61
$120,500.00
Lincoln School Curbing. •
Appropriation . . . . . $1,000.00
Transferred from reserved fund . . 142.65
$1,142.65
646 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Expenditures.
contract.
Paid Warren Harvey, stone curbing . $800.00
The C. H. Robie Co., concrete
work 176.71
SUNDRIES.
Paid L. A. Biron & Co., advertising, 3
•
inches, i week ....
$3.00
The John B. Clarke Co., advertis-
ing proposals, 2 ^^ inches, 8 times
14.96
L'Avenir National, advertising pro-
posals .....
4.00
Paid pay-roll, commons :
October
52-25
November
81.48
Paid Union Publishing Co., advertising
proposals
10.25
I976.7I
$165.94
Total expenditures .... $1,142.65
City Hall Repairs.
Appropriation $7,500.00
Transferred from reserved fund . . 11,016.77
$18,516.77
Expenditures.
Paid Chickering & O'Connell, profes-
sional services .... $919.97
The Head & Dowst Co., remodel-
ing building .... 13,943-87
F. I. Lessard & Co., plumbing . 3,652.93
$18,516.77
Total expenditures ... . . $18,516.77
SUB-STATION, WARD 8. 647
South Manchester Hosehouse.
Appropriation ^1,500.00
Transferred from reserved fund . . 285.29
$1,785.29
Expenditures.
equipment.
Paid Connor Bros., i Torrent hose-
washer ..... |8o.oo
Eureka Fire Hose Co., 2,500 feet
hose ..... 1,500.00
C. A. Hoitt & Co., beds, mat-
tresses, bureaus, chairs, etc. . 7^-^5
S. S. Joy, I wagon jack . . 3.00
Thomas A. Lane Co., 50 feet hose
and couplings .... 6.70
The Ranno Harness Co., i set
swing harness .... 100.00
John B. Varick Co., shovels,
brushes, chain, oil, etc. . . 23.74
$1,785.29
Total expenditures ..... $1,785.29
Sub-Station, Ward 8.
Appropriation . . . . . $3,000.00
Transferred from reserved fund . . 843.82
$3,843.82
Expenditures,
architect.
Paid Chickering & O'Connell, professional services,
preparing drawings, etc. ..... $209.31
648
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
CONTRACT.
Paid F. X. LaFlamme ....
^3,490.00
extra work ....
93.82
SUNDRIES,
Paid L. A. Biron & Co., advertising pro-
posals
^7-5°
The John B. Clarke Co., advertis-
ing
24-93
L'Avenir National, advertising
proposals
7.00
Union Publishing Co., advertising
proposals ....
11.26
;,583-82
Total expenditures
^50.69
^3,843.82
Water-Works.
Balance from last year, unexpended
Cash received from water rents
Amount received from bonds issued
Overdrafts . ...
^18,831.52
118,374.50
50,000.00
1,416.00
-^188,622.02
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men, as per pay-rolls :
January
February
March .
April .
May .
June
July .
^1,887.25
1,176.21
1,319.64
2,130.26
3,164.20
2,872.67
2,763.12
WATER-WORKS.
649
August .
September
October
November
December
$2,187.14
2,156.96
2,666.81
2,198-53
1,992.16
Paid labor of men, as per pay-roll, division No. 2 :
June
Paid labor of men, as per pay-roll, division No. 10 :
August ......
Paid E. A. G. Holmes, labor and lum-
$26,514.95
$900.00
$16.00
ber ......
J. H. Proctor, labor of men and
teams . . ' .
GENERAL EXPENSE.
Paid Daniels & Downs, stenographic ser-
vices ......
Paid F. W. Elliott, dinners :
Board of water commissioners .
County commissioners
Paid G. H. Marvell, dinners, county
commissioners ....
A. P. Partelow, use of boat .
W. C. Clarke, 15 meetings of board
Henry Chandler, 32 meetings of
board .....
Alpheus Gay, 39 meetings of board
Charles H. Manning, 18 meetings
of board .....
Charles T. Means, 18 meetings of
board .....
Harry T. Parker, 11 meetings of
board .....
A. C. Wallace, 32 meetings of board
$78.05
1,226.46
$123.80
14.00
52.75
14-95
10.50
60.00
128.00
156.00
72.00
72.00
44.00
128.00
^1,304-51
650
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Jas. A. Weston, 5 meetings of board
^20. OQ
Jas. A. Weston, clerk, i month
8.33
Henry Chandler, clerk, 7 months .
58-33
Paid C. K. Walker :
Salary as superintendent .
1,999.92
Gas
18.76
Postage stamps ....
36-75
Express ......
S.02
Recording deeds, telegrams
1.86
Oil, bolts, etc
I-I5
Expenses to Burlington
14.00
Incidentals
15.48
PRINTING AND STATIONERY.
Paid A. S. Campbell & Co., printing >-
12,000 water notices . . . ^22.40
Paid The John B. Clarke Co., printing :
18,300 water bills .... 33-oo
800 reports ..... 88.00
300 blanks, 1,000 envelopes . . 7.75
50 lists, names . . . . . 1.75
Blocks, slips, etc. .... 22.50
Advertising i line 23 times . . 5.75
Paid E. R. Coburn Co.:
Ink, pencils, envelopes, etc. . . 8.78
4 No. 1,758 books .... 33-00
4 No. 1,770 books .... 45 -oo
Paid Republican Press Association, half-
tone of gate house . . . 7. CO
Temple & Farrington Co., 12 pen-
cils ...... 1.50
Paid Union Publishing Co., advertising :
One line, 28 times . . . * . 6.10
8 zinc cuts . . . . . 16.25
5,058.60
^298.78
$1,507-63
WATER-WORKS. 651
ENGINEERING SERVICES.
Paid Arthur W. Dudley, services and ex-
penses $285.65
George S. Rice" and George E. Ev-
ans, 33^ days' services . . 42.00
Joseph B. Sawyer, services of self
and men 1,179.98
TEAMS, TELEPHONE, FUEL.
Paid E. T. James, use of teams . . $259.00
Whitten & Fifield, use of teams . 22.00
N. E. Telephone and Telegraph
Co., use of telephones . . 144.00
PaidL. B. Bodwell& Co.:
18 tons coal 113.00
Charcoal and coal .... 227.89
Paid Allen N. Clapp, lot sawed wood . 25.00
J. A. & A. W. Walker, 244 tons,
660 pounds Cumberland coal . 795-63
I. T. Webster, 6^ cords wood . 29.25
$1,615.77
Paid Charles Bunton, land as per deed . ^5,500.00
Gilman Clough, land as per deed . 3,880.00
H. I. Faucher, land as per deed . 2,000.00
E. L. Kimball, admr., land as per
deed 542.00
Mary O. Pierce, land as per deed
(overdraft) .... 1,400.00
Joseph Wilkins, land as per deed . 450.00
LEGAL SERVICES.
Paid Webster C. Brown, services and
mileage in land cases . . $207.00
G. A. Cochran, services and mile-
age in land cases . . . 356.60
$13,772.00
652 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Drury & Peaslee, services in matter
of water rights, depositions, etc. ^876.19
B. G. Herrick, services and mile-
age, land cases ..... 291.60
Lewis Simons, services searching
records ..... 2.00
G. A. Wagner, services and ex-
penses at register of deeds office 56.82
DAMAGES.
Paid Albert Moulton, damage to barrels
in cellar, Winter street . . ^25.00
T. E. McDerby, amount of judg-
ment, supreme court . . 74-67
Harris Ross, damage to horse and
harness, caused by leak in pipe . 20.00
FURNITURE.
Paid Carl W. Anderson & Co., i clock $4.50
C. A. Hoitt & Co., 12 chimneys . 2.40
Temple & Farrington Co., shades
and fixtures .... 21.04
HARDWARE, BLACKSMITHING.
Paid Manchester Hardware Co., hardware ^120.09
John B. Varick Co., hardware . 350-57
Wadleigh Hardware Co., hardware 69.01
Cressey & Colby, sharpening tools,
etc 355.12
F. H. Senter, sharpening tools . 7.25
FREIGHT.
Paid Boston & Maine R. R., freight on
hydrants, pipe, meters, etc. . ^276.74
Concord & Montreal R. R., freight
on coal, water meters, pipe . 804.68
^1,790.21
^119.67
$27.94
§902.04
;i,o8i.42
WATER-WORKS. 653
SUPPLIES.
Paid Adams & Tasker :
31 casks cement ....
$46.50
9* casks lime
11.20
Cartage
2.50
4 feet Akron pipe ....
•3. =5
Paid Adams Brothers, 6 casks lime and
truckage
8.45
Amoskeag Manufacturing Co., 4
trucks, 2 axles, labor, etc. .
36.38
Paid Austin, Flint & Day :
Screens, screen doors, hinges, etc.
25.06
Windows, doors, frames, etc.
45-56
Paid Builders' Iron Foundry, branches,
offsets, increasers, etc.
296.00
Fletcher Brown, 200 posts
24.00
Bartlett & Gay, Edson diaphragm
pump with hose
45.00
Paid Boston Lead Manufacturing Co.:
100 pigs lead
■ 324.08
203J lbs. solder ....
22.39
Paid Chadwick Lead Works :
Pipe, solder
49.89
400 pigs lead
1,227.81
Paid Chapman Valve Manufacturing Co.:
10 No. 14 gates
118.12
12 No. 3 valves
38.40
30 hydrants
983-3°
Paid P. C. Cheney Co., wiping waste .
68.90
Crosby Steam Gauge & Valve Co.,
repairing gauge, etc. .
4-25
Chelmsford Foundry Co., 4 iron
ladders
64.00
A. N. Clapp, 251 gallons oil, less
2 barrels .....
38.92
Crane Company, 6 6-inch gates.
less freight ....
52.39
654
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid W. M. Darrah & Co., 25 No. i red
' slates ..... $2.50
John Driscoll, naphtha . . . .15
E. M. Dart Manufacturing Co., 56
stop-cocks .... 90.00
Paid M. T. Davidson, i crank disc, com-
plete, with crank pin . . . 240.00
Eager & Rand, salt, soap, oil, etc. 11.21
Edson Manufacturing Co., 30 feet
hose ...... 42.91
James P. Finn, paint and labor . 424.76
Garlock Packing Co., 56 15-16 lbs.
ring packing . . . . 41.01
Hays Manufacturing Co., 300 No.
3 curb boxes, 303 i-inch cocks,
less freight .... 470.70
Hersey Manufacturing Co., 10 f-
inch meters .... 126.50
A. Higgins Sz: Co., 2,600 washers 4.29
Paid J. Hodge :
400 meter boxes .... 120.00
100 pine grade stakes . . . .90
Window blinds, lumber, labor . . 10.25
Paid Holyoke Hydrant & Iron Works :
Hydrant heads, valves, screws . . 26.10
Pipe for hydrant flanges . . . 10.80
Steamer hydrants .... 659.35
Paid Thomas A. Lane Co. :
Pipe, lead, valves, solder . . . 118.74
Copper wire, wrenches, electric fix-
tures, hose washers, etc. . . . 184.42
Paid Leonard & Ellis, machinery oil . 120.30
Stephen Lowell, i i6-foot boat . 18.10
Lead-Lined Iron Pipe Co., lead-
lined couplings, etc. . . . 469.22
Manchester Locomotive Works,
castings, collars, sleeves, domes,
nuts, etc., and repairs , . 685.58
WATER-WORKS. , 655
Paid McNeal Pipe & Foundry Co., pipe,
offsets, etc. .... ^89.35
Paid National Meter Co.:
Meters 2,749.05
Repairing meters .... 68.25
Paid Neptune Meter Co., meters, etc. . 134.30
New England Water Pipe Co.,
pipe and coupling . . . 997-i6
Newark Brass Works, i rubber gas-
ket 1. 00
Pike & Heald Co., tin, solder, etc. 26.64
Peet Valve Co., 52 water-gates . 778.00
David Perkins, 16 poles . . 8.00
Rice & Co., office railing . . 90.00
Paid Smith & Winchester :
I No. 3 friction drill . . . 7.65
I Armstrong stock .... 7.20
Paid Stone & Peterson, 2 castiron ket-
tles 4.00
I. F. Sturtevant, chestnut posts,
lumber 158.89
George S. Smith, 100 chestnut
posts ..... 12.00
I. L. Stickney, rubber mitts and
packing ^.88
Sumner & Goodwin, 50 stop boxes • 47.63
Paid Thomson Meter Co. :
25 meters, etc 295.25
Repairing meters . . , . 90.75
Paid Union Water Meter Co., meters
and repairs .... 1,656.65
Union Brass Co., nipples, cocks,
caps, couplings, etc. . . . 211.80
G. R. Vance, kettles and pails . 14.00
Vacuum Oil Co., oil . . . 28.05
Walworth Manufacturing Co., i
castiron cutter and die . . 24.30
656
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid R. D. Wood & Co., pipe, branches, ^16,649.56
R. M. West, I 14-foot ladder . 1.40
Henry R. Worthington, material
and labor on engines . . 89.00
George Woodman Co., 552 cocks,
etc. ...... 220.14
11,875. 14
REPAIRS.
Paid Amoskeag Manufacturing Co.:
Repairs on boiler .... ^i55-47
Refitting crank disc .... 23.95
Labor on pumps .... 4.80
Paid J. Choate & Co., paint and labor 100.83
F. X. Daniels & Son, labor at old
station and new barn . . 399-34
J. Finn, paint and labor . . 3.97
Paid The Head & Dowst Co., lumber
and labor .... 258.65
Hutchinson Foundry & Machine
works, labor on boiler . , 5.40
Merrill & Laird, resetting boiler,
etc., at pumping station . . 102.80
G. T. Pickett, cleaning and point-
ing stone work, etc. . . . 136.00
Paid C. E. Rowe :
Labor on stone work . . . 65.09
Laying wall for barn cellar . . 56.24
Paid Schaffer & Budenberg, repairs on
engine ..... 7.10
G. G. Stillman, repairing regulator 7.10
Ira F. Sturtevant, lumber and labor 661.65
H, Stratton, repairing pump rod . 1.25
L. Wolf, labor and stock, hot-air
furnace, new station . . . 150.00
$2,139.64
COMMONS. 657
SUNDRIES.
Paid town of Auburn, tax on land, 1895 ^72.60
F. X. Chenette, 3 cords dressing , 9.00
Commissioners of Sinking Fund,
amount of hydrant tax for 1895 15,800.00
S. B. Dickey, 19 cords manure . 107.25
C M. Edgerly, insurance on
Faucher building . , . 16.00
J. T. Gott, manure . . . 10.00
Josie B. Hunter, chestnut posts,
ashes, manure . . '. . 37-25
Manchester Street Railway, barge
to pumping station .
C. H. Robie Co., repairing streets
N. A. Sleeper, 6 loads loam .
A. F. Wheat, M. D., services
Total expenditures
Transferred to interest appropriation
Balance to new account
30
.00
138
.61
I,
■50
135-
50
#>i")357-7i
^103,282.01
42,620.00
•
42,720.01
$188,622.02
Commons.
Appropriation ..... $4,000. 00
Transferred from reserved fund . . 215.02
,215.02
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll :
January $328.00
February 200.00
42
658
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
March $111.63
April 153-25
May 286.25
June 253.94
July ...... 212.24
August ..... 246.34
September 247.46
October 158.63
November . . . . , . 138.12
December . . . . . 136.90
PLANTS, LOAM, TREES, ETC.
Paid Balch «S: Austin, i ton phosphate . $25.00
H. H. Gurney & Co., shrubbery . 120.00
J. S. Holt & Co., 1,000 bushels
ashes ..... 125.00
A. G. Hood, plants . . . 60.00
H. H. Huntress, plants . . 65.00
Kirby Floral Co., plants . . 54-57
Ray Brook Garden Co., plants . 40.00
G. W. Sargent, 19 shade trees . i4'25
The John B. Varick Co., seed and
phosphate .... 50-90
$2,472.76
^554-72
WATER AND ELECTRIC LIGHTS.
Paid Water Commissioners, use of water $720.00
Union Electric Company, lights at
Merrimack-street public comfort 36.00
$756.00
REPAIRS AND GENERAL EXPENSES.
Paid J. J. Abbott, paint for painting seats $18.12
L. M. Aldrich, filing saws . . 1.90
John Bryson, paint and labor . 11.07
Eager & Rand, 2 bushels salt . i.oo
STARK AND DERRYFIELD PARKS.
659
Paid C. S. Fuller, repairing rubber boots
J. Hodge, lumber and labor .
O. Hardy, i pruner
The Head & Dovvst Co., lumber
and labor ....
C. H. Hutchinson Foundry & Ma-
chine Works, material and repairs
Paid Thomas A. Lane Co. :
Brimstone ....
Labor on fountains .
Labor on gate, electric lights .
Paid H. F. W. Little, repairing saws, etc
Clarence R. Merrill, i barrel ce-
ment ....
Leander Pope, sharpening tools
Pike and Heald Co., 6 dippers
G. W. Rief, lumber and labor
John T. Underhill & Co., concret
ing walk, Merrimack common
G. R. Vance, repairs on stove
The John B. Varick Co., tools,
hardware . . . . .
N. J. Whalen, 4 gallons oil .
Total expenditures
^4.00
23.82
1.50
25-99
40.98
.10
6.48
2.20
.80
1.25
18.91
1.20
II. 15
164.72
3-5°
•89.65
3.20
;i-54
,215.02
stark and Derryfield Parks.
Appropriation .....
EXPENDITURES.
Paid labor of men and teams, as per commons pay-
roll:
April
May
$115-50
752.00
660
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
June .
• $15138.35
July . . .
1,398.74
August ,
627.37
September
229.53
October
20.00
November
5-75
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll, divi-
sion No. 10 :
July
TOOLS, HARDWARE, REPAIRS, ETC.
Paid J. J. Abbott, paint
L. M. Aldrich, labor on signs
D. J, Adams, keys
F. S. Bodwell, granite base .
A. H. Chadbourne & Co., 181 trees
Mrs. Otis Clarke, 4 stone posts
John H. Campbell, 80 loads stone
E. O. Dodge, 98 loads stone
The Head & Dowst Co., lumber .
W. J. Hoyt and F. A. Palmer, 43
loads stone ....
J. S. Holt & Co., 562 bushels ashes
W. G. Landry, sharpening tools .
Thomas A. Lane Co., material and
labor .....
■ H. F. W. Little, 2 chestnut posts
and labor .....
Manchester Hardware Co., tools .
Massachusetts Broken Stone Co.,
130,950 pounds stone
People's Gas-Light Co., 2 chaldrons
coke .....
Ray Brook Garden Co., filling vase
$14.02
10.00
1.05
10.00
136.00
2.00
20.00
24.50
24.40
10.75
70.25
14.32
22.17
2.06
7.00
91.67
9.00
12.00
$4,287.24
$io.7s
PINE GROVE CEMETERY,
661
Paid G. W. Rief, lumber and labor
I3.60
John A. Sargent, paint and labor .
J. T. Underbill & Co., concreting
18.99
walks .....
30.21
Paid G. R. Vance :
90 feet tin roofing ....
Iron, zinc, solder, etc.
5-40
23-23
Pump ......
Paid John B. Varick Co., seed, tools,
1.50
hardware .....
Horace Willey, 192 loads stone .
89-75
48.00
$701.87
Total expenditures
.
$4,999.86
Transferred to new account .
.14
$5,000.00
Pine Grove Cemetery.
Appropriation
Transferred from reserved fund
|io,ooo.oo
825.20
$10,825.20
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll :
February ....
190.80
March
171.41
April
289.70
May
549.76
June
635.12
July
709.73
August ....
413.76
662
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
September . ...
October . . , .
November .....
December .....
Paid Antoine LePage, 4^ days' work .
LAND.
Paid E. C. Howlett, balance due on land
PLANTS, TREES, LOAM, ETC.
Paid A. H. Chadbourne «S: Co., nursery
stock .....
J. A. Colby, 462 loads loam
H. H. Gurney & Co., nursery stock
A. G. Hood, plants
H. H. Huntress, plants
Patrick Kean, 27 loads loam
Manchester Slaughtering and Ren-
dering Co., I ton fertilizer
Mrs. Agnes J. Phillips, 140 loads
loam .....
C. C. Webster, 122 loads clay
5340.03
438-50
233-44
153-76
$24.00
693.00
25.00
12.38
11.84
13-50
70.00
122.00
5 1 4-93
$7.11
$3,400.00
11.72
WATER, TELEPHONE, INSURANCE, FUEL.
Paid Dunlap & Wason Coal Co., 4 tons
stove coal .... $24.75
Everett & Smith, premium on pol-
icy No. 741,698 . . . 18.75
N. E. Telephone and Telegraph
Co., use of telephones . . 87.05
Water Commissioners, use of water 666.30
$796.85
PINE GROVE CEMETERY. 663
PRINTING AND STATIONERY.
Paid E. R. Coburn Co., stationery
$0.90
W. P. Goodman, paper, mucilage,
ink, envelopes, etc. .
2.80
E. J. Knowlton, P. M., 200 stamped
envelopes ....
4.32
Paid W. E. Moore :
Printing notices ....
3.00
Blank books .....
10.50
Paid Temple & Farrington Co., station-
ery
5-04
REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS.
Paid L. M. Aldrich, lumber and labor . ^4-53
Austin, Flint & Day Co., screens
and screen doors . . . 13-50
Cyrus A. Brown, 5 windows and
frames ..... 6.25
John T. Beach, material and labor
on dump cart .... 55-oc>
The Casket Lowering Co., i burial
machine and truck . . . 175.00
John Driscoll, dippers, sprinklers . 4.75
J. Hodge, lumber and labor . 12.40
A. J. Knight, lumber and labor . 48.05
Paid Thomas A. Lane Co.:
Labor on pipes .... 44-93
Hose washers ..... .30
Paid F. I. Lessard & Co., repairing ball
cock ..... .80
Estate Charles E. Lord, whitewash-
ing 2.25
Clemens Langer, labor on roof of
office ..... 13-10
^26.56
664 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Stone & Peterson :
Building fence ^461.25
600 numbers for lots . . . 60.00
Paid Temple & Farrington Co., spring
fixtures, cornice, etc. . . 2.50
John B. Varick Co., seeds, tools,
hardware ..... 08.20
^1,002.81
SUNDRIES.
Paid C. W. Anderson &: Co., repairing
clock $0-75
John Cronin, 8 Emergency fire ex-
tinguishers . . . . 16.00
A. Elliott & Co., insurance premi-
um, on dwelling . . . 7.50
Paid E. C. Howlett, interest on note, 1 1
months, at 6 per cent
Clemens Langer, labor on roof
H. Leibing, painting barn .
S. J. Russell, cleaning vaults
G. R. Vance, i dipper
Whitten & Fifield, teams
Total expenditures
169.00
IS.50
37-47
3.00
1. 00
12.00
$285.
22
•
$■■
[0,825.
.20
Valley Cemetery.
Appropriation . ^3,000.00
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid labor of men and teams, as per pay-roll :
January ..... $70.00
February 58.84
VALLEY CEMETERY.
665
March .
^63.50
April .
159.92
May .
210.98
June
214.98
July .
275-44
August .
215.74
September
224.58
October
222.19
November
165.05
December
76.55
Paid B. F. Bascomb :
Labor breaking roads
$14.00
Labor of men and teams .
135-10
Paid Freeman & Merrill, labor in
cem
etery
15.40
WATER AND TELEPHONE.
Paid N. E. Telephone & Telegraph Co.,
use of telephone
Water Commissioners, use of water
$36.00
99-15
^1.957-77
$164.50
5135-15
TURF, LOAM, PLANTS, ETC.
Paid B. F. Bascomb :
42 loads loam ..... $21.25
SS loads gravel . . . . 3.30
Paid Balch & Austin, 400 lbs. fertilizer 6.00
H. E. Babcock & Co., shrubs . 3.25
A. H. Chadbourne & Co., shrubs 4.75
C. H. Colburn, turf and loam . i7-5o
C. C. Chase, 4^ cords manure . i7-75
John Francis, plants . . . 47.62
H. H. Huntress, plants, etc. . 16.55
A. G. Hood, plants . . . 15-48
J. W. Lathe, 8 loads loam . . 4.00
666 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Manchester Hardware Co.:
Phosphate $2.00
Seeds 15.51
Paid Jeremiah Murphy, 18 loads loam . 9.00
D. H. Nutt, 8 loads loam . . 2.00
Stone & Wellington, shrubs . ' . 2.75
John B. Varick Co., 100 lbs. phos-
phate 1.80
P. O. Woodman, 345 feet turf . 3.45
PRINTING AND STATIONERY.
Paid E. J. Knovvlton, postmaster, 125
2-cent envelopes . . . ^2.73
Temple & Farrington Co., paper,
pencils, pens, etc. . . . 3.85
REPAIRS, TOOLS, AND niPROVEMENTS.
Paid Adams & Tasker .
I barrel lime ..... $0.50
I cask cement ..... 2.75
Paid D. J. Adams, repairing lawn mower 3.50
C. H. Hutchinson Foundry & Ma-
chine Works, labor on drinking
fountains ..... 1.48
A. C. Hovey, i stove, pipe, zinc,
etc. ...... 10.00
Paid Thomas A. Lane Co.:
Labor on water pipe
Hose ......
Paid Manchester Hardware Co., tools .
Palmer & Garmon, slate cover for
vault .....
Pike & Heald Co., plumbing
B. W. Robinson, building brick
vault ..... 8.50
3°'
•74
6.
20
24.47
12.
00
^95'
,11
^193.96
•5S
AMOSKEAG CEMETERY. 667
Paid R. p. Stevens & Co., resetting slab
in Chase lot . ' . . . ^2.50
W. H. Tebbetts, paint and labor . 79-24
John T. Underbill & Co., concret-
ing walks ..... 122.12
John B. Varick Co., tools . . 9.60
Wadleigh Hardware Co., hose and
tools 8.72
;i7-43
SUNDRIES.
Paid G. W. Bailey, use of teams . . $3-S°
F. X. Chenette, use of team . . 3.60
Total expenditures ..... $2,982.49.
Transferred to reserved fund . . . . 17-51
Amoskeag Cemetery.
Appropriation
$150.00.
Expenditures.
LABOR.
Paid James E. Bailey .... $114.50
Anson McGaffey . . . . i9'5o
$134.00
SUNDRIES.
Paid Manchester Water- Works, use of
water ..... $12.00
I. S. York, 3 pairs of straps . . 4.00
$16.00
Total expenditures . . . . . $150.00
668 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paupers off the Farm.
Appropriation
Transferred from reserved fund
§10,000.00
450.84
$10,450.84
Expenditures.
GROCERIES.
Paid Annis Flour & Grain Co. . . $3-23
Bartlett & Thompson ,
96.00
John Cashman .
46.50
Eager & Rand
25.00
Eager & Co.
30.00
A. E. Eastman
18.00
H. Fradd & Co. .
188.00
T. F. Fifield
485-85
G. E. French
9.00
A. G. Grenier
101.50
Austin Goings Co.
66.11
Griffin Brothers .
1,159.14
Joseph Huard
92.00
R. Hecker .
3-00
0. D. Knox & Co.
247.40
J. N. Lacourse
8.00
Lamoreaux Brothers
86.50
G. C. Lord
12.00
E. Marchand
264.80
Thomas H. Mahoney
345.00
A. W. Morse
22.00
Parent & Trudeau
3.00
E. W. Perkins .
176.00
Eugene Quirin .
104.55
D. A. Shanahan .
144.00
Scheer & Renker .
5-99
J. 0. Turcotte
139.00
PAUPERS OFF THE FAKM.
669
Paid H. A. Tirrell
^83.00
Trahan & Co.
74.00
Henry Weber
88.00
Carl E. York
16.00
FUEL,
Paid Clement Beaudet ,
$4.00
J. B. Bourque
9.00
V. Bourque ....
9.25
B. J. Cate ....
2-75
J. H. DeCourcy .
4.00
DeCourcy & Holland .
12.00
W. E. Dunbar & Son .
10.25
Dunlap & Wason Coal Co. .
77.90
S. L. Flanders
12.00
William Godbout
3.00
Philias Graveline
10.00
Moore & Preston
22.50
C. Pollard ....
18.00
John Perham
20.00
D. M. Poore
24-75
J. P. Russell & Co. .
1 1 1.95
E. V. Turcotte .
12.25
J. F. Wyman
51-75
Wilson & McKee
2.50
BOARD AND CARE AND
RENT.
Paid Mary E. Buck .
^54.00
Sister Cabana
110.00
County of Hillsborough
389.24
Mary Cox ....
2.00
W. H. Gilmore .
130-57
Mary McLure
15.00
Christina Maycook
134.10
Agnes Massey
96.00
hi42.57
5417-85
670
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid N. H. Asylum for Insane
Mary Nadeau
N. H. Orphans' Home
Margaret O'Brien
Celia Pressey
D. L. Robinson .
State Industrial School
St. Patrick's Old Ladies' Home
St. Patrick's Orphans' Home
William Whelpley
^58.39
54.00
52.00
24.00
208.88
60.00
3,720.01
128.00
220.00
120.00
CLOTHING.
id Burke Brothers .... ^2.00
William Gate
3'5o
James T. Donahoe
7-5°
Lane & Duzois .
5-35
Lightbody & Burbank
22.44
M. A. McDonough
6.00
P. F. Toole
7-75
Weston & Martin
1. 00
Weston & Hill .
1. 00
Wingate & Gould
1.50
^5>576.i9
^58.04
MEDICINES, MEDICAL SERVICES, FUNERAL EXPENSES.
Paid H. D. W. Garvelle, M. D., medical
attendance .... ^4.00
F. X. Ghenette, burial expenses,
Aristide Demers . . . 10.00
E. N. Fugere, M. D., medical at-
tendance ..... 6.00
Paid Fairbanks & Wallace, burial expenses :
G. H. Lefieur . . . . . 25.00
Rufus W. Lamprey .... 25.00
Paid Kean & Sheehan, burial expenses
Michael Spain . . . . 25.00
CITY FARM. 671
Paid W. B. Mitchell, medicine . . $4-to
Frederick Perkins, M. D., medical
attendance .... 3.C0
F. H. Thurston, medicines . . 44-4©
E. V. Turcotte, burial expenses,
Nazaire Pare .... 6.00
SUNDRIES.
Paid Boston & Maine R. R.:
I ticket, Brockton, Mass. . . . $i-7o
3^ tickets. Three Rivers . . . 3^-3^
Sleeping car ..... 5.00
Paid The John B. Clarke Co., printing
3,000 bill-heads . . . 14.00
W. P. Goodman, books and sta-
tionery ..... 23.87
G. S. Holmes, transportation fur-
nished Mrs. Roberts and daughter i i.go
E. T. James, use of hack . . 2.00
Wm. Marshall, assisting J. Harring-
ton to county farm . . . 1.50
Paid W. H. Maxwell :
Conveying Cyril Lebreque to insane
asylum ...... 4.05
Conveying J. Harrington to Wilton . 5.39
I copy State Laws .... i.oo
Paid Pike & Heald Co., wash boiler,
clothes basket, J. McNay ... 1.90
1152.50
$103.69
Total expenditures ..... $10,450.84
City Farm.
Appropriation ..... $8,ooo.co
Transferred from reserved fund . . 165.68
$8,165.68
672
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Expenditures.
Paid E. G. Libbey, superintendent . ^500.00
Mrs. Annie Libbey, matron . . 300.00
HOUSE AND FARM LABOR.
Paid labor of men and women^ as per pay-roll :
January ^i 75-14
February 144-52
March 144-52
April 188.78
May 165.67
June 185.58
July 225.96
August 185.58
September 155-72
October 208.46
November ..... 163-58
December , . . • . 163.34
Paid Adams & Tasker, grinding corn
Alice Butterfield, 20 days' labor
Robert Kirk, 9 days' labor .
V. B. Martin, threshing grain
Clarence R. Merrill, grinding cob
C. H. Monteith, i^ days' labor
Porter Palmer, 17)^ days' labor
Angie Tapley, 3 days' labor .
FUEL.
Paid L. B. Bodwell & Co.:
2 tons stove coal .... ^11.00
18,170 pounds stove coal . . . 49-97
Paid Dunlap & Wason Coal Co., 15 tons
1,990 pounds egg coal . . . 86.42
13-15
10.00
20.25
14.22
9-85
3-75
12.83
1.50
g8oo.oo
^2,106.85
^75-55
CITY FARM. 673
Paid Moore & Preston :
9-10 ton egg coal .... ^5-i8
10,365 pounds egg coal . . . 29.80
Paid D. M. Poore, 27 7-10 tons egg coal 154-59
E. F. Wilson, 8^ cords wood . 17-50
CLOTHING AND DRY GOODS.
Paid Barton & Co., print, cotton, etc. . ^5- 10
Beauchemin & Beaumier, shoes . 9.88
Beauchemin & Quirin, shoes . 9.27
Burke Brothers, 6 pairs rubbers . 3.00
Cushman & Hardy, shirts, hose,
overalls ..... 36-35
Clark & Estey, socks, combs, etc. . 5.00
W. P. Farmer, shoes . . . 40-34
C. M. Floyd, clothing . . . 33.98
F. P. Kimball, clothing , . 8.00
Lightbody & Burbank, boots and
shoes , . . . . 23.10
J. R. LaFlamme & Co., boots and
shoes .....
William Marcotte & Co., clothing
Miville & Deschenes, cotton cloth,
etc. ......
H. M. Moody, clothing
John Robbie Co., cotton goods .
Sage & Co., rubber boots
Paid Weston & Hill Co.:
22 yards scrim ..... 2.20
Thread, cotton cloth, buttons, hose,
etc 85.78
Paid Wingate & Gould, boots and shoes 16.80
3-90
13.00
25.92
16.13
31.70
75-72
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS.
Paid Annis Flour and Grain Co. . . $261.00
Bartlett & Thompson . . . 13-90
^354.46
^445-17
43
674
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Barlow & Nye
F. J. Bixby .
C. E. Cox .
Clark & Robinson
The Daniels-Cornell Co
Dodge & Laing .
Doane & Welch .
Gage & McDougall
A. L. Gadbois
A. G. Grenier
Daniel Johnson .
O. D. Knox & Co.
Lindquist Brothers
McDerby & Co. .
Manchester Provision Co
Manchester Beef Co.
Thomas H. Mahoney
McQuade Brothers
Nelson, Morris & Co.
E. S. Newton
Henry W. Parker
Parnell -Brothers .
E. W. Perkins .
Public Market & Packing Co
Tom W. Robinson
Summer Street Market
E. M. Slayton
R. G. Sullivan
J. E. Towle & Co
H. D. Turner
Carl E. York
York Market Co
^70.67
40.79
45-3°
22.06
115.29
35-13
19.87
16.25
8-93
43-84
8.40
21.00
8.98
3-24
155-79
31-97
20.56
89.49
15-30
55-06
129.69
187.12
1-75
6.41
65.09
109.21
28-33
8.10
9.69
4.98
22.30
1.77
^1,677.28
FURNITURE AND KITCHEN UTENSILS.
Paid Barton & Co., carpet and shades . $1-55
CITY FARM.
675
Paid Clark M. Bailey, chimneys, brooms,
mops, brushes, etc. .
H. B. Fairbanks, crockery
Paid C. A. Hoitt & Co.:
I roll-top desk ....
Crockery, glassware, etc. .
Paid R. K. Home :
12 plates . . . .
Oil-cans, toothpicks, knives, pans
Paid Manchester Broom Co., 24 brooms
F. E. Nelson, kettles, brushes,
cups, wicks, etc.
D. A. Simons, crockery and glass-
ware .....
^23.62
10.86
30.00
4.80
1.25
16.88
5-70
5.22
13-56
^113-44
MEDICINE, MEDICAL SERVICES, ETC.
Paid P. H. Boire, medicines . . $12.20
A. L. Dodge, V. S., services as
veterinary surgeon ... 9.75
J. L. Golden, V. S., services as
veterinary surgeon . . . 2.50
J. J. Holland, medicines . . 3.60
Frederick Perkins, M. D., treat-
ment of inmate . . . 6.00
E. C. Smith, medicine . . . 6.90
F. H. Thurston, medicines . . 14-25
BLACKSMITHING, HARNESSES, ETC.
Paid The Fred Allen Co., harness sup-
plies and repairs . . . $61.00
J. M. Brouillette, shoeing horses . 18.60
John F. Kerwin, brushes, repairing
collar, etc. .... iS-^S
$55-20
676 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Leander Pope, repairs . . . ^0.50
N. J. Whalen, harness supplies and
repairs ..... 34-So
CARRIAGES AND CARRIAGE REPAIRS.
Paid Couch & McDonald, carriage re-
pairs ^56.95
J. B. McCrillis & Son., carriage re-
pairs 55.28
Paid Sanborn Carriage Co.:
Carriage repairs .... 19.60
I 2-seated Democrat wagon ^110.00
Front boot for wagon . 2.50
$112.50
Allowance on second-hand
wagon .... 30.00
82.50
HAY, GRAIN, AND OTHER FEED.
Paid Annis Flour & Grain Co. . . $354-75
John F. Kerwin .... 12.98
Clarence R. Merrill . . . 213.16
Partridge Brothers . . . 208.93
HARDWARE, FERTILIZERS, SEEDS, ETC.
Paid Manchester Hardware Co. . . $i5'87
Clarence R. Merrill . . . 2.80
John B. Varick Co. . . . 308.38
The Wadleigh Hardware Co. . 7.41
INSURANCE.
Paid John Dowst, premium on insurance
policy No. 29,953 .... $17-5^
$130-05
i2i4.33
$789.82
$334-4^
CITY FARM. 677
Paid A. Elliott & Co.:
Premium on insurance policy No.
99)711 $35-0°
No. 10,346 17.50
Paid Richardson & Goggin, premium on
insurance policy No. 74,6230 . . 52-50
Paid John A. Sheehan :
Premium on insurance policies ^70.00
By return policy . . 26.45
43-55
TELEPHONE AND STATIONERY.
Paid W. P. Goodman, stationery . . $16.75
N. E. Telephone & Telegraph Co.,
use of telephone . . . 44-5o
Paid J. A. Williams, printing :
100 invitations. .... .75
100 menus ..... i.oo
REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS.
Paid J. J. Abbott, paint and brushes . $32.75
Paid D. J. Adams :
Repairing lawn mower . . . 1.25
Fitting keys ..... .50
Paid Joseph Dana, lumber and labor . 66.70
W. E. Goodwin, plumbing mate-
rial and labor .... 6.65
The Head & Dowst Co., labor and
lumber ..... 20.80
J. Hodge, lumber . . . 13-16
C. H. Hutchinson Foundry & Ma-
chine Works, labor on shackles,
etc. ..... 3 1 '40
The Thomas A. Lane Co., water
piping, per contract . . . 42.00
$166.05
$63.00
678
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Paid Clemens Langer, plumbing mate-
rial and labor . . . . $6.i6
John F, Larkin, plumbing mate-
rial and labor .... 133-13
F. I. Lessard & Co., plumbing ma-
terial and labor ... 8.78
Paid Manchester Locomotive Works :
Repairs on hay-cutter . . . 2.05
I play pipe ..... 5.00
Paid Pike & Heald Co., scoops, repairs
on tinware .... 2.69
A. C. Wallace, sawing lumber . 11.00
^384.02
SUNDRIES.
Paid American Express Co., express . $0.65
Amoskeag Manufacturing Co., i
hose nozzle .... 6.00
Annis Flour & Grain Co., Paris
green ..... 1.25
Balch & Austin, i ton phosphate . 35 -oo
Boston & Maine R. R., freight on
hose, linseed oil, disinfectants . 2.60
L. B. Bodwell & Co., cutting ice . 5.00
The John B. Clarke Co., advertis-
ing ...... i.oo
John P. Cronin, kerosene oil . 14-17
John Driscoll, gasoline, naphtha . 1.60
P. Donovan, Jr., use of hacks . 15-00
H. H. Dustin, office fee for girl . .50
Charles I. Earl, repairing and
cleaning sewing machine . . 2.75
Forest City Linseed Oil Co., i bar-
rel raw linseed oil . . . 27.61
S. M. Heselton, 8 sled crooks, for
runners ..... 10.00
CITY FARM.
Paid Kean & Doyle, hacks .
$15.00
M. W. Libbey, repairing saws
1.25
Paid E. G. Libbey, cash paid :
Expenses to Lowell, escaped prisoners
7.0a
" Daily Mirror," one year
6.00
Postoffice box rent .
3.00
Postage
1.60
Paid C. W. Lerned & Co., 7 gallons
disinfectant ....
17-50
Lovejoy & Stratton, repairing clock
3-50
Manchester Water-Works, use of
water
145-95
Manchester Slaughtering & Ren-
dering Co., killing hogs .
7.00'
B. F, McDonnell, 25 lbs. paris
green .....
7.00
J. B. McCrillis & Son, sawing tim-
ber
15-67
Orange Judd Co., i year's sub-
scription to " N. E. Homestead,"
to May I, 1896
I. GO
II. W. Parker, lime and cement .
3-45
E. M. Prescott, soap .
2.50
0. G. Reed, use of hacks .
20.00'
Harrison Rowe, pasturing one pair
oxen .....
I2.00-
Sampson, Murdock & Co., i direc-
tory
2.00
James P. Slattery, repairing clock
•75
I. L. Stickney, shoemaker's sup-
plies, rubber matting
13.24
Pay-roll, division No. 2 :
March
9.18
June
8.25
July
7-99
September
9.12
679
680 REPORT 01 THE CITY AUDITOR.
October .....
November .....
Total expenditures
Overdraft, duplicate bill
^3-64
S.38
$452.10
,
$8,161.78
3-9°
$8,165.68
Indigent Soldiers.
Appropriation
•
$300.00
Expenditures.
GROCERIES.
Paid A. H. Gray ....
$13.00
Griffin Brothers ....
12.00
D. M. Poore & Son .
122.00
$147.00
FUEL.
Paid Dunlap & Wason Coal Co. .
$6.00
C. Pollard
21.00
D. M. Poore ....
7.00
$34.00
BOARD AND CARE.
Paid Ellen McGrath . . -. .
•
$96.00
Total expenditures
.
$277.00
Transferred to reserved fund
23.00
$300.00
Emergency Ward, Elliot Hospital.
Appropriation ..... . . $300.00
MILITIA. 681
EXPENDITURES.
Paid Mrs. Mary C. Higgins, treasurer, amount appror
priated ...... . . $300.00
Free Beds, Elliot Hospital.
Appropriation
Expenditures.
Paid Elliot Hospital, amount appropriated
Militia.
Approj)riation ....
Women's Aid and Relief Hospital.
Appropriation ...... . $600.00
Expenditures.
Paid Women's Aid and Relief Hospital, amount ap-
propriated ..... . . $600.00
Sacred Heart Hospital.
Appropriation ..... . . $600.00
Expenditures.
Paid Sacred Heart Hospital, amount appropriated . $600.00
682
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Expenditures.
Paid Anioskeag Veterans
^lOO.OO
First Regiment Band .
lOO.OO
Lafayette Guards .
100. oo
Manchester War Veterans
lOO.OO
Manchester Cadets
lOO.OO
Scammon Rifles .
lOO.OO
Upton Light Infantry .
lOO.OO
Total expenditures
lyoo.oo
Decoration of Soldiers' Graves.
Appropriation ..... . . ;$4oo.oo
Expenditures.
Paid Louis Bell Post No. 3, G. A. R. . $336.93
Pay-roll, commons . . . 25.00
Total expenditures
Transferred to reserved fund
56^-93
38.07
$400.00
Fourth of July Celebrati
on.
Appropriation
•
$1,000.00
Expenditures.
Paid W. C. Clarke, chairman, as follows :
Prizes ......
$646.50
Music
300.00
Printing .....
19.20
Bill-posting .....
16.29
Incidentals
18.01
Total expenditures
•
$1,000.00
Appropriation
COUNTY TAX.
Band Concerts.
Expenditures.
68a
^300.00
Paid First Regiment Band
Manchester City Band
Total expenditures
$150.00
150.00
Abatement of Taxes.
Appropriation
Expenditures.
Paid sundry persons on taxes abated
Expenditures.
Paid Solon A. Carter, state treasurer
County Tax.
Appropriation . . . , .
Expenditures.
Paid F. C. Livingston, county treasurer
5,000.00.
$2,989.78
Total expenditures ...
Transferred to reserved fund
. $2,989.78
10.22
$3,000.00
State Tax.
Appropriation .....
. $65,615.00
;.6i5.oo
^63,895.37
^63,895.37
684
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Resolution Raising Money and Making Appropria-
tions for the Year One Tiiousand Eigint Hun-
dred and Ninety-five.
Resolved by the Mayor, Aldermeji, and Common Council of the
City of Manchester, i?i City Council Assembled, as follows :
That the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) be
borrowed for the use of the city for the following permanent mu-
nicipal improvements, viz.:
Seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) for new sewers ; twenty
thousand dollars ($20,000) for new highways; and five thousand
dollars ($5,000) for the development and improvement of Derry-
field and Stark parks ; and that the joint standing committee on
finance are hereby authorized to issue bonds of the city for said
amount of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) payable April
I, 1915, with interest coupons attached, for the payment of in-
terest 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 four hundred and ninety-
four thousand five hundred and sixty and thirty-seven one hun-
dredths dollars ($494,560.37) be raised for the use of the city
for the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five (1895)
by tax on the polls and estates liable to be taxed theieon, 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.:
CENTRAL DEPARTMENT.
Interest
Reserved fund
City hall .
Printing and stationery
Incidental expenses
Mayor's incidentals
$25,000.00
5,000.00
2,700.00
2,500.00
12,000.00
300.00
APPROPRIATIONS
685
City officers' salaries
116,700.00
Sinking fund .
10,000.00
Auditor's department
2,000.00
STREET AND SEWER DEPARTMENT.
Street and park commission . . . . .
^4,000.00
Widening and straightening Mast street
3,000.00
Widening Elm street at Ray brook
2,500.00
Repairs of highways .....
19,500.00
New highways
20,000.00
Land taken for highway
s . . . . .
5,000.00
Watering streets .
4,000.00
Paving streets
6,000.00
Macadamizing streets
15,000.00
Grading for concrete
4,000.00
Scavenger teams .
15,000.00
Street sweeping
1,500.00
Lighting streets .
47,000.00
Bridges
3,000.00'
City teams .
6,000.00
Sewers and drains
5,000.00
Sewer, Penacook, Canal to Union east back street
15,000.00
Sewer, Valley, Elm to Belmont
15,000.00
Other new sewers ......
45,000.00
Snow and ice ..... .
4,000.00
Storage shed, city yard ....
3,000.00
Engineer's Department ....
^4,500.00
Health Department .....
$4,000.00
SCHOOL department.
Repairs of schoolhouses ....
;^4,ooo.oo
Fuel
5,500.00
Furniture and supplies .....
800.00
Books and stationery
200.00
Printing and advertising ....
350.00
Contingent expenses
1,600.00
686
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Care of rooms ....
Evening schools ....
Teachers' salaries ....
Evening school, mechanical drawing
Free text-books ....
Manual training . '.
City Library ....
FIRE.
Fire department .
Fire-alarm telegraph
Hydrant service . . ' ,
South Manchester hosehouse
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Commission .
Court .
Station
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Repairs of buildings
Ward 5 wardroom
Lincoln school curbing
City hall, repairs .
Sub station, ward 8
PUBLIC PLACES.
$4,700.00
1,300.00
67,000.00
550.00
5,000.00
1,500.00
$4,500.00
550,000.00
2,000.00
15,800.00
1,500.00
537>5oo-oo
2,700.00
2,500.00
55,000.00
1,100.00
1,000.00
7,500.00
3,000.00
Commons ........ $4,000.00
Stark and Derryfield parks ..... 5,000.00
Pine Grove cemetery ...... 10,000.00
Valley cemetery ....... 3,000.00
Amoskeag cemetery ...... 150.00
PATRIOTIC, CHARITABLE, AND PHILANTHROPIC.
Paupers off the farm ...... $10,000.00
City farm ........ 8,000.00
Indigent soldiers ....... 300.00
APPROPRIATIONS.
687
Women's Aid and Relief Hospital
Free beds, Elliot Hospital
Decoration of soldiers' graves
Police matron
Militia ....
Sacred Heart Hospital .
Emergency ward, Elliot Hospital
Band concerts
Fourth of July celebration .
TAXES.
Abatement of taxes
State tax
County tax .
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS FOR THE YEAR.
Amount to be raised by tax
Insurance tax
Railroad tax
Savings bank tax .
Literary fund
City Hall .
Tuition
Police department
Pine Grove cemetery
Valley cemetery .
County of Hillsborough
City farm
Interest on taxes .
Bonds .
Land redeemed .
$600.00
600.00
400.00
100.00
700.00
600.00
300.00
300.00
1,000.00
13,000.00
65,615.00
63>895-37
$73i>36o.37
$494,560.37
2,600.00
28,000.00
70,000.00
7,500.00
1,000.00
700.00
13,000.00
5,500.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
4,000.00
500.00
100,000.00
1,000.00
$7315360.37
REPORT OF THE. CITY AUDITOR.
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VALUATION AND TAXES. 689
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 appraise 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 1895, ^^^ ^^ follows :
Valuation. Rate per $1,000. Tax.
Real estate . . ^24,463,174 $17-40 $425,659.23
Personal property . 3>i53)548 54,871.23
$27,616,722 $480,530.46
No. of polls, 12,244 . 1,244,400 1740 21,652.56
Totals^ - . $28,861,122 $502,183.02
The share distributed to Manchester of the
amount of the tax assessed, as per returns made
by the corporations to state treasurer :
On railroads ....... $28,357.49
On savings banks ...... 52,472.63
On insurance companies . . . . 2,613.75
On literary fund ...... 4,760.28
Grand tax total ..... $590)387. 17
For further information in relation to taxes collected by the
state, see State Treasurer's Report.
44
690
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
TABLE OF TAXES DUE AND UNCOLLECTED.
YEAR.
Due Jan. 1, 1895,
assessed in 1895.
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Taxes Of 1885 c.
Tq-vpq of 1S9fi
$1,205.71
1,264.85
1,163.94
1,580.13
1,397.03
1,687.08
1,971.97
2,620.15
4,572.60
I 38,924.65
j 1,208.25
502,183.02
$1,205.71
1,264.85
1,163.94
TiiTTA^ nf lftS7
1,580.13
1,397.03
Tfnrpcj of 1S90
1,687.08
1,968.41
Tasesof 1891
Taxes of 1892
$3 ..56
25.35
438.27
33,954.69
459,501.68
-•
2,594.80
TaTP« nf ISQS
4,134.33
Taxes of 1894
$2,249.40
631.28
3,928.81
Taxes of 1895
42,050.06
Totals
$558,092.30
$2,880.68
$493,923.55
$61,288.07
TAX VALUATIONS, ETC., FROM 1890 TO 1895, INCLUSIVE.
Year.
Valuation.
Taxes.
No. polls.
Poll tax.
Val.ofpoU.
1890
$24,207,740
24,872,492
25,932,044
27,439,742
28,-391,710
28,861,122
$462,869.17
443,541.76
506,465.17
507,640.68
505,372.44
502,183.02
9,723
10,367
10,673
11,835
12,103
12,244
$1.91
1.78
1.95
1.85
1.78
1.74
$100'
1891
100
1892
100
1893
100
1894
100
1895
100
For years prior to 1890, see reports of 1890 and 1891.
ACCOUNT OF GEORGE E. MORRILL, COLLECTOR. 691
Settlement of Account of George E. Morrill, Tax Col-
lector for City of Manchester, N. H., June 1, 1895.
Tax list, 1885
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890
1891
1892
1893
Amount out-
stanfling 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
4,572.60
Collected.
13-56
25-35
438.27
Amount collected
Credited by cash, as per treas-
urer's receipt No. 157
Interest collected, 1891 .
1892 .
1893 •
1894 .
Credited by cash, as per treas-
urer's receipt No. 158
$467.18
$467.18^
$1.00
4.91
28.57
811.46
^845-94
$845-94
Balance out-
standing June
1, 1895.
$1,205.71
1,264.85
1,163.94
1,580.13
1.397-03
1,687.08
1,968.41
2,594.80
4,134.33
1894. Dr.
June I. Balance due on settlement of 1893 list .
1894. Cr.
June 16. By cash paid treasurer, per
receipt No. 82 . . . $170.00
Dec. 7. By cash paid treasurer per
receipt No. 159 . . 170.00
$4,599-48
June I, 1895, ^^^ o^ 1893 ^^^^
$340.00
$4,259.48
092 report op the city auditor.
1894. Dr.
To warrant resident list . . . 1^504,254.99
warrant non-resident list . . . 1,117.45
voluntary list ..... 1,208.25
-^506,580.69
1894, 1895. Cr.
By cash paid treasurer, as per vouchers
Nos. 96, 109, 116, 150, 153, 191
in year 1894; and receipts Nos
27. I05' 153. 156, in year 1895
abatements, vouchers Nos. 69, 174
154
unpaid taxes, June i, 1895
$497,623.76
5,028.12
3,928.81
$506,580.69
City of Manchester to George E. Morrill.
Dr.
To salary for year ending June i, 1895 $1,650.00
commission on old taxes . . . 24.79
$1,674.79
Cr.
By cash paid by treasurer, on account of
salary $800.00
balance paid by treasurer, as per bill 874-79
$1,674.79
Manchester, N. H., December 5, 1895.
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.
EXEMPTIONS FROM TAXATION. 693
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 legis-
lators and magistrates, in all future periods of this government,
to cherish the interest of literature and the sciences, and all sem-
inaries and public schools ; to encourage private and public in-
stitutions, rewards, and immunities for the promotion of agricul-
ture, arts, sciences, commerce, trades, manufactures, and natural
history of the country; to countenance and inculcate the prin-
ciples of humanity and general benevolence, public and private
charity, industry and economy, honesty and punctuality, sincer-
ity, sobriety, 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 schools
or institutions of any religious sect or denomination."
Public Statutes, chapter 55.
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
694 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
proposed to be erected or put in operation therein, and the capi-
tal to be used in operating the same, unless such establishment
has been previously exempted from taxation by some town."
OPINION OF THE SUPREME COURT.
58 N. H. Rep. page 623. " The exemption in each case is
limited to ten years. A perpetual alienation of the whole power
of taxation would be the destruction of government ; and the
dangerous tendency of legislation suspending any part of that
power, for any period, is manifest. P. Bank v. Billings, 4 Pet.
514,561. So long as the existing laws remain unrepealed, and
the constitutional construction heretofore adopted remains un-
changed, contracts hereafter made under these laws and that
construction will be valid. If the legislature for any reason wish
to prevent the making of any more such contracts, their object
can be accomplished by a repeal of the laws authorizing them."
Hospitals, etc., are exempt from taxation in their respective
charters as " being of the nature of a public charity," as follows :
Gale Home for Aged and Destitute Women, N. H. Laws of
1889, chapter 199.
Elliot Hospital, N. H. Laws of 1S81, chapter 178.
Manchester Women's Aid and Relief Society, organized in
January, 1875 j N- H- Laws, 1891, chapter 283.
Orphanage and Home for Old Ladies (Catholic) on Hanover
street, N. H. Laws, 1883, chapter 56.
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 Catholic ; East
Spruce street, near Beech :
Building ..... ^10,000.00
13,000 square feet of land . . 2,600.00
^12,600.00
PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION. 695
Convent, Sisters of Mercy, Catholic; 415 Union
street, corner Laurel :
Building . . . . . 130,000.00
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 ..... 1^25, 000. 00
31,500 square feet of land . . 9,450.00
$34,450.00
Lot south side Laurel street, corner Union street,
Catholic ; McDonald school :
Building ..... $35,000.00
I o,Soo square feet of land . . 5,000.00
}o,ooo.oo
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
>375-oo
St. Patrick's Orphan Asylums, Catholic; 184 Han-
over street :
Building ..... $35,000.00
40,500 square feet of land . . 40,500.00
$75,500.00
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
$6,500.00
696 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
St. Agnes' school, Catholic ; corner Cedar and Pine
streets :
Building ;^i 2,000.00
20,000 square feet of land . . 3,200.00
^15,200.00
St. Joseph's school for girls. Catholic ; corner Pine
and Lowell streets :
Building 1 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
^19,500.00
Orphanage school, Beauport, Wayne, and Putnam
streets ; French Catholic :
Building ^25,000.00
30,000 square feet of land . . 6,000.00
^31,000.00
St. Augustine's academy, French Catholic; corner
Beech and Spruce streets :
Building ..... $8,000.00
15,000 square feet of land . . 4,500.00
$12,500.00
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
$14,000.00
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
$2,500.00
$7,875.00
PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION. 697
Orphan children's school, parish St. Augustine ; 251,
253 Lake avenue:
Building ..... ^12,000.00
10,000 square feet of land . . 5,000.00
,17,000.00
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
$2,500.00
$2,500.00
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 Catho-
lic; 376 Beauport street, West Manchester:
Building ..... $2,500.00
5,000 square feet of land . . 1,000.00
$2,500.00
i2,500.00
$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
$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
$31,250.00
698 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
St. Joseph's cathedral and chapel, Catholic ; Pine
street, corner Lowell :
Building $70,000.00
40,000 square feet of land .. . 30,375.00
■ $100,375.00
St. Mary's church, French Catholic ; Beauport street,
corner Wayne, West Manchester :
Building $25,000.00
70,000 square feet of land . . 14,000.00
$39,000.00
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
$38,400.00
St. George's church, French Catholic ; Pine street,
Corner Orange :
Building $75,000.00
18,690 square feet of land . . 7,614.00
■ $82,614.00
St. Patrick's church and school. Catholic ; Kelly
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
$34,750.00
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
PKOPERTY EXEMPT FROM ' TAXATION. 699
Second Baptist church ; Merrimack street, near
Pine :
Building ^9,000.00
9,450 square feet of land . . 3,780.00
$12,780.00
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 church ; 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
$44,000.00
Third Congregational church ; South Main street,
corner Milford, West Manchester :
Building ..... $8,000.00
23,000 square feet of land . . 3,000.00
— SI 1,000.00
First M. E. church ; Valley street, corner Jewett :
Building ..... $8,000.00
11,400 square feet of land . . 1,000.00
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
700 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
St. James M. E. church ; Pennacook street, corner
Pine:
Building ^9,000.00
11,000 square feet of land . . 2,200.00
^r 1,200.00
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
;2, 000.00
Christian church, Protestant ; Pine street, corner
Merrimack :
Building ..... $6,000.00
9,000 square feet of land . . 6,700.00
;i2,7oo.oo
First Presbyterian church, German ; Second street,
corner Bath, West Manchester :
Building ..... $3,000.00
10,000 square feet of land . . 2,500.00
,500.00
Swedish Lutheran church, Protestant ; Sagamore
corner Pine :
Building $7,500.00
10,950 square feet of land . . 2,000.00
,500.00
PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION. 701
Swedish Baptist church ; Arlington street, near Ma-
ple:
Building ..... $5,000.00
4,432 square feet of land . . 1,100.00
:),ioo.oo
Second Advent church ; Amherst street, between
Pine and Union :
Building $5,100.00
4,500 square feet of land . . 3)375-oo
>,475.oo
City Mission chapel, Protestant ; Merrimack street,
corner of Beech :
Building ..... $7,000.00
12,600 square feet of land . . 6,000.00
$13,000.00
Westminster Presbyterian church ; Brook street, cor-
ner Hazel :
Building ..... $15,000.00
10,000 square feet of land . . 2,500.00
$i7>5oo-oo
South Manchester Union chapel, Protestant ; Elm
street, south :
Building ..... $2,500.00
10,747 square feet of land . . 1,000.00
$3,500.00
Episcopal Mission church ; North Main street, cor-
ner School, West Manchester :
Building ..... $3,500.00
19,412 square feet of land . . 4,000.00
$7,500.00
Residence pastor St. Paul's M. E. church ; Union
street, near Amherst :
Building ..... $3,000.00
$2,500.00
702 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
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
Residence pastor Grace Episcopal church ; corner of
Harrison and Union streets :
Building ..... ^6,000.00
15,000 square feet of land . . 3,750.00
52,500.00
$9,750.00
German School Society; Third, Bath, and Ferry
streets :
Building ..... $4,500. 00
10,187 square feet of land . . 2,500.00
7,000.00
Elliot Hospital, Protestant ; East Manchester :
Building ..... $23,000.00
Land ...... 7,000.00
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
$6,500.00
Women's Aid and Relief Hospital ; Pearl street, cor-
ner Beech :
Building ..... $15,000.00
57,530 square feet of land . . 10,000.00
$25,000.00
Manchester Children's Home ; Webster street :
Building ..... $20,000.00
55,000 square feet of land . . 2,500.00
$22,500.00
PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION.
703
Residence pastor Swedish Lutheran church ; Saga-
more street, corner Pine :
Building $3,000.00
10,200 square feet of land . . 1,020.00
$2,500.00
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
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* insti-
tutions . . , . .
TAXABLE.
Land and buildings, Catholic .
Land and buildings, Protestant
Total exempt and taxable
$356,729-oo
68,400.00
12,500.00
195,152.00
113,875.00
$426,040.00
10,000.00
7,000.00
188,000.00
165,021.00
14,170.00
$746,656.00
$631,040.00
$79,191.00
$1,456,887.00
704
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TABULAR STATEMENT OF BONDED DEBT, CITY OF MAN-
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$400,000
400,000
300,000
300,000
300,C00
200,000
$200,000
200,000
300,000
300,000
350,000
500,000
$13,850
18,850
20,000
26,000
31,000
36,250
$120,000
120,000
120,000
120,000
50,000
$60,000
60,000
60,000
60,000
60,000
60,000
$155,000
155,000
155,000
155,000
155,000
155,000
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1892.
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100,000
100,000
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not yet present-
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953,850
955,000
1,261,100
$99,900
100
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65,500
50,000
$100,000
$948,850
953,850
955,000
1,195,600
1,296,000
1,571,250
$100
100,000
100
$100,000
200,000
300,000
$4,500
100
$20,000
100,000
Remarks. — The city guarantees the perpetual care of lots in
the cemeteries of the city to parties who pay ^100 and upward.
There are ^36,250 in cemetery bonds, so called, not negotiable,
in the hands of the city treasurer, which are included in the
* $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 refunded
July 1, 1890, and $100,000 re-funded July 1, 1895.
t $2,200 cemetery bonds, issued in 1884, and other additional bonds each year.
The city guarantees the perpetual care of lots in the cemeteries. Bonds
payable July 1, 1913.
706 REPOET OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Total amount of bonded debt, including ceme-
tery bonds ^1,571,250.00
Net indebtedness for water purposes . . . 900,000.00
Net debt after deducting water debt . ^671,250.00
As shown in the assessors' books for the year 1895 :
The assessed value of personal property, includ-
ing poll tax $4,397,948.00
The assessed value of real estate . . . 24,463,174.00
Total value for taxation . . . $28,861,122.00
Tax rate, 1.74 per cent on a hundred.
Per cent of net indebtedness (excluding debt for
water purposes) to assessed valuation . . 2.326
Per cent of net indebtedness (including debt for
water purposes) to assessed valuation . . 5 "444
Population, census of 1890 .... 43j983
Population, census of 1880 . . . " . 32,458
Increase of population in ten years . HjS^S
Increase of population since 1890 (estimated) . 14,000
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 sum of $600,000 by section 6, chap-
ter 70, New Hampshire Laws of 187 1, 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.
BONDED DEBT.
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REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
STATEMENT OF THE ANNUAL INTEREST CHARGE ON THE BONDEI>
DEBT.
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Total
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1890
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
$27,000
24,000
18,000
18,000
18,000
18,000
$6,000
8,000
12,000
12,000
14,000
14,000
$9,500
9,500
$623.75
813.92
1,000.00
1,041.66
1,550.00
1,812.50
$7,200
7,200
7,200
7,200
$2,400
2,400
2,400
2,400
2,400
2,400
$6,200
6,200
6,200
6,200
6,200
6,200
$49,423.75-
48,613.92
46,800.00
46,841.66
59,650.0&
68,712.50
$8,000
12,000
$4,800*
SUMMARY OF CITY DEBT.
Amount of bonded debt January i, 1895
Amount of cemetery bonds issued in 1895
Amount of water bonds issued in 1S95
Amount of improvement bonds issued in 1895
Amount of school bonds issued in 1895
Accrued interest on bonded debt
Amount of security note or bondf
Total indebtedness January i, 1S96 .
AVAILABLE ASSETS.
Net cash on hand January i, 1896
Taxes uncollected, list of 1895 ....
Stock of Suncook Valley Railroad, estimated value
BONDED DEBT.
Total net indebtedness January i, 1896
Total net indebtedness January i, 1895
Increase .......
$1,296,000.00
5,250.00
50,000.00
100,000.00
120,000.00
30,000.00
$1,601,250.00
$100,000.00
51,701,250.00
$143,088.90
42,050.06
14,500.00
$199,638.96
51,501,611.04
1,290,962.45
$210,648.59
*This amount will be reduced $400 annually by payment of principal.
fXhis loan was made by authority of resolution passed January 26, 1894.
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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
$57>820.oo
Franklin-street school, Franklin street, corr.er
Pleasant :
Building ..... ^16,000.00
19,200 square feet of land . . 19,200.00
$35,200.00
Spring-street school. Spring street :
Building ..... ^13,000.00
13,600 square feet of land . . 13,600.00
$26,600.00
Lincoln-street school, Lincoln street, corner Merri-
mack :
Building ..... $45,000.00
40,000 square feet of land . . 8,000.00
$53,000.00
Ash-street school, Ash street, corner Bridge :
Building ..... $50,000.00
57,537 square feet of land . . 17,262.00
$67,262.00
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
55,714! square feet of land . . 13,928.00
$52,928.00
712 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Blodget-street school, Blodget street :
Building ^1,500.00
9,000 square feet of land . . 3,600.00
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Lowell-street school, Lowell street, corner Chest-
nut :
Building ^1,000.00
9,000 square feet of land . . 9,000.00
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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
$2,402.00
School-street school, School street, West Manchester :
Building $1,000.00
12,176 square feet of land . . 3,044.00
$4,044.00
South Main-street school. South Main street. West
Manchester :
Building $500.00
13,650 square feet of land . . 2,047.00
$2,547.00
Bakersville school, Elm street, south :
Building $10,000.00
24,184 square feet of land . . 3,628.00
$13,628.00
Stark District school, River road, north :
Building $1,000.00
43,560 square feet of land . . 100 00
$1,100.00
VALUATION OF REAL ESTATE OWNED BY THE CITY. 713
Amoskeag school, Front street, Amoskeag :
Building ..... $1,500.00
6,000 square feet of land . . 1,000.00
^2,500.00
Rimmon school, corner Amory 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
Harvey District school, Nutt road :
Building $2,000.00
21,780 square feet of land . . 100.06
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
,250.00
$2,100.00
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$3,508.00
$600.00
Mosquito Pond school, Mosquito Pond :
Building ..... $400.00
10,890 square feet of land . . 100.00
Pearl-street school :
Building $18,700.00
Land ...... 3,200.00
$21,900.00
714 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Varney school, Bowman street, corner Mast, West
Manchester :
Building ^43,750.00
Land ...... 6.700.00
$50,450.00
New Hallbville school, Jewett street, corner Young,
East Manchester :
Building ..... $29,800.00
44,000 square feet of land . . 3,300.00
Straw school, Chestnut street, corner Harrison :
Building ..... $30,000.00
32,400 square feet of land '. . 16,200.00
New Wilson school, Wilson, Cedar, and Auburn
streets :
Building ..... $30,000.00
40,000 square feet of land . . 5,000.00
), 200.00.
$35,000.00
), 502.0a
ENGINE HOUSES.
Engine-house and stable. Central station. Vine
street :
Building $31,800.00
21,718.86 square feet of land . 25,438.00
$57,238.00
Clinton-street engine-house, Clinton street, West
Manchester :
Building ..... $1,000.00
3,790 square feet of land ,. . 1,000.00
$2,000.00'
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
VALUATION OF REAL ESTATE OWNED BY THE CITY. 715
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.
Hosehouse and cottage. Maple street, corner East
High:
Building . . . . . ;^3,ooo.oo
18,330 square feet of land . . 3,666.00
$6, 666.0a
Engine-house and wardroom, ward 9, Rimmon and
Amory streets, West Manchester ;
Building ..... ^22,755.00
6,000 square feet of land . . 870.00
— ^23,625.00.
South Manchester hosehouse :
Building ..... $4,200.00
4,278 square feet of land . . 684.48
$4,884.4S
^i47,548.4&
OTHER PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND LOTS.
City library. Dean avenue, corner Franklin street :
Building ..... $35,000.00
15,000 square feet of land . . 30,000.00
$65,000.00.
City hall. Elm street, corner Market :
Building ..... $20,000.00
100,000 square feet of land . . 150,000.00
$170,000.00
716
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
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
Eattery Building, Manchester street
Building ....
3,400 square feet of land
; 1 3,000.00
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
'7, 000. 00
,18,100.00
;,ooo.oo
City stable and other buildings, Franklin street :
Building $15,950.00
44,656 square feet of land . . 89,312.00
City stable, district No. 10 .
City scales, Franklin street :
Building ......
Gravel lots, Goffstown :
2 acres ......
Gravel lot, Bakersville, South Manchester
$105,262.00
;i, 000.00
$300.00
$400.00
$700.00
VALUATION OF REAL ESTATE OWNED BY THE CITY. 717
Gravel lot, district No. lo, bought of Brooks &
Brock (city has right to remove gravel until Au-
gust 25, 1903):
I li acres ......
Ward 5 wardroom, Lake avenue
Building
Land ....
54, 500. 00
1,000.00
,500.00
PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CITY.
Property in care city engineer .... $1, 149. co-
in care chief engineer fire department . 109,102.00
in care street and park commission . 22,685.19
in care superintendent of schools . . 36,755.00
in care city messenger .... 3,000.00
in care city marshal and janitor . . 2,000.00
in care superintendent of city farm . 12,174.77
in care trustees city library . . . 29,333.00.
in care superintendent of Pine Grove
cemetery ...... 24S.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
Uncollected taxes in 1894
Uncollected taxes in 1895 .....
Net cash in the treasury, December 31, 1S95
^189,067.08
OTHER REAL AND PERSONAL ESTATE OWNED BY THE CITY.
$
267,553
31
$3^928
12
42,050
06
143,088
90
Soldiers' monument .
Permanent inclosure of commons
525,000.00
10,200.00
718
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
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
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 acres .
Derryfield park, 76 acres .
Concord common, 4.48 acres
Tremont common, 2.25 acres
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
^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
1,000.00
5i3»474-4i
^790,760.47
g200,000.00
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
^885,040.00
>i)349. 733-21
$589,502.00
644,002.00
147,548.48
VALUATION OF REAL ESTATE OWNED BY THE CITY. 719
Water-works at cost price .
Personal property owned by the city
Uncollected taxes and cash
Other real and personal property .
Parks and cemeteries .
PROPERTY ACCOUNT.
Inventory of assets, December 31, 1895
Inventory of assets, December 31, 1894
Gain in valuation ....
The increase in valuation as above stated
amount expended in 1895 on :
Sewers and drains
Straw schoolhouse and land
Wilson schoolhouse and land
City hall building
City stable buildings, Franklin street
Water-works, construction .
City farm .....
New furniture, police station and city hall
Personal property, fire department
Street and park commission
Increase in uncollected taxes
Increase in net cash in treasury .
^i)349!733-2i
267>553-3i
189,067.08
790,760.47
885,040.00
$4,863,206.55
. $4,863,206.55
. 4,576,686.66
. $286,519.89
results from the
574,888.26
46,200.00
35,000.00
10,000.00
3,650.00
49,469.07
285.16
270.00
3,604.50
846.97
2,480.93
66,376.00
Deduct Bridge-street school lot and the
Gordon land sold ....
Deduct decrease in city stable. District
No. 10 . . . . ' .
3,351.00
$293,070.89
6,551.00
$286,519.89
Total net gain .....
Details of invenfory 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.
720 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Auditor's Office.
City hall building. Open from 8 to 12 a. m., 1.30 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.
1. Is the subject matter of the bill under examination within
the scope of the powers conferred by the legislature on the city
government ?
2. Is the bill certified by the party legally authorized to make
the contract, or cause the expenditure to be made ?
3. Has any .appropriation been made to meet the expenditure,
and is there a balance unexpended sufficient to pay this bill ?
4. Are the number of articles in the bill, or the measurements
either of dimensions, quantities, or weights correctly and fully
stated, and is the proof of the delivery to the city of the whole
amount charged sufficient ?
5. Is the price charged a fair market price, or is it so largely
in excess as to require the attention of the city councils to be
called to the same?
6. Is the bill written in a fair, legible hand, correctly cast,
and on paper of sufficient length and width to admit of its
proper backing and filing ?
7. If the bill is in part payment of a contract, the date and
the total amount of the contract, the amount already paid, the
amount of the work not yet completed, and the per cent re-
tained, if any, should be stated in the bill.
S. 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 A'ND RULES, RELATING TO THE
APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL OF CLAIMS AGAINST THE CITY.
No bill or account shall be paid by the city treasurer until the
auditor has approved it as correct.
auditor's office. 721
Public trusts or powers devolved by law or charter on the city
councils cannot be delegated to others. Dillon's Municipal Cor-
porations, section 96, volume i.
No member of either branch [of the city councils], except the
mayor, shall receive any compensation for his services, or shall
hold any office or agency created during his continuance in
office. General Latvs, chapter 46, section 13.
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.
General Lazvs, 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-
46
722 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
eral Laws, chapter io6, section ii.) They have no power con-
ferred upon them by law or ordinance to purchase new apparatus
of any kind.
The joint standing committee on fire department have advis-
ory powers only.
The laws and ordinances require the city auditor to withhold
his signature from all bills against any appropriation where the
amount of the appropriation is expended, until the city council
shall have provided the means of paying the same. Section 4,
chapter 3 of the City Ordinances, and section 4, ordinances re-
lating to duties of the city auditor, approved January 7, 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 ; 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 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,
auditok's office. 723
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
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, sub-
ject to such limitations and restrictions as the board of alder-
men, acting as a board, may require.
RESOLUTIONS. ORDERS, ORDI-
NANCES.
RESOLUTIONS, ORDERS, ORDINANCES
PASSED IN 1895.
City of Manchester.
Resolution relating to Meetings of Joint Standing Committees.
Resolved by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the
City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as follows :
No meeting of any joint standing committee shall be held
without twenty-four hours' notice to each of the members there-
of and the mayor, unless by unanimous consent of all the mem-
bers of said committee.
Passed March 5, 1895.
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 fifth day of December, 1895, 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 March 5, 1895.
727
728 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
City of Manchester.
Resolution in relation to the Celebration of Independence Day.
Resolvedhy the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the
City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as follows :
That a joint special committee of three, consisting of the
mayor, one alderman, and one councilman, be appointed with
authority to make all arrangements for the celebration of Inde-
pendence Day, and to expend the appropriation therefor ; pro-
vided, however, that said committee shall not incur any expense
in excess of said appropriation.
Passed March 5, 1895.
City of Manchester.
Resolution for the appropriation of Fifty Thousand Dollars for
an extension to the present High School Building and for
the issue of Bonds for said Amount.
Resolvedly the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the
City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as follows:
Whereas, there is an urgent and universally admitted demand
for increased facilities for the Manchester high school, and where-
as it is the opinion of the city councils that this demand can best
be met by the construction of an extension to the present high
school building, be it
Resolved by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council pf
the City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, that the sum
of fifty thousand dollars (^50,000) be, and the same is hereby
appropriated for the purpose of building, completing, and equip-
ping a two-story addition to the present high school building.
Resolved^ further, that said sum of fifty thousand dollars, or
so much thereof as may be necessary, be raised by the issue of
the bonds of the city of Manchester, said bonds to be dated July
RESOLUTIONS. 729
I, 1895, and pa3'able to bearer, ten thousand dollars ($10,000)
upon each of the following dates, viz., July i, 1896, July i, 1897,
July I, 1898, July I, 1899, and July i, 1900; said bonds to
bear the city seal, to be signed by the mayor and countersigned
by the city treasurer^, and to bear interest at the rate of four per
cent per annum from date, and to have coupons attached bearing
ihtfac-su/iik' signature of the city treasurer, for the payment of
interest at said rate, semi-annually on the first days of January
and July of each year ; and the city treasurer is authorized to
fix the place of payment of interest and principal of said bonds,
and under the instructions of the mayor and joint standing com-
mittee of finance is authorized to sell said bonds as the money
shall be needed ; and do all things necessary and proper to com-
plete and carry into effect the issue of said bonds ; said bonds
to be issued in accordance with an act of the legislature of New
Hampshire passed at the January session, 1895, entitled : "An
act to authorize municipal corporations to issue bonds."
This resolution shall take effect upon its passage.
Passed April 2, 1895.
City of Manchester.
Resolution authorizing and ratifying the issuance and sale of
Negotiable Coupon Bonds of the City of Manchester, by the
Finance Committee of the City Council, or the Mayor and
Treasurer of said City.
Resolved by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of
Manchester, in City Council assembled, as follows :
That all acts, doings, and proceedings of the joint standing
committee on finance of the city councils of the city of Man-
chester, and of the chairman thereof and of the mayor and treas-
urer of said city, in making, executing, signing, countersigning,
issuing, selling, and delivering the sixty thousand dollars ($60,-
000) issue of bonds known as the "bridge loan bonds," dated
730 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
July I, iSSi^ having thirty years to run, and due July i, 191 1,
purporting on the face of the bonds to have been authorized by
resolution of September, 18S0, which have heretofore been issued
and sold by said committee, or by said mayor, are, and each one
of said acts, doings, and proceedings, is hereby fully ratified, ap-
proved, confirmed, and made binding and effectual upon the
city of Manchester and made the acts of the city of Manchester ;
and the said sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) issue of said bonds,
heretofore issued and sold are hereby adopted as, and are made
the bonds, obligations, and indebtedness of the city of Manches-
ter in all respects, and as fully, to all intents and purposes, as if
the making, issuing, and selling thereof had been fully author-
ized by the city of Manchester by resolution of the city councils,
approved by the mayor, prior to the issuance or sale of any
thereof.
Passed April 16, 1895.
City of Manchester.
Resolution relating to the Use of Center Construction of a
Portion of the Manchester Street Railway.
Resolved by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen :
That the Manchester Street Railway be requested to use in the
construction of its electric railroad the so-called center construc-
tion upon that portion of said railway in Elm street north of
Prospect street to Trenton street ; and said Manchester Street
Railway is hereby authorized to make use of such center con-
struction on said portion of Elm street, upon condition that said
railway shall make no claim for and receive no damages there-
for, and
Resolved, That this board, upon due application therefor, will
give all necessary authority, if any is required, to enable this
vote to be carried into effect.
Passed April 19, 1895.
RESOLUTIONS. 731
City of Manchester.
Resolution relating to the discontinuance of the Old Falls Road
between Belmont and East Spruce streets.
Resolved by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the
City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as follows :
That the city solicitor be authorized to enter a petition in the
supreme court for Hillsborough county in the name of the city
of Manchester, asking for the consent of said court to the dis-
continuance of the Old Falls road between the center lines of
Belmont and East Spruce streets, upon being furnished a guar-
anty from the parties interested that no costs or expenses shall be
made to the city.
Passed May 7, 1895.
City of Manchester.
Resolution for the issue of ^100,000 of Water Loan Bonds to re-
fund the ^100,000 Six Per Cent Bonds, maturing July i, 1895.
Resolved by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the
City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as follows :
That for the purpose of re-funding the one hundred thousand
dollars of water loan, six per cent bonds, which come due July i,
1895, and for the purpose of obtaining the money to pay said
maturing bonds, there be issued by the city of Manchester, in
accordance with the authority granted by the legislature of the
state of New Hampshire, by an act passed at the January session,
1895, one hundred thousand dollars of the bonds of the city of
Manchester, to bear date July i, 1895, i^^ denominations of one
thousand dollars each, with interest coupons attached for the
payment of interest semi-annually on the first days of January
and July of each year, at four per cent per annum ; said bonds
to be payable in twenty years from the date of their issue, and
732 EEPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
to be signed by the mayor and countersigned by the city treas-
urer, and the coupons to bear the facsimile signature of the
mayor. And the joint standing committee on finance and the
mayor are hereby instructed and authorized to do everything
necessary to carry into effect the issue of said bonds, with power
to determine the place of payment of the principal and interest
thereof.
Passed May 7, 1895.
City of Manchester.
Resolution for the appropriation of $120,000 for new School
Buildings, and the issuance of Bonds for said Amount.
if^Wz'^?// by the Mayor and Aldermen and Common Council of
the City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as follows :
First, That the resolution for the appropriation of fifty thou-
sand dollars ($50,000) for an extension to the present high school
building, and for the issue of bonds for said amount, passed at a
meeting of the city councils held April 2, 1895, ^^ ^^^ ^^e same
is hereby reconsidered and rescinded.
Second, Resolved, That the sum of one hundred and twenty
thousand dollars ($120,000) be and the same is hereby appropri-
ated for the following purposes : For the purpose of building,
completing, and equipping an addition to the present high school
building, the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000); for the
purpose of buying two lots of land, and the erection of an eight-
room school building on each of said lots, the sum of seventy
thousand dollars ($70,000).
Resolved further. That said sum of one hundred and twenty
thousand dollars ($120,000), or so much thereof as may be neces-
sary, be raised by the issue of bonds of the city of Manchester,
said bonds to be dated July i, 1895, and payable to bearer ten
thousand dollars upon each of the following dates : July i, 1896 ;
July I, 1897; July I, 1898; July i, 1899; July i, 1900; July
RESOLUTIOJJS. 733
I, 1901; July I, 1902; July I, 1903; July i, 1904; July i,
1905; July I, 1906; July I, 1907; said bonds to bear the city
seal, to be signed by the mayor, and countersigned by the city
treasurer, and to bear interest at the rate of four (4) per cent per
annum from date, and to have coupons attached bearing the fac-
simile signature of the city treasurer, for the payment of interest
at said rate, semi-annually, on the first days of January and July
of each year, and the city treasurer is authorized to fix the place
of payment of interest and principal of said bonds, and under
the instructions of the mayor and joint standing committee on
finance, is authorized to sell said bonds as the money shall be
needed, and do all things necessary and proper to complete and
carry into effect the issue of said bonds ; said bonds to be issued
in accordance with an act of the legislature of New Hampshire,
passed at the January session, 1895, entitled: "An act to au-
thorize municipal corporations to issue bonds."
This resolution shall take effect upon its passage.
Passed May 7, 1895.
City of Manchester.
Resolution in memoriam of the late James A. Weston.
Whereas, James A. Weston, a native, lifelong resident, and
eminent citizen of Manchester, who was three times elected to
the mayoralty of the city, and twice to the governorship of the
state, and for many years discharged with rare fidelity and success
many important trusts, has died ;
Resolved, by the city councils, that we record our appreciation
of his worth and of the value of his achievements to the commu-
nity in which he lived, and in whost service he never wearied
nor failed.
Resolved, For ourselves and in behalf of the people whom we
represent, that in the death of Mr. Weston, so pure in private
734 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
life, so competent and faithful in official station, so amiable and
gentle in his communication with all classes, so willing to
work and to give in every good cause, so prudent and painstak-
ing in all fiduciary positions, so helpful in his church, his
neighborhood, and his city, so affectionate and wise in his fam-
ily, and so incorruptible, devoted, and successful in all the rela-
tions of life, Manchester loses one who was the peer of the best
and most useful, whose career was, is, and will be an encourage-
ment in well-doing, and whose memory should be tenderly,
proudly, and gratefully cherished.
Resolved, That we tender our sincere sympathy to the mem-
bers of his home circle and close personal friends in their great
bereavement.
Resolved^ That these resolutions be spread upon the records,
and a copy transmitted to Mr. Weston's family, and that in
token of our respect, we attend the funeral in a body.
Passed May ii, 1895.
City of Manchester.
Resolution of Thanks to John Rogers.
Resolvedly \\\s. Board of Mayor and Aldermen and Common
Council of the City of Manchester, in City Council assembled :
That the city of Manchester hereby accepts the gift of John
Rogers, sculptor, of the statue of Abraham Lincoln, and in be-
half of the citizens of the city, their thanks and the thanks of the
city government are hereby extended to Mr. Rogers for his kind
and generous donation ; and
That a copy of these resolutions be sent to Mr. Rogers.
Passed July 2, 1895.
RESOLUTIONS. 735
City of Manchester.
Resolution to make 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, 1895, 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 thou-
sand 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 July 2, 1895.
City of Manchester.
Resolution relative to Bequest of Mary G. Carvelle, deceased.
Resolved by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the
City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as follows :
Whereas, Mary G. Carvelle, late of Manchester, deceased, by
her will proved before the probate court for the county of Hills-
borough, on the 19th day of March, 1894, made the following
bequest :
" I give and bequeath to the city of Manchester for the pur-
pose of a Convalescent Home the lot of land on the north side
of the Pond road, extending to the Thomas Gamble lot, and in-
cluding the oak grove, in consideration that when established
my relations in case of want shall have a home " ; and,
Whereas, said land is subject to a certain mortgage, and the
payment of the same and the erection and maintenance of such
a Convalescent Home would call for the appropriation and ex-
penditure by the city of large sums of money, which it has no
legal authority to appropriate and expend for such purpose ;
therefore,
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Resolved, by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen and Common
Council of Manchester, in City Council assembled : That while
appreciating the motives which prompted Mrs. Carvelle to make
such bequest, it is inexpedient that the city of Manchester should
accept said becjuest, and decline to do so.
Passed August 6, 1895.
City of Manchester.
Resolution for the appropriation of ^130,000 for a new High
School Building, and the issuance of Bonds for the same Amount.
Resolved by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the
City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as follows :
First, that so much of the resolution passed May 7, 1895, ^^"
titled, "A Resolution for the appropriation of $120,000 for
new school buildings and the issuance of bonds for said amount,"
as provides for the appropriation of fifty thousand dollars
($50,000) for an extension to the present high-school building
and for the issue of bonds for said amount, be and the same is
hereby reconsidered, rescinded, and repealed; and so much of
said resolution as relates to the appropriation of seventy thou-
sand dollars ($70,000) for the purpose of building, completing,
and equipping two eight-room school buildings, and the pur-
chase of lots upon which the same stand, and the issuance of
seventy thousand dollars ($70,000) of bonds therefor, is hereby
re-enacted and continued in force.
Resolved further, that the sum of one hundred and thirty
thousand dollars ($130,000) be and the same is hereby appro-
priated for the purpose of building, completing, and equipping
a new high-school building upon the present high-school lot,
bounded by Concord, Beech, Lowell, and Ash streets, and that
said sum of one hundred and thirty thousand dollars ($130,000),
or so much thereof as may be necessary, be raised by the issue
of the bonds of said city, said bonds to be dated July i, 1895,
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and payable to bearer, ten thousand dollars (^10,000) upon each
of the following dates: July i, 1903; July i, 1904; July i,
1905 ; July I, 1906 ; July i, 1907 ; July i, 190S ; July i, 1909 ;
July I, 1910; July I, 1911 ; July i, 1912; July i, 1913; July
I, 1914; July I, 1915.
Said bonds to bear the city seal, to be signed by the 'mayor
and countersigned by the city treasurer, and to bear interest at
the rate of four (4) per cent per annum from date, and to have
coupons attached bearing the facsimile signature of the city
treasurer, for the payment of interest at said rate, semi-annually,
on the first days of January and July of each year; and the city
treasurer is authorized to fix the place of payment of interest and
principal of said bonds, and under the instructions of the mayor
and joint standing committee on finance, is authorized to sell
said bonds as the money shall be needed, and do all things
necessary and proper to complete and carry into effect the issue
of said bonds. Said bonds to be issued in accordance with an
act of the legislature of New Hampshire passed at the January
session, 1895, entitled "An act to authorize municipal corpora-
tions to issue bonds."
This resolution shall take effect upon its passage.
Passed September 3, 1895.
City of Manchester.
Resolution providing a Sinking Fund for the Schoolhouse Loan.
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 the interest and principal as it
shall become due, of the schoolhouse loan bonds, amounting to
two hundred thousand dollars (^200,000), authorized by the res-
olutions of the city councils, dated May 7, 1895, and Septem-
ber 3, 1895, there shall annually be raised by the city councils
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738 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
in the years 1896 to 1915, inclusive, such sum of money as shall
be sufficient to meet the interest upon the bonds each year out-
standing; and a further sum of ten thousand dollars (^10,000)
each year of a sinking fund for the payment of the principal of
said bonds as it shall become due, the same to be turned over to
the board of sinking fund commissioners, created by ordinance
of November 7, 1893, and applied to the payment of said bonds.
Passed September 3, 1S95. .
City of Manchester.
Resolution relative to Land for Park Purposes in southern sec-
tion of the City.
Resolved by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the
City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as follows :
That His Honor the Mayor confer with the agent of the
Amoskeag Corporation in reference to land for park purposes in
southern section of the city, and report at next meeting of the
city councils.
Passed September 3, 1895.
City of Manchester.
Resolution in regard to Grade.
Resolved by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen of the City of
Manchester, assembled, as follows :
That the city engineer be instructed whenever he shall here-
after give a statement of the grade of any street to any party to
give said statement in writing and keep in his office in book
form a duplicate of said statement.
Passed September 3, 1895.
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City of Manchester.
Resolution in Memoriam.
Resolved, That the City Councils of Manchester place upon
record their deep appreciation of the great loss which this mu-
nicipality and this community have sustained in the death of
Sylvanus B. Putnam.
He was a gallant soldier who attested his devotion to his
country by heroic service and sacrifices, which crippled and tor-
tured him through life. He was an upright, modest, useful citi-
zen who deserved and had the respect of all who knew him, and
the confidence and love of a large circle of associates and
friends.
For nearly fifteen years he was the honored treasurer of our
city and in that arduous and responsible position he showed
himself always competent, honest, and faithful. He was patient,
painstaking, and thoroughly devoted to the discharge of his
duties. He was affable and considerate to all who had occasion
to visit his office. Nearly a million dollars passed through his
hands every year, and every penny was carefully guarded while
in his keeping and promptly accounted for when it was paid out.
He leaves a record which is a precious legacy to the many who
loved him, and a guide for those who will succeed him.
Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be spread upon the
city records and that one be sent to his bereaved family.
Passed in joint convention, unanimously, November 14, 1895.
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City of Manchester.
Resolution relative to the Exemption from Taxation of a cer-
tain Manufacturing Establishment proposed to be erected and
put in operation by the Manchester Mills.
Resolved hy the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the
City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as follows :
Whereas, it is provided by section ii, chapter 55 of the
Public Statutes of the state of New Hampshire, that " 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 capital to be used in oper-
ating the same, unless such establishment has been previously
exempted from taxation by some town " ; and,
Whereas, the Manchester Mills propose to erect an additional
mill in said city of Manchester, on the east side of the Merri-
mack river, and on the south side of Granite street, and operate
the same with machinery for manufacturing purposes.
Resolved^ That said additional mill and machinery be ex-
empted from taxation for the term of ten years.
Passed November 5, 1895.
City of Manchester.
Resolution relating to Transfer of Land by Water Commis-
sioners.
Resolved by the Mayor, Aldermen and Common Council of the
City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as follows :
That Alpheus Gay, chairman of the board of water commis-
sioners for the city of Manchester, be and hereby is authorized
to execute for and in the name of said city, a deed to Charles
Spofford of eight acres of the Porter lot, so called, in Auburn,
New Hampshire, as surveyed by Joseph B. Sawyer, in accord-
ance with the agreement of the land committee of said board
with said Spofford.
Passed November 5, 1895.
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City of Manchester.
Resolution relating to a Celebration in 1896 of the Semi-Cen-
tennial Anniversary of the Establishment of the City of Man-
chester.
Eesolvedhy the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the
City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as follows :
That a special committee consisting of the mayor, the presi-
dent of the common council, three aldermen, and three mem-
bers of the common council be and hereby are appointed for
the purpose of considering the matter of a celebration in the
year 1896 of the semi-centennial anniversary of the establish-
ment of the city of Manchester. Said committee to consider
the time and the form of such celebration, the estimated cost
thereof, and to make a report with recommendations at some
subsequent meeting of the city councils.
Passed November 5, 1895.
City of Manchester.
Resolution for the Issue of ^50,000 of Water Loan Bonds.
Jiesolvedhy the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the
City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as follows :
That, for the purpose of obtaining money for the purpose of
extending and maintaining the water-works system of the city
of Manchester, there be issued by the city of Manchester in
accordance with the authority granted by the legislature of the
state of New Hampshire, by an act passed at the January session,
1895, ^50,000 (fifty thousand dollars) of the bonds of the city
of Manchester, to bear date December 16, 1895, ^^ denomina-
tions of ^1,000 (one thousand dollars) each, with interest cou-
pons attached for the payment of interest semi-annually on the
fifteenth days of June and December of each year, at 4 (four)
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per cent per annum. Said bonds to be payable in 20 (twenty)
years from the date of their issue, to be signed by the mayor
and countersigned by the city treasurer, and the coupons to
bear the fac-si?niie signature of the mayor ; and the mayor and
joint standing committee on finance are hereby instructed and
authorized to do everything necessary to carry into effect the
issue of said bonds, with power to determine the place of pay-
ment of principal and interest thereof.
Passed November 14, 1895.
City of Manchester.
Resolution for Sale of ^50,000 of School Loan Bonds.
Resolved by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the
City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as follows :
That, whereas there is need of the money for the purpose of
payments on the contracts for new schoolhouses, there be sold
fifty thousand dollars of school loan bonds, heretofore author-
ized by vote of the city councils, to E. H. Rollins & Sons, at the
rate of one hundred two and fifty-two hundredths per cent.
Passed November 22, 1895.
City of Manchester.
Resolution in regard to the sale of the Lot of Land on East
Spruce Street east of Beacon Street.
Resolved by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the
City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as follows:
That the action of the mayor and joint standing committee on
lands and buildings in selling at public auction the lot of land
on East Spruce street east of Beacon street, be ratified and con-
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firmed, and that the mayor be authorized to execute and deliver
a deed of said land to the purchasers at said sale for and in the
name of the city of Manchester.
Passed December 3, 1S95.
City of Manchester.
An Order relating to Claims and Suits against the City.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and the city solicitor be authorized to dispose of suits
against the city now pending in court, or which may be entered
in court during the ensuing two years, as they deem best, and
that they be a special committee to consider claims against the
city, with authority to settle such claims as they deem proper
when the amount involved in such settlement does not exceed
two hundred and fifty dollars.
Passed March 5, 1S95.
City of Manchester.
An Order to print the Forty-ninth 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,
the printing of the Forty-ninth Annual Report of the Receipts
and Expenditures of the City of Manchester, including the
reports of the joint standing committee on finance, the city audi-
tor, the school board and superintendent of schools, superintend-
ent of water-works, water commissioners, engineer of fire depart-
ment, police commissioners, chief of police, overseers of the poor,
trustees, librarian, and treasurer of the city library, committee on
cemeteries, joint standing committee on city farm, city physician,
744 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
city solicitor, city engineer, street and park commissioners, and
such other matters relating to city affairs as said finance commit-
tee may direct, the expense thereof to be charged to the appro-
priation for printing and stationery.
Passed March 5, 1895.
City of Manchester.
An Order to print the Mayor's Inaugural Address.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the committee on finance cause to be printed four hundred copies
of Mayor Clarke's Inaugural Address, the expense thereof to be
charged to the appropriation for printing and stationery.
Passed March 5, 1895.
City of Manchester.
An Order to purchase Hose for Fire Department.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the joint standing committee on fire department be authorized to
purchase four thousand feet of hose for use in fire department,
the expense thereof to be charged to the appropriation for fire
department.
Passed March 5, 1S95.
City of Manchester.
An Order to purchase Exercise Wagon.
Ordered^ If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the joint standing committee on fire department be authorized
ORDERS. 745
to purchase one exercise wagon for use at the General Stark en-
gine-house, the expense thereof to be charged to the appropria-
tion for fire department.
Passed March 5, 1895.
City of Manchester.
An Order to purchase a new Two-horse Hose Wagon.
Ordered^ If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the joint standing committee on fire department be authorized to
purchase a new two-horse hose wagon to be placed in the Merri-
mack engine-house on Lake avenue, the expense thereof to be
charged to the appropriation for fire department.
Passed March 5, 1895.
City of Manchester.
An Order to purchase Hook and Ladder Truck.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the joint standing committee on fire department be authorized
to purchase a hook and ladder truck to be placed in the General
Stark engine-house on Webster street, the expense thereof to be
charged to the appropriation for fire department.
Passed March 5, 1895.
City of Manchester.
An Order making Certain Transfers.
Ordered, If the Bpard of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the joint standing committee on fire department be authorized
to transfer the combination hose carriage at the General Stark
746 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
engine-house on Webster street to the hosehouse at Bakersville ;
and that the one-horse hose carriage at Merrimack engine-house
on Lake avenue be transferred to General Stark engine-house on
Webster street.
Passed March 5, 1895.
City of Manchester.
An Order to dispose of Sub-station on Clinton street.
Ordered^ If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and joint standing committee on lands and buildings
be and are hereby authorized to dispose of the sub-police station
on Clinton street.
Passed April 2, 1895.
City of Manchester.
An Order to curb the Lincoln-Street School Lot.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and joint standing committee on lands and buildings
be and are hereby authorized to curb the Lincoln-street school
lot; expense of same not to exceed the appropriation, and ex-
pense of same to be charged to the appropriation for curbing
Lincoln-street school lot.
Passed April 2, 1895.
City of Manchester.
An Order to make needed Repairs on City Hall.
Ordered^ If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and joint standing committee on lands and buildings
OKDERS. 747
be and are hereby authorized to make needed repairs on the city
hall building, and the expense of the same be charged to the ap-
propriation for repairs on city hall.
Passed April 2, 1895.
City of Manchester.
An Order for a new Sub-Police Station.
Ordered^ If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and joint standing committee on lands and buildings
be and are hereby authorized to procure plans, specifications,
and bids for a sub-police station on the Clinton-street lot, ex-
pense not to exceed the appropriation, and the expense of same
to be charged to the appropriation for sub-police station.
Passed April 2, 1895.
City of Manchester.
An Order to appropriate Money for Open Air Band Concerts.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the board of mayor and aldermen be and hereby are authorized,
acting under the statutes passed by the New Hampshire legisla-
ture at the January session, 1893, to expend the sum of three
hundred dollars for open air band concerts, the expense there-
of to be charged to the appropriation for band concerts.
Passed April 2, 1895.
City of Manchester.
An Order to grade and concrete the Rimmon School Lot.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
748 ■ REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR,
the mayor and joint standing committee on lands and buildings
be and are hereby authorized to grade and concrete the Rimmon
school lot, and the expense of the same to be charged to inci-
dental expenses.
Passed April 2, 1895.
City of Manchester.
An Order for the construction of a Two-Story Addition to the
present High School Building.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and joint standing committee on lands and buildings
be and they are hereby made and constituted a special commit-
tee to build, complete, and equip a two-story extension to the
high school building ; and they are hereby authorized, em-
powered, and instructed to procure plans and estimates, to make
all contracts for and in the name of the city of Manchester, nec-
essary and proper to carry on said work, and to do all things
necessary and proper to carry into effect the full purpose and in-
tent of this order ; and the expense of said work to be charged
to the appropriation of fifty thousand dollars made for the pur-
pose of building, completing, and equipping a two-story addition
to the present high school building.
Passed April 2, 1895.
City of Manchester.
An Order relating to new School Buildings.
Ordered by the Common Council, if the Board of Mayor and
Aldermen concur : That the joint standing committee on lands
and buildings and the mayor be authorized and directed to pur-
chase a lot of land upon the sputheast corner of Wilson and
ORDERS. 749
A-uburn streets, containing 20,000 square feet, for a sum not ex-
ceeding $2,500, and a lot of land upon the northwest corner of
Harrison and Chestnut streets, being 240 by 135 feet, containing
32,400 square feet, at a price not exceeding $16,200; and that
they be further authorized to sell at public auction the lot of
land owned by the city situated on the northeast corner of Bridge
and Union streets ; also to sell the lot owned by the city situated
upon the northwest corner of Manchester and Wilson streets, and
that the money realized from the sale of said lots be added to
the appropriation of $120,000 for new school buildings. Said'
sales to be made by said committee as soon as the matter of the
release of the restrictions upon the same be adjusted by the trans-
fer of said restrictions to one of the lots to be purchased ; and
said committee on lands and buildings and the mayor are fur-
ther authorized upon each of said lots to erect and complete and
equip an eight-room school building, with all proper and neces-
sary conveniences and appliances, at a price not exceeding $30,-
000 for each of said buildings, and said sum to be charged to the
appropriation for new school buildings. And said committee is-
further authorized to erect, complete, and equip an extension to
the present high school building at a price not exceeding $50,-
000. Said sum to be charged to the appropriation for said new
school buildings. And said committee and mayor are author-
ized and instructed to do any and everything (to make all con-
tracts) necessary and proper for and in behalf of the city, to
carry into effect the full purpose, meaning, and intent of this
order.
Passed May 7, 1895.
City of Manchester.
An Order relative to Granite Street Grade Crossing.
Ordered^ If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the joint special committee on Granite-street grade crossing be
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and they are hereby authorized to employ a competent civil en-
gineer to assist them in their duties, the expense thereof to be
charged to the appropriation for incidental expenses.
Passed May 7, 1895.
City of Manchester.
An Order to purchase Four Horses for use in the Fire Depart-
ment.
Ordered^ If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur: That
the mayor and joint standing committee on fire department be
authorized to purchase four horses for use in the fire department,
the expense thereof to be charged to the appropriation for fire
department.
Passed May 7, 1S95.
City of Manchester,
An Order to Build Wagon Shed at Fulton Engine-house.
Orde7-ed^ If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and joint standing committee on lands and buildings
be and are hereby authorized to build a wagon shed at Fulton
engine-house, expense not to exceed two hundred dollars, and
the expense of same to be charged to the appropriation for re-
pairs of buildings.
Passed May 7, 1895.
City of Manchester.
An Order to purchase Exercise Wagon for use in Fire Depart-
ment.
Ordered^ If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and joint standing committee on fire department be
ORDERS. 751
authorized to purchase an exercise wagon for use in the fire de-
partment, the expense thereof to be charged to the appropriation
for fire department.
Passed May 7, 1S95.
City of Manchester.
An Order to erect a Watering-trough.
Ordered^ If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the street and park commissioners be authorized to erect a water-
ing-trough on the south side of Hanover-street road and west
side of Candia road, at the intersection of Hanover-street road
and Candia road, the expense to be charged to the appropriation
for incidental expenses.
Passed May 7, 1895.
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 be
authorized to erect certain electric lights, as follows :
Corner of Beech and Silver streets, corner of Lowell and
Chestnut streets, corner of Chestnut back street and Spruce, cor-
ner of North Union and Carpenter streets, corner of Beech street
and Concord & Portsmouth Railroad, corner of Tilton street
and Bowman place, corner of Page street and Concord & Ports-
mouth Railroad crossing, on West Merrimack street between
Franklin and Canal streets, the expense thereof to be charged to
the appropriation for lighting streets.
Passed June 4, 1895.
752 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
City of Manchester.
An Order relating to the matter of a New Granite Bridge
across Merrimack River on Granite Street.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and joint standing committee on streets and a special
committee consisting of the president of the common council,
two councilmen to be appointed by the president, and two aldermen
to be appointed by the mayor, to act in conjunction with the
joint standing committee on streets, be instructed to consider the
subject of a granite bridge across Merrimack river on Granite
street to replace the present structure, and that such committee
be empowered to secure such advice from competent persons as
may be necessary to enable them to decide as to the kind, grade,
number of arches, and general condition of a bridge which shall
be best adapted for the desired purpose, and for this purpose to
expend a sum of money not exceeding ^i,ooo, the same to be
charged to the appropriation for incidental expenses, and to
make report to the city councils of the result of their investiga-
tion as soon as may be.
Passed June 4, 1895.
City of Manchester.
An Order relating to the Purchase of Land for New School
Building.
Ordered^ If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and joint standing committee on lands and buildings
be authorized and directed to purchase a lot of land upon the
southeast corner of Wilson and Cedar streets, containing 20,000
square feet, for a sum not exceeding ^2,500, said sum to be
charged to the appropriation for new school buildings, said lot
to be used with the lot at the corner of Wilson and Auburn
streets, as authorized by order of May 7, 1895.
Passed June 4, 1895.
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City of Manchester.
An Order to Transfer Money.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the amount of fifteen thousand dollars be transferred from the
appropriation for Pennacook street sewer to the appropriation
for Christian brook sewer.
Passed June 4, 1895.
City of Manchester.
An Order to purchase a Typewriter for use at Police Station.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor be authorized to purchase a typewriter for use at the
police station, the expense thereof to be charged to the appro-
priation for incidental expenses.
Passed June 4, 1895.
City of Manchester.
An Order relating to the Purchase of Trees.
Ordered^ If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and the committee on setting trees be and hereby are
authorized to purchase one hundred and forty trees to be set in
the schoolhouse yards, or in such other places as said committee
shall determine, at a price not exceeding one dollar per tree,
and that the expense of said purchase be charged to the appro-
priation for incidental expenses.
Passed July 2, 1895.
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754 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
City of Manchester.
An Order for the Distribution of the 1895 Appropriation for
the Militia.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the seven hundred dollars ($700) duly appropriated for the mili-
tia be apportioned as follows :
^100 to the First Regiment Band.
^100 to Co. C, First Regiment.
^100 to Co. E, First Regiment.
^100 to Co. H, First Regiment.
^100 to the Amoskeag Veterans.
^100 to the Manchester Cadets.
^100 to the Manchester War Veterans.
Passed July 2, 1895.
City of Manchester.
An Order to pay the bill of Louis Bell Post No. 3, G. A. R.,
for Expenses incurred on Memorial Day.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the bill of Louis Bell Post No. 3, G. A. R., for expenses in-
curred on Memorial Day, amounting to $336.93, be paid and
that the same be charged to the appropriation for decoration of
soldiers' graves.
Passed July 2, 1S95.
City of Manchester.
An Order relating to Additional Land for Derryfield Park.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
His Honor the Mayor be and hereby is appointed a special com-
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mittee to see what arrangements can be made with the owners of
land adjoining Derryfield park upon the west, for the purchase
of enough land to straighten the west line of said park to the
line of Belmont street extended.
Passed July 2, 1895.
City of Manchester.
An Order to build Addition to South Manchester Schoolhouse.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and joint standing committee on lands and buildings
be and are hereby authorized to build addition to South Man-
chester schoolhouse with water-closets and sewer connections,
and the expense of same not to exceed twelve hundred dollars
.($1,200).
Passed August 6, 1895.
City of Manchester.
An Order relative to Purchase of Furniture.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and joint standing committee on lands and buildings
be and are hereby authorized to purchase of the tenants of .city
hall building such furniture as they deem necessary for fitting up
the offices, and the expense thereof to be charged to the appro-
priation for the city hall.
Passed August 6, 1895.
City of Manchester.
An Order transferring from Repairs of Highways to Appro-
priation for Snow and Ice.
Ordered^ If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
756 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
the city clerk be hereby authorized to transfer one thousand two
hundred seventy-one dollars and thirty-eight cents ($1,271.38)
from the appropriation for repairs of highways to the appropri-
ation for snow and ice.
Passed August 6, 1895.
City of Manchester.
An Order to purchase a Desk.
Ordered^ If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and joint standing committee on lands and buildings
be and are hereby authorized to purchase. a roll-top desk for
police commissioners' office, and expense of same to be charged
to incidental expenses.
Passed August 6, 1895.
City of Manchester.
An Order relating to the Transfer of ($5,000) Five Thousand
Dollars from the Reserved Fund to the Street and Park Com-
mission for the Repairs of Bridges.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) be transferred from the
reserved fund to the street and park commission for the repairs
of bridges.
Passed August 6, 1895.
City of Manchester.
An Order to purchase Furniture for Use in the City Clerk's
Office.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
ORDERS. 757
the mayor be authorized to purchase a roll-top desk, a typewriter
and desk, a copying table, a bookcase, and a carpet for use in
the city clerk's ofifice, the expense thereof to be charged to
the appropriation for city hall.
Passed August 6, 1895.
City of Manchester.
An Order to erect an Electric Light.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and joint standing committee on lighting streets be
authorized to erect an electric light at the corner of Wilson and
Valley streets, the expense thereof to be charged to the appro-
priation for lighting streets.
Passed August 6, 1895.
City of Manchester.
An Order for the 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 from the reserved fund to the appropriation
for sub-police station, ward 8 ; and twelve hundred dollars from
the reserved fund to the special appropriation for an addition to
the South Manchester schoolhouse.
Passed August 6, 1895.
City of Manchester.
An Order for the purchase of Furniture for Mayor's Office.
Ordered^ If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor be and hereby is authorized to purchase such furniture
758 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
for the mayor's office as he shall deem proper, to an amount not
exceeding three hundred dollars (^300), and the expense of the
same to be charged to the appropriation for city hall.
Passed September 3, 1895.
City of Manchester.
An Order for a deed of the Lot of Land on the Corner of
Union and Bridge Streets.
Ordered^ If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the acts of the mayor and joint standing committee on lands
and buildings in the sale at public auction of the lot of land on
the corner of Union and Bridge streets for the sum of seventy-
seven hundred dollars ($7,700) be and the same are hereby rati-
fied, confirmed, and approved, and the mayor is hereby author-
ized to execute for and in the name of the city, a deed of said
lot of land to the purchaser at said sale.
Passed September 3, 1895.
City of Manchester.
An Order for the purchase of a Desk for the Overseers of the
Poor.
Ordered^ If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and joint standing committee on lands and buildings
be authorized to purchase a roll-top desk and table for the use of
the overseers of the poor, the expense of the same to be charged
to the appropriation for city hall.
Passed September 3, 1895.
ORDERS. 759
City of Manchester.
An Order for the purchase of Furniture for the Assessors and
Inspectors of Check-lists.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and joint standing committee on lands and buildings
be authorized to purchase furniture for the assessors' and inspec-
tors of check-lists' room to an amount not exceeding one hundred
dollars (;gioo), the same to be charged to the appropriation for
city hall.
Passed September 3, 1895.
City of Manchester.
An Order for the erection of a New High School Building.
Ordered, If the Board of IVIayor and Aldermen concur : That
the order heretofore passed authorizing the mayor and joint
standing committee on lands and buildings to build, complete,
and equip an addition to the present high school building be
and the same is hereby repealed.
Ordered, further, that said mayor and joint standing commit-
tee on lands and buildings be and are hereby authorized and in-
structed to build, complete, and equip upon the present high
school lot, bounded by Concord, Beech, Lowell, and Ash streets,
a new high school building, the expense of the same to be charged
to the appropriation of one hundred and thirty thousand dollars
(^130,000) for a new high school building made this day ; and
said mayor and joint standing committee are authorized to ac-
cept plans, call for proposals, make all contracts for and in be-
half of the city, and do everything necessary to carry into effect
the full force and intention of this order.
Passed September 3, 1895.
760 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
City of Manchester.
An Order to make 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 reserved fund to city hall repairs .
From reserved fund to city hall
From reserved fund to land taken for highways
From reserved fund to widening Mast street .
From reserved fund to repairs of highways
From reserved fund to payment of funded debt
From reserved fund to South Manchester hosehouse 285.29
Passed October i, 1895.
10,000.00
2,000.00.
500.00
874.96
5,000.00
100.00
City of Manchester.
An Order for the purchase of Furniture for the Aldermen's
Room.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor be authorized to purchase a desk and chairs for the
aldermen's room to an amount not exceeding one hundred dol-
lars (^100), the same to be charged to the appropriation for in-
cidental expenses.
Passed November 5, 1895.
City of Manchester.
An Order to pay the Bill for Interest on Note of Enos C.
Hewlett dated May 3, 1894.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the bill of Enos C. Howlett, for interest on note dated May 3,
ORDERS. 761
1894, and running eleven months at 6 per cent, and amounting
to ^189, be paid, and that the mayor see that the bill is paid
this year out of some other account than Pine Grove cemetery.
Passed November 22, 1895.
City of Manchester.
An Order to purchase a Desk for Police Inspector.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and joint standing committee on lands and buildings
be and are hereby authorized to purchase a desk for the police
inspector, and expense of same not to exceed twenty dollars
(^20).
Passed November 22, 1895.
City of Manchester.
An Order to pay Claim of R. P. Stevens.
Ordered^ If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
His Honor the Mayor cause to be paid this year the claim of
R. P. Stevens, amounting to $32, out of money in the treasury
not otherwise appropriated.
Passed November 22, 1895.
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 transfer two hun-
dred dollars ($200) from the reserved fund to the appropriation
for commons.
Passed November 22, 1895.
762 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
City of Manchester.
An Order for the Transfer of certain Money.
Ordered^ If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the city clerk be and is hereby authorized to transfer from the
appropriation for new sewers to the appropriation for the Silver-
street sewer the sum of twenty-four hundred and seventy-nine
and seventy-one hundredths dollars (^2,479.71).
Passed November 22, 1895.
City of Manchester,
An Order to erect Certain Fire-Alarm Boxes.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor and joint standing committee on fire department be
authorized to erect certain fire-alarm boxes, as follows :
At corner of Amory and Joliette streets ; at corner of Somer-
ville and Jewett streets, the expense thereof to be charged tO'
the appropriation for fire-alarm telegraph.
Passed December 3, 1895.
City of Manchester.
An Order to pay Election Officers in Ward 6.
Ordered, If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen concur : That
the mayor be authorized to pay the officers in the special elec-
tion in ward 6, August 27, 1895, such sums as they may be en-
titled to, the expense thereof to be charged to the appropriation
for incidental expenses.
Passed December 3, 1895.
ORDERS.
768
City of Manchester.
An Order relating to the Final Transfers for the Year 1895.
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 :
To reserved fund :
m printing and stationery
$544.20
mayor's incidentals ....
22.90
city officers' salaries ....
492.25
auditor's department ....
48.93
street and park commission .
85.84
watering streets
.24
scavenger teams .....
240.23
street sweeping ......
176-45
lighting streets
199.29
repairs of sewers
196.81
widening Elm street ....
.98
health department . .• . .
3-24
books and stationery ....
132-75
contingent expenses ....
79-93
evening school, mechanical drawing
114.00
free text-books .....
84.65
manual training .....
150.90
fire-alarm telegraph ....
67.91
police commission ....
3,079.21
ward 5 wardroom ....
47-51
Valley cemetery .....
17-51
indigent soldiers
23.00
decoration of soldiers' graves
38.07
abatement of taxes
10.22
free cash in treasury in excess of appropriations
> 14,644.96
Total
$20,501.98
764
REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
From reserved fund
To interest .
^2,014.56
city hall
1,219.01
incidental expenses
1,551-12
repairs of highways
121.33
snow and ice
387.16
new highways
i>273.39
land taken for highways
495.00
paving streets
381.51
macadamizing streets
201.40
grading for concrete
543-05
bridges .
327.72
city teams
21.26
engineer's department
267.25
repairs of schoolhouses
358.00
fuel
218.06
furniture and supplies
227.23
printing and advertising
8.23
care of rooms
28.82
evening school
156.93
teachers' salaries .
1,499.21
fire department
6,346.73
police court '.
1,154.14
police station
382.35
sub-police station, ward
8
343.82
repairs of buildings
741.69
Lincoln-school curbing
142.65
repairs of city hall .
1,016.77
commons
15.02
Pine Grove cemetery
825.20
paupers off the farm
450.84
city farm
165.68
$22,885.13
Passed January 2, 1896.
ORDINANCES. 765
City of Manchester,
in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.
An Ordinance relating to Permanent Members of the Fire De-
partment.
Be it ordained \>Y the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council
of the City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as fol-
lows:
That each permanent member of the fire department shall be
allowed one whole day's leave of absence in each month, in
addition to two weeks' vacation in each year, without loss of
pay ; but the chief engineer shall determine what days the leave
of absence shall be granted.
Permanent men out of the city on any such days shall be ac-
counted present at roll-call, and not be subject to a fine for
absence.
No leave of absence shall ever be granted any member of the
department on the fourth day of July of any year, and all mem-
bers absent on leave shall report at their company quarters at
eight o'clock in the evening of July 3, of each year.
All ordinances inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.
Passed to be ordained March 5, 1895.
City of Manchester.
IN THE year one THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND NINETY-FIVE.
An Ordinance amending section 30 of chapter 6 of the Ordi-
nances of the City of Manchester, relating to the Compensa-
tion of the City Physician.
Be it ordained by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council
of the City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as fol-
lows :
Section 30 of chapter 6 of the Ordinances of the City of Man-
766 REPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
Chester, relating to the compensation of the city physician, is
hereby repealed and the following inserted and enacted in place
thereof:
" Section 30. The city physician shall receive for his ser-
vices and all the duties appertaining to his office, six hundred
dollars per annum, payable in equal quarterly payments, said
sum to be in full payment for all medical, surgical, and other
professional services performed by him at the request of the over-
seers of the poor, the police commission, chief of police, the
superintendent of the city farm, the street and park commission-
ers, the board of mayor and aldermen, or the mayor."
Passed to be ordained_ October i, 1895.
City of Manchester,
in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.
An Ordinance in amendment of Section 15, Chapter 6 of the
Laws and Ordinances.
Beit ordained \iy \}ci&lAd,y ox ^ Aldermen, and Common Council
of the City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as fol-
lows :
That section 15, chapter 6, of the Laws and Ordinances be
amended by striking out the words " one dollar and seventy-five
cents per day while actually employed on duty," in the second
and third lines thereof, and inserting the words, " two dollars
and twenty-five cents per day while employed on regular duty,"
so that said section shall read as follows :
" Section 15. The pay of special police officers of the city shall
be at the rate of two dollars and twenty-five cents per day while
actually employed, and payable monthly.
" The city marshal, assistant marshal, watchmen, and regular
police officers shall, at their own expense, furnish themselves
ORDINANCES. 767
with appropriate uniform of blue, with gilt buttons bearing the
letters M. P., and shall wear said uniforms at all times when on
duty. The committee on marshal's account shall furnish to each
police officer a uniform badge, suitably lettered and numbered,
to be worn at all times when on duty in some conspicuous place
designated by said committee."
Passed to be ordained November 5, 1895.
City of Manchester.
in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.
An Ordinance for the protection of Pneumatic Tired Vehicles.
Be it ordained by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council
of the City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as fol-
lows :
Section i. No person shall put or place, or cause to be put
or placed, in or upon any street, lane, alley, or other public place
in the city any ashes, glass, crockery, scrap iron, nails, tacks, or
any other articles which would be liable to injure or damage the
tires of wheels of bicycles or any other vehicles which have
wheels with rubber or pneumatic tires.
Sect. 2. Any person violating the provisions of the preced-
ing section shall be liable to a fine of not more than twenty
dollars for each offense.
Sect. 3. This order shall take effect upon its passage.
Passed to be ordained November 22, 1895.
768 KEPORT OF THE CITY AUDITOR.
City of Manchester,
in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.
An Ordinance in amendment of Section 2, Chapter 5, relating
to the Office of Auditor.
Be it ordained by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council
of the City of Manchester, in City Council assembled, as fol-
lows:
That section 2, chapter 5 of the Laws and Ordinances, be
amended by striking out the words " one thousand " in the sec-
ond line thereof and inserting the words " twelve hundred."
Passed to be ordained December 3, 1S95.
INDEX.
49
INDEX.
Abatement on taxes 683
Account of Tax Collector, settlenaent of 691
Assets, statement and inventory of 711
Annual interest charge on bonded debt 708
Auditor, city, report of 497
Auditor's department 540
Appropriations for 1895 by city councils 684
Appendix, school 288
Amoskeag cemetery 667
B
Band concerts 683
Bridges 570
Books and stationery 604
Buildings, repairs of 635
public, occupied by private parties 709
Board of water commissioners, organization of 46
report of 49
health, report of 455
Bonded debt, tabular statement of 705
detailed statement of tor 1895 707
annual interest charge 708
c
Christian brook sewer 585
Churches, etc., valuation of, exempt from tax 681
City hall 515
repairs of 646
officers' salaries 537
teams 572
officials, list of 3-25
engineer, report of 161
engineer's department, organization of 160
solicitor, report of 421
771
772 INDEX.
City auditor's report 497
treasurer's report 499-503
councils, orders, ordinances 727
physician, report of 417
auditor's department 540
farm 671
report of joint standing committee 499
library 613
report of trustees of 381
treasurer's report 386
librarian's report 391
donations to 399
Contingent expenses 606
Care of rooms 608
Commons 657
Cemetery, Pine Grove 661
Valley 664
Amoskeag 667
Cemeteries, report of sub-trustees of Valley 426
Pine Grove 425
Amoskeag 427
treasurer of 429
treasurer of fund 432
'report of trustees of fund 431
County tax 683
D
Debt, payment of funded 511
bonded, statement of 705
Decoration of soldiers' graves 682
Derryfleld and Stark parks 659
E
Engineer's department 590
Expenses, incidental • 524
mayor's 542
contingent . 606
Evening schools 609
school, mechanical drawing 611
Electric lights, location of . . 479
Elliot Hospital 681
Emergency Ward 680
Elm street, widening of 587
Exempted from tax, property 694
F
Fund, reserved 512
Fuel 600
Furniture and supplies • 601
INDEX. 773
Free text-books 611
beds, Elliot Hospital 681
Fire department 615
report of chief engineer 319
value of personal property 361
names and residences of members 370
location flre-alarm boxes 346
Fire-alarm telegraph 626
Farm, paupers off 668
Farm , city 671
Fourth of July celebration 683
G
Grading for concrete 564
Graves, decoration of soldiers' 682
Gas-lights, location of 491
H
Highways, new 554
land taken for 556
watering 557
paving 559
macadamizing 561
grading for concrete on 564
scavenger service 566
sweeping 569
lighting 588
bridges 570
city teams 572
repairs of 545
Health department 593
board of, report of 455
Hospital, Wonien's Aid and Relief 681
Elliot, free beds 681
Sacred Heart 681
Hosehouse, South Manchester 647
Hydrant service 628
I
Inaugural address of Mayor 29-44
Interest 511
annual charge, bonded debt 70S
Incidental expenses 524
Indigent soldiers 680
Inspector, milk, report of 411
Inventory of assets 711
L
Laws relating to exemptions 693
Loans, temporary 514,727, 735
774 INDEX.
Land taken for highways 556
Lighting streets 585
Library, city ' 613
Lincoln scliool curbing 645
Legal points and rules relating to claims against the city 720
M
Manual training 613
Mayor's incidentals 543
Macadamizing streets 561
Militia - 681
Milk inspector, repoi't of 411
Municipal receipts and expenditures 505
Manufacturing property exempt from taxation 704
Mast street, widening of 587
N
New highways 554
0
Overseers of the poor, report of 405
Oil lamps, location of 491
Organization of school board for 1896 303
Ordinances, orders, resolutions 727
Order relative to appropriation for decoration of soldiers' graves 754
to purchase horses for fire department 750
to build certain sewers 199, 200, 201, 202, 206, 213, 214
to build certain streets 199
to erect watering-trough 203, 751
to establish certain grades 198
to change grade of Prospect street 202
to change grade of Belmont street 208
to establish the grade of Vinton street 198
to establish the grade of Woodbine avenue and Bridge street . . . 204
to establish the grade of Everett street 205
to establish the gi-ade of Wentworth and Forest streets 209
to establish the grade of Laurel street 210
to establish the grade of Shasta street 21 1
to establish the grade of Salmon street 213
to establish the grade of Hancock street 202
to establish the grade of Nashua and Union streets 207
to establish grade of Milford street 208
to build Wilson street to grade 208
to change grade of Milton street 212
to build Wentworth street to grade 214
to appropriate money to build public bath-houses 214
relating to claims and suits 743
to print mayor's inaugural address 744
to purchase hose wagon 745
INDEX. 775
Order to purchase Hook and Ladder truck 745
to dispose of sub-station at Clinton street 746
to grade and concrete Rinnnon-school lot... 747
to purchase land for new school building 7,52
to purchase typewriter 753
relating to expenses of Louis Bell Post 754
to build addition to South Manchester schoolliouse 755
to print forty-ninth report 743
to print fiftieth report 2
to purchase supply wagons 744, 7.tO
relative to curbing at Lincoln school 746
to purchase hose 744
relative to repairs in city hall 746
to erect certain electric lights 751,757
relating to wardroom and police station, West Manchester 747
for band concerts 747
providing pay for election officers 762
making transfer of money 199, 201, 745, 753, 755, 756, 757, 760, 761,*762, 763
to build Hevey street 203
to build Christian brook sewer 200
to build Silver street sewer 201
relating to pay of militia 754
to deed land corner Union and Bridge streets 758
relating to the erection of new high school building 759
to macadamize Elm street 202
to build sewer in Valley street 206
to sell land 206
relating to addition to high school 74S
relating to new school buildings 748
relative to Granite street grade crossing 749
to build wagon shed at Fulton engine-house 750
relating to new granite bridge 752
to purchase trees 753
relating to land for Derryfleld Park 754
relative to pui-chase of furniture 755, 756, 757, 758, 759, 760, 761
relating to interest on Howlett note 760
to pay claim of R. P. Stevens 761
to erect fire-alarm boxes 762
Ordinance relating to bicycles 767
relating to the permanent members of fire department 765
relating to compensation of city physician 765
amending section 15, chapter 6 766
amending section 2, chapter 5 768
Payment of funded debt 511
Printing and stationery 521
and advertising 605
Paving streets 559
776 INDEX.
Police department, station 629
court 631
comrfiission 632
chief of, report of 443
matron 635
Pine Grove cemetery 661
Paupers off the farm 668
Property account, real and personal 711
Public buildings occupied by private parties 709
Parks — Derryfield and Stark 659
Parsonages, valuation of, exempt from taxation 681
Pearl-street sclioolhouse 642
Petitions for new streets 226,238
R
Reserved fund 512
Repairs of schoolliouses 597
of buildings 635
of highways 545
Rooms, care of 608
Resolutions, orders, and ordinances 727
on death of Sylvanus B. Putnam 739
on death of James A. Weston 734
relating to street railway 730
to bonds 729, 731, 732, 742
to water bonds
for a joint special committee
raising money and making appi'opriations for 1895 684
providing a sinking fund for the schoolhouse loan 737
relative to land for park 738
in regard to grade 738
exempting from taxation Manchester Mills 739
appropriating $130,000 for new high school building 736
in regard to sale of land 742
relating to meetings of joint standing committee 727
making temporary loan 727, 735
in relation to celebration of Independence Day 728
appropriating $50,000 for extension to high school building 728
relating to discontinuance of Old Falls road 731
of thanks to John Rogers 735
relative to bequest of Mary Carvelle 735
Report of board of Water Commissioners 45
Superintendent of Water-works 51
City Engineer 161
Chief Engineer Fire Department 319
Trustees of City Library 381
Sub-Trustees of Valley cemetery 426
Pine Grove cemetery 425
Amoskeag cemetery 427
Treasurer of cemeteries 429
Treasurer of Cemetery Fund 432
INDEX. 777
Report of Trustees of Cemetery Fund 431
Treasurer of Sinking Fund 439
Ovei'seers of tlie Poor 405
Joint Standing Committee on City Farm 449
Street and Park Commission 07, 15S
Committee on Sewers and Drains 223
Committee on Streets 237
City Solicitor 421
Milk Inspector 411
School Committee
Superintendent 263
Board of Health 455
City Auditor 497
City Physician 417
City Treasurer 499, 503
t'.hief of Police 443
Keal and personal estate owned by the city 711
property, exempt from taxation, other than public property 704
Rules, etc., relating to bills against the city (auditor's department) 720
Receipts and expenditures, 1890,1891, 1892,1893, 1894, 1895 511
municipal, for 1895 505
s
Salaries of city officials 537
Scavenger service 56(J
Street sweeping 569
Street and park commission 543
report of 97
Sewers, repairs of 577
new 578
School department, organization of 303
evening, mechanical drawing 611
superintendent's report 263
Schoolhouses, new 643
ward 9 642
Bakersville, addition to 643
parochial, and seminaries of learning
repairs of 597
Salaries, teachers' 610
Snow and ice 551
Sewer permits granted, list of 216
Silver street sewer 584
Storage sheds, city yards 586
Stark and Derryfield parks 659
Soldiers, indigent 680
State tax 683
Solicitor, city, report of 421
Statement of bonded debt 'i'05
public buildings occupied by private parties 709
Sinking fund 512
treasurer's report 439
778 INDEX.
Sacred Heart Hospital 681
Summary of city debt 705
Streets laid out, not built 192
Sub-station, ward 8 647
T
Temporary loan 514
Text-books, free 611
Teachers, list of 305
Teachers' salaries. 610
Taxes, abatement of 683
Tax, state 683
county 683
Treasurer, city, report of 499, 503
Taxation, appropriations for 1S95 684
exemption 694
by board of assessors 683
statement of total 689
table of taxes due and uncollected 690
valuations from 1890 to 1895, inclusive 690
settlement of tax collector's account to June 1, 1895 691
Teams, city 572
Tabular statement of receipts and expenditures 511
Training, manual 613
V
Valley cemetery 664
Valuation and taxes 689
w
Watering streets 557
Women's Aid and Relief Hospital 681
VV ater-woi'ks, superintendent's report 51
commissioners' report 49
expenses.
648
Ward 5 wardroom 642
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